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which took place at Lynn Uni-versity in Boca Raton, Fla., and two weeks before the Nov. 6 general election, Penry’s disap-pointment was palpable.

“I don’t think that [Mitt] Romney came very prepared. Most of his jargon is repetitive

By Barrington M. SalmonWI Staff Writer

Dr. LaMont Penry sat at La Bistro Bonne in Northwest with a group of debate watch-ers Monday night, shaking his head from time-to-time and gri-maced as he watched the spar-ring match in the third and final

and he was totally on the defen-sive,” said Penry, a self-described ‘Army brat’ from North Caro-lina. “He goes back to when he was governor only to be made a complete fool of by something he said he did 10 years ago.”

Penry was referring to Rom-ney’s assertion that 4th and 8th grade students ranked No. 1 in

English and math while he was governor.

“But that was 10 years before you took office,” Obama said twice, leaving Romney strug-gling to continue.

Penry said he is flabbergasted listening to Romney repeatedly and boldly deny statements and positions he once embraced.

“He denied on national TV that he didn’t say troops should leave Afghanistan – blatant dis-honesty. Typical Bush, typical Republican,” he said. “He comes up with analogies that have no bearing. The concern I have is that people out there aren’t in-

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We have to stop being passive-aggressive with poor

children about domestic violence. I plan to take these

policies to Congress andimplore them to change our

laws. I will not stop untilthese policies are passed.

L.Y. Marlow

Women Break the Cycle ofDomestic ViolenceBy Tia Carol JonesWI Staff Writer

When L.Y. Marlow's 23-year-old daughter told her the fatherof her daughter threatened herlife, and the life of their child,she knew something had to bedone. Out of her frustrationwith law enforcement's handlingof the situation, she decided tostart the Saving Promise cam-paign.

“It seems to be a vicious cyclethat won't turn my familyloose,” Marlow said. Marlowshared her story with the audi-ence at the District HeightsDomestic Violence Symposiumon May 7 at the District HeightsMunicipal Center. The sympo-sium was sponsored by theFamily and Youth ServicesCenter of the city of DistrictHeights and the National Hook-Up of Black Women.

Marlow has written a book,“Color Me Butterfly,” which is astory about four generations ofdomestic violence. The book isinspired by her own experiences,and those of her grandmother,her mother and her daughter.She said every time she readsexcerpts from her book, she stillcan not believe the words camefrom her. “Color Me Butterfly”won the 2007 National “BestBooks” Award.

“I was just 16-years-old whenmy eye first blackened and mylips bled,” Marlow said.

Elaine Davis-Nickens, presi-dent of the National Hook-Upof Black Women, said there is noconsistency in the way domesticviolence issues are dealt with by

law enforcement. She said theyhad come together to bring asense of uniformity in the waydomestic violence victims andsurvivors are treated.

“She's using her own personalstory, her own personal pain topush forward,” Davis-Nickenssaid about Marlow.

Davis-Nickens said anyonewho reads Marlow's book will“get it.” She said she “puts thecase in such a way, the averageperson can get it.” She said at theend of the day, the book willhelp people begin to have a dia-logue about domestic violence.

Also present at the event wasMildred Muhammad, the ex-wife of John Allen Muhammad,who was sentenced to six consec-utive life terms without paroleby a Maryland jury for his role inthe Beltway Sniper attacks in2002. Mildred Muhammad isthe founder of After the Trauma,an organization that helps thesurvivors of domestic violenceand their children.

“I lived in fear for six years. Sixyears in fear is a long time. It isnot an easy thing to come outof,” she said.

Mildred Muhammad saidpeople who want to help adomestic violence victim mustbe careful of how they go intothe victim's life, and understandthat she may be in “survivalmode”.

“Before you get to 'I'm goingto kill you,' it started as a verbal

threat,” she said.Among the programs Marlow

wants to see implemented arestricter restraining order policies,more rights for victim's familiesto intervene on behalf of a vic-tim, a domestic violence assess-ment unit coupled with furthertraining for law enforcementagencies, a Child's Life Protec-tion Act and mandatory counsel-ing for batterers.

“If we are ever going to eradi-cate domestic violence, we mustlook at both sides of the coin.We need to address both the vic-tim and the batterer,” Marlowsaid.

Marlow would also like to seeprograms designed to raiseawareness among children inpublic and private schools. Shefeels children need to be educat-ed about domestic violence.

“We have to stop being pas-sive-aggressive with poor chil-dren about domestic violence,”Marlow said.

Marlow has worked to breakthe cycle of abuse in her family,and is confident the policies sheis pushing for will start thatprocess.

“I plan to take these policies toCongress and implore them tochange our laws,” Marlow said.“I will not stop until these poli-cies are passed.”

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questions of CBEs’ abilities to do the work and whether the relationship is mutually benefi-cial and fair, Jones said. Add this to the “city’s complicated busi-ness regulations” that makes it expensive and difficult to start a business here, and that many of these problems prevent CBEs from growing and expanding as needed.

However, some of these were tackled in DSLBD’s recommen-dations, including one calling for “better coordination” among District agencies that require permits such as the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Af-fairs. Another suggests amending the JV process by tying bonding ability to the CBE’s fair share in a project. This would ensure that DSLBD-certified JVs benefit both parties as the law intended. Other recommendations in-cluded additional power given to DSLBD to revoke certifications, restoring a 10-person enforce-ment team, and tools to improve the web to increase DSLBD’s ability to monitor CBEs.

While DSLBD focused on the CBEs, on the flip side, the Coun-cil held a hearing on Oct. 18, which focused on government agencies meeting the terms of the program.

“The District government is the largest purchaser of goods and services and it’s important for the District to use CBEs and Certified Small Business Enter-prises [CSBEs],” said Inspector General Charles Willoughby at the hearing, chaired by At Large Council member Vincent Or-ange. For “the program to op-

District Government Addresses Reforms to Improve CBE Program

erate at optimum levels… they [should be] maximizing the use of CBEs.”

District law requires city agen-cies to spend at least 50 percent of annual discretionary budgets with CSBEs, a subset of the CBE program. Instead, many agencies have failed to do so. Of the more than 80 agencies, only 14 have met the goal as of August 2012, said District Auditor Yolanda Branche, adding she expected the majority to reach the goal by the time an account is taken of the fourth quarter, which ended in September. D.C. government agency compliance is another DSLBD oversight area, which Pettigrew said was also stymied by lack of manpower. Orange said he’ll have a hearing on Dec. 6, so agency heads can be held accountable. DSLBD is expected to submit six legislative requests to the Council at month’s end, which will put in place some of its recommendations including the authority to cancel the CBE status of non-compliant firms.

Jones added that while all of this is good, and it is great to insist that these companies get more contracts, “it won’t help them in the long term if they don’t also have the help needed to properly grow their company through things such as mentor-protégé programs.”wi

By Michelle Phipps-EvansWI Staff Writer

The District’s Certified Busi-ness Enterprise [CBE] program is about to see legislative and regulatory changes that will bet-ter support the District’s small businesses community.

On Oct. 17 and 18, Mayor Vincent C. Gray and the D.C. Council held events to target the CBE program, which gives pref-erence to local businesses com-peting for District government contracts. Initially established in 1977 as minority-focused, the CBE program is overseen by the D.C. Department of Small and Local Businesses [DSLBD].

“It’s one of the most pro-gressive local business inclusion programs in the country,” said DSLBD Director Harold Pet-tigrew Jr., who added that certi-fied firms it oversees has grown from 454 in 1985 to nearly 1,200 in 2012, but agency resources hadn’t kept pace.

To help resolve the resources issue and other problems, Pet-tigrew presented a summary of 19 recommendations to improve the program, which would ad-dress its programmatic, legisla-tive and regulatory challenges at Gray’s biweekly press conference on Oct. 17 at the CityCenterDC project site, a mixed-use develop-ment on the site of the former convention center in Northwest.

“By addressing its shortcom-ings now, this administration is strengthening those businesses and ensuring they can continue to grow and create jobs for Dis-trict residents,” said Gray who, in July, asked DSLBD to review the program.

However, Eric Jones, associ-ate director of government af-fairs at the Associated Builders and Contractors of Metro Wash-ington, a commercial construc-tion association in the D.C. area, said the problem with the CBE program is “expansive.”

“From a large project stand-point, there’re literally only a handful of CBE general contrac-tors in the city, and all of them won’t work on public projects,” Jones said. “Because of this, there’re very few players in lo-cal projects and the majority of them have to go through Joint Ventures.” Joint Ventures or JVs are entities formed to take on specific projects. This raises

Vincent Orange [D-At Large] addresses media and others of District officials’ plans to reform the Certified Business Enterprise program during the mayor’s bi-weekly press briefing on Oct. 17 at the CityCenterDC Project site on New York Avenue in Northwest. Orange is joined by Mayor Vincent Gray and DSLBD Director Harold Pettigrew Jr. /Photo by Denise Rolark Barnes


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with 100 percent attendance,” according to the document.

“Please note that Mr. White was sworn into office May of 2011 following the April 26, 2011 special election,” accord-ing to correspondence from White’s campaign.

White has received a lot of support in the ward for his re-election as the race between he and Pannell heats up. White received a standing ovation at Allen Chapel AME Church in Southeast on Sunday, Oct. 21 for his work as a member of the D.C. State Board of Educa-tion and his candidacy.

Absalom Jordan, an advisory neighborhood commissioner in the ward, said that White is a “great example for kids in the District of Columbia Public Schools.”

“He is from Ward 8 and went to school in Ward 8,” said Jordan, 71. “He is a shining example of what can be done through education.”

Lopez Not Likely to Run in 2013 At-Large Race

Joshua Lopez, a former Ward 4 advisory neighborhood com-missioner and a close confidant to former D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, said that he’s not seeking the expected Democratic Party at-large vacancy on the D.C. Council.

Lopez, 28, ran in the April 26, 2011 special election to fill

D.C. Political Roundupthe seat of Kwame Brown, but finished fifth in a field of eight.

Interim D.C. Council Chair-man Phil Mendelson is expect-ed to win the special election to that position permanently in the Nov. 6 special election. Once he officially wins, the D.C. Board of Elections will declare his at-large seat vacant and the D.C. Democratic State Committee will choose the in-terim D.C. Council member. Lopez said that he will not be a part of that process.

“I will not try to get the ap-pointment of the D.C. Demo-cratic State Committee because it is an insider’s game,” he said.

The seat will be up for grabs in a special election that will be held in March or April 2013. Lopez admits that he has been approached about running next year, but isn’t positive at this point.

“I have been talking to peo-ple but we will have to see what happens,” he said, referring to what might happen to D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray in regards to the federal investigation into the 2010 campaign. “There are other positions that might come up as a result of that and we will have to see.wi

By James Wright WI Staff Writer

White Responds to Pannell’s Accusations

Ward 8 D.C. State Board of Education member Trayon White and staff at the board have responded to accusations of lax attendance at working sessions by his opponent Phil-ip Pannell published recently in the Washington Informer and other media.

“Historically, the State Board of Education has not taken attendance at its working ses-sions,” according to a state-ment issued on Tuesday, Oct. 23 by the board. “Therefore, any data about board member attendance at these sessions are unofficial and may not ac-curately reflect attendance. The board has recently decided to begin taking attendance at all future working sessions, and will maintain these records as it does for its monthly public meetings.”

White’s campaign, said in a letter to the Informer, that he missed four working sessions “for tending to after school emergencies and an emergency with his son.”

The attendance records from the State Board of Education meetings were released and in-dicate that White’s attendance was “regular and consistent


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October 261911 - Gospel singer, Mahalia

Jackson was born.1934 - At a New York City

conference, representatives of the NAACP and the Ameri-can Fund for Public Service planned a coordinated legal cam-paign against segregation and dis-crimination.

October 271891 - Inventor, DB Down-

ing, patents his street letter box.1924 - Ruby Dee (Born Ruby

Ann Wallace) was born.1954 - B.O. Davis Jr. became

the first Black general in the U.S. Air Force.

1978 - President Jimmy Cart-er signed the Hawkins-Hum-phrey full employment bill.

October 281798 - Founder of The Un-

derground Railroad, Levi Cof-fin was born.

1981 - Edward M. McIntyre

October 251940 - Benjamin O. Davis Sr.

becomes the first Black general in the U.S. Army.

1940 - Committee on the Participation of Negroes in the National Defense Program met with President Roosevelt.

1958 - Ten thousand students, led by Jackie Robinson, Harry Belafonte and A. Phillip Ran-dolph, participated in the Youth March for Integrated Schools in Washington.

1976 - Gov. George Wallace granted a full pardon to Clar-ence (“Willie”) Norris, the last known survivor of the nine Scottsboro boys who were con-victed in 1931 of the alleged rape of two white women on a freight train.

1990 - Evander Holyfield knocks out James “Buster” Douglas in the third round to be-come

the undisputed world heavy-weight champion.

elected first Black mayor of Au-gusta, Ga.

October 281929 - Collapse of stock mar-

ket and the beginning of the Great Depression.

1947 - President’s Committee on Civil Rights condemned ra-cial injustices in America in for-mal report, “To Secure These Rights.”

1969 - U.S. Supreme Court said school systems must end segregation “at once” and “oper-ate now and hereafter only uni-tary schools.”

October 291945 - Actress Melba Moore

was born in New York City.1981 - William O. Walker

publisher of the Cleveland Call Post, died.

October 301954 - Defense Department

announced elimination of all seg-regated regiments in the armed forces.

1991 - BET Holdings, Inc. the parent company of Black Entertainment Television sells

4.2 million shares of stock in an initial public offering on the NYSE, BET is the first African American company listed on the “Big Board.”

1974 - Muhammad Ali de-feated George Foreman for the heavyweight boxing title in Zaire.

1976 - Rev. Joseph H. Evans elected president of the United Church of Christ.

1979 - Richard Arrington was elected the first Black may-or of Birmingham, Ala.

October 311893 - Football player, Wil-

liam Henry Lewis, named All-American.

1899 - W.F. Burr patents Railway Switching device.

1896 - Actor and singer, Ethel Waters was born.

1945 - Educator, Booker T. Washington, inducted into the Hall of Fame for Great Amer-icans.

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Erik SteedWashington, D.C.

I like the fact that there are educational options for people in the District with the flagship campus and the community college campuses. Some people can’t afford to attend the flagship. I don’t know if the merger will be a good idea. The officials really should weigh the costs and obstacles that both sets of students will face. I have friends who teach at the community col-lege and a lot of students there talk about the cost of transportation, so it will pose a hardship for some students.

La’Prea HoltonWashington, D.C.

I think that the flagship will become really overcrowded. It’s bad enough now [for students and faculty with] parking, so it will just add another strain. I would be glad to welcome the new students, but I really think that the flagship campus will become overcrowded. A lot of students chose their UDC location based on the proximity of their homes, so commuting to the flagship will probably cost a bit more.

Atiya AmisWashington D.C.

I think that a merging of the two is fine, but I don’t think that there will be enough room for everyone. The North Capitol Street building is new, so why move? I’m curious to see what will happen with tuition costs at the flagship if the two merge. It’s probably easier for some students to commute to the satellite [campuses] because of their [convenient locations].

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Jessica EdwardsTemple Hills, Md.

I think that everyone should be able to get an education. But at the same time, if the community college students come to the flag-ship campus, it wouldn’t be fair if they are charged the community college rate for tuition. I also don’t want the flagship campus to become overcrowded. Those are my only concerns. As far as transportation, the flagship campus is Metro acces-sible so I don’t see that being too much of a problem.

Ashley FrancisWashington, D.C.

I think that where a student lives will have a large role in the merger. I don’t think that it will make much of a difference with students who already attend the flagship. A merger will definitely make the flagship campus feel a lot bigger and force students to become more involved in campus activities. I’m sure that transportation will present a challenge to some of the students, but I’m able to commute from Southeast.

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hammered him and cast a bright light on his many inconsisten-cies. The president castigated Romney, saying he was all over the map on a number of issues. The signature zinger of the night came as Obama ridiculed Rom-ney’s criticism of his defense strategy.

“The budget that we are talk-ing about is not reducing our military spending. It is main-taining it. But I think Governor Romney maybe hasn’t spent enough time looking at how our military works,” Obama said. “You mentioned the Navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets, because the nature of our military’s changed. We have these things called air-craft carriers, where planes land on them. We have these ships that go underwater, nuclear sub-marines.”

“And so the question is not a game of Battleship, where we’re counting ships. It’s what are our capabilities.”

Romney supporters lauded his performance and campaign aides exulted that the debate has not slowed the momentum he grabbed when he surprised Obama and beat him handily in the first debate.

The Wall Street Journal quot-ed Romney as saying that he could withstand two more weeks of attacks from Barack Obama but the country could not handle another four years of the presi-dent. Running mate Paul Ryan declared that Obama has run

out of ideas, which is why he is running a small campaign about small things and hoping that he can distract people from the re-ality …

Reaction to the last of three debates is decidedly mixed. While all the snap polls taken im-mediately after the debate gave Obama a clear win, it will be several days before it is known if that translates to a bump in the polls. At the moment, both men are running neck-and-neck with Obama maintaining an edge in Ohio and Wisconsin, while be-ing slightly behind or within the margin of error in Florida, North Carolina and Virginia.

Romney was described as tentative, incoherent, unsure. Rather than present distinctive differences in his foreign policy portfolio, a range of critics, in-cluding the New York Times, criticized him for bringing little of consequence to the debate.

“Mitt Romney has nothing re-ally coherent or substantive to say about domestic policy, but at least he can sound energetic and confident about it,” according to an editorial published in the Times on Tuesday, Oct. 23. “On foreign policy, the subject of Monday night’s final presidential debate, he had little coherent to say and often sounded complete-ly lost. That’s because he has no original ideas of substance on most world issues, including Syr-ia, Iran and Afghanistan.”

Penry and Alton Drew, an At-

formed.” At the end of the day, Penry

said, he believes the third debate will make a critical difference.

“This debate has made a heck of a difference in terms of who’s more believable,” he explained. “This is about trust.”

Pedra Chaffers, a teacher who recently relocated to the District, disagreed about the debate’s im-portance.

“I don’t know if the debate will make a difference,” said the 46-year-old Anacostia resident. “For some people, it will clarify some things. That doesn’t hurt.”

Chaffers, however, said she questions Romney’s motive for his desire to become president.

“I think Romney really wants to be president but hasn’t really said how,” she said.

Chaffers and Penry were among a small crowd of debate watchers at the bistro at an event sponsored by the Caribbean Pro-fessional Network on Oct. 22.

Obama and Romney discussed troop withdrawal in Afghanistan, the unrest and sectarian prob-lems in Pakistan; Iran’s attempts to become a nuclear nation; the ousting of Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi; support for Israel and the Arab Spring in Tu-nisia, Egypt and other parts of the Middle East.

Even as Romney eschewed many of the positions he of-fered when seeking the GOP presidential nomination, Obama

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complicated. Distinguishing a position doesn’t mean you bring anything new.”

To someone who makes their decision based on feelings they probably leaned to Obama, Drew said.

“If you were into the boxing

match of it, it was a good de-bate. But there was no substance which was surprising,” he said. “Romney allowed Obama to pull him to the middle. I asked on Facebook did Ann Romney know who she was hugging last night? Romney flip-flops. He’s

betting that people who are see-ing him for the first time don’t know what he said last week.”

“Critics and pundits keep say-ing people are getting to know him. If you’re serious about vot-ing for someone, you avoid pun-dits. People are swayed by the

lanta-based legal and policy ana-lyst, both said that they wished that Romney had better outlined his vision of foreign policy in the Middle East and other parts of the world. Drew, a Libertar-ian said he’s deeply disappointed with both parties and both can-didates, saying he would vote for Libertarian candidate Gary John-son. He did say that if pushed, he would vote for Obama while holding his nose.

Drew said he’s not surprised the combatants weren’t able to drill deeply into some of foreign policy’s juicier, more complex is-sues. And even to do so, would cause viewers to nod off, he said.

“It depends on how closely you follow policy. It’s very dif-ficult to get substantive in an hour- and-a-half. You can only get to so many details,” said the 49-year-old father of one.

“You can only get to the tip of the iceberg. If you want to bore people to sleep, talk about foreign policy.”

“It was part performance. Romney knew that there was too far to go with Benghazi – it’s too

NBCs and the Foxs. If people want to know where Romney stands, they can go to his website or Google it, but we don’t invest that much time. He’s making the bet that people in the middle don’t know him.”wi

President Barack Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney. /Courtesy Photo

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By James WrightWI Staff Writer

A candidate who poses the greatest threat to the re-election of incumbent D.C. Council member Michael Brown [I-At Large] said that he’s attuned to the needs of blacks who live in the District and has ideas about how to spur economic development in com-munities east of the Anacostia River.

D.C. Council at-large candidate Da-vid Grosso has picked up a lot of sup-port, particularly in neighborhoods west of 16th Street, in the past several weeks. Despite growing support in predominantly white and affluent ar-eas, Grosso said that if elected, he will not forget eastern Washington.

“I resent that there are some who think that just because I am white, I cannot represent everybody on the D.C. Council,” said Grosso, 42. “I want to see every ward thrive. I want to see every neighborhood thrive.”

Grosso is a native Washingtonian who lives in Brookland in Northeast but who grew up in the gritty Pet-worth neighborhood in Northwest. He’s a graduate of Earlham College in Richmond, Ind., and the Georgetown University Law Center in Northwest.

Grosso has worked as the chief counsel for D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and the committee staff direc-tor for former D.C. Council member Sharon Ambrose. Ambrose, a former Ward 6 council member from 1997-2007, sits at the helm of his campaign, and current Ward 6 Council member Tommy Wells has thrown his support behind the candidate.

He said that economic growth in Wards 7 and 8 needs to have a differ-ent focus.

“There should be more daytime activities in those areas,” he said. “We should try to have people come to Wards 7 and 8 during the daytime to work and then they can go home else-where. There also should be an effort to export the products that are made there to other places.”

Grosso said that developing the im-mediate areas around Metro stations

Grosso, Receptive to Blacks’ ConcernsEmbraces Diversity and Eastern D.C. Development

in Wards 7 and 8 should be a priority for city leaders.

If Grosso should get one of the two seats in the Nov. 6 general elec-tion, the D.C. Council would be a tem-porarily – majority white body. Grosso said that he will represent all Washing-tonians “and that is why I will work twice as hard as Michael Brown has.”

“Everybody, regardless of where you live in the city, wants good gov-ernment,” he said.

His experiences with blacks grow-ing up in Petworth – which was then a predominantly black neighborhood – have been positive, he said.

“I was embraced by my neighbors in Petworth,” Grosso said. “We were neighbors so we had common inter-ests in having good city services and police protection.”

Grosso has received the support of blacks such as former D.C. Council member William Lightfoot and John Hill, the former chief executive officer of the Federal City Council who also served as executive director of the D.C. Control Board.

Hill, 58, thinks highly of Grosso and said that he would be an ideal member of the D.C. Council.

“I have known David for years and I find him to be a hard-working and extremely thoughtful individual,” said Hill who lives in Northwest. “He will be a council member [who] will look at issues in-depth.”

Jacque Patterson, the former president of the Ward 8 Democrats, has also thrown his support behind Grosso.

“David has a deep understanding of the city,” said Patterson, 47. “I see him not just being a politician, but be-ing a public servant.”

Hill said that black District voters should not select someone to repre-sent them solely on the basis of race.

“I know David and it should not be a vote about race in this contest,” he said. “We as a city need to get beyond that. The African Ameri-cans I support on the D.C. Coun-cil have my support because of the work that they have done.” wi

D.C. Council at-large candidate David Grosso chats with former Ward 8 Democrats president Jacque Patterson. /Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah

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The Committee to Elect Philip Pannell releases the following statement in response to Trayon White’s most recent press release which discusses that authenticity of his attendance record at the State Board of Education meetings. Despite his explanation, today we still ask the question: “How must we address absenteeism in our Ward 8 schools with our students when our elected official himself is absent?”

“The recent press release issued by the Committee to Re-Elect Trayon White is a diversion of the truth regarding Mr. White’s attendance and participation at the State Board of Education. While we accept the term “unofficial” by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, we unequivocally stand by the information that we received directly from the State Board of Education, which calculated and exposed the attendance of Mr. White at the Board of Education’s Working Sessions. At the time of the State Board staff’s findings, Mr. White had not attended 8 of the 17 Working Sessions.

While we respect the oversight and legal governance of the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, we must humbly acknowledge that this office is not involved with, nor does it have intimate knowledge of the daily individual performances, inputs, or attendance of the members of the State Board of Education. Therefore, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education cannot in full honesty validate or dispute whether or not Mr. White’s attendance has been satisfactory or consistent. The information that the Pannell campaign received from the State Board of Education was not obtained-through the piecing together of notes, as Mr. White has indicated; but instead, it was determined through an internal process in which a dedicated staff member of the State Board of Education carefully examined the official minutes and recordings of ALL WORKING SESSIONS. Additionally, we believe it is important to make the public aware of the distinct differences of the Board’s Working Sessions versus the monthly Board meetings. It is during the Working Sessions where the true business of the State Board of Education is conducted; where in-depth discussions on positions and issues affecting the Board, both present and future are held; where Board members introduce, address, and advance policies on issues affecting their respective Wards and the education of children across the District of Columbia. And equally as important, it is the Working Sessions where State Board of Education members establish a true appreciation and respect for their fellow members and the issues that are individually or collectively important to them. In contrast, monthly meetings are designed to provide a “yes” or “no” vote on issues discussed during the working sessions. Therefore, based on Mr. White’s lack of attendance to the Working Sessions his ultimate vote of “yes” or “no” at the monthly Board Meeting lacks creditable input. It is important to note that he was absent a quarter of the time from the monthly meetings, per his official press release. In closing, the absence of Mr. White during critical meetings of the State Board of Education, both Working Sessions and monthly Board meetings, speaks volumes to his interest and effectiveness in this position. So still the question remains, why are there ANY absences when we live in a Ward where EVERY conversation, EVERY vote, EVERY input, and EVERY relationship counts and is crucial to the education of our children.

On November 6th, I ask my fellow Ward 8 residents to cast their vote for responsible and accountable leadership on the State Board of Education. VOTE PHILIP PANNELL, Ward 8 State Board of Education Representative.

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When Maryland voters take to the polls on or before Elec-tion Day Nov. 6, they will face a number of decisions beyond candidates seeking office. There are seven questions on the state-wide ballot covering such issues as qualifications of orphan court judges, suspension and removal of elected officials from office and in-state university tuition rates for undocumented immigrants.

Two questions that have gar-nered considerable attention [and millions of advertising dollars] concern same-sex marriage and the expansion of gaming in Mary-land.

Question 6 on the ballot is the Civil Marriage Protection Act, which allows gay and lesbian couples to obtain a civil marriage license as well as protects clergy from having to perform any mar-riage ceremony in violation of their religious beliefs.

Last week Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker expressed his support for the mea-sure and said he planned to vote in favor of it. Baker has kept his views on the question private until last week when he was a guest on Kojo Nnamdi’s radio talk show on WAMU 88.5 FM.

Baker said marriage equality is a “civil rights issue.”

Debate over the question has been ongoing for months. Mary-landers for Marriage Equality has been campaigning to “defend marriage equality” and is in favor of Question 6.The Maryland Mar-riage Alliance is opposed to “any effort, which would redefine mar-riage in our state law as a union between any two persons.”

While several members of the clergy have come out against the same-sex marriage question, oth-ers support it. Last week a group

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of clergy held a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., voicing their support for the measure. The Rev. Delman Coates, senior pastor of the 7,500-member Mount Ennon Baptist Church in Clinton, Md., and the Rev. Al Sharpton also attended the press conference. Coates said “in a real sense this is about preserving our democracy.” Sharpton said the issue “goes be-yond the theological debate.”

The other hot-button ballot issue is Question 7, whether to expand gaming in Maryland to include live table games such as poker and roulette and to sanction a sixth casino in Prince George’s County.

Some individuals and groups claim that supporters of gaming expansion overstate the num-ber of jobs, the amount of rev-enue that might be generated and whether the revenue will solely go to education. However propo-nents of Question 7 say approval of the measure will be beneficial to the state, the workforce and education.

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he was under from state officials to get him to convince Peterson to put a casino at National Harbor. He said Baker offered him a better tax rate, and table games, and “the magic phrase” was that “we could have a destination resort that has a casino with amenities that include entertainment, a spa, and high-end retail.”

Peterson said he’s lost millions on the National Harbor and that regardless of the outcome of the election on Nov. 6, The Peterson Companies is committed to creat-ing more development opportuni-ties there. Tanger Outlet, a high-end retail outlet mall, is scheduled to open in 2013, and more town homes are scheduled to be built. And, even if the referendum pass-es, the casino won’t open until 2016 and Peterson said it would take 10 years before Peterson Companies will see a profit.

“Prince George’s County needs some momentum,” Peterson said. “This economy right now is still pretty sick. Maryland has lost jobs and that’s symptomatic of the economy. Prince George’s County needs development, but where is it?” South Prince George’s County, he said, is particularly in need of greater development to serve the highly educated, high-income resi-dents who live there.

“If we can get this done, we’ll have the biggest development proj-ect on the East Coast. In Prince George’s County, it will mean we have to prepare people for 4,000 new jobs who need them. If we don’t get it, we don’t have that mo-mentum,” Peterson said.

When it comes to the battle with Penn, Peterson argues that Na-tional Harbor is “shovel ready” and that the infrastructure is already in place to support a 400-room hotel,

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a spa, high-end retail, along with restaurants and several more ame-nities. The area around Rosecroft is not conducive for a casino, Peter-son said.

Those who oppose the casino say they are convinced that the promise to fund education will not be fulfilled. But, Peterson believes the county needs the $68 million in revenues, wherever it goes.

Peterson donated $500,000 to Maryland First NOW, a pro-gaming ballot committee headed by Wayne Curry, former Prince George’s county executive.

“I’ve lived the dream in Prince George’s County and Maryland all my life. And I’ve seen us flour-ish against all odds, time and time again. This fall, I hear more and more support for the economic development, jobs and school rev-enue opportunities that come with passage of Question 7,” Curry said. “This truly represents an historic opportunity for Prince George’s County to become a unique at-traction for the tens of millions of people who visit our nation’s capi-tal each year.”

Education remains a priority for Peterson.

“Education is very important to me,” said Peterson, “and Prince George’s schools [are] probably its biggest problem. When you get a casino, you get gaming and $68 million of other revenues – sales tax, property tax and income tax equals extra money.”

“I can’t tell you where they’re go-ing to spend that, but I think Bak-er’s priorities are education, trans-portation and security. Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley keeps saying it’s the law [to fund education] on television; then those that say the money won’t go to education are telling a flat lie.”wi

By D.R. BarnesWI Staff Writer

Milt Peterson knew he was tak-ing a huge gamble 16 years ago when The Peterson Companies committed to a grandiose plan to develop 350 acres of land on the banks of the Potomac River in Prince George’s County. Building a mini-city with hotels, restaurants, condominiums and town homes was a crapshoot, but the Virginia-based real estate developer’s ex-pertise with distressed properties turned the risk – where others had failed – into a sure winner as Na-tional Harbor has become one of the Washington area’s premier des-tinations.

Now Peterson finds himself rolling the dice again for a refer-endum to bring gaming to Prince George’s County. He has invested more than $1 million for ads aimed at encouraging Maryland voters to vote “yes” for Question 7 on Nov. 6. He hopes this new gaming law, should it pass, will bring a world class destination MGM resort casi-no to National Harbor, along with millions in needed revenue and jobs for the county.

“We had said no to gaming for 12 years,” said Peterson, 77. “They [politicians] asked us repeatedly, ‘Would you do gaming?’ “We had a very high quality place here, we thought we were aspiring to that, and we didn’t want to denigrate that by having a slots bar.”

Year after year, Peterson said, politicians continued asking him to bring slots to National Harbor, in-cluding County Executive Rushern Baker who approached Peterson on four separate occasions. “When Rushern came in [elected to office in 2011], he was smart, articulate, honest, a great guy ... but I still told him no, I’m not interested. We can’t do that; we can’t put slots in here.”

But Peterson has since changed his mind. The product of a bible-bread family where playing cards were not allowed in his childhood home, he has since observed that people across the country are changing their attitudes about gaming. “The acceptance of gam-ing has changed. If you look back 10-12 years ago, there were only eight to nine states with casinos,” Peterson said. “Today, there are 32 states with some form of legalized gambling.”

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Reparations and the Presidential Election

“Power concedes nothing without a de-mand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they op-press.”

– Frederick Douglass

Most Whites living in America today deny any tie to slavery. Most of the nation’s Blacks do too.

The issue of “reparations for slavery” is America’s most di-visive topic. But, it’s an area to

which Blacks would gladly con-cede their “just inheritance” for the Obamas to be First Family again. Our ancestors’ forced free labor totals $100 trillion, but the majority of African Americans seem willing to forgive the debt to not have Obama rejected by the Americans. In that mode, Blacks overwhelmingly “got Barack’s back” in the 2012 presi-dential election. Just to be able to say that “a Black man is presi-dent of the United States [PO-TUS]” makes them giddy.

However, the question re-mains, how does it benefit Blacks to buy into a system and a culture that’s never worked for us, and continues traditions that perpetuate the effects of insti-tutional slavery? Is Barry Black enough for our total loyalty? Or, has he totally eliminated any chance for justice for Blacks? When the subject of reparations came up for Candidate Obama in 2008, he didn’t favor Black reparations, saying: “the best reparations we can provide are good schools in the inner city and jobs for people who are un-employed.” Today, Obama will still carry Black voters despite high African American unem-ployment.

Instead of demanding more in terms of law and legislation, Blacks have developed a pecu-liar capability of separating their votes – instead of holding the president accountable for any real improvement concerning our abysmal condition. While Barry has scurried away from references to race, the effects of slavery and Jim Crow rever-berate in the glaring dispari-ties of wealth between Whites and Blacks. Median household wealth among Blacks is under a quarter of that of Whites and 80 percent of African-American children begin their adult lives without assets.

It appears that America’s Blacks don’t see, or experience, the difference between “sym-bolism” and “substance.” The same government that Blacks are so set on having Obama lead again; has from the on-set, helped to create “the racial wealth gap” and has specifically designed and kept Black wealth significantly lower than White wealth.

During slavery, the elite slave-holders lived in “The Big House” overlooking the plantation, now Blacks drool over the idea of the Obamas living in “The White House” – in a mansion that was built by forced slave labor. The concept of “Blacks living in the White House” totally diminish-es the debt that descendants of slaves are owed.

Let’s be real, Obama doesn’t spend his days in the Oval Of-fice “watching out” for us. Sadly, no one else at the White House does either. The economic gap between Blacks and Whites has increased under Obama. Blacks’ unemployment, poverty and foreclosures rates are at their highest level in a decade. With all its racist policies, why aren’t Black Americans demanding that this nation support honest and direct dialogue on race and racism and its manifestations and consequences?

Obama has assimilated past most Blacks, but should do more – not because he’s Black but because of the sufferings Blacks have endured past and present. Black people have ev-ery right to make demands on Obama – because they gave him a greater percentage of their votes than any other group; and his 44th U.S. presidency is owed to them. Like any president, he should be constantly pressured to put the issue of racial injus-tice front and center.

To better our future in Amer-ica, Blacks will have to “demand better” from all politicians. wi

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Question 7 will help produce $199 million per year for The Education Trust fund.

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Friday’s event in the District included a free “Screening for Stroke Prevention,” sponsored by Majic 102.3 FM in conjunc-tion with Providence Hospital in Northeast. The four-hour morn-ing presentation included infor-mation from several doctors, and participants were encouraged to listen to the radio station through-out the day for more advice.

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had the opportunity to undergo a chronic diagnostic which takes a look at their arteries,” she said. “Many of the people who visited left with a score card that indicat-ed their risk for stroke.”

“Take a Loved One to the Doctor,” was launched in 2002 and designed to raise health awareness in the black communi-ty. The initiative, a one-day event, sponsored by the Tom Joyner

Morning Show and the U.S. De-partment of Health and Human Services Administration cur-rently runs from January through December on the Tom Joyner Morning Show. Joyner continues to encourage listeners to be pro-active about their health, schedule regular visits to their doctors, ex-ercise and maintain healthy life-styles.

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By Dorothy RowleyWI Staff Writer

It’s not uncommon to become overwhelmed by the demands of everyday life – which could include getting the children to school on time – or completing a job assignment. This type of rou-tine stress can affect one’s heath. You may feel good for the mo-ment, but be unaware of symp-toms that could eventually lead to a heart attack or a stroke.

That’s part of the reason be-hind nationally-syndicated radio personality Tom Joyner’s 11th an-nual “Take A Love One To The Doctor Day,” that was held Oct. 19-20, in the District of Colum-bia – and other urban cities that included Philadelphia, Pa., and Greenville, S.C.

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rican Americans to identify some-one that they know who hasn’t been to the doctor lately and make an appointment for them. People who don’t have a regular doctor or who lack health insur-ance, are encouraged to contact their local community health cen-ter or health department to ask about free or low-cost care. wi

Providence Hospital in partnership with local radio station MAJIC 102.3 FM hosted ‘Bring a Loved One to the Doctor Day’ on Friday, Oct.19. The hospital is located in Northeast. /Photo by Roy Lewis


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However, the road is much rockier for Brown. The 47-year-old independent, who was first elected in 2008, faces five chal-lengers with Grosso and Beatty considered by political analysts as serious contenders who could topple him.

During the afternoon debate, Brown talked about what moti-vated him to run for re-election.

“We have 1,100 new residents coming into the city,” he said. “This is a strain on the city and we have to make sure that we do not kick out those who have been in the city for a long time. I am a champion of affordable housing and I have seen that $50 million has gone to create af-fordable housing in the past two years.”

Grosso, who appears to be Brown’s most formidable oppo-nent at this point, billed himself as the reform candidate in the race. A poll recently released by the Washington City Paper and WAMU’s Kojo Nmandi Show said that Brown has 26 percent with Grosso at 21 percent with a margin of error of 2.8 percent, which would put Brown and Grosso in a statistical dead heat.

Grosso insists that he wants to be a different type of leader for the District.

“I am running a grassroots campaign,” said Grosso, 42. “I am ready to take the city in a new direction to world-class stand-ing.”

Beatty, a former Ward 6 advi-sory neighborhood commission-er, said that the District “needs honest to goodness change.”

“Corruption hinders every-

D.C. At-Large Race Heats Upthing in this city,” Beatty said. “We need to get rid of the cor-ruption and that is the change that is most needed. We also need to look at the outside em-ployment of D.C. Council mem-bers and contracting reform.”

Beatty realizes that the District “has a one-party system” but en-courages voters to view her simi-larly to another well-known D.C. Republican.

“Look at me as a Carol Schwartz Republican,” she said, referring to the popular former D.C. Council member who ran for mayor of the District on sev-eral occasions. When asked by the media who does she support for president, Beatty said “none of your business.”

Brown spent time defending accusations regarding his per-sonal finances.

“Some of what my opponents have said that the media has re-ported has been flat-out wrong,” he said. “I understand what this game is but my opponents should be vetted also. When people talk to me and I talk to people, they want to know about my legislative record.”

Beatty made it clear that she’s not running for the D.C. Council to collect a pension.

“I want to offer a fresh start,” she said. “I am not doing this out of self-interest. I am doing this because I love this entire city and you will never see me be a part of the good-old-boy network.” wi

By James WrightWI Staff Writer

The race for the two at-large seats on the D.C. Council has turned into a battle as one of the incumbents appears to be in a fight for his political life while the other seems to be set for re-election in the Nov. 6 general election.

D.C. Council member Vin-cent Orange [D-At Large] and his colleague, Michael Brown [I-At Large] joined independent David Grosso and Republican Mary Brooks Beatty in a debate that touched on hot-button is-sues in the Pryzbyla Center at Catholic University in Northeast on Saturday, Oct. 20 before hun-dreds of politically savvy resi-dents. At-large candidates Leon Swain, A.J. Cooper and State-hood Green’s Ann Wilcox didn’t participate in the debate because the sponsors of the event – the League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia, WTOP 103.5, the Washington Post, Ward 5 Heartbeat Newspaper and Catholic University – didn’t think that they had enough sup-port to win in November.

“In this city, we will have 55,000 jobs come here in 10 years and we need D.C. residents to fill those jobs,” Orange, 55, told the crowd. “I am campaign-ing on the need for more afford-able housing and education re-form. The new McKinley Tech High School is the result of my leadership.”

The city’ strong Democratic base virtually ensures that Orange will sail to a victory on Nov. 6.

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assortment of meats, vegetables and canned goods.

Fresh produce days are a crowd favorite. The first, third and fifth Wednesday of each month, the church’s parking lot doubles as a farmers’ market with tables brim-ming over with collard greens, succulent yellow squash, sweet potatoes, juicy cucumbers and containers of mixed salad. Long lines begin to form well before dawn as shoppers wait patiently to sign-in at the center before they can fill their baskets, boxes and carts with seasonal fruits and vegetables.

Crudup knows how it feels to go without. Raised in Wilson, N.C., by his grandmother, he viv-idly recalls the many nights he went to sleep with nothing on his stomach but a salt sandwich.

“I was raised by a poor fam-ily and I know what it’s like to be hungry,” he said. “I went hungry so many times that I said that if I ever get the opportunity, I would take care of as many people as I could.”

Others have followed his lead.Mary Close is a home health-

care aide and while she frequents the center, she shares most of her food with her patients.

“I love it. Everything is fresh,” said the 65-year-old Southeast res-ident. “[My patients] always like the collard greens. I season them with turkey butts and onions.”

Although Crudup provides those in need with food, the sad reality remains that the number of people in the region who suffer

Allen Chapel AME Member Feeds the Hungry

from hunger has become increas-ingly worse each year.

According to a 2011 U.S. De-partment of Agriculture [USDA] report, 12.6 percent of house-holds in the District suffer from a shortage of food. Even worse, among the 12.6 percent of homes, individuals in 4.4 percent of those households frequently skip meals due to the lack of food.

“We have the highest poverty rate, probably, of any city, of any county, of any state in America,” said Ward 8 Council member Marion Barry, 76. “That’s what is causing all of these problems.”

The center offers more than just food.

Monthly nutrition classes are taught by a certified nutrition-ist who imparts the benefits of healthy eating. For the holidays, a Thanksgiving basket filled with a fresh turkey, stuffing and sweet potatoes, is given to those who at-tend at least three classes.

While the McKinley Crudup Outreach Center – which part-ners with the Capital Area Food

Bank in Northeast – is in its sixth year of operation, Crudup, a re-tired D.C. employee, has been a member of Allen Chapel AME for 48 years. Hunger cannot be completely eradicated, but Crud-up, a charismatic fellow with an infectious laugh, continues to do his level best to make sure that people have food on their tables.

“I think that it’s a blessing for everyone and we all should be thankful for all that they do,” said Williams, 62, who lives in South-

By Elton HayesWI Staff Writer

Throat cancer forced Claudia Williams to leave her housekeep-ing job at the Greater Southeast Nursing Home. Her doctor told her the chemicals she used to clean rooms would exacerbate her condition.

Five years has elapsed and she still hasn’t returned to work. While the paychecks have stopped, her bills haven’t. Fortunately, Williams and countless others who find themselves in her predicament don’t have to worry about food, thanks to McKinley Crudup and his church, that ensure thousands of area residents’ refrigerators and pantries aren’t bare even through the toughest of times.

“Hunger is real. I’m here every day, and I see it. We have grand-parents who have to take care of their grandchildren and parents who have lost their jobs,” said Crudup, 85, the McKinley Crud-up Outreach Center’s founder and executive director. “It’s not only the ones who have been on food stamps for a long time, but the middle class are losing their jobs and struggling too. They are the ones who are coming to us for help as well.”

The second and fourth Wednesday of the month, and every Friday, hundreds of people make their way to the McKinley Crudup Outreach Center – lo-cated a stone’s throw away from Allen Chapel AME Church in Southeast – to stock up on an

east. “It’s a big help to the young, middle aged and older people alike.”

“Everyone there treats me so well. They help me whenever I run out of food and get me through the month,” said Wil-liams. “Mr. Crudup is a very nice man. He’s kind and understanding and he does so many wonderful things,” she said with a smile.wi

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Invest in UDC-CC The front-page story, “Future

of UDC-CC at Center of Spe-cial Council Hearing,” October 18, 2012 is such a timely article. Higher education should be of major concern to every District of Columbia resident.

For years we have heard how those in charge of the Univer-sity of the District of Columbia wanted to make it a world-class institution of higher learning, but couldn’t achieve it because of the type of classes it had to offer to satisfy the needs of a majority of students entering from the city’s public school sys-tem. The solution was a commu-nity college and it’s the right one.

If the city and UDC are seri-ous about higher education in the District, they need to commit whatever resources necessary for the community college system to succeed. There isn’t a state in the union that doesn’t have a community college system. It has proven to be the best way to help students that may not be pre-pared financially or academically to ready themselves for admit-tance to a four year institution.

UDC-Community College is in its infant stage and there will be growing pains, but we must not allow a few pains to get in the way of insuring a proven way of educating our youth. We should not allow UDC-Community Col-lege to be bounced around like our school system has been over the past few decades. It should be supported at any cost and built on a sound foundation to provide education and training for the residents of the District of Columbia.

Karen W. JoyceWashington, D.C.

A Great Artist and Person

Thank you for your short but touching article, “Remembering Georgette S. Powell, Artist and Activist,” October 18, 2012. Not only was Mrs. Powell a wonderful artist, more importantly she was a beautiful and caring person.

As a young artist living and working in Washington, D.C., I had the opportunity to work with

Mrs. Powell when we were both members of the DC Chapter of the National Conference of Art-ists. Georgette, what she wanted everyone to call her, was always a very hard and tireless worker when it came to the tasks of the organization. She could provide timely encouragement, advice and guidance to the young artists when she noticed any sense of frustration within us.

It wasn’t until years later when I attended a ceremony honoring Mrs. Powell that I learned the full extent of her artistic legacy. At that moment I began to won-der: if I as an artist were ever to reach the heights in my artis-tic career as she did, would I be able to be as humble and caring toward others as she always was? Mrs. Powell was a great artist, but more important for me, she was a great person.

Larry SaxtonWashington, D.C.

Readers' MailboxThe Washington Informer welcomes letters to the editor about articles we publish or issues affecting the community. Write to: [email protected] or send to: 3117 Martin Luther King Jr Ave., SE, Washington, D.C. 20032. Please note that we are unable to publish letters that do not include a full name, address and phone number. We look forward to hearing from you.

editorialThe K2 Menace

As if the so-called war on drugs has not targeted enough illegal sub-stances of mass destruction, here comes K2 or “Spice.” It’s a substance growing more lethal by the day, so much so that more than 42 states have banned it, excluding the District of Columbia. A bill to ban the drug here seems to have vaporized leaving D.C. drug abuse counselors, youth coun-selors, community activists, along with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton left to bring attention to the growing sales and use of the synthetic marijuana that is readily available in corner stores all across the city.

The Drug Enforcement Administration describes K2 as a chemically engineered synthetic cannabinoid, similar to THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. It can produce a comparable high if smoked or ingested. But K2 is far more dangerous. Its marijuana-like dried leaves are coated with laboratory-prepared ingredients that can cause an increased heart rate, loss of consciousness, paranoia, hallucinations and psychotic episodes. There have been some reports of death caused by the use of the drug.

Ask any young person about K2 and they can tell you anything you want to know. They will also tell you that it’s mostly used by young people “on paper,” or who are in the criminal justice system and required to undergo regular drug testing. With K2, they can still get high, but the synthetic sub-stance is nearly impossible to detect, experts say.

So what are city leaders and health professionals doing to reduce the access to K2, or as it may be referred to on the streets: Spice, Blaze, Red X Dawn, Bliss, Black Mamba, Bombay Blue, Fake Weed, Genie, or Zohai? And what can be done to educate more young people about the serious consequences of using the drug before something terrible happens.

Since November is National Substance Abuse Month, it is appropriate to raise this new trend as an issue, but an ever growing problem facing educators are the overwhelming number of students who attend school daily high on marijuana. As the nation continues to lose the war on drugs, it is also seeing the mental health decline of its people, beginning with the young people sitting in our classrooms.

Vote Now

The debates are over and the polls in D.C. are open for voters who want to cast their ballots early before the Nov. 6 general election. Early voting begins this weekend in Maryland. Some states have reported huge numbers of voters who took advantage of early voting indicating that their minds were made up some time ago and that they are confident in the early voting process. Hundreds of thousands of voters reportedly have cast their bal-lots in early voting states including Iowa, Ohio, North Carolina and Florida.

There are some voters, however, who are skeptical about voting early, fearing that their votes will not be counted. They should not be apprehen-sive, but aware that any attempt to ignore or tamper with your ballot or impose any form of voter intimidation is a felony.

Early voting laws are aimed at those who cannot leave their jobs or find childcare for children in order to vote on Election Day. It is a convenience that makes voting inclusive for everyone who wants to vote, no matter what. But others like the excitement of voting on Election Day, and if it’s anything like 2008, the lines will be long with voters waiting to cast their ballot for their preferred candidate. The polls, however, indicate that a 2008 turnout is highly unlikely this time around.

The bottom line is that everyone who can vote should vote. Don’t allow the negative political ads to be a turn-off; don’t let the polls convince you that your vote won’t count; don’t let your frustration with the state of the economy convince you that no one has the answer or the willingness to turn things around; and don’t let your anger or your apathy silence your voice.

For District residents the polls are open for early voting until Nov. 3 from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. In Maryland, early voting begins on Oct. 27 to Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and on Oct. 28; from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Virginia began early voting on Sept. 21 but only voters with a valid excuse can vote early.

There are 12 days until Election Day. Vote now or vote on Nov. 6 … just vote!

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By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.

In just a few days, millions of Americans will vote in the No-vember 6 national elections. In those states where there is early voting, millions have already voted. There is a clear choice be-tween President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. At the end of the day it is reduced to the question of “going forward” or “retreat-ing backward” in clear terms of the social, economic, and

political empowerment of peo-ple who historically have been marginalized and discriminated against because of race, ethnicity or class. It is about the politics of inclusion versus the politics of exclusion. This election is more than a political struggle be-tween the 99 percent and the 1 percent on the quest for wealth and economic control. The con-sequential future of America and the world is at stake.

For millions of African Amer-icans, the importance of reelect-ing President Barack Obama

President Obama Deserves Our Vote

See CHAVIS on Page 45

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cannot be overstated. Given the state of Black America in 2012, the thought of going backward in our society should not even be an option. We have come too far and made too much sacrifice and progress to turn around now because of what appears to be formidable opposition to our interests and future. There is still time to reawaken those of us who have fallen asleep or who have become apathetic at this is another critical moment in our long struggle for freedom, jus-tice, equality and empowerment.

We have to ensure that we mo-bilize our family members and everyone in our communities about the importance of making sure that every eligible person will actually vote between now and November 6. Every hour of every day now needs to be focused on Getting-Out-The-Vote (GOTV). It is time to pool all our organizational resources to stage the largest grassroots voter turnout in history. The African American church com-munity should be at the fore-front of our GOTV nonpartisan

By Julianne Malveaux

Obama on October 16?The Republican nominee be-

haved as if he were on some kind of upper. Some may have thought his delivery was firm, but when he raised his voice and asked President Obama the same questions several times (Have you checked your pension? Will you answer my question? Well then how much oil production did you cut?). He came off as more obnoxious (or chemi-cally enhanced) than forceful. Because President Obama is a

world leader, he could not give the ‘hood response which might have been “shut your mouth up” (or some such related rejoinder). Instead, he responded with dig-nity and clarity.

Romney is flip-flopping more frequently than a pancake on an IHOP grill. So he can’t make up his mind about his tax plan, women’s equality, coal produc-tion, or anything. He says he has a five-point plan, but really it is a one- point plan, “Trust me.” Why should anybody trust

him when he can’t say whether he will cut the mortgage deduc-tion, the charitable contributions deduction, or college credits? He says he will have to think about it. What has he been doing for the past 10 years when he was running for president? Clearly not thinking! If it takes him this long to think through his policy, maybe he could join (or with his money, even start) a think tank for the cognitively impaired!

What you talking ‘bout Wil-lard? You don’t yet know

whether you can support the Lily Ledbetter Act, the first piece of legislation that Presi-dent Obama signed upon tak-ing office. You have yet to fig-ure out women’s equality. You forgot that you stood outside a coal plant in Massachusetts and talked about pollution. You are not sure about the tax breaks you took at Bain when you were exporting jobs. Moreover, you connect gasoline prices to Presi-

What you Talking ‘bout Willard?

See MALVEAUx on Page 45

Halfway through the second presidential debate, I remem-bered the show where Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges played Arnold and Willis Jack-son. Little Arnold was always asking, “What you talking ’bout Willis?” My question, exactly, only this time directed toward Republican nominee Willard Mitt Romney. What in the world was he talking about when he attempted to debate President

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The Minority Business Hustlepercent cited above may now be 30 percent in some areas of the country, the issue raised in 1992 is still valid. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, small firms with fewer than 500 employees represent 99.9 percent of the to-tal number of businesses in this country. This statistic is relevant not only to the political discus-sions regarding taxes but also to the disparities in the system, es-pecially those pertaining to Afri-can American owned businesses.

One of the problems is the definition of “small.” De-

pending on the category and product, a “small” business can employ up to 1,500 persons, and they may have receipts as high as $21.5 million. General and heavy construction compa-nies can be classified as “small” with annual receipts as high as $17 million, depending on the type of construction, and spe-cial trade construction annual receipts may not exceed $7 mil-lion. This is one aspect of the minority hustle game – and “mi-norities” are losing every day.

The “minority” business sec-

tor has been thrust into a game in which all of the businesses classified as such, and as “small,” must compete against one anoth-er. To make matters even worse, their small share is steadily erod-ing because large companies are playing the “front company” and “pass-through” games. So much for fair competition.

It is unfortunate that some Black owned companies are willing subjects in the front and pass-through games and allow their small businesses to be used by larger ones. They agree to al-

liances where all they do is sign checks or allow their names to be used in a partnership agree-ment that is purported to be 51 percent “minority” owned. Control? Well, that’s something else again; the small Black firm has little or no control or say-so when it comes to the actual busi-ness dealings. After all, it’s just a “front” company.

That same scenario takes place every day with White owned firms as well. A husband and

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By James Clingman

“There appears to be no rea-son in logic why 99 percent of the businesses in the country are forced to squabble over 20 percent of the Federal purchase dollar, when a select 1 percent continue to capture their 80 percent market share largely un-disturbed.” United States Com-mission on Minority Business Development, 1992. (The Histo-ry of Black Business in America, Juliet E.K. Walker).While the 20

work. I am expressing my own personal views about this elec-tion in hopes to raise the level of awareness and consciousness of others who may be mistakenly taking this election for granted. It does matter who wins. Not voting is an unforgivable sin.

On September 22, President Obama reminded us of the 150 year anniversary of the Emanci-pation Proclamation document that President Lincoln issued in 1862 to take effect on January

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Vincent Harding, an acclaimed historian, religious scholar, and activist known for his work with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., be-lieves America is a wounded na-tion. Even after so many years of struggle, he is convinced that America can and must get better.

Today Harding is the Chair of the Veterans of Hope Proj-ect at the Iliff School of Theol-ogy in Denver, whose mission is to encourage a healing, inter-generational approach to social

justice activism that recognizes the interconnectedness of spirit, creativity, and citizenship. On his 81st birthday, he spoke at the National and Racial Healing Town Hall at the Children’s De-fense Fund’s recent conference urging all of his listeners to com-mit themselves to heal America and make our country what it should be.

He shared a line he heard a West African poet recite: “He made this fantastic statement that I want to pass on to you as a birthday gift. He said, ‘I am a

citizen of a country that does not yet exist.’” The poet was speaking about his homeland, which was going through politi-cal turmoil on the road to inde-pendence. But Harding said it applies to our current national spiritual and moral crisis: “We are citizens of a country that we still have to create—a just coun-try, a compassionate country, a forgiving country, a multiracial, multi-religious country, a joyful country that cares about its chil-dren and about its elders, that cares about itself and about the

world, that cares about what the earth needs as well as what indi-vidual people need.

“I am, you are, a citizen of a country that does not yet ex-ist and that badly needs to exist. And I want to offer you the op-portunity to celebrate my birth-day with me by pledging deep in you that you are not going to give up this life without offering yourself totally to the creation of this country that does not yet exist.”

Harding drew a comparison to the words of the brilliant

African American poet Langs-ton Hughes in “Let America Be America Again.” That poem cel-ebrates the poor, working class, and immigrant Americans from all backgrounds and colors who have always been the farmers, factory workers, and laborers on whose backs America was built.

Harding borrowed Hughes’s refrain—“America never was America to me.” He said: “We can always stop there and com-plain and complain and com-

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urging Romney to “Get the tran-script.”

FactCheck.org observed. “The transcript does show that Obama said in a Rose Garden speech on Sept. 12: ‘No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation, alter that character, or eclipse the light of the values that we stand for.’”

In the same debate, Romney said a gallon of gasoline in Nas-sau County, N.Y. was $1.86 when Obama took office. It’s now “4 bucks a gallon.”

As fact checkers for USA

Today stated, “Gas prices were going through a period of ex-ceptional volatility when Obama took office – largely because, as Obama noted, gas prices plum-meted as the recession took hold and people drove less…But gas prices are still 34 cents below their all-time high during the Bush administration. In the summer of 2008, the national average hit $4.05 a gallon.”

FactCheck.org noted, “Mitt Romney falsely claims in a se-ries of TV ads that President Obama ‘will raise taxes on the

middle class by $4,000.’ That’s nonsense. The ads cite a conser-vative group’s study, but even the group itself doesn’t say Obama will raise taxes on middle-in-come taxpayers. It says his bud-get could result in a ‘potentially higher tax burden’ over the next 10 years.

“In fact, the group’s study considered two other budget scenarios – current law (allowing the Bush-era tax cuts to expire as scheduled at the end of this year) and current policy (extend-ing current policies into 2013,

including extending the Bush-era tax cuts) – and determined that Obama’s budget ‘provides a middle ground between these two extremes.’”

Romney said during a Repub-lican debate on Feb 22: “I said today that we’re going to cut tax-es on everyone across the coun-try by 20 percent, including the top 1 percent.” However, during a debate with Obama, he said, “I’m not looking to cut taxes for wealthy people.”

As we have seen during three presidential debates and in his campaign speeches, Mitt Rom-ney will say anything – even when he knows it is untrue – in his effort to dislodge President Obama from the White House.

Romney charged in the second presidential debate that “it took the president 14 days before he called the attack in Benghazi an act of terror.” Obama denied it,

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and take a swing” at President Obama.

Excuse me. He would “take a swing” at the President of the United States? Does the Secret Service know about this threat against the president?

The younger Romney quickly indicated he wasn’t speaking lit-erally about striking the presi-dent. “You know you can’t do that,’’ he continued, “because, well, first because there’s a lot of Secret Service between you and him, but also because this is the nature of the process.”

So, let me get this straight. This young man said the first thing he thought about when deciding not to commit assault and battery against the head of state of his own country, was his worry about the security officers protecting the president, who would not let him get away with such a felony? Well, why didn’t he just shout out “You lie,” as did South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson during a presi-dential State of the Union ad-dress in 2009?

I’ve got a better idea for how

any of the five Romney sons [who share a tax-free $100 mil-lion IRA given them by their dad], might work off their raging testosterone. If Tagg would like to “swing” on somebody, why doesn’t he join the U.S. Marine Corps? Soon enough after basic training and OCS he could swing away at the Taliban or any of this country’s declared enemies, rather than at the officials who are supposed to be on his “same side.”

But no, military service – par-ticularly not in time of conflict

– is not a male Romney family trait. According to Tagg’s mom-ma, Miss Ann Romney, speaking recently on ABC’s “The View” said that her husband Mitt Rom-ney serving as a Mormon mis-sionary in Paris, France, in the late 1960s was like the service – and, lives of more than 58,000 Americans – given by members of the U.S. military during the Vietnam War. Mrs. Romney also included her five sons in that same claim of equal service.

Tough-talking Taggart Rom-ney, the oldest son of the Re-publican presidential nominee would have us believe he is some kind of “bad dude.”

After the second presiden-tial candidates debate Tagg told a North Carolina radio inter-viewer that his instinct during one of the sharp exchanges was to “jump out of your seat” and “rush down to the debate stage

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Hundreds gathered recently at the Friends of the Califor-nia African American Museum (CAAM) eighth annual black-tie fundraiser where legendary actor Sidney Poitier and United States Gracie Fellow for Visual Arts winner John Outterbridge were feted with Lifetime Achievement awards. “An Artful Evening at CAAM” saluted Poitier and Outterbridge, while also helped in the fundraising campaign for CAAM’s outreach missions -- Mentoring Generations Program, the Young Docent High School Intern Program, and the Busses and Docents Program.

“An Artful Evening at CAAM breathes life into all that we do. We burst with pride when we see how the proceeds flow through our Mentoring Generations Pro-gram to sustain paid employ-ment training through our high

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Legendary actor Sidney Poitier with [equally iconic] actress-singer Diahann Carroll, was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the California African American Museum in Los Angeles recently. /Courtesy Photo


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A new exhibit at the Smithso-nian Anacostia Community Mu-seum not only sheds light on the illustrious history of the Anacos-tia River but enlightens Southeast residents on the importance of preserving the treasure trove lo-cated in their own backyard.

“Reclaiming the Edge: Ur-ban Waterways and Civic En-gagement,” which runs through September 2013, also marks the museum’s 45th anniversary. The exhibit depicts the museum’s evolution to programs that re-flect everyday life, history and the future of the African-American community that surrounds the river.

“Our latest exhibit is good not just for residents east of the river, but for the entire city and region,” said Gail Lowe, mu-seum historian, who added that since the exhibit opened on Oct. 14, there has been huge support from the community.

Meanwhile, the Anacostia River, which stretches nearly nine miles, serves as a major tributary for the region that in-cludes Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. To that end, it has a long and storied past, which dates from 1742, as out-lined in the exhibit.

The exhibit provides a chro-nology of the river, and notes that in the late 1800s the Ana-

The Anacostia: From years of Neglect to a River of PromiseMuseum Exhibit Conveys River’s Past, Present and Hopes for the Future

costia was viewed by the District government as a conduit for sew-age. Another point emphasizes efforts to rid the river of toxic substances, which ultimately re-sulted in the Clean Up & Protec-tion Act of 2009, and which later became known as the D.C. Bag Tax Law that took effect the fol-lowing year.

The new exhibit also details how the Potomac River – located in the western part of the Dis-trict and often promoted as a ma-jor tourist attraction – connects with the Anacostia River and flows into the Chesapeake Bay. Overall, the interactive exhibit seeks to examine the Anacostia as an historic waterway and how it contributes to economic, racial and social segregation.

“It’s no secret that more em-phasis has been placed on the Potomac River, but it’s been for historic reasons,” said Lowe. “[At the onset] the plan was that the city would grow to the east and the Anacostia would serve both the commercial and recreational corridors. However, when em-phasis swung from the west, the Potomac took greater impor-tance [making it more of a tour-ist attraction].”

Lowe added that at one point, Congress decided to clean up the Potomac first and then the Anacostia River, but switched gears when people realized the

Richard Lee Wild, right, displays some of the plastic debris that makes it difficult to keep the Anacostia River clean during the opening of “Reclaim-ing the Edge: Urban Waterways and Civic Engagement,” at the Anacostia Community Museum in Southeast on Oct. 14. /Photo by Roy Lewis

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as a teaching tool for young stu-dents, said he’s been photograph-ing the river for about 15 years and has done so “very passion-ately” to capture different visions of what the river could look like in the future.

“We’re all in this together. The river is linked to us and we’re linked to it because Washingto-nians are river people,” said Mc-Neil who lives in Ward 7. “So, if you have an ill river, you have a sick community – and the two have to balance.”

He said however, that residents should look at the Anacostia as New Yorkers look at Central Park. “That should be its drawing power,” McNeil said, referencing the rich history – including the Underground Railroad and the city’s fishing industry –that’s tied to the Anacostia.

Michael Goff, who is a vice commodore for the historically

black Seafarers Yacht Club in Southeast, added that it’s criti-cal to convey the importance of

keeping the river clean. Members of the Seafarers

Yacht Club often use the river for boating activities. Goff, 48, of Upper Marlboro, Md., said they often see people fishing and pic-nicking and it’s necessary to keep the river free of toxic wastes.

Goff said there are still a lot of areas of the river that need to be cleaned up, and that his

Anacostia which was just as im-portant to the city, had been ne-glected for too long.

Sharon Reickens, museum deputy director, echoed Lowe’s sentiments and wants citizens to be more responsible for water-ways in their neighborhoods.

“Whatever flows into the Anacostia River impacts their health,” Reickens said. “There are examples to be found in other cities of how citizens can come together to clean up waters and make significant changes in their communities.”

Bruce McNeil is an artist who has several photographs in the exhibit. One, which depicts na-tive Americans as the first people to live along its shores, superim-poses their faces among the trees.

McNeil, 58, who uses his art

club is currently working with the city to redevelop the Ana-costia River Walk.

“We’re revitalizing the boat-houses as well and hope to see a lot of this come to fruition in the next three to five years,” he said. “After all, despite its years of ne-glect, the Anacostia is a river of great promise.”wi

A fun day on the water. /Photo courtesy of Wilderness Inquiry

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My Sister’s Place: Protecting Battered Women One Purse at a TimeBy Michelle Phipps-EvansWI Staff Writer

When Ebony Mabry was in the third grade in the early 1980s, she first heard “Candy Girl,” a song by R&B band, New Edi-tion, on the radio. She and her older sister, Cassandra, and oth-er children in their home would sing and dance along. She still giggles at the distant memory.

“To this day, whenever the song comes on, we say, ‘hey, remember when we heard that song at the shelter,’” said Mabry, 38, who lived for six months at My Sister’s Place [MSP], a shelter for abused women and their chil-dren. At eight years old, Mabry said that although she knew she lived in a shelter, she was always a “happy kid,” with household chores.

“My concern was that other kids in school didn’t find out,” said Mabry who walked to school from the shelter each day. It looked like any other home on the block; and she entered through the door at the back of

the house. Several children in the shelter attended the same school.

As a child, Mabry became a casualty of domestic violence. Children represent the largest homeless population nationally, and most have witnessed do-mestic violence in their homes and have sought sanctuary in emergency shelter systems, ac-cording to MSP. Her mother, Irene Mabry Moses and her daughters were forced to move into MSP after Moses’ husband returned from Vietnam. Trau-matized by the war, he began to abuse drugs and that’s when the trouble started.

“I was in an abusive situation where I was mentally abused and I didn’t want to leave,” said Moses, “I wanted my ‘toys’ – my credit cards, my car – and I didn’t want to go back home to my parents with my head hang-ing down.”

Moses represented the one in four women who, in her lifetime, became a victim of domestic violence, the willful intimida-tion and abuse by one intimate

partner onto the other, accord-ing to the DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence [DCCADV]. That’s about 75,000 victims in the District. DCCADV is the federally recognized statewide

coalition of domestic violence programs, organizations and individuals organized to ensure the elimination of domestic vio-lence in Washington, D.C. Moses recounted her shame because of

her homelessness, which pre-vented her from reaching out to friends and family.

“My life changed completely,”

Lauren C. Vaughan, executive director of My Sister’s Place, center right, chats with guests who attended the third an-nual Power of the Purse silent auction on Oct. 10 at the Rooftop Terrace in Northwest. /Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah

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said Moses about living at MSP. “I had to give back and I have nothing but great things to say about them.” Moses, who has since been married for 20 plus years to Robert Moses, started Faith Realty in Baltimore, Md., which helps low-income people achieve home ownership by guiding them through financial obstacles and the process. She has won awards for affordable housing advocacy, serves on the board for the National Alliance to End Homelessness and wrote a chapter in Dream of a Nation with others such as former Vice President Al Gore.

Moses shared her experi-ences as she received the Judith Bennett-Sattler Spirit of Service Award at MSP’s third annual Power of the Purse silent auc-tion on Oct. 10 at the Rooftop Terrace in Northwest. The auc-tion featured high-end handbags such as Coach and Ralph Lauren, and luxury goods where guests placed bids starting at $75. All proceeds go to MSP, part of an interactive community dedicated to eradicating domestic violence. The oldest domestic violence shelter in the District, MSP provides emergency shelter and transitional-to-permanent hous-ing, supportive programs, coun-seling, education and advocacy to domestic violence survivors.

“Last year we launched the spirit of service award to honor our late, former executive di-rector and her legacy and com-mitment to helping those in need,” said Lauren C. Vaughan, MSP’s executive director. The

event commemorated Domes-tic Violence Awareness Month in October and “celebrated the incredible spirit of survivors,” Vaughan added.

Also marking this month was D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, a Power of the Purse honorary co-chair, who presented a recognition resolu-tion at the Council’s legislative meeting on Oct. 16. It highlight-ed the prevalence of domestic violence in the nation’s capital and the far reaching impact on survivors and their families.

D.C. Delegate Eleanor Hol-mes Norton, also an honorary co-chair, said it was a “fabulous turnout” but she attended for another reason.

“I’m here to pledge that this

Congress won’t be a lame duck without passing the reauthori-zation of the Violence Against Women Act,” she said, adding that the act has done wonders for the city. Originally intro-duced 1994, the act has been credited with raising awareness about the problems of domestic abuse.

Mabry, who is now a mother of a 17-year-old son, is working with her mother as a realtor at Faith Realty. She said after they left MSP, she and her biological haven’t reconciled, but she’s hap-py with her mother’s decision.

“I learned so much from my mom, who gave me an old soul,” Mabry said. “I’m so glad she did what she did as it has made me who I am today.” wi

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Women who attended the third annual Power of the Purse silent auction at the Rooftop Terrace in Northwest on Oct. 10 ad-mired the variety of expensive handbags and many purchased bags to support My Sister’s Place. /Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah

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Affirmation: Jewelry reflects the beauty of my feelings about myself. Lucky Numbers: 8, 45, 51

GEMINI You feel centered this week and full of efficient energy. Use this week to accomplish tasks, make plans, and finalize ar-rangements that need to be made. Face into personal responsibili-

ties with love and pleasure now. Soul Affirmation: I enjoy discovering new territory this week. Lucky Numbers: 12, 14, 29

CANCER You can build a bridge with your imagination to reach the person you want to meet. Build the very best bridge your imagination can afford. Your soul mate will then cross over to

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$18.95 / $19.95 Canada 32 pages

By Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer

So how are you feeling to-day?

If you’re feeling well, that’s great! But think about the last time you felt really sick. That’s when Mom took you to see the doctor, who looked down your throat, checked your ears, and sent you home with some medicine.

But what if you didn’t have a doctor nearby? What would your family do? What would you do? In the new book “Mimi’s Village” by Katie Smith Mil-way and Eugenie Fernandes, a little girl thinks about that, and then she has a dream …

It’s a sad day in the vil-lage where Mimi Malaho lives.

Last night, a baby died and his mother is weeping with the vil-lage’s other women. Mimi is too young to sit with them, so she quietly goes home. She worries about her mother, and the baby Ma is expecting. Her family has been lucky; nobody has gotten sick so far.

But then something horrible happens! Mimi’s little sister,

Nakkissi, drinks some dirty wa-ter. She was thirsty and though Mimi knew she shouldn’t do it, she gave Nakkissi a drink by the river.

That night, Nakkissi felt aw-ful.

The little girl moaned. She couldn’t keep anything in her tummy, so Ma and Pa wrapped her in a blanket and put her in their cart. The whole family started walking down the path to the next village, where there was a clinic. It took an hour.

The next morning, there were lots of people lined up at the clinic. Nurse Tela took care of everyone, including Nakkissi and all the babies. As Mimi watched Nurse Tela weigh each baby, she learned that the next day was vaccination day. The Malahos decided to spend the night at the clinic so they could get vaccinated. They wanted to stay healthy.

When she got home, Mimi heard her father talking about malaria, which was making lots of the village’s children sick. Mimi knew that was true, and she was thinking about a wish she’d made the day before. She

was thinking about it when she went to bed and that night, she had a dream.

Her dream led to an idea. Her idea led to a project. Her project led to something very good for Mimi, her family, and her whole village!

Even though your child is small, you can bet she’s lis-tening. Surely, she knows that health care is a big issue these days. “Mimi’s Village” takes that knowledge to the next level.

Inspired by real events and real people, author Katie Smith Milway explains a grown-up is-sue in a kid-friendly way, and children will definitely iden-tify with a girl like Mimi. Smith gives kids more information about Zambia health care work-ers and health care in general, then she and illustrator Eugenie Fernandes explain what readers can do to help make life better for other children around the world.

For 5-to-8-year-olds who love making a difference, this is a story that leads the way. And for you, “Mimi’s Village” is a book you’ll feel good about letting your child read.wi


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Although the sport utility’s exterior seems a bit subdued compared to the previous model, the Touareg is certainly a handsome vehicle. Inside, it boasts of tasteful walnut trim and perfect seams that reveal meticulous handiwork through-out. This was evident in our test model which came with the optional ‘Vienna’ leather, el-egant Walnut wood accents and a 620-watt, 10-speaker sound

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On the highway, the Touareg Hybrid is comfortable and se-cure. It feels more like a car than an SUV. Even in Sport mode, the ride is solid and courteous. Going over rough country roads, the Touareg felt capable, absorbing big bumps easily without too much cabin rocking. Volkswagen says the Touareg Hybrid has a ground clearance of 7.9 inches and can ford water to a depth of 19.7 inches.

Though the Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid is one of the best-driving hybrids on the market, it comes at a high price. Our test model had a sticker price just above $60,000. We have to admit that price tag is beyond the reach of many fam-ilies for a vehicle that does not even offer a third row seat. The Lexus RX Hybrid costs $16,000 less than the Touareg Hybrid and is a leader in its class.wi

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With gas prices hovering close to $4 a gallon, it may seem safe to assume that America’s love affair with the sports utility vehicle has finally waned. Ex-perts, however, caution that this is far from the truth.

SUV sales have actually been growing in recent months, from about one in five vehicles sold back in the early 2000s, to al-most a third of all vehicles sold today. But today’s SUVs aren’t like the gas guzzling monsters of yesteryear. They are more fuel efficient as manufactur-ers have accelerated the use of technologies that improve gas mileage.

A popular trend has been toward incorporating hybrid powertrains in SUVs. The combination of a standard fuel engine with multiple electric motors, and a substantial bat-tery pack helps improve fuel consumption and reduces auto emissions. Our test vehicle for this week, the midsize cross-over sport-utility VW Touareg, is the German automaker’s first foray into gasoline-electric hy-brids.

Loaded with tons of stan-dard premium features, the VW Touareg offers the world’s first supercharged gasoline hybrid. It presents one of the more impressive examples of hybrid technology in an SUV. VW’s engineering wizards set out to stir up an SUV that packs the punch of a V8 with the fuel ef-ficiency of a V6. We think they have succeeded.

The Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid is an excellent pick for shoppers seeking a luxury SUV that delivers V8 excitement with V6 frugality. /Photo courtesy of Volkswagen of America, Inc.


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D.C. United captain Chris Pontius battles Columbus Crew defender Sebastian Miranda early in the first half of Major League Soccer action at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Southeast on Saturday, Oct. 20. The United defeated Columbus 3-2 and clinched a berth in the Eastern Conference playoffs in the team’s final home game of the season. “Relief, excitement – it’s been a long time coming,” leading scorer Chris Pontius said. “Everyone is excited for the opportunity. We’re sitting in a good position. We put ourselves in a good position.” /Photo by John E. De Freitas

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Morgan State’s Nathan Ayers and Howard’s David Wilson pursue a loose football in the fourth quarter on Saturday, Oct. 20 at Greene Stadium in Northwest. Howard defeated Morgan State 21-20 before a standing-room-only-crowd. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

Howard University quarterback Greg McGhee is tackled in the second half of Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football action before a homecoming crowd of 10,305 at Greene Stadium in Northwest on Saturday, Oct 20. McGhee added 44 yards on 10 carries as the Bison amassed 259 yards on the ground. “This was a must win, not only because it was homecoming, but because it is an MEAC game,” explained Howard head coach Gary Har-rell. “Our goal is to finish these last five games 5-0, so this is a good start.” /Photo by John E. De Freitas

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stances, and one said he needed to send his kid to college. He didn’t blink.” The business wasn’t a “re-sponsible community partner” and she opposed them however she could. Brown, a vocal Ward 8 activist, would no longer con-tinue her fight as an ANC. She’s not running for re-election this year. However, she will continue to stand up as a resident.

K2, Spice, Blaze or Red X Dawn are monikers for synthetic marijuana, which children can buy at gas stations and convenience stores. A common variety in D.C. is the Scooby Snax Potpourri, which features the cartoon char-acter, Scooby Doo. According to data from the 2011 Monitoring the Future survey of youth drug-use trends, 11.4 percent of 12th graders used synthetic marijuana that year, making it the second

Fighting youth Substance Abuse East of the River

most commonly used illicit drug among high school seniors. Its ad-verse effects include mood swings, anxiety, increased heart rate and paranoia.

Although the Drug Enforce-ment Agency banned synthetic drugs such as bath salts and in-cense and chemicals used to pro-duce them, new variants have circumvented the ban. They are marketed under different brand names and contain legal chemicals.

Brown shared her frustrations with a large audience at an event, hosted by the Wards 7&8 D.C. Prevention Center [W7&8 DCPC] at the Marshall Heights Commu-nity Development Organization in Northeast on Friday, Oct. 19. The W7&8 DCPC is a collabora-tive venture of the Department of Health Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration, Bridg-ing Resources In Communities,

Inc. [BRIC] – the lead communi-ty-based agency for this initiative – and the Ophelia Egypt Program Center of Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, Inc.

An eight-panel group with ex-pertise in drug prevention, narcot-ics investigation, advocacy, medi-cine, criminal justice, as well as youth leaders led an open dialogue on K2, and underage drinking.

“Whenever we do youth-fo-cused community conversations, our purpose is simple,” said Ro-salind Parker, president of BRIC, a nonprofit dedicated to improv-ing the overall quality of life in communities most in need. “We want to ask the youth questions that allow us to hear directly from them, hear in their words the lo-cal conditions fostering youth ac-cess to, and use of various drugs. We also engage the youth around some solutions which we also call actionable strategies that they can participate in.”

W7&8 DCPC uses a public health, social development model to engage in community-level pre-vention that uses three functions to address priority risk factors and target outcomes – education, lead-ership and change.

The youth at the meeting theo-rized on reasons for using K2 or alcohol – following friends, look-ing cool but most important, some said K2 can’t be detected in drug screenings. Several admitted they have friends who abused one form of drug or another.

According to the Center for Substance Abuse Research, nearly one quarter of D.C. public high school students were early alco-hol drinkers before age 13, which is associated with other risky be-haviors. Even more stark is that

By Michelle Phipps-EvansWI Staff Writer

Like many east of the river residents, Ward 8 Advisory Neigh-borhood Commissioner [ANC] Dionne Brown [8D07] is hardly surprised to see youth in her com-munity selling drugs. But one Fri-day night, she witnessed several people going in and out of a Dol-lar Store on South Capitol Street.

“I was like, ‘it’s no way, all these people are going into a Dollar Store this time of night,’” said Brown, who usually surveys her area, which covers Bellevue and the Far Southwest neighborhoods.

She discovered the store sold a product known as K2 or synthetic marijuana.

“The shop owners were unre-pentant,” said Brown. “I told them these are illegally banned sub-

between 900 and 1,800 teens, age 12 to 17, abused or were depen-dent on alcohol, according to a 2007-2008 National Survey of Drug Use and Health by the Sub-stance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, a public health agency within the U.S. De-partment of Health and Human Services.

“I don’t see consequences such as cirrhosis in young people,” said Dr. Robyn Miller from the Chil-dren’s National Medical Center about alcohol’s effects. “But I’ve treated young people who’ve been drinking for their birthday and they didn’t know how they got there or what’s going on.”

Joining the conversation was Deputy Director of Demand Reduction for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, David Mineta, who said na-tionally there’re about 2.5 million youth on drugs.

“Prevention must be compre-hensive,” Mineta said. “Communi-ties must continue to have key re-lationships with law enforcement and others in the health field.”

He said communities should work together on reducing de-mand, as businesses Brown men-tioned aren’t closing if they con-tinue to make profits.

“National Substance Abuse Prevention Month gives us an opportunity to assist local com-munities in their drug prevention programs, and it’s an honor for us to support this work,” Mineta added. wi

James Jackson, a 5th grader who attends Stanton Elementary School in Southeast, tells the audience how K2 also known as Spice, a synthetic form of marijuana, has infiltrated his school during “A Community Conversation on the Availability and Use of K-2/Spice and Underage Drinking” at the Marshall Heights Community Development Organization in Northeast on Friday, Oct. 19. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter

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It was June 8, 2012, when my first radio program came on the air at WYCB-AM, 1340. It has been an enjoyable summer, find-ing guest speakers and learning how to manage a weekly radio talk show. This has got to be ordained by God, though I have had to be steadfast, during the good times and even during the bad times.

The first three months were a breeze, sponsorship was fantas-tic, and I felt as though I was in it to win it! Then I heard from three of my major sponsors … they couldn’t stay in due to fi-nancial shortfalls.

The trouble was, I didn’t learn about the shortfall until 10 days before it was time to pay my monthly fee. Though it wasn’t easy, I was able to get the payment together to cover my September radio show. This month’s payment came together a bit easier. There’s a time for everything, and everything in its time.

What am I saying? I could have called it quits, and could have thrown in the towel! I’m reminding you that when you get on that road, heading in the direction in which the Heavenly Father has ordained you to go, don’t expect everything to be peachy! But don’t quit.

Life is just like the seasons. As you all know, in order to get the wonderful growth and lush greenery that we enjoy during the summer, we must first experi-ence fall when the earth’s green-ery begins to die. The leaves fall from the trees, as they are be-ginning to do now; then comes

Be Ye Steadfast, During Good Times and Bad

winter. Most plants, flowers, gardens and trees appear to die. They become dry and lifeless! But during the time these trees and grass appear dead, life is on hold from within. God is doing a ‘new thing’ with each tree, with each plant.

They must die each year, in order to live! Does that sound familiar? Each of us finds our-selves in desperate situations for long periods of time. A few commit suicide! They couldn’t take it. But all we have to do is grow from within. This is the time when we must depend on God completely!

When life seems so bad, that you cannot see one thing going on in your life that makes you feel good, think again!

If you’re alive and able to get up and take a bath, you can feed yourself, you can walk and talk; you’re in the land of the living. Then rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice!

What happens after winter? Spring comes along! And how often does spring come? It comes every year. Spring is the time when new life begins; the trees begin to show signs of lit-tle buds, the grass begins to grow again, and flowers too!

How often does this happen? It happens every spring! This is the time when we should act just like the seasons. It’s the time when we should work very hard to see that our projects grow while there is this growth season. This growth season only lasts so many days. The trees will begin to lose those wonderful green leaves in time.

If we just remember that life

is like the seasons, we will always be able to make it through those days when we seem to be like the walking dead. Things are not working for you.

That’s the time when we must be committed and unwavering. “Therefore, my beloved breth-ren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.” 1st Corinthians 15:58.

Now, my radio show has had several weeks of very dynamic guest speakers, ending this week with actress Della Reese. wi

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901 third Street N.w.washington, DC. 20001phone (202) 842-3411Fax (202) 682-9423

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St.Mark'sBaptistChurch

624UnderwoodStreet,NW

Washington,dc20011

Dr.RaymondT.Matthews,

PastorandFirstLadyMarciaMatthews

SundaySchool9:am

WorshipService10:am

Wed.NoonDayprayerservice

Thur.Prayerservice6:45pm

Thur.BibleStudy7:15pm

BishopAlfredA.Owens,Jr.;SeniorBishop&EvangelistSusieC.Owens–Co-Pastor

610RhodeIslandAvenue,NEWashington,DC20002

(202)529-4547office•(202)529-4495fax

SundayWorshipService:8AMand10:45AMSundayYouthWorshipServices:

1st&4th10:45AM;804R.I.Ave.,NE5th8AM&10:45AM;MainChurch

PrayerServicesTuesday–Noon,Wednesday6AM&6:30PM

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GreaterMt.CalvaryHolyChurch

Dr.DekonteeL.&Dr.AyeleA.JohnsonPastors

400114thStreet,NWWashington,DC20011(202)265-6147Office

1-800576-1047Voicemail/Fax

ScheduleofServices:SundaySchool–9:30AM

SundayMorningWorshipService–11:00AMCommunionService–FirstSunday

PrayerService/BibleStudy–Tuesday,6:30PM

www.blessedwordoflifechurch.orge-mail:[email protected]

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PilgrimBaptistChurch

700 I. Street, NEWashington, D.C. 20002

Pastor Louis B. Jones, II and Pilgrim invite

you to join us during our July and August Summer schedule! Attire is

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Worship: Sundays@ 7:30 A.M. & 10:00 A.M.

3rd Sunday Holy Communion/Bap-tism/Consecration

Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @12:00 Noon

@ 6:30 P.M. – One Hour of Power!(202) 547-8849 www.pilgrimbap-

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ChurchofLivingWaters

Rev.PaulCarretteSeniorPastorHaroldAndrew,AssistantPastor

4915WheelerRoadOxonHill,MD20745

301-894-6464

ScheduleofServiceSundayService:8:30AM&11:00AM

BibleStudy:Wednesday7:30PMCommunionService:FirstSunday

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reLigion

900DelawareAvenue,SWWashington,DC20020

(202)488-7417(202)484-2242

Rev.Dr.J.MichaelLittlePastor

SunrisePrayer:6:00AMSundaySchool:9:30AM

MorningWorship11:00AMHolyCommunion:3rdSunday-11:00AM

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FriendshipBaptistChurch

Rev.Dr.H.B.Sampson,IIIPastor

2914BladensburgRoad,NEWash.,DC20018Office:(202)529-3180

Fax:(202)529-7738OrderofServices

WorshipService:7:30a.m.SundaySchool:9:00a.m.WorshipService:10:30a.m.

HolyCommunion:4thSunday7:30a.m.&10:30a.m.PrayerServices:

Tuesday7:30p.m.Wednesday12Noon

Email:[email protected]:www.mthoreb.org

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Mt.HorebBaptistChurch

Dr.LuciusM.Dalton,SeniorPastor

1636EastCapitolStreet,NEWashington,DC20003

Telephone:202-544-5588Fax:202-544-2964

SundayWorshipServices:7:45amand10:45amHolyCommunion:1stSundaysat7:45amand

10:45amSundaySchool:9:30am

Prayer&PraiseService:Tuesdaysat12noonand6:30pm

BibleStudy:Tuesdaysat1pmand7pmYouthBibleStudy:Fridaysat7pm

Web:www.mountmoriahchurch.orgEmail:[email protected]

MountMoriahBaptistChurch

Rev.TerryD.StreeterPastor

215RhodeIslandAve.N.W.•WD.C.20001(202)332-5748

EarlyMorningWorship:7:45a.m.SundaySchool:9:15a.m.

MorningWorship:10:45a.m.HolyCommunion:

4thSunday7:45a.m.&10:45a.m.C.T.U.Sunday:2:45p.m.

BibleStudy:Wednesday11:00a.m.&7:00p.m.

PrayerService:Wednesday8:00p.m.NoonDayPrayerService:

Mondays12p.m.

MountPleasantBaptistChurch

Rev.StephenE.TuckerPastorandOverseer

625ParkRd,NW•WDC20010P:202291-5711•F:202291-5666

SundayWorshipService-11amSundaySchool-9:45am

BibleStudy&PrayerWed.-7pmSubstanceAbuseCounseling-

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NewCommandmentBaptistChurch

Rev.Dr.MichaelT.Bell

71218thStreet,NEWashington,DC20002

Phone202-399-3450/Fax202-398-8836

SundayMorningWorshipService7:15am&10:50am

SundaySchool9:30amSundayMorningWorshipService10:50am

WednesdayPrayer&TestimoniesService7:30pmWednesdaySchooloftheBible8:00pmWednesday-MidweekPrayerService-

12:00pm-1:00pm

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PeaceBaptistChurch

Rev.Dr.JamesColemanPastor

2001NorthCapitolSt,N.E.•Washington,DC20002Phone(202)832-9591

SundayChurchSchool–9:30AMSundayWorshipService–11:00AM

HolyCommunion–1stSundayat11:00AMPrayer–Wednesdays,6:00PM

BibleStudy–Wednesdays,7:00PMChristianEducation

SchoolofBiblicalknowledgeSaturdays,9:30AM–11:00AM,

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AllNationsBaptistChurch

Rev.Dr.ClintonW.AustinPastor

2409AingerPl.,SE–WDC20020(202)678-0884–Office(202)678-0885–Fax

“ComeGrowWithUsandEstablishaBlessedFamily”SundayWorship

7:30am&10:45amBaptism/HolyCommunion

3rdSundayFamilyBibleStudyTuesdays–6:30pm

PrayerServiceTuesdays–8:00pm

www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org

EmmanuelBaptistChurch

Dr.EarlD.TrentSeniorPastor

623FloridaAve..NW•WDC.20001Church(202)667-3409•Study(202)265-0836

HomeStudy(301)464-8211•Fax(202)483-4009

SundayWorshipServices:10:00a.m.SundayChurchSchool:8:45–9:45a.m.

HolyCommunion:EveryFirstSundayIntercessoryPrayer:

Monday–7:00-8:00p.m.Pastor’sBibleStudy:

Wednesday–7:45p.m.MidweekPrayer:

Wednesday–7:00p.m.NoondayPrayerEveryThursday

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HolyTrinityUnitedBaptistChurch

Rev.Dr.GeorgeC.GilbertSR.Pastor

4504GaultPlace,N.E.Washington,D.C20019202-397-7775–7184

9:30AM.SundayChurchSchool11:00Am.SundayWorshipService

TheLord’sSupper1stSundayWednesday7:00pmPrayer&PraiseServices

7:30pm.BibleStudySaturdaybefore4thSundayMen,Women,

YouthDiscipleshipMinistries10:30amAChristCenteredChurch

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Rev.keithW.Byrd,Sr.Pastor

4850BlagdonAve,NW•WashingtonD.C20011Phone(202)722-4940•Fax(202)291-3773

SundayWorshipService10:15AM-PraiseandWorshipServices

SundaySchool9:00amMonday:NoonBibleSchoolWednesday:Noon&7PM:

Pastor’sBibleStudyOrdinanceofBaptism2ndHolyCommunion4thSunday

MissionZionBaptistChurchShall;EnlistSinners,EducateStudents,EmpowertheSuffer-

ing,EncouragetheSaints,andExaltOurSavior.(Acts2:41-47)

www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org

ZionBaptistChurch

Rev.Dr.MorrisLShearin,Sr.Pastor

1251SaratogaAve.,NEWashington,DC20018

(202)269-0288

SundayWorshipService:10:00A.M.

SundaySchool:8:30A.M.HolyCommunion1stSunday:

10:00A.M.

PrayerService:Wednesdayat6:30P.M.

BibleStudy:Wednesdayat7:00P.M.

IsraelBaptistChurch

Dr.C.MatthewHudson,Jr,Pastor

2616MLkAve.,SE•Washington,DC20020Office202-889-3709•Fax202-678-3304

EarlyWorshipService7:30a.mWorshipService10:45a.m.

NewMembersClass9:30a.m.HolyCommunion:1stSunday-10:45a.m

ChurchSchool9:30a.m.Prayer,PraiseandBibleStudy:

Wednesday7p.mBibleStudy:Saturday:11a.m.

Baptism:4thSunday–10:45a.m“EmpoweredtoloveandChallengedtoLeada

MultitudeofSoulstoChrist”

MatthewsMemorialBaptistChurch

Rev.R.VincentPalmerPastor

621AlabamaAvenue,S.E.•Washington,D.C.20032P:(202)561-1111F:(202)561-1112

SundayService:10amSundaySchoolforallages:8:30am

1stSundayBaptism:10:am2ndSundayHolyCommunion:10am

Tuesday:BibleStudy:6:30pm

PrayerMeeting:7:45pm

Motto:GodFirst

RehobothBaptistChurch

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Rev.Dr.BobbyL.Livingston,Sr.Pastor

75RhodeIslandAve.NW•Washington,DC20001(202)667-4448

SunrisePrayerService6:00A.M.SundayChurchSchool8:30A.M.

Pre-WorshipDevotionals9:45A.M.MorningWorshipServices10:00A.M.

HolyCommunion1stSundayWorshipServicesBibleStudyTuesdays,6:00P.M.

Thursdays,1:00P.M.PrayerMeetingsTuesdays,7:00P.M.

Thursdays,12:00P.M.

Mt.BethelBaptistChurch

Rev.Dr.kendrickE.CurryPastor

3000PennsylvaniaAve..S.EWashington,DC20020

202581-1500

SundayChurchSchool:9:30A.M.SundayWorshipService:11:00A.M.MondayAdultBibleStudy:7:00P.M.

WednesdayYouth&AdultActivities:

6:30P.M.

PrayerServiceBibleStudy

PennsylvaniaAve.BaptistChurch

Rev.AlonzoHartPastor

917NSt.NW•Washington,DC20001(202)232-4294

TheChurchWhereGODIsWorking....AndWeAreWorkingWithGOD

SundayMorningPrayerService:8:00a.m.SundayChurchSchool:9:15a.m.

SundayMorningWorship:10:40a.m.ThirdSunday-

Baptismal&HolyCommunion:10:30a.m.Tuesday-

ChurchAtStudyPrayer&Praise:6:30p.m.

SalemBaptistChurch

Rev.Dr.WallaceCharlesSmithPastor

9th&PStreet,N.W.•W.D.C.20001(202)232-4200

SunrisePrayerServices-Sunday7:00a.m.

MorningWorship:8:00a.mChurchSchool:9:30a.m.

MorningWorship:10:55a.m.BibleStudy,Thursday:6:30p.m.

PrayerMeeting,Thursday:7:30p.m.

ShilohBaptistChurch

Rev.AubreyC.LewisPastor

1415GallatinStreet,NWWashington,DC20011-3851

P:(202)726-5940

SundayWorship:11:00a.m.

SundaySchool:9:15a.m.HolyCommunion:11:00a.m.,3rdSun.

BibleStudy:Monday-7:00p.m.

PrayerMeeting:Thursday-7:00p.m.

St.LukeBaptistChurch

Rev.Dr.MaxwellM.WashingtonPastor

1105NewJerseyAve,S.E•Washington,DC20003202488-7298

OrderofServicesSundayWorshipServices:9:05A.M.

SundaySchool:8:00A.M.HolyCommunion3rdSundayMorningPrayerMeeting:7:00P.M.(Tuesday)

BibleStudy:7:30P.M.(Tuesday)

Theme:“StrivingtobemorelikeJesus-“Stewardship”.

Philippians3:12-14;Malachi3:8-10and2Corinthians9:7

Email:[email protected]:www.stmatthewsbaptist.com

St.MatthewsBaptistChurch

602NStreetNW•Washington,D.C.20001Office:(202)289-4480Fax:(202)289-4595

SundayWorshipServices:7:45am&11:00amSundayschoolForAllAges9:30am

PrayerServicesWednesday11:30am&6:45pm

BibleInstituteWednesdayatNoon&7:45pm

“ChangingLivesOnPurpose“

Email:[email protected]:www.firstrising.org

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kingEmmanuelBaptistChurch

Rev.DarylF.BellPastor

2324OntarioRoad,NWWashington,DC20009

(202)232-1730

SundaySchool–9:30amSundayWorshipService–11:00am

BaptismalService–1stSunday–9:30amHolyCommunion–1stSunday–11:00

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James Larry Frazier, esq.918 Maryland Avenue, Newashington, DC 20002Attorney

NOtiCe OF AppOiNtMeNt, NOtiCe tO CReDitORS AND NOtiCe tO UNKNOwN HeiRS

Sunday Glover-Cox, whose address is 4514 Alabama Avenue, Se, washington, DC 20020, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Geraldine G. Lewis, who died on January 13, 2012 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Ob-jections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s will) shall be filed with the Register of wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.w. third Floor washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 11, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of wills or filed with the Register of wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 11, 2013, or be forever barred. persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this no-tice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of wills, including name, address and relationship.

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Gwendolyn H. Hammond aka Gwendolyn Hart HammondDecedent


peggy Hammond, whose address is 808 Quackenbos Street, Nw, washington, DC 20011, was appointed personal representa-tive of the estate of Gwendolyn H. Hammond aka Gwendolyn Hart Hammond, who died on March 29, 2010 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Ob-jections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s will) shall be filed with the Register of wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.w. third Floor washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 4, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of wills or filed with the Register of wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 4, 2013, or be forever barred. persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this no-tice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of wills, including name, address and relationship.


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Gloria J. watsonDecedent

James Larry Frazier, esq.918 Maryland Avenue, Newashington, DC 20002Attorney


Roberta J. Littlejohn, whose address is 3458 Summit Court, Ne, washington, DC 20018, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Gloria J. watson, who died on Sep-tember 18, 2012 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.w. third Floor washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 25, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of wills or filed with the Register of wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 25, 2013, or be forever barred. persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of wills, including name, address and relationship.


Roberta J. Littlejohnpersonal Representative

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Albert toussaint Liser, Jr.Decedent


Yvonne Bernice Liser, whose address is 3618 28th Street Ne, washington, DC 20018, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Albert toussaint Liser, Jr., who died on Sep-tember 1, 2012 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.w. third Floor washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 18, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of wills or filed with the Register of wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 18, 2013, or be forever barred. persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of wills, including name, address and relationship.


Yvonne Bernice Liserpersonal Representative

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Sterling H. SafritDecedent


Carol S. Bradwell and willis R. Bradwell, Jr., whose address is 1322 perry Street, Ne wash-ington, DC 20017, were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Sterling H. Safrit, who died on September 20, 2012 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s will) shall be filed with the Register of wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.w. third Floor washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 25, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of wills or filed with the Register of wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 25, 2013, or be forever barred. persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of wills, including name, address and relationship.


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Harding had a special message for people of color as we work

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As the election season winds to a close, candidates from all sides are still making their final promises about what they want America to be. Those of us who share Harding’s vision—for that just, compassionate, mul-tiracial, joyful nation that cares for children and elders, itself and the rest of the world, the earth’s needs along with indi-vidual needs—must work to make that reality. Voting is al-ways the critical first step. Then we must keep going—not only

to demand our elected leaders make America what it should be, but to be leaders ourselves in our own communities for the America we want to see. We are citizens of a country that does not yet exist, but it is up to us to finally create and make it a just and hopeful land for all. wi

Marian Wright Edelman is presi-dent of the Children’s Defense Fund whose Leave No Child Behind® mis-sion is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. For more information go to www.childrensdefense.org.

In that same debate, Romney said: “In the – in the last four years, women have lost 580,000 jobs. That’s the net of what’s happened in the last four years. We’re still down 580,000 jobs.”

FactCheck.org found: “Actu-ally, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the net loss of women’s jobs since January 2009, when the president took office, is 283,000. Even the 283,000 fig-ure is an overstatement.

“We assume Romney’s refer-ence to ‘four years’ was meant to cover only Obama’s term. For the record, the number of women’s jobs lost in the last four months of the Bush administra-tion was 833,000, according to the BLS. So the total over four years would come to 1.1 million, with the large majority lost be-

CURRy continued from Page 24

fore Obama was sworn in.”Romney has repeatedly charge

that Obama has “cut Medicare by $716 billion to pay for Obam-acare.”

But FactCheck.org conclud-ed: “Various incarnations of this claim have cropped up in Romney’s campaign speeches – including claims that Obama is ‘cutting’ ‘funneling’ or ‘raid-ing’ $716 billion from Medicare to pay for the health care law. But Medicare money isn’t being taken away. The Affordable Care Act calls for a $716 billion reduc-tion in the growth of Medicare spending over 10 years, a move that – if successful – would keep the hospital insurance trust fund solvent for an additional eight years… Furthermore, as we explained in detail in our story ‘Medicare’s ‘Piggy Bank,’ “ Medicare doesn’t have $716 bil-lion sitting around that could be

Even though there was no Agent Orange, nor were there any Viet Cong for Mitt to have to contend with in Paris, it must have been pretty rough service there, don’t you think? After all, Gov. Romney told a group of veterans recently: “I want a military so strong, no one wants

to test it.” I guess he feels that the U.S. military has been pretty strong without any Romney men in uniform up until now, it can get along nicely for another four or eight years without them as well.

Gov. Romney must reason that any slack in the military ranks can and should be picked up by the 47 percent of Americans who don’t take personal responsibility for their own lives, who don’t pay

taxes, and who will vote for Presi-dent Obama, regardless.

Tough-talking Tagg Romney, the oldest of the Romney litter is the heir to the family dynasty. Tough-talking Tagg, obviously must not be shamed by any com-parison with the example of Eng-land’s Prince Harry, an heir to the centuries-old British Throne. Prince Harry is a helicopter pilot, serving in combat in Afghanistan, at this very hour. Vice President Joe Biden’s son Beau is a major in the Delaware Army National Guard and served a tour of duty in Iraq beginning in 2008.

Obviously, neither Tough-talk-ing Tagg Romney, nor his mom-

ma Miss Ann, nor his daddy have ever read about Presidents John F. Kennedy, or George H.W. Bush, both of whom were wounded in combat. No. Their religious mis-sionary service is equal to the blood-and-tears-service of those who put on the uniform and risk their lives for this country’s gun-slinging foreign policy, a policy which Gov. Romney wants to continue and expand.

No, Tough-talking Tagg Rom-ney, according to Truth Out.org is now serving his country in anoth-er way: “Through a closely held equity fund called Solamere … [Tagg and his family] holds a ma-jority share … in Hart Intercivic,

a company that owns the notori-ously faulty electronic voting ma-chines that will count the ballots in swing state Ohio November 7. Hart machines will also be used elsewhere in the United States.”

In other words, a candidate for the presidency, and his brother, wife and son, have a straight-line financial interest in the voting ma-chines that could decide this fall’s election. These machines cannot be monitored by the public. But they will help decide the winner of the presidential election.

Tough-talking Tagg doesn’t just talk-the-talk. He walks-the-walk. wi

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‘raided.’ The president can’t take money out of the trust fund – which had $244.2 billion at the end of 2011.”

Even on those rare occasions when Romney is telling the truth, there is deception. For example, he claims that he will create 12 million new jobs in his first term.

But as fact checkers for USA Today pointed out, “Romney’s pledge to create 12 million jobs has been hotly contested in large part because economic forecast-ers, including Moody’s Analytics, predict roughly 12 million jobs will be created over the next four years – no matter who is elected president.” wi

George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA) and editorial director of Heart & Soul.

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October 22, 2012

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APPROXIMATE COST: $_N/A________________________________ NON-REFUNDABLE SPEC. FEES: $ 5.50__________________________________

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All bidders are encouraged to attend the pre-qualification conference. Copies of the bid specifica-tions may be picked up at the Office of Central Services/Contract Administration and Procurement Division, 1400 McCormick Drive, Suite 200, Largo, Maryland 20774 during the hours of 8:00 a.m.

- 5:00 p.m. EST. ONLY. ALL NON-REFUNDABLE FEES shall be in the form of a MONEY ORDER, OR CHECK made payable to Prince George’s County. Contractors desiring more than three (3) copies,

please call in advance to order the desired number of copies.

Contractors interested in submitting a bid on the project listed above should direct inquire to Cheryll Brewton. Bids shall be received at the Office of Central Services/Contract

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