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Former Shomrim patroller bruises and a broken wrist. In the United Kingdom,
Eliyahu Werdesheim and his During the assault, Eliyahu the Sun had a headline of
brother Avi were scheduled reportedly told the teen he “Obama ‘Watched him Die’”
to stand trial May 2 in the “didn’t belong here.” with a slightly altered photo
racially charged case that But the Werdesheims of President Barack Obama,
led several Black leaders contend they were acting in Vice President Joe Biden,
to accuse Baltimore State’s self-defense after the boy Secretary of State Hillary
Attorney Greg Bernstein of grabbed a nail-embedded Clinton and various other
giving preferential treatment plank of wood. government and military
to the Jewish officials watching the
defendants.
The brothers
“I think they want people operation in progress on a
monitor.
and their separate to get impatient, and they The Sun’s article, heavy
attorneys were with graphics, detailed the
granted a continuance are counting on us to be events leading up to the
by Circuit Court
Judge Charles Peters
forgetful.” capture of bin Laden. “Mr.
Obama could not hide his
April 21. – Rev. CD Witherspoon relief when he realized the
“All I can deadly reign of Bin Laden
say is that we asked for a Several Blacks in – codenamed Geronimo by
postponement for further the community decried US officials – was finally
preparation,” said Andrew Bernstein’s decision to drop over,” the article said. “The
I. Alperstein, attorney for a felony first-degree assault breakthrough in the hunt house on the Kakul road some 150 km from
Eliyahu. charge against Eliyahu in for the evil warlord came after detainees at Islamabad for quite some time,” the story said.
A spokeswoman for January. Guantanamo Bay prison camp were tortured, it “His hideout was not as many believed, some
Bernstein said their office had The teen’s attorney, J. was revealed last night.” where in the tribal regions but in Abbottabad,
opposed the delay. Wyndal Gordon, told the Asian Age in New Delhi, India, perhaps an hour’s drive from the Pakistani capital,
The new trial is set for AFRO in a previous interview influenced by strained relations between India Islamabad.”
July 12. that Bernstein was “being and Pakistan released a headline of “U.S. On the flip side, the Express Tribune in
According to court soft” on Werdesheim because Kills Bin Laden in (You Knew It) Pakistan.” Karachi, Pakistan says the country is still
records, while a 15-year-old he is Jewish. Accompanying the headline was a photo of dealing with the after effects of Bin Laden
Northwestern High School “There is no other reason the $1 million compound where bin Laden had with the headline of “Even in death, Osama
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Obituaries
Benjamin E. Smith, 64 Marcia P. Brown, 67
Federal Government Employee Educator
Benjamin E. Smith and master’s degrees in Marcia Parks Brown She collected giraffes and
(affectionately known as business administration. was born Dec. 29, 1943, in African masks as a hobby.
Ben) was born on March 8, Benjamin held several Newport News, Va., to the Completing jigsaw puzzles,
1947, in Richmond, Va., to professional positions and late Norma A. Parks and gardening, reading, and
the late Herman and Amelia was influential in obtaining Clinton R. Parks Jr. shopping were all pastimes in
Smith. His older brother, employment for his nieces Marcia was raised and which Marcia took pleasure.
Alfred W. Smith, preceded and nephews. He had a
educated in Hampton, Va. Marcia was one-of-a kind.
him in death in 1996. successful career with the
Benjamin was raised in federal government and, in After graduating from She had a way of making
the heart of Baltimore City 2007, retired after 30 years of George P. Phenix High everyone feel comfortable in
in the 600 block of North service. School, where she was an her presence. Her candidness
Carrolton Ave. During his Benjamin’s life was an honor student and member and humor made her the
childhood, he made many inspiration and a light to many of the tennis team, she “life of the party” at family
of friends who have lasted a people. His wisdom and matriculated to Hampton gatherings. She always
lifetime. intelligence were unmatched. Institute where she was stayed in good spirits,
Benjamin was educated Benjamin could speak on initiated into Alpha Kappa thought positively, and never
in the Baltimore City Public any topic and had a breath Alpha Sorority. She majored in history and complained, even throughout the duration of
School System. After BENJAMIN E. SMITH of knowledge that was graduated with honors. Upon graduation, her illness. Marcia did not hesitate to put the
graduating from Edmondson unsurpassed. He made an
Marcia moved to Baltimore to begin her needs of her family members above her own.
High School in 1965, he entered the United everlasting impression on the lives of many.
States Air Force during the Vietnam War and On May 8, one month exactly to the day teaching career. It was in Baltimore where she This was evident when she donated a kidney
became a jet engine mechanic. After being after his 64th birthday, Benjamin made his met and married Arnett James Brown Jr. who to her brother, the late Charles Parks. What
honorably discharged from the military, he transition. He was preceded in death by the preceded her in death in 1990. brought her the most joy in her later years
attended what was then known as Morgan love of his life, Linda Diane Gresham. Marcia worked as a teacher and facilitator was being “Gram” to her granddaughter,
State College, where he received bachelor’s in the Baltimore City Public Schools System Sydney. A special bond existed between the
for 42 years. In 1996, she was elected two. “Pepe,” “Aunt Myt,” “Meme,” “Momma
Free Service
a grandmother, great- covers for Sunday service.
grandmother, educator, She traveled with the deacons
church and community to visit the sick and shut-in
leader who will truly be weekly, ministering to the
missed.
Thelma was educated
elderly.
Thelma kept all records Obituaries are printed for free by
in the Baltimore City Public School System and provided any and everything any saint or
and was a graduate of Carver Vocational High
School. Thelma was employed as a children’s
community member needed. She also loved
keys. She unlocked and locked the church for
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An avid volunteer, during political
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Over the years, she developed a great
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voters registration. Her other activities
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She received a large number of awards,
including those from the state of Maryland, Newspaper, 2519 N. Charles Street,
the 1980s.
Thelma accepted Jesus Christ and joined
the U.S. Senate and the mayor. She was also
affiliated with the American Red Cross, Baltimore, MD 21218
Emmanuel C.C. Church at a young age under Goodwill Industries, Blue Point Nursing
the leadership of the late Rev. Wilbert H. Home and the NAACP.
Walters. A dedicated saint for over 60 years, For 20 years, residing at the N.M. Carroll
she continued to serve the Lord with her all. Manor, Thelma worked the front desk and
Thelma sang with the No. 2 choir, Chancellor helped organize the Friday Sing Along. She
Choir and Early Morning Choir, and also the was a writer, organizer, sending out cards
Golden Age Circle. and decorating the bulletin boards for all
She loved to sing God’s praises. Her most occasions.
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Opinion
Show Me Your Passbook
(NNPA) – I am glad that have achieved positions of power and
President Barack Obama has influence. In their minds, African
a sense of humor about the Americans are not “real” Americans,
birthers. I don’t, and I am those who have immigrated here
disgusted that Donald Trump, are not “real” Americans, and
lacking in both sense and (gasp!) those of different religions
scruples, was able to push are not “real” Americans. Thanks,
the president to releasing his President Obama, for skewering
“long form” birth certificate. them with humor and with a bit
Now that the birth certificate of an edge during your speech at
has been released, perhaps, the White House Correspondents’
we can get back to some of Dinner. Masterful, to suggest that
the business of government, Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann
except for the fact that those is Canadian. But, Canadians are
Julianne Malveaux who want to embrace their White, and they’d never be asked, as
racism and believe that Latinos often are in Arizona, to show
President Obama was not born here, did not star at Harvard their passbooks. They can pass.
(despite his position on the competitive Law Review) and did If the birthers want to see the
not “deserve” his election (which did not depend on hanging passports of those who have come
chads”) will continue to promulgate their nonsense. to this country from the African
Meanwhile, President Obama was maneuvered into continent, they might try looking at
analogously showing his passbook, the very same passbook that the footprints of our nation’s capital,
Black South Africans had to show before the end of apartheid the same capital that enslaved people
to prove their citizenship. They could be forced to show the built, the capital from which they spew their distortions. If That Mr. Trump could not manage to crack a smile speaks
passbook at any time by any White person who questioned their birthers want to see passports, they might want to go to volumes for his nature, and that he would take credit for
right to be somewhere. While I never quite saw Mr. Trump as the Underground Railroad Museum to look at the chains pushing the president into releasing his birth certificate shouts
one of the arrogant Afrikaners who perpetrated the apartheid slaveholders used to contain others. In showing the chains, we out his shallowness.
system, his use of birther logic was similar to the logic that show the passports. Now, that passbooks have been shown, it is time to get
White South Africans used to maintain their supremacy. These birthers have a lot of nerve. They attack immigration, back to the salt mines. Debt ceiling, anyone? Budget cuts?
The birther demands remind me of the grandfather clauses but they, too, are the descendants of immigrants. Just because Back in the day Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Today,
of the post-Civil War era, when people of African descent were they rode on the top of the boat (not in the hold, as cargo), does candidate Trump talks trash and incites invective while the real
only allowed to vote if their grandfathers could. Since most of not mean they can claim superiority to those who have become issues around the future of our nation are neglected. Now that
our grandfathers were enslaved and lacked birth certificates, immigrants just because they changed borders (remember, the long form birth certificate has trumped Trump, are there
the grandfather clauses were an effective way to limit, if not Texas and Arizona used to be Mexico). In demanding that legislators who will deal with education, employment, health
completely exclude, the Black vote. The Trump cry to “show President Obama show his birth certificate/his passbook, care, and human services?
me your birth certificate” is reminiscent of the grandfather they are challenging the roots of our nation’s already flawed
clauses that impeded equal rights. immigrant history. Julianne Malveaux is president of Bennett College
The birthers who wanted to see President Obama’s passbook President Obama is a better American than I am. He put for Women in Greensboro, N.C. Her most recent book is
are not only challenging his legitimacy, but the legitimacy of Trump and his birthers in their place with an incisive and biting “Surviving and Thriving: 365 Days in Black Economic
many of African descent who live in these United States and humor while I have been hammering them with a silent rage. History.”
Trumped
When Donald Trump citizenship challenged, their religious faith challenged, or their To no one’s surprise, the media is more interested in Trump
began to make public educational achievement challenged? the entertainer, not Trump the candidate. The media has yet to
overtures about his possible I will leave to your own imagination the one thing that challenge Trump on some of the idiotic things he has said about
interest in running for separates Obama from any other president we have had. Obama. Why has the media not asked to see Trumps college
president of the U.S., I thought Success is not how far you have come, but rather, the transcripts, financial statements, etc.?
he could be a substantive wild distance travelled from where you started. By this standard, Trump doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of becoming
card in the race. I thought Obama is much more successful than Trump will ever be. president. I hope he is not intoxicated enough to believe the
Trump could be a viable Remember, Trump inherited his wealth from his father’s very polls that show him No. 1 or 2 in the Republican primary.
candidate because he does successful real estate company – Trump increased revenues, but These polls mean absolutely nothing – it is way too early to
have a successful track record he began his journey with extreme wealth. look at polls.
as a businessman. During next Obama, on the other hand, started in dire poverty and Trump is in the process of destroying the one thing that is
year’s presidential campaign, ended up being president of the U.S. Now, tell me who is more almost impossible to regain once lost – his brand. Donald may
the economy will be the No. 1 successful? have trumped Obama by forcing his hand in regards to his
issue – this would have played So, on April 27 I was totally astonished when Obama birth certificate. But, the more Trump talks about crazy issues
Raynard Jackson right into Trump’s strength. publically disclosed the long version of his birth certificate. like birth certificates, college records, or whether Obama is a
But, Trump has allowed He had refused to do so for the past three years and out of Muslim, the more he looks like a joker.
himself to be hijacked by his own ego. He has allowed some Our country is facing too
Republican political operative to convince him that talking “...the more Trump talks about crazy issues like birth certifi- many serious issues to allow this
about whether Obama is a U.S. “citizen” or not is a way to help type of foolishness to continue.
him with Republican primary voters. cates, college records, or whether Obama is a Muslim, the more If we, as voters, allow Donald
Now Trump is questioning how Obama got into Columbia to trump the seriousness of the
and Harvard universities. He has accused Obama of being an
he looks like a joker.” issues we are facing with the
“affirmative action” case – in other words, Obama didn’t earn tomfoolery Trump has exhibited,
his admission to these schools, but rather, was admitted only nowhere, he releases it. Obama was trumped by Donald into then we have no one to blame if our country falls like a house
because he was Black. releasing this personal data. Obama has once again given his of cards. It will be too late to then say to Trump, “You’re fired!”
What a sad commentary when the media allows someone enemies the impression he is weak and is afraid to deal with
to make baseless charges, without being challenged. What confrontation. Raynard Jackson is president and CEO of Raynard Jackson
proof does Trump have of this, since Obama’s records are The more Trump talks, the less credible he becomes as a & Associates LLC., a D.C.-public relations/government affairs
private? Am I the only one who finds it quite amazing that none possible presidential candidate. He has yet to give an interview firm. He is also a contributing editor for ExcellStyle Magazine
of the previous 43 presidents of the U.S. have ever had their were he offered a serious discussion on the issues of the day. & U.S. Africa Magazine.
To Be Equal#18
Housing Counseling Budget Cut – An Assault on the Middle Class
“Every American lives in For the past several years, the National Urban League modified. According to J. Michael Collins, one of the study
safe, decent, affordable, and and others on the front lines of this crisis have offered free researchers, “To the extent education or counseling supports
energy efficient housing on counseling assistance that has helped countless first time buyers stable homeownership, the public has an interest in expanding
fair terms.” negotiate fair terms, and thousands of others, modify their these programs to prevent the negative impacts of unsuccessful
—National Urban League loans, avoid foreclosure and stay in their homes. Housing homeownership.”
I AM EMPOWERED pledge counselors have also helped hundreds of thousands of seniors, Foreclosures are not just a financial crisis for families who
many of whom are required to receive counseling before taking experience them – they can lead to blighted communities, an
If there was any doubt that out a reverse-mortgage. Without funding support from HUD, increase in crime, family instability; and a weaker housing
middle- and working-class many of these housing counseling programs will be forced to market means fewer jobs in construction and many other
Americans are paying more close up shop, cut back services or charge for previously free housing-related areas.
than their fair share in the services. And, without the support of HUD-certified housing In a recent Chicago Tribune article, Geoff Smith, senior vice
deficit reduction battles, the counselors, many more Americans will find themselves at president of Woodstock Institute, a Chicago-based research and
budget cuts recently enacted the mercy of complex mortgage schemes, unscrupulous advocacy firm is quoted as saying, “One of the things that’s
to prevent a government come out of this (housing) crisis
Marc H. Morial shutdown make it absolutely is the importance of counselors,
clear. Everything from Pell “…without the support of HUD-certified housing counselors, the importance of working with
grants for college tuition to heating assistance for low income someone to help you understand
citizens suffered serious cuts. One of the most egregious and many more Americans will find themselves at the mercy of com- the true cost of homeownership.”
unconscionable cuts was the elimination of total 2011 funding It is clear: The loss of housing
– $88 million – for the Department of Housing and Urban
plex mortgage schemes, unscrupulous mortgage negotiators or counseling will lead to more
Development (HUD) housing counseling initiative. This cut fraudulent mortgage loan scam artists.” foreclosures and fewer jobs. It
comes in the midst of a housing foreclosure crisis that has hit is unconscionable that funds for
communities of color especially hard. housing counseling would be
The current foreclosure crisis will likely result in mortgage negotiators or fraudulent mortgage loan scam artists. eliminated in the midst of the current housing crisis. We urge
the greatest loss of wealth for African Americans since A new study by the Mortgage Bankers Association shows the Congress to reverse this assault on the middle class and
Reconstruction. According to the nonpartisan Center for that potential homeowners who participate in pre-purchase restore HUD’s housing counseling funds in the 2012 budget.
Responsible Lending, close to 20 percent of African Americans education and counseling programs may be more likely
and Latinos may lose their homes by the time this crisis to pay their mortgages on time; and those who participate Marc Morial is the president and CEO of the National
bottoms out. in default counseling are more likely to have their loans Urban League.
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News Analysis
Obama got Osama – But Gets Little Credit for Doing It
By George E. Curry of his body.” “I know that the unity that about where Obama was born
TheDefendersOnline.com Jubilant, flag-waving President Barack we felt on 9/11 has frayed a were put to rest.
Americans gathered in front Obama delivers a little bit over the years, and Although former
If Pakistan cannot or will of the White House and at statement in the I have no illusions about the President Bush applauded
not take out these high-level Ground Zero in New York East Room of the difficulties of the debates the capture and killing of
terrorists targets and we to celebrate. The New York White House on that we’ll have to be engaged Osama bin Laden, other
have actionable intelligence Daily News carried a photo of the mission against in, in the weeks ahead and conservatives are belittling
about where they are, then I bin Laden the next day with Osama bin Laden, months to come,” he said. Obama’s accomplishment.
We’re not
Baltimore
“I don’t really care. I “In a statement, Dr. Tareq Al Haidan, foreign minister’s
feel like the media is adding assistant for political affairs, said: “Terrorism had a negative
fuel to the fire. Granted he impact on the reputation and image of Islam and Muslims,
is gone [but] he had people apart from the killing of thousands of innocent people,” the
just in your
that were following him, paper reported.
so who’s to say they won’t The Sydney Morning Herald in Australia lead with
try do to the same thing he “Vengeance at Last” and a large photo of bin Laden with
did?” facts from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since 9/11. “2976
innocent lives were lost on September 11, 2001. In Iraq and
neighborhood.
Reporting by Shernay Afghanistan 7000 coalition troops and some 100,000 civilians
Williams, AFRO staff writer. have since died. The wars combined have cost America $1.2
trillion and counting,” the Morning Herald said.
your corner.
why the charges would be the Werdesheims’ critics. placards that read “Safety Is
dropped,” he said. “This “I think they want people Our Right” and “We Love U
young child was assaulted to get impatient, and they Eli & Avi” at the brothers’
because he was African are counting on us to be arraignment last February.
American in a Jewish forgetful,” he said. “But that Barbershop owner Jacob
community.” is not the case at all. We Lurman closed his Pikesville
Several community are going to continue to be store that day to protest in
leaders say they have filed committed to this issue.” support of the brothers. He
a complaint with the U.S. Although many reports called their encounter with
Justice Department and are reference three men, the teen “unfortunate” but
urging the federal agency the juvenile reported said he didn’t think it was a
review the case as a hate that four had assaulted hate crime.
crime. him, Witherspoon said, In a January statement,
“This juvenile was which means two alleged the State’s Attorney’s Office
waiting to be picked up by his perpetrators have yet to be said Eli’s charges were
mother and he was attacked charged. dropped “based on a careful
by four adult men and he For Witherspoon, this and thorough investigation of
was bashed in the back of his case is just as much about the facts and analysis of the
head,” recounted community classism and government applicable law.”
activist the Rev. CD accountability as it is about Both brothers face three
Witherspoon. He was one of race. misdemeanor charges of false
several local leaders who had Yet, the Werdesheims imprisonment, second-degree
planned a mass demonstration have the support of many assault and possession of a
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Aliyah Schools,
Tiffany Davis-
Schools and Sean
Schools
Malik loves his mom because she feeds him
Fruity Pebbles cereal and milk. Katila loves
her mom because “mommy loves” her.
“She’s nice.
She gives me
lots of things
and she’s
pretty.”
Wordchard and Marie Faustin
Wilbert Reid and
Denise Williams
“ She’s the best mom I could have.
What do I need to describe?”
“She’s always
been on top of
me and kept me
grounded.”
Connie Tolbert
and Florence Bennett
Photos by
“I love and admire my mom for her Danita Delaney
strength, her ability to rise to the and Bill Tabron
occasion of any challenge and her warm
loving nature. She is my rock and always
Shirley Johnson encourages me to be my best. People tell
and Rosalyn Stewart me that I am a fun-loving, happy person. “She spoils me. When I ask her
I can only attribute these traits to the
for something, she says, ‘No.’
woman who taught me tolerance and the
“My mom’s generosity and her soul Then she turns around and gets
importance to live my truth no matter Veronica McDonald
food Sundays... helps keep our family what obstacles you encounter in life. Mom it for me anyway.”
connected.” is a mother of seven children, all raised in
and Hydeaia Hale
love and we all love her unconditionally.”
www.afro.com
Stephanie Mills Rekindles ‘the Fire’ With Tour and New Album
By Gregory Dale thereafter, the Brooklyn native album, her tour and life as a formative years. title that [I made] it the title
AFRO Staff Writer exploded into the R&B scene performer and mother. of my album. I’m staying true AFRO: You’ve already
and scored her first hit with AFRO: What can fans to who I am, but just with an had an amazing career. But
Her string of memorable “What Cha Gonna Do With AFRO: You’ve been in expect at your show at Ram’s updated version of music. is there something that you’d
hits have been embedded My Lovin’?” in 1979. The the music industry for quite Head? I’m staying very true to my like to do that you haven’t
in R&B fans’ hearts for single marked Mills’ coming a long time. How does it feel SM: We just revamped the R&B roots and what people already?
of age and her collection to have had such a lengthy show that we performed in are used to me sounding SM: I want to release a
of subsequent hits quickly career? Vegas. It’s upbeat. I wanted like−just with a 2011 sound. I children’s book. I also want to
ushered her into R&B hall Stephanie Mills: I feel to do a show that I enjoyed have Josiah Martin producing continue touring and do a lot
of fame status. blessed and I feel fortunate. and knew that my audiences tracks. Donald Lawrence is of shows because I absolutely
After nearly three Will Downing and I [recently] would enjoy. I’m going to sing overseeing the project for love that. I’d like to have a
decades in played in Las Vegas and all of my songs−Something in me. He’s connecting me with perfume line and a clothing
the music we had great show. It was the Way, Feel the Fire, I Feel some R&B that have wanted line made for petite women.
industry, just wonderful to not have Good, Home, Never Knew to work with him for a very It seems like everything is
Mills slowed something new out, and to Love…I’m singing a lot of the long time. So, it’s coming made for tall women and I’m
down in have people still come. The older songs. together very nicely. small−that’s something that I
the house was almost full. I just want to do.
early felt appreciated. AFRO: Let’s talk about AFRO: When will it be
‘Breathless.’ Explain the released? Stephanie Mills comes to
AFRO: So, what’s been creation of this album and SM: We don’t have an Rams Head On Stage on May
your proudest moment? what listeners can anticipate. exact date because we went 19. For more information and
SM: Having my son. He’s SM: Well, I wrote a song back and redid some tracks. to purchase tickets, visit www.
10 years called “Breathless” and I just But there will be a single out ramsheadonstage.com and
old now… thought it was such a nice probably by the end of June. www.stephaniemillsmusic.com.
Stephanie Mills that was my
proudest
comes to the moment.
By Rosa
Pryor
Rams Head On
AFRO:
Stage in Annapolis Your career
on May 19 must be
“HAPPY MOMMY’S DAY TO ALL THE MOTHERS”
pretty
A special hello to all the mothers! This is your weekend.
decades, and now, soul singer 2000s following the demanding.
Not just Sunday, but this whole weekend. Enjoy it to the fullest,
Stephanie Mills is setting out birth of her son. Now, the How do you manage it all and
believe me, you earned it.
to rekindle this magic once singer is celebrating her return taking care of your son?
Now, to the children who still have
more. and anticipating the release of SM: Well, I took some
their mothers, if you haven’t told your
Mills first captured her album Breathless. She’s time off to take care of him.
mother that you appreciate her, you love
audiences’ attention when she currently touring across the I haven’t been working a lot.
her or gave her something special to put
was just a youth, appearing country and will come to Now, I’m getting back into it
a smile on her face, then I suggest that
in many Broadway hits Rams Head in Annapolis, Md., because he’s 10. But I wanted
you stop what you are doing and do it
including the classic musical on May 19. The AFRO spoke to be home when he came Barbara Nicholson
now. Tomorrow is not promised. Unlike
The Wiz in 1975. Shortly with Mills about her upcoming home from school and those Board Member & Hospitality
me and so many of my readers, who no
Committee
longer have our mothers and have to go to
a gravesite to place flowers on her grave is
HILARIOUS, SWEET
a terrible situation. So, my friends; cherish her, give her flowers while she
“ still can smell them.
Depending on your mother’s taste of pleasure, here are a few places Claudia Dock
you can take her:
AND RELATABLE.”
Hospitality Committee
Just Us Social Club presents a Pre- Co-Chair
Mother’s Day Celebration featuring
Mike Sampson, JOBLO
Baltimore’s own First Class, on Friday, May 6, 8 p.m. until 12
midnight at 400 E. Lexington St. For more information, call Dana at
443-610-4198.
“ONE OF THE MOST SATISFYING There is the Historic Frederick Douglass High School Alumni
Association benefit concert on Saturday,
ROMANTIC COMEDIES TO COME May 7, 2-5 p.m. in the Mary West Miller
ALONG IN YEARS.” George Hickman, SCENE-STEALERS
Auditorium at Frederick Douglass High
School, 2301 Gwynns Falls Parkway in
Baltimore, featuring Harold Adams, Eric
Byrd, Amy Shook, Robert Shahid and Dr.
“BRIDESMAIDS REACHES LEVELS OF John Lamkin and also the Douglass High
School Jazz Band with David Burton,
HILARITY AND HEART THAT MOVIES Marva Townsend
director. For ticket information, call 410-
LIKE THESE HAVEN’T REACHED IN 960-8041.
Take your mother to the ‘70s Soul Jam’ Concert featuring the
OVER A DECADE.” Peter Sciretta, SLASHFILM
Stylistics, Chilites, The Dramatics, New Birth and Main Ingredient
featuring Cuba Gooding Sr. on Saturday, May 7 at the Hippodrome
Camay Murphy
Theater.
This is something very special. One of the Rosa Pryor Music Scholarship
Fund 2010 recipients, Raven S. McMillon, will be performing with the
Baltimore City College Choir for their Annual
Knight of Music Gala Concert, which will be
Saturday, May 7, 6 p.m. at Goucher College’s
Kraushaar Auditorium, 1021 Dulaney Valley
Road. For tickets and information, call 1-877-
493-7464. Miss McMillon is an honor roll
student at Baltimore City College and a recipient
Betty Eggleston of a National Math Award. Her dream is to
Asst. Director of perform in Broadway musical.
Children’s Committee How about taking your mother to breakfast?
The Leading ladies of K.F.C. present a
“Mother’s Day Chicken and Waffles Prayer
Breakfast” on Saturday, May 7, 9 a.m. at 503 Evergreen St.,
Baltimore. For ticket information, contact Lady V at ladyv1@
comcast.net. June Smith
Does your mom like to dance? The hand dancing queen, Shirley Board Member, sponsor and
Duncan invites you to join her at the contributor
Lux Lounge, 10 South Calvert St.
between Redwood and Baltimore
streets every Saturday from 6-10
p.m. to do oldie, hand dancing, line
dance and ballroom style. Food is
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PUBLIC NOTICE OF
CONSULTING SERVICES One Year Plan Modification
The Baltimore City Board of School Commis- The Mayor¬s Office of Employment Develop-
sioners invites interested companies to sub- ment (MOED), on behalf of the Baltimore
mit proposals to supply Information Technol- Workforce Investment Board (BWIB), is
ogy Consulting Services. preparing and will be submitting a one year The MTA gives notice of a public hearing
In order to participate, interested bidders plan modification to the Department of Labor concerning proposed service modifications to the
need to register with eMaryland Marketplace Licensing and Regulation (DLLR) State Plan
by visiting their website at https:// Linthicum Light Rail Station that may become effective on or about June 26, 2011, as follows:
for program year 2011. As required by federal
ebidmarketplace.com and clicking the Reg- regulations, the plan will be submitted to
istration button. DLLR and will outline policies, procedures Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Solicitation RFP-11083 will be available for and local activities conducted by the MOED
review commencing Thursday April 28, 2011. 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
using Federal Workforce Investment Act
A pre-proposal meeting will be held on (WIA) funds.
Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 11:00am in room North County High School
301 at 200 East North Avenue. 10 E. 1st Avenue
This revised plan is being announced to all
The Proposal Due Date is Thursday, May interested parties via this Public Notice. The Glen Burnie, MD 21061
12, 2011 at 11:00am. No proposals will be plan will be available for review on MOED¬s
accepted after that time. Any questions re- website: www.oedworks.com on May 1, 2011,
lated to this solicitation should be directed to The full text of the proposed service adjustment is available for public review in the lobby of the Wm. Donald
or a copy may be obtained by contacting Schaefer Building at 6 St. Paul Street, 21202 and at www.mta.maryland.gov.
the Buyer, John Egerton at jegerton@bcps. Veobia Akilo at (410)396-1910 or by email to
k12.md.us response@oedworks.com. Interested persons are invited to attend and express their views. Written statements may be submitted until
Comments can be submitted during the pe- 5:00 PM on Friday, June 17, 2011 to MTA, Office of Customer Information, 6 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD
Baltimore City Public Schools riod May 23 through June 24, 2011 via e-mail 21202. Alternatively, you may email your comments to MTAHearingRecord@mta.maryland.gov with “Light
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS to response@oedworks.com. Rail Hearing Comments” as the subject heading. Your name and postal address must be included with your
RFP-11092 comments to become part of the public hearing record.
GLOBAL POSITIONING
SYSTEM FOR SCHOOL BUSES Hearing location is accessible for people with disabilities. Anyone who requires special assistance or
NOTICE OF DATE EXTENSION: NEW DUE DATE IS FRIDAY, MAY 13. additional accommodations, or who requires printed material in an alternate format should contact MTA
The Baltimore City Board of School Commis- INVITATION TO BIDDERS: PARK HEIGHTS KIDSCAPE EDUCATIONAL GARDEN Office of Customer Information one week in advance at 410-767-3999 or TTY 410-539-3497.
sioners invites interested companies to sub-
mit proposals to supply a Global Positioning at 4329 Park Heights Ave, Baltimore, MD
System for School Buses. PARK HEIGHTS RENAISSANCE INC. (PHR) IS INVITING YOU TO BID.* For more information please visit the MTA website at www.mta.maryland.gov; or call
In order to participate, interested bidders MTA Transit Representatives, Monday through Friday, 6:00 AM to
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by visiting their website at https://
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Solicitation RFP-11092 will be available for March 3, 2011.
www.mta.maryland.gov
review commencing Thursday April 28, 2011. Call our office for the bid drawings at (410) 664-4890.
A pre-proposal meeting will be held on CITY OF BALTIMORE
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 11:00am in room • Separate your bid price by line items for the basic trades. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
301 at 200 East North Avenue. • An estimated amount of working days for completion of project. NOTICE OF LETTING
The Proposal Due Date is Thursday, May • A separate line item price for the logo for the fencing.
26, 2011 at 11:00am. No proposals will be Sealed Bids or Proposals, in duplicate addressed to the Board of
accepted after that time. Any questions re- • Liability Insurance Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and marked for
lated to this solicitation should be directed to • MD State Contractors License STP-3(193)E; AX1615125; TR10310, PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING IN BAL-
the Buyer, John Egerton at jegerton@bcps. • Workers Compensation Certificate TIMORE CITY BALTIMORE CITY IN HUNTING RIDGE, TEN HILLS
k12.md.us AND FRANKLINTOWN COMMUNITIES will be received at the Office of
For general questions contact: For technical questions contact: the Comptroller, Room 204 City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00
A.M. JUNE 22, 2011.
Cheo Hurley Dawn Clamp Board of Estimates employees will be stationed at the Security Unit
Baltimore City Public Schools Vice President, PHR Project Engineer, CMR
REQUEST FOR SERVICES Counter just inside the Holliday Street entrance to City Hall from 10:45
PQS -2011-7 (410) 664-4890 (410) 653-3838 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. every Wednesday to receive Bids. Positively no bids
Multiple Academic Services will be received after 11:00 A.M. Bids will be publicly opened by the
All bids are due on May 13th at 4pm to: Board of Estimates in Room 215, City Hall at Noon. The Contract
City Schools invites interested companies to PARK HEIGHTS RENAISSANCE INC. Documents may be examined, without charge, at the Department of
submit applications to provide professional Public Works Service Center located on the first floor of the Abel Wolman
4151 Park Heights Avenue, Suite 207, Baltimore, MD 21215 Municipal Building, 200 N. Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
development and/or technical expertise in the
development of Central office and/or school as of APRIL 29, 2011, and copies may be purchased for a non-
* Must have landscaping experience refundable cost of $60.00. A certified check of the bidder or a bank
leaders and/or teachers and/or school-based
staff within City Schools. cashier¬s check or a bank treasurer¬s check drawn on a solvent clearing
www.phrmd.org house bank, made payable to the Director of Finance or a bid bond
The PQS documents are available on the executed on the form as provided in the Bid or Proposal for an amount
CITY OF BALTIMORE which is not less than that determined by multiplying the total bid
following link: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
http://www.baltimorecityschools.org/ submitted by two percent (2%) will be required with each bid over
NOTICE OF LETTING $100,000.00. If the bid less than or equal to $100,000.00 no Bid Bond
Procurement/PQS.asp
is required.
Sealed Bids or Proposals, in duplicate addressed to the Board of Bidders interested in utilizing the City¬s Self-Insurance Program for
A pre-proposal meeting will be held on Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and marked for payment and performance security for contracts not exceeding
Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 10:30 am in room TR10001R, REPLACEMENT OF BRIDGE BC 6521- GEORGE¬S $100,000.00 may contact the Department of Finance, the Program
301 at 200 East North Avenue. CREEK ROAD OVER GEORGE¬S RUN will be received at the Office Administrator, for eligibility requirements and premium costs. The Board
of the Comptroller, Room 204 City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 of Estimates reserves the right to reject any and all Bids and/or to waive
All applications are due Thursday, May 12, A.M. MAY 18, 2011.
2011 at 11:00 am. Any questions should be technical defects, if in its judgment, the interest of the Mayor and City
Board of Estimates employees will be stationed at the Security Unit Council of Baltimore may so require. All contractors bidding on this
directed to the Buyer, Dorothy Hale at Counter just inside the Holliday Street entrance to City Hall from 10:45 Contract must first be prerequalified by the City of Baltimore Contractors
dhale@bcps.k12.md.us A.M. to 11:00 A.M. every Wednesday to receive Bids. Positively no bids Qualification Committee. Interested parties should call (410)396-6883 or
will be received after 11:00 A.M. Bids will be publicly opened by the contact the Committee at Room 634, Charles L. Benton Bldg. 417 E.
Board of Estimates in Room 215, City Hall at Noon. The Contract Fayette St., Baltimore, Maryland 21202. If a bid is submitted by a joint
File No. BCI-10#84 Documents may be examined, without charge, at the Department of venture (∫JV∫), then in that event, the document that established
Public Works Service Center located on the first floor of the Abel Wolman the JV shall be submitted with the bid for verification purposes.
Maxwell C. Cohen, Esq. Municipal Building, 200 N. Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 The Prequalification Category
The Law Offices of Maxwell C. Cohen, LLC as of APRIL 29, 2011, and copies may be purchased for a non- Required for bidding on this project is: G90025 Street Lighting and
17 Warren Road, Suite 14-B refundable cost of $100.00. A certified check of the bidder or a bank Power Lines and D02620 Curbs, Gutters and Sidewalks).
Baltimore, Maryland 21208 cashier¬s check or a bank treasurer¬s check drawn on a solvent clearing Principal Items of work for this project are:
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR house bank, made payable to the Director of Finance or a bid bond
BALTIMORE CITY, MARYLAND executed on the form as provided in the Bid or Proposal for an amount 3∫ PVC Conduit DB 120 Concrete Encased Trenched 1600 LF
Civil Action No. C-11-002567 TAX SALE which is not less than that determined by multiplying the total bid Electrical Wire and Photocell 174 EA
ORDER OF PUBLICATION submitted by two percent (2%) will be required with each bid over Furnish and Install Precast Handboxes 116 EA
REV PS, LLC, Assignee $100,000.00. If the bid less than or equal to $100,000.00 no Bid Bond
Plaintiff is required.
vs.
Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $1,000,000.00 to
Bidders interested in utilizing the City¬s Self-Insurance Program for $1,500,000.00.
JAMES C. PRICE, OZELIA C. PRICE, UN-
KNOWN TENANTS AND/OR UNKNOWN OWN-
payment and performance security for contracts not exceeding A ∫Pre-Bidding Information∫ session will be conducted at 10:00 A.M. on
ERS, ASSOCIATES FINANCIAL SERVICES $100,000.00 may contact the Department of Finance, the Program MAY 13, 2011 at 7 East Redwood Street, 10th Floor, Baltimore,
COMPANY OF MARYLAND, Inc. Administrator, for eligibility requirements and premium costs. The Board Maryland 21202.
CITIMORTGAGE, Inc., and MAYOR AND CITY of Estimates reserves the right to reject any and all Bids and/or to waive NOTE: THIS CONTRACT IS SUBJECT TO A PERFORMANCE
COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE CITY and All Un- technical defects, if in its judgment, the interest of the Mayor and City EVALUATON BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
known Owners of the Property described be- Council of Baltimore may so require. All contractors bidding on this The DBE goal is 19%
low; all Persons, all heirs, devisees, personal Contract must first be prerequalified by the City of Baltimore Contractors APPROVED:
representatives, and executors, administra- Qualification Committee. Interested parties should call (410)396-6883 or Bernice H. Taylor, Clerk
tors, grantees, assigns or successors in right, contact the Committee at Room 634, Charles L. Benton Bldg. 417 E. Board of Estimates
title, interest, and any and all persons having Fayette St., Baltimore, Maryland 21202. If a bid is submitted by a joint APPROVED:
or claiming to have any interest in the prop- venture (∫JV∫), then in that event, the document that established
erty and premises situate in the City of Bal- Khalil Zaied, Director
timore, known as Tax Account No. the JV shall be submitted with the bid for verification purposes. Department of Transportation
20-03-2295-036; situate in the City of Bal- The Prequalification Category
timore, known as 2336 Barclay Street de- Required for bidding on this project is: C03300 (Concrete
scribed as Lot Size 13x90 and known as Ward Construction).
www.afro.com
12 Section 14 Block 3823 Lot 032 on the Tax Principal Items of work for this project are:
Roll of the Director of Finance.
Defendants Maintenance of Stream Flow LUMP SUM
The object of this proceeding is to secure the Removal of Existing Bridge LUMP SUM
foreclosure of all rights of redemption in the PCC for Sub Foundation Concrete LUMP SUM
herein above described property sold, either di-
rectly or via assignment, by the Collector of Taxes
for the State of Maryland and Baltimore City to Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $1,000,000.00 to
the Plaintiff in the proceeding. The Complaint $2,000,000.00.
states, among other things, that the amounts A ∫Pre-Bidding Information∫ session will be conducted at 10:00 A.M. on
necessary for redemption of the subject property MAY 3, 2011 at 7 East Redwood Street, 2nd Floor, Baltimore, Maryland
has not been paid, although more than six (6) 21202.
months from the date of the sale have expired, NOTE: THIS CONTRACT IS SUBJECT TO A PERFORMANCE
and more than two (2) months from the date that EVALUATON BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
the first of two (2) separate pre-suit Notices of The MBE goal is 25% The WBE goal 3%
the tax sale was sent to each required interested APPROVED:
party have expired. Bernice H. Taylor, Clerk
It is thereupon this 19th day of April, 2011, by
the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Maryland,
Board of Estimates
ORDERED, that notice be given by the insertion APPROVED:
of a copy of this Order in some newspaper having Khalil Zaied, Director
a general circulation in Baltimore City, Maryland Department of Transportation
once a week for three (3) successive weeks, on
or before the 19th day of May, 2011 warning all
persons interested in the Property referenced
above to appear in this Court by the 19th day of
June, 2011 and redeem the Property referenced
herein or to answer the Complaint or thereafter
a Final Decree will be entered foreclosing all
rights of redemption in the property, and vesting
in the Plaintiff a title, free and clear of all
encumbrances.
The Defendants are hereby informed of the latest
date to file a written Answer or Petition to
Redeem the property mentioned in the Complain
described above, and that failure to file a re-
sponse on or before the date specified may result
in a Default Judgment foreclosing all rights of
redemption in and as to the Property being
rendered by this Court against them.
Martin P. Welch
JUDGE- Baltimore City Circuit Court
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Annual Salary Range: $56,496 - $82,514
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MIS Director
Health Care for the Homeless has an immediate opening
for a Full-time MIS Director who is responsible for design-
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Requirements:
*BA/BS degree in computer science or a related field
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*Comfortable working with homeless and/or low income
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