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Thousands Crowd District to ‘Reclaim the Dream’
Thousands gathered at Dunbar High School and marched to the site of the planned Martin Luther King Jr. National
Memorial on Aug. 28, in commemoration of the 47th anniversary of King’s “I Have a Dream” speech and the first march
on Washington.
Independent Voters Not Allowed Resident Brings
to Swap Affiliations
By Dorothy Rowley
AFRO Staff Writer
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Energy Kitchen
A decision handed down
by the District of Columbia’s
Board of Elections and Ethics
(BOEE) stands in the way of
more than 70,000 registered
independent voters switching
affiliations in order to vote
as Democrats in the Sept. 14
primary.
As a result, the board’s
mandate has put a damper
on Mayor Adrian Fenty’s
campaign efforts, which had
hoped to win over the extra
votes in his hotly contested
bid for re-election.
BOEE spokeswoman
“Last minute or not, I should be able to change
the way I want to vote. Otherwise, it’s like [the
government] telling me what to do.”
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–Cuteva Chambers
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Alysoun McLaughlin told the
AFRO the board’s decision
hinged on the fact that prior
to this year, voter rolls closed
30 days before the elections.
She said that no one who
was not already on the rolls
was able to register as new,
or to change their party
registration.
“We did allow voters
to change their address on
Election Day, but we did not
allow them to change their
voter registration or register
for the first time,” said
Continued on A3
Photo by Dorothy Rowley
D.C.’s ‘Bush v. Gore’ Redux
National Bar
Association Names Fall in Season
New President A2 Opener
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative activists rallied Aug.
28 in the nation’s capital on the anniversary and at the same
site of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a
Dream’’ speech. Civil rights leaders countered the event and
held a 3-mile plus march from Dunbar High School to the site
of the planned King Memorial near the Tidal Basin.
Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington’s delegate to
Congress, said she remembers being at King’s March on
Washington, which she said prompted change and ended
segregation in public places. “Glenn Beck’s march will change
nothing. But you can’t blame Glenn Beck for his March-on-
Washington envy,” she said.
The Rev. Al Sharpton, leading the civil rights march and
rally, spoke to the assembled. “The folks who used to criticize
us for marching are trying to have a march themselves,’’ he
said. “We come because the dream has not been achieved.
We’ve made a lot of progress. But we still have a long way to
go.’’
He said he wasn’t seeking a confrontation with those at the
Beck rally. During the march his group briefly encountered
participants from a rally on the National Mall. “We wouldn’t
disgrace today by allowing you to provoke us,’’ he said.
Marchers encountered the other crowds near the Washington
Monument. Men in tri-cornered hats and people wearing tea
party T-shirts looked on as marchers chanted “Reclaim the
dream’’ and “MLK, MLK.’’ Some marchers chanted “don’t
drink the tea’’ to people leaving Beck’s rally.
In addition to Sharpton and Congresswoman Norton,
speakers at the event included Dr. Barbara Williams-Skinner,
Wade Henderson, District councilman and candidate for mayor
Vincent Gray, Mayor Adrian Fenty, NAACP President Ben
Jealous, National Urban League CEO and President Marc
Morial, Tom Joyner, the Rev. Walter E. Fauntroy and others.
Photo by JD Howard
More photos on A6 and A7
Fare to District
By Dorothy Rowley
AFRO Staff Writer
Like many people who live life on the
fast track – working long hours and grabbing
quick meals here and there—Karen Woolard
Finley had come to know that lifestyle quite
well. “I’ve always been health conscious,
but when you have a fast-paced life and
you’re moving back and forth as we all do,
it’s hard to be healthy and on the go at the
same time,” Finley said of the lifestyle she
once shared with her husband while living in
a New York City apartment.
“I was searching out something
[different to eat] and I found an Energy
Kitchen near our apartment and I just fell in
love with it,” she continued. “All their menu
items are 500 calories or less. There are even
three items that are under 300 calories.”
Founded in 2004, Energy Kitchen – a
Manhattan-based fast-casual chain with Photo courtesy of Energy Kitchen
a health-centric menu – is backed by Karen Finley expects to open her first
Vitaminwater co-founder Mike Repole. restaurant in downtown D.C., then Chevy
Since March, business has skyrocketed Chase, Md., and Georgetown.
and franchises have grown from six
locations to 10 throughout New York City. By the end of the year she expects to
Plans call for additions in South Florida, open her first restaurant in downtown D.C.,
Boston and New Jersey, and over the next and her later plans call for opening another
decade, founder Anthony Leone wants to in Chevy Chase as well as a Centric Kitchen
have established about 1,000 restaurants in Georgetown.
nationwide. The Richmond, Va., native said the meals
Finley, 58, who now lives in D.C., loved will continue to be served up fast-food style
the restaurant’s fare so much when she was with a focus on health and nutrition.
in New York, that she eventually worked out “Everything’s steamed, baked, grilled or
an agreement with Leone to set up her own broiled, and it’s all whole grain,” Finley said.
franchises in the D.C. area. Continued on A3
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A2 The Afro-American, September 4, 2010 - September 10, 2010
AFRO National Briefs
Hispanic Civil Rights former California Secretary
Pioneer Dies at 78 of Health and Welfare, died of
Dr. Mario G. Obledo, a heart attack at his home in
founder and president of Sacramento, Calif., on Aug.
the National Coalition of 18. He was 78.
Hispanic Organizations and
Often deemed the
“godfather of Hispanic
Civil Rights,” Obledo
worked to bring justice to
the Latin community. In
addition to co-founding the
Mexican American Legal
Defense and Educational
Fund (MALDEF), he also
co-founded the Hispanic
National Bar Association.
Courtesy Photo/Darryle A. Carter
Additionally, Obledo served
as national president of the
League of United Latin
American Citizens. “With
Mario’s passing, we have
lost a pioneer, a visionary,
a pathfinder,” Antonia
Hernandez, former MALDEF
president and current
president of the California
Community Foundation,
said in a statement. “Mario Demetrius D. Shelton (center) being sworn in as the
G. Obledo touched the lives 68th President of the National Bar Association, with
of countless individuals, my Shelton’s mother Virginia Gulley Shelton (left) and
own life included…MALDEF Judge Horace Wheatley (right).
and the community has lost a
gentle giant.” (NBA) at the organization’s the association as special
While serving as a past annual convention Aug. 12. In advisor to the president, board
chairman of the National his inaugural address, Shelton member-at-large, member
Rainbow Coalition, he aspired stated that one of his goals was of the executive committee,
to politically unite the nation’s to “expand the pipeline into regional (IX) director,
ethnic, racial and religious the legal field” for minorities. sergeant at arms and chair
groups. However, his primary “We will build up the pool of of the government lawyers
accomplishment was bringing leaders, future Supreme Court division. In 2005-2006, he
thousands of Hispanics into nominees and future members also served as vice president
state government during of the NBA who will help us of the California State Bar
his tenure as Secretary of to maintain our rightful place Association.
Health and Welfare under the as the conscious of the nation,”
leadership of California Gov. he said. Former FAMU Band
Jerry Brown. Since 1998, Shelton has Director Dies at 91
served on the NBA’s board of William P. Foster, the
National Bar Association directors. Prior to becoming former Florida A&M
Names New President president, he served as vice University (FAMU) band
Demetrius D. Shelton president of the NBA over leader dubbed the “Dean of
was named 68th president of regions and affiliates. He America’s Band Directors,”
the National Bar Association has also previously served died Aug. 28 at 91. Foster
was noted for creating the
FAMU Marching “100” and
developing the “high step”
performance style now used
at high schools and colleges
across the nation.
James H. Ammons, the
school’s president, called
Foster a “visionary leader”
and lauded his unconventional
performance techniques.
“We are deeply saddened by
the loss of Dr. Foster,” said
Ammons in a press statement.
“…He built America’s
greatest band by departing
from the standard routines
and maneuvers to showcase
band pageantry. I can attest to
the fact that what he created
was magical. It was the
marching band, at an Orange
Blossom Classic in Miami,
that sparked my interest in
attending FAMU. The band
was dynamic, larger than life
and something that I wanted
to have access to even though
I was not a musician.”
Your History • Your Community • Your News Foster, who was also
The Afro-American Newspapers called “The Law” and “The
Baltimore Office • Corporate Headquarters Maestro,” served as the band’s
2519 N. Charles Street director from 1946 to 1998.
Baltimore, Maryland 21218-4602 His funeral is scheduled
410-554-8200 • Fax: 1-877-570-9297 for Sept. 4 at 11 a.m. on
www.afro.com FAMU’s campus. In lieu of
flowers, his family requests
Founded by John Henry Murphy Sr., August 13, 1892 that donations are made to the
Washington Publisher Emerita - Frances L. Murphy II “William P. and Mary Ann
Foster Endowed Scholarship
Chairman of the Board/Publisher - John J. Oliver, Jr. Fund” at FAMU in support of
Executive Assistant - Takiea Hinton - 410-554-8222
FAMU band scholarships.
Receptionist - Wanda Pearson - 410-554-8200
Director of Advertising/Sponsorship Development & Sales Black Advocacy Group:
Susan Gould - 410-554-8289 ‘Turn Off FOX’
susangould@afro.com ColorOfChange.org, the
Advertising Manager - Robert Blount - 410-554-8246 community activist group
Sr. Advertising Account Executive - Annie Russ - 410-554-8235 that successfully urged
Advertising Account Executive dozens of advertisers to pull
Marquise Goodwin - 410-554-8274 away from Glenn Beck’s
Director of Finance - Jack Leister - 410-554-8242 FOX news show, recently
Archivist - John Gartrell - 410-554-8265 announced a new initiative
directed at discouraging
Community & Public Relations Manager
Diane W. Hocker - 410-554-8243
public establishments across
the country from airing FNC.
Editorial
The campaign, dubbed “Turn
Executive Editor - Talibah Chikwendu
E-mail: editor@afro.com
off Fox,” attempts to expose
Managing Editor - Kristin Gray - 410-554-8277 what the group’s leaders
Washington Bureau Chief - Zenitha Prince - 202-332-0080, ext. 119 call, “divisive rhetoric and
E-mail: dceditor@afro.com dishonest smear campaigns”
while reducing the number of
Global Markets
TVs broadcasting the network
Director - Benjamin M. Phillips IV - 410-554-8220
bphillips@afro.com
in public venues like airports
Washington Circulation/Distribution Manager and gyms.
Edgar Brookins - 202-332-0080, ext. 116 Colorofchange.org began a
Baltimore Circulation/Distribution Manager phone and online campaign to
Sammy Graham - 410-554-8266 its more than 600,000 members
Production Department - 410-554-8288 asking businesses and other
public establishments not to be
a “conduit for the race-baiting
Washington Office and distortions put forth by
1917 Benning Road, N.E. • Washington, D.C. 20002-4723 Fox News Channel.” “The case
202-332-0080 Fax: 1-877-570-9297 against Fox News Channel is
General Manager easy to make - no legitimate
Edgar Brookins - ext. 116 news organization consistently
Office Administrator - Mia Hayes-Hawkins - ext. 112
wages smear campaigns based
Customer Service, Home Delivery and Subscriptions: on lies and race-baiting,”
410-554-8234 said James Rucker, executive
Customer Service@afro.com director of ColorOfChange.org,
Billing Inquiries: 410-554-8226 in a press release.
Nights and Weekends: 410-554-8282
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Jennifer Hudson and Relatives Identify Body

A3 of September 4, 2010 - September 10, 2010, The Afro-American
By Alan King sport-utility vehicle sought in from a neighbor about a suspi-

Church Released from Debt Stemming from Scam AFRO Staff Writer

Jennifer Hudson and other

relatives positively identified
connection with the murder of
Hudson’s mother and brother.
The white, 1994 Chevrolet
Suburban with Illinois license
cious vehicle. The man noticed
the vehicle while walking his
dog. According to the Chicago
Tribune, the boy had been shot
By Jamaal Abdul-Alim African-American D.C. churches Memorial Christian Methodist complicit in amultiple
scheme.times Through in the back seat advertising that would cover the
Special to the AFRO being released from debts through Episcopal, 1423 C. St., N.E.; Miles the alleged scheme, TVBO, Urban
of the vehicle. The SUV, regis- cost, TVBO and Urban Interfaith
a settlement reached between Memorial Colored Methodist Interfaith Networktered to Hudson’s murderedNetwork convinced church leaders
and Balboa, as
In a Sunday sermon dealing the District of Columbia and the Episcopal Church, 501 N. St., N.W.; well as three leasing brother,companies
was towed with theto sign leases for the kiosks,
with how God can set things aright, Irvine, Calif.-based Balboa Capital and The Way of the Cross Church “deceptively marketed”
boy’s body computer
inside and is being according to the Attorney General.
the pastor at Rock Creek Baptist Corporation. of Christ. equipment leases to dozens
processed of
by evidence But after the sponsorships failed to
techni-
Church had a practical example at The development was In the case of Rock Creek predominantlycians African-American
and workers. The body take shape, many of the churches
the ready: He told parishioners the welcome news to the Rock Creek Baptist Church and Lane Memorial churches in D.C., according
was later removed to the
and taken were
to being hounded by the leasing
church had been released from all congregants who pool their Christian Methodist Episcopal Attorney General’sthe Cook office.
County Medical companies for tens of thousands of
debts stemming from an alleged resources to take care of more Church, Balboa is being ordered Efforts to reach
Examiner’sofficials at
office. dollars.
scheme officials say was meant to pressing needs, such as school to pay the churches $2,000 each in Balboa, TVBO and HudsonUrban andInterfaith
other family “These leases were the product
trick the church and several others supplies as the 2010-2011 school restitution, court records show. Network weremembers not successful.
arrived at the Medical of deceptive marketing practices
throughout D.C. into paying for year kicks into gear. Though the District of Columbia Examiner’s
According to the District’s office mid-after- and should not be enforced against
noon and to identify Julian King, Jennnifer Hudson’s ne
overpriced informational kiosks. “We want to thank God that we Attorney General’s Office had complaint, TVBO Urban the body. the churches,” Attorney General
“We were relieved,” the Rev. were released from everything,” accused Balboa and local vendors Given the choice between
Interfaith Network promised to give Peter Nickles look- said.
ing directly at the body or A spokesman for the office the mu
Jeffrey L. Mitchell Sr. told his Rev. Mitchell said. Television Broadcast Online the churches some The told
District
the is continuing
newspaper that toHudson jail for
viewing it on a wall-mounted
congregants this past Sunday at the The settlement blocks Balboa (TVBO) and Urban Interfaith free “informational kiosks” to prosecute its action against the
church, located at 4201 N. Eighth from collecting tens of thousands Network of “tricking” the churches Courtesy publicize
Photoschurch and community remaining defendants, including
St., N.W. “They stopped all actions in lease payments from Rock CreekHudson
Jennifer
was killed, as
into paying
and her
well as
for mom,
overpriced Darnell Donerson events, “She held hands with her family. It was obviously a
whoas well as job listings and Chesapeake Industrial Leasing
on payments.” Baptist Church and four other kiosks, the her brother,
settlement Jason.
states that coupons for local businesses. based in Baltimore, and United
Rock Creek Baptist Church churches: House of Help/City of Balboa denies the allegations By telling video
the churches that
screen, the family chose Leasing“remained
Associatesstrongof America
for her fami- being c
is one of five predominantly Hope, 2322 16th St., S.E.;theLane and
body of her 7-year-old maintains that it was not
plate X584859 was found on sponsors had already agreed to
the latter. According to the based in Wisconsin.
ly” and was clearly its leader. murder
nephew Monday, just hours Chicago’s West Side after Tribune, Hudson said, “Yes, “She held hands with her fami- ing. Co
ly,” the spokesman said. “It that he
Independent Voters after his body was found in a police received a 7 a.m. call that’s him.”
was obviously a very emotional charges

ACORN Fights Back

moment.” convict
Continued from A1
The boy – the son of Julia sion of
McLaughlin. to affirm that right to exercise Hudson, Jennifer’s sister – had He was
“When the City was in fact the it. been missing since Friday, 2006 a
Council passed case –that [the Leader Calls Voter Registration Fraud Charges ‘Bogus’ “If I want when a relative found Julian’s
grandmother, Darnell
for the
car hija
the Omnibus Fenty campaign to change my
By Alan King and Dallas Cowboys players No wonder Obama’s campaign is Donerson, 57, and his uncle, The
Election Reform assessment] mind,toI think I him from the
AFRO Staff Writer Tony Romo and Terrell Owens, trying distance Jason Hudson, 29, shot to death through
[Act of 2009]the was not our among the names submitted to shouldsaying,
group, be able “Barack Obama in his grandmother’s home in which
end of last year, interpretation of
Presidential candidate John election officials. to do that,”
Never Organized with ACORN.” the 7000 block of South Yale
they elected to the law.” attack on ACORN –
McCain’s Hurd said those workers, who But Cambrel
Obama’s said.ties to ACORN run Avenue.
create a system According
Associated Community were doing those things without “That should
long and deep. He be taught classes An Amber Alert – a desig-
for voters to to a recent for Reform Now –
Organization ACORN’s knowledge or permis- for about anything
ACORN. They even endorsed nation for high-risk missing
register for the Gallup
confirmsPoll, the success of the sion, were fired. -- even
him if I was
for President. children – was issued Friday
first time at the about one in the head of the
organization, “The evidence that has sur- Republican
But now ACORN and is in trouble. after Julian was discovered
polls on Election five
groupindependent
says. faced so far shows they faked decided
Reporter:at theThere are at least missing after the murders.
Day,” she registered
“This is voters
testimony to the work forms to get paid for work they lastinvestigations
11 minute I across the Police arrested William
continued, “but is undecided
we’ve done and success we’ve didn’t do, not to stuff ballot wantedinvolving
country to vote thousands of Balfour, the missing boy’s step-
they explicitly Photos by Dorothy Rowley or prefers
had,” Maude a Hurd, president of boxes.” ACORN, she said, is the as a Democrat.
potentially fraudulent If ACORN father and estranged husband
decided to ACORN, said
candidate from in an interview victim of fraud, not the perpetra- forms. I haven’t signed of Julia, at his girlfriend’s
retain the fact
“I believe it’s a ploy to persuade or con outside with the the AFRO.two
“If I want to change tor of it. my mind, I think I Announcer: Massive voter
anything, I “It can be a tough
Southsidedecision
apartmentif you’re
several
“When this attack started, we Hurd said the only things fraud. And the Obama campaign hours after the murders.
that previously some voters into coming over to the major parties. should be able to do shouldn’t be held
had just announced that we had bogus are that.”
the charges them- paid more than $800,000 not tosure
an — so peoplemother,
Balfour’s shouldMichele,
stick tohas
registered voters The selves. And factcheck. org as committed.”
ACORN front for get out the vote told reporters that her son had
registered 1.3 million new vot-
‘ party affiliation Democratic side just to get the votes...” nationwide ers,” she said.poll
– Anthony Cambrel efforts. Said their initial choice
is locked in.” which queried
“That’s just to say agrees.
Chambers: “Lastto issue risky nothingin to these
do withmatters.”
the slayings.
The Omnibus
– Dontike Miller, 26 that
more
someone’s
than
running
6,000 respondents
scared It concluded, “Neither Pressuring banks Balfour remains a suspect in Jason
– Marvin Little
because of ACORN’s success.” on aACORN monthlynor basis, also revealed
its employees have minute
loans. or not, I voter fraud.
Nationwide
Election Reform thatMcCain,
since March, an average
who is running for of 92 percent of Democrats
been found guilty of, or even and should be able to
Barack Obama. Bad judgment.
of 2009 (OERA) became law this past February, and during a 94 percent
president onoftheRepublicans
Republican tick- have said theywith,
charged would vote fraudulent
casting for their change
Blind the way
ambition. Too risky for
markup session the previous fall, At-large Councilman David party’s
et, lashed candidate
out at ACORN if the election
in the were held today.
votes.” I want to vote. Otherwise, it’s like [the government] telling me
America.
Catania moved two amendments related to party affiliations. finalMeanwhile,
debate against Washingtonians
Barack haveThe been mixedcame
problem in theirabout pri- what to do.”
Catania was not immediately available for comment, but assessments
Obama, contending of the the matter.
group “is marily because of the way Thomas
Since Jenkins,
McCain’s 66, shared sentiments with Marvin Little. SQUARE
comments,
according to the rule-making petition in which Fenty’s concerns on the “I believe
verge ofit’s maybea ploy to persuade
perpetrat- or conoperates.
ACORN some votersRatherintothan “I think87the
ACORN’s board’s
offices havedecision
been was a good one because it was
were attached, an amendment was moved that would have coming
ing one of over
the to the Democratic
greatest frauds in side relyjust to get the votes,”
on volunteers, said
it pays peo- a last-ditchwith
bombarded act threats
of desperation
and by Fenty’s people who tried to
allowed voters to change their party affiliation during a 30-day Dontike
voter history Miller, “And if that’s ple,
26.country,
in this the many
case, of them
then thatpoor or unem- racist
voter pull amail.
deed in his favor,” said Jenkins, 66. “Fenty was upset
period. Secondly, Catania offered an amendment that would maybe destroying the fabric of ployed, to sign
would not have been totally committed to their belief in the first because up new voters. The day heafter the presidential
appointed Togo West [to BOEE] thinking he would
democracy.” The idea was to help both those debate, vandals broke into the
have allowed unaffiliated voters to participate in any political place.” Miller added that voters should be required to vote the go along with it, but things backfired.”
Factcheck.org, a non-partisan being registered and those doing organization’s Boston and Seattle
party’s primary election with the group’s consent. party they signed on for, and remain committed until after the Little, 74, said while he partially agrees with BOEE, people
Web site, found those claims to the registration. offices and stole computers.
McLaughlin further stated that the Council had opted to elections.
be “exaggerated,” with “no evi- Maud explained, “We have a should still go early
After a Cleveland and vote. Otherwise, “It can be aBREAD
representative tough
maintain the closed primary system in the District and because Others like Anthony
dence of any such democracy- Cambrel, 54, and Cuteva Chambers, decision if
zero tolerance policy for deliber- appeared on TV, an e-mail was you’re not sure — so people should stick to their
such was the language used in the Omnibus format. Voters 45, reasoned
destroying fraud.” that if voters have a change of mind, they have
ate falsification of registration.” the initial choice in these
sent to the local office saying she matters.”
could not change their party affiliations at the last minute in Hurd believes the McCain Most news account neglect to “is going to have her life ended.”
order to vote for a candidate aligned with another party. charges were politically motivat- point out that ACORN is A worker in Providence, R.I.,
In its petition, Fenty’s campaign sought BOEE’s ed. required by law to turn in all reg- received a threatening call say- LEFT
clarification on new legislation that allows voters to register on She said, “Because it’s low- istration forms. And they also fail ing, “We know you get off work
the day of the primary and that nothing in the city’s election and moderate-income people, to note that it was the organiza- at 9” and uttered racial epithets.
statutes prohibits independent voters from registering with a and people of color, I believe the tion, in many instances, that first A caller to one office left a
party during the aforementioned 30-day period. McCain campaign thinks those brought the phony registrations message on the answering
But following a hearing, the petition was denied. voters are going to vote to the attention of authorities. machine, saying: “Hi, I was just
“There was a petition that was delivered to our office to Democratic, which is not neces- The McCain camp apparently calling to let you know that
change that interpretation,” McLaughlin said, “but we didn’t sarily true.” isn’t interested in those fine Barack Obama needs to get
ACORN is no stranger to points, preferring to air mislead- hung. He’s a (expletive deleted)
do so. It was repealed and another vote was held by the board
controversy. ing ads that seek to link Obama nigger, and he’s a piece of
For 38 years, the non-partisan to ACORN, thereby undercutting (expletive deleted). You guys are
Energy Kitchen Fare organization has fought for social his political support.
and economic justice for low- McCain: I’m John McCain
fraudulent, and you need to go to
hell. All the niggers on oak trees.
Continued from A1 and moderate-income and I approve this message. They’re gonna get all hung hon-
1 BANANA
Americans. With 400,000 mem- Announcer: Who is Barack eys, they’re going to get assassi-
“We really need this [kind of restaurant ber families organized into more Obama? A man with “a political nated, they’re gonna get killed.”
than 1,200 neighborhood chap- baptism performed at warp Another message said, “You
fare], especially among the African- ters in 110 cities nationwide, speed.” Vast ambition. After col- liberal idiots. Dumb (expletive
ACORN has over the years seen lege, he moved to Chicago. deleted). Welfare bums. You
American community...” its share of criticism while advo- Became a community organizer. guys just (expletive deleted)
cating for affordable housing, There, Obama met Madeleine come to our country, consume
“Nothing is fried and everything’s made to order right on the living wages, healthcare for the Talbot, part of the Chicago every natural resource there is,
spot,” she continued. “There is meat, but it’s chicken, bison and underserved— and while organ- branch of ACORN. He was so and make a lot of babies. That’s
ostrich – things that are low in fat.” izing voter registration drives. impressive that he was asked to all you guys do. And then suck
According to the research organization, Franchise Mall, But none has been as withering train the ACORN staff. up the welfare and expect every-
in addition to a $30,000 franchise fee, it typically costs about and baseless as this one. What did ACORN in Chicago one else to pay for your hospital
$750,000 to launch such business ventures. With the presidential election engage in? Bullying banks. bills for your kids. I jus’ say let
less than two weeks away, Intimidation tactics. Disruption your kids die. That’s the best Befo
While Finley declined to go into specifics over set-up costs,
ACORN’s detractors allege the of business. ACORN forced move. Just let your children die.
she said however, that she has had great support from Leone. Fun learning opp
organization has engaged in mas- banks to issue risky home loans. Forget about paying for hospital
Finley also said that as a result of her restaurants, over the next bills for them. I’m not gonna do
counting and identif
sive voter registration fraud after The same types of loans that
three years she expects to have created 40 to 45 new jobs in the reported discovery of bogus caused the financial crisis we’re it. You guys are lowlifes. And I
and help them en
the District. names, such as Mickey Mouse in today. hope you all die.”
founded Grow Up Grea
“We really need this [kind of restaurant fare], especially con Éxito, a 10-yea
Hurd thinks the hate calls will
among the African-American community,” said Finley, which children for school an
cease soon.
has long been susceptible to greater incidences of life- “Happy, Healthy, Re
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The Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network joined
a variety of groups to coordinate the Reclaim the Dream
March to commemorate the 1963 March on Washington. It
was held Aug. 10.

Congresswoman Eleanor
Holmes Norton

Members of Delta Sigma D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty

Theta showed up in force to
help “reclaim the dream.”

Executive Director of
the Greater Washington
National Urban League
Maudine Cooper

NAACP President
Ben Jealous
... and they marched. The Rev. Al Sharpton, left,
takes a moment during
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Western Episcopal District. Vincent Gray

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AFRO’s Primary Endorsements for Washington, D.C.

By AFRO Staff
On Aug. 30, Washington voters began to
cast their votes in the primary election. This
is the first time the District has allowed early
voting and along with that, initiated a variety
of other enhancements and changes. This
election cycle is definitely full of firsts for the
District.
This is not, however, the first time the
AFRO has made endorsements.
During each election season, the AFRO
reaches out to the candidates in the races
of most interest to the African-American
community and those that most impact their
lives. We start by sending a questionnaire and
then, based on the answers and any additional
issues or controversy surrounding the various
races, bring candidates from select races,
that completed the questionnaire, in for an
interview with the publisher, Jake Oliver, and
members of the editorial department.
Our endorsements are made based on this
information.
This exercise is usually daunting for us,
and this year was no exception. Without fail,
we enjoy meeting the candidates, find them
interesting and informative, and leave each
meeting liking something about each one. With
that in mind, please know that we endorse the
candidates we believe will do the job, to the
best of their ability and for the good of their
constituency.
We then wait to watch what you, the voters,
decide on Election Day.
The following are the AFRO’s
endorsements for the 2010 Primary election in
the District of Columbia.
Vincent Gray
Mayor, District of Columbia
Vincent Gray, acknowledged for his
character, integrity and leadership on the City
Council, comes to the table with diplomacy
and a knack for being in tune with the needs
of District residents. A member of the Council
since 2005, Gray who hails from “east of
the river,” is touting the slogan, “One City −
Leadership We Need,” in his bid for mayor
against incumbent Adrian Fenty.
While the AFRO gives credit to Fenty for
being results-oriented and effecting a quick-
pace manner in accomplishing his agenda,
we had reservations about his ability to
communicate with and ensure inclusiveness of
the African-American community. For instance,
while Fenty implemented school reform in
a system that is predominantly Black, the
community had little input in this process.
Through his own admission, Fenty has been
aloof to the African-American community and
he apologized, promising to do better. Even
so, Blacks have felt somewhat neglected under
his watch and the mayor’s lack of response to
their needs has left much to be desired.
The AFRO was genuinely impressed with
candidate Leo Alexander, who possesses
plenty of passion and polish for the city’s
premiere leadership position. He’s committed
to eradicating joblessness, improving
schools, improving economic development
and supporting small business, which
he lists among a slew of other concerns.
Unfortunately, Alexander lacks the political
experience we believe necessary now for the
job of mayor.
Gray entered the race late (March 2010) with
the caveat that he knows how to get things done
in D.C. Gray’s not only adept at organizing,
he’s been a visible force dealing head-on with
issues that overwhelmingly impact the public’s
well-being. His success in winning approval of
reform legislation giving the mayor control over
the troubled school system and how he held the
chancellor to task surrounding the abrupt firing
of hundreds of teachers are some examples of
his oversight ability.
The Ward 7 resident has promised to ensure
transparency and inclusiveness in the office
of the mayor and – armed with a three-prong
approach for efficiency − will immediately
tackle unemployment while fostering a
strategy for increased economic development
opportunities.
He responded on a recent AFRO-
candidates’ questionnaire that he has
demonstrated a thoughtful, mature and fiscally
responsible approach to offset the city’s budget
woes. “I realize the many difficult choices
families have been forced to make during
this recession,” he wrote, “and I treat the
taxpayers’ money with respect by focusing
limited resources on important social safety
net priorities and core city services.”
In stressing his goals for decreasing the
current 10 percent jobless rate, Gray referred
to enforcement of a new law that mandates 51
percent of new jobs created in the city must
go to residents. So far, “It has been poorly
enforced,” Gray said. “We let people come
from everywhere to work in the District, and
our own people end up being out of work.”
The AFRO encourages voters to follow
its lead by embracing Gray in the Sept. 14
Democratic primary.
Jim Graham
Ward 1 City Council
Jim Graham’s delivery of services to
residents has been unwavering since he was
first elected to the City Council in 1998. He
has gone on to win elections in 2002 and 2006,
with an overwhelming majority of votes in
both the Democratic primaries and general
elections.
As the AFRO did in 2006, it is again
endorsing Graham based on his ability to get
things done. He is smart, hard-working and
dedicated to the issues he cares about – those
of his constituents.
He has been an excellent chairman of the
Committee on Consumer and Regulatory
Affairs and has always tried to make the
agencies under his jurisdiction responsive to
the needs of residents.
Graham served as the chairman of the
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority’s board of directors until earlier this
year. Having been a voting member of the
board since 1999, the no-nonsense councilman
pushed to keep Metro fares down so those
most in need of the city’s bus and rail services
could afford them.
He fought for and brought affordable
housing to his Adams Morgan community,
where the cost of living is among the highest
in the city. In one instance, residents of an
apartment complex were able to purchase the
building they’d long called home.
Graham continues work to bridge the
ward’s racial inequities – including his
longstanding fight to help small businesses
flourish in his mostly Black and Latino
neighborhood. And more recently, the gay
community pioneer successfully co-sponsored
legislation to recognize gay marriage in the
nation’s capital.
None of Graham’s three opponents come
to the table with the experience, the tenacity
for upholding the rights and expectations of
residents and the track record for providing
solutions to issues that directly impact
constituents.
The AFRO asks your support in keeping
Graham where he’s needed most − in Ward 1,
at the Council table − where he continues to
make a difference.
Eleanor Holmes-Norton
U.S. Congress
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton,
one of the most powerful women in the
District of Columbia, gets the AFRO’s
endorsement based on her solid record of
going to bat for residents.
Now in her 10th term, Norton has
consistently broken barriers in the delivery
of services that have included large-scale
economic development initiatives as well as
the creation of some 14,000 jobs aligned with
D.C. Homeland Security Compound being
built in the city’s Anacostia community.
Always a strong voice for the community,
she was instrumental in securing a unique
$5,000 tax credit that has helped boost
homeownership and stabilized the District’s
population.
Norton, who does not have a voice on the
House floor, continues her fight to bring voting
rights to the District, which, in effect, will
enable the city to obtain its long sought-after
voice in Congress.
More recently, the venerable
congresswoman garnered a big break through
relocating prisoners to D.C. rather than far
away from home.
And, even during Congress’ summer break
in August, she kept busy with tasks such as
making appearances with cabinet members and
speaking at the National Night Out anti-crime
initiative.
She is a tireless advocate for the residents
of Washington, D. C. and we are proud to
support her bid for re-election.

“The first responsibility of

government is to ensure
the well-being and safety of
the people it serves.”
— VINCE GRAY

Vince Gray believes every D.C. resident, East and West of the river, deserves to feel safe. Too
many of our children and too many families in our community are being victimized in D.C., and the
quality of public services varies by ward and neighborhood, even by street.
As Mayor, Vince Gray will work to:
4 Create partnerships between law enforcement, the communities they serve, and the Mayor’s office
4 Engage every community in policing and public safety, creating a strong relationship between people and their officers
4 Restore coordination and accountability by reestablishing the position of Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice to
coordinate all the federal and city agencies that patrol our neighborhoods
4 Work to identify at-risk youth at the community level, and coordinate between officers and social services so that they don’t
fall through the cracks
4 Invest in our first responders—police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical staff—who put their lives on the line for us
every day
4 Recruit more police officers and firefighters from inside the district and keep our streets safe by having more police officers on
foot and bike patrols in our neighborhoods

Vote Integrity, Character and Leadership.

On September 14th vote Vince Gray for Mayor.
For more information, or to volunteer, Call (202)291-2692.

Early voting began on August 30th, visit www.vincegrayformayor.com for voting locations and hours.
Paid for by Gray for Mayor,1004 6th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001. Betty Brown, Treasurer. A copy of our report is filed with the Director of Campaign Finance.
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Business
Local Woman Spices Up District with Flavorful Hot Sauces
By Stephen D. Riley ready to drop the experimenting and move on with her
AFRO Staff Writer life. But with a renewed bill of health, Bruce encouraged
his wife to give it one more try and D.C.’s Diva of Hot
Standing just a half inch over 5 feet, Monica Sauce has been watering mouths and gaining recognition
Sanowar isn’t a very imposing figure. An olive- ever since. Her sauces received rave reviews this past
skinned woman with a motherly smile and calming March by the now-defunct Chile Pepper Magazine and she
voice, Sanowar gives off the guise of an innocent plans on pushing her DC Redbone sauce into iconic status
bystander incapable of harming a fly. But behind in the District. “I want it to be the No. 1 hot sauce in this
the profession of an everyday legal secretary is a city,” Sanowar said. “My goal here is to get into the
burning pyromaniac ready to explode. However, bigger stores.”
“D.C.’s Diva of Hot Sauce,” as she likes to be In the mean time, Sanowar will attend the Adams
called, doesn’t start fires with matches and Morgan Day Festival again this year on Sept. 12 with
gasoline − habanero and naga jolokia peppers a Caribbean-style platter. As a testament to her “inner
are her preferred weapons. pyromaniac,” Sanowar said, “I want people to thank
Since 2009, Sanowar has been creeping up me for burning them.”
the ranks of the condiment chain. Equipped
with three patented hot sauces − DC Redbone For more information on Sanowar or to place
Hot Sauce, CocoLoco Mango Hot Sauce an order for her branded hot sauces, visit www.
and Shak Shak Gourmet Jerk Sauce− the sunponyinc.com.
Courtesy Photos
Washington, D.C., native’s spicy concoctions
DC Redbone Hot Sauce is one of the award-winning
were a crowd favorite at last year’s Adams
flavorful creations of Monica Sanowar, otherwise known
Morgan Day Festival. Sanowar then set the
as “D.C.’s Diva of Hot Sauce.”
Big Apple ablaze, where her DC Redbone sauce
finished third in the habanero category at the annual
Hot Pepper Awards. The Shak Shak Gourmet sauce
took home first place in the specialty sauce category.
Judges were impressed with the tasteful balance of
Sanowar’s sauces. “Not too much and not too little,” as she
would say. Sanowar’s heritage, a mixture of Native American,
African and European cultures, doesn’t allow her to cater to
one specific demographic, so she bases her sauces on how
well they can attract a volume audience. Her blended hot
sauces are designed to be impactful, but scaled back delicately

“Her blended hot sauces are designed to

be impactful, but scaled back delicately
enough so the flavor can be appreciated.”

enough so the flavor can be appreciated.

“Where I come from with my sauces I’ll burn you but I
won’t kill you; there’s a difference,” Sanowar said. “When
you put a little something on your food you want something
to enhance it but you also want to be able to taste the food.
My thing is flavor.”
Ironically, Sanowar’s “thing” for flavor was discovered by
accident during a trip to Trinidad and Tobago nearly 30 years
ago. A regular fan of Tabasco sauce, she sampled a friend’s
pepper sauce and was unprepared for the severe flavor. “[The
sauce] tried to kill me, but I loved it,” Sanowar recalled. It
was also on that trip that she discovered her husband Bruce,
a native of the Caribbean, whose love for hot sauce knows no
boundaries. Together, the couple created Sun Pony, the name
brand under which her sauces are now marketed at over 60
independent local grocers. “My banker helped
After her husband fell ill a few years ago, Sanowar was
me plan for 23
new employees.
And one new
freshman.”

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Opinion
District’s ‘Bush v. Gore’ Redux
Adrienne T. Could the Democratic
primary in two weeks turn out
Washington to be “Bush v. Gore in D.C.?”
Maybe no hanging chads
or midnight Supreme Court session, but with an unprecedented
number of “disputed” provisional or “special ballots” predicted
to be cast, D.C. Board of Elections officials will be hard
pressed to declare a definitive winner in the hotly contested
mayoral race for the Democratic primary after the polls close
on Sept. 14.
The anticipated final vote count may not be known for at
least a week, or even longer if the ballots wind up before the
two-member elections board or the D.C. Court of Appeals,
predict some D.C. watchers.
Janene D. Jackson, senior vice president of government
relations and public policy for the DC Chamber of Commerce,
predicts “it could be Bush versus Gore in D.C.” Unless, she
adds, “there is an overwhelming margin” for the victor.
Already the board has set aside three days beginning the
Tuesday after the primary to conduct a “special ballot” review.
Already each campaign has hired a fleet of lawyers. Already
scores of voters have been purged from the registration rolls.
Already not a pretty picture.
In the District with the overwhelming majority of registered
voters being Democrats, the September primary is tantamount
to a November general election.
This year’s combative campaign between incumbent D.C.
Mayor Adrian Fenty and D.C. Council Chairman Vince Gray
is a tortoise-hare race that no one dared predict a year ago,
with the incumbent lagging behind in the latest polling data
despite having amassed a hefty war chest and garnered biased
mainstream media backing.
Losing ground may be why Fenty shamelessly tried to cull
a cadre of newcomers by petitioning the board of elections
to allow independents to cast ballots in the D.C. Democratic
primary for the first time. His 11th-hour request was properly
denied.
Although District voters have the first-time opportunity to
begin early voting at One Judiciary Square a full two weeks
before the primary, election day is still shaping up to be mired
in mass chaos with so many major changes taking place at
Wyclef Jean’s Presidential Candidacy a Distraction
The on-again-off-again
Ezili Danto presidential candidacy of
music star Wyclef Jean is a
distraction for Haiti.
On Friday, Aug. 20, the Haiti Electoral Council ruled that
15 out of the 34 candidates had not met the legal requirements
to run for president of Haiti. Jean was one of the rejected
candidates and he’s chosen to appeal the decision.
That’s his right, but I wish the media would focus less on
this personality-driven story and more on the reality of what’s
going on in Haiti right now.
Almost eight months after the earthquake, the recovery
effort in Haiti is going almost nowhere.
There are two million homeless earthquake victims still on
the streets of Port-au-Prince, the capital. Less than 5 percent
of the rubble has been removed from the streets to make room
for permanent shelters. And roughly 20 percent of those living
in the 1,300 tent camps have, in the past month, been forcibly
evicted with nowhere to go.
There are almost no homes to live in, no jobs to be had.
This is a disgrace, considering all the donations, upward
of $1 billion, that came in to the nongovernmental institutions
after the earthquake. Much of this money is earning interest for
charity executives; it is not reaching the earthquake victims.
The upcoming election seems to have plenty of candidates
but not much of an electorate. How are the two million
Achieving a More Balanced and Effective National Drug Strategy
When President Obama
released his five-year goals
for reducing drug use
and its consequences last
May, he observed that “by
boosting community-based
prevention, expanding
treatment, strengthening law
enforcement, and working
collaboratively with our
global partners, we will
reduce drug use and the
great damage it causes in our
communities.”
Cong. Elijah E. I fully agree.
Cummings Last week, I joined
President Obama’s Director
of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske, for strategic conversations
with drug treatment professionals here in Baltimore.
During those strategy sessions at Tuerk House, Dee’s Place,
the Jericho Re-entry Program and the East Baltimore Drug Free
Community Coalition, Director Kerlikowske made it clear that
he had come to Baltimore to learn.
“The programs we visited in Baltimore today reflect the
National Drug Control Strategy’s holistic approach to reducing
drug abuse and its consequences,” Gil Kerlikowske observed.
“The prevention, treatment, law enforcement and recovery
programs show our national strategy at work on the local
level.”
I was heartened by the Director’s visit.
One of my most important responsibilities is congressional
oversight of our National Drug Control Policy. I long have
championed the need for a more balanced and comprehensive
September 4, 2010 - September 10, 2010, The Afro-American
the polling precincts under
new council rules. There are
also bound to be long lines
as unaware voters will be
forced to fill out paperwork
to apply for or update their
registration.
Those who thought this
would be the best year to
implement the omnibus voting
rights measures are probably
rethinking these massive
changes now that the race has
tightened and the electorate is
more energized.
Early voting, same day
registration, new voting
machines and a host of other
new regulations will only
add to the confusion bound
to occur given that the board
of elections purged the voter
rolls only 60 days before the
primary.
With too little notice
too late, some observers
and citizens are complaining the board “has not engaged in a
proactive campaign” to inform voters of the changes, while the
more suspect are throwing around more sinister accusations of
voter intimidation and tampering.
Jackson painted a scenario in which a voter may show
up to vote, not be properly registered and not have proper
identification and not be allowed to vote or may have to vote a
special ballot. She noted that just prior to the 2000 presidential
campaign, Florida purged its voter registration rolls which
disproportionately disenfranchised African Americans.
Barbara B. Lang, president and CEO of the D.C. Chamber
of Commerce, which has endorsed Mr. Gray, said “Regardless
of which candidate a voter may support, we want to see as
many residents as possible participate in the electoral process.”
Vote early, but check your voter registration card
homeless, who lost everything, including their identification
cards, going to be able to vote on Nov. 28?
Will the people outside of the capital and surrounding cities
where the earthquake hit be able to vote? Or is the purpose of
these elections that primarily the wealthy, whose houses didn’t
crumble in the earthquake and who all have their identification
cards, be the ones to vote?
If so, how could this be called a representative government?
In every election since 2004, when President Bush ousted
Haiti’s democratically elected leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
Haiti’s most popular political party, the Fanmi Lavalas, has
been excluded from participation.
Again, how can any government, then, be called
representative?
Even if Wyclef Jean wins this appeal, how are his young
constituents, in the crumbled areas without IDs, voter
registrations and addresses, going to vote? Moreover, even
if the masses do vote, who will make sure their votes are not
dumped into garbage bins, as happened in the 2006 presidential
election?
But Jean only puts on the dress of a populist to get votes and
pander to a desperate population. As he’s said, “Don’t worry,
I’m not a populist, I’m a capitalist.”
Haiti is a country that needs the government to lead, not the
private sector that’s failed for 200 years to do so. The Haitian
government must ensure the human rights of the majority to
national strategy.
Clearly, there is no single answer to our drug crisis.
Effective drug treatment, as well as equally effective prevention
and policing, must be essential components of our national
strategy.
As Director Kerlikowske noted last week, what I call
the “Baltimore Drug Strategy” can be a model for President
Obama’s new national vision.
Here in Baltimore, where we have developed one of the
most comprehensive drug treatment systems in the nation, we
understand that drug treatment works (a conclusion too often
lost on some of my House colleagues).
The 2002 Steps to Success: Baltimore Drug and Alcohol
Treatment Outcomes Study, conducted by respected research
scientists from Johns Hopkins and Morgan State University,
confirmed this fact in 2002.
One month after participants entered treatment, the use of
cocaine, heroin and alcohol each fell by more than 60 percent –
and the positive effects of treatment were still evident after one
year.
Heroin use dropped by 69 percent. Cocaine use dropped by
48 percent. Criminal activity declined by 64 percent.
Financially – and in the overall improvement of our public
health and safety – studies like Steps to Success demonstrate
that drug treatment provides a generous return on our
investment of public funds.
That investment must be managed efficiently and
effectively.
The managerial foundation of our Baltimore Strategy is a
quasi-public authority, Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems,
which oversees all of the publically funded drug treatment
programs in our city. Led by our new Baltimore City Health
Commissioner, Dr. Oxiris Barbot, “BSAS” brings all of the
major agencies in our city together in a shared leadership
A9
immediately if you want to vote in the D.C. Democratic
primary. That word comes not only from those concerned
about voting rights in the District but from the D.C. Board of
Elections and Ethics itself.
Just days before early voting was set to begin on Aug. 30,
the agency sent out a 10-point media advisory urging voters to
check their new voter registration cards, sent out only a week
prior. If you haven’t received it go to www.dcboee.org.
Take two forms of identification and a utility bill as proof
of residence with you to the polls even if you think you are
properly registered.
No one wants a “D.C. version of Bush v. Gore” replayed
come Sept. 14.
Adrienne T. Washington is a D.C.-based political
commentator and journalism professor.
shelter, medicine, food, clean water, justice, inclusion, dignity
and living-wage jobs.
We need to ask whether these rushed elections, scheduled
for Nov. 28, will bring relief if they further destabilize the
country by enraging the Haitian majority, which is likely to see
its voice stifled yet again.
Exacerbating catastrophe to capitalize on catastrophe is a
workable formula for key stakeholders in Haiti affairs, as these
elections may provide fresh reasons to perpetuate the U.N./U.S.
presence in Haiti.
Supposedly the Haitian government, which says it is
bankrupt from the earthquake, has pledged $7 million of the
$29.6 million it will cost to run these elections. The rest of the
election monies will come from mostly foreigners. Will they
use their clout to support a candidate that will put their interests
above those of the Haitian people?
Under the circumstances, there are more important things
for Haitians to do than holding this election. The $29.6 million
could be better used to employ Haitians to remove all the
rubble and erect permanent housing.
Ezili Danto is an award-winning playwright, performance
poet and human rights attorney. She is the founder of the Haitian
Lawyers Leadership Network. She can be reached at pmproj@
progressive.org. This article was reprinted with permission of
“The Progressive” magazine, www.progressive.org.
response to the drug threat.
Another significant factor in Baltimore’s progress is an
agency for which Director Kerlikowske’s Office can take much
of the credit. The Washington-Baltimore High Intensity Drug
Trafficking Area Program (HIDTA), and its director, Thomas
Carr, have long played a critical role in integrating our public
safety and public health responses to drug-related crime.
Composed of top professionals and public servants from
throughout our region, our HIDTA teams have learned the
lesson that drug treatment is an essential element of public
safety.
A recent analysis demonstrated that no more than 37 percent
of clients who successfully completed HIDTA-funded drug
treatment programs were re-arrested during the following year.
The Baltimore Plan is smart and evidence-based, balanced
and effective. As America moves toward a more comprehensive
national drug control strategy, the initiatives that we have
developed here offer the rest of the country important models
of success.
Success will also require that America’s drug treatment
programs continue to receive the funding that they need. Even
here in Baltimore, of the more than 60,000 of our neighbors
who needed treatment in 2009, only one-third were able to
receive that help.
We must do better than this. Although funding for drug
treatment must compete with other national priorities, we must
find the way to provide effective treatment to all who are in
need.
Lives are in the balance – and we cannot afford to fail.
Congressman Elijah E. Cummings represents Maryland’s
Seventh Congressional District in the United States House of
Representatives.
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In honor of Brig. Gen. Belinda Pinckney’s 35-year military career, an Army retirement ceremony was held with pomp
and circumstance and the precision of a military drill team. The celebration took place at the Women In Military
Service for America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery and was hosted by Gen. Anne Dunwoody,
commanding general of the U.S. Army Material Command.
The ceremony began with the official party’s arrival, followed by the singing of the national anthem
and invocation by the Rev. Linnie Darden. Country western singer Michael Peterson followed with
a special musical selection.
Gen. Dunwoody, who is the only 4-star female general in the Armed Forces, later made
remarks about Pinckney’s standout career
Gen. Dunwoody presents a certificate of in the military and stood by as the retiree
retirement to Brig. Gen. Pinckney. received the Meritorious Service Medal,
a certificate of appreciation from the
president, a flag from the U.S. Capitol
building and her official certificate
of retirement, effective Sept. 1.
The ceremony concluded with
the singing of the “Army Song,”
a benediction given by Lt. Col.
Darryl Darden and departure of
the official party.
Brig. Gen. Pinckney receives the official
U.S. flag flown over the Capitol building. Photos by Robert Roberts

Retired Command Sgt. Major Michele Jones (right), currently Department

of Defense White House liasion officer, and several of the invited guests

Gen. George Casey, Brig. Gen. Belinda

Pinckney and Gen. Anne Dunwoody

Rev. Linnie Darden, Col. Darden, Edgar Brookins, Lt. Col. Darryl Darden
and Quinnsander Pinckney
Maj. Pritchard-Allen sings a song
dedicated to Brig. Gen. Pinckney.

Brig. Gen. Pinckney gives gifts to her

mother, Lucille Walker Higdon, and other
family members.

Brig. Gen. Pinckney, Amarie Pinckney, Tia Johnson, Alvin

Phillips, Quinnsander Pinckney and Joe Howze at the
receiving line after the ceremony
Brig. Gen. Pinckney's family: Quinnsander Pinckney, Lucille
Walker Higdon, Amarie Pinckney, Jaylon Higdon, Brig. Gen.
Belinda Pinckney, Keison Humes, Shirley Higdon-Brown,
Latonya Higdon, Clifford Higdon and Carl Higdon

Country western singer Michael

Peterson sings "I Believe I Can Fly,"
Colonels Tia Johnson and Yvonne Tucker
dedicated to Brig. Gen. Pinckney (far
right). Gen. Anne Dunwoody sits to
Pinckney’s left. Gen. Dunwoody presents the retiree’s
spouse, Quinnsander Pinckney, a
certificate of appreciation.

Retired Brig. Gen. Velma

Richardson, Lillian Smith
and Rita Hummel sing the
national anthem.
Gen. George Casey (left), U.S. Army chief of staff, and Maj.
Gen. Reuben Jones, commanding general, Family and Morale,
Welfare and Recreation Command

Guests enjoy refreshments in the reception area.

Gen. Anne Dunwoody,

commanding general of the
U.S. Army Material Command
and ceremony host, gives Guests applaud Maj. Pritchard-Allen as she sings “God Bless the U.S.A.”
remarks.
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Comedian Michael Colyar Debuts Newest Effort: ‘Greatest Hits and the Great Unknowns’
Fresh off a visit to the District, comedian and actor Michael
Colyar, recognized for his appearances on “BET Live from
LA,” The Long Shot and Malice N’ Wonderland, recently
debuted his comedic CD, Michael Colyar’s Greatest Hits and
the Great Unknowns. The CD, which is available on iTunes
and retailers, features the longtime funny man’s brassy brand of
humor as well as the musical efforts of hip hop’s underground
talents.
The release includes a sampling of underground hip hop
stars including the DBoyz, C.B.Y.A., Dirty MJG and 8Ball.
In addition, Colyar remembers late rapper MC Breed with a
special tribute selection and, in a new move, tackles rap with
“Who’s the King?”
Colyar first gained notoriety in Los Angeles’ Venice Beach,
where he entertained crowds for 9 years. But the entertainer and
Michael Colyar Courtesy Photo motivational speaker’s breakout moment came in 1990 when
he won the $100,000 Grand Prize Comedy championship on
popular talent competition “Star Search.” He quickly donated
$50,000 to homeless charities in the Los Angeles area.
The comedian said he hopes to give back to others with his
newest project.
“God has given me a great gift and it’s important for me to
give something back…I love music…I love Hip-Hop, and there
are so many young artists who just need a chance,” said the
performer in a statement. “That’s what I want to do, give them
that chance.”
Michael Colyar’s Greatest Hits and the Great Unknowns
is available now. He also has several projects in the works,
including “A Poetry Book for Adult Children” and “Where in
the World is Michael Colyar?”

The ‘Takers’ Interview

On the Q.T. with T.I.

By Kam Williams
Special to the AFRO
Tip “T.I.” Harris is one
of his generation’s most
captivating speakers and one
of the biggest hip-hop artists
of all time. Whether they
see him conversing with a
room full of young people
about staying in school and
following their dreams, or
moving tens of thousands at
one of his concerts, audiences
are always engrossed by the
words of the “King of the
South.” In 2008, T.I. delivered
his most potent and important
LP to date, Paper Trail,
and his highly-anticipated,
seventh studio album, King
Uncaged, is set to be released
this fall.
T.I.’s second professional
love is acting in films, and in
this arena he has taken major
steps forward in recent years.
He made his motion picture
debut in 2006 in the Warner
Bros. film A.T.L. He also
appeared in the hit Universal
film American Gangster
opposite Denzel Washington,
and guest-starred on HBO’s
hit series “Entourage” in 2008.
T.I. recently signed a three-
picture deal with Screen Gems
that will have him both acting
in and producing movies.
Music and movies are
just the leading edge of T.I.’s
entertainment conglomerate.

Reader’s Corner
By AFRO Staff
Create Dangerously:
The Immigrant Artist at
Work
In this personal,
descriptive tome, Haitian-
born writer Edwidge
Danticat shares her thoughts
on art, immigration
and living in exile. The
book, inspired by Albert
Camus’ lecture “Create
Dangerously,” is part essay
and part memoir. Danticat
shares her own life story and
the lives of other artists who
create various forms of art
because of (or in spite of)
the difficulties they faced in
their homelands.
She introduces readers to
a cousin who died of AIDS,
a thriving Haitian radio
journalist who is later killed
and the Haitian writers she
first read as a child at the
Brooklyn Public Library.
The celebrated author
also parallels the natural
disasters that have ravaged
Haiti and the United States,
reminding readers the two
seemingly disparate nations
are in fact, more alike than
most believe.
Edwidge’s earlier books
include Krik? Krak! The
Farming of Bones, The Dew
Breaker and Brother, I’m
Dying.
Final word: An emotional
look at Haiti’s creative
community living abroad.
Available Oct. 13. For
more information visit press.
princeton.edu.
At the Dark End of the
Street: Black Women, Rape,
and Resistance- A New
History of the Civil Rights
Movement from Rosa Parks
to the Rise of Black Power
According to educator
Danielle McGuire, famed
civil rights activist Rosa
Parks has been completely
mischaracterized in
historical texts as a quiet,
reserved southern woman.
Her book, At the Dark End
of the Street, looks at Parks’
life of activism before her
legendary bus boycott on
Dec. 1, 1955, and argues
she was a fiery leader with a
passion for women’s rights.
McGuire also expounds
on the lives of seldom
mentioned activists Recy
Taylor and Joan Little while
discussing women’s rights,
interracial rape and sexual
violence. The book also
argues the Montgomery Bus
Boycott and several other
key moments in the Civil
Rights Movement were as
much about Black women
demanding their personal
dignity as they were about
racial pride and equality.
Final word: Unique
perspective on 1950s and
‘60s America with women’s
rights at the forefront.
Available Sept. 7. For
more information visit
randomhouse.com.
Vaccines are
Dangerous: A Warning to
the Global Community
While vaccines are
generally hailed by doctors
and patients as being the
sure way to battle and
prevent illnesses, author
Curtis Cost believes
otherwise. His 1992 release,
Vaccines are Dangerous:
a Warning to the Black
Community, challenged
the effectiveness of
vaccines and cited them as
contributors to death and a
variety of illnesses. With the
recent release of Vaccines
Are Dangerous: a Warning
to the Global Community, (a
revised second edition of his
first release), Cost expounds
on the topics discussed in
the original and provides
up-to-date information on
topics dealing with H1N1,
autism and HIV/AIDS.
“I wrote the second
edition because there was a
lot of additional information
that people needed. For
example, I realize that
one of the reasons people
blindly trust vaccines and
other medications is because
they have religious faith in
the medical establishment
and doctors,” Cost told the
AFRO in an interview. “One
of the chapters of my book
is entitled, “Don’t Trust
Doctors” and I try to help
people understand that we
to apply the same level of
skepticism to doctors as we
do for anything else.”
Final word: Eye-opening
examination of vaccines’
pros and cons from an
author passionate about the
state of Black health.
Available now. For
more information visit
vaccinesaredangerous.com.
He’s also expanding into
comedy tours, the nightclub
and restaurant scene, talent
management, and record
producing. Plus, he has
launched his own fashion line,
Akoo.
Here, he talks about his
new movie, Takers, a crime
caper about a gang of bank
robbers who decide to pull
off one last heist before
retiring. The film co-stars Zoe
Saldana, Chris Brown, Idris
Elba, Paul Walker, Michael
Ealy and Hayden Christensen.
KW: …What interested
you in “Takers”? It seems
like you had a hand in every
aspect of this project, from
acting to the soundtrack to
executive producing .
TI: I was just producing,
not executive producing.
It was an outstanding
experience. I had a
phenomenal time, and I’m
very, very proud of the
outcome.
KW: How did you
manage to assemble such an
accomplished cast? There’s
not only Oscar nominees Matt
Dillon and Marianne-Jean
Baptiste, but Zoe Saldana,
Hayden Christensen, Idris
Elba, Chris Brown, Paul
Walker and Jay Hernandez as
well.
TI: I think that the script
did most of the work in
terms of attracting the talent,
because it was so exciting
that everybody jumped at
the opportunity not only to
work together but to be a part
of something we felt had so
much potential.
KW: And how did working
with this ensemble turn out?
TI: Man, it was an honor
and a pleasure.
KW: It even has a chase
scene with Chris Brown
doing some parkour, that
French, free-running form
of movement popularized in
“District B-13” and the first
James Bond film with Daniel
Craig.
TI: Yeah, it definitely
reads like a fast-paced, high-
energy action flick.
KW: How did you prepare
for your role?
T.I.
TI: I think the first step
in preparing for this or any
other role involves developing
a clear understanding of the
script, and then mentally
placing yourself in the
scenarios of your character.
KW: I see that people
are already calling “Takers”
“T.I. 11” and “The T.I. Job,”
allusions to “Ocean’s 11”
and” The Italian Job.” How
do you feel about that?
TI: I mean, man, I’m just
pleased to be talked about in
the same breath as the elite of
action films. You know what
I’m saying? The comparison
is an honor all in itself.
KW: … What message do
you want audiences to take
away from this movie?
TI: That there is no good
without bad. That karma is
real. And that you can’t go
through life doing only bad
and expect good to come of it.
KW: What type of
audience do you expect the
movie to attract?
TI: A very diversified one
over a broad spectrum.
KW: Director/author
Hisani Dubose says, “As soon
as a rap artist, sports figure
or actor becomes well known,
everyone says they are a role
model for kids. How do you
feel about that?”
TI: I feel that we are all
one another’s examples in
life. And if my experiences,
past and present, can help
guide a young person in the
right direction, then so be it.
KW: The Nancy Lovell
Question: Why do you love
doing what you do?
TI: I’m just a passionate
person by nature. So, I have
a lot of love for music, and a
drive to succeed in general,
be it film, be it fashion, or
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whatever the case may be.
I put a lot of myself in all
of my work. That passion
carries over into each of my
endeavors….
KW: The music maven
Heather Covington question:
What are you listening to on
your iPod?
TI: I listen to a lot of old
school R&B. I don’t get many
opportunities to listen to
much else right now because
we’re in the final stages of the
recording process.
KW: When will the album
be finished?
TI: We’re taking the time
necessary to dedicate the
necessary attention to the
marketing and promotion of
the movie first. After that, we
will completely submerge
ourselves into the completion
of the album. …
KW: The Laz Alonso
question: How can your fans
help you?
TI: [Laughs] They’ve
already been helping me
throughout my career. Their
continued love and support is
enough for me. The only other
thing outside of that is sharing
their honest opinion of what
could be done better. Keep it
real with me—that’s all.
KW: What advice do you
have for anyone who wants to
follow in your footsteps?
TI: If you set out trying to
follow in my footsteps, you
won’t achieve what I achieved
without doing everything I did
wrong, too. So, in order to do
everything right and end up
in a similar position without
also making the mistakes I
made, you have to aim higher.
You have to endeavor to be
better than me. On a daily
basis, I’m always pushing
and challenging myself to be
better.
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Community
Students Return to Revamped
Pr. George’s Awarded Grant for Strides
in Behavioral Health Services
The Prince George’s This is the third grant the Community Health
Health Department has Prince George’s Health Resources Commission,

Eastern High School received a $300,000 grant to

promote an innovative
“re-entry” program that
District Mayor Adrian will provide access to
Fenty, D.C. Schools behavioral health services
Chancellor Michelle Rhee, for previously incarcerated
Office of Public Education individuals as they transition
Facilities Modernization into the community. The
Executive Director Allen Lew three-year grant award
and Ward 6 Councilmember will support a partnership
Tommy Wells joined alumni, between the Prince George’s
students and members of the Health Department and
community on Aug. 25 for County Detention Center,
the re-opening of Eastern and is projected to serve an
Senior High School, 1700 E. estimated 990 individuals.
Capitol St., N.E.
Department has received
from the Maryland
Community Health
in a statement. “This grant
to Prince George’s County
will expand access to health
Resources Commission care and help drive down
(MCHRC). In 2008, the runaway health care costs
county received a grant to for all of us.”
expand access to dental care The MCHRC awarded 14
and funds to aid women’s grants totaling $1.3 million
health services in 2009. in state funds throughout the
“The Commission is state. The funds are designed
dedicated to addressing to increase access to primary
the most pressing health care, reduce infant mortality
care needs in Maryland,” and provide enhanced
said John A. Hurson, dental care in low-income
chairman, Maryland communities.

Verizon Wireless Donates $5,000

The school has been
updated with the latest
educational technology as
well as additional academic
amenities, is now LEED
Courtesy Photo
City Council Chairman Vincent Gray, District Mayor Adrian
to Hospital’s Sexual Assault Program
certified and accommodates As part of its commitment including the “SAFE” cards and his leadership has helped
Fenty and Eastern High School students at a ribbon
1,100 students. Some of to domestic violence law enforcement officers give countless survivors to get the
cutting ceremony celebrating the school’s re-opening.
the key additions include prevention, Verizon Wireless to victims. help they need to rebuild their
state-of-the-art science and programs, the school now of Eastern is spectacular,” recently awarded a $5,000 “We couldn’t think of a lives.” 
technology labs, Internet and boasts brand new music and Mayor Fenty said in a press grant to the Prince George’s better way to honor Mr. Ivey Since the HopeLine
cyber cafés and a working choral lofts as well as a grand statement. “You can see Hospital Center Sexual and his outstanding work on program was launched in
ambulance in the health/ performance theatre and the care and attention to Assault program.  The grant behalf of domestic violence 2001, Verizon Wireless has
science practical lab for real spacious three story atriums detail that the architects and check was presented to Prince victims than to fund a program collected more than seven
world emergency medical that allow for alternate school builders took while restoring George’s County State’s that’s making a tremendous million phones and awarded
assistance training. and community meeting or the school. Allen Lew and his Attorney Glenn Ivey in honor difference in victims’ lives,” millions in cash grants to
Long known for its performance space. team have again masterfully of his longstanding leadership said Mike Maiorana, regional domestic violence agencies
stellar music and choral arts “The transformation rebuilt another gem.” against domestic violence as president, Verizon Wireless, and organizations across the
he prepares to leave public in a press release.  “Mr. Ivey country.
Pr. George’s Deltas Named ‘Chapter of the Year’ office.
Ivey’s office has a
has used the power of his
office as a megaphone to For more information, visit
The Prince George’s County Alumnae development by way of mentoring, tutoring, longstanding partnership with make others aware of the www.verizonwireless.com/
Chapter (PGCAC) of Delta Sigma Theta sponsoring college tours, advancing reading the Prince George’s County scourge of domestic violence, hopeline.  
Sorority, captured the coveted 2010 – 2011 opportunities including book giveaways, and Hospital Center and has
Chapter of the Year Award for the Eastern developing mobile libraries internationally worked to provide training Verizon Wireless’
regional president
Region during the sorority’s 50th National in Papua, New Guinea.  The chapter donated and support services for
Mike Maiorana,
Convention held recently in New Orleans. $50,000 in scholarships to 17 college-bound victims, hospital staff, and right, presents a
Having received this prestigious and very and enrolled student residents this year. law enforcement.  The grant $5,000 HopeLine
competitive honor for the third time in the The public is invited to support the from Verizon Wireless, made grant to Prince
past five years, PGCAC has a solid reputation first official activity of the sorority year, possible by the company’s George’s County
for offering technical assistance to other the PGCAC Back to School Supplies HopeLine ® Phone recycling State’s Attorney
organizations and providing innovative Drive, by dropping off contributions, program, will support the Glenn Ivey to
programs and activities locally focused on 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., Sept. 11, at the Prince training of law enforcement support the Sexual

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First Black F-1 Racing Champion Ready for his Second Title
By Perry Green
AFRO Sports Editor
Tiger Woods, Jackie Robinson, Bill Russell or Doug
Williams − those are just a few names most think of when
it comes to Black athletes who pioneered their way to
championship status. But an unfamiliar name should be added
to that short, but prominent list.
Meet Lewis Hamilton, a 25-year-old British professional
race car driver who not only became the first Black driver to
win the Formula One World Championship in 2008, but also
became the youngest to do so at age 23.
Hamilton, who told The Associated Press that his father named
him after African-American track and field legend Carl Lewis,
represents various cultures. His father is Black, his mother is White
British, and his grandparents are natives of Grenada.
But ever since his father, Anthony Hamilton, introduced
radio –controlled car racing to him as a youth, Lewis has had
dreams of representing his race as the first Black F-1 champ.
“It will show that not only white people can do it,” Hamilton
said in an F1Fanatic.co.uk. article in 2007. “But also Black
people, Indians, Japanese and Chinese can too. It will be good
to mean something.”
As a driver for McLaren racing team, Hamilton pulled off
the historical feat in just his second year as an F-1 competitor.
Rising to fame in his country, Hamilton was honored by Queen
AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert
McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrates on
the podium after winning the Belgium Formula One
Grand Prix at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium
on Aug. 29.
Elizabeth II with a MBE (Member of Order of the British
Empire) award after becoming the first British F-1 driver to win
a championship since 1966.
But the young elite driver hasn’t received all praise. During
some of his races, fans heckled Lewis with racial slurs and
even wore black face paint and black wigs, according to The
Times in London. But he never let that discourage him, pulling
motivation from legendary social activists that he most admires.
“Outside of Formula One, my heroes are foremost my
father, then Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King,” Lewis
said in an F1Fanatic.co.uk article. “Being black is not a
negative. It’s a positive, if anything, because I’m different. In
the future I can open doors to different cultures and that is what
motor sport is trying to do anyway.”
Hamilton believes he can accomplish that task by adding
another championship to his resume. He recently chalked up
his third win of the season (15th career win) after capturing the
Belgium Grand Prix championship. The win placed him at the
top of the leader board, three points ahead of Mark Webber,
who sits at No. 2 with only six races left on schedule.
He’s excited about the possibilities of claiming his second
championship at 25, but is still focused on not getting too ahead
of himself.
“We still have a long way to go and there are still many
points to be grabbed by any of the drivers who are fighting for
the title,” Hamilton recently told the AP. “Clearly for me my
closest rival in the championship is Mark in terms of points, but
I still think the championship is open.”
Editor’s note: Lewis Hamilton is a Formula One Racing
driver, not to be mistaken with the Indy Racing League most
famous in the U.S.

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Going Deep: NFL Tinkering with 18 Games
By Stephen D. Riley
AFRO Staff Writer
I should be happy right? My favorite sport
is only a handshake away from expanding its
regular season, so why am I donning the sad
face? Sorry, it’s just hard for me to sign off on
bad ideas.
After NFL owners huddled at an Atlanta
hotel last week around the proposal of an 18-
game schedule, the question was officially
posed: Should the NFL really expand from
its already gruesome 16-game schedule?
My answer in two words: Uh, no! Out of all
the professional sports in America, the NFL
should be the last to even be considering
an expanded schedule; it shouldn’t even be
worthy of discussion.
I love football just as much (maybe more)
than the next fan, but do we really need two-
plus games? You’re talking more concussions,
more knee shreds and more contract disputes.
If owners think that guys are going to put
their lives on the line for an extra two games
a season without added incentive, they’re
kidding themselves. With labor talks in the
works and players petitioning for more coin,
the last way to soften up your workers is with
a work increase proposal. But that’s the route
the league is going.
When asked about the expansion in
Atlanta last week, NFL Commissioner Roger
Goodell told reporters, “We want to do it the
right way for everyone, including the players,
the fans and the game in general. There’s a
tremendous amount of momentum for it. We
think it’s the right step.”
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money and we’ll jeopardize our players’
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Church Briefs Chapel services are
broadcast the following week
each Sunday at 11 a.m. on
children’s activities and
much more. Music will be
provided by artists from the
office at 703-430-3322 for
additional information.
of Community Churches
(ICCC). Park Road is located
at 1019 Park Road N.W.
Compiled by Herb Quarles office at 202-829-5511 for Howard University radio metropolitan area. Attendees Church Seeks Minister Anyone interested in
additional information. station, WHUR-FM 96.3. are encouraged to bring cans The Park Road this position can obtain
Bible Study The Easter chapel service is of food, and school supplies Community Church is additional information
Bible study will continue HU Chapel Services a live broadcast. Recordings to help to support the church’s searching for a senior at the church’s website,
at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 2 The Rev. Dr. Debyii L. of chapel services may be community outreach program. pastor. The church is non- parkroadcommunitychurch.
when the Rev. Leslie Sababu-Thomas will preach ordered by mail with the Vendors and sponsors are denominational and affiliated org or by calling Deacon
Dowdell Cannon leads a during the 11 a.m. service Media Ministry Order Form. needed. Call the church with the International Council Harry Wills at 202-549-2832.
discussion on “The Prayer on Sept. 5 in Cramton Recordings are also available
of Thanksgiving” Auditorium located immediately after the worship
in the Corbin
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Congregational
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service or may be purchased
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Obituary
Church located
at 4704 13th
2455 Sixth St.
N.W. She is
5 p.m. Call 202-806-7280
or visit chapel.howard.edu/ Windsor D. Dempsey, 83
St. N.W. The assistant pastor Information for additional Army Sergeant, Nuclear Power Operator
discussion will at Hemingway information. The e-mail
be based on 1 Temple address is chapel@howard. Windsor Dolph Dempsey, born March 10, Medical Center holding several supervisory
Thessalonians AME edu. 1927, was the only son born positions. Windsor received
5:16-18. The Church in of Mattie Powell (Dempsey/ an associate’s degree in
Rev. Regina
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Boyd will lead
The Rev. Dr. Debyii L. Sababu-
Md., and is Day Dempsey in Wilson, N.C. technology from Prince
the discussion
Thomas will preach at Howard
an associate “Connecting the He had two young sisters, George’s County Community
on “The Lord’s
University on Sept. 5.
professor in Community to the Church Verelle (Webster) and the College in 1985. He returned
Prayer” on the School Through Christ” is the late Delores (Martin). His to work for Washington
Sept. 9. of Communication at Howard. theme of the annual Family mother brought the family Metropolitan Area Transit
During the sessions, Sidney A. Ribeau will be the Community Day that will be to Washington, D.C., during Authority and retired again in
questions and concerns about speaker on Sept. 12. held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. World War II. 1993.
prayer in the life of believers These weekly non- on Sept. 11 at First Baptist Windsor joined the Army Windsor was a true
and the life of the church denominational worship Church of Sterling located at at age 18. While stationed sports aficionado and a loyal
are addressed. This ministry services, that are open to 2130 Potomac View Road in in Japan, he met the love of Redskins fan. While living in
is open free of charge to the community, feature Sterling, Va. his life, Shizue Mano. He the District, he participated
the community and all are renowned and internationally The free event will always called her “Suzie” and Windsor D. Dempsey in the Jefferson-Kennedy
welcome. Call the church distinguished orators. include games, food, they were together over 55 block club, Boy Scouts and
years until her passing in 2003. He served his several bowling leagues. After moving to

Plays Explore Religious Themes

By Herb Quarles
country for 20 years, retiring in 1967 after
achieving the rank of sergeant first class.
In addition to his honor and duty to the
Upper Marlboro, Md., he became a member
of Northeastern Presbyterian Church of
Washington, D.C., and participated in various
Special to the AFRO nation, he was rooted in tradition and was committees. He also enjoyed playing the
a dedicated family man. As son, brother, clarinet with his buddy, Joe Witherspoon.
The Essential Theatre’s new play reading series will present two free public readings as part husband, father, nephew or cousin, he could Windsor was diagnosed with two types
of the John F. Kennedy Center’s ninth annual Page-to-Stage Festival. This year the plays explore always be counted on and came through for of cancer within months of each other. He
religious themes in opposite manners that for some may generate greater understanding or all his family. He and Suzie raised three sons fought a difficult, but valiant battle and
concentrated conversation. and one daughter. passed away quietly on a Saturday morning.
S. Robert Morgan will direct The Essential Theatre’s reading of Betty’s Wish by La’chris Jordan After Army retirement, he held positions He is mourned by his sons Kenneth (Frieda),
at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 4 in the South Atrium of the Kennedy Center located at 2700 F St. N.W. with Walter Reed Army Research Institute Peter, Thomas (Deloris) and his daughter
Betty is a devoutly religious Jehovah Witness who has developed a deep, life-threatening and Catholic University as a nuclear power Harumi; sister, Verelle Webster; five
illness. Only a divisive medical procedure will save her. Betty’s husband is guided by his operator. From 1967 to his federal retirement grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and
devotion and undying love for her to make a difficult, life-changing decision. in 1982, he was with Walter Reed Army many loving relatives.
Morgan will also direct Sampson and Miss Delilah by Natalie Blank at 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 5
in the Atrium. Prostitution is now a legalized profession in the country and Miss Delilah is the
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Administration No.
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Estate of
Margie Robinson
Wilber
Deceased
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Washington
Decedent
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Mattie H Davis
Decedent
David C Harty
990 E Greenbelt Road
Suite 125
Lanham, MD 20706
Attorney
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was appointed personal
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who died on May 22,
2010 without a will, and
will serve without Court
supervision. All un-
known heirs and heirs
whose whereabouts are
unknown shall enter
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to such appointment
shall be filed with the
Register of Wills, D.C.,
515 5th Street, N.W.,
3rd Floor Washington,
D.C. 20001, on or be-
fore February 27, 2011.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
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with a copy to the under-
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forever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
August 27, 2010
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David C Harty
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Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
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2010ADM798
Willie Chiles
Decedent
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District
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3724 Twelfth Street NE
Washington DC 20017
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Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
February 27, 2011.
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cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
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Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
February 27, 2010, or
be forever barred. Per-
sons believed to be
heirs or legatees of the
decedent who do not re-
ceive a copy of this no-
tice by mail within 25
days of its first publica-
tion shall so inform the
Register of Wills, includ-
ing name, address and
relationship.
Date of Publication:
August 27, 2010
Name of newspaper:
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Reporter
Dorothy J Morris
Personal
Representative
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Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
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Susan Eileen Ware
Decedent
John J Beins Esq.
2 Wisconsin Circle
Suite 700
Chevy Chase MD
20815
Attorney
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10002 was appointed
personal representative
of the estate of Susan
Ware, who died on
September 18, 2004
without a will, and will
serve without Court su-
pervision. All unknown
heirs and heirs whose
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment
shall be filed with the
Register of Wills, D.C.,
515 5th Street, N.W.,
3rd Floor Washington,
D.C. 20001, on or be-
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Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
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with a copy to the under-
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February 27, 2011, or be
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legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
August 27, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Susan Eileen Ware
Personal
Representative
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2010ADM0030
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Washington
Decedent
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supervision. All un- UNKNOWN HEIRS Decedent TRUE TEST COPY
known heirs and heirs Jean L Washington, Sherri L Wyatt REGISTER OF WILLS
whose whereabouts are whose address is 49 The Law Office of 8/27, 9/3, 9/10
unknown shall enter Kennedy Street NE Sherri L Wyatt PLLC
their appearance in this Washington DC, was 114 Webster Street NE Superior Court of
proceeding. Objections appointed personal re- Suite 100
the District of
to such appointment presentative of the Washington DC 20011 District of Columbia
shall be filed with the estate of Lovelace O Attorney
PROBATE DIVISION
Register of Wills, D.C., Sawyer, who died on NOTICE OF Washington, D.C.
515 5th Street, N.W., September 3, 1999 with-
APPOINTMENT, 20001-2131
3rd Floor Washington, out a will, and will serve NOTICE TO Administration No.
D.C. 20001, on or be- without Court supervi-
CREDITORS 2010ADM764
fore February 27, 2011. sion. All unknown heirs AND NOTICE TO Edward R Strother
Claims against the de- a n d h e i r s w h o s e
UNKNOWN HEIRS aka
cedent shall be pre- whereabouts are un- Elelyn C Morgan, whose Edward Rufus Strother
sented to the under- known shall enter their address is 1008 23rd Decedent
signed with a copy to the appearance in this Street NW Washington John C Floyd III
Register of Wills or filed proceeding. Objections DC 20037, was ap- 1629 K-Street NW
with the Register of Wills to such appointment pointed personal repre- Suite 300
with a copy to the under- shall be filed with the sentative of the estate of Washington DC 20006
signed, on or before Register of Wills, D.C., Raymond Morgan, who Attorney
February 27, 2011, or be 515 5th Street, N.W., died on February 6,
NOTICE OF
forever barred. Persons 3rd Floor Washington, 2009 with a will, and will APPOINTMENT,
believed to be heirs or D.C. 20001, on or be- serve without Court su-
NOTICE TO
legatees of the decedent fore February 27, 2011. pervision. All unknown CREDITORS
who do not receive a Claims against the de- heirs and heirs whose
AND NOTICE TO
copy of this notice by cedent shall be pre- whereabouts are un- UNKNOWN HEIRS
mail within 25 days of its sented to the under- known shall enter their B e t t i e A n n Tu r n e r,
first publication shall so signed with a copy to the appearance in this whose address is 10629
inform the Register of Register of Wills or filed proceeding. Objections Provincial Drive Manas-
Wills, including name, with the Register of Wills to such appointment (or sas, VA 20109, was ap-
address and relation- with a copy to the under- to the probate of de- pointed personal repre-
ship. signed, on or before cedent¬s will) shall be sentative of the estate of
Date of Publication: February 27, 2011, or be filed with the Register of Edward R Strother aka
August 27, 2010 forever barred. Persons Wills, D.C., 515 5th Edward Rufus Strother,
Name of newspaper: believed to be heirs or Street, N.W., 3rd Floor who died on July 18,
Afro-American legatees of the decedent Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 2010 with a will, and will
Washington Law who do not receive a 20001, on or before serve without Court su-
Reporter copy of this notice by February 27, 2011. pervision. All unknown
Kenneth Rosenau mail within 25 days of its Claims against the de- heirs and heirs whose
Personal first publication shall so cedent shall be pre- whereabouts are un-
Representative inform the Register of sented to the under- known shall enter their
TRUE TEST COPY Wills, including name, signed with a copy to the appearance in this
REGISTER OF WILLS address and relation- Register of Wills or filed proceeding. Objections
8/27, 9/3, 9/10 ship. with the Register of Wills to such appointment (or
Date of Publication:
with a copy to the under- to the probate of de-
Superior Court of August 27, 2010 signed, on or before cedent¬s will) shall be
Name of newspaper:
the District of February 27, 2011, or be filed with the Register of
District of Columbia Afro-American forever barred. Persons Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Washington Law
PROBATE DIVISION believed to be heirs or Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Washington, D.C. Reporter legatees of the decedent Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
Jean L. Washington who do not receive a 20001, on or before
20001-2131
Administration No. Personal copy of this notice by February 27, 2011.
00ADM793-10 Representative mail within 25 days of its Claims against the de-
Lovelace O Sawyer TRUE TEST COPY first publication shall so cedent shall be pre-
Decedent REGISTER OF WILLS inform the Register of sented to the under-
Samuel C Hamilton 8/27, 9/3, 9/10 Wills, including name, signed with a copy to the
Esq address and relation- Register of Wills or filed
8401 Colesville Road ship. with the Register of Wills
Suite 620 Date of Publication: with a copy to the under-
Silver Spring MD August 27, 2010 signed, on or before
20910 Name of newspaper: February 27, 2011, or be
Attorney Afro-American forever barred. Persons
NOTICE OF Washington Law believed to be heirs or
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
February 27, 2011.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
LEGALof NOTICES
Register Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
February 27, 2011, or be
forever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
August 27, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Bettie Ann Turner
Personal
Representative
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
8/27, 9/3, 9/10
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM808
Julia J Williamson
Decedent
Cherly Chapman
Henderson Esq
4920 Niagara Road
Suite 200
College Park MD
20740
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Ave Maria Renard and
Mona Lisa Williamson,
whose address are 322
G Street, SW Washing-
ton DC 20024 and 2642
Summer Breeze Ct
Odenton MD 21113
were appointed per-
sonal representative of
the estate of Julia J Wil-
liamson, who died on
July 11, 2010 with a will,
and will serve without
Court supervision. All
unknown heirs and heirs
whose whereabouts are
unknown shall enter
their appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent¬s will) shall be
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
February 27, 2011.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
February 27, 2011, or be
forever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
August 27, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Ave Maria Renard
Mona Lisa Williamson
Personal
Representative
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
8/27, 9/3, 9/10
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM792
Tawana M Neale
aka
Tawana Marie Twyman
Neale
Decedent
James C Beadles Esq
PO Box 6368
Silver Spring MD
20916
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Tawana Allison Neale
Gormley, whose ad-
dress is 10601 Manor
Lake Terrace, Bowie MD
20721, was appointed
personal representative
of the estate of Tawana
M Neale aka Tawana
Marie Twyman Neale,
who died on June 24,
2010 with a will, and will
serve without Court su-
pervision. All unknown
heirs and heirs whose
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent¬s will) shall be
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
February 27, 2011.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
February 27, 2011, or be
forever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
August 27, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Tawana Allison Neale
Gormley
Personal
Representative
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
8/27, 9/3, 9/10
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
August 27, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Tawana Allison Neale
LEGAL NOTICES Gormley
Personal
Representative
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
8/27, 9/3, 9/10
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2009ADM721
Donald W
Washabaugh
Decedent
John Noble
451 Hungerford Drive
Suite 750
Rockville MD 20850
Attorney
NOTICE OF
AFTER
DISCOVERED WILL
AND
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT
Elsie W Yanchulis,
whose address is 302
West Edmonston Drive,
Rockville, Maryland
20852 were appointed
personal representative
of the estate of Donald
W Washabaugh, who
died on May 12, 2009
with a will. Objections to
such appointment or to
the probated of de-
cedent's Will shall be
filed with the Register of
Wills, District of Colum-
bia., 515 5th Street,
N . W. , 3 r d F l o o r
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
March 3, 2011.
Date of Publication:
September 3, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Elsie W Yanchulis
Personal
Representative
301-340-6281
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
9/3, 9/10, 9/17
SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
00841ADM10
Estate of
Paula A Harris
Deceased
NOTICE OF
STANDARD
PROBATE
(For estates of de-
cedents dying on or
after July 1, 1995)
Notice is hereby given
that a petition has been
filed in this Court by
Laurie Speed for stan-
dard probate, including
the appointment of one
or more personal repre-
sentative. Unless a com-
plaint or an objection in
accordance with Super-
ior Court Probate Di-
vision Rule 407 is filed
in this Court within 30
days from the date of
first publication of this
notice, the Court may
take the action here-
inafter set forth.
0
Admit to probate the
will dated December 20,
2005 exhibited with the
petition upon proof sat-
isfactory to the Court of
due execution by affida-
vit of witnesses
0
Ordered any interested
person to show cause
why the provisions of
the lost or destroyed will
dated December 20,
2005 should not be ad-
mitted to probate as ex-
pressed in the petition
Register of Wills
Clerk of the Probate
Division
Date of First Publication
September 3, 2010
Names of Newspapers:
Washington Law
Reporter
Washington
AFRO-AMERICAN
Laurie Speed
3464 Summit Court NE
Washington DC 20018
202-640-3800
Signature of
Petitioners/Attorney
9/3, 9/10
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM824
Clara Belle Jeter Scott
Decedent
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
April B Scott, whose ad-
dress is 737 Whittier
Street, NW Washington
DC 20012 was ap-
pointed personal repre-
sentative of the estate of
Clara Belle Jeter Scott,
who died on December
12, 2009 without a will,
and will serve without
Court supervision. All
unknown heirs and heirs
whose whereabouts are
unknown shall enter
their appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment
shall be filed with the
Register of Wills, D.C.,
515 5th Street, N.W.,
3rd Floor Washington,
D.C. 20001, on or be-
fore March 3, 2011.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
March 3, 2011, or be
forever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
September 3, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
April B Scott
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
LEGAL
Date NOTICES
of Publication:
September 3, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
April B Scott
Personal
Representative
202-722-1216
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
9/3, 9/10, 9/17
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM828
Mozelle F Little
Decedent
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Glenn Foster Little,
whose address is 5909
Clarks Fork Drive, Ra-
leigh, NC 27616 was ap-
pointed personal repre-
sentative of the estate of
Mozelle F Little, who
died on August 6, 2010
without a will, and will
serve without Court su-
pervision. All unknown
heirs and heirs whose
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent's Will) shall be
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
March 3, 2011. Claims
against the decedent
shall be presented to the
undersigned with a copy
to the Register of Wills
or filed with the Register
of Wills with a copy to
the undersigned, on or
before March 3, 2011, or
be forever barred. Per-
sons believed to be
heirs or legatees of the
decedent who do not re-
ceive a copy of this no-
tice by mail within 25
days of its first publica-
tion shall so inform the
Register of Wills, includ-
ing name, address and
relationship.
Date of Publication:
September 3, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Glenn Foster Little
Personal
Representative
919-878-4498
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
9/3, 9/10, 9/17
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM833
Samuel B. Harris
Decedent
Thomas H Queen Esq
530 Eighth Street SE
Washington DC 20003
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Dr. Paul Logan, whose
address is 4 Grant Circle
NW Washington DC
20011 was appointed
personal representative
of the estate of Samuel
B Harris, who died on
June 24, 2010 with a
will, and will serve with-
out Court supervision.
All unknown heirs and
h e i r s w h o s e
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment
shall be filed with the
Register of Wills, D.C.,
515 5th Street, N.W.,
3rd Floor Washington,
D.C. 20001, on or be-
fore March 3, 2011.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
March 3, 2011, or be
forever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
September 3, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Dr. Paul Logan
Personal
Representative
202-723-6132
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
9/3, 9/10, 9/17
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM669
Helen Roberson
Decedent
Cheryl Chapman
Henderson Esq
4920 Niagara Road
Suite 200
College Park MD
20740
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Gregory Roberson,
whose address is 10004
Graystone Drive, Upper
Marlboro, Maryland
20772 was appointed
personal representative
of the estate of Helen
Roberson, who died on
December 8, 2004 with-
20740 D.C. 20001, on or be-
Attorney fore March 3, 2011.
NOTICE OF Claims against the de-
APPOINTMENT, cedent shall be pre-
NOTICE TO sented to the under-
B9
CREDITORS signed with a copy to the
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
September 4, 2010 - September 10, 2010, The Afro-American
Gregory Roberson, with a copy to the under-
whose address is 10004 signed, on or before
LEGAL NOTICES
Graystone Drive, Upper LEGAL
March 3, NOTICES
2011, or be LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES
Marlboro, Maryland forever barred. Persons
20772 was appointed believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent MBE/WBE/SBE/LBE/LSBE The Maryland National Capital Park and Planning
personal representative Commission (M-NCPPC) hereby invites sealed
of the estate of Helen who do not receive a Subcontractors and Suppliers
bids from interested parties for Bid No. B31-108
Roberson, who died on copy of this notice by Ulliman Schutte Construction, LLC, Rock- Supply of Athletic Field Turf Renovation Services
December 8, 2004 with- mail within 25 days of its ville, MD is interested in receiving quotes Rev. 8/17/10
in accordance with specifications to be furnished
out a will, and will serve first publication shall so from qualified MBE/WBE/SBE/LBE/LSBE by the Purchasing Division, 6611 Kenilworth Ave.,
without Court supervi- inform the Register of subcontractors and suppliers for the DC Suite 300 Riverdale, MD 20737. There will be no
sion. All unknown heirs Wills, including name,
Water Biosolids Management Plan - Site charge for the bid. Each bid must be submitted to
and heirs whose address and relation- the Purchasing Office at the above address. Bids
ship. Preparation, bidding on September 8, 2010.
whereabouts are un- Opportunities are available for Specifications must be received before 11:00 am, Friday,
known shall enter their Date of Publication: September 17, 2010. Questions regarding this bid
appearance in this September 3, 2010 Divisions 1, 2, 3, 7 & 16. may be directed to Mechelle T. Myers, CPPB at
proceeding. Objections Name of newspaper: Please Fax quotes to 301-545-0810. Contact (301)454 1604, TTY (301)454-1493. All bids and
Afro-American telephone 301-545-0750. associated documents will become the property of
to such appointment
shall be filed with the Washington Law Ulliman Schutte Construction, LLC the M-NCPPC and will be considered public in-
Register of Wills, D.C., Reporter 7615 Standish place, formation.
515 5th Street, N.W., Gregory Roberson Rockville, MD 20855
Personal The Commission is an E.O.E. with special pro-
3rd Floor Washington, www.ullimanschutte.com
D.C. 20001, on or be- Representative curement rules for Minorities, Females, and the
Equal Opportunity Employer Disabled
fore March 3, 2011. TRUE TEST COPY
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Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre- 9/3, 9/10, 9/17 Nancy J. Keogh
sented to the under- Subscribe Today Purchasing Manager
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signed, on or before
March 3, 2011, or be AND OPPORTUNITIES
forever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
Clark/Smoot, acting as General Contractor, in conjunction with Hines|Archstone, Master
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its Developer is hosting a Pre-Solicitation Workshop for construction subcontractors for
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address and relation-
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Date of Publication:
th
900 10 Street NW
September 3, 2010 Washington DC 20001
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REGISTER OF WILLS
extensive site work. This work will be bid in fall 2010. Topics to be covered at the
9/3, 9/10, 9/17 workshop include contracting requirements and bid schedule, with a working lunch
session from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm on CBE joint venture requirements (all trades are
Superior Court of
welcomed – pre-registration is required).
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION Please register online at www.citycenterdc.com by September 3, 2010.
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No. For more information about the Pre-solicitation Workshop, contact Chrystal Stowe at
2010ADM742 Clark/Smoot, 202/243-6688 or via email at cstowe@srsmoot.com.
W. Alton Lewis
Decedent
1450 Mercantile Lane
Suite 155 AD NETWORK AD NETWORK
Largo Maryland 20774
301-341-5577
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Cheryl Belinda Greene,
whose address is 7195
Carrico Mill Road Hug-
hesville, MD 20637 was
appointed personal re-
presentative of the
estate of Edith Regenia
Teague, who died on
March 25, 2010 with a
will, and will serve with-
out Court supervision.
All unknown heirs and
h e i r s w h o s e
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent's Will) shall be
filed with the Register of INVITE YOU AND A GUEST TO AN
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March 3, 2011. Claims
against the decedent
shall be presented to the
undersigned with a copy
to the Register of Wills
or filed with the Register
of Wills with a copy to
the undersigned, on or
before March 3, 2011, or
be forever barred. Per-
sons believed to be
heirs or legatees of the
decedent who do not re-
ceive a copy of this no-
tice by mail within 25
days of its first publica-
tion shall so inform the
Register of Wills, includ-
ing name, address and
relationship.
Date of Publication:
September 3, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Cheryl Belinda Greene
Personal
Representative
240-499-4803
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Washington, D.C.
CAREER CORNER
20001-2131
To Advertise call 202-332-0080
Administration No.
2010ADM668
John Henry
Roberson Sr
Decedent
Cheryl Chapman
Henderson Esq
4920 Niagara Road
Suite 200 PLUMBER APPRENTICES
College Park MD
20740
Attorney The Washington, D.C. Joint Plumbing Apprentice Committee will accept applications for
NOTICE OF the Apprentice Program on October 5, 2010, January 4, 2011, April 5, 2011 and July 12,
APPOINTMENT, 2011 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon. Applications must be made in
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS person at 8509 Ardmore-Ardwick Road, Landover, Maryland 20785. There will be a $20.00
AND NOTICE TO application fee.
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Gregory Roberson,
whose address is 10004 Requirements: Minimum age 18 at time of application
Graystone Drive, Upper High School Diploma or GED
Marlboro, Maryland
20772 was appointed
personal representative
Presentation of the following 4 documents is required at time of application:
of the estate of John
Henry Roberson Sr., 1) Birth Certificate or Passport
who died on June 1, 2) Valid Driver¬s License or Valid State Issued
2010 without a will, and
will serve without Court Identification Card
supervision. All un- 3) High School Diploma or GED Certificate
known heirs and heirs 4) Transcript of Grades (certified by High School) or GED Test Scores
whose whereabouts are
unknown shall enter
their appearance in this Applications will be followed by a mandatory aptitude test beginning at 1:00 p.m. Study
proceeding. Objections booklets are available for the aptitude test and may be acquired by sending a $15 money
to such appointment
shall be filed with the
order to GAN Human Resources Associates, Inc., P.O. Box 6111, Bloomingdale, IL
Register of Wills, D.C., 60108-6111.
515 5th Street, N.W.,
3rd Floor Washington, If selected for apprenticeship, final acceptance will be contingent on ability to pass a drug
D.C. 20001, on or be-
fore March 3, 2011. and background screening.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre- Additional information may be obtained at our web site: local5plumbers.org.
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed The Committee selects students of any race, color, sex, national or ethnic origin to all
with the Register of Wills the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
students at the school. The Apprentice Committee is actively recruiting applicants including
March 3, 2011, or be minorities and females.
forever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
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