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Civil Rights Leaders, Groups Issue Recommendations

By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent

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civil rights leaders and groups issued recommendations to address the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and to prevent future use of excessive force by law enforcement against unarmed African Americans. Brown, 18, was unarmed when he was shot and killed Aug. 9

by Darren Wilson, a White officer in the Ferguson Police Department.

His death is part of a broader problem, the leaders said. “The death of Michael Brown is a pattern. He is the end of a long trail of abuses,” said the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. during a press call with reporters.

“He is Trayvon [Martin].

He is Amadou Diallo. He is Abner Louima. He is Eric Garner. He is Ezell Ford,” Jackson added, citing a list of Black men and teens who have been the victims of extrajudicial violence.

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People walk through the streets after a standoff with police Aug. 18 during a protest for Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.

DMV Leaders, Residents Comment on Ferguson Unrest

By James Wright and Derek Braxton Special to the AFRO Politicians, candidates for elected office, clergymen, and residents in the DMV have strong opinions regarding the situation in Ferguson, Mo. The reaction to the killing of African-American Michael Brown by a White police officer has ignited a national debate about the relationship Continued on A3

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D.C. Rally For Michael Brown Draws Hundreds

By Linda Poulson Special to the AFRO

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“Chant down Babylon, grassroots is the bomb, we ready, we coming!” Jonathan Lykes, a coordinating council member with the Washington D.C. Black Youth Project, told hundreds of people gathered Aug. 14 at Meridian Hill Park. The phrase, coined by reggae artists, echoed throughout the crowd as a proactive work in progress.

Lykes was the man who got things started. His enthusiasm, chants and energy

kept the crowd pumped. “You don’t need an organization to organize. This is not a onetime thing. This is the time to get things done. Our lives are worth saving. We’re here to make a declaration,” he said.

“We are here to revere so many we have lost. Today is a time to mourn.”

During the rally, a moment of silence was observed for Michael Brown and others who died from police brutality. During the moment of silence, some crowd members yelled out for the fallen and others expressed their opinions, Continued on A3

Tight Race for D.C. Attorney General

By James Wright Special to the AFRO

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When District voters go to the polls on Nov 4 to elect a candidate for the newly-created position of attorney general, they will have three African Americans in the field of five on the ballot.

Lateefah Williams, Edward “Smitty” Smith, and Karl Racine want to be the District’s top legal officer. They are in a tough fight with Lorie Masters and Paul Zukerberg, who are White, to win the race.

If Williams, Smith, or Racine wins in November, they will be elected to a state-level position that few African-Americans have won. Edward Brooke, a District native, was elected in 1962 by Massachusetts voters as the first Black elected attorney general of any state. Brooke was later elected the first Black elected U.S. senator in 1966 and served two terms.

Kamala Harris and Vincent Frazer of the U.S. Virgin Islands are the only Black state-level attorney generals presently.

Williams said that she will be an effective attorney general because of her experiences working in the legislative and

public policy arenas. “I have spent my career as a public advocate,” Williams, 37, said. “For me, working in the public interest has not been something to do on the side while I enrich corporations. Rather, I made a conscious choice to dedicate my career to public service and I believe that as a Courtesy Photo community-oriented public servant, I am Lateefah Williams has worked in best suited to represent the legislative and policy arenas. all Washingtonians and protect our most vulnerable citizens.”

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Bowser Garners Additional Support

By James Wright Special to the AFRO D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser’s campaign for District mayor is collecting endorsements and dollars in fundraising and gaining organizational strength.

Bowser, who is the Democratic candidate for mayor and represents Ward 4 on the council, received the endorsement of two labor groups recently. On Aug. 11, the executive board of the Metropolitan Washington Continued on A4

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later that Martin had died in a car accident, by walking in front of a moving semi-trailer on Interstate 77 in Canton, Ohio.

According to NewsOne, Martin and Omoyele were involved in a car accident earlier that day. The police report that the steering wheel on Martin’s vehicle began to shake, and she could not control it. The vehicle reportedly hit a curb, struck a hydrant, shot across a yard, hitting shrubs and rocks, and then finally came to a stop at a parking lot. Investigators are not sure whether this had anything to do with the child’s subsequent death.

Martin’s family has set up a fund-raising page to pay for her and her Gonzalez’s funeral services.

Mo’Ne Davis Doesn’t Pitch but Hits RBI in Pennsylvania’s Taney Dragon’s Win over Texas

Thirteen-year-old pitching sensation Mo’Ne Davis didn’t pitch Aug, 17 during the Taney Dragon’s (Pennsylvania) matchup against Pearland East (Texas) in the 2014 Little League World Series tournament in Williamsport, Pa. Little League rules require pitchers to rest a full three days between pitching performances.

But Davis’ absence from the mound didn’t stop her from making an impact in Taney’s 7-6 comeback win over Texas.

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contributed in the batting lineup Sunday night. She popped a RBI single near center field in the first inning to help her team take an early 2-0 lead, and was walked during her next at-bat in the bottom of the fourth inning. She later hit a ground ball and was quickly thrown out during her third and final at-bat in the fifth inning. With her RBI single, she became the sixth girl to record a hit in LLWS history and fourth to post an RBI. With Davis resting her arm, the team’s next best pitcher, 12-year-old Jared Sprague-Lott, started the game for Taney.

Sprague-Lott threw eight strikeouts but also gave up two home runs and five earned runs total. Sprague-Lott was replaced in the fifth inning after giving up his second homer. Joe Richardson took over the pitching mound for Taney but gave up another run to push Texas ahead, 6-3, in the top of the fifth.

Zion Spearman came up big for Taney with an RBI double in the bottom of the fifth and Kai Cummings added an RBI single to help cut the score to 6-5 heading into the sixth inning.

Taney then clinched its comeback victory after Spearman smacked a RBI triple in the sixth inning to tie the score at 6, followed by a Texas throwing error on a walk-off single by Tai Shanahan to give Taney the 7-6 win over Texas.

At AFRO press time, Taney (2-0) was scheduled to see its next LLWS action on Aug. 20. Mo’Ne Davis was scheduled to start the game as pitcher.

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According to NewsOne, Ohio police found Gonzalez dead and a autopsy proved inconclusive. Gonzalez did not have any telltale signs of injuries, signs of trauma or any signs of recent or past abuse.

Police were called after Martin talked about suicide to a relative. While her relative went to the fire station to tell them about Gonzalez, the police proceeded to her house where Martin was not in.

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Ferguson: a Dramatic Picture of Black Community’s Distrust of Cops– Nationwide The BLACK PIGS are just as BAD as the WHITE ONES… Sue Brown Police are the modern day Mafia…Danay Lavon Parker It’s not like they don’t give people a reason not to trust them because they do…So why trust a cop that is no different than the people that they arrest, murder and hide behind a badge/law etc!!!...Sarrha A Johnson What’s new. We need a new order of protection…Jo El Dread

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between Blacks and law enforcement agencies. The Ferguson police have responded to unruly protestors with military-style equipment some commentators say is more appropriate in Afghanistan than in the small Midwestern city.

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) thinks that a military response to civilian unrest is inappropriate. “Spotty looting in a suburban community produced armored trucks, military combat weapons, and police dressed to kill, who resemble the personnel we see in Afghanistan,” Norton said. “To make matters worse, there appeared to be no civilian control of the police by the appropriate elected officials. Where were the locally elected administration and the governor while the police took control [of] the streets?”

The Rev. Graylan Hagler, senior minister of the Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ and an independent candidate for an at-large seats on the D.C. Council in November, recently expressed his feelings regarding the situation in Ferguson. “War in Gaza, War in Ferguson – same thing – people fighting against racism, militarization and occupation,” he tweeted.

Khalid Pitts, also an independent at-large candidate for the council, said “With the shooting of Michael Brown at the hands of [police officer] Darren Wilson, we have been painfully reminded that not every citizen in our country has the same security walking down the street. Unfortunately, for people of color, being fearful of the police is a part of daily life. We need

to assert that all lives matter.”

Laurel, Md. resident, the Rev. Dr. Ronald E. Braxton, a presiding elder of the Potomac District in the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church, grew up in the Black civil rights era. He said, “A big part of the crisis in Ferguson stems from the lack of home grown leadership in the community. I don’t think a township where African-American’s are two-thirds

based on individual concern. One thing is common – looking for a solution, so that we don’t keep coming back to this same place over and over again.”

Langley Park resident and mother of a 2-year-old son, Dwelley Gardiner, said “What happened in Ferguson can happen anywhere. It saddens me that I have to teach my son to be scared of the police. They are supposed to be here to protect us. Michael Brown’s death is not the first and he won’t be the last, there is no way to put an end to racism.”

Although many in Prince George’s County are outraged by the actions of Ferguson Police – Khalid Pitts Officer Darren Wilson, there are those who support the officer. “African-Americans tend only to be upset when a White person kills a Black person, the majority, having limited to no representation in city but Black on Black crime happens more often, where are government, reflects strong leadership.” the protests then?” said Zachary Crawford, a White Suitland Students and alum from Howard University have joined resident. the Ferguson community to stand against the racial backlash.

Jonathan Weaver, pastor of Greater Mt. Nebo A.M.E. In response to the death of Michael Brown, Howard students Church in Upper Marlboro, is one of many clergy outraged by have united to post a photo on social media with their hands the case. “Out of this tragedy will come a desire in the Africanup, and held a rally against police brutality during the week of American community to groom candidates for elected office Aug. 10. The Howard University Student Association will hold who have the best interests of our people at heart,” Weaver a meeting Aug. 21 to determine 10 economic impact items to said. “Citizens are not doing enough, they need to mobilize be used to draw attention to the movement, according to a press politically and take control of their own community.” release.

Joi Ridley, 2003 Howard alum, said that while announcing AFRO D.C. Editor LaTrina Antoine and Senior a vigil she heard “a lot of different response, diverse responses Correspondent Zenitha Prince contributed to this article.

“Unfortunately, for people of color, being fearful of the police is a part of daily life. We need to assert that all lives matter.”

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“The shooting and killing of Michael Brown is a grim reminder that there are two kinds of policing in America today: One for White communities, aimed at serving and protecting them, and one for communities of color, devised to criminalize and control them,” added Jennifer Bellamy, of the American Civil Liberties Union. “To serve and protect is not a suggestion, it is a mandate that law enforcement must apply equally to all communities, otherwise, there will be more Fergusons.”

Since Brown’s shooting and the days of violence and pandemonium that have engulfed the majority-Black city, the civil rights leaders said they have been working on the ground, trying to moderate the militarized policing of the protests, litigating and taking other steps to achieve transparency in the police investigation, and liaising with the Department of Justice and Gov. Jay Nixon to effect fair and just resolutions.

“What we are seeing in Ferguson, Missouri, in terms of the uprising, is that many young people of color feel that their communities have become Constitution-free zones, where young Blacks can be arrested for nothing or shot down in the streets with impunity as was Michael Brown and many young Blacks every day of the year,” said the Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., president of the Hip Hop Caucus. He added, “Black lives and Black communities deserve respect . . . We don’t want justice in part; we want justice in whole.

That is truly what will make our country a better country.”

Police detain a protester Aug. 18, in Ferguson, Mo.

The list of recommendations is one step toward that goal, the coalition said.

“We are here today to discuss long-term efforts that must occur in order to stop this cycle of violence against people of color, particularly our youth, across this country,” said Barbara Arnwine, executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. “We are [firm] in our belief that a national movement must take place to focus this nation on the mass killings of people of color. This means we are prepared for a long-

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Hundreds of people gathered Aug. 14 at Meridian Hill Park. but organizers and some in the crowd encouraged those who interrupted to show respect and consideration.

An assortment of signs colored the audience. A large American flag was held up with photos of Michael Brown and the slogans “Don’t Shoot;” “Film The Police;” “No Justice, No Peace,” and “Black Lives Matter.” Red peace ribbons were distributed and white dressings were tied around the upper arms of organizers.

Andy Iker and Joey Maghan, District transplants from West Virginia, heard about the rally at the last

minute and decided to come.

“I think the police should serve and protect,” said Iker, while Maghan commented,

“Police have too much power and give too much force without checking their office.”

term battle to implement the recommended actions.”

Those suggested actions were varied and include an thorough independent investigation of Brown’s death and all other police killings by the Department of Justice, the establishment of national standards on the use of force, comprehensive federal review and reporting of excessive use of force generally against minorities and of racially disproportionate policing, universal use of cameras in police cars and on officers’ bodies, and community-based policing.

“We firmly believe that if these recommendations are implemented they would have a profound effect upon reducing violence and restoring confidence in law enforcement by communities of color,” Arnwine said.

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Largest D.C. Government Union Endorses Muriel Bowser

By Christina Sturdivant Special to the AFRO On Aug. 12, District Council 20 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) hosted a press conference to endorse Democrat Muriel Bowser for D.C. mayor. Bowser secured Council 20’s support after meeting with the leadership for nearly an hour, answering questions and committing to follow-up tasks. The announcement was made at Council 20’s headquarters on Kalorama Road in Northwest.

This is the second major union endorsement for Bowser. A day earlier, she received the support of the Metro Washington Labor Council, AFL-CIO union coalition, who endorsed Bowser based on her support for labor issues such as wage-theft enforcement and government workers’ right to unionize, according to the AFL-CIO’s president, Joslyn Williams.

Before giving the floor to Bowser, Council 20’s executive director Andrew D.

Washington shared his view of the District, as “a city that is changing at an incredible pace; a city where the income of the top 20 percent is $285,000 a year, while the income of the bottom 20 percent is less than $10,000 a year!”

These staggering figures, he said, are not a matter of economics, but a challenge for the city’s next leader. In

Bowser, we believe unions will have a seat at the table when important issues are discussed,” he said.

In response to the support of the more than 6,000 District government employees that form District 20, Bowser said, “I’m honored to be endorsed by the hardworking men and women of District Council 20, a group that helps represent the backbone of our economy.

Together, we will build an even stronger and more vibrant city, one that that supports working families, – Andrew D. Washington grows middle-class jobs, and brings trusted leadership to the District of considering other candidates Columbia.” for Council 20, Washington Bowser, 42, won the said all others fell short. democratic nomination “Unlike her opponents, on April 1, 2014, outing Muriel does not need to reincumbent Vincent Gray. introduce herself to voters nor Bowser’s primary contender does she need a fake political in the Nov. 4 election is makeover to recast herself as independent D.C. council an ally of working people,” member, David Catania. he said.

Her campaign touts While he does not expect the fifth-generation to see eye-to-eye with Bowser Washingtonian as a at all times, Washington said pragmatic, hands-on approach he is confident a Bowser leader with experience in administration will be legislation, oversight, and inclusive and respectful to policy-making in the District.

District workers. “In Muriel As Ward 4 Councilmember,

“In Muriel Bowser, we believe unions will have a seat at the table when important issues are discussed.”

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Council, AFL-CIO announced its support for Bowser in the Nov. 4 general election. “Muriel Bowser represents the best choice for working people in D.C.,” Metro Council President Joslyn N. Williams said. “Having endorsed Muriel twice before in previous elections, labor feels that we can work productively with her. She has supported labor’s positions on paid sick days for workers, increasing the minimum wage and indexing it to inflation and free speech on picket lines.”

The local AFL-CIO represents 175 labor unions in the public, private and federal sectors, with 150,000 union members in the Washington area. Bowser’s campaign will benefit from the AFL-CIO’s fundraising apparatus and its members will work to ensure her victory in the general election.

On Aug. 12, District Council 20 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) said it supports Bowser for mayor.

AFSCME has 6,000 members and is the largest union representing District government employees including sanitation workers, social workers, library aides, crossing guards, and school bus drivers. Like with the AFLCIO, the Bowser campaign will have access to AFSCME’s fundraising capabilities and volunteer efforts.

Bowser will face at-large D.C. Council member David Catania, former D.C. Council member Carol Schwartz, and Nestor Djonkam who are running as independents, and the nominees for the D.C. Statehood Green and Libertarian parties in the general election. In the Aug. 12 report of the Office of Campaign Finance, Bowser has far surpassed her competitors in terms of raising money. The report showed Bowser brought in $511,160 her agenda has included pushing an open and ethical government, rebuilding

“With less than 90 days to go in this election, it’s clear residents across all eight wards are responding to a positive vision for the District’s future.”

– Muriel Bowser with $1,026,632 cash on hand.

Bowser, who reported 1,202 new contributors, said that her fundraising strategy is working well. “With less than 90 days to go in this election, it’s clear residents across all eight wards are responding to a positive vision for the District’s future,” Bowser, 42, said. “And, because of the thousands who contributed to this campaign, we’re only getting stronger-and moving that much closer to a fresh start in the District of Columbia.”

Hundreds of District residents have volunteered or supported Bowser’s campaign whether by hosting a “meet-and-greet,” walking the city’s neighborhoods with her or on her behalf, and stopping by to help in the campaign offices on Georgia Avenue in Ward 4 and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in Ward 8.

Charles Wilson, an advisory neighborhood commissioner in Ward 8 and the leader of the Historic Anacostia organization said it appears the Bowser campaign is doing the right things. “She definitely has the most energetic campaign and the most energetic supporters,” Wilson said. “She has so many advantages such as being the Democratic Party nominee and it does not hurt that she is an AfricanAmerican woman. She is doing well compared to who she is running against.”

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Perspectives About Brown’s Death as Different as Black and White

By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent Reactions to the death of Michael Brown, the unarmed African-American teen killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., and the protests that followed are as different as . . .Black and White.

A new national poll by the Pew Research Center released this week shows that opinions about Brown’s shooting, the police response and the integrity and efficacy of the investigation fall starkly along racial lines. “People do react to things in different ways based on their experiences,” said Dr. Jules Harrell, professor of psychology at Howard University, about the divergent perspectives.

The survey, conducted Aug. 14-17 among 1,000 adults, found that Blacks were much more likely – by a ratio of about 4-to-1 – to say the shooting in Ferguson raises important issues about race that merit further discussion. By contrast, Whites, by 47 percent to 37 percent, say the issue of race is getting more attention than it deserves.

Similarly, while most African Americans (65 percent) say law enforcement has gone overboard in its response to the shooting’s aftermath, Whites are divided. One-third, 33 percent, agree that police have gone too far, 32 percent said the police response has been about right, while 35 percent offered no response.

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Whites were also three times more likely than Blacks – 52 percent compared to 18 percent – to express some confidence in the shooting’s investigation. Roughly three-quarters of Blacks (76 percent) have little or no confidence in the investigations, with 45 percent saying they have no confidence at all.

Ironically, some experts say, the differences in opinion, particularly on the question of whether race is a factor in the Ferguson situation, is fuelled mostly by . . . race.

“We live in a country where there are polarized views as to what the reality of race and racism is,” said Darnell Hunt, an expert on race relations and director of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.

For African Americans, who have to deal with overpolicing, racial profiling and police brutality, uneven political strength, unjust justice systems, and other forms of discrimination, “racism is very real,” Hunt said.

Conversely, he added, “For most of White America, the whole bargain they struck with the election of President Barack Obama is that they get to forget race, and they get upset when it is raised.”

The problems of racial inequality and injustice are very real in Ferguson. Though the city is 67 percent African-American, its power structure is predominantly White: the mayor and police chief are White, six of the city’s seven council members are White, and a mere three of the police department’s

53-officer force are Black.

Then there are the other problems. A 2013 report showed a major racial disparity in police stops and searches, with African Americans being twice as likely as Whites to be searched and arrested. Add disproportionately high unemployment rates and other social ills, and the fact that at least three other unarmed Black males in other cities were killed within the last month, and you have a recipe for the civil unrest that has erupted in Ferguson, experts said. “The outrage is predictable,” Harrell said. “People are tired of the abominable conditions in their community.”

The heavy-handed police response – firing rubber bullets and tear gas at protestors, even children; arresting journalists and locking down parts of the city; releasing a video that allegedly shows Brown robbing a convenience store, although authorities said officer Darren Wilson did not stop Brown in response to that alleged crime – has only deepened resentment and mistrust among the residents of the St. Louis suburb.

The other side of this is a mostly-White backlash against the protests and support for the police, including Wilson, the officer who killed the unarmed 18-year-old. “The events in Ferguson, Mo. underscore how imperative it is for the White Race to band together in Brotherhood,” declared Frank Ancona, imperial wizard of the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, on Twitter.

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Continued from A1 Central University in Durham, N.C. and a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in the District. She has worked as an attorney for the Prince George’s County state senate delegation, the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 289 in Forestville, Md., and as a policy analyst for OMB Watch in the District.

Smith worked in the Obama administration in senior-level positions at the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Federal Communications Commission.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from Brown University in Providence, R.I. and a law degree from Harvard University School of Law in Cambridge, Mass. A District native, he spent his earlier life in the Congress Heights neighborhood in Ward 8 and in LeDroit Park in Ward 1.

Smith practiced law with the firm of what was then known as Hogan & Hartson and in 2007; he joined the Obama presidential campaign and served as a deputy general counsel of the Obama presidential inaugural committee in early 2009.

Smith said that he is the best candidate to be the District’s first attorney general.

“I am taking the skills that I developed and experiences that I gained through years of

serving communities and dedicating them to you: to serve as your lawyer and to protect your interests because as attorney general, you will be my clients,” Smith, 34, said.

Smith said as attorney general, he will focus on reforming the juvenile justice system, fighting for the rights of consumers, and working to make sure that District residents enjoy the rights of American citizens.

Karl Racine is considered the “establishment candidate” or one who represents the interests of the large law firms and corporations, by political observers. Racine worked for the Clinton White House, the prestigious District of Columbia Public Defender Service, and is a former managing partner with the Venable law firm. He represented former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr., recently.

Racine was named by The National Law Journal as one of “The Most Influential Minority Leaders in America.”

He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and earned his law degree at the University of Virginia School of Law in Charlottesville, Va. “I think that it’s very important, given that this is the first time that the public will elect an attorney general, that [the candidate] have the experience, passion, and understanding of the history of the District of Columbia,” Racine, 51, said.

Racine said he will focus on consumer protection and defining the responsibilities of the attorney general. He said he will not hesitate to hold the mayor and the D.C. Council accountable for their actions and wants to work for the people of the District. “I’ve got the fire in the belly to participate in public service,” he said.

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Christensen Set to be U.S. First Black Female Governor

By James Wright Special to the AFRO The United States has never had a Black female as the governor of a state-level jurisdiction but that could change in the November general election. U.S. Virgin Islands Del. Donna Christensen (D) is well on her way to becoming the governor of her territory. She and Basil Ottley Jr. won the crowded Aug. 2 Democratic Party primary for governor and lieutenant governor, respectively, and because of the strength of the party, will face minor opposition from the island’s other political parties in the Nov. 4 general election.

Christensen was delighted to win her latest political battle. “I am pleased to have the nomination of the Democratic Party and I invite all of my fellow Democrats to work together with me to ensure victory in November,” Christensen, 68, said. “We have a lot of work to do; our people expect that we will have a common vision and a plan to move our territory forward.”

Christensen has been the delegate from the Virgin Islands since 1997. Before her election to Congress, she practiced family medicine for 21 years and held other political offices in the territory.

The delegate earned her bachelor’s degree from St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Ind. in 1966 and her medical degree from the George Washington University in the District in 1970. She did her residency at Howard University Medical Center from 1973-74.

While African-American females have served as lieutenant governors of such states as Ohio and Florida, no Black female has mounted a serious bid to lead a state.

The Virgin Islands has a population of 106,405 and is 76 percent Black. The residents are United States citizens but cannot vote in presidential elections even though they can participate in the Democratic and Republican party activities.

As a delegate like the District’s representative Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), Christensen cannot vote on the floor of the

House but is allowed to fully participate in committee activities, party caucuses and to gain seniority based on years of service.

Christensen, who is serving her ninth term, is the first female physician to serve in the U.S. Congress, the first woman delegate from the Virgin Islands and the first woman to represent an offshore territory.

In the House Democratic Caucus, she served as an assistant minority whip. As an active member of the Congressional Black Caucus, Christensen chairs the Health Braintrust which is the focal point of the organization’s stands on health issues affecting the country’s Black citizens.

In her quest to lead the Virgin Islands, Christensen received support from key women’s political groups. The Women’s Campaign Fund, which helps female candidates for office raise money, has listed Christensen as a “game changer.”

“Christensen has been a strong supporter of the Virgin Islands’ Women’s Coalition and other organizations that advocate for women, especially against [domestic] abuse,” the organization’s website said. “She has always participated in programs on the [Capitol] Hill and elsewhere that addressed women’s issues and is actively involved in the Virgin Islands Commission on Women’s Issues and the Congressional Caucus on Women’s Issues.

Christensen has also gotten the support of EMILY’s List, the powerful political organization which trains and funds female candidates for political office. “Donna Christensen has an outstanding record of service to the women and families of the Virgin Islands,” Stephanie Schriock, president of the organization, said. “The EMILY’s List community of over three million members is thrilled that Donna is one step closer to becoming the first woman governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands.”

If elected governor, Christensen will be the first Black woman to become a member of the National Governors Association, the trade association for the leaders of the states and territories.

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Greater Washington Urban League Back to School Festival Promotes Health and Wellness

By Maria Adebola AFRO Staff Writer The Greater Washington Urban League, in partnership with AmeriHealth D.C., hosted its second annual Health and Wellness Back to School Festival, Aug. 16 at the Urban League’s headquarters in northwest D.C. The festival provided attendees a generous dose of fun activities balanced with information on health and wellness. Participants Photo by Maria Adebola were treated to hotdogs, The festival provided attendees a generous dose of hamburgers, popcorn, fun activities balanced with information on health and cotton candy, face painting, wellness. free backpacks with school supplies, healthy cooking demonstrations, fitness and line dance demo, a first time home buyers workshop and counseling, free fresh produce, and more.

President and CEO of the local Urban League chapter, George Lambert Jr., said the festival touched on important health areas challenging the community. “I can’t think of a better way to spend this Saturday than putting a spotlight on health and wellness,” said Lambert. “This festival touches on the health disparity surrounding African-American families in our community. We hope that people will leave here with information on their health.”

The homebuyers workshop provided information on home loans and home foreclosure.

Other festival sponsors included MedStar Health, Geico, Eli Lilly, and CareFirst. Its major sponsor, AmeriHealth D.C., provided free blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), cholesterol, and HIV screenings. “Our main purpose is to educate families on the benefits available to them concerning their health needs,” said Jennifer Robinson, the marketing coordinator for AmeriHealth.

D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray spoke, highlighting the importance of promoting wellness and fitness in the District. “There was a time for a long time when we had such dismal statistics here in the District of Columbia,” he said. “People, didn’t work out, we didn’t really have a good healthcare system. We have come a long way from having some of the worst statistics in terms of HIV and AIDS for many years, and we’ve now improved those tremendously.

We also have improved our infant mortality rate.”

Before ending his speech, Gray touched on the success of the District’s educational system so far, in addition to the improvements of most of the schools’ infrastructure and the return of vocational education into the school. “We are opening nine career and technical education academies. They will be in schools all across the city,” Gray said. “This means that kids who have dropped out of school because they couldn’t find themselves, will have a chance to find a curriculum that will teach them, and they will graduate from school, some wilI go on to college and they will be prepared to go on to work.”

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El Metrobús hace más de 400,000 recorridos todos los días. Como podrá imaginarse, nos esforzamos muchísimo porque las cosas marchen sin contratiempos. En este caso, hemos reestructurado las líneas 32 y 36 para mejorar la confiabilidad y la frecuencia de los recorridos a lo largo de las avenidas Pennsylvania y Wisconsin. ¿Quiere conocer todos los detalles? Visite wmata.com/betterbus o llame al 202.637.7000.

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The Afro-American, August 23, 2014 - August 29, 2014

COMMUNITY CONNECTION Washington, D.C. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton Hosts Annual Job Fair

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) will host her annual job fair, Aug. 21 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Washington Convention Center, located at 800 Mount Vernon Place N.W. The event will begin with workshops, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., on federal jobs available despite the sequester, top jobs available in the D.C. region, and resume tips.

The morning event will be topped off by a Dress for Success Fashion Show. The job fair, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., is expected to feature many employers with opportunities for federal, state, local and private-sector jobs, and jobs for recent graduates. The job fair is free, but open to D.C. residents only. Job-seekers must bring proof of D.C. residency (photo ID, voter registration card, pay stub, utility bill, or lease).

Upper Marlboro, Md. 2014 Taste Prince George’s Festival Kicks Off at Six Flags

A food and wine festival will be held in Prince George’s County Aug. 23 at the Six Flags America in Mitchellville, Md. located at 13710 Central Avenue in Upper Marlboro, Md. Vendors will include Jaspers in Upper Marlboro, Wegman’s in Lanham, Md. and Proud Mary Waterfront Restaurant in Fort Washington, Md. among others.

Washington, D.C. Memorial for Ambassador Terence A. Todman

A memorial service for American diplomat Terence Todman will be held on Aug. 28 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Marshall Auditorium at the U.S. Department of

A food and wine festival will be held in Prince George’s County Aug. 23.

State, located at 2201 C St. N.W. D.C. Todman died Aug. 13 at the age of 88.

Todman’s funeral will take place on Aug. 23 at 10:30 a.m. at All Saints Cathedral at St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the following: 1. The University of the Virgin Islands Professorship in International Diplomacy 2. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund 3. The United Negro College Fund 4. The Ambassador Terence A. Todman Foundation, PO Box 1558, St. Thomas, VI 00804.

2014 D.C. Mix to Join Hundreds of the Nation’s Urban Professionals

Hundreds of urban professionals from across the U.S.

Raheem DeVaughn will be the featured host for the D.C. Mix. will convene in the nation’s capital Aug. 29-Sept. 1 for the D.C. Mix. The annual event features networking opportunities, workshops and parties across the D.C. region. Grammy nominated singer Raheem DeVaughn will also be the featured host for the event. For more information: thedcmix.com.

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August 23, 2014 - August 29, 2014 The Afro-American

COMMENTARY

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White Cops Kill at Least Two Blacks Each Week Occasionally, police officers behave in such a dastardly manner that it captures international attention. There was the 1997 famous video of four White LAPD officers taking turns clubbing and kicking Rodney King nearly beyond recognition after a high-speed automobile chase. In 1999, on the opposite coast, an unarmed, 23-year-old Amadou Diallo was killed after four policemen fired 41 times into his Bronx, N.Y. apartment, striking him 19 times.

In New Orleans, Robert George Curry Davis, a retired elementary school teacher, was returning to his hometown after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 to inspect the damaged family home. He went to the French Quarters to purchase some cigarettes. Four White officers, who suspected him of public drunkenness, accused Davis of resisting arrest and began beating him. An Associated Press producer filmed a video that showed no indication of resistance.

Timothy Thomas, 19, was shot to death in Cincinnati in 2001 by Patrolman Stephen Roach. The officer said he thought Thomas was armed – he wasn’t. The shooting touched off the largest urban unrest in the U.S. since the L.A. uprising a decade earlier.

And the list doesn’t stop there: Sean Bell, Oscar Grant, Frank Jude, Jonathan Ferrell, Kathryn Johnson, Kendrec McDade, Timothy Standsbury Jr., Kenneth Chamberlain, and so many more. Three more names were added to the list in the past month: Eric Garner of Staten Island, N.Y.; Ezell Ford of Los Angeles, and now Michael Brown, the 18-year-old unarmed victim in Ferguson, Mo. Police kill African Americans more frequently than you may realize.

According to stats compiled by the U.S. Department of Justice, an unarmed African American died at the hands of an armed White police officer at the rate of nearly two per week from 2005 to 2012.

Over that 8-year period, 400 police killings were reported per year.

White officers killed a Black person, on average, 96 times per year.

Of those, 18 percent of the African Americans killed were under the age of 21, compared to 8.7 percent of Whites.

As bad as those figures are, they grossly understate the problem.

The FBI statistics are based on the voluntary reporting of local

law enforcement jurisdictions.

Currently, approximately 750 of 17,000 law enforcement agencies regularly report their figures to the FBI. That means if the ratio holds true for all 17,000 agencies, the annual 96 Black deaths at the hands of White cops could be as high as 2,170 a year or almost 42 (41.73) per week – nearly six per day (5.94).

To be conservative, let’s presume that the death rate for the non-reporting law enforcement agencies is only half of those now reporting. That would still be approximately three Blacks killed by a White police officer every day. According to Officer Down Memorial Page, which catalogues the deaths of all law enforcement officials, 416 cops were deliberately killed in the line of duty from 2005 to 2012, an average of 52 a year from 2005 to 2012. Using the most conservative data, Blacks are almost twice as likely to be killed by police as cops are likely to be murdered in the line of duty.

In most of the high-profile cases of police killing unarmed Blacks, there was no justification for the use of deadly force. One case, Tennessee v. Garner, grew out of an incident in Memphis where a Black 8th grader was shot fleeing from a home burglary after stealing a purse. The judges said cops couldn’t shoot someone simply because they were escaping.

In another case, Graham vs Connor, the judges said police have the duty to protect the public. Therefore, it’s okay to use force in apprehending violent offenders. But in the Memphis case, police would not be allowed to shoot at a non-violent offender even following the commission of a crime.

Of course, personal prejudice enters the picture long before an officer pulls his or her gun. “When we ask police officers directly, ‘Who looks criminal?,’ they choose more Black faces than White faces. The more stereotypically Black a face appears, the more likely officers are to report that the face looks criminal,” according a study in Stanford’s Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

In addition, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights found that, “most White officers (95 percent) do not believe police are more likely to use physical force against Blacks and other minorities than against Whites in similar situations. The majority of Black and other minority officers (69.5 percent) believe persons who look like them are more likely to receive physical force from police.”

But Blacks are treated differently from Whites – even when they are part of the law enforcement hierarchy. As Attorney General Eric Holder recounted before the NAACP convention last year, “I was stopped by a police officer while simply running to catch a movie, at night in Georgetown, in Washington, D.C. I was at the time of that last incident a federal prosecutor.”

If that can happen to Eric Holder in Washington, you know what can happen to Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. George E. Curry is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA.) He is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach.

Mike Brown’s Death is a Product of America’s Recurring Tragedy and We All Have A Role America’s one-sided race problem continues unabated.

As “post racial” as we want to believe ourselves to be, we, as a society, continue to demonize young Black men and women, in ways that truncate their life opportunities and rob ourselves of their leadership, their business and workforce talent.

America’s current tragedy is not just the murder of Mike Brown, or all the others killed by police, to the tune of one Black person every 28 hours, according to Operation Ghetto Storm.

America’s tragedy is the Diane Bell-McKoy aftermath of Mike Brown’s murder even beyond and in addition to the looting and the police department’s war ready stance.

America’s tragedy is the recurrence of what we do as Americans in situations that involve young Black men and women.

It is America’s comfort at the demonization of young Black men and women− a societal default response in dealing with police-related deaths of young Black men – as if Mike Brown’s being a suspect in robbing a store somehow justified his death. It is the reality that his family and supporters have to constantly emphasize that he was a young man with hope and a desire for a positive future. And it is our insistence that if he has any negative behavior – proven or rumored – we are justified in dismissing him as a “thug,” whose death will not matter even though he was a young man who worked hard and

wanted more for himself and his future. That if he is dismissed and demonized as just a “thug,” it is ok to simply shoot him six times. He was just Black in America and disposable.

America’s on-going tragedy is its willingness to stay close to the hypocrisy of its roots: its Declaration of Independence – which states that all men are created equal – signed by representatives of the 13 original colonies in which enslavement was legal. America’s tragedy is one of willful denial: a denial of the fact that with all its progress, it has not much strayed – culturally – from the roles its assigns African Americans in its national narrative and from the way it treats its African-American citizens.

Too many Americans – too many Marylanders, too many Whites, and too many comfortable African Americans who have negotiated America’s racial caste system enough to feel that they have “made it” – look at the events in Ferguson with jaundiced eyes, blind to the reality of structural and institutional racism (and many don’t even know what this means) and blind to the fact that historically, racedbased privileges still exist. They are willfully blind to the fact that cities and suburbs alike in Maryland have their own Mike Brown stories. And no amount of data, anecdotes, or legalized and cultural patterns will convince them of this fact. Too many White citizens will not want to believe it and too many comfortable African-American citizens will be working overtime trying to disprove and/or justify these race-based realities in order to validate their own American success.

Our ongoing American tragedy – playing not only in a city near you, like Ferguson, but in THIS region as well − means we are comfortable denying workforce and educational opportunities to the Mike Browns of OUR world because of where they live. Or it may be their names are too “ethnic,” according to the National Bureau of Economic Research or the fact that they do not “present” in a way

in which we as a white-acculturated society (and make no mistake, people of color –including African Americans−are white-acculturated, too) demand.

When African-American citizens talk about being illegally stopped by police; when our youth talk about having their pants pulled down by policemen on public streets; when mothers of Black boys talk about “preparing their sons” to survive encounters with police; when we see statistics about the racial disparities in stops, arrests, convictions of Black men and women; instead of listening we immediately think they were doing something “wrong.” We brand THEM as being “wrong,” “broken,” “thug-like,” instead of examining systems and structures – OUR systems and structures – which have historically been proven to be racialized, wrong and broken.

We prefer to believe in our rose-colored glass fiction of a “post-racial” reality when everything – statistics, social indicators, disparities – everything in this society confirms the opposite.

America’s unwavering tragedy is not what is happening in Ferguson. It is the way in which we, nationally – black, white, brown, red, yellow – avert our heads from conversation of institutional and structural racism. And just as tragically, it is the way in which we do it here, and almost everywhere in America.

What is happening in Ferguson is an outgrowth; a symptom of a larger problem, part and parcel of our American tragedy. But make no mistake: it is not THE problem.

Our willful denial of the institutional and structural racism around us and our refusal to look at it, understand it and then take action to change it – THAT is THE problem. Our collective economic future depends upon us dealing with this reality.

Diane Bell-McKoy is president and CEO of Associated Black Charities - Baltimore

Is it a Mistake When a Black Man is murdered by the Police?

During Slavery in America, Blacks were considered threefifths of a person, and their life was controlled by an overseer and master. The overseer was authorized to punish slaves, and kill them if they refused to do the work. In 2014, many Black activists believe the police force is the new overseer in the African-American community, and they have forgotten that they are being paid to serve the residents.

In the last week, the Ferguson Police Department in Missouri has terrorized the residents in a suburb of St Louis, which is 65 to 70 percent Black, with tear gas, rubber bullets and arrest. This incident was started when a police officer Darren Wilson, shot an unarmed 18 year old Black youth Michael Brown for walking in the street. There are eyewitnesses who say the Black youth raised his arms and said he did not have a gun, but he was still killed with numerous shots.

For the past five days the city has been turned into a war zone, with the county SWAT team in riot gear and armored tanks. Police Chief Tom Jackson tried to justify the over-militarization of the treatment in the community, but on Thursday the governor turned the oversight of the situation to Captain Ron Johnson.

Roger Caldwell

Johnson, a Black man, has replaced riot gear and armored tanks, with state Highway Patrol walking side by side with protestors, and turned the situation from violent to peaceful. For five days the Ferguson police chief and the county police have treated the Ferguson community as thugs, criminals and the enemy. This over-policing of the residents shows that the police operate from an overseer mentality, and murdering Black men is part of the job. But on Saturday the town turned into a war zone again, when the governor implemented a curfew.

In 2012, a study was done by the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement that a Black man is killed every 28 hours by police. Many of these killing and murders are covered-up and very few are allowed to be publicized by the media.

In 2014, Eric Garner was unarmed and a group of NYPD chocked this Black man to death. In North Carolina Jonathan Ferrell was unarmed and shot 10 times and died, and Jordon Baker, an unarmed Black man from Houston wearing a hoodie was shot and killed. In 2013, Trayvon Martin was killed for walking down the street and Jordan Davis, an unarmed Black youth, was shot sitting in his car, because a White man thought his music was too loud.

At this point, it appears to be open season on Black men by authority figures that carry guns. The police, security forces and licensed gun permit holders believe they are in a position to dispense law, and murdering Black men is no mistake. They tend to shoot first and ask questions later.

In the majority of these cases the Black man is unarmed, and very few of the perpetrators are prosecuted for a crime. In the Ferguson incident there are two stories; one from the police, and one from eyewitnesses. The police department is saying that Michael Brown was the aggressor, and he was shot because the young man tried to take the policeman’s revolver.

Michael Brown had no record; he was getting ready to start college, and it would not make sense to struggle with a policeman with a gun. In most cases in America, there is a cover-up and Darren Wilson will probably walk free. There is a raging fire just beneath the Black national consciousness and the over-policing and the militarization of the police departments makes for an explosive situation in the Black community.

Roger Caldwell is CEO and owner of On Point Media Group.

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The Afro-American, August 23, 2014 - August 29, 2014

Native Singer Comes Home to Benefit and Give Back

By Valencia Mohammed Special to the AFRO Chart-topping international singer and songwriter, Dihann Moore, a native Washingtonian, has spent the past 15 years abroad entertaining kings, sheikhs, heads of state, and adoring fans around the world. “Dihann’s voice is amazing! She is soulful, smooth, very seasoned and versatile. It was a pleasure as a producer to record her, as well as, watch her perform live.

She is very gifted,� said Leif Carlquist, producer Flying Frogs Recording Studio in Costa Del Sol, Spain.

Moore revealed how her native D.C. roots affected her music, her drive to be successful, and her ability to stay grounded even as she topped the Billboard dance charts,

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Moore said it took “I want to help hard work, perseverance inspire other local artists and faith to be and entrepreneurs to successful. “Fortunately believe that they too can that’s something make it. Also, to also let native Washingtonians other people know that have always had in the rapid changes taking abundance,� she said. place in the local cultural Hearing that the scene can be used to our Courtesy photo advantage if we embrace District is bustling with Dihann Moore, a native Washingtonian, has entertained new venues, Moore change and opportunity.� international audiences with her singing abilities. Now’s she back thought it might be Shola Abidoye, a home in D.C. to enjoy the benefits of the new residents and educate spokeswoman for Moore, a good idea to come other African Americans how to make it big away from home. home, re-establish her said, “Developing the roots and help other local music scene is the native Washingtonians best way to establish a figure out a place for themselves in the midst of upscale space for local singers and artists like Dihann to do big things establishments and high-end dwellings. “After 15 years touring and still stay at home, so the city benefits.� the world from Amsterdam to Zagreb, there’s still no place like Moore said, “There was a time when artists, like myself, felt the pull of places like New York, London, or Hong Kong because our type of sophisticated, authentic, real live music just wasn’t embraced as much locally. Fortunately that’s no longer the case.�

Abidoye said she watched Moore take command of local audiences who welcomed her with open arms. “There’s no limit to the good things that can and should be in store for all Washingtonians. As a daughter of DC, Moore is truly ready to serve the nation’s capital by helping to enliven the local entertainment, art, and music scene alike.� – Dihann Moore The self-taught writer, producer, and music executive broke ground in other areas as well. Moore is the CEO of her own home,� said Moore, a Howard University graduate. indie label and production company, Sheegrovee Entertainment.

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Felicia Murphy-Phillips and Edgar Brookins

Emcees Michael E. Cryor and Dr. OluwaTosin Adegbola

Jake Oliver, publisher/CEO AFRO-American newspaper, George Murphy III, Benjamin Murphy Phillips IV, president, AFRO -American newspaper and Lori Murphy Lee

On Aug. 15, the AFRO celebrated its 122-year anniversary with a black tie-optional gala at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in downtown Baltimore.

On Aug. 13, 1892, John Henry Murphy Sr., a former slave who gained freedom following the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, built the AFRO when he combined his church publication, The Sunday School Helper with two other church publications, The Ledger and The Afro-American. By 1922, the newspaper had evolved from a one-page weekly church publication into the most widely circulated Black paper along the coastal Atlantic.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer, the African-American voter equality campaign that launched in Mississippi in June 1964. The AFRO, during its gala, paid tribute to the patriots of this movement including some of the AFRO’s own reporters and photographers. The newspaper also honored a particular group of people who played an integral role in establishing its legacy – AFRO paperboys and papergirls.

Tiffany Jones, Kisja Brown, Caryn York

Alan Maddox, Jeanne Toungara and Priscilla Chatman

Owen and Barbara Lee

Beverly Cooper, John Carter, Brenda Blount, Beverly Carter

Patricia Roberts, Sara Smalley and Landa McLaurin, president of the Baltimore Metropolitan Chapter of the National Coalition 100 Black Women

Erica F. Cryor and Edith GreeneJohnson

Dale Berry and Beverly Richards

Oscar Boulware and Rev. Dorothy Boulware, editor, AFRO American newspaper

Diane W. Hocker, AFRO Director, Community & Public Relations, Denise Dorsey, AFRO production manager and Dr.OluwaTosin Adegbola

Calvin Butler Jr., CEO, BGE, and wife, Sharon

Rev. Dr. Richard Adams

LaTrina Antoine, AFRO D.C. editor and Kimberleigh De Laine

Reginald Exum, Cheryl Leigh

David and Yvonne Rhone

Chief Judge Robert M. Bell (Ret.), Michael Cryor, Judge Marcella Holland

Ja-Zette Marshburn, AFRO archivist and Nasja Frazier-Griffin, AFRO intern

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T The Winners: Kylee Johnson, Miss Black USA Talented Teen 2014; Taylor Nicole Hunt, the current Miss Black USA Princess and Miss Black USA Talented Teen Jr., Kennedy Byrd

he University of the District of Columbia’s (UDC) Arts Theatre served as the official host site for the 2014 Miss Black USA Pageant Finals on Aug. 10. UDC President Dr. James Lyons gave the welcoming remarks as 24 young ladies began their final journey competing for the coveted crown. After showcasing their confidence, selfesteem and poise in the categories of health and fitness, talent, evening wear and a question and answer session, a group of illustrious judges was given the task of naming a winner. Once the scores had been tallied, Miss Black Colorado, Jasmine Mone’ Alexander was crowned Miss Black USA 2014. Runner ups were: First place – Garbrielle Lewis,

Miss Black Tennessee; Second place – Jasmine Johnson, Miss Black California; Third place – Terra Strong, Miss Black Ohio and Fourth place – Alexandra Morton, Miss Black Washington. In addition, Kylee Johnson was crowned Miss Black USA Talented Teen and Kennedy Byrd was crowned Miss Black USA Junior Teen. While in the city, the ladies toured the White House and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The Miss Black USA Pageant and Scholarship Foundation under the leadership of its founder and president, Karen Arrington, seeks to promote a woman’s mind, body and spirit and provide scholarship opportunities for young women of color.

The queen and runners-up: Alexandra Morton, Jasmine Johnson, Jasmine Alexander, center, Miss Black USA; Gabrielle Lewis and Terra Strong Photos by Rob Roberts

Talented Teens in evening gowns with awards and trophies Jasmine Alexander, Miss Black Colorado being crowned and sashed up as the 2014 Miss Black USA...congratulations

Singer Pearis Joyner entertains the ladies

We are cheering and happy to be here... the journey begins

Ebony Andrews, Miss Black District of Columbia receives the Peoples Choice Award

AFRO D.C. Editor LaTrina Antoine, center, with several contestants

Evening gown competition; Miss Black Ohio, Terra Strong

Amanda McCoy, Miss Black USA 2013 performs her winning monologue from 2013

Miss Black Massachusetts, Kamisha Lavture; Miss Black Michigan, Angel Mills and Miss Black District of Columbia, Ebony Andrews

Miss Black Mississippi, Denise Powell; Miss Black North Carolina, Yasten Burton and Miss Black Indiana, Jasmine Lancaster

Kennedy Byrd, Junior Teen ccontestant, shows her acrobatic skills These young ladies are vying for the coveted crown of Miss Black USA 2014

The emcee....

Miss Black USA 2011, Ocielia Gibson

Selena Watkins, Miss Black USA 2012...emcee for the Talented Teen competition

Judges for Miss Black USA competition: Shannon Cross, DeAngelo Redman, Deya Smith and Lanre Idewu Miss Black Calif., Jasmine Johnson performs during the talent competition Miss Black USA Talented Teen Judges: Wendy Pittman, Kim Roxie, Gabrielle Jordan and Osas Ighodaro

Talented Teen contestants waiting to go on stage for the talent category

Edgar Brookins, D.C. AFRO general manager with Dr. James Lyons, president, University of the District of Columbia

Guests at the reception: Lynn Curris and Shelley Witherspoon

Miss Black USA 2014, Jasmine Alexander with family members and friends The opening dance routine of the Talented Teens

Miss Black USA contestants’ opening dance routine

Natasha Stovall, director of partnerships; MBUSA Pageant and Jessica Coleman, social worker at DC Public Charter Schools

These ladies were the official hosts for the reception: Yvette “Silver Fox” Johnson, Carita Parks, Liz Adams, Diamond Girls Production, reception sponsor and Sharon Foster

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ARTS & CULTURE

Russell Brown Gives Back Before Asking For Himself

By Andrea “Aunni” Young Special to the AFRO Russell Brown, a veteran performer in Disney’s The Lion King, performed this summer at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The AFRO sat down with Brown for a one-on-one interview.

AFRO: How long have you been performing in ‘The Lion King’?

Russell Brown: I’ve been associated with the show since 2005. This is my third contract. I was on the West Coast tour from 2005 to 2008.

In the summer of 2008, I was asked to go to Taiwan with the show, and we played the Taipei Convention Center for seven weeks. I joined the North American Tour in June 2010, and I’ve been here ever since.

AFRO: How were you originally hired?

Russell Brown: It’s really unbelievable how this job came about. It opened on Broadway in 1997. I started auditioning for the show in 1997, 1998, and 1999. In 1999, Disney paid me to take three weeks of classes to learn the South African languages that are used in the show.

In 2000 and 2001, I’m still auditioning for the show but have not been hired, that’s 4 years of auditioning. I came in for Simba, for Mufasa, for Mufasa and Scar’s cover, I came in for Simba again.

Four (more) years later, I get a call from Disney (2005).

AFRO: How long have you studied dance? Acting?

Singing?

Russell Brown: I started studying classical ballet in the 4th grade. My sister was

a professional ballerina at Dance Theatre of Harlem, and I thought I was going to dance at DTH with her. I studied classical ballet for eight and half years, then I switched over to theatre and voice.

AFRO: Where did you go to college?

Russell Russell Brown poses with students at a lecture at the Community Folk Brown: I Art Center’s Creative Academy in Syracuse, N.Y. graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta. I finished in 1988 and worked in corporate America for three years before I moved – Russell Brown to New York to be an actor. have nine costume changes. In the Divine in New York for I’ve been a the opening I’m a wildebeest, professional actor since 1991, four very famous funerals: Arthur Ashe, Dizzy Gillespie, I have my fan plant, play a almost 23 years. hyena, I go back to being a Thurgood Marshall, and Cab wildebeest for the stampede. I Calloway.

AFRO: As a career understudy the role of Mufasa performer, where do you get AFRO: What is your vocal your stamina from? range?

Russell Brown: I’ve Russell Brown: I am a very meticulous about the bass baritone. I have all of way I care for my body and the low notes of the baritone especially for my voice. I eat but I also sing a “G” above properly and I’m usually in [middle] “C.” I sing all of the gym six days a week. At those notes every night in 50 years old, I have to stay Lion King. There are not a in shape so that I can prevent lot of basses that can sing that injuries. high, so you might say I have job security! (laughter) AFRO: What are some of the highlights of your career?

AFRO: What characters Russell Brown: It would have to be singing a duet with do you play in the ‘Lion King’ the opera star Jessye Norman. ensemble?

Russell Brown: I play a I also was the guest soloist lot of different characters and I at the Cathedral of St. John

“If I seek first to give of myself before I start asking of society, of God, of relationships, then everything is a whole lot easier for me when I start ‘asking.’”

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Brown teaches students Broadway choreography.

which is the Lion King in the first half. I’ve probably performed that role maybe 220 - 250 times. Not too many times! (laughter) When I first got hired, I was an understudy for Mufasa and Scar, the evil brother.

AFRO: What are your future plans?

Russell Brown: I’m on an open ended contract. My plan is to stay another five years and then open a school of musical theatre, probably in my hometown of Augusta,

Ga. I’m also looking into some distance learning where I can teach over the Internet across the world.

AFRO: What is your life philosophy?

Russell Brown: To give first and everything will be open to you. If I seek first to give of myself before I start asking of society, of God, of relationships, then everything is a whole lot easier for me when I start “asking.” We are Christians and we are called to give.

If I Stay Film Review

By Kam Williams Special to the AFRO Mia Hall (Chloe Grace Moretz) is a bright 17-year-old girl full of the bloom of youth.

Between playing the cello purely for pleasure and dating the doting boy of her dreams (Jamie Blackley), the happy high school senior considers herself truly blessed.

She is even lucky enough to have the perfect parents (Mireille Enos and Joshua Leonard) who support the idea of her majoring in classical music, whether she gets into Juilliard or simply sticks around Portland to attend Lewis & Clark College. Mia is also very close to her only sibling, Teddy (Jakob Davies), a cute kid who absolutely adores his big sister.

However, fate intervenes, or so it seems, one snowy day during a family outing when a car coming in the opposite direction veers across the highway’s double lines. Right then, in the blink of an eye, their fortunes are irreversibly altered by an unavoidable head-on crash.

By the time the ambulances and paramedics come to the rescue, all four are in grave condition, and there is a chance that none will survive the tragic accident. Mia, suffering a collapsed lung, broken leg, and internal bleeding, slips into a coma. In that instant, her spirit separates from her body, and she is suddenly able to observe situations and eavesdrop on conversations like a ghost. While a team of doctors struggle to stabilize her vital signs in the hospital, she watches a nurse (Aisha Hinds) lean over and whisper, “Living or dying is all up to you” into her ear.

This suggests that Mia, ultimately, must

choose between ascending to heaven and returning to Earth to face a host of challenges on the road to recovery. And suspended in this state of limbo, she is afforded the unusual opportunity to reflect and reminisce during the critical next 24 hours before making a decision.

That is the surreal setup of If I Stay, a bittersweet flashback flick based on Gayle Norman’s young adult novel of the same name.

Although this unapologetically sentimental tearjerker will resonate with teens in the target demographic, the film’s surprisingly sophisticated, thought-provoking exploration of such themes as family, friendship, love, and spirituality ought to endear it to audiences in general.

Directed by R.J. Forman, the movie revolves around introspective Mia’s contemplation of her future while factoring in her family’s grim prospects, nostalgia, and the bedside manner of visitors like her grandfather (Stacy Keach), boyfriend, and BFF (Liana Liberato). Although reminiscent of The Lovely Bones (disembodied teen narrator), The Notebook (love story with a syrupy finale), and Twilight (star-crossed romance set in the Pacific Northwest), If I Stay is nevertheless a unique adventure with a tale to share all its own.

A poignant portrait of a life precipitously hanging in the balance that pushes all the right buttons to open the emotional floodgates.

Excellent (4 stars) Rated PG-13 for sexuality and mature themes Running time: 106 minutes Distributor: Warner Brothers

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SPORTS

AFRO Sports Desk Faceoff

Is Stephen Curry a Better Offensive Player than LeBron James? that he can control a game once he gets hot gives any team he’s on a chance to cut deficits or blow games wide open. For all his skills, a bigger defender can often take Curry out of his game. At his size and conditioning, James is indefensible.

By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley AFRO Sports Desk Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry generated an instant headline early last week when he declared himself a better offensive player than four-time MVP LeBron James.

When asked on the Dan Patrick Show who was the better offensive player, Curry, known for his accurate stroke, replied, “Me.” James has dominated the league over the last few years, guiding the Miami Heat to four consecutive finals appearances.

Curry may have a point, however. He’s evolved into one of the most dangerous offensive threats in the league in just a few short seasons. By far, James is the better player. But offensively, Curry’s argument seems pretty valid. Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley of the AFRO Sports Desk debate just how valid that statement may be.

Riley: Curry is easily more skilled offensively than James.

His handle is tighter, his shot is better, and his hardwood IQ is just as sharp as any blue chip NBA star. You’re never going to opt for James to take an open shot over Curry. The 2014 NBA All Star can fill it up, evidenced by his selection this year. He’s been taught well by his father, Dell Curry, and his fundamentals in every offensive portion of his game are solid.

Green: Curry might be better skilled but James can take over games and that aspect to me makes him the better offensive player by default. James’ size, speed, and athleticism

Riley: James’ size is always going to win him any argument, but if we’re talking pound-for-pound and who’s the most skilled then I can’t see how it isn’t Curry. He’s already one of the best, but put Curry in James’ body and what kind of devastating player would you have? I would put Curry against anybody in any type of three-point shooting or skillstype competition. Would James really be the best player in the world if he wasn’t dominating defenders with his size?

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Stephen Curry give him the perfect combination to attack any style of defense. His post game has continued to mature under the Heat organization and the range on his jumper continues to strengthen. He’s the ultimate player in the NBA and the fact

Green: Quite possibly. James’ floor game and basketball intellect make him just as much the terror on the court as his physical prowess. The reason he’s such an outstanding player is based more on his well-rounded game than anything else.

Curry’s skills are outstanding but he’s never going to be the force that James is, nor will he match his leadership skills.

A few years ago, this would have been a loaded question.

However, after years of growing up and reshaping his floor game, James is now the ideal player because he just exceeds at everything that has to do with basketball. I may not like LeBron James very much, but I will respect his skill set. I can say this: I would rather watch Stephen Curry shoot 40-foot jumpers any time over LeBron’s game. It’s just something attractive about the long-ball shot. But when we talk offensive efficiency, King James comes second to no one.

A Sports Writer’s Point-of-View

Pelicans’ Anthony Davis on Verge of Superstardom

By Stephen D. Riley AFRO Sports Desk With NBA basketball buried in the middle of the offseason, International Basketball Federation (FIBA) competition and international play are going to be the pulse of the hardwood for the next 30 days. After losing Kevin Durant and Paul George over the last few weeks to fatigue and injury, the roster for Team USA is ripe for someone to step up and take the reins of the team.

After his performance Aug. 16 against Brazil, it is clear Anthony Davis’ future might be bigger than expected. Davis put his lanky 6-foot-10-inch frame on display, flying in for alley oops, wreaking havoc in passing lanes, and swatting shots away on defense. His 20 points and five blocks fueled a 95-78 rout as onlookers at Chicago’s United Center cheered and chanted with every highlight.

Derrick Rose’s return to competition was designed to be the focal point of the evening, and while Rose was definitely impressive, Davis’ agility simply took over the contest. The city of Chicago has already seen one of its own blossom into an MVP caliber player, but they may have caught a brief glimpse of the next big thing.

Fresh out of his second full season in the league, Davis has a chance to become the top power forward in the NBA next year. A cross between Kevin Garnett and Kevin Durant, there’s a reason scouts pegged Davis as a lock for a No. 1 draft selection even before he declared for the NBA in 2012.

The 21-year-old mixes the offensive repertoire and quickness of an NBA guard with the defense of a power post player. If Saturday night was a preview of the type of NBA season Davis is going to have then the league should prepare itself for a new MVP candidate.

When Garnett was labeled the “Big Ticket” coming out of high school in 1995, we marveled at his size (6-foot-11), skills, and defense. That combination later led to a MVP season from Garnett in 2004, a full decade ago. Davis has all of Garnett’s potential with a better offensive game, making him flat out scary.

The 2003 draft class is lauded as one of the best crops of players to be developed, ever. However, as LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, and Carmelo Anthony move into the 30-yearold versions of themselves, the time is ripe for a player like Davis to carve out a place alongside the great players of the league. The talent and the skills are there and he’s made himself marketable, thanks in large part to his infamous unibrow. Davis takes the imperfection and uses it along with an ever-developing game to saturate the market with highlights of his on-court prowess. So when it comes to branding, Davis is already there.

Aside from Durant, there is not a player in the league under 25 as tantalizing as Davis. His career could definitely go the way of Garnett’s – being the biggest thing in a small city and dominating until there is an opportunity to seize a bigger stage elsewhere. And while New Orleans fans may cringe at the thought of losing their precious power forward, containing megastars has always been a challenge for small market teams.

It’s the reason the franchise lost players like Chris Paul and Baron Davis to bigger market teams in California.

As Davis has just scratched the surface on his career, his display on Saturday night definitely turned some heads league wide. With the world watching, New Orleans’ innocent secret just leaked out into the mainstream. The city of New Orleans could revolt or rejoice after this weekend. Both their team and their star player are slated to hit the map for show time and bigger things. Which, judging by history, should have the team and its fans terrified.

In my last effort, I left you at Frostburg State University where Sam and two other fossils were entertaining the audience with tales of life in America, back in the Stone Age. On these trips, I was Sam’s designated driver and his roommate. We were always given a small suite or adjoining rooms. In this case, it was adjoining rooms. It did not take long for me to discover a way to entertain myself at Pop’s expense. With the doors to the connecting rooms open, our TVs were on the same wavelength, and my remote operated my TV as well as Sam’s. When I accidentally discovered this, the little boy in me came to the surface. I would wait until Sam became engrossed in a show and I would change his channel. My pop was not known for cussing, but the red in his face was an adequate display for his frustration. My game came to a halt when he reached for the phone. I knew that the call would make some poor desk clerk uncomfortable. It was time to fess up.

One trip firmly implanted in my brain was a trip to Princess Anne, Md. for a Hall of Fame

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ceremony. It was the dead of winter and I had an earache. If you have ever had an earache, you understand. Just a small breath of air in that ear can make you feel like a grenade exploded inside your head. At the time, I was a smoker, and from time to time, the habit would drag me outside in 20 degrees for just one more puff. To offset my pain I was popping Tylenol every half hour.

To make matters worse, they did not serve dinner until around 10 p.m. Lenny Moore’s wife was so concerned, about every five minutes she would ask me if I was all right. I responded that I was just hungry as I left my seat to go outside for another puff.

I was in so much pain that I spent most of the night in a chair. On the trip home, the overdose of Tylenol kicked in and I fell asleep behind the wheel. I heard this voice shouting, “Tim! Tim!” and I awoke to find that I had crossed three lanes of traffic on a major highway.

Pop said that he noticed the erratic driving, but I did not get his full attention until he heard me snoring. It is amazing what a 20-second nap and a near death experience can do to wake you up.

Next up was Towson State University. They put on quite an extravagant production to honor Sam. All of the local dignitaries were on hand for this one, because, after all it was an excellent photo opportunity. Sam was on stage, seated in a place of honor, and the Towson State Choir started to sing, “The Wind Beneath My Wings”. Before you could bat an eye, Sam was up dancing in front of the choir, and one of the female choir members left her place to join him.

I had to wonder if my Pop had started drinking and I had not noticed. Sam had many talents, but dancing was not on the list.

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM799 Viola Smith AKA Viola F. Smith Decedent James B. Miles, Esq 807 51st Street, NE Washington, DC 20019 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TYPESET: TueTOAug 19 CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS IN THE SUPERIOR Ivonna Mozell Smith, COURT OF THE whose address OF is 4305 DISTRICT Ord Street, NE WashingCOLUMBIA ton, CIVIL DC 20019, was apDIVISION pointed repreCivil personal Action No. sentative of the estate of 14-0004331 Viola Involving Smith aka Viola F. Action Property JOSEPH H. HAIRSTON Smith, who died on April 1316 Floral Street, NW 13, 2014 without a Will, Washington.

DC 20012 and will serve without PLAINTIFF Court supervision. All unvs. known heirs and heirs L&B CONSTRUCTION, INC whose whereabouts are Serve Lawrence Registered unknownSmith, shall enter their Agent appearance in this 119 Ingraham Street, NW proceeding.

Objections Washington, DC 20011 to such appointment and shall filed 534 5thbe Street, SE with the Register ofDCWills, D.C., Washington, 20003-4207 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd and Floor Washington, D.C. AEON FINANCIAL, LLCFeb20001, on or before Serve: CT Corporation ruary 8, 2015. Claims System against the decedent 1015 15th Street, NW shall1000 be presented to the Suite Washington, DCwith 20005 undersigned a copy and to the Register of Wills or DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA , filed with the Register of Serve: Mayor Vincent Grey Wills of with a copy to the Office the Secretary undersigned, on Avenue, or be1350 Pennsylvania fore February 8, 2015, or NW Washington, 20004 Perbe forever DC barred. and sons believed to be heirs DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA or legatees of the deServe: Irvin B. Nathan, cedent who do not reAttorney General ceiveof a copy of this notice Office Attorney General bythe mail within days of for District of 25 Columbia 441 4th Street, NW, Suite its first publication shall 1060N so inform the Register of Washington, DC 20001 Wills, including name, and address and relationAll Unknown owners of the ship. property described below, Date heirs, of Publication: their devisees, perAugust 8, 2014 sonal representatives, and executors, administrators, Name of newspaper: grantees, assigns or succesAfro-American sors in right, title, interest, Washington and all persons having or Law Reporter claiming to have any interest in said property which is deIvonna Mozell Smith scribed as follows: Square 0358 LOT Personal 0827 and having the Representative property address of 2112 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington DC 20001, TRUE between TEST COPY located Florida AveREGISTER OFVWILLS nue to the East, Street to the South and 10th Street to the West08/15, and W 08/22/14 Street to the 08/08, North Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION In accordance with D.C. Official Code §47-1375, the object of this proceeding is to secure the foreclosure of the right of redemption in the following real property located in the District of Columbia, and sold by the Mayor of the District of Columbia to the Plaintiff in this action: Square 0358, Lot 0827 and assessed to L & B Construction, Inc., having the property address of 2112 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001, located between Florida Avenue to the East, V Street to the South and 10th Street to the West and W Street to the North (hereinafter the ”Property”).

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

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIVIL DIVISION Civil Action No. 14-0004331

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

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

ORDER OF PUBLICATION In accordance with D.C. Official Code §47-1375, the object of this proceeding is to secure the foreclosure of the right of redemption in the following real property located in the District of Columbia, and sold by the Mayor of the District of Columbia to the Plaintiff in this action: Square 0358, Lot 0827 and assessed to L & B Construction, Inc., having the property ad13:18:20 EDT 2014 Avedress of 2112 Vermont nue, NW, Washington, DC 20001, located between Florida Avenue to the East, V Street to the South and 10th Street to the West and W Street to the North (hereinafter the ”Property”).

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

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

ORDERED by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, that notice be given by the insertion of a copy of this order in The Afro-American Newspaper, having a general circulation in the District of Columbia, once week TYPESET: Tuea2014 Aug for 19 16:12:34 EDT three (3) successive weeks, notifying all persons interested in the real property Superior Court of in described above to appear this Court by the 12th the District of day of November,2014 and redeem District of Columbia the real property by payment PROBATE DIVISION of $8,426.12, together with Washington, D.C. interest from the date of real 20001-2131 property tax certificate was Administration No. and purchased; court costs 2014NRT14 attorney’s fees, expenses incurredM. in Ditzler the publication and Jane service of process by pubDecedent lication and for OF reasonable NOTICE fees for the title search, all EXISTENCE OFby the other amounts paid REVOCABLE petitioner in accordance with TRUST the provisions of D.C. Code §47-1361 and all outstanding Jane M. Ditzler (name of municipal lien amounts due deceased settlor) whose a n d owas w i n3050 g oMilitary n the address aforementioned real propRoad, NW, Washington, erty, or answer the complaint DC 20015 created a revoor, thereafter, a final judgcable trust on June 23, ment will be entered foreclos1999 , which ing the right ofremained redemptioninin existence on theand date of the real property vesting her death April in the plaintiffon a title in fee18, simple. and Brian E. ditzler, 2014, Clerk ofisthe1255 Court whose address N o y e s DDuane r i v e , B.sDelaney ilver A TRUE TEST COPY: Spring, MD 20901is the 08/22, 08/29, 09/05/14

currently acting trustee, hereinafter the Trustee.

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

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

The Trustee may proceed to distribute the trust property in accordance with the terms of the trust before the expiration of the time within which an action must be commenced

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

currently acting trustee, hereinafter the Trustee.

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

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

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

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

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TYPESET: Tue Aug 19 16:25:33 LEGAL NOTICES IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIVIL DIVISION Civil Action No. 14-0004332

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

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

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Service of process may be made upon John Arness, LPR, INC., 4725 Wisconsin , Ave, NW Suite 250, Washington, DC 20015 whose designation EDT as District 13:18:00 TYPESET: Tue2014 Aug 05 13:19:42 2014 of LEGALEDT NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. Superior Court of The decedent owned the the District of following District of District of Columbia Colombia real property: PROBATE DIVISION 843 Crittenden St., NE, Washington, D.C. Washington, DC, 20017 20001-2131 Claims against the deAdministration No. cedent may be pre2014ADM765 sented to the underSavannah D. Crook signed and filed with the Decedent Register of Wills for the NOTICE OF District of Columbia, 515 APPOINTMENT, 5th Street, NW, 3rd Floor, NOTICE TO Washington, DC 20001 CREDITORS within 6 months from the AND NOTICE TO date of first publication of UNKNOWN HEIRS this notice. Jean Mack Edgar C. Crook, whose Personal address is 10106 TreeRepresentative top Lane, Seabrook, MD TRUE TEST COPY 20706, was appointed REGISTER OF WILLS personal representative of the estate of Savan- Date of first publication: nah D. Crook, who died August 15, 2014 on June 6, 2014 with a Name of newspapers Will, and will serve with- and/or periodical: out Court supervision. All The Daily Washington unknown heirs and heirs Law Reporter whose where-abouts are The Afro-American unknown shall enter their TYPESET: Tue Aug 12 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/14 appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or Superior Court of to the probate of dethe District of cedent´s will) shall be District of Columbia filed with the Register of PROBATE DIVISION Wills, D.C., 515 5th Washington, D.C. Street, N.W., 3rd Floor 20001-2131 Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

Administration No. 20001, on or before Feb2014DM782 ruary 8, 2015. Claims Melvin Lewis against the decedent Decedent shall be presented to the NOTICE OF undersigned with a copy APPOINTMENT, to the Register of Wills or NOTICE TO filed with the Register of CREDITORS Wills with a copy to the AND NOTICE TO undersigned, on or beUNKNOWN HEIRS fore February 8, 2015, or Corey Lewis, whose adbe forever barred. Perdress is 7524 Belgravia sons believed to be heirs Lane, Hyattsville, MD or legatees of the de20785 was appointed cedent who do not repersonal representatives ceive a copy of this notice of the estate of Melvin by mail within 25 days of Lewis, who died on Octoits first publication shall ber 6, 2013 without a will, so inform the Register of and will serve without Wills, including name, Court supervision. All unaddress and relationknown heirs and heirs ship. whose whereabouts are Date of Publication: unknown shall enter their August 8, 2014 appearance in this Name of newspaper: proceeding. Objections Afro-American to such appointment Washington shall be filed with the Law Reporter Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Edgar C. Crook Floor Washington, D.C. Personal 20001, on or before FebRepresentative ruary 15, 2015. Claims against the decedent TRUE TEST COPY shall be presented to the REGISTER OF WILLS undersigned with a copy TYPESET: Tue Aug 05 13:20:25 EDT of 2014 to the Register Wills or 08/08, 08/15, 08/22/14 filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or beSuperior Court of fore February 15, 2015, the District of or be forever barred. PerDistrict of Columbia sons believed to be heirs PROBATE DIVISION or legatees of the deWashington, D.C. cedent who do not re20001-2131 ceive a copy of this notice Administration No. by mail within 25 days of 2014ADM196 13:18:41 EDT 2014 its first publication shall Lillian M. Allen so inform the Register of Decedent Wills, including name, NOTICE OF address and relationAPPOINTMENT, ship.

NOTICE TO Date of Publication: CREDITORS August 15, 2014 AND NOTICE TO Name of newspaper: UNKNOWN HEIRS Afro-American Darrin Lorenzo Allen, Washington whose address is 105 Law Reporter Woodland Rd, Indian Melvin Lewis Head MD 20640 was apPersonal pointed personal repreRepresentative sentative of the estate of Lillian M. Allen, who died TRUE TEST COPY on January 29, 2014 with REGISTER OF WILLS a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All TYPESET: Tue Aug 12 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/14 unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are Superior Court of unknown shall enter their the District of appearance in this District of Columbia proceeding. Objections PROBATE DIVISION to such appointment (or Washington, D.C. to the probate of de20001-2131 cedent´s will) shall be Administration No. filed with the Register of 2014ADM813 Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Rodney Ellis Gardner Decedent Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

NOTICE OF 20001, on or before FebAPPOINTMENT, ruary 8, 2015. Claims NOTICE TO against the decedent CREDITORS shall be presented to the AND NOTICE TO undersigned with a copy UNKNOWN HEIRS to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Diane Wallace, whose Wills with a copy to the address is 901 S. Orme undersigned, on or be- St. Arlington,VA, 22204 fore February 28, 2015, was appointed personal or be forever barred. Per- representative of the sons believed to be heirs estate of Rodeney Ellis or legatees of the de- Gardner, who died on cedent who do not re- June 5, 2013 without a ceive a copy of this notice will, and will serve withby mail within 25 days of out Court supervision. All its first publication shall unknown heirs and heirs so inform the Register of whose where-abouts are Wills, including name, unknown shall enter their address and relation- a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s proceeding. Objections ship. to such appointment Date of Publication: shall be filed with the August 8, 2014 Register of Wills, D.C., Name of newspaper: 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Afro-American Floor Washington, D.C. Washington 20001, on or before FebLaw Reporter ruary 15, 2015. Claims against the decedent Personal Representative shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or TRUE TEST COPY filed with the Register of REGISTER OF WILLS TYPESET: Tue Aug 12 15:16:43 2014 Wills withEDT a copy to the undersigned, on or be08/08, 08/15, 08/22/14 fore February 15, 2015, SUPERIOR COURT OF or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs THE DISTRICT OF or legatees of the deCOLUMBIA cedent who do not rePROBATE DIVISION ceive a copy of this notice Washington, D.C. by mail within 25 days of 20001-2131 its first publication shall Foreign No. so inform the Register of 2014FEP111 Wills, including name, Date of Death address and relationMay 13, 2013 ship.

Maude Esther Patrick Date of Publication: Decedent August 15, 2014 NOTICE OF Name of newspaper: APPOINTMENT Afro-American OF FOREIGN Washington PERSONAL Law Reporter REPRESENTATIVE Diane Wallace AND Personal NOTICE TO Representative CREDITORS Jean Mack whose address is 13809 Heather- TRUE TEST COPY stone Drive. Bowie, MD REGISTER OF WILLS 20720 was appointed personal representative 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/14 of the estate of Maude E. Patrick, deceased, on March 24, 2014, by the Orphan’s Court or Register of Wills Court for Montgomery County, State of Maryland.

Service of process may be made upon John Arness, LPR, INC., 4725 Wisconsin , Ave, NW Suite 250, Washington, DC 20015 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Colombia real property:

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order in The Afro-American Newspaper, having a general circulation in the District of Columbia, once a week for three (3) successive weeks, notifying all persons interested in the real property described above to appear in this Court by the 12th day of November, 2014, and redeem the real property by payment of $8,102.77 together with interest from the date of real property tax certificate was purchased; court costs and attorney’s fees, expenses incurred in the publication and service of process by publication and for reasonable fees for the title search, all other amounts paid by the petitioner in accordance with the provisions of D.C. Code §47-1361 and all out-standing municipal lien amounts due and owing on the aforementioned real property, or answer the complaint or, thereafter, a final judgment will be entered foreclosing the right of redemption in the real property and vesting in the plaintiff a title in fee simple.

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014DM789 Patricia R. Reid Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jerhmal Reid, whose address is 2517 Park Place SE, Washington, DC 20020 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Patricia R. Reid, who died on March 1, 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 February 8, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before February 8, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: August 8, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Jerhmal Reid Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM792 William A. Thomas Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Herbert Thomas, whose address is 5120 Sargent Rd NE, Apt 310 Washington DC,20017 , was appointed personal representative of the estate of William A. Thomas, who died on April 28, 2014 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts 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 February 8, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before February 28, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM812 Paul F. Williams Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Hebert Thomas Darrell F. Williams; DoroPersonal thea L. Shelton; Gloria Representative Better; Valarie F. Williams whose addresses TRUE TEST COPY are 1100 Holbrook TerREGISTER OF WILLS race, NE, # 4, Washington, DC EDT 20002, TYPESET: Aug 05 13:19:22 20141392 08/08, 08/15,Tue 08/22/14 Post Oak Drive, Apt D, Clarkston, Georgia 30021, 4005 27th Ave, Superior Court of Temple Hills, MD 20748, the District of 1100 Holbrook Terrace, District of Columbia NE #4, Washington, DC PROBATE DIVISION 20002 , were appointed Washington, D.C. personal representatives 20001-2131 of the estate of Paul F. Administration No. Williams, who died on 2014ADM768 Bernard Edward Banks May 15, 2014 without a will, and will serve withJr. out Court supervision. All Decedent unknown heirs and heirs NOTICE OF whose whereabouts are APPOINTMENT, unknown shall enter their NOTICE TO appearance in this CREDITORS proceeding. Objections AND NOTICE TO to such appointment UNKNOWN HEIRS Michael S. Banks, whose shall be filed with the address is 75 Foal Lane, Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Martinsburg, WV 25405-2600, was ap- Floor Washington, D.C. pointed personal repre- 20001, on or before Febsentative of the estate of ruary 8, 2015. Claims Bernard Edward Banks against the decedent Jr., who died on May 27, shall be presented to the 2014 without a Will, and undersigned with a copy will serve without Court to the Register of Wills or supervision. All unknown filed with the Register of heirs and heirs whose Wills with a copy to the whereabouts are un- undersigned, on or beknown shall enter their fore February 8, 2015, or be forever barred. Perappearance in this proceeding. Objections sons believed to be heirs to such appointment or legatees of the deshall be filed with the cedent who do not reRegister of Wills, D.C., ceive a copy of this notice 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd by mail within 25 days of Floor Washington, D.C. its first publication shall so inform the Register of 20001, onEDT or before 13:20:45 2014February 8, 2015. Claims Wills, including name, against the decedent address and relationshall be presented to the ship. undersigned with a copy Date of Publication: to the Register of Wills or August 8, 2014 filed with the Register of Name of newspaper: Wills with a copy to the Afro-American undersigned, on or be- Washington fore February 8, 2015, or Law Reporter be forever barred. PerDarrell F. Williams sons believed to be heirs Dorothea L. Shelton or legatees of the deGloria Better cedent who do not reValerie F. Williams ceive a copy of this notice Personal by mail within 25 days of Representatives its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, TRUE TEST COPY address and relation- REGISTER OF WILLS TYPESET: Tue Aug 05 ship.

08/08, 08/15, 08/22/14 Date of Publication: August 8, 2014 Superior Court of Name of newspaper: the District of Afro-American District of Columbia Washington PROBATE DIVISION Law Reporter Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Michael S. Banks Administration No. Personal 2014ADM791 Representative Arthur Bryce Decedent TRUE TEST COPY Michelle Lanchester, REGISTER OF WILLS Esq TYPESET: Tue Aug 05 13:21:04 EDT 2014 601 Pennsylvania Ave. 08/08, 08/15, 08/22/14 Suite 900, South Bldg Washington, DC 20004 Superior Court of Attorney the District of NOTICE OF District of Columbia APPOINTMENT, PROBATE DIVISION NOTICE TO Washington, D.C. CREDITORS 20001-2131 AND NOTICE TO Administration No. UNKNOWN HEIRS 2014ADM766 Jocelyne Bryce, whose Leland D. Nagel address is 4701 6th Decedent Place, NE, Washingtion, NOTICE OF DC 20017, was apAPPOINTMENT, pointed personal repreNOTICE TO sentative of the estate of CREDITORS Arthur Bryce, who died AND NOTICE TO on June 18, 2012 without UNKNOWN HEIRS a will, and will serve withGalen F. Nagel, whose out Court supervision. All address is 930 M Street unknown heirs and heirs NW, Apt 810, Washingwhose whereabouts are ton,DC 20001 was apunknown shall enter their pointed personal repreappearance in this sentative of the estate of proceeding. Objections Leland d. Nagel, who to such appointment died on May 26, 2014 shall be filed with the withouta will, and will Register of Wills, D.C., serve without Court su515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd pervision. All unknown Floor Washington, D.C. heirs and heirs whose 20001, on or before Febwhereabouts are unruary 8, 2015. Claims known shall enter their against the decedent appearance in this shall be presented to the proceeding. Objections undersigned with a copy to such appointment to the Register of Wills or shall be filed with the filed with the Register of Register of Wills, D.C., Wills with a copy to the 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd undersigned, on or beFloor Washington, D.C. fore February 8, 2015, or 13:20:05 EDT 2014 20001, on or before Febbe forever barred. Perruary 8, 2015. Claims sons believed to be heirs against the decedent or legatees of the deshall be presented to the cedent who do not reundersigned with a copy ceive a copy of this notice to the Register of Wills or by mail within 25 days of filed with the Register of its first publication shall Wills with a copy to the so inform the Register of undersigned, on or beWills, including name, fore February 8, 2015, or address and relationbe forever barred. Pership. sons believed to be heirs Date of Publication: or legatees of the deAugust 8, 2014 cedent who do not reName of newspaper: ceive a copy of this notice Afro-American by mail within 25 days of Washington its first publication shall Law Reporter so inform the Register of Jocelyne Bryce Wills, including name, Personal address and relationRepresentative ship.

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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 February 15, 2015. Claims against the decedent TYPESET: Tue Aug 12 15:15:43 EDT 2014to the be presented LEGAL NOTICES shall LEGAL NOTICES undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Superior Court of Wills with a copy to the the District of undersigned, on or beDistrict of Columbia fore February 15, 2015, PROBATE DIVISION or be forever barred. PerWashington, D.C. sons believed to be heirs 20001-2131 or legatees of the deAdministration No. cedent who do not re2014ADM814 ceive a copy of this notice Helen Salter Nowlin by mail within 25 days of Decedent its first publication shall NOTICE OF so inform the Register of APPOINTMENT, Wills, including name, NOTICE TO address and relationCREDITORS ship.

AND NOTICE TO Date of Publication: UNKNOWN HEIRS J e r o m e E . N o w l i n , August 15, 2014 whose address is 1722 Name of newspaper: Girard St. NE, Washing- Afro-American ton DC 20018 was ap- Washington pointed personal repre- Law Reporter Marva D. Lockhart sentative of the estate of Personal Helen Salter Nowlin, who Representative died on April 21, 2014 without a will, and will serve without Court su- TRUE TEST COPY pervision. All unknown REGISTER OF WILLS heirs and heirs whose TYPESET: Tue Aug 12 whereabouts are un- 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/14 15:16:26 EDT 2014 known shall enter their appearance in this Superior Court of proceeding. Objections the District of to such appointment District of Columbia shall be filed with the PROBATE DIVISION Register of Wills, D.C., Washington, D.C. 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd 20001-2131 Floor Washington, D.C. Administration No. 20001, on or before Feb2014ADM821 ruary 15, 2015. Claims against the decedent Bessie Otelia Ridley Decedent shall be presented to the NOTICE OF undersigned with a copy APPOINTMENT, to the Register of Wills or NOTICE TO filed with the Register of CREDITORS Wills with a copy to the AND NOTICE TO undersigned, on or beUNKNOWN HEIRS fore February 15, 2015, or be forever barred. Per- Robert Adron Wright Ridsons believed to be heirs ley, whose address is or legatees of the de- 1326 Talbert Terrace, cedent who do not re- SE, Washington, DC ceive a copy of this notice 20020 was appointed by mail within 25 days of personal representative its first publication shall of the estate of Bessie so inform the Register of Otelia Ridley, who died Wills, including name, on April 1, 1990 without a address and relation- will. All unknown heirs ship. and heirs whose Date of Publication: whereabouts are unAugust 15, 2014 known shall enter their Name of newspaper: appearance in this Afro-American proceeding. Objections Washington to such appointment Law Reporter shall be filed with the Jerome E. Nowlin Personal Register of Wills, D.C., Representative 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before FebTRUE TEST COPY ruary 15, 2015. Claims REGISTER OF WILLS against EDT the decedent TYPESET: Tue Aug 12 15:15:09 2014 shall be presented to the 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/14 undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or Superior Court of filed with the Register of the District of Wills with a copy to the District of Columbia undersigned, on or bePROBATE DIVISION fore February 15, 2015, Washington, D.C. or be forever barred. Per20001-2131 sons believed to be heirs Administration No. or legatees of the de2014ADM570 cedent who do not reWayola Harris ceive a copy of this notice Decedent by mail within 25 days of NOTICE OF its first publication shall APPOINTMENT, so inform the Register of NOTICE TO CREDITORS Wills, including name, AND NOTICE TO address and relationUNKNOWN HEIRS ship.

Arthur T. Nowell, whose Date of Publication: address is 7214 Good August 15, 2014 Luck Road, Lanham, MD Name of newspaper: 20706, was appointed Afro-American personal representative Washington of the estate of Wayola Law Reporter Harris, who died on April 26, 2014 with a will and Robert Adron Wright Ridwill serve without Court ley supervision. All unknown Personal heirs and heirs whose Representative where-abouts are un15:16:03 EDT 2014 known shall enter their TRUE TEST COPY appearance in this proceeding. Objections REGISTER OF WILLS 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 February 15, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before February 15, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: August 15, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Arthur T. Nowell Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM807 David Lockhart Sr. Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Marva D. Lockhart, whose address is 510 L a m o n t S t r e e t N W, Washington, DC 20010 was appointed personal representative of the estate of David Lockhart Sr., who died on September 28, 2012 without a will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before February 15, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before February 15, 2015, or be forever barred. Per-

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM820 Crawford V. Harris Decedent Jamison B. Taylor 1218 11th St NW Washington, DC 20001 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Lori Belinda Harris, whose address is 14611 Mirabella Vista Circle, Tampa, FL, 33626 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Crawford V. Harris, who died EDT on January 15:14:32 2014 28, 2014 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts 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 February 15, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before February 15, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: August 15, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Lori Belinda Harris Personal Representative

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM807 David Lockhart Sr. Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Marva D. Lockhart, whose address is 510 L a m o n t S t r e e t N W, Washington DC 20010 was appointed personal representative of the estate of David Lockhart Sr., who died on September 28, 2012 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 February 22, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before February 22, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM804 Gilbert William Bush Decedent James J. Fitzgibbons, Esq 13321 New Hampshire Ave.#110 Silver Spring, MD 20904 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Benjamin Bush, whose address is 5820 Eads Street, NE, Washington, 15:14:12 EDT 2014 DC 20019 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Gilbert William Bush, who died on November 29, 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 (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 February 15, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before February 15, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: August 15, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Benjamin Bush Personal Representative

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM811 David B. Marshall. Jr. AKA David Barhydt Marshall Jr. Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Ann Herndon Marshall, whose address is 202 Roberston Ave. Charlottesville, VA 22903, was appointed personal representative of the estate of David B. Marshall Jr. AKA David Barhydt Jr., who died on June 17, 2014 witha will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their 15:14:49 a p p e a r EDT a n c e 2014 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 February 15, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the TRUE TEST COPY undersigned with a copy REGISTER OF WILLS to the Register of Wills or 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/14 filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before February 15,2015 or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

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their heirs, devisees, personal representatives, and executors, administrators, grantees, assigns or successors in right, title, interest, and all persons having or claiming to have any interest in said property which is described as follows: Square 3189, Lot 0800 and having the property address LEGAL NOTICES of 7100 Blair Road, NW Washington DC 20012, located between Dahlia Street to the South and Piney Branch Road to the WestDefendants.

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

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

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August 23, 2014 - August 29, 2014 The Afro-American TYPESET: Tue Aug 19NOTICES 15:48:53 EDT LEGAL TYPESET: Tue2014 Aug 19 16:25:33 EDT 2014 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM828 Christopher Ruffin Decedent David F. Hall, Esq 10 G Street, NE, Suite 710 Washington, DC 20002 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Inthia Bowman-Ruffin, whose address is 1357 Nicholson Street, NW, Apt 1, Washington, DC 20011 wasappointed personal representative of the estate of Christopher Ruffin, who died on October 22, 2013 without a will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before February 22, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before February 22, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: August 22, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM868 Estate of Edmonia L. Lovett AKA Edmonia Louise Lovett Deceased NOTICE OF STANDARD Latoya A. Benson is a visionary by design. She has a passion to empower women to not just recogPROBATE Notice is hereby given nize their full potential but to reach it. As an influential woman, Latoya walks in a distinguished reputhat a petition has been tation as a catalyst seeking change and is the voice of hope to present generations and those to come. filed in this Court by Eric Abdullah for standard She initiates strategic forums, conferences and summits geared toward inner healing, self-discovery probate, including the appointment of one or in God, walking in vision and thriving in business as a woman. She believes that good things come to more personal representative. Unless a comthose who wait but GREAT things come to those who GO GET IT! plaint or an objection in accordance with SuperLatoya is the CEO of Inner Visions Creative Enterprises, which is the home of Kingdom Voices ior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in Magazine Online, Beyond the Surface Ministries, and Inner Visions Professional Vision Consulting this Court within 30 days Services. She is a woman of God, mother of two, a daughter, a sister and a friend. from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth.

What was the impetus for writing this book?

In the absence of a will or proof satisfactory to the Wow. This book is birthed out of my own journey from transition to transformation. While going Court of due execution, enter an order determinthrough separation and divorce, I embarked on a 40 day spiritual journey. At the time, I didn’t know ing that the decedent what the 40 days was all about but I knew it was something powerful that would transform my life. I died intestate *appoint an unsuwas fully present in the moment and was willing to do the work to rediscover my hidden treasure. The pervised personal representative 40 Day Journey is not something that I saw from afar but it is what I lived.

Register of Wills Clerk of the Probate Division Date of First Publication What’s the overall theme?

August 22, 2014 The overall theme of this book is to empower women to embark on a journey to transformation and wholeness. It is Names of Newspapers: Washington a spiritual guide to empower women to BECOME and LIVE! The New You Revolution is not just a book but a lifestyle Law Reporter Washington brand and a social change initiative. It is about creating a culture among women that personifies who they are and emAFRO-AMERICAN Karl Chen powers a bold and confident expression through the fulfillment of purpose. This global lifestyle brand will reach beyond 9701 Apolo Drive, Suite 337 age, race, and economic status and cultivate something much bigger...authenticity and self-worth. It will inspire women Largo, Maryland 20774 to embrace their femininity, uniqueness, strengths, and weaknesses as they evolve into the total woman.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM859 Estate of Geraldine Y. Griffith Inithia Bowman-Ruffin Personal Deceased NOTICE OF Representative STANDARD PROBATE TRUE TEST COPY Notice is hereby given REGISTER OF WILLS that a petition has been filed in thisEDT Court2014

by Keith TYPESET: Aug 19 15:48:36 08/22, 08/29,Tue 09/04/14 G. Tolar for standard probate, including the appointment of one or Superior Court of more personal reprethe District of sentative. Unless a comDistrict of Columbia plaint or an objection in PROBATE DIVISION accordance with SuperWashington, D.C. ior Court Probate Di20001-2131 vision Rule 407 is filed in Administration No. this Court within 30 days 2014ADM492 from the date of first pubGertrude Butler lication of this notice, the Decedent Court may take the acStephenson F. Harvey, tion hereinafter set forth.

Jr. 0 Admit to probate the Harvey Law Group, copy of will dated June 1, PLLC 1984 exhibited with the 1629 K St. NW, petition upon proof satWashington, DC 20006 isfactory to the Court of Attorney due execution by affidaNOTICE OF vit of witnesses or otherAPPOINTMENT, wise NOTICE TO 0 Ordered any interested CREDITORS person to show cause AND NOTICE TO why the provisions of the UNKNOWN HEIRS lost or destroyed will Phyllis R. Freeman, dated June 1, 1984 whose address is 1238 should not be admitted to F a r a d a y P l a c e N E , probate as expressed in Washington, DC 20017 the petition was appointed personal Register of Wills representative of the Clerk of the estate of Gertrude Butler, Probate Division who died on December Date of First Publication 12, 2012 with a will, and August 22, 2014 will serve without Court Names of Newspapers: supervision. All unknown Washington heirs and heirs whose Law Reporter where-abouts are un- Washington known shall enter their AFRO-AMERICAN appearance in this Bernice Harleston proceeding. Objections 1003 K Street, NW 3rd to such appointment (or FL to the probate of de- Washington, DC 20001 cedent´s will) shall be Signature of filed with the Register of Petitioners/Attorney Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor 08/22, 08/29/14 Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before February 22, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before February 22, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: August 22, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Phyllis R. Freeman Personal Representative

What surprised you about the development of the book?

Since the book is a daily read, I was surprised at how each day progressed into a deeper discovering of self. I also was pleasantly surprised at how it continued to be thought-provoking throughout the entire book.

For what audience is your book written?

This book is for ALL women. The everyday woman, which includes the career woman, the single woman, the married woman, the divorced woman, the widowed woman and the minister. I believe that if we go beyond our various titles, roles, and responsibilities that at the end of the day we are at the core, everyday women. I believe that we will transformation evolves and we will continue to grow and develop into who we were created to be. The New You Revolution reaches beyond age because I believe that you can transform at any age!

What one thing do you want the reader to remember forever?

I would want the reader to remember that we all are created to LIVE and WIN. That our journey is comprised of our mistakes, bad decisions, hurtful experiences, lessons, victories, and triumphs. The pieces of you are relevant and they have made you RESILIENT. No matter what you win so continue to transform!

Any advice for aspiring writers?

JUST DO IT! I didn’t dream about being a writer. It was something that came along during my journey. So I had to remove all fear of failure and I just did it! I would also advise the aspiring writer to know their audience and write from an authentic and pure place because people like to connect to something real.

What’s next on the horizon for you?

Wow. Right now I’m going to continue to develop my online magazine, consulting company and ministry. I also plan to launch a book tour really soon so I am excited about that!

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