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Lena Horne Moves Beyond Ebenezer AME

been a member of the NAACP
since age 2 and her parents,
Edna Scottron and Edwin

‘Stormy Weather’
Horne, were among author
W.E.B. DuBois’ “talented
tenth.”
At age 16, Horne made
her stage debut at Harlem’s
Officials Dispute
famed Cotton Club, where
she developed lifelong
friendships with jazz
Article
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greats such as Duke By George Barnette us were facing some sort of

AFRO File Ph
Ellington, Cab Calloway AFRO Staff Writer challenge with the banks.”
and Jimmy Lunceford. She The church says that
went on to perform with Officials at Ebenezer AME statement was used to
various orchestras, married Church in Fort Washington are exaggerate the financial
and had two children, upset over a recent Reuter’s difficulties of Ebenezer.
although the union ended in story that they say was a Church officials say the author
divorce. distortion of the church’s used the church’s “position
Several years later, a finances. and profile as an example”
chance encounter with a In the April 1 article “Holy for a story that it believes it
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Bubble: Churches Struck shouldn’t have been a part of.
(MGM) talent scout led Down by Foreclosures,” the Two days after the story was
Horne and her father to the Rev. Grainger Browning, published, the church released
Ageless beauty and legendary company’s executive offices. senior pastor at Ebenezer, a statement.
vocalist Lena Horne in a June 1995 In an interview, the singer — made a general comment “A recent news report
photo and an earlier, undated one, whose refined onstage persona regarding the financial giving the impression that
died May 9 at age 92. and vocal prowess had already difficulties of the times. Ebenezer African Methodist
AP Photo made her a national star — “It’s happening to virtually Episcopal Church of Fort
described the meeting’s most every church,” he said. “At a Washington, Md., is facing
By Kristin Gray and I’ve been very, tense moment. recent meeting with the 100 potential foreclosure is
AFRO Managing Editor very lucky.” “I’d like my top pastors in the country, unequivocally false,” the
The 92-year-old daughter to be in your it was amazing how all of Continued on A3
Lena Horne harbored a entertainer, who movies,” Edwin Horne
tempestuous relationship with died May 9 at New York Entertainment
had to MGM leaders, “but
her own striking beauty. Her Presbyterian Hospital, was in Baltimore. “White Ebenezer AME Church wants
not as a maid. It wouldn’t be
appearance provided a gilded born in Brooklyn’s Bedford- audiences could watch a to clear the air about its
realistic.”
pathway to prominence, but Stuyvesant section during an Lena Horne or Katherine finances.
The studio agreed, but
also constructed the intangible era rife with social ills. For a Dunham without feeling
never helped catapult Horne’s
glass ceiling that stymied her generous portion of her career, uncomfortable, without
career to peak strata like her
career during the early 20th America’s manifestations of being reminded of ghettos or
White contemporaries Heddy
century. racism, colorism and sexism poverty or [becoming] more
Lamarr and Jean Parker.
Yet, Horne’s beauty did would be an omnipresent fixated on color, or again, the
While she was never cast as
not eclipse her talents and burden. absence of it.”
a maid, tribal woman or any
innate showmanship, although “The ‘40s audience But Horne, as headstrong
other stock “Black” character,
she was initially a reluctant accepted only those Black as she was attractive, refused
her roles became a revolving
entertainer. beauties whose color White film directors who
assortment of brief song-spots
“I didn’t want to be in could, when so desired, be suggested she change her
that were cut in Southern
show business; I wanted to overlooked,” said AFRO last name to reflect a more
theaters.
be a teacher,” Horne said in a columnist Rosa Trusty-Pryor, “exotic” pedigree. Photo by George Barnette
The olive-hued singer had Continued on A3
1994 press release introducing author of African-American
her album, We’ll Be Together
Again. “But it happened to me
Family Still Looking Development vs. Quality of Life
INSERT
Center of Prince George’s Elections
• Home Depot
for Relief from WMATA By George Barnette
AFRO Staff Writer
County Chamber of Commerce’s Economic
Development Committee, believes that for the
By George Barnette
county to become more competitive with its
AFRO Staff Writer
With the 2010 election season growing neighbors, it needs to refocus on a different
near, candidates are gearing up to face off type of real estate.
Last summer, Edward Kohlheim passed away and his son,
over hot button issues. In central Prince “I’ve been calling for Prince George’s
See the AFRO on Channel 9 Tyrone, couldn’t help but think his death was premature.
George’s County, the races appear to come County to change its economic development
Fridays at Noon “It stressed him out pretty bad,” Kohlheim said of a case
down to candidates pushing development strategy from focusing on residential real
involving the seizure of their land that has been looming over the
vs. candidates fighting for greater quality of estate and focus on commercial office
family for almost a decade. “This put a large burden on [him]
living. development,” Turner said. “We lose 265,000
and he had a stroke in March of last year and it killed him on
There’s no greater example of this than people, who leave Prince George’s County
Father’s Day.”
in the District 6 County Council race. Arthur to go somewhere else to work, each day. If
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The fight that began in August 2001 rages on today over land
Turner, former chair of the Prince George’s
the Kohlheims believe was unjustly taken away from them by
the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in order to
build the Morgan Boulevard Metro Station. This was all done
using the law of eminent domain, which gives governments Tax Relief Coming for Prince
George’s Homeowners
the right to appropriate private property for public use. The
law requires that the government offer fair market value for a
property, but the Kohlheim family said the offer given to them
was unfair. By George Barnette
“I’ve been involved with eminent domain for over 40 years,” AFRO Staff Writer
said Arnold Tesh, an advisor with the Counselors of Real Estate.
“I cannot recall a situation where there was a greater injustice Gov. Martin O’Malley last
regarding the taking of real estate. The requirement is to make week signed a bill into law
the condemned whole, or put them in a position where they were that would provide tax relief
no worse than they were before the taking and that’s hardly the for Maryland homeowners.
case in this particular matter.” The bill, which was
The family says the WMATA took one of its buildings and sponsored Sen. Douglas J.J.
Continued on A6 Peters (D-Dist. 23), will
provide $18 million in tax
relief to county homeowners.
Peters said residents made
it clear something needed to
be done to protect them from
skyrocketing property taxes.
“From speaking to residents,
the biggest issue when I go
door to door is ‘My market
values dropped in my house,
my assessment has either
stayed the same or gone up
and my taxes have gone up,’”
Photo by George Barnette Peters said. “So we needed
Join the AFRO on The Kohlheim Family is seeking relief from Metro over to lower taxes seeing how
Twitter and Facebook what it believes to be unfair eminent domain practices. market values have gone
down.”
O’Malley said he knows
the budget constraints of
Prince George’s County and
didn’t take the decision to
sign the bill lightly. However,
he realized the citizens of the
county would be best served
by receiving some measure
of relief. “The bill provides
some property tax relief to
the people of Prince George’s
County during this recession,”
said Shaun Adamec, O’Malley
spokesman.  “The governor
certainly weighed what he
knew would present additional
revenue write-downs for the
county, and is confident that
the county will make the
tough decisions necessary to
bring the budget into balance,
as they always have.”
The bill will place a cap on
the funding the county gives
to the Maryland National
Continued on A6
Capital Parks and Planning
Commission (MNCPPC),
a bi-county partnership
with Montgomery County.
Montgomery already has a
cap put in place to provide
relief to its residents; this
legislation will provide Prince
George’s residents with the
same advantage. “If a person
with a home in Montgomery
County got an assessment at
the same rate as a home in
Prince George’s County, the
owner of Prince George’s
home was paying $1,200
more than the owner of the
Montgomery homes,” Peters
said. “This was the case even
with the higher taxes on
Montgomery County homes.”
Peters says Prince
George’s homeowner’s should
see a tax credit on their
statements beginning this
July.

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A2 The Afro-American, May 15, 2010 - May 21, 2010

AFRO National Briefs

Ohio Man Exonerated in ‘81, the technology did not Secretary Arne Duncan at
Obama Makes Supreme Court Nomination
After weeks of speculation, President
Obama on May 10 nominated Solicitor
Network, fewer than half of the 108 people
who have served on the Court were judges.
General Elena Kagan to succeed retiring “And while judges do make up the biggest
After Nearly 30 Years exist to do the kind of DNA Xavier University in New Associate Justice John Paul Stevens on the single biographical category,” according
in Prison testing that we can do now.” Orleans, Michelle Obama at U.S. Supreme Court. to the New York Times’ Linda Greenhouse,
A 52-year-old Ohio Freedom is not the only the University of Arkansas at “While we can’t presume to replace “there have also been 25 practicing lawyers,
man was freed May 3 after surprise Towler has gotten Pine-Bluff and the president Justice Stevens’ wisdom or experience, I have 9 attorneys general or deputy attorneys
spending close to 30 years this week. The Cleveland at Hampton University. selected a nominee who I believe embodies general, 7 holders of other cabinet positions,
Cavaliers heard about the “[Obama’s] commitment that same excellence, independence,
in prison after DNA results
man’s story and invited him to leadership, education integrity, and passion for the law,” Obama
revealed he did not rape an
to Tuesday’s Game 5 of their and service is parallel to said during the announcement.
11-year-old girl in 1981. During her time as a clerk to iconic
“It finally happened, I’ve playoff series with the Boston Hampton’s mission from our
jurist, former justice Thurgood Marshall,
been waiting,” Raymond Celtics. Towler will be a part beginning in 1868,” Hampton
Kagan also learned to look for the “stories”
Towler said as he hugged of the pre-game festivities. President William R. Harvey
behind the law, a compassionate approach
family members in the In a brief court session said in a statement. “He is an that has governed the president’s high court
courtroom, according to The exonerating Towler, inspiration for our students to choices so far. “That understanding of law,
Associated Press. Cuyahoga County, Ohio make the world a better place not as an intellectual exercise or words on
Towler had been serving Common Pleas Court Judge by becoming the very best a page, but as it affects the lives of ordinary
a life sentence after he was Eileen Gallagher told him leaders, educators, doctors, people, has animated every step of Elena’s
stopped for a traffic violation that he can sue over his lawyers, financial analysts and career,” said the president.
ordeal. According to the AP, scientists that they can be.” That stance, however, may fuel
in 1981 and a park ranger
Clarence Elkins of Akron, Obama has placed HBCU Republican opposition during the
noticed a resemblance to
Ohio, won a $1.075 million front and center in his strategy confirmation process on Capitol Hill.
a police sketch of the rape “The president has stated repeatedly
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
suspect. Police say the victim settlement from the state for the United States to have President Obama meets with Solicitor General
that he wants a justice who will
and witnesses identified him for his wrongful conviction the highest percentage of Elena Kagan in the Oval Office last month.
understand the effects of decisions on
from a police photo. of a rape charge for which college graduates in the world
the lives of everyday Americans. But
The Ohio Innocence he spent seven years in jail. by 2020. The schools are set what Americans want is a justice who will 6 senators, 2 members of the House of
Project, an organization Elkins was released in 2005. to receive $850 million over stay true to the Constitution and defend the Representatives, 3 governors, 2 solicitors
that uses DNA evidence the next 10 years as part of rights of all Americans,” said Republican general and 2 law professors.”
to overturn wrongful White House Officials the Student Aid and Fiscal National Committee Chairman Michael Steele Born to a public school teacher and
convictions, told the AP that to Address Graduating Responsibility Act. Combined in a statement. “…You can expect Senate housing rights lawyer, Kagan broke many
Towler had been incarcerated HBCU Students Republicans to respectfully raise serious barriers in her field, becoming the first woman
and tough questions to ensure the American to serve as dean in Harvard Law School’s
longer than anyone else who Several officials
people can thoroughly and thoughtfully 186-year old history and the first woman to
has had their conviction from President Obama’s
examine Kagan’s qualifications and legal serve as solicitor general – the lawyer who
overturned by DNA evidence. administration are scheduled philosophy before she is confirmed to a represents the U.S. government before the
They believe it would have to give 11 commencement lifetime appointment.” Supreme Court. If confirmed, she will become
happened much sooner had addresses at historically Black That Kagan never sat on a bench may one of four women out of 111 justices to serve
modern technology been colleges and universities, or not be an issue. According to History News on the high court.
available. HBCUs, across the country.
According to The “We’re not only doing this commencement addresses transition of power in the region,” Obama said in a
Columbus Dispatch, modern because these schools are a at Morgan State University, nation of 150 million people, statement.
genetic testing proved that gateway to a better future for Morehouse College which was once disturbed by
semen found on the victim’s African Americans; we’re and Spellman College, military coups. Vice President
clothing did not match doing it because their success respectively. Goodluck Jonathan took over Newspaper Features
Fowler’s DNA. is vital to a better future for when the president began the Obamas as
Courtesy Photo
“That was the test result all Americans,” Obama said Nigerian President ailing three months ago and ‘Sanford and Son’
First lady Michelle Obama
that we got [May 3] and it in a press release. Succumbs to Illness will become the head of state Characters
giving a speech at the
excluded Mr. Towler,” Carrie Among the six University of California, After a long history of until reelections are held next A New York weekly
Wood, an attorney with the commencement addresses Merced last May. kidney ailments and recently April. newspaper recently featured
project, told the AP. “Because given this weekend were: suffering from an inflamed “Nigeria has lost the an intended political satire
Mr. Towler’s conviction was Education Department heart, Nigerian President jewel on its crown and even that depicted President Barack
with $150 million which has Obama and first lady Michelle
Umaru Yar’Adua died at the the heavens mourn with our
already been given to Black as characters from the ‘70s
presidential villa on May 5, nation tonight,” Jonathan said
schools, a total of $1 billion series “Sanford and Son.”
according to multiple news in a statement.
will be given to support the
sources. He was 58. Yar’Adua was born in The Smithtown Messenger
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 president on the Republican tick-
et, lashed out at ACORN in the votes.” America.
final debate against Barack The problem came about pri-
Obama, contending the group “is marily because of the way Since McCain’s comments,
A3
SQUARE HIGH
on the verge of maybe perpetrat- ACORN operates. Rather than ACORN’s 87 offices have been May 15, 2010 - May 21, 2010, The Afro-American
ing one of the greatest frauds in rely on volunteers, it pays peo- bombarded with threats and
ple, many of them poor or unem- racist mail.

Lena Horne
voter history in this country,
maybe destroying the fabric of ployed, to sign up new voters. Madonna’s
The day after 1983the breakout
presidential the Tony Award-winning star
democracy.” The idea was to help both those song
debate, “Holiday.”
vandals broke “Without
into the for her pioneering role in
Factcheck.org,
Continued from A1 a non-partisan being registered and those doing Lena Horne, there
organization’s Boston would
and Seattle media and civil rights.
Web site, found those claims to the registration. be no Beyoncé
offices and stole or Rihanna.
computers. “As a child growing up
beHer first three films
“exaggerated,” with “no — evi- when being
Maud Black held
explained, “We one have a My
Afterfather was in representative
a Cleveland World War in segregated D.C., when
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dence of any such democracy- In The back
zero from being
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appeared toldTV,usanthat Lena
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Sky and Stormy
destroying fraud.”Weather— in
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falsification media, Lena
of registration.” Horne’s music and her pinup
sent to the local office saying she images of themselves from
markedHurdthe pinnacle
believes of her
the McCain HorneMost literally kickedneglect
news account down to “is going to have
pictures made them so proud, her life ended.” Hollywood, many, like me,
relationship
charges werewith MGM.motivat- doors
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point out herACORN
amazing is A worker
they wereinable Providence,
to go onR.I., and learned from Lena Horne’s
ed.“Ms. Horne paved the way talents requiredand by stunning
law to turnbeauty,”
in all reg- fight the many battlescall
received a threatening they say- open resistance, and she LEFT RIGHT
for Black
She said,entertainers
“Because it’s in solow- said musician
istration forms.andAndproducer
they also fail ing,
fought.”“We know you get off work taught us that talent and hard
many ways. During apeople,
and moderate-income time Curtis
to noteHudson,
that it waswho
the penned
organiza- at 9” and uttered
President Barack Obama
racial epithets. work could transcend racism
and people of color, I believe the tion, in many instances, that first A caller to one office left a
called Horne one of America’s and hatred in our country,”
McCain campaign thinks those brought the phony registrations message on the answering
“most cherished entertainers” said Holmes Norton in a
Prince George’s Veterans Honored
voters are going to vote
Democratic, which is not neces-
to the attention of authorities.
The McCain camp apparently
machine, saying: “Hi, I was just
in a statement and lauded
calling to let you know that statement. “She was such a
isn’t interested in those fine her
Barackrefusal
Obama to appear
needs tobeforeget universally loved singer and
sarilyIntrue.”
honor of local veterans, the Prince George’s County
ACORN is no stranger to points, preferring to air mislead- crowds divided
hung. He’s a (expletive by race. deleted) actor that she performed well
Circuit Court will hold an appreciation ceremony on May For andmore than a decade, past the prime of most great
controversy. ing ads that seek to link Obama nigger, he’s a piece of
20, at 9:30 a.m., at the Prince George’s County Courthouse, Horne poured her efforts into talents. However, she never
For 38 years, the non-partisan to ACORN, thereby undercutting (expletive deleted). You guys are
14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro. The ceremony is free and causes that promoted peace exhausted her unflagging
organization has fought for social his political support. fraudulent, and you need to go to
open to the public. No reservations are required, and light and
and economic justice for low- McCain: I’m John McCain hell.social
All thejustice.
niggers In on 1958,
oak trees.she determination to fight for
refreshments will be provided. and I approve this message. was inducted into
They’re gonna get all hung hon-Delta Sigma equal rights for all people.”
and moderate-income
In preparation
Americans. for themem-
With 400,000 event, the court is asking
Announcer: Whoallisveterans
Barack Theta Sorority
eys, they’re going astoanget honorary
assassi- Horne resumed 1 BANANA
living in Prince George’s
ber families organized into more County to submit
Obama? A photos
man and
with “a political member
nated, they’re and in gonnathe ‘60s, when
get killed.” performing in the early ‘80s
information
than about theirchap-
1,200 neighborhood service time for aperformed
baptism video. Photosat warp and raceAnother
riots and overt said,
message bigotry “You and appeared in The Wiz
information may be
ters in 110 cities nationwide, submitted on the Prince George’s County
speed.” Vast ambition. After col- climaxed,
liberal idiots. sheDumbparticipated
(expletive in which featured Michael
Web sitehas
ACORN at www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/.
over the years seen lege, he moved to Chicago. the March
deleted). on Washington.
Welfare bums. You Jackson, and a one-woman
For more
its share information,
of criticism while advo- call theBecame
Prince George’s
a community County
organizer. guys Congresswoman
just (expletive deleted) Eleanor Broadway production, Lena
Circuit Court, 301-780-8070.
cating for affordable housing, There, Obama met Madeleine Holmes
come to our Nortoncountry,remembered
consume Horne: The Lady and Her
living wages, healthcare for the Talbot, part of the Chicago every natural resource there is, Music.

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andhis reporting
make a lot ofand refutes
babies. That’sthe
izing voter registration drives. impressive that he was asked to claims that he misrepresented
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Republicans

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efficient models.
President Barack Obama
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year period. They said it
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mounting federal debts.
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don’t have so we can caulk
homes?’’ asked House
Republican leader John
Boehner of Ohio.
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Rep. Joe Barton of Texas,
top Republican on the energy
committee. Democrats argued
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when Congress approves
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Elections
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people in Silver Spring, whether or not we can develop and Prince George’s Sheriff
Gaithersburg, Rockville, somewhere.” Michael A. Jackson have
Germantown and Waldorf to Nakia T. Ngwala, who all filed paperwork with the
come here to work. When they is the chair of the Ardmore- state’s office announcing
come here, they will bring Springdale Civic Association their candidacies. With Levi
their money.” and is expected to challenge running for the county’s
Some of Turner’s Andrea Harrison (D) for top post, local entrepreneur
opponents aren’t as gung ho her District 5 seat on the Shukoor Ahmed and Bowie
about real estate development County Council, is actually City Councilwoman Geraldine
being the top priority. Civic a critic of the county’s Valentino-Smith have filed
leader Abdul-Raheem current development process. paperwork to fill the vacant
Abdullah; educational She’s fighting a proposed position in the Maryland
administrator and chair of development near Charles General Assembly.
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From the editor’s desk

What Happens in Arizona,

Spreads
In the last few weeks, I’ve been surrounded
by more talk of illegal immigrants than I have
in years. What sparked this increase in chatter
is Arizona’s law allowing police to stop
anyone they believe is an illegal immigrant
and request documentation showing they have
a right to be in the United States.
Law enforcement, based on an
observational belief, can stop and require
proof of legal residency. How will they decide
who to stop? The only information available
to them under most circumstances will be skin
color, language, accent, cultural proclivities
and name. So unless officers are stopping
everyone they see – an untenable enforcement
position – some sort of racial profiling will be
used to make that determination.
This disturbs me, because I foresee only
people of color – brown-skinned people –
being regularly stopped. Meaning, citizen or
not, people of Hispanic, African and Arab
descent should plan to be inconvenienced each
time they leave home and should always carry
proof of legal residency.
That scenario makes me think of Germany
during the rule of Hitler, where the population
of the country was required to carry their
“papers” everywhere.
Is this what it’s really come to? Could we
be on a similar slippery slope?
This is a country of immigrants. The only
indigenous people of the contiguous 48 states
make up around 1 percent of the population.
Everyone else, whether in the current
generation or multiple generations ago, came
here from somewhere else, including the
founding fathers.
Over the course of this nation’s history,
with the added ingenuity and hard work of
these transplanted people, look at what we’ve
become. For years, we were at the forefront
in a majority of areas – science, technology,
education, industry. The United States was
the place people flocked to for opportunities
to improve their circumstances. These
people came bringing their own energy and
contribution to the forward motion of this
nation.
How can we devalue and disregard our an undesirable shift in our circumstances. It Before long, it won’t be just that trip to
history in this way? will not solve the problem, it will not help, it the Grand Canyon you’ll have to avoid. So,
While I don’t agree with the reasoning will only push us further apart. Divided, we get your papers in order. You’re going to need
used to explain the need for this law, I do cannot stand. them soon.
understand the emotional place from which Racism, in my never again to be humble
it originates. There is a frustration with opinion, is the only product of this law and A luta continua …
what feels like a usurping of the “American given time, everyone not a member of the
Way,” exacerbated by the economy and lost majority racial group in this country will be Talibah Chikwendu is the executive editor
opportunities. But we shouldn’t look to blame caught by it. Increasing levels of racial animus for the AFRO-American Newspapers and
others, especially not on the basis of race, for are behind this law and will be responsible for shares these and other thoughts at www.
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Commentary
Keeping Those We Love Alive
We should always honor
Elijah Cummings our parents, but their “days”
in May and June are the
moments when mom and dad traditionally take center stage.
An invitation to dinner is always a welcome gesture from a
grateful child. However, our most important gift to them would
be to help them stay healthy and alive.
I share this thought as a man who is fortunate to still have
a wonderful mother in my life - and who misses my departed
father every day. I have learned that we never fully realize how
much a parent means to us until he or she is gone from our
lives.
If it seems that I devote an extraordinary amount of my
energy to fighting for our health and survival - and, especially,
for the preventive health measures that should be part of our
routines - the reason is right there before our eyes.
Far too many people in our community are dying before
their appointed time. Although medical science can help us
survive, only we can undertake the first steps toward changing
this harsh equation.
So, as we consider how best to honor our parents this year,
we might begin by helping them better protect themselves
against killers like cancer. Consider these facts.
African American women are more likely than their
Caucasian sisters to die from breast cancer. Our men are
contracting prostate cancer at a 60 percent higher incidence
than the majority population - and suffering a 2.5 times higher
mortality rate.
The reasons for these disparities in our survival from these
cancers are complex, but this much is clear: Far too often, we
are detecting cancer only at an advanced stage when it is more
difficult to treat and cure.
We must do better than this. Lives are in the balance – the
lives of those we love.
Recently, a member of my staff named Mike talked to me
about his parents. Mike’s father, a navy veteran of WWII,
Commentary
How Do We Circumvent Youth Violence?
Nearly a month ago,
Tyrone Parker parents, families and
communities in the District
of Columbia faced one of the deadliest shooting rampages in
the city’s history, leaving four dead and six others wounded.
Residents, along with several community-based organizations,
rallied from South Capitol Street to the funeral services of the
slain, to demonstrate that never should we as a village have
to experience the tragedy of losing our youth to gun violence.
The stench of death touched many of our hearts as we glared
in caskets at some who were teenagers, or in their early 20s
and 30s, reminding us of the sons and daughters we have lost
to gun violence.
Since 1991, The Alliance of Concerned Men has helped
to transform and save the lives of thousands of young people
and negotiate seven gang truces. However, we mentored two
of the youth who were murdered in the rampage, and after this
travesty, our organization will never be the same.
In 1992, the Alliance, along with 100 African-American
men, marched and formed a human prayer chain across
the 14th Street Bridge in protest of guns coming into our
community – 75 percent of them coming Virginia. We
testified before the Government Reform Committee on how
the District of Columbia’s gun ban would essentially help the
community and save the lives of our youth.
Our question to ourselves, to the community, law
enforcement and to the politicians is how do we circumvent
youth violence? And furthermore, how do we prevent other
young men in our communities whose behavior, beliefs and
actions reflect violence? How do we draw the village around
our young men and women strongly enough to prevent
another massive shooting?
We can discuss how the cutting of earmarks by the D.C.
died at the early age of 47 – in part from the inadequate health save lives only if more of us – like Mrs. Shirley – become
care that he received. Although Mike’s mother (whom I’ll call better informed and take advantage of the medical help that is
“Mrs. Shirley”) lives 1,000 miles from Maryland, she and available to us now.
Mike remain close, talking on the telephone every week. That is why I will be celebrating Mothers’ and Fathers’
Recently, through self-exam, Mrs. Shirley discovered an days this year by participating in a May 22 cancer information
unusual lump in one of her breasts. Her children urged her to and screening event at Mercy Medical Center. Anyone who
take advantage of her Medicare and “Medigap” insurance to wants to honor their parents in a very meaningful way this year
obtain immediate medical attention. can register them (and themselves) in advance for the reduced
Mrs. Shirley’s doctors advised her that cancer was cost ($20) mammograms and PSA/digital exams by calling
suspected and that immediate surgery would be her best Mercy at 410-332-9857.
option. At 84, she quite understandably considered the Then, on May 22, the public is welcome to join us (from
prospect with trepidation. However, she is a woman of courage 10 until 11:30 a.m.) in the lobby of Weinberg Center, 227
and took seriously her children’s encouragement to do what St. Paul Place, Baltimore. I will moderate a free expert
was necessary to prolong her life. panel discussion that will better inform everyone about the
Her surgeon removed the growth – which did test positive importance of mammography, radiation levels in screening
for cancer – but, thankfully, the surrounding tissues and glands tests, prostate health and the latest in prostate cancer and breast
appeared to be cancer free. cancer surgery, as well as other issues regarding cervical,
Now, Mrs. Shirley must undergo a “short course” of ovarian, uterine and other gynecologic cancers.
radiation therapy to be certain that no cancer cells escaped Our panel will include some world-class medical experts,
the surgery, but her prognosis for survival and good health is including breast cancer surgeons Dr. Dalliah Black and Dr.
excellent. God willing, she and her family will enjoy many Neil B. Friedman, radiologist Dr. Jean Warner, gynecologic
more Mothers’ Days during the years to come. oncologist Dr. Hyung S. Ryu and urologist Dr. Stanley Silber.
I should also note that her Medicare and Medigap insurance Free parking at Mercy’s Saratoga Street garage will be
are paying for the full cost of Mrs. Shirley’s life-saving provided.
treatment. She is receiving the same affordable life-saving If you are not already receiving regular cancer screening,
support that I voted to extend to all Americans when we I beg you to attend. We have only one life to live – and this is
enacted comprehensive healthcare reform this year. that life.
Like Mrs. Shirley, all of our loved ones should be able to
live out the full measure of their days. That is why we must Congressman Elijah Cummings represents Maryland’s
continue to fight for more comprehensive, culturally competent Seventh Congressional District in the United States House of
health research, more advanced mammography and targeted Representatives.
legislation like the Prostate Research, Imaging and Men’s
Education [PRIME] Act [H.R. 4756] that I recently sponsored.
Perhaps most important of all, we must encourage those we
love to take advantage of the life-saving medical technologies Letter to the Editor
that now exist. Screening and other preventive measures can
Stock Market Drop back to 50 percent?
Will they do anything
Following the about Social Security
1,000-point drop in the
stock market people
now that more money is
going out than coming
Council and the mayor’s decision to cut millions from the asked: “What went in? How would a
District’s community-based organization’s programs – ones wrong?” The real Republican Congress
that provided violence intervention and prevention, mentoring, concern is what will pay the trillions of
peer mediation, counseling, educational programs, recreational happen next? Will dollars of debt?
activities and parent education – have had a direct impact on Congress come out The stock market
the resurgence of violence in the community. How can we with more meddlesome is volatile because
keep our youth safe and off the streets, focused and positively regulation and malicious people do not trust
active if the government does not see a need to keep programs the powers that be!
restructuring of
that circumvent youth violence as a priority for public safety? We cannot wait till
How can we say we want peace if the recreational centers
investment financing?
Won’t legitimizing their November. Confidence
are being closed down and upscale condos are being built
in their place? How can politicians attend funerals of the control over investment will be restored when
youth and extend their hand to help the community and take and mortgage capital politicians: Stop the
community programs away? make every business energy tax hikes! Stop
Why do we see two Districts? One D.C. is affluent and loan a political the Stimulus spending!
a youth murdered there would result in the presence of the decision? What does Stop judges who
National Guard. The other D.C. is where our youth, many who taking capital from want to change the
will never see age 21, are burying their peers and wearing business and stimulating Constitution!
R.I.P. T-shirts. How long will we tolerate youth violence in the State and local
nation’s capital regardless of zip code? bureaucracy do to the
economy? governments could
If we want to prevent these kinds of crimes, we should
help by renegotiating
be thinking about how to keep AK-47 machine guns off our When will they
deluxe labor, pension
streets and support legislation that addresses gun ban efforts. bail out and take over
We need to stop the blame game. We need everyone to focus troubled pension plans? and welfare benefits
on effective responses to stop the violence. We could start by
What will trading bogus so that people have a
working together to get guns off our streets and step up our
investments in community-based prevention programs that carbon credits do to the sustainable income.
are proven to help young people steer clear of crime. We must stock market? How will Restore confidence by
have a spirit of unity to create safe environments for our youth punitive regulations and empowering people
to thrive and succeed. Let us ride the real spirit of “Yes We taxes on oil and coal and downsizing
Can.” producers and products government.
Tyrone Parker is the executive director of the Alliance of
help the economy? Will
the inheritance tax on Michael McCarthy
Concern Men. For more information, visit the organization’s
website at www.allianceofconcernedmen.com. farms and factories go Hayward, Calif.
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Courtesy Photos

On May 8, More than 1,800
students graduated from Howard
University’s 12 schools and colleges as
family, friends and faculty looked on.
Former Tennessee Congressman
Harold Ford Jr., chair of the
Democratic Leadership Council and
NBC news analyst,
was the keynote
commencement
speaker.
Ford, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Author and actor Hill Harper
Sonia Sotomayor, art historian David
with President Sidney
Driskell, actor Hill Harper and Mellody
Hobson, president of the money School of Communications Ribeau after receiving an
management firm Ariel Investments, students head toward honorary degree
received honorary degrees. “Good commencement proceedings
Morning America” news anchor Robin
Roberts was awarded the honorary
doctor of humanities degree.

College of Medicine Supreme Court Justice Sonia

graduate Raolat Sotomayor is presented School of Divinity
Kerry Ann Hamilton is awarded
Abdulai gives the an honorary doctorate by students await the
her doctorate degree by
student address Vernon Jordan processional
President Sidney Ribeau

Photos by Robert Roberts

Photos by
Gerald Evans

Panelists speak with sportscaster James Brown

The Green family:

Joi, Darrell, Jerrell,
Jewel and Jaced

Edward Suggs, Carlos Eldridge Tony Dungy and

and James Thrash with some of District sports
the attendees personality Lou Holder

By Andrea L. “Aunni” Young

More than 4,000 men came to the First Baptist John Harbaugh, Ravens quarterback Jim Zorn and
Special to the AFRO
Church of Glenarden to attend the RED ZONE National sports commentator James (J.B.) Brown.
Fashionistas enjoyed networking and shopping Men’s Conference hosted in conjunction with the Conference attendees participated in general and
Traci Lynn Fashion Jewelry: for fashion apparel and accessories at “Party with a Foundation for Manhood. breakout sections called “huddles” and were taught
Phyllis Barts, Cheryl Purpose,” a POSH Girl Event, coordinated by Jewell Keynote speakers included former Indianapolis how to move past their personal obstacles, referred
Demposey and Jamie Green, wife of Football Hall of Famer Darrell Green, Colts coach Tony Dungy, Baltimore Ravens head coach to as “red zones.”
Thomas and founder of POSH Couture.
A portion of the event’s sales went to support One
Team 4 Haiti, which provides support to the Clinton-
Bush Haiti Fund. Green, an image consultant and
fashion stylist, also coordinates fashion sales events
and donates to young women in the metropolitan
Principal players from the conference: Jim
area.
Zorn, Tony Dungy, Pastor John K. Jenkins Sr.,
Candice Coleman, Natasha Brown, “I support my wife 100 percent,” said Pro Football
James “JB’ Brown, Marty Granger, chairman,
event publicist; Chantelle Gordon Hall of Famer Green. “This is all her hard work. Jewell Former Washington Redskins Foundation for Manhood and primary sponsor;
and Danielle Scott and I have been married for 25 years.” player James Thrash and two John Harbaugh and Rev. Johnny Parker,
conference attendees director, Men’s Ministry

Photos by A.
Lois De Laine

NFL Hall of Famer

Darrell Green and Ardyss International Body Great-grandson Denzel Mooney,
wife Jewell, host of Reshaping, Nutrition and Harper and daughters, Cheryl
the Posh Party for a Skincare team Jones and Sharon May
Purpose
Harper and her only
remaining sister, Juanita
Gates
Charlotte
Harper enjoys a The Baltimore Marriott Hunt
champagne toast. Harper’s oldest Valley Inn ballroom was brightly
grandson Eric May, decorated in pink and green linens
wife Carolyn, and and flowers as family members, a
Helen Harley, LaTonya Tucker, their children Carsen cross section of former elementary
Vendors Linda Brock, Quentess Davis and and Kimberly students, principals, church members,
Karen Williamson sorority members, neighbors and
acquaintances from all walks of life
paid tribute to a remarkable lady who
Angela Gibson, celebrated her 90th birthday.
president of the Charlotte Elizabeth Emma Holsey Harper,
Epsilon Omega a product of the Baltimore Public School
chapter of Alpha System, grew up on Druid Hill Avenue in the
Kappa Alpha Doris Andrews Morgan
and Alberta Brown “Sugar Hill” area with four sisters.
Sorority, and Harper’s career spanned several decades
Cardrienne Griffin Campbelll, Harper’s
Joye Davis, Nadia Davis, Kelly Knight, of progressive positions from elementary
present a history of former sixth-grade
Juanita Brown and Mia Elliott teacher to vice principal to principal in the
the chapter students
Baltimore City Public School System.
After the death of her husband, Mrs.
Sahar Bitaraf of Harper moved to Matthews, N.C., to live
Shoecrush.com with her daughter, Sharon.

Honoree Charlotte Carolyn Roberts

Harper and and Dr. Geraldine Dr. Lee Lassiter, Louise
granddaughter Stacie R. Waters with the Lassiter and Dr. Anne O.
Harper honoree Harper Emery
B2 The Afro-American, May 15, 2010 - May 21, 2010
‘Mayweather vs. Pacquiao Will Happen!’
BY Perry Green
AFRO Sports Editor
The big fight that everyone
has been waiting for may
finally be on, according
to a May 4 interview with
Filipino boxing icon Manny
Pacquiao’s famous trainer,
Freddie Roach.
Roach took a brief break
from the training regimen
he’s directing for the light
welterweight champion boxer
Amir Khan to take a phone call
from Atlanta sports talk radio
station 790 AM’s “The Zone.”
During the phone interview,
Roach told the station, yes,
the fight between Floyd
Mayweather and his prized
client, Pacquiao, will happen.
“I just talked to [boxing
promoter] Bob Arum
yesterday. Bob is flying
to the Philippines today
to make Manny an offer
and we are trying to make
this happen as best as we
can,” said Roach, who also
suggested that financial gain
is the main reason both sides
are motivated to make the
long anticipated fight finally
happen. “We have enough
ammo to get a deal done
John Salley Joins Congress in Fight
Against Child Obesity
By Perry Green
AFRO Sports Editor
Four-time NBA champion
John Salley teamed up with
Olympic gold medal-winning
track star Allyson Felix on an
initiative that will push for
healthier eating in schools
across the United States.
Salley, Felix and other
celebrities met with Congress
on May 5 to co-sponsor the
Healthy School Meals Act of
2010, H.R. 4870, a bill that
offers new opportunities to
improve school lunches and
fight childhood obesity.
Under the bill, kids
would be privileged to fruits,
vegetables and other healthy
plant-based products, instead
of the “mystery meat” and
other less healthy foods
currently offered in schools.
The Healthy School
Meals Act is currently backed
by more than two dozen
Hollywood stars, along with
NBA Playoffs Coverage —Afro.com
quickly because there’s a lot
of money out there.”
What many are deeming to
be the “Fight of the Century,”
was initially negotiated
to occur back in January,
but negotiations ended
after Mayweather accused
Pacquiao of using steroids
and demanded that they take
Olympic-style drug testing,
which requires blood testing
just days prior to the fight.
Insulted by the accusation,
Pacquiao withdrew from
fight talks with Mayweather,
and told reporters that he’s
uncomfortable with drawing
blood and believes it takes
away from his strength.
Both boxers went on to
dominate less competitive
boxers instead, but now it
appears they’re ready for
what Roach described as the
“biggest fight of all time.”
When asked if Manny will
concede to Mayweather’s
request for Olympic-style blood
testing, Roach said they’re
going to “meet in the middle.”
“We wanted [blood tests]
no less than 24 days before
fight day, they wanted 14 days
out, so it’s going to be 17 or
18 days out,” Roach said.
Former NBA champion John Salley meets with Rep. Jesse
Jackson Jr., D-Ill., and other members of Congress to push
for healthier eating in schools.
51 co-sponsors in Congress,
including Rep. Elijah
Cummings and other the
Congressional Black Caucus
members.
“If you want to get anything
major done in this country, you
have to know how to approach
Washington, and that’s why I
got involved,” Salley told the
AFRO. “I look at it this way.
If I don’t do this, we’re going
to have a country full of sick
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“And 100 percent, yes, we
will agree to a blood test right
after the fight.”
Roach said he watched
Floyd’s latest fight with
former champion Shane
Mosley while at his training
clinic with Khan. He watched
the fight live from a boxing
fan’s perspective, but noted
that he also recorded the fight
back at his home and will
later watch as a trainer and do
his homework to best prepare
Manny.
He may want to do
as much homework as
possible, because many
of his comments during
the interview may have
Mayweather ready to retaliate.
Roach said the undefeated
superstar is a sure Hall of
Famer at his previous fight
weight of 135-140 pounds,
but he’s only an average
fighter at his current weight
class of 147 pounds.
“He can’t punch at that
weight and that’s his biggest
issue I think, but also the
speed factor; he’s a little
slower at this weight,”
Roach said of Mayweather.
“You can see during the
[Mayweather vs. Mosley]
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people dying at young ages
because of what they’re eating
and that’s the truth.”
According to Salley, one
of three Americans born after
2000 are projected to develop
diabetes because their diets
aren’t healthy enough. He
says this especially pertains to
African Americans.
“Most of the time in the
Black community, folks are
still eating slave food,” said
fight that he doesn’t have his
legs anymore. He changed his
style because he can’t move
like he used to at this weight,
and that’s why he’s a little
more flat-footed. And that’s
why Shane did hit him good
in the early rounds.”
With the excitement Roach
is building up, fans hope the
deal actually does pan out.
No one has officially signed
any contracts, but Roach did
mention that Mayweather
is currently in negotiations
with Golden Boy Promotions
CEO Richard Schaeffer, who
helped make almost every
big fight happen in recent
years. If the fight goes down,
the setting will more than
likely be in Las Vegas around
November 2010, with a
projected prize of about $40
million for each fighter, not
including additional profits
that could be earned from
what may be the biggest
pay-per-view event ever. But
Roach insists that money isn’t
the only reason this fight is
going to be one to remember.
“This one is really special
because this one is a very big
challenge also,” Roach said.
“With Mayweather’s style,
Salley, who is a converted
vegan. “Folks will [eat] parts
of the chicken or parts of the
swine that nobody else wanted
to eat during those times. Pig
ears, pig feet, or chitterlings.
Don’t call it chitterlings, call
it what it really is, pig guts.
None of that stuff is good for
the body.”
Most schools aren’t serving
pig ears in the lunch line,
but the mystery meat they
do serve isn’t any healthier.
Salley believes providing
better alternatives, like veggie
burgers and real orange juice –
not from concentrate – will go
a long way in the fight against
childhood obesity.
“It’s important for folks
to know that I’m not against
meat, I’m for fruits and
vegetables, just like I’m not
against war, I’m for peace,”
Salley said. “I’m for whatever
is best for my people and I say
if we have the best to offer,
why not offer it?”
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The faceoff between boxing icons Floyd Mayweather
and Manny Pacquiao will happen in November 2010,
according to Pacquiao’s head trainer, Freddie Roach.
I have to come up with the he knows [the Mayweathers]
perfect game plan to get a win are going to talk trash like
over him. One thing about normal,” Roach said. “But
him, he’s very good at what I’m confrontational at times,
he does. and when he starts being
“He’s very clever and disrespectful, I do get mad, so
he sees well. But he can get I can’t make any guarantees.”
caught a few times early in the One thing Roach did
fight, and if Pacquiao catches guarantee, however, was the
him, we will finish him.” first loss of Mayweather’s
Roach said he may also perfect 41-0 record. When
do a little fighting himself, asked if he believes the fight
should Floyd’s uncle and head will go the distance, Roach
trainer, Roger Mayweather, quickly said, “Nope, we will
start talking too much trash. knock him out!”
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down…he tells me to remain heated debate with AFRO sports
writers Perry Green and Stephen
respectful and he’ll handle D. Riley over who will win the
everything in the ring, because “Fight of the Century.”
Sports Commentary
When Legends Fall
By Stephen D. Riley
AFRO Staff Writer
By the time Lawrence Taylor
was wrapping up his NFL Hall
of Fame career with the New
York Giants, I was still coloring
wildly in the confinements of
my elementary school class. By
the time of his second arrest for
buying crack cocaine in 1998, I
was firmly entrenched in the halls
of my high school. And on the eve
of his arrest last week for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl, I
was already a couple of years deep into my writing career.
Taylor’s troubled timeline has served as my own personal
growth chart over the years. Stretching back to 1986 when he
entered his first drug rehab program, he’s remained one of the
more polarizing figures in sports history since his introduction
to the football world in the late ‘70s. But outside of a few
choppy highlight reels, I’ve never actually seen Taylor play
in person. But according to many, he was a certified terror,
apparently on and off the field. Sadly, much like fellow Hall
of Famer O.J. Simpson (who I’ve also never seen play in
person), the two-time Super Bowl champion is doing his best
to bury a glorified playing career beneath a list of disturbing
chronicles.
On the heels of Taylor’s recent arrest, the question was
posed from media circles across the nation pondering whether
criminal circumstances should be enough to strip former
greats such as Simpson and Taylor of their Hall of Fame
honors. In my opinion, YES!
Once you get past the on-field accomplishments, what else
is left to define a sports legend besides the actions of his post
career? For all of his glory, Simpson will forever find it hard
to shake the label of murderer after the controversial death
of his wife, Nicole Simpson, in 1994, nine years after “The
Juice’s” induction into the Hall of Fame. From a sports writer
who’s never seen Taylor play, his claim to fame at this point
for several ‘80s babies remains a chronic bout with crack use
and a penchant for trouble with the law.
Some may argue that the Hall of Fame is a measurement
of football accomplishments and not a litmus test for choir
boys and boy scouts, which is predominantly true. But for
all incoming rookies, the NFL takes them on a field trip to
Canton, Ohio’s Pro Football Hall of Fame sanctuary upon
their entrance into the league. Once inside the Hall, aspiring
rookies are given a brief history lesson of some of the league’s
former greats.
As an ‘80s product, my memories of Hall of Famers
Taylor and Simpson are already bleak as it is. Considering
that the majority of today’s new NFL blood consists of ‘90s
babies, they probably have no clue whatsoever to the history
of today’s Hall of Famers. So one look at Taylor’s bronze
enshrinement and how should the tour guide illustrate Taylor’s
life? As a man who could avoid a crack-back block with the
best of them or as a man who couldn’t avoid a crack rock like
the rest of them?
You can’t discredit Taylor’s professional accomplishments
but you also can’t ignore his life’s failings neither. Until Hall
of Fame memberships are revoked for criminal behavior, the
NFL will have a tough decision on its hands.
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By Joi-Marie McKenzie
It is graduation season as
many college students are
getting ready to embark on
another chapter of their lives.
Congratulations to students
at Howard University who
graduated this past weekend.
While President Obama
was giving a commencement
speech at the other “HU,”
Hampton University, in
Virginia, the first lady was
hosting an afternoon tea in
honor of Mother’s Day in the
White House’s East Room.
Mrs. Obama shared her
thoughts on the importance
of celebrating Mother’s Day
in her address saying, “That’s
really what Mother’s Day
is all about: showing our
gratitude for all that they do.”
Still, the first couple
did celebrate Mother’s
NFL player Larry Johnson
arrives to his welcome
party at the District last
Wednesday.
Day earlier by dining out
at KOMI, a Greek and
Mediterranean restaurant in
Dupont Circle.
The Washington Redskins
made their biggest purchase
in March by signing running
back Larry Johnson to a
three-year contract worth
$3.5 million. Last week, local
celebs gathered to celebrate
Johnson coming to the
District, after playing with
NFL teams in Kansas City
and Cincinnati.
Many celebs came out
to celebrate with Johnson
including, television
personality Terrence J, who
was in town celebrating his
birthday; rappers Wale, J.
Cole, and Phil Ade; R&B
singer, Paula Campbell,
and morning show host Big
Tigger.
Last week,
Congresswoman Eleanor
Holmes Norton was
spotted at the VIP opening
of the Social Safeway
in Georgetown. Guests
enjoyed complimentary Dom
Perignon, Cristal and even a
Belvedere vodka fountain…
all in a supermarket.
Sherri Sheppard of “The
View” surprised patrons at
Busboys & Poets last week
when she dined there. She
tweeted that it’s her favorite
restaurant in the District. “[It
has] an eclectic, energetic
atmosphere, wonderful food
and great reading,” she wrote.
Oklahoma City’s Kevin
Durant has been partying all
over the city recently and
he stopped by The Park at
Fourteenth last Thursday as
well. Rapper (can I still call
him that?) Mims was also
spotted there the same night
while model Melyssa Ford
was seen there Friday night.
If you want to be on the
scene this weekend, head
to Team Believe’s Monte
Carlo Night, a benefit for
the Leukemia & Lymphoma
Society. On Saturday, May
15, the evening will be hosted
by Sugar Ray Leonard at TPC
Potomac at Avenel Farm. To
purchase a ticket, visit www.
believeinacureforcancer.com.

Queen Latifah: The ‘Just

KW: …What was it like being directed by romantic comedy just for

Courtesy Photo
Sanaa Hamri and working with Common and Black folks. I think anybody
the rest of the cast? who watches this movie is

Wright’ Interview
QL: Oh, man, it was amazing. Honestly, going to fall in love with
I couldn’t have asked for a better group of the idea of love again. You
people to work with. It was a true team effort. get to see a strong male in
There’s no way we could have done this Common’s character, Scott,
By Kam Williams
independently of one another. Sanaa was the perfect choice and two completely different
Special to the AFRO
because she had a great vision for the film from the moment she female leads in my character,
first read the script. We interviewed a lot of different directors, Leslie, and Paula Patton’s,
Hip-hop icon and box-office attraction Queen Latifah talks
but her take on it was something that we appreciated because Morgan. And we also get to
here about her new movie, Just Wright, where she gets to play
she assured us that she planned to bring a certain style and taste see them sort of be family and
the title character for the first time ever opposite Common as
to the production, that it would be elevated and classy, and go through the types of things
her love interest. Directed by Sanaa Hamri (Something New),
have cool shots that would make everyone look really good many families go through,
the romantic comedy’s talented supporting cast includes Paula
onscreen. I think that she managed to pull it all off, and I’m yet still find love in the end.
Patton, Pam Grier and Phylicia Rashad.
really proud of her. That’s the realistic image that
KW: You used to play a mean game of basketball back in we wanted to portray, not broad stereotypes with one swipe of
KW: What interested you in “Just Wright?”
the day....[do] you still find time in your busy schedule to shoot the brush. We’re painting our pictures as vividly as possible.
QL: Actually, it was kinda something we just created from
around? KW: What about acting do you find most challenging, and
scratch. What we wanted to do was make was a romantic
QL: I do. Whenever a ball is around, you can’t help but do you think the range roles for Black women in Hollywood are
comedy that was both sexy and romantic and had some
pick that thing up and shoot it. You know what I mean? …My improving?
emotion, but at the same time wasn’t just a chick flick, and
body is not exactly as limber as it used to be in high school, QL: I approach the film business the way I feel about self-
that had some action, some energy. And that’s where the whole
obviously, but I still enjoy a good game of basketball…. esteem—it’s something that has to be maintained. That’s kind
NBA component came in with Leslie Wright, my character,
KW: Recent college grad Laz Lyles asks, do you think “Just of how I feel about positive roles in Hollywood. They have to
being a big basketball fan, and a daddy’s girl. One of the ways
Wright” will help revive the Black romantic film? be maintained. You have to purposefully, intentionally try to
that she and her daddy bonded was by his taking her to the
QL: I think you definitely see true Black love in this film. make the right type of films. And the more people that do that,
games because he didn’t have a son. That made a really big fan
And I hope that it helps to revive the genre, but I can’t say
out of her… the more things will continue to improve. Absolutely.
whether it will be a catalyst for that. But Just Wright isn’t a
B4 The Afro-American, May 15, 2010 - May 21, 2010
Faith In Action
Church Briefs: Compiled by Herb Quarles
Bible Study
The spring Bible study series at Peoples Congregational UCC will include a study of
selected stories in the books of Genesis and Exodus at 6:30 p.m. every Thursday in the Corbin
Lounge at the church located at 4704 13th St. N.W. The session for May 13 will include “The
Challenges and Change of Jacob,” Genesis 29:33. The session for May 20 will include “The
Story of Dinah,” Genesis 34. Call the church office at 202-829-5511 for additional information.
Spring Festival
The community is invited to attend a spring festival from noon to 4 p.m. on May 15 at
Peoples Congregation UCC. There will be something for the entire family, including games,
face painting, moon bounce, food and drinks ($1), deejay and vendors. The event is open free to
the public. Call the church office at 202-829-5511 for additional information.
Scholarship Service
The DC Choral Ensemble will host a scholarship service at 3:30 p.m. on May 15 at the
Southern Friendship Baptist Church located at 4444 Branch Ave. in Temple Hills, Md. Special
guests will be Inhabited Praise and the Williams Family. Also appearing will be Jermaine
Harris, Jonathan A. Smith, the Southern Friendship Mass Choir and The Masters Movement
Praise Dance Ministry. Call Allan Willis at 202-529-9509 for information on the tax deductible
requested donation and other information.
Anniversary Concert
“Reilly and Friends: Celebrating a 25-Year Musical
Collaboration” is the theme for J. Reilly Lewis’ 25th
anniversary season as music director of the Cathedral Choral
Society. The celebration will take place at 4 p.m. on May 16 at
the Washington National Cathedral located at Massachusetts
and Wisconsin Avenues N.W.
Participants will include The Washington Ballet, the
Washington Symphonic Brass, guest conductors Norman
Scribner and Robert Shafer, the Order of St. John, the St.
Courtesy Photo
J. Reilly Lewis, music
Andrew’s Society, the Washington National Cathedral Schools
director of the Cathedral
Choristers, and the St Albans National Cathedral Schools
Choral Society, celebrates
Chorale.
a 25-year musical
The celebration will include the world premiere of a work
collaboration.
composed especially for the occasion by Dominick Argento, a
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer.
Call 202-537-2228 or visit cathedralchoralsociety.org for ticket and other information.

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LEGAL NOTICES
IN THE SUPERIOR
COURTOF THE
DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA
CIVIL DIVISION
Civil Action No.
2009CA009277R RP
Gloria Morris Riley
PLAINTIFF
v.
Gladys Matthew, et. al,
ORDER
This matter is before the
Court on Plaintiff Gloria
Morris Riley’s Motion to
Allow Service By Publica-
tion, filed on December
16, 2009. Plaintiff brought
the instant action to re-
move cloud on the title of:
Lot Numbered Eighty-two
(82) in Square numbered
Seventy-eight (78), ”Pet-
worth Addition to the City
of Washington”, as per
plat recorded in the Office
of the Surveyor for the
District of Columbia in
Liber 58 at folio 169; Said
square 78 now known for
purposes of assessment
and taxation as Square
3237, also known as 411
Randolph Street, NW,
Washington, DC (here-
after referred to a subject
property).
According to Plaintiff, the
subject property was for-
merly owned by Marazon
Morris and Glady E. Mat-
thews who each acquired
an undivided one-half in-
terest therein, from How-
ard Morris, their husband
and brother, respectively
as joint tenants. Gladys
Matthews, Howard
W.Morris, Marazon Mor-
ris, Charles W. Matthews,
Thelma M. Rayford, Mor-
ris W. Matthews and Er-
nest Smith, are defen-
dants listed as parties
who may have had an
interest in the subject
property but are believed
to be deceased or cannot
be otherwise located.
Upon consideration of
Plaintiff’s unopposed mo-
tion, it is this 25th day of
January, 2010, hereby:
ORDERED that Plaintiff’s
Motion is granted; and it
is further
ORDERED tht Plaintiff
shall, within ninety (90)
days of the date of this
Order, file a brief with the
Court certifying that
Plaintiff has searched the
records of the Probate
Office of the D.C. Super-
ior Court and determined
whether Defendants have
heirs and Plaintiffs efforts
to serve such heirs; and
it is further
ORDERED that the
above-named defen-
dants, unknown spouses,
heirs, assignees, devi-
sees and, legatees of
Gladys Matthews, How-
ard W. Morris, Marazon
Morris, Charles W. Mat-
thews, Thelma M. Ray-
ford, Morris W. Matthews
and Ernest Smith, de-
ceased, and all those
claiming under them or
any other interested par-
ties to the subject real
property, cause their
appearance to be en-
tered herein on or before
June 24, 2010, otherwise
the case will be
proceeded with as a case
of default, provided that
Plaintiff shall, pursuant to
D.C. Code § 13-341(b),
publish a copy of this or-
der twice a month for
three consecutive months
before said day, in the
Washington Post, the
Washington Times, the
Daily Washington Law
Reporter, the Washington
Afro-American News-
papers; and it is further
ORDERED that Plaintiff
shall publish the first copy
of notice within thirty (30)
days of the date of this
Order,
Clerk of the Court
A TRUE TEST COPY:
Anita Josey-Herring
Associate Judge
(Signed in Chambers)
3/12, 3/19, 4/9, 4/16,
5/7, 5/14
Superior Court of
the District of
Columbia
Civil Division
Case No. 0002798-10
IN RE:
Michael Gilbert
Applicant
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION
CHANGE OF NAME
Michael Gilbert having
filed a complaint for
judgment changing Mi-
chael H. Gilbert name to
Hussein Waliullah and
having applied to the
court for an Order of
Publication of the notice
required by law in such
cases; it is by the Court
this 23rd day of April
2010.
ORDERED, that all per-
sons concerned show
cause, if any there be,
on or before the 28th
day of May 2010, why
the prayers of said com-
plaint should not be
granted; provided that a
copy of this order be
published once a week
for three consecutive
weeks before said day
in the Afro-American.
JUDGE
A TRUE COPY TEST:
4/30, 5/7, 5/14
LEGAL NOTICES
SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
FAMILY COURT
DOMESTIC
RELATIONS
BRANCH
Jacket Number.
09DRB2506
Mesfin, Bethlehem
Plaintiff.
vs.
Solomon, Aklilu
Defendant.
ORDER PUBLICATION
ABSENT DEFENDANT
The object of this suite
is to obtain a divorce.
On motion of the
plaintiff, it is the XXI day
of April 2010, ordered
that the defendant Solo-
mon, Aklilu cause his
appearance to be en-
tered herein on or be-
fore the fortieth day,
exclusive Sundays and
legal holidays, occurring
after the day of the first
publication of this order;
otherwise the cause will
be proceeded with as in
case of default. Provide,
a copy of this order is
published once a week
for three successive
weeks in the Washing-
ton Law Reporter, and
the Washington Afro-
American before said
day.
ASSOCIATE JUDGE
Attest:
Clerk of the
Superior Court
Of the District
of Columbia
By: Deputy Clerk
4/30, 5/7, 5/14
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2009ADM1208
Charity Mae Jackson
Decedent
Evelyn E. Crawford
Queen
530 8th Street SE
Washington DC 20005
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Rodney Craig Jackson
and Alvin McGee,
whose address are 6109
1 4 t h S t r e e t N W. ,
Washington DC 20011
and Edsall Road #201,
Alex VA 23011, were ap-
pointed personal repre-
sentative(s) of the estate
of Charity Mae Jackson,
who died on October 28,
2009 without a will, and
will serve without Court
supervision. All un-
known heirs and heirs
whose whereabouts are
unknown shall enter
their appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment
shall be filed with the
Register of Wills, D.C.,
515 5th Street, N.W.,
3rd Floor Washington,
D.C. 20001, on or be-
fore October 30, 2010.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
October 30, 2010, or be
forever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
April 30, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Rodney Craig Jackson
Alvin McGee
Personal
Representative
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
4/30, 5/7, 5/14
IN THE SUPERIOR
COURT OF THE
DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
CIVIL DIVISION
Civil Action No.
2008CA002648 L RP
Judge Joseph
Beshouri
Karen Y Fletcher
7505 Mendota Place
Springfield, VA 22150
PLAINTIFF
v.
Kustom Homes Real
Estate, Inc.
d/b/a Kustom Homes Inc
2414 Iverson Street
Temple Hills, MD 20748
Serve: Roscoe Johnson,
President
11 Ballman Court
Brooklyn, Maryland
B A
LEGAL NOTICES
Boliver Land Company
Inc
10832 Margate Road
Silver Spring, MD 20901
Serve: Ronald Walls,
President
311 Lakewood Drive
Asheville, North
Carolina 28803
Gretchen G Gloster,
Trustee
8191 Windward Key
Drive
Chesapeake Beach,
Maryland 20744
William P Gloster III
Trustee
8191 Windward
Key Drive
Chesapeake Beach MD
20744
Elveeta Timmons
Macon
Personal
Representative of the
Estate of
Elvee Uleee Timmons
aka E.U. Timmons
15548 Debridge Way
Florissant, Missouri
63034-3465
District of Columbia
and
Any and all persons
having or claiming to
have any interest in the
leasehold or fee simple
in the property and
premises situate, lying
and being in the District
of Columbia described
as:
The property known for
assessment and tax-
ation purposes as
Square 5848, Lot 0005,
and located in Block 6 in
a subdivision made by
Wilson and Redman,
Trustees, as per plat re-
corded in Liber County
10 at Folio 5 in the Of-
fice of the Surveyor for
the District of Columbia,
in the subdivision known
as Randle Heights, is
vacant lot in the 2000
block of Jasper Street,
SE., at the intersection
of Jasper and 21st
Streets, SE. and 2030
Jasper Street, SE in the
District of Columbia.
Defendants.
AMENDED ORDER
OF PUBLICATION
In accordance with D.C.
Official Code §47-1375,
the object of this
proceeding is to secure
the foreclosure of the
right of redemption in
the following real prop-
erty located in the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and
sold by the Mayor of the
District of Columbia to
the Plaintiff(s) in this ac-
tion: Square 5848, Lot
0005, and located in
Block 6 in a subdivision
made by Wilson and
Redman, Trustees, as
per plat recorded in
Liber County 10 at Folio
5 in the Office of the
Surveyor for the District
of Columbia, in the sub-
division known as
Randle Heights, as a va-
cant lot in the 2000
block of Jasper Street,
SE at the intersection of
Japser and 21st Streets
SE, situated between
2016 Japer Street SE
(Square 5849, Lot 0002)
and 2030 Japer Street,
SE (Square 5848, Lot
0032), Washington DC
20020
The complaint states,
among other things, that
the amounts necessary
for redemption have not
been paid.
Pursuant to the Chief
Judge´s Administration
Order Number 02-11, it
is this 21st day of April,
2010.
ORDERED by the
Superior Court of the
District of Columbia, that
notice be given by the
insertion of a copy of
this order in The Afro-
American Newspaper,
having a general circula-
tion in the District of
Columbia, once a week
for three (3) successive
weeks, notifying all per-
sons interested in the
real property described
above to appear in this
Court by the 7th day of
July, 2010, and redeem
the real property by pay-
ment of $387.00 to-
gether with real estate
taxes assessed and in-
terest and penalties
theron for the date the
real property tax certif-
icate was purchased;
court costs, and attorney
fees, expenses incurred
in the publication and
service of process by
publication and for rea-
sonable fees for the title
search, all other
amounts paid by the
petitioner in accordance
with the provisions of
D.C. Code §47-1361
and all outstanding
municipal lien amounts
due and owing on the
aforementioned real
property, or answer the
complaint or, thereafter,
a final judgment will be
entered foreclosing the
right of redemption in
the real property and
vesting in the plaintiff a
title in fee simple.
A TRUE TEST COPY:
4/30, 5/7, 5/14
Superior Court of
the District of
Columbia
Civil Division
Case No. 2021-2010
IN RE:
THERESA ANN
GARNER
LEGAL NOTICES
Applicant
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION
CHANGE OF NAME
Theresa Ann Garner
having filed a complaint
for judgment changing
Theresa Ann Garner’s
name to Theresa Ann
Dorman and having
applied to the court for
an Order of Publication
of the notice required by
law in such cases; it is
by the Court this 28th
day of April 2010.
ORDERED, that all per-
sons concerned show
cause, if any there be,
on or before the 2nd day
of June 2010, why the
prayers of said com-
plaint should not be
granted; provided that a
copy of this order be
published once a week
for three consecutive
weeks before said day
in the Afro-American
Newspaper.
JUDGE
A TRUE COPY TEST:
5/7, 5/14, 5/21
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
368-10
Queen Elizabeth Mills
Decedent
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Ingermar L. Mills, whose
address is 553 Terrapin
Terrace, Joppa, MD
21085 was appointed
personal representative
of the estate of Queen
Elizabeth Mills, who died
on June 19, 2009 with-
out a will, and will serve
without Court supervi-
sion. All unknown heirs
and heirs whose
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment
shall be filed with the
Register of Wills, D.C.,
515 5th Street, N.W.,
3rd Floor Washington,
D.C. 20001, on or be-
fore November 7, 2010.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
November 7, 2010, or
be forever barred. Per-
sons believed to be
heirs or legatees of the
decedent who do not re-
ceive a copy of this no-
tice by mail within 25
days of its first publica-
tion shall so inform the
Register of Wills, includ-
ing name, address and
relationship.
Date of Publication:
May 7, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Ingermar L. Mills
Personal
Representative
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
5/7, 5/14, 5/21
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
366-10
Marty P. Jennings
Decedent
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Mark Jennings, whose
address is 1327
Belmont Street NW
Washington DC 20009,
was appointed personal
representative of the
estate of Marty P. Jen-
nings, who died on Feb-
ruary 21, 2010 without a
will, and will serve with-
out Court supervision.
All unknown heirs and
h e i r s w h o s e
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment
shall be filed with the
Register of Wills, D.C.,
515 5th Street, N.W.,
3rd Floor Washington,
D.C. 20001, on or be-
fore November 07,
2010. Claims against
the decedent shall be
presented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
November 7, 2010 or be
forever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
May 7, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Mark Jennings
Personal
Representative
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
5/7, 5/14, 5/21
LEGAL NOTICES
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM370
Ruth Wanda Miller
aka
Ruth W. Miller
Decedent
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Andrea Ellard, whose
a d d r e s s i s 9 2 11
Limestone Place, Col-
lege Park MD 20740
was appointed personal
representative of the
estate of Ruth Wanda
Miller aka Ruth W Miller,
who died on March 26,
2010 with a will, and will
serve without Court su-
pervision. All unknown
heirs and heirs whose
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent´s will) shall be
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
November 7, 2010.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
November 7, 2010, or
be forever barred. Per-
sons believed to be
heirs or legatees of the
decedent who do not re-
ceive a copy of this no-
tice by mail within 25
days of its first publica-
tion shall so inform the
Register of Wills, includ-
ing name, address and
relationship.
Date of Publication:
May 7, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Andrea Ellard
Personal
Representative
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
5/7, 5/21, 5/14
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM365
Saul I Stern
Decedent
Randy Alan Weiss Esq
1150 Connecticut Ave
NW Suite 900
Washington DC 20036
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Stephen R. Stern,
whose address is 5322
Broad Branch Road,
NW Washington DC
20015, was appointed
personal representative
of the estate of Saul I
Stern, who died on
March 30, 2010 with a
will, and will serve with-
out Court supervision.
All unknown heirs and
h e i r s w h o s e
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent´s will) shall be
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
November 7, 2010.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
November 7, 2010, or
be forever barred. Per-
sons believed to be
heirs or legatees of the
decedent who do not re-
ceive a copy of this no-
tice by mail within 25
days of its first publica-
tion shall so inform the
Register of Wills, includ-
ing name, address and
relationship.
Date of Publication:
May 7, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Stephen R. Stern
Personal
Representative
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
5/7, 5/14, 5/21
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM372
Louis A. Watties
Decedent
Cheryl Chapman
Henderson Esq
4920 Niagara Road
Suite 200
College Park MD
20740
Attorney
NOTICE OF
A Erica Monique James
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APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
David Williams, whose
address is 13518 Hollow
Log Drive, Upper Marl-
boro, MD 20774 was ap-
pointed personal repre-
sentative of the estate of
Louis A. Watties, who
died on March 20, 2010
with a will, and will serve
without Court supervi-
sion. All unknown heirs
and heirs whose
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent´s will) shall be
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
November 7, 2010.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
November 7, 2010, or
be forever barred. Per-
sons believed to be
heirs or legatees of the
decedent who do not re-
ceive a copy of this no-
tice by mail within 25
days of its first publica-
tion shall so inform the
Register of Wills, includ-
ing name, address and
relationship.
Date of Publication:
May 7, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Louis A. Watties
Personal
Representative
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REGISTER OF WILLS
5/7, 5/14, 5/21
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granted; provided that a Izu Ahaghotu granted; provided that a
copy of this order be copy of this order be
as mother for
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weeks before said day weeks before said day
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for certified MBE/
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quired by law in such Administration No.
modification to 198 cases; it is by the Court
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410-379-6700 for de-
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Case No. 0002977-10
copy of this order be has been filed in this
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published once a week Court by William E.
Gregory Morse
for three consecutive Wade for standard
Applicant
weeks before said day probate, including
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court for an Order of 407 is filed in this
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required by law in such from the date of first
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this 3rd day of May notice, the Court
Applicant
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LEGAL NOTICES
hereinafter set forth.
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Admit to probate
the will dated Octo-
ber 20, 1984 exhib-
ited with the petition
upon proof satisfac-
tory to the Court of
due execution by af-
fidavit of witnesses
or otherwise.
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Appoint an unsu-
pervised personal
representative.
Register of Wills
Clerk of the Probate
Division
Date of First
Publication
May 14, 2010
Names of
Newspapers:
Washington Law
Reporter
Washington
AFRO-AMERICAN
William E. Wade
3195 Stanley Rd
Fairlawn OH 44333
Signature of
Petitioners/Attorney
5/14, 5/21
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
374-10
Cleola R. Davidson
Decedent
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Henrieta B Davidson,
whose address is 4342
Barker Street SE
Washington 20019, was
appointed personal re-
presentative of the
estate of Cleola R Da-
vidson (MOTHER), who
died on January 17,
2010 without a will, and
will serve without Court
supervision. All un-
known heirs and heirs
whose whereabouts are
unknown shall enter
their appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment
shall be filed with the
Register of Wills, D.C.,
515 5th Street, N.W.,
3rd Floor Washington,
D.C. 20001, on or be-
fore November 14,
2010. Claims against
the decedent shall be
presented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
November 14, 2010, or
be forever barred. Per-
sons believed to be
heirs or legatees of the
decedent who do not re-
ceive a copy of this no-
tice by mail within 25
days of its first publica-
tion shall so inform the
Register of Wills, includ-
ing name, address and
relationship.
Date of Publication:
May 14, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Henrietta B. Davidson
Personal
Representative
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5/14, 5/21, 5/28
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
376ADM10
Stephanie R. Chrostek
Decedent
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Antoinette Hazlett,
whose address is 2021
Plymouth Street, NW
Washington DC 20012,
was appointed personal
representative of the
estate of Stephanie R.
Chrostek, who died on
January 7, 2010 with a
will, and will serve with-
out Court supervision.
All unknown heirs and
h e i r s w h o s e
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent´s will) shall be
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
November 14, 2010.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
November 14, 2010, or
be forever barred. Per-
sons believed to be
heirs or legatees of the
decedent who do not re-
ceive a copy of this no-
tice by mail within 25
days of its first publica-
tion shall so inform the
Register of Wills, includ-
ing name, address and
relationship.
Date of Publication:
May 14, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Antoinette Hazlett
Personal
Representative
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REGISTER OF WILLS
5/14, 5/21, 5/28
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
400ADM10
Millie Bell Blunt
Decedent
NOTICE OF
A s
LEGAL NOTICES
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Kenneth Wayne Blunt,
whose address is 3048
Monroe Street NE,
Washington DC 20018
was appointed personal
representative of the
estate of Millie Bell
Blunt, who died on
January 24, 2010 with a
will, and will serve with-
out Court supervision.
All unknown heirs and
h e i r s w h o s e
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent´s will) shall be
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
November 14, 2010.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
November 14, 2010, or
be forever barred. Per-
sons believed to be
heirs or legatees of the
decedent who do not re-
ceive a copy of this no-
tice by mail within 25
days of its first publica-
tion shall so inform the
Register of Wills, includ-
ing name, address and
relationship.
Date of Publication:
May 14, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Kenneth Wayne Blunt
Personal
Representative
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5/14, 5/21, 5/28
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2009ADM1309
Daniel M Mercer
Decedent
Archie L Palmore Esq
6811 Kenilworth Ave
#100
Riverdale MD 20737
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Archie L Palmore, Esq
whose address is 6811
Kenilworth Ave., #100
Riverdale MD 20737
was appointed personal
representative of the
estate of Daniel M. Mer-
cer, who died on June
28, 2001 without a will,
and will serve with,
Court supervision. All
unknown heirs and heirs
whose whereabouts are
unknown shall enter
their appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment
shall be filed with the
Register of Wills, D.C.,
515 5th Street, N.W.,
3rd Floor Washington,
D.C. 20001, on or be-
fore November 14,
2010. Claims against
the decedent shall be
presented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
November 14, 2010, or
be forever barred. Per-
sons believed to be
heirs or legatees of the
decedent who do not re-
ceive a copy of this no-
tice by mail within 25
days of its first publica-
tion shall so inform the
Register of Wills, includ-
ing name, address and
relationship.
Date of Publication:
May 14, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Archie L Palmore Esq
Personal
Representative
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REGISTER OF WILLS
5/14, 5/21, 5/28
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
407-10
Paul S. Devrouax Jr.
Decedent
Dena C Feeney Esq
1010 Wayne Avenue
Suite 220
Silver Spring MD
20910
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Brenda S. Devrouax,
whose address is 7704-
1 2 t h S t r e e t , N W.
Washington DC 20012
was appointed personal
representative of the
estate of Paul S. Dev-
rouax Jr, who died on
March 22, 2010 with a
will, and will serve with-
out Court supervision.
All unknown heirs and
h e i r s w h o s e
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent´s will) shall be
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
November 14, 2010.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
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