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U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), his wifeMichelle, and their daughters Malia and Sasha,wave from the steps of the Old State CapitolBuilding in Springfield, Illinois on Tuesday,February 10, 2008. Senator Obama announcedhis intention to run for the President of the UnitedStates as the nominee of the Democratic party.

Barack Obama at the First Debate Among DemocraticCandidates for President- U.S. Senator Barack Obama(D-IL) joins the field of Democratic presidential candi-dates at the first debate on April 26, 2007. It was heldin Orangeburg, SC at South Caroline State University.

Barack Obama Wins the South Carolina Primary-U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and his wife,Michelle Obama, celebrate after his win in the SouthCarolina primary during his bid for the presidency ofthe United States. The date was January 26, 2008.

U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) andMichelle Obama, his wife, attend a rally inChicago on the evening of Super Tuesday,February 5, 2008. The evening ended up a bitof a split. Obama won more states. HillaryClinton won more delegates.

Barack Obama Names Joe Biden as his Running Mate- OnAugust 22, 2008, U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL)announced in Springfield, IL that U.S. Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) would be his running mate. The announcement wasmade at the Old State Capitol Building, the same placewhere Obama announced his run in February 2007.Featured here are Barack and Michelle Obama (l) and Joeand Jill Biden (r).

Barack Obama Accepts the Democratic Nomination forPresident- In a historic evening, U.S. Senator BarackObama (D-IL) accepted the nomination of theDemocratic party for President of the United States. Hebecame the first African-American to achieve this politicalmilestone and the third Illinoisan to do so. He acceptedthe nomination on August 28, 2008, which was also the45th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have aDream" speech.

Barack Obama Debates Hillary Clinton in Texas - U.S.Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and U.S. Senator HillaryClinton (D-NY) debated on February 21, 2008 in a race thatwas very heated.

President-elect Barack Obama walks on stage at his victory celebration in Chicago with his wife,Michelle, and daughters Malia and Sasha.

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2-November 5, 2008 The Chronicle

By Rashmia Smith,The Community TimesSpecial to The Chronicle

Florence- Missing women,high profile cases of unex-plainable murders anddecomposed bodies allsound like things youwould see on shows likeThe Wire and CSI.However, in the last threemonths (since August2008) that has been thescenario in Florence, butunlike the television showsit has been African-American women in thecommunity who have fallenvictim.

According to theCity of Florence Chief ofPolice Anson Shells, therewere five homicides in2007. Now late October2008, there have alreadybeen five homicides, threeof them Black women, with“more expected,” onewoman’s disappearance,Jannie Mae Dixon, is stillbeing investigated.

As the entire com-munity has already heardfrom news reports, thispast Monday police discov-ered the human remains oftwo women. According toSCNow.com, autopsyreports Wednesday con-firmed the remains to beAfrican-American women.The police report states,during the search [of thearea] the officer detectedan odor and observed alarge square shaped holethat had been dug. Insidethe hole there appeared tobe an object wrapped in aplastic bag that was undersome vehicle tires andother debris. In an inter-view with Chief Shells, hetells us, “We [the PoliceDepartment] have askedSLED to come in and helpto do the investigation.”Chief Shells explains,“Both bodies were buried;one was…put in a ditch andcovered in dirt with only aportion of the bodyexposed, and the other wasbasically wrapped in ablanket or sheet and thentossed in the ditch andthen covered withdebris…both [bodies] werein the 500 block of GaillardStreet.”

Chief Shells, whocame to the FlorencePolice Department in 2001states, “There have been atotal of 36 homicides since2001, and of those all but 2

have involved a black vic-tim and a black assailant.”That means 34 of the 36homicides in Florencealone, has been ‘Black onBlack’ crime, with theexception of the murder ofthe elderly white womanon Maple Park committedby a black youth. I nthe last three months all ofthe high profile homicideshave been black women.

Early August 2008,Jannie Mae Dixon, 35, ofAiken Drive was reportedmissing by her sister, JoyceDixon, to Florence Police.According to the policereport, the family has notseen Jannie for threeweeks. Joyce Dixonadvised police her sister

Joretha Lynn Kirk, 52, ofGaillard Street was report-ed missing by her sister,Willette Burrell, toFlorence Police.According to the policereport, Kirk and herboyfriend moved into thelocation the afternoon ofOctober 9th, and later thatevening Kirk left and didnot return. Kirk’sboyfriend, Robert Durhn,stated she left the resi-dence with an unidentifiedblack female walking in anunknown direction. Shewas last seen wearing apeach colored pair ofpants, a peach tone shirt,and a pair of black shoes.Durhn stated that they didnot unpack anything, and

does have a drug problemand she has checked herlocal hang out areas inNorth Florence. JoyceDixon stated to police thatit was unlike her sister tobe missing for so long andhas never been away fromhome for more than a dayor two. No body has beenfound in connection to thisinvestigation. Chief Shellstells us, although they havereceived information thatJannie Dixon may be inother areas, the case is stillunder investigation at thistime.

Late August 2008,Willie Mae Hayes, 69, ofLiberty Street was report-ed missing by her daugh-ter, Wilma Epps, toFlorence Police.According to the policereport, Epps reported hermother did not report towork the morning ofAugust 25th and her carand television were miss-ing from the residence. Itwas later discovered thatthe victim’s purse and dri-ver’s license were still atthe residence. Epps’ broth-er (David Hayes) stated hearrived to the scene andnoticed a window screenoff an east side kitchenwindow and a green blindrod on the ground under-neath the same window.CPL T. Ford later foundthe missing vehicle aban-doned on RoughforkStreet. Within days thebody of Willie Mae Hayeswas found on GaillardStreet. Four suspects, twoof whom age 14, have beencharged with her death.

September 2008,Rachel Samuel, 51, ofCampbell Street wasreported missing by hersister, Liz Samuel, toFlorence Police.According to the policereport, Rachel Samuel hadnot been seen or heardfrom in a month. RachelSamuel’s last knownwhereabouts was a dentalappointment in Florence.

October 2008,

Kirk did not take anythingwith her. It was also notedthat Kirk used drugs.

S C N o w . c o mreports the three women –Samuel, Kirk, and Dixon –were all connected. Samueland Kirk were allegedlyfriends, while Dixon wasKirk’s cousin.

With the highnumber of homicides in thelater part of the year mem-bers of the communitywant to know why this isall happening, and is “bigcity crime” coming toFlorence? When asked if hebelieved the murders weregang related in any wayChief Shells replied, “Wecannot commit to the ideathat all the murders aregang related.” Chief Shellstells us the crime rate inFlorence is no differentthan the crime rate inColumbia. In response tothe outbreak of crimeagainst women in the com-munity Chief Shells advis-es all citizens to, “Be awareof your surroundings, andbe careful when you goout.” Chief Shells does notadvise or oppose communi-ty members legally owningweapons, but he does add,“Make sure you have theproper registration, learnhow to use it, and get allthe necessary training.”

At press time nosuspects have been ques-tioned or arrested in theinvestigation of the twobodies found on GaillardStreet or in the cases of thethree missing women.Anyone with any informa-tion regarding the where-abouts of the three missingFlorence women is askedto call the police depart-ment at (843) 665-3191 orCrime Stoppers of the PeeDee at (843) 667-TIPS(8477) or (866) 369-TIPS(8477). Callers need notreveal their identities.

Who Is Killing Black Women inFlorence and Why?

Chief Shells

By: Jackie Jones,BlackAmericaWeb.com

When Barack Obama wentover the top in electoralvotes, Carol Westscreamed with joy.

West, who recently movedto Lake Wylie, S.C., calledher daughter inWashington, D.C., whohad a baby five monthsago, and told her, “Ourbabies can become presi-dent!”

For West, Obama’s victorywas especially importantfor young, black Americansto give them a sense ofhope.

"It's a black man in aWhite House," saidWilliam Patterson ofClinton, Md., whowatched the election athome. Asked if he thoughthe'd ever live to see a blackman become president, the61-year-old Patterson said,"No. It's something else."

In the east, there was par-tying in the street fromTimes Square in New Yorkto State College, Pa., thehome of Penn StateUniversity, to the histori-cally black U Street corri-dor in northwestWashington, D.C.

Hundreds of residentsspilled into the streets nearthe White House, carryingballoons, banging ondrums and chanting "Bushis gone!" Along U Street,once known as America'sBlack Broadway for itsthriving black-ownedshops and theaters, menstood on car roofs, wavingAmerican flags and Obamaposters.

Nearby, at historicallyblack Howard University,hundreds of studentserupted in cheers, brokeinto song and chanted,"Yes, we did!"

"That was fast. I wasthinking it would beFriday before we wouldknow anything," said SeanGibbs, an Army captainbased at Fort Gordon, Ga.,who served two tours ofduty in Iraq. "Now I canlook my son in the eye andhonestly tell him that hecan be the President of theUnited States without itsounding like a preparedstatement. What makes meso proud as an American isthat in some other countrythere's a hater saying tohimself, "Just when wethought we had theAmericans on the ropes,they go a pull somethinglike this."

"I'm cautious about this,though, Gibbs added."Look at what's on hisplate. A war on two fronts,an economy that looks likeAmy Winehouse, andracism with a blown cover.The beauty of rock bottomis that there's nowhere togo but up."

Emmanuel and BrittaniSoba, a young couple whovoted for the first timeTuesday, had seen Obamajust the night before at arally in Charlotte afterstanding in the rain forfour hours with their three-year-old son and infantdaughter. Emmanuel Sobashook Obama’s hand andshot several photos of theDemocratic nominee dur-ing his speech. He and hiswife later took down thesign from the podium andplan to have it framed intheir home.

Tuesday night, afterattending an electionwatch party at an Obamacampaign office, returnedto West’s home in LakeWylie and videotapedObama's acceptancespeech and called relativesaround the country.

Author Patrice Gaines, acontributor toB l a c k A m e r i c a W e b . c o mand an Obama volunteer,who attended the cam-paign watch party said thatwhen Obama cinched thevictory, a white female vol-unteer hugged her andshouted, "'Thank you,Jesus.' I thought I was inchurch."

But all the reaction wasn’tuniversally celebratory.

From Coast to Coast, BlackAmericans Savor a Historic Moment

Even after the election hadbeen declared for Obama,the extremely conservativeblog NewsMax.com sentseveral statements, includ-ing comments from strate-gist Dick Morris suggest-ing McCain could still winthe election.

And while Obama support-ers at Grant Park inChicago applauded polite-ly when he announced hehad received a conciliatoryconcession phone call fromRepublican opponent JohnMcCain, the GOP con-tender’s supporters booedwhen he announced he hadcalled Obama to concede.

Writing for the blog, TheKitchen Table, PrincetonUniversity ProfessorMelissa Harris Lacewellsaid the key to the election,in her mind was Ohio andshe had known since 2004when Democrat JohnKerry lost the state toGeorge W. Bush.

"I went back to the hotelthat night believing thatwe just had to win. Howcould so many overcome somuch just to lose? In theend we lost Ohio under dif-ficult and ugly circum-stances. Ohio in 2004 wasclouded by the same fraudas Florida in 2000.

"So tonight's Ohio win isabout more than justObama' Harris Lacewellwrote. "The Ohio win wasmade possible by citizensin Ohio who threw out KenBlackwell. Ohio was madepossible byC o n g r e s s w o m a nStephanie Tubbs Jones,who did not live to see thefruition of her work tomake voting in Ohio fair.Ohio is a bellwether for anew kind of U.S. politics."

In Cleveland, Obama sup-porters gathered at a houseparty and held champagneflutes above their heads fora toast. "To the firstAfrican-American presi-dent in the history of theUnited States!" they shout-ed.

In Tampa, Fla., cheers andapplause broke out in acrowded bar as CNNcalled the race for Obama.The blare of cars honkingoutside wafted through thebar's open front door.

"It's a landslide! It's a

landslide!" shouted 51-year-old Mark Bias, who wasdressed in a tall satinUncle Sam hat and red,white and blue cape. "Thismeans that America will beback on the right trackagain," said Bias, who co-owns what he described asa "gay pride" shop.

At Atlanta's EbenezerBaptist Church, whereKing preached, Rep. JohnLewis, a civil rights hero,was emotional as he tookthe pulpit before Obama'svictory was announced.He said he was hardly ableto believe that 40 yearsafter he was left beaten andbloody on an Alabamabridge as he marched forthe right for blacks to vote,he had cast a ballot forObama.

"This is a great night," hesaid. "It is an unbelievablenight. It is a night ofthanksgiving."

“America has finally shownthat it can not only talk thetalk but walk the walk,“said Lorna Green ofLandover, Md.

Green said her pollingplace in the Kentlandneighborhood of Landoveris usually fairly empty whenshe goes to vote, but onTuesday, there were 300people in line and she wait-ed two hours to vote. Theline was equally long whenshe left, she said.

“He is a proud black Man,a husband and a father.

“Obama has brought tothis country an energy anda hope that has reached allAmericans regardless ofrace, age or party affilia-tion. People who have notvoted before or voted inyears stood in line up to tenhours to be part of thiselection,” Green said.

“And Obama has reachedout to all of us to worktogether to help solve thisnation's problems. Heconducted a campaignwith intelligence and dig-nity that went beyond race.It has earned Americarespect around the world.Something we have nothad for years.”

Associated Press con-tributed to this report.

Black Youth to Organize After the ElectionNNPA

WASHINGTON (NNPA) - The Eighth Annual BlackYouth Vote! Civic Leadership Training Conference, ''WeVoted, Now What?: Taking Youth Civic Engagement tothe Next Level,'' will take place November 12-15, 2008 atthe National Education Association headquarters, 120116th Street, NW, Washington, DC. For information call(202) 659-4929. ''This is an exciting year for Black Youth Vote!,'' saysMelanie L. Campbell, executive director and CEO of theNational Coalition on Black Civic Participation(NCBCP), the parent organization for Black Youth Vote.Campbell continues, ''They worked hard to register newvoters, educate them on the issues and their rights at thepolls, and make sure they turn out in record numbers.They did a phenomenal job this year.'' The BYV! conference will train young leaders and activistson how to impact public policy and hold elected officialsaccountable. The conference includes a legislative briefingon Capitol Hill, panel discussions and workshopsdesigned to prepare participants to execute a Black youthagenda during first 100 days of the new administration.Speakers include Kemba Smith, Kemba SmithFoundation; Illai Kenney, Georgia Kids AgainstPollution; Rebecca Thompson, DC Youth AdvisoryCouncil Executive Office of the Mayor; and author,activist, and journalist, Kevin Powell. A media briefing November 12th at the National PressClub in DC will kick off the conference. Moderated byBET's Jeff Johnson, the first of two panels, ''We Voted:The Power of the Black Youth Vote in '08,'' will analyzethe role that black youth played in mobilizing the historicvoter turnout in the 2008 election. Organizers will alsoshare tactics used to successfully mobilize young votersincluding the integration of new technology for voter reg-istration, education, mobilization, and voter protection. Panel Two, ''Now What?: Leveraging the Black YouthAgenda in the First 100 Days,'' will outline critical nextsteps as it relates to pressing issues like the economic cri-sis, healthcare, education, the environment, national secu-rity, and felony disenfranchisement. .

November 5 2008- 3The Chronicle

By DAVID ESPOAP Special Correspondent

WASHINGTON (AP) --Barack Obama swept to victo-ry as the nation's first blackpresident Tuesday night in anelectoral college landslide thatovercame racial barriers as oldas America itself.

The son of a black father fromKenya and a white motherfrom Kansas, the Democraticsenator from Illinois sealed hishistoric triumph by defeatingRepublican Sen. JohnMcCain in a string of wins inhard-fought battlegroundstates - Ohio, Florida, Virginiaand Iowa.

A huge crowd in Grant Parkin Obama's home town ofChicago erupted in jubilationat the news of his victory.Some wept.

McCain called his former rivalto concede defeat - and the endof his own 10-year quest for theWhite House. "The Americanpeople have spoken, and spo-ken clearly," McCain told dis-appointed supporters inArizona.

Obama and his running mate,Sen. Joseph Biden ofDelaware, will take their oathsof office as president and vicepresident on Jan. 20, 2009.

As the 44th president, Obamawill move into the Oval Officeas leader of a country that isalmost certainly in recession,and fighting two long wars,one in Iraq, the other inAfghanistan.

The popular vote was close,but not the count in theElectoral College, where itmattered most.

There, Obama's audaciousdecision to contest McCain instates that hadn't goneDemocratic in years paid richdividends.

Obama has said his first orderof presidential business will beto tackle the economy. He hasalso pledged to withdrawmost U.S. combat troops fromIraq within 16 months.

Fellow Democrats rode hiscoattails to larger majorities inboth houses of Congress.They defeated incumbentRepublicans and won openseats by turn.

The 47-year-old Illinois sena-tor was little known just fouryears ago. A widely praisedspeech at the DemocraticNational Convention, deliv-ered when he was merely acandidate for the Senate,changed that.

Overnight he became asought-after surrogate cam-paigner, and he had scarcelysettled into his Senate seatwhen he began preparing forhis run for the White House.

A survey of voters leavingpolling places on Tuesdayshowed the economy was byfar the top Election Day issue.Six in 10 voters said so, andnone of the other top issues -energy, Iraq, terrorism andhealth care - was picked bymore than one in 10.

"May God bless whoever winstonight," President Bush tolddinner guests at the WhiteHouse, where his tenure runsout on Jan. 20.

The Democratic leaders ofCongress celebrated inWashington.

"It is not a mandate for a partyor ideology but a mandate forchange," said Senate Majorityleader Harry Reid of Nevada.

Said Speaker Nancy Pelosi ofCalifornia: "Tonight theAmerican people have calledfor a new direction. They havecalled for change in America."

Shortly after 11 p.m. in theEast, The Associated Presscount showed Obama with338 electoral votes, well overthe 270 needed for victory.McCain had 127 after winningstates that comprised the nor-mal Republican base.

The nationwide popular votewas remarkably close. Totalsfrom 58 percent of the nation'sprecincts showed Obama with51 percent and McCain with47.9.

Interviews with voters sug-gested that almost six in 10women were backing Obama

Obama Wins; Becomes First BlackPresident In U.S. History

nationwide, while men leanedhis way by a narrow margin.Just over half of whites sup-ported McCain, giving him aslim advantage in a group thatBush carried overwhelminglyin 2004.

The results of the AP surveywere based on a preliminarypartial sample of nearly 10,000voters in Election Day pollsand in telephone interviewsover the past week for earlyvoters.

Democrats also acclaimedSenate successes by formerGov. Mark Warner inVirginia, Rep. Tom Udall inNew Mexico and Rep. MarkUdall in Colorado. All wonseats left open by Republicanretirements.

In New Hampshire, formerGov. Jeanne Shaheen defeatedRepublican Sen. John Sununuin a rematch of their 2002 race,and Sen. Elizabeth Dole fell toDemocrat Kay Hagan inNorth Carolina.

Democrats also looked forgains in the House. Theydefeated Republican incum-bents Rep. Tom Feeney andRic Keller in Florida, 22-yearveteran Chris Shays in

Connecticut and Rep. RobinHayes in North Carolina.

At least two Democrats losttheir seats. Rep. KevinMahoney fell after admittingto two extramarital affairswhile serving his first term inFlorida. In Louisiana,Democratic Rep. DonCazayoux lost the seat he hadwon in a special election sixmonths ago.

The resurgent Democrats alsoelected a governor in one ofthe nation's traditional bell-wether states when MissouriAttorney General Jay Nixonwon his race.

The White House was themain prize of the night onwhich 35 Senate seats and all435 House seats were at stake.A dozen states elected gover-nors, and ballots across thecountry were dotted withissues ranging from taxes togay rights.

An estimated 187 million vot-ers were registered, and in anindication of interest in thebattle for the White House, 40million or so had already votedas Election Day dawned.

New York, N.Y. - November4th, 2008 - In a sweeping andhistorical victory tonight,Senator Barack Obama waselected to be the next presi-dent of the United States ofAmerica. The largest votingconstituency to usher in thisprogressive leader for changewas the hip-hop vote, 18-35year olds who are brand loyalto hip-hop culture.

In consistent and telling num-bers, exit polls in Ohio,Pennsylvania, New York,Michigan, Minnesota, NewJersey, Wisconsin andConnecticut conducted bymajor television networksreported that 18-29 year oldsvoted in record numbers mak-ing their voices heard forBarack Obama.

"Tonight, the hip-hop genera-tion made history," empha-sized Reverend LennoxYearwood, Jr, President of theHip Hop Caucus. "In the60's, young people had to berevolutionary, but in the 21stcentury we have decided to be'solution-ary.' We have comeout in large numbers to notonly change America, but tochange the world. We havemade America respect ourvote!"

"What we are witnessingtoday is the game changingimpact of the hip-hop vote,"asserted Valeisha Butterfield,Executive Director of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network(HSAN). "Our grassrootsefforts to get out the vote paidoff tremendously.

Young adults from every partof the United States shattered

all records and expectations.I'm so proud of my generationstepping up to the plate."

"Tonight, we all witnessed thetransformation of Americansociety," declared Dr.Benjamin Chavis,President/CEO of HSAN."The early results of the presi-dential election verifies thatthe hip-hop generation is aresponsible and caring genera-tion. Hip-hop artists andicons, male and female, allworked hard to make sure theissues and the interests ofyoung people were represent-ed. President Elect Obamanow has a serious mandatefrom the hip-hop generation.Hip-hop transcends race andwill continue to be a force forchange, not only in America,but also throughout theworld."

On October 18, the Hip-HopSummit Action Network, inpartnership with the Hip HopCaucus launched an 18-cityRESPECT MY VOTE! GetOut The Vote Bus Tour withhip-hop superstars T.I., Jay Z,Russell Simmons, KeyshiaCole, T Pain and others, urg-ing potential first time youngvoters and all voters to GetOut The Vote.

The bus tour hit battlegroundstates throughout the countryand culminated in Toledo,OH. and Detroit, MI today,Election Day. Multi-platinumhip-hop star and actor, T. I.,was the official spokespersonof the tour and took theRESPECT MY VOTE! busto vote early in Atlanta,GA.last week.

THE HIP-HOP VOTE PROPELS BARACKOBAMA TO THE WHITE HOUSE

Obama Built His Win onMinority Support

By: Connie Cass,Associated Press

WASHINGTON - BarackObama soaked up most ofthe votes from the nation'sblacks, Hispanics andwomen and siphoned offenough white support toleave John McCain with noway to win.

Exit polls showed thatMcCain won the votes of55 percent of white voters,whose strong support hasbeen vital to the success ofwinning Republican presi-dential candidates. But hedidn't get a wide enoughmargin to compensate forthe lopsided support thatObama drew from othervoters who make up a quar-ter of the electorate.

McCain and Obama splitwhites across the U.S.except in the South, whereMcCain got twice as manywhite votes as Obama.Southern whites hadfavored RepublicanGeorge Bush by similarmargins in his 2000 and2004 wins.

Obama, who will becomethe first black presidentand at age 47 one of theyoungest, ran away withthe youth vote. He won theunder-30 crowd by 34 per-centage points, even betterthan Democrat BillClinton's 19-point advan-tage when he defeated BobDole in 1996. He was thechoice of nearly seven in 10first-time voters of all ages.

Forty percent of those vot-ing called themselvesDemocrats - a historicallyhigh number - and theyoverwhelmingly choseObama. He also held a sig-nificant edge among thequarter of voters whocalled themselves inde-pendents.

McCain, 72, was the choiceof just over half of seniorcitizens, coveted for theirvigilance in going to thepolls. Those 65 years andolder were 16 percent of allvoters, similar in influenceto people under 30.

McCain drew some of hisstrongest support fromwhite, working-class vot-ers, winning 58 percent oftheir vote. But it was shy ofthe 23-point margin bywhich Bush won the votesof whites without a collegedegree in 2004.

Enthusiasm clearly was onObama's side: Almost sixin 10 of his voters said theywere excited about whatObama would do as presi-dent. Fewer than three in10 McCain voters felt thatway about their man,according to the exit polls.

Curt Babura, a 31-year-oldcook from Cleveland, saidhe never bothered to votebefore casting his ballot forObama. "When he talks itfeels like he's talking toyou," Babura said.

Fear played no favorites.Among both Obama andMcCain voters, about halfsaid they were scared ofwhat the candidate theyopposed would do as presi-dent.

"I'm scared to death of theDemocratic Party thisyear, particularly BarackObama," said RobertZannini, a 73-year-oldretired Air Force pilotfrom Montgomery, Ala."Everything he says seemsto lead to socialism."

Obama drew the votes oftwo-thirds of Hispanic vot-ers - heavily courted byboth candidates - and 95percent of blacks who wentto the polls.

He seemed to inspire opti-mism about race inAmerica. About 60 percentof Obama's voters believerace relations will improveover the next few years,and only 7 percent predictthey will deteriorate. Incontrast, almost two-thirdsof McCain's voters expect-ed racial tensions to staythe same or worsen.

In both camps, one voterout of five acknowledgedthat the candidates' racewas a factor in their vote,but almost no one said itwas the most importantfactor.

A healthy lead amongwomen voters typically iskey to a Democratic presi-dential victory, and Obamaattracted 56 percent oftheir votes. He split theoverall male vote withMcCain.

Obama cleaned up with hiseffort to mobilize potentialsupporters who had nevervoted before. Among first-time voters, one in five wasblack, almost twice theproportion of blacksamong voters overall.Another one in five wasHispanic. Two-thirds ofnew voters were under 30.Almost half wereDemocrats, and a thirdcalled themselves inde-pendents.

T w e n t y - s i x - y e a r - o l dJennifer Sunderlin, whotypically votes Republican,said she didn't stick withher usual party this elec-tion.

"Don't tell my Dad, but Ivoted for Barack Obama,"said Sunderlin, of Albany,

N.Y. She said she wasturned off by McCain'schoice of Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin as his runningmate.

She wasn't alone. Four in10 voters overall said Palinwas an important factor indeciding whom to vote for,and this group was aboutas likely to vote for Obamaas McCain. But nine in 10Republicans calling Palin'sselection important werevoting for McCain.

A third of voters said thequality that mattered mostto them was the candi-dates' ability to bringchange - the mantra ofObama's campaign. Butalmost as many cited thecandidates' values, andthey mostly voted McCain,as did the vast majority ofthose who honed in onexperience.

"I don't think Obamaknows what he's doing,"said Craig Burnett, 55, aRepublican inHagerstown, Md. "He'stoo young and inexperi-enced."

Two-thirds of voters wor-ried about how to pay fortheir health care and evenmore feared terrorists willattack the U.S. again. Butthe nation's troubled econ-omy weighed heaviest ontheir minds.

Six in 10 voters picked theeconomy as the mostimportant issue facing thenation. None of the fourother issues listed by exitpollsters - energy, war inIraq, terrorism and healthcare - was chosen by morethan one in 10 people.

Almost everyone agreedthe economy is in either a"poor" or "not good" condi-tion.

The results were from exitpolling by Edison MediaResearch and MitofskyInternational for TheAssociated Press and tele-vision networks conductedin 300 precincts nationally.The preliminary data wasbased on 17,834 voters,including telephonepolling of 2,407 peoplewho voted early, and has amargin of sampling error ofplus or minus 1 percentagepoint for the entire sample,smaller for subgroups.---AP News Survey SpecialistDennis Junius contributedto this report.

“HE WON-OBAMA WON-

GOD IS GOODALLTHE TIME”

4-November 5, 2008 The Chronicle

Who AskedMe?

by Beverly Gadson-Birch

THE LONG ROAD HOME

Tonight as I collect my thoughts on the past two years of thehigh and lows of the Presidential race, I can hardly contain myemotions. Tuesday is going to be an extremely long day for mewhile I await the results of who will be the next President of theseUnited States of America. I am hopeful, as many of you are, thatBarack Obama will emerge as the 44th President. Actually, thenext president will be the 43rd President since Grover Clevelandserved two terms that were not consecutive terms. If Barack wins,he will go down in history as the 43rd or 44th President. Hewould be the first African American President and that is morethan I had ever expected during my lifetime. As unreal as the pos-sibility may seem, it would be the end of the long road home. Itwould be the highly improbable conclusion of a race that startedon little more than a wing and a prayer. A win for Obama wouldvindicate America. Avictory would not excuse her decades of discriminatory andunwarranted behavior over the years but would indicate her will-ingness to accept her people for who they really are. It would senda message to the world that she is ready to recognize her peoplewho are as diverse as crayons and as intelligent as Einstein.

Obama’s victory will be bittersweet since his grandmother,Madelyn Dunham, passed on the eve of the most talked aboutand controversial election in history. She could not wait anotherday to see her grandson become the next Commander-in-Chief.She had an appointment with her Commander-in-Chief. As oneof my nieces said tonight as we reflected upon the death ofObama’s grandmother, she said she went on ahead to seal thePresidency for him with the Maker. However, like most grand-mothers, they play an integral in helping to raise their grandchil-dren. They teach them to leave the world a better place. The vic-tory would be bittersweet for me since my mother did not live tosee this day. My mother was quiet but quite a fighter. She foughtfiercely against discrimination. She wanted so much for her chil-dren. And I want so much for mine. All mothers whether effec-tive or not want what is best for their children. Iwant my children to grow up in a world that will recognize themfor who they are and not discriminate against them for who theyhave made them out to be.

That is why we make the sacrifices that we do. That is whywe rake and scrape to send our children to school. That’s why weconstantly encourage them to be all that they can be. We workhard to prepare our children for opportunities so when theybecome available they will be ready to step up to the plate.

The journey for equality is far from over but we are boundto get there. I have never seen the excitement in other elections asI have seen in this one. I can remember the excitement I felt vot-ing for the first time for President Kennedy. It was my first timevoting since I had become of age. Then I felt the same excitementwhen I voted for President Clinton but nothing compares to theexcitement I feel in this election. It is so surreal.

I can’t wait to wake up on Wednesday morning to pinchmyself. I am confident that we will see a new America coming outof this election. If for some reason Obama is not victorious, I stillhave high hopes that we are moving this country in the right direc-tion.

On our long road home, we have encountered many diffi-cult days. There were days when we thought the sun would nevershine again but we were crazy enough to believe in an unseenGod. I wish to publicly acknowledge God in how history hasunfolded. Our struggles have not gone unnoticed. And on ourlong road home, thousands of our people died. And while somany did not live to see this day, we are here to carry the torch forthem. After all, Obama had the “Audacity of Hope” to believe thathe could and I have the “Audacity of Hope” to believe that theAmerican people will send Obama to the White House.

Now that Barack Obama has defeated John McCain, Joethe Plumber and a barrage of negative television commer-cials, he will now strive to balance the high expectations ofAfrican Americans and other progressives with the realityof an anemic economy and supersized budget deficits.Like McCain, the president-elect promised that shrinkingfinances will not deter him from keeping his central cam-paign promises. In Obama’s case, it means extending taxcuts to the middle class, providing additional assistance tocollege students and revamping health care.However, after he is inaugurated, Obama and aDemocratically-controlled House and Senate will inherit abatch of red ink, though huge, that does not fully capturethe scope of the problem. Consider this: When George W.Bush assumed office in 2001, Bill Clinton left him with abudget surplus of $128 billion. On the other hand, Bushhas posted a budget deficit every year in office; by 2009, itis expected to reach $482 billion. And that does notinclude another $80 billion spent on the wars in Iraq andAfghanistan.After a $700 billion financial services bailout – or whatshould be called “No Bank Left Behind” – Obama hasalready stated that a second bailout will be needed, thisone for middle class families and those with troubled homemortgages. This will come while the jury is still out onwhether the initial $700 billion will be effective.An article in the New York Times indicates that banksintend to use the bailout money to acquire other banks,not to make new loans as had been promised by TreasurySecretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr.Times reporter Joe Nocera said he listened to an Oct. 17conference call between a JPMorganChase executive andcompany employees. This was four days after the companyagreed to take $25 billion in federal funding as part of thebailout program.“What we do think it will help us do is perhaps be a littlemore active on the acquisition side ...” the executive said.As for making more loans to consumers, the official said:“We would think that loan volume will continue to godown as we continue to tighten credit to fully reflect thehigh cost of pricing on the loan side.”After listening to the conversation, Nocera wrote: “It isstarting to appear as if one of the Treasury’s key rationalesfor the recapitalization program – namely, that it willcause banks to start lending again – is a fig leaf, theTreasury’s version of the weapons of mass destruction.”Had Obama not been elected, it would have been a majorsetback for the Supreme Court. However, his victory isnot expected to change the 5-4 edge that centrists are bare-ly hold. At least, it is unlikely to change during Obama’sfirst term. The two oldest Supreme Court justices – JohnPaul Stevens, 88, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 75 --- are lib-erals. If they are the first to leave the court, Obama will geta chance to replace a liberal with a liberal, which won’tchange the court’s present balance. If McCain had beenelected, he could have tilted the court to the far right byreplacing a liberal with yet another conservative, thusimpacting the court for several generations.Perhaps even more important than the Supreme Court,which hears only 0.1 percent of the cases appealed eachyear, Obama should be able to restore some balance in thelower courts. According to the National Journal, 54 per-cent of District Court judges were appointed byRepublican presidents and 56 percent of all appealsjudges. It would probably take a second Obama term toshift the balance in both the Supreme Court and the dis-trict and appeals levels.Obama will be able to make an immediate imprint on howthe country treats the least among us and deliver whatGeorge W. Bush only promised – compassion. Sure, therewill be pressure on Obama to shift more toward the cen-ter-right and he has done this on some issues, such as thedeath penalty. However, he has a straight-A voting recordon issues important to African-Americans, according tothe NAACP Legislative Report Card. And throughouthis campaign, he did not back away from supporting affir-mative action or equal justice.Unlike the past eight years, we’ll be able to go to bed atnight knowing that the president of the United States isnot hostile to our concerns. This is the change that notonly have we been waiting for, the world has been waitingwith us. It has been a long time coming, but it was worththe wait.

After HistoricVictory, Obama

Will FaceLimitations

By. George E CurryNNPA Columnist

Celebrations, Good Behavior on Nov. 5

Good Morning My People - After watching the final debate theother night, it dawned on me that Obama could actually win thisthing. If that happens, there will be a lot of people (some of our co-workers included) who will be afraid that an Obama presidencywill usher in the end of days. They'll be watching us on November5th (the day after the election) for signs of the end times. To keep the peace and keep a lot of folks from getting nervous, I thinkwe should develop a list of acceptable celebrations and behaviorswe should probably avoid - at least for the first few days:

1. No crying, hugging or shouting "Thank you Lord" - at leastnot in public

2 No high-fives - at least not unless the area is clear and thereare no witnesses 3 No laughing at the McCain/Palin supporters4 No calling in sick on November 5th. They'll get nervous iftoo many of us don't show up. 5 We're allowed to give each other knowing winks or nods in

passing. Just try to keep from grinning too hard. 6. No singing loudly, We've come this Far By Faith (it will be acceptable to hum softly) 7. No bringing of barbeque ribs or fried chicken for lunch inthe company lunchroom for at least a week (no chittlings at all)(this may make us seem to ethnic) 8. No leaving kool-aid packages at the water fountain (thismight be a sign that poor folks might be getting a break through) 9. No Cupid Shuffle during breaks (this could indicate a little

too much excitement) 10. Please no Moving on Up music (we are going to try toremain humble) 11. No doing the George Jefferson dance (unless you're in your

office with the door closed) 12. Please try not to yell----BOOOO YAH! 13. Just in case you're wondering, Doing the Running Man, cab-bage patch, or a backhand spring on the highway is 100% okay.

If I've missed anything feel free to add to the list. I just want tomake sure we're all on the same page when Obama brings thisthing home on November 5th.

Ericka J. Evans, M. Ed.

OBAMA WON!

SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM:SERVANT OF THE PEOPLE

By Oliver Washington Jr., and Steven Larkin

South Carolina United States Senator Lindsey Graham knowsthe difficulty in receiving the vote of black South Carolinians. "Ihave to work hard to receive the confidence, support and vote ofBlack citizens of South Carolina.", Senator Graham stated in arecent telephone interview. I view myself as senator for "all" of thecitizens of this great state and have demonstrated my commitmentto all of South Carolina. Senator Graham sees the greatest needsof South Carolina being broken down into four distinct areas. 1.Education, 2. Health Care, 3. Jobs 4. Improving the State'sInfrastructure. "I have worked tirelessly with RepresentativeClyburn on various initiatives directly supporting needs of theblack community. working together "everyone will rise together asa state".Working in concert with Representative Clyburn we have beenable to provide funding for roads, sewage, and water projects inthe rural counties of South Carolina. It is imperative that we allwork to improve not only education for educational opportunitiesof our citizens, but work to keep our graduates in the workforce inSouth Carolina. I am an ardent supported of all of SouthCarolina's Historical Black Colleges and Universities. "In fact,explained the senator, I have been commencement speaker, spo-ken, or met on every HBC in South Carolina." Some of the initia-tives I have supported have been waiving student loans for blackstudents that agree to teach in rural and poor communities orTitle One Schools. Citizens getting good paying jobs in SouthCarolina are a key to our state's economic upward mobility in thestate. The support of Charter Schools for parents to have a way ofescaping failing schools is one of my main educational objectivesI strongly support community heath centers that will providegood heath care for all citizens, especially in poor communities.Providing, Pell Grants, and other financial aid for nurses andother college students will increase the educational level of ourstate."I support job fairs throughout the state to help pair college grad-uates and other citizens looking for jobs to help raise the econom-ic base of the community."I am not opposed to crossing party lines to help the citizens ofSouth Carolina". I just don't ask for the black citizen's support Iwork hard to earn their support. This is why I feel so proud tohave received the endorsement of a great preacher and communi-ty leader in Rev. Charles Jackson, pastor of Brookland BaptistChurch in West Columbia. Pastor Jackson said "A great friendand servant of our state is Lindsey Graham In the six years he hasserved in the Senate, he has distinguished himself as one of ourmost respected and influential Senators. I am encouraged bySenator Graham's sincere efforts to reach out to the AfricanAmerican community. He is very thoughtful, engaging andresponsive to concerns we may have."

WASHINGTON(NNPA) – After a fierce fight of two years tochange the course of history, U. S. Senator Barack Obama hasbeen elected the first African-American president of the UnitedStates.His win culminates an American history that expands from Blackslavery to Jim Crow to a modern day civil rights movement stillmarked by institutional racism.“America is in the process and has taken the first step of turningfrom darkness unto light, turning from war unto piece, turningfrom exploitation of the poor by the powerful to equal opportuni-ty and economic justice,” said civil rights icon the Rev. JosephLowery in an interview. “It’s a great moment for America.”In awe, America has paused to celebrate this victory.“If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is aplace where all things are possible, if you’re still wondering if thedream of our founders is alive in our time, if you still question thepower of our Democracy, tonight is your answer,” Obama beganhis victory speech before a screaming Chicago crowd of more than250,000. “It’s the answer told by lines that stretched aroundschools and churches and other places like I’ve never seen, peoplewho waited three hours, four hours, many for the first time in theirlives because they believed that this time…That their voices couldbe that difference.”He recalled his campaign strategy, which involved connectingpeople from all walks of life from both traditionally Democraticand Republican states.''It was spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat andRepublican, Black, White, Hispanic, Asian, Native-American,gay, straight, disabled and not disabled, Americans who sent amessage to the world that we have never been just a collection ofindividuals or a collection of red states and blue states, we are andalways will be the Unites States of America,” he said as Blacks andWhites celebrated the win together.In an exclusive election eve message to Black leaders, Obamacredited Black voters for his pending win, saying, ''You have donethis.''The Black Press is partially responsible for that victory.''The Black vote has taken the high road,'' said Ray Boone, edi-tor/publisher of the Richmond Free Press in Richmond, Va., theformer Capital of the Confederacy, which elected a Democraticpresident for the first time in more than 40 years.''This marks a difinitive departure from our shameful past. Thisonly gives hope and pride to the fact that Virginia contributed tothe advancement of the country and gives hope to the entireworld,'' Boone said.Obama graciously congratulated Republican Sen. John McCainfor his hard fight in a tone that caused the audience to cheer.In contrast, McCain had to shush an audience who booed whenhe congratulated Obama in his concession speech. Still McCaingraciously congratulated Obama and even paid homage to theBlack community for its victory.“He managed to do so much by inspiring the hopes of some mil-lions of Americans who once wrongly believed they had little atstake or little influence in the election of an American president,''McCain said. ''It is something I deeply admire and commend himfor achieving. This is an historic election. I recognize the specialsignificance it has for African-americans and for the special pridethat must be theirs tonight.''Civil rights leaders reveled in the victory. Tears streamed the faceof the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon, watching Obamaspeak in Chicago.''This victory is the fruit of the struggle of many people who'vegone by,'' said National Urban League President and CEO MarcMorial. ''People can now quit asking when will the day comewhen a Black man can be elected president of the United States.''The Obama win comes after a hard-fought race over the past twoyears as he struggled to prove himself; even in the Black commu-nity, which initially did not believe he could win due to Whiteracism.The son of a Kenyan man and a White woman from Kansas,Obama initially received a slow reception from Black voters.In January and February of 2007, an ABC News-WashingtonPost poll showed his Democratic Primary opponent HillaryClinton at 40 points higher than Obama among African-Americans who had been asked their preference for theDemocratic Primary.An earlier poll in December of 2006 showed that 65 percent ofWhites to only 54 percent of Blacks thought America would bewilling to elect a Black president.“A lot of Black people, especially in the South, really didn’t thinkthat a Black candidate could be elected president. And theyweren’t looking for a symbolic candidate. They were looking forsomebody who was going to win,” says David Bositis, a specialiston Black electoral politics at the Joint Center for Political andEconomic Studies. Adding to the Black support for Clinton wasthe popularity of her husband, former President Clinton.But then there was a shift.“Once he won Iowa, there was some significant movement,”Bositis points out. The Jan. 3 Iowa primary caused the world togasp that a Black man in America could win a presidential primaryin a state that was more than 95 percent White.Immediately, the pace of Obama’s support among Blacks escalat-ed. An ABC News poll showed him at 60-40 percent Black sup-port over Clinton by mid January. Winning broad-based support,he consistently maintained more pledged delegates than Clinton,a key factor in winning the nomination.

Barack ObamaElected America's

First BlackPresident

By. Hazel Trice EdneyNNPA Editor-in-Chief

November 5, 2008-5The Chronicle

AAssIISSeeee IItt

Hakim Abdul-Ali

A Love Affair With God (Alone)Ideas sometimes appear out of nowhere when I write as I do. Just

recently I was involved in a conversation with a brother namedHamid from New Orleans when I said during our conversationthat I was experiencing another natural eye opening vibrationabout wonders of God (Alone) while I was driving my automo-bile.Brother Hamid, who’s a very spiritually insightful young man,

said to me that sounded like a theme to write an article about.Believe it or not, just prior to his suggesting that idea to me, I’dthought about it myself only moments before he had uttered histimely suggestion.

That’s the way life has been for me recently as I think about themany unfolding thoughts in my head about the signs, powers andwisdom of and from the Most High Alone as He poignantly dis-plays His divine awesomeness in so many different ways. I’m liter-ally held spellbound by the things that I continually see and under-stand from God Alone’s majestic powers of creation.From the colors of the changing leaves of New England to thefrozen tundra of the North Pole’s distant horizon, I feel “A LoveAffair With God (Alone)” and the things of His creation. I hopethat doesn’t sound too serendipitous, but that’s the way it is inmind’s eye when I think of the beauty of God Alone’s diverse cre-ations.

From nature to “hue-mans,” “My Love Affair With God (Alone)”is something that I hold very personal, because in all my momentsof existence I always challenge myself to see and appreciate themany wondrous signs from God Alone, no matter how they mayappear before my present mind-set and ever changing temporalsates of awareness.

You could say that I’ve got it real bad with this “love” thing aboutGod Alone issues, and you’d be right on the money if you did. I’mnot ashamed to admit that because there were periods in my pastmental states and worlds of existences when I didn’t feel that way.If you’re reading this and you’re saying to yourself how could any-one in his or her proper mind-set not be in love with the Creator(Alone) of life and death. Well, I’ve been known to tell you and any-one else who has read my views just how I opinionatedly feel, andat this moment I’ll continue with that posture.

Yes, believe it or not, I was once in love and lost with things inthis life that were abstract in purpose and without substance inmeaning. I was as spiritually hollow as hollow can get, and therewas no “love” (with no sincere devotion) for my, your and everyoneelse’s Creator (Alone).I was truly what you could label a person “deaf, dumb and blind.”It was a painful and trying period of my life as I escalated from onemoment to the other acting as though the universe revolvingaround me and those individuals and events who and what were inmy immediate worlds of existences had no significances.

Honestly, I was bewildered. There was no real “love” for theCreator Alone of life in my blinded one-sided concept of howthings worked in creation. I was deaf and dumb to “Who” reallycontrolled “this” show called the universe of existence.

I did all of this in my fascination for the life of this world andsavoring the life of momentary fun and games. Does that seem orsound familiar of someone who you may know or may have knownas you personally reflect on the importance of life itself and “Who”is charge of this and every moment in existence?

While you ponder that reality let me tell you that every time youbreathe you have a “love” affair with God Alone. He is the CreatorAlone of everything in life, and without Him, how would you or Imake it to the next moment in existence?

That’s the scenario I posed to Brother Hamid, at home waydown in Louisiana, just as I was posing that reality to myself as Iwas riding in my car on the way to Richmond, Virginia. We bothinstinctively felt that there’s no greater “love” ( and never will andever could be) than that of the “love” of God Alone.I’m drawn to admit that I’m totally focused when it comes to “lov-

ing” only the concept of monotheism because “Who” else could Ikeep my total allegiance of spiritual devotion to? This is no time toplay silly mind games now as you prepare to give your answer ofhonest testimony to “Who” is charge of every waking moment.

And while on that point, please remember that, hopefully, yourbearing witness to the Creator Alone in the private openness ofthis solitary moment in time is another heralded moment that saysthat you have “A Real Love Affair With God Alone.” I know thatI did and do, and I can surely tell that Brother Hamid did anddoes.Our “Love Affair(s) With God Alone” has nothing to do with any-

thing but the sole, undeniable pristine oneness of the CreatorAlone in and under every situation. That’s why we and other likeminded folks throughout the universe “testify” to God Alone’sunique oneness, because there’s no one like Him in creation.

He Alone created “all” of creation, including all things that weknow about life and death as we understand it to be, and “all” thatwe do not know or even possibly comprehend. I could only tell youthat because of this simple reality that I know intellectually couldnever, ever be challenged, I must tell you that I’m having at thisprecise moment, “Another Love Affair With God Alone.”

I’m making that bold and assertive statement now after havingarrived in Richmond by God Alone’s permission. You see, anoth-er sign is that I could never, ever have made it to Richmond frommy original place of departure, Charleston, South Carolina,except by God Alone’s guidance, will and mercy.

There’s nothing that happens or occurs in life that God Alonedoesn’t know about or is in control of. I know this to be a fact, andso does Brother Hamid in New Orleans, Louisiana, who men-tioned to me that I should possibly use this devotional point ofawareness as a theme for another “As I See I” article.

As you have now read and are reading, I’m doing this now, byGod Alone’s permission, and I’ll always state to you and anyonewho’s listening, or may appear to be interested, that I’m having “ALove Affair With God Alone.” I worship no “colored” man orwoman or nation.I worship and praise only God Alone, Who is the Creator of every

man and every woman of every known (and unknown) ethnicity inall of existences. I say that respectfully, knowing fully well thatevery prophet of God Alone (May God Alone be pleased withthem) never worshipped themselves, nor did they tell anyone fol-lowing them and their messages of monotheism to do so.

They did it with sternness and reverence, because they knew andconstantly had “A (Constant) Love Affair With God Alone.”Those Messengers of God Alone (PBUT) left legacies of tellingthis and past generations of created “hue-mans” that God Alone isthe “only” sole force Who Alone deserves to be praised and wor-shipped.

God Alone has allowed me, Brother Hamid and all “true”monotheistic followers of the Messengers of God Alone (PBUT)to bear witness that “There’s No God but God Alone Who isWorthy of Worship,” and that there’s nothing wrong with having“A Love Affair With God Alone.” Thanks Brother Hamid for the idea to write what I’ve just writ-ten. For today and always, that’s, “As I See It.”

Black and Civil Rights Leaders’ Wish List of Issues

for New President

By. Hazel Trice EdneyNNPA Editor-in-Chief

W A S H I N G T O N(NNPA) – Despite theclear mandate thatAmerica’s new presidentprioritize the reparation ofthe economy, jobs and tax-related issues, many otherissues deserve top billing,say Black politicalobservers.Judicial appointments, vot-ing rights, internationalrelations and education areamong other issues on awish list for African-Americans and civil rightsadvocates.''The retreat on diversity in[federal courts] in recentyears has made the issuemore important for thenext President,” says LeslieProll, director,Washington Office,NAACP Legal Defense &Educational Fund. Therewill be much work to dojust restoring some diversi-ty to many courts, let aloneimproving upon it.''Supreme Court justicesget lifetime presidentialappointments, but due topossible retirements, asmany as three justices maybe appointed by the newpresident and hundreds tolower federal courts, tomake decisions on race-related issues from affirma-tive action to civil rights.Some not only see racialand cultural sensitivity, butracial diversity as a key tofairness in judicial appoint-ments. The Bush adminis-tration has appointed fewBlack judges, only 25 out ofhis 324 judicial appoint-ments.The lack of appointmentsof African-Americans, cou-pled with retirements ofAfrican-Americans fromfederal benches, has causeda decline in Black judge-ships across the nation,despite past gains. The fight for civil rights isstill not over despite thehistoric nature of thisyear’s presidential election.Harvard Law SchoolProfessor Charles Ogletreeunderscores civil rights –even the right to free andfair elections - as a keyissue that must be dealtwith early in the newadministration.“The critical civil right for2008 is one person onevote, so many people - andparticularly Black people -find themselves in the sameposition of their parentsand grand parents whoseefforts to vote were frus-trated,” Ogletree says. “Dr.King and JusticeThurgood Marshall foughtvaliantly for the right tovote. If the experiences ofpeople of color in Floridain 2000 and Ohio in 2004tell us anything, it is thatthe precious right to vote is

as much an issue in the 21stcentury as it was in the20th century.”Prospective voters foundthat to be true in this year’selection as tricks wereplayed and misleadinginformation was distrib-uted; including a flyer inVirginia that read, “Get outthe vote on Nov. 5,” – theday after the election.As much as domestic issuesare on the minds of Blackleaders, the new presiden-tial administration mustalso focus on America’srelationships in the worldin the midst of war andhostility, says Gloria

Sawyer, a political sciencelecturer at Chicago StateUniversity, who also spe-cializes in internationalaffairs. “One of the key, if not piv-otal issues that will face thenewly elected U.S.President, is to successful-ly redefine American for-eign policy strategiesamidst impending interna-tional crisis, militaryengagements, mountingcost of sustaining U.S.troops in Iraqi, all whilerepairing eroded interna-tional diplomatic relationsand strategic global coali-tions in the community ofnations,” says Sawyer. “Thenewly elected Presidentmust effectively do theaforementioned whilecountering weapons ofmass destruction prolifera-tion - especially amidst thehostilities, peculiaritiesand sensitivities of the GulfRegion, Pakistan and

North Korea. Further hemust develop a viable exitstrategy for removing U.S.troops from Iraqi soil.”Sawyer also points out thatthe confidence ofAmericans in its own gov-ernment must be restoredas terror-fighting mecha-nisms such as the USAPatriot Act - which allowssome telephone and emailsurveillance without searchwarrant or court-order -seems to have gone too far.

Specifically, she points outthe “‘unauthorized’ randomsurveillance of U. S. citi-zens under the Bushadministration’,” that civiland human rights expertshave viewed as breaches inAmerican rights to privacy.But it’s the every day so-called “bread and butter”issues, such as culturallyinclusive educational cur-ricula that’s on the mind ofDr. E. Faye Williams.African-American educa-tional experts, includingDr. Jawanza Kunjufu,author of “Countering theConspiracy to DestroyBlack Boys,” have contend-ed that the more Blackchildren learn about theirnoble African heritage, thebetter their chances of self-esteem that will causeimproved educational per-formance.But, often, the contribu-tions of African-Americansare not fully included inclassroom teaching ofAmerican history.“After dealing with theeconomy, it is imperativethat cultural educationgets a lot of serious atten-tion in our schools – andmany of us have done itwithout hate and anger,”says Williams, chair of theNational Congress ofBlack Women, Inc. “Wemust teach the true historyof our nation – the good,the bad and the ugly, andresist the urge to label any-body unpatriotic for point-ing out and wanting tochange what is not good.”Educational issues were at

the top of the list for sever-al African-American rightsadvocates, interviewed bythe NNPA News Service.Dr. Julia Hare, co-founderof the San Francisco-basedBlack Think Tank with herhusband, Nathan Hare,who have co-authored abook, “The Miseducationof the Black Child,” saysthe new president woulddo well to advocate theincorporation of the entirecommunity educationalprograms by creating “suc-cess activities” for childreninstead of “failure activi-ties” that so often distractand engage them.“So rather than a newround of tests standardizedon middle class White kidsand testing Black innercity children on things theyhaven’t been taught, wewould be taking back con-trol over our children’sminds and their socializa-tion,” says Hare. “Rightnow we have lost control ofour children’s minds.We’ve lost the authority todiscipline, at home and atschool, and we are nolonger able to give our chil-dren a clear core to theirpersonalities or to preparethem for what we wantthem to be or become.”The quality of educationacross the board must beaddressed, says WadeHenderson, president andCEO of the LeadershipConference on CivilRights. However, citizensmust realize that it ’s thecommunity – not just thepresident – who must domost of the work.“Unfortunately, the presi-dent’s role in education islimited as it is not a civilright provided by theConstitution,” Hendersonsays. “Our job in the civilrights community is tomake the country awarethat quality education is aright for all, and that ifstates won’t act; the federalgovernment should stepin…For the Black commu-nity, there is no moreimportant issue on theirminds.”Henderson concludes,“Access to a high qualitypublic education is still afundamental right uponwhich all others depend;and yet 50 years later, thepromise of Brown remainsunfulfilled. Inequality isrampant by almost everymeasure. We as a nationspend more money on ourpublic education systemthan any other country inthe world, yet we are stillmiles behind in educatingour children. Spendingthat money more effectivelyand reauthorizing “NoChild Left Behind” tomake it work for students,par

Charles Ogletree

Dr. Julia Hare

Wade Henderson

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die,life is a broken winged bird that

cannot fly.

Langston Hughes, African-American poet

By. James ClingmanNNPA Columnist

Blackonomics

No, this is not about BarackObama. There will be plentyof time to write about hisascension to the highest officein the land after November 4,2008. This is about the economy andhow it will affect us individual-ly and collectively. Since thetidal wave of Wall Streetbailouts and bank failuresbegan, we have seen our per-sonal economic situationsdecline. We have seen what little cloutwe even thought we had withbanks slip further into theabyss of higher interest ratesand ATM fees, outlandishcredit card fees and assess-ments, tighter lending poli-cies, and rip-off charges forinsufficient fund checks thatmultiply on a daily basis. Whatshall we do?I have said it many timesbefore, via this column and inmy speeches, so I guess onemore time won’t hurt. If everthere was a need for aCollective Banking Group(CBG) Chapter in your city, itis right now. The leverage that comes withcollective and cooperativework cannot be overstated,and what better time to haveleverage with the banks thanin these dire economic circum-

stances.We will surely see more of thesame as the pain of the reces-sion, and maybe even a depres-sion, moves up the laddertoward the affluent. We willsee more usury interest rates,more restrictions on lending,especially for homes and busi-nesses, and more backroomdeals being cut betweengreedy corporate bigwigs andcorrupt politicians. With all ofthat going on, Black peopleneed all the leverage, influ-ence, and power we can get,because you know we arealways the ones who get theworst from hard times.The CBG is not a panaceathat will cure all of our ills, butit certainly will change the waybanks do business with us, andit will change how we viewand deal with banks. I haveseen it with my own eyes in theMaryland/DC area, as well asin other cities where CBGChapters exist. It only makes sense to be in aposition to “deal” with bankson a serious level and obtainmaximum reciprocity for thedollars they hold for us, espe-cially among our Blackchurches. Billions of dollarsevery year going from ourpews to their vaults, and inmany cases across this countryall we do is complain abouthow we are mistreated by thebanks.It makes no sense at all to keepup the constant refrain of mis-

ery and woe, whining aboutwhat someone does to us, andwaiting for them to changewithout any incentive to do so.And for those of you who arewaiting for Barack Obama tosolve this problem, I have anewsflash for you. It ain’tgonna happen. The CBG works on a locallevel, where you and I live; justlike politics is local, so is eco-nomics. We had better getwith the program and startresponding appropriately tounfair treatment and abuse byANY entity in our communi-ties.At such a time as this, whenthe economy is in a tailspin; atsuch a time as this, when the“big boys” are wringing theirhands and pondering a flyingleap from the 44th floor; atsuch a time as this, when eco-nomic fear grips those whosegreatest fear, prior to now,was a double bogey; and atsuch a time as this, when thereis so much economic uncer-tainty yet the ever-present cer-tainty that Black people willcontinue at the bottom of theeconomic spectrum; at such atime as this, we must act!The tools we need are at ourfingertips; all we need to do isuse them. Our collective eco-nomic resources cannot bedenied, but we cannot contin-ue to allow those resources,the lifeblood of our house-holds, our neighborhoods, andour churches, to leave and

never return. At such a time asthis, we have the opportunityto establish and solidify ourpresence, our resolve, and ourunity around a sound econom-ic principle - and the Maatprinciple of Reciprocity.The Biblical passage uponwhich this article is basedcomes from the Book ofEsther, a young lady who hadto make a tough decisionregarding the future of herpeople. After seeing what hap-pened to Queen Vashti whenshe defied the king, and afterhearing the words of hercousin, Mordecai, “Whoknows whether you have cometo the kingdom for such a timeas this?” Esther realized thateven at the risk of losing herown life, she must act. Why?Because it was the right thingto do and the right time to doit. We are also faced with a deci-sion, maybe not a physical lifeand death decision, but cer-tainly an economic decisionthat will impact our daily lives.What will we do in ourmoment of “such a time asthis?” Will we step forward asEsther did, as David did, asJoshua and Caleb did? Or willwe cower in a dark corner ofanonymity, afraid to speak outand afraid to organize a chap-ter of the CBG? We must notbe timid; we must let the“kings” know that they willtreat us fairly or they will notbe treated to our dollars.

“Such a Time as This”

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(BlackDoctor.org) --Diabetes cases have nearlydoubled in the past ten yearssince the nation's obesity per-centage have went up.According to the first state bystate review of new diagnoses,the South has the highest rateof Diabetes. West Virginiawas the worst where 13 out of1,00 were diagnosed between2005-07. Minnesota has thelowest diagnoses of 5 in 1,000.

Nationally, the rate of newcases climbed from about 5 per1,000 in the mid-1990s to 9 per1,000 in the middle of thisdecade.

Roughly 90 percent of casesare Type 2 diabetes, the formlinked to obesity.

Diabetes is a major healthproblem for AfricanAmericans for whom theprevalence rate is 1.6 times therate for whites.

The findings dovetail withtrends seen in obesity and lackof exercise — two health meas-ures where Southern statesalso rank at the bottom.Obesity rate are high amongAfrican Americans, particular-ly African American women.

"It isn't surprising the problemis heaviest in the South — nopun intended," agreed MattPetersen, who oversees dataand statistics for the AmericanDiabetes Association. Falls Are Leading

Cause of Injury toSeniors

(HealthDay News) -- Formerfirst lady Nancy Reagan andDemocratic presidential can-didate Barack Obama's grand-mother have suffered recentpelvic and hip injuries. And onFriday, author Studs Terkeldied, following reports that afall two weeks ago had has-tened his decline.

Such news, experts say,should be a reminder to allabout the need to help the eld-erly protect themselves againsttheir increased risk of falls andbone injuries.

According to the AmericanAcademy of OrthopaedicSurgeons, one in every threeAmericans older than 65 expe-riences a fall, making it theleading cause of injuries to sen-iors.To help prevent falls and bonefractures, the academy recom-mends that seniors:

•Have anannual physical and eye exami-nation. Make sure any cardiacand blood pressure problemsare fully evaluated.

•Consumea diet with adequate dietarycalcium and vitamin D forgood bone health. Do notsmoke, and avoid excessive useof alcohol.

•Participatein an exercise program tomaintain agility, strength, bal-ance, and coordination.

•Maintain aclutter-free home with clearwalking paths through rooms.Eliminate tripping hazardsand install grab bars, handrailsand other safety devices inappropriate areas, such asbathrooms and bedrooms.

• W e a rproperly fitting shoes withnonskid soles. Never walkabout with only socks or stock-ings on your feet.

•Have ade-quate lighting in the home.Use nightlights between bed-rooms and bathrooms. Makesure light switches are easilyaccessible by doorways.

WebMDUnderstanding Low Blood

Pressure - The Basics What Is Low Blood Pressure? Hypotension is the medicalterm for low blood pressure(less than 90/60).A blood pressure readingappears as two numbers. Thefirst and higher of the two is ameasure of systolic pressure,or the pressure in the arterieswhen the heart beats and fillsthem with blood. The secondnumber measures diastolicpressure, or the pressure in thearteries when the heart restsbetween beats.Normal blood pressure is usu-ally in the range of 120/80 (sys-tolic/diastolic). In healthy peo-ple, especially athletes, lowblood pressure is a sign ofgood cardiovascular (heartand blood vessel) health. Butlow blood pressure can be asign of an underlying problem-- especially in the elderly --where it may cause inadequateblood flow to the heart, brain,and other vital organs.Chronic low blood pressure isalmost never serious. Buthealth problems occur whenblood pressure drops sudden-ly, and the brain is deprived of

Doubling Rate For Diabetes Cases, Obesity Is To Blame

The study, led by KarenKirtland of the Centers forDisease Control andPrevention, provides an up-to-date picture of where the dis-ease is exploding. The infor-mation should be a big help asthe government and healthinsurance companies decidewhere to focus preventioncampaigns, Petersen said.

Diabetes was the nation's sev-enth-leading cause of death in2006, according to the CDC.More than 23 millionAmericans have diabetes, andthe number is rapidly growing.About 1.6 million new caseswere diagnosed among adultslast year.

Type 2 diabetics do not pro-duce or use insulin, a hormoneneeded to convert sugar intoenergy. The illness can causesugar to build up in the body,leading to complications suchas heart disease, blindness,kidney failure and poor circula-tion that leads to foot amputa-tions.

The study involved a random-digit-dialed survey of morethan 260,000 adults.Participants were asked if theyhad ever been told by a doctorthat they have diabetes, andwhen the diagnosis was made.The comparisons between1995-97 and 2005-07 covered

only the 33 states for which theCDC had complete data forboth time periods.

The researchers had data for40 states for the years 2005-07.

West Virginia, SouthCarolina, Alabama, Georgia,Texas and Tennessee had thehighest rates, all at 11 cases per1,000 or higher. Puerto Ricowas about as high as WestVirginia. Minnesota, Hawaiiand Wyoming had the lowestrates.It is not entirely clear whysome states were worse thanothers. Older people, blacksand Hispanics tend to havehigher rates of Type 2 dia-betes, and the South has largeconcentrations of all threegroups. However, WestVirginia is overwhelminglywhite.The report asked about diag-nosed diabetes only. Becausean estimated one in four dia-betics have not been diag-nosed, the findings probablyunderestimate the problem,said Angela Liese, a diabetesresearcher at the University ofSouth Carolina.The underestimates may beparticularly bad in the ruralSouth and other areas wherepatients have trouble gettinghealth care, she noted.By Candace Hall, BDO StaffWriter

Understanding Low Blood Pressurean adequate blood supply. This can lead to dizziness or lighthead-edness. It most commonly occurs in someone who's rising from aprone or sitting position to standing. This kind of low blood pres-sure is known as postural hypotension, orthostatic hypotension, orneurally mediated orthostatic hypotension.

Postural hypoten-sion is considered afailure of the auto-nomic nervous sys-tem -- the part of thenervous system thatcontrols involuntaryvital actions, such asthe heartbeat -- toreact appropriatelyto sudden changes.Normally, whenyou stand up, someblood pools in yourlower extremities.Uncorrected, thiswould cause yourblood pressure tofall. But your bodynormally compen-sates by sendingmessages to your heart to beat faster and to your blood vessels toconstrict. This offsets the drop in blood pressure. If this does nothappen, or happens too slowly, postural hypotension results.The risk of both low and high blood pressure normally increaseswith age, due in part to normal changes during aging. In addition,blood flow in the brain declines with age, often as a result ofplaque buildup in blood vessels. An estimated 10% to 20% of elder-ly people have postural hypotension.

By Makeisha Lee, Health andNutritional Advisor

It’s that time of the year againwhere conceivably you couldmiss several days of work,countless hours of fun withfamily and friends, or worst -spend too many hours sick inbed! It is the dreadful “FluSeason"!

Most Americans are beingurged to get a flu shot to pro-tect against getting sick.However, before you rush tohand over your hard-earneddollars to get punctured, hereare 3 reasons why you shouldrethink your position: 1. The majority of flu shotscontain 25 micrograms of mer-cury, an amount consideredunsafe for anyone weighingless than 550 pounds! Thegroups that are most sensitive

3 Reasons Not To Get A Flu Shot to the neurological damageassociated with mercury areinfants, children, and the eld-erly. 2. No study to-date has conclu-sively proven that flu shots pre-vent flu-related deaths amongthe elderly. Yet, this is one ofthe key groups to which they’repromoted to. 3. It’s no longer a secret thateven If you get a flu shot, youstill CAN get the flu (or flu-like symptoms) at any age.This is because it only protectsagainst certain strains, andwho knows exactly which fluviruses will be in your particu-lar area. Okay, so if you don’tget the flu shot, what will pre-vent you from being the nextvictim of this hideous yearlyvisitor? - Eat garlic regularly- Consume high-quality krill

oil daily

- Exercise- Get adequate sleep- Address any and all emotion-al stress- Wash your hands regularly

(but not excessively) Lastly, two very useful supple-ments if you should contractthe flu virus would be OliveLeaf extract, as it has beenproven to be a potent broad-spectrum anti-viral agent, andVitamin D. So you don’t have to be wor-ried “sick” about getting the flu– just be proactive instead ofreactive!

Makeisha Lee is the author of"Why Black People Can'tLose Weight". She is also thefounder of the Black HealthNetwork online atwww.BlackHealth.org

The Chronicle November 5, 2008-7

........HEALTH FOR YOU

(BlackDoctor.org) -- Haveyou been avoiding them? Howcan you? Either you areextremely strong willed or youfound a route to and fromwork that avoids the “GoldenArches.”

Eating healthy is all aboutchanging how you eat thethings you love, not deprivingyourself. If you have been liv-ing without fries, I’ve got greatnews for you. Here's a low-fat recipe that will allow you toenjoy those little crunchysticks of potatoes again:

Deceptively Skinny FrenchFries• Olive oil spray• 2 pounds bakingpotatoes• 1/4 tsp salt, plus moreto taste, if desired• 1 1/2 tsp extra virginolive oil

Directions:

French Fries That Won’t Clog Your Arteries 1. Preheat the oven to 400degrees F.

2. Lightly mist a medium non-stick baking sheet with oliveoil spray.

3. Use a crinkle cutter to peelpotatoes by cutting close tothe edges on each side andend. Discard peels. Then usecrinkle cutter to cut peeledpotatoes into 1/3-inch thicksticks (they will vary in length).

4. Toss potato sticks with saltand extra virgin olive oil.Spread them in a single layeron the prepared baking sheet.

5. Bake for 15 minutes, then flipand bake for another 16 to 18minutes or until just crisp onthe outside and tender inside.Season with additional salt totaste and serve.

Makes 4 portions. Per por-tion: 105 calories, 2 g fat (tracesaturated fat), 20 g carbs, 2 g

protein, 2 g fiber, 152 mg sodi-um, 0 mg cholesterol

**If you ate this instead of tra-ditional French fries, you'dsave 201 calories, 24 g fat, and 5g saturated fat.

By John Williams, BDO StaffWriter

Gerald W. Deas, M.D.

I have many femalepatients come to my officecomplaining about pain intheir muscles. They havebeen to several other doc-tors and have receivedmedication for the painwithout results. The gener-al over-the-counter medica-tions, including prescribedprescription medicines(narcotics), were not suc-cessful in relieving the dis-tressing pain which oftencaused depression andsleep disturbances. Thepatient also revealed thatthe muscles experiencedpoint tenderness and usual-ly occurred around theshoulders, lower back andknees.Usually, blood tests, x-raysand MRI’s were normal.Of course, the patient wasvery upset that symptoms

had not been relieved. Inother words, the paincould not be explained bythe physician. I am surethat you recall the saying,“sticks and stones maybreak your bones, butnames will never hurt you.”Well, this condition namedfibromyalgia, is associatedwith unrelenting, difficultto diagnose pain.

Recently, research con-cerning this condition hasbeen further investigatedby Dr. Veraindar Goli,M.D.,MBA,FAPA, who isDirector of PainEvaluation and TreatmentServices at DukeUniversity MedicalSchool. This finding hasbeen essentially, a breakthrough in helping the con-trol of pain in fibromyalgia.As research continues, it ispossible that new drugs forpain may be discovered

which may relieve muchdistress and discomfort.

It is further understood,that medication is not onlythe answer for pain con-trol, it has been certainlyshown that exercise, stressreduction, meditation,along with good nutritioncan lessen the pain fromthis condition.

Recently, the FederalFood and DrugAdministration (FDA), hasapproved a drug that hasbeen shown to be effectivein relieving fibromyalgiapain. You may consult yourphysician regarding thedrug, Lyrica (pregnable),As research continues, Iam sure that other drugs ofthis nature will be devel-oped and finally end thediscomfort of a disease thatcaused “pain, you can’texplain.”

Pain You Can’t Explain…Fi-bro-my-al-gia

By Gerald W. Deas, M.D.Contributing Writer

I think that when a movieis great, it is capable ofmaking you laugh and cry,as the story unfolds. This iswhat happened to me whileviewing the recent film“The Secret Life of Bees,”adapted from the novel bySue Monk Kidd. I suggestthat if you go to see thisfilm, carry a box of tissueswith you. I can only tell youthat Queen Latifah person-ifies the life of a QueenBee, who makes plenty ofmoney from the sale herhoney while being support-ed by two bee-working sis-ters, who care for the nestthat is a beautiful pink cas-tle. Another drama beingplayed out on the stage ofthis planet that seems farfrom a final curtain call isAIDS (Acquired ImmuneDeficiency Syndrome).This drama was recog-nized in 1981 when certainrare infectious diseasesbegan to appear amongyoung, homosexual men. It was Drs. Gallo,Montagnier and Levy whodiscovered the HIV virusin 1984. Then Dr. GeraldFriedland of MontefioreMedical Center in theBronx in 1986 recognizedthat this viral disease didnot discriminate in causingAIDS, but every personwas at risk who came incontact with an infectedperson. The HIV virus atthat time took a bow on thestage of this planet anduntil this day, no one canexplain how or where it allstarted. In other words,the play is not yet over,although many drugs arenow available to sustainlives of infected persons,but not to cure them.Educating the public is theonly defense we have tocombat this disease. Several years ago, Ithought very hard aboutgetting out a message tothe public regarding thisdevastating medical condi-tion. When I went to thedictionary, the only wordthat started with the let-ters, HIV was HIVE. Itherefore decided to createa fan in the shape of a beewith a message on the frontthat stated the following,“In a Bee Hive, The QueenBee Abides. If the QueenBee Dies, The Hive WillNot Survive.” (The “E” onthe word “HIVE” wasaccented in red). Thereverse side of the fan read,“To Bee or Not toBee,”…The Buzz on“Beeing.” Are yousaved…from HIV, the virusthat causes AIDS? If you

are, you’ve accepted per-sonal changes in yourbehavior. As a “Beeliever”that AIDS is a preventableillness that can weaken thebody’s ability to fight dis-ease, Dr. Gerald Deassays, “Be a Bee-liever” andreminds you and membersof your hive to be aware ofhaving unprotected sex,abusing drugs and sharingneedles. The fan was dis-tributed throughoutchurches.

Finally, in order todecrease the incidence ofthis disease I wouldstrongly suggest that you

get tested. AIDS is nolonger a young person’sdisease, but is showing upamong elderly also.Impotence-relief drugshave definitely come intothe picture also, as theyhave increased sexual activ-ity among the elderly.It “Bees” that way some-time! AIDS is not a secret.

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By: Associated Press---OBAMA: Hello, Chicago.

If there is anyone out therewho still doubts thatAmerica is a place whereall things are possible, whostill wonders if the dreamof our founders is alive inour time, who still ques-tions the power of ourdemocracy, tonight is youranswer.

It's the answer told by linesthat stretched aroundschools and churches innumbers this nation hasnever seen, by people whowaited three hours andfour hours, many for thefirst time in their lives,because they believed thatthis time must be different,that their voices could bethat difference.

It's the answer spoken byyoung and old, rich andpoor, Democrat andRepublican, black, white,Hispanic, Asian, NativeAmerican, gay, straight,disabled and not disabled.Americans who sent a mes-sage to the world that wehave never been just a col-lection of individuals or acollection of red states andblue states.

We are, and always will be,the United States ofAmerica.

It's the answer that ledthose who've been told forso long by so many to becynical and fearful anddoubtful about what wecan achieve to put theirhands on the arc of historyand bend it once moretoward the hope of a betterday.

It's been a long time com-ing, but tonight, because ofwhat we did on this date inthis election at this defin-ing moment change hascome to America.

Obama's Speech:

'It's Been a Long Time Coming'A little bit earlier thisevening, I received anextraordinarily graciouscall from Senator McCain.

Senator McCain foughtlong and hard in this cam-paign. And he's foughteven longer and harder forthe country that he loves.He has endured sacrificesfor America that most of uscannot begin to imagine.We are better off for theservice rendered by thisbrave and selfless leader.

I congratulate him; I con-gratulate Governor Palinfor all that they'veachieved. And I look for-ward to working with themto renew this nation'spromise in the monthsahead.

I want to thank my partnerin this journey, a man whocampaigned from his heart,and spoke for the men andwomen he grew up with onthe streets of Scranton ...and rode with on the trainhome to Delaware, the vicepresident-elect of theUnited States, Joe Biden.

And I would not be stand-ing here tonight withoutthe unyielding support ofmy best friend for the last16 years ... the rock of ourfamily, the love of my life,the nation's next first lady... Michelle Obama.

Sasha and Malia ... I loveyou both more than youcan imagine. And you haveearned the new puppythat's coming with us ...tothe new White House.

And while she's no longerwith us, I know my grand-mother's watching, alongwith the family that mademe who I am. I miss themtonight. I know that mydebt to them is beyondmeasure.

To my sister Maya, my sis-ter Alma, all my other

brothers and sisters, thankyou so much for all the sup-port that you've given me. Iam grateful to them.

And to my campaign man-ager, David Plouffe ... theunsung hero of this cam-paign, who built the best -the best political cam-paign, I think, in the histo-ry of the United States ofAmerica.

To my chief strategistDavid Axelrod ... who'sbeen a partner with meevery step of the way.

To the best campaign teamever assembled in the his-tory of politics ... you madethis happen, and I am for-ever grateful for whatyou've sacrificed to get itdone.

But above all, I will neverforget who this victorytruly belongs to. It belongsto you. It belongs to you.

I was never the likeliestcandidate for this office.We didn't start with muchmoney or many endorse-ments. Our campaign wasnot hatched in the halls ofWashington. It began inthe backyards of DesMoines and the livingrooms of Concord and thefront porches ofCharleston. It was built byworking men and womenwho dug into what littlesavings they had to give $5and $10 and $20 to the

cause.It grew strength from theyoung people who rejectedthe myth of their genera-tion's apathy ... who lefttheir homes and their fami-lies for jobs that offered lit-tle pay and less sleep.

It drew strength from thenot-so-young people whobraved the bitter cold andscorching heat to knock ondoors of perfect strangers,and from the millions ofAmericans who volun-teered and organized andproved that more than twocenturies later a govern-ment of the people, by thepeople, and for the peoplehas not perished from theEarth.

This is your victory.

And I know you didn't dothis just to win an election.And I know you didn't doit for me.You did it because youunderstand the enormity ofthe task that lies ahead.For even as we celebratetonight, we know the chal-lenges that tomorrow willbring are the greatest ofour lifetime - two wars, aplanet in peril, the worstfinancial crisis in a century.

Even as we stand heretonight, we know there arebrave Americans wakingup in the deserts of Iraqand the mountains ofAfghanistan to risk theirlives for us.

There are mothers andfathers who will lie awakeafter the children fallasleep and wonder howthey'll make the mortgageor pay their doctors' billsor save enough for theirchild's college education.

There's new energy to har-ness, new jobs to be creat-ed, new schools to build,and threats to meet,alliances to repair.The road ahead will belong. Our climb will besteep. We may not getthere in one year or even inone term. But, America, Ihave never been morehopeful than I am tonightthat we will get there.I promise you, we as a peo-ple will get there.

AUDIENCE: Yes we can!Yes we can! Yes we can!

OBAMA: There will besetbacks and false starts.There are many who won'tagree with every decisionor policy I make as presi-dent. And we know thegovernment can't solveevery problem.But I will always be honestwith you about the chal-lenges we face. I will listento you, especially when wedisagree. And, above all, Iwill ask you to join in thework of remaking thisnation, the only way it'sbeen done in America for221 years - block by block,brick by brick, callousedhand by calloused hand.

What began 21 months agoin the depths of winter can-not end on this autumnnight.

This victory alone is notthe change we seek. It isonly the chance for us tomake that change. Andthat cannot happen if wego back to the way thingswere.

It can't happen withoutyou, without a new spirit ofservice, a new spirit of sac-

rifice.

So let us summon a newspirit of patriotism, ofresponsibility, where eachof us resolves to pitch inand work harder and lookafter not only ourselves buteach other.

Let us remember that, ifthis financial crisis taughtus anything, it's that wecannot have a thriving Wallafter 106 years in America,through the best of timesand the darkest of hours,she knows how Americacan change.

Yes, we can.

AUDIENCE: Yes, wecan.

OBAMA: America, wehave come so far. We haveseen so much. But there isso much more to do. Sotonight, let us ask our-selves - if our childrenshould live to see the nextcentury; if my daughtersshould be so lucky to liveas long as Ann NixonCooper, what change willthey see? What progresswill we have made?

This is our chance toanswer that call. This isour moment.

This is our time, to put ourpeople back to work andopen doors of opportunityfor our kids; to restoreprosperity and promote thecause of peace; to reclaimthe American dream andreaffirm that fundamentaltruth, that, out of many, weare one; that while webreathe, we hope. Andwhere we are met with cyn-icism and doubts and thosewho tell us that we can't,we will respond with thattimeless creed that sumsup the spirit of a people:Yes, we can.

Thank you. God bless you.And may God bless theUnited States of America.

The Chronicle

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By: David B. Caruso,Associated Press

NEW YORK - After sever-al years in whichAmericans were buyingthings on credit they could-n't afford, a rapidlyincreasing number arecomplaining about gettingharassed and abused by billcollectors.

Nearly 71,000 people filedsuch complaints with theFederal TradeCommission last year,roughly double the numberin 2003. In addition, morethan 14,000 complained tothe Better BusinessBureau. Thousands morelodged grievances withstate and city officials.

"And it is going to getworse," warned DavidPolino, a Better BusinessBureau expert on collec-tion agencies and presidentof the BBB chapter inupstate New York. "Withthe recession, with the hor-rible credit problems, thisis going to be off thecharts."

Regulators and consumergroups say the rise in com-plaints reflects the rapidlyincreasing number ofAmericans who took onmore debt than they couldhandle during the free-spending, easy-credit daysthat preceded the currenteconomic crisis. The com-plaints are also beingattributed to the explosivegrowth in the number ofcompanies that buy up badconsumer debt at a dis-

Bill Collectors Get Tough,and Complaints Surge

count and try to collectwhatever they can.

U.S. law allows creditorsto take aggressive steps tocollect a debt, includinggoing to court to freeze adebtor's bank accounts.But there are also rules:They may not call before 8a.m. or after 9 p.m. Theymay not repeatedly use thephone to annoy you. Theycannot curse or threaten tohave you arrested. Theycannot lie about the likeli-hood of legal action, ortack on unwarrantedcharges.

People who owe money areoften themselves rude andabusive to bill collectors,use obscene language andhurl death threats. Butunder the law, bill collec-tors are not allowed torespond in kind.

Nearly 39 percent of thepeople who complained tothe FTC last year accusedan agency of eitherdemanding a larger pay-ment than legally allowed,or seeking money they did-n't owe at all.

Bob Silvers of San Jose,Calif., said a companycalled Bay Area CreditService has been houndinghim over a disputed $60ambulance bill from 2002by bombarding him withcalls that begin early in themorning and sometimescontinue all day.

"I get between three andnine calls a day, six days aweek," said Silvers, whoclaims the agency hasignored his demands tostop calling. "It's just con-stant harassment."

One 72-year-old retiree tar-geted by the company,

Florence Gifford of Gypsy,W.Va., said she didn'tbelieve she owed anything,but forked over $304 any-way after collectors usedfoul language and threat-ened to send a sheriff'sdeputy to her door.

The collection industry isquick to point out thatcomplaints don't necessari-ly equal improper conduct.The company being sued inWest Virginia, CharlesHowell and Associates,denied its collectors hadused bad language orthreatened anyone witharrest.“There’s no lick of any sortof proof," said the compa-ny's president, GregoryWells. "The only thing theyhave is the word of some-one who owes money andis trying to get out of pay-ing."

Ernestine Williams, a 55-year-old widow inMorristown, N.J., walkedinto her bank over the sum-mer to make a deposit, onlyto learn that her accounthad been frozen at therequest of a company thatpurchased her delinquentPep Boys repair bill.

The company is demand-ing $2,135 immediately tounfreeze her account - anamount that includes about$400 in fees and intereston top of her original debt.Williams said she has hadfinancial problems sinceher husband died andneeds more time to pay.

"It's ludicrous," Williamssaid. "I'm trying to getback on my feet so I canpay my bills. It's embar-rassing. I've alreadypawned all my jewelry. Idon't have anything.

– The HomeownershipResource Center, a divi-sion ofFamily Services Inc. aCharleston-based nonprof-it organization, would liketo announce a new oppor-tunity for anyone whowishes to improve theircredit, or needs tips onhow to better manage theirpersonal finances.

The HomeownershipResource Center will hostCredit Cents classes eachmonth at two differentlocations in NorthCharleston. There are twoparts to Credit Cents. Thefirst covers budget andcredit improvement, andthe second acts as a morein-depth credit score ana-lyzer. Participants mustattend Part I to gain eligi-bility for Part II of theclass. There is a $75 costfor the class, or $100 for aone-on-one counseling ses-sion.

The Credit Cents class,titled "Budget & CreditImprovement", is designedto help attendees learn thepositive steps they can taketo improve their credit.They will learn strategiesto help control their day-to-day finances, learn howto put their money to workfor them, and will find outwhat creditors look forwhenthey apply for credit.

Part II, titled "CreditScore Analyzer", allowsattendees to receive a copyof their credit report with awritten analysis from allthree credit reportingagencies on ways toincrease their credit score.They also learn to manageand understand the report,get tips on budgeting, andlearn how to dispute inac-curate items found on theircredit report.WHEN:10 a.m. – 4 p.m.Trident One Stop, 1930Hanahan Road, NorthCharleston3rd SATURDAY OF

EVERY MONTHOR6 – 8:30 p.m.Family Services, Inc., 4925Lacross Road, NorthCharleston 2nd and 4thTUESDAY OF EVERYMONTH

Deadline to register is 5pm on the Wednesday

prior to the beginning ofthe class in which you willparticipate. *All participants MUSTcomplete Part I to be eligi-ble to participate in Part IIof the class. For more information visit

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AffordingCollege in a

Down Economy(NewsUSA) - Ups and downson Wall Street, the pinch ofthe current credit crisis and anuncertain economy make stu-dents and parents worry aboutcollege tuition payments.

Tightened credit lines couldmake borrowing money forcollege an uphill battle formany American families. Butmost families can still findways to send their high-schoolgraduates to school. "You canstill make college a reality,even in the middle of a creditcrisis," says Martha Holler,spokesperson for Sallie Mae(www.SallieMae.com), thenation's leading saving- andpaying-for-college company."Loans remain readily avail-able to help you pay for col-lege."

Despite the crazy creditcrunch, students and parentscan still find federal studentloans regardless of creditscore, income, assets or collat-eral. Federal law fixes studentloans at a competitive interestrate, so families won't payhigher rates in a troubledeconomy.Although other consumercredit is drying up, studentsand parents can still get feder-al student loans through SallieMae. The company is ready tomake federal student loans toevery student who needs oneat every school across thecountry.

Holler encourages studentsto educate themselves on howto get college money. Sheoffers the following tips to stu-dents and parents looking topay for higher education:

Find free money. Apply forfinancial aid to access freemoney. Tap grants and schol-arships by filing the FreeApplication For FederalStudent Aid, also called theFAFSA.

Fully explore federal studentloans. Federal loans are thelargest source of student loansand offer more favorable termsthan private loans, so get asmany federal loans as possiblebefore resorting to privateloans.

If scholarships, grants andfederal loans do not fully coverthe cost, fill any gaps with pri-vate loans.

Holler stresses that it'simportant to consider the fullcost of college and develop acomprehensive plan to pay fortuition as well as other college-related expenses.

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SECOND MISSIONARYBAPTIST CHURCH, 2204Fillmore St., N. Charleston,SC 29405, along with theirpastor, Rev. Herman J.Smalls, the officers and mem-bers, cordially invite all friendsand family to join us onSunday, November 16, 2008and help celebrate our 65thChurch Anniversary, startingat 4 P.M.Our Guest messenger will beRev. Charles Green, Pastor ofHoly Rock MissionaryBaptist Church and his con-gregation. Come help us liftthe name of Jesus higher andhigher.

Continuing In The Master'sJoy,Rev. Herman Smalls, PastorSis. Rebecca Pinckey,Chairperson

COLUMBIA, SC—Carolina Children's Home isworking diligently to provideChristmas gifts for 60+ chil-dren who’ve probably neverhad one before.

This year you can makeChristmas a special time atCarolina Children's Home bysponsoring a resident or cot-tage, volunteering to wrapgifts or by simply making adonation. During this seasonof giving, think about being animportant part of a child’s lifethrough one of the followingways.

Sponsor a child: When yousponsor a child you are givenhis or her Wish List with theunderstanding that you canbuy all the items on the list orchoose only a few to purchase.The kids will ask for bothpractical and fun items andopen their gifts on ChristmasDay.

We invite bothindividuals and groups tocome to campus and wrap dur-ing the month of December.Give a donation through theGuardian Angel Project:When you donate $10 or morethe Home will honor a lovedone with a personalized letter,a bookmark and a note indicat-ing you as the giver of this veryspecial gift.

The holidays can be a hardtime for our residents, yetdonors and staff work hard atthe Home to make it enjoy-able. Keeping in mind the truemeaning of Christmas, theHome encourages the com-munity to get involved this hol-iday season by making this aspecial time of year for an ado-lescent living at CarolinaChildren's Home.

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SALEM MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH 141st Anniversary -SalemMissionary Baptist Church (city of Charleston) extends an invitation to you to come and worshipwith us as we celebrate our church’s 141st anniversary Friday, November 14, 2008 and Sunday,November 16th, 2008. The theme for this year’s celebration is “Thanks Be to God for Another YearsJourney!” Friday service will begin at 7:30 PM with a short devotional service followed by skits andmonologues entitled “The REAL History of Salem”, and musical selections by Salem’s Men’s, Youthand Combined Choirs. The culminating service will be held on Sunday, November 16th, 2008 at4:00 PM with the Reverend William J. Capers, Jr., Associate Pastor of Salem Missionary BaptistChurch bringing the anniversary message. Please join us as we celebrate this great occasion.Thanking you in advance for your prayers, attendance and support.

Sister Vivian G. Simmons - ChairpersonRev. William U. Frederick, Jr., Pastor

Camarillo, CA(BlackNews.com) - Authorof "Inspiring a NationMending a Whole: OneVoice of Hope Tribute toBarack Obama," TheInspirational Gal(TM),

The Inspirational Gal(TM) MeetsBarack Obamawith the Release of Her New Stirring Tribute

Author Mikaeli Kingpaints a portrait of BarackObama in fine art, writtenword and the spoken wordas she explores the mind ofSenator Obama forPresident in her newTribute on CD and in fineart print. The Tributemakes a poignant state-ment for AfricanAmericans and other raceswho would dare to consid-er Barack Obama as thehope for their futures andthat of their children, inwhich the question isasked, "Is it a Time forchange?" The release of theTribute on CD, writtenfine art print takes placetoday and as a fine artCommemorative pieceNovember 4, 2008.(Commemorative pricevaries)

Author Mikaeli King, TheInspirational Gal(TM),takes a walk into the mindof Barack Obama andpaints a portrait of realismthat is honest and hauntingof America. A voice thatshines light on broken seg-ments in the plight ofAmerica to fully embrace a"new generation" of peoplewho can be of all races aslong as they are ready tochange or be changed bylove and hope and theinspirational voice ofSenator Barack Obama.The piece is one Kingbelieves carries a messageto the African AmericanCommunity, because itrelates to the strength ofour people to overcomeand succeed in life inAmerica. King believesSenator Obama has notbeen the first choices ofevery African American,from the beginning of hisvie for the President of theUnited States. Somewherein the hearts of many hadbeen a fear that "He can'twin or they won't let him."Yet, King has spoken toblacks, whites, Latinos andAsians who believe that thetime for change is now.The art is highlighted byusing the silhouette ofObama and placing thewritten Tribute in his mindand visually displaying theportrait in Black andWhite.

The InspirationalGal's(TM) message is rem-iniscent of a voice whichhoped for a dream with"Dr. Martin Luther KingJr" that overpowered racialdivision and bigotry. TheInspirational Gal's worktalks about the "hope" ofthe new America andstands on its own with avoice that stirs in theAfrican American mind thetruths about lies spokenfrom generation to genera-tion. "A Hope," takes onthe personality of Obamayet speaks out to the readeras a non gender noun thatpersonifies the pains, inspi-rations, growth and answerto the problems of the past.The spoken word Tributeon CD is accompanied byan anthem, "A Strong WallAgainst Violence," whichcarries a message of"unity." (Price for the CDis $9.99 atwww.cdbaby.com/cd/inspirationalgal and available atAmazon.com UPC-63447988198) 0

King has also included inher Tribute to Barack onCD, an opening messagewhich she feels is so impor-tant that she tells everyone,"When ever you seechange, you must remem-ber that hope came first.Someone prayed, died,gave up something in orderfor that change to come.Someone paid a price forthat change."

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By. Jessica BassettSpecial to the NNPA fromthe St. Louis American

ST. LOUIS (NNPA) -After nine years of criminalactivity, Antonio Bobodecided to leave that lifeand go straight.“You just get tired of sell-ing drugs, being shot at,being robbed and robbingpeople,” said Bobo, a for-mer star athlete at VashonHigh School.Thanks to a communitypartnership led by AreaResources for Communityand Human Services(ARCHS) formed to helpmove ex-offenders fromprison to the workforce,Bobo is working legally forone of the first times in hislife n even after his incar-ceration.He is grateful for the jobthat he landed at Midas asa technician two monthsago.“I’m blessed,” Bobo said.St. Louis is home to morethan 22,500 ex-offenders.Initiated last year by a $1.9million U.S. LaborDepartment grant,ARCHS teamed with 18community partners(including businesses, thejustice system, faith-basedorganizations, and commu-nity groups) to provide ex-offender support.They are coming back tothe same challenges facedprior to incarceration,including poverty, highunemployment and crime,said Wendell Kimbrough,CEO of ARCHS. But thepartnership, now almost inits second year, is making adifference.In the first year of the reen-

St. Louis Program Helps Ex-Offenders Turn From Life of Crime

try program, 640 ex-offenders have been served,surpassing the goal of 488.With the help of reentrypartners, such as RankinTechnical Training, morethan 350 of those have beenplaced in jobs with livingwages.Studies have shown thatunemployed ex-offendersare three times more likelyto return to prison thanthose who land jobs.“Everyone deserves a sec-ond chance,” said LisaHenderson, service manag-er of Midas Auto Service,whose company hiresARCHS’ reentry partici-pants. All she asks is thatthey come to work, do thejob and meet the minimumrequirements to be a gener-al service technician.Prior to prison, Bobo wasa former star basketballplayer at Vashon High

School who had signedwith Oklahoma University,but never played.He said he started sellingdrugs at first to pay histuition, but then quicklygot sucked into the quickmoney and fast lifestyle.“When you’re on thestreets, time really passesyou by,” said Bobo, whohad gotten shot twice inthe legs. “I was so attractedto the lifestyle that when Ilooked up, I had a federalcase and it was too late forme to go back to school.”A drug conviction landedhim 36 months in federalprison.Bobo said he was on theInternet every day applyingfor jobs from fast food towarehouse work after hisrelease nearly two yearsago. But he had beenturned down time and timeagain.

“Basically, I was just tryingto find any job that wouldkeep me away from thestreets,” Bobo said.ARCHS gave him thepush he needed. He took atraining class on basicautomotive through theARCHS program.Training is also offered incatering, computers, man-ufacturing, construction,carpentry, customer serv-ice, nursing and culinaryarts.Some of the courses in theARCHS program, such asthe culinary arts course atSt. Louis CommunityCollege, include collegecredit.In addition to job training,ARCHS helps in findinghousing, drug and mentalhealth counseling, socialsupport, transportation,education and employ-

ment.Most of ARCHS initialfunding came from aDepartment of Laborgrant, but once the grantended in SeptemberARCHS was responsiblefor sustaining funding onits own.“We’re going to continue todeliver services in someshape of form,” Kimbroughsaid. “It is too much of asuccessful program to bediscontinued.”About six weeks into thejob, Henderson is pleasedwith Bobo’s efforts.She was first unsure abouthiring an ex-offender butBob and ARCHS have

made quite an impression.She said the program callsregularly to check on him.“He just comes in, does thejob,” Henderson said ofBobo. “He’s actually happyto come to work unlikemost people who workhere,”Bobo was released fromfederal prison in December2006, and he hasn’t lookedback since. He is strength-ening his relationship withGod, his fiancée and threestepchildren.Bobo said, “I don’t have toworry about any police, Ijust worry about walkingwith Christ now.”

(NewsUSA) - It's no secretthat college tuition has goneup over the years, but how easyis it to calculate the total costof college, and what income isrequired to stay financiallyhealthy after graduation?

A new Sallie Mae study con-ducted by Gallup, "HowAmerica Pays for College,"found that while 58 percent offamilies reported ruling outschools because of cost atsome point during the applica-tion process, another 42 per-cent of families did not limittheir search based on cost -;even after reviewing financialaid packages. In total, 70 per-cent of students and parentssaid a student's expected post-graduation income either wasnot considered or did not

Estimating the TotalCost of College

make a difference in their bor-rowing decisions.

For this reason, Sallie Mae,the nation's leading saving-and paying-for-college compa-ny, created EducationInvestment Planner, a freeonline tool to help studentsand families estimate the fullcost of a college degree, com-pare schools, determinewhether student loans areneeded and project monthlypayments.

"Sallie Mae offers this freeonline tool to help familiesmake more informed choicesabout school selection byunderstanding upfront how topay for it without goingbeyond their means," saidC.E. Andrews, president ofSallie Mae. "We developed theEducation InvestmentPlanner as part of Sallie Mae'scommitment to financial litera-cy and to helping students andparents understand the fullcost of a college degree."

The Education InvestmentP l a n n e r(www.SallieMae.com/plan),enables families to:

- Find out how much fouryears for a bachelor's degree,two years for a master's degreeor other programs will cost ata specific school, including theaverage growth of tuition overtime.

- Build a customized plan topay for college through a com-bination of personal money,federal and state grants, schol-arships and, if necessary, feder-al and private student loans.

- Compare actual costs forapproximately 5,500 collegesand universities, includingtuition, average room andboard expenses, fees, booksand supplies.

- Determine whether studentsneed loans and, if so, estimatewhat their monthly paymentscould be after graduation. Italso provides projections forhow much a graduate wouldneed to earn to manage thepayment comfortably.

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FORSURVEYING SERVICES AT THEFOLLY BEACH COUNTY PARK, RFP#08-10 CHARLESTON COUNTY PARKAND RECREATION COMMISSION861 RIVERLAND DRIVECHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA 29412

October 2008

Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission(PRC) is seeking proposals from qualified firms to provideSurveying Services at the Folly Beach County Park. Toreceive a copy of the Request for Proposal, contact Ms.Penny Westerfelhaus, Administrative Assistant, CharlestonCounty Park and Recreation Commission, at 843-762-8098. Proposals should be submitted no later thanThursday, November 13, 2008 to the attention of Ms.Lynda Abram, Contract Coordinator, Charleston CountyPark and Recreation, 861 Riverland Drive, Charleston, SC29412.

By:

Mr. Tom O’Rourke, Executive DirectorCHARLESTON COUNTY PARK ANDRECREATION COMMISSION

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS

Notice is hereby given that Charleston County Council willhold a public hearing on:

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 6:50 o=clock p.m., inCouncil Chambers, second floor of the Lonnie Hamilton, IIIPublic Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, NorthCharleston, S.C. regarding a proposed Ordinance author-izing a fee in lieu of tax agreement and certain instru-ments related thereto by and between C h a r l e s t o nCounty and Mediterranean Shipping Company (USA), Inc.

Public comments, written and oral, are invited.

Beverly T. CravenClerk of Council

Charleston County2009-2010 URBAN ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS

Request for Application Announcement

Charleston County’s Community Development Division is the administering agency for theCounty of Charleston Entitlement Grants for the Community Development Block Grant(CDBG) Program, HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME), Emergency ShelterGrant (ESG) Program and the American Dream Downpayment Initiative (ADDI) Program.Each of these grant programs are funded by an allocation from the U.S. Department ofHousing and Urban Development (HUD).

Funding estimates for the 2009 Program Year (7/1/09-6/30/10) have not yet been provid-ed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; however, it is anticipatedthat Charleston County may receive approximately the same as last year’s allocation in theamount of $3,052,879 to fund housing and community development activities acrossCharleston County and its nine participating jurisdictions.

APPLICATION RELEASE DATE:On November 14, 2008, Charleston County will issue a Request for Applications (RFA) forthe anticipated 2009-2010 Urban Entitlement Program Funding Cycle. The RFA will seekeligible projects that improve and develop housing, economic opportunities, infrastructure,community facilities and provide other community revitalization activities. Special attentionwill be given to applicants that successfully align with strategies to address unmet goalsand objectives as outlined in the Community Development Five Year Consolidated Plan of2006-2011.

RFA packets, along with the Community Development Five Year Consolidated Plan ofgoals and objectives, can be obtained starting November 14, 2008 from the CharlestonCounty Procurement Department, may be downloaded from the Charleston County web-site at HYPERLINK "http://www.charlestoncounty.org" www.charlestoncounty.org and willbe available at the Pre-Application Training.

PRE-APPLICATION TRAININGA Pre-Application Training will be held on December 3, 2008 from 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. inthe Charleston County Council Chambers located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, 2nd floor ofthe Lonnie Hamilton III Public Services Building, North Charleston. The training will pro-vide an overview of the RFA packet, the 5 year plan, successfully aligning with strategiesto meet the unmet goals and objectives and an introduction to outcomes. Although notmandatory, the Pre-Application Training IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED as there havebeen some changes to the application.

DEADLINE:Applications will be accepted December 15, 2008 thru January 15, 2009 and can bemailed or hand delivered to:Anita Jenkins, BuyerCharleston County Procurement Department, Suite B250Lonnie Hamilton, III Public Service Building4045 Bridge View DriveNorth Charleston, South Carolina 29405-7464

APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 3:00 P.M. ON JANUARY 15, 2009 TO BE CONSID-ERED.

For More information, call Jenise Jefferson at (843) 202-6960 or via e-mail at jjefferson@charlestoncounty.org

By: Gregory P. Kane,BlackAmericaWeb.com

Memo to Crystal Mangum:if you need some cheddar,just hop back on the pole,girlfriend.

Believe me, Mangumneeds to get back on thatstriptease pole. Over twoyears ago, Mangumaccused three lacrosseplayers at Duke Universityof raping her at a teamparty. Mangum and anoth-er woman - both describedas “exotic dancers” inmedia accounts, but youand I know that’s only anice term for “strippers” -were hired to shake theirfannies at the party.

Mangum accused threewhite players of raping her.No DNA evidence wasfound to corroborate herclaim. No eyewitnessaccount supported her ver-sion of events. The threeplayers were eventually cutloose, and well they shouldhave been. FormerDurham District AttorneyMike Nifong, who boughtinto Mangum’s tall tale,lost his job. The Dukelacrosse team had its sea-son canceled. Several play-ers ended up transferringto other schools.

So two years afterMangum causes all thismischief - and that’s put-ting it kindly - what doesshe do? Why, write a bookand claim that she really,really was sexually assault-ed, of course.

Mangum released detailsabout the book at a newsconference last week. Thetitle of the book is onemeant to tug at your heart-strings: “The Last Dancefor Grace: The CrystalMangum Story.”

You can feel the lump inyour throat already, can’tyou?

Here’s an excerpt from thisappalling screed:

“Even as I try to move onwith my life, I still find itnecessary to take one morestand and fight. I want toassert, without equivoca-tion, that I was assaulted.Make of that what you will.You will decide what thatmeans to you because thestate of North Carolinasaw fit not to look at allthat happened the night Ibecame infamous.”

So let me get this straight:It ’s the state of North

Carolina’s fault? CrystalMangum gets no part ofthe blame in this shamelessepisode?

Now don’t get me wrong.Those Duke lacrosse play-ers, who became the vic-timhood poster boys forconservative pundits,deserved part of the blame.I’ve written as much onthis Web site, in at leasttwo columns. But thewhite guys have alreadybeen in that particular bar-

rel. Now it ’s Mangum’sturn.

She takes a job as a strip-per. I’m not trying to judgethe woman, but I am tryingto think of the last time Iheard the phrase “a strip-per of high moral charac-ter” and darn it, I can’tseem to remember everhearing it.

But that’s not all. There’sMangum’s own troubledhistory, which includes,according to one newsreport, an incident whereshe stole a taxi driver’s car

be credible either.

Add to this dubious char-acter reference file the alle-gation that Mangum hadsex with at least three dif-ferent men in the daysbefore the “rape,” and weend up with one conclu-sion: If the state of NorthCarolina that Mangumcriticizes for not “seeing fitto look at all that happenedthe night she became infa-mous” had indeed prose-cuted those three lacrosseplayers, at least three dif-ferent defense attorneyswould have torn her testi-

keys as she gave him a lapdance. Then she stole thetaxi and led police on adrunken, high-speed chasethrough Durham thatended with her facing awealth of charges, amongthem larceny, DWI andassault on a governmentofficial.

Mangum also previouslyclaimed that three men sex-ually assaulted her whenshe was in her teens. Thatallegation wasn’t found to

So-Called Victim in Duke Lacrosse Rape Hoax Bears No Blame?mony, her credibility andher integrity to shreds.

It’s hard to believe that’swhat Mangum really want-ed. It’s far easier to believethat she does want somemoney and came up withthe idea of this book tomake some ready cash.That’s what JosephCheshire, one of thedefense attorneys for thethree accused lacrosseplayers, said in a ChicagoTribune story.

“If Crystal Mangum trulywants to heal,” Cheshiresaid, “get on with her lifeand have others learn fromher experiences, she would

admit her lies and the dam-age they did. The fact thatshe will not do that makesall of her motives and self-possessed desire to explainherself another lie. This isabout money and lies. Pureand simple.”

Most impartial observerswill be inclined to agreewith Cheshire. Mangumwants to make some moneyand seems to care littlehow she does it. Rehashingallegations of men foundnot culpable isn’t the wayto go.

But hopping back on thatpole might be.

Invitation to Bid

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The Housing Authority of the City of Charlestonwill receive sealed bids on a General al Contractfor Kiawah Homes Modernization Phase II until2:00 p.m. local time, on November 13, 2008 at550 Meeting, Street Room 114, Charleston,South Carolina. Bids will be publicly opened.

Copies of the Bidding documents may beobtained after 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 14,2008 at the CHA Modernization Office, 545Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29503. ContactMarymims Goldman at (843) 720-3982.

A voluntary pre-bid conference will be held at545 Meeting Street on Tuesday, October 28,2008 at 10:00 a.m.

The Housing Authority encourages minorityowned business to participate in its on-going pur-chasing of goods and services.

CHA reserves the right to waive irregularities andto reject any and all bids.

Donald J. CameronChief Executive Officer

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Some companies are lookingto profit on the down housingmarket. Deer ParkDevelopment Corporation, aNevada-based company, ispurchasing foreclosed homesin Arizona, Nevada,California and Florida, someof the areas most affected bythe down market. Nevada, forexample, sees more foreclo-sures than any other state -;million-dollar properties canbe bought for half their build-ing costs. Between May andJune, Californian banks fore-closed on 40 percent of thehomes on the market.Deer Park DevelopmentCorporation's agents and bro-kers draw on 35 years of experi-ence -; they have seen downmarkets before, so they caneasily identify promising prop-erties.

When Deer ParkDevelopment Corporationfinds a home that it wants toacquire as an investment, itworks with the homeowner orbank to purchase the home ata 50 percent discount.

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By: Meg Kinnard,Associated Press

SUMTER, S.C. - An ex-convict who thought hewas being robbed gunneddown a 12-year-old trick-or-treater, spraying nearly 30rounds with an assault riflefrom inside his home afterhearing a knock on thedoor, police said Saturday.

Quentin Patrick, 22, isaccused of killing 12-year-old T.J. Darrisaw onFriday night. T.J.'s nine-year-old brother, AhmadreDarrisaw, and their father,

Freddie Grinnell, wereinjured but were releasedafter being treated at a hos-pital.

The family attended aHalloween celebration indowntown Sumter, 45miles east of Columbia,then stopped at Patrick'shouse because the porchlight was on, police said.Another sibling was withthem, but wasn't hurt.

Police said at least two ofthe boys were wearingghoulish masks when theyknocked on the door. Theboys' mother and a toddlerstayed in the car nearby.

Patrick emptied his AK-47,shooting at least 29 timesthrough his front door,walls and windows afterhearing the knock, PoliceChief Patty Patterson said.

He told police he had beenrobbed and shot in the pastyear.

"He wasn't going to berobbed again, and he was-n't going to be shot again,"Patterson said Saturday ata news conference.

She said T.J., a brightyoung man, suffered multi-ple wounds, including afatal shot to his head. Noone answered the door atthe family's homeSaturday.

"This is by far one of theworst tragedies that I havehad to personally experi-ence," Patterson said. "Ithappened basically becausekids were out doing whatthey would normally do onHalloween."

Patrick has been chargedwith murder, three countsof assault and battery withintent to kill, and onecount of assault with intent

to kill.Police said they alsocharged a 19-year-old in hishome, Ericka Patrice Pee,with obstruction of justicewhen she was caught try-ing to run away after theshooting with $7,500 incash. Patterson did notgive an explanation for themoney.

Pee's two-year-old daugh-ter was inside during theshooting and is now beingcared for by family mem-bers.

Patterson said Patrick hadmultiple drug convictionsbut police do not believe hewas under the influence ofdrugs or alcohol during theshooting. Authorities didnot know if Patrick or Peehad attorneys. Both arebeing held without bond.

A man who identified him-self as Patrick's brotherbut declined to give hisname said in a call to TheAssociated Press that hebelieved Patrick was suf-fering from post-traumaticstress after a break-in lastDecember. The man'saccount matched the infor-mation police provided.

"We want to let his familyknow that this is a totaltragic accident," he said."He was trying to protecthis family."

Patrick's home is off abusy, two-lane road inSumter, a city of about40,000 people. OnSaturday, shattered glassstill covered the frontstoop and about 20 bulletholes peppered the frontdoor and a front-windowcasement. A firefighterused a hose to wash blood-stains away.

The shooting shocked resi-dents of a neighborhoodwhere most people knoweach other well.

"I just hate it that that lit-tle kid got killed. It used tobe the quietest place. Iknew everybody and every-body knew me," said VivianJohnson, 81, who lives twodoors from Patrick and Peebut said she did not knowthem.

County CouncilmanCharles Edens said he livesjust a few blocks away andpassed the crime scene onhis way back from trick-or-treating with his 13-year-old daughter, who wasupset by the news.

"It's going to put a damp-ening on Halloween,"Eden said. "I would thinktwice about going to adoor that we don't knowwho lives behind."

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Information Meetings:Three meetings will be offered in an “open house” format. Interested per-sons may attend any of these informal informational meetings at any timebetween 5:00 and 7:00 p.m., in which project team representatives will beavailable to answer questions regarding the proposed project. The meetingdates and locations are listed below.

1) Thursday, November 13, 2008 at Fort Johnson Middle School, locatedat 1825 Camp Road, Charleston, SC 294122) Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at West Ashley High School, located at4060 Wildcat Boulevard, Charleston, SC 294143) Thursday, November 20, 2008 at St. Johns High School, located at 1518Main Road, Charleston, SC 29455A formal presentation will not be given during these meetings. However, inthe future official public hearings will be held and formal presentations willbe given during the hearings. Attendees will have the opportunity to makepublic verbal comments at that time.

Purpose:The purpose of the meetings is to gain input on the draft purpose and needand a range of preliminary alternatives for the proposed Mark ClarkExpressway Environmental Impact Statement(EIS). Individuals will have anopportunity to discuss the proposed I-526 (Mark Clark Expressway) EISwith representatives of Charleston County, the Federal HighwayAdministration (FHWA), and the South Carolina Department ofTransportation (SCDOT). The EIS will address the transportation improve-ments, which would increase mobility in the area by serving future trafficgrowth. The project team is seeking input as a part of this process to assistin identifying issues relative to the proposed project. Process:Team members will present the draft purpose and need and preliminaryrange of alternatives. There will be the opportunity for attendees to view dis-play boards and graphics, have one-on-one discussions with project staff,and provide written comments, questions, and concerns regarding the proj-ect on comments forms that will be available. Review:This project is being funded by the South Carolina TransportationInfrastructure Bank through an application made by Charleston County.

Additional information concerning the project may be obtained by contact-ing SCDOT Project Manager David Kinard at (803) 737-1963 in Columbia.Persons with disabilities who may require special accommodations shouldcontact Ms. Karen Davis at 803-737-1549.

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By: Mike Schneider,Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. - It tooksix decades, but a wronglyconvicted World War II veter-an's family is finally getting hisback pay with interest.

Black Veteran's Family Gets Back Pay with InterestSamuel Snow's widow,Margaret, and son, Ray,received a check for $27,580 onThursday, 64 years after Snowwas wrongly convicted of par-ticipating in a riot that led tohis imprisonment for more

than a year. Snow died at age83 in July, hours after the Armyapologized and reversed hisdishonorable discharge.

Ray Snow compared his fatherto the Biblical hero Job - anupright man who was pun-ished for no good reason.

"A good, upright man whowas struck down ... yet he heldon," Ray Snow, 56, a schoolteacher, said after his familyreceived the check. "He heldonto to the belief that thiscould be done."

Snow was among 43 black sol-diers court-martialed for par-ticipating in a 1944 riot at FortLawton in Seattle that led tothe lynching of an Italian pris-oner of war. Those foundguilty of rioting, 28 in all, weresentenced to as much as 25years in prison. It was one ofthe largest courts martial ofWorld War II.

A year ago, the Army Boardfor Correction of MilitaryRecords set aside Snow's con-viction, noting that prosecu-

tors had withheld importantevidence and that the defen-dants were denied access totheir attorneys. The board alsoruled that four soldiers whopetitioned the board, includ-ing Snow, should be givenhonorable discharges andcompensated.

Not long afterward, Snowreceived a check for $725 - theamount the Army said hewould have been paid betweenthe time he was convicted andthe time he was released fromprison about 15 months later.It was not adjusted for infla-tion and failed to include 64years worth of interest. At thetime, the Army claimed theamount was in keeping withregulations.

Earlier this year, U.S. Rep.Jim McDermott, D-Wash.,and U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., filed legislation to awardinterest on the back pay owedSnow and any other soldierwho has a conviction over-turned by courts or the ArmyBoard for Correction ofMilitary Records. It waspassed as part of the DefenseAuthorization Bill.

"This is an American tragedy,along with an American suc-cess story," said Nelson, whopresented the check to Snow'sfamily at his office in Orlando."It's the story of a young manwho served his country andwas not treated right by hisgovernment."

For most of his life, Snownever talked about his dishon-orable discharge or what hap-pened at Fort Lawton, his sonsaid. He led a quiet, humble,church-going life as a janitor inLeesburg, Fla., and raised andeducated two sons with hiswife. In the mid-1970s, his sta-tus was upgraded to "generalunder honorable conditionsdischarge," allowing him toget medical benefits, but it fellshort of his goal of an honor-able discharge.

The momentum to get an hon-orable discharge gainedstrength after Seattle reporterJack Hamann wrote a 2005book about the incident, "OnAmerican Soil: How JusticeBecame a Casualty of WorldWar II."

"I feel very sad because he was-n't here to see this," saidMargaret Snow, 79. "He didget to see his honorable dis-charge and I know he wouldbe pleased about this too."

Fighting Escalates inCongo,

As Peacekeepers Flee

Special to the NNPA fromGIN

(GIN) - Tutsi insurgentsloyal to renegade GeneralLaurent Nkunda launcheda major offensive onSunday, advancing to with-in 12 miles of Goma,destroying two UNarmored vehicles and forc-ing thousands of civiliansto flee south towardsGoma town.Some 17,000 U.N. peace-keepers have begun pack-ing their bags to leave,angering local people whoblame them for failing toprevent the rebel advance.Riots were reported at theUN base in Goma onMonday. Crowds shat-tered windows, damagedcars and one person waskilled.

Nkunda claims he isdefending Tutsis fromRwandan Hutu renegadeswho fled into the Congoafter their military defeatin neighboring Rwanda in1994. In that year, somehalf a million RwandanTutsis were slaughtered byHutu militia in what hasbecome known as theRwandan Genocide.

Rwanda's now dominantTutsi rulers fear theserenegades could threatengenocide again.

A cease-fire between thegovernment and Nkundasigned in January failed tohold and new fighting isunderway with Nkundadeclaring he will ''liberate''all of Congo, a country thesize of Western Europewith vast reserves of dia-monds, gold and otherresources.

November 5, 2008 -7b The Chronicle

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In The District Court of TheUnited States For The Districtof South Carolina Charleston

Division

United States of America

Plaintiff,

Vs.

SEPEQUA DRAYTON ANDSOUTH CAROLINA HOUSINGTRUST FUND, Defendant(s.)CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:o7-26759-DCN NOTICE Of SOUTHUnder authority and direction ofthe AMENDED DECREE OFFORECLOSURE AND SALE inthe above action filed on July 29,2008, I will offer for sale at publicauction before the Courthousedoor of the Charleston CountyCourthouse, Charleston, SouthCarolina, Eleven O’CLOCK A.M.,Wednesday November 19, 2008,the following described property:All that certain piece, parcel ortract of land, together withimprovements thereon, situate,lying and being in Awendaw,Charleston County, S.C. andbeing more particularly describedas 0.713 Acres on a “PlatShowing 0.713 Acres SubdividedOut of the Margaret BrownProperty to be Conveyed toSEPEQUE E. Drayton Located inAwendaw, Charleston County,SC.” prepared by Keith K. Ruddy,RLS No. 9479, dated July 18,1998 and duly recorded in theRMC Office for CharlestonCounty, SC on November 6, 1998in Plat Book EC at page 853.Being the identical property con-veyed to SEPEQUE E. Drayton bydeed of LEAMON Drayton, LeonDrayton, Bertha Cochran, CharlesMcDonald, Patricia Palmer,Valerie McDonald, Ferrell McNeil,Elizabeth Brown Goodman, for-merly Elizabeth Brown Dennis,Mary Brown Mitchell, formerlyMary Brown Williams LucilleBrown Love and Azalie BrownClement formerly Azalie BrownLee dated February 24, 1999, andrecorded February 25, 1999, inthe Office of the Clerk of CourtRMC for Charleston County,South Carolina, in Deed BookZ320 at Page01.TMS No: 711-00-00-134

The above property will be soldsubject to ad valorem taxes, thepurchaser of said real estate topay extra for deed and revenuestamps. Plaintiff not having affir-matively sought a deficiency judg-ment, the bidding will not stayopen for the customarythirty(30)days following the sale.Sale shall require the highest bid-dre, other than the plaintiff, tomake a cash deposit of five per-cent(5%) of the bid as earnestmoney and as evidence of goodfaith. If the plaintiff is the success-ful bidder at the sale, the amountdue on its mortgage may be usedas the equivalent of cash. Shouldthe person making the highest bidat the sale fail to comply with theterms of the bid by depositing thesaid five percent (5%) in cash,then the premises shall be resoldat such bidder’s risk on the samesales date, or some subsequentdate, as the selling officer mayfind convenient and advanta-geous. Should the last and high-est bidder fail to comply with theterms of the bid within ten(10)days of the final acceptance of thebid, The Entire Deposit Shall beforfeited. and the selling officerreadvertise and resell the proper-ty on the same terms and at thebidder’s risk on a subsequentsales day.Under 28 U.S.C.§ 566,it is theduty of the United States Marshalto enforce the decree of theUnited States District Court andunder 564, the Marshal is author-ized to exercise the same powersof the Sheriff in conducting thesale. It is in the interest of justicethat the sale be conducted to yieldthe best price through free, fair,and competitive bidding. Any actthat appears to prevent a free,fair, and open sale or to suppressthe bidding or otherwise adverse-ly affects the sale, will not beallowed. If such an act occurs,then the sale will be halted.Further, the individual or individu-als who perform any act whichappears to contribute to the salebeing halted or otherwiseadversely affected, may becharged with contempt of court, tobe sanctioned accordingly, includ-ing but not limited to paying for thecosts and expenses of the sched-uled sale

JOHNNY MACK BROWN, UNIT-ED STATES MARSHAL

IN THE DISTRICT OF THE UNITED STATES

FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTHCAROLINA CHARLESTON DIVI-

SION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

vs.

RANDAL W. SIMMONS, VALERIEA. SIMMONS, KIRK S. SIMMONS,HEIRS-AT-LAW OF MARGUERITESIMMONS, DECEASED,WACHOVIA MORTGAGE CORPO-RATION, F/K/A FIRST UNIONNATIONAL BANK OF SOUTH CAR-OLINA, T.D. SHRUM,HARLESTON-BOAGS FUNERALHOME AND FORD MOTOR CRED-IT COMPANY,

Defendant(s).

CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:07-563-PMD

NOTICE OF SALE

Under authority and direction of theDECREE OF FORECLOSURE ANDSALE in the above action filed onApril 10, 2008, I will offer for sale atpublic auction before theCourthouse door of the CharlestonCounty Courthouse, Charleston,South Carolina, Eleven O’ClockA.M., Wednesday, November 19,2008, the following described prop-erty:

All that lot, piece, parcel or tract ofland, with buildings and improve-ments thereon, if any, situate, lyingand being in Christ Church Parish,Charleston County, South Carolinacontaining approximately one (1)acre, more or less, and designatedas Parcel Two (2) on a plat preparedby W.L. Gaillard, RLS dated July12,1978, entitled “Plat of Parcel 1owned by Marguerite Simmons andParcel 2 owned by Paul Bradley andabout to be conveyed to MargueriteSimmons, Christ Church Parish”,which said plat is recorded in PlatBook AM at page 24. The said par-cel of land having such size, shape,dimensions, buttings and boundingsas will by reference to said plat morefully appear.

Being the same property conveyedto Marguerite Simmons by deed ofLouis E. Condon, Master-in-Equityfor Charleston County, datedSeptember 21, 1979 and recordedSeptember 25, 1979 in the Office ofthe Clerk of Court for CharlestonCounty, South Carolina in DeedBook L120, at page 139. Thereafter,said property was conveyed to FirstUnion National Bank of SouthCarolina by deed of J. Al Cannon,Jr., Sheriff of Charleston County,dated November 5, 1997 andrecorded February 18, 1998 in theOffice of the ROD for CharlestonCounty, South Carolina in DeedBook L297 at page 723. MargueriteSimmons died on January 26, 1993leaving as her heirs-at-law RandalW. Simmons, Valerie A. Simmonsand Kirk S. Simmons as evidencedby information on file in the Office ofthe Probate Court for CharlestonCounty, South Carolina under CaseNo. 93ES1000245.The above property will be sold sub-ject to ad valorem taxes, the pur-chaser of said real estate to payextra for deed and revenue stamps.Plaintiff not having affirmativelysought a deficiency judgement, thebidding will not stay open for thecustomary thirty (30) days followingthe sale. Sale shall require the high-est bidder, other than the plaintiff, tomake a deposit of five percent (5%)of the bid as earnest money and asevidence of good faith. Said depositshall be made by cashier’s check ormoney order. If the plaintiff is thesuccessful bidder at the sale, theamount due on its mortgage may beused as the equivalent of cash.Should the person making the high-est bid at the sale fail to comply withthe terms of the bid by depositingthe said five percent (5%), then thepremises shall be resold at suchbidder’s risk on the same salesdate, or some subsequent date, asthe selling officer may find conven-ient and advantageous. Should thelast and highest bidder fail to complywith the terms of the bid within ten(10) days of the final acceptance ofthe bid, the entire deposit shall beforfeited, and the selling officer shallreadvertise and resell the propertyon the same terms and at the bid-der’s risk on a subsequent salesday.

Under 28 U.S.C.§ 566, it is the dutyof the United States Marshal toenforce the decree of the UnitedStates District Court and uder 564,the Marshal is authorized to exer-cise the same powers of the Sheriffin conducting the sale. It is in theinterest of justice that the sale beconducted to yield the best pricethrough free, fair, and competitivebidding. Any act that appears to pre-vent a free, fair, and open sale or tosuppress the bidding or otherwiseadversely affect the sale, will not beallowed. If such an act occurs, thenthe sale will be halted. Further, theindividual or individuals who performany act which appears to contributeto the sale being halted or otherwiseadversely affected, may be chargedwith contempt of court, to be sanc-tioned accordingly, including but notlimited to paying for the costs andexpenses of the scheduled sale.

JOHNNY MACK BROWN, UNITEDSTATES MARSHAL

STATE OF SOUTH CAR-OLINA IN THE FAMILYCOURT OF THE NINTH

JUDICIALCIRCUIT COUNTY

OF CHARLESTON

CASE NO.: 2008-DR-10-3534

CYNTHIA DENISELLOYD,

Plaintiff,v.

RANEISHA MITCHELL,Defendant.

IN THE INTEREST OF:XAVIAR DAVEON LLOYD,a minor child under theage of Eleven (11).

TO THE DEFENDANTSABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HERE-BY SUMMONED ANDREQUIRED to Answer theComplaint in this action, acopy of which is herewithserved upon you, and toserve a copy of yourAnswer thereto on thesubscriber, Charlie L.Whirl, Esquire, at hisoffice, 2112 CommanderRoad, North Charleston,South Carolina 29405,within thirty (30) days afterthe date of service uponyou, exclusive of the dayof such service; and if youfail to Answer theComplaint within the timeaforesaid, the Plaintiff inthis action will apply to theCourt for the reliefdemanded in theComplaint and judgmentby default may be enteredagainst you.

YOU ARE HERE-BY GIVEN NOTICE FUR-THER that if you fail toappear and defend andfiled to answer theComplaint as required bythis Summons within thirty(30) days after the servicehereof, exclusive of theday of such service, judg-ment by default wil l beentered against you or therelief demanded in theComplaint.

PLEASE TAKENOTICE: The Summonsand Complaint in theabove-entitled action werefiled in the Office of theClerk of Court, CharlestonCounty Family Court,Charleston, SouthCarolina on September 26,2008. The Final Hearingdate for the Adoption isscheduled for December19, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. onthe second floor, 100Broad Street, CharlestonCounty Judicial Center,Family Court, Charleston,South Carolina.

CHARLIE L. WHIRL2112 Commander Rd.Charleston, SC 29405(843) 566-9705-OfficeAttorney for Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAR-OLINA IN THE FAMILY

COURT OFTHE NINTH

JUDICIAL CIRCUITCOUNTY OF

CHARLESTON

CASE NO.: 2008-DR-10-3533

LAURA ANN JOHNSON & WHITFIELD JOHNSONPlaintiffs,

v.

CONSUELLA GILLIARD,Defendant.

IN THE INTEREST OF:DEVONTRY MARQUIS GILLIARD, a minor child under the age of Eleven(11).

TO THE DEFENDANTSABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HERE-BY SUMMONED ANDREQUIRED to Answer theComplaint in this action, acopy of which is herewithserved upon you, and toserve a copy of your

Charleston County2009-2010 URBAN ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS

Request for Application Announcement

Charleston County’s Community Development Division isthe administering agency for the County of CharlestonEntitlement Grants for the Community Development BlockGrant (CDBG) Program, HOME Investment PartnershipProgram (HOME), Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG)Program and the American Dream Downpayment Initiative(ADDI) Program. Each of these grant programs are fundedby an allocation from the U.S. Department of Housing andUrban Development (HUD).

Funding estimates for the 2009 Program Year (7/1/09-6/30/10) have not yet been provided by the U.S.Department of Housing and Urban Development; however,it is anticipated that Charleston County may receive approx-imately the same as last year’s allocation in the amount of$3,052,879 to fund housing and community developmentactivities across Charleston County and its nine participat-ing jurisdictions.

APPLICATION RELEASE DATE:On November 14, 2008, Charleston County will issue aRequest for Applications (RFA) for the anticipated 2009-2010 Urban Entitlement Program Funding Cycle. The RFAwill seek eligible projects that improve and develop housing,economic opportunities, infrastructure, community facilitiesand provide other community revitalization activities.Special attention will be given to applicants that successful-ly align with strategies to address unmet goals and objec-tives as outlined in the Community Development Five YearConsolidated Plan of 2006-2011.

RFA packets, along with the Community Development FiveYear Consolidated Plan of goals and objectives, can beobtained starting November 14, 2008 from the CharlestonCounty Procurement Department, may be downloaded fromthe Charleston County website at HYPERLINK" h t t p : / / w w w . c h a r l e s t o n c o u n t y . o r g "www.charlestoncounty.org and will be available at the Pre-Application Training.

PRE-APPLICATION TRAININGA Pre-Application Training will be held on December 3,2008 from 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. in the Charleston CountyCouncil Chambers located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, 2ndfloor of the Lonnie Hamilton III Public Services Building,North Charleston. The training will provide an overview ofthe RFA packet, the 5 year plan, successfully aligning withstrategies to meet the unmet goals and objectives and anintroduction to outcomes. Although not mandatory, the Pre-Application Training IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED asthere have been some changes to the application.

DEADLINE:Applications will be accepted December 15, 2008 thruJanuary 15, 2009 and can be mailed or hand delivered to:Anita Jenkins, BuyerCharleston County Procurement Department, Suite B250Lonnie Hamilton, III Public Service Building4045 Bridge View DriveNorth Charleston, South Carolina 29405-7464

APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 3:00 P.M. ONJANUARY 15, 2009 TO BE CONSIDERED.

For More information, call Jenise Jefferson at (843) 202-6960 or via e-mail at jjefferson@charlestoncounty.org

Answer thereto on the sub-scriber, Charlie L. Whirl,Esquire, at his office, 2112Commander Road, NorthCharleston, South Carolina29405, within thirty (30)days after the date of serv-ice upon you, exclusive ofthe day of such service;and if you fail to Answer theComplaint within the timeaforesaid, the Plaintiff inthis action will apply to theCourt for the relief demand-ed in the Complaint andjudgment by default may beentered against you.

YOU ARE HEREBYGIVEN NOTICE FURTHERthat if you fail to appearand defend and fi led toanswer the Complaint asrequired by this Summonswithin thirty (30) days afterthe service hereof, exclu-sive of the day of suchservice, judgment bydefault wil l be enteredagainst you or the reliefdemanded in theComplaint.

PLEASE TAKENOTICE: The Summonsand Complaint in theabove-entitled action werefiled in the Office of theClerk of Court ofCharleston County FamilyCourt, Charleston, SouthCarolina on September 26,2008. The Final Hearingdate for the Adoption isscheduled for December19, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. onthe second floor, 100 BroadStreet, Charleston CountyJudicial Center, FamilyCourt, Charleston, SouthCarolina.

CHARLIE L. WHIRL

2112 Commander Rd.Charleston, SC 29405(843) 566-9705-Office

Attorney for Plaintiffs

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.

CarolynChisholm Daniel,Joanne Chisholm Byrd,GloriaPoinsette Harrison,Archie C. Moore,Michael C.Moore,Robert Poinsette,Jr., Robin Poinsette,Yvonne PoinsetteW i l s o n , C h r y s l e rF i n a n c i a l C o m p a n y ,LLC,Domino Properties,LLC, Southern BellTelephone and TelegraphCompany, South CarolinaDepartment of Revenue,and JohnDoe, a fictitiousname used herein todesignate the unknownheirs at law,d i s t r i b u t e e s , a n d / o rdevisees of HelenBalaam,Mary StreetyBalaam, Robert Balaam,Robert Balaam, Jr., AliceCecilia Smalls Chisholm,Cecilia Chisholm, DianaChisholm, EvaleseChisholm,Jennie Chisholm,Jeremiah Chisholm,John C. Chisholm akaJ o h n C h i s h o l m , J o h nChisholm, Jr., Louise C h i s h o l m , S a r a hChisholm,Alice Chisholm Dusenbury,Archie Moore,Sr., GeraldineChisholmMoore, ArmeniaChisholm Poinsette,Robert E. Poinsette, Sr.,John Streety, JuliaRebecca Chisholm Streety, Martha Streety, ViolaStreety, James Wright,James Wright, Jr., LucilleStreety Wright, all beingdeceased persons; andMary Roe, a fictit iousname designating all otherpersons ) and legal entitiesunknown who may have orclaim an interest in or lienupon the real estatedescribed herein, includingany such as may beinfants, incompetents, orunder any other disability,including the Soldiers andSailors Civil Relief Act,

Defendants.

AMENDED SUMMONS

TO THE ABOVE NAMEDDEFENDANTS:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUM-MONED AND REQUIREDTO ANSWER the AmendedComplaint in this action, acopy of which is hereby

served upon you, and toserve a copy of yourAnswer upon the under-signed subscriber at JamesE. Reeves, P.A., 400 NorthCedar Street, Summerville,SC 29483, within thirty (30)days; thirty-five (35) days ifservice is by certified mail,after the service hereof,exclusive of the date ofsuch service; except theUnited States of Americashall have sixty (60) days;and if you fail to file anAnswer or appear to defendthe Amended Complaintwithin the time aforesaid,the Plaintiffs will apply tothe Court for a judgment bydefault to be renderedagainst you for the reliefdemanded in the AmendedComplaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKENOTICE that the Plaintiffswill move for an Order ofReference or that the Courtmay issue a general Orderof Reference of this actionto the Master-in-Equity,pursuant to Rule 53 of theSouth Carolina Rules ofCivil Procedure, on allissues to come before theCourt with direct appeal tothe South Carolina Court ofAppeals or South CarolinaSupreme Court.TO MINORS OVER FOUR-TEEN YEARS OF AGEAND/OR MINORS UNDERFOURTEEN YEARS OFAGE AND THE PERSONWITH WHOM THE MINORRESIDES AND/OR TOPERSONS UNDER SOMELEGAL DISABILITY: YOUARE FURTHER SUM-MONED AND NOTIFIED toapply for the appointmentof a guardian ad litem with-in thirty (30) days after theservice of this AmendedSummons and Notice uponyou. If you fail to do so,application for suchappointment will be madeby the Plaintiff(s).YOU WILL ALSO TAKENOTICE that pursuant toS.C. Code Ann. §15-61-25(1976), as amended, if youare a joint tenant or tenantin common, you are herebynotified of your right to pur-chase the property, which isthe subject matter of thisaction, and the need tonotify the Court of yourintention.

LIS PENDENS

PLEASE TAKE NOTICEthat the above namedPlaintiff has commenced orintend to commence anaction affecting the title tothe real estate describedbelow. The AmendedComplaint to be filed simul-taneous herewith or withintwenty days hereof, praysfor a suit to quiet title forproperty and for partition in

Charleston County, SouthCarolina. The real estate isdescribed as follows:

All that piece, parcel ortract of land, lying andbeing in Charleston County,South Carolina and knownand designated as contain-ing 27.064 acres, as shownon that certain plat entitled"A BOUNDARY SURVEYOF TMS 312-00-00-049BEING 27.064 ACRES ONBROWNSWOOD ROADOWNED BY THE ESTATEOF JOHN CHISOLMLOCATED IN THE TOWNOF CHARLESTON COUN-TY, SOUTH CAROLINA"prepared by SoutheasternSurveying of Charleston,Inc. dated June 1, 2006 andrecorded July 11, 2008 inthe RMC Office forCharleston County in PlatBook EL, page 632; saidtract of land having suchactual size, shape, dimen-sions, buttings and bound-ings as shown on said plat,reference to which is here-by made for a more com-plete description.

TMS#: 312-00-00-049

NOTICE OF FILINGAMENDED SUMMONS,AMENDED COMPLAINT,LIS PENDENS, AND PETI-TION AND ORDERAPPOINTING

GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI

TO THE DEFENDANTSABOVE NAMED: YOU AREHEREBY NOTIFIED thatthe Amended Summons,which included a Notice ofIntention to Refer Action tothe Master-in-Equity forFinal Determination and aNotice of Appointment ofGuardian Ad Litem Nisi; theAmended Complaint; andLis Pendens; were fi ledwith the Clerk of Court forCharleston County Court ofCommon Pleas on August29, 2008.Further, a Petit ion andOrder Appointing S.Thomas Worley, Jr.,Esquire, whose addressand phone number are 942McCants Drive, Mt.Pleasant, SC 29464, (843)884-5474, as guardian adlitem nisi, for theDefendants designated asJohn Doe and Mary Roe,have also been fi led onOctober 14, 2008, whichsaid appointment becomesabsolute thirty (30) daysafter the service of thisNotice unless you or some-one on your behalf procureanother to be appointed asguardian ad litem to repre-sent their interests in thisaction.

The purpose of thissuit is to determine theinterests of the parties tothe property, which is thesubject matter of this suit,and to ask the Court for anOrder from the Master-in-Equity for CharlestonCounty approving the saleof the property to theDefendant, DominoProperties, LLC.

JAMES E. REEVES,P.A.

By:___________________

James E. Reeves,Esquire400 North Cedar

StreetSummerville, SC 29483

(843) 832-7337

STe

ATTORNEY FOR PLAIN-TIFF