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BLACK QUARTERBACKS GAINING MOMENTUM Last Sunday, CAM NEWTON led the Carolina Panthers to a 49–15 victory over the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Championship Game, sending his team to Super Bowl 50.

Newton finished the game 19 of 28 for DOUG WILLIAMS (SB XXII) Washington Redskins quarterback Doug Williams made history during the 1987 NFL season when he became the first black quarterback to play in a Super Bowl.

After John Elway’s Broncos took a 10–0 first–quarter lead, Washington scored 42 unanswered points behind 340 yards through the air and four passing touchdowns from Williams, who was named MVP of the game.

Washington’s 42–10 victory was the franchise’s second Super Bowl title.

STEVE MCNAIR (SB XXXIV) Steve McNair became the second black quarterback to make the game during the 1999 season.

After finishing the year 13–3, McNair’s Titans made the Super Bowl

335 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. He also rushed for 47 yards and two touchdowns.

When Newton takes the field at Levi’s Stadium on Feb. 7, he’ll be looking to bring the Panthers their first championship. He

following a memorable postseason run.

In the Super Bowl, Tennessee faced the St. Louis Rams who jumped out to a 16–0 lead, but McNair rallied the Titans, tying the game at 16 late in the fourth quarter.

In one of the more memorable performances by a losing Super Bowl quarterback, McNair finished the game 22 of 36 for 214 yards. He also rushed for 64 yards.

DONOVAN MCNABB (SB XXXIX) Five years after McNair’s heroic performance, Donovan McNabb took on Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX after finishing the season 13-3 and winning an NFC East division title.

New England won the game 24–21,

will also become the sixth black quarterback to start in a Super Bowl. Including this season, each of the last four Super Bowls has featured a black quarterback.

Here’s a look at the previous black quarterbacks to start the Super Bowl.

their third Super Bowl victory in four years.

McNabb went 30 of 51 for 357 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions in his only career Super Bowl appearance.

COLIN KAEPERNICK (SB XLVII) In the Super Bowl, the Ravens jumped out to a big lead and were ahead 28–6. Kaepernick led a furious 49ers rally, closing the gap to two points with 9:57 remaining. But San Francisco›s comeback ultimately fell short, with Baltimore prevailing 34–31.

Kaepernick completed 16 of 28 passes for 302 yards, a touchdown and an interception. He also added 62 yards and a score on the ground.

RUSSELL WILSON (XLVIII AND XLIV) In his second and third years in the NFL, Russell Wilson led the Seattle Seahawks to two Super Bowl appearances.

During the 2013 season, the Seahawks met Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII. The game was an all-around dominant performance from the Seahawks’ vaunted defense, which forced four turnovers and led the team to a 43–8 win.

The following year, the Seahawks returned to the Super Bowl, this time against Tom Brady and the Patriots.. into the fourth quarter.

Down four points with two minutes to go, Wilson was intercepted at the goal line giving the Patriots a 28–24 victory.

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IS AUGUSTA’S WATER SAFE TO DRINK?

The tragedy in Flint, Michigan has everyone wondering, can it happen here?

Here’s what’s on the record “Augusta’s waterworks system began to form in the 18th century, and much of the early infrastructure, including cast-iron pipes, remains in the city today.”

Augusta get much of its water from the Savannah River, but not exclusively. It has ground water resources as well. A recent flooding on Augusta’s Riverwalk shows clearly that a lot of things can get into that water. Photo by Vincent Hobbs.

By Frederick Benjamin Sr. UrbanProWeekly Staff Writer AUGUSTA If you want to go on purely documentary evidence, there’s little to suggest that AugustaRichmond could ever come close to going through what the hapless residents in Flint, Michigan have had to endure for over a year — drinking, cooking and bathing with contaminated water.

Let’s be clear, Augusta’s water supply does not flow from pristine mountain streams or verdant pastures. We just recycle what has been already used. Not only is it recycled, but it has its share of organic and inorganic particles, including flouride, chlorine, copper and, at times, chromium and lead.

The people of Flint, Michigan have been drinking lead-tainted water for more than a year since the city switched its water source from Detroit’s Lake Huron to the Flint River.

According to the most recent

tests, Flint’s water is still undrinkable, with average lead levels remaining at unacceptable levels.

So, in Flint, the levels of lead were unacceptable. In Augusta, the levels of lead are not unacceptable.

The city gets its water from two sources, — the Savannah River and underground wells (aquifers) in South Augusta.

Yes, the city does test regularly for lead. So where does the lead that’s in Augusta’s water come from? According to city documents, any lead in the water system could come from “Corrosion of household plumbing systems; [and/or] erosion of natural deposits leaching from wood preservatives.”

So while, the city, or any city for that matter, can’t keep lead entirely out of the water supply, it can treat it before it gets to the kitchen sink or the lavatory.

According to Augusta’s director of the Utilities Department, Tom Wiedmeier, getting high marks for clean water has become a

local tradition.

“We’ve never had a water quality violation that I can remember,” Wiedmeier told UPW. The city monitors its water supply regularly and passes those reports along to the state and federal agencies.

Those agencies include the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

“According to Wiedmeier, the city’s surface water and groundwater plants won the Georgia Association of Water Professionals (GAWP) Platinum and Gold Awards for operating the entire year without a single regulatory violation. It has won the award several times before as well.

If you go on the Utility Departments web page, you can read the latest Water Quality (2014) report that is placed there for public consumption. It’s a pretty good introduction to what goes into keeping the city’s water supply as safe as possible.

Last year, the Augusta Museum of History hosted a talk about the history of Augusta’s underground infrastructure used for supplying water. Local writer, Wesley Brown covered it for the Augusta Chronicle and he highlighted some very interesting facts that were presented by a couple of city staffers — Allen Saxon and Kelsey Henderson. Saxon is the assistant director of Augusta Utilities’ facility operations and Henderson, is the assistant director of Augusta Utilities construction and maintenance.

They spoke about how “more than 2,320 miles of pipes transport 80 million gallons of water each day to and from households.”

According to Henderson, “the city has placed a greater emphasis on preventive care by tracking aging infrastructure and replacing it as it starts to break or lack the capacity to serve 200,000 residents.”

But, the presenters commented, parts of the system are very old.

Here’s an excerpt from Brown’s article: “Augusta’s waterworks system began to form in the 18th century, and much of the early infrastructure, including cast-iron pipes, remains in the city today.

“The system started in 1794 with wells, pumps and cisterns, mostly to keep dust from collecting on streets, before connecting Turknett Spring on Wrightsboro Road to provide better drinking water, said Saxon, a lifelong resident of Augusta and an assistant utilities director since 2001.

“Saxon said, however, that the spring relied on wooden water mains held together by cast-iron couplings to get water downtown and would often leak and lose supply. Today, it serves as a stormwater retention basin near Heard Avenue.

“Saxon said the city graduated to cast-iron pipes in 1861 when it constructed one of the first canal water treatment systems in the U.S. that used settling basins and filters. Those were across from Enterprise Mill to pump water through a turbine into an elevated storage tank near 10th and Greene streets.”

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PAIR SCORE OVER 1,000 ARC Lady Musketeers Jasmine Robinson (R) and MaKayla Tanksley (L) pose for a photo in front of the ARC gym. Both players have scored over 1000 points in their varsity careers. Robinson’s tally so far is 1302 points, averaging 14.9 points per game. Tanksley’s tally is 1293 points, averaging 12.7 points per game. ARC girl’s basketball coach Peaches Stephens said, “ They both have worked so hard to get where they are. They are extremely talented basketball players - but more than that, they are just great young ladies overall.”

(Jan. 26, 2016 - Augusta, GA) Photo by Vincent Hobbs

SPORTS BUTLER VS GLENN HILLS Butler Lady Bulldog Shayna Robinson takes a free throw during a game against the Glenn Hills Lady Spartans.

Butler triumphed over Glenn Hills with a final score of 49-42.

(Jan. 26, 2016 Augusta, GA) Photo by Vincent Hobbs

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MUSIC JAZZ

Ornette Coleman: The Man Who Set Jazz Free

Before his death last summer, he had been heralded as one of the most innovative horn players since Charlie Parker.

By David Fricke

“His playing has a real purity about it, a real beauty,” Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead said of the iconoclastic alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman in 1989. Garcia had just played on the latter’s album Virgin Beauty, a complex, radiant showcase for Coleman’s idea of free jazz: defying conventional laws of harmony, melody and rhythm in the pursuit of an individual, ecstatic voice.

Coleman, who died on June 11th in New York at age 85 of cardiac arrest, coined a name for his music: harmolodics. But Garcia recalled Coleman trying to explain his vision during a session for that LP: “Finally, he said, ‘Oh, just go ahead and play, man.’ And I thought, ‘Oh, I get it now.’ “

Coleman’s titanic impact on jazz as a composer, improviser and lifelong outsider can be measured in the truth of album titles like Something Else!!!!, his 1958 debut, and 1960’s Change of the Century. “Even in jazz, there are rules of engagement – Ornette shook up that orthodoxy,” says Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid, who played with drummer and Coleman alumnus Ronald Shannon Jackson. “And a lot of people did not get it.” The exuberant turmoil of Coleman’s groups and his searing tone on alto sax, grounded in gospel and the blues of his native Texas, polarized the jazz community in the late Fifties and Sixties.

Miles Davis claimed Coleman was “all screwed up inside”; John Coltrane became a disciple and collaborator.

The liberating force of Coleman’s music had an equally dramatic, transforming effect on rock. “I used to run around the Village following Ornette Coleman wherever he played,” said Lou Reed, whose free-rock guitar work in the Velvet Underground was inspired by Coleman’s soloing. The Dead’s collective improvising, the directed chaos of Captain Beefheart’s 1969 album Trout Mask Replica, and New York post-punk bands like Sonic Youth and Defunkt all reflected Coleman’s innovations.

Born on March 9th, 1930, in Fort Worth, Coleman led his first combos in Los Angeles in the Fifties, starting long relationships with bassist Charlie Haden and trumpeter Don Cherry.

The 1960 LP Free Jazz became synon-

ymous with an emerging avant-garde, but Coleman resisted definition: composing the symphony Skies of America; recording in Morocco with the Master Musicians of Jajouka in 1973; revving up his R&B roots with guitars in the band Prime Time with his son Denardo on drums; and making a 1986 LP, Song X, with guitarist Pat Metheny.

Coleman’s imprint was summarized at a 2014 tribute concert in Brooklyn featuring saxophonist Sonny Rollins, guitarist Thurston Moore and Patti Smith. But Coleman was always certain his music would be understood.

“I have always wanted to go into the mainstream,” he said in 1989. “But I didn’t want to sacrifice what I was doing to get there.”

Social activist highlights Black History Month celebration Social activist and musical performer Yewande Austin will be the keynote speaker for Augusta University’s Black History Month Kick-off Celebration at 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, in the Jaguar Student Activities Center Ballroom.

Known as the “First Lady of Alternative Soul,” Austin’s socially charged music has brought her center stage with the likes of Black Eyed Peas, Maroon 5 and India Arie.

However, her work as an award-winning lecturer and activist is considered to be her greatest achievement.

For over a decade, Austin’s organization the Change Rocks Foundation has empowered over 250,000 children by teaching them critical life skills; her humanitarianism won her a nomination for CNN’s Hero

Award. Additionally, her thought-provoking presentations on social and economic challenges garnered her opportunity to be a 2015 TEDx speaker.

Austin serves as a lecturer-in-residence at Virginia Commonwealth University and honorary U.S. cultural ambassador.

Other events happening throughout the month include a Black History Trolley Tour, an African American Faculty Recognition Reception and the Healing Arts Display Wall featuring the work of photographer Yolanda Rouse.

For a complete list of Augusta University’s Black History Month activities, visit http:// www.augusta.edu/diversity/bhm/ or contact the school’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion at 706-721-9265.

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Black History Events

Feb. 6, Sat. - The Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History will hold their 10th Annual Heritage Gala at the f Augusta Marriott at the Convention Center, 2 Tenth St. Keynote speaker will be historian Dr. Bobby Donaldson. Dinner and n live music. Reservations required. Tickets are $75 each. For h more information, please contact the museum at 724-3576.

Feb. 9 Tues. - Augusta University (AU) will host a showing t of the film “Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequality” Summerville campus in the JSAC Butler Room, d 7-9 p.m. Co-sponsored by the African-American Male Initiative. n Feb. 10, Wed. - “Researching Ancestors in the Era of Freedom,” 2-3 p.m., Headquarters library on Telfair St. In honor of Black History Month, the Georgia Heritage . Room will host a Legacy Family Tree webinar with Angela Walton-Raji, professional genealogist and founding member of afrigeneas.com, who will discuss post-Civil War records, where they can be found and their usefulness to family historians.

She will also be available via Skype following the webinar to

Feb. 10 Wed. - “Stopping the Mob: When Judge Lynch was Denied” by Dr. E.M. Beck.

University Hall of the AU Summerville campus, room UH170, 2:30-3:45 p.m.

Feb. 17 Wed. - “Maps Tell Some of the Story for the African-Ancestored 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 Walton-Raji, 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. - “Remembering AfricanAmerican Community Builders of the

Early 20th Century,” 6 p.m., Headquarters library on Telfair St. Joyce Law and Corey Rogers, historians with the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History, will lead a discussion on the individuals who played a pivotal role in building a thriving African-America​ n community in Augusta during the early part of the 20th century. Call the Georgia Heritage Room at 706-826-1511 for more info on this free event.

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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UPW FORUM GEORGIA ON MY MIND

ATL almost had a Cam Newton Drive, but neighbors hated the idea

By Johnny Edwards The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLANTA How much does Atlanta fear and loathe Cam Newton? Enough to keep his name off the city’s road maps.

It was a stark episode in the metro area’s prickly relationship with a native son. Three years ago, a Fulton County commissioner tried to change a street name in honor of the Carolina Panthers quarterback, who will lead his team in Super Bowl 50 after clinching Sunday’s NFC championship. Cam Newton Drive would have been outside the Perimeter in unincorporated south Fulton, stretching about two miles and passing Newton’s parents’ house.

But residents of the still-named Scarborough Road torpedoed the idea, and not just because they didn’t want to reprint their stationary, order new checks and change their drivers’ licenses. They also raised the prospect of Newton evolving into another millionaire miscreant of the NFL, bringing shame on their two-lane rural thoroughfare.

One woman invoked Newton’s arrest over a stolen laptop and generally trashed his family, including his father who was once accused of soliciting money from a university recruiting his son.

“In my time, they named roads after people after they died. That way they couldn’t get in trouble anymore,” Sammye Setzer told the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, according to minutes of a July 2012 public meeting. “Cam’s only 23 years

old, and I’ve got underwear older than that.”

Another resident said he’d lived on Scarborough for almost 30 years, while the quarterback hadn’t been alive long enough to “experience life.”

“Usually when you change the name of a street or give honor to a person, he’s done something for the state of Georgia,” Johnnie Powell said, invoking – perhaps unintentionally – Auburn’s 49-31 victory over the Georgia Bulldogs in 2010. By halftime of that game, Newton had become the first player in SEC history to pass for 2,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards in a single season.

“But I don’t see,” Powell said, “where he’s done any accomplishment – accomplishments enough to grant this to change the name of my street where I live, which is going to cost me money to have all my records changed, license changed, which is going to be a burden of at least $100 to $200 for every individual that lives on that street.”

Edwards retorted that personal attacks on Newton’s family were out of line, defending the Westlake High School alumnus as a south Fulton youth who “beat the odds.”

Newton went on from Westlake to lead Auburn to SEC and national championships, to win a Heisman Trophy, to be first overall NFL draft pick in 2011, and to sign a five-year contract extension with the Panthers last year worth $103.8 million.

Edwards suggested critics look into the histories of some of the families whose names adorn south Fulton’s roadways. “You may not be as proud

as you think you are,” he said.

After a second public hearing, though, Edwards concluded residents were overwhelmingly opposed and scrapped the idea. He said they did agree that something should be done to honor Newton.

So instead of changing a road name, Fulton County put up 25 signs reading, “Unincorporated South Fulton County: Home of 2010 Heisman Trophy Winner Cam Newton.” There’s one along Scarborough Road, right where it begins off Welcome All Road.

Thanks to an adoring Auburn alum who worked for a sign company, which took care of the design, graphic work and printing, the endeavor only cost Fulton taxpayers about $1,000 for labor and sign poles.

Ex-Commissioner Edwards, who lost a reelection bid in 2014, said Newton’s Super Bowl fortunes should prompt a revival of his Cam Newton Drive plan.

“How much more do you have to prove?” Edwards said.

As for Newton himself, his grandmother told a television reporter he couldn’t care less about having his name on a street sign.

Meanwhile, in other south Fulton County road name news,megachurch pastor and flying enthusiast Creflo Dollar would have a stretch of Old National Highway named for him under a resolution sponsored by state Sen. Donzella James, D-Atlanta.

But that’s another story.

‘Creflo Dollar Highway’?

By Kristina Torres, AJC A proposal in the state Senate would dedicate a portion of Old National Highway in South Fulton County as the new “Creflo Dollar Highway,” a nod to the prosperity preacher’s influence as what the proposal calls “a world-renowned Bible teacher, a sought-after conference speaker and a best-selling author, with hundreds of books, CDs, and DVDs in distribution worldwide.”

Officially filed as Senate Resolution 805 and sponsored by state Sen. Donzella James, D-Atlanta, the proposal on Monday got assigned to the Senate Transportation Committee, which over the course of the next several weeks will consider dozens of

local road-naming requests as part of regular business at the state Capitol.

Dollar made headlines last year when he and other leaders in World Changers Church International in College Park launched and then dropped a campaign that asked followers to pony up $65 million for a top-of-the-line luxury Gulfstream G-650 jet. It’s an airplane generally reserved for world leaders, the top crop of business executives and billionaires.

Dollar’s church, whose dome is a College Park landmark, is in James’ district. And her recent road-naming track-record is pretty good: last year, she won approval to name a portion of Atlanta’s Spring Street as the new Gladys Knight Highway.

Monday, Feb. 1 is your last opportunity to get registered to vote in the primaries If you want to vote in the March 1, 2016 Presidential Primary, you have until Monday, February 1 to register.

The Board of Elections at 535 Telfair Street is open daily from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

The good thing is that you can register online by logging on to the Georgia Secretary of State’s My Voter Page at www.msvp.sos.ga.gov.

Prospective voters can also use the mobile app “GA Votes.”

In order to be eligible to register to vote a person must be a citizen of the United States and of the State of Georgia; be at least 17 ½ years of age; be a resident of the county or

municipality in which he or she seeks to vote; cannot currently be serving a felony conviction; and cannot have been judicially determined to be mentally incompetent for voting purposes.

Mail-out absentee ballots are now available upon written request. Requests may be submitted by mail, fax, email, or may be delivered to the Board of Elections Office.

In-person Advance Voting will begin on Monday, February 8, 2016 in the Board of Elections Advance Voting Center at 535 Telfair Street from 8:30AM until 5:00 PM daily. Saturday Voting will be held on Saturday, February 20, 2016 from 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM at the Board

of Elections Advance Voting Center, the Henry Brigham Recreation Center, the Diamond Lakes Regional Park, and the Warren Road Recreation Center.

Extended hours for Advance Voting will begin Monday, February 22, 2016 at all four locations from 8:30AM until 6:00 PM daily and will run daily through Friday, February 26, 2016. The last day for Voting by Mail and Advance Voting will be Friday, February 26, 2016.

Voters seeking information may also contact the Board of Elections Office at (706) 821-2340 or www.augustaga.gov/boe.

On February 2, 2016 at 2 p.m., local small businesses seeking an opportunity for subcontracting, are invited to attend a small business outreach forum. Gilbane is seeking local small, minority, and women owned businesses to participate on the construction of Augusta University’s Cancer

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Center.

David Dewar, Gilbane’s Project Manager will be providing information related to the project, various trades needed, and prequalification requirements.

The forum will be held at the Ronald McDonald House at 1442 Harper Street, Augusta, GA 30901

The Lucy Craft Laney Museum Board of Directors and Museum Staff presents the

10th Annual Heritage Gala Sat., February 6, 2016 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Bobby Donaldson Augusta Marriott at The Convention Center Two Tenth Street, Augusta, GA Dinner, Live Music, Formal Attire / Black Tie

Reservations are required. RSVP to 706-724-3576 or visit www.lucycraftlaneymuseum.com

r d n n r Mayor Hardie Davis, Jr. and the My mBrother’s Keeper Advisory Board will yhost a My Brother’s Keeper Augusta pSummit and Mentor Training event -to motivate area youth and provide mentor training for men interested in aserving in Richmond County Schools ’and being a resource for area families.

- The summit will feature nationally trecognized guest speakers to encouraage our boys and young men. Steve sVassor, a leading expert in mentoring, will be joined by a Richmond County School System Mentor Program representative to train men interested in serving as mentors.

“This is a great opportunity for Augusta’s men to show our young boys and young men that they have access to a network of men who embrace them where they are to help them see what they can be,” said Davis.

The summit is free and open to all males ages 13 and up. Parents and guardians are also encouraged

Mayor announces My Brother’s Keeper Augusta Summit and Mentor Training to attend. Lunch will be provided and RSVP is encouraged for planning purposes. To RSVP please visit: www. mbkaugusta.eventbrite.com During the summit, Mayor Davis will introduce the My Brother’s Keeper Augusta Advisory Board and accept applications for the My Brother’s Keeper Augusta Youth Advisory Council. Additional details regarding My Brother’s Keeper Augusta and related initiatives can be found atwww.mbkaugusta.com.

The Summit will be held:

Saturday, January 30, 2016 10:00AM – 2:00PM A.R. Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet School 1324 Laney Walker Boulevard Augusta, GA 30901

To RSVP please visit: www.mbkaugusta.eventbrite.com

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