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Did Civil Rights-Era Comic Book Mathis’ Mind: Save Character Education
Inspire Egyptian Protestors? A2 Ex-Inmate Programs A7 Special Section Insert

Obama Budget Criticized Black Population Dwindles

By Zenitha Prince
Washington Bureau Chief
President
in Baltimore
President Barack Obama’s
Obama’s 2012 By George Barnette and Shernay Williams redistricting. “[Minority growth] actually bodes
2012 budget, released on
budget proposal AFRO Staff Writers well depending on where these census blocks
Valentine’s Day, is getting
is drawing are in the population and where the population
little love from either side of
criticisms from Maryland’s Black population increased is,” Edwards said. “We get to see what this
the ideological aisle.
Democrats and slightly to 29.4 percent, while Blacks might mean, in terms of the prospects for
Republicans, who in a nod
Republicans seemingly migrated to southern counties, additional members of the state senate, who
to their tea party supporters
alike. according to new Census data released Feb. 9. might be African American and be competitive
have proposed $61 billion in Counties such as Anne Arundel, Howard in some districts where there hasn’t been
spending cuts for the current and Charles – whose White population dipped competition [from African Americans] before.”
fiscal year ending Sept. 30, from 67 to 48 percent over the last decade – Baltimore City was the only jurisdiction in
said Obama’s $3.73 trillion experienced the largest growth spurts of Black the state to lose residents; in fact, as a whole,
proposal falls short of his residents. Maryland grew by 9 percent or 480,000
pledge to fiscal discipline. U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md., said residents.
“The President’s budget areas such as Charles County, which was once Over the last decade, Baltimore City’s
reflects a complete lack of rural and undeveloped, are becoming more population decreased by about 1 percent with
seriousness about our present developed as the result of urban sprawl from about roughly 30,000 fewer Black residents
fiscal crisis.  If this is our the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. living in the area than Whites. The city now
generation’s Sputnik moment, She says the new racial composition has 620,961 residents, a 4.6 percent loss and at
then the White House clearly may benefit minorities during legislative Continued on A5
hasn’t gotten the message,”
said Republican National
Committee Chairman Reince
Priebus in a statement. “If
we are serious about cutting
the size of government and AFRO File Photo
creating jobs, it is going to
require real leadership from boosts in areas such as and out-educate, as well as
this White House.” biomedical research, out-hustle the rest of the
The White House spending broadband extension, high- world, the jobs and industries
plan promises to cut the deficit speed rail, elementary of our time will take root here
by $1.1 trillion over 10 years education and clean energy. in the United States.  Our
but will increase the deficit by “These investments are an people will prosper and our
$1.65 trillion this year before essential part of the budget,” country will succeed.” 
starting to scale back. President Obama said at But such increases fly in
The plan reflects funding Baltimore’s Parkville Middle the face of the president’s
School and Center for promise to address long-term
INSERT Technology on Monday, “... deficit reduction, Capitol Hill
because I’m convinced that if Republicans said.
• Character Education we out-build and out-innovate Continued on A5
Map provided by the U.S. Census Bureau

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Nonprofit Announces Baltimore Jack Johnson Indicted
Join Host Sean Yoes
Youth Programs By George Barnette
AFRO Staff Writer

 Sunday @ 8 p.m. on By Shernay Williams falling through the cracks,” adding that the city Former Prince George’s
88.9 WEAA FM, the AFRO Staff Writer must do a better job to promote such forward County Executive Jack
Voice of the Community. thinking programs throughout the city. Johnson was indicted on
At a media conference Feb. 14, city The foundation’s Argus program federal bribery, extortion
leaders announced the Milton S. Eisenhower encourages 20 young ex-offenders between the and witness and evidence
Foundation will sponsor programs for ages of 14 and 18 to prepare for the GED and tampering charges on Feb.
teenage dropouts and ex-offenders seeking 14.
“We have to take these programs According to the
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desiring college preparatory training and indictment, the 61-year-

school-age children looking for an after and make them a model for the old Johnson is accused
school safe haven. nation.” of conspiring – with
Lauding the program as a “faith event,” developers, political
U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said the develop job training skills five days a week at candidates, public officials
foundation’s tri-fold efforts will fortify youth the Druid Hill Community Development Corp. and Amrik Singh Melhi,
through holistic services.“We have to take Some 30 students at Augusta Falls owner of Tick Tock Liquors
these programs and make them a model for the High School in West Baltimore will take in Hyattsville, as well as
nation,” he told reporters at the media event. advantage of the Quantam program, receiving other liquor stores in the
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the opportunities – for individualized tutoring, region – to use his influence
initiatives will ensure “we have fewer people Continued on A5 to produce favorable
official actions for the
aforementioned parties.
“Pay-to-play government
is not democratic
government,” said U.S.
Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein
in a statement. “Anyone who
seeks benefits or approvals
from the government should
be evaluated on the merits,
without being extorted for
payments or losing out to
competitors who pay bribes.
Government employees
flagrantly abuse the public
trust when they take money
in return for official acts.”
This week’s indictment
is the continuation of a saga
Photo by Webster Phillips that began when Johnson
Members of the Argus Project stand with U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., during a was arrested with his wife on
Join the AFRO on Valentine’s Day press conference announcing funding for youth programs in Baltimore Nov. 12 at their Mitchellville
Twitter and Facebook City. home. Three days later, nine
Photo by Rob Roberts
Former Prince George’s
County Executive Jack
Johnson faces a possible
115 years based on the
indictment handed down
on Feb. 14.
other people were arrested in
connection with the Johnson
probe including Melhi and
three Prince George’s police
officers.
The indictment says
that Johnson along with
the head of the county’s
Department of Housing and
Community Development
– called Public Official
A – accepted money, trips,
expenses, meals, drinks,
hotel rooms, airline tickets,
rounds of golf, employment,
mortgage payments and
campaign contributions
from Melhi and two other
men (Developer A and
Developer B). There is
substantial information in
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A2 The Afro-American, February 19, 2011 - February 25, 2011
AFRO National Briefs
Did Forgotten Civil Rights-Era Comic Book Inspire
Egypt’s Protestors?
Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy of social justice and
nonviolent protest may have prompted thousands of Egyptian
activists to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.
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Georgia Rep. John Lewis (D) told MSNBC a 50-year-old comic
book about the slain civil right’s leader and the Montgomery,
Ala. bus boycott has gained notoriety in the Arab world.
“Egypt is a reliable, dependable friend of the United
States of America, but what we’re witnessing is a nonviolent
revolution occurring in Egypt and we must be on the right
side of history. ... I just heard a day or two ago that more than
250,000 copies of The
Montgomery Story in comic
book form was distributed
throughout Egypt and it
was copied and translated. I
believe many of the people
in the streets today have
been deeply inspired by the
civil rights movement in
America and deeply inspired
by Martin Luther King ...”
The Montgomery Story
was first published in 1956
and highlighted the bus
boycott that ended the city’s
segregated transportation
policies. Although it
garnered little attention Courtesy Image
stateside, Egyptian blogger
Dalia Ziada translated the comic book into Farsi and Arabic in
2008. According to her blog, the Arabic and Farsi translations
inspired Vietnamese activists and The Montgomery Story is
now being distributed throughout other Asian countries.
“The main message I hope that Arabic readers will take
from the MLK comic book is that: change is not impossible.
It is time to stop using our muscles blindly,” said Ziada,
director of the American Islamic Congress (AIC) – an activist
group created in response to the Sept. 11 attacks – according
to TheGrio.com. “Let’s try using our intellect in innovative,
creative ways to pressure decision makers and end dictatorship,
tyranny and the suppression practiced against us.”
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Charters South African
Chapter
The world’s oldest intercollegiate fraternity founded by
African-American men has established its first chapter in
South Africa. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, founded at Cornell
University in Ithaca, N.Y., in 1906, chartered Rho Phi Lambda
Chapter in Johannesburg on Feb. 3.
The ceremony was held during the Kenneth Harlan
Simmons Memorial Charity Dinner. Simmons, a successful
African-American architect and professor, was a longtime
member of the fraternity known for his work on equal rights,
urban planning and community development. He relocated
to South Africa in 1994 after retiring from the University of
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The event, which included an Alpha auction for education,
was presided over by the fraternity’s world leader, General
President Herman “Skip” Mason Jr., and included members of
the fraternity’s board of directors, dignitaries and more than
200 others.
The new Johannesburg chapter’s 13 charter members
relocated from America to South Africa. However, the
fraternity aims to expand by inviting native South Africans to
join the fraternity through the Rho Phi Lambda chapter.
“We are excited about establishing the first chapter of
Alpha Phi Alpha on the African continent in the 21st century,”
said Michael Sudarkasa, chapter president and a Harvard
University-trained lawyer initiated at the University of
Michigan. “We look forward to playing an integral part in
helping to expand the fraternity’s presence in Africa in the
coming years.”
Va.’s First Black Chief of Justice Dies at 55
Leroy Hassell Sr., Virginia’s first Black chief justice, died
Feb. 9 at a Richmond hospital, the Supreme Court of Virginia
announced in a press release. The cause of his death was not
released.
A native of Norfolk, Hassell was a graduate of the
University of Virginia and Harvard Law School. Before joining
the Supreme Court at 34, he became partner at the nationally
recognized McGuire Woods law firm.
Hassell was a member of the court since 1989 and served as
chief justice from February 2003 until his death. His successor,
Chief Justice Kinser, praised Hassell’s intellect and “passion for
the law” in a statement.
“The Supreme Court of Virginia and the entire judiciary
in the Commonwealth are saddened by the death of Justice
Hassell. He was devoted to the Court and worked tirelessly to
improve the administration of justice,” Kinser said.
On Feb. 11, Hassell’s body lay in state in the state capitol
rotunda, where relatives and friends paid their final respects.
His funeral took place Feb. 12 at an undisclosed church where
Hassell and his family worshipped.
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Jennifer Hudson and Relatives Identify Body of Her Slain NephewA3 February 19, 2011 - February 25, 2011, The Afro-American
By Alan King sport-utility vehicle sought in from a neighbor about a suspi- posted fliers bearing his photo-

Veteran City Educator, Former Sen. Louise G. Murphy Dies

AFRO Staff Writer
Jennifer Hudson and other
relatives positively identified
By Shernay Williams
AFRO Staff Writer
Louise Gee Murphy, a
Baltimore City educator and
former state senator, died of
natural causes the morning of
Feb. 15, her daughter Sharon
Dow confirmed with the
AFRO. She was 88.
Murphy, a passionate
advocate for education, served
nearly half a century as an
elementary school teacher,
principal, supervisor and
specialist for Baltimore City
Public Schools. Later in life,
she delvedHudson
into politics.
Jennifer
wasA killed,
powerhouse as well
in heras her brother, Jason.
own right, heading various
committees including the
the body of her 7-year-old
Maryland State Central
nephew Monday,
Committee and Morganjust hours Park
after his body was
Community Association, the
outspoken woman married
connection with the murder of cious vehicle. The man noticed
Hudson’s mother and brother. the vehicle while walking his
The white, 1994 Chevrolet dog. According to the Chicago
Suburban with Illinois license Tribune, the boy had been shot
multiple times in the back seat
of the vehicle. The SUV, regis-
tered to Hudson’s murdered
brother, was towed with the
boy’s body inside and is being
processed by evidence techni-
cians and workers. The body
was later removed and taken to
the Cook County Medical
Examiner’s office.
Hudson and other family
members arrived at the Medical
Examiner’s office mid-after-
noon to identify the body.
Given the choice between look-
ing directly at the body or
viewing it on a wall-mounted
Courtesy Photos
and her mom, Darnell Donerson who
“She held hands with her family. It was obviously a very emotional moment.”
video screen, the AFRO family
Archives chose
plate X584859 was found on the latter. According
Former Maryland state Sen. Louise Gee Murphy seen here
Chicago’s West Side in.after Tribune, Hudson
at thesaid, age“Yes,
found in a
at her swearing
police received a 7 a.m. call
Murphy died Feb. 15
that’s him.”
graph around the city. On
Sunday, Jennifer Hudson asked
for the public’s help in finding
her nephew. In her MySpace
Maryland General Assembly and one great grandchild. deadline.
blog, Contactfans
she thanked March
and sup-
as a democratic state senator Funeral arrangements Funeral Homes West forand
porters for their prayers
for District 44, replacing were not finalized by AFRO details at
offered (410) 542-2400.
a $100,000 reward to
incumbent John Carroll anyone who returned the boy
Byrnes, according to the alive.
Maryland Society of Senators Since the investigation,
Hudson – who gained stardom
Past.
after appearing on “American
“She [Louise Murphy]
Idol,” and then won an
was a forceful, concerned, Academy Award for her role in
committed person, who had a the movie Dreamgirls – has
deep sense of the value of the stayed out of the public eye.
community. She had a sense The Chicago Tribune report-
of the importance
Julian King, Jennniferof politicalHudson’s nephew. ed that a parade of cars moved
organizing and she was a slowly past her family’s home
fixture in the Black
A spokesman for society
the office of the murders but is being held in Monday morning, past the
told the newspaper that
West Baltimore for as long as Hudson jail for parole violation after news vans, reporters and curi-
I can remember,” AFRO CEO ous onlookers.
and Publisher John Oliver Jr.
said.
Neighbors stood
quietly and
Amongstrong
“remained her many honors,
for her fami- being convicted of attempted
reflected on the
Photo Murphy served as president violence.
to the ly” and was clearly its leader. murder and vehicular hijack- In front of the Hudson’s
of theheld
“She Baltimore
hands withCity her
Retired
fami- ing. Cook County records show
Teachers Association, home, men in heavy jackets
of 88. ly,” the spokesman said.on“Itthe that he pleaded guilty to both and hooded sweatshirts came to
boards
was of directors
obviously a veryforemotional
the charges in 1999. He was also kiss the twin white crosses bar-
Morgan Christian Center and

ACORN Fights Back

graduated in 1944, during the University of Maryland moment.” convicted in 1998 for posses- ing the names of Donerson and
into the iconic Murphy the heart of segregation, and with them,” Dow said. Arena
The Playhouse,
boy – the son andofwasJulia sion of a stolen motor vehicle. Jason.
family of the Afro-American two years later, she earned a Murphy soon returned a 60-yearJennifer’s
Hudson, active membersister –ofhad He was released from prison in “Everybody is sick of going
Newspapers in 1971. master’s in education from to Baltimore and completed Deltamissing
been Sigma Theta Sorority.
since Friday, 2006 after serving seven years
Leader Calls Voter Registration Fraud Charges ‘Bogus’
through stuff like this,” Artisha
an advanced when Dow said her mother
a relative found Julian’s for the attempted murder and West, a former resident of the
certificate loved to travel. She recalled a
grandmother, Darnell car hijacking charges.
“She had a sense of the importance of political
By Alan King and Dallas Cowboys players No wonder Obama’s campaign is
in education time in the 1960s when they
Donerson, 57, and his uncle, The boy remained missing
area told the Tribune. “We all
have to stick together. All these
AFRO Staff Writer Tony Romo and Terrell Owens, trying to distance him from the
organizing and she was a fixture in the Black society
among the names submitted to group, saying, “Barack Obama
from The traveled cross-country by train.
Jason
in his
Hudson, 29,
grandmother’s
“But what was probably the
shot
home
to death
in
through
which
a long weekend in
police and volunteers
young children are dying, and
Never Organized Johns Hopkins for what?”
of West Baltimore for as long as I can remember.”
Presidential candidate John
McCain’s attack on ACORN –
election officials.
Hurd said those workers, who But Obama’s ties to ACORN run
with ACORN.”
University.
the 7000
Avenue.
block of South
most important to her was Yale

Associated Community were doing those things without long and deep. HeShe spent
taught classes education,” Dow said. “She
An Amber Alert – a desig-
A product of city
Organization for Reform Now – schools, New York University on 43 years
ACORN’s knowledge or permis- for ACORN. They even endorsed swiftly moving up firmly believed that children
nation for high-risk missing
Murphy
confirmsattended
the success what was
of the scholarship.
sion, were fired. “[At that time] the ranks
him of city schools
for President. had to get
children a good
– was foundation
issued Friday in
then Coppin State
organization, the head Teachers
of the the“The
stateevidence
preferredthat to has
paysur- untilnow
But herACORN
retirement is inintrouble. the elementary years.”
after Julian was discovered
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group says. to have an impact for
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so farto go tothey
shows graduate
faked 1988. Between
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arrested William
we’ve done and success we’ve didn’t do, not to stuff ballot country involving thousands of Balfour, the missing boy’s step-

Boyd Gives Update on Black Farmers Settlement

had,” Maude Hurd, president of boxes.” ACORN, she said, is the potentially fraudulent ACORN father and estranged husband
ACORN, said in an interview victim of fraud, not the perpetra- forms. of Julia, at his girlfriend’s
with the AFRO. tor of it. Announcer: Massive voter Southside apartment several
“When this
By Jamaal Abdul-Alim attack started, we Hurd said the only things – keptAnd
fraud. making
the Obama statements campaign President
hours afterObama,
the murders.the measure
had just announced
Special to the AFRO that we had bogus are the charges them- paid more than
about the case instead of$800,000 to an must be approvedMichele,
Balfour’s mother, by U.S. has
registered 1.3 million new vot- selves. And factcheck. org ACORN
asking Dr. Boyd an actualvote
front for get out the District Judge Paul Friedman
told reporters that her son had
ers,”Although
she said. President
“That’s justBarackto say agrees. efforts.
question. before it can become part
nothing to do with the of
slayings.
that someone’s running scared It concluded, “Neither Pressuring banks to issue risky
Obama signed a measure two Despite Stranahan’s the settlement.
Balfour remains a suspect in Jason Hudson
because of ACORN’s success.” ACORN nor its employees have loans. Nationwide voter fraud.
months ago meant
McCain, who is running for to fund the been found guilty of, or even questions
Barack Obama. about Bad non-farmers
judgment. “I’m hopeful that Judge
settlement of a longstanding
president on the Republican tick- charged with, casting fraudulent seeking
Blind to
ambition. file claims,
Too risky the for Friedman will make that
case known
et, lashed out as the Blackin the
at ACORN votes.” settlement, formally known
America. decision soon,” Dr. Boyd said.
farmers
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againstnoBarackpayout is The problem came about pri- as Pigford II, actually allows
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this country, Black ple, many of them poor or unem- racist through mail.USDA agencies from House
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the presidential
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deliver earlier this
Factcheck.org, week at the being registered and those doing
a non-partisan and were denied
organization’s Boston loans andduring
Seattle
Web site, found those claims to this
the September 2010 AFRO
registration. offices and stole computers.
National Press Club. “We’ve the same period.
be “exaggerated,” with “no evi- fileMaud
photo, alerted“We
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had a very long struggle. Congress enacted
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destroying fraud.” scam, asking of
ate falsification them to pay
registration.” sent to the local office saying she HVAC System Vacation
he said in reference to the Most news fees. account II in 2008 due to concerns
Hurd believes the McCain application Heneglect
said to “is going to have her life ended.”
lawsuit, which began in pointfarmers
out that ACORN about the large number of
charges were politically motivat- the did notishave to A worker in Providence, R.I.,
1997
ed. and alleged the U.S. required by law to turn in all reg- late-filing
received applicantscall
a threatening who did
say-
pay any money to apply for Landscape College
Department of Agriculture
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and
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organization has fought for social his political support. fraudulent, and you need to go to
to give claimants who still to cash in onI’m theJohn
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hadn’t had their cases heard
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message.
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A4 The Afro-American, February 19, 2011 - February 25, 2011
Churchgoers Don Red for Heart Disease Prevention
By Shernay Williams
AFRO Staff Writer
Donning a dark red suit
accented with black polka
dots, Verbar McKnight
headed to the basement of
Gillis Memorial Christian
Community Church in West
Baltimore following the
morning service Feb. 13.
The 54-year-old was on a
mission – to take advantage of
blood pressure screenings and
track her risk for heart disease.
“This is very important. I
always get my blood pressure
checked,” she said.
Her mother suffers from
a severe heart condition,
spawned by years of high
blood pressure, and although
McKnight says she hasn’t
experienced serious health
woes, yet, she wants to get
screened at least three times a
month.
“I just want to be safe,” she
said, standing in line to see a
nurse from St. Agnes hospital,
Red dresses flowed all over Gillis Memorial Christian Community Church in Baltimore
bge_clipboard_family_Afro_2_19_Layout 1 2/10/11 4:59 PM Page 1
during the 11 a.m. service Feb. 13, in honor of Red Dress Sunday.
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help of bge.com/WinterReady. When you visit the special section of our web site, you’ll find lots of tools
and resources to help you prepare for cold weather, know more about your energy usage and costs,
choose how to get more out of your energy, and save all winter on your energy bill. Now you have more
ways than ever to beat the cold weather, and BGE can help.
visit our viRtual home at
for nearly 500 years,
NG_AIA_AfroAmer_23x2_v2.indd 1
who was administering the sponsored event that brings
checks. awareness to the devastating
Dozens of McKnight’s effects of heart disease.
fellow congregants – all
sporting red attire – filtered churches led health forums or
in and out of the church’s shared heart-related literature
basement while hundreds of during Red Dress Sunday and
parishioners swarmed other St. Agnes officials anticipated
places of worship around the a similar turnout this year.
state for similar screenings
in celebration of Red Dress Church in East Baltimore
Sunday, a St. Agnes Hospital- hosted the largest gathering
Michelle Hardester, nurse, takes Loise Moore’s blood
pressure reading after the morning service at Gillis
Memorial Christian Community Church.
ion
ula t
ttic ins
t B illing
B u dge
for
eads
w erh
w s ho
ow flo
bge.com/WinterReady
Last year, over 100
Mt. Pleasant Baptist
Dressed in her red, 105-year-old Lavinia Smith was
honored during the services. She is shown here with the
Rev. Melvin Jackson, pastor at Gillis Memorial Christian
Community Church.
this year, a full-out health
fair featuring fitness experts,
health vendors and free
screenings testing lung
functions, glucose levels and
blood pressure. “We want to
educate women, primarily
African-American women
that this can be a preventable
disease by taking proactive
steps,” said St. Agnes
spokeswoman Shareese
Deleaver. She said church
participation ballooned from
three congregations to over
100 since the annual event
started in 2005. “The event
has caught on and grown and
I think it has a lot to do with a
desire to be educated.”
The 50 or so variations
of heart disease – the most
common being blockage of
the coronary arteries – are
the No. 1 causes of death
in America, chiefly among
African-American women.
Prevention steps include a
vegetable-rich diet, frequent
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african americans
February 19, 2011 - February 25, 2011, The Afro-American A5
to ensure his congregants
Obama Budget
Continued from A1
access to graduate-level
education seems to conflict
with the notion of winning the
future,” he added. “We cannot
the huge cuts that Republicans
are forcing us to digest for
the rest of FY2011,” he
said in a statement. “How
said the budget is misguided.
“The president’s top economic
priority should be job creation,
but the proposed budget does
investments in transportation
infrastructure, energy
research and the like, Irons
cautioned, “Unfortunately,
understand the risks of heart win the future by leaving our can we stop the Republican too little and turns too quickly the funding increases in
“He’s been eloquent In all the plan cuts back or most vulnerable behind.” cuts when the president has toward deficit reduction,” these and other areas, while
disease. He’d just recovered
about the problem and yet eliminates more than 200 Harking back to the one-upped them?  As the said Irons in a statement, welcome, are insufficient
from a stroke, exacerbated
his solutions don’t address programs and the president CBC’s disagreement with president, he should be the last adding that the unemployment to put a major dent in
by hypertension, two days
the problem,” said Ohio has further promised to veto the president over last year’s line of defense for the most climate – 9 percent for 21 unemployment. Furthermore,
prior to the Red Dress Sunday
Republican Sen. Rob any bill larded with earmarks. extension of tax cuts for the vulnerable Americans, instead months and anticipated the overall freeze in domestic
event. “I used to check my
Portman, former director of The plan even includes wealthy, Illinois Democrat of the first one to cut.” elevated rates for the next few discretionary spending all
blood pressure once a month,
the Office of Management cuts to programs that he Jesse Jackson Jr. said this Black lawmakers and years – “demands a stronger but ensures that the fight to
now I check it every day,” he
and Budget under George W. cares “deeply” about, the budget further plays into the others such as John Irons, response.” create jobs and ensure future
said.
Bush, in a press conference. president added, including GOP’s hands. “This request research and policy director of Though he praised economic growth will be
“It’s not just about a diet,”
“The president has chosen to a $300 million reduction in for FY2012 opens the door for the Economic Policy Institute, the president’s proposed limited.”
added Barbara White, one of
increase spending in some community development
the church’s event organizers.
places, like high-speed rail, block grants, $2.5 billion
“We only have one heart and
Black Population
and then make reductions cut from the Low Income traumatic. We need all we can get,” he
we need to treat it well.”
elsewhere. But at the end Home Energy Assistance noted.
of the day, it does nothing Program, Pell Grant decreases While John T. Willis, former
Photos by Bill Tabron
Johnson in terms of addressing our
budget problem because it
doesn’t reduce spending.”
and a 50 percent funding
cut for community services
block grants. “This budget
Continued from A1
least 10,000 fewer than city officials had
anticipated.
system.
One way to combat a further strain
Maryland secretary of state and a
redistricting expert, agreed it is unlikely
the city will lose the two congressional
Continued from A1 “But here’s the thing,” freeze will require some districts with the largest numbers
Still, city leaders downplayed the is to make sure there is smarter growth
President Obama countered tough choices,” Obama of African-American residents, he
the indictment taken from population loss, citing a steady decline – in Prince George’s. “Over the next
in his speech. “While it’s acknowledged. “But if we’re anticipates Baltimore will lose one of
wiretapped conversations at higher rates – for generations. Mayor decade, it is my goal to not just continue
exercise and other oft-stressed absolutely essential to live going to walk the walk when its six senate seats and have one to three
between Johnson, Public Stephanie Rawlings-Blake called the the growth of the population, but to
elements that characterize a within our means, while we it comes to fiscal discipline, fewer delegates in the House depending
Official A, Developer A and 2010 figures the smallest population prioritize ‘smart-growth’ of Prince
healthy lifestyle, including are absolutely committed to these kinds of cuts will be on state line configurations.
Developer B. At the time of decline since the 1950s. But in a George’s County in terms of economic
smoking cessation. working with Democrats and necessary.” According to political talk show host
the offenses covered by the statement, she added, “We must continue development, jobs, better schools, more
“But you can’t do anything Republicans to find further Democratic lawmakers and former state senator, Larry Young,
indictment, the head of the to make progress on the core issues that effective and efficient government and
about heredity,” said Marcy savings and to look at the and liberal advocacy groups Gov. Martin O’Malley, who will draw
Department of Housing and matter most to Baltimore’s families: imploring better and more sustainable
Hunt, one of the nurses whole range of budget issues, are decrying the cuts, new boundaries during the first day of
Community Development better schools, safer streets, and stronger methods of living and growing,” County
conducting blood pressure we can’t sacrifice our future however, saying it targets the 2013 General Assembly, should map
was James Johnson. in the process.  Even as we communities that are more neighborhoods.”
checks at Gillis Memorial. a shared district
She said some people are born
One of the more
interesting statements
cut out things that we can socioeconomically vulnerable. Prince George’s County’s population
grew 7.7 percent from 801,515 to
“[Minority growth] actually bodes well between the city
with heart disease, including afford to do without, we have “Rebuilding our economy
many from within the African
came on the day State Sen. a responsibility to invest in on the backs of the most 863,420. Despite the fallout from the depending on where these census blocks and Baltimore
County. The move
Ulysses Currie, D-Dist. those areas that will have the vulnerable Americans is foreclosure crisis, which left the county’s
American or Asian Pacific
25, was indicted on federal biggest impact in our future – something that I simply cannot economy in shambles, officials say are in the population are and where the would be justified,
Islander communities. as Cummings
It is best for individuals
bribery charges. Johnson, in
a conversation with Public
and that’s especially true when accept,” said Congressional they’re not surprised at the numbers.
“I’ve actually long suspected that
population is.” gave up a portion
who are highly susceptible to it comes to education.” Black Caucus Chairman of his district 10
Official A, urged him to use To pay for these Emanuel Cleaver II, D-Mo., we were going to have population Executive Rushern Baker said in a
heart conditions to know their years ago so the nearby county could
caution. investments – and with an in a statement. “I understand growth in Prince George’s County,” statement.
family history and manage have a congressman, Young said. “So
“You heard they indicted eye to debt reduction – the that now is the time for us as Congresswoman Edwards said. “Just Last December, Census officials
their health, she noted. this time, we need to go back and say
Uly Currie tonight right?” proposed budget includes a a nation to sacrifice in order from traveling around to neighborhoods announced Maryland would keep its
Regular blood pressure ‘Hey, we helped you get a United States
Johnson asked. five-year freeze on domestic to protect our children from a both in Prince George’s and eight congressional seats, but it remains
checks are vital since high congressman, ya’ll help us keep our
“Yeah, 16 counts,” Public discretionary spending, a mountain of debt; however, I Montgomery counties, where we’ve seen unclear if Baltimore City will retain
blood pressure commonly legislative districts,’” he said.
Official A responded. $78 billion deduction in am struggling to understand growth in the state, you can say we may three of those seats.
leads to heart disease, stroke The state still must adjust census
“Yup, damn, they really ... defense funds with a further how this budget helps us to have even seen more growth had it not Rep. Elijah Cummings, whose district
and kidney failure, according data to reflect prisoner populations as
that’s why I was saying man, anticipation of savings from best achieve this critical goal. been for the current economic crisis.” incorporates many of Baltimore City’s
to the American Heart mandated by a new state law requiring
you know we in these jobs, the ending of the Iraq and “Cutting funding The growth in Prince George’s Black voters, said he is confident the city
Association. inmates be counted based on their last
we got to take ... be careful Afghanistan wars, ending to programs County might not necessarily be a won’t lose congressional representation.
The Rev. Theodore C. known address. Young estimates at least
man,” Johnson said. “You tax breaks for oil and gas that assist hard-working good thing either. In a county with a “I think that our Congress people will
Jackson Sr., head pastor at half of the state’s prisoners are from
know what I’m saying. Be companies and ending tax Americans, help families weakened infrastructure, an increase in remain,” he said, adding that it will
Gillis Memorial, said he wants Baltimore City, which would greatly
careful boy, be careful.” cuts to wealthy Americans. heat their homes, and expand population could further strain resources. only be a matter of redistribution of the
Johnson is also The county is trying to save money population. increase the city’s figures. Census
officials are expected to release prisoner
Youth Programs
documented asking Melhi wherever it can, including possibly “The population loss has not been
and other people to donate to eliminating over 1,000 jobs in the school as great as in the past, but any loss is tallies by spring.
his wife’s campaign. In one
conversation with a public Continued from A1
official in the county he career planning and job shadowing – designed to boost
expressed his disappointment graduation rates.
with how little money his The Greater Homewood Community Corporation will
wife was receiving on the oversee the final effort, the Barclay Youth Safe Haven, in
campaign trail. partnership with Baltimore City Schools and the police
“And remember they used department. The program will offer afterschool services to 50
to be crying all the time and elementary students from the Barclay community. Officials say
your boy would go and was the program will incorporate mentorship, academic enrichment
able to pick things up for and social support services.
them,” he said. “So now it The Eisenhower Foundation will spearhead similar
starts coming in automatically endeavors in 14 other cities including Albuquerque, N.M.,
right, so they don’t need it
Boston, Mass., Jackson, Miss., and Oakland, Calif., via $9.1
anymore. OK, but you know million in grant awards from the Office of Juvenile Justice and
what? That doesn’t have to
continue to happen.
Delinquency Prevention of the U.S. Department of Justice.
“Tell him you need him to
Alan Curtis, president and CEO of the foundation, said
the initiatives will help mitigate problems that lead to teenage
raise money for my wife. Tell pregnancy, crime and poverty. “This is the kind of investment
him to write a $4,000 check.”
The investigation is
that yields an important return to our communities and our
continuing and more
nation in the growth of our economy and human potential,” he
said in a written statement. “We have scientifically evaluated
indictments are expected.
what will bring communities out of poverty and ensure that all
Some are expected to include
former candidates for public
Americans have the opportunity to realize America’s promise.”
office within the county
For decades, the organization has led programs targeting
as well as county council
“at-risk” youth from troubled neighborhoods throughout the
members.
country. An estimated 55 percent of their program participants
“These charges are the
improve their grades and 24 percent are less likely to become
teenage parents, according to foundation documents.
result of a long and complex “We trust Baltimore will have the same outcomes,” said
investigation by the FBI in Omalora Fafore, the foundation’s vice president of Program
Prince George’s County. Management and Capacity Building. She said the organization
Rooting out corruption has commenced three programs in Baltimore in the past, citing
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A4 The Afro-American, February 19, 2011 - February 25, 2011
Churchgoers Don Red for Heart Disease Prevention
By Shernay Williams
AFRO Staff Writer
Donning a dark red suit
accented with black polka
dots, Verbar McKnight
headed to the basement of
Gillis Memorial Christian
Community Church in West
Baltimore following the
morning service Feb. 13.
The 54-year-old was on a
mission – to take advantage of
blood pressure screenings and
track her risk for heart disease.
“This is very important. I
always get my blood pressure
checked,” she said.
Her mother suffers from
a severe heart condition,
spawned by years of high
blood pressure, and although
McKnight says she hasn’t
experienced serious health
woes, yet, she wants to get
screened at least three times a
month.
“I just want to be safe,” she
said, standing in line to see a
nurse from St. Agnes hospital,
Red dresses flowed all over Gillis Memorial Christian Community Church in Baltimore
bge_clipboard_family_Afro_2_19_Layout 1 2/10/11 4:59 PM Page 1
during the 11 a.m. service Feb. 13, in honor of Red Dress Sunday.
n a l a
io
Addit
u p
Sign
tall l
Ins
TOM When temperatures drop, energy bills go up because your heating system has to work a lot harder.
CUSTOMER OPERATIONS
That’s why BGE customers all over Central Maryland are making their homes “winter ready” with the
TRANSFORMATION
help of bge.com/WinterReady. When you visit the special section of our web site, you’ll find lots of tools
and resources to help you prepare for cold weather, know more about your energy usage and costs,
choose how to get more out of your energy, and save all winter on your energy bill. Now you have more
ways than ever to beat the cold weather, and BGE can help.
visit our viRtual home at
for nearly 500 years,
NG_AIA_AfroAmer_23x2_v2.indd 1
who was administering the sponsored event that brings
checks. awareness to the devastating
Dozens of McKnight’s effects of heart disease.
fellow congregants – all
sporting red attire – filtered churches led health forums or
in and out of the church’s shared heart-related literature
basement while hundreds of during Red Dress Sunday and
parishioners swarmed other St. Agnes officials anticipated
places of worship around the a similar turnout this year.
state for similar screenings
in celebration of Red Dress Church in East Baltimore
Sunday, a St. Agnes Hospital- hosted the largest gathering
Michelle Hardester, nurse, takes Loise Moore’s blood
pressure reading after the morning service at Gillis
Memorial Christian Community Church.
ion
ula t
ttic ins
t B illing
B u dge
for
eads
w erh
w s ho
ow flo
bge.com/WinterReady
Last year, over 100
Mt. Pleasant Baptist
Dressed in her red, 105-year-old Lavinia Smith was
honored during the services. She is shown here with the
Rev. Melvin Jackson, pastor at Gillis Memorial Christian
Community Church.
this year, a full-out health
fair featuring fitness experts,
health vendors and free
screenings testing lung
functions, glucose levels and
blood pressure. “We want to
educate women, primarily
African-American women
that this can be a preventable
disease by taking proactive
steps,” said St. Agnes
spokeswoman Shareese
Deleaver. She said church
participation ballooned from
three congregations to over
100 since the annual event
started in 2005. “The event
has caught on and grown and
I think it has a lot to do with a
desire to be educated.”
The 50 or so variations
of heart disease – the most
common being blockage of
the coronary arteries – are
the No. 1 causes of death
in America, chiefly among
African-American women.
Prevention steps include a
vegetable-rich diet, frequent
CORTINA & FAMILY
BGE CUSTOMERS | Windsor Mill
PRePaRe KnoW
african americans
February 19, 2011 - February 25, 2011, The Afro-American A5
to ensure his congregants
Obama Budget
Continued from A1
access to graduate-level
education seems to conflict
with the notion of winning the
future,” he added. “We cannot
the huge cuts that Republicans
are forcing us to digest for
the rest of FY2011,” he
said in a statement. “How
said the budget is misguided.
“The president’s top economic
priority should be job creation,
but the proposed budget does
investments in transportation
infrastructure, energy
research and the like, Irons
cautioned, “Unfortunately,
understand the risks of heart win the future by leaving our can we stop the Republican too little and turns too quickly the funding increases in
“He’s been eloquent In all the plan cuts back or most vulnerable behind.” cuts when the president has toward deficit reduction,” these and other areas, while
disease. He’d just recovered
about the problem and yet eliminates more than 200 Harking back to the one-upped them?  As the said Irons in a statement, welcome, are insufficient
from a stroke, exacerbated
his solutions don’t address programs and the president CBC’s disagreement with president, he should be the last adding that the unemployment to put a major dent in
by hypertension, two days
the problem,” said Ohio has further promised to veto the president over last year’s line of defense for the most climate – 9 percent for 21 unemployment. Furthermore,
prior to the Red Dress Sunday
Republican Sen. Rob any bill larded with earmarks. extension of tax cuts for the vulnerable Americans, instead months and anticipated the overall freeze in domestic
event. “I used to check my
Portman, former director of The plan even includes wealthy, Illinois Democrat of the first one to cut.” elevated rates for the next few discretionary spending all
blood pressure once a month,
the Office of Management cuts to programs that he Jesse Jackson Jr. said this Black lawmakers and years – “demands a stronger but ensures that the fight to
now I check it every day,” he
and Budget under George W. cares “deeply” about, the budget further plays into the others such as John Irons, response.” create jobs and ensure future
said.
Bush, in a press conference. president added, including GOP’s hands. “This request research and policy director of Though he praised economic growth will be
“It’s not just about a diet,”
“The president has chosen to a $300 million reduction in for FY2012 opens the door for the Economic Policy Institute, the president’s proposed limited.”
added Barbara White, one of
increase spending in some community development
the church’s event organizers.
places, like high-speed rail, block grants, $2.5 billion
“We only have one heart and
Black Population
and then make reductions cut from the Low Income traumatic. We need all we can get,” he
we need to treat it well.”
elsewhere. But at the end Home Energy Assistance noted.
of the day, it does nothing Program, Pell Grant decreases While John T. Willis, former
Photos by Bill Tabron
Johnson in terms of addressing our
budget problem because it
doesn’t reduce spending.”
and a 50 percent funding
cut for community services
block grants. “This budget
Continued from A1
least 10,000 fewer than city officials had
anticipated.
system.
One way to combat a further strain
Maryland secretary of state and a
redistricting expert, agreed it is unlikely
the city will lose the two congressional
Continued from A1 “But here’s the thing,” freeze will require some districts with the largest numbers
Still, city leaders downplayed the is to make sure there is smarter growth
President Obama countered tough choices,” Obama of African-American residents, he
the indictment taken from population loss, citing a steady decline – in Prince George’s. “Over the next
in his speech. “While it’s acknowledged. “But if we’re anticipates Baltimore will lose one of
wiretapped conversations at higher rates – for generations. Mayor decade, it is my goal to not just continue
exercise and other oft-stressed absolutely essential to live going to walk the walk when its six senate seats and have one to three
between Johnson, Public Stephanie Rawlings-Blake called the the growth of the population, but to
elements that characterize a within our means, while we it comes to fiscal discipline, fewer delegates in the House depending
Official A, Developer A and 2010 figures the smallest population prioritize ‘smart-growth’ of Prince
healthy lifestyle, including are absolutely committed to these kinds of cuts will be on state line configurations.
Developer B. At the time of decline since the 1950s. But in a George’s County in terms of economic
smoking cessation. working with Democrats and necessary.” According to political talk show host
the offenses covered by the statement, she added, “We must continue development, jobs, better schools, more
“But you can’t do anything Republicans to find further Democratic lawmakers and former state senator, Larry Young,
indictment, the head of the to make progress on the core issues that effective and efficient government and
about heredity,” said Marcy savings and to look at the and liberal advocacy groups Gov. Martin O’Malley, who will draw
Department of Housing and matter most to Baltimore’s families: imploring better and more sustainable
Hunt, one of the nurses whole range of budget issues, are decrying the cuts, new boundaries during the first day of
Community Development better schools, safer streets, and stronger methods of living and growing,” County
conducting blood pressure we can’t sacrifice our future however, saying it targets the 2013 General Assembly, should map
was James Johnson. in the process.  Even as we communities that are more neighborhoods.”
checks at Gillis Memorial. a shared district
She said some people are born
One of the more
interesting statements
cut out things that we can socioeconomically vulnerable. Prince George’s County’s population
grew 7.7 percent from 801,515 to
“[Minority growth] actually bodes well between the city
with heart disease, including afford to do without, we have “Rebuilding our economy
many from within the African
came on the day State Sen. a responsibility to invest in on the backs of the most 863,420. Despite the fallout from the depending on where these census blocks and Baltimore
County. The move
Ulysses Currie, D-Dist. those areas that will have the vulnerable Americans is foreclosure crisis, which left the county’s
American or Asian Pacific
25, was indicted on federal biggest impact in our future – something that I simply cannot economy in shambles, officials say are in the population are and where the would be justified,
Islander communities. as Cummings
It is best for individuals
bribery charges. Johnson, in
a conversation with Public
and that’s especially true when accept,” said Congressional they’re not surprised at the numbers.
“I’ve actually long suspected that
population is.” gave up a portion
who are highly susceptible to it comes to education.” Black Caucus Chairman of his district 10
Official A, urged him to use To pay for these Emanuel Cleaver II, D-Mo., we were going to have population Executive Rushern Baker said in a
heart conditions to know their years ago so the nearby county could
caution. investments – and with an in a statement. “I understand growth in Prince George’s County,” statement.
family history and manage have a congressman, Young said. “So
“You heard they indicted eye to debt reduction – the that now is the time for us as Congresswoman Edwards said. “Just Last December, Census officials
their health, she noted. this time, we need to go back and say
Uly Currie tonight right?” proposed budget includes a a nation to sacrifice in order from traveling around to neighborhoods announced Maryland would keep its
Regular blood pressure ‘Hey, we helped you get a United States
Johnson asked. five-year freeze on domestic to protect our children from a both in Prince George’s and eight congressional seats, but it remains
checks are vital since high congressman, ya’ll help us keep our
“Yeah, 16 counts,” Public discretionary spending, a mountain of debt; however, I Montgomery counties, where we’ve seen unclear if Baltimore City will retain
blood pressure commonly legislative districts,’” he said.
Official A responded. $78 billion deduction in am struggling to understand growth in the state, you can say we may three of those seats.
leads to heart disease, stroke The state still must adjust census
“Yup, damn, they really ... defense funds with a further how this budget helps us to have even seen more growth had it not Rep. Elijah Cummings, whose district
and kidney failure, according data to reflect prisoner populations as
that’s why I was saying man, anticipation of savings from best achieve this critical goal. been for the current economic crisis.” incorporates many of Baltimore City’s
to the American Heart mandated by a new state law requiring
you know we in these jobs, the ending of the Iraq and “Cutting funding The growth in Prince George’s Black voters, said he is confident the city
Association. inmates be counted based on their last
we got to take ... be careful Afghanistan wars, ending to programs County might not necessarily be a won’t lose congressional representation.
The Rev. Theodore C. known address. Young estimates at least
man,” Johnson said. “You tax breaks for oil and gas that assist hard-working good thing either. In a county with a “I think that our Congress people will
Jackson Sr., head pastor at half of the state’s prisoners are from
know what I’m saying. Be companies and ending tax Americans, help families weakened infrastructure, an increase in remain,” he said, adding that it will
Gillis Memorial, said he wants Baltimore City, which would greatly
careful boy, be careful.” cuts to wealthy Americans. heat their homes, and expand population could further strain resources. only be a matter of redistribution of the
Johnson is also The county is trying to save money population. increase the city’s figures. Census
officials are expected to release prisoner
Youth Programs
documented asking Melhi wherever it can, including possibly “The population loss has not been
and other people to donate to eliminating over 1,000 jobs in the school as great as in the past, but any loss is tallies by spring.
his wife’s campaign. In one
conversation with a public Continued from A1
official in the county he career planning and job shadowing – designed to boost
expressed his disappointment graduation rates.
with how little money his The Greater Homewood Community Corporation will
wife was receiving on the oversee the final effort, the Barclay Youth Safe Haven, in
campaign trail. partnership with Baltimore City Schools and the police
“And remember they used department. The program will offer afterschool services to 50
to be crying all the time and elementary students from the Barclay community. Officials say
your boy would go and was the program will incorporate mentorship, academic enrichment
able to pick things up for and social support services.
them,” he said. “So now it The Eisenhower Foundation will spearhead similar
starts coming in automatically endeavors in 14 other cities including Albuquerque, N.M.,
right, so they don’t need it
Boston, Mass., Jackson, Miss., and Oakland, Calif., via $9.1
anymore. OK, but you know million in grant awards from the Office of Juvenile Justice and
what? That doesn’t have to
continue to happen.
Delinquency Prevention of the U.S. Department of Justice.
“Tell him you need him to
Alan Curtis, president and CEO of the foundation, said
the initiatives will help mitigate problems that lead to teenage
raise money for my wife. Tell pregnancy, crime and poverty. “This is the kind of investment
him to write a $4,000 check.”
The investigation is
that yields an important return to our communities and our
continuing and more
nation in the growth of our economy and human potential,” he
said in a written statement. “We have scientifically evaluated
indictments are expected.
what will bring communities out of poverty and ensure that all
Some are expected to include
former candidates for public
Americans have the opportunity to realize America’s promise.”
office within the county
For decades, the organization has led programs targeting
as well as county council
“at-risk” youth from troubled neighborhoods throughout the
members.
country. An estimated 55 percent of their program participants
“These charges are the
improve their grades and 24 percent are less likely to become
teenage parents, according to foundation documents.
result of a long and complex “We trust Baltimore will have the same outcomes,” said
investigation by the FBI in Omalora Fafore, the foundation’s vice president of Program
Prince George’s County. Management and Capacity Building. She said the organization
Rooting out corruption has commenced three programs in Baltimore in the past, citing
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Community Black Peabody Students Featured at

Concert Sponsored by The Links
New Catholic Charities Website Connects Families
to Parenting Services By AFRO Staff

Catholic Charities recently debuted On Feb. 20 at 3 p.m., the Columbia, Md., Chapter of The Links will present the 22nd
the Baltimore County Family Navigator Annual Peabody Concert at the Kossiakoff Center of the Johns Hopkins University Applied
website, www.family-navigator.org, Physics Laboratory. The program includes Peabody Conservatory students of African
developed by parents and caregivers of ancestry.
children with intensive needs. According The performers include violinist Dolores Harrison, who has performed with the Capitol
to the organization, the website opens up City Symphony and the Washington Sinfonietta; Nathan Jolley, a drummer, who was
a new avenue for families to find support, described in JazzTimes magazine as an “expressive player whose performance was a
information, and resources. display of youthful athleticism; Noble Jolley Jr., a pianist JazzTimes magazine hailed as a
Baltimore County residents who “fiercely talented and full of promise; oboist Jared Livingston Laws, a member of the Detroit
are parenting children with intensive Symphony Orchestra’s Civic Orchestra, the Dearborn Youth Orchestra, and the University
behavioral/mental health and/or of Michigan’s Youth Orchestra; saxophonist Gabrielle Murphy, who has performed at the
developmental disabilities can search Clifford Brown Jazz Festival; Shundeena Soza, a violinist and Peggy Pearlstone Scholarship
the site for useful resources like articles recipient; harpist Jordan W. Thomas; Rachel Winder, a saxophonist and first-year student
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about child development and educational at the Peabody Conservatory; John Elson Williams, a tenor, who has participated in various
The Baltimore County Family Navigator website
advocacy; workshops and support opera’s including Verdi’s Rigoletto and Venus and Adonis by Wadsworth. Williams is also a
helps families find resources for their children
groups. Families can also call 410-252- member of the Zeta Psi chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America inc.
with various behavioral and developmental
4700, extension 265, to speak with a John Wilson, a pianist, who has recently played for American and Czech government
issues.
family navigator who can help them officials in Prague. Wilson has also placed first in the Piano division of Alexandria Concerto
identify their strengths and challenges. services. According to their records, the Competition.
Baltimore County Family Navigator is a free agency helps over 160,000 people each year Gabriel Colby, a trombonist, who currently holds the position of Principal Trombone of
service, funded by The Governor’s Office for and also provides a quarter million meals to the Peabody Symphony Orchestra. Colby has also play trombone for the Nascar Awards
Children through the Baltimore County Local the hungry. Orchestra, and the Espy Awards Orchestra.
Management Board. For more information, contact Linda The Links was founded in 1946, and is a volunteer service organization of women who
Catholic Charities is one of Maryland’s Pearl, 410-252-4700 x265 or e-mail are dedicated to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the culture and economic survival of
leading non-profit providers of human FamilyNavigator@cc-md.org. African Americans and people of African descent.

Monarch Academy Accepting Applications until Feb. 22

Monarch Academy Baltimore Campus is accepting applications for fall 2011 for children
living in Baltimore City going into kindergarten, first, second, third and fourth grades. The
Tax Free Weekend for ENERGY STAR
application deadline is Feb. 22 at 5 p.m., and, if the number of applications exceeds the 330
available spaces, students will be chosen by lottery Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. at The Children’s Guild
campus at 6802 McClean Blvd.
Appliances Feb. 19-21
Monarch Academy’s educational program encompasses the best practices for how students Hoping to build on the success of
learn, teaching curriculum in an integrated way so students make real-world connections. The Maryland’s Tax Free Week this past August,
teaching approach involves project-based learning, a hands-on inquiry-focused approach, an appliance retailers across Maryland are getting
instructional delivery model that integrates the arts and character education into the curriculum, ready for this year’s Tax
presents lessons in a brain-compatible way, and teaches to the culture of the learner. Free Weekend for ENERGY
The new school will open for 2011 academic year at 410 Jeffrey St. in Brooklyn and move to STAR appliances scheduled
its permanent location at 2525 Kirk Ave. in fall 2012. School bus transportation will be provided for Feb. 19-21. During
at central locations to students living more than a mile from the school. Monarch Academy will Tax Free Weekend, the
also offer before- and after-school programs. following ENERGY STAR
Monarch Academy is tuition-free and open to all students living in Baltimore City. For more products are sales tax free: air
information and dates and times of informational meetings, visit www.monarchcharter.org, call conditioners, clothes washers
410-444-3804, ext. 220, or e-mail baltimoreinfo@monarchcharter.org. and dryers, furnaces, heat
Monarch Academy Public Charter School Baltimore Campus (www.monarchcharter.org) is pumps, boilers, solar water
a co-educational public charter school sponsored by The Children’s Guild serving students in heaters (tax-exempt at all
Baltimore City. times now), standard size
refrigerators, dehumidifiers,
programmable thermostats
and compact fluorescent light bulbs.
“The 2010 tax free week for apparel and
footwear was very successful and we expect
the Tax Free Weekend for ENERGY STAR
appliances to be equally successful,” says
Maryland Retailers Association President
Patrick Donoho in a statement. “This Tax
Free Weekend has two great benefits for
working families in Maryland. First, it will
provide much needed tax relief to families that
purchase qualified appliances. The savings
are significant – 6 percent.
Second, it will provide
ongoing energy savings to
these families through lower
energy bills.”
Donoho expects shoppers
to see special promotions
and sales on these appliances
during this weekend. This
Tax Free Weekend in
February will also help
Maryland’s environment
by offering incentives to
consumers to replace less
efficient appliances with newer ENERGY
STAR compliant appliances. The ENERGY
STAR label was established to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants
caused by the inefficient use of energy.
For more information, visit www.
marylandtaxes.com and www.mdra.org and
1-800-MD-TAXES.

Community Calendar
Feb. 18
Networking Happy Hour
With Soul Purpose!
Towson University Marriott
Hotel, Conference Center,
10 W. Burke Ave., Towson,
Md. 4-10 p.m. Join Baltimore
area business leaders, CEO’s,
I used to think executives and young
professionals at this networking
event. For more information:
443-987-6857.
being good was enough
Feb. 19
Dine With Ease—Dining
until I learned that Etiquette Workshop for
Couples
Confetti’s Event Center,
I could be great. 802 Gleneagles Court, Towson,
Md. 11:30 a.m. Learn proper
dining etiquette and have
Today, I realize an opportunity to practice
your skills at dinner the very
same day. $100. For more
I can choose to… information: 410-299-0623.
A Legacy in the Visual Arts:
BE LEGENDARY. The Scott-Caldwell Tradition
The Reginald F. Lewis
Museum, 830 E. Pratt St.,
Baltimore. 2 p.m. Artist Joyce
J. Scott will share how the
visual art of three generations
of women in her family has
shaped her today. $8. For more
information: 443-263-1800.
Drum Line Live
Celebrate Black History with Coca-Cola Joseph Meyerhoff
visit www.mycokerewards.com/blackhistory
Symphony Hall, 1212
Cathedral St., Baltimore. 8 p.m.
Witness the tradition of the
Black marching band on stage
and hear original compositions
and soulful renditions of “Top
©2011 The Coca-Cola Company. All Rights Reserved.
40” hits. $30-$60. For more
information: 410-783-8000.
Red Bull Rope Masters
Morgan State University,
Calvin and Tina Tyler
Ballroom, 1700 E. Cold Spring
Lane, Baltimore. 7-9 p.m. The
best double dutch teams in the
Northeast region will battle in
this unique competition to enter
the Red Bull Rope Masters
Champion finals in New York.
For more information: www.
redbullusa.com/ropemasters.
Feb. 20
Sharp Street Memorial UMC
Black History Month 2011
Sharp Street Memorial
Church, 1206 Etting St.,
Baltimore. 10 a.m. Sharp Street
Memorial will celebrate Black
History Month during each
worship service in February.
Edward Chow Jr., secretary of
the Maryland Department of
Veterans Affairs will be this
week’s guest speaker. For more
information: 410-523-7200.
Feb. 22
Black History: Continuing
the Conversation
Enoch Pratt Free Library,
Cherry Hill Branch, 606 Cherry
Hill Road, Baltimore. 5-6:30
p.m. Join in the discussion of
the pre and post civil rights era
and the present adversities the
community faces. For more
information: 410-396-1168.
Feb. 23
Dr. Ira Berlin
Enoch Pratt Free Library,
Central Branch, 400 Cathedral
St., Baltimore. 7 p.m. Dr. Ira
Berlin, History professor at
the University of Maryland
will discuss his new book, The
Making of African America:
The Four Great Migrations.
For more information: 410-
396-5430.
Feb. 26
‘Lil’ Dan the Drummer Boy,
a Civil War Story’
The Reginald F. Lewis
Museum, 830 E. Pratt St.,
Baltimore. 11 a.m. Hear a
story of a young drummer who
participated in the Civil War
and helped save his friends in
battle. Museum admission is
required. For more information:
443-263-1816.
Brothers in Blue: Uncovering
Civil War Ancestors with
Leslie Anderson
The Reginald F. Lewis
Museum, 830 E. Pratt
St., Baltimore. 10:30 a.m.
Genealogist Leslie Anderson
will discuss her methodology
in finding her maternal and
paternal ancestors who served
in the U.S. Colored Troops
in Pennsylvania and the U.S.
Colored Calvary in Virginia.
Museum admission is required.
For more information: 443-
263-1816.
We Dance in Colors!
Baltimore City College
Auditorium, 3220 The
Alameda, Baltimore. 3
p.m. The Baltimore City
College Dancers will present
their unique talents to the
community to help raise funds
for the people of Haiti. $10.
For more information: 410-
396-6557.

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Opinion
Don’t Mess With the 14th Amendment
“All persons born or
naturalized in the United
States, and subject to the
jurisdiction thereof, are
citizens of the United States
and of the State wherein they
reside. No State shall make
or enforce any law which
shall abridge the privileges
or immunities of citizens of
the United States; nor shall
any State deprive any person
of life, liberty, or property,
without due process of law;
Marc H. Morial nor deny to any person within
its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.” Section I of the 14th Amendment
The immigration debate has taken another ugly turn. First,
Arizona passed a law, now under federal challenge, granting
unprecedented powers to police to stop and demand proof of
citizenship from anyone they suspect of being in the country
illegally. Now, two United States senators, a congressman and
at least 14 states have proposed amending or reinterpreting
the 14th Amendment of the Constitution to deny citizenship to
U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants.
The 14th amendment effectively overturned the Supreme
Court’s infamous 1857 Dred Scott decision which ruled that
no slave or descendent of a slave could ever be a United States
citizen. Since its ratification in 1868, the 14th Amendment’s
clear statements on birthright citizenship, due process and
equal protection, have formed the basis for a large measure
of social and economic reforms. In fact, the Supreme Court
cited the violation of the 14th Amendment’s “equal protection”
clause as a major factor in its 1954 Brown v. Board of
Mathis’ Mind: Save Ex-Inmate Programs
(NNPA) – One of the
first places state and federal
governments look to make
cutbacks in an attempt to
balance their ballooning
budgets is in the penal system.
As a result, ex-offender re-
entry programs that help
rehabilitate those who are at
risk for returning to prison
are on the chopping block.
Sure, cutting funding to these
programs may help balance
budgets in the short term. But,
Judge Greg
as ex-offenders become repeat
Mathis offenders and return to jail or
prison, we end up shelling out
more money in the long run to incarcerate them. Additionally,
communities and individuals will continue to be victimized by
Caring for the Nurses who Care for Us
Any who doubt
Baltimore’s students and their
potential for success in the
demanding health care fields
should have a conversation
with Dr. Marcella Copes,
dean of Nursing at Coppin
State University.
My colleagues on the
Morgan State University
Board of Regents will forgive
me, I trust, for my long-
standing support for nursing
education at Coppin. I am
doing all that I can to help Dr.
Elijah Cummings Copes and her colleagues for
a very simple reason: they are
getting the job done.
Guided by a gifted and very supportive faculty, young
nurses-in-training from local neighborhoods are succeeding
academically at Coppin State “often against the odds” while
they also contribute to the well-being of our community.
Maryland is very fortunate to have a number of excellent
nursing schools, all providing this nation with highly qualified
registered nurses at a time when we face a significant shortage
in the field. Yet, even in this worthy academic company,
Coppin State’s nurses stand out.
Nursing graduates from throughout the country all take
the same national licensing examination to become registered
nurses. This year, Coppin State’s nursing students achieved the
highest RN passing rate of any school in our state.
Coppin State’s students are succeeding because of their
abilities, their determination and the faculty support they
Letter to the Editor
Disney's Black Princess Not in Ice Show
Hello, I just wanted to make the AFRO aware that I attended the Disney Princesses
on Ice in Baltimore, Md., on Feb. 12 and it was very discouraging and offensive that
Princess Tiana was not a part of the show. It saddened me that I brought my daughter
to the show because of Disney's first Black princess only to find that they had only
Caucasian Princesses on Ice. Yet, they sold Princess Tiana merchandise at the stands,
which was misleading. It was very disappointing as I looked around the arena that
the young Black girls had no one to identify with on ice. It sent a huge message
saying Black princesses don't exist ( and we know they do). I left there feeling robbed
February 19, 2011 - February 25, 2011, The Afro-American
Education decision ending segregation in
American schools. The 14th Amendment’s
most famous “birthright” defense came in
1898, when the Supreme Court, in United
States v. Wong Kim Ark, upheld the citizenship
of a child born in the United States to Chinese
immigrant parents who lived in San Francisco
but were not legal citizens.
The law is clear: Anyone born on American
soil, regardless of race or ethnicity, is entitled
to automatic citizenship. For more than 100
years, that has been a fundamental principle
of American democracy. But recently,
anti-immigration forces across the country
have claimed that large numbers of illegal
immigrants are crossing the border simply to
have what they derisively call “anchor babies”
– children who automatically qualify for the
benefits of United States citizenship.
Despite the fact that this rarely occurs, Sen.
David Vitter of Louisiana and Sen. Rand Paul
of Kentucky have introduced legislation that
would amend the 14th Amendment and deny citizenship to the
U.S born children of immigrants unless at least one parent has
permanent resident status, is a naturalized citizen or is serving
in the U.S. military.
Last year, in what appeared to be a mid-term election
campaign ploy, a number of conservative senators said
they might call hearings to air their opposition to automatic
citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants.
Most observers and scholars think that a push to amend the
Constitution is likely to fail given that it would require votes
from 67 senators, 290 representatives and ratification by 38
states.
But that has not stopped its supporters. On the first day
crime and trapped in a seemingly never-ending cycle.
Recently, USA Today reported on these cutbacks and the
impact they could have on states across the country. Florida,
for example, saw a small decrease in the number of ex-
offenders who committed a new felony while on probation.
Instead of looking at the bigger picture and continuing to
invest in programs designed to reduce recidivism, Florida, in
an attempt to get its fiscal house in order, plans to cut such
programs. Other states are also weighing significant budget
cuts to all parts of their criminal justice systems.
This is just bad business. In many states, the number of ex-
offenders committing new crimes has increased, partly because
of cuts to programs that help them transform their lives and
stay out of prison.
Any state considering such cuts should look to
Michigan for guidance. Budget gaps and increasingly high
unemployment rates have led lawmakers there to address both
problems with a novel plan: Help ex-offenders find and keep
jobs that will keep them out of prison. According to a report
receive. Their path to professional excellence is assisted by the
state-of-the-art computer simulated hospital training that I was
privileged to help them obtain.
Here in Baltimore, we all are better off as a result.
Coppin State’s Community Nursing Clinic serves patients
from both the university and the surrounding community.
Students at St. Frances Academy, senior citizens receiving
Wayland Baptist Church’s health care outreach service and
children at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital all benefit from
Coppin State nursing.
These are accomplishments that haven’t received much
public acclaim—but they should.
No healthcare professional has a more profound impact
upon our survival than the qualified nurse who cares for us
when we are injured or sick. It stands to reason, therefore,
that we all have a personal interest in the availability of high-
quality nursing education and the registered nurses these
educators train.
Nevertheless, some in the Congress are considering cuts to
federal support for nursing education.
I disagree.
We in the Congress need to expand this critical
federal funding for nursing education when we consider
appropriations for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development
Programs within our Public Health Services Act.
Cutting federal support for our nurses would be a false
economy. Cuts in funding would make the current nursing
shortage worse – a failure that many Americans would not
survive.
Locally, the national shortage of qualified nurses is already
a serious concern. We now are experiencing both a shortage of
trained nurses and unreasonably long hours for the nurses who
still are working in Baltimore’s healthcare facilities.
and upset. Had I known Princess Tiana would not be in the show, I would have not
supported the show. There were other upset African-American parents as well. I
informed them to contact Disney and NAACP. It was a big slap in the face and so
disrespectful—and to think this is during BLACK HISTORY MONTH!! I just wanted
to pass this along to the AFRO board and I will be contacting Disney as well to voice
my disappointment.
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of the new Congress, Rep. Steve King of Iowa chose what
he believes is a less arduous route by introducing legislation
that would outlaw birthright citizenship by amending the
Immigration and Nationality Act.
While opponents of birthright citizenship contend their
intent is to curb illegal immigration, this is clearly another
divisive step that would weaken America’s tradition and
strength as a nation of immigrants.
Our message to anyone attempting to rewrite history and
the law for their own political purposes is clear: Don’t mess
with the 14th Amendment.
Marc H. Morial is the president and CEO of the National
Urban League.
by the Institute for Research on Poverty, Michigan has used
job placement programs to cut the prison population by about
15 percent during the last four years and has saved more than
$200 million each year.
Here’s hoping other locales will follow Michigan’s lead.
With your help, maybe they can. Call or write your county,
state, and federal legislators and demand they not be so
shortsighted; ask that they avoid making budget cuts to prison
re-entry programs at all costs.
In these difficult economic times, it is only reasonable that
lawmakers conserve resources where they can. The criminal
justice system, particularly ex-offender re-entry programs, is
not the place to make these cuts. Our lawmakers must think
about the effect these budget reductions will have on our
overall safety and the economic impact they will have on
taxpayers down the road.
Greg Mathis is a nationally syndicated reality TV show
host and retired Michigan judge recognized for his advocacy
campaigns and book “Street Judge.”
We can rest assured that all of these professional nurses
will continue to do their best. Still, common sense tells us that
a shortage of qualified nurses must have an adverse impact on
patients’ care.
Giving our sick or injured less than the best care that we
can is unacceptable in a nation with the most expensive health
care system in the world. Unless we substantially increase our
support for nursing education now, health experts project that
we will face a national one-million-nurse shortfall within a
decade.
That would be a nursing crisis in which we would lack
fully one-third of the qualified nurses we need and Americans
would die before their time as a result.
We must do better.
Even today, Coppin State’s excellent nursing program
attracts more qualified applicants than the 125 students that the
school can accept at any one time.
The same holds true for our other local nursing schools
and those around the country. In 2009, U.S. nursing schools
turned away nearly 55,000 applicants from undergraduate and
graduate nursing programs due to insufficient capacity.
Why are so many highly qualified applicants being turned
away? A substantial reason appears to be a shortfall in the level
of state and federal funding needed to provide world-classes
nurses with the salaries that they need to support their families
while they teach.
Increased support for nursing education is not a luxury.
When our health and survival is at stake, caring for the nurses
who care for us is a necessity.
Congressman Elijah E. Cummings represents Maryland’s
Seventh Congressional District in the United States House of
Representatives.
Markia Dallas-Horsey
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Real Estate established by Congress concluded in housing downturn began.

January that the 1977 law was “not a Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., then
significant factor in subprime lending or chairman of the House Financial Services
the crisis.” Ben Bernanke, chairman of Committee, has also said he detected

Study Concludes Loans to Minorities
Did Not Cause Housing Crisis
By Kenneth J. Cooper
America’s Wire
Conservative Republicans and
commentators have frequently blamed
the housing crisis on the Community
Reinvestment Act (CRA), which encourages
banks to make loans in the low- and
moderate-income areas where they operate.
But a study to be released this week and a
bipartisan commission conclude that the
federal law had little impact on the crisis.
The 1977 law, designed to prevent
redlining in less prosperous neighborhoods,
requires banking examiners to consider how
the Federal Reserve, had made a similar
statement two years ago, but the criticism
continued.
The Democrats on the bipartisan
commission also found that the affordable
many loans a bank has made in these urban housing goals “contributed marginally” to
neighborhoods and rural communities when purchase of risky mortgages by Fannie and
financial institutions seek approval to open Freddie.
new branches, acquire other banks or merge. Maurice Jourdain-Earl heard in those
Critics charged that the CRA forced banks criticisms an accusation that minorities had
to approve mortgages for poor, unqualified caused the crisis—though he says race was
buyers who could not maintain payments rarely mentioned except by some bloggers.
and went into default or foreclosure, causing “It’s more innuendo,” Jourdain-Earl says,
the housing market to collapse. That charge calling the CRA “generically a code word” for
was also leveled often at the affordable- lending to minorities who cannot afford home
housing goals of Fannie Mae and Freddie loans. He says the same applied to affordable
Mac, federally sponsored enterprises that buy housing goals. His firm, ComplianceTech, is
mortgages made by private lenders. releasing a study this week concluding that
But the Democratic majority of the mortgage lending to African Americans and
Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Hispanics has declined by 62 percent since the
T:11.75”
racial code language in criticisms by some
conservative Republicans. “In the wake of the
affordable housing goals of Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac (and) the CRA, they get to take
shots at poor people. And let’s be honest, the
fact that some poor people are Black doesn’t
hurt, either, from their standpoint,” the Boston
Herald quoted Frank as saying in 2008 at a
local forum on foreclosures.
Grover Norquist, president of Americans
for Tax Reform and a prominent conservative,
told the Herald that he and other critics did
not blame “low-income African Americans”
he said had been victimized by the law, but
rather Frank and Sen. Christopher Dodd,
D-Conn., who then chaired the Committee on
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, and has
retired from Congress. The Herald labeled the
CRA one of the country’s “minority-lending
laws.”
See full story on Afro.com.

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scholarship
chairwoman

The Baltimore Tuskegee Alumni Association and

Baltimore Tuskegee Alumni Foundation held its 29th Annual
Carver-Washington Scholarship Awards Breakfast at The Forum.
The theme, “Baltimore Tuskegee Alumni Association: Pledging
Allegiance, Delivering Action,” was celebrated by honoring community Dr. Audrey
Gary
Dr. David leaders and acknowledging Tuskegee scholarship recipients. McCallum,
Reynolds
Wilson, The Rev. Julius Jefferson, senior pastor, Heritage United Church of Morgan State
Tuskegee Christ, and Dr. E. Albert Reece, vice president for Medical Affairs and Honoree Dr. E. Albert Reece, University
graduate and dean, University of Maryland School of Medicine, received awards vice president of medical
president of for their service and commitment to the affairs and dean, School
Morgan State community. The breakfast speaker of Medicine, University of
University was Dr. Gilbert L. Rochon, newly Maryland
installed sixth president of
Tuskegee University.
Honoree Rev. Julius
Jefferson and Patricia
Fields, president,
Baltimore Tuskegee
Alumni

Breakfast Dr. Earl S. Richardson,

speaker, Dr. former president,
Dr. Reginald Gilbert L. Rochon, Morgan State University
Avery, president,
president, Tuskegee
Coppin State Lamar Hylton, soloist and Louise Lassiter, University
University Student Recruitment Committee
Photos by A. Lois De Laine, Ed.D.

By Andrea L. “Aunni” Young

Special to the AFRO

The red carpet sizzled

as Black Entertainment
Television (BET) held its
fourth annual BET Honors
Awards show taping in
Washington, D.C. recently.
This year, BET honored the
Actress Nicole Ari Parker and
legendary actress Cicely husband, actor Boris Kodjoe
Tyson for her life’s work in Chance Jackson, a reporter for the Fab Cicely Tyson speaks with
the theatrical arts; Oscar Empire, D.C.’s own Ginuwine, and Ursula the media
Award-winning Jamie Lauriston, Washington Life magazine
Foxx for his career in Anika Noni Rose,
entertainment; supermodel actress and award
and entrepreneur Iman presenter
for her service to others;
publishing mogul Linda
Johnson Rice for her career
in media; Herbie Hancock for
his life’s work in the musical
arts and historian/educator
Linda Johnson Rice, Johnson
Lonnie Bunch for his work in Publishing Company and BET
education. honoree for media
The show was executive Jamie Foxx and his date
produced by Stephen
Hill, president of music R&B performer Ne-Yo
programming and specials
for BET Networks; Lynne
Harris Taylor, vice president
of specials for BET Networks
and John Cossette of John
Cossette Productions.
The awards show
featured exciting
performances by Yolanda
Adams and the Cicely L. April Woodard, “BET BET Honor for Service
Tyson Concert Choir, D.C.’s News” personality award recipient, Iman
U.S. Attorney
own Tank, R&B group General Eric
Guy, R&B performer Ne- Holder
Yo, the legendary Chick April Watts of
Corea Quartet, Keyshia the WHW Show
Cole, Angelique Kidjo, and
Naturally 7. Some of the
presenters included Hill
Harper, Jimmy Jam, Noah
Gray Cabey, Cedric the
Actor and presenter Hill Harper speaks
Entertainer, and Anika Noni with April Watts of the WHW Show
Rose. Actress Gabrielle
Union served as event host
for the third consecutive
year.
All private ticket sales
for the BET Honors Awards
Show will be given to Model and successful entrepreneur
the Washington, D.C. B. Smith with husband and producer
Martin Luther King Jr. Dan Gasby
National Memorial Project
Foundation this year. The
show airs Feb. 21.
Aaron and Damion Hall of R&B group Guy with WPGC’s
own Anji Corley Singer Lalah Hathaway
Photos by Markette Smith and Andrea L. “Aunni” Young
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Morgan State University Basketball

Hot Shooting Bears Avoid Valentine’s Day Loss
Lady Bears Hit Two-Game Losing Skid
By Perry Green
AFRO Sports Editor
Morgan State sophomore
forward DeWayne Jackson
put on one of his best
shooting performances of
the season on Feb. 14, and
it was just enough to help
his team avoid a Valentine’s
Day heartbreaker as the
Bears escaped the South
Carolina State Bulldogs,
72-66, at Smith-Hammond-
Middleton Memorial Center
Courtesy Photo/MSU in Orangeburg, S.C.
Morgan State Lady Bears guard Brittany Dodson scored Jackson, a 6-foot-6-
11 points on Feb. 14, but it wasn’t enough to keep MSU inch native of Bowie, Md.,
from losing its second straight game. connected on five of 10
three-point shot attempts and
finished with a team-high 17 points. But his biggest shot came from three-point-land with just
30 seconds remaining in the game. Jackson’s clutch trey-ball gave Morgan a 68-64 lead at the
time, good enough to seal the conference win.
“I just set my feet like (assistant coach Keith Goodie) kept telling me,” Jackson said. “I was
hearing him on the bench ‘DeWayne, set your feet! Set your feet!’ So I just knocked it down. It
was a big shot for my team.”
Other key contributors for Morgan State included junior forward Kevin Thompson, who
scored 10 points with eight rebounds and junior forward Ameer Ali, who recorded 14 points on
6 of 7 shooting.
The Bears now advance to a 12-10 overall record, 8-3 against the Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference (MEAC). Morgan State men’s squad will return to action on Feb. 19 with a home
game against Virginia Military Institute. This will be the first meeting between MSU and VMI,
but the Bears believe they’re up for the challenge.
“Every team gives us their best shot,” Jackson said. “We know basketball is a game of runs
as coach (Todd Bozeman) would say. We know all we have to do is keep our advantages, keep
playing defense and we can get the win.”
Meanwhile, the Morgan State women’s basketball team didn’t have the same success during
their trip to South Carolina on Valentine’s Day. Lady Bears sophomore guard Jamesia Smith
scored a team-high 15 points off the bench and Brittany Dodson followed with 11 points, but
it wasn’t enough as the South Carolina State Lady Bulldogs pulled away, 60-57. SCSU’s Tiara
Knotts scored a game-high 23 points and her teammate Fannie Goodwin recorded a game-high
11 rebounds to help hand Morgan State their first two-game losing streak since December.
South Carolina State now advances to a 7-15 overall record, 3-9 MEAC, while Morgan State
falls to 14-10 overall, 8-3 MEAC wise. The Lady Bears will host Delaware State in another
MEAC contest on Feb. 19 at the Hill Field House.

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH have forgotten his name, but

Hello, my friend. I hope
your Valentine’s weekend
was as special as you hoped it
would be. This is also Black
History Month, so I’m going
to use my space for some of
the photos and information
I’d like to pass on.
BLACK VETS AND
ELKS ADOPT OLIVER
COMMUNITY
The National Association
for Black Veterans
(NABVETS) and the
African American Patriots
Consortium joined forces with
East Baltimore Elks Lodge
No. 1043 and Zorah Elliott
Temple No. 717 to support
youth development in the
Oliver community of central
east Baltimore.
The veterans and Elks,
primary groups in the “Save
the Children, Save the
Nation Coalition,” selected
the Oliver Community
Association to conduct
its first major initiative,
establishing a demonstration
project targeting youth
development. Recognizing
the strength of the community
association, the coalition
believes targeting youth
over a five-year period will
significantly alter the quality
of life for all residents of
the area and impact adjacent
neighborhoods.
Freddie E. Bee, the
Exalted Ruler of Elks Lodge
No. 1043 at the time said,
“The best way to reduce
crime is to stop producing
criminals.”
Dr. Reuben McClain,
Bee’s successor, said, “We
will establish a legacy
which can be duplicated in
Baltimore native Dr. H.
Maceo Williams, the first
African-American director
of the segregated Druid
Health Center at 1313
Druid Hill Ave. in the 1930s
- 1950s, died at age 74 on
Feb. 11, 1973, after a long,
lingering illness. The center
served over half million
people.
Stella Fullwood,
communities across the city
celebrating her 65th
by focusing on the untapped
birthday this week, is
resources and sense of family
starting her celebration
in these old neighborhoods.”
during the Alpha Phi
Others involved are
Omega Fraternity Annual
Reginald Frazier; Ethel
Cocktail Sip 3-8 p.m. Feb.
Nicholson, president of
20 at the Forum Caterers,
NABVETS; Dorothy Smith;
4210 Primrose Ave.
Lawrence Pulley and Nina
Harper.
Continuing Black History
Month celebrating, the 11th
Annual Buffalo Soldiers
Memorial Banquet will
take place 4-7:30 p.m. Feb.
19 at the Forum Caterers,
4210 Primrose Ave. Ethel
Nicholson is president of
NABVETS, Clarence “Tiger”
Davis is chairman of AAPC,
and Jim Gillis and Rick Lane
are the event coordinators.
For more information, call
Jim Gillis at 443-257-3348.
DR. H. MACEO WILLIAMS
TO BE COMMEMORATED IN
HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY
MONTH
At 9 a.m. Feb. 28 at the
historic Arch Social Club, on
the corner of Pennsylvania
and North avenues,
Renaissance Productions
and Tours will host a jazz
breakfast commemorating the
life of pioneering African-
American physician Dr. H.
Maceo Williams.
During the 1930s, African
Americans in Baltimore
suffered the highest rate of
tuberculosis in the nation. Dr.
Williams was credited for the
following the breakfast, City
By Rosa Council President Bernard
Pryor “Jack” Young will dedicate
the street in front of the clinic
in his honor.
The public is invited to
reduction of the tuberculosis
attend this event, however
rate among African
you must RSVP by calling
Americans in Baltimore
Renaissance Productions at
City. The number of patients
410-728-3837.
eventually outgrew the
accommodations at the old
Well, my dear friends, it’s
Druid Health Center. Under
about that time. I am out of
Dr. Williams’ administration
space and out of time. If you
plans were made to move
need me, please contact me
into a $1,500,000 building
by e-mail at rosaopryor@
at North and Pennsylvania
aol.com or you can call me
avenues. Dr. Williams was
at 410-833-9474. Enjoy your
instrumental in the building
week. UNTIL THE NEXT
of a new facility in 1959 at
TIME, I’M MUSICALLY
1515 W. North Ave. The new
YOURS.
clinic bears his name. Many
Black veterans and the Elks, primary groups in the “Save
the Children, Save the Nation Coalition,” selected the
Oliver Community Association to conduct its first major
initiative, establishing a demonstration project targeting
youth development.

Raw Law: An Urban Guide to Criminal Justice
By Kam Williams
Special to the AFRO
“I understand that it is really hard
out there, when you target a community.
I think of this generation as a generation
of great swimmers left in an ocean. As
you navigate your way through life, some
of you will get out of the water safely.
But the sharks own the ocean, and one
such shark is the criminal justice system.
In most criminal cases, the enemy is
Courtesy Photos
clear. It is the system itself.
Muhammad
I am a criminal trial attorney. I have Ibn Bashir is a
been doing this for 23 years… Each and veteran criminal
every time I step into a courtroom on a attorney.
criminal matter, I am ready to wage war
because, as quiet as it is kept, criminal justice is war.
Consistently, I represent kids from the hood or the streets
who really think they know something I don’t about court. But
the truth is, when you do not know the rules,or you choose to
ignore them, you get burnt.
In order to teach you this, I have
opened my files. Just understand that
this system has never been anywhere
you wanted it to be and is not headed
anywhere you want it to go.”
– Excerpted from Chapter One -
“Rules Rule” (pgs.1 -6)
One thing they never teach you in
school is that America has a two-tiered
system of justice, or that if you are
Black, you never want to find yourself
caught in its duplicitous clutches. But
all you need is a little common sense to
know that there has been a surge in the
Raw Deal is incarceration rate of brothers over the
a guide to last quarter-century to the point where
surviving the U.S. there are now around a million Blacks
criminal justice behind bars.
system. For, after Congress passed harsher
Reader’s Corner
drug statutes with mandatory minimum sentences in
1987, “Whether by design or happenstance,” as publisher
Tiffany Chiles recalls in the introduction of Raw Law, “the
government started locking up all of our men.” Is there
anything that can be done to prevent yourself from adding to
the statistics?
Absolutely, according to Muhammad Ibn Bashir, author of
this practical survival guide. Although he’s a veteran criminal
attorney, Bashir is well-enough grounded to be able to break
his sage advice down into readily-accessible layman terms.
In so doing, he warns not only of bad influences lying in
wait in the inner-city but of traps being set by corrupt cops
willing “to violate the citizen’s rights so easily.” Not one to
mince his words, he goes on to state, “I don’t trust any police
officer to report or testify to the whole truth.”
He further adds that even if the cops have unfairly arrested
a young Black man for possession of narcotics, “whether they
were his drugs or not will not matter to anyone other than him
and maybe his mother.” Bashir is very empathetic about the
overall plight of po’ folk because, “No one wants to live in a
community where kids with less than a ninth-grade education,
and an even lower level of community pride or self-respect,
play war games on the street to the destruction of innocent
babies and grandmothers.”
Thus, it should come as no surprise that he sees the slums
as an ocean teeming with sharks, and a place to be escaped
from at first chance. A priceless primer on negotiating your
way around the dangerous waters of the criminal justice
system designed for folks who need it the most.
Alice in Niggerland
Written by Richard Coleman, this radically different take
on the classic childhood story, Alice in Wonderland, recalls the
very true story of “Alice.” Coleman regards her as a character
“with malice toward none and charity for all,” despite a life
riddled with adversity.
At the age of four, Alice and her siblings were left with
Ca’lil, an old woman who is missing an arm and had a steel
plate in her head. Situated in an impoverished land known as
“Niggerland,” this book shows how Alice’s overcomes what
Coleman refers to as a life “which would have turned the rest of
us mortals into wards of mental hospitals, or prison inmates. . .”
By the time Alice enters the ninth grade she is legally
blind and epileptic and offered the opportunity to attend
the Governor Morehead School for the blind in Raleigh.
Six weeks after she got there, she found out that she was
pregnant and expelled from the school. She was sent back to
“Niggerland,” where her life begins to unravel. This book
chronicles Alice’s quest to “be somebody” and play the hand
fate had unfairly dealt.
Final word: A heart-wrenching spin on a seemingly
lighthearted classic.
Available now. For more information, visit
Authors’BooksDirect.com.
The Greedy Mouth and Upset Stomach
With his new series of children’s
books, author and musician Larry Yates
encourages children to adopt healthy
eating habits early on. The first book
in the series, The Greedy Mouth and
Upset Stomach, uses colorful images
and easy-to-read text that shows how
every morsel of food impacts the body.
Second in Yates’ series is The
Greedy Mouth and Achy Tooth, which
focuses on dental hygiene and the
benefits of fresh food.
In an interview with the Los
Angeles Sentinel, Yates said he wrote the books to combat the
growing rate of childhood obesity and its complications.
“It is such a tragedy to witness so many children suffer
from diseases and health issues caused by obesity. I can’t stand
by and watch another child die because of poor nutrition,”
said Yates, who also heads Mechisedec Publishing Key Note
Entertainment. “I urge everyone to get involved and help their
child, student or patient make healthy choices so they can live
long enough to have a future.”
Final word: A fun look at serious issues.
Available now. For more information, visit thegreedymouth.
com.

Maryland Composer Releases DC Boys Choir to

Inspire Brotherhood, Love
Judith T. Allen, an arranger/composer in Maryland, has
released the song, “You Are My Brother” as an inspirational
song for Americans of all backgrounds.
“I hope people will sing ‘You Are My Brother’ in villages,
towns, cities and even in the United Nations. I want to use the
magic of music to heal differences among people,” Allen said
in a prepared statement.
Allen is a retired District music school teacher where she
served thousands of students. Her tenure included working in
D.C. elementary schools and as assistant principal and interim
principal at Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Allen has also
coached numerous professional musicians at churches and
choirs throughout the region.
In 1972, Allen composed and arranged “You Are My
Brother” for a D.C. Community Brotherhood Program. “When
I was an elementary school vocal music teacher in Washington,
D.C., I witnessed community activities that did not demonstrate
caring, sharing and gratitude among students and adults. Too
often, girls and boys showed indifference to their teachers
and fellow students. I realized then there was a new teachable
moment through music,” Allen added.
This “teachable moment” led to success for the song and in
1973 when ‘You Are My Brother’ was performed at the All-
School Choral Music Festival. Courtesy Photo
Judith Allen, composer (left) joins members of the DC
The song is performed on YouTube by the D.C. Boys Choir Boys Choir as they feature their CD You Are My Brother,
at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVttsmZ4su0 and is a song of peace and healing. Eleanor Stewart, DC Boys
available for download on CD Baby. Choir founder/director, stands on the end at the right.
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Faith Pulse
culture and the forces that shape
them, look at their art forms. To
understand how a people live
in the world, to see through the
lens of a race, to perceive and
themselves, and in the reflection
one catches a glimpse of their
collective unconscious.”
After several years teaching
theater arts including acting
Calif., Dr. Carter returned to
complete doctoral work in the
area of religion, theology, and the
arts at the Graduate Theological
Union, in Berkeley, Calif., and
Institute of Integral Studies,
in San Francisco. He holds a
master’s degree in theater arts
from City College of New
York, and an undergraduate

Ft. the extent to which Black religion

is crippling African- American
youth.
Lauderdale When explaining the ideology
behind his book, Dr. Carter
to Host 105th says, “To know a people, their
comprehend their world, look at
their arts forms.” He continues,
“Art is the primary source
material that reflects a people’s
ethos and collective psyche. Art
mirrors what a people say about
technique, scene study, and
rehearsal and production at
the African American Studio
for Acting and Speech in New
York City, and later at Laney
Community College in Oakland,
graduated with a Ph.D. in 1994
with a focus on African American
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the Plaintiff in the proceeding. The Complaint
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necessary for redemption of the subject property
has not been paid, although more than six (6)
months from the date of the sale have expired,
and more than two (2) months from the date that
the first of two (2) separate pre-suit Notices of
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party have expired.
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ORDERED, that notice be given by the insertion
of a copy of this Order in some newspaper having
a general circulation in Baltimore City, Maryland
once a week for three (3) successive weeks, on
or before the 24th day of February, 2011 warning
all persons interested in the Property referenced
above to appear in this Court by the 26th day of
March, 2011 and redeem the Property referenced
herein or to answer the Complaint or thereafter
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rights of redemption in the property, and vesting
in the Plaintiff a title, free and clear of all
encumbrances.
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
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Oliver Drive Grinder Pump and Force Main Project
Contract No. 5081FM ENTERPRISE UTILIZATION GOAL OF 15%. THESE GOAL
Housing Authority of Baltimore City REQUIREMENTS ARE MORE FULLY EXPLAINED IN THE
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Attention: John Airey, connections, the installation of six (6) simplex grinder pumps complete with control enclosed in the specifications.
Chief of Contracting Services panels, and all restorations.
Tel: (410) 396-3261 Fax: (410) 962-1586 One (1) original and one (1) copy of the sealed Bid should be addressed to A pre-bid meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 10:00
OneHamlet,
Joy (1) original and one Agent,
Purchasing (1) copy of marked
and the sealed Bid should
(SEALED BIDbe addressed
FOR OLIVERto Joy
Hamlet,Purchasing Agent,AND andFORCE ∫SEALED
markedMAIN BID FOR OLIVER NO. DRIVE a.m. local time in Room 300 B of the County Office Building. Located
Questions regarding the RFP should be di- DRIVE GRINDER PUMP PROJECT, CONTRACT
at 111 West Chesapeake Avenue, Towson, Maryland 21204.
GRINDER
5081FM). PUMP AND FORCE MAIN PROJECT, CONTRACT NO. 5081FM∫.
rected in writing to the address and individual
indicated above, and must include the refer- The Bids will be received at the main office of the Commission, at 4399043990
The Bids will be received at the main office of the Commission, at
ence: HABC RFP Number B-1646-11 / HAE-
Commerce Avenue,
Commerce Avenue, Hollywood,
Hollywood,Maryland
Maryland20636, until2 2p.m.
20636,until p.m.Eastern
Eastern Standard
Stan- Sealed proposals (the entire book) addressed to Baltimore County,
Time Time
dard on March 31, 2011
on March and then
31, 2011 and there
and then the Bids
and there will be
the Bids willpublicly opened
be publicly Maryland for this contract will be received in the Baltimore County
2521. and read.
opened and read. Purchasing Division, Room 148, Old Courthouse, 400 Washington
A Pre-Bid conference will be held on March 2, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Avenue, Towson, MD 21204, until the time specified on the contract at
Standard Time at the main office of the Commission to answer any questions which time they will be publicly opened and read.
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BALTIMORE CITY concerning the Bid Documents. A site visit will follow immediately after the Pre-Bid
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS conference. All potential Bidders are encouraged, but not required to attend. ONLY CONTRACTORS WHO HAVE BEEN PREQUALIFIED BY BAL-
E-BUSINESS SERVICES Attendance is strongly recommended due to the nature of the project. TIMORE COUNTY AT LEAST TEN (10) DAYS PRIOR TO THE OPEN-
ING OF BIDS WILL BE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS.
RFP NUMBER: B-1649-11 Funding for this project is provided by the Maryland Department of the
Environment. Bidders must perform and document their performance of all
affirmative steps required by the Maryland Department of the Environment All proposals must be accompanied by a Bid Bond, on the approved
The Housing Authority of Baltimore City form provided, in the amount as set forth in the “Information
∫Information for
for Bidders).
Bidders∫.
(∫HABC∫) isis requesting proposals from qual- Minority and Women's Business Enterprise Program to be considered for the
(“HABC”) Contract. Bidders are encouraged to break down the work into smaller segments No other form of proposal guaranty is acceptable.
ified and interested individuals or firms to and tasks in order to increase minority subcontractor participation. Documentation
provide comprehensive e-business services must be included in the proposal package and submitted on the date provided The Purchasing Agent reserves the right to reject any or all proposals
including but not limited to internet and in- herein. or bids or parts of bids and to waive technicalities as may be deemed
tranet site design, web hosting, site and best for the interest of the County.
server maintenance, 24/7 on-site technical Cost of the Bid package is $ 40.00 each. Bid packages will be available for
support, database development and admin- purchase and review at the main office beginning February 16, 2011 between
the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Bid Packages may be purchased by check, Keith Dorsey, Director
istration, e-business writing, proofing, and moneyorder,
money order,Visa
VisaororMasterCard.
MasterCard. Checks
Checks should
should be made
be made payable
payable to (St.toMary’s
∫St. Mary's Office of Budget & Finance
editing. County
CountyMetropolitan
MetropolitanCommission).
Commission∫.BidBid
packages
packagesmaymay
alsoalso
be mailed uponupon
be mailed receipt
receipt
of payment plus an additional mailing fee of $30.00, or by providing their
PROPOSALS WILL BE DUE no later than

2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March
25, 2011.
A non-mandatory pre-proposal conference
will be held on Thursday, March 10, 2011, at
To
company's UPS or Federal Express account number. Inquiries concerning
Contract Documents should be directed to Joy Hamlet, Purchasing Agent at
301-373-4733, Extension 222 or at jhamlet@metcom.org or Tammy O'Dell,
Purchasing Assistant at Extension 226 or at todell@metcom.org.
The St. Mary's Metropolitan Commission reserves the right to reject any or all
proposals and to waive any informality in the proposals submitted when such

10:00 a.m., at 417 E. Fayette Street, Room
416, Baltimore, Maryland, 21202.
HABC has established a minimum goal of
twenty percent (20%) of the total dollar
amount of the proposed contract for Minority
Advertise
waiver is in the best interest of the Owner.
The St. Mary's County Metropolitan Commission
does not discriminate on the basis of race, marital status, color, religion, sex,
age, national origin, physical or mental handicap, political affiliation,
or other non-merit factors.

call
Business Enterprise (∫MBE∫)
(“MBE”) utilization, ap- BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND
plicable to all minority and non-minority INVITATION FOR BIDS
businesses proposing to provide the re-
quested services as the prime contractor. No CONTRACT NO. 10162 GX0
goal has been established for participation of ESSEX SKYPARK SHORELINE ENHANCEMENT PROJECT

410-4554-8200
Women-owned businesses (“WBEs”),
(∫WBEs∫), how- ESSEX- DISTRICT 15 c 6
ever, HABC strongly encourages and affir- CONTRACT
CONTRACTCOST GROUP“D”
COST GROUP ∫D($1,000,000
($1,000,000TOto $2,500,000)
$2,500,000)
matively promotes the use of WBEs in all WORK CLASSIFICATION:
HABC contracts. B & N with pre-qualified K-6 Sub-Contractors
Responders shall also comply with all ap- BID DATE: THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2011 AT 10:30 A.M. LOCAL TIME
plicable requirements of Section 3 of the
Housing and Urban Development Act of On or after TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2011, the above contract
1968, 12 U.S.C. Section 1701u. documents may be inspected and purchased from the Division of
Construction Contracts Administration, Department of Public
The RFP may be obtained on or after Tues- Works, Room 300B, County Office Building, 111 W. Chesapeake
 February 19, 2011 - February 25, 2011, The Afro-American B7
LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES
DRAFT ANNUAL PLAN UPDATE FOR BOARD OF LIQUOR LICENSE COMMISSIONERS FOR BALTIMORE CITY
MARYLAND¬S CONSOLIDATED PLAN
MARYLAND’S CONSOLIDATED PLAN NOTICE
Under the guidelines established by the U.S. Department of Housing Petitions have been filed by the following applicants for licenses to sell alcoholic beverages at the premises
and Urban Development (HUD), notice is hereby given that the Maryland set opposite their respective names. The real property for these applications will be posted on Monday,
Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) will hold February 14, 2011. Written protests concerning any application will be accepted until and including the
a series of public hearings to develop its new draft Annual Plan update time of the conference or hearing. Conferences and public hearings will be held after February 24, 2011.
of the State¬s
of the State’s Consolidated Plan.
Consolidated Plan.
Interested parties should contact the office of the Board, 231 E. Baltimore Street, 6th Floor, Baltimore,
The Consolidated Plan is a five-year planning document required by Maryland 21202 or by calling (410) 396-4385 to determine the exact time and date that a particular ap-
HUD that sets out overall Statewide goals and priorities for housing, plication will be considered by the Board. Written protests will be acknowledged by the Board and such
community development, and economic development activities. Special protestants will be notified as to the date, time and place of the hearing and/or conference.
emphasis is given under the Plan to provide assistance for extremely
low-, low, and moderate-income persons. In addition to being a planning 1. CLASS “A” BEER & WINE LICENSE
document, the Consolidated Plan also serves as the State’s
State¬sapplication
application Jae & Soo, Inc. Transfer of ownership 1 W. Barney Street
to HUD for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Dal Soo Kang
Investment Partnerships (HOME), Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG), Do Ja Han
Housing Opportunity With AIDS (HOPWA). These funds are used
primarily in the State’s
State¬srural
ruralareas,
areas,asas
many communities,
many including
communities, Anne
including Anne 2. CLASS “A” BEER, WINE & LIQUOR LICENSE
Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, and Prince George’s
George¬s
Counties, as well as the Cities of Annapolis, Baltimore, Bowie, Cum- Maryland CVS/Pharmacy, LLC. Transfer of ownership 6828 Reisterstown Road
berland, Frederick, Gaithersburg, Hagerstown and Salisbury receive their Aubrey Smith
own funding directly from HUD. Zenon Lankowsky
Linda Cimbron
In addition to the above, the Consolidated Plan also makes it possible
for DHCD, public housing authorities, local governments, nonprofit 3. CLASS “B” BEER, WINE & LIQUOR RESTAURANT LICENSE
organizations, community action agencies and others to apply for funding Charm City Cantina, LLC New license, requests for 200-02 W. Pratt Street
under HUD’s
HUD¬s competitive grant programs. Local public housing authority Justin Dvorkin for outdoor table service, live entertainment
Plans must be consistent with the State’s
State¬sConsolidated
ConsolidatedPlan, and
Plan, USDA
and USDA Donald Kelly off-premises catering
Farmer’s
Farmer¬s Home housing programs and Federal Low-Income Housing
Tax Credits are also coordinated with the Plan. Lastly, while not directly Taste Exquisite, Inc. Transfer of ownership 4313 Curtis Avenue
covered by the Consolidated Plan, HUD funding allocations for the
Section 8 Certificate and Voucher programs may be made in a way that Shawn McClary
enables jurisdictions to carry out their Consolidated Plan. David Becketts
Stacy Baker
In developing its five-year Plan, the State determined it would focus its
resources on three main priorities: Revitalizing Communities, Expanding 4. CLASS BD7, BEER, WINE & LIQUOR TAVERN LICENSE
the Supply of Decent Affordable Housing, and Providing Homeownership Sportman Lounge, Inc. Transfer of ownership 4721-27 Gwynn Oak Ave.
Opportunities. The Annual Plan update (which will be for the second Verria A. Moore
year of the current Five Year Plan) will establish one-year goals for these
priorities. It is to this purpose that we are holding public hearings - to Fractured Tube, Inc. Transfer of ownership from a 291 S. Pulaski Street
gain input regarding how to carry out these goals in the coming year. Penelope Cougle secured creditor

At this point, nothing has been written for the draft Annual Plan update.
These hearings are to gather initial input about what should be in the Mystic Management, Inc. Transfer of ownership from a 2949 Frederick Avenue
draft Annual Plan. DHCD will then write a draft Annual Plan, which will Kimberly Hill secured creditor
be released for 30 days of public comment (including written comment) Stephen White
at the beginning of April, 2011. After the public has had several weeks
to review the draft Annual Plan, a second set of hearings will be held Sparkle Corporation Transfer of ownership 421 E. Baltimore Street
beginning around the third week in April. Additional comments, rec- James Brandt
ommendations, and suggestions will be taken during these hearings (and Jo Anne Pezzulla
during the full public comment period), with the final version of the Annual
Plan submitted to HUD on or around May 16th, 2011. 25th Roland Billiards, Inc. Transfer of ownership & location from 428 E. 25th Street
Cyril Ezeakor contract purchaser at 4705-07 York Road, request to add
The first set of hearings on the development of the Annual Plan will be live entertainment
held at the following dates, times, and places:

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. Palmere’s, LLC. Transfer of ownership 1018 Eastern Avenue
Maryland Department of Housing Michael Palmere
and Community Development Sarah Palmere
First Floor Conference Room Josephine Palmere
100 Community Place
Crownsville, Maryland 3349 Belair, Inc. Transfer of ownership from secured creditor 3349 Belair Road
John Ruppert, III
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. Kevin Gordon
Caroline County Central Library
100 Market Street K. Anand, Inc. Transfer of ownership, request for live 6001-03 Belair Road
Small Meeting Room
Denton, Maryland Prince Anand entertainment and off-premises catering
Shailja Anand
Thursday, March 3, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. Joginder Singh Samra
Fairview Branch Library
Small Meeting Room Niki, Inc. Transfer of ownership, request for outdoor 1739-41 Light Street
Rt. 4 and Chaneyville Road Marla Streb table service
Owings, Maryland 20736 Mark Fitzgerald
Friday,March
Friday, March 4, 4, 2011
2011 at at 1:30
1:30 p.m.
p.m. BOAJ, LLC Transfer of ownership & location from 706 S. Broadway
Allengany
Allegany County
County Office
Office Complex
Complex Philip Osika 34-36 Light Street, change Class B-BWL to
701 Kelly
701 KellyRoad
Road Class BD7-BWL license
Commissioner’sConference
Commissioner¬s ConferenceRoomRoom 212
212
Cumberland,Maryland
Cumberland, Maryland 1400 Hull St., LLC Transfer of ownership from a secured creditor 1400 Hull Street
All of the hearing rooms are accessible to persons with disabilities. Leonard Bush
Persons requiring a translator should request one at least three days Kevin Anselmi
prior to the hearing they plan to attend. Any questions or comments
should be directed to John M. Greiner at the address, phone numbers, YJK, Inc. Transfer of ownership 347 S. Gilmor Street
or e-mail listed below: Yoojun Kim
James Vaccaro
Mr. John M. Greiner
Housing Policy Officer 5. CLASS “D” BEER & WINE TAVERN LICENSE
Maryland Department of Housing and
Community Development Hernandez, Jose Transfer of location from 40 N. Streeper Street
100 Community Place 4329 E. Lombard Street, request for
Crownsville, Maryland 21032-2023 live entertainment
(410) 514-7191 or Maryland Relay for the Deaf at 1-(800)735-2258.
greiner@dhcd.state.md.us. Bagby’s Bistro, LLC Expansion of premises and request for 1006 Fleet Street
Blake Smith outdoor table service

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ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CAREER OPPORTUNITY
Assistant Personnel Officer Labor Relations
Visit our website at www.aacounty.org for additional in-
formation and to apply on-line. Deadline date to Apply:
Monday, February 28, 2011
AEO/DF/SFE

Internal Auditor Officer

($42,891-$68,664)

The Maryland Department of Aging seeks an experienced

professional to function as an internal auditor. Primary
responsibilities include performing a range of financial and
operational internal audits including finance and compli-
ance, economy and efficiency, and program results. Duties
include internal audit standards; evaluation of internal
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activities, preparation of audit plan, verification of records,
reports and documents, performance of audit tests, and
management reports. Requires Bachelor’s
Bachelor¬s degree in
accounting from an accredited college or university. Four
years internal audit experience. Statewide travel required.
Visit http://www.mdoa.state.md.us/employment.html for the
official job announcement. Submit a State application
(MS-100) to MD Dept of Aging, 301 W. Preston St., Suite
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