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Text of President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address

PERMIT #415

OBAMA: My fellow citi-
zens:
I stand here today humbled
by the task before us,
grateful for the trust you
have bestowed, mindful of
the sacrifices borne by our
ancestors. I thank
President Bush for his
service to our nation, as
well as the generosity and
cooperation he has shown
throughout this transition.
Forty-four Americans have
now taken the presidential
oath. The words have been
spoken during rising tides
of prosperity and the still
waters of peace. Yet, every
so often the oath is taken
amidst gathering clouds
and raging storms. At
these moments, America
has carried on not simply
because of the skill or
vision of those in high
office, but because we the
people have remained
faithful to the ideals of our
forebears, and true to our
founding documents.
So it has been. So it must
be with this generation of
Americans.
That we are in the midst of
crisis is now well under-
stood. Our nation is at
war, against a far-reaching
network of violence and
hatred. Our economy is
badly weakened, a conse-
quence of greed and irre-
sponsibility on the part of decline is inevitable, and be met. promises, the recrimina-
some, but also our collec- that the next generation On this day, we gather tions and worn out dog-
tive failure to make hard must lower its sights. because we have chosen mas, that for far too long
choices and prepare the Today I say to you that the hope over fear, unity of have strangled our politics.
nation for a new age. challenges we face are real. purpose over conflict and We remain a young nation,
Homes have been lost; jobs They are serious and they discord. but in the words of scrip-
shed; businesses shuttered. are many. They will not be On this day, we come to ture, the time has come to
Our health care is too cost- met easily or in a short proclaim an end to the set aside childish things.
ly; our schools fail too span of time. But know petty grievances and false
many; and each day brings this, America — they will see pg 2
further evidence that the
ways we use energy
strengthen our adversaries
and threaten our planet.
These are the indicators of
crisis, subject to data and
statistics. Less measurable
but no less profound is a
sapping of confidence
across our land — a nag-
ging fear that America's

foto: Beverly Birch

SERVING CHARLESTON, DORCHESTER & BERKELEY COUNTIES SINCE 1971

THE

C HRONICLE
VOLUME XXXVII NUMBER 21
From Hunting “Coons, To Earnings
As a Landscaper in Maryville,
Sedrick Smalls Says Success Based
on Diversity, Good Customer Service
By Bob Small
Sedrick Smalls has
always had the entrepre-
neurial spirit in him. As a
child growing up in
Maryville he’d hunt rac-
coon and squirrels and go
door to door selling them
to the neighbors. He later
borrowed his father’s lawn
mower and with his earn-
ings bought his first lawn
mower and started a land-
scaping business.
Today Smalls is
the owner and operator of
Smalls and Brown
Construction and JJS
Trucking Company that is
thriving at a time when
other companies are hurt-
ing as construction has
slowed and trucking is
down. How does he man-
age to keep busy? Two
things, “Diversify and good
customer service,” he says.
“When trucking
gets slow I lease out some
of my trucks. If construc-
tion slows down I turn to
demolition and land clear-
ing,” he said. “If I relied on
just one thing I would be
hurting so I look at what
the needs are and see how I
fit in.”
The business also
does vinyl siding and lays
foundations.
He considers customer
service very important.
“Customers have a choice
as to who they want to do
their work. If I want to be
that choice I have to let
them know I care about
them and their projects I
don’t mind going the extra
mile,” he said.
The reasoning has
paid off. He said a lot of
his work comes from refer-
rals and networking with
others in the business.
The 38 year-old
businessman said having
the equipment has been a
plus. He owns seven trac-
tor trailers and two dump
trucks in addition to own-
ing his own heavy equip-
ment, like back hoe and
track hoe.
Smalls said he did not have
a lot of money to buy all the
equipment he
presently owns. “I bought
one thing at a time. A lot of
times it was a sacrifice but
I lease them out at times to
keep something coming
in,” he said.
Having the right
certifications is also impor-
tant. His trucks have a
See pg 2
•1111 King St. •Charleston, SC 29403• January 21, 2009 • .50
Report Cites Young Haiti Ambassador Adopted
Burke-Baptist by Presbyterian Churches on John’s
Hill Disparaties Island Reaches Out for Support
By Barney Blakeney By Barney Blakeney programs for poor children nity split the care of
in Haiti, one of the poorest Nathan and his older sister
The Fall 2008 24-Year-old Bill nations in the new world. between two families. For
annual brief of the Center Nathan has spent most of It is a nation where mil- his sister that was a bless-
for Partnerships to his brief life travelling. lions of children live in ing, but for Nathan the
Improve Education at the During his infancy and abject poverty. At age benevolence of the family
College of Charleston childhood in Haiti he trav- eight Nathan was among he was sent to eventually
indicates its collaborative elled from one home to the thousands of children turned to indentured servi-
efforts with Burke and another as an impoverished in Port Au Prince facing a tude.
Baptist Hill high schools youth. Later as an life of begging or slavery. Two years after
have yielded positive orphaned teenager he trav- His father had died going with his adopted
results, but the brief also elled the western hemi- of a fever when Nathan family Nathan was taken
indicates unacceptable sphere playing African was an infant and after six out of the school he attend-
weaknesses in the Burke drums. Now he’s travels as years of seeking financial ed and was cast into inden-
High program. an ambassador seeking the security for her and her tured servitude as are many
The South financial security for a two children, Nathan’s of Haiti’s children. His
Carolina consistently home. mother suddenly died of an tribulations lasted only
ranks last in high school Nathan is a direc- unexplained illness. months however before
completion rates. tor for St. Joseph’s Family, Neighbors in their commu- God smiled on him, he
Education Week, a nation- a network of homes and
See pg 2
al education publication,
reported in 2007 only 53
percent of the state’s high
school seniors graduated.
The Center for
Partnerships to Improve
Education (CPIE) is a
consortium of professors,
staff members, school dis-
tricts, businesses and civic
leaders collaborating to
strengthen the education
students in South
Carolina receive.
In 2005 (CPIE)
and the College of
Charleston’s School of
Education, Health and
Human Performance
entered an agreement with
Charleston County School
District to improve the
educational performance
of students at selected
schools. Burke, the first
school targeted to receive
services, was in danger of

See pg 2 Rev. Robert Capers and Bill Nathan

We Must Keep up the Fight to

Keep Our Schools!
By Arthur Peter
Lawrence, President
Westside Neighborhood
Association
We were over three
hundred strong at the Jan.
12 Chas. Co. School Board
Meeting, to show our
opposition to the closing of
our neighborhood schools.
It appears that we had suc-
cess in our numbers,
because School Board offi-
cials expressed the need for
more time to consider
other options to the ones
set before them; options
Sedrick Smalls that would keep our ele-
mentary schools open, that
would keep our Charleston
Progressive students at
their own school. We
should feel hopeful that
District officials will con-
sider finding a way to save
their budget and our
schools. Hopeful, and
watchful.
When the Board
meets again on Monday,
January 26th, we must be
there in large numbers
again. We need to show
that our community’s pas-
sion for our children and
our schools run deep, that
our commitment is not
temporary. We must main-
tain interest in what the
School Board reviews and
considers as they come to a
vote. One reason for us all
to be concerned is the fact
that District officials are
even considering to have
our children vacate
Charleston Progressive to
make room for Buist
Academy students. That
the option is even on the
table should make us
attend the next School
Board meeting in droves.
And the next. And the
next.
On Jan. 12, we may
have won the battle, but
the war to save our schools
wages on. The School
Board stated that their
alternative plan to keep our
schools open is not the
final one. We should be
concerned that, if we do
not maintain our determi-
nation to keep our neigh-
borhood schools open, we
will lose them. Our com-
munity has been misper-
ceived by many as not
wholeheartedly caring
about our children’s educa-
tion. The truth is that we
care, but we don’t show it
enough. Sure, we come
out in large numbers at the
See pg 2
2- January 21, 2009 The Chronicle

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Trucking Authority certificate to travel to every state in

the nation and Canada. The time has come to reaf- question the scale of our shaped by every language been served at a local
While business is important to him he feels a deep firm our enduring spirit; to ambitions — who suggest and culture, drawn from restaurant can now stand
commitment to helping the community and is constantly choose our better history; that our system cannot tol- every end of this Earth; before you to take a most
involved in various community projects and helping youth. to carry forward that pre- erate too many big plans. and because we have tasted sacred oath.
He thinks it is important for young blacks to see other cious gift, that noble idea, Their memories are short. the bitter swill of civil war So let us mark this day
blacks in charge. passed on from generation For they have forgotten and segregation, and with remembrance, of who
He credits hard work as the key to his success. “If to generation: the God- what this country has emerged from that dark we are and how far we have
you are not committed to hard work it is hard for you to be given promise that all are already done; what free chapter stronger and more traveled. In the year of
successful and maintain it,” he says. equal, all are free and all men and women can united, we cannot help but America's birth, in the
He also credits his parents for instilling the work deserve a chance to pursue achieve when imagination believe that the old hatreds coldest of months, a small
ethic in him. He said they didn’t give him everything but their full measure of happi- is joined to common pur- shall someday pass; that band of patriots huddled
they provided opportunities that allowed him to get the ness. pose, and necessity to the lines of tribe shall soon by dying campfires on the
things he needed. He also credits Barbara Nelson of courage. dissolve; that as the world shores of an icy river. The
Dorothy’s Funeral Home and Frasier Construction with In reaffirming the great- grows smaller, our com- capital was abandoned.
being mentors to help him succeed. ness of our nation, we What the cynics fail to mon humanity shall reveal The enemy was advancing.
Smalls is quick to point out the importance of fam- understand that greatness understand is that the itself; and that America The snow was stained with
ily. Both his mother and father work in the business and is never a given. It must be ground has shifted beneath must play its role in usher- blood. At a moment when
the trucking company is named after his two daughters, earned. Our journey has them — that the stale polit- ing in a new era of peace. the outcome of our revolu-
Jasmine and Jerica. never been one of shortcuts ical arguments that have tion was most in doubt, the
He has come a long way from selling raccoons and or settling for less. It has consumed us for so long no To the Muslim world, we father of our nation
squirrels in the neighborhood but he has never forgotten not been the path for the longer apply. The question seek a new way forward, ordered these words be
his roots. He still spends a lot of time in Maryville- faint-hearted — for those we ask today is not based on mutual interest read to the people:
Ashleyville and some of his workers are from this old who prefer leisure over whether our government is and mutual respect. To
neighborhood. Smalls said he has a crew of workers but work, or seek only the too big or too small, but those leaders around the "Let it be told to the future
has had a many as 15 for special jobs. pleasures of riches and whether it works — globe who seek to sow con- world ... that in the depth
Teaching the business to young people is another fame. Rather, it has been whether it helps families flict, or blame their soci- of winter, when nothing
of Smalls’ passions. “If they can learn a trade they can make the risk-takers, the doers, find jobs at a decent wage, ety's ills on the West — but hope and virtue could
it for themselves and set their own limits.” the makers of things — care they can afford, a know that your people will survive...that the city and
Smalls stresses learning about the business before some celebrated but more retirement that is digni- judge you on what you can the country, alarmed at one
jumping into it. “You could get into something you find often men and women fied. Where the answer is build, not what you common danger, came
you don’t want to be in, so learn as much about the busi- obscure in their labor, who yes, we intend to move for- destroy. To those who forth to meet (it)."
ness before jumping into it,” he says. have carried us up the ward. Where the answer is cling to power through
Smalls looks back on promoting teen talent and long, rugged path towards no, programs will end. And corruption and deceit and America, in the face of our
step shows at the old King Street Palace which increased prosperity and freedom. those of us who manage the silencing of dissent, common dangers, in this
his desire to own his own businesses. His business are For us, they packed up the public's dollars will be know that you are on the winter of our hardship, let
grossing close to a million dollars a year. Not bad for a their few worldly posses- held to account — to spend wrong side of history; but us remember these timeless
young man who has not yet turned 40 years old. sions and traveled across wisely, reform bad habits, that we will extend a hand words. With hope and
oceans in search of a new and do our business in the if you are willing to virtue, let us brave once
life. light of day — because only unclench your fist. more the icy currents, and
Young Haiti ----------------------------------------------- then can we restore the To the people of poor endure what storms may
For us, they toiled in vital trust between a peo- nations, we pledge to work come. Let it be said by our
cont. from pg 1 sweatshops and settled the ple and their government. alongside you to make your children's children that
West; endured the lash of Nor is the question before farms flourish and let clean when we were tested we
said. the whip and plowed the us whether the market is a waters flow; to nourish refused to let this journey
Among those who had helped his mother before hard earth. force for good or ill. Its starved bodies and feed end, that we did not turn
her death was Sister Caroline, a member of a missionary For us, they fought and power to generate wealth hungry minds. And to back nor did we falter; and
group in Port Au Prince. She learned of Nathan’s inden- died, in places like and expand freedom is those nations like ours that with eyes fixed on the hori-
tured servitude and took him to St. Joseph’s Home for Concord and Gettysburg; unmatched, but this crisis enjoy relative plenty, we zon and God's grace upon
Boys. Normandy and Khe Sahn. has reminded us that with- say we can no longer afford us, we carried forth that
Established in 1985, St. Joseph’s Home for Boys Time and again these men out a watchful eye, the indifference to suffering great gift of freedom and
has grown from its start with Catholic missionary founder and women struggled and market can spin out of con- outside our borders; nor delivered it safely to future
Michael Geilenfeld and the five boys he rescued from the sacrificed and worked till trol — and that a nation can we consume the generations.
streets of Port Au Prince to include three facilities serving their hands were raw so cannot prosper long when world's resources without
more than 300 children. that we might live a better it favors only the prosper- regard to effect. For the
In 1985 Gielenfeld had the foresight to capitalize life. They saw America as ous. The success of our world has changed, and we We Must -----------------
on the boys’ use of street dancing, an adapted mix of bigger than the sum of our economy has always must change with it.
African rhythms and movements, to start the Resurrection individual ambitions; depended not just on the As we consider the road cont. from pg 1
Dance Theater of Haiti. greater than all the differ- size of our gross domestic that unfolds before us, we
It initially was incorporated to produce income ences of birth or wealth or product, but on the reach remember with humble
supporting the home. From that beginning has sprung the faction. of our prosperity; on our gratitude those brave beginning, but it seems
Resurrection Singers and the St. Joseph’s Community Art ability to extend opportu- Americans who, at this that, over time, too many of
Center which incorporates the artistic talents of Haitian This is the journey we con- nity to every willing heart very hour, patrol far-off us lose interest and walk
children into the program. tinue today. We remain the — not out of charity, but deserts and distant moun- away. And the scant few
All the boys at St. Joseph’s participate as dancers most prosperous, powerful because it is the surest tains. They have something who remain are not enough
in the theater group, as singers or as drummers. Nathan nation on Earth. Our route to our common good. to tell us today, just as the to attain success. We can-
started drumming for the group shortly after his arrival at workers are no less produc- As for our common fallen heroes who lie in not be successful if only a
the home and has since studied playing the African drum tive than when this crisis defense, we reject as false Arlington whisper through handful persists in the fight
at Duke University and in Gambia and Senegal in Africa. began. Our minds are no the choice between our the ages. We honor them for our schools.
Graduates of the St. Joseph’s family leave at age 18 less inventive, our goods safety and our ideals. Our not only because they are
to make room for others coming behind them. Many have and services no less needed founding fathers, faced guardians of our liberty, We are parents and grand-
found success in the United States, Canada and England. than they were last week or with perils we can scarcely but because they embody parents; we are taxpayers.
Nathan however, was asked to stay on in recognition of his last month or last year. Our imagine, drafted a charter the spirit of service; a will- We have options; we do
achievements and commitment to St. Joseph. For the past capacity remains undimin- to assure the rule of law ingness to find meaning in not have to beg the School
three years he has served as St. Joseph’s director of pro- ished. But our time of and the rights of man, a something greater than District to do what is right
grams and international ambassador. standing pat, of protecting charter expanded by the themselves. And yet, at this for our children. We must
narrow interests and put- blood of generations. moment — a moment that assert what we believe is
Since Dec. 23 Nathan has been in the U.S. taking the St. ting off unpleasant deci- Those ideals still light the will define a generation — just and fair for our chil-
Joseph story to churches affiliated with the South East sions — that time has sure- world, and we will not give it is precisely this spirit dren. If we don’t, there are
Regional National Black Presbyterian Caucus. ly passed. Starting today, them up for expedience's that must inhabit us all. others who will gladly
we must pick ourselves up, sake. And so to all other For as much as govern- decide for us. There is a
Adopted at age 12 by the family of Rev. Robert dust ourselves off, and peoples and governments ment can do and must do, small group of people who
Capers pastor of Bethel and Salem Presbyterian churches begin again the work of who are watching today, it is ultimately the faith and meet with District offi-
on Johns and Wadmalaw islands respectively, Nathan has remaking America. from the grandest capitals determination of the cials, purporting to relay
to the small village where American people upon our views, when they actu-
spent the past month visit- For everywhere we look, my father was born: know which this nation relies. It ally provide no objection to
ing the churches of the cau- there is work to be done. that America is a friend of is the kindness to take in a the District’s plan. How
THE CHRONICLE cus. The state of the economy each nation and every man, stranger when the levees can the powers that be
Capers says the Black com- calls for action, bold and woman, and child who break, the selflessness of accomplish what is just
1111 King Street munity must take a more swift, and we will act — seeks a future of peace and workers who would rather and fair when they only lis-
Charleston, SC 29403 active role in supporting not only to create new jobs, dignity, and that we are cut their hours than see a ten to those with views
the children of Haiti. He but to lay a new foundation ready to lead once more. friend lose their job which similar to their own? We
•••• encourages the Black com- for growth. We will build Recall that earlier genera- sees us through our darkest should be wary that there
(843) 723-2785 munity to send inquiries the roads and bridges, the tions faced down fascism hours. It is the firefighter's are folks who aspire to
and donations to the St. electric grids and digital and communism not just courage to storm a stair- divide our community.
Fax: (843) 577-6099 Joseph’s Family through lines that feed our com- with missiles and tanks, way filled with smoke, but And the divide could mean
Email: Chaschron@aol.com Hearts With Haiti, an merce and bind us togeth- but with sturdy alliances also a parent's willingness the loss of even more
organization in the U.S. er. We will restore science and enduring convictions. to nurture a child, that schools along the peninsu-
J. JOHN FRENCH, SR. to its rightful place, and They understood that our finally decides our fate. la. This is why we must
founded by Geilenfeld.
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Comptroller-Advertising said. and the winds and the soil grows through its prudent be new. But those values Monday night and hope
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Contributing Writers- haiti.org. Now, there are some who We are the keepers of this They have been the quiet vote for in order to provide
Hakim Abdul-Ali legacy. Guided by these force of progress through- additional school funding,
Beverly Birch principles once more, we out our history. What is they must be honest about
can meet those new threats demanded then is a return that. Same thing applies
Bob Small that demand even greater to these truths. What is should they want to be a
DEADLINE: effort — even greater coop- required of us now is a new part of the property tax
eration and understanding era of responsibility — a allocation again. But we
PUBLIC SERVICES between nations. We will recognition, on the part of must no longer allow scare
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forge a hard-earned peace our nation, and the world, of our schools.
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National Newspaper Publishers, Assoc. friends and former foes, we grudgingly accept but We must stay engaged and
South Carolina Press Assoc. will work tirelessly to rather seize gladly, firm in vocal. Or we jeopardize
lessen the nuclear threat, the knowledge that there is our children’s future. Must
Amalgamated Publishers and roll back the specter of nothing so satisfying to the our children-from ages 4 to
S.C. Chamber of Commerce a warming planet. We will spirit, so defining of our 14- have to be put on buses
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and slaughtering inno- confidence — the knowl- their own campus to make
Credo of The Black Press cents, we say to you now edge that God calls on us room for another group of
The Black Press believes that that our spirit is stronger to shape an uncertain des- children? If your answer is
America can best lead the world and cannot be broken; you tiny. a definite “No!” then I hope
from racial and national antago- cannot outlast us, and we This is the meaning of our to see you at next week’s
nism when it accords to every will defeat you. liberty and our creed — County School Board
person, regardless of race, creed For we know that our
or color, his or her human and
why men and women and Meeting, which starts at
legal rights. Hating no person,
patchwork heritage is a children of every race and 5:15pm, in the Board Room
fearing no person, the Black strength, not a weakness. every faith can join in cele- on 75 Calhoun Street.
Press strives to help every person We are a nation of bration across this magnifi- Please arrive at least 45
in the firm belief that all persons Christians and Muslims, cent mall, and why a man minutes early to sign up to
are hurt as long as anyone is Jews and Hindus — and whose father less than sixty speak. If you do not want
held back non-believers. We are years ago might not have to speak, just come. Our
presence must be felt.
The Chronicle January 21, 2009- 3

As New Chairman of County Council Pryor Will

Continue Focus on Constituent Services
After serving on
Charleston County
Council four years Dist.
Six representative Teddie
Pryor was elected as the
council’s chairman Jan. 8.
In the middle of his second
term on council, Pryor said
he hopes to continue coun-
cil’s the focus on equity,
diversity and constituent
services.
Elected in 2004 to a two-
year term after county
council switched to single
member district elections,
Pryor was elected to a full
four-year term in 2006.
Pryor’s election and that of
councilmembers Henry
Darby and Curtis
Inabinett represented the
first time more than two
African Americans served
at the same time on the
nine-member council since
the county’s 1948 incorpo-
ration. They joined Tim
Scott to form a four mem-
ber bloc of minority repre-
sentatives.
Through their efforts sev-
eral initiatives were enact-
ed to address inequities
that had persisted over
decades, Pryor said.
Within 18 months the coun-
ty went from spending less
than one percent of its
total budget with minority
owned businesses to
spending some 18 percent
of the total budget with
minority businesses.
The contingent, joined by
other councilmembers also
was able to address diversi-
ty among employees and
inequities in salaries as
well, Pryor said.
“At first we were criticized
as noisemakers, but we
came with the right
approach and ideas speak-
ing to what was right and
other members of council,
though not everybody, saw
that and supported us.
They saw the inequity over
the years and wanted to
correct it,” Pryor said.
Moving swiftly, coun-
cilmembers focused atten-
tion disparities like the dis-
proportionate number of
women and minorities in
key management positions
in the administration.
Council took steps to
increase salaries for its
lowest paid employees and
to improve the perform-
ance of constituent services
in outlying rural communi-
ties such as South Santee,
he said.
All of that took place in the
first 18 months, but council
has remained busy with
other issues.
“There always are bumps
along the road and as they
come up we try to address
them,” he said.
The county’s controversial
trash incinerator, located
in his Sixth District, is
among those bumps, Pryor
said. The contract for its
operation ends Jan. 2010.
Council must decide if it
will close the incinerator or
expand the county landfill.
Council will review a con-
sultant’s report of the
Councilman Pryor options in February, he
said.
During the upcoming year
as chairman Pryor said he
hopes to steer council
toward a balanced budget
without tax increases, con-
solidating the county’s 911
dispatch center services
and completing the new
detention center at its pro-
jected cost of $101 million.
Further down the road he
said council should consid-
er a partnership with
neighboring counties to
develop a regional landfill.
“I want the county’s citi-
zens to pray for us because
we’re facing tough times
and to remember we’re
here to serve the people
and to make their lives bet-
ter,” he said.

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being taken over by the High, a victim of dispari- percent in 2006-2007 to

South Carolina
Department of Education.
In the previous five school
years Burke’s administra-
tion had changed three
times. It’s curriculum pro-
gram had changed radical-
ly and its facility had
undergone radical renova-
tion and construction.
Discipline problems at the
school were among the
highest in the district.
During the 2006-2007
school year Burke’s gradu-
ation rate was 39.9 percent,
according to the CPIE
brief. About 35 percent of
English students passed
their courses and 39.1 per-
cent of students taking
math courses passed.
Eleven percent of students
taking physical Science
passed.
After CPIE implemented
10 initiatives that included
technical assistance to
Burke teachers, reinstate-
ment of dual enrollment at
Burke and the College of
Charleston for high per-
forming students and
tutoring programs, 2007-
2008 school year statistics
show Burke’s graduation
rate increased to 63.1 per-
cent. Students passing
English increased to 40
percent, 43.4 percent of
math students passed and
45.8 percent of students
taking Physical Science
passed.
Baptist Hill High was the
second school targeted to
receive (CPIE) services.
Though often perceived in
a similar light as Burke
ties in the CCSD system,
the academic performance
of Baptist Hill students
exceeded that of Burke
High students.
Observers contribute the
advanced academic status
of Baptist Hill students
compared to the academic
status of Burke students to
Baptist Hill’s more stable
leadership. CPIE found
that the services needed for
the two schools were vastly
different.
For the 2006-2007 school
year Baptist Hill had a
graduation rate of about 70
percent. Thirty-one per-
cent of students taking
English passed their cours-
es, some 60 percent of
math students passed their
courses and about 19 per-
cent of students taking
Physical Science passed.
CPIE implemented seven
initiatives focused on
building relationships
between the school com-
munity and College of
Charleston representa-
tives. Among them were
donating classroom
resources to Baptist Hill’s
teachers and its library,
providing science kits,
math kits SAT tutoring
materials and college prep
opportunities to students.
Baptist Hill’s student per-
formance, significantly
higher than that of stu-
dents at Burke even before
the CPIE partnership,
continued to improve.
Baptist Hill’s graduation
rate improved some 19 per-
centage points from 69.4
“
T he ultimate measure
78.3 percent in 2007-2008.
Passing rates for students
taking English improved to
53.2 percent and for stu-
dents taking math courses
to 72.7 percent. However
the number of students tak-
of a man is not where
ing Physical Science
dropped from 23 in 2006-
2007 to two students tak-
he stands in moments of
ing the course in 2007-
2008. Neither passed the
course that school year.
In conclusion,
comfort and convenience
“Partnerships enable stu-
dents to reach their full
potential,” said the brief.
“CPIE is eager to continue
but where he stands
working with Baptist Hill
(and Burke) to witness the
changes and growth in its
at times of challenge
students.”
While some observers say
and controversy.”
financial benefits for the
partnership’s co-ordinators
probably are significant
and numerical statistics
often are manipulated, the
partnership’s benefit to
students at Burke and
Baptist Hill are undeni-
able. But more important-
ly, the brief underscores
the inadequacies of Burke’s
leadership.
For more information
about the partnership con-
tact Fran Welch
.   , .
(welch@coc.edu) Dean of
the School of Education,
Health and Human
Performance; or Paula
E g e l s o n
(egelsonp@coc.edu)
Director of the Center for
Partnerships to Improve
Education at the College
of Charleston.

Reasons to be Happy Bush is Gone

The City of North Charleston
honors the life and work of
By. George E Curry still alive. Osama bin Laden is glowingly about the person
NNPA Columnist still Osama Been Missing.
6) Bush refused to let a catas-
who was asleep at the switch
when Katrina struck. Bush
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
George W. Bush is gone and trophe such as Hurricane told Michael Brown, the head
it’s not a moment too soon. I Katrina disrupt his vacation in of FEMA, “Brownie, you’re
am not the only one who feels Crawford, Texas. When he doing a heck of a job.”
this way. A recent CNN poll
found that 75 percent of
finally decided to take a peek,
it was from Air Force One as it
8) Bush used the birthday of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in
January 15, 1929–April 4, 1968
Americans – three out of every flew over the devastated area. 2003 to announce his opposi-
four – said they are glad Bush 7) Instead of heads rolling, the tion to affirmative action pro-
was leaving office. president who speaks glow- grams operated by the under-
When I started writing this ingly about the need to take graduate admissions office
column, I did so with the personal responsibility, spoke and the Law School .
intention of listing Bush’s top
10 failures. I could have easily
named 30 reasons Bush
should let the door hit him
where the Good Lord split
him, but in the spirit of David
Letterman, I wanted a Top 10
list. I couldn’t do it. It was a
struggle to list only 15, consid-
ering all of his blunders, but
here they are in no particular
order:
1) Bush lied while campaign-
ing for the White House, say-
ing he was a “compassionate
conservative.” His record eight
years later, as had been noted,
is one of being compassionate
toward conservatives.
2) George W. pledged to be a
uniter, not a divider. The
CNN poll found that 82 per-
cent of Americans feel he had
failed to unite the country,
compared to only 17 percent –
most of them probably rela-
tives – who think he has.
3) Bush told the lie that Iraq
had weapons of mass destruc-
tion and used that lie as the
pretext for invading Iraq.
4) Bush also misled the
American people about what
the war would cost. He said it
would be in the neighborhood
of $60 billion. It’s at $600 bil-
lion and counting.
5) W. told us over and over
that capturing Osama bin
Laden was his top priority.
Bush boasted that he was
wanted dead or alive. Well,
judging by the recent audio
tapes, the al-Qaeda leader is
4-January 21, 2009
The Morning
After
By. James Clingman
NNPA Columnist
Blackonomics
On Wednesday, January 21, 2009, after the Inauguration, the fes-
tivities, the parties, the formals, the “pomp and circumstance,” the
tears of joy, the line dances, and the speeches, I wonder what our
next action items will be.
I wonder if we will even have an action item. I wonder if Black
folks especially will immediately get back to work on the things
that negatively affect us, and continue to move forward on the
issues by which we are positively affected.
On that morning after, I wonder if we will muster up the same
kind of energy we displayed during the run-up to Barack Obama’s
election. I wonder if we will remain excited and enthusiastic about
working to “change” our economic condition, improve the educa-
tion of our children, reduce crime in our neighborhoods, and
strengthen our overall social condition. I wonder.
After the party, will we remain focused on these and other impor-
tant issues, or will we awaken on the morning after with a terrible
hangover?
A hangover so bad that we say, “I am glad that’s over; at least I
don’t have to worry about it for another four years.” Will we then
sit back and relax in our easy chairs, thinking we have it made now,
and retire to a life of complacency?
When it comes to economic empowerment, especially, we cannot
afford to stop fighting because we have a “Black” President. The
education of our children will not improve through some hocus-
pocus sleight of hand.
The crime in our local communities will not subside as a result of
someone doing something in Washington, D.C. The discrimina-
tion against and mistreatment of Black people in social, econom-
ic, and political circles, on a local level, will not magically go away
because Obama is in the White House. But you already knew
that, right?
So, what now? That question has been asked thousands of times
in the past few months. What are we to do now that we have the
“First Black President”?
The first thing we had better do, and continue to do, is pray for the
brother and his family; they surely need it. Then we must realize
that with his election, the work has only just begun. Whether you
supported his candidacy or not, you should make every effort to
bring to fruition the victories for which we have been fighting long
before Obama even thought about running for President.
Locally, of course, we must continue to fight for inclusion and
equity in development projects, i.e., contracting, construction
management, and ownership. We must continue to fight for jus-
tice in our courtrooms from our judges and prosecutors.
We must fight for real representation from our politicians in return
for our votes. We must show up at school board meetings and
fight for our children’s education – and be participants in their edu-
cation rather than mere observers.
Wouldn’t you like to see Black people expend the same energy on
the essential tasks necessary for our full liberation as we have seen
over the past 18 months or so? Imagine the possibilities, as the say-
ing goes. Picture Black people putting our money together for a
common cause, the same way we did for Barack Obama’s cam-
paign.
We had enough money to send to the campaign; let’s do some-
thing similar with our money when it comes to contributing to an
equity or investment fund. Let’s use some of our money to support
our organizations, our institutions, and our Black owned busi-
nesses.
Let’s start a “safety net” fund in our neighborhoods to help our less
fortunate brothers and sisters in their time of need. Let’s start a
Collective Banking Group in every city and use the collective
leverage that exists in our churches to gain more benefits and equi-
table treatment for our church members.
Let’s support Compro Tax this tax season, or any other Black
owned tax preparation service in our local areas. C’mon, brothers
and sisters, it’s tax preparation! Stop buying in to the “colder ice”
myth.
As I reflect on all of the money that was raised during Obama’s
campaign, some $650 million or so, and yes I know the vast major-
ity of it did not come from Black folks, it is amazing that we never
even blinked at such a sum. But when it comes to our putting a lit-
tle money together to help one another, you can’t find some Black
people with a search warrant. That’s sad.
So let’s consider what took place on Tuesday, January 20, 2009,
and then let’s think about the morning after. Let’s think about the
year after, the decade after.
Let’s understand that there is much work to do, work that started
before Obama, and work that did not end with his ascension to
the highest political throne in the land. After the party, think about
all the money we spent to throw the party and to celebrate the
occasion. Then, figure out what your particular niche is and get
back to work; that is, if you took a respite from the essential work
of liberation and building a future for our children.
Some of us did not take a few months off; some of us continued to
work right through the euphoria and excitement of Obama’s elec-
tion. We won’t have a hangover on the morning after. We will get
up and get right back to the work at hand. The work of Economic
empowerment, political representation, the proper education of
our youth, criminal justice rather than injustice, and social equity
for Black people, is absolutely essential for our survival and
growth in this country.
On the morning after, and on subsequent mornings, make a com-
mitment with yourself and your own consciousness to make a dif-
ference. Get busy and stay busy; we have to do the work ourselves.
The Chronicle
Study Finds Rampant
Discrimination in Who
Advertising Industry Asked
Special to the NNPA from the Louisiana Weekly
Me?
(NNPA) - An exhaustive new study of America’s advertis-
ing industry released Jan. 15 has found dramatic levels of by Beverly Gadson-Birch
racial discrimination throughout the industry. Bias
against African-American professionals was found in pay,
hiring, promotions, assignments and other areas.
The study was initiated by a coalition of legal, civil rights,
(President Obama - A Journey I Had to Take)
and industry leaders who created the Madison Avenue
On Saturday, January 17, 2009, I traveled along with a
Project. The Project was created in 2008 to address adver- group of St. Johns’ High School students teachers, chaperones,
tising’s deep-rooted racial bias and today, Cyrus Mehri,
and local residents left Charleston for the 56th Presidential
Project leader and prominent civil rights lawyer, called the Inauguration to be held on Tuesday, January 20. It was the begin-
findings “absolutely astonishing in this day and age.”
ning of a journey that would take the students on an unbelievable
Angela Ciccolo, Interim General Counsel of the NAACP, journey that they would never forget. Although the journey began
another project partner, commented that “the time has
on one of the coldest days this winter, it was warm on the bus as
come to stand up to change this industry.” the excitement escalated. You could just feel it in the air. Rev.
Overall, the findings reveal that racial discrimination is
Edward McClain, Radio Personality and Pastor of Calvary
38 percent worse in the advertising industry than in the A.M.E. Church, offered a prayer for safe travel for the group
overall U.S. labor market, and that the “discrimination
before they pulled out of the old West Ashley Wal-Mart.
divide” between advertising and other U.S. industries is I was thinking as I boarded the bus that this trip was
more than twice as bad now as it was 30 years ago.
going to be a long, noisy, sleepless trip. I have never been a lover
Specific findings include: of bus rides but this was a journey I had to take; it was different. I
• Black college graduates working in advertising earn
don’t like planes either; but I just knew I had to be at the
$.80 for every dollar earned by their equally qualified white Inauguration. After all, this was a one time event. I may never
counterparts;
get this opportunity again. I thought about riding the long dis-
• Based on national demographic data, 9.6 percent of tance with students and I thought, Oh boy can I do this? After all,
advertising managers and professionals should be African-
yours truly isn’t a spring children anymore. We were transporting
Americans. The actual percentage in 2008 is 5.3 percent, approximately 36 high school students and the media has painted
representing a difference of 7,200 executive-level jobs;
our children as thugs, baggy pants and out of control. Upon set-
• About 16 percent of large advertising firms employ no tling in on the bus around 4:00 AM, I had to look in the rear of the
Black managers or professionals, a rate 60 percent higher
bus to make sure the bus driver had not forgotten their load at St.
than in the overall labor market; Johns High School. The children were so quiet and so well
• Black managers and professionals in the industry are
behaved I could not believe they were on board. One of the other
only one-tenth as likely as their White counterparts to passengers said what do you expect, it’s 4:00 AM in the morning,
earn $100,000 a year;
they are sleeping; just wait until in the morning. Well, morning
• Blacks are only 62 percent as likely as their white coun- came and three days later either I am living in the Twilight Zone
terparts to work in the powerful “creative” and “client con-
or those kids must be the most well behaved children on the plan-
tact” functions in advertising agencies; et.
• Eliminating the industry’s current Black-white employ-
I must credit their parents, chaperones, Ms. Sarah
ment gap would require tripling its Black managers and Buncomb, the Olsens and all of those that made it possible for the
professionals.
students to witness the swearing in of the first African American
Though employment discrimination has sharply dimin- President in this country’s history. Even at the hotel, you would
ished in America in the last 40 years, systemic barriers to
not have known that the hotel was full of students. They were
equality in the $31 billion a year advertising industry have quiet at night. They walked and not run down the halls. Contrary
not budged. In 1978, for example, the New York City
to public belief, all is not lost with our children.
Human Rights Commission found that limited minority Yesterday, we spent the day at the Capitol and around in
employment “was not simply the result of neutral forces,
the Mall area; no one strayed from the group. And not one time,
but emanated directly from discriminatory practices.” did we have to wait because a student was not at the point of pick
Those practices continue today.
up on time. In the restaurant, you would not know that those chil-
The study found the primary source of discrimination to dren were from South Carolina. They were so well behaved.
be agencies’ implicit assumption that the cause of Black
Their decorum was always quiet and polite. They were very atten-
underrepresentation is a shortage of “qualified” Black job tive and took pictures so they could share with family and friends
seekers.
upon their return home.
In reality, the problem is not a shortage but a “persistent Tomorrow, we will leave our hotel around 5:30 AM to make our
unwillingness by mainstream advertising agencies to hire,
way to the Capitol area to watch the swearing in of the 44th
assign, advance, and retain already-available Black talent.” President of these United States, Barack Obama. It still doesn’t
Moreover, the study found, the industry’s response to
seem real.
long-running charges of discrimination has consisted of There is always someone that stands out on a trip and for me it is
“token efforts. The industry’s primary response has been
Ms. Washington. Now I don’t want to put her age out there with-
extremely modest expansions in training and entry-level out her permission but I am sure she must be in her 70’s; she has
hiring.”
been a real trooper. It was a breath of fresh air to see someone so
At today’s rate of progress, Black numbers among adver- intent on being at that inauguration that she just pressed her way.
tising managers and professionals will not reach their
Not once did she ask for any special treatment. She rode the
expected level for another 71 years. Metro as far in as she could and walked as far as she could. I
An appropriate response, the study concluded, “will
applaud her niece for taking the time out to accompany her to such
require fundamentally transforming the workplace culture an event. When I asked Ms. Washington about making the trip,
of general market advertising agencies.” Specifically, agen-
she said all of her life she was working when there were special
cies must root out the stereotypes that make race, not abil- events in Washington like the March On Washington or when
ity, determine employment potential; halt the “buddy sys-
Dr. King delivered his famous “I Have A Dream” speech. She said
tem,” in which personal relationships and social comfort “I am retired now and I am going; I will not miss this one”.
often count for more than job performance; and eliminate
I thought about my deceased mother and what this
the assumptions that racial minorities can’t succeed in occasion would have meant to her. I thought about how impor-
non-ethnic markets.
tant this trip was to Ms. Washington and how important Ms.
The Madison Avenue Project is led by the NAACP and Washington was to me. She represented those mothers who
attorney Cyrus Mehri, of Mehri & Skalet, PLLC, who has
raised their children to believe in the possibilities. That’s what my
won several multi-million dollar discrimination settle- mother instilled in her children—the possibilities of what they
ments against such corporations as The Coca-Cola
could become if they have manners and work hard for a honest
Company, Morgan Stanley and Texaco Inc.; with the day’s pay. Some of these whippersnappers of today don’t know the
cooperation of Sanford Moore, a former advertising exec-
meaning of working hard or even working at all.
utive, current New York City talk radio co-host, and long- A very special thank you to a very special friend, Barbara
time advocate for racial parity in advertising.
Cameron from Vance, SC, who pressed her way to the
“Today we are sending a message to the advertising indus- Inauguration. She was as close to death door as they come but
try: this conduct is unacceptable and must change,” Mehri
she, too, pressed her way to be there.
said. “I have witnessed firsthand the mendacity and machi- We were in good hands with twin drivers, Terryl and Derryl. I
nations that have kept African Americans invisible on and
know frogs are not supposed to praise their own ponds but those
to Madison Avenue for over four decades,” Moore said. boys sure ‘nuf know how to drive a bus. That’s right!! They are my
“Madison Avenue has created and perpetuated a ‘separate
brothers and ‘dem boys didn’t fall too far from the tree.
and unequal’ marketing paradigm which is reflected in By the time you read this article, hopefully we will be back safe and
their advertising, their workforce and among their execu-
sound. And, former President Bush will be back safe and sound
tive ranks. Even though our dollars provide the profits, the in Texas. Oh, thank you Lordy!! He will be back where he ought
industry is still afraid of the dark.”
to be.
Ciccolo added, “The Madison Avenue Project is designed
to send a special wake-up call to the advertising indus-
try...It’s time for Madison Avenue to wake up to civil
rights and to the meaningful inclusion of African
Americans in this highly segregated industry.”
The NAACP also plans to circulate the report not just to
its members, but also to Fortune 100 companies to urge
them to stop aiding and abetting widespread discrimina-
tion by this industry.
The study, entitled “Research Perspectives on Race and
Employment in the Advertising Industry,” was conducted
by a leading research firm, Bendick and Egan Economic
Consultants. The complete study can be found at findjus-
tice.com (Mehri & Skalet), naacp.org (NAACP), and ben-
dickegan.com (Bendick and Egan).
I just want to do God's will. And he's allowed me
to go to the mountain. And I've looked over, and
I've seen the promised land! I may not get there
with you, but I want you to know tonight that we
The Twins, Derryl & Terryl, of Twin Tours stand on the
as a people will get to the promised land. grounds where the Inauguration of President Barack Obama will
be held in Washington, D.C. Tuesday.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Chronicle January 21, 2009-5

As 'Tain't Funny, McGee'

I
See It By Ken Wibecan Obama an exceptionally
serious person, but the his-
jokes about Bush's,
Clinton's or Reagan's eth-
Hakim Abdul-Ali You won't remember that torical relationship nicity or white skin (in fact
saying if you aren't old between cartoons and I never remember it being
enough. It's from the old African Americans is not a discussed); and the same
Winter Reflections With An African Vibration "Fibber Magee and Molly" pretty one. If one looks should hold true for
radio show. Whenever back at newspaper car- Obama. The media pundits
It’s winter time, and the effects of its aura has me huddled Fibber made a bad joke, toons of African Americans have already made too
up in my home looking out of a window facing the distant Molly would reply, "'Tain't (Jews, Native Americans much of the "black presi-
sky. My thoughts are racing. funny, Magee." Well, I and Arabs were also vic- dent" bit. And it is past
I’m in one of my solitary modes of peacefully “chilling,” and have a similar message for tims) from as late as the time they viewed Obama
I’m thinking about things from bygone days with fond Chip Saltzman, the candi- 1950s, they will find an simply as an American
sweetness because they make smile inwardly. It’s a beauti- date for Republican Party accumulation of insulting man.
ful day, even with the coldness making me shiver from chairman, who is dissemi- and derogatory stereo-
moment-to-moment as the home heating system appears to nating the racist parody types. In addition, many Ken Wibecan "Saturday Night Live,"
be acting up. called "Barack the Magic white folks once thought it which was right on with
“Such is life” is where my mind tells me to look at the situ- Negro." Taint funny, Chip. was fun to dress up in hide from Jay Leno's and Tina Fey's remarkable imi-
ation at present because, like everything else in my world- While the president may be black face and ridicule David Letterman's nightly tation of Sarah Palin, is
ly view, “it is what it is.” I tend to think that way with reg- legitimate fodder for the African Americans. In fact, laugh-filled monologues. working on a Barack
ularity as I get older and the seasons change now so quick- punsters, his race isn't. it wasn't until the 1970s Obama sound-alike. But,
ly in my mind’s eye. There is a difference that the University of Nor should he be exempt. unlike his predecessor in
Living in the seasons of the American experiences for me between a joke and an Vermont, our neighbor These are long-standing the White House, Obama
have been ones of great insight and joy coupled with sad- insult and Chip should across the lake, surren- American traditions, an doesn't mispronounce
ness and pain. It’s a good balance in my thought process- know better. dered their black-faced integral part of our nation- words and his Harvard
ing because, again, “life is what it is” as I view life in gener- kakewalking excuse for a al media offerings. But education is evident in his
al. Meanwhile, cartoonists, winter festival to communi- Obama doesn't have the speech. While impression-
There are many seasons of living and learning that I’ve comics, caricaturists and ty pressure. It is that cumu- big lips, bulging eyes, dark ists haven't got his voice
experienced growing up in the American landscape. For copycats are having a hard lative history that makes it skin and colloquial lan- down yet, they are certain
example, from my birth in Harlem to places like time plying their trades difficult to make fun of our guage that was the way to make fun of all the "ahs"
Charleston, South Carolina, Cairo, Egypt, and these days. For many rea- new president. black folks were once por- and "ums" that character-
Washington, DC, among many others, I’ve had numerous sons it is not easy to sati- trayed. He does have big ize Obama's speaking
opportunities to learn things about myself and other ethni- rize the new president of There is a fine line between ears, however, and they are style.
cally “colored” folks scattered throughout the globe. the United States, usually poking fun and promoting as much fair game as his
In all of those venues, forever how long or short a time that the number one subject for hate, one that is often easy broad, toothy smile, his So let's not let Obama off
the I’ve been there, I’ve learn lessons that have trans- editorial cartoons and late to cross. On the other thin frame and his love for the hook — he can take the
formed my soul and helped me understand a little about night talk show jokes. hand, there is no way that shooting hoops. jokes and parodies like all
who I am, along with learning some things about others They will miss George W. President-elect Barack presidents before him. As
and their living and learning conditions. At this moment, Bush for a long while Obama can escape the But what is clearly off lim- long as we keep off the
I’m delving into a few of my “Winter Reflections,” and they because he was easy. daily images of America's its is race. We never heard racial insults, that is. They
make me pause and thank the Creator Alone for having Not only is Barack editorial cartoonists, or just 'tain't funny.
made it thus far and to want be a better “hue-man” being..
I don’t know about you but this journey in life thus far has
been one in which I have had to reflect upon because I
have much to be thankful for. My tests, like yours, I’m
sure, have been many and they came in all sorts of emotion-
Political Insight: While I Breathe, I Hope
al and mental twists and turns. by Clay N. Middleton my home state do what can actually do, we, too,
Some may have been likened to the cool breeze of a warm Colorado has done. can make tangible
summer’s night in Florida, and other’s, let’s politely say, In a state whose popula- progress.
could have been likened to the “hawk” of a bitter and chilly tion is about 4% African- I am not saying that
winter’s Chicago evening. It’s all how you view your sea- American, far less than the Colorado is better than South Carolina has two
sonal experiences of living and learning that determines national average of 12.1%, South Carolina for their mottoes: Dum Spiro
what you are and feel. Colorado has elected State historical place in history. Spero, meaning “While I
Yes, I do believe you are what you think, and “life is what Representative Terrance Nor am I saying that South Breathe, I Hope,” and
it is,” even in the winters and summers of our experiences Carroll and State Senator Carolina is better because Animis Opibusque Parati,
no matter where you presently reside or may have lived Peter C. Groff to lead their we have more minority meaning “Ready in Soul
elsewhere. Feeling reflective in this winter time zone respective chambers in the state legislators. I believe and Resource.” It is in
somehow helps me see the beauty of a still moment that Colorado General that we must examine our- these mottoes that I find
frozen in my thoughts. Assembly. selves by exploring outside comfort in the future of
Reflectively, I thinking of a love shared between two trust- our comfort zone to see if race relations and politics
ing and loving souls that could heat up the coldest nights Mr. Carroll, originally we are reaching our full in South Carolina. We
during winter just as I am thinking about the struggles of from Washington, DC, is potential. must continue to have hope
my ancestors during the African, Arab and European the only black member of and we must dig deep
enslavement journeys through mental and physical hells the state House of Clay Middleton Too many in South within our souls to use our
and back. Representatives, and Mr. Carolina and Charleston collective resources to
As my thoughts revolve around the silent recognition that gle digit, and with the are content with moving make national headlines for
Groff, originally from Democratic Party gaining
there some needy people of color who are suffering in this Chicago, IL, is the only backward by supporting something positive and
world of materialism and glitter , I sense another “chill” in seats on the local and state recycled ineffective leader- true headway towards a
black member of the state levels this past November,
my soul letting me know that something is very, very Senate. Both chambers are ship. When we truly take a more perfect union.
wrong with the priorities of some shaky and tricky politi- at 27 years old, I would leap of faith and believe in
controlled by Democrats. have to live as long as my
cians everywhere. Let me explain. For the first time in each other and what we
In the “Winter Reflections” of my soul I feel immense, but great-grandmother to see
Colorado’s history and in
humble, pride in being a Black man, born of African line- the United States, both
age. As I mentally reflect on those known and unknown chambers of a state
great and noble ancestors of mine (and yours), I think of General Assembly will be
the Motherland and how she has been raped and plun- led by African-Americans
dered over countless centuries of her men, women and at the same time. In a year
children and valuable riches, I pray silently to the Most with many historical con-
High that peace be forever on their souls. texts with the election of
It may be winter in America, but for me mentally and spir- Barack Obama as
itually, I’m in an African global sense of awareness. I love President of the United
the Motherland, even though I’ve had to struggle to learn States, Colorado has much
and love the pure essence of her beauty and nature. to be proud of.
I hope that, if you’re of color and you understand humble
ethnic pride is, you’ll know where I’m coming from today. This story causes me to
“All” people of color owe so much to their original pause and think about the
Motherland until their reflections should always be on her state I love, my home state,
to study about her unwritten greatness and majesty. That South Carolina. This red
takes some serious reflections on all of “hue-manity’s” part state has an African-
because Africa is the Mother of “all” civilization. American population of
That’s where my head and heart’s at this exact moment as 30% and the Republican
I’m trying to visualize what life would have been like if big- Party controls the
otry and racism were not a part of those enslavers’ preju- Governor’s seat, the
diced and bigoted criminal DNAs. It’s a sickening feeling General Assembly, both
to image the slavers’ whiplashes upon the backs, minds U.S Senate seats, and the
and bodies of bewildered Africans from throughout the Congressional Delegation.
world’s second largest continent. Thirty members out of 170
I guess you could call my views and thoughts “Winter of the South Carolina
Reflections With An African Vibration,” because I’m cer- General Assembly are
tainly thinking about my brothers and sisters over there black, eight senators and
and elsewhere who live in and under modern 21st Century 22 house members. I must
enslavement. From Darfur to the Gaza Strip to the deadly note that this year will
streets of America’s forgotten “colored” ghettos, my mark the first time in
thoughts, or inner vibrations, tell me that ethnic racism South Carolina’s history
and political bigotry are alive and well, even if some folks that a black Republican
tend to deny and ignore it. will serve in the General
The sufferings of any mistreated ethnic group of people Assembly. Rep. Tim Scott
disturb me, but somehow, or the other, it always smacks (Berkeley & Charleston
me in the face like a blast of winter’s invisible anger, that Co.) proves to many blacks
racism and bigotry haven’t gone anywhere. “As I See It,” that you do not need to be
they only chose to politically snuggle up together and took a Democrat to be elected
refuge under the bed sheets of “good old boy” local, nation- in South Carolina.
al and international blindsided diplomacy and neglect.
Am I dreaming, but doesn’t it seem as though people die One cannot equally com-
globally by the thousands and everyone is more concerned pare Colorado politics to
about who’s going to the Super Bowl? I don’t get it but, South Carolina politics.
here again, “life is what it is” in so many dysfunctional pre- From a Democratic Party
sentations. Sometimes, I don’t get it. perspective, one can ask if
From the Horn of Africa to the so-called Middle East to the South Carolina
the tiny island of Haiti people of color are dying daily, and General Assembly once
I believe that some people in the world need a wake-up call again can be controlled by
of sensitiveness about caring for their fellow brothers and Democrats. From a young
sisters of “hue-manity” who are homeless and hungry. African-American’s view,
Their cries of sorrow and struggle are heard by a caring one can ask if Colorado can
few, but their plights are for the many to decipher. elect a black Speaker of the
Is ignorance that rampant? Hmm! Remember that racism House and a black Senate
is alive in the summer minds of abstract villains like big- President, can South
otry exists in the winter of some economic enslavers of Carolina ever do the same.
modernity. I hope that you get that vibration, just as you
should recognize that some gangsters in DC, and else- I don’t want to answer
where in the world, went to sleep during the last eight-year Never. After all, that was
political watch. Hello! It’s a wake-up time. the response for genera-
Need I say anymore! I don’t think so, because “his-story” tions about whether an
does repeat itself and like I said before, and pardon me for African-American could be
repeating it again, but “life is what is.” elected President of the
So, I ask, very respectfully, “Colored people of the world. United States of America.
What y’all gonna do when hunger, homelessness, bigotry My great-grandmother is
and racism comes a knockin’ at your door?” 106 years old and still can’t
I hope that I’m not being too invasive of your mental space believe that America has
and time today by asking that very timely question, but the elected the more qualified
next catastrophe during “your” next seasonal experience and capable person to the
could me in your own family arena and from your personal Presidency.
world of experience. Think! The world-at-large is closer
than you may realize. Nevertheless, despite hav-
I hope that you recognize that because you could only be a ing a more educated elec-
cold stone throw away from experiencing what “Winter torate in South Carolina,
Reflections With An African Vibration” is all about. I pray with Senator John McCain
for peace and love in the world, and, that’s, “As I See It.” winning the state by a sin-
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Black men who shrug at
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folks are counting on them
to cling to that warped
notion.
I mean, literally counting
on them.
Just the other day, I
received this investment e-
mail titled “Turning Prison
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Going to Jail).” In it, it
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unemployment hitting 10
percent and ratcheting up
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when I see unemployment
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coldly reduced to a matter
of dollars and cents; when
I think of how someone
may be putting his or her
child through college with
money made on speculat-
ing that someone else’s
child will wind up in jail, I
get angry.
related offenses, black men
and women often tend to
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record will invariably stifle
them in getting any legiti-
mate employment.
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Last Sunday Before Inauguration: Obamas Worship at Black Church in Washington
By. James Wright
Special to the NNPA from
the Afro-American
Newspapers
W A S H I N G T O N
(NNPA) - President-elect
Barack Obama, his wife
Michelle and their two
daughters, Sasha and
Malia, worshipped today
at a prominent Black
church in Washington,
D.C., keeping their word
that they intend to be
active District residents
while they reside in the
White House.
And officially starting their
search for a place of wor-
ship in the nation’s capital.
The first family attracted a
long line of parishioners at
The Nineteenth Street
Baptist Church, which is
located in Northwest D.C.
on 16th Street, one of the
city’s busiest streets that
leads for several blocks to
the White House itself at
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.,
N.W.
Nineteenth Street Baptist
Church is located in a
tony, upscale area of the
District popularly known
as the ''Gold Coast.'' This
collection of neighbor-
hoods has some of the
city's wealthiest and most
i n f l u e n t i a l
Washingtonians, including
Mayor Adrian Fenty.
The church is well-worn
white with a huge light
green dome to its right and
an adjacent building that
houses a nursery, activity
center and church offices.
Word of the Obamas’ visit
STATE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA COUNTY OF
CHARLESTON
IN THE COURT OF
COMMON PLEAS FOR
THE NINTH JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT
CASE NO:
2008-CP-10-7395
Michael R. Nelson,
Christopher Nelson,
Trantor Corporation, and
John Doe or Mary Doe, fic-
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minors, infants, persons of
unsound mind, under dis-
ability or incompetent, per-
sons imprisoned, or per-
sons in the Military Service
within the meaning of the
Title 50, United States
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to as The Soldiers and
Sailors Civil Service Act of
1940, if any, and Richard
Roe and Sarah Roe, ficti-
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the unknown heirs,
devisees, distributees,
issue, executors, adminis-
trators, successors or
assigns of Michael R.
Nelson and Christopher
Nelson, also all other
unknown persons claiming
any, title, estate or lien
upon the real estate which
is the subject of this action,
Defendants.
SUMMONS
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is herewith served upon
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scribers at their office
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Suite B, Charleston, South
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the crowd where the
organist was and 15 hands
immediately shot up.
Metropolitan Washington
police were posted at the
front of the church, in the
back, on the side as well as
across the street. Secret
Service agents dressed in
dark suits and ties general-
ly stayed closer to the
church, with a few
patrolling the lines.
Each person entering the
church had to go through a
metal detector. For some,
it was a new experience.
was largely word of mouth
first family. ''I never thought that I
until a radio station ''I am going to stay in this
would have to go through a
announced yesterday line until I get in the metal detector to get into
where the Obamas intend-
church,'' said Mary my own church,'' Dale
ed to worship the last Sullivan, who is not a mem-
Brooks said. ''But then, I
Sunday before his historic ber of the church. ''I want never thought that I would
inauguration as the first
to see Barack Obama up have the chance to have a
Black president of the close and to see Michelle
president sitting in the
United States. also. I think he is a good congregation with me,
The line began forming person and he will lead our either.”
around 7 a.m. for the 11 nation to better times.'' Denise Goldman, another
a.m. service. Nineteenth At 9:15 a.m., a Secret church member, agreed.
Street Baptist, which is Service agent announced ''I am not one to stand in
pastored by Dr. Derrick to a disappointed crowd line for a long time but I
Harkins, generally holds that the church had will do it to see Obama,''
its morning services at 10
reached capacity, with the she said.
a.m. exception of the members The Rev. George Holmes,
The visitor’s line was long of the choir and church a D.C. minister who is
and many people were officers. A light moment politically active, said that
eager to brave the cloudy, occurred when presiding Obama's visit to
cold weather to have the usher Gerald Young asked Nineteenth Street Baptist
chance to worship with the was ''surreal.''
''I think this is one of the
CP0805D2 – Rotary Fountain greatest things that has
Sculpture at Marion Square happened in the city,'' he
City of Charleston said. ''Obama made a state-
Invitation for Sculpture Proposals ment when he came here.''
When a president visits a
Project: CP0805D2 – Rotary Fountain Sculpture at church, it can be a defining
Marion Square moment in a church’s histo-
ry. In order to avoid bed-
Proposed Form of Contract: Design-Build Contract lam because of the Obama
visit, church officials did
Description of Project: not inform many members
of the congregation or the
The City of Charleston, Washington Light general public that the
Infantry and Sumter Guards Board of Officers, and Obamas were coming until
the Rotary Club of Charleston are seeking artist’s
the very last minute.
proposals for a sculpture to be placed in historic The church sanctuary is
Marion Square. The sculpture location will be within bowl-shaped with small
the top tier of the Rotary Fountain that is located at red chairs that are attached
the corner of King and Calhoun Streets. as a row, usually with 20-30
chairs, depending on
The selection team is looking for a symbolic whether it’s at the back,
sculpture proposal that successfully interprets the
middle or front of the
theme of ‘service above self’. This service theme
should reflect the proud 200 year heritage of the
Charleston Militia in times of war, civil emergency
and peace. It should also interpret or compliment
the Rotary four-way test that is represented on the AUCTIONS/SHOWS
existing fountain: Is it the truth? Is it fair to all con-
cerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? ANNOUNCE YOUR AUCTION
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AUCTIONS/SHOWS
Description of Services Anticipated for
Project: Artist will be responsible for the design, fab- RICHLAND COUNTY School
rication and installation of the sculpture within the Surplus Auction District One-
Saturday, January 31st, 2009
project budget. Structural engineering services are
at 10AM, 927 Whaley Street,
also anticipated. Columbia, SC. For terms & list-
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interviews. The following criteria will be used to 468-5964.
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church. The balcony has ter from Dallas, Tex., was
red chairs that are 30 ''For Such a Time as
chairs long on six rows. This.''
The front of the sanctuary Carol Woolridge, a church
where Harkins delivers his member was impressed
sermons has a white back- with the sermon.
drop with the choir on the ''Dr. Harkins always gets
right side of the front and it right but I think he hit
church officers and guests the nail on the head when
on the other. he preached,'' Woolridge
During the nearly two- said. ''He first talked about
hour service, the Obamas Ruth, then he tied it to
sang ''Blessed Assurance,'' today. He mentioned Rosa
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with other church-goers. to where we as Blacks are
Obama himself was seen today.
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Choir, the church's youth mon was to Barack
choir for youngsters aged Obama. He was basically
3-7, performed loudly and
telling the president-elect
with pride in their red that you are prepared for
robes with white trim. the challenges that our
The topic for the sermon
nation faces.''
by Harkins, a former minis-
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA I'm Prettier ach. I didn’t have to do
anything to my buttocks as married man, you will
probably miss a good sin-
COUNTY OF
ASK Than My they have always been fine.
Gwendolyn, I do think I gle man. You are too vain
CHARLESTON
GWEN Boyfriend's can get this man. They
have no children. I am
and will be nothing but
trouble for any man. Like
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NATIONAL
BANK
Wife! prettier than his wife. He
adores my breasts and but-
many women you view
beauty as a physical attrac-
ASSOCIATION, AS tocks. From the way his tion. That’s sad.
TRUSTEE OF THE NNPA COLUMNIST wife looks you would not Let me tell you this: In his
SECURITY NATIONAL believe he has stayed with wife he sees her beauty
Ask Gwendolyn Baines from inside out. With you
MORTGAGE LOAN her.
TRUST 2005-1, Sarah he only sees - what’s hang-
Dear Gwendolyn: ing out.
ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES Four years ago a man came
Plaintiff, All persons having claims against the following estates into my office and I fell in Dear Sarah:
are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal love with him at first sight. I can believe it. Because
v. Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on they have no children Write to Gwendolyn Baines
We started talking and
Form #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston later he told me that it was should tell you something. at: P. O. Box 10066, Raleigh,
County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expi-
love at first sight with him Men sometimes say they NC 27605-0066 (to receive a
ANNABELLE S. FRAZIER ration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this
as well. Then after dating stayed due to the children. reply send a self-addressed
AND IF SHE IS DEAD, HIS Notice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are Therefore, this lady has
forever barred. for about three months, he stamped envelope) or email
HEIRS, PERSONAL
told me he was married. not held her husband on
REPRESENTATIVES, SUC- that basis. So, it must be her at: gwenbaines@hotmail
Estate of: KING DAVID GRAHAM He showed me a picture of
CESSORS, ASSIGNS,
2008-ES-10-1456 his wife and said that he love. or visit her website at:
SPOUSES AND CREDI- DOD: 08/30/08 had never been attracted to I don’t have a lot to say to www.gwenbaines.com
TORS, AND ALL OTH- Pers. Rep: EDNA K. GRAHAM another woman all the you except the fact that
ERS CLAIMING ANY 2144 MIDLAND PARK RD., NORTH
RIGHT, TITLE OR INTER- CHARLESTON, SC 29406
years of his marriage. But
EST IN THE REAL ESTATE Atty: EDUARDO K. CURRY, ESQ. with me he didn’t know
KNOWN AS 12 ENDO PO BOX 42270, NORTH CHARLESTON, SC what happened. The pic-
ture was a plain looking STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
DRIVE, C H A R L E S T O N , 29423 NOTICE OF DEFAULT
************************************************************************** woman with short hair. I
SOUTH CAROLINA,FIRST
Estate of: MARY LEE SMALLS told my girlfriend to go Man must evolve for
FEDERAL SAVINGS AND AND INTENT TO SELL
LOAN ASSOCIATION OF
2008-ES-10-1806 with me while I drove by all human conflict a COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON AND CITY
DOD: 11/14/08 his house. I parked across
Pers. Rep: MAE FRANCES MIDDLETON the street and waited for
OF CHARLESTON HOUS- 2946 LIMESTONE BLVD., CHARLESTON, SC method which rejects
ING AND ECONOM- 29414
her to hopefully come out.
IC DEVELOPMENT, Atty: GEORGE E. COUNTS, ESQ. After about five hours, she revenge, aggression TO: BRIAN L. LYONS
27 GAMECOCK AVE., STE. 200, came out into the yard cut- AND REBECCA L. LYONS –
CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ting dead leaves off of some and retaliation. The POST OFFICE BOX 683
plants. My girlfriend could ISLE OF PALMS, SOUTH
Defendants.
not believe what she was
foundation of such a CAROLINA 29451

IN THE COURT OF seeing and neither could I. method is love.

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 sub-
scriber at his address,
Larry D. Cohen, LLC,
Attorney at Law, P.O. Box
30547, Charleston, South
Carolina 29417, within thir-
ty (30) days after the serv-
ice 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 other-
wise 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 FOR THE
PLAINTIFF
Charleston, South Carolina
August 29, 2008
NOTICE OF FILING
DEFICIENCY DEMANDED
NOTICE IS HERE-
BY GIVEN that the
Amended Lis Pendens,
Amended Civil Cover
Sheet, Amended Summons
and Amended Complaint in
this action were filed in the
Office of the Clerk of Court
for Common Pleas for
Charleston County, South
Carolina on September 18,
2008.
Larry D. Cohen, LLC
P.O. Box 30547
Charleston, South Carolina
29417
Tel. (843) 225-4445
Fax (843) 225-2009
ATTORNEY FOR THE
PLAINTIFF
Charleston, South Carolina
September 23, 2008
NOTICE OF ORDER
APPOINTING GUARDIAN
AD LITEM NISI
TO: THE DEFEN-
DANTS HEREIN, NAMES
ADVERTISEMENT FOR A The picture gave her jus- The undersigned as
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL tice because she was not a Trustee for the Non-Judicial
good looking woman – but Lien Foreclosure of timeshare
I am. estates in Sea Cabin on the
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR A NEW Just before we met I had Ocean, III and the Counsel of
PORTABLE CONCESSION TRAILER undergone surgery for Martin Luther King, Jr. Time Sharing Interest Owners
RFP#09-01-OPS, BY THE breast enhancement and of apartments of Sea Cabin
CHARLEStON COUNTY PARK liposuction for my stom- on the Ocean, III, have previ-
ously filed a Notice of Lien for
AND RECREATION COMMISSION
861 RIVERLAND DRIVE unpaid assessments on use
ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES period 13, Apartment 234, of
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA 29412 Sea Cabin on the Ocean, III.
All persons having claims against the following estates
are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal This lien was dated February
Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on 15, 2008, and recorded in the
January 2009 Form #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston Charleston County Register
County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expi- of Deeds Office in Book L-653
ration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this at Page 658.
Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission Notice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are
(PRC) requesting proposals from qualified Vendors for the forever barred. You are currently in default of
purchase and delivery of a New Portable Concession the provisions of the original
Trailer for use by CCPRC at the James Island County Estate of: CELIA FORD GADSDEN timeshare instrument and all
Park, 871 Riverland Drive, Charleston, SC 2008-ES-10-1731 amendments thereto, by fail-
DOD: 07/13/08 ing to pay the assessments
Pers. Rep. RUEBEN M. GADSDEN, JR. due on your timeshare inter-
To receive a copy of the Request for Proposal, contact Mr. 759 BEAR SWAMP RD., est. The amount needed to
Justin Leyh, Operations Project Coordinator, 843-762- JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455 cure your default is $330.00
8025, Charleston County Park and Recreation Atty: THOMAS P. MORRISON, ESQ. plus all interest, attorney fees
Commission, 861 Riverland Drive, Charleston, SC 29412. PO BOX 1056, CHARLESTON, and costs incurred by the
Proposals should be submitted no later than 2:00PM on SC 29402 Regime.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 as outlined in the Request for **************************************************************************
Proposal. South Carolina Code
of Laws §27-32-325, as
amended.
“If you fail to cure the
By: CHARLESTON COUNTY GRANTS ADMINISTRATION default or take other appropri-
Mr. Tom O’Rourke, Executive Director ate action with regard to this
CHARLESTON COUNTY PARK AND DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
matter within thirty calendar
RECREATION COMMISSION days after the date of this
STATEMENT OF FINDING AND PUBLIC EXPLANATION notice, you will risk losing
Evidence of Compliance with Executive Orders your interest in this timeshare
estate through a non-judicial
11988 and 11990 foreclosure procedure.
IDC 0900 City of Charleston
Invitation for Professional Services Floodplain Management and Wetland Protection However, under the non-judi-
8-Step Process cial procedure, you will not be
Project: IDC 0900, Multidiscipline engineering services subject to a deficiency judg-
ment or personal liability for
Charleston County Grants Administration Department has the lien being foreclosed even
Public Notice of Meeting will be posted at: Front lobby, 823 analyzed the project identified below as required by if the sale of your timeshare
Meeting Street, Charleston SC estate resulting from the non-
Presidential Directive EO 11988 and determined that judicial foreclosure is insuffi-
Proposed Form of Contract: City of Charleston’s Indefinite assistance should be granted therein: cient to satisfy the amount of
Delivery Contract - Large the lien being foreclosed. You
may object to the sale of your
PROPOSED PROJECT timeshare estate through the
Description of Project: Provide engineering design servic- Construction of freestanding Bathroom Facility
es for the City of Charleston Capital Projects Division on non-judicial foreclosure pro-
cedure and require foreclo-
an as-needed basis. Projects may include new construc- sure of your timeshare inter-
tion, repairs & systems replacement. The contract period PROPOSED LOCATION est to proceed through the
shall not exceed two years. The maximum fee for the IDC Ravenel Railroad Depot Museum judicial process. An objection
shall be $300,000, with a maximum fee of $100,000 for Corner Highway 165 and Martin Street, Ravenel, SC 29470 must be made in writing and
each delivery order. TMS# 187-00-00-100 received by the trustee before
the end of the thirty-day time
Anticipated Construction Cost Range: $5,000 - $1,000,000 period. You must state the
per project. Since a portion of Ravenel Railroad Depot Museum is reason for your objection and
include your address on the
located in wetlands as established by the Federal
Description of Professional Services Anticipated for written objection. In a judicial
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the County of foreclosure proceeding that
Project: Charleston is required by EO 11988 to deny assistance to results from your objection,
Civil Engineering, landscape architecture, surveying, struc- you may be subject to a defi-
tural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing. Firms must this project unless there are no practicable alternatives. An
ciency judgment and personal
offer a minimum of civil, surveying and landscape architec- analysis by Charleston County Grants Administration liability for the lien being fore-
ture services in-house, but may utilize sub-consultants for Community Development Division revealed that there are closed if the sale of your time-
others. M/WBE firms are encouraged to apply. share state resulting from the
no practical alternatives. The basis for this determination
judicial foreclosure is insuffi-
is as follows: cient to satisfy the amount of
Resumes:
the lien being foreclosed.
Current Federal Standard Forms 254 and 255 are to be
submitted. If consultants are to be used, they must be It is not possible to carry out the objectives of the CDBG Furthermore, you also may be
subject to a personal money
included in a single Form 255 for the proposed team. and HOME Investment Partnership Act Programs to devel- judgment for the costs and
op affordable housings and participate in the growth plan attorney’s fees incurred by the
Selection Criteria: of the community without participating in projects in the lien holder in the judicial fore-
A Selection Committee will evaluate the information sub- closure proceeding if the
mitted and will select three finalists for interviews. The fol- base Floodplain; court finds that there is a com-
lowing criteria will be used to evaluate each firm: The projects meet local planning and zoning requirements; plete absence of a justifiable
Past performance issue of either law or fact
The proposed construction will not displace or redirect
Ability of professional personnel waters to seriously affect other areas; raised by your objections or
Related experience on similar projects defenses. You have the right
Construction will meet the Wetland Resource Management to cure your default at any
Demonstrated ability to meet time and budget
Location of firm Plan prepared by the community as a condition of their time before the sale of your
timeshare estate by payment
participation in the National Flood Insurance Program;
of all past due loan payments
or assessments, accrued
Resume Deadline Date: 4:00 PM, January 30, 2009. Any comments received as a result of the Early Public interest, late fees, taxes, and
Notice for this project on December 12, 2008 were consid- all fees and costs incurred by
Number of Copies: Seven the lien holder and trustee,
ered in the analysis which can be reviewed at the including attorney’s fees and
Name of Project Manager: Charleston County Community Development Office, 4045 costs, in connection with the
Dustin Clemens, ASLA Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina default”.
City of Charleston 29405.
Department of Parks CHRIS J. LOUDEN
as Trustee for Sea Cabin on
823 Meeting Street the Ocean, III, A Horizontal
Charleston, SC 29403 Public comments on this statement will be received and
Tel: (843) 724-7322 considered for a period of 15 days from today’s publication Property Regime
Fax: (843) 724-7300
of January 21, 2009. Comments will be received at the October 8, 2008
E-mail: clemensd@ci.charleston.sc.us address above. The proposed projects will not be imple- Moncks Corner, South
Carolina
mented without considering public comments.
* We follow SC Office of State Engineer fee guidelines*
10-January 21, 2009
Obama Conducts Exclusive Black Press Interview
During Historic 'Whistle Stop' Train Tour
By. Hazel Trice Edney
NNPA Editor-in-Chief
BALTIMORE (NNPA) –
Then First Lady-to-be
Michelle Obama, standing
behind a little boy inside
the Baltimore War
Memorial, placed her
hands on the child's shoul-
ders and guided him
toward her husband.
“I want you to meet my new
friend,” she gleefully told
then President-elect
Barack Obama. Looking
down at the approximately
7-year-old, Obama broke
into his trademark broad
smile. His hands replaced
hers on the boy’s shoulders.
“Yes, I know,” he said,
looking down into his face.
“And, he’s got ears just like
mine.”
The child beamed with
pride. Returning the broad
smile, he boldly asked for
an autograph.
“Children are really drawn
to him,” whispered Jen
Psaki, an Obama aid. She
observed the warm
exchange only a few feet
away, sitting beside this
reporter, who was among
members of the press trav-
eling aboard Obama's his-
toric “Whistle Stop” tour
train on Saturday.
Moments later, the mode
switched. Obama was
whisked by stone-faced
Secret Service men into a
small room inside the vast
Baltimore War Memorial.
“Okay, let’s go,” said Psaki,
whisking this reporter into
the room behind him.
There, Obama sat and
engaged in a 10-minute,
High Court to Review Voting Rights Act ;
Political, Civil Rights Leaders Fear
By. James Wright
Special to the NNPA from
the Afro-American
Newspapers
W A S H I N G T O N
(NNPA) - Civil rights
leaders and a leading schol-
ar on Black politics said
that if the U.S. Supreme
Court rules in favor of a
case that challenges a cen-
tral provision of the 1965
Voting Rights Act, Blacks
will encounter widespread
discrimination in trying to
assert their political rights.
The high court has agreed
to hear the case of
Northwest Austin
Municipal District Utility
No. 1 vs. Mukasey, which
argues that a utility district
located in Texas does not
have a history of discrimi-
nation and, therefore,
should not be subjected to
the VRA’s Section 5 pre-
clearance requirements, a
provision at the heart of
the law.
The provision requires
states or local governments
with histories of racial dis-
crimination to get federal
approval before making
any changes in election
procedures.
If this case is supported by
the court, it could spell
trouble for voting rights
for minorities, said Hilary
Shelton, NAACP
Washington Bureau Chief.
“This case is important
because what is at stake is
the right of African
Americans and other
minorities to vote and par-
ticipate in the political sys-
tem without harassment,”
Shelton added. “Austin
(Tex.) is well covered by
the VRA and it should con-
tinue to be that way.”
Texas is one of the states
whose election laws and
boundary changes must be
cleared by the U.S.
Department of Justice
before implementation.
The law was designed to
protect the voting rights of
minorities.
In addition to Texas,
states that are entirely cov-
ered by the provision are
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona,
Georgia, Louisiana,
Mississippi, and South
Carolina. In Virginia, all
but 15 cities and counties
must comply with the
measure.
Parts of California,
Florida, Michigan, New
Hampshire, New York,
North Carolina and South
Dakota need permission to
make voting changes.
Barbara Arnwine, execu-
tive director of the
Lawyers’ Committee for
Civil Rights, said the legis-
lation protects the rights of
all Americans, not just peo-
ple of color.
exclusive interview with
the NNPA News Service,
the Black Press of
America.
Still wearing his dark,
cashmere coat after speak-
ing to a Baltimore audi-
ence of 40,000 in bone-
chilling temperatures dur-
ing the Amtrak train tour
from Philadelphia to
Baltimore, he described
plans to use his presiden-
tial “bully pulpit” to chal-
lenge the Black community
to strengthen itself from
within, while also pushing
public policies to deal with
inequities that have long
plagued African-Americans
from without.
“In terms of the African-
American community, one
of the things that I want to
make sure that everybody’s
clear about is - to para-
phrase JFK – ‘Don’t ask
just what your country can
do for you, ask what you
can do for yourself.’”
He was responding to a
question about how his
administration will address
social and economic ills
that have historically and
disparately plagued Black
Americans.
He continues, “I want
fathers to start being part
of their children’s lives. I
want our children to stop
spending so much time
watching television and hit
the books. There are a lot
of things under our control
that can make our commu-
nities stronger and can
open up opportunities for
all of us. And I want to
make sure that I’m using
the bully pulpit to send
that message loud and
“This landmark civil rights
legislation is essential in
continuing to wholly pro-
tect the voting rights of all
Americans,” Arnwine said.
“The preclearance require-
ments of Section 5 remain
necessary to prevent dis-
crimination intended to
exclude and intimidate
minority voters. The
Lawyers’ Committee
remains in strong support
of Section 5, which has
stopped and deterred
countless efforts of disen-
franchisement over 40
years.”
The utility district advo-
cates have also argued that
the election of Barack
Obama as president has
made the Voting Rights
Act obsolete and should be
declared unconstitutional.
That would be a mistake,
said Dr. David Bositis,
senior research associate at
the Washington, D.C.-
based Joint Center for
Political and Economic
Studies.
“It’s my suspicion that
attempts to keep Blacks
from voting will continue
despite Obama being elect-
ed as president,” Bositis
said. “Southern conserva-
tives opposed the VRA and
will continue to do so
because they don’t have a
commitment to see that
Blacks exercise their vot-
ing rights.”
Laughlin McDonald,
director of the ACLU
Voting Rights Project,
agreed with Bositis, saying
that in many of the states
covered by Section 5,
Whites still voted along
racial lines.
“In the nine southern states
covered by Section 5, six
went for McCain and the
White vote was over-
whelmingly for him,”
McDonald said. “Voting in
clear throughout my presi-
dency.”
Nevertheless, Obama, a
civil rights lawyer, who
made 100 percent on all
NAACP Civil Rights
Report Cards as a U. S.
senator, recognizes that
systemic racism and White
supremacy have caused the
African-American jobless
rate to remain nearly twice
that of the national aver-
age.
“Because African-
Americans and Latinos are
often the last hired, it also
means they’re the first
fired,” he says. “That’s why
getting the economy mov-
ing for everybody is so
important because they’re
disproportionately impact-
ed going up and going
down.”
One way to address the
economic woes of
America’s general popula-
tion while specifically
improving the employment
rates of Blacks and
Hispanics would be to
focus on jobs in urban com-
munities, Obama said.
those areas is still racially
polarized. In fact, Obama
did worse than Sen. John
Kerry (D-Mass.) did
among Whites in 2004 in
those areas.
“…attempts to keep Blacks
from voting will continue
despite Obama being elect-
ed as president.”
In Alabama, McDonald
said, Kerry won 19 percent
of the White vote while
Obama got only 10 percent.
In Mississippi, Obama
only got 11 percent of the
White vote while Kerry got
14 percent, he pointed out.
The VRA was signed into
law by President Lyndon
Johnson in 1965 and was
extended in 1970, 1975,
1982 and 2006.
Soon after Congress
extended the law, the
Texas municipal utility dis-
trict sued and argued it
should be exempt from the
law.
In May, the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the District of
Columbia rejected the
claims of the lawyers of the
utility district that Section
5 of the VRA did not apply
to their client and was
unconstitutional. The
three-judge panel said that
the utility board didn’t
qualify as a “political subdi-
vision” and could not be
exempted from the law.
It also ruled that racial dis-
crimination practices in
voting still persist and that
Congress acted appropri-
ately when it extended the
law.
Attorneys for the munici-
pal utility appeal to the
Supreme Court, calling the
law “overly intrusive.” One
of the utility lawyers is
Gregory Coleman, a for-
mer law clerk to Associate
Justice Clarence Thomas.
Arguments in the case will
More than three-fourths of
African-Americans live in
inner city or urban commu-
nities.
“I do think that we’ve got
to focus on economic
development in our urban
areas…That’s not a race-
based program. That’s a
recognition that, ‘Cities
and suburbs, we’re all in it
together.’ And we can’t just
deal with one without deal-
ing with the other,” he says.
Obama reminded that his
economic recovery plan,
now before Congress, calls
for special training at com-
munity colleges to help
people obtain so-called
“new energy” or “green”
jobs. Illustrating, he said,
high school drop outs
could be trained at a com-
munity college to help
weatherize Baltimore
homes.
“We think that we could
have a big affect on our
unemployment rates for all
people.”
Obama says his administra-
tion will maintain an open
door to African-American
organizations and commu-
be heard in April and a
decision rendered in June.
President Bush signed the
extension into law in 2006
after Congressional hear-
ings revealed that more
than 2,400 proposed vot-
ing changes have been
blocked since 1982. The
Bush administration has
joined with civil rights
groups to keep the VRA.
nity groups that desire to
influence public policy, but
who are also willing to
make progress through
service outside of govern-
ment.
“We want to have an inclu-
sive administration where
all voices are heard,” he
said. “My job for all of my
team is that they’re con-
stantly reaching out and
listening to all voices. And
so, we’re going to have a
very aggressive public liai-
son.”
The White House Office of
Public Liaison is headed
by Valerie Jarrett, a long
time friend of the Obamas,
who is one of his senior
advisors and among his
leading African-American
staffers.
“It will be constantly
accessible to groups out-
side the White House and
we want to make sure that
every voice is heard in this
process,” he says.
The first African-American
to hold the office of presi-
dent, Obama has risen to
leadership during tumul-
tuous racial issues and inci-
dents, including criminal
justice inequities that have
sparked protests over the
past two years, race hate
crimes, Black on Black
crime, and a string of con-
troversial police shootings
in African-American com-
munities.
Crime escalation is often
the result of economic
recession, Obama said. His
economic recovery package
includes more police on the
streets to help deter crime.
But, unjust police prac-
tices will not go unheeded
either, he said.
“It is important that police
officers receive effective
training. And I think that
my Justice Department is
going to be in a position to
work with local and state
officials to provide the
kinds of training that
allows for effective law
enforcement, but also fair
and just law enforcement.”
Obama appointee Eric
Holder will soon become
the nation’s first Black
attorney general to head
the Justice Department if
he is confirmed by the U.
The Chronicle
S. Senate.
Obama assumes power
during one of the most
tumultuous moments in
American history. The U.
S. is engaged in war in Iraq
and Afghanistan and there
is escalating conflict in the
Middle East. The military
conflicts serve as back-
drops for the nation’s eco-
nomic crisis and a constant
threat of terror.
Asked if he is ever fearful,
he said in a deeply serious
tone, “The only thing I
worry about is obviously
the problems we face are
huge. I worry about the
speed with which
Congress gets our recovery
plan passed; then we can
start dealing with the home
foreclosure situation,” he
says.
He credits his faith and a
supportive and loving wife
and family for keeping him
“cool” as some have
described him. Their
daughters, Malia, 10, and
Shasha, 7, joined him on
the train tour, bouncing
onto the stage together in
Philadelphia.
“They’re handling this tran-
sition wonderfully. And
Michelle is so steady and
so supportive,” his voice
lowers with affection.
“Faith makes a huge differ-
ence; and then just confi-
dence in the American peo-
ple.”
Preparing to take the pres-
idential oath of office Jan.
20, he said he will be forev-
er grateful for the civil
rights struggles that put
him there.
“Thanks to all our ances-
tors and earlier genera-
tions that fought, strug-
gled and some died to give
me this opportunity,” he
says.
Among those warriors was
the historic Black Press,
which will celebrate its
182nd year of existence dur-
ing Black Press Week in
March this year.
Reaffirming a commitment
to host a White House
event in honor of the
anniversary, Obama said,
“We’ll look forward to it.”
 January 21, 2009-12 The Chronicle

Chronicle Columnist Beverly Gadson-Birch to Keynote Canaan

Bible College Founder’s Day; Wll Receive Doctorate
Canaan Bible time she founded the accredited by the Anthony Williams, Vice-
College will observe its Scholars for Excellence A c c r e d i t i n g Chairperson; Mr. Carrol
Founder’s Day January program where she Commission interna- Kearse, Grant Writer;
30, 2009, at Canaan works with the youth in tional. and Mrs. Blondell E.
Missionary Baptist underserved schools and Kidd, Recording
Church beginning at 7 is an active member of On May 8, 2006. Secretary. Members of
p.m., with the keynote The Ministerial The Executive Board the staff are; Linda
speaker, Chronicle Alliance, vice-chair of held its first meeting. Murphy, Vice-President;
columnist and communi- the Education Rev. Dr. Cornelius Linda Prioleau; Rev.
ty activist Beverly Committee. Campbell was elected Janet O. Bolds,
Gadson-Birch, who will President; Rev. Dr. Academic Dean; Dr.
also be awarded an She was appoint- Alfred Williams, Pastor Emanuel Williams,
Honorary Doctorate ed by S.C. Governor of Canaan Missionary Director of Admission;
from the college, accord- Mark Sanford to serve Baptist Church, was Dr. Barbara Hayward;
ing to the Rev. Dr. on the State elected as Chancellor. Dr. David Brown Sr.;
Cornelius Campbell, Procurement Panel and Other members of the Ms. Shirley Ford; Dr.
founder and visionary at is currently in her sec- Board are; Rev. George Ferguson; Dr.
the bible college. ond term. A subscribing Timonty Simmons, Rev. Dr. Campbell Dollie Brown and Sally
Ms. Gadson, Life Member of the Chairperson; Rev. Bain, College Secretary.
Charleston Branch Bible College Founder
born in Colleton County
to the late John and NAACP and a member
Lucille William Gadson,
is the vice president of
Birch’s Heating & Air
Beverly Gadson-Birch
Chronicle Columnist
of the Emancipation
P r o c l a m a t i o n
Association. A recent
Rice Departs Predicting a
along with her husband,
Cyrus, has been serving
the tri-county the past
Charleston County
School System and is a
recipient of the MLK
Award, honoring those
individuals, in the
World Free From Tyranny
20-years. Her most graduate of Atlantic Charleston community,
recent business venture City High School in Dr. Gadson-Birch has By: Associated Press
is the recently-opened New Jersey with further also been cited by the
Twin Tours Charter training at Trident Charleston Branch W A S H I N G T O N -
Bus and Travel, operat- Technical College and NAACP. Capping four years as the
ed by her siblings and the College of Bush administration's top
spent four days in Charleston. A member of diplomat, a teary-eyed
Washington, D.C.. for Jerusalem Missionary Condoleezza Rice bade a
the inauguration of Starting her Baptist Church where spirited farewell Friday to
President Barack career as Administrative she is a member of the an assembly of several hun-
Obama. Assistant at Reid Sunday School and the dred State Department
Involved the past House, she then worked Missionary Ministry, she employees.
40-years to advance the for several years as a and her husband are the
causes of civil rights, she Paralegal and then proud parents of Jein Rice was greeted by thun-
noted that it was the ‘69 ended her career in the Kenyatta and Rose derous applause as she
Hospital Workers Strike offices of District 20 as Renee Gadson. Her appeared in the building's
that brought her to an administrator after most enduring achieve- C Street lobby to thank the
Charleston as a secre- 23-years of service. ment, she said Monday, staff in optimistic oratory
tary for the organizers As a contributing was to “Leave behind a that echoed President
and later chaired the writer for The legacy of service,” and George W. Bush's 2005
O p e r a t i o n Charleston Chronicle that will live for the Inauguration speech in
PUSH(People United the past 30-years, Dr. ages. which he said he would Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice smiles as she leaves the
to Save Humanity) con- Gadon-Birch has been The Bible fight for freedom in every State Department in Washington Friday. (AP)
vention held in cited locally and nation- College began with a nation with the "ultimate
Charleston with Rev. ally for her insightful Spirit inspired vision of goal of ending tyranny in
Jesse Jackson. She later and informative columns Rev. Dr. Cornelius our world."
under the bylines “Bits Campbell in January that one day there is going On Tuesday, after
served as secretary of the President-elect Barack
Rainbow Coalition and & Pieces,” “Frankly 2006. Rev. Dr. Rice said her own story - to be a world in which
Speaking,” and her pres- Campbell took his vision every man, woman and Obama's inauguration,
the Southern the first black woman to Hillary Rodham Clinton is
L e a d e r s h i p ent writing in “Who to the pastor, Rev. Dr. serve as secretary of state - child will be free from
Asked Me?” She also Alfred Williams, and he tyranny," she said. expected to be confirmed
Conference(SCLC), showed how far the United by the full Senate and
founded by Dr. Martin writes for an online peri- received the approval to States has come in making
odical and has to her move forward with the After her remarks Rice arrive at the State
Luther King Jr. its ethnic, religious and Department as the third
Earlier, Dr. credit, been cited for planning stage. The col- racial diversity a catalyst plunged into the crowd to
national speeches print- lege officially opened its pose for pictures and shake woman in U.S. history to
Gadson-Birch received for social progress. be secretary of state.
her education in the ed in journals outside doors on September 11, hands, tears welling in her
the state. In her spare 2006. The college is fully "And that's why I know eyes.

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