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Music without Union Workers Push for Mandela’s Great-
Michael B2 Beverage Tax A3 Granddaughter Dies A2

Haiti Recovery Inches Forward Marine Laid to Rest

Hurricane season threatens rebuilding
Officer Charged with First-Degree Murder
By Melanie R. Holmes for over 24 hours, the 15-year Tshamba’s attorney told
AFRO Staff Writer veteran turned himself in on WJZ that he fired his gun
Sunday. Continued on A3
Loren Brown held her
8-year-old daughter’s hand as
they said goodbye to a man
they both loved. Taking their
seats, Brown embraced her
daughter, who rested her head
on her mommy’s shoulder.
Together, they somberly
accepted a loss they never
expected. Five feet ahead of
them lay Brown’s husband
and her child’s father in a
A homeless man wanders alongside a casket.
displaced persons camp. More than 2 Shot 12 times by off-duty
million Haitians lost their homes in the Baltimore City police officer
7.0-magnitude quake that devastated Gahiji Tshamba on June 5,
Port-au-Prince in January. 32-year-old Tyrone Brown
Photo by J.D. Howard was laid to rest on June 16.
Tshamba, 36, is now in
By Zenitha Prince Red Cross spokeswoman Julie northern hemisphere’s poorest jail on charges of first-degree
Washington Bureau Chief Sell with a heavy sigh. She country better than it was murder, assault, and using a
added, “People who work in before the disaster. firearm in the commission of
At first glance, you the humanitarian and disaster “We’ve had good a crime. The Baltimore City
wouldn’t think much has relief field for years have successes,” said Paul Police Department (BCPD)
changed in Haiti since an said this is possibly the worst Weisenfeld, coordinator of placed him on desk duty while
unprecedented tremor ravaged destruction of an urban area USAID’s Haiti Task Team. city homicide detectives, the
Port-au-Prince five months since World War II.” “The response has been FBI and the state’s attorney’s
ago. But despite the ragged robust and extensive and office investigated the case.
“There are piles of rubble landscape, aid workers and comprehensive but it’s a A warrant was obtained for
everywhere and some parts officials say, the country is challenge when you’re working his arrest on June 18 after the
of Port-au-Prince look like steadily eking out a recovery with numbers that big.” state decided to file criminal
Courtesy Photo
Armageddon,” said American that some hope will make the Tyrone Brown was killed by an off-duty police officer on
Continued on A6 charges. After going missing
June 5.
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Voice of the Community. asked South Carolina Attorney
Adversity just seems to General Henry McMaster to
follow Alvin Greene. Despite investigate whether or not
accomplishing the feat of Greene was induced to run
becoming the first African for Senate – an act that if
American to be nominated for true, would be against South
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in over 100 years, questions
and accusations still follow
Photo by George Barnette him.
Gov. Martin O’Malley is pleased with the capture of two suspects in the murder of TFC While political figures
Brown. such as House Majority
Whip James E. Clyburn
CREW alleges Greene
failed to file a Statement
of Candidacy and that his
campaign committee, Alvin
M. Greene for Senate,
failed to file a Statement of

Two Men Charged in the Murder have speculated the

legitimacy of Greene’s
campaign, a particular
Organization as well as the
April 15 and
12-Day Pre-

of Maryland State Trooper government watch

By George Barnette
AFRO Staff Writer
Two men are being held in connection with
he murder of Maryland State Police Trooper
First Class Wesley W. Brown.
Cyril Williams, 27, of Seat Pleasant, Md.,
was identified from surveillance photos as the
man Brown escorted out of the Applebee’s
Neighborhood Grill and Bar on the 3400
block of Donnell Drive in Forestville. Police
officials say Williams and a friend, Anthony
Milton II, also of Seat Pleasant, ambushed
Brown about 30 minutes after Williams’
ejection from the restaurant.
Police officials say Milton admitted he went
to Applebee’s with Williams and that both men
participated in Brown’s murder.
Both men have extensive criminal
Join the AFRO on backgrounds according to court records,
Twitter and Facebook including multiple weapons and drug charges.
dog group, Citizens
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These
Williams even faced second degree attempted and Ethics in reports
murder charges that were later dismissed. Washington would have
Officials from across Maryland reacted to news (CREW), has taken disclosed the
of the arrest at a press conference. actions to legal campaign’s
“I just want to say, on behalf of the people proportions. contributions
of my state, how very grateful I am of the In a and
professionalism of the men and women of the expenditures
Prince George’s County Police Department
and the Maryland State Police for pursuing, in Continued
every waking moment of these last few days, on A3
this investigation to it’s conclusion,” said
Gov. Martin O’Malley (D). “This has been
an investigation that was worked tirelessly, AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain
professionally, and well.” South Carolina Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate,
Brown was described as an officer with a Alvin M. Greene, poses for a photo in Manning, S.C.
bright future. He was the youngest to graduate June 9. Greene won his party’s nomination in South
from his academy class and was being fast Carolina’s primary elections, but has been asked by
tracked in the state trooper force. “TFC Brown state Democratic party chairwoman Carol Fowler to
was a remarkable young man,” said 1st Sgt. step down. Greene said he is staying in the race and will
Rodney Morris, Brown’s commanding officer. face incumbent U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint in the November
“He was on his Continued on A3 elections.

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AFRO National Briefs Drunk
NAACP Gears Up for
Driver Kills Nelson Mandela’s
Great-Granddaughter
Annual Youth and College
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highlight the NAACP’s new civil
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fear of drowning was the
strongest predictor of swimming
ability, along with the belief
that chlorine is particularly
harmful to African-American
skin and hair. Also, Black
children who are able to swim
are less likely to receive training
from a certified instructor.
Twenty-six percent of Black
children surveyed said they
taught themselves to swim,
which researchers believe may
promote a false sense of self
confidence.
Black Child Removed from
Class Over ‘Hair Oil’ Dispute
A popular, seemingly
harmless hair care product,
Organic Root Stimulator Olive
Oil Moisturizing Hair Lotion, is
at the center of a heated debate
in Seattle, Wash.
The child, who is the
only African American in her
advanced placement class at
Thurgood Marshall Elementary
School, was sent out of her
classroom after her teacher said
she was overwhelmed by the
scent of the oil in her hair.
At her parent’s directive, the
girl has been kept from school
for several weeks.
According to the Seattle
Times, Charles Mudede, the girl’s
father, said no one at the school
explained what happened in his
daughter’s classroom. Mudede
said the family would like to
know why the teacher believed
his daughter’s hair made her
sick and why the school did not
recognize the racial overtones
of a White teacher removing her
only African-American student
from class.
To protect her self-esteem,
Mudede reportedly said he’s
spoken with his daughter about
valuing her appearance and the
pressures of straightening her hair
to emulate her White classmates.
Texas Man Indicted on
Terrorism Charge
A Texas man has been
Zenani Mandela, right, the
great-granddaughter of Nelson
Mandela, left, presents her great-
grandfather a birthday card on
his 91st birthday in this photo
taken July 18, 2009. Zenani was
killed in a car accident after
attending the Kick-Off concert in
Soweto June 11.
AP Photo/Peter Morey
It was supposed to be one of his greatest moments of joy.
Instead, it turned out to be a day of sorrow for former South
African President Nelson Mandela as he learned of his great-
granddaughter’s death on the eve of Opening Day of the 2010
World Cup.
Mandela was initially expected to appear at the first match
between South Africa and Mexico on June 11, to celebrate his
country’s triumph of hosting the World Cup on the African
continent for the first time ever. But the 91-year-old Nobel Peace
Prize winner instead stayed at home to mourn with his family in
Northern Johannesburg after 13-year-old Zenani Mandela died in
a fatal one-car accident on the way back from a concert in Soweto
on June 11.
accused of trying to deliver priority to predict and prevent
money, GPS devices, cell terrorist attacks, at home and
phone chips and other supplies abroad.”
to a sect of Al-Qaeda based in Bujol is said to have ties to
Yemen. the accused would-be Christmas
Barry Bujol Jr. of Day plane bomber, Umar
Hempstead, Texas, was arrested Farouk Abdulmutallab, and
aboard a ship docked at a American-born militant Muslim
Houston-area port on May 30. cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who
He was indicted on June 3 on allegedly inspired attacks on the
charges including identity- United States and is believed to
theft for his use of a fake be hiding in Yemen.
government-issued I.D. FBI agents have been
“This arrest is a sobering investigating Bujol since 2008
reminder of the threat we and accused him of trying to
continue to face,” FBI Houston provide the Al-Qaeda in the
Special Agent in Charge Arabian Peninsula organization
Richard Powers told Reuters. with material support and
“It remains the FBI’s overriding restricted military information.
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By Alan King sport-utility vehicle sought in from a neighbor about a suspi- posted

Union Workers Push for Beverage Tax

AFRO Staff Writer connection with the murder of cious vehicle. The man noticed graph a
Hudson’s mother and brother. the vehicle while walking his Sunday
Jennifer Hudson and other The white, 1994 Chevrolet dog. According to the Chicago for the
relatives positively identified Suburban with Illinois license Tribune, the boy had been shot her nep
multiple times in the back seat blog, s
By Melanie R. Holmes of the vehicle. The SUV, regis- the Council doesn’t end up Baltimore County. porters
AFRO Staff Writer tered to Hudson’s murdered passing the beverage bill, “I think that there are offered
brother, was towed with the no more people would be Council members that, if they anyone
Kenny Tarrant said he boy’s body inside and is being laid off than were originally can get strong commitment alive.
never saw it coming. After processed by evidence techni- outlined.” for ways that it would be Sinc
working with the Baltimore cians and workers. The body The mayor generated $70 used, they would consider Hudson
City Animal Control for was later removed and taken to million through reductions voting for a beverage tax,” after ap
years, he recently became a the Cook County Medical in city services and jobs as Davis said. “They’re still Idol,” a
victim of the city’s desperate Examiner’s office. part of her comprehensive working that out.” Academ
measures to seal the historic Hudson and other family plan, which includes the 250 How the remaining $8 the mo
deficit. With nothing else to members arrived at the Medical cuts. The Council has now million from the revenue stayed
Examiner’s office mid-after- The
lose, he joined union workers approved
Julian King,two Jennnifer
new revenue Hudson’s packages
nephew.will be spent has
noon to identify the body. ed that
as they rallied before City packages totaling $50 not yet been decided, but the
Given the choice between look- slowly
Hall on June 14 to convince ing directly at the body or million – $41.5 million
A spokesman of
for the office mayor
the has suggested
murders but is being it be
heldputin Monda
City Council members to pass viewing it on a wall-mounted which will go to maintaining toward graffiti
told the newspaper that Hudson jail for parole violation after removal and news v
the beverage tax. fire and police departments other city cleaning services.
“Last week I received my Courtesy Photos and recreation centers – but Rawlings-Blake said she
layoff notice, and as of June Jennifer Hudson and her mom, Darnell Donerson who
was killed, as well as her brother, Jason.
“She held hands with her family. It was obviously a very emotional momen
neither includes the beverage looks forward to discussing
30 I no longer have health tax. that further with Council
insurance,” Tarrant said. “My video screen, the family chose Councilman
“remained strong Bill
for Henry,
her fami- members,
being but Middleton
convicted of attempted has violenc
wife is very sick. That’s what the body of her 7-year-old plate X584859 was found on the latter. According to the D-Dist.
ly” and 4,
was feels the
clearly beverage
its leader. his own
murder suggestion.
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I’m out here walking for.” nephew Monday, just hours Chicago’s West Side after Tribune, Hudson said, “Yes, tax could
“She held put
hands Baltimore
with her Cityfami- ing.“Save the city records
Cook County jobs,” he show home,
The American Federation after his body was found in a police received a 7 a.m. call that’s him.” Photos by Bill Tabron ly,” at a the spokesman
geographic said. “It
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ACORN Fights Back

Municipal Employees moment.”
purchase their beverages in convicted
fabric of in 1998
this for posses-
community.” ing the
their support of the bottle tax. The boy – the son of Julia sion of a stolen motor vehicle.
(AFSCME) and the City Jason.
Hudson, Jennifer’s sister – had He was released from prison in
Union of Baltimore (CUB) “Ev
been missing since Friday, 2006 after serving seven years
joined together to sway
Leader Calls Voter Registration Fraud Charges ‘Bogus’
comprehensive plan to close expressed concern over through
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Darnell you shouldcar know.
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The boy remained missing have to
tax on beverage containers. million
AFRO Staff in new revenue. The
Writer passed.
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MADAP CAN HELP.
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Presidential Committee
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election and “Baltimore
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organization, theahead majority vote how the city expects to collect
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State Trooper
Web site, found those claims to the registration. offices and stole computers.
be “exaggerated,” with “no evi- Maud explained, “We have a After a Cleveland representative BREAD NOT ON TH
dence of any such democracy- zero tolerance policy for deliber- appeared on TV, an e-mail was
Continued from A1 destroying fraud.” ate falsification of registration.” sent to the local office saying she for your personal OB/GYN
Hurd believes the McCain Most news account neglect to “is going to have her life ended.”
way to becoming a very fine Brown
charges were graduated
politicallyfrom motivat- law pointenforcement
out that ACORN officersis A worker in Providence, R.I.,
trooper. All he wanted to do is Crossland High School and
ed. face every single day, and the
required by law to turn in all reg- received a threatening call say- LEFT RIGH
serve his community. If there studied criminal justice at
She said, “Because it’s low- istration forms.
bravery they show to ensureAnd they also fail ing, “We know you get off work
was an assignment for an and moderate-income
Prince George’s Community people, to note
the thatof
safety it was the organiza-
all Marylanders,” at 9” and uttered racial epithets.
and people of color,
event here in Prince George’s, College. He was a member of I believe the tion, in many instances,
said Rep. Donna Edwards, that first A caller to one office left a
McCain campaign thinks those brought the phony registrations message on the answering
he was one of the first ones the police force for three-and- D-Md., in a statement. “My
voters are going to vote to the attention of authorities. machine, saying: “Hi, I was just
I’d display.” a-half years and started Young thoughts and prayers are with
Democratic, which is not neces- The McCain camp apparently calling to let you know that
Police say Brown escorted Men Enlightening Younger Trooper Brown’s
isn’t interested family
in those fineand Barack Obama needs to get
sarily true.”
Williams out of the Applebees Men, a mentoring
ACORN is no stranger to group, friends during this
points, preferring to air mislead-difficult hung. He’s a (expletive deleted)
after a dispute over his bill. “to show the young men in
controversy. time.”
ing ads that seek to link Obama nigger, and he’s a piece of
About 30 minutes later, as the For
community
38 years, that there is
the non-partisan Others are
to ACORN, simply
thereby fed up
undercutting (expletive deleted). You guys are
Brown stepped outside of the aorganization
bigger andhas brighter
foughtfuture
for social with the senseless
his political support.violence fraudulent, and you need to go to
restaurant to make a phone ahead of themjustice
and economic with unlimited
for low- plaguing
McCain: Prince
I’m JohnGeorge’s McCain hell. All the niggers on oak trees.
call, either Williams or Milton possibilities.”
and moderate-income County’s
and I approve communities.
this message. They’re gonna get all hung hon-
1 BANANA
allegedly shot him without The group
Americans. With met monthly
400,000 mem- “The [SouthernWho
Announcer: Christian
is Barack eys, they’re going to get assassi-
warning. Brown mustered and took field
ber families trips. The
organized intoJune
more Leadership
Obama? A man Conference]
with “a political is nated, they’re gonna get killed.”
enough energy to stumble field trip was to New York
than 1,200 neighborhood chap- sickened by the needless
baptism performed at warp Another message said, “You
back inside the restaurant, at City and due to take place
ters in 110 cities nationwide, death of this outstanding role
speed.” Vast ambition. After col- liberal idiots. Dumb (expletive
which point patrons dialed the day of Brown’s murder.
ACORN has over the years seen model and the time is now for
lege, he moved to Chicago. deleted). Welfare bums. You
911. According to Morris, one
its share of criticism while advo- everyone in our community to
Became a community organizer. guys just (expletive deleted)
Brown was wearing a of the groups other senior
cating for affordable housing, There, Obama met
stand tall in order to announce Madeleine come to our country, consume
Maryland State Police jacket living wages, healthcare
mentors pushed forward with for the Talbot, part of the
a new day where nonviolence Chicago every natural resource there is,
with his badge hanging underserved—
the trip. and while organ- branch of ACORN. He was so
is stressed loudly and Carmen Farrior
and make a lot of babies. That’s Jennifer Taylor
, M.D., M.B.A., , M.D.,
izing voter registration drives. impressive that he was asked to all you guys do. And then suck
from his neck and had his Brown’s commitment to criminals are prosecuted to
cruiser parked in front of
But none has been as withering
the community has touched
train the ACORN staff.
theWhatfullest
and Angela Hopkins-Luna
up the welfare and expect every- provide obstetrics , M.D.,
and baseless as this one. didextent
ACORN of the law,”
in Chicago one else to pay for your hospital
the restaurant. He also was hearts allthe
over Maryland as said James Dula, chairman
wearing a bulletproof vest, but many
With
have
presidential
expressed
election
their
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A4 The Afro-American, June 19, 2010 - June 25, 2010

Community Coppin State Cuts Energy

Costs with New Solar
Through My Father’s Eyes Installations
Former drug-addicted veterans make amends with families
By AFRO Staff

Coppin State University

will install energy-saving
solar systems on eight
campus rooftops in efforts
to reduce energy costs. The
final project is expected to be
completed by April 2011.
The project, funded
by the Maryland Energy
Administration’s Sunburst
Program, will provide
nearly three to five percent
of Coppin’s total annual
consumption and will cut
annual electricity costs by
$10,000-$15,000.
“The University is the installation of the solar solar systems work and
Former drug addict and veteran Tony Cox speaks at a conference about being a better interested in installing photovoltaic systems will not how much of our energy is
father. solar energy as part of our only have an environmental provided by solar systems.”
green initiative to reduce impact but also an academic The energy-saving solar
By Bobby Marvin “It’s taught me to be then I’m going to do it. our energy costs and impact. systems will be installed on
Special to the AFRO hones. It’s taught me to be Regardless of whether you “The solar panels will seven of the campus’ existing
carbon footprint,” Robert
slow to speak and quick to can bless me back or not, be a great learning tool for buildings in addition to an
Underwood, associate
Marty Henson wants to listen,” said Henson as he that’s not my intentions of our students interested in eight system installed on
be a good father. A rough- spoke during The Father’s doing it,” said Cox, who director of facilities
management, said in a research on solar energy,” the James Weldon Johnson
and-tumble past and a series Group. “I’ve always valued currently attends Baltimore Underwood stated. “The Auditorium or a building to
of poor decisions made it my relationship with my City Community College statement.
According to Underwood, educational component will be constructed in the future.
difficult for him to be a children, but it’s taught me and visits the group during provide a display of how
nurturing parent, but he now to honor their feelings [and] semester breaks. “I’m doing
recognizes his shortcomings. their perspectives as well.” it because that’s basically
It took several prison stays Henson said he saw what humans [are] supposed
and a strained relationship
with his two daughters for
him to reevaluate his life and
raw honesty at its best and
worse. He sat among men
who wept while sharing
to do. They suppose to help
each other.”
Recently, The Father’s
Baltimoreans Reflect on City’s
change.
Shortly after his
honorable discharge from
intimate details of their lives
and others who struggled
to accept responsibility for
Group held their first
program under the theme
“Bettering Fathers for the
Health Outlook with Art
the military, Henson spent their actions. One of the men Future.” Psychologist Dr.
over 15 years caught in a he found support from was Mark Arenas, The Father’s The Baltimore City Health Department respectively.
downward spiral of drug Tony Cox, a fellow veteran Group facilitator, was so recently announced Whitney Burton, 25, “The submissions we received for this
dealing, heroin addiction and single father who has impressed with Henson and as the winner of the department’s inaugural contest exemplified the creative energy
and even brief periods of raised his son alone since his Cox he encouraged them iHeart Baltimore Creative Arts Competition of Baltimore’s health advocates, and their
imprisonment. An arrest in infancy. to attend the conference – with her poem “Reflection Time.” commitment to fighting the AIDS epidemic,”
2007 led him to mandatory Despite his drug usage, which allowed the veterans Burton, a Baltimore native, holds a said Interim Health Commissioner Olivia
drug rehabilitation at the Cox always maintained a job. to voice their shortcomings master’s degree in social work and is Farrow in a statement. “Congratulations to
Baltimore VA Medical But he also lived in cycle: his and achievements as fathers,
currently enrolled in a graduate-level Whitney, Emily and Ben for proving that
System’s ACT (Acceptance employers would discover as co-presenters.
and Commitment Therapy) his addiction, he would enter “[Henson] and Tony both community health program at the University Baltimore’s public health future is in talented
program, a service offered and complete a program, have that hunger to find of Maryland, where she specializes in HIV/ hands.”
through the Intensive only to return to using again. their manhood in being a AIDS work.
Outpatient Treatment He wouldn’t come to grips responsible, reliable, wise Second and third place prizes went to Visit www.baltimorehealth.org/
Program for substance abuse. with his addiction or the family man figure. They both Emily Nykaza, 24, and Ben McGuiggan, 20, iheartbaltimore to read the award-winning
Henson found the treatment neglect of his son until an are great guys,” said Arenas. poems.
helpful and fulfilling, so accident left him paralyzed. Today, both men say
he joined The Father’s Realizing his life was they’ve found peace with
Group, a weekly elective crumbling, he entered the their kids. While Henson
psycho-educational program ACT program for help, and maintains a good relationship
that helps men battle their became one of the group’s with his older daughter, he
addictions and strengthen most influential members. continues to make amends
their families. “If I can bless you with his younger. Cox said
his teenage son is preparing
for his senior year of high
school, and is proud that he
made the decision to start
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June 22
NAACP General
Membership Meeting
Union Baptist Church,
1219 Druid Hill Ave.,
Baltimore. 6-8 p.m. This
Central Branch, 400 Cathedral
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A6 The Afro-American, June 19, 2010 - June 25, 2010

Life, Death Converge Through Photographer’s Lens

By Zenitha Prince
Washington Bureau Chief

Haiti is a paradox; a place where dueling forces

of life and death exist at an impasse – a reality made
even starker by the 7.0-magitude earthquake that
shook the nation’s core and destroyed its capital.
AFRO freelance photographer J.D. Howard said
he felt compelled to capture the Caribbean nation’s
story on camera.
“I wanted the readers of the AFRO ... the
preachers, school children and the politicians to
have a very close look at Haiti,” said the 68-year-
old, who spent five days in Haiti from May 14-18.
Through his lens Howard depicts a Haiti that is a
study in opposites.
Death.
“A man showed me where he cremated his
mother – he couldn’t call the undertaker; there
were so many bodies all over the place that they
had to have mass burials ...,” Howard
recalled. “Another man took me to the
Continued on A9
Photos by J.D. Howard
Photos clockwise from top left:
A casket was disgorged from its
grave by the earthquake.

The quantity of rubble in Port-

au-Prince will take some time to
remove.

Overall view of squatter’s village.

Squatter’s area in front of LE Plaza

Hotel.

Piles of rubble continue to dominate

the landscape in Haiti’s capital,
which humanitarian groups say
poses the biggest challenge to
recovery.

Haiti Recovery
Continued from A1

Weisenfeld said the before the earthquake; the aided by support from USAID is the 20-25 million cubic every spare patch of land is go and stay where there are
earthquake has “unfortunately, spread of disease—which and other groups that have yards of debris—20-25 covered. It’s hard to go one jobs or services so ultimately
given us a lot of records”: many feared could cause a provided staff, hardware, times the rubble created block without seeing damaged supporting people is going
largest number of urban second wave of disaster—has computers and other capacity- by the destruction of New buildings and people in to rely on reactivating the
displaced people ever with been largely contained and building resources. York’s twin towers—that shelters.” economy and helping the
more than 2 million displaced the Haitian government is Taking a note from give testament to the worse On June 9, the Haitian government provide the
Haitians living in settlements, regaining its footing. Indonesia’s handling of the earthquake Haiti has seen in government approved basic services—health care,
of which 1.7 million are With 10 percent of the aftermath of the tsunami, 200 years. population relocations to education, water—that people
in Port-au-Prince; largest country’s civil service killed the government created the “Now we’re in a more areas outside the capital. need to prosper,” Weisenfeld
distribution of temporary and the presidential palace and Interim Haiti Reconstruction challenging time because of But while nongovernmental said.
shelters; largest distribution of other government buildings Commission, which is heading land ownership and other organizations have grants Building that infrastructure
food and water; 1 million and destroyed, the Haitian the recovery effort—taking issues that make it more to help support families that in the short term—and
counting persons vaccinated government’s “ability to step over from the United Nations, difficult to achieve more make the move, many are sustaining the gains made in
and more. up and take a leadership role which had initially led the sustainable solutions” such as unwilling to move from the the country’s recovery—will
Despite the overwhelming in responding to the disaster emergency response meetings. the switch from temporary to city, perhaps because of a lack likely be severely thwarted
needs and the challenging was severely affected,” said Moving past the transitional housing, Sell said. of jobs and other resources, by the approaching hurricane
numbers, aid workers aver, Weisenfeld. “[But] over time emergency phase, however, “To build these transitional elsewhere. season, however.
Haitians now have 50 percent we’ve seen them step up is proving to be a challenge. shelters, land has to become “The worldwide With hundreds of
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perched precariously on
hillsides and other unstable
land that will likely turn
to mud when it rains, the
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 June 19, 2010 - June 25, 2010, The Afro-American A7

Opinion
Oil Spill is a Wake-up Call for
Nation
As Americans continue to $10 billion.
to watch the failure of BP Third, we need a total
to turn off the oil spigot moratorium on all new drilling
caused by the Deepwater until a full review is conducted
Horizon explosion, we are of procedures used by the
distressed by the loss of Minerals Management Service
life and sickened by the (MMS) in approving drilling
destruction to our Gulf Coast. plans and permits. In March,
Americans also are concerned the Government Accountability
about potential damage that Office (GAO) found that
could be caused as currents MMS often ignored, altered, or
carry the oil eastward toward suppressed scientific findings
Florida and possibly up the during the approval process.
Atlantic Coast. As we watch On March 31 – prior
and pray for a resolution of to the Deepwater Horizon
Sen. Benjamin L. the biggest oil spill in our catastrophe – President Obama
nation’s history, there are announced that he planned to
Cardin
several key points we need to open the Atlantic Coast, south
keep in mind. of the New Jersey/Delaware
First, the oil gusher needs to be totally stopped. While border, to oil and gas drilling.
there appears to be some decrease in the flow from the latest I am pleased that the president respond to a catastrophic oil spill. I am pleased that Attorney
containment effort, that is not enough. BP must deploy every recently reversed that decision and cancelled the planned sale General Eric Holder is proceeding with a Department of Justice
resource possible to stopping the leaking, including completion of drilling rights off the Virginia Coast, a location that is 50 investigation and has said there will be indictments if it appears
of the two relief wells as soon as possible. miles due east of the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay and that criminal statutes have been violated.
Second, BP must be fully liable for the remediation of 60 miles from Assateague Island National Seashore. While Finally, we will remain forever vulnerable to this type of
the spill and the loss to the economy. To date, crude oil has I applaud that decision, I want a total ban on drilling in all catastrophe unless we develop a comprehensive energy policy
already polluted more than 100 miles of Louisiana coastline, environmentally sensitive areas, particularly along the Atlantic that rewards conservation, strongly encourages alternative
and oil has been sighted along barrier islands in Alabama and Coast. The risks are simply too great for the small amount of fuels, and safely and wisely manages the development and use
Mississippi. That devastation will only get worse. BP must bear oil and gas that might be recoverable in the Atlantic. of existing fossil fuels.
the full financial responsibility for economic losses suffered I am a member of the Environment and Public Works The BP spill is a wake-up call to our nation that we need an
by fishing and tourist industries and other businesses hurt by Committee, which is conducting hearings on the spill. I have energy policy that protects the environment, generates green
the spill. It also must bear the full cost of damages to wildlife been appalled by the fact that BP officials have consistently jobs, and bolsters our national and economic security.
and natural resources as well as any other costs that would be understated the risks associated with the Deepwater Horizon
borne by taxpayers. I have co-sponsored the Big Oil Bailout oil drilling operation. On May 17, I called for a full-scale Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin has been a national leader on
Prevention Liability Act, S. 3305, which would increase the civil and criminal investigation into the oil spill and whether health care, retirement security, the environment and fiscal
current liability cap for offshore drilling spills from $75 million BP intentionally misrepresented or overstated its ability to issues since coming to Congress in 1987.

Dads and Coaching

I am an assistant coach on
my middle son’s youth football
team. Football practice begins
in August and I have spent
the last two weeks reading
up on defensive alignments,
surfing coaching websites,
and sending e-mail to some
of the high school coaches in
the area begging for coaching
tips. If I watch one more video
of conditioning exercises for
defensive linemen my head is
going to explode. I have begun
dreaming in “X’s” and “O’s.”
Of course, that is what I say
Joseph C. Phillips today. Tomorrow, I will get up
and begin the routine all over
again. Why? Well, I guess it’s because I have grown to love
coaching. Unless one loves it, there is really no other reason to
be a youth coach.
A person certainly won’t get rich coaching youth sports.
In fact, often a youth coach will lose money over the course
of a season. Every coach I know spends his own money to
pay for extra equipment and materials. Most of the coaches I
know spend additional money on books and clinics in order
to expand their knowledge. More than one coach I know
has paid the registration fee for a boy whose parents were
having financial difficulties. These coaches didn’t open their
wallets because the boy was a superstar, (although I have also
witnessed performance purchasing). Rather, the coach paid the
fee because the boy wanted to play.
The truth is that coaching can often seem like one big
headache after another. A coach must contend with equipment
shortages, limited practice time, and bizarre and negative
interactions with parents. Buy a youth coach a beer and let him
regale you with tales of parents gone wild. Every coach has at
least one such story. And success doesn’t guarantee that parents
will behave as if they have some sense. In some instances
winning actually makes them behave worse. I had two parents
threaten me with violence because during a game I told their
son to hustle. Our team was undefeated!
According to The Center for Kids First, each year 40-50
million children participate in youth sports. The vast majority
of those children – 85 percent – are coached by a father of one
of the children on the team. Youth coaches spend an average
of 11 hours per week with their young charges. That’s a lot of
children, and a lot of fathers who volunteer a lot of time.
Put another way, millions of parents place the physical and
emotional well-being of their children into the hands of a small
number of men, most of whom are married and have children
of their own.
And much is expected from these mostly untrained
volunteers. Youth coaches are asked to be teachers, strategists,
babysitters, nurses, and social workers.
Parents enroll their children in youth sports in hope that
their children will learn physical skills that will allow them to
stay active throughout their lives, that they will develop a sense
of belonging, and that it will promote their moral development.
In other words: Sports build character. But this vaunted
character that comes from participation in organized sports does
not happen by magic; picking up a ball does not automatically
strengthen a child’s moral fiber. Character must be taught. And
to whom does the duty fall? The youth coach.
And when there is dysfunction in a child’s home the
problems tend to follow the players onto the field. When
the parents are experiencing marital difficulties, when there
is alcoholism or abuse, or when the family dog dies, these
volunteers are still expected to persevere. With no professional
training – and even less warning – youth coaches must navigate
the emotional waters, continue to teach, and win on Saturday!
But, I do love it. I love seeing the eagerness in the boys’
eyes, I love hearing their young laughter, I enjoy watching the
passion with which they play. I love witnessing their growth
and maturation over the course of a season. And I love knowing
that in some small way the work I do may contribute to their
life-long love of the game of football.
It may be selfish, but this Father’s Day I am also going to
lift a glass of whatever-I-happen-to-be-drinking and salute the
dads that volunteer, the fathers that take the time to learn a sport
they have never played, or to re-educate themselves in a sport
they have not played in years. We parents put our sons and
daughters into their hands and ask that they teach our precious
ones the value of hard work, the necessity of discipline, and
most important, the joy of competitive sports.
God bless them, and cheers!
Joseph C. Phillips syndicated column appears in weekly in
more than 30 publications across the United States. His book,
Talk Like a White Boy, is on sale at bookstores everywhere.

Artur Davis Made History - But Not the Kind He Wanted

across-the-board like that obviously needs to find something
True to expectations, else productive to do with his life.”
Artur Davis’ quest to become Sparks outpolled Davis in 61 of Alabama’s 67 counties,
the first Black governor of including 10 of the 12 counties that make up his 7th
Alabama made history. Congressional District. Davis even failed to carry his own
But contrary to polling place, Southtown Housing Community Center
expectations, Davis’ stunning in Birmingham. Amazingly, Sparks defeated Davis in
defeat provides a sharp – yes, predominantly Black counties throughout the state.
historic – example not only of In an interview Hank Sanders, a Black state senator and
the cost of political arrogance, president emeritus of the Alabama New South Coalition, said:
but also the underscoring “[Davis] made some serious miscalculations.
for all candidates, and He just felt that Black folks somehow were going to vote
the national Democratic for him just because he’s Black and he could vote anyway and
Party establishment, the do anything he wanted.”
sophistication and power of Davis had already irked some of his base by voting with the
the Black electorate. GOP in the waning days of the George W. Bush administration.
George E. Curry That’s a vitally important Clearly, many Black voters never got past the idea that a
lesson Blacks beyond congressman representing one of the poorest districts in the
Alabama’s borders need to heed, as the 2010 election season nation would cast a vote against health-care reform, especially
heats up, because the way Davis ran his campaign was a direct since it was such a high priority of the nation’s first Black
challenge to the efficacy of the Black vote everywhere. president.
After being the only Black member of Congress to vote In a calculated move to bolster his standing with Whites,
against national health care reform legislation and refusing to Davis skipped the endorsement screening process of the four
seek the endorsement of Alabama’s four key Black political most powerful Black political organizations in the state: the
organizations, Davis became the first African-American Alabama Democratic Conference, the Alabama New South
campaigning statewide in Alabama to fail to win a majority of Coalition, New Jefferson County Citizens Coalition and the
the Black vote. Jefferson County Progressive Council.
African-Americans there joined the parade of White voters Not only was he the first Democrat, Black or white, to
who overwhelmingly rejected his primary bid by a margin of ignore the groups, he drew added attention to his decision
62 percent to 38 percent, giving their support instead to Ron by issuing a press release about it. Referring to the longtime
Sparks, the state commissioner of agriculture. chairman of the Alabama Democratic Conference, Davis
Davis, who spent $2.5 million on his campaign compared declared, “Joe Reed’s opposition to my candidacy is old news
to Sparks’ $1.8 million, was defeated so soundly he announced – but the day of Joe Reed and a few other power brokers in
he is retiring from politics. “I have no interest in running for Montgomery deciding who speaks for Alabama Democrats is
political office again,” Davis told the Birmingham News. over.”
“The voters spoke in a very decisive way across every Reed, in an interview with The Associated Press, said,
sector and in every section of the state. A candidate that fails “We’ve never had someone to tell Black folks I don’t want
your vote.”
Davis was buoyed by polling data leading up to the
election. One poll showed him with a 2-1 favorable rating
among Whites. The Davis camp, however, failed to realize
other factors made Davis’ election as the Democratic nominee
unlikely.
First, there’s “the Bradley effect,” named after former Los
Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley. In his 1982 bid for governor of
California, polls leading up to the election showed Bradley
winning by double-digits. Experts attributed Bradley’s loss to
Whites who falsely stated they were voting for Bradley so they
would not appear to be bigots. Second, no African-American
has ever been elected statewide in Alabama without first being
appointed to that position.
Political scientist Ron Walters observed: “Davis should
have taken a lesson from the campaigns of David Dinkins or
Harold Washington or Doug Wilder’s election as governor of
Virginia and other Blacks who ran for citywide or statewide
offices where Blacks were in the minority. They also had the
necessity to build outward from their base to achieve interracial
political coalitions but did not decide to junk the Black vote in
the process and go for the White vote hoping that some Blacks
would follow and build a coalition.”
In the aftermath of Davis’ fall from front-runner to
humiliated loser, political autopsies are being performed by
political experts and the media.
In an editorial, the Birmingham News stated, “There is
reliable data to make the case that Blacks did indeed abandon
Davis for the more progressive Sparks, who campaigned on
instituting a state lottery and said he would have voted for
health-care reform had he been in Congress. … If nothing else,
those results show the Black vote cannot be taken for granted
anymore in Alabama. Just ask Rep. Artur Davis.”
George Curry is the president and CEO of George Curry
Media, www.georgecurry.com.
A8 The Afro-American, June 19, 2010 - June 25, 2010

City Council Approves Vacant Housing Bill

Photo by Bill Tabron
City Council President Jack Young’s vacant
housing fee bill was approved June 14 and will
possibly be signed into law by the mayor.
By Melanie R. Holmes
AFRO Staff Writer
“The time has come for the owners of these vacant and
unsafe properties that litter our city to get their act
An ordinance that will charge owners of vacant
houses additional fees was passed by the City Council together and do their part...”
on June 14 and is likely to be signed into law by the
mayor. $100 registration fee and owners of vacant commercial or industrial
Council President Jack Young introduced the Non-Owner- properties would be required to pay a registration fee of $250.
Occupied Dwellings and Vacant Structures Bill on May 24 to Vacant multi-family buildings would face a $500 fine for each
generate more than $1 million in new revenue. For the first unit for failing to properly register. Late fees will be imposed for
time, owners of vacant properties are on their way to paying a owners who do not properly register their properties. “The finance
registration fee to the city. department said there are 6,750 registered vacant properties in the
Young said the dilapidated buildings serve as daily, visible city,” said Lester Davis, a spokesman for Young. “I think there are
reminders of revenue the city has lost. “The time has come for the probably more.”
owners of these vacant and unsafe properties that litter our city The city estimates $1 million of revenue based on the number
to get their act together and do their part,” he said in a statement. of currently registered vacant houses, and is working to determine
“They will no longer receive a free pass for the burden they have which vacant houses are not registered to figure out how to charge
inflicted on our residents and our city’s overall image.” those property owners.
Owners of the homes currently pay $35 annually as a regular “This [bill] is amending the existing law on the books to try
fee but no vacant housing fee. to get money from people who are just sitting on their property,”
The bill states that homeowners of vacant residential houses Davis said. “Hopefully that would incentivize people to bring their
will be required to register their buildings with the city and pay a property up to code so families can move into them.”

Danny Glover Joins Baltimore Educator Named U.S. ‘Teacher

City Healthcare of the Year’
Workers in Rally By AFRO Staff to help any student, any age,
learn mathematical theories

for Improvement A revolutionary method of

making math easy for students
has earned a Baltimore-
By AFRO Staff area teacher the prestigious,
National Teacher of the Year
Healthcare workers from across the region will gather on Award.
3:30 p.m. June 24 at Mt. Vernon Square (intersection of N. President Bill Clinton
Charles and E. Madison) for the Heart of Baltimore Rally, conferred the award upon
an event calling for better jobs, better health care and a professor Curtis Jones of
better Baltimore. Actor and activist Danny Glover will join the ITT Technical Institute
the city’s health care workers as they aim to make a change. in Owings Mills, Md., June
Also joining the workers 11 at the Collegiate College
are singer Meli’sa Morgan Association Annual Luncheon
and other special guests. and Awards Banquet in Las
This event marks the Vegas.
first health care rally since “We are very proud of Mr.
1969, when Coretta Scott Jones,” said Cedric Harris,
King visited the city to assist associate dean of Academic
thousands of under-paid Affairs. “Throughout his
caregivers create a union. duration [here] he has always
Healthcare workers had a charismatic and dynamic
continue to face low wages interaction with the students”
today, as nurse’s aides, the and faculty.
backbone of the health care The school administrator
system, are two-and-a-half added, “He had a deep
times more likely to be AFRO File Photo connection with students and
on food stamps than other Danny Glover is always working for their
Maryland employees. best interests.”
Launched in October, The Heart of Baltimore campaign In 2009, Jones, a former
has provided an opportunity for caregivers and organizers NASA scientist, used his small
to speak to over 4,000 health care workers. The campaign is video production company to
spearheaded by 1199 SEIU, Maryland’s largest and fastest- create a series of math tutorial
growing health care union. DVDs to improve test scores,
Harris told the AFRO. “The
For more information on the Heart of Baltimore videos are like Cliff Notes for
Healthcare Rally visit: www.theheartofbaltimore.org. math and have been designed
quickly and with ease,” Jones
said in a statement.
The DVDs had an
immediate impact. Statistical
data revealed significant
improvement, eventually
gaining ITT national
recognition for achieving
outstanding math scores.
“A lot of people in speaking
mathematically can be
overwhelming. But he was
able to break down that
confusion in a way [the
students] can receive,” said
Harris, explaining why Jones’
formula was successful.
“Many of our students
have speed bumps in math.
But since they started using
the DVDs, students have been
more receptive, more eager
and they have a feeling of
confidence because they’re
able to grasp concepts.”
Jones, who holds
a bachelor’s degree in
engineering physics and a
master’s in science education
from Morgan State University, Courtesy Photo
has received other honors, Professor Curtis Jones recently received national
including: ITT National recognition for his work in improving his students’ math
Teacher of the Year Award, scores.
1998 Woodlawn High School
Teacher of the Year and Achievement Award. can be obtained by visiting,
2003 Maryland Minority Free introductory videos www.MathByJones.com.

BCCC Bids Farewell to Walter Dean and Harry Smith

By Bill Fleming
Special to the AFRO
As the 2010 academic year
draws to a close, Baltimore
City Community College says
goodbye to two pillars of its
scholastic community. These
men, who forged excellence
and demonstrated their ability
to change lives are: Walter
Dean, 40-year educator,
Baltimore area civil rights
pioneer and member of the
Maryland House of Delegates,
who implored people to learn
about the world around them,
broaden their life’s horizons
and reach for the tools of
education; and Harry Smith,
professor of allied human
services, former interim dean
of the BCCC Allied Health
Program and noted Baltimore
area social worker, who
placed particular emphasis on
the wellbeing of children and
strengthening the education
they received.
Dean was born in
Baltimore Dec. 12, 1934,
and attended Baltimore
public schools. He went on to
Morgan State College (now a
university) and the University
of Maryland, where he earned
a master’s degree in social
work in 1968.
For Dean, few things were
more important than literacy.
Photos courtesy of BCCC
Walter Dean, left, and Harry Smith, veteran educators
and public servants, have retired from Baltimore City
Community College.
An avid reader, he sought
knowledge and spent a
considerable amount of time
in the library. Consequently,
he could converse on a
variety of subjects. He
taught his students to do the
same.
In the early civil rights
era, Dean participated
in sit-ins to desegregate
businesses, such as
restaurants, ostensibly open
for public accommodation.
He was arrested but
continued to involve himself
in what became increasingly
visible incidents which forced
the owners of these businesses
to change their policies. The
resultant goodwill propelled
him to the Maryland General
Assembly as a Baltimore City
delegate, from 1971 to 1982.
At BCCC, Dean taught a
variety of subjects including
environmental science, math,
urban studies and history. He
was tireless in his advocacy
for students, at one point even
serving as a member of the
college’s board of trustees.
To Harry Smith, public
service and education were
two sides of the same coin.
Acclaimed locally for his
ability not just to teach social
work, but apply it to pressing
community needs, he founded
KIDS LINE, a Baltimore City
hotline for children in need
of emergency assistance; the
Street Club Worker program,
a community research/
demonstration initiative which
sought to gauge the wellbeing
of juveniles; and the Mund
Project, a community
organizing program focusing
on housing, economic
development and the
functioning of social service
programs. Smith was a former
state president of the National
Association of Social Workers
and recipient of its 1995
Social Worker of the Year
award. Additionally, he was
a member of the Baltimore
Civil Service Commission for
13 years.
Smith was a leader in
both the classroom and the
way academic programs are
presented and organized.
He was recognized for
“quality performance and
outstanding contributions
to the College” with a
Faculty Excellence Award,
BCCC’s highest individual
honor for a faculty member.
He received the Maryland
Association for Higher
Education’s Outstanding
Education Award and the John
F. Kennedy Memorial Award
for “Outstanding Contribution
through Public Service to
the Community,” by the
Baltimore Junior Association
of Commerce. He also
founded the BCCC AARP
chapter, one of the first of its
kind on a college campus.
As they depart BCCC,
both Dean and Smith take to
heart their joint contribution:
having made community-
based education a fulcrum for
changing people’s lives. For
their students and colleagues,
it was “time well spent.”
 June 19, 2010 - June 25, 2010, The Afro-American A9

Marine Laid to Rest Study: HU Ranks High in Meeting Nation’s New

Medical Needs
Continued from A1

Special to the AFRO
WASHINGTON -- Howard University College of Medicine
is number three among the 141 American medical schools
in producing doctors that meet the nation’s new health care
needs, according to a study by George Washington University
released Monday.
The study in the June 15 edition of the Annals of Medicine
is the first ever to score all U.S. medical schools on their ability
to meet a social mission. It shows wide variations among
institutions in their production of physicians who practice
primary care, work in underserved areas and are minorities.
The authors said these findings are important in the context
of U.S. health care today.
“The social mission of medicine and medical education
should be important to everyone,” says lead author Dr.
Fitzhugh Mullan, a professor of health policy at George
Washington University. “It isn’t just about rural areas or
just about poor people; it’s about the entire fabric of how we
deliver care.
“As patients are insured through health reform, the first
that primary care is now a national priority, this reaffirms
the importance of diversity in medical education and
demonstrates the added value of historically Black colleges
and universities.”
Dr. Edward Cornwell III, a graduate of the Howard’s
College of Medicine, is surgeon-in-chief at Howard University
Hospital and chair of the surgery department at the university’s
medical school.
Cornwell, whose father, wife and brother are also graduates
of Howard University College of Medicine, said he was not
particularly surprised by the findings.
“The study validates what Howard’s mission has been
historically,” he said. “But one should not oversimplify the
findings as just being a function of the historical mission of
[HBCUs].
“Instead, it should get us to thinking along the lines of the
sophisticated discipline needed to produce quality physicians
whose desire is to address the nation’s health care disparities.”
The study’s authors noted the findings bring attention to the
role that medical schools play in determining the make-up of
the U.S. physician workforce.

Primary care physicians Physicians Practicing in HPSAs

Rank School State Social Total % Standardized Total % Standardized
Courtesy of the Baltimore City Police Department Mission Score‡ Score‡
Officer Gahiji Tshamba is charged with the murder Score †

of an unarmed marine, Tyrone Brown, after 1 Morehouse College GA 13.98 43.7 1.20 39.1 1.40
shooting him 12 times. 2 Meharry Medical College TN 12.92 49.3 2.00 28.1 0.14
3 Howard University DC 10.66 36.5 0.19 33.7 0.78
4 Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine OH 5.34 49.2 1.98 28 0.12
out of fear for his life after times,” Guglielmi said. 5 University of Kansas KS 4.49 45.2 1.42 43.9 1.96
stepping in to help a woman Brown, a marine who
6 Michigan State University MI 4.13 43.6 1.20 26.5 –0.05
whom he alleges Brown had survived two tours of duty in
7 East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine NC 3.72 51.9 2.36 34.2 0.84
sexually assaulted. “There Iraq, was born and raised in
was no sexual assault,” East Baltimore. He enlisted 8 University of South Alabama AL 3.15 42 0.97 52.7 2.97
Andrew Freeman, who in the U.S. Marine Corps 9 Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce PR 3.02 33 –0.31 43.8 1.94
represents Brown’s family, in 1997 and was deployed 10 University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine IA 2.97 37.1 0.28 21 –0.69
said according to the report. to Kosovo after boot camp. * The ranking of all 141 schools is available at www.annals.org. SOURCE: Annals of Medicine June 2010
Freeman plans to file a civil A decorated veteran of HPSA = Health Professional Shortage Area
suit on behalf of Brown’s Operation Iraqi Freedom, The sum of the primary care, HPSA, and underrepresented minority standardized scores. The standardized value calculated for each measure, with a mean value of 0 (SD, 1)
† ‡

family. Brown helped facilitate the

BCPD spokesman
Anthony Guglielmi said
Brown’s sister witnessed the
incident and said there was
no fight. But other witnesses
claim there was a physical
altercation. In either situation,
Brown was unarmed when
Tshamba fired 13 close-
range shots from his service
weapon. Initial reports said
six shots hit Brown, and later
country’s first democratic
election. During peacetime,
he volunteered with Toys
for Tots to collect items for
the area’s underprivileged
children.
Helping others was just a
part of Brown’s nature, close
friends said.
“He was the type of dude
to give you the shirt off his
back,” Taavon Stewart said at
place they will go is the primary care office. Medical schools
need to be mindful of the nation’s requirements for primary
care, for doctors prepared to work in underserved communities
and for minority physicians to help meet the growing and
changing needs of the country.”
Dr. Eve J. Higginbotham, senior vice president and
executive dean for Health Sciences at Howard University, put
the story in its historical perspective.
“Primary care has always been priority for graduates of
historically Black colleges and universities,” Higginbotham
said. “Traditionally, we were shut out of the specialties. Now
“Where doctors choose to work, and what specialty they
select, are heavily influenced by medical school,” Mullan says.
“By recruiting minority students and prioritizing the training of
primary care physicians and promoting practice in underserved
areas, medical schools will help deliver the health care that
Americans desperately need.”
Among the area’s other medical schools, the University of
Maryland was number 36 in the study based on meeting the
nation’s medical needs, George Washington University number
60, University of Virginia number 99, Georgetown number 110
and Johns Hopkins number 122 of 141 medical schools.

reports said nine bullets struck
him. In the end, investigators
confirmed that only one of
the bullets missed its target.
Pierced 12 times in the chest
and groin, Brown died a short
time later – just days before
he was to attend his son’s
eighth-grade graduation in
California and weeks before
he was to escort one of his
sisters down the aisle at her
wedding.
“There was no threat we
could find that would easily
explain why this officer
discharged his weapon 13
Alvin Greene
the funeral service. “When I
got the call, it blew my mind.”
As the lid to the casket
was slowly closed, a Continued from A1
thunderous cry boomed from
the front row of Morgan State
University’s fine arts center
where Brown’s family sat
Clyburn didn’t hesitate to state that he believed Greene was
during the funeral. His fellow
someone’s “plant,” and questioned the voting mechanics. “He
marines placed a folded
[Greene] was someone’s plant,” said Clyburn said on the show.
American flag on top of the
“I believe that very sincerely.”
casket, along with his U.S.
“South Carolina used voting machines that 49 other states
Marine Corps barracks cover.
rejected,” said Clyburn later on ‘Fox News.’ “Something went
“Tyrone Brown will live,”
wrong with them.”
the funeral director said,
Despite powerful Democrats such as Clyburn likening his
“although his life was cut
campaign to “elephant dung,” Greene maintains he is still
short.”
seeking the party’s support. “I’m seeking the state and national
support I’m entitled to,” said Greene in an interview with The
Huffington Post.

Life, Death
Continued from A6
graveyard to show me where
his daughter [was buried] and
headstones were sideways or
upside down, caskets were
smashed together and came
from the bottom [of the grave]
up to the top.”
Life.
“And yet there are people
walking around collecting
water, cleaning the children
up and going about their daily
life. It’s amazing how resilient
they are,” Howard said.
Destruction.
“I was looking for
[scenic] beauty, but I couldn’t
find it,” said the longtime
photographer. He added, “The
post office is gone, the largest
Catholic church in Haiti is
gone, the grocery stores are
gone, the department stores
are gone, the hospitals are
gone, the jail house is gone ....
shanties no larger than
his SUV; in the work of a
local artist from whom he
purchased several paintings;
the bright eagerness of
the students gathered at a
makeshift school; and his
moving experience at a
Sunday church service that,
though conducted in French,
resonated with his own
spiritual experience.
“It was a very moving
experience because they
were talking about God,
and praying and singing and
crying just like they do in my
church,” he said.
In all, the experience
reminded him of how blessed
he is, especially in his ability
to live out his dream, Howard
said.
“When I was growing up
my uncles told me all these
From the obscenity charges to the complaint filed by CREW,
Greene gives the impression of a man unshaken by the cloudy
political storm that has surrounded him.
“My campaign is about jobs, better education for children
and justice,” Greene told the Huffington Post. “ ... In the end,
it’s not about the money in the bank, it’s the votes that count
and the issues. My goal is getting South Carolina and the nation
moving forward.”
AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain
South Carolina Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate,
Alvin M. Greene, holds a copy of his campaign flyer to
show he campaigned in Manning, S.C. June 9.
leading up to the June 8 primary.
CREW also filed that Greene and three other candidates:
Gregory Brown, Ben Fraiser and Bryan Doyle and their
campaign committees, violated the Federal Election Campaign
Act and FEC regulations by failing to file mandatory disclosure
reports prior to the June 8 election in South Carolina.
“The people of South Carolina have a right to fair,
transparent and fraud-free elections,” said Melanie Sloan,
CREW’s executive director, in the company’s press release.
“Paying candidates to run for office and concealing the sources
of campaign funds undermines the integrity of the electoral
process and threatens our democracy.” Safe and Sound.
The reason Greene’s campaign is mind-boggling is because, 100 years of sound and conservative management has earned us
seemingly, there was no campaign. Green did not attend local the highest safety ratings of any financial Institution in Maryland.

The city has been completely
demolished and you have
millions of tons of concrete all
around so you can’t even tell
what street you’re on.”
stories about the beauty of
the world [based on their
experiences] and I wanted
to develop my own stories,”
he said. Now, 50 years after
Democratic events, did not respond to invitations to attend
local stump meetings, and he didn’t attend the state Democratic
Party Convention. Add the fact that Greene is facing obscenity ROSEDALE
charges, and attempted to pay his $10,040 filing fee with a
personal check, and you have one suspicious candidate.
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Rally JUNE 24 th
for Quality Care
and Quality Jobs!

As native Marylanders, we know that healthcare workers truly

are the heart of Baltimore, caring for the sick and vulnerable everyday.

Despite their vital work, many healthcare workers struggle on poverty

wages and cannot afford healthcare for their own children. One in five

Baltimore jobs is in healthcare, so raising standards for healthcare

workers will foster the economic health of our entire city.

Free & Fair Union Elections

Healthcare workers are uniting throughout our city to create better

care for patients, better jobs for our community and a better future for

Baltimore. We’re calling on all hospital and nursing home CEOs to allow

healthcare workers to vote in free and fair union elections. Healthcare

workers should be able to make up their own minds, free of coercion, in

a fair secret ballot vote. When healthcare workers have a voice, we all win.

Join Danny Glover at the June 24th

Rally with Baltimore Healthcare Workers!
Thursday, JUNE 24th Mt. Vernon Square
4:00 - 5:30pm Downtown Baltimore

Better Care • Better Jobs

a Better Baltimore Founding members of the Heart of
Baltimore Alliance: (From top)
www.TheHeartOfBaltimore.org Danny Glover, Anna Deavere Smith,
Charles Dutton, Lewis Black and
(877) 434-1011 Benji and Joel Madden
 June 19, 2010 - June 25, 2010, The Afro-American B1

Photos by Rob Roberts

On June 6, hundreds gathered at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts’ Eisenhower Theater
for the stage play Thurgood, a production written by George Stevens Jr. and directed by Leonard Foglia. A. Renee Madden, Auqustine Moore, Lezetta Moyer, Baltimore
City State’s Attorney Patricia C. Jessamy and Howard T. Jessamy
Attendees included Baltimore City’s State
Attorney Patricia C. Jessamy and ACLU
President Laura Murphy. Thurgood, a one-
man play, recounts the life of Supreme Court
Justice Thurgood Marshall.

The Rev. Marie P. Braxton, the Rev. Dr. Ronald

E. Braxton and AFRO Publisher Jake Oliver

Bill Psillas, LaShawn Warren

and Laura Murphy Carroll Fitzhugh, Carolyn Drew, Dr. Shawn,
Dr. Courtney Fitzhugh and Dr. Ebonee Starr

Photos by Bill Tabron

Lashawn Warren and
Dr. Thelma Daley
Ashlyn Hocker, Frank Hocker, Timothy
Hocker, Markus Hocker (center), Denise Baltimore Author Wes
Hocker and Julian Carter Moore signs
City State’s
Attorney Pat copies of his
Jessamy and book.
Q.J. Joi

Michael Scott, Felicia Jackson and Gina Brown

A private reception was

Photos by A. Lois De Laine, Ed.D. recently held for New York Times
The Morgan State University Alumni
Association recently held its 70th best selling author Wes Moore,
Joyce A. Brown,
awards and class reunion ceremony author of The Other Wes Moore,
executive
in the school’s Calvin and Tina Tyler at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum
director, alumni
Ballroom. Outstanding alumni were of Maryland African American
relations
honored for their contributions to the History and Culture. Joy Thomas-Moore, Mildred Canon,
community and Morgan State alums Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rufus Canon and Dawn Moore,
from various classes gathered to Rawlings-Blake and members of the author’s family
celebrate the spirit of Morgan State. Baltimore City State’s
Attorney Patricia
Jessamy were among
the attendees.

Class of ‘65 included Board of Regents

Shirley Chambers, member Shirley
Shirley Richards and Marcus Allen
Dr. Myrtle Webb
Former Morgan State
University President Dr.
Earl S. Richardson Audience members listen as Wes
Brown speaks about his novel.

Gloria Wayman,
president, MSU
National Alumni
Association The special
achievement
award was
Class of ‘65 members included Carol presented
Shervington Wright, Lois Stubblefield to John J.
Waters and Elise Jude Mason Griswold Jr.,
Class of ‘51

Barbara Moore
Davis, Evon
Handy Ervin and
Class of ‘60 members Class of ‘65 members Shirley Chambers, Elva Hicks Glover
included Agnes Edwards, Shirley Richards and Dr. Myrtle Webb Beverly Reid, Marion Rouse
standing, Earl Graves, Finney and Betty Bivens Clark
Phyllis Friend Harris and
DeLois Barnes Nichols

Clayton Stansbury, Retired Lt. Col. Lawrence K.

alumnus, faculty Montgomery Sr., ‘Class of
Class of ‘70 included Veda Seymore, Rudolph and former Chief ’56, accepts the alumnus of
Class of ‘52 members Loraine Brown, Stanley, Charles Fletcher, Paul Hubbard and Faculty Marshall of the year award
Leah Hasty and Gloria Tucker Brown Kenneth B. Mosely the university
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NFL Stars to Host Free Football Camp

By Perry Green
AFRO Sports Editor
NFL stars Darnell Dockett
and Vishanthe Shiancoe make
millions of dollars to entertain
football fans on Sundays.
But, both Maryland natives
say they will never let fortune
and fame allow them to forget
where they came from. That’s
why Shiancoe and Dockett
are teaming up with DTLR
to host a free football clinic
June 28 at the Prince George’s
Sports and Learning Complex
located at 8001 Sheriff Road
in Landover, Md.
The one-day football camp
will offer comprehensive
football drills for 300 student
athletes from ages 13-17. The
camp will also provide lunch
for its participants, morning
warm-up exercises for the
parents and a recruiting
seminar for both parents and
student athletes.
“DTLR realizes sports
is often time the dreams of
many urban youth,” said
DTLR Community Outreach
Manager Sherri Goodall. “We
want to help them reach their
goals; so, we have partnered
with several outstanding
football players and high
school coaches in the DMV to
help them increase their skills
on the field.
Goodall said the best part
about the camp is that it’s free.
“Vishante and Darnell
understood the importance
of making this a free camp,
especially during these
hard economic times,” said
Goodall. “They were willing
to put in a lot of work and
bring other players to the
event that has the same
passion and commitment
as DTLR to giving back to
the community and making
sure these student-athletes
have quality interaction and
walk away better players and
students.”
Dockett said the student
athletes will gain better
understanding of how to make
it to the pros.
“This camp is designed
to develop serious student
athletes into great players,”
said Dockett, a Burtonsville
native. “It offers students
a unique hands-on training
experience that will expose
them to the same techniques
and drills I used in college
and that I continue to use
today in the NFL.”
Shiancoe, a Silver Spring
native that attended Morgan
State University in Baltimore,
said he’ll make sure every
student athlete in attendance
knows they’ll need more than
football skills to make it to
the professional level.
“It takes more than on-the-
field action to get from high
school to the pros,” Shiancoe comprehensive on-the-field them to succeed past high
said. “It was important drills and information on what school; they are students
that the camp offered is required academically for before they are athletes.”
‘The Fall Guy of Cheaters’
It has long been my contention “Anybody who isn’t masquerading as a
that the NCAA and the Bowl
Championship Series (BCS) is a joke. dunce knows that payola and under the
If you get into a discussion with the
right people on the subject of the table perks are the heartbeat of college
NCAA, you will hear comments on
how the committee will suddenly
sports.”
decide to pass sanctions on a school remind me of some of my playmates when
and sit around and pat each other on the backs I was 8 years old. There was always one kid
in congratulations over doing their jobs. Their who would open his yap and cry, “Johnny is
favorite activity is the “investigation.” cheating and I can prove it.” So what? In the
The latest school to suffer the guillotine is case of the teams in the NCAA, cheating is a
University of Southern California. It seems fact of life.
that USC has been able to put together too I am a fan of Dan Jenkins, who authored
many championship programs so there must some of the best books on sports you can
be some wrongdoings. read anywhere. He treats his subject matter
USC has been able to recruit some with tongue-in-cheek hilarity and if you don’t
top studs for their program, so the NCAA take yourself too seriously, you will enjoy
investigators have had a few stays at the every word. In short, Jenkins’ work is fiction
Hilton and some lobster dinners on the mimicking life.
expense account while they investigate. I’m One of his characters, coach, T.J. Lambert,
thinking the weather, the palm trees and
on the subject of recruiting says, “If a coach
the girls may be a factor in a young man’s goes out and recruits a fast stud, you had better
decision to spend four years in California.
damn go out and recruit one who can catch
If you take a close look, Florida has also him.”
been able to come up with some winning
Anybody who isn’t masquerading as a
programs through recruitment. Again, I’m dunce knows that payola and under the table
thinking the setting may have something to
perks are the heartbeat of college sports.
do with the choice. A recruiter has a hell of An athlete on scholarship isn’t able to hold
a pitch when he can say, “Come on down,
a job, so unless he is the nephew of Donald
young man, enjoy a little time on the beaches, Trump, the alumni step in and drop a Porsche
play a little football and wait for the NFL or Rolex on his doorstep just to keep him
scouts to show up.” motivated.
Recently the focus has been on Reggie Alumni are like politicians, they will go
Bush. A few years ago there were allegations to any lengths to keep their school among
that the house that Bush’s parents lived in was the elite. I hope you don’t think those new
a perk. However, the investigation seemed to libraries and sports complexes are being
stall, and I thought the whole subject had been built with collections from the people in the
dropped. neighborhood.
While the investigators were working The sad part of this whole USC business
on their tans for the past few years, Bush is the fact that coach, Pete Carroll is caught
managed to pick up an NCAA Championship up in the “crapola.” Some wonder if this will
Ring, a Heisman Trophy and on the next level tarnish Carroll’s legacy, and my answer is
a Super Bowl Ring. no. Carroll is one of the best college coaches
The NCAA investigators have come to ever walk the sidelines, and unfortunately
forward again, and at the moment they under this latest inquisition, he is the fall guy.

Vince Young Cited for Scuffle

in Dallas Strip Club
By AFRO Staff

NFL star Vince Young

apologized to the Tennessee
Titans organization and fans
Monday for his involvement
in a fight at a Dallas strip club
early June 13.
According to ESPN,
Young was charged with a
misdemeanor assault citation
after physically attacking a
strip club employee, a mistake
he hopes doesn’t result in
punishment from the
league.
“I just made a mistake, I
made a mistake even being
there and I let that guy
provoke me into doing what
I did,” Young told reporters
following the Titans’ practice
Monday. “I pray to God
that [NFL commissioner]
Roger Goodell doesn’t come
down hard on me, because I
definitely want to be here for
my teammates.”
Apparently, the club
employee made an upside-
down Texas University
Longhorn sign, which Young
says is an ultimate gesture of
disrespect. But he alsosaid, “It
was more than that. There was
a lot of stuff going on” that
led to the fight. Young said
he didn’t throw any punches,
claiming “it was just a push,”
Vince Young fields questions from reporters.
instead.
Either way, Titans coach
Jeff Fisher expressed his
disappointment.
“I’m disappointed, but
he’s taken responsibility for
it,” Fisher said. “I like to
think he’s learned a lesson.
He had no business making
the decision that he made and
obviously he’s got to deal
with those consequences. The
league will look into it. The
commissioner is very strict
about these types of things
and I am sure we’ll hear
from him after we get more
information.”
Fisher is only one of many
from the Titans organization
that hopes this incident
AP Photo
doesn’t process of becoming
the team’s primary leader on
the field.
“Becoming a leader is a
process, you don’t just step up
and take over a team,” Fisher
told reporters. “It’s a process
and in the process on occasion
you hope that there are not
setbacks, but this may be a
setback. But in the long run
I don’t think this is going to
affect him.”
Young hopes Fisher is
right.
“It’s past; it’s over with,”
Young said. “Now I am letting
my legal folks and the process
go on about it, let them take
care of that. Right now I am
just playing football.”
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Music Without Michael: The First Year

The ‘AFRO’ reflects on entertainment legend’s death
By Kristin Gray
AFRO Managing Editor
Nearly one year ago, Michael Jackson’s death created an
indelible void in the music industry and silenced a voice that
transcended soul, pop, R&B and international music. While
he hadn’t dominated radio waves in several years, Jackson
became the progenitor of today’s modern pop stars, whose
personal lives have become inextricably linked to major
headlines and controversy.
Even in death, Jackson has been unable to avoid scandal.
His parents are now embroiled in a public feud; media outlets
have questioned whether his three children – Prince, Paris and
Blanket – are Jackson’s genetic heirs; Dr. Conrad Murray, the
man who allegedly killed Jackson with a lethal dose of propofol,
is fighting to keep his medical license.
However, the bitter headlines have not stopped stalwart
Jackson fans from memorializing the King of Pop with Web
sites, T-shirts, documentaries, parties and unprecedented
record sales.
In the weeks following his death at age 50, Jackson sold
more then 9 million albums, according to MTV.com. In
addition, the music legend posthumously scored what may be
the most lucrative recording deal in history thanks to a venture
between his estate and Sony valued at $250 million, The Wall
Street Journal confirmed.
Jackson’s fans are also planning memorials to mark the
one-year anniversary of Jackson’s death on June 25. One of
the largest may take place in the crooner’s hometown Gary,
Ind., where city workers are preparing the Midwest town for
an influx of Jackson supporters from around the globe.
As part of the AFRO’s tribute to the leading entertainer,
the editorial staff shared their thoughts about music without
Michael.
“I really miss Michael. I play his music all the time as
I’m a staunch fan. The first time I saw him in concert was at
the Richmond Coliseum as a member of the Jackson 5. He
was only about 10 or 11 at the time and even then – as this
diminutive but soulful lead singer – he rocked the house. RIP,
Michael. There will never be another like you.”
- Dorothy Rowley,
staff writer
“Mike was the ultimate people’s person. He lived for the
people, fought for the people and died for the people, and
that’s what I will always remember him for.”
- Perry Green,
sports editor
Before I was even inducted into my immediate family,
Michael Jackson was already an unofficial member of it. My
mother never had the privilege to meet the pop superstar but
loved him like he was one of her own children. When he died
last June, the first thought in my head ran to my mother’s
feelings and as expected, she was devastated.
I think this past year without him has given a lot of people
who weren’t familiar with Jackson the chance to understand his
worth. For those who idolized him, like my mother, I think the
period has been trying but has provided the appropriate forum
for lifelong fans to celebrate Jackson’s life and has helped erase
the negativity that followed him for the last few years.
-Stephen D. Riley,
staff writer
“My first memory of Michael Jackson was when I was 4
years old, sitting Indian-style on the carpet in my basement as
I watched the ‘Thriller’ video. I was very scared, but couldn’t
help watching. As I got older, I could have sworn I was going
to marry him, but then Lisa Presley came along. I got over my
crush on him, but remained a huge fan.”
- Melanie Holmes,
staff writer
“As a kid, it was always entertaining to watch the ‘King of
Pop. I remember imitating many of his videos including ‘Black or
White’ and ‘Remember the Time.’ Since his passing, it definitely
feels as if something big is missing in the music industry and no
artist will ever fill that void.”
- Gregory Dale,
editorial assistant
“I won’t lie: Up to a year ago, my MJ CDs had become
dusty; forgotten but for the four or five favorite tunes that
made the rotation in my digital playlist. Since his death, I’ve
rediscovered his art—the compelling rhythm of his beats, the
pure lyricism of his melodies, the ‘everyman’ transcendence of
his lyrics. Now, even more than a year ago, I feel the weight of
my loss, the world’s loss. Music will never be the same again.
- Zenitha Prince, Washington bureau chief
“I think it’s still a case of you don’t know what you’ve got
‘til it’s gone. He was such a brilliant artist, but we focused too
much on his eccentricities rather than his music. It’s sad that
it took his death to make us realize how great of an artist he
was.”
- George Barnette,
staff writer
“Although Michael Jackson was not a product of my
generation, his life and death has greatly shaped the music
arena of my generation. Singer/dancers like Usher, Chris
Brown, and Ciara mimic the styles of dancing and even the
fashion that was first introduced by Michael. He set a strong
and solid pace for African-American artists in the industry. He
will definitely be a hard act to follow, but his legacy is forever
embedded in our culture.”
- Krishana Davis, intern
“Though I was never a huge follower, there was no denying
his impact on the music industry, pop music in particular. The
‘Thriller’ music video is still one of my favorites to watch on
YouTube. He’ll be greatly missed.”
- David Rushing, intern
Visit www.afro.com to share your thoughts about the one-
year anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death.

Star-Studded Festival Returns for Ninth Year

By Gregory Dale
AFRO Staff Writer
Complete with live
Ryan Leslie will
appear at the
African American
Heritage Festival
on June 18.
performances, historical
exhibits and art that highlights
Baltimore’s rich Black
influence, this year’s African
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American Heritage Festival
is sure to give families across
the area the perfect Father’s
Day weekend.
Kicking off on June 18,
R&B crooner Ryan Leslie
will open for the blue-eyed
soul balladeer Robin Thicke.
On June 19, various artists
will perform throughout the
day, concluding with a special
performance by soul legend
Patti LaBelle. Rounding out
the Father’s Day celebration
on June 20, the audience will
be anointed by the sounds of
the Sears Choir, followed by
a performance by Grammy
Award-winning gospel artist
Donnie McClurkin.
This event will draw
“attendees from Baltimore,
D.C., Virginia and the Mid-
Atlantic region. [We are]
expecting 300,000 people this
year,” said LaRian Finney, the
festival’s chairman.
Attendees can also
participate in the new
educational and historical
exhibits, an interactive
children’s area and a variety
of specialized villages
offering free educational
programming in financial
empowerment and health
services and resources.
Now in its ninth year, the
African American Heritage
Festival has widely expanded
to be the premier African-
American event in the Mid-
Atlantic region, celebrating providing tools and resources
the historic contributions of to eradicate disparities in
Blacks to society. health, education and financial
“There is a clear focus literacy.”
on the representing all that
is great about the African- For a full list of
American experience, from performers and other
the arts, history, culture information, visit: www.aahf.
and music,” Finney said. In net.
addition, we are committed to
“★★★★. EXHILARATING.
A HUGELY ENJOYABLE KNOCKOUT OF A MOVIE.
YOU’LL STAND UP AND CHEER.”
Jeff Craig, Sixty Second Preview

Inspirational Artist Gives Genre Fresh Face, Sound

By Gregory Dale
AFRO Staff Writer
Growing up across the globe did
not deter TolumiDE’s aspirations of
becoming a singer. In fact, her various
dwellings strongly shaped her musical
prowess. With gospel music at heart,
TolumiDE hopes to convey a message
that is totally her own.
Born in Canada and raised in Nigeria,
TolumiDE got her start in music at a
young age when she joined various
youth choirs in her community. After
graduating from high school, she
relocated back to Canada where she
enrolled at York University. It was here
that her musical interests began to form.
“Music started mostly in high school,
but a lot more in college,” TolumiDE
told the AFRO. “In college, I joined
an all-female reggae band as
a back-up vocalist and after a
couple of years, I started singing
lead.”
heart.
“I decided that I wanted to start
pursuing a solo career in music more
aggressively, so I started writing more
and here I am today; I’m making music.
It’s really been a journey.”
In 2008, TolumiDE released an EP
entitled Specialty and received critical
praise for its unique take on inspirational
music. This musical effort combined
gospel with African rhythms and urban
pop and solidified TolumiDE as a one-of-
a-kind inspirational artist.
“My music is still within the
genre of gospel, but it’s more on the
contemporary side and it’s combined
with Afro pop, so that definitely makes
me stand out,” TolumiDE said. “I’m
trying to introduce something
that’s a little more edgy while
still being sincere with the
lyrics.”
Now, TolumiDE doubles
as a singer and graphic artist.
With her latest musical effort
influences.
“I write to inspire, I write to tell
people about my life and my Lord,”
TolumiDE said I want to give people a
nice blend of the African and also the
western influences on me through my
own journeys in life. It’s all really part of
who I am.”
After her first EP, she won the
coveted Nigeria Entertainment Award
for Best Female Artist. Thereafter, she
got the opportunity to perform on an
international platform.
While the singer is basking in praise
from her efforts, the road hasn’t been
easy. In the midst of financial issues
and fears that people won’t accept her
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Omarosa: The ‘Ultimate’ Diva Meets Her Match

By AFRO Staff appearances on reality TV hits Her newest celebrity’s journey to find an ideal physical and mental tests. These
like “The Surreal Life,” “Girls stint, “Donald J. mate among a bevy of bachelors tests are designed to highlight their
Few reality TV stars have crafted Behaving Badly” and “Fear Trump Presents from diverse backgrounds. weaknesses, business acumen and
their own brand in the entertainment Factor.” With each appearance, The Ultimate On the show, Omarosa, who ability to win Omarosa’s heart.
industry. But Omarosa, a former the mocha-hued starlet evolved Merger,” will authored her first book last year, will “Love is serious business, and I
“Apprentice” star whose name has into the diva America loved to highlight the meet and challenge 12 successful approached this challenge with the
become synonymous with hate. Ohio-born bachelors through a series of same determination with which I
television villainy, is do everything in my life, which is
building a burgeoning why I brought in a team of experts
empire with keen and good friends to help me put
business acumen these bachelors to the test,” said
and her signature the budding entertainment mogul
no-holds-barred in a statement. “While it has been a
tongue-lashings. much more emotional and dramatic
But the experience than I ever expected,
Howard University I look forward to making the
alum’s love life has ‘Ultimate Merger.’”
suffered along the
“Donald J. Trump’s The Ultimate
way.
Merger” premiers June 17 at 9 p.m. on
After divorcing TV One. For more information, visit
her husband in tvoneonline.com.
2006, Omarosa, 36,
Omarosa and “The Ultimate
continued a slew of
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High Seas Saga Sends Slacker from Brooklyn to Jamaica
By Kam Williams
Special to the AFRO
Max (Sean Bones) is a
slacker from Brooklyn who’s
been squandering most of his
time between skateboarding
and playing soccer. The
only positive things in the
struggling musician’s life
are his beautiful girlfriend,
Willow (Norah Jones),
and the trip they plan to
take together with the pair
of tickets he won for a
Caribbean cruise to Jamaica. 
 The naïve narcissist gets
an unanticipated surprise
when she breaks up with him
just a couple of days before
they’re supposed to set sail.
“Love life, engage in it,
give it all you’ve got. Love it
with a passion, because life
truly does give back, many
times over, what you put into
it.”
–Maya Angelou
Dream as if you’ll live
forever, live as if you’ll die
today.”
–James Dean
Reggie Pinder’s 60th
birthday celebration officially
kicked off the summer parties.
We arrived at their palatial
home for an evening of jazz
and BBQ which always
makes for a good party. “In
the still of the night” the
guests enjoyed the tranquil
evening surrounded by tall
shade trees and the sounds
of jazz breezing through the
leaves, much like a “night in
Tunisia.” As the sunset and
the stars started twinkling,
sixty chocolate and vanilla
cupcakes each with a single
candle were given to us as we
sang happy birthday led by
songbird Linda Cornish.
Ain’t no party like an old
school party cause…
Sharon and Reggie sure
know how to throw a party;
as the jazz ended we entered
the lower level for an old
school party that was out of
this world. Talking about
sweating to the oldies; oh how
we danced. We did everything
but the split, from the funky
chicken, the jerk and oh yeah
can’t forget the mashed potato
and then we threw in some
line dances. In observing
Reggie’s City College
classmates at the party, Club
60 is growing. Welcome to
the club my friend.
“Summertime and
the living is easy” The
Seafarers Yacht Club opened
their boating season with a
flag raising ceremony and
morning worship service in
Annapolis. The magnificent
blue cloudless sky beamed
over the yacht owners as they
cruised the Annapolis harbor.
“On a clear day” Captain
HB & Katie Burrell had more
than thirty guests aboard the
Monoponson II “cruisin” the
still waters of the Annapolis
harbor. Imagine the surprise
when the yachts entered ego
alley led by Captain Burrell;
So, he retreats to a local
watering hole to soak his
woes in booze while crying
on the shoulders of his best
buddies. Then, when none
of them takes him up on
the offer to replace Willow,
Max still decides to take the
vacation alone anyway.
 That high seas saga is
the focus of Wah Do Dem,
an engaging, low-budget
indie flick co-written and
co-directed by Ben Chace
and Sam Fleischner. The solo
journey starts out subdued in
tone, as the lonely protagonist
desperately perambulates
the ship’s decks searching to
make an acquaintance, if not
a love connection. However,
as they waved at the diners
on the deck at the Marriott
they soon noticed that one of
the people waving back was
none other than me. “Sitting
on the dock of the bay”
I left Baltimore too late to
board so I decided to be at
the pier when they cruised
into Annapolis. I must say my
chest swelled when I saw the
look of wonderment on the
faces of the diners watching
the fine-looking yachts come
into the harbor captained by
African Americans. Later we
dined and sipped champagne
hopping from yacht to yacht.
You know I can get used
to this “easy living.” The
Seafarers are hosting a fishing
tournament, call Captain
Burrell at 301-249-5279 if
interested.
“Some enchanted
evening” Timbers at Troy
golf course in Ellicott City
was an ideal location to host
a jazz happy hour under the
stars between the 10th hole
and the clubhouse. Golf pro
Binx Watts was elated when
he saw his golfing friends
come out to support him.
The aroma of the beef and
turkey on the pit in front
of the club house had us
salivating. Kevin Smith the
general manager was working
the pit. The club menu has
a great selection of food and
drink specials. The next jazz
event is Thursday June 24.
This time I will play a couple
rounds of golf before relaxing
under the stars. While there I
had an a-ha moment. It never
dawned on me that I was a
senior until I saw a sign for
women 60 years and up to
join the senior golf league.
Then I realized seniors start
at 55 so I have missed 5
years of not receiving senior
discounts. Others enjoying
a wonderful evening were
Gilbert and LaVerne Holland,
Trevette Hord, Muriel Kelly,
Yvonne Watts, Grace White
and Marsha Jews.
Psalm 150:4 Praise him
with the timbrel and dance:
praise him with stringed
instruments and organs.
Join The Church of St.
Mary the Virgin Saturday
June 19th for their annual
Father’s day Jazz Fest &
Art show featuring jazz
group Jump Street and artists
June 19, 2010 - June 25, 2010, The Afro-American B5
that proves impossible Can a broke, White city ordeal with some authentic might say, since the harder
since virtually all his fellow boy from New York survive flava’ of the Caribbean that they come, they harder they
passengers are either already by his wits in the slums of tourists normally never get apparently still fall.
coupled or elderly retirees. In Jamaica? That is question to see.
fact, the only excitement he raised by this cross-cultural “Wah do dem? “Dem Excellent (H H H H)
encounters on board the boat dramedy which does a decent a loot, dem a shoot, dem a Unrated
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awkward pass at him. Distributor: Wah Do Dem LLC
panic of Max’s harrowing the late Desmond Dekker
Everything changes
they disembark in Kingston
where Max is immediately Entertainment Brief
mugged on the street. Matters
deteriorate from bad to worse
when he ventures into the
countryside by motorbike to
Jada Pinkett-Smith Poses
try to retrieve his knapsack,
wallet and passport. First, the
boat leaves without him, then
Nude for ‘ESSENCE’
he’s held up at knife point “HawthoRNe” star Jada Pinkett-Smith will appear unclothed in ESSENCE magazine’s July
without anything to offer the issue.
second robber. Pinkett-Smith said the photo shoot, which was her idea, was meant to empower Black women
and girls.
“We, as women, have to love ourselves. Whatever you look like, you better be comfortable
with it. … All my life Black men have told me how flawed I am,” Pinkett-Smith told ESSENCE.
“People may look at that picture and not necessarily be able to identify my woes about my own
body, but I have them. It’s just that I’ve gotten to the point where I’m like, ‘This is me’ and I
embrace that.”
In the article, the actress said she wants to teach women to be confident in themselves and in
their appearance. It was a feeling she said she experienced when she walked onto the photo shoot
set and disrobed.
“When I walked out there and disrobed, I felt like a queen. I felt like the world was mine,”
she said. “Like there was this power just emanating from my person. Like there was nothing I
Ambre, Frank Palmer and
couldn’t do.”
Moriah. Call 410 363-2633
Right now, it seems like there really isn’t anything she can’t do. Following a successful
for tickets.
movie career and with a powerful marriage to actor Will Smith, Pinkett-Smith now has a hit
“Here comes the Judge”
television show in “HawthoRNe.” She is also overseeing the burgeoning entertainment careers
Congratulations to the
of her children Jaden and Willow Smith. She wears many hats, but says that balance is the key to
Honorable Jan Alexander on
remaining successful in all areas.
his promotion to the Circuit
“Staying true to yourself, and being able to prioritize. It’s very important to prioritize,” she
Court of Baltimore County.
recently told the AFRO. “I know, for me, my family comes first. That makes every decision very
Sunday Jan and, Judges
easy.”
Bailey, Brobst and Nagle
were hosted at a lovely garden
party at the Hernwood home
of attorney Gerald & Susie
Smith. The gorgeous weather,
the well manicured lawn and
the delicious food catered
by Stanley Duke made this a
picture perfect day. Jan was
appointed to the circuit court
two weeks ago but now will
have to run in the upcoming
election to retain the seat.
Guests in attendance were
Russell & Ruth Cromartie,
Dr. Phil & Paula Byrd, Dr.
Guy & Gladys Bragg, Ted &
Mabel Murray, Ella White
Campbell, Faye Burnett, Jean
Sr. & Carolyn Fugett, Tony &
Deloris Council, Drew Bailey,
Valerie Richardson and Lee
Fitzpatrick.
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B6 The Afro-American, June 19, 2010 - June 25, 2010
Faith Pulse
Local Church Finds Its ‘Sanctuary’ in
Business
By George Barnette
AFRO Staff Writer
Pastor Anthony G.
Maclin and the Sanctuary
at Kingdom Square have
a model for success many
other churches in the area
just don’t have. It has its own
mall.
“I think it’s a good thing
that people know that they
can come somewhere where
they can trust you,” said
Shelley McClain, owner of
Just 4 You and Spa Health &
Wellness Center.
In Prince George’s
County, a place hit hard by
the recession, especially
in the foreclosure realm,
Sanctuary has avoided the
financial difficulties which
plague many houses of
worship across the country.
It’s managed to do that by
becoming a business.
The Sanctuary at
Kingdom Square is located
at the former Hampton Mall
shopping center in Capitol
Heights. What used to be a
shopping center where Ames
was the largest retailer is now
a powerful financial engine
for the church.
It has a Home Depot,
Staples, Goodyear Tire store,
IHOP, Bally’s Total Fitness
and A&W/Long John Silver’s
as far as chain stores go.
However, that’s not the only
businesses there.
The church has not
only helped itself with
the shopping center but
for Children & Teens
To find a summer meals site near you, call toll free,
1-877-731-9300
www.mdsummermeals.org
The Sanctuary at Kingdom Square is thriving because of
its commitment to business.
minority business owners
as well, through Kingdom
Management, the company
which oversees the mall
properties and its Chief
Operating Officer William
Trent. It has a number of
small businesses in the
facility and many of those
tenants are pleased to be
a part of what Maclin is
building.
One of those tenants is
Wanda Childs, owner of
Blessed 24:7. She moved
from a tiny storefront akin
to a walk-in closet to a fully-
functional space. She says
she’s been able to do it by
faith and because the mission
of the church is aligned
with her spiritual goals as a
Christian.
“There were other
options on the table – other
establishments I could’ve
or log on to
OPPORTUNITY PROVIDERS.
Photo by George Barnette
entertained, but God said
come here,” Childs said. “I
don’t particularly know if
it was Kingdom Square or
if it was the Sanctuary, but
God specifically said ‘come
here’.”
Childs was still wary
about moving into the new
space, which just opened
on June 15, but said that
Kingdom Management
helped to assuage her fears.
“It was difficult and there
was more praying going
on,” she said. “As we were
signing the lease, Kingdom
Management was at the table
praying over me.”
It’s a relationship that
may be different from the
average tenant-landlord
situation you may see but
Fatmata Nyelenkeh, owner
of Fati’s Hair Braiding, says
it’s still business at the end
MSDE & USDA ARE EQUAL
June 18
Pastor Donnie
Faith Bytes
the Women’s Day preachers,
8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.
McClurkin, award winning respectively, at First Saint
recording artist and one Stephen’s Baptist Church,
of BET’s “Sunday Best” 4663 Pimlico Road. For
judges, is one of the more information visit www.
headliners for the 2010 firstststephens.org or call
African American Heritage the church at 410-542-2917.
of the day. “No I don’t see a Festival, June 18-20, at The Rev. Aggie Brown Jr. is
difference between having M&T Bank Stadium. Robin pastor of the church.
space here or somewhere Thicke, Leela James, Mario,
else,” Nyelenkeh said. It’s the Chuck Brown and Paula It’s Men’s Day at
same to me.” Campbell are also featured Gillis Memorial Christian
Nyelenkeh said the with many others. Community Church, 4016
economy has slowed some of Park Heights Ave. The
the customers she received June 20 Rev. Terris King, pastor of
from the congregation, but Men’s Emphasis Month Liberty Grace Church of
she’s still doing well. at Calvary Baptist Church, God is the 3 p.m. preacher.
McClain had a beauty 3911 Garrison Blvd., For more information visit
salon in Clinton, but moved continues with Emphasis www.gillismemorial.org or
to the Sanctuary after Pastor Day, 8 and 11 a.m. and a call the church at 410-466-
Maclin personally suggested prayer breakfast, 9 a.m., 2800.
she open the salon at the on June 26. For more
facility. “Where we came information call the church Join the churches of
from, we had a salon there at 410-664-2111 or visit Lafayette Square for their
and I knew Pastor was going www.calvarybaltimore. annual Church Without
to want a salon here so I told org. The Rev. Dr. Stephen Walls Revival, 6:30 p.m.,
him I’d be willing to help J. Russell Jr. is pastor of the June 28 through July 2. For
you get this up and running,” church. more information, call one
McClain said. “He said to of the sponsoring churches;
me, ‘How about you do it’?” June 25 St. James Episcopal, Star of
At the time she didn’t Bishop Heber M. Brown Bethlehem Spiritual Temple,
want a second location, II is the presiding prelate The Emmanuel Churches,
but after discussing it with and host pastor for the Enon Baptist, Macedonia
her husband she became Ninth Praise Covenant Baptist and Metropolitan
convinced that it was the Interdenominational United Methodist.
right move to make because
Fellowship, June 25-27, at
of the opportunities it
Shiloh Baptist Church, 2499 July 10
provides for local residents.
Sycamore Ave., Edgemere, JJ Hairston and Youthful
“This helps the community,”
Md. Featured presenters Praise will be live in full
she said. “It offers the
include Bishop John R. concert, 6 p.m., at The
community different services
we didn’t have. I think it’s a Bryant, Pastor Arthur Emmanuel Church, 8729
really unique way of offering Jackson III, Dr. Samuel Church Lane. Other featured
church as well as jobs, stores, Chand, author of Who’s artists include The Aktiv
and retail places that they can Holding Your Ladder, and Gospel Chorale, Kris
go into as a family. Anthony Brown. For more Lightfoot, Ken Alston, Ryan
information call 410-477- Vincent Ford and Ministry,
The Sanctuary at 8866. To register online visit Jeremy Lloyd and Steven
Kingdom Square is located www.praisecovenant.org. McCoy and Sacrifice. For
at 9033 Central Ave., Capitol more information on this
Heights, Md. 20743. For June 27 red carpet event, visit www.
more information, visit http:// Minister Michelle Small acwom.myevent.com , or
www.atthesanctuary.org/. and Pastor Rita Twiggs are call 443-798-0885.
Sharon Baptist Church
Stricker and Presstman Streets and Sharon Baptist Way • Baltimore, Maryland 21217
Office: 410-669-6667 • Fax: 410-383-8721 • E-mail: sharonbap@aol.com
“Serving God and Humanity Into Our 2nd Century • 125 Years”
Sunday, June 20, 2010
9:00 A.M. Sunday Church School
9:30 A.M. Holy Ordinance of Baptism
10:00 A.M. Morning Worship
Friday, June 25th, 2010 - 7:00 P.M.
Fashion Show Dr. Alfred C. D. Vaughn,
sponsored by Senior Pastor
The 125th Anniversary Committee
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Dr. William E. Johnson, Jr.,
Pastor
125th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Preacher - Dr. Benjamin W. Robinson
Pastor Emeritus, Cedar Street Baptist Church
Richmond, Virginia
Vacation Bible School
June 28th - July 9th, 2010
9:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.
 June 19, 2010 - June 25, 2010, The Afro-American B7

Harvard University Releases Housing Report

By Stephen D. Riley
AFRO Staff Writer
As victims of the housing market continue to look for signs
of hope, on June 14 Harvard University’s Joint Center for
Housing Studies released its “State of the Nation’s Housing
2010” report. But for homeowners searching for optimism,
this report isn’t good news. Recovery has been sluggish, it
concluded, and many—particularly low-income households—
are still struggling to find their
way.
“The report provides fresh
said. “There’s been some modest recovery on some of the
things that are in fact some of the least important but we really
haven’t seen the top line improvements that we want to see in
other words a real decline in vacancy [and] a real improvement
on foreclosures.”
The government continues its attempts to ease the burden on
homeowners and renters. A press release states that legislation
currently in front of Congress would provide $1.065 billion
in initial funding for the National Housing Trust Fund to help
communities build, rehabilitate,
and preserve housing for people
with the lowest incomes. Courtesy Photo

evidence that low income

families across the United
Every $1 billion provided to
the Trust Fund would support Baltimore Zoning
Promotes Urban
States are suffering,” said the immediate construction of
National Low Income Housing 10,000 rental homes, creating
Coalition (NLIHC) President 15,100 new construction jobs

Farming
Sheila Crowley. “NLIHC calls and 3,800 new jobs in ongoing
on Congress to immediately operations.
fund the National Housing Until changes are officially
trust Fund to ensure that all made and not simply promised, BALTIMORE (AP) — Bringing farming back to
Americans have access to safe Pelletiere suggests those Baltimore is among the changes proposed in new city zoning
and affordable housing.” hardest hit need to continue to laws.
Finding safe and affordable find ways to stay afloat despite City officials say encouraging farming is one of several
housing has been a struggle hardships. ways they are trying to make the city healthier and more
since the housing economy
Courtesy Photo/Morguefile.com
“Folks shouldn’t jump the livable. Holly Freistat, the city’s new food czar, says gardens
Low income households are still struggling according to and urban farms can help encourage healthier eating habits.
took a turn for the worse a few gun,” he said. “They need to pay
Harvard University recently released State of the Nation’s Officials also hope to encourage residents to walk more
years ago. The percentage of attention to the bottom line and
Housing 2010 report. and make streets safer by creating more opportunity for
Americans spending more than make sure they’re not denying
half of their incomes on housing themselves necessities but neighbors to socialize. Changes include easing regulation of
spiked from 12 percent in 2000 to 16 percent in 2008. The paying attention to the fact that we’re not out of the woods yet small businesses in residential neighborhoods, encouraging
correlation between affordable housing and jobs that pay enough and they need to hold on for a little while longer whether that’s shops and services within walking distance and banning
for renters and buyers to afford safe housing has been improving, staying with folks or other cutbacks they may have made.” downtown surface parking lots to encourage public
but the recent report suggests there is still a ways to go. transportation use.
“As a baseline what this [report] says is that we’re not out of The State of the Nation’s Housing: 2010 is available at: The draft code is to be presented at a series of public
the woods yet,” NLIHC’s Research Director Danilo Pelletiere http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/ meetings beginning Monday.

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B8 The Afro-American, June 19, 2010 - June 25, 2010

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IN THE CIRCUIT
COURT FOR
The object of this suit
is to officially change
the name of the peti- 11 12 13 14 15
tioner from
Christopher Michael
Shelton-Warren 16 17 18 19 20
to
Christopher Michael
Shelton
It is this 25 day of May,
2010 by the Circuit NAME_________________________________________________
Court for Baltimore
City, ADDRESS_____________________________________________
ORDERED, that pub-
lication be given one PHONE NO.___________________________________________
time in a newspaper of
general circulation in
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before the 25 day of
June, 2010, which
shall warn all
interested persons to LEGAL NOTICES
file an affidavit in op-
position to the relief BOARD OF LIQUOR LICENSE COMMISSIONERS FOR BALTIMORE CITY
requested on or be- NOTICE
fore the 6 day of July,
2010.
Petitions have been filed by the following applicants for licenses to sell alcoholic beverages at
Frank M. Conaway
the premises set opposite their respective names. The real property for these applications will
Clerk
6/18 be posted on Monday, June 14, 2010. Written protests concerning any application will be accept-
ed until and including the time of the conference or hearing. Conferences and public hearings
will be held after July 1, 2010. Interested parties may contact the office of the Board, 231 E.
Baltimore Street, 6th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 or by calling (410) 396-4385 to determine
the exact time and date that a particular application will be considered by the Board. Written
protests will be acknowledged by the Board and such protestants will be notified as to the date,
time and place of the hearing and/or conference.
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Case No.: 1. CLASS “A” BEER, WINE & LIQUOR LICENSE
wildlife. Lots of trails for
24D10001402 Goldwater Baltimore, LLC Transfer of ownership 6242 Bellona Avenue
ATV’s. EZ financing. Call IN THE MATTER OF
owner 877-526-3764, x Patel, Himanshu
ORISHA KAMMEFA Schudel, Jr. Alfred E.
8 5 8 . FOR CHANGE OF
mountaintimberland.com NAME TO
2612 Gwynns, Inc. Transfer of ownership & location 2612 Gwynns Falls Parkway
VOODOO LADY
Patel, Diliphumar C. from 2060 Mondawmin Mall
ORISHA KAMMEFA
APT. FOR RENT AD NETWORK OUT OF STATE ORDER FOR Patel, Jigar R.
Any Model or Condition, REAL ESTATE NOTICE BY
700 BLOCK NORTH IRS Tax Deductible. Help PUBLICATION 2. CLASS “B” BEER, WINE & LIQUOR RESTAURANT LICENSE
PAYSON STREET BANK FORCED LIQIU- The object of this suit Bada Bing! Bada Boom!, Inc. Request to add outdoor table service 246-48 Albemarle Street
3BR UNFINISHED Underprivileged Children.
DATION SMOKY MTN is to officially change Azoulay, Samuel
B A S E M E N T Outreach Center 1-800-
LAKE PROPERTY/TN. the name of the peti- Sant Antonio, Alberto
FENCED IN YARD 601-7171
410-521-2372. PRICED PENNIES ON tioner from Goldsmith, Michael
THE DOLLAR! ALL REA- Orisha Kammefa
to Marge’s Inn, Inc. Request to add live entertainment & karaoke 3603-05 Fairhaven Avenue
AD NETWORK FURNITURE SONABLE
ACCEPTED!
OFFERS
AMENI- Voodoo Lady Orisha Anderson, Margaret
Kammefa
Ad Network Cherry Bedroom Set.
TIES! CLOSEOUT SALE!
It is this 24th day of
Oakes Marie A.
JULY 9-10-11 CALL MAP
Classifieds Solid Wood, never used,
& PRICING. 877-644- May, 2010 by the Cir- Grano, LLC New License 3547-49 Chestnut Avenue
brand new in factory cuit Court for Bal-
are published in boxes. English Dovetail.
4647 x303
timore City,
Bauer, William E.

65 Original cost $4500. Sell ORDERED, that pub- Sagun Enterprises, LLC Request for outdoor table service 911 N. Charles Street
for $795. Can deliver. 240- SERVICES - lication be given one
newspapers. Serchan, Krist
482-8721 MISC. time in a newspaper of
general circulation in
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LEATHER LIVING ROOM Baltimore City on or
25 words $175 SET. In original plastic, TIGHT!!! GROW YOUR before the 24th day of Chang, Chao H.
(For more than never used. Orig price BUSINESS WITH US IN June, 2010, which Chang, Po
Chang, Jo
2010. Advertise in 116 shall warn all
25 words there $3000, Sacrifice $975.
newspapers across interested persons to
Can deliver. Call Bill 301-
is an additional 841-7565 Maryland, Delaware and file an affidavit in op- 3. CLASS “B” BEER, WINE & LIQUOR HOTEL/MOTEL LICENSE
position to the relief Crescent Hotels & Resorts, LLC Transfer of ownership 301 W. Lombard Street
charge of DC. Reach 5.2 million
requested on or be- Watson, Shanell A.
$7 per word.) HELP WANTED readers weekly for only fore the 6 day of July, Manning, Regina G.
$495.00. For more infor-
Start a New Career in mation contact us at 410- 2010. Dorough, R. M.
Heat & Air. National Trade 721-4000 x19 or visit our Frank M. Conaway
Call School. We will assist you website:www.mddcpress.c Clerk 4. CLASS “BD7” BEER, WINE & LIQUOR LICENSE
6/18
(410) 554-8200 in finding a JOB. 3wk om S-RKB, Inc.
Bommakanti, Radhika K.
Transfer of ownership & location 1821-23 Washington Blvd.
from contract purchaser at 351-55 Woodyear Street;
Training Program. IN THE CIRCUIT
Benjamin, Miriam request to add outdoor table service.
Nationally Accreditation 1-
OUT OF STATE COURT FOR
All ads must 877-994-9904 BALTIMORE CITY
REAL ESTATE Case No.: Harris, Mygenet Transfer of ownership & location 415 North Paca Street
be "Can You Dig It?" Heavy 24D10000310 from contract purchaser at 2616-18 St. Benedict Street;
BANK FORCED LIQIU-
prepaid Equipment School. 3wk DATION SMOKY MTN IN THE MATTER OF request for live entertainment
training program. LAKE PROPERTY/TN. ORA DENISE
Backhoes,Bulldozers, PRICED PENNIES ON WILLIAMS Fox Venture, Inc. Transfer of ownership 837-39 West Cross Street
Trackhoes. Local job THE DOLLAR! ALL REA- FOR CHANGE OF Rey, Sr. Glenn E.
placement asst. Start dig- SONABLE OFFERS NAME TO Fox, Virginia D.
ging dirt Now. 866-362- ACCEPTED! AMENI-
DENISE CURLYN Fox, Thomas D.
6497 WILLIAMS
TIES! CLOSEOUT SALE!
ORDER FOR Locklear, Burnetha Transfer of ownership 3527-29 E. Baltimore Street
JULY 9-10-11 CALL MAP NOTICE BY
HELP WANTED & PRICING. 877-644- PUBLICATION G & S Williams, LLC Transfer of ownership 322 N. Franklintown Road
4647 x303
AUTOMOBILE TRUCK DRIVER The object of this suit Williams, Sheila A.
is to officially change
DONATION REGIONAL DRIVERS the name of the peti-
DOES YOUR BUSINESS Opi Enterprises, LLC Transfer of ownership 5921 York Road
NEEDED! More tioner from
DONATE VEHICLE: NEED MORE FOOT Ora Denise Williams
Reinhart, Aaron T.
Hometime! Top Pay!
Receive $1000 GRO- TRAFFIC??? Advertise to
Newer Equipment! Up to Sequelz Lounge, Inc. Transfer of ownership 532-34 N. Montford Avenue
CERY COUPONS, Your with us in over 116 news- Denise Curlyn
$.43/mile company driv- Harris, Vernon & request to add 2nd floor for business
Choice. NOAH'S ARC, papers across Maryland, Williams
ers! 12 months OTR Hamilton, Jr. Joe
NO KILL Animal Shelters. Delaware and DC. Reach It is this 25th day of
required. HEARTLAND
Advanced Veterinary 5.2 million readers weekly May, 2010 by the Cir-
EXPRESS 1-800-441- Barracuda, LLC Transfer of ownership 1230 E. Fort Avenue
Treatments. Free Towing, for only $495. For more cuit Court for Bal-
4953 www.heartlandex- Cuda, Jr. Paul R.
IRS TAX DEDUCTION.
press.com
information contact us at timore City,
Non-runners 1-866-912- 410-721-4000 x19 or visit ORDERED, that pub-
GIVE our website: www.mddc- lication be given one DVML, Inc. Request to add 2914 O’Donnell St 2914-18 O’Donnell Street
HOMES FOR press.com time in a newspaper of Clarke, Vivian M. to existing license & request for outdoor table service
general circulation in Clarke, Dennis M. in rear courtyard of 2914 O’Donnell ST
DONATE YOUR VEHI- SALE Baltimore City on or
CLE RECEIVE FREE VACATION before the 25th day of Saffran, Stephen Transfer of ownership 1525-27 Ramsay Street
“FORECLOSED HOME
VACATION VOUCHER
AUCTION”
RENTALS June, 2010, which Saffran, Stephen
UNITED BREAST CAN- shall warn all
CER FOUNDATION Free 520+ NE Homes/Auction: NORTH WILDWOOD, NJ-
interested persons to 5. CLASS “D BEER & WINE LICENSE
Mammograms, Breast6/24 Open House: June FLORENTINE MOTEL file an affidavit in op-
12, 13 & 19 REDC / View Beach/Boardwalk Block, L. P. Steamers Adding corporate officer 1100 East Fort Avenue
Cancer Info www.ubcf.info position to the relief Gardner, Andrew S. & 3rd floor for business and outdoor table service
FREE Towing, Taxfull Listings Heated Pools, Efficiency/ requested on or be-
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4 DOORS
YV1CS5526R2132187 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
1965 FORD FALCON
2 DOORS FORTY YEAR OLD COMMUNITY BASED ORGAN-
5H17T281300 IZATION SEEKS AN ADMINISTRATOR WITH NON-
COLOR: GREEN/GRAY PROFIT AND BUDGETARY EXPERIENCE. GOOD

1966 DODGE CHARGER
2 DOORS
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THE ABOVE VEHICLES WILL BE AUC-
TIONED AT 10 AM SHARP ON JUNE 19,
2010 ON SATURDAY. PLEASE CALL KEITH
AT 301-336-0285.
Baltimore City Public Schools.
INVITATION FOR BIDS:
BCS-10080
Provide Boiler Replacement Services at
Gardenville Elementary School #211
The Baltimore City Board of School Commis-
sioners is inviting interested companies to
submit bids to: BCS-10080.
In order to participate, interested bidders
need to visit eMaryland Marketplace website
athttps://ebidmarketplace.com
Solicitation BCS-10080 will be available for
review commencing Friday, June 11, 2010.
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410-466-2124.
Home Health Position Available:
Case Managers, RN
East & West areas of Balto. City
Full Time Position w/Benefits
Productivity/Incentive Bonuses
Medicare exp. req
E-mail resume jobs@p-bhealth.com
Maryland Disability Law Center (MDLC) seeks Accounting
Clerk for accts payable, payroll, facilities mgmt, IT support
and other business office tasks. Resume & cover letter to
jobs@mdlclaw.org. MDLC also seeks Director of Oper-
ations, CPA required, for info contact MDLC@
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The Bid Due Date is Thursday, July 1, 2010

at 11:00 a.m. local time. No bids will be
accepted after that time. Any questions re-
lated to this solicitation should be directed to
the Buyer.
City of Baltimore
Department of Finance
Bureau of Purchases
Sealed proposals addressed to the Board of
Estimates of Baltimore, will be received until,
but not later than 11:00 a.m. local time on
the following date(s) for the stated
requirements:
JUNE 30, 2010
AMMUNITION FOR POLICE AND SHER-
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TRENCH BOXES AND ACCESSORIES
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Education
INTER-AGENCY
DATA COORDINATOR
Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) seeks Education Program Special-
ist to provide leadership & technical assistance to state education leaders & local
education agencies (LEA´s) to support the planning, operational development, im-
plementation, and maintenance of the statewide student/teacher unique identifier system.
For more info. visit our website at:
www.marylandpublicschools.org
MSDE is a State agency that develops & administers education, library, & rehab programs,
& is on the forefront of standards-based reform of public education & is committed to
promoting & maintaining a diverse workforce. Annual salary range: $55,084 - $80,452 &
full State benefits.
QUALIFICATIONS: Master´s or equiv 36 grad hrs w/ coursework in Edu., Edu. Admin.
Edu. Assessment, Educational Research or related area from an accredited college or
university & 4 yrs of prof. exp in project management, data management or information
analysis within an educational program or related area. Exp using SAS & SIF desirable.
NOTE: 2 yrs additional exp may subst for the req. Master´s.
To Apply: Reference position # 085074 & Send/FAX (410-333-8950) resume to Office
of Human Resources, 200 W. Baltimore Street, Balto. MD. 21201. Applications/resumes
should be received by July 2, 2010.
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All utilities are Included,
use of washer/dryer, cable
contact person
BJR Associates
Phone# 410-542-8118
EMPLOYMENT
Applications are now being accepted for the
Goel/LIUNA Insulation
Worker Apprenticeship Program.
Apply in person on Wednesdays between the
hours of 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM
at Laborers Local #11,
3660-D Wheeler Ave, Alexandria, VA
Applications will be accepted through
Wednesday July 7, 2010
EOE/Drug Free
Education
Nutrition Program Administrator
Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) Nutrition Branch = awarded $1.3
million in federal funds to offer fresh fruits & vegetables to students /1 of 14 states with
At-Risk Afterschool Supper Program! / 3rd yr of the Farm to School Initiative!
Bring your passion for Child Nutrition to MSDE! In this Staff Specialist III, professional
position you will have the opportunity to manage several School & Community Nutrition
Program Branch (SCNPB) programs which encompass the National School Breakfast &
School Lunch Programs, the Special Milk Program & the Child & Adult Care Food
Program. For more info. visit our website at www.marylandpublicschools.org &
eatsmartmaryland.org.
MSDE is a State agency that develops & administers education, library & rehabilitation
programs, & is on the forefront of standards-based reform of public education & is
committed to promoting & maintaining a diverse workforce. Annual Salary Range:
$45,399-$66,215.
QUALIFICATIONS: Master´s Degr or 36. post-baccalaureate credits in Health Sci., Food
Svce. Admin., Fam & Cons Sci., Dietetics, Nutrition, Public Health, Public/Bus Admin. or
related area & 3 yrs prof. exp. in nutrition prog admin. coord. or mgt. (Nutrition Programs
or consumer sci. teaching exp. pref. /RD desirable) Note: 2 yrs add´l exp. as defined
may sub for Master´s.

Laurel Construction Companyis looking for:
Backhoe Operator
CDL Drivers
Apply In Person @5500 Van Dusen Road
Laurel, MD Between 9-3 Mon-Fri
M. Luis Construction is
”Equal Employment Opportunity Employer”.
To Apply: FAX (410-333-8950) or mail your application and resume to Office of Human
Resources, 200 W. Balto Street, Balto. MD. 21201. Applications/resumes should reference
position # 039446 & be received by July 2, 2010.
MSDE is committed to promoting and maintaining a diverse workforce.
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