Prince Georges Afro-American Newspaper September 6 2014

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY EDITION

Volume 123 No. 5

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014 - SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Report Issued on Relisha Rudd’s Disappearance

Dr. Jazz at Jericho

By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent

In Laventille, Trinidad, dreams are hard to come by.

For its residents, the beauty of the Caribbean Sea just beyond them and the towering edifices of the nearby capital of Port-of-Spain belie their hardscrabble existence in the hillside ghetto that is rife with poverty, crime and gang warfare. In this place, where life is an often-wasted commodity and hope has long fled, dreams are but wishes for survival or escape.

That is why the Rev. Dr. Jasmin Sculark, who grew up in the beleaguered Laventille, remains amazed at her induction, this week, as senior pastor of the Jericho City

of Praise, a megachurch in Landover, Md. “Coming from Laventille – a poor neighborhood, a devastated neighborhood, a dangerous neighborhood – you had dreams but not dreams this size,” Sculark told the AFRO. Continued on A4

By Ben Nuckols The Associated Press

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Rev. ‘Jazz’ preached First Resurection Sunday at Jericho City of Praise this past April.

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ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — The son of a former aide to President George W. Bush has pleaded guilty to killing a friend with a hatchet and will be committed to a state psychiatric facility.

The Washington Post reports that 21-year-old Claude Alexander Allen III of Gaithersburg pleaded guilty Sept. 2 to first-degree murder in the slaying of 25-year-old Michael Phillip Harvey. Montgomery Circuit Court Judge Terrence McGann cited doctors’ findings in ruling that Allen was not criminally responsible.

The ruling means Allen will be held in a state psychiatric facility.

Prosecutors say that on May 23, 2013, Allen struck Harvey five times in the neck and head in Allen’s parents’ home. A state psychiatrist’s AP Photo report said the attack was sparked by Allen’s delusions.

Claude Alexander Allen III The elder Allen was a of Gaithersburg pleaded former domestic policy guilty to first-degree adviser in the Bush White murder.

House. He resigned in 2006 after being arrested for shoplifting at a Target store in Gaithersburg. He pleaded guilty to theft that same year, effectively ending a once-promising political career, and was fined and placed on probation.

He told the judge at his sentencing hearing that he had lost perspective while working long hours and getting little sleep in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A review of interactions between the District of Columbia government and the family of a missing 8-yearold girl has recommended more than two dozen policy changes but concluded that none of those reforms would have prevented her disappearance.

Relisha Rudd was last seen on March 1 in the company of a janitor at the homeless shelter where the girl lived with her mother and brothers.

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Brown pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and was sentenced to time served.

Chris Brown Pleads Guilty to Assault in Washington

By Ben Nuckols The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Chris Brown pleaded guilty on Tuesday to punching a man in the face outside a Washington hotel, an assault that occurred while the singer was on probation for attacking his then-girlfriend Rihanna.

“No matter your status or celebrity, you will be held accountable for such conduct in our city.”

– U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen Courtesy Photo

Relisha Rudd was last seen on March 1.

Relisha’s family had allowed her to spend time with Khalil Tatum. After Relisha was reported missing, the body of Tatum’s wife was found in a motel, and Tatum was later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Six months after she was last seen, Relisha remains missing. Tatum’s body was found in a 700-acre park in northeast Washington, but police found no sign of Relisha there after a severalday search.

On Tuesday, the District government released a report Continued on A4

Brown pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and was sentenced to time served. He spent two days in a District of Columbia jail in the case, one that further tarnished the image of the Grammy-winning singer.

Brown, 25, admitted that he hit a man who tried to get in a picture the singer was taking with two women outside the W hotel a few blocks from the White House last October. The victim, Parker Adams, suffered a broken nose.

At the time of the arrest, Brown was on probation in a felony assault case for attacking pop star Rihanna hours before the 2009 Grammy awards. The arrest led a judge in California to revoke his probation, and he was ordered in May to serve an additional 131 days in jail. He was released in June.

Brown’s attorney, Danny Onorato, argued that Brown had already suffered extensive consequences from the Washington case, noting the additional jail time in California and the four months he spent receiving inpatient counseling. He said that Brown’s career has been on hold for nearly a year and that he wanted to take responsibility for his actions so he could go back to work, including a tour in support of a new album.

“To say that he’s been punished severely in this matter is an understatement,” Onorato said.

Brown spoke only briefly, saying: “I would like to say to the Continued on A4

Clayton Aarons Plans to Uplift Local Youth as Judge

By Derek Braxton Special to the AFRO

“Our youth need a lot of social interaction in terms of outside fingers coming in, such as a One Hundred Black Men mentorship so they will have role models,” said Clayton Anthony Aarons, recently appointed Judge to the District Court of Prince George’s County, Md. “As many judges have done, I will focus on diversion type programs,” he told the AFRO Aug. 30.

According to Aarons, youth criminality is caused by idle time and many have nothing to do when they come home from school.

“Such programs will direct them into positive atmospheres and will let them know that there is hope and a future for them,” said Aarons who noted that the Boys and Girls Clubs of America is

“I hope to be able to expose young people to positive role models and steer them in the right direction” –Clayton Anthony Aarons a good resource for young people in the area.

“I hope to be able to expose young people to positive role models and steer them in the right direction,” said Aarons who looks forward to effecting positive change in local youth. “What I have seen is when people get into serious trouble, it Continued on A6

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Clayton Aarons was recently appointed Judge to the District Court of Prince George’s County, Md.

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the school’s dress code.

Sirmon argued that the school’s policy violates both the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and Louisiana’s Preservation of Religious Freedom Act, and requested a formal hearing before the Plaquemines Parish School Board. he letter also documents the harassment the student has faced from school officials: being sent home on Aug. 11, and then, after his mother was told by a school board

‘Oh My God!!!’: Texas Mother Pulled Over, Mistakenly Arrested in Front of Her Kids

A Texas woman was stopped by police and mistakenly arrested in front of her children and godchildren.

Texas police pulled over Kametra Barbour and arrested her in front of her four children and godchildren in a case of mistaken identity, according to media reports.

The incident started when a caller phoned police to report the reckless driving of a car whose occupants were allegedly waving a gun out of the window.

In the call, tipster Eva Whatley tells police, “It’s going to be a beige or tan-colored Toyota occupied by four Black males.” Barbour was driving a burgundy Nissan Maxima at the time of her arrest.

Barbour’s arrest was captured on video by the dashboard camera of the officer who stopped her. That video has since been released to the public.

In the video, Barbour starts to panic when she is detained and says to police: “What are you doing?

Where are you going? Oh my God, you’re terrifying my

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A Texas woman was stopped by police and mistakenly arrested in front of her children and godchildren. children.

The children in the car were the ages of 10, nine, eight, and six. At one point, Barbour’s six-year-old son is seen exiting the car with his hands up without being asked after seeing a gun pointed at this mother.

As the police walk to the car and see the scared children who are crying, trembling and panicking, they notice they had made a huge mistake.

One of the kids asked, “Are we going to jail?” The police responded by saying “No, no, no. No one is going to jail,” try ing their best to calm the kids down. When Whatley found out about what happened she said, “I cried. I have kids. It’s hard to imagine.”

Louisiana High School Suspends Student over Length of Dreadlocks

The ACLU of Louisiana has challenged a high school’s suspension of a student for the length of his dreadlocks.

The Aug. 25 open letter was sent to South Plaquemines High School in Port Sulphur, La., which suspended a Rastafarian student for the length of his dreadlocks, though his religion forbids him to cut his hair.

The letter, written by ACLU Foundation of Louisiana Staff Attorney Candice Sirmon, notes that the student, identified only as John Doe, was suspended because his hair fell below the top of his shirt collar—a violation of

The ACLU of Louisiana has challenged a high school’s suspension of a student for the length of his dreadlocks. member that he could pin his hair up, being sent home on Aug. 15 despite doing exactly that.

The mother, who is also not identified in the letter, also presented the school’s superintendent, Denis Rousselle, with a letter from her church documenting their membership in the faith and explaining that the Rastafarian religion mandates that men not cut their hair as part of their spiritual practice.

“This controversy has adversely affected John Doe personally, as well as his grades,” Sirmon wrote. “We ask that the School Board immediately take all steps to remedy any harm he has suffered and to respect and protect his religious beliefs. Please contact me at your earliest convenience to schedule a hearing. This must be done as quickly as possible to protect John Doe’s right to an education.”

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“Oh My God!!!’: Texas Mother Pulled Over, Mistakenly Arrested in Front of Her Kids Frederick Moten

This should be a wake up call for every Black and Brown person in this country…They are out to get us. These kids will never trust a cop again, and the car they were looking for if there was one got away so the cops must be very dumb!

Dita Bee

Deliberately HARASSED! Big difference in being “MISTAKENLY” arrested.

William P. Hammond III

What’s so sad, is they do it with no remorse or worries, and very confident that nothing’s gonna happen!!!! It’s almost as if the Jim Crow Laws are still in effect!!

Ferguson’s Flashpoint Sparks National Outrage Andre Porter

Although this was an unfortunate incident, we as Africans here in Amerikka need to get upset and rally when there is a Black on Black crime. Until we do that, no one will take us serious. Our enemies know this.

Rochelle Brown

We always talk about Black on Black crime, but there’s also White on White crime and all other races.

Every time these police do something wrong they never get found guilty. This country [is] supposed to stand for Justice for All.

Izetta Anneka Scotland

We can explain until we are blue in the face. They will never understand our plight. Those citing Black on Black crime as an issue to be discussed now I want to make that the discussion when your child is murdered.

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County Residents, Visitors Gather at Empowerment Conference

By Tiffany L. Johnson Special to the AFRO In this complex world, it’s not uncommon for young AfricanAmerican males to die by acts of violence, police brutality, or black on black crime, according to news reports.

In society, we often also hear about the many women seeking answers to some of life’s most difficult challenges, such as how to feed their children on one income.

More than 100 men and women recently convened at the National Gaylord Hotel in Oxon Hill, Md. for the first annual “Breaking Room Empowerment Conference,” Aug. 28

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Pastor Zina Pierre

to Aug. 30.

The Empowerment Conference was led by the Rev. Zina Pierre, associate pastor of Temple of Praise Church in Southeast D.C. Rev. Pierre is the founder of Breaking Room, a virtual ministry with more than 1,200 online members. The ministry is only eight months old and began in January 2014.

The conference was designed to specifically and strategically break down the personal strongholds that people encounter by teaching them how to pray and seek

God for answers.

Participants of the conference convened in various workshops and panel discussions, over the three day

the conference empowered, and better equipped to tackle everyday challenges. “Words cannot express the divine encounter I experienced

“Words cannot express the divine encounter I experienced at the conference.”

– Kalima Wills conference, to learn how to break the negative cycles in their life. There were over one dozen workshops that ranged from how to handle stress to how to maintain a balanced spiritual life.

Attendees walked away from

at the conference. My life will never be the same,” said Kalima Wills, who travelled from Harlem, N.Y. to attend the conference.

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Florida Avenue Grill at 70

By Christina Sturdivant Special to the AFRO Around noon Aug. 30, there was a wait to be seated at the Florida Avenue Grill in the Shaw neighborhood of Northwest D.C. At the counter, friends David Levy and Latrice Johnson met for breakfast. He lives nearby and has visited the restaurant three times this year – “not nearly enough,” he says.

She remembers dining at the restaurant as a child and continuing as a student at Howard University.

“It’s a permanent fixture in D.C.,” she said of the establishment nicknamed “the Grill.”

Three bar stools over sat John DiPaolo and his 3-yearold daughter, Claudia. It was his first time at the grill since moving back to the city in 2010. They eagerly awaited his biscuits and sausage gravy

Photos by Christina Sturdivant

the building in 2005 from Lacey C. Wilson Jr., who purchased the property from his parents, who opened the shop in 1944. Hutchins’ intent was to develop on the land, but he was careful not to demolish the neighborhood landmark. Instead, he built a 26-unit building on the former parking lot

Today, a well-balanced mix of ethnic groups flood the restaurant at any given hour, but, in the ‘40s, The Grill served as a safe haven for Blacks who were not yet allowed to dine with Whites in public establishments. It was the booming spot where the food was cooked like mama made it and the parties

“It was important for me to keep the Grill because it’s such an important part of D.C. history and indeed part of African-American history, period.”

– Imar Hutchins and her apples and hotcakes.

“You can’t find this kind of food at many places,” DiPaolo said.

A few feet away at the carry out line, James Hawkins, known to the Grill staff as “Cowboy,” waited for

of The Grill, and to pay homage to the founders, he named the complex Lacey Condominiums. “It was important for me to keep the Grill because it’s such an important part of DC history

when riots broke throughout the city after the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. While businesses burnt to the ground around him, Lacey Jr., according to legend, stayed up every night at the front booth with a shotgun. The grill was firebombed, but he put out the fire and saved the family business.

As the current owner, Hutchins said he sees himself as a steward of the restaurant, an establishment whose walls are filled with signed photographs of celebrities who have dined there over the years. “In a sense we have a duty to all the people who came before us to honor their tradition,” says Hutchins. “It’s a slice of the real D.C. and there’s not a lot of that left.”

The walls are filled with signed photographs of celebrities who have dined over the years.

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did not stop until the moon surfaced high above Florida Ave. and 11th St. NW. “They had a lot of things for Blacks on U St., then we’d come to the Grill afterwards,” recalls Hawkins, whose first time at the grill was in 1946.

Throughout the years, the Grill has survived everything from racial segregation, to the crack epidemic, to crime waves and gentrification. A major threat came in 1968

A well-balanced mix of ethnic groups flood the restaurant at any given hour.

A few of our most popular classes: his to-go order. Earlier this year, he celebrated his 80th birthday at the Grill.

Almost as old as Hawkins, the Grill will celebrate its 70th anniversary Oct. 4, at Cardozo High School in Northwest D.C. “If you think about it, where else can you see a Congress person sitting next to a trash truck operator – actually sitting together, talking to each other and having fun?” said Owner Imar Hutchins. “There’s not many places you’ll see that and it’s a testament to the way The Grill is welcoming to all and has evolved over the years.”

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and indeed part of AfricanAmerican history, period,” Hutchins said.

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Community Members Complete Construction on Playground in Forest Heights

By AFRO Staff In less than a day, approximately 50 community members finished installation on a new playground at Fox Way and Mohican Drive in the Town of Forest Heights at the Aug. 30 Community Build Day. The theme for the Build Day was “Forest Heights Community at Play.” Community volunteers worked in teams to assemble each element of the play structure. Other tasks included the construction of arbors, benches and picnic tables, as well as the mixing of cement. Metro Recreation/ Burke provided the playground equipment.

“The FoxMo [Fox Way/Mohican Drive] Playground brought the community together to work on a project benefiting our youngest residents and created a ‘place’ that we could all take ownership in,” said Forest Heights Mayor Jacqueline Goodall. “The project stands as a visible reminder of what we can accomplish with each of us working together — residents, business partners and community stakeholders — in making a difference in the areas that we call home.”

The Build Day also featured games, food and live entertainment, which included a performance by Ronald McDonald. Volunteers distributed a total of 84 T-shirts to attendees at the event. Children also took part in a mural project, where they created paintings that represented visions of their new playspace, which will be displayed on site.

“The Forest Heights Community Build Day was a challenging, yet ecstatic day for all of us,” said Charmaine Turner, Tot Lot Development Coordinator. “Just seeing our kids and volunteers devote all of their time and effort into a community landmark that will benefit future generations of Town residents was a rewarding experience in of itself.”

The playspace will officially open to the public once the fence and ground cover has been installed. A ribbon cutting

Workers install a roof on one of the new playground pieces

Community members work on a mural

ceremony on the new playground site will be scheduled later in the fall.

Community members are also encouraged to come out on Oct. 18 from 9 a.m. to noon – which is the day when Prince George’s County will host its “Clean Up, Green Up” initiative – to work on landscaping the area outside the playground.

In 2013, the Town of Forest Heights was awarded a $20,000 Let’s Play Construction Grant from Dr Pepper Snapple Group and KaBOOM! to fund construction for the new playground. The grant was part of Let’s Play, a community partnership led by Dr Pepper Snapple Group to get kids and families active nationwide. Additional funding for the project will come from an Open Space Grant from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the Town of Forest Heights.

Since 2012, Forest Heights has earned two gold medals and one bronze medal as part of Let’s Move! Cities, Towns and Counties (LMCTC).

Forest Heights was also among 217 communities nationwide that had earned Playful City USA status in 2013.

Playful City USA is a national program advocating for local policies that increase play opportunities for children.

KaBOOM!, the national non-profit organization dedicated to giving kids the childhood they deserve by bringing play to those who need it most, created Playful City USA in 2007 to help local governments address the lack of play. The program also complements First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative, which aims to combat the childhood obesity epidemic within a generation. More information on KaBOOM! is available at http://www.kaboom.org.

D.C. She also received a master’s in theological studies from the Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio, and a doctoral degree in ministry from the United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio.

Along her ministerial journey, Rev. Sculark said, God always sent the right people at the right time.

The Rev. Dr. Charles Booth, for example has been her “father in ministry,” and the person she still consults on matters related to preaching. Pastor John K. Jenkins, of First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Prince George’s County, Md., also has been a mentor for her, particularly on matters related to

Peebles, son of the founders, expected to inherit leadership, but was ousted by the church’s board of directors, who claimed they were acting on Apostle Peebles’ bedside wishes. Since then, the congregation has been divided.

And then there are the supersized problems that come from dealing with a bigger church, including balancing the responsibilities of overseeing the entire Jericho enterprise, which includes a 10,000-seat sanctuary, senior citizens’ complex, school and other components.

“So being able to manage the time of it and not burning myself out…balancing the personal and the professional,” Rev. Sculark said, would be one of her greatest challenges. “You know we, particularly as women, nurture everybody but don’t take care of ourselves.”

And there are the demands of church members, who often want to have direct contact with the pastor. But, like Moses, Rev. Sculark said, she realizes that trying to take on all the responsibilities of leadership would be detrimental to her spiritual and physical health. So, not only is she creating a “dream team” of elders and pastors to work alongside her, but she’s also taking advantage of modern-day tools of ministry.

“I am one of these preachers and pastors that believes social media is one of the greatest gifts that has ever come our way.

I’m not one of those pastors that’s reluctant to use the Internet or sees it as the Antichrist. I see it as a method to get the gospel from Timbuktu, to Australia, to wherever you need to,” she said.

For example, since her appointment in April, Dr. Jazz has implemented the means of paying tithes and offerings via mobile text and credit card, reflecting 21st century methods.

It is that kind of innovative thinking and fire-in-the-belly enthusiasm for the gospel that makes Dr. Jazz the right fit for Jericho, many have said.

“I see myself as an Esther, a woman for such a time as this,” Dr. Jazz said. “Timing is so important, and I believe when it’s your time and your turn there is nothing that can stop you.”

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Continued from A1 But then the appointment is just another example of the miraculous work of God in her life, said the senior pastor-elect, whose national reputation as a pint-sized preaching powerhouse has earned her the moniker, “Daughter of Thunder.”

“This new position in ministry means a number of things.

No. 1, it lets me know that God is faithful to who He is. It’s God doing what God promised he would do, even before the foundation of the world,” said Rev. Sculark, also affectionately known as “Dr. Jazz.” “This new position also means that there is a shifting of what God is doing, that this is the season of the underdog. For me to leave from Trinidad and land at Jericho just tells the nation and people who read this article that God is taking the least of these and putting them in mega places, in mega platforms, in megachurches so God can get a mega glory.”

By any worldly definition, Dr. Jazz is an underdog. Bereft of both parents—her mother died at an early age and she never knew her father—Sculark said she grew up in a “dysfunctional” family, in which an older sister was the only bulwark between her siblings and the mayhem and bloodshed of the streets.

And even there, God found her. When an Open Bible church bravely ventured into Laventille—the only one to do so that Sculark can recall—to host a crusade, she immediately gave her life to Christ.

“Once I heard the gospel that Jesus loves me, I did not even hesitate,” Dr. Jazz said. “I gave my life to Christ because I wanted to hear some kind of good news. And the moment I did that, I wouldn’t tell you that a million dollars fell [from the sky], I wouldn’t tell you that everything became perfect, but what I would tell you is that I had this unbelievable peace, this assurance on the inside. And, I knew there was nothing that I could not do.”

Shortly after, Rev. Sculark decided to devote her life to ministry. In another-dream-come-true, she moved to the United States, working in a factory, where she affixed labels to suits she could not afford, while going to school. A graduate of the Practical Bible College in Vestal, N.Y., and the Washington Bible College in Lanham, Md., she was licensed to preach Feb. 4, 1992, at the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Washington,

“Once I heard the gospel that Jesus loves me, I did not even hesitate.”

–Dr. Jazz pastoring, during her 11 years as senior pastor of the Shiloh Baptist Church in York, Pa. And, just last year, God connected her with the renowned megachurch pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes, likely in preparation for her move to Jericho, Dr. Jazz said.

Faced with this new assignment, however, Rev. Sculark said she identifies with Saul, in the Old Testament, who went hiding when it was time to crown him king of Israel.

“You better have some fears, if you don’t have any you must be crazy,” she said. “It’s a mountain of an assignment, a mountain of a challenge [and] the fear is I know my own inadequacies, I know my own limitations and my own struggles. But the one thing I’m assured about is that God is faithful, and if God calls you, He is going to do it.”

Among the challenges Rev. Sculark faces is an ongoing schism and legal battle for control of Jericho’s multimillion campus that erupted after the death of Apostle Betty Peebles, Jericho’s co-founder, in October 2010. Now-Bishop Joel R.

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about its dealings with Relisha’s family that drew from interviews with 16 city employees and contractors. It recommended 26 policy changes on matters including how schools deal with unexcused absences, background checks for homeless shelter employees and fraternization between families and shelter staff.

“Given the law’s extraordinary deference to parents, I do not believe District agencies could have done anything that would have changed the sad outcome,” Mayor Vincent Gray said in a statement.

Abigail Smith, the city’s deputy mayor for education, who was part of the team that prepared the report, said factors beyond the government’s control, including “decisions that the family made,” prevented the city from doing more to intervene.

Repeated absences from school led authorities to start looking for Relisha on March 19, more than two weeks after she was last seen. Her family had reported that she “was sick and that she was under the care of a

See part two of the interview with Dr. Jazz in next week’s AFRO.

Dr. Tatum,” and it wasn’t until a school social worker visited the shelter that authorities discovered Tatum was not a doctor, the report said. School officials said that they delayed reporting the absences earlier in order to give Relisha’s mother more time to provide adequate documentation.

“They were provided false information from the family about the child’s situation,” Smith said. “That is just not something that any policy or procedure could have changed.”

The report recommended enhanced background checks for homeless shelter employees who come into contact with children, but it concluded that even those more stringent checks would not have prevented Tatum, who had convictions for burglary and breaking and entering, from being hired.

Metropolitan Police Department spokeswoman Gwendolyn Crump said Tuesday that the investigation into Relisha’s disappearance remains open and active and that there were no new leads to report to the public.

court that I’m sorry.” He did not comment as he left court, swarmed by photographers and a handful of fans.

Brown had previously pleaded not guilty in the case. A trial scheduled for April was delayed, and two previous attempts to reach a plea deal fell through. Oronato said there were “nuances” of difference in the potential deals.

“As Chris Brown himself has now finally acknowledged, he punched a man in the face without provocation,” U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen said in a statement. “No matter your status or celebrity, you will be held accountable for such conduct in our city.”

Brown had a squeaky-clean image before his attack on Rihanna, but since then he has had several flare-ups that have been reported to authorities and noted by Los Angeles prosecutors. Brown broke a window after a 2011 “Good Morning America” interview in New York and was accused of snatching a woman’s cellphone in Miami after she tried to snap pictures of the singer. He was also slightly injured in a New York nightclub brawl

and, earlier this year, was accused of being involved in a fistfight with Frank Ocean’s entourage over a parking spot at a West Hollywood recording studio.

He was not charged in any of the incidents, but they have hurt his public standing.

Nonetheless, legions of fans, including many of his more than 13 million Twitter followers, continue to support him. Following the hearing, he tweeted “#XTheAlbum,” a reference to his new recording, due out Sept. 16.

Oronato said his client has learned to “be more judicious” in his dealings with the public.

“He’s an incredibly talented and charismatic kid,” Oronato said. “I think he’s misperceived a lot. He’s a wonderful person, and I’m glad this is behind him.”

Brown’s bodyguard, Christopher Hollosy, was convicted of misdemeanor assault in April for his role in the same scuffle. He has not yet been sentenced. The victim, Adams, has also filed a $1.5 million lawsuit against Brown and Hollosy.

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Washington, D.C.

St Luke’s Church Celebration of Alexander Crummell

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church is holding two events to honor its Founder Alexander Crummell through a symposium titled, “Alexander Crummell and African American Activism in Antebellum” Sept. 10 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the church located at 1514 15th St N.W. Panelists include: Rev. Dr. J. Carlton Hayden, Howard University; Dr. Maurice Jackson, Georgetown University; Dr. Michael Fauntroy, Howard University; and Dr. Phillip Magness, George Mason University. The church will also hold Alexander Crummell Alexander Crummell Day Service Sept. 14 with Dr. Wilson Jeremiah Moses, professor of History at Penn State University and author of Alexander Crummell: A Study of Civilization and Discontent, as the keynote speaker. An Evening of Jazz featuring Anita King will also be held at the church from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tickets are $20.

For more information, call 202-667-4394.

World Day of Prayer

Unity of Washington D.C. (Unity WDC) will join Silent Unity, an international, transdenominational prayer ministry, along with Unity churches around the world for the 21st annual Unity World Day of Prayer. The day of prayer was created as a global effort to uplift our world in shared prayer consciousness. Residents in the Washington metropolitan area are invited to attend events being offered at Unity WDC, located at 1225 R Street, N.W. D.C. and Lafayette “President’s” Park. Events will include a call in prayer vigil from 6 a.m. to noon: dial in using 712-432-1212, followed by access code 830-022-978 anytime between 6 a.m. and noon to be linked with others in prayer. A peace vigil will run from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. followed by Labyrinth mediation walks from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., prayerful expressions from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and recorded chants from 5 p.m.to 6 p.m. and interactive “Prayer in Action” candlelight service from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

In the District, according to 2013 CAS scores, roughly 44 percent of children read on grade level by the third grade. Fifty-six percent of D.C. children are behind. AARP Experience Corps works to change that by utilizing volunteer tutors 50 and older who are dedicated to helping children become great readers before they finish the third grade. The program is focused on grades kindergarten through third grade, with reading tutors working alongside teachers to improve children’s literacy. Volunteers are needed for the 2014-2015 school year. To learn more about volunteering in DC schools through AARP Experience Corps, contact Monica Green, mgreen@aarp.org or 202-434-6426 for more information.

Blackout Monday

A nationwide protest is being staged to support Black owned businesses in the United States.

The protest requests that all African Americans stand in solidarity and only patronize black owned business Sept. 8. The day of protest is also being held in remembrance of the recent killings of young Black men by police, including Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. and Eric Garner in Staten Island, N.Y., as well as others who were unjustly killed by police.

Hyattsville, Md.

Hyattsville Arts Festival

The Hyattsville Community Development Corporation will present its annual Downtown Hyattsville Arts Festival along Baltimore Ave. (Route 1) and Jefferson St. Sept. 13 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Over 70 visual artists and artisans, musicians and dancers will gather and be featured along the neighborhood streets of Arts District Hyattsville, showcasing the talented arts community in Hyattsville and the Gateway Arts District. An exhibitors and performers listing are now online, at http://www.hyattsvillearts.com. The Festival welcomes back children’s arts activities lead by Art Works Studio School and Joe’s Movement Emporium & World Arts Focus, and more.

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Beyond Ferguson: Time for Young Black Leaders in December 2016. It is imperative that charges are brought right now. All the elements that are required are there. The question of intent will be the hardest that they will have to deal WASHINGTON (NNPA) – During a rousing, standingwith.” room only town hall discussion dedicated to the shooting death Arnwine added: “We don’t want to be sitting here a year of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and police killings of from now like we are with the [civil rights case against George young, Black men across the nation, Ron Daniels, declared, “a Zimmerman] asking, ‘what happened?’” state of emergency in Black America.”

The panelists presented a range of recommendations from Daniels, president of the Institute of the Black World 21st mandating body-worn cameras and dashboard cameras for all –Ron Hampton police departments to police accountability review boards and Century (IBW), a group devoted to the social, political and economic empowerment of the Black community, said that building a comprehensive database of shootings involving law there are two Black Americas. enforcement officials.

“Some Black people are doing quite well, unless they get Taifa said the Black community has to be more creative police officers to the Ferguson police, but if we don’t address stopped for driving while Black, they’re living in the suburbs in seeking justice, possibly turning to the United Nations the systemic issues around the culture the policies and and exurbs,” said Daniels. “But in the urban inner city areas, and filing a petition under International Convention on the practices of the police department, residents will continue to be America’s dark ghettos, as Malcolm X would say, ‘people are Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. brutalized by police officers,” he said. catching more hell than ever before.’”

Daniels lamented the missed opportunity to use economic Nkechi Taifa, senior policy analyst for the Open Society One of those people was Michael Brown, an unarmed sanctions and boycotts to force reforms around the “Stand Foundations, said the treatment of Brown’s body after he was Black teenager who was shot to death in Your Ground” law in Florida following the shot and killed was the middle of the road in Ferguson, Mo., tragedy of the Martin shooting and the “not reminiscent of how

by Darren Wilson, a White police officer. guilty” verdict in the George Zimmerman Blacks were treated after Brown’s lifeless body was left face down trial.

Daniels said that no national leaders they were lynched, a in the street for more than four hours as would call for an economic sanctions tactic used to instill fear onlookers snapped photos and videos with campaign in Florida and wondered aloud if in the hearts of slaves their smart phones and news of the shooting their corporate ties had anything to do with and later freed Blacks spread on social media. their silence. following the Civil War. During the town hall discussion, “The economic benefits from this chump “It was terrorism Hilary Shelton, Washington, D.C. bureau change that [corporations] are giving us then and it is terrorism chief for the National Association for the is not worth taking the fire out of our now,” said Taifa.

Photos by Freddie Allen Hip hop artist and activist Jasiri X Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), movement,” said Daniels.

Jasiri X, a hip hop Ron Daniels, president of the (right) speaks during a town hall said he grew up in St. Louis and knows Jasiri X said that he is concerned about artist and activist who Institute of the Black World discussion on Michael Brown’s Ferguson very well and saw it transition the intergenerational divide he observed traveled to Ferguson death in Ferguson, Mo., and from a town that was majority White to one 21st Century, speaks during the during the protests in Ferguson. to protest the killing of town hall discussion on Michael police brutality as Ron Hampton, “When night came and the young people that is 67 percent Black.

Michael Brown, said Brown’s death in Ferguson, Mo., former executive director of the had to face off against tanks, snipers, and Shelton noted that only three of the 53 George Zimmerman and police brutality.

National Black Police Association tear gas, they felt abandoned by the elder policemen that serve Ferguson are Black. was found not guilty looks on. leadership,” said Jasiri X. The mayor is a White Republican and five in the shooting death Jasiri X stressed the importance for out of six council members are also White. of Trayvon Martin, an elders in the Civil Rights Movement to “When you have a scenario where everything is set up as unarmed Black teenager in Sanford, Fla., support young leaders as they organize new groups to fight for if it were some occupying force and that occupying force is and although Michael Dunn was found guilty of attempted social justice and political reform. suppressing rather than protecting those communities, you end murder, he was not found guilty in the killing of Jordan Davis, Jasiri X said that actor and civil rights activist Harry up with the kind of response that we got with Michael Brown,” an unarmed Black teenager in Jacksonville, Fla. Belafonte met with more than 40 hip hop artists last year to explained Shelton.

“If we are continually shot down and no one is to blame, guide them in using their art to talk about mass incarceration, Ron Hampton, a former executive director of the National then what do you think is going to happen if this happens violence in the community and violence against women.

Black Police Association, said that the Black community can’t over and over and over again?” asked Jasiri X. “Ferguson is “[Belafonte’s] not trying to grab the mic and get on the look at the Michael Brown killing as a single incident in time. simmering right now, but so is New York City, so is Chicago, mic,” said Jasiri X. “He’s using his wisdom and knowledge to “[The Michael Brown shooting] is the continuation of the and so is Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.” guide and direct us.” assault and the attack on Black men and women in the Black Jasiri X continued: “If Darren Wilson is not indicted, what Daniels agreed. community,” Hampton said. “The militarization of police do you want us to do? If you’re not going to give us justice, we Daniels called on young civil rights activists such as Jasiri departments started after Vietnam. Police departments received have to ask what’s wrong if we take justice?”

X to take the lead in the current movement around police military equipment after the Vietnam War, after Desert Storm, Barbara Arnwine, president and executive director of the violence, calling it a matter of principle. and after the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.”

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, asked a “Those that are being most affected, those that are being And now that equipment is being used in the War on Drugs different question. stopped and frisked and shot down on the streets and harassed waged in the Black communities.

“The question is: What is the Justice Department going are young people.

They should be at the center and the lead,” Adding Black men and women to the police department is to do? The Justice Department can bring civil rights charges said Daniels.

“We need to step back, we need step aside, we not enough, said Hampton. in this case, but if they’re going to do it, they can’t drag their need to move over and let them speak.”

“You can add six more police officers or 20 more Black feet,” said Arnwine. “Remember, this administration goes out

By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent

“[The Michael Brown shooting] is the continuation of the assault and the attack on Black men and women in the Black community.”

Prominent Artists Respond to Michael Brown Tragedy Through Music website Aug. 20 to release what she called a sketch of a song titled “Black Rage.” Hill uses the melody of “My Favorite Things,” a well known song from the musical, The Sound of Music, to sing the In response to Michael Brown’s killing Aug. story of Black anger in places like Ferguson and 9 by a White police officer in Ferguson, Mo., a elsewhere. number of prominent musicians have released “Black rage is founded on blatant denial/ songs expressing their thoughts and feelings on squeezed economics, subsistence survival/ what has transpired. deafening silence and social control/Black rage is On Aug. 15, Hiphop artist and producer J. Cole released a track titled “Free.” Over a brooding Wikimedia Commons founded on wounds in the soul,” sings Hill.

Hip hop stars including Diddy, Lauryn Hill, J. Cole, B.o.B and The Game released The song’s chorus is a reminder that America’s synth keyboard, Cole sings a pained chorus: history of violence and oppression against African “All we want to do is take the chains off/all we songs expressing their thoughts on Michael Brown’s killing.

Americans leaves room for few other emotions. want to do is break the chains off me/all we want “When the dogs bite/when the beatings/when to do is be free.” wittingly allow for violence against their fellow Blacks to be I’m feeling sad/I simply remember all these kinds of things/and The song’s release on the popular Soundcloud service was part and parcel to that definition, or who would tailor such a then I don’t fear so bad,” concludes the song. accompanied by a written message from Cole. definition too narrowly, but recognizes that the artist himself is On Aug. 27, a tribute song called “Don’t Shoot” was “Rest in peace to Michael Brown and to every young black subject to his critique. released that featured a slew of rappers and R&B stars man murdered in America, whether by the hands of white or “We need less rappers and more doctorates/we need less including Diddy, Wale, Rick Ross, 2 Chainz and The Game. black,” wrote Cole. ballers and more prophets/we need more unity less gossip/but Funds from the song’s sales on iTunes will be donated to the Atlanta recording artists B.o.B. released “New Black” Aug. who am I to speak? I never went to college,” B.o.B. raps.

Mike Brown Memorial Fund.

19, a track on which he reflects on the ambivalences of Black The legendary Lauryn Hill took to twitter and her personal self-definition. The song takes issue with those who (un)

By Roberto Alejandro Special to the AFRO

Clayton Aarons

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is due to the lack of education, we need to catch them while

they are in school and make sure they stay there.”

When asked why he was appointed to the Court, Aarons responded, “because of my reputation for treating people fairly.”

Aarons, who is African American, stated that he has always looked up to Thurgood Marshall, the first AfricanAmerican justice on the Supreme Court.

“One of the things that inspired me to become a lawyer was Thurgood Marshall,” explained Aarons, “One of the reasons I went to Howard Law was because Thurgood went there,” continued Aarons who elaborated by saying that

similar to Marshall, he plans to treat people fairly so that they receive equal justice under the law.

When asked if Black men receive harsher sentences than their White counterparts, Aarons responded, “I have not seen that.”

Aarons stated that he has not seen inequalities when it comes to race in his career, but he is aware of its existence.

According to recent statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau, Prince George’s County is over sixty-five percent Black.

“In Prince George’s County, there are chances

and opportunities given to everyone regardless of race,” Aarons said.

According to the Rev. Dr. Ronald E. Braxton, Aarons’ former pastor at Metropolitan AME Church in Washington, D.C., “He is dedicated to the uplift of community, especially, the AfricanAmerican community.”

Aarons extensive career in the legal field includes being a captain in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps; assistant public defender in Prince George’s County and assistant state’s attorney in the county.

Most recently, Aarons has

maintained a solo practice in Largo, Md., representing both civil and criminal cases.

He earned a law degree from Howard University School of Law with an undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at New Paltz.

Gov. O’Malley made two more appointments to the District Court for Prince George’s County; Brian Charles Denton, who has had an extensive career as a public defender, as well as Ann Louise Wagner-Stewart who has served in the States Attorney’s office for Prince George’s County.

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Ousting Iraq Prime Minister Won’t Pacify Sunnis The powers of influence, including the United States, have undercut Iraq’s “democratic experiment” and emboldened the war-torn nation’s most violentprone minority group, the elitist Sunnis.

Americans can hope this is true: For now, the Iraqi-area terrorist combatants don’t possess the missiles, war ships or planes capable of cracking the U.S. protective shield.

There’s also hope that oil rich, heavily Sunni Saudi Arabia Moses J. Newson and Kuwait will live up to their mid-August agreement to honor United Nations’ Resolution 2170 calling for them to stop funding groups such as Abu Bakr alBaghbadi’s super violent Sunni-led Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).

Loose population figures for Iraq’s estimated 35 million people and its three major sects put the ruling Shiites at about 60 percent, Sunnis 20 percent, Kurds about 5-7 million, and smaller groups the remainder.

For ages, not just decades, the Sunnis ruled Iraq until the hawkish George W. Bush administration invaded Iraq in 2003, leading to the death of brutish, Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein.

Subsequently, the Iraq Sunnis couldn’t win national democratictype elections, but they still wanted –at any cost – to rule. They started most of the inside-the-country violence – and are linked to Islamic State, a group so vicious al Qaeda broke with them in February.

The Iraq Sunni sect is the key minority those influential powers sought to pacify when they forced out Prime Minister Nouri alMaliki, incredibly expecting his Shiite successor Haider al-Abadi to perform an unlikely unifying miracle.

It is a deadly dangerous gamble (one even Germany recognizes) to deny desperately needed war aid to Iraq government forces while waiting for that miracle.

The United States tried a similar thing before with such disastrous results that its outcome is still playing out on sundry battlefields.

In 2007, while U.S. forces were helping the elected Shiite government fight Sunni insurgents in heavily Sunni al-Anbar

Province, the Bush administration “surged” in 28,000 to 35,000 new troops who hawkish backers insist helped do militarily what many thousands of U.S. and allied forces couldn’t.

Maybe the surge got legs when, over world-heard objections of Prime Minister alMaliki’s government, the Bush administration started paying an estimated 100,000 Sunni fighters/ allies, mostly in Anbar, $300 cash monthly to stop fighting.

It didn’t end with that inexplicable blunder, which shocked many observers, including some outspoken retired military officers.

Again brushing off objections of the Iraq government, the Bush administration insisted that huge numbers of Sunnis be inserted into the military forces, the police and other areas.

It was a disastrous fox-in-thechicken coop maneuver.

When Islamic State fighters started their rampage in Iraq they rolled through heavily populated Sunni areas where those imbedded Sunni troops refused to fight, making it impossible for soldiers loyal to the government to deter the onslaught.

The Kurds, as a semi-autonomous region, never had so large a Sunni percentage in its more-unified military.

But Kurdistan’s vaunted military isn’t large enough to stand up to the Islamic Staters.

Only the strategic and effective use of U.S. airpower has made it possible for Iraq and Kurdish forces to stall the invaders’ march.

Unless President Barack Obama rushes planes into mostly Sunni Syria, in time U.S.-backed Iraqi and Kurdish troops can force Islamic Staters back into war-ravaged, not so wealthy Syria.

Obama’s cautious “plan” against quickly jumping into the Syria wars may not have inspired terrorist groups as much as did less than optimum U.S. success in places such as Vietnam and Korea.

The U.S. was timely in both places with plenty boots on the ground, plenty war fighting equipment and massive air support.

Surely the United States wasn’t late to Iraq; it started that stillout-of-control war on false claims about weapons of mass destruction being there. It was predicted to be over in a matter of months.

Iraq’s “democratic experiment,” as described by al-Maliki on his way out, was launched in an area where neighboring countries were led by dictators of some sort, including royal families.

As bad, all Iraq’s neighbors are majority Sunni except for Iran and Bahrain.

Reportedly, 85-90 percent of the world’s Muslims are Sunnis.

Are those figures coloring the picture for too many experts?

Moses J. Newson covered the Civil Rights Movement, including the Emmett Till trial and the Freedom Riders and is also former executive editor of the AFRO.

A Firewall is Needed Against Militant Islam

What’s a firewall? It’s an impenetrable barrier meant to stop an undesirable action.

In politics, consider the example of the 1988 U.S. presidential race. After several embarrassing defeats in early primaries, then-Vice President George H.W. Bush’s campaign manager announced to staff and supporters that South Carolina and its influential primary would be the firewall for the Bush campaign.

With workers and volunteers focused and dug in, working Archbishop harder than ever so their Council Nedd II candidate would prevail, the firewall succeeded and Bush handily defeated his challengers. The rest, as they say, is history. Bush went on to win his party’s nomination and eventually became the 41st president of the United States.

Similarly, for human rights reasons, it is necessary to build a firewall to stop the international expansion of radical Islam. Wholly different from peaceful followers of the Muslim faith, the adherents of radical Islam threaten the free expression of faith worldwide because they refuse to tolerate any religious views but their own.

The firewall should be on the African continent.

Most of the world now knows about the radical Islamist organization Boko Haram. It is responsible for kidnappings of young girls and the killing of thousands of innocents in the name of Allah. They recently kidnapped the wife of Cameroon’s vice prime minister! Likewise, the world watched with a mix of horror, amazement and fear as the ISIS army recently blitzkrieged through Iraq and Syria. Entire towns were slaughtered in the quest to establish a new and unimpeded Sharia law-based caliphate.

By many estimates, Nigeria and Syria may be lost to radical Islam. That doesn’t mean curtailing radical Islam is still not a cause worth fighting for elsewhere. A firewall can still be erected, and is worth the effort.

It’s not a holy war, but a rational response to a humanitarian crisis.

Kenya should be that firewall.

A massacre at the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya in September of 2013 was perpetrated by an Islamist group equally as treacherous as Boko Haram of ISIS, the Somalia-based AlShabaab. It frightens not only Kenyans, but Christians such as myself who track the spread of radical Islam as I minister my faith in countries with sizable Muslim populations.

Why should the Christian world care about the spread of radicalism into Kenya? What might happen if Kenya is overrun?

If militant Islam spreads into Kenya, nations throughout the rest of the continent are likely to be lost in relatively short succession. South Africa may hold out, but it would eventually succumb as well.

We are already witnessing something akin to the genocide of

Christians around the world. If things continue on their current pace and the entire African continent is lost to intolerant radicalism, we might find that even the America we know will become isolated and under a full assault within the span of a generation.

If we who purport to be Christians truly believe in the faith of our fathers, we should take a stand for our brothers in Christ and defend our historic and God-given faith. Throughout history, Christians have rallied when our faith was under fire. This is such a time.

Again, this is not a call to holy war. It’s not a modern-day crusade. It’s the need for tolerant people to collectively say “no” to radicals who want to impose their will upon others by any and all means — including heinous acts of violence.

When Boko Haram launched Christmas Day attacks on churchgoers, when ISIS wiped out a 2,000-year-old Christian community and when Ethiopia, one of the most storied of Christian nations, is now 55 percent Muslim in part due to forced conversions, it’s time to act. When a British soldier can be slaughtered in the streets of England by Islamists trying to make a name for themselves, it’s time for Christians to say “stop right there!”

Africa, Kenya in particular, must be the firewall that prevents radical Islamist expansion.

Archbishop Council Nedd II, a member of the national advisory council of the Project 21 black leadership network. He is the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Missionary Church in the United States and the Archbishop of Abu Dhabi. Comments may be sent to Project21@nationalcenter.org.

Stop the War on Young Black Men “Never did we think we would be planning a funeral, we were waiting on his first day of school.

They robbed us of that.” Lesley McSpadden, mother of Michael Brown “In too many communities around the country, a gulf of mistrust exists between local residents and law enforcement. In too many communities, too many young men of color are left behind and seen only as objects of fear.”

President Barack Obama I had originally planned to Marc H. Morial use this column to denounce the July 17th death of Eric Garner, a 43-year-old, unarmed Black man following the unlawful use of a chokehold by New York City police officers who suspected Garner of selling untaxed cigarettes on a Staten Island street corner.

Garner, an asthmatic who repeatedly yelled, “I can’t breathe!” while being wrestled to the ground by at least five officers, died at the scene, leading to calls of police brutality from his family and members of the community. I had planned to point to the death of Eric Garner as the latest in what has become an all-too-frequent occurrence in communities of color across America – the excessive and often fatal use of force by police against young, unarmed Black men.

Then came the August 9 fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. Brown, who was unarmed and was preparing for his first year in college, was stopped and then shot

by Officer Darren Wilson for the alleged crime of jaywalking, or specifically according to Ferguson police chief Thomas Jackson, of “walking down the middle of the street blocking traffic.”

I have never witnessed a situation more poorly handled than this one. For almost two weeks following Brown’s death, his family, community and outraged citizens across the nation have sought answers and justice from the local authorities, who have been slow to respond and quick to blame the victim, leading to intense demonstrations. Our thoughts and prayers are with Michael Brown’s family. Now that the Justice Department and FBI have entered the investigation, we have confidence that justice will ultimately prevail.

Attorney General Eric Holder is doing the right thing by conducting a comprehensive parallel investigation and not waiting for local authorities – a refreshing departure from the traditional approach.

But this is not enough.

The tragedies in Ferguson and Staten Island are not isolated incidents. Just four days before Brown’s death, on August 5, police shot and killed 22-year-old John Crawford in a Beavercreek, Ohio Walmart, after responding to a call that a man was wielding a gun in the store. It turns out that Crawford was holding a BB rifle that he had picked up while shopping in the store.

Clearly, racial suspicion and harassment of Black men, especially by law enforcement, has become an often deadly epidemic in many parts of the country. That is why we are urgently calling upon the White House, the Department of Justice and congressional leaders to review and address the ongoing pattern and practice of racial violence and systemic discriminatory treatment by law enforcement in so many of our communities.

Too often, tactics like the “broken windows” strategy result in the targeting of communities of color for enforcement of minor offenses.

Too often, there is a rush by police and the media to portray Black

male victims who have been killed by Whites as “thugs” as we saw with Trayvon Martin, Ramarley Graham, Jordan Davis, and now with Michael Brown – particularly regarding the Ferguson Police Department’s attempt at character assassination by releasing the store video of Michael Brown and attempting to deceptively link it to his killing. Add to that the militarization of police departments and the overuse of tear gas, stun grenades and other tools of war in response to largely peaceful demonstrations, as we have seen in Ferguson, and a toxic relationship between police and the communities they are sworn to protect and serve is all but certain.

Let’s be clear. There is no justification for looting, property destruction and otherwise breaking the law in the name of the First Amendment, and the irresponsible actions of an ill-intentioned few do not represent the legitimate grievances of an entire community. The Civil Rights Movement has always been and continues to be one of peaceful – yet effective and strategic – protests and actions that have initiated massive change.

As we look to solutions to ensure that a higher value – a human value – is placed on the lives of our Black men, legal remedies are absolutely needed, but this is essentially a problem of the heart. Until White Americans and police departments begin to see and treat young African American and Latino males with the dignity and deference afforded to their White counterparts, nothing will change. The death of Michael Brown has once again exposed the widespread and dangerous mistrust that exists between law enforcement and too many communities of color in America. For the sake of our nation, our communities and equal justice, we must bridge that divide.

Marc H. Morial, former mayor of New Orleans, is president and CEO of the National Urban League.

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Guest emcee Ashley Silva

Michelle Wright, noon anchor, MAJIC 102.3 FM broadcasting live from Six Flags

From Prince George’s Community College, chefs Denise Middleton, Marie Woolley and Rheygan McQuareerir

Wonder Woman stopped by Drinks anyone?

WKYS 93.9 FM at the festival

John Chichester, Sharmba Mikhell, Ricardo Willis, Ronika Henson, Simone Egypt, Dest’n Montagul, Chef Huda and Mark Too Sharp Johnson

Kimberly Williams, owner of Cake Love Warren Brown and Stephanie James Festival sponsor Safeway’s Chef Huda

Photos by Rob Roberts

Although it was cloudy, rainy and humid about 1000 people came out to sample the variety of main dishes, side dishes, desserts and drinks from chefs and bartenders based in the DMV at the annual Taste Prince George’s Food and Wine Festival Aug. 23 held at Six Flags America in Largo, Md. Attendees enjoyed mouth-watering snacks and sipping wine, which was a culinary delight for all; ticket admission allowed entry to the theme park, which included many kid’s activities, cooking demonstrations, including the “Collegiate Burger Royale” and “Mixologist” competitions. According to Ashley Silva, Jo-Jo Vallenzueva, Quianne Perrin, the founder and coordinator of the festival, more than 18 restaurants winner of the mixologist competition participated. One of the major competitive events resulted in the Virginia-based with the judges Miryanna Farmer, Jat Stratford University besting out Prince George’s Community College in a contest to B. Ballard, Chanel Turner and Edgar see who could fashion the best hamburger patty. Another included a group of five finalists, Brookins who competed drink to drink in the “Mixologist” competition. Once the drinks settled, Jo-Jo Valenzuela, Gypsy Soul was declared the winner by the judges: Chanel Turner, Jay Ballard, Edgar Brookins and Minyanna Farmer.

The event’s proceeds will go toward a Taste Scholarship Fund established to support culinary students in the Washington D.C. Mixologist Valencia area. As the festival came Higgins explains to a close Exhibitor/sponsor how she prepares and Huntley’s her drink called attendees SUNSET for the exited the competition. park, all could attest to the culinary delights and treats they had experienced as a festival supporter.

The Smith Family: Chauntel, Rosa and Cary Smith, far right, with Joyce Henderson, center Alexis McCombs, Tammie Smiley, Yvette Riddick, Antoinette Gant, Nicole Pelham and Janet Edwards

Keshia Martin-Gradite, Advisory Council chairperson; Carol H. Artis, Eastern Carolina Chapter coordinator; Nicole Baldon, Regional Program Committee and Dr. Renee EscafferyTorres, Regional Leadership and Training chair

AKA sisters and local chapter members

Members from across the Mid-Atlantic Region(North Carolina and Virginia) of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority gathered at the Alexandria, Va. city hall on Aug. 24 to pay tribute to Joyce Henderson on the occasion of her election to the position of Mid-Atlantic Regional Director. Zeta Chi Omega Chapter under the leadership of its chapter president, Kendra Gillespie, hosted an afternoon reception in her honor. Special guests in attendance included the Honorable William Euille, Mayor (who presented Henderson with a Proclamation) and City Councilman John Chatman, both from the City of Alexandria and Autumn Kyles, International 2nd VP, AKAs. Gifts were given to Henderson by local chapters and The Top Ladies of Distinction(TLOD). Henderson is a founding member of TLOD, Alexandria Chapter. Ade’Leaka Gore was the emcee and smooth jazz was provided by jazz recording artist, Kendall Isadore.

The Honorable William Euille, mayor of the City of Alexandria, Va. presents a proclamation to Joyce Henderson

Col. (Ret.) Sandra Clark, Joyce Henderson and LaTrina Antoine, Washington D.C. AFRO editor

Chapter, Regional and International Representatives of the AKAs and Top Ladies of Distinction present gifts to Joyce Henderson; Ade’Leaka Gore at the podium is the emcee.

Starr Garrett, Yvette Darby, Breanna Gray and Carol Gibson and her daughter, Colby

Pamela Cooper, Delta Omega Chapter, Petersburg, Va.; Joyce Henderson, Lisa Caldwell, Pi Epsilon Omega Chapter, Exmore, Va. and Rene Logan, Delta Omega Chapter Photos by Rob Roberts

Jazz recording artist Kendall Isadore entertains the guests.

Alexandria City Councilman John Chapman Rosa Smith of Rosa’s Boutique presents a gift to Joyce Henderson

Tia Johnson, Katrina Moss, Jennifer Brooks, Konita Jordan, Cheryl Lovinsky and Darlena Ricks

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EDUCATION

Special Education Students Bypass Common Obstacles

By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A new law for special education students in Louisiana is making waves among parents, education officials, and advocacy groups. The legislation, H.B. 1015, allows special education teachers to circumvent state standardized test requirements and assume sole authority to promote a student who has scored below proficiency, even up to granting a high school diploma.

After Gov. Bobby Jindal signed the bill into law over the summer, several education and disability advocacy organizations, including the Education Trust, the National Center for Learning Disabilities, and Autism National Committee, objected.

They contend that the law encourages lower expectations for special education students, and offers a detrimental illusion of achievement. Proponents, on the other hand, believe it evens the playing field of academic achievement while allowing students’ work to represent them, as opposed to a high-stakes exam score. “I feel like it’s a hindrance to students. A line needs to be drawn,” says Bryndan Bailey. Diagnosed with ADHD as a child, Bailey went through elementary, middle, and high school as a special education student. Now a student at Clatsop Community College in Oregon, he maintains a 3.7 GPA, without special accommodations or aids. “I like when people expect a lot from me. I feel like [the exemption] causes more of a handicap to a person who already has a handicap.”

For most of his education, Bailey has had an IEP team overseeing his progress.

All special education students in federally-funded schools must have Individualized Education Plans, or IEPs that lay out accommodations and an evolving, personalized roadmap for special education students to achieve the same educational goals as their peers. For example, a dyslexic student may be allowed to take exams in private and have them read aloud as part of his or her IEP. IEP teams—comprised of the instructors, specialists, and/or caregivers involved in the student’s matriculation—continually collaborate on these plans.

Under H.B. 1015, IEP teams can determine whether to waive the state standardized exam requirements for a particular student—but only after that student performs below proficiency.

If exemption is granted, the IEP team must create “rigorous educational goals” that “promote college or workforce readiness.” The new plan must include alternative means of assessment; lesson plans; and personalized bare-minimum requirements. The student will be promoted or held back based on performance with these new goals.

In the case of high school seniors, exempted students must achieve their IEP goals, plus become employed and self-sufficient; demonstrate “specific employable skills;” or, be able to access needed services beyond graduation.

The law also mandates that parents must be informed of how the different standards might affect college and career options. It doesn’t provide direction on what happens if an exempted high school graduate does not meet these post-grad requirements.

“In the long run, high school is preparing students for the

real world. It’s not beneficial to have kids depend on [their IEPs], or use it as a copout, because your IEP is not going to help with everyday life problems,” Bailey says.

“You’re not going to have a teacher to come to your boss and say, ‘Oh, he counted the change wrong because he’s dyslexic.’ That’s not how life works.”

Mercia Williams-Murray, a six-year middle and high school math and science special education teacher in Washington, D.C., agrees, adding that it’s especially troubling for Black and Latino boys, who are significantly more likely to be diagnosed and put into special education than others. “I don’t think it’s a good idea, particularly when you’re dealing with a high population of Black kids, knowing that they are more likely to be identified as special needs, and therefore going to be Morguefile disproportionately affected by a law like that,” she says, adding A new law for special education students in Louisiana is making waves among parents, that finishing school with education officials, and advocacy groups. limited job options pushes boys of color closer to a life of crime. and teachers are provided adequate training, they can craft “I think it not only lowers expectations for kids, but it also effective IEPs that prepare students for success without the sets them up for failure beyond school. If anything, they need need for stressful standardized exams. more discipline and to have the bar raised even higher, because “What Louisiana is doing is great. They’re saying, I’m not everyone expects so little of them.” going to give you a scripted curriculum, I’m going to allow Although there is debate about the merits of exemption, you to show me your craft. It can’t be cookie-cutter; that’s not almost everyone agrees that high stakes state exams are what learning is,” she says. “I don’t think it would lower the problematic. “The whole process of a test grading someone and standards. We have the same objectives in the curriculum as telling you, hey, this is how intelligent they are based on these other students. What the state and government can do is give questions I asked them – that whole system is flawed in the first me the standard, and say look…. Your students have to be place,” says Bailey. “It doesn’t have anything to do with having able to do this so if they go into any school, public, charter, or an IEP or not, even someone with nothing wrong with them, private, they can perform. Go.” per se, can still be subjected to Louisiana’s graduation rate is 72 percent; 65 percent for look like they’re less than, or Black students, according to the National Center for Education like they’re not as intelligent.”

Statistics. The figure plummets to 33 percent for students with Williams-Murray echoes disabilities. the sentiment, adding that it is Although already passed, H.B. 1015 may violate federal frustrating and disheartening law if implemented as is; states are required to uphold the same for both students and teachers standards for all students, including those with IEPs. to miss the mark on state Following Gov. Jindal’s signature, the Department of exams. For this reason, Amy Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education sent Angrand, a two-year special a warning letter to the Louisiana Department of Education. education kindergarten Citing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, teacher in Maryland, believes the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and other – Bryndan Bailey that H.B. 1015 is a great legislation, the Office wrote: “A significant concern with opportunity for teachers and H.B. 1015 is that it treats students with disabilities differently students to show their true because it permits them to be promoted, graduate, and receive capabilities. a diploma when they have failed to pass State assessments and “It would be great to eliminate the state test, because it meet benchmarks that other students are required to meet. doesn’t really show what they can do. Just through observation “Giving IEP Teams authority to apply different standards… with my students, I can tell if they’re capable of taking one… will result in those students being taught to different, and and most of the time, they’re not ready for it,” she says, adding potentially lower, standards than students without disabilities, that teachers are offer more accurate evaluations of their depriving them of the same opportunities to learn that are students. Angrand asserts that as long as standards remain high available to their non-disabled peers.”

“You’re not going to have a teacher to come to your boss and say, ‘Oh, he counted the change wrong because he’s dyslexic.’

That’s not how life works.”

HBCU NEWS National Medical Association Appoints Morehouse Educator Dr. Lawrence Sanders as 115th President

By Maria Adebola AFRO Staff Writer

Dr. Lawrence Sanders

The National Medical Association (NMA) recently named medical internist and Morehouse educator Dr. Lawrence Sanders as its 115th president.

Sanders was appointed the position during the organization’s 112th Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly in Honolulu.

According to a statement from the NMA, Sanders’ goals for the coming year include, “ensuring that NMA remains relevant; assuring guidelines account

for the disproportionate disease burdens of the select populations because of long-standing disparities in the health and health care; understanding the potential health consequences of climate change; and strengthening NMA at the state of the local level.”

A longstanding member of the NMA, Sanders previously served as its speaker of the House of Delegates and as chair of the Committee on Administrative and Financial Affairs in the House of Delegates, according to his biography. He currently serves as a delegate for

the Medical Association of Atlanta to the Medical Association of Georgia House of Delegates.

As an educator at Morehouse School of Medicine, Sanders teaches internal medicine, business principles and patient safety/ quality improvement. Sanders also serves as the physician advisor for the clinical documentation improvement, care management at Grady Health System in Atlanta.

Sanders earned his undergraduate degree in chemistry from Clemson University and went on to obtain his medical degree

at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville. He also has a masters degree in business and administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

The National Medical Association is the largest and oldest national organization in the United States dedicated to promoting and representing more than 32,000 African American physicians and their patients.

A 501(c)3 non-profit, it works to eliminate health disparities in the country while also advocating quality health among minorities.

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Author’s Corner

Title: Forgotten Black Soldiers Who Served in White Regiments During the Civil War: Vol. II Author: Dr. Juanita Patience Moss

Dr. Juanita Patience Moss was born and reared in northeastern Pennsylvania where her great grandfather, a Civil War veteran, had settled his family. She is the daughter of Charles Edgar Patience, a renowned anthracite coal sculptor whose work was featured in Ebony March 1970. Her educational background includes the West Pittston Public School System; Bennett College, Greensboro, N.C.; Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Penn.; and Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford, N.J. King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, Penn. awarded her a Doctorate of Humanities in 2011.

After retiring as a high school biology teacher in 1992, she developed an interest in genealogy and began searching for the exact location from which her great grandfather had absconded before enlisting in the 103th PA Volunteer Regiment, a White regiment garrisoned at Plymouth, N.C.

What was the impetus for writing this book?

I was told in 1998 that no Black soldiers had served in White regiments during the Civil War when I knew of one. My great grandfather.

What’s the overall theme?

The overall theme of Volume I and Volume II is to prove my hypothesis that if there was one soldier there may have been more. My research has discovered the names of several thousand forgotten Black Civil War soldiers.

What surprised you about the development of the book?

I was surprised by the unexpected sources that led me to uncovering names hidden in plain sight. For instance, by what is or is not engraved on their Union tombstones, some of which may be nearly 150 years old.

For what audience is your book written?

The book is written for persons of any age including Civil War descendants, historians and “buffs” alike.

What one thing do you most want the reader to learn?

To my readers I want to impart that when you are being doubted, but have necessary proof, then forge ahead to meet your destiny.

What’s next on the horizon for you?

I will be speaking at the African American Civil War Museum in Washington, D.C. at 11:00 a.m. on Oct. 4, 2014 during the Descendants’ Hour.

List other books you’ve written.

Anthracite Coal Art of Charles Edgar Patience Battle of Plymouth, N.C., April 17-20, 1864: The Last Confederate Victory Created to Be Free Forgotten Black Soldiers Who Served in White Regiments During the Civil War: Volume I Tell Me Why Dear Bennett: Memoirs of Bennett College Belles: Volumes I & II

Dr. Juanita Patience Moss

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AFRO Sports Desk Faceoff

SPORTS

Who Will Benefit the Most in NBA’s Timberwolves-Cavaliers Trade?

By Stephen D. Riley and Perry Green AFRO Sports Writers LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers got their trade, and their man, in Kevin Love, prying him away from the Minnesota Timberwolves with the allure of a pair of flashy former No. 1 picks.

But while Cleveland wound up with an NBA All-Star and Olympian, Minnesota acquired a potential franchise-changer in Andrew Wiggins and a great development piece in Anthony Bennett, as well as combo forward Thaddeus Young from the Philadelphia 76ers. It might take a few seasons to deliver a final grade, but early reviews are already in. Perry Green and Stephen Riley of the AFRO Sports Desk debate who will benefit the most from this monumental trade when it’s all said and done.

Riley: Love is the perfect complement to James. Love’s unique range and rebounding go a long way in helping James’ unique game, allowing the king to play everywhere on the court without having to worry about spacing. Love’s ability to go inside and out and still offer monster help on the boards gives James and Kyrie Irving a moveable chess piece, similar to how the Miami Heat used James for much of the last few seasons. Wiggins and Bennett’s athleticism would’ve been assets during the regular season, but teams need precision and halfcourt play during the playoffs and Love offers both. Wiggins and Bennett could emerge as superstars but their development would have been hindered with James and Irving dominating the ball.

Green: I may be alone when I say this, but I’m not backing off of it one bit when I tell you that I wouldn’t have traded A. Wiggins straight up for Kevin Love, let alone thrown Bennett into the deal, too. I’m a firm believer in young talent and how valuable it is. The fact that Cleveland could have waited a season and tried to secure Love through free agency while surrendering neither player just leaves a terrible taste in my mouth. To hand off two No. 1 picks

Althea Gibson is Worth More than Just a Footnote

Most Americans are aware of the Jackie Robinson story and, subsequently, Larry Doby being the first African Americans to break the color barrier of Major League Baseball. We follow the paths of Marion Motley and Jim Brown in football, but when it comes to tennis, we have some very short

memories.

When the words “African American” and “Tennis” are spoken, Arthur Ashe is the first name to come to mind. If the subject turns to the female color barrier in tennis, the names of the Williams sisters pop up. But long before Venus and Serena were born, there was a young woman from South Carolina who set the color barrier on its ear. This woman, Althea Gibson, got the attention of America by winning her first Grand Slam title in 1956.

For those who dismissed this as a fluke, she came back in 1957 and won Wimbledon and the U.S. Nationals, the precursor to the U.S. Open. To quiet all doubters, she repeated this feat in 1958. For these achievements, the Associated Press named her Female Athlete of the Year as a reminder that she was a part of history.

There is a saying, “Every cloud has a silver lining.” This proved to be true for Althea. In 1930, her parents left South Carolina and moved to Harlem, taking up residence in an area of Harlem designated as a Police Athletic League play area. Althea quickly took to paddle tennis, and by 1939, at age 12, she was the NYC Paddle Tennis Champion. Her prowess in

in a trade for a guy with one year left on his contract screams desperate to me. If Wiggins and/or Bennett turn out to be great, then this is a trade Cleveland will regret. Bennett was already cut from the same Kevin Love cloth as a power forward capable of stretching the floor and banging down low. And Wiggins is penciled in as the next big thing. I’m a fan of depth and considering Love’s injury history, the Cavs just obliterated their front court depth.

Riley: Depth and elite-level players win titles. Cleveland can always find athletic wingmen and forwards with range, but Love is one of the top 10 players in the NBA right now. The Cavs have to win now. They don’t have time to sit and wait for talent to develop. They did that already during James’s first stint in Cleveland, and they can’t afford to do it again. James isn’t going to give Cleveland much time to figure out a roster around him, so they struck while the iron was hot. You can’t surround a player of James’ caliber with rookies and unproven players.

Based on what Love has already done in this league, whatever Wiggins and Bennett will eventually be won’t matter when we’re looking at this trade years from now. James is already into a decade-long NBA career.

There is no three to five-year waiting period for the team to wait on players to develop.

Green: I would have been curious to see how Cleveland would have fared with their pre-Love trade roster. I don’t see any team in the Eastern Conference that would’ve stopped them from making a Finals run and I think the team could have developed Bennett and Wiggins along the way to be exactly what the team needed. I acknowledge James’ window being a key concern, but talent wise, Cleveland would have been one of the best, and deepest, teams to grace the court in their conference next year. The Cavs made the move that they felt they needed to make. But that doesn’t mean it was necessarily the right move for the franchise.

Young talent is always the base of any organization and should any of the Cavs’ new Big Three go down, the absence of any promising fresh bodies coming off the bench could cripple Cleveland. paddle tennis drew the attention of Walter Johnson, a Lynchburg, Va. physician. Dr. Johnson assumed the role of Gibson’s mentor, and later mentored Arthur Ashe.

During Gibson’s climb to success, Sam Lacy was assigned to cover her for the AFRO. They became fast friends and, if you recall, some of our adventures while at Dodgers spring training involved traveling a few hours to watch her play. It was on one of these jaunts to watch Gibson play that I even got the opportunity to ,among other things, meet Bernard Schwartz, who later became Tony Curtis.

In later years, after she retired from tennis, Sam kept in contact with Gibson. She was dealing with some health issues, but would always take Sam’s Althea Gibson call. On one occasion, her sister answered the phone and apologized for Althea’s condition, telling Sam she wouldn’t be able to take his calls anymore. This was the first time I saw my pop display any sadness.

If you are wondering what set me off on this tangent, I was listening to a sports program on Aug. 25 and the commentator uttered, “Oh, by the way, today is the late Althea Gibson’s birthday.” That was it. No fanfare, no refresher, no nothing. As this year’s U.S. Open is underway, I felt that Althea was being treated as just another footnote. If Jackie Robinson is mentioned, they report on everything but the color of his shorts on the day he broke the color barrier. Not to take away anything from Jackie’s accomplishments, but Althea’s accomplishments not only transcended continents, but she got to shake the hand of the Queen of England. Take that.

A Sport’s Writer’s Point-of-View

Josh Gordon’s Issues More Problematic Than Pot

By Stephen D. Riley Special to the AFRO A year-long suspension levied against Cleveland Browns receiver Josh Gordon last week eliminated one of the NFL’s premier playmakers. It also delivered a serious blow to the Browns’ playoff hopes this year. But Cleveland saw this coming—and perhaps Gordon did, too.

His love affair with marijuana is a relationship in which he’s been entrenched for quite some time, since his college days as a Baylor Bear. Despite a record of drug-related offenses and penalties, Gordon blazed ahead like a man with a squeaky-clean rap sheet.

Following a record-setting 2013 campaign—despite missing two games for violating the league’s substance abuse policy—Gordon’s future appeared bright. You would think a player who arrived to the NFL via the supplemental draft; and who was on the verge of making a big mark in the league, would be on his best behavior as he tried to secure a big payday, but not Gordon. A DUI charge in July only added to Gordon’s substance abuse issues that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and his staff were already reviewing. Again, you would think a player whose off-field activities were already under review would exercise a little more discretion. Again, not Gordon. It’s clear that Gordon just doesn’t get it at this point.

Gordon, a 6-foot, 3-inch, 225-pound sculpture at wideout, has the makeup to be the best receiver in the

Josh Gordon

league. His incredible hands, deceptive speed and a knack for making huge plays—as evidenced by his back-to-back 200yard receiving games last season, an NFL record—landed Gordon in the new elite class of 20-something receivers along with Calvin Johnson, A.J. Green and Dez Bryant. But before he could capitalize on that opportunity, he smoked it away.

There’s something to be said about a player, or anybody for that matter, who keeps squandering huge opportunities for a quick hit. Gordon’s year-long suspension prohibits him from being present in any NFL or Browns facility, a move that could have disastrous results. Still only 23 years old, Gordon’s affinity for trouble couldn’t be more dangerous; with a year to himself, things could get worse before they get better for Gordon.

Gordon could turn into the modern-day Cris Carter and rejuvenate his career, and life, into a Hall of Fame caliber performance. Or he could crumble, as so many drug addicts have before him. Gordon’s talents are undeniable. But such talents when coupled with his off-the field actions make him an impenetrable mystery. We want Gordon to do well, help resuscitate the Browns franchise, make big plays and power fantasy football leagues. But for a guy who can’t seem to put the lighter away, even the brightest future can turn into a dark nightmare. Gordon’s one-year ban seems brutally harsh to some. But when it comes to a player who’s actions continue to defy drug policies and place his freedom and career on the line, why should we even care where Gordon goes from here—particularly if he doesn’t?

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Book Review

‘Story/Time: The Life of an Idea’

By Kam Williams Special to the AFRO

“In this ceaselessly questioning book, acclaimed African-American dancer, choreographer and director Bill T. Jones reflects on his art and life… Presenting personal revealing stories, richly illustrated with striking photographs… and featuring a beautiful, large format design, the book is a work of art in itself…

The book is filled with telling vignettes—about Jones’ childhood… about his struggles to find a place for himself in a white-dominated dance world; and about his encounters with notable artists and musicians. In particular, Jones examines his ambivalent attraction to avant-garde modernism… as he strives to make his work more personal and broadly engaging, especially to an African-American audience.

A provocative meditation on the demands and rewards of artistic creation.”

Excerpted from the Book Jacket Bill T. Jones was born in Bunnell, Fla. in 1952 but raised in upstate New York where he would study ballet and modern dance at Binghamton State University. Upon graduating, he embarked on a story book career as co founder of the eponymous company with his late life mate, Arnie Zane.

Besides creating over a hundred original works, Jones has choreographed for everyone from Alvin Ailey to the Boston Ballet to the Berlin Opera. And among his many accolades are a couple of Tony Awards, an Obie Award, a MacArthur Genius Fellowship, the National Medal of

Arts, and induction into the National Museum of Dance Hall of Fame.

Story/Time: The Life of an Idea is an ethereal memoir emblematic of this iconoclastic trailblazer’s unpredictable approach to everything he does. The book is basically an attempt to reduce to writing and photographs a trio of multi-media talks Jones delivered at Princeton University as part of the prestigious Toni Morrison Lecture Series.

This would be no mean feat since the endlessly-inventive author’s presentation at Princeton was an impossible to pigeonhole, experimental piece of performance art. The pages of the opus contain his musings mixed with photos and quotes from great thinkers, especially his mentor, John Cage.

Bill T. talks about how he had arrived at college an acting major, yet turned to dance which he saw as “a means by which I could validate my place in the world.” After all, he admits to having felt uneasy on account of his skin color and sexuality.

However, he would soon come to adopt the countercultural attitudes “You are not your body!” and “You will be free if you declare yourself free!” leading to the logical calculation that “The only cost of this freedom is to cut yourself off from the ‘straight’ world and any investments, influences, or entanglements it demands.”

The honest reflections of a fearless firebrand who not only did it his way but continues to reinvent himself to this day.

To order a copy of Story/Time: The Life of an Idea, visit: http://www.amazon.com/exec/ obidos/ASIN/0691162700/ref%3dnosim/thslfofire-20

The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears

Husband Searches for Missing Wife in Surreal Erotic Thriller

By Kam Williams Special to the AFRO

Dan Kristensen (Klaus Tange) could find no sign of his wife Edwige (Ursula Bedena) when he returned home from a business trip. Moreover, the communications executive’s suspicions were aroused by the fact that the chain was across the door when he unlocked their apartment, suggesting that someone ought to be inside.

Inquiring of neighbors only served to compound the mystery, between his landlord who suggested that his wife had a reason to disappear, and the provocatively-dressed elderly senior who tries to seduce him after saying that her husband had disappeared, too. As he makes his way around the building, Dan gradually discovers that the place is a den of iniquity where people participate in all sorts of bizarre sexuality.

With each flat he enters, the sadomasochistic displays

revealed are increasingly kinky, eventually even rising to the level of a bloodbath replete with decapitation. Co-directed by Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani, The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears is not so much a mystery with a linear plotline

as a surreal thriller designed for cinephiles with a taste for abstraction and eroticized violence.

Undeniably artistic, yet gruesome and harrowing, this atmospheric adventure has a dark, ominous air about it which keeps you braced for something bad for the duration of the entire endurance test. A difficult to decipher whodunit guaranteed to have you still scratching your head even after its confounding resolution.

Good (2 stars) Unrated In French, Danish and Flemish with subtitles Running time: 102 minutes Distributor: Strand Releasing To see a trailer for The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYXXpT11WtM

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Action Involving Property JOSEPH H. HAIRSTON 1316 Floral Street, NW Washington. DC 20012 PLAINTIFF vs.

L&B CONSTRUCTION, INC Serve Lawrence Smith, Registered Agent 119 Ingraham Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 and 534 5th Street, SE Washington, DC 20003-4207 and AEON FINANCIAL, LLC Serve: CT Corporation System 1015 15th Street, NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20005 and DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA , Serve: Mayor Vincent Grey Office of the Secretary 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 and DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Serve: Irvin B. Nathan, Attorney General Office of Attorney General for the District of Columbia 441 4th Street, NW, Suite 1060N Washington, DC 20001 and All Unknown owners of the property described below, their heirs, devisees, personal representatives, and executors, administrators, grantees, assigns or successors in right, title, interest, and all persons having or claiming to have any interest in said property which is described as follows: Square 0358 LOT 0827 and having the property address of 2112 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington DC 20001, located between Florida Avenue to the East, V Street to the South and 10th Street to the West and W Street to the North Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION In accordance with D.C. Official Code §47-1375, the object of this proceeding is to secure the foreclosure of the right of redemption in the following real property located in the District of Columbia, and sold by the Mayor of the District of Columbia to the Plaintiff in this action: Square 0358, Lot 0827 and assessed to L & B Construction, TRUE TEST COPY Inc., having the property adREGISTER OF WILLS dress of 2112 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, TYPESET: Tue Aug 26 14:01:25 EDT 2014 DC 09/05, 09/12 & 09/19/14 20001, located between Florida Avenue to the East, V Street to the South and 10th Superior Court of Street to the West and W Street to the North (herethe District of inafter the ”Property”).

District of Columbia The complaint states, among PROBATE DIVISION other things, that the Washington, D.C. amounts necessary for re20001-2131 demption have not been Administration No. paid.

Pursuant to the Chief 2014ADM822 Judge´s Administration OrDorothy L. White der Number 02-11, it is this Decedent 15th day of July, 2014.

NOTICE OF ORDERED by the Superior APPOINTMENT, Court of the District of ColumNOTICE TO bia, that notice be given by the insertion of a copy of this CREDITORS order in The Afro-American AND NOTICE TO Newspaper, having a general UNKNOWN HEIRS in the District of Ve r n e s s a C . W h i t e , circulation Columbia, once week TYPESET: Tuea2014 Aug for 19 TYPESET: Tue Aug 19 16:12:34 EDT whose address is 7115 three (3) successive weeks, Pony Trail Ln, Hyattsville, n o t i f y i n g a l l p e r s o n s MD 20782 was apinterested in the real property Superior Court of in above to appear pointed repre- described IN THEpersonal SUPERIOR this Court by the 12th the District of day of sentative of the estate of COURT OF THE November,2014 and redeem District of Columbia Dorothy L. White, DISTRICT OF who real property by payment PROBATE DIVISION died COLUMBIA on December 11, the of $8,426.12, together with Washington, D.C. 1991 without a will.All un- interest CIVIL DIVISION from the date of real 20001-2131 known tax certificate was Civil heirs Actionand No.heirs property Administration No. and purchased; court costs whose whereabouts are 14-0004331 2014NRT14 fees, expenses inunknown shallProperty enter their attorney’s Action Involving curredM. in Ditzler the publication and JOSEPH a p p e aH. r aHAIRSTON n c e i n t h i s Jane service of process by pub1316 Floral Street, NW Decedent proceeding.

Objections lication and for OF reasonable Washington.

DC 20012 NOTICE to such appointment (or fees for the title search, all PLAINTIFF EXISTENCE OFby the to the probate of de- other amounts paid vs.

REVOCABLE cedent´s will) shallINC be petitioner in accordance with L&B CONSTRUCTION, TRUST of D.C. Code filed with the Register of the provisions Serve §47-1361 and all outstanding M. Ditzler (name of Lawrence Smith, Registered Wills, D.C., 515 5th Jane municipal lien amounts due deceased settlor) whose Agent Street, N.W., 3rd Floor a n d owas w i n3050 g oMilitary n the 119 Ingraham Street, NW address Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . aforementioned real propWashington, DC 20011 NW, Washington, 20001, on or before Road, erty, or answer the complaint and 20015 created a revoMarch 1, 2015.

Claims DC or, thereafter, a final judg534 5th Street, SE cable trust on June 23, against the Washington, DC decedent ment will be entered foreclos, which ing the right ofremained redemptioninin 20003-4207 shall be presented to the 1999 existence on theand date of the real property vesting and undersigned with a copy her death April in the plaintiffon a title in fee18, simAEON to theFINANCIAL, Register ofLLC Wills or 2014, ple. and Brian E. ditzler, Serve: CT Corporation filed with the Register of whose address Clerk ofisthe1255 Court System Wills15th with a copy 1015 Street, NW to the N o y e s DDuane r i v e , B.sDelaney ilver TRUE TEST COPY: undersigned, on or be- Spring,A MD Suite 1000 20901is the 08/22, 08/29, 09/05/14 fore MarchDC15, 2015 or currently Washington, 20005 acting trustee, and be forever barred. Per- hereinafter the Trustee.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA , sons believed to be heirs Communications to the Serve: Mayor Vincent Greydeor legatees of the trust should be mailed or Office of the Secretary cedent who do not re1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, d i r e c t e d t o B r i a n E . ceive a copy of this notice Ditzler, at 1255 Noyes NW by mail within 25 days of Drive, silver Spring, MD Washington, DC 20004 and its first publication shall 20901. The Trust is subDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA so inform the Register of ject to claims of the deServe: B. Nathan,name, ceased settlor’s creditors, Wills,Irvin including Attorney General address and General relation- costs of administration of Office of Attorney the settlor’s estate, the exship. for the District of Columbia penses of the deceased Date Publication: 441 4thof Street, NW, Suite settlor’s funeral and dis1060N August 29, 2014 posal of remains, and Washington, DC 20001 Name of newspaper: statutory allowances to a and Afro-American All Unknown owners of the surviving spouse and chilWashington property described below, dren to the extent the deLaw heirs, Reporter their devisees, per- ceased settlor’s residuary Vernessa C. Whitesonal representatives, and probate estate is inadJackson equate to satisfy those executors, administrators, grantees, assigns orPersonal successors in right, title, interest, claims, costs, expenses, Representative and all persons having or and allowances. claiming to have any interest Claims of the deceased TEST COPY inTRUE said property which is de- settlor ’s creditors are REGISTER OF WILLS scribed as follows: barred as against the Square 0358 LOT 0827 and Trustee and the trust prophaving property address erty unless presented to 08/29,the 09/05, 09/12/14 of 2112 Vermont Avenue, the Trustee at the address NW Washington DC 20001, provided herein on or belocated between Florida Avenue to the East, V Street to fore February 22, 20156 the South and 10th Street to months after the date of the West and W Street to the the first publication of this notice). An action to conNorth Defendants. test the validity of this trust ORDER OF must be commenced by PUBLICATION the earliest of (1) April 18, In accordance with D.C. Of- 2015 (one year from date ficial Code §47-1375, the of death of the deceased object of this proceeding is to secure the foreclosure of the settler) or (2) February 22, right of redemption in the fol- 2015(6 months from the lowing real property located date of first publication of in the District of Columbia, this notice) or (3) ninety and sold by the Mayor of the days after the Trustee District of Columbia to the sends the person a copy Plaintiff in this action: Square of the trust instrument and 0358, Lot 0827 and as- a notice informing the persessed to L & B Construction, son of the trust’s exisInc., having the property address of 2112 Vermont Ave- tence, the Trustee’s name nue, NW, Washington, DC and address, and the time 20001, located between Flor- allowed for commencing a ida Avenue to the East, V proceeding.

Street to the South and 10th The Trustee may proceed Street to the West and W to distribute the trust propStreet to the North (here- erty in accordance with inafter the ”Property”). the terms of the trust beThe complaint states, among fore the expiration of the other things, that the amounts necessary for re- time within which an acdemption have not been tion must be commenced

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Communications to the trust should be mailed or directed to Brian E. Ditzler, at 1255 Noyes Drive, silver Spring, MD 20901. The Trust is subject to claims of the deceased settlor’s creditors, costs of administration of the settlor’s estate, the expenses of the deceased settlor’s funeral and disposal of remains, and statutory allowances to a surviving spouse and children to the extent the deceased settlor’s residuary probate estate is inadequate to satisfy those claims, costs, expenses, and allowances.

Claims of the deceased settlor ’s creditors are barred as against the Trustee and the trust property unless presented to the Trustee at the address provided herein on or before February 22, 20156 months after the date of the first publication of this notice). An action to contest the validity of this trust must be commenced by the earliest of (1) April 18, 2015 (one year from date of death of the deceased settler) or (2) February 22, 2015(6 months from the date of first publication of this notice) or (3) ninety days after the Trustee sends the person a copy of the trust instrument and a notice informing the person of the trust’s existence, the Trustee’s name and address, and the time allowed for commencing a proceeding.

The Trustee may proceed to distribute the trust property in accordance with the terms of the trust before the expiration of the time within which an action must be commenced unless the Trustee knows of a pending judicial proceeding contesting the validity of the trust or the Trustee has received notice from a potential contestant who thereafter commences a judicial proceeding within sixty days after notification.

This Notice must be 15:48:00 EDT 2014within mailed postmarked 15 days of its first publication to each heir and qualified beneficiary of the trust and any other person who would be an interested person within the meaningof D.C. Code, sec. 20-101(d) Date of Publication: August 22, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Brian E. Ditzler Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 8/22, 8/29, 09/04/14

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM879 Victoria Rose Swilley Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Kenneth Darnell Swilley & Roger Mark Reynolds, whose address is 4219 Charlot Way, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Victoria Rose Swilley, who died on January 22, 2014 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 03/05/2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 03/05/2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: 09/05/2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Kenneth Darnell Swilley & Roger Mark Reynolds Personal Representatives

interested in the real property described above to appear Superior Court of in this Court by the 12th the District of day of November,2014 and redeem District of Columbia the real property by payment ofPROBATE $8,426.12, DIVISION together with Washington, D.C. interest from the date of real property tax certificate was 20001-2131 purchased; court costs Administration No.and attorney’s fees, expenses in2014NRT14 curred in the publication and Jane M.ofDitzler service process by pubDecedent lication and for reasonable NOTICE fees for the titleOF search, all other amounts paid EXISTENCE OFby the petitioner in accordance with REVOCABLE the provisions of D.C. Code TRUST §47-1361 and all outstanding Jane M. Ditzler (name of municipal lien amounts due deceased a n d o w settlor) i n g o whose n the address was 3050 Military aforementioned real propRoad, erty, or NW, answerWashington, the complaint DC 20015 created a revoor, thereafter, a final judgment will be entered forecloscable trust on June 23, ing the right ofremained redemptioninin 1999 , which the real property and vesting existence on the date of in thedeath plaintiffon a title in fee18, simher April ple. and Brian E. ditzler, 2014, Clerk of the Court whose address isDelaney 1255 Duane B. N o y e sA TRUE D r i v eTEST , s iCOPY: lver Spring,08/22, MD 08/29, 20901is the 09/05/14

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to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before March 1, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before March 1, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: August 29, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Janice Osborne Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM866 Merle Van Brooks Decedent Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Faith I. Jones, whose address is 3301 Acccokeek Road, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Merle Van Brooks, who died on February 4, 2010without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 03/05/2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 03/05/2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: 09/05/2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Faith I. Jones Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 09/05, 09/12 & 09/19/14

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD Superior Court of FOR THE WASHINGTON REGION´S PROPOSED 2014 the District of UPDATE TO THE CONSTRAINED LONG-RANGE PLAN (CLRP), District of Columbia FINANCIAL PLAN, FY 2015-2020 PROBATE DIVISION TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (TIP), AND Washington, D.C. AIR QUALITY CONFORMITY ANALYSIS 20001-2131 Administration No. The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) will initiate a 2014ADM492 30-day public comment period for the proposed 2014 update to the Constrained Gertrude Butler Long-Range Plan (CLRP) and FY 2015-2020 Transportation Improvement Program Decedent (TIP), their accompanying air quality conformity analysis, and the CLRP Financial Stephenson F. Harvey, Plan, on September 11 at the TPB Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) meeting. The Jr. CAC meets from 6 pm to 8 pm in the Metropolitan Washington Council of GovernHarvey Law Group, ments (COG) first floor conference center, 777 N. Capitol St. NE, Washington, DC PLLC 20002. This public comment period will extend through Saturday October 11, 2014.

1629 K St. NW, The TPB is scheduled to approve these submissions at its October 15, 2014 Washington, DC 20006 meeting. Members of the public are invited to review these draft documents on the Attorney COG website, www.mwcog.org/clrp/. These materials may also be reviewed at the NOTICE OF Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG), 777 N. Capitol St. NE, APPOINTMENT, Washington, DC 20002.

NOTICE TO The CLRP shows the road, bridge, high-occupancy vehicle (HOV), transit, bicycle CREDITORS and pedestrian projects funded through the year 2040. The six-year TIP includes all AND NOTICE TO projects, programs, and strategies that state and local transportation agencies plan UNKNOWN HEIRS Phyllis R. Freeman, to implement between 2015 and 2020. The air quality conformity analysis assesses whose address is 1238 the plan amendments and program with respect to the air quality requirements under F a r a d a y P l a c e N E , the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. The comment process on the TIP is being used Washington, DC 20017 to obtain comments on the region’s program of projects that are funded by the was appointed personal Federal Transit Administration (including projects funded by the Urbanized Area representative of the Formula Program) and the Federal Highway Administration. estate of Gertrude Butler, who died on December Members of the public are invited to submit comments on the draft documents on-line at www.mwcog.org/TPBcomment/. Written comments can also be mailed to 12, 2012 with a will, and TPB Chairman Patrick Wojahn, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments will serve without Court (COG), 777 N. Capitol St. NE, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20002.For additional supervision. All unknown information or for special assistance, please call (202) 962-3311 or (202) 962-3213 heirs and heirs whose (TDD). where-abouts are un- TYPESET: Tue Sep 02 16:37:56 EDT 2014 known shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections Superior Court of to such appointment (or the District of to the probate of deDistrict of Columbia cedent´s will) shall be PROBATE DIVISION filed with the Register of W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .

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2014ADM896 20001, on or before Feb- Williemae Crenshaw ruary 22, 2015. Claims AKA against the decedent Willie Mae Crenshaw shall be presented to the Decedent undersigned with a copy NOTICE OF to the Register of Wills or APPOINTMENT, filed with the Register of NOTICE TO Wills with a copy to the CREDITORS undersigned, on or beAND NOTICE TO fore February 22, 2015, UNKNOWN HEIRS or be forever barred. Per- F r a n c i s W. H o l m e s , sons believed to be heirs whose address is 4819 or legatees of the de- 9th Street, NW, Washingcedent who do not re- ton, DC 20011, was apceive a copy of this notice pointed personal repreby mail within 25 days of sentative of the estate of its first publication shall Williemae Crenshaw so inform the Register of AKA Willie Mae CrenWills, including name, shaw, who died on July address and relation- 22, 2014 witha will, and ship. will serve without Court Date of Publication: supervision. All unknown August 22, 2014 heirs and heirs whose Name of newspaper: whereabouts are un13:38:47 EDTCOPY 2014 TRUE TEST Afro-American known shall enter their REGISTER OF WILLS Washington appearance in this TYPESET: Wed Aug 20 10:15:03 EDT 2014 Law Reporter TRUE TEST COPY proceeding. Objections 09/05, 09/12 & 09/19/14 Phyllis R. Freeman to such appointment (or REGISTER OF WILLS Personal to the probate of deTYPESET: Tue Aug 19 15:48:53 EDT 2014 Superior Court of Representative 09/05, 09/12 & 09/19/14 cedent´s will) shall be the District of filed with the Register of District of Columbia TRUE TEST COPY Wills, D.C., 515 5th Superior Court of PROBATE DIVISION REGISTER OF WILLS Street, N.W., 3rd Floor the District of Washington, D.C. TYPESET: Tue Aug 26 14:00:34 W a s h i n EDT g t o n ,2014 D.C. District of Columbia 20001-2131 08/22, 08/29, 09/04/14 20001, on or before PROBATE DIVISION Administration No. 03/05/2015. Claims 2014ADM807 Washington, D.C. Superior Court of against the decedent David Lockhart Sr. 20001-2131 the District of shall be presented to the Decedent Administration No. District of Columbia undersigned with a copy NOTICE OF 2014ADM828 PROBATE DIVISION to the Register of Wills or APPOINTMENT, Christopher Ruffin Washington, D.C. filed with the Register of NOTICE TO Decedent 20001-2131 Wills with a copy to the CREDITORS David F. Hall, Esq Administration No. undersigned, on or beAND NOTICE TO 10 G Street, NE, Suite 2014ADM719 fore 03/05/2015, or be UNKNOWN HEIRS 710 Evelyn DeBoeck forever barred. Persons Marva D. Lockhart, Washington, DC 20002 whose address is 510 Decedent believed to be heirs or Attorney L a m o n t S t r e e t N W, Norman Schneider legatees of the decedent NOTICE OF Washington DC 20010 Kamerow Law Firm, who do not receive a APPOINTMENT, was appointed personal 5001 Seminary RD, copy of this notice by mail NOTICE TO representative of the Suite 210 within 25 days of its first CREDITORS estate of David Lockhart Alexandria, VA 22311 publication shall so inAND NOTICE TO Sr., who died on SeptemAttorney form the Register of UNKNOWN HEIRS ber 28, 2012 without a NOTICE OF Wills, including name, Inthia Bowman-Ruffin, will, and will serve withAPPOINTMENT, address and relationwhose address is 1357 out Court supervision. All NOTICE TO ship.

Nicholson Street, NW, unknown heirs and heirs CREDITORS Date of Publication: Apt 1, Washington, DC whose whereabouts are AND NOTICE TO 09/05/2014 20011 wasappointed unknown shall enter their UNKNOWN HEIRS Name of newspaper: personal representative appearance in this o f t h e e s t a t e o f April Land, whose ad- Afro-American proceeding. Objections Christopher Ruffin, who dress is 816 Hermosa Dr Washington Law to such appointment Reporter died on October 22, 2013 NE,Albuquerque New shall be filed with the YOU KNOW YOU’RE IN THE Francis W. Holmes without a will, and will Mexico, 87110 was apRegister of Wills, D.C., pointed personal reprePersonal 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd serve with Court superviWHEN YOU READ Representative Floor Washington, D.C. sion. All unknown heirs sentative of the estate of Evelyn DeBoeck, who 20001, on or before Feband heirs whose THE AFRO ruary 22, 2015. Claims whereabouts are un- died on June 16, 2014 TRUE TEST COPY against the decedent known shall enter their with a will, and will serve REGISTER OF WILLS without Court supervishall be presented to the appearance in this undersigned with a copy proceeding. Objections sion. All unknown heirs 09/05, 09/12 & 09/19/14 to the Register of Wills or to such appointment a n d h e i r s w h o s e filed with the Register of shall be filed with the whereabouts are unWills with a copy to the Register of Wills, D.C., known shall enter their undersigned, on or be515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s fore February 22, 2015, Floor Washington, D.C. proceeding. Objections or be forever barred. Per20001, on or before Feb- to such appointment (or sons believed to be heirs ruary 22, 2015. Claims to the probate of deor legatees of the deagainst the decedent cedent´s will) shall be cedent who do not reshall be presented to the filed with the Register of ceive a copy of this notice undersigned with a copy Wills, D.C., 515 5th by mail within 25 days of to the Register of Wills or Street, N.W., 3rd Floor its first publication shall filed with the Register of W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . so inform the Register of Wills with a copy to the 20001, on or before Wills, including name, undersigned, on or be- March 1, 2015. Claims address and relationfore February 22, 2015, against the decedent ship. or be forever barred. Per- shall be presented to the Date of Publication: sons believed to be heirs undersigned with a copy August 22, 2014 or legatees of the de- to the Register of Wills or Name of newspaper: cedent who do not re- filed with the Register of Afro-American ceive a copy of this notice Wills with a copy to the Washington Law Reporter by mail within 25 days of undersigned, on or beMarva D. Lockhart its first publication shall fore March 1, 2015, or be Personal so inform the Register of forever barred. Persons Representative Wills, including name, believed to be heirs or address and relation- legatees of the decedent who do not receive a TRUE TEST COPY ship. copy of this notice by mail REGISTER OF WILLS Date of Publication: within 25 days of its first August 22, 2014 publication shall so in08/22, 08/29, 09/05/14 Name of newspaper: form the Register of Afro-American Wills, including name, Washington address and relationLaw Reporter ship.

Inithia Bowman-Ruffin Date of Publication: Personal August 29, 2014 Representative Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington TRUE TEST COPY Law Reporter REGISTER OF WILLS April Land Personal 08/22, 08/29, 09/04/14 Representative Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM894 Icelean D. Lowery Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Ta w a n a G a i l F o r d , whose address is 17 V Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Icelean D. Lowery, who died on July 11, 2014 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before 03/05/2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 03/05/2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: 09/05/2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Tawana Gail Ford Personal Representative

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM878 Elvira Jackson Decedent Moses V. Brown 10 G Street, NE, Suite 710 Washington, DC 20002 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sharon Jackson-Day, whose address is 4701 Silverbrook Way, Bowie, MD 21117, wasappointed personal representative of the estate of Elvira Jackson, who died on June 18, 2011 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 03/05/2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 03/05/2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: 09/05/2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Sharon Jackson-Day Personal Representative

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Action Involving Property JOSEPH H. HAIRSTON 1316 Floral Street, NW Washington. DC 20012 PLAINTIFF vs.

DANIEL W. FIELDS, JR 1505 Erskine Street Takoma Park, MD 20912 and SPECIALTY LENDING GROUP, LLC Serve: Jeffrey Levin Serve: Joel S. Aronson 6301 Ivy Lane, #601 Greenbelt, MD 20770 and WASHINGTON FIRST BANK Serve:Jeffrey Levin Serve: Joel S. Aronson 6301 Ivy Lane #601 Greenbelt, MD 20770 and JEFFREY LEVIN, TRUSTEE, 6301 Ivy Lane,#601 Greenbelt, MD 20770 and JOEL S. ARONSON, TRUSTEE, 6301 Ivy Lane #601 Greenbelt, MD 20770 and DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Serve: Mayor Vincent Grey Office of the Secretary 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001and DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Serve:Irvin B. Nathan, Attorney General Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia 441 4th Street, NW, Suite 1060N Washington, DC 20001 and All Unknown owners of the property described below, their heirs, devisees, personal representatives, and executors, administrators, grantees, assigns or successors in right, title, interest, and all persons having or claiming to have any interest in said property which is described as follows: Square 3189, Lot 0800 and having the property address of 7100 Blair Road, NW Washington DC 20012, located between Dahlia Street to the South and Piney Branch Road to the WestDefendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION In accordance with D.C. Official Code §47-1375, the object of this proceeding is to secure the foreclosure of the right of redemption in the following real property located in the District of Columbia, and sold by the Mayor of the District of Columbia to the Plaintiff in this action: Square 3189, Lot 0800 and assessed to Daniel W. Fields, Jr. having the property address of 7100 Blair Road, NW, Washington, DC 20012, located between Dahila Street to the south and Piney Branch Road to the West (hereinafter the ”Property).

The complaint states, among other things, that the amounts necessary for redemption have not been paid.

Pursuant to the Chief Judge´s Administration Order Number 02-11, it is this 15th day of July, 2014.

ORDERED by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, that notice given by 16:25:33 EDT be 2014 the insertion of a copy of this

order in The Afro-American Newspaper, a general Superiorhaving Court of circulation in the District of the District Columbia, once a of week for District of Columbia three (3) successive weeks, nPROBATE o t i f y i n g aDIVISION ll persons interested in the real property Washington, D.C. described above to appear in 20001-2131 this Court by the 12th day of Administration No. November, 2014, and redeem2014ADM754 the real property by Walter Jackson payment of $8,102.77 toDecedent gether with interest from the date ofNOTICE real property OF tax certificate was purchased; court APPOINTMENT, costs and attorney’s NOTICE TOfees, expenses incurred in the pubCREDITORS lication and service of procNOTICE TO essAND by publication and for UNKNOWN reasonable feesHEIRS for the title Janice Osborne, whose search, all other amounts paid by is the 8106 petitioner address High-in accordance with the proviland Meadows Drive, sions of D.C. Code §47-1361 Clinton, MD 20735 was and all out-standing municiappointed personal pal lien amounts due reand presentative of the estate owing on the aforementioned ofreal Walter Jackson, who property, or answer the complaint or, thereafter, a fidied on May 11, 2014 nal judgment will be entered without a will, and will foreclosing the right of reserve without Court sudemption in the real property pervision. unknown and vesting All in the plaintiff a heirs heirs whose title in and fee simple. whereabouts are unClerk of the Court Duane B. Delaney known shall enter their a p p e aArTRUE a n c eTEST i n COPY: this 08/22, 08/29, 09/04/14 proceeding.

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