PRST STD
US POSTAGE PD
SERVING CHARLESTON, DORCHESTER & BERKELEY COUNTIES SINCE 1971
Chronicle
A
VOLUME XXXVII NUMBER 7
I
D
S
Amendment on Ballot
Questions
When is Sex Legal for Teens ?
According to the South
Carolina Constitution, it is
clearly stated that an unmar-
ried woman can legally have
consensual sexual inter-
course who shall not have
attained the age of 14 years,
however that may change. In
a statewide Constitutional
Amendment that will be
placed before voters in the
Nov. 4 General Election,
setting the age of consent at
16-years, and doing away
with what many call an anti-
quated provision adopted in
'Sagging' Pants
Law
Unconstitutional
By. Nisa Islam Muhammad
Special to the NNPA from the
Final Call
(NNPA) - Palm Beach
Circuit Judge Paul Moyle
ruled Sept. 15 that a “sagging
pants” ordinance in Riviera
Beach, Fla., was unconstitu-
tional after a 17-year-old was
arrested and held overnight in
jail.
“We’re not talking about expo-
sure of buttocks. No! We’re
talking about someone who
has on pants whose underwear
are apparently visible to a
police officer who then makes
an arrest and the basis is he’s
then held overnight, no bond,”
said Judge Moyle.
Supporters of an ordinance
outlawing “sagging pants”
gathered 5,000 signatures last
March to put a proposed ban
to a vote. It passed.
“The ordinance was over-
whelmingly passed by the citi-
zens,” said Francis
Muhammad, Nation of Islam
student study group leader in
nearby West Palm Beach.
“That city is 80 percent Black
and the people were just tired
of seeing it. The elders and
most of the homeowners were
just tired of seeing it.”
While many cities around the
country are enacting ordi-
nances and laws against the
widely popular style of dress
called “sagging” or “baggy
pants,” Riviera Beach, Fla.,
had the distinction of being
the first city to arrest someone
for the offense and have the
law ruled unconstitutional.
With 11 arrests to date, eyes are
on Riviera Beach to see what
will happen next.
Prior to the judge’s ruling,
according to the law, anyone
whose pants were so low that
skin or underwear could be
seen faced legal action. The
first offense carried a $150 fine
See pg 2
The Charleston
Black Women's Burden
By January W. Payne
Janice was 27 years old and
eight weeks pregnant with her
son when she was diagnosed
with HIV in 1991. The
Queens, N.Y., resident
believes that the father of her
older child--a daughter, now
24--gave her the infection.
She's far from alone in acquir-
ing the virus from a man she
thought she could trust.
"Some people have the atti-
tude that it can't happen to
them," says Janice, who asked
that her real name not be used.
"If you're not practicing safe
sex, you're at risk, because you
don't know if your partner is
1999.
The question
remains, however, was when
an inmate in the McDougall
Correctional Institute was
charged with a non-violent
3rd degree sex offense with a
14-year-old female. Two con-
flicting laws, the State
Constitution and the S.C.
Code of Laws has caused
confusion which sets the age
of consent at 16-years.
Earlier, Sen. Chip
Campsen, R-Isle of Palms,
said “It’s a relic of an era in
See pg 2
Did Palin
Really Say
She Wouldn't
Hire Blacks?
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Sarah Palin admittedly
hasn’t had much of a track
record when it comes to
acknowledging let alone
promoting diversity during
her short tenure as Alaska
governor. She’s on record
with a terse utterance on
hate crimes legislation and
another one on cultural
diversity.
During the 2006 guberna-
torial campaign she told
the Eagle Forum that she
opposed expanded hate
crime legislation. In her
gubernatorial campaign
booklet in 2006, Palin gave
her equally terse view of
discrimination. She simply
said that she and her
gubernatorial running
mate would provide oppor-
tunities for all Alaskans.
There is no record that
Palin has made any other
public statements on diver-
sity and minority issues
since then. This in itself
might be cause for only a
slight eyebrow raise.
But Palin’s skimpy track
record and paucity of
words on diversity is rela-
tively tame compared to
the far more damaging
accusation that’s making
the rounds. On April 29,
fourteen Alaska black lead-
ers that included promi-
nent ministers, NAACP
officials, and community
activists met with Palin to
voice their complaint over
minority hiring and job
opportunities. During the
meeting she allegedly said
that she didn’t have to hire
any blacks. Even more
damning, she purportedly
said that she didn’t intend
See pg 2
Sarah Palin
•1111 King St. •Charleston, SC 29403• October 8, 2008 •
monogamous or not."
With her diagnosis, Janice
joined the ranks of thousands
of black women in the United
States who are living with
HIV/AIDS. Those ranks have
swelled in the years since her
son's birth, and black women
continue to be struck particu-
larly hard by the virus, new
research shows. As of 2005,
that group accounted for 64
percent of the more than
126,000 women who were liv-
ing with HIV/AIDS in the
United States, according to
the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. The
rate in 2006 of new infections
in black women, moreover,
was nearly 15 times that in
white women--55.7 infections
versus 3.8 infections per
100,000 women, respectively--
according to the latest data,
which appear in the
An Exclusive
Interview With
Michelle Obama
By. Alvin A. Reid
Special to the NNPA from
the St. Louis American
ST. LOUIS (NNPA) - Black
moms have a way of saying and
doing some things probably
unlike any other persons in
America. That’s why Michelle
Obama would make such a
fantastic First Lady of the
United States.
She sounds like my wife,
Carmen, when it’s time to get
serious with our daughters
Bryson and Blaine.
She sounds like my mom,
Erma Reid, when she used to
make a point to my sister
Nadine and me.
And I’m sure the Obama
daughters, Malia and Sasha,
are quite aware when Mom
isn’t playing around.
And make no mistake:
Michelle Obama is very seri-
ous about African-American
voter registration and partici-
pation.
We spoke for a few minutes on
Monday, and Mrs. Obama
says quite matter-of-factly that
Black people have no excuse
for not voting and making sure
others vote as well on Nov. 4.
“If we look back on Nov. 5 and
don’t have the outcome we
desire, it’s on us,” Obama said
with a stern eloquence.
“If we decide to take control,
we can make it happen.”
Obama was in Kansas City
Oct. 1 stumping for her hus-
band and calling on people of
all races to register to vote
before Oct. 8, which is the
Missouri deadline for voter
registration.
To the chagrin of the McCain
campaign, Missouri is still
very much in play just a month
before Election Day.
“That’s why voter registration
is so critical,” Obama said.
“We see the registration num-
See pg 2
Michelle Obama
September 12 issue of the
CDC's Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Report.
That study comes on the heels
of a dramatic upward revision
of the agency's assessment of
how rapidly HIV is spreading.
In August, the CDC estimat-
ed that about 56,300 new
infections occurred nation-
wide in 2006, up from earlier
estimates of about 40,000.
This week's report breaks
down the new infections by
race, gender, age, and other
demographic measures.
Many assume that HIV prima-
rily affects homosexual men,
who are, in fact, heavily afflict-
ed. Nevertheless, high-risk
heterosexual contact was the
source of 80 percent of newly
diagnosed infections
women in 2006, the CDC
reports. Yet many black
See pg 2
WOMEN AMONGST US “STANDING ON
THE SHOULDERS OF OUR ELDERS”
While the MOJA Arts
Festival concluded with a
pompous and spirited full
schedule of activities that
ran the gamut of the
African disapora, nothing
was more fitting than the
ceremony taking place in
the glittering Charleston
Place Hotel, where 21
women, all notables with-
out exception, received
grateful recognition that
Marjorie Amos-Frazier MaeDe Myers Brown
Louise Martin Hill Hilda Hutchinson Jefferson
Alma R. Latten
Catherine M. McCottry, M.D
Julia Berry Murray
Lois A. Simms Lucille Simmons Whipper
CHARLESTON, SC -
PERMIT #415
.50
Commentary
County School Board: More
Sinister Than Meets The Eye
By: David Eugelman,
the whole school board-maybe
Member , District School some members of the school
Board board in general.
In my four years on the
board, I've noticed that some
I read Mr. Arthur of the board members know
Lawrence's commentary,
what’s going on before it hap-
"Black Inner-City Schools pens; some entity to create the
Set-Up For Closure?" in
end-game before it happens;
the September 24, 2008 which leads me to believe
edition of the Charleston those school board members
Chronicle. Mr. Lawrence
meet with some entity to cre-
has a keen eyes for the way ate the end-game before an
in which the Charleston
issue is brought to the full
County School District school board. One community
(CCSD) presents
member described it to me as a
issues...and for motives not conspiracy. And while you
readily visible to the general might discount that as para-
public.
noia, you aren't paranoid if
Rather than soliciting "they” really are out to get you.
community feedback, the
Any five school board mem-
school district always sets
up their community meet-
ing to achieve a foregone
See pg 2
in conclusion. School district
officials aren't interested in
what you want, but in what
they want you to want or
what they think is best for
you. They talk about trans-
parency, but there is little of
that to be found in the way
they operate.
Community members
need to heed Mr.
Lawrence's wisdom. He's
come by it through experi-
ence. I note he speaks
about the Charleston
County School District
more than the school
board. In part, that knowl-
edge is based on his "street
smarts." He has dealt with
the powers that be. And
those powers aren't held by David Engleman
epitomized all partici- with the stage production
pants, “Standing on the and chemistry generated by
Shoulders of our Elders.” the players enthusiasm. It
“This has been a gratifying was just wonderful,” she
experience,” said nationally said.
recognized festival organ- Coordinated by
izer Nebroni Cohen, who Elease Amos-Goodwin of
was visiting here with her the city’s Cultural Affairs
husband and their grand- Office, observers said they
mother in Edisto Beach. are looking forward to next
“We had the opportunity to season’s offering, because
go and feel “Eubie” and “it gets better all the time.”
“Crown,” and I was taken
Mildred Ellison Carr Emily S. DeCosta
Christine Osburn Jackson Eugenia D. Johnson
Cynthia McCottry-Smith Jewel Miller Mikell
Inez A. Simpson Marlene O’Bryant Seabrook, Ph.D Hazel Murray Stewart
Dorothy Brunson Wright Francis Taylor Mack
2-October 8, 2008
Black Women’s ------------------------------------------
cont. from pg 1
women may not realize when
they're having sex with a high-
risk partner. In black commu-
nities, discussion of homosex-
uality is largely taboo, and
some women report being
infected with HIV/AIDS by
boy friends or husbands who
they later find out were sleep-
ing with men. The so-called
down-low phenomenon first
garnered widespread atten-
tion in 2004 when J. L. King
wrote the book On the Down
Low: A Journey Into the Lives
of 'Straight' Black Men Who
Sleep With Men, about his
own experiences as a married
man who slept with other men
but considered himself to be
heterosexual.
Unprotected sex between
infected men may play a role in
the increasing number of black
women being infected, says C.
Virginia Fields, president and
CEO of the National Black
Leadership Commission on
AIDS. Black men had an HIV
incidence rate that was six
times that of white men in
2006, according to the new
CDC report. Gay and bisexu-
al men accounted for about 63
percent of all infections in
black men that year.
Another concern, Fields says,
is the number of black men
who return home from prison
or jail and have sex with wives
or girlfriends without first get-
ting tested for sexually trans-
mitted diseases. The CDC
estimates that HIV prevalence
among those who are incarcer-
ated is nearly five times higher
than that of the general U.S.
population. About 9 percent of
those infections were found to
occur during incarceration in
an April 2006 CDC study of
inmates in the Georgia
Department of Corrections'
system. One in 15 black men
ages 18 and older is incarcerat-
ed, compared with 1 in 106
white men, according to a Pew
Center on the States analysis
of U.S. Department of Justice
statistics.
Neither the down-low theory
nor incarceration theory has
been linked by scientific
research to HIV/AIDS infec-
tions in black women, but
"because of how this [disease]
is spreading through hetero-
sexual black women, both of
those discussions are plausi-
ble," Fields says.
That's why, experts say, it's
important not to assume that
your partner or past partners
are not infected. "AIDS does
not discriminate. Unsafe sexu-
al practices and unsafe drug
behaviors with someone who
is infected can and will lead to
HIV infection," says
THE CHRONICLE
1111 King Street
Charleston, SC 29403
••••
(843) 723-2785
Fax: (843) 577-6099
Email: Chaschron@aol.com
J. JOHN FRENCH, SR.
President - Editor//Publisher
NANETTE FRENCH-SMALLS
CEO/ADVERTISING
VALENTINA SMALLS
Operations-Business Mgr./
Comptroller-Advertising
SIMONA A. FRENCH
Receptionist-
Traffic/Photographer
Marketing
Tolbert Smalls, Jr.
Contributing Writers-
Hakim Abdul-Ali
Beverly Birch
Bob Small
DEADLINE:
PUBLIC SERVICES
FRIDAY PRIOR TO
PUBlICATION DATE
Member:
National Newspaper Publishers, Assoc.
South Carolina Press Assoc.
Amalgamated Publishers
S.C. Chamber of Commerce
NO REFUNDS ON SUBSCRIPTIONS
Published Wednesday
TRI State Printing-
North Charleston
Credo of The Black Press
The Black Press believes that
America can best lead the world
from racial and national antago-
nism when it accords to every
person, regardless of race, creed
or color, his or her human and
legal rights. Hating no person,
fearing no person, the Black
Press strives to help every person
in the firm belief that all persons
are hurt as long as anyone is
held back
SharenDuke, executive direc-
tor of the New York City-
based AIDS Service Center, a
community organization that
provides HIV testing, mental
health services, medical care,
support groups, and other
services. "It has crossed all
racial, cultural, and class back-
grounds."
Yet many women make the
mistake of having unprotected
sex with an unsafe partner.
Some, like 24-year-old
Marvelyn Brown, a Tennessee
native who now lives in New
York City, say they didn't ask
their sexual partners to wear
condoms because it made
them feel special that the men
involved trusted them enough
to forgo protection. In her
recent autobiography, The
Naked Truth: Young,
Beautiful, and (HIV) Positive,
Brown says that when she con-
tracted HIV at age 19, she did-
n't care enough about herself
to require that her boyfriend
consistently use condoms. "If
you love yourself, you can pro-
tect yourself," she says, "and
that eliminates HIV from the
beginning." Yvonne Gooden
also believes she contracted
HIV through unprotected het-
erosexual sex. The Yonkers,
N.Y., mother of two was diag-
nosed with HIV in 1993 and
AIDS in 1995. And like many
others, she thinks that low self-
esteem played a role in her not
protecting herself during sex.
Women should feel "empow-
ered to make sure that their
partner uses a condom," says
Raymond Martins, medical
director of the Whitman-
Walker Clinic in Washington,
D.C., a nonprofit organization
focused on HIV/AIDS treat-
ment. "Especially in the black
community, that doesn't seem
to always be the case."
Michelle and Janice are both
in committed relationships
now: Each has a man her life
who is HIV negative, and
both say they practice safe sex
to help keep their partners
from becoming infected.
Gooden says that her HIV-
negative boyfriend of 12 years
gets routine HIV tests. "I
chose not to have sex [after
being diagnosed with HIV]
until I met someone who
understood that putting on a
condom was important to
me," she says.
Both Janice and her 16-year-
old son, who was born with
HIV, are in good health. She
takes three medications daily,
exercises three times a week,
eats healthily, and sees a thera-
pist to discuss any issues that
bother her.
Brown, who takes seven pills
per day, is also doing well. The
diagnosis has even helped her
in dating, she says. "You can
tell a lot about a man's charac-
ter when you tell him that you
have HIV," Brown says. "I
used to date a guy for years
before I found out that he was
no good. Now I find out in the
first 10 minutes."
SUPPORT
THE
BLACK
PRESS
Did Palin-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
cont. from pg 1
to hire any.
This charge is so racially
incendiary that it sounded
like yet another one of the
legion of Palin urban leg-
ends that have fueled the
cyber gossip mill from the
instant Republican presi-
School Board-----
cont. from pg 1
bers can and do hold sway
over the entire school
board....and your tax dollars.
That's all it takes-just five. It
takes four votes to get an issue
on the agenda and five votes to
get an action item passed, So,
in really, a significant portion
of your school board has no
power whatsoever. That's the
way it works, you might say.
But what if there is something
more sinister than meets the
eye in regard to this particular
school district? So, let 's ask
ourselves a few questions
about that.
To whom is the majority of
the school board loyal ? What
if the superintendent actually
takes orders from someone
external to the school board?
What if the school board
majority simply support that
course of action? Well, it
might mean your vote for a
school board member might
actually be in support of a land
developer or a future Real
Estate transaction-rather than
education for your children or
grandchildren.
And every once in a while,
when the heat on the school
district gets too hot, various
school board members are vili-
fied. Is it a ploy to take your
mind off what really matters-
that being results? And are
those media induced diatribes
about results, or is the ire
directed at something other
than education? I call it a
smokescreen, or using lights
and mirrors-like you might see
in a carnival, something to dis-
tort the truth.
Think about it, Most of the
consternation about public
education emanates from sev-
eral sources within or connect-
ed to peninsular Charleston. I
find that particularly telling
because peninsular
Charleston's schools remain
segregated, with no public
outcry from the constituency's
leadership or special interests.
The continued existence of
that silenced situation cannot
be assigned to any particular
school board, but rather to the
constants in the race-oriented
politics that have for decades
existed in peninsular
Charleston; the constants in
that equation being(1) the
political leadership, and (2) the
spokespeople for the special
interests- both entities acting
in direct opposition to any
notion of educational
progress, choosing rather to
favor the easy economics of
annexation, low-paying serv-
ice-oriented tourism jobs,
higher property taxes and
commercial development over
the more life-changing ele-
ments of education and sub-
stantive employment.
For whatever reasons,
"things" are as these two fac-
tions want them to be. And, as
long as the symbiotic synergy
of these two groups is taken
seriously, the on-going absurd-
ity of this never-ending debate
will continue to garner media
attention with no rational
resolve in sight.
"Mr. Lawrence sees through
this facade and is trying to
inform all of us about what he
has learned. We would do well
to listen to his message. We
would do well to help him.
The Chronicle
and Asians are taken
dential contender John The unofficial charge then
is that Palin is insensitive together. Minorities then
McCain plopped her on his make up about one quarter
ticket. The charge had to to the state’s African-
of Alaska’s population.
be confirmed or denied. If Americans, and that
includes refusing to hire This makes the state one of
Governor Palin or any the most ethnically diverse
other public official flatly and appoint African-
in the nation. Diversity
said that they had no inten- Americans. That charge is
hotly disputed by Palin’s must be more than a word
tion to hire blacks that that an Alaska governor
would be politically unpar- staff and they cite names
pays campaign lip service
donable. And for a poten- and numbers to back it up.
But apart from the veracity to and then ignores.
tial vice-president it would
and should be the kiss of of the charge and the
denial, Palin’s statement Palin’s campaign and
death. gubernatorial spokesper-
In a phone message to this that she’s absolutely color
blind when it comes to hir- sons say the knock that she
writer, Megan Stapleton, a is hostile to blacks and
Palin spokesperson who ing and appointments does
minorities is unfair. That
works with the McCain- set off warning bells.
may well be true. But to
Palin campaign committee, those Alaska black leaders
vehemently denied that The color blind argument
who challenged Palin on
Palin ever said that she strikes to the heart of the
continuing debate over her administration’s minor-
would not hire blacks. ity hiring practices, to
Sharon Leighow, a com- what and how far gover-
them the knock is much
munications spokesperson nor’s, indeed all public offi-
cials, should go to insure deserved.
in the Alaska governor’s
office, also disputed the that their staffs and their
Earl Ofari Hutchinson is
allegation. She said that appointments truly repre-
sent the broadest diversity an author and political ana-
Palin’s press secretary was lyst. His new book is The
part African-American and possible. Officials must
Ethnic Presidency: How
that two of her senior advi- make a concerted outreach
effort to make that happen. Race Decides the Race to
sors were Filipino and the White House (Middle
Korean. Palin’s color blind posture
Passage Press, February
But Leighow was also more often than not has
adamant that Palin did not been nothing but a conven-
hire staff persons based on ient excuse not to seek out, Sagging’ Pants --------
color, but solely on talent and hire and promote
cont. from pg 1
and skill. As she put it, African-Americans and
“Governor Palin is totally other minorities in their
or community service. Repeat
color-blind.” administration, no matter
how qualified. offenders could have been sen-
tenced to as many as 60 days in
In a call to this writer,
Gwen Alexander, Diversity is a major issue jail.
In Flint, Mich., Chief of
President of the African this election. It’s implicit in
American Historical Democratic rival Barack Police David Dicks had a sim-
ilar negative sentiment about
Society of Alaska who ini- Obama’s White House run.
tially reported Palin’s quip It’s explicit in Ward the low pants fashion state-
ment. He announced in June
stuck by her contention Connerly’s anti-affirmative
that Palin made the racially initiative on the ballot in that his officers would start
arresting people wearing sag-
charged retort. She also three states this
charged that Palin did not November. Obama oppos- ging pants that expose
“skivvies, boxer shorts or bare
support or even officially es it. McCain backs it, and
acknowledge the group’s so does Palin. bottoms,” according to media
reports.
annual Juneteenth
Commemoration. Palin’s commitment to Asked if he was concerned
about the Florida ruling, Chief
diversity is no small point
June nineteen is celebrated in Alaska. According to the Dicks told reporters that offi-
cers will keep making arrests,
as the date of slave emanci- 2000 Census figures blacks
pation in Texas. Alaska is make up officially about “if the pants are at the knees
and your underwear is
one of thirteen states that four percent of the state
have designated it an offi- population. But those who exposed.”
“That is disorderly,” Chief
cial holiday. Other Alaska self-identify at least in part
governors have sent the as African-American bump Dicks said. “We’re not going
to sit here and let that happen
traditional greeting and up the percentage much
acknowledgement to the higher. This is not an in Flint.”
“Some people call it a fad,”
Society. Alexander says insignificant number espe-
Palin snubbed the group. cially when American Chief Dicks told the Detroit
Free Press last summer while
Indians, Aleuts, Eskimos,
patrolling the streets of Flint.
“But I believe it’s a national
nuisance. It is indecent and
thus it is indecent exposure,
which has been on the books
An Exclusive ----------------------------------------------
for years.”
cont. from pg 1 Last summer, the chief said
the crime was disorderly con-
bers, and there is still so much room for growth. Just a thousand
votes can make a difference.” duct or indecent exposure,
misdemeanors punishable by
She said the campaign is seeing registration numbers going up,
“but we are not taking anything for granted.” 93 days to a year in jail and/or
fines up to $500.
Like a mom demanding the most of her children, she made it clear
to me that voting is not the end of African Americans’ Nov. 4 Chief Dicks, 41, offered an
interpretation of the laws:
responsibility.
“We want people to vote early, so then they can go help make sure Pants pulled completely below
the buttocks with underwear
others vote,” she told me.
“Help an elderly person get to the polls. Work at a poll and help showing is disorderly conduct;
saggy pants with skin of the
make sure there is no foolishness.”
And in a way only a black mom can do, she preached perseverance. buttocks showing is indecent
exposure, and saggy pants, not
“We want to see long lines and we don’t want people to give up,”
she said of the patience it might take to vote on a day when record completely below the buttocks
with underwear exposed
voter turnout is predicted across the nation.
Obama probably will visit St. Louis again during the campaign, would merit a warning.
Greg Gibbs, lawyer and chair
though she acknowledged that her schedule could change on a
daily basis. And she admitted with a laugh that “I never know of the ACLU Flint chapter,
Barack’s schedule.” agreed with the Florida
judge’s ruling. “You can’t arrest
“It’s hour-to-hour, but we’re making a point to reach all the swing
people because of their style of
states,” she said.
Michelle Obama's finest hour of the campaign was her speech in dress,” he said.
“We are concerned that the
Denver during the Democratic National Convention.
Whatever the McCain campaign had to say about her suddenly enforcement of the chief’s
memo may lead to some con-
ceased to matter after she told the nation who she was and what
she was about. stitutional violations on a case-
by-case basis due to the failure
This beautiful, intelligent, hard-working Black mom put naysay-
of his memo to define what
ers in their place, just as she would do with an errant child.
She wasn’t mean. But she meant business. constitutes indecent expo-
sure,” he told reporters.
When the Obama family appears together, I often wonder what
Many also fear the policy could
those who mock Barack Obama see.
Aren’t the Obamas everything that white America wants black mean targeting of Black
youth.
people to be?
“This is not a Black issue. This
The children’s manners are impeccable. The parents have devoted
themselves to education, public service and spiritual awareness. is an issue that’s all walks of
life,” said Chief Dicks, who is
And, while it should not have to be said (but must be), the
Black. “Many people from dif-
Obamas are Christians and their faith in Jesus is solid as a rock.
When you speak with Michelle Obama, you’re in conversation ferent ethnic backgrounds and
races are doing this fad.”
with a special woman.
But, at the same time, you’re talking to many black moms. The Earlier this year the Depart-
ones that refuse to accept anything but the best from their chil- ment of Justice announced it
dren. had reached a settlement
She is refusing to accept anything but the best effort from Black resolving allegations of racial
discrimination against the
America on Nov. 4.
owner of Kokoamos Island
Bar, Grill and Yacht Club in
Virginia Beach.
Kokoamos at one point
Amendments on ----------------------------------------- banned patrons who wore
cont. from pg 1 braids, twists, cornrows, or
dreadlocks, excessively baggy
pants and Timberland boots.
which women married at 14, a preindustrial era when that was the After complaints of discrimi-
norm. We need to change that.” nation became public, local
In the meantime, inmates complain that the state law is station WAVY-TV aired a
not being followed and that those convicted of sex crimes are list- news report in which two per-
ed as pedophiles, predators and their names placed in the Sex sons wearing the prohibited
Offender Registry. When the inmate in McDougall challenged boots and loose-fitting pants
the law, he was abruptly transferred to the Broad River tried to enter the club. One
Correctional facility and placed under the Sexually Predator was Black and the other
Program. Caucasian. The Caucasian
Another former inmate said the man now in Broad River was allowed in, but not the
has been reclassified as a predator, his mail tampered with and his Black patron.
telephone calls monitored. His case was heard in court recently Several places have enacted
and the verdict favored the state because “no one was surprised baggy pants bans including
because if they didn’t, the state would be facing million dollar law- localities in Georgia,
suits. Louisiana, New Jersey and
He accused the state of wrongfully convicting, labeling Illinois. Penalties range from
and arresting people for having consensual sex with persons 14- fines or warnings to jail time.
years and over when our own laws say its legal. “The state should Others communities are con-
admit that we have people locked up and others who have been sidering sagging pants bans.
released, and those cases should be reviewed and their records Bans have been rejected in
cleared. Also, why are so many lawmakers afraid to correct this Natchitoches, La.; Stratford,
unjust law, oh, I forgot, they want to get reelected.”
The Chronicle
Why Not Bail Out the Unemployed?
By. Julianne Malveaux
NNPA Columnist
The United States econo-
my is shedding jobs the
same way faster than a
grooming dog sheds fleas.
Payroll employment has
been dropping for nine
months in a row with
159,000 fewer jobs on the
books in September than
in the month before.
So far this year, payrolls
are down 760,000, and
969,000 in the private sec-
tor. The unemployment
rate has held steady at 6.1
percent for the past two
months, but it is up 1.4
points during the past year.
Nearly 10 million people
are “officially” unemployed,
which means they are offi-
cially looking for
work.These numbers do
not include those who have
dropped out of the labor
force, in other words peo-
ple with jobs who have just
stopped looking.
It also doesn’t include peo-
ple who are underem-
ployed, or working at jobs
that they are overqualified
for. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics develops several
rates of “labor utilization”,
including one that includes
people who work part time
because they can’t find full
time work, and those “mar-
ginally attached”.
With such a measure the
unemployment rate would
double to 11 percent.And,
surprise, surprise, African
American workers are
doing much worse than
other workers in the labor
force. While the unemploy-
ment rate was 5.4 percent
for whites, it was 11.4 per-
cent for African
Americans.
If the white unemployment
rate were 11.4 percent,
someone other than hum-
ble columnist would be
asking about a bailout for
the unemployed. But
because we are simply
looking at a black unem-
ployment rate, there has
been little discussion about
what to do about excessive
unemployment. According
to the Economic Policy
Institute (www.epi.org) all
of the gains African
Americans made in the
1990s were wiped out by
job losses in the last several
years. The report, written
by Algernon Austin, sug-
gests that African
American workers have
been among the hardest hit
by our economic down-
turn.There’s nothing for
black folks, but plenty for
banks.
We saw our Congress rush
to action to provide a
bailout for financial mar-
kets. It was said that it was
an emergency, that we had
no choice, that the $850
(up form $700) billion
bailout was a matter of life
and death for the nation’s
economy. Ask the person
who has been unemployed
for the last six months how
they feel about life and
death. Some of these folks
have exhausted their unem-
ployment insurance. Some
have lost their homes and
their families.
One in five unemployed
people have been unem-
ployed for at least six
months, the highest share
of long-term unemploy-
ment in three years. Yet
these people have been vir-
tually ignored by policy-
makers.Furthermore, the
number of people who are
involuntarily part time, or
who would rather work full
time, has skyrocketed.
The number grew by
300,000 in September, and
by 1.6 million in the past
year. Six million people
who hold part time jobs
want and need full time
jobs, the largest number in
fifteen years! Again, we
keep hearing about mar-
kets, but the focus is on
every market except the
labor market.
Just about every sector of
the economy is experienc-
ing job losses, from factory
jobs, to service jobs, to
jobs in the financial servic-
es industry. Only in health
care and government serv-
ices to jobs continue to
grow. There is barely a safe
haven for those who are
losing their jobs.The eco-
nomic policy institute cites
one piece of legislation as
October 8, 2008- 3
providing possibilities for likely, after January.
lawmakers can do for ordi- Yet if trends continue as Paulson. Who speaks for ral out of control.Dr.
those at the bottom. nary people who also need workers? And will working
The Emergency they have, we will have lost Julianne Malveaux is
a hand.Realistically, at least a million jobs this people get a bailout? President of Bennett
U n e m p l o y m e n t though, lawmakers aren’t When your Congressional
Compensation (EUC) pro- year, and we will have College for Women.
likely to do much more. experienced an indifferent representative comes home She is also on the Board of
gram that extends jobless They are rushing home to to campaign, ask what they
benefits an extra 13 weeks. congress that can be Directors of the Economic
get involved in a close elec- whipped into fearful will do for workers. It’s a Policy Institute. She can
That provision has run out tion, and leaving the fair question to raise as our
and can be renewed by bailout submission by be reached at
employment mess until Treasury Secretary economy continues to spi- presoffice@bennett.edu.
Congress. That’s the least after November or, more
a group of bailout-focused
Black
America ‘Gets
Pneumonia’
In Cold
Economic
Climate
By. Natalie A. Thompson
and Hazel Trice Edney
NNPA Special
Correspondent
and NNPA Editor-in-
Chief
W A S H I N G T O N
(NNPA) - As the Black
unemployment rate leaped
another eight percentage
points last month – from
10.6 percent to 11.4 per-
cent, the White unemploy-
ment rate actually
remained the same – at 5.4
percent, less than half the
rate for Blacks.
In addition to that in every
economic category, from
the poverty rate to housing
loss African-Americans
remain historically and
consistently at rock bottom
– a condition exacerbated
by the national housing
and Wall Street financial
crisis that forced Congress
to reluctantly pass a $700
billion bailout last week.
''We're in a weaker finan-
cial position related to the
mainstream in the first
place,'' said Alfred A.
Edmond, Jr., editor-in-
chief of
BlackEnterprise.com, in
an interview with the
NNPA News Service.
“The saying goes, 'when
the rest of America gets a
cold, Black America gets
pneumonia.''
Edmond is just one among
Black economic experts
across the nation who say
as America observes the
economic fall out even after
the congressional bailout
of lending and investment
agencies last week,
African-Americans must
establish creative ways to
stay afloat.
“In every relevant economic
number, Black people are
worse off today than they
were in 2000,” says Natioal
Urban League President
and CEO Marc Morial, in
an interview following a
Black Leadership Forum
telephone conference per-
taining to get out to vote
efforts as well as the eco-
nomic bailout. “We’ve lost
ground in home owner-
ship, we’ve lost ground in
employment, we’ve lost
ground in wage verses
inflation, we have just lost
ground economically in the
last eight years.”
4-October 8, 2008
by Jim French
SINGING IN THE SAME CHOIR
I reached past 80 for three-quarters of an hour
before I realized it. The impact was not powerful but
arrived slowly, the way a summer night resists the coming
of cool weather, and I'm out here hustling young people to
get involved with the politics of moving forward. But
there I was, in the organic garden of retired Navy Master
Chief Jim Powe, and he passed a shot-glass of pure corn
and asked me what time it was. I am disappointed because
I have contemplated this event ever since I was 70.
Shooting past 80-years, it was my birthday. Thank you
Lord!
We sit there, in the great expanse of his West Oak
Forest back yard that resembles a hot-house of vegetables
that my folks in Kansas who grew natural foods in dirt pol-
luted by chicken droppings and then asked, brother could
you spare me another shot? The Chief asked me if I was
disappointed, saying that when he reaches my day of matu-
rity, would it be a somber day, dreadful with bitter reflec-
tions and a recognition of what has been achieved, while
devoting our lives to families and a Navy life filled with
difficulties, hope, achievements, glowing moments with
the tinges of racism, that God enabled us to prevail.
The impact of passing 80, in my telling to Chief Powe,
for me is not powerful but comes slowly, the way a summer
night possesses a city. It is discreet, like a night in early
October, and there is time for preparation. I told Chief
Powe that it is not an unusual event, the night following
the day on the anniversary of your birth and there is time
for preparation. Symbolic is the freshly-turned soil in his
yard, fertilizer bags resting nearby, but it is dusk, a com-
monplace day, a date of significance for me. I am 82.
But what the hell am I doing running this smack
through my brain, a demi tasse of Sea Island corn, when I
see brothers and sisters walking along side-streets filling
their wire carts with the aluminum cans of solvency, and I
wonder what they could have been. And then I see young
brothers sagging, grabbing their crouch with a reefer
dropping from their mouths, and I have this urge to stop
and point out to the brother with the cart, and ask if that's
their future.
But every year on my birthday I promise myself I'll tidy
up the corners of my life but I know I'll never do it. The
general pattern of my habits isn't going to change. I've
been around too long to rectify the big flaws. I regret that
I have not been formally educated but journalism is also a
university and a cathredral if a man has affection for it.
But here I am, a day flirting with rain blurred by a hazy
sun, as school buses rumble by carrying our precious
young, and I think about the invisible in the Republic of
Charleston. My radio is tuned low to Magic 107.3 and
radio personality Michael Baisden foreplaying with his lis-
teners intimating that "Everything is Everything" isn't it?
But enough of that, especially when I listen to the
words of Fredrick Douglass who once said, when Blacks
were listening, "Who you give your money to is who you
give your power to."
Yet, as this newspaper celebrated, not really, but
observed its 37th year of continuous publication, we find
ourselves on the brink of facing up to the reality of follow-
ing in the imprint of WPAL Radio, becoming a memory in
the archives of Black History. The Chronicle and Black
newspapers across the expanse in this land of opportunity,
continue to be locked in a time-warp since advertising is
what keeps us functional without becoming beggars.
And if you think this birthday rant is against white
benefactors, you're wrong, but just recall what Fredrick
Douglass said: "Who you give your money to, is who you
give your power to."
So what good is power if you don't use it? What
good is having Blacks at every level of city, county and
state government, if you fail to use it?
For instance, if former city of Charleston mayoral can-
didate Williams Dudley Gregorie is documented as saying
that as boss-in-charge of the HUD office overseeing oper-
ations in South Carolina, arranged a $400 million grant to
MUSC for their development, and State Sen. Robert
Ford has boasted of directing $4 million to the coffers of
MUSC, then why is it that MUSC can allocate millions in
advertisements to white-owned media, and none to Black
media?
Why is it that S.C. State, which this newspaper has
been aligned with since our inception in 1971, rehash for
free their public relations promoting the university, but
because of pettiness of certain members of the board
trustees, can spend significant dollars on advertising in the
white media and nary a dime in their own newspaper? And
how do you spend close to a quarter-a-million dollars to
sponsor diva Mary J. Blige, supposedly in the interest of
funding for scholarships, when the funds raised has other
dedicated functions?
When agencies of Charleston County government can
ignore almost the 35 percent of Blacks residing within its
borders, while placing few advertisements in this newspa-
per, is simply wrong! Like, when the County Election
Commission place advertisements denoting different
precincts for voting, they ignore that segment of the com-
munity who do not buy or read the daily newspaper, which
they should, just to read on how they can spin the news as
it reflects people of color.
While Trident Technical College and MUSC advertise
programs that can impact the Black community, they have
this misguided notion that it will be seen in the majority
media by the Black community, not so! The bottom line in
all of this is that these are state-supported institutions,
meaning that it is our tax dollars they use to ignore us!
The major auto dealers, whose margin of profit is
dependent on Black folks, will shortly become the target of
demonstrations, why? None of them support quantatively,
Black institutions such as the UNCF, the requests from
area churches who simply ask for advertising in their annu-
al church souvernir booklets, and when we ask: Whom do
you think are buying your cars? In other words, whatever
it takes to keep this newspaper viable, we shall ask the
community to decide.
With me, it goes beyond the survival of The
Chronicle. It's that attitude that Blacks are not important
in the mainstream of Charleston life. Take First Federal,
that savings institution, for example. For years the presi-
dent has been coming into our schools, under the guise of
teaching our young people the rudiments of savings, can
run advertisements in the daily newspaper, and not in this
newspaper, as if our 20-some-thousands readers don't
understand the dynamics of banking. So you can expect
the First Federal branch in the heart of the Black commu-
nity on Rutledge Ave. will become a target for protests.
Personally, I sit on two boards that have significant busi-
ness relationships with First Federal and like other enti-
ties in this Republic of Charleston, we're the cash-cows
and really invisible, until they reach for our dollars, and
when you reach my age, the realm of patience runs low.
The laughter comes slower nowadays but there's no
shortage. It may be the most terrible of all man’s ages but
I’m glad I’m around. I suppose this is as happy a birthday
as a brother is entitled to have with the poor and the well-
to-do singing in the same choir. Mercy.
The Chronicle
The Greedy Who
Trample on the Asked
Needy Me?
By. James Clingman
NNPA Columnist by Beverly Gadson-Birch
Blackonomics (NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING:
DON’T WALLOW IN THE MUD)
“Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves
wealth is never satisfied with his income.” - Ecclesiastes 5:10 We are less than one month away from the General
Election. The closer we get to the election, the muddier the pig
In recent history, there has been no better time than now for us to with lipstick gets. Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican’s Vice
see the chasm between the so-called have’s and the have not’s. We President nominee, is playing dirty politics by trying to dredge up
are witnesses to the biggest rip-off since the Great Train Robbery. Senator Obama’s association with Bill Ayers, a former
As if Halliburton and all the rest of the Iraq war crooks were not Weatherman Underground fugitive. Ayers was accused of bomb-
enough, the bar has been raised even higher now with the hous- ing several federal buildings but did not serve time because of
ing/mortgage/banking crisis. improper surveillance that could not be used to make the case
A couple of years ago folks were making so much money, via against him. Ayers and Obama live in the same neighborhood and
unethical and illegal means, so much so that they must have served on the same board. It is that affiliation that the
thought their gravy train had no caboose. Now they realize that Republicans are trying to challenge through Gov. Palin. Ayers is
the light at the end of the tunnel was that of an oncoming train. a professor at the University of Chicago. He can’t be that danger-
I have long been amazed at the arrogance of the powerful, and the ous if America allows him to teach at one of its universities. It was-
greed they display in their endless quest for filthy lucre. Anything n’t like Ayers was hiding under the radar. Ayers can’t be the terror-
goes. No holds barred. No rules. No ethics. Many of those who ist that Gov. Palin is making him out to be. If Ayers is considered
benefitted tremendously from their financial shenanigans, making a “terrorist” why was he hired at the university? Senator McCain
billions of dollars along the way, are now wringing their hands and doesn’t want to be seen as the source of the mudslinging; so, Gov.
whining about how we have to fix the problem that they created. Palin throws the mud while he hide his hands. Senator Obama’s
Yes we do need to fix the problem, but all indicators point, once connection with Ayers has no bearing on the upcoming election.
again, to the fact that the needy will suffer because of the misdeeds How many of us have had neighbors who were less than desirable
of the greedy. but they did nothing that would prevent us from speaking or
How long do you think this country will be able to get away with socializing with them? And, how can you avoid someone that is
the way it treats and mistreats those most in need? How long will serving on the same board as you? Let’s stay the course.
we last under corrupt, money-grubbing, profit-at-any-cost shysters
and politicians who couldn’t care less about our children’s future? Do not buy into negative campaign ads and speeches
How long will America survive, perched high upon its throne of
that are coming from the Republican camp. It is no more than a
world leadership, if it continues to arrogantly thumb its nose at diversion tactic to close the gap since Senator Obama is leading in
“the least of these”?
the polls and in the number of electoral votes. The Republicans
Over the past decade, we have seen some of the worst behavior by are losing grounds and they will do whatever it takes to try and dis-
some of the worst characters, perpetrated upon those who can
credit Senator Obama.
least afford another financial blow in their lives.
Greedy corporate executives who rape and pillage their compa-
The closer we get to the election the more mudslinging
nies, get away with their dastardly acts with a bundle of cash in we will see from the Republican camp. Let’s not wallow in the pig
their bank accounts, while the needy watch their 401-K’s deflate.
pen with the pigs. This country has bigger fishes to fry. America
Greedy political insiders cut deals and structure contracts that fat- is in a really big mess economically and socially. The country that
ten their pockets while the needy try to figure out to pay the rent
prides itself as the greatest super power in the world is now pow-
and stay warm this winter. erless. We are trillions of dollars in debt. Homeowners are losing
If these are not signs of societal decadence in its highest form, I
their homes to foreclosures. The stock market is on the verge of
don’t know what is. Right now, no one, virtually no one, is running collapse. Businesses are closing their doors. We are still spending
this country. George Bush is an afterthought to most folks in
billions on a war in Iraq with no clear exit plan. American casual-
Washington and around the world now; Cheney is living out his ties are still mounting and soldiers are returning home with loss of
“bunker mentality,” and only God knows where he is; Cabinet
limbs. CEO’s are draining Wall Street. Major banks are being
members are shopping their resumes to find that next job; and bought off by other financial institution. Fannie Mae, Freddie
Congress is too busy with one-upsmanship, as they jockey for posi- Mac and AIG have been bailed out by the government. Congress
tion in the next administration. In other words, brothers and sis- met in an emergency session to ask for $750 billion dollars to
ters, we are definitely on our own. bailout Wall Street in hopes of stimulating the economy. Instead
The greedy are certainly sticking it to the needy, and most of us of the market correcting itself, it plunged and ended the day trad-
feel like there is nothing we can do about it. Well, there are things ing 369 points below average. So where do we go from here?
we can do about it. We have to muster up the will to act on basic
economic principles to protect against economic predators and Let us focus on the days ahead. We must get out the
the hazards of being dependent on folks who have no interest vote. We did not register new voters just to sit at home to watch
whatsoever in our wellbeing. the returns on television Election Day. We still have work to do.
That old adage, spoken and implemented by our elders, “Do for We must get every registered voter out to the polls on Election
self,” rings even truer now. Black people are at the mercy of those Day or into the election commission office to vote early. Don’t take
who own the resources of this country and the world; we are too your eyes off the prize and do not be bamboozled into thinking
dependent upon the largess of folks who only see us as a group to that your vote doesn’t count or Senator Obama doesn’t have a
pacify and dismiss; and while the elitists among our people contin- chance. We are as close as close gets. We cannot allow those who
ue in their reveling and conspicuous consumption, much of which sling mud and wear lipstick to take our eyes of the prize.
is mimicked by our youth, collectively we are caught in a down-
ward spiral of economic despair. It was a rewarding experience on last Friday as we regis-
In light of the tremendous amount of resources we have at our tered voters in our Drive Home Voter Registration Drive that
command, both financial and intellectual, we can do more for our- was held on Ashley River Road. About a mile away, another
selves by working closer together and sharing those resources group was hosting a Drive Home Rally. On Saturday morning,
with one another. another group was holding a last chance registration drive in front
Black people across this country should set up bartering groups of St. Andrews Gardens Apartments. You could feel the excite-
through which goods and services can be traded instead of being ment as persons scrambled to meet the 1:00 PM Saturday Voter
purchased with U.S. dollars. It makes sense that if the value of the Registration deadline. It was quite refreshing to see people so
dollar is dropping, we will need more of them to purchase the engaged and involved into the election process.
necessities of life.
How do we get more dollars? Barter a portion of our goods and We have “a lot riding “on this election. If we just stay
services with one another. Especially now, in a time of financial focused and not allow negative influences to penetrate our minds.
uncertainty when banks are on the ropes, Black folks should form We are too close to turn around now.
Collective Banking Group Chapters across this country and lever-
age reciprocity from the banks that we often complain about. You want to know how you can help? Well, thanks for
Churches must get together across denominational lines and asking. Familiarize yourself with the candidates and the voting
beliefs to take care of their business. It makes no sense to complain machine. If you have a four seater car, then you need to find at
about anything that you are not willing to do something about. least three other persons to take to the polls. Pack your vehicles
Black folks should establish their own investment pools and loan
with voters. We can do this, “yes we can”. There are at least sev-
funds in order to create and grow Black businesses. How can we enteen reasons why you can vote early. If you missed voting
expect to advance in this country if we don’t create and maintain
absentee, you can vote early if you have to work or will be out of
jobs for our children? Are they to grow up and continue the cycle town on Election Day.
of seeking jobs from others rather than creating jobs for them-
selves and their peers?
Stay the course!! Don’t wallow with the pigs. VOTE!
It’s one thing to rail against the greed and corruption that has
overtaken this country; it’s another thing to act appropriately to
take care of ourselves, despite the actions of the greedy.
Collectively we have already demonstrated that we can do whatev-
er we want and need to do. The lessons are there for us to use over
and over again. We must follow them.
The greedy will continue to trample the needy; that is, if they are
allowed to do so. It’s time to rally around the economic principles
that led our ancestors to own and control economic enclaves all
across this country. Get busy!
New Approach To Business
Lending Emphasizes Success
(NAPSI)-Small businesses often find they can't get the credit they
deserve--or need. Many consumers might be surprised to learn
that an estimated seven out of 10 small businesses in America don't
qualify for traditional bank loans and must look elsewhere for cap-
ital.
This can sometimes mean taking on high-priced alternatives to
stay afloat. For example, Merchant Cash Advances--also known as
MCAs--let a lender purchase a merchant's future credit card sales
at a discount. This can result in interest rates of more than 150 per-
cent APR. Some see these as a form of predatory lending, and as
a result, 1,000 U.S. mayors have recently passed a resolution
denouncing MCAs altogether.
Now, one company is working to change all that with what it
describes as a new approach to small-business lending. The com-
pany--On Deck Capital--looks beyond a small-business owner's
personal credit score, studying the performance of the business, its
bank activity, transaction data, business credit and other data to
evaluate the overall health of the business. Through this model, it
is able to double the number of businesses that can access afford-
able loans.
According to the company's founder, Mitch Jacobs, "Everyone
agrees that well-run small businesses drive our economy, but
unfortunately, the evaluation model employed by traditional
lenders is designed to identify the challenges a business faces, not
their successes."
For example, one individual who owns a mail-order business sell-
ing fishing gear saw sales growing after four years in business.
Unfortunately, his loan applications were continuously denied by
banks. He found On Deck Capital after searching for alternative
loan options and was approved for a $50,000 loan within days.
In another case, the owner of a store specializing in soccer equip-
ment for men, women and students explored MCAs as a form of
financing after banks rejected her loan requests. She turned down
their predatory offers and selected Jacobs' company after realizing
that she would have lost 25 percent of her daily credit card sales to
the cash advance. She said that she found On Deck's pricing to be
much more straightforward and liked the fact that there were no
strings attached.
To learn more, visit www.ondeckcapital.com.
If we give small businesses the tools they need to succeed, our
economy will thrive.
The Chronicle
As
I Government Jobs Blocked
See It
Hakim Abdul-Ali
Aladdin’s Lamp
I tend to think of the signs of the Creator as bein.g very
vivid for my mind’s eye. Recently, it seems as though I’ve
been faced with one challenging situation after another
and the realities of understanding what these signs mean
intrigues me very much.
I consider myself to be a serious student of having faith
in the Most High Alone’s signs and, as such is the case, I
consider everything that happens in life as having existed
with the Supreme Creator Alone’s infinite knowledge. I’m
totally into that belief procedure, and that’s where I place
my unwavering faith.
I believe in the power that God Alone has to bring
things into existence simply by the Creator having only to
will or “say” that it is to be, and it’s done act. It’s taken me
many, many decades to absolutely understand and know
that all things are under the control of the Creator Alone,
and under not any man or woman’s rule, who are them-
selves only created beings.
I’m a spiritual loyalist, and I enjoy the solitude of quiet
contemplation and reflection in, about and of God
Alone’s majestic revealing powers. Through this process
I’ve come to learn many things about my past errors in
limited thinking about people, events and circumstances
that I’ve been involved in.
Life is a wonderful teacher if you know that only good
can come from positive thinking, and nothing good comes
from negative thoughts. I believe that so wholeheartedly
until I feel blessed to finally, at this late stage in my life,
to really understand the value of a positive thought and
what it can do for you.
I’ve written articles, lectured profusely and given ser-
mons on the avoidance of negative thinking and, also, the
importance of keeping the faith when times are hard, or
difficult, to put it in plain jargon. I believe that “you are
what you think, or project, and you become what you
believe in or wish for.” It’s as simple as that, with a lot
more that needs to be added on that point.
Let me explain what I mean a little more needs to added
“As I See It.” Life is what we make it, and our internal
mental vibrations that we throw out as subliminal
thoughts, even if unspoken, have a strong tendency to
become reality because our thoughts are synonymous to
actions.
Take for instance the age-old story of Aladdin and his
magic lamp. I’m sure you’ve heard it before, but I wonder
if you really understood the subliminal message behind
what may appear at first to be mere kid’s folklore. It’s
meaning is profound in my book of wisdom because it
tells us about a powerful secret of being successful in life,
both spiritually and economically.
When the fabled Aladdin of ancient Arabian folklore
asks the genie something, the genie is reported to have
said instinctively, “Master, your wish is my command.” To
some unenlightened “colored” folk in “hue-manity,” that’s
all that they heard without fully comprehending the
channeled and intrinsic response given by the huge genie,
who appears able to fulfill any and all requests directed to
him by his master, Aladdin.
The in-depth message, or wisdomatic secret behind this
genie’s ever-ready presence and instant ability to fulfill
Aladdin’s requests as he (the genie) surfaces from
Aladdin’s magic lamp after being rubbed is that whatever
Aladdin’s wishes internally and deeply, it becomes reality.
We are all modern day Aladdins, and our lamps are
thoughts and our minds can be likened to being or
“genies,” if you don’t go to far out with that analogy. We
are masters of our own destinies.
“You are what you think,” and your mind can make you
sick if you harbor negative thoughts of failure and demise.
Think about that for a stone, cold “colored” moment in
time and see that positive “colored” folk are taking care of
much business, while the negative ones are languishing in
their own abject miseries.
“Aladdin’s Lamp” says much to me as I think about the
many times in my life when some folks told me I couldn’t
do this or that. As I said to the lamp within my own soul
that I wish for better things in life, I began to activate the
“genie” within me that was out there waiting for me to
“TCB,” or take care of business.
Life, nature and the universe are there for me and you to
do our rightful positive things, if we but summoned the
“genies’ within ourselves and “got busy,” and took care of
business like we “naturally” should. It happens all the
time.
Just look at the world’s ethnic achievers, shakers and
movers, in addition to those outstanding and memorable
“colored” folk who’ve left legacies that have stood as
“genies” for those who aren’t deaf, dumb and blind to see,
comprehend and remember, because they saw, knew and
understood that “Aladdin’s Lamp” was more than just a
child’s classical story. It was their story too.
“Aladdin’s Lamp” is something that I see in my mind’s eye
every morning as I awake to pray and to thank the Most
High Alone for being able to witness one more moment
in this phase of life. It’s a pretty special moment, even
though things are not sometimes as smooth as I (or you)
would like them to be.
It’s good for me to always have gratitude about the
Creator Alone and all the blessings that he has bestowed
upon me (and you). “Aladdin’s Lamp” is only another
dimension of power thinking that lets us know that our
thoughts can bring us joy and riches beyond our present
sensibilities and desires, especially if we utilize them
expeditiously.
Powerful thinking starts within the Aladdin in all of us,
and if we applied the positive principle of what you and I
wish for and send out mentally, we’ll surely attract good
things. It’s a secret that as old as time itself, and the awe-
some subliminal truth behind the ancient Aladdin and his
magic lamp is that faithful and progressive thoughts,
backed my sound and productive actions yields success.
The successful people in life know this secret well, and
they apply it at every junction facing them in dealing with
every trial, test and ordeal they encounter. The Aladdin of
old believed in positive wishful thinking, and that’s why
his story resonates within my psyche the way that it sym-
bolically does.
To see a thing happening positively, or negatively for
that matter, is all up to the individual. Therein lies the
issue of what you want or desire from or in this living
process, and it can be darkness in one’s mind-set, or it can
be light of sweet happiness that one attains merely by the
thoughts he or she harbors or possesses.
Remember, that the light that lights the lamp of Aladdin
in you is your thoughts, because, again, you are what you
think. And those thoughts are ready to be fulfilled if you
desire to be, whatever they may be, so be careful what you
think.
“Aladdin’s Lamp” is what you use to light your dreams,
desires, hopes and aspirations as you talk to the “genie”
within your very own soul. Again, I say that, as the lamp
within you is ready to be rubbed for immediate positive
activation, “you are what you think and, subsequently, you
become same.”
What you send out, or tell your thoughts, it acts upon
those vibrations. Please don’t forget to polish and use you
lamp daily. Aladdin did, and that’s, “As I See It.”
In Alaska, Blacks say Palin Failed
to Reach Out, Claims Access to
By. Linn Washington, Jr.
Special to the NNPA from the Philadelphia Tribune
PHILADELPHIA (NNPA) - While many across America con-
sider Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin some
kind of phenomenon, many Blacks in Alaska see the governor of
their state as a person not interested in the inclusive posture of her
predecessors.
“Blacks don’t have the levels of
access to the governor and state
commissioners as with past
administrations,” said attorney
Rex Butler, an Alaska resident
since 1983. “It seems the posture
of [Palin’s] administration with
Blacks is: Don’t need them —
don’t worry about them.”
Eleanor Andrews, board chair of
the Anchorage Urban League,
said she is unaware of any pro-
grams or outreach to Alaska’s
Black community by Palin.
“It’s not a disengagement, it’s just
no connection. She does not
have relations with African-Americans,” said Andrews, a business-
woman and 44-year resident of Alaska.
Alaskan Blacks fault Palin for not hiring African-Americans for
her administration, dismissing Blacks from government posts and
spurning repeated requests to meet with Black leaders to discuss
issues of concern.
Palin’s increasingly rocky relations with Alaska’s Black communi-
ty seeped down to the “Lower 48” weeks ago, following an
Internet posting by the president of Alaska’s African-American
Historical Society, Gwendolyn Alexander, who detailed contro-
versies such as Palin’s staffing practices, Palin allegedly stating she
“doesn’t have to hire any Blacks” for major projects and her refusal
to attend that state’s major African-American celebration —
Juneteenth.
Palin denies telling Black leaders she did not intend to hire Blacks
in her state where African-Americans comprise 4 percent of the
population.
Palin, through spokespeople, defends her staffing record, citing
that top aides and advisers include a Filipino, a Korean and a per-
son of mixed African-American ancestry.
“I’m African-American and I am a big rebuttal to those charges,”
said Bill McAllister, Gov. Palin’s press secretary and former
broadcast journalist.
“She is not averse to hiring African-Americans,” said McAllister,
who joined Palin’s staff two months ago. McAllister said Palin’s
office “never” compiled statistics on minorities in her administra-
tion.
The Rev. Alonzo B. Patterson chuckles at Palin’s claims of being
color-blind, saying she’s “not sensitive to [having] African-
Americans in her administration.”
Patterson, who’s worked closely with previous governors, mayors
and other elected officials during his 45 years in Alaska, feels Palin
has “totally departed from the past practices” of previous Alaska
governors.
“Past administrations have had Black administrative assistants to
the governor, state commissioners and department leaders,” said
Patterson, who served as chair of Alaska’s Board of Paroles for 13
years.
While McAllister said Palin “hires on the basis of merit” not ethnic-
ity, gender or race, one frequently cited example of Palin’s crony-
based appointments is her elevation of a high school classmate to
the $95,000-a-year post heading the State Division of Agriculture.
Palin defended that appointment citing this real estate agent’s
childhood love of cows.
McAllister termed the agriculture appointment as “not major”
because Alaska does not have much agriculture. McAllister said
Palin’s hiring of political opponents for important posts shows she
does not hire only “within a circle of friends.”
Earlier this year, Patterson participated in a meeting of Black
leaders with Palin. This meeting followed months of requests to
Palin.
“We gave her a list of concerns and have received no response,”
said Patterson, pastor of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in
Anchorage.
Concerns presented by this group included hiring minorities at all
levels of state government plus contracting and employment prac-
tices in major projects like the planned new pipeline construction
project.
This group also invited Palin to participate in a town meeting dur-
ing the summer with other racial and ethnic minorities in Alaska
to discuss issues of common concern including economic growth,
educational deficiencies, family disintegration and young gang
problems. Palin spurned that invitation.
“She has not met with us since that March meeting,” Patterson
said. “I think she was intimidated by us not being intimidated by
her.”
Patterson heads the American Baptist Churches of Alaska and
that state’s Martin Luther King Jr. Foundation.
A person from the area of Wasilla, the city where Palin served as
mayor, said she’s very vindictive, a behavior pattern that chills crit-
icism of her.
While commending Palin as an enchanting person with maverick
ways, the person said “Sarah is not ready” for the office she holds
or higher office. This person did note that Palin’s employment
practices may not be as discriminatory as they appear because “she
is devoted to her people and there are few Blacks in Wasilla.”
Bishop Dave Thomas, a spokesman for Juneteenth — a state hol-
iday since 2001 — in Alaska, faults Palin for both failing to attend
the annual celebration and issuing a proclamation as specified law.
“Where past governors have attended [this celebration] Gov. Palin
has refused to attend or even send a staff member. They could
have sent a gardener as their representative but they didn’t,” said
Bishop Thomas.
Juneteenth, recognizing the freeing slaves during Civil War,
receives celebration nationwide. It holds distinction as the oldest
African-American celebration. Twenty-nine states including
Alaska recognize Juneteenth as an official holiday or an obser-
vance.
“For Gov. Palin to blatantly ignore Juneteenth is a tragedy,” said
Thomas, pastor of the non-denominational Jesus Holy Temple in
Anchorage. “We are not criticizing her because Obama is running
for president. If Obama was white, we would still criticize Palin
due to our treatment here.”
Sarah Palin burst on the national stage as Sen. John McCain’s
running mate during the GOP Convention that had the lowest
number of Black delegates in 40 years.
McCain has received an F on the NAACP Congressional Report
Card during 11 of the past 13 reporting periods. (During McCain’s
two runs for president, the NAACP provided no grade for him.)
McCain’s scores on supporting issues important to the NAACP
ranks lower than conservative Sens. Trent Lott of Mississippi and
Orin Hatch of Utah.
Butler questions the lack of Blacks in the ranks of presidential
campaign staffers shown around Palin.
Palin’s rocky relations with Blacks in her state mirrors relations
with Alaska’s native peoples, according to published accounts pri-
marily from leaders and experts in that community.
Bishop Thomas and many others in Alaska feel “Blacks are not
being treated fairly” by Palin.
“This governor does not deal with minorities well,” Thomas said.
“We have to examine how she will act as vice president and if by
chance she becomes president.”
October 8, 2008-5
St. Cloud State Students Denounce
Recurrent Hate Crimes
By. Charles Hallman
Special to the NNPA from the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (NNPA) - According to officials, at
least seven racist graffiti have been found in two St. Cloud State
University (SCSU) residence halls since school began last month.
In one incident, the initials KKK were discovered written on the
wall of a residence hall elevator. According to SCSU President
Earl Potter, it was supposedly written as a joke to three female res-
idents whose first names start with “K.”
“It wasn’t funny,” noted Potter, who added that this and other
recent incidents involving swastikas written on walls are not con-
sidered hate crimes: ''There is nothing that reaches the standard
of a [hate] crime... They clearly have the marks of a ‘We’re going to
show you’ behavior,” said the president.
The incidents are creating a hateful atmosphere on campus, said
second-year student Ernest Shelley. On September 23, Shelley
helped organize a “Speak Out” at Atwood Memorial Center in
which he, Potter, and other students and faculty spoke out against
such hate.
“These acts are not just against minority students, but it is a threat
against St. Cloud State University as a whole,” said Shelley.
People who may know who is responsible for these acts should
come forward, Potter told the student crowd. “If there is some-
body who does something, there are other people on campus who
know about that,” the president noted.
He understands that coming forward in such a way “is a compli-
cated thing” that often goes against the present youth culture.
“Often there are dynamics within the whole community…and rea-
sons that the sharing of the information might not be wise.
“Sometimes they are afraid of personal retribution [either from
administrators or fellow students],” Potter continued. “Sometimes
people are concerned about their personal safety. Sometimes they
don’t come forward because they don’t trust us in the administra-
tion.”
Shelley, cultural diversity chair of St. Cloud State’s student gov-
ernment association, said he doesn’t think school administrators
are doing enough in this matter. Potter disagreed: After the
swastikas incidents, “We brought the police to interview every res-
ident, and that behavior seems to have quieted,” he pointed out.
“[We] are dealing very proactively with each incident as it occurs.”
As a result of these and several other such incidents during the pre-
vious year, an uneasy campus atmosphere currently pervades St.
Cloud State. “It’s really, really bad,” noted junior Queania Bream
of Milwaukee.
“[School officials] tell us that [these incidents] are going on, but
what are they doing about it?” asked second-year student
Chinonye Cece of Arkansas.
Whoever is committing these acts should be expelled from school,
said Shelley, who suggests that more video cameras be installed in
campus buildings.
“I agree with all those who decry hateful acts and decry racism,”
Potter declared. “I completely agree that any time a hateful symbol
is placed on our university campus in any way, it damages our
community. It hurts some more than others.”
According to Bream, her sister, who is a sophomore this year, “and
some of her friends are [seriously thinking about] transferring” to
another college because St. Cloud State isn’t “a welcoming cam-
pus.”
Several young Black women who live on campus “feel uncomfort-
able and unwelcome,” said sophomore Danielle Bennett of
Queens, New York. “When they go into the restrooms and are
doing their hair, they get funny looks, or the bathroom clears out
all of a sudden,” she said. She, too, has heard some talk of leaving,
but Bennett said she advises against this.
“Maybe they should stay and make a change,” Bennett surmised.
“[They should join] with us people who are trying to have an
imprint on this institution for future generations that will be com-
ing here.”
However, Bootsie Anderson of Minneapolis, who also spoke to
the student crowd, wondered out loud why St. Cloud State isn’t
more welcoming to Blacks and other students of color. “This has
been going on since way prior to 1991 when my daughter was
here,” said Anderson, who added that her daughter left SCSU
after a year and a half because of racism. “Why is this still going on?
Is the president that ineffective or has that little power?”
Dr. Tamrat Tademe, a 20-year SCSU professor, complained that
the school doesn’t do enough to help Blacks and students of color
once they arrive on campus. “We have not developed a strategy on
this campus to embrace people,” he explained.
“The president of this institution is at a moral crossroad. He has to
decide [if he is] going to succumb to the pressure of image man-
agement. I believe [Potter] is a good person and his heart is in the
right place.”
“We [need] to come up with some kind of model or direction
toward change,” said Jarrod Hall, who is in his second year of
teaching at SCSU.
SCSU is for fairness for all, even for those who disagree, Potter
said. “We will have conflict, but our strength is how we deal with
this conflict.” He added that using hateful symbols as an expres-
sion of freedom of speech is wrong.
“I can’t create a free speech code to deny people from doing that,
but I can create a community dialogue that abhors that behavior.
That is what I intend to do,” Potter said.
Breme would like to see that happen before she graduates next
fall: “I’d like to see change on campus at least for the remaining
time I am going to be here,” she said, “but I know it is not going to
happen overnight.”
“It is not about making St. Cloud State look good,” concluded
Tademe. “It’s about standing for what is right in 2008.”
 The Chronicle
6-October 8, 2008-
An English Teacher Remembers----
by Lois A. Simms Rhett, principal of Charleston
High School; Cecilia G.
Huge strides in professions, Rogers, Early Childhood
careers, and life situations
Administrator; Lillie Smith,
were made possible for the stu- Social Studies teacher at
dents enrolled in my English
Charleston High School;
and Social Studies classes. Alvin F. Anderson, former
The grammar lessons, literary
College President; and Irvin
selections, and writing assign- D. Reid, retired President of
ments to which they were
Wayne State University in
exposed, proved to be benefi- Michigan.
cial to them. Because these
students had learned to speak Community Involvement
and write effectively, they
made strides after graduating Four female students and
from high school. Namely:
eight males are a sampling of
Deanna E. Check, a physician huge strides made in commu-
in the Department of
nity involvement. These stu-
Nephrology at MUSC; M. dents are Barbra Gathers,
Anne Cook, teacher at
founder of Unique Ideas and
Hickory Grove Elementary Women’s Resource Project,
School in North Carolina;
Inc.; Elease Amos-Goodwin,
Arthur Gilliard, a play direc- Program Coordinator of the
tor; Kathleen Graham, an
Moja Arts Festival; Ralph T.
English teacher at Burke Grant, New Jersey City
High School; Mary Alice
Councilman; William
Mack, a teacher at James Gregorie, aspiring mayor;
Simons Elementary School;
Lonnie Hamilton III, City
David J. Mack, Jr., principal/ Council Chair; Zoe Seabrook
Assistant Superintendent of James, organizer of Clemson’s
Charleston County School 4-H Clubs; the late Jerome
District 20; Ruby N. Martin,
Kinloch, Councilman; Robert
principal of Angel Oak Mitchell, politics; Nelson
Elementary School; Raymond
Rivers, NAACP on highest
Emily S. DeCosta Emily DeCosta was born in our
nation’s capital city and grew up in suburban Virginia. She subse-
quently moved to Charleston, SC in February, 1947. Married to
Herbert A. DeCosta, Jr., retired general contractor, their union
has been blessed with two children—Gail DeCosta Mzimela, the
wife of Rev. Dr. Sipo E. Mzimela of Decatur, Georgia and
Margaret DeCosta Smith of Charleston, SC. Her main profes-
sion focused on teaching as well as administration. She concen-
trated on English studies at Virginia State College as an under-
graduate and graduated with a M.A. in English in 1943 from the
University of Michigan. She taught as an instructor for three years
at Virginia State University. Her administrative skills were fos-
tered from 1947-1985 as Emily DeCosta was the bookkeeper, office
manager, and corporation secretary for H. A. DeCosta Company,
General Contractors. Emily DeCosta has been active in the com-
munity by participating on numerous boards including the
Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Charleston Concert
Association, and the American Cancer Society. Committed to the
YWCA of Greater Charleston, Inc., not only was she a board
member, but also a past president, treasurer, vice-chairman and
TWIN (Tribute to Women in Industry) honoree. She is a charter
member and past president of Jack and Jill of America of
Charleston, SC.
She confidently states that her main contribution to the commu-
nity is being a loyal participating citizen. She shares with pride her
commitment and dedication to her church, St. Mark’s Episcopal
Church. She is a former Vestry member; member and former
president of the Altar Guild; member and former president of the
Episcopal Church Women Diocese of SC; and former chairman
of the Episcopal Church Women-Mission and Ministry in the
World.
The Honorable Hilda Hutchinson Jefferson 88 years
young, Hilda Hutchinson Jefferson is a native Charlestonian. She
was the youngest of five children born to Maude Louise Freeman
Hutchinson and Isaac Warron Hutchinson. She graduated from
the Avery Normal Institute and Tuskegee Institute and attended
South Carolina State College. Her studies focused on home eco-
nomics education and chemistry. Hilda Hutchinson Jefferson has
been active in her career as well as her service to the community. A
member of Greater Trinity AME Church, she was always there to
participate with the Sunday School, ACE League, and other pro-
grams that were specifically in place for youngsters.
As an educator serving for approximately 35 years, she taught
home economics education at Baptist Hill School, Wallace High
School, and St. Andrews Parish High School (after total integra-
tion). She was named Home Economics Teacher of the Year in
1976 by Charleston County and South Carolina. As one of the
first black females to serve on Charleston City Council, serving 22
years and 13 days, she served as Mayor Pro Tem in 1976, 1984, and
1991. She served on many committees in various roles including
chairman of the Black Portrait Study Committee. Through this
committee’s efforts, a portrait of Daniel Jenkins, the founder of
Jenkins Orphanage was hung in the Charleston City Council
Chamber. She is a former board member of the following:
Charleston Museum, National League of Cities, and Gibbs Art
Gallery. Additionally, she was chairman of the Governmental
Division of the United Way. She is currently a member of the fol-
lowing organizations: Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Easter Star,
Daughters of Isis, National Council of Negro Women, and the
Auxiliary of the American Legion.
Ms. Francis Taylor Mack -Frances Taylor Mack, the daugh-
ter of the late Frank and Lillian Brown Taylor, was born March
4, 1919 in Charleston, SC. She attended Buist Elementary School
and was valedictorian of the class of 1936 at Burke High School.
She graduated cum laude from Allen University with a B.A. in
English in 1940. She also worked from 1940 to 1942 at St. Stephen
School in Berkeley County where she taught music and directed
the high school choral group.
In 1946 when much of Charleston was still segregated, she
became the second black caseworker on the staff of the Charleston
County Department of Public Welfare. Advancing in this field,
she became the first black caseworker supervisor and then in the
late sixties, she became the first black administrative assistant and
program supervisor for Children and Family Services in the
Department of Social Services in South Carolina. When she
retired in 1977, she received a special citation from former South
Carolina Governor Richard Riley in recognition of her long and
distinguished career. In addition to the accolades that she
received for her thirty years of service to the Charleston County
DSS, she has also received the following: Gamma Xi Omega
Chapter Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Certificate of Achievement
Award, 1987; the YWCA of Greater Charleston “Tribute to
Women and Industry Award”, 1988; Certificate of Appreciation
from The Anacostia Museum of the Smithsonian Institute,
Washington, DC, 1988; Award for Meritorious Service from
Goodwill Industries of Lower South Carolina as a member of the
Board of Directors, 1991; Golden Membership Certificate
Emanuel AME Church, 1994; Gamma Xi Omega Chapter Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority Certificate of Recognition and
Appreciation “for being a Super Parent, recognizing black family
values and traditions”, 2000; Ebenezer AME Church Millennium
Million Celebration Honoree for “Ordinary People Doing
Extraordinary Things”, 2002-2003; Allen University General
Alumni Association President’s Club Award, 2007; and
Recognition for 26 years of Exemplary Service to the Commission
of Redevelopment and Preservation and the City of Charleston.
Frances Mack is a charter member of the National Association of
Social Workers. She is also a lifelong member of Emanuel AME
Church where she actively serves the History and Archives
Committee and the Clara D. Hill Missionary Unit. She is the
mother of John A. Mack, Jr., Mary A. Mack, and Melba E. Mack
as well as the grandmother of four and the great-grandmother of
five.
levels; Jerome Smalls, commu-
nity advocate; Maurice Last but not least,
four of my English students
Washington, aspiring mayor;
and the late Janie Williams are authors. They are; Alvin
F. Anderson, W. Alfred
who held local, state, and
national offices with the Fraser, Deborah Yvonne
Powell, Sherman Pyatt, and
Young Democratic Women.
Life Persephone LaPrince Brown.
Huge strides have been made All of these public school stu-
dents are standing on my
in life by the following:
Dorothy Wright who stam- shoulders, and I am standing
on the shoulders of my English
mered and became a teacher;
Leroy Latten who was placed teacher, the late Margaret
Rutland Poinsett.
on the Honors Program in
English at North Carolina
College in Durham; Minerva
Brown King, who is a story- Lois A. Simms,
is the first Black English
teller and librarian; Carl
Rhodes who graduated with Teacher
of Charleston High School
his class and qualified to serve
his country. 1973-1976
Louise Martin Hill A native Charlestonian, Louis Hill, is the
eldest daughter of Fredreckya and Julius Martin, and the widow
of David Seabrook Hill. She is also the mother of Carol Byrd of
Atlanta, Georgia and Lt. Harold S. Hill of Charleston, SC and
has five grandchildren. She is a member of the Sacred Heart
Roman Catholic Church and a former member of the Diocese of
Catholic Women. Her early education was at Immaculate
Conception Grammar School and then she graduated from Burke
High School in 1933. After high school, she attended Apex Beauty
College. Additionally, Louis Hill devoted many years as a Girl
Scout leader and den mother. Louis Hill became involved with
politics after her marriage to David Hill. She worked tirelessly to
assist with her husband’s successful bid to office as a Charleston
City Alderman in the early 1970s. She moved on to chair the
Democratic Women’s Club and also the Charleston Democratic
Party. Additionally, as director, she coordinated former Governor
Dick Riley’s regional office in Charleston. She was awarded the
prestigious Order of the Palmetto for her many community efforts
over the years. She has held many posts, such as membership in
“Women in Community Service.” Local politics filled much of her
time, which was evident with her participation in her precinct, a
member of the Charleston County Election Committee, and a
member of the Examining Beauty Culture Board in Columbia,
SC. Louis Hill’s home was a meeting place during many political
races, where grassroots ideas were fostered; and because of her
many years of service to the City of Charleston and the State of
South Carolina, many organizations have presented her with
accolades, as a sign of appreciation for service rendered to so
many. 93 years young, Louis Hill remains an inspiration to all of
us.
Eugenia D. Johnson -Eugenia Marie Duncan Johnson, the
daughter of Eugene C. and Vivian E. Austin Duncan, was born in
Charleston, SC. She was married to Roosevelt Johnson, E8, PSG
Retired US Army, who preceded her in death on February 15,
1998. She is the mother of Eugene R. Johnson who is married to
Pinkie Janette Farver Johnson of Conyers, Georgia. Eugenia
Johnson is the grandmother of Gedarian E. Martin of Charlotte,
NC. Her two siblings, Clarence E. Duncan and Lewis A.
Duncan, preceded her in death. Eugenia Johnson graduated from
Avery High School in 1950 and Bennett College for Women of
Greensboro, NC in 1954 with a B.A. in commercial education and
library science. She attended Benedict-Allen Summer School, SC
Sate College Graduate School and the University of South
Carolina. She received a master’s degree in education from the
Citadel in 1981. Through her passion as an educator, she taught
business at Laing High School for 12 years from 19541967. She
served as a librarian in the following roles, Laing High School
librarian from 1968-1970; assistant librarian at Moultrie High
School from 1970-1973; assistant librarian at Wando High School
from 1973-1978; and head librarian at Wando High School from
1978-1987. She subsequently retired with 31 years of experience in
education earned in the city of Mt. Pleasant, SC. Active in the
community, she was honored in Who’s Who of American Women
1974-75 and received the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Community
Award in 1987. She is a member of Morris Brown AME Church,
Charleston, SC, Class #18, the Senior Steward Board, Bulletin
Club, and treasurer of the Senior Stewards. Not surprisingly, she
is also the church librarian. She is also a member of Grace Tent
#6, National Education Association-Retired, South Carolina
Education Association-Retired, Charleston County Retired
Educators-Unit II, National Council of Negro Women,
NAACP, YWCA of Greater Charleston, Inc., the treasurer for
Cannonborough-Elliotborough Neighborhoods Association and
the Avery High School Class of 1950.
Eugenia Johnson became the owner of Gadsden Funeral Home
in 1990. She retired as manager of the funeral home in 2006. She
is presently serving as a licensed funeral director and a notary pub-
lic She enjoys traveling with her son and his wife out of the coun-
try once a year.
Catherine M. McCottry, M.D -Dr. Catherine McKee
McCottry, the daughter of John and Violet Miller McKee, was
born February 3, 1921. She is a native of Charlotte, North
Carolina. Dr. McCottry received professional preparation and
training from Barber Scotia Junior College (Concord, North
Carolina), a finishing school for young girls. In 1941 she earned her
B.S. degree in Biology from Johnson C. Smith University and
earned her M. D. from Howard University School of Medicine in
1945. Because of Dr. McCottry’s hard work and determination
she made history in being the first female student to graduate from
Johnson C. Smith University with a medical degree. Dr.
McCottry completed her residencies at Harlem Hospital, New
York, N.Y., and Good Samaritan Hospital in Charlotte, North
Carolina. She completed her residency at Providence Hospital,
Chicago, Illinois. After completing her residencies, Dr. McCottry
returned to Charlotte, North Carolina and was the first African
American female physician of the 19th century and the first African
American female OBGYN in the Charlotte area In 1952, she
moved to Charleston, South Carolina, to join her husband, Dr.
Turner McCottry and the two became the first African American
medical team in the area. This outstanding surgeon was the first
African American female Obstetrician Gynecologist in the
Charleston area. In the late 1960’s she desegregated all Charleston
hospitals.
She has received numerous awards and accolades and well as
serving on many boards. Dr. McCottry was featured in the 2000
BellSouth African American Calendar. She was also inducted in
the SC African American Hall of Fame. In 2005, Dr. McCottry
was honored as a Local Legend in Charlotte, North Carolina as
the first female doctor in Charlotte, North Carolina. This exhibit
was displayed in the Charlotte Museum until June, 2006 and is a
part of a national exhibit and honor. In May of 2006, Dr.
McCottry received her honorary doctorate degree from her under-
graduate college, Johnson C. Smith. She was the first Johnson C.
Smith female graduate to obtain a medical degree. Recently, Dr.
McCottry was profiled in the Post and Courier’s High Profile for
her achievements and trailblazing accomplishments in the medical
community. This humble servant, Dr. Catherine McKee
McCottry is a member of Zion-Olivet Presbyterian Church. Dr.
Catherine M. McCottry has two children, Charles McCottry
(Barbara) and Tammy McCottry-Brown (Christopher), and six
grandchildren, Catherine, Taylor, Shemar, Mya Jo, Jordan and
Christopher.
Mildred Ellison Carr Born and raised in Charleston, SC,
Mildred E. Carr graduated from Burke High School in 1947 fol-
lowed by South Carolina State College in 1951. She was an
English teacher from 1951 to 1986 at Burke High School.
Teaching being her passion, she believes her main contribution to
the community was during her tenure at Burke High School. She
recalls quite vividly that there were two gangs at Burke High
School who fought continuously. Feeling that nothing more could
be done, the principle at Burke High School had recommended
that all of the students affiliated with the two gangs be expelled.
Mildred E. Carr, however, had another plan. She suggested to
another teacher that a club be formed with the two gangs. The
two groups met every Monday and became one group, Aloha,
which means love. Mildred E. Carr shares without hesitation that
every one of the children in the group, Aloha, graduated from
Burke High School.
Mildred E. Carr’s family is another passion for her. Her voice
brightens even more as she shares that she met her husband at
Burke High School in 1951. They were subsequently married in
1953 and enjoyed their union for 53 years until he passed. Her hus-
band was principle at two schools including Wallace
Consolidated School and Springfield Elementary School.
Mildred Carr rejoices in her five children who include Joye Carr-
Gore, her legally adopted and biological granddaughter who lives
in Columbia, SC; son, John Wesley Carr, Jr., who owns his own
business, Bac-Nu Carpet Cleaning, and is a longshoreman;
daughter, Georgette Carr (named after Mildred E. Carr’s and her
husband’s mothers), who her mother proudly says has been long-
shoreman for more than 10 years; daughter, Mildredadella Jordan,
who is the office manager in her husband’s (Dr. Clifton Jordan,
III) dental office; and daughter, Lt. Colonel Aurelia Carr-
Olverson, who is in the Air Force and stationed in Korea.
Additionally, she has 16 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.
Christine Osburn Jackson- Christine O. Jackson is a native
of Marion, Alabama and has lived in Charleston, SC for over 45
years. Her late husband, the Rev. E.L. Jackson, an educator,
moved his family to Charleston after he was fired from the
Alabama school system for marching with Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. on the Alabama State House to pray. She is from a
strong civil rights activist family. Her mother and brother were
jailed for their leadership in the Civil Rights Movement.
Mrs. Jackson joined the YWCA of Greater Charleston, Inc. staff
during the height of the Civil Rights Movement when the YWCA
operated as one for Blacks and one for Whites. She feels that her
greatest accomplishment was bringing the two YWCAs together.
During the late sixties, the YWCA of Greater Charleston, Inc.
was organized. The Coming Street YWCA Branch ceased to
exist in the late 1960s, and the Central YWCA George Street
became the Christian Family Y. The YWCA of Greater
Charleston, Inc. serves the tri-county area and is one of three
YWCAs in South Carolina with the state and National charters.
Serving the YWCA of Greater Charleston for 36 years as
Executive Director, Christine O. Jackson clearly is a critical force
in the YWCA’s history. A former First Lady of Mt. Moriah
Missionary Baptist Church, she remains deeply involved in her
church as well as social, civic, and other volunteer organizations.
Her passion is youth. She and others have developed and conduct-
ed many programs focusing on youth. She has received many
awards and recognitions including: The US House of
Representatives Congressional Record, SC Order of the
Palmetto, SC Senate Award, SC House of Representative
Award, City of Charleston Proclamation Day, Governor Hodges
Letter of Commendation, Governor Mark Sanford Letter of
Commendation, Malcolm D. Haven Award, National
Association of YWCA Executives, National Council of Negro
Women Award, Post & Courier High Profile.
Alma R. Latten -Alma R. Latten was born in Monks Corner,
SC and moved to Charleston, SC in 1958. She received her educa-
tion and graduated from Avery Normal Institute. Subsequently
she graduated from South Carolina State College with a degree in
elementary education and a master’s degree in principal certifica-
tion. Devoted to her family, Alma R. Latten, has four children—
sons, AeDee and Vincent; and daughters, Debra René and Olivia.
Additionally she has eight grandchildren and three great grand-
children. With a foundation in education, her main profession was
in elementary education. She planned and conducted workshops
for elementary school children. She has taught in various cites and
schools including Ridgeville, SC, Bethune Elementary, Liberty
Hill Elementary and Morningside Elementary and Middle
Schools. She retired from Morningside Middle School in 1982.
She has devoted her spare time to community service. She has vol-
unteered with a number of organizations including March of
Dimes; YWCA of Greater Charleston, Inc.; Charleston Alumnae
Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta, Sorority, Inc. (President, 1988-1990;
Delta of the Year, 1981-1982), and a Golden Life member); as well
as her church, Morris Brown AME Church. She states with a
huge smile on her face, “I can’t keep still and just simply find myself
volunteering for any worthy cause.” Her motivation and dedica-
tion is clearly evident with her work with the Order of Eastern
Star. As Grand Supervising Deputy of District No. 2 Order of
Eastern Star, Alma R. Latten oversaw 54 chapters and developed
3 more chapters during her tenure. By 2004, she realized the suc-
cess of her leadership and witnessed the growth of her district to
57 chapters and approximately 4,000 members. Further, she has
had multiple leadership positions in the Arabian Court 128,
Daughters of Isis, Oasis of Charleston, Desert of South Carolina
which include Deputy of the Isiserettes, Past Commandress, and
Honorary Past Imperial Commandress. She served as president
of the Daniel Joseph Jenkins Institute for Children Board of
Directors for three terms and is now President Emeritus.
Cynthia McCottry-Smith -Cynthia McCottry-Smith, better
known as, “Cinny” was born in Charleston, South Carolina to the
late Andy and Lucille McCottry. She had one brother, the late
Turner M. McCottry, MD and two sisters, Gloria McCottry
Harris and the late Ruth Mae McCottry Wiley. She has two sons,
Alonzo (Jocelyn) and Craig (Denise), four grandsons, and one
great granddaughter. Mrs. McCottry-Smith graduated from
Avery Normal Institute. She received her Bachelor of Arts in
Elementary Education from Bennett College and her Masters of
Arts in Elementary Education from New York University in New
York City. Additional studies were done at S.C. State College,
College of Charleston, and Clemson University. During Cinny’s
undergraduate years she was involved in many activities and
received numerous awards. She was a part of the Little Symphony
Orchestra (Bass Violin), Little Theatre, Board of Ushers, Art
Club Award, Voted Best personality and voted most popular. Her
peers must have seen this quality in her because today she is very
well known and liked by her former students and by the
Charleston community.
Cinny is an active volunteer with many organizations. The
American Cancer Society, Senior Companion Program, MOJA,
Mentor, The Heart Fund and continues to volunteer regularly.
She has been a consistent blood donor for the American Red
Cross since Hurricane Hugo. Cinny is a deacon and a very active
member of Zion-Olivet Presbyterian Church. September 12th,
2006 was proclaimed as Cynthia McCottry-Smith Day by Mayor
Riley and the City of Charleston. She was featured in the Hair
Etc. magazine, “Looking Good at Any Age”, and in the
Charleston Chronicle. Cinny is also a television personality, as the
Wisdom Moment Lady. She received the President’s volunteer
service award and an award from the US House of
Representatives for her untiring work in education.
The Chronicle
An English-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
cont. from pg 6
Jewel Miller Mikell -Jewell Miller Mikell, a native of Edisto
Island, South Carolina, and is the daughter of Evelyn M. Middleton and
the Late Frank C. Middleton. She was married to the Late James Lamar
Mikell, Jr. She has one son, Charles L. Mikell, 3 grandchildren, Shon
Turner, Madison and Dadrian Mikell. Jewell received the B. S. Degree
in Elementary Education from South Carolina State College (University)
in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and the M. A. Degree from Teachers’
College, Columbia University, New York City. She has operated as
Coordinator and Adjunct Professor at the Ashley River Road Shaw
University, University Without Walls for fifteen years. In December 1964,
Jewell and Lamar opened Jewell’s Millinery at 94 Spring Street,
Charleston, South Carolina, where her aptitude for designing hats was
officially known. She is a self-taught milliner and for 46 years has impart-
ed the most spectacular hats in the Lowcountry. Jewell recently displayed
her talents for Millinery at a workshop held at the South Carolina State
Museum in Columbia, South Carolina. Six of her original designs are
housed there. Some of her well known customers include former First
Ladies of South Carolina, and the Late Senator Strom Thurmond. Her
creations were featured in “Charleston’s Weddings” premier issue
“Spring/Summer 2005” and “Elegant Bride” magazine for Summer 2005.
Jewell is just as passionate about her church, her sorority and her Eastern
Star activities as she is about her hats. She is an active member of Central
Baptist Church at 26 Radcliff Street. She is a member of Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority, a member of Poinsetta Chapter #128 O.E.S., Past
Commandress of Arabian Court #128, and Past Deputy of the Oasis of
South Carolina, and Past Imperial Recordress.
Inez A. Simpson -Inez A. Simpson was born in Charleston,
South Carolina, September 1, 1927 and is the daughter of William
and Ethel Anderson. She is married to Gordon G. Simpson and
they have 7 children, 13 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Simpson graduated from T.C. Burke Industrial High
School in Charleston, South Carolina. She attended and graduat-
ed fro Palmetto ”Poro” Beauty School in Charleston, South
Carolina and Poro College of Cosmetic Arts and Beauty Culture
in Chicago, Illinois.
Mrs. Simpson is very involved in her church, St. Patrick Catholic
Church, where she has been the secretary for 15 years. She was
also the past president and secretary of the Pastoral Council.
Among her many activities in the church she was the
Extraordinary Minister of Eucharist, serves on the Altar Society,
Bereavement committee, she chaired the Christmas Good Cheer
baskets for the past 14 years with more than 100 baskets issued,
served as past president, secretary, and treasurer of St. Patrick’s
Women Guild, past secretary and legislative commission chair of
the Coastal Deanery Council of Catholic Women, South
Carolina and National Council Catholic Women, Knights of
Peter Claver Ladies Auxiliary, Our Lady of Guadalupe Ct. #110
and Knights of Peter Claver Fourth Degree, Ladies of Grace,
Father Egbert J. Figaro Chapter #45. Other organizations that
she is a part of are; the American Legion Post #147, Ladies
Auxiliary, North Charleston Branch NAACP, Burke High
School Class of 1947, Retired Navy Wives Club, North
Charleston United Community Civic League.
Lois A. Simms- Lois A. Simms is a native Charlestonian who
graduated from Avery Normal Insitute, Barber Scotia College
and Johnson C. Smith University. She received her Masters
degree from Howard University in Washington, D.C. She grew
up in Zion Church on Calhoun Street and was an active member
of many facets in the church. She was on the Worship committee,
a Sunday school teacher, and the organist for many years at Zion
Olivet Presbyterian Church on Cannon St. Ms. Simms was also
on the history committee of the Atlantic Presbytery. Ms. Simms
taught at Avery and the public schools in Charleston. Many of her
students have gone on to become very productive citizens of the
City of Charleston, the state of South Carolina, and nationally.
Some of Ms. Simms students are; DeAnna E. Cheek, MD, physi-
cian of her own practice, Palmetto Kidney and Hypertension,
LLC., M. Anne Cook, teacher in North Carolina, Arthur
Gilliard, director of plays, Kathleen Graham, English teacher,
David J. Mack, Jr., retired principal/Assistant Superintendent
School District 20, Mary Alice Mack, retired teacher, Ruby N.
Martin, retired principal, and Cecilia Gordon Rodgers, adminis-
trator of Charleston Development Academy and many more.
Their accomplishments are in areas of medicine, law, education,
politics, and etc. Ms. Simms is very proud of her students and she
continues to stay in touch with them. Ms. Simms is an author of
several books and continues to be a prominent citizen of
Charleston. She was an Honoree of the MOJA Arts Festival. Ms.
Simms says, “She is standing on the shoulders of her English
teacher the late Margaret Rutland Poinsette.”
The Honorable Lucille Simmons Whipper -Lucille S.
Whipper was born on the East Side of Charleston and received
her early education in the private and public schools of the city
graduating from Avery Institutes as Salutatorian of her Class. Her
college education and training were received from Talladega
College (B.A. in Economics and Sociology), the University of
Chicago (M.A. in Political Science), South Carolina State
University and the University of South Carolina (Guidance
Counseling Certification). She holds two Honorary Doctorate of
Humane Letters , one from the University of Charleston at the
College of Charleston and the other from Morris College,
Sumter, South Carolina.
After marrying her late husband, the Reverend Doctor Benjamin
J. Whipper, she began working with women’s religious organiza-
tions and youth groups. In addition to lecturing and serving as
panelist for local, state, and national religious organizations, she
serves on the faculty of the National Congress of Christian
Education, NBC USA INC. PresentlyMrs. Whipper serves as
the president of the Woman’s Baptist Educational and Missionary
Convention of South Carolina. After retiring from the College of
Charleston, Mrs. Whipper was elected to the South Carolina
House of Representative in 1985 and served for ten years. She held
membership on the Medical, Military, Public and Municipal
Affairs Committee, the Labor, Commerce and Industry commit-
tee and the Rules Committee. She chose not to run again in 1996.
For her services to the community, she has received numerous
awards and recognition, among the most recent of these are her
election to the South Carolina Black Hall of Fame in 1995, the
Order of the Palmetto, the highest civilian award from the State of
South Carolina (1996), the first EXCEL Prism Award for distin-
guished service awarded by the College of Charleston (1998), The
MOJA Arts Festival Community Service Award for State Politics
(1999), and the AME Denomination’s 1999 Women’s Conference
Phenomenal Woman Award from the Reid House of Christian
Service and the SC Department of Social Service. She was hon-
ored by BellSouth in its 2003 African American History Calendar.
On April 30, 2006, Dr. Whipper was honored by the General
Assembly of South Carolina by having the highway connecting to
The Arthur J. Ravenel, Jr. Bridge in Charleston dedicated and
named “The Lucille S. Whipper Interchange” in her honor. She is
listed in the October 2007 issue of Charleston Magazine as
“Charleston’s 100 Most Influential Personalities (since 1670)”.
Mrs. Whipper is the mother of six children, all in professional
careers, grandmother and great grandmother. She enjoys working
with people and motivating them to set high goals for themselves
and becoming all that God would have them be. Most of all she
considers herself a Servant of God.
The Honorable Marjorie Amos-Frazier Marjorie
Amos-Frazier hails from Manning, SC and has spent all of her
adult life in Charleston, SC. She was married to the late Harman
Frazier. She is the mother of five children of which four are still liv-
ing—Vertelle, Elease, Jerome, and Wilford. Marjorie Amos-
Frazier is a trailblazer with a number of “firsts” in her history. The
Honorable Marjorie Amos-Frazier retired from the South
Carolina Public Service Commission in 1993 after serving 13 years.
She was the first non-legislator, first AfricanAmerican and first
woman elected to this position. She was elected by the SC
General Assembly in June 1980 and subsequently elected for a
total of four terms. During her tenure she became the Vice-
Chairman and later Chairman of the Commission. Marjorie
Amos-Frazier was the first woman elected to serve on Charleston
County Council in 1974. Her most memorable experience as a
member of County Council was serving as chairperson of the
Human Services Committee and spearheading the negotiations
between Charleston County and the Medical University of South
Carolina for indigent health care.
Some of her other accomplishments include being listed in the
1977-78 edition of Personalities of the South; listed in the first edi-
tion of Personalities of America; named NAACP's "Woman of
the Year" in May 1973; being appointed one of fifteen members to
serve on the Judicial Council of the National Democratic
Committee. She served on the Board of Spoleto Festival USA for
3 years. She is a charter member of the Charleston County
Democratic Women; a member of the first Community Relations
Committee in Charleston in the early 60's and later served as a
member of the Community Relations Committee for the United
Way. She is a member of Morris Brown AME Church, the
National Council of Negro Women, the Charleston Branch
NAACP, and many other outstanding organizations.
Julia Berry Murray -Mrs. Julia B. Murray is a prominent mem-
ber of the community presently residing in Charleston, South
Carolina. She began her career at the Roper School of Nursing on
July 31, 1956. Upon completion of nursing school, she received her
license from the State Board of South Carolina on December,
1956. Julia B. Murray was first employed by Roper Hospital. She
as then assigned to the surgical ward where she exercised her nurs-
ing skills. Her efforts and long hours demonstrated her will and
consideration for her patients. Despite obstacles of discrimina-
tion, Mrs. Murray performed above her expectations and became
an example of a distinguished and honorable care giver. Mrs.
Murray continued to be employed with Roper until it closed and
relocated to its present location.
After the closing of the hospital, Mrs. Murray found new employ-
ment with McClennan Banks, (presently own and operated by
MUSC). There she continued her unique and exemplary care for
patients in obstetrics and surgery. Many of the children she assist-
ed in delivery have maintained a relationship comparable to that of
grandmother and grandchild. It brings great pleasure and happi-
ness to Mrs. Murray that the children she cared for have success-
ful careers in law, medicine and various other professions.
Harriett G. Simpson- Harriet G. Simpson is the widow of the
late Alexander T. Simpson, Sr. the mother of the late Alexis Ivy
Simpson-Williams and Dr. Alexander T. Simpson, Jr. She is the
special Aunt of Flora G. Meyer-Smith, grandmother of two, great-
grandmother of five and godmother of 3. She is a mother, advisor,
and friend to hundreds of students with whom she has worked
with throughout her career in education. Mrs. Simpson is a grad-
uate of Burke High School. She received her Bachelor of Science
Degree in Mathematics and Science from Allen University,
Master Degree in counseling from South Carolina State
University and did additional graduate study at North Carolina
State University. After 39 years of service Mrs. Simpson retired
from the Charleston County School District where she was a
teacher and guidance counselor at Burke High School, C.A.
Brown and Simonton Junior High School.
Mrs. Simpson is a very active member in her church, Mount Zion
AME Church and has been on the Trustee Board for 41 years.
She serves on the missionary society, Sunday school, is the presi-
dent of the Willing Workers for 41 years, advisor for two years a
member of the Willing Workers for 43 years and serves on the Lay
committee. Mrs. Simpson has received many awards and recogni-
tions. They are; the SC Education Association State Award, SC
Employment Service Award, SC State Senate Certificate of
Recognition, State Missionary Woman of the Year Award,
Charleston Key to the City awarded by Mayor Gaillard for work
on the Eastside of Charleston, Mayor Riley Award, Delta of the
Year by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Charleston Alumni
Chapter, WCSC-Channel 5 Hall of Fame Award, MOJA Arts
Festival, Burke High School Service Award and The Harriet G.
Simpson Christian Education Commission created by a group of
educators of Mt. Zion AME Church to promote and acknowl-
edge excellence in the classroom through ongoing recognition
programs, book distribution events and college supply scholar-
ships.
Ms. Dorothy Brunson Wright Dorothy B. Wright is a
native of Timmonsville, South Carolina. She graduated summa
cum laude from Claflin University in Orangeburg, South
Carolina, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Art. She was
initiated as a charter member into the Gamma Chi Chapter of
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. at Claflin. Mrs. Wright taught
fro 32 years in the public schools of South Carolina. During her
tenure she worked at Jennie Moore Elementary and Laing High
Schools in Mount Pleasant. In addition, she spent 20 years at the
former C. A. Brown High School teaching art and life fundamen-
tals to students on the eastside of Charleston. She concluded her
teaching career at Burke High School in Charleston.
Some of her career highlights include, but are not limited to being
commissioned by the City of Charleston to paint a portrait of
Septima Clark for the City Council Chamber; being commis-
sioned to paint a portrait of Denmark Vesey to hang in the
Municipal Auditorium (the painting is used as the cover illustra-
tion in a children’s book published by Chelsea House Publishers);
and use the of the painting “At the Bus Stop” in an article on
African-American women artist in the American South, Gallerie
Publications. Currently, the seventy-nine year old enjoys retire-
ment by continuing to paint her three-dimensional paintings and
church murals in various churches in the Charleston area and
across the state of South Carolina. Furthermore, she enjoys read-
ing, sewing, and crocheting. With all of this, Mrs. Wright still
finds time to be a devoted wife to her husband of 58 years and the
mother of four, grandmother of eight, and the great-grandmother
of one.
October 8, 2008-7
WOMEN
AMONGST
US “STAND-
ING ON THE
SHOULDERS
OF OUR
ELDERS”
MaeDe Myers Brown 90 years young, MaeDe Esperanza
Myers was born in Austin, Texas and is the eldest of five daugh-
ters born to Joseph Gresby Myers and Mable Culler Myers. The
family, originally from South Carolina, moved to Texas when
MaeDe Myers Brown’s father assumed the position of mathemat-
ics professor and dean of students at Sam Houston College.
Later, the family returned to South Carolina where her father con-
tinued teaching on the college level and her mother resumed her
career as an elementary school teacher. MaeDe Myers Brown
graduated valedictorian of her class at Robert Smalls High
School in Beaufort, SC at the age of sixteen. She subsequently
graduated from South Carolina State College with a degree in
business in 1939. It was during her time at South Carolina State
College that she met Charlestonian, Joseph Arthur Brown, whom
she later married. Jointly, MaeDe Myers Brown and her husband
were both fellow soldiers in the struggle for human rights.
Because of their joint fight, they experienced raging, burning, Ku
Klux Klan crosses on their front steps. She was also arrested for
attempting to desegregate the Fort Sumter Hotel. While her hus-
band rode the back roads of South Carolina, carrying the banner
and spearheading a drive which increased local NAACP member-
ship from 300 to 1500 in two to three months, MaeDe Myers
Brown worked as an accountant for McClellan-Banks Hospital.
Marlene O’Bryant Seabrook, Ph.D - Marlene Linton
O’Bryant-Seabrook, a third generation educator, attended Avery
Normal Institute first through twelfth grades. She received a
Bachelor of Science degree from South Carolina State College in
1955, Master of Arts in Teaching from The Citadel in 1972 and a
Doctor of Philosophy from the University of South Carolina in
1975. South Carolina state certified in elementary education, men-
tally handicapped, learning disabilities, psychology, and elemen-
tary administration, she retired in 1987 after a thirty year career
which included experiences as classroom teacher, central staff
administrator, and college professor. In 1975, she made history
when she became the first African - American and one of only two
women on the full-time faculty at The Citadel. Post retirement,
she taught the Psychology courses for City Colleges of Chicago
Programs for the Military until the closing of the Charleston
Naval Base and served as an Administrative Substitute for
Charleston County Schools. Dr. O’Bryant-Seabrook, whose work
may be seen in nine books, is a nationally recognized lecturer and
Fiber Artist. Her lecture venues include the American Folk Art
Museum (NY) and the Cleveland Museum of Art (OH) and her
art quilts, in which she substitutes fabric and thread for canvas and
oils, have been exhibited in numerous museums and galleries
across the U.S. from the Buffalo (NY) Museum of Science to The
San Diego (CA) Historical Society, including twice at The
Smithsonian; internationally in Cape Town & Pretoria - Republic
of South Africa; Republic of Namibia; and in Lyons, France.
Active in community affairs through the years, she is presently
Secretary of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Academic
Affairs Committee at Voorhees College, member of the Low
Country Citizens Committee on Judicial Qualifications which
screens all candidates for appellate judgeships in the First, Ninth,
and Fourteenth Judicial Circuits, and a member of the Board of
Directors of the International African-American Museum. She is
a member (past Vestry person/Junior Warden) of Calvary
Episcopal Church, Gamma Xi Omega Chapter (past Basileus) of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Avery Institute of Afro-
American History and Culture (past President), and Twenty
Pearls Foundation of Charleston, Inc. She has been the recipient
of numerous honors and awards, including “Who’s Who in
America” listing and the MOJA Festival 2000 “Artist” honoree.
She is the mother of a daughter (deceased) and three sons, has ten
grandchildren and a great-grand daughter.
Hazel Murray Stewart -Born to teach, Hazel Murray
Stewart, like her Mother and other relatives, remained in the class-
room for forty four years teaching high school and college mathe-
matics. She retired in 1991 from Charleston Southern University
with emeritus statics, but returned and remained until 1995. After
graduating from Avery Institute with honors in 1944, Hazel
attended Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1948, she
received an AB Degree in Mathematics from this college. She also
became a member of Pi Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority. Hazel further studied at the University of Pennsylvania
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Adelphi University in Long
Island, New York. Her MAT Degree was obtained from the
Citadel in 1974. She taught at the following high schools: Baptist
Hill, Wallace, Burke, and Middleton. In 1971 Hazel became the
first African American instructor of mathematics at the Baptist
College, now known as Charleston Southern University. A native
Charlestonian born November 4, 1926, her parents Richard
Gailliard Murray and Albertha Johnston Murray were always
proud of their only child and provided the proper support and
encouragement for her to achieve her goals. Between the summers
of 1947 and 1948, she met James W. Stewart of Jacksonville,
Florida who became her husband on August 26, 1948. They have
one son James II “Jay” their pride and joy. Hazel and “Jimmy” were
married for fifty-five years until his death on September 6, 2003. As
a member of Saint Mark Episcopal Church, Hazel is very active
and served on several committees, including three terms on the
Vestry. She was the first African American female to be elected to
the Standing Committee of the Diocese of South Carolina.
Hazel Stewart is a member of the Charleston Chapter of The
Moles. On the national level, she has been secretary and chairper-
son of Recommendations, History and Archives committees.
During her term, the committee was responsible for placing the
organization’s archival materials at Atlanta University’s Library
Archives.
8- October 8, 2008 The Chronicle

It’s Official: Jeff Johnson, Stephanie Robinson

Set to Become New ‘TJMS’ Commentators
By: Jackie Jones, ment that she was not cho-
BlackAmericaWeb.com sen to be Sen. Barack
Obama’s running mate.
Jeff Johnson and Stephanie
Robinson were named the “We’re at a time, quite
newest commentators for frankly, where women have
"The Tom Joyner Morning been saying, 'Enough
Show" Thursday morning, already.' They’ve been
after voting by the public doing a lot behind the
ended in a dead heat. scenes, and they want to be
out front,” Robinson told
With the song “Give the BlackAmericaWeb.com.
People What They Want” “Even if they weren’t
playing in the background, Hillary supporters, they
radio personality Joyner felt to some extent that she
told listeners that after Jeff Johnson was slighted.
50,000 votes and an
extended deadline, the vot- There’s a lot going on in
ing twice ended in a tie. this country, coping with
the issues we talked
“I am honored to be part of about,” including educa-
the TJMS family. This is tion, housing and political
truly a bridge-building power. “They want voices
opportunity as Stephanie that reflect their own.”
and I bring a gender bal-
ance to commentary,” Each week during the com-
Johnson said in a news petition, two contestants
release. “This is also a delivered commentaries
great moment in time to and listeners in morning
bring those younger listen- show’s 115 markets voted
ers, who make me what I for one of the hopefuls to
am, into the family as well.” Stephanie Robinson move on to the next round.
The voting ended in a dead
heat with the final two --
“I am delighted to join the Harvard Law School and Johnson and Robinson.
TJMS team and to share former chief counsel for
the microphone with Jeff Sen. Edward M. Kennedy “We couldn’t break the tie,”
Johnson,” Robinson also and a recognized expert on Joyner said on the show
said in the release. social policy, women, race Thursday morning. “So,
“Together, we will provide and family. Jeff, Stephanie -- you are
commentaries of the quali- our new commentators.”
ty and kind that I hope will Johnson and Robinson
inspire, educate and were selected by TJMS lis- Johnson will provide his
empower.” teners after the show began commentary on Tuesday
a two month on-air search and Robinson on Thursday
to replace contributor at 8:10 a.m., starting next
Johnson, a Washington, Tavis Smiley, who left the week on "The Tom Joyner
D.C.-based award-winning program in June after 12 Morning Show," which
journalist, social activist years. airs from 6 to 10 a.m.
and political commentator Eastern time weekdays and
who merges politics and During the competition, a can be streamed live and
pop culture, is the manag- number of observers sug- replayed later in the day on
ing editor/host of the BET gested it was time to have a BlackAmericaWeb.com.
talk show, “The Truth with regular female commenta-
Jeff Johnson." tor to give the show a dif- Robinson said she will be
ferent tone. interested to see how she
He has served as senior and Johnson play off each
advisor for media and Robinson said she received other on a variety of issues
youth outreach for People a flood of e-mails and text and hopes that listeners
for the American Way, messages during the con- will feel they made the
national youth director for test from people who were right choice in voting for
the NAACP and vice pres- eager to see her prevail. them.
ident for the Hip-Hop
Summit Action Network. Part of that, she said, “I hope,” she said, “I am
stems from the historic run able to keep the trust and
Robinson is the founding by New York Sen. Hillary faith for the people who
president and CEO of The Clinton for the Democratic have been enormously sup-
Jamestown Project, a presidential nomination portive.”
national think tank that and the fallout that ensued
focuses on democracy. She when some of her support-
is a lecturer on law at ers expressed disappoint-

publix.com/ads
A-58889 (G_LG) 10/09/08

Publix Classic Salad

A Healthy and Convenient Addition to Any Meal,
.......................... B
Am
16-oz bag Quantity rights reserved.
SAVE UP TO 1.99

7
New York Strip Steaks
99 lb

Boneless, Publix Premium Certified Beef, USDA Choice

White Mountain Bread
Handmade in Our Bakery, Baked Fresh Throughout the Day,
...................................... 229
SAVE UP TO 4.00 LB From the Publix Bakery, 16-oz loaf
SAVE UP TO .70

Hellmann’s
Mayonnaise B
Am
...................

Assorted Varieties, 30 or 32-oz jar

Gatorade
Thirst Quencher .................

Or G2, 8-pk. 20-oz bot. or Gatorade Tiger,

A1000
2
Classico
Pasta Sauce B
Am
......................

Assorted Varieties, 10 to 26-oz jar

Ronzoni Pasta
Assorted Varieties, 12 or 16-oz box
............... B
Am
Quantity rights reserved. 8-pk. 16.9-oz bot., Assorted Varieties (Excluding Bruschetta’s.) (Excluding Healthy Harvest, Lasagna, Jumbo Shells,
SAVE UP TO 4.59 SAVE UP TO 3.18 ON 2 Quantity rights reserved. Manicotti, Fettuccine Florentine, and Smart Taste.)
SAVE UP TO 2.49 Quantity rights reserved.
SAVE UP TO 1.39

Prices effective Wednesday, October 8 through Tuesday, October 14, 2008. Select locations only.

Only in Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester, Lexington and Richland Counties. Quantity rights reserved.
 The Chronicle-----
Lowcountry Connection -
Oct ob er 8, 2008 1b

Without High School Diplomas, Young Black Men in America Are Expendable
By Phillip Jackson, Executive
Director of The Black Star 1) Teach all Black boys to read racial history. Project to implement these
Project at grade level by the third 6) Teach Black boys and the solutions and to educate
grade and to embrace educa- communities in which they live young Black males, please call
Less than fifty percent of tion. to embrace education and life- 773285.9600, email black-
young Black men graduated 2) Provide strong, positive long learning. star1 0 0 0@ameritech.net or
from high school in the United Black male role models for v i s i t
States during the 2005-2006 Black boys. For more information about www.blackstarproject.org.
school year, according to a 3) Create a stable home envi- the work of The Black Star
new report commissioned by ronment for Black boys that
the Schott Foundation for includes contact with their
Public Education. fathers.
4) Ensure that Black boys

Orphan Aid Society, Inc.

Dropping out of high school
sentences young Black males
to menial jobs, street-corner
hustling, illicit activities,
fathering children out of wed-
lock, drugs, gangs, crime,
prison, violence, death and
worse - these young Black men
are literally being prepared to
destroy the Black communi-
ties in which they live.
Inability to achieve becomes
hopelessness. Hopelessness
becomes despair. Despair
becomes destruction.
Dropping out of school anni-
hilates the concept of family in
the Black community because
young Black men without
high school degrees seldom
become good providers for
their families and strong
international ramifications.
The rest of the world sees the
hypocrisy of the "rhetoric of
concern" in the United States
verses the lack of difference-
making action. Why aren't we
outraged? Why won't we do
something?
Before information on the
educational status of Black
males in America was avail-
able, the question could have
been, "Why don't we know
this?" Now that we know, the
question becomes "Why don't
we care?"
19% 33%
Milwaukee, WI 26,818 32%
46% 14% 34%
New York City, NY 159,555
32% 57% 24% 26%
Chatham County, GA 11,218
32% 42% 10% 25%
Palm Beach County, FL
26,259 33% 60% 26% 29%
Birmingham, AL 14,956 33%
21% -12% 38%
Charleston County, SC 11,489
34% 66% 32% 44%
Dade County, FL 51,188 34%
55% 21% 31%
Atlanta, GA 21,722 34% 58%
24% 35%
have a strong spiritual base.
5) Control negative media
influences on Black boys.
6) Teach Black boys to respect
all girls and women. Established 1891
Long term
1) Invest as much money in
educating Black boys as in Celebrates Its
locking up Black men.
2) Help connect Black boys to
a positive vision of them in the
Annual Fundraising Banquet
future.
3) Create high expectations
and help Black boys live into “Through the Eyes of Our Children”
those high expectations.
4) Build a positive peer culture
for Black boys. International Longshoremen’s Hall
5) Teach Black boys self-disci-
pline, cultural awareness and 1142 Morrison Drive
Charleston, South Carolina 29403

REMEMBER
Cleveland, OH 20,894 34%
anchors for their communities. Please see the estimated grad- 35% 1% 33%

The fabric of the Black com-
munity becomes unwoven.
This is an unnatural disaster
uation rates for Black males in
the lowest 28 districts in the
United States with Black male
enrollments of 8,000 or more
TO VOTE
St. Louis, MO 16,705 35% 38%
3% 37%
Saturday, November 1, 2008
IT’S YOUR
Memphis, TN 52,720 35% 64%

and a national disgrace with
little-to-no effective response
from the U.S. government or
RIGHT-
29% N/A
during the 2005-2006 school Clayton County, GA 19,605
year versus White male gradu-
ation rates in those cities and
36% 26% -10% 33% 7:00 PM
Orange County, FL 25,367

PEOPLE HAVE
the Black community where the 2003-2004 Black male 37% 58% 21% 27%
this destruction is taking graduation rates:

DIED
Chicago, IL 102,185 37% 62%
place. 25% 35%
Tickets: $30.00
FOR THE
Black Male Black White Nashville-Davidson Co., TN
The media and many founda- Black Male 17,792 38% 60% 22% N/A

RIGHT
tions ignore this problem. The District Enrollment Male Broward County, FL 52,537 For More Information Email
United States responds to Male Gap 2003-2004 38% 55% 17% 36%

catastrophes in China,
Indonesia, Pakistan, the
Sudan, Georgia and other
parts of the world, but the
media and our government
will not constructively respond
to the genocide of young
Black men that is happening
here in the United States.
Young Black men in America
have become expendable!
The poor quality of education
for young Black men is an
impending national catastro-
phe for the United States with
TO VOTE
Jackson City, MS 15,736 38% danieljj@bellsouth.net
Indianapolis, IN 11,539 19% 42% 4% 44%
19% 0% 21% Minneapolis, MN 8,044 38%
or call
Detroit, MI 59,807 20% 17% - 76% 38% N/A
3% 31% Cincinnati, OH 12,834 38%
(843) 744-1771
Norfolk, VA 12,672 27% 44% 49% 11% 25%
17% 30% Duval County, FL 28,608 38%
Rochester, NY 11,270 29% 36% 55% 17% 26%
7% 32%
Pinellas County, FL 11,319 30% Please consider these simple
50% 20% 21% goals that can lead to solutions
Richmond County, GA 12,091 for fixing the problems of
31% 43% 12% 30% young Black men:
Baltimore City, MD 38,966
31% 37% 6% 31% Short term
Buffalo, NY 10,666 31% 50%

Fact or Fake?
This picture has been
all over the Internet
and passed around
from computer to
computer, ever since
Gov. Palin was named
the V.P. running mate
of John McCain.

While most people

believe that this is a
doctored photo, the
McCain/Palin ticket
has been gaining
momentum. It has
inspired and energized
African Americans
throughout this coun-
try to realize we have
much work to do, and
America still has a
long way to go.

THE 2ND ANNUAL WHALE-OF-A-YARD-

SALE 2008! Saturday, October 25, 2008 from 8:00am
to 3:00pm. Orphan Aid Society, Inc. presents family-
oriented fundraising event – a fun day of treasure hunt-
ing! Door Prizes! at Jenkins Institute for Children,
3923 Azalea Drive (off Leeds Avenue or North
Cosgrove Avenue), North Charleston. The public is
invited! FREE admission and FREE parking. For
more info., e-mail danieljj@bellsouth.net, or call (843)
744-2429. Lordy! Lordy!

BAR-B-Q AND OYSTER ROAST! Friday,

JIM FRENCH
October 24, 2008 from 5:00pm to 9:00pm at Jenkins wishes
Institute for Children, 3923 Azalea Drive (off Leeds he
Avenue or North Cosgrove Avenue), North
Charleston, SC. The public is invited for good food was forty!
and fun to benefit Jenkins Institute for Children (for-

HAPPY
merly Jenkins Orphanage). Tickets are $15 for Adults
and $7 for Children 12 years and under. Smokey Bones
BIRTHDAY!!
Barbeque and Grill and The Noisy Oyster Restaurants
will be participating. For tickets/info. e-mail
danieljj@bellsouth.net, or call (843) 744-2429.
2b-October 8, 2008 The Chronicle

CHURCH - SOCIAL
The Emancipation
Proclamation Association
FRIENDSHIP WALLINGFORD WE WELCOME YOU TO JOIN US, THE
M I S S I O N A R Y REVELATION OF CHRIST CHURCH, The R.O.C.
BAPTIST CHURCH- PRESBYTERIAN Church, 1473 Remount Road, North Charleston, SC, 29406, at
Sunday School - 10:00 AM- CHURCH, Invites You our Prophetic Conference, October 8th – 10th. This year, we will
Sunday Service -11:00 AM To COME, SHARE and cordially invites you to their annual King & welcome, Pastor/Prophet, Ocie Reese, Jr. of Anointed Word
Thursday Night Bible Study Christian Ministries in Atlanta, GA. Each night of the Prophetic
and Prayer Service- 6:00 PM- FELLOWSHIP with Conference, we will offer, on Wednesday and Thursday, October
The Seniors Activities Queen Contest on Monday Night, October 20,
The church is located at 75 8th and 9th, at 6:00pm, prophetic seminars titled, Understanding
America Street, Charleston, Bible Study, Physical 2008 @ 7 P.M. The Event will be held at the Prophetic,” featuring Elder Rich Stevens of Living Water
South Carolina Ministry in Tucson, Arizona. Then on Friday, October 10th, at
We are the church where
Fitness, Arts & Craft Wesley United Methodist Church, 446 Meeting 6:00pm, we will have a health seminar, titled “Getting a Good
Christians are at work! Projects, Health Nights Rest” featuring Karen Rollings from the sleep lab disor-
The Honorable L.B. Fyall- Education, Enrichment St., Charleston, SC 29403. Dr. George ders at Roper Saint Francis Hospital. Be Here! Bring a Friend!
Publicity Committee Programs, Speakers, Service will begin promptly at 7:00pm, nightly. You don’t want to
Reverend Leroy Fyall – Pastor McClanan is the pastor. miss this much anticipated event. For more information, please
Community Resources, contact the church office at 843-566-0024 or go to our website at
Trips, Recreation, Please come out and witness a great and mar- www.therevelationofchristchurch.org We hope to see you there!
LIFE CHANGING Nutritional Lunch and velous event. Young people from numerous
MINISTRIES - Please lots more fun . . .When: churches and organizations will be displaying
come and join us for Bible Every Thursday, Where: their talents and fineries. The St. Paul A.M. E. Church located at 6925 Rivers Avenue,
Study on Saturday at 3:30 705 King Street, Time: Please come out and support our young peo-
North Charleston, cordially invite you to attend an Appreciation
pm. Sunday Services is Service in honor of their Pastor the Rev. Clyde J. Corbin for 16
11:00a.m. Minister Rose 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. ple. They are our future. For more informa- years of service on Sunday, October 26, 2008 at 4pm at the church.
Cost: NO tion please contact Mrs. Annice Brown, Youth For further information please call the church at 553-2522. Hosted
Washington, Associate by the Steward Board, Rev. Clyde J. Corbin, Pastor.
Pastor CHARGE~~FREE, Director @ 843-797-1613 or
Rev. Glenn Scott, Pastor (843) 723-9929 Mrs. Ethel Greene @ 843-571-4061.
JC MOORE MINISTRIES PRESENTS - Women’s
Warfare Weekend October 16-18 at The Life Center Cathedral-
Week of 10/08/08 thru 10/14/08 7190 Cross County Road- North Charleston, S.c.- 843- 552-4111 or
877- 552-4118

Wesley United Methodist Church

2718 River Road, Johns Island, SC
Celebrate its
139th Church Anniversary
October 19-26, 2008

Come and Enjoy

Theme: A New Beginning-A Fresh Anointing”

100%
Natural
Sunday, October 19, 2008 11:00 a.m.

$ 89
1
Rev. Otis Scott, Jr., Pastor
Value Pack

$ 99
1
Boneless Chicken Wesley United Methodist Church—River Road,
Ground Chuck lb. Johns Island, SC
Breast Fillets and
Without MVP Card Regular Retail Tenders lb.
Without Wednesday, October 22, 2008- 7:00 p.m.
16-26.3 Ounce - Select Varieties
Ragú Pasta Sauce
$
3/ 5 Without
MVP Card
MVP Card 3/$5.33
3/$5.33 Without MVP Card $4.99 Rev, Mark Mitchell, Pastor
St. John United Methodist Church-
St. George, SC
And Oak Grove United Methodist Church-
Ridgeville, SC

Thursday, October 23, 2008-7:00 p.m.

(Youth Joy Night)
Minister Ann Robinson
New Jerusalem A.M.E. Church,

5
Available In The Deli
16 Ounce Limit 2 Free Smithfield®
$ 99 Wadmalaw Island, SC

99 ¢ 41-50 Count
Roast Beef lb.
Seedless Food Lion
Peel & Eat Without MVP Card $8.29 Friday, October 24, 2008- 7:00 p.m.
Red Grapes lb. Available In The Deli Without

Without MVP Card $1.99

Cooked Shrimp
Without MVP Card $9.49 Each
Great Lakes
Provolone Cheese
$
4 99
lb.
MVP Card
$6.29
Rev. Audrey Deas, Pastor
St. Paul Presbyterian Church, Hollywood, SC

Sunday, October 26, 2008-11:00 a.m.

Rev. Otis Scott, Jr., Pastor
Wesley United Methodist Church, River Road,
Johns Island
17.6 Lb.
Alpo “Come and Hear the Word of God”
Dog Food
8 Rolls or 6 Big Rolls

$
6 99 Brawny Paper
$
6 99
34.5-39 Ounce Cans Towels
(Decaf Not Included)
Maxwell Or 9 Mega or 12 Double Rolls If you made all the
House Coffee Quilted Northern
Bath Tissue Limit 2 Free
money you want
Without MVP Card $10.45 Without MVP Card $8.41-$8.99 Without MVP Card Regular Retail then don’t go to
this website
www.mytnn.com/lakar
11-12 Ounce
13.5 Ounce then call 404 518
Food Lion
10.75 Ounce
Campbell's
Select Varieties
Brand 9501
Nabisco Potato
Tomato or Nilla Wafers REV. CHARLES GREEN You to can
Chicken Chips
Noodle Soup Limit 2 Free Limit 2 Free
HOLY ROCK become a home
56 Ounce Limit 2 Free
base business
$
1
Select Varieties
Food Lion MISSIONARY
2/ Premium
Ice Cream BAPTIST
Without MVP Card 2/$1.46 Without MVP Card $4.29 Each Without MVP Card $3.99 Each Without MVP Card $2.99 Each
CHURCH
SUNDAY SCHOOL - 9:45 AM
LakarZan
SUNDAY SERVICE - 11:00 AM
Oct. 1st - Nov. 25th Oct. 1st
thru WED. NITE PRAYER - 7:00 PM
Model Call
WED. NITE BIBLE STUDY - 7:00 PM High School
• Shop 6 of 8 weeks Nov. 25th Students
• Present your Free Turkey Giveaway Card, • Shop 6 of 8 weeks 2111 RONDO ST.
personal MVP Card and spend $45 per visit
• Use this card and your personal Free Training
MVP Card CHARLESTON, SC
• Spend $45 per visit October 18th
• Collect 6 different weekly tickets • Collect 6 different weekly tickets 29414
• Redeem your 6 tickets for a @ 6 pm
• Redeem your 6 tickets for a 20 Food Lion Coupon (843) 763-1005
New Beginnings
$

$
20 Food Lion Coupon See official rules at store office for details.
Redeem tickets by 12/02/08.

“WE ARE THE Bridal & Prom

See official rules at store office for details.
5633 Dorchester
CHURCH
Road
THAT SITS BESIDE
We reserve the right to limit quantities and correct typographical and photographic errors. Rainchecks unavailable on alcohol and tobacco products. All Stores Accept N. Charleston
THE ROAD WHERE
404 518 9501
Good neighbors. Great prices. EVERYBODY 843 303 3754
IS SOMEBODY & GOD
The Chronicle October 8, 2008- 3b
for them, and that such Order
STATE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA
is on file in the Office of the
Clerk of Court for Charleston
TAX WORKSHOP FOR NEW SMALL
COUNTY OF
County, Charleston County
Courthouse, South Carolina. BUSINESS OWNERS IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON
Charles S. Goldberg, Esquire
JOSEPH CAMPBELL, JULIA Attorney for Plaintiff
GREENSBORO, N. C. - Business Development Other topics to be discussed employment security obliga-
GREEN, No. 61 Broad Street, P.O. Box
The Internal Revenue Service Center. "This workshop is a include tax record keeping and tions.
NOLA TAYLOR, SAMUEL SIN- 9 Charleston, South Carolina
(IRS) is sponsoring a tax public service for those who tax filing deadlines. The
GLETON, 29401
workshop for small business have small businesses or may morning portion of the work- To register for the workshop
NAOMI HINES, SANDRA (843) 720-2800
owners or prospective small be thinking about going into shop will cover federal tax or to get more information,
BARNHARDT, Charleston, South Carolina
business owners in the business," said Mark Hanson, requirements. The afternoon call (843) 740-6160.
HATTIE MAE NESBITT, October 1, 2008
Charleston area on Friday, IRS spokesperson. Hanson session will cover state tax and
SHARON GRANT, October 17, 2008, from 9 a.m. added that while IRS spon-
NATHAN NESBITT, JR., LIS PENDENS
until 4 p.m. at the USC Small sors the event, “the classes are
DAISY NESBITT, Business Development conducted by local certified
GRETA NESBITT, RICHARD NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
Center, 5900 Core Drive, public accountants or enrolled NOTICE INVITING
NESBITT, Suite 104, North Charleston, agents, IRS representatives
THAT an action has been initi-
SC. Co-sponsors of the work- STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS
LILLIAN NESBITT, ROBERT ated and is pending in the are not present,” he said.
LEE NESBITT, Court of Common Pleas for the
shop include: the South
Carolina Department of The Charleston County Aviation Authority (CCAA) is
BERNICE NESBITT, JULE County and State aforesaid, by The workshop is designed to
NESBITT, the above-named Plaintiff,
Revenue, the South Carolina provide information and
requesting Statements of Qualifications from interested
DANIEL YACHZEEL AND against the Defendant above
Society of Enrolled Agents, instruction about business consultants to perform Airport Planning and Consulting
REBECCA named, and that the object of
the South Carolina taxes, tax benefits, and obliga- Services at Charleston International Airport as further out-
SINGLETON, such action is to clear the title
Employment Security tions connected with starting a lined in this notice.
to the real estate described as
Commission, and the Small business as well as tax respon-
Plaintiffs, follows: sibilities for new employers. Written Statements Will Be Received up to the hour of
vs. 2:00 p.m. on November 6, 2008. All such statements
ALL that piece or parcel or tract shall be addressed to:
EVELYN NESBITT, JESSIE of land, lying and being in St.
NESBITT, JR., Pauls Township, Charleston
JOHN HENRY NESBITT, RAY- Susan M. Stevens, A.A.E.
County, State of South
MOND Carolina, containing Eight and Director of Airports
NESBITT, HELEN MAE SIM- one-half (8 ?) acres more or Charleston County Aviation Authority
MONS, less and bounded as follows: 5500 International Boulevard, #101
BENJAMIN NESBITT, JAMES on the East by lands of John Charleston, South Carolina 29418
NESBITT, Granderson and on the South and clearly marked:
WILLA MAE NESBITT, by a Road called Landing STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR
FRANKLIN Road; on the West by Nancy AIRPORT PLANNING AND CONSULTING SERVICES
NESBITT, AND NATHAN NES- Pinckney; and on the North by
BITT,
CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
lands of Martha Armstrong.
and JOHN DOE AND MARY (Advertisement No. 2008-10-CHS)
ROE, BEING the same property con-
fictitious names representing veyed to Amos Nesbit by deed Statement of Qualifications Submittal Packages may
unknown of John Granderson dated be obtained by contacting the Authority at the above
minors, incompetents, persons November 12, 1930 and address or by calling 843-767-7000.
imprisoned, recorded in the RMC Office for
persons in the military, and Charleston County in Book T- Any questions and/or comments concerning this request
persons under 35, Page 187. for Statements of Qualifications shall be directed in writ-
any other legal disability, and
RICHARD ing to Susan M. Stevens, A.A.E., Director of Airports, at
The Tax Map Reference
ROE AND SARAH DOE, ficti- Number is 053 00 00 056 the above address. CCAA will not be responsible for any
tious names oral instructions with regard to this Notice.
representing unknown Charles S. Goldberg
devisees, heirs, No. 61 Broad Street, P.O. Box
distributees, or personal repre- 9
sentatives of Charleston, South Carolina
AMOS NESBITT, JANIE N. 29402
CAMPBELL,
LULA SIMMONS, JESSIE
(843) 720-2800 IN UNITY THERE IS STRENGTH
NESBITT, IRENE Attorney for the Plaintiff
ALLEN, HATTIE Charleston, S. C.
YACHZELL,EVELYN October 1, 2008
SINGLETON, ELIJAH NES-
BITT, NATHAN
NESBITT, ISAAC NESBITT,
CAROLYN NESBITT,

Shop Doscher’s
GRACIE LOU NESBITT,
JERRY SIMMONS AND
HAROLD NESBITT, all of
whom are deceased,
and all other unknown persons
or entities who
may a claim an interest in or
lien upon the real
estate which is the subject of
this action,
For The Best Meat At
Defendants.

IN THE COURT OF
COMMON PLEAS
The Best Prices
Case No: 08-CP-10-5572
SUMMONS
This Week’s Specials On The Butcher Block
(Quiet Title and Partition
Double Q Pink Salmon Whole
TO
Actions: Equity)
THE DEFENDANTS Boneless Fresh Pork Smoked Picnic
$ 00
ABOVE NAMED:

HEREBY SUMMONED and

YOU ARE 14.75 oz. 2/ 3 Chuck Roast Spare Ribs
(2 to the pack)
$
119 lb.
$ 99
required to answer the
Complaint in this action, the
original of which has been filed
Armour Treet
$ 00
2 lb. $
1 69
lb.
Sliced Picnic
$
169 lb.
in the Office of the Clerk of
Court for Charleston County,
100 Broad Street, Charleston, 12 oz 5/ 5
South Carolina, 29401, on the
2nd day of October, 2008, at
Produce Cottage Brand Fresh Fresh Fryer
3:32 p.m, and to serve a copy
of your Answer upon the sub- Sliced Bacon Fryer Liver or
Eastern Red Delicious Apples
scribers, at their offices at No.
$ 00 12 oz. Leg Quarters 69¢¢ lb. Gizzards
61 Broad Street, P.O. Box 9,
2/ 5
3 lb. bag
$ 00 99
3/ 5
Charleston, South Carolina,
¢
29402 within thirty (30) days
after the last date of the last
publication of this notice; and if
you fail to answer the com-
Small Fancy Cucumbers
2/99¢
Drumsticks
Wings
$ 39
Sold in 10 lb. bag
lb.
1 lb. 88 lb.
plaint within the time aforesaid
judgment by default will be ren-
dered against you for the relief
Round White Potatoes
$ 00 Grocery Specials
5 lb. bag 2/ 5
demanded in the Complaint.

CHARLES S. GOLDBERG,
Margaret Holmes Collard, Hamburger Helper
LLC
No. 61 Broad Street,
Dairy and Frozen Food Turnip or Mustard Greens Selected Varieties
$ 00
Charleston, South Carolina
29402
KJ Farms Grade A Large Eggs
$ 00
15 oz. can 2/ 1 5-7.9 oz. 4/$500
(803) 577-7423
Attorney for the Plaintiff 1 dozen 2/ 3 Mahatma Rice Ragu
Charleston, South Carolina
Arcadia Orange Juice Spaghetti Sauce
October 2, 2008

NOTICE NISI $
3 lb. 2/$400 26 oz. 2/$400
TO THE DEFENDANTS
1 gal. 299 Lou Ana Vegetable Oil Charmin Basic
ABOVE NAMED:
NOTICE IS Old Folks Sausage Biscuits $ 99
Double Roll
HEREBY GIVEN THAT J.
$ 99 1 gallon 7 2/$400
Heyward Harvey, Jr. , 13 State
Street, Charleston, SC, has
been appointed as Guardian
36 oz. 6 4 roll

ad Litem Nisi in the above enti-

tled action by Order and that Country Love Ice Cream Crystalline Drinks IGA Potato Chips
such Order will become
absolute thirty (30) days after
the last publication of the
5 qt. pail
$
399 3 ltr. 5/$500 5 oz. 5/$500
Notice of Appointment, herein
unless such of the Defendants
as may be heirs, devisees, dis-
tributees, administrators,
executors, guardians, and all
those persons who may be
minors, in military service,
R62-SP15502

under any legal disability, or

other persons claiming by or
through, of the deceased per- We Reserve The Right To Limit Quantities And To Correct Printer’s Errors. We Gladly Redeem USDA Food Stamps. Prices Effective 10/6/08- 10/12/08.
sons above named, or some-
one in their behalf shall in the 1133 Savannah Hwy., Charleston, SC • 1750 Remount Rd., Hanahan, SC
meantime procure to be
appointed Guardian ad Litem
4b-October8, 2008 The Chronicle

Package for the MUSC Center for Advanced Medicine will be received from qualified bidders, properly licensed under the properly licensed under the Package for the MUSC Center for Advanced Medicine

Classifieds
will be received from qualified bidders, properly licensed under the properly licensed under the Package for the MUSC Center for Advanced Medicine will be received from qualified bidders, properly licensed under
the will be received from qualified bidders will be received from qualified b--__idders,properly licensed under will be received from qualified licensed under the wil will be received from qualified bidders Package for
the MUSC Center for Advanced Medicine will be received from qualified bidders, properly licensed under the Package for the MUSC Center for Advanced Medicine will be received from qualified bidders, proper-
ly licensed under the will be received from qualified bidders, properly licensed under- from qualified bidders, will be received from Advanced Medicine licensed under the properly under the will be be received from
qualified bidders,properly licensed under will be received from qualified licensed under the wil will be received from eceived from qualified bidders, dvanced Medicine will be received from qualified bidders, proper-
ly licensed under the properly licensed under the Package for the MUSC Center for Advanced Medicine will be received from qualified bidders, properly licensed under the properly licensed under the Package
for the MUSC Center for Advanced Medicine will be received from qualified bidders, properly licensed under the will be received from qualified bidders will qualified biddersackage for licensed

South African Housing Crisis Sparks Violent Protests

MECHANIC ASSISTANT
Special to the NNPA from ing crisis has sparked violent private developers have been “While the Truth and
GIN protests in the northern evicting them from their Reconciliation Commission’s
The Housing Authority of the City of Charleston is current- Johannesburg town of homes. mandate may have closed, per-
ly accepting applications for the position of Mechanic (GIN) – An affordable hous- Marlboro where residents say vasive poverty in South Africa
Assistant its public housing management offices. Police reported that roads is irreconcilable with the
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. were barricaded with burning extravagant wealth being
The Housing Authority of the City of North Charleston, tires in the protest. Metro earned by an elite few and with
This position is responsible for performing a variety of South Carolina is seeking proposals from an individual or police fired rubber bullets to the country’s Bill of Rights…
semiskilled and unskilled tasks associated with routine firm to provide Homeless Coordination duties to ensure disperse an angry crowd.
maintenance and upkeep of properties, grounds and that the Housing Authority of the City of North Charleston The ghost of apartheid still
equipment with a focus on deep cleaning of apartment can complete the goals that have been described to sup- One resident said: ''I have haunts the Rainbow Nation.”
units. Operates related automotive and power equipment. port the homeless. The RFP can be obtained by sending been living in Marlboro since Said Kate Lorimer of the
Provides assistance to the Maintenance Mechanics and 1997 and I've been on a wait- Democratic Alliance, a liberal
an e-mail request to the Executive Director Mr. George opposition group to the ruling
Foremen as directed.
Saldana at gsaldana@nchashousingauthority.com. ing list for a house since 1999.
Houses are being built but we ANC, ''People need to know
Minimum qualifications: HS Diploma or GED supplement- Sealed responses to this solicitation will be received by the cannot occupy them.'' where they are on the list, who
ed by 1-2 years experience in semiskilled and unskilled NCHA until 5:00pm Eastern time on October 22, 2008. else is on the list and exactly
tasks such as painting, carpentry, electricity, heating, and The protests have the support when they will get houses. But
plumbing, or an equivalent combination of education, train- of the Anti-Privatisation the department is not pre-
ing and experience that provides the required knowledge, Forum, which observed: pared to say.''
skills and abilities. Must possess a valid state driver's
license. MAINTENANCE MECHANIC

The Housing Authority offers a great benefit package, The Housing Authority of the City of Charleston is current-
ly accepting applications for the position of Mechanic for ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES
which includes: All persons having claims against the following estates
Free medical and dental insurance the Westside Management Office. Applications will be
accepted until the position is filled. are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal
Generous holidays and paid time off Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on
State retirement plan, 401(k), and 457 Form #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston
Free life insurance This position is responsible for performing semiskilled
maintenance on building, grounds and equipment that County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401 before the expi-
Short-term disability ration of 8 months after the date of the first publication on his
includes duties in carpentry, plumbing, refrigeration, paint-
Notice to Creditors or else thereafter such claims shall be and are
The salary for this position is $10.39/hour. ing, heating, and/or mechanical or electrical repair. forever barred.
Operates related automotive and power equipment.
This position will require a background investigation, drug Performs basic supervisory duties. Estate of: MOLLIE T. SMITH
screen and physical at our expense. Applications can be 2008-ES-10-1004
completed online at chacity.org and must include reasons Minimum qualifications: HS Diploma or GED supplement-
ed by two to three years of semiskilled and unskilled tasks DOD: 8/22/07
for leaving previous positions and salary history. Pers. Rep: MICHAEL L. SMITH
such as carpentry, electricity, heating, and plumbing, or an
equivalent combination of education, training and experi- 1852 CHESSHIRE DR.
The Housing Authority
of the City of Charleston ence that provides the required knowledge, skills and abil- CHARLESTON, SC 29412
550 Meeting Street ities. Must have the ability to perform responsible craftwork **************************************************************************
Charleston, SC 29403 at the journeyman level. Must possess a valid state dri- ESTATE of: BENNIE E. POWELL
Attn.: Human Resource Department ver's license. 2008-ES-10-1011
Fax 843-973-3481 DOD: 10/15/06
EOE M/F/D/V The Housing Authority offers a great benefit package,
which includes: Pers. Rep: ARTHURINE RIVERS
(TDD 843-720-3685) 117 BELLPOINT LN.
Free medical and dental insurance
Flexible schedule DANIEL ISLAND, SC 29492
Generous holidays and paid time off *************************************************************************
ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES State retirement plan, 401(k), and 457
All persons having claims against the following Free life insurance
estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Short-term disability CP0410C1 INVITATION FOR CONSTRUCTION BIDS
Personal Representative indicated below and also file sub- The City of Charleston Department of Parks is soliciting bids from
ject claims on Form #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate interested marine contractors for CP0410C1: Milton P. Demetre
Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, Park Public Pier and Floating Dock. The project scope includes:
S.C. 29401 before the expiration of 8 months after the date the construction of a 190’ pier with a 20’x 20’ pierhead and the
of the first publication on his Notice to Creditors or else MAINTENANCE MECHANIC installation of a 40’ floating dock at Milton P. Demetre Park (for-
thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred. merly known as Sunrise Park) on James Island, SC. The budget
Estate of: MOLLIE T. SMITH The Housing Authority of the City of Charleston is current- range is $ 400,000-$ 450,000.
2008-ES-10-1004
DOD: 8/22/07 ly accepting applications for the position of Mechanic at our Bid Documents will be available on or after Tuesday September
Pers. Rep: MICHAEL L. SMITH Office of Special Housing Needs. Applications will be 9th, 2008 from Charleston Blueprint Co. 90 Brigade St.
1852 CHESSHIRE DR. accepted until the position is filled. Charleston, SC 29403. There is a $ 35.00 non-refundable charge
CHARLESTON, SC 29412 for these plans. Checks shall be payable to Charleston Blueprint.
******************************************************************* Plans may be examined at the Department of Parks office at 823
ESTATE of: BERNIE E. POWELL This position is responsible for performing semiskilled Meeting Street. All questions can be referred to: Mr. Kevin
2008-ES-10-1011 maintenance on building, grounds and equipment that Turner, Collins Engineering Inc. 843-763-1576.
DOD: 10/15/06 includes duties in carpentry, plumbing, refrigeration, paint-
Pers. Rep: ARTHURINE RIVERS A Mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on site at Milton P.
117 BELLPOINT LN.
ing, heating, and/or mechanical or electrical repair. Demetre Park, Wampler Drive, on James Island, SC 29422 at
Operates related automotive and power equipment. 10:00 AM on Thursday September 18th, 2008.
DANIEL ISLAND, SC 29492
Performs basic supervisory duties. Bids will be due on Thursday October 2nd, 2008 at 2:00 PM.

Minimum qualifications: HS Diploma or GED supplement- Interested parties please contact Ross Eastwood, Project
Manager at 843-579-7552 or Eastwoodr@ci.charleston.sc.us.
ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES ed by two to three years of semiskilled and unskilled tasks
All persons having claims against the following estates
are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal
such as carpentry, electricity, heating, and plumbing, or an
Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on equivalent combination of education, training and experi-
Form #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston ence that provides the required knowledge, skills and abil- ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES
County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the ities. Must have the ability to perform responsible craftwork All persons having claims against the following
expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the
Notice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be and at the journeyman level. Must possess a valid state dri-
ver's license. Personal Representative indicated below and also file sub-
are forever barred. ject claims on Form #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate
Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston,
Estate of: EMILY PEARL MACK The Housing Authority offers a great benefit package, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the
2008-ES?10?1190 date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, or
DOD: 10/26/06 which includes:
else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.
Pers. Rep: ANDERSON MACK, SR. Free medical and dental insurance
2192 BIRD NEST RD., WADMALAW ISLAND, Flexible schedule Estate of: DEXTER KEYES
SC 29487 Generous holidays and paid time off 2008-ES?10?0821
Atty: CHARLES S. GOLDBERG, ESQ. DOD: 04/23/08
PO BOX 9, CHARLESTON, SC 29402-0009 State retirement plan, 401(k), and 457
Pers. Rep: DEVANTE ALSTON
************************************************************************* Free life insurance 806 MINNIE ST., CHARLESTON, SC
* Short-term disability, and more. 29407
Estate of: MARTHA S. PERONNEAU Atty: CHARLES S. GOLDBERG, ESQ.
2008-ES?10?1203 PO BOX 9, CHARLESTON, SC 29402-
DOD: 01/05/05 0009
Pers. Rep: JAMET P. ROSS The starting salary for this position is $12.08/hour. ******************************************************************
14119 MT. PLEASANT DR., WOODBRIDGE, Estate of: GEORGE JUNIOR WARD
VA 22191 2008-ES?10?0823
Atty: DANIEL E. MARTIN, JR., ESQ. This position will require a background investigation, drug
screen and physical at our expense. DOD: 12/14/07
61 MORRIS ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29403 Pers. Rep: GAIL LEE WARD
************************************************************************ 3115 BONANZA RD., CHARLESTON, SC
The Housing Authority 29414
of the City of Charleston ******************************************************************
550 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29403
Attn.: Human Resource ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES
All persons having claims against the following
estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the
EOE M/F/D/V Personal Representative indicated below and also file sub-
(TDD 843-720-3685) ject claims on Form #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate
Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston,
S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the
date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, or
else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.

Estate of: HERBERT HOOVER HOSEY

2008-ES?10?0469
DOD: 02/02/04
Pers. Rep: LOUISE B. HOSEY
PO BOX 71611, CHARLESTON, SC
29415-1611
Atty: ARTHUR C. MCFARLAND, ESQ.
PO BOX 80609, CHARLESTON, SC
29416-0609
******************************************************************
Estate of: DENISE JOHNSON SIMMONS
2008-ES?10?0532
DOD: 03/26/08
Pers. Rep: REV. VERNON SIMMONS
1406 RAINBOW RD., CHARLESTON, SC
29412
Atty: ARTHUR C. MCFARLAND, ESQ.
1847 ASHLEY RIVER RD., SUITE 200,
CHARLESTON, SC 29407
******************************************************************
The Chronicle
Package for the MUSC Center for Advanced Medicine will be received from qualified bidders, properly licensed under the properly licensed under the Package for the MUSC Center for Advanced Medicine
will be received from qualified bidders, properly licensed under the properly licensed under the Package for the MUSC Center for Advanced Medicine will be received from qualified bidders, properly licensed under
the will be received from qualified bidders will be received from qualified b--__idders,properly licensed under will be received from qualified licensed under the wil will be received from qualified bidders Package for
the MUSC Center for Advanced Medicine will be received from qualified bidders, properly licensed under the Package for the MUSC Center for Advanced Medicine will be received from qualified bidders, proper-
ly licensed under the will be received from qualified bidders, properly licensed under- from qualified bidders, will be received from Advanced Medicine licensed under the properly under the will be be received from
qualified bidders,properly licensed under will be received from qualified licensed under the wil will be received from eceived from qualified bidders, dvanced Medicine will be received from qualified bidders, proper-
ly licensed under the properly licensed under the Package for the MUSC Center for Advanced Medicine will be received from qualified bidders, properly licensed under the properly licensed under the Package
for the MUSC Center for Advanced Medicine will be received from qualified bidders, properly licensed under the will be received from qualified bidders will qualified biddersackage for licensed
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
GEORGIANNA G. HEYWARD,
Plaintiff,
vs.
SHIRLEY CARNICKEY,
WILLIE HEYWARD,
SR., ALFRED ALLEN CAR-
NICKEY, JOHN DOE,) and
MARY ROE, being fictitious
names used to designate
the unknown heirs at law dis-
tributees, devisees,
legatees, widow, widowers,
successors and
assigns, if any, of WILLIAM
SIMONS, (deceased),
MOLLY SIMONS a/k/a MILEY
SIMONS (deceased), DORA
SIMONS, (deceased),
REBECCA SIMONS GRA-
HAM, (deceased), LOUISE
SIMONS SMALLS,
(deceased), BERNICE
SMALLS CARNICKEY,
(deceased), SAMUEL CAR-
NICKEY, (deceased), MARY L.
HEYWARD, (deceased) and
all other persons unknown
claiming by, through or under
them or having or claiming any
interest in the real estate
described in Complaint,
whether infants, i n c o m p e -
tents, insane persons
under any other disability,
and AMERICAN GENERAL
FINANCE.
Defendants.
IN THE COURT OF COM-
MON PLEAS
CIVIL CASE NO.: 08-CP-10-797
AMENDED
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
FRANK REED,
Plaintiff,
Vs.
ARTHUR CHOICE, if he is
alive, and JOHN DOE AND
MARY ROE, fictitious names
representing the unknown
heirs, devisees, distributes, or
personal representatives, and
SARAH DOE AND RICHARD
ROE, fictitious names repre-
senting the unknown minors,
incompetents, persons in the
military, persons imprisoned,
or persons under any other
legal disability of ARTHUR
CHOICE, if he is deceased,
and all other unknown persons
claiming any right, title, inter-
est, or lien upon the real estate
which is the subject of this
action,
Defendants.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON
PLEAS
NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
CASE: 08-CP-10-4446
SUMMONS
(Quiet title action: Equity And
Partition by Allotment)
TO THE DEFENDANTS
ABOVE NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY
SUMMONED and required to
answer the Complaint in this
action, which was filed with the
Clerk of Court for Charleston
County on August 7, 2008 at
3:24 p.m., a copy of which is
herewith served upon you, and
to serve a copy of your Answer
upon the subscribers, at their
offices at No. 61 Broad Street,
P.O. Box 9, Charleston, South
Carolina, 29402 within thirty
(30) days after the service
thereof, exclusive of the day of
such service; and if you fail to
answer the Complaint within
the time aforesaid judgment by
default will be rendered
against you for the relief
demanded in the Complaint.
Charles S. Goldberg Attorney,
LLC
No. 61 Broad Street, P.O. Box
9 action by Order and that such
Charleston, South Carolina
29402
(843) 720-2800
Attorney for the Plaintiff
Charleston, South Carolina
August 11, 2008
LIS PENDENS
TO THE DEFENDANTS:
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN THAT an action has
been initiated and is pending in
the Court of Common Pleas for
the County and State afore-
said, by the above-named
Plaintiff, against the Defendant
above named, and that the
object of such action is to quiet
the title to the real estate and
to allot by partition described
as follows:
ALL that lot, piece or parcel of
land, situate, lying and being
Johns Island, Charleston
County, South Carolina, con-
taining 12.3 acres, more of
less, and is the residual portion
of No. 49, which originally con-
Classifieds
SUMMONS
(Quiet Title Action)
(Non-Jury)
TO THE DEFENDANTS
ABOVE NAMED:
YOU ARE
HEREBY SUMMONED and
required to answer the
Amended Complaint in this
action, a copy of which is here-
with served upon you, and to
serve a copy of your Answer to
the said Amended Complaint
upon the subscriber at his
office, located at 1847 Ashley
River Road, P.O. Box 80609,
Charleston, South Carolina
29416, within thirty (30) days
after the service hereof, exclu-
sive of the day of such service;
and, if you fail to answer the
Amended Complaint within the
time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in
this action will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded
in said Complaint.
AMENDED LIS PENDENS
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that an action has been
commenced and is now pend-
ing in the Court of Common
Pleas for the County of
Charleston, which action was
brought by the above-named
Plaintiff against the above-
named Defendants to deter-
mine the rightful owners of the
below described real estate.
That the
premises affected by this
action is located within the
County and State aforesaid
and is more particularly
described as follows:
ALL that certain lot, piece or
parcel of land containing twen-
ty-five acres, more or less, sit-
uated in Adams Run Township,
County and State aforesaid.
tained 25 acres and shown on
a plat of HICKORY HILL
PLANTATION, made by S.
Lewis Simmons, as Surveyor,
May, 1881. The residual por-
tion is partially shown on a sur-
vey of LOT 49-D, dated
October 6, 1997, and recorded
in the RMC Office for
Charleston County in Plat
Book EC, Page 851.
The residual portion of located
on the easternmost portion of
Lot No. 49, but according to
the subdivided plat aforemen-
tioned it butts and bounds to
the North on Pine Log Lane;
South on lands now or former-
ly of Hamilton and West on Lot
49-D; the easternmost line is
cut off and show no terminus.
BEING the same property con-
veyed to Frank Reed by deed
of Katherine L. Hare, Acting
Sheriff of Charleston County
dated June 21, 2001 and
recorded in the RMC Office of
Charleston County in Book K-
377, Page 291; further con-
veyed to Frank Reed by deed
of J. Al Cannon, Sheriff of
Charleston County, dated June
19, 2008 and recorded in the
RMC Office for Charleston
County in Book E-663, Page
092.
The Tax Map Reference
Number is 312 00 00 008
Charles S. Goldberg
No. 61 Broad Street, P.O. Box
9 S.C. State Retirement Plan
Charleston, South Carolina
29402
(843) 720-2800
Attorney for the Plaintiff
Charleston, S.C.
July 28, 2008
NOTICE NISI
TO THE DEFENDANTS:
TO THE DEFENDANTS
ABOVE NAMED:
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN THAT J. Heyward
Harvey, 13 State Street,
Charleston, SC, has been
appointed as Guardian ad
Litem Nisi in the above entitled
Order will become absolute
thirty (30) days after the last
publication of the Notice of
Appointment, herein unless
such of the Defendants as may
be heirs, devisees, distributes,
administrators, executors,
guardians, and all those per-
sons who may be minors, in
military service, under any
legal disability, or other per-
sons claiming by or through, of
the deceased persons above
named, or someone in their
behalf shall in the meantime
procure to be appointed
Guardian ad Litem for them,
and that such Order is on file in
the Office of the Clerk of Court
for Charleston County,
Charleston County
Courthouse, South Carolina.
Charles S. Goldberg, Esquire
Attorney for Plaintiff
No. 61 Broad Street, P.O. Box
9 P.O. Box 80609
Charleston, South Carolina
29401
(843) 720-2800
Charleston, South Carolina
August 7, 2008
October 8, 2008-5b
My Boyfriend's Love is Torn
ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES Between Two Women
All persons having claims against the following estates
are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Ask Gwen
Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on
Form #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston NNPA
County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the
Dear Gwendolyn:
expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this I am 57 years old and for nine
Notice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be and years I have been going with
are forever barred. this man and waiting for him
and the woman he was going
Estate of: RUBY J. GREEN with to break up. They were
2008-ES?10?1333 together when we started dat-
DOD: 06/28/08 ing. At that time they had been
Pers. Rep: HESTER F. JONES together about 19 years. I did
not know at that time, but
2012 RIVERVIEW AVE., NORTH when I did find out, it didn’t
CHARLESTON, SC 29405 Gwendolyn Baines
*************************************************************************
Estate of: MIRIAM K. CONYERS STATE OF SOUTH CAROLI- matter.
2008-ES?10?1348 NA ) ) IN THE PROBATE He would take X-rated pic-
DOD: 08/13/08 COURT COUNTY OF tures of me. She had the film
CHARLESTON ) IN RE: ) ) developed and got the surprise
Pers. Rep: YVETTE M. CONYERS NOTICE ESTATE OF MAR- of her life, but still would not
8307 WHITEHAVEN DR., NORTH GARET CLARK ) CASE NO.: leave him. She got my number
CHARLESTON, SC 29420
06-ES-10-006 ) TO: ALL from his caller I.D. and started
************************************************************************* HEIRS AND INTERESTED calling me. Because of her
PARTIES: YOU WILL harassment, when her son was
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that killed, I called her one morn-
the above-captioned action ing afterwards and said, “Ha!
PUBLIC HEARING was filed in the Probate Court Ha! That’s why your son got
of the County of Charleston, killed.” This is when we found
The public is hereby advised that the City Council of out she had developed the
South Carolina on January 3,
Charleston will film.
2007. This action seeks a
hold a public hearing Tuesday, October 28, 2008 beginning determination of heirs of She made copies and mailed
at 5:00 p.m. Margaret Clark who died them all around in my neigh-
in Council Chambers at 80 Broad St., Charleston, SC to intestate on November 15, borhood. About three years
receive input 1987. PLEASE present any ago he told me that they were
from the public regarding the proposed 2009 City Budget. claims to the Probate Court not together or seeing each
for Charleston County, 98 other anymore. In February of
Interested persons are invited to attend the hearing and this year I moved in with him
Broad Street, Charleston, SC
present their and come to find out they
views. Extended presentations should be submitted in or to petitioner’s attorney
within thirty (30) days of this never stopped seeing each
writing.
publication. PLEASE be other. When she calls him, he
present at the said hearing if goes over. He says after all
Vanessa Turner-Maybank they have 25 years together to
you are an heir or interested
party in the within estate. our nine.
Clerk of Council Gwendolyn, am I stupid or is
_______________________
__________ Anthony B. she?
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Rosalyn
Act, O’Neill, Sr. 1847 Ashley River
people who need alternative formats, ASL interpretation, or Road Charleston, SC 29407
(843) 763-3900 * 763-7996 Dear Rosalyn:
other
accommodation please contact Denise Griffith at (843) FAX Attorney for Petitioner
Before I discuss with you this
724-3730 or mail Charleston, S.C. August 2,
apparent triangle of a love
to griffithd@ci.charleston.sc.us three days prior to the 2008
affair, I want to inform you
meeting. that to call a mother’s home
with a “Ha! Ha!” about the
death of her child is unspeak-
Bounded Northwardly by Big able. It gives me chills to know
Bay, Eastwardly and
that such a person could do
Southwardly by property now PART TIME PROGRAM SPECIALIST something like that. I am sure
or formerly of Elizabeth La
Roche and Westwardly by land whatever your boyfriend of
now or formerly of Thomas nine years thought about you,
Williams, all of which will be The Housing Authority of the City of Charleston is accept- he thinks less now.
seen by reference to a plat ing applications for the position of Program Specialist for Let me tell you this: I think
made by J. D. Taylor, surveyor its public housing management offices. The position will you should be the one to bail
dated July 30, 1900. out of this relationship. Think
remain open until it is filled.
about it. When she calls, he
TMS NO.: 165-00- goes. He is not ready to dis-
00-091 This position is responsible for assisting in the provision of
various programs to assist public housing residents in solve 25 years of whatever they
have. Regardless as to how
becoming independent and self-confident citizens; organ-
AMENED
izing individual and group activities and related services; much you may hurt, don’t hold
NOTICE NIS assisting with resident program presentations and imple- on. Let him go. And as to your
mentation. The Program Specialist will work 30 hours per question, “Am I stupid or is
TO: THE DEFENDANTS week. she?” My answer is - you both
ABOVE-NAMED: are.
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that the Plaintiff has Minimum qualifications are: Requires a Bachelor's Degree
applied to the Court for in Sociology, Social Work, Education or other relevant field
appointment of a suitable per- supplemented by one to two years of experience involving
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
son as Guardian ad Litem for public interaction, planning, coordinating events, group COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
all unknown and known
counseling, or an equivalent combination of education,
Defendants who may be training and experience that provides the required knowl- IN RE: THE ESTATE OF
incompetent, under age, or
under any other disability, and edge, skills and abilities. Must possess a valid state dri- SHELDON RIVERS
said appointment shall become ver's license. CASE NO: 2008-ES-10-
final unless such Defendants, 1238
or anyone in their behalf, with- The Housing Authority offers a great benefit package
in thirty (30) days of the service
which includes: IN THE PROBATE COURT
of this Notice, shall procure to free medical and dental insurance
be appointed a Guardian ad
generous holidays and paid time off NOTICE OF HEARING
Litem for them.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
457 & 401K plan TO:
AMENDED life insurance
short term disability F. RENEE GATERS.
NOTICE OF FILING ESQUIRE, ATTORNEY FRO
PETITIONER
TO: THE DEFENDANTS
The starting salary for this position is $12.08/hour.
PO BOX 1015
ABOVE NAMED: 128 CANNON STREET
PLEASE This position will require a background investigation, drug CHARLESTON, SC 29402
TAKE NOTICE that the screen and physical at our expense. Applications can be
Amended Summons, filled out online and must include reasons for leaving pre- PETITIONER OR PETITION-
Amended Lis Pendens, vious positions and salary history. ER’S COUNSEL SHALL
Amended Complaint and CAUSE NOTICE (PUR-
Amended Notice Nisi were SUANT TO SCPC SECTION
filed on March 4, 2008 in the The Housing Authority
62-1-401) TO BE GIVEN TO
Office of the Clerk of Court of of the City of Charleston ALL INTERESTED PER-
Common Pleas for Charleston 550 Meeting Street, SONS OR THEIR ATTOR-
County, South Carolina. Charleston, SC 29403 NEYS. AS THE PETITION-
FURTHER Website: chacity.org ER YOU ARE RESPONSI-
TAKE NOTICE that Kelvin M.
Fax: 973-3481 BLE FOR OBTAINING A
Huger, Esquire of 27 COURT REPORTER FOR
Gamecock Avenue, Suite 200, THE HEARING THAT YOU
P.O. Box 80399, Charleston, HAVE REQUESTED. IF YOU
S.C. 29416, has been desig- NEED MORE THAN TWO
nated as Guardian ad Litem for HOURS ON YOUR CASE -
all Defendants who may be ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES
All persons having claims against the following estates YOU MUST NOTIFY THE
incompetent, under age, or CLERK OF COURT IMME-
are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal
under any other disability by Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on DIATELY.
Order of the Court of Common Form #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston
Pleas of Charleston County, County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expi- DATE OF HEARING:
dated the 21st day of March, ration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this OCTOBER 30, 2008
2008 and the said appointment Notice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are
TIME:
shall become absolute thirty forever barred.
1:00 P.M.
(30) days after the final publi- Estate of: DAVID N. FLEMING
cation of this Notice, unless 2008-ES?10?1101 Probate Court
such Defendants, or anyone in
DOD: 05/17/99 Historic Court House - Third
their behalf, shall procure a Pers. Rep: DONNA FLEMING Floor -84 Broad Street
proper person to be appointed 23 BURNT MILLS RD., GOOSE CREEK, SC
Charleston, South Carolina
as Guardian ad Litem for them 29445 29401
within (30) days after the final **************************************************************************
Estate of: THEODORE JAMES COKER DESCRIPTION/SUBJECT
publication of this Notice. MATTER:
2008-ES?10?1106
DOD: 07/17/08 ON PETITIONER’S PETITION
Pers. Rep: AMELIA T. COKER FOR DETERMINATION OF
By: Arthur C.
2467 BIRKENHEAD DR., CHARLESTON, SC HEIRS.
McFarland 29414
Attorney for Plaintiff Atty: JUAN W. TOLLEY, ESQ.
This 29th day of August,
1847 Ashley River 184 EAST BAY ST., STE. 201, CHARLESTON, 2008.
Road, Suite 200 SC 29401
************************************************************************** Irvin G. Condon, JUDGE OF
PROBATE
Estate of: DOROTHY FLOWERS
Charleston, S.C. 2008-ES?10?1147 84 BROAD STREET - THIRD
29416
DOD: 05/09/08 FLOOR
(843) 763-3900 Pers. Rep: CORDELIA LA BOARD CHARLESTON, SOUTH
Charleston, S.C. 2127 AMAKER ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29405
CAROLINA 29401
March 21, 2008 (843) 958-5030
**************************************************************************
6b- October 8, 2008-
Daz Dillinger's Mother/Snoop Dogg's Aunt Goes Big with New Gospel CD
Brighton, MI
(BlackNews.com) - Dr. Allean
Varnado Lang, the aunt of
Snoop Dogg and the mother
of rap producer and artist Daz
Dillinger (Delmar Arnaud)
has scored big with her latest
gospel CD titled, Drive, Ride
and Prophesy. The CD
includes a collection of gospel
songs written and arranged by
Dr. Lang. Radio stations in
Australia, Great Britain,
Paris, Japan, China, Asia and
across the U.S. have put the
CD in their regular rotations
and are playing selections con-
tinuously. One large country
western station (WICR) in
Nashville has her charted at
number 6 out of 45 artists.
Another country western chart
has her listed at number 10.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
ROBERT BOCKNEK and
ROBIN JACKSON,
Plaintiffs,
vs.
GENEVA G. ROSS; KATH-
LEEN C. HAYNES;
FONTAINE HAYNES; and
JOHN DOE AND MARY
ROE, fictitious names, to rep-
resent the heirs of any of
the above named parties who
may be deceased and their
heirs; and RICHARD ROE, a
fictitious name to
represent the interest of any
minors, incompetents or
disabled persons or those that
may be serving in the
military;
Defendants.
IN THE COURT OF
COMMON PLEAS
CASE NO: 2008-CP-10-3598
NOTICE OF FILING
TO: THE
DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE-
NAMED:
You are hereby noti-
fied that a Summons,
Complaint, and Lis Pendens
were filed with the Clerk of
Court for Charleston County
on June 24, 2008, by Samual
H. Altman of Derfner, Altman
& Wilborn, LLC, Attorneys for
the Plaintiffs.
DERFNER, ALTMAN & WILB
ORN, LLC
BY: Samual H. Altman, P.O
Box 600, Charleston, SC
29402-0600
Phone: (843) 723-9804
Fax: (843) 723-7446
Email:
saltman@dawlegal.com
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF
SUMMONS
TO: THE DEFENDANT(S)
ABOVE-NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUM-
MONED and required to
answer the Complaint filed in
this action, a copy of which is
herewith served upon you, and
to serve a copy of your Reply
on the Plaintiff or its attorneys,
Samuel H. Altman, Derfner,
Altman & Wilborn, LLC, Post
Office Box 600, 575 King
Street, Charleston, South
Carolina, 29402, within thirty
(30) days after the service
hereof, exclusive of the day of
such service, and if you fail to
do so, judgment by default will
be rendered against you for
the relief demanded in the
Complaint.
DERFNER, ALTMAN
WILBORN, LLC
Samuel H. Altman
575 King Street
Post Office Box 600
Charleston, South Carolina
29402
(843) 723-9804; Fax (843)
723-7446
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF
June 23, 2008
Charleston, South Carolina
Full-time Faculty
Accounting
Air Conditioning/Refrigeration
Mechanics
Cosmetology
Electrical Line Worker
Industrial Maintenance Mechanics
Program Coordinator
Industrial and Manufacturing
Training Director
Librarian
Massage Therapy Academic
Program Coordinator
Mathematics
Nursing
Part-time Faculty
Air Conditioning/Refrigeration
Dr. Allean Varnado Lang
In Australia one station called
her music "awesome" and
another called it "brilliant
music that needs to be played
The Housing Authority of the City of North Charleston,
South Carolina is seeking proposals from an individual or
firm to provide Grant Writing duties to ensure that the
Housing Authority of the City of North Charleston can com-
plete their goals in assisting their clients.The RFP can be
obtained by sending an e-mail request to the Executive
Director Mr. George Saldana at gsaldana@nchashousin-
gauthority.com. Sealed responses to this solicitation will
be received by the NCHA until 5:00pm Eastern time on
October 22, 2008.
STATE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
ROSETTA S. FRASIER and MIL-
DRED SWINTON,
Plaintiffs,
vs.
JOHNNY HENRY GERMAN, JR.,
WILLIAM GERMAN IV, CHERIE
CRISP, PAUL CRISP, LOUISE
ALSTON, VANESSA HANKEL,
JOHN DOE, AND MARY ROE,
being fictitious names used to des-
ignate the unknown heirs at law
distributees, devisees, legatees,,
widow, widowers, successors and
assigns, if any, of WILLIAM GER-
MAN, (deceased), and the follow-
ing deceased individuals:
CHRISTINA GERMAN ROUSE,
ESTELLE G. NELSON, MARION
NELSON, SR., HENRY NELSON,
ALONZO NELSON, MARTHA
NELSON, CHRISTINA NELSON,
WILLIAM NELSON, GEORGE
GERMAN, JOHN HENRY GER-
MAN a/k/a HENRY GERMAN,
WILLIAM GERMAN II, JANIE
CRISP, WILLIAM GERMAN III,
and all other persons unknown
claiming by, through or under them
or having or claiming any interest
in the real estate described in
Complaint, whether infants, incom-
petents, insane persons under any
other disability. Defendants.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON
PLEAS
CIVIL CASE NO: 08-CP-10-4190
SUMMONS
(Quiet Title Action)
(Non-Jury)
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE
NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY
SUMMONED and required to
answer the Complaint in this
action, a copy of which is herewith
served upon you, and to serve a
copy of your Answer to the said
Complaint upon the subscriber at
his office, located at 1847 Ashley
River Road, P.O. Box 80609,
Charleston, South Carolina 29416,
within thirty (30) days after the
service hereof, exclusive of the
day of such service; and, if you fail
to answer the Complaint within the
time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in this
action will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in said Complaint.
& LIS PENDENS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
an action has been commenced
and is now pending in the Court of
Common Pleas for the County of
Charleston, which action was
brought by the above-named
Plaintiffs against the above-named
Defendants to determine the right-
ful owners of the below described
real estate.
That the premises affected by this
action is located within the County
and State aforesaid and is more
For detailed information,
visit www.tridenttech.edu/ttcjobs.htm
or call 843.574.6201.
Aircraft Maintenance Technology
Animation
Anthropology
Biological Sciences
CNC Machining
Cosmetology
Criminal Justice
Economics
Electrical Facility Maintenance
English
Esthetics
Graphic Design
Industrial Mechanics
Information Systems
Marketing
Multimedia and Web Site Design
worldwide." Her video with
the same title is also a smash
hit and is being seen world-
wide. Both the video and the
CD can be downloaded on her
website at www.alleangospel-
music.com
Lang has been doing gospel
music for over 30 years and has
produced 4 previous gospel
CDs, which are also available
on the website. She and her
husband, Rev. Dr. Marvel
Lang, are both ordained min-
isters and travel spreading the
gospel. Dr. Allean Varnado
Lang is a graduate of Jackson
State University (1969),
Friends International
Christian University (Ph.D.,
2000) and Rhema Bible
Training Center in Tulsa, OK
(1991).
Snoop Dogg is the son or Dr.
particularly described as follows:
All that certain piece, parcel or lot
of land containing then (10) acres
situated on the Wando River in
Christ Church Parish, County and
State aforesaid and bounded as
follows: North by lands now or for-
merly of A.R. German, East by
lands now or formerly of James
Weston, South by lands now or for-
merly of Joe Simmons and West
by the Wando Tract. The same
being one fourth of the Chandler
Hill Plantation and left to the said
Wiliam German by will of his father,
the late William German.
TMS Nos.:615-00-00-113, 615-
00-00-114 & 615-00-00-020
NOTICE NISI
TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE-
NAMED:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the Plaintiffs have applied to the
Court for appointment of a suitable
person as Guardian ad Litem for all
unknown and known Defendants
who may be incompetent, under
age, or under any other disability,
and said appointent shall become
final unless such Defendants, or
anyone in their behalf, within thirty
(30) days of the service of this
Notice, shall procure to be appoint-
ed a Guardian ad Litem for them.
NOTICE OF FILING
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE
NAMED:
PLEASE TAKE
NOTICE that the Summons,
Complaint, Lis Pendens and
Notice Nisi were filed on July 22,
2008 in the Office of the Clerk of
Court of Common Pleas for
Charleston County, South
Carolina.
FURTHER TAKE
NOTICE that Kelvin M.Huger,
Esquire of 27 Gamecock Ave,
Suite 200, P.O. Box 80399,
Charleston, S.C. 29416, has been
designated as Guardian ad Litem
for all Defendants who may be
incompetent, under age, or under
any other disability by Order of the
Court of Common Pleas of
Charleston County, dated the 22nd
day of July, 2008 and the said
appointment shall become
absoulte thirty(30) days after the
final publication of this Notice,
unless such Defendants, or any-
one in their behalf, shall procure a
proper person to be appointed as
Guardian ad Litem for them within
(30) days after the final publication
of this Notice.
Arthur C. McFarland
1847 Ashley River Road, Suite 200
P.O. Box 80609
Charleston, SC 29416
(843) 763-3900
Nail Technology
Nursing
Paralegal
Plumbing
Radio, TV and Film
Sociology
Spanish
Theater
Welding
Full-time Staff
Electrician
Information Resources Consultant I
Landscape Maintenance
Law Enforcement Officer I
Law Enforcement Officer II
The Chronicle
Tyler Perry Unveils
Lang's brother and she played
New Studio in Atlanta
a crucial role in his life and nur-
turing his musical talent in By JONATHAN LAN- puter center. It was vacant
church along with her son at DRUM Jr. - Associated Press when Perry found it.
an early age. She recently part-
nered with Keyshia Cole's ATLANTA (AP) — Tyler The guest list included Will
adopted mother, Dr. Yvonne Perry unveiled a new multimil- Smith and his wife, Jada
Cole, and Ms. Aliyah Najm lion-dollar TV and film studio Pinkett Smith, Oprah
(Mama Pain) mother of Saturday on 30 acres in south- Winfrey, Forest Whitaker,
singer/rapper T-Pain in the west Atlanta. Hank Aaron and Whitney
Hip Hop Grows Up Houston. R&B singer Mary
(HHGU) Alliance with Bruce His renewed commitment to J. Blige was to perform.
George, co-founder of Def the city came after he once flirt-
Poetry Jam. HHGU is a non- ed with departing. Perry said Perry, 39, said the studio fea-
profit dedicated to closing the he had considered leaving tures five sound stages that
gaps in education, between Atlanta for good after neigh- will be named after Quincy
parents/guardians, youth and bors complained about noise Jones, Sidney Poitier, Ruby
educators. and traffic at his old studio in a Dee and Cicely Tyson — with
neighborhood close to down- one still unnamed. He will
It is also intended to help town. shoot his TBS sitcoms
youth better prioritize images "House of Payne" and "Meet
and words they receive from "Even though it was a studio the Browns" along with other
entertainment, and to enhance there for 15 years, there was a film projects at the studio.
the self esteem within youth. lot of resistance in everything I
The two women, Dr. Lang was doing," Perry said in a Perry said he knew the new
and Dr. Cole, partnered to telephone interview with The location would be an improve-
form the spiritual wing of Associated Press earlier in the ment. His old building was on
HHGU, whose founders are week. "I was thinking about property zoned commercial,
Ms. CeCe Morris and Ms. leaving at one point, but this is but the street next to it is resi-
Talia Ashley. home for me." dential.
His new Tyler Perry Studios
Dr. Allean Varnado Lang will contains more than 200,000 "I knew spiritually I was in the
be featured in the September square feet of studio and office wrong place," said Perry,
2008 issue of Gospel Synergy space in an area that once whose projects include "Tyler
Magazine. housed Delta Air Lines' Perry's the Family That
finance, reservation and com- Preys."
"You can never be upset with
the people who forced you into
ZONING your dream or up higher," he
said. "They forced me out into
CHARLESTON COUNTY a higher situation. It's worked
out much better for me."
PUBLIC HEARING Perry drew criticism from the
Writers Guild of America,
CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL WILL HOLD A PUB- West, after Perry fired four
LIC HEARING ON THE FOLLOWING ZONING CHANGE writers from "House of Payne"
earlier in the week. A guild
CASE AT 6:00 P.M, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2008 IN
COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT THE LONNIE HAMILTON, III spokeswoman said in an e-mail
Saturday that the four, along
PUBLIC SERVICES BUILDING, 4045 BRIDGE VIEW with supporters, planned to
DRIVE, NORTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA:
picket Sunday morning at
Perry's Atlanta home.
Case 3467(a, b, c, d, e, f)-C
Area: St. Andrews
Parcel Identification: 351-06-00-098, - 99, -100,
-114, -115,
-116, -117, -123, and -190
Acres:2.4
Request to change from Community
Commercial (CC) District to Planned
Development (PD-136) District
If you require further information, please con-
tact the Charleston County Planning
Department (843) 202-7200.
LENGTHY PRESENTATIONS SHOULD BE
SUBMITTED IN WRITING PRIOR TO THE
MEETING.
Beverly T. Craven
Clerk of Council
Invitation to Bid
900 King Street Reroofing Phase I Job #081001
The Housing Authority of the City of Charleston will
receive sealed bids on a General Contract for 900
King Street Reroofing Phase I unitl 2:00 p.m. local
time, on October 28, 2008 at 550 Meeting Street,
Room 114, Charleston, South Carolina. Bids will be
publicly opened.
Copies of the Bidding documents may be obtained
after 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at
the CHA Modernization Office, 545 Meeting Street,
Charleston, SC 29403. Contact Ed Donnelly at
(843) 720-3983.
A voluntary pre-bid confernce will be held at 545
Meeting Street on Tuesday, October 14, 2007 at
10:00 a.m.
The Housing Authority encourages minority owned
business to participate in its on-going purchasing
of goods and services.
CHA reserves the right to wave irregularities and to
reject any and all bids.
Donal J. Cameron
Chief Executive O
VOTE
DEADLINE: FRIDAY PRIOR TO WEDNESDAY
PUBLICATION
ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES
Security Specialist III All persons having claims against the following estates
are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal
Temporary Staff Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on
Administrative Specialist II Form #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston
Biology/Chemistry Tutor County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the
expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this
Computer Technology Tutor
Notice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be and
Mathematics Tutor
are forever barred.
Continuing Education Estate of: PETER MAZYCK AKA PETER MAZYCK, SR.
Automotive Glass Training
Instructor
2008-ES-10-1289
DOD: 05/27/08
Pipe Welding Instructors
Pers. Rep: RAYMOND E. MAZYCK
200 LAKE ASHLEY DR., BLYTHEWOOD, SC
29016
Atty: KELVIN M. HUGER, ESQ.
EOE/AA PO BOX 80399, CHARLESTON, SC 29416
*************************************************************************
The Chronicle
Package for the MUSC Center for Advanced Medicine will be received from qualified bidders, properly licensed under the properly licensed under the Package for the MUSC Center for Advanced Medicine
will be received from qualified bidders, properly licensed under the properly licensed under the Package for the MUSC Center for Advanced Medicine will be received from qualified bidders, properly licensed under
the will be received from qualified bidders will be received from qualified b--__idders,properly licensed under will be received from qualified licensed under the wil will be received from qualified bidders Package for
the MUSC Center for Advanced Medicine will be received from qualified bidders, properly licensed under the Package for the MUSC Center for Advanced Medicine will be received from qualified bidders, proper-
ly licensed under the will be received from qualified bidders, properly licensed under- from qualified bidders, will be received from Advanced Medicine licensed under the properly under the will be be received from
qualified bidders,properly licensed under will be received from qualified licensed under the wil will be received from eceived from qualified bidders, dvanced Medicine will be received from qualified bidders, proper-
ly licensed under the properly licensed under the Package for the MUSC Center for Advanced Medicine will be received from qualified bidders, properly licensed under the properly licensed under the Package
for the MUSC Center for Advanced Medicine will be received from qualified bidders, properly licensed under the will be received from qualified bidders will qualified biddersackage for licensed
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
ANN ROPER WHITE,
Plaintiff,
vs.
VIRGINIA ROPER, deceased,
MORRIS ROPER, deceased,
CORA BELL CHANDLER
ROPER, deceased, NED
ROPER, deceased, KATIE S.
ROPER, deceased, MARY
ROPER, deceased, BESSIE
ROPER, NAOMI ROPER
WASHINGTON, VIOLA
ROPER RICHARDSON, HER-
MAN ROPER, ARTHUR
ROPER, DECEASED, ALICE
ROPER WILLIAMS,
DECEASED, JAMES ROPER,
DECEASED, JANIE ROPER
DEAS, ANN ROPER,
ALPHONSO WHITE,
DECEASED, BRENDA
ROPER, DECEASED,
EDWARD DAVIS, MORRIS
ROPER, JR., ARLICE
ROPER, ALPHONSO ROPER,
ANTHONY ROPER, ALAN
ROPER, ANWAR ROPER,
ALIA ROPER, SALEEMAH
ROPER, AQUILA ROPER,
ZAHIR ROPER, TARIQ
ROPER, TYNISHA ROPER,
IVORY ROPER, MAURICE
ROPER, SHAMIRA ROPER,
GREGORY ROPER, THERE-
SA ROPER, SHAKIYA
ROPER, JALESSA ROPER,
YVETTA JEFFERSON, AL
JEFFERSON, EVERETT JEF-
FERSON, AUSTIN DAVIS,
COREY DAVIS, JOHN DOE,
MARY DOE, RICHARD ROE,
And SARAH DOE, being ficti-
tious names used to designate
the unknown Heirs- at-Law,
devisees, Distributees, wid-
ows, widowers, administrators,
Executors, successors, and
assigns, if any of VIRGINIA
ROPER and MORRIS
ROPER, the deceased and
above named Defendant who
may be deceased and all other
persons claiming any right, title
estate, interest in or lien upon
the lands of VIRGINIA ROPER
AND MORRIS ROPER or any
portion thereof, including any
such as may be infants, incom-
petents, or otherwise under an
disability, Defendants.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON
PLEAS
NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
CASE NO: 08-CP-10-3543
SUMMONS
YOU ARE HEREBY SUM-
MONED and required to
answer the Complaint in this
action, a copy of which is here-
with served upon you, and to
serve a copy of your Answer to
the said Complaint on the
Plaintiff or her attorney,
George E. Counts, Esquire, at
27 Gamecock Avenue, P.O.
Box 80399, Charleston, South
Carolina 29416, within thirty
(30) days after the service
hereof, exclusive of the day of
such service, and if you fail to
answer the Complaint with the
time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in
this action will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded
in the Complaint.
Dated this 16th day of June
2008, at Charleston, South
Carolina.
COUNTS & HUGER, LLC
GEORGE E. COUNTS
Attorney for the Plaintiff
27 Gamecock Avenue
Post Office Box 80399
Charleston, SC 29416
(843) 573-0143
LIS PENDENS
TO THE DEFENDANTS
ABOVE NAMED:
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN THAT an action has
been initiated and is pending in
the Court of Common Pleas for
the County and State afore-
said, by the above-named
Plaintiff, against the
Defendants above named, and
that the object of such action is
to quiet the title of the below
described property. The Real
Estate affected by this action is
described as follows:
ALL that lot, piece, parcel or
tract of land, situate, lying and
being on James Island in the
County of Charleston, State of
South Carolina, and being
shown as owned by the Estate
of Lucy Roper on a survey by
W.L. Gaillard, Surveyor, dated
February 2, 1966, and said to
contain two and two-tenths
(2.2) acres. MEASURING AND
CONTAINING on the north-
west line three hundred forty-
one (341.0) feet; on the east-
ern line five hundred twenty-
nine (529.0) feet; on the south-
ern line one hundred twenty-
five (125.0) feet; and on the
southwest line three hundred
eighty-eight (388.0) feet be all
the said dimensions a little
more or less. BUTTING AND
BOUNDING to the northwest
on property, now or formerly, of
Deleston; to the east and south
on property of persons not
mentioned on said plat and to
the southwest on property, now
or formerly, of Grimball; all of
which by reference to said plat
will more fully and at large
appear.
Classifieds/NEWS
BEING the same property con-
veyed to Virginia Roper, Morris
Roper and James Roper by
deed of Katie S. Roper date
July 9, 1985 and recorded in
the R.M.C. Office for
Charleston County in Deed
Book __ at Page __.
TMS NO.: 334-12-00-025
ALL that lot, piece, parcel or
tract of land, situate, lying and
being on James Island in the
County of Charleston, State of
South Carolina, and being
shown as owned by the Estate
of Lucy Roper on a survey by
W.L. Gaillard, Surveyor, dated
February 2, 1966, and said to
contain three and five-tenths
(3.5) acres. MEASURING
AND CONTAINING on the
northern line seventy-five
(75.0) feet; on the eastern line
one thousand nine hundred
thirty (1,930.0) feet; on the
southern line one hundred
twenty-five (125.0) feet; and on
the southern line seventy-nine
(79.0); and on the western line
one thousand nine hundred
sixty (1.960.0) feet be all the
said dimensions a little more or
less. BUTTING AND BOUND-
ING to the north on property of
persons not mentioned on said
plat; to the east on property,
now or formerly, of Thomas
Prioleau; to the south on prop-
erty, now or formerly, of
Grimball; to the west on prop-
erty, now or formerly, of Betsy
Prioleau; all of which by refer-
ence to said plat will more fully
and at large appear.
BEING the same property con-
veyed to Virginia Roper by
deed of James Roper dated
August 23, 1989 and recorded
in the R.M.C. Office for
Charleston County in Deed
Book F-194, at Page 182.
T.M.S. NO.: 334-00-00-039
MEASURING AND CONTAIN-
ING on the northern line three
hundred forty-five and seven-
tenths (345.7’) feet; on the
Southeastern line one hundred
eight (108.0’) feet; on the
Southern line three hundred
five and eight-tenths (305.8’)
feet; and on the western line
ninety-seven (97.0) feet; be all
the said dimensions a little
more or less. BUTTING AND
BOUNDING to the North on
the property, now or formerly,
of William Singleton; and to the
southeast on Folly road eighty
(80’) feet in width; to the South
on property,, now or formerly,
of Rufus Wilder; and to the
east on the property, now or
formerly, of James Roper, all of
which by reference to said plat
will more fully and at large
appear.
BEING the same property con-
veyed to Virginia Roper by
deed of James Roper dated
August 23, 1989 and recorded
in the R.M.C. Office for
Charleston County in Deed
Book F-194, at Page 182.
T.M.S. NO.: 334-10-00-006
ALL that lot, piece, parcel or
tract of land, situate, lying and
being on Battery Island Road,
James Island, Charleston
County, South Carolina con-
taining 0.45 acres measuring
as folows: Beginning at an iron
pipe in the western edge of
Battery Island Road at the
souheast corner of the lot
hereinabove conveyed to
James Roper and thence
south three degrees nine min-
utes (3.9’) east, seventy (70’)
feet to an iron pipe, thence
south eighty nine degrees thir-
ty minutes thirty minutes
(89’30’) west, two hundred
eighty-eight and 40/100
(288.40’) feet to an iron pipe,
thence north fifteen degrees
fourteen minutes (15’14’) west,
sixty-five (65’) feet to an iron
pipe, thence south eighty-eight
degrees twenty-five minutes
(88.25’) west, three hundred
one and 88/100 (301.80’) feet
to the point of beginning.
Butting and bounding as fol-
lows: To the east on Battery
Island Road, to the south on a
lot hereinafter conveyed to
Jaine Roper Deas, to the west
on lands of Nelson Deas and
to the north on a lot herein-
above conveyed to James
Roper.
BEING the same property con-
veyed to Morris Roper by deed
of Mary Roper, Bessie Roper,
Ned Roper, Naomi Roper
Washington, Viola Roper
Richardson, Herman Roper,
Arthur, Alice Roper Williams,
James Roper and Janie Roper
Deas dated June 23, 1969 and
recorded in the R.M.C. Office
for Charleston County in Deed
Book C-93, at Page 227.
T.M.S. NO.: 431-01-00-022
COUNTS & HUGER, LLC
GEORGE E. COUNTS
Attorney for Plaintiff
27 Gamecock Avenue
P.O. Box 80399
Charleston, South Carolina
29406
(843) 573-0143
ACREAGE & FARMS FOR
SALE
Pre-Construction Grand
Opening Land Sale less than
two hours from Atlanta.
Saturday, October 11th. Lake
lot with cabin package from
$89,900. Limited availability.
Call 888-807-2859.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 is
the last day to redeem winning
tickets in the following South
Carolina Education Lottery
Instant Game: Shamrock 7’s
(SC#258).
Buonasera Media Services,
LLC on behalf of the South
Carolina Education Lottery will
be receiving Proposals for
Advertising Signage to be dis-
played in Lottery Retailer loca-
tions. For more information,
please contact Teri Buonasera
at teri@buonaseramedia.com.
Buonasera Media Services,
LLC, 4124 East Buchanan
Drive, Columbia, SC 29206.
Phone: 803.315-2497 Fax:
803.790.7225
APARTMENTS/UNFURNISHED
2 bd. 2 ba. Only $201/mo! 3
bd. 2 ba. Only $324/mo! 5%
dn, 20 yrs @ 8.5% APR! Buy
Foreclosures! For Listings 800-
508-8176 ext. 1223.
NOTICE OF FILING
TO THE DEFENDANTS
ABOVE NAMED:
PLEASE TAKE
NOTICE, that the Complaint in
this action, together with the
Summons and Lis Pendens, of
which the above are copies,
were duly filed in the office of
the Clerk of Court for
Charleston County, South
Carolina, on the 20th day of
June, 2008.
FURTHER TAKE
NOTICE that Sherry B.
Crummey, Esquire of 61 Morris
Street, Charleston, South
Carolina 29401, has been des-
ignated as Guardian ad Litem
for all Defendants who may be
incompetent, under age, or
under any other disability by
Order of the Court of Common
Pleas of Charleston County
dated the 20th of June, 2008,
and said appointments shall
become absolutely thirty (30)
days after the final publication
of this Notice unless such
Defendants, or anyone in their
behalf, shall petition the Court
to have a Guardian ad Litem
appointed for them within thirty
(30) days after the final publi-
cation of this notice.
COUNTS & HUGER, LLC
GEORGE E. COUNTS
Attorney for Plaintiff
27 Gamecock Avenue/Suite
200
P.O. Box 80399
Charleston, South Carolina
2941
(843) 573-0143
Dated August 14, 2008
NOTICE NISI
TO THE DEFENDANTS
ABOVE NAMED:
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN THAT the Plaintiff has
applied to the Court for
appointment of a suitable per-
son as Guardian ad Litem for
all unknown and known
Defendants who may be
incompetent, under age, or
under any other disability, and
said appointment shall become
final unless such Defendants,
or anyone in their behalf, with-
in thirty (30) days of the service
of this notice, shall procure to
be appointed a Guardian ad
Litem for them.
Dated this 16th day of June
2008, at Charleston, South
Carolina.
COUNTS & HUGER, LLC
GEORGE E. COUNTS
Attorney for Plaintiff
27 Gamecock Avenue/Suite
200
P.O. Box 80399
Charleston, South Carolina
29416
(843) 573-0143
ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES
All persons having claims against the following estates are
required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal
Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on
Form #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston
County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the
expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this
Notice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be and
are forever barred.
Estate of: ELIZABETH MURRAY PICKENS
2008-ES-10-0867
DOD: 04/05/08
Pers. Rep: ALLISON WILLIAMS MCCREARY
321 BRICKHOPE LN.,GOOSE CREEK,SC 29445
Atty: CHARLES S. GOLDBERG, ESQ.
61 BROAD ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401
*************************************************************************
AUCTIONS/SHOWS
ANNOUNCE YOUR AUCTION
IN 102 S.C. newspapers for
only $360. Your 25-word clas-
sified ad will reach more than
2.8 million readers. Call
Jimmie Haynes at the S.C.
Newspaper Network at 1-888-
727-7377.
ABSOLUTE AUCTION TUES-
DAY OCT
Forge/Gatlinburg
28 Pigeon
TN.
www.grandestatesauction.com
1-800-552-8120. With 80%
financing 20 Mountain View
lots and 2 lodges. Fabulous
properties.
AUCTION-PSNC Energy,
Saturday, October 18, 10am,
Gastonia, NC. 30 Service
Trucks, 16 Pickups, 3 Dumps,
6 Backhoes, 7 Trenchers,
Right-O-Way Tractor, Trailers,
etc. Motley’s Auction & Realty
Group, 804-232-3300,
NCAL5914. www.Motleys.com
ABSOLUTE LOGGING
EQUIPMENT Auction, Selling
for the Bank, Late Model
Logging/Construction
Equipment, 60+ pieces;
October 16, 10AM, North
Carolina. Iron Horse Auction,
NCAL3936, 800-997-2248,
www.ironhorseauction.com
AUTOMOBILE DONATIONS
Donate Your Vehicle, receive
$1000 grocery coupon. United
Breast Cancer Foundation.
Free Mammograms, breast
cancer info www.ubcf.info.
Free towing, tax deductible,
non-runners accepted, 1-888-
468-5964.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
ALL CASH CANDY ROUTE.
Do you earn $800 in a day?
Your own local candy route.
Includes 30 Machines and
Candy. All for $9,995. 1-888-
771-3501. S.S. REG#664
COMPUTERS
A NEW COMPUTER NOW!!!
Brand name laptops & desk-
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF
FRANK BROWN, JR.
CASE NO: 2005-ES-10-0054-2
IN THE PROBATE COURT
NOTICE OF HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
TO:
CHARLES S. GOLDBERG,
ESQUIRE, PETITIONER
61 BROAD STREET
PO BOX 9
CHARELSTON, SC 29401
PETITIONER OR PETITION-
ER’S COUNSEL SHALL
CAUSE NOTICE (PUR-
SUANT TO SCPC SECTION
62-1-401) TO BE GIVEN TO
ALL INTERESTED PER-
SONS OR THEIR ATTOR-
NEYS. AS THE PETITIONER
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR OBTAINING A COURT
REPORTER FOR THE
HEARING THAT YOU HAVE
REQUESTED. IF YOU
NEED MORE THAN TWO
HOURS ON YOUR CASE -
YOU MUST NOTIFY THE
CLERK OF COURT IMMEDI-
ATELY.
DATE OF HEARING:
OCTOBER 29, 2008
TIME: 10:30 A.M.
Probate Court
Historic Court House - Third
Floor
84 Broad Street
Charleston, South Carolina
29401
DESCRIPTION/SUBJECT
MATTER:
ON PETITIONER’S PETI-
TION FOR SALE OF REAL
ESTATE.
This 20th day of August
2008.
IRVIN G. CONDON, JUDGE
OF PROBATE
84 BROAD STREET- THIRD
FLOOR
CHARLESTON, SOUTH
tops. Bad or NO credit- No
Problem. Smallest weekly pay-
ments avail. It’s yours NOW -
Call NOW 800-805-1525.
EMPLOYMENT
Learn to Operate a Crane or
Bulldozer. Heavy Equipment
Training. National Certification.
Financial & Placement
Assistance. Georgia School of
C o n s t r u c t i o n .
www.Heavy5.com use code
“SCCNH” 1-888-381-2437.
EQUIPMENT FOR SALE
SAWMILLS FROM ONLY
$2,990.00 - - Convert your
LOGS to VALUABLE LUMBER
with your own Norwood
portable band sawmill. Log
skidders also available.
www.norwoodsawmills.com/30
0N -FREE information: 1-800-
578-1363, Ext. 300-N.
HELP WANTED
DRIVERS: ACT NOW Sign-on
bonus. 35-41 cpm. Earn over
$1,000 weekly. Excellent ben-
efits. Need CDL-A & 3 mos
recent OTR. 877-258-8782.
HELP WANTED – DRIVERS
No Driver Experience Needed.
Earn CDL as You Drive.
Company-Paid Training. Work
for Wil-Trans Trucking, be OTR
in three weeks. 888-428-7651.
Must be 23.
Get rolling in your new career!
Call Xtra Mile to enroll for CDL
Class A training. Financial aid
available. 15 locations to serve
you. 1-866-484-6313
COMPANY OTR FB DRI-
VERS: 50c + LOADED MILE!
OWNER OPERATORS: 70%
TO 78% + 100% FUEL SC!
800-845-4932 ext# 231
www.bulldoghiway.com
DRIVERS ~ CDL-A: Home
Weekends & Great Pay!
Company & L/P available. Paid
Vacation, Benefits & More. 3
months OTR req’d. 800-441-
4271 x SC-100.
DELIVER RVs for pay! Deliver
“new” RVs to all 48 states and
Canada. Get paid to travel! For
details log on to
www.RVdeliveryJobs.com
$3,000 SIGN ON Experienced
OTR Drivers *5% More Paid
Miles *Choose your pay plan
*Van, flatbed, refrig *Choose
your fleet. Roehl Transport-
Experience The Power of Red.
Students welcome. Class A
CDL req’d. Training avail.
AA/EOE GoRoehl.com 888-
867-6345.
Go home this weekend! Run
regional! $.45/mile! Home
most weekends! Run close to
home! Health, Dental, Life
Insurance! 401k! Stability!
HEARTLAND EXPRESS 1-
800-441-4953 www.heartland-
express.com
Drivers- Owner Operators
Intermodal container.
Dedicated run from
Charleston, SC to
Spartanburg, SC. Home fre-
quently throughout/week.
100% Fuel Surcharge. Call
Hank 843-820-7922.
HOMES FOR RENT
6 Bed 4 Bath only $434/mo!
Buy Foreclosure! Stop
Renting! (5% dn, 20 yrs @
8.5% APR!) For listings 800-
508-8176 ext. 1241.
***Foreclosures/Bank
Repos*** 3 bd. 2 ba. $230/mo!
4 bd. 1.5 ba. $317/mo! More
homes available! 5% dn, 20
yrs @ 8%. For listings 800-
391-5228 x s118
HOMES FOR SALE
Foreclosures from $10,000! 1-
4 Bedrooms Available! Buy
Bank Owned Homes! For
Listings 800-508-8176 ext.
1277.
LAND FOR SALE
STEAL MY MARSHFRONT
Owner sacrifice!!! Drop dead
gorgeous Marshfront. My
neighbor paid $389,900. I’ll sell
mine for less than the bank
repo’s. My six figure loss is
your gain. $229,900. Call 866-
383-3915.
LAND/ACREAGE
RIVER ACCESS over 50% off!
Steal this gorgeous full acre
river access home site for less
than half of what it was a year
ago. Owner must sell now.
Paved roads, elec., cable,
great schools, pool. Don’t miss
this opportunity. $29,900. Call
now 877-289-2045.
MISCELLANEOUS
ATTEND COLLEGE ONLINE
from home. *Medical,
*Business, *Paralegal,
*Computers, *Criminal justice.
Job placement assistance.
Computer available. Financial
Aid if qualified. Call 866-858-
2121 www.CenturaOnline.com
October 8, 2008 -7b
ASK
DEANNA
Dear Deanna!
I broke up with this girl two
years ago. We both moved on
but now we’ve started talking
as friends. During this time
she had a baby by someone
else. I have a girlfriend but I
take care of this baby as if it’s
mine. My ex calls me some-
times and other times she curs-
es me and dogs me out but I
don’t say anything. I still have
feelings for her as if I want to
be with her. What should I
do?
Help Me Out Toledo,
OH
Dear Help:
If you want to be a wimpy man
with no backbone keep doing
what you’re doing. Otherwise,
you need to decide if you’re
going to stay with the woman
you’re with or go back to your
ex for more punishment. It’s
good you’re helping with the
baby, but you need to free
yourself. You broke up with
this woman for a reason and
considering how she treats you
nothing has changed.
Therefore son, you need to
“man up” and keep it moving.
Dear Deanna!
My boyfriend hasn’t proposed
to me yet and I’m tired of wait-
ing. We’ve been together for 5
years and have 2 kids together.
I cook, clean and sacrifice for
him and feel I should have the
title of wife. I know he has
commitment issues, but is it
wrong for me to set an ultima-
tum?
Vita Jones Queens,
NY
Dear Vita:
God didn’t put you here to
wear the title of “Miss Fool.”
You should’ve given your ulti-
matum before your first child
was born. If he hasn’t pro-
posed by now, Valentine’s Day
won’t make a difference. Make
your commitment desires
known and stress the impor-
tance of setting a manly exam-
ple for his kids. If he doesn’t
do the right thing after 2 kids
you’re stuck in fornication and
only you can decide to stay or
set yourself free.
Ask Deanna is written by
Deanna M. Write Ask
Deanna!
via Email:
askdeanna1@yahoo.com or
264 S. LaCienega Blvd. Suite
1283 Beverly Hills , CA 90211
AIRLINES ARE HIRING-
Train for high paying Aviation
Maintenance Career. FAA
approved program. Financial
aid if qualified- Job placement
assistance. CALL Aviation
Institute of Maintenance (888)
349-5387.
A NEW COMPUTER NOW!!!
Brand name laptops & desk-
tops. Bad or NO credit- No
Problem. Smallest weekly pay-
ments avail. It’s yours NOW -
Call 800-816-2375.
NOTICES/ANNOUNCEMENTS
DIVORCE without children
$95.00, DIVORCE with chil-
dren $95.00. With FREE name
change documents (wife only)
and marital settlement agree-
ment. Fast, easy and profes-
sional. Call 1-888-789-0198.
VACATION/TRAVEL
NEED RENTERS? ADVER-
TISE your vacation home to
more than 2.8 million South
Carolina newspaper readers.
Your 25-word classified ad will
appear in 102 S.C. newspa-
pers for only $360. Call Jimmie
Haynes at the South Carolina
Newspaper Network at 1-888-
727-7377