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Bleak Future Will
Continue Say Officials
By Barney Blakeney
What does S.C. Sen.
Robert Ford, Charleston
County Councilman
Teddy Pryor and
Charleston City
Councilman Robert
Mitchell all have in com-
mon? They each see tough
times ahead in 2009.
As President-elect Barack
Obama prepares to take
office Jan. 20 he is inherit-
ing a nation in an economic
recession. Locally, some of
the fall out from that reces-
sion is proposed public
school closures, a flounder-
ing port industry and
increasing unemployment.
Ford, Pryor and Mitchell
shared their prospects for
the upcoming year amid
such financial turmoil.
The state’s economic
crunch is causing other
major financial woes, said
Ford. To see its total
impact would take an in-
depth study, but in the
absence of such a study
state employees can expect
some mandatory unpaid
furloughs from work and
less efficient government,
he said.
Everybody’s in for some
suffering as the state wres-
tles with a $8 billion budg-
SERVING CHARLESTON, DORCHESTER & BERKELEY COUNTIES SINCE 1971
et shortfall, Ford said. To help
ease some of that suffering he
suggests people start spending
more money.
See pg 2
County Councilman Pryor
City Councilman Mitchell
Commentary
Saving the African-American Child-
A Community Responsibility
When I ques- trol while using racist and
tioned the behavior of the sexist remarks to staff? To
By Board in reference to the his credit, I must say he is
Dr. Luther Seabrook additional resources an equal opportunity abus-
awarded to the Math and er of women – a step for-
I have little Science Charter, the ward.
sympathy for the response was, “Whatever Year after year, at
alleged budget short- Arthur wants, Arthur budget time, this School
fall for our School gets.” Is our School Board Board violates our sense of
Board’s operating so intimidated by this fairness by “pimping” off
budget. Is this a ploy aging buffoon who recently the condition of under-
to raise our taxes exhibited his power to con- achieving students attend-
again? Did we not wit- Dr. Luther Seabrook
ness a School Board See pg 2
action that not only
agreed to fund the “Many of these students are poor and Black, victims not of benign
needs of a proposed neglect but of intentional neglect by our School Board. Busing these
Charter School but students into a decreasing number of schools as well as into predom-
appropriated more inately white schools, will mask the problem of the process of under-
money than had been education now taking place on the islands and downtown.”
requested? The issue Luther Seabrook.
may be stewardship.
Can we forget the mil-
lions of dollars given to
the James Island
Charter School, with a
former Chair of the
Board as its champion
that resulted in such a
surplus of dollars at the
school that everyone
received a bonus; with Lincoln High
St. John’s High
a proposal to include
students in the mone- Baptist Hill
tary rewards? The Haut Gap
shortage seems to only Brentwood Middle
exist for the students of Charlestowne Academy
poor Black parents.
For others there is
always cash available.
The issue is steward-
ship.

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VOLUME XXXVII NUMBER 18 •1111 King St. •Charleston, SC 29403• December 31, 2008 • .50

Jerry Reves An Black State Legislators Want Economic Bailout –

Advocate For
Diversity At MUSC
By Barney Blakeney
In honoring Dr. Jerry
Reves for his outstanding
contributions, leadership
and trailblazing efforts to
diversity with the Jerry
Reves Scholarship
Endowment, the
University Medical
Associates recognizes
Reves’ commitment to
making diversity a hall-
mark at all levels at the
Medical University of
South Carolina’s College
Medicine, launched a 5-
year plan. Departmental
heads were charged with
developing diversity plans
and forums were held with
students, staff and faculty.
The results by fall 2007
were minority faculty mem-
bers increased from 23 to
57, minority house staff
increase from 16 to 58 and
the minority student per-
centage increased from
about 10 percent to 17 per-
cent. Notably, while
MUSC College of
“In the Neighborhood”
by Hazel Trice Edney
NNPA Editor-in-Chief
WASHINGTON (NNPA) -
They clearly won't have it by
Christmas, but the nation's
Black state legislators are now
looking for what they perceive
as their fair share of an eco-
nomic bailout 'the neighbor-
hood' while Congress is dol-
ing them out to corporations.
“While we support the bail out
of Wall Street, the bail out of
the financial institutions, and
the automobile industry, we
feel very strongly that Main
Street and our streets need to
be bailed out as well,” says
Georgia State Rep. Calvin
Smyre, president of the
National Black Caucus of
State Legislators. “So, with
that in mind, we need to finish
a package whereas a check can
get into the hands of the con-
sumer and then therefore the
consumer can go to the corner
grocery store, the drug store,
the supermarket, the various
department stores and where
the rubber meets the road is
the consumer spending has to
go up so therefore that stimu-
lates the economy in the neigh-
borhood sort of speak.”
The U. S. Congress has
approved a $700 billion
bailout for the financial indus-
try; a $17.4 billion loan or trou-
bled U. S. automakers. But,
how can the nation help the
average citizen who is out of
work or living from pay-check
to pay-check, one missed rent
from homelessness? Smyre
and state legislators have a
remedy.
“The only way to do that is to
create a stimulus program
whereas the American con-
sumer is involved. Those other
bailouts are rightfully so. But,
they don’t help create jobs.
They help save jobs. So, unem-
ployment is a key factor.”
Facing a gamut of dire needs
on the state level, Smyre and
his 125 fellow representatives
from 42 states met in
Washington earlier this month
for the Caucus’ 32nd Annual
Legislative Conference. They
met with members of the
Obama transition team with
hopes of bringing home feder-
al dollars to offset serious
shortages that are often used
to deal with social programs
and other crucial needs that
are now exacerbated by the
failing economy.
Obama has set a goal to create
at least three million jobs in
the first two years of his
administration, which starts
Jan. 20. Meanwhile, states are
suffering, Smyre says.
“There are 43 out of 50 states
with some sort of budget
shortfall. With Georgia alone,
See pg 2

It's Time to Meaningfully Support Prevention By and for Black Communities

Shown are Raymond Greenberg M.D. and Senior Assoc.
Dean Strategic Diversity Initiatives; Dr. and Mrs. Jerry
Reves Vice President and Dean of the Medical University;
and Dr. John Feussner Chairman of the Dept. of Medicine.
of Medicine.
A Charleston native,
Reves is a 1969 graduate of
MUSC. Prior to joining
the MUSC College of
Medicine in 2001, Reves
for 10 years was chairman
of the Department of
Anaesthesiology at Duke
University. During his
tenure there he also served
as director of
C a r d i o t h o r a s c i c
Anesthesia and director of
Duke Heart Center.
After joining MUSC
Reves recognized the need
to enhance diversity within
the College of Medicine
and the university. He saw
African Americans, Native
Americans and Hispanic
were under-represented in
the College of Medicine.
Of 800 faculty members
only 23 were minorities; of
500 house staff physicians
only 16 were minorities;
and less than 10 percent of
students were minorities.
“We cannot be a world
class institution unless we
have diversity,” Reves
exclaimed and after
appointing a diversity com-
mittee for the College of
Medicine in 2006 matricu-
lated 11 African American
males other medical
schools around the country
matriculated an average of
only about two.
Calling Reves a champion
of diversity and a model for
change University Medical
Associates Diversity
Scholarship Endowment
insures Reves’ work will
continue through minority
recruitment and activities
which address health care
disparities.
Moreover Beverly L.
Pinder suggests Reves
efforts to create greater
diversity, “Will make a
change for years to come
for the betterment of all
concerned.”
An employee in the
College of Medicine’s
Deans office, Mrs. Pinder
is the parent of 2005
College of Medicine grad-
uate Leeya Pinder.
“As a parent I know the
struggles, I have seen the
hardship that minority stu-
dents face and I have been
on both sides of the spec-
See pg 2
By Dr. Kevin Fenton
(CDC)
The U.S. Centers for
Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC)
released new data today
confirming what AIDS
watchdogs have been say-
ing for years: Black gay
and bisexual men and
Black women are being
Obama’s Historic Inauguration Features Music Legends,
Service Projects and Much More
by Sean Yoes
Special to the NNPA from the
Afro-American Newspapers
WASHINGTON (NNPA)-
As the nation's capital braces
for what some officials esti-
mate will be a crowd of at least
4 million people, President-
elect Barack Obama's inaugu-
ration is shaping up to be a
four-day first-class affair that
will include top entertainers,
wall-to-wall parties, traditional
balls and service projects to
honor Martin Luther King's
holiday. The inaugural theme,
Aretha Franklin
local level finally join the
devastated by HIV/AIDS. ties has exploded in recent fight.
That ugly reality is now years. People from every
indisputable. But what’s corner of our community "We're told the CDC's
just as clear is that are getting involved—gay new data is the result of
resources currently dedi- and straight, male and breakthrough technology,"
cated to changing that real- female, churches and civil said Black AIDS Institute
ity are woefully inadequate rights groups, business CEO Phill Wilson. "The
and not targeted at the people and celebrities, col- question now is, where is
heart of the problem. lege students and commu-
the breakthrough urgency?
nity organizers. It is now We know the problem. So
A mobilization to end crucial that policymakers
what are we going to do
AIDS in Black communi- at both the federal and
See pg 2
ing World War II and produc-
''Renewing America's reflect.''
The surviving members of the ing one of the most successful
Promise,'' is borrowed from
the Democratic National Tuskegee Airmen, the first combat mission records in his-
tory, the Black war heroes
Convention in Denver and Black military pilots in the
U.S., have been officially invit- returned to America only to
from the party's national plat-
form. ed to witness the inauguration face Jim Crow discrimination.
of the nation's first Black pres-
ident. ''We were excluded out of
''At this moment of great chal-
lenge and great change, everything and hidden from
everything,'' Watson said.
renewing the promise of ''I want to come hopping,
skipping and jumping!'' ''Now this time is our time.
America begins with renewing
the idea that in America, we declared 92-year-old Spann And to have a Black man as
the elected president, this is
rise or fall as one nation and Watson, an airman from New
York. ''We had a part in chang- indeed a turn in history.''
one people,'' Obama said in a
statement. ''That sense of ing these United States.''
The program for President-
unity and shared purpose is
what this inauguration will After fighting the Nazis dur-
See pg 2
Dr. Joseph Lowery Oprah Winfrey Beyonce
2-December 31, 2008
Commentary- Saving ----------------------------------------------------------------------
cont. from pg 1
ing schools with a culture
of failure. They do this to
justify raising our taxes.
After being successful,
these schools are ignored
again, until their situation
becomes useful to the
Board. THAT TIME IS
HERE – AGAIN.
I fear for our
superintendent. She has
been put on notice. The
time is now for those
Board members of good
will to renegotiate her con-
tract, to protect her from
those who, through intimi-
dation, would cause her to
leave. Headhunters earn
their capital by successfully
placing competent superin-
tendents in communities
that respect their profes-
sionals. Charleston
County does not appear, at
this time, to be one of
those school districts. I
am willing to bet my last
untaxed dollar that she has
received at least ten calls of
inquiry. In 1969-70, when
I was a member of Boston’s
Charter Revision
Commission, that city had
a runaway dysfunctional
Board; we had to institute
a system of accountability.
We recommended that the
school system be placed
under the Office of the
Mayor, Kevin White. It
was done.
To achieve a meas-
ure of fairness, Charleston
County needs single mem-
ber districts for member-
ship on its School Board.
No Black can be elected to
that Board without pass-
ing the white approval test.
Enuff said. Perhaps it is
time to reflect on a differ-
ent governance model for
our schools. Clearly the
process will be difficult but
doable. The school sys-
tem, as we know it, may be
driven to extinction.
Clearly reform is called for
– accountability is demand-
ed. Let the conversation
begin.
The conversation,
at this time, has been
framed by the Charleston
County school system.
What policies and behav-
iors have informed the
school closing plan? Who
is the most disposable ele-
ment within our school
population? What will be
the overall effect of that
loss? Which group will
accept the Board’s actions
with the least amount of
protest? Questions
answered – develop the
plan for concerned commu-
nity discussion framed to
accomplish the desired
outcome.
No school district
who values its students and
respects their community
would advocate closing
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ing in a loss of students.
Charleston County may
want to lose those stu-
dents. The result may well
be an overall district aca-
demic improvement. Many
of these students are poor
and Black, victims not of
benign neglect but of
intentional neglect by our
School Board. Busing
these students into a
decreasing number of
schools, as well as into pre-
dominately white schools,
will mask the problem of
the process of under educa-
tion now taking place on
the islands and downtown.
The powerful have
always made love to the
powerless without their
consent. Since they con-
trol the prizes, there are
always viceroys from our
community available to
seek the compliance of
powerless communities.
In a larger sense,
we will always be at these
hearings whose agenda is
set at 75 Calhoun, reacting
to the newest destructive
proposals; until all become
proactive, until we decide
to say – NO MORE – until
we decide to say, “Never
Again.” The very survival
of our schools and the
opportunity to redesign
them may well be the tak-
ing over of these schools by
the affected communities.
I wish to share
excerpts from my remarks
at the NAACP banquet.
A Good Public Education
– A Public Trust
At this time, when our
School Board is embarking
on a process to close
schools, the NAACP is to
be commended for remind-
ing us of the “Public
Trust.”
The consolidation, recon-
stitution or the potential
closing of schools may offer
us an opportunity to
involve “all of the players”
in a process to bring about
the end of unequal educa-
tional and social results in
our public schools.
Let me state some of the
Truths in which I believe:
•Education is key to free-
dom.
•Reading is the key to edu-
cational success.
•Children, generally, have
the same potential to be
successful in schools.
•Everyone who attends a
school with a culture of
poverty is negatively affect-
ed by that culture and must
work extremely hard to
overcome it.
•The methods and materi-
als that we use with the
Gifted and Talented
should be the methods and
materials we use in every
classroom in every school.
It is foolish to believe that
Gifted and Talented stu-
dents would be bored with
a remedial program but
poor students would be
motivated by such.
We can, collectively, with
no new monies, design a
humanistic approach to
education. It will take all
of us working together to
create these new public
schools. We are co-equally
responsible for not having
provided an educational
environment where the
dreams and aspirations of
poor parents, poor stu-
dents and overworked
teachers might have flour-
ished. We must become
pro-active. As a first start,
I would recommend estab-
lishing an informal group
of parents, teachers,
retired educators and dis-
trict administrators con-
cerned about the quality of
education in our schools
and about the utilization of
school buildings.
Let us not underestimate
the enormous power of
constructive leadership
from the school system and
from community based
organizations. There are
many persons in
Charleston who share my
enthusiasm. The potential
pool is unlimited and
includes many talented and
underutilized individuals
who would volunteer if the
charge is clear. Looking
forward, not backward.
We are all victims of blame
for the past.
I look with great enthusi-
asm to passionate leader-
ship from you President
Dot Scott and
Superintendent McGinley
to begin this positive
process. Our children have
paid dearly for our inac-
tion. We have the poten-
tial to infuse new life into
our educational system,
saving not only our poor
and disadvantaged youth
but we may be saving our
public school system for
ALL children - a goal, I
know, we share. Thank
you.
The time for action is now.
Let’s stop the assault on
poor Black people. They
have a voice, but they are
not heard. We need a col-
lective voice, NOW. My
management professor at
the University of
Massachusetts used to
remind us of the 5 p’s.
Proper planning prevents
poor performance.
Minimally, I would sug-
gest the following:
1. A six month mora-
torium on “possible school
clos ings” to allow a
school utilization/reconsti-
tution process to begin,
controlled by the commu-
nity.
2. Board staff to be
directed to perform a com-
prehensive audit of each
school with the results
given to the community
planning committee before
the beginning of the six
month planning process.
3. A request to the
State Department of
Education for a compre-
hensive audit of the
Charleston County School
Board’s disbursement of
funds; disaggregated by
source and intent of all
monies, including federal
and state monies appropri-
ated for disadvantaged stu-
dents.
4. Every elected offi-
cial from the affected com-
munities must sign on as
an active supporter (not
verbal) of the process – or
declare why not
5. The School Board
request from the criminal
justice system a profile of
all prisoners from
Charleston County; espe-
cially the schools within
the County that they
attended.
6. We have a more
than competent
Superintendent of Schools.
She is fully aware of what
needs to be done. She
must be protected from
those who would seek her
removal. We must move
aggressively to insure that
each year, after the evalua-
tion of the Superintendent,
if the Superintendent is
deemed effective, a year is
added to the
Superintendent’s contract.
Our representatives on the
School Board should be
able to accomplish this
task.
We cannot effectively
decide what to do without
data. Any attempt to push
us to “vote” on options is
insulting and disrespectful.
We have the power. Let’s
begin to pay any price to
save the African American
children attending “disad-
vantaged schools.”
In her poem, The
Supplicant, G.D. Johnson
writes, “ . . . The strong
demand, contend, prevail,
. . . the beggar is a fool.”
Let’s get up off our knees.
Luther W. Seabrook
Johns Island, SC
jJerry Reves -----------
--cont. from pg 1
trum. I applaud and appre-
ciate what Dr. Reves has
done,” said Mrs. Pinder,
noting that through per-
sonal donations and
fundraising efforts Reves
and his wife, Jenny, have
contributed some $2 mil-
lion to the scholarship
endowment.
READ
TO
YOUR
CHILDREN
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Obama’s Historic ---------------------------------------- -cont. from pg 1
cont. from pg 1
about it? Where are the
elect Barack Obama’s inauguration was announced Wednesday, federal resources to sup-
Dec. 17. In announcing the lineup, Joint Congressional port Black people in saving
Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies Chair Sen. Diane Feinstein our community?"
said, “It is appropriate that the program will include some of the
world’s most gifted artists from a wide range of backgrounds and The New Data:
genres.”
Today’s study follows the
The 56th Presidential Inauguration will be held Jan. 20 on the CDC's August announce-
west front of the U.S. Capitol. ment that the domestic
AIDS epidemic is 40 per-
Musical Selections cent larger than we have
• The United States Marine Band. The oldest professional music previously believed. Using
organization in the nation, also known as The President's Own, new technology that pin-
performs a variety of compositions. points how long a person
• The San Francisco Boys Chorus and the San Francisco Girls has been infected, CDC
Chorus, featuring singers from hundreds of schools in dozens of researchers determined in
Bay Area cities. that earlier study that
Call to Order and Welcoming Remarks roughly 56,300 people were
• The Honorable Dianne Feinstein newly infected in 2006.
Invocation 45 percent of those newly
• Dr. Rick Warren, founder of Saddleback Church in Lake infected were African
Forest, Calif., an evangelical congregation that averages 22,000 American and more than
attendees per week. half of them were gay and
bisexual men. Today's
Musical Selections study drills down on the
• Aretha Franklin, whose career spans more than 50 years, featur- broad numbers released in
ing a repertoire of soul, jazz, rock, blues, pop and gospel and earn- August and finds:
ing 21 Grammy Awards. Rolling Stone recently named the Queen * Blacks bear the brunt of
of Soul the greatest singer of the rock era. the AIDS epidemic in
Oath of Office to Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. America. The number of
• Administered by Associate Justice of the Supreme Court the new HIV infections in
Honorable John Paul Stevens Blacks was 1.6 times the
Musical Selection, Composer/Arranger John Williams number in whites
• Itzhak Perlman, one of the greatest violinists of his time. * Blacks carry the bulk of
• Yo-Yo Ma, renowned cellist. the epidemic among
• Gabriela Montero, classical pianist known for her improvisa- women. While men
tion. accounted for two-thirds of
• Anthony McGill, principal clarinetist of the New York new infections among
Metropolitan Orchestra. Blacks, the infection rate
Oath of Office to President-elect Barack H. Obama among Black women is 15
• Administered by the Chief Justice of the United States the times higher than among
Honorable John G. Roberts Jr. their white counterparts.
High-risk heterosexual
The phalanx of superstars from movies and television will include contact accounted for 80%
Oprah Winfrey, Spike Lee, Scarlett Johansen, Chris Rock, Chris of new infections among
Tucker, Ron Howard, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins. They Black women.
are just a few of dozens of stars who will attend official and unoffi- * Black gay and bisexual
cial parties and balls in Washington, D.C. And there may be even men under 30 are hardest
more music greats lined up to perform at formal concerts and hit. Black "men who have
informal jam sessions all over the District. sex with men" between the
ages of 13 and 29 had infec-
Other stars rumored to perform include will.i.am, who produced tion rates roughly twice
an all-star music video honoring Obama, Seal, Cyndi Lauper and that of their white and
Melissa Etheridge. Latino counterparts. This
group had the highest
The president-elect himself is expected to attend dozens of events number of infections of any
during his four-day inaugural celebration. But many of the A-list other subset of gay and
entertainers and celebrities who want to be a part of history may bisexual men.
suffer the same fate as the millions of ''regular'' inauguration atten-
dees – finding somewhere to stay since hotel rooms in the District
are sold out.
Additional information provided by AFRO staff writers.
Black State----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
cont. from pg 1
report impacts on racial olutions will be easy.
we’ve got a $2 billion shortfall.
minorities when changing
So, with that in mind, we just criminal laws and laws pertain- “Regardless of how you put it,
want to be partners with our it’s not going to be on auto-
ing to state procurement. The
federal government to be able Ratified Resolutions also calls matic pilot. In just a little time,
to assist us in the downturn in the budget is going to change,
on Congress to “take all action
our economy,” Smyre says. necessary to ensure that states it’s going to require funding
and that’s always going to
are able to meet needs of our
Smyre was on his way to a pol- citizens during these difficult require a very difficult proposi-
icy meeting dealing with the tion,” he says. “There’s a lot of
financial times; and … that
Second Chance Act to help NBCSL calls on Congress to anticipation with the legisla-
lower the prison recidivism tors and this is just a start.
provide an excess of capital to
rate. There would also be dis- the states so they are not only Nobody has made a first down
cussions on the high school yet. Nor has anyone scored.
able to fill their budget short-
drop out rates. falls, but able to provide addi- But, we as African-Americans,
we don’t want to suffer from
tional stabilization to their
“In Georgia alone there were economies.” the illusion of inclusion. We
60,000 drop outs in ’07,” he want to be involved in the
said, connected the statistic to Smyre says these are the reso- process. And from every indi-
the economy. “If we could cut lutions that will be passed on cation that we’ve been given
back on our drop out rate, if we are going to be involved.”
to President Obama and to
those 60,000 kids had stayed the members of the House and
in school over their lifetime, it
Senate.
would have been $16 billion to
the Georgia economy over
He doesn’t anticipate a fight,
their lifetime. So there is a but knows that none of the res-
direct co-relation to those
kinds of issues. So, naturally,
we as state legislators, we’re
going to still be vigilant as it Bleak Future----------------------------------------------
relates to gang violence, as it cont. from pg 1
relates to the recidivism rate in
our prison system and making
sure that folks get a second
chance.”
Though a natural tendency during a recession might be
to save money, Ford says saving money - especially in
Still, he says legislators are
well aware that the blame for banks which likely will be the first economic institutions to
collapse - will increase the hardship.
the economy can’t be laid at
“When people don’t shop, businesses have to lay more peo-
the feet of the new administra-
tion. But, the socio-economic ple off,” Ford reasoned.
Pryor agrees slowed consumer spending will translate
impact is worsening, there-
fore, there must be some pres- into more employee layoffs because when fewer people buy
cars workers at local companies that supply automakers
sure.
such as Bosch feel the pinch. A pinch that likely will be felt
through mid-2009, he said.
For example: The states of
Michigan Rhode Island and Pryor’s concerned that until then, the county will cut some
needed services to many of the people who need them
California have the worst job-
less rates in the nation at 9.6 most. For example dirt roads in rural communities may go
unbladed and social services like meals on wheels pro-
percent, 9.3 percent and 8.4
percent respectively. grams could get cuts.
Pryor says he giving priority to the county sheriff’s budget
The states with the worst because he expects that as more people feel the financial
crunch some may attempt to loosen things up through ille-
annual murder rate in the
nation are California, where gal means.
Mitchell, a housing counselor for Trident United Way, has
Compton has 67.1 murders per
100,000 people; Indiana, those concerns as well. As unemployment increases so will
crime, Mitchell said.
where Gary has 58 per 100,000
and Alabama, where “We’re seeing more crimes being committed by first time
offenders,” he said. That likely comes as people unaccus-
Birmingham has 44.3 per
100,000. tomed to being unemployed face growing inability to pay
their bills, he said. “The unemployment situation will
Social statistics across the
board, including drop out
bring more turmoil, homelessness and crime.”
The city in 2009 will give one percent pay raises to employ-
rates, infant mortality rates ees earning $60,000 or less, Mitchell said, but some
and incarceration rates – all
often associated with econom-
ic injustice - are skyrocketing
employees close to retirement or who may be participating
in the Terry program may be given incentives to leave their
jobs.
From a cell phone on U.S. Interstate Highway 95 S.C.
in cities and states across the
Rep. David Mack Monday encouraged people to “Hang in
nation.
there, find legitimate ways to increase their revenue
streams and be more efficient with their money manage-
The Caucus released a 47-
ment.”
page document outlining pro-
posed resolutions to some of The challenge in 2009 will be to wait out the economic
recession while finding creative ways to make money, he
the problems faced by states,
including requiring states to said.
The Chronicle December 31, 2008- 3

Remembering Eartha Kitt, Sultry Singer of 'Santa Baby'

Eartha Kitt, the sultry
singer of "Santa Baby,"
died on Christmas Day.
The stylish singer, dancer
and actress, who was the
self-proclaimed sex kitten
with the famous catlike
purr, passed away
Christmas day in a of this country off to be
Connecticut hospital of
colon cancer, her publicist
said. She was 81.
Kitt, whose career spanned
six decades, was one of
most versatile stars, win-
ning two Emmys and being
nominated for three Tonys
and two Grammys. Kitt,
who’s perhaps most
remembered for her role as
the sexy Catwoman in the
1960s TV series "Batman,"
has a long list of achieve-
ments — sprinkled with its
fair share of controversy.
Kitt was born on January
17, 1927, and raised in the
cotton fields of South
Carolina. As a biracial
woman — her father was
African American and her
mom was Cherokee — life
wasn’t easy for Kitt. She
had been raped by a white
Eartha Kitt
owner of a plantation and,
at age eight, given up by
her mother. She lived with
an aunt in Harlem, quit
school at 15 and lived for a
period of time in subways.
Kitt’s big break came when
she was a dancer with the
famed Katherine Dunham
troupe. This led her to star
in cabarets and act and
sing on stage, television
and in movies. Her first
album in 1954, named
"RCA Victor Presents
Eartha Kitt," featured such
hits as the seductive "Santa
Baby," which is still played
on airwaves throughout
the holidays.
She made headlines in 1968
when she was invited to
the White House by Lady
Bird Johnson. When the
First Lady asked her about
the Vietnam War, she
replied: "You send the best
shot and maimed. No won-
der the kids rebel and take
pot." The remark reported-
ly caused Johnson to burst
into tears and Kitt was
exiled to Europe for almost
a decade. She was invited
back by President Carter
and, when she returned,
she earned her first Tony
nomination in 1978 for her
work in "Timbuktu!," a
black remake of "Kismet."
Kitt also acted in movies,
playing opposite Nat King
Cole in "St. Louis Blues"
in 1958 and, more recently,
in "Boomerang" and
"Harriet the Spy."
Kitt was adored by many
fans throughout her years
and always maintained her
elegance and sensuality.
Never a victim of age, in
2001 she authored a guide
book to staying physically
active — and attractive —
called Rejuvenate! It’s
Never Too Late. She
graced the cover in a hip-
hugging black dress —
flaunting the figure of a 20-
something-year-old woman
when she was nearing 80.
Orson Welles once called
Eartha Kitt
her the "most exciting
woman in the world" and “Cat Woman”
we couldn’t agree more.

The Women's Resource Project, Inc.

to Sponsor Luncheon
In recognition of
American Heart Month
and Black History Month,
the Women's Resource
Project, Inc. will sponsor a
"Go Red for Women
Luncheon" to support the
health initiatives in the
local churches. The lunch-
eon will be held on
The purpose of the lunch-
eon is to raise awareness
that heart disease is the
number one killer of
women, particularly
African American women.
Focusing on heart disease,
stroke and diabetes, this
empowering event is
designed to a) provide
the ongoing health initia-
tives in their respective
churches.
Letters were sent out to
over 75 churches in the
area, with a registration
deadline of December 31,
2008, however as of today,
only 15 churches have
responded. The deadline

Saturday, February 7, 2009
from 12:00 - 2:00 PM at the
AKA's Building, 689
Meeting Street, corner of
Romney. The luncheon is
women with dependable
information on health
maintenance and disease
prevention and b) encour-
age women to become
advocates of their own
Do the math…
has now been extended to
January 10, 2009 with
hopes that the churches
will respond. Pre-registra-
tion is required as seating

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4-December 31, 2008
The Roots of
Christmas & Jesus
By Darryl James
*For most of the Free World, Christmas is a holi-
day season celebrated more for its shopping, overeating
and gift giving than the actual religious significance it
once contained.
The season is represented by silver and gold
adorned trees, as well as colorful twinkling lights spilling
over homes, churches and businesses.
Family and friends exchange gifts, kiss under
mistletoe, burn Yule logs and yet, sadly, most people have
no idea where the Christmas holiday traditions come from,
but they swear that it is all about Jesus.
The Christmas holiday as we know it is really an
aggregation of a bunch of mythology and customs that
were actually around before the birth of Jesus. And, the
actual birth of Jesus has been placed somewhere around
September.
And, while some Christians may not want to hear
it, even the story of a god’s rebirth into a new being pre-
dates Jesus.
December 25th as a commemorative date was a
Roman celebration of Saturn, who was the rebirth of the
Sun God. According to the Romans, the Sun God was res-
urrected three days after his death. This resurrection
caused the Romans to celebrate with gift giving and pro-
cessions of celebration featuring priests carrying wreaths
of Evergreen boughs.
So, how did the pagan traditions become merged
with Christian traditions?
If we take a look at the history of the Roman
Catholic Church, we see that the church repeatedly
absorbed the traditions of as many groups as possible in
order to increase its dominion.
We know that Martin Luther initiated the
Reformation in 1517 and when the pagans came into the
Christian church, they brought their pagan celebration of
Christmas with them.
In 1611, when King James made his version of the
Bible available to all people in England, other versions
also became conspicuous and the roots of Christmas were
revealed
Jeremiah 10:2-4 states: "Thus saith the Lord,
learn not the way of the heathen; and be not dismayed at
the signs of heaven. For the heathen are dismayed at them.
For the customs of the people are vain. For one cutteth a
tree out of the forest. The work of the hands of the work-
man with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold.
They fasten it with nails and with hammers that it move
not."
Eventually, the celebration of Christmas was out-
lawed as witchcraft.
However, as other versions of the Bible kept
creeping up, so did the celebration of Christmas. The goal
was to keep as many people under the Christian umbrella
as possible, and allowing them to hold on to their tradi-
tions was a good way to continue the “Reformation.”
The very word “Christmas” combines “Christ” and
“Mass.”
“Mass” literally means death and the ritual of
Mass, once incorporated into Christianity referred to the
death of Christ and the “Host,” which is Latin for victim.
As for the actual Christmas tree, the Germans
used the Evergreen tree to worship the Yule God. Sound
familiar? Of course—Yuletide greetings…Yule
logs…”Yuletide carols being sung by the choir…” The
Germans also had a tradition of giving gifts as a part of the
Yule celebration.
A Winter Solstice celebration, Yule was
Christianized as Christmas and imbued with the birth of
Jesus story. The Romans incorporated this and a number
of other pagan celebrations starting when Constantine
recreated, rewrote and consolidated Christianity and the
Bible in 432 AD.
And finally, the German Yule celebration included
hanging mistletoe and holly. How “Christian” are these
symbols? Let’s see…going back to the Sun God, worship-
pers believed that the white berries on the mistletoe repre-
sented the Sun God’s semen, while the red holly was held
by witches to represent the menstrual blood of heaven’s
queen, Diana.
There are also other fertility references, including
the evergreen tree, which was regarded as a symbol of the
essence of life and was used as a phallic symbol in the ritu-
als of fertility worship.
Of course, since many Christians never really read
the Bible or study history, I will be seen as evil and a hater
of Christians, which is okay, because those who will label
me as such are stupid anyway.
But, let’s take a look at who believes in God.
According to a survey conducted by Harris
Interactive, ten per cent of Protestants, twenty-one per
cent of Roman Catholics and fifty-two per cent of Jews do
not believe in God. Surprised? Well, there’s more that
may also shock you.
Eighty-four per cent of women believe in God,
while only seventy-three per cent of men do.
In terms of education and faith, eighty-two per
cent of those with no college education believe in God,
while only seventy-three per cent of those who went to col-
lege have faith.
Eighty-seven per cent of Republicans believe,
while seventy-eight per cent of Democrats and seventy-five
per cent of Independents have faith.
When it comes to race, guess who has the greatest
faith? African Americans lead the faithful at ninety-one
per cent, while eighty-one per cent of Hispanics and only
seventy-eight per cent of whites have faith.
That brings us back to the holiday season. Many
people do not believe in God and yet they celebrate
Christmas. Still, others believe in God, but do not believe
in Jesus Christ and yet, they too, celebrate Christmas.
The season has come to symbolize much more
than the Christian holiday it originally was designed to be.
It is now a season—a season of love and giving, a season of
understanding and a season of peace and kindness.
Such a powerful season should have a powerful
impact on people, particularly men and women who claim
to love and believe in Jesus Christ, who, incidentally, was
not a Christian.
I’ll deal with that in depth next week.
Coalition Accuses CVS
of Redlining
By Ayana Jones
Special to the NNPA from the Philadelphia Tribune
The NAACP of Philadelphia has joined a national coali-
tion of community organizations in protesting alleged dis-
criminatory treatment by CVS pharmacies to people of
color.
During a press conference, coalition members highlighted
the results of a 14-month investigation released by the
Change to Win coalition in a study titled "Cure CVS:
From High Prices to Low Quality, CVS is Failing Our
Communities."
"We believe that health care in Philadelphia--right after
violence against our children--is the number one issue fac-
ing our city. We want to make it empathically clear that
after a year-long study, that CVS is a lousy corporate citi-
zen," said J. Whyatt Mondesire, president of the NAACP
of Philadelphia.
The investigation of CVS stores across the nation claims
that the drug store chain failed to provide equal and fair
access to its stores and services.
Furthermore, the report claimed the retailer overcharges
customers, has questionable product quality control, lacks
consumer privacy protection and has consumer safety
issues.
"Milk, eggs, over-the-counter drugs--these are the kinds of
products we found expired in high amounts at CVS stores,
not only in Philadelphia but nationwide," said Change to
Win spokeswoman Joanna Boulden.
According to the coalition's report, CVS operates fewer
stores per person in the least affluent areas than in the
wealthiest.
In Philadelphia, CVS operates 48 percent more stores per
person in the wealthiest areas than in the least wealthy.
In the last five years, CVS has closed three stores in major-
ity nonWhite ZIP codes in the city and has opened only
one in those areas.
"Drug store redlining is a real problem," Mondesire
added.
Mondesire and others are hoping to meet with CVS offi-
cials to discuss these issues.
In response, CVS Caremark Corp. spokesman Michael J.
DeAngelis issued a lengthy statement.
"CVS Caremark respects the history and mission of the
NAACP. We do not discriminate in our policies, our store
operations or tolerate discrimination of any kind in our
organization. We will carefully review the information that
has been released and contact the NAACP to follow up,"
the statement said.
"It is important to recognize that the driving force behind
these inaccurate and misleading allegations is a consor-
tium of labor unions called Change to Win. Since 2007,
CtW has attempted to pressure CVS to deny our employ-
ees the full benefit of voting rights afforded to them under
federal law. This report and accompanying media outreach
is the latest attempt by CtW to achieve this objective.
"CVS Caremark participates cooperatively in the collec-
tive bargaining process," the statement added. "We have
thousands of unionized employees and many union cus-
tomers. Union members also participate in many of our
store and facilities construction projects throughout the
country. We believe in the right of our employees to freely
choose to join a union, or not to do so, as they see fit...The
allegations raised in CtW's latest 'report' are based on
inaccurate and outdated information."
The retailer said it provides equal access to its stores.
"The allegation that we concentrate stores in White neigh-
borhoods compared to our competitors is simply untrue.
For example, CVS holds the number one or number two
market share in eight of the top 10 U.S. markets with the
largest non-White populations," the statement said.
The study said CVS is more likely to allocate conven-
iences like 24-hour stores and in-store mini-clinics to
majority-White neighborhoods and higher income commu-
nities.
Over half of Philadelphia area's population lives in neigh-
borhoods that are comprised of residents of color, howev-
er there is not a single 24-hour CVS in those communities.
The report indicated that unsanitary conditions were
found at stores in communities of color and lower-income
areas.
The investigation includes food inspection reports for the
city of Philadelphia, which found that inspectors were
twice as likely to cite CVS for vermin violations in the least
affluent areas compared to areas with a median household
income above $40,000.
Lauren Townsend of the National Organization of
Women Philadelphia chapter said there are discrepancies
in the way that CVS sells condoms in its stores.
"In communities of color--where six cities were surveyed--
CVS locks up condoms in more than half of the areas with
the highest concentration of people of color, but never in
communities that were predominately White," Townsend
said.
CVS officials countered such findings by stating that the
company does not discriminate in its anti-theft measures.
"In a small percentage of our stores where condom prod-
ucts have been heavily shoplifted a majority of such prod-
ucts are kept in a locked display to ensure there is stock
available for customers to purchase," CVS said.
"Decisions to do this are based on theft experience, not
ethnicity.
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The Chronicle
Who
Asked
Me?
by Beverly Gadson-Birch
(RESOLUTION: PICK YOUR FIGHT)
It’s that time of year that we begin to reflect back on things
that impacted our lives and things that we hope to change during
the New Year. As I reflect back, I am still most affected by the
number of black on black killings, drug trafficking in our commu-
nities, the war on Iraq, educational issues and the unfair and
unethical practices in the construction bid process. I am also con-
cerned about the collapse of the market, the recession and all of the
bail-outs to large corporations, mortgage lenders and banks.
What disturbs me more is what will the CEO’s do with the bail-
out funds that they could not do with all of the money they racked
up from consumers? They need to get rid of all of those crooks and
start over again from scratch with some measurable form of
accountability. The bail outs are using taxpayers’ dollars. Yet, they
are making it almost impossible for taxpayers to get out of debt by
denying credit.
Credit card companies have already begun increasing interest
rates on new purchases as if they don’t already charge enough.
New auto loans are being stretched from 60 to 72 months. Within
the past few weeks, I received reports from friends with good cred-
it who can’t buy a home and some whose mortgage companies are
making them jump through hoops to restructure their loans. This
country’s attention is focused on Wall Street but who will look out
for folks on my street?
I am still disturbed by the divide within the Black community.
It’s the constant bickering between “so-call” black leaders over ter-
ritorial issues. We should leave territorial issues to the animals in
the wild. There are several types of fights. In professional fight-
ing, it takes a lot more energy and hype going into a fight than the
actual fight itself. Oftentimes, it is the hype leading up to the fight
that draws us in. Sometimes, we are drawn in by the record or
personality of a fighter. At the mere mention of a fight, we get
hyped up as we prepare for the showdown. Our adrenalin begins
to flow and suddenly the fight is over.
Your fighter is down in the second round. You feel let down
because you were confident that your fighter would emerge the
winner. The winner holds his gloves up basking in the glory of the
moment. However, at some other time and place, the winner will
trade places with the loser. He will face the humiliation of losing
just like his opponent will one day win if he stays in the fight long
enough. Another type of fight is a street fight. In a street fight
there are no rules and generally the participants are in it to win by
any means. Then there is another kind of fight—the fight where
folks just need to come together for the good of the community.
Everyone seems to want to do his or her own thing. There are
just too many important issues on the table affecting our lives to
get caught up in such unintelligent squabbling and power strug-
gling over turf. Our differences are so miniscule in comparison to
the many life altering issues that we face. Instead of wasting ener-
gy on pointless battles, we need to pick our fights. We need to
work with the new administration to bring about positive changes
in our communities, state and nation. As Blacks, we have had to
fight racism at every turn in the road. Today,
we find ourselves fighting to save our homes and jobs.
The reality going into 2009 is many folks have lost their jobs,
homes and retirement savings. The trickle-down effect of those
losses will set in real soon and we will have to have to deal collec-
tively with some real problems. We are going to see depression
on, suicides, divorces and homelessness on the rise. Are we ready
for the fall out? Violent crimes have already increased over the
Christmas holidays. Robberies are on the rise. I know. I was hit
twice this year.
We must continue to monitor our children’s education to
ensure that they have equal access to a quality education. Have
you been paying attention to the recent community meetings by
Charleston County School Board to obtain input into reposition-
ing and school closings? If I didn’t know any better, I would be
surprised by the proposals that recommended all black school clo-
sures. Every day is a fight in the black community just to survive.
There are real issues impacting the black community such as
jobs, affordable housing and health care, black on black crimes,
economics and parity in education. We did not work hard to elect
persons to public office just to have them warm a seat. There is
reasonable expectation for our elected officials to stay abreast of
those issues that impact their constituents and work to resolve
those issues. We are making too many heroes out of zeroes.
I am committed to the fight to save our children, to eradicate
drugs from our communities, to restore parity in education and to
bring some fairness to the construction bid process. These are my
battles. And, these are also my resolutions for 2009. What are
your resolutions? Don’t just make them if you are going to break
them!!
Get off the sideline and get in the ring. Pick your fights!!!
HAVE A SAFE
AND
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
DON’T FORGET
THE EMANCIPATION DAY
PARADE!!
The Chronicle December 31, 2008-5

Consumers are New South African Party Draws

As being consumed
I More Defectors From ANC
See It
By James Clingman A veteran anti-racist fighter, the Rev. Allan Boesak, has joined the
Hakim Abdul-Ali stream of defectors leaving the ANC Party, once lead by Nelson
Mandela, for the Congress of the People – also known as
“COPE”.
New Year’s Wishes In light of the fact that the broad components of this country's
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) are consumption, investment,
net exports, government purchases, and inventories — and that One-time president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches,
This past year has been something else for me. It’s been a Boesak joined former defense minister Mosiuoa “Terror” Lekota
year of serious revelations, some positive; some less than consumption is by far the largest component, totaling roughly
two-thirds of GDP — why haven't consumers been bailed out yet? this week at the party launch at the University of Free State in the
that. town of Bloemfontein. Lekota called COPE, “the party of the
I guess you probably feel the same way if the past year has Instead of the most vital segment of the GDP receiving relief, we
see the high and mighty getting billions of dollars. What's up with future.”
been less than stellar for you. You may not feel that way if
the past year was all of that and a goody bag of happy chips that?
Private consumers, who provide the major portion of GDP, are "The history of South Africa will never be the same again," said
for you. If it was then I’m sure that you’ll want a repeat of Lekota to a cheering crowd of some 4,000 delegates. "Ours shall
the same. being consumed by the conspicuous consumption of corporate
covetousness. Pardon the alliteration. be a truly non-racial party that will provide a true home to all
In any case the last 365 days should have been days of South Africans irrespective of race, class or gender."
reflective evaluation because they are now history, and the
future lies ahead. That’s a good way to view the best of How do you feel about the fact that those folks who earn millions
of dollars are already at the front of this new millennium soup line? Also in Bloemfontein, ANC leader Jacob Zuma spoke at a rally
what’s in store for you, me and the rest of society. for veterans of the former Umkhonto we Siswe ANC military
I’m a realist-at-heart, and I tend to view things through the First they allocate and disburse half of the $700,000,000 to Wall
Street types, investment bankers, and banks that used their wind- wing. On neighboring Zimbabwe, he reported that efforts to
prism of “it is what is” actuality so my look at life is from a press the Zimbabwe comrades to agree on a unity government
truly spiritual perspective. I know that all things are under fall to purchase more banks rather than make loans to us, the con-
sumers. Now consumers are faced with depreciating homes, were underway.
the Creator Alone’s control because I believe that no creat-
ed “hue-man” knows the future. which are the basis of our wealth, upside-down mortgages, evic-
tions, inability to get a loan even for an automobile, and massive "We are concerned that they are taking longer to finalize the
There may be some people from various ethnic cultures (power-sharing) agreement while the humanitarian situation is
from throughout the world who may think that this asser- layoffs of thousands of "consumers."
deteriorating," said Zuma, as deaths from a cholera epidemic
tion of mine is flawed, and they may feel that they have inched closer to 1,000. "We have a responsibility to push them all
some sort of hint what the future is going to be. That’s To top it all off, we have a guy named Madoff, pronounced
"Made-off," who bilks his investors out of $50 billion and is pun- in the right direction, and will continue to do so."
cool, but the reality is in my head is that no one but God
Alone knows the certainty of every happening. ished by house arrest in his multimillion-dollar home. To add
insult to injury, the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) The rally marked the Day of Reconciliation, which recalls the
With that personal, powerful thought in mind I’d like you thousands of Zulus killed in a war with Afrikaners in 1838. It is
to think about what you’ve experienced last year. Were was asleep at the wheel (or was it?) and allowed this debacle to
occur, despite the fact that some of its investigators had knowl- now celebrated as a day for fostering reconciliation and national
they things you knew were going to go down or happen or unity.
did they come at you from out of the blue? edge of Madoff's Ponzi scheme.
Be honest and true to yourself when you answer those By the way, Charles Ponzi, for whom the scheme is named,
questions, because this is a new year and you must promise received a five-year sentence and a 10-year sentence for stealing a
to be true to your original dynamic nature. That original few million from his "suckers" in the 1920s. Prior to Ponzi, anoth-
nature was for you to obey the Supreme Force Alone Who er guy named William Miller, got 10 years in prison for bilking a
created you from a sperm drop and we all were created to million dollars from his lemmings back in 1900.
experience challenges and tests beyond our collective
wildest imaginations. There is such little regard for the consumers of this country by
I like that word imaginations because when I think of those who are steadily grabbing all they can get, at the expense of
“New Year’s Wishes” sometimes I could never imagine that those they depend on to purchase their goods and services that
most “colored” folk’s flippant resolutions are only verbal you'd think the consumers of this country would change our
slips of their vague imaginations in my candid assessment. behavior and use our collective leverage to maintain and raise our
Most people only imagined what they would like to see economic empowerment. Yeah, you'd think we would.
occur in the next year but will never put any serious effort But we are too busy buying everything they make and everything
in bringing about those lofty ambitions, goals or inten- they are selling in our "I-gotta-have-it" mode. We are so crazed by
tions. our obsession to accumulate "stuff" that we stampede a Wal-Mart
That’s why unless you’re really serious and dedicated in and kill a worker who was just trying to earn some extra money on
bringing about those imagine expectations in your life, you a temporary job. We the consumers, as critical as we are to the
should remain silent. I hope that you understand when I vitality of this country, are acting like children instead of adults,
say this because too many of us in “hue-manity” play with despite the fact that we are on the verge of total economic collapse.
ourselves by making dodgy oaths and promises for no valid Consumers are being consumed and subsumed by the higher
reasons whatsoever. order of merchants, bankers, and government officials who need
From I’m going to be a better person to I’ll stop smoking us most; and the sad part about it is that we are allowing them —
or I’m going to lose this and that amount of excess body fat no, we are helping them — in their efforts to do so.
many “colored” folk in our society live in a placebo world of Look at some of our more affluent entertainers. Look at their
artificial imaginations. In other words many “hue-mans” lie videos and television shows. Look at the commercials that empha-
to themselves on a daily basis and on an annual occasion size the outlandish, the gaudy, the buffoonery, and the conspicu-
called New Year’s Eve, and they may not even sense that ous consumption.
they are lying and are only deceiving themselves.
It’s said a resolution, if you’re going to stick to it, is as BET is literally a potpourri of crime and prison flicks, bump-and-
good a way to change a condition to and for the better- grind videos of tattooed, blinged-out characters who have all the
ment of the individual. I believe that any positive action possessions any 10 persons could ask for. Listen to the lyrics of
starts with an earnest intent and the occasion of New some of the rap songs and tell me if consumption is not the watch-
Year’s Eve is just as grand an occasion as any to usher forth word of these folks. They promote everything from champagne to
said expected start of a good resolution. cognac to watches to clothing to perfumes and colognes to cars
The trouble with many “colored” folk’s “New Year’s and houses that contain everything except libraries.
Wishes” is that they are just aimless verbal gestures of the Look at some of our athletes, rich beyond our wildest imagina-
moment. That’s the trouble with many of our spur of the tion. Many of them, having
moment intentions as we forget that every intent should exhausted the limits of owner-
and must be backed with equal action in order bring any ship of "things," have moved to
uttered resolution to actuality. the point of really believing
I’m bringing this to your attention because I, too, need a they have arrived and are at a
wake-up call to bring some of my intimate and openly point where they cannot and
voiced resolutions to actuality. My resolutions may not will not be punished by the sys-
deal with weight loss, for example, but they do include tem if they get caught commit-
being a better “hue-man” being, along with some of my ting a crime. Thus they do the
other private resolutions I haven’t declared. most ridiculous things to put
That’s why I try not to make myself become a hypocrite in themselves in harm's way, los-
my own eyes. That can be an easy task for some “colored” ing their careers and in some
folks, just as it was for me in some of my past years’ resolu- cases the consumer items they
tions that went nowhere and none of them saw actuality. held in such high esteem.
Because of this I’m a work in perpetual development who
has to always be reminded of same. Yes, I have to look at What's fashionable about
“me, myself and I” in the daily and annual mirrors of reso- going to jail? What's iconic
lutions in order to assess where I’m headlining from where about being in a commercial
I’ve been and done in the past. that demeans your people?
I must do this realistically speaking in order to be a bet- What's commendable about
ter person and to make any “New Year’s Wish” that I have being used by hidden hands to
for today and the future become an actuality. I try to be keep your people, especially
real to myself in any resolutions that I make knowing that the young people, always seek-
the sky’s the limit, with God Alone’s help, in any of my stat- ing material possessions — at
ed intentions. any cost?
Are you in the similar belief mode that you don’t want to These and other examples
a hypocrite to yourself in making any “New Year’s Wishes” comprise the folly and the fool-
that you know that you aren’t going to keep? I don’t think ishness of consumption at any
that you are a hypocrite and, as such, I believe that you are cost. And those of us who are
fully aware of your own possible expectations never accept- not rich athletes and entertain-
ing any ill-conceived limitations of negativity. ers carry much of the responsi-
Read that statement again if you don’t fully comprehend bility for our condition in this
the gist of what I’m leading to. If you have and do under- country. We see what is hap-
stand that I’m talking about the fact that no one can afford pening in our neighborhoods
the luxury of a negative thought, word, action or resolu- every day, but we fail to do any-
tion, then you’ll know that any “New Year’s Wish” is a wish thing about it. We do not act
that requires committed resolve to take care of business by appropriately when it comes to
any means necessary. supporting ourselves and our
That’s right, it takes sweat and discipline in order to own businesses.
accomplish any goal, especially those fabled “New Year’s
Wishes” that so many “colored” folks make during the win- In many cases, we are indeed
ter of their solemn oaths. For any wish to become an actu- being consumed by our own
ality it all begins with positive and righteous intentions consumption. We are also
“As I See It.” being abused by a system of
business and government that
I’ve learned the hard way that a thought is a start to get- places more value on those
ting something done, but only if disciplined action is fol- who have than on those who
lowing close behind breathing on the neck of that thought. have not and those who need.
I hope that you also understand that point of view, because We saw what happened when
every committed thought is a “New Day Wish” that chal- the demand for and use of
lenges the “real” you to step up to the plate and “really” take gasoline went down; we must
care of business big time. do the same thing when it
comes to our general con-
Accepting that challenge, whenever it’s made, is the best sumption. If we fail to do so,
time to know that you’re truly a work in progress, so why we will soon be unable to pur-
not just go on and “get busy” in accomplishing what you chase even the minimal items
want out of life for that moment, day and year. It all makes that we need to survive. We
sense to me to take care of business by any means neces- must not continue to be con-
sary, and why not “TCB” by using your own positive sweat sumed by our own consump-
and discipline. tion — nor by anyone else's.
That sounds like a “New Year’s Wish” or resolution that’s
already taking shape. Please always remember that action James E. Clingman, an
speaks louder than words. adjunct professor in the
I know that to be true, especially after seeing so many of University of Cincinnati's
my own past “New Year’s Wishes” that didn’t come to African American Studies
fruition due to my own lack of disciplined action. Id like to Department, is former editor
think that I’ve learned from those errors in judgments and of the Cincinnati Herald
I now know that if I make a resolution of any kind, I’d bet- newspaper and founder of the
ter be prepared to back it up with some committed disci- Greater Cincinnati African
plined action if I want to see success at the end of my American Chamber of
efforts. Commerce. He hosts the
radio program
I hope that you understand that also, and if you do, I ''Blackonomics'' and has writ-
hope that all of your “New Year’s Wishes” become “reali- ten several books, including
ties,” and for today, that’s, “As I See It.” "Black-o-Knowledge — Stuff
You Need to Know."
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ATLANTA - The racial

gap in colon cancer death
rates is widening, a new
report says, and experts
partly blame blacks' lower
screening rates and poor
access to quality care.

Colon and rectal cancer

death rates are now nearly
50 percent higher in blacks
than in whites, according
to American Cancer
Society research being
released Monday.

The gap has been growing

since the mid-1970s, when
colon cancer death rates
for the two racial groups
were nearly equal.

"We have seen this enor-

mous progress in whites.
We could be seeing the
same progress in blacks, if
we could overcome dispari-
ties in access to health
care," said Elizabeth
Ward, who oversees sur-
veillance and health policy
at the cancer society.

Colorectal cancer is the

third leading cancer killer
in the United States.
About 50,000 Americans
will die of the disease this
year, the cancer society
estimates.

Last month, researchers

reported the rate of new
cancers in general is inch-
ing down and death rates
continue to decline in the
United States - important
good news in the fight
against the dreaded dis-
ease.

But when it comes to colon

cancer, progress has been
greater for whites than for
blacks, the new report says.

The rate of diagnoses in

blacks was about 19 per-
cent higher than it was for
whites in 2005, the most
recent year for which sta-
tistics are available.

The death rate difference

was even more pro-
nounced. Among blacks,
there were about 25 deaths
per 100,000 people, com-
pared to 17 per 100,000 in
whites - a 48 percent differ-
ence.

The two groups' death

rates were similar until the
1980s when colon cancer
began to kill blacks at a
higher rate than whites.

Researchers say it's not

clear why black mortality
jumped in the 1980s, but it
started a gap that contin-
ued to widen even after the
black rate began to fall
again.

Colon cancer deaths can be

prevented by early diagno-
sis through screening and
quality care. The screening
rate for whites is 50 per-
cent compared to just 40
percent for blacks.

The screening rate for

Hispanics is an even-lower
32 percent, but the death
rate for Hispanics - fewer
than 13 per 100,000 - is
lower than it is for whites.

That paradox is not unique

to colon cancer: Poorly
insured Hispanics have
fared better than whites
and blacks in several meas-
ures of cancer and heart
disease.

"It's a mystery," said Dr.

Daniel Blumenthal, chair
of the Morehouse School
of Medicine's Department
of Community Health and
Preventive Medicine.
The Chronicle December 31, 2008-7

Idea to Merge HBCUs in Georgia Facing Resistance

By: Associated Press
ATLANTA - Public col-
leges created during segre-
gation to provide blacks an
education denied to them
by white institutions are at
the center of a budget bat-
tle brewing in Georgia.
Facing a $2 billion short-
fall, a Republican state
senator has proposed
merging two of the histori-
cally black schools with
nearby predominantly
white colleges to save
money and, in the process
he says, erase a vestige of
Jim Crow-era segregation.
"I think we should close
this ugly chapter in
Georgia's history," Seth
Harp, chairman of the
state Senate's Higher
Education Committee,
said Tuesday.
But Harp has stirred a tor-
rent of opposition. Critics
of the plan say students
who might otherwise not
attend college are being
educated at the schools.
Black students perform
better in the black-college
setting, experts say, and
the dropout rate among
African-Americans is lower
than at majority white
institutions.
The schools also represent
a critical piece of the civil
rights struggle.
"We can't afford to run
away from our history,"
said Leonard Haynes,
executive director of the
White House Initiative on
Historically Black
Colleges.
The schools were largely
founded before 1964, most-
ly in the segregated South
to teach African-American
students. But they are
open to people of all races
and experts say the number
of white students at the
campuses has been on the
rise.
Harp's proposal would
merge the historically
black 3,400-student
Savannah State University
with Armstrong Atlantic
State University, a majori-
ty white school. Also,
Albany State University,
which has about 4,100
enrolled, would combine
with nearby Darton
College, which also has a
predominantly white stu-
dent body. The new cam-
puses would keep the
names of the older and
more established black col-
leges.
But Harp's plan was pre-
liminary with few details
about how the mergers
would work.
Any combining of public
universities need Georgia
Board of Regents'
approval. A Regents
spokesman said the board
has no plans to consider
the idea and suggested it
runs contrary to the goal of
increasing the number of
Georgians with college
degrees.
"If anything, we need to be
broadening access to high-
er education," Regents
spokesman John Millsaps
said.
But Harp said deep budget
cuts rippling across the
state may leave the univer-
sities with little choice
when trying to save some
$250 million.
Georgia Gov. Sonny
Perdue on Tuesday
declined to comment
specifically on his fellow
Republican's plan but said
the grim economic picture
gripping the nation and
state means public univer-
sities must look to spend
efficiently.
"A lot of tradition has gone
on in our traditionally
black universities and col-
leges," Perdue said. "I
think we need to respect
that, and I think there are
ways we can wring out effi-
ciency in there that may
not entail colleges losing
their identities. So we'll
continue to look."
But Harp, who is white,
found an ally in Cynthia
Tucker, the Pulitzer Prize-
winning editorial page edi-
tor for the Atlanta Journal-
Constitution. Tucker, who
is black, wrote in a recent
column that taxpayer-fund-
ed colleges "should be
diverse, educating men and
women of all colors and
creeds."
"There is no longer good
reason for public colleges
that are all-white or all-
black," Tucker wrote.
There are 105 public and
private historically black
colleges in the U.S., most
in the South where Jim-
Crow-era segregation laws
were strictest - preventing
some African-Americans
from obtaining education.
While some private black
colleges have folded over
the years, no state has dis-
mantled a public one,
Haynes said.
Michael Lomax, president
and chief executive officer
of the United Negro
College Fund, questioned
why Georgia's black col-
leges must bear the burden
of the state's budget short-
fall.
"It seems like a politically
charged and politically
motivated move rather
than a fiscally responsible
one," Lomax, former com-
mission chairman of
Georgia's most populous
county, said. "I am deeply
concerned .... This is a pro-
posal by a politician to
address a budget shortfall
without engaging academ-
ic professionals and plan-
ners."

BETA’S, ALPHA’S CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARIES,

$500 SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED
Beta Kappa Lambda were presented to the fol- Herman D. Singleton, I Membership Intake
Chapter celebrated its lowing persons: Coordinator; Brother
69th Annivesary and Alpha The Arts: Mrs. Dorothy CHAPTER OFFICERS: Jermaine Joyner, Director
Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Brunson Wright; Cultural Brother Damien Seabrook, of Education; Brother
observed its 102nd Arts: Mr. Alphonso President; Brother Wayne Ronald A. Ravenell,
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Founder’s Day Program at Lois A. Simms; Medicine: Brother Leon S. Green, Brother Judge Daniel E.
Wesley United Methodist Dr. DeAnna Cheek; Corresponding Secretary; Martin, Sr., Historian,
Church pastored by Rev. Politics: House Majority Brother Anthony Joyner, Brother Anderson Mack,
Dr. George A. McClenan, Whip, U.S. Congressman Treasurer; Brother Hillery Jr., Parlimentarian;
on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008. James E. Clyburn and Douglas, Financial Brother Marc Brown,
Representative Floyd Secretary, Brother Sergeant-at-Arms; and
Brother Rev. Dr. Mckinley Breeland;Religion: Reverend Dr. William Brother Robert N. Curry, Senior High School Students attending James Island Charter
Washington, Jr., a former Reverend Issac Holt and Swinton, Chaplain; Jr., Immediate Past
Youth Services: Mr. Brother Leon S. Green, President. High School received $500 Scholarships
State Senator and a Life
Member of Beta Kappa
Lambda, delivered a
dynamic Founder’s Day
message as his choir from
Edisto Presbyterian
Church USA, provided the
music.

The Chapter awarded

$500.00 Scholarships to
the following Senior High
School Students attending
James Island Charter High
School:

•JULIUS ASCUE,
Parent/Guardian: Julius &
Ivy Ascue
•ANTHONY MOORE,
Parent/Guardian: Anthony
& Stacy Royal;
SHELTON MIDDLE-
TON, Parent/Guardian:
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•AUGUSTUS
RICHARDSON,
Parent/Guardian:
Augustus & Corrie
Richardson
•MICHAEL ROPER,
Parent/Guardian: Henry
& Sonya Roper
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STATE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA IN THE
CIRCUIT COURT
THE NINTH JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT COUNTY
OF CHARLESTON
C/A No. 2008-CP-10-485
SAMPLE & ASSOCIATES,
LLC; MARY FORDHAM; VER-
NELL G. GREENE;
WILHELMINA LEWIS,
Plaintiff,
v.
LILLIE M. BROW AKA LILLY
MAY BROW AKA LILLY M.
BROW AKA
LILLIE MAY BROW, ALBERTA
L. BROWN aka ALBERTHA L.
BROWN,
HARRY BROWN, RAYMOND
BROWN,Jr., ROBERT
BROWN, MARGARITE JAMI-
SON DEAS, ALICE GRANT,
EARL
GRIMBALL, MICHAEL GRIM-
BALL aka MICHAEL
W. GRIMBALL, ABRAHAM
HOLLINGTON, ELIJAH JAMI-
SON, HENRY JAMISON aka
HENRY JAMESON, MELVIN
JAMISON, W I L L I S
JAMISON, MATILDA
MATTHEWS, ROBERT-
MATTHEWS, S U S A N
MATTHEWS, EVELYN
MICWOOD, BETTY MURRAY,
CHRISTINE TOLBERT
OWENS, WILLIAM
PRIOLEAU, JR., BARBARA
TOLBERT SINGLETON,
FREDDIE SMITH, BENJAMIN
TOLBERT, EUGENE
TOLBERT, ISAAC TOLBERT,
JAMES TOLBERT, BETTY
JEAN TOLBERT
W A S H I N G T O N ;
CHARLESTON C O U N T Y
BUSINESS LICENSE
USER FEE DEPARTMENT,
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON,
FIRST FEDERAL
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAR-
OLINA DEPARTMENT
REVENUE;
JOSEPH S. MCINERNY,
SHARON E. MCINERNY,
ROBERT A. MCKENZIE,
TRUSTEE(S) OF THE
GREATER ST. LUKE AME
CHURCH, TRUSTEE(S) OF
THE ST. PAUL’S AME
CHURCH, WALTER TOLBERT;
JOHN DOE, a
fictitious name used hereinto
designate the unknown heirs at
law, distributees,
devisees, issue, personal
representatives, successors
and/or assigns of ABRAM
BROWN, EVALINE
TOLBERT BROWN aka EVE-
LYN TOLBERT BROWN,
LESLIE BROWN,
RAYMOND BROWN, EMMA
BRYAN, THOMAS GAILLARD,
LIE GRIMBALL,
LOVIE TOLBERT GRIMBALL,
MARGARET GRIMBALL aka
MARGARET M. GRIMBALL,
CLARISSA
TOLBERT JAMISON aka
CLARA TOLBERT JAMISON,
JOHN H.
JAMISON, ELIJAH
MATTHEWS, PATSY
A.TOLBERT MATTHEWS,
SARAH POWELL,
EDWIN PRIOLEAU ) al size, shape, dimensions,
ELIZABETH TOLBERT PRI-
OLEAU, JOE PRIOLEAU,
ROSALIE TOLBERT
PRIOLEAU, WILLIAM PRI-
OLEAU, DOROTHY SINGLE-
TON, DOROTHY
JAMISON SMITH, IONIA TAY-
LOR, ANNA BELLE TOLBERT,
CLAUDIA
TOLBERT, ESTELENA TOL-
BERT, EZEKIEL TOLBERT,
JULIUS TOLBERT,LOUISE
HUTCHINSON TOLBERT,
LUKE D. TOLBERT, MARIA
STEPLIGHT T O L B E R T,
MARY TOLBERT, ROBERT A.
TOLBERT, ROBERT R. TOL-
BERT aka ROBERT TOLBERT,
SHERMAN
HENNISON TOLBERT, VICTO-
RIA TOLBERT, WILLIE
TOLBERT, BENJAMIN
WILLIAM, being deceased
persons; and MARY ROE, a
fictitious name designating all
other persons and legal enti-
ties unknown,including but not
limited to, any person holding
the position of or acting as, or
on behalf of the Trustee(s) of
the Greater St. Luke AME
Church or the Trustee(s) of the
St. Paul’s AME Church, who
may have or claim any
right, title, estate and/or inter-
est in or lien upon the real
estate
described herein, including any
such as may be infants, incom-
petents, or under
any other disability, including
the Soldiers and Sailors
Civil Relief Act,
Defendants.
SUMMONS
TO THE ABOVE NAMED
DEFENDANTS:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUM-
MONED AND REQUIRED TO
ANSWER the Complaint in this
action, a copy of which is here-
by served upon you, and to
serve a copy of your Answer
upon the undersigned sub-
scriber at James E. Reeves,
P.A., 400 North Cedar Street,
Summerville, SC 29483, within
thirty (30) days, thirty-five (35)
days if service is by certified
mail, after the service hereof,
exclusive of the date of such
service; except the United
States of America shall have
sixty (60) days; and if you fail
to file an Answer or appear to
defend the Complaint within
the time aforesaid, the
Plaintiffs will apply to the Court
for a judgment by default to be
rendered against you for the
relief demanded in the
Complaint.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE
NOTICE that the Plaintiffs will
move for an order of reference
or that the court may issue a
general order of reference of
this action to the Master-in-
Equity, pursuant to Rule 53,
South Carolina Rules of Civil
Procedure, on all issues to
come before the Court.
TO MINORS OVER FOUR-
TEEN YEARS OF AGE AND
MINORS UNDER THE AGE OF
FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE
AND THE PERSON WITH
WHOM THE MINOR RESIDES
AND/OR TO PERSONS
UNDER SOME LEGAL DIS-
ABILITY:
YOU ARE FURTHER SUM-
MONED AND NOTIFIED to
apply for the appointment of a
guardian ad litem within thirty
(30) days after the service of
this Summons and Notice upon
you. If you fail to do so, appli-
cation for such appointment
will be made by the Plaintiffs.
LIS PENDENS
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that
the above named Plaintiffs
have commenced or intend to
commence an action affecting
the title to the real estate
described below. The
Complaint to be filed simulta-
neous herewith or within twen-
ty days hereof, prays for a suit
to quiet title for property in
Charleston County, South
Carolina. The real estate is
described as follows:
All that certain piece, parcel or
tract of land, situate lying and
being in the state and county
aforesaid in St. Pauls Parish
L.
which is better described as
follows: Tract No. 2 of plat by
M. Kenyon Millard, Reg. C.E. &
L.S. #635, dated August 29,
1986, containing 1.2 acres and
specifically described on said
plat as follows; beginning at an
iron stake on the Northeast
side of the 50’ R/W road
539.06’ West of S.C. Highway
162 and running along the
Northeast R/W of said road N
79 47 01 W, 152.59’ to an iron
stake, thence N 42 30 E,
459.95’ to an iron stake,
thence S 47 30 E, 129’ to an
iron stake, thence S 42 30 W,
378.46’ to an iron stake the
point of beginning.
BUTTING and bounding on the
South by the 50’ R/W road; on
the Northwest by Tract No. 3 of
the above plat, on the
Northeast by lands now or for-
merly of James Smith, and on
the Southeast by Tract No. 1 of
the above plat.
THIS lot cut from Estate of
Robert Tolbert acquired by him
OF
by deed of Robert Rivers,
dated 3 February 1870, record-
OF
ed in Book E at Page 96 at
Colleton County Court House
on 16 December 1911 and now
shown in Deed Book B27 at
Page 220-221 at the RMC
Office for Charleston County.
The above described Tract No.
2 has recently been surveyed
and is more accurately
described as:
All that piece, parcel or tract of
land, lying and being in
Charleston County, South
Carolina and known and desig-
nated as Tract No. 2, contain-
ing 1.13 acres, as shown on
that certain plat entitled
"BOUNDARY SURVEY OF
TRACTS 2, 3 AND 4 248-00-
00-049, 050 AND 051 4.70
ACRES TOTAL REQUESTED
BY WAYNE WIGGINS LOCAT-
ED IN SAINT PAULS PARISH
CHARLESTON COUNTY,
SOUTH CAROLINA" prepared
by Jerrold Anderson dated
December 5, 2008, revised
March 13, 2008 and recorded
May 23, 2008 in the RMC
Office for Charleston County in
Plat Book EL, page 532; said
tract of land having such actu-
buttings and boundings as
shown on said plat, reference
to which is hereby made for a
more complete description.
TMS#: 248-00-00-049
AND
All that certain piece, parcel or
tract of land situate lying and
being in the state and county
aforesaid in St. Pauls Parish
which is better described as
follows: Tract No. 3 of plat by
M, Kenyon Mallard, Reg. C.E.
& L. S. #635, dated August 29,
1986 containing 1.2 acres and
specifically described on said
plat as follows: beginning at
an iron stake on highway 162
and running along the north-
east R/W of said road N. 79 47
01 W, 125.28’ to an iron stake,
thence N 42 30 E, 526.91’ to
an iron stake, then S 47 30 E,
106’ to an iron stake thence S
42 30 W, 459.95’ to an iron
stake, the point of beginning.
BUTTING and bounding on the
south by the 50’ R/W road, on
the Northwest by Trace No. 4
of the above plat, on the
Northeast by lands of James
Smith and on the Southeast by
Tract No. 2 of the above plat.
THIS lot cut from Estate of
Robert Tolbert acquired by him
by deed of Robert Rivers,
dated 3 February 1870, record-
ed in Book E at Page 96 at
Colleton County Court House
on 16 December 1911 and now
shown in Deed Book B27 at
Page 220-221 at the RMC
Office for Charleston County.
The above described Tract No.
3 has recently been surveyed
and is more accurately
described as:
All that piece, parcel or tract of
land, lying and being in
Charleston County, South
Carolina and known and desig-
nated as Tract No. 3, contain-
ing 1.16 acres, as shown on
that certain plat entitled
"BOUDNARY SURVEY OF
TRACTS 2, 3 AND 4 248-00-
00-049, 050 AND 051 4.70
ACRES TOTAL REQUESTED
BY WAYNE WIGGINS LOCAT-
ED IN SAINT PAULS PARISH
CHARLESTON COUNTY,
SOUTH CAROLINA" prepared
by Jerrold Anderson dated
December 5, 2008, revised
March 13, 2008 and recorded
May 23, 2008 in the RMC
Office for Charleston County in
Plat Book EL, page 532; said
tract of land having such actu-
al size, shape, dimensions,
buttings and boundings as
shown on said plat, reference
to which is hereby made for a
more complete description.
TMS #: 248-00-00-050
AND
All that certain piece, parcel or
tract of land situate lying and
being in the sate and county
aforesaid in St. Pauls Parish
which is better described as
follows: Tract No. 4 of plat by
M, Kenyon Mallard, Reg. C.E.
& L. S. #635, dated August 29,
1986 containing 2.4 acres and
specifically described on said
plat as follows: beginning at an
iron stake on the Northeast
side of the 50’ R/W road
817.03’ West of South Carolina
Highway 162, thence N 79 47
01 W, 105.27’ to an iron stake,
thence N 79 47 01 W, 111.30’
to an iron stake, thence N 42
30 E, 638.06’ to an iron stake,
thence S 50 150 E, 94.1’ to an
old con.mon., thence S 47 30
E, 89.0’, thence S 42 30 W,
526.91’ to an iron stake, the
point of beginning.
BUTTING and bounding on the
South by the 50’ R/W road, on
the Northwest by Tract No. 5 of
the above plat, on the
Northeast by lands now or for-
merly of F.W. & C.A. Cera and
James Smith and on the
Southeast by Tract No. 3 of the
above plat.
THIS lot cut from Estate of
Robert Tolbert acquired by him
by deed of Robert Rivers,
dated 3 February 1870, record-
ed in Book E at Page 96 at
Colleton County Court House
on 16 December 1911 and now
shown in Deed Book B27 at
Page 220-221 at the RMC
Office for Charleston County.
The above described Tract No.
4 has recently been surveyed
and is more accurately
described as:
All that piece, parcel or tract of
land, lying and being in
Charleston County, South
Carolina and known and desig-
nated as Tract No. 4, contain-
ing 2.41 acres, as shown on
that certain plat entitled
"BOUDNARY SURVEY OF
TRACTS 2, 3 AND 4 248-00-
00-049, 050 AND 051 4.70
ACRES TOTAL REQUESTED
BY WAYNE WIGGINS LOCAT-
ED IN SAINT PAULS PARISH
CHARLESTON COUNTY,
SOUTH CAROLINA" prepared
by Jerrold Anderson dated
December 5, 2008, revised
March 13, 2008 and recorded
May 23, 2008 in the RMC
Office for Charleston County in
Plat Book EL, page 532; said
tract of land having such actu-
al size, shape, dimensions,
buttings and boundings as
shown on said plat, reference
to which is hereby made for a
more complete description.
TMS#: 248-00-00-051
ORDER APPOINTING
GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI
Upon reading and filing the
Petition of the Plaintiffs for
appointment of S. Thomas
Worley, Jr., Esquire, as
guardian ad litem nisi for the
unknown defendants who are
minors and unknown defen-
dants under other legal disabil-
ity, collectively designated as
John Doe and Mary Roe, and it
appearing that the names and
addresses of such minors, or
other persons under other
legal disability, whether resi-
dents or non-residents of the
State of South Carolina, are
unknown to the Plaintiffs and
cannot with reasonable dili-
gence be ascertained, and that
S. Thomas Worley, Jr.,
Esquire, is a suitable and com-
petent person to understand
and protect the rights and
interest of said minor defen-
dants and others under legal
disability, and is not connected
in business with the Plaintiffs
in this action or with their coun-
sel.
IT IS ORDERED that S.
Thomas Worley, Jr., Esquire,
be, and is hereby designated
and appointed guardian ad
litem nisi for said unknown
minor defendants and those
other defendants under legal
disability, collectively designat-
ed as John Doe and Mary Roe,
and is hereby authorized to
appear and defend said action
on behalf of said defendants
unless said minor defendants
or other defendants under
other legal disability, shall
within thirty days after the
service of a copy of a Notice of
this Order upon them, exclu-
sive of the day of service, pro-
cure another to be the
guardian ad litem for said
minor defendants or other
defendants under legal disabil-
ity, for purpose of this action.
NOTICE OF FILING SUM-
MONS, COMPLAINT, LIS
PENDENS AND PETITION
AND ORDER APPOINTING
GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI
TO THE DEFENDANTS
ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE
HEREBY NOTIFIED that the
Summons, which included a
Notice of Intention to Refer
Action to the Master-in-Equity
for Final Determination and a
Notice of Appointment of
Guardian Ad Litem Nisi; the
Complaint; and Lis Pendens;
were filed with the Clerk of
Court for Charleston County
Court of Common Pleas on
August 21, 2008.
Further, a Petition and Order
Appointing S. Thomas Worley,
Jr., whose address and phone
number are 942 McCants
Drive, Mouth Pleasant, South
Carolina, 29464; (843) 884-
5474, as guardian ad litem nisi,
for the Defendants designated
as John Doe and Mary Roe,
have also been filed on
October 14, 2008, which said
appointment becomes absolute
thirty (30) days after the serv-
ice of this Notice unless you or
someone on your behalf pro-
cure another to be appointed
as guardian ad litem to repre-
sent their interests in this
action.
The purpose of this
suit is to determine the inter-
ests of the parties to the prop-
erty, which is the subject mat-
ter of this suit, and to ask the
Court for an Order from the
Master-in-Equity for
Charleston County approving
the sale of the property to the
Plaintiff, Sample & Associates,
LLC.
JAMES E. REEVES, P.A.
BY:
JAMES E. REEVES, ESQUIRE
400 North Cedar Street
Summerville, SC 29483
(843) 832-7337
ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF
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YOU WILL ALSO TAKE
STATE OF SOUTH NOTICE that pursuant to S.C.
CAROLINA IN THE Code Ann. §15-61-25 (1976),
CIRCUIT COURT as amended, if you are a joint
tenant or tenant in common,
THE NINTH JUDICIAL you are hereby notified of your
CIRCUIT COUNTY right to purchase the property,
OF CHARLESTON which is the subject matter of
C/A No. 2007-CP-10-2424 this action, and the need to
notify the Court of your inten-
Regis “Ronnie” Chisholm tion.
Booze’,
Plaintiff, LIS PENDENS
v. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that
the above named Plaintiff has
Carolyn Chisholm Daniel, commenced or intend to com-
Joanne Chisholm Byrd, Gloria
mence an action affecting the
Poinsette Harrison, Archie C. title to the real estate
Moore, Michael C. Moore,
Robert Poinsette, Jr., Robin described below. The
Poinsette, Yvonne Poinsette Amended Complaint to be filed
Wilson, Chrysler Financial simultaneous herewith or with-
Company, LLC, Domino in twenty days hereof, prays
Properties, LLC, Southern Bell for a suit to quiet title for prop-
Telephone and Telegraph
erty and for partition in
Company, South C a r o l i n a Charleston County, South
Department of Revenue, and
John Doe, a fictitious name Carolina. The real estate is
used herein to designate the described as follows:
unknown heirs at law, distribu- All that piece, parcel or tract of
tees, and/or devisees of Helen land, lying and being in
Balaam,Mary Streety Balaam, Charleston County, South
Robert Balaam, Robert
Carolina and known and desig-
Balaam, Jr., Alice Cecilia nated as containing 27.064
Smalls Chisholm Cecilia
Chisholm, Diana Chisholm, acres, as shown on that certain
Evalese Chisholm,Jennie plat entitled "A BOUNDARY
Chisholm, Jeremiah Chisholm, SURVEY OF TMS 312-00-00-
John C. Chisholm aka John 049 BEING 27.064 ACRES ON
Chisholm, John Chisholm, Jr., BROWNSWOOD ROAD
Louise Chisholm, Sarah OWNED BY THE ESTATE OF
Chisholm, Alice Chisholm
Dusenbury, Archie Moore, Sr., JOHN CHISOLM LOCATED IN
Geraldine Chisholm Moore, THE TOWN OF CHARLESTON
Armenia Chisholm Poinsette, COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA"
Robert E. Poinsette, Sr., Jo prepared by Southeastern
Streety, Julia Rebecca Surveying of Charleston, Inc.
Chisholm Streety, Martha dated June 1, 2006 and record-
Streety, Viola Streety, James
ed July 11, 2008 in the RMC
Wright, James Wright, Jr., Office for Charleston County in
Lucille Streety Wright, all being
deceased persons; and Mary Plat Book EL, page 632; said
tract of land having such actu-
Roe, a fictitious name desig-
nating all other per- al size, shape, dimensions,
sons and legal entities buttings and boundings as
unknown who may have or
shown on said plat, reference
claim an interest in or lien upon to which is hereby made for a
the real estate described
herein, including any such as more complete description.
may be infants, incompetents,
or under any otherdisability, TMS#: 312-00-00-049
including the Soldiers and NOTICE OF FILING AMENDED
Sailors Civil Relief Act,
SUMMONS, AMENDED COM-
PLAINT,
Defendants.
LIS PENDENS, AND PETITION
AND ORDER APPOINTING
AMENDED SUMMONS
GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI
TO THE ABOVE NAMED TO THE DEFENDANTS
DEFENDANTS:
ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE
HEREBY NOTIFIED that the
YOU ARE HEREBY SUM- Amended Summons, which
MONED AND REQUIRED TO
included a Notice of Intention
ANSWER the Amended to Refer Action to the Master-
Complaint in this action, a copy
in-Equity for Final
of which is hereby served upon Determination and a Notice of
you, and to serve a copy of
Appointment of Guardian Ad
your Answer upon the under- Litem Nisi; the Amended
signed subscriber at James E.
Complaint; and Lis Pendens;
Reeves, P.A., 400 North Cedar were filed with the Clerk of
Street, Summerville, SC
Court for Charleston County
29483, within thirty (30) days; Court of Common Pleas on
thirty-five (35) days if service
August 29, 2008.
is by certified mail, after the
service hereof, exclusive of the
Further, a Petition and Order
date of such service; except Appointing S. Thomas Worley,
the United States of America
Jr., Esquire, whose address
shall have sixty (60) days; and and phone number are 942
if you fail to file an Answer or
McCants Drive, Mt. Pleasant,
appear to defend the Amended SC 29464, (843) 884-5474, as
Complaint within the time
guardian ad litem nisi, for the
aforesaid, the Plaintiffs will Defendants designated as
apply to the Court for a judg-
John Doe and Mary Roe, have
ment by default to be rendered also been filed on October 14,
against you for the relief
2008, which said appointment
demanded in the Amended becomes absolute thirty (30)
Complaint.
days after the service of this
Notice unless you or someone
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE on your behalf procure another
NOTICE that the Plaintiffs will
to be appointed as guardian ad
move for an Order of litem to represent their inter-
Reference or that the Court
ests in this action.
may issue a general Order of The purpose of this
Reference of this action to the
suit is to determine the inter-
Master-in-Equity, pursuant to ests of the parties to the prop-
Rule 53 of the South Carolina
erty, which is the subject mat-
Rules of Civil Procedure, on all ter of this suit, and to ask the
issues to come before the Court for an Order from the
Court with direct appeal to the Master-in-Equity for
South Carolina Court of
Charleston County approving
Appeals or South Carolina the sale of the property to the
Supreme Court.
Defendant, Domino Properties,
TO MINORS OVER FOUR- LLC.
TEEN YEARS OF AGE
AND/OR MINORS UNDER JAMES E. REEVES, P.A.
FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE
AND THE PERSON WITH By
WHOM THE MINOR RESIDES
James E. Reeves, Esquire
AND/OR TO PERSONS
400 North Cedar Street
UNDER SOME LEGAL DIS-
ABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER Summerville, SC 29483
SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED
(843) 832-7337
to apply for the appointment of
a guardian ad litem within thir-
ty (30) days after the service of STe
this Amended Summons and
Notice upon you. If you fail to ATTORNEY FOR
do so, application for such PLAINTIFF
appointment will be made by
the Plaintiff(s).
CHARLESTON COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
JANUARY 12, 2009 MEETING AGENDA
CHARLESTON COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
WILL CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING REQUESTS AT
THEIR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING; 4:00
P.M., MONDAY JANUARY 12, 2009, IN COUNCIL CHAM-
BERS AT THE LONNIE HAMILTON, III PUBLIC SER-
VICES BUILDING, 4045 BRIDGE VIEW DRIVE, NORTH
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA:
Case: ACP-12-08-2221
Area: 8754 Savannah Highway
Parcel Identification: 050-00-00-004, -012
Acres: 313.42
Application to amend the Charleston County
Comprehensive Plan (text and maps)
Case: ZPD-12-08-2222
Area: 8754 Savannah Hwy, St. Paul’s Parish
Parcel Identification: 050-00-00-004 and 050-00-00-012
Acres: 313.42
Request to change from Agricultural Preservation (AG-10)
district to
Planned Development (PD-139)
Case 3463-C
Area: 6775 Bears Bluff Road, Johns Island
Parcel Identification: 133-00-00-041
Acres: 47.5
Request to change from: Planned Development PD-94 to
PD-94A
Case 3468-C
Area: 3830 & 3780 Chisolm Road, Johns Island
Parcel Identification 249-00-00-005 & -013
Acres 118.6
Request to change from Agricultural Preservation (AG-8)
District to Planned Development (PD) 137 District
Case 3471-C
Area: 2122 North Dallerton Circle, St. Andrews
Parcel Identification 310-07-00-073
Acres: 0.33
Request to change from: Single Family Residential (R-4)
District to Community Commercial (CC) District
Case: 3477-C
Area: 5907 Hwy 174, Adams Run
Parcel Identification: 120-00-00-111
Acres: 1.86
Request to change from Agricultural/Residential(AGR)
District
To Rural Commercial (CR) District
If you require further information, please contact the
Charleston County Planning Department (843)
202-7200.
Beverly T. Craven
Clerk of Council
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CHARLESTON COUNTY PUBLIC HEARING
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT REQUEST
COUNTY OF
CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL WILL HOLD A PUB-
LIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT AT
WACHOVIA BANK
5:00 P.M. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2009, AT THE LON- NATIONAL
NIE HAMILTON, III PUBLIC SERVICES BUILDING, 4045 ASSOCIATION, AS
BRIDGE VIEW DRIVE, NORTH CHARLESTON, SC: TRUSTEE OF THE
SECURITY NATIONAL
Case ACP-12-08-2221 TRP, LLC MORTGAGE LOAN
Application to amend the Charleston County TRUST 2005-1,
Comprehensive Plan adopted November 18, 2008 (text
and maps):
Plaintiff,
The text amendment requests to add language to Section
v.
3.1.7 (Future Land Use Recommendations), Sub-Section
A (Rural Area Future Land Use Categories), Rural
Industrial to include waste-related uses. The map amend-
ment requests to amend Map 3.1.4, Future Land Use, to
ANNABELLE S. FRAZIER
AND IF SHE IS DEAD, HIS
indicate a Rural Industrial Future Land Use recommenda- HEIRS, PERSONAL
tion for Parcel Identification Numbers 050-00-00-004 and REPRESENTATIVES, SUC-
050-00-00-012.
CESSORS, ASSIGNS,
SPOUSES AND CREDI-
[THIS APPLICATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH A ZONING
TORS, AND ALL OTH-
CHANGE REQUEST (CASE ZPD-12-08-2222).] ERS CLAIMING ANY
. HELP WANTED – DRIVERS
RIGHT, TITLE OR INTER-
EST IN THE REAL ESTATE
LENGTHY PRESENTATIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED KNOWN AS 12 ENDO
IN WRITING PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
DRIVE, C H A R L E S T O N ,
SOUTH CAROLINA,FIRST
Beverly T. Craven
FEDERAL SAVINGS AND
Clerk of Council
LOAN ASSOCIATION OF
CHARLESTON AND CITY
OF CHARLESTON HOUS-
ING AND ECONOM-
IC DEVELOPMENT,
ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES
Defendants.
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 IN THE COURT OF
Form #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston COMMON PLEAS
County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the
expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this
Case No. 2008-CP-10-4804
Notice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are
forever barred. (NON-JURY MORTGAGE
FORECLOSURE)
Estate of: HELEN C. HAMPTON
2008-ES-10-1661
DOD: 10/30/08
Pers. Rep: JOAN C. O’BANNER
1425 WITTER ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29412 STATE OF SOUTH CAR-
************************************************************************* OLINA IN THE FAMILY
COURT OF
THE NINTH
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES COUNTY OF
CHARLESTON
All persons having claims against the following estates are
required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal CASE NO.:
Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on
Form #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston
2008-DR-10-3533
County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401 before the expi-
ration of 8 months after the date of the first publication on his LAURA ANN JOHNSON &
WHITFIELD JOHNSON
Notice to Creditors or else thereafter such claims shall be and are
Plaintiffs,
forever barred.
Estate of: MOLLIE T. SMITH v.
2008-ES-10-1004
DOD: 8/22/07 CONSUELLA GILLIARD,
Pers. Rep: MICHAEL L. SMITH Defendant.
1852 CHESSHIRE DR. CHARLESTON, SC
29412 IN THE INTEREST OF:
DEVONTRY MARQUIS
GILLIARD, a minor child
ESTATE of: BERNIE E. POWELL under the age of Eleven
2008-ES-10-1011 (11).
DOD: 10/15/06
Pers. Rep: ARTHURINE RIVERS TO THE DEFENDANTS
117 BELLPOINT LN.DANIEL ISLAND, SC 29492
ABOVE NAMED:
YOU ARE HERE-
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR BY SUMMONED AND
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES REQUIRED to Answer the
Complaint in this action, a
ARCHITECTURAL AND copy of which is herewith
served upon you, and to
ENGINEERING SERVICES
serve a copy of your
Answer thereto on the sub-
The Housing Authority of the City of Charleston scriber, Charlie L. Whirl,
550 Meeting Street Charleston, South Carolina 29403 Esquire, at his office, 2112
Commander Road, North
The Housing Authority of the City of Charleston (CHA) Charleston, South Carolina
29405, within thirty (30)
will receive qualifying documentation from Architect and
Engineer firms interested in Indefinite days after the date of serv-
Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts to provide
ice upon you, exclusive of
engineering and architectural services at various CHA
the day of such service;
and if you fail to Answer
locations. Term will be for twenty-four base months from the Complaint within the
award and up to two renewal options of twenty-four time aforesaid, the Plaintiff
months each. Multiple IDIQ contracts may be awarded. in this action will apply to
the Court for the relief
The selected firms will be required to provide profession- demanded in the Complaint
al services to support the design and construction of new and judgment by default
facilities as well as extensive renovations of single and
may be entered against
you.
multi-family residences. Engineering requirements
includes electrical, mechanical, structural, and civil appli- YOU ARE HERE-
cations. BY GIVEN NOTICE FUR-
THER that if you fail to
The Housing Authority of the City of Charleston admin- appear and defend and
isters private and federal funds for various comprehensive filed to answer the
Complaint as required by
grant programs that come under the jurisdiction of the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
this Summons within thirty
(30) days after the service
hereof, exclusive of the
An agency selection committee will evaluate each submit- day of such service, judg-
tal on the basis of (a) qualifications and expertise of per- ment by default will be
sonnel, (b) ability to meet time and budget requirements, entered against you or the
(c) experience on similar projects, and (d) current and pro- relief demanded in the
jected workload of the firms.
Complaint.
PLEASE TAKE
Interested firms are invited to submit 4 copies of a NOTICE: The Summons
Standard Form 330, Architect-Engineer Qualifications, and Complaint in the
Part I & II not later than 2:00 p.m. local time on January above-entitled action were
8, 2009. Qualifications should be submitted to: filed in the Office of the
Clerk of Court of
Mr. W. Keith Brown, Purchasing/Contracts Manager Charleston County Family
550 Meeting Street, Room 114
Court, Charleston, South
Carolina on September 26,
Charleston, South Carolina 29403 2008. The Final Hearing
date for the Adoption is
Late responses will not be accepted. scheduled for December
19, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. on
This contract is Federally assisted; therefore, contracts the second floor, 100
for work under this bid will obligate the contractor and Broad Street, Charleston
subcontractors not to discriminate in employment prac-
County Judicial Center,
tices as mandated by the Davis-Bacon Act and Section 3
Family Court, Charleston,
South Carolina.
of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968.
CHARLIE L. WHIRL
The Housing Authority reserves the right to wave irregu-
larities and to reject any and all proposals. 2112 Commander Rd.
Charleston, SC 29405
Donald J. Cameron (843) 566-9705-Office
President and Chief Executive Officer
Attorney for Plaintiffs
AMENDED SUMMONS
DEFICIENCY DEMANDED
TO THE DEFENDANTS
ABOVE NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY
SUMMONED and required
to appear and defend by
answering the Amended
Complaint in this action, of
which a copy is herewith
served upon you, and to
serve a copy of your
Answer to the Amended
Complaint upon the sub-
scriber at his address,
Larry D. Cohen, LLC,
Attorney at Law, P.O. Box
30547, Charleston, South
Carolina 29417, within thir-
ty (30) days after the serv-
ice hereof, exclusive of the
day of such service; except
that the United States of
America, if named, shall
have sixty (60) days to
answer after the service
hereof, exclusive of the day
of such service; and if you
fail to Answer the Amended
Complaint within the time
specified above, or other-
wise appear and defend,
the Plaintiff in this action
will apply to the Court for
the relief demanded in the
Amended Complaint, and
judgment by default will be
rendered against you for
the relief demanded in the
Amended Complaint.
R E S P E C T F U L LY
SUBMITTED,
Larry D. Cohen, LLC
Attorney at Law
P.O. Box 30547
Charleston, South Carolina
29417
Tel. (843) 225-4445
Fax (843) 225-2009
ATTORNEY FOR THE
PLAINTIFF
Charleston, South Carolina
August 29, 2008
NOTICE OF FILING
DEFICIENCY DEMANDED
NOTICE IS HERE-
BY GIVEN that the
Amended Lis Pendens,
Amended Civil Cover
Sheet, Amended Summons
and Amended Complaint in
this action were filed in the
Office of the Clerk of Court
for Common Pleas for
Charleston County, South
Carolina on September 18,
2008.
Larry D. Cohen, LLC
P.O. Box 30547
Charleston, South Carolina
29417
Tel. (843) 225-4445
Fax (843) 225-2009
ATTORNEY FOR THE
PLAINTIFF
Charleston, South Carolina
September 23, 2008
NOTICE OF ORDER
APPOINTING GUARDIAN
AD LITEM NISI
TO: THE DEFEN-
DANTS HEREIN, NAMES
AND ADDRESSES
UNKNOWN, INCLUDING
ANY THEREOF WHO MAY
BE MINORS, IMPRISONED
PERSONS, INCOMPE-
TENT PERSONS, UNDER
OTHER LEGAL DISABILI-
TY OR IN THE MILITARY
SERVICE, IF ANY,
WHETHER RESIDENTS
OR NON-RESIDENTS OF
SOUTH CAROLINA AND
TO THE NATURAL, GEN-
ERAL, TESTAMENTARY
GUARDIAN OR COMMIT-
TEE, OR OTHERWISE,
AND TO THE PERSON
WITH WHOM THEY MAY
RESIDE, IF ANY THERE
BE:
PLEASE TAKE
NOTICE that a Motion for
an order appointing Mason
D. Salisbury, Esquire, as
Guardian ad Litem Nisi, for
all persons whomsoever
herein collectively desig-
nated as Richard Roe or
John Doe, defendants here-
in, names and addresses
unknown, including any
thereof who may be minors,
imprisoned persons, incom-
petent persons, in the mili-
tary service or under other
legal disability, whether
residents or non-residents
of South Carolina, was filed
in the Office of the Clerk of
Court for Charleston
County.
YOU WILL FUR-
THER TAKE NOTICE that
unless the said minors or
persons under other legal
disability, if any, or some-
one in their behalf or in
behalf of any of them, shall
within thirty (30) days after
service of notice of this
order upon them by publi-
cation, exclusive of the day
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of such service, procure to
be appointed for them, or
either of them, a Guardian
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said Guardian ad Litem Nisi
shall be made absolute.
Larry D. Cohen
Larry D. Cohen, LLC
P.O. Box 30547
Charleston, SC 29417
Tel. (843) 225-4445
Fax (843) 225-2009
Attorney for the Plaintiff
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by Ron Walters
President Election Barack
Obama has been formulating
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shortly after he takes office. It
is reputed to be in the area of
$800 billion to $1.2 trillion and
he originally proposed to cre-
ate 2.5 million jobs.
More recently, however, he
has adjusted his goal to 3-3.5
million jobs because of analy-
ses that show the probability
that the economy will lose 3.5
million jobs in all of 2009. Yet
this goal should be juxtaposed
against the size of the growing
Black unemployment rate,
estimated to be 12 percent at
present, which would be
viewed as a crisis if it were a
national figure.
It has always mystified me
why government officials and
economists consider this as
“normal” with respect to
Blacks. The truth is that it has
always been a crisis, but nei-
ther Democratic nor
Republican officials have
measures targeted to this pop-
ulation of 40 million to help it
achieve employment parity.
So, my question is who will
get those jobs? More directly,
since the Black unemployment
rate could reach 20 percent by
the end of next year, and they
have had difficulty accessing
jobs in “normal” times,
whether this fact will be taken
into consideration in the
Obama administration. Every
one talks about education as
the remedy, but education is a
very long range strategy and is
not guaranteed to bring about
employment parity, when
racism still influences who gets
a job when employers can
detect that an African-
American is at the other end of
the application process.
Studies still show that whites
with a prison record and a
high school education are able
to secure employment in a
greater measure than Blacks
with a college degree or a
Black-sounding name. For
Blacks to get those jobs the
Obama administration will
need to vigorously enforce the
laws against employment dis-
crimination.
Second, the announced tar-
gets for job creation by Obama
in areas such as infrastructure,
healthcare, environment and
others, creates some doubt
that the available jobs will be
distributed equitably. For
example, in infrastructure
jobs, Hispanics are poised to
consume them, having “crowd-
ed out” African-Americans and
others, to use a concept of
some economists, in trades
such as construction, land-
scaping and other pertinent
employment categories. Many
people have asked “What’s
next?” now that we have a
Black president and many of
the answers have been
abstract. However, coming
down the pike is the largest
amount of social and economic
funding to be invested in mov-
ing the economy and the coun-
try forward we have seen in a
long time. If Blacks are not
poised to take advantage of it,
they will not only lose one of
the most important economic
opportunities in history, but
also fail to provide our own
answer to the question of what
it means to have Barack
Obama in the White House.
His job is to open the doors,
ours is to fight to open it wide
enough to that we can obtain
the equal benefits of American
citizenship.
10-December 31, 2008 The Chronicle
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CP0516C1 Avondale Streetscape Project Charleston, South Carolina, 189, in the Charleston County
STATE OF SOUTH CAR- City of Charleston within thirty (30) days after the R.M.C. Office.
OLINA IN THE FAMILY Request for Qualifications service hereof, exclusive of the
COURT OF THE NINTH ADVERTISING day of such service, and if you TMS #712-00-00-109
JUDICIAL fail to answer the Complaint
The City of Charleston is requesting statements of qualifications 843- 723-2785 within time aforesaid, the
CIRCUIT COUNTY from Contractors to perform construction of streetscape improve- (PARCEL-B)
OF CHARLESTON ments in the Avondale area (Hwy 17, West Ashley) of the City: Email: Plaintiff in this action will apply
to the Court for relief demand- ALL that certain
CASE NO.:
chaschron@aol.com ed in the Complaint and a judg- piece, part and parcel of land,
The City intends to pre-qualify Contractors who have completed
2008-DR-10-3534 ment by default shall be ren- situate, lying and being in
and submitted the Qualification Questionnaire and AIA Document
dered against you. Santee Parish No. 1, in the
A305 - Contractor Qualification Statement, are deemed to be CALL
CYNTHIA DENISE LLOYD, qualified by the City and will be allowed to bid on this project. County of Charleston, State of
YOU WILL ALSO
FOR TAKE NOTICE that should you
South Carolina, measuring an
Plaintiff, Contractors interested in submitting their qualifications shall containing 0.72 acre, more or
v. obtain a Qualification Package from The LandPlan Group South,
ADVERTISING fail to Answer the foregoing less, and being bounded on
Summons and Complaint, the the Northern side by a parcel
RANEISHA MITCHELL,
ATTN: Linda Moebes, 854 Lowcountry Blvd., Suite 101, Mount RATES Plaintiff will move for a general of land assigned Charleston
Pleasant, SC 29464. Telephone 843-216-1612. Contractors who Order of Reference in this case
Defendant. County TMS #712-00-00-109;
demonstrate the financial ability to perform the work will be judged to the Master-in-Equity or
on the following factors ranked in order of importance: Previous on the Eastern side by a parcel
IN THE INTEREST OF: Special Referee for this of land assigned Charleston
XAVIAR DAVEON LLOYD, experience with projects of a similar nature and size; past per- County; which Order shall, pur- County TMS #712-00-00-121;
a minor child under the age formance with regards to quality and execution of projects with the suant to Rule 53(e) of the on the Southern side by a par-
of Eleven (11). City of Charleston; schedule and cost control; qualifications of STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA South Carolina Rules of Civil cel of land assigned
office and field personnel; safety program; current backlog and COUNTY OF CHARLESTON Procedure, specifically provide Charleston County TMS #712-
TO THE DEFENDANTS project procedures. Only the most highly qualified, financially that the said Master-in-Equity 00-00-151; and on the Western
ABOVE NAMED: capable contractors will be qualified. This project will require BETTY MYERS, or Special Referee is author- side by a fifty feet wide road
100% Performance and Payment bonds. ized and empowered to enter a right of way.
YOU ARE HERE- Plaintiff, Final Judgment in this case.
BY SUMMONED AND Deadline for submission of Qualifications is 2.00pm Friday This being a parcel of
REQUIRED to Answer the January 9th, 2009. Please submit the forms in a sealed envelope -versus- PLEASE TAKE FUR- land conveyed in a deed of
Complaint in this action, a along with the project title “Avondale Streetscape Project THER NOTICE that the Mary W. Witherspoon to Betty
copy of which is herewith CP0516C1”to: Mr. Ross Eastwood, Project Manager, City of PEGGY MOSLEY, Auditor for Amended Lis Pendens, Myers, dated June 24, 2005
served upon you, and to Charleston, 823 Meeting Street Road, Charleston, SC 29403. Charleston County and suc- Amended Summons and and recorded on August 11,
serve a copy of your 843-579-7552 EastwoodR@ci.charleston.sc.us. cessor in Office to John C. Amended Complaint in this 2005, in Book X-548, at Page
Answer thereto on the sub- Mehrtens and Henry action were filed on November 189, in the Charleston County
scriber, Charlie L. Whirl, Construction costs for this project are expected to be in the range Tecklenberg; D. MICHAEL _____, 2008, at the Charleston R.M.C. Office
Esquire, at his office, 2112 of $550,000 – $600,000. HUGGINS, Assessor for County Courthouse, 100 Broad
Commander Road, North Charleston County and suc- Street, Charleston, South TMS #712-00-00-110
The City reserves the right to reject all qualification packages if Carolina 29401.
Charleston, South Carolina the City deems it to be in their best interests. Qualification cessor in Office to John R.
29405, within thirty (30) Packages will not be returned.
Lindsey; Andrew C. Smith, (PARCEL-C)
days after the date of serv- Treasurer for Charleston Dated at Charleston,
ice upon you, exclusive of County and successor in Office South Carolina, this 10 day of ALL that certain
the day of such service; to William J. Leonard, J. November, 2008. piece, part and parcel of land,
and if you fail to Answer REQUEST FOR Riddick and William O. situate, lying and being in
the Complaint within the QUALIFICATIONS Thomas, Jr., and MORT FAR- DANIEL E. MARTIN, JR., Santee Parish No. 1, in the
time aforesaid, the Plaintiff RIS, Delinquent Tax Collector ESQUIRE County of Charleston, State of
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA 61 MORRIS STREET
in this action will apply to Solicitation Number: 08- COUNTY OF CHARLESTON for Charleston County and South Carolina, measuring and
the Court for the relief R039B Worker’s successor in Office to Joseph CHARLESTON, S.C. 29413- containing 1.12 acre, more or
demanded in the Complaint Compensation Consultant M. Poulnot, Sheriff and the for- 1830 less, and being bounded on
George Herbert Roper, Kurline mer Delinquent Tax Collector (843) 723-1686
and judgment by default White, Gracie Roper Grant, the Northern by a parcel of
may be entered against The City of Charleston is for Charleston County; JOHN land assigned Charleston
you. and Carolyn Gibbs, DOE, adults, and RICHARD ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAIN-
accepting Request for County TMS #712-00-00-121;
ROE, infants, insane persons TIFF on the Eastern side by a parcel
YOU ARE HERE- qualifications for Worker’s Plaintiffs, and incompetents, being ficti- of land assigned Charleston
BY GIVEN NOTICE FUR- Compensation Consultant tious names, designating as a Charleston, South Carolina County TMS #712-00-00-111;
THER that if you fail to for the City of Charleston. class any person who may be on the Southern side by a par-
appear and defend and The City will receive bids The Estate of Isiah Roper, The an heir, distribute, devisee, November 10, 2008. cel of land assigned
filed to answer the until January 22, 2009 @ Estate of Maggie legatee, widow, widower, Charleston County TMS #712-
Complaint as required by 11:00 a.m. at 288 Meeting Roper, The Estate of Sadie assignee, administrator, 00-00-11; and on the Western
this Summons within thirty Street, Suite 310 Roper, The Estate of executor, personal representa- AMENDED LIS PENDENS side partially by a fifty feet wide
(30) days after the service Charleston, SC. Hutchinson Roper, The tive, creditor, successor, issue road right of way and a parcel
hereof, exclusive of the Estate Idella Roper, The Estate and alienee of Samuel Bash, TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOV of land assigned Charleston
day of such service, judg- of Melvin Roper, The Julia Myers and Charles Case, NAMED: County TMS #712-00-00-111.
ment by default will be The solicitation will be Estate of James Roper, The deceased; and Thelma Myers,
entered against you or the available upon request Estate of Alla Mae Roper, The Richard Cash, Lemark Cash NOTICE IS HEREBY This being a parcel of
relief demanded in the and may be obtained by Estate of Emily Roper a/k/a Lamar Cash, Mary Lee given that an action has been land conveyed in a deed of
Complaint. submitting a written Gibbs, The Estate of Arthur Singleton and Charlie Cash, commenced and is now pend- Mary W. Witherspoon to Betty
request to: Robin D. Gibbs, Arthur Gibbs, Jr., Henry ing in the Court of Common Myers, dated June 24, 2005
PLEASE TAKE Barrett, CPPB by fax (843- Gibbs, Ronald Lee Gibbs, Defendants. Pleas for Charleston County, and recorded on August 11,
NOTICE: The Summons 720-3872), by phone Bernard Gibbs, George pursuant: 2005, in Book X-548, at Page
and Complaint in the (843-724-7312) or mailing Herbert Roper, Kurline Roper IN THE COURT OF COM- 196, in the Charleston County
above-entitled action were White, Gracie Roper Grant, MON PLEAS the provisions of Title 12, R.M.C. Office
to the above address. NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Chapter 49, South Carolina
filed in the Office of the The Estate of Herman Roper,
Clerk of Court, Charleston You may also obtain a CASE NUMBER: 06-CP-10-2043 Code of Laws for 1976, as
Margaret Roper, J Doe adults TMS #712-00-00-151
County Family Court, copy of the solicitation by amended, as to the Plaintiff’s
going to our website: and M Roe infants, insane NOTICE NISI First Cause of Action for the
Charleston, South Carolina persons, incompetents (PARCEL-D)
on September 26, 2008. www.charlestoncity.info entry of judgment declaring the
being fictious names designat- PLEASE TAKE tax sale of the subject was ALL that certain
The Final Hearing date for and then click on the ing a class of persons piece, part and parcel of land,
the Adoption is scheduled NOTICE that there has been valid.
known or unknown who may filed in the Office of the Clerk of situate, lying and being in
for December 19, 2008 at Santee Parish No. 1, in the
9:30 a.m. on the second be heirs, distributees, Court for Charleston County, the provisions of Title 15,
CHARLIE L. WHIRL devisees, legatees, widow, State of South Carolina, an Chapters 53 and 67, South County of Charleston, State of
floor, 100 Broad Street, South Carolina, measuring and
Charleston County Judicial 2112 Commander Rd. widower, assignees executor, Order appointing for you as Carolina Code of Laws
Charleston, SC 29405 administrators, creditors, suc- Guardian Ad Litem, KELVIN M. for 1976, as amended, with containing 9.03 acre, more or
Center, Family Court, less, and being bounded on
Charleston, South (843) 566-9705-Office cessor, issue and alieness HUGER, whose business respect to the Second Cause
Attorney for Plaintiff of the Estate of Isiah Roper address is 27 Gamecok of action for the purpose of the Northern side by a parcel
Carolina. of land assigned Charleston
and Maggie Roper, and all Avenue, Charleston, South obtaining the judgment of this
other persons known or Carolina, 29407, which Court declaring that the County TMS #712-00-00-151
unknown claiming any right, appointment shall become Plaintiff is the owner of the and a fifty feet wide road of
title, Estate, interest in or lien absolute upon the expiration of parcels of land described here- way; on the Eastern side by a
upon the real property thirty (30) days after the last in, the contents of which are portion of a parcel of land
ZONING assigned Charleston County
CHARLESTON COUNTY described in the complaint, day of publication of a copy of being fully incorporated herein
the Summons and Lis and made apart hereof, with TMS #712-00-00-121; on the
PUBLIC HEARING adverse to the Plaintiff’s Southern side by the marshes
ownership, or any claim on Pendens herein unless you or fee simple title thereto, free
someone on your behalf, on or and clear of any adverse of an extending to the
Plaintiff’s title, Intercoastal Waterway; and a
before the last mentioned date, claims of each and every one
CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL WILL HOLD A PUB- shall produce someone to be of the Defendants who are parcel of land assigned
Defendants. Charleston County TMS #712-
LIC HEARING ON THE FOLLOWING ZONING CHANGE appointed as Guardian Ad joined in the above entitled
CASES AT 6:00 P.M, JANUARY 13, 2009 IN COUNCIL Litem to represent you in this action, and to declare that 00-00-122; and on the Western
_______________________ side by the parcel of land
CHAMBERS AT THE LONNIE HAMILTON, III PUBLIC action. each and every one of them to
be forever barred from assert- assigned Charleston County
SERVICES BUILDING, 4045 BRIDGE VIEW DRIVE, IN THE COURT OF TMS #712-00-00-_____and
NORTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA: DANIEL E. MARTIN, JR. ing or claiming any right, title
COMMON PLEAS and interest therein or thereto, TMS #712-00-00-122.
Attorney for Plaintiff
61 Morris Street and pursuant to the provisions
Case: 3476-C NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Charleston, S.C. 29403 of Title _____, Chapter ____, This being a parcel of
Area: 1426 Alma Street, St. Andrews CASE NO.: 07-CP-10-4227 (843) 723-1686 South Carolina Code land conveyed by Mary W.
Parcel Identification: 351-06-00-087 Code of Law for 1976, as Witherspoon to Betty Myers, in
Acres: 0.33 SUMMONS AS A NOTICE CHARLESTON, SOUTH amended for the purpose of a deed dated June 24, 2005
Request to change from Single Family Residential (R-4) OF THE COMPLAINT CAROLINA obtaining the judgment of the and recorded on August 11,
District June 6, 2006. Court declaring that the 2005, in Book X-458, at Page
TO THE ABOVE NAMED Defendants Thelma Myers, 196, in the Charleston County
to Community Transition (CT) District AMENDED NOTICE R.M.C. Office
DEFENDANTS: Richard Cash, Lemark Cash
Case: 3479-C a/k/a Lamar Cash, Mary Lee
YOU ARE HEREBY YOU ARE HEREBY Singleton and Charlie Cash be TMS #712-00-00-111
Area: 130 Main Road, St. Andrews SUMMONED and required to NOTIFIED that the Civil Action ejected from Parcels “A”, “B”,
Parcel Identification: 285-07-00-012 answer the Complaint in this Cover Sheets Amended Lis “C”, and “D” that are described (PARCEL-E)
Acres: 4.2 Pendens, Amended Summons herein, and the contents there-
action, a copy of which is here- and Amended Notice,
Request to change from Planned Development (PD) 106 of are being incorporated here- ALL that certain
with served upon you, and to Complaint, Petitions for piece, part and parcel of land,
to serve a copy of your Answer to in by reference.
Planned Development (PD) 106A Appointment of Guardian Ad situate, lying and being in
the said Complaint on the Litem, Order for Appointment Santee Parish No. 1, in the
Plaintiff, or on Plaintiff’s attor- THE BELOW
of Guardian Ad Litem, Notice DESCRIBED parcel of real County of Charleston, State of
ney, Brian G. Burke, at his Nisi, Affidavit of Publication, South Carolina, measuring and
If you require further information, please contact the office, 113 Wappoo Creek estate was at the time of the fil-
Order of Publication, and ing of this Lis Pendens, and at containing 0.69 acre, more or
Charleston County Planning Department (843) 202-7200. Drive, Charleston, South Notice of Intention to Refer to less, and being bounded on
Carolina 29412, within thirty the time of the commencement
Master-in-Equity for Final of this action, situated, lying the Northern side by lands of
LENGTHY PRESENTATIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED (30) days after service hereof, Determination were filed with and being in the County of __________; on the Eastern
IN WRITING PRIOR TO THE MEETING. exclusive of the day of such the Clerk of Court for Charleston, State of South side by a parcel of land now or
service, and if you fail to Charleston County on Carolina, and is more particu- formerly owned by the Estate
answer the Complaint within November 12, 2008. larly described as follows: of March Washington; on the
the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff Southern side by lands now or
Beverly T. Craven in this action will apply to Court The purpose of this formerly of Jerry L. Middleton,
Clerk of Council (PARCEL –A)
for the relief demanded in the action is to clear the title to the and on the Western side by the
Complaint and a judgment by subject of real estate property. ALL that certain parcel of land now or formerly
default may be rendered piece, part and parcel of land, owned by the Estate of Mose
ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES against you. DANIEL E. MARTIN, JR. situate, lying and being in and Stephney McNeal.
All persons having claims against the following estates PLEASE TAKE FUR- Attorney for Plaintiff Santee Parish No. 1, in the
THER NOTICE that the 61 Morris Street County of Charleston, State of This being a parcel of
are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Charleston, S.C. 29403 land conveyed in a deed Mary
Summons and Complaint in South Carolina, measuring an W, Witherspoon to the Grantee
Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on this action were filed on June (843) 723-1686 containing 0.69 acre, more or
Form #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston Betty Myers, dated June 24,
17, 2008, at the Charleston less, and being bounded on 2005 and recorded on August
County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the County Courthouse, 100 Broad CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAR- the Northern side by U.S. 11, 2005, in Book X-548, at
expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of Street, Charleston, South OLINA Highway 17 North; on the Page 189, in the Charleston
Carolina. November 12, 2008. Eastern side by a parcel of County R.M.C. Office.
this Notice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be
AMENDED SUMMONS land assigned Charleston
and are forever barred. County TMS #712-00-00-121; TMS #712-00-00-180
TO: THE DEFENDANTS on the Southern side by a par-
Estate of: KING DAVID GRAHAM Martin Law Firm ABOVE NAMED: cel of land assigned DANIEL E. MARTIN, JR.,
2008-ES-10-1456 s/Brian G. Burke_____ Charleston County TMS #712- ESQUIRE
DOD: 09/04/08 YOU ARE HEREBY 00-00-110; and on the Western 61 MORRIS STREET
Brian G. Burke POST OFFICE BOX 21830
Martin Law Firm SUMMONED and required to side by a fifty feet wide road
Pers. Rep: EDNA K. GRAHAM right of way. CHARLESTON, S.C. 29403-
2144 MIDLAND PARK RD., NORTH 113 Wappoo Creek Drive answer the Complaint in this
action, a copy of which is here- 1830
CHARLESTON, SC 29406 Charleston, SC 29412 (843) 723-1686
with served upon you, and to This being a parcel of
843-762-2121 land conveyed in a deed of
Atty: EDUARDO K. CURRY, ESQ. 843-762-2333 fax serve a copy of your Answer ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF
PO BOX 42270, NORTH CHARLESTON, SC on the Plaintiff or her attorney, Mary W. Witherspoon to Betty
Myers, dated June 24. 2005 Charleston, South Carolina
29423 Charleston, South Carolina Daniel E. Martin, Jr., at his
office, No. 61 Morris Street, and recorded on August 11, November 10, 2008.
************************************************************************* 2005, in Book X-548, at Page
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It was a noble gesture by a ronment who are separated
Baptist minister that began from their families at a delicate
some 115 years ago when he time in their young lives,
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swells with pride and joy when Benjamin E. Mood, Jr., Rep. David Mack III, Samuella Holmes & Sheryl Mack
the golden opportunities of Martha L. Rhodes, Essie W.
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