Prince Georges Afro-American Newspaper November 2 2013

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY EDITION

Volume 122 No. 13

NOVEMBER 2, 2013 - NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Chris Brown Charged in Alleged Altercation in D.C.

By Gregory Dale AFRO News Editor

Gaming Companies Meet the Public in Prince George’s

By Byron Scott Special to the AFRO The three gaming companies vying to build a casino resort in Prince George’s County went before the Maryland Video Lottery Facility Location Commission and the public recently to make their cases as to why

they should be awarded the lucrative gaming license.

Each of the companies hosted a site visit followed by a presentation at Fort Washington’s Friendly High School before the video lottery commissioners. They wrapped up with a public hearing.

Penn National, which has

proposed building the $700 million Hollywood Casino Resort at Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington, appeared on Oct. 21. The company’s plan includes a 300,000 square-foot casino with 3,000 slot machines and 100 table games. There are plans to build a new grandstand for the Continued on A4

What began as a weekend of fun quickly turned into two days of disaster for R&B singer Chris Brown.

The Grammy Award winner, who was visiting D.C. to host an event held in conjunction with this year’s Howard University’s homecoming festivities, was charged with misdemeanor assault Oct. 28 in connection with an alleged altercation that officials said took place the previous day.

Brown, 24, and his body guard Christopher Hollosy, 35, appeared at a court hearing after spending 36 hours in jail. The pair was released without bail following the hearing and Brown had to report to a probation officer in California within 48 hours.

A sea of fans and members of the media packed around the rear door of the H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse as the singer exited the building. After pushing through the crowd with his attorney, Danny Onorato, deputy marshals, and D.C. police, Continued on A5

Sign-up Woes Deepen Obamacare Opposition

By Zenitha Prince AFRO Correspondent The recent crash of HealthCare.gov, the portal for Americans to access the new health insurance marketplace, has further empowered opponents of the Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s

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signature legislative initiative.

Republicans on Capitol Hill are demanding that the law’s individual mandate to be postponed in light of the bumpy rollout of the website, which facilitates insurance marketplaces in 36 states, since its launch on Oct. 1.

“Over the last year, we have become all too familiar with the troubled rollout of the law with its broken promises, missed deadlines, delays, special waivers, and now website crashes,” said Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, in the weekly Republican address on Oct. 26. “Despite hundreds of millions of taxpayers dollars invested, the website still does not work for

Guns: Who’s Buying Them?

By Sean Yoes AFRO Contributing Writer

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A record number of Maryland residents purchased firearms before the state’s gun reform law, one of the most prohibitive in the nation, took effect Oct. 1.

So far in 2013, according to Sgt. Marc Black of the Maryland State Police Pikesville Barracks, 117,943 applications for firearms have been received, 63,567 applications have been processed — and there is a current backlog of 54,037 applications.

In the first nine months of 2013, Maryland gun dealers sold more firearms than in 2011 and 2012 combined.

“There are people who are purchasing [guns] who probably never even thought about it, but their fear is that it’s now or never,” said Dr. Tyrone Powers, director of the

Homeland Security and Criminal Justice Institute at Anne Arundel Community College. “They feel that these new gun laws are so draconian that if they didn’t apply now, then their choice is completely taken away from them.”

In general, the new law bans the sale of certain semi-automatic firearms and requires handgun purchasers to be fingerprinted and pass a training class in order to obtain a handgun license. The training classes are Dr. Tyrone Powers conducted by certified gun organizations sanctioned by the state police.

Information on the racial breakdown of gun purchasers was not available. According to Black, the state police do not publish detailed information about gun purchasers.

However, there is some consensus about the torrent of gun purchasers.

“There’s no doubt the vast Continued on A5

“There are people who are purchasing [guns] who probably never even thought about it, but their fear is that it’s now or never.”

A Brown supporter

Local artist Bill Hennessy shares his sketches of Brown’s arraignment.

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most.”

Last week, Upton and other members of his committee grilled four of the lead contractors responsible for Healthcare.gov about the website. And, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius underwent an even more scathing interrogation on Oct. 30 when she testified only hours after the website crashed again.

In his weekly address on Oct. 26, President Obama conceded that the website’s malfunctions were vexing, even as he mocked Republicans for their sudden concern with the site’s userfriendliness after years of trying to dismantle the ACA. “The site isn’t working the Continued on A4

Chirlane, Bill, Chiara and Dante de Blasio

N.Y.C.’s First Mixed-Race First Couple?

By Zenitha Prince AFRO Correspondent

When New York Public Advocate Bill de Blasio first met Chirlane McCray, he was instantly intrigued.

He was a popular mayoral aide.

She was an older woman—36 to his 30—who was working as a speech writer in then-Mayor David Dinkins’ press office. She was also gay.

“The first time I met her, I remember it very vividly, and it was partly look, partly style, and partly just the vibe,” de Blasio, a candidate for mayor, told the New York Daily News in an interview about their romance. “I was totally struck because she just presented herself entirely differently than everyone

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around us at City Hall. Especially wearing a nose ring 22 years ago in a place like City Hall, you had to be really different to do that!”

The same sense of self, character and uniqueness that drew de Blasio to McCray 22 years ago is winning over New Yorkers, helping to fuel voters’ overwhelming support for the Democratic candidate, political analysts said.

“Having a person like her will bring in a lot of people who were really not interested in the race,” said Jasmyne Cannick, a lesbian civil rights activist and political commentator. “A lot of times people get elected with a small majority of vote…But having a person like Continued on A4

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Three Black Women Named Among Most Powerful in Business

Three African-American women were among those featured in Fortune magazine’s annual “50 Most Powerful Women in Business,” released in late October.

Ursula Burns, CEO and president of Xerox; Rosalind Brewer, CEO and president of Sam’s Club; and Shonda Rhimes, creator of the hit shows “Scandal” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” are among the top movers and shakers in business, according to the magazine.

The 55-year-old Burns ranked 13th for having “successfully transformed” Xerox, according to her Fortune profile. Burns’ ranking was a drop from her No. 7 ranking last year, perhaps because of Xerox’s failing fortunes—the traditional document business saw an 8 percent fall in profits last year.

Brewer, 51, came in at No. 15. As head of Wal-Mart’s warehouse Sam’s Club, which boasts $56.4 billion in revenue, Brewer runs a major segment of the retail giant’s business.

Rhimes, 43, is a newcomer to the roundup of female power players, and was chosen because of her profound Shonda Rhimes impact on popular culture.

And for the first time ever, one woman who has always made Fortune’s MPW list dropped off: Oprah Winfrey.

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A Baltimore waitress was fired after managers told her she wasn’t able to have blonde highlights because “African-American women don’t have blonde hair.”

Farryn Johnson, 25, worked as a waitress at Hooters in downtown Baltimore for a year prior to her dismissal.

But Johnson said she faced discrimination from her managers, who were White, between June 30 and Aug. 30 after she decided to color her hair.

“They gave me write-ups, and they told me I need to take the color out of my hair. And they said I couldn’t have blond in my hair because I’m Black. They specifically said, ‘Black women don’t have blond in their hair, Farryn Johnson so you need to take it out,” Johnson said in an interview with Baltimore CBS affiliate WJZ. Johnson’s attorney, Jessica Weber, told the AFRO on Oct. 21 that her client has filed a racial discrimination complaint with the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights.

“She never had any problems, until she added the blonde highlights to her hair in June,” Weber said.

According to the complaint, Johnson began working as a “Hooters Girl” at the Baltimore Harborplace Hooters restaurant in September 2012. In June, she arrived at work with blonde highlights in her hair. Her manager then told her she could not have blonde highlights because it did not look “natural” on an African-American woman.

“Unfortunately, she couldn’t afford to get her hair color changed,” Weber said Johnson continued working, and the managers continued confronting her about the issue.

“She was fired and issued a letter stating that she violated employee image standards,” Weber said.

Jesse Jackson Jr. Reports Early to Begin Prison Sentence

Former congressman Jesse L. Jackson Jr. reported to a low-security federal correctional facility in Butner, N.C. Oct. 28 to begin serving a 30-month for misusing campaign funds.

Jackson surrendered to federal prison officials three days earlier than the Nov. 1 reporting date he was issued.

He became inmate number 32451-016 after being escorted to the facility 260 miles from his Washington, D.C. home by C.K. Hoffler, his attorney from the Atlanta law firm of Edmond, Lindsay & Hoffler, and Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.), a close Capitol Hill friend in whose district the prison is located.

When he surrendered to prison officials, Jackson “apologized again and expressed sincere regret for causing so much pain and sadness to his family, his constituents and his friends,” Hoffler said in a statement to the media.

Hoffler said Jackson reported ahead of his reporting time. “He was ready to pay his debt and that’s why he Jesse L. Jackson Jr. wanted to report to Butner. Nothing more, nothing less,” Hoffler said.

The prison, located about an hour north of Raleigh, N.C., and is officially named FCI Butner Medium I Satellite Camp. It is regarded as 1,375 inmates and includes a federal medical center. Jackson is expected to be treated there for a bipolar disorder.

He and his wife Sandi pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance law. After he is released, possibly as early as mid-2015, his wife Sandi is to begin serving a shorter sentence.

His visitor list is to include Rev. Rick Warren and Rev. Anthony Miller, Minister Louis Farrakhan, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) and public relations executive Judy Smith.

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Jennifer Hudson and Rela Why HBCUs are Hanging by a Thread

By Michael Steele

Commentary Reprinted with permission –and originally appears at– TheGrio.com.

those schools, the backlash was enormous.

The in-your-face moment for me came when two traditionally White institutions decided to create a joint MBA program between their two institutions which could well have meant the end of Morgan State University’s vaunted MBA program (established by and named after Earl G. Graves Sr.) just six miles away. Morgan State University’s pleas to the

“…it is no surprise that the assault upon the integrity and historic purpose of our nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) has been little noticed by mainstream media and, more sadly, the Black community itself.” deal with the growing reality of “duplication of specialized programs” whereby certain resources (e.g. laboratories and libraries) or academic programs (e.g. MBA) were duplicated at predominantly white institutions, resulting in HBCU students having to go to those institutions to access them.

As Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, I became acutely aware of the failure of so many to do just a little to help our state’s HBCUs. But the supposed innocuousness of program duplication only masked the knife cutting away the ability to improve access to these fine institutions and to create opportunities for them to compete with the state’s majority White institutions.

For example, the idea that Coppin State University’s academic offerings, physical plant or department chairs should be comparable to and competitive with Towson State University was not a farfetched proposition for me.

After all, a quality education begins with equality of education. But the buzz saw of resistance and excusemaking by institutional forces was nothing short of stunning. Our administration was successful in getting new buildings and other physical plant investments for the HBCUs, but when we tried to set up research positions and endowed chairs, not to mention increased funding for scholarships, student services, information technologies, libraries, and other institutional infrastructures at

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With so many of the civil rights battles behind us, and the satisfaction that comes from the success of African Americans in business, politics, sports and entertainment, it is no surprise that the assault upon the integrity and historic purpose of our nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) has been little noticed by mainstream media and, more sadly, the Black community itself.

Not only do our HBCUs stand as a testament to the challenges that lie in the future but they are an important reminder of the proud history of AfricanAmerican education in America and its unlimited potential.

Across America, HBCUs are giving African Americans the tools and the knowledge they need to fully participate in our society, to build a solid economic foundation on which to raise their families and their businesses, and to become leaders of the future.

However, many of those tools had begun to be stripped away and much of that foundation began to crumble under the weight of neglect and institutional bias.

Maryland HBCUs (Bowie State University, Coppin State University, Morgan State University and University of Maryland Eastern Shore) were treated no differently.

In October 1999, the State of Maryland and the United States Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), entered into a partnership for the purposes of improving the educational opportunities for African Americans in Maryland’s public institutions of higher education and of ensuring compliance with the state’s obligations under federal law.

The partnership agreement set forth the commitments that the state and OCR anticipated

would bring Maryland into full compliance with its obligation under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

But as the partnership agreement expired in December 2005, it was very clear that while the state had met the letter of the law under Title VI (and its agreement with OCR); embracing the spirit of such agreements would be another matter. In practice, Maryland’s HBCUs had to

Maryland Higher Education Commission for the integrity of its own MBA program fell largely on deaf ears as the program duplication was approved and Morgan had little recourse to stop it.

I was stunned to have certain academic and legislative “leaders” ask me directly why our administration would want to invest dollars in “those schools.” They argued that we should put such program dollars in the predominantly White schools and allow the students from the HBCUs to visit those campuses to take a course or to use laboratories.

Understand that this occurred not in 1955 but in 2005.

So, in 2006, with the support of Governor Bob Ehrlich, I spearheaded a proactive assessment of each HBCU and the steps that would be necessary to address, in a real way, the inadequate funding of these historically Black academic institutions. In our State’s final report to the OCR, we detailed our 2007 budget increases for specific programs and capital improvements that would

begin the process toward parity. From significant increases in capital budgets to acquisition of property for campus-wide expansion to implementing initiatives arising out of each HBCU’s strategic plans, the goal was to establish ongoing efforts to bring equality in funding and treatment to Maryland’s HBCUs. However, by 2008, the problem of duplication had become so problematic for HBCUs that the Bohanan Commission was established to “develop a statewide framework for higher education funding, and among its recommendations stated specifically that HBCUs become comparable and competitive with other public institutions.”

But once again, the progress would be slow and the concerns of HBCU students and alumni would fall on deaf ears until finally the Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education was formed and brought a lawsuit in 2011.

Needless to say, I was heartened by District Court Judge Catherine C. Blake’s Oct. 7th ruling that “The State has failed to meet its burden of demonstrating there are no ongoing segregative effects that are a result of the traceable unnecessary program duplication proven by the Coalition.” And while Judge Blake deferred a final ruling in order to allow the State to mediate a remedy consistent with her findings, her ruling nonetheless exposes the lie that program duplication does not harm our HBCUs and that its ultimate affect is not discriminatory.

If you value the ruling of the District Court, then it is time for those who value the education at our nation’s HBCUs to join with those who have silently and bravely pushed back against the idea that the days of receiving a quality education at such institutions are numbered. Instead, I believe, and have argued in the halls of Annapolis, that our HBCUs nurture the talent

By Alan King AFRO Staff Writer of our young people and remain dedicated, Jennifer Hudsondespite and other the obstacles put before relatives positively identified them, to ensuring that the next generation of AfricanAmerican scientists, scholars and business leaders has a greater opportunity to reach the pinnacle of American society than the generation before them.

The students who enter those lecture halls and laboratories or cull the shelves

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Michael Steele is an MSNBC commentator, former RNC Chairman and former lieutenant governor of Maryland.

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Sign-up Woes Continued from A1

way it’s supposed to yet,” he said. “That’s frustrating for all of us who have worked so hard to make sure everyone who needs it gets health care.

And it’s especially frustrating for the Americans who’ve been trying to get covered.”

Still, he added, “The site has been visited more than 20 million times so far. [And] nearly 700,000 people have applied for coverage already.

That proves just how much demand there is for these new quality, affordable health care choices. And that’s why, in the coming weeks, we are going to get it working as smoothly as it’s supposed to.”

According to health care officials, the marketplace’s breakdown over the weekend stemmed from a networking failure at Verizon Terremark, the company that operates the data center that hosts the HealthCare.gov website and the Data Services Hub. That problem was resolved by Oct. 28. And, similarly, officials are continuing to push through a “punch list” of fixes to the website, with the expectation that it will be fully functional by the end of November.

“With our new management structure in place, our tech team is diagnosing problems and working with developers and vendors to analyze, troubleshoot, prioritize and resolve issues in real

time,” said Julie Bataille, spokeswoman for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which is administering the site, during a conference call with reporters on Oct. 28.

“This is a continuous process, so I anticipate that we will see incremental improvements week by week leading to November, when the vast majority of users will be able to more smoothly move through the enrollment system.”

For example, Bataille said, the team has implemented new tools to monitor the site, enabling them to better gauge what is happening with the marketplace’s application and enrollment system.

Recent fixes included configuring components to increase site responsiveness, so, for example, when users want to view or filter health plans during the online shopping process, the pages respond in seconds, not minutes. Technicians have also resolved issues with the eligibility notices that display at the completion of the application process—some users were seeing a blank page.

The Obama administration has touted the continuing improvements and has also promoted the other means of enrollment. Interested persons can enroll by calling 1-800-318-2596 or they can

Many Poor Blacks in the South Will Remain Uninsured

By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent

Even if HealthCare.gov, the web portal for federal health insurance exchange, worked perfectly, more than 5 million poor, uninsured adults, many of them Black, will continue to go without coverage because they live in states that didn’t expand Medicaid, according to a recent brief by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Through the Affordable Care Act, the federal government agreed to pay 100 percent of the cost of the Medicaid expansion through 2016 and at least 90 percent through 2020.

The Obama administration planned for nationwide expansion of Medicaid, the health insurance program that covers the poor and disabled, setting the Medicaid income eligibility at 138 percent of the federal poverty level, or roughly $27,000 annually for a family of three. In June 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that states could decide whether they want to expand Medicaid. According to the Kaiser Commission, more than half of the states, including many in the South, decided not to expand Medicaid. Those decisions created a coverage gap affecting 27 percent of uninsured adults.

“A fifth of people in the coverage gap reside in Texas, which has both a large uninsured population and very limited Medicaid eligibility. Fifteen percent live in Florida, eight percent in Georgia, six percent live in North

Carolina, and another six percent live in Ohio,” the Kaiser Commission brief said.

More than half of all Blacks live in eight states: Texas, Florida, Georgia, New York, California, North Carolina, Illinois, and Maryland.

According to the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, “The largest uninsured non-elderly Black populations reside in Florida (718,800), Texas (613,100), and Georgia (594,600). In addition, Blacks comprise a large share of the uninsured population in the District of Columbia (52%), Mississippi (48%), and Louisiana (42%).”

Florida, Texas, Georgia, Mississippi and Louisiana chose not to expand Medicaid leaving billions of dollars unspent, forcing many of their citizens to either go without health insurance or to sign up for health insurance on the federal-facilitated marketplace.

Because 40 percent of all Blacks are under age 26, compared to 30 percent of Whites, the very people needed to make the health care formula work may be less inclined to participate.

“With many states opting not to implement the Medicaid expansion, millions of adults will remain outside the reach of the ACA and continue to have limited, if any, option for health coverage,” the Kaiser Commission brief said. “Most do not have access to employer-based coverage through a job, few can afford coverage on their own, and most are currently ineligible for public coverage in their state.”

“Even if HealthCare.gov…worked perfectly, more than 5 million poor, uninsured adults, many of them Black, will continue to go without coverage.”

visit LocalHelp.HealthCare. gov to find out how to enroll by mail or in person.

“Some people have poked

fun at me this week for sounding like an insurance salesman. And that’s OK. I’d still be out there championing

this law even if the website were perfect,” Obama said.

“I’ll never stop fighting to help more hardworking

Americans know the economic security of health care. That’s something we should all want.”

features his 15-year-old son, Dante de Blasio sporting a large Afro.

At a September rally in Brooklyn, de Blasio’s daughter, Chiara, chided Bloomberg and others for

political aspirations to marry a darker-skinned woman— especially one who proudly flaunts dreadlocks—was a daring move, given America’s tendency to recognize and elevate Black women who

further explodes that,” Spence added.

Despite the unique background of McCray, Cannick said she doubts New Yorkers will vote based solely on issues of race or even sexual orientation, but rather on pocketbook issues.

In fact, polls show that support for de Blasio is being impelled by disillusionment with the Republican Party and the belief that he can bring about necessary change. He has emphasized issues of income equality, promising to increase taxes on the rich.

He vowed to improve public education and to increase the supply of affordable housing—themes that have resonated with voters.

And McCray probably helped to craft her husband’s message, Spence said. She is a published writer, poet and progressive activist, who has

served as a speechwriter for several officials, including Dinkins, State Comptroller Carl McCall, and City Comptroller Bill Thompson.

She also served as a political appointee during the Clinton administration at the New York Foreign Press Center.

“She actually has politics [in her background]. She’s not just someone who is hanging on his arm,” Spence said.

But more than that, he added, McCray embodies what her husband’s campaign is about.

“Given the theme de Blasio is running on—that there are two New Yorks, the Bloomberg New York for the wealthy and the ‘other’ New York for the working man—she and their [children] serve as powerful symbolic images of what a government would look like if it were led by someone from the ‘other’ New York.”

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her involved in such a highprofile way, it peaks the interest of Black women, women in general, African Americans and probably the gay and lesbian community, as well.”

For Black voters, especially—90 percent of whom are supporting de Blasio, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll released Oct. 28—McCray is likely someone in whom they can believe and identify.

“She’s ‘authentically’ Black,” said David Bositis, a senior analyst at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank focused on issues affecting people of color.

According to Times/Siena College poll, de Blasio holds an overwhelming 45-point lead over Republican Joe Lhota, meaning the de Blasios will

likely become the next “first family” of New York City.

“This would be the first time a White mayor of a major city had a selfidentified Black wife,” said Lester Spence, a political

“…polls show that support for de Blasio is being impelled by disillusionment with the Republican Party and the belief that he can bring about necessary change.” analyst who teaches at Johns Hopkins University.

During the mayoral contest, de Blasio’s opponents—notably, outgoing Mayor Michael Bloomberg— accused the Democrat of using his family’s race as a tool to draw voters. The candidate’s most famous ad

the accusation, media outlets reported.

“Twenty years ago, my dad did not know he was running for mayor and did not seek to marry a Black woman to put on display,” the 18-year-old said, according to Ebony magazine.

In fact, for someone with

are lighter in complexion and more “mainstream” in their appearance, Spence said.

In many ways, first lady Michelle Obama began to break that mold and defy those expectations with her darker skin and unabashed “Blackness.”

“But Chirlane de Blasio

Gaming Companies Continued from A1

horse racing track, restaurants, a 258-room hotel and spa and a 2,500 seat concert arena. Officials said the facility will generate 1,600 jobs and millions in tax revenues.

Greenwood Racing has proposed the $761 million dollar Parx Casino Hotel and Spa entertainment complex to be built off Indian Head Highway in Fort Washington. Company officials announced at its session on Oct. 23 that it had just purchased four additional acres of land for a total of 26.

Greenwood promises 5,700 permanent jobs.

The Parx’s plan includes 3,000 slot machines to start to increase to 4,750 by the year 2021. The facility would have 120 table games, 50 poker tables, a 250-room hotel and, like the other two, an entertainment and theatre complex and restaurants.

MGM National Harbor has proposed a $925 million dollar (up from $800 million) resort about a mile from National Harbor, just of I-95. It would include 3,600 slots machines, 140 table games, including poker, a 300-room luxury hotel, a theatre, a spa and other amenities. MGM National Harbor said they would hire 7,500 employees. Its session was held on Oct. 25.

The meetings provided the first opportunity for the commission to hear directly from the applicants and see the sites.

“It’s very important for us to do that,” said commission chairman Donald C. Fry, “because all we have received up to

this point are mounds and mounds of papers to sort through.

And I don’t think you can get a true reflection of what you need to consider until you’ve actually seen the site first hand, until you have seen the people face to face, until the public has a chance to say, ‘Hey we live here, this is what we are concerned about’ or ‘This is what we like about these ideas.’”

Fry said they expect to award the license by mid-December.

The selection process is in the final stretch. The competition is ramping up and the bidders are sweetening the pot.

Penn National Gaming said that it would put nearly $320 million dollars into the county’s health and education system if it gets the license.

Greenwood Racing said it will infuse $100 million into much needed local road improvements. For its part, MGM National Harbor announced it was bringing in Radio One Founder Cathy Hughes and her son, Alfred C. Liggins, III as investors. A company spokesperson said the duo plan to invest $40 million. Radio One owns or operates 54 radio stations targeting African-Americans and owns the controlling interest in TV One. Tom Martin of Clayton, Md., told the AFRO that he supported the Parx site. “They reached out to us and they said, ‘What are you guys worried about? What are your concerns?

What are your expectations?’ Let us know.”

Many residents spoke against the casino, saying one in any of the locations would exacerbate traffic problems and draw

crime.

Said Bridgette Davis, of Fort Washington, who spoke against the Parx site: “To have these people buy this property in a completely residential neighborhood and kick people out of their houses and come here talking about how they are gonna improve our lives with a casino is insulting to me.”

Another resident repeatedly referred to Nation Harbor as “National Horror” and said current problems with traffic and noise would increase significantly if MGM got the license.

Claudia M. Bias of Fort Washington opposed any casino. “I grew up in a family that believed in gambling,” she said, adding that her father lost whole paychecks, and ultimately their home, to gambling.

Carmela Goodall of Fort Washington took offense at the soundtrack for a video played by Parx Casino. It featured Teddy Pandergrass’s song “Wake Up Everybody.”

“To me that implies that we’re stupid ‘cause we are speaking out against something that we, as a community, don’t want in our community,” she said. “We need to wake up. That was very offensive to me. I took that as shot. That was very offensive.”

Fry said the commission will be spending the next several weeks sifting through the testimony and materials presented to them. It is too soon to tell which way the seven-member commission was leaning, he said. The law stipulates that the earliest the casino can open is July 2016.

November 2, 2013 - November 8, 2013, The Afro-American

Black Analysts: McAuliffe Better Choice

By Zenitha Prince AFRO Contributing Writer

The Virginia gubernatorial contest between former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, a Republican, has grave implications for African Americans in that state.

But, ultimately, the Black community would be better served by the Democratic candidate—the better of two less than ideal choices, political analysts and Black advocates said.

Among the pressing issues facing Blacks are jobs, access to quality education and health care, public safety, equal justice and opportunity, including opportunities for Black businesses that have been worst-hit by the recession, activists said.

“For more than 12 years, all minority- and women-owned businesses have been receiving less than 2 percent of state contracts,” said Rodney de Peiza, treasurer and acting chairman of the Northern Virginia Black Chamber of Commerce. “So our main focus and what we’re looking to hear from candidates is how they could reverse this stagnant plain we seem to be on [and also] how we can gain access to capital.”

McAuliffe, a businessman who has gained support from some Republican leaders for his bipartisan approach to solving issues and for his plan to boost Virginia’s economy, would better address those concerns, supporters said.

On the other hand, Cuccinelli’s affiliation with the Tea Party augurs ill for the Black community, some advocates and political opponents said.

“In terms of what African Americans want, their chief enemies right now are the Tea Party people,” said David Bositis,

a senior analyst for the Joint Center for Political and Economic Voting Rights Act in June.

Studies, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank that focuses on “If Cuccinelli is elected, access to voting would be blocked; issues impacting communities of color. the ability of women, of all colors, to make decisions about “Everything Cuccinelli stands for,” he said, mirrors that their own personal health needs would be diminished; access faction’s “extremist right-wing agenda.” to the governor’s mansion would be limited; decisions would Not only is Cuccinelli vehemently against reproductive be made based more on Tea Party ideology and not what is best choice or abortion, “He’s one of those people that believe poor for Virginians,” said Daun Hester, national co-chair of the civic people should fend for themselves,” Bositis said. group Black Women for Change. Hester is also running to retain The Richmond Free-Press, Virginia’s her seat in the 89th Virginia House major Black newspaper, echoed district. those sentiments in its endorsement Fears of what a Cuccinelli of McAuliffe and other Democratic governor’s mansion would mean for candidates.

Blacks in Virginia are not assuaged by The Tea Party-infiltrated GOP, and the presence of a Black Republican its oft-cited mission to “take back [their] candidate for lieutenant governor, country,” hails back to the country’s political analysts say. “shameful past,” the newspaper said.

Bishop E.W. Jackson, pastor “The Republicans represent the of Exodus Faith Ministries in modern day version of white supremacists Chesapeake, Va., said that his platform who supported slavery and American is geared toward uplifting the Black Bishop E.W. Jackson, Republican apartheid,” the paper’s editorial board community. It includes creating jobs candidate for lieutenant governor wrote. “…Mr. Cuccinelli’s long record for African Americans; ensuring that as a naysayer, designed to pander to the all children have a quality education, Republicans’ Tea Party, portends danger if he should become our including increasing parental school choice; and restoring the state’s chief executive.” constitutional rights of nonviolent felons who have served their Of particular concern, detractors noted, is Cuccinelli’s debt to society. mission to overturn Obamacare, including the expansion of Jackson is best known for infamous statements, such as his Medicaid to almost 400,000 Virginians without health insurance contention that Planned Parenthood was more “lethal” to African and the attorney general’s move to impose an even stricter voter Americans than the KKK and that President Obama’s leanings ID law as soon as the Supreme Court dismantled Section 5 of the were more “atheist and Muslim” than Christian.

Chris Brown

Continued from A1 Brown made his escape to a waiting vehicle and was whisked away.

Both Brown and Hollosy are due back in court Nov. 24. The pair had initially faced felony assault charges.

They are charged in connection with an alleged assault outside of the W hotel, located in the 500 block of 15th St. N.W., that was reported to D.C. police about 4:30 a.m. on Oct. 27.

According to court documents, two women asked Brown to take a picture with them outside of the hotel. One of the women told authorities that a man who was standing nearby jumped in the picture as it was being taken and took a picture with his phone. The woman said that she heard the singer say “I’m not with that gay s--- “and “I feel like boxing.” She said Brown and Hollosy then proceeded to punch the man.

Brown, on the other hand, told authorities, “I was on the bus and I guess someone tried to get on and my bodyguard handled that.”

The alleged victim was later identified as Isaac Adams Parker, 20, of Beltsville, Md. Brown had just hosted a party at the Park at Fourteenth nightclub in Northwest Washington to celebrate Howard’s homecoming.

R&B singer Trey Songz, who was also in town for the homecoming festivities, went to court to support Brown. He sat

by his mother and near Brown’s mother.

Brown’s latest trouble is the latest in a series of run-ins with the law. He was already on probation for his infamous 2009 assault against Rihanna.

Long before the hearing began, a host of people gathered outside the courthouse with signs with messages such as, “LEAVE CHRIS ALONE!” and “LET CHRIS LIVE!” DJ Heat, a radio personality on WPGC 95.5 FM, said she stood outside the courthouse for hours. She believes the victim’s claims are suspicious.

“The story sounds a little bit fishy to me,” she said. “The guy got punched for photo bombing? It sounds kind of weird.

[Chris’] story sounds a little more believable.”

Al Kedo, of N.E. Washington, said he believes the media and Brown’s detractors have been picking on him since the Rihanna incident.

“He went through the right procedures to get [his crime] dealt with,” he said. “People are still slandering his name and I don’t think it’s fair.

That’s why I’m out here.”

Guns

Continued from A1 majority are White. But, there is a significant increase in the purchase of weapons

by African Americans and Hispanics,” Powers said.

Several Baltimore area gun dealers who were contacted by the AFRO refused to comment on the record about firearm sales. But they did convey tremendous frustration with the gun law, despite the record spike in gun sales prior to its implementation.

Several prosecutors, on the other hand, praised the law for its potential to keep guns away from people who may use them to harm.

Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Angela D. Alsobrooks testified in favor of the bill when it came up for consideration in Annapolis early this year. Alsobrooks “also was supportive of the background check, firearms training,” etc., required by the measure, said her spokesman, John Erzen.

“The biggest thing that she was interested in was the aspect about keeping guns out of the hands, not only of criminals, but of the mentally ill to keep them from hurting themselves or anyone else,” Erzen said.

The new law requires potential purchasers to jump through several hoops, opponents of the law said.

Finding a gun training class can be challenging for city residents because the vast majority of training facilities are located outside of Baltimore. Applying by completing the state-

mandated application for a gun license does not guarantee that one will be granted, officials said. It also requires a background check to be conducted by the gun dealer and approved by the Maryland State Police.

Some law enforcement officials are frustrated by the law’s requirements.

“It’s a tremendous headache. Law enforcement is severely understaffed,” Powers said. “It’s going to be a tremendous burden on them.”

Some of Powers’ concerns are echoed by a spokesperson for an organization that is suing the state over the new gun law.

“This entire burden falls upon the private sector.

They (the state) are not providing training. They are not providing ranges, even though there are a number of police ranges around the state that are funded by taxpayers,” said John Josselyn, legislative vice president for Associated Gun Clubs of Baltimore.

Josselyn’s group is one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit that argues the state’s new law infringes on their Second Amendment right to bear arms.

“Each purchase constitutes a vote on the issue. Each purchase probably costs that person in access of $500.

By my estimates, something in the order of $58 million was invested in firearms in Maryland this year alone,” said Josselyn.

He said people of color and the poor are adversely

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impacted by the law.

“They generally live in higher crime areas. They have a greater need for self defense, but they have less access to it,” Josselyn said.

Brett Smith, owner of Southern Maryland Pawn Brokers, a licensed gun dealer near the border of Prince George’s and Charles counties, said his customers are almost evenly divided between Black and White.

He said he saw a tremendous boost in sales prior to the new law going into effect.

“Gun sales quadrupled,” said Smith, who is a former D.C. police officer. “One out of three customers who bought a gun, their reason for buying a gun was because, `I won’t be able to.’ They never planned on buying a gun until they were told they won’t be allowed to or it’s going to be harder.”

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COMMUNITY CONNECTION The Washington Craft Show Returns for 26th Season

The Washington Craft Show is set to return to the Washington Convention Center for its 26th season during the weekend of Nov. 1. The event will include 190 of the nation’s most celebrated contemporary craft artists presenting their latest work in a dozen different media, including: basketry, ceramics, decorative textiles, furniture, glass, wearable art, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper, and wood.

The show is professionally juried to ensure the highest level of excellence and originality in the work presented. Every piece is designed and made in artists’ studios across America.

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D.C. Public Schools to Host ‘A Standing Ovation for Teachers’

On Nov. 4, District of Columbia Public Schools will celebrate the hard work and talent of the District’s highest performing educators with the fourth-annual “A Standing Ovation for Teachers.”

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OPINION

State Disagrees with Court Ruling, Orders A Study

The recent Federal District Court ruling blames the State of Maryland for the difficulty Historically Black Institutions have in competing with Traditionally White Institutions. State officials contend, however, that any difficulties at the HBIs are of the HBIs’ own making and they are proposing to conduct another one of their predetermined studies to prove it.

Announcement of the State’s A. Dwight Pettit intention came just days after Judge Catherine C. Blake found the unconstitutional practice of unnecessary program duplication to be the compelling reason for problems experienced by the HBIs. According to the announcement, the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) wishes to retain a consultant to do an assessment of its Historically Black Institutions (HBIs) to determine if changes should be made in “institutional policies, strategic direction, campus leadership, adequacy of full-time faculty and the resources needed for long term success.” The assessment would, in my opinion, have the effect of extending the recent management study at Coppin University to all of the HBIs. That study, you may recall, deflected blame from the State and the University System of Maryland to the management of the Coppin campus. The report made no mention of any failings of the state as the court would later emphasize, and one should not expect the proposed study of HBIs as a group would be any different.

Take for an example, the design of the study. The study is to be primarily an examination of several institutional factors rather than an assessment of the adverse impact of the one issue identified by the Court as unconstitutional. Even if the study was conceived before the Federal District Court ruling, one would think that any design issued after the ruling would have reflected the guidance of the court. Instead, the state completely dismisses the court.

The study announcement also asserts that “the review

should be a look forward and not a look backward.”

To ignore the past would be a horrible mistake since the law on which the court relied in finding the state liable for the ills of its Black colleges requires consideration of past, present and future actions. It is those past considerations that give perspective and create insight into strategies for addressing disparities at HBIs. The prescribed qualifications of the person the higher education commission wishes to hire for the study are equally interesting. “The lead consultant should have experience as the author or coauthor of educational research reports” and “have experience analyzing and interpreting quantitative and qualitative data.” As a minority voice on the University System of Maryland Board for several years, I know that requirements so narrowly written are highly suspect. It usually means that the consultant has already been identified and the solicitation process is only being used to make it official. In this case the most likely candidates would be persons who have indicated through recent studies or news articles that they either question the ruling of the Court and/or support the State in its claim that any disparities at HBIs are the result of poor leadership.

Some readers may recall that the legislatively appointed Bohanan Commission sought to use similar tactics in the search for consultants for the 2008 HBI study. Luckily the chicanery was so evident that no one indicated an interest in doing the study and the State was forced to agree to a more objective and open process. As a result, the HBI study, like the Federal District Court, faulted the State for the conditions at HBI, and

not their campus leadership.

The attempts of the Maryland Higher Education Commission to do yet another study of the Black universities is at best, a distraction and a delay tactic, and at worst, an effort to undermine the ruling of the Federal District Court.

The Legislative Black Caucus must denounce these efforts and insist that any future study concentrate on ways to bring the State higher education system into compliance with the law. In short, Judge Black has found the Maryland practice of unnecessary duplication to be unconstitutional and MHEC should take the lead in exploring ways institutional missions and programs should be altered consistent with the Judge’s ruling on the law.

A. Dwight Pettit is a former member of the University System of Maryland Board of Regents.

Charter Schools Have Revived Public Education in D.C. Public education reform is under attack in a new Dr. Ramona Edelin book from Diane Ravitch.

Her book, {Reign of Error}, is hitting bookstores nationwide. Ravitch attacks chartered public schools, which are run independently of the traditional public school system and educate 44 percent of all public school children here in the nation’s capital, as part of a wider agenda.

Wealthy corporations are funding the gradual privatization of the American public school system, Ravitch claims, destroying democratically accountable school systems and neighborhood public schools. Ravitch contends that school choice advocates are blaming schools and teachers for poor student performance, when poverty and urban racial divisions provide better explanations for the achievement gap in which low-income students lag behind their peers.

The book makes some valid points. The agenda of some of the corporate money spent on promoting some school choice efforts is often not the same as that of the educators who work in low-income neighborhoods. The people on the ground understand that poverty and residential segregation need to be addressed, if the communities in which they work are going to improve. But as educators, they happen not to agree with Ms. Ravitch—because they know that the substandard schooling that has, for decades, blighted urban education is also an important factor in entrenching poverty. Urban public education was ignored by the powers-that-be for too long, and our children were held back by a mistaken, but alarmingly prevalent, belief that they could not achieve academically.

In the District of Columbia, school choice is not driven by private industry. Public charter school choice has been a strong addition to tuition-free public education, particularly in the city’s most underserved communities. Far from being corporate, the city’s public charter schools are D.C.registered nonprofits. This charitable status is consistent with their decision to locate in the city’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods. Overall, D.C.’s charters serve a higher share of students eligible for federal school lunch subsidies than the city’s traditional public school system. They also have proven that it is possible to raise the quality of the public education offered to the most disadvantaged students.

Charters’ on-time high-school graduation rate is 21-percentage points higher than the traditional school system.

Prior to the passage of the D.C. School Reform Act in the mid1990s, it was estimated that about half the students dropped out before graduating. Charter students also outperform their peers in DCPS on the year-end standardized math and reading tests. At the same time, charters typically offer considerable instruction beyond these basic subjects. They are often themed, allowing students to specialize in such areas as law, public policy, bilingual immersion, and classical studies.

Because D.C. charters are free to create their own school culture and curriculum, while being held accountable for improved student performance, they have been able to find the most effective educational methods. For example, charter high schools are able to specialize in college preparation— many have 100 percent of their graduating class accepted to college. Others have embraced instructional methods ranging from expeditionary learning, which emphasizes learning by

doing in the real world, to blended learning.

Far from cutting themselves off from D.C. Public Schools, charters have increasingly shared their expertise with the city, acting as partners as school system officials have sought to benefit from their successes. Schools such as the Appletree Early Learning Center, Achievement Prep, and Friendship Public Charter School have formed partnerships in this way, to the lasting benefit of students enrolled in traditional public schools.

D.C’s charters have often also contributed to the wider community, as neighborhood regeneration has followed from the establishment of successful charter educational programs.

Many are located in school buildings long-neglected by the city, but which are community assets once more. As D.C.’s mayor has sought to make available to charters school buildings that the school system no longer needs, the stage has been set for further fruitful collaboration between the city, DCPS and charters, benefiting every District child.

By empowering low-income students, who previously had no choice but substandard public schools, the District’s charters have begun a renaissance in public education, which has benefited those who needed it most. The traditional public schools also have posted stronger academic results in the wake of charters’ success. While more co-operation and success are still needed, D.C.’s education reform has increased accountability, strengthened disadvantaged neighborhoods and helped position our least advantaged students for a better future.

Dr. Ramona Edelin is executive director of the D.C. Association of Chartered Public Schools.

Let’s Serve Veterans as Well as They Have Served Us

During the recent government shutdown many Daniel M. Dillinger numbers were thrown around.

But there is one number that stands out and it has nothing to do with the debate over the federal budget.

More than one a day. That is how many members of our active-duty military, National Guard and Reserve forces have committed suicide over the last year. Simply put, we are losing more service members by their own hands than we are by the enemy in Afghanistan.

Only those who experienced firsthand the horrors of combat can understand why most of these young men and women feel compelled to take such drastic and permanent measures.

As Veterans Day ceremonies and parades occur throughout the country, it is important that we commit ourselves to do everything possible to prevent these needless and tragic deaths.

We are their friends, their family, their co-workers and their neighbors. It is up to us to ensure that every veteran feels that his or her service to this country is appreciated by their fellow Americans. There are many tangible ways that we can acknowledge their sacrifice, but the easiest is to simply say,

“Thank you for what you have done for our country.”

If he is showing signs of unhappiness or depression, encourage him to seek help through the VA immediately. If she has had difficulty obtaining the benefits that she is entitled to, let her know that The American Legion has thousands of trained service officers nationwide that will help her navigate the bureaucracy free of charge.

And if that veteran has made the Supreme Sacrifice, remember the price that has been paid for our freedom and offer your support to the loved ones left behind.

While we should all be grateful for the remarkable advancements made in military medicine and prosthetics, the fighting spirit and inspirational stories of our veterans are not due to technology.

These traits come from the heart.

And many of these veterans are women, such as Army Chief Warrant Officer Lori Hill. While piloting her helicopter over Iraq in 2006, she maneuvered her chopper to draw enemy gunfire away from another helicopter and provide suppressive fire for troops on the ground. Despite flying a damaged aircraft and suffering injuries, she landed the helicopter safely, saving her crew. For her actions, she became the first woman to

receive the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Women are major contributors to our military presence in Afghanistan and many have given their lives in the War on Terrorism. America is home to more than 1.2 million women veterans and they deserve our support.

In the poem “Tommy,” the great writer Rudyard Kipling lamented over the rude treatment a British soldier received at a pub. Writing in classical old English, Kipling compared the abuse with the more favorable treatment that “Tommy” receives by the public during war.

“For it’s Tommy this, an ‘ Tommy that, an’ ‘Chuck him out, the brute!’

But it’s ‘Savior of ‘is country’ when the guns begin to shoot; An’ it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ anything you please; An’ Tommy ain’t a bloomin’ fool – you bet that Tommy sees!”

Let us always treat our 23 million veterans as the saviors of our country that they are. Even when the guns are no longer shooting.

Daniel M. Dellinger is national commander of the 2.4 million-member American Legion.

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By Shari L. McCoy

Cancer Walk founder Past Grand Worthy Matron Margaret E. Anderson, Grand Worthy Matron Barbara E. Murray, Imperial Commandress of the Daughters of Isis, Sadie B. Mitchell and Dr. Marjay Anderson

In celebration of Breast Cancer Month, The Georgiana Thomas Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, Prince Hall Affiliated, held its premier annual charity event, the Margaret E. Anderson Howard University 5K Breast Cancer Walk, Oct. 5, 2013. Over 200 members and families walked to raise money for the Howard University Cancer Center.

The District of Columbia has the highest rate of breast cancer deaths in the nation. The focus of this annual charity event was to raise awareness of the staggering incidence of breast cancer and deaths among African

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American women in the District of Columbia community. This year, Grand Worthy Matron Barbara E. Murray’s goal is to raise $10,000 for this effort. The Margaret E. Anderson Howard University 5K Breast Cancer Walk is in its 10th year with more supporters each year coming together to raise needed funds in support of the cancer center.

Promoting the Margaret E. Anderson 5K Breast Cancer Walk on WUSA-9 are Past Grand Worthy Matron Margaret E. Anderson, Barbara E. Murray, WUSA News Anchor, Andrea Roane, Electa Chapter #6's Worthy Matron Shari L. McCoy and Cancer Walk organizer Dr. Marjay Anderson

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Georgiana Thomas Grand Chapter Officers Associate Grand Matron Venecia C. Bessellieu, Dr. Marjay Anderson, Grand Worthy Matron Barbara E. Murray, Grand Worthy Patron Thomas L. Coleman, Grand Conductress Patricia L. Young, and Associate Grand Conductress Eunice J. Dingle

Dr. and Mrs. Jeff Haggray and Dr. Cheryl Chapman

Most Worshipful Grand Master John T. Doles, Sr. and Grand Worthy Matron Barbara E. Murray with the ceremonial check presented to the Howard University Cancer Center

Grand Worthy Matron Barbara E. Murray (center) with Worthy Matrons Laverne Miller (Ruth Chapter #8), Lorena Royster (Mattie R. Griffin Chapter #16), Shari L. McCoy (Electa Chapter #6), Norma Brooks (Martha Chapter #11) and Rosalie Powell (Naomi Chapter #9)

The grand re-opening and reception of the VIP Room was held on Oct. 5th, 2013 in Northwest Washington. Nearly 500 family, friends and supporters came out to celebrate with the Sampson family and to pay tribute to late Sam Sampson, the original owner. The VIP Room opened back in 1979 and was a center of social activity. The event featured a lot of entertainers, politicians, and residents from all wards of Washington, D.C. D.C. Council person Muriel Bowser stopped by to offer her congratulations to the Sampson for re-opening the VIP Room. The entertainment featured Sharon Thomas (saxophonist ), Jonathan Jones ( violinist) and in his last public performance, former Unifics singer Al Johnson. The evening was capped off by motivational speaker Willie Jolley. This landmark facility will once again be a “spot” for the community to come and enjoy socializing.

D.C. Council Member Muriel Bowser and Sheila Jett from Sun Trust Bank

Singer Al Johnson at performing the VIP Room Grand ReOpening in one of his final public performances

Ribbon cutting for the Grand Re-Opening of the VIP Room

Dr. Hines, Mike Sampson and Will Jackson

Bo Sampson addressing crowd

Gabby White, Will Jackson, Yasmin White, Linda Sims, Mike Sampson and Eric White Mike Sampson dancing with a guest

Gloria Grant, Earline Sampson and Joi Rutherford

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Earline Sampson, Mrs. Hogans, Mother Hogans, and Bobby Hogans

The Sampson Family: Gary, Yolanda, Earline(Mom), Mike and Bo

Mr. Osbourne, Earline Sampson with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lagrone

International motivational speaker, Willey Jolley performing with Sharon Thomas on the saxophone

D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser with Yolanda and Mike

Robyn Faulkner dancing

Entertainment provided by Jonathan Jones on the violin

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Success Stories

Sheila Brooks, Founder and CEO SRB Communications

By Alexis Taylor AFRO Staff Writer Sheila Brooks had spent years in the television news business before she broke away and opened her own company, SRB Productions, in 1990.

Her goal was to produce television programming and provide video production services for government, business and non-profit organizations.

Over the years, the company that started as a home-based business with few resources and fewer staffers grew to include clients such as Sheila Brooks Target and Verizon. Five years ago, she rebranded the company, renaming it SRB Communications and, according to the company’s website, became a “one-stop-shop” for communications solutions.

“Our strategic communications services now include branding, media buying and placement, public relations, media relations and marketing,” the website said.

Brooks began her career working as an unpaid intern at a Seattle news station four months before graduating from the University of Washington, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in communications/broadcast journalism in 1978.

She later moved to the nation’s capital to pursue a political science degree at Howard University.

It didn’t take long for her to hit the big time. She held positions at NBC, CBS, PBS and Fox, ranging from reporter to anchor to producer. But 13 years into her career, she decided she needed a change. She was working at

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a television station in Washington, D.C., in the documentary department and on a morning news program when she begin to notice that others were being promoted over her, including some she had trained.

The year was 1990. In June, Brooks left a television news operation for a room in her home, starting her own communications company. She got other job offers, but focused on running her own company, a dream she’s had since childhood.

“I saw that all the people in my neighborhood seemed to own something even if they were poor or disenfranchised,” said Brooks, who credits her work ethic to her mother, who raised Brooks and her sister by working two jobs. She also rented rooms in their house.

“I saw that she made extra money from that,” Brooks said of her mother.

She said only one relative, an aunt who lived in Stafford, Va., owned her own business, Anne’s Restaurant, which is still in business today. Though she met her later in life, she had always heard about the aunt who was making her own way.

Brooks said that she, like other successful entrepreneurs, need first-class management skills, a team of hard workers, good financial advisors, sound marketing advice and, of course, access to capital.

SRB specializes in “multicultural advertising, public relations, media relations and broadcast production,” according to the company’s website. Her niche is helping companies to brand themselves at a time when a social media presence can mean the difference between success and failure. The tools she uses to push her clients’ products and services include bus ads, radio spots, websites and print media. Brooks said branding is “the vehicle that builds” companies.

“If you really want to be known for who you are, you have to be a brand,” she said. “You want to get the message out there and you have to have customers and stakeholders who trust and recognize the value of your brand.

Then they become followers.”

Along with brand building, Brooks said companies have to think long-term, something she admits she wasn’t doing on Sept. 11, 2001. Heavy into shortterm contract work with many government agencies, after the terrorist attacks she lost 60 percent of her business.

“That was when I got smart and started looking for more long-term contracts,” she said, preparing her for the economic downturn later. In 2007 and 2008, the company lost a significant percentage of its business, she said.

“But this time it was 25 percent,” Brooks said.

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ARTS & CULTURE

The Night Watcher, a Compelling One-Woman Show at Studio Theater

By Edith Billups Special to the AFRO In 2008, actress and writer Charlayne Woodard was searching for a new stage piece to mount and found a story in her own backyard. The Night Watcher, Woodward’s onewoman show now playing at D.C.’s Studio Theatre, is a powerful and well-acted piece.

Woodward sizzles as a best friend, advisor, confidant and sage to the many young people who call her “Auntie.” Engrossing, funny, and often poignant and disturbing, Woodard defines the delicate line that godparents, aunts and others must walk when mentoring children who are biologically not their own.

Raised in a family of storytellers, Woodward is a gifted actress who has woven together ten vignettes that movingly tell the complexities that arise when children are sometimes neglected, or abused, by parents who are so busy or going through their own pain, that they often drop the ball. In the play, the childless Woodard tells how she and her husband, Harris, step in over the years, but the result, many times, turns out to be more painful than rewarding.

For example, Woodard almost loses a lifelong friend when

the woman’s 14-year-old daughter confides to the actress that she is pregnant and does not want Woodard to tell her biological mother. The girl wants an abortion, but Woodard, her godmother, comes up with a plan for the baby to be adopted by a family member. Later, all hell breaks loose when the biological mother reads Woodard the riot act, telling her to get her own kid and to mind her own business.

In another scene, Woodard scoops up her biracial niece for a week in L.A. for what Woodward hopes will be the time of the girl’s life. She soon learns that her small charge is materialistic, selfish, and cringes at the thought of being referred to as “Black.”

In one of the play’s most disturbing moments, Woodard relates the story of another teen who confides over the phone that she is in love with a guy, but we are shocked to learn that it is an uncle. When the wife becomes enraged after listening in secretly on the line, the resulting violence is gut-wrenching.

Equally disturbing is the scene in which Woodward’s nineyear-old nephew confides that he stays awake all night because his absentee father has threatened to burn down Woodard’s parent’s house. He becomes the “night watcher” because he will feel it will be his fault if the threat is carried out. It is a

moment that is gripping and terrifying, and one can literally feel the boy’s fear.

If there is a happier part to this tale, it is that despite the challenges these children face, they persevere, and all receive a voice by having their stories played out on stage. As an artist, Woodard has beautifully portrayed an intimate part of her life and used it as fodder for all parents, and custodians, of children to consider.

A major plus of this production is Woodard’s magnetic ability to capture the innocence and childlike qualities of the children that she embraces. The downside is the lack of positive African American resources that Woodard seems to draw on, other than her own parents, to assist her mostly African American charges. She takes them to theme parks and shopping, and for one child who has difficulty reading, Woodard selects To Kill a Mockingbird as a reading selection.

I love the story, but one never senses that any black authors, or other positive aspects of African American culture, are introduced to Woodard’s kids.

Still, to Woodard’s credit, this is a compelling piece that brings up a topic not often discussed. The Night Watcher plays Wed.-Sun. through Nov. 17.

AFRO Interview with Michael K. Williams

From Omar Little to Chalky White, a Young Actor Reflects

By Ansar Miller-Abdullah Special to the AFRO

As season four of the critically acclaimed HBO series “Boardwalk Empire” rolled into its ninth episode, the AFRO sat down with actor Michael K. Williams and talks life, past present, and future.

AFRO: Can you tell me a little about yourself?

Williams: Well I grew up in Flatbush, Brooklyn. I was raised by my mother.

My mother is the reason I am here. She kept me in line.

I feared and respected my mother more than anyone. But I was far from a tough guy.

I was not known for fighting or being a “gangster” of any sort. In fact the kids around my way used to call [explicit] Mike. That was my nickname all through my youth. I was known for dancing, that was how I made friends.

AFRO: Interesting. You would never guess that by your portrayal of Omar Little.

Williams: Playing that character I was getting all my frustrations out. All the pain I went through I used in order to deliver an accurate depiction of how I thought Omar was, but I am not that character.

AFRO: Who is Chalky White in “Boardwalk Empire” and how did you get the part?

Williams: Chalkie White is the unofficial mayor of the black community in Atlantic City which back in the 1920s was known as Chicken Bone Beach. He is a businessman and a gangster. He wants a slice of the American Pie. AFRO: Did you have trouble with law as a youth?

Williams: It wasn’t too many major things because, again, I told you how much I feared my mother so I wouldn’t do anything to serious to hurt her. But I did start using drugs at that age and drinking. This would be something I battled with up until nine months ago. Actually this is the anniversary of my sobriety.

AFRO: Why did you start using?

Williams: Low selfesteem. I had a huge need to be accepted.

AFRO: How did you get your start in the entertainment industry?

Williams: Well I started off doing music videos for a few artist and background dancing. And as my face started to get out there, I started to get more recognition for playing certain characters in the videos. One thing led to another and I caught the attention of Tupac Shakur. He saw my picture and decided he wanted me to play his brother in this movie he was doing with Mickey Rouke called Bullet. After that I started getting into Broadway theatre to sort hone my skills and it took off from there.

AFRO: So, you got recognition after receiving the scar on your face?

Williams: Yes. AFRO: Can you tell me about how you got the scar or is that a sensitive issue?

Williams: Sure. It

Michael K. Williams happened on my 25th birthday. I was acting immaturely because I was on that “liquid courage” [alcohol], and some words were exchanged between me and a group of gentlemen. I was drunk so I fought and ended up getting jumped.

They cut me with a razor from the top of my head to my neck. I nearly lost my life that night. That was my first wake-up call.

AFRO: You quit your job with the pharmaceutical company Pfizer and left for Hollywood?

Williams: Yes. I was working there when I was 22 and I was working there for like a year. This was around the time that Janet Jackson released her video “Rhythm Nation,” The video spoke to something inside of me. It told a story of this little black boy, who is lost in this dark, dreary factory. Janet Jackson helped the boy through dancing. The little black boy reminded me of me, and it inspired me to go on a quest to find Janet Jackson.

Although I never found her, I did get the opportunity to travel around the world, and meet a lot of good people.

AFRO: How did you get the Omar Little role?

Williams: One day I was watching TV and saw one of my friends dancing. I was working in my mother’s day care center. I told my mom

that I had to give Hollywood one last shot. I left New York and landed in L.A with $10 in my pocket and auditioned to do this music video. I didn’t get the part for the video but someone sent me a fax that said “Male actor wanted for new TV series; 30 years old, black robber, and openly gay.” I went to the audition and got it.

AFRO: What was it like to work on “The Wire”?

Williams: Well the first season was great. I was at an all-time high, getting more money than I ever seen. But I was careless. I blew all my money. See, I am from Brooklyn and when we get money we love to spread it around. I even bought me a crib on Baltimore Hill. I was out in the streets getting into a lot of trouble. I ended up

getting evicted from my crib and having to stay with my baby mother until the next season. You only got paid for the episodes you were in and there wasn’t any Omar in season two, so I was basically broke until season three. But I loved playing Omar.

AFRO: Do characters like Omar only glorify violence in the Black community?

Williams: Everybody is entitled to their own opinion and I respect them but I do my work and I go home. If they only see Omar as a onedimensional character then they don’t understand “The Wire” as a whole. What I will say about Omar is he helped the Black community by breaking this stereotype we have about homosexuals. I’m actually proud about that.

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AFRO Sports Desk Faceoff

Was the Wizards’ Trade for Marcin Gortat a Good Move?

With starting center Emeka Okafor sidelined by a neck injury and facing a sub-par performance so far in the preseason, the Washington Wizards attempted to solidify their center position in an Oct. 25 trade with the Phoenix Suns for center Marcin Gortat.

The move dealt Okafor and Washington’s 2014 firstround draft pick—protected if Washington misses the postseason—to Phoenix in exchange for Gortat and guards Shannon Brown, Kendall Marshall and Malcolm Lee. Washington replaced an aging defensive center with an equally aged but more offensively skilled substitute in Gortat.

Though Gortat’s scoring ability is a plus, Washington surrendered a valuable trade asset in Okafor’s expiring $14.5 million salary, as well as a potential pick in what’s projected to be a deep and talent-filled 2014 NBA draft.

Was the move a good one?

Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley of the AFRO Sports Desk debate the question.

Riley: When you have $14.5 million in-cap-space and you can’t pull in a major piece to your puzzle, then it’s a failed move. The worst case scenario is Washington barely makes the playoffs, forcing them to surrender a pick in a valuable draft, and loses Gortat when his deal expires at the end of this season. It’s too much of a gamble and too much of

a waste of such cap room.

Washington could have easily packaged Okafor’s expiring contract and Trevor Ariza’s expiring deal and gained $21 million in breathing room.

But now that option is gone and Washington is left with just Ariza’s contract—which might only give general

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Marcin Gortat manager Ernie Grunfield the chance to get outwitted again.

Green: The move is solid.

As we saw in the preseason, Washington was nowhere close to being the playoff team some expect them to be.

No Okafor meant no enforcer in the middle, and forced the talented but oft-injured Nene to slide over from his power forward spot and play out of position at center. Gortat can score, is a serviceable player, and is rarely injured or heard complaining. This was a good move, and the ideal scenario for this team is to find a big man in free agency next summer. The perimeter spots on the roster are already secured by John Wall, Bradley Beal and rookie Otto Porter alongside highly paid backup in Martell Webster. The need next summer is not for a rookie big in the draft, but an experienced frontcourt star. Now the Wizards have the option of going for a

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big fish or resigning Gortat to a smaller deal and using the other cap space to land another piece. A perfect scenario, if you ask me.

Riley: The problem with that strategy is that NBA free agents don’t necessarily flock to Washington, D.C. Neither the team nor the city has exactly been a big draw for top-flight free agents. By using that cap space to land a player with a matching salary, Washington could have secured another talent without the competition in free agency of potentially better options and bigger markets. Does anybody see Washington winning a war of free agency against any of the more established teams in the league? I know I can’t. There’s no question that going into the season without an established center would have been a major issue for the roster, and a move needed to be made. I just don’t agree with the Gortat trade when there had to have been a better way to handle as much as $21 million of expiring, tradable contracts.

Green: Why can’t you see Washington winning a war of free agency? This is D.C., one of the most attractive cities in the world. With John Wall here, attracting a co-star to run the franchise shouldn’t be too difficult. I think you’ve totally misinterpreted the trade for Gortat. It’s essentially a lowrisk, medium-reward move.

Not only is Gortat’s deal expiring after this season, but so are the deals of the three guards they also acquired in the trade. They’ll still have plenty of cap space following this season. As for the draft pick they gave up, this Wizards team probably won’t make the playoffs anyway and won’t have to give up the pick.

The trade makes Washington a better team, if not exactly a winning team. Either way, they’ll be looking to land a star through free agency or another trade in 2014.

Sam Lacy – ‘He Made a Difference’ Part II

This week I’ll present another chapter in the young life of Sam Lacy, my pop.

Sam grew up in the U Street corridor of Washington, D.C., the mecca for colored people of the day. One of his buddies was Otto Hardwick, who later became a saxophonist for the Duke Ellington Band.

On occasion, Sam would tag along to some of the gigs where Otto and his group of neighborhood band mates played. On one such occasion, the drummer went missing.

At the encouragement of Otto, Sam sat in as guest drummer— anything for a buck.

Having never held a pair of drumsticks in his life, this endeavor lasted until the first break when the band decided they would be better off with no drummer at all.

Another career opportunity down the tubes.

Being a good high school athlete, however, Sam Joe Louis, Sam Lacy decided to and Jackie Robinson take on a job he knew best.

He joined the LeDroit Tigers, a local semi pro team, as a pitcher. His notoriety on the mound led White teams to recruit him, though they billed him as an Algonquin Indian.

He had a drop pitch that would fall off a table, and he could break a curve ball three feet. Unfortunately, his fastball couldn’t break carbon paper.

This weakness was exposed in a game in Newport, R.I. during which a wind was blowing towards the mound. His junk pitches just hung over the plate, inviting hitters to tee off. After he was touched up for 11 runs in the first inning, he was given directions to the bus station.

Being a non-drinker and non-smoker,

Sam decided he was a little tender for life on the road, so he turned his attention in another direction.

His older brother, Erskine, would pick up some extra cash as a caddy at Argyle Country Club. With Sam showing some interest, Erskine pulled a few strings and got him a spot at the Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase, Md. In 1921, the U.S. Open was held at Columbia. As a rookie caddy, Sam wasn’t among those assigned to the better golfers.

Instead, he was given the bag of “Long” Jim Barnes, a golfer from England.

“Long” Jim won the Open, and paid Sam $200.

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By Perry Green AFRO Sports Editor Freshman running back Anthony Philyaw rushed for three touchdowns as the Howard University Bison celebrated homecoming with a 28-14 win over the Morgan State Bears on Oct. 26 at Greene Stadium in Washington, D.C. Howard scored the first points of the game when Philyaw ran for a one-yard touchdown, followed by a successful twopoint conversion to give the Bison a 8-0 lead in the first quarter.

Morgan State returned a punt for an 89-yard touchdown in the second quarter to cut that lead to 8-7. But Howard scored its own special teams touchdown on a fake punt play which led to a 52-yard touchdown run to push the lead to 15-7 at halftime.

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Superior Court of the District of Columbia Civil Division Case No. 13-0007051 IN RE: Tristian Melvin Cole Applicant ORDER OF PUBLICATION CHANGE OF NAME

Tristian Melvin Cole having filed an application for judgment changing the name from Tristian Melvin Cole to Olivia Nicole Carwright-Cole and having applied to the court for an Order of Publication of the notice required by law in such cases; it is by the Court this 18th day of October 2013, hereby ORDERED, that a copy of this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecuWant a larger foottive weeks, in The Afroa newspaper of print in the marketplace American general circulation of the Disconsider advertising trict of Columbia; and it is further in the MDDC Display ORDERED, that the publica2x2 or 2x4 Advertising tion must began no later than 12 days after the filing of the Network. Reach 3.6 application; and is further million readers every ORDERED, that the FINAL week by placing your HEARING on this application to change name will be held ad in 82 newspapers in in Judge-in-Chambers, Maryland, Delaware and Room 4220 in the District of the District of Columbia. Columbia at 500 Indiana Avenue NW Washington DC With just one phone 20001, on the 29th day of November, 2013 at 2:30 pm. call, your business and/ If any person desires to opor product will be seen pose this application, that by 3.6 million readers person or his or her attorney must be present at the hearHURRY....space is liming or file written detailed ited, CALL TODAY!! objections five (5) days in advance of the hearing with Call 1-855-721-6332 Judge-in-Chambers and mail x 6 or email wsmith@ a copy of the applicant or applicant’s counsel; and it is furmddcpress.com or visit ther our website at www.

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2012ADM555 Olivia Wright Decedent Alan Solomon 7910 Woodmont Ave Suite 1430 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Alan Solomon, whose address is 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1430 Bethesda, MD 20814, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Olivia Wright, who died on September 8th, 2010 withouta 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 April 25th, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 25th, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Foreign No. 2013FEP114 Date of Death March 30th, 1993 Zula McGraw Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL R E P R E S E N TAT I V E AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Jessye P. Miller whose address is 13506 Messenger Place, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 was appointed personal representative of the estate o f Z u l a M c G r a w, deceased,by the register of Wills Court for Monroe County, State of Pennsylvania,on September 25th, 2013 Service of process may be made upon Bradley A. Thomas, Esq. 1629 K Street, N.W. Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006-1631 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real property: a one-third undivided interest in the real property located at 1210 Shepherd Street, N.W., identified for tax purposes as Lot 0032 in Square 2907.

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TRUE TEST COPY TYPESET: OF TueWILLS Oct 22 15:36:31 EDT 2013 REGISTER 10/25/, 11/1, 11/8/13 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM1010 Edward G. Robinson Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jose Harris, whose address is 1518 Van Buren St. NW Washington, DC 15:26:31 2013 20011, EDT was appointed personal representative of the estate of Edward G. Robinson, who died on December 23rd, 2010 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 (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 .

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM968 Elizabeth B. Scott Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Joan E. Wilson, whose address is 6603 Insey Street, Forestville, MD 20747, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Elizabeth B. Scott, who died on June 22, 2008 with a will and will serve without supervision. All unTRUE TEST COPY TYPESET: Mon Oct 28 Court 17:35:05 EDT 2013 known heirs and heirs REGISTER OF WILLS 10/25, 11/1, 11/8/13 whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their Superior Court of appearance in this the District of proceeding. Objections Columbia to such appointment (or Civil Division to the probate of deCase No. 2013FSP655 cedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of IN RE: Wills, D.C., 515 5th Shaneice Marie Battle Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Applicant Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before April ORDER OF 25th, 2014. Claims PUBLICATION against the decedent CHANGE OF NAME shall be presented to the Cathy Marie Childs hav- undersigned with a copy ing filed a complaint for to the Register of Wills or j u d g m e n t c h a n g i n g filed with the Register of Shaneice Marie Battle’s Wills with a copy to the name to Shaneice Marie undersigned, on or beChilds and having ap- fore April 25th, 2014, or plied to the court for an be forever barred. PerOrder of Publication of sons believed to be heirs the notice required by or legatees of the delaw in such cases; it is by cedent who do not rethe Court this 21st day of ceive a copy of this notice November 2013. by mail within 25 days of ORDERED, all per- its first publication shall 15:25:31 EDT that 2013 sons concerned show so inform the Register of cause, if any there be, on Wills, including name, or before the 18th day of address and relationNovember 2013, why the ship. prayers of said complaint Date of Publication: should not be granted; October 25th, 2013 provided that a copy of Name of newspaper: this order be published Afro-American once a week for three Washington consecutive weeks be- Law Reporter fore said day in the AfroJoan E. Wilson American.

Personal Representative JUDGE A TRUE COPY TEST: TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 11/01, 11/08 & 11/15/13 10/25, 11/1, 11/8/13

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM1007 Cecil R. Hall Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Ann P. Hall whose address is 2601 22nd St. NE Washington, DC 20018, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Cecil R. Hall, who died on December 27th, 2010 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 (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 April 25th, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 25th, 2014, 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: October 25th, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Ann P. Hall Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 10/25, 11/1, 11/8/2013

Superior Court of the District of Columbia Civil Division Case No. 2013CA7053 IN RE: Michelle Devon Tensley Applicant ORDER OF PUBLICATION CHANGE OF NAME

Michelle Devon Tensley having filed an applicatiion for judgment changing the name from Michelle Devon Tensley to Devon Michael Tensley and having applied to the court for an Order of Publication of the notice required by law in such cases; it is by the Court this 18th day of October 2013, hereby ORDERED, that a copy of this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, in The AfroAmerican, a newspaper of general circulation of the District of Columbia; and it is further ORDERED, that the publication must began no later than 12 days after the filing of the application; and is further ORDERED, that the FINAL HEARING on this application to change name will be held in Judge-in-Chambers, Room 4220 in the District of Columbia at 500 Indiana Avenue NW Washington DC 20001, on the 29th day of November, 2013 at 3:00 pm.

If any person desires to oppose this application, that person or his or her attorney must be present at the hearing or file written detailed objections five (5) days in advance of the hearing with Judge-in-Chambers and mail a copy of the applicant or applicant’s counsel; and it is further ORDERED, that the applicant must send the application for change of name of an adult and notice of final hearing to the applicant’s creditors personally or by registered or certified mail and show proof of service by filing the affidavit/ declaratioin of service.

SO ORDERED JUDGE 10/25, 11/1, 11/8/13

Superior Court of the District of Columbia Civil Division Case No. 2013CA7054 IN RE: Oscar Rene Larios Fuentes Applicant ORDER OF PUBLICATION CHANGE OF NAME

Oscar Rene Larios Fuentes having filed an application for judgment changing the name from Oscar Rene Larios Fuentes to Rosy Renee Larios Fuentes and having applied to the court for an Order of Publication of the notice required by law in such cases; it is by the Court this 18th day of October 2012, hereby ORDERED, that a copy of this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, in The AfroAmerican, a newspaper of general circulation of the District of Columbia; and it is further ORDERED, that the publication must began no later than 12days after the filing of the application; and is further ORDERED, that the FINAL HEARING on this application to change name will be held in Judge-in-Chambers, Room 4220 in the District of Columbia at 500 Indiana Avenue NW Washington DC 20001, on the 29th day of November, 2013 at 2:45 pm.

If any person desires to oppose this application, that person or his or her attorney must be present at the hearing or file written detailed objections five (5) days in advance of the hearing with Judge-in-Chambers and mail a copy of the applicant or applicant’s counsel; and it is further ORDERED, that: the applicant must send the application for change of name of an adult and notice of final hearing to the applicant’s creditors personally or by registered or certified mail and show proof of service by filing the affidavit/ declaraton of service.

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Date of Publication: October 18th, 2013 Name of newspaper: LEGAL NOTICES Afro-American Washington Law Reporter James M. Mogan Personal Representative

20001, on or before April 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd 25th, 2014. Claims Floor Washington, D.C. against the decedent 20001, on or before April shall be presented to the 25th, 2014. Claims undersigned with a copy against the decedent to the Register of Wills or shall be presented to the filed with the Register of undersigned with a copy Wills with a copy to the to the Register of Wills or undersigned, on or befiled with the Register of TYPESET: Tue Oct 22 15:33:49 EDT 2013 TYPESET: Tue Oct 22 15:34:50 2013 AprilEDT 25th, 2014, or LEGAL LEGAL NOTICES Wills with aNOTICES copy to the LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES fore be forever barred. Perundersigned, on or besons believed to be heirs fore April 25th, 2014, or Superior Court of or legatees of the debe forever barred. PerSuperior Court of the District of cedent who do not resons believed to be heirs the District of District of Columbia ceive a copy of this notice or legatees of the deDistrict of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION by mail within 25 days of cedent who do not rePROBATE DIVISION W a s h i n g t o n , D .

C . ceive a copy of this notice W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . its first publication shall TRUE TEST COPY 20001-2131 so inform the Register of by mail within 25 days of 20001-2131 Administration No. REGISTER OF WILLS Wills, including name, its first publication shall TYPESET: Tue Oct 22 19:22:20 EDT 2013 Administration No. 2013ADM553 10/18, 10/25, 11/1/13 so inform the Register of address and relation2010ADM236 Hattie Coffee ship.

Wills, including name, Barbara A. Dade Decedent Date of Publication: address and relationSuperior Court of Decedent Wesley L. Clarke October 25th, 2013 ship. the District of NOTICE OF 1629 K Street, Ste 300 Name of newspaper: Date of Publication: District of Columbia APPOINTMENT, Washington, DC 20006 Afro-American October 25th, 2013 PROBATE DIVISION Attorney NOTICE TO Washington W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . Name of newspaper: NOTICE OF CREDITORS Law Reporter Afro-American 20001-2131 APPOINTMENT, AND NOTICE TO Ann P Hall Washington Administration No. NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Personal Law Reporter 2013ADM682 CREDITORS Nathan A. Neal, Esquire, Representative Willian Cullen Lewis, Sr. Mildred J. Willis AND NOTICE TO whose address is 3108 Esther Y. Lewis AKA UNKNOWN HEIRS C h e r r y R o a d N E , TRUE TEST COPY Personal Mildred Willis Gloria Miller, whose adWashington, DC 20018 REGISTER OF Representative MonWILLS Oct 28 Decedent d r e s s i s 2 2 2 0 1 6 t h was appointed personal TYPESET: 10/25, 11/1, 11/8/13 Melinda M. Street, N.W. WashingTRUE TEST COPY representative of the Bolling, Esq ton, DC was REGISTER WILLS TYPESET: OF Mon Oct 28 17:48:31 EDTappointed 2013 estate of Barbara A. 2108 31st Street, SE Superior Court of personal representative 10/25, 11/1, 11/8/13 Washington, DC 20020 the District of of the estate of Hattie D a d e , w h o d i e d o n Attorney District of Columbia Coffee, who died on January 2nd, 2010 with a Superior Court of will and will serve without NOTICE OF PROBATE DIVISION October 22nd, 2011 withthe District of APPOINTMENT, Washington, D.C. out a will and will serve Court supervision. All unColumbia NOTICE TO known heirs and heirs 20001-2131 with Court supervision.

Civil Division CREDITORS whose whereabouts are Administration No. All unknown heirs and Case No. 13-0006727 AND NOTICE TO 2013ADM1075 h e i r s w h o s e unknown shall enter their IN RE: UNKNOWN HEIRS Matthew G. Degnen whereabouts are un- a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s Mona’ Michelle Carole A. Johnson, known shall enter their proceeding. Objections Decedent Nelson whose address is 5100 appearance in this to such appointment (or Carlos M. Recio, Esq Applicant Pierce Avenue, College proceeding. Objections to the probate of de- 1016 7Th Street, SE ORDER OF Park, MD 20740, was apto such appointment cedent´s will) shall be Washington, DC 20003 15:54:43 EDT 2013 PUBLICATION pointed personal represhall be filed with the filed with the Register of Attorney CHANGE OF NAME sentative of the estate of NOTICE OF Register of Wills, D.C., Wills, D.C., 515 5th Mona’ Michelle Nelson havMildred J. Willis AKA MilAPPOINTMENT, Street, N.W., 3rd Floor ing filed an application for 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd dred Willis, who died on NOTICE TO judgment changing the name Floor Washington, D.C. Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

March 21, 2013 with a CREDITORS from Mona’ Michelle Nelson 20001, on or before April 20001, on or before April will and will serve without AND NOTICE TO to Ireyonna Mona’ Michelle 2 5 t h , 2 0 1 4 . C l a i m s 25th, 2014. Claims Court supervision. All unNelson and having applied to against the decedent UNKNOWN HEIRS against the decedent Christopher John Degthe court for an Order of Pub- shall be presented to the known heirs and heirs lication of the notice required shall be presented to the whose whereabouts are nen, whose address is 4 by law in such cases; it is by undersigned with a copy undersigned with a copy Taft Drive, Winchester, unknown shall enter their the Court this 4th day of to the Register of Wills or to the Register of Wills or appearance in this MA 01890, was apfiled with the Register of October 2013, hereby filed with the Register of pointed personal repreproceeding. Objections ORDERED, that a copy of Wills with a copy to the Wills with a copy to the sentative of the estate of to such appointment (or this Order be published once undersigned, on or bea week for three (3) consecu- fore April 25th, 2014, or to the probate of deundersigned, on or be- Matthew G. Degnen, tive weeks, to be completed cedent´s will) shall be be forever barred. Per- fore April 25, 2014, or be who died on March 23, within 30 days of filing of the filed with the Register of forever barred. Persons 2013 without a will, and application in Afro-American sons believed to be heirs Wills, D.C., 515 5th believed to be heirs or will serve without Court , a newspaper of general cir- or legatees of the deStreet, N.W., 3rd Floor legatees of the decedent supervision. All unknown culation of the District of cedent who do not reWa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

Columbia; and it is further ceive a copy of this notice who do not receive a heirs and heirs whose ORDERED, that the publica- by mail within 25 days of 20001, on or before April copy of this notice by mail whereabouts are untion must began no later than its first publication shall 18th, 2014 Claims within 25 days of its first known shall enter their two weeks after the filing of against the decedent so inform the Register of publication shall so in- a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s the application; and is further shall be presented to the proceeding. Objections Wills, including name, ORDERED, that the FINAL form the Register of undersigned with a copy to such appointment HEARING on this application address and relationWills, including name, to the Register of Wills or shall be filed with the to change name will be held ship. address and relationfiled with the Register of i n J u d g e - i n - C h a m b e r s , Date of Publication: Register of Wills, D.C., ship.

Room 4220 in the District of October 25th, 2013 Wills with a copy to the 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Date of Publication: Columbia at 500 Indiana undersigned, on or beFloor Washington, D.C. Avenue NW Washington DC Name of newspaper: October 25th, 2013 fore April 18th, 2014, or 20001, on or before May Afro-American 20001, on the 22nd day of Name of newspaper: be forever barred. Per1, 2014. Claims against November, 2013 at 3:30 pm. Washington Afro-American sons believed to be heirs the decedent shall be If any person desires to op- Law Reporter Washington or legatees of the depose this application, that presented to the underGloria Miller person or his or her attorney Law Reporter cedent who do not resigned with a copy to the Personal must be present at the hearNathan A. Neal, Esquire ceive a copy of this notice Register of Wills or filed Representative ing or file written detailed by mail within 25 days of Personal with the Register of Wills objections five (5) days in adits first publication shall Representative with a copy to the undervance of the hearing with TRUE TEST COPY so inform the Register of signed, on or before May Judge-in-Chambers and mail REGISTER OF WILLS Wills, including name, 1, 2014, or be forever a copy of the applicant or apTRUE TEST 10/25/, 11/1, TYPESET: Tue 11/8/13 Oct 22 15:41:40 EDTCOPY 2013 plicant’s counsel; and it is furaddress and relationbarred. Persons believed REGISTER TYPESET: OF TueWILLS Oct 22 15:46:17 EDT 2013 ther ship.

10/25, 11/1, 11/8/13 to be heirs or legatees of SO ORDERED Date of Publication: the decedent who do not that notice be sent to the apSUPERIOR COURT OF October 18th, 2013 receive a copy of this noplicant’s creditors personally THE DISTRICT OF Superior Court of Name of newspaper: tice by mail within 25 or by registered or by cerCOLUMBIA the District of Afro-American days of its first publicatified mail and that proof of PROBATE DIVISION Columbia service be made by filing the Washington tion shall so inform the Civil Division affidavit/declaration of ser- W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .

Law Reporter Register of Wills, includ20001-2131 vice in name change cases.

Case No. 13-0006872 Carole A. Johnson ing name, address and SO ORDERED Foreign No. IN RE: Personal relationship.

JUDGE 2013FEP111 Timi Rotimi TYPESET: Tue Oct 22 15:27:46 EDT 2013 Representative Date of Publication: 10/18, 10/25, 11/1/13 Date of Death Omokehinde November 1, 2013 September 2, 20123 Applicant TRUE TEST Tue COPY TYPESET: Oct 22 18:50:32 EDT 2013 Name of newspaper: Sharon L. Winslow ORDER OF REGISTER OF WILLS Afro-American Superior Court of Decedent PUBLICATION 10/18, 10/25, 11/1/13 Washington Law the District of NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME Reporter District of Columbia Superior Court of Timi Rotimi Omokehinde APPOINTMENT Christopher John PROBATE DIVISION the District of having filed an application for OF FOREIGN Degnen W a s h i n g t o n , D .

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Columbia judgment changing the name PERSONAL Personal 20001-2131 from Timi Rotimi Civil Division R E P R E S E N TAT I V E Omokehinde name to Timi Representative Administration No. Case No.13-0006630 AND Ahmad Akins and having ap2013ADM1006 IN RE: NOTICE TO plied to the court for an Order TRUE TEST COPY Merdock Antonio Omaro of Publication of the notice CREDITORS REGISTER OF WILLS Aloysius Schofield Mosley required by law in such Lori R. Roane and Casey Decedent Applicant cases; it is by the Court this TYPESET: Mon Oct 28 C. Gordon whose adJamison B. Taylor ORDER OF 9th day of October 2013, 11/01, 11/08 & 11/15/13 dress is 402 Lonsdale 1218 11th Street NW hereby PUBLICATION Court, Upper Marlboro, ORDERED, that a copy of Washington, DC 20001 CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF MD 20774 was apthis Order be published once Antonio Omaro Mosley havAttorney THE DISTRICT OF pointed personal reprea week for three (3) consecuing filed an application for NOTICE OF COLUMBIA tive weeks, in The Afrosentatives of the estate judgment changing the name APPOINTMENT, PROBATE DIVISION American Newspaper, a from Antonio Omaro Mosley of Sharon L. Winslow, NOTICE TO newspaper of general cir- W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . to Takea Yandi Mosley and deceased, by the RegisCREDITORS culation of the District of 20001-2131 having applied to the court for ter of Wills Court for Columbia; and it is further AND NOTICE TO an Order of Publication of the Foreign No. Prince George’s County, ORDERED, that the publicanotice required by law in such UNKNOWN HEIRS 2013FEP000115 tion must began no later than cases; it is by the Court this Elise Schofield, whose State of Maryland, on Date of Death 12 days after the filing of the 30th day of September 2013, addres is 11008 Lake Ar- September 16, 2013.

July 31, 2009 application; and is further hereby Service of process may bor Way, Bowie , MD ORDERED, that the FINAL Bernadette G. Womble ORDERED, that a copy of 20721 was appointed be made upon Terri A. HEARING on this application Decedent this Order be published once to change name will be held personal representative Carter 5303 2nd Street, a week for three (3) consecuNOTICE OF in Judge-in-Chambers, 18:48:49 EDT tive weeks to 2013 completed of the estate of Merdock NW Washington, DC APPOINTMENT Room 4220 in the District of within 30 days of filing of the Aloysius Schofield, who 20011 whose designaOF FOREIGN Columbia at 500 Indiana application in Afro-American died on January 17th, tion as District of ColumPERSONAL Avenue NW Washington DC Newspaper, a newspaper of bia agent has been filed 2013 without a will and REPRESENTATIVE 20001, on the 27th day of general circulation of the Diswill serve without Court with the Register of Wills, November, 13th 2013 at 3:00 AND trict of Columbia; and it is fursupervision. All unknown D.C. pm.If any person desires to ther NOTICE TO The decedent owned the oppose this application, that heirs and heirs whose ORDERED, that the publicaCREDITORS person or his or her attorney tion must began no later than whereabouts are un- f o l l o w i n g D i s t r i c t o f must be present at the hear- S t e p h e n H u d g e n s two weeks after the filing of known shall enter their Columbia real property: ing or file written detailed whose address is 146 the application; and is further One-Quarter interest appearance in this objections five (5) days in ad- Q u i n c y P l a c e , N E , ORDERED, that the FINAL proceeding. Objections 5027 13th Place, NE vance of the hearing with Washington, DC 20002 HEARING on this application Claims against the deto such appointment Judge-in-Chambers and mail was appointed personal to change name will be held cedent may be prea copy of the applicant or ap- representative of the shall be filed with the in Judge-in-Chambers, plicant’s counsel; and it is furRoom 4220 in the District of Register of Wills, D.C., sented to the underestate of Bernadette G. signed and filed with the ther Columbia at 500 Indiana 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Womble, deceased, by ORDERED, that Avenue NW Washington DC Register of Wills for the Floor Washington, D.C. the applicant must send the the State of Michigan 20001, on the 18th day of 20001, on or before April District of Columbia, application for change of Probate Court for Wayne November, 2013 at 2:30 pm.

Building A, 515 5th 25th, 2014. Claims name of an adutl and notice C o u n t y, S t a t e o f If any person desires to opStreet, N.W. 3rd Floor, of final hearing to the apagainst the decedent pose this application, that Michigan. plicant’s creditors personally person or his or her attorney shall be presented to the Washington, D.C. 20001 Service of process may or by registered or certified must be present at the hearundersigned with a copy within 6 months from the mail and show proof of ser- be made upon Stephen date of first publication of ing or file written detailed to the Register of Wills or vice by filing the affidavit/ Hudgens, 146 Quincy objections five (5) days in adfiled with the Register of this notice.

Place, NE, Washington, declaration of service vance of the hearing with Lori R. Roane Wills with a copy to the SO ORDERED Judge-in-Chambers and mail DC 20002, whose desCasey C. Gordon JUDGE undersigned, on or bea copy of the applicant or apMon Oct 28 17:44:04 2013 of ignation EDT as District Personal TYPESET: 10/25, 11/1, 11/8/13 Columbia agent has plicant’s counsel; and it is furfore April 25th, 2014, or Representatives ther be forever barred. Perbeen filed with the RegisTRUE TEST COPY SO ORDERED sons believed to be heirs ter of Wills, D.C. Superior Court of JUDGE REGISTER OF WILLS or legatees the deTYPESET: Tue Oct 22 15:29:48 EDTof2013 The decedent owned the 10/18, 10/25, 11/1/13 the District of Date of first publication: cedent who do not refollowing District of District of Columbia ceive a copy of this notice October 25th, 2013 Colombia real property: PROBATE DIVISION Name of newspapers by mail within 25 days of Superior Court of Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 21-54th Street, SE, and/or periodical: its first publication shall Washington, DC 20019 the District of 20001-2131 so inform the Register of The Daily & 1669 Montello Avenue, District of Columbia Administration No. Washington Wills, including name, Washington, DC 20002 PROBATE DIVISION 2013ADM1007 Law Reporter Claims against the deCecil R. EDT Hall 2013 W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . address and relation- The Afro-American TYPESET: Tue Oct 22 15:48:37 ship. cedent may be pre20001-2131 10/25/, 11/1, 11/8/13 Decedent Date of Publication: sented to the underNOTICE OF Administration No. October 25th, 2013 signed and filed with the APPOINTMENT, 2013ADM999 Name of newspaper: Register of Wills for the NOTICE TO Amos Winston Superior Court of Afro-American District of Columbia, 500 CREDITORS Lewis Jr. the District of Washington Indiana Avenue, N.W., AND NOTICE TO Decedent Columbia Law Reporter Washington, D.C. 20001 UNKNOWN HEIRS NOTICE OF Civil Division Elise Schofield Ann P Hall, whose ad- within 6 months from the APPOINTMENT, Personal Case No. 2013FSP dress is 2601 22nd St. date of first publication of NOTICE TO Representative IN RE: this notice.

NE Washington, DC CREDITORS Audrey Rene Thicklen 20018, was appointed AND NOTICE TO TRUE TEST COPY Stephen Hudgens personal representative UNKNOWN HEIRS Applicant Personal of the estate of Cecil R. William Cullen Lewis, Sr. REGISTER OF WILLS ORDER OF 10/25, 11/1, 11/8/13 Representative(s) Hall, who died on and Ester Y. Lewis, PUBLICATION TRUE TEST COPY December 27th, 2010 whose addresses are CHANGE OF NAME REGISTER OF WILLS without a will and will 1632 Crittenden St. NE, Audrey Rene Thicklen serve without Court su- Date of first publication: Washington, DC 20017; having filed an complaint for pervision. All unknown November 1, 2013 2316 Countryside Dr. Siljudgment changing Iman Al- heirs and heirs whose Name of newspapers ver Spring MD 20905 yse Thicklen name to Iman whereabouts are un- and/or periodical: were appointed personal Muslin Gaye and having ap- known shall enter their The Daily Washington representatives of the plied to the court for an Order a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s Law Reporter estate of Amos Winston of Publication of the notice proceeding. Objections The Afro-American Lewis Jr. , who died on required by law in such to such appointment December 8th, 1992 cases; it is by the Court this shall be filed with the 11/01, 11/08 & 11/15/13 without a will. All un18th day of October 2013, Register of Wills, D.C., known heirs and heirs hereby 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd whose whereabouts are ORDERED, that all persons Floor Washington, D.C. unknown shall enter their concerned show cause, if 20001, on or before April appearance in this any there be, on or before the 2 5 t h , 2 0 1 4 . C l a i m s proceeding. Objections 25th day of November, 2013, against the decedent to such appointment why the prayers of said com- shall be presented to the shall be filed with the plaint should not be granted; undersigned with a copy Register of Wills, D.C., provided that a copy of this to the Register of Wills or 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Order be publishd once a filed with the Register of Floor Washington, D.C. week for three(3) consecuWills with a copy to the 20001, on or before April tive weeks before said day in undersigned, on or be25th, 2014. Claims the AFRO newspaper. fore April 25th, 2014, or against the decedent SO ORDERED be forever barred. Pershall be presented to the JUDGE sons believed to be heirs undersigned with a copy 10/25, 11/1, 11/8/13 or legatees of the deto the Register of Wills or cedent who do not refiled with the Register of ceive a copy of this notice Wills with a copy to the by mail within 25 days of undersigned, on or beits first publication shall fore April 25th, 2014, or

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM1014 Allen C. Bennafield Decedent Melinda M. Bolling, Esq. 2108 31st Street, SE Washington, DC 20020 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Susie T. Bennafield, whose address is 3419 24th Street, NE Washington, DC 20018, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Allen C. Bennafield, who died on March 18th, 2013 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 April 18th, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 18th, 2014, 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: October 18th, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Susie T. Bennafield Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER TYPESET: OF TueWILLS Oct 22 10/18, 10/25, 11/1/13 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2011ADM32 James Lee Banks Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Nathan A. Neal, Attorney at Law, whose address is 3108 Chery Road, NE, Washington, DC 20018 was appointed personal representative of the estate of James Lee Banks, who died on September 27th, 1993 without a will and will serve with 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 April 18th, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 18th, 2014, 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: October 18th, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Nathan A. Neal, Attorney at Law Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2012ADM220 Grover Lee Ware Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Roy Lowery, Jr., whose address is 4169 Alabama Ave SE, Washington 20019, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Grover Lee Ware, who died on April 27th, 2001 with a will, and will serve with 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 April

TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER TYPESET: OF TueWILLS Oct 22 10/18, 10/25/ 11/2/13 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 20123ADM1025 Marian L. Hinson Decedent Alan D. Titus, Esq 2846 Meadow Lane Falls Church, VA 22042 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Kenneth Kelly, whose address is 51 Jurocko Avenue, Somerset, New Jersey 08873, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Miarian L. Hinson, who died on June 2, 2013 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 de15:55:37 cedent´sEDT will) 2013 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 April 18th, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 18th, 2014, 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: October 18th, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Kenneth Kelly Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM1032 Annie O. Morgan AKA Annie Olivia Morgan Decedent Theodora H. Brown, Esq 3127 Cherry Road, NE Washington, DC 20018-1611 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS James M. Morgan, whose address is 403 Bogota Dr. Ft. Washington MD 20744, was appointed personal representativeof the estate of Annie O. Morgan AKA Annie Olivia Morgan, who died on September 6, 2013 with a will and will serve with without Court supervision. unknown 16:19:28 EDTAll2013 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 April 18th, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 18th, 2014, 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: October 18th, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter James M. Mogan Personal Representative

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Ware, who died on April 27th, 2001 with a will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections 15:53:26 EDT 2013 (or to such appointment LEGAL NOTICES 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 April 18th, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 18th, 2014 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: October 18th, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Roy Lowery, Jr. Personal Representative

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TYPESET: Mon Oct 28 17:36:03 2013 Mon Oct 28 17:37:07 LEGAL NOTICES TYPESET: LEGALEDT NOTICES Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM1077 Ethelbert William Haskins Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Patricia Ann Haskins, whose address is 8605 11th Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20903-3203, 17:35:23 EDT 2013 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Ethelbert William Haskins, who died on September 2, 2013 withwithout 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 May 1, 2014. 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 May 1, 2014, 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: November 1, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Patricia Ann Haskins 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. 2013ADM1070 Andrea Kusko Decedent John C. Hendricks 7101 Wisconsin Ave. Suite 1011 Bethesda, MD 20814 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO 17:35:42 EDT HEIRS 2013 UNKNOWN Frederick Humphreys, whose address is 3601 Connecticut Ave., NW, Apt. 413, Washington, DC 20008, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Andrea Kusko, who died on August 31, 2013 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 May 1, 2014. 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 May 1, 2014, 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: November 1, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Frederick Humphreys Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM1089 Ethel B. Miller Decedent Michelle Lanchester, Esq. 601 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 900 South Building Washington, DC 20004 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Michael T. Miller, Sr, whose address is 3901 53rd Street, #201, Bladensburg, MD 20710, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Ethel B. Miller, who died on August 24, 2013 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 May 1, 2014. 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 May 1, 2014, 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: November 1, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Michael T. Miller, Sr. 17:36:27 EDT Personal 2013 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. 2013ADM1088 Thelma P. White AKA Thelma Perry White Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Judith W. Riggins and Marilynn W. Syphax, whose addresses are 13230 Osterport Drive, Silver Spring, MD, 20906 and 1356 Iris Street, NW, Washington, DC 20012, were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Thelma P. White AKA Thelma Perry White, who died on September 24, 2013 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 May 1, 2014. 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 May 1, 2014, 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: November 1, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Judith W. Riggins Marilynn W. Syphax Personal Representatives TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

TYPESET: Oct 28 17:38:14 EDT 2013 11/01, 11/08 Mon & 11/15/13 11/01, 11/08 & 11/15/13 Notice of Request of Disinterment and Affirmation Myrtle C. Johnson (mother), of Washington, DC is requesting Authorization of Disinterment and Affirmation from the State´s Attorney to remove the remains of Reggie L. Squire (son) from Cedar Hill Cemetery - Dogwood 28-B-3 to Cedar Hill Cemetery - Site Lot 6-24-8, due to the purchase of a family plot.

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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: November 1, 2013 Name of newspaper: LEGAL NOTICES Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Judith W. Riggins Marilynn W. Syphax Personal Representatives TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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Superior Court of the District of Columbia Civil Division Case No. 2013FSP664 IN RE: Mariah Lynn Davis Applicant

TYPESET: Mon Oct 28 17:37:47 EDT 2013 11/01, 11/08 & 11/15/13

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM555 Margaret Smith Ware Decedent Wesley L. Clarke 1629 K. Street, Ste 300 Washington, D.C. 20006 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS George Ware, whose add r e s s i s 111 3 4 2 n d Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20001, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Margaret Smith Ware, who died on September 30, 2008 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 May 1, 2014. 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 May 1, 2014, 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: November 1, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter George Ware Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

ORDER OF PUBLICATION CHANGE OF NAME Terri Lynn Davis having filed a complaint for judgment changing Mariah Lynn Davis´s name to Mariah Lynn Bayless Davis and having applied to the court for an Order of Publication of the notice required by law in such cases; it is by the Court this 28th day of October 2013.

ORDERED, that all persons concerned show cause, if any there be, on or before the 6th day of December 2013, why the prayers of said complaint should not be granted; provided that a copy of this order be published once a week for three consecutive weeks before said day in the AfroAmerican.

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM1035 Elizabeth G. Scott Decedent Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Leatha M. Fitchett, whose address is 8023 Baldwin Street, Philadelphia, PA 19150, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Elizabeth G. Scott, who died on January 22, 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 May 1, 2014. 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 May 1, 2014, 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: November 1, 2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Leatha M. Fitchett Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 11/01, 11/08 & 11/15/13

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