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Louisiana’s Black Communities Baltimore to Pay

Fear Oil’s Impact for ‘Illegal Arrests’
By Sean Yoes course of several years. The
By Jordan Flaherty Walker. “There is no other Special to Black America Web settlement was approved by
Special to the AFRO culture like Louisiana’s coastal the Baltimore City Board of
culture and we can only hope In the wake of a report Estimates June 23.
NEW ORLEANS (NNPA) they won’t be entirely erased.” earlier this month that “Due to the arrogance
— As BP’s deepwater well Walker and co-director indicated Baltimore locks of a mayor and his
continues to discharge oil Monique Harden have made up a higher percentage of its administration, hundreds
into the Gulf, the economic it their mission to fight the population than any major if not thousands of
and public health effects are environmental consequences of metropolitan area in the Baltimore City men were
already being felt across coastal Louisiana’s corporate polluters. nation, the city agreed to unconstitutionally arrested,
communities. But it’s likely this They say this disaster represents pay $870,000 to the victims not charged with anything,
is only the beginning. From the an unparalleled catastrophe for of what some call “illegal but left in Central Booking
bayous of southern Louisiana to the lives of people across the arrests.” with an arrest record,” said
the city of New Orleans, many region, but they also see in it a The National Association Marvin “Doc” Cheatham,
fear this disaster represents not continuation of an old pattern of for the Advancement of president of the Baltimore
only environmental devastation, oil and chemical corporations Colored People (NAACP) branch of the NAACP.
but also cultural extinction for displacing people of color from and the American Civil “The NAACP and ACLU
peoples who for generations, their homes. Liberties Union filed a joint were forced to sue then-
especially African Americans. Harden and Walker point out lawsuit in 2006 on behalf Mayor Martin O’Malley,
This is not the first time that at least five Louisiana towns of 14 people whose arrests the police commissioner
that Louisianans have lost their – all majority-African American were symbolic of thousands and most everyone related
communities or their lives from – have been eradicated due to of so-called illegal arrests, to this ‘zero tolerance arrest
the actions of corporations. corporate pollution in recent which took place over the policy’ ... Now we have to
The land loss caused by decades. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky closely review the
oil companies has already The most recent is the work of the auditor
An oil drilling platform stands in the Gulf of Mexico to see that justice
displaced many who lived by Southwest Louisiana town of behind Jerome Gollop, left, as he helps his grandson
the coast, and the pollution from Mossville, founded by African is done because
Rodney fix his fishing pole in Port Fourchon, La., presently police are
treatment plants has poisoned Americans in the 1790s. Located April 21. Oil has spilled into the gulf since the
communities across the state – near Lake Charles, Mossville is illegally arresting
Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform (not in photo) citizens, just not to
especially in “cancer alley,” the only 5 square miles and holds exploded on April 20. Coastal communities are
corridor of industrial facilities 375 households. Beginning the magnitude that
feeling the economic and public health effects of this it was,” Cheatham
along the Mississippi River Continued on A3 environmental disaster.
south of Baton Rouge. added.
Among the
“The cultural losses as a
consequence of the BP disaster
Elena Kagan Hearing illegal arrests made
during the height of

Analysis: GOP Resurrects

are going to be astronomical,”
says Advocates for the zero tolerance
Environmental Human Rights policing policy are
two college-bound

Marshall as Target
(AEHR) co-director Nathalie
women arrested and
Listen to “First Edition” jailed after being
stopped for not
By David Espo wearing a seat belt,
AP Photo/Susan Walsh

AP Special Correspondent and a female bus

driver taken from
Join Host Sean Yoes WASHINGTON (AP) — Dead nearly AP Photo/The Baltimore Sun, Jed Kirschbaum her bus – while
 Sunday @ 8 p.m. on two decades, the late Justice Thurgood Baltimore police arrested Charles passengers were
88.9 WEAA FM, the Marshall looms improbably over Elena McGaney and led him into on board – for
Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme policeheadquarters, Nov. 14, questioning the
Voice of the Community. Court, a resurrection in liberal robes 2008, in Baltimore. Continued on A6
courtesy of Republicans eager to cast
President Barack Obama’s selection as a
judicial activist-in-waiting.
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Increase Graduations
the conclusion of her first day of confirmation case outlawing school segregation, then By Melanie R. Holmes
hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee went on to become the nation’s first AFRO Staff Writer
at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, June 28. Continued on A6
A year ago, the American

Preparing for the Fourth of July and Enterprise Institute for

Public Policy Research
indicated that Coppin State

Harborplace Birthday Celebration University has one of the

lowest graduation rates in
the country. Addressing the
By James Hadley A press release from agreement to operate the
Special to the AFRO the Mayor’s office blamed Seagrit Marine Terminal in issue, the university launched
the historic $121 million the Port of Baltimore, stepped the Summer Academic
The Fourth of July budget deficit for the city up to make sure that didn’t Success Academy three
weekend is filled with almost missing out on this happen. weeks ago to nurture, retain
excitement, cookouts and historic occasion. Ports of Harborplace, Ports of and academically prepare
fireworks. However, if it America Chesapeake, a America Chesapeake and incoming freshman.
was not for Ports of America partner with the Maryland other businesses have an array According to the study
Chesapeake, the title sponsor, Port Administration in the of events going on from Jul. 2 “Which Colleges Actually
Baltimore’s dream for an 50-year lease and concession Continued on A6 Graduate Their Students (and
event-filled weekend would Which Don’t),” only one in
have gone without a blast, five Coppin students complete
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literally. their courses on time, or finish

Baltimore is not only at all.
celebrating America’s “We should have more
AFRO/Talibah Chikwendu
Independence but also students graduating,” said
Coppin has implemented
the 3oth anniversary of Reginald Ross, vice president
programs that prepare
Harborplace. So extra of enrollment management
freshman for the rigors of
celebration is in order and at Coppin. “Our role is to
college and address the low
that’s exactly what they plan get them to understand the
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AKAs Induct Honorary Members
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, one of the largest
women’s organizations in
the world, recently inducted
several high-profile honorary
members at a private
ceremony. According to a
press release issued by the
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organization, Dr. Helen D.
Sheila C. Johnson is one
of three women inducted Gayle, president and CEO of
into Alpha Kappa Alpha Care USA, and media mogul
Sorority as honorary Sheila C. Johnson became
members. members of the storied
organization, which was founded at Howard University in
1908.
During the sorority’s national convention July 9-16 in St.
Louis, Mo., immunologist and Balm in Gilead founder Pernessa
C. Seele will join the organization as an honorary member.
Honorary membership in Alpha Kappa Alpha is the
sorority’s most prestigious designation, and according to a
statement, the new inductees represent the “highest standards of
character, courage and womanhood.”
“We are filled with pride to have these outstanding
women of such great stature join our great sorority,” said
the sorority’s international president Barbara McKinzie in a
press release.”They represent the best in their fields, the most
committed to Alpha Kappa Alpha’s noble service mission and
the best in character. We look forward to embracing them as
members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.”
Obama to Host Africa Independence Celebration
President Barack Obama, the son of a Kenyan man
and White American woman, will host a 50th anniversary
celebration of 18 African nations’ independence in the capital
this summer, government officials told Reuters.
“It will not just mark the 50th anniversary
of independence but will really look forward
and invite young leaders from each of those
countries to discuss the future as well,” the
unnamed official reportedly said. Courtesy Image
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August.
BET Founder Brings Business to Haiti
With the rainy season creating additional strife in
earthquake-ravaged Haiti, BET founder and business mogul
Bob Johnson is bringing new hope to the Caribbean nation.
Baltimore
Johnson’s investment company, RLJ Companies, partnered
with Global Building Solutions following the January natural
disaster to develop mass housing and now has new plans to
bring work and financial assistance to Haiti.
The venture, named Caribbean Opportunity Holdings,
will construct factories in the island nation that will build
construction materials, according to a press release issued by
the company.
“We know that putting a manufacturing facility in country
as opposed to shipping all of the materials from outside will
create more jobs and make it cheaper to make the houses,” said
Chief Operating Officer Lisa Pickrum in a press release.
She went on to say the company plans to “move beyond aid
in to profit-sharing businesses.”
A press release from Johnson states the two factories will
build earthquake- and hurricane-resistant panels for housing in
Haiti’s quake-battered capital and in the city of Cap-Haitien.
Johnson announced the new project during a recent trip
to Port-au-Prince, where he met with Haitian President Rene
Preval and Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive.
Black Caucuses, Mayors Push for Federal Action on Clean
Energy Policies
On June 29, members of the Congressional Black Caucus,
Hip Hop Caucus and National Conference of Black Mayors
converged in Washington, D.C., to push for federal action on
clean energy and climate policies.
The mayors met with members of Congress in the House
and Senate, as well as administration officials to draw attention
to the matters. One year after the House passed the historic
clean energy and climate legislation, the Senate still has not
enacted a similar legislation.  
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respective cities through
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communities. this computer generated
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and Emmanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) Jolie, who is slated to play
chair the Congressional Black her in an upcoming film.
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based has praised her selection, many African Americans feel
differently.
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that, “Physically, [Jolie’s] got the perfect look.” But many
Black Americans are outraged that yet another White woman is
set to play the Egyptian queen.
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how many African children she adopts, or how bronzed her
skin will become for the film, I firmly believe this role should
have gone to a Black woman,” ESSENCE magazine columnist
Shirea Carroll wrote. “What’s next? A biopic on Sojourner
Truth played by Betty White?”
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White actresses: Claudette Colbert in 1934, Vivien Leigh in
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Jennifer Hudson and Relatives Identify Body of Her Slain NephewA3 July 3, 2010 - July 9, 2010, The Afro-American
By Alan King sport-utility vehicle sought in from a neighbor about a suspi- posted fliers bearing his photo-

Memories, Tears at Funeral of Teen Drowning Victim

AFRO Staff Writer connection with the murder of cious vehicle. The man noticed graph around the city. On
Hudson’s mother and brother. the vehicle while walking his Sunday, Jennifer Hudson asked
Jennifer Hudson and other The white, 1994 Chevrolet dog. According to the Chicago for the public’s help in finding
relatives positively identified Suburban with Illinois license Tribune, the boy had been shot her nephew. In her MySpace
By Kristin Gray after graduating from North multiple times in the back seat submerged under 24 feet of blog,“He
shewas a workaholic.
thanked fans and sup-
AFRO Managing Editor County High School in Anne of the vehicle. The SUV, regis- icy, 50-degree water. I’ve never seen anybody
porters for their prayers and
Arundel County, the near tered to Hudson’s murdered The teen’s sudden death work asa hard
offered as hereward
$100,000 did,” to
Hundreds poured into straight-A student headed to brother, was towed with the has stunned the Anne Arundel said Sylvia
anyone who moments
returned the before
boy
Hanover, Md.’s Kingdom Oregon where his father lives. boy’s body inside and is being County community and the funeral began. “He was
alive.
Builders Church of God in Although he was unable processed by evidence techni- devastated those high school a true
Since example of a high
the investigation,
Christ for a somber afternoon to swim and fearful of large cians and workers. The body classmates and teachers school student
Hudson and a high
– who gained stardom
funeral service on June 29. bodies of water, Dines joined was later removed and taken to closest to him. “Walter was school
after athlete. on
appearing [He“American
made]
Positioned at the front of friends in a swimming the Cook County Medical one of my favorite basketball the right
Idol,” anddecisions
then won –andidn’t
the church was a pearl white excursion at the Clackamas Examiner’s office. players ... He was an Academy
smoke, didn’t Awarddrink,
for her role in
didn’t
casket holding the body of River, a seemingly placid Hudson and other family outstanding young man,” said the movie Dreamgirls
do anything that would – has
upset
Walter Dines, a Maryland body of water that has members arrived at the Medical Al Pindell, Dines’ basketball stayed
his motherout oforthe public eye.
disappoint his
teen whose life ended claimed the lives of numerous
Examiner’s office mid-after- coach since his freshman year
The Chicago Tribune report-
mother. He was the perfect
noon to identify the body. Julian King, Jennnifer Hudson’s nephew. ed that a parade of cars moved
thousands of miles away in a swimmers, according to local of high school. “You never child, basically.”
Given the choice between look- slowly past her family’s home
frigid Oregon river. news reports. Dines leapt A spokesman for the office caught
the him but
murders withishis pants
being held in Dines’ death raises
ing directly at the body or Monday morning, past the
Dines,18, was on the verge into the fast-moving body viewing it on a wall-mounted down and his underwear
told the newspaper that Hudson jail for parole violation after awareness about African-
news vans, reporters and curi-
of college basketball stardom of water on a “dare” from showing. It was always Americans historically
ous onlookers.
and reveling in those final friends and was swept away
Courtesy Photos ‘yes,sir’ and ‘no,sir.’” precarious relationship
Jennifer
weeks Hudson
before
was killed,
schooland
wouldher mom,
in aDarnell
as well asofher brother,
powerful
Jason.
Donerson whoas
undercurrent “She held hands with her family. It was obviously a very emotional moment.”
Pindell went on to praise
Neighbors stood
with water. Aquietlyrecent and
begin at the University lifeguards and onlookers tried Dines’ academic prowess study conducted by USA
reflected on the
New Haven in Connecticut, desperately to save him. video screen, the family chose “remained strong for her fami- as well
being and saidofheattempted
convicted fared Swimming
violence. and the University
where
the bodyhe’d earned
of her a full
7-year-old Thirty
plate minutes
X584859 was later,
found on the latter. According to the ly” and was clearly its leader. well
murderin “weighted”
and vehicular honors
hijack- of In
Memphis
front of found that 70
the Hudson’s
scholarship. Only two
nephew Monday, just hours weeks rescuers
Chicago’s West Dines’
found body
Side after Tribune, Hudson said, “Yes, “She held hands with her fami- classes.
ing. Cook Dines’
CountyNorth County
records show percent of Black children
home, men in heavy jackets
after his body was found in a police received a 7 a.m. call that’s him.” ly,” the spokesman said. “It HighheSchool
that pleadedclassmate Tahj
guilty to both havehooded
and low orsweatshirts
“no swim came to

Oil’s Impact
was obviously a very emotional charges in 1999.
Sylvia touted theHetrack
was and
also ability,”
kiss compared
the twin to 40 bar-
white crosses

ACORN Fights Back

moment.” convicted in 1998 for posses-
basketball enthusiasts’ work percent
ing of White
the names children.and
of Donerson
The boy – the son of Julia sion
ethicofona and
stolen
offmotor vehicle.
the court as Jason.
Continued from A1 Hudson, Photo
Jennifer’s sister – had He was released from prison
courtesy of Facebook well, calling him “one of the
in
Bobby Marvin
“Everybody provided
is sick of going
been missing since Friday, 2006 after serving
Anne Arundel County resident Walter Dines, 18, drowned strongest and smartest at our
seven years
Leader Calls Voter Registration Fraud Charges ‘Bogus’ on-site reporting for this
in the 1930s, the state of inaugurated near Baton Rouge through stuff like this,” Artisha
when a relative found Julian’s for the attempted murder and
Louisiana began authorizing by former enslaved Africans in Oregon while visiting relatives.
grandmother, Darnell school.”
car hijacking charges.
West,
article.a former resident of the
industrial facilities to in area told the Tribune. “We all
By Alan King and1874,
Dallaswere
Cowboyspaid to move as
players No wonder Obama’s campaign is Donerson, 57, and his uncle, The boy remained missing have to stick together. All these
manufacture,
AFRO Staff Writer process, the
Tonyresult
Romoofand a lawsuit against
Terrell Owens, trying to distance him from the Jason Hudson, 29, shot to death through a long weekend in young children are dying, and
store, and discharge toxic the
amongPlacid Refining
the names Co. In to
submitted group, saying, “Barack Obama in his grandmother’s home in which police and volunteers

SOLID
for what?”
andPresidential
hazardous candidate
substances John the mid-1990s,
election officials.chemical Never Organized with ACORN.” the 7000 block of South Yale
within
McCain’s Mossville.
attack onFourteen
ACORN – producer,
Hurd said Georgia Gulf Corp.
those workers, who But Obama’s ties to ACORN run Avenue.
facilities are now located
Associated Community poisoned and then acquired
were doing those things without long and deep. He taught classes An Amber Alert – a desig-
in the small town,
Organization and 91
for Reform Now – Revilletown,
ACORN’s knowledge a town free or permis- for ACORN. They even endorsed nation for high-risk missing
percent of residents have
confirms the success of the Africans had started in the
sion, were fired. him for President. children – was issued Friday
reported
organization, at least one health
the head of the “The
years evidence
after the Civil that War.
has sur- But now ACORN is in trouble. after Julian was discovered
faced so far shows they fakedof Reporter: There are at least
group
“This
says.
problem related to exposure
is testimony
to chemicals produced by the to the work
“We make the mistake
thinking this is somethingthey
forms to get paid for work 11 investigations across the IS AT PEACE
missing after the murders.
Police arrested William
we’ve done and success we’ve didn’t do, not to stuff ballot country involving thousands of
local industry. new,” says Harden. She adds Balfour, the missing boy’s step-
had,” Maude Hurd, president of boxes.” ACORN, she said, is the potentially fraudulent ACORN father and estranged husband
The southern Louisiana that the historic treatment of
ACORN, said in an interview
towns of Diamond,
with the AFRO.
victim of fraud, not the perpetra-
these
tor of communities,
it. as well as
forms.
IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE
Announcer: Massive voter
of Julia, at his girlfriend’s
Southside apartment several
Morrisonville, Sunrise,
“When this attack started, we and the lack of recovery
Hurd said the only things that New fraud. And the Obama campaign hours after the murders.
Revilletown – all founded
had just announced that we had by Orleanians have seen
bogus are the charges them- since paid more than $800,000 to an Balfour’s mother, Michele, has
former
registered enslaved
1.3 millionAfricans
new vot- – Katrina,
selves. And makes her doubt
factcheck. org the ACORN front for get out the vote told reporters that her son had
met
ers,”similar
she said.fates. After
“That’s justyears
to say federal
agrees. government will do efforts. nothing to do with the slayings.
of
thatchemical-related
someone’s running poisoning,
scared what is necessary
It concluded, for Gulf
“Neither Pressuring banks to issue risky Balfour remains a suspect in Jason Hudson
the remaining
because of ACORN’s residentssuccess.” recovery.
ACORN nor “Since Obama got
its employees have loans. Nationwide voter fraud.
have been relocated,
McCain, who is runningand the for into
beenoffice,”
found guiltyshe says,
of, or “Ievenhave Barack Obama. Bad judgment.
corporations
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ACORNland.inInthe reverses
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final debate only a Barack
cemetery Katrina.”
The problem came about pri-
remains, and former residents
Obama, contending the group “is Harden
marily becausesaysofLouisiana
the way Since McCain’s comments, SQUARE HIGH
must pass through plant
on the verge of maybe perpetrat- and the U.S. mustRather than
ACORN operates. ACORN’s 87 offices have been
security to visit their relatives’ fundamentally
ing one of the greatest frauds in rely on volunteers, it pays peo-
transform the bombarded with threats and
voter
graves. history in this country, ple, many of them
government’s relationships poor or unem- racist mail.
maybe ployed, to sign up new voters. The day after the presidential
The destroying
town of Diamond,the fabric of with corporations. “We’ve got
democracy.” The idea was to help both those debate, vandals broke into the
founded by the descendents to change the way we allow
Factcheck.org, a non-partisan being registered and those doing organization’s Boston and Seattle
of the participants of the 1811 businesses the registration.to be in charge offices and stole computers.
Web site, found those claims to
Rebellion to End Slavery,
be “exaggerated,” with “no evi- of our health
Maud explained, and safety
“We havein a After a Cleveland representative BREAD NOT ON THE LIST
the largest slave uprising
dence of any such democracy- in this country,” she adds.
zero tolerance policy for deliber- As appeared on TV, an e-mail was
U.S. history,
destroying was relocated by an
fraud.” ateexample,
falsification Harden points
of registration.” sent to the local office saying she
Shell Hurdin 2002
believes after
theresidents
McCain to more
Most stringent
news account regulations
neglect to “is going to have her life ended.”
had faced
charges weredecades of toxic
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point outcountries,
that ACORN such is as A worker in Providence, R.I.,
exposure.
ed. Morrisonville, Norway,
required by which
law torequires
turn in all reg- received a threatening call say- LEFT RIGHT
established
She said, by free Africans
“Because it’s low-in companies
istration forms. to drill
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they also fail ing, “We know you get off work
1790, was bought outpeople,
and moderate-income by Dow wells to noteatthat
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organiza- at 9” and uttered racial epithets.
in
and1989.
people Residents
of color, Iofbelieve
Sunrise, the deepwater
tion, in many well.
instances, that first A caller to one office left a
McCain campaign thinks those brought the phony registrations message on the answering
voters are going to vote to the attention of authorities. machine, saying: “Hi, I was just
Democratic, which is not neces- The McCain camp apparently calling to let you know that
sarily true.” isn’t interested in those fine Barack Obama needs to get
ACORN is no stranger to points, preferring to air mislead- hung. He’s a (expletive deleted)
controversy. ing ads that seek to link Obama nigger, and he’s a piece of
For 38 years, the non-partisan to ACORN, thereby undercutting (expletive deleted). You guys are
organization has fought for social his political support. fraudulent, and you need to go to
and economic justice for low- McCain: I’m John McCain hell. All the niggers on oak trees.
and moderate-income and I approve this message. They’re gonna get all hung hon-
1 BANANA
Americans. With 400,000 mem- Announcer: Who is Barack eys, they’re going to get assassi-
ber families organized into more Obama? A man with “a political nated, they’re gonna get killed.”
than 1,200 neighborhood chap- baptism performed at warp Another message said, “You
ters in 110 cities nationwide, speed.” Vast ambition. After col- liberal idiots. Dumb (expletive
ACORN has over the years seen lege, he moved to Chicago. deleted). Welfare bums. You
its share of criticism while advo- Became a community organizer. guys just (expletive
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at ease knowing that you’ve got your daily finances under control.
cating for affordable housing, There, Obama met Madeleine come to our country, consume
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izing voter registration drives. impressive that he was asked to all you guys do. And then suck
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Community
Baltimorean Receives ‘Ray of Hope’ Award Y of Central Maryland Seeks Volunteers
In a press release, Baltimore
Gas and Electric Company (BGE) To better serve the community, various activities. Both mentor and
announced Darryl A. Stokes, vice particularly local youths, the mentee receive free Y membership
president of engineering and standards Y of Central Maryland is for a year, providing they
for BGE, as the 2010 recipient of the seeking volunteers willing remain active in the program.
Ray of Hope award, which recognizes to serve as mentors. Volunteer requirements
the academic and professional Y mentors work with include:
achievements of Black males. children between the ages • Being at least 23 years
The award is presented annually of 6 and 18 who have old
on Father’s Day weekend by Black been identified as “at risk” • Completing 21 hours of
Professional Men (BPM), a nonprofit and in need of additional mentor training
that addresses economic and adult support in their lives. • Offering ways to engage
social concerns affecting the Black According to a press release youth in positive, fun
Courtesy
community. issued by Y of Central Maryland, Image activities at the Y
“As a native of Baltimore, I am some children may be failing school,
honored to be recognized by BPM chronically absent or show other signs of For more information about volunteering
and humbled when I look at the long trouble. as an adult mentor or to recommend a youth
list of outstanding award recipients Mentors are required to serve two hours for mentoring, contact Michelle Cuebas,
that have come before me as well as a week for one year and will meet with MSW, LCSW-C at 410-728-0945 x 226 or
others being recognized this year,” regularly assigned children to participate in michellecuebas@ymaryland.org.
said Stokes in a statement. “I am
equally grateful for the opportunities
that I have had to mentor young men Morgan State Professor’s
throughout the Baltimore area as a
result of my association with various
Darryl A. Stokes
Historic Graduation from
civic and community organizations.
I look forward to lending support to
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Pa. School
BPM. The work of this group is crucial
to Baltimore’s future.” Dr. An’Nita C. Moore of Baltimore recently
Darryl is a graduate of Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Northeastern University in Boston, completed her final oral doctoral defense at
Mass., where he received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and Rensselaer Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pa. Dr.
Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., where he received a master’s in electric power engineering. Moore is the first African American to graduate
from Drexel’s doctorate of nursing practices
program. She is currently an assistant professor
at Morgan State University. Courtesy Photo

Daphne, Eric Jr., Eric Sr. and Charles Stewart

Local Student Rises

to the Top of Class
Eric Charles Stewart Jr. recently graduated
from Cross Country Elementary-Middle
School, where he was the class valedictorian
and received nine awards for academic
excellence.
Nearly half of Eric’s class was African
American and 25 percent of the class will
attend a magnet or academic high school in
the fall.
Dr. An’Nita Moore
Courtesy Photo

MSU Student Receives James H. Ashby Jr.

Award of Excellence
Temitope Owoeye was the recent recipient of the James H. Ashby Jr. Award of Excellence,
an award established this year in memory of James (Jim) Hubert Ashby Jr., a devoted husband,
father, brother, son and friend who died suddenly on Nov. 27, 2009, in Randallstown, Md.
Jim received his early
education in the public
and parochial schools of
Cumberland, graduating in
1971 from Fort Hill High
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School where he played

football. Upon completing high
school, Jim attended Morgan
State University in Baltimore,
where he pledged Groove Phi
Groove Social Fellowship
and graduated in 1980 with
a bachelor’s degree in social Courtesy Photo
work. He later returned to
James R. Ashby and Terrye Ashby present the James
Morgan and earned a master’s
H. Ashby Jr. Award of Excellence to Temitope Owoeye
in sociology in 1989.
(center) at the recent Morgan State University Senior
To honor Jim’s memory,
Awards Banquet.
the family presented the first
annual award to Temitope
Awoeye, the highest ranking male graduating senior receiving a bachelor’s degree in social work
from Morgan State University who is continuing on with graduate studies. Temitope, was born
and raised in Nigeria, West Africa, and moved to the United States in 2001.

BCCC Wins
Marketing Award
The Baltimore Chapter of the
American Marketing Association
(AMA) has named Baltimore City
Community College the winner
of its 2010 Marketing Excellence
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Award in Education. The
association presented the honor at
its end-of-year gala June 3 at the
Colonnade Inn and Spa.
AMA cited the college’s
Workforce Pipeline Solutions
rebranding effort which promotes
the college’s focus on preparing
adult learners of all ages for
high-demand career fields, while
meeting the high-skill workforce
needs of Maryland employers.
Herbert Sledge, BCCC director
of advertising, accepted the award
Herbert Sledge, BCCC director
on behalf of the college.
of advertising
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Heritage Parkville Gardens,
7631 Harford Road, Baltimore.
7 p.m. Mix and mingle at
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Baltimore to Pay for ‘Illegal Arrests’

Continued from A1
actions of police during another arrest. There
was a young man sitting on the front steps of
his employer, who was detained for 72 hours
because he had to take a paternity test.
There were literally hundreds of horror
stories connected to Baltimore citizens who
were arrested and held in the notorious Central
Booking Intake Center, in some cases for more
than 72 hours without ever being charged with
a crime.
The settlement mandates the city retrain
officers, review “quality of life” arrests
like loitering and littering, and install an
independent auditor to evaluate data and
submit semiannual reports. The Baltimore City
Police Department also agreed to officially
reject the zero-tolerance policies and create
new methods for dealing with low-level
offenses.
and participating in public demonstrations for
several years.
“My efforts to stop illegal arrests of the
750,000 persons from 1999-2006 led to
negative political repercussions,” Carter said.
“But, it also forced the change of policy we
have today.”
Frederick Bealefeld III became Baltimore’s
permanent police commissioner in 2007 and
since that time arrests have been significantly
reduced and crime numbers – including

Kagan Hearing
Continued from A1
Black justice.
“And it is not surprising
that as one of his clerks
she held him in the highest
regard,” Kyl continued.
“Justice Marshall’s judicial
philosophy, however, is not
what I would consider to be
mainstream.”
Democrats reacted as
though they had been handed
a political gift, but Kyl was
one of several Republicans
who referred to Marshall
in similar terms. Sens.
Jeff Sessions of Alabama,
Chuck Grassley of Iowa and
John Cornyn of Texas did
likewise on a long day of
speechmaking by members
of the Senate Judiciary
Committee.
Over and over, they quoted
Marshall’s description of
his judicial philosophy as
evidence of his one-time
clerk’s intentions, without
citing examples of cases in
which his rulings misapplied
the Constitution to achieve a
desired result.
“Your Marshall memos
indicate a liberal and
seemingly outcome-based
approach to your legal
analysis,” Grassley said to
Kagan, whose papers from
her year as a clerk are part of
the hearing record. “You have
admitted that your upbringing
steeped you in deeply held
know – or we should know
whether, as you’ve said, you
have, quote, retained them
fairly intact to this date, end
of quote.”
At its core, the debate over
Marshall has less to do with
the past than it does with the
future.
Sen. Lindsey Graham,
R-S.C., said what others
have doubtless concluded,
that adding one member to
the court’s liberal bloc while
another departs is unlikely to
alter the overall balance of the
court. Obama named Kagan
to succeed Justice John Paul
Stevens, who is retiring.
At the same time, several
Democrats said they view
the current court, led by
Chief Justice John Roberts,
as an activist institution
that routinely sides with
corporations at the expense of
individuals.
Sen. Patrick Leahy,
D-Vt., the chairman of the
committee, told reporters that
a ruling last winter giving
corporations (and unions)
the right to spend freely
on political activity was
“probably the most blatant
example of a conservative
activist court.”
Back inside the committee
room, Thurgood Marshall
Jr. was witness to the debate
over his father’s legacy. “It’s
consequence on the Supreme
Court,” the son said of the
father in an interview.
But Marshall the younger
also offered a rebuttal to
the core Republican charge,
saying his father “was
never reversed in 90-some
opinions” as a judge on the
2nd U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals. “If a senator wants
to stand up and say they want
to oppose desegregating the
schools,” they have that right,
Marshall said.
Republicans didn’t do
that, and Cornyn, for one,
said explicitly he didn’t
consider the landmark school
desegregation ruling to be an
example of judicial activism.
Democrats, seemingly
delighted at the Republicans’
choice of targets, were content
not to notice. Referring to
the school desegregation
case, Sen. Richard Durbin,
D-Ill., said, “If that is an
activist mind at work, we
should be grateful as a nation
that he argued before this
Supreme Court, based on
discrimination in this society,
and changed America for the
better.”
For Kagan, however, it’s
really simplier than that. She
responded questioning from
Sen. Kohl, D-Wis., saying, “If
you confirm me to this court,
you will get Justice Kagan,
Current Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley
was mayor of Baltimore from 1999 to 2007,
and it was during that time the “zero tolerance”
policing policy was allegedly established. He
argues the settlement is not a rebuke of his
polices when he was mayor. “There was never,
ever a policy that asked officers to go beyond
the Constitution,” O’Malley said during a press
conference June 23.
In 2005 more than 108,000 people were
booked and processed at the Central Booking
component of the Baltimore City Jail. Over
6,000 arrests were made in the month of April
that year alone and the Baltimore City State’s
Attorney’s office threw out 2,053 of those
arrests.
Maryland Delegate Jill P. Carter battled
the zero tolerance policy by introducing
legislation in the Maryland General Assembly
Coppin to Increase Graduations
Continued from A1
practical value of higher education. When it
comes to minority students, we can’t afford not also assigned peer mentors to guide them
to do that. If we don’t do that then we will have through the program.
failed.”
For the first time this summer, the university a jump point into the [Fall 2010] Freshmen
is requiring all conditionally-admitted freshman Experience Program,” Ross said. “These
that test into a remedial course for the fall to
attend SASA, a residential summer bridge
program that will filter into the first phase of
their first-year of college.
“We pull a lot of students from Baltimore
City schools,” Ross said. “They’re not always
prepared for the rigor of college. If we can
get them prepared, I think we’ll see a positive
impact in our student retention.”
The program is six weeks long, five days
a week and is currently helping 174 students
prepare for collegiate-level English and math,
as well as building reading skills. In addition
to learning appropriate test-taking strategies,
the students will develop
homicides – have also seen dramatic
reductions.
However, Cheatham says the city’s
systemic problems still have not been
adequately addressed.
“Baltimore has significant drug,
unemployment, addicted and school drop-out
problems,” Cheatham said. “Our leadership
continues to fail us time and time again
... sadly we cannot count on our elected
officials.”
Noted Baltimore defense attorney Warren
A. Brown handled several high profile illegal
arrest cases in 2005. “Unfortunately, it creates
a mentality that we really can’t be safe in the
streets from either the thugs or the police,”
Brown said in 2005. “And for those of us
who live in the community that’s a helluva’
situation to be in when you can’t trust either.”
with campus leisure resources. Students are
“Additionally, the program will serve as
programs are expected to have an immediate
and significant positive impact on student
persistence here at Coppin State.”
The enrichment program will be mandatory
for all traditional incoming freshmen.
“We are excited and are ready to nurture
these students and let them know that we want
them to succeed, and we care and believe in
them,” SASA Coordinator Juanita Gilliam said
in a statement. “This will be a big component
that will lead to the success of the program,
and if these students get that this summer, then
they will venture into Coppin believing in
themselves and become motivated to succeed.”

liberal principles. You should
a function of living a life of
not Justice Marshall.”
Celebrations
social, intellectual and
emotional tactics necessary
for successful integration into
Continued from A1
and matriculation throughout
college. to the big day. employee for the Waterfront
“We look at it as an July 2 Partnership. On the up side,
enrichment program,” Ross At the Harborplace Baltimore Police plan to
said. “The idea is to bring Amphitheater on Jul. 2 there deploy 300 – 400 officers and
them in, get them use to the will be special events going other emergency personal.
schedule and the pace,[and] on from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. They are estimating a crowd
interacting with faculty and consisting of the usual street of 75,000 to 100,000, so if
this environment.” performers, an event by you live close try using the
The “intense” SASA Phillips Seafood Restaurant city’s various forms of public
program engages students and tribute to the 80’s tranportation. The new Charm
from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. and featuring a costume contest City Circulator will extend
consists of a daily morning and concert by the band The its hours to midnight and the
assembly, classes, tutorials, Reagan Years. Light Rail will run one hour
college survival and cultural July 3 after the fireworks end.
awareness workshops, and Event’s will last from 10 If the Inner Harbor is too
recreational and intellectual a.m. to 11 p.m. featuring a crazy a venue, the fireworks
activities to acquaint students Crab Cake Eating Contest can also be viewed from
sponsored by Phillips Fells Point and Federal Hill.
18 Hour Sensation Seafood, and a Fashion Show Two barges, deploying the
Relax on a 57 acre 18th Century Estate
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Broadway Show, Lodging, Dinner, July 4 other by the Domino Sugar
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Opinion
Tragedy in the Gulf
As chairman of the House
Coast Guard Subcommittee, I
have been deeply involved in
determining how and why the
Gulf oil spill occurred and –
equally important – what we
must now do to assure that
such a disaster never happens
again.
Recently, I returned to
the Gulf for a second on-
site congressional briefing.
We flew over the spill by
helicopter, and the physical
assault of the damage was
Rep. Elijah almost overwhelming.
Cummings Even at the altitude of our
flight, I could smell the oil
in the air. On what were once pristine wetlands and beaches,
animals and vegetation were dying.
Beyond these personal observations, the sheer scope of
the damage that our nation and her resources have suffered is
staggering.
By comparison, imagine oil gushing up from a mile
below the surface of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor – and then
spreading throughout the Patapsco River and on into the entire
Chesapeake Bay. If the Gulf oil spill were happening here in
Baltimore, that oil would now be polluting every square inch
of water and land north to Philadelphia and south to Annapolis
and Washington, D.C.
This is the scope of the environmental damage that we now
must overcome.
I give President Obama and his administration credit
for acting swiftly to contain the damage – to the extent that
mitigation is possible with current technology. I’m determined
the Coast Guard, as the lead disaster agency, will have all the
resources we can provide.
However, if we are to avoid future disasters, we also must
determine why and how this devastation in the Gulf of Mexico
occurred.
Generation Mubarak/Generation Facebook
NEW YORK – When a
young Egyptian died from
what his family, activists and
witnesses say was a savage
police beating, many of his
peers – the generation of
Egyptians who have known
no other leader than President
Hosni Mubarak – protested
and mourned in the way they
know best: by going online.
Generation Mubarak is
also Generation Facebook.
Mona Eltahawy Two young Egyptian
Facebook friends alerted me to
Said’s death with a link to the page “I am Khaled Said” which
was set up on June 11, five days after he died. It now has more
than 225,000 fans.
Many Egyptians on Facebook changed their profile picture
to one of Said alive - bright eyed, clean cut, looking barely
old enough to shave despite his 28 years. Others switched to a
picture of his corpse – teeth missing, lip torn, jaw broken and
blood pouring from his head. His family has confirmed it is
indeed his shattered body.
But Generation Facebook doesn’t just vent online.
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube aren’t just for party pictures
or flirting but have become slingshots aimed at a regime
Generation Mubarak never imagined they could take on.
Social networking sites connect activists with ordinary
people who are joining demonstrations in numbers unheard of
in Egypt: a protest outside the Interior Ministry in Cairo was
the largest in living memory against police brutality.
In Alexandria, Said’s hometown, up to 8,000 Egyptians
wearing black protested along the corniche; some recited verses
of the Koran and Bible.
Generation Facebook moves to fill in the holes of
mainstream media. Blogger and citizen journalist Mohamed
From the editor’s desk
Land of the Free, Home of the Brave Redux
I love music and football. And in many ways my love of
both comes from the same place – high school band.
Years ago, when I was a teenager, I was a decent musician,
playing four instruments – piano, acoustic guitar, saxophone
and clarinet. Working with those instruments and being in the
band connected me with a wide variety of musical styles and
types; even today it is easier to list music I don’t like than to list
music I do like.
I say all this as a preamble to discussing “The Star Spangled
Banner” and Independence Day.
Before every football game, we played “The Star Spangled
Banner.” We were usually in the stands, on the end, playing
more onto the field than to the crowd. I realized early on that
despite knowing the words, I’d never paid attention to the
message, at all, until I learned to play the music.
I found that when I played it, or heard it played and sung
well – some people can mess up even the best music – that it
had the power to move my spirit. Today, under the conditions
of done well, it is still one of my favorite pieces of music. I’m
always moved to sing the words.
That is where the disappointment sets in.
July 3, 2010 - July 9, 2010, The Afro-American
We must be unafraid to make the
cause-and-effect connection between
eight years of lax regulation and
secret meetings during the Bush
administration and the consequence
of those policies that we now are
experiencing: the worst environmental
disaster in our history.
Congressional investigations
have determined that British
Petroleum – by placing short-term
profits over environmental safety
– bears the primary responsibility
for this tragedy. House Energy and
Commerce Committee Chairman
Henry A. Waxman and Subcommittee
Chairman Bart Stupak have found that
BP “appears to have made multiple
decisions – for economic reasons
– that increased the danger of a
catastrophic well failure.”
The evidence of culpability is compelling. British Petroleum
was determined to drill for oil more than 5,000 feet below the
surface of the Gulf – a depth at which the pressure is so great
that human beings (and most of our technology) cannot operate.
The Committee investigation also has revealed that BP –
determined to save time and costs in its Deepwater Horizon
project – failed to undertake at least five steps that could
have averted the disaster. Specifically, Chairman Waxman
has asserted, BP used a more risky option for the well casing
(or steel tubing); failed to secure the connections (casing
hangers) between pipes of different diameters; and failed to
install enough devices to center the pipe in the hole, thereby
increasing the danger of cracks in the surrounding cement.
The company failed to utilize a “cement bond log” to test
the integrity of the cement – and also failed to fully circulate
the drilling mud, thereby missing the pockets of gas that later
flowed up and destroyed the drilling rig.
In short, BP cut short-term costs and created a long-term
disaster. Equally compelling, we do not yet know whether these
Abdelfattah, recorded an on-camera interview with witnesses
to Said’s death (it was picked up by an independent Egyptian
daily) and filmed that Alexandria silent protest (it has gone
viral).
Generation Facebook’s embrace of the social networking
site has made Egypt its No. 1 user in the Arab world and 23rd
globally. Egypt has the highest number of blogs in the Arabic-
speaking Middle East.
The Interior Ministry claims Said died after swallowing
a pack of drugs. Activists say undercover police beat him to
death after he posted an Internet video, which his family said
showed police sharing the profits of a drug bust.
After the public outrage, including at his funeral in
Alexandria which at least 1,000 people attended, a new
autopsy was ordered but it just confirmed the ministry’s initial
claim. Generation Facebook went into action: the Khaled Said
Facebook page urged Egyptians to dress in black and to hold
silent protests across the country.
Many Egyptians replaced their profile pictures with banners
announcing the place and time of the protest they would be
attending.
At anti-police brutality protests on June 12, activists held
banners with a picture of Mubarak next to one of Said before
and after his death. In power 29 years, Mubarak is the longest
serving ruler in Egypt’s modern history. For every one of those
years Egypt has been under a state of emergency that has turned
it into a police state where torture is systematic and where there
are an estimated 12,000 to 14,000 detained persons.
That juxtaposition of pictures of Said alive and dead
chillingly brought home for Generation Mubarak what living
under emergency law their entire lives has meant. If any
thought arbitrary arrests and detention happened to others –
political activists or the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood – they
learned that Said was involved with neither.
If they imagined police brutality was confined to criminals
or the poor, such as 13-year-old Mohamed Abdel-Aziz whose
battered body brought prosecutors to tears in 2007 as they
In the nearly 234 years since Francis Scott Key penned those
words and this country won its fight for freedom, we have still
not figured out how to live up to words in the song.
As we approach this birthday of the country, we are faced
with some huge problems. Rampant unemployment, a tanked
and stalled economy and growing numbers of citizens facing
daily survival have forced racial and class issues – largely
hidden until now – out into the light.
We seem to have forgotten what people knew then – that we
stand or fall together. Those brave people that fought for this
country’s independence – representing a totality of the racial
and ethnic groups that lived here – knew that, did that, and the
United States of America was born.
It’s that spirit that’s reflected in “The Star Spangled Banner.”
We fought hard, together, against the odds, against superior
power and possibly numbers. And despite the fear, pain, losses
and sorrow, as the day dawned, our symbol of hope, freedom
and independence still stood. It blew “fitfully,” tattered and a bit
worn from the attacks, but it was still there for all to see. The
stars and stripes stood proudly as a symbol of the “land of the
free and the home of the brave.”
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were isolated failings.
That is why President Obama has ordered a six month
moratorium on drilling any new wells below 500 feet – a
decision with which I completely agree. Just because we
can drill a mile-deep well does not mean that we should –
especially if we cannot prevent (or immediately repair) any
catastrophic failure.
Our hearings and my experience in the Gulf also have
impressed upon me that we must review and strengthen safety
standards and oversight for all offshore drilling, including
drilling in the more shallow depths less than 500 feet.
This continuing oversight, moreover, should be by
government experts or independent analysts – and strict conflict
of interest restrictions should apply. As Coast Guard Adm. Thad
Allen has observed, our nation must enter an era of “ruthless
oversight.” Our natural heritage – and our economy – are at
stake.
Congressman Elijah E. Cummings represents Maryland’s
Seventh Congressional District in the United States House of
Representatives.
examined his family’s allegations that he was beaten and
electrocuted by police who arrested him for allegedly stealing four
packs of tea, then Said’s shattered face was their wakeup call.
Occasionally a few officers are convicted of torture but they
usually return to their jobs after cosmetic sentences. That won’t
change as long as emergency law is in effect. A month before
Khaled Said’s death it was extended for two more years.
Blogs and social networking didn’t invent courage –
activists have been protesting against Mubarak for years – but
have connected Egyptians and amplified their voices.
In 2007, two police officers were sentenced to three years
in jail for sodomizing a bus driver with a stick. Evidence used
against them included video the officers shot of the assault that
blogger Wael Abbas posted to his site.
Dozens more videos exposing police brutality have gone
online. There’s an anti-torture Web site with a hotline to report
incidents. There’s another with advice on what to do if you’re
tortured or beaten up by police.
Egyptians make another link – between Mubarak and
successive U.S. administrations which for years have been his
biggest ally and whose support has been vital for his 29-year
political survival.
It’s not just U.S. administrations that have ignored
Mubarak’s oppressive rule. Media focus on Iranian
demonstrators and online activists who deservedly garner
headlines for their courage, but those same media outlets
ignore their Egyptian counterparts because Mubarak is “our
friend” and stands stalwartly against the kind of Muslim
fundamentalists who run Iran.
“Khaled is our Neda,” Generation Facebook says, citing the
young Iranian woman whose death in a post-election Tehran
demonstration last year was captured by mobile phone.
If she was the everywoman whose on-camera demise shook
our eyes open to the Iranian regime’s brutality, then Khaled Said’s
shattered face could belong to any one of Generation Mubarak.
Mona Eltahawy is a syndicated columnist.
But where have all those free and brave people gone?
Is it because we believe we’ve conquered all potential
external threats that we’ve decided to conquer each other? Or
have so many generations passed that we’ve forgotten that a
chain is only as strong as its weakest link? We cannot have
a growing group of poor and unemployed and have a strong
country. Those basic ills impact so much a person’s life and
spill so easily into the life of a community ... even if we are
not able to care for the sake of humanity, can we not see the
pragmatic wisdom in caring for our own sakes?
As we celebrate this our 234th year as a country, perhaps we
can start to look towards a future where we work to make each
other strong instead of just ourselves, because we realize that
a strong citizenry – employed, healthy, productive, safe, brave
and free – is the foundation for a strong nation.
Happy birthday America!
A luta continua …
Talibah Chikwendu is the executive editor for the “AFRO-
American Newspapers” and shares these and other thoughts at
www.fromcheapseats.com.
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An Evening of Soul with

Marc Evans and Soul Centered
Marc Evans and his band Soul Centered have been a major force on
Baltimore’s music scene for over a decade. On June 17, the group performed
at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum’s “Third Thursdays” after-work party.
Every Thursday through August, the museum will offer extended hours
from 5-8 p.m. with a reduced $5 admission. The gathering includes live
entertainment, light fare and a cash bar.

Photos by J.D. Howard

WEAA host
Sandi Mallory
Kevin Jackson Marc Evans

Joel Mills

The audience enjoys

the melodic sounds
of Marc Evans and
Soul Centered

Kevin Ellis

Annette Saunders and Evelyn

Wall enjoy the view from the Toni Jackson and Herschel
Reginald F. Lewis Museum’s Smith look over the Third
balcony. Thursdays program

Photos by Bill Tabron

As part of a week-long celebration of the Making,” raised awareness of the museum

Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African
American History and Culture’s fifth anniversary,
a weeklong celebration was held to honor the
facility as the largest African-American museum
on the East Coast.
The festivities, dubbed “History in the
throughout the state while also educating the
public about the museum’s purpose.
The Red Wall of Freedom gala recognized
inaugural donors with a special ceremony
that featured live music, giveaways and
refreshments.

Photos by Bill Tabron

The Associated Black Charities of Diane Bell-McKoy, president/CEO of ABC
Maryland recently held its 25th annual and Richard McKoy greet Dr. Freeman
gala, highlighting community leaders in Hrabowski,president of the University of
various fields for their contributions to Maryland, Baltimore County
underserved groups. Founded
in 1985 by the Revs. Marion
Bascom, Harold Carter and
ACD Vaughn, developer Otis
Ribbon cutting of the Red Warren, Dwight Taylor and
Wall of Freedom former Coppin State College
leader Dr. Calvin Burnett,
the organization frequently Sen. Catherine Pugh, Gov.
highlights innovators in Martin O’Malley, Dorothy
education. Brunson and Del. Shirley
This year’s honorees included Nathan-Pulliam
Dr. Earl S. Richardson, Dr. Clara
Adams, Dr. Bernard Wynder,
Jamal Mubdi-Bey, Dr. Leslie
Donna Baker Dorothy and the Rev. Marion Bascom King Hammond, Dr. Lenneal
Henderson, Anita Thomas and
Tenyo Pearl.

Dr. Clara Adams,

Amanda Jeffers, Gloria
and Marshall Jones

Museum architect
Jose Mabily and Leslie Gary Bowden Jeremiah Pearl, Tenyo Pearl, Reba Pearl Brothers and
King-Hammond, chair, Sherrie Welsch
museum board of
directors

Chelsey Green and the

Louis and Nancy Grasmick, Sylvia Brown, Beverly Cooper and Mayor Stephanie Chriscia
Green Project
Rawlings-Blake receive awards from Dr. David T. Terry for their contributions to the Ferguson
museum.
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Resurrecting a Rivalry: Baltimore and D.C. Find Other Ways to Compete

“Battle of the Beltway” Street B-Ball Rivalry Stutters But Not without Star Power
By Stephen D. Riley
AFRO Staff Writer
There’s a sports rivalry between Washington, D.C., and
Baltimore. Md., that can’t be captured by the professional
leagues. The cities’ two football teams – the Washington
Redskins and Baltimore Ravens – play nearly every preseason
but meet only once every four years in the regular season due to
NFL scheduling.
Neither of the cities’ baseball clubs – the Baltimore Orioles
and Washington Nationals – has finished with a record greater
than .500 since the Nationals franchise was launched in 2005.
Since the two cities’ only shared professional sports are
MLB and the NFL, locals are forced to rely on collegiate and
high school sports as well as alternative measuring sticks such
as Saturday’s (June 26) District vs. Baltimore street ball game,
to tussle over bragging rights.
Sponsored by Downtown Locker Room and held at Morgan
State University’s Hill Field House, the basketball matchup lacked
true rivalry-type intensity, but it certainly didn’t lack star power.
Former Baltimore high school player and current Sacramento
Kings small forward Donte Greene joined forces with Morgan
State star Reggie Holmes to lead the Baltimore team.
Former George Washington University center Pops Mensah-
Bonsu teamed up with Tennessee Volunteer guard Bobby Maze
and international hoopster Andrew “SpongeBob” Washington,
both District locals, to pace an undermanned District squad.
Mensah-Bonsu and Washington led the charge for the
Washington team, which played much of the game with only
six players. The 6-foot-9-inch Mensah-Bonsu regularly found
his way to the rim for crowd-pleasing dunks, while Washington
supplied the perimeter defense and led the team in scoring with
22 points. But in the end, Greene and Holmes proved too much
in the makeshift “Battle of the Beltway,” leading Baltimore
to a 70-66 win. Holmes and Greene combined for 45 points,
highlighted by a three-point shooting exhibition from Holmes,
Morgan State’s all-time leading scorer.
Despite a close game and a fairly successful crowd turnout,
play-by-play announcer Miles Rawls was hesitant to add
Saturday’s game to the history books of storied beltway battles.
Rawls, who hosts the District’s Barry Farms George Goodman
Summer Basketball League, has seen his share of classic street
ball games between the two cities but was disappointed on
Saturday.
“The D.C./Baltimore rivalry as far as basketball has died,”
Rawls proclaimed. “It needs a big boost. It doesn’t compare
to the old rivalry of the Michael Lloyd days. It just doesn’t
compare; it’s just a total different breed [now]. I wouldn’t even
call it a rivalry anymore until it gets that intensity back in it.”
A six-player showing from the D.C. team may have
prompted Rawls’ statement.
The game’s 8 p.m. tip-off was originally scheduled for 6:30
p.m., but late arrivals from the D.C. team pushed the start time
back. District native and AND1 participant Hugh “Baby Shaq”
Courtesy Photo/Goodman League
Jones didn’t arrive until after halftime to provide the D.C. team
Local street ball icon Miles Rawls says “the D.C./Baltimore
with a seventh player and they were still outnumbered. rivalry as far as basketball has died,” but hopefully the
After promoting Saturday’s game for over two weeks during biggest stars in the area can bring it back to life.
his league, Rawls saw the lack of District player participation as
a reflection of a lack of understanding of the two cities’ rivalry. said. “It’s a heated rivalry. It’s always been that way so we have
“We have to get the players down there that understand the to get the players that [are going to be] down there for the love
rivalry that want to compete and not just be down there,” Rawls of the game and not down there for other alternatives.”

The Best and Worst Three Picks of 2010 NBA Draft

By George Barnette
AFRO Staff Writer
There’s no doubt the
biggest winner of the 2010
NBA Draft is the Washington
Wizards, who made premier
prospect John Wall the fifth
point guard in NBA history
to be taken with the No. 1
overall pick. Wall has the
potential to be one of the
greatest floor generals to ever
play the game, a fact obvious
to most hoops fans. But who
else emerged from the draft as
winners? The AFRO ranks the
three best and worst picks of
last week’s draft.
Best Three Picks
1. No. 20 San Antonio
Spurs - James Anderson range. He will team with but the 20 year-old is not a going to be an NBA All-Star, loss to Miami, he only played
(Oklahoma State) George Hill, who’s coming finished product mentally or but he’s a solid defender and 25 minutes and though he
There’s a reason why San off an outstanding season with physically. When he is, he’ll rebounder. He’ll make low- wasn’t in foul trouble his
Antonio continues the Spurs, to form their consistently be a 20-point and post players earn everything team lost by 21 points. No
to stay competitive: backcourt of the future. 10-rebound player every night. they get, and will complement question the talent is there,
they continue to stars Kevin Durant and but in the end Aminu’s career
draft well. James 2. No. 5 Sacramento 3. No. 11 New Orleans Russell Westbrook. may look very similar to that
Anderson will be Kings - DeMarcus Hornets - Cole Aldrich of Dallas Mavericks forward
an All-Star. I’m Cousins (Kentucky) (Kansas) (Traded to the Worst Three Picks Tim Thomas: a physically-
not sure why he DeMarcus Cousins is Oklahoma City Thunder) 1. No. 8 Los Angeles talented player that never
fell to No. 20, but the best big man in the It was apparent in its first- Clippers – Al-Farouq quite lived up to his potential.
he’s going to make draft. The rumors of round series with Los Aminu (Wake Forest) That’s not what you want out
everyone pay for Cousins overwhelming Angeles that Oklahoma City For all the criticism of a top-10 pick.
ignoring him. The No. 3 pick Derrick is in desperate need of more Georgetown star Greg
Big 12 Conference Favors in a pre-draft size. Andrew Bynum, Pau Monroe received for 2. No. 15 Milwaukee Bucks
Player of the Year workout don’t shock Gasol and Lamar Odom “checking out” of games, at - Larry Sanders (Virginia
averaged more me. Cousins has dominated the Thunder in least he showed up in the big Commonwealth)
than 22 points per amazing footwork, the paint. Gasol is the most ones. That’s not something I never saw what everyone
game in one of the great touch around the skilled big man in the league, you can say about Al- else saw in Larry Sanders.
nation’s premier conferences. rim and has the wide body and the Thunder had to use Farouq Aminu. Aminu was He was never as productive
He’s 6-foot-6-inches tall and you want in a low-post player. undersized forward Jeff Green productive at Wake Forest, as the hype would lead
can shoot from three-point People question his maturity, to guard him. Aldrich is not but in an ACC Tournament you to believe. He should
have been dominant in the
Colonial Athletic Association
while playing the up-tempo
style favored by Virginia
Commonwealth. He was
consistently in foul trouble
and will probably always
be a better defensive than
offensive player, but it’s
clear from their playoff
performance that Milwaukee
needed to add more offensive
firepower. In my opinion,
there’s not a lot of difference
between Sanders and the No.
41 pick, Jarvis Varnado.

3. No. 25 Memphis Grizzlies

- Dominique Jones (South
Florida) (Traded to the
Dallas Mavericks)
Dominique Jones was an
outstanding scorer in the Big
East, one of the toughest
conferences in college
basketball. However, it may
have been a reach to take him
in the first round. He’s a great
scorer, not a great shooter.
He won’t be an effective
option when playing against
more athletic defenders. He is
competitive, so I think he’ll
have a decent NBA career,
but I think Dallas could have
gotten him in the second
round.

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Urban Magazine Bucks the ‘i.d.e.a.l.’ Image

By Krishana Davis
Special to the AFRO
Zarifa Roberson, 30, is outspoken, resourceful and
independent. She also has been physically handicapped by the
disease arthrogryposis multiplex congentia, which affects the
body’s joints and their movement.
However, in 2004 she launched and founded Individuals
with Disabilities Express About Life, a magazine that caters
to urban youth and young adults who suffer with different
handicaps and disabilities. The magazine recently re-launched
in January 2010, after taking a four-year hiatus while Roberson
completed her graduate degree in rehabilitation counseling.
In 2010, i.d.e.a.l. partnered with the Baltimore League
for Disabilities after Roberson’s professor at Coppin State
University, Janet Spry, suggested she use them as a resource
venue. Roberson brought her older magazine issues to The
Baltimore League for Disabilities and the organization was
impressed with her coverage of people with disabilities,
such as Amanda from “America’s Next Top Model” and DJ
Supalee. The league signed on to print 1,000 free copies of
her magazine until she established a strong following and
advertising base. Courtesy of Zarifa Roberson
Since i.d.e.a.l.’s re-launch in 2010, two The cover for i.d.e.a.l. magazine’s spring
new sections have been added to the magazine, 2010 issue highlighted an initiative by
“Voicing Your Opinion” and “Krip Hop.” former NBA great, Mike “Stinger” Glenn,
“Voicing You Opinion” is an editorial section who opened a basketball camp in Decatur,
spearheaded by writer Morgan Amos designed Ga., for deaf and hard of hearing youth
to give people with disabilities advice about the basketball players.
programs and opportunities available to them.
Roberson said her goal is to “provide people
with the right resources… A lot of people “I want i.d.e.a.l. to be a
don’t know about DORS [Maryland State of Department mix between ESSENCE and Cosmopolitan
of Education Division of Rehabilitation Services] or RSA magazine.”
[Rehabilitation Services Administration] which can help you To help with this venture, i.d.e.a.l. has added a model
find jobs or help fund college tuition.” profile section to the magazine that highlights models with
Krip Hop is an initiative started by Leroy Moore, a staff disabilities and gives them added exposure in the fashion
writer at i.d.e.a.l. Though Krip Hop has more of a following business. Additionally, Roberson, who is openly bisexual, said
on the West Coast, Moore’s goal is to highlight hip-hop artists a dating column will be featured in the summer edition.
and entertainers with disabilities. This section gives exposure “There is a stigma that people with disabilities aren’t
to entertainers with disabilities who are not readily accepted in self-sufficient and want someone to take care of them, this is
the music and entertainment industries. untrue.”
Roberson, who says she will be the next Oprah, has a clear The next issue of i.d.e.a.l. will be available on July 16. For
vision for the project. more information, visit itsanidealworld.com.

“If all the rich and all the church people send their children to the
public schools they would feel bound to concentrate their money on
improving these schools until they met the highest ideals.” - Susan B.
Anthony
In the words of Billy Eckstein, “If I caused you pain, I know I’m
to blame, must have been insane, believe me from the bottom of my
heart, dear I apologize.”
“Color me father.” Living for the weekend forgot to wish the
fathers a happy Father’s Day “round midnight” I started texting
Father’s Day messages to my friends. It’s late but the message is
sincere, “Happy belated Father’s Day.”
“A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children.” -
Proverbs 13:22
I know when Nate Trader graduated from Hampton University
50 years ago, he never dreamed that when he returned to his alma
mater with his wife Gwen to walk in the graduation processional
honoring his class’s 50th anniversary at this historic HBCU that the
commencement address would be delivered by President Barack
Obama, the first African-American president of the United States.
Congratulations to Nathaniel “Globe” Trader on being inducted into
the Emeritus Class. Nate and Gwen will also celebrate their golden
wedding anniversary July 2. Gwen we know you were a child bride.
“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a
butterfly.” - R. Buckminster Fuller
Living for the Weekend is proud to salute the achievements of our
youth, their graduations and their success in life.
Our graduates are Leah Jones graduated from Edmondson
Heights School and will attend Franklin Middle; valedictorian Eric
Stewart Jr. graduated from Cross Country Middle School, he will
attend Polytechnic High School; Marc Curry Jr. graduated from Deer
Park Middle Magnet School, he will attend Milford Mill Academy
International Baccalaureate Program; Leah Parrish graduated from
Baltimore City College; Devin Dawson graduated from Milford
Mill Academy; Jullian Brown graduated from Roland Park Country
School; Justin Carney graduated from Milford Mill Academy he
will attend Pennsylvania College of Art & Design; Bria Hamm
graduated from Western High School, she will attend the University
of Maryland; Courtney Miller graduated from Marriott Ridge High
school, she will attend Emory University; Jessica Jennings graduated
from Roland Park Country School, she will attend Loyal University;
and Jason Jennings Wright graduated from Loyola Blakesfield High
School, he will attend Carnegie Mellon University, his uncle Larry
Jennings’ alma mater.
“You can never learn less, you can only learn more.”- R.
Buckminster Fuller
Christina Johnson received a bachelor’s degree in management
science from Coppin State University; Erika Octavia Brown received
dual bachelor’s degrees in accounting and marketing from Salisbury State
University; Brittney Shanay Ryans graduated cum laude in education
from Winston Salem State University.
“I am the captain of my fate; I am the master of my soul.” -
William Earnest Henley
We are proud of our graduates and their accomplishments,
however, two graduates are in the “spotlight.”
Karrie Woodlon graduated from Milford Mill Academy’s
International Baccalaureate Organization in the top 5 percent of 318
students. She will attend John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She
received a signed letter from President Barack Obama congratulating
her on receiving the president’s education award.
Salim Council graduated in the last class of the historic Cardinal
Gibbons High School. He will attend Bowie State University.
“One thing I know; the only ones among you who will be really
happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.” -
Albert Schweitzer
Congratulations to my grandsons Gregory Packer on being elected
vice president of his junior class and eighth-grader Matthew Packer
on being elected representative to the Student Government Association
at South County Secondary School, Fairfax Station, Va.
Randallstown’s David Wright is
playing soccer with New Zealand.
Proud granddad Willard, aunt Brenda and uncle Ralph Wright are
beaming with pride.
“Ain’t that good news.” Congratulations to Lt. Gen. Lloyd J.
Austin III on his appointment to the rank of general and his assignment
as commander of the United States Forces-Iraq, OPERATION IRAQI
FREEDOM!! The first time in history two African-American four-star
Army generals are serving at the same time.
More good news, congratulation to Walter Hill III on his promotion
to captain in the United States Army; Capt. Hill is currently stationed
in Fort Hood, Texas.
We pray for our soldiers as they protect our future and our youth.
Amen
“Celebration time.”
“It’s a family affair” Cheryl and Greg Smith celebrating their
birthdays and 34th wedding anniversary. Happy birthday Linda James,
June Brown, Roxy Umphreys and my main man Bill Massey.
“That golden time of the day.” It was beautiful watching the
summer solstice sunset on the longest day of the year. We were at bay
café along the waters edge, watching the sun lingering over the water.
What a sight.
On Saturday I was the guest of The Honorable Kurt and Dr. Pat
Schmoke at the Maryland Science Center’s Summer Solstice Gala.
“Money, money, money.” More than 650 guests attended and raised
over $300,000 for educational programs. The rooftop reception
provided a splendid view of the inner harbor.
“Some enchanted evening.” The main event featured “American
Idol” finalist John Stevens, and the Beantown Swing Orchestra was under
the tent extending into the courtyard decorated in the swing era with
circular red velvet bars, chandeliers and food stations throughout. Guests
enjoying the warm muggy night were Jacqueline Fulton, Ron and Joy
Owens, Irene Reid, Essie Sutton, Danny and Delle Henson, Marcia and
Frank Coakley, Rhonda and Joe Haskins, Marsha Jews, Nancy and Lou
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Faith Pulse
‘Restore Me’
Preacher Publishes Sermons for Healing
By Rev. Dorothy Boulware new beginning. Job, David, Moses, MMN: It draws daughter-in-
Special to the AFRO Sara, Hannah, the woman with from personal struggles law, Francine,
the issue of blood, the Samaritan of losses, as well as to the loss of
The Rev. Dr. Mankekolo woman and the lepers are some covering all areas of our my ministry
Mahlangu-Ngcobo, a native examples of people who have been spiritual, emotional, social, in South
of South Africa, has written a restored. The promise of restoration economic and political lives. Africa. The
collection of sermons speaking to brings hope to the hopeless, faith to It also navigates the daily removal of
the individual and collective losses the faith less, strength to the weak, journeys of doubts, fears and Cou rte s y Im age President
everyone experiences from time to contentment to the resentful, peace perplexities we experience and Thabo Mbeki,
time. “Short enough to be read on to the frustrated, joy to those with shows how to find understanding an elected president of South
your lunch or coffee break,” each sadness. and guidance. Africa by an executive committee
sermon is “what one reader calls a It also covers the restoration of the ANC and not by Parliament
vitamin for the soul.” She engages AFRO: Why a collection of moment of President Obama’s or the ANC Congress over wrong
the reader with scripture and with sermons rather than prose? inauguration as the first African- speculation was painful to me
historical and current events. This MMN: When there is a calamity, American president of this country, politically. The rule of law or the
is not the first book of this preacher, Courtesy Photo musicians write songs, poets restoring justice in the world, Constitution of South Africa was
educator and consultant in public Rev. Dr. Mankekolo Mahlangu- write poems, preachers who are restoring Africa and South Africa. not followed. Some of us fought and
health and international social Ngcobo authors write sermons. Sermons With this book, people can have sacrificed for a democratic South
justice, but it may be the most are messages from God that come 40-day personal retreats or use it for Africa.
disillusioned, frustrated, hopeless, bible study. Students in homiletics Wrestling with these issues
personal, to date. from that preacher’s wrestling with
depressed, suicidal and homicidal. can have a critique review on through Scriptures, prayer and
It is important to know and be God, from scriptures, prayer and
AFRO: What’s the importance the inspiration of the Holy Spirit sermon writing and discussions in meditation, the holy spirit was able
encouraged that God will restore their classes. to provide healing and restoration.
of this topic of restoration? to discern and deliver in words or
you and all the things you’ve lost.
Mahlangu-Ngcobo: People writing. My prayer for my readers
The topic of restoration gives hope AFRO: Is there a particular AFRO: What are you working
all over the world have gone is that their lives will change and
and the reminder that losses are audience for which it was written? on now?
through personal, family, political they’ll receive God and his holy
not the end of life, but temporary MMN: It’s really for everyone, MMN: I am working on my
and economic losses since spirit to lead and guide them daily
challenges. anyone who is interested in how own story, being born a year
October 2008. In times of loss and restore their lives.
In the scriptures we see many God continues to work in our lives after apartheid was instituted, my
they become angry, resentful, Prose would have been from faith and salvation that made me
people irrespective of our shortcomings and
who my intellect and experience and politically active against apartheid,
not the scriptures and what God is weaknesses.
suffered my 21-days solitary confinement
loss, revealing to us in our losses and his in a South African jail, exile, being
restoration. AFRO: Was the writing a part of part of anti-apartheid movement
but God your own healing? in Canada and the US through
brought MMN: Yes, I have gone through
AFRO: What’s the uniqueness ANC, the fall of apartheid, and the
them to a many losses from the loss of my
of this collection? challenges of the new South Africa.

Obituary
Marlene C. Brown, 73
Free Service Library Technician
Obituaries are printed
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AFRO-American Marlene Catherine received the best guidance
Newspapers. Brown, born Nov. 22, 1936, and care, Marlene remained
Send funeral program in Roxboro, N.C., entered a homemaker until her
and picture to: into eternal rest on May youngest child turned 9.
Obituaries 31 after a lengthy illness. In 1974, she began an
Baltimore She was the second of four illustrious career as a library
AFRO-American daughters born to the late technician at Towson State
Newspaper Elma and Gaither Woody. University’s Albert S. Cook
2519 N. Charles St. The family relocated to East Library, which spanned a
Baltimore, Md. 21218 Baltimore in the early 1940s. 28-year period.
Or fax to: Marlene found the Lord Deeply rooted in her
1-877-570-9297 at an early age and was Christian faith and her love
baptized at Zion Baptist of the church, Marlene
Church, then located at the remained actively involved
corner of Eager and Bond
Vacancy: Pastor in and supportive of Zion
Streets. MARLENE C. BROWN
Job Status: Full Time Baptist Church her entire adult
Education Required: Bachelor/Seminary She graduated from Dunbar
life until her health began to fail. Event then,
Experience: 3+ High School with the Class of 1955 and
enrolled in Morgan State College (University) she would arrange to attend some Sunday
Denomination: Baptist
Church Size: less than 100
Worship Style: Baptist/ for two years, majoring in business education. services and church programs.
Contemporary
She later Marlene found her greatest joy in her
met and children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren
Congratulations Cori married and all of her family members. Holidays,
Samuel family gatherings and family celebrations
On May 8, 2010 Cori received her Bachelor of Brown Jr., were a special delight to her as she prepared
Social Work Degree with a Minor in Psychology and had four her famous, mouth-watering apple cobbler
from the University of N.C. at Wilmington (UNCW). children: and other desserts that were requested on
She is a product of Baltimore City Public Schools: Samuel numerous occasions. Marlene also enjoyed
Harford Heights #36, Lombard Middle, Dunbar Brown III, gardening, traveling and word-search puzzles.
Sr. High and graduated from Parkville High Monica L. She leaves to cherish her memory four
School. She is the daughter of the late Marilyn Douglas, children, Samuel Brown III, Monica L.
Gail Owens and granddaughter of Mrs. May B. Gary W. Douglas, Gary W. R. Bown and Brenda M.
Owens of Baltimore, MD. Correlia D. Campbell Bown and Brown; two grandchildren, Derrell D. Brown
Brenda M. and Marietta Lewis; one great-grandchild,
Brown. Samari L. White; three sisters, Elmora
Concerned Barber, Wynola Cunningham and Mary H.
that her Woody; a host of other relatives and friends.
children
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IN THE CIRCUIT
COURT FOR
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Case No.:
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IN THE MATTER OF
SHERRON KEYS
FOR CHANGE OF
NAME TO
CHARLENE KEYS
ORDER FOR
NOTICE BY
PUBLICATION
The object of this suit
is to officially change
the name of the peti-
tioner from
Sherron Keys
to
Charlene Keys
It is this 21 day of
June, 2010 by the Cir-
cuit Court for Bal-
timore City,
ORDERED, that pub-
lication be given one
time in a newspaper of
general circulation in
Baltimore City on or
before the 6 day of
July, 2010, which shall
warn all interested
persons to file an af-
fidavit in opposition to
the relief requested on
or before the 16 day
of July, 2010.
Frank M. Conaway
Clerk
7/2
IN THE CIRCUIT
COURT FOR
BALTIMORE CITY
Case No.:
24D10001670
IN THE MATTER OF
MICHAEL RYODALL
MAYO
FOR CHANGE OF
NAME TO
MICHAEL LEVI
WRIGHT
ORDER FOR
NOTICE BY
PUBLICATION
The object of this suit
is to officially change
the name of the peti-
tioner from
Michael Ryodall Mayo
to
Michael Levi Wright
It is this 14th day of
June, 2010 by the Cir-
cuit Court for Bal-
timore City,
ORDERED, that pub-
lication be given one
time in a newspaper of
general circulation in
Baltimore City on or
before the 14 day of
July, 2010, which shall
warn all interested
persons to file an af-
fidavit in opposition to
the relief requested on
or before the 26 day
of July, 2010.
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It is this 14th day of INVITATION FOR BIDS:
June, 2010 by the Cir-
cuit Court for Bal-
RFP-10077 INVITATION FOR BIDS:
Inclusive Practices and Co-Teaching RFP-10079
timore City, Youth Ambassador Program
ORDERED, that pub-
The Baltimore City Board of School Commis-
lication be given one sioners invites interested companies to sub- The Baltimore City Board of School Commis-
time in a newspaper of
mit proposals to: design and implement a sioners invites interested companies to sub-
general circulation in
series of professional development ses- mit proposals to: provide a leadership
Baltimore City on or sions to various Baltimore City Public development program for students at var-
before the 14 day of
Schools. ious Baltimore City Public Schools.
July, 2010, which shall
warn all interested
In order to participate, interested bidders In order to participate, interested bidders
persons to file an af- need to register with eMaryland Marktplace need to register with eMaryland Marktplace
fidavit in opposition to
by visiting their website at https:// by visiting their website at https://
the relief requested on ebidmarketplace.com and clicking the Reg-
or before the 26 day istration button.
ebidmarketplace.com and clicking the Reg-
istration button.
of July, 2010.
Frank M. Conaway
Solicitation RFP-10077 will be available for Solicitation RFP-10077 will be available for
Clerk review commencing Wednesday, June 23, review commencing Wednesday, June 23,
7/3
2010. 2010.
EMPLOYMENT
A pre-proposal conference will be held on A pre-proposal conference will be held on
Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 9:00 a.m.
Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.
Applications are now being accepted for the
Goel/LIUNA Insulation
Worker Apprenticeship Program.
The Proposal Due Date is Thursday, July The Proposal Due Date is Thursday, July
Apply in person on Wednesdays between the 8, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. local time. No pro- 15, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. local time. No
hours of 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM posals will be accepted after that time. Any proposals will be accepted after that time.
at Laborers Local #11, questions related to this solicitation should Any questions related to this solicitation
3660-D Wheeler Ave, Alexandria, VA be directed to the Buyer, Shabray Stanfield should be directed to the Buyer, Shabray
Applications will be accepted through at sstanfield@bcps.k12.md.us Stanfield at sstanfield@bcps.k12.md.us
Wednesday July 7, 2010
EOE/Drug Free
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Baltimore City Public Schools.
LEGAL NOTICES REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS:
RFP-10083 INVITATION FOR BIDS:
(1) 1974 DATSUN 240Z WHITE Alternative Options Program BCS-10088
VIN# HLS3091752 (AOP) Services Provide Boiler & Chiller Replacement at
(2) 2002 CHEVROLET IMPALA GREEN Francis Scott Key
Elementary/Middle School #76
VIN# 2G1WF52E129302140 The Baltimore City Board of School Commis-
sioners invites interested companies to sub-
THE ABOVE VEHICLES WILL BE AUC- mit proposals to: provide educational ser- The Baltimore City Board of School Commis-
vices for over-age and under credited
TIONED AT 10 AM SHARP ON JULY 2, 2010
students aged 14-21 years old (Program #1)
sioners is inviting interested companies to
ON SATURDAY. AT 1408 RITCHIE- submit bids to: BCS-10088.
and transitional and educational services
MARLBORO ROAD PLEASE CALL KEITH specifically to students in South Baltimore
AT 301-336-0285. aged 14-21 who are over-age and under In order to participate, interested bidders
credited (Program #2). For Program #2, ser- need to visit eMaryland Marketplace website
at https://ebidmarketplace.com
(1) US CARGO TRAILER
vices must be provided in South Baltimore.
VIN# 4PLS00C11W1012508 In order to participate, interested vendors Solicitation BCS-10088 will be available for
RED/BLACK IN COLOR need to register with eMaryland Marktplace review commencing Friday, June 25, 2010.
DUAL WHEELS by visiting their website at https://
(2) TIBER LAKE TRAILER ebidmarketplace.com and clicking the Reg- The Bid Due Date is Thursday, July 15,
WHITE istration button. 2010 at 11:00 a.m. local time. No bids will
VIN# 5D4EB10111G002648 be accepted after that time. Any questions
Solicitation RFP-10083 will be available for related to this solicitation should be directed
2 AXLES
review commencing Tuesday, June 22, to the Buyer.
2010.
THE ABOVE VEHICLES WILL BE AUC-
TIONED AT 10 AM SHARP ON JULY 24, A pre-proposal meeting is scheduled for
2010 ON SATURDAY. AT 1408 RITCHIE- Thursday July 1, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. local Baltimore City Public Schools.
MARLBORO ROAD PLEASE CALL KEITH time, 200 E. North Avenue, Baltimore, MD
AT 301-336-0285. 21202 in the First Floor Board Room. INVITATION FOR BIDS:
BCS-10087
The Proposal Due Date is Thursday, July 15,
Provide Boiler & Chiller Replacement at
Baltimore City Public Schools 2010, at 11:00 a.m. local time. No proposals Callaway Elementary School #251
will be accepted after that time. Any ques-
tions related to this solicitation should be
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: directed to the Buyer, Dorothy Hale at The Baltimore City Board of School Commis-
RFP-10084 sioners is inviting interested companies to
dhale@bcps.k12.md.us
Recreational Sports Activities submit bids to: BCS-10087.
for Students
Attending Baltimore Rising Star Academy In order to participate, interested bidders
Baltimore City Public Schools
need to visit eMaryland Marketplace website
at https://ebidmarketplace.com
The Baltimore City Board of School Commis- REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS:
sioners invites interested companies to sub- RFP-10085
mit proposals to: provide recreational activ- Enrichment Activities for Students Solicitation BCS-10087 will be available for
ities for approximately 300 middle grade Attending Success Academy review commencing Friday, June 25, 2010.
students enrolled at the Baltimore Rising Star
Academy at Paquin. Students will participate The Baltimore City Board of School Commis- The Bid Due Date is Thursday, July 15,
in an athletic program that will enhance their sioners invites interested companies to sub- 2010 at 11:00 a.m. local time. No bids will
social, emotional and physical development. mit proposals to: provide enrichment activ- be accepted after that time. Any questions
The students will engage in a variety of ities including but not limited to visual arts, related to this solicitation should be directed
recreational sports that may include but not health and wellness, career and workforce
to the Buyer.
limited to volleyball, basketball, football, wall development, and physical fitness services
climbing, and swimming. for students enrolled at Success Academy.
Baltimore City Public Schools.
In order to participate, interested vendors In order to participate, interested vendors
INVITATION FOR BIDS:
need to register with eMaryland Marktplace need to register with eMaryland Marktplace BCS-10081
by visiting their website at https://
by visiting their website at https:// Provide Renovation & Addition
ebidmarketplace.com and clicking the Reg- ebidmarketplace.com and clicking the Reg- Construction
istration button. istration button. Services (Phases II & III)
at Leith Walk Pre-K to 8th School #245
Solicitation RFP-10084 will be available for
Solicitation RFP-10085 will be available for
review commencing Tuesday, June 22, review commencing Tuesday, June 22, The Baltimore City Board of School Commis-
2010. 2010. sioners is inviting interested companies to
submit bids to: BCS-10081.
A pre-proposal meeting is scheduled for A pre-proposal meeting is scheduled for
In order to participate, interested bidders
Thursday July 1, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. local Thursday July 1, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. local
need to visit eMaryland Marketplace website
time, 200 E. North Avenue, Baltimore, MD time, 200 E. North Avenue, Baltimore, MD
21202 in the First Floor Board Room. 21202 in the First Floor Board Room.
at https://ebidmarketplace.com
Solicitation BCS-10081 will be available for
The Proposal Due Date is Thursday, July 15, The Proposal Due Date is Thursday, July 15, review commencing Friday, June 25, 2010.
2010, at 11:00 a.m. local time. No proposals 2010, at 11:00 a.m. local time. No proposals
will be accepted after that time. Any ques- will be accepted after that time. Any ques- The Pre-Bid meeting for this project will
tions related to this solicitation should be be held at the Baltimore City Public
tions related to this solicitation should be
SUPPORT OUR
directed to the Buyer, Dorothy Hale at directed to the Buyer, Dorothy Hale at Schools Headquarters Building, 200 E.
dhale@bcps.k12.md.us dhale@bcps.k12.md.us North Avenue, First Floor Board Room,
on Thursday, July 8, 2010, from 10:00 a.m.
to 11:00 a.m. The Pre-Bid meeting will be
ADVERTISERS
followed by a walk-thru of the school site.
The Bid Due Date is Thursday, July 29,
2010 at 11:00 a.m. local time. No bids will
be accepted after that time. Any questions
related to this solicitation should be directed
to the Buyer.
B6 The Afro-American, July 3, 2010 - July 9, 2010
LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES

To advertise in the AFRO call 410-554-8200

CITY OF BALTIMORE Charles L. Benton Jr. Building, 417 East Fayette Street, Baltimore,
CITY OF BALTIMORE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Maryland 21202. If a bid is submitted by a joint venture (”JV”), then in
DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES NOTICE OF LETTING that event, the document that established the JV shall be submitted
with the bid for verification purposes.
”SPECIAL NOTICE” MANDATORY ATTENDANCE AT THE PRE BID MEETING The Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $1,000,000.00 to
$5,000,000.00.
PB 09829-Elevator Upgrade and Moderniza- Sealed Bids or Proposals, in duplicate addressed to the Board of BIDDERS SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO THOSE PREQUALIFIED IN
tion at Courthouse East-111 North Calvert Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and marked for THE FOLLOWING WORK CATEGORY:
Street. Change the pre-bid meeting date from F.A.P. NO. STP-000A (638) E, S.H. A. No. BC 315-096-815, CON- A02602 (Bituminous Concrete Paving) and D02620 (Curbs, Gutters
June 15, 2010 to July 6, 2010, at the Site, TRACT No. TR10324, BALTIMORE CITY DOWNTOWN INFRA- & Sidewalks).
Room 200 at 10:00 A.M. We regret any STRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT will be received at the office A ”Pre-Bidding Information” session will be conducted at 10:00 A.M. on
inconvenience. of the Comptroller, Room 204 City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 JULY 2, 2010 at 417 E. Fayette Street, Charles L. Benton Building,
A.M. JULY 21, 2010. Room 722.
Positively no bids will be received after 11:00 A.M. Bids will be publicly NOTE: THIS CONTRACT IS SUBJECT TO A PERFORMANCE
City of Baltimore opened by the Board of Estimates in Room 215, City Hall at Noon. EVALUATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
Department of Finance Baltimore City hereby notifies all Bidders that it will affirmatively insure APPROVED:
Bureau of Purchases that in Any Contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, Bernice H. Taylor, Clerk
Disadvantaged Business Enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to Board of Estimates
Sealed proposals addressed to the Board of submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated APROVED:
Estimates of Baltimore, will be received until, against on the grounds of race, color or national origin in consideration Alfred H. Foxx, Director
but not later than 11:00 a.m. local time on for an award. Also, the Bidder´s attention is called to the Standard Department of Transportation
the following date(s) for the stated Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Construction Contract
requirements: Specifications (Executive Order 11246) which is a part of the Contract CITY OF BALTIMORE
proposal. All of these activities shall be done in accordance with Title DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
JULY 21, 2010 VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, as amended. NOTICE OF LETTING
OEM PARTS AND SERVICE FOR FUSO It is the goal of the Department of Transportation that Disadvantaged
MITSUBISHI B50001524 Business Enterprises participate in all Federal-Aid Contracts. The total Sealed Bids or Proposals, in duplicate addressed to the Board of
Disadvantaged Business (DBE) goal for this project is 30%. In accor- Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and marked for
THE ENTIRE SOLICITATION DOCUMENT dance will Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance F.A.P. NO. STP-000A(628) E, S.H. A. No. BC 315-095-815, CONTRACT
CAN BE VIEWED AND DOWN LOADED BY Act of 1987, Women are included in the definition of DBE and will be No. TR10307, RESURFACING HIGHWAYS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS
VISITING THE CITYS WEB SITE: counted toward meeting this goal. THE CONTRACTOR SUBMITTING SOUTHEAST - SECTOR IV will be received at the office of the
A BID ON THIS CONTRACT WILL SUBMIT A DBE PARTICIPATION Comptroller, Room 204 City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 A.M.
www.baltimorecitibuy.org PROGRAM IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE CONTRACT JULY 21, 2010.
SPECIFICATIONS. Positively no bids will be received after 11:00 A.M. Bids will be publicly
Plans, specifications and other contract Documents may be examined opened by the Board of Estimates in Room 215, City Hall at Noon.
”This notification is to advise all certified without charge at the Baltimore City Department of Public Works Service Baltimore City hereby notifies all Bidders that it will affirmatively insure
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Center located on the first floor of the Abel Wolman Municipal Building, that in Any Contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement,
Women´s Business Enterprise (WBE) sub- Baltimore, Maryland, 21202 on or after JUNE 18, 2010 and copies Disadvantaged Business Enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to
contractors and suppliers that The Whiting- thereof may be obtained on payment of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated
Turner Contracting Company (WT) is solicit- AND NO CENTS. ($100.00). Payment will not be refunded. against on the grounds of race, color or national origin in consideration
ing bids for contracts on the Lyric Opera All Contractors Bidding on this Contract must first be Prequalified by the for an award. Also, the Bidder´s attention is called to the Standard
House - Stagehouse Renovations in Bal- City of Baltimore Contractor´s Qualification Committee, Room 633, Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Construction Contract
timore, MD. Bid documents will be available Charles L. Benton Jr. Building, 417 East Fayette Street, Baltimore, Specifications (Executive Order 11246) which is a part of the Contract
on 06/9/2010 for review at WT´s Towson Maryland 21202. If a bid is submitted by a joint venture (”JV”), then in proposal. All of these activities shall be done in accordance with Title
Office - 8th Floor Plans Room or for purchase that event, the document that established the JV shall be submitted VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, as amended.
at CMC Reprographic in Towson, MD. Bids with the bid for verification purposes. It is the goal of the Department of Transportation that Disadvantaged
will be accepted only from bidders who The Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $5,000,000.00 to Business Enterprises participate in all Federal-Aid Contracts. The total
complete both the prequalification and bid $10,000,000.00. Disadvantaged Business (DBE) goal for this project is 30%. In accor-
package forms. Please direct all inquiries and BIDDERS SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO THOSE PREQUALIFIED IN dance will Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance
questions to John Ovelman @ THE FOLLOWING WORK CATEGORY: Act of 1987, Women are included in the definition of DBE and will be
410-365-4379. Bids are due on Tuesday A02602 (Bituminous Concrete Paving). counted toward meeting this goal. THE CONTRACTOR SUBMITTING
07/06/2010 no later than 5:00 PM (EST) The A ”Pre-Bidding Information” session will be conducted at 10:00 A.M. on A BID ON THIS CONTRACT WILL SUBMIT A DBE PARTICIPATION
Whiting-Turner Contracting Company is an JUNE 30, 2010 at 417 E. Fayette Street, Charles L. Benton Building, PROGRAM IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE CONTRACT
Equal Opportunity Employer.” Room 733. MANDATORY ATTENDANCE AT THE PRE BID MEETING. SPECIFICATIONS.
NOTE: THIS CONTRACT IS SUBJECT TO A PERFORMANCE Plans, specifications and other contract Documents may be examined
EVALUATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. without charge at the Baltimore City Department of Public Works Service
CITY OF BALTIMORE APPROVED: Center located on the first floor of the Abel Wolman Municipal Building,
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Bernice H. Taylor, Clerk Baltimore, Maryland, 21202 on or after JUNE 18, 2010 and copies
DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARKS Board of Estimates thereof may be obtained on payment of FIFTY DOLLARS AND NO
NOTICE OF LETTING APROVED: CENTS. ($50.00). Payment will not be refunded.
Alfred H. Foxx, Director All Contractors Bidding on this Contract must first be Prequalified by the
Sealed Bids or Proposals, in duplicate addressed to the Board of Department of Transportation City of Baltimore Contractor´s Qualification Committee, Room 633,
Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and marked for Charles L. Benton Jr. Building, 417 East Fayette Street, Baltimore,
RP10813-St. Mary´s Park Renovation will be received at the Office of BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND Maryland 21202. If a bid is submitted by a joint venture (”JV”), then in
the Comptroller, Room 204, City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 INVITATION FOR BIDS that event, the document that established the JV shall be submitted
A.M. on August 11, 2010. Positively no bids will be received after 11:00 with the bid for verification purposes.
A.M. Bids will be publicly opened by the Board of Estimates in Room CONTRACT NO. 10116 GX0 The Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $1,000,000.00 to
215, City Hall at Noon. REDHOUSE RUN AT ST. PATRICK ROAD STREAM RESTORATION $5,000,000.00.
The Contract Documents may be examined, without charge, at the OVERLEA - DISTRICT 14 c 6 BIDDERS SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO THOSE PREQUALIFIED IN
Department of Public Works Service Center located on the first floor of CONTRACT COST GROUP ”C ($500,000 to $1,000,000)” THE FOLLOWING WORK CATEGORY:
the Abel Wolman Municipal Building, 200 N. Holliday Street, Baltimore, WORK CLASSIFICATION: B, C & K-5 A02602 (Bituminous Concrete Paving) and D02620 (Curbs, Gutters
Maryland 21202 as of June 25, 2010 and copies may be purchased for & Sidewalks).
a non-refundable cost of $50.00. BID DATE: TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2010 AT 10:30 A.M. LOCAL TIME A ”Pre-Bidding Information” session will be conducted at 10:00 A.M. on
Conditions and requirements of the Bid are found in the bid package. JULY 2, 2010 at 417 E. Fayette Street, Charles L. Benton Building,
All contractors bidding on this Contract must first be prequalified by the On or after TUESDAY, JULY 6, 2010, the above contract documents Room 722.
City of Baltimore Contractors Qualification Committee. Interested parties (See Note *) may be inspected and purchased from the Division of NOTE: THIS CONTRACT IS SUBJECT TO A PERFORMANCE
should call 410-396-6883 or contact the Committee at Room 634, Construction Contracts Administration, Department of Public EVALUATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
Charles L. Benton Building, 417 E. Fayette Street, Baltimore, Maryland Works, Room 300B, County Office Building (COB), 111 W. APPROVED:
21202. If a bid is submitted by a joint venture (”JV”), then in that event, Chesapeake Avenue, Towson, MD 21204, upon receipt of payment Bernice H. Taylor, Clerk
the document that established the JV shall be submitted with the bid of $25.00 (TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS) per contract, and if sent by U.S. Board of Estimates
for verification purposes. The Prequalification Category required for mail with an additional $5.00 (FIVE Dollars) postage and handling fee. APROVED:
bidding on this project is G90017 All checks should be made payable to BALTIMORE COUNTY MD. NO Alfred H. Foxx, Director
Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $100,000.01 to REFUNDS will be made to anyone. Direct any questions to Department of Transportation
$500,000.00 410-887-3531. Bidders obtaining documents from another source other
than Baltimore County WILL NOT be allowed to submit proposals to
A ”Pre-Bidding Information” session will be conducted at 2600 Madison
Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21217 on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at 10:00 Baltimore County. Strictly Personal
A.M.
Principal Items of work for this project are: *Note: Contract Documents will consist of One (1) Paper Copy Pen Pals
Brick Paving and Brick Masonry Proposal Book and One (1) Compact Disk (CD) with all of the
The MBE goal is 20% required drawings. The CD will be in PDF format. Contractors and
The WBE goal is 8% Sub-Contractors can purchase paper copies of the drawings from Truthful man seeking spiritual pen pals. Womb my ema-
CONTRACT NO. RP 10813 Baltimore County - OIT - Central Printing located in the Basement nation. Law is unification. Breath, knowledge and con-
of the COB, RM G-9 for $1.50 a copy.
APPROVED: sciousness! William Piggie, P.O. Box 565, Pittsboro,
The proposed work consists of:
Bernice H. Taylor
Clerk, Board of Estimates 3,876,(SY) Furnished Channel Bed Material N.C. 27312
APPROVED: 2,869 (CY) Salvaged Subsoil ---
9,010 (SY) Soil Stabilization Matting
David E. Scott P.E.
Director of Public Works 1,597 (LF) Stone Toe Protection Lonesome Hearts - Pen Pals
9,010 (SY) Placing Furnished Topsoil 4 Inch Depth To have a notice published in the Strictly Personal Section,
(LS) Maintenance of Stream Flow
CITY OF BALTIMORE write the message you want printed in the space below.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION A pre-bid meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 10:00 Enclose ten dollars ($10.00), check or money order for 25
NOTICE OF LETTING a.m. local time in Room 215 of the County Office Building. Located at
111 West Chesapeake Avenue, Towson, Maryland 21204. words. NO CASH PLEASE. Additional words will cost 50 cents
Sealed Bids or Proposals, in duplicate addressed to the Board of each.
Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and marked for THE PROJECT IS SUBJECT TO A MINORITY BUSINESS ENTER-
TR09011 RECONSTRUCTION OF LEXINGSTON STREET FROM PRISE UTILIZATION GOAL AND FEMALE CONTRACTORS UTILIZA-
PARK AVENUE TO LIBERTY STREET be received at the Office of the TION GOALS FOR BIDS IN EXCESS OF $50,000. THESE GOALS
Comptroller, Room 204 City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 A.M. REQUIREMENTS ARE MORE FULLY EXPLAINED IN THE
JULY 14, 2010.Board of Estimates employees will be stationed at the SPECIFICATIONS. THE MBE/WBE FORMS IN THE PROPOSAL
Security Unit Counter just inside the Holliday Street entrance to City Hall BOOKLET MUST BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED AT THE TIME
from 10:45 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. every Wednesday to receive Bids. OF BID OPENING.
Positively no bids will be received after 11:00 A.M. Bids will be publicly
To answer a Lonesome Heart notice, enclose a check or money
opened by the Board of Estimates in Room 215, City Hall at Noon. The Sealed proposals (the entire book) addressed to Baltimore County,
Contract Documents may be examined, without charge, at the Depart- Maryland for this contract will be received in the Baltimore County order for $2.00 for each letter you wish to have forwarded. NO
ment of Public Works Service Center located on the first floor of the Purchasing Division, Room 148, Old Courthouse, 400 Washington CASH PLEASE. Be sure to include the box number of the per-
Abel Wolman Municipal Building, 200 N. Holliday Street, Baltimore, Avenue, Towson, MD 21204, until the time specified on the contract at
Maryland 21202 as of JUNE 18, 2010 and copies may be purchased which time they will be publicly opened and read.
son you wish to contact.
for a non-refundable cost of $50.00. A certified check of the bidder or
a bank cashier´s check or a bank treasurer´s check drawn on a solvent ONLY CONTRACTORS WHO HAVE BEEN PREQUALIFIED BY BAL- All letters, queries and notices should be sent to:
clearing house bank, made payable to the Director of Finance or a bid TIMORE COUNTY AT LEAST TEN (10) DAYS PRIOR TO THE OPEN-
bond executed on the form as provided in the Bid or Proposal for an ING OF BIDS WILL BE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS. STRICTLY PERSONAL
amount which is not less than that determined by multiplying the total 2519 N. Charles Street,
bid submitted by two percent (2%) will be required with each bid over All proposals must be accompanied by a Bid Bond, on the approved
$100,000.00. If the bid less than or equal to $100,000.00 no Bid Bond form provided, in the amount as set forth in the ”Information for Bidders”. Baltimore, MD 21218
is required. No other form of proposal guaranty is acceptable.
Bidders interested in utilizing the City´s Self-Insurance Program for
payment and performance security for contracts not exceeding The Purchasing Agent reserves the right to reject any or all proposals
$100,000.00 may contact the Department of Finance, the Program or bids or parts of bids and to waive technicalities as may be deemed
Administrator, for eligibility requirements and premium costs. The Board best for the interest of the County.
of Estimates reserves the right to reject any and all Bids and/or to waive
technical defects, if in its judgment, the interest of the Mayor and City Keith Dorsey, Director
Council of Baltimore may so require. All contractors bidding on this Office of Budget & Finance
Contract must first be prerequalified by the City of Baltimore Contractors
Qualification Committee. Interested parties should call (410) 396-6883 CITY OF BALTIMORE
or contact the Committee at Room 634, Charles L. Benton Bldg. , 417 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
E. Fayette St., Baltimore, Maryland 21202 . If a bid is submitted by a NOTICE OF LETTING
joint venture (”JV), then in that event, the document that established the
JV shall be submitted with the bid for verification purposes. Sealed Bids or Proposals, in duplicate addressed to the Board of
The Prequalification Category required for bidding on this project is Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and marked for
A02602 (Bituminous Concrete Paving), D02620 (Curbs, Gutters & F.A.P. NO. STP-000A(627) E, S.H. A. No. BC 315-094-815, CONTRACT
Sidewalks). No. TR10305, RESURFACING HIGHWAYS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS
The Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $500,000.00 to NORTHWEST - SECTOR II T will be received at the office of the
$1,000,000.00. Comptroller, Room 204 City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 A.M.
A ”Pre-Bidding Information” session will be conducted at 10:00 A.M. on JULY 21, 2010.
JULY 2, 2010 at 417 E. Fayette Street, Charles L. Benton Building, Positively no bids will be received after 11:00 A.M. Bids will be publicly
Room 722. opened by the Board of Estimates in Room 215, City Hall at Noon.
NOTE: THIS CONTRACT IS SUBJECT TO A PERFORMANCE Baltimore City hereby notifies all Bidders that it will affirmatively insure
EVALUATON BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. that in Any Contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement,
Principal Items of work for this project are: Disadvantaged Business Enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to
Class 1 Excavation 504 C. Y. submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated
HMA Superpave - Various Types 340 Tons against on the grounds of race, color or national origin in consideration
Brick Sidewalks & Crosswalks 6,785 S.Y. for an award. Also, the Bidder´s attention is called to the Standard
Pursuant to Article 5, Subtitle 28 of the Baltimore City Code (2000- Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Construction Contract
Edition)-Minority and Women´s Business Opportunity Program, Minority Specifications (Executive Order 11246) which is a part of the Contract
Business Enterprise (MBE) and Women´s Business Enterprise(WBE) proposal. All of these activities shall be done in accordance with Title
participation goals apply to thiscontract. VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, as amended.
The MBE goal is 19% It is the goal of the Department of Transportation that Disadvantaged
The WBE goal is 6% Business Enterprises participate in all Federal-Aid Contracts. The total
APPROVED: Disadvantaged Business (DBE) goal for this project is 30%. In accor-
Bernice H. Taylor, Clerk dance will Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance
Board of Estimates Act of 1987, Women are included in the definition of DBE and will be
APPROVED: counted toward meeting this goal. THE CONTRACTOR SUBMITTING
Alfred H. Foxx, Director A BID ON THIS CONTRACT WILL SUBMIT A DBE PARTICIPATION

SUBSCRIBE TODAY
Department of Transportation PROGRAM IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE CONTRACT
SPECIFICATIONS.
Plans, specifications and other contract Documents may be examined
without charge at the Baltimore City Department of Public Works Service
Center located on the first floor of the Abel Wolman Municipal Building,
Baltimore, Maryland, 21202 on or after JUNE 18, 2010 and copies
thereof may be obtained on payment of FIFTY DOLLARS AND NO
CENTS. ($50.00). Payment will not be refunded.
All Contractors Bidding on this Contract must first be Prequalified by the
City of Baltimore Contractor´s Qualification Committee, Room 633,
C
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LEGAL NOTICES

MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE

MARYLAND HEALTH CARE COMMISSION

HEALTH POLICY ANALYST - Advanced

Maryland Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Plan Coordinator
Grant Funded Position

LOCATION
Maryland Health Care Commission
4160 Patterson Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215

NATURE OF WORK: The Maryland Health Care Commission, an independent State agency Social Worker

To advertise in the AFRO call 410-554-8200

responsible for planning for health system needs and promoting informed decision-making Mental Health therapist case manager able to function as
by providing timely and accurate information on availability, cost, and quality of health care part of interdisciplinary team. MSW or Masters in Coun-
services to policymakers, purchasers, providers, and the public, is seeking a Health Policy seling or Psychology. Licensed as an LGSW, LCSW,
Analyst for its Hospital Quality Initiatives program. This position will coordinate the develop- LCSW-C, LGPC, LCPC or licensed eligible at the time of
ment of the Maryland Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Plan and the activities of two hire. Experience working with homeless and/or low income
Prevention Collaboratives. Key responsibilities of the position include: research and analysis individuals preferred, excellent verbal and written commu-
required to define HAI prevention goals and objectives; drafting working papers and plan- nication skills. Send resume to C. Berry, 421 Fallsway,
components for review by an HAI Advisory Committee and subcommittees; developing Baltimore, MD 21202 by 07/06/10. FAX to (410) 837-8020.
annual implementation plans targeting activities designed to address goals and objectives; Email: hrresumes@hchmd.org. No phone calls. EOE
developing a strategy to monitor and communicate progress in meeting defined HAI preven-
tion targets; providing staff support to the Prevention Collaboratives; coordinating regularly
with stakeholder organizations; and, preparing an Annual Report on HAI prevention activities Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA)
for the State of Maryland. The ideal candidate will have infection control practitioner, nursing, MVA Assistant Branch Manager II
hospital or health care industry experience in the area of healthcare-associated infections & MVA Branch Manager I
and clinical quality improvement. The position requires working knowledge of the CDC Statewide Recruitment
National Health Safety Network and guidelines and recommendations from professional Closing Date: 7/7/10
organizations, including the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, www.marylandmva.com
Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, and Society for
Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
Staff Position Announcements - June 2010
MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: Requires a master´s degree in nursing,
health care policy, public policy, health care administration or a closely related field and at F/T Lead Teacher - Union Baptist Head Start BS in ECE
least 3 years related experience. A bachelor´s degree in nursing or a health-care related field or Elementary Education. Minimum 3 years successful
and two additional years of indicated general experience will substitute for the master´s classroom experience required. Send resumes to
degree. Must possess knowledge of healthcare-associated infections data and hospital unionbaptistheadstart@hotmail.com or fax # 410.523.8130,
clinical data bases supporting quality improvement activities and have excellent quantitative, attn: Ms. Chatmon by 7/16.
analytical and computer skills.
Seeking a food Service Manager - Union Baptist Head
SALARY: Temporary Salary Reduction effective July 1, 2010 thru June 30, 2011 Start The ideal candidate will have: food service manage-
$45,675 - $73,300 (Grade 18) ment experience--experience in training/leading food ser-
vice staff--experience with proper food service standards-
Anticipated Salary Effective July 1, 2011 -must be serve-safe certified--knowledge of CACFP
$46,563 - $74,725 (Grade 18) standards are a plus. This position will be directly respon-
sible for ordering, inventory, storage of supplies and
BENEFITS: Full State benefits/leave package production of meals for students, staff and special events.
Send resumes to unionbaptistheadstart@hotmail.com or
HOW TO APPLY: Submit resume referencing PIN #048164 by no later than July 14, 2010 fax # 410.523.8130, attn: Ms. Thomas by 7/16.
for fullest consideration to:
F/T Custodian - Union Baptist Head StartAbility to read,
Bridget A. Zombro, Director of Administration write and follow verbal and written directions. Health must
Maryland Health Care Commission allow for bending, lifting, and performing other required
4160 Patterson Avenue physical activities. Send resumes to
Baltimore, MD 21215 unionbaptistheadstart@hotmail.com or fax # 410.523.8130,
attn: Ms. Thomas by 7/16.
Pin #048164
Administrative -
PLANNING AND RESEARCH
NURSING FACULTY
ASSOCIATE Carroll Community College seeks a
CARROLL COMMUNITY COLLEGE full-time, 10-month Nursing Faculty
has a full-time, 12-month position as a member.
PLANNING AND RESEARCH ASSOCI-
ATE. Additional information may be Detailed information may be obtained
obtained at www.carrollcc.edu. EOE/M/F at www.carrollcc.edu.