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Dr. Martin L. King. Jr. community and village across this glorious nation, there are significant statues, memorials and symbols honoring this giant for all mankind, but not in the City of Charleston! Locally, Dr. King’s place in history are markers placed on highwires at King and Spring, at the entrance along Cannon and the crosstown, signifying nothing! Officials will argue that a street is already designated in Dr. King’s memory, in the West Ashley subdivision of West Oak Forest in an area behind God’s back consisting of about 18 homes. It is a pattern designed to keep invisible our heroes, and unless this community come together and demand that we will no longer be ignored and humored by our public officials; and seriously applauded by Black people only after a process of awakening, and their deaths. Earlier, there were some discussions of renaming our main thoroughfare, King St. in honor of Dr. King, but was tossed See pg 2

Census Bureau Seeking Applicants to Fill GoodPaying Jobs in Area The U.S. Census Bureau is looking for qualified applicants to fill more than 15,000 jobs in Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia to help prepare for the 2010 Census. The Charlotte Regional Census Center had opened 15 local census offices in the five-state region to carry out a pre-census operation called Address List Development. Positions include address listers, office clerks, recruiting assistants, crew leaders and field operations supervisors. “The census is a constitutional mandate that’s too big for the federal government to carry out alone,” said William W. Hatcher, regional director for the Charlotte Regional Census Center, which supports 2010 Census operations in the five-state region. “That’s why we must build an army of local people to help prepare for and carry out the census in 2010.” According to Philip LaRoach, Partnership Specialist in the Charleston Office, said Monday that those interested in applying for these new jobs can go to www.2010censusjobs.gov for job descriptions, qualifications and applications. Potential applicants also See pg 2

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Honoring Dr. King: Not in Charleston City! As millions commemorate the 80th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., orators and community leaders in the tricounty and across the nation will point to the historical presidential campaign of Presidentelect Barack Obama as a sign that Dr. King’s dream is becoming real. Not in the City of Charleston. As each of Martin’s birthdays come and go, we as Black people seem to rely more and more on the thesis that white people will do right by the Black minority. This belief is held against all logic, all wisdom and all knowledge of history. Yet we believe. King tried to point out so many times in his wonderful rhetorical way that America is, indeed, fortunate to have as its major minority group of people who had been taught to believe in divine providence and that the Lord would show the way somehow. But, alas, such critical thinking has not moved our elected officials and the Black leadership and whites of good will, to follow through on a resolution adopted in 1999, to commemorate Dr. King with the proper recognition he so richly deserves. While every major city,

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Many Black Americans consider the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama as a partial realization of Dr. Martin L. King Jr.’s dream that Black Americans eventually will obtain equal status and opportunities in the racial and cultural melting pot that is America. But as the nation prepares to recognize the 40th anniversary of King’s assassination other aspects of the dream continue as a nightmare. For too many Black people inequity, disparity and displacement remain a reality. Upon entering Charleston’s Martin L. King Jr. District comprised of the Spring Street and Cannon Street corridors from it’s eastern starting point at King and Spring streets cluttered sidewalks from a business using the public right-ofway as an extended storage facility and abandoned buildings give the impression of entering a blighted

urban neighborhood. The Spring Street and Cannon Street corridors once were centers for Black business and home owners in Charleston. Over some 30 years since the late 1970s urban blight stagnated the once thriving business and residential area transforming it into a typical inner city ghetto community. Redevelopment in recent years however is recreating a thriving business and residential community along both corridors. But the faces of the people occupying those homes and businesses also are changing. In 1999 Charleston City Councilman Wendell Gilliard proposed renaming Spring Street to honor King. The proposal met with vehement opposition until the compromise of naming the two streets as a district honoring King was reached. The Martin King Jr. District was created to encourage Black business See pg 2

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Emancipation Parade Largest Ever! On January 1, 2009, observers say it was perhaps the largest Big Street Parade commemorating the 145th signing of the E m a n c i p a t i o n Proclamation as participants made their way from

Burke campus, admired and cheered by hundreds lining the sidewalks, and ended up near Ebenezer A.M.E. Church for a service of reflection, preached by the Rev. Dr. William A. Salley, pastor of Jerusalem Baptist Church in down-

town Charleston. According to Ms. Ethel Greene, president of the annual Emancipation Proclamation Association, noted that her committee of volunteers sought maximum participation from the community, was over-

joyed, saying, “This was a great celebration and we offer our sincere appreciation to everyone who came out to remember our heritage and to understand that we must always remember our foreparents See pg 2

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2- January 7, 2009 Dr. King’s --------------------------------------------------cont. from pg 1 development, Gilliard said, and some $1.8 million for infrastructure was allocated to repair streets and sidewalks and to provide streetscaping. But the area is now transitioning from a traditional Black community to a modern predominately white community. “You have a new crew in there now,” said Councilman James Lewis who represents neighborhoods along both corridors. “Those neighborhoods have changed and will continue to change with the displacement in Cannonborough, Elliottborough and Radcliffeborough.” William Dudley Gregorie plans to seek the city council office being vacated by Gilliard who in January takes office as representative of S.C. House Dist. 111. He said the present Martin King Jr. District appears in transition, “But right now it isn’t something you’d want named after Dr. King.” The apparent transition taking place in the district is displacing traditional Black neighborhoods, Gregorie agrees. Members of his family have lived in their west side traditional Black neighborhood over 100 years, he said. “I don’t think my family is unique,” he said. “That kind of tradition and culture should be preserved. As a result of the new urbanization, we’re losing the flavor and culture of neighborhoods that have made Charleston what it is. “I’m not against progress,” Gregorie continued, “but we need to be sensitive to neighborhoods and their traditions.” Rather than facing displacement, Black business and home owners should be participants in the transition taking place, Gregorie said. Some of the traditional business and property owners of the community are participating in the transition, Gilliard says. While state and local governments must step up to protect them, ultimately it will be the people of those communities who will determine what it looks like in five years, he said. “They have to make sure there is balance and be a part of the change. We’re all responsible and we only have ourselves to blame,” he said.

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Obama’s Miraculous Win Leads 2008 Black Press Stories; Stories of Injustices Close Behind By. Hazel Trice Edney NNPA Editor-in-Chief W A S H I N G T O N (NNPA) – At this time last year, then U. S. Senator Barack Obama was not the Black community’s favored candidate to win the Democratic nomination for the presidency of the United States. Indeed, because of America’s past history of racism, most Blacks did not initially favor Obama as the Democratic nominee because they simply did not believe he could win the general election. In January of 2008, an ABC News-Washington Post poll showed Obama’s Democratic Primary opponent Hillary Rodham Clinton at 40 points higher than Obama among African-Americans who had been asked their preference for the Democratic Primary. Only a month earlier, in December 2007, only 54 percent of Blacks to 65 percent of Whites even believed America would be willing to elect a Black president. But, it was Obama’s win in the Jan. 3 Democratic Primary in Iowa – a 95 percent White state - that caused the world to hearken his convincing chant “Yes we can.” Immediately, the pace of his Black support escalated. By mid-January, An ABC News poll showed Black support for Obama slowly reversing at 60-40 percent over Clinton. After he won the South Carolina primary on Jan. 26, his Black support skyrocketed and solidified at well more than 90 percent for the rest of the way. Coupled with overwhelming support from a cross section of White and Latino-Americans, the advent of Barack Hussein Obama – a son of a Black Kenyan man and a White woman from Kansas - as America’s first Black president-elect, now stands as the nation’s top Black story of 2008, and is undeniably among the top stories in American and world history. Still, with all the euphoria surrounding the Obama election and now the anticipation of his Jan. 20 inauguration, other issues of racial inequality told in 2008 Black Press stories reveal that racial inequality remains the top issue in the

Emancipation --------------------------------------------cont. from pg 1 who suffered and sacrificed to make this time in our history a reality.” In issuing his preliminary proclamation on September 22, Abraham Lincoln said that “On the first day of January in the year of our Lord. One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all person held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, shall then, thenceforward, and forever free: will recognize and maintain a freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.” Serving with Ms. Greene were Deacon Robert Crawford, Yvonne Bellinger, Eva Dawson, Beverly Gadson-Birch, Anniece Brown, Bernard Brown, Ruth Devoe, Rev. Ed McClain, Rev. Joseph Powell, and Rosa M. Latten. Additional photos pg 10

Barack Obamapresident-elect first decade of the 21st Century. In alphabetical order behind Obama, those issues/events – chosen by the NNPA News Service based on prevalence and historic importance - make up the remaining top nine Black Press stories of 2008: • B l a c k Incarcerations - America’s prisons continued to burst at the seams with AfricanAmericans. NNPA columnist Ron Walters quotes a Pew Center study on adult imprisonment that says one in every nine AfricanAmericans is incarcerated; including one of every 15 Blacks between the ages of 18-39. • E c o n o m i c Injustice: Whether in prosperity or economic decline, Black people still experience twice the unemployment rate as Whites, according to reports from the Bureau of Labor Statics. According to NNPA columnist Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, AfricanAmericans' economic standing is only 57 percent of mainstream America. And because more than 50 percent of Black mortgage holders received sub-prime loans compared with only 18 percent of Whites, the current sub-prime mortgage meltdown has a disproportionately negative affect on African-American homeowners. An AfroAmerican Newspaper story by Zenitha Prince, headlined “Black Middle Class in Crisis”, quotes a report by United for a Fair Economy saying of the subprime loan crisis, “Black/African-American borrowers will lose between $71 billion and $92 billion…and the ripple effect will exact an even higher toll.” • Educational Inequities: Remarks by then Democratic contender Barack Obama in a March 19 speech in Philadelphia perhaps said it best: “Segregated schools were, and are, inferior schools; we still haven't fixed them, fifty years after Brown v. Board of Education, and the inferior education they provided, then and now, helps explain the pervasive achievement gap between today's Black and White students.” One example of these complaints around the nation is found in a story by Gordon Jackson reported in the Dallas Examiner in August 2008. It cited a lawsuit filed by the Black Coalition to Maximize Education and a

Census Bureau -----cont. from pg 1 can call toll-free 1-866-8612010. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, age 18 and older, have a valid Social Security number, and pass a basic aptitude test. Most jobs require a driver’s license and use of a car. Also, prospective applicants can visit the office on Sam Rittenburg and Highway 61, next to the Shell convenience store. In spring 2009, the census employees will help develop a confidential address list that will be used to deliver census questionnaires in 2010. The jobs are temporary; both full-time and part-time jobs are available. Census jobs offer flexible schedules and allow close-to-home employment. Competitive pay begins at $8.75 an hour and varies depending on job and location.

former Bond Administrator charging the Dallas Independent School District with severe neglect of inner city schools while planning to spend millions of dollars in the southern sector through a recently passed 2008 bond program. • Hate Crimes and Threats: The Alabamabased Southern Poverty Law Center, a leader in the fight against White supremacist groups, reports more than 200 hate-related anti-Obama incidents nationally just in the first two weeks after the election of Barack Obama, according to the Wilmington Journal’s Cash Michaels. Also, due to threats during the 20month campaign, then Democratic presidential contender got Secret Service protection months before any of the other 20 candidates. These incidents are on top of a record number of unrelated noose threats and other hate incidents reported during the year leading up to the primaries, including the kidnapping and hate-torture case of West Virginian, Megan Williams. The most recent high-profiled alleged hate crimes are the dragging death of 24-yearold Brandon McClelland of Paris, Texas and the shooting death of football star Billey Joe Johnson of Jackson, Miss. • HIV/AIDS: Black America’s response to the AIDS crisis is finally gaining momentum, says NNPA columnist Phill Wilson, executive director and CEO of the Black AIDS Institute. This growing awareness and discussion is largely due to the Center for Disease Control’s Heightened National Response to HIV/AIDS in the Black Community. But, the statistics are still horrendous: “Every year, more than 56,000 people in this country contract HIV. The devastation is worse among Black Americans, who represent nearly half of all new HIV infections, including two-thirds of the new cases among women and 70 percent of the new cases among adolescents,” Wilson reports. • Homicide Rates: Thousands of young Black males in major cities died of gunshot wounds in gang or drug-related incidents in 2008, perpetuated by Black on Black crime. In August, the Seattle Medium reported a march by friends and families of homicide victims; plus the Seattle/King County NAACP organized to send the message, “Enough is enough.” Other major cities struggle to address social ills that lead to the violent behavior. • Mac and Hayes Dies: Actor-comedian Bernie Mac and music Icon Isaac Hayes died one day apart, August 9 and 10 consecutively. The deaths, both from illnesses, silenced two major entertainment voices – music and laughter - both of which have the “power to bond us in ways well beyond race, politics and ideology,” as stated by NNPA columnist Marc Morial. • Police Shootings; Misconduct: Mourning turned to outrage on April 25. That’s the day when the three New York City police officers who gunned down unarmed Sean Bell

in a hail of 50 bullets on his wedding day – Nov. 26, 2006 - were all acquitted. His fiancée, Nicole Paultre Bell, cried out that Sean had been killed “all over again.” Her outrage reflects Black families and civil rights leaders across the nation who cite police misconduct through violence and/or racial profiling as being as prevalent as ever in the Black community. • The 45th Anniversary of “I Have a Dream”: August 28, 2008 was largely marked by the euphoria of then Democratic nominee Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at INVESCO Field in Denver. Nearly 100,000 people gathered for the historic invent, marking the first Black presidential nominee of a major U. S. political party. In his speech, Obama reflected on the promise of equality that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. talked about in his speech at the 1963 March on Washington, the promise that Dr. King referred to as a “bad check.” Then he appealed to the nation in words that millions now hope will not be forgotten by his administration: “America, we cannot turn back. Not with so much work to be done. Not with so many children to educate, and so many veterans to care for. Not with an economy to fix and cities to rebuild and farms to save. Not with so many families to protect and so many lives to mend…Let us keep that promise – that American promise – and in the words of scripture hold firmly, without wavering, to the hope that we confess.”

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Musical Celebration -----------------------------------cont. from pg 1 Church, USA 134 Cannon Street at 6:00 p.m. Robert passed away on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at Roper Hospital after an extended illness. Funeral services were held in Clover, SC. Robert is survived by his siblings, nieces, nephews, cousins all of Clover and a host of loving friends in the Charleston community. He was employed as a Barber at The Lab and for many years at The Family Barber Shop. Robert was a lover of the arts and could be seen performing in numerous venues throughout the Charleston Community. He has performed with the Charleston Actors Theatre (CATS), Footlight Players, and Art Forms and Theatre Concepts. His charismatic voice could be heard as lead singer with Seabreeze Showtime Band, Rivers and Company and Black Velvet. He was a member of Zion Olivet United Presbyterian Church where he sang in the Choir. He will be missed but not forgotten. Contributions are being accepted for The Robert Hall Musical Scholarship Fund. Checks should be made payable to the Zion Olivet United Presbyterian Church.

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THE REV. DR. KING PICTURE AWARDS: “WE STILL GOT WORK TO DO” On January 12 at 2 p.m. at Burke High School, Rep. Wendell Gilliard and City Councilman James Lewis in collaboration with Burke High School, and Charleston Mayor Joseph Riley Jr., will present this year’s the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Picture Award at 11 a.m. ceremony. This year’s recipients are: The Honorable Robert Mitchell, The Honorable Jimmy Bailey, Mrs. Beverly Birch, Mr. Mike Bennett, Rev. Alfreda Owens, Ms. Grace McDowell, Deacon William Carter, Mr. Benjamin Hanna, Ms. Lotti Otto, Ms. Rosalyn Fields, Mr. Gregory

Whitaker and Mr. Jay Patel. Rep. Gilliard said the site for the program on the Burke campus symbolizes the emphasis Dr. King placed on educating our youth and that it is also the campus when the late Coretta Scott-King came here in 2004 to honor her first cousin, Mrs. Christine Osbourn Jackson, retired executive director of the Greater Charleston YWCA. The majority of those selected for this award, said Rep. Gilliard, can remember “being unable to eat or sleep in most restaurants, unable to sit where you wanted in a

movie theater; being forced to attend an inferior school, and even forbidden to drink from water fountains or use the restrooms in Marion Square downtown, but these were the facts of life.” The first awards were presented in 1989 after then-councilman Gilliard was elected to Charleston city council, “to recognize members of the Charleston community.” “These are the unsung heroes and heroines in our community and we should take the time and be thankful for them. As stated in the Bible, ‘Those who

BET, TV One Plan Extensive Inauguration Coverage By David Bauder AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- BET and TV One, the television networks aimed primarily at a black audience, haven't paid much attention to presidential inaugurations before. This time will be different. Both are planning extensive coverage for Jan. 20, when Barack Obama is sworn in as the nation's 44th president. While it will be followed as a news event, network executives said the installation of the first black president will be as much a celebration as a story. "This is an opportunity to be the best we can be," said Stephen Hill, BET's programming chief. "We see this as an opportunity to inform and inspire our audience, which is what we always try to do." BET marked President George W. Bush's last inauguration with a news brief, to say "Oh, it happened. What a shame," he said. This time, BET will cover the swearing-in and parade from four locations, including ground and rooftop sites on Pennsylvania Avenue. Anchoring the coverage will be Hill Harper of CBS' "CSI: NY," former CBS "The Early Show" host Rene Syler and Jeff Johnson, who hosts a weekly BET news program. The networks will take a particular interest in speaking to people who have traveled to Washington to witness the event. On election night, their ratings peaked shortly after the general news networks declared Obama the winner - when black viewers turned to the stations to soak it in with the people on the air. "They talked about the emotion of it," said Johnathan Rodgers, TV One's president. "Everyone talked about their own relatives and how they grew up. Almost everyone could not believe that it happened in our lifetime." TV One plans to follow the inauguration for 21 straight hours, from 6 a.m. EST on Jan. 20 to 3 a.m. EST the next day. Radio talk-show host Joe Madison and Art Fennell of CN8, the Comcast Network, will be the hosts. It's already a big week for TV One: Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday the weekend before marks the fifth anniversary of the network's launch. With all that time on the air, TV One will do its best to give its audience a real flavor of being there, Rodgers said. "We will show the parade," he said. "We will not overwhelm the parade with a lot of pundits and other stuff." The connection between King's work and Obama's

election will be a major theme for the networks; BET will speak to King's children for their thoughts on Obama and is making a special, "King to Obama: Repurposing the Dream." BET is preparing several reports to air during the coverage, including a look at Michelle Obama; on the people who helped elect the new president; on his international appeal; and

our audience feel they are really part of the process of selecting a leader for the United States of America," Hill said. BET is planning a primetime entertainment special taped earlier, "Yes We Will: The BET Inaugural Celebration," and will also sponsor its own inaugural ball, which will be featured in live cut-ins. TV One is reporting from the scenes

on his security, asking, "Who is willing to take a bullet for a black man?" BET, as the older of the two networks and the one with the wider reach, believes it has an advantage over TV One because BET is the only one with a news division. BET will include simple historical explainers about presidential inaugurations throughout the day; the network reasons that many who will be watching have never seen one before. "This is the first time in a long time a lot of people in

of Obama's inaugural balls from 10 p.m. EST to midnight. General news networks are still formulating their coverage plans. It's unclear whether reporters will be assigned specifically to cover the black perspective on that day, but it obviously will be a big part of the story, said Paul Friedman, CBS News senior vice president. "I don't know how you don't cover that story virtually all the way through," he said.

Rev. Dr. Issac Holt, pastor Royal Missionary Baptist Church are great among you shall be your servants, and those we have chosen, are truly great.” Gilliard said he can remember when his late father, William Gilliard, was active in the middle 1950s, when Blacks here arose to challenge the usual way of life in the city of Charleston. “Using boycotts, marches, and other forms of protests, my father and others forced officials here to end its peculiar system of legalized segregation. They were successful because in a democracy, when the people speak, the government must listen.”

Ms. Ernestine Tobias Felder and Rep. Gilliard

He noted that those who have been cited with the Dr. King Picture Awards, past and present, are the true pioneers moving forward in the same spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ms. Marchita Ferrette Frayer with Rep Gilliard.

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Too Many Bowls, Too Few Black Coaches By. George E Curry NNPA Columnist

Basketball’s “March Madness” has nothing on the college football bowl frenzy – 34 games over a 19-day period spanning the last month of the old year and the first month of the new one. Let’s face it, not all 68 teams deserve to be in a bowl. Some -- including North Carolina State, Kentucky, Bowling Green, Southern Mississippi, Northern Illinois, Notre Dame and Vanderbilt – got invitations after winning only 50 percent of their games. Even worse, nine teams – including Florida Atlantic and Memphis – are going to bowls after accumulating losing records. Unfortunately, bowl games are no longer rewards for an excellent season. Now, it’s all about the money. And the more bowls, the more money. An oversaturation of bowl games is not my No.1 complaint against college football. Rather, it’s the fact that approximately half of the players are African-Americans yet only 3.4 percent of the college football coaches are Black. That’s four among the 119 major division coaches. According to the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports at Central Florida University, that’s the fewest Black coaches in 15 years. As recently as 1997, there were twice as many African-American coaches as there are now. Evidently, the football sidelines suffer from the same onfield racial stereotypes of the past. For years, they said Blacks were excellent players but didn’t have the intellect to play the so-called “thinking positions” – quarterback and middle linebacker. Of course, that was pure hogwash. For years, Grambling, Florida A&M and Tennessee State were football powerhouses and it wasn’t because they played 10 men on each side of the ball – or without a coach on the sideline. And if there were any lingering doubts about the Black gridiron intellect, they were removed by Washington Redskins quarterback Doug Williams’ MVP performance in Super Bowl XXII and when two Black head coaches, Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith, paced the sidelines in Super Bowl XLI. Of the 32 NFL coaches, seven are Black, largely because the league adopted the Rooney Rule requiring teams to interview at least one person of color for all head coach vacancies. If African-Americans can coach in the pros, they certainly can succeed at the college level. In addition to the failure to interview an ample number of top-flight Black assistant coaches for openings, many universities are still more willing to recycle failed White coaches than take a chance on a promising AfricanAmerican. Two examples immediately come to mind. Auburn University hired Gene Chizik as its new head coach after he went 5-19 over two seasons at Iowa State, including 10 straight losses. Meanwhile, the University of Tennessee, eager to get back on the winning track after forcing out Phillip Fulmer, hired another losing coach, Lane Kiffin, formerly of the Oakland Raiders. Kiffin was fired by the NFL team after compiling a record of 5-15. These two losers were hired while promising AfricanAmerican coaches were ignored, some of whom had turned around losing programs. For example, Turner Gill took over a program at Buffalo that had not won five games in a season for nearly a decade. Within three years he turned it into Mid-American Conference champion and this year had a record of 8-5. When Auburn selected Gene Chizik over Gill, one of its most famous alums, Charles Barkley, was livid. “I think race was the No. 1 factor,” said Barkley. “You can say it’s not about race, but you can’t compare the two resumes and say [Chizik] deserved the job. Out of all the coaches they interviewed, Chizik probably had the worst resume.” How do we put an end to this nonsense? One approach would be to adopt a college version of the Rooney Rule. Some have suggested calling it the Robinson Rule, in honor Doug Williams’ former coach, Eddie Robinson of Grambling. For that to work, however, penalties must be assessed against universities that fail to cooperate. A sure-fire way of forcing change would be for star high school players and their parents to spurn athletic programs that spurn Black leadership. If players refuse to enroll in universities that have never hired a Black head coach in any sport or an African-American athletic director at any time, universities would finally get the message. What I like about this approach is that it empowers the athlete and does not rely on the so-called good will of schools eager to exploit Black athletes. Five bowls – the Rose, Orange, Fiesta, Sugar, and BCS championship game – will each generate $17 million for schools and their respective conferences. If Blacks stop playing for schools that refuse to hire African Americans in leadership positions, that would lessen the chances of universities getting a share of that lucrative pie. With so much money in jeopardy, universities will be forced to do the right thing. George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine and the NNPA News Service, is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. He can be reached through his Web site, www.georgecurry.com.

Under the Reign of the First Black President, Will AmericanLose Another Generation of Black Males? By Phillip Jackson The previous generation of young black males was destroyed between 1985 and 2005. No amount of crying, cursing or hand-wringing can change this because that generation is gone. We need only walk down any city street in almost any predominantly African-American community to see residue of the broken lives — millions of young black men nationwide. Few people spoke out effectively and even fewer engaged in actions to prevent this silent genocide. The mass destruction of black American males has been effectively ignored by almost everybody — the government, the media and most of the philanthropic community. Even most of our black churches and black communities still stand by and watch the horrible loss of our young black men. The resulting negative educational, social, spiritual and economic impact of a generation of black males' shattered lives is also ultimately a devastating loss to our entire society. Of course, every single young black man will not be lost, but here are some facts: Only 2.5 percent of the 102,000 black males in Chicago public schools are projected to graduate from college by age 25. And only 19 percent of black males in Indianapolis and 20 percent in Detroit even graduated from high school in 2006. Testimony before the U.S. Congressional Joint Economic Committee in 2007 revealed that only 50 percent of black men in New York City were employed and that, nationally, 72 percent of black male high school dropouts were unemployed. All of these statistics forecast an abysmal future for black America. These inexcusable, catastrophic outcomes constitute an unnatural disaster. Black America, along with all of America, pays dearly for its collective ineptitude and willful neglect of the nurturing, mentoring, educating, developing and saving of young black men. No plausible justification exists for a country as great as America to lose another generation of black youth. Ask yourself: Who are young black women going to marry? Who will be good fathers to tens of millions of black children? Who will build and maintain the economies of black communities? Who will be the anchor upon which to build strong families in the black community? Who will young black boys emulate as they grow into men? Will black America be a viable and valuable community in 20 years? Or is the better question: Who cares? Will the election of America's first black male president cleanse its conscience for destroying a past generation and absolve it of guilt for annihilating the next generation of young black males? What a cruel hoax to believe that if a black man can become president, then black men do not have problems that America is obligated to address. Yet black America cannot trade one black man in the White House for the million-plus black men languishing in American jails and millions of black boys failing in American schools. In the absence of broad public policy ushering in comprehensive systemic changes, future generations of young back males are destined to continue destroying themselves, their families and their communities. American social, economic and governmental systems have greatly contributed to the destruction of young black men who have, in turn, become weapons of mass destruction against black-American communities. All the while America continues its moral-high-ground façade concerning international human rights. Those voices who call for black men to "step up and be men" are not only wasting their breath but are also part of a seemingly intractable problem. Correcting the issues of black men will require a comprehensively structured, sufficiently financed, professionally managed, ethically led and committed multipronged effort to systemically address and shift the cascading negative outcomes for black men and boys. The real shame of this catastrophe is not that America can't save young black males; it is that America won't save young black males. The resources required are minuscule compared to recent governmental bailouts and expenditures. Saving young black males is an investment in America. It is as much a spiritual battle as it is a physical and emotional battle. A successful effort to save young black males must also address habits, attitudes and behaviors that have pushed black men to the precipice of irrelevance, obsolescence and non-existence. To date, precious little is in place to stop the on-going annihilation of young black males.

Demands for Mugabe's Ouster Heat Up (GIN) - Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu has joined Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga in calling for stronger measures to oust Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, as graphic images of cholera sickness and death are being seen worldwide. Speaking on Dutch TV, Tutu said that Mugabe must stand down or be removed ''by force''. Earlier this month, Kenyan Prime Minister Odinga has said it was time for African governments to ''take decisive action to push him out of power''. Some 575 Zimbabweans have died and 13,000 are infected with cholera, according to regional health agencies. China, which has invested heavily in Africa in recent years, may come to the rescue. A Chinese spokesman said humanitarian assistance was being considered for hard-hit Zimbabwe. China has already donated $500,000 worth of cholera vaccines to Zimbabwe. China is one of Zimbabwe's most significant trading partners and the biggest buyer of Zimbabwean tobacco. The Chinese Embassy in Harare says the bilateral trade volume could surpass $500 million this year, with the balance of trade very much in China's favor. Presidential spokesperson George Charamba accused Western countries of using the cholera epidemic and food shortages to bring Zimbabwe before the U.N. Security Council. ''The British and the Americans are dead set on ensuring that there is an invasion of Zimbabwe, but without themselves carrying it out. In those circumstances, they will stop at nothing,'' he said in a newspaper interview. He added, ''We would not be surprised if they spring a 'mission' involving the UN.''

Who Asked Me? by Beverly Gadson-Birch

(Loosen Up A Little) Laugh it Off: With all of the serious issues confronting this nation in 2009, it’s a wonder any of us are sane; it is time that we loosen up a bit. We are not going to get out of this world alive so we might as well live each day to its fullest. How many of y’all resolved to start your diet this year and stick to it? Ok, y’all can put your hands down. I resolved to do likewise but I am still trying to get rid of all of the leftover Christmas goodies. I am torn between finishing off the cakes or just tossing them. Mother used to say “there are so many hungry people in the world and you should not waste food.” Lord knows I try to keep that in mind so instead of trashing the cakes, I thought mom’s advice not to waste food was really good advice. Now, that’s my excuse for trying to finish off the sweets before I begin my diet for the New Year. What’s yours? I know y’all have tried this diet and that diet and you are still fat and out of shape. So, what if it is any consolation, most folks are. If you walked around the block more than twice a week you think that you are an authority on exercising. I know. I really do walk some days and on others I just fake it. I get dress; put on my sweats and walk around the mall from store to store shopping. When hubby arrives home and sees me sweating he thinks it is because I have been out exercising. The truth be told, I am running the marathon from my car to the house trying to get my packages out of the trunk before he gets home. I know I am not alone so don’t y’all act like you don’t know what I am talking about. A costly experience: It’s always good when you can laugh at yourself but just don’t let someone else do it. A couple of months ago, I took my prescription for new glasses to one of the local optometrist shop and you wouldn’t believe what happened. First of all, when you walk in all of the frames pretty much look the same.. I have never seen so many old looking frames as the ones in the south. And they have the nerve to advertise them as designer frames. Now, just because I am rapidly approaching senior citizen status doesn’t mean that I have to jump right into it with bifocals and a cane. I was planning on easing into it. I ain’t trying to be no teenager or prom queen; y’all excuse my grammar but those days are long gone. I am one of those young gals at heart. So, let me finish my story. I was determined that I was going to find just the right frames. So, after searching through the frames for over 45 minutes, I found one that I could live with. After all, I just need them for reading. So, after getting fitted for the glasses, I was told to check back in a couple of weeks. If not, I could pay an additional $10 and get them within a couple of days. Well, I was in no big hurry to receive the new glasses because the old ones were just fine. Let’s fast forward to when I returned to the store after two weeks. I sat down to try on my new glasses and the darn thing had lens so thick they looked like coke bottles. I just knew it was some error in the packaging. I said what the hamsandwich you have here. I couldn’t believe I waited two weeks to look like a nerd. The saleslady said your prescription called for whatever you brought in and you selected the tint and anti-glare. I said you mean to tell me you couldn’t fit my prescription into a thinner lens. Y’all waiting for the reply. She said “I didn’t know you wanted thinner lens. In order to get thinner lens you need to select a different frame and take the anti glare out.” I said how much anti glare you putting into those glasses. I said to myself, myself you know you aren’t going to wear those coke bottles so you might as well find out how to resolve this matter. I said just tell me how much it’s going to cost me to change out those glasses. She took out her calculator and said, “that will be an additional $125”. I had just finished paying $1,500 for some dental work so I just wasn’t feeling this added cost. By this time, I am forgetting my little bit of ‘ligion and I said look at me, do I look like a teller machine. I said you tell the manufacturer to get it right this time. I said I came in here with nice frames and thin lens and I ended up in worse shape than Ray Charles. Y’all ready for the clincher? The glasses are a little thinner but the darn prescription is so strong I can’t see out of the glasses. Old folks would say, that’s money down the drain. I am afraid to ask for a third attempt at some stylish glasses with the correct lens that doesn’t make me look like a nerd, what do y’all think? Update on Viagra: Now, for those of you who read my article on the Horny Goat Weed vs. Viagra, this information is provided as an update. I guess since most prices are going through the roof, the price of Viagra seems to be coming down depending upon the source. After double checking online, Pfizer still sells the pills for a little over $9.00 per pill. However, you can get the generic brand for about $1.55 per pill. Remember, the reason I brought this to your attention before was the cost factor and one of the side effect of Viagra is blindness. And with the aphrodisiac, Horny Goat Weed, you get to keep your sight while exercising your might. Y’all baby boomers may remember growing up when all the talk was about Spanish Fly. Some of you may have even experimented with it. After all of those years hearing about Spanish Fly, I recently read an article written by Allison Van Dusen and Matthew Herper in Forbes Magazine noting Kidney damage as one of the side effects. And of course anything used in excess will have side effects. It’s important that you do your research before taking any medication. Don’t be afraid to discuss your options with your doctor. Now, for the record, how many of you baby boomers tried Spanish Fly? Let me share this with you and then it is time for me to sign off. Folks who know me know that I hail from a large family. Well, one of my cousins had the task of making the ice tea for one of our family gathering. We were not aware that she had poured Spanish Fly into the tea. Thank goodness the gathering was for adult couples—no children were present. I should have known something was amiss when my quiet sister all of a sudden hopped onto her husband’s lap. She never openly displays affection. I won’t call any names but she is married to the car salesman. He affectionately calls her “boss”. Next, my prim and proper school teacher sister-in-law was doing a lap dance for her husband. That’s the disc jockey’s wife. At this point, I said something has got to be wrong—not the teacher. And yours truly who had been in the kitchen cooking, decided with the air condition on full blast that the kitchen was too hot. My cousin who had made the tea was just snickering and when we asked what was so funny, she said “I put Spanish Fly in the tea”. Well, she has since gone on to be with her Maker, but she almost met her Maker ten years before time. The ladies were furious but the guys were enjoying every bit of their new found attention and asked for a repeat performance by the ladies. Judging from that experience, I would say Spanish Fly does work, at least on the females. The guys did not drink any of the cocktail. Now, don’t y’all go trying to find none of that Spanish Fly stuff. That was then and this is now. Just get some rest and exercise and you should be just fine.. Take care and lighten up a bit. We have some serious days ahead but there is always room for a little laughter. So, let’s kick off the New Year right.

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January 7, 2009-5

As I See It

Hakim Abdul-Ali

Selective Amnesia I was thinking one day last weekend on a recent return trip to the Lowcountry about the precious moments that seem to come and go in many “colored” folk’s mind-sets without reflection. Somehow, my mind drifted to thoughts of equal rights and injustice that has occurred throughout this land of ours. It was a challenging prompting, and it made me reflect upon some things that were running through my head. I know that I’m not a kid living in a playground of make believe. I know that this is the America(s) where Africans were enslaved and brought here against their wills, and I refuse to forget that the stain of bigotry from that “hueman” criminality has left many of the Motherland’s scattered children permanently mentally scarred. This mental scarring runs deep inside the soul of the descendants of those Africans who were captured and brutalized in that cruise from hell and back during the infamous Middle Passage. Many of today’s descendants, in my frank opinion, suffer from a case of “Selective Amnesia” when it comes to the realities how they act today to a continued form of blatant, but not so subliminal, racism. This point was brought home as a reminder in an totally unplanned rap session between me, Charleston Chronicle publisher “Jim” French, Barney Blakeney, the Chronicle’s longtime beat reporter, and one of the Lowcountry’s renowned African-American Civil Rights activists and business men, “Bill” Saunders. It was beautiful to be a part of that chance polemic, because we all were thinking about what is the state of Black folks’ mind-sets, especially in these conflicting times of successes, upheavals and downturns that are challenging everyone, everywhere, beyond their worlds of imaginations. We, as Black men, who gathered in Mr. French’s office, were listening respectfully to each other, with somewhat different views and solutions to how can we wake up the very obvious malaise that’s in the minds, hearts and souls of Black folks scattered throughout the nation. It made me think more perceptively. Mr. Saunders, a soldier in the struggle for Afro-American inclusion in the process of shared democracy for all, brought up the issue of what are “we” as members of today’s Black community, going to do about what’s going on in our seemingly dwindling village of communities, unlike what past involved elders did. That was an important point as Mr. French and Mr. Saunders punctuated the conversation with their own battlefield memories of those dead, but not forgotten, indigenous heroes and sheroes who gave their literal alls in making Charleston, South Carolina, and the rest of the state aware that freedom does come by singing a lyric in a song. It requires committed vision, work and awareness. From today’s graffiti walls appearing on the inner city Black business and homes to the local fabled hospital strike of yesteryear to the state of the Black America, we all offered our off-the-cuff sentiments about what “we” as an aware cadre of ebony souls needed to do to get our acts together in this process of equality for all. That’s a daunting ordeal for the aware and concerned masses of “colored” folk to digest, no matter if they live in Watts, Harlem or the Lowcountry. If you don’t understand that we, as a community, need to wake up and start dealing with the issues that are destroying us from within, then you might as well say we have a terminal case of “Selective Amnesia,” leading to abject political senility. I think, as I write, that the trouble with the masses of Black folk in today’s struggles for survival and upkeep is that they’ve forgotten how we got to where we are now. This point was brought home by Brother Barney as he reminded us in the discussion of some issues and points of concern that he felt were more relevant and needed to be addressed sooner than later. All of this intense conversational discussion showed that serious impromptu discussion in the Black community was and is necessary to destroy any hint that some aware (?) “colored” folk aren’t taking care of business somewhere in the bald eagle’s conflicted domain. That’s not always the case because there’s definitely some aware, committed and aroused brothers and sisters who still have their eyes on the prizes of freedom, justice and equality for all. To that point, I added that many of our young folk need to get on board in being consciously aware that “our-story” isn’t what it is just because you say that you’re Black and proud. Mr. French emphasized that it comes from being educated, with business awareness and having political understanding of how the system functions. That certainly is true in no clearer format than the election of Barack Obama as the 44th president of this global giant called the United States of America. It didn’t come over night if you view his past biography under close scrutiny, and he most definitely is an American and worldwide success story. He’s but one man, but he prepared himself for his then unknown future to be where he is in this vaunted realm of power and respect that he now assumes. His rise to political prestige wasn’t the result of a form of “Selective Amnesia,” but one of committed preparedness and visionary actualization. That’s very important to recognize, even now, as we celebrate one of the most stunning imaginations having become a reality in American “His-story.” The future is there waiting for those who prepare spiritually and academically and don’t forget the struggles that others before them gave and made in order for them to live as they do today. To do otherwise is a step backwards in the advancement of “our” people’s plight and outcry for freedom, justice and equality. Denying this truism is a personal decision and borders on partial or loss, especially through shock, psychological disturbance, brain injury, or illness. The concerns of “our” people in the various communities where they are located have to discussed just like we did in Mr. French’s office last week in order to ensure that some of us have not forgotten through neglect, unconcern, or “Selective Amnesia” that “we” must unite. For Black American and other respected ethnic communities to prosper there must be a committed consciousness of taking care of all the issues and concerns that are existing in the various “hoods” of America. We, in the “our-storically” esteemed African-American community, must never forget through any form of “Selective Amnesia” that we have a lot to be proud of, but we have to remind ourselves daily that “we” have much more work to do in taking care of business. It’s a timely message that’s relevant for the ages. That’s what Brothers French and Saunders, the elders in the discussion, were reminding me and Brother Barney Blakeney about as they highlighted, in no uncertain terms, that the struggle is still pressing on us to talk, discuss and write about before “Selective Amnesia” takes a further stronghold on the minds of some of our unaware “colored” folk in this community. It’s all about action. In a nutshell, I guess what I’m saying today is that we must never forgot those who came before us and what struggles, sacrifices and achievements that they endured and made in order for the baton of freedom, justice and quality to be passed on to the next generation of aware people. Are you aware, or are you having one of those “Selective Amnesia” moments? If you are I trust that you come back to your right senses real quick, because in case you haven’t noticed Black unemployment, crime, divorces, homelessness and mounting misery are as real as real can get. Thinking negatively about people and your community could lead to a case of permanent “Selective Amnesia.” Oh, by the way, before I forget, I love you and want to remind you to be united as a Black family. That’s crucial to “our” unity, and that’s, “As I See It.”

Seat Roland Burris By. Ron Walters NNPA Columnist Ethics are important in government and if Roland Burris had received his appointment to the U. S. Senate as a result of a discovered deal with Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich I would have been the first to reject it. However, we have just gone through an election in which Barack Obama did not really choose his moment to run. It was literally thrust upon him by his popularity, and so the moment chose him. Likewise, the situation in which Burris finds himself was not made entirely by him, he has accepted an appointment made, no doubt, to improve the image of the Governor, but that will amount to very little if he is indicted and convicted of having attempted to sell the Senate seat to

Affluent Blacks Continue to Be an Untapped Market for Luxury Brands Special to the NNPA from the Louisiana Weekly NEW ORLEANS (NNPA) Wealthy African- Americans are a largely untapped and widely overlooked demographic despite having $29.8 billion in purchasing power, according to results from a study released recently. The paper, ''Marketing to Affluent African-Americans: Strategic Insights for Reaching an Untapped Market,'' consisted of online interviews with affluent African-Americans as well as a series of regional focus groups held in Atlanta, Chicago, Miami and Washington, DC. It features the results of insights on the behaviors, attitudes, opinions and spending patterns of affluent African Americans, defined as individuals earning at least $75,000 annually. ''This study provides marketers with insights, case studies, interviews with executives and data to help them more effectively target this growing audience of consumers,'' said Andrea Hoffman, CEO of Diversity Affluence (diversityaffluence.com), a consultancy that specializes in providing marketing insights on affluent ethnic consumers. ''Marketers will benefit immeasurably from engaging these influential consumers who have been waiting to be acknowledged for years, but have been largely ignored by most luxury brands,'' she said. The paper was the result of a collaboration between Diversity Affluence and UPTOWN magazine. Hoffman recently coined a new term, ''Royaltons,'' to refer to American affluent ethnic consumers. AfricanAmerican Royaltons (AARs) refer to a small but wealthy group of influential people who purchase items such as Rolex watches, luxury cars and who frequently travel internationally. Hoffman also noted that the intelligence gathered from researching AARs will enable marketers to more effectively reach some of the most powerful and untapped consumers in today's marketplace. Other results from the survey: - Royaltons conduct extensive research on luxury items before they buy. - Decisions influencing their purchase included tailored advertising, personalized service and event marketing at the retail level. - AARs are aspirational, and focus on trading up to more luxurious brands. - Fashion is an expected luxury and is equally important to both men and women. - Men's fashion spending is focused on career and casual wear, while women spend money on purses and shoes. ''AARs are a compelling audience because they have money to spend, economic clout and word of mouth influence among their peers that could redefine social networking as we know it,'' Hoffman said. ''Marketers must educate themselves about this demographic's needs, interests and economic significance.''

which he has now appointed Roland Burris, or for other crimes he has committed. Otherwise, I can find no reason to join with those who oppose Burris’s acceptance of the appointment: Blagojevich is the legitimately seated Governor of the State of Illinois; he has carried out a Constitutional duty in appointing Roland Burris to the vacant Senate seat left by Barack Obama; Burris appears not to have been involved at all in the Governor’s charges of corruption in office; and he is eminently qualified to hold the seat. So what this amounts to is guilt by association when the association is far from having been established. In this case, people have said that the seat is “tainted” and while I know what they mean, I can’t quite give the “taint” theory the preeminent status that some have. Do they mean that all of the actions Blagojevich has taken are “tainted” and as such should be held up – other executive actions such as bills signed, regulations made, and etc.? Should they all be exculpated or held up? They haven’t been. If they mean that the seat is “tainted” how do they justify that when the person appointed has not been involved in the Governor’s problems. If they mean that he would come into the Senate under a cloud, whose cloud is it? His or the Governor’s? And why is the Senate not able to make that distinction? Politics is an interesting, but also sometimes gritty game and those who survive it must master timing as well as qualifications. I have great respect for Danny Davis who rejected the appointment for obvious reasons, because he is

Roland Burris someone of great integrity. And as much as I would prefer that he serve, I privilege more having a Black person in the United States Senate - not under any circumstances - but given this situation, someone who is willing, experienced and qualified enough to plow through the fog of politics that surrounds this appointment to ultimately secure the seat. I have been an observer of American politics for a long time and have seen some strange things their colleagues have done that member of Congress were willing to ignore. I favor taking advantage of a situation that blacks did not create. It was created by the absence of blacks in the Senate until Obama came along, and the possible return to that condition now that he has left. Burris is not responsible for that. He is putting himself forward in a gutsy attempt to correct it. He ran for Governor in the state of Illinois and lost. He ran for Senate from that state and lost, but he was the Comptroller for three terms, Attorney General for one term, and the only Black elected official to win state-wide before Carol Moseley Braun won her Senate seat. There is no assurance in Illinois politics that if Blagojevich is taken out of the appointment process,

and the lietenant governor or the State Assembly makes the appointment, such that the process by which the person would be chosen to have the seat would pristine, or that a Black person would be chosen. Indeed, the possibility and the danger - is that a much larger set of politics would enter into the decision not now envisioned. But by putting himself forward as someone who is otherwise qualified and not involved in the Governor’s scandal, it will be more difficult to reject Burris or another Black candidate if the appointment process changes than if he had not accepted the appointment. It always strikes me as strange when I hear people saying that race was “injected” into an issue when race was there all along, but they either couldn’t see it or ignored it, until it was unavoidable. The absence of Blacks in the Senate is a racial problem; the fact that the District of Columbia has no representation in the Senate – because the person elected is likely to be black – is a racial problem. No one “injected” race into this problem. It is racial by nature and the fact that some are made uncomfortable by the manner in which Roland Burris is attempting to claim what is our right to be represented in the United State Senate, constituting 15 percent of the American, people is tough. Why penalize us for the process and how pristine should we be? Dr. Ron Walters is the Distinguished Leadership Scholar, Director of the African American Leadership Center and Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland College Park. His latest book is: The Price of Racial Reconciliation. (U. Michigan Press).

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Lawyer: Jena Six Teen ShoT Himself Out of Despair By: Kevin McGill, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS - One of the central figures in the 2007 Jena Six civil rights case never gave up pursuing his football career, even after his well-publicized run-ins with the law. Mychal Bell, an 18-year-old high school running back, clung to the hope that he could earn a college football scholarship. Then came another legal scrape this Christmas Eve.After news broke of his arrest on a shoplifting charge, Bell shot himself in the chest Monday with a .22-caliber handgun. He remained hospitalized Tuesday but police said his chest wound was not life-threatening. "When it was broadcast that he was charged with shoplifting he just felt that the whole year had been wasted and that he had worked all of that time for nothing," said Louis Scott, who represented Bell in the case where Bell and five other black teenagers were charged in the 2006 beating of a white classmate. Bell's grandmother, Rosie Simmons, and mother, Melissa Bell, told police that "Mychal had made comments over the

Watchdogs Cite Video Games for Violence and Sex By: Andrew Associated Press

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WASHINGTON - Gang members slitting the throats of their rivals and beating up strippers. Combatants hacking away with chain saw-equipped assault rifles. Football players taking steroids and celebrating game victories with hookers. Those images flicker across the screen in some of the 10 video games that a media watchdog group warns should be avoided by kids and teens under 17. The National Institute on Media and the Family is unveiling its 13th annual video game report card Tuesday to help parents choose games that are appropriate for their children as the holiday shopping season picks up. The institute in past years has urged the video game industry to develop better ratings and retailers to do more to prevent kids from being able to buy maturethemed games. This year, citing the positive steps taken by industry officials and retailers, the group is focusing on ways parents can play a more active role in safeguarding their children from games that glamorize sex, drugs and violence. "In spite of the fact that all of the games are rated, in spite of the fact that the retailers are doing a better job, we still know that there are a lot of teenagers who still spend a lot of time playing adult-rated games," said institute president David Walsh. The institute cited figures from the Pew Internet and American Life Project showing 97 percent of all teens, boys as well as girls, play video games regularly, and most parents pay attention to what their kids are playing. The group wants stronger parental oversight. "We parents need to wake up and realize that the games our kids play do influence them," said Walsh. "And it's our job to make sure they are playing age-appropriate games. It's the next big step." A video game guide for parents, including tips on using the parental controls on game consoles, is highlighted in the new report, which will be available on the group's Web site. Bloodshed and brutality are staples in the list of 10 games to avoid. All the games were M-rated, intended for those aged 17 and over.

past two days that, because of the current media attention he had because of the shoplifting arrest, he didn't feel like he could live anymore," Monroe Police Lt. Jeff Harris said, reading from a police report.

Monroe, where he was in foster care. He was released from state supervision on Dec. 4, said Bill Furlow, a spokesman for Reed Walters, the district attorney for LaSalle Parish.

Bell and the other members of the "Jena Six" once faced attempted murder charges in the beating at Jena High School, in north central Louisiana's Lasalle Parish. The charges for all the defendants were eventually reduced. But the severity of the original charges brought widespread criticism and eventually led more than 20,000 people to converge in September 2007 on the tiny town of Jena for a major civil rights march.

A football star at Jena High until the Barker beating, Bell had hoped to play for Monroe's Carroll High School, where he is on track to graduate in the spring. But the Louisiana High School Athletic Association wouldn't grant him a fifth year of eligibility to play. Bell had spent 10 months in prison awaiting trial after his 2006 arrest in the beating case.

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

"He had kept his grades up and he had worked out the whole year even though he couldn't play. He had dealt with the fact that the state athletic association would

not let him play high school ball," Bell's lawyer, Louis Scott said Tuesday. It was unclear whether his dreams of a college football career were realistic. According to Scott, family members believed Bell was having encouraging discussions with the University of Louisiana-Monroe. School spokesman Adam Prendergast declined comment. A message was left Tuesday for the school's director of football operations, Peter Martin. Police said Bell's Christmas Eve arrest came after he allegedly tried to steal several shirts and a pair of jeans from a department store and fled when a security guard and off-duty police officer tried to detain him. After they found him hiding under a car, Bell "swung his arms

Rev. Sharpton embraces Mycal Bell wildly" and one of his elbows struck the security guard with a glancing blow, according to a police report. He was freed on $1,300 bond. Scott said he believed the arrest likely resulted from a

misunderstanding. "I would be very surprised if he was shoplifting," Scott said. "I had seen him working out every day even though he knew he wasn't going to be able to play high school football."

George Francis, Oldest Man in the U.S., Dies By: Jason Dearen, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO - George Francis, the nation's oldest man, who lived through both world wars, man's first walk on the moon and the election of the first black president, has died. He was 112. Francis died Saturday of congestive heart failure at a nursing home in Sacramento, his son, Anthony Francis, said Sunday. "He lived four years in the 19th

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

81.

said.

UCLA gerontologist Dr. Stephen Coles, who maintains a list of the world's oldest people, said Francis lived 112 years and 204 days.

Francis, who at his prime barely weighed more than 100 pounds, was born June 6, 1896, in New Orleans. As an African-American in the South, he felt the sting of the Jim Crow-era segregation laws in his early life.

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

His son said Francis tried to enlist in the U.S. Army during World War I but was turned down because of his stature. "We always attributed his longevity to his mental and physical toughness," Anthony Francis said.

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE CIRCUIT COURT THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF CHARLESTON C/A No. 2008-CP-10-485 SAMPLE & ASSOCIATES, LLC; MARY FORDHAM; VERNELL G. GREENE; WILHELMINA LEWIS, Plaintiff, v. LILLIE M. BROW AKA LILLY MAY BROW AKA LILLY M. BROW AKA LILLIE MAY BROW, ALBERTA L. BROWN aka ALBERTHA L. BROWN, HARRY BROWN, RAYMOND BROWN,Jr., ROBERT L. BROWN, MARGARITE JAMISON DEAS, ALICE GRANT, EARL GRIMBALL, MICHAEL GRIMBALL aka MICHAEL W. GRIMBALL, ABRAHAM HOLLINGTON, ELIJAH JAMISON, HENRY JAMISON aka HENRY JAMESON, MELVIN JAMISON, W I L L I S JAMISON, MATILDA MATTHEWS, ROBERTMATTHEWS, S U S A N MATTHEWS, EVELYN MICWOOD, BETTY MURRAY, CHRISTINE TOLBERT OWENS, WILLIAM PRIOLEAU, JR., BARBARA TOLBERT SINGLETON, FREDDIE SMITH, BENJAMIN TOLBERT, EUGENE TOLBERT, ISAAC TOLBERT, JAMES TOLBERT, BETTY JEAN TOLBERT W A S H I N G T O N ; CHARLESTON C O U N T Y BUSINESS LICENSE USER FEE DEPARTMENT, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON, FIRST FEDERAL OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; JOSEPH S. MCINERNY, SHARON E. MCINERNY, ROBERT A. MCKENZIE, TRUSTEE(S) OF THE GREATER ST. LUKE AME CHURCH, TRUSTEE(S) OF THE ST. PAUL’S AME CHURCH, WALTER TOLBERT; JOHN DOE, a fictitious name used hereinto designate the unknown heirs at law, distributees, devisees, issue, personal representatives, successors and/or assigns of ABRAM BROWN, EVALINE TOLBERT BROWN aka EVELYN TOLBERT BROWN, LESLIE BROWN, RAYMOND BROWN, EMMA BRYAN, THOMAS GAILLARD, LIE GRIMBALL, LOVIE TOLBERT GRIMBALL, MARGARET GRIMBALL aka MARGARET M. GRIMBALL, CLARISSA TOLBERT JAMISON aka CLARA TOLBERT JAMISON, JOHN H. JAMISON, ELIJAH MATTHEWS, PATSY A.TOLBERT MATTHEWS, SARAH POWELL, EDWIN PRIOLEAU ) ELIZABETH TOLBERT PRIOLEAU, JOE PRIOLEAU, ROSALIE TOLBERT PRIOLEAU, WILLIAM PRIOLEAU, DOROTHY SINGLETON, DOROTHY JAMISON SMITH, IONIA TAYLOR, ANNA BELLE TOLBERT, CLAUDIA TOLBERT, ESTELENA TOLBERT, EZEKIEL TOLBERT, JULIUS TOLBERT,LOUISE HUTCHINSON TOLBERT, LUKE D. TOLBERT, MARIA STEPLIGHT T O L B E R T, MARY TOLBERT, ROBERT A. TOLBERT, ROBERT R. TOLBERT aka ROBERT TOLBERT, SHERMAN HENNISON TOLBERT, VICTORIA TOLBERT, WILLIE TOLBERT, BENJAMIN WILLIAM, being deceased persons; and MARY ROE, a fictitious name designating all other persons and legal entities unknown,including but not limited to, any person holding the position of or acting as, or on behalf of the Trustee(s) of the Greater St. Luke AME Church or the Trustee(s) of the St. Paul’s AME Church, who may have or claim any right, title, estate and/or interest in or lien upon the real estate described herein, including any such as may be infants, incompetents, or under any other disability, including the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act, Defendants. SUMMONS TO THE ABOVE DEFENDANTS:

NAMED

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED TO ANSWER the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned subscriber at James E. Reeves, P.A., 400 North Cedar Street, Summerville, SC 29483, within thirty (30) days, thirty-five (35) days if service is by certified mail, after the service hereof, exclusive of the date of such service; except the United States of America shall have sixty (60) days; and if you fail to file an Answer or appear to defend the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs will apply to the Court for a judgment by default to be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that the Plaintiffs will move for an order of reference or that the court may issue a general order of reference of this action to the Master-inEquity, pursuant to Rule 53, South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, on all issues to

come before the Court. TO MINORS OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND MINORS UNDER THE AGE OF FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiffs. LIS PENDENS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the above named Plaintiffs have commenced or intend to commence an action affecting the title to the real estate described below. The Complaint to be filed simultaneous herewith or within twenty days hereof, prays for a suit to quiet title for property in Charleston County, South Carolina. The real estate is described as follows: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, situate lying and being in the state and county aforesaid in St. Pauls Parish which is better described as follows: Tract No. 2 of plat by M. Kenyon Millard, Reg. C.E. & L.S. #635, dated August 29, 1986, containing 1.2 acres and specifically described on said plat as follows; beginning at an iron stake on the Northeast side of the 50’ R/W road 539.06’ West of S.C. Highway 162 and running along the Northeast R/W of said road N 79 47 01 W, 152.59’ to an iron stake, thence N 42 30 E, 459.95’ to an iron stake, thence S 47 30 E, 129’ to an iron stake, thence S 42 30 W, 378.46’ to an iron stake the point of beginning. BUTTING and bounding on the South by the 50’ R/W road; on the Northwest by Tract No. 3 of the above plat, on the Northeast by lands now or formerly of James Smith, and on the Southeast by Tract No. 1 of the above plat. THIS lot cut from Estate of Robert Tolbert acquired by him by deed of Robert Rivers, dated 3 February 1870, recorded in Book E at Page 96 at Colleton County Court House on 16 December 1911 and now shown in Deed Book B27 at Page 220-221 at the RMC Office for Charleston County. The above described Tract No. 2 has recently been surveyed and is more accurately described as: All that piece, parcel or tract of land, lying and being in Charleston County, South Carolina and known and designated as Tract No. 2, containing 1.13 acres, as shown on that certain plat entitled "BOUNDARY SURVEY OF TRACTS 2, 3 AND 4 248-0000-049, 050 AND 051 4.70 ACRES TOTAL REQUESTED BY WAYNE WIGGINS LOCATED IN SAINT PAULS PARISH CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA" prepared by Jerrold Anderson dated December 5, 2008, revised March 13, 2008 and recorded May 23, 2008 in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book EL, page 532; said tract of land having such actual size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as shown on said plat, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description. TMS#: 248-00-00-049 AND All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate lying and being in the state and county aforesaid in St. Pauls Parish which is better described as follows: Tract No. 3 of plat by M, Kenyon Mallard, Reg. C.E. & L. S. #635, dated August 29, 1986 containing 1.2 acres and specifically described on said plat as follows: beginning at an iron stake on highway 162 and running along the northeast R/W of said road N. 79 47 01 W, 125.28’ to an iron stake, thence N 42 30 E, 526.91’ to an iron stake, then S 47 30 E, 106’ to an iron stake thence S 42 30 W, 459.95’ to an iron stake, the point of beginning. BUTTING and bounding on the south by the 50’ R/W road, on the Northwest by Trace No. 4 of the above plat, on the Northeast by lands of James Smith and on the Southeast by Tract No. 2 of the above plat. THIS lot cut from Estate of Robert Tolbert acquired by him by deed of Robert Rivers, dated 3 February 1870, recorded in Book E at Page 96 at Colleton County Court House on 16 December 1911 and now shown in Deed Book B27 at Page 220-221 at the RMC Office for Charleston County. The above described Tract No. 3 has recently been surveyed and is more accurately described as: All that piece, parcel or tract of land, lying and being in Charleston County, South Carolina and known and designated as Tract No. 3, containing 1.16 acres, as shown on that certain plat entitled "BOUDNARY SURVEY OF TRACTS 2, 3 AND 4 248-0000-049, 050 AND 051 4.70 ACRES TOTAL REQUESTED BY WAYNE WIGGINS LOCATED IN SAINT PAULS PARISH CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA" prepared by Jerrold Anderson dated December 5, 2008, revised March 13, 2008 and recorded

May 23, 2008 in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book EL, page 532; said tract of land having such actual size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as shown on said plat, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description. TMS #: 248-00-00-050 AND All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate lying and being in the sate and county aforesaid in St. Pauls Parish which is better described as follows: Tract No. 4 of plat by M, Kenyon Mallard, Reg. C.E. & L. S. #635, dated August 29, 1986 containing 2.4 acres and specifically described on said plat as follows: beginning at an iron stake on the Northeast side of the 50’ R/W road 817.03’ West of South Carolina Highway 162, thence N 79 47 01 W, 105.27’ to an iron stake, thence N 79 47 01 W, 111.30’ to an iron stake, thence N 42 30 E, 638.06’ to an iron stake, thence S 50 150 E, 94.1’ to an old con.mon., thence S 47 30 E, 89.0’, thence S 42 30 W, 526.91’ to an iron stake, the point of beginning. BUTTING and bounding on the South by the 50’ R/W road, on the Northwest by Tract No. 5 of the above plat, on the Northeast by lands now or formerly of F.W. & C.A. Cera and James Smith and on the Southeast by Tract No. 3 of the above plat. THIS lot cut from Estate of Robert Tolbert acquired by him by deed of Robert Rivers, dated 3 February 1870, recorded in Book E at Page 96 at Colleton County Court House on 16 December 1911 and now shown in Deed Book B27 at Page 220-221 at the RMC Office for Charleston County. The above described Tract No. 4 has recently been surveyed and is more accurately described as: All that piece, parcel or tract of land, lying and being in Charleston County, South Carolina and known and designated as Tract No. 4, containing 2.41 acres, as shown on that certain plat entitled "BOUDNARY SURVEY OF TRACTS 2, 3 AND 4 248-0000-049, 050 AND 051 4.70 ACRES TOTAL REQUESTED BY WAYNE WIGGINS LOCATED IN SAINT PAULS PARISH CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA" prepared by Jerrold Anderson dated December 5, 2008, revised March 13, 2008 and recorded May 23, 2008 in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book EL, page 532; said tract of land having such actual size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as shown on said plat, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description. TMS#: 248-00-00-051 ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI Upon reading and filing the Petition of the Plaintiffs for appointment of S. Thomas Worley, Jr., Esquire, as guardian ad litem nisi for the unknown defendants who are minors and unknown defendants under other legal disability, collectively designated as John Doe and Mary Roe, and it appearing that the names and addresses of such minors, or other persons under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of the State of South Carolina, are unknown to the Plaintiffs and cannot with reasonable diligence be ascertained, and that S. Thomas Worley, Jr., Esquire, is a suitable and competent person to understand and protect the rights and interest of said minor defendants and others under legal disability, and is not connected in business with the Plaintiffs in this action or with their counsel. IT IS ORDERED that S. Thomas Worley, Jr., Esquire, be, and is hereby designated and appointed guardian ad litem nisi for said unknown minor defendants and those other defendants under legal disability, collectively designated as John Doe and Mary Roe, and is hereby authorized to appear and defend said action on behalf of said defendants unless said minor defendants or other defendants under other legal disability, shall within thirty days after the service of a copy of a Notice of this Order upon them, exclusive of the day of service, procure another to be the guardian ad litem for said minor defendants or other defendants under legal disability, for purpose of this action. NOTICE OF FILING SUMMONS, COMPLAINT, LIS PENDENS AND PETITION AND ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Summons, which included a Notice of Intention to Refer Action to the Master-in-Equity for Final Determination and a Notice of Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem Nisi; the Complaint; and Lis Pendens; were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County Court of Common Pleas on August 21, 2008. Further, a Petition and Order Appointing S. Thomas Worley, Jr., whose address and phone number are 942 McCants Drive, Mouth Pleasant, South Carolina, 29464; (843) 8845474, as guardian ad litem nisi,

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE CIRCUIT COURT THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF CHARLESTON C/A No. 2007-CP-10-2424 Regis “Ronnie” Booze’, Plaintiff,

Chisholm

v. Carolyn Chisholm Daniel, Joanne Chisholm Byrd, Gloria Poinsette Harrison, Archie C. Moore, Michael C. Moore, Robert Poinsette, Jr., Robin Poinsette, Yvonne Poinsette Wilson, Chrysler Financial Company, LLC, Domino Properties, LLC, Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, South C a r o l i n a Department of Revenue, and John Doe, a fictitious name used herein to designate the unknown heirs at law, distributees, and/or devisees of Helen Balaam,Mary Streety Balaam, Robert Balaam, Robert Balaam, Jr., Alice Cecilia Smalls Chisholm Cecilia Chisholm, Diana Chisholm, Evalese Chisholm,Jennie Chisholm, Jeremiah Chisholm, John C. Chisholm aka John Chisholm, John Chisholm, Jr., Louise Chisholm, Sarah Chisholm, Alice Chisholm Dusenbury, Archie Moore, Sr., Geraldine Chisholm Moore, Armenia Chisholm Poinsette, Robert E. Poinsette, Sr., Jo Streety, Julia Rebecca Chisholm Streety, Martha Streety, Viola Streety, James Wright, James Wright, Jr., Lucille Streety Wright, all being deceased persons; and Mary Roe, a fictitious name designating all other persons and legal entities unknown who may have or claim an interest in or lien upon the real estate described herein, including any such as may be infants, incompetents, or under any otherdisability, including the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act, Defendants. AMENDED SUMMONS TO THE ABOVE DEFENDANTS:

ASK GWEN

NAMED

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED TO ANSWER the Amended Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned subscriber at James E. Reeves, P.A., 400 North Cedar Street, Summerville, SC 29483, within thirty (30) days; thirty-five (35) days if service is by certified mail, after the service hereof, exclusive of the date of such service; except the United States of America shall have sixty (60) days; and if you fail to file an Answer or appear to defend the Amended Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs will apply to the Court for a judgment by default to be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Amended Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that the Plaintiffs will move for an Order of Reference or that the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to the Master-in-Equity, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, on all issues to come before the Court with direct appeal to the South Carolina Court of Appeals or South Carolina Supreme Court. TO MINORS OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINORS UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Amended Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff(s). YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §15-61-25 (1976), as amended, if you are a joint tenant or tenant in common, you are hereby notified of your right to purchase the property, which is the subject matter of this action, and the need to notify the Court of your intention. LIS PENDENS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the above named Plaintiff has commenced or intend to com-

for the Defendants designated as John Doe and Mary Roe, have also been filed on October 14, 2008, which said appointment becomes absolute thirty (30) days after the service of this Notice unless you or someone on your behalf procure another to be appointed as guardian ad litem to represent their interests in this action. The purpose of this suit is to determine the interests of the parties to the property, which is the subject matter of this suit, and to ask the Court for an Order from the Master-in-Equity for Charleston County approving the sale of the property to the Plaintiff, Sample & Associates, LLC. JAMES E. REEVES, P.A.

NNPA BY Gwendolyn Baines

My Son's Fiancée is 12 Years Older Than Me! Six months ago, my son called and informed me he was getting married. I was happy for him. He was coming home for a short vacation and bringing her with him. Two days before they were to leave, his fiancée came down sick. However, he came home without her. He lost money because her plane ticket was not refundable. When he showed me a picture of her, I thought she looked much older. I didn’t think too much about it because sometimes young people look old. Then he gave me the shock. He told me that his fiancée was 12 years older than me. Gwendolyn, I couldn’t believe it. Now I feel she didn’t want to meet me. Her illness was planned. My son is 24 and I am 42 which means that she is 54. Twelve years older than me makes her 30 years older than my son. Since that time I have looked into her financial history. She has money – and plenty of it. Should I object this marriage? I feel it is money my son is after. Margaret Dear Margaret: Let me tell you this: If he mence an action affecting the title to the real estate described below. The Amended Complaint to be filed simultaneous herewith or within twenty days hereof, prays for a suit to quiet title for property and for partition in Charleston County, South Carolina. The real estate is described as follows: All that piece, parcel or tract of land, lying and being in Charleston County, South Carolina and known and designated as containing 27.064 acres, as shown on that certain plat entitled "A BOUNDARY SURVEY OF TMS 312-00-00049 BEING 27.064 ACRES ON BROWNSWOOD ROAD OWNED BY THE ESTATE OF JOHN CHISOLM LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA" prepared by Southeastern Surveying of Charleston, Inc. dated June 1, 2006 and recorded July 11, 2008 in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book EL, page 632; said tract of land having such actual size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as shown on said plat, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description. TMS#: 312-00-00-049 NOTICE OF FILING AMENDED SUMMONS, AMENDED COMPLAINT, LIS PENDENS, AND PETITION AND ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Amended Summons, which included a Notice of Intention to Refer Action to the Masterin-Equity for Final Determination and a Notice of Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem Nisi; the Amended Complaint; and Lis Pendens; were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County Court of Common Pleas on August 29, 2008. Further, a Petition and Order Appointing S. Thomas Worley, Jr., Esquire, whose address and phone number are 942 McCants Drive, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464, (843) 884-5474, as guardian ad litem nisi, for the Defendants designated as John Doe and Mary Roe, have also been filed on October 14, 2008, which said appointment becomes absolute thirty (30) days after the service of this Notice unless you or someone on your behalf procure another to be appointed as guardian ad litem to represent their interests in this action. The purpose of this suit is to determine the interests of the parties to the property, which is the subject matter of this suit, and to ask the Court for an Order from the Master-in-Equity for Charleston County approving the sale of the property to the Defendant, Domino Properties, LLC. JAMES E. REEVES, P.A.

JAMES E. REEVES, ESQUIRE

By James E. Reeves, Esquire 400 North Cedar Street

400 North Cedar Street Summerville, SC 29483

Summerville, SC 29483 (843) 832-7337

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marries her, he will earn every dime. People, both men and women, often tend to marry for financial gain. A 24 year old man does not need to marry a woman 30 years older than he. Money alone does not make one happy - at least not for long. There is so much that makes a relationship. Think about it. Good marriages have other things going such as conversation, same interests, and a bond of true friendship. Do your best to discourage your son. When women marry older men, nothing is usually said about it. But even when they do it, too much of their youth is wasted. Also, older women are terribly possessive, sometimes to the point of causing harm. Margaret, have a heart-toheart talk with your son. Don’t view him as a man, but vision him as your precious little boy.

.Grandson hates me because I refuse to buy car! Dear Gwendolyn: I didn’t have luck with my children. I have three boys and two girls, all grown. Two of my sons are serving life sentences in the state prison and one son is an alcoholic. My two girls are addicted to drugs and have taught their children to hate me. When they were growing up, I worked two jobs at trying to give them the things that I never had. Now, this is my reward. The grandchildren (11 in total) dislike me, and one has even tried to have me harmed. That same grandchild is angry because I will not purchase a car for him for Christmas. Gwendolyn, I am tired. I did the best that I could. My husband left many years ago, divorced me and married my sister. I don’t know where I went wrong with the children, but I do know I refuse to be mistreated and misused for my money. I know the old saying “you can’t take it with you.” but I am tired now. I need your advice.— Shontee Dear Shontee: You have an odd and pretty name, now make your life pretty as well. The decision you have made should be shouted to the world. Too many mothers are merely misused by their children and grandchildren. This dislike trickles down to grandchildren because children tend to believe and do as they see their parents do. Never feel like you did something wrong that caused all your children, grandchildren included, to not be successful. It goes that way sometimes. However, be careful and I say this because you see cases of deadly harm to elderly people who refuse to be ‘tramped over’ by family. Look at what happened to Malcolm X’s wife. Enjoy your money and do all the things you never had a chance to do while caring for your children. Yes, you can’t take it with you but think about it. You can spend it all—before you go. ***Are you a writer seeking to be published? For details write to Gwendolyn Baines at: P. O. Box 10066, Raleigh, NC 276050066 (to receive a reply send a self-addressed stamped envelope) or email her at: [email protected] or visit her website at: www.gwenbaines.com

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY CHARLESTON

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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 Case No. 2008-CP-10-4804 (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE) AMENDED SUMMONS DEFICIENCY DEMANDED 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 Fax (843) 225-2009 ATTORNEY PLAINTIFF

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THE

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

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IDC 0900 City of Charleston Invitation for Professional Services Project: IDC 0900, Multidiscipline engineering services Public Notice of Meeting will be posted at: Front lobby, 823 Meeting Street, Charleston SC Proposed Form of Contract: City of Charleston’s Indefinite Delivery Contract - Large Description of Project: Provide engineering design services for the City of Charleston Capital Projects Division on an as-needed basis. Projects may include new construction, repairs & systems replacement. The contract period shall not exceed two years. The maximum fee for the IDC shall be $300,000, with a maximum fee of $100,000 for each delivery order. Anticipated Construction Cost Range: $5,000 - $1,000,000 per project. Description of Professional Services Anticipated for Project: Civil Engineering, landscape architecture, surveying, structural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing. Firms must offer a minimum of civil, surveying and landscape architecture services in-house, but may utilize sub-consultants for others. M/WBE firms are encouraged to apply. Resumes: Current Federal Standard Forms 254 and 255 are to be submitted. If consultants are to be used, they must be included in a single Form 255 for the proposed team. Selection Criteria: A Selection Committee will evaluate the information submitted and will select three finalists for interviews. The following criteria will be used to evaluate each firm: Past performance Ability of professional personnel Related experience on similar projects Demonstrated ability to meet time and budget Location of firm

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

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Charleston, South Carolina September 23, 2008 NOTICE OF ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI TO: THE DEFENDANTS HEREIN, NAMES

Name of Project Manager: Dustin Clemens, ASLA City of Charleston Department of Parks 823 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29403 Tel: (843) 724-7322 Fax: (843) 724-7300 E-mail: [email protected] * We follow SC Office of State Engineer fee guidelines*

Female Condom Approved by Advisory Committee By Glenn Townes The Distribution of a device that will help eliminate unwanted pregnancies and fight against communicable diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, moved one step closer to being approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week, according to a statement by the Illinois-based manufacturer of the product. The Female Health Company (FHC) in Chicago announced that its device, the FC2 Female Condom, has received unanimous approval from an advisory panel that makes recommendations for approval for various products and devices to the FDA.

For example, according to recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly half of all pregnancies in the U.S. in 2001 were unintended. In addition, contraception methods provided by federally mandated and funded family planning programs prevent more than 1.3 million unintended pregnancies annually. In addition, HIV infection has emerged as the leading cause of death for African American women between the ages of 2534.

The FHC filed an application for pre-market approval with the FDA in January 2008. Approval by the FDA is often a long and tenous process. The FDA is not bound by the recommendation of the advisory committee regarding a specific device or product. To find out more about the FC2 Female Condom, visit the company’s website at http://www.femalecondom.or g.

The FC2 Female Condom is a second-generation follow-up to the company’s initial product - the FC1 Female Condom was the first of its kind to be marketed directly for women. “We are very pleased with today’s outcome and look forward to working with the FDA as it continues to review our application for the FC2 Female Condom,” said Mary Ann Leeper, senior strategic advisor. “We believe tht FHC’s Female Condom can strengthen the fight against AIDS by expanding affordable access to a woman-initiated HIV prevention method.” In making the announcement, Leeper noted that unintended pregnancy and HIV/STD transmission remains a major public health challenge - not only in the U.S. but also around the world.

pers for only $375. Call Jimmie Haynes at the South Carolina Newspaper Network at 1-888727-7377.

Charleston Water System’s next Board Meeting is scheduled for 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 27, 2009, at 103 St. Philip Street, Charleston, SC.

THE CHARLESTON AREA TRANSPORTATION STUDY (CHATS) POLICY COMMITTEE the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Region announces an amendment or the availability of to the following document: Annual list of obligated federal funds is available for public review after Jan. 1, 2009 Monday-Friday between the hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments 1362 McMillan Avenue – Suite 100, North Charleston, SC 843/529-0400 www.bcdcog.com Contact Person: Jeffrey Burns The Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin familial status or disability in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its federally-assisted programs or activities. Persons needing assistance in obtaining information can call: RELAY SC #1-800-735-2905

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