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Steele to Seek Re-election
By Zenitha Prince
Washington Bureau Chief
In a move that seemed to surprise Washington insiders, beleaguered Republican Party
Chairman Michael Steele announced his intention to run for re-election despite a rocky first term.
After weeks of silence – and a growing clamor for his ouster among allegations of financial
mismanagement and frequent verbal gaffes over the past two years – Steele alerted the
168-member Republican National Committee during an evening conference call Dec. 13 that he
would run, according to an
Associated Press report.
“Yes, I have stumbled
along the way, but have
always accounted to you
for such shortcomings. No
excuses. No lies. No hidden
agenda,” Steele told the
committee, according to a text
of his remarks he e-mailed
to RNC members afterward.
“Going forward, I ask for your
support and your vote for a
second term.”
Republican strategist and
pollster David E. Johnson,
who worked for the Bob
Dole campaign, said he was
puzzled by the decision given
the waning support for the
RNC’s first African-American
chairman, who was chosen
almost three months after
Barack Obama was elected
as the first Black president.
“But then nothing Steele does
surprises me,” he said.
Johnson then added about
Steele’s possible motive, “He
Mixed Reactions to Gray’s
Proposed Budget Cuts
By Dorothy Rowley
AFRO Staff Writer
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was angry at the growing chorus of people who wanted him to go and he figured this is the way
to get back at everybody.”
Black Republican strategist Raynard Jackson said he thought the former Maryland lieutenant
governor would “fade into the sunset,” but said this re-election bid enlivens the January contest
to decide who should run the party’s national operations during the 2012 presidential election
cycle.
“It was a ho-hum race before he joined. Now, he’s the Obama. He’s creating the buzz now –
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Black Caucus Says No to
Obama Tax Deal
By Zenitha Prince
Washington Bureau Chief
The Congressional Black
Caucus on Dec. 10 said its
““If we recklessly cut taxes for the
members overwhelmingly wealthiest 2 percent then Obamanomics
oppose the tax cuts
compromise reached between will look an awful lot like Reaganomics.”
the White House and
congressional Republicans,
saying it is “bad for African
press conference. “Someone exchange for also extending
Americans” and other eventually has to pay for it.” unemployment benefits and
vulnerable communities.
And traditionally, it’s been other programs favored by
“You can’t give tax cuts communities of color that Obama.
away like you’re Oprah
have had to pay, the Black According to the
Winfrey or Santa Claus,” lawmakers said. Congressional Budget Office,
Virginia Democrat Rep.
President Obama and the tax deal is projected to
AP Photo Bobby Scott, a member of the the Republican leadership increase the national deficit
Michael Steele surprised the Republican Party House Budget Committee,
reached a deal that would by almost $900 billion—a
establishment with his announcement that he is running said during a Capitol Hill
extend Bush-era tax cuts in
for re-election a head of the national party. Continued on A4
especially a controversial move to curb spending on welfare
benefits.
During a Nov. 30 hearing, residents representing
organizations ranging from neighborhood associations
to nonprofit advocacy groups and a panel of District
government workers heard how the city faces a $188 million
budget shortfall that could escalate to more than $400 million
over the next two years.
Mayor-elect Vincent Gray, who takes over the helm Jan.
2, warned that residents citywide would take a hit while he
pulls the budget into perspective.
The outgoing council chairman said he is considering MorgueFile Photo
cuts in the Fiscal Year 2011 budget submitted by Mayor Some City Council members support a proposal that would restrict non-District
Adrian Fenty that would affect the quality of meals served
residents from utilizing its homeless shelters.
to students in the city’s public schools. And, with an eye to
reining in spending—while curtailing taxes—even cuts to
District workers’ salaries are possible.
Gray “has repeatedly warned residents that filling the
Council Ponders Residency Requirement
budget deficit would be painful because everything had to
be on the table in order to fill the large gap,” Doxie McCoy,
for Homeless Shelters
his office spokeswoman, told the AFRO in an e-mailed
By Dorothy Rowley Ward 6 Councilman Tommy also contends that no one will
statement. “After receiving the mayor’s budget plan, the
AFRO Staff Writer Wells, who is sponsoring the be left to brave the elements
Council acted on the mayor’s cuts in a responsible and
proposal that was subjected in the event the measure fails
sensitive manner, keeping some of the cuts, while restoring
Finding shelter this winter to a test vote on Dec. 7, a passage on Dec. 21 when the
or adjusting others.”
within the District’s dozen or growing influx of homeless Council takes its final vote.
Among the more heatedly debated proposals is a measure
so homeless shelters might families and individuals But more than 6,000
that would end welfare clients’ payments after five years.
not be as simple as it has from the nearby suburbs of people in the District have
In November, Fenty proposed reducing those checks by 20
been in the past if the City Virginia and Maryland is been deemed homeless and
percent. However, in a move surprising to some, Gray’s
Council gives its nod to a bill overwhelming the District’s Ward 1 Councilman Jim
plans calls for long-term recipients to lose 40 percent of their
monthly benefits next year, with decreases continuing up to
that would require proof of resources. Wells was not Graham, who was one of
60 percent by 2013. residency for indigent people immediately available for three Council members to
Currently, 17,000 District households receive public looking for a warm place to comment but explained earlier vote against the residency
assistance checks – which average $370 a month – and 40 stay overnight. that his proposal largely requirement last week, said
percent of recipients have received benefits for more than Currently, the city allows ensures that the District people who show up at the
five years. homeless people to stay in its continues to provide shelter as shelters without documents to
But limits for long-term Temporary Assistance for Needy shelters up three consecutive a right to residents who have establish where they live will
Families recipients is consistent with federal regulations, nights. However, according to fallen on hard times. Wells be out on the streets after the
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AFRO National Briefs

Obama Nominates a community for a very long United States Colored Troops of “Queen of Soul” Aretha
Judge Bernice Bouie time.” of the Civil War and their Franklin recently confirmed
Donald to U.S. Court of Meanwhile, David Yassky, descendants on the front steps that she is suffering from
Appeals head of New York’s Taxi of the capitol in Harrisburg. pancreatic cancer. According
President Barack Obama and Limousine Commission, In a letter to Rendell, to Detroit Fox affiliate WJBK,
recently nominated Judge blasted Mateo’s remarks, Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen Franklin’s family confirmed
Bernice Bouie Donald, who calling them “illegal, wrote, “This event, which reports of her illness to
serves as a Western District downright wrong and simply recognizes the United States reporters on Dec. 8, adding
judge in Tennessee, for a seat unacceptable.” Colored Troops and that she is
on the United States Court of their families, serves “okay,” but
Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. U.S. Colored Troops as a vivid reminder the family
“Judge Donald has shown Represented in of the role these men is still “very
an outstanding commitment to Commemorative played in such a concerned.”
public service throughout her Ceremony significant event in After
career and as a District Judge The 1865 Grand Review our country.” receiving
in Tennessee,” President of United States Colored As history surgery last
Obama said in a prepared
Courtesy Photo
Troops was commemorated notes, there were week, reports
Bernice Bouie Donald approximately circulated
statement. “I am proud to recently in Harrisburg, Pa.,
nominate her today for a seat in 1979 she received her law where more than 100 re- 180,000 members of that Franklin,
on the United States Court of degree from the Cecil C. enactors participated in a the Colored Troops 68, was
Appeals and I am confident Humphreys School of Law re-enactment ceremony. The who fought in the Courtesy Photo recovering.

she will serve the American
people with distinction.”
Donald is a distinguished
jurist with over 28 years of
judicial experience and has
served in her current position
for 15 years.
Born and raised in Desoto
County, Miss., Donald was
one of the first students
to integrate Olive Branch
High School. In 1974, she
graduated from Memphis
State University (now the
University of Memphis) and
at Memphis State University. 13th U.S. Colored Troops Civil War and by the Aretha Franklin According to
Donald currently serves as the of Murfreesboro and the end of the war, 24,000 Reuters, civil
secretary of the American Bar 44th U.S. Colored Troops of them were Tennesseans. rights leader Jesse Jackson
Association and is a member of Chattanooga comprised a visited the singer in the
of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. group of 25 Tennesseans who ‘Queen of Soul’ Battling hospital. “She’s doing very
represented the Volunteer Cancer well. She’s prayerful. She’s a
State in grand military style. After undergoing surgery woman full of deep religious
New York Taxi Advocate faith,” Jackson told WJBK.
Promotes Racial Pennsylvania Gov. Edward for a mystery illness in
G. Rendell honored the early December, relatives Franklin released a
Profiling statement on Dec. 2 detailing
Fernando Mateo, head the success of the procedure.
of the New York State “The surgery was highly
Federation of Taxi Drivers successful. God is still in
and of advocacy group control. I had superb doctors
Hispanics Across America, and nurses whom were
Courtesy Photo
has come under fire for telling Fernando Mateo blessed by all the prayers
cab drivers they should of the city and the country.
use racial profiling when reality that the people God bless you all for your
considering African-American committing most of the prayers!—The Queen of Soul,
and Latino passengers, crimes against drivers are Ms. Aretha Franklin,” the
Reuters reported. According Hispanics and Blacks,” statement read.
to news reports, Mateo told said Mateo, who was born The past year has been
the drivers racial profiling in the Dominican Republic a turbulent one for the soul
may help prevent an attack and identifies as Black and icon. According to Fox
similar to the one suffered by Hispanic. “It’s very hard to News, her adult son Eddie
Trevor Bell, 53, who was shot admit the truth when the truth was beaten up by three men
repeatedly by a man police affects your own community. Courtesy Photo at a Detroit gas station in
describe as Latino. What I’m trying to do is Military re-enactors from Tennessee and Pennsylvania September. Just a month
“Racial profiling expose a very serious problem Gov. Edward G. Rendell (second from right) earlier, Franklin broke several
addresses a controversial that we have been facing as ribs after experiencing a fall.

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Jennifer Hudson and Relatives Identify Body of Her Slain NephewA3 December 18, 2010 - December 24, 2010, The Afro-American

Impoverished Includes Black Middle Class and Seniors

By Alan King sport-utility vehicle sought in from a neighbor about a suspi- posted fliers bearing his photo-
AFRO Staff Writer connection with the murder of cious vehicle. The man noticed graph around the city. On
Hudson’s mother and brother. the vehicle while walking his Sunday, Jennifer Hudson asked
By Jennifer
Valencia Hudson and other
Mohammed The white, 1994 Chevrolet dog. According to the Chicago November the unemployment levelfor forthe public’s
persons withhelp in finding
bachelor’s
relatives positively
Special to the AFRO identified Suburban with Illinois license Tribune, the boy had been shot degrees or higher rose 5 percent. her nephew. In her MySpace
multiple times in the back seat Jason Perkins-Cohen, executiveblog, she of
director thanked
the Jobsfans and sup-
of the vehicle. The SUV, regis- porters for their
Opportunities Task Force in Baltimore concurred, saying the prayers and
While the recession continues to increase its number of
tered to Hudson’s murdered offered a $100,000
new faces looking for jobs are highly skilled with significant
reward to
casualties, the new faces of poverty in the region include the
brother, was towed with the anyone who returned
work history. “Many highly skilled people are being pushed into
the boy
Black middle class, the elderly and youth.
boy’s body inside and is being alive.
Ron Moten, 41, cofounder of Peacoholics, said needy, poverty or near poverty,” said Perkins-Cohen. “We must invest in
processed by evidence techni- Since the investigation,
desperate and homeless youth have been around for over a adults, retrain our workforce and provide the next generation of
cians and workers. The body Hudson – who gained stardom
decade. “They just didn’t come under the radar until now,” he workers with the necessary skills and education to compete.”
was later removed and taken to after appearing on “American
said. Prince George’s County, one of the richest Black counties in
the Cook County Medical Idol,” and then won an
When it comes to differences across class, it was expected that America, provides one of the best pictures of the dying Black
Examiner’s office. Academy Award for her role in
those who were in the lower class would remain poor. However, middle class.
Hudson and other family the movie Dreamgirls – has
nonprofits and government agencies are saying urgent calls for “With thousands of foreclosures, it has become quite common
members arrived at the Medical stayed out of the public eye.
financial assistance now come from individuals who have lost for people who were once homeowners to come to live in our
Examiner’s office mid-after- The Chicago Tribune report-
their jobs or homes that are accustomed to a lifestyle of comfort, Julian King, Jennnifer shelters
Hudson’s with their families. They have
nephew. absolutely
a paradenoofwhere else to
Washington, said stories like Robinson’s have become common in turn,” said Josephine Brownell, 38, shelter
noon to identify the body. ed that
manager at
cars moved
Shepherd’s
even luxury. Given
the lastthe
twochoice
years.between look- Cove locatedbut
in Capitol
is being Heights,
slowly past her family’s home
held in Md., the only homeless
Tanya Robinson, 54, was a successful real estate saleswoman ing “Many
directlyofatour
thenew
bodyclients A spokesman for the office
or are degreed with tremendous
the murders Monday morning, pastshelter
the in
until the market hit at an all time low. Accustomed to the middle- viewing it onthata wall-mounted told the newspaper that Hudson the
jail county
for for
parole families.
violation “With
after the rate of homelessness growing,
news vans, reporters and curi-
experiences are being pushed out of jobs because of age,” we need more shelters to open across the county, ous more funding for
class lifestyle, she lost her northwest Washington, D.C. home onlookers.
said Rollins. “First someone tells you how they made $90,000 expansion and job training centers,” explained Brownell.
and the business. Unable to find work that could accommodate Courtesy Photos
Jennifer Hudson and her mom, Darnell Donerson
her lifestyle, eventually, Robinson became homeless. Too proud
was killed, as well as her brother, Jason.
who “She held hands with her family. It was obviously a very emotional moment.”
yearly. Next they humble themselves telling stories of how
everything has hit rock bottom. No health insurance, no home,
Adding to the needy are the influx of undocumented
Neighbors
quietly and
stood
to sleep in shelters, Robinson adapted to a life of sleeping in immigrants, primarily Latino, needing financial assistancereflected on saidthe
without job…they are not poor but“remained
desperate. strong
They need help and CHANGE officials. “Without proper documentation, by law,
abandoned homes and park benches, yet she still gets her nails videoofscreen, the family chose for her fami- being convicted of attempted violence.
lots it.” we can only give themhijack-
food, clothing Inandfront
referrals
and hair done
the body of herregularly.
7-year-old plate X584859 was found on the The
latter. According to the
U.S. Department of Commerce
ly” and was clearly its leader.
recently reported thatfami-
in
murder and vehicular of thefor other
Hudson’s
“Do you
nephew Monday,knowjustwhat it’s like to lose
hours everything
Chicago’s West you
Sideown?”
after Tribune, Hudson said, “Yes, “She held hands with her services,”
ing. Cook Rollins
County said.
records show home, men in heavy jackets
Robinson asked. “Most of
after his body was found in a my family members
police receivedare struggling
a 7 a.m. call that’s him.” ly,” the spokesman said. “It that he pleaded guilty to both and hooded sweatshirts came to
themselves and didn’t have room for me to stay with them. So I’m was obviously a very emotional charges in 1999. He was also kiss the twin white crosses bar-

ACORN Fights Back

out in the street trying to make it,” she added. moment.” convicted in 1998 for posses- ing the names of Donerson and
Unable to cope with her losses, Robinson slipped into a state The boy – the son of Julia sion of a stolen motor vehicle. Jason.
of deep depression and began to self medicate herself by taking Hudson, Jennifer’s sister – had He was released from prison in “Everybody is sick of going
illegal drugs. been missing since Friday, 2006 after serving seven years
Leader Calls Voter Registration Fraud Charges ‘Bogus’
through stuff like this,” Artisha
Lewis Davis, 43, senior state director of communications at when a relative found Julian’s for the attempted murder and West, a former resident of the
AARP, said according to the Capital Area Food Bank, one in three grandmother, Darnell car hijacking charges. area told the Tribune. “We all
By Alanseniors
District King are at risk of or suffering
and Dallas Cowboys players
from hunger. “That is a
No wonder Obama’s campaign is Donerson, 57, and his uncle, The boy remained missing have to stick together. All these
AFRO Staff Writer Tony Romo and Terrell Owens,
strong indicator of poverty in the D.C. area,” stated Davis.
trying to distance him from the Jason Hudson, 29, shot to death through a long weekend in young children are dying, and
among the names submitted to group, saying, “Barack Obama in his grandmother’s home in which police and volunteers
AARP states there are many factors contributing to poverty for what?”

SOLID
Presidential candidate John election officials. Never Organized with ACORN.” the 7000 block of South Yale
among seniors including the rising cost of prescription drugs,

PAYS ATTENTION
McCain’s attack on ACORN – Hurd said those workers, who But Obama’s ties to ACORN run Avenue.
Medicare premiums, no increase in Social Security benefits and
Associated Community were doing those things without long and deep. He taught classes An Amber Alert – a desig-
the recession. ACORN’s knowledge or permis-
Organization for Reform Now – for ACORN. They even endorsed nation for high-risk missing
“It comes as no great surprise that these
sion, werefactors
fired. are him for President.
confirms the success of the children – was issued Friday
contributing to poverty among
organization, the head of the people age 65+ in thethat
“The evidence District and
has sur- But now ACORN is in trouble. after Julian was discovered
nationwide,”
group says. stated Davis. faced so far shows they faked Reporter: There are at least
TO PERSONAL ATTENTION
missing after the murders.
Gracie
“This isRollins,
testimony73,todirector
the workof CHANGE,
forms to getInc.
paidinfor
northwest
work they 11 investigations across the Police arrested William
we’ve done and success we’ve didn’t do, not to stuff ballot country involving thousands of Balfour, the missing boy’s step-
had,” Maude Hurd, president of boxes.” ACORN, she said, is the potentially fraudulent ACORN father and estranged husband
ACORN, said in an interview victim of fraud, not the perpetra- forms. of Julia, at his girlfriend’s
with the AFRO. tor of it. Announcer: Massive voter Southside apartment several
“When this attack started, we Hurd said the only things fraud. And the Obama campaign hours after the murders.
Your History
had just announced that •we Your
had Community
bogus are• the Your Newsthem-
charges paid more than $800,000 to an Balfour’s mother, Michele, has
The Afro-American
registered 1.3 million new vot- Newspapers
selves. And factcheck. org ACORN front for get out the vote told reporters that her son had
Baltimore
ers,” she said. “That’s Office
just to•say Corporate
agrees. Headquarters efforts. nothing to do with the slayings.
that someone’s running 2519 N. CharlesItStreet
scared concluded, “Neither Pressuring banks to issue risky Balfour remains a suspect in Jason Hudson
Baltimore,
because of ACORN’s Maryland
success.” ACORN21218-4602
nor its employees have loans. Nationwide voter fraud.
McCain,410-554-8200
who is running for • Fax:been1-877-570-9297
found guilty of, or even Barack Obama. Bad judgment.
president on the Republican tick- charged with, casting fraudulent
www.afro.com Blind ambition. Too risky for
et, lashed out at ACORN in the votes.” America.
final debate against
Founded by John BarackHenry Murphy TheSr.,problem
August came13,about
1892pri-
Obama, contending the group “is marily
Washington Publisher Emerita - Frances L. Murphy II
because of the way Since McCain’s comments, SQUARE HIGH
on the verge of maybe perpetrat- ACORN operates. Rather than ACORN’s 87 offices have been
ing Chairman of thefrauds
one of the greatest Board/Publisher
in rely on-volunteers,
John J. Oliver,
it paysJr.
peo- bombarded with threats and
Executive
voter history in thisAssistant
country, - Takieaple, Hinton
many - 410-554-8222
of them poor or unem- racist mail.
maybe destroying the fabric
Receptionist of Pearson
- Wanda ployed, to sign up new voters.
- 410-554-8200 The day after the presidential
democracy.” The idea was to help both those debate, vandals broke into the
Director of Advertising/Sponsorship
Factcheck.org, a non-partisan beingDevelopment registered and& Sales
those doing organization’s Boston and Seattle
Susan
Web site, found those claims to Gould - 410-554-8289
the registration. offices and stole computers.
be “exaggerated,” withsusangould@afro.com
“no evi- Maud explained, “We have a After a Cleveland representative BREAD NOT ON THE LIST
Advertising Manager - Robert Blount - 410-554-8246
dence of any such democracy- zero tolerance policy for deliber- appeared on TV, an e-mail was
Sr. Advertising Account Executive - Annie Russ - 410-554-8235
destroying fraud.”Advertising Account ate falsification of registration.” sent to the local office saying she
Executive
Hurd believesMarquise
the McCain Most news account neglect to
Goodwin - 410-554-8274
“is going to have her life ended.”
charges were politically motivat- point out that ACORN is A worker in Providence, R.I.,
ed. Director of Finance - Jack Leister required- 410-554-8242
by law to turn in all reg- received a threatening call say- LEFT RIGHT
She said, “Because
Archivistit’s istration forms. And they also fail
low-Gartrell - 410-554-8265
- John ing, “We know you get off work
and moderate-income
Community people, to note that
& Public Relations it was the organiza-
Manager at 9” and uttered racial epithets.
and people of color, Diane W. Hocker - 410-554-8243instances, that first
I believe the tion, in many A caller to one office left a
McCain campaign thinks those brought the phony registrations message on the answering
Editorial
voters are going to vote to the attention of authorities. machine, saying: “Hi, I was just
Executive Editor - Talibah Chikwendu
Democratic, which is E-mail:not neces- The McCain camp apparently calling to let you know that
editor@afro.com
sarily true.” isn’t interested in those fine
Managing Editor - Kristin Gray - 410-554-8277
Barack Obama needs to get
Washington Bureau Chief - Zenitha Prince -preferring
ACORN is no stranger to points, to air ext.
202-332-0080, mislead-
119 hung. He’s a (expletive deleted)
controversy. ing
E-mail: dceditor@afro.com ads that seek to link Obama nigger, and he’s a piece of
For 38 years, the non-partisan to ACORN, thereby undercutting (expletive deleted). You guys are
organization has fought forGlobal social Markets
his political support. fraudulent, and you need to go to
Director
and economic - Benjamin
justice for low-M. PhillipsMcCain:IV - 410-554-8220
I’m John McCain hell. All the niggers on oak trees.
and moderate-income bphillips@afro.com and I approve this message. They’re gonna get all hung hon-
Washington Circulation/Distribution Manager 1 BANANA
Americans. With 400,000 mem- Announcer: Who is Barack eys, they’re going to get assassi-
Edgar Brookins - 202-332-0080, ext. 116 nated, they’re gonna get killed.”
ber families organized into more Obama? A man with “a political
Baltimore Circulation/Distribution Manager
than 1,200 neighborhood chap- baptism performed at warp Another message said, “You
Sammy Graham - 410-554-8266
ters in 110 cities nationwide, speed.” Vast ambition. After col- liberal idiots. Dumb (expletive
ACORN has Production
over the years Department
seen lege, - 410-554-8288
he moved to Chicago. deleted). Welfare bums. You
its share of criticism while advo- Became a community organizer. guys just (expletive deleted)
come to our country, consume
WashingtonThere,
cating for affordable housing, Office Obama met Madeleine
Talbot, part of the Chicago every natural resource there is,
living wages, healthcare for the
1917 Benning Road, N.E. • Washington, D.C. 20002-4723
underserved— and while organ- branch of ACORN. He was so
202-332-0080 Fax: 1-877-570-9297
and make Youa lot deserve to be heard. Experience a bank that’s dedicated to listening.
of babies. That’s
izing voter registration drives. impressive that he was asked to all you guys do. And then suck
General Manager train the ACORN staff. up the welfare and expect every-
But none has been as withering
Edgar Brookins - ext. 116
and baseless as this one. What did ACORN in Chicago one elseYour
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let your children die. as well as the genuine service that you should expect. Because a bank
Fun learning opportunities are everywhere. Simple things like
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A4 The Afro-American, December 18, 2010 - December 24, 2010

White House Touts Tax Deal’s Black Benefits

By Zenitha Prince
Washington Bureau Chief
Having won the endorsement of the man dubbed America’s
“First Black President,” Bill Clinton, the Obama administration
on Dec. 10 peddled the tax deal made with Republicans as a
boon for the African- American community.
“We feel we really were winners in this deal because we got
a lot of priorities through that not only helps economic recovery
but helps families that really need that assistance in this pivotal
time,” White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said during a
conference call with the Black press.
Cecilia Rouse, a member of President’s Council of
Economic Advisers, reaffirmed that the president had not been
happy about acceding to Republican demands for an increased
estate tax cut and a two-year extension of President Bush’s
high-income tax credit, which together costs $114 billion in
revenue.
But the benefits of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance
Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act far outweigh the
negatives, she said.
Among the wins—which together accounts for $238 billion
of the bill’s price tag—was the 13-month extension of the
unemployment insurance benefits.
“That is critical,” Rouse said of the measure. “Economists
on the left and right agree that unemployment insurance
benefits are the most effective way to stimulate short-term
growth. And that’s because [they] are so important to these
families.”
With the average payment of $300 a week representing
about half of what the now unemployed worker used to make,
“that unemployed worker is not taking that money and saving
it to buy a Lexus. That unemployed worker is using that to buy
food, pay rent, to pay the mortgage, to buy other necessities for
his or her family.”
If the insurance was not extended, about 300,000 African
Americans would have lost their benefits this month alone, and
1.1 million in the coming year, Rouse said. But if continued for
another year, the measure could produce as much as 600,000
“If the insurance was not extended, about
300,000 African American would have lost
their benefits this month alone...”
jobs and GDP would grow by about 0.6 percent.
Additionally, the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child
Tax Credit will also be expanded and extended for two years,
benefitting 12.2 million lower-income families, including 2.2
million Black households.
The $2,500 college credit, established by the Recovery Act
and of which eight million students took advantage, will also be
extended.
Also counted in the administration’s “win” tally was a
2 percent payroll tax cut for over 155 million workers –
providing tax relief of $112 billion next year. That translates
to about $700 more in salary receipts for the average African
American.
And to ensure Social Security isn’t weakened, every dollar
paid toward the tax cut will be reimbursed to the trust fund
from General Revenue.
All of these were intended to shore up and stimulate the
economy, while also easing the burden on families, the officials
said.
“We have a fragile economy and to have a gigantic tax
increase come Jan. 1, the president just didn’t want to risk
that,” Rouse said.
The White House teleconference came hours after the
Congressional Black Caucus announced their official objection
to the tax deal, particularly the estate tax cut and the tax holiday
for wealthy Americans. The Capitol Hill lawmakers said the
bill’s toll on the nation’s debt would result in “draconian” cuts
on social programs important to African Americans and other
vulnerable communities.
“There are tough choices that will have to be made next year
[and] we know what will happen—it’s going to be low-income
communities, poor communities of color that are going to pay,”
CBC Chairwoman Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., told reporters.
But Rouse said because the tax cuts are temporary, they will
not affect the long-term deficit in “any meaningful way.” And,
she said, economic stimulation—such as that promised by the
tax relief package—is the surest way to protect programs from
funding cuts.
Additionally, Psaki said, while President Obama recognizes
the need for fiscal discipline—which is reflected in policies
such as health care reform—he has also been “committed since
the day he entered public service not to balance any budget on
the backs of working people.”

Black Caucus
Continued from A1
figure larger than the recent
financial stimulus measures—
adding to an already towering
debt. And to reduce that
balance, Republicans will
likely impose “draconian”
cuts on programs important to
minority communities such as
Medicare, Medicaid, Social
Security and health care, CBC
members said.
“There are tough choices
that will have to be made next
year [and] we know what
will happen—it’s going to
be low-income communities,
poor communities of color
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Chairwoman Rep. Barbara
Lee (D-Calif.) told reporters.
The Caucus offered its
own plan, which is built on
some elements of the existing
deal:
-A 13-month extension
of unemployment insurance
benefits plus additional
assistance for the chronically
unemployed.
- A payroll tax holiday
with a guarantee that Social
Security would not be
affected.
-Two-year extension of
Bush-era tax cuts to middle-
and low-income families.
-Extension
4:08 PMof thePage 1
Recovery Act’s Earned
Income Tax Credit, Child Tax
Credit and $2,500 college
credit.
But the Caucus rebuked
Republicans for their
insistence on cuts to the
estate tax, which Scott called
“particularly offensive,” and
the tax cut for the wealthiest 2
percent of Americans, both of
which will cost $114 billion
in lost revenue.
“At a time when our
economy is recovering
steadily from a deep
recession, middle income,
working families in Maryland
and throughout the country
need reassurance that they
will not find themselves with
less of their hard-earned
dollars and holding the note
for the wealthiest 2 percent
of earners,” said Maryland
Rep. Donna Edwards (D) in
a statement. “It is unfortunate
that my colleagues on the
other side of the aisle do not
share this view.”
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.
(D-Ill.) echoed that sentiment.
“If we recklessly cut taxes for
the wealthiest 2 percent then
Obamanomics will look an
awful lot like Reaganomics,”
he said in a statement.
Jackson and others say the
tax cuts won by Republicans
reflect President Reagan’s
“starve the beast” strategy of
lowered taxes and increased
spending in areas such as
defense that would then force
Congress to make deep cuts
chief target of this
strategy.
“This just gives our
Republican colleagues
another chance to play,
‘Gotcha,’” said Virgin Islands
Rep. Donna Christiansen. “If
we extend the upper end tax
cuts and add that big estate
tax giveaway, when we move
to fund implementation of the
Affordable Care Act there’ll
be no money—‘Gotcha!’ And
when the 2012 election rolls
around, and the tax cuts are
about to expire, if we don’t
extend them again we, the
Democrats, will be blamed for
raising taxes—‘Gotcha!’”
The Black lawmakers said
though they object to the deal,
they understand the President
felt jammed against a wall.
“[But] as much as he
continues to extend the olive
U.S. Rep. Donald Payne
(D-N.J.) “And so we’re
saying at this point, [the]
line in the sand, enough is
enough.”
Payne said that the
President followed his
previous pattern of not
including the Congressional
Black Caucus and other
Democrats in the negotiation
process. Payne made similar
claims during the health care
reform debate.
“He could have called
us in and said, ‘Look, this is
what they’ve offered; these
are my options,” he said.
“What do you think? At
least bring us in so we can
understand the situation... For
him to meet with primarily
Republicans…is not a way to
negotiate. We felt we could
have been helpful to him.

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their behalf, they really don’t
seem to appreciate it,” said
“He gave away the shop
before he even brought us in
to help him.”

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 December 18, 2010 - December 24, 2010, The Afro-American A5

Obama: Nutrition Bill Vital to Children’s Future

By Mary Clare Jalonick
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP)
— Thousands more children
would get into school-based
meal programs and those
lunches and dinners would
become more nutritious under
a bill President Barack Obama
signed into law Dec. 13, part
of an administration-wide
effort to combat childhood
obesity.
“At a very basic level, this
act is about doing what’s right
Example of menu before and after legislation.
for our children,’’ Obama
said before signing the bill.
The ceremony was moved
from the White House, where
most signings are held, to
an elementary school in
the District of Columbia to
underscore the point.
Besides Obama, the bill
also was a priority for his
wife, Michelle, who launched
a national campaign this year
against childhood obesity.
“We can agree that in the
wealthiest nation on earth all
children should have the basic
Official White House Photo by Chuck
Kennedy
First Lady Michelle Obama
joins students for a “Let’s
Move!” Salad Bars to
Schools launch event at
Riverside Elementary
School in Miami, Fla.,
Nov. 22. This week,
President Obama signed
a child nutrition bill that
aims to decrease child
hunger and increase
health, a signature issue
championed by the first
lady.
nutrition they need to learn
and grow,’’ Mrs. Obama said.
“Nothing is more important
than the health and well-being
of our children. Nothing.’’
“We can agree that
in the wealthiest
nation on earth
all children should
have the basic
nutrition they need
to learn and grow.
Nothing is more
important than the
health and well-be-
ing of our children.”
The $4.5 billion measure
would expand free school
meals for the needy and give
the government power to
decide what kinds of foods
may be sold in schools.
The legislation also
increases the federal
reimbursement for free school
lunches by 6 cents a meal
at a time when many school
officials say they can’t afford
to provide the meals. The
new money also will allow 20
million additional after-school
meals to be served annually in
all 50 states. Most states now
only provide money for after-
school snacks.
The president used the
occasion to laud lawmakers
of both parties for passing the
bill, saying it shows they can
unite on issues that affect the
future of the nation’s children.

Homeless Shelters
Continued from A1

third night. Washington ACLU spokesman Johnny Barnes said the

“The proposal just feels very uncomfortable and I worry
about that because on the coldest nights people will be out in
the cold,” Graham said.” I know we have economic problems,
but some things you just [accommodate] and homelessness is
one of them.”
Ron Moten, founder of the nonprofit Peaceaholics – which
is committed to helping to preserve families and communities
in the District – reasoned that the city cannot be in the business
of waging war on the disadvantaged. “First and foremost, we
need to look at how many of those people were pushed out of
Washington,” said Moten, “as a lot of them who are homeless
and no longer live in the city are people who were forced out of
D.C. because of gentrification.”
Moten added that in those cases the Council should be more
sensitive and think twice about not allowing them into shelters.
“We just can’t have a war on the poor and the impoverished,”
Moten said. “We’v e got to think carefully because you pay
now or pay later.”
proposal does not sit well with him personally and that his
organization’s hands are tied.
“This is terrible public policy but the ACLU has looked at
it and [there’s] probably no constitutional issue here,” Barnes
said. “I know that [during times] such as this when we have
bitter cold weather it underscores how callous such a policy is.”
Barnes referred to a Supreme Court case (Goldberg v. Kelly)
in 1970 which established that residency could not be used as
a condition for public benefits. To that end, he said the ACLU
looked at the Council’s proposal in the same context and was
unable to find leverage for a constitutional argument.
According to Barnes, a solution to dealing with homelessness
in the tri-state area might be to treat it as a regional matter.
“It seems to me the solution lies in regional cooperation and
regional coordination,” Barnes said. “We do this on planning
and transportation issues, so there’s no reason why DMV can’t
get together to come to more reasonable solutions rather than
push the homeless off to other jurisdictions.”

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A6 The Afro-American, December 18, 2010 - December 24, 2010

Black College Report ‘Troubling’

By Jamaal Abdul-Alim
Special to the AFRO
Although a new federal report credits HBCUs with doing
a superior job of graduating more students in the fields of
science and technology, higher education leaders says the
report is built upon a faulty premise.
“The general population has to deal with and discuss
the report very cautiously, because it sends very confusing
signals,” said Dr. Alvin Thorton, associate provost at Howard
University, one of the HBCUs referenced in the report.
Thorton was referring to a report released recently by the
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights titled, “The Educational
Effectiveness of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.”
The report found that HBCUs produce a disproportionately
high share of African­-American students who earn degrees in
science, engineering, technology, or mathematics, also known
as STEM fields. Specifically, the report states that although
only about 20 percent of African­-American college students
attend HBCUs, 40 percent of all African­-American engineers
received their degrees from an HBCU.
However, in seeking to explain why HBCUs produce more
Black STEM graduates than other colleges and universities,
the commission blamed the problem on the “prevalence of
academic mismatch” at non-HBCUs. The phrase “academic
mismatch” refers to differences in the overall academic
abilities of a student in relation to his or her peers at college.
The problem of “academic mismatch” is not prevalent at
HBCUs, the report states, because African-American students
at HBCUs are more likely to be educated alongside other
students whose academic preparedness is similar, as opposed
to students with better academic preparedness.
“African­-American students interested in STEM majors
may ... particularly wish to consider attending a college or
a university, including an HBCU, at which their academic
credentials match those of the typical student so that
they avoid experiencing the negative effects of academic
mismatch,” the report states.
Thorton says he has a problem with that assertion.“The
notion implies that some students are better off at HBCUs
because HBCUs give academically a better match in terms of
preparation than they were at majority-serving schools, I just
think that is too compelling of an issue for the commission to
have tossed it out there in a cavalier way,” Thorton said. “That
to me is not serving the discussion well and that’s the most
troubling part of it.”
Thorton said the real reason HBCUs graduate more
students in STEM fields is because they provide more support
and have more diverse faculty members with whom the
“The way that the media portrays that
point does a disservice to the HBCUs by
portraying them in a light that says the
students are substandard or subpar to
majority students or Black students that
go to majority institutions.”
students can identify.
He said the Commission should have focused more on
what other universities can learn from what HBCUs are doing
to support students as opposed to the academic profile of the
students themselves. The report did state that researchers
should “carefully study the success of HBCUs to learn how
other schools can emulate their best practices.”
“That’s the call I would expect the commission to be
making,” Thorton said. “Not that we reached the point where
it’s preferable for the Black student to be away from what is
perceived to be higher-achieving, non-Black students. I think
that is a problematic premise.”
Dr. Lorelle Espinosa, director of policy and strategic
initiatives at the Institute for Higher Education Policy in
Washington, D.C., also said the report was problematic
because it propagates the idea that Black students at HBCUs
are less academically prepared. “The way that the media
portrays that point does a disservice to HBCUs by portraying
them in a light that says that the students are substandard
or subpar to majority students or Black students that go to
majority institutions,” Espinosa said.
The commission itself was divided over how much
credence to give the notion of “academic mismatch” and some
members of the commission were critical of the report itself.
Commissioners Michael Yaki and Arlan D. Melendez, for
instance, called the report “shamefully tardy,” noting that the
report is based on a briefing hearing that took place in May
2006.
“Further, parts of this Report’s conclusions rest upon stale
data, some of which ... was over a decade old at the time of its
initial consideration,” Yaki and Melendez wrote.
Commissioner Gail Heriot, however, rebutted that Yaki and
Melendez are ignoring scholars who have found that African-
American students do better when they are in the middle or
top of the class as opposed to at the bottom of the class at elite
mainstream institutions.
Thorton, of Howard University, said the deeper issue for
graduating more Black students in STEM fields is providing a
solid science education early on.
“For this issue to be addressed, it can’t start with HBCUs,”
Dr. Thorton said. “It has to start in the fourth grade with
excellent science programs for Black students in urban
systems.
“By the time they get to 11th, 12th, grade, it’s really too
late.”

said preserving programs for Gray be really balanced in his

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Continued from A1
McCoy said. “The Council also
added funding for job training
for recipients who might lose
benefits to help them return to
the workforce,” she said.
Ed Lazere, executive
director of the District-based
Your Home. Fiscal Policy Institute, said
such tough budget choices
are unavoidable. Even cutting
child care—though Gray has
children and the unemployed
are among his top budget
priorities—could be part of a
“comprehensive” approach to
saving money and reducing
joblessness.
However, If Gray plans
to make widespread cuts,
he needs to tread carefully,
said Ward 5 resident Kathy
Henderson, a former advisory
neighborhood commissioner.
“I would suggest that Mr.
efforts to save the city money
while eliminating programs,”
Henderson said. “He needs to
be very mindful that programs
that uplift a large segment of
the city need not be cut, as we
already have a great divide
in D.C. which starts and ends
in wards 5,7 and 8, which are
largely populated by African
Americans.”
According to Henderson,
those communities have
some of the highest rates
of unemployed residents
citywide and most are also
undereducated. “So we
want to make sure that any
programs or services that are
cut are not going to put people
in wards 5, 7 and 8 in a deeper

Your Family. economic hole,” she said.

Michael Fauntroy, a
George Mason University
public policy analyst, said
while many of the cuts will
impact African-American
residents, Gray’s options are
limited.
“The hole is so deep
that everyone is going to
have to feel some pain,”
Fauntroy said, “and I don’t
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A8 The Afro-American, December 18, 2010 - December 24, 2010

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Community Calendar
Dec. 16
New Century Saxophone
Quartet Free Public
Concert
St. Augustine’s Episcopal
Church, 600 M St., S.W. D.C.
7 p.m. The New Century
Saxophone Quartet will
perform hits from their album,
A New Century Christmas.
For more information: 202-
554-3222.
Dec. 17
‘The Uncut Coming of
Christ’
First Baptist Church of
Glenarden, Worship Center,
600 Watkins Park Drive,
Upper Marlboro, Md. 7-9
p.m. Through music and
theater, the Faith Baptist
Church of Glenarden Drama
Ministry will journey back in
time for an in-depth look at
the events that led to the birth
of Jesus Christ. For more
information: 301-773-3600.
WMATA Open Testing
Session
Naylor Road Career
Service One Stop Center,
2626 Naylor Road, S.E.
D.C. 9 a.m. The Washington
Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority will host an open
testing session for Metro
Bus operators. Please bring
valid driver’s license, CDL
learner’s permit, application
and updated traffic record. For
more information: 202-645-
3413.
Preservation Hall Jazz
Band: Creole Christmas
Kennedy Center, 2700 F
St., N.W. D.C. 7:30 p.m. The
world-renowned Preservation
Hall Jazz Band will perform
Creole Christmas tunes. $45.
For more information: 202-
467-4600.
A Pre-Christmas Soul Affair
The Naval Heritage
Museum, 701 Pennsylvania
Ave., N.W. D.C. 9 p.m.-2
a.m. Ace Entertainment
presents this soul Christmas
concert featuring music by the
S.T.E.E.L. band. $10-$20. For
more information: 202-702-
7813.
Dec. 18
Jones-Haywood
‘Homecoming’
Jones-Haywood Dance
School, 1200 Delafield
Place, N.W. D.C. 12 p.m.
Commemorating its 70th year
in the District, the Jones-
Haywood Dance School
will present Homecoming, a
showcase of choreography
and performances by some of
the school’s renowned alumni.
A second show will begin at
4 p.m. For more information:
202-882-4039.
Kwanzaa Lecture &
Demonstration
Prince George’s Public
Playhouse, 5445 Landover
Road, Cheverly, Md. 8 p.m.
Learn the history of Kwanzaa
and witness dancing and
drumming by the African
Heritage Dancers and
Drummers. $4. For more
information: 301-277-1710.
Holiday Jazz Auction
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event featuring many top
brands. $25-$40. For more
information: 240-595-9753.
Seductive Saturdays
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Dec. 19
Evangel Christmas
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Evangel Cathedral,
13901 Central Ave., Upper
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Annual Black Ski Christmas
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Opinion
A ‘Used Up’ Michael Steele to Seek
Second Term as GOP Leader
(NNPA) – Although the
Republican Party appears to
have gotten as much use as
they wanted out of Michael
Steele, the embattled
chairman of the Republican
National Committee told
supporters Monday night he
will seek re-election next
month.
“Yes, I have stumbled
along the way, but have
always accounted to you for
such shortcomings,” he told
the 168-member committee
George E. Curry
in an e-mail sent after a
telephone conference call
with them. “No excuses. No lies, No hidden agenda.  Going
forward, I ask for your support and your vote for a second
term.”
Going forward, Steele will face an uphill battle.  At
least a few prominent Republicans, including former RNC
chairwoman Ann Wagner, have announced they are running
for Steele’s position. Many have complained about lavish
spending and slumping donations during Steele’s tenure.
Some urged donors not to give to the party for races in
November and instead donate to alternative organizations
such as the Republican Governors Association. And, many
donors did just that.
Whenever I think about Steele, the lyrics of Bill Withers’
“Use Me” come to mind:
“My friends feel it’s their appointed duty
They keep trying to tell me all you want to do is use me
But my answer yeah to all that use me stuff
Is I wanna spread the news that if it feels this good getting
used
Oh you keep on using me until you use me up.”
Michael Steele has willingly allowed himself to be used by
the GOP.  And, now that they have no more use for him, they
plan to discard him like a used tissue. Still, he is under the
illusion that he can be re-elected.
Steele has never been a popular figure as chairman,
Barry’s Race-Baiting
Much more interesting
Yaida Ford than Marion Barry and Yvette
Alexander’s bill that would
impose a five-year time limit on the receipt of public assistance
for District residents is a statement that Barry made recently on
Fox News. He said White advocates oppose this bill because
they want to keep Blacks “enslaved” and “oppressed” by the
welfare system. While Mr. Barry’s concern is legitimate, his
statement is rooted in misperceptions of race and poverty.
White advocates touting the cause of racial or social justice
is nothing new. From abolition to the civil rights movement,
Whites have been an integral part of mass movements for
racial equality. Unfortunately, much of their advocacy is
met with suspicion from some Blacks and disdain from some
Whites.
I understand Mr. Barry’s dismay when he sees White
advocates beating down the hallways of the council building
to advocate for poor District residents, many of whom are
African-American, and who also reside in his Ward 8. I, too,
was perplexed when I became an anti-poverty lawyer in the
District some three years ago and saw I was one of a few
Blacks in the field. Another uniqueness that I bore was that I
was the only one who lived in the same community with the
people for whom I was fighting. I often pondered whether
my authenticity as an advocate was bolstered by the fact that
I not only looked like the people I represented but that I also
chose to reside near them. Surely, a White advocate would not
question why I chose to forfeit more lucrative opportunities
to do this work. Unfortunately, Mr. Barry and others do not
Pigford Passed, Now What? As the nation celebrates
Tanikka the long awaited approval of
Cunningham funds to settle Pigford II, we
have to stop and ask, what
happens next? Does this truly make an impact on the state of
Black agriculture and Black farmers in the present and future?
I find that in my day-to-day activities and talking to people,
some folks forget or don’t know that Pigford II is to right the
wrongs of the past, by paying dues to Black farmers who were
discriminated against who filed after the Pigford I case. These
are claims from 1981 to 1996, almost 30 years ago.
I also notice people don’t know the state of Black farmers
today. They don’t know that the average age of a Black farmer
is 60-63 years old.
We heard it reported how many of those claimants who
have waited for Pigford II to pass have died waiting. So what
does this mean? It means a lot of the Pigford payees will be the
children of those who originally filed claims.
These are the children who grew up and have had to see
what the government systematically did to their parents, their
farm, their land, their heritage.
Now these children - adults are now considered Black land
owners, and want nothing to do with being farmers. Nothing
because they saw their parents make an average of $22,000
a year when other farmers of other races make well over
$100,000 a year growing the same things.
Who would want to continue a cycle of suffering?
Where does that leave the state of Black agriculture and
Black farmers?
Today, Black farmers are almost 1 percent of all U.S.
farmers and declining, every day. With numbers that low we
have two options - extinction or revival.
I vote revival.
We have no time to celebrate long; now is where the gravel
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winning on the sixth round of balloting. And, the only reason
he won then was so that the GOP could use a Black man to
counter the nation’s first Black president. It was a role Steele
relished. He said at the time, “Having a Black president of
the United States and a Black leader of the opposition is a
wonderful testament to our country.”
Even though the GOP made impressive gains in the last
election, most Republicans think they were successful in spite
of Michael Steele, not because of him.
Over the past two years, Steele may have set a record for
gaffes.
Last year, he said: “In the history of mankind and
womankind, government – federal, state or local – has never
created one job.  It’s destroyed a lot of them.”
According to the U.S. Labor Department’s Bureau of
Statistics, of the 153.7 million people in the civilian labor
force, approximately 22.5 million held government jobs as of
January 2009.
Steele can’t even get it right when trying to woo Black
voters. When he was asked last year about Republican efforts
to reach diverse populations, Steele told a group of bloggers,
“My plan is to say, ‘Y’all come’ because of lot of you are
already here.’” When someone in the audience yelled, “I’ll
bring the collard greens,” Steele added, “I got the fried
chicken and potato salad.”
Many African Americans saw nothing funny in Steele’s
comment.
.In his eagerness to attack Obama, Steele said last
summer that the Afghan war was a “war of Obama’s
choosing.”  Evidently everyone except Michael Steele knows
that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were initiated by George
W. Bush in retaliation for the Sept. 11 attacks on the World
Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon. 
Though quick to attack President Obama – even when the
facts proved him wrong – Steele was even quicker to defend
ridiculous statements by conservatives and genuflect for Rush
Limbaugh.
Playing to the outlandish views of birthers who contend
that President Obama was not born in the United States, Steele
defended an assertion by former House speaker and potential
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich that Obama
afford White anti-poverty advocates the same benefit of the
doubt maybe because it is believed that, outside of the work
they do, these advocates have no real connection with poor
communities. Either way his comment that White advocates
oppose time limits on welfare to keep Backs oppressed and
enslaved is driven by misperceptions about race and those on
welfare.
First, it is unfair to assume the intention of an anti-poverty
advocate changes because of their race. Certainly, Mr. Barry
would not have made that same comment if he saw advocates
from the local NAACP opposing the bill.
Second, and most important, Mr. Barry’s comment assumes
that all parents who receive welfare have been on it for a long
time and do not want to get off, therefore making welfare a
crutch for poor people. Impoverished communities are not
monolithic. Everyone is not on welfare for the same reason.
One parent walks away from the family and another loses their
job and another gets sick and now these families need welfare.
For these families welfare is a bridge to help them get over
troubled waters. For others the situation could look different.
A teen girl gets pregnant while in school and her mother
already has other mouths to feed so she is on her own. Not an
ideal situation but this girl may need welfare until she can find
stable work. If Bristol Palin’s family had no money she, too,
would be a candidate for welfare. These hypothetical scenarios
reflect the reality that poverty is sometimes one paycheck or
one bad decision away. Everyone who needs welfare is not out
to “work” the system. That is not to say that no one abuses it
but the clients I represent before policymakers like Barry do
meets the road and we need to get to work.
Will Pigford II money revitalize Black agriculture? Not if
we do the exact same thing we have done over the last 30 years
– fighting past discrimination. We must also look to the future.
I was once told by a farmer, “Dirt and money don’t put
seeds in the ground, and seeds in the ground don’t pay the
bills.” I understand that now. We can’t expect that if you have
some money and land that you are going to get back into
farming. And, if you do get back into farming, just growing
things will not pay your bills. You have to sell your goods to
make money.
Let’s get the children and heirs with cash infusions
to look broadly at agriculture, their land, and their heritage as
something to hold on to and fight for. Give them the tools to see
agriculture as a business and a legacy.
Give them the tools to run their farm as a business, tools
that do not stop when the food is grown or extend to farmers’
markets. Let’s teach our farmers distribution, marketing,
packaging, post-harvest practice, co-operative buying and
selling, business taxes, business planning, and the list could go
on, along with farmers’ markets.
Let’s use Pigford as a rallying cry to increase the profit-
making of practicing farmers, while creating new Black farmers
and giving them the tools to become producers, sustainable and
profitable.
Let’s educate more young people on the history of Black
agriculture and Black farmers before and after slavery.
Let’s teach young Black children that agriculture is the
foundation to all things—there is no culture without agriculture.
We can teach them that farming is not just putting seeds
in the ground; it’s not just harvesting it. It’s inclusive of
everything in the food supply chain and that everything around
them comes from some source of farming – it has either been
grown or mined – all within agriculture.
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may hold a “Kenyan, anti-colonial view.”
On his short-lived CNN program, comedian D.L. Hughley
called Rush Limbaugh the “de facto  leader of the Republican
Party.”  Steele strongly disagreed, saying: “I’m the de facto
leader of the Republican Party.” Steele dismissed Limbaugh
as an incendiary entertainer, but after Limbaugh lashed out
at Steele on his radio program, Steele backed off, saying,
“Maybe I was a little bit inarticulate.” He added, “What I was
trying to say was a lot of people…want to make Rush the
scapegoat, the bogeyman, and he’s not.”
Ironically, the Republican Party has grown more
conservative during Steele’s tenure. That had more to do with
a tea party movement that challenged both moderate and
conservative Republican incumbents than a leadership failure
on Steele’s part.
Meanwhile, Black voters were not eating from Steele’s
political menu. In fact, the share of Blacks voting Republican
in congressional races decreased from 11 percent in 2006, the
previous off year election, to 9 percent in November.
Michael Steele could not offer enough chicken and potato
salad to change that outcome. And nor is the likely outcome of
next month’s balloting likely to favor Steele.
George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of “Emerge”
magazine and the NNPA News Service, is a keynote speaker,
moderator, and media coach. He can be reached through his
website, www.georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at
www.twitter.com/currygeorge.
not mirror the “welfare queen” image from the Newt Gingrich
era. They have jobs or are in school, they have kids in college,
they are domestic violence victims and some have substance
abuse issues. Welfare is a means to support them while they try
to get ahead under difficult circumstances. None of them wants
to “live” on welfare contrary to the stereotypes that perpetuate
asinine policies such as the one Barry and Alexander has
proposed.
Finally, imposing time limits will cut families off of
welfare but it will not reverse poverty trends in the District.
The welfare to work program is supposed to offer education
and training to parents who need such services but it fails to do
this adequately. Poor administration of the District’s welfare
to work program results in low outcomes for families with
multiple barriers to employment such as low literacy, mental
health and substance abuse issues, and those are the ones who
need the most help.
I may support Barry and Alexander if they held
the District’s feet to the fire and advocated for serious
improvements in the welfare to work program before trying
to impose time limits. My White colleagues have been saying
the same thing to Barry since he introduced the bill but maybe
he will take it more seriously coming from me—an attorney,
advocate and one of his constituents who also happens to be
Black.
Yaida Ford is an Washington, D.C. attorney and Ward 8
resident.
This not an urban vs. rural farming situation; it’s an
everyone-everywhere situation.
Pigford told us of the past. Now we look to the future and
make sure that Black Farmers don’t become extinct. We need to
make sure that our farmers have the support, tools, customers,
and know-how to make farming and agricultural related
activities a thriving business that anyone would want to go into,
because it’s ours.
We need to make Black farmers the now and the future.  We
need to make sure we make practicing farmers profitable and
their farmer thriving, and create new farmers at the same time.
However we need to act now.  We are quickly running out of
time. If the average age is 60, how many more years do we
have for them to be farming—three years, five years, 10 at the
max? So in 10 years we could run out of Black farmers.
If we stand by idly as spectators and allow that to happen,
then the people who caused the reason for Pigford just won.
And I am no spectator!
So all hands on deck. Do you have time to volunteer
to pick some crops? Do you have time to help fill out a
marketing plan? Do you have time to help with packaging, or
transportation or to sit in at a farmers’ market for a farmer? Do
you have land that you don’t use? Do you eat every day?
If you said yes then you can help save Black farmers!
Will you join me?
Tanikka Cunningham is the executive director of Healthy
Solutions, a national grassroots nonprofit organization, and has
been working to assist Black farmers to become profitable by
distributing their goods through multiple distribution systems,
while insuring that people of color have access to healthy and
affordable foods for over nine years.
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Bentham, Miss DC USA Teen 2011; Lauren Seely, first

runner- up; Ana Iglesias, second runner-up; Precious
Thompson, third runner-up and Vaniah temple, fourth
runner-up. The adult category winners were Heather
Swann, Miss DC USA 2011; Melody Cheng, first runner
MacKenzie Green, -up; Echoe Malone, second runner-up; Vanessa Waters,
Miss DC USA 2010, and third runner-up and Ciara Famble, fourth runner-up.
Jeneffer Lopez, Miss DC Former national Miss USA 2002 Shauntay Hinton and
Teen USA 2010 The 2011 Miss DC USA and Miss DC USA Teen Alan Atkinson were the guest emcees. Urban hip-hop
Pageants took place recently at the luxurious J.W. singing group No Label provided entertainment along
Heather Swann (center) is
Marriott in the District, where 11 teens and 27 with comedian J Raz. The task of selecting the winners fell crowned Miss DC USA 2011
women competed for the coveted titles. Jeneffer to judges Candace Allen, Howard Berliner, Dr. Alex Naini,
Lopez, 2010 Miss DC USA Teen, and MacKenzie Dr. Lawrence Singer and Chelsi Smith.
Green, 2010 Miss DC USA, were an intricate part of Michel McBride produced the pageant and Althea
the pageant production as they ushered contestants Smith is the executive director and has worked with the
on and off the stage during the various segments. organization for nearly 20 years. The Miss DC USA Pageant
The evening’s teenage winners were Imani is a licensed unit of the Miss Universe Organization.
Photos by Rob Roberts

MacKenzie Green and

Nicole and Jasmine, former
Heather Swann, winner
pageant winners
of best evening grown Imani Bentham (right),
and most photogenic a sophomore at George
awards MacKenzie Green, Jeneffer Lopez, Michael McBride, Washington University,
pageant producer; Heather Swann, Althea Smith, pageant is crowned Miss DC Teen
director and Imani Bentham USA 2011

Aunni Young (right)interviews the

contestants backstage Jeneffer Lopez and
Precious Thompson

Michael McBride, pageant producer (second

from right) and Urban Pop Rock group No Label
Emcees Shauntay Hinton,
Miss USA 2002, and radio
personality Alan Atkinson
Dr. Lawrence Singer, Dr. Alex Naini, Chelsi Smith,
Heather Swann, Imani Bentham, Candace Allen
and Howard Berliner

Phyllis and Ernest Green – parents of Miss DC USA 2010 Contestants participate in the opening number Contestants show off swimwear
and Washington AFRO General Manager Edgar Brookins

Miss DC Teen top five finalists Top five Miss DC USA 2011 finalists

A bevy of the District’s most notable faces,

international stars and local residents turned out
for the 11th annual WPGC For Sisters Only event held
recently at the Washington Convention Center. The
popular showcase – which includes demonstrations,
fashion shows, author
appearances and
giveaways – included
performances from Faith Evans
singers Faith Evans, performs for a
Marsha Ambrosius, sold-out WPGC
WPGC “Sunday Lil’ Mo and Monica, audience at For
Morning Hope”
while actors Larenz Sisters Only
personality and
pastor of HipHope
Tate, Lance
Gross, Tasha R&B singer Monica
Nation, the Rev.
Tony Lee Smith and Hill Award-winning actors Larenz Tate and
Harper were Lance Gross backstage after greeting
also on hand. crowds of fans

Photos by Aunni Young

and Mike James

Hair icon Barry

Fletcher speaks to
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Earn A Man
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Faith Pulse Church Briefs

Winter Coat Drive Florida Avenue
Compiled by Herb Quarles

A Christmas Play
the streets of Bethlehem.
The performances are
open free of charge to the
ticket and other information.

The Choral Arts Society

Christmas Concert
The combined choirs at
Zion Baptist Church, under
Baptist Church, The First Baptist Church public. Call 301-773-3600 The Choral Arts Society the direction of Samuel
located at 623 of Glenarden will present or visit fbcglenarden.org for
of Washington, under the L. E. Bonds, will present
Florida Ave., N.W., The Uncut Coming of Christ, additional information.direction of Norman Scribner, “Great Joy! A Celebration of
continues its active a Christmas play, at 7 p.m. will present “Christmas Christmas” at 7 p.m. on Dec.
involvement in on Dec. 17 and at 6:30 p.m. The Washington Chorus Music: The Treasured 24 at the church located at
the community. on Dec. 19 at the church’s The Washington Chorus Holiday Tradition” at 7 p.m. 4850 Blagden Ave. N.W.
Supported by the Worship Center located at will present “A Candlelight on Dec. 21 in the Concert In addition to the
Greater Washington 600 Watkins Drive in Upper combined choirs, selections
D.C. Alumni Marlboro, Md. The leading will be rendered by The
Chapter of Jackson roles of Mary and Joseph will Voices of Adoration under
State University be played by gospel sensation the direction of Karla Scott;
in Jackson, Miss., and winner of BET’s the Children’s Choir directed
the church held a “Sunday Best” competition, by Ryan Jones; Friends from
successful women’s Y’Anna Crawley and Duke Ellington School of
winter coat drive renowned musician and the Arts; and a choir from
recently for the recording artist, Duawne Plymouth Congregational
Reynolds and Starling. UCC.
Courtesy Photo Associates Halfway “For those who don’t The Rev. Keith W. Byrd
House for Women. know the real reason why we Sr., Zion’s pastor, invites
celebrate Christmas, this play the community to come
will be an eye-opener, and for and enjoy an evening of
Renowned Artist Unveils Portrait those of us who do, the play inspirational seasonal music.
will be a reminder of Christ’s Call the church office at
miraculous birth and that 202-733-4940 for additional
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we have a savior,” said John Courtesy Photo information.
The Rev. Sylvia E. Sumter is The Choral Arts Society of Washington that will be among
K. Jenkins, senior pastor of
the senior minister of Unity other groups performing Christmas music on Dec. 21.
FBCG. He’s also the father Free Bread
of Washington, D.C.
of the playwright, Joshua Free bread will be
Jenkins. “Through music and Christmas” at 1 p.m. on Hall of the Kennedy Center. available from 10 a.m.
Joseph Daniel Clipper, a renowned portrait artist, unveiled theatre, the FBCG Drama Dec. 18; at 7 p.m. on Dec. The concert will celebrate the until noon on Tuesdays and
the portrait of the Rev. Sylvia E. Sumter during Unity of Ministry journeys back 2,000 19, 30, and 22 in the Concert season with a magical mix of Thursdays and 10 a.m.
Washington, D.C.’s 90th anniversary celebration that was years for an in-depth look at Hall of the Kennedy Center. classical Christmas pieces, until 2 p.m. on Saturdays
held recently at the church located at 1225 R St. N.W. The the events that led to the birth There will be a 7:30 p.m. favorite carols and popular at Noah’s Ark located at
celebration also included the inauguration of the Unity of Jesus Christ.” performance on Dec. 21 holiday standards. 6200 Chillum Road, N.E.
Archives. Full of original scores at the Music Center at The program will include Call Anita Webster at 202-
The Rev. George M. Stone, one of the founding ministers by singer and songwriter Strathmore located at 5301 tenor Stephen Cramer 705- 2279 to schedule an
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minister of Unity of Washington, D.C., delivered a stirring dramatic interpretation Bethesda, Md. Call 202- Philharmonic Orchestra to let her know how many
message that focused on the fundamental principles of truth takes the audience on a 342-6221 or e-mail staff@ under the direction of Daniel loaves you would like to
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“You must see situations of challenge differently, and
the situation will correct itself,” he said. The statement was church. universe is continuously giving us an experience to help
accompanied by an affirmation, “You are a pure spirit, whole During the luncheon that followed the service, the Rev. us become who we really are,” he said. “We become so
and innocent. All else is forgiven and released.” At the end of Milledge “Butch” Mosbey, senior minister of Unity Center intrigued with the phenomena, that we cannot experience the
the service, Clipper unveiled a portrait and dedicated it to the of Light, in Bowie, Md., delivered the keynote address. “The phenomenon (source of God).”

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Review
‘O Thou That Tellest’ – Timeless Oratorio Resplendent in Cathedral
By Patrick D. McCoy
Special to the Afro
With the many performances of Handel’s “Messiah” around
the world, each of them have a unique quality all their own.
From the small church choir to the professional choir, these
performances all provide their own fabric to the tapestry of a
masterwork that has touched the hearts of many for centuries.
The presentation at the Washington National Cathedral was
a perfect example of the variation in performance that still
exists, even for a venerable work such as Handel’s most famous
oratorio. Listeners filled the entire cathedral to hear the beloved
choral piece that for many mark the beginning of the Christmas
season.
Michael McCarthy led a performance that was a fine balance
between being “period informed” yet still palpable to the ear of a
listener who may not be astute to baroque performance practice.
Opening with the overture, McCarthy conducted in a stately
tempo, bringing out the dotted rhythms of the movement, which
is in the manner of the French overture. The orchestra played
with a great sense of ensemble, with each phrase not only being
heard, but seen also in the embachur. Boy and girl sopranos in
the choir framed the work with an angelic quality throughout,
further noting the clarity and sheer beauty of the singers. Adult
men composed of countertenors, tenors and basses blended The tempos were quite
uniformly with the upper voices. Notably, the countertenors of brisk. In the joyful
the choir sang with a beautiful legato that was often at the center choruses such as “O
of the core choral sound. Thou That Tellest” and
In “Comfort Ye,” tenor Rufus Müller masterfully set the “For Unto Us,” the faster
tone for the subject matter at hand, singing with a great sense pace was conceivable.
of conviction and urgency. His vocal ornaments were always But in the mood change
with reason, noted particularly on the word “straight” in which of the choruses that were
he removed the vibrato and on the word “rough” where he appropriate more so to
added an ornament in the manner of a succession of notes, that the suffering and death of
conveyed the idea effectively. Christ such as “Behold
In “Thus Saith the Lord,” bass Eric Downs’ rendering was the Lamb of God” and nationalcathedral.org
emphatic, yet the vocal production lacked a resonance that was “Surely He Hath Borne
well-focused. Downs championed “Why Do the Nations,” Our Griefs,” deliberately slower tempos may have assisted in
displaying a great flexibility in his vocal range, and a pleasing providing a more recognizable mood change from the previous
lower register. Mezzo-soprano Marietta Simpson sang with a joyfulness of the oratorio.
vocal warmth that has inevitably become her trademark. In the A grand space, angelic choristers, stellar soloists, fine
aria “O Thou That Tellest,” she brought a jubilance to the work orchestra and a musical conductor ushered in the holiday
that was matched by the McCarthy’s lilting tempo. season, in what has become one of Washington’s beloved
Soprano Gillian Keith complimented the performance with holiday traditions.
a radiant vocal presence. Her emphatic delivery embodied the
joy that was apparent for such an important announcement. Patrick D. McCoy is an arts columnist and musician residing in the
“Rejoice Greatly” was a brilliant showpiece for the soprano. Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. His online column can be read at
There were many interesting things about this performance. examiner.com/kennedy-center-in-washington-dc/patrick-mccoy.

‘Hope and Redemption - The Lena Baker Story’

Film Explores Life, Legacy of Ga. Death Row Inmate

Decades before Rosa Parks
took a determined stance
against racism and Black
Americans across the nation
participated in sit-ins and
rallies demanding equality,
Lena Baker lived in a world
engulfed by hatred, despair
and cruelty.
Her story comes to life
Jan. 4, 2011, in the feature-
length docudrama, The Lena
Baker Story, starring actress
Tichina Arnold in a breakout
Tichina Arnold stars as Lena Baker, the only Georgia
woman executed by electric chair, in Hope and
Redemption-The Lena Baker Story.
dramatic role.
As an uneducated Black
woman living in rural
Georgia, Baker stood out
among her straight-laced
peers and families. She works
as a prostitute in hopes of
breaking away from the grips
of poverty, but was sentenced
to 10 months hard labor for
“laying” with White men.
Years later, now a sober,
church-going mother of three
young children, she ekes out a
living with her mother doing
laundry and housekeeping.
But just as she seems to have
moved beyond the sorrows
of her past, Baker is hired to
care for Elliot Arthur (Emmy
Award-winner Peter Coyote,
who has appeared in over 120
films and TV series), who is
recovering from a broken leg.
A tyrannical, pistol-packing
White man, Arthur is known
for his angry disposition and
heavy drinking. Over time, the
two develop a highly-charged
and drunken relationship filled
with cruelty and a troubling
need for one another. Arthur’s
physical and mental abuse
continues to escalate and he
virtually enslaves her. But one
sweltering night, Baker finally
attempts to break free … a
struggle ensues and a gun goes
off, accidentally killing Arthur.
Despite the sympathies
of the local sheriff (Michael
Rooker, Mallrats, Cliffhanger,
Days of Thunder) – who is
helpless against the mores of
the time – Baker’s attorney
is dismissive, her defense
inadequate and a jury of 12
Caucasian men find her guilty
in a trial and deliberation that,
together, last less than four
hours. Sentenced to death by
electrocution, Baker faces her
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fate with dignity and strength
over the ensuing months,
holding onto her belief that
the Lord would judge her
more fairly.
The only woman to be
sentenced to death by electric
chair in the state of Georgia,
Baker was just 44 years old
when she died in 1945. Said
Baker before the switch was
pulled – a barbaric death
requiring several shocks and
lasting six minutes –, “What
I done, I done in self-defense,
or I would have been killed
myself. Where I was, I could
not overcome it. God has
forgiven me. I have nothing
against anyone. I picked
cotton for Mr. Pritchett and
he has been good to me. I am
ready to go. I am one in the
number. I am ready to meet
my God. I have a very strong
conscience.”
In 1998, Baker’s
unmarked, weed-ridden
grave was rediscovered in
the cemetery of Mt. Vernon
Baptist Church – where she
once worshipped – and the
congregation raised $250
to purchase a modest stone,
now marking her final resting
place. Due to a long clemency
campaign led by her family,
including in more recent years
her grand-nephew Roosevelt reflected Curry in a press
Curry, Georgia’s Pardon statement.
and Parole Board finally Based on the book, The
granted a posthumous pardon Lena Baker Story by Lela
in 2005 – six decades after Bond Phillips, the film
her execution – ruling that was written, produced and
a “grievous error” occurred directed by Ralph Wilcox,
when she was denied CEO of Schusters Cash, a
clemency following her trial. film, television and video
“I believe she’s somewhere production company; owner
around God’s throne and of Jokara-Micheaux Studio,
can look down and smile,” a 22,000-square-foot movie
Reader’s Corner
Straight Talk, No Chaser: How to Find, Keep and Understand
a Man
Following the exceptional success of his No.1 New York
Times bestseller, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, comedian-
turned-author Steve Harvey is back with a new relationship
book, Straight Talk, No Chaser: How to Find, Keep and
Understand a Man.
Harvey shares his point of view with candor, humor and
hints of spirituality, and attempts to answer questions about
why act and react in certain ways in various romantic situations.
Some of the key issues Harvey tackles include:
-Why a man never seems to do what a woman wants him to
do and when she wants him to do it?
-How a woman can get the most out of her man inside and
outside the bedroom?
-What men think about dating from decade to decade?
-Whether men are intimidated by independent, successful
women
-Learning how to ask the right questions and get truthful
answers
The book’s overall message is straightforward: Women must
learn how men think if they plan to build desirable relationships.
“My hope is that when you finish reading this book and really
think about the information I’m sharing with you, you’ll have
an even more informed understanding of men and certainly an
appreciation for how incredible simple we are,” Harvey said in
a statement. “We come at every situation from the same angle,
using the same principles, seldom deviating. There really is no
use applying your thought process to the relationship equation or
expecting your man to adopt your logic when it comes to dating
and mating; you can’t, after all, change men.”
Final word: Life told from Harvey’s signature no-holds-
barred point of view.
Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade by historians David
Eltis and David Richardson (Yale University Press) has been
12 years in the making. The visually stunning book offers
important insight into how the slave trade impacted the cultural,
social and financial fate of the United States and other nations.
For Americans of African descent, it also offers a deeper
understanding of how their ancestor’s nation of origin
determined where they would settle in the United States. This
is something that other Americans descended from immigrants
have been able to look up for years (i.e., the Irish went to
Boston, the Polish went to Chicago) but because of the violent
and coercive nature of the slave trade, it has been a murky
subject for a large percentage of the American populace.
Eltis and Richardson have created the first comprehensive,
up-to-date atlas of the 350-year history of the slave trade,
featuring 189 full-color maps that explore every detail of the
African slave traffic to the New World. Based on an online
database (www.slavevoyages.org) with records on nearly
35,000 slaving voyages—roughly 80 percent of all such
voyages ever made—Eltis and Richardson use astonishingly
detailed illustrations to show which nations participated in the
slave trade, where the ships involved were outfitted, where
the captives boarded ship, and where they were landed in the
Americas, as well as the experience of the transatlantic voyage
studio in Colquitt, Ga.; and film producer, in a prepared
director of the Southwest statement. “There has been a
Georgia Film Commission. lot of progress in our society
Additionally, Wilcox’s long and race relations, but we
career as an actor includes need not forget where we
roles in dozens of iconic have been, lest we repeat our
television programs in the past. And, even though Lena
’70s, ’80s and ’90s. was flawed, this film was an
“We tend to forget history opportunity to give her the
and believe that we’ve all voice she was denied 64 years
moved on,” said Wilcox, ago … each and everyone one
now a documentary and of us deserves that.”
and the geographic dimensions of the eventual abolition of
the traffic. Letters, poems and songs reproduced from original
documents carried by these men and women on their journeys
breathe even more life into this topic.
Final word: A long overdue glimpse into Africans’ arrival in
America.
Surviving and Thriving
By Kam Williams
Special to the AFRO
“In her poem, ‘And Still I Rise,’ Dr. Maya Angelou wrote,
‘You can write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lies,
you can trod me in the very dirt and still, like dust, I rise.’ More
than a century before she penned her words, Richard R. Wright,
Sr., a man born into slavery… asked [Union] General Oliver
Otis Howard to ‘Tell them we are rising.’
Wright’s 19th C. vision… has currency today. …Tell anyone
who will listen that, while the playing field is not yet level,
African-American people can play the game, win it, and even
change the rules to make them fairer.
Tell them we are rising, surviving and thriving.”
– Excerpt from the Introduction (pg. xliii)
The accomplishments of African Americans have generally
been omitted from the history books, when it comes to the
field of economics. Consequently, most Black kids grow up
unaware that despite the obstacles the nation deliberately placed
in the path of their ancestors during the days of slavery and the
repressive era of Jim Crow segregation, many miraculously
managed to flourish financially anyway.
While many accounts of the exploits of the heroes of the
Emancipation and Civil Rights movements have been published
for posterity, the achievements of Black business leaders have
rarely been the subject of scrutiny. For this reason, a debt of
gratitude is owed to Dr. Julianne Malveaux, author of Surviving
and Thriving: 365 Facts in Black Economic History.
Her informative text might be best thought of as a bound
version of one of those page-a-day theme calendars, except
that instead of serving up jokes, words or spiritual reflections,
this features a year’s worth of entries about African-American
companies and captains of industry. A few of her subjects are
familiar household names, such as BET founder Bob Johnson
and hip-hop pioneer Russell Simmons. However, most of the
bios here are apt to be eye-opening intros to someone you’ve
never heard of.
For example, there’s Sarah Gammon Bickford, a former
slave-turned-public utility owner who moved to Virginia
City, Mont., where she came to supply the town’s water after
acquiring a natural spring. Then, there’s seamstress Elizabeth
Keckley, a sister who owned the largest custom dressmaking
business in ante bellum Washington, D.C. Before the outbreak
of the Civil War, she designed outfits for both first lady Mary
Todd Lincoln and the wives of eventual confederates, President
Jefferson Davis and his Gen. Robert E. Lee.
In sum, an inspirational tome design to serve as a daily
reminder of the role that African-American entrepreneurs have
played and continue to play on the path to freedom and equality.
B4 The Afro-American, December 18, 2010 - December 24, 2010

Urban Wheels Awards Preps for Celebration of 15th Annual

Showcase
By Stephen D. Riley
AFRO Staff Writer
Foreign customizations and American autos coincide
completely with most car shows. With a showcase on top-
dollar vehicles, attendees are usually blown away by souped-up
engines, sparkling wheels and flashy paint jobs. But the Urban
Wheel Awards doesn’t just put the focus on nice rides—
minorities and diversity are the stars of the show. The Urban
Wheel Awards will host its 15th annual car show on Jan. 9 at
the MotorCity Casino Hotel’s Sound Board Theater in Detroit,
Mich., in conjunction with the North American International
Auto Show, the largest revenue producing event in the United
States.
Serving as a popular meeting ground for A-List celebrities,
executives, international media, government representatives
and members of the multicultural community, the Urban Wheel
Awards promotes and celebrates diversity in the auto industry.
Accolades are given to promote contributions to the industry in
addition to the companies and decision makers who have made
diversity an integral part of their operation.
“Minorities buy 25 percent of all new vehicles annually
so us holding our event allows a lot of the auto companies to
support diversity,” says Randi Payton, CEO and president of
Decisive Media, the organizer of the award show. “The event
has helped to really spur and expand diversity in the auto
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Washington, D.C. native and current mayor of Detroit,
Dave Bing, along with actress LisaRaye were a few of the
popular faces at the 2010 Urban Wheels Awards. CBS
News analyst Jamal Simmons will host the 2011 show.
industry. Several CEOs, presidents and top executives come to
the awards. It’s one of the first multicultural events in the U.S.
that’s open to all cultures and a lot of the companies that [do
attend], the presidents and CEOs weren’t advertising in Black
media or any minority media and had very few minorities and
women in higher positions.
“When they come to the awards and witness the talent and
our contributions, it actually stimulates the competition for
diversity. So a lot of the companies will go back and hire Black
women in vice president positions; increase their supplier and
start advertising in minority media. So it’s not just an event, it
really has a mission to provide diversity in the industry.”
CBS News political analyst, Jamal Simmons, will serve as
host of the upcoming awards show, joining the prestigious list
of guest hosts that have served throughout the years. Popular
minority actresses such as LisaRaye, Vivica Fox and Rosie
Perez have each appeared as hosts over the last three years.
“Jamal’s demanding presence and outstanding
communications skills will be valuable assets to the Urban
Wheel Awards, especially as we celebrate 15 years of honoring
multicultural issues in the automobile industry,” Payton said.
This year’s honorees will be awarded in the categories of
supplier of the year, dealer of the year, urban truck of the year,
urban car of the year and Payton’s personal favorite, urban
green vehicle of the year. “Green is in almost every African or
Caribbean flag there is,” Payton added. “It’s always been a part
of our culture.”
For more on the 15th annual Urban Wheels Awards visit
www.decisivemagazine.com

SoberRide Combats Holiday Drunk Drivers

Combating that time of year classified by U.S. government officials as “one of the deadliest
times on America’s roadways due to an increase in drunk driving,” area officials announced
today the launch of an anti-drunk driving initiative designed to reduce holiday-oriented,
alcohol-related traffic incidents in Greater Washington.
Specifically, a coalition of local law enforcement officials, business professionals and area
citizens announced today that free cab rides will be offered throughout the winter holidays to
would-be drunk drivers in the Greater Washington area.
Offered by the nonprofit Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP), the annual winter
SoberRide program operates between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. each evening between Dec. 17 and
Jan. 1 as a way to keep local roads safe from impaired drivers during this traditionally high-risk,
holiday period.
During the evening hours between those dates Washington-metropolitan area residents
celebrating with alcohol may call the toll-free SoberRide phone number 1–800–200–TAXI and
be afforded a no-cost (up to a $30 fare), safe way home. (AT&T wireless customers can dial
#-TAXI for the same service.)
“Last December, alone, nearly 3,200 (3,178) Greater Washington residents did the right
thing and availed themselves of this lifesaving service rather than possibly driving home
impaired,” said Kurt Gregory Erickson, WRAP’s president, in a prepared statement. “For
SoberRide’s hours of operation during just last New Year’s Eve (692), such ridership translated
into the removal of a would-be drunk driver from our shared roadways every 42 seconds.”
SoberRide is offered in the: District of Columbia; throughout the Maryland counties of
Montgomery and Prince George’s; and throughout the Northern Virginia counties of Arlington,
Fairfax, (eastern) Loudoun and Prince William. In these areas, local taxicab companies will
be providing this no-cost service to local residents age 21 and older who otherwise may have
attempted to drive home after drinking.
Since 1993 alone, WRAP’s SoberRide program has provided 49,188 free cab rides to would-
be impaired drivers in the Greater Washington area. Sponsors of the 2010 Holiday SoberRide
campaign include Anheuser-Busch,  AT&T, Diageo, Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation,
GEICO, Giant Food, Red Top Cab, Volkswagen Group of America and the Washington Area
New Automobile Dealers Association.
Participating taxicab companies include: Alexandria Yellow Cab, Barwood; Fairfax Yellow
Cab; Loudoun Yellow Cab; Manassas Cab Company; Red Top Cab; Silver Cab of Prince
George’s County; Yellow Cab of the District and Yellow Cab of Prince William County.
Founded in 1982, the Washington Regional Alcohol Program is an award-winning public-
private partnership working to prevent drunk driving and underage drinking in the Washington,
D.C. metropolitan region. Through public education, innovative health education programs and
advocacy, WRAP is credited with keeping the metro-Washington area’s alcohol-related traffic
deaths consistently lower than the national average.
More information about WRAP’s SoberRide® initiative can be found at www.soberride.com.

AAA Offers Tips for Senior Drivers

Thousands of District drivers can still remember when
a gallon of gas only cost 18 cents a gallon, as it did in the
1940s and ‘50s. They are also getting along in years to qualify
Ring in the New Year at a dazzling classical concert conducted by Murry Sidlin
and performed by members of the National Symphony Orchestra featuring
soprano Alyson Cambridge and baritone Eric Owens.
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for the Old-Age Pension. In fact, an estimated 13,000 to
16,000 licensed drivers in the District are already 75 years
old or older. In support of this month’s Older Driver Safety
Awareness Week, AAA Mid-Atlantic urges seniors and their
families to take the first step in addressing this difficult issue
by having a conversation about driving and aging.
“People age 65 and older represent the fastest growing
segment of the country’s population, which makes their safe
driving ability an issue that millions of families are facing,”
said John B. Townsend II, manager of public and government
affairs for AAA Mid-Atlantic. “Older Driver Safety Awareness
Week is an opportunity for families to start a conversation
about safe mobility and address any real and perceived
challenges associated with driving and aging.”
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, one in five people
will be at least 65 years old by 2030, with nearly 10 million
people 85 years old or older. An estimated 90 percent of this
demographic will be licensed to drive. Many families are
uncomfortable when having to address an older adult’s ability
to drive. Older people accounted for 15 percent of all traffic
fatalities and 18 percent of all pedestrian fatalities in 2008.
Nationwide, based on the latest data compiled by the
National Highway Traffic Administration (NHTSA), older
drivers (aged 65 and older) were involved in crashes that
resulted in 5,569 fatalities, accounting for 11 percent of total
fatalities in 2008. In the District, older drivers (aged 65 and
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While
these figures may seem significant, the fatal crash risk for
older drivers has declined during the past decade. Researchers
suspect that a combination of safer roads, safer vehicles and
safer drivers may explain this positive finding. Seniors are
healthier than ever before and appear to be self-regulating
when and where to drive.
Compared to their younger counterparts, older drivers are
involved in a lower number of fatal and injury related crashes.
In the District, drivers aged 21-34 were involved in 19 fatal
crashes or 43.1 percent of all driver involved fatal crashes in
2008 – the highest number of driver involved crash fatalities of
any age group.
“While many have the perception that senior drivers are
unfit to drive, this age group has more experience behind the
wheel, drives fewer miles, tends to take less risks and is less
likely to drink and drive than younger drivers,” commented
Townsend.
Most traffic fatalities involving older drivers occurred
during the daytime (80 percent), occurred on weekdays (72
percent), and involved other vehicles (69 percent), according
to data from NHTSA. To help manage the inevitable
consequences of aging, and the effects of aging on driving
ability, AAA also offers the following resources for older

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Gonzaga Captures Fifth-Straight Classic Title

By Stephen D. Riley
AFRO Staff Writer
Washington, D.C.’s
Gonzaga Eagles are trying
something different this
season. After being powered
mostly by a senior-led attack
last year, head coach Steve
Turner is counting on a few
talented sophomores to direct
his team this season.
Vying for the school’s
fourth-straight Gonzaga
Classic tournament title, it
was the play of point guard
Nate Britt, the heart of combo
forward Kris Jenkins and the
timeliness of swingman D.J.
Fenner that helped the Eagles
edge the Charlotte Christian
Knights 54-49 on Dec. 13
at American University’s
Bender Arena. After breezing
through the first two
rounds of the 22nd annual
tournament, Gonzaga and
Charlotte Christian met up in
one of the more anticipated
battles in tourney history.
Led by senior power
forward Anthony Gill (19
points), North Carolina’s
Knights had ripped through
a pair of opponents on their
way to the school’s first ever
Gonzaga Classic final. Hot
shooting and athleticism had
earned them a place in the
title game but missed free
throws and one last missed
three-pointer clipped them
in the final game. Playing
their most complete contest
of the three-day tournament,
Gonzaga roared to an early
lead. Behind the steady hand
and cool shooting of Britt,
Gonzaga sped to a 10-point
first-half lead and continued
to nurse the narrow margin
for most of the game.
Whenever the Knights
would make a run, Gonzaga
Gonzaga men’s basketball team wins the 22nd annual
Washington, D.C. Gonzaga Basketball Classic holding off
Charlotte Christian High School down the stretch.
made sure to answer. If it
wasn’t a jump shot from
Britt, then it was a post move
from Jenkins or a three-
pointer from Jenkins. The
6-foot-6-inch forward had an
answer for almost everything
Charlotte Christian could
draw up; Jenkins even took
a chance at guarding Gill,
Charlotte Christian erased
another 10-point lead late in
the fourth quarter to close to
52-49 with 12.4 seconds left.
The Knights successfully
ran a play to get their best
shooter, senior swingman
Worth Smith, a wide-open
three-point attempt but
Smith’s shot clanged off the
back of the rim and Gonzaga
senior guard Cahli Thomas
(AFRO Photo/John Moore)
corralled the rebound and
sank the ensuing free throws
to help his school capture its
2010 crown.
Jenkins and Thomas
battling the South Carolina
led Gonzaga with 13
University-bound big man to
points apiece and Britt, the
a frantic finish.
tournament’s MVP, added
“We just had to be tough,”
11. The fresh-faced point
Jenkins said. “[We had to] get
guard needed help carrying
every rebound, box out and
a collection of trophies
contest every shot because
after the game but it was a
they were real athletic and
task he gladly accepted. “It
strong and I think we did
feels great,” Britt said. “I
that.”
got the support from all my
teammates, my coach and
my family and they push
me to get better everyday. It
just so happens I had a good
tournament.”
The Eagles will enter
a nine-day break before
they take the court again
against Don Bosco on Dec.
21. With exams coming up,
coach Turner knows it’s a
break well-needed and well-
earned. “We want to win
it every year,” Turner said.
“It’s exciting; it’s a good
tournament…. And for us
to be able to get this kind of
play early in the year allows
us to get into a tournament-
type situation that we’re
going to see at the end of
the year when we’re trying
to win our league. To have
something like this happen
early on and to be able to
win a tough game against a
very good Charlotte Christian
team means a lot.”

Maryland Trampolinist ‘Proudly’ Represents U.S.A. in French Competition

By Perry Green
AFRO Sports Editor
Not everybody is athletically skilled or talented enough
to represent their country in major international sporting
competition. That’s why Burtonsville, Md., native Dwayne
Parris called it one of the finest moments of his life when his
daughter Deana Parris recently competed in the Trampoline
World Age Group Championship hosted at Metz, France, Nov.
14-17.
The 15-year-old gymnastic sensation proudly represented
the U.S. in her first competition away from American soil with
a 32nd place.
“I’m so proud of her,” Dwayne said of Deana, one of the
most skilled trampolinists not only in Maryland, but the entire
country. “She’s been competing and winning for years, but
when I saw her wearing that U.S.A. sweat suit, it was like a
dream come true…really a special moment.”
It’s been Deana’s longtime dream to represent her country
in trampoline competition. She’s been a devoted student in the
sport since age 9, when she was first influenced by a neighbor
who also trained and competed. Since 2005, she advanced
her skill to Junior Elite status, accumulating multiple state
championships and a national silver medal while traveling all
over the U.S.
Parris trains 15 hours a week at Fairland Sports Complex in
Laurel, Md., but she still finds time to take on other skills and
hobbies. As a sophomore at Paint Branch High School, Parris
is a member of the school’s Navy JROTC program, Performing
Jazz Ensemble Singers and the National Society of High School
Scholars. She’s also active in community service, volunteering
regularly with non profit organizations such as Montgomery
County Youth Advisory Committee and Wings for Joy.
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career. My coach decided to try me at small forward, and it was then that I knew what a fish out
of water felt like. I was fortunate enough to have a coach who recognized that I didn’t turn into
a dummy overnight and corrected the problem immediately.
Before I uttered the words “giddy up” to my trusted steed, I began to pay attention to this
nagging in my brain that was saying, “There is something wrong with this picture.”
Since “Big Al” had played for the Titans before coming to Redskins Park, he wasn’t one
of the players I was keeping warm on the back burner for future column material. The more
I thought about it, the more I was tugged towards a little research. As soon as I saw his name
connected with a stomping incident, the floodgates opened.

‘Let’s Talk about Big Al’
Some of you are misled by the head of this piece, “Big Al.” This is not about the gangster
known as Scarface who came to prominence during prohibition in Chicago. This is about
none other than 6-foot-6-inch, 335-pound Albert Haynesworth, nose tackle for the Washington
Redskins. Since joining the ‘Skins, he has carved out a reputation for being a nonconformist.
Quite a bit of the hoopla over his behavior centers around the fact that his position has been
changed.
When I heard this, I jumped on my white horse preparing to ride to the rescue. This was
prompted by my dislike for Coach Mike Shanahan, who has a reputation for a my-way-or-
the-highway attitude. When Haynesworth complained that he was uncomfortable in the new
position, it seemed to me that Shanahan would take a look at the films and remember that this
guy is a two-time Pro Bowl selection, and the team paid him $100 million over seven years to
bring that talent to the District.
I was feeling a certain amount of empathy towards the big guy because I faced a similar
situation when I was in school. I am 6-foot-4-inches tall, or 6-foot-5-inches depending on what
shoes I am wearing. I played guard on the basketball team, and had somewhat of a glamorous
In 2003, he kicked his teammate Justin Hartwig in the chest and had to be restrained by
other teammates. And, this was just training camp.
In October 2006, after Dallas Cowboys running back Julius Jones scored a touchdown,
Dallas center Andre Gurode fell to the ground. His helmet came off and Haynesworth tried to
stomp on Gurode’s head but missed. A second stomp landed on Gurode’s forehead and opened
a severe gash just missing his eye. The referee assessed Haynesworth with a 15-yard penalty,
and Al responded by throwing his helmet to the ground. An additional 15 yards was added and
Al was ejected.
Gurode received 30 stitches in his face to repair the damage, and Al received a five-game
suspension. He apologized and that seemed to pacify Gurode who refused to pursue criminal
charges.
In September 2007, Haynesworth was called for unnecessary roughness for slamming
running back Maurice Jones-Drew to the ground after a tackle. He was fined $5,000 by the NFL
and remarked that he wouldn’t be any gentler; he just might help them up.
Since coming to the Redskins, he has been penalized twice for unnecessary roughness. On a
personal note, Big Al has survived five arrest warrants stemming from traffic charges. Clayton
Bank & Trust is suing the big guy for $2.4 million and to add icing on the cake a New York
stripper issued a $10 million lawsuit claiming that Al left her pregnant and broke.
On Dec. 7 the Redskins suspended Haynesworth for the rest of the season without pay.

Bethune-Cookman Voted Boxtorow.com/BASN HBCU Football Top-10 Champs

By Donal Ware
Special to the AFRO
Fuquay-Varina, N.C. – The Bethune-
Cookman College Wildcats were voted the
Boxtorow.com/BASN HBCU football Power
Rankings national champions in the final
top10 media and coaches polls.  The Wildcats
received 10 of 20 first place votes in the media
poll and received 14 of 15 first place votes in
the coaches’ poll.
In the media poll the Albany State Golden
Rams, who completed an undefeated regular
season, had a first round bye in the NCAA
Division II Playoffs, and defeated Wingate
in the second round of the playoffs, finished
second. Southwestern Athletic Conference
champion Texas Southern University, who
defeated Alabama State University 11-6 in the
SWAC Championship Game, finished in third
place. South Carolina State University, who
was No.1 the majority of the year, finished
fourth while Grambling University, who also
received two first-place votes, finished fifth.
Auburn’s Cam Newton Wins Heisman Despite ‘Proudly’
Eligibility Investigation
By AFRO Staff
Florida A&M, shared the Mid-Eastern
Athletic Conference title with Bethune-
Cookman and South Carolina State, finished
sixth. Tuskegee University, Jackson State
University, Morehouse and Alabama State
rounded out the top 10.
The last HBCU football game of the
season is the Russell Athletic HBCU Bowl,
which pits the top 100 draft-eligible seniors
in an all-star atmosphere displaying their
talents in front of scouts.  The game, with its
East-West style format, will take place on
Dec. 18 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The
game will be broadcast nationally on Classics
Sports Radio Network and online at www.
classicsportsradio.com. Below is the full final
top 10 power ranking for both media and the
coaches.
HBCU Media Top 10 Poll
Schools’ Wins-Losses, Points  
1. Bethune-Cookman, 10-2, 176  
Maryland
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2. Albany State, 11-1, 162      2. Texas Southern, 9-3, 121
3. Texas Southern, 9-3, 147
4. South Carolina State, 9-3, 146
5. Grambling State, 9-2, 145
6. Florida A&M, 8-3, 100
7. Tuskegee 9-2, 92
8. Jackson State, 8-3, 52
9. Morehouse, 8-3, 35
10. Alabama State, 7-5, 22
Others receiving votes: Shaw (9-3) 11, Fort
Valley State (8-3) 8, Saint Augustine’s (9-2) 5,
Prairie View A&M (7-4) 7, Alcorn State (5-6)
3.
FCS HBCU Coaches Top 10 Poll
Schools’ Wins-Losses,  Points  
1. Bethune-Cookman, 10-2, 134   coaches’ poll is in its second.
3. South Carolina State, 9-3, 113
4. Grambling State, 9-2, 100
5. Florida A&M, 8-3, 85
6. Jackson State, 8-3, 68
7. Alabama State, 7-5, 61
8. Prairie View A&M, 7-4, 43
9. Hampton, 6-5, 30
10. Norfolk State, 6-5, 22
Others receiving votes: Arkansas-Pine
Bluff (5-6) 2.
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW
is the nationally syndicated radio sports talk
show which places major emphasis on HBCU
Sports. The voters on the media poll are
comprised of some of the top media members
in the country who cover HBCU football.
The media poll is in its fourth year and the

Auburn junior quarterback Cam Newton has won the Heisman Trophy, college football’s
U.S.A. in
highest award. Newton won in a landslide vote Dec. 11 despite an NCAA investigation, which
determined his father attempted to sell his son’s services to the highest bidding school.
French
Investigators found Cecil Newton engaged in a pay-for-play scheme, but found no evidence his
son was aware of it. The elder Newton chose not to attend the Heisman ceremony in New York,
Competition
and Cam Newton said he felt his father’s absence.
“I’d be sitting up here lying to you if I didn’t say it hurts,” Newton said in an interview before Continued from B6 Courtesy Photo
the winner was announced, according to The New York Times. “It hurts me a lot. It’s a once-in-a- But no matter how Maryland native Deana Parris (center) takes a photo
lifetime deal.” much she spreads her time with her family in celebration of her latest trampoline
Though the controversy may have cast doubt in the minds of some voters, Newton’s on-field out, her primary focus and competition in Metz, France.
performance made him a virtual lock for the award. Newton racked up 1,409 rushing yards and passion is competing on the
21 touchdowns on the ground, more than any other Southeastern Conference player, while also trampoline.
passing for 2,589 yards and 28 touchdowns. He will lead Auburn against Oregon for the Bowl “Deana is really
Championship Series crown Jan. 10 in the Fiesta Bowl in Arizona. passionate and works so
Newton ranks sixth on the list of players who’ve received the most first-place votes in Heisman hard at this,” her father said.
history, according to ESPN. But 105 of the 886 voters who returned ballots chose not to list “She wants to compete in
him among their three selections for the Heisman, an apparent sign that the taint of controversy the Olympics games when
weighed on some voters’ minds. she turns 18.”
When Newton’s name was announced, he traded hugs and handshakes with the four other If Deana does make the
Heisman finalists, and shared a long embrace with his mother, Jackie. Olympics, she’ll more than
“Honestly, it’s a dream come true for me, something every child has a dream [about] that plays likely be the only African-
the sport of football, and I’m living testimony that anything is possible,” Newton said. American trampolinist
Junior quarterback Andrew Luck of Stanford finished second in Heisman voting, while present as she was on her
sophomore Oregon running back LaMichael James was third. team in France.

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Community
D.C. Housing Authority Board Appoints New Executive Director
The District of have great confidence. We look forward to working with her V.I., Todman joined DCHA after working as a special
Columbia Housing in expanding DCHA’s affordable housing and workforce assistant to the Secretary of Department of Housing and
Authority Board of development services for District residents in need,” said Urban Development (HUD), where she interfaced with The
Commissioners recently Gray in a written statement. “The selection of Ms Todman White House on affordable housing policy and programs.
appointed Adrianne signals a new direction for the DCHA, and we look forward to At HUD, she received the federal Distinguished Service
Todman to the position her leadership.” Award, the HUD Superior Accomplishment Award and was a
of executive director. With a 19-year career in public administration, Todman has recipient of the Hammer Award from Vice President Al Gore.
The board took action at held leadership roles at both the federal and local government Todman is an alumna of Smith College, Leadership
its regularly scheduled levels. She has served as DCHA’s interim executive director Greater Washington and the Skinner Institute’s Master’s
public meeting. With for more than a year and as the deputy executive director for Series for Distinguished Leaders. She is a trustee for the
the assistance of Gans, Administration and External Affairs and the deputy chief of National Organization of African Americans in Housing and
Gans & Associates, an staff for five years. CLPHA and a former trustee of the Alumnae Association of
executive recruitment A former congressional staffer and native of St. Thomas, Smith College.
firm, the board conducted
a nationwide search,
which attracted more than
138 applicants.
On learning of the
National Black Church Initiative Helps Pr. George’s
appointment, Mayor-elect
Vincent Gray applauded Courtesy Photo Fight Mortgage Woes
Todman’s past efforts. Adrianne Todman The National Black Church Initiative commitment to focusing said Evans in a written
“Adrianne Todman is (NBCI), a coalition of 34,000 churches, on 350 families that need statement
a proven leader and successfully assisted 182 families in immediate foreclosure Set in a faith-based
someone in whom we Prince George’s County at the Face-to- assistance in the county. setting, there was an added
Courtesy Image
Face Housing Workout event held last The Rev. Anthony sense of calm during the Face-
month at Hope Christian Church World Evans, president of NBCI, said events to-Face Housing Workout, he continued.
Headquarters. like the mortgage counseling program NBCI is collaborating with the
The event’s primary purpose in Prince George’s County is part of the Housing and Urban Development
was to assist any resident in Prince group’s effort to unify families. Department to continue to strengthen
George’s County facing imminent “This effort is only the beginning community response so all homeowners
housing foreclosure or in need of and helping families to stay together and can make informed decisions about their
mortgage counseling. According to keep their homes is the primary position mortgages.
event organizers, each attendee was of the Black church. It is important that
able to speak with a mortgage lender the Church has no greater mission than For more information about NBCI,
or counselor, representing NBCI’s the gospel of keeping families together,” visit natlblackchurch.com.

Bread for the City’s Northwest Center after I’d lost my longtime
job. Bread for the City

Fundraising Efforts Successful helped me put food on my

By AFRO Staff
In its final push to raise
funds for the expansion of
its Northwest Center, leaders
at nonprofit food assistance
organization Bread for the
City announced they’d
reached an $8.25 million
capital campaign goal. The
funds will help double the
center’s size and takes place
on the vacant 11,000-square-
foot lot next to their Seventh
Street N.W. site. The
building’s hallmark is its
medical clinic, which will
allow nearly three times the
capacity for patient visits.
“It was no small feat to
raise this much money in
the midst of the greatest
Courtesy Photo
recession in my lifetime. And
I am especially proud of my
role, not just as a member
of the Capital Campaign
Committee, but also as a
Bread for the City patient,”
said Dorothy Hawkins, a
member of the organizations
board of directors, in an
e-mailed statement. “I came
here a decade ago, a while
table, provided me with
some of the best health care
I’ve ever received, and even
gave me the resources and
inspiration I needed to get
back into the job market and
eventually find a new job.
Since my new job lacks health
insurance, I stayed on with
Bread for the City as a patient
and eventually I became
a member of the Board of
Directors.”
Started in 1974, Bread for
the City not only provides
food assistance to the
District’s needy families, but
seeks to remedy all issues
related to poverty. The agency
began as two organizations;
Zacchaeus Free Clinic and
Bread for the City. The
two entities merged in 1995
and currently operate two
buildings while providing
direct services to low-income
residents at no cost.
The Northwest Center’s
grand opening takes place
Jan 7. For more information,
visit breadforthecity.org.

Mother of the Year Celebration

By Herb Quarles
Special to the AFRO

Vera Rolark Abbott was

honored recently as the “2010
Mother of the Year” during a
celebration at Michigan Park
Christian Church located at
1600 Taylor St., N.E.
American Mothers is an
interfaith, non-political non-
profit, that is inclusive of all
races organization for women
and men who identify with the
purpose of strengthening the
moral and spiritual foundations
of the family and the home.
It is the official sponsor of
Mother’s Day and Mother of the
Year. In 1935 at the New York
Waldorf Astoria Hotel, honorary
chairwoman Sarah Delano
Roosevelt presented the first
Photo by Anthony Tilghman
National Mother of the Year.
Rev. Dr. Betty Lancaster-Short, Sherry Woods, Virginia E. Hayes Williams, Vera Rolark
The organization has spent 75
Abbott and Denise Rolark Barnes
years honoring mothers who
have made a difference.
This tradition has continued family and the home. Suite 260 or call 1-877-242-4264. Visit
at each annual convention as AMI names Anyone interested in supporting online at americanmothers.org/about for
an outstanding National Mother of the these goals are encouraged to join both additional information. Contact Michigan
Year from State Mothers of the Year. the AMI national organization and the Park Christian Church at 202-526-3355
The purpose of AMI is to strengthen the Washington, D.C. -area chapter. Contact for information on the role it plays in the
moral and spiritual foundations of the American Mothers at 1666 K St., N.W., organization.

New Small Smiles Dental Center Expands Access to Care for D.C.’s Low-Income Families
Small Smiles of Washington, D.C., a dental
facility focusing on children’s oral health,
recently announced the grand opening of
their new center on Minnesota Avenue N.E.,
which will provide professional dental care to
children throughout the metropolitan area from
low-income families.
Across Washington, D.C. more than 85,000
children are eligible for dental care through
Medicaid or CHIP, but fewer than one in four
dentists accept their insurance. Small Smiles
is one of only a few dental care providers who
accept patients covered by Medicaid, and is
helping fight against tooth decay, one of the
leading health problems affecting America’s
youth..
“Oral health is about more than just tooth
decay,” said Dr. Takeisha Presson, lead dentist
at Small Smiles and a native Washingtonian,
in a prepared statement. “Poor dental health
among young children can lead to a variety
of other health and developmental challenges.
Since 2006, Small Smiles has provided quality
dental care for families in Washington. I am
proud to be opening our second dental center
in the neighborhood that I grew up in. My staff
and I are dedicated to serving this community
and educating children and families about the
importance of oral health. All kids deserve a
great smile.”
The new Small Smiles Dental Center of
Washington, D.C. is located at 3946 Minnesota
Courtesy Photo
Dr. Takeisha Presson (red scrubs on the
left) and Dr. Siobhian Sprott (red scrubs on
the right) cut the ribbon with community
leaders.
December 18, 2010 - December 24, 2010, The Afro-American B9
Ave., N.E. Parents who are interested in D.C. metro area, including Small Smiles of
scheduling an appointment for their child are Washington, D.C., located at 3401 Georgia
encouraged to call 202- 397-1033. Small Ave., N.W., and Small Smiles of Oxon Hill, 30
Smiles has two additional locations in the Audrey Lane, Oxon Hill, Md.
County Alerts Food Services Facilities about
Health Inspector Fraud
Montgomery County, Md. health officials are alerting food service facilities after several
businesses have been contacted by an individual posing as a county health inspector.
According to businesses who’ve been contacted by the imposter, they were told an
emergency inspection would take place at a specific time and date. However, the county’s
Department of Health and Human Services’ Licensure and Regulatory Services (DHHSLR)
program says the phone calls are part of a nationwide scam to obtain and abuse business
information.
DHHSLR reminds local business owners about the following:
-The Department of Health and Human Services does not call restaurants to schedule
“emergency inspections.”
- All inspectors carry Montgomery County photo ID with their name displayed on the
front.
-If there is a question about the identity of an inspector, call the county’s Licensure and
Regulatory Services program at 240-777-3986 for verification.
- Do not provide personal, private or detailed business information over the phone.

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Case No. 9542
IN RE:
Ashley Rose Waddell
Applicant
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION
CHANGE OF NAME
Ashley Rose Waddell
having filed a complaint
for judgment changing
Ashley Rose Waddell
name to Ashley Rosa
Waddell and having ap-
plied to the court for an
Order of Publication of
the notice required by
law in such cases; it is by
the Court this 10th day of
December 2010.
ORDERED, that all per-
sons concerned show
cause, if any there be, on
or before the 17th day of
January 2011, why the
prayers of said complaint
should not be granted;
provided that a copy of
this order be published
once a week for three
consecutive weeks be-
fore said day in the Afro-
American.
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A TRUE COPY TEST:
12/17, 12/24, 12/31
Superior Court of
the District of
Columbia
Civil Division
Case No. 10-5834
IN RE:
Yvonne Harris in
c/o S.C.B.
Applicant
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION
CHANGE OF NAME
Yvonne Harris having
filed a complaint for
judgment changing Ste-
ven Cummmings Brown
name to Steven Quincy
Harris and having ap-
plied to the court for an
Order of Publication of
the notice required by
law in such cases; it is
by the Court this 26 day
of November 2010.
ORDERED, that all per-
sons concerned show
cause, if any there be,
on or before the 31 day
of December 2010, why
the prayers of said com-
plaint should not be
granted; provided that a
copy of this order be
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A TRUE COPY TEST:
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SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
CIVIL DIVISION
Civil Action No.
0008282-10
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
1350 Pennsylvania Ave,
NW
Washington DC 20004
a municipal corporation
Plaintiff
v.
UNKNOWN PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE ESTATE OF ROBERT
MCCAMEY,
deceased
UNKNOWN HEIRS AND
DEVISEES OF
ROBERT MCCAMEY
UNKNOWN PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE ESTATE OF
CATHERINE N. MCCAMEY,
deceased
UNKNOWN HEIRS AND
DEVISEES OF
CATHERINE N. MCCAMEY
CAROLYN M. MCCAMEY
AKA
Carolyn M. Taylor
8224 Crest Road
Laurel, MD 20723-1032
and
RONALD G MCCAMEY
17 42nd Street NE
Washington DC
20019-4572
Defendants
Order for service
by Publication
The object of this action is
to remove a cloud on the
title of the real property lo-
cated at 5033 Meade Street,
NE known for tax and
assessment purposes as
Square 5201, Lots 85,
situated in the District of
Columbia. The property was
acquired by the District of
Columbia (“District’s”)
(∫District∫) after
the former property owner,
Robert McCamey, failed to
pay taxes on the property.
The named Defendants may
have had an interest in the
subject property prior to the
District’s
District¬s acquisition. Of
these Defendants, Unknown
Personal Representative of
the Estate of Robert
McCamey, deceased; Un-
known Heirs and Devisees
of Robert McCamey the Un-
known Personal Repre-
sentative of the Estate of
Catherine N. McCamey, de-
ceased, and the Unknown
Heirs and Devisees of Cath-
erine N. McCamey could not
be located despite an exten-
sive search.
On motion of the Plaintiff, on
this 2nd day of November,
2010, it is hereby OR-
DERED that Plaintiff’s
Plaintiff¬s Mo-
tion to Allow Service by Pub-
lication on defendants
Unknown Personal Repre-
sentative of the Estate of
R o b e r t M c C a m e y, d e -
ceased; Unknown Heirs and
Devisees of Robert
McCamey and all those
claiming under them as well
as on the Unknown Per-
sonal Representative of the
Estate of Catherine N.
McCamey, deceased; Un-
known HeirsEST 2010
and Devisees
of Catherine N. McCamey,
and all those claiming under
them, is hereby GRANTED
and it is further.
ORDERED that Unknown
Personal Representative of
the Estate of Robert
McCamey, deceased; Un-
known Heirs and Devisees
of Robert McCamey, and all
those claiming under them;
the Unknown Personal Re-
presentative of the Estate of
Catherine N. McCamey, de-
ceased, Unknown Heirs and
Devisees of Catherine N.
McCamey, and all those
claiming under them, cause
their appearances to be en-
tered herein on or before the
31st day of January 2011
otherwise the case will pro-
ceed as case of default, pro-
vided a copy of this order of
publication be published at
least twice a mouth for three
consecutive months prior to
said date in the Daily
Washington Law Reporter,
and Afro-American News-
paper.
Bruce D Beaudin
JUDGE
11/12, 11/19, 12/10,
12/17, 1/7, 1/14
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2007ADM001275
Louise E Spencer
Decedent
Jerry L. Hunter Esq
1822 11th Street NW
Washington DC 20001
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Jerry L. Hunter, whose
address is 1822 11th
Street, NW, Washington
DC 20001 was ap-
pointed personal repre-
sentative of the estate of
Louise E. Spencer, who
died on February 1,
1993 without a will, and
will serve with Court su-
pervision. All unknown
heirs and heirs whose
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent’s will)
cedent¬s will)shall be be
shall
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 500 Indiana
Avenue NW. Washing-
ton DC 20001, on or
before June 3, 2011.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
June 3, 2011, or be for-
ever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
December 3, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent¬s will) shall be
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 500 Indiana
Avenue NW. Washing-
ton DC 20001, on or
before June 3, 2011.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
June 3, 2011, or be for-
ever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
LEGAL
LEGAL
Wills, NOTICES
NOTICES
including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
December 3, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Jerry L Hunter
Personal
Representative
202-234-1722
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REGISTER OF WILLS
12/3, 12/10, 12/17
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM1110
Susan Stewart Holt
Decedent
James C. Beadles, Esq
PO Box 6368
Silver Spring, MD
20916
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Joseph Parker Holt,
whose address is 12
Jefferson Court, Jack-
son, NJ 08527 was ap-
pointed personal repre-
sentative of the estate of
Susan Stewart Holt, who
died on October 29,
2004 with a will, and will
serve without Court su-
pervision. All unknown
heirs and heirs whose
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent’s
cedent¬swill) will)shall be be
shall
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
June 3, 2011. Claims
against the decedent
shall be presented to the
undersigned with a copy
to the Register of Wills
or filed with the Register
of Wills with a copy to
the undersigned, on or
before June 3, 2011, 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:
December 3, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Joseph Parker Holt
Personal
Representative
732-928-9343
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12/3, 12/10, 12/17
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010AMD1135
Isaiah Wells, Jr
Decedent
Blumenfeld &
Associates, LLC
Scott Blumenfeld Esq
1013 Reisterstown Rd
Suite A
Baltimore MD 21208
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Izena Godwin, whose
a d d r e s s i s Wa l n u t
Street, Gwynn Oak MD
21207 was appointed
personal representative
of the estate of Isaiah
Wells Jr., who died on
March 4, 2010 without a
will, and will serve with-
out Court supervision.
All unknown heirs and
h e i r s w h o s e
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent’s will)
cedent¬s will)shall be be
shall
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
June 3, 2011. Claims
against the decedent
shall be presented to the
undersigned with a copy
to the Register of Wills
or filed with the Register
of Wills with a copy to
the undersigned, on or
before June 3, 2011, 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:
December 3, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Izena Godwin
Personal
Representative
443-590-2830
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12/3, 12/10, 12/17
LEGAL
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICES
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010NRT23
Frederick B. Browne
Decedent
NOTICE OF
EXISTENCE OF
REVOCABLE
TRUST
Frederick B. Browne
(name of deceased set-
tlor) whose address was
5213 12th Street, NE,
Washington DC 20011
created a revocable trust
on January 17,2001,
which remained in exis-
tence on the date of his
death on September 23,
2009, and Frederick A.
Browne, whose address
is 5213 12th Street, NE,
Washington DC 20011 is
the currently acting
trustee(s), hereinafter the
Trustee. Communications
to the trust should be
mailed or directed to
Cheryl Chapman Hender-
son, Esq. at 4920 Niag-
ara Road, Suite 200 Col-
lege Park, Maryland
20740.
The Trust is subject to
claims of the deceased
settlor's creditors, costs
of administration of the
settlor's estate, the ex-
penses of the deceased
settlor's funeral and dis-
posal of remains, and
statutory allowances to a
surviving spouse and
children to the extent the
deceased settlor's residu-
ary probate estate is
inadequate to satisfy
those claims, costs, ex-
penses, and allowances.
Claims of the deceased
settlor's creditors are
barred as against the
Trustee and the trust
property unless pre-
sented to the Trustee at
the address provided
herein on or before June
3, 2011 6 months after
the date of the first pub-
lication of this notice). An
action to contest the
validity of this trust must
be commenced by the
earliest of (1) September
23, 2010 (one year from
date of death of the de-
ceased settler) or (2)
June 3, 2011 (6 months
from the date of first pub-
lication of this notice) or
(3) ninety days after the
Trustee sends the person
a copy of the trust instru-
ment and a notice inform-
ing the person of the
trust's existence, the
Trustee's name and ad-
dress, and the time al-
lowed for commencing a
proceeding.
The Trustee may proceed
to distribute the trust
property in accordance
with the terms of the trust
before the expiration of
the time within which an
action must be com-
menced unless the
Trustee knows of a pend-
ing judicial proceeding
contesting the validity of
the trust or the Trustee
has received notice from
a potential contestant
who thereafter com-
mences a judicial
proceeding within sixty
days after notification.
This Notice must be
mailed postmarked within
15 days of its first pub-
lication to each heir and
qualified beneficiary of
the trust and any other
person who would be an
interested person within
the meaning of D.C.
Code, sec. 20-101(d)
Date of Publication:
December 3, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Newspaper
Daily Washington Law
Reporter
Frederick A Browne
Personal
Representative
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12/3, 12/10, 12/17
Superior Court of
the District of
Columbia
Civil Division
Case No. 0009115-10
IN RE:
Thomas William Martin
Applicant
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION
CHANGE OF NAME
Thomas William Martin
having filed a complaint
for judgment changing
Thomas William Martin
name to Oloklin Salamu
and having applied to
the court for an Order of
Publication of the notice
required by law in such
cases; it is by the Court
this 26 day of November
2010.
ORDERED, that all per-
sons concerned show
cause, if any there be,
on or before the 31st
day of December 2010,
why the prayers of said
complaint should not be
granted; provided that a
copy of this order be
published once a week
for three consecutive
weeks before said day
in the Washington Afro-
American.
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Superior Court of
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the District of the District of Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia District of Columbia District of Columbia the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION PROBATE DIVISION PROBATE DIVISION
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20001-2131 20001-2131 20001-2131 Washington, D.C.
Administration No.
Administration No.
2010ADM1142
Administration No. 20001-2131
2010ADM1133 2010ADM1146 Administration No.
Everett E. Denlinger Frances S. Carr Hazel Davis aka
Decedent 2010ADM1165
Decedent
Law Office
Hazel A. Davis
David Anthony
Izu I. Ahaghotu Decedent
211 Georgia Avenue Donald L Wilson Esq William A. Bland, Esq Hatcherson
805-15th Street Decedent
NW
North West
1140 Connecticut Ave
Washington DC 20012 NW #1100 ShaRon M. Grayson
Attorney
Suite 100 Washington DC 20036 Kelsey
Washington DC 20005
NOTICE OF Attorney
Attorney
NOTICE OF
9200 Basil Court
APPOINTMENT, NOTICE OF Suite 314
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO APPOINTMENT, Largo, MD 20774
CREDITORS
NOTICE TO
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Attorney
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO NOTICE OF
AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
Izu I. Ahaghotu, whose UNKNOWN HEIRS Roland S. Davis, Jr.
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
address is 7211 Georgia Gregory A Carr, whose whose address is 2901
CREDITORS
Ave NW Washington DC address is 6818 9th M. Street SE Washing-
20012, was, appointed Street NW Washington ton DC 20019, was ap- AND NOTICE TO
personal representative DC 20012, was ap- pointed personal repre- UNKNOWN HEIRS
of the estate of Everett sentative of the estate of ShaRon M. Grayson
E. Denlinger, who died
pointed personal repre-
sentative of the estate of Hazel Davis aka Hazel Kelsey, whose address
on October 31, 2010 Frances S Carr, who A. Davis, who died on is 9200 Basil Court,
without a will, and will died on September 17, August 21, 2010 without
serve without Court su- 2010 without a will, and a will, and will serve Suite #314, Largo MD
20774 was appointed
pervision. All unknown will serve without Court without Court supervi-
personal representative
heirs and heirs whose supervision. All un- sion. All unknown heirs
whereabouts are un- known heirs and heirs and heirs whose of the estate of David
known shall enter their whose whereabouts are whereabouts are un- Anthony Hatcherson,
appearance in this unknown shall enter known shall enter their who died on May 28,
proceeding. Objections their appearance in this appearance in this
2010 without a will, and
to such appointment proceeding. Objections proceeding. Objections
will serve without Court
shall be filed with the to such appointment to such appointment (or
to the probate of de- supervision. All un-
shall be filed with the
Register of Wills, D.C.,
515 5th Street, N.W., Register of Wills, D.C., cedent’s
cedent¬swill)will)shall be be
shall known heirs and heirs
3rd Floor Washington, 515 5th Street, N.W., filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
whose whereabouts are
unknown shall enter
D.C. 20001, on or be- 3rd Floor Washington,
D.C. 20001, on or be- Street, N.W., 3rd Floor their appearance in this
fore June 10, 2011.
Claims against the de- fore June 10, 2011. Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before proceeding. Objections
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under- cedent shall be pre- June 10, 2011. Claims to such appointment
shall be filed with the
signed with a copy to the sented to the under- against the decedent
shall be presented to the Register of Wills, D.C.,
Register of Wills or filed signed with a copy to the
undersigned with a copy 515 5th Street, N.W.,
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with the Register of Wills
to the Register of Wills 3rd Floor Washington,
with a copy to the under-
with a copy to the under-
or filed with the Register
D.C. 20001, on or be-
signed, on or before of Wills with a copy to
June 10, 2011, or be signed, on or before the undersigned, on or fore June 10, 2011.
June 10, 2011, or be
forever barred. Persons
forever barred. Persons
before June 10, 2011, or Claims against the de-
believed to be heirs or be forever barred. Per- cedent shall be pre-
legatees of the decedent
believed to be heirs or sons believed to be sented to the under-
legatees of the decedent heirs or legatees of the
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
who do not receive a decedent who do not re-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
mail within 25 days of its
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
ceive a copy of this no-
with the Register of Wills
tice by mail within 25
first publication shall so first publication shall so days of its first publica- with a copy to the under-
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
tion shall so inform the signed, on or before
address and relation- address and relation-
Register of Wills, includ-
ing name, address and
June 10, 2011, or be
forever barred. Persons
ship. ship. relationship.
Date of Publication: Date of Publication: believed to be heirs or
December 10, 2010 December 10, 2010
Date of Publication:
December 10, 2010 legatees of the decedent
Name of newspaper: Name of newspaper: Name of newspaper: who do not receive a
Afro-American Afro-American copy of this notice by
Afro-American
Washington Law Washington Law Washington Law mail within 25 days of its
Reporter Reporter Reporter first publication shall so
Izu I. Ahaghotu Gregory A. Carr
Roland S. Davis Jr. inform the Register of
Personal
Personal Personal
Representative Representative Wills, including name,
Representative
TRUE TEST COPY TRUE TEST COPY address and relation-
REGISTER OF WILLS REGISTER OF WILLS
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS ship.
12/10, 12/17, 12/24 12/10, 12/17, 12/24 12/10, 12/17, 12/24 Date of Publication:
December 10, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
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-
LEGAL NOTICES
ship.
Date of Publication:
December 10, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
ShaRon M Grayson
Kelsey
Personal
Representative
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12/10, 12/17, 12/24
IN THE SUPERIOR
COURT OF THE
DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
CIVIL DIVISION
Civil Action No.
2008CA0005248
Wiper Corporation
17962 Foxborough Lane
Boca Raton, FL 33496-
1321
PLAINTIFF
v.
L (RP)
Ti m i l o n D e v e l o p m e n t
Group, LLC
Serve: Keanne Henry
Managing Member
10406 Hutting Place
Silver Spring MD 20902
Cynthia S. Grisdela,
Trustee
708 Seneca Road
Great Falls, VA 22066
Phillip T. Grisdela
708 Seneca Road
Great Falls, VA 22066
District of Columbia
Adrian M. Fenty
ATTN: Tabatha Braxton
Office of the Secretary
1350 Pennsylvania Ave
NW Suite 419
Washington DC 20005
Serve:
Office of the Attorney
General (DC)
ATTN: Peter J. Nickles
One Judiciary Square
441 4th Street NW
6th Floor South
Washington DC 20001
and
Any and all persons having
or claiming to have any in-
terest or fee simple in the
property and premises
situate, lying and being in
the District of Columbia de-
scribed as:
The property known for
assessment and taxation
purposes as Square 5873,
Lot 0906, vacant lot in
Pomeroy, Elvans and How-
ard, Trustees division of
Barry Farms, as per plat re-
corded in Liber Levy Court
2 at Folio 1, situated at
approximately 2444
Pomeroy Road, SE and lo-
cated north of the property
located at 2464 Elvans
Road, SE Washington DC
20020.
Defendants.
AMENDED ORDER
OF PUBLICATION
In accordance with D.C.
Code §47-1375,
Code the object
ß47-1375, the object
of this proceeding is to se-
cure the foreclosure of the
right of redemption in the
following real property, lo-
cated in the District of
Columbia, and sold by the
Mayor of the District of
Columbia to the Plaintiff(s)
in this action, described as
Square 5873, Lot 0906, a
vacant lot in Pomeroy,
Elvans and Howard,
Trustees division of Barry
Farms, as per plat recorded
in Liber Levy Court 2 at Folio
1, situated at approximately
2444 Pomeroy Road, SE
and located north of the
property located at 2464
Elvans Road SE Washing-
ton DC 20020.
The complaint states,
among other things, that the
amounts necessary for re-
demption have not been
paid.
Pursuant to the Chief
Judge’s Administration
Judge¬s Or- Or-
Administration
der Number 02-11, it is this
28th day of May, 2010.
ORDERED by the Superior
Court of the District of
Columbia, that notice be
given by the insertion of a
copy of this order in The
Afro-American Newspaper,
having a general circulation
in the District of Columbia,
once a week for three (3)
successive weeks, notifying
all person(s) interested in
the real property described
above to appear in this
Court by the 28th day of
July, 2010, and redeem the
real property by payment of
$2,167.17 together with real
estate taxes assessed and
interest and penalties theron
from the date the real prop-
erty tax certificate was pur-
chased; court costs, and
reasonable attorney's fees,
expenses incurred in the
publication and service of
process by publication and
for reasonable fees for the
title search, all other
amounts paid by the peti-
tioner in accordance with the
provisions of D.C. Code
§47-1361
ß 4 7 - 1 3 6 1 and
a n d a all ll
outstanding municipal lien
amounts due and owing on
the aforementioned real
property, or answer the com-
plaint or, thereafter, a final
judgment will be entered
foreclosing the right of re-
demption in the real property
and vesting in the plaintiff a
title in fee simple.
/s/ Joseph I Beshouri
Magistrate Judge
12/10, 12/17, 12/24
Superior Court of
the District of
Columbia
Civil Division
Case No. 0009132-10
IN RE:
AMBER ELISE MILLER
Applicant
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION
CHANGE OF NAME
Amber Elise Miller hav-
ing filed a complaint for
judgment changing Am-
ber Elise Miller name to
Amber Elise Jordan and
having applied to the
court for an Order of
Publication of the notice
required by law in such
cases; it is by the Court
this 29 day of November
2010.
ORDERED, that all per-
sons concerned show
cause, if any there be,
on or before the 3rd day
of January 2011, why
the prayers of said com-
plaint should not be
granted; provided that a
copy of this order be
published once a week
for three consecutive
weeks before said day
in the Afro-American.
JUDGE
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Superior Court of
the District of
Columbia
Civil Division
Case No. 0009409-10
IN RE:
ERIC ANTHONY
EDWARDS
Applicant
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION
CHANGE OF NAME
Eric Anthony Edwards
having filed a complaint
for judgment changing
his or her name to Tes-
Superior Court of
the District of
Columbia
Civil Division
Case No. 0009409-10
IN RE:
ERIC ANTHONY
EDWARDS
Applicant
LEGAL ORDERNOTICES
OF
PUBLICATION
CHANGE OF NAME
Eric Anthony Edwards
having filed a complaint
for judgment changing
his or her name to Tes-
sin Eric Anthony
Haugabrook and having
applied to the court for
an Order of Publication
of the notice required by
law in such cases; it is
by the Court this 3rd day
of December 2010.
ORDERED, that all per-
sons concerned show
cause, if any there be,
on or before the 6th day
of January 2011, why
the prayers of said com-
plaint should not be
granted; provided that a
copy of this order be
published once a week
for three consecutive
weeks before said day
in the Afro-American.
JUDGE
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Superior Court of
the District of
Columbia
Civil Division
Case No. 0009386-10
IN RE:
Sheila Spencer in
c/o Z.D.H.
Applicant
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION
CHANGE OF NAME
Sheila Spencer having
filed a complaint for
judgment changing Zay-
von Daytrell Hale name
to Zayvon Daytrell
Spencer and having ap-
plied to the court for an
Order of Publication of
the notice required by
law in such cases; it is
by the Court this 3rd day
of December 2011.
ORDERED, that all per-
sons concerned show
cause, if any there be,
on or before the 6th day
of January 2011, why
the prayers of said com-
plaint should not be
granted; provided that a
copy of this order be
published once a week
for three consecutive
weeks before said day
in the Afro-American.
JUDGE
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12/17, 12/24, 12/31
SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010 ADM 1192
Estate of
Carrie T. Sanders
Deceased
NOTICE OF
PETITION FOR
STANDARD PROBATE
Notice is hereby given that
a petition has been filed in
this Court by John L. Sand-
ers for standard probate,
including the appointment of
one or more personal repre-
sentative. Unless a com-
plaint or an objection in
accordance with Superior
Court Probate Division Rule
107 is filed in this Court
within thirty days from the
date of first publication of
this notice, the Court may
take the action hereinafter
set forth.
Upon proof satisfactory to
the Court of due execution
by affidavit of the witnesses
to the will, the Court will
enter an order admitting the
will to probate and
appointing one or more per-
sonal representatives. In the
absence of a will or proof
satisfactory to the Court of
due execution, the Court will
enter an order determining
that the decedent died intes-
tate and appointing one or
more personal representa-
tives.
Register of Wills
Clerk of the Probate
Division
Date of First Publication
December 17, 2010
Names of Newspapers:
Washington Law
Reporter
Washington
AFRO-AMERICAN
B. Marian Chou Esq
800 7th Street NW
#201
Washington DC 20001
Signature of
Petitioners/Attorney
12/17, 12/24
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM1159
Tallalah J Mitchell
Decedent
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Lamont Bertram
Mitchell, whose address
is 3710 Bangor Street
SE, Washington DC
20020, was appointed
personal representative
of the estate of Tallalah
J. Mitchell, who died on
November 2, 2010 with,
a will, and will serve
without Court supervi-
sion. All unknown heirs
and heirs whose
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent’s will)
will)shall be be
cedent¬s shall
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
June 17, 2011. Claims
against the decedent
shall be presented to the
undersigned with a copy
to the Register of Wills
or filed with the Register
of Wills with a copy to
the undersigned, on or
before June 17, 2011, 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:
December 17, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Lamont Bertram Mitchell
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.
LEGAL
Date NOTICES
of Publication:
December 17, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Lamont Bertram Mitchell
Personal
Representative
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
12/17, 12/24, 12/31
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM1172
Ruby L Knox
Decedent
Jerry L Hunter Esq
1822 11th Street NW
Washington DC 20001
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
William A. Knox Sr.,
whose address is 32
46th Street NE,
Washington DC 20019
was appointed personal
representative of the
estate of Ruby L. Knox,
who died on August 27,
2010 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 June 17, 2011.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
June 17, 2011, or be
forever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
December 17, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
William A Knox Sr.
Personal
Representative
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
12/17, 12/24, 12/31
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM1160
James Michael Lonon
Decedent
Wendell C Robinson
Esq
4308 Georgia Ave NW
Washington DC 20011
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
E Patricia Coleman,
whose address is 2414
Monroe Street NE
Washington, DC 20010
was appointed personal
representative of the
estate of James Michael
Lonon, who died on July
26, 2010 without a will,
and will serve without
Court supervision. All
unknown heirs and heirs
whose whereabouts are
unknown shall enter
their appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment
shall be filed with the
Register of Wills, D.C.,
515 5th Street, N.W.,
3rd Floor Washington,
D.C. 20001, on or be-
fore June 17, 2011.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
June 17, 2011 or be for-
ever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
December 17, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
E. Patricia Coleman
Personal
Representative
202-529-5103
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
12/17, 12/24, 12/31
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM726
Otto H. Dorsey
Decedent
Bruce E. Gardner
1101 Pennsylvania Ave
NW #600
Washington DC 20004
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
B r u c e E . G a r d n e r,
whose address is 1101
Pennsylvania Ave. NW
#600 Washington DC
20004, was appointed
personal representative
of the estate of Otto H.
Dorsey, who died on
September 29, 2009
without a will, and will
serve without Court su-
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
B r u c e E . G a r d n e r,
whose address is 1101
Pennsylvania Ave. NW
#600 Washington DC
LEGAL
20004, wasNOTICES
appointed
personal representative
of the estate of Otto H.
Dorsey, who died on
September 29, 2009
without a will, and will
serve without Court su-
pervision. All unknown
heirs and heirs whose
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment
shall be filed with the
Register of Wills, D.C.,
515 5th Street, N.W.,
3rd Floor Washington,
D.C. 20001, on or be-
fore June 17, 2011.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
June 17, 2011, or be
forever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
December 17, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Bruce E. Gardner
Personal
Representative
202-271-0552
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
12/17, 12/24, 12/31
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM455
Dolores E. Young
Decedent
Jennifer E. Loud Esq
7826 Eastern Ave. NW
Suite 410
Washington DC 20012
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Betty W. Weaver, whose
address is 4410 19th
Place NE, Washington
DC 20018 was ap-
pointed personal repre-
sentative of the estate of
Dolores E. Young, who
died on December 18,
2009 with a will, and will
serve without Court su-
pervision. All unknown
heirs and heirs whose
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent’s will)
cedent¬s will)shall be be
shall
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
June 17, 2011. Claims
against the decedent
shall be presented to the
undersigned with a copy
to the Register of Wills
or filed with the Register
of Wills with a copy to
the undersigned, on or
before June 17, 2011, 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:
December 17, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Betty W. Weaver
Personal
Representative
202-526-3579
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
12/17, 12/24, 12/31
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM1176
Ella C. Lloyd
Decedent
Milton E. Mclver Esq
P O Box 3308
Capitol Heights Md
20791-3308
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Bernard N Lloyd, whose
address is 4702 Kane
Place, NE Washington
DC 20019 was ap-
pointed personal repre-
sentative of the estate of
Ella C Lloyd, who died
on September 19, 2010
with a will, and will serve
without Court supervi-
sion. All unknown heirs
and heirs whose
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent’s will)
cedent¬s will)shall be be
shall
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
June 17, 2011. Claims
against the decedent
shall be presented to the
undersigned with a copy
to the Register of Wills
or filed with the Register
of Wills with a copy to
the undersigned, on or
before June 17, 2011 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.
to the Register of Wills
or filed with the Register
of Wills with a copy to
the undersigned, on or
before June 17, 2011 or
be forever barred. Per-
sons believed to be
heirs or legatees of the
December 18, 2010 - December 24, 2010, The Afro-American
decedent who do not re-
ceive a copy of this no-
LEGAL
tice NOTICES
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:
December 17, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Bernard N. Lloyd
Personal
Representative
202-590-9487
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
12/17, 12/24, 12/31
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM1167
Johnetta J. Reid
Decedent
W. Alton Lewis
1450 Mercantile Lane
Suite 155
Largo, MD 20774
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Robert N Reid, whose
address is 1203 Colum-
bia Road NW Washing-
ton DC 20009, was ap-
pointed personal
representative(s) of the
estate of Johnetta J.
Reid, who died on July
28, 2010 with a will, and
will serve without Court
supervision. All un-
known heirs and heirs
whose whereabouts are
unknown shall enter
their appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent’s will)
cedent¬s will)shall be be
shall
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
June 17, 2011. Claims
against the decedent
shall be presented to the
undersigned with a copy
to the Register of Wills
or filed with the Register
of Wills with a copy to
the undersigned, on or
before June 17, 2011, 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:
December 17, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Robert N. Reid
Personal
Representative
202-234-0068
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
12/17, 12/24, 12/31
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM1178
Roderic E Ordway
Decedent
Sherri M Stahl
5530 Wisconsin Ave
Suite 801
Chevy Chase MD
20815
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Nancy Bradford Ordway,
whose address is 4750
41st Street, NW #510,
Washington DC 20016
was appointed personal
representative of the
estate of Roderic E.
Ordway, who died on
September 24, 2010
with a will, and will serve
without Court supervi-
sion. All unknown heirs
and heirs whose
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent’s will)
cedent¬s will)shall be be
shall
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
June 17, 2011. Claims
against the decedent
shall be presented to the
undersigned with a copy
to the Register of Wills
or filed with the Register
of Wills with a copy to
the undersigned, on or
before June 17, 2011, 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:
December 17, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Nancy Bradford Ordway
Personal
Representative
301-951-0240
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
12/17, 12/24, 12/31
IN THE SUPERIOR
COURT OF THE
DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
CIVIL DIVISION
Civil Action No.
2008CA0005291
Status Hearing:
May 4, 2011
Wiper Corporation
17962 Foxborough Lane
Boca Raton, FL 33496-
1321
PLAINTIFF
v.
Abdul Kamara
12424 Ronald Beall Road
Upper Marlboro, MD
20774-5683
District of Columbia
COURT OF THE
DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
CIVIL DIVISION
Civil Action No.
2008CA0005291
Status Hearing:
May 4, 2011
Wiper Corporation
17962 Foxborough Lane
LEGAL
Boca
1321
Raton, NOTICES
FL 33496-
PLAINTIFF
v.
Abdul Kamara
12424 Ronald Beall Road
Upper Marlboro, MD
20774-5683
District of Columbia
Adrian M. Fenty
ATTN: Tabatha Braxton
Office of the Secretary
1350 Pennsylvania Ave
NW Suite 419
Washington DC 20005
Serve:
Office of the Attorney
General (DC)
ATTN: Peter J. Nickles
One Judiciary Square
441 4th Street NW
6th Floor South
Washington DC 20001
and
Any and all persons having
or claiming to have any in-
terest or fee simple in the
property and premises
situate, lying and being in
the District of Columbia de-
scribed as:
The property known for
assessment and taxation
purposes as Square 5325,
Lot 0010, vacant lot in Mar-
shall Heights, as per plat
recorded in Book County 6
at page 39, situated at
approximately 5035-5037 B
Street SE and located be-
tween 5043 B Street, SE
and 5029 B Street SE
Washington DC 20019
Defendants.
AMENDED ORDER
OF PUBLICATION
In accordance
accordance with with
D.C. D.C.
Code
Code ß47-1375,
§47-1375, the object the object
of this proceeding is to se-
cure the foreclosure of the
right of redemption in the
following real property, lo-
cated in the District of
Columbia, and sold by the
Mayor of the District of
Columbia to the Plaintiff(s)
in this action, described as
lot number 10 in block
County 6 at page 39, being
known for assessment and
taxation purposes as
Square 5325, Lot 0010, and
situated on a vacant lot at
approximately 5035-5037 B
Street, SE and located be-
tween a single-family home
located at 5043 B Street SE
(Square 5325, Lot 0011),
and an apartment complex
located at 5029 B Street SE
Washington DC 20019
(Spare 5325, Lot 0804).
The complaint states,
among other things, that the
amounts necessary for re-
demption have not been
paid.
Pursuant to the Chief
Judge’s Administration Or-
Judge¬s
der Number 02-11, it is this
8th day of December 2010.
ORDERED by the Superior
Court of the District of
Columbia, that notice be
given by the insertion of a
copy of this order in The
Afro-American Newspaper,
having a general circulation
in the District of Columbia,
once a week for three (3)
successive weeks, notifying
all person(s) interested in
the real property described
above to appear in this
Court by the 16th day of
February, 2011, and redeem
the real property by payment
of $1,668.08 together with
real estate taxes assessed
and interest and penalties
theron from the date the real
property tax certificate was
purchased; court costs, and
reasonable attorney's fees,
expenses incurred in the
publication and service of
process by publication and
for reasonable fees for the
title search, all other
amounts paid by the peti-
tioner in accordance with the
provisions of D.C. Code
ߧ47-1361
4 7 - 1 3 6 1 anda n d a all
ll
outstanding municipal lien
amounts due and owing on
the aforementioned real
property, or answer the com-
plaint or, thereafter, a final
judgment will be entered
foreclosing the right of re-
demption in the real property
and vesting in the plaintiff a
title in fee simple.
/s/ Joseph I Beshouri
Magistrate Judge
12/10, 12/17, 12/24
To Advertise call 202-332-0080
B11
LEGAL NOTICES
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY
REQUEST FOR BIDS
INVITATION NO. 100250
FILTRATION AND DISINFECTION FACILITIES UPGRADE
PHASE 3- ELECTRICAL IMPROVEMENTS
The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority is soliciting bids for Invitation
No. 100250: Filtration and Disinfection Facilities Upgrade, Phase 3-Electrical
Improvements.
The following listing enumerates the major items of work included in the contract:
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equipment.
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sories.
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0
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0
PCS hardware, software.
The project requires completion within 830 consecutive calendar days.
This project is estimated to cost between $10,000,000 and $15,000,000.
Bid Opening Date is January 19, 2011.
This project may be funded in part by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA). A Fair Share Objective for Minority and Women¬s Business Enterprises
participation in this work of 32% and 6%, respectively, has been established.
The program requirements are fully defined in USEPA’s
USEPA¬s Participation by Dis-
advantaged Enterprises in Procurement under EPA Financial Assistant
Agreements - May 27, 2008.∫.
The Davis-Bacon wage determinations shall apply.
DC Water Owner Controlled Insurance Program will provide insurance.
Bid documents are available at the Department of Procurement, 5000 Overlook
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20032. Sets of Bidding Documents can be
procured for a non-refundable $150 purchase price each, payable to DC Water.
Payment must be in the form of a money order, certified check or a company
check. Documents can be shipped to Bidders providing a Federal Express
account number.
The DC Water Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant is a secured
facility. Persons intending to pick-up Bidding Documents are to contact the
Department of Procurement at 202-787-2020 for access authorization.
For procurement information contact Mr. Carlo Enciso; email carlo.enciso@
dcwater.com, (voice 202-787-2029).
For technical information contact: DETS-Construction.Bid.Inquiry@dcwater.com
View DC Water website at www.dcwater.com for current and up coming
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