January 8, 2011 - January 8, 2011, The Afro-American A1

Volume 119 No. 22 PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY EDITION

JANUARY 8, 2011 - JANUARY 14, 2011

Adventure Theater’s B3 Scott Sisters’ Sentence BSU’s Donna Polk Honored B5

‘Mirandy and Brother Wind’ Suspended A2

Baker Makes History-Making Alsobrooks

More Changes Ready for Challenge
By George Barnette
AFRO Staff Writer
New Prince George’s
County Executive
Rushern Baker continued
his overhaul of the
Prince George’s County
government as he
announced new changes at
the top of several county
departments.
Baker named Douglas
A. Brown to the deputy
chief administrative officer
position, Glenda R. Wilson
as senior advisor to the
county executive, Lisa
Jackson as director of
Intergovernmental Affairs,
and Brian R. Moe was
appointed acting director of
Homeland Security.
Brown has over 15 years
of experience working
with the Prince George’s
County government as a
former budget director,
deputy budget director,
and Management Analysis
Division chief. This will be
his second stint as deputy
chief administrative officer.
Jackson has vast
experience working in
different government
capacities throughout the
state. For the past four
years, she’d been working
as the Deputy Legislative
Officer for Gov. Martin
O’Malley. The previous
five years were spent as
associate general counsel
for the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning
Commission.
Moe, a former state
delegate, has served in
several capacities. He’s a
life member of the Laurel
Volunteer Fire Department
and has served as chief
and chairman of the board
during his tenure. For
the past four years, he’s
been the deputy secretary
of state. Moe is the only
appointee who needs Prince
George’s County Council
approval.
Wilson, like Brown, also
has extensive experience
working in the county’s
government. She’s been
senior advisor and chief
of staff for former County
Executive Wayne Curry;
community affairs liaison
for the Prince George’s
County Police Department
and legislative liaison for
former Prince George’s
County Councilman Floyd
E. Wilson Jr. For the past
eight years, Wilson has held
private sector jobs.
The four new appointees
bring a credibility factor
that Baker says will go a
long way.
Continued on A4
By George Barnette
AFRO Staff Writer
Angela Alsobrooks is taking on one of the most colossal challenges of her
life as she begins her tenure as Prince George’s County state’s attorney. The
history-making election has Alsobrooks chomping at the bit to begin her
work.
In September, Alsobrooks became the first African-American woman
elected to the state’s attorney position in Prince George’s County.
For many, the distinction would bring additional pressure, but
Alsobrooks is buoyed by the achievement.
“I’ve worked pretty hard to get here actually so no additional
pressure,” she said. “I’ll do what I’ve always done. There’s
no substitute for work ethic. As hard as I’ve worked to get
here I’ll work at least that hard now that I’m here.”
The state’s attorney position also requires Alsobrooks
to show residents she’s serious about prosecuting
criminals. Newly minted County Executive Rushern
Baker has already made changes within the police
department in attempts to show residents there
will be more accountability and improved police
performance. Alsobrooks hopes to win over skeptical
residents in a similar way.
“We will be firm, we will be fair and we will be
consistent in the way that we prosecute these cases,” she Courtesy Photo/Prince George’s State’s Attorney’s Office
said. “I speak not only from the standpoint of a prosecutor, but Prince George’s State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks
I am a lifelong resident of Prince George’s County. I believe
that people’s quality of life really hinges on what happens with
public safety. I appreciate that and take it very seriously.”
That being said, Alsobrooks plans to implement additional
changes and cited her predecessor, Glenn Ivey, for laying a
solid foundation. One of those areas will be with mortgage
fraud, where the county state’s attorney’s office has been a
model for other Maryland jurisdictions.
Alsobrooks said her biggest undertaking may be creating an
atmosphere where residents respect and understand what she’s
trying to do.
“There’s a program already in place called Community in
the Courthouse once a month and we have discussions with
large segments of the community,” she said. “We interact with
Continued on A4

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National Science Foundation Demand Giving
Form Alliance Beyond the Holidays
By Zenitha Prince
By George Barnette according to Kelly Mack, Ph.D., program
Washington Bureau Chief
AFRO Staff Writer officer with the NSF’s ADVANCE program.
She said the NSF wants to create more
For many people, it’s
With a paucity of minority women in diversity in science-related fields.
a way of giving thanks, of
science, technology and math (STEM) careers, “We had the goal of bringing together
acknowledging a sacred
a Prince George’s-based business has partnered women of color to look at the issues that
season by means of giving
with the National Science Foundation (NSF) were germane to them,” Mack said. “We also
back to the community. But
and HBCUs to retain minority women in wanted to expand the professional network
philanthropy should not be
those careers. GPRA Strategic Management of women of color, particularly those from
confined to just the end of
and the NSF held a conclave in June to historically Black institutions.”
the year, advocates say.
build community awareness about the issue The program has a number of unique
“It’s a day to day for
and are committed to broadening minority features and like other initiatives focusing
us, not just Thanksgiving
representation STEM careers. on minority women in STEM careers, has
and Christmas, and it’s a
The movement was a long time coming, Continued on A4 lifestyle,” said Gwen Pope,
manager of the SHABACH!
Emergency Resources and
Empowerment Center at
the First Baptist Church
of Glenarden in Landover,
Md.
And it’s needed more
than ever before, Pope and
others say. The tentacles of
the two-year recession—
high unemployment and
underemployment, leading
foreclosure rates and
depleting wealth— continue
to have a stranglehold on
many Black communities
in the area, creating a new
class of indigent people.
“We and our partner
agencies have definitely
Courtesy Photo/GPRA
seen an increase in the
Dr. Kelly Mack, center, poses with Roland S. Martin at June’s conclave.
demand for our services (25
percent) and not only have
we seen an increase but a
change in who is coming
to us for food assistance,”
said Shamia Holloway,
communications manager,
Capital Area Food Bank.
The Food Bank serves
as a hub, from which food
is distributed to hunger-
fighting organizations in
the Maryland-Washington,
D.C.-Virginia area.
According to Holloway,
the Food Bank serves more
than 478,000 persons a
year in Prince George’s
County, Montgomery
County, Washington, D.C.
and Northern Virginia.
Traditionally, the vast
majority of those clients
had been “working poor”—
people who may have been
working multiple jobs or
been underemployed but
struggling to meet the
monthly financial demands
of transportation, housing,
medical expenses, etc.
“But like our partner
agencies we’re seeing
first-time visitors, people
who have never been to
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A2 The Afro-American, January 8, 2011 - January 14, 2011
AFRO National Briefs
Emory Professor Honored with Literary Medal
Frances Smith Foster, a professor at Emory University, has
earned a lifetime achievement award for her contributions to
American literature. She is the first Black woman to receive the
Jay B. Hubbell Medal from the Modern Language Association.
Foster is an English and women’s studies professor at the
private Atlanta school. She has written and edited more than 12
books specializing in Black literature and family traditions.
Miss. Gov. Suspends Life Sentences of Sisters Jailed
for $11 Robbery
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour on Dec. 29 suspended the
life sentences of two sisters jailed for an armed robbery that
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netted just $11—but the release of one heat and hot water in hopes of forcing
sister will require her to donate a kidney prisoners back to work. However,
to the other. inmates’ advocates say they’ve
“To date, the sisters have served 16 remained peaceful while petitioning
years of their sentences and are eligible for better educational opportunities,
for parole in 2014. Jamie Scott requires improved health care, nutritional meals
regular dialysis, and her sister has and fair parole standards.
offered to donate one of her kidneys Benjamin Todd Jealous, president
to her,” Barbour said in a prepared and CEO of the NAACP, said
statement posted on his website. “The the prisoners’ demands should be
Mississippi Department of Corrections considered. “The requests being made
believes the sisters no longer pose a by the inmates – better access to their
threat to society. Their incarceration is families, pay for their work, access
no longer necessary for public safety to education opportunities – are not
or rehabilitation, and Jamie Scott’s unreasonable, and could in fact lead
medical condition creates a substantial to helping them successfully reenter
cost to the State of Mississippi.” society and become responsible citizens
In 1993, the sisters lured two men once they have served their time.”
down a road where they were robbed Meanwhile, the national NAACP
by three teens, according to reports. has called upon the United States
The Scott sisters were convicted of Department of Justice, through its
robbery with a deadly weapon in the civil rights division, to urge federal
incident and each received reportedly intervention under the authority granted
Courtesy Photo
unusual double life prison sentences. the department by the Civil Rights of
Frances Smith Foster
The teenagers, who allegedly carried out Institutionalized Persons Act to ensure
the robbery, only served two years in that the civil rights of Georgia State
prison. inmates are protected.
Barbour’s statement said that he
asked the Mississippi Parole Board to New Charles R. Drew Nursing
review the Scott’s case, and that they
School Utilizes State-of-the-Art
supported his decision to suspend their Technology
sentences. The sisters have received Charles R. Drew University of
support from national groups including Medicine and Science’s new Life
the NAACP. A march for them last Sciences Research Nursing Education
year drew hundreds of people. building, a $43 million addition to the
A release date for the sisters has not school, is garnering nationwide attention
been decided, and will be set by the Courtesy Photos
for its state-of-the-art facility. According
Mississippi Department of Corrections, Jamie (left) and Gladys Scott were to school officials, the Mervyn M.
according to Jackson, Miss. NBC convicted of robbery in 1993 and given
Dymally School of Nursing in South
affiliate WLBT. double life sentences.
Los Angeles, Calif., has one of the
most advanced
NAACP Fact-Finding Delegation simulation labs in
Investigates Abuse Claims at Georgia Prisons the United States.
The Georgia State Conference of the NAACP is One of the
spearheading an investigation into abuse allegations at two most unique
Georgia prisons. Last month, a fact-finding committee visited features in the
the Macon State Prison in Oglethorpe, Ga., where inmates facility is the
complained of poor conditions during a statewide prisoner top-of-the-line
strike. The Georgia State Department of Corrections (DOC) human patient
agreed to allow the visit after meeting with the NAACP mannequins
Georgia State Conference, an NAACP national delegation and in the 12-bed
a number of other organizations to discuss allegations of guard Courtesy Photo simulation
violence and the poor conditions that led to the peaceful strike. The Mervyn M. Dymally School of lab. These
According to reports, prison guards allegedly turned off Nursing has one of the most advanced mannequins are
simulation labs in the United States. all anatomically
correct and
represent adults, children, elderly and newborn patients with
the ability to cough, talk, urinate and have audible heart and
lung sounds. Students can insert intravenous lines into them to
ease their “distress” and to make diagnoses.
“Typically, when students graduate from nursing school,
they have cared for two patients, and while they may know a
lot about the care of those two types of afflictions, they have
not been in a dynamic environment,” said Dr. Gloria McNeal,
founding dean, in a press statement. “What we are trying to do
here at CDU is to offer students hands-on experience in every
AP Photo
environment, so that by the time they graduate, they know what
The Georgia State Conference of the NAACP is
to do when a patient requires care.”
spearheading an investigation into abuse allegations at
two Georgia prisons.
 November 1, 2008 - November 7, 2008, The Washington Afro-American A3

Jennifer Hudson and Relatives Identify Body of Her Slain NephewA3

A2 The Afro-American, January 8, 2011 - January 8, 2011 January 8, 2011 - January 14, 2011 The Afro-American
By Alan King

District’s Era Under Gray Begins

sport-utility vehicle sought in from a neighbor about a suspi- posted fliers bearing his photo-
AFRO Staff Writer connection with the murder of cious vehicle. The man noticed graph around the city. On
Hudson’s mother and brother. the vehicle while walking his Sunday, Jennifer Hudson asked
Jennifer Hudson and other The white, 1994 Chevrolet dog. According to the Chicago for the public’s help in finding
relatives positively identified Suburban with Illinois license Tribune, the boy had been shot her nephew. In her MySpace
multiple times in the back seat blog, she thanked fans and sup-
By Dorothy Rowley to ponder necessities–suchof asthethevehicle.tie—further
The SUV, regis- said how both Clinton porters for their prayers and
AFRO Staff Writer creation of more jobs—against teredwants
to Hudson’s and murdered
Obama encouraged citizens to offered a $100,000 reward to
that include additional bikebrother, trails. was towed assume withmorethe responsibility. “Now anyone who returned the boy
In an applause-laden message In mentioning the “painful boy’s body inside is theandtime for each and every one
is being alive.
of hope, unity and even courage, choices” now faced by his processed by evidence of us to renew
techni-our commitment to Since the investigation,
Vincent Gray took the oath of administration, Gray, who was cians and workers. ensuring
The that
bodywe live in the world- Hudson – who gained stardom
office this week to become the sixth sworn into office by Chief was Judge later removed classandcity—and
taken tostate—we know this after appearing on “American
mayor—since Home Rule—of the Eric Washington of the D.C. the Cook County canMedical
be,” Gray said. Idol,” and then won an
District of Columbia. Court of Appeals, referenced the
Examiner’s office.The crowd, which included Academy Award for her role in
But during the 10-minute speech words of President Barack Obama, Hudson andformer mayors Adrian Fenty,
other family the movie Dreamgirls – has
before a beaming crowd of 3,500 John Kennedy and Bill Clinton, members arrived Anthony Williams and Marion
at the Medical stayed out of the public eye.
well-wishers, who gathered for a imploring residents to become more office
Examiner’s Barry; U.S. Attorney General Eric
mid-after- The Chicago Tribune report-
Julian King, Jennnifer Hudson’s nephew.
slate of inaugural festivities Jan. 2 at responsible helping to bring the noon to identify Holder and newly-installed Prince
the body. ed that a parade of cars moved
the Washington Convention Center, city’s spending into perspective. Given the choice between look-
George’s County Executive Rushernfor the office slowly past her family’s home
ing directly at the body or A spokesman the murders but is being held in Monday morning, past the
Gray also warned of tough times “Just as President Kennedy urged Baker, responded with toldnumerous
the newspaper that Hudson jail for parole violation after
viewing it on a wall-mounted news vans, reporters and curi-
that lay ahead for residents of the all Americans to ask not what our rounds of applause to Gray’s
ous onlookers.
nation’s capital—particularly as they country canCourtesy do forPhotos
us, but what we message.
relate
Jennifer to diminishing
Hudson and a $440
her million
mom, Darnell can do for our country
Donerson “She held hands with her family. It was obviously a very emotional moment.”
who . . . now is Fenty, 40, lost a second bid at the
Neighbors stood
quietly and
deficit with which
was killed, as well he ashasher
beenbrother,
left to Jason.
the time for all District residents helm after Gray won the September reflected on the
grapple. to make the sacrifices needed video to screen, the primary.
familyGray chosewas late enteringstrong for her fami-
“remained being convicted of attempted violence.
the The
body68-year-old
of her 7-year-old widower, whoplate X584859 weather was the storm
found weon face,”theGray the racetobut
latter. According thewas quick ly” to
andwork,
was clearly its leader. murder and vehicular hijack- In front of the Hudson’s
lives in Ward 7
nephew Monday, just hoursand has served the said. “And
Chicago’s West Side after to ask not what your city toward
Tribune, Hudson said, “Yes, his benefit, the
“Shewidespread
held hands with her fami- ing. Cook County records show home, men in heavy jackets
past
after two yearswas
his body as City
found Council
in a can do for
police received a 7you
a.m.but what you
call can him.”
that’s do discontentment expressed ly,” theamong
spokesman said. “It that he pleaded guilty to both and hooded sweatshirts came to
chairman, said while a major tax for your city.” Black Washingtonians waswhoobviously a very emotional charges in 1999. He was also kiss the twin white crosses bar-

ACORN Fights Back

increase is imminent because of the
state of the city’s finances coupled
with its changing demographics,
the Council has consistently had
Leader Calls Voter Registration Fraud Charges ‘Bogus’
By Alan King
AFRO Staff Writer
Presidential candidate John
McCain’s attack on ACORN –
Associated Community
Organization for Reform Now –
confirms the success of the
organization, the head of the
group says.
“This is testimony to the work forms to get paid for work they
we’ve done and success we’ve
had,” Maude Hurd, president of
ACORN, said in an interview
with the AFRO.
“When this attack started, we
had just announced that we had
registered 1.3 million new vot-
ers,” she said. “That’s just to say
that someone’s running scared
because of ACORN’s success.”
Adhering to the united city
theme which prevailed during his
campaign, Gray—garbed in a black
suit with crisp white shirt and red
and Dallas Cowboys players
Tony Romo and Terrell Owens,
among the names submitted to
election officials.
Hurd said those workers, who But Obama’s ties to ACORN run
were doing those things without
ACORN’s knowledge or permis- for ACORN. They even endorsed nation for high-risk missing
sion, were fired.
“The evidence that has sur-
faced so far shows they faked
didn’t do, not to stuff ballot
boxes.” ACORN, she said, is the potentially fraudulent ACORN
victim of fraud, not the perpetra- forms.
tor of it.
Hurd said the only things
bogus are the charges them-
selves. And factcheck. org
agrees.
It concluded, “Neither
ACORN nor its employees have
overwhelmingly voted moment.”
Fenty as convicted in 1998 for posses- ing the names of Donerson and
mayor in 2006 – and who Thehad
boysince
– the son of Julia sion of a stolen motor vehicle. Jason.
come to believe he had Hudson,
turnedJennifer’s
his sister – had He was released from prison in “Everybody is sick of going
been missing since Friday, 2006 after serving seven years
back on them. As a result, Gray
through stuff like this,” Artisha
when a relative found Julian’s Mayor Vincent Gray, right,
for the attempted murder and West, a former resident of the
grandmother, Darnell takes the caroath of office
hijacking charges. area told the Tribune. “We all
No wonder Obama’s campaign is Donerson, 57, and his uncle, on JanuaryThe 2, during the missing
boy remained have to stick together. All these
trying to distance him from the Jason Hudson, 29, shot to swearing
death through a long weekend
in ceremony then in young children are dying, and
group, saying, “Barack Obama in his grandmother’s homeofficiallyin which
takespolice
overandthevolunteers
city. for what?”
Never Organized with ACORN.” the 7000 block of South Yale
Avenue. Photo by Rob Roberts
long and deep. He taught classes An Amber Alert – a desig-
him for President. children – was issuedwas able to trounce his predecessor
Friday car, bus, train , foot or bikes this is
But now ACORN is in trouble. in a campaign largely based on
after Julian was discovered one city—our city.”
Reporter: There are at least missing after the murders.making the city one that belonged Also, prior to Gray’s swearing-in,
11 investigations across the Police arrested William to all people, every neighborhood several re-elected Council members
country involving thousands of Balfour, the missing boy’sand every
step- quadrant. He fittingly took the oath of office. Among them
reiterated those same sentiments
father and estranged husband was Kwame Brown, former at-large
after being administered the oath.
of Julia, at his girlfriend’s councilman, who now serves as
Announcer: Massive voter Southside apartment several “And while there are some Council chairman.
fraud. And the Obama campaign hours after the murders.
paid more than $800,000 to an who chose to focus on the racial or Brown – who had to be reminded
Balfour’s mother, Michele, has differences in the city,
ACORN front for get out the vote told reporters that her son had economic to cut his message short –said that
efforts. make no mistake, there is far more he had hoped to avoid a tax hike but
nothing to do with the slayings.
Pressuring banks to issue risky that is bringing us together than there that the city’s budget shortfall, which
Balfour remains a suspect in Jason Hudson
loans. Nationwide voter fraud. is that’s driving us apart,” Gray said could stretch over the next two
Photo by Rob Roberts

McCain, who is running for been found guilty of, or even Barack Obama. Bad judgment. to resounding applause. “Whether years, dictated otherwise.
president on the Republican tick- charged with,
D.C.’s newly sworn in mayor, Vincent Gray, receives the seal casting fraudulent Blind ambition. Too risky for we live in Northeast, Northwest, However, “our best intentions
et, of
lashed out at ACORN in the votes.”
the city from former District Mayor Adrian Fenty. America. Southeast or Southwest; whether must be tempered with the reality of
final debate against Barack The problem came about pri- we are Black, White, red, brown or our municipal checkbook,” Brown
Obama, contending the group “is marily because of the way Since McCain’s comments, yellow; orSQUAREwhether we get around by HIGH later told reporters.
on the verge of maybe perpetrat- ACORN operates. Rather than ACORN’s 87 offices have been

Prince George’s Residents are First

ing one of the greatest frauds in
voter history in this country,
maybe destroying the fabric of
democracy.”
Factcheck.org, a non-partisan being registered and those doing
Web site, found those claims to
be “exaggerated,” with “no evi-
dence of any such democracy-
destroying fraud.”
Hurd believes the McCain
charges were politically motivat- point out that ACORN is
ed.
She said, “Because it’s low-
rely on volunteers, it pays peo- bombarded with threats and
ple, many of them poor or unem- racist mail.
ployed, to sign up new voters. The day after the presidential
The idea was to help both those debate, vandals broke into the
Two Homicide Victims in DC for 2011
organization’s Boston and Seattle
the registration. offices and stole computers.
Maud explained, “We have a After a Cleveland representative BREAD NOT ON THE LIST
zero tolerance policy for deliber- appeared on
By Dorothy Rowley TV, an e-mail was news Web site that focuses on murders that focuses on local
ate falsification of registration.” sent
AFROtoStaffthe local
Writer office saying she murders, 143 people were killed in 2009 – which until last year,
Most news account neglect to “is going to have her life ended.”
had accounted for the fewest homicides in the District since
A worker in Providence, R.I.,
D. C. police have recorded their first homicides of the new 1966. Overall, MPD recorded 131 deaths from homicide for
required by law to turn in all reg- received a threatening call say-
year.
istration forms. And they also fail ing, “We know you get off work
LEFT 2010. RIGHT

and moderate-income people, to note that it was the organiza- As of early this week,
at 9” and uttered racial epithets. the homicide division of the Anyone with information about either of the two
and people of color, I believe the tion, in many instances, that first Metropolitan Police
A caller to one office left aDepartment (MPD) was still investigating aforementioned cases is asked to call the police at 202-727-
McCain campaign thinks those brought the phony registrations the fatal shooting
message on the answering 16-year-old Bryant Morillo, which occurred 9099 or 888-919-CRIME (888-919-2746).
voters are going to vote to the attention of authorities. Jan. 2 in saying:
machine, the 4500 “Hi,block
I wasofjust New Hampshire, N.W. Morillo lived In addition, anonymous information can be submitted to DC
Democratic, which is not neces- The McCain camp apparently in Hyattsville,
calling to let you Md.
know that CRIME SOLVLERS at 866-411-TIPS and to MPD’s TEXT
sarily true.” isn’t interested in those fine BarackAccording
Obama needs to an toMPDget press statement, officers arriving at TIP line by text messaging 50411. If the information provided
ACORN is no stranger to points, preferring to air mislead- the scene
hung. He’s around 1:30deleted)
a (expletive p.m. found two victims suffering from by a caller to the CRIME SOLVERS unit leads to an arrest
controversy. ing ads that seek to link Obama gunshot
nigger, andwounds. Bothofwere transported to a local hospital
he’s a piece and indictment, that person will be eligible for a reward up to
For 38 years, the non-partisan to ACORN, thereby undercutting (expletive where Morillo deleted).succumbed
You guys are to his injuries and was pronounced $1,000.
organization has fought for social his political support. dead.
fraudulent, and you need to go to
and economic justice for low- McCain: I’m John McCain hell.InAllanother
the niggers on oak
earlier trees. the same day, Brian Curtis, 21,
shooting
They’re !
and moderate-income and I approve this message. of Upper Marlboro, Md.,hon-
gonna get all hung was pronounced dead. That homicide 1 BANANA
Americans. With 400,000 mem- Announcer: Who is Barack eys, they’re going to get assassi-
took place in Southeast Washington at 13th Place and Congress
ber families organized into more Obama? A man with “a political nated, they’re gonna get killed.”
baptism performed at warp Street.
Another message said, “You
than 1,200 neighborhood chap-
ters in 110 cities nationwide, speed.” Vast ambition. After col- liberal Police
idiots.were
Dumb summoned
(expletiveto the area at approximately 7
ACORN has over the years seen lege, he moved to Chicago. deleted). Welfare bums.reported
a.m. after neighbors You hearing gun shots. When police
its share of criticism while advo- Became a community organizer. arrived, they found
guys just (expletive deleted) three victims suffering from gunshot
cating for affordable housing, There, Obama met Madeleine wounds. All three
come to our country, consume were transported to local hospitals where
living wages, healthcare for the Talbot, part of the Chicago Curtis was pronounced
every natural resource there is, dead.
underserved— and while organ- branch of ACORN. He was so and According
make a lot oftobabies.
“HomicideThat’sWatch DC,” a community-oriented
izing voter registration drives. impressive that he was asked to all you guys do. And then suck
But none has been as withering train the ACORN staff. up the welfare and expect every-
and baseless as this one. What did ACORN in Chicago one else to pay for your hospital
With the presidential election engage in? Bullying banks. bills for your kids. I jus’ say let
less than two weeks away, Intimidation tactics. Disruption your kids die. That’s the best Before age five, every room is a classroom.
ACORN’s detractors allege the of business. ACORN forced move. Just let your children die. Fun learning opportunities are everywhere. Simple things like
organization has engaged in mas- banks to issue risky home loans. Forget about paying for hospital counting and identifying shapes activate a child’s learning ability,
sive voter registration fraud after The same types of loans that bills for them. I’m not gonna do and help them enter school more prepared. That’s why PNC
the reported discovery of bogus caused the financial crisis we’re it. You guys are lowlifes. And I founded Grow Up Great and its Spanish-language equivalent Crezca
names, such as Mickey Mouse in today. hope you all die.”
con Éxito, a 10-year, $100 million program to help prepare young
Hurd thinks the hate calls will
children for school and life. Pick up a free bilingual Sesame Street™
cease soon.
“Happy, Healthy, Ready for School” kit at a PNC branch. It’s filled
“In two weeks, I think these
attacks will be over. But I think it with all kinds of simple, everyday things you can do to help a child
will be harder for us to get our learn. Together, we can work with our communities so an entire
name back on good graces generation won’t just grow up... but grow up great.
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A4 The Afro-American, January 8, 2011 - January 14, 2011
U.S. Discrimination Case Still Sizzling after Conviction
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; former V.P. Dan Quayle among those under fire
By Hazel Trice Edney
Special to the AFRO
PART I of a periodic
series: The Terrorism of
Racism
WASHINGTON (TEWire)
- Reginald Bailey seemed
to have done everything
right. The 1995 business
administration graduate of
North Carolina A&T, an
HBCU, has never been in
trouble with the law; he is a
member of the prestigious
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity;
he is a married father of
two children and a business
owner.
In fact, just five years
ago, the now 40-year-old
Bailey and his business
partner, Walter Gray, were
awarded multiple contracts
that totaled more than $140
million over a course of
four years. The contracts
were for management of
telecommunications in Iraq
and Afghanistan. Bailey’s
firm, Worldwide Network
Services, LLC (WWNS)
served as a subcontractor
and teaming partner under
DynCorp International, LLC,
a nearly $3 billion-worth U.S.
defense contractor.
Fast forward five years
later, Bailey, of Southeastern
Maryland, has nowhere near
his former livelihood. Like
many other Americans, he has
even been through periods of
concern about his mortgage,
his credit rating, and the
education of his children, a
boy and girl, ages 8 and 4.
How did Reginald Bailey
lose so much in so little time?
It was not the economy; it
was not corruption on his
part; it was not due to bad
business decisions; nor was it
due to excessive spending and
greed, all reasons for which
people typically lose thriving
businesses.
So, how did Worldwide
Network Services, LLC go
down so quickly? According
to a May 14, 2008 ruling from
an all-White jury of eight
people in the U. S. District
Court for the Eastern District
of Virginia, Reginald Bailey
lost his multi-million dollar
company simply because he
is Black.
In the 4-year-old court
case that appears to be once
again coming to a head even
after the verdict, Bailey and
his partners stood helpless
as WWNS went belly up
because of pure racism
from an unlikely source.
That source, according
to court documents, was
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DynCorp - the same billion
dollar company that teamed
with WWNS seven years
ago, resulting in the major
contract.
Conversely, DynCorp,
which was acquired
by Cerberus Capital
Management, L.P., a multi-
billion dollar corporation
that merged with DynCorp in
June this year, continues to
grow from lucrative federal
government contracts. It also
thrives from investments
from public pension funds,
which include billions in
contribution dollars from
at least 30 percent African
Americans.
Now emerging into the
court of public opinion, the
WWNS v. DynCorp-Cerberus
case is viewed by some as
a quintessential David and
Goliath fight that has civil
rights leaders seething.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson
Sr. describes the case as
“egregious” and “the most
significant conviction of
racial discrimination by a
government contractor to an
African-American business
in U.S. history.” Among the
leading activists seeking
justice for WWNS, Jackson
wrote his descriptions in
an Oct. 26, 2010 letter to
Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton. The letter continued,
“DynCorp has been the
benefactor of multiple State
Department awards, which
comprise of a significant
portion of their business and
Cerberus’ current strategy
to increase the depth and
value of DynCorp through
acquisitions of companies that
also maintain a significant
amount of State Department
contracts.”
Marc Morial, president
and CEO of the National
Urban League, has also long
advocated for justice in the
case. “It’s a case of unfair
treatment. It’s also a case of
the government standing on
the side at the time and not
doing anything while one
of its contractors treated an
African-American business
patently unfairly,” said
Morial in a recent interview.
“Light needs to be shed
on it to show some of the
trials and tribulations that
African-American business
owners face when doing
business sometimes in the
government.”
The National Urban
League was among
organizations which filed
an amicus or “friend of the
court” brief to side with
WWNS in the case.
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WWNS team leader Derrick Culbreath, shown here after
a car bomb exploded in Iraq, was one of WWNS prized
telecommunications employees who lost his job due
to racism when the business went under, says Reginald
Bailey.
Morial said he had never
met Bailey when he heard
about the case and decided
to support him. He says the
injustice has grown steadily
worse, even after the jury’s
verdict, largely because
it appears that DynCorp-
Cerberus is not clearly and
openly disclosing the race
discrimination findings
while continuing to reap
public funds. “If this is not
a violation of the civil rights
laws, I don’t know what is,”
Morial said.
According to federal
acquisition regulations an
“agency debarring official
may debar a contractor on
the basis of a conviction of
or a civil judgment for an
offense indicating a lack of
business integrity or for any
other ‘serious or compelling’
cause.”
DynCorp, through a
spokeswoman, Ashley Burke,
sent an e-mailed statement
to Trice Edney Wire denying
any further responsibility
in the case. “DynCorp
International takes allegations
of racial discrimination
very seriously,” she wrote.
“And our strict code of
ethics and business conduct
specifically addresses our
zero tolerance for any kind
of discrimination. Although
we strongly disagreed with
the verdict in this case, the
judgment was paid in full.”
Bailey is determined
that his company, in ruins
January 8, 2011 - January 8, 2011, The Afro-American A3
be made financially whole as South African Blacks and
DynCorp-Cerberus continues equivalent to the N-Word in
to prosper. some definitions.
In May 2008, the jury * Stopped making
found DynCorp guilty of payments to WWNS, causing
race discrimination and the company to suffer
awarded WWNS $10 million financially and rendering
in punitive damages. On it unable to pay its 147
DynCorp’s appeal, a three- employees.
judge panel in the U. S. * Stopped providing the
Fourth Circuit Court of badges and security that
Appeals - widely considered WWNS employees needed to
the most conservative in go out into the field and war
the nation - upheld the race zones to do the work they
discrimination finding on Feb. needed to do.
12, 2010. But, it set aside * While deliberately
the $10 million in punitive withholding payments to
damages due to a technicality WWNS invoices; DynCorp
involving clarity of jury even began recruiting
instructions. WWNS’ employees to
The U. S. Supreme Court work for DynCorp while
on Oct. 4, 2010, denied the denigrating WWNS
petition to hear the case. management. One manager
Despite the loss of the was forced at gun point to
$10 million in punitive his room by a DynCorp
damages, the findings upheld employee.
by both lower courts are * Ultimately DynCorp
Photo from TEWire
irrefutable. According to court breached the contract,
documents, while WWNS according to court documents.
employees worked the war Bailey recalls how Gray
zones of Iraq and Afghanistan, and their employees endured
DynCorp, now Cerberus: the same risks as DynCorp
* Regularly referred to employees in Iraq and
Black WWNS employees and Afghanistan. “We risked our
- partially because of the management as “kaffirs,” a lives for our company,” he
millions of dollars it took to racially offensive word used said, “and now we’ve lost a
fight DynCorp in court - must as a disparaging term for $50 million a year business.”
Baker
Continued from A1
Alsobrooks
Continued from A1
“Each of these talented individuals brings community leaders. We hear their concerns
a wealth of expertise and leadership in their and provide them with information regarding
respected fields, and I am confident that they crime trends. We find it to be a very mutually
will help us build a more effective, efficient beneficial relationship.”
and responsive county government to our Now that she’s officially been sworn in,
residents,” Baker said in a statement. Alsobrooks will roll into her new position with
On Baker’s first day of office, he an unmatched fervor. She says she’s ecstatic
announced changes to 10 positions at the to finally begin her work as state’s attorney.
head of the county’s government. He has “I am enthusiastic about the opportunity
maintained that his government would be that’s in front of me,” Alsobrooks said. “I am
transparent in all its actions and created anxious to get going. We have lots of great
the Prince George’s County Government ideas that I’ve had a chance to discuss over
Accountability, Compliance, and Integrity the last couple of years and now its time to
(ACI) Task Force to prove that point on Dec. implement those ideas.”
13.
Alliance
Continued from A1
little to no federal funding. than that of Whites, but that because too few mentors are
ADVANCE implements number isn’t reflected in available for women of color,
feedback from the community graduation rates or workforce according to Claudia Rankins,
it serves and the women statistics. Ph.D., program officer of
directing the program have “Something happens NSF’s HBCU UP Program.
lived the HBCU experience, between the freshman She hopes female faculty
making them more attuned to year and graduating with members at HBCUs will help
the societal pressures minority a baccalaureate degree,” address the issue.
women face, Mack said. said Mack. “We know that “The few women faculty
Those pressures something happens again members we have now will
underscore the program’s in the transition from the of course serve as role models
importance. The percentage baccalaureate degree to for students,” Rankins said.
of African Americans and graduate school and other “In that way, we are hoping
Latinos wanting to major in transition points that the NSF that they have an influence on
STEM careers at the onset of is interested in.” undergraduate and graduate
their college careers is greater The discrepancy develops students.”
The program, in its initial
stages, is focused on retention
and not attraction, although
its leaders acknowledge that’s
a step they’re interested in
taking very soon.
“We do recognize that we
will, at some point, want to
expand our scope to include
strategies that would attract
undergraduate women and
graduate women into the
academy,” Mack said.
For GPRA, however, the
program is not just going to
stop here. Carmen Rivera,
president of GPRA, said
that the organization’s large
minority population allows
them a unique opportunity to
engage public school children.
“My personal passion in
this is the fact that I have
three daughters that are
pursuing STEM disciplines or
are in the STEM academy in
college,” Rivera said. “The
youngest one actually gave us
some ideas on reaching back-
going back to the primary
levels and secondary levels.”
A4 The Afro-American, January 8, 2011 - January 8, 2011
Obama Returns to Washington to Face Emboldened GOP
By Julie Pace
Associated Press
HONOLULU (AP) —
President Barack Obama
got what he wanted from his
Hawaiian vacation: nearly
two weeks away from the
spotlight before returning
to Washington to face an
emboldened Republican party
and a major shakeup of his
staff.
The first weeks of the new
year will be an early test of
whether the president can
manage a divided Congress,
and build on the victories he
secured during the final days
of the lame-duck legislative
session. And with a host of
Republicans readying to run
for his job, the administration
will simultaneously be laying
the groundwork for Obama’s
re-election bid.
After making only a few
brief public appearances
during his family vacation in
Hawaii, the president planned
to arrive back in Washington
Tuesday afternoon, a day
before lawmakers on Capitol
Hill reconvene. Republicans,
having taken control of the
House and boosted their seats
in the Senate, are promising
to take aim at the president’s
agenda, from his spending
plans to his health care
overhaul. And they’re not
wasting any time.
Republican Rep. Fred
Upton of Michigan said
Sunday that lawmakers want
to vote on a full repeal of
Obama’s health care law
before the president’s State
of the Union address later
this month. If that vote fails,
Upton said lawmakers will
go after the overhaul piece by
piece.
Obama will also face
opposition on spending and
the debt. Though the president
has said the nation’s long-
Economic Times Demand Giving
Continued from A1
the food bank coming now,”
Holloway said. “We’ve
actually seen former donors
who are now coming to us for
food assistance. So the face
of hunger has changed and
the recession has played a big
role.”
SHABACH!, which acts
as a liaison to social services
and donates food, clothing
and household items to
persons in the Washington,
D.C. metro area—though it
has seen clients from as far
away as West Virginia—is
also getting an influx of
“I want to change people’s definition of
help… everything makes a difference.”
“professionals,” Pope chimed
in. These are educators,
government workers and
corporate types who were
laid off from their jobs, or
saw their businesses closed;
have exhausted their savings
and retirement accounts
and are now depending
on the community and the
government for help.
“These are very
conscientious people that
want to work but there are
no jobs out there for them…,
who are not looking for a
handout—and really don’t
want it—but this is what
they have to do in order to
maintain,” Pope said. “And
they are new to the system,
meaning social services, and
they’re trying to find out how
it works, what they can get, or
what is available to them and
a lot of them have become
very frustrated.
“… [So] even though they
term fiscal health must be
addressed, he’s warned that
cutting spending now could
be disastrous for the fragile
economic recovery.
But conservative
Republicans, including many
newly elected members
of Congress, want to cut
spending immediately. The
first test of how much Obama
is willing to compromise with
this wing of the GOP comes
in February, when lawmakers
have to pass a massive
spending bill to keep the
government running.
Another critical juncture
could come as early as
March, when lawmakers
vote on whether to raise the
debt ceiling. Some GOP
lawmakers, including South
“The first test of how much Obama is
willing to compromise with this wing of
the GOP comes in February, when
lawmakers have to pass a massive
spending bill to keep the government
running.”
Carolina Sen. Lindsey
Graham, have said they won’t
vote to raise the debt limit
unless there is a plan in place
for dealing with long-term
obligations, including Social
Security, and for returning to
2008 spending levels.
With the debt ceiling at
$14.3 trillion, and the debt
at nearly $13.9 trillion and
growing daily, White House
economist Austan Goolsbee
said that refusing to raise
the limit would have a
“catastrophic’’ impact on the
economy.
“That would be a worse
financial economic crisis than
anything we saw in 2008,’’
Goolsbee said Sunday.
(the clients) drive up in a big
car, everyone is reminded that
they may be sleeping in that
same car.”
Alleviating—and
ultimately changing—the
dire situation begins at a
personal level, said A. Adar
Ayira, project manager, More
in the Middle Initiative, an
Associated Black Charities
(ABC) program designed to
strengthen and expand the
Black middle class.
“For themselves, what
people can do is to really
become more educated on
financial management,”
Ayira told the AFRO. “This
economic climate is giving
all of us an opportunity to
clean up our financial houses,
to figure out what we can
tighten and to make us more
conscious about working
ourselves out of whatever
holes we’re in.”
For others, the traditional
ways of “giving back”
continue to be important,
Holloway said.
“It’s very easy. You can
donate—with $1 we can
provide three meals; you
can host a food drive at your
school or church—they are a
critical way by which we get
food.”
Also, with individual and
corporate donors giving less
to nonprofits such as theirs,
volunteers who offer their
time and energy to sort food
and pack boxes are just as
important to the Food Bank’s
January 8, 2011 - January 14, 2011 The Afro-American A5
Despite Republican
gains, Obama still holds
some leverage – namely a
Democratic majority in the
Senate that could counter
Republican action in the
House, and the veto power
of the executive branch. He’s
also coming off a successful
run in the final weeks of
2010, having secured wins
on a tax compromise with
Republicans, a new nuclear
arms treaty with Russia and
the repeal of the military’s
ban on gay service members.
White House officials say
they see some opportunities
to capitalize on that
momentum and work with
Republicans, including on
looming trade deals with
Colombia and Panama, and
the reauthorization of the No
Child Left Behind education
act.
In an editorial in the
Washington Post Monday,
Education Secretary Arne
Duncan said lawmakers
from both parties are already
working together to draft a
reauthorization, and said,
“Few areas are more suited AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
for bipartisan action than President Barack Obama holds his shave ice at Island Snow at Kailua Beach Center while
education reform.’’ on vacation with the first family in Kailua, Hawaii, Dec. 27.
At the same time Obama
contends with a new crop of
staff restructuring review led departed Lawrence Summers come as advisers sign on
lawmakers at the other end of
by interim chief of staff Pete are Treasury Department to join Obama’s re-election
Pennsylvania Avenue, change
Rouse. While officials have official Gene Sperling, campaign, which will be
will be coming to the White
cautioned that there won’t be investment banker Roger run out of Chicago. Senior
House.
sweeping changes throughout Altman and Yale University adviser David Axelrod plans
Obama spent some of his
the West Wing, some shifts president Richard Levin. to head there this month, with
Hawaiian holiday reviewing a
will be made quickly after The new NEC director will Obama’s 2008 campaign
the president’s return to have broad oversight of the manager David Plouffe
Washington.
Obama is likely to name a
new director of the National
administration’s economic
decisions and could signal a
shift in policy as the White
taking his place at the White
House. More staff will follow
Axelrod to Chicago, though
Economic Council later this House grapples with 9.8 aides have not yet been asked
work, Holloway added.
week or early next week. percent unemployment. to commit to making the
Last year, 14,000 volunteers
Top contenders to replace the Other changes will move.
saved the organization $1.7
million in administrative
costs. “Without community
support, without donations
and volunteers we would not
be able to feed the thousands
who are suffering from
hunger,” she said. “The need
is there, the problem is real
and it’s up to the community
to take action and make a
difference.”
Diane Bell McKoy,
president/CEO of ABC, which
is based in Baltimore, said too
many people are dissuaded
from giving back because
they think they must do
something “big.”
“I want to change
people’s definition of
help… everything makes a
difference,” she said.
For example, in churches
with social services
ministries, simply supporting
the church financially may be
an indirect way of giving back
to the community. And there
are other ways parishioners
can give.
“There are churches that
are beginning to recognize
that within their congregations
there are people of
expertise… So when people
think of volunteering…
lots of people can do soup
kitchens and shelters and
that’s critical. But, because
often our community is also
disconnected from knowing
what they don’t know, in
order to change up economic
outcomes volunteering
knowledge and resources and
relationships and access is
critical. You don’t have to go
far to make a difference.”
A6 The Afro-American, January 8, 2011 - January 14, 2011

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Our View
We Owe Mississippi Gov. Barbour NOTHING!
No Props, No Gratitude
In recent days some have heaped accolades on Mississippi
Gov. Haley Barbour for indefinitely suspending the double life
sentences unjustly leveled against Gladys and Jamie Scott for
their alleged role in a 1993 robbery.
What seems to have been lost in the celebration is that
Barbour’s action does not grant a full pardon, a clemency or
a commutation of their sentences that sets them free forever.
Barbour’s action also does not guarantee their suspended
sentences will never be reversed resulting in their return to
prison. To add insult to injury, as a condition of Barbour’s
release, Gladys Scott must give up a kidney to her older sister
Jamie, not to save her life, but to save the state money in
dialysis treatments.
The women have already served 16 years of two
consecutive life sentences each after being convicted of luring
two men to a deserted spot in Scott County where three teens
ambushed them, hit them with the butt of a shotgun and
robbed them of wallets containing anywhere from $11 to $200,
depending on the source.
The sisters, now 38 and 36, have always maintained their
innocence. They, however, were not eligible for parole until
2014.
Willie Simmons, a Mississippi state senator, reportedly
characterized Barbour’s actions as a “bold step” and “a
courageous move.”
Really? These “props” are woefully premature. Barbour
does not deserve our gratitude for being courageous. His
actions bespeak not of honor or humanity but instead reek of
self-serving political cover with respect to his aspirations for a
higher office.
Don’t forget: Barbour has been governor since 2004 and
has not deemed it necessary to do anything about the well-
publicized Scott sister case until now. Also be aware that
Gladys’ request to willingly participate in the transplant was
previously denied apparently by a parole board several years
ago.
Some assume Barbour may be able to save face with
Black voters with this long overdue gesture while at the same
time appease Whites by maintaining a law and order image
along with an economically conservative stance. It is Barbour
Once More, into the Breach....
January is a month when
Maryland families pause to
reflect on the year just past
– and make our plans for the
months ahead.
2010 was a year that
evoked in me gratitude, a
sense of accomplishment, and
a renewed determination to
carry on.
I am both grateful and
humbled by the faith that
my neighbors once again
invested in me on Election
Day. Despite our opponents’
attacks and their dirty tricks,
Elijah Cummings our community once again
rose to the challenge.
As a result, Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski, Gov. Martin
O’Malley, our other Democratic colleagues in Annapolis
and all but one of our Democratic congressional delegation
received a renewed mandate to fight for the more prosperous
and equitable America symbolized by the pledge, “liberty and
justice for all.”
It is in this spirit that we must regroup and move forward,
notwithstanding the electoral gains that the forces of wealth,
reaction and power achieved in 2010.
With Republican control of the House of Representatives
and a weakened Democratic majority in the Senate, President
Obama’s already daunting task of rebuilding America has
become far more difficult.
To acknowledge this reality, however, is not to accept
Finally, Some Sense in the Mississippi ‘White House’
 I was glad to hear during the holidays that Gov. Haley
Barbour has finally come to his senses about letting the Scott
Sisters go free. A national travesty of miscarriage of justice in the
case of the Scott Sisters should be heartfelt from coast to coast and
from sea to shining sea. I am appalled at the “underreporting” of
major newspapers of the plight of these women, one of which is
suffering from kidney failure due to the poor medical conditions in
the prison. Gladys and Jamie Scott had no business being sent to
prison on a double-life sentence for an $11 robbery they claimed
they didn’t commit, in the first place. Where is the good sense
of fairness, justice and mercy in 2011? Sickened by the repeat
of seeing more African Americans incarcerated for lengthier
sentences than any other ethnic group, I plan to write as many
newspapers as possible to dispel the belief in America that “we are
giving justice for all.”
Now Barbour, who I do not praise but commend for acting
[somewhat] with mercy toward these women to allow for Jamie’s
surgery, may move toward a complete pardon of these women. His
conditional release that includes that Jamie’s sister, Gladys— also
serving a double-life—must donate a kidney and the “indefinite
release” terms that also include Mississippi not paying for the
kidney transplant (ridiculous), may provide a platform for his re-
election.
However, I pray that Mississippians do not allow this
man another term in office as the head executive over the state if
he persists on covering up and hiding behind the shameful past and
present of racist disenfranchisement I have seen in a long time.
This letter is not to be interpreted as a “kudos, job well
done” for Gov. Barbour. This is his re-election year and like all
politicians, what may have not been palatable for consideration
may be so when voters have to go to the booths in a few months.
January 8, 2011 - January 14, 2011, The Afro-American
who makes the point that the Scott Sisters were not released
because it was the humanitarian thing to do, but instead
because they “no longer pose a threat” and one of them, Jamie,
is costing the state too much money for her dialysis treatments.
In the course of completing this absurd picture of Southern
justice, Mississippi now has established a precedent that one
may achieve freedom in return for giving up a body part.
Barbour shouldn’t be praised for his two-faced attempt
which does nothing but adds insult to the injury the Scott
sisters have already suffered from the application of so called
Mississippi justice.
Their mother, Evelyn Rasco of Florida, where the sisters
may end up, contends their case was in retaliation for family
members testifying against a corrupt local sheriff. Even if the
Scott Sisters were guilty, their life sentences were inconsistent
with the crime and unduly harsh.
They were sentenced by a judge the NAACP claimed had a
history of racially biased rulings and who gave a surprisingly
lenient sentence to the convicted killer of Schwerner, Chaney
and Goodman, the CORE civil rights workers murdered in
Philadelphia, Miss., in 1964.
The Scott sisters were represented by an attorney who was
later disbarred in another case for providing lack of diligence
and failure to communicate with his client. In the Scotts case,
he called no witnesses at the trial, not even the sisters in their
own defense. The actual teen perpetrators said their damning
statements were coerced for plea deals.
We are not condoning criminal behavior here. Robbery
(no matter how big or small the sum illegally gained) with its
potentially fatal outcome deserves harsh punishment. However,
the convicted teen perpetrators of this robbery received eight-
year sentences of which they served only two.
Given this background of the Scott case, we find it
surprising the prosecutor, Ken Turner, now tells The Clarion-
Ledger, “it was not a particularly egregious case.”
So why has Barbour kept the Scott Sisters incarcerated
during his six-year tenure as governor? Why has he continued
their incarceration while reportedly pardoning no less than
four undisputed murderers and suspending the life sentence of
another? Would Barbour, a son of the Mississippi South, have
defeat. One victory does not a mandate make – nor one defeat
a movement break.
It is critical that we hold on to this shared vision of a better
country because we are in for a series of tough battles during
the next two years.
The Republican leadership in Washington has made it clear
that their top objective is to deny President Obama a second
term in 2012.
They have pledged to cut $100 billion each year from
the social programs that are keeping millions of American
above water during this long economic storm – and they are
determined to harass the administration through unending
subpoenas and political spin.
These assertions amount to a battle cry against all that is
progressive, not a pledge of bipartisan debate and action for
the benefit of our country.
We are in a fight. Yet, we stand on firm ground.
The Democratically-led 110th Congress just concluded has
been called the “most productive Congress in 50 years.”
We provided a path to more affordable health insurance
for more than 30 million Americans and invested in a stronger
national system of community health care. We strengthened
federal regulation of Wall Street and the credit card industry
for the first time in decades.
We took actions – including the Recovery Act – that
protected our nation from a second Great Depression. We
helped to ensure that women will be paid as much as their
male counterparts.
We helped to protect state governments from bankruptcy –
and teachers from unemployment.
We stood against the tobacco lobby, fought for child
nutrition and demanded greater food safety.
Letters to the Editor
However, this is a clarion call for common sense, justice and
mercy that is needed all over our country in how we interpret and
apply our laws. Individuals, groups and persons in this country are
responsible when we hear about such things occurring in America,
to “speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the
rights of all who are destitute.” - Proverbs 31:8
Verinda M. Birdsong
Baltimore, Md.
Scott Sisters Freed! Gov. Barbour Demands a Kidney for their
Freedom
At long last the Scott sisters will be free! Mississippi Gov.
Haley Barbour in a totally bizarre act of compassion, based on
public pressure, used his commutation powers to grant the sisters
their freedom.
Barbour suspended the life sentences of Gladys and Jamie
Scott, two African-American sisters who had served 16 years in
prison for taking part in an $11 armed robbery. The women have
always maintained their innocence. For many years civil rights
advocates have called for the release of the sisters. The case was
brought to my attention a few years ago by Nancy Lockart, who
spearheaded the campaign to free the Scott sisters.
Although I give thanks to the governor for this act, I have to
question the stipulation that in order for Jamie Scott to be free
she must donate a kidney to her ailing sister. An estimation was
made that determined that dialysis treatments would cost the
state of Mississippi $200,000 a year which did not include other
treatments. If the operation could not be performed because
of medical reasons they would revisit Jamie’s stipulation but
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grabbed on to the Scott Sisters’ kidneys after all these years
and countless protests and pleas for their release, had he not
committed political suicide himself only days earlier? We think
not.
Barbour’s’ action is a paper-thin disguise for his retreat
from the insensitive and historically revisionist statements
he made in a recent interview with the conservative Weekly
Standard. In the article, laying the groundwork for his
presidential bid, Barbour marginalized the turmoil of the 1960s
Civil Rights Movement in his hometown of Yazoo City, Miss.,
and complimented the role of the conservative White Citizens
Councils in maintaining order although they were instrumental
in upholding segregation.
Days later, after round criticism, he issued a retraction
saying Blacks did indeed suffer during “the difficult and
painful era for Mississippi,” and the councils were “totally
indefensible, as is segregation.”
Which is it? This is the same man who earlier this year
defended Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s decision to reinstate
Confederate History Month, saying critics were “trying to
make a big deal out of something that doesn’t matter for
diddly.”
Some will argue that it matters not the insincere motivation
of Barbour’s action, but rather that the Scott Sisters will be
released, albeit with strings attached, within 45 days.
However, until Barbour really does “the right thing” by
granting full clemency or pardon for the Scott sisters, without
conditions, he gets no accolades or “props” here.
We reduced the threat of life-ending nuclear attack, made
a down payment on our debt to our veterans and ended the
discrimination inherent in “Don’t ask, don’t tell.”
All of these advances (and more) are what our opponents
hope to destroy when they scream that they are going to
“take their country back” and deny a second term to the most
successful president of our time.
Well, this is our country as well – and I, for one, will fight
to make it better for everyone.
I do not minimize the power that we face.
Billionaires like the Koch brothers are dumping millions
into a concerted effort to defeat our president and the
progressive movement he leads. A slim majority of the
Supreme Court has decreed that corporations can use their
profits to buy elections and protect their privileges.
Against these forces, we have only our vision,
determination and organization.
Still, history informs us that, sometimes, this can be
enough.
We know that ours is the same dream that uplifted the
working women of New England cotton mills, the coal miners
and factory workers in their struggles against the company
store, and the civil rights workers of the 1960s.
Ours is the same challenge as those heroes and heroines of
our past who risked everything for “liberty and justice for all.”
We are a movement, and not just another political
campaign. We fight not just for ourselves, but for our children
and for the generations yet to be born.
Once more, into the breach . . . .
Congressman Elijah E. Cummings represents Maryland’s
Seventh Congressional District in the United States House of
Representatives.
she would not go back to prison. In a radio interview Barbour
described the suspension of sentences as the equivalent of parole.
Any violation of the law could therefore land them back in prison.
So, in my view the act of compassion turns out to be a cost
efficient way of ridding Mississippi of an astronomical medical
bill. Barbour’s twisted view of compassion and moral sleight
of hand should not come as a surprise. Recently Barbour found
himself in hot water after his attempt to revise the shameful legacy
of the segregationist, Council of Conservative Citizens, originally
called, White Citizen’s Councils.
Gov. Barbour, who by the way aspires to run for president
of the United States confirmed my thoughts by saying, “The
Mississippi Department of Corrections believes the sisters no
longer pose a threat to society, their incarceration is no longer
necessary for public safety or rehabilitation, and Jamie Scott’s
medical condition creates a substantial cost to the State of
Mississippi.”
Bob Herbert of the New York Times recently wrote about the
case of the Scott Sisters in a piece titled “’So Utterly Inhumane.”
He said, “This is Mississippi we’re talking about, a place that in
many ways has not advanced much beyond the Middle Ages.” I
agree 100 percent. Instead of giving the Scott Sisters their freedom
through a true compassionate act of clemency, Barbour instead
used the barbaric stipulation that freedom in this case is the cost of
a kidney.
I wish the Scott Sisters the best in regaining their freedom and
hope they lead fruitful and productive lives. And I pray that Gov.
Barbour does not use the freedom for organs tradeoff anymore in
the future to save the state of Mississippi tax dollars.
Anthony Papa, media relations manager
Drug Policy Alliance
New York, N.Y.
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A newly formed dance team

makes their formal debut

Janice, Mike, Jesse, Amari

and Armand Navarro
Renee "Starlynn"
Allen sings
original song
“Lord Help Me”
Katrina, Tony, David and baby
Gabriella McDonald

The Spiritual Harmonizers sing a hand-

clapping, foot-stomping selection
Ciera, Yolanda and Larry Bailey Lesa Smith and Luisa Herrera

A
bevy of guests joined
members of the Joint
Base Myer-Henderson Hall
(JBM-HH) Gospel Service Congre-
gation as they journeyed to the Fort
Belvoir, Va., Officers Club for a holiday
celebration that included a reception,
Christmas caroling, karaoke, a
sumptuous meal, dance presentation,
music from Renee “Starlynn” Allen, a
Army Chaplain (Maj.) James Key,
holiday message from Chaplain (Capt.)
banquet speaker
James Key and foot-stomping gospel
music from the Spiritual Harmonizers of
Northern, Va.
Under the planning leadership
of Jerome Lindsay, Edgar Brookins,
William Douglas and Anita Laury,
attendees enjoyed an evening of fun,
gaiety and holiday cheer. Chaplain
(Maj.) David Santiago Cruz is pastor
of JBM-HH Gospel Service, a major
financial supporter of the AFRO’s
military program which provides weekly Donald and Annette Wright
newspaper deliveries with Mr. and Mrs. Odums
to soldiers in Afghanistan
and Iraq.

Ethel Edmond, Herman Williams, Nia Webb, Donna Garland, Chaplain David
Laverne Lashley, Renee Anderson and Patricia Powell Santiago Cruz, pastor,
Freda Womack (right) and her
Gospel Service and his
daughter Cassie introduce the
wife, Loida
guest speaker

Joyce Laury, Anita Laury, president,

Parish Council; Kernovia Roberts,
CaLix Daniel, Sidra Daniel and Tyler Renee
Roberts Anderson
leads a
round of
Christmas
Tony and Floyd Jenkins carols
Washington
AFRO General
Brigitte Lowe Manager Edgar
belts out a Schuyler, Andriane, Nia Brookins and his
powerful holiday and Naja Webb daughter, Ciera
tune

Evangelist Paola Mazo, Nariman Zahedi, Renee "Starlynn" Allen, her son
Beverly Chase Allen, Sonya Bradford, Emma Scott, Kevin Bradford and
Threat (center, Barbara Ogle
standing) and
members of
her family

Ashley and Victoria

Omekam
Andrea Joe, Donna Garland, Pamela and
William Douglas and their son, William Jr. Guests enjoy the array of buffet foods
Photos by Rob Roberts

The Greater Washington Urban League (GWUL) Courtesy Photos

board members hosted a surprise reception at the
GWUL headquarters in Northwest Washington,
D.C., for Maudine R. Cooper, recognizing her 20
years of service as president and CEO of the storied
organization.
Entrepreneurs, politicians and members of the
community gathered to honor and celebrate Cooper,
who took the helm of the GWUL in December 1990.
Some of her accomplishments include changing the
Priscilla Clark, Maudine R. Cooper and celebrity
Urban League’s name to the Greater Washington
chef Huda
Urban League in 1993, which reflected its expansion
to Prince George’s and Montgomery counties;
instituting “Thursday Network,” GWUL’s young
professionals auxiliary; leading the purchase of GWUL’s
new headquarters at 2901 14th St., N.W. and helping
increase donations and contributions from $1 million to
approximately $25 million.
In videotaped remarks, District Mayor Vincent Gray
also honored Cooper for her work, calling her “the
absolute quintessential public servant in the District of
Columbia.”
Now in its 72nd year, the GWUL continues to
provide a wide range of services including education,
Former “Apprentice” star Omarosa
employment and training; health promotion; food and
Manigault-Stallworth, Jerry Moore
utility assistance, housing and community development
and Maudine R. Cooper
to more than 65,000 persons annually.

The reception committee: Michael P. Akin (left), director of

community relations, George Washington University; Annie
P. Whatley, acting associate director, Office of Minority
Economic Impact and Diversity, U.S. Department of Energy; Maudine R. Cooper
Willa Hall Smith, associate vice president, Tuskegee and Lavern Chatman,
University, Office of Federal Relations; Loretta S. Caldwell, president, Northern Steven Knapp, president of The
Guests enjoy the celebration
president, LS Caldwell and Associates and Jerry A. Moore III, Virginia Urban League George Washington University
chair, board of directors, GWUL chapter and Maudine R. Cooper
B2 The Afro-American, January 8, 2011 - January 14, 2011
Faith Pulse
NCBW Partners with Local
Church to Fight HIV/AIDS
By Herb Quarles
Special to the AFRO
The Northern Virginia
chapter of the National
Coalition of 100 Black Women
recently formed a partnership
with the historic Alfred Street
Baptist Church and its HIV/
AIDS Ministry in honor of
“World AIDS Day 2010.”
A worship service was
held at the church, located
at 301 South Alfred St., in
Alexandria, Va., in honor of
those who have died from, are
infected with or affected by
the disease. The World AIDS
JUDITH JAMISON
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Masazumi Chaya
ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Robert Battle
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OPERA HOUSE
theme for 2010 is “Reducing
the Stigma, Breaking the
Silence” and the service
theme was “Moving Forward
Together in Faith, Hope and
Courage.”
Highlights of the service
included a proclamation
prepared by the city of
Alexandria’s Commission
on HIV/AIDS, which Mayor
William Euille read to the
audience. The proclamation
demonstrated the city’s
commitment to combating
HIV/AIDS and affirmed the
Commission on HIV/AIDS’
efforts to provide health
Local Pastor Shows Age is No Obstacle
Elder William E. Peterson, 69, earns four degrees in six years
In a day and time when the class member.
country is in educational crisis, “Initially, I felt a little nervous,
William E. Peterson decided to but then my fellow students — and
reverse this trend, returning to the professors — started to look to
school after 40 years and earning me for guidance and wisdom. I was
his associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, really surprised, but honored at the
and doctorate degrees within a six- same time.”
year period. Peterson’s educational odyssey
“I never thought I was smart began in 2004 at Maple Springs
enough to earn a degree,” Peterson Baptist Church’s Bible College and
said in a prepared statement. “My Seminary in Capitol Heights, Md.
sister, who returned to school at He then matriculated to the United
56, inspired me, and I wanted to American Free Will Baptist Bible
challenge myself.” College, Kinston, N.C., where he
Although he did graduate from earned his associate’s and bachelor’s
high school in 1958 and attended degrees in biblical studies. But
other training institutions in his he didn’t stop there. A master’s
earlier years, he had serious doubts in theology soon followed and he
about having what it took to succeed graduated summa cum laude.
in the world of academia, especially Peterson culminated his
at the seasoned age of 63. academic aspirations by completing
After retiring from a successful
32-year career in the insurance
William E. Peterson Courtesy Photo
a two-year doctoral program in
eight months and writing his
industry and becoming the founder
and pastor of Deliverance Free Will Baptist Church in Temple
thesis, “Where Faith Begins:
Autobiography of a Sharecropper’s Son.” He received his
Hills, Md., over the past 22 years, Peterson had some fear doctorate, graduating summa cum laude, on Dec. 11 at
about entering an environment where he’d likely be the oldest Deliverance Free Will Baptist Church in Temple Hills.
education in Alexandria. and the Northern Virginia African-American woman to for help from the HIV/AIDS
In addition, Sandra Aids Ministry (NOVAM), serve as the 14th chairman community.
Dawkins Harvey, co-chair informed the congregation of the NAACP, delivered In his remarks, the Rev.
of HIV/AIDS Program for about the council’s efforts a powerful message from Dr. Howard-John Wesley,
the National Coalition of to involve other faith-based the book of Mark that made senior pastor at Alfred Street,
100 Black Women, NOVA groups in their plight. Brown reference to the “woman announced his full support
chapter, presented information also presented a layout of with the issue of blood.” She and encouragement of the
on HIV/AIDS and the impact NOVAM’s initiatives and the explained that people infected organizations participating,
on African-American women recent program “Partnerships and affected by HIV/AIDS especially ASBC HIV/AIDS
and adolescent females. for Hope,” which partners are often referred to as “those Ministry. He challenged all
The Rev. Todd Brown, with 34 churches in Northern people.” She encouraged attendees to get involved.
pastor of First Chesterbrook Virginia. Christians and those of power Call the church office
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D.C. Stars Among 2011 Grammy Three Sisters Craft

Kwanzaa Cartoon Series
Nominees What started out as a hobby to entertain friends and
family with self-made short movies has turned into a full-
time business for sisters Saba, 13; Keita, 17 and Tajiya, 21.
Chuck Brown welcomes first The Charlotte, N.C. natives have crafted everything on their
animation projects from character drawings, scriptwriting,

nod at 74 music scoring, designing the DVD menus, cover artwork, as

well as producing and directing each project as a team. The
The Recording Academy All three stars sisters recently
recently named Washington, enjoyed stellar formed EYI
D.C. native Carolyn Malachi, success in 2010 Publications
R&B crooner Raheem – particularly Co., which
DeVaughn and go-go music Brown – who stands for
founder Chuck Brown as made a nationwide Entrepreneurs
2011 Grammy nominees for appearance with of Youth and
their hit 2010 singles. the Roots on “Late Integrity. The
Malachi has been Night with Jimmy animation
Courtesy Photos
nominated for Best Urban/ Fallon,” released a company
Carolyn Malachi,
Alternative Performance for three-disc album We intends to
Chuck Brown
her single “Orion” from the Got This and had his provide quality
and Raheem
Lions, Tigers & Squares EP. breakout hit “Bustin entertainment
DeVaughn have
Similarly, DeVaughn’s Loose” featured in a for an
been nominated for
2010 smash “Customer” TV commercial. audience that
Grammys.
garnered him a Grammy nod Meanwhile, this is is ready for
for Best R&B song. DeVaughn’s second Grammy innovative
The Recording Academy stint. In 2008, the Recording women in the arts books, feature
also recognized the godfather Academy recognized the community. films and TV
of go-go, Chuck Brown, for Newark, N.J.-born, Prince programs.
his single “Love,” which George’s County, Md.-raised The 53rd Annual The sisters
features singers Jill Scott, singer for his popular hit Grammy Awards will be have just
Ledisi and jazz musician “Woman.” held on Feb. 13 in Los released the Filmmakers Keita, 17; Saba, 13 and
Marcus Miller, for Best R&B Also sending a powerful Angeles at the Staples feature-length Tajiya, 21
Performance by a Duo or message through music Smart Center and will air animated film
Group with Vocals. This is is Malachi, whose genre- Chicks, a philanthropic live on CBS. For more Kwanzaa at
the first Grammy nod for the blending songs frequently organization which seeks information and a full listing My House, which tells the story of two kids celebrating and
District’s 74-year-old musical serve as a rally call for women to develop visibility and of the 2011 nominees, visit understanding Kwanzaa.
ambassador. in the arts. She is founder of leadership opportunities for grammy.com. They also have two other animated series completed
called “Mission Possible” about a teen who overcomes life’s
obstacles and “The Organic Four” which tells the story of

Children’s Musical Teaches Important children who find their purpose by learning responsibility and
respect for themselves and the planet.

Life Lessons
Indie filmmaker Tim Greene of Tim Greene Films lauded
the young sisters’ accomplishments. “I have never seen
anyone their age with so much talent in animation; these very
talented young ladies will go a long way in the business,” said
‘Mirandy and Brother Wind’ comes to Adventure Theatre Greene in a statement.
The filmmakers plan to go on a promotional tour in
By Bobby Marvin encourage more African-Americans to become theatergoers. 2011 and have their film projects screened at film festivals
Special to the AFRO worldwide.
AFRO: What was it about this story that caught your
From the pages of Patricia J. McKissack’s brilliantly attention? For more information on the sisters and their work, visit
animated children’s book Mirandy and Brother Wind to Glen Michael J. Bobbitt: I actually was just sort of roaming WWW.EYIPUBLICATIONS.COM.
Echo, Md.’s storied Adventure Theatre, Mirandy – the bright- around the Barnes & Noble in Bethesda with my son, and I just
eyed, cocoa-hued protagonist – has found a place in young sort of walked over to the children’s book section …started like characters. There’s dancing and music in the story. It
school children’s heart nationwide. thumbing through it. Then I saw the title Mirandy and Brother wasn’t hard to find where the songs and such were.
McKissack’s 1997 work imbues fantasy and rich African- Wind and I thought, well it must be an African-American book
American cultural references amid the backdrop of a small and I pulled the book off the shelf and saw a beautiful picture AFRO: What resonated with you the most about this story?
southern town’s cakewalk of this young, sassy looking girl MJB: I think it’s more that these experiences they
jubilee, a celebratory dance and up in the sky behind her (characters in the book) had were stooped in the culture and
competition. Mirandy needs a was a picture of the wind, who they weren’t about race. They weren’t about Black versus
dance partner, but her fellow was dressed in a top hat. And I White or the White man keeping us down. It was just part of
townspeople encourage her to thought, ‘Wow, this must have their everyday [lives].
“capture the wind,” a concept some good fantasy or fiction
that puzzles the spry girl. about it.’ I looked on the back AFRO: This production appeals to an African-American
But Grandmother Beasley’s and it’s about the story of a little audience, but what do you think can be done to engage more
sage words help Mirandy girl who wants to win the annual African Americans to become theatergoers?
understand Brother Wind’s cakewalk, so it immediately MJB: Well I think there needs to be more African-American
power. “Can’t nobody put had culture, music, dance and a work produced and I think there’s lots of different kinds of
shackles on Brother Wind, chile. fantasy element. And I think all African-American plays. And one of my goals with “Mirandy”
He be special. He be free.” of those things make for great is to do something that is more traditional musical theatre that
It was the rich Black musicals. stretches the audience’s ear. But I think what we have to do is
vernacular and other cultural encourage each other to go to the theater.
elements that first attracted Courtesy Image AFRO: What is the process
Michael J. Bobbitt, artistic of creating a stage play out of a
“Mirandy and Brother Wind” runs Jan. 21-Feb. 13 at Adventure
director of Adventure Theatre and the production’s playwright, children’s book? Theater and Feb. 25-March 13 at The Atlas Performing Arts Center.
to the book and encouraged him to craft a musical based on MJB: My [fellow] writer and I worked for about two years For tickets and more information, log onto http://adventuretheatre.tix.
Mirandy’s plight. Together with music and lyrical director on the script and actually a lot in the last year. [We were] just com and call (301) 634-2270 for Glen Echo, Md. showing; and www.
John L. Cornelius and director Jennifer Nelson, Bobbitt looking at the story, thinking how can we make this come to atlasarts.org/tickets, (202) 399-7993 for Washington, D.C. showing.
has developed an engaging stage production he hopes will life on stage. I mean luckily, most of the characters are human Kristin Gray contributed to this article.

‘Psych-ing’ Out Dulé

By Kam Williams
Special to the AFRO
Dulé Hill stars as Burton ‘Gus’ Guster on the USA Network
series “Psych,” which airs on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. EST. Best
known for his work as Charlie Young on “The West Wing,” Hill
first came to prominence as The Kid opposite Savion Glover
and Jeffrey Wright in the Broadway production of Bring in ‘Da
Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk.
Born to Jennifer Garner and Bertholomu Hillshire in
Orange, N.J., on May 3, 1975, and raised with his elder
brother, Bert, in nearby Sayreville, Dulé began attending dance
school when he was 3 and received his first break in 1983 as
the understudy to Savion Glover in The Tap Dance Kid on
Broadway. He went on to perform the lead role in the musical’s
national tour alongside Harold Nicholas.
In 1999, he joined the cast of the acclaimed NBC series
“The West Wing,” playing the personal aide to the president
(Martin Sheen) and, subsequently, deputy special assistant to
the chief of staff (Allison Janney). During his seven seasons
on the series, Hill garnered an Emmy
Award nomination and four NAACP
Image Award nominations for his
work.
On the big screen, Hill appeared
opposite William H. Macy in an
adaptation of David Mamet’s
Edmond, and Andrew Davis’ The
Courtesy Photo Guardian.
Dulé Hill Here, he talks about “Psych,” a
lighthearted, crime-solving series
where he plays a private eye whose partner (James Roday)
pretends to be clairvoyant.
KW: Attorney Bernadette Beekman asks: Do you believe
people have psychic powers? Have you ever experienced
anything psychic in real life?
DH: I do believe that there are a few of those rare folks out
there with a sixth sense who really do have psychic powers. But I
think the majority of people who claim to be psychics are frauds.
As for myself, I’ve never experienced anything personally,
except on one occasion when I was a kid with a friend of mine
who has passed away since. He was spending the night over at
my house and I tried to wake him up because he was mumbling
to himself in his sleep. I asked him what he was talking about
and he said, “Oh, man, I had this dream that your little cousin
was here and bothering me by climbing on my back.” It turned
out that later that day one of my cousins did come over and start
messing with him. That was definitely strange. But besides that, I
haven’t had any psychic experiences.
KW: I guess Miss Cleo of Psychic Friends Network
infomercial fame ruined it for real psychics once she was
exposed as a fraud.
DH: Yeah, any Jamaican could’ve told you from the first
time they saw the commercial that she was a fake, because her
accent was terrible. [Laughs]
Visit afro.com for more on Dulé Hill.
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Community Meyer Elementary Opens as

Norton Calls for Meeting with EPA
Chief
By Dorothy Rowley
AFRO Staff Writer
Congresswoman Eleanor
Holmes Norton announced
recently that she would like
Environmental Protection
Agency Administrator Lisa
Jackson’s presence at a
meeting that will consider
the results of a new study
surrounding the District’s
drinking water.
The study, which was
commissioned by the
Environmental Working
Group, revealed that the
chemical, chromium-6, found
in the drinking water of 31
cities including the District
and which is also known as
hexavalent chromium or the
“Erin Brockovich” chemical
is known to cause cancer
when inhaled, according to
a statement from Norton’s
office.
The study further revealed
that chromium-6 has caused
cancer in laboratory animals
when ingested, and according
to the EPA, is likely to be
carcinogenic to humans
when consumed in drinking
water.
While the EPA is
currently considering
whether to set a limit for
chromium-6 in tap water,
Norton said she was very
grateful for the study.
However, “It was truly
discomforting to learn of yet
another issue with the safety
of the District’s drinking
water so soon after the lead-
in-the water crises resurfaced wake of D.C.’s water crisis.
in the city this past spring,”
she added.
No word has been
released on whether Jackson
will attend the meeting.
However, this
past fall, Norton
questioned
witnesses at
two hearings
after a House
Committee on
Science and
Technology
subcommittee
investigation
found that, A new study shows the quality of
during the Washington, D.C.'s drinking water may
District’s lead- be at risk.
in-water crisis from 2001 to
2004, children in the city had
elevated blood lead levels
in 2002 and 2003 that were
more than three times higher
than the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention had
reported.
Norton also divulged
plans to reintroduce her
“Lead-Free Drinking Water
Act,” which she initially
presented six years ago in the
The Act also addresses lead
standards for the nation’s
drinking water.
Giant Food’s Ninth Annual
Stuff-A-Truck a Hit in 2010
Morguefile
Relocation Site for Takoma
Education Campus
By Dorothy Rowley
AFRO Staff Writer
About 300 Takoma Education
Campus students resumed
their studies Jan. 3 at Meyer
Elementary School after a fire
gutted the Northwest building
in late December According
to interim District of Columbia
Public Schools System chancellor
Kaya Henderson, Takoma’s
principal and key staff members
toured Meyer last week. Officials
chose the Northwest building
because of its capacity to house Courtesy Photo/dc.gov
about 430 students. In addition, Meyer Elementary School in Northwest is the temporary
Meyer features classrooms facility for Takoma Education Campus students displaced
as opposed to the open-space by a fire late last year.
design at Takoma. 
DCPS officials met with
parents to discuss the move, which also focused on preparing the building for occupancy and transporting
students back and forth to classes.
“While the devastating fire that destroyed Takoma Education Campus has posed some logistical
challenges, we are committed to making the transition to Meyer Elementary School as seamless as
possible so that teachers can teach and students can learn,” said Henderson. 
Meyer was among 23 school buildings that were closed in 2008 as part of former chancellor Michelle
Rhee’s attempts to reform the troubled system. 
Giant Food of Landover, Md.,  with WTTG Fox 5 and CBS
Radio Stations WPGC 95.5, 106.7 The Fan, 94.7 Fresh and 99.1 El
Zol, hosted the ninth annual Stuff-A-Truck food drive at four Giant
Food locations in December. More than 54,360 pounds of food and
$126,890 in monetary donations were collected. This year marked
the second highest year in food donations and the top earning year in
monetary donations, all benefiting the Capital Area Food Bank.
“We are very appreciative that the community came out to support

Actors Malik Yoba, Ruby Dee this year’s Stuff-A-Truck to help the Capital Area Food Bank,” said
Jamie Miller, public and community relations manager for Giant
Food of Landover, Md., in a prepared statement. “The generous

Headline Black Academy of Arts & donations are especially important this year, because so many in our
region are struggling to put food on their own tables. It’s wonderful
to see the community work together to make a positive difference by

Letters Benefit
The Black Academy of
Arts & Letters (TBAAL)
kicked off the holiday season
in grand style with a special
benefit hosted by jazz artist
Art Sherrod Jr. and his wife
Georgia Noone-Sherrod at
Gallery Serengeti in Capitol
Heights, Md.
Curtis King, founder
and president of TBAAL,
welcomed the stylish
gathering of influential
business leaders, community
activists and philanthropists
including Kevin E. Hooks,
Courtesy Photo executive vice president of
Malik Yoba, Georgia Noone-Sherrod, Ruby Dee, Kevin E. Weber Shandwick; Angie
Hooks and Curtis King Gates, general manager of
The Warner Theatre and Mike
and Cheryl Miller.
The benefit’s special guests were celebrated actress Ruby Dee and actor Malik Yoba, who
encouraged the audience to support TBAAL in its upcoming national fundraising campaign.
“The Academy is preparing to celebrate its 35th Anniversary next year,” said Dee in a
prepared statement. “Because Curtis King and TBAAL are committed to educate and support
the arts, our culture won’t be buried alive. For that, I am grateful.”
Yoba echoed the legendary actress’ sentiments.
“My efforts to support the TBAAL builds on the works of many minority celebrities
over the years,” said Yoba. “TBAAL has a state of the art facility in Dallas that hosts plays,
concerts and workshops in the effort to preserve our culture. It will take all of our help for it
to remain a place where our community can continue to live and inspire. I, Malik Yoba remain
committed to TBAAL.”
Gallery Serengeti served as the perfect venue as attendees enjoyed an impressive collection
of African-inspired art from around the world. Guests also enjoyed sumptuous food and
cocktails. The event also featured an inspirational live performance by Sherrod.
The TBAAL benefit was sponsored in part by W Hotel Washington, D.C. and Kwedz
Research.
supporting the Capital Area Food Bank and our neighbors in need.”
In Rockville, Md., the Montrose Crossing location welcomed
25,354 pounds of food and $924 in donations while the Greenbriar
Shopping Center in Fairfax, Va., saw 9,054 pounds of food and
Courtesy Photo $979.11 in donations. In Washington, D.C., the community donated
13,114 pounds of food and $1,811.67 at the Brentwood Shopping
Giant Food locations in
Center Giant and in Hyattsville, Md., 6,847 pounds of food and
the District, Northern $710.32 were donated at the Mall at Prince Georges.
Virginia, Prince George’s In addition to donations made at the four Giant Food locations,
and Montgomery counties monetary contributions to 2010 Stuff-A-Truck were also made by
received large numbers corporations and through the Capital Area Food Bank’s website,
WTTG Fox 5’s phone bank and Text 2 Give.
Sorority Donates Books to Local School
By Herb Quarles
Special to the AFRO
Paula Young Shelton, the youngest daughter
of the Honorable Andrew Young, an educator and
author of Child of the Civil Rights Movement,
was the guest speaker during a recent meeting of
the Delta chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society
International for Key Women Educators. The book,
written for children, recounts the time in her early
years when she recalled the involvement of her
parents in the Civil Rights Movement.
Her message, “Tell the Story,” was powerful as
she inspired and encouraged her audience to “tell
their own stories.” Courtesy Photo
A review of her book in the December 2009
Paula Young Shelton displays her book
issue of Library School Journal noted that, “Mrs.
Shelton helps modern children understand the
as Helen Flagg congratulates her for her
hurtful effects of segregation…and how the contribution to children’s literature.
movement united its leaders” the Youngs, the
of Columbia, the books were donated to Stanton
Kings, and other activists to become like family
Elementary School in Southeast Washington as a
because they were brought together by a common
result of a random drawing. The other two schools
goal.”
considered were Davis and Garfield.
The Delta chapter and friends purchased
25 copies of the book as a part of its yearly
Dr. Emily Crandall, Delta chapter research
educational project. In keeping with its focus
chairwoman and senior research scientist at The
George Washington University Center for Equity
on providing literary assistance to one of the
and Excellence in Education, prepared a set of
identified elementary public schools in the District
reading materials, “Suggested
Ideas for Literacy Development,”
that were given to the Stanton
Elementary School Principal

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For Redskins, Future Begins Now
By Stephen D. Riley
AFRO Staff Writer
And now it begins. For the Washington
Redskins, there will be no postseason play
this year—something that became palpably
evident around late October. Instead, the team
will return to where it does most of its usual
winning: the offseason. Summer success
is quite common in the District and after
another distasteful campaign, fans will be
looking for something on which to pin their
hopes. But with two high-priced professionals
seemingly on their way out the door in
Donovan McNabb and Albert Haynesworth,
it’ll be interesting to see if the club sticks
with its money mantra and goes free spending
again. Or, they could do it the “right way”
and focus their rebuilding effort towards the
NFL Draft.
Without their third- and fourth-round
draft picks (courtesy of last year’s McNabb
trade), Washington doesn’t have the
favorable ammunition to restock their team
with talented youngsters. But the club does
possess a pick in each of the first two rounds,
something Washington hasn’t enjoyed since
the 2002 draft. This year’s draft class is
loaded full of promising quarterbacks. With
Washington scheduled to pick 10th overall,
the club should be in line to nab a signal
caller of the future to start their rebuilding
process. The free agent market hasn’t been
kind to the Redskins over the years and the
2009 hiring of former Tampa Bay Buccaneers
general manager Bruce Allen should
hopefully push along a speedy recovery if
the front office decides to go with a youth
movement.
Allen came from a similar situation
with Tampa, where the team was flooding
out its old veterans and instilling youthful
building blocks. The Buccaneers severed ties
with likely Hall of Famers in Warren Sapp,
Derrick Brooks and Simeon Rice and even
parted ways with coveted coach Jon Gruden.
Yet, a few years later, Tampa is again back
atop the NFC despite missing the playoffs
with a 10-6 record and the league’s youngest
team. The casual NFL fan probably couldn’t
identify one single name associated with the
Buccaneers but that didn’t stop them from
making a seven-game improvement from
their 3-13 season in 2009. Maybe Allen
can transfer some of his magic to an ailing
Washington organization in dire need of a
makeover.
Several players could be on the chopping
block this summer including popular veteran
tailback Clinton Portis for starters. Fans
will know soon enough about Washington’s
revitalization plans over the next few
months. When the Washington Redskins
start releasing big time names, it’s clear a
change in philosophy has arisen. The pay-
plug-and-play approach hasn’t gotten the
team anywhere and it’s past due time to give
the draft a try. Ironically, Washington’s 6-10
mark this year was an improvement over
the previous season’s misery but if the team
elects to go with a youth movement like most
expect, things will probably get worse before
they get better. But at least the team will be
walking in a different direction for a change.
Lady Firebirds Snap 3-Game Losing
Streak, Advance to 8-6 By Perry Green
AFRO Sports Editor
The University of
the District of Columbia
Lady Firebirds snapped a
three-game losing skid and
advanced to an impressive
8-6 overall record on the
season after a blowout
victory over the Fayetteville
State University Lady
Broncos. UDC cruised by
Fayetteville State, 77-54, in
a home game at the UDC
Sports Complex on Jan. 3.
Junior guard Jamilia
Courtesy Photo/UDC
UDC team captain Lilian McGill helped the Lady Firebirds Bonner scored a game-high
blast Fayetteville State, 77-54, on Jan. 3. 20 points for UDC, who
held the lead the entire
game. The Lady Firebirds
started hot with a 17-9 run and never looked back, converting 29 Bronco turnovers into 33
points. They also outscored the Lady Broncos’ bench, 34-27, finished with a 12-4 advantage
in fast break points.
UDC shot 38 percent from the field, 50 percent from three-point land and 69 percent from
the free-throw line. The Lady Broncos shot 34 percent from the field, only 9 percent from
beyond the three-point line and 77 percent from the charity stripe.
Junior guard Kendra Johnson also scored double-figures for UDC with 15 points along
with two rebounds, two assists and 3 steals. Lady Firebirds junior guard Jasmine Rich added
eight points, five rebounds and a game-high 11 assists.
Tiffany Haywood led the Bronco in scoring with 18 points, followed by JeLena Robertson
with nine points despite the loss.
UDC will see its next action when they host their New Year’s Classic Jan. 8 and 9 at the
Sports Complex. They will face King College on Jan. 8 and Central State University on Jan. 9.

Bowie State’s Donna Polk Named Hampton, Winston-Salem

CIAA Coach of the Week State Tops in HBCU
By AFRO Staff
Basketball Power Rankings
Bowie State University’s Donna Polk was named
Central Interscholastic Athletic Association (CIAA) By Donal Ware Basketball Poll
Coach of the Week on Jan. 3 for her outstanding coaching Special to the AFRO School/ Wins-Losses
throughout two games last week. 1.  Hampton/ 11-3
The third-year coach led the BSU Lady Bulldogs Fuquay-Varina, N.C. – Hampton 2.  Morgan State/ 4-6
basketball team to two impressive wins, defeating University and Winston-Salem State 3.  Tennessee State/ 6-8
nationally ranked Gannon, 70-52, on day one of the BSU University top the Boxtorow.com HBCU 4.  Jackson State/ 4-8
Lady Bulldogs Classic before edging Ferris State, 63-60, Division I basketball top-five and Division II/ 5.  North Carolina A&T/ 5-8
on the final day of the holiday classic tournament.  NAIA top-10 power ranking polls released on Others: Bethune-Cookman (5-8), Delaware
Bowie State senior Teaunsha Robinson led the Lady Jan. 3. State (4-7), North Carolina Central (4-6).
Bulldogs with a team-high 14 points and a career-high 14 Hampton has gotten off to a hot 11-3
rebounds against Ferris State; the Baltimore, Md., native start to the season, including at one point Boxtorow.com Top 10 HBCU Division II/
Courtesy Photo/Bowie State was named to the All Classic Team along with Tiara
reeling off seven straight wins. They are also NAIA Basketball Poll
Bowie State women’s basketball Adams (Ferris State), Julie Kleber (Gannon) and Alaura 1-0 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference School/ Wins-Losses
coach Donna Polk was honored Jones (Virginia Union). (MEAC). Morgan State, Tennessee State, 1.  Winston-Salem State/ 6-0
as CIAA Coach of the Week after “Ferris State was a tough team and I’m proud of Jackson State and North Carolina A&T round 2.  Xavier (La.)/ 13-1
two impressive wins at the end the ladies for sticking it out and having heart,” Polk out the rest of the top five. 3.  Shaw/ 7-2
of 2010. said. “Having T.T. (Teaunsha Robinson) back with us In the Division II/NAIA top-10 poll, 4.  Bowie State/  5-2
helps add energy, does a lot of things for us being tough Winston-Salem State Rams is the only 5.  Tougaloo/10-3
inside”. undefeated team and is off to a fast 6-0 6.  Kentucky State/ 4-1
Bowie State will open conference (CIAA) play at Fayetteville State University on January start, returning to the Central Interscholastic 7.  Texas College/ 6-4
6. Following that road trip, Bowie State will host three straight conference games, welcoming Athletic Association (CIAA) this year after 8.  Elizabeth City State/ 6-2
Winston-Salem State University on Jan. 10, Shaw University on Jan. 13 and St. Augustine’s five years as an independent Division I 9.  West Virginia State/ 6-4
College on Jan. 15.  program. Xavier (La.) lost its last game 10. Claflin/ 6-4
to Dakota Wesleyan, 61-58, in the Miami Others: Central State (8-5), Livingstone

Orioles’ Dominican Pitcher Gardens Classic, but currently ranks No. 2

with 13-1 on the season.  Shaw (7-2) has won
five of its last six and sits at No. 3 followed
(4-2).

The Boxtorow.com basketball poll is

Surrenders as Murder Suspect by Bowie State at No. 4 and Tougaloo at No.
5.  Teams ranked 6-10 are Kentucky State,
presented by DWCommunications, LLC
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By AFRO Staff
Virginia State and Claflin, respectively. THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW is the
Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher Alfredo Simón See the full top-10 power ranking lists below: nationally syndicated radio sports talk show
surrendered to Dominican National Police on Jan. 3 which places major emphasis on HBCU
as the primary murder suspect in a fatal shooting on Boxtorow.com Top 5 HBCU Division I Sports.
Jan. 1 in the Dominican Republic, The Associated
Press reports.
According to the AP, police suspect the
29-year-old Dominican pitcher of shooting Michel
Castillo Almonte, 25, to death and also wounding
his 17-year-old brother during a New Year’s
Eve celebration in the northeast coastal town of
Luperon. No reason for the shooting was disclosed
but police told the AP that Simon turned his gun in
as part of the investigation.
Felipe Alou Jr., a Dominican representative for
the Orioles, told the AP that he spoke with Simón
on Jan. 1 and the pitcher had confirmed he was in
the area when the shooting occurred but insisted he
was not involved.
“He says to us that the wounded man can
confirm that he was not the one who fired,” Alou
told the AP. If found guilty Simón could face up to
30 years in prison.
Courtesy Photo
Simón signed with the Baltimore Orioles in
2008 but suffered an injury not long after his Alfedo Simón faces up to 30 years in
signing. He went 4-2 with a 4.93 earned run prison if convicted of a New Year’s Day
average (ERA) in 2010 and recorded 17 saves slaying in the Dominican Republic.
before being replaced by Koji Uehara as the closer.

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LEGAL NOTICES May Wire and
SUPERIOR COURT OF Edwin Wire, and
THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
CIVIL DIVISION
Civil Action No.
0008282-10
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
1350 Pennsylvania Ave, M. Wire, heir, and
NW
Washington DC 20004
a municipal corporation
Plaintiff
v.
UNKNOWN PERSONAL All Unknown owners of
REPRESENTATIVE OF the property described
THE ESTATE OF ROBERT below, their heirs, devi-
MCCAMEY,
deceased
UNKNOWN HEIRS AND
DEVISEES OF
ROBERT MCCAMEY
UNKNOWN PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE ESTATE OF
CATHERINE N. MCCAMEY, simple in the property
deceased
UNKNOWN HEIRS AND
DEVISEES OF
CATHERINE N. MCCAMEY
CAROLYN M. MCCAMEY
AKA
Carolyn M. Taylor
8224 Crest Road
Laurel, MD 20723-1032
and
RONALD G MCCAMEY
17 42nd Street NE
Washington DC
20019-4572
Defendants
Order for service
by Publication
The object of this action is
to remove a cloud on the
title of the real property lo-
cated at 5033 Meade Street, In accordance with D.C.
NE known for tax and Official
assessment purposes as t h e o b j e c t o f t h i s
Square 5201, Lots 85, proceeding is to secure
situated in the District of the foreclosure of the
Columbia. The property was right of redemption in
acquired by the District of the following real prop-
Columbia (“District”)
(∫District∫) after
the former property owner, erty located in the Dis-
Robert McCamey, failed to trict of Columbia, and
pay taxes on the property.
The named Defendants may District of Columbia to
have had an interest in the the Plaintiff in this ac-
subject property prior to the t i o n , d e s c r i b e d a s
District’s
District¬s acquisition. Of
these Defendants, Unknown SQUARE 4065, LOT
Personal Representative of 0801 and assessed to
the Estate of Robert
McCamey, deceased; Un- Wire and the Estate of
known Heirs and Devisees Charles Edwin Wire
of Robert McCamey the Un- and/or their known and
known Personal Repre- unknown heirs, located
sentative of the Estate of
Catherine N. McCamey, de- with cross streets at
ceased, and the Unknown Neal Street to the north,
Heirs and Devisees of Cath- West Virginia Avenue to
erine N. McCamey could not the west, Montello Ave-
be located despite an exten- nue to the east and
sive search.
On motion of the Plaintiff, on
this 2nd day of November, south and adjacent to
2010, it is hereby OR- and abutting the east
DERED that Plaintiff¬s Mo- side of 1167 Neal Street
tion to Allow Service by Pub- in NE, Washington DC.
lication on defendants The complaint states,
Unknown Personal Repre- among other things, that
by Publication
The object of this action is
to remove a cloud on the
title of the real property lo-
cated at 5033 Meade Street,
NE known for tax and
assessment purposes as
Square 5201, Lots 85,
situated in the District of
Columbia. The property was
acquired by the District of
Columbia (∫District∫) after
the former property owner,
Robert McCamey, failed to
pay taxes on the property.
The named Defendants may
have had an interest in the
subject property prior to the
District¬s acquisition. Of
these Defendants, Unknown
Personal Representative of
the Estate of Robert
McCamey, deceased; Un-
known Heirs and Devisees
of Robert McCamey the Un-
known Personal Repre-
sentative of the Estate of
Catherine N. McCamey, de-
ceased, and the Unknown
Heirs and Devisees of Cath-
LEGAL NOTICES
LEGAL
erine
NOTICES
N. McCamey could not
be located despite an exten-
sive search.
On motion of the Plaintiff, on
this 2nd day of November,
2010, it is hereby OR-
DERED
DERED that that Plaintiff’s
Plaintiff¬sMo-
Mo-
tion to Allow Service by Pub-
lication on defendants
Unknown Personal Repre-
sentative of the Estate of
R o b e r t M c C a m e y, d e -
ceased; Unknown Heirs and
Devisees of Robert
McCamey and all those
claiming under them as well
as on the Unknown Per-
sonal Representative of the
Estate of Catherine N.
McCamey, deceased; Un-
known Heirs and Devisees
of Catherine N. McCamey,
and all those claiming under
them, is hereby GRANTED
and it is further.
ORDERED that Unknown
Personal Representative of
the Estate of Robert
McCamey, deceased; Un-
known Heirs and Devisees
of Robert McCamey, and all
those claiming under them;
the Unknown Personal Re-
presentative of the Estate of
Catherine N. McCamey, de-
ceased, Unknown Heirs and
Devisees of Catherine N.
McCamey, and all those
claiming under them, cause
their appearances to be en-
tered herein on or before the
31st day of January 2011
otherwise the case will pro-
ceed as case of default, pro-
vided a copy of this order of
publication be published at
least twice a mouth for three
consecutive months prior to
said date in the Daily
Washington Law Reporter,
and Afro-American News-
paper.
Bruce D Beaudin
JUDGE
11/12, 11/19, 12/10,
12/17, 1/7, 1/14
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Case No.
0006655-10
In re:
Susan Carr Freeling
aka
Susan Marie Freeling
Carr
Susan Marie Freeling
Susan M. Freeling Carr
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION
Petitioner, Susan Carr
Freeling, aka Susan Ma-
rie Freeling Carr, Susan
Marie Freeling, and Su-
san M. Freeling Carr,
having filed a complaint
for judgment changing
her name to Susan
Freeling Carr and hav-
ing applied to the Court
whereupon it is the 10
day of December 2010.
ORDERED, that all per-
sons concerned show
cause, if any they have,
on or before the 18 day
of January 2011, why
the prayers of said com-
plaint should not be
granted.
PROVIDED that a copy
of this order be pub-
lished once a week for
three consecutive
weeks before said day
in Afro American News-
papers.
Judge
TRUE TEST COPY
12/24, 12/31, 1/7
IN THE SUPERIOR
COURT OF THE
DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
CIVIL DIVISION
Civil Action No.
2005CA002912L RP
Calendar #18
VICKIE JEFFRIES
PLAINTIFF
vs.
The Estate of Esther
The Estate of Charles
Jean Wire Murphy, heir
and Joan Myrl Wire
Wood, Heir, and
Preston W. Wire Jr.,
heir, and Estha Wire
Walper, heir, and Marvin
C. Raymond Wire,
Heir, and District of
Columbia
And
sees, personal repre-
sentatives, and execu-
tors, administrators
grantees, assigns or
successors in right, title,
interest, and any interest
in the leasehold or fee
and premises situate, ly-
ing and being in the Dis-
trict of Columbia de-
scribed as:
Square 4065 LOT 0801
located with cross
streets at Neal Street to
the north, West Virginia
Avenue to the east and
Morse Street to the
south and adjacent to
and abutting the east
side of 1167 Neal Street
in NE, Washington, DC.
Defendants.
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION
Code §47-1375,
Official Code ß47-1375,
sold by the Mayor of the
the Estate of Esther May
Morse Street to the
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION
In accordance with D.C.
Official Code ß47-1375,
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 in this ac-
tion, described as
SQUARE 4065, LOT
0801 and assessed to
the Estate of Esther May
Wire and the Estate of
Charles Edwin Wire
and/or their known and
unknown heirs, located
with cross streets at
Neal Street to the north,
West Virginia Avenue to
the west, Montello Ave-
nue
LEGAL to the east and
NOTICES
LEGAL NOTICES
Morse Street to the
south and adjacent to
and abutting the east
side of 1167 Neal Street
in NE, Washington DC.
The complaint states,
among other things, that
the amounts necessary
for redemption have not
been paid.
Pursuant to the Chief
Judge’s Administration
Judge¬s Administration
Order Number 02-11, it
is this 18th day of Octo-
ber, 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
described above to ap-
pear in this Court by the
22nd day of December
2010, and redeem the
Real Property by pay-
ment of $49,618.00, to-
gether with interest from
the date the Real Prop-
erty tax certificate was
purchased; court costs,
reasonable attorney's
fees, expenses incurred
in the publication and
service of process by
publication reasonable
fees for the title search;
all other amounts paid
by the petitioner in
accordance with the
provisions of D.C. Code
§47-1361 and
ßß47-1361 and47-1377
47-1377
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.
Magistrate Judge
(Signed in chambers)
A TRUE TEST COPY:
12/24, 12/31, 1/7
Superior Court of
the District of
Columbia
Civil Division
Case No. 0009548-10
IN RE:
RICHARD KEITH
BARKSDALE
Applicant
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION
CHANGE OF NAME
Richard Keith Barksdale
having filed a complaint
for judgment changing
Richard Keith Barksdale
name to Richard K.B.
Turner and having ap-
plied to the court for an
Order of Publication of
the notice required by
law in such cases; it is
by the Court this 8th day
of December 2010.
ORDERED, that all per-
sons concerned show
cause, if any there be,
on or before the 16 day
of January 2011, 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:
12/31, 1/7, 1/14
Superior Court of
the District of
Columbia
Civil Division
Case No. 0009951-10
IN RE:
Dinalu Ulysses
Auger Economides
Applicant
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION
CHANGE OF NAME
Dinalyu Ulysses Auger
Economides having filed
a complaint for judgment
changing Dinalu Ulys-
ses Auger Economides
name to Constandina
Ulysses Auger
Economides 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 22nd
day of December 2010.
ORDERED, that all per-
sons concerned show
cause, if any there be,
on or before the 26th
day of January 2011,
why the prayers of said
complaint 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.
0
that pursuant to SCR
205(b) notice be sent to
the applicant's creditors
by registered or certified
mail and that proof of
service of mailing be
made in the manner pro-
vided in SCR Probate
Rule 19(b).
JUDGE
A TRUE COPY TEST:
12/31, 1/7, 1/14
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM1206
Aaron Kimche
Decedent
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Robert J. Tyrrell, whose
address is 6010 Execu-
tive Boulevard, Suite
900, Rockville MD
20852 was appointed
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM1206
Aaron Kimche
Decedent
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICES TO
LEGAL
UNKNOWN NOTICES
HEIRS
Robert J. Tyrrell, whose
address is 6010 Execu-
tive Boulevard, Suite
900, Rockville MD
20852 was appointed
personal representative
of the estate of Aaron
Kimche, who died on
October 15, 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)
cedent¬s will)shall be be
shall
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
June 30, 2011. Claims
against the decedent
shall be presented to the
undersigned with a copy
to the Register of Wills
or filed with the Register
of Wills with a copy to
the undersigned, on or
before June 30, 2011, or
be forever barred. Per-
sons believed to be
heirs or legatees of the
decedent who do not re-
ceive a copy of this no-
tice by mail within 25
days of its first publica-
tion shall so inform the
Register of Wills, includ-
ing name, address and
relationship.
Date of Publication:
December 31, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Robert J. Tyrrell
Personal
Representative
301-984-4790
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
12/31, 1/7, 1/14
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM1228
Jessie Bell Green
Decedent
Thomas H Queen Esq
530 Eighth Street, SE
Washington DC 20003
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Willie C. Green, whose
address is 855 21st
Street, NE, Washington
DC 20002 was ap-
pointed personal repre-
sentative of the estate of
Jessie Bell Green, who
died on May 24, 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)
cedent¬s will)shall be be
shall
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
June 30, 2011. Claims
against the decedent
shall be presented to the
undersigned with a copy
to the Register of Wills
or filed with the Register
of Wills with a copy to
the undersigned, on or
before June 30, 2011, or
be forever barred. Per-
sons believed to be
heirs or legatees of the
decedent who do not re-
ceive a copy of this no-
tice by mail within 25
days of its first publica-
tion shall so inform the
Register of Wills, includ-
ing name, address and
relationship.
Date of Publication:
December 31, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Willie C. Green
Personal
Representative
202-397-1188
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12/31, 1/7, 1/14
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM1191
Annie C. Ferguson
Decedent
Nakia V. Gray Esq.
6404 Ivy Lane
Suite 400
Greenbelt MD 20770
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Ida Virginia Hart, whose
address is 5219 11th
Street, NE Washington
DC 20011 was ap-
pointed personal repre-
sentative of the estate of
Annie C. Ferguson, who
died on April 7, 2009
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
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proceeding. Objections representative of the 20005
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the District of
to the probate of de- White, who died on
NOTICE OF
cedent’s will)
cedent¬s will)shall be be November 22, 2010 with
shall District of Columbia
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filed with the Register of a will, and will serve
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without Court supervi-
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AND NOTICE TO Administration No.
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20001, on or before whereabouts are un- UNKNOWN HEIRS 2010ADM1198
June 30, 2011. Claims known shall enter their Kenneth Rosenau, Es- Helen R. Powell
against the decedent appearance in this quire whose address is Decedent
shall be presented to the proceeding. Objections 1304 Rhode Island Ave- Thomas S. Donnelly
undersigned with a copy to such appointment (or nue, NW Washington Esq
1990 M Street NW
to the Register of Wills to the probate of de- DC 20005 was ap-
or filed with the Register pointed personal repre- Suite 200
cedent’s
cedent¬s will)
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shall be sentative of the estate of Washington DC 20036
of Wills with a copy to
the undersigned, on or
filed with the Register of Jan Wepsiec, who died Attorney
before June 30, 2011, or Wills, D.C., 515 5th on July 11, 2007 with a NOTICE OF
be forever barred. Per- Street, N.W., 3rd Floor will, and will serve with- APPOINTMENT,
sons believed to be Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
NOTICE TO
out Court supervision.
heirs or legatees of the 20001, on or before All unknown heirs and CREDITORS
decedent who do not re- June 30, 2011. Claims h e i r s w h o s e AND NOTICE TO
ceive a copy of this no- against the decedent whereabouts are un- UNKNOWN HEIRS
tice by mail within 25 shall be presented to the known shall enter their William H. Jackson,
days of its first publica- undersigned with a copy appearance in this whose address is 1726
tion shall so inform the to the Register of Wills proceeding. Objections Montana Avenue, NE
Register of Wills, includ- or filed with the Register to such appointment (or Washington DC 20018
ing name, address and of Wills with a copy to to the probate of de- was appointed personal
relationship. the undersigned, on or representative of the
cedent’s will)
before June 30, 2011, or cedent¬s will)shall be be estate of Helen R.
shall
Date of Publication:
December 31, 2010 be forever barred. Per- filed with the Register of Powell, who died on
Name of newspaper: sons believed to be Wills, D.C., 515 5th October 26, 2010 with-
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor out a will, and will serve
Afro-American heirs or legatees of the
decedent who do not re- Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
without Court supervi-
Washington Law
Reporter ceive a copy of this no- 20001, on or before sion. All unknown heirs
Ida Virginia Hart tice by mail within 25 June 30, 2011. Claims a n d h e i r s w h o s e
Personal days of its first publica- against the decedent whereabouts are un-
Representative tion shall so inform the shall be presented to the known shall enter their
202-526-3549 Register of Wills, includ- undersigned with a copy appearance in this
TRUE TEST COPY ing name, address and to the Register of Wills proceeding. Objections
REGISTER OF WILLS relationship. or filed with the Register to such appointment
of Wills with a copy to shall be filed with the
12/31, 1/7, 1/14 Date of Publication:
the undersigned, on or Register of Wills, D.C.,
December 31, 2010
Superior Court of Name of newspaper: before June 30, 2011, or 515 5th Street, N.W.,
the District of Afro-American be forever barred. Per- 3rd Floor Washington,
District of Columbia sons believed to be D.C. 20001, on or be-
Washington Law
heirs or legatees of the fore June 30, 2011.
PROBATE DIVISION Reporter
Washington, D.C. Claims against the de-
Annette V. Riley decedent who do not re- cedent shall be pre-
20001-2131 Personal ceive a copy of this no- sented to the under-
Administration No. Representative tice by mail within 25 signed with a copy to the
2010ADM1219 301-809-0121 days of its first publica- Register of Wills or filed
EMMA L. WHITE tion shall so inform the
TRUE TEST COPY
Decedent REGISTER OF WILLS Register of Wills, includ- with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
W. Alton Lewis Esq 12/31, 1/7, 1/14 ing name, address and signed, on or before
1450 Mercantile Lane relationship.
June 30, 2011, or be
Suite 155 Superior Court of Date of Publication:
forever barred. Persons
Largo, Maryland 20774 the District of December 31, 2010 believed to be heirs or
Attorney District of Columbia Name of newspaper:
legatees of the decedent
NOTICE OF PROBATE DIVISION Afro-American who do not receive a
APPOINTMENT, Washington, D.C. Washington Law
NOTICE TO Reporter
copy of this notice by
20001-2131 mail within 25 days of its
CREDITORS Administration No. Kenneth Rosenau Esq first publication shall so
AND NOTICE TO 2007ADM1165 Personal inform the Register of
UNKNOWN HEIRS Jan Wepsiec Representative Wills, including name,
Annette V. Riley, whose Decedent 202-387-8680 address and relation-
address is 13403 United Kenneth Rosenau Esq TRUE TEST COPY ship.
Lane, Bowie MD 20720 1304 Rhode Island Ave REGISTER OF WILLS Date of Publication:
was appointed personal NW Washington DC 12/31, 1/7, 1/14 December 31, 2010
representative of the 20005 Name of newspaper:
estate of Emma L. Attorney Afro-American
White, who died on NOTICE OF Washington Law
November 22, 2010 with APPOINTMENT, Reporter
a will, and will serve NOTICE TO William H. Jackson
believed to be heirs or William Eric Johnson, Jr.
legatees of the decedent whose address is 805
who do not receive a Parrot Court, Hyattsville,
copy of this notice by Maryland 20785 was ap-
mail within 25 days of its pointed personal repre-
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
sentative of the estate of
William Eric Johnson,
Sr. who died on Novem-
January 8, 2011 - January 14, 2011, The Afro-American B7
address and relation- ber 16, 2010 without a

ship.
LEGAL
Date NOTICES
of Publication:
December 31, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
William H. Jackson
Personal
Representative
202-841-1040
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12/31, 1/7, 1/14
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM1217
John Robert Crenshaw
Decedent
Samuel C. Hamilton
Metro Plaza One,
Suite 620
8401 Colesville Road
Silver Spring MD
20910
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
N O T I C E T O
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Alvin Thomas Carter,
whose address is 12714
Brandywine Road,
Brandywine, Maryland
20613 was appointed
personal representative
of the estate of John
Robert Crenshaw, who
died on August 27, 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)
cedent¬s will)shall be be
shall
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
June 30, 2011. Claims
against the decedent
shall be presented to the
undersigned with a copy
to the Register of Wills
or filed with the Register
of Wills with a copy to
the undersigned, on or
before June 30, 2011, or
be forever barred. Per-
sons believed to be
heirs or legatees of the
decedent who do not re-
ceive a copy of this no-
tice by mail within 25
days of its first publica-
tion shall so inform the
Register of Wills, includ-
ing name, address and
relationship.
Date of Publication:
December 31, 2010
Name of newspaper:
LEGAL NOTICES
Superior Court of
the District of
Columbia
Civil Division
Case No. 9944-2010
IN RE:
Ronald Nathaniel Little
Applicant
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION
CHANGE OF NAME
Ronald Nathaniel Little
having filed a complaint
for judgment changing
Ronald Nathaniel Little
name to Ayyub Shuaib
Sulaiman 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 December 2010.
ORDERED, that all per-
sons concerned show
cause, if any there be,
on or before the 1st day
of February 2011, 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
Newspapers.
0
that pursuant to SCR
205(b) notice be sent to
the DC Chief of Police
and to the DC Depart-
ment of Corrections by
registered or certified
mail and that proof of
service of mailing be
made in the manner pro-
vided in SCR Probate
Rule 14(b).
JUDGE
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1/7, 1/14, 1/21
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM1218
Theodore E. Powell
Decedent
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Barbara P. Hale, whose
address is 712 Quade
Street, Forest Heights,
MD 20745 was ap-
pointed personal repre-
sentative of the estate of
Theodore E. Powell,
who died on August 22,
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
LEGAL NOTICES
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM1224
Joyce Biggs Washing-
ton
Decedent
Wesley L. Clarke
1629 K Street NW
Washington DC 20006
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Joyce Moreland, whose
address is 2901 32nd
Street, SE Washington
DC 20020 was ap-
pointed personal repre-
sentative of the estate of
Joyce Biggs Washing-
ton, who died on
November 15, 2010
without a will, and will
serve without Court su-
pervision. All unknown
heirs and heirs whose
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment
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 July 7, 2011. Claims
against the decedent
shall be presented to the
undersigned with a copy
to the Register of Wills
or filed with the Register
of Wills with a copy to
the undersigned, on or
before July 7, 2011, or
be forever barred. Per-
sons believed to be
heirs or legatees of the
decedent who do not re-
ceive a copy of this no-
tice by mail within 25
days of its first publica-
tion shall so inform the
Register of Wills, includ-
ing name, address and
relationship.
Date of Publication:
January 7, 2011
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Joyce Moreland
Personal
Representative
202-257-9730
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
1/7, 1/14, 1/21
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
CAREER CORNER
will, and will serve with-
LEGAL
out Court NOTICES
supervision. LEGAL NOTICES
All unknown heirs and
h e i r s w h o s e
whereabouts are un- MBE/WBE
known shall enter their Subcontractors and Suppliers
appearance in this Ulliman Schutte Construction, LLC, Miamisburg,
proceeding. Objections OH is interested in receiving quotes from qualified
to such appointment
shall be filed with the
MBE/WBE subcontractors and suppliers for the
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Register of Wills, D.C., Phase 3 - Electrical Improvements at the Blue
Plains AWWTP 5000 Overlook Ave. Washing,
515 5th Street, N.W.,
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3rd Floor Washington,
D.C. 20001, on or be- are available for Specifications Divisions 1 thru 16. and international newsworthy events, serving as the departmental
Plans available online:
fore July 7, 2011. Claims
http://www.ullimanschutte.com/documents/bids/ personnel manager and monitoring the progress of articles in process
against the decedent
shall be presented to the
Please Fax quotes to 937-910-9910 attention Eric and upcoming editions of the newspaper.
Yerian. Contact telephone 937-910-9900.
undersigned with a copy Ulliman Schutte Construction, LLC
to the Register of Wills
or filed with the Register
9900 Springboro Pike This person will also be responsible for maintaining several
Miamisburg, Ohio 45342
of Wills with a copy to
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www.ullimanschutte.com blogs, producing and anchoring webcasts, features writer for
the undersigned, on or
before July 7, 2011, or
Opportunity Employer supplemental publications, copyediting and proofreading, news-
be forever barred. Per- room administration, reviewing the public e-mail inbox, helping to
sons believed to be
heirs or legatees of the NOTICE OF BID coordinate and addressing tour groups on their visits to the company,
decedent who do not re- coordinating internship program, and representing the company at
ceive a copy of this no- Adams Robinson Enterprises is seeking bid propos-
tice by mail within 25 als and quotes from Minority Business Enterprises public events.
days of its first publica- (MBE) and Women Business Enterprises (WBE)
tion shall so inform the
Register of Wills, includ-
subcontractors and suppliers for the City of Annap- The minimum qualifications for this position include a bachelors
olis, Anne Arundel County, MD Broadneck WRF
ing name, address and ENR Upgrade project, Contract No. S803101, which degree in journalism and three (3) years practical experience.
relationship. bids on Tuesday January 18, 2011 at 1:30 P.M.
Date of Publication:
Plans may be viewed at Adams Robinson Enter-
January 7, 2011 prises, 2735 Needmore Rd., Dayton, OH; Office of Annual salary of $52,000. Send all resumes to:
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
the Department of Public Works, Heritage Office
Complex, 2662 Riva Road, Annapolis, MD and Tow-
Washington Law son MHC, 8501 LaSalle Road, Suite 304, Towson,
John E. Leister
Reporter
William Eric Johnson Jr
MD. The AFRO American Newspapers
Personal Submit written proposals until 12:30 P.M., Tuesday 2519 N. Charles St.
January 18, 2011 at Adams Robinson Enterprises,
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45414, Phone
2011
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REGISTER OF WILLS
1/7, 1/14, 1/21
”Balfour Beatty Construction in a partnership with No telephone calls will be accepted.
The Ranger Group and Trusted Solutions Group
would like to invite all federal certified small
businesses and CBE´s in the construction industry
SUPPORT to attend a Small Business Outreach Event and
Information Session. The event will be held on
OUR January 13, 2011 at 1:00PM at Howard University´s
ADVERTISERS Blackburn Center. Please contact Bennie Kovach at
bkovach@balfourbeattyus.com for registration in-
formation to this free event.”
St.St. Mary¬s
Mary’s County
County MetropolitanCommission
Metropolitan Commission
Invitationfor
Invitation forBids
Bids
Wastewater Lab Digestion System
Wastewater Lab Digestion
Contract #11-08-FSystem
Contract #11-08-F
The St. Mary's County Metropolitan Commission is currently soliciting Bids for
the purchase of a programmable block digestion system, cooling stand and
glassware. Delivery, training and manufacturer's warranties must be included in
the unit Bid price.
One (1) original and one (1) copy of the sealed Bid should be addressed to Joy
Hamlet Purchasing Agent, and marked ∫SEALED“SEALED BID FOR “WASTEWATER
BID FOR ∫WASTEWATER
LAB DIGESTION SYSTEM, CONTRACT #1108-F.” #1108-F∫. The Bids will be received
at tie office of the Commission, at 43990 commerce Avenue, Hollywood, Maryland
20636, until 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on January 25, 2011 and then and
there the Bids will be publicly opened and read.
Bid packages are available for review at the main office of the Commission
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. and on the Commission website
at www.metcom.org. Inquiries concerning proposal documents should be directed
to Joy Hamlet, Purchasing Agent at 301-373-4733, Extension 222 or at jhamlet@
metcom.org.
The St. Mary's Metropolitan Commission reserves the right to reject any or all
proposals and to waive any informality in the proposals submitted when such
waiver is in the best interest of the Commission.

Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Alvin Thomas Carter
Personal
Representative
301-257-6269
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
12/31, 1/7, 1/14
Superior Court of
the District of
Columbia
Civil Division
Case No. 11-0000005
IN RE:
Tia Lynnisha Garrett
Applicant
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION
CHANGE OF NAME
Tia Lynnisha Garrett
having filed a complaint
for judgment changing
Tia Lynnisha Garrett
name to Tia Lynnisha
Ellis and having applied
to the court for an Order
of Publication of the no-
tice required by law in
such cases; it is by the
Court this 3rd day of
January 2011 hereby
ORDERED, that all per-
sons concerned show
cause, if any there be,
on or before the 7th day
of February 2011, 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
Newspapers.
JUDGE
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1/7, 1/14, 1/21
Superior Court of
the District of
Columbia
Civil Division
Case No. 10-9630
IN RE:
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 July 7, 2011. Claims
against the decedent
shall be presented to the
undersigned with a copy
to the Register of Wills
or filed with the Register
of Wills with a copy to
the undersigned, on or
before July 7, 2011, or
be forever barred. Per-
sons believed to be
heirs or legatees of the
decedent who do not re-
ceive a copy of this no-
tice by mail within 25
days of its first publica-
tion shall so inform the
Register of Wills, includ-
ing name, address and
relationship.
Date of Publication:
January 7, 2011
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Barbara P. Hale
Personal
Representative
301-749-8046
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
1/7, 1/14, 1/21
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM1225
John Shaw Toole
Decedent
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Barbara V. Hubbard,
whose address is 3609
Strictly Personal
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM1248
Edyth V. Anderson
Decedent
Alan Scott Gregory
Pen Pals
7600 Georgia Ave NW
Washington DC 20012
Attorney
NOTICE OF Truthful man seeking spiritual pen pals. Womb my emana-
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO tion. Law is unification. Breath, knowledge and conscious-
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
ness! William Piggie, P.O. Box 565, Pittsboro, N.C. 27312
UNKNOWN HEIRS ---
Lyn Dyson, whose ad-
dress is 5327 East
Capitol Street, SE Lonesome Hearts - Pen Pals
Washington DC 20019
was appointed personal
To have a notice published in the Strictly Personal Section,
representative of the write the message you want printed in the space below.
estate of Edyth V. An-
derson, who died on Enclose ten dollars ($10.00), check or money order for 25
December 10, 2010 with
a will, and will serve
words. NO CASH PLEASE. Additional words will cost 50
without Court supervi- cents each.
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)
will)shall be be
cedent¬s shall
filed with the Register of To answer a Lonesome Heart notice, enclose a check or mon-
Wills, D.C., 515 5th ey order for $2.00 for each letter you wish to have forwarded.
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . NO CASH PLEASE. Be sure to include the fox number of
20001, on or before July
7, 2011. Claims against
the person you wish to contact.
the decedent shall be
presented to the under-
All letters, queries and notices should be sent to:
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills STRICTLY PERSONAL
2519 N. Charles Street
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before July
Baltimore, MD 21218
7, 2011 or be forever
barred. Persons be-
lieved 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,

To Advertise call
Hamilton Street, Hyatts- address and relation-
Shawnique Pitt ville, MD 20782 was ap-
in case of ship.
pointed personal repre- Date of Publication:
Sean Mervyn Pitt sentative of the estate of
Applicant John Shaw Toole, who January 7, 2011
ORDER OF died on May 20, 2008 Name of newspaper:
PUBLICATION without a will, and will Afro-American
CHANGE OF NAME serve without Court su- Washington Law
pervision. All unknown Reporter

Shawnique Pitt having
filed a complaint for
judgment changing
Sean Mervyn Pitt name
to Sean Mervyn Garcia
Jr. 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 30 day of December
2010.
ORDERED, that all per-
sons concerned show
cause, if any there be,
on or before the 2 day
of February 2011, 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.
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that pursuant to SCR
205(b) notice be sent to
applicants creditors by
registered or certified
mail and that proof of
service of mailing be
made in the manner pro-
vided in SCR Probate
Rule 19(b).
JUDGE
A TRUE COPY TEST:
1/7, 1/14, 1/21
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202-332-0080
heirs and heirs whose Lyn Dyson
whereabouts are un- Personal
known shall enter their Representative
appearance in this 202-270-2850
proceeding. Objections
TRUE TEST COPY
to such appointment (or REGISTER OF WILLS
to the probate of de-
1/7, 1/14, 1/21
cedent’s
cedent¬swill)will)shall be be
shall
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th Superior Court of
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor the District of
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . District of Columbia
20001, on or before July PROBATE DIVISION
7, 2011. Claims against Washington, D.C.
the decedent shall be 20001-2131
presented to the under- Administration No.
signed with a copy to the 2010ADM1251
Register of Wills or filed
William Eric Johnson,
with the Register of Wills Sr
with a copy to the under-
Decedent
signed, on or before July
7, 2011, or be forever W. Alton Lewis, Esq
barred. Persons be- 1450 Mercantile Lane,
lieved to be heirs or Suite 155
legatees of the decedent Largo, Maryland 20774
who do not receive a Attorney
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
YOU KNOW
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS YOU’RE IN THE
Wills, including name, AND NOTICE TO
address and relation-
ship.
UNKNOWN HEIRS KNOW...
William Eric Johnson, Jr.
Date of Publication:
January 7, 2011
Name of newspaper:
whose address is 805
Parrot Court, Hyattsville,
WHEN YOU READ
Afro-American
Washington Law
Maryland 20785 was ap-
pointed personal repre- THE AFRO
Reporter sentative of the estate of
Barbara V. Hubbard William Eric Johnson,
Personal Sr. who died on Novem-
Representative ber 16, 2010 without a
301-779-0560 will, and will serve with-
TRUE TEST COPY out Court supervision.
REGISTER OF WILLS
1/7, 1/14, 1/21
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
B8 The Afro-American, January 8, 2011 - January 8, 2011

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