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“‘Graffiti Terrorists” Invade The Lowcountry By Hakim Abdul-Ali Charleston, South Carolina, is considered to be one of the South’s most charming cities. It’s full of history and stately eloquence. No one would deny that. There’s a lot of pride that

Charlestonians show for and care about their homes and properties. It’s evidenced by the fact that this city is one of the most visited by thousands upon thousands of tourists every year from throughout the nation and world. Charleston’s property owners

work very hard to maintain and keep their properties looking good and neat. It’s the sense of community pride that makes any city or town feel very positive about itself and its image. Unfortunately, some criminal minded elements are running See pg 3

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Howard Heights Homeowners Being Shortchanged? By Barney Blakeney Residents of Howard Heights are just beginning to negotiate with North Charleston officials about their homes and property rezoned from residential to industrial some two years ago as part of an agreement with the S.C. State Port Authority. The city has offered to buy the properties of the neighborhood’s 13 residents, but the offers are too low, said Rev. Bernard Brown whose family has lived in the area more than 50 years. Ultimately, Brown said he feels Howard Heights residents will be displaced. Their best alternative, he said, is to stick together to

insure the city compensates them fairly. The city has offered Brown $80,000 for the four bedroom, one-story wooden home he occupies next door to his parents’ home where he was born. N o r t h Charleston Planning D e p a r t m e n t Director Bill Gore said the city formed an agreement with the SPA several years ago to rezone the Howard Heights community for industrial use, but halted the process when it became aware many homeowners in the area had no knowledge of the agreement despite previous public meetings. The process was on hold until two homeSee pg 3

Rev. Bernard Brown

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Court: No Review of Obama's Eligibility to Serve

Losing Seat May Also Have Cost Jefferson His Bargaining Chip By: Kevin McGill, Associated Press

Pesident-Elect Obama By: Associated Press WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has turned down an emergency appeal from a New Jersey man who says President-elect Barack Obama is ineligible to be president because he was a British subject at birth. The court did not comment on its order Monday rejecting the call by Leo Donofrio of East Brunswick, N.J., to intervene in the presidential election. Donofrio says that since Obama had dual nationality at birth - his mother was American and his Kenyan father at the time was a British subject - he cannot possibly be a "natural born citizen," one of the requirements the Constitution lists for eligibility to be president. Donofrio also contends that two other candidates, Republican John McCain and Socialist Workers candidate Roger Calero, also are not natural-born citizens and thus ineligible to be president. At least one other appeal over Obama's citizenship remains at the court. Philip J. Berg of Lafayette Hill, Pa., argues that Obama was born in Kenya, not Hawaii as Obama says and Hawaii officials have confirmed. Berg says Obama also may be a citizen of Indonesia, where he lived as a boy. Federal courts in Pennsylvania have dismissed Berg's lawsuit. Federal courts in Ohio and Washington state have rejected similar lawsuits. Allegations raised on the Internet say the birth certificate, showing that Obama was born in Hawaii on Aug. 4, 1961, is a fake. But Hawaii Health Department Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino and the state's registrar of vital statistics, Alvin Onaka, say they checked health department records and have determined there's no doubt Obama was born in Hawaii.

NEW ORLEANS - Indicted U.S. Rep. William Jefferson's election loss may have cost him more than just his congressional seat. Jefferson, a Louisiana Democrat who likely faces a trial next year on bribery and money laundering charges, can no longer offer his resignation as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. Jefferson has pleaded not guilty in the case, which started in 2005 when federal agents found $90,000 in alleged bribe money stashed

Rep. William Jefferson in the freezer of his Washington home. That led to last year's indictment on charges that he took bribes, laundered money and misused his congressional office for business dealings in Africa. Jefferson has promised there is an "honorable explanation" for the money in the freezer, although he has yet to make it public. His campaign did not return a call for comment Monday. He lost Saturday's hurricanedelayed election to Republican Anh "Joseph" Cao, who will become the first VietnameseAmerican in Congress. Jefferson faces up to 235 years in prison if convicted on all charges. "That was a huge bargaining chip: 'I'll plead, I'll resign.'" said Ed Chervenak, political science professor at the University of New Orleans. The loss also could also lessen the nine-term congressman's ability to get a deal for members of his family who face charges in separate cases, Chervenak said. "I'll resign, don't indict my family? That's gone now," he said. While the congressman was indicted in Virginia, his brothSee pg 3

Churches Celebrate the Inauguration of the First African American President-Elect WASHINGTON,PRNew swire - The leaders of African American churches will commemorate one of the most extraordinary events in American history - the inauguration of the country's first President of African descent - with a gala celebration. The African American Church Inaugural Ball will be held on Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 6 pm at the Grand H y a t t Washington,Washington, DC. The event is shaping up to be a star-studded affair with representation from the religious, business, arts and entertainment communities. The collective membership of African American Churches, and others, is invited to gather to honor the 44th President-Elect, Barack Obama, and the great history and strength of the African American church and its community. The Ball's theme, "We Have Come This Far By Faith," will be upheld as 25 extraordinary leaders are honored with the "Keepers of the Flame" Award. The recipients are individuals who have an unshakable commitment to our future and an undeniable place in the African American book of history. Confirmed honorees include: Bishop John Hurst Adams, Ms. Donna Brazile, Mr. Robert J. Brown, Dr. Marion Wright Edelman, Bishop Barbara Harris, Dr. Dorothy I. Height, Mr. Earl Graves, Sr., The Honorable Alexis Herman, Congressman John Lewis, Rev. Joseph Lowery, Rev. Al Sharpton, Rev. Gardner Taylor, Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, Sr. "We must honor this time in our great history, struggles and strength as well as make a commitment to the future of our community," said Rev. Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, II, Inaugural Ball Chair and pastor of Grace Baptist Church,Mt. Vernon, NY. Other leaders of the event See pg 3

(GIN) - This year’s prized “Face of Africa” award goes to the stunning 23-year-old Kate Tachie-Menson of Ghana. The competition was held in Sun City, South Africa on Nov. 29. The very first Face of Africa winner and now global model icon and businesswoman, Oluchi Onweagba-Orlandi, announced the award of a modeling contract valued at $50,000 with Oluchi’s OModel Africa agency. M-Net (originally an abbreviation for Electronic Media Network) is a subscription-funded television channel in South Africa, established in 1986 by a consortium of newspaper companies. Today, M-Net boasts an array of general entertainment and niche channels and broadcasts to over 1.23 million subscribers in 41 countries across Africa.

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Colin Powell Delivers $1 Million to MLK Memorial By: Brett Associated Press

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WASHINGTON - Gen. Colin Powell helped deliver a $1 million gift Monday for the planned Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and called on all Americans to donate to the National Mall project. The foundation building the memorial has raised $102 million of the $120 million needed to complete the project slated for the Tidal Basin between the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials. Powell delivered a $1 million check on behalf of UnitedHealth Group Inc. The Minnetonka, Minn.based company has paid him in the past to be a speaker at some of its functions. Powell said he has been involved with numerous Washington memorials, including the Vietnam Veterans Memorial because "it was my war." Since leaving office, Powell has helped raise funds for the

memorial to the slain civil rights leader. A spokeswoman said the former secretary of state personally donated $10,000 last year. "MLK is a little different - it's not a president, it's not a war. It's a man who fought a war of peace and fought the second

civil war," Powell told The Associated Press. "He changed America in a very significant way." The memorial's design, with a towering statue of King and quotes from his famous speeches, will not be "something that you just go and See pg 3

Kilpatrick Aide Pleads Guilty in Text Scandal By: Ed White, Associated Press DETROIT - Stoic and publicly silent through months of a sex scandal, the woman whose relationship with former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick led to his downfall broke her silence Monday, shedding tears as she pleaded guilty. Christine Beatty, a former aide to Kilpatrick, accepted a four-month jail sentence in exchange for admitting to obstruction of justice charges for her actions in a lawsuit brought by two police officers. The officers claimed Kilpatrick retaliated against them when they suspected wrongdoing by members of his inner circle. Sexually explicit text messages between Kilpatrick and Beatty, published in January by the Detroit Free Press, contradicted witness-stand denials they were having an affair. Both were married at the time. "I lied under oath," Beatty told the judge, echoing the words Kilpatrick used during his own guilty plea in September. "I did so with the intent to mislead the court and jury and to impede and obstruct the fair administration of justice," she said in plead-

Christine Beatty former aide to Kilpatrick ing guilty to two felonies. Beatty, 38, initially was unable to choke back tears. Wayne County Circuit Judge Timothy Kenny gave her a moment to compose herself. Beatty's jail sentence will begin Jan. 5. With credit for good behavior, she could be free in 100 days. Beatty, the mother of two young daughters who has since gotten divorced, had vigorously fought her case until Monday. "It was time to get it over with, get on with her life, get it out of her children's lives," defense lawyer Mayer Morganroth said outside court. "Otherwise

it goes on and on." Later Monday, Beatty told reporters that she decided to end her "ordeal" to spare her children from a long trial and possible prison sentence. "I am extremely sorry to all the people that were harmed," including the Kilpatrick family, she said. She declined to take questions. "We live in an age where greed and protecting one's secrets is glorified and accepted. I am very pleased that this defendant admitted her guilt," county Prosecutor Kym Worthy said later.

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Jesse Jackson: African-Americans Not Exempt from International Terrorism By. Hazel Trice Edney NNPA Editor-in-Chief LONDON (NNPA) – In the wake of the terrorist killings of nearly 300 people at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, India early this month, Black leaders are pressing for more information and cautioning African-Americans to be clear that they are not exempt as targets at home or abroad. “Terrorism must not be seen in Black-White terms. There is no safe haven for Blacks when terror strikes,” says the Rev. Jesse Jackson during an NNPA interview as he toured London, Birmingham and Liverpool this week. “For example, Al-Qaida struck Kenya before it struck New York…When the terror attacks hit New York, there were no reserve spots for Blacks. It’s deeply ideological.” Early news reports said the attackers were trained in Pakistan and appeared to be seeking to kill Americans, British and Israelis. Outgoing Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, also in London on Monday, called on full Pakistani cooperation with the investigation. Headed to India, she urged its government to focus on the investigation of the attacks, and to avoid troop maneuvers or other actions that could cause “unintended consequences,” according to the news website Guardian.Co.UK. Jackson is in the UK on a whirlwind tour of Black churches, community centers and universities, lecturing and sermonizing on his economic justice program, called “Equanomics”. Blacks in the United Kingdom, which include Black people as well as Indians, are often victims of unequal justice economically and socially. Just as Jackson has worked to inspire African-Americans to rise up and fight for equality through his Chicago-based Rainbow/PUSH Coalition in America, his Equanomics program in the UK is spreading hope among thousands. But, terrorism has added another level of injustice regardless of race. Among his UK meetings on Sunday, Jackson conferred privately with Shiv MuKherjee, the Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Speaking briefly to reporters, including the NNPA News Service, which was covering Jackson on the tour, MuKherjee referred to the

HIV/AIDS Rates Increase in Latino Communities By Glenn Townes Special to the AmNews Second only to African Americans, Latinos are the second most-affected community to suffer the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS, according to a report released this summer by the Latino Commission on AIDS. The New York-based advocacy group estimates that more than 200,000 Latino individuals have been diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. “HIV/AIDS in the Latino communities has reached a crisis level,” said Dennis de Leon, president of the Latino Commission on AIDS. “Latinos now constitute 22 percent of hte HIV/AIDS cases diagnosed in 2006. De Leon siad lack of access to care, lack of funding, ignorance, stigmatizaton and denial all play a major role in the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS in the Latino community. Latinos currently represent about 15 percent of the total population of the U.S. and its territories. “The prevention and access to care needs of Latinos are complex and diverse,” he said. “We need leadership in this fight and hope the next president of the U.S. will take actions in formulating a robust domestic AIDS agenda,” he said. De Leon made his comments in late July, just prior to the opening of the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City.

Jesse Jackson Mumbai attack as the “most savage and the most viscous we’ve seen in India so far. And we’ve been subject to terrorism quite frequently over the past few years, more frequently than perhaps any other part of the world.” No one should jump to conclusions, MuKherjee said. “It is really for the investigation to show exactly the details of this operation, who planned it, who executed it, where they got the support from, the weaponry, the planning, the execution,” MuKherjee said. After a private briefing with MuKherjee, Jackson said it would be wise for the governments of Pakistan and India to quickly assure that it was independent regimes – not the governments themselves – which are responsible for the activities. Meanwhile, in the U. S., Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), a member of the Homeland Security Committee, released a statement warning the U. S. that it must learn lessons from the Mumbai attack. “The attacks in Mumbai, India on multiple soft targets aimed at Americans and people of British and Jewish origin call for a reevaluation of security precautions at home and abroad,” she said. In January this year, Norton stayed at the Taj Mahal Hotel as part of the Congressional delegation, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a mission to discuss climate change strategies the peaceful use of nuclear power. Last week’s attacks harken to the horror of Sept. 11, 2001, but the ground-style attacks on individuals opens a whole new area of security needs. “We have focused on Al Queda, which has a pronounced and well-known modus operandi that is known for big bang targets, such as airlines in flight and sites with official or symbolic standing, such as the World Trade Center,” Norton says. “[This] group traveled to its destination over water by boat, and used guns and

explosives to go after people shooting point blank in restaurants, railway stations, and even hospitals.” Norton said when Congress reconvened this week for the last of a lameduck session, she would seek information on American intelligence concerning the emergence of new groups in new areas that might focus on American targets. “The attacks in India are more genuinely terrorist and more frightening than what we have seen because they appear to be focused even more indiscriminately on simply spreading fear and confusion wherever people tend to gather without regard to the targets,” she said, “Beyond seeking Americans and people of particular nationalities, and Jews, it is difficult to know the messages these terrorists meant to so send.”

Distribution of Condoms Behind Bars will Decrease Spread of HIV, Experts Say By Glenn Townes Special to the AmNews In recent months, advocates of what some deem as controversial and even radical measures to combat the transmission of HIV/AIDS among the prison population frequently promote the distribution of condoms in prison. “The spread of HIV behind bars is exacerbated by the lack of condoms in U.S. prisons and jails,” said Lovisa Stannow, executive director of Just Detention I n t e r n a t i o n a l — a California-based non-profit group that, among other things, counsels current and former offenders who have contracted HIV as a result of being raped while incarcerated. Stannow says a condom provision behind bars is a legal obligation under federal and international laws to protect the health of all detainees. For example, inmates in coercive or protective pairings contend that they would be able to negotiate the use of condoms were they available. Protective pairings, whereby a vulnerable inmate receives protection from a stronger inmate in exchange for sex are common in prison. On the federal lefel and at some state correctional facilities, sex in prison is prohibited. Officials argue that the random distribution of prophylactics to offenders would promote sex and jeopardize prison security. “Sex in prison is forbidden,” said Felecia Ponce, a spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of

Prisons in Washington, D.C. “Condoms are not distributed at any of the Federal Bureau of Prisons facilities across the country.” When asked whether it is due to previously published reasons by other correctional officials—including the assertion that such a practice would lead to or promote rampant sexual behavior among inmates— Ponce said she would have to review the specifics of the rule with a health services coordinator at the bureau. Stannow dismissed the argument and noted tha a number of jails in Vermont and in some major cities across the nation, including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia and the District of Columbia, distribute condoms to offenders. “None

of these agencies have found reason to reverse or repeal its condom distribution policies,” she said. “Internationally, condom distribution in prison is widely accepted and considered a public health measure.” For example, in California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger twice vetoed legislation that would have provided condoms in state prisons. However, a one-year pilot distribution program was launched in September 2008 at California State Prison-Solano., “Public health agencies including the National Commission on Correctional Health have consistently endorsed condom distribution as a harm-reduction strategy,” Stannow concluded.

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We Are Asking Schools To Do What Schools Cannot Do! Contributed by Phillip Jackson, Executive Director of the Black Star Project in Chicago Schools cannot eliminate the racial academic achievement gap because schools do not create the gap.This gap must be eliminated at the source--at home, in the family and in the community. However, schools can and do aggravate the gap. Studies show that this gap comes to the school with the child from thehome, family and community. The gap, which is well established before kindergarten, widens during the first three years of schooling. And from thirdgrade through high school graduation, the academic achievement gap between white and black students is relativelysteady.According to recent statistics from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the average 12th grade blackstudent has the reading and math scores of the average 8th grade white student. Schools and teachers in America usually do a good job. They have made the American educational system, generally,competitive with other international education systems, as shown by the "Progress in International Reading Literacy Study."This study also shows, however, that most black and Latino students in American schools get an education similar to thatof students in third world, underdeveloped countries. Good teachers and administrators are critical to the educational process, but they are not miracle workers.Very few teachers can compensate for years, and sometimes decades, of educational deficiencies in homes, families and communities. Education, like wealth, is generational. It is something that is accumulated and enhanced by one generation and passed on to the next generation. There is an intrinsic relationship between the education and learning of parents, the education and learning levels of communities, and the education and learning of students. In a real sense, schools do not educate children; they simply reinforce and expand what children already know when they come to school. Parents, families, communities, societal structures, value systems, peer groups, networks, cultures and institutions educate children. Good schools seldom create good communities; but good communities usually create good schools. In many of the best schools in the country, principals are almost interchangeable. Teachers are usually in a child's life for one or two years. Without involved, invested and engaged parents, supportive families and effective community institutions and structures, even the best schools will struggle to educate children. For schools to succeed, they must have students with basic skills who want to learn; parents who are active, engaged and involved in their child's life; and teachers and administrators who are skilled and passionate about their profession. For decades, we have been asking schools to do what schools cannot do! We are asking schools to substitute for broken family structures and decimated communities; to give moral and spiritual values to children; to teach children discipline and self-control; to teach children to want to learn and to inspire them to succeed; and to teach children to make positive and proper life choices. Schools do not do any of these things well. Schools are best when they are responsible for teaching reading and math,history and science, not discipline and self-control, and notions of right and wrong. And because schools spend so much time trying to teach things that they cannot teach, many times they fail at teaching the things that they ought to be teaching. Parents must be the first, best and most important teachers for their children. Government and schools also have important responsibilities for educating children; however, they have failed miserably at one of their most importantresponsibilities: Getting parents involved in the educational lives of their children. Effective parents, families and communities can do what no school can do - create the structure, lay the foundation, setthe trajectory and start the momentum for learning and educational success for all children in the every community.

Who Asked Me?

Newsflash! ''We are in a Recession.'' By. James Clingman NNPA Columnist

Blackonomics

by Beverly Gadson-Birch

AFTER THANKSGIVING REFLECTIONS

Thanks, Henry Paulson and Ben Bernanke, for letting us know. Whew! If it weren’t for you we probably never would have found out about this. Thanks, guys! We almost missed this one; we never even saw it coming. It sure is a good thing to have the two of you in Washington watching our backs. With your combined Wall Street experience, your financial acumen, your Ph.D.’s from MIT, and all of your knowledge of economics, you have guided us along this treacherous economic path, protecting us and calling out the pitfalls everyday, and we certainly thank you for your assistance. What would we do without leaders like you? How are things going for you and your families? We trust everything is fine. We know you have tucked a little something away for the dark days ahead. We are sure your mortgages will be paid, you will have plenty of food to eat, and your children and grandchildren will be all right as they “struggle” through this economic crisis. Don’t worry. Things will be tough, but keep your heads up; you’ll get by. And what about your friends and associates? How are they faring? We know they may miss out on their bonuses this year and will not be able to purchase all those cars, jewelry, condos, and summer homes they were planning to obtain. But, not to worry; with the two of you still at the helm, even though the ship is going down, they can be confident that you have at least a couple more tricks up your sleeves. How did Ben put it? “We have a few more cards to play,” or “we have not used all the tools in our toolbox yet.” Man, are we happy to hear that good news. While we don’t understand all those nouveau finance terms like “collateralized debt obligations,” and “credit default swaps,” we are confident that with all of your knowledge of banking, credit, and the stock market, you will continue to protect us from the horrors of a Wall Street collapse. After all, aren’t a lot of your friends working there? Even though we are struggling to pay our bills, rents, and mortgages, trying to avoid the increased credit card fees levied by the banks, and give our children a gift or two for Christmas; even though we are working hard to put food on our tables and hold on to our jobs; and even though many of us have already been laid off; we are comforted just knowing that you have our best interests at heart. You know, we were well aware of this recession months ago, at least in our households and in our communities, so pardon our sarcasm at the beginning of this note. But we understand that until it hits the upper echelon of our society it’s really not a true recession. After all, the economic condition of Black and poor people is not nearly as important as that of the Wall Streeters, the CEO’s, the Bankers, the politicians, and all the rest who keep this country running so smoothly. Not trying to take anything away from your expertise or knowledge of financial matters, but sometimes grassroots people just know certain things. Some call it intuition; we call it “mother wit.” As we began to see gas exceed $4.00 per gallon and our food costs rise to a point where we had to return to the good old days of pinto beans and cornbread for an entire week, we knew we were in for a rough ride. But now, just when we thought we had reached the bottom, the worst has happened; there can now be no doubt about our terrible situation. With all due respect to your prognostications and recent announcement on the recession, Mickey D’s has raised the price of a double cheeseburger from $1.00 to $1.19! They even took one slice of cheese, which cost them 6 cents, off our favorite sandwich, and now call it the McDouble. That’s it; ball game over. Time to start looking for a window to jump out of; now we really know how bad things are. Sorry for boring you with our problems; you have more important things to consider. We just wanted to say how much we appreciate you, Ben and “Hank,” for all you have done to us – er, I meant to say, “for us;” and let us not forget about your predecessors, John Snow and Alan Greenspan. We owe a debt of gratitude to all you guys for the work you have done. As we look across this country and see millions of people sinking further into debt they cannot handle, we can thank the politicians who passed the bankruptcy bill that makes it even more difficult for individuals to file, despite being forced to because of medical catastrophes and the like. We can thank the greedy CEO’s with their cavalier attitudes toward our plight, as they continue to take home their millions in salaries and bonuses. We can thank the bankers and financiers who have already received billions of dollars, some of which went to parties, vacations, and to purchase other banks. We thank you, Ben, for your ability to create money “out of thin air” as they say. And we thank you, “Hank,” for getting Congress to give you sole control of $700 billion to dole out to whomever you choose. You guys are so smart! Reflecting on all that has happened in the past few months, we know that with all your credentials and all of your compassion for us, just as you have given the corporations their welfare checks, we know you will get around to us soon. Keep up the good work, guys.

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is in an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob, and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe. Frederick Douglass, Speech, April 1886

Well, we made it through the election and Thanksgiving . And would you believe I actually had some food left as well as some ‘luminum foil. Can y’all believe that? This is the first time that I had enough foil for everyone. Generally I run out of ‘luminum foil, waxed paper, plastic wrap and even plastic bags, brown bags and napkins. Yes, when all else fails, they will take four or five napkins and cover their take home plates. I tell you this must be the first time they didn’t have to walk out of the door with grease stained napkins covering their food. I don’t mind folks taking leftovers home; but here’s where I draw the line. You can’t bring your own foil, plastic bags or box to cart off enough food to feed your family or take lunch to work for the week. Don’t y’all think that is a little presumptuous? While I was thanking God for the harvest and His many blessings, I am sure my guests were thanking him for the abundance of ‘luminum foil. I was sure glad they did not announce the Recession until before now. Lord knows had they made that announcement sooner, those rascals would have raided my freezer and pantry before leaving. Why is it that every Thanksgiving we promise not to pig out but we never adjust our menu? We prepare the collards with pig feet, pig tail and neckbones. Y’all know I am telling the truth. Now, I didn’t cook any collards but sistah girl did. It doesn’t get any better. That’s the first time I have seen a pot of collards that had more meat than collards. Now, don’t y’all go back and tell sistah I told y’all dat been some tongue biting, finger licking collards. I am just like many of you, I don’t eat pork. Well, as long as the pork doesn’t sneak on my plate. And y’all got to admit, you just can’t have Thanksgiving dinner without the macaroni & cheese casserole, candied yams and sweet potato pies. Thanksgiving!! it’s a good time for family, friends football. Many of us welcome the four day weekend and early bird sales. Thank goodness Thanksgiving only comes once a year. As I mature, it becomes increasingly difficult for me to be selective on special occasions. It’s funny how we can stick to our diets for 357 days and on July 4, Thanksgiving and Christmas, we just lose it. So, enough said. I will talk more with y’all when I run into you at the health food store. Every holiday brings with it some sadness. There were several tragic auto accidents. There are three victims here--the driver of the car, who will no doubt lose her driving privileges and her freedom, the bicyclist who lost his life and the families who are left behind to grieve. The driver had several driving under suspension to her credit. She panicked and left the scene. She told the officers she was driving her roommate’s car. I hate to be in her roommate’s shoes. That should teach us a very valuable lesson— stop loaning out your car. You assume a great risk every time you do so. Parents, be sure to share this story with your teenage drivers. You buy them a car and what do they do, loan it out. I am sure you have had the very same encounter with your teenage that I had with mine when you handed over the keys to them for the first time. When I handed over the keys I said, “I bought this car for your convenience and for me to get some rest from having to drive you everywhere; it is not for you to loan out or haul folks around.” Then I said, “do I make myself clear”? Another fatal accident occurred on the James Island Connector where the driver was driving in the wrong lane. And a Charleston County nurse was killed in Beaufort County in what officials there called it one of the worst accidents there. My heartfelt sympathy goes out to the families. Now, I wish to share a story about the joys of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a time for families. It’s time for Debbie’s Kids donations and the Salvation Army. I am beginning to see how President- Elect Obama’s message is bringing about change in one of my family members. If you will recall, President Elect Obama said government can’t do it all. He said we need to turn the televisions off and work with our children. We need to make sure they are doing their homework and we need to know where they are at nights. He said as men we need to be fathers to our children. I am very happy that my nephew beat the odds and kicked his drug dependency. My nephew lives on the west coast with his new wife. With the Instability of the housing and job markets, he found his hours being cut on his job but that did not keep him from coming home to see about his son. And, what he did next brought tears to my eyes. My nephew had to hit rock bottom before he pulled himself together. He was ashamed of his drug involvement because he came from a good Christian home. He is partly responsible for my sister’s grey hairs. Old folks used to say, you can’t throw the baby out with the bath water but let me tell you my sister was tempted on more than one occasion to throw the baby out, the water and the tub. Well, thank goodness our elders had faith in us. That’s what we have to do for our children. We need to have faith in them. We need to listen and encourage them to be all that they can be. We need to return to our role as parents. My challenge today to the absentee fathers and mothers is to come home and get your children and be the parents that you were meant to be. Come home and get your children. It is time to give grandparents a rest. Come home and get your children off the streets. If you can save just one from the streets, think of the ripple down affect. Our time has come. Are you ready to meet the challenge? Yes, you are!!

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December 10, 2008-5

As I See It

Jesse Jackson: African-Americans Not Exempt from International Terrorism its destination over water by boat, and used guns and explosives to go after people shooting point blank in restaurants, railway stations, and even hospitals.” Norton said when Congress reconvened this

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Go “Go” is a very evasive word but it says a lot to me. Today, I’m in another one of my somber frames of mind and this word is flickering around within my head. As I think earnestly about what I typing now I feel a pressing urgency to do some things in my world of existences that need to be done. They have to be done. Simply put and said, I have to get busy and “go” about doing what has to be done to complete my tasks for this moment and in the future. Time waits for no one. When I think of doing something, I’m always thinking about being on the “go.” The very nature of producing something while being on the “go” signifies that I must get up and do it, hence, I’ve got to “go” and do it. To me, the word “go” in many ways says that I’ve got to get busy in order to accomplish my expressed goals, intentions and ideas. It’s as plain as plain can be, because I believe that nothing comes to a lazy brother or sister of soul who don’t get up and “go” get it (done). Some “hue-mans” know the distinct difference between action and inaction. While one clearly is about doing nothing, the other is about doing something on the positive spin of things. It’s “go”ing ahead and doing what you’ve got to do. Are you a person is a “go” person, or are you a being of procrastination and retreat from taking care of business (TCB)? Think before you speak because the reality of “go” thinking is also a reflection of where you take your mind in doing things in creative and productive modes of “Go.” Remembering that putting off for tomorrow what you can do today is a basic premise in describing those individuals in “huemanity” who aren’t “go” people, I’m challenging you at this moment in time to be all that you can be and to become a active “go” person of courage and accomplishment, ready to do now what you have to do now rather than later. My discussion, or down-to-earth rap, today is meant to boost your thinking cells about the positivity of TCBing. The message of “Go” is for everyone, but I hope that people of color clue into what I’m saying because the aspects of bigotry and racism are all too real in the land of the separate and unequal. For those of us who are aware and mentally conscious of life’s realties, we know that in order to move forward, we must look back into and at “our-story.” As I attempt to do that, I think about all the noble ancestors who were legendary “go” folks, striving for the best for themselves and their future generations. Are you a descendant of a “go” ancestor? I was and am, and I know the price that my ancestors paid for me and you to be where we are today. They showed us what sweat, blood and tears was about along the “go” survival paths that led from the horrors of “The Middle Passage” to the board rooms of the glass ceilings of corporate America. From the “his-storical”disappearing invisible shores of Africa’s academic coastlines to the mysteries of the actual, factual numbers of the tens of millions of the Motherland’s lost, stolen, and strayed, some of Africa’s ebony brave souls fought with limb and soul to be free of mental oppression and foreign confinement. They knew, and you should, that only knowing the real truth can and will set you free. The initial “go” freedom strugglers of yesteryear had to deal with so much as they suffered the indignities of slave ship room service, which wasn’t meant for intelligent peace loving souls on the “go, ” that they are beacons of strength in my heart and mind.. Just thinking about what they had to deal with makes me sick to my mind until this day. The voyage to hell and back couldn’t have been any worst for these innocent captives traveling the colonial racist’s Atlantic Ocean’s economy tortued cruise route. I’m a descenadant of “go” thinkers and doers, and as such, I’m into what is expected of me as I try to comprehend the enormity of slavery and its poisonous aftermath. “Go” people know that to whom much is given, much is expected. Do you? I hope that you do know that the truth shall set you free, and that you and I’ve been given much to be thankful for by the God Alone. The ultimate truth is that we must not forget what made the heroes and sheroes in “our-storical” mind-sets of remembrances great and golden. They were monumental icons of examples of “go” folks, who knew what prices had to be paid in order to attain freedom, justice and equality for the masses of “colored hue-mans” lingering in the wilds of colonialism gone crazy. It must be called barbaric and crazy if it’s about the destruction of one’s mind, body and soul. I honestly can say that I never have forgotten that the largest holocaust actually occurred on the world’s second largest continent. Have you? I pray that you haven’t because an uniformed mind is a terrible thing to lose, even if you didn’t know that Africa is not a country, but rather a wondrous continent of beauty, culture and immense heritage. I must remind you that Africa is not an accident of coincidence as some “his-storical” teachers and so-called researchers would lead some of us to think. It’s the birthplace of civilization, and the home of the original “go” people. As I write, or more correctly, as I type today, I’m thinking about that thought about the original “go” people of the known universe. These ancestors demonstrated what the word “go” meant and personified in their life’s episodes. They never gave up to doubt, misery and disbelief. They were “hue-mans” who knew what courage and scholarship meant and required. Do you as you know ponder another question from me? These sheroes and heroes knew that the word “go” meant to move along and to proceed progressively forward. They also knew that this word meant to work properly in unison and operate smoothly, with respect, as they passed from one moment in time to another. They Knew that what you are helps you know what you are about. That’s a vital key in opening the door to relief from the onslaught of a racist environment of persistent myths, lies and falsehoods galore. “Go” succeeders know the secrets of how to act and sound as they harmonize with the fact that life is what you make it. Be a student of authentic, sound and correct learning as much as you can and learn about the golden secrets of “go” people who’ve made something out of themselves, even amidst the worst of circumstances and ordeals. One of these “go”lden secrets from the Motherland of today’s wisdom, in a somewhat modern interpretation and break down, is that “it’s not how you fall down, but you get up.” Remember this “Go” thought as you attempt to deal with your struggles and challenges in your worlds of existences. Be a “go” soul and gravitate toward being the best that you can be. Please forgive my early departure today, but I’ve got to “go” now. Keep the faith and remain “go”lden in your thoughts and actions. For today and always, that’s, “As I See It.”

week for the last of a lameduck session, she would seek information on American intelligence concerning the emergence of new groups in new areas that might focus on American targets.

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Jesse Jackson By. Hazel Trice Edney NNPA Editor-in-Chief

selves – which are responsible for the activities.

LONDON (NNPA) – In the wake of the terrorist killings of nearly 300 people at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, India early this month, Black leaders are pressing for more information and cautioning African-Americans to be clear that they are not exempt as targets at home or abroad.

Meanwhile, in the U. S., Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), a member of the Homeland Security Committee, released a statement warning the U. S. that it must learn lessons from the Mumbai attack.

“Terrorism must not be seen in Black-White terms. There is no safe haven for Blacks when terror strikes,” says the Rev. Jesse Jackson during an NNPA interview as he toured London, Birmingham and Liverpool this week. “For example, Al-Qaida struck Kenya before it struck New York…When the terror attacks hit New York, there were no reserve spots for Blacks. It’s deeply ideological.” Early news reports said the attackers were trained in Pakistan and appeared to be seeking to kill Americans, British and Israelis. Outgoing Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, also in London on Monday, called on full Pakistani cooperation with the investigation. Headed to India, she urged its government to focus on the investigation of the attacks, and to avoid troop maneuvers or other actions that could cause “unintended consequences,” according to the news website Guardian.Co.UK. Jackson is in the UK on a whirlwind tour of Black churches, community centers and universities, lecturing and sermonizing on his economic justice program, called “Equanomics”. Blacks in the United Kingdom, which include Black people as well as Indians, are often victims of unequal justice economically and socially. Just as Jackson has worked to inspire African-Americans to rise up and fight for equality through his Chicago-based Rainbow/PUSH Coalition in America, his Equanomics program in the UK is spreading hope among thousands. But, terrorism has added another level of injustice regardless of race. Among his UK meetings on Sunday, Jackson conferred privately with Shiv MuKherjee, the Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Speaking briefly to reporters, including the NNPA News Service, which was covering Jackson on the tour, MuKherjee referred to the Mumbai attack as the “most savage and the most viscous we’ve seen in India so far. And we’ve been subject to terrorism quite frequently over the past few years, more frequently than perhaps any other part of the world.” No one should jump to conclusions, MuKherjee said. “It is really for the investigation to show exactly the details of this operation, who planned it, who executed it, where they got the support from, the weaponry, the planning, the execution,” MuKherjee said. After a private briefing with MuKherjee, Jackson said it would be wise for the governments of Pakistan and India to quickly assure that it was independent regimes – not the governments them-

“The attacks in Mumbai, India on multiple soft targets aimed at Americans and people of British and Jewish origin call for a reevaluation of security precautions at home and abroad,” she said. In January this year, Norton stayed at the Taj Mahal Hotel as part of the Congressional delegation, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a mission to discuss climate change strategies the peaceful use of nuclear power. Last week’s attacks harken to the horror of Sept. 11, 2001, but the ground-style attacks on individuals opens a whole new area of security needs. “We have focused on Al Queda, which has a pronounced and well-known modus operandi that is known for big bang targets, such as airlines in flight and sites with official or symbolic standing, such as the World Trade Center,” Norton says. “[This] group traveled to

The Housing Authority of the City of Charleston (CHA) will receive qualifying documentation from Architect and Engineer firms interested in Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts to provide engineering and architectural services at various CHA locations. Term will be for twenty-four base months from award and up to two renewal options of twenty-four months each. Multiple IDIQ contracts may be awarded. The selected firms will be required to provide professional services to support the design and construction of new facilities as well as extensive renovations of single and multi-family residences. Engineering requirements includes electrical, mechanical, structural, and civil applications. The Housing Authority of the City of Charleston administers private and federal funds for various comprehensive grant programs that come under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. An agency selection committee will evaluate each submittal on the basis of (a) qualifications and expertise of personnel, (b) ability to meet time and budget requirements, (c) experience on similar projects, and (d) current and projected workload of the firms. Interested firms are invited to submit 4 copies of a Standard Form 330, Architect-Engineer Qualifications, Part I & II not later than 2:00 p.m. local time on January 8, 2009. Qualifications should be submitted to: Mr. W. Keith Brown, Purchasing/Contracts Manager 550 Meeting Street, Room 114 Charleston, South Carolina 29403 Late responses will not be accepted. This contract is Federally assisted; therefore, contracts for work under this bid will obligate the contractor and subcontractors not to discriminate in employment practices as mandated by the Davis-Bacon Act and Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968. The Housing Authority reserves the right to wave irregularities and to reject any and all proposals. Donald J. Cameron President and Chief Executive Officer

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6- December 10, 2008

CHURCH NEWS/SOCIAL

REV. CHARLES GREEN

HOLY ROCK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL - 9:45 AM SUNDAY SERVICE - 11:00 AM WED. NITE PRAYER - 7:00 PM WED. NITE BIBLE STUDY - 7:00 PM

2111 RONDO ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29414 (843) 763-1005 “WE ARE THE CHURCH THAT SITS BESIDE THE ROAD WHERE EVERYBODY IS SOMEBODY & GOD

Except ye become as little children, ye will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Matthew 18:3

WALLINGFORD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Invites You To COME, SHARE and FELLOWSHIP with The Seniors Activities Bible Study, Physical Fitness, Arts & Craft Projects, Health Education, Enrichment Programs, Speakers, Community Resources, Trips, Recreation, Nutritional Lunch and lots more fun . . .When: Every Thursday, Where: 705 King Street, Time: 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Cost: NO CHARGE~~FREE, (843) 723-9929

Holy Spirit Bible College begins its Spring Semester on January 25th, 2009. At HSBC students can study God’s Word and earn college credit at the same time. HSBC offers an Associate of Theology Program and a Bachelor of Theology Program.

THE LUCAS SISTERS 1544 EastMontague Ave. North Charleston, SC 29405 You are cordially invited to the Annual Concert of the Lucas Sisters.

Registration for the Spring Semester will begin December 15th, 2008. You may register for classes Monday through Friday, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. You are invited to visit our website at www.wkclradio.com. Click on the HSB College link on the left panel. Once at the intro page, you may find a link to forms and semester information on the upper right panel.

This celebration of praise thru song will be held on the 3rd Sunday in December, the 21st at 5:00 PM at Charity Baptist Church 1544 East Montague Avenue, North Charleston, SC. We look forward to worshipping with you as we give God praise for another year.

At Holy Spirit Bible College we are “Equipping the Saints for the Work of the Ministry.”

Yours in Christ, The Lucas Sisters

If you have any questions call (843) 553-8740, or you may also email HSBC at [email protected].

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Burke High School Foundation’s “Christmas Extravaganza” Launch of Foundation Set for December 27, 2008 Graduates of Burke High School (BHS) will host a “Christmas Extravaganza” Saturday, December 27th from 1:005:00pm at the 244 President Street campus. Persons graduating from all high schools in Charleston County, past and present, are invited to support the official launch of the BHS Foundation, with a ceremony to be held at 3:30pm on the BHS Plaza. Reunion classes from the 40s through the 90s and those in 2000 and beyond are encouraged to sponsor their annual reunion meetings during the December 27th holiday weekend. E-mail addresses of contact persons for each event have been provided to encourage BHS alumni to have any questions answered about the upcoming events. Elease Amos-Goodwin and Barbara Dilligard, co-chairs of the event, have provided the following outline of several planned activities. A “talent show” performed by individuals and/or groups will be presented. Prizes will be awarded for the best talent displayed. Johnnie Mae Major ([email protected]) is the

talent show contact. Food vendors may register for $50 to sell food during the event. Elease Amos-Goodwin, ([email protected] s) is the food vendor contact. The Women’s Resource Project has partnered with the BHS Foundation and will present two local writers, Katie Catalon and Arnold Powell, who will autograph and sell their books. Barbara G a t h e r s ([email protected]) is the contact for the book signing segment. Other activities scheduled include, a “Kiddie Land” with games and events for children, ages 3-12. Contact Harriet Allen ([email protected]) for this segment. Prizes will be awarded for persons participating in “line dancing” (such as, the Madison, fox trot, bunny hop, the ‘Electric Slide,” etc.). Tracey Singleton ([email protected]) is the contact for classes interested in space to display memorabilia from their high schools. Foundation memorabilia will be available for sale at the event. To receive up-to-date informa-

tion on the December 27th activities and/or register for “tours of the campus” (every 30 minutes beginning at 1:30pm), contact Emily Brown at ([email protected]). Persons interested in joining foundation may send a check in the amount of $10 to BHS

Foundation, Inc., PO Box 20926, Charleston, SC 29413. Questions and/or concerns for the Planning Committee may be sent to Elease AmosGoodwin, co-chair of the event ([email protected] s).

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401 before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication on his Notice to Creditors or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred. Estate of:

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To my Native American Brothers and Sisters By Gerald W. Deas, M.D. “It makes no difference as to the name of the God, since Love is the real God of all the world.”— Apache saying In 1854, Chief Sealth’s (Seattle), purportedly sent a message to President Franklin Pierce in December of that year, in the form of the following letter entitled, How Can You Buy Or Sell The Earth?: “The great chief in Washington sends word that he wishes to buy our land. The Great Chief also sends us words of friendship and good will. This is kind of him, since we know he has little need of our friendship in return. But, we will consider your offer. “How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them? “Every part of this earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every clearing, and every humming insect is holy in the memory and experience of my people. The sap which courses through the trees carries the memories of the red man. So, when the great chief in Washington sends word that he wishes to buy our land, he asks much of us… “This we know: All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. But we will consider your offer to go to the reservation you have for my people. We will live apart and in peace. “One thing we know, which the white man one day will discover— our God is the same God. You may think now that you own Him as you wish to own our land; but you cannot. “He is the God of man; and his compassion is equal for the red man and the white. This earth is precious to Him and to harm the earth is to heap contempt on its Creator. The whites too shall pass; perhaps sooner than the other tribes. Continue to contaminate your bed, and you will one night suffocate in your own waste. “But in your perishing you will shine brightly, fired by the strength of the God who brought you to this land and for some special purpose gave you dominion over this land and over the red man. That destiny is a mystery to us, for we do not understand when the buffalo are all slaughtered, the wild horses are tamed, and the view of the ripe hill blotted by talking wires. Where is the thicket? Gone. Where is the eagle? Gone. And what is it to say goodbye to the swift pony and the hunt? The end of living and the beginning of survival. So we will consider your offer to buy the land. “If we agree, it will be to secure the reservation you have promised. There perhaps, we may live out our brief days as we wish. When the last red man has vanished from the earth, and his memory is only the shadow of a cloud moving across the prairie, these shores and forests will still hold the spirit of my people.” We shall see…

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Dr. Jerry Reves is a native of Charleston, South Carolina and a graduate of the Medical University of South Carolina (Class of 1969). Prior to returning home, he served as Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at Duke University for 10 years. During his tenure at Duke University, he also served as Director of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Director of the Duke Heart Center. Dr. Reves is a “Champion of Diversity” and a “Model for Change”. When he joined the Medical University of South Carolina, College of Medicine in 2001, he immediately recognized the need to enhance diversity within the College and the University. In 2001, there was a paucity of underrepresented in medicine individuals (African-Americans, Native-Americans and Hispanics) among the student body, house-staff and faculty at MUSC. Among the 800 faculty members within the College of Medicine, there were 23 under-represented in medicine individuals, 16 under-represented in medicine individuals among the 500 house-staff physicians, and under-represented in medicine individuals represented less than 10% of the College of Medicine student body. According to Dr. Reves, “ we cannot be a world-class institution unless we have diversity; everyone benefits from diversity, and it makes the whole greater”. Towards that end, diversity became a pivotal part of the College of Medicine. Dr. Reves appointed a College of Medicine Diversity committee, launched a 5-year COM diversity plan, and charged all department chairmen with the development of departmental diversity plans. He held forums with the minority students, house-staff and faculty to hear their concerns and enlist their support of the College’s diversity plan. The diversity committee assisted the departments with their diversity plans and developed strategies to improve the environment at MUSC by making it more inclusive and welcoming. Diversity became a part of the quality pillar within MUSC Excellence. The results of Dr. Reves’ efforts are unprecedented. By Fall 2007, the College of Medicine had increased the number of minority faculty by more than 100% (23 to 57), almost quadrupled the number of minority house-staff (16 to 58) and minorities account for 17% of the COM student body. Equally striking, among the 30 minority student matriculants in COM during Fall 2006, eleven (11) were AfricanAmerican males. Ten (10) African-American males matriculated during Fall 2007. The College of Medicine matriculated 11 African-American males at a time when majority medical schools matriculated an average of 1.5 AfricanAmerican males. The University Medical Associates (UMA) honor Dr. Jerry Reves for his outstanding leadership and trailblazing efforts in the area of diversity with the Jerry Reves Diversity Scholarship Endowment. The purpose of the endowment is two fold: minority recruitment and scholarly activities, which address health care disparities. “ As a College Medicine we are committed to making diversity a hallmark of our medical education at all levels--faculty, residents and medical students. Our state will reap the benefits in the coming years”-----Jerry Reves, M.D.

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CP0245C2 White Point Garden Bandstand Invitation for bids to renovate the bandstand at White Point Garden The City of Charleston, Department of Parks will be receiving bids for the renovation and lowering of the bandstand in historic White Point Garden in downtown Charleston. The project will consist of demolition of the exiting bandstand base, construction of a new, lower base, and resetting of the original bandstand. The estimated construction cost is between $200,000 - $400,000. •Bid documents will be available for review after December 3rd at the Department of Parks at 823 Meeting Street, AGC, or the Dodge Plan Room.

INVITATION FOR BID Solicitation Number: 08-B038CS Ammunition For The City of Charleston Police Department The City of Charleston is accepting Invitation for Bids for Ammunition For The City of Charleston Police Department. The City will receive bids until December 23, 2008 @ 11:00 a.m. at 288 Meeting Street, Suite 310 Charleston, SC. The solicitation will be available upon request and may beobtained by submitting a written request to: Chenette L. Singleton by fax (843-720-3872), by phone (843-724-7312) or mailing to the above address. You may also obtain a copy of thesolicitation by going to our website: www.charlestoncity.info and then click on the Bidline link.

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CASE NO.: 2008-DR-10-3533 LAURA ANN JOHNSON & WHITFIELD JOHNSON Plaintiffs, v.

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED to Answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer thereto on the subscriber, Charlie L. Whirl, Esquire, at his office, 2112 Commander Road, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405, within thirty (30) days after the date of service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to Answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint and judgment by default may be entered against you. YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE FURTHER that if you fail to appear and defend and filed to answer the Complaint as required by this Summons within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, judgment by default will be entered against you or the relief demanded in the Complaint. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: The Summons and Complaint in the above-entitled action were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court of Charleston County Family Court, Charleston, South Carolina on September 26, 2008. The Final Hearing date for the Adoption is scheduled for December 19, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. on the second floor, 100 Broad Street, Charleston County Judicial Center, Family Court, Charleston, South Carolina. CHARLIE L. WHIRL 2112 Commander Rd. Charleston, SC 29405 (843) 566-9705-Office Attorney for Plaintiffs

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WACHOVIA BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE OF THE SECURITY NATIONAL MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-1, Plaintiff, v. ANNABELLE S. FRAZIER AND IF SHE IS DEAD, HIS HEIRS, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, SPOUSES AND CREDITORS, AND ALL OTHERS CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN THE REAL ESTATE KNOWN AS 12 ENDO DRIVE, C H A R L E S T O N , SOUTH CAROLINA,FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF CHARLESTON AND CITY OF CHARLESTON HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, Defendants. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Estate of:

HELEN C. HAMPTON 2008-ES-10-1661 DOD: 10/30/08 Pers. Rep: JOAN C. O’BANNER 1425 WITTER ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29412 *************************************************************************

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

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ADVERTISEMENT On or about Monday 17 November 2008, plans and specifications for SPA Main Office, Installation of 5 Liebert Challenger Units and Removal of Two Existing Liebert Units, 176 Concord Street, State Pier # 2, Charleston, South Carolina. will be available for distribution to qualified contractors by the South Carolina State Ports Authority. A Mandatory pre-bid will be held on Wednesday, December 3, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. at the Main Office Building 341, 176 Concord Street, Charleston, South Carolina. Contractors must attend Pre-Bid to be qualified to Bid on the above project. Bids will be received at the Maintenance Department, Building 160, Columbus Street Terminal, 838 Morrison Drive, Charleston, South Carolina until 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 16, 2008, at which time there will be a public opening of bids at the Port of Charleston Operation Center Office, Building 160, Columbus Street Terminal. The work consists of Installation of Five New Liebert 5-ton Challenger Units Owner supplied in computer room and server room, reworking of electrical controls and refrigerant lines, and all miscellaneous items to insure proper installation, and any items that are specified in specification or drawings. Work also includes the removal of Two Liebert one-10 ton and one 7 ? ton units this include all electrical work and controls. Contractor will be responsible for disassembly, removal and disposal of both units. Requests for Contract Documents from parties interested in bidding on this work should be filed promptly with the Maintenance Department, South Carolina State Ports Authority. Cost for Contract Documents, Plans and Specifications are $25.00 per set. Make check payable to South Carolina State Ports Authority. Edward W. Piggott, Project Manager, Telephone Number (843) 577-8703 or (843) 577-8660, Fax (843) 577-8690. South Carolina State Ports Authorities consultant engineering service Owens & Associates Inc. Bidding materials will be forwarded as soon as possible. One hundred percent (100%) labor and material bond and one hundred percent (100%) performance bond will be required. The bidder shall have a current’s bidder’s license and contractor’s license for the state of South Carolina The South Carolina State Ports Authority reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to accept any bid if considered best for its interest.

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Amended Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the Amended Complaint upon the subscriber at his address, Larry D. Cohen, LLC, Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 30547, Charleston, South Carolina 29417, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to Answer the Amended Complaint within the time specified above, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Amended Complaint, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Amended Complaint. R E S P E C T F U L LY SUBMITTED, Larry D. Cohen, LLC Attorney at Law P.O. Box 30547 Charleston, South Carolina 29417 Tel. (843) 225-4445

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Charleston, South Carolina August 29, 2008 NOTICE OF FILING DEFICIENCY DEMANDED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Amended Lis Pendens, Amended Civil Cover Sheet, Amended Summons and Amended Complaint in this action were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Common Pleas for Charleston County, South Carolina on September 18, 2008. Larry D. Cohen, LLC P.O. Box 30547 Charleston, South Carolina 29417 Tel. (843) 225-4445 Fax (843) 225-2009 ATTORNEY PLAINTIFF

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Charleston, South Carolina September 23, 2008 NOTICE OF ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI TO: THE DEFENDANTS HEREIN, NAMES AND ADDRESSES UNKNOWN, INCLUDING ANY THEREOF WHO MAY BE MINORS, IMPRISONED PERSONS, INCOMPETENT PERSONS, UNDER OTHER LEGAL DISABILITY OR IN THE MILITARY SERVICE, IF ANY, WHETHER RESIDENTS OR NON-RESIDENTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND TO THE NATURAL, GENERAL, TESTAMENTARY GUARDIAN OR COMMITTEE, OR OTHERWISE, AND TO THE PERSON WITH WHOM THEY MAY RESIDE, IF ANY THERE BE: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Motion for an order appointing Mason D. Salisbury, Esquire, as Guardian ad Litem Nisi, for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as Richard Roe or John Doe, defendants herein, names and addresses unknown, including any thereof who may be minors, imprisoned persons, incompetent persons, in the military service or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County. YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that unless the said minors or persons under other legal disability, if any, or someone in their behalf or in behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or either of them, a Guardian ad Litem to represent them for the purposes of this action, the appointment of said Guardian ad Litem Nisi shall be made absolute. Larry D. Cohen Larry D. Cohen, LLC P.O. Box 30547 Charleston, SC 29417 Tel. (843) 225-4445 Fax (843) 225-2009 Attorney for the Plaintiff September 19, 2008 Charleston, South Carolina

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ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred. Estate of:

KING DAVID GRAHAM 2008-ES-10-1456 DOD: 09/04/08 Pers. Rep: EDNA K. GRAHAM 2144 MIDLAND PARK RD., NORTH CHARLESTON, SC 29406 Atty: EDUARDO K. CURRY, ESQ. PO BOX 42270, NORTH CHARLESTON, SC 29423 *************************************************************************

serve a copy of your Answer thereto on the subscriber, Charlie L. Whirl, Esquire, at his office, 2112 Commander Road, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405, within thirty (30) days after the date of service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to Answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint and judgment by default may be entered against you. YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE FURTHER that if you fail to appear and defend and filed to answer the Complaint as required by this Summons within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, judgment by default will be entered against you or the relief demanded in the Complaint. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: The Summons and Complaint in the above-entitled action were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court, Charleston County Family Court, Charleston, South Carolina on September 26, 2008. The Final Hearing date for the Adoption is scheduled for December 19, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. on the second floor, 100 Broad Street, Charleston County Judicial Center, Family Court, Charleston, South Carolina. CHARLIE L. WHIRL 2112 Commander Rd. Charleston, SC 29405 (843) 566-9705-Office Attorney for Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON George Herbert Roper, Kurline White, Gracie Roper Grant, and Carolyn Gibbs, Plaintiffs, The Estate of Isiah Roper, The Estate of Maggie Roper, The Estate of Sadie Roper, The Estate of Hutchinson Roper, The Estate Idella Roper, The Estate of Melvin Roper, The Estate of James Roper, The Estate of Alla Mae Roper, The Estate of Emily Roper Gibbs, The Estate of Arthur Gibbs, Arthur Gibbs, Jr., Henry Gibbs, Ronald Lee Gibbs, Bernard Gibbs, George Herbert Roper, Kurline Roper White, Gracie Roper Grant, The Estate of Herman Roper, Margaret Roper, J Doe adults and M Roe infants, insane persons, incompetents being fictious names designating a class of persons known or unknown who may be heirs, distributees, devisees, legatees, widow, widower, assignees executor, administrators, creditors, successor, issue and alieness of the Estate of Isiah Roper and Maggie Roper, and all other persons known or unknown claiming any right, title, Estate, interest in or lien upon the real property described in the complaint, adverse to the Plaintiff’s ownership, or any claim on Plaintiff’s title, Defendants. _______________________ IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 07-CP-10-4227 SUMMONS AS A NOTICE OF THE COMPLAINT TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the Plaintiff, or on Plaintiff’s attorney, Brian G. Burke, at his office, 113 Wappoo Creek Drive, Charleston, South Carolina 29412, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint and a judgment by default may be rendered against you. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint in this action were filed on June

17, 2008, at the Charleston County Courthouse, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina.

Martin Law Firm s/Brian G. Burke_____ Brian G. Burke Martin Law Firm 113 Wappoo Creek Drive Charleston, SC 29412 843-762-2121 843-762-2333 fax Charleston, South Carolina

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON BETTY MYERS, Plaintiff, -versusPEGGY MOSLEY, Auditor for Charleston County and successor in Office to John C. Mehrtens and Henry Tecklenberg; D. MICHAEL HUGGINS, Assessor for Charleston County and successor in Office to John R. Lindsey; Andrew C. Smith, Treasurer for Charleston County and successor in Office to William J. Leonard, J. Riddick and William O. Thomas, Jr., and MORT FARRIS, Delinquent Tax Collector for Charleston County and successor in Office to Joseph M. Poulnot, Sheriff and the former Delinquent Tax Collector for Charleston County; JOHN DOE, adults, and RICHARD ROE, infants, insane persons and incompetents, being fictitious names, designating as a class any person who may be an heir, distribute, devisee, legatee, widow, widower, assignee, administrator, executor, personal representative, creditor, successor, issue and alienee of Samuel Bash, Julia Myers and Charles Case, deceased; and Thelma Myers, Richard Cash, Lemark Cash a/k/a Lamar Cash, Mary Lee Singleton and Charlie Cash, Defendants. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NUMBER: 06-CP-10-2043 NOTICE NISI PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that there has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina, an Order appointing for you as Guardian Ad Litem, KELVIN M. HUGER, whose business address is 27 Gamecok Avenue, Charleston, South Carolina, 29407, which appointment shall become absolute upon the expiration of thirty (30) days after the last day of publication of a copy of the Summons and Lis Pendens herein unless you or someone on your behalf, on or before the last mentioned date, shall produce someone to be appointed as Guardian Ad Litem to represent you in this action. DANIEL E. MARTIN, JR. Attorney for Plaintiff 61 Morris Street Charleston, S.C. 29403 (843) 723-1686 CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA June 6, 2006. AMENDED NOTICE YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Civil Action Cover Sheets Amended Lis Pendens, Amended Summons and Amended Notice, Complaint, Petitions for Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem, Order for Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem, Notice Nisi, Affidavit of Publication, Order of Publication, and Notice of Intention to Refer to Master-in-Equity for Final Determination were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on November 12, 2008. The purpose of this action is to clear the title to the subject of real estate property. DANIEL E. MARTIN, JR. Attorney for Plaintiff 61 Morris Street Charleston, S.C. 29403 (843) 723-1686 CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA November 12, 2008. AMENDED SUMMONS TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the Plaintiff or her attorney, Daniel E. Martin, Jr., at his office, No. 61 Morris Street,

Charleston, South Carolina, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for relief demanded in the Complaint and a judgment by default shall be rendered against you. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons and Complaint, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference in this case to the Master-in-Equity or Special Referee for this County; which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a Final Judgment in this case. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Amended Lis Pendens, Amended Summons and Amended Complaint in this action were filed on November _____, 2008, at the Charleston County Courthouse, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29401. Dated at Charleston, South Carolina, this 10 day of November, 2008. DANIEL E. MARTIN, JR., ESQUIRE 61 MORRIS STREET CHARLESTON, S.C. 294131830 (843) 723-1686 ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF Charleston, South Carolina November 10, 2008. AMENDED LIS PENDENS TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOV NAMED: NOTICE IS HEREBY given that an action has been commenced and is now pending in the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, pursuant: the provisions of Title 12, Chapter 49, South Carolina Code of Laws for 1976, as amended, as to the Plaintiff’s First Cause of Action for the entry of judgment declaring the tax sale of the subject was valid. the provisions of Title 15, Chapters 53 and 67, South Carolina Code of Laws for 1976, as amended, with respect to the Second Cause of action for the purpose of obtaining the judgment of this Court declaring that the Plaintiff is the owner of the parcels of land described herein, the contents of which are being fully incorporated herein and made apart hereof, with fee simple title thereto, free and clear of any adverse claims of each and every one of the Defendants who are joined in the above entitled action, and to declare that each and every one of them to be forever barred from asserting or claiming any right, title and interest therein or thereto, and pursuant to the provisions of Title _____, Chapter ____, South Carolina Code Code of Law for 1976, as amended for the purpose of obtaining the judgment of the Court declaring that the Defendants Thelma Myers, Richard Cash, Lemark Cash a/k/a Lamar Cash, Mary Lee Singleton and Charlie Cash be ejected from Parcels “A”, “B”, “C”, and “D” that are described herein, and the contents thereof are being incorporated herein by reference. THE BELOW DESCRIBED parcel of real estate was at the time of the filing of this Lis Pendens, and at the time of the commencement of this action, situated, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and is more particularly described as follows: (PARCEL –A) ALL that certain piece, part and parcel of land, situate, lying and being in Santee Parish No. 1, in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, measuring an containing 0.69 acre, more or less, and being bounded on the Northern side by U.S. Highway 17 North; on the Eastern side by a parcel of land assigned Charleston County TMS #712-00-00-121; on the Southern side by a parcel of land assigned Charleston County TMS #71200-00-110; and on the Western side by a fifty feet wide road right of way. This being a parcel of land conveyed in a deed of Mary W. Witherspoon to Betty Myers, dated June 24. 2005 and recorded on August 11, 2005, in Book X-548, at Page

189, in the Charleston County R.M.C. Office. TMS #712-00-00-109 (PARCEL-B) ALL that certain piece, part and parcel of land, situate, lying and being in Santee Parish No. 1, in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, measuring an containing 0.72 acre, more or less, and being bounded on the Northern side by a parcel of land assigned Charleston County TMS #712-00-00-109; on the Eastern side by a parcel of land assigned Charleston County TMS #712-00-00-121; on the Southern side by a parcel of land assigned Charleston County TMS #71200-00-151; and on the Western side by a fifty feet wide road right of way. This being a parcel of land conveyed in a deed of Mary W. Witherspoon to Betty Myers, dated June 24, 2005 and recorded on August 11, 2005, in Book X-548, at Page 189, in the Charleston County R.M.C. Office TMS #712-00-00-110 (PARCEL-C) ALL that certain piece, part and parcel of land, situate, lying and being in Santee Parish No. 1, in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, measuring and containing 1.12 acre, more or less, and being bounded on the Northern by a parcel of land assigned Charleston County TMS #712-00-00-121; on the Eastern side by a parcel of land assigned Charleston County TMS #712-00-00-111; on the Southern side by a parcel of land assigned Charleston County TMS #71200-00-11; and on the Western side partially by a fifty feet wide road right of way and a parcel of land assigned Charleston County TMS #712-00-00-111. This being a parcel of land conveyed in a deed of Mary W. Witherspoon to Betty Myers, dated June 24, 2005 and recorded on August 11, 2005, in Book X-548, at Page 196, in the Charleston County R.M.C. Office TMS #712-00-00-151 (PARCEL-D) ALL that certain piece, part and parcel of land, situate, lying and being in Santee Parish No. 1, in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, measuring and containing 9.03 acre, more or less, and being bounded on the Northern side by a parcel of land assigned Charleston County TMS #712-00-00-151 and a fifty feet wide road of way; on the Eastern side by a portion of a parcel of land assigned Charleston County TMS #712-00-00-121; on the Southern side by the marshes of an extending to the Intercoastal Waterway; and a parcel of land assigned Charleston County TMS #71200-00-122; and on the Western side by the parcel of land assigned Charleston County TMS #712-00-00-_____and TMS #712-00-00-122. This being a parcel of land conveyed by Mary W. Witherspoon to Betty Myers, in a deed dated June 24, 2005 and recorded on August 11, 2005, in Book X-458, at Page 196, in the Charleston County R.M.C. Office TMS #712-00-00-111 (PARCEL-E) ALL that certain piece, part and parcel of land, situate, lying and being in Santee Parish No. 1, in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, measuring and containing 0.69 acre, more or less, and being bounded on the Northern side by lands of __________; on the Eastern side by a parcel of land now or formerly owned by the Estate of March Washington; on the Southern side by lands now or formerly of Jerry L. Middleton, and on the Western side by the parcel of land now or formerly owned by the Estate of Mose and Stephney McNeal. This being a parcel of land conveyed in a deed Mary W, Witherspoon to the Grantee Betty Myers, dated June 24, 2005 and recorded on August 11, 2005, in Book X-548, at Page 189, in the Charleston County R.M.C. Office. TMS #712-00-00-180 DANIEL E. MARTIN, JR., ESQUIRE 61 MORRIS STREET POST OFFICE BOX 21830 CHARLESTON, S.C. 294031830 (843) 723-1686 ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF Charleston, South Carolina November 10, 2008.

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