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The naked soul

of

Chuck Berry

Photo by Vincent Hobbs

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Richard Dunn:

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Chuck Berry was an inventor of rock ‘n’ roll and a songwriter who understood what the kids wanted before they knew themselves.

With indelible guitar licks and brash self-confidence, Berry defined rock ‘n’ roll’s potential and its attitude the moment it was born.

Rosa Puerto of St. Louis leaves a rose at the statue of Chuck Berry, legendary founding father of Rock ‘n’ Roll on Sunday, March 19, 2017, in the University City Loop. Berry died at his St. Charles home. Photo by Christian Gooden.

The naked soul of Chuck Berry

By Frederick Benjamin UrbanProWeekly Staff Writer

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s Chuck Berry examined the royalty statements that accompanied his first recording in 1955 with Chess Records, he couldn’t help notice that alongside of his name were the names of two other individuals who had nothing to do with writing the song. Berry was the sole composer of the song recorded in his first released record and those listed as “co-writers” were two white businessmen who had an interest in the success of that recording project.

Although, he was just 25 years old, Berry was a seasoned performer, and, to his credit, he went along with the “game.”

As luck would have it, his first recording, “Maybellene,” became the hottest selling record in the nation. Right then and there, Chuck Berry became a rich man and realized more than ever that he had become part of the music business.

The two men listed as “co-writers” on Berry’s first hit record were Alan Freed and Russ Fratto. Freed was a music promoter and producer along with being one of New York City’s few white deejays who played black music to a mostly white audience. Fratto was a business associate of Leonard Chess, the owner of Chess records, and also the owner of the building that housed Chess records.

For all his genius as an instrumentalist, gifted lyricist and showman par excellence,

Chuck Berry’s enduring legacy has been his ability to thrive and prosper and, despite serving time in state and federal jails for income tax and ethical lapses, he managed to avoid the pitfalls — ­ poverty, substance abuse, suicide and murder — that tripped up so many black entertainers seduced by the opulence of the entertainment industry.

Even in his 60s, and well past his creative and artistic prime, Chuck Berry, was still commanding $10,000 per night fees on a regular basis. By merely showing up with a suitcase, a guitar and a head full of Chuck Berry tunes, he would perform with a local pick-up band (unrehearsed) and then disappear into the night with a suitcase full of cash.

Despite his passion for brand new Cadillacs (he literally gave them away), Chuck Berry put his money to work for him.

He did not drink and was very frugal. Very early on in his career, he owned a restaurant, an amusement park, and a night club in his hometown of St. Louis.

Even if one had never heard of Chuck Berry, one is likely to have heard part of his story — the part about the entertainer who rises quickly to the top and just as quickly plummets back to earth. For so many artists, that was the whole story. But that was not Berry’s story.

Time and time again, he clawed his way back from early miscues and misfortune. He was determined to be a success on his own terms and for the next 50 years, he pretty much succeeded.

Rock ’n’ Roll pioneer ushered in new era

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huck Berry, who with his indelible guitar licks, brash self-confidence and memorable songs about cars, girls and wild dance parties did as much as anyone to define rock ’n’ roll’s potential and attitude in its early years, died on Saturday, March 18, at his home near Wentzville, Mo. He was 90.

While Elvis Presley was rock’s first pop star and teenage heartthrob, Mr. Berry was its master theorist and conceptual genius, the songwriter who understood what the kids wanted before they knew themselves. With songs like “Johnny B. Goode” and “Roll Over Beethoven,” he gave his listeners more than they knew they were getting from jukebox entertainment.

His guitar lines wired the lean twang of country and the bite of the blues into phrases with both a streamlined trajectory and a long memory. And tucked into the lighthearted, telegraphic narratives that he sang with such clear enunciation was a sly defiance, upending convention to claim the pleasures of the moment.

In “Sweet Little Sixteen,” “You Can’t Catch Me” and other songs, Mr. Berry invented rock as a music of teenage wishes fulfilled and good times (even with cops in pursuit). In “Promised Land,” “Too Much Monkey Business” and “Brown Eyed Handsome Man,” he celebrated and satirized America’s Continued on page 3

BERRY from p.2 opportunities and class tensions. His rock ’n’ roll was a music of joyful lusts, laughed-off tensions and gleefully shattered icons.

Mr. Berry was already well past his teens when he wrote mid-1950s manifestos like “Roll Over Beethoven,” “Rock and Roll Music” and “School Day.” Born Charles Edward Anderson Berry on Oct. 18, 1926, in St. Louis, he grew up in a segregated, middle-class neighborhood there, soaking up gospel, blues, and rhythm and blues, along with some country music.

He spent three years in reform school after a spree of car thefts and armed robbery. He received a degree in hairdressing and cosmetology and worked for a time as a beautician; he married Themetta Suggs in 1948 and started a family. She survives him, as do

four children: Ingrid Berry, Melody Eskridge, Aloha Isa Leigh Berry and Charles Berry Jr. By the early 1950s, he was playing guitar and singing blues, pop standards and an occasional country tune with local combos.

Shortly after joining Sir John’s Trio, led by the pianist Johnnie Johnson, he reshaped the group’s music and took it over.

From the Texas guitarist T-Bone Walker, Mr. Berry picked up a technique of bending two strings at once that he would rough up and turn into a rock ’n’ roll talisman, the Chuck Berry lick, which would in turn be emulated by the Rolling Stones and countless others. He also recognized the popularity of country music and added some hillbilly twang to his guitar lines. Mr. Berry’s hybrid music, along with his charisma and showmanship, drew white as well as black listeners to the Cosmopolitan Club in St. Louis.

film and in concert, he dazzled audiences with his duck walk, a guitar-thrusting strut that involved kicking one leg forward and hopping on the other.

In 1957, Mr. Berry bought 30 acres in Wentzville, where he built a short-lived amusement park, Berry Park, and a restaurant, the Southern Air. In 1958, he opened Club Bandstand in the theater district of St. Louis.

In the early 1960s, Mr. Berry’s songs inspired both California rock and the British Invasion. The Beach Boys reworked his “Sweet Little Sixteen” into “Surfin’ U.S.A.” (Mr. Berry sued them and won a songwriting credit.) The Rolling Stones released a string of Berry songs, including their first single, “Come On,” and the Beatles remade “Roll Over Beethoven” and “Rock and Roll Music.”

While he toured steadily through the 1960s, headlining or sharing bills with bands that grew up on his songs, his recording career stalled after he moved from Chess to Mercury Records in 1966. When he returned to Chess in 1970, he recorded new songs, like “Tulane” and “Have Mercy Judge,” that flashed his old wit but failed to reach the Top 40.

In 1972, Mr. Berry had the biggest hit of his career with “My Ding-a-Ling,” a double-entendre novelty song that was included on the album “The London Chuck Berry Sessions.”

It was a million-seller and Mr. Berry’s first and only No. 1 pop single. It was also his last hit.

In July 1979, he performed for President Jimmy Carter at the White House. Three days later, he was sentenced to 120 days in federal prison and four years’ probation for income tax evasion.

By the 1980s, Mr. Berry was recognized as a rock pioneer.

He never won a Grammy Award in his prime, but the Recording Academy gave him a lifetime achievement award in 1984.

Around his 60th birthday that year, he allowed the director Taylor Hackford to film him at his home in Wentzville for the documentary “Hail! Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll,” which also included performances by Mr. Berry with a band led by Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones and special guests. “Chuck Berry: The Autobiography” was published in 1988.

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FIERCELY INDEPENDENT: Chuck Berry’s managed to master life in the economic mainstream of the nation while projecting somewhat of an “outsider” persona when it came to his private life. As a teenager, he was arrested for armed robbery and as an adult he served time in state and federal correctional facilities.

In 1955, Mr. Berry ventured to Chicago and asked one of his idols, the bluesman Muddy Waters, about making records.

Waters directed him to the label he recorded for, Chess Records, where one of the owners, Leonard Chess, heard potential in Mr. Berry’s song “Ida Red.” A variant of an old country song by the same name, “Ida Red” had a 2/4 backbeat with a hillbilly oompah, while Mr. Berry’s lyrics sketched a car chase, the narrator “motorvatin’” after an elusive girl. Mr. Chess renamed the song “Maybellene,” and in a long session on May 21, 1955, Mr. Chess and the bassist Willie Dixon got the band to punch up the rhythm.

“The big beat, cars and young love,” Mr. Chess outlined. “It was a trend, and we jumped on it.”

The music was bright and clear, a hard-swinging amalgam of country and blues. More than 60 years later, it still sounds reckless and audacious.

Mr. Berry articulated every word, with precise diction and no noticeable accent, leading some listeners and concert promoters, used to a different kind of rhythm-and-blues singer, to initially think that he was white.

Teenagers didn’t care; they heard a rocker who was ready to take on the world.

The song was sent to the disc jockey Alan Freed. Mr. Freed and another man, Russ Fratto, were added to the credits as songwriters and got a share of the publishing royalties. Played regularly on Mr. Freed’s show and others, “Maybellene” reached No. 5 on the Billboard pop chart and was a No. 1 R&B hit.

From 1955 to 1958, Mr. Berry knocked out classic after classic.

Although he was in his late 20s and early 30s, he came up with high school chronicles and plugs for the newfangled music called rock ’n’ roll.

No matter how calculated songs like “School Day” or “Rock and Roll Music” may have been, they reached the Top 10, caught the early rock ’n’ roll spirit and detailed its mythology. “Johnny B. Goode,” was a Top 10 hit in 1958.

Mr. Berry toured with rock revues and performed in three movies with Mr. Freed: “Rock, Rock, Rock,” “Mr. Rock and Roll” and “Go, Johnny, Go.” On

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The Equation of Learning EDUCATOR HAS LOGGED OVER 28 YEARS IN THE CLASSROOM

Math educator Richard Dunn at the Tubman High School campus, which houses the Performance Learning Center. Photo by Vincent Hobbs Interview by Vincent Hobbs Here’s a staggering statistic. According the US Department of Education, less than 2 percent of the nation’s teachers are Black males. This small number of Black male teachers is a stark contrast to fact that the current majority of students in the public education system are minorities, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

Augusta educator Richard Dunn is part of the 2 percent, an acclaimed mathematics teacher who has over 28 years in the classroom. That’s 28 years of algebra equations, geometric problems, math logic and differential equations – basically, lots and lots of numbers. Math students at Laney, Hephzibah, and

Performance Learning Center have all studied in the relaxed atmosphere of a Dunn classroom.

“I love the job of educating young minds,” Dunn shared.

He was named Teacher of the Year at Laney High School in 1996, 2002, and 2005. This year, Performance Learning Center also bestowed that same honor on the bespectacled, quiet-spoken math whiz who fervently believes that, for his students, “the pursuit of a quality education provides the key to open doors for them that nobody will be able to close”.

Dunn’s journey into education has taken him from a childhood love for the library and books such as “Dick and Jane” — to achieving a Bachelor of

Science degree in Math Education and a Masters and Specialist Degree in Administration and Supervision.

As a mathematics teacher at Performance Learning Center, which is a non-traditional virtual school, Dunn has maintained a laser-like focus on guiding high school students through the core work that needs to be achieved in order to graduate. His classroom, which is lined with computer stations, is dotted with math-oriented posters that detail such things as “Positive and Negative Exponents”. In a mix of old and modern learning tools, bookshelves are filled with tattered old books whose spines read “Algebra 1”, “Calculus” and “Geometry”.

And it is here that Dunn continues to shape young minds.

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What is the origin of your love for teaching?

There are many factors that influenced me to become a teacher. First, my parents instilled a joy for learning within me. Their support and guidance helped lay a foundation on which my career is built. During my years as a student, I have had many outstanding educators. They cared about me as a student and as an individual. I admired their teaching styles, personalities, and enthusiasm concerning education. Those memories, along with the desire to make a positive difference in the lives of children, influenced me to become a teacher.

teaches students how to play golf.

The other teacher in this endeavor is Language Arts teacher David Whatley. We contributed our own funds to buy the second-hand golf bags, clubs and golf balls for the project, acquiring most of the equipment from Goodwill, yard sales and pawn shops. Several times a month, we take the students outside and teach the basics of golf. The students say that it is much harder than it looks on television. We use golf to help teach character values such as honesty, judgment, and confidence. Also, it is an excellent way to exercise and have fun all at the same time.

Do you feel that you serve a role model to students? If so, why?

I believe society expect teachers to adhere to professional standards. The expectations should reflect those of honest, respect, and moral virtues.

During my tenure as a teacher, I have demonstrated integrity and fairness in the classroom. These qualities should serve as a cornerstone both inside and outside of the classroom.

Math infiltrates every aspect of our lives, from understanding how money works to calculating the interest on a loan. It is a tool that can literally “make or break us”. Tell us how you might impress this important concept on your students.

One of my favorite subjects is Advanced Mathematical Decision Making. This course is designed to engage students in the development of mathematical reasoning. Students have the opportunity to apply many of the concepts they learned in grades d9 thru 11. They learn about annuities, stocks and bonds, interest, and many gother practical financial concepts nthey will be encounter when they graduate from high school. Students are allowed to make connections with mathematical concepts and analyze data.

Photography is another passion of yours, and many times we see you at different events with your photo gear. What do you like to shoot?

Several years ago, I took continuing education courses at Augusta University in photography. The instructor was one of Augusta’s premier photographers named Steve Bracci. His knowledge and expertise about photography motivated me learn more about photography. I enjoy photographing sporting events.

I like the opportunity to capture images that will be around for a lifetime. I like to capture the emotion of the athletes. Also, I like the ability to tell a story through pictures.

You are involved in a fun classroom project that introduces stuadents to the sport of golf. Tell us about this endeavor. g I am one of two teachers at the Performance Learning Center who

What advice would you give to a younger Richard Dunn in his twenties?

My advice would be to continue to believe in God. Work hard to capture your dreams and never give up.

What is the one principal/concept that you wish everyone knew about math?

Larry Martinek, the founder of Mathnasium Learning Centers, summed it up best when he said, “Children don’t hate math. They do hate being confused and intimidated by math. With understanding comes passion, and with passion comes growth – a treasure is unlocked.” My job is to help them not feel confused and intimidated.

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“All students can and will learn if the teacher is willing to invest the time and effort necessary to get the job done. A teacher must have patience. Students learn by listening, by participating, and by internalizing what is presented to them.” — Richard Dunn

Augusta Golf Week Tradition set for another year of entertainment AUGUSTA The City of Augusta’s Parks, Recreation, and Facilities, along with friends of Downtown Augusta will host “ParTee on the Green” on Wednesday, April 5, 2017, at the Augusta Common. This is one of many exciting activities taking place downtown during Masters Week and Spring Break.

ParTee on the Green is a dance party with music for all ages from beach, soul, pop, jazz, soulful deep house, disco, afro beats and more with a family-friendly feel-good vibe.

Think of it as American Bandstand meets Soul Train meets Shag City meets Teen Town in this amazing Celebration of Community and new Augusta Golf Week tradition.

This event will take place from 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. and will fea-

ture performances by community dance groups, food trucks, a DJ mashup, golf demos, a drum circle, activities for the kids, performance by the James Brown Academy of Musik Pupils (JAMP), and a line dance finale.

With ParTee on the Green, organizers have an opportunity to strengthen a sense of pride in the Augusta community, among residents and visitors alike, by showcasing a beautiful space downtown and providing recreational family-friendly activities in a healthy, casual communal environment during Masters Week.

ParTee on the Green is a family friendly event and all are welcome.

You don’t want to miss this evening of music, beautiful people and celebration. For more details go to www.parteeaugusta.com.

ParTee on the Green 2017 Wednesday, April 5, 2017; 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Augusta Common Entry: $3

Davidson students awarded Scholastic Art & Writing National Gold Medals AUGUSTA Davidson Fine Art’s students Ryan Cheape and Abbey Bentley have been awarded Scholastic Art & Writing National Gold Medals.

This award is presented to the top 1% of 300,000 entries. Ryan won for graphic design and Abbey won for her personal photography.

Former Gold Medalists include Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Sylvia Plath,

Stephen King, and Lena Dunham.

These two students, along with 13 other students, were recognized at the regional level in February. Ryan and Abbey will have the opportunity to attend the National Award Ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York this summer. This is Davidson’s fourth consecutive year that a student has been named a National Gold Medalist.

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Area Programs

Photo by Vincent Hobbs/Sports Journal

AN EDWARD WATERS COLLEGE RELAY RUNNER competes during the Paine Lions Invitational Track Meet, held at Laney stadium. The event featured athletes from Paine, Benedict College, Edward Waters College, Albany State University, and Fort Valley State University.

Paine College track runners compete during the Paine Lions Invitational Track Meet, held at Laney stadium. (March 11) - Photo

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Albany State University’s Channelle Wong in the 5000 meter run. Wong finished in 1st place with a time of 20:25.79.

(March 11) Photo by Vincent Hobbs/Sports Journal

7 UrbanProWeekly - MARCH, 2017 Lakeside’s Anna Parviainen (center) battles with Archer High School (Lawrenceville) players for the ball during a lacrosse game. The Lady Panthers fell to the Lady Tigers 10-7 in the conference game held at the Panthers home stadium. (March 17) - Photo by Vincent Hobbs/Sports Journal ARC’s Lucy Simons (R) and Midland Valley’s Jordan Morgan (L) battle for control of the ball during a soccer match held at the Musketeers stadium. The Lady Musketeers crushed the Lady Mustangs 10-0.

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A.R. Johnson soccer player Jordan Williams (#5) and Screven County’s Regan Overcash (#15) run toward the ball during a game held at Laney stadium. The Lady Panthers were defeated by the Lady Gamecocks with a final score of 6-2. (March 16) - Photo by Vincent Hobbs/Sports Journal

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OPPOSING THE LEGACY OF THE CALHOUN EXPRESSWAY

Augusta commissioners change the game, not just the name N

early a month ago, District 1 Commissioner Bill Fennoy led a charge to rename the John C. Calhoun Expressway in Augusta.

Why? Because Yale University announced that it would change the name of its own Calhoun College, because of the former vice president’s views on slavery and white supremacy.

Ideally, a worthy cause. In terms of priority? Not so much.

Before I talk about the legacy of the Calhoun ‘Way, which is nothing more than an expressway to and through white supremacy, I want to highlight certain points of this shortlived conflict: • CARETAKERS AND COWARDS: Shortly after he faced backlash to the renaming proposal from his Commission colleagues, Commissioner Fennoy essentially tabled his resolution because it didn’t have enough support to pass.

According to reports, he said he wouldn’t put it back on the agenda until after the Masters Tournament.

The irony of such a statement is overwhelming. Imagine – an elitist golf tournament taking precedence over the concerns of the community! (Yes, I just winked and smiled at y’all.)

It was the coward’s way out.

Meanwhile, the caretakers of tradition (READ: white supremacy) are defending the change in the name of history and/or deferring to states’ rights on the matter.

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A Commission with conscience would rebuke the name change, regardless of race. Between Black commissioners who don’t want to anger “the good white folks,” and white commissioners who want to uphold a history where Black folks are treated like second-class citizens, the proposal was doomed from the start.

• A MORE IMPORTANT QUESTION: Let’s say commissioners decided to change the name of the expressway.

What would that do for the people of Augusta, particularly those people on the short end of economic disparities? Would a name change make the buses run on time? Would a name change make your schools better? Would a name change lower your taxes?

Sadly, no. A name change, in this context, is nothing more than cosmetics. And considering that John C. Calhoun Expressway looks over the doomed Kroger on 15th Street, we need more than a name change.

We need a game changer.

••• Who was John C. Calhoun?

He was a predecessor to the type of extremist politics that we see today. He was duplicitous, incendiary and hypocritical. Oh, and he hated Mexicans! (If this sounds familiar to you, it should. And yes, I smiled and winked at y’all, again.)

During his time, where other Southern politicians were apologists for the “necessary evil” of slavery,

Calhoun said it was a “positive good.”

Why? Because of good ol’ white supremacy: “I take higher ground. I hold that in the present state of civilization, where two races of different origin, and distinguished by color, and other physical differences, as well as intellectual, are brought together, the relation now existing in the slaveholding States between the two, is, instead of an evil, a good—a positive good.”

But wait, there’s more from this arrogant prick: “I hold then, that there never has yet existed a wealthy and civilized society in which one portion of the community did not, in point of fact, live on the labor of the other.” He said this to the Senate!

Calhoun worked Southerners up into such a fervor that 10 years after his death, the paranoia that he created led to the secession of South Carolina and a series of events that created the Civil War. What a legacy! Let’s name an expressway after this man! (Sarcasm.)

••• It would be easy to say that Calhoun’s legacy and ascension were downright Trumpian in nature.

But that would imply that President Donald Trump holds the patents to insecure, ineffective and oppressive leadership.

The truth is, that is the legacy of America in relationship to Black folks. Ever since we were brought

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over here in boats, government never loved us.

This is why it’s important, when facing off against oppressors in our present and in our past, we must strike critically and profoundly to the issues that most critically affect our people. I understand the desire to take Calhoun’s name off the expressway, and by all means, I agree.

Ultimately, it is a feel-good move from commissioners and community leaders that is less rigorous than fighting for the economic improvement of ALL AUGUSTANS. It’s a name change, but more than ever, Black folks in Augusta and in America need this supremacists’ game to change. It is up to our elected officials and the heroes of our community to speak boldly against oppression.

There should be no weeks off when it comes to fighting for what you believe in, as well as the needs of others.

Not even Masters Week.

Ken J. Makin is the founder of “Makin’ A Difference,” a media conglomerate that incorporates podcasting/radio, social media and commentary. The podcast is available at soundcloud.com/makinadifference.

Updates on the show are available at facebook.com/makinadifferenceshow. Ken can be reached by email at makinadifferenceshow@gmail. com or by text at (803) 270-2331.

Contributors VINCENT HOBBS Photography & New Media KEN MAKIN contributing columnist

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A MATTER OF COURAGE: The Honorable Herbert E. Phipps, (center) former Presiding Judge, the Court of Appeals of Georgia, was the featured speaker at a program sponsored by the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys on March 2 at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum.

The program was entitled “The Importance of Courage in Lawyers.”

Spring into fun at the Diamond Lakes Library Easter Egg Hunt AUGUSTA The Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System (ARCPLS) will host a free, fun-filled Easter Egg Hunt from 11 am to 1:30 pm on Saturday, April 8, 2017, at the Diamond Lakes Branch Library (101 Diamond Lakes Way, Hephzibah). Children will be divided into three age groups (0-3, 4-6, and 7-12) to hunt for Easter eggs that can be redeemed for candy. One

lucky child from each age group who finds the golden egg will win a special prize. Families will also enjoy making bunny-themed crafts and taking selfies with the Easter bunny.

Learn more about this event online at http://bit.ly/easterdl or by calling the Diamond Lakes Library at 706772-2432. For more information about the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System, visit www.arcpls.org.

Stars Shine For Deltas’ Mentoring Programs Augusta Alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated. presents its 2017 STARS program. The Service Talent and Academics Recognition Showcase will be on Sunday April 23rd 2017 at 3 o’clock p.m. at A. R. Johnson Magnet High School.

The STARS program will recognize the chapter’s youth mentoring programs, Delta Academy, Delta GEMS, and EMBODI. It will also introduce the 2017 scholarship winners, in addition to announcing the chapter’s 2017-2018 Delta of the Year.

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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, April 12, 2017, for the following: 1. Erate 20 (2017) Network Infrastructure (48 Schools) FORM 470#170072211 Bid specifications may be obtained by contacting Cecilia Perkins in the Business Office at perkice@boe.richmond.k12.ga.us or 706-8261298, on our web site at www.rcboe.org/bids, or at Richmond County School System, Central Office 864 Broad Street, 4th Floor, Augusta, GA 30901.

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

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