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Wilson joins the 1,000 Club

T.W. Josey High School’s Breanna Wilson has surpassed 1000 points in her varsity career, averaging 16.9 points per game. Photo by Vincent Hobbs

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Augustans told they must boil water City emergency officials downplay Flint, Michigan comparison

By Ken Makin and Frederick Benjamin Sr. Special to UrbanProWeekly AUGUSTA On Tuesday, the Augusta Utilities Department issued a “boil water notice” after it confirmed that certain areas of the county “experienced a brief incident of high turbidity in finished water” at the city’s Highland Avenue Water Treatment Plant, one of several that provides clean water for the city.

The “Boil Advisory” affects those city residents who live north of Gordon Highway (that would include downtown, East Augusta, West Augusta and most of the central business district, along with Fort Gordon).

On Wednesday, Mayor Hardie Davis issued a public statement which stated, “It remains important for residents and businesses to be diligent and continue to boil water until the Augusta Utilities Department provides notification that the boil water advisory has been lifted.”

That request echoes the action of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources which urged citizens to boil water for at least one minute after reaching a rolling boil.

Mie Lucas, the Disaster Preparedness Coordinator for the city’s Emergency Management department, says that comparisons to Flint, Michigan are not valid in this case.

“There isn’t a comparison to lead in the water,” Lucas said. “They just need to boil the water. Turbidity is the cloudiness of the water, not a contaminant.”

Although South Augusta is free from the advisory, the Richmond County School system announced that would be closing all schools within the system on Wednesday — including those in the unaffected zones.

Further, in response to the advisory, restaurants closed, residents cleared

City officials released the above map highlighting the parts of the county north of Gordon Highway under the “Boil Water Advisory.” Source: Augusta-Richmond County website.

What is turbidity? Can you filter cloudy water?

Imagine shaking up a glass jar of muddy water — it is hard for light to shine through the glass because of all the dirt particles suspended in the water. If you keep the jar still for a while, however, the dirt particles will settle out and you will be able to see light coming through the glass.

Turbidity is a measure of how clear the water is.

High turbidity means that there are a lot of particles suspended in the water and light cannot get through.

Low turbidity means that there are fewer particles in the water and it is more clear. bottled water from the shelves and city officials worked furiously to keep the public informed.

Staffers at University Hospital told UPW that the advisory impacted the way patients were cared for.

“Patients were not able to bathe unless they used wipes. We used bottled water for everything else.

Patients took their medication using juice if bottle water wasn’t available.

Even the use of ice was prohibited,” one nurse said.

A resident in the affected area told UPW that they didn’t notice anything strange about their kitchen tap water, but did notice some cloudiness in the water that flowed from the bathroom

If water is cloudy, let it settle. Then filter the water through a clean cloth, paper towel, or coffee filter. Store the settled and filtered water in clean containers with covers.

sinks.

For more information, call the city’s 311 Center at either 3-1-1 or (706) 8212300. For health-related concerns, call the Richmond County Health Department at (706) 667-4324.

Residents can access the city website at www.augustaga.gov for more details on the city’s response.

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In Atlanta NEWS

Bill seeks changes to how police testify to grand juries

By Aaron Gould Sheinin The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLANTA Police officers accused of killing or seriously injuring a suspect would no longer get the last word in grand jury proceedings under legislation filed Tuesday in the Georgia House.

House Bill 941, sponsored by House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee Chairman Rich Golick, R-Smyra, would

make several key changes to state law: It would still allow an officer under investigation to testify to the grand jury, but it would no longer allow him or her to be present for the entire grand jury hearing.

The officer would, for the first time, face questioning from prosecutors should he or she decide to testify.

If the grand jury decides not to issue an indictment, the panel would be required to prepare a public report

detailing the evidence presented and their findings.

The bill comes after The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that a grand jury has indicted a police officer in a fatal shooting only twice since 2010, and one indictment was dismissed the next day by the district attorney.

Most recently, former DeKalb County Officer Robert Olsen was indicted in January in the shooting death of Anthony Hill, a 27-year-old veteran

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Legislation could ease kinship care woes More grandparents, others looking after children in Georgia.

By Virginia Lynne Anderson About 128,000 children in Georgia and an estimated 103,000 grandparents and other non-parental relatives could be affected by legislation scheduled to be introduced this week by Rep. Stacey Abrams, D-DeKalb, and others.

One bill would give family caregivers of minor children up to 90 days to provide evidence of eligibility to enroll the children in the relative’s school district, allowing additional time to locate birth certificates and immunization records for the children in their charge.

Currently kin have 30 days in most school districts to provide documentation to enroll a child in school. That can be problematic for family who agree to take in children when a parent cannot, Abrams said.

Relatives often receive scant notice they must care for a child whose parent

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has become ill, died, is incarcerated, is institutionalized or is on military deployment.

The goal is to ease the “extra burden on people who did not (choose) to become parents late in life,” said Abrams.

A second bill would make it easier for grandparents and kin to take a child in their custody to the doctor, dentist or receive vaccinations. Currently the caregiver is required to have power of attorney for the child, which may be difficult or time-consuming to obtain.

The bill would replace the power of attorney with an affidavit that doesn’t require the parent’s signature.

The two bills are likely to be followed this week by others that Abrams and other legislators have been working on based on a yearlong study on kinship care that wrapped up in December.

That group was created by the

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Legislature last year in response to the growing number of non-parental kin, overwhelmingly grandparents, taking care of children in Georgia.

Because the living arrangements are typically informal, it is difficult to collect reliable data. But according to the Georgia Family Partnership Connection, the number of children in kinship care rose 78 percent between 2002 and 2012. Abrams attributes the surge to Georgia’s population growth, an increase in pockets of poverty, increased drug addiction and untreated mental illness.

About 4 percent of Georgia’s children are estimated to be in kinship care, which is in line with the national average, but rural areas in central and southwest Georgia have rates as high as 12 percent.

In the Southeast U.S., about onethird of the grandparents raising

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grandchildren live in poverty, according to a study by the U.S. Department of Human Services.

Another study by the National Association of American Families found that in a sample of 770 grandchildren surveyed, almost half do not have sufficient access to nutritional food. In addition, many who provide kinship care are not physically healthy. About half experience high blood pressure and 23 percent are diagnosed with diabetes.

At hearings across the state last year, grandparents told study committee members they experienced extremely high levels of stress and anxiety caring for grandchildren. Those issues, in turn, can affect the children in their charge, most of whom already have experienced trauma before they arrived in their grandparents’ homes.

“You have to have a policy response to that,” said Abrams.

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HAPPENINGS

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Shero Awards celebrates 10 years of honoring women

March is Women’s History Month and in honor of it, Nicholson Revell LLP Attorneys at Law and Cher’s Sister’s Only Club in partnership with WKSP-96.3 Kiss FM will present the 10th annual Shero Awards luncheon, Saturday March 26th, 2pm at the Legends Club.

This annual luncheon seeks to honor women throughout the community who are impacting the lives of others in the area of Arts, Business, Community Service, Faith & Spirituality, Health & Social Services, Law & Government, Young Shero (high-school senior girl who is impacting the community), and the Military.

Special presentations include the President’s Awards, The Quincy Murphy Vision Award and the Nicholson Revell Woman of the Year.

The speaker for the 2016 Shero Awards 10th year Anniversary Luncheon will be Dr. Angela Pringle, Superintendent of the Richmond County School System.

Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2016 Shero Awards now through Feb. 19th. Nomination forms are available at Acura of Augusta (Gordon Hwy), the IheartMediaAugusta office (2743 Perimeter Parkway) online at www.963kissfm. com, www.power107.net or www.sistersonlyclub.com.

Interested in becoming an attorney?

The Value of Diversity & Inclusion in the Legal Profession SAT. FEB. 13 AT 3 P.M. Speakers include: Hon. David D. Watkins, State Court Judge; Edward J. Tarver, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Georgia; Kellie McIntyre, Solicitor General, Augusta-Richmond County; Omeeka P. Loggins, President, Augusta Bar Association; Law Office of Omeeka P. Loggins, PC, Augusta; Katherine Mason, Circuit Public Defender, Augusta; Harold V. Jones II, State Senator, Law Office of Harold V. Jones, Augusta; and Laverne Lewis Gaskins, Senior Legal Advisor, Augusta University.

This program is free to the public. If you have any questions, please contact the Program Chair, Laverne Lewis Gaskins, Senior Legal Advisor, Augusta University at 706-721-4018.

PROGRAM SPONSORS: State Bar of Georgia, Committee to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession; Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Augusta University Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys (GABWA)

Aiken Tech to host a College Goal South Carolina Event on Feb. 27 Area college-bound students and families can receive free assistance in completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) during a College Goal South Carolina event at Aiken Technical College (ATC).

The event will be held Saturday, Feb. 27 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the College’s Enrollment Services Center.

Financial aid experts from ATC and the University of South Carolina Aiken will be available to guide students and their families through the FAFSA and answer questions about financial aid.

For more information about the ATC event, please contact Sims at (803) 508-7341 or email financialaid@atc.edu.

The NEAVE PIANO TRIO will appear in concert on Friday, February 19, 2016, 7:30 p.m. at the Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre, Summerville Campus, AU. The program is hosted by the Harry Jacobs Chamber Music Society - Jacobs Concert Series. For tickets and more information, call the box office at 706.667.4100.

The Me I Like Mini Theatre production set for February 20 and 21 Honoring the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Augusta Mini Theatre’s drama students will continue the play, The Me I Like, for Black History Month, February 20th and 21st at 3:00 p.m. It will be held at the Judith Simon Drama Studio (Blackbox) located on the campus of Augusta Mini Theatre. The play and lyrics were written by Tyrone J. Butler, and music by Claude “Deuce”

Harris.

Tickets are $15.00 (adults) and $10.00 (students - ages 2-18).

Admission for youth and senior citizen (65 & up) groups of ten or more, in the each group, is $8.50 per participant.

Tickets are on sale now at augustaminitheatre.com; 706-722-0598; and at the Mini Theatre, 2548 Deans Bridge Road.

Elim Baptist Church to celebrate 45th Annual Paine College Day Elim Baptist Church will celebrate the 45th Annual Paine College Day on Sunday, February 28th, 2016 at 11: 00 AM. Paine College Day at Elim is a special occasion where the church provides spiritual and financial support for the College and recognizes its wide – reaching impact in the Augusta community and the Central Savannah River Area, and this day is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of February of each year. This year’s theme is “The Ties That Bind: Elim and Paine in

Christian Fellowship and Service”.

The speaker for the service is Reverend Toney R. Cross, Minister of Men at Tabernacle Baptist Church of Augusta, GA. Please join Elim as they worship God for the continued relationship between Elim and Paine. Many guests from Paine and the community will join Elim in this momentous occasion.

Elim Baptist Church is located on 2359 Mount Auburn Street in the Sand Hills Community. The Pastor/Teacher is Rev. George C. Miller, III.

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SPORTS High School

Laney’s Zephaniah Jasper (L) defends against Josey’s Kahlon Whitley (R) during a game at the Laney gym. The matchup between the two rival schools, held in front of a capacity crowd, saw the Wildcats defeat the Eagles 70-63.

Photo by Vincent Hobbs

Laney Wildcats - 70 Josey Eagles - 63 Josey’s Domonique Hurst prepares for a free throw during a game agaiinst Laney at the Laney gym.

Photo by Vincent Hobbs

Breanna’s 1,000 T.W. Josey High School’s Breanna Wilson has surpassed 1000 points in her varsity career, averaging 16.9 points per game. The 5’10’ basketball player also averages with 8.9 rebounds and 3.6 steals for the Lady Eagles.

She has been playing basketball since the 7th grade, when she started playing the game at Glenn Hills Middle School.

The senior student has her sights on Albany State University, where she wants to study forensic science. Her favorite subject at Josey is mathematics.

Wilson is excited with her achievement. “I feel great! I wouldn’t have been able to do it without my teammates and my coaches, so I want to thank them!”

Photos/interview by Vincent Hobbs, Feb. 9 Roundtree Athletic Complex.

Josey High School cheerleaders perform a cheer routine during a game against Laney at the Laney gym. The matchup between the two rival schools, in front of a capacity crowd, saw the Lady Wildcats defeat the Lady Eagles 87-60, and the Wildcats defeated the Eagles 70-63. Photo by Vincent Hobbs

Laney High School cheerleaders perform a halftime cheer routine during a game against Josey at the Laney gym. The matchup between the two rival schools, in front of a capacity crowd, saw the Lady Wildcats defeat the Lady Eagles 87-60, and the Wildcats defeated the Eagles 70-63.

Photo by Vincent Hobbs

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MAKIN’ A DIFFERENCE COMMENTARY by Ken Makin LIFE LESSONS FROM SUPER BOWL 50

Athletics, activism and what really matters What did America learn from the Super Bowl? Apparently, not that much.

Close to two weeks before the big show, Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton made racially charged comments about the perception of his game. Those comments continued a discussion that basically boiled down to “respectability politics.”

According to Wikipedia, respectability politics are defined as “attempts by marginalized groups to police their own members and show their social values as being continuous and compatible with mainstream values, rather than challenge the mainstream for its failure to accept difference.”

Allow me to add something to that definition. It also refers to attempts from the socially shortsighted to police folk who don’t act or look like them.

Exhibit A, Cam Newton.

Well, as you all know by now, Cam and the Panthers lost 24-10. As you also know by now, Cam, by his own admittance, is a “sore loser.”

That would have been OK – except it turned into another episode of “respectability politics.”

As a result, I am going to break down the Super Bowl into two components: athletics and activism.

The ATHLETICS component will deal specifically with the double standard

The MVP of Super Bowl 50 is Beyonce. between athletes that look like Cam versus athletes that look like Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and Bill Belichick.

The media is much more forgiving when the likes of Brady and Belichick are surly; as a matter of fact, they seek to find the comedy in such situations.

When Peyton walked off the field without shaking hands after a Super Bowl loss against the Saints, there was virtually no discussion on the matter.

This double standard is bigger than respectability politics. I know some of you all will say that Cam should carry himself with more grace and that he is a “role model.” Well, Cam is still a role model and an ambassador to the game of football. One presser won’t change that.

I will also add that Cam really doesn’t win with grace. Why should he lose with grace?

The ACTIVISM component is the much more important part of this piece, and while I love “unapologetic Cam,” the MVP of Super Bowl 50 is Beyonce Knowles-Carter.

Let’s talk about Beyonce’s Super Bowl weekend. To kick things off, she released a visual sensation of a video called “Formation,” which spoke to concerns about police brutality and the government’s mishandling of Hurricane Katrina. She followed up that video with a Super Bowl performance that paid homage to the Black Panthers.

Quite naturally, there are some folks

who are angry about the performance, but that’s only because they don’t understand the Black Panthers. The notion that the group is in any way, shape or form comparable to the Ku Klux Klan is not only factually inaccurate, but unforgivingly obtuse. The Black Panthers were formed out of a response to white supremacy, and were systematically broken down because of it. Meanwhile, the KKK exists today as a lasting image and homage to white supremacy.

One more thing about Beyonce – sales at Red Lobster spiked 33 percent because she mentioned it in a sexually-charged lyrics. Patti Pies part two.

Here’s the moral of the story: People don’t learn because they don’t know their history. And people can’t unify because we do not hone our gaze. Our focus should be on economics, and race as a subsidiary to it. Instead, we super-size race in the Super Bowl, and this country continues in its unrepentant ignorance.

Ken J. Makin is the host of “Makin’ A Difference,” an online radio program available on iTunes and Soundcloud (soundcloud.com/makinadifference).

Updates on the show are available at facebook.com/makinadifferenceshow.

You can also reach Ken by email at makinadifferenceshow@gmail.com, or via Twitter @differencemakin.

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ngelo Anderson was born at the turn of the century in Charlotte, North Carolina. He, his Mother, and brother made their way to Richmond County by way of South Carolina. At the age of twelve he was left to fend for himself for survival, and many years later he met and later married a young widow who had three daughters.

With only an elementary education the only work he found was that of a common laborer. His first job was with Heos’ Candy Company. Later he joined the ranks of many unskilled Black workers who were employed by Babcock and Wilcox Company now known as Thermal Ceramics. There he spent twenty years and was awarded a twenty-year pin for his loyal service.

He became father to nine daughters, so the family lived and thrived on his very small income with the older siblings’ earnings from odd jobs. His wife tended the family garden which provided fruit and vegetables for their family.

This remarkable man never missed a day of work except on two occasions when he was hospitalized. He never owned a car, a bank account, or lavish Angelo Anderson July 10,1900 – February 3,1958

home.

Every morning he walked from Turpin Hill to Babcock and Wilcox.

With his meager income his daughters were able to earn a college education and beyond. All are or have served in professions that continue to focus on healing, educating and inspiring others.

He departed this life within three months of receiving his pin for twenty years of service.

Anderson demonstrated the importance of a strong work ethic by reporting to work daily; he fostered a love for learning by giving us his undivided attention as we read to him nightly; he exhibited humility and compassion when he interacted with his family, friends and strangers. He shared his belief in the brotherhood of man by becoming a thirty- three-degree Mason.

He was loyal to his country’s ideals and the laws of God. He believed in the Sankofa principal of reaching back, thus as one daughter completed her education she reached back and helped the younger sibling complete hers.

He was an avid hunter of wild game. One of his favorite pastimes was whittling, a skill taught to him by his Cherokee ancestors.

Black History Month Events Feb. 17 Wed. - “Maps Tell Some of the Story for the AfricanAncestored Genealogist”, 2-3 p.m., Headquarters library on Telfair St. In honor of Black History Month, the Georgia Heritage Room will host a free Legacy Family Tree webinar with Angela WaltonRaji, professional genealogist and founding member of afrigeneas. com, who will illustrate how maps can reveal unknowns about your ancestral community and help provide a critical background for the family narrative. Walton-Raji will be available via Skype following the webinar to answer any questions.

Free, but pre-registratio​n required.

Call the Georgia Heritage Room at 706-826-1511.

Feb. 17 Wed. - “Let’s Talk: Black Lives Matter,” AU Summerville campus, JSAC Butler Room, 2:30-4 p.m. Hosted by Dr. Lindsey West.

Feb. 18, Thurs. - “Restoring Brightness: Recalling the Life and Work of African-American Community Builders of the Early 20th Century.” 6:30 pm. Augusta Main Library, Meeting Room A. Historians and historic preservation advocates Travis Holloway, Elizabeth Laney, Joyce Law, and Corey Rogers will present brief sketches on selected leaders such as Rev. Silas X. Floyd, entrepreneur Dennis Wigfall, artisan Willie McNatt, and educator Amelia Sullivan. In honor of the 2016

Black History Month National Theme “Hallowed Ground”, selected historic sites will also be highlighted. Alysha Griffin of Paine College’s Department of Humanities will serve as moderator. Call 706-826-1511 for details.

Feb. 19 Fri. - “Lunch and Learn: Black History Trolley Tour” sponsored by the Lucy Craft Laney Museum and SouthStar. Pick up location at noon will be at the AU Health Sciences campus in front of the Kelly Administration Building.

If you wish to attend, please reserve a space by e-mailing shtutt@gru.edu

Feb. 24 Wed. - Book Club “Ta-Neshi Coates: Between the World and Me” will be hosted

by Dr. Lorraine Evans and Dr. Lindsay West. AU Summerville campus in the JSAC Hardy Rm. 232 and AU Health Sciences campus in the Allied Health Building EC2209, noon - 1 p.m.

Feb. 25 Thurs. - Student paper panel - “History in the Making” hosted by Dr. John Hayes. AU Summerville campus JSAC Butler Rm. 227, noon to 1 p.m.

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COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION OF RICHMOND COUNTY The Richmond County School System will accept bids and request for proposals until 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 9, 2016 for the following: 1. Athletic Field Turf Grass Management RFP #16-739 2. Electric Steamer for Hephzibah Elementary School RFQ#16-740 3. Pumping and Cleaning of Grease Traps RFP#16-738 4. Walk-In Cooler/Freezer for Spirit Creek Middle School RFQ#16-741

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The Richmond County School System reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive technicalities and informalities.

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