Prince Georges Afro-American Newspaper November 9 2013

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY EDITION

Volume 122 No. 14

NOVEMBER 9, 2013 - NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Prince George’s County Police Get New Wheels

By Zachary Lester AFRO Staff Writer

The Prince George’s County Police Department is updating its fleet.

The vehicles were the first new rides for the department since 1997 and made their debut Oct. 31. The new silver-and-blue Ford Police Interceptor cruisers were purchased to replace some of the traditional white-andblue vehicles with more than 100,000 miles on them, police said.

The cars were test-driven by officers on a driving course set up in the parking lot of FedEx Field in Landover,

Md. Police Chief Mark A. Magaw told reporters that the new sportier, fuel-efficient

vehicles represent “the new department.”

In addition to a cruiser

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The new Prince George’s County silver-and-blue Ford Police Interceptor cruisers.

number, each car is marked with the Prince George’s police Twitter handle, @ PGPDNews, to tell citizens where they can go to find information. The cruisers also feature the emblem for Crime Solvers, the program that allows citizens to assist police in solving crimes by providing tips that lead to the arrest and conviction of culprits. The back bumper bears the department’s motto: “First to Serve.”

In a video of the unveiling posted online, Magaw said the Twitter handle will allow younger residents who don’t get their news from Continued on A3

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By Zenitha Prince AFRO Contributing Writer Nicholas Smith could hardly believe it. On his way to an appointment at Prince George’s Community College one recent morning, he stopped by the Campus Way Exxon gasoline station at the corner of Landover Road and Campus Nicholas Smith is Way South, directly across the outraged by the gas price. street from the Largo campus.

As he noticed the price at the pump, he did a double take.

Campus Way Exxon was charging $4.79 for regular, $4.89 for “plus unleaded” and a whopping $4.99 for its supreme gasoline.

“That’s $1.30 more than I just paid the last time I bought gas!” said Smith, a freelance designer who lives and purchases his gas in Cheverly. “That is ridiculous. There is no way I’m paying that.”

John Townsend, a spokesman for AAA Mid-Atlantic, said he was familiar with the station.

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AFRO Sports Desk Faceoff

Should the Washington Redskins Change their Team Name?

The AFRO Sports Desk

Lester and Editor Aaron Cahall.

What’s in a name? For the Washington Redskins, it’s tradition, a popular fight song, a heated rivalry with the Dallas Cowboys, and other tribal symbols, chants and images.

But a rising tide of controversy may change all that, with many pushing the team to change its 80-yearold name, believing the term “Redskins” is offensive and degrading. The opposition recently came to the forefront when members of the Oneida Indian Nation met with NFL executives on Oct. 30 to discuss the issue. Should the Washington Redskins change their name? The AFRO Sports Desk represented by Sports Editor Perry Green and sports journalist Stephen D. Riley debate the question with Executive Editor Avis Thomas-

Stephen D. Riley: There’s history behind the Washington Redskins, both good and bad.

The type of fanatic support expressed from the inner depths of Washington, D.C. to the suburbs of surrounding Maryland and Virginia could easily be compared to the following of the Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees and even the dreaded Cowboys. Changing the name means changing the culture, the clothes and possibly the camaraderie felt amongst fans. An alteration of the popular burgundy and gold color scheme would cripple the team’s identity, destroying years of memories. I don’t want to see that happen.

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Career Preparation and Job Training

Greater Washington Urban League Prez/CEO Maudine Cooper Retiring

By Zachary Lester AFRO Staff Writer After 23 years at the helm of the Greater Washington Urban League, President and CEO Maudine R. Cooper is retiring.

Her professional career spanned four decades, 23 of them at the GWUL. An engaging leader with a reputation for being steadfast in her efforts to help the voiceless, Cooper “has been the ultimate advocate of social justice for underserved residents in the Greater Washington area,” the GWUL said in

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School Board Member Meets Parents

By Courtney Jacobs AFRO Staff Writer

Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School in Upper Marlboro hosted a District 7 Meet and Greet and Parent Partnership Forum on Oct. 29 with Board of Education Member Lyn J. Mundey.

“The purpose of the event was twofold,” Mundey told the AFRO. “One of them was to introduce myself to the citizens of District 7. I thought it was important to Courtesy Photo/Prince George’s come out to the community County Public Schools to say who I was and say Board of Education how I can support the principals in the school and member Lyn J. Mundey I’m here and I’m a member of the team.

“Second, was to empower the parents,” Mundey added.

“It’s a community wide effort that we come together on behalf of education and our students, whether you’re a citizen, a 20-year-old that just came out of the system looking for a job, or a parent with a child in the system. I think this is one of those forums that will continue to make a difference in everyone’s lives.”

Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III announced Mundey’s appointment to the board on Aug. 28, filling the vacancy created by the resignation of former board member Carletta Fellows.

Mundey graduated from Bowie High School and the University of Maryland College Park. She is the parent of a Prince George’s County public school student and is employed as a management analyst within the Government Accountability Office.

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Joao Rodrigo Silva Santos, a former Brazilian professional soccer player, was discovered dead by his wife when she found his severed head in a backpack outside the door of their home on Oct. 29, according to news reports.

Santos, 35, who had played for several teams both in and outside of Brazil, had been Joao Rodrigo missing for several days. He Silva Santos was last seen on Oct. 28 being forced into a car near his home. His wife, Geisa Silva, grew concerned when he did not return to their Rio de Janeiro home and police began a search, according to news accounts.

Silva, a social worker who works with police investigating drug gangs, allegedly told authorities that neither she nor her husband had any enemies and she could not think of anyone who would want to injure him. Police, however, said he may have been targeted by gang members involved in drugs because of his wife’s work.

Media reports said Santos’ eyes and tongue had been cut out. His body had not been found as of Oct. 31.

According to The (London) Daily Mirror, Santos opened a food store after leaving soccer in 2011. The website reported that witnesses said Santos was accosted after closing his business one evening.

World-Wide Outrage Follows Dominican Court Ruling Stripping Haitian Descendants of Citizenship

The Institute of the Black World 21st Century(IBW) has joined the chorus of nations and organizations protesting the recent ruling by a Dominican Republic court that revoked the citizenship of hundreds of thousands Dominicans of Haitian descent.

The controversial decision, which came in September, was the subject of a stronglyworded letter by IBW president Ronald Daniels to Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina Sànchez.

“This blatant violation of human rights is an insult to decent and fair-minded people across the globe and a serious setback to human rights and democracy in the Caribbean and Latin American region,” Daniels wrote. “We call on you to use the powers of your good office to immediately rectify this egregious situation.”

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Citizenship in the Dominican Republic was originally determined by place of birth. That changed in 2010, when the Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court defined citizenship as belonging to “any person born within the territory of the Dominican Republic, except those born to members of the Diplomatic or consular missions, and foreigners who are in transit or reside illegally in Dominican territory,” according to news reports.

The decision led to an outcry from civil and human rights organizations around the world.

In a statement, Daniels said more than 100 participants at a recent IBW symposium entitled “The Future of Democracy & Development in Africa” unanimously condemned the decision.

Participants included Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, the prime minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, who read a letter that he had sent to Sanchez. He called the ruling “unacceptable in any civilized community” and an “affront to all established international norms and elemental humanity” in the letter.

The East Elmhurst, N.Y.-based IBW works to improve the quality of life for people of color and encourages efforts to uplift them socially, politically, economically and culturally.

Target Removing Criminal History Section from Job Applications

Individuals seeking employment with the Target Corporation will soon notice a change in the company’s job applications.

The Minneapolisbased company recently announced that they will no longer question applicants about their criminal history. The company said it expects to remove the question from applications nationwide in the coming year.

According to the National Employment Law Project, the decision was based on a new Minnesota law and the efforts of grassroots organizations that have been pressuring the company to change their standards.

Applications for public sector jobs in the state have been barred from asking applicants about their criminal history.

In May, Gov. Mark Dayton increased the reach of the law by requiring private companies to follow the rule as well.

According to the Minnesota Department of Human rights, employers will still have the authority and legal obligation to turn away criminals with certain records, including sexual offenses.

According to the National Employment Law Project, more than 10 states and 50 cities have all fallen in line with the “Ban the Box” movement, requiring that employers eliminate the box all applicants are asked to check if they have served time in prison.

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The AFRO Celebrates Our Veterans

By Avis Thomas-Lester AFRO Executive Editor These days, Edgar A. Brookins Jr., serves as the general manager of the AFRO’s D.C. office, helping to ensure news coverage of everything from community events to breaking news. But once, he traveled the world as a career military officer.

Since May, Elaine Frye Fuller has worked in the AFRO’s advertising group, serving print and online clients in the DMV, the latest position in a career that began when she donned a military uniform as a member of the U.S. Army Reserves program in 1978.

“I felt compelled to give back by serving my country,” she said.

Brookins and Fuller are among legions of military men and women, active duty, reserve, retired and deceased who will be honored as the nation commemorates Veteran’s Day 2013 on Nov. 11. Other AFRO staffers who proudly served their country include Sammy Graham, circulation/distribution manager; Clarence Massey, circulation assistant; William Hargrave, building maintenance assistant; and Cheryl Cooper, circulation database manager.

On Nov. 11, a celebration of military veterans will take place at the African American Civil War Memorial & Museum in Northwest Washington, according to museum founder and director Frank Smith. The event, set to kick off at 10 a.m., will begin with a wreath-laying at the memorial at 10th and U Street NW. Immediately after that, a program will be held at the museum at 1925 Vermont Ave., NW. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) will be the featured speaker and light refreshments will be served.

Brookins was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1969 and later applied and was accepted into Officer Candidate School.

During his 21-year career, he served in several command and staff positions both in the U.S. and overseas. He retired in 1990.

He said he will spend Veteran’s Day on a local military base with active duty and retired service members, as he always does.

“The fact that we have a Veteran’s Day celebration makes me very proud that our country recognizes the contribution and sacrifices of the men and women in uniform—past, present and future,” he said.

Fuller said she considers her military career the best

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newspapers or television to know where to go for information about the department’s activities.

An additional 75 cruisers have been ordered; the department did not specify a cost for the cars.

According to the police

department’s blog, Magaw asked County Executive Rushern L. Baker III to enhance the fleet when he was appointed interim chief, and Baker gave the thumbs up.

“As a police officer, you spend 10 hours a day in the vehicle. This is your office,”

Magaw said.

Magaw said he was proud of the cars, and pointed out that the vehicles’colors mirror those of the gray-and-blue uniforms worn by officers.

“This car defines us and brands us of who we are,” he said.

Police said a team from the department traveled to Detroit and Indiana “to check out several makes and models and ultimately chose the Ford Interceptor.”

It was unclear how much the trip cost, or why a trip was necessary to select patrol cars.

Currently, the company owns, operates or supplies about 200 Exxons and 40 Shells in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. region and in all five New York boroughs, according to its website.

Capitol CEO Eyob “Joe” Mamo owns half and supplies about 60 percent of the 107 gas stations in D.C., according to court documents.

D.C. Attorney General Irv Nathan two years go launched an investigation into Capitol Petroleum Group LLC, but decided not to file suit. But, late last month, the A.G.’s office filed a complaint against Mamo’s companies, challenging their “exclusivesupply agreements” with station owners on the basis that they allegedly violate D.C. gasoline sales laws, according to documents filed in the D.C. Superior Court.

The supply agreements make one group of affiliated distributors the only suppliers of Exxon-branded gasoline in D.C., and their ability to set the wholesale prices paid for those products “deny independent retail dealers… and the many thousands of consumers D.C. who purchase such gasoline, the benefits of competition in the wholesale supply of Exxon-branded gasoline,” the complaint alleges.

“Under the District’s gasoline marketing law,

a retail gasoline dealer is free to purchase a brand of gasoline from any supplier of the brand,” Attorney General Nathan said in a statement.

“Our suit seeks to end these unlawful supply restrictions, increase wholesale competition, and bring down retail prices at the pump.”

A similar attempt to limit Mamo’s control over the local petrol industry—a bill that would prohibit “jobbers” or gasoline distributors from also running stations and remove the “exclusivity” from supply agreements—died in February 2012, after legislators tied 6 to 6 in a vote. Councilmember Mary Cheh, lead sponsor of the bill, AAA Mid-Atlantic, owners of several independent stations and antitrust experts contended that allowing distributors to operate stations increased gas prices, according to D.C. Council documents.

Townsend blamed Mamo.

“The D.C. Council bends over backwards for Joe Mamo because he’s Black,” said Townsend, who is African American. “…

He and another distributor have a virtual duopoly on the District of Columbia…He is overcharging gas station owners. Here you have a guy who is taking advantage of markets and he’s hurting poor people and Black people.”

A spokeswoman at

Mamo’s office in Springfield refused to comment or make Mamo available. In his testimony before the council on Cheh’s bill, Mamo denied accusations of “pricegouging,” and questioned why he was being targeted.

Additionally, he, along with a petroleum distributors’ association, tenant operators of minimarts located at Mamo’s gas stations and others argued that the bill would not result in lower gas prices, but could raise them.

No matter what happens with the lawsuit, officials said consumers need to make the owners who charge higher prices pay by making their fuel purchases elsewhere.

Gasbuddy.com is a free app that can help direct consumers to stations with better prices, DeHaan said. The opening of a Costco in the District has also provided residents with an alternative to expensive prices, officials said.

“I tell people all the time to shop with their steering wheel,” Townsend said.

“There is nothing that says if someone is charging that much, you have to shop there. There are many, many stations where consumers can get a fair price for their gas.”

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region,” he said.

Patrick DeHaan, a senior petroleum analyst for Gasbuddy.com, a crowdsourcing website that provides consumers with gas prices, said a spotter logged gas at the station at $4.79 per gallon on Sept. 8, the same price that was posted at the station dating back to Aug. 13.

At the same time, other stations priced gas from $3.35 to $3.79 per gallon, DeHaan said. Charging upwards of $1.30 per gallon more than the competition was a cause for concern, experts said.

This week, the station’s prices ranged from $3.89 per gallon for regular unleaded to $4.59 for premium—significantly higher than the average, both locally and nationally. Most stations in the area were running regular at 50-60 cents per gallon less.

A cashier who was working at the station on Sept.

9 provided a number to the owner, a “Mr. Ather.” A man who answered the telephone at the number said his first name was Ather, but refused to give his whole name. He said he has owned the gas station “for several” years. He said he owns four more—two others are in Prince George’s County. He did not say where the other stations were located.

Ather acknowledged that his prices are “too high.”

He said the almost $5 per gallon prices resulted from him passing charges on to the consumer to make up what he pays the supplier.

“My cost is higher than other prices in that area because my supplier charges more,” he said. “Because the distributor was charging us a lot, we charge the customer what he is charging us.”

When asked why he stayed with that distributor, he said “because Exxon bonded me to buy from that supplier.”

Ather said his business is slow because of his high prices. When the AFRO stopped by to observe the station on at least five occasions, there were often no cars there or only one.

“I have no choice,” he said. In recent days, he has reduced the prices, though they are still much higher than other local stations.

The business owner identified his supply company as Capitol Petroleum Group.

Executive Editor Avis Thomas-Lester contributed to this report.

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By Alan King her lifetime. connection with the murder of AFRO Staff Writer Her basic Hudson’s mother and brother.

The white, 1994 Chevrolet Jennifer Hudson and other training Suburban with Illinois license relatives positively identified at Fort McClellan in Anniston, Ala., was a pilot three-week program developed to recruit collegeeducated women. Her training was five weeks less than the standard Edgar Brookins and Elaine Fuller eight-week Courtesy Photos course, but Jennifer Hudson and her mom, Darnell Donerson Fuller and the other women in her company were requiredwho to was killed, as well as her brother, Jason. successfully complete the same end of cycle basic training physical, tactical and aptitude tests. plate found on the During body ofher hercareer 7-year-old as a reservist, sheX584859 held key was administrative Chicago’s West Side after nephew Monday, just hours positions at various command and staff levels before becoming police received a 7 a.m. call after his body was found in a a public affairs officer. In this capacity, she was selected above her peers and traveled extensively to support various commands and Army operations both domestically and internationally.

Fuller, the recipient of numerous military decorations, awards and recognitions for exemplary performance and outstanding service, retired as a colonel.

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The Afro-American, November 9, 2013 - November 15, 2013

Film 12 Years a Slave Has Ties to D.C.-Area Site

The Freedom House Museum has been open to visitors for five years as a place to learn about American history.

move a surplus of slaves in Maryland, Virginia and Delaware to selling centers in New Orleans and Natchez, Miss., either by boat or by land.

Later, Birch operated the Alexandria slave pen until Union troops liberated the area in 1861, according to a history of the site.

When Northup was freed from slavery in 1853 with the help of Northern allies, he had Birch arrested for kidnapping, but Birch was set free because Northup had no right to testify against a white man.

Today, the last Birch slave-trading site stands on a busy commuter corridor in a wealthy Washington suburb. An outdoor plaque provides a brief explanation of the National Historic Landmark site, but most passers-by likely never notice.

“I think a lot of Alexandrians would be shocked to know their city was a major hub of the country’s slave trade,” Kiganda said. “It’s a story that’s not told often enough.”

The Northern Virginia Urban League bought the building in 1996 to serve as its headquarters and created the museum five years ago. Last year, it drew about 1,000 visitors. Organizers are hoping to reach a broader audience.

Cynthia Dinkins, the president and CEO of the Urban League chapter, said the museum will likely work with Fox Searchlight Pictures to create educational curriculum for students to accompany “12 Years a Slave” when it’s released as a DVD. The group also is working with the Alexandria Convention and Visitors Association to create an African-American heritage tour to launch next year. And the museum hopes to one day draw visitors from the Smithsonian’s future black history museum who would want to see a real slave site.

“I think this movie will really inspire people and really make them realize more about their own history,” said Audrey Davis, acting director of the nearby Alexandria Black History Museum. “Slavery is America’s story, and we have to face it.”

The meet and greet included a guest speaker, Dr. Lonise Bias. Bias became a motivational speaker after she lost two of her sons died; Len Bias died due to cocaine intoxication two days after being drafted by the Boston Celtics on June 19, 1986 and Jay Bias was murdered in a drive by shooting at a local mall in 1990.

“Don’t be afraid of your children,” Bias told parents in the

audience. “The brain is nothing but a computer collecting data at an alarming rate. With length of days come responsibility.

Your child’s greatest fear is the approval of their peers. Our children are teachable, reachable, keepable, lovable and savable.”

Mundey will hold her next forum Nov. 19 at Bradbury Heights Elementary School in Capitol Heights, Md.

The Associated Press The painful story of a free black man lured from his home in New York in 1841 to be sold into slavery, now the basis of the new film “12 Years a Slave,” has a little-known connection to a slave site that still stands near the nation’s capital.

Alexandria’s one-time slave pen complex, based out of a colonial-style rowhouse, was once the epicenter of the domestic human trade in the United States after the importation of slaves was banned, according to historians. The last slave trader at the site, James H. Birch, was the same dealer who paid kidnappers $250 for Solomon Northup of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and sold him into slavery in Louisiana.

Northup’s story of 12 years in slavery, published in 1853, is the basis of the new film from British director Steve McQueen.

Now curators hope the film will spark new interest from visitors and historians in a rare slave site that still stands near the Capitol.

It has been open to visitors for five years as the Freedom House Museum, now a place to learn about American history.

“What’s very unique about this building is it’s one of the few remaining buildings that the slave trade actually took place in,” said curator Julian Kiganda, who designed the exhibits.

“Everyone who’s come through there, they feel moved.”

Northup’s story is among several narratives illustrating the slave trade at the time. Exhibits in the brick basement that once served as slave quarters include artifacts found there, along with the original bars and door of this slave jail.

While there’s no evidence Northup was sold through this particular site, Kiganda said it’s similar in design to other slave jails at the time. Northup wrote about being held at Williams’ Slave Pen, located near the National Mall. In the film, his cell is depicted within view of the Capitol.

Northup was captured at a time of rising demand for slaves in the Deep South to cultivate cotton. The slave-trading firm Franklin and Armfield began operating in Alexandria to help

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Administrators. Ms. Mundey has also served as director of her HOA board and is the former education co-chair to the Greater Marlboro Democratic Club.

Mundey is an active volunteer for Melwood and Habitat for Humanity, and she supports many other organizations, charitable causes, and non-profit organizations within the community.

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Continued from A1 Perry Green: I don’t want to see that happen either, Riley. As you’ve pointed out, Washington’s franchise name and logo are tied to the heart of the district forever.

I can’t even imagine D.C. sports without thinking of the legacy of the Redskins franchise. What would NFL Sundays be like in the district without hearing fans shout, “Hail to the Redskins?” Or what would the city be like without seeing the legendary Zema “Chief Z” Williams, the most well-known Redskins fan of them all? Chief Zee has spent the last 35 years attending every single home game dressed up in Native American attire, leading Washington’s loyal fan base in cheers.

I understand that there are some Native Americans that are offended by the name. But there may just as many, if not more, Native Americans, that don’t mind the name at all. A recent USA Today poll found widespread support for the team name and logo, with even 80 percent of Native Americans supporting the name and logo and in favor of Washington keeping both. I think it’s important to consider intent and how the term “Redskins” is being used. The Washington franchise has claimed that they use the term with respect and honor for the dignity and bravery of the American natives culture.

name as a representation for a team when there are people, to whom the name refers, offended by it. Period.

Why is there so much debate about this? In a world where we are politically correct to the point of distraction about absolutely everything, why are some people standing so tough in the one situation in recent years where the complainants have a legitimate case? You can dance around it all you want, but the word “redskin” is pejorative. Supporters of keeping the name gripe that there are other team names that refer to Native Americans: warriors, chiefs,

wasn’t indicative of pride or strength, as the keep-thename camp proclaims.

Aaron Cahall: As Stephen and Perry explained, there’s a real sense of pride in the team’s name and many fans consider it part of their personal history. But there’s such a thing as being on the wrong side of social history.

The Redskins’ original owner, George Preston Marshall, was an inveterate, virulent racist who changed the team’s name from the neutral Boston Braves to the more pejorative Redskins before moving them to D.C. in the 1930s.

Marshall long refused to allow Black players to play for the team, famously remarking that he would do so when the Harlem Globetrotters signed Whites. According to one account, he proposed to his wife amid an elaborate Green recreation of a Southern plantation, complete with actors as field slaves singing “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny.” When he died, he stipulated that a $6 million bequest be used for anything except “racial integration.”

This is the legacy that Washington football fans are so eager to protect? Both the St. John’s University Redmen and the Miami University of Ohio Redskins dumped their nicknames in the 1990s, becoming the Red Storm and RedHawks, respectively. For the NFL’s Redskins to cling to theirs, and continue a history of racism for the sake of not having to buy a new jersey or learn a new fight song, is unthinkable.

“I think it’s important to consider intent and how the term “Redskins” is being used.”

Avis Thomas-Lester: You can’t use a pejorative

–Perry

braves, whatever. Those words aren’t insults. A warrior is someone who is ready to do battle. A chief is someone in charge. A brave was once referred to as a warrior or a chief in the making. Redskin was the word that I heard as a child watching cowboy movies that was used to refer to the Native American warrior, chief or brave who sent the White cowboys packing with arrows or buckshot in their behinds when they invaded the Native Americans’ turf as they “conquered” the “Wild West.” It wasn’t positive. It

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COMMUNITY CONNECTION National Communication Association to Host 99th Annual Convention

More than 5,000 communication scholars, teachers, and students will gather at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in the District on Nov. 21 to participate in the National Communication Association’s 99th Annual Convention.

The event, titled Connections, will feature more than 1,000 research and educational sessions along with networking events through forums, roundtable discussions, paper presentations, and general sessions. Timely topics that will be addressed at the three-day event include health communication, social media, politics, diversity and gender issues, and climate science.

District Heights, Md.

Wilma Smith

Award to District Heights resident Wilma Smith during the organization’s annual “Andrus Volunteer Recognition Luncheon,” named for the founder of AARP, Dr. Ethel Andrus.

This year’s keynote address was given by the National President of AARP, Rob Romasco, at the Hyatt Hotel in Cambridge, Md. Smith received the award in recognition of her years of service on behalf of AARP to the community.

“We are so fortunate to have Wilma’s talents and leadership in support of what we do for the 50+ population in Prince George’s County and across the state” Hank Greenberg, State Director said at the event. She is an extraordinary volunteer leader and we honor her for that.”

Zion Baptist Church to Host 85th Anniversary Concert

The senior choir of Zion Baptist Church, located on Blagden Avenue in N.W. D.C. will hold its 85th anniversary concert on Nov. 23.

The event, themed “Sing and Rejoice,” will honor the legacy of Jennie Greene Smith, who directed the choir for 64 years.

For more information: 202-722-4940

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Montgomery County AARP Maryland Thanksgiving Parade to Kick off Nov. 23 Honors On Nov. 23, the 16th annual Montgomery District County Thanksgiving Parade will convene at Ellsworth Drive and Fenton Street in Heights Silver Spring.

Resident Downtown Traveling the same route as last year, the parade will proceed south on Georgia with Avenue, ending at Silver Spring Avenue.

Service ABC 7 Meteorologist Brian van de Graaff will once again serve as master of Award AARP Maryland presented its annual Community Presence Service

ceremonies introducing more than 100 parade units. In addition to the Washington Redskins Marching Band, the parade will feature glittering floats, a wide variety of local marching bands, beauty queens, clowns,

fire engines and animal groups. As always, the parade will end with elves, reindeer and Santa’s sleigh.

The parade will be held rain or shine and will be broadcast live on News Channel 8. The telecast will be repeated on Thanksgiving Day. For more information: 240-777-6821.

The Therrell C. Smith School of Dance Celebrates 65th Anniversary

In celebration of 65 years of providing dance instruction to the Washington, D.C. community, The Therrell C. Smith School of Dance and The Thomas and Birdie C. Smith Arts Foundation will hold a luncheon and performances Nov. 9 at Dunbar Senior High School.

Therrell Smith held her first dance class in 1948 at the LeDroit Park Nursery School. As the dance school grew, more space became necessary and a building at 49 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W., was purchased. In the 1960s, further expansion became necessary and the school moved to its present location, 2019 Bunker Hill Road, N.E., where classes are still being held.

In addition, for the past 39 years Smith has provided dance instruction for thousands of children in several District of Columbia Public Schools.

For information about the Therrell C. Smith School of Dance and to purchase tickets to the luncheon: 202526-1181.

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Schools CEO Maxwell to Represent Md. in National Superintendent Competition brings the type of innovation and creativity to the job that we were looking for in our new Chief Executive Officer and our Prince George’s County Schools school system is fortunate to have him as CEO Kevin M. Maxwell has been named our leader.”

Maryland Superintendent of the Year for In June, Baker appointed Maxwell as 2014 by the Public School Superintendents’ CEO for Prince George’s County.

Association of Maryland (PSSAM) for his In 2011 President Obama recognized work as chief of Anne Arundel County’s Maxwell as a “Champion of Change.” schools.

The superintendent of Maxwell, hired in the year award is the latest June to turn around the in a string of accolades for Prince George’s school Maxwell, who has been system, was applauded for recognized throughout narrowing the achievement his career for outstanding gap in Anne Arundel and leadership, impact on student for forging strong ties achievement, and work in with the Anne Arundel building strategic partnerships community. and engaging the community He will represent the in education. Maxwell was state in February at the PSSAM president from 2012 National Conference on to 2013.

Kevin Maxwell Education in Nashville, “I am very proud that Dr. Tenn., at which a national Maxwell has been selected superintendent of the year as this year’s Maryland is to be named.

Superintendent of the Year,” Segun C. News of Maxwell’s award to represent Eubanks, chair of the Prince George’s the state came during the annual Maryland County Board of Education, said. “Since Negotiating Service Awards Banquet in his return to PGCPS as CEO this summer, Ocean City Nov. 1. he has demonstrated his determination to “This is one of the highest honors I move our school district forward and his have received during my 35-year career in willingness to work together as a team to education,” Maxwell said in a press release. make decisions that are in the best interests “When you are selected by your peers of children.” for such recognition, it is both a thrilling Born in Northern Virginia, Maxwell and humbling experience. I extend my grew up in Prince George’s County. He sincerest thanks to my colleagues for their attended Kentland Elementary, Kent Junior nomination.”

High and Bladensburg High School, all in “This award is well deserved and Prince George’s. speaks volumes of Dr. Maxwell’s And he remained in the county for most accomplishments and his on-going of his post-secondary education, earning contributions to the field of education,” his Bachelor of Science and Master’s Prince George’s County Executive Rushern degrees from the University of Maryland, L. Baker III said in a news release. “He College Park.

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a statement.

Since she took charge, the GWUL has doubled its programs, started an organization for young professionals and relocated to a larger headquarters building in historic Columbia Heights, officials said.

“We are saddened about Maudine’s departure, but the legacy she’s leaving is one of tireless dedication to the community,” said Jerry A. Moore, III, chairman of the GWUL Board of Directors. “We are truly grateful for all of her years of service and we wish her well in the next phase of her life.”

Cooper said she is retiring to spend more time with her family, including her beloved great-grandchildren. She is scheduled to be honored at an event Nov. 8 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.

Her successor has yet to be named.

Washington-area leaders praised Cooper for her work. Each year, the GWUL services more than 50,000 residents in the region through programs geared to education, employment and job training, health and nutrition, food and utility assistance, affording housing and community development.

“It is with great respect and gratitude that I wish Maudine the restful retirement she deserves,” said Mayor Vincent Gray.

“Throughout her years as a servant leader, Maudine has enriched the lives of District residents, used her diplomatic and management skills to build the GWUL, and has contributed to creating a more just and caring world.

I thank her for tireless dedication and commitment to the District and the entire metropolitan area.”

Dr. Frank Smith, founder and director of the African American Civil War Museum and a civil rights activist who worked in Cooper’s home state of Mississippi, said she will be deeply missed for her work with local residents.

“She’s been a stalwart,” he said. “She’s been out there in the city trying to help people with job placement and housing. I think this Urban League does that better than anyone else in the country and she’s been at the forefront of that.”

Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker, III said that under her leadership, the GWUL “is held in high regard regionally and

nationally.”

“Maudine’s stellar reputation as a community and civil rights leader has contributed to that stature,” he said. “Her work has changed lives, empowered communities and positively impacted the quality of life for so many people in the Washington area. Her visionary and innovative leadership has been matched by few and has made her an icon in the region and around the country.”

According to HistoryMakers.com, Cooper, 73, was born in the Jim Crow South in Benoit, Miss., The tiny town offered few opportunities for Blacks and her family relocated to St. Paul, Minn. Cooper found her way to Washington, D.C. and Howard University, after graduating from high school, earning a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1964 and a law degree in 1971. She then served in a variety of leadership roles in the National Urban League.

In 1983, she moved to government, serving under then-Mayor Marion Barry as the first director of the Office of Human Rights, then as head of the Minority Business Opportunity Commission, and finally, as Barry’s chief of staff.

She joined the GWUL in 1990, where she had made history as the engine that powered the agency’s many social justice programs and services. In an interview in May with the National Urban League Wire, Cooper said she defines her legacy in three words: “commitment, caring and passion” for “the Urban League Movement.”

“Commitment to the movement more than anything else,” she told the publication.

“Caring—you have to care about the people who come through your doors every day. I don’t appreciate the cavalier attitudes that some people have towards the people they serve. I don’t like it. Passion. After Hurricane Katrina, there were a lot of people who needed help and [were] told to contact the Urban League…

There was no special funding to assist them, but I challenged staff and myself to go the extra mile…Every now and then, there’s something that’s not in the budget but needs to get done— that’s the type of passion I’m talking about.”

For more information about the Nov. 8 tribute, contact call 202-265-8200 ext. 245 or email mrctribute@gwul.org. Contributions can be made by contacting www.gwul.org.

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Beyond Jail

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OPINION

This week, Rep. Robert Scott (D-Va.), Dr. Iva Carruthers, our colleagues from state and local government and other concerned people from our community participated in a public forum at the University of Baltimore.

It was entitled “Beyond Jail: Toward Justice and Opportunity in Baltimore.”

Our primary objective during the “Beyond Jail” forum was to examine and Elijah Cummings document the alternatives to secure detention for young people who have become caught up in Baltimore’s juvenile justice system, the adult justice system or both.

Our shared priorities were crystal clear.

We were not considering returning dangerous offenders to our streets. Public safety must remain our foremost concern – and the public’s safety requires the detention of those young people who, objectively, are determined to be threats.

However, from the data presented at our forum, we now know that most of the detention that is actually imposed within Baltimore’s juvenile justice system has not been the result of evidence-based, objective assessments of danger.

I helped to convene this public forum, but my main purpose was to learn. I was trying to understand an apparent paradox that we need to address as a community.

The number of young people arrested during the last decade has decreased by 46 percent. That is good news – and an encouraging trend.

Then why, I asked myself, does Maryland continue to struggle with the challenge of responding appropriately to those young people who do become the responsibility of our juvenile justice system?

Part of the answer to my question is now being revealed. At least in some aspects, we have been responding to our young people in ways that are counterproductive.

As a 2012 “Doors to Detention” Study, discussed at our forum, confirmed, most of Baltimore’s juvenile detention placements have been the result of offenses that did not involve violence. Detention has been driven more often by the “policies and practices” of the system, rather than by public safety risks.

Viewing these facts, there are those who could conclude that the disproportionately black population being jailed in Baltimore’s juvenile system–as well as in our nation’s prisons as a whole–is evidence of a “new Jim Crow.” Neither Congressman Scott nor I would seriously argue with that perception.

Nevertheless, acknowledging the inequities in the current system does not automatically determine the best response where the public’s safety is concerned–and that is true both for our society and for the young people involved.

We know that detention of young people for reasons that are not crimes of violence is extraordinarily expensive. We also know, moreover, that there is scant evidence that paying now for excessive juvenile detention deters future crime.

For the sake of public safety, our public treasury and, most important of all, the future of our young people, we must do better.

I am convinced that we can.

To their credit, the O’Malley-Brown administration (and, especially, Maryland’s Juvenile Services Secretary, Sam Abed, and his staff) have demonstrated a willingness to develop alternatives to detention for non-violent juveniles.

Secretary Abed has consistently argued that many of the non-violent young people under DJS jurisdiction could be better served by alternative placements. He notes, as examples, home detention supplemented by GPS monitoring, home visits

by DJS staffers, daily and evening reporting requirements, and smaller, community-based treatment programs.

With respect to juveniles charged as adults, we now are

witnessing this support for reform taking concrete form.

Last January, Maryland’s public safety officials announced an alternative to the mammoth and expensive juvenile jail plans that the state had previously proposed (the initial proposal that had caused so much public concern).

Rather than a new jail, the state now is envisioning a “regional treatment facility” for those juveniles under the jurisdiction of the adult system. In addition, for young people charged as adults, the state’s alternative plan encompasses the development of a designated 60-cell unit inside the adult system’s current Baltimore City complex.

That unit will be charged with providing those young people with “health, mental health services, treatment programming, education and vocational training infrastructure, and recreational space.”

These are important initial steps--and now we should build upon these reforms.

Now, we should expand the use of alternatives to detention for non-violent young people within the state’s juvenile justice system as well.

We all have a stake in assuring that these alternatives receive the resources that they need to succeed. We can build upon existing state initiatives to shift resources from unnecessary and often counterproductive detention practices toward community-based alternatives that better serve us all.

Maryland can become a national leader in choosing opportunity over disproportionate incarceration where our young people are concerned. We can better protect the public, better serve young people who have lost their way, and save substantial amounts of taxpayer funds in the process.

Whether these benefits will be achieved depends upon widespread public understanding and support.

Now is the time for Baltimore and Maryland to move “Beyond Jail.”

Congressman Elijah Cummings represents Maryland’s Seventh Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

GOP Big Government Fear is a Myth

The Republican push to reduce the federal deficit solely through spending cuts is based on mythology rather than fact. That was clearly demonstrated by a series of reports issued recently by the non-partisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).

In a report issued Oct. 28, CBPP stated, “As a new budget conference committee seeks agreement on spending and tax priorities for the next George Curry decade, some policymakers and commentators who believe that future deficit reduction must come solely from spending cuts will likely repeat the claim that the federal government is exploding in size. The data do not support such a claim.

“To be sure, total federal spending as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) rose considerably in 2008 and 2009 and remained high in 2010 and 2011, in part because GDP was unusually low due to the Great Recession and its aftermath.

But spending dropped significantly in 2012 as a share of GDP and, as the latest Congressional Budget Office (CBO) data indicates, this downward trend is expected to continue over the

next five years.”

Those backing deep cuts in social programs neglect the real reasons for increased federal spending.

“While total federal spending will rise modestly as a percent of GDP during the latter part of the decade under a continuation of current policies, that is mostly because of a marked increase in interest payments,” the report stated.

The study also found, “Under a continuation of current policies, total federal spending – including interest – will drop from 24.1 percent of GDP in 2011 and 22.8 percent in 2012 to 21.5 percent in 2013, before starting to rise in the middle of the coming decade, climbing back up to 22.7 percent by 2023.

At least three-fourths of the increase between mid-decade and 2023, however, will come from higher interest payments on the debt.”

As I noted in this space last week, more than 90 percent of so-called entitlement benefits go to the elderly, disabled or working households. Furthermore, as the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities observed, increased spending on safety net programs because of the recession is both appropriate and temporary.

“Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projections show that federal spending on low-income programs other than health care has started to decline and will fall substantially as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP) as the economy recovers. By the end of the decade, it will fall below its average level as a percent of GDP over the prior 40 years, from 1973 to 2012. Since these programs are not rising as

a percent of GDP, they do not contribute to our long-term fiscal problems,” CBPP said in a report titled, “Low-Income Programs Are Not Driving the Nation’s Long-Term Fiscal Problem.”

I am not suggesting there are not some serious financial questions facing the nation. The rising cost of Medicaid is among those concerns. But it’s important to know why costs will rise rather than using it as an excuse to cut social programs.

“To be sure, Medicaid is projected to rise significantly in cost, relative to GDP, for several reasons,” said the report on low-income programs. “Medicaid isn’t the cause of this systemwide cost growth; over the past decade, in fact, perbeneficiary costs have risen more slowly in Medicaid than under private insurance, a trend expected to continue over the next ten years.”

It also noted, “A second reason that Medicaid costs will rise faster than GDP is the aging of the population. Older people have much higher average health care costs than younger people. Elderly and disabled beneficiaries account for 24 percent of Medicaid beneficiaries but 64 percent of program costs. As the population ages, the number and share of Medicaid beneficiaries who are elderly will increase, raising program costs.

Yes, the federal government needs to pay close attention to future spending and revenue. But not because spending is out of control or the safety net is bankrupting the country.

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

JFK, Hailed by Black America, Soft-Pedaled Civil Rights

Before assuming the presidency in 1960, John F. Kennedy barely paid attention to any Black American beyond his valet, and he intended to follow that approach during the first four of what he expected would be his eight years in office.

As the Civil Rights Movement exploded across the land, he tried mightily to keep it from wrecking his mutually wary relationship Lee A. Daniels with a Congress dominated by the Democrats’ Southern segregationist bloc and their Republican allies. Even as late as the August 1963 March on Washington, two months after he had proposed the legislation that became the Civil Rights Act of 1964, he tried to, first, dissuade the civil rights leadership from staging it, and then, to limit its scope.

Yet, ordinary Black Americans never stinted in their support of him – he had won more than 70 percent of the Black vote in November 1960 – and shared the profound grief that transfixed most Americans that November day at the crack of the assassin’s rifle shot.

John F. Kennedy was Black America’s Great White Hope.

In our era of extraordinary cynicism about what politics can achieve, it may be impossible for some not alive then to understand the faith Black Americans invested in the nation’s

35th president.

Like millions of White Americans, Blacks, too, were inspired by Kennedy’s image of youthful vigor, and his promises that, after the political and cultural blandness of the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower, he would “get the country moving again.”

Millions of Americans were eager to believe those words had meaning. Like their fellow Americans, Blacks, too, were captivated by the cool charisma of this handsome, fabulously wealthy, Irish-Catholic American and his strikingly photogenic wife.

Furthermore, Black Americans drew a special meaning from JFK’s promise to lead America to a “New Frontier.” Six years past the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown school desegregation decision, had already gathered their forces on the boundary of a new racial frontier, ready to fully unleash the tactic of nonviolence protest to challenge the brutal regime of Jim Crow.

It was no accident that a month after Kennedy announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination, four students from the historically Black North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College (now university) launched the famous Greensboro sit-in to protest lunch-counter discrimination.

Nor that less than two weeks after JFK’s inauguration in January 1961, activists began the Freedom Rides through the South that told America and the world civil rights for Black Americans was going to be at the top of the American agenda.

They, in fact, were already acting on the idealistic sense of purpose that had characterized Kennedy’s inaugural address.

Those two incidents underscore several larger points about the relationship between John F. Kennedy and Black America in the early 1960s.

One was that they liked him. But they also used his rhetoric about freedom as well as early waffling on civil rights to intensify their determination to get the rights the political system owed them.

They understood that Kennedy’s initial personal and political dislike of civil rights activism accurately reflected that of the overwhelming majority of Whites outside the South, too. It was the Movement’s task to compel them to recognize what was at stake, and to right the wrongs. The words of that Movement anthem—ain’t gonna let nobody turn me ‘round … gonna keep on a-walking, keep on a-talking, marching down to freedomland!—were meant not only for the Southern segregationists but for John F. Kennedy and other White “bystanders,” too.

And finally, there was one more thing that cemented the place of John F. Kennedy in the pantheon of African-American heroes: his murder at the very moment he had fully committed his administration to the Black freedom struggle. Horrific violence and a sense of tragedy not only shadowed Blacks’ quest for civil rights, it shadowed their everyday existence.

Now, that evil force had struck down the personification of American power, the 35th president of the United States – and Black America’s Great White Hope.

The irony is that in the sorrowful days of late November 1963, almost no one expected that JFK’s successor – the Texan, Lyndon Baines Johnson – would, for Black Americans, become an even greater benefactor.

Lee A. Daniels is a longtime journalist based in New York City. His latest book is Last Chance: The Political Threat to Black America.

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BUSINESS Sol Graham Inducted in Montgomery County’s Business Hall of Fame

For example, his wife supported his decision to take a second loan on the house to get the start-up funds for his business.

A lack of access to capital was just one of the many challenges he faced as a minority Solomon Graham is a rarity in the world of businessman in the biotech arena, Graham said. biotechnology: He’s Black and he doesn’t have a Ph.D., “Back when I started there probably were no other instead earning his technical prowess during his time as firms that really were considered minority-owned in that a Navy corpsman. Despite those challenges, however, he industry,” he said, later adding, “There was always a has turned his biotech business, which he launched with a problem with getting the bank or private capital to take a $10,000 second loan on his house, into an enterprise that chance on you.” grosses about $6 million to $8 million annually.

But the Navy veteran said he gladly met and conquered Graham’s pioneering success has earned him several those challenges, believing that his hard work would be accolades, and was added Oct. 29 when he was inducted rewarded. into the Montgomery County Business Hall of Fame.

“You may not get to the top of the heap, but if you do “To be named in the Hall of Fame in the county in which things right you’ll end up somewhere in the pile,” he said. you actually started your growth is gratifying,” said the His modesty notwithstanding, Graham has made it 70-year-old. “[And] to be looked at by your peers as being to the top. He has been recognized with the U.S. Small someone who is worthy of such recognition is an honor.”

Business Administration’s Minority Small Business Award Graham started Quality Biological, his company, in of Excellence and the U.S. Department of Health and 1983. The Montgomery County-based firm supplies Human Services Minority Business Contractor Award of products to bioscience and biotech entities, such as Excellence. pharmaceutical companies. It is a long way from his father’s He was inducted into the Montgomery County Business farm in one of the more impoverished parts of Georgia, Hall of Fame Oct. 29, along with John S. Hendricks, where he grew up and helped raise crops until the age of 17, executive chairman of Discovery Communications; Carmen when he joined the U.S. Navy.

Ortiz Larsen, CEO of AQUAS, Inc.; Ray Schoenke, ex“I attribute all of my success to the grace of God,” the Washington Redskin and former CEO of Schoenke & Courtesy Photo soon-to-retire entrepreneur told the AFRO. He added, Associates and James A. Soltesz, president and CEO of Solomon Graham, 70, CEO of Quality Biological, a “’Lucky’ is something I took out of my vocabulary some SOLTESZ. privately-owned biotech supply firm, will be inducted time ago and replaced with ‘blessed.’”

The event’s proceeds will benefit scholarship programs into the Montgomery County Business Hall of Fame Among those blessings, he said, is his wife of 48 years, at The Universities at Shady Grove with an eye toward Oct. 29.

Dorothy, whom he met on a blind date while he was still a grooming the county’s next generation of business leaders.

Navy enlisted man.

Similarly, Graham has paid it forward, providing scholarships for college students pursuing studies in science and technology and, also, by sharing his story.

“That was one of the sources of my success, having a wife that supported my goals “I just hope my story inspires some young person out there,” he said. “That’s the only and aims,” he said. reason I tell it.”

By Zenitha Prince AFRO Correspondent

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Lt. Col. Priscilla Smalls, Edgar Brookins, the Rev. Dr. Gwendolyn Boyd and Joyce Hall

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Hayfield Secondary High School JROTC Color Guard with Col. Karen Jordan (center)

The Rev. Joyce Willoughby, The Rev. Dr. Shakina Rawlings, Antoinette Mann, president, NoVAC and Rev. Boyd, keynote speaker

Musical entertainment by Brian Lenair

Recipients of the “Wounded Warriors” Award, Master Sgt. Sharlinda Warner (left) and Lt. Col. Myrna Myers (right) being presented by Antoinette Mann

Tameka Tunsil, first vice president; Cynthia Brown, second vice president; Cheron Burns, chair, fundraising committee and Gladys FitzhughPemberton, prayer breakfast sub-committee

Three Northern Virginia first ladies—Jaffe White of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Deaconess Bertha A. Scott of Laurel Grove Baptist Church and Angela S. Norman Pickett of First Baptist Church Merrifield—and

Angela S. Norman Pickett, first lady of First Baptist Church, Merrifield, Va.

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Antoinette Mann presents “The First Ladies Award” to Deaconess Bertha Scott, first lady of Laurel Grove Baptist Church

Jaffee White, first lady of Bethlehem Baptist Church

“Wounded Warriors” Lt. Col. Myrna Myers and Master Sgt. Sharlinda Warner were honored by the Delta Sigma Theta Northern Virginia Alumnae Chapter. The recognition came at the “Sisters Called to Serve,” the third annual prayer breakfast hosted by the DST chapter and

its Northern Virginia Delta Education and Community Service Foundation Oct. 5 at the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel, Arlington, Va. Special prayers were given by the Rev. Joyce Willoughby and the Rev. Dr. Shakina Dunbar Rawlings.

Military officers who attended the prayer breakfast with Brigadier Gen. Clara Adams-Ender (Ret.), fifth from the left

Cheron Burns and Angela Fairwell Linda-Byrd Johnson, Linda Hitchens, Erika Garrett, Deborah Foreman and Marion Spraggins; Seated Francis Gipson Jr. and Clara Gipson

Alexis Davis, Michele Williams, Jeanette Spann, Susan G. Kelly and Carenna Kelly

Native American Women Warriors Organization members (all are on active duty) with Denyse Gordon (center), Ms. Veterans America 2012

Allaina Guitron (2nd from right) was crowned 2013 Ms. Veteran America

Ms. Veteran America contestants

The honored guest judges

Retired Maj. Gen. Dee Williams speaks to the guests

Gloria Talia Ferro, Cheryl Hood and Izella Dornell; seated - Richard Hood and Debbie Robertson

Denyse Gordon , the reigning Ms. Veteran America, handed her crown to Allaina Guitron, who was named the 2013 Ms. Veteran America at an annual competition Oct. 13. The staff sergeant from Syracuse, N.Y. emerged the winner from a field of 20 finalists at the National Conference Center in Leesburg, Va. The event was staged by Jaspen Boothe and its sponsors included SRE Inc., ANACOMP, Exelis Action Corps, INK Cosmetics, CSSS.NET, Maid Brigade, O’mak Designs and Salon deZEN of Alexandria.

Photos by Rob Roberts

Jaspen Boothe, founder of Final Salute and Competition Director with contestant, Marissa Stuck

Angela Jones, Cierra Boykins and Master Sgt. Apryl McWilliams

The three finalists

Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Michele Jones, Edgar Brookins, U.S. Army Retired. and USAF Capt. Rehema Stuckey

Eric Bartch, retired Marine Corps Sgt. Maj Carlton Kent, Jennifer London, Denyse Gordon, Dr. Jack London and Lt. Col. Justin Constantine Photos by Rob Roberts

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SPORTS

More of the Same as Washington Opens Season with Pair of Losses

By Stephen D. Riley Special to the AFRO

The start of the 2013-14 season was a sour week for the Washington Wizards, as poor play and bad defense reminded Wizards fans how quickly promise and potential can turn into disaster.

Oct. 30—Detroit Pistons Defeat Washington 113-102 Washington opened the season on the road against the Detroit Pistons on Oct. 30 but the talent difference between the two teams was obvious in a 113-102 defeat for Washington. The Pistons’ towering duo of power forward Greg Monroe and center Andre Drummond shredded Washington’s interior defense for a combined 36 points and 24 rebounds. Newly-acquired Piston Josh Smith added 19 points and five rebounds along the way.

Washington’s front court of Nene (12 points, three rebounds) and Marcin Gortat (nine points, nine rebounds in his Wizards debut) couldn’t match Detroit’s bigs. Drummond slammed offensive rebounds home and Monroe schooled Washington defenders in the low post, and the Wizards’ defense simply collapsed down the middle. John Wall led the team in scoring with 21

points, but was never truly effective as both he and backcourt partner Bradley Beal (17 points) struggled with their shots.

Nov.1—Philadelphia 76ers Defeat Washington 109-102 Better times were expected for the Wizards’ home opener against the Philadelphia 76ers on Nov. 1. But fresh off of their upset of the Miami Heat the previous night, Philadelphia shook off an early double-digit deficit to spoil the Wizards’ home debut and hand them a 109-102 loss in front of a frustrated crowd. Fans punched walls and shook their heads in disgust upon leaving the Verizon Center, perhaps fed up with Washington’s fourth consecutive 0-2 start or upset at their team for blowing 12-point third quarter lead. Wall led the Wizards with 26 points but did little in the second half after scoring 23 in the opening two quarters. As Philadelphia hung around and narrowed the gap, the crowd grew uneasy; once the 76ers evened the score at 74-74 at the end of the third quarter, Wizards fans knew how the story would end.

Despite talk during the summer of Washington possibly returning to the playoffs, the new season has brought another slow start for the team—a scenario that the Wizards or their management can ill afford.

Bowie State Routs Lincoln University

By Perry Green AFRO Sports Editor The Bowie State Bulldogs celebrated their Senior Day in grand fashion, demolishing Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, 76-19, on Nov. 2 at the Bulldogs Stadium in Bowie, Md. Bowie State’s 76 points, however, were the second most points scored in a game in the school history; in 1975, the Bulldogs scored 83 points in a win over Farleigh Dickinson. The Bulldogs also nearly set a new school record in yards gained, racking up 557 yards against Lincoln.

The Bulldogs scored the first points of the game on a blocked field goal that was returned 70 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter. Redshirt sophomore Kendall Jefferson rushed for another touchdown and Bowie State kicked a field goal to score 17 points in the first quarter.

Lincoln, nevertheless, kept pace early as quarterback Doug Cook scored two touchdowns to cut Bowie’s lead to 17-13 at the end of the opening quarter. But Bowie responded with 35 unanswered points in the second quarter to build a 52-13 lead by halftime. The Bulldogs continued scoring in the second half, putting up 24 more points in the third and fourth quarter.

Junior running back Keith Brown led Bowie State with 143 yards and a touchdown. Senior quarterback Jared Johnston completed 13 of 23 passes for 226 yards and two touchdowns.

Johnston is now Bowie State’s all-time single season passing yards leader with 1,554 passing yards recorded this year.

Johnston joined 14 other Bowie State seniors who were honored with framed jerseys prior to

the game. The other seniors honored include cornerback Darius Clair, offensive linemen Omar Fahnbulleh, Malcolm Speller, Sean Garland, Anthony Gary, Jr., Steven Marks and Jonathan Mason, defensive tackles Oladimeji Layeni and Oluwadamiloa Omotade, tight end Prince Onuoha, and defensive backs Dwayne Price, Eric Walters and Delante White.

Bowie State’s record improved to 4-5 overall, and 2-4 against the Central Interscholastic Athletic Association. The Bulldogs will play their season finale against Elizabeth City College on Nov. 9 at Elizabeth City, N.C.

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ARTS & CULTURE

Morgan Freeman Shines in Bawdy, Geezer Romp Last Vegas Film Review by Kam Williams Billy (Michael Douglas), Paddy (Robert De Niro), Archie (Morgan Freeman) and Sam (Kevin Kline), inseparable since growing up in Flatbush back in the 1950s, have managed to remain close over the years despite the demands of families and careers.

That’s why, when nevermarried Billy finally decides to tie the knot, the others agree to throw him a bawdy bachelor party in Las Vegas, hoping to rekindle a little of the macho magic of their glory days.

But even before arriving in Sin City, the long-in-the-tooth senior citizens are forced to face up to the fact that they’re no spring chickens. After all, Archie is still recovering from a mild stroke, and has to tell his son (Michael Ealy) he’s

attending a church retreat to sneak out of the house.

Meanwhile, Sam, who suffers from a futile case of erectile dysfunction, packs Viagra and condoms for the trip with his frustrated wife’s (Joanna Gleason) blessing.

And recently-widowed Paddy has entirely lost his zest for life since the passing of his childhood sweetheart (Olivia Stuck).

Even groom-to-be Billy seems to be having second thoughts about walking down the aisle with a woman half his age (Bre Blair), especially after his head is turned at first sight by the hotel’s sultry, lounge singer (Mary Steenburgen). Consequently, the reassembled Rat Pack’s highly-anticipated reunion turns out to be less a licentious last hurrah than a

Frantic Mom Engages StreetWise Crew in Search for Son Go for Sisters Film Review by Kam Williams Bernice Stokes (LisaGay Hamilton) is a parole officer in Los Angeles where her job routinely places her in close proximity with the dregs of society. She normally has no reason to associate with such miscreants after hours, being very straitlaced and coming from a solid, middle class background.

However, everything changes the day the single-mom’s only child (McKinley Belcher III) LisaGay Hamilton in Go for Sisters suddenly vanishes without a trace.

Rodney, an Iraq War veteran hadn’t been the same since serving overseas.

Bernice was aware that he’d been hanging out with some unsavory characters recently, including a suspected drug dealer who was just murdered. Desperate to find her son, she strikes an unspoken bargain with Fontayne Scott (Yolonda Ross), a new client who has just flunked a urine test.

Rather than report Fontayne to her superior, Bernice enlists the streetwise addict’s assistance in the search. Complicating matters a bit is the fact that the two had been close friends back in high school. So, while unearthing clues pointing to Tijuana, the former BFFs are afforded an opportunity to deconstruct the events leading to their falling out over a boy they both wanted.

Besides Fontayne’s help, Bernice also retains the services of Freddy Suarez (Edward James Olmos), a disgraced, LAPD detective whose investigative experience and fluent Spanish are likely to come in handy south of the border. Packing a guitar and singing in the car, the unlikely trio heads for Mexico, posing as a musical group in order to not arouse suspicion.

Written and directed by two-time, Academy Awardnominee John Sayles (for Passion Fish and Lone Star), Go for Sisters is a deliberately-paced crime drama which benefits as much from absorbing character development as from the intrigue surrounding solving the underlying whodunit.

Credit charismatic Edward James Olmos for keeping the movie compelling, although Yolonda Ross and LisaGay Hamilton manage to fold their own opposite the Oscarnominated thespian (for Stand and Deliver).

A dangerous border town as no country for old men or middle-aged sisters either.

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Kevin Kline, Morgan Freeman, Robert De Niro and Michael Douglas in Last Vegas nostalgic trip down Memory Lane. For the guys end up spending more of their time reminiscing and teasing each other than in pursuit of potential sexual conquests.

Directed by Dan Turtletaub (National Treasure 1, 2 and 3}), Last Vegas is a laugh-a-minute comedy, with most of the humor coming at the expense of members of this self-effacing quartet as they grudgingly make concessions to old age. They

remain good sports, whether being the butt of jokes about hair transplants, hair color, medications, looking old or mistakenly flirting with transvestites.

Not surprisingly, the principal cast (featuring four Academy Award-winners in Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline) has no trouble generating a convincing sense of camaraderie onscreen.

What is more remarkable is

how another Oscar-winner, Mary Steenburgen, makes the most of her support role, upstaging the male co-stars by exhibiting an endearing vulnerability in a most memorable performance.

The Hangover, geezer style!

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My Take

One in a Million: Reflecting on the Million Man March

By Ramos Jonerio It seems like yesterday I was boarding a bus with several classmates at New York City Technical College in Brooklyn. Our destination: The Million Man March in Washington, D.C. I had no idea what I would encounter. However, there was a feeling deep inside of me compelling me to go. I knew history was going to be made and I wanted to be a part of it. I needed to know if I was a great man in the making. Or if I was what society had labeled me: A poor inner city black boy with no future and nothing to offer my country or the world.

The evening news repeatedly reported how law enforcement agencies in Washington, D.C. were taking extra precautions. Still with all this ringing in my head I did as my mother instructed me: I said my prayers, put my fears aside and rode on faith.

I will never forget the day that changed my life. In one afternoon I went from being a frightened boy to a determined young man. I have fond memories of the love and support and genuine concern shown to me from complete strangers. There were men from all walks of life

OBITUARIES

Alameda T. Hansborough, 96 Teacher

Alameda T. her father that she Hansborough, a should have been an native of Washington, interior designer with D.C. departed this her uncanny knack life peacefully, with for taking a room and her son by her side, turning into a work of September 27, 2013. art that was pleasing She was born to the to the eyes. She played late Hazel Alameda bridge for over 80 (Graham) and Leon years.

Stanley Turner on Mrs. Hansborough July 26, 1917 at her was a lifelong member grandparents’ home of St. Mary’s Episcopal in Sheepsheadbay, Church in Foggy Brooklyn, N.Y. Bottom, where her She received her grandfather was one early education at of the first members.

Dunbar High School A third generation in Washington, D.C. member of St. Mary’s After receiving her Church, she was bachelor’s degree in baptized at a very education at Minor young age. She served Teachers College, she on the vestry of the ALAMEDA attained her master’s church for many HANSBOROUGH degree in English from years. As a member Howard University in Washington, D.C. She of St. Mary’s church she received numerous was employed by the Washington D.C. Public outstanding service awards.

School system. Mrs. H., as her students In addition, Alameda also received called her, taught middle school English. She recognition from the Council of Indian was instrumental in developing the Adult Nations and The Chinese Consolidated Education System. She then went on to teach Benevolent Association and many others. for the Department of Adult and Continuing Hazel and Leon Tuner, Dr. Louis A. Education, where she was the branch director. Hansborough, her sisters Dr. Leona Turner, Alameda decided to leave the classroom and Hazel Turner Black, a brother and his wife work as an administrator. When asked what Stanley Turner and Sue, a nephew Paul one of her greatest accomplishments might Christopher Black preceded her in death. be, she replied “teaching.” At the age of 68 She will truly be missed by her son Louis she decided that 45 years of services was P. Hansborough (Anita), of Pittsburgh, Pa., plenty, and enjoyed 28 years of retirement. granddaughter Alana, of Pittsburgh, Pa., On December 28, 1942, she was united nieces Leona and Adrienne, of Washington, in holy matrimony to the late Dr. Louis A. D.C. and Penny of Fort Worth, Texas, great Hansborough and they later had a son, Louis nephews Paul-Harvey and Phillip-Michael, Philip Hansborough. of Washington, D.C., Charles, Fort Worth, Alameda had a true passion for interior Texas; great niece Charlene of Fort Worth, design and bridge. She was often told by Texas, and a host of relatives and friends.

Robert L. Barnes, 88

Baltimore Gas and Electric Employee Robert Leroy love of his life Gracie Barnes affectionately Augburn. It was love at known as “Roy” first sight for the both departed this life of them. The following on October 9, 2013 year they were married surrounded by his on December 29, loving family at the 1945. Out of their age of 88. Roy was union ten children born November 27, were born, Grace 1924 in Mecklenburg Lee Singletary, Iris County, Va. to Joshua Christine Duckworth, and Beatrice Barnes.

James Garland Barnes, Roy was one of twelve Jacqueline Marsilla children. His parents, Barnes, Daniel two brothers Chester Abraham Barnes, Barnes and John Larry Darnell Barnes Malcolm Barnes, one (deceased), Jerome sister, Ruth Brantley, Barnes (deceased), two sons Jerome Kevin Barnes, Renee Barnes and Larry Denise Barnes and Lisa Darnell Barnes, and Lynn Barnes. the love of his life, Family was most Gracie, preceded him in important to Roy. He ROBERT L. BARNES death. was not just a good Roy received his provider to his family; education through the Virginia Public School Roy left a great legacy to his children. To System. In 1957, Roy moved his family to his sons, he left a legacy of how to treat the Baltimore from Virginia to pursue a better women you love. To his daughters, he left a career to provide for his family. Roy was legacy of what it looks like to be loved by a employed with the Baltimore Gas and man. This legacy has been handed down from Electric Company from which he retired after generation to generation. Roy along with 30 years of service. his loving wife enjoyed going to cabarets In 1944, Roy met his soul mate and and bull roasts. He loved the blues and one

and every corner of this country embracing me, accepting me, encouraging me. We shared a common bond that would connect us for life. And on that day 18 years ago we atoned for past behaviors and pledged to begin loving ourselves, our families and our communities.

I returned to Brooklyn believing that I could achieve anything. I accepted the challenges presented to me by the elders that day. Their pearls of wisdom would follow me into adulthood.

Their shared wisdom helped to shape my development. I was determined to succeed, to avoid drugs or the legal system. I vowed not to father any children before marriage and that I absolutely had to get my college degree.

Since the Million Man March, I have experienced great victories and a few defeats. But I continued to move forward striving, no, demanding excellence of myself. What I learned at the Million Man March was that I was undeniably valuable. I learned that I came from a long line of great men and equally great women who triumphed over inconceivable obstacles and that I had to rise up beyond my circumstances and take ownership of myself and my destiny.

The Million Man March occurred 18 years ago. However, it planted a seed in me that continues to grow. What I learned that day inspired and motivated me to graduate college, take ownership of my finances and to support and love my family and community.

I was overjoyed to twice vote for this nation’s first African American president. Whenever I hear President Obama speak, I’m reminded of the march.

My Take is a social commentary feature that allows AFRO readers to share their insight into a range of topics. Please submit your 250-450 word entries, with My Take typed into the subject field, to editor@afro.com. Include your name, age, occupation and daytime phone number. The AFRO reserves the right to edit or reject any entry

A. Knighton Stanley, 76 Pastor

Alfred Knighton D.C.’s largest Boy (Tony) Stanley was Scout and Girl Scout born July 15, 1937 programs. It expanded in Dudley, N.C. He a scholarship program was the youngest of that still recognizes five children of the church and community Rev. Joseph Taylor graduates from preStanley and Kathryn school to Ph.D. Classic Turrentine Stanley. It Negro spirituals, urban was in tiny Dudley at gospel and jazz became First Congregational common musical fare, Church and in the along with sermons loving arms of his of national leaders older sister, Joye, that and his own, in which he first experienced he characteristically God’s presence. It blended biblical was in the loving teachings with folk arms of Joye’s son, wisdom and current Victor McLean, that events in a manner he entered into God’s that nurtured Christian eternal presence on souls. The church Sept. 21, 2013 in membership grew Atlanta. threefold, and Peoples A. KNIGHTON STANLEY Tony attended public built a new sanctuary schools in Greensboro, that he described as N.C. and later, Talladega College in Alabama. “an African hut of cathedral proportions.”

There he joined the Alpha Phi Alpha The Rev. Dr. Stanley, who received a fraternity. Among those the fraternity hosted doctorate degree from Howard University was civil rights icon Andrew J. Young Jr., in 1974, extended his service and leadership a family friend, who years later would be beyond the church’s Petworth neighborhood. his father-in-law as a result of his marriage He accepted the many calls to public service to Young’s daughter, Andrea. Tony Stanley in the District and to continuing community graduated from Talladega in 1959 and went concerns, and was a regional and national on to earn a master’s degree from Yale leader in the United Church of Christ.

Divinity School in 1962.

He retired from Peoples Church in 2006 Rev. Stanley returned to Greensboro and and preached his last sermon in September, joined the staffs at North Carolina A&T State 2012. He had served for two years as an University and Bennett College. He emerged assistant minister of church development at as a principal strategist in the all important St. Albans Congregational United Church sit-in campaign there against Jim Crow of Christ in Queens, N.Y. Back in Atlanta, laws. The Bennett students were especially his ministry continued through Facebook active, particularly Beatrice Perry, who Rev. and weekly handwritten notes to family and Stanley recalled “never saw a protest she friends. didn’t like.” She later became his wife. It The Rev. Dr. A. Knighton Stanley was was also in Greensboro that he brought into preceded in death by his parents and three the movement, and later Christian ministry, siblings, Joseph Taylor Stanley Jr., Joye a heralded student athlete at A&T, Jesse Stanley McLean-Bridges and Thomas W. Jackson, whose life he forever changed.

Stanley. He leaves many to cherish precious He left Greensboro in 1966 to become an memories, including three children, Nathaniel associate pastor of Plymouth Congregational T. Stanley (Washington, D.C.); Kathryn United Church of Christ in Detroit. Two V. Stanley (East Point, Ga.) and Taylor M. years later, he was called to lead Peoples Stanley (Washington, D.C.), a sister, Ollie Congregational United Church of Christ Mae Stanley (Bradenton, Fla.); nephews, in Washington, D.C., in the shadow of its Victor McLean, Thomas, John and William longest serving pastor, the Rev. Arthur Stanley; a niece, Rev. Natalie V. McLean; Fletcher Elmes, and at a time when the city sisters-in-law, Joan Stanley, Paula Young was on the brink of race riots.

Shelton (Hillary) and Lisa Young Alston During his 38 years as senior minister at People, Rev. Stanley displayed an intellect (Douglas); a brother-in-law, Andrew “Bo” and a compassion that could open doors and Young III (Angelica); a special daughter, bridge differenced. His was a progressive Yeme Mengistu-Gunn (Chris); godchildren, ministry for the masses rather than for the Sushama Austin-Connor (Rob), Julian few, the friends, the more faithful, the more Austin, Leah Austin and Ariana Austin; “soul fortunate. He had an undying love for and an children” Hope Tribble and Rev. George interest in children, including his own three.

Walker, special grandchildren, Blaine Gunn “Taylor is my joy, Kathie is my heart and and Clark, Jason and Andrew Washington; a Nathaniel is my rock,” he was fond of saying. host of sons and daughters in ministry, and Peoples Church became home to a day countless others. care center, a community credit union and

of his favorite singers was B.B. King. Playing “pitty-pat” was a family pastime. Roy’s family circle included his closest friends Romaine and Leroy Taylor, Edna Keys, Judy and James Taylor, Leola and Sam, Ethel and Walter DeMinds.

He leaves to cherish their memories: five brothers, Alvin, Milton, Morris, Norfleet and Marvin Barnes; 3 sisters, Geraldine Johnson, Susie Smith, Ronnie Walton; eight children, Grace (James Singletary, deceased), Chris (Evan Duckworth), Garland (Doris Barnes), Jackie (Charles Barrett), Danny (Yvette Barnes), Kevin, Renee (Ted McRae) and Lisa; 19 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews and a host of other family and friends.

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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 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) 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 EDT name will be held 15:22:59 2013 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 2:30 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 finsl hearing to the applicant’s creditors personally or by registered or certified mail and show proof of service by filing the affidavit/ declaration of service. that application must send the applicatiion for change of name of an adult and notice of final hearing to the D.C. Chief of Police, 300 Indiana Avenue, N.W., Room 5080, Washington, D.C. 20001, the Department of Corrections and the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency personally or by registered or certified mail and show proof of service by filing the affidavit/declaraton of service. the applicant must send the application for change of name of an adult and notice of final hearing to the current probation, parole or supervisory release officer personally or by registered or certified mail and show proof of service by filing the affidavit/ declaration of service.

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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.

Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W. ,3rd Floor, Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.

Jessye P. Miller Personal Representative(s) TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS Date of first publication: October 25th, 2013 Name of newspapers and/or periodical: The Daily Washington Law Reporter TYPESET: Tue Oct 22 The Afro-American 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. 2013ADM1068 Thelma Cohen Decedent Wesley L. Clarke 1629 K Street, Ste. 300 Washington, D.C. 20006 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

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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 .

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 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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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM999 Amos Winston Lewis Jr. Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS William Cullen Lewis, Sr. and Ester Y. Lewis, whose addresses are 1632 Crittenden St. NE, Washington, DC 20017; 2316 Countryside Dr. Silver Spring MD 20905 were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Amos Winston Lewis Jr. , who died on December 8th, 1992 without a will. 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 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 Willian Cullen Lewis, Sr. Esther Y. Lewis Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

TYPESET: Tue 11/8/13 Oct 22 10/25, 11/1, Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM1006 Merdock Aloysius Schofield Decedent Jamison B. Taylor 1218 11th Street NW Washington, DC 20001 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Elise Schofield, whose addres is 11008 Lake Arbor Way, Bowie , MD 20721 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Merdock Aloysius Schofield, who died on January 17th, 2013 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 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 Elise Schofield Personal Representative

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Mon2013 Nov 04 14:07:46 TYPESET: Mon Oct 28 17:37:07 TYPESET: Mon2013 Oct 28 17:37:47 TYPESET: EDT Mon 2013 Nov 04 TYPESET: 14:06:59 EST LEGALEDT NOTICES LEGALEDT NOTICES 17:36:03 2013 LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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Superior Court of the District of Columbia Civil Division Case No. 13-0007298 IN RE: Freddie Lee Holliman, Jr. Applicant ORDER OF PUBLICATION CHANGE OF NAME

Freddie Lee Holliman, Jr. having filed a complaint for judgment changing Freddie Lee Holliman’s name to Tiffany Diamond Chanel Montana 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, hereby ORDERED, that a copy of this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, in The AfroAmerican Newspapers, 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 16th day of December, 2013 at 2:45 p.m..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, the applicant must send the application for change of name of an adult and notice of final hearing to the D.C. Chief of Police, 300 Indiana Avenue, N.W., Room 5080, Washington, D.C. 20001, the Department of Corrections and the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency personally or by registered or certified mail and the proof of service be made by filing the affidavit/declaration of service.

ORDERED, the applicant must send the application for change of name of an adult and notice of final hearing to current probation, parole or supervisory release officer personally or by registered or certified mail and the proof of service be made by filing the affidavit/declaration of service.

ORDERED, if incarcerated in a jurisdiction other that the District of Columbia, the ap17:36:44 EDT 2013 plicant must send the application for change of name and adult and notice of final hearing to the Federal Bureau of Prisons personally or by registered or certified mail and the proof of service be made by filing the affidavit/ declaration of service.

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM795 Michael A. Johnson Decedent Gary Altman, Esq 11300 Rockville Pike, Suite 708 Rockville, MD 20852 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Tuleda Poole Johnson, whose address is 1214 F l o r a l S t r e e t , N W, Washington, DC 20012 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Michael A. Johnson, who died on May 16, 2013 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 08, 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 08, 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: 11/08/2013 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Tuleda Poole Johnson Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

TYPESET: Mon Nov 04 14:07:46 11/08, 11/15 & 11/22/13

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 SO ORDERED Administration No. JUDGE 2013ADM795 TYPESET: Mon Nov 04 Michael 14:07:23A.EST 2013 Johnson 11/08, 11/15 & 11/22/13 Decedent Gary Altman, Esq Superior Court of 11300 Rockville Pike, the District of Suite 708 District of Columbia Rockville, MD 20852 PROBATE DIVISION Attorney Washington, D.C. NOTICE OF 20001-2131 APPOINTMENT, Administration No. NOTICE TO 2013ADM1100 CREDITORS Salena Pearl Quarles AND NOTICE TO Decedent UNKNOWN HEIRS James Larry Frazier, Tuleda Poole Johnson, Esq whose address is 1214 918 Maryland Avenue, F l o r a l S t r e e t , N W, NE Washington, DC 20012 Washington, DC 20002 was appointed personal Attorney representative of the NOTICE OF estate of Michael A. APPOINTMENT, Johnson, who died on NOTICE TO May 16, 2013 without a CREDITORS will, and will serve withAND NOTICE TO out Court supervision. All UNKNOWN HEIRS unknown heirs and heirs Bruce M. Quarles, whose whose whereabouts are address is 3965 Ala- unknown shall enter their bama Avenue, SE, appearance in this Washington, DC 20020, proceeding. Objections was appointed personal to such appointment representative of the shall be filed with the estate of Salena Pearl Register of Wills, D.C., Quarles, who died on 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd April 4, 2013 without a Floor Washington, D.C. will, and will serve with- 20001, on or before May out Court supervision. All 08, 2014. Claims against unknown heirs and heirs the decedent shall be whose whereabouts are presented to the underunknown shall enter their signed with a copy to the appearance in this Register of Wills or filed proceeding. Objections with the Register of Wills to such appointment with a copy to the undershall be filed with the signed, on or before May Register of Wills, D.C., 08, 2014, or be forever 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd barred. Persons believed Floor Washington, D.C. to be heirs or legatees of 20001, on or before May the decedent who do not 8, 2014. Claims against receive a copy of this nothe decedent shall be tice by mail within 25 presented to the under- days of its first publicasigned with a copy to the tion shall so inform the Register of Wills or filed Register of Wills, includwith the Register of Wills ing name, address and with a copy to the under- relationship. signed, on or before May Date of Publication: 8, 2014, or be forever 11/08/2013 barred. Persons believed Name of newspaper: to be heirs or legatees of Afro-American the decedent who do not Washington receive a copy of this no- Law Reporter tice by mail within 25 Tuleda Poole Johnson days of its first publicaPersonal tion shall so inform the Representative 12:10:04 EDT 2013 Register of Wills, including name, address and TRUE TEST COPY relationship.

REGISTER OF WILLS Date of Publication: TYPESET: Mon Nov 04 14:08:09 November 8, 2013 11/08, 11/15 & 11/22/13 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Superior Court of Washington the District of Law Reporter Columbia Bruce M. Quarles Civil Division Personal Case No. 13-0007418 Representative IN RE: Lula Mae Bethea TRUE TEST COPY Applicant REGISTER OF WILLS ORDER OF PUBLICATION 11/08, 11/15 & 11/22/13 CHANGE OF NAME

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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 be15:29:48 EDTTue 2013 TYPESET: Oct 22 15:33:49 EDTTue 2013 TYPESET: Oct 22 15:34:50 EDT 2013 April 25th, 2014, or LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES fore LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES TYPESET: Mon Oct 28 be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs Superior Court of Superior Court of or legatees of the dethe District of Superior Court of the District of cedent who do not reDistrict of Columbia the District of District of Columbia ceive a copy of this notice PROBATE DIVISION District of Columbia by mail within 25 days of PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. PROBATE DIVISION W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . its first publication shall 20001-2131 Washington, D.C. so inform the Register of 20001-2131 Administration No. 20001-2131 Wills, including name, Administration No. 2013ADM553 Administration No. address and relation2010ADM236 Hattie Coffee 2013ADM1077 ship.

Barbara A. Dade Decedent Ethelbert William Date of Publication: Wesley L. Clarke Decedent Haskins October 25th, 2013 1629 K Street, Ste 300 NOTICE OF Decedent Name of newspaper: Washington, DC 20006 APPOINTMENT, NOTICE OF Afro-American Attorney APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO Washington NOTICE OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS Law Reporter APPOINTMENT, CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO Ann P Hall NOTICE TO AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Personal CREDITORS UNKNOWN HEIRS Nathan A. Neal, Esquire, Representative AND NOTICE TO Patricia Ann Haskins, whose address is 3108 UNKNOWN HEIRS whose address is 8605 C h e r r y R o a d N E , TRUE TEST COPY Gloria Miller, whose ad11th Avenue, Silver REGISTER OF WILLS d r e s s i s 2 2 2 0 1 6 t h Washington, DC 20018 TYPESET: Mon Oct 28 17:35:23 EDT 2013 Spring, MD 20903-3203, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8/13 Street, N.W. Washing- was appointed personal was appointed personal representative of the ton, DC was appointed representative of the personal representative estate of Barbara A. estate of Ethelbert WilSuperior Court of of the estate of Hattie D a d e , w h o d i e d o n liam Haskins, who died the District of Coffee, who died on January 2nd, 2010 with a on September 2, 2013 District of Columbia October 22nd, 2011 with- will and will serve without withwithout a will, and will PROBATE DIVISION out a will and will serve Court supervision. All unserve without Court suWashington, D.C. with Court supervision. known heirs and heirs pervision. All unknown 20001-2131 All unknown heirs and whose whereabouts are heirs and heirs whose Administration No. h e i r s w h o s e unknown shall enter their whereabouts are un2013ADM1075 whereabouts are un- a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s Matthew G. Degnen known shall enter their known shall enter their proceeding. Objections Decedent appearance in this appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or Carlos M. Recio, Esq proceeding. Objections to the probate of de- 1016 7Th Street, SE to such appointment (or to such appointment cedent´s will) shall be Washington, DC 20003 to the probate of deshall be filed with the filed with the Register of Attorney cedent´s will) shall be Register of Wills, D.C., Wills, D.C., 515 5th filed with the Register of NOTICE OF 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wills, D.C., 515 5th APPOINTMENT, Floor Washington, D.C. Street, N.W., 3rd Floor NOTICE TO Wa s h i n g t o n , D .

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CREDITORS 20001, on or before April 25th, 2014. Claims 20001, on or before May AND NOTICE TO against the decedent 2 5 t h , 2 0 1 4 . C l a i m s 1, 2014. Claims against UNKNOWN HEIRS shall be presented to the against the decedent Christopher John Degthe decedent shall be undersigned with a copy shall be presented to the nen, whose address is 4 presented to the underto the Register of Wills or undersigned with a copy Taft Drive, Winchester, signed with a copy to the to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Register of Wills or filed MA 01890, was apWills with a copy to the filed with the Register of pointed personal reprewith the Register of Wills undersigned, on or be- Wills with a copy to the sentative of the estate of with a copy to the underfore April 25th, 2014, or undersigned, on or be- Matthew G. Degnen, signed, on or before May be forever barred. Per- fore April 25, 2014, or be who died on March 23, 1, 2014, or be forever sons believed to be heirs forever barred. Persons 2013 without a will, and barred. Persons believed or legatees of the de- believed to be heirs or will serve without Court to be heirs or legatees of cedent who do not re- legatees of the decedent supervision. All unknown the decedent who do not ceive a copy of this notice who do not receive a heirs and heirs whose receive a copy of this noby mail within 25 days of copy of this notice by mail whereabouts are untice by mail within 25 its first publication shall within 25 days of its first known shall enter their days of its first publicaso inform the Register of publication shall so in- a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s tion shall so inform the Wills, including name, form the Register of Register of Wills, includproceeding. Objections address and relationing name, address and Wills, including name, to such appointment ship. relationship. address and relation- shall be filed with the Date of Publication: Date of Publication: Register of Wills, D.C., ship.

October 25th, 2013 November 1, 2013 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Date of Publication: Name of newspaper: Name of newspaper: Floor Washington, D.C. October 25th, 2013 Afro-American Afro-American 20001, on or before May Name of newspaper: Washington Washington 1, 2014. Claims against Afro-American Law Reporter Law Reporter the decedent shall be Gloria Miller Washington Patricia Ann Haskins presented to the underPersonal Law Reporter Personal signed with a copy to the Nathan A. Neal, Esquire Register of Wills or filed Representative Representative Personal with the Register of Wills TRUE TEST COPY Representative with a copy to the underTRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS REGISTER OF WILLS signed, on or before May 10/25/, 11/1, 11/8/13 15:27:46 EDT 2013 TRUE TEST TYPESET: Tue Oct 22 15:41:40 EDTCOPY 2013 1, 2014, or be forever TYPESET: Mon Oct 28 11/01, 11/08 & 11/15/13 REGISTER barred. Persons believed TYPESET: OF TueWILLS Oct 22 15:46:17 EDT 2013 10/25, 11/1, 11/8/13 to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not SUPERIOR COURT OF Superior Court of receive a copy of this noTHE DISTRICT OF Superior Court of the District of tice by mail within 25 COLUMBIA the District of District of Columbia days of its first publicaPROBATE DIVISION Columbia PROBATE DIVISION tion shall so inform the Washington, D.C. Civil Division Washington, D.C. Register of Wills, includ20001-2131 Case No. 13-0006872 ing name, address and 20001-2131 Foreign No. IN RE: relationship.

2013FEP111 Administration No. Timi Rotimi Date of Publication: Date of Death 2013ADM1070 Omokehinde November 1, 2013 September 2, 20123 Andrea Kusko Applicant Name of newspaper: Sharon L. Winslow Decedent ORDER OF Afro-American Decedent PUBLICATION John C. Hendricks Washington Law NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME 7101 Wisconsin Ave. APPOINTMENT Timi Rotimi Omokehinde Reporter Suite 1011 Christopher John having filed an application for OF FOREIGN Bethesda, MD 20814 judgment changing the name Degnen PERSONAL Attorney from Timi Rotimi Personal R E P R E S E N TAT I V E Omokehinde name to Timi NOTICE OF Representative AND Ahmad Akins and having apAPPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO plied to the court for an Order NOTICE TO CREDITORS of Publication of the notice TRUE TEST COPY CREDITORS Lori R. Roane and Casey required by law in such REGISTER OF WILLS cases; it is by the Court this AND NOTICE TO TYPESET: Mon Oct 28 17:35:42 EDT 2013 C. Gordon whose ad9th day of October 2013, 11/01, 11/08 & 11/15/13 UNKNOWN HEIRS dress is 402 Lonsdale hereby Court, Upper Marlboro, Frederick Humphreys, ORDERED, that a copy of MD 20774 was apwhose address is 3601 this Order be published once SUPERIOR COURT OF pointed personal repreTHE DISTRICT OF a week for three (3) consecuConnecticut Ave., NW, sentatives of the estate tive weeks, in The AfroCOLUMBIA Apt. 413, Washington, American Newspaper, a of Sharon L. Winslow, PROBATE DIVISION DC 20008, was apnewspaper of general cir- W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . deceased, by the Regispointed personal repreculation of the District of ter of Wills Court for 20001-2131 sentative of the estate of Columbia; and it is further Prince George’s County, Foreign No. ORDERED, that the publicaAndrea Kusko, who died State of Maryland, on 2013FEP000115 tion must began no later than on August 31, 2013 with September 16, 2013.

12 days after the filing of the Date of Death a will, and will serve withapplication; and is further Service of process may July 31, 2009 out Court supervision. All ORDERED, that the FINAL Bernadette G. Womble be made upon Terri A. HEARING on this application unknown heirs and heirs Carter 5303 2nd Street, Decedent to change name will be held whose whereabouts are NW Washington, DC NOTICE OF in Judge-in-Chambers, unknown shall enter their 20011 whose designaAPPOINTMENT Room 4220 in the District of tion as District of Columappearance in this OF FOREIGN Columbia at 500 Indiana bia agent has been filed Avenue NW Washington DC proceeding. Objections PERSONAL 20001, on the 27th day of with the Register of Wills, REPRESENTATIVE to such appointment (or November, 13th 2013 at 3:00 D.C. AND to the probate of depm.If any person desires to The decedent owned the NOTICE TO cedent´s will) shall be oppose this application, that following District of CREDITORS person or his or her attorney filed with the Register of Columbia real property: must be present at the hear- S t e p h e n H u d g e n s Wills, D.C., 515 5th One-Quarter interest ing or file written detailed whose address is 146 Street, N.W., 3rd Floor objections five (5) days in ad- Q u i n c y P l a c e , N E , 5027 13th Place, NE Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . vance of the hearing with Washington, DC 20002 Claims against the deJudge-in-Chambers and mail 20001, on or before May cedent may be prewas appointed personal a copy of the applicant or ap1, 2014. Claims against sented to the underplicant’s counsel; and it is fur- representative of the the decedent shall be signed and filed with the estate of Bernadette G. ther presented to the underRegister of Wills for the ORDERED, that Womble, deceased, by the applicant must send the the State of Michigan signed with a copy to the District of Columbia, application for change of Probate Court for Wayne Building A, 515 5th Register of Wills or filed name of an adutl and notice Street, N.W. 3rd Floor, with the Register of Wills of final hearing to the ap- C o u n t y, S t a t e o f Washington, D.C. 20001 with a copy to the underplicant’s creditors personally Michigan. within 6 months from the signed, on or before May or by registered or certified Service of process may date of first publication of mail and show proof of ser- be made upon Stephen 1, 2014, or be forever vice by filing the affidavit/ Hudgens, 146 Quincy this notice. barred. Persons believed declaration of service Lori R. Roane Place, NE, Washington, to be heirs or legatees of SO ORDERED Casey C. Gordon DC 20002, whose desthe decedent who do not JUDGE Mon Oct 28 17:44:04 EDT 2013 Personal TYPESET: 10/25, 11/1, 11/8/13 ignation as District of receive a copy of this noRepresentatives Columbia agent has tice by mail within 25 TRUE TEST COPY been filed with the Regisdays of its first publicaSuperior Court of REGISTER OF WILLS ter of Wills, D.C. tion shall so inform the the District of Date of first publication: The decedent owned the Register of Wills, includDistrict of Columbia October 25th, 2013 following District of ing name, address and PROBATE DIVISION Name of newspapers Colombia real property: Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 21-54th Street, SE, and/or periodical: relationship.

20001-2131 The Daily Date of Publication: Washington, DC 20019 Administration No. Washington & 1669 Montello Avenue, November 1, 2013 2013ADM1007 Law Reporter Washington, DC 20002 Name of newspaper: Cecil R. EDT Hall 2013 The Afro-American Claims against the deTYPESET: Tue Oct 22 15:48:37 Afro-American 10/25/, 11/1, 11/8/13 Decedent cedent may be preWashington Law NOTICE OF sented to the underReporter APPOINTMENT, signed and filed with the Frederick Humphreys Superior Court of NOTICE TO Register of Wills for the Personal CREDITORS the District of District of Columbia, 500 Representative AND NOTICE TO Columbia Indiana Avenue, N.W., UNKNOWN HEIRS Washington, D.C. 20001 Civil Division TRUE TEST COPY Ann P Hall, whose ad- within 6 months from the Case No. 2013FSP REGISTER OF WILLS dress is 2601 22nd St. date of first publication of IN RE: NE Washington, DC this notice.

Audrey Rene Thicklen 20018, was appointed 11/01, 11/08 & 11/15/13 Applicant personal representative Stephen Hudgens of the estate of Cecil R. ORDER OF Personal Hall, who died on Representative(s) PUBLICATION December 27th, 2010 TRUE TEST COPY CHANGE OF NAME a will and will REGISTER OF WILLS Audrey Rene Thicklen without serve without Court su- Date of first publication: having filed an complaint for judgment changing Iman Al- pervision. All unknown November 1, 2013 yse Thicklen name to Iman heirs and heirs whose Name of newspapers Muslin Gaye and having ap- whereabouts are un- and/or periodical: plied to the court for an Order known shall enter their The Daily Washington Law Reporter of Publication of the notice a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s required by law in such proceeding. Objections The Afro-American to such appointment cases; it is by the Court this 18th day of October 2013, shall be filed with the 11/01, 11/08 & 11/15/13 Register of Wills, D.C., hereby ORDERED, that all persons 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd concerned show cause, if Floor Washington, D.C. any there be, on or before the 20001, on or before April 25th day of November, 2013, 2 5 t h , 2 0 1 4 . C l a i m s why the prayers of said com- against the decedent plaint should not be granted; shall be presented to the provided that a copy of this undersigned with a copy Order be publishd once a to the Register of Wills or week for three(3) consecu- filed with the Register of tive weeks before said day in Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or bethe AFRO newspaper. fore April 25th, 2014, or SO ORDERED be forever barred. PerJUDGE 10/25, 11/1, 11/8/13 sons 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

Lula Mae Bethea having filed a complaint for judgment changing Lula Mae Bethea’s name to Lula Mae Harris 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 31st 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 Newspapers, a newspaper of general circulation of the District of Columbia; and it is further ORDERED, that the publication must began no later than two weeks 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 19th day of December, 2013 at 2:30 p.m..If any person desires to oppose this application, that person or his or her attorney

culation of the District of Columbia; and it is further ORDERED, that the publication must began no later than two weeks 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 LEGALatNOTICES Columbia 500 Indiana Avenue NW Washington DC 20001, on the 19th day of December, 2013 at 2:30 p.m..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 notice be sent to the applicant’s creditors personally or by registered or certified mail and the proof of service be made by filing the affidavit/ declaration of service in name change cases.

SO ORDERED JUDGE

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