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Bernstein Sworn-in, City Leaders Call for Tougher Gun Laws
By Shernay Williams
AFRO Staff Writer
The city’s new top prosecutor Gregg Bernstein,
who proposed tougher legal treatment of violent
offenders while on the campaign trail, was sworn in
Jan. 3 during a private official event.
Bernstein, who is White, won the city’s state’s
attorney position after unseating longtime Black
incumbent Patricia Jessemy in the heated Democratic
primary. He went unopposed in the General Election.
At a public, ceremonial swearing-in Jan. 4, the
former federal prosecutor pledged to build a better
relationship with police and restructure the State’s
Suspended A2 ‘Mirandy and Brother Wind’
Attorney’s Office to “aggressively” prosecute violent
offenders. “Despite great strides in the last few
years,” Bernstein said, “we must change the way
we do business so that we can successfully target,
prosecute, and convict the violent offenders who
continue to harm our neighbors and neighborhoods.
The season for promises… is over, and the time for
performance and action is about to begin.”
The great strides he mentions include a steady
decline in violent crime for at least the last three
years. City officials reported 223 homicides in 2010,
the lowest count since 1985. Juvenile homicides and
shootings are down 35 percent and overall gun crime
down 16 percent over last year. Yet Bernstein and
other city leaders understand more must be done
for Baltimore residents to feel safe.
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, who
attended Bernstein’s swearing-in, said at a
separate event that the reduced numbers are
“not a cause for a celebration, but a call for
further action.”
“I believe with the help of the Maryland
General Assembly, we can...continue reducing
gun violence to historic lows,” she said.
She plans to lobby two bills that would create
tougher penalties for gun offenders. The first
would require all defendants arrested with an illegal,
loaded firearm to serve a minimum of 18 months
in jail. The second

FBI Joins Search

would allow judges
to sentence repeat
gun offenders to

for N.C. Teen

five to15 years.
Police
Commissioner
By Sean Yoes Bealefield
Special to the AFRO supports the
legislation and
Baltimore Police say they are “enormously concerned” about a notes that almost
16-year-old girl from North Carolina visiting family in Baltimore, who half of homicide
has not been seen or heard from since Dec. 28. And they have requested suspects in 2010
Photo by Webster Phillips III
the FBI aid in the search for the missing teen. had prior gun
Gregg Bernstein was sworn in as
“We have serious concerns about this case,” said Police arrests, but on
Baltimore City’s State’s Attorney on
Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld, III during a press conference Continued on A4 Jan. 3.
earlier this month. Baltimore homicide is investigating Barnes’
disappearance.
According to police, Phylicia Barnes, an honor student from Monroe,
N.C., was visiting her older sister at the Reisterstown Square Apartments
on the 6500 block of Eberle Drive in Northwest Baltimore.
On Jan. 4, investigators greatly expanded their search for Barnes
AP Photo/Courtesy of Baltimore Police Department based on a post on The Baltimore Sun website. “Humor me, somebody
This undated photo provided by the Baltimore pop over to the 4000 block of Franklintown Road and look at the
Police Department shows Phylicia Barnes. Southwest shoulder,” read the post in the comment section at the bottom
Barnes, 16, is missing after visiting relatives in of a story about Barnes’ disappearance.
Baltimore and police say she may have been Police confirmed the comment sparked the mobilization of at least
abducted. Continued on A3

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Black-Led Workers Party Pushes
Join Host Sean Yoes for Statewide Recognition
 Sunday @ 8 p.m. on
88.9 WEAA FM, the
By Shernay Williams
AFRO Staff Writer
Voice of the Community.
Members of a local Black
grassroots organization say
Marylanders need a new
type of political party that
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Economic Times
Demand Giving
set up tables at various
community and cultural
AFRO deadline.
Lumumba formed the
Beyond the Holidays
events around the state,
hoping to spread the Ujima
mission.
Ujima party in the fall of
2009. The Morgan State
graduate, a full-time
They need signatures from computer technician, said he By Zenitha Prince demand for our services (25
at least 10,000 residents to realized many candidates, Washington Bureau Chief percent) and not only have

advocates for the working qualify as an independent who chose to be “political

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we seen an increase but a

class. party and have their outsiders” and challenge
The “community- candidate’s names listed on established laws and public
controlled” Ujima People’s statewide ballots. policy, failed to build the
Progressive Party supports a If their ambitious plan is strong base needed to win
living wage, the reregulation successful, the organization races. He referred to the
of electricity and other laws would be Maryland’s “first failed mayoral runs of
that support poor, working state-wide electoral party progressive democrat Andrey
residents, says director created and led by Africans,” Bundley.
Nnamdi Lumumba. their website reads. The President Barack Obama’s
Lumumba, 40, and a solid Maryland Department of election, he said, gave him
core of about 15 volunteers— Legislative Services did not the final push to create the
mostly community activists— confirm Ujima’s claims by party. Although he was not
an Obama supporter per se,
he was intrigued that a virtual
unknown could captivate the
nation, especially generally
apathetic young voters.
He says his tight knit
team wants to capitalize on
what remains of President
Barack Obama’s energy to
attack the “misleadership in
the state,” which they say is
fueled by Democrats.
Black politicians like
Sheila Dixon and Jack
Johnson “have clearly failed
the citizens,” he says.
But Lumumba wants
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Obasi Camara, Outreach Coordinator for the grassroots Maryland and the Black
political organization Ujima People’s Progressive Party, community don’t have strong
Join the AFRO on promotes the group in West Baltimore. Ujima needs leaders.
Twitter and Facebook 10,000 signatures to qualify as an official political party. Continued on A3
For many people, it’s
a way of giving thanks, of
acknowledging a sacred
season by means of giving
back to the community. But
philanthropy should not be
confined to just the end of
the year, advocates say.
“It’s a day to day for
us, not just Thanksgiving
and Christmas, and it’s a
lifestyle,” said Gwen Pope,
manager of the SHABACH!
Emergency Resources and
Empowerment Center at
the First Baptist Church
of Glenarden in Landover,
Md.
And it’s needed more
than ever before, Pope and
others say. The tentacles of
the two-year recession—
high unemployment and
underemployment, leading
foreclosure rates and
depleting wealth— continue
to have a stranglehold on
many Black communities
in the area, creating a new
class of indigent people.
“We and our partner
agencies have definitely
seen an increase in the
change in who is coming
to us for food assistance,”
said Shamia Holloway,
communications manager,
Capital Area Food Bank.
The Food Bank serves
as a hub, from which food
is distributed to hunger-
fighting organizations in
the Maryland-Washington,
D.C.-Virginia area.
According to Holloway,
the Food Bank serves more
than 478,000 persons a
year in Prince George’s
County, Montgomery
County, Washington, D.C.
and Northern Virginia.
Traditionally, the vast
majority of those clients
had been “working poor”—
people who may have been
working multiple jobs or
been underemployed but
struggling to meet the
monthly financial demands
of transportation, housing,
medical expenses, etc.
“But like our partner
agencies we’re seeing first-
time visitors, people who
have never been to the food
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A2 The Afro-American, January 8, 2011 - January 14, 2011
AFRO National Briefs
Emory Professor Honored with Literary Medal
Frances Smith Foster, a professor at Emory University, has
earned a lifetime achievement award for her contributions to
American literature. She is the first Black woman to receive the
Jay B. Hubbell Medal from the Modern Language Association.
Foster is an English and women’s studies professor at the
private Atlanta school. She has written and edited more than 12
books specializing in Black literature and family traditions.
Miss. Gov. Suspends Life Sentences of Sisters Jailed
for $11 Robbery
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour on Dec. 29 suspended the
life sentences of two sisters jailed for an armed robbery that
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netted just $11—but the release of one heat and hot water in hopes of forcing
sister will require her to donate a kidney prisoners back to work. However,
to the other. inmates’ advocates say they’ve
“To date, the sisters have served 16 remained peaceful while petitioning
years of their sentences and are eligible for better educational opportunities,
for parole in 2014. Jamie Scott requires improved health care, nutritional meals
regular dialysis, and her sister has and fair parole standards.
offered to donate one of her kidneys Benjamin Todd Jealous, president
to her,” Barbour said in a prepared and CEO of the NAACP, said
statement posted on his website. “The the prisoners’ demands should be
Mississippi Department of Corrections considered. “The requests being made
believes the sisters no longer pose a by the inmates – better access to their
threat to society. Their incarceration is families, pay for their work, access
no longer necessary for public safety to education opportunities – are not
or rehabilitation, and Jamie Scott’s unreasonable, and could in fact lead
medical condition creates a substantial to helping them successfully reenter
cost to the State of Mississippi.” society and become responsible citizens
In 1993, the sisters lured two men once they have served their time.”
down a road where they were robbed Meanwhile, the national NAACP
by three teens, according to reports. has called upon the United States
The Scott sisters were convicted of Department of Justice, through its
robbery with a deadly weapon in the civil rights division, to urge federal
incident and each received reportedly intervention under the authority granted
Courtesy Photo
unusual double life prison sentences. the department by the Civil Rights of
Frances Smith Foster
The teenagers, who allegedly carried out Institutionalized Persons Act to ensure
the robbery, only served two years in that the civil rights of Georgia State
prison. inmates are protected.
Barbour’s statement said that he
asked the Mississippi Parole Board to New Charles R. Drew Nursing
review the Scott’s case, and that they
School Utilizes State-of-the-Art
supported his decision to suspend their Technology
sentences. The sisters have received Charles R. Drew University of
support from national groups including Medicine and Science’s new Life
the NAACP. A march for them last Sciences Research Nursing Education
year drew hundreds of people. building, a $43 million addition to the
A release date for the sisters has not school, is garnering nationwide attention
been decided, and will be set by the Courtesy Photos
for its state-of-the-art facility. According
Mississippi Department of Corrections, Jamie (left) and Gladys Scott were to school officials, the Mervyn M.
according to Jackson, Miss. NBC convicted of robbery in 1993 and given
Dymally School of Nursing in South
affiliate WLBT. double life sentences.
Los Angeles, Calif., has one of the
most advanced
NAACP Fact-Finding Delegation simulation labs in
Investigates Abuse Claims at Georgia Prisons the United States.
The Georgia State Conference of the NAACP is One of the
spearheading an investigation into abuse allegations at two most unique
Georgia prisons. Last month, a fact-finding committee visited features in the
the Macon State Prison in Oglethorpe, Ga., where inmates facility is the
complained of poor conditions during a statewide prisoner top-of-the-line
strike. The Georgia State Department of Corrections (DOC) human patient
agreed to allow the visit after meeting with the NAACP mannequins
Georgia State Conference, an NAACP national delegation and in the 12-bed
a number of other organizations to discuss allegations of guard Courtesy Photo simulation
violence and the poor conditions that led to the peaceful strike. The Mervyn M. Dymally School of lab. These
According to reports, prison guards allegedly turned off Nursing has one of the most advanced mannequins are
simulation labs in the United States. all anatomically
correct and
represent adults, children, elderly and newborn patients with
the ability to cough, talk, urinate and have audible heart and
lung sounds. Students can insert intravenous lines into them to
ease their “distress” and to make diagnoses.
“Typically, when students graduate from nursing school,
they have cared for two patients, and while they may know a
lot about the care of those two types of afflictions, they have
not been in a dynamic environment,” said Dr. Gloria McNeal,
founding dean, in a press statement. “What we are trying to do
here at CDU is to offer students hands-on experience in every
AP Photo
environment, so that by the time they graduate, they know what
The Georgia State Conference of the NAACP is
to do when a patient requires care.”
spearheading an investigation into abuse allegations at
two Georgia prisons.
 November 1, 2008 - November 7, 2008, The Washington Afro-American A3

Jennifer Hudson and Relatives Identify Body of Her Slain NephewA3

A2 The Afro-American, January 8, 2011 - January 8, 2011 January 8, 2011 - January 14, 2011, The Afro-American
By Alan King sport-utility vehicle sought in from a neighbor about a suspi- posted fliers bearing his photo-

U.S. Discrimination Case Still Sizzling after Conviction

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
Jennifer Hudson and other The white, 1994 Chevrolet dog. According to the Chicago for the public’s help in finding
relatives positively identified Suburban with Illinois license Tribune, the boy had been shot her nephew. In her MySpace

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; former V.P. Dan Quayle among those under fire multiple times in the back seat
of the vehicle. The SUV, regis-
tered to Hudson’s murdered
blog, she thanked fans and sup-
porters for their prayers and
offered a $100,000 reward to
By Hazel Trice Edney District of Virginia, Reginald brother, was towed with the other ‘serious or compelling’ anyone
by bothwholower returned
courtstheareboy
Special to the AFRO Bailey lost his multi-million boy’s body inside and is being cause.” alive.
irrefutable. According to
processed by evidence techni- Since the investigation,
dollar company simply DynCorp, through a court documents, while
cians and workers. The body Hudson – who gained stardom
PART I of a periodic because he is Black. spokeswoman, Ashley Burke, WWNS employees worked
was later removed and taken to after appearing on “American
series: The Terrorism of In the 4-year-old court the Cook County Medical sent an e-mailed statement the war
Idol,” andzones of Iraq
then won an and
Racism case that appears to be once Examiner’s office. to Trice Edney Wire denying Afghanistan, DynCorp,
Academy Award for her role nowin
again coming to a head even Hudson and other family any further responsibility Cerberus:
the movie Dreamgirls – has
WASHINGTON (TEWire) after the verdict, Bailey and members arrived at the Medical in the case. “DynCorp * Regularly
stayed referred
out of the public to
eye.
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The WWNS
Chicago employees and
Tribune report-
to have done everything as WWNS went belly up noon to identify the body. Julian King, Jennnifer Hudson’s of racial
nephew. discrimination management
ed that a paradeasof“kaffirs,” a
cars moved
right. The 1995 business because of pure racism Given the choice between look- very seriously,” she wrote. raciallypast
slowly offensive wordhome
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administration graduate of from an unlikely source. ing directly at the body or A spokesman for the office the
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Monday morning, term for
past the
North Carolina A&T, an That source, according viewing it on a wall-mounted told the newspaper that Hudson jail for parole violation
ethics and business conduct after Southvans,
news African Blacks
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payments to WWNS, causing on the
video screen, the family chose “remained strong for her fami- being convicted of attempted violence.
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murder and vehicular hijack- case, the the company to suffer
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contract. the latter. According to the judgment was paid in full.” In front ofand
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nephew Monday, just hours Chicago’s West Side after Tribune, Hudson said, “Yes, “She held hands with her fami- ing. Cook County records showhome, men in heavy jackets
owner. Conversely, DynCorp, ly,” the spokesman said. “It that Bailey
he pleadedis determined
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ACORN Fights Back

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four years. King
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AFRO Staff Writer
were for management of
Tony Romo and Terrell Owens,
thrives from investments
trying to distance him from the Jason Hudson, 29, shot to death through a
found DynCorp long weekend
guilty of in withholding
young childrenpayments
are dying,toand
among the names submitted to group, saying, “Barack Obama in his grandmother’s home in which police and volunteers
telecommunications in Iraq from public pension funds, race discrimination and WWNS
for what?”invoices; DynCorp
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and Afghanistan. Bailey’s which
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voter history in this country, Secretary of State Hillary
ple, many of them poor or unem- Morial in a recent interview.
racist mail. public funds. “If this is not
it due to excessive spending
maybe destroying the fabric of Clinton. The letter continued,
ployed, to sign up new voters. “Light
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Workers Party Pushes for Recognition

McCain campaign thinks those brought the phony registrations message on the answering
voters are going to vote to the attention of authorities. machine, saying: “Hi, I was just history of the park being a photo. At her hometown the
Democratic, which is not neces- The McCain camp apparently calling to let you know that dumping ground for dead teen’s family members and
sarily true.”
Continued from A1
isn’t interested in those fine Barack Obama needs to get bodies. The search yielded friends held a vigil for her
ACORN is no stranger to points, preferring to air mislead- hung. He’s a (expletive deleted) no new leads in the case, on New Year’s Day. At the
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and moderate-income and I approve this message. They’re gonna get all hung hon-
without the spotlight, and she knows the grim realities surveyed 20 to 30 year olds Win or lose, members 1 BANANA on this case,” said Anthony “I have a strong faith that
Americans. With 400,000 mem- Announcer: Who is Barack eys, they’re going to get assassi-
build up an (energy) around of the poor, working class. primarily from the Baltimore-
nated, they’re gonna get killed.” of the group will continue Guglielmi, Baltimore Police we will find her, and we will
ber families organized into more Obama? A man with “a political
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organization has engaged in mas- banks to issue risky home loans. Forget about paying for hospital
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cease soon. one Baltimore run city races in Baltimore, Barnes carrying lack of national media for
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attacks will be over. but repeated calls to that cell Barnes has been missing
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Community Giving Warms Struggling Family’s Holiday Spirit

By Shernay Williams
AFRO Staff Writer
People lined up outside
Ashley Johnson’s West
Baltimore home the evening
of Dec. 29, all bearing at least
one gift. To her surprise and
delight, the “secret Santas”—
many of them strangers—
placed the gifts under her
Christmas tree. The heart-
warming spectacle brought
the 11-year-old her first
Christmas presents this year.
Ashley’s mom, Pam
Johnson, was diagnosed
with two forms of breast
cancer last summer. Boggled
down with medical bills for
chemotherapy treatments
and medication, she and her
husband Joe Johnson could
not afford presents.
When Tenyo Pearl, Mrs.
Johnson’s close friend and
former professor, heard
the news, she made it her
mission to make Christmas
special for the girl. She sent
text messages and e-mails
detailing the situation to
several friends. Word spread
like wildfire, even landing
on Facebook. In just three
days of planning, the group
decided to surprise the girl
with gifts.
Over 20 people showed
up, including Councilwoman
Sharon Green Middleton
and Bea Gaddy’s daughter,
Cynthia Brooks. At least 10
others contributed gifts but
couldn’t make the surprise
event.
“I couldn’t sleep
knowing…a girl didn’t have
presents under her Christmas
tree,” Pearl said at the
gathering. “Pam didn’t ask
for help but it’s our duty.”
Mrs. Johnson told the
crowd she was speechless. “I
would have never expected
this type of outreach,” she
said. “I’m thankful to God
that each of you was touched
in some way to make a
difference for my daughter.”
This was the first year she
couldn’t afford gifts for her
child, she said.
“Cancer …it drains
everything, all your resources
for treatments,” the 49-year-
old said. She looked strong
and alert, despite the intense Courtesy Photo/ Cynthia Brooks
treatments. She expects her A group of Baltimore residents surprised 11-year-old Ashley Johnson (bottom, center
final two bouts of chemo this right) with Christmas gifts last week. Her mother, Pam Johnson, (bottom, center left) is
month. battling breast cancer and was unable to afford gifts this year.
Mrs. Johnson first felt a

Bernstein
Continued from A1
lump in her breast last spring.
She initially wrote it off as
a hormonal imbalance, but
after two months, she decided
average, served only four months in jail. The criminal to get checked out. Her
courts suspend 82 percent of gun cases, he added. doctors discovered cancer
Bernstein, with Bealefield’s endorsement, has promised in two sections of her breast
to tighten the grip on these offenders through prosecution. and ordered a lumpectomy
But he denies his method will prompt a “no-tolerance” in September. Now she
attitude leading to excessive jailing for minor offenses. is undergoing chemo as a
“We will not treat all crimes, and those who are precaution to ensure the
accused, alike,” he said at the swearing-in. “We will cancer does not spread, she
continue to take advantage of existing programs and said.
alternatives to incarceration, and look for new methods Her insurance didn’t
to partner with the public, private and faith-based cover the surgery. She
organizations that treat and rehabilitate individuals whose had to stop working as
behavior may be the result of severe drug addiction or director of the local Boys
poverty. I will work with organizations that help to put and Girls Club, but remains
people back on the path to healthier lives, more stable ineligible for unemployment
families, and good-paying jobs and achieve the best benefits because of a filing
possible outcomes for all involved.” technicality.
Bernstein hired a brand new leadership team to begin “I’m basically without
an internal audit of the State’s Attorney’s Office, which income right now,” she said.
he said had a “small lack of leadership and direction.” Her husband increased his
His staff includes former assistant U.S. attorney George work hours at BWI Thurgood
J. Hazel, former assistant state’s attorney Elizabeth Marshall Airport, but the
Embry and former secretary for the state’s Budget and family struggles without the
Management Cecilia Januszkiewicz. Mark Cheshire,
former AFRO reporter and speechwriter for Mayor Sheila
Dixon, will reportedly serve as communications director.
In a statement, Bernstein said his team “share(s) my
vision to restructure the State’s Attorney’s Office to focus
Economic Times Demand Giving
Continued from A1
on the prosecution and conviction of violent offenders and
improve training, technology and cooperation with law bank coming now,” Holloway
enforcement. said. “We’ve actually seen
“I look forward to beginning our work together to make former donors who are
Baltimore a safer city and get violent criminals off our now coming to us for food
streets.” assistance. So the face of
hunger has changed and the
recession has played a big
role.”
SHABACH!, which acts
as a liaison to social services
and donates food, clothing
and household items to
persons in the Washington,
D.C. metro area—though it
has seen clients from as far
away as West Virginia—is
also getting an influx of
“professionals,” Pope chimed
in. These are educators,
government workers and
corporate types who were
laid off from their jobs, or
saw their businesses closed;
Booklovers’ B R E A K F A S T
featuring
additional income.
Mr. Johnson estimates
they owe around $10,000.
“One of her medications
is $125, and we have
to get that every three
weeks,” he explained. After
reconstructive surgery and
the 10 years worth of pills
his wife will need to recover,
he expects it will cost about
$25,000.
It makes his “heart warm”
to know the community is so
giving, he says, especially for
a woman so giving.
“That’s my heart,” he said
of his wife of nine years. “I
can’t lose her. It took me too
long to find her.”
Ashley started middle
school at Windsor Hill
Elementary/ Middle in the
midst of her mom’s surgery
and still managed to make
honor roll.
have exhausted their savings
and retirement accounts
and are now depending
on the community and the
government for help.
“These are very
conscientious people that
want to work but there are
no jobs out there for them…,
who are not looking for a
“I want to change people’s definition of
help… everything makes a difference.”
handout—and really don’t
want it—but this is what
they have to do in order to
maintain,” Pope said. “And
they are new to the system,
meaning social services, and
they’re trying to find out
The pre-teen told the
AFRO it’s “sad and hard” to
watch her mother go through
chemotherapy but “it feels
good” to have a special
Christmas this year.
She received clothes,
games, cards and even food.
“This is what the
holiday season is all about,”
Middleton said. Along with
a gift, she brought Mrs.
Johnson a list of government
aid options. She said her
younger sister is a cancer
survivor.
Pearl, who was one of
Mrs. Johnson’s instructors
at Coppin State University,
said, “You want to make sure
they not only have a degree
but they have support. I
didn’t have money to buy all
this but I had this,” she said
raising her cell phone, “and it
multiplied 100 times.”
how it works, what they can
get, or what is available to
them and a lot of them have
become very frustrated.
“… [So] even though they
(the clients) drive up in a big
car, everyone is reminded that
they may be sleeping in that
same car.”
Alleviating—and
ultimately changing—the
dire situation begins at a
personal level, said A. Adar
Ayira, project manager, More
in the Middle Initiative, an
Associated Black Charities
(ABC) program designed to
strengthen and expand the
Black middle class.
“For themselves, what
people can do is to really
become more educated on
financial management,”
Ayira told the AFRO. “This
economic climate is giving
all of us an opportunity to
clean up our financial houses,
to figure out what we can
tighten and to make us more
conscious about working
ourselves out of whatever
holes we’re in.”
For others, the traditional
Mrs. Johnson said her
family received more than
material items that night.
“It’s not even about
the gifts,” she said. “It’s
the outpouring of love and
concern from people.”
All cancer patients should
experience this love, she
added. She wants to create
a breast cancer support
group that especially targets
African-American women.
“Black women don’t talk
about it,” she noted. “We
aren’t as open…Even this 11
year old,” she said, pointing
to her daughter, “I have to
start teaching her to take care
of herself.”
“I know I can’t save
the world but if I can help
another woman, even if it’s
an 11-year-old going through
this process…it will be worth
it.”
and pack boxes are just as
important to the Food Bank’s
work, Holloway added.
Last year, 14,000 volunteers
saved the organization $1.7
million in administrative
costs. “Without community
support, without donations
and volunteers we would not
be able to feed the thousands
who are suffering from
hunger,” she said. “The need
is there, the problem is real
and it’s up to the community
to take action and make a
difference.”
Diane Bell McKoy,
president/CEO of ABC,
which is based in Baltimore,
said too many people are
dissuaded from giving back
because they think they must
do something “big.”
“I want to change
people’s definition of
help… everything makes a
difference,” she said.
For example, in churches
with social services
ministries, simply supporting
the church financially may
be an indirect way of giving
back to the community.
And there are other ways
parishioners can give.
“There are churches
that are beginning to
recognize that within
their congregations there

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VICTORIA continue to be important,
Holloway said.
“It’s very easy. You can
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Saturday, January 29 provide three meals; you
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Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel critical way by which we get
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call 410-396-5494. www.prattlibrary.org volunteers who offer their
time and energy to sort food
are people of expertise…
So when people think
of volunteering…lots of
people can do soup kitchens
and shelters and that’s
critical. But, because often
our community is also
disconnected from knowing
what they don’t know, in
order to change up economic
outcomes volunteering
knowledge and resources and
relationships and access is
critical. You don’t have to go
far to make a difference.”
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A6 The Afro-American, January 8, 2011 - January 14, 2011

Community Calendar
Jan. 8
Book Talk: ‘The Integration
of Debate: Competing
Futures for American Cities’
Reginald F. Lewis
Museum, 830 E. Pratt St.,
Baltimore. 2 p.m. Discuss
the book The Integration
Debate with its contributing
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Maxine Bigby Cunningham
Enoch Pratt Free Library,
Edmondson Avenue Branch,
4330 Edmondson Ave.,
Baltimore. 2 p.m. Author
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Maxine Bigby Cunningham
will discuss her book
describing how walking can
help attain physical, mental,
emotional and spiritual well-
being. For more information:
410-396-0946.
Maysa
Rams Head Tavern, 33
West St., Annapolis, Md. 6:30
p.m. Baltimore native Maysa
Leak brings her soulful vocals
back home. $35. For more
information: 410-268-4545.
Jan. 9 admission is required. For
‘Fundi: The Story of Ella more information: 443-263-
Baker’ 1800.
Reginald F. Lewis
Museum, 830 E. Pratt Jan. 11
St., Baltimore. 2 p.m. Remembering Dr. Martin
Examine the 1960s from the Luther King Jr.
perspective of civil rights Enoch Pratt Free Library,
activist Ella Baker. Museum Cherry Hill Branch, 606
Cherry Hill Road, Baltimore.
3:30-4 p.m. Listen to a story
about the life of Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. and his
contributions to the Civil
Rights Movement. For more
information: 410-396-1168.

Devon A. Blackwood
Enoch Pratt Free Library,
THE JANUARY Central Branch, 400

ONE
Cathedral St., Baltimore.
6:30 p.m. Devon Blackwood
is a licensed professional
in the field of addiction. At
this event, he will discuss
his book, Beyond the
Lingo: Working Through

DAY
Recovery Concepts, in
which he provides practical
and realistic solutions to
overcome the barriers and
traps of dependency. For more
information: 410-396-5430.

Jan. 12

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information: 410-207-9832.

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Jan. 14
Annual MLK Dinner
La Fontaine Bleu, 7514
S. Ritchie Highway, Glen
Burnie, Md. 5 p.m. The
Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. Committee of Anne
Arundel County will honor
seven individuals and one
organization who have carried
on Dr. King’s legacy of
service through professional
and volunteer work at the
23rd Annual Martin Luther
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more information: www.
mlkmd.org.

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Opinion
Our View
We Owe Mississippi Gov. Barbour NOTHING!
No Props, No Gratitude
In recent days some have heaped accolades on Mississippi
Gov. Haley Barbour for indefinitely suspending the double life
sentences unjustly leveled against Gladys and Jamie Scott for
their alleged role in a 1993 robbery.
What seems to have been lost in the celebration is that
Barbour’s action does not grant a full pardon, a clemency or
a commutation of their sentences that sets them free forever.
Barbour’s action also does not guarantee their suspended
sentences will never be reversed resulting in their return to
prison. To add insult to injury, as a condition of Barbour’s
release, Gladys Scott must give up a kidney to her older sister
Jamie, not to save her life, but to save the state money in
dialysis treatments.
The women have already served 16 years of two
consecutive life sentences each after being convicted of luring
two men to a deserted spot in Scott County where three teens
ambushed them, hit them with the butt of a shotgun and
robbed them of wallets containing anywhere from $11 to $200,
depending on the source.
The sisters, now 38 and 36, have always maintained their
innocence. They, however, were not eligible for parole until
2014.
Willie Simmons, a Mississippi state senator, reportedly
characterized Barbour’s actions as a “bold step” and “a
courageous move.”
Really? These “props” are woefully premature. Barbour
does not deserve our gratitude for being courageous. His
actions bespeak not of honor or humanity but instead reek of
self-serving political cover with respect to his aspirations for a
higher office.
Don’t forget: Barbour has been governor since 2004 and
has not deemed it necessary to do anything about the well-
publicized Scott sister case until now. Also be aware that
Gladys’ request to willingly participate in the transplant was
previously denied apparently by a parole board several years
ago.
Some assume Barbour may be able to save face with
Black voters with this long overdue gesture while at the same
time appease Whites by maintaining a law and order image
along with an economically conservative stance. It is Barbour
Once More, into the Breach....
January is a month when
Maryland families pause to
reflect on the year just past
– and make our plans for the
months ahead.
2010 was a year that
evoked in me gratitude, a
sense of accomplishment, and
a renewed determination to
carry on.
I am both grateful and
humbled by the faith that
my neighbors once again
invested in me on Election
Day. Despite our opponents’
attacks and their dirty tricks,
Elijah Cummings our community once again
rose to the challenge.
As a result, Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski, Gov. Martin
O’Malley, our other Democratic colleagues in Annapolis
and all but one of our Democratic congressional delegation
received a renewed mandate to fight for the more prosperous
and equitable America symbolized by the pledge, “liberty and
justice for all.”
It is in this spirit that we must regroup and move forward,
notwithstanding the electoral gains that the forces of wealth,
reaction and power achieved in 2010.
With Republican control of the House of Representatives
and a weakened Democratic majority in the Senate, President
Obama’s already daunting task of rebuilding America has
become far more difficult.
To acknowledge this reality, however, is not to accept
Charter Improvement Needed for City Council Individual
Vacancy Replacement
It is time Baltimore City improved upon the Charter of the
City of Baltimore in Article III, Section 6, City Council Individual
vacancies. The current process is antiquated, prejudicial,
contradictory and undemocratic.
In Section 2 Members, subsection c Districts, it states: “The
election of members shall be held by council districts, and no
person is entitled to vote for any member of the City Council
other than member for the district in which the voter is registered.
However, 100 percent of those replacing a member of the City
Council do not live in the district as indicated by Section 6
Individual vacancies. This section states: After public notice, the
City Council, by a majority vote of its remaining members, shall
elect a person possessing the qualifications prescribed in Section 1
of this article to serve the remainder of the unexpired term of the
form incumbent. One district-connected group elects and another
non-district group replaces.  Let’s agree to improve this process
before this happens again—and it will.
On the Maryland state level elected county/city representatives
are replaced by elected Central Committee members where 100
percent of them live in the district.
I am writing this before the City Council makes a selection that
they have promised will be, as Council President Young stated:
a decision based on each candidate’s merits. Years ago there was
a slightly better process when we had three representatives for
each district. District Council courtesy was expected, though
not mandated, when the remaining two council people would
suggest to the council who would replace their district fellow
councilperson. Now that we only have one council person for each
district we need to adjust the Charter to this fact.
This process gives the incumbent appointed council person
an advantage for the next election—an advantage given to her or
him by persons that do not live in the district. If anything, why not
January 8, 2011 - January 14, 2011, The Afro-American
who makes the point that the Scott Sisters were not released
because it was the humanitarian thing to do, but instead
because they “no longer pose a threat” and one of them, Jamie,
is costing the state too much money for her dialysis treatments.
In the course of completing this absurd picture of Southern
justice, Mississippi now has established a precedent that one
may achieve freedom in return for giving up a body part.
Barbour shouldn’t be praised for his two-faced attempt
which does nothing but adds insult to the injury the Scott
sisters have already suffered from the application of so called
Mississippi justice.
Their mother, Evelyn Rasco of Florida, where the sisters
may end up, contends their case was in retaliation for family
members testifying against a corrupt local sheriff. Even if the
Scott Sisters were guilty, their life sentences were inconsistent
with the crime and unduly harsh.
They were sentenced by a judge the NAACP claimed had a
history of racially biased rulings and who gave a surprisingly
lenient sentence to the convicted killer of Schwerner, Chaney
and Goodman, the CORE civil rights workers murdered in
Philadelphia, Miss., in 1964.
The Scott sisters were represented by an attorney who was
later disbarred in another case for providing lack of diligence
and failure to communicate with his client. In the Scotts case,
he called no witnesses at the trial, not even the sisters in their
own defense. The actual teen perpetrators said their damning
statements were coerced for plea deals.
We are not condoning criminal behavior here. Robbery
(no matter how big or small the sum illegally gained) with its
potentially fatal outcome deserves harsh punishment. However,
the convicted teen perpetrators of this robbery received eight-
year sentences of which they served only two.
Given this background of the Scott case, we find it
surprising the prosecutor, Ken Turner, now tells The Clarion-
Ledger, “it was not a particularly egregious case.”
So why has Barbour kept the Scott Sisters incarcerated
during his six-year tenure as governor? Why has he continued
their incarceration while reportedly pardoning no less than
four undisputed murderers and suspending the life sentence of
another? Would Barbour, a son of the Mississippi South, have
defeat. One victory does not a mandate make – nor one defeat
a movement break.
It is critical that we hold on to this shared vision of a better
country because we are in for a series of tough battles during
the next two years.
The Republican leadership in Washington has made it clear
that their top objective is to deny President Obama a second
term in 2012.
They have pledged to cut $100 billion each year from
the social programs that are keeping millions of American
above water during this long economic storm – and they are
determined to harass the administration through unending
subpoenas and political spin.
These assertions amount to a battle cry against all that is
progressive, not a pledge of bipartisan debate and action for
the benefit of our country.
We are in a fight. Yet, we stand on firm ground.
The Democratically-led 110th Congress just concluded has
been called the “most productive Congress in 50 years.”
We provided a path to more affordable health insurance
for more than 30 million Americans and invested in a stronger
national system of community health care. We strengthened
federal regulation of Wall Street and the credit card industry
for the first time in decades.
We took actions – including the Recovery Act – that
protected our nation from a second Great Depression. We
helped to ensure that women will be paid as much as their
male counterparts.
We helped to protect state governments from bankruptcy –
and teachers from unemployment.
We stood against the tobacco lobby, fought for child
nutrition and demanded greater food safety.
Letters to the Editor
appoint someone that would not have the right to run?  state witnesses lied!
In the time it took to post a vacancy notice a similar notice
could be posted to allow the district to vote on the replacement
utilizing the same requirements for electing that person.  newly discovered Brady-Bagley evidence, yet Chief Judge Prevas
Let’s have residents of the district replace their council person.
Dr. Marvin L. Cheatham Sr.
Baltimore, Md.
Investigation of Egregious Court Delay in Arey’s Wrongful
Conviction
Michael Austin was wrongfully convicted of a 1974 murder,
a corrupt prosecution based on the work of Baltimore City Police
“detective” James Russell. After 27 years incarceration, the courts
finally cleared Austin. (Austin had Centurion Ministries support
his claim for relief; my problem is that I am indigent and I don’t
have any nationally recognized Innocence Project support. I made
all these Brady-Bagley discoveries on my own, without a lawyer!)
I was also wrongfully convicted in 1974, also due to corrupt
prosecution based on the “work” of the same Baltimore City Police
“lead detective” James Russell.
After 37 years incarceration, why can’t I also get a hearing, a
final court decision clearing me?
At my original trial, prosecutors lied, telling Baltimore City
Circuit Court Judge Harris on the record there was a two-page
missing person’s police report, and a four-page arrest report in my
case.
Thirty-two years later, on Oct. 18, 2006, the only honest
prosecutor to handle my case, Deputy State’s Attorney Haven
Kodeck, released 200+ pages of Brady-Bagley police reports.
Some 75 pages were exculpatory Brady documents supporting my
veracity; 75 pages were inculpatory Bagley documents proving
A7
grabbed on to the Scott Sisters’ kidneys after all these years
and countless protests and pleas for their release, had he not
committed political suicide himself only days earlier? We think
not.
Barbour’s’ action is a paper-thin disguise for his retreat
from the insensitive and historically revisionist statements
he made in a recent interview with the conservative Weekly
Standard. In the article, laying the groundwork for his
presidential bid, Barbour marginalized the turmoil of the 1960s
Civil Rights Movement in his hometown of Yazoo City, Miss.,
and complimented the role of the conservative White Citizens
Councils in maintaining order although they were instrumental
in upholding segregation.
Days later, after round criticism, he issued a retraction
saying Blacks did indeed suffer during “the difficult and
painful era for Mississippi,” and the councils were “totally
indefensible, as is segregation.”
Which is it? This is the same man who earlier this year
defended Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s decision to reinstate
Confederate History Month, saying critics were “trying to
make a big deal out of something that doesn’t matter for
diddly.”
Some will argue that it matters not the insincere motivation
of Barbour’s action, but rather that the Scott Sisters will be
released, albeit with strings attached, within 45 days.
However, until Barbour really does “the right thing” by
granting full clemency or pardon for the Scott sisters, without
conditions, he gets no accolades or “props” here.
We reduced the threat of life-ending nuclear attack, made
a down payment on our debt to our veterans and ended the
discrimination inherent in “Don’t ask, don’t tell.”
All of these advances (and more) are what our opponents
hope to destroy when they scream that they are going to
“take their country back” and deny a second term to the most
successful president of our time.
Well, this is our country as well – and I, for one, will fight
to make it better for everyone.
I do not minimize the power that we face.
Billionaires like the Koch brothers are dumping millions
into a concerted effort to defeat our president and the
progressive movement he leads. A slim majority of the
Supreme Court has decreed that corporations can use their
profits to buy elections and protect their privileges.
Against these forces, we have only our vision,
determination and organization.
Still, history informs us that, sometimes, this can be
enough.
We know that ours is the same dream that uplifted the
working women of New England cotton mills, the coal miners
and factory workers in their struggles against the company
store, and the civil rights workers of the 1960s.
Ours is the same challenge as those heroes and heroines of
our past who risked everything for “liberty and justice for all.”
We are a movement, and not just another political
campaign. We fight not just for ourselves, but for our children
and for the generations yet to be born.
Once more, into the breach . . . .
Congressman Elijah E. Cummings represents Maryland’s
Seventh Congressional District in the United States House of
Representatives.
state’s witnesses’ perjury; and 50 pages were doubly damning,
simultaneously both exculpatory Brady documents, supporting
what I said at trial; and inculpatory Bagley documents, proving
These 200+ pages of police reports have subsequently been
combined with affidavits and motions for a new trial based on the
sat on these motions for four years until just before his death, when
he reassigned my case outside of his domain.
Yet the same delay, procrastination, and refusal to grant a
hearing persists and I ask, what does it take for a wrongfully
convicted person to get a hearing and disposition on Brady-Bagley
police reports?
Prosecutors can give a criminal defendant 200+ pages of police
reports at trial, and claim they overlooked six pages of Brady-
Bagley reports, but there is no constitutional way prosecutors can
claim there are only six pages of police reports at trial, and then
“find” 200+ pages of Brady-Bagley reports 32 years later!
Accordingly I ask, can prosecutors delay and procrastinate
for so many years that I will die or become incapacitated so they
needn’t make another Austin ruling? I’ve spent a decade more in
prison than Austin, and said on record in the 1974 trial transcript
that prosecution witnesses lied and I was illegally convicted.
So my case is not new news! Vindicated by the release of 200+
pages of Brady-Bagley police reports, why is it impossible to get a
hearing? Why do today’s prosecutors defend corrupt predecessor
prosecutors from the 1970s?
For constitutional due process in Maryland’s courts, I ask for
an investigation into the prosecutor’s corruption and egregious
refusal to grant a court hearing on valid Brady-Bagley exculpatory
discoveries.
Douglas Scott Arey
Jessup, Md.
A8 The Afro-American, January 8, 2011 - January 14, 2011

Business
Prince George’s Business and National Science Foundation Form Alliance
By George Barnette
AFRO Staff Writer
With a paucity of minority women in science, technology
and math (STEM) careers, a Prince George’s-based business
has partnered with the National Science Foundation (NSF)
and HBCUs to retain minority women in those careers. GPRA
Strategic Management and the NSF held a conclave in June to
build community awareness about the issue and are committed
to broadening minority representation STEM careers.
The movement was a long time coming, according to Kelly
Mack, Ph.D., program officer with the NSF’s ADVANCE
program. She said the NSF wants to create more diversity in
science-related fields.
“We had the goal of bringing together women of color to
look at the issues that were germane to them,” Mack said. “We
also wanted to expand the professional network of women of
color, particularly those from historically Black institutions.”
The program has a number of unique features and like other
initiatives focusing on minority women in STEM careers, has
little to no federal funding. ADVANCE implements feedback
from the community it serves and the women directing the
program have lived the HBCU experience, making them more
attuned to the societal pressures minority women face, Mack
said.
Those pressures underscore the program’s importance. The
Courtesy Photo/GPRA
Dr. Kelly Mack, center, poses with Roland S. Martin at
June’s conclave.
percentage of African Americans and Latinos wanting to major
in STEM careers at the onset of their college careers is greater
than that of Whites, but that number isn’t reflected in graduation
rates or workforce statistics.
“Something happens between the freshman year and
graduating with a baccalaureate degree,” said Mack. “We
know that something happens again in the transition from the
baccalaureate degree to graduate school and other transition
points that the NSF is interested in.”
The discrepancy develops because too few mentors are
available for women of color, according to Claudia Rankins,
Ph.D., program officer of NSF’s HBCU UP Program. She hopes
female faculty members at HBCUs will help address the issue.
“The few women faculty members we have now will of
course serve as role models for students,” Rankins said. “In that
way, we are hoping that they have an influence on undergraduate
and graduate students.”
The program, in its initial stages, is focused on retention and
not attraction, although its leaders acknowledge that’s a step
they’re interested in taking very soon.
“We do recognize that we will, at some point, want to expand
our scope to include strategies that would attract undergraduate
women and graduate women into the academy,” Mack said.
For GPRA, however, the program is not just going to
stop here. Carmen Rivera, president of GPRA, said that the
organization’s large minority population allows them a unique
opportunity to engage public school children.
“My personal passion in this is the fact that I have three
daughters that are pursuing STEM disciplines or are in the
STEM academy in college,” Rivera said. “The youngest one
actually gave us some ideas on reaching back-going back to the
primary levels and secondary levels.”

Restaurants Uploading Menus on iPads for Diners

By Caryn Rousseau
Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — The
bar is buzzing on a busy night
at Chicago Cut steakhouse as
regulars Keith and Peg Bragg
sit at a high table scanning the
wine list.
Within seconds, they
have all bottles under $40 at
their fingertips using an iPad
supplied by their server.
“You can very quickly look
through to see the price per
bottle,” said Keith, a finance
executive, as he scrolled
through rows of selections.
“You can read the wine tasting
note, how long it has been
aged.”
The upscale eatery on the
northern bank of the Chicago
River has invested in 40 iPads
at about $700 each for wine
selection. Since April, when
Apple debuted the tablet, the
device is now in use as a full
menu at upscale restaurants,
hamburger eateries and quick-
service chains like Au Bon
Pain. Restaurateurs said that’s
just the beginning.
Chicago Cut partnered
with a technology firm to
create a custom app that looks
like a virtual wine cellar. It
lists the restaurant’s more than
750 wines, includes photos
of bottles on wooden shelves
and allows for searches based
on variety, price or region of
origin. Diners can also access
information about a wine’s
taste, composition and a
Google map of the vineyard.
“Eventually the bottle is
going to spin around and you
can read the back label,” said
Chicago Cut managing partner
Matt Moore. In the future,
programmers could add
video or let customers e-mail
themselves the name of a new
favorite wine.
Moore’s partner, David
Flom, said the iPads were a
large investment, but they’re
already showing returns.
“Technology is becoming increasingly important to restaurants
and tabletop ordering devices only stand to multiply.”
“I’ve already seen an
increase of wine per customer
of 20 percent,” Flom said.
“I can’t say that the iPad
commanded 100 percent, but
I can say it commanded a
significant portion of that.”
Technology is becoming
increasingly important to
restaurants and tabletop
ordering devices only stand to
multiply, said Darren Tristano,
executive vice president at
the Chicago-based restaurant
consulting firm Technomic.
“It’s cool and trendy and
kids love it,” he said. “It paves
the way for other opportunities
with applications.”
Au Bon Pain uses iPads at
six of its 220 locations, with
plans to expand. Ed Frechette,
the company’s vice president
of marketing in Boston, said
diners usually fill out pieces
of paper with their orders
at the cafes, but iPads have
simplified the process.
“One of our employees has
an iPad with a menu loaded
in it and they’ll take your
order,” Frechette said. “You
still see a menu board with all
the information on it. We have
handheld laminated menus for
a reference, but all the paper
pads are gone.”
At 4Food in New York,
where diners can build and
name their own burgers,
iPads are at eight kiosks
with plans for as many as 30
devices, including Android
and Blackberry platforms.
Customers order and enter
credit card information into
the iPad to pay. Managing
partner Adam Kidron said
ordering food electronically
will eventually be the norm.
“You’ve just got to

Our strength supports imagine that this is something

that won’t just be considered

generations to be a discretionary
behavior,” Kidron said. “It
will be a necessary behavior.”
Chief executive Patrick
Eldon, whose orderTALK
Inc. helps set up online
ordering for restaurants,
said the real value of using
iPads is to develop customer
relationships. Digital surveys,
collecting customer e-mails
and offering frequent diner
programs are all possible with
the tablets, he said.
“It’s about getting to know
your customer in a way that
you can’t get to know them
from the waiter or waitress,”
Eldon said. “You now have
incredibly valuable data about
customers, how often they eat,
what a particular customer
likes to order.”
The tablets are arriving on
the travel circuit, too. OTG
Wachovia proudly celebrates the new milestones being reached by African Management has installed
Americans every day. In the home, in the community, and in the world, more than 200 iPads loaded
African Americans are taking the lead, achieving unity, and reaching new with menus at gates in New
heights. And from these heights, our children not only have a clear view of York’s John F. Kennedy
today’s possibilities, but also tomorrow’s promise. International Airport,
allowing travelers to order
salads and sandwiches while
they wait for flights. A waiter
brings the food and diners can
pay via the iPad or in cash to
the server.
“I think eventually
a significant number of
restaurants will just use iPads
wachovia.com for their menus,” said OTG
chief executive officer Rick
Wachovia Bank and Wachovia Bank of Delaware are divisions of
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Member FDIC. Blatstein. “We’re starting out
© 2010 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. All rights reserved. ECG-406901 using hundreds of them and
I expect it to be thousands in
the future.”
 January 8, 2011 - January 14, 2011, The Afro-American B1

Whitney Johnson
Jocelyn and
Replica of a 16th
Christopher Green
century cabin

Bob Smith

Kinara
candles
representing
the seven principles of Kwanzaa: unity,
self-determination, collective work and
responsibility; cooperative economics,
purpose, creativity and faith

The Jack and Jill Mothers

Judy Miller
Stephen Lee speaks to the audience
about Kwanzaa and its principles
Photos by Bill Tabron

In celebration of Kwanzaa, a seven-day ceremony observing Black nationalism and culture,

Baltimore-area residents gathered at the Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum in Oella to
Griot Bunjo learn more about the holiday and celebrate their culture.
Kaiyla Ross Butler, Children of all ages participated in the educational event, along with several established griots
director of (storytellers) and members of community organization Jack and Jill. Also in attendance was Bill
Growing Lambert, who heads Friends of the Benjamin Banneker Park and Museum and Cynthia T. De Jesus, the
Griots organization’s program chairwoman.
Founded in 1966 by Maulana Karenga, Kwanzaa takes place annually Dec. 26-Jan.1.

Tim McAlily (far left) leads a

tour of the museum

Members of the Griots’ Circle of Maryland: Deborah Pierce-Fakunle,

left, Christopher Green, Janet Alford, Jocelyn Green, Diarra Mitchell,
Shania Alford Bunjo Butler, Waylan Mitchell, Whitney Johnson and Shania Alford

Artifacts on display at
the Benjamin Banneker
Historical Park and Museum

Justin Marrow, James Marrow, Jordan Ross, Kaiyla

Ross, Trey Burrell, Linsey Hamilton, Kaili Beverly Artifacts on display at
and Jason Murphy the Benjamin Banneker
Historical Park and
Jason Murphy lights a Kwanzaa Museum
candle as Bill Lambert looks on

Kennedy and Kenith Riley

Cynthia T. DeJesus, program chairwoman,
Alvin and Deborah Mullan, Dora Mitchell and Bill Lambert, president, Friends of the
and Dorlisa Mullan Mitchell Benjamin Banneker Museum
B2 The Afro-American, January 8, 2011 - January 14, 2011

Faith Pulse Local Pastor Shows Age is No Obstacle

Elder William E. Peterson, 69, earns four degrees in six years
In a day and time when the class member.
What Really Works in Ministry? country is in educational crisis,
William E. Peterson decided to
“Initially, I felt a little nervous,
but then my fellow students — and

Reflecting the One reverse this trend, returning to

school after 40 years and earning
his associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s,
the professors — started to look to
me for guidance and wisdom. I was
really surprised, but honored at the

We Serve and doctorate degrees within a six-

year period.
“I never thought I was smart
same time.”
Peterson’s educational odyssey
began in 2004 at Maple Springs
By Rev. Dorothy S.
Boulware enough to earn a degree,” Peterson Baptist Church’s Bible College and
Special to the AFRO said in a prepared statement. “My Seminary in Capitol Heights, Md.
sister, who returned to school at He then matriculated to the United
One would think integrity 56, inspired me, and I wanted to American Free Will Baptist Bible
would be central to those challenge myself.” College, Kinston, N.C., where he
who purport to carry on Although he did graduate from earned his associate’s and bachelor’s
the work of a leader who high school in 1958 and attended degrees in biblical studies. But
espoused truth as a virtue other training institutions in his he didn’t stop there. A master’s
that would ensure freedom earlier years, he had serious doubts in theology soon followed and he
and the willingness to serve about having what it took to succeed graduated summa cum laude.
as the only true indicator in the world of academia, especially Peterson culminated his
of greatness. With more at the seasoned age of 63. academic aspirations by completing
than 30 years of ministry After retiring from a successful William E. Peterson a two-year doctoral program in
Courtesy Photo
on his resume, the Rev. Dr. 32-year career in the insurance eight months and writing his
Reginald Kennedy, bishop industry and becoming the founder thesis, “Where Faith Begins:
Courtesy Photo
and pastor of Gospel Tabernacle and pastor of Deliverance Free Will Baptist Church in Temple Autobiography of a Sharecropper’s Son.” He received his
Rev. Dr. Reginald Kennedy Baptist Church in Baltimore, Hills, Md., over the past 22 years, Peterson had some fear doctorate, graduating summa cum laude, on Dec. 11 at
has learned to take nothing for about entering an environment where he’d likely be the oldest Deliverance Free Will Baptist Church in Temple Hills.
granted. Making sure the bottom line is clear, he’s written,
“What Really Works in Ministry: Being a Reflection of God.”
It’s really needed because we live “in a day where image is more important than integrity,”
according to the Rev. Dr. Karen S. Bethea, senior pastor, Set the Captives Free Outreach
Publishing Company Seeks ‘Angel
Center in Baltimore. “The reality of our ministry stems out of who we are and not what we can
do.”
Stories’ for New Digest
The bishop’s concern is that the “weight of our message is suffering because of the lack of
integrity of the vessels. We’re being tested and many are failing,” he said. “We have to be of Angelnook Publishing announced it is
good report if we’re going to lead.” seeking submissions for true angel stories
for its planned Angel Digest publication,
His contention is that the message of the church is always the same, but different methods
according to a press release issued by the
can be used to suit the times and culture. “Spiritual leaders who are not truly attached to the
company.
foundation from the beginning then end up being influenced by the world, rather than being People all over the world have
influencers of the world,” Bishop Kennedy said. experienced miraculous encounters with
“If you serve a healthy meal, but serve it out of a trashcan top, it taints the meal.” angels. These heartwarming and often
So he uses this book and others he’s written internally to train his ministerial staff of 35. inspiring stories will be the crux of Angel
He not only teaches formally, he “works hard to make sure my behavior and actions are not a Digest’s content. The belief in angels
hindrance to the body of Christ.” crosses nearly all faiths, making this a
This work on incarnational ministry, in addition to detailing the basis of the Christian faith, subject of universal interest to millions of
gives step-by-step instruction on what the bishop sees as the most important things. people.
Each chapter answers the question of what really works in ministry – salvation, followed by Those who have a true angel story are
asked to submit their story at www.AngelNook.com, a website that features divinely-inspired artists
total surrender, followed by leadership that is tailor-made by the Holy Spirit. His next assertion
and their works. The form is easily accessed via a banner on the to of the website’s home page.
is, “Godly love always works.”
Those who submit stories can remain anonymous, but publishers do reserve the right to reject
“Godly love is exhibited in, not just shown towards. It’s more than just saying a word; it a submission they feel would not be appropriate for Angel Digest. People with angel stories can
should be seen in a number of areas,” the author said. A few of those he lists are: also upload images, which may be included in the Angel Digest. Publishers do ask that people who
Ministering to the wants of others submit their stories state whether the story has been published in another publication.
Ministering love to each other Submissions will be reviewed by an editorial team, and people will be informed via e-mail if
Believing strangers their story has been accepted for publication. Those who submit stories will not be compensated.
Sympathizing For more information, go to: www.angeldigest.com.
Supporting the weak
Covering the faults of others
A preacher since age 11, Bishop Kennedy is sure that what works in the corporate arena is
not workable in the church. “We can’t be motivated by the fear of losing our jobs. I want my
staff to work for me because they love me and I love them and we all want to give the Lord our
New Publication for Christian Men
very best.” Launches January 2011
CORE12 Ministries recently launched a new e-zine or “men-zine” on Jan. 4 at www.
livebold.org. The publication, called Live Bold, is male focused and designed to introduce men
to God.
Delivered primarily via website, Live Bold features a condensed e-mail delivery along
with auto publishing on to the mainline social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and more.
Greg Arnold, founder of CORE12 Ministries said, “Men deserve to be served with meaningful
information. We tore apart the idea of publishing for the male audience and discovered a
powerful, useful way to attract, inform, and keep men connected to their faith and teach them
to Live Bold with their faith.”
Live Bold will offer articles from a core team of writers that have avast amount of
experience serving the male audience in life and ministry with monthly contributions from
Greg Arnold, Steve Fandel, Robert Noland, Larry Malone, Glenn Sasscer, and Paul Coughlin.
This accomplished team of men will deliver powerful, compact style of writings on various
topics of interest from food, football, and work to technology, teaching, ministry, and more.
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Local Stars Among 2011 Grammy Nominees

Chuck Brown welcomes first nod at 74
The Recording Academy
recently named Washington,
D.C. native Carolyn Malachi,
R&B crooner Raheem
DeVaughn and go-go music
founder Chuck Brown as
2011 Grammy nominees for
their hit 2010 singles.
Malachi has been
nominated for Best Urban/
Alternative Performance for
her single “Orion” from the
Lions, Tigers & Squares EP.
Similarly, DeVaughn’s
2010 smash “Customer”
garnered him a Grammy nod
for Best R&B song.
The Recording Academy
also recognized the godfather
of go-go, Chuck Brown, for
his single “Love,” which
features singers Jill Scott,
Ledisi and jazz musician
Marcus Miller, for Best R&B
Performance by a Duo or
Group with Vocals. This is
the first Grammy nod for the
District’s 74-year-old musical
ambassador.
All three stars enjoyed
stellar success in 2010
– particularly Brown –
who made a nationwide
appearance with the Roots
on “Late Night with Jimmy
Fallon,” released a three-
disc album We Got This and
had his breakout hit “Bustin
Loose” featured in a TV
commercial.
Meanwhile, this is
DeVaughn’s second Grammy
stint. In 2008, the Recording
Academy recognized the
Newark, N.J.-born, Prince
George’s County, Md.- organization
raised singer for his popular which seeks
hit “Woman.” to develop
Also sending a powerful visibility and
leadership
opportunities
for women
in the arts
community.
The
53rd Annual
Grammy
Courtesy Awards will be
Photos held on Feb. 13
Carolyn Malachi, Chuck Brown and Raheem DeVaughn in Los Angeles
have been nominated for Grammys. at the Staples Center and will
air live on CBS. For more
message through music serve as a rally call for women information and a full listing
is Malachi, whose genre- in the arts. She is founder of of the 2011 nominees, visit
blending songs frequently Smart Chicks, a philanthropic grammy.com.

‘Psych-ing’ Out Dulé

By Kam Williams
Special to the AFRO
Dulé Hill stars as Burton ‘Gus’ Guster on the USA Network
series “Psych,” which airs on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. EST.
Best known for his work as Charlie Young on “The West
Wing,” Hill first came to prominence as The Kid opposite
Savion Glover and Jeffrey Wright in the Broadway production
of Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk.
Born to Jennifer Garner and Bertholomu Hillshire in
Orange, N.J., on May 3, 1975, and raised with his elder
brother, Bert, in nearby Sayreville, Dulé began attending
dance school when he was 3 and received his first break in
1983 as the understudy to Savion Glover in The Tap Dance
Kid on Broadway. He went on to perform the lead role in the
musical’s national tour alongside Harold Nicholas.
In 1999, he joined the cast of the acclaimed NBC series
“The West Wing,” playing the personal aide to the president
(Martin Sheen) and, subsequently, deputy special assistant to
the chief of staff (Allison Janney). During his seven seasons on
the series, Hill garnered an Emmy Award nomination and four
NAACP Image Award nominations for his work.
On the big screen, Hill appeared opposite William H. Macy
in an adaptation of David Mamet’s Edmond, and Andrew
Davis’ The Guardian.
Here, he talks about “Psych,” a lighthearted, crime-solving
series where he plays a private eye whose partner (James
Roday) pretends to be clairvoyant.
KW: Attorney Bernadette Beekman asks: Do you believe
people have psychic powers? Have you ever experienced
anything psychic in real life?
DH: I do believe that there are a few of those rare folks out
there with a sixth sense who really do have psychic powers.
But I think the majority of people who claim to be psychics
are frauds. As for myself, I’ve
never experienced anything
personally, except on one
occasion when I was a kid with
a friend of mine who has passed
away since. He was spending
the night over at my house and
I tried to wake him up because
he was mumbling to himself in
his sleep. I asked him what he
was talking about and he said,
“Oh, man, I had this dream
that your little cousin was here
and bothering me by climbing
on my back.” It turned out that
later that day one of my cousins
Courtesy Photo did come over and start messing
Dulé Hill with him. That was definitely
strange. But besides that, I
haven’t had any psychic experiences.
KW: I guess Miss Cleo of Psychic Friends Network
infomercial fame ruined it for real psychics once she was
exposed as a fraud.
DH: Yeah, any Jamaican could’ve told you from the first
time they saw the commercial that she was a fake, because her
accent was terrible. [Laughs]
KW: Children’s book author Irene Smalls asks: Has your
role on “Psych” evolved, and how do you see it evolving
further?
DH: The role has definitely evolved since the pilot season.
Steve Franks had always promised that it was going to expand.
If you compare the first few episodes from the first season
to recent ones, you’ll see that the quality of Shawn and Gus’
interaction is richer, and that Gus stands up for himself a little
more. It’s a fuller friendship at this point. As for where the
development of my character is headed, I can’t say. But I’d
really like to see Gus date more. He doesn’t necessarily have
to succeed at dating, but just step out there, especially now that
Shawn and Juliet’s relationship is really kicking off. Gus has
to start asking, ‘What am I going to do with my life?’
KW: Nick also asks: How much would you say you’re like
your character, Gus?
DH: I don’t think I’m like Gus at all, really. I don’t
store lots of trivia in my brain. He knows something about
everything, like all these random facts about the Eighties.
I think I’m not as hyped as Gus is. I’m smoother and more
laidback. I do like to have fun and to play games; otherwise, I
don’t think I’m too much like him.
KW: Editor/legist Patricia Turnier says: Tap dance was
very popular in the past with people like Fred Astaire, Gene
Kelly and the Nicholas Brothers…As an expert in tap dance,
what would you say needs to be done to put this genre of art
back on the map?
DH: That’s an excellent question, although I wouldn’t
call myself an expert tap dancer. [Laughs] Something I’m
constantly turning over in my head is a way of getting tap back
into the public eye. I tried to take some baby steps by doing a
tap episode on “Psych” this year. But I don’t think it’s going
to be an overnight revival. It’s probably going to be something
that starts small and builds into a multi-faceted groundswell.
It might have to begin on the theater side, on the stage, before
working its way to television more widely. The Internet can
play a big role, too, in educating the masses as a whole about
what really good tap dancing is.
Visit afro.com for more on Dulé Hill.

WELCOME TO DR. the ladies of the Iota Phi

MARTIN LUTHER KING
JR. DAY
Hello, hello everyone. I
just arrived home from my
vacation. It was truly out of
sight. New Year’s Eve was
awesome in Las Vegas. I wish
you could have been there. I
will show pictures in my next
column. I will be going into
St. Agnes Hospital for major
surgery on Jan. 12, at 6:45
a.m. Please keep me in your
prayers.
The Kings Landing
Women’s Service Club is
hosting its “36th Annual
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Memorial Breakfast” to be
held on Jan. 17, at Martin’s
West in Woodlawn from 8 to
10 a.m. The event is the oldest
of its kind on the East Coast
and was founded over three
decades ago to celebrate the
life and teachings of Dr. King.
For more information, tickets
and contributions, please call
410-663-3199.
Speaking of
Martin Luther King Jr.
celebrations, Baltimore City
commemorates the legacy
of King on Jan. 17 at noon
with a parade. On the national
holiday, local bands, civic
Lambda Sorority, Kappa
By Rosa chapter, have honored
Pryor outstanding educators who
change the lives of their
students through courage,
compassion and commitment.
and community The ultimate priority of
organizations Iota Phi Lambda Sorority
and schools pay is a quality education for
homage to the all students. The sorority
civil rights leader embodies the philosophy
at the 11th annual that education is a self-
Dr. Martin Luther enlightening process which
King Jr. Parade. is an important component of
The parade will life. Through the years, the
step off at Martin members of Iota Phi Lambda
Luther King Jr. Sorority have supported and
Boulevard and Maryland Congressman Elijah E. sponsored quality educational
Eutaw Street Cummings, Dist.-7, was the keynote initiatives that promote
and travels speaker at the “Apple for the Teacher” education as a key factor for
south on Martin luncheon given by the Iota Phi Lambda a student’s overall quality of
Luther King Jr. Sorority. Also pictured is national life. The sorority members
Boulevard. Iota Phi Lambda Sorority President understand that a quality
Because Dr. Doris Browning Austin (right) and education is paramount to the
my column is Kappa chapter President Nona Diggs. nurturing and development of
bi-weekly, I a student’s value and virtues.
don’t want to of all races and people. Dr. Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King visited
miss telling you about the Baltimore in the early 1960s. They were hosted by the
holiday and the birthday of Get your shouting shoes Rev. Logan Kearse. Enjoy the rest of the week.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on and check out the 2011 If you need me, call me at
which is a federal holiday. Gospel Celebration on Jan. 16 410-833-9474 or send your
It is observed on the third at the New Life Fellowship “The Ebony Gospel Singers”, For more information and press releases, flyers, letters,
Monday in January each Church of Christ at 559 “The Shepards Voices”, tickets, call 443-545-8536. photos etc. to rosapryor@
year and reminds us to stop Robert St., in Baltimore at 4 “Christioneers”, “Gospel aol.com or fax it to 410-517-
the violence. It is a time p.m. The featured performers Jewels”, “Devine” and “Eddie Iota Phi Lambda Sorority 0447. UNTIL THE NEXT
to remember his fight for are: “The Wings of Praise”, & The Family Connection”. honored Maryland educators TIME, I’M MUSICALLY
freedom, equality and dignity The New Might Wonders”, The emcee is Robert Wilson. last year. For several years, YOURS.
B4 The Afro-American, January 8, 2011 - January 14, 2011

Community
Children’s Musical Teaches Important Life Lessons
‘Mirandy and Brother Wind’ comes to Adventure Theatre
By Bobby Marvin
Special to the AFRO
From the pages of Patricia J. McKissack’s brilliantly
animated children’s book Mirandy and Brother Wind to Glen
Echo, Md.’s storied Adventure Theatre, Mirandy – the bright-
eyed, cocoa-hued protagonist – has found a place in young
school children’s heart nationwide.
McKissack’s 1997 work imbues fantasy and rich African-
American cultural references amid the backdrop of a small
southern town’s cakewalk jubilee, a celebratory dance
competition. Mirandy needs a dance partner, but her fellow
townspeople encourage her to “capture the wind,” a concept
that puzzles the spry girl.
But Grandmother Beasley’s sage words help Mirandy
understand Brother Wind’s power. “Can’t nobody put shackles
on Brother Wind, chile. He be special. He be free.”
It was the rich Black vernacular and other cultural elements
that first attracted Michael J. Bobbitt, artistic director of
Adventure Theatre and the production’s playwright, to the book
and encouraged him to craft a musical based on Mirandy’s
plight. Together with music and lyrical director John L.
Cornelius and director Jennifer Nelson, Bobbitt has developed
an engaging stage production he hopes will encourage more
African-Americans to become theatergoers.
AFRO: What was it about this story that caught your
attention?
Michael J. Bobbitt: I actually was just sort of roaming
around the Barnes & Noble in Bethesda with my son, and I just
sort of walked over to the children’s book section …started
thumbing through it. Then I saw the title Mirandy and Brother
Wind and I thought, well it must be an African-American book
and I pulled the book off the shelf and saw a beautiful picture
Courtesy Image
of this young, sassy looking girl and up in the sky behind her
was a picture of the wind, who was dressed in a top hat. And
I thought, ‘Wow, this must have some good fantasy or fiction
about it.’ I looked on the back and it’s about the story of a little
girl who wants to win the annual cakewalk, so it immediately
had culture, music, dance and a fantasy element. And I think all
of those things make for great musicals.
AFRO: What is the process of creating a stage play out of a
children’s book?
MJB: My [fellow] writer and I worked for about two years
on the script and actually a lot in the last year. [We were] just
looking at the story, thinking how can we make this come to
life on stage. I mean luckily, most of the characters are human
like characters. There’s dancing and music in the story. It
wasn’t hard to find where the songs and such were.
AFRO: What resonated with you the most about this story?
MJB: I think it’s more that these experiences they
(characters in the book) had were stooped in the culture and
they weren’t about race. They weren’t about Black versus
White or the White man keeping us down. It was just part of
their everyday [lives].
AFRO: This production appeals to an African-American
audience, but what do you think can be done to engage more
African Americans to become theatergoers?
MJB: Well I think there needs to be more African-American
work produced and I think there’s lots of different kinds of
African-American plays. And one of my goals with “Mirandy”
is to do something that is more traditional musical theatre that
stretches the audience’s ear. But I think what we have to do is
encourage each other to go to the theater.
“Mirandy and Brother Wind” runs Jan. 21-Feb. 13
at Adventure Theater and Feb. 25-March 13 at The Atlas
Performing Arts Center. For tickets and more information, log
onto http://adventuretheatre.tix.com and call (301) 634-2270
for Glen Echo, Md. showing; and www.atlasarts.org/tickets,
(202) 399-7993 for Washington, D.C. showing.
Kristin Gray contributed to this article.

State Officials Warn of Carbon Monoxide Dangers UMES Gala Celebrity Line-
Gov. Martin O’Malley
and Baltimore Mayor
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
joined the Maryland state fire
marshal, the president of the
Professional Fire Fighters
of Maryland, members
of the Maryland State
Firemen’s Association, and
firefighters from throughout
the state to urge safety for all
Marylanders during the winter
months.
Cold seasons often carry
with them fire hazards in
the home, including holiday
decorations and unsafe home
heating. Generators and other
appliances can also cause
carbon monoxide poisoning if
unmonitored. O’Malley and
Rawlings-Blake touted state
and city programs that can
help Maryland families get
the detectors they need, and
assistance with energy bills
during the cold weather.
“Protecting the public’s
safety is the most solemn
obligation we have as public
servants,” said O’Malley.
“That includes protecting
families from the fire hazards
that typically come with the
holidays, and ensuring that
homes and businesses are
equipped with the proper
detection equipment to keep
every Marylander safe. There
is no such thing as a spare
Marylander, and protecting
our most vulnerable citizens is
among our highest priorities.”
Statewide, there have
been 69 fire deaths in 2010,
a slight decline from the
comparable period last year.
Gov. O’Malley put particular
emphasis on energy assistance
programs the state provides,
encouraging citizens to take
advantage of these programs
rather than attempting unsafe
home heating techniques.
“Protecting the public’s safety is the
most solemn obligation we have as
public servants.”
Home energy assistance
information can be found at
problemsolver.maryland.gov.
“I want to thank Governor
O’Malley and the State
Fire Marshall’s office
for their efforts to keep
Baltimore City residents
safe this winter,” said Mayor
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.
“In Baltimore, fire safety is
a priority. That is why we
reduced rotating closures, and
increased funding for smoke
alarms with longer-lasting
lithium batteries that are
available to any resident who
needs one.”
Baltimore City residents
can apply for free smoke
detectors from the Baltimore
City Fire Department.
Firefighters from throughout
Maryland joined the governor
and Mayor at today’s event to
urge safety for all Maryland
families. The event took place
at the Herman Williams, Jr.
Fire Station in Baltimore City.
“Make sure to test all of
the smoke alarms in your
home! Smoke alarms are
one of the most effective
life saving safety tools in
preventing injury or death
from fire,” stated State Fire
Marshal William E. Barnard.
“Every Marylander needs to
take personal responsibility
to ensure their smoke alarms
operate properly in the event a
fire occurs in their home.”
Heating Safety
• Keep anything that can
burn at least 3 feet away from
heating equipment.
• Have a 3-foot “kid-free
zone” around open fires and
space heaters.
• Never use your oven to
heat your home.
• Have a qualified
professional install stationary
space heating equipment,
water heaters or central
heating equipment according
to the local codes and
manufacture’s instructions.
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going to bed. Maryland Eastern Shore Gala. “We are elated to be able to
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kind of fuel, specified by the be among our guests,” said Veronique Diriker, director of
manufacturer, for fuel burning development and event coordinator, in a prepared statement.
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“Premium Blend.” On stage, Grier was nominated for a Tony
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Theatre World Award for ‘The First.”
Daly, an outspoken feminist on and off the screen, is
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Forest Park Black Hawks Claim Hampton, Winston-Salem

Youth National Football
Championship
The Forest Park Little League football team beat the Naperville Gators of Illinois to
claim the 2010 AYF Under Armour National Title.
By Perry Green
AFRO Sports Editor
The Baltimore Ravens have one goal in
mind as they prepare for a playoffs matchup
against the Kansas City Chiefs on Jan. 9 and
that’s win a Super Bowl championship. But
even if the Ravens are successful throughout
the playoffs, they won’t be the only
champions from Baltimore City.
The Forest Park Black Hawks Little
League Football 10-and-under club of West
Baltimore captured the 2010 AYF Under
Armour National Championship after beating
the Naperville Gators of Illinois in the title
game on Dec. 4 in Orlando, Fla.
The Black Hawks earned their way
to the championship by winning the
Maryland state title in early November, then
capturing the regional championship held
in Charlotte, N.C., on Nov. 19. When they
came to Orlando to compete in the national
championship playoffs, they had to beat
teams from California, New York and other
various states around the U.S. before finally
reaching the title game.
“I’m so proud of these kids because they
worked hard for this,” Forest Park Vice
President Curtis Covington said. “We’re
pretty tough on our kids, but that’s because
we know their full potential is limitless. We
Courtesy Photo/Forest Park Little League
coach them up to hold mind over matter and
I think that really gives them an edge during
tough situations.”
The Forest Park players knew it was going
to be tough to win the national championship
against Naperville; they had lost to the
Illinois based team back during the summer
in a youth football jamboree that Forest Park
put together in Canton, Ohio, home of the Pro
Football Hall of Fame.
“They were a little nervous because we
lost to this same team back in August, but I
told them that was just an exhibition game
for fun,” Covington said. “So we took one
loss for the year, but that was the last loss
we would see because we went on to win 18
straight games and revenge our loss in the
title game.”
Covington, who also coached the team
that played in the championship, said this
accomplishment is major because it’s another
positive occurrence coming out of Baltimore
that the media can talk about.
“You always hear about the negative
things that youths do in our community, but
it’s a lot of good stuff that we got going on
and it never gets talked about,” Covington
said. “So when I see my kids making the
press for their high productivity, that means
the world to me and I’m just so proud of
them.”
State Tops in HBCU
Basketball Power Rankings
By Donal Ware Basketball Poll
Special to the AFRO School/ Wins-Losses
1.  Hampton/ 11-3
Fuquay-Varina, N.C. – Hampton 2.  Morgan State/ 4-6
University and Winston-Salem State 3.  Tennessee State/ 6-8
University top the Boxtorow.com HBCU 4.  Jackson State/ 4-8
Division I basketball top-five and Division II/ 5.  North Carolina A&T/ 5-8
NAIA top-10 power ranking polls released on Others: Bethune-Cookman (5-8), Delaware
Jan. 3. State (4-7), North Carolina Central (4-6).
Hampton has gotten off to a hot 11-3
start to the season, including at one point Boxtorow.com Top 10 HBCU Division II/
reeling off seven straight wins. They are also NAIA Basketball Poll
1-0 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference School/ Wins-Losses
(MEAC). Morgan State, Tennessee State, 1.  Winston-Salem State/ 6-0
Jackson State and North Carolina A&T round 2.  Xavier (La.)/ 13-1
out the rest of the top five. 3.  Shaw/ 7-2
In the Division II/NAIA top-10 poll, 4.  Bowie State/  5-2
Winston-Salem State Rams is the only 5.  Tougaloo/10-3
undefeated team and is off to a fast 6-0 6.  Kentucky State/ 4-1
start, returning to the Central Interscholastic 7.  Texas College/ 6-4
Athletic Association (CIAA) this year after 8.  Elizabeth City State/ 6-2
five years as an independent Division I 9.  West Virginia State/ 6-4
program. Xavier (La.) lost its last game 10. Claflin/ 6-4
to Dakota Wesleyan, 61-58, in the Miami Others: Central State (8-5), Livingstone
Gardens Classic, but currently ranks No. 2 (4-2).
with 13-1 on the season.  Shaw (7-2) has won
five of its last six and sits at No. 3 followed The Boxtorow.com basketball poll is
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And now it begins. For the Washington
Redskins, there will be no postseason play
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evident around late October. Instead, the
team will return to where it does most of
its usual winning: the offseason. Summer
success is quite common in the District and
after another distasteful campaign, fans
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pin their hopes. But with two high-priced
professionals seemingly on their way out
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This year’s draft class is loaded full of
promising quarterbacks. With Washington
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should be in line to nab a signal caller of
the future to start their rebuilding process.
The free agent market hasn’t been kind to
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general manager Bruce Allen should
hopefully push along a speedy recovery if
the front office decides to go with a youth
movement.
Allen came from a similar situation
with Tampa, where the team was flooding
out its old veterans and instilling youthful
building blocks. The Buccaneers severed
ties with likely Hall of Famers in Warren
Sapp, Derrick Brooks and Simeon Rice
and even parted ways with coveted coach
Jon Gruden. Yet, a few years later, Tampa
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league’s youngest team. The casual NFL
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name associated with the Buccaneers
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seven-game improvement from their 3-13
season in 2009. Maybe Allen can transfer
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organization in dire need of a makeover.
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popular veteran tailback Clinton Portis for
starters. Fans will know soon enough about
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due time to give the draft a try. Ironically,
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improvement over the previous season’s
misery but if the team elects to go with a
youth movement like most expect, things
will probably get worse before they get
better. But at least the team will be walking
in a different direction for a change.
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metcom.org. IROQUOIS SEWAGE PUMPING STATION IMPROVEMENTS-
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CONTRACT COST GROUP ∫D∫“D”($1,000,000 to $2,500,000
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CITY OF BALTIMORE WORK CLASSIFICATION:
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Water Contract 1215-Sidewalk Restorations will be received at the Note *) may be inspected and purchased from the Division of
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11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, February 16, 2011. Positively no bids will Works, Room 300B, County Office Building (COB), 111 W.
be received after 11:00 A.M. Bids will be publicly opened by the Board Chesapeake Avenue, Towson, MD 21204, upon receipt of payment
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should call 410-396-6883 or contact the Committee at 751 Eastern required drawings. The CD will be in PDF format. Contractors and
Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. If a bid is submitted by a joint Sub-Contractors can purchase paper copies of the drawings from
venture (“JV”)
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this work shall be $1,000,000.00 to $2,000,000.00
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∫Pre-BiddingInformation”
A “Pre-Bidding Improvements to the existing wastewater pumping station. See
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Wolman Municipal Building on January 20, 2011 at 10:00 A.M.
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masonry sidewalks, replacement of concrete curb, combination January 25, 2011 at 9.00 a.m. at the station. A third site visit will be
curb and gutter, and monolithic medians at various locations in held on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. at the station. This will
Baltimore City. be the last chance to visit the station. No questions will be answered at
this time.
The MBE goal is 17%
The WBE goal is 2%
WATER CONTRACT 1215 THE PROJECT IS SUBJECT TO A MINORITY BUSINESS ENTER-
PRISE UTILIZATION GOAL AND FEMALE CONTRACTORS UTILIZA-
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