Sophisticated Settings - Lifestyle July 16 2016

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The Afro-American, July 16, 2016 - July 22, 2016

Master of Ceremonies Guy Lambert, WPGC

Miss USA and Miss International Junior Kennedy Abarca , 2016 Maryland Jr. Princess

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D); D.C. shadow Sen. Paul Strauss; Miss USA Deshuana Barber; D.C. Council member LaRuby May (D-Ward 8); D.C. Council member Brandon Todd (D-Ward 4) and D.C. shadow Sen. Michael Brown

AFRO D.C. General Manager Edgar Brookins and Miss USA

A welcome reception for the newly crowned Miss USA, Deshuana Barber, was hosted by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) July 6 at the Carnegie Library at Mt. Vernon Square in Northwest D.C. The mayor presented a proclamation to Barber in recognition of her achievement for representing the District of Columbia at the Miss USA Pageant. Barber will represent the USA in the Miss Universe Pageant later in the year. Photos by Rob Roberts

Carla Crawford and Miss USA

Miss USA and former D.C. Queens

Miss USA and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D)

2016 Champions Prince George’s County Police; Attorney Simba Hodari, Greenberg & Bederman, LLC; Metropolitan Police District of Columbia; Former Harlem Globetrotter Larry “Shorty” Coleman; Lisa White, Tri-Star Realty and Dwayne Renal Sims, founder Negro League Legends Hall of Fame

Mrs. Wise, wife of late Tuskegee Airman Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr.; former Harlem Globetrotter Larry “Shorty” Coleman; (far left) Lisa White, Tri-Star Realty and Dwayne Renal Sims, NLLHOF, presents checks to the Wise Athletic Department

The Prince George’s County Police Department in partnership with the Negro League Legends Hall of Fame held a basketball tournament to bring about awareness of law enforcement officers who are the gate keepers to communities in the metropolitan area. The First Annual “Badges for a Cause” Tournament with former Harlem Globetrotter Larry “Shorty” Coleman, occurred July 8-10. The Prince George’s County Police Department team was named as the 2016 champions.

The Invitational Basketball Tournament was played by various Law Enforcement basketball teams, including the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, the Anne Arundel County Police Department, Metro Transit Police and others.

Pamela S. Perkins and N.J. Mitchell

David Do, D.C. shadow Sen. Michael Brown and John Tinpe

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority

Lashana Barker

Chelsea Smith, Torene Harvin and Gabrielle Johson

Cadets of Dr. Henry A. Wise High School Air force Junior R.O.T.C.

Prince George’s (Blue/ Red) and Baton Rouge (White/Blue-Yellow) played the first game of the tournament.

Marvin Jackson, Bowie State University Hall of Famer

Special Guest Commentator Winston Chaney, Radio One

Mark A. Magaw, deputy chief administrative officer for Public Safety

Courtesy Photos

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The Afro-American, July 16, 2016 - July 22, 2016

Photos By Chanet Wallace

Speaker of the house of Delegates Michael E. Busch

Delegates, local officials, retired and active judges and supporters gathered in the Lowe House Office Building in Annapolis, Md. on July 6 to celebrate the new Legislative Black Caucus Executive Leadership. Cheryl D. Glenn, the new Black Caucus chair, shared new and improved plans of the Black Caucus.

Delegate Curt S. Anderson

Delegate Sheree Sample- Hughes Delegate Edith J. Patterson Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby

Joshua Harris and Caryn Asian

Delegate Pamela Queen

Belinda Brewington and Elecia S. James

Walter Lomax, Delegate Cheryl D. Glenn and Tara A. Huffman

Diana M. Fennell and Darryl Barnes

Oath of Office with Retired chief judge Robert M. Bell, Delegate Cheryl D. Glenn, incoming chair of the Legislative Black Caucus Executive Leadership, and family

Kevin Kamenetz, Baltimore County Executive, Retired Chief Judge Robert M. Bell and State Senator Nathaniel McFadden

Leon Robinson IV, past scholarship recipient Kyle Anderson, portrait

Photos by JD Howard

Jonelle Jacobs and Deborah Dailey holding scrapbook

Barbara Jackson and Gladine Harvey

On June 25 the Kyle Anderson Scholarship Fund hosted its 13th year of remembrance luncheon at the Forum Caterers in Baltimore. Kyle Anderson died from Osteoscarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. In 2003 Kyle’s dad, Earl Anderson, now deceased, establishes a fund to celebrate his life and to give back to the community. Today more than 100 students, both undergraduate and graduate, from Rising Sun Baptist Church in Baltimore County have received assistance in fulfilling their educational dreams.

L-R Scholarship Committee: Brigitte Binns, Pat Davis, James Stephens, Randy Abrams, Hilda Hopewell, Ollivette Jones, Rosetta Anderson and Emmett C. Burns Jr. Ph.d

L-R: John Milton Wesley, guest speaker with Earlean Poe Burns, Rev. Burns and Rosetta Anderson

Joshua Harris and Delegate Charles E. Syndor III

The Cedar and Morris Hill Community Day was held on June 11 at the Cedar Morris Hill Community Center in Glen Burnie, Md. The festivities included good food, family fun and a parade

through the community. Music was provided by the Cedar Morris Hill Youth Choir. The celebration has continued for over 30 years under the direction of the Cedar and Morris Hill Woman’s Auxiliary.

Rising Sun Agape Dancers

Aleta Floyd, Tyess Swain and Dellare McLaughlin

Dorothy Weems, Rosa Price,Patricia Thomas, Jean Smith, Margaret Galloway, Miriam Nicholas, and Doris Ceo The New Baltimore Twilighters Marching Band

Lisa Brooks, Ninia M. Ray, Teri Ray, Dorothy Rooks and Julia Williams

Cedar and Morris Hill Youth Group

Geraldine Lippman, Daisey DuBois, Betty Edwards and Viola Taylor

Historic Automobile

Dequinton Richmond, Demetria Gains and Lee Walker Albert T. Tynes, Betty Edwards, Marva F. Randolph and Ronald Rooks

Photos by JD Howard

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