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Dr. King’s Spring-Cannon StreetsCorridor A Blighted Area

By Barney Blakeney

Many Black Americansconsider the Jan. 20 inau-guration of President-electBarack Obama as a partialrealization of Dr. MartinL. King Jr. ’s dream thatBlack Americans eventual-ly will obtain equal statusand opportunities in theracial and cultural meltingpot that is America. But asthe nation prepares to rec-ognize the 40th anniver-sary of King’s assassinationother aspects of the dreamcontinue as a nightmare.

For too many Black peo-ple inequity, disparity anddisplacement remain a real-ity. Upon enteringCharleston’s Martin L.King Jr. District com-prised of the Spring Streetand Cannon Street corri-dors from it’s eastern start-ing point at King andSpring streets clutteredsidewalks from a businessusing the public right-of-way as an extended storagefacility and abandonedbuildings give the impres-sion of entering a blighted

urban neighborhood.The Spring Street andCannon Street corridorsonce were centers forBlack business and homeowners in Charleston.Over some 30 years sincethe late 1970s urban blightstagnated the once thrivingbusiness and residentialarea transforming it into atypical inner city ghettocommunity.Redevelopment in recentyears however is recreatinga thriving business and res-idential community alongboth corridors. But thefaces of the people occupy-ing those homes and busi-nesses also are changing.In 1999 Charleston CityCouncilman WendellGilliard proposed renam-ing Spring Street to honorKing. The proposal metwith vehement oppositionuntil the compromise ofnaming the two streets as adistrict honoring King wasreached.The Martin King Jr.District was created toencourage Black business

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HonoringDr. King:

Not inCharleston

City!As millions commemo-

rate the 80th birthday ofDr. Martin Luther King,Jr., orators and commu-nity leaders in the tri-county and across thenation will point to thehistorical presidentialcampaign of President-elect Barack Obama as asign that Dr. King’sdream is becoming real.Not in the City ofCharleston.

As each of Martin’sbirthdays come and go,we as Black people seemto rely more and more onthe thesis that white peo-ple will do right by theBlack minority. Thisbelief is held against alllogic, all wisdom and allknowledge of history. Yetwe believe.

King tried to point outso many times in his won-derful rhetorical way thatAmerica is, indeed, fortu-nate to have as its majorminority group of peoplewho had been taught tobelieve in divine provi-dence and that the Lordwould show the waysomehow. But, alas, suchcritical thinking has notmoved our elected offi-cials and the Black lead-ership and whites of goodwill, to follow through ona resolution adopted in1999, to commemorateDr. King with the properrecognition he so richlydeserves.

While every major city,

community and villageacross this gloriousnation, there are signifi-cant statues, memorialsand symbols honoringthis giant for all mankind,but not in the City ofCharleston! Locally, Dr.King’s place in history aremarkers placed on high-wires at King andSpring, at the entrancealong Cannon and thecrosstown, signifyingnothing!

Officials will argue thata street is already desig-nated in Dr. King’s mem-ory, in the West Ashleysubdivision of West OakForest in an area behindGod’s back consisting ofabout 18 homes. It is apattern designed to keepinvisible our heroes, andunless this communitycome together anddemand that we will nolonger be ignored andhumored by our publicofficials; and seriouslyapplauded by Black peo-ple only after a process ofawakening, and theirdeaths.Earlier, there were some

discussions of renamingour main thoroughfare,King St. in honor of Dr.King, but was tossed

Dr. Martin L. King. Jr.

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On January 1, 2009,observers say it was per-haps the largest Big StreetParade commemoratingthe 145th signing of theE m a n c i p a t i o nProclamation as partici-pants made their way from

Burke campus, admiredand cheered by hundredslining the sidewalks, andended up near EbenezerA.M.E. Church for a serv-ice of reflection, preachedby the Rev. Dr. William A.Salley, pastor of JerusalemBaptist Church in down-

town Charleston.According to Ms. EthelGreene, president of theannual EmancipationProclamation Association,noted that her committeeof volunteers sought maxi-mum participation fromthe community, was over-

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“The census is a constitu-tional mandate that’s toobig for the federal govern-ment to carry out alone,”said William W. Hatcher,regional director for theCharlotte RegionalCensus Center, which sup-ports 2010 Census opera-tions in the five-stateregion. “That’s why wemust build an army of localpeople to help prepare forand carry out the census in2010.”

According to PhilipLaRoach, PartnershipSpecialist in theCharleston Office, saidMonday that those inter-ested in applying for thesenew jobs can go towww.2010censusjobs.govfor job descriptions, quali-fications and applications.Potential applicants also

MusicalCelebration to Honor Life of

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honoring the life of RobertHall, local vocalist withThe Voices of Deliverance,will be held on Saturday,January 10, 2009 at ZionOlivet United Presbyterian

Robert Hall

joyed, saying, “This was agreat celebration and weoffer our sincere apprecia-tion to everyone who cameout to remember our her-itage and to understandthat we must alwaysremember our foreparents

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development, Gilliard said, and some $1.8 million for infra-structure was allocated to repair streets and sidewalks andto provide streetscaping. But the area is now transitioningfrom a traditional Black community to a modern predomi-nately white community.“You have a new crew in there now,” said CouncilmanJames Lewis who represents neighborhoods along bothcorridors. “Those neighborhoods have changed and willcontinue to change with the displacement inCannonborough, Elliottborough and Radcliffeborough.”William Dudley Gregorie plans to seek the city counciloffice being vacated by Gilliard who in January takes officeas representative of S.C. House Dist. 111. He said the pres-ent Martin King Jr. District appears in transition, “Butright now it isn’t something you’d want named after Dr.King.”The apparent transition taking place in the district is dis-placing traditional Black neighborhoods, Gregorie agrees.Members of his family have lived in their west side tradi-tional Black neighborhood over 100 years, he said.“I don’t think my family is unique,” he said. “That kind oftradition and culture should be preserved. As a result ofthe new urbanization, we’re losing the flavor and culture ofneighborhoods that have made Charleston what it is.“I’m not against progress,” Gregorie continued, “but weneed to be sensitive to neighborhoods and their tradi-tions.” Rather than facing displacement, Black businessand home owners should be participants in the transitiontaking place, Gregorie said.Some of the traditional business and property owners ofthe community are participating in the transition, Gilliardsays. While state and local governments must step up toprotect them, ultimately it will be the people of those com-munities who will determine what it looks like in fiveyears, he said.“They have to make sure there is balance and be a part ofthe change. We’re all responsible and we only have our-selves to blame,” he said.

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Church, USA 134 Cannon Street at 6:00 p.m. Robertpassed away on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at RoperHospital after an extended illness. Funeral services wereheld in Clover, SC. Robert is survived by his siblings,nieces, nephews, cousins all of Clover and a host of lovingfriends in the Charleston community. He was employed asa Barber at The Lab and for many years at The FamilyBarber Shop.

Robert was a lover of the arts and could be seen per-forming in numerous venues throughout the CharlestonCommunity. He has performed with the CharlestonActors Theatre (CATS), Footlight Players, and ArtForms and Theatre Concepts. His charismatic voice couldbe heard as lead singer with Seabreeze Showtime Band,Rivers and Company and Black Velvet. He was a memberof Zion Olivet United Presbyterian Church where he sangin the Choir.

He will be missed but not forgotten.Contributions are being accepted for The Robert HallMusical Scholarship Fund. Checks should be madepayable to the Zion Olivet United Presbyterian Church.

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who suffered and sacrificed to make this time in our histo-ry a reality.”

In issuing his preliminary proclamation on September 22,Abraham Lincoln said that “On the first day of January inthe year of our Lord. One thousand eight hundred andsixty-three, all person held as slaves within any state, ordesignated part of a state, shall then, thenceforward, andforever free: will recognize and maintain a freedom of suchpersons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons,or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actu-al freedom.”

Serving with Ms. Greene were Deacon Robert Crawford,Yvonne Bellinger, Eva Dawson, Beverly Gadson-Birch,Anniece Brown, Bernard Brown, Ruth Devoe, Rev. EdMcClain, Rev. Joseph Powell, and Rosa M. Latten.Additional photos pg 10

By. Hazel Trice EdneyNNPA Editor-in-Chief

W A S H I N G T O N(NNPA) – At this time lastyear, then U. S. SenatorBarack Obama was not theBlack community’s favoredcandidate to win theDemocratic nomination forthe presidency of theUnited States. Indeed,because of America’s pasthistory of racism, mostBlacks did not initiallyfavor Obama as theDemocratic nomineebecause they simply didnot believe he could winthe general election.In January of 2008, anABC News-WashingtonPost poll showed Obama’sDemocratic Primary oppo-nent Hillary RodhamClinton at 40 points higherthan Obama amongAfrican-Americans whohad been asked their pref-erence for the DemocraticPrimary. Only a month earlier, inDecember 2007, only 54percent of Blacks to 65 per-cent of Whites evenbelieved America would bewilling to elect a Blackpresident.But, it was Obama’s win inthe Jan. 3 DemocraticPrimary in Iowa – a 95 per-cent White state - thatcaused the world to heark-en his convincing chant -“Yes we can.” Immediately, the pace ofhis Black support escalat-ed. By mid-January, AnABC News poll showedBlack support for Obamaslowly reversing at 60-40percent over Clinton. Afterhe won the South Carolinaprimary on Jan. 26, hisBlack support skyrocketedand solidified at well morethan 90 percent for the restof the way. Coupled with overwhelm-ing support from a crosssection of White andLatino-Americans, theadvent of Barack HusseinObama – a son of a BlackKenyan man and a Whitewoman from Kansas - asAmerica’s first Black presi-dent-elect, now stands asthe nation’s top Black storyof 2008, and is undeniablyamong the top stories inAmerican and world histo-ry.Still, with all the euphoriasurrounding the Obamaelection and now the antic-ipation of his Jan. 20 inau-guration, other issues ofracial inequality told in2008 Black Press storiesreveal that racial inequalityremains the top issue in the

first decade of the 21stCentury. In alphabeticalorder behind Obama, thoseissues/events – chosen bythe NNPA News Servicebased on prevalence andhistoric importance - makeup the remaining top nineBlack Press stories of2008: • B l a c kIncarcerations - America’sprisons continued to burstat the seams with African-Americans. NNPA colum-nist Ron Walters quotes aPew Center study on adultimprisonment that says onein every nine African-Americans is incarcerated;including one of every 15Blacks between the ages of18-39.• E c o n o m i cInjustice: Whether in pros-perity or economic decline,Black people still experi-ence twice the unemploy-ment rate as Whites,according to reports fromthe Bureau of LaborStatics. According toNNPA columnist MarcMorial, president andCEO of the NationalUrban League, African-Americans' economicstanding is only 57 percentof mainstream America.And because more than 50percent of Black mortgageholders received sub-primeloans compared with only18 percent of Whites, thecurrent sub-prime mort-gage meltdown has a dis-proportionately negativeaffect on African-Americanhomeowners. An Afro-American Newspaper storyby Zenitha Prince, head-lined “Black Middle Classin Crisis”, quotes a reportby United for a FairEconomy saying of the sub-prime loan crisis,“Black/Afr ican-Americanborrowers will losebetween $71 billion and $92billion…and the rippleeffect will exact an evenhigher toll.”• E d u c a t i o n a lInequities: Remarks bythen Democratic con-tender Barack Obama in aMarch 19 speech inPhiladelphia perhaps saidit best: “Segregatedschools were, and are, infe-rior schools; we stillhaven't fixed them, fiftyyears after Brown v. Boardof Education, and the infe-rior education they provid-ed, then and now, helpsexplain the pervasiveachievement gap betweentoday's Black and Whitestudents.” One example ofthese complaints aroundthe nation is found in astory by Gordon Jacksonreported in the DallasExaminer in August 2008.It cited a lawsuit filed bythe Black Coalition toMaximize Education and a

former BondAdministrator chargingthe Dallas IndependentSchool District with severeneglect of inner cityschools while planning tospend millions of dollars inthe southern sectorthrough a recently passed2008 bond program. • Hate Crimes andThreats: The Alabama-based Southern PovertyLaw Center, a leader in thefight against Whitesupremacist groups,reports more than 200hate-related anti-Obamaincidents nationally just inthe first two weeks afterthe election of BarackObama, according to theWilmington Journal’s CashMichaels. Also, due tothreats during the 20-month campaign, thenDemocratic presidentialcontender got SecretService protection monthsbefore any of the other 20candidates. These inci-dents are on top of a recordnumber of unrelated noosethreats and other hate inci-dents reported during theyear leading up to the pri-maries, including the kid-napping and hate-torturecase of West Virginian,Megan Williams. The mostrecent high-profiledalleged hate crimes are thedragging death of 24-year-old Brandon McClellandof Paris, Texas and theshooting death of footballstar Billey Joe Johnson ofJackson, Miss.

• HIV/AIDS: BlackAmerica’s response to theAIDS crisis is finally gain-ing momentum, saysNNPA columnist PhillWilson, executive directorand CEO of the BlackAIDS Institute. Thisgrowing awareness anddiscussion is largely due tothe Center for DiseaseControl ’s HeightenedNational Response toHIV/AIDS in the BlackCommunity. But, the sta-tistics are still horrendous:“Every year, more than56,000 people in this coun-try contract HIV. The dev-astation is worse amongBlack Americans, who rep-resent nearly half of all newHIV infections, includingtwo-thirds of the new casesamong women and 70 per-cent of the new casesamong adolescents,”Wilson reports.

• Homicide Rates:Thousands of young Blackmales in major cities diedof gunshot wounds in gangor drug-related incidents in2008, perpetuated byBlack on Black crime. InAugust, the SeattleMedium reported a marchby friends and families ofhomicide victims; plus theSeattle/King CountyNAACP organized to sendthe message, “Enough isenough.” Other majorcities struggle to addresssocial ills that lead to theviolent behavior. • Mac and HayesDies: Actor-comedianBernie Mac and musicIcon Isaac Hayes died oneday apart, August 9 and 10consecutively. The deaths,both from illnesses,silenced two major enter-tainment voices – musicand laughter - both ofwhich have the “power tobond us in ways wellbeyond race, politics andideology,” as stated byNNPA columnist MarcMorial.• Police Shootings;Misconduct: Mourningturned to outrage on April25. That’s the day when thethree New York Citypolice officers who gunneddown unarmed Sean Bell

in a hail of 50 bullets on hiswedding day – Nov. 26,2006 - were all acquitted.His fiancée, Nicole PaultreBell, cried out that Seanhad been killed “all overagain.” Her outragereflects Black families andcivil rights leaders acrossthe nation who cite policemisconduct through vio-lence and/or racial profil-ing as being as prevalent asever in the Black communi-ty. • The 45thAnniversary of “I Have aDream”: August 28, 2008was largely marked by theeuphoria of thenDemocratic nomineeBarack Obama’s accept-ance speech at INVESCOField in Denver. Nearly100,000 people gatheredfor the historic invent,marking the first Blackpresidential nominee of amajor U. S. political party.In his speech, Obamareflected on the promise ofequality that Dr. MartinLuther King Jr. talkedabout in his speech at the1963 March onWashington, the promisethat Dr. King referred toas a “bad check.”

Then he appealed to thenation in words that mil-lions now hope will not beforgotten by his adminis-tration: “America, we can-not turn back. Not with somuch work to be done.Not with so many childrento educate, and so manyveterans to care for. Notwith an economy to fix andcities to rebuild and farmsto save. Not with so manyfamilies to protect and somany lives to mend…Let uskeep that promise – thatAmerican promise – and inthe words of scripture holdfirmly, without wavering,to the hope that we con-fess.”

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On January 12 at 2 p.m.at Burke High School,Rep. Wendell Gilliardand City CouncilmanJames Lewis in collabo-ration with Burke HighSchool, and CharlestonMayor Joseph Riley Jr.,will present this year’s theRev. Dr. Martin LutherKing Jr. Picture Awardat 11 a.m. ceremony. Thisyear’s recipients are: TheHonorable RobertMitchell, The HonorableJimmy Bailey, Mrs.Beverly Birch, Mr. MikeBennett, Rev. AlfredaOwens, Ms. GraceMcDowell, DeaconWilliam Carter, Mr.Benjamin Hanna, Ms.Lotti Otto, Ms. RosalynFields, Mr. Gregory

THE REV. DR. KING PICTURE AWARDS:

“WE STILL GOT WORK TO DO”Whitaker and Mr. JayPatel.

Rep. Gilliard saidthe site for the program onthe Burke campus symbol-izes the emphasis Dr. Kingplaced on educating ouryouth and that it is also thecampus when the lateCoretta Scott-King camehere in 2004 to honor herfirst cousin, Mrs. ChristineOsbourn Jackson, retiredexecutive director of theGreater CharlestonYWCA.

The majority ofthose selected for thisaward, said Rep. Gilliard,can remember “beingunable to eat or sleep inmost restaurants, unable tosit where you wanted in a

movie theater; beingforced to attend an infe-rior school, and evenforbidden to drink fromwater fountains or usethe restrooms inMarion Square down-town, but these werethe facts of life.”

The first awardswere presented in 1989after then-councilmanGilliard was elected toCharleston city council,“to recognize membersof the Charleston com-munity.” “These are theunsung heroes andheroines in our commu-nity and we should takethe time and be thankfulfor them. As stated inthe Bible, ‘Those who

are great among you shall be your ser-vants, and those we have chosen, aretruly great.”

Gilliard said he can rememberwhen his late father, William Gilliard,was active in the middle 1950s, whenBlacks here arose to challenge the usualway of life in the city of Charleston.“Using boycotts, marches, and otherforms of protests, my father and othersforced officials here to end its peculiarsystem of legalized segregation. Theywere successful because in a democracy,when the people speak, the governmentmust listen.”

He noted that those who have beencited with the Dr. King Picture Awards,past and present, are the true pioneersmoving forward in the same spirit of Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.

Ms. Marchita Ferrette Frayer with Rep Gilliard.

Ms. Ernestine Tobias Felder andRep. Gilliard

Rev. Dr. Issac Holt, pastor RoyalMissionary Baptist Church

BET, TV One Plan ExtensiveInauguration Coverage

By David Bauder AP Television Writer

NEW YORK (AP) -- BETand TV One, the televisionnetworks aimed primarilyat a black audience, haven'tpaid much attention topresidential inaugurationsbefore. This time will bedifferent.Both are planning exten-sive coverage for Jan. 20,when Barack Obama issworn in as the nation's44th president. While itwill be followed as a newsevent, network executivessaid the installation of thefirst black president will beas much a celebration as astory."This is an opportunity tobe the best we can be," saidStephen Hill, BET's pro-gramming chief. "We seethis as an opportunity toinform and inspire ouraudience, which is what wealways try to do."BET marked PresidentGeorge W. Bush's lastinauguration with a newsbrief, to say "Oh, it hap-pened. What a shame," hesaid.This time, BET will coverthe swearing-in and paradefrom four locations, includ-ing ground and rooftopsites on PennsylvaniaAvenue. Anchoring thecoverage will be HillHarper of CBS' "CSI:NY," former CBS "TheEarly Show" host ReneSyler and Jeff Johnson,who hosts a weekly BETnews program.The networks will take aparticular interest inspeaking to people whohave traveled toWashington to witness theevent. On election night,their ratings peaked short-ly after the general newsnetworks declared Obamathe winner - when blackviewers turned to the sta-tions to soak it in with thepeople on the air."They talked about theemotion of it," saidJohnathan Rodgers, TVOne's president. "Everyonetalked about their own rel-atives and how they grewup. Almost everyone couldnot believe that it hap-pened in our lifetime."TV One plans to follow theinauguration for 21 straighthours, from 6 a.m. EST onJan. 20 to 3 a.m. EST thenext day. Radio talk-showhost Joe Madison and ArtFennell of CN8, theComcast Network, will bethe hosts. It's already a bigweek for TV One: MartinLuther King Jr.'s birthdaythe weekend before marksthe fifth anniversary of thenetwork's launch.With all that time on theair, TV One will do its bestto give its audience a realflavor of being there,Rodgers said."We will show the parade,"he said. "We will not over-whelm the parade with alot of pundits and otherstuff."The connection betweenKing's work and Obama's

election will be a majortheme for the networks;BET will speak to King'schildren for their thoughtson Obama and is making aspecial, "King to Obama:Repurposing the Dream."BET is preparing severalreports to air during thecoverage, including a lookat Michelle Obama; on thepeople who helped electthe new president; on hisinternational appeal; and

on his security, asking,"Who is willing to take abullet for a black man?"BET, as the older of thetwo networks and the onewith the wider reach,believes it has an advan-tage over TV One becauseBET is the only one with anews division.BET will include simplehistorical explainers aboutpresidential inaugurationsthroughout the day; thenetwork reasons that manywho will be watching havenever seen one before."This is the first time in along time a lot of people in

our audience feel they arereally part of the process ofselecting a leader for theUnited States of America,"Hill said.BET is planning a prime-time entertainment specialtaped earlier, "Yes WeWill: The BET InauguralCelebration," and will alsosponsor its own inauguralball, which will be featuredin live cut-ins. TV One isreporting from the scenes

of Obama's inaugural ballsfrom 10 p.m. EST to mid-night.General news networks arestill formulating their cov-erage plans. It's unclearwhether reporters will beassigned specifically tocover the black perspectiveon that day, but it obvious-ly will be a big part of thestory, said Paul Friedman,CBS News senior vicepresident."I don't know how youdon't cover that story virtu-ally all the way through,"he said.

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Who AskedMe?

by Beverly Gadson-Birch

Too ManyBowls, TooFew Black

CoachesBy. George E CurryNNPA Columnist

Basketball’s “March Madness” has nothing on the collegefootball bowl frenzy – 34 games over a 19-day period span-ning the last month of the old year and the first month ofthe new one. Let’s face it, not all 68 teams deserve to be ina bowl. Some -- including North Carolina State,Kentucky, Bowling Green, Southern Mississippi,Northern Illinois, Notre Dame and Vanderbilt – got invi-tations after winning only 50 percent of their games.Even worse, nine teams – including Florida Atlantic andMemphis – are going to bowls after accumulating losingrecords. Unfortunately, bowl games are no longer rewardsfor an excellent season. Now, it’s all about the money. Andthe more bowls, the more money.

An oversaturation of bowl games is not my No.1 com-plaint against college football. Rather, it’s the fact thatapproximately half of the players are African-Americansyet only 3.4 percent of the college football coaches areBlack. That’s four among the 119 major division coaches. According to the Institute for Diversity and Ethics inSports at Central Florida University, that’s the fewestBlack coaches in 15 years. As recently as 1997, there weretwice as many African-American coaches as there are now.Evidently, the football sidelines suffer from the same on-field racial stereotypes of the past. For years, they saidBlacks were excellent players but didn’t have the intellectto play the so-called “thinking positions” – quarterback andmiddle linebacker. Of course, that was pure hogwash. Foryears, Grambling, Florida A&M and Tennessee Statewere football powerhouses and it wasn’t because theyplayed 10 men on each side of the ball – or without a coachon the sideline.

And if there were any lingering doubts about the Blackgridiron intellect, they were removed by WashingtonRedskins quarterback Doug Williams’ MVP performancein Super Bowl XXII and when two Black head coaches,Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith, paced the sidelines inSuper Bowl XLI.

Of the 32 NFL coaches, seven are Black, largely becausethe league adopted the Rooney Rule requiring teams tointerview at least one person of color for all head coachvacancies. If African-Americans can coach in the pros, theycertainly can succeed at the college level.In addition to the failure to interview an ample number oftop-flight Black assistant coaches for openings, many uni-versities are still more willing to recycle failed Whitecoaches than take a chance on a promising African-American. Two examples immediately come to mind.

Auburn University hired Gene Chizik as its new headcoach after he went 5-19 over two seasons at Iowa State,including 10 straight losses. Meanwhile, the University ofTennessee, eager to get back on the winning track afterforcing out Phillip Fulmer, hired another losing coach,Lane Kiffin, formerly of the Oakland Raiders. Kiffin wasfired by the NFL team after compiling a record of 5-15.These two losers were hired while promising African-American coaches were ignored, some of whom hadturned around losing programs. For example, Turner Gilltook over a program at Buffalo that had not won fivegames in a season for nearly a decade. Within three yearshe turned it into Mid-American Conference champion andthis year had a record of 8-5.

When Auburn selected Gene Chizik over Gill, one of itsmost famous alums, Charles Barkley, was livid. “I think race was the No. 1 factor,” said Barkley. “You cansay it’s not about race, but you can’t compare the tworesumes and say [Chizik] deserved the job. Out of all thecoaches they interviewed, Chizik probably had the worstresume.”

How do we put an end to this nonsense?One approach would be to adopt a college version of theRooney Rule. Some have suggested calling it theRobinson Rule, in honor Doug Williams’ former coach,Eddie Robinson of Grambling. For that to work, however,penalties must be assessed against universities that fail tocooperate.

A sure-fire way of forcing change would be for star highschool players and their parents to spurn athletic programsthat spurn Black leadership. If players refuse to enroll inuniversities that have never hired a Black head coach inany sport or an African-American athletic director at anytime, universities would finally get the message. What Ilike about this approach is that it empowers the athleteand does not rely on the so-called good will of schoolseager to exploit Black athletes. Five bowls – the Rose, Orange, Fiesta, Sugar, and BCSchampionship game – will each generate $17 million forschools and their respective conferences. If Blacks stopplaying for schools that refuse to hire African Americans inleadership positions, that would lessen the chances of uni-versities getting a share of that lucrative pie. With so muchmoney in jeopardy, universities will be forced to do theright thing.

George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge maga-zine and the NNPA News Service, is a keynote speaker,moderator, and media coach. He can be reached throughhis Web site, www.georgecurry.com.

Under the Reign of the FirstBlack President,

Will AmericanLose Another Generation of Black Males?

By Phillip Jackson

The previous generation of young black males wasdestroyed between 1985 and 2005. No amount of crying,cursing or hand-wringing can change this because thatgeneration is gone.

We need only walk down any city street in almost any pre-dominantly African-American community to see residue ofthe broken lives — millions of young black men nation-wide. Few people spoke out effectively and even fewerengaged in actions to prevent this silent genocide. Themass destruction of black American males has been effec-tively ignored by almost everybody — the government, themedia and most of the philanthropic community. Evenmost of our black churches and black communities stillstand by and watch the horrible loss of our young blackmen.

The resulting negative educational, social, spiritual andeconomic impact of a generation of black males' shatteredlives is also ultimately a devastating loss to our entire soci-ety.

Of course, every single young black man will not be lost,but here are some facts: Only 2.5 percent of the 102,000black males in Chicago public schools are projected tograduate from college by age 25. And only 19 percent ofblack males in Indianapolis and 20 percent in Detroit evengraduated from high school in 2006.

Testimony before the U.S. Congressional Joint EconomicCommittee in 2007 revealed that only 50 percent of blackmen in New York City were employed and that, national-ly, 72 percent of black male high school dropouts wereunemployed.

All of these statistics forecast an abysmal future for blackAmerica. These inexcusable, catastrophic outcomes con-stitute an unnatural disaster. Black America, along withall of America, pays dearly for its collective ineptitude andwillful neglect of the nurturing, mentoring, educating,developing and saving of young black men. No plausiblejustification exists for a country as great as America to loseanother generation of black youth.

Ask yourself: Who are young black women going to marry?Who will be good fathers to tens of millions of black chil-dren? Who will build and maintain the economies of blackcommunities? Who will be the anchor upon which to buildstrong families in the black community? Who will youngblack boys emulate as they grow into men? Will blackAmerica be a viable and valuable community in 20 years?Or is the better question: Who cares?

Will the election of America's first black male presidentcleanse its conscience for destroying a past generation andabsolve it of guilt for annihilating the next generation ofyoung black males? What a cruel hoax to believe that if ablack man can become president, then black men do nothave problems that America is obligated to address. Yetblack America cannot trade one black man in the WhiteHouse for the million-plus black men languishing inAmerican jails and millions of black boys failing inAmerican schools.

In the absence of broad public policy ushering in compre-hensive systemic changes, future generations of youngback males are destined to continue destroying them-selves, their families and their communities. Americansocial, economic and governmental systems have greatlycontributed to the destruction of young black men whohave, in turn, become weapons of mass destruction againstblack-American communities. All the while America con-tinues its moral-high-ground façade concerning interna-tional human rights.

Those voices who call for black men to "step up and bemen" are not only wasting their breath but are also part ofa seemingly intractable problem. Correcting the issues ofblack men will require a comprehensively structured, suffi-ciently financed, professionally managed, ethically led andcommitted multipronged effort to systemically addressand shift the cascading negative outcomes for black menand boys.

The real shame of this catastrophe is not that Americacan't save young black males; it is that America won't saveyoung black males. The resources required are minusculecompared to recent governmental bailouts and expendi-tures. Saving young black males is an investment inAmerica. It is as much a spiritual battle as it is a physicaland emotional battle. A successful effort to save youngblack males must also address habits, attitudes and behav-iors that have pushed black men to the precipice of irrele-vance, obsolescence and non-existence. To date, preciouslittle is in place to stop the on-going annihilation of youngblack males.

(Loosen Up A Little)Laugh it Off: With all of the serious issues confronting this nation in

2009, it’s a wonder any of us are sane; it is time that we loosen up a bit.We are not going to get out of this world alive so we might as well liveeach day to its fullest. How many of y’all resolved to start your diet thisyear and stick to it? Ok, y’all can put your hands down. I resolved todo likewise but I am still trying to get rid of all of the leftoverChristmas goodies. I am torn between finishing off the cakes or justtossing them. Mother used to say “there are so many hungry people inthe world and you should not waste food.” Lord knows I try to keepthat in mind so instead of trashing the cakes, I thought mom’s advicenot to waste food was really good advice.

Now, that’s my excuse for trying to finish off the sweets before I beginmy diet for the New Year. What’s yours? I know y’all have tried thisdiet and that diet and you are still fat and out of shape. So, what if itis any consolation, most folks are. If you walked around the blockmore than twice a week you think that you are an authority on exercis-ing. I know. I really do walk some days and on others I just fake it. Iget dress; put on my sweats and walk around the mall from store tostore shopping. When hubby arrives home and sees me sweating hethinks it is because I have been out exercising. The truth be told, I amrunning the marathon from my car to the house trying to get my pack-ages out of the trunk before he gets home. I know I am not alone sodon’t y’all act like you don’t know what I am talking about.

A costly experience: It’s always good when you can laugh at yourselfbut just don’t let someone else do it. A couple of months ago, I tookmy prescription for new glasses to one of the local optometrist shopand you wouldn’t believe what happened. First of all, when you walkin all of the frames pretty much look the same.. I have never seen somany old looking frames as the ones in the south. And they have thenerve to advertise them as designer frames.

Now, just because I am rapidly approaching senior citizen statusdoesn’t mean that I have to jump right into it with bifocals and a cane.I was planning on easing into it. I ain’t trying to be no teenager orprom queen; y’all excuse my grammar but those days are long gone. Iam one of those young gals at heart. So, let me finish my story. I wasdetermined that I was going to find just the right frames. So, aftersearching through the frames for over 45 minutes, I found one that Icould live with. After all, I just need them for reading. So, after get-ting fitted for the glasses, I was told to check back in a couple ofweeks. If not, I could pay an additional $10 and get them within a cou-ple of days. Well, I was in no big hurry to receive the new glassesbecause the old ones were just fine.

Let’s fast forward to when I returned to the store after twoweeks. I sat down to try on my new glasses and the darn thing had lensso thick they looked like coke bottles. I just knew it was some error inthe packaging. I said what the hamsandwich you have here. I could-n’t believe I waited two weeks to look like a nerd. The saleslady saidyour prescription called for whatever you brought in and you selectedthe tint and anti-glare. I said you mean to tell me you couldn’t fit myprescription into a thinner lens. Y’all waiting for the reply. She said “Ididn’t know you wanted thinner lens. In order to get thinner lens youneed to select a different frame and take the anti glare out.” I said howmuch anti glare you putting into those glasses. I said to myself, myselfyou know you aren’t going to wear those coke bottles so you might aswell find out how to resolve this matter. I said just tell me how muchit’s going to cost me to change out those glasses. She took out her cal-culator and said, “that will be an additional $125”. I had just finishedpaying $1,500 for some dental work so I just wasn’t feeling this addedcost. By this time, I am forgetting my little bit of ‘ligion and I said lookat me, do I look like a teller machine. I said you tell the manufacturerto get it right this time. I said I came in here with nice frames and thinlens and I ended up in worse shape than Ray Charles.

Y’all ready for the clincher? The glasses are a little thinner but thedarn prescription is so strong I can’t see out of the glasses. Old folkswould say, that’s money down the drain. I am afraid to ask for a thirdattempt at some stylish glasses with the correct lens that doesn’t makeme look like a nerd, what do y’all think?

Update on Viagra: Now, for those of you who read my article on theHorny Goat Weed vs. Viagra, this information is provided as anupdate. I guess since most prices are going through the roof, the priceof Viagra seems to be coming down depending upon the source. Afterdouble checking online, Pfizer still sells the pills for a little over $9.00per pill. However, you can get the generic brand for about $1.55 perpill. Remember, the reason I brought this to your attention beforewas the cost factor and one of the side effect of Viagra is blindness.And with the aphrodisiac, Horny Goat Weed, you get to keep yoursight while exercising your might. Y’all baby boomers may remembergrowing up when all the talk was about Spanish Fly.

Some of you may have even experimented with it. After all of thoseyears hearing about Spanish Fly, I recently read an article written byAllison Van Dusen and Matthew Herper in Forbes Magazine notingKidney damage as one of the side effects. And of course anything usedin excess will have side effects. It’s important that you do yourresearch before taking any medication. Don’t be afraid to discuss youroptions with your doctor.

Now, for the record, how many of you baby boomers tried SpanishFly? Let me share this with you and then it is time for me to sign off.Folks who know me know that I hail from a large family. Well, one ofmy cousins had the task of making the ice tea for one of our familygathering. We were not aware that she had poured Spanish Fly intothe tea. Thank goodness the gathering was for adult couples—nochildren were present. I should have known something was amisswhen my quiet sister all of a sudden hopped onto her husband’s lap.She never openly displays affection. I won’t call any names but she ismarried to the car salesman. He affectionately calls her “boss”.

Next, my prim and proper school teacher sister-in-law was doing alap dance for her husband. That’s the disc jockey’s wife. At this point,I said something has got to be wrong—not the teacher. And yourstruly who had been in the kitchen cooking, decided with the air condi-tion on full blast that the kitchen was too hot.

My cousin who had made the tea was just snickering and when weasked what was so funny, she said “I put Spanish Fly in the tea”. Well,she has since gone on to be with her Maker, but she almost met herMaker ten years before time. The ladies were furious but the guyswere enjoying every bit of their new found attention and asked for arepeat performance by the ladies. Judging from that experience, Iwould say Spanish Fly does work, at least on the females. The guysdid not drink any of the cocktail.

Now, don’t y’all go trying to find none of that Spanish Fly stuff.That was then and this is now.

Just get some rest and exercise and you should be just fine..

Take care and lighten up a bit. We have some serious days aheadbut there is always room for a little laughter. So, let’s kick off the NewYear right.

Demands for Mugabe's Ouster Heat Up(GIN) - Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop DesmondTutu has joined Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga incalling for stronger measures to oust Zimbabwe PresidentRobert Mugabe, as graphic images of cholera sickness anddeath are being seen worldwide. Speaking on Dutch TV,Tutu said that Mugabe must stand down or be removed''by force''. Earlier this month, Kenyan Prime MinisterOdinga has said it was time for African governments to''take decisive action to push him out of power''.

Some 575 Zimbabweans have died and 13,000 are infectedwith cholera, according to regional health agencies.China, which has invested heavily in Africa in recent years,may come to the rescue. A Chinese spokesman saidhumanitarian assistance was being considered for hard-hitZimbabwe. China has already donated $500,000 worth ofcholera vaccines to Zimbabwe. China is one ofZimbabwe's most significant trading partners and thebiggest buyer of Zimbabwean tobacco. The ChineseEmbassy in Harare says the bilateral trade volume couldsurpass $500 million this year, with the balance of tradevery much in China's favor.

Presidential spokesperson George Charamba accusedWestern countries of using the cholera epidemic and foodshortages to bring Zimbabwe before the U.N. SecurityCouncil.

''The British and the Americans are dead set on ensuringthat there is an invasion of Zimbabwe, but without them-selves carrying it out. In those circumstances, they willstop at nothing,'' he said in a newspaper interview.

He added, ''We would not be surprised if they spring a'mission' involving the UN.''

January 7, 2009-5The Chronicle

AAssIISSeeee IItt

Hakim Abdul-Ali By. Ron WaltersNNPA Columnist

Ethics are important ingovernment and if RolandBurris had received hisappointment to the U. S.Senate as a result of a dis-covered deal with IllinoisGovernor Rod BlagojevichI would have been the firstto reject it.

However, we have justgone through an election inwhich Barack Obama didnot really choose hismoment to run. It was lit-erally thrust upon him byhis popularity, and so themoment chose him.

Likewise, the situation inwhich Burris finds himselfwas not made entirely byhim, he has accepted anappointment made, nodoubt, to improve theimage of the Governor, butthat will amount to very lit-tle if he is indicted and con-victed of having attemptedto sell the Senate seat to

Seat Roland Burriswhich he has now appoint-ed Roland Burris, or forother crimes he has com-mitted.

Otherwise, I can find noreason to join with thosewho oppose Burris ’sacceptance of the appoint-ment: Blagojevich is thelegitimately seatedGovernor of the State ofIllinois; he has carried outa Constitutional duty inappointing Roland Burristo the vacant Senate seatleft by Barack Obama;Burris appears not to havebeen involved at all in theGovernor’s charges of cor-ruption in office; and he iseminently qualified to holdthe seat.

So what this amounts to isguilt by association whenthe association is far fromhaving been established.

In this case, people havesaid that the seat is “taint-ed” and while I know whatthey mean, I can’t quitegive the “taint” theory thepreeminent status thatsome have. Do they meanthat all of the actionsBlagojevich has taken are“tainted” and as suchshould be held up – otherexecutive actions such asbills signed, regulationsmade, and etc.? Shouldthey all be exculpated orheld up?

They haven’t been. If theymean that the seat is “taint-ed” how do they justify thatwhen the person appointedhas not been involved inthe Governor’s problems.If they mean that he wouldcome into the Senate undera cloud, whose cloud is it? -His or the Governor’s?And why is the Senate notable to make that distinc-tion?

Politics is an interesting,but also sometimes grittygame and those who sur-vive it must master timingas well as qualifications. Ihave great respect forDanny Davis who rejectedthe appointment for obvi-ous reasons, because he is

someone of great integrity. And as much as I would

prefer that he serve, I priv-ilege more having a Blackperson in the UnitedStates Senate - not underany circumstances - butgiven this situation, some-one who is willing, experi-enced and qualifiedenough to plow throughthe fog of politics that sur-rounds this appointment toultimately secure the seat. I have been an observer ofAmerican politics for along time and have seensome strange things theircolleagues have done thatmember of Congress werewilling to ignore.

I favor taking advantage ofa situation that blacks didnot create. It was createdby the absence of blacks inthe Senate until Obamacame along, and the possi-ble return to that conditionnow that he has left.Burris is not responsiblefor that. He is putting him-self forward in a gutsyattempt to correct it. Heran for Governor in thestate of Illinois and lost.He ran for Senate fromthat state and lost, but hewas the Comptroller forthree terms, AttorneyGeneral for one term, andthe only Black elected offi-cial to win state-widebefore Carol MoseleyBraun won her Senateseat. There is no assurance inIllinois politics that ifBlagojevich is taken out ofthe appointment process,

and the lietenant governoror the State Assemblymakes the appointment,such that the process bywhich the person would bechosen to have the seatwould pristine, or that aBlack person would bechosen. Indeed, the possibility -and the danger - is that amuch larger set of politicswould enter into the deci-sion not now envisioned.But by putting himself for-ward as someone who isotherwise qualified and notinvolved in the Governor’sscandal, it will be more dif-ficult to reject Burris oranother Black candidate ifthe appointment processchanges than if he had notaccepted the appointment.It always strikes me asstrange when I hear peoplesaying that race was“injected” into an issuewhen race was there allalong, but they eithercouldn’t see it or ignoredit, until it was unavoidable. The absence of Blacks inthe Senate is a racial prob-lem; the fact that theDistrict of Columbia hasno representation in theSenate – because the per-son elected is likely to beblack – is a racial problem.No one “injected” race intothis problem. It is racial bynature and the fact thatsome are made uncomfort-able by the manner inwhich Roland Burris isattempting to claim what isour right to be representedin the United State Senate,constituting 15 percent ofthe American, people istough. Why penalize us forthe process and how pris-tine should we be?

Dr. Ron Walters is theDistinguished LeadershipScholar, Director of theAfrican AmericanLeadership Center andProfessor of Governmentand Politics at theUniversity of MarylandCollege Park. His latestbook is: The Price ofRacial Reconciliation. (U.Michigan Press).

Roland Burris

Affluent BlacksContinue to Be an

UntappedMarket for

Luxury Brands

Special to the NNPA from theLouisiana Weekly

NEW ORLEANS (NNPA) -Wealthy African- Americansare a largely untapped andwidely overlooked demo-graphic despite having $29.8billion in purchasing power,according to results from astudy released recently.

The paper, ''Marketing toAffluent African-Americans:Strategic Insights forReaching an UntappedMarket,'' consisted of onlineinterviews with affluentAfrican-Americans as well as aseries of regional focus groupsheld in Atlanta, Chicago,Miami and Washington, DC.It features the results ofinsights on the behaviors, atti-tudes, opinions and spendingpatterns of affluent AfricanAmericans, defined as individ-uals earning at least $75,000annually. ''This study provides mar-keters with insights, case stud-ies, interviews with executivesand data to help them moreeffectively target this growingaudience of consumers,'' saidAndrea Hoffman, CEO ofDiversity Affluence (diver-sityaffluence.com), a consul-tancy that specializes in pro-viding marketing insights onaffluent ethnic consumers.''Marketers will benefitimmeasurably from engagingthese influential consumerswho have been waiting to beacknowledged for years, buthave been largely ignored bymost luxury brands,'' she said. The paper was the result of acollaboration betweenDiversity Affluence andUPTOWN magazine. Hoffman recently coined anew term, ''Royaltons,'' torefer to American affluent eth-nic consumers. African-American Royaltons (AARs)refer to a small but wealthygroup of influential peoplewho purchase items such asRolex watches, luxury carsand who frequently travelinternationally. Hoffman alsonoted that the intelligencegathered from researchingAARs will enable marketers tomore effectively reach some ofthe most powerful anduntapped consumers intoday's marketplace. Other results from the survey: - Royaltons conduct extensiveresearch on luxury itemsbefore they buy. - Decisions influencing theirpurchase included tailoredadvertising, personalized serv-ice and event marketing at theretail level. - AARs are aspirational, andfocus on trading up to moreluxurious brands. - Fashion is an expected luxuryand is equally important toboth men and women. - Men's fashion spending isfocused on career and casualwear, while women spendmoney on purses and shoes. ''AARs are a compelling audi-ence because they have moneyto spend, economic clout andword of mouth influenceamong their peers that couldredefine social networking aswe know it,'' Hoffman said.''Marketers must educatethemselves about this demo-graphic's needs, interests andeconomic significance.''

Selective Amnesia I was thinking one day last weekend on a recent return

trip to the Lowcountry about the precious moments thatseem to come and go in many “colored” folk’s mind-setswithout reflection.

Somehow, my mind drifted to thoughts of equal rightsand injustice that has occurred throughout this land ofours. It was a challenging prompting, and it made mereflect upon some things that were running through myhead.I know that I’m not a kid living in a playground of make

believe. I know that this is the America(s) where Africanswere enslaved and brought here against their wills, and Irefuse to forget that the stain of bigotry from that “hue-man” criminality has left many of the Motherland’s scat-tered children permanently mentally scarred.This mental scarring runs deep inside the soul of thedescendants of those Africans who were captured and bru-talized in that cruise from hell and back during the infa-mous Middle Passage. Many of today’s descendants, in myfrank opinion, suffer from a case of “Selective Amnesia”when it comes to the realities how they act today to a con-tinued form of blatant, but not so subliminal, racism.This point was brought home as a reminder in an totallyunplanned rap session between me, Charleston Chroniclepublisher “Jim” French, Barney Blakeney, the Chronicle’slongtime beat reporter, and one of the Lowcountry’srenowned African-American Civil Rights activists andbusiness men, “Bill” Saunders.

It was beautiful to be a part of that chance polemic,because we all were thinking about what is the state ofBlack folks’ mind-sets, especially in these conflicting timesof successes, upheavals and downturns that are challeng-ing everyone, everywhere, beyond their worlds of imagina-tions.

We, as Black men, who gathered in Mr. French’s office,were listening respectfully to each other, with somewhatdifferent views and solutions to how can we wake up thevery obvious malaise that’s in the minds, hearts and soulsof Black folks scattered throughout the nation. It made methink more perceptively.

Mr. Saunders, a soldier in the struggle for Afro-Americaninclusion in the process of shared democracy for all,brought up the issue of what are “we” as members oftoday’s Black community, going to do about what’s goingon in our seemingly dwindling village of communities,unlike what past involved elders did.

That was an important point as Mr. French and Mr.Saunders punctuated the conversation with their own bat-tlefield memories of those dead, but not forgotten, indige-nous heroes and sheroes who gave their literal alls in mak-ing Charleston, South Carolina, and the rest of the stateaware that freedom does come by singing a lyric in a song.It requires committed vision, work and awareness.From today’s graffiti walls appearing on the inner cityBlack business and homes to the local fabled hospitalstrike of yesteryear to the state of the Black America, weall offered our off-the-cuff sentiments about what “we” asan aware cadre of ebony souls needed to do to get our actstogether in this process of equality for all.

That’s a daunting ordeal for the aware and concernedmasses of “colored” folk to digest, no matter if they live inWatts, Harlem or the Lowcountry. If you don’t under-stand that we, as a community, need to wake up and startdealing with the issues that are destroying us from within,then you might as well say we have a terminal case of“Selective Amnesia,” leading to abject political senility.I think, as I write, that the trouble with the masses ofBlack folk in today’s struggles for survival and upkeep isthat they’ve forgotten how we got to where we are now.This point was brought home by Brother Barney as hereminded us in the discussion of some issues and points ofconcern that he felt were more relevant and needed to beaddressed sooner than later.

All of this intense conversational discussion showed thatserious impromptu discussion in the Black community wasand is necessary to destroy any hint that some aware (?)“colored” folk aren’t taking care of business somewhere inthe bald eagle’s conflicted domain. That’s not always thecase because there’s definitely some aware, committed andaroused brothers and sisters who still have their eyes onthe prizes of freedom, justice and equality for all.

To that point, I added that many of our young folk needto get on board in being consciously aware that “our-story”isn’t what it is just because you say that you’re Black andproud. Mr. French emphasized that it comes from beingeducated, with business awareness and having politicalunderstanding of how the system functions.That certainly is true in no clearer format than the electionof Barack Obama as the 44th president of this global giantcalled the United States of America. It didn’t come overnight if you view his past biography under close scrutiny,and he most definitely is an American and worldwide suc-cess story.

He’s but one man, but he prepared himself for his thenunknown future to be where he is in this vaunted realm ofpower and respect that he now assumes. His rise to politi-cal prestige wasn’t the result of a form of “SelectiveAmnesia,” but one of committed preparedness and vision-ary actualization. That’s very important to recognize, even now, as we cele-brate one of the most stunning imaginations havingbecome a reality in American “His-story.” The future isthere waiting for those who prepare spiritually and aca-demically and don’t forget the struggles that others beforethem gave and made in order for them to live as they dotoday.

To do otherwise is a step backwards in the advancementof “our” people’s plight and outcry for freedom, justice andequality. Denying this truism is a personal decision andborders on partial or loss, especially through shock, psy-chological disturbance, brain injury, or illness. The concerns of “our” people in the various communitieswhere they are located have to discussed just like we did inMr. French’s office last week in order to ensure that someof us have not forgotten through neglect, unconcern, or“Selective Amnesia” that “we” must unite. For BlackAmerican and other respected ethnic communities to pros-per there must be a committed consciousness of takingcare of all the issues and concerns that are existing in thevarious “hoods” of America.

We, in the “our-storically” esteemed African-Americancommunity, must never forget through any form of“Selective Amnesia” that we have a lot to be proud of, butwe have to remind ourselves daily that “we” have muchmore work to do in taking care of business. It’s a timelymessage that’s relevant for the ages.That’s what Brothers French and Saunders, the elders inthe discussion, were reminding me and Brother BarneyBlakeney about as they highlighted, in no uncertain terms,that the struggle is still pressing on us to talk, discuss andwrite about before “Selective Amnesia” takes a furtherstronghold on the minds of some of our unaware “colored”folk in this community. It’s all about action. In a nutshell, I guess what I’m saying today is that we mustnever forgot those who came before us and what struggles,sacrifices and achievements that they endured and made inorder for the baton of freedom, justice and quality to bepassed on to the next generation of aware people. Are youaware, or are you having one of those “Selective Amnesia”moments?

If you are I trust that you come back to your right sensesreal quick, because in case you haven’t noticed Blackunemployment, crime, divorces, homelessness and mount-ing misery are as real as real can get. Thinking negativelyabout people and your community could lead to a case ofpermanent “Selective Amnesia.” Oh, by the way, before I forget, I love you and want toremind you to be united as a Black family. That’s crucial to“our” unity, and that’s, “As I See It.”

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New Jerusalem AME Churchlocated at 6179 Bears Bluff Road, Wadmalaw Island, SC,

will hold its Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration on Sunday, January 11, 2009 at 4:00 pm

Keynote Preacher:The Rev. Dr. William Smith

Presiding Elder of the Marion District (AMEC)

Mrs.. Ann McGillReporter/Anchor WCSC-TV-5

Mistress of Ceremonies

*Each church to contribute$100 at the celebration

North AreaCommittee

Dr. Martin LutherKing, Jr. Celebration

at Mt. Moriah

The committee of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Birthday Celebrationmovement for the North Area(Sponsored by the YWCA ofGreater Charleston) are ask-ing all of the churches of the

North Area and Churches farand near to please get

involved in this special eventon Sunday, January 11, 2009 atMt. Moriah Baptist Church,

The Speaker for this eventwill be Rev. Robert Grove,

Pastor of Joshua BaptistChurch.

The program will beginpromptly at 4:00. We are

making a special plea to theyoung people to help us keepDr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s

“Dream Alive.”

The North Area Commitee isasking that all churches in theNorth Area to make a special

donation of $75.00. Pleasecome out and share in this

special event. Your support isgreatly needed.

The Honorable Lala B. Fyall, North Area Chairperson,

552-7056

The East Cooper Worship Service

in Commemorationof

Dr. Martin LutherKing, Jr.,

Will be Held at LongPoint Missionary

Baptist Church 1859Long Point Rd.

Sunday, January 11,2009 at 5:00 pm.

Rev. Sidney Melvin,Pastor

The East CooperInterdenominational

Mass Choir Mr. RonaldRavenel

,Director Mr. Ted Sanders,

PresidentPearl H. Mazyck,

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Narconon Arrowheadoffers free counseling,assessment, and referralsto rehabilitation centersnationwide for individualsstruggling with drug andalcohol addictions. Theprice of addiction is morethan the cost of the drugs.It can cost his family oreven his life. Referrals canbe made by calling800.468.6933 or loggingon www.stopaddiction.com

A riot is the language ofthe unheard.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Chronicle January 7, 2009-7

By: Kevin McGill,Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS - One ofthe central figures in the2007 Jena Six civil rightscase never gave up pursu-ing his football career,even after his well-publi-cized run-ins with the law.Mychal Bell, an 18-year-oldhigh school running back,clung to the hope that hecould earn a college foot-ball scholarship. Thencame another legal scrapethis Christmas Eve.Afternews broke of his arrest ona shoplifting charge, Bellshot himself in the chestMonday with a .22-caliberhandgun. He remainedhospitalized Tuesday butpolice said his chest woundwas not life-threatening.

"When it was broadcastthat he was charged withshoplifting he just felt thatthe whole year had beenwasted and that he hadworked all of that time fornothing," said Louis Scott,who represented Bell inthe case where Bell andfive other black teenagerswere charged in the 2006beating of a white class-mate.

Bell's grandmother,Rosie Simmons, and moth-er, Melissa Bell, toldpolice that "Mychal hadmade comments over the

Lawyer: Jena Six Teen ShoT Himself Out of Despairpast two days that, becauseof the current media atten-tion he had because of theshoplifting arrest, he didn'tfeel like he could live any-more," Monroe Police Lt.Jeff Harris said, readingfrom a police report.

Bell and the other mem-bers of the "Jena Six" oncefaced attempted murdercharges in the beating atJena High School, in northcentral Louisiana's LasalleParish. The charges for allthe defendants were even-tually reduced. But theseverity of the originalcharges brought wide-spread criticism and even-tually led more than 20,000people to converge inSeptember 2007 on the tinytown of Jena for a majorcivil rights march.

After being sentenced to 18months following his guiltyplea to juvenile charges,Bell moved from Jena to

Monroe, where he was infoster care. He wasreleased from state supervi-sion on Dec. 4, said BillFurlow, a spokesman forReed Walters, the districtattorney for LaSalleParish.

A football star at JenaHigh until the Barker beat-ing, Bell had hoped to playfor Monroe's Carroll HighSchool, where he is ontrack to graduate in thespring. But the LouisianaHigh School AthleticAssociation wouldn't granthim a fifth year of eligibili-ty to play. Bell had spent 10months in prison awaitingtrial after his 2006 arrest inthe beating case.

"He had kept his grades upand he had worked out thewhole year even though hecouldn't play. He had dealtwith the fact that the stateathletic association would

not let him play highschool ball," Bell's lawyer,Louis Scott said Tuesday.

It was unclear whether hisdreams of a college footballcareer were realistic.According to Scott, familymembers believed Bell washaving encouraging discus-sions with the Universityof Louisiana-Monroe.School spokesman AdamPrendergast declined com-ment. A message was leftTuesday for the school'sdirector of football opera-tions, Peter Martin.

Police said Bell'sChristmas Eve arrest cameafter he allegedly tried tosteal several shirts and apair of jeans from a depart-ment store and fled when asecurity guard and off-dutypolice officer tried todetain him. After theyfound him hiding under acar, Bell "swung his arms

wildly" and one of hiselbows struck the securityguard with a glancingblow, according to a policereport. He was freed on$1,300 bond.

Scott said he believed thearrest likely resulted from a

misunderstanding.

"I would be very surprisedif he was shoplifting,"Scott said. "I had seen himworking out every day eventhough he knew he wasn'tgoing to be able to playhigh school football."

Rev. Sharpton embraces Mycal Bell

By: Jason Dearen, AssociatedPress

SAN FRANCISCO - GeorgeFrancis, the nation's oldestman, who lived through bothworld wars, man's first walk onthe moon and the election ofthe first black president, hasdied. He was 112.

Francis died Saturday of con-gestive heart failure at a nurs-ing home in Sacramento, hisson, Anthony Francis, saidSunday."He lived four years in the 19th

George Francis, Oldest Man in the U.S., Dies

century, 100 years in the 20th cen-tury, and 8 years in the 21st century.We call him the man of three cen-turies," said the younger Francis,

81.

UCLA gerontologist Dr. StephenColes, who maintains a list of theworld's oldest people, said Francislived 112 years and 204 days.

With Francis' death, WalterBreuning of Montana, who is 112years, 98 days old, becomes thecountry's oldest living man. At 114,Gertrude Baines of Los Angeles isthe nation's oldest living person.The world's oldest person is Mariade Jesus of Portugal, who is 115years, 109 days old, and the oldestman is Tomoji Tanabe of Japan,who is 113 years, 101 days, Coles

said.

Francis, who at his prime barelyweighed more than 100 pounds, wasborn June 6, 1896, in New Orleans.As an African-American in the South,he felt the sting of the Jim Crow-erasegregation laws in his early life.

His son said Francis tried to enlist inthe U.S. Army during World War Ibut was turned down because of hisstature.

"We always attributed his longevity tohis mental and physical toughness,"Anthony Francis said.

WatchdogsCite Video

Games for Violence

and SexBy: Andrew Miga,Associated Press

WASHINGTON - Gangmembers slitting thethroats of their rivals andbeating up strippers.Combatants hacking awaywith chain saw-equippedassault rifles. Footballplayers taking steroids andcelebrating game victorieswith hookers.

Those images flickeracross the screen in someof the 10 video games that amedia watchdog groupwarns should be avoidedby kids and teens under 17.The National Institute on

Media and the Family isunveiling its 13th annualvideo game report cardTuesday to help parentschoose games that areappropriate for their chil-dren as the holiday shop-ping season picks up.

The institute in past yearshas urged the video gameindustry to develop betterratings and retailers to domore to prevent kids frombeing able to buy mature-themed games. This year,citing the positive stepstaken by industry officialsand retailers, the group isfocusing on ways parentscan play a more active rolein safeguarding their chil-dren from games thatglamorize sex, drugs andviolence."In spite of the fact that all

of the games are rated, inspite of the fact that theretailers are doing a betterjob, we still know thatthere are a lot of teenagerswho still spend a lot oftime playing adult-ratedgames," said institute pres-ident David Walsh.

The institute cited figuresfrom the Pew Internet andAmerican Life Projectshowing 97 percent of allteens, boys as well as girls,play video games regularly,and most parents payattention to what their kidsare playing. The groupwants stronger parentaloversight.

"We parents need to wakeup and realize that thegames our kids play doinfluence them," saidWalsh. "And it's our job tomake sure they are playingage-appropriate games. It'sthe next big step."

A video game guide forparents, including tips onusing the parental controlson game consoles, is high-lighted in the new report,which will be available onthe group's Web site.

Bloodshed and brutalityare staples in the list of 10games to avoid. All thegames were M-rated,intended for those aged 17and over.

8-January 7, 2009 The Chronicle

STATE OF SOUTHCAROLINA IN THE CIRCUIT COURT

THE NINTH JUDICIALCIRCUIT COUNTYOF CHARLESTON

C/A No. 2008-CP-10-485

SAMPLE & ASSOCIATES,LLC; MARY FORDHAM; VER-NELL G. GREENE;WILHELMINA LEWIS,

Plaintiff,

v.

LILLIE M. BROW AKA LILLYMAY BROW AKA LILLY M.BROW AKALILLIE MAY BROW, ALBERTAL. BROWN aka ALBERTHA L.BROWN,HARRY BROWN, RAYMONDBROWN,Jr., ROBERT L.BROWN, MARGARITE JAMI-SON DEAS, ALICE GRANT,EARLGRIMBALL, MICHAEL GRIM-BALL aka MICHAELW. GRIMBALL, ABRAHAMHOLLINGTON, ELIJAH JAMI-SON, HENRY JAMISON akaHENRY JAMESON, MELVINJAMISON, W I L L I SJAMISON, MATILDAMATTHEWS, ROBERT-MATTHEWS, S U S A NMATTHEWS, EVELYNMICWOOD, BETTY MURRAY,CHRISTINE TOLBERTOWENS, W I L L I A MPRIOLEAU, JR., BARBARATOLBERT SINGLETON,FREDDIE SMITH, BENJAMINTOLBERT, EUGENETOLBERT, ISAAC TOLBERT,JAMES TOLBERT, BETTYJEAN TOLBERTW A S H I N G T O N ;CHARLESTON C O U N T YBUSINESS LICENSEUSER FEE DEPARTMENT,COUNTY OF CHARLESTON,FIRST FEDERAL OFCHARLESTON, SOUTH CAR-OLINA DEPARTMENT OFREVENUE;JOSEPH S. MCINERNY,SHARON E. MCINERNY,ROBERT A. MCKENZIE,TRUSTEE(S) OF THEGREATER ST. LUKE AMECHURCH, TRUSTEE(S) OFTHE ST. PAUL’S AMECHURCH, WALTER TOLBERT;JOHN DOE, afictitious name used hereintodesignate the unknown heirs atlaw, distributees,devisees, issue, personalrepresentatives, successorsand/or assigns of ABRAMBROWN, EVALINETOLBERT BROWN aka EVE-LYN TOLBERT BROWN,LESLIE BROWN,RAYMOND BROWN, EMMABRYAN, THOMAS GAILLARD,LIE GRIMBALL,LOVIE TOLBERT GRIMBALL,MARGARET GRIMBALL akaMARGARET M. GRIMBALL,CLARISSATOLBERT JAMISON akaCLARA TOLBERT JAMISON,JOHN H. JAMISON, ELIJAHMATTHEWS, PATSYA.TOLBERT MATTHEWS,SARAH P O W E L L ,EDWIN PRIOLEAU )ELIZABETH TOLBERT PRI-OLEAU, JOE PRIOLEAU,ROSALIE TOLBERTPRIOLEAU, WILLIAM PRI-OLEAU, DOROTHY SINGLE-TON, DOROTHYJAMISON SMITH, IONIA TAY-LOR, ANNA BELLE TOLBERT,CLAUDIATOLBERT, ESTELENA TOL-BERT, EZEKIEL TOLBERT,JULIUS TOLBERT,LOUISEHUTCHINSON TOLBERT,LUKE D. TOLBERT, MARIASTEPLIGHT T O L B E R T,MARY TOLBERT, ROBERT A.TOLBERT, ROBERT R. TOL-BERT aka ROBERT TOLBERT,SHERMAN HENNISON TOLBERT, VICTO-RIA TOLBERT, WILLIETOLBERT, BENJAMINWILLIAM, being deceasedpersons; and MARY ROE, afictitious name designating allother persons and legal enti-ties unknown,including but notlimited to, any person holdingthe position of or acting as, oron behalf of the Trustee(s) ofthe Greater St. Luke AMEChurch or the Trustee(s) of theSt. Paul’s AME Church, whomay have or claim anyright, title, estate and/or inter-est in or lien upon the realestatedescribed herein, including anysuch as may be infants, incom-petents, or underany other disability, includingthe Soldiers and SailorsCivil Relief Act,

Defendants.

SUMMONSTO THE ABOVE NAMEDDEFENDANTS:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUM-MONED AND REQUIRED TOANSWER the Complaint in thisaction, a copy of which is here-by served upon you, and toserve a copy of your Answerupon the undersigned sub-scriber at James E. Reeves,P.A., 400 North Cedar Street,Summerville, SC 29483, withinthirty (30) days, thirty-five (35)days if service is by certifiedmail, after the service hereof,exclusive of the date of suchservice; except the UnitedStates of America shall havesixty (60) days; and if you failto file an Answer or appear todefend the Complaint withinthe time aforesaid, thePlaintiffs will apply to the Courtfor a judgment by default to berendered against you for therelief demanded in theComplaint.YOU WILL ALSO TAKENOTICE that the Plaintiffs willmove for an order of referenceor that the court may issue ageneral order of reference ofthis action to the Master-in-Equity, pursuant to Rule 53,South Carolina Rules of CivilProcedure, on all issues to

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE CIRCUIT COURT

THE NINTH JUDICIALCIRCUIT COUNTY

OF CHARLESTONC/A No. 2007-CP-10-2424

Regis “Ronnie” ChisholmBooze’,

Plaintiff,

v.Carolyn Chisholm Daniel,Joanne Chisholm Byrd, GloriaPoinsette Harrison, Archie C.Moore, Michael C. Moore,Robert Poinsette, Jr., RobinPoinsette, Yvonne PoinsetteWilson, Chrysler FinancialCompany, LLC, DominoProperties, LLC, Southern BellTelephone and TelegraphCompany, South C a r o l i n aDepartment of Revenue, andJohn Doe, a fictitious nameused herein to designate theunknown heirs at law, distribu-tees, and/or devisees of HelenBalaam,Mary Streety Balaam,Robert Balaam, RobertBalaam, Jr., Alice CeciliaSmalls Chisholm CeciliaChisholm, Diana Chisholm,Evalese Chisholm,JennieChisholm, Jeremiah Chisholm,John C. Chisholm aka JohnChisholm, John Chisholm, Jr.,Louise Chisholm, SarahChisholm, Alice ChisholmDusenbury, Archie Moore, Sr.,Geraldine Chisholm Moore,Armenia Chisholm Poinsette,Robert E. Poinsette, Sr., JoStreety, Julia RebeccaChisholm Streety, MarthaStreety, Viola Streety, JamesWright, James Wright, Jr.,Lucille Streety Wright, all beingdeceased persons; and MaryRoe, a fictitious name desig-nating all other per-sons and legal entit iesunknown who may have orclaim an interest in or lien uponthe real estate d e s c r i b e dherein, including any such asmay be infants, incompetents,or under any otherdisability,including the Soldiers andSailors Civil Relief Act,

Defendants.

AMENDED SUMMONS

TO THE ABOVE NAMEDDEFENDANTS:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUM-MONED AND REQUIRED TOANSWER the AmendedComplaint in this action, a copyof which is hereby served uponyou, and to serve a copy ofyour Answer upon the under-signed subscriber at James E.Reeves, P.A., 400 North CedarStreet, Summervil le, SC29483, within thirty (30) days;thirty-five (35) days if serviceis by certified mail, after theservice hereof, exclusive of thedate of such service; exceptthe United States of Americashall have sixty (60) days; andif you fail to file an Answer orappear to defend the AmendedComplaint within the timeaforesaid, the Plaintiffs willapply to the Court for a judg-ment by default to be renderedagainst you for the reliefdemanded in the AmendedComplaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKENOTICE that the Plaintiffs willmove for an Order ofReference or that the Courtmay issue a general Order ofReference of this action to theMaster-in-Equity, pursuant toRule 53 of the South CarolinaRules of Civil Procedure, on allissues to come before theCourt with direct appeal to theSouth Carolina Court ofAppeals or South CarolinaSupreme Court.TO MINORS OVER FOUR-TEEN YEARS OF AGEAND/OR MINORS UNDERFOURTEEN YEARS OF AGEAND THE PERSON WITHWHOM THE MINOR RESIDESAND/OR TO PERSONSUNDER SOME LEGAL DIS-ABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHERSUMMONED AND NOTIFIEDto apply for the appointment ofa guardian ad litem within thir-ty (30) days after the service ofthis Amended Summons andNotice upon you. If you fail todo so, application for suchappointment will be made bythe Plaintiff(s).YOU WILL ALSO TAKENOTICE that pursuant to S.C.Code Ann. §15-61-25 (1976),as amended, if you are a jointtenant or tenant in common,you are hereby notified of yourright to purchase the property,which is the subject matter ofthis action, and the need tonotify the Court of your inten-tion.

LIS PENDENS

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE thatthe above named Plaintiff hascommenced or intend to com-

mence an action affecting thetit le to the real estatedescribed below. TheAmended Complaint to be filedsimultaneous herewith or with-in twenty days hereof, praysfor a suit to quiet title for prop-erty and for partit ion inCharleston County, SouthCarolina. The real estate isdescribed as follows:All that piece, parcel or tract ofland, lying and being inCharleston County, SouthCarolina and known and desig-nated as containing 27.064acres, as shown on that certainplat entit led "A BOUNDARYSURVEY OF TMS 312-00-00-049 BEING 27.064 ACRES ONBROWNSWOOD ROADOWNED BY THE ESTATE OFJOHN CHISOLM LOCATED INTHE TOWN OF CHARLESTONCOUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA"prepared by SoutheasternSurveying of Charleston, Inc.dated June 1, 2006 and record-ed July 11, 2008 in the RMCOffice for Charleston County inPlat Book EL, page 632; saidtract of land having such actu-al size, shape, dimensions,buttings and boundings asshown on said plat, referenceto which is hereby made for amore complete description.

TMS#: 312-00-00-049

NOTICE OF FILING AMENDEDSUMMONS, AMENDED COM-PLAINT,LIS PENDENS, AND PETITIONAND ORDER APPOINTINGGUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI

TO THE DEFENDANTSABOVE NAMED: YOU AREHEREBY NOTIFIED that theAmended Summons, whichincluded a Notice of Intentionto Refer Action to the Master-in-Equity for FinalDetermination and a Notice ofAppointment of Guardian AdLitem Nisi; the AmendedComplaint; and Lis Pendens;were filed with the Clerk ofCourt for Charleston CountyCourt of Common Pleas onAugust 29, 2008.

Further, a Petition and OrderAppointing S. Thomas Worley,Jr., Esquire, whose addressand phone number are 942McCants Drive, Mt. Pleasant,SC 29464, (843) 884-5474, asguardian ad litem nisi, for theDefendants designated asJohn Doe and Mary Roe, havealso been filed on October 14,2008, which said appointmentbecomes absolute thirty (30)days after the service of thisNotice unless you or someoneon your behalf procure anotherto be appointed as guardian adlitem to represent their inter-ests in this action.

The purpose of thissuit is to determine the inter-ests of the parties to the prop-erty, which is the subject mat-ter of this suit, and to ask theCourt for an Order from theMaster-in-Equity forCharleston County approvingthe sale of the property to theDefendant, Domino Properties,LLC.

JAMES E. REEVES, P.A.

ByJames E. Reeves, Esquire

400 North Cedar Street

Summerville, SC 29483

(843) 832-7337

STe

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

come before the Court.TO MINORS OVER FOUR-TEEN YEARS OF AGE ANDMINORS UNDER THE AGE OFFOURTEEN YEARS OF AGEAND THE PERSON WITHWHOM THE MINOR RESIDESAND/OR TO PERSONSUNDER SOME LEGAL DIS-ABILITY:YOU ARE FURTHER SUM-MONED AND NOTIFIED toapply for the appointment of aguardian ad litem within thirty(30) days after the service ofthis Summons and Notice uponyou. If you fail to do so, appli-cation for such appointmentwill be made by the Plaintiffs.

LIS PENDENS

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE thatthe above named Plaintiffshave commenced or intend tocommence an action affectingthe tit le to the real estatedescribed below. TheComplaint to be filed simulta-neous herewith or within twen-ty days hereof, prays for a suitto quiet title for property inCharleston County, SouthCarolina. The real estate isdescribed as follows: All that certain piece, parcel ortract of land, situate lying andbeing in the state and countyaforesaid in St. Pauls Parishwhich is better described asfollows: Tract No. 2 of plat byM. Kenyon Millard, Reg. C.E. &L.S. #635, dated August 29,1986, containing 1.2 acres andspecifically described on saidplat as follows; beginning at aniron stake on the Northeastside of the 50’ R/W road539.06’ West of S.C. Highway162 and running along theNortheast R/W of said road N79 47 01 W, 152.59’ to an ironstake, thence N 42 30 E,459.95’ to an iron stake,thence S 47 30 E, 129’ to aniron stake, thence S 42 30 W,378.46’ to an iron stake thepoint of beginning.

BUTTING and bounding on theSouth by the 50’ R/W road; onthe Northwest by Tract No. 3 ofthe above plat, on theNortheast by lands now or for-merly of James Smith, and onthe Southeast by Tract No. 1 ofthe above plat.

THIS lot cut from Estate ofRobert Tolbert acquired by himby deed of Robert Rivers,dated 3 February 1870, record-ed in Book E at Page 96 atColleton County Court Houseon 16 December 1911 and nowshown in Deed Book B27 atPage 220-221 at the RMCOffice for Charleston County.

The above described Tract No.2 has recently been surveyedand is more accuratelydescribed as:

All that piece, parcel or tract ofland, lying and being inCharleston County, SouthCarolina and known and desig-nated as Tract No. 2, contain-ing 1.13 acres, as shown onthat certain plat entit led"BOUNDARY SURVEY OFTRACTS 2, 3 AND 4 248-00-00-049, 050 AND 051 4.70ACRES TOTAL REQUESTEDBY WAYNE WIGGINS LOCAT-ED IN SAINT PAULS PARISHCHARLESTON COUNTY,SOUTH CAROLINA" preparedby Jerrold Anderson datedDecember 5, 2008, revisedMarch 13, 2008 and recordedMay 23, 2008 in the RMCOffice for Charleston County inPlat Book EL, page 532; saidtract of land having such actu-al size, shape, dimensions,buttings and boundings asshown on said plat, referenceto which is hereby made for amore complete description.

TMS#: 248-00-00-049

AND

All that certain piece, parcel ortract of land situate lying andbeing in the state and countyaforesaid in St. Pauls Parishwhich is better described asfollows: Tract No. 3 of plat byM, Kenyon Mallard, Reg. C.E.& L. S. #635, dated August 29,1986 containing 1.2 acres andspecifically described on saidplat as follows: beginning atan iron stake on highway 162and running along the north-east R/W of said road N. 79 4701 W, 125.28’ to an iron stake,thence N 42 30 E, 526.91’ toan iron stake, then S 47 30 E,106’ to an iron stake thence S42 30 W, 459.95’ to an ironstake, the point of beginning.

BUTTING and bounding on thesouth by the 50’ R/W road, onthe Northwest by Trace No. 4of the above plat, on theNortheast by lands of JamesSmith and on the Southeast byTract No. 2 of the above plat.

THIS lot cut from Estate ofRobert Tolbert acquired by himby deed of Robert Rivers,dated 3 February 1870, record-ed in Book E at Page 96 atColleton County Court Houseon 16 December 1911 and nowshown in Deed Book B27 atPage 220-221 at the RMCOffice for Charleston County.

The above described Tract No.3 has recently been surveyedand is more accuratelydescribed as:

All that piece, parcel or tract ofland, lying and being inCharleston County, SouthCarolina and known and desig-nated as Tract No. 3, contain-ing 1.16 acres, as shown onthat certain plat entit led"BOUDNARY SURVEY OFTRACTS 2, 3 AND 4 248-00-00-049, 050 AND 051 4.70ACRES TOTAL REQUESTEDBY WAYNE WIGGINS LOCAT-ED IN SAINT PAULS PARISHCHARLESTON COUNTY,SOUTH CAROLINA" preparedby Jerrold Anderson datedDecember 5, 2008, revisedMarch 13, 2008 and recorded

May 23, 2008 in the RMCOffice for Charleston County inPlat Book EL, page 532; saidtract of land having such actu-al size, shape, dimensions,buttings and boundings asshown on said plat, referenceto which is hereby made for amore complete description.

TMS #: 248-00-00-050

ANDAll that certain piece, parcel ortract of land situate lying andbeing in the sate and countyaforesaid in St. Pauls Parishwhich is better described asfollows: Tract No. 4 of plat byM, Kenyon Mallard, Reg. C.E.& L. S. #635, dated August 29,1986 containing 2.4 acres andspecifically described on saidplat as follows: beginning at aniron stake on the Northeastside of the 50’ R/W road817.03’ West of South CarolinaHighway 162, thence N 79 4701 W, 105.27’ to an iron stake,thence N 79 47 01 W, 111.30’to an iron stake, thence N 4230 E, 638.06’ to an iron stake,thence S 50 150 E, 94.1’ to anold con.mon., thence S 47 30E, 89.0’, thence S 42 30 W,526.91’ to an iron stake, thepoint of beginning.

BUTTING and bounding on theSouth by the 50’ R/W road, onthe Northwest by Tract No. 5 ofthe above plat, on theNortheast by lands now or for-merly of F.W. & C.A. Cera andJames Smith and on theSoutheast by Tract No. 3 of theabove plat.

THIS lot cut from Estate ofRobert Tolbert acquired by himby deed of Robert Rivers,dated 3 February 1870, record-ed in Book E at Page 96 atColleton County Court Houseon 16 December 1911 and nowshown in Deed Book B27 atPage 220-221 at the RMCOffice for Charleston County.

The above described Tract No.4 has recently been surveyedand is more accuratelydescribed as:

All that piece, parcel or tract ofland, lying and being inCharleston County, SouthCarolina and known and desig-nated as Tract No. 4, contain-ing 2.41 acres, as shown onthat certain plat entit led"BOUDNARY SURVEY OFTRACTS 2, 3 AND 4 248-00-00-049, 050 AND 051 4.70ACRES TOTAL REQUESTEDBY WAYNE WIGGINS LOCAT-ED IN SAINT PAULS PARISHCHARLESTON COUNTY,SOUTH CAROLINA" preparedby Jerrold Anderson datedDecember 5, 2008, revisedMarch 13, 2008 and recordedMay 23, 2008 in the RMCOffice for Charleston County inPlat Book EL, page 532; saidtract of land having such actu-al size, shape, dimensions,buttings and boundings asshown on said plat, referenceto which is hereby made for amore complete description.

TMS#: 248-00-00-051

ORDER APPOINTINGGUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI

Upon reading and filing thePetition of the Plaintiffs forappointment of S. ThomasWorley, Jr., Esquire, asguardian ad litem nisi for theunknown defendants who areminors and unknown defen-dants under other legal disabil-ity, collectively designated asJohn Doe and Mary Roe, and itappearing that the names andaddresses of such minors, orother persons under otherlegal disability, whether resi-dents or non-residents of theState of South Carolina, areunknown to the Plaintiffs andcannot with reasonable dil i-gence be ascertained, and thatS. Thomas Worley, Jr.,Esquire, is a suitable and com-petent person to understandand protect the rights andinterest of said minor defen-dants and others under legaldisability, and is not connectedin business with the Plaintiffsin this action or with their coun-sel. IT IS ORDERED that S.Thomas Worley, Jr., Esquire,be, and is hereby designatedand appointed guardian adlitem nisi for said unknownminor defendants and thoseother defendants under legaldisability, collectively designat-ed as John Doe and Mary Roe,and is hereby authorized toappear and defend said actionon behalf of said defendantsunless said minor defendantsor other defendants underother legal disabil ity, shallwithin thirty days after theservice of a copy of a Notice ofthis Order upon them, exclu-sive of the day of service, pro-cure another to be theguardian ad litem for saidminor defendants or otherdefendants under legal disabil-ity, for purpose of this action.

NOTICE OF FILING SUM-MONS, COMPLAINT, LISPENDENS AND PETITIONAND ORDER APPOINTINGGUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI

TO THE DEFENDANTSABOVE NAMED: YOU AREHEREBY NOTIFIED that theSummons, which included aNotice of Intention to ReferAction to the Master-in-Equityfor Final Determination and aNotice of Appointment ofGuardian Ad Litem Nisi; theComplaint; and Lis Pendens;were filed with the Clerk ofCourt for Charleston CountyCourt of Common Pleas onAugust 21, 2008.Further, a Petition and OrderAppointing S. Thomas Worley,Jr., whose address and phonenumber are 942 McCantsDrive, Mouth Pleasant, SouthCarolina, 29464; (843) 884-5474, as guardian ad litem nisi,

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for the Defendants designatedas John Doe and Mary Roe,have also been fi led onOctober 14, 2008, which saidappointment becomes absolutethirty (30) days after the serv-ice of this Notice unless you orsomeone on your behalf pro-cure another to be appointedas guardian ad litem to repre-sent their interests in thisaction.

The purpose of thissuit is to determine the inter-ests of the parties to the prop-erty, which is the subject mat-ter of this suit, and to ask theCourt for an Order from theMaster-in-Equity forCharleston County approvingthe sale of the property to thePlaintiff, Sample & Associates,LLC.

JAMES E. REEVES, P.A.

BY:

JAMES E. REEVES, ESQUIRE

400 North Cedar StreetSummerville, SC 29483

(843) 832-7337

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

My Son's Fiancée is 12 YearsOlder Than Me!

ASKGWEN

NNPABY Gwendolyn Baines

Six months ago, my soncalled and informed me hewas getting married. I washappy for him. He wascoming home for a shortvacation and bringing herwith him. Two days beforethey were to leave, hisfiancée came down sick. However, he came homewithout her. He lost moneybecause her plane ticketwas not refundable.When he showed me a pic-ture of her, I thought shelooked much older. I didn’tthink too much about itbecause sometimes youngpeople look old. Then hegave me the shock. He toldme that his fiancée was 12years older than me.Gwendolyn, I couldn’tbelieve it. Now I feel shedidn’t want to meet me.Her illness was planned.My son is 24 and I am 42which means that she is 54.Twelve years older than memakes her 30 years olderthan my son. Since thattime I have looked into herfinancial history. She has money – and plentyof it. Should I object thismarriage? I feel it is moneymy son is after.Margaret

Dear Margaret:Let me tell you this: If he

marries her, he will earnevery dime. People, bothmen and women, oftentend to marry for financialgain. A 24 year old mandoes not need to marry awoman 30 years older thanhe. Money alone does notmake one happy - at leastnot for long. There is somuch that makes a rela-tionship. Think about it.Good marriages have otherthings going such as con-versation, same interests,and a bond of true friend-ship.Do your best to discourageyour son. When womenmarry older men, nothingis usually said about it. Buteven when they do it, toomuch of their youth iswasted. Also, older womenare terribly possessive,sometimes to the point ofcausing harm.Margaret, have a heart-to-heart talk with your son.Don’t view him as a man,but vision him as your pre-cious little boy.

.Grandson hatesme because I

refuse to buy car!Dear Gwendolyn:

I didn’t have luck with mychildren. I have three boysand two girls, all grown.Two of my sons are servinglife sentences in the stateprison and one son is analcoholic. My two girls areaddicted to drugs and havetaught their children tohate me.

When they were growingup, I worked two jobs attrying to give them thethings that I never had.Now, this is my reward.The grandchildren (11 intotal) dislike me, and onehas even tried to have meharmed. That same grand-child is angry because Iwill not purchase a car forhim for Christmas.Gwendolyn, I am tired. I

did the best that I could.My husband left manyyears ago, divorced me andmarried my sister.I don’t know where I went

wrong with the children,but I do know I refuse tobe mistreated and misusedfor my money. I know theold saying “you can’t take itwith you.” but I am tirednow. I need your advice.—ShonteeDear Shontee:You have an odd and prettyname, now make your lifepretty as well. The deci-sion you have made shouldbe shouted to the world.Too many mothers aremerely misused by theirchildren and grandchil-dren. This dislike tricklesdown to grandchildrenbecause children tend tobelieve and do as they seetheir parents do.

Never feel like you didsomething wrong thatcaused all your children,grandchildren included, tonot be successful. It goesthat way sometimes.However, be careful and Isay this because you seecases of deadly harm to eld-erly people who refuse tobe ‘tramped over’ by family.Look at what happened toMalcolm X’s wife.

Enjoy your money and doall the things you never hada chance to do while caringfor your children. Yes, youcan’t take it with you butthink about it. You canspend it all—before you go.

***Are you a writer seekingto be published? Fordetails write to GwendolynBaines at: P. O. Box10066, Raleigh, NC 27605-0066 (to receive a replysend a self-addressedstamped envelope) or emailher at: gwenbaines@hot-mail.com or visit her web-site at:www.gwenbaines.com

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IDC 0900 City of CharlestonInvitation for Professional Services

Project: IDC 0900, Multidiscipline engineering services

Public Notice of Meeting will be posted at: Front lobby, 823Meeting Street, Charleston SC

Proposed Form of Contract: City of Charleston’s IndefiniteDelivery Contract - Large

Description of Project: Provide engineering design servic-es for the City of Charleston Capital Projects Division onan as-needed basis. Projects may include new construc-tion, repairs & systems replacement. The contract periodshall not exceed two years. The maximum fee for the IDCshall be $300,000, with a maximum fee of $100,000 foreach delivery order.

Anticipated Construction Cost Range: $5,000 - $1,000,000per project.

Description of Professional Services Anticipated forProject: Civil Engineering, landscape architecture, surveying, struc-tural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing. Firms mustoffer a minimum of civil, surveying and landscape architec-ture services in-house, but may utilize sub-consultants forothers. M/WBE firms are encouraged to apply.

Resumes: Current Federal Standard Forms 254 and 255 are to besubmitted. If consultants are to be used, they must beincluded in a single Form 255 for the proposed team.

Selection Criteria:A Selection Committee will evaluate the information sub-mitted and will select three finalists for interviews. The fol-lowing criteria will be used to evaluate each firm:Past performanceAbility of professional personnelRelated experience on similar projectsDemonstrated ability to meet time and budgetLocation of firm

Resume Deadline Date: 4:00 PM, January 30, 2009.

Number of Copies: Seven

Name of Project Manager:Dustin Clemens, ASLACity of CharlestonDepartment of Parks823 Meeting StreetCharleston, SC 29403Tel: (843) 724-7322Fax: (843) 724-7300E-mail: clemensd@ci.charleston.sc.us

* We follow SC Office of State Engineer fee guidelines*

THE CHARLESTON AREA TRANSPORTATION STUDY(CHATS) POLICY COMMITTEE

the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)for the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Regionannounces an amendment or the availability of to the fol-lowing document:

Annual list of obligated federal funds

is available for public review after Jan. 1, 2009 Monday-Friday between the hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pmat theBerkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments1362 McMillan Avenue – Suite 100, North Charleston, SC 843/529-0400www.bcdcog.comContact Person: Jeffrey Burns

The Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council ofGovernments does not discriminate on the basis of age,race, color, religion, sex, national origin familial status ordisability in the admission or access to, or treatment oremployment in, its federally-assisted programs or activi-ties. Persons needing assistance in obtaining informationcan call: RELAY SC #1-800-735-2905

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ClassifiedsSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OFCHARLESTON

WACHOVIA BANKNATIONALASSOCIATION, ASTRUSTEE OF THE SECURITY NATIONALMORTGAGE LOANTRUST 2005-1,

Plaintiff,

v.

ANNABELLE S. FRAZIERAND IF SHE IS DEAD, HISHEIRS, PERSONALREPRESENTATIVES, SUC-CESSORS, ASSIGNS,SPOUSES AND CREDI-TORS, AND ALL OTH-ERS CLAIMING ANYRIGHT, TITLE OR INTER-EST IN THE REAL ESTATEKNOWN AS 12 ENDODRIVE, C H A R L E S T O N ,SOUTH CAROLINA,FIRSTFEDERAL SAVINGS ANDLOAN ASSOCIATION OFCHARLESTON AND CITYOF CHARLESTON HOUS-ING AND ECONOM-IC DEVELOPMENT,

Defendants.

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Case No. 2008-CP-10-4804

(NON-JURY MORTGAGEFORECLOSURE)

AMENDED SUMMONS

DEFICIENCY DEMANDED

TO THE DEFENDANTSABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBYSUMMONED and requiredto appear and defend byanswering the AmendedComplaint in this action, ofwhich a copy is herewithserved upon you, and toserve a copy of yourAnswer to the AmendedComplaint upon the sub-scriber at his address,Larry D. Cohen, LLC,Attorney at Law, P.O. Box30547, Charleston, SouthCarolina 29417, within thir-ty (30) days after the serv-ice hereof, exclusive of theday of such service; exceptthat the United States ofAmerica, if named, shallhave sixty (60) days toanswer after the servicehereof, exclusive of the dayof such service; and if youfail to Answer the AmendedComplaint within the timespecified above, or other-wise appear and defend,the Plaintiff in this actionwill apply to the Court forthe relief demanded in theAmended Complaint, andjudgment by default will berendered against you forthe relief demanded in theAmended Complaint.

R E S P E C T F U L LYSUBMITTED,

Larry D. Cohen, LLCAttorney at LawP.O. Box 30547Charleston, South Carolina29417

Tel. (843) 225-4445

Fax (843) 225-2009

ATTORNEY FOR THEPLAINTIFF

Charleston, South CarolinaAugust 29, 2008

NOTICE OF FILINGDEFICIENCY DEMANDED

NOTICE IS HERE-BY GIVEN that theAmended Lis Pendens,Amended Civil CoverSheet, Amended Summonsand Amended Complaint inthis action were filed in theOffice of the Clerk of Courtfor Common Pleas forCharleston County, SouthCarolina on September 18,2008.

Larry D. Cohen, LLCP.O. Box 30547Charleston, South Carolina29417

Tel. (843) 225-4445

Fax (843) 225-2009

ATTORNEY FOR THEPLAINTIFF

Charleston, South CarolinaSeptember 23, 2008

NOTICE OF ORDER

APPOINTING GUARDIANAD LITEM NISI

TO: THE DEFEN-DANTS HEREIN, NAMES

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By Glenn Townes

The Distribution of adevice that will help eliminateunwanted pregnancies andfight against communicablediseases, such as HIV/AIDS,moved one step closer to beingapproved by the Food andDrug Administration (FDA)last week, according to a state-ment by the Illinois-basedmanufacturer of the product.

The Female HealthCompany (FHC) in Chicagoannounced that its device, theFC2 Female Condom, hasreceived unanimous approvalfrom an advisory panel thatmakes recommendations forapproval for various productsand devices to the FDA.

The FC2 Female Condom isa second-generation follow-upto the company’s initial prod-uct - the FC1 Female Condomwas the first of its kind to bemarketed directly for women.

“We are very pleasedwith today’s outcome and lookforward to working with theFDA as it continues to reviewour application for the FC2Female Condom,” said MaryAnn Leeper, senior strategicadvisor. “We believe thtFHC’s Female Condom canstrengthen the fight againstAIDS by expanding afford-able access to a woman-initiat-ed HIV prevention method.”In making the announcement,Leeper noted that unintendedpregnancy and HIV/STDtransmission remains a majorpublic health challenge - notonly in the U.S. but alsoaround the world.

For example, accord-ing to recent statistics from theCenters for Disease Controland Prevention (CDC), nearlyhalf of all pregnancies in theU.S. in 2001 were unintended.In addition, contraceptionmethods provided by federallymandated and funded familyplanning programs preventmore than 1.3 million unin-tended pregnancies annually.In addition, HIV infection hasemerged as the leading causeof death for African Americanwomen between the ages of 25-34.

The FHC filed anapplication for pre-marketapproval with the FDA inJanuary 2008. Approval by theFDA is often a long andtenous process.

The FDA is not bound by therecommendation of the advi-sory committee regarding aspecific device or product. Tofind out more about the FC2Female Condom, visit thecompany’s website athttp://www.femalecondom.org.

Female Condom Approvedby Advisory Committee

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