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VOLUME XXXVII NUMBER 6
Charleston Club of Washington
Celebrates 60th Anniversary
By Clarence McNeill,
Corresponding Secretary
On July 12, 2008,
the Charleston, SC Club
members and several hun-
dred guests gathered at La
Fountaine Bleu, in
Lanham, Maryland, to cel-
ebrate its 60th anniversary
with an elegant extrava-
ganza. It was such a
grand affair. The evening
was full of fun and cama-
raderie. The Club was
organized on July 10, 1948,
Members of the Charleston Club of Washington Clarence and Lillian McNeill (sitting in foto)
greeted by guest including Prince George’s County Executive, Jack Johnson(middle) and
Sydney McCottrey-Smith(far right)at its 60th Anniversay celebration this past July.
A Visit With Beaufort’s Returning Prodigal
Son John C. Dortch, J.D.
Poignant, Tragic, Insightful View
of Author, Lawyer, Deacon Who
Thrived on Hope, Spirituality
By Hakim Abdul-Ali
It’s been said that life is a
blend of many different, alter-
ing episodes that can color
one’s outlook in the formula-
tion of the overall meaning of
what living is all about.
Legends are made from the
ashes of lives born anew from
the errors of false decisions
gone awry.
Such is the case when “The
Charleston Chronicle” hit the
road recently and visited a
dynamic and very reflective
forwarding thinking African-
American gentleman and
author named John Curtis
Dortch in his hometown of
Beaufort, South Carolina, on
this past Wednesday,
September 24, 2008.
Author John C. Dortch, J.D., posing with a copying of his book,
Memoirs of the Prodigal son: The Road to Redemption,: in his
Beaufort, South Carolina office.
The Charleston
by Charlestonians in the
Washington, DC area to
promote fellowship, to
support the community,
and to preserve the cultural
features of the city we love
so dearly.
Mrs. Julia
Magwood Harris, one of
the three living charter
members, reminded us of
the good old days.
Afterwards, she was sere-
naded by the melodious
saxophone sounds of Mr.
Keith ‘Kool - K’ Wilson
He’s the author of “Memoirs
Of The Prodigal Son: The
Road To Redemption,” a
powerful book of spiritual
uplift and hope, pinpointing
the essential redemptive quali-
ties of submitting to God after
a catastrophe that impacted
his core existence. His inter-
view reflected the power of
renewed faith in his devout
Christian faith and being posi-
tive in the midst of trials and
tribulations.
This 63-year divorcee is a disci-
plined speaker, with humility
tracing his every word, and he
makes it very plain in his explo-
sive, but heart-warming story,
that he gives glory to none but
God for bringing him to the
station where he is presently in
his life. His book is an amazing
Cont.pg 5
photo: Hakim Abdul-Ali
•1111 King St. •Charleston, SC 29403• October 1, 2008 •
with his special rendition
of “The Wind Beneath My
Wings.” This was followed
by our featured guest, Mrs.
Lorraine Holmes
Roseboro, a Gullah story-
teller, who came all the
way from Charleston to
give us a taste of the wit
and witticism found only in
low country humor.
Remarks were provided by
our very own, The
Honorable Jack B.
Johnson. A scrumptious
See pg 2
Jael Gadsden
of Johns
Island
A Lincoln
Spotlight
Champion
Jael Gadsden
By Bob Small
Jael Gadsden always liked
to sing. As a young child
she would entertain family
and friends at home on
Johns Island and at church.
That love of singing
recently netted her the title
the 2008 Lincoln Spotlight
Champion, a $10,000
check and appearance with
her idol Common in
Chicago.
Not bad for a young lady
who sang at programs at
New Hope Baptist Church
in Red Top. “My parents
encouraged me to sing
when I was young. We had
a group called the
Cochran Singers and we
sang in the area,” she said.
The national competition
which was open to men
and women of all ages had
several themes in which
contestants could choose
from. Gadsden picked the
theme, “Reaching Back
For Your Dreams.” Other
themes were “Going for the
See pg 2
When Big
Capitalists
Plead for
Welfare
By. Harry C. Alford
NNPA Columnist
Beyond the Rhetoric
It was an extremely sad day for
those who believe in free enter-
prise and the fundamentals of
capitalism. Adam Smith, the
author of “Wealth of Nations”,
who is considered the Father
of Capitalism, must have been
turning in his grave.
Here was the Secretary of the
U.S. Treasury, Secretary
Henry Paulson, aka King
Henry, Big Willie, Iceberg
Slim, coming to Congress on a
Saturday morning requesting
$770 billion to be handed over
to his office for disposal at his
discretion without court or
congressional oversight, i.e.
transparency.
He had the audacity to threat-
en us by saying give it to me
now or the world economy
will go into a terrible depres-
sion immediately.
Congressman Mike Pence (R-
Indiana) would say, “The last
time I heard something like
that, I was standing in a used
car lot”. Paulson even had the
guts to put it on a trifling two
and one half page proposal.
The legislative leaders of the
free world were being shaken
down by a very rich hustler.
First of all, Secretary Paulson
has a very big conflict of inter-
est in all this. He is the former
CEO of Wall St. investment
firm Goldman Sachs which is
See pg 2
Black Lawmakers Lament, Praise Defeat of
$700 Billion Economic Rescue Bill in the House
By: BlackAmericaWeb.com
and the Associated Press
Some black lawmakers in
Congress expressed disap-
pointment in the defeat of a
$700 billion rescue of the
nation’s financial system in the
House on Monday, but said
the vote may signal an oppor-
tunity to finally put partisan-
ship aside and come up with a
solution acceptable to the
financial community and aver-
age Americans.
Stocks plummeted on Wall
Street after the House voted
Clarence
Thomas on the
Supreme Court
Should Remind
Us What’s at
Stake in This
Election
By: Judge Greg Mathis,
Special to
BlackAmericaWeb.com
Supreme Court Justice
Clarence Thomas recently
spoke to a group of leaders
from the nation’s historically
black colleges and universities.
True to form, the African-
American conservative could
not resist discussing his anti-
affirmative views.
Thomas has often been com-
mended by some for his sup-
port of HBCUs and the
opportunities they offer blacks
to pursue higher education.
cont. on pg 2
Clarence Thomas
Wondering Why McCain
Couldn’t Look Obama in
the Eye ? He Was Ashamed
Obama and McCain
By: Deborah Mathis,
BlackAmericaWeb.com
It says something that Barack
Obama was so well-acquitted
in the first presidential debate
on Friday, that many a conser-
vative commentator acknowl-
edged his poise and presiden-
tial stature without hesitation.
It says that Obama was so
good that even those who nor-
mally champ at the bit to
diminish him had to concede
that he dispelled any lingering
doubts about his readiness.
It says Obama must have been
twice as good as the pundits
attest, because only such an
utter triumph can bring the
partisans to bow.
228-205 to defeat the legisla-
tion, despite urgent warnings
from President Bush and con-
gressional leaders of both par-
ties that the economy could
nosedive into recession with-
out it.
“After lengthy bipartisan nego-
tiations, we came to the floor
today with a piece of legisla-
tion that the members of our
(Democratic) caucus decided
OBAMA’S RUN AGAINST
MCCAIN AND WHITE
MEDIA IS ALMOST OVER
Election ‘08? Well, it’s
almost over except the
voting, and memories
etched into the recesses
of our brains of two hor-
rible years of the most
intense, malicious and
superbly orchestrated
media assault on Sen.
Barack Obama as a suc-
cessful symbol of Black
achievement as well as
every Black in this city
who ever rode aboard
CARTA, purchased
goods at a mall retail
store, read a copy of the
city’s white newspaper,
or watched television in
any form.
White radio was differ-
ent. With television,
there was sometimes an
attempt to be civil....not
fair, but civil. Radio was
raw and hateful. Blacks
who listened, accidental-
ly or otherwise, found
themselves cursed,
insulted, demeaned.
From “welfare moms’ for
Barack Obama to “Black
bitch” to an articulate
Black woman with whom
the white host disagreed,
we were bombarded with
a hatred for our people
that most of us wanted to
refuse to believe.
But we had to
believe what we saw,
read and heard. As
Election Day for presi-
dent draws closer, the
assaults continue,
echoed by commentaries
in The News & Courier
and on ‘talk’ radio with
such luminaries as
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It also says that John McCain
is a goner. The man we once
respected as the maverick,
iconoclast, independently spir-
ited, tell-it-like-it-is rebel, is no
more. The senator who was
once upon a time so beguiling
that, in a moment of weakness
many years ago, got a diehard
liberal like me to say to his face
that if he ever ran for presi-
dent, I might work for him --
that man is vapor.
The Arizona senator seems to
be the only significant
Republican player who is still
willing to pronounce Obama
unfit for the Oval Office. As if
he hadn’t been dismissive and
condescending enough with
his repetitive claims that
See pg 2
was in the best interest of the
country,” House Majority
Whip James E. Clyburn (D-
S.C.), said at a news confer-
ence with Congressional lead-
ers after the vote. “Sixty per-
cent of them put aside their
individual feelings, emotions,
experiences and voted for this
bill. Sixty-seven percent of the
Republican conference decid-
ed to put political ideology
ahead of the best interest of
Richard Todd and the
Southern Avenger (Jack
Hunter) on the pseudo-
intellectual scale
Rocky D on the “only
to
God knows what” scale
over hate-radio, WTMA.
Of course, Rocky D is
dangerous because he
has no limits, as Todd or
Hunter, intellectual or
moral.
One has to be a brain sur-
geon or brain-dead not to
understand what is going
on. For reasons totally
unfathomable, media has
conspired wittingly or
unwittingly to demonize
persons of color, to scare
the holy hell out of trust-
ing but frightened
whites, rendered slow-
witted by their own
acceptance of the fiction
of their natural superiori-
ty, when at the same time
having to bear witness to
the achievements of those
who were “inferiors” in
arts, letters, science,
sports and entertain-
ment. Therein lies the
burden of racism, forcing
oneself to believe for his
own sanity that which is
not true.... that which
has no basis in fact. In
other words, being
forced to believe your
lying eyes.
We are at the
threshold now of a great
victory or a profoundly
damaging defeat. Barack
Obama is our symbol of
victory over racism and
cont. on pg 2
2-October 1, 2008 The Chronicle

Charleston Club ----------------------------------------- Black Lawmakers --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

cont. from pg 1 cont. from pg 1
dinner was served and the dancing and partying were on.
The kick-off dance, of course, was the Charleston and it our great nation. pointed in this outcome,” said “Congress forgot the history of was stimulated sufficiently to
was quite a sight to behold: Dozens of people doing this White House spokesman the 1930s that shows that the put people back to work,”
lively dance that most of us had forgotten. As the evening “I’m hopeful that as we move Tony Fratto. “There’s no ques- economy did not respond for Norton said. “The American
went on, we took time to renew old friendships and relive forward, we can all join hands, tion that the country is facing a several years after Roosevelt people, however, have not for-
stories of long ago. set aside our partisanship and difficult crisis that needs to be succeeded in calming the mar- gotten.”
Many of our family and friends came from near and do what’s in the best interest of addressed.” kets, only when the economy
far. Some of our out of town guests included Mrs. Mary our country, and I hope that
Gourdine, Ms. Cynthia O. Coulter, Mrs. Cynthia Smith, will happen in the next few Fratto said the president will
Mrs. Lillian McNeill, Mrs. Margaret Tipton, Mrs. days,” Clyburn said. be meeting with his economic Thomas on -------------------------------------------------
Margaret Whatley, Mr. Robert ‘Bobby’ Rose and his wife advisers to discuss next steps. cont. from pg 1
Margaret, and Mr. Benjamin Pickering all from South As the market plunged, Del.
Carolina. Mr. Robert Fleming came from Georgia. From Eleanor Holmes Norton (D- The legislation the administra-
New York and New Jersey came the following: Mr. D.C.) said Congress cannot tion promoted would have However, his efforts to dismantle affirmative action leave many
Reynard Blake; Mr. Thomas Brown; Ms. Zeni Jackson; go home without stabilizing allowed the government to wondering if he truly believes in equal opportunity for all.
Rev. Jerome Washington; and, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Simmon. the markets and offering a new buy bad mortgages and other
Other guests included Mr. and Mrs. Cornell bill. questionable assets held by Affirmative action practices were instituted to counteract genera-
Osborne and Mr. Alfred Brown from Pennsylvania. Also troubled banks and financial tions of discrimination in schools and the workplace. Though the
in attendance were Mrs. Shirley Eaton from Connecticut “I received hundreds of e-mails institutions. practice has come under fire in recent years, it is partly responsible
and Mrs. Joyce O. Berkeley from Florida. Since it was our and phone calls, overwhelm- for the large numbers of African-Americans graduating from col-
60th Anniversary, we profiled 60 Charleston Area ingly opposed to the plan Getting those debts off their lege and taking on management level positions in corporate
Notables in our souvenir journal. There were so many Treasury Secretary Henry books should bolster those America. Thomas has voted to outlaw the use of race in college
notables....but we only chose 60. The journal reminded us Paulson proposed,” Norton companies’ balance sheets, admissions and in determining which public schools students will
of such notables as Denmark Vesey, Septima Poinsette said in a statement. “Today, making them more inclined to attend.
Clark, and Art Shell, all from the Charleston area. As the Americans continued to see lend and easing one of the
evening ended, it was evident that a good time was had by the benefit to Wall Street but biggest choke points in the Appointed to the Supreme Court in 1991 by then-president
all. not to themselves, notwith- credit crisis. If the plan George H. W. Bush, Thomas replaced outgoing Justice
standing many improvements worked, the thinking went, it Thurgood Marshall, the Court’s first African-American judge. It
to the original bill. would help lift a major weight is believed that Thomas received the appointment, despite his lack
When Big --------------------------------------------------- off the national economy that of judicial experience, because he was, in fact, black. Thomas him-
“They did not see their own is already sputtering. self has said that he was allowed to attend Yale Law School in the
cont. from pg 1 pension funds, mutual funds 70s because of his race. Despite knowing that affirmative action
and 401Ks that dominate The fear in the financial mar- played a key role in his historic career path, Thomas says the prac-
a suspect in all this mess. In today’s Wall Street, nor the kets sent the Dow Jones indus- tice is detrimental, not helpful, to blacks.
2005, Paulson’s personal value they were the first to suffer. harm the markets are inflicting trials falling by over 700 points
of Goldman Sachs stock was The whole scheme backfired on the value of their homes, at one juncture. As the vote Despite his education and status, Thomas is not an inspiration to
over $800 million and today it on the conspirators because the primary asset of most was shown on TV, stocks most African-Americans. His viewpoints only serve to dismantle
is valued at around $500 mil- they never figured the public Americans,” Norton said. plunged, and investors fled to the work of our elders, who fought for equality so young men and
lion. would finally realize who was the safety of the credit mar- women like Thomas could ascend to the heights they are at today.
Yes, he is down to his last half to blame. In sum, Black net Said Rep. Kendrick Meek (D- kets, worrying that the finan- Instead of paying homage to those leaders through judicious use
a billion dollars and he wants worth in America has proba- Fla.): “Congress has no choice cial system would keep sinking of his influence on the court, Thomas has, through his voting,
to turn that around even if the bly fallen 30% due to the crimi- but to pass this financial res- under the weight of failed slowly chipped away at and weakened affirmative action.
assistance comes from nal activity of Wall St., Fannie cue package and begin the mortgage debt.
American taxpayers. The fired Mae, Freddie Mac and others. long and difficult road of cor- However, Thomas alone cannot be blamed for the current state of
CEO of AIG Insurance, a Thirty years of our wealth recting eight years of econom- Norton said the defeat was affirmative action. He and his fellow justices are simply doing the
major suspect in this, had a building has collapsed and ic mismanagement and fiscal predictable, especially after the bidding of the president -- and political party -- who appointed
value of $1.2 billion in his com- that will hurt us for a signifi- irresponsibility.” Senate failed to pass a stimu- them to their posts.
pany stock and today that has cant time. We have got to lus package that she had
shrunk to less than $50 million. make them pay! In all, 65 Republicans joined sought for months and that When you vote for president of the United States, you are also
They are personally in trouble Small businesses do not have 140 Democrats in voting “yes,” was passed in the House on playing a role in selecting future Supreme Court justices. It is
and are trying to manipulate this luxury of paying off offi- while 133 Republicans and 95 Friday. important to know where candidates stand on critical issues like
your elected officials to further cials through Political Action Democrats voted “no.” affirmative action. Senator John McCain has said that he believes
the U.S. debt and have you, Committees, lobbyists, etc. Treasury Secretary Henry in equal opportunity, but does not support affirmative action or
the typical American taxpayer, We sink or swim based on our In the face of thousands of Paulson “rushed forward to quotas. Senator Barack Obama supports affirmative action
make them whole. own accountability, business phone calls and e-mails fiercely forestall a collapse of the finan- when there is evidence of prolonged discrimination. He also sup-
Yes, I used the term “suspects”. acumen and fate. We are the opposing the measure, many cial and credit sectors, but ports efforts to increase educational opportunities for all low-
The reason for all of this mess true Capitalists in this time lawmakers were not willing to Congress has not taken com- income individuals, regardless of race.
is a wholesale movement of and it is us who provide 70% of take the political risk of voting parable action to fuel the econ-
deception, greed, corruption all new jobs in this nation. Big for it just five weeks before the omy where most Americans The next president of the United States may have the opportunity
and simple felonies. corporations are the manipula- election. work, spend, and need to appoint up to three justices who will serve in that post until they
The FBI currently has at least tors as opposed to students of money,” Norton said in a state- retire. Wisely choosing a presidential candidate will help to ensure
26 major investigations going Capitalism. They must pay for The vote also did nothing for ment. “A stimulus that has to the country also has a Supreme Court that works for and not
on in Wall St. The major sub- their transgressions. I know Republican presidential candi- be spent stateside would have against the people of this country.
ject is mortgage fraud. What that good government must date John McCain and his immediate effects on people
we definitely need to do is step in but it should not be in Democratic presidential rival, and their pocketbooks, and --
build a couple of new prisons the way of super regulation. Barack Obama. Both stepped therefore on their view of con-
and send these financial crimi- Heavy regulation is not the into the fray last week and gressional action to save the Judge Greg Mathis is national vice president of Rainbow PUSH
nals away. Let’s not swat answer as it can only make boasted of exercising leader- top of the economy.” and a national board member of the Southern Christian
hands this time. These federal things worse. We should con- ship in the negotiations. Not Leadership Conference.
criminals need to do some seri- tinue to embrace true only did a majority of Norton, in an interview with
ous time and set the example Capitalism and, by doing that, McCain's Republican col- BlackAmericaWeb.com last
we should prosecute those leagues vote against it, so did week, said the country needed
Jael Gadsden ---------------------------------------------
that ripping off people, includ-
ing Black folks, will get you who abuse the public trust and all his fellow Arizona lawmak- ready-to-go transportation and cont. from pg 1
locked up. embrace greed versus business ers. Obama was unable to infrastructure projects that are
Yes, I am saying a lot of this is acumen. sway many House liberals, proven to have a ripple effect, American Dream,” and “Reaching for Your Goals.”
racial. The major component What Secretary Paulson and including a majority of the creating jobs in many sectors Contestants were asked to compose lyrics based on the
of this economic meltdown is his minions didn’t count on Congressional Black Caucus. of the economy and spurring chosen theme. They were then required to send in a tape
the mortgage fraud that was was the fact that Congress has spending. and a video of themselves. The video was shown on line
taking place. The prime tar- to answer to the American “Obviously we are very disap- and anyone could vote for who they wanted. Voters could
gets of the fraud were Black people. Our populace is give a contestant a rating of one to five stars, with five
and Hispanic families. Sub- against any kind of major being the best.
prime mortgages have exploit- bailout by the ratio of 50 to 1. Gadsden was informed she was one of the 10 finalists. The
Congresspersons and Wondering Why ------------------------------------------
ed minority home owners and 10 finalists were then judged by industry personalities that
Senators have an election next cont. from pg 1 included hip hop star Common, music producer Bryan
month and they must report Michael Cox, Vibes Editor-in-Chief, Danyel Smith and DJ
on this issue. If they discount Tony Touch. The judging was based on originality, cre-
the people and go for the “big Obama “doesn’t understand” military occupation that con-
tinues to cost lives and drain ativity, verbal technique and visual sophistication.
boys” their futures will be in this or that, McCain capped Gadsden now lives in Los Angeles.
THE CHRONICLE jeopardy. Democracy is going his critical barrage with this the treasury. What kind of
patriot would put such a per- This is not the first contest she has been in. While model-
to make them fall onto the peo- bumbled put-down of the fron- ling for Millie Lewis in Charleston she participated and
1111 King Street ple’s side. Yes, Corporate trunner’s command of foreign son within a furlong of the
presidency, let alone a heart- won several regional contest.
Charleston, SC 29403 Thieves you are in serious affairs: “I honestly don’t believe Her parents, Carolyn and Glenn Gadsden, said they are
trouble. I guess it is time for that Senator Obama has the beat away -- and at the direst
•••• you to “fall on your swords”. knowledge or experience and time in the country’s history proud of their little girl. They have been so supportive all
(843) 723-2785 since the revolution? the time,” she said.
Congress should take its time has made the wrong judg- Gadsden graduated from Charleston Collegiate, formally
Fax: (843) 577-6099 and sort this serious matter ments in a number of areas.” Sea Island Academy and later Furman University where
out. Save the nation from total And what was up with that
Email: Chaschron@aol.com “suspension” of the campaign she she received her degree in broadcast journalism. Some
financial abyss but do so with Do tell. of her other credits include being featured in a K-Swiss
J. JOHN FRENCH, SR. no mercy to the SOB’s who last week? Can’t McCain and
his minions come up with a commercial and was credited as a back-up singer in the
President - Editor//Publisher got us in this mess for the sim- If the past several weeks have 2006 movie, “American Dreamz.”
ple reason of personal gain. shown us anything, it is that less obvious stunt than one
NANETTE FRENCH-SMALLS We don’t need more regula- McCain is, himself, quite that casts him as Mighty
CEO/ADVERTISING tion we need better policing. adept at making “wrong judg- Mouse swooping in to save
the day, when, in fact, he had Obama’s Run ---------------------------------------------
That way equal opportunity ments in a number of areas,”
VALENTINA SMALLS can take the place of greed and proving that political longevity no more power to do that than cont. from pg 1
Operations-Business Mgr./ bias. does not necessarily bequeath 434 other members of
Comptroller-Advertising good judgment or wisdom. Congress?
Harry Alford is the co- fear. He has done all that he can do in order to win..... to
SIMONA A. FRENCH founder, President/CEO of His selection of a little-known, All politicians at this level are give lie to the premise promoted by WTMAs Rocky D, the
Receptionist- the National Black Chamber scantily experienced, rather ambitious and crave the win. new “keeper of colored people” amongst white ‘talk’ show
Traffic/Photographer of Commerce. Website: goofy governor of an outback We can’t blame McCain for hosts, that there is no longer a viable need for the
Marketing www.nationalbcc.org. state brings his good sense that. NAACP. In a bout of wishful thinking Gov. Sarah Palin’s
Tolbert Smalls, Jr. into question every bit as daughter can birth a child out of wedlock, while he rants
much as his rabid embrace of a But there is a difference that Black women have no sense of shame and lack family
Contributing Writers- between being driven to win values. We still have not learned that there are those who
Hakim Abdul-Ali and being driven to succeed. would make a living out of the chaos created when a Rocky
Beverly Birch What I believe about Obama D can promote the idea of divide and conquer.
is that he will work night and Perhaps Chronicle readers have begun to under-
Bob Small day to be a success -- to deliver stand why whites hate us so. Hate us in spite of the fact
DEADLINE: and make his supporters that we care for their children and their elderly, support
PUBLIC SERVICES proud and glad that they chose their businesses, vote them into office, win their sports
him. Judging from his desper- titles at the high school and college level, shine their
FRIDAY PRIOR TO ate ploys, McCain just wants shoes, clean up their vomit, and by our very presence make
PUBlICATION DATE to get there. them feel superior.
Member: That is why it is so important that we go out en
Not once did he look Obama masse and vote for Barack Obama in order to express once
National Newspaper Publishers, Assoc. in the eye during Friday night’s more the potency of our vote and the fact that we will be
South Carolina Press Assoc. debate. Not even when they reckoned with.
Amalgamated Publishers shook hands at the start. Many Obama can win, and he must. Only we can do that
S.C. Chamber of Commerce critics have chalked that up to now with our vote.
one of two things: Either Jim French
NO REFUNDS ON SUBSCRIPTIONS McCain doesn’t respect
Published Wednesday Obama or he doesn’t like him.
TRI State Printing-
North Charleston I think it was something else at
work: Shame. Over the crotch-
Credo of The Black Press
The Black Press believes that
ety nature of his debating tac-
tic; over the mean streak that
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America can best lead the world kept flashing; over the lies and
from racial and national antago-
nism when it accords to every
person, regardless of race, creed
distortions he was telling. BY OCTOBER 4
The last gasps of the old John
or color, his or her human and
legal rights. Hating no person,
fearing no person, the Black
Press strives to help every person
McCain, perhaps.
IT’S
in the firm belief that all persons
are hurt as long as anyone is
held back
IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!
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NNPA Celebrates Black Press Columnists as 'Champions' at CBC Weekend Event

By. Natalie Thompson

WASHINGTON (NNPA) -
Sixteen social and political
issues columnists of the
National Newspaper
Publishers Association were
honored Sept. 25 during a
Black Press Champions
Reception held during the
Congressional Black Caucus
Annual Legislative
Conference.

Along with NNPA colum-

nists such as former NNPA
Editor-in-Chief George
Curry, National Urban
League CEO Marc Morial,
and Bennett College
President Dr. Julianne
Malveaux, CBC members
were also honored for their
roles as guest columnists.
''This is a great organization,''
said honorary Dr. Barbara A.
Reynolds, NNPA religion
columnist and former writer
with USA Today. ''It is on the
cutting edge, and it always will
be.''
A special recognition was
given to members of the CBC
for their contributions to the
Black Press by NNPA
Foundation Chair, Dorothy
Leavell.
Leavell presented Ofield
Dukes, a member of the CBC
Foundation and NNPA
board of directors with an
award for establishing the op-
ed relationship between both
organizations.
''We wanted to recognize the
Congressional Black Caucus
members for their contribu-
tions of op-eds that appeared
in our newspapers,'' Leavell
said. ''It was because of our
relationship with Mr. Dukes
and his liaison between the
CBC and the Black Press of
America that for over a year
now those op-eds have
appeared in our publications.''
Curry, a former New York
Bureau Chief for the Chicago
Tribune, gave an acceptance
speech on behalf of the hon-
orees. In his speech, Curry
said the NNPA has served a
unique purpose in presenting
news of substance to African-
Americans.
''When I was with the
Chicago Tribune, if had three
stories I cared about in all the
year of publishing, that was a
good year for me. But at the
NNPA every week is a good
week for us because we're
doing something of substance.
So we applaud the NNPA for
being a source of news you can
not get anywhere else.”
Newly appointed president
and chief operating officer of
the NNPA Advertising and
Marketing Group, Robert
Bush, was also introduced by
Leavell during the ceremony.
Bush recognized NNPA
board members and publish-
ers in attendance and charged
the audience to become
change agents by getting to
know the Black publishers in
their communities.
''I can't tell you how excited I
am to be making money for
Black newspaper publishers
and to be able to have the
opportunity to move the deal
for our marketplace,'' Bush
said. ''The Black newspapers
are the gatekeepers of our
community. Nothing happens
in our community unless it
goes through the gates. When
you pick up a daily newspaper
you see all the bad that hap-
pens in the Black community.
But when you pick up our
papers, you get the real news.''
Hazel Trice Edney, editor-in-
chief of the NNPA News
Service, likened the colum-
nists to unsung heroes.
“For almost two centuries, 181
years to be exact, the pages of
Black newspapers have
thrived with the fiery voices of
columnists under girding our
journalistic mission for free-
dom, justice and equality,” she
said, giving the Statement of
Occasion. “Those columnists
are represented here today in
the personage of 16 people
who have served faithfully in
that historic role.”
NNPA co-chairs, Leavell and
John B. Smith Sr. presented
awards and posed for pictures
with the honorees. Smith said
columnists serve an important
role in the Black Press by help-
ing to cover all aspects of the
community.
''I think this may be the Black
Press' finest hour, because we
may soon have the first black
president,'' Reynolds said .
''Even if we don't we have a
movement of change we need
to go about a change of the
current system. I think we can
play a good role. The leader-
ship whether it's Barack
Obama or McCain should
respect the Black Press
enough to bring us in with the
other major news organiza-
tions.''
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the National Black Chamber cal scientist, Ron Walters; and
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Publications journalist and CEO of the Black AIDS
Malcolm X aide A. Peter Institute, were also honored as
Bailey; teacher and author Jim columnists for the the Black
Clingman; Marian Wright Press of America.
Edelman, president and CEO
of the Children’s Defense
Fund; former Bill Fetcher,
director of field services and
education for the American
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CBC Weekend Obama Still Thinks Deal

Clouded by
$700 Billion
Bail Out Bill
By. Hazel Trice Edney
NNPA Editor-in-Chief
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Members of the
Congressional Black Caucus walked the red carpet in
tuxedos and gowns here Saturday night. They grooved to
Patti Labelle and gave a standing ovation to keynote
speaker Sen. Barack Obama.
But their minds were far from the glitz and glamour of this
year’s big dinner that drew thousands to the Washington,
D.C. Convention Center as their emails and voice mails
were packed with mostly Black constituents decrying the
proposed $700 billion Wall Street bail out that failed on
its first vote on Monday.
“This is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to try to deal with.
But, we’re holding on,” said Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson
(D-Texas), a former CBC chair. “My feeling is that if
you’ve been making eight, ten, twelve or twenty million
dollars a year, why should we bail you out? You should
have saved something. I think we ought to be talking
about saving people who have lost their homes.”
Even if CBC members wanted to simply vote for the bill
and be done with it, their constituents wouldn’t let them.
“I had both offices to tally up the calls. One thousand and
fourteen said No,” said Rep. Diane Watson of California,
sparkling as she exited the Ball Room. “People have been
calling, detailing their foreclosures in tears. And we’re
going to spend $700 billion to bail out the guys that got us
into this?”
A clear answer of what would ultimately be done was still
up in the air early afternoon on Monday as the House ini-
tially voted down the bail out 205-228 with 433 of the 435
members of Congress voting. Leaders were bent on nego-
tiating or even pushing fellow lawmakers to change their
vote. Late Monday afternoon, the bill was expected to be
revised for a new vote.
CBC members were conflicted, hearing the sentiments of
their primarily Black constituents saying the bail out in
any form would be unfair as they struggle with every day
expenses.
President Bush, who had pushed for the failed bill said he
was “very disappointed” that it did not pass. Presidential
candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, members of
the U. S. Senate, had no vote on Monday. Neither had
stated clearly what they would have done had the bill - in
its initial form - made it to the Senate. Both said it depend-
ed on the language.
Meanwhile CBC members took the pressure of their con-
stituents for the entire four days of the Annual Legislative
Weekend.
“They really don’t believe that we ought to be bailing any-
body out,” said House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-
S.C.) at his “Carolina Reception” in a Downtown D.C.
hotel Sept. 25. “They are nine to one against it.”
However, Clyburn said the failure to do anything at all
could be even more detrimental.
The repercussions could be far-reaching, he says.
“This is not just about Wall Street. It’s about community
bankers, local banks, credit cards, trying to buy a house,
trying to buy a car, all of those things could get tied up if
we don’t do something,” Clyburn says. “And so, because
people do not understand that, they think that all we’re try-
ing to do is bail out Wall Street. And that is what the
White House is doing. But, we’re trying to make sure that
we can restore confidence in the market and that we pro-
tect the taxpayers as we do it.”
Complicating the situation is the fact that every member of
the House of Representatives is up for re-election unless
they are retiring or stepping down. Therefore political fear
also played a role as members prepare to adjourn Congress
to go home and campaign.
“Ninety-nine percent are opposed to the bail out,” said
Rep. G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.). “We get a variety of
statements when they call. But, most of them are in three
words: What about me? My family is hurting. My kids are
not able to go to college. My grandmother is not getting
sufficient access to health care. What about me?”
The pressure worked.
“It seems like the country’s priorities are totally mis-
placed,” said Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) “This is Bush’s
legacy and I hope that we don’t do this. There are other
ways to stabilize the financial markets.”
House Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel said
CBC constituents are clear on the Caucus’ claim as the
“Conscience of the Congress.”
He said, “They understand that our job is to protect them,
their jobs, their savings and not to protect Wall Street.”
Still reeling from the damages and heartaches of
Hurricane Ike in Houston, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee said
the bail out drew more response than she has seen any
issue in years.
“It is generating the most interest that I’ve seen since the
Iraq war and the mood that the country was in,” she said.
She says she believes the Congress should simply take a
break before voting any further in the matter.
“Let us just stop, just pause for a moment, let us go home
and engage our constituents, talk to our banking commu-
nity, our real estate persons, find out what is happening in
our particular communities, come back over a period of
time and address the questions of the market in a compre-
hensive landscape,” Jackson Lee said. “My position is
whoa. That’s a term that we use in the state of Texas.
Horses stop when we say whoa.”
Will Be Reached, Michelle
Wows 'Em at FAMU and
More Couric-Palin?
By: BlackAmericaWeb.com staff
OBAMA CONFIDENT DEAL WILL BE REACHED
Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama said
this afternoon that "he's confident a deal will be reached
on a bailout plan, despite it failing in the House," says
NBC's Athena Jones, reporting from the Obama cam-
paign.
By BlackAmericaWeb.com staff
---
MICHELLE OBAMA WOWS FAMU
Capitalizing on a well-attended two-week voter registra-
tion drive that ended in Tallahassee pulling in a crowd of
8,000 students at Florida A&M University, Michelle
Obama is continuing her push for increased voter registra-
tion with additional campaign appearances this week in
Colorado and Missouri and making radio appearances to
support Tuesday’s “One Vote” National Registration
Drive.
The one-day drive, sponsored by Radio One, Inc.and the
Hip Hop Caucus - Respect My Vote Campaign, aims to
register more than 50,000 eligible persons in one day from
6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
There will be 52 Radio One Inc stations across 15 cities
broadcasting live from a central location allowing regis-
trars to register eligible voters on site. The drive will also
provide information on live call-ins and online registra-
tion.
Obama, whose husband, Sen. Barack Obama, is the
Democratic presidential nominee will make appearances
on the Tom Joyner Morning Show and the Michael
Baisden show to emphasize the need to vote.
In July, Obama announced an effort to register black vot-
ers and get them to the polls in November and more
engaged, generally, in civic life. In a conference call with
reporters, Obama said the effort would include voter edu-
cation to help people navigate the registration process,
procure absentee ballots when necessary, locating and get-
ting to their polling places.
At the time, Obama noted that there were nearly 26 mil-
lion African American eligible to vote, but 8 million – 32
percent – were not registered. In Ohio, 270,000 African
Americans were not registered; it was 333,071 in
Pennsylvania, 432,000 in Virginia and 591,000 in Florida.
There were no figures available on the number of voters
registered during Obama’s recent swing.
This nationwide voter drive is a joint effort between Radio
One, Inc and Respect My Vote creator, Reverend Lennox
Yearwood, also co-creator of the 2004 campaign "Vote or
Die" with Sean "P Diddy" Combs. The initiative looks to
bring the large number of African Americans, ages 18-29,
who did not attend college out to the polls to participate
in this year's presidential election.
The 15 cities participating in the one-day registration drive
are: Atlanta, Indianapolis, Baltimore, Detroit, St. Louis,
Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, Cincinnati, Cleveland,
Columbus, Philadelphia, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston,
Richmond and Washington D.C.
“We are committed to building awareness to the ‘Respect
My Vote" Campaign,’” said Respect My Vote founder, the
Rev. Lennox Yearwood, co-creator in 2004 with hip-hop
mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs of “Vote or Die.”
“Our partnership with Radio One will help push the
importance of registering to vote in this year's presidential
election to the more than 8 million unregistered African-
Americans eligible to vote nationwide.”
By JACKIE JONES, BlackAmericaWeb.com
MORE COURIC-PALIN CLIPS?
Greg Sargent at Talking Points Memo has confirmation
that CBS News will air additional footage of Sarah Palin,
Alaska governor and Sen. John McCain's running mate,
interviewed by Katie Couric.
These clips aren't from Couric's near-comical interview
with Palin last week, however; Couric also interviewed
Palin and Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Joe
Biden for pieces set to air on Wednesday and Thursday.
They were asked identical questions, so it should make for
interesting comparisons. Washington Post's Howard
Kurtz reports, however, that CBS "has two more respons-
es on tape that will likely prove embarrassing."
And not for the Obama-Biden ticket.
Who
Asked
Me?
(AND THE WALL CAME TUMBLING
DOWN)
While the Bush Administration has acted irresponsibly
in the past engaging the American public in a war that to date has
cost somewhere in the neighborhood of one trillion dollars,
America finds herself in another ill-advised catastrophe. And even
after the troops’ withdrawal, American taxpayers will continue to
foot the bill for America’s presence in Iraq. That’s the dollar
amount; but in terms of fatalities, over 4,000 Americans have lost
their lives since President Bush made his case to the United
Nations on weapons of mass destruction. The reality of it all is the
weapons of mass destruction were the President and members of
his administration that supported a senseless war.
During the past two weeks we have seen the government
bailout of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and American International
Group (AIG). According to the Tampa Bay Online.com, the US
Treasury acquired warrants to purchase 80% of AIG stock. AIG
is presently suing seven former executives, including their CEO
for $20 billion dollars in misappropriated stocks. So, the free
wheelers are finally being wheeled in but they are eight years too
late. That’s how long this administration has turned its head to
the corruption. With this kind of abuse of power and greed, why
didn’t we see the train coming?
Once again, we have the President making his case to the
American taxpayers for a $700 Billion bailout without any
accountability. And while the President clearly has not acted
responsibly in the past, he faces a snowball chance in hell of get-
ting approval from either side of the aisle. It’s too close to the elec-
tion. The constituents back home will have a lot to say at the polls
when they cast their ballot. The President is asking Congress to
sign a blank check for the Wall Street debacle. So, what’s going
to happen to the small business owner that have worked hard and
followed the rules? Who is going to ensure that they remain sol-
vent and are able to get loans to keep them from falling under the
ax? That’s one of those safeguard that needs to be included in the
bailout package if it passes. Big businesses have every chance of
succeeding given all of the resources, personnel, finances, tax
incentives and loopholes that they have to their disposal.
However, what has been fueling big businesses is greed. CEOs
have drawn unprecedented salaries, severance bonuses and health
care benefits. They just kept piling it on while small businesses
were forced to close their doors because they were not able to get
loans.
Many of the taxpayers do not fully understand the ramifi-
cations of the last two weeks of the market ups and downs. They
don’t understand what it will mean to their retirement plans and
even to their ability to get loans or credit cards. The home buyer
who had his house up for sale will have to stay put and pay the
mortgage. In the past, many of the homes sold within a
month or two; now some have been on the market well over six
months. Banks are foreclosing on loans. I tell you it is getting real
messy.
As I was driving home today, I thought about the few
dollars I have in the bank. I called hubby and said look, I just
heard on the news that Wachovia is being bought out by Citicorp.
I told him those big boys have this country in a mess. Y’all can lis-
ten to those crooks if you want to. It wouldn’t hurt to get a little
cash to stash for emergencies until you find out how we are going
to get out of this mess. If you think those crooks have all of their
cash in banks, think again. They have stashed their cash in safe
havens just in case the market crashes. So, I headed to the bank
and got my savings of twenty dollars plus six cents interest out of
the bank and put it under the mattress. It’s going to earn just as
much interest as it will sitting in the bank. As a youngster, I can
remember my grandmother stashing her cash under the mattress.
I thought that was strange then but faced with the uncertainty of
the economy and the banks, it’s not as funny when it’s your money.
My grandmother never really worked; but, her husband did. She
lived through the Great Depression and was going to protect the
few dollars that her husband had worked so hard to earn for the
family.
If you thought you didn’t have a reason to vote before,
you have one now. Don’t miss the opportunity to vote for the best
candidate. We did not get into this mess overnight and we will
not straighten it out overnight. We cannot live through four more
years of the Bush economic policies that benefit the rich. So, let’s
register to vote. Saturday is the last day to register before the
General Election. You can make a difference in this election. Yes,
you can.
IF YOU DON’T
REGISTER BY
OCTOBER 4-
YOU CAN’T VOTE

ING/Essence Survey Outlines the Spending, Saving and Loaning Habits of Black Women
By: Sherrel Wheeler Stewart,
BlackAmericaWeb.com
More than half of black
women say they are living pay-
check to paycheck, and almost
half say it’s difficult for them to
have the lifestyle they desire
because of financial obliga-
tions to their immediate fami-
ly, according to a survey
released recently by the ING
Foundation.
“What we have here is a finan-
cial perfect storm. An inclina-
tion to spend, combined with
an extraordinary desire to help
others financially, has left
many black women behind the
curve in terms of savings,” said
Rhonda Mims, president of
the ING Foundation and sen-
ior vice president of ING’s
Office of Corporate
Citizenship & Responsibility.
“The good news is that black
women care deeply about their
financial future, have a strong
desire to learn more, and man-
ifest many of the qualities criti-
cal to investment success,” she
said in a prepared statement.
The national telephone survey
was sponsored by the ING
Foundation and developed in
conjunction with the editors of
Essence. ING is a global
financial services company
based in Amsterdam. The sur-
vey was conducted between
May 1 and May 18 and includ-
ed 1,000 pre-retired black
women and 454 non-black
women. The firm of Clark
Martire & Bartolomeo con-
ducted the survey, and results
were released earlier this
month.
The survey also reported:
* More than a third of the
women have loaned over
$1,000 to friends or family in
the last year.
* Sixty-eight percent of black
women buy what they want in
a good or bad economy.
* Seventy-one percent said it
was important to give to their
place of worship.
* Forty-one percent feel guilty
about how much they spend
on expensive brands.
The trends reflected in the sur-
vey report show that black
women are experiencing many
of the same challenges as the
rest of America, said personal
finance expert Michelle
Singletary.
“This is not surprising. Across
the board, people are living
paycheck to paycheck,”
Singletary told
BlackAmericaWeb.com. But
the current economic climate
should signal that it is time to
make changes in spending and
saving, she said.
“This is a time when people
should be pulling back and liv-
ing below their means,”
Singletary said. “You can’t
have what you want when you
want it if you don’t have the
resources.”
The survey showed that
almost seven in 10, or 68 per-
cent of black women, say that
they buy what they really want
in good times or bad. And
many said they are tempted to
make impulse purchases when
they are depressed.
Nikki Jackson, a 34-year-old
engineer in Birmingham,
Alabama, said she was brows-
ing through Saks recently and
saw a black, Gucci Hysteria
purse with a price tag of more
than $1,700.
“It was the purse I had want-
ed. It was black patent. I had
to call someone to talk me off
of the ledge,” she said jokingly.
“I decided not to get it, even
though I had available credit.”
Jackson, a single woman,
doesn’t live paycheck to pay-
check, but she said she is
mindful of her dollars these
days.
She says she invests regularly,
mainly through programs at
work, and tries to limit
impulse purchases.
The Chronicle
As Poignant, Tragic, Insightful View of Author, Lawyer, Deacon Who
I Thrived on Hope, Spirituality-----------------------------
See It (cont. from pg 1)
Hakim Abdul-Ali
account of what life holds for
the person who has been down
life’s low roads and chose to
Lavish Luxuries make something positive of
that experience.
There’s a potent word that most people take for granted, and that
word is “lavish.” It’s oftentimes misunderstood.
The story of Mr. Dortch’s life
I tend to think of it as a word that describes extending or bestow-
in his contemplative memoir is
ing profusely. You, like someone else in “hue-manity” may have
stunningly poignant and
another meaning or interpretation of this word, but it all comes
shockingly tragic, spiritually
out to indicate something that is marked by profusion or excess.
insightful and forever encour-
When applied to “hue-man” nature on a day-today basis “lavish’
aging in the same read. It’s
sometimes gets all twisted up in concepts gone wild. At this about insubstantial reality,
moment I’d like to hold your focus on the sweetness of the word,
without crassness and ostentatious show.
I take that flow with your solemn thoughts that as I mention the
repentance and much, much
more, with no apparent details
left out.
fact that none of us can afford the luxury of a negative vibration or
thought running through our heads and heart, you already know
this to be truth personified. We all have to be positively in tuned in
Much has taken place since
his modest birth, departure
our individual time zones to good feelings around us in order to and return to this quaint little
accomplish some good and great things in this life. coastal South Carolina city,
Being positive is tranquility for the soul. I’d like to think of serene population 12,789. He
moments like these as being showered with “Lavish Luxuries,” returned “home,” as he proudly
because positive thoughts are synonymous to successful actions. says, about five years ago to
That’s why I said previously and referred to the word “lavish” as continue his journey of spiritu-
being sweet because it’s a loving state of mind to exist in. No one al growth.
can, should or must live in a mental space where love is absent or
invisible to the naked eye of a pure feeling. John Curtis Dortch was born
That feeling, once exposed to the fresh reality of sweet freedom, in Beaufort in 1945 and attend-
becomes forever absorbed into the discovery of self. That’s a ed Robert Small High School
“Lavish Luxury” that most people search a lifetime to find things where he was a gifted student
like love and self, and when they do, most often, they don’t know and all-around talented ath-
what to do with it in the first place, because they don’t know what lete. He graduated in 1963 and
a good thing it is to be free and in love at the same time. enrolled at Howard
It’s said that love is a many splendid thing, and I hold that to be University in Washington,
so very true, but deep “hue-man” love between a committed man D.C., the Black Mecca of col-
and woman is a “Lavish Luxury” that defies description. Its sweet- legiate higher learning in
ness lightens the burdens of this life. America at that time.
I’ve been told that this sweetness combines trust with honesty to
make it truly luxurious, and one should always “lavish” his or her While at Howard Mr. Dortch
partner with sweet nothings all day long to keep the flames of true excelled in his studies with the
love alive. I don’t have any argument with that philosophy because ultimate intentions of attend-
love is the stuff that makes the soul feel blessed and luxurious at ing law school to fulfill his
the same time. desire of giving something
While on that point, just recently I was saying something to a back to his community and
young African-American brother about the nature of always show- society-at-large. He, especially,
ering his queen with “lavishness,” especially if she deserved it. He became very active in the uni-
said he felt that he couldn’t give his all in that arena because she versity’s ROTC program, ris-
never showed appreciation of anything he did. ing to the top student leader-
He said he felt that she took everything for granted. (Sisters! Are ship role as Brigadier
you listening?) After listening to him, I told him it’s a sting to bust Commander in his senior year.
your you know what for someone, and they don’t appreciate you or Upon graduation in 1968,
Mr. Dortch joined the military
what you do, but never, ever let that stop you from being a person
who extends “Lavish Luxuries” upon someone who does truly as a commissioned officer serv-
ing in the Rangers, an elite
appreciate you and the things that you do.
In all fairness, I told this young brother that if you had a trusting Special Forces unit where
duty took him to volunteered
queen who you knew was deserving of being “lavished,” then show
her how much you love and respect her by giving her love and service in the Viet Nam War.
While there serving his coun-
being there for other than in romantic venues. (Brothers! Are you
listening?) try he was severely wounded in
combat and this first lieu-
It’s hard enough to be alone without love, but what about being in
love and making it harder. Love is a “lavished” opportunity for two tenant was honorably dis-
charge after a nineteen months
married and committed souls to express the “luxury” of being
together and working for a common goal. due to his war related injuries.
He returned to the
Without that end and purpose, I’m afraid the so-called relation-
ship is doomed from the start. Having been there, and done that, Washington, D.C. area and
went to work for New York
I know all too well that love gone sour is a mystery that destroys
the luxury of “lavishness.” Life Insurance Company from
1971- 1974, eventually becom-
I mentioned to the young brother that there are a lot of unhappy
and lonely people in this world, and they are only happier if they ing one of it’s highest grossing
and most successful field
see you like them. So, I strongly advised him, without solicitation,
to stay out of other people’s marital problems, because all you do underwriters. Everything was
is make matters worse. going uphill in his life when
fate took an expected turn for
Our conversation was getting kind of heavy, to lay it simply on
the line, and as we continued down the path of wisdom and learn- the worse.
ing, I had to mention to him that I sensed that he was having some
problems with his queen, who was his wife. Somewhere during this time
period in 1974, Mr. Dortch
He agreed, and said that he enjoyed talking with me because I lis-
ten to the fact that he loved this lady, but he was just completely decided to branch out in other
additional economic arenas
exhausted from giving to someone who he felt didn’t appreciate
him or what he was doing for her. He said, if the truth must be and he founded JCD
Enterprises, an operational
told, he couldn’t and wouldn’t give any more “Lavish Luxuries” to
her or any other female. holding company. As the book
clearly details, that didn’t pan
At that point, I said to him, with complete sincerity, “Brother, out as he had expected due to
that’s your queen. You fight for her, and love her, if (?) she’s worthy
his unsuccessful attempts to
of your love. acquire a capital infusion from
“Don’t let the negativity of a testy moment in time destroy your investment bankers.
real love for this sister, because I sense also that you love her very
deeply, and for some reason(s) we brothers have a problem talking That business was in a state
to our queens and sisters.” of financial decline from the
He had to agree with me because the truth is and was real. We in shortage of operational cash
the Black community do have immense problems of communica- flow needed to keep JCD
tion to our beloved spouses and members of the opposite sex. I Enterprises afloat and solvent.
told him that it’s not easy to say that, but it’s a form of “Lavished And with financial pressures
Luxuries” to know that the sweet truth shall set you free. mounting, Mr. Dortch resort-
Maybe, that’s what I was alluding to in my earlier aforementioned ed to other ways to acquire
thought that most people search a lifetime to find self and love, said funds by engineering a
and when they do, they don’t know what to do with it in the first conspiracy to rob the
place. I suggested to the young brother that he mustn’t fall into Columbia Federal Savings
that pit and make that error most of us brothers do, including me. and Loan Association Bank in
We must know and love ourselves first before we can love and D.C.
know anyone else, and when we do, it truly can be labeled a
“Lavish Luxury.” There’s nothing sweeter than the “real” love of It was at this time when this
two trusting and committed souls who don’t sneak around behind former highly decorated mili-
each others’ backs playing games of hide and deceive. (Brothers! tary infantry officer’s life took a
Sisters! Are you both “really” listening?) turn for the negative subject-
I hope so, because the sweetness of a trusting moment is too vital ing him to a subsequent
to waste on petty deceits and slick pretenses. In order for the lengthy prison term and a
sweetness of any “Lavish Luxury” to be marked profusion in the resultant period of deep moral
self one must give love unconditionally, even sometimes if it introspection and spiritual
means, or may appear, that you get or expect nothing in return. redemption. This is the “root”
The young brother said, “I don’t get it!” I told the young brother, message of his 357 page book
“Be patient. Not many people know that patience and understand- of inspiration and hope.
ing are two of the sweetest “Lavish Luxuries” that God Alone gave Mr. Dortch, in our interview,
us as “hue-mans” to bestow upon one another.” described his attempt to raise
the extra cash flow he said he
I told him to work at trying to decipher what I just said, and learn needed to overcome his finan-
that love is a two-way boulevard between him and his wonderful cial burden by carefully organ-
queen. “We’re all works in progress, including your wife,” I said, izing a selected group of seven
and by being patient and considerate, he’ll get the message of individuals to assist him in the
understanding. That’s a hard lesson to fathom, and some folks in bank robbery which was to
creation never get the gist of those “Lavished Luxuries.” take place on September 20,
I trust that you do, and my “Lavished Luxuries” for you today are 1974.
to be at peace with yourself and the one you love. And that’s, “As I During our intense interview
See It.”. at his beautifully restored
home/office, all done by his
physical efforts, this deacon at
the First African Baptist
IF Church (in Beaufort) empha-
sized that he was the chief
YOU organizer behind the bank’s
conspiracy, never passing
DON’T blame on anyone.
The bank robbery was
botched when Mr. Dortch
was stopped near the bank by
VOTE undercover police officers,
who were alerted of the rob-
bery attempt by a paid inform-
DON’T ant member of Mr. Dortch’s
own inner robbery cohorts,
COMPLAIN unknown to him. Another
accomplice, James Bryant,
October 1, 2008-5
witnessing Mr. Dortch’s con- about the trials of life that sur-
go through and ultimately
frontation with the officers, rounds us all in more ways
seek. It’s a mighty lesson to be
which included the discharg- than one in Black America. I
ing of one of the weapons that
understood. strongly recommend that you
Mr. Dortch was carrying, ran get a copy.
With the escalating number of
away. Deacon Dortch summed up
ebony souls today being incar-
what his book was about by
cerated in ever-increasing high
No one was hurt in the melee relating that, “The past is irrev-
numbers, “Memoirs Of The
except Mr. Dortch who was ocable, but there’s always
Prodigal Son” may just be the
injured under his eye. In the hope.” His website is
type of thoughtful book that
commotion, both Mr. Bryant www.dpchope.com.
may give you a helpful clarity
and Mr. Dortch fled, but in
different directions, with Mr.
Dortch catching a city bus and
simply disappearing into the
rush hour D.C. traffic.
Obama Hits a Triple at the
Mr. Bryant, on the other hand, Debate, A Home run at the CBC
was apprehended by a young
D.C. police officer, twenty- By. Ron Walters
four year old Gail Cobb. She NNPA Columnist
hadn’t pulled her revolver
when Mr. Bryant, using a con- By all accounts Barack Obama won the first of the presidential
cealed weapon, shot and killed debates on September 26 over John McCain, who was widely con-
her. Ms. Cobb was one of the sidered to have more experience in foreign affairs.
first female officers to die in He won by exceeding expectations, exhibiting that he had a sub-
the line of duty in the United stantial grasp of issues and that he was presidential, while McCain
States. talked in generalities and showed his disdain for Obama, not
according him proper acknowledgment by refusing to look at him.
Mr. Dortch wasn’t at the scene But whatever advantage McCain was thought to have over
of Ms. Cobb’s shooting, but he Obama by his familiarity with various heads of state and, as he
was indicted and tried on sev- intoned, having been involved in every major crisis in foreign poli-
eral counts related to the con- cy in the past 25 years, Obama came back several times, diminish-
spiracy, attempted bank rob- ing McCain’s winning points.
bery and felony murder. He
was sentenced to fifteen years For example, when McCain alluded to the fact that he had a
to life on those charges. bracelet from a woman whose son had been killed in Iraq, Obama
countered with his own bracelet, squelching McCain’s emotional
After his release from prison in point. When McCain charged that Obama didn’t understand the
1990 and having served fifteen “Surge,” Obama countered that McCain seemed to think the war
years, where he was classified began in 2007, then dramatically stated since the war began in
as a model citizen, he enrolled 2003, McCain had been wrong about the reason for its start,
in law school at the District of wrong about how American troops would be received, and wrong
Columbia Law School in 1991. about the tension between Sunni and Shia factions. And there
He was selected as president were others.
of the Student Bar
Association, among other Nevertheless, it was also somewhat unnerving to hear him say at
prestigious honors, and he least seven times that McCain was right; for him not to counter
graduated in 1994, with hopes McCain repeated message that Obama didn’t understand, to see
of being able to practice law. McCain muscle him out of responses several times because Jim
The only problem with that Lehrer was not in control of the debate; to see him not follow up
decision was that a convicted on several obvious openings such as his definition of the “success”
felon on parole normally was of the Surge, McCain’s slavish support of George Bush’s policies,
McCain’s lack of support for Veterans, and others.
not allowed to practice law in
most states. I understand the problem he has. On one hand, he can’t feed into
the “angry black man” racial image and turn off some white voters;
Having passed the bar exami- on the other, he has to establish a level of policy competence and
physical ease that lets him appear presidential. But I give him a
nations in DC, Maryland and
West Virginia, Mr. Dortch triple because he could have been much better.
readied himself for the oppor-
tunity to practice law, which Then next evening, however, when Barack Obama stepped on the
stage to give the keynote speech at Congressional Black Caucus
he has not been able to do
because of legal denials. He annual dinner, that he was home could be witnessed by everybody
who was on their feet, rocking to the music of, “Here I am baby,
even appeared on the “Today ”
show, with his attorney and signed sealed delivered, I’m yours….”
Obama was given the CBC’s Harold Washington Award, named
was interviewed by then co-
anchor Katie Couric in after the former mayor of his home City and he proceeded to
acknowledge those who had paved his way – again, leaving out
February 1997, to bring his
plight to the attention of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. who sat at a table in front of him.
But as Obama got into his speech and began to warm up, he
national audience.
answered the criticism of me and others, by dealing with critical
aspects of the Black Agenda.
To this day, he’s not been able
to practice law anywhere in
America. His book brilliantly Time and again, he brought the crowd to its feet by observing that
this historical moment was not just about him, but about the chil-
details a disciplined man who’s
not bitter, but a “better” dren who might benefit and who might live to actually see a black
person in the White House. He defined change with his stock
human being because of his
determined faith in God, and presentation on issues like ending the Iraq war, enacting health
adequate insurance and health care, and ending the failed No
how it has brought him inner
relief after such a horrendous Child Left Behind education program. He also linked shoring up
inadequate schools in poor neighborhoods to college attendance
period in his life.
and good jobs.
The book is a must read, no
matter what your faith tradi- Most important, he showed that he was conversant with the prob-
lems of urban America, pointing to the need to deal with poverty,
tion is, because it truly attests
to the absolute power of spiri- promoting job training and ending mass incarceration by rolling
tual repentance before the back punitive legislation. And he felt that we should not only be
Creator. Mr. Dortch has been “tough on crime,” but smart on crime. Gone was the patronizing
through quite a bit, both good language of moral responsibility as the only solution. This was not
and bad according to most only good for the audience to hear assembled there, but it was fuel
candid pundits of sacred for the fundraising that he and Michele were doing in town, and
observation. for the message of a strong black turnout that rippled through the
CBC forums all week long.
In interviewing Mr. Dortch So, I give Obama a Home Run for his performance at the CBC
you can’t help but see a strong- and feel that he has not only put many of the questions raised to
willed believer in his Christian rest, he also teed up a number of issues he will bring to the table in
way of life, who is as organized the debates on domestic issues.
a human being as you ever
want to meet. He’s extremely Dr. Ron Walters is the Distinguished Leadership Scholar and
articulate, polite and his book, Professor of Government and Politics at the University of
published by Disciple Maryland College Park. One of his latest books is: Freedom Is
Publishing Company, P.O. Not Enough: Black Voters, Black Candidates and American
Box 554, Beaufort, South Presidential Politics (Rowman and Littlefield)
Carolina, 29901, is punctuated
with meaningful life-enhanc-
ing mental transformations
that will make you realize how
precious life really is.
Through all that he’s been
through and what’s lies ahead
of him, you get the sense that
“Memoirs Of The Prodigal
Son: The Road To
Redemption” is what Deacon
John C. Dortch is about, and
he’s lived a life that few can
ascribe to. This open and
aboveboard author related
that he’s genuinely sorry for the
sadness that he’s caused any-
one as a result of his role and
actions in his crimes in D.C.,
and he asks God for guidance,
relief and aid through his daily
sincere prayers.
He’s tried to make a better
man of himself in God’s eyes,
by serving his religious com-
munity in any way that he can,
especially those who are less
fortunate than himself. Just
being in his presence, you can
tell that he’s a survivor, by his
belief in the unconditional love
of Jesus Christ, as he (Mr.
Dortch) proclaims.
Deacon John C. Dortch’s
book symbolizes and illus-
trates so wonderfully in his
dynamic tell-all account of his
spiritual voyage from hellish
ordeals to soothing redemp-
tion is probably what all of us
6- October 1, 2008 The Chronicle

-YOUR HEALTH

Natalie Cole And Hepatitis C Millions of People With Gout

(BlackDoctor.org) -- For
many, it was surprising to hear
that phenomenal songstress
Natalie Cole has hepatitis C.
And for some it was saddening
to hear her explain her treat-
ment process. Next week she
will be getting chemotherapy
and will cut off all of her hair.
"What I have is treated with
chemotherapy. I have chemo
every week," Cole said in an
interview shown on
Entertainment Tonight. She
told her interviewer, Paula
Abdul of American Idol, that
the chemotherapy makes her
tired and nauseous, and that
she's lost a lot of weight due to
her illness, but that she has a
"great group of people" rally-
ing around her.
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and can you prevent it? And is
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Here are answers to those and
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C.
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caused by an infection with a
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There are several ways to get
infected with hepatitis C:
• Sharing needles for injection
drug use. Drug use may be
how Cole got hepatitis C. She
told Entertainment Tonight
that she used heroin in the
early 1980s. Cole wrote about
her drug use in her 2000 auto-
biography, Angel on My
Shoulder; saying her drug use
is long over.
• Accidentally getting pricked
by a needle contaminated by
infected blood. This some-
times happens to hospital
workers.
• Being born to a mother with
hepatitis C infection.
• Getting a blood transfusion
from someone with hepatitis
C infection. Before 1992,
blood could not be tested for
hepatitis C. Since 1992, all
blood donated in the U.S. gets
tested for the virus. If you had
a blood transfusion or organ
transplant before June 1992,
ask your doctor about being
tested for hepatitis C.
• Some people on kidney dial-
ysis have gotten hepatitis C
from contamination of the
equipment.
• It's possible to get hepatitis
C from someone you live with
if you share items such as
razors or toothbrushes that
might have had his or her
blood on them.
• A person can get hepatitis C
from getting a tattoo or body
piercing with dirty tools.
• Rarely, a person can get hep-
atitis C from having unpro-
tected sex with an infected per-
son. This is more likely to hap-
pen if the infected person also
has another sexually transmit-
ted disease.
• You cannot get hepatitis C
from hugging or shaking
hands with an infected person.
How common is hepati-
tis C in Blacks?
Chronic hepatitis C virus
(HCV) is the most common
blood borne infection in the
United States. An estimated
2.7 million Americans are
infected, with the greatest
prevalence of infection in
African Americans at 3.2%.
African Americans account for
22% of Americans with HCV.
And several studies have
shown that the response rates
of African Americans to HCV
treatments are significantly
lower than those for non-
Hispanic whites.
The reasons for these differ-
ences in natural history and
outcomes of therapy are not
understood but are the subject
of ongoing study.
Does hepatitis C make
you sick right away?
Not usually. Natalie Cole told
Entertainment Tonight that
years. And that's not rare.
"Patients can be without
symptoms and even with nor-
mal liver tests for 25 or 30
years. That's very common, in
fact," Bruce R. Bacon, MD,
director of the division of gas-
troenterology and hepatology
at St. Louis University School
of Medicine, tells WebMD.
Bacon, who isn't treating
Cole, prefers the word "inac-
tive" rather than "dormant" to
describe the virus when it's not
causing obvious symptoms.
What are the symptoms
of hepatitis C?
Hepatitis C usually doesn't
cause any symptoms. But
when symptoms occur, the
CDC says they may include:
• Fever
• Fatigue
• Appetite loss
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Abdominal pain
• Dark urine
• Clay-colored bowel move-
ments
• Joint pain
• Jaundice (yellow color in the
skin or eyes)
"The most common symptom
is probably no symptoms. But
the next most common symp-
tom would be fatigue. People
just feel tired and worn out,"
says Bacon.
How is hepatitis C
diagnosed?
Hepatitis C is diagnosed by a
blood test.
If you have any risk factors for
hepatitis C, get tested, and if
you find out you have hepatitis
C, see a specialist, Bacon sug-
gests.
Don't let stigma about drug
use or other risk factors stand
in your way. "We just need to
move beyond that and find out
what's going on," says Bacon.
How is hepatitis C treated?
Hepatitis C is treated with
two drugs: long-acting inter-
feron (called pegylated inter-
feron or peginterferon) and
ribavirin.
Pegintereferon "gets the
immune system to handle the
virus a little more effectively,"
says Bacon. Ribavirin is an
antiviral medicine, "but it
doesn't work against hepatitis
C alone; it only works in con-
junction with interferon."
New treatments are in the
works. "Those new treatments
are a class of drugs called pro-
tease inhibitors," says Bacon,
singling out two protease
inhibitors -- telapravir and
boceprevir -- as being "far
along in development."
give it that negative connota-
tion, to try to keep things posi-
tive for patients. So I call it
treatment for their viral infec-
tion or antiviral therapy."
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........HEALTH FOR YOU

DC Hopes Needle Exchanges Curb Soaring AIDS Rate
By BRIAN WESTLEY
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) --
Reggie Jackson spends much
of his day inside a Winnebago,
riding through the city's hard-
scrabble neighborhoods to
hand out clean syringes in
exchange for dirty ones.
"We're saving lives, man,"
Jackson says. He's on a mis-
sion to protect drug addicts
from HIV, which Jackson
learned he had in 1990 after
years of sharing needles to
shoot heroin and crack
cocaine.
District of Columbia officials
are counting on Jackson and
others like him as they try to
tackle an AIDS crisis so severe
that one report has called it a
"modern epidemic."
Despite such alarms, little has
changed over the years as city
leaders struggle to reverse a
startling statistic - one in 20
residents in the nation's capital
is believed to be infected with
HIV, a rate worse than any
American city and one that
rivals some developing coun-
tries.
But there is reason for opti-
mism, officials say.
Congress lifted a decade-long
ban in December prohibiting
D.C. from using local tax dol-
lars to support needle-
exchange programs. Critical
funds are now starting to
reach these groups, allowing
them to increase outreach
Experts Believe in Adult Stem Cells
(NU) - In America, the term
"stem cells" is automatically
associated with "embryonic
stem cells," the cells that scien-
tists can only extract by
destroying a human embryo.
But while American politi-
cians, scientists and religious
leaders debate moral issues,
the rest of the world uses adult
stem cells to treat, and heal
patients.
Adult stem cells exist in every
human being's tissues, where
they help regrow skin, muscle
and nerve cells. Scientists can
extract adult stem cells from
patients, then multiply the
cells in labs. When the cells are
injected back into a patient,
they help grow healthy tissues.
In countries including the
U.K., Thailand, China, Israel
and Argentina, adult stem
cells have successfully treated
patients with everything from
Hodgkin's lymphoma to bro-
ken bones.
Don Margolis created the
efforts and add workers like
Jackson.
It remains to be seen, though,
how much of a dent will be
made in slowing the virus,
which has touched nearly
every cross-section of
Washington.
"There is no silver bullet," said
Walter Smith, the director of
the D.C. Appleseed Center
for Law and Justice, an advo-
cacy organization that is moni-
toring the city's efforts to
reduce HIV infection. "There
are multiple factors that have
produced our high
HIV/AIDS rate and it will
take multiple factors to bring it
down."
The reasons include unstable
leadership at the city's
HIV/AIDS prevention office,
which has had 12 directors in
just over 20 years. That has
slowed strategies to get a han-
dle on the disease.
Washington also has a high
population of black and gay
residents - groups where the
rate of infection has been high
historically.
Still, one statistic has particu-
larly frustrated D.C. officials:
More than one in five of
Washington's HIV cases were
transmitted through intra-
venous drug use, according to
a report released last year by
the city's HIV/AIDS
Administration.
Needle exchanges are being
used in 36 states, D.C. and
Worldwide Center for Adult
Stem Cell Education LLC
(WCASCE) to help
Americans locate and use
adult stem cell treatment cen-
ters. Through Margolis's Web
s i t e ,
http://donmargolis.com/treat-
ment.php, people can search a
list of treatment centers for
over 100 different diseases.
Margolis writes on his Web
site, "Americans need to know
that that they can receive
immediate, life-changing treat-
ments for congestive heart fail-
ure, sickle-cell anemia, multi-
ple sclerosis, spinal cord injury
and many other diseases -; as
long as they search outside of
the U.S."
Adult stem cell treatments
can be very beneficial. The
WCASCE's Scientific
Advisory Board contains
expert physicians who have
used adult stem cell treat-
ments. Its Chairman, Kittipan
Puerto Rico to slow the
spread of the disease through
IV use, according to the North
American Syringe Exchange
Network. Many of the pro-
grams are financed with state
or local money.
In 1998, however, Rep. Todd
Tiahrt, R-Kan., and then-Sen.
John Ashcroft, R-Mo., insert-
ed language in the federal
spending package that
blocked D.C. from funding
such programs because of con-
cerns about drug abuse. They
were able to do so because
Congress approves the city's
budget.
D.C. needle exchange advo-
cates say the ban left them
without an important tool in a
city where roughly 10,000 resi-
dents are believed to be injec-
tion drug users.
"If you want to reduce the
spread of HIV ... you put more
syringes out there," said Ken
Vail, executive director of
PreventionWorks!, where
Jackson works.
The program, which serves
the city's residents through a
roving Winnebago, survived
during the congressional ban
mostly on private donations.
During that time,
PreventionWorks! was able to
reach roughly 2,000 of
Washington's intravenous
drug users annually, Vail said.
He is hoping to double that
number now that D.C. has
agreed to give
PreventionWorks! about
Visudarom, M.D., co-founded
the Minneapolis Heart
Institute before going to
Thailand, where he treated
over 100 end-stage heart
patients with adult stem cells.
Carlos Lima, M.D., is a
ground-breaking neuropathol-
ogist who developed an adult
stem cell treatment that helps
regrow nerves in parapalegics.
He works in Portugal.
Zannos G. Grekos, M.D.,
uses adult stem cells to treat
people with heart and periph-
eral vascular diseases in the
Dominican Republic.
"The adult stem cell research
and medical treatments have
been done." says Margolis.
"Americans simply need to
access the same technologies
that already save lives across
the globe."
For more information, visit
www.adultstemcelleduca-
tion.com .
$300,000 a year for the next she has not been infected with
"Need some condoms, baby?"
three years. HIV.
Hazel Smith asked as she
The money is the largest share handed eight blues to "I'm blessed, not lucky," Jones
Deborah Jones, an unem-
of nearly $700,000 the city is explained.
allocating annually for needle ployed woman from southeast
Washington.
exchanges. Other organiza- Hazel Smith then stuffed the
tions receiving help include supplies into a brown paper
"You can give me two packs,"
those that work with specific bag and, before sending Jones
high-risk groups such as sex replied Jones, 46, who said she on her way, offered some part-
workers and the homeless. has been coming to ing words. "Be safe, be care-
PreventionWorks! for the past
ful."
Critics include the White five years. So far, Jones said,
House Office of National
Drug Control Policy, which
argues the needle-exchange
programs may actually
increase disease infection rates
because they fail to curb risky
behaviors associated with nee-
dle-sharing.
Advocates such as Sharon
Hader, who leads the city's
HIV/AIDS Administration,
note that such programs are
about more than handing out
needles; they also counsel
users about rehabilitation serv-
ices, provide HIV testing and
offer supplies such as con-
doms.
"Needle exchange is not a
standalone intervention,"
Hader said. "It's bundled with
a lot of wraparound services."
On a recent day, about a dozen
drug users lined up outside the
PreventionWorks!
Winnebago to trade in dirty
needles. Most were unem-
ployed men in their 40s and
50s. Some were rail-thin, and
others had arms covered in
pockmarks from years of drug
abuse.
As they stepped inside,
Jackson sat at a computer and
typed in data while his col-
league, Hazel Smith, handed
out syringes - "blues" and
"apples" for those who have
been injecting drugs for short-
er periods and "groins" for
longtime addicts whose veins
are badly damaged.

When a Loved One Needs Long-Term Care

by Michael Raab, MD
Robert Wood Johnson School
of Medicine
It may be the most difficult
decision you ever have to
make. A spouse, parent, or
other family member can no
longer live independently, and
the care needed to enable her
or him to remain at home is
not available. This may be a
temporary situation, which
can frequently follow an acute
illness, hospitalization, or
injury. It may be necessary
when usual caregivers are
drawn away by an emergency
or simply need to get away for
a break. Or it may be necessary
on a long-term basis when the
loved one declines physically
or mentally.
Most assisted-living facilities
have on-site staff who can
assist with medications and
are available 24 hours a day for
problems that come up. They
either have on-site care, or they
contract agencies that can pro-
vide personal attendants, nurs-
es, and physical and occupa-
tional therapists on an as-need-
ed basis. Often they provide
congregate meals and a num-
ber of social activities. Most
residents of assisted-living
facilities are able to perform
their own self-care activities
like dressing, bathing, and eat-
ing. Some facilities are either
contiguous with, or have
arrangements with facilities
that provide higher levels of
care should the resident
become more impaired, but
others require residents to
move when they become too
dependent.
Subacute care units are
designed for a patient's contin-
ued treatment in a setting
where the intensity of care is
less than that in a hospital set-
ting, but still provides continu-
ous registered nurse supervi-
sion. An example would be the
need for extended intravenous
antibiotic therapy for some
types of infections. The devel-
opment of subacute care has
been driven largely by atten-
tion to cost containment and
the desire to limit extremely
expensive hospital care.

Types of Care

The array of care facilities now

available can be very confus-
ing. Choosing the right one
depends on the level of care
needed, and on doing a good
job of investigating the possi-
bilities.

Assisted-living facilities, per-

sonal-care homes, and retire-
ment communities are all
names of facilities that provide
for people who are nearly inde-
pendent, but for reasons of
either mild physical or mental
impairment, need some help
with tasks like cooking, house-
cleaning, or shopping.
8- October 1, 2008 The Chronicle

Arsenio Hall to Host TV One Mini Series

SILVER SPRING, Md.,PRNewswire -- Beginning Sunday, Nov.
9, TV One will premiere an original, five-hour special chronicling
the unforgettable moments, cultural movements and personal
achievement that have advanced the black race and helped change
the course of American history over the past century in The
Blacklist: 100 Greatest Power Moves. Arsenio Hall, the ground-
breaking television host who literally changed the face of late-night
television, will host the special, which will air over five consecutive
nights, covering 20 Power Moves each night, culminating with the
top 20 -- and the #1 moment -- on Thursday, November 13.

With a unique blend of reverence, "tell it like it is" attitude and a lit-
tle bit of humor, this highly entertaining series promises to give a his-
torical perspective, as well as an inspirational walk through of the
best and most celebrated moments of the African-American experi- Arsenio Hall
ence. The Power Moves will be presented with a fast-paced display
of memorable imagery, the most-up-to-date graphic technology and soulful music, transporting the
viewer to times and places that should never be forgotten.

Heffner Still Wants Lil’ Kim in ‘Playboy’

Dressed in a leopard print bra and panty set and flimsy feathered robe,
Lil Kim broke molds and set standards (at the time) for female rappers
back when she released the now infamously sexy promotional poster
for her debut album “Hardcore.” Word on the street is that the game’s
littlest femcee is now taking it back to her roots with an alleged deal to
pose nude for Playboy.

“I am willing to shell out any amount for Kim,” Hugh Hefner report-
edly said. “I’ve been trying to her her to do it for years!”

According to reports, Kim was supposed to flick it up for the magazine

a few years ago but declined Hef’s offer because of her “religious
beliefs.”
Lil’ Kim
A source close to Kim, however, is saying “the only reason why she
declined it at the time was because the money was not enough, this time the money is right.”

At press time, Kim had issued no comment on the deal.

Rihanna and Brown Moving In?

According to an insider
Rihanna has been searching for
a condo in the Los Angeles area
since early July to share with
Chris and has checked out
units in Beverly Hills’ Sierra
Tower. Rihanna’s so serious
about finding them a new home
that she has new listings e-
mailed to her even when she’s
out of town. “She and Chris
want to live together,” says the
insider. “They play their music
loud though, so they want a
condo that’s soundproof.”
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Lowcountry Connection -
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REGISTER TO VOTE BY OCT. 4-A CALL TO ACTION

must be on deck. prison resulting from a convic- economy, housing, education,
By Prof. Damon L. Fordham tion of a crime In Charleston County, you and race relations. When your This is so important that I
IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO may call 744-8683 for informa- children come home from urge you to take this message
Most people are aware that JAIL -Have never been convicted of tion on where and how you school that day and ask, “Why wherever you can. Read this to
on November 4, 2008, Barack a felony or offense against the may register and for further did Obama lose?” YOU will people who cannot read (you
Obama will face John McCain There is a lot of misinforma- election laws OR if previously details on how to regain your have to explain to them and may vote if you are illiterate).
in the election for President of tion about whether a person convicted, have served the vote if you have committed a look in the mirror to realize Go to the barbershops, beauty
the United States, but there who has been to jail is able to entire sentence, including pro- felony. In Dorchester County, that YOU are to blame for one parlors, pool halls, juke joints,
are some factors involved with vote. This varies from state to bation or parole, or have the number is 563-0132 or 832- of our greatest opportunities street corners, society meet-
this that are not getting the state, but I checked with the received a pardon for the con- 0132 and in Berkeley County, in history to make a positive ings, crab cracks, churches,
attention that they deserve. South Carolina Department viction. it is 719-4056. change was missed. mosques, and schools and
For one thing, people who of Voter Registration. It states In other words, if you have spread the word to register to
wish to vote but are not well that in South Carolina, a voter been to jail on a misdemeanor, IF YOU FAIL TO REGIS- But if you register and vote vote before October 4 and
informed about politics should must- you could still vote as long as TER AND VOTE and he wins, not only should vote on November 4. The
know that if they want to vote you are not presently in jail. the situation of our country future of yourselves, your chil-
in this election in South -Be a United States citizen But if you have committed a On the morning of improve, but the lie that we as dren, your people, and your
Carolina, they MUST be reg- (born in the United States or felony (armed robberies, mur- November 5, 2008 after the a people are good at all things country has TOO MUCH to
istered to vote BY OCTO- territories or sworn in as a citi- ders, rapes, etc.) you have to election, what if John McCain with the body and nothing lose if you do not!
BER 4, 2008. zen). have completed your sentence, wins, Barack Obama loses, with the mind will finally be Damon L. Fordham is an
probation, and/or parole or and you did not register to destroyed for our children. adjunct professor of history at
As I write this, Senators -Be at least eighteen years old have received a pardon. The vote? By now everyone knows You can tell them with pride Springfield College in
McCain and Obama are on or before the next election numbers that I am about to where they stand on the issues. that YOU helped to make that Charleston and the author of
EVENLY TIED in the polls. give you for voter registration It will be on YOUR con- change! True Stories of Black South
In other words, this election -Be a resident of South may give you further details. science that a good and intelli- Carolina.
can go either way. Carolina, this county and gent man will have missed his TELL EVERYONE YOU He may be reached at
Additionally, EIGHT MIL- precinct. HOW TO REGISTER chance to change our nation CAN Damonfordham@yahoo.com
LION eligible African- for the better in regard to the
Americans are currently -Not be under a court order
unregistered to vote. These
people can make all the differ-
ence over who will become the
declaring you mentally incom-
petent (extreme mental ill- Class of 1967 Burke Alumni Dr. Paul Brown Presides
ness).
next president and all hands -Not be confined in any public Over The American Medical Technologists
Dr. Paul C. Brown, MT Laboratory Consultants cre- Among many degrees
(AMT), a graduate of Burke dentials. earned, Dr. Brown has
(NOTE: The following is a public service of The High School Class of 1967, Doctor of Ministry from
Chronicle, since The Charleston County Election was recently elected as Among his civic involvement, Andersonville Theological
President of the American Dr. Brown has been instru- Seminary, Master in Ministry
Commission deem it fitting that our readers have no Medical Technologists mental in organizing two stu- and Biblical Studies from
interest in Amendments.) (AMT) during its 70” dent chapters for Medical Birmingham Theological
National Meeting and Assistants and Medical Seminary, a Bachelor of
Educational Program held in Administrative Specialist. Science from University of
The following Statewide Constitutional Providence, Rhode Island. These chapters are located at Maryland, and an Associate in
Amendments will be placed on the ballot: This is an historical event as he Virginia College in Mobile Applied Science Medical
is the first Afro-American to and Montgomery. Alabama. It Laboratory Technology from
hold the position as president affords upcoming Allied the Community College of the
1. Must Section 33, Article III of the Constitution of this State in this premier accrediting Health Professionals the
be amended so as to delete the provision that no unmarried Air Force. He has served 26
organization for Allied Health opportunity to work together years in the United States Air
woman shall legally consent to sexual intercourse who shall not Professionals. in a team-oriented environ- Force.
have attained the age of fourteen years? ment.
Presiding at the helm, Dr. Dr. Paul C. Brown
Brown leads this prestigious He has spearheaded numer- I swear to the Lord
Explanation of Above: organization whose member- ous mayoral and gubernatorial I still can't see
ship totals wells over 42,000 Technologists, Laboratory proclamations as laboratory Why Democracy means
This amendment deletes the section of the Constitution which ,members worldwide. AMT Technicians, Medical technologists and medical
Assistants, Medical assistants are recognized Everybody but me.
says an unmarried woman must be fourteen years old or older in credentials clinical laboratory
professionals in seven disci- Administrative Specialist. annually. ~Langston Hughes, The
order to consent to sexual intercourse. Deleting this section plines: Medical AMT also offers Allied Health
would allow the state legislature to set the age of consent. instructors and Clinical Black Man Speaks
Currently, the state legislature has the age of consent set at six-
teen for most cases.

A “yes” vote would delete the section from the Constitution and
let the state legislature set the age of consent.

A “no” vote would leave the section of the Constitution in place.

2. Must Section 16, Article X of the Constitution of this State

relating to benefits and funding of public employee pension
plans in this State and the investments allowed for funds of the
various state operated retirement systems be amended so as to
provide that the funds of any trust fund established by law for
the funding of post employment benefits for state employees and
public school teachers may be invested and reinvested in equity
securities subject to the same limitations on such investments
applicable for the funds of the various state operated retirement
systems?

Explanation of above:

“Post-employment benefits” are benefits, mainly health insur-

ance, provided to eligible state government and school district
retirees. To comply with a change in accounting standards, the
state has created trust funds to pay for these post-employment
benefits. This amendment relates to how the money in these
trust funds may be invested.

A “yes” vote would give the state government the option to invest
these funds in equity securities (stocks).

A “no” vote would mean that state government is not allowed to

invest these funds in any kind of equity securities (stocks).

3. Must Section 16, Article X of the Constitution of this State

relating to benefits and funding of public employee pension
plans in this State and the investments allowed for funds of the
various state operated retirement systems be amended so as to
provide that the funds of any political subdivision of this State
that have been set aside for the funding of post employment ben-
efits for the political subdivision’s employees, including those
invested in independent trusts established for that purpose, may
be invested or reinvested in equity securities of the type permit-
ted for investment by the various state operated retirement sys-
tems, as provided for by the General Assembly?

Explanation of above:

This amendment is the same as Amendment 2 except it applies

to local governments’ post-employment benefits (instead of the
state government’s post-employment benefits).

The time is always right to do

what is right.
~Martin Luther King, Jr.
2b-October 1, 2008 The Chronicle

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The Seniors Activities Queen Contest on Monday Night, October 20,
The church is located at 75 8th and 9th, at 6:00pm, prophetic seminars titled, Understanding
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South Carolina Ministry in Tucson, Arizona. Then on Friday, October 10th, at
We are the church where
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Community Resources, contact the church office at 843-566-0024 or go to our website at
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NAACP Uses Web
to Register Voters
Week of 10/01/08 thru 10/07/08
the registration form before
By. Larry Miller the Oct. 6 deadline.
Special to the NNPA from the Corporate, community part-

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SALE registration deadlines only

days away for the historic 2008
presidential election, record
numbers of new voters are still
expected to register and vote
Saturday, October 4th for the first time.
& Sunday, October 5th Many of those new voters will
be young African-Americans,
While Supplies Last casting ballots in their first
presidential election.
To facilitate and encourage
those potential voters, new
NAACP president Benjamin
Todd Jealous unveiled an
online voter registration initia-
tive this week for a generation
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text messages encouraging
them to vote,” Jealous said.
“That’s the whole thrust of this
effort — registering your
friends to vote. The NAACP
has had a history of transform-
ing this country and we will
transform the electoral
process. We can do it by regis-
tering every last voter, verify-
ing every last voter, mobilizing
every last voter, protecting
every last voter and ensuring
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BAW Film Review: Spike Lee’s ‘Miracle at St. Anna’ Tells the Story That Must Be Told
By: Esther Iverem,
SeeingBlack.com
Somebody has to tell the story.
There is a moment early in
Spike Lee’s latest joint,
“Miracle at St. Anna,” when an
elderly black man, Hector
Negron, peers at an old World
War II flick on television star-
ring John Wayne. Then,
almost inaudibly, Negron
mumbles to himself about how
black soldiers were over there
too -- and how “we fought too.”
The scene, quiet and fleeting
compared to visceral scenes of
war, is a reminder that
“Miracle at St. Anna” is, first
and foremost, a longed-for big
screen production about
African-American men who
fought during World War II.
How black soldiers have been
missing in action, particularly
in flicks about the “good war,”
has not gone unnoticed by
Watching Baseball
By Bill Fletcher Jr.
The Cape Cod Baseball
League
The Cape Cod Baseball
League is a well-respected
association in which young
baseball players from
around the country, many
of who are in college, com-
pete during the summer.
From this league emerge
players who will often tran-
sition into Major League
Baseball.
Yet, watching a game
between teams
Harwich and Yarmouth-
from
Dennis, one would have no
sense that Black people
had any significant involve-
ment with the sport of
baseball.
I had the opportunity to
watch most of a game
recently between these two
teams (there are several
teams in the Cape Cod
League). What struck me
was that, as best as my wife
and I could tell, each team
had one Black face on it.
We kept looking and look-
ing, but that seemed to be
it.
The second striking thing
was that, again as far as we
could tell, we were the only
Black faces in an audience
that numbered several hun-
dred people. This entire
scenario seemed emblemat-
ic of the decline of the
African American baseball
player and of African
American support for base-
ball.
It is important to be clear
that there is a major Black
presence in baseball, but
this Black presence is
largely from Latin
America. Since the early
1970s, African Americans
have been declining in
their percentage in Major
League Baseball. From a
high of about 30 percent,
African Americans are now
reportedly at approximate-
ly 8 percent. Attendance at
ball games by African
Americans continues to
decline as anyone attend-
ing minor league or major
league games can attest.
The problem of African
Americans in baseball
probably has several fac-
tors at its root. The
changes in urban areas are
certainly of great signifi-
cance.
Sandlot baseball is virtu-
ally extinct in most major
cities, with the precious
land once occupied for the
game now gobbled up in
major urban development.
Instead, basketball courts
prevail, given the relative
lack of space necessary to
play the game.
At the college level, basket-
ball and football are
money-makers. These team
sports are actively promot-
ed by college administra-
tions and alumni, whereas
baseball is often marginal-
ized.
One can see this at the
high school level as well.
By way of example, in my
area high school, located in
a predominantly African
American area, though a
baseball team exists, the
school’s principal largely
ignores the team and its
games, whereas she is a
major fan of football (and
scores of black veterans who
find themselves absent from
most accounts of the so-called
“greatest generation.”
And this absence has not gone
unnoticed by Lee, who uses a
novel and screenplay by James
McBride to tell the story of the
all-black 92nd Division sta-
tioned in Tuscany, Italy dur-
ing 1944. The story is told as a
murder mystery, with Negron
at its center and the long-ago
war as a vivid flashback.
The introduction of black sol-
diers onto the battlefield
changes the film conversation
and narrative about war. In
“Miracle at St. Anna,” there are
scenarios when black soldiers
are betrayed and fired upon by
their own white captain. The
portrayal of overt racism faced
abroad and at home by black
U.S. soldiers depicts a com-
plex and painful history that
these veterans do not forget.
has made sure that every-
one knows it!).
As I have written else-
where, the Major League
Baseball owners have
given little attention to
promoting baseball among
African Americans.
They are anxious to recruit
players from Latin
American teams, often rob-
bing the home countries of
their key baseball stars, but
investing in African
American players is sec-
ondary at best.
The matter of Black sup-
port for baseball certainly
must also be tied to the ris-
ing costs of baseball
games, but there is a limit
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Lee obviously has a lot to say,
and he packs plenty into two
and a half hours. Death and
destruction live side-by-side
with the gentleness required
to care for a child. Conspiracy,
to this argument since foot-
ball and basketball games
are also quite expensive.
Yet, baseball was always a
working person’s sport, at
least until the early 1970s,
and was reasonably priced.
That has changed dramati-
cally, such that a family of
four going to a game can
end up forking over more
than $100.
There may be no way to
reverse these trends short
of a significant commit-
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Baseball owners, and, sec-
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pro-active steps to encour-
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spirituality and a belief in the
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and moments of comedy.
While this complex mix of
emotions does not seem out of
place, sometimes the overload
ball in our urban areas.
This might include cam-
paigns to keep and/or
rebuild sandlot fields in
our communities, along
with active local business
support for Little League
and school teams.
This sort of commitment,
however, will only happen
if there is pressure from
within Black America for
change.
In order for that to happen,
we must be reminded of
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of story lines makes the film country boy -- “the biggest
feel choppy. It is possible to Negro you have ever seen in
lose track of the miracle amid your life” -- Lee has matured as
such tragedy. And some of a filmmaker, and the charac-
Negron’s mumblings and cir- ters in “Miracle at St. Anna”
cumstances, on which we are not the stark archetypes in
must build to solve the mys- films such as “Do the Right
tery, are not easily understood. Thing,” “Jungle Fever,” or his
other male ensemble cast film,
On the other hand, one seam- “Get on the Bus.” In “Miracle
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Terence Blanchard’s signature tions almost as the Unknown
jazz soundtrack, which offers, Soldier or, more exactly, the
literally, a whole different Unknown Black Soldier.
rhythm and atmosphere to
scenes of war. Similarly, the And someone must tell his
ensemble cast, including story.
Derek Luke, Michael Ealy,
Omar Benson Miller and Laz ---
Alonzo, works like a well-oiled
machine and transports us to Esther Iverem is founder of
another time when young men SeeingBlack.com and author
-- teenagers and those in their of "We Gotta Have It: Twenty
early 20s -- gave their lives in Years of Seeing Black at the
battle. Movies, 1986-2006." She will
be discussing black culture
Though Ealy plays the part of and criticism Sunday, Sept. 28
the pretty boy womanizer, and at the Baltimore Book
Miller plays the big and slow Festival."
REGISTER
We do not lack for Black
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What we lack is a sense
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4
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IN ORDER
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If that is the conclusion, it
TO
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CP0410C1 INVITATION FOR CONSTRUCTION BIDS
By: CHARLESTON COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING
Mr. Tom O’Rourke, Executive Director APPEALS The City of Charleston Department of Parks is soliciting bids from
PUBLIC HEARINGS interested marine contractors for CP0410C1: Milton P. Demetre
CHARLESTON COUNTY PARK AND Park Public Pier and Floating Dock. The project scope includes:
RECREATION COMMISSION the construction of a 190’ pier with a 20’x 20’ pierhead and the
The following cases will be heard by the Charleston installation of a 40’ floating dock at Milton P. Demetre Park (for-
County Board of Zoning Appeals at their regularly sched- merly known as Sunrise Park) on James Island, SC. The budget
uled meeting on Monday, October 6, 2008 at 5:30 p.m. in range is $ 400,000-$ 450,000.
Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, Room B249, Lonnie
INVITATION FOR BID Hamilton III, Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Bid Documents will be available on or after Tuesday September
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The City of Charleston is accepting Invitation for Bid for CASE#: 2061-V Variance request for the removal of a 25” Turner, Collins Engineering Inc. 843-763-1576.
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00-214)
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Bids will be due on Thursday October 2nd, 2008 at 2:00 PM.
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The solicitation will be available upon request and may be OCRM Critical Line setback on property located at 837 Interested parties please contact Ross Eastwood, Project
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ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES
All persons having claims against the following ment of a restaurant and bar that sells alcoholic beverages
on property located at 2867 Maybank Highway, Johns CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL HAS SCHEDULED A
estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the PUBLIC HEARING IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR
Personal Representative indicated below and also file sub- Island (TMS# 313-00-00-134)
ject claims on Form #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate OCTOBER 7, 2008, 5:30 p.m., AT THE LONNIE HAMIL-
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S.C. 29401 before the expiration of 8 months after the date VIEW DRIVE, NORTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLI-
of the first publication on his Notice to Creditors or else MAINTENANCE MECHANIC NA, TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS CONCERNING THE
thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred. TEN-YEAR UPDATE OF THE CHARLESTON COUNTY
Estate of: MOLLIE T. SMITH The Housing Authority of the City of Charleston is current-
2008-ES-10-1004 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
DOD: 8/22/07 ly accepting applications for the position of Mechanic at our
Pers. Rep: MICHAEL L. SMITH Office of Special Housing Needs. Applications will be This notice is being made in accordance with Section 6-29-
1852 CHESSHIRE DR. accepted until the position is filled. 530 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina. If you require
CHARLESTON, SC 29412 further information, please contact the Charleston County
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ESTATE of: BERNIE E. POWELL This position is responsible for performing semiskilled
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includes duties in carpentry, plumbing, refrigeration, paint-
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117 BELLPOINT LN.
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ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES ed by two to three years of semiskilled and unskilled tasks
All persons having claims against the following estates Clerk of Council
are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal
such as carpentry, electricity, heating, and plumbing, or an
Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on equivalent combination of education, training and experi-
Form #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston ence that provides the required knowledge, skills and abil- ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES
County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the ities. Must have the ability to perform responsible craftwork All persons having claims against the following
expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the
Notice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be and at the journeyman level. Must possess a valid state dri-
ver's license. Personal Representative indicated below and also file sub-
are forever barred. ject claims on Form #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate
Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston,
Estate of: EMILY PEARL MACK The Housing Authority offers a great benefit package, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the
2008-ES?10?1190 date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, or
DOD: 10/26/06 which includes:
else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.
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Attn.: Human Resource ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES
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estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the
EOE M/F/D/V Personal Representative indicated below and also file sub-
(TDD 843-720-3685) ject claims on Form #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate
Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston,
S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the
date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, or
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Estate of: HERBERT HOOVER HOSEY

2008-ES?10?0469
DOD: 02/02/04
Pers. Rep: LOUISE B. HOSEY
PO BOX 71611, CHARLESTON, SC
29415-1611
Atty: ARTHUR C. MCFARLAND, ESQ.
PO BOX 80609, CHARLESTON, SC
29416-0609
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2008-ES?10?0532
DOD: 03/26/08
Pers. Rep: REV. VERNON SIMMONS
1406 RAINBOW RD., CHARLESTON, SC
29412
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
GEORGIANNA G. HEYWARD,
Plaintiff,
vs.
SHIRLEY CARNICKEY,
WILLIE HEYWARD,
SR., ALFRED ALLEN CAR-
NICKEY, JOHN DOE,) and
MARY ROE, being fictitious
names used to designate
the unknown heirs at law dis-
tributees, devisees,
legatees, widow, widowers,
successors and
assigns, if any, of WILLIAM
SIMONS, (deceased),
MOLLY SIMONS a/k/a MILEY
SIMONS (deceased), DORA
SIMONS, (deceased),
REBECCA SIMONS GRA-
HAM, (deceased), LOUISE
SIMONS SMALLS,
(deceased), BERNICE
SMALLS CARNICKEY,
(deceased), SAMUEL CAR-
NICKEY, (deceased), MARY L.
HEYWARD, (deceased) and
all other persons unknown
claiming by, through or under
them or having or claiming any
interest in the real estate
described in Complaint,
whether infants, i n c o m p e -
tents, insane persons
under any other disability,
and AMERICAN GENERAL
FINANCE.
Defendants.
IN THE COURT OF COM-
MON PLEAS
CIVIL CASE NO.: 08-CP-10-797
AMENDED
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
FRANK REED,
Plaintiff,
Vs.
ARTHUR CHOICE, if he is
alive, and JOHN DOE AND
MARY ROE, fictitious names
representing the unknown
heirs, devisees, distributes, or
personal representatives, and
SARAH DOE AND RICHARD
ROE, fictitious names repre-
senting the unknown minors,
incompetents, persons in the
military, persons imprisoned,
or persons under any other
legal disability of ARTHUR
CHOICE, if he is deceased,
and all other unknown persons
claiming any right, title, inter-
est, or lien upon the real estate
which is the subject of this
action,
Defendants.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON
PLEAS
NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
CASE: 08-CP-10-4446
SUMMONS
(Quiet title action: Equity And
Partition by Allotment)
TO THE DEFENDANTS
ABOVE NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY
SUMMONED and required to
answer the Complaint in this
action, which was filed with the
Clerk of Court for Charleston
County on August 7, 2008 at
3:24 p.m., a copy of which is
herewith served upon you, and
to serve a copy of your Answer
upon the subscribers, at their
offices at No. 61 Broad Street,
P.O. Box 9, Charleston, South
Carolina, 29402 within thirty
(30) days after the service
thereof, exclusive of the day of
such service; and if you fail to
answer the Complaint within
the time aforesaid judgment by
default will be rendered
against you for the relief
demanded in the Complaint.
Charles S. Goldberg Attorney,
LLC
No. 61 Broad Street, P.O. Box
9 action by Order and that such
Charleston, South Carolina
29402
(843) 720-2800
Attorney for the Plaintiff
Charleston, South Carolina
August 11, 2008
LIS PENDENS
TO THE DEFENDANTS:
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN THAT an action has
been initiated and is pending in
the Court of Common Pleas for
the County and State afore-
said, by the above-named
Plaintiff, against the Defendant
above named, and that the
object of such action is to quiet
the title to the real estate and
to allot by partition described
as follows:
ALL that lot, piece or parcel of
land, situate, lying and being
Johns Island, Charleston
County, South Carolina, con-
taining 12.3 acres, more of
less, and is the residual portion
of No. 49, which originally con-
Classifieds
SUMMONS
(Quiet Title Action)
(Non-Jury)
TO THE DEFENDANTS
ABOVE NAMED:
YOU ARE
HEREBY SUMMONED and
required to answer the
Amended Complaint in this
action, a copy of which is here-
with served upon you, and to
serve a copy of your Answer to
the said Amended Complaint
upon the subscriber at his
office, located at 1847 Ashley
River Road, P.O. Box 80609,
Charleston, South Carolina
29416, within thirty (30) days
after the service hereof, exclu-
sive of the day of such service;
and, if you fail to answer the
Amended Complaint within the
time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in
this action will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded
in said Complaint.
AMENDED LIS PENDENS
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that an action has been
commenced and is now pend-
ing in the Court of Common
Pleas for the County of
Charleston, which action was
brought by the above-named
Plaintiff against the above-
named Defendants to deter-
mine the rightful owners of the
below described real estate.
That the
premises affected by this
action is located within the
County and State aforesaid
and is more particularly
described as follows:
ALL that certain lot, piece or
parcel of land containing twen-
ty-five acres, more or less, sit-
uated in Adams Run Township,
County and State aforesaid.
tained 25 acres and shown on
a plat of HICKORY HILL
PLANTATION, made by S.
Lewis Simmons, as Surveyor,
May, 1881. The residual por-
tion is partially shown on a sur-
vey of LOT 49-D, dated
October 6, 1997, and recorded
in the RMC Office for
Charleston County in Plat
Book EC, Page 851.
The residual portion of located
on the easternmost portion of
Lot No. 49, but according to
the subdivided plat aforemen-
tioned it butts and bounds to
the North on Pine Log Lane;
South on lands now or former-
ly of Hamilton and West on Lot
49-D; the easternmost line is
cut off and show no terminus.
BEING the same property con-
veyed to Frank Reed by deed
of Katherine L. Hare, Acting
Sheriff of Charleston County
dated June 21, 2001 and
recorded in the RMC Office of
Charleston County in Book K-
377, Page 291; further con-
veyed to Frank Reed by deed
of J. Al Cannon, Sheriff of
Charleston County, dated June
19, 2008 and recorded in the
RMC Office for Charleston
County in Book E-663, Page
092.
The Tax Map Reference
Number is 312 00 00 008
Charles S. Goldberg
No. 61 Broad Street, P.O. Box
9
Charleston, South Carolina
29402
(843) 720-2800
Attorney for the Plaintiff
Charleston, S.C.
July 28, 2008
NOTICE NISI
TO THE DEFENDANTS:
TO THE DEFENDANTS
ABOVE NAMED:
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN THAT J. Heyward
Harvey, 13 State Street,
Charleston, SC, has been
appointed as Guardian ad
Litem Nisi in the above entitled
Order will become absolute
thirty (30) days after the last
publication of the Notice of
Appointment, herein unless
such of the Defendants as may
be heirs, devisees, distributes,
administrators, executors,
guardians, and all those per-
sons who may be minors, in
military service, under any
legal disability, or other per-
sons claiming by or through, of
the deceased persons above
named, or someone in their
behalf shall in the meantime
procure to be appointed
Guardian ad Litem for them,
and that such Order is on file in
the Office of the Clerk of Court
for Charleston County,
Charleston County
Courthouse, South Carolina.
Charles S. Goldberg, Esquire
Attorney for Plaintiff
No. 61 Broad Street, P.O. Box
9 P.O. Box 80609
Charleston, South Carolina
29401
(843) 720-2800
Charleston, South Carolina
August 7, 2008
- Ask Deanna-
Dear Deanna!
My boyfriend and I have prob-
lems with his baby mama put-
ting their baby in the middle of
our relationship. When we
make plans, she brings the
child over and he baby sits. If
the child gets sick she calls him
in the middle of the night. The
final straw came when we
planned to go out-of town and
she left him a message to get
the baby from daycare. We
didn’t see her for two days. He
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLI-
NA ) ) IN THE PROBATE
COURT COUNTY OF
CHARLESTON ) IN RE: ) )
NOTICE ESTATE OF MAR-
GARET CLARK ) CASE NO.:
06-ES-10-006 ) TO: ALL
HEIRS AND INTERESTED
PARTIES: YOU WILL
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that
the above-captioned action
was filed in the Probate Court
of the County of Charleston,
South Carolina on January 3,
2007. This action seeks a
determination of heirs of
Margaret Clark who died
intestate on November 15,
1987. PLEASE present any
claims to the Probate Court
for Charleston County, 98
Broad Street, Charleston, SC
or to petitioner’s attorney
within thirty (30) days of this
publication. PLEASE be
present at the said hearing if
you are an heir or interested
party in the within estate.
_______________________
__________ Anthony B.
O’Neill, Sr. 1847 Ashley River
Road Charleston, SC 29407
(843) 763-3900 * 763-7996
FAX Attorney for Petitioner
Charleston, S.C. August 2,
2008
Bounded Northwardly by Big
Bay, Eastwardly and
Southwardly by property now
or formerly of Elizabeth La
Roche and Westwardly by land
now or formerly of Thomas
Williams, all of which will be
seen by reference to a plat
made by J. D. Taylor, surveyor
dated July 30, 1900.
TMS NO.: 165-00-
00-091
AMENED
NOTICE NIS
TO: THE DEFENDANTS
ABOVE-NAMED:
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that the Plaintiff has
applied to the Court for
appointment of a suitable per-
son as Guardian ad Litem for
all unknown and known
Defendants who may be
incompetent, under age, or
under any other disability, and
said appointment shall become
final unless such Defendants,
or anyone in their behalf, with-
in thirty (30) days of the service
of this Notice, shall procure to
be appointed a Guardian ad
Litem for them.
AMENDED
NOTICE OF FILING
TO: THE DEFENDANTS
ABOVE NAMED:
PLEASE
TAKE NOTICE that the
Amended Summons,
Amended Lis Pendens,
Amended Complaint and
Amended Notice Nisi were
filed on March 4, 2008 in the
Office of the Clerk of Court of
Common Pleas for Charleston
County, South Carolina.
FURTHER
TAKE NOTICE that Kelvin M.
Huger, Esquire of 27
Gamecock Avenue, Suite 200,
P.O. Box 80399, Charleston,
S.C. 29416, has been desig-
nated as Guardian ad Litem for
all Defendants who may be
incompetent, under age, or
under any other disability by
Order of the Court of Common
Pleas of Charleston County,
dated the 21st day of March,
2008 and the said appointment
shall become absolute thirty
(30) days after the final publi-
cation of this Notice, unless
such Defendants, or anyone in
their behalf, shall procure a
proper person to be appointed
as Guardian ad Litem for them
within (30) days after the final
publication of this Notice.
By: Arthur C.
McFarland
Attorney for Plaintiff
1847 Ashley River
Road, Suite 200
Charleston, S.C.
29416
(843) 763-3900
Charleston, S.C.
March 21, 2008
October 1, 2008-5b
want the baby mama to stop important. What should I do?
playing games hit her with Dennis Memphis
reverse psychology. The , TN
needs to choose between our father should voluntarily start Dear Dennis:
relationship or the baby. spending so much time with You’re doing the right thing by
Fed Up St.
the baby that the mother will avoiding fornication which is a
Louis , MO become a little lonely. This sin. It’s not worth it to send
Dear Fed Up: will slow her up on those your soul to Hell over lust—a
The junk in your trunk isn’t so bogus drop-ins. Don’t force moment of passion with some-
good that you can make a man him to choose because you’ll one who isn’t your spouse.
pick you over his child. If you come up empty handed and Lead her to the Lord and help
dry as the Grand Canyon . her become saved. God does-
Dear Deanna! n’t want you to be unequally
When I met the woman I’m
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA yoked so don’t sweat the mar-
with, I wasn’t saved. Now I’ve riage rejection. Pray for her
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
given my life to the Lord and and continue to walk with
she doesn’t understand why I God so she’ll see your faith and
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF won’t have sex with her. I
obedience.
asked her to marry me but she
SHELDON RIVERS said no. I don’t feel as if I can Ask Deanna is written by
CASE NO: 2008-ES-10- continue this relationship Deanna M. Write Ask
1238 because my salvation is more Deanna!
IN THE PROBATE COURT
NOTICE OF HEARING INVITATION FOR BID
Solicitation Number: 08-B030B Roll Out Waste Containers
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
TO:
The City of Charleston is accepting Invitation for Bid for
Roll Out Waste Containers. The City will receive bids
F. RENEE GATERS. until October 30, 2008 @ 11:00 a.m. at 288 Meeting
Street, Suite 310 Charleston, SC.
ESQUIRE, ATTORNEY FRO
PETITIONER
The solicitation will be available upon request and may be
PO BOX 1015 obtained by submitting a written request to: Robin D.
128 CANNON STREET Barrett, CPPB by fax (843-720-3872), by phone (843-
CHARLESTON, SC 29402 724-7312) or mailing to the above address. You may
also obtain a copy of the solicitation by going to our web-
PETITIONER OR PETITION- site: www.charlestoncity.info and then click on the Bidline
link.
ER’S COUNSEL SHALL
CAUSE NOTICE (PUR-
SUANT TO SCPC SECTION INVITATION FOR BID
62-1-401) TO BE GIVEN TO
ALL INTERESTED PER- Solicitation Number: 08-B029B Stage Equipment (Rebid)
SONS OR THEIR ATTOR-
NEYS. AS THE PETITION- The City of Charleston is accepting Invitation for Bid for
ER YOU ARE RESPONSI- Stage Equipment (Rebid). The City will receive bids until
October 21, 2008 @ 11:00 a.m. at 288 Meeting Street,
BLE FOR OBTAINING A
Suite 310 Charleston, SC.
COURT REPORTER FOR
THE HEARING THAT YOU The solicitation will be available upon request and may be
HAVE REQUESTED. IF YOU
obtained by submitting a written request to: Robin D.
NEED MORE THAN TWO Barrett, CPPB by fax (843-720-3872), by phone (843-
HOURS ON YOUR CASE -
724-7312) or mailing to the above address. You may
YOU MUST NOTIFY THE also obtain a copy of the solicitation by going to our web-
site: www.charlestoncity.info and then click on the Bidline
CLERK OF COURT IMME-
link.
DIATELY.
DATE OF HEARING: ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES
OCTOBER 30, 2008 All persons having claims against the following estates
are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal
TIME: Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on
1:00 P.M. Form #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston
County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expi-
ration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this
Probate Court Notice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are
Historic Court House - Third
forever barred.
Floor -84 Broad Street
Estate of: DAVID N. FLEMING
Charleston, South Carolina 2008-ES?10?1101
29401 DOD: 05/17/99
DESCRIPTION/SUBJECT Pers. Rep: DONNA FLEMING
23 BURNT MILLS RD., GOOSE CREEK, SC
MATTER: 29445
ON PETITIONER’S PETITION **************************************************************************
Estate of: THEODORE JAMES COKER
FOR DETERMINATION OF
2008-ES?10?1106
HEIRS. DOD: 07/17/08
Pers. Rep: AMELIA T. COKER
This 29th day of August, 2467 BIRKENHEAD DR., CHARLESTON, SC
29414
2008. Atty: JUAN W. TOLLEY, ESQ.
Irvin G. Condon, JUDGE OF 184 EAST BAY ST., STE. 201, CHARLESTON,
SC 29401
PROBATE
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84 BROAD STREET - THIRD Estate of: DOROTHY FLOWERS
FLOOR 2008-ES?10?1147
DOD: 05/09/08
CHARLESTON, SOUTH
Pers. Rep: CORDELIA LA BOARD
CAROLINA 29401 2127 AMAKER ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29405
(843) 958-5030
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Attention:
Charleston County Taxpayers
Notice of end of Redemption Period for
October 1, 2007
Delinquent Real Property and Mobile
Home Tax Sale
If your property was sold at the 2007 Charleston County
Delinquent Real Estate or Mobile Home Tax Sale and you have
not yet redeemed it, please be advised that the redemption
period ends at:
5 p.m. on Thursday, October 2, 2008
All properties not redeemed by that time will be conveyed to
the successful bidder at the tax sale.
Only cash, money orders or certified checks will be accepted for payments.
For additional information, contact:
Charleston County Delinquent Tax Department
O.T. Wallace County Office Building
101 Meeting Street, Suite 230
Charleston, SC 29401
(843) 958-4570
Delinquenttax@charlestoncounty.org
Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.,
Monday thru Friday
6b- October 1, 2008-
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
ROBERT BOCKNEK and
ROBIN JACKSON,
Plaintiffs,
vs.
GENEVA G. ROSS; KATH-
LEEN C. HAYNES;
FONTAINE HAYNES; and
JOHN DOE AND MARY
ROE, fictitious names, to rep-
resent the heirs of any of
the above named parties who
may be deceased and their
heirs; and RICHARD ROE, a
fictitious name to
represent the interest of any
minors, incompetents or
disabled persons or those that
may be serving in the
military;
Defendants.
IN THE COURT OF
COMMON PLEAS
CASE NO: 2008-CP-10-3598
NOTICE OF FILING
TO: THE
DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE-
NAMED:
You are hereby noti-
fied that a Summons,
Complaint, and Lis Pendens
were filed with the Clerk of
Court for Charleston County
on June 24, 2008, by Samual
H. Altman of Derfner, Altman
& Wilborn, LLC, Attorneys for
the Plaintiffs.
DERFNER, ALTMAN & WILB
ORN, LLC
BY: Samual H. Altman, P.O
Box 600, Charleston, SC
29402-0600
Phone: (843) 723-9804
Fax: (843) 723-7446
Email:
saltman@dawlegal.com
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF
SUMMONS
TO: THE DEFENDANT(S)
ABOVE-NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUM-
MONED and required to
answer the Complaint filed in
this action, a copy of which is
herewith served upon you, and
to serve a copy of your Reply
on the Plaintiff or its attorneys,
Samuel H. Altman, Derfner,
Altman & Wilborn, LLC, Post
Office Box 600, 575 King
Street, Charleston, South
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Accounting
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STATE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
ROSETTA S. FRASIER and MIL-
DRED SWINTON,
Plaintiffs,
vs.
JOHNNY HENRY GERMAN, JR.,
WILLIAM GERMAN IV, CHERIE
CRISP, PAUL CRISP, LOUISE
ALSTON, VANESSA HANKEL,
JOHN DOE, AND MARY ROE,
being fictitious names used to des-
ignate the unknown heirs at law
distributees, devisees, legatees,,
widow, widowers, successors and
assigns, if any, of WILLIAM GER-
MAN, (deceased), and the follow-
ing deceased individuals:
CHRISTINA GERMAN ROUSE,
ESTELLE G. NELSON, MARION
NELSON, SR., HENRY NELSON,
ALONZO NELSON, MARTHA
NELSON, CHRISTINA NELSON,
WILLIAM NELSON, GEORGE
GERMAN, JOHN HENRY GER-
MAN a/k/a HENRY GERMAN,
WILLIAM GERMAN II, JANIE
CRISP, WILLIAM GERMAN III,
and all other persons unknown
claiming by, through or under them
or having or claiming any interest
in the real estate described in
Complaint, whether infants, incom-
petents, insane persons under any
other disability. Defendants.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON
PLEAS
CIVIL CASE NO: 08-CP-10-4190
SUMMONS
(Quiet Title Action)
(Non-Jury)
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE
NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY
Carolina, 29402, within thirty
(30) days after the service
hereof, exclusive of the day of
such service, and if you fail to
do so, judgment by default will
be rendered against you for
the relief demanded in the
Complaint.
DERFNER, ALTMAN &
WILBORN, LLC
Samuel H. Altman
575 King Street
Post Office Box 600
Charleston, South Carolina
29402
(843) 723-9804; Fax (843)
723-7446
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF
June 23, 2008
Charleston, South Carolina
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visit www.tridenttech.edu/ttcjobs.htm
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SUMMONED and required to
answer the Complaint in this LIS PENDENS Weston, South by lands now or for- (30) days of the service of this
action, a copy of which is herewith merly of Joe Simmons and West Notice, shall procure to be appoint-
served upon you, and to serve a NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by the Wando Tract. The same ed a Guardian ad Litem for them.
copy of your Answer to the said an action has been commenced being one fourth of the Chandler
Complaint upon the subscriber at and is now pending in the Court of Hill Plantation and left to the said NOTICE OF FILING
his office, located at 1847 Ashley Common Pleas for the County of Wiliam German by will of his father,
River Road, P.O. Box 80609, Charleston, which action was the late William German. TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE
Charleston, South Carolina 29416, brought by the above-named NAMED:
within thirty (30) days after the Plaintiffs against the above-named TMS Nos.:615-00-00-113, 615-
service hereof, exclusive of the Defendants to determine the right- 00-00-114 & 615-00-00-020 PLEASE TAKE
day of such service; and, if you fail ful owners of the below described NOTICE that the Summons,
to answer the Complaint within the real estate. NOTICE NISI Complaint, Lis Pendens and
time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in this Notice Nisi were filed on July 22,
action will apply to the Court for the That the premises affected by this TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE- 2008 in the Office of the Clerk of
relief demanded in said Complaint. action is located within the County NAMED: Court of Common Pleas for
and State aforesaid and is more Charleston County, South
particularly described as follows: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Carolina.
the Plaintiffs have applied to the
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA All that certain piece, parcel or lot Court for appointment of a suitable FURTHER TAKE
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON of land containing then (10) acres person as Guardian ad Litem for all NOTICE that Kelvin M.Huger,
situated on the Wando River in unknown and known Defendants Esquire of 27 Gamecock Ave,
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF Christ Church Parish, County and who may be incompetent, under Suite 200, P.O. Box 80399,
State aforesaid and bounded as age, or under any other disability, Charleston, S.C. 29416, has been
MARGARET CLARK follows: North by lands now or for- and said appointent shall become designated as Guardian ad Litem
CASE NO: 2007-ES-10-0006 merly of A.R. German, East by final unless such Defendants, or for all Defendants who may be
lands now or formerly of James anyone in their behalf, within thirty incompetent, under age, or under
IN THE PROBATE COURT any other disability by Order of the
Court of Common Pleas of
NOTICE OF HEARING Invitation to Bid Charleston County, dated the 22nd
day of July, 2008 and the said
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO: 900 King Street Reroofing Phase I Job #081001 appointment shall become
absoulte thirty(30) days after the
DAVID G. INGALLS, The Housing Authority of the City of Charleston will final publication of this Notice,
ESQUIRE, ATTORNEY FOR receive sealed bids on a General Contract for 900 unless such Defendants, or any-
PETITIONER King Street Reroofing Phase I unitl 2:00 p.m. local one in their behalf, shall procure a
409 MAGNOLIA STREET time, on October 28, 2008 at 550 Meeting Street, proper person to be appointed as
SPARTANBURG, SC 29303 Guardian ad Litem for them within
Room 114, Charleston, South Carolina. Bids will be (30) days after the final publication
PETITIONER OR PETITION- publicly opened. of this Notice.
ER’S COUNSEL SALL
CAUSE NOTICE (PUR- Copies of the Bidding documents may be obtained Arthur C. McFarland
SUANT TO SCPC SECTION after 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 1847 Ashley River Road, Suite 200
62-1-401) TO BE GIVEN TO the CHA Modernization Office, 545 Meeting Street, P.O. Box 80609
ALL INTERESTED PER- Charleston, SC 29403. Contact Ed Donnelly at Charleston, SC 29416
SONS OR THEIR ATTOR- (843) 720-3983. (843) 763-3900
NEYS. AS THE PETITIONER
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR OBTAINING A COURT A voluntary pre-bid confernce will be held at 545
REPORTER FOR THE Meeting Street on Tuesday, October 14, 2007 at
HEARING THAT YOU HAVE 10:00 a.m.
REQUESTED. IF YOU NEED REGISTER
MORE THAN TWO HOURS The Housing Authority encourages minority owned
ON YOUR CASE - YOU business to participate in its on-going purchasing BY OCTOBER 4
MUST NOTIFY THE CLERK of goods and services.
OF COURT IMMEDIATELY. IN ORDER
DATE OF HEARING:
CHA reserves the right to wave irregularities and to TO
NOVEMBER 17, 2008 reject any and all bids.
TIME: 1:00 P.M. VOTE
Probate Court Donal J. Cameron
Historic Court House - Third Chief Executive O NOV. 4
Floor
84 Broad Street
Charleston, SC 29401
DESCRIPTION/SUBJECT
MATTER:
ON PETITIONER’S PETI-
TION FOR DETERMINATION
OF HEIRS.
The 16th day of September,
2008.
Irvin G. Condon,
JUDGE OF PROBATE
84 BROAD STREET - THIRD
FLOOR CHARLESTON, SC
29401
(843) 958-5030
VOTE
DEADLINE: FRIDAY PRIOR TO WEDNESDAY
PUBLICATION
ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES
Nail Technology Security Specialist III All persons having claims against the following estates
Nursing Supply Manager I are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal
Paralegal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on
Plumbing Temporary Staff Form #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston
Radio, TV and Film Administrative Specialist II County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the
expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this
Sociology Biology/Chemistry Tutor
Notice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be and
Spanish Computer Technology Tutor
Theater Mathematics Tutor are forever barred.
Welding
Estate of: PETER MAZYCK AKA PETER MAZYCK, SR.
Continuing Education
Full-time Staff Automotive Glass Training
2008-ES-10-1289
Electrician DOD: 05/27/08
Instructor Pers. Rep: RAYMOND E. MAZYCK
Information Resources Consultant I Pipe Welding Instructors
Landscape Maintenance 200 LAKE ASHLEY DR., BLYTHEWOOD, SC
Law Enforcement Officer I 29016
Law Enforcement Officer II Atty: KELVIN M. HUGER, ESQ.
EOE/AA PO BOX 80399, CHARLESTON, SC 29416
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
ANN ROPER WHITE,
Plaintiff,
vs.
VIRGINIA ROPER, deceased,
MORRIS ROPER, deceased,
CORA BELL CHANDLER
ROPER, deceased, NED
ROPER, deceased, KATIE S.
ROPER, deceased, MARY
ROPER, deceased, BESSIE
ROPER, NAOMI ROPER
WASHINGTON, VIOLA
ROPER RICHARDSON, HER-
MAN ROPER, ARTHUR
ROPER, DECEASED, ALICE
ROPER WILLIAMS,
DECEASED, JAMES ROPER,
DECEASED, JANIE ROPER
DEAS, ANN ROPER,
ALPHONSO WHITE,
DECEASED, BRENDA
ROPER, DECEASED,
EDWARD DAVIS, MORRIS
ROPER, JR., ARLICE
ROPER, ALPHONSO ROPER,
ANTHONY ROPER, ALAN
ROPER, ANWAR ROPER,
ALIA ROPER, SALEEMAH
ROPER, AQUILA ROPER,
ZAHIR ROPER, TARIQ
ROPER, TYNISHA ROPER,
IVORY ROPER, MAURICE
ROPER, SHAMIRA ROPER,
GREGORY ROPER, THERE-
SA ROPER, SHAKIYA
ROPER, JALESSA ROPER,
YVETTA JEFFERSON, AL
JEFFERSON, EVERETT JEF-
FERSON, AUSTIN DAVIS,
COREY DAVIS, JOHN DOE,
MARY DOE, RICHARD ROE,
And SARAH DOE, being ficti-
tious names used to designate
the unknown Heirs- at-Law,
devisees, Distributees, wid-
ows, widowers, administrators,
Executors, successors, and
assigns, if any of VIRGINIA
ROPER and MORRIS
ROPER, the deceased and
above named Defendant who
may be deceased and all other
persons claiming any right, title
estate, interest in or lien upon
the lands of VIRGINIA ROPER
AND MORRIS ROPER or any
portion thereof, including any
such as may be infants, incom-
petents, or otherwise under an
disability, Defendants.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON
PLEAS
NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
CASE NO: 08-CP-10-3543
SUMMONS
YOU ARE HEREBY SUM-
MONED and required to
answer the Complaint in this
action, a copy of which is here-
with served upon you, and to
serve a copy of your Answer to
the said Complaint on the
Plaintiff or her attorney,
George E. Counts, Esquire, at
27 Gamecock Avenue, P.O.
Box 80399, Charleston, South
Carolina 29416, within thirty
(30) days after the service
hereof, exclusive of the day of
such service, and if you fail to
answer the Complaint with the
time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in
this action will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded
in the Complaint.
Dated this 16th day of June
2008, at Charleston, South
Carolina.
COUNTS & HUGER, LLC
GEORGE E. COUNTS
Attorney for the Plaintiff
27 Gamecock Avenue
Post Office Box 80399
Charleston, SC 29416
(843) 573-0143
LIS PENDENS
TO THE DEFENDANTS
ABOVE NAMED:
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN THAT an action has
been initiated and is pending in
the Court of Common Pleas for
the County and State afore-
said, by the above-named
Plaintiff, against the
Defendants above named, and
that the object of such action is
to quiet the title of the below
described property. The Real
Estate affected by this action is
described as follows:
ALL that lot, piece, parcel or
tract of land, situate, lying and
being on James Island in the
County of Charleston, State of
South Carolina, and being
shown as owned by the Estate
of Lucy Roper on a survey by
W.L. Gaillard, Surveyor, dated
February 2, 1966, and said to
contain two and two-tenths
(2.2) acres. MEASURING AND
CONTAINING on the north-
west line three hundred forty-
one (341.0) feet; on the east-
ern line five hundred twenty-
nine (529.0) feet; on the south-
ern line one hundred twenty-
five (125.0) feet; and on the
southwest line three hundred
eighty-eight (388.0) feet be all
the said dimensions a little
more or less. BUTTING AND
BOUNDING to the northwest
on property, now or formerly, of
Deleston; to the east and south
on property of persons not
mentioned on said plat and to
the southwest on property, now
or formerly, of Grimball; all of
which by reference to said plat
will more fully and at large
appear.
Classifieds/NEWS
BEING the same property con-
veyed to Virginia Roper, Morris
Roper and James Roper by
deed of Katie S. Roper date
July 9, 1985 and recorded in
the R.M.C. Office for
Charleston County in Deed
Book __ at Page __.
TMS NO.: 334-12-00-025
ALL that lot, piece, parcel or
tract of land, situate, lying and
being on James Island in the
County of Charleston, State of
South Carolina, and being
shown as owned by the Estate
of Lucy Roper on a survey by
W.L. Gaillard, Surveyor, dated
February 2, 1966, and said to
contain three and five-tenths
(3.5) acres. MEASURING
AND CONTAINING on the
northern line seventy-five
(75.0) feet; on the eastern line
one thousand nine hundred
thirty (1,930.0) feet; on the
southern line one hundred
twenty-five (125.0) feet; and on
the southern line seventy-nine
(79.0); and on the western line
one thousand nine hundred
sixty (1.960.0) feet be all the
said dimensions a little more or
less. BUTTING AND BOUND-
ING to the north on property of
persons not mentioned on said
plat; to the east on property,
now or formerly, of Thomas
Prioleau; to the south on prop-
erty, now or formerly, of
Grimball; to the west on prop-
erty, now or formerly, of Betsy
Prioleau; all of which by refer-
ence to said plat will more fully
and at large appear.
BEING the same property con-
veyed to Virginia Roper by
deed of James Roper dated
August 23, 1989 and recorded
in the R.M.C. Office for
Charleston County in Deed
Book F-194, at Page 182.
T.M.S. NO.: 334-00-00-039
MEASURING AND CONTAIN-
ING on the northern line three
hundred forty-five and seven-
tenths (345.7’) feet; on the
Southeastern line one hundred
eight (108.0’) feet; on the
Southern line three hundred
five and eight-tenths (305.8’)
feet; and on the western line
ninety-seven (97.0) feet; be all
the said dimensions a little
more or less. BUTTING AND
BOUNDING to the North on
the property, now or formerly,
of William Singleton; and to the
southeast on Folly road eighty
(80’) feet in width; to the South
on property,, now or formerly,
of Rufus Wilder; and to the
east on the property, now or
formerly, of James Roper, all of
which by reference to said plat
will more fully and at large
appear.
BEING the same property con-
veyed to Virginia Roper by
deed of James Roper dated
August 23, 1989 and recorded
in the R.M.C. Office for
Charleston County in Deed
Book F-194, at Page 182.
T.M.S. NO.: 334-10-00-006
ALL that lot, piece, parcel or
tract of land, situate, lying and
being on Battery Island Road,
James Island, Charleston
County, South Carolina con-
taining 0.45 acres measuring
as folows: Beginning at an iron
pipe in the western edge of
Battery Island Road at the
souheast corner of the lot
hereinabove conveyed to
James Roper and thence
south three degrees nine min-
utes (3.9’) east, seventy (70’)
feet to an iron pipe, thence
south eighty nine degrees thir-
ty minutes thirty minutes
(89’30’) west, two hundred
eighty-eight and 40/100
(288.40’) feet to an iron pipe,
thence north fifteen degrees
fourteen minutes (15’14’) west,
sixty-five (65’) feet to an iron
pipe, thence south eighty-eight
degrees twenty-five minutes
(88.25’) west, three hundred
one and 88/100 (301.80’) feet
to the point of beginning.
Butting and bounding as fol-
lows: To the east on Battery
Island Road, to the south on a
lot hereinafter conveyed to
Jaine Roper Deas, to the west
on lands of Nelson Deas and
to the north on a lot herein-
above conveyed to James
Roper.
BEING the same property con-
veyed to Morris Roper by deed
of Mary Roper, Bessie Roper,
Ned Roper, Naomi Roper
Washington, Viola Roper
Richardson, Herman Roper,
Arthur, Alice Roper Williams,
James Roper and Janie Roper
Deas dated June 23, 1969 and
recorded in the R.M.C. Office
for Charleston County in Deed
Book C-93, at Page 227.
T.M.S. NO.: 431-01-00-022
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Estate of: ELIZABETH MURRAY PICKENS
2008-ES-10-0867
DOD: 04/05/08
Pers. Rep: ALLISON WILLIAMS MCCREARY
321 BRICKHOPE LN.,GOOSE CREEK,SC 29445
Atty: CHARLES S. GOLDBERG, ESQ.
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