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IN THIS ISSUE . . .
COVER: NATIONAL BREAST CANCER
AWARENESS MONTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, 12–14
Around the Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Africa Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Around the Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6–7
Capital Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8–9
Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10–11
Health & Wellness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Community News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Arts & Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17–19
Sports & Recreation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Business News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 23
Classified Ads/Bids & Proposals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22–23
VOLUME XVI, NUMBER 40
Imaging the Politics, Culture, and Events of Our Times
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October 5, 2007
ational Breast Cancer Awareness Month will be acknowledged at the National Museum of Health and Medicine with
a special health awareness program on Saturday, October
6, from 11:00AM–2:00PM with the goal of educating about
the different forms of breast cancer, prevention and
treatment.
According to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, this year
182,800 women and 1,400 men will be diagnosed with invasive
breast cancer. Breast cancer is the leading cancer site among
American women and is second only to lung cancer in cancer
death. For women ages 40-59, breast cancer is the leading
cause of cancer deaths.
The museum will host a free video screening from the
American Cancer Society about breast cancer and treatment,
followed by a question-and-answer session with Ava Stevens,
R.N, radiation oncology nurse at Doctors Regional Cancer Care.
The museum will also have an exhibit that will include
specimens of breast tissue with cancer cells and a breast
prosthesis. Information on inflammatory breast cancer, men’s
breast cancer, genetic breast cancer, prevention, treatment options
and self-examination will be available.
Health Pact will host free screening areas where participants
can have routine health indicators checked.
The National Museum of Health and Medicine was established
in 1862 when U.S. Army Brig. Gen. William Alexander
Hammond, the U.S. Army Surgeon General, issued orders
that directed all Union Army medical officers “to collect,
and to forward to the office of the Surgeon General all
specimens of morbid anatomy, surgical or medical,
which may be regarded as valuable; together with
projectiles and foreign bodies removed, and such
other matters as may prove of interest in the study of
military medicine or surgery.”
Today, the museum is an element of the Armed
Forces Institute of Pathology, a tri-service Army,
Navy, and Air Force agency of the Department of
Defense with a threefold mission of consultation,
education, and research.
The museum is open every day except
December 25 from 10:00AM–5:30PM.
It is located at Walter Reed Army Medical
Center; 6900 Georgia Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC. More information can
be found at www.nmhm.washingtondc.
museum and the telephone number is
(202) 782-2200.
Admission and parking are free.
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AWARENESS MONTH
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Editorial
S
ometimes when the wind
blows and every leaf is in
concert with every other leaf,
the concomitants of soft
breezes and gentle sounds
allow us to conduct mind
lyrics to nature’s overtures. No time is
unspent in defining ourselves personal
conclaves of spiritual needs and anxieties
as we move through our anteroom of
antecedents on our way to the rest of
ourselves.
The anthology of abuse and how it
relates to women far exceeds the
anthology of the genteelness and civility
that men over the centuries have sued for
after war. Female abuse is closeted on
revolving trays by powerless men, for
powerless reasons, to exert powerful
physical strength to feel superior over
strengthless women. They push a reason
button to attack women, much like going
to a vending machine and inserting a coin
that equates to ownership and a selection
that connotes to a reason to abuse a
woman, and a button to start these actions
of colic proportions.
There are still cartoons of women
being dragged by their hair with one hand
of a Neanderthal man in loincloth and in
his other hand a club . . . just in case.
I remember hearing about two men
walking down the street in Beijing when
suddenly they were upon two men fighting in the street. The younger person
turned to the older person and inquired
why were the men fighting; the older person responded, “Because they have run
out of ideas.”
Abuse is always bankrupt of ideas,
compromises, and common sense . . . it is
full of powerful aches for release and
relief. In an abused world are two
rooms—the kitchen—for the most part
where the abuse takes place, and the
bathroom—where withdrawal occurs.
First is the locking of the bathroom door,
much like locking the hatch door of a
submarine before it submerses for safety,
and to control more violence as you would
water from entering the ship; and
secondly, the woman almost invariably
assuming the fetal position, wishing for a
place to climb into and away from . . . into
a shell like a womb.
The physical pain of female abuse is
cheapened by descriptions of any man,
woman, or child except the abusee—pain
has no burial place . . . nor does it want
one . . . but commands a mirrored
vestibule of anxiety at the door knob of
the entrance and a trainload of prayers
before closing the exit door. Women pain
in silence; their personal pain is
barometered, much like children with high
fevers and thermometers in their mouths.
No woman can ever be deemed normal
after being abused nor sane after having
her skin peeled back on her face by the
force of a man’s fist, much like separating
skin from an orange.
If a mind is a terrible thing to waste,
what is the metaphor of a woman from her
sanity?
Women stay in these relationships
for their children and because of economics—women sometimes believe that
hopelessness is worse than homelessness.
Men, I believe, do these abusive acts
because they know they are superior in
strength and it allows some men to
exercise a sort of vaporized god-like
status. Poor men do it for their own selfimportance and powerlessness among
their peers; athletes do it more out of
rejection; middle-class males more out of
confusion and possible humiliation; and
the rich and powerful out of the anger of
comparison. Collectively, male abuse at
all economic levels is short on the afterthoughts of the abused female but long on
his perceived anger, which is manifested
through assertiveness and power over the
respondless. . . . Abuse does not contain
any oxygen of reason nor—from the male
point of view— does it need to.
No breeze is ever cooled from hot
flashes of pain—women somehow and for
some reason are losing this battle. Abuse
is sealed in most cultures of the world and
sanctioned by its politics and lost in a
world history that separate is not equal
and that girls are not equal to boys. From
the Bible to the papacy, subservience is
not equality: they are not parallel
parables—nor is there an understanding
that outside of the United States, the roar
of concern by women elsewhere is a
drumroll being played with feathers . . .
PDD
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October 5, 2007
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AROUND THE NATION
October 5, 2007
ALEXANDRIA RESIDENT’S RECYCLED ART
TO DISPLAY IN PHILADELPHIA EXHIBIT
THEFT OF AIR BAGS IS NOT ONLY A COSTLY PROBLEM,
IT COULD ALSO JEOPARDIZE YOUR LIFE, WARNS AAA
W
J
acob Bittner of Alexandria, VA,
has been selected as one of the 56
artists to be featured in the Red
Bull Art of Can exhibit in Center City,
Philadelphia. His piece, “Red Bull
House,” features a single can cut freehand and hot-glued together to resemble a house. The exhibit will run free to
the public October 20–November 2 at
the The F.U.E.L. Collection (Third and
Arch Streets) adjacent to the famed
Betsey Ross House in PA.
The Red Bull Art of Can presents
artists the opportunity to construct
pieces with or inspired by Red Bull energy drink cans. An esteemed judging
panel selected 56 out of 265 entries to
be displayed at the exhibit. The top
three entrants will be awarded special
prizes, including a first place trip to Art
Basel in Switzerland, the world’s leading modern art gallery. The winners
will be unveiled at the exhibit’s opening on Oct. 20.
The Red Bull Art of Can Philadelphia exhibit will showcase pieces such
as: A life-size, angel nymph sculpture;
wearable, high-fashion items such as a
red-carpet worthy dress; a rotating
globe hand-studded with 5,000
Swarovski© crystals; a modern interpretation of a Michelangelo painting;
and a 4-foot-tall, free-standing beehive.
The creativity, intricacy and detail in
the pieces bear reminding—all of the
artwork is made from or has been inspired by recycled Red Bull cans.
With this many artistic innovators
involved, the contest has become a
forum for not only quality construction, but the ultimate in creativity.
Alexandra Faith Money from Cherry
Hill, NJ, designed a piece called “Fueling the Rat Race,” inspired by people
caught up in the rat race of life. Her
work includes a rat cage, complete
with two battery operated running rats,
a feeder and hutch, almost entirely
constructed of Red Bull cans.
Also featured in the collection is a
piece by Philadelphia Top Stitch boutique co-owner and jewelry designer
Linda Smyth called “Flying Bull.”
Smyth created an embellished mannequin woman with a headdress,
woven from hundreds of feathered
metals. As she explains, “I gave my
piece personality . . . it invokes intensity. It’s a manifestation of my inner
warrior goddess.”
In addition to selecting the 56
pieces to be exhibited, the judges also
award special prizes to the overall top
three artists/pieces. First prize is an allexpense-paid trip for two to Art
Basel—the world’s premier modern
and contemporary art fair in Basel,
Switzerland. Second prize is an allexpense-paid-trip for two to Art Basel
in Miami. Third prize is an annual
Sponsor Level Membership to the
Philadelphia Museum of Art, which includes passes and invitations to special
events and private tours at the
Philadelphia Museum of Art as well as
its 46 national reciprocal museum partners such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, and the
Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Washington, D.C.
The public will also have a chance to
nominate for “People’s Choice Award”
by casting their votes online at www.
redbullartofcan.com or on a kiosk located at The F.U.E.L. Collection
throughout the duration of the exhibit.
For more information, visit www.
redbullartofcan.com.
ith the rise in thefts of
Global Positioning Devices
(GPS) across the country,
metro area motorists are once again
facing an old enemy when trying to
protect their cars from being vandalized. Air bags are being ripped out of
cars, and driving without them can
jeopardize your life and the safety and
lives of your right-front passengers,
warns AAA Mid-Atlantic.
Because they are costly, and retails
for $1,000, frontal airbags remain one of
the primary targets of thieves, who are
reaching into their old bag of tricks and
stealing airbags in large numbers. In
fact, thousands of airbags are stolen each
across the nation and crooks have turned
it into a multi-million dollar business.
It is also gaining a toehold in the metro
region, notes AAA Mid-Atlantic.
The caper is also an expensive and
persistent problem in the Washington
metro area, the auto club notes. For
example, in Montgomery County, 93
airbags have been stolen so far this
year. Last year, more than 100 were
snatched from cars in Howard County.
“Nationally, more than 75,000
airbags are stolen every year” in the
United States, estimates the Insurance
Information Institute (III). Meanwhile,
the National Insurance Crime Bureau
(NICB) says those airbags are valued
at more than 50 million dollars.
Ruthless auto body and repair
shops that use stolen airbags in an
elaborate auto insurance scam are part
of the growing black market problem
too, says AAA Mid-Atlantic. “Because
of their portability, airbags can be easily removed and installed as ‘new’ by
unscrupulous collision repair shops,”
the NICB warns.
AAA Mid-Atlantic offers these tips
to protect yourself from having your
airbag stolen:
• Air bag thieves don’t like witnesses. Park your car in public
areas or in well lit areas.
• Avoid leaving your car in an unattended parking lot for an extended
period of time.
• Lock all doors and roll up all windows.
• Don’t make your car a desirable
target for thieves. Don’t leave possessions in plain sight.
If your air bag has deployed because you’ve been in a car accident,
it’s important to make sure one of these
“hot airbags” doesn’t end up in your
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T
he National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is issuing a
special call to action this Fire
Prevention Week 2007—October 7–
13—Practice Your Escape Plan!
“It is not enough just to have a
home fire escape plan in place; it is
vital that everyone living in the home
practice the plan,” said Judy Comoletti, AVP of public education for
NFPA. “You can have as little as two
minutes to get out when fire strikes.”
Sparky the Fire Dog®, NFPA’s offi-
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cial mascot, is asking the public to
practice their escape plan by participating in The Great American Fire Drill™.
Visit www.firepreventionweek.org to
learn more.
NFPA offers the following tips for
home fire escape planning:
• Install and maintain working smoke
alarms on every level; inside each
bedroom and outside of each sleeping area.
• Develop a fire escape plan that iden-
•
tifies two ways out of each room and
a family meeting place outside.
Make sure your plan allows for any
specific needs in your household. If
everyone knows what to do, everyone can get out quickly.
Practice your plan, at least twice a
year.
Some studies have shown that some
children and adults may not awaken
to the sound of a smoke alarm; they
may need help waking up.
If the smoke alarm sounds: Go to
your closest exit, and if there is
smoke on your way out, turn and
use your second way out. If you
must exit through smoke, get low
and go under the smoke to your exit.
Don’t take time to pick up belongings; just get out and help others get
out. Move fast but stay calm.
For more information, visit www.
nfpa.org.
car. Only a factory-fresh bag will
guarantee the bag will work, and help
prevent you from getting injured or
killed in a traffic mishap.
The AAA Mid-Atlantic Insurance
Group urges you to follow these fraud
prevention tips.
• Inspect the invoice to make sure the
repair shop purchased the airbag
from a manufacturer.
• If possible, inspect the airbag before installation. If new, it should
be packaged in a sealed package
from the manufacturer.
• Use a reputable automobile collision repair shop.
For more information, visit www.
AAA.com.
GIANT FOOD ALERTS CUSTOMERS TO
VOLUNTARY RECALL BY TOPPS MEAT
G
iant Food, following a voluntary recall by Topps Meat, announced it
has removed from its shelves all Topps frozen ground beef patties because of possible E. coli 0157:H7 contamination. Topps announced
the voluntary recall on Wednesday, September 26.
Upon being notified of the voluntary recall, Giant Food immediately removed all production codes of Toppsí frozen ground beef patties from its
stores. In total, Topps is recalling more than 330,000 pounds of frozen ground
beef from stores across the country.
The products recalled by Topps and sold by Giant Food are as follows:
• Topps 3lb 100% Ground Beef—UPC Code: 0 74701 00045 (Each box
bears a sell-by date of “JUN 22 08,” “JUL 12 08” or “JUL 23 08”)
• Topps 8lb 100% Ground Beef—UPC Code: 0 74701 00185 (Each box
bears a sell by date of “JUN 22 08”)
• Topps 5lb 100% Ground Beef—UPC Code: 0 74701 00055 (Each box
bears a sell-by date of “JUN 22 08,” “JUL 12 08” or “JUL 23 08”)
Customers who still may have any of the above products should discard it
and/or return to any store for a full refund.
Symptoms of E.coli 157:H7 exposure could include stomach cramps and
diarrhea, including diarrhea with bloody stools. Although most healthy adults
can recover completely within a week, some people can develop a form of
kidney failure called Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS). HUS is most
likely to occur in young children and the elderly. If any of the described
symptoms are exhibited, medical attention should be sought.
Customers with questions about the recalled product may phone Topps
Meat at (908) 351-0500 or Giant Food Customer Service at 1-888-4-MYGIANT Monday–Friday, 9:00AM– 5:00PM.
POETRY READING AT MCSWEENEY’S
FEATURES KWAME DAWES,
MARY KARR, YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA,
AND OTHERS
T
he Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine and poetryfoundation.org, and McSweeney’s announce a reading with poets Kwame
Dawes, Mary Karr, Yusef Komunyakaa, Patricia Smith, and Rachel
Zucker on Wednesday, October 24, at 7:00 p.m. at the Housing Works
Bookstore Café located at 126 Crosby St, New York City.
Admission is free. A book signing will follow the reading. For more information, visit poetryfoundation. org.
In addition to reading from their own work, the poets will be invited to
share with the audience the best poem they have read in the past year. Complementary Poetry magazines and tote bags will be given to attendees.
Kwame Dawes was born in Ghana in 1962 and spent most of his childhood in Jamaica. He is profoundly influenced by the rhythms and textures of
that lush place, citing in a recent interview his “spiritual, intellectual, and
emotional engagement with reggae music.” His book Bob Marley: Lyrical
Genius remains the most authoritative study of Marley’s lyrics. His 12th book
of poems is Impossible Flying. He is also the author of a new novel, She’s
Gone, and the nonfiction work A Far Cry from Plymouth Rock: A Personal
Narrative.
Mary Karr’s fourth book of poems is Sinners Welcome. Her memoirs are
The Liars’ Club and Cherry, both national bestsellers. She is currently writing her third memoir, entitled Lit.
Yusef Komunyakaa’s poems are rooted in his experiences as an African
American growing up in rural Louisiana and his service in the Vietnam War.
Influenced by the jazz music he loves as well as by people’s everyday speech,
his poetry has won the Pulitzer Prize, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, and other
awards.
Patricia Smith is the author of four books of poetry, most recently Teahouse of the Almighty. She is also the author of the critically acclaimed history Africans in America and the award-winning children’s book Janna and
the Kings, is a four-time individual champion on the National Poetry Slam,
and has been a featured poet on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam.
Rachel Zucker is the author of three books: Eating in the Underworld, The
Last Clear Narrative, and The Bad Wife Handbook. Along with poet Arielle
Greenberg, she is editing Efforts and Affections: Women Poets on Mentorship.
For more information, visit poetryfoundation.org.
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AFRICA UPDATE
October 5, 2007
UN REPORTS ANGOLA TORTURE ABUSE
Cabindans say they are culturally and
historically distinct
U
N human rights investigators
say that they have found evidence of arbitrary detention,
torture and other human rights abuses
in Angola.
A working group led by Algerian
lawyer Leila Zerrougui spent 10 days
interviewing more than 400 detainees.
In a statement released to the media,
Ms Zerrougui says they saw detainees
who “showed visible signs of torture”.
Angola emerged from a 27-year
civil war in 2002 and has been receiving
UN help to reform its judicial system.
The statement from the UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for
Human Rights in Geneva says that despite Angola’s efforts “the present institutional and legal framework governing the aspect of deprivation of
liberty is still flawed”.
The working group found evidence
that torture and ill-treatment were used
to extract confessions from suspects at
two prisons the capital, Luanda.
The investigators also said there were
credible allegations that civilians are
held incommunicado at military facilities
in the oil-rich province of Cabinda.
“They are never produced before a
judge,” said Ms Zerrougui. “The right
to access to a lawyer and a corresponding legal aid system as guaranteed by
the (Angolan) constitution, exists only
in theory”.
The group were denied access to
Cabinda military prison where the alleged “secret detentions” take place.
Last month, a pro-independence
Cabindan civic group complained that
some of its members were arbitrarily
arrested ahead of a visit to the province
by President Jose Eduardo dos Santos.
Mpalabanda had documented
human rights violations by both government and Flec forces in Cabinda.
The organization was unexpectedly
shut down by court order shortly after
the government signed a memorandum
of understanding with Cabindan representatives in August 2006.
The deal was aimed at ending
nearly three decades of sporadic uprisings by Cabindan nationalists seeking
independence and a fair share of the
offshore oil wealth for the province,
but the details were not made public.
TANZANIA BLACKSMITH CLAN
FORGE AHEAD
T
wenty-year-old
Tanzanian
blacksmith Samweli Kangaga
chews a piece of charcoal to
create a saliva-charcoal liquid that he
will use to join two pieces of metal.
It may seem like an old-fashioned
story of alchemy, but it is a technique
which has been passed down generations of the Wahunzi clan of blacksmiths living in the remote rural town
of Haydom in northern Tanzania.
The liquid charcoal is spat onto a
stone; a red hot piece of metal is extracted from the fire and hammered
into the spit creating a tiny explosion,
which signifies the welding of two
pieces of metal.
“I learnt this from my father and he
was taught by his father,” says
Samweli Kangaga. “It takes a lot of
skill and I am still learning. This is a
good way to join two pieces of metal.”
Little has changed in hundreds of
years for the Wahunzi blacksmiths.
Their workshop is a shady spot under a
qalelend thorn tree; bellows made from
cow hide provide oxygen to keep the
charcoal fire hot and it is this fire
which is used to smelt the metal.
The workshop is run by Samweli’s
60-year-old father, Danieli Kangaga,
one of eight sons who all became
blacksmiths. He said in recent years
the process has been modernized. “My
grandfather used to make metal by
baking the local mud, but now we collect waste metal from around the district. This makes our job easier.”
The scrap metal is scavenged at
garages, at the local hospital or is
found discarded on the ground in the
form of broken cooking pots or cans.
The Wahunzi blacksmiths have traditionally been considered by their
neighbors as lower-class manual workers and are not allowed to marry into
other ethnic groups, as their work is
considered dirty. But a quirk of location has made them indispensable to
the local community.
Four language groups in East
Africa (Bantu, Nilotic, Cushitic and
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Khoisan) meet in Haydom each bringing distinct tribes and customs and importantly for the Wahunzi, a demand
for different metal products.
The Khoisan-speaking Hadzabe are
hunter-gatherers who go to the
Wahunzi for arrow heads.
The Isanzu and Iramba ethnic
groups, who speak Bantu languages,
and the Iraqw of Cushitic origin need
kitchen utensils and spears, while the
Datoga, who belong to the Nilotic language group and include the Wahunzi
themselves, are buy wrist and neck
bracelets and spears.
“Our business is good,” says
Danieli. “The demand for our spear
heads is increasing, because people always need weapons for self-defense.”
The boom in the sale of spears may
be purely anecdotal, but could reflect an
increase in crime in the rapidly expanding Haydom as well as the growing
number of conflicts between the different
tribes over the allocation of local land.
For the time being, the Wahunzis
have cornered the blacksmithing market and are making good money. An
arrow tip sells for around $0.50, a
bracelet $1 while a spear head can cost
up to $3—a considerable amount of
money in a region of Tanzania where
the average wage is less than $1 a day.
There are two blacksmith workshops in Haydom, both run by the Kangaga family.
With the increased market has
come a growing reputation in the area
and now Danieli is passing on his
knowledge to young people outside the
Wahunzi clan.
In this poor and remote region
change comes slowly, so it is likely
that the Wahunzi blacksmiths will continue to prosper.
Danieli believes his family will
carry on the tradition for many generations to come.
“The Wahunzis will always be
known as master blacksmiths and as
long as traditional life continues, there
will be a need for our products.”
DR CONGO HUTU FRONT HELPS ARMY
T
he BBC has found evidence
suggesting that Hutu militias
are backing the army in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The UN
and the army deny co-operating with
the rebel groups in North Kivu.
But a UN source told the BBC that
the Congolese Mai Mai militia and
Hutus had come together as the Front
for the Liberation of North Kivu.
The FLNK says it patrols with the
army in eastern DR Congo to counter
renegade general, Laurent Nkunda,
where recent instability has displaced
some 300,000.
Ethnic tension following the 1994
genocide of Tutsis and moderate Hutus
in Rwanda lies at the heart of the current fighting.
Gen Nkunda says he is defending
DR Congo’s Tutsis from Hutus implicated in the Rwandan killings, who
fled across the border to DR Congo
and formed the Democratic Liberation
Forces of Rwanda (FDLR). He says
his uprising of Congolese Tutsis was in
self-defense against Hutu militias
backed by the army. Rwanda denies
supporting Gen Nkunda.
A UN source told the BBC’s Arnaud Zajtman that the new alliance included at least one former FDLR officer, who he identified as “Commander
Jean-Claude”. And the FNLK’s Maj
Kabila told the BBC correspondent the
force was Mai Mai but they were patrolling jointly with the Hutu rebels—
and the army.
The BBC correspondent then spoke
to his commander, Maj Kasereka, who
specified the kind of help his men are
giving the army.
The army has regularly denied any
links with the FDLR.
ELDERS IN LANDMARK DARFUR VISIT
A
delegation of influential elder
statesmen led by Archbishop
Desmond Tutu is traveling to
Darfur to try to find solutions to the
conflict.
The “Elders” will be talking to
local community leaders and to displaced people living in camps.
The visit comes three days after an
attack on the African Union base in
southern Darfur left 10 soldiers dead.
At least 200,000 people have died
and some 2m forced from their homes
during the four year conflict.
The BBC’s Amber Henshaw, who
is traveling with the delegation, says
they hope to lend their strength to
those who are determined to bring and
end to the devastation.
But Archbishop Tutu has warned
against unrealistic expectations, saying: “The Elders do not want to raise
anyone’s hopes during this visit”.
Traveling in the delegation are the
former US President Jimmy Carter, veteran UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi and
children’s rights advocate Graça Machel,
better known as Mrs. Nelson Mandela.
Following talks with the Sudanese
government in Khartoum on Monday,
the delegation traveled to Juba in
southern Sudan to assess the comprehensive peace agreement signed between the North and South before flying to El Fasher in Darfur.
There they are expected to be
briefed on the latest violence, including the most recent attack - the worst
on AU forces in the province.
Details are finally emerging of the
intensity of Saturday’s attack on the
AU base at Haskanita.
AU soldiers told AP news agency
that a large force numbering up to 1,000
well-equipped Darfuri rebels attacked
the AU outpost at dusk, catching the 157
soldiers and support staff by surprise.
Rockets started falling on the base
and an armored personnel carrier took
a direct hit as the beleaguered AU
force, mainly composed of Nigerian
soldiers, fought off the initial attack.
The rebels then mounted a second
attack, using armored vehicles and firing rocket-propelled grenades. The
battle raged until around 0400 local
time when the AU forces ran out of
ammunition and were overrun.
One of the soldiers told AP: “Once
we ran out of ammunition, we all laid
down in that ditch.”
As morning broke the Sudanese army
arrived and the rebels withdrew, leaving
behind 10 dead and seven injured.
First reports said up to 47 AU soldiers were unaccounted for, the figure
was later revised down to 23 and by
late Monday another 20 had reached
another AU base, AP reports. “(The
survivors) are in a state of shock”, said
AU mission chief Rodolphe Adada.
The new Commander of the future
hybrid United Nations-AU peacekeeping force in Darfur, General Martin
Agwai, told the BBC from Haskanita
on Monday that he was convinced the
attackers were a splinter group who
had broken away from a faction of the
Sudan Liberation Army (SLA), known
as the SLA United.
In the aftermath of Saturday’s rebel
attack on the AU monitors at
Haskanita, the United States has threatened further sanctions against both the
Sudanese government and rebel groups
if they block the Darfur peace efforts.
State Department spokesman Sean
McCormack said the punitive measures could include travel bans and financial restrictions on individuals.
A Senegalese soldier serving with
the UN monitors was one of those
killed, prompting Senegal to warn it
could withdraw its peacekeeping
troops altogether.
Botswana, however, which also lost
one soldier, said it remained committed to the peacekeeping operation.
Human Rights Watch has described
the killings as a war crime, and has
called for an immediate investigation
by the AU and UN.
Questioned by the BBC correspondent, the army’s deputy commander in
North Kivu, Col Delphin Kayimbi,
also denied there were any ties with the
new militia group.
The UN mission in DR Congo
(Monuc) is similarly skeptical.
“It could be at the local level there
are people who are disobeying these
rules but definitely not with the support of the FARDC [army],” a Monuc
general told the BBC correspondent.
However the UN is giving logistical support to the FARDC, carrying
Congolese soldiers and munitions on
UN helicopters and would be concerned if this might mean they were
indirectly supporting the FNLK or
FDLR, if they are proved to be associating with the army.
Attempts to broker a ceasefire have
foundered and Gen Nkunda’s force has
been attacking both army positions and
villages, forcing thousands of people
to flee their homes in North Kivu for
UNHCR camps closer to the regional
capital of Goma.
All sides in the fighting are accused
of multiple war crimes, including rape,
the unlawful killing of civilians and arbitrary detentions of minors.
A five-year civil war in DR Congo
officially ended in 2002, with a death
toll approaching four million and last
year’s elections, won by President
Joseph Kabila, were supposed to draw
a line under the conflict.
The UN has 17,600 peacekeepers
in DR Congo—the largest such force
in the world, 4,300 of them in North
Kivu alone.
PENTAGON
LAUNCHES AFRICA
COMMAND
T
he US has launched a new command center for military operations in Africa, in a sign of a clear
increase in American interest in Africa.
Known as Africom, the initiative was
first announced in February and will be
based initially in Stuttgart, Germany.
Until now responsibility for Africa
has been divided among the US military’s European, Central and Pacific
commands.
The Pentagon says Africom will
allow the US to have a more integrated
and effective approach to the continent. This is a significant re-ordering
of the US military, and an increased interest that can be explained in three
words—oil, terrorism and instability.
The initiative has received mixed
reviews in the US. Though many analysts welcome it as an opportunity for
a more intense and unified approach to
Africa, others warn of what they see as
the danger of the militarization of US
policy towards the continent.
In Africa itself the response has
been guarded.
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AROUND THE REGION
October 5, 2007
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY PELOSI TO BE HONORED
AT ITALIAN-AMERICAN GALA
S
peaker Nancy Pelosi will be honored at the National Italian
American Foundation?s (NIAF)
32nd Anniversary Awards Gala in
Washington, D.C. Pelosi will receive a
NIAF Special Achievement Award for
Public Service on October 13, 2007 at
the Hilton Washington & Towers. The
black-tie gala begins with a 6p.m. reception followed by dinner at 7p.m.
Honorees joining Pelosi include
presidential candidate and former New
York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani,
who will also receive a NIAF Special
Achievement Award for Public Service,
CEO of AARP William D. Novelli, who
will receive a NIAF Special Achievement Award in Public Advocacy, star of
the ABC drama “Grey’s Anatomy”
Ellen Pompeo, who will receive a NIAF
Special Achievement Award in Entertainment, and actress, singer, and entrepreneur Connie Stevens, who will receive a NIAF Special Achievement
Award for Humanitarian Services.
During the gala, Academy Awardwinning director Martin Scorsese also
will be recognized for launching a new
NIAF program in memory of Jack
Valenti, former head of the Motion
Picture Association of America
(MPAA) and a NIAF board member
for more than 20 years.
Supreme Court Justices Samuel
Alito, Jr. and Antonin Scalia, Italy’s Ambassador to the U.S. the Hon. Giovanni
Castellaneta, the U.S. Ambassador to
Italy Ronald P. Spogli, Governor of Arizona Janet Napolitano and Washington,
D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty will join more
than 3,000 guests at the dinner. Actress
Susan Lucci, baseball great Yogi Berra,
Super Bowl-winning coach Dick Vermeil, actor Tony Lo Bianco, legendary
crooner Jerry Vale, and singer Dion will
also attend the NIAF gala.
Nancy D’Alesandro Pelosi made
history on January 4, 2007 when she
was elected Speaker of the House, the
highest post in the United States House
of Representatives, and the third-highest office in the United States government. A former NIAF board member,
Pelosi is the first woman and first Italian American to hold this top position.
Before being elected Speaker of the
House, she served as House Democratic Leader for four years and as House
Democratic Whip a year. Since 1987,
Pelosi has represented California’s
Eighth District in the House of Representatives. Pelosi traces her Italian heritage to Naples and Genoa, Italy, and
grew up in Baltimore’s Little Italy.
Public service runs through her lineage
as her father, Thomas J. D’Alesandro,
Jr., served as a U.S. congressman and
later mayor of Baltimore from 1947 to
O
Nancy Pelosi
1959. Her brother, Thomas J. D’Alesandro III, also served as mayor of Baltimore from 1967 to 1971.
Highlights of the weekend include
a Saturday afternoon conference “The
2008 Presidential Election: Is there an
Italian-American Vote”? featuring panelists Michael Barone, senior writer for
the U.S. News and World Report,
Robert Novak, nationally syndicated
columnist and Fox News commentator,
and Bill Schneider, CNN senior political analyst.
Dinner tickets begin at $400 per
person. Proceeds will benefit NIAF educational programs and Gardens of
Hope, a NIAF co-sponsored community garden project. For tickets or sponsor information, contact Carolyn Laurenzano at 202-939-3114 or carolyn
@niaf.org, or register online at www.
niaf.org.
4TH ANNUAL DC ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE
T
he 2007 DC Environmental Conference opens Friday, October
19 through Sunday, October 21
at the University of the District of Columbia. The Conference addresses a
range of critical environmental problems
in the DC area, offers practical solutions,
and looks at how global issues affect us
at home. The Conference also celebrates
the Chesapeake Bay bioregion by bring-
ing attention to its troubles and offering
ways to reverse harmful trends.
The University of District of Columbia is located at 4200 Connecticut
Ave NW; Bldg 46e; Metro Stop: Van
Ness/UDC Red Line.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2007
scaping companies, nursery owners
and sales staff an opportunity to
learn how to offer organic services
to their clients, and what the economic and social benefits of these
services are.
• 6p.m. to 8:30p.m.—Reception &
speaker panel
• 9a.m to 5p.m.—Safe Lawns and
Landscapes Seminar will give land-
SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 20, 2007
COLORIFIC!
FALL USHERS IN A KALEIDOSCOPE
I
t’s not just the leaves turning fabulous shades
this year. Designers everywhere are touting
bold, bright colors in everything from clothing
to accessories to hair color. Those brilliant, monochromatic colors - hot pink, flaming red, parrot
green and taxicab yellow - make a statement in
swing coats and jackets worn over a sheath dress,
pants or a slim skirt. Argyle sweaters, preppie
stripes, ladylike gloves and purses accentuate the
look.
“There’s no quicker way to rev up your color
statement than with a richer, brighter hair color,”
says Clairol Colormaster Veron Charles. “Watch
other heads turn your way when you enter a room
looking radiant, confident and glowing.” Veron
recommends Beautiful Collection haircolor, a full
Fall Color
range of no-peroxide, no-ammonia colors in
brunette, blonde, red and fashion shades.
“Because this haircoloring line is semi-permanent, it is especially gentle
for relaxed hair types, and hair this season is all about being loose, soft and
flowing. The natural-looking colors of Beautiful Collection also blend gray.
It doesn’t lighten your hair, but it will give you a deep, rich tone, add shine
and leave your hair silky soft, shiny and beautiful. So I suggest a shade like
Gold or Honey Brown, Amethyst or Wine Brown to enhance whatever color
you have now to give yourself a more intense, vital look.”
Pair that sassy new hair color with a hairstyle that is low maintenance and
easy to manage, whether it’s relaxed or natural. Super straight styles are out!
Add makeup that accentuates your eyes and outlines your luscious lips. Choose
a single clothing item—dress, top or skirt—to “pop” your color statement, then
add classy, elegant but more neutral tones to accessorize. “It’s razzle-dazzle and
controlled at the same time,” concludes Veron. “In a word—beautiful!”
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CITY COUNCIL TO HOLD PUBLIC
HEARING ON FY 2009 BUDGET
• 9a.m to 8:30p.m—Speaker sessions/panel, followed by music,
dancing and open mic entertainment.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2007
• 11:30a.m to 5p.m—International
Peace Day. Speaker sessions, organic farm tour, walking and bike
eco-tour of DC, interfaith teahouse
and tree planting of 1,500 trees, nature photo shoot tour.
Attendees include:
• Donald Wulfinghoff, Keynote
speaker and author of Energy Efficiency Manual, the foremost guide
to energy conservation and cost
saving in buildings and industry.
• Jeffrey Lape, Director, Chesapeake
Bay Program Office, U.S. EP.A.
• Steve Carr, Advisor to the Mayor of
Annapolis.
• Shepherd Ogden, Executive Director, SafeLawns.
• Paul Tukey, founding editor/publisher, People, Places & Plants
magazine and Chairman of The
SafeLawns Foundation.
• Rick Otis, Director, Office of Policy,
Economics and Innovation, U.S.
EPA.
• Alice McLarty, Landscape Architect for the National Mall & Memorial Parks, National Park Service.
Full schedule and registration available at www.WholenessforHumanity.
com
n October 13, 2007, as part of its regularly scheduled Saturday public
hearing, City Council will hold a public hearing to allow members of the
public to offer comments regarding the upcoming Fiscal Year 2009 Operating Budget and Capital Improvement Program. The public hearing begins at
9:30a.m. in City Council Chambers (Room 2400) in City Hall, 301 King Street.
City staff is in the process of preparing the proposed FY 2009 budget.
Early budget forecasts for FY 2009 will be presented to City Council at its
budget retreat on October 27, which is open to the public. In November, City
Council will establish targets for the FY 2009 budget submissions to be made
by the City and the Alexandria City Public Schools. The City Manager will
submit the proposed FY 2009 budget to Council on February 12, 2008.
Residents are encouraged to attend the hearing. Individuals may speak at
the hearing and should complete a speaker’s form before or at the hearing. The
forms are available in the City Clerk’s Office, Room 2300, in City Hall. Requests to speak can also be e-mailed to the City Clerk at Jackie.henderson
@alexandriava.gov.Written comments for the record may be submitted to the
City Clerk’s Office. Individuals with disabilities who require assistance or individuals needing special arrangements, should call the City Clerk at 703838-4500 (TTY/TDD 703-838-5056). Special arrangements should be requested at least 48 hours in advance.
OKTOBERFEST AT HARD BARGAIN FARM
E
njoy the changing season at the
Alice Ferguson Foundation’s
27th annual Oktoberfest at
Hard Bargain Farm, October 13, 2007
from 1:00p.m. until 6:00p.m. in Accokeek, Maryland. Neighbors from
near and far come and enjoy ourthe annual celebration of autumn on our
beautiful 3350-acre Farm on the Potomac shoreline, featuring. This annual
tribute to the harvests of autumn, features lively traditional Alpine music
and dance, homemade German cuisine,
old-fashioned hay-wagon rides, a silent
auction, door prizes, barnyard animals,
and beautiful fall scenery. Oktoberfest
Hard Bargain-style has become one of
our area’s popular fall activities, all the
while benefiting environmental education programs that reach schoolchildren
throughout the Potomac Watershed.
Highlighting Oktoberfest at Hard
Bargain Farm is the shoe-slapping entertainment of of the Alt Washingtonia
Schuhplattlers. This wonderful dance
group will have the crowd on its feet
dancing and singing along to tradi-
tional songs of Austria and BavariaBavaria and Austria. Throughout the
day they will share Alpine folklore,
costumes and plenty of laughs in a performance that appeals to all ages.
It’s no secret—the success of this
annual event is in the food and drink!
Be sure to grab some juicy bratwurst
and sauerkraut, German potato salad,
and homemade apple strudel. Frosty
mugs of German Spaten Beer will be
on tap as will fresh cider from our
Farm’s own apple harvest. The live and
silent auctions feature the works of
local artists and vacation spots from
around the metropolitan area.
All proceeds from the Oktoberfest
at Hard Bargain Farm benefit the
Farm’s education programs. Admission is $6.00 per person (free admission to children ages 7 and under).
Food, beverages, and some activities
are not included in admission. Sponsorship opportunities are available.
For more information visit
www.hardbargainfarm.org or www.
fergusonfoundation.org.
SPEED CHESS DECIDES WINNER
OF FIVE-WAY TIE
A
lthough EAGLE Chess Academy’s second tournament
wasn’t as heavily attended as
the first, it still proved to be as exciting
as ever. On Saturday, September 8,
2007 the fourth and final round ended
in a 5-way tie. However, a few rounds
of speed chess quickly determined the
tournament winners. Many young
chess players were in attendance and
two proved to be great contenders.
EAGLE Chess Academy is a
501(c)(3) non-profit organization which
hosts non-USCF chess tournaments on a
monthly basis. The tournaments are
opened to adults and children of all ages.
The tournament was held at D’
Light Skate N Palace, 3132 Branch
Ave in Temple Hills, MD. The AllYou-Can-Eat buffet, catered by
Monteik’s Catering and Event Planning, was enjoyed by all.
WINNERS
• 1st Place: Sharif Usenov (15yrs)
with a $300 Award
• 2nd Place: Talisa Jackson with a
$200 Award
• 3rd Place: Charles Yang (12yrs)
with a $100 Award
Additionally, the five winners of a
free entry into the next tournament
listed alphabetically are Ronald Best
(9yrs), Derrick Carter, James Fabunmi,
Gabriel Vilarrubi (15yrs), and Anthony Walker.
Chess instructor, Ted Fagan, founded
EAGLE Chess Academy to provide
scholastically based chess learning programs in a supportive, relaxed environment for young chess players. Check out
a Prince George’s County library for a
chess program near you.
Mark your calendar for the next
tournament to be held on Saturday,
October 13th.
For more information, contact
EAGLE Chess Academy at 301-4675024 or info@eaglechessacademy.
com.
THE METRO HERALD
AROUND THE REGION
October 5, 2007
JULT2007: PREPARE, PERSEVERE, PERFORM
J
uxtopia Urban Learning Technology’s (JULT) 2nd Annual Conference will take place on Friday,
October 19th, 2007 from 8:00A.M. to
5:00P.M. in the University Student
Center, Calvin and Tina Tyler Ballroom at Morgan State University in
Baltimore, MD. This year’s theme is:
Invest Urban. Secure The Nation.
JULT showcases urban learning
technology to improve the academic
proficiency of underserved and disadvantaged youth. JULT speakers will
present learning technologies that increase test scores in K–12 math, reading, science and social studies; improve self-confidence; and improve
workforce skills and entrepreneurial
preparation.
JULT2007 Hypothesis: If we invest in urban underserved and disadvantaged youth to improve their academic and technological proficiency
through learning technology, we will
be able to increase the number of technically skilled American workers who
will be capable of supplying America's
demand for a highly skilled workforce
and a better quality of life.
The U.S. is falling significantly behind the rest of the world when it
comes to technology innovation and
proficiency that require skills in science, technology, engineering, and
math (STEM). This is even more
daunting for historically disadvantaged
youth, whose academic performance,
noted through universal statistics, is
below average around the world.
This year’s Keynote Address will
be given by Dr. Claud Anderson, Ed.D.
Dr. Anderson is the president of The
Harvest Institute, a non-profit, tax exempt, nationally recognized Black
think tank that works to help Black
America become self-sufficient and
competitive. Dr. Anderson is widely
recognized as one of America’s most
influential intellectuals and authors on
economic strategies for underserved
and disadvantaged groups. In his recently published book, PowerNomics,
he defines a National Plan to empower
Black America. His social-politicaleconomic package of principles for
successful empowerment is a challenging and necessary strategy that
demands national attention for a country built on the greatness of cultural
diversity.
Dr. Anderson’s varied experiences
span education, business, federal/state
politics and successful social reform.
Appointed by former president Jimmy
Carter, Dr Claud Anderson served as
Assistant Secretary in the U.S. Department of Commerce. His message is one
that must be heard, read and embraced.
Also speaking is Dr. James E. West,
who is a Research Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, Johns Hopkins University. He is an inventor and was a 1999
inductee into the National Inventors
Hall of Fame.
Conference topics of interest include:
• Ethnographic and case studies of
learning technology around the
world
• Mixed reality urban learning environments
• Culturally competent learning
games/competitions
• Intelligent agents that facilitate autonomous training
• Technology that improves motivation and retention
• Learning technology that maintains
self-confidence and self-esteem
• Parental involvement
• Innovative urban mobile learning
platforms
• Tracking and performance measurement technology
• Innovative uses of available infrastructure to improve urban learning
• Workforce skills preparation and
entrepreneurship learning environments
• Teacher training to use technology
throughout the curriculum
LEARNING TREE INTERNATIONAL
CELEBRATES THE GRAND OPENING OF
NEW ALEXANDRIA EDUCATION CENTER
L
earning Tree International’s newest education center in Alexandria,
Virginia receives warm welcome to the Alexandria area by Mayor
William D. Euille on October 10, 2007. The new center will be located
at 1925 Ballenger Avenue, Alexandria, VA. The center is about a 5-minute
drive from Old Town Alexandria. Parking is available in the Colonial Parking
garage located in Ballenger Avenue, near the main entrance.
Learning Tree International, leading worldwide provider of vendor independent education and training to IT and business professionals working in
the public and private sectors, announces grand opening celebration of its new
Alexandria Education Center. By offering courses in the Alexandra area,
Learning Tree has made it easier for technology and management professionals in Washington, D.C. and surrounding vicinities to get the top-quality training they need. Over 160 courses will be offered covering today’s most-in-demand technologies, as well as management, project management, business
analysis and personal leadership skills.
Grand opening ceremonies will take place on Wednesday, October 10,
2007 from 5p.m.–6:30p.m. Attendees can randomly pick prize bags; each
will contain a new long-sleeve polo shirt, a Learning Tree umbrella, mouse
pad, and a travel bag. Random prize bags will contain vouchers for a free
course at the new Alexandria Education Center.
Attendees will learn about Learning Tree processes and how it will serve
the training needs of technology and management professionals in the private
and public sectors in the Alexandria area and beyond. And how Learning Tree
ensures consistent, high-quality course development and delivery as well as
about key course development features, instructor recruitment and training,
operational support and Learning Tree’s instructional methodology.
THE METRO HERALD
SUPPORTERS RALLY FOR
INNER PURPLE LINE
E
Dr. Claud Anderson
Conference registration prices:
• Adults—$65.00 by October 12th:
Includes conference, breakfast,
lunch.
• Senior Demand Special—$55.00
by October 12th: Includes conference, breakfast, lunch. Groups of
5—$50 per person.
• Students—$45.00 by October 12th:
Includes conference, breakfast,
lunch.
• Vendors—$115.00 by October
12th: Includes conference, breakfast, lunch, materials in conference
registration bag, and vendor/exhibitor booth.
Tickets can be purchased online via
PAYPAL. Other payment options—
Mail money order or cashier’s check to:
The Juxtopia Group, Inc.; 3403 Lynchester Road; Baltimore, MD 21215.
METRO SELLS
SOUTHEASTERN
BUS GARAGE
M
etro has found a buyer
for its 71-year-old bus
garage and employee
parking lot located a block away
from the planned Washington Nationals baseball stadium in southeast D.C. The transit agency’s
Board agreed recently to sell 2.2
acres to the John Akridge Development Company for more than $69
million.
Metro put the M Street property
up for sale over the summer with
the asking price of at least $60 million. The transit agency received
three bids by the end of August.
The winning bid was the most advantageous in terms of price and
leaseback rental, Metro managers
said.
Revenue from the sale will help
fund the construction of a new
garage and proposed police training facility, which is expected to be
built at D.C. Village in southwest
Washington within the next three
years. Metro plans to vacate the
current property by late winter.
Employees and buses will temporarily move to other Metro bus
garages in the region.
The two parcels at 17 M Street,
SW are just one block from the
new Washington Nationals ballpark and adjacent to the Navy Yard
Metro station. The parcels are
69,607 and 27,558 square feet and
are separated by Van Street. A onestory brick industrial building,
which houses 114 buses and was
built in 1936, sits on the larger
piece of land.
lected officials from across
Maryland, residents concerned
about the environment and
members of the education and business
communities—all of whom are concerned about the transportation future
of the Maryland suburbs—will join
forces in Takoma Park on Wednesday,
Oct. 10, to show support for building
the proposed Inner Purple Line that
would add a new east-west light-rail
line connecting Metrorail from
Bethesda to New Carrollton.
The event, whose tickets are available to the public, will be held from 6
to 8:30p.m. at the Student Services
Center at the Takoma Park campus of
Montgomery College. At the event, the
advocacy organization currently
known as “The Coalition to Build the
Inner Purple Line” will formally announce its new name as “Purple Line
Now!” The event also will help raise
funds for the campaign to build the
Purple Line and show support for the
project.
The smooth jazz sounds of Marcus
Johnson and the Marcus Johnson Project will provide entertainment for the
evening, which also will include presentations and displays on how a lightrail line would greatly boost the area’s
transportation needs. Tickets are still
available for $50 ($20 for students).
Contributions also are being accepted
for event “hosts.”
The lobbying and advocacy coalition to support building the Inner Purple Line was founded in 2002.
“I believe the need for the Purple
Line is more urgent than ever,” said
Montgomery County Councilmember
George Leventhal, one of the founders
of the coalition. “In the next few
months, the Maryland General Assembly will be determining the future of
transportation funding in our State.
Purple Line Now! intends to show
there is a strong and broad-based support for building the Purple Line.”
Among the cross-section of supporters for this event are Congressman
Al Wynn; State Comptroller Peter
Franchot; State Senators Brian Frosh,
Robert Garagiola and Jamie Raskin;
State Delegates William Bronrott,
Brian Feldman, Ana Sol Gutierrez,
Sheila Hixson, Tom Hucker, Susan
Lee, Joseline Pena-Melnyk, Heather
Mizeur and Victor Ramirez; Montgomery County Executive Isiah
Leggett; Montgomery County Council
President Marilyn Praisner; Montgomery County Councilmembers Leventhal, Roger Berliner, Marc Elrich,
Valerie Ervin and Duchy Trachtenberg;
and Prince George’s County Councilmembers Will Campos, Tom
Dernoga and Eric Olson.
Among the other supporters are
Montgomery College; the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce; the Greater Bethesda-Chevy
Chase Chamber of Commerce; the
Greater Silver Spring Chamber of
Commerce and the Chesapeake Bay
Foundation.
For more information visit www.
purplelinenow.com or call 301-5876267.
NAVAL SUBMARINE LEAGUE
25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
AND ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM
T
he Naval Submarine League is pleased to announce the 25th Anniversary Celebration and Annual Symposium. It is being held on October 31–November 1, 2007 at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner. Presentations will be made by civilian and military leaders of the submarine
community in the United States.
The Fleet Award Winners have been selected and will be honored during
a luncheon held on Thursday, November 1, 2007. Award Winners are
JACK N. DARBY AWARD, CDR Jeffrey T. Jablon, USN; FRANK A. LISTER AWARD, CMDCM (SS) William T. Mitchell, Jr., USN; CHARLES A.
LOCKWOOD AWARD, LCDR Jasper C. Hartsfield, USN; CHARLES A.
LOCKWOOD AWARD, ETC (SS) Nathan J. Russell, USN; CHARLES A.
LOCKWOOD AWARD, MM1 (SS) Kirk T. Stafford, USN; FREDERICK B.
WARDER AWARD, CMDCM (SS) Christopher Clark, USN; LEVERING
SMITH AWARD, LT Jesse L. Hubbart, USN; GOLD DOLPHIN AWARD,
CAPT John J. Litherland, USN; SILVER DOLPHIN AWARD, CMDCM (SS)
Chris Shannon, USN; DISTINGUISHED SUBMARINER AWARD, Submarine Medal of Honor Awardees.
The Naval Submarine League sponsors a wide range of ongoing initiatives, forums and symposia, and activities that enhance, support and promote
the Submarine Force and Navy worldwide.
FIDELITY & TRUST BANK CONTINUES
GROWTH WITH NEWEST BANK BRANCH
F
idelity & Trust Bank of Bethesda, Maryland opened its newest branch
in Rockville, MD recently. The Rockville branch opened its doors on
September 10, 2007 at 130 Rollins Avenue, just off the Rockville
Pike, for its first day of business.
”Our focus on providing private banking for businesses in the Metropolitan
Washington region is demonstrably enhanced and expanded by our newest
branch in Rockville,” said Barry Watkins, President and CEO of Fidelity &
Trust Bank. “We are extremely excited to be continuing our solid growth, which
is a tribute to our great staff. It is because of them that we are able to provide
superior service to our clients, which has allowed us to expand so rapidly.”
The Rockville branch will be led by Claudia Oliver, Branch Manager.
The new full-service branch, with on-site parking, will offer commercial
banking services to small and medium-sized businesses and consumer banking to non-business clients in the metropolitan Washington, DC area.
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CAPITAL COMMENTS/INSIGHTS & VIEWPOINTS
October 5, 2007
OBAMA URGES
ELIMINATING
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
D
emocrat Barack Obama called
for ridding the world of nuclear weapons and offered his
early opposition to the Iraq war as evidence of sound judgment that trumps
his lack of Washington experience.
Obama argued that U.S. policy is
still focused on the defunct Soviet
Union instead of combatting the nuclear threat from rogue nations and terrorists. The United States shouldn’t
unilaterally disarm, he said, but it must
work with other nations to phase out
weapons and control atomic material.
“Here’s what I’ll say as president:
‘America seeks a world in which there
are no nuclear weapons,’” Obama said.
“The best way to keep America safe
is not to threaten terrorists with nuclear
weapons—it’s to keep nuclear
weapons and nuclear materials away
from terrorists,” the Illinois senator
said. Aides said the process Obama envisions would take many years, not
just a a single presidency.
The Republican National Committee criticized the proposal as unsafe
and an example of Obama “playing to
the fringe elements of his party.” But
the concept has the backing of at least
two former Republican secretaries of
CLINTON RAISES $22
MILLION, BESTS OBAMA
D
emocrat Hillary Rodham Clinton raised $22 million this
summer for her presidential
primary campaign, outpacing all other
candidates so far with her best threemonth showing of the year.
For the first time, she reported attracting more new donors in a quarter
than her chief fundraising rival, Illinois
Sen. Barack Obama.
Clinton raised a total of $27 million
in the three months, her campaign said
, but $5 million is designated for the
general election and can’t be used in
her quest for the Democratic nomination.
Her $80 million total for the 2008
presidential race puts her on a par with
Obama, though he still leads her in
money raised for the primaries alone.
Clinton leads other Democrats in
national opinion polls, three months
state,
Henry
Kissinger
and
George Shultz.
Obama’s address marked the
fifth anniversary
of an anti-war
rally where he
announced his
opposition to in- Barack Obama
vading Iraq. He
predicted then
that the United States would get
bogged down in an unending war that
would inflame world anger.
Obama was an Illinois legislator
contemplating a run for the U.S. Senate when Congress voted in October
2002 to give President Bush the authority to use military force to oust
Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
In his speech Tuesday, Obama criticized Bush, the media and especially
Congress, arguing that they failed the
nation in the rush to war.
“Let’s be clear: Without that vote,
there would be no war,” Obama said,
taking a swipe at his Democratic rivals
who were in the Senate and voted for
the war—Hillary Rodham Clinton,
John Edwards, Chris Dodd and Joe
Biden—but never mentioning them by
name.
before the first primaries.
Obama has reported raising at
least $19 million
from July through
September for the
primaries and about
$20 million overall
for the quarter, Hillary Rodham
counting
general Clinton
election money. He
has raised a total of $75 million for the
primary season and about $4 million
for the general election next year.
Clinton’s summer donations bring
her total primary dollars raised this
year to $62 million. The New York
senator has raised $17.6 million for the
general election.
She also supplemented her primary
fundraising earlier this year with a $10
million transfer from her 2006 Senate
campaign.
BIPARTISAN BILL EXPANDS
HEALTH CARE ACCESS FOR
SMALL BUSINESSES
I
n a victory for the families of
small business owners and their
employees, recently the Senate
passed bipartisan legislation that will
improve accessibility of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program
(SCHIP) program. Senator John Kerry
(D-Mass.) and Olympia Snowe (RMaine) attached an amendment to the
legislation that will create a governmental task force to enroll more children in the program. The provision
requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to team with the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
the Secretary of the Treasury, and the
Secretary of Labor to educate small
business owners, employees and the
self-employed about the eligibility and
enrollment requirements for SCHIP.
The Kerry-Snowe (S. 1714), would:
• Establish an Intergovernmental
Task Force to conduct a nationwide
campaign of education and outreach for small businesses regard-
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Sen. John Kerry
Sen. Olympia Snowe
ing the availability of coverage
through SCHIP and/or other private
insurance options;
• Encourage the use of SBA’s business partners, including Small
Business Development Centers,
Certified Development Companies,
Women Business Centers, and
SCORE, as well as private and nonprofit groups to increase SCHIP enrollment;
• Create a hotline for small businesses to call with questions about
SCHIP eligibility and enrollment;
and
• Require SBA to provide prominent
online access to information on eligibility and enrollment requirements.
MCCAIN ASSAILS CLINTON
ON FOREIGN POLICY
R
epublican John McCain is accusing Democratic rival
Hillary Rodham Clinton of indecisiveness on foreign policy, arguing
that the nation can’t afford a post-Sept.
11 commander in chief who employs a
triangulation policy.
In prepared remarks, the GOP presidential candidate assails the Democratic front-runner and indirectly singles
out former President Clinton. During
his tenure, some advisers urged him to
make policy decisions by splitting the
differences on opposing views, which
became known as triangulation.
The Associated Press obtained excerpts of McCain’s remarks.
“The Democratic front-runner
wants to have it both ways when it
comes to foreign policy. On the one
hand, the New York senator voted for
the Iraq War. On the other hand, she
now opposes it—sort of. On the one
hand, she wants a firm deadline for retreat. But, on the other hand, she says
we cannot abandon the nation to Iran’s
designs,” McCain says in remarks he
plans to deliver Wednesday at a South
Carolina military academy.
“Senator Clinton, this is not the
‘90s,” McCain says. “This is the postSeptember 11 world. The commander
in chief does not enjoy the luxury to
conduct our national security by means
of triangulation.”
The Clinton campaign said the two
senators, both members of the Armed
Services Committee, “have an honest
disagreement on the war.”
“Senator McCain is the Senate’s
biggest supporter of President Bush’s
escalation there. Senator Clinton wants
to end the war and when she is president she will,” Zac Wright, Clinton’s
South Carolina spokesman, said in an
e-mailed statement.
On Tuesday in Florida, McCain
met with Republican Gov. Charlie Crist and said
what the popular
governor wanted
to hear on issues
such as insurance
and oil drilling—
unlike rival Fred
Thompson dur- John McCain
ing a meeting
two weeks ago.
McCain said he’s opposed to
drilling in sensitive areas such as the
Everglades and that decisions about
drilling off the Gulf of Mexico coast
should be left up to the state.
“In the case of the Everglades, the
people of Florida have decided they
don’t want that tampered with for a variety of reasons and I totally agree. And
I do not believe in drilling in the Grand
Canyon, either,” McCain said.
MAYOR LARRY GIAMMO AND COUNCIL MEMBERS
JOIN RIBBON CUTTING CELEBRATION
R
ockville Mayor Larry Giammo;
Councilmembers
Susan Hoffmann, Anne Robbins, Bob Dorsey, and Phyllis Marcuccio; will attend a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the dedication of the
new Legacy at Lincoln Park redeveloped community.
Other attendees will include City
Manager Scott Ullery; City Staff; David
L. Jefferson, Executive Director of
Rockville Housing Enterprises; Lincoln
Park Civic Association President Fran
Hawkins; and Wilma Bell, past president of the civic association. Other invited guests expected to attend include
U.S. Senator Benjamin Cardin; U.S.
Congressman Christopher Van Hollen,
Jr.; U.S. Congressman Albert Wynn;
Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley;
Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown; Former
Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele;
Montgomery County Executive Isiah
Leggett; state and county elected officials and special guests
The ceremony will take place on
Thursday, October 11, 2007 from
10:00a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Moore
Drive (cross street Frederick Avenue)
in Rockville, MD.
The Mayor and Council, state and
county elected officials, special guests,
and residents of the City’s historic Lincoln Park community will officially
cut the ribbon and celebrate the opening of a portion of the new Legacy at
Lincoln Park community. Once completed, the redeveloped area of 53 new,
owner-occupied townhouse units and
seven single-family homes will replace
the 65 public housing dwellings that
existed on the 5.4-acre area for some
50 years. Rockville’s Lincoln Park
community was founded more than
100 years ago as one of the first communities that were sold to African
Americans, according to historical reports.
The new homes, which were constructed through a public-private partnership involving Rockville Housing
Enterprises (RHE) and developer MidCity Urban, LLC, will not only bring
more affordable housing to the area but
serve as a national model for mixed-income residential redevelopment. The
homes will be priced in tiers, with 20
to be sold at market rate. Twenty-two
units will be sold to owners whose income level is within 60-80 percent of
area median income. The remaining 18
will be subsidized “housing choice
voucher” units.
The housing choice voucher units,
which are provided to meet the City’s
Moderately-Priced Dwelling Unit requirement, will remain in the status for
30 years. If an owner wishes to sell in
less than 30 years, RHE can buy the
unit and then resell it at a below market rate.
For more information, contact Fran
Hawkins at 301-340-6640 or Wilma
Bell at 301-340-7972 or www.
rockvillemd.gov
HOW FREE IS FREE WHEN IT COMES
TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH?
BY ERVIN MILTON
TEAM LEADER AND DIRECTOR,
FRANKLINTON CENTER AT BRICKS
A
t the invitation of Columbia
University President Lee
Bollinger, Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad recently
spoke at the World Leader’s Forum
on Columbia’s campus in New York
City. Bollinger offered the controversial leader a less than warm
welcome with statements such as,
“Mr. President you exhibit all the
signs of a petty and cruel dictator.
And so I ask you, why have women,
members of the Baha’i faith, homosexuals and so many of our academic colleagues become targets of
persecution in your country?”
Many of Bollinger’s statements
were peppered with raucous applause from the audience, while
many have publicly questioned the
wisdom of inviting such a hated
political figure to speak in the USA
in the first place.
The matter is complex. Here is
a man who possesses great power in
one of the most volatile regions of
the world. He was elected President of Iran in June 2005 on a mandate to improve the country’s economy and give assistance to the poor.
He soon became known internationally for leading Iran in its defiance
over its nuclear program, Iran’s
contention against Israel and for his
abuse of human rights. He is said
to be a dictator of a country that is
viewed to be opposed to the policies
of the United States. Many Americans, both military and civilian,
have been killed in Iran.
For me, what is at stake is the
question, “what does it mean to
have free speech?” I do not agree
with President Ahmadinejad, his
philosophy, or his political tactics.
However, in America he should
have the right to speak to anyone
who will listen to him. We all have
the right to not go and hear him.
However, if one person’s right to
speak is taken away, then we must
assume that the right to free speech
may be denied to anyone with a dissenting opinion or viewing point.
The First Amendment to our Constitution provides that no law shall
be made abridging the freedom of
speech. That Amendment protects
everyone in America, regardless of
the popularity of the speaker of the
speech. There are numbers of persons, like President Ahmadinejad,
who I would not invite to speak at
any place over which I have control, nor would I go to hear him.
However, I would not want his right
to speak taken away because the
same law that takes his voice away
could also be used to take my voice
away. I would ask myself the question: “In the mist of all of the lies
and partial truths that he stated, at
what point has he spoken truth to
power?”
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•
•
The United Church of Christ has
more than 5,700 churches throughout the United States. Rooted in
the Christian traditions of congregational governance and covenantal relationships, each UCC setting
speaks only for itself and not on behalf of every UCC congregation.
UCC members and churches are
free to differ on important social issues, even as the UCC remains
principally committed to unity in
the midst of our diversity.
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CAPITAL COMMENTS
October 5, 2007
BILL AUTHORIZES CRITICAL FUNDING FOR CRANEY ISLAND EXPANSION, CHESAPEAKE BAY RESTORATION
T
he Senate recently approved
the conference agreement on
the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (WRDA). The bill
contains numerous water resource and
environmental projects offered by Senators Warner and Webb designed to
boost Virginia’s economy and improve
its environmental health. The House
passed the conference agreement on
August 1st and the bill now heads to
the President’s desk.
“From Blue Plains to Craney Island,
passage of the Water Resources Development Act will authorize essential
funding that benefits Virginia and the
nation. I am pleased to see the long
awaited final passage of this critically
important bill,” said Senator Warner.
“Virginia’s waterways and natural
resources are critical to maintaining
and growing Virginia’s economy and
protecting our natural environment,”
said Senator Webb. “This legislation
authorizes the necessary funding for
the expansion of Craney Island, which
is essential to the Commonwealth’s
plan to create a state-of-the-art marine
terminal in Portsmouth, Virginia.
“I am also pleased that the bill included a provision for the replacement
of the Deep Creek Bridge, a critical
component in relieving traffic congestion in Chesapeake,” Webb continued.
“Finally, this legislation will help implement environmental and conservation improvements in the Chesapeake
Bay watershed to ensure that Virginians
can enjoy and benefit from our natural
resources for generations to come.”
The bill authorizes $30 million for
improvements to the Blue Plains
Wastewater Treatment Plant, which is
the single largest point source of nitrogen pollution in the Bay watershed.
Improvements to the facility will help
address the Bay’s dead zone.
In addition to the WRDA bill, Sena-
tors Warner and Webb are taking positive steps at the federal level to promote
conservation and reduce pollution in
the upcoming Farm Bill. The Senators
introduced the CHESSEA Bill which
seeks to provide significant levels of
funding through the Farm Bill to address non-point source pollution.
The WRDA bill includes funding
for the following projects:
Craney Island Eastward Expansion in Portsmouth, Virginia—
$712,103,000, with a 50% federal
commitment.
The eastward expansion of Craney
Island is essential to the Common-
wealth’s plan to create a state-of-theart marine terminal in Portsmouth, Virginia. When finally realized, this project will represent billions in new
investment in the Hampton Roads
community.
Deep Creek Bridge Replacement in
Chesapeake, Virginia—$37,200,000.
Replacement of the two-lane Deep
Creek Bridge will relieve a major
source of traffic congestion in the
Chesapeake community.
Tangier
Island
Seawall—
$3,600,000, an increase of $2,400,000
over previously authorized amounts.
The Tangier Island seawall pro-
vides shore protection to this small
community located in the Chesapeake
Bay. Increased funding will further
protect the inner channel and harbor
from wave attack, and reduce shoreline
erosion and sediment inflow to the
navigation channel.
Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration—$50,000,000, an increase of
$20,000,000 over previously authorized amounts.
Funds will be used for the restoration and rehabilitation of habitat for
fish and native oysters, including: the
construction of oyster bars and reefs,
construction and upgrade of oyster
hatcheries, and monitoring restored
sites to ensure ecological success.
Cleaning Up the Chesapeake
Bay—$30,000,000 for environmental
infrastructure improvements to the
Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment facility for nutrient removal. Blue Plains
is the single largest point source of nitrogen and phosphorus pollution in the
Chesapeake Bay watershed.
$40,000,000 for water pollution control projects in the Virginia and Maryland Chesapeake Bay watershed. Virginia recently committed $250,000,000
in bonds for wastewater treatment projects within the Commonwealth.
DRUG SAFETY &
MEDICAL DEVICES
LEGISLATION
R
ecently, President Bush
signed into law the Food
and Drug Administration
Amendments Act, legislation that
will significantly enhance the FDA’s
ability to ensure consumers have
timely access to safe prescription
drugs and medical devices. The legislation passed the House and Senate last week after negotiators from
both chambers struck a bipartisan-bicameral deal to allow it to advance
before the current law expires. In
meeting the deadline, 2,000 FDA
jobs that depended on the bill’s
timely renewal were preserved.
New measures approved in the
legislation take significant steps to
strengthen FDA’s ability to ensure
drug safety before and after drugs
are on the market. Chief among
these are giving FDA the authority—for the first time—to require a
drug company to make a change to a
drug’s label post-approval. One of
the primary gaps in FDA’s current
authority is its inability to require a
drug company to add new warnings
to its label to reflect new safety information discovered after approval.
The case of Vioxx is a tragic illustration of this situation. When FDA
first learned of study results suggesting serious cardiac risks, FDA haggled with the company for 14
months before consumers finally
saw a watered-down warning.
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EDUCATION
October 5, 2007
LEGGETT RECEIVES $240,000 SAFE SCHOOLS GRANT FROM PORCARI AT 2007 WALK TO SCHOOL DAY EVENT
M
ontgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett today participated in International
Walk to School Day by accompanying
Ashburton Elementary School students, parents, teachers and community members as they walked from the
Davis Library to the school.
Leggett announced at the event that
the County has won a second Safe
Routes to School grant from the Maryland State Highway Administration for
$241,500 to make vital improve pedestrian safety and accessibility to 11
County schools and conduct 24 enforcement details at 13 schools. The
first grant for $139,200 was awarded
in August to hire a Montgomery
County Safe Routes to School coordinator. Leggett was presented with a
mock check by Maryland Transportation Secretary John Porcari, who also
participated in the walk.
“In 2006, Montgomery County had
18 fatal pedestrian collisions—and of
those, four involved school-aged children,” said Leggett. “Walk to School
Day is more than a one-day event. It’s
a reminder that safety is serious business—everyday. I’d like to thank Secretary Porcari for this new $241,500
Safe Routes to Schools grant that will
enable us to provide vital pedestrian
safety improvements and increase enforcement against aggressive drivers at
targeted schools.”
“Walk to School Day is a great opportunity to get the word out about the
Maryland Safe Routes to School Program,” said Maryland Transportation
Secretary John D. Porcari. “To date,
the O’Malley-Brown Administration
has dedicated more than $7 million to
improving pedestrian safety near
Maryland schools, including $380,700
right here in Montgomery County.
Thanks to our great partnership with
Montgomery County, together, we will
continue to take strong steps forward
to make our children safer.”
Ashburton Elementary was selected as this year’s host school for the
annual Walk to School celebration.
The school’s principal, Charlene Eroh,
announced that Ashburton students
have pledged to walk the equivalent of
around the world over the upcoming
year. The school has a very diverse
population, with children from over 40
countries, and some of the students
want to “walk” roundtrip to their country of origin. Each student in the
school was given a pedometer by Suburban Hospital to track how much they
walk every day. In preparation for
Walk to School Day, students have:
• Made posters;
• Listened to daily morning announcements about pedestrian
safety;
• Counted steps to places throughout
the building;
• Calculated, by fourth grade math
students, the distance in miles and
average number of steps to a number of local destinations and calculated the number of steps to cities in
which they were born;
• Researched the definition of a pace
or step;
• Used pedometers in physical education classes;
• Helped plan the Walk to School assembly;
• Heard a presentation on pedestrian
safety by AAA’s Otto the Auto for
kindergarten through second
graders; and
• Written personal goals for walking
next week.
“We are constantly seeking ways to
keep our children active and fit, and
walking is a great way to achieve this,”
said Montgomery County Councilmember Roger Berliner, who is a member of
the Council’s Health and Human Services Committee and whose district includes the Bethesda area. “And from an
environmental viewpoint, ‘leg-power’
beats gasoline every time. Walking to
school helps energize our kids and is a
step toward our goal to stop global
warming. Let’s make ‘Walk to School
Day’ an everyday event.”
Speeding was a major concern near
the schools targeted by the grant.
The schools that will receive engineering improvements are Stone Mill,
Georgian Forest, Thurgood Marshall,
Greenwood, Cannon Road, Flower
Hill, Clearspring and Olney Elementary Schools; and Kingsview, Rosa
Parks and Martin Luther King Middle
Schools. Along with these 11 schools,
Christa McAuliffe Elementary and
Roberto Clemente Middle Schools will
also receive extra enforcement details.
“We want all of our pedestrians to
be able to walk safely in Montgomery
County, and we especially want our
children to be safe as they walk to and
from school each day,” said Montgomery County Police Chief Tom
Manger. “It is so important to understand that pedestrian safety is a shared
responsibility between walkers and
drivers, and the observance of International Walk to School Day is a wonderful way to reinforce that message.”
The County’s Department of Public
Works and Transportation, in conjunction with Montgomery County Public
Schools (MCPS), completed a school
zone safety assessment in 2004 for each
of the County’s public schools. The assessment identified current conditions
contributing to pedestrian accessibility,
such as sidewalks and crosswalks, traffic signals, intersections, lighting, and
signs and pavement markings.
“Pedestrian safety is a top priority for
the fire department and we are excited to
partner with local schools and put our
best foot forward,” said Montgomery
County Fire Chief Tom Carr. “Last
year alone, Montgomery County Fire
and Rescue Service responded to over
500 calls for pedestrians struck and
many of them were school-aged children. Everyone needs to hear our call—
drive with care and walk with caution.”
The Maryland Safe Routes to
Ike Leggett
School Program seeks to improve the
safety of children who walk or bicycle
to school and promotes these types of
transportation. The Safe Routes to
School Program promotes cooperation
between parents, administrators, community groups and agencies to build
new sidewalks, improve pedestrian
crossings, teach children safer bicycling and walking skills and promote
healthier, more active lifestyles.
“Today underscores the need for
pedestrian-friendly communities that
encourage kids and adults to follow the
Surgeon General’s recommendation of
10,000 steps a day to prevent cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes and
obesity,” said Delegate Bill Bronrott
(District 16), who sponsored Maryland’s
“Safe Routes to Schools” pilot program.
“Today is also a reminder about the importance of giving our children what
they deserve: a safe route to school.”
This year, 28 schools in the County
are participating in International Walk
to School Day, the highest number
since the annual event began. The
Ashburton Elementary School Walk to
School event was sponsored by the
Safe Kids Montgomery County Coalition which is led by the Montgomery
County Department of Health and
Human Services/ Public Health Services. The coalition members include
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue
Services, Montgomery County Police,
Montgomery County Public Schools,
FedEx, Suburban Hospital, Holy Cross
Hospital, AMERIGROUP, volunteers
and other safety advocates. Contributions to the Walk include pedometers
from Suburban Hospital; posters, coloring books, litter bags and classroom
education from the AAA Mid-Atlantic
Safety Foundation; reflective items,
educational materials, signage, shipping, volunteers and a FedEx truck display from Safe Kids and FedEx.
ROCKVILLE LIBRARY HOSTS
CHILDREN’S SPACE SCIENCE SERIES
A
Children’s Space Science Series on Air and Space program for children in grades 4, 5 and 6, will take place at the Rockville Library on
October 27 and November 3.
On October 27 at 2:00PM, impersonator Mary Ann Jung will present
“Amelia Earhart—Dreams Take Flight.” Jung will portray Earhart and her
important role in the field of aviation.
On November 3 at 2:00PM, children’s author Betsy Kuhn will discuss
her book The Race for Space, regarding the history of space flight from Sputnik to Apollo 11.
For more information, or to request ADA program accommodations (five
working days in advance of the program), contact the Children’s Librarians at
the Rockville Library at 240-777-0140.
Both programs will be held at the Rockville Library, 21 Maryland Avenue,
in the heart of the new Town Square section of the city. Pre-registration is
not necessary. Free parking is available in two nearby garages.
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THE METRO HERALD
EDUCATION
October 5, 2007
WINSTON CHURCHILL HIGH SCHOOL
NAMED NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL
W
inston Churchill High
School is among six Maryland public schools selected
as a 2007 No Child Left Behind Blue
Ribbon School by the U.S. Department
of Education. Churchill is the 33rd
school in Montgomery County Public
Schools (MCPS) to achieve national
blue ribbon status since 1985.
The No Child Left Behind Blue
Ribbon Schools program honors public
and private elementary, middle, and
high schools that are either academically superior or have shown dramatic
improvement among economically
disadvantaged students.
Churchill was named on the basis
of superior performance on the High
School Assessments in algebra and
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English, as well as outstanding performance on SAT and Advanced Placement examinations. Competition for
the National Blue Ribbon included a
site visit to the school and evidence of
other outstanding aspects of the
school’s program.
“The National Blue Ribbon is an
important recognition that reflects high
expectations and a commitment to excellence,” said Superintendent Jerry D.
Weast. “MCPS is very proud of this
achievement earned by the students,
staff, and administrators at Winston
Churchill High School.”
This is the first year that Maryland
high schools were among the schools
named for this honor under the new
Blue Ribbon Schools Award process
that uses performance on state assess-
ments as the primary criterion for selection. Two public elementary
schools, two public middle schools,
and two public high schools were honored. Other winners in addition to
Churchill include schools in Howard
and Baltimore counties and Baltimore
City. One nonpublic school in Maryland also received National Blue Ribbon status—St. Andrew Apostle
School in Montgomery County.
Schools selected as National Blue
Ribbon winners will be honored at an
awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.
in November.
For more information on the program and a list of 2007 winners, visit
www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/
awards.html
FCPS STUDENTS EARN NCTE
ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS IN WRITING
T
en Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) students have received
2007 Achievement Awards in Writing by the National Council of
Teachers of English (NCTE). Each participant submitted a sample of
his or her best writing in any form or genre as well as an impromptu essay on
a subject determined by NCTE. For 2007, 1,937 juniors submitted portfolios;
of that group, 595 were selected for Achievement Awards in Writing, including 17 students from Virginia. The FCPS winners are:
• Paul Mathis, Annandale High School.
• Jennifer Isakowitz and Nejla Izadi, Chantilly High School.
• Jake Baskin and Rachel Lim, Lake Braddock Secondary School.
• Mackenzie McCluer and Efrat Rosenweig, McLean High School.
• Dennis Shiraev, Robinson Secondary School.
• Alyson Yee, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.
• Allison Geller, Woodson High School.
The annual competition for high school juniors took place in spring 2007;
each school was able to nominate five students. For more information, contact the FCPS Office of Community Relations at 571-423-1200.
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BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH 2007
October 5, 2007
NEW STUDY SHOWS BEST PREDICTOR
OF BREAST CANCER
THE 2007 ALEXANDRIA
BREAST CANCER WALK
T
he 14th Anniversary of the Annual Walk to Fight Breast Cancer,
hosted by the City of Alexandria’s Office on Women and Inova
Alexandria Hospital Foundation, will be held on Saturday, October
20, 2007, at 8:00am. The Walk route will take place along Eisenhower
Avenue and accommodate walkers, runners, children, wheelchairs and
strollers. Participants may choose from a 1.5K/3.5K/5K walk or run.
Registration will be open from 6:30–8:00AM inside the lobby of the
AMC Hoffman Center 22 Theatres on October 20th. Free parking is also
available at the theatre, located at 206 Swamp Fox Road. The theatre is
located immediately across the street from the Eisenhower Metro stop, at
2500 Eisenhower Avenue.
Parking for the Walk is only available at AMC Hoffman Center 22
Theatres this year. Free DASH Bus shuttles will provide transportation for all
participants from the theatre to Cameron Run Regional Park.
All proceeds from the Walk benefit the Alexandria Breast Cancer Walk
Fund at Inova Alexandria Hospital, which provides mammograms to uninsured women or to those in financial need. Since the Walk’s inception in
1994, nearly 4,000 women have been helped due to the generous support of
sponsors, walkers and their pledges.
GIANT FOOD
JOINS GENERAL
MILLS IN PINK
FOR THE CURE‘
BLACK FACT
On October 5, 1932,
Congresswoman,
Yvonne Burke was born.
G
iant Food and General
Mills are teaming up to
donate $75,000 to Susan
G. Komen for the Cure with the
Pink for the Cure‘ Program.
“October is Breast Cancer
Awareness Month,” said Giant Food
Consumer Advisor Andrea Astrachan, “and by purchasing ‘pink for
the cure’ items at Giant Food, customers can support the fight against
breast cancer and help us donate to
this worthy organization.”
Susan G. Komen for the Cure is
the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and
activists tapped into 15,000 communities across the country, fighting to
save lives, empower people, ensure
quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to
events like the Komen Race for the
Cure, nearly $1 billion has been invested to fulfill their promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight
against breast cancer in the world.
Giant Food, a longtime Children’s Cancer Foundation supporter, is adding Komen for the
Cure to the list of worthy charities
it supports. “Like Komen, we believe in giving back to our communities,” said Giant Food CEO José
Alvarez. “We’re proud to support
this worthy organization in our
stores during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.”
In addition to the “pink for the
cure” items in stores, customers also
can purchase pink reusable shopping bags. A limited number of bags
are available at each Giant store, and
the bag’s manufacturer, Earthwise,
also will make a donation to Komen
for each bag purchased.
“Pink is now vividly associated
with breast cancer awareness,”
said Astrachan. “We hope the Pink
for the Cure‘ promotion will remind women to get tested for
breast cancer. We’re proud to partner with General Mills to support
Susan G. Komen for the Cure and
thank our customers and associates
for their continued support of our
charitable efforts.”
The Pink for a Cure program
begins on October 5, 2007. For
more information, visit www.
giantfood.com.
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T
he Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons published a
study yesterday entitled, “The
Breast Cancer Epidemic.” It showed
that, among seven risk factors, abortion is the “best predictor of breast cancer,” and fertility is also a useful predictor.
The study by Patrick Carroll of
PAPRI in London showed that countries with higher abortion rates, such as
England & Wales, could expect a substantial increase in breast cancer incidence. Where abortion rates are low
(i.e., Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic) a smaller increase is expected.
Where a decline in abortion has taken
place, (i.e., Denmark and Finland) a
decline in breast cancer is anticipated.
Carroll used the same mathematical
model for a previous forecast of numbers of breast cancers in future years
for England & Wales based on cancer
data up to 1997 that has proved quite
accurate for predicting cancers observed in years 1998 to 2004.
In four countries—England &
Wales, Scotland, Finland and Den-
mark—a social gradient has been discovered (unlike that for other cancers)
whereby upper class and upwardly mobile women have more breast cancer
than lower class women. This was
studied in Finland and Denmark and
the influence of known risk factors
other than abortion was examined, but
the gradient was not explained.
Carroll suggests that the known
preference for abortion in this class
might explain the phenomenon.
Women pursuing higher educations
and professional careers often delay
marriage and childbearing. Abortions
before the birth of a first child are
highly carcinogenic.
Carroll used national data from nations believed to have “nearly complete abortion counts.” Therefore, his
study is not affected by recall bias.
“It’s time for scientists to admit
publicly what they already acknowledge privately among themselves—
that abortion raises breast cancer
risk—and to stop conducting flawed
research to protect the medical establishment from massive medical prac-
tice lawsuits,” said Karen Malec, president of the Coalition on Abortion/
Breast Cancer.
The Coalition on Abortion/Breast
Cancer is an international women’s organization founded to protect the
health and save the lives of women by
educating and providing information
on abortion as a risk factor for breast
cancer.
For more information contact
Karen Malec, Coalition on Abortion/
Breast Cancer, 847-421-4000 or visit
www.abortionbreastcancer.com.
SAFEWAY’S EASTERN DIVISION TEAMS UP WITH MEDSTAR HEALTH AND
JOHNS HOPKINS TO FIGHT BREAST CANCER
S
afeway Inc., one of the nation’s
largest corporate supporters of
cancer research and treatment,
has launched its annual month-long
public service campaign to help find a
cure and encourage mammogram
screenings and examinations for
women. The company’s Eastern Division Safeway stores will split the contributions raised at its 141 stores in the
mid-Atlantic region between MedStar
Health and Johns Hopkins.
The public service campaign during
the month of October coincides with
National Breast Cancer Awareness
Month and is the largest breast cancer
event of its kind by a grocery retailer.
The initiative combines store fundraising with a broad-based information and
outreach campaign designed to encourage women to receive regular mammogram screenings and examinations.
Safeway and its 200,000 employees
will reach out to millions of customers
during October to raise millions of dollars through a number of in-store activities. Customers can give a donation at
checkstands at all 1,740 stores in the
Safeway chain. In addition, the company is teaming up with Grammy and
Oscar award winner Melissa Etheridge,
a breast cancer survivor, to encourage
women, families and loved ones to join
the fight against breast cancer by taking
action through preventive screenings
and self examinations. Etheridge’s new
CD, “The Awakening,” will also be
sold at every checkstand and a portion
of the proceeds will support critical
breast cancer research and awareness
programs. Additionally, Safeway and
vendor partners will contribute to the
breast cancer fundraising campaign
when customers purchase specially
marked products in stores with a specially-marked pink ribbon.
“I am proud to join together with
Safeway’s customers and employees in
the fight to help educate and find a cure
for breast cancer,” said Melissa
Etheridge. “This important public service campaign will reach millions of
women, families and loved ones and
make a positive difference by encouraging breast cancer screenings and funding critical research to prevent this disease and find a cure for breast cancer.”
Steve Neibergall, Safeway’s Eastern
Division president, added, “Our employees and customers are passionate
about finding a cure for breast cancer
and this campaign will reach millions of
women and families to encourage them
to receive regular screenings. Thanks to
the generosity of our customers and employees, this campaign will raise millions of dollars to fund groundbreaking
research programs that will lead to a
cure for this devastating disease.”
The campaign is also focused on
educating women about detection and
prevention of breast cancer, which is
the second-leading cause of cancer
deaths among women. Public service
messages will appear during October
in a range of different media, including
radio commercials, the company’s instore communications network, on
electronic point-of-sale screens at the
checkstand, in-store signage, weekly
print sales circulars and on the company’s Safeway.com website.
Employees will sponsor various
events throughout the country including breast cancer walks, breast cancer
screening events, and volunteer activities. This includes sponsoring the
Komen Foundation “Race for the
Cure” events in multiple major U.S.
cities and funding mobile mammogram screening services.
During the past six years, Safeway’s annual breast cancer campaign
has raised more than $25 million—
BLACK FACT
On October 5, 1872, Booker T. Washington
leaves Malden, WV to enter Hampton Institute.
$8.3 million in 2006 alone—to fund
major cancer research programs at
major research institutions and hospitals in the North America, including
the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in
Seattle, Johns Hopkins in Baltimore,
the University of California at San
Francisco, and the University of California at Los Angeles. The company
also supports information and awareness raising organizations such as
Susan G. Komen Foundation and the
breast cancer information website
www.breastcancer.org.
COMCAST LAUNCHES
BREAST CANCER HOPE INITIATIVE
W
ith one in eight women developing breast cancer during their lives, Comcast has
partnered with Lifetime, Discovery
Health Channel, The Style Network
and Exercise TV, as well as breastcancer.org to launch a first-of-its-kind
initiative that helps raise awareness
and provide important information
about this disease.
Beginning this week and continuing throughout October, Comcast
customers with ON DEMAND service
will have access to more than 40 programs in five topical areas by going to
Channel 1 on the Digital Cable lineup
or by pressing the ON DEMAND button on the remote control:
• Fact or Fiction: Lifetime teamed
with breastcancer.org to create exclusive content featuring medical
interviews with doctors and other
health professionals that offer a patient’s perspective about what to
expect from visits to specialists like
radiologists, breast surgeons, oncologists, plastic surgeons and genetics counselors.
• What’s My Risk: Discovery Health
Channel programs about cancer research, breast cancer prevention
and the experiences of families affected by the disease; healthy-cooking recipes from Comcast’s Digital
Cookbook series; mini workouts
from Exercise TV; and breast-cancer-related episodes from Comcast’s Seeking Solutions with
Suzanne and It’s Your Call with
Lynn Doyle.
• Inspiration: segments from the
Lifetime series Intimate Portraits
featuring profiles of Ann Curry,
Betsey Johnson and Rosanna Arquette, as well as the Emmy®-nominated Lifetime original movie,
Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy, starring Sarah Chalke
(Scrubs); and motivational stories
from cancer survivors.
• What is Breast Cancer: programs
following women from the diagnosis stage through treatment and exploring plastic surgery and reconstruction options.
• Fashion Tips: advice for patients
and survivors, from demonstrations
of how to wear a scarf to makeover
shows, including special segments
from The Style Network’s popular
series, How Do I Look? and Whose
Wedding is it Anyway?
Comcast is also making a wide
range of breast cancer information
available online at www.comcast.net/
breastcancer, where visitors can view
video news reports, read and post to
message boards about breast cancer,
and send their questions to Dr. Marisa
Weiss, the founder of breastcancer.org
“Using the powerful tool of Video
ON DEMAND, Comcast is looking to
advance the conversation about women
and breast cancer, making it easy for
customers to explore this important
topic from the privacy and convenience
of their own homes,” said Curt Pendleton, Regional Senior Vice President, for
Comcast’s Potomac Region.
For more information visit www.
comcast.com
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BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH 2007
October 5, 2007
PEJU WINERY SUPPORTS
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
WITH PEJU PINK
Top Row: Astrid Voelker-Buchanan, Donna Russo, Jenifer Babbitt, and Sharron
Sunderland. In Middle: Oma Hackett, Jenell Rumbawa, Sara Fowler, and HB Peju.
Bottom Row: Jessica Curotto, and Ariana Peju
P
eju Province Winery is joining the
fight against breast cancer by donating 25 percent of sales from
each bottle of its new Peju Pink wine to
the Avon Foundation Breast Cancer Crusade, a 501(c)(3) public charity whose
mission is to provide access to care for
breast cancer patients and to work towards finding a cure. Peju’s Winemaker,
Sara Fowler, made 250 cases of the proprietary Rosé blend, which was released
in limited amounts in May.
Peju Pink’s creation and release coincided with the Avon Run-Walk for
Breast Cancer in San Francisco and
Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. Ten of Peju’s female employees,
including co-founder Herta Peju, daughters Ariana and Lisa Peju and Fowler,
formed a Peju Pink team to walk in the
Avon Run-Walk for Breast Cancer on
July 7-8 in San Francisco. The Peju
team raised more than $20,000 which
will be donated to the Avon Foundation
Breast Cancer Crusade along with a portion of the Peju Pink sales.
Most of us know at least one
woman who has been diagnosed with
breast cancer, and every three minutes
another woman in the United States is
diagnosed,” Herta Peju said. “ Peju
Pink is our way of recognizing the
heroic women living with breast cancer and contributing toward the effort
to find a cure.” After announcing their
plan to participate in the Avon Foundation 26.2-mile walk, the Peju team received an overwhelming response
from Peju wine club members, customers and advocates of the breast
cancer crusade. Supporters of the Avon
Run-Walk and Peju Pink shared many
touching personal stories and testimonies that drove the efforts home.
“It was a big challenge, but we were
very excited about doing it because we
knew it would make a real difference to
the millions of people affected by
breast cancer,” Fowler explained.
Peju Pink retails for $22.00 and is
available for sale at Peju’s tasting
room, located at 8466 St Helena Hwy,
Rutherford, CA, and online at www.
peju.com. Peju Pink is a fragrant wine
with hints of crisp peach and passion
fruit and is best served chilled. The
label features a woman in pink, who
depicts one of the three Greek graces
from a 100-year-old stained glass window in Peju’s tasting room tower.
Peju Province Winery, celebrating its
25th Anniversary in 2007, was founded
by Tony and Herta Peju and is a familyowned boutique winery located in the
Rutherford Appellation in the heart of
the Napa Valley. Visitors are welcomed
into a magnificent 50-foot tasting room
tower to sample Peju’s award-winning
wines, including its flagship HB Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc,
Zinfandel, Syrah, Sauvignon Blanc,
Chardonnay and Provence, a proprietary
blend of red and white varietals. Peju
visitors can also enjoy pristine gardens,
art exhibits and a full-working kitchen
that hosts a variety of events and classes.
Peju’s tasting room is open daily from
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and is located at 8466
St. Helena Hwy, Rutherford, CA. For
more information, visit www.peju.com
or call 800-446-7358.
Since it was founded in 1955, the
Avon Foundation has been committed
to the mission to improve the lives of
women and their families. Now past
the half century milestone, the Avon
Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity that brings this mission to life
through two key areas of focus: breast
cancer and domestic violence. From an
initial $400 scholarship in 1955, Avon
philanthropy has expanded globally
and in 2006 exceeded $500 million
raised and awarded worldwide. To
learn more about the Avon Foundation
visit www.avonfoundation.org.
LET’S DISH! LAUNCHES PINK DISH! CAMPAIGN
IN HONOR OF BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
L
et’s Dish!, the region’s leading
meal-assembly
company,
launched today their Pink
Dish! Campaign, an awareness and
fundraising initiative that will provide
families affected by breast cancer
throughout Maryland and Northern
Virginia with Let’s Dish! meals at no
cost.
“The mission for our Pink Dish!
Campaign is to do what we do best—
provide meals to families who need
them—and support families living
with breast cancer,” said Let’s Dish!
co-owner Lisa Hardiman, who was recently diagnosed with Stage II breast
cancer and is currently undergoing
treatment. “As one of the many surviving with breast cancer, I know firsthand that our dishes help families save
time, stress and money at home.”
Let’s Dish! stores in Maryland and
Northern Virginia will be “going pink”
in October with awareness efforts that
range from educational materials and
breast cancer survival book recommendations to Pink Ribbon Cookies
served in store to a screen saver that
asks customers if they’ve scheduled
their mammograms.
In addition to the awareness efforts,
Let’s Dish! is asking individuals to
contribute to the Pink Dish! Campaign,
which can be done in three ways: signing up for a Let’s Dish! session,
purchasing Pink Dish! retail
items including a Pink Dish!
Tote bag and Pink Ribbon
Stir Fry, and sharing a
Pink Dish! story.
“We launched the
Pink Dish! Campaign
this year as a very
tangible way for us to support families
coping with breast cancer during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month,”
said Let’s Dish! Co-Owner Alexa Corcoran. “This initiative is also personally
important to me and the entire Let’s
Dish! team of owners, management and
employees—it is our opportunity to
show our support for Lisa, Elizabeth and
all those whose families have been
impacted by breast cancer in our
community.”
All contributions to the campaign
will go to families whose lives have
GENERAL MILLS TO INTRODUCE PINK FOR THE CURE(TM)
T
his October, as millions of
Americans come together in recognizing National Breast Cancer
Awareness Month, General Mills will
introduce Pink for the Cure, an awareness campaign that offers the breast cancer community a unique and meaningful
way to join a network of support and
hope that is working to end the disease.
In addition to donating $2 million
to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Gen-
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eral Mills, along with the help of TV
personality and comedian Ellen DeGeneres, is introducing PinkTogether.com, an ever-growing online
community of support and hope that
brings together those touched by breast
cancer. Another component of the Pink
for the Cure awareness campaign can
be found in the aisles of local grocery
stores. General Mills is turning the
packaging pink on a number of its
brands for a limited time to raise
awareness for breast cancer.
“This initiative is near and dear to
my heart, as my mother fought breast
cancer, and, thankfully, is a survivor,”
said Ellen DeGeneres, Pink for the
Cure spokesperson. “As someone
who’s personally experienced how a
community of supporters strengthens,
been impacted by breast cancer.
Those Pink Dish! Families will receive
a gift certificate for 8 Let’s Dish!
meals, plus the assembly cost (a total
retail value of $210) as well as a special offer for FREE Dish-n-Dash assembly fees for 8-meal sessions for up
to four months time (a total value of up
to $120 in waived assembly fees).
Let’s Dish! is taking nominations from
members of the community and partnering with breast cancer organizations
throughout the region to reach out to
these families
“Let’s Dish! was a big help as I
went through treatment for breast cancer over the past 11 months. Having
something in the freezer that was reasonably nutritious and real food kept
us from succumbing to fast food and
cereal—at least some of the time,” said
Let’s Dish! customer Margy Phillips of
Myersville, MD. “I didn’t get in as
often to dish while I was under the
weather but had a good stockpile
and am back dishing again once a
month.”
As part of the campaign, Let’s
Dish! has launched a website at
www.letsdish.com/pinkdish.
Those visiting the site can
learn more about the campaign,
view
links to
organizations and
resources
dedicated
to fighting
breast cancer, nominate
a Pink Dish!
Family, and read
some of the personal stories of Let’s
Dish! staff and customers who have been impacted by
breast cancer. Individuals may also
share their personal experiences with
breast cancer and view others’ stories at
w w w . l e t s d i s h . c o m /
pinkdish/stories.aspx. For each experience shared, Let’s Dish! will donate
$5.00 to the Pink Dish! Campaign.
“I am what is known as a ‘previvor.’ That’s someone who beat breast
cancer before they were even diagnosed. Wouldn’t it be nice to know
what disease you will get before you
get it so you can fight it before it
strikes? Well, that’s what happened to
me,” writes Let’s Dish! Regional Development Partner Elizabeth Marcotte.
“When I was 19 my grandmother lost
her battle to ovarian cancer. When I
was 23 her sister, my great aunt, lost
her battle to ovarian cancer. When I
was 28 my mother’s cousin was taken
by breast cancer. When I was 30 I lost
my mother who was also my best
friend. She had breast cancer too.”
Let’s Dish! is the meal-assembly
and social experience outside of the
home that provides customers with delicious, homemade meals that can be
frozen until ready to be cooked.
Customers make menu choices, sign
up and prepay for sessions at www.
letsdish.com. When customers arrive
at the store, refrigerated workstations
for each menu item are stocked with all
necessary ingredients, which can be
customized to meet each family’s specific tastes. Customers rotate from station to station preparing four to twelve
different entrées, each designed to
serve four to six. The meals are then
brought home to be frozen or refrigerated and cooked at a later date.
Let’s Dish! stores are open in Baltimore, Bel Air, Columbia, Gaithersburg, and Rockville in Maryland and
Alexandria, Ashburn, Fairfax, and
Leesburg in Northern Virginia. For
more information on Let’s Dish!, visit
www.letsdish.com.
THE FACTS AND FICTION
OF BREAST CANCER RISK
S
trength in Knowing: The Facts
and Fiction of
Breast Cancer Risk, a
partnership between
the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s
Health (NPWH), Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization (Y-ME) and Eli
Lilly and Company, is a national education program designed to help women
separate the facts from fiction regarding breast cancer risk factors.
To help educate women about breast cancer risk factors, the Strength in
Knowing program is hosting interesting and informative events for women.
Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from Jaclyn Smith about her battle with breast cancer, as well as Susan Wysocki, president and CEO of
NPWH, and Margaret C. Kirk, CEO of Y-ME.
Next local event scheduled for Tuesday, October 23, 2007 from 6:30p.m.
to 9:00p.m. at The Westin Embassy Row located at 2100 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.
For more information, visit www. strengthinknowing.com.
Continued on page 14
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BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH 2007/HEALTH & WELLNESS
October 5, 2007
FIT FOR LIFE
T
he Mid-Atlantic Affiliate of YME National Breast Cancer
Organization will host its 6th
Annual Fit for Life, located at George
Mason University’s Johnson Center in
Fairfax, Virginia from 11:00a.m. to
4:00p.m on Sunday, November 4.
Price is $30 per person or $10 for students with proper identification. Donations go to help Y-ME National
Breast Cancer Organization in its mission to ensure no one faces breast cancer alone. For more information call
(703) 437-9595 or visit www.y-me.
org/mid-atlantic.
The 6th Annual Fit for Life offers
an opportunity for women and men to
actively participate in workshops that
cater to the mind, body and spirit.
Workshops include, but are not limited
to: massage therapy, reiki, dance, salsa
aerobics, how to de-clutter, core fitness, as well as writing and art therapy
for coping with cancer. Research is increasingly showing that healthful practices may play a major role in illness
prevention and/or quicker recuperation. Fit for Life is another program
Y-ME Mid-Atlantic offers to those
touched by breast cancer to give them
an opportunity to explore complimentary therapies they may want to use as
they go through treatment.
This day of wellness education begins with attendees browsing vendor
exhibits and the silent auction table.
Opening ceremony and keynote occurs
during complimentary lunch followed
by three 45 or 50-minute wellness
workshops, most of which are interactive. There will even be a silent auction
and vendor raffle.
EVENT SCHEDULE
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2007
11:00am–12:00noon—Registration, vendors, silent auction and raffle
open; George Mason University; Johnson Center; Fairfax, VA
12:00pm–12:50pm—Lunch and
keynote address; Fee $30 per person;
$10 student with valid identification
1:00pm–1:50pm—First Session;
Dress comfortable clothing; choose one
• Hooping for Health; Laurie
Mehlberg; Ladies Workout Express
• Zumba-Salsa Aerobics; Kristina
Melo
• The Art of Reiki Healing: A
Demo; Mary Lee & Will Russell
• Move Out Of Pain: The
Feldenkrais Method; Petra RiedelWillems, GCFP
• Massage Therapy: During and
After Treatment; Lauren Muser
Cates
• Writing as Therapy for Coping
with Cancer and Other Life Situations; Denise Desautels
2:00pm–2:50pm—Second
sion; Classes; choose one
Ses-
HSN IS SEEING PINK WITH
SUSAN G. KOMEN FOR THE CURE
M
ultichannel retailing giant HSN is joining Susan G. Komen for the
Cure in the fight to end breast cancer forever with today’s launch
of a month-long campaign supporting National Breast Cancer
Awareness Month in October. HSN launched the awareness campaign to encourage the retailer’s millions of customers to take control of their health
through awareness of the disease and connect with others who care through
generous donations and/or the purchase of select pink products available on
HSN and www.HSN.com.
“For a quarter of a century Susan G. Komen for the Cure has played a critical role in every major advance in the fight against breast cancer,” said
Mindy Grossman, CEO of IAC Retailing. “A large number of our customers
have been impacted, or know someone impacted, by this dreadful disease and
we are proud to join Susan G. Komen for the Cure in its efforts to enhance
awareness and find a cure for breast cancer.”
HSN’s multichannel campaign will include on-air mentions, promotional
spots, direct mail pieces and online marketing emphasizing the importance of
breast health and early detection.
“Our partnership with HSN is one example of Susan G. Komen for the
Cure’s creative opportunities for all people to be a part of the breast cancer
movement,” said Katrina McGhee, vice president of marketing at Komen for
the Cure. “HSN’s partnership is a great example of how anyone can support
the promise to end breast cancer and add hope to many women’s lives.”
Throughout the month, special HSN pink products ranging from Joy
Mangano’s “Huggable Hangers” and “My Little Steamers” to “Pink Ribbon”
tiffany-style table lamps and pink or black GE digital cameras adorned with
the pink ribbon icon to specially designed LUKASTYLE fashions will be
sold on HSN and HSN.com, benefiting Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Additionally, customers will have the opportunity to make donations in increments
of $1, $5, $10, $25 or more when they call in or log on to place their orders.
On a local level, HSN employees will also offer their support to the highly
respected H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa, Fla.,
and participate in the 9th annual Komen Florida Suncoast Race for the Cure
in St. Petersburg on October 6th. More information on pink products being
sold on HSN and how individuals can support the fight against breast cancer
can be found at www.hsn.com (keyword: pink).
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• Bands and Balls—Exercise; Laurie Strickland, BS
• Zumba-Salsa Aerobics; Kristina
Melo
• Wellness and Healing through
Essential Oils: Discussion &
Demo; Mary Lee & Will Russell
• Facial Acupressure to Relieve
Stress; Linda Lloyd, L.Ac.
• Organizing for A Healthy Life:
Organize and De-Clutter Your
Home; Melissa Castle
• Healing Backs; Dr. Karen
DeYoung; Old Towne Chiropractic
Services
3:00pm–3:50pm—Third Session;
choose one; silent auction closes
• Hooping for Health; Laurie
Mehlberg; Ladies Workout Express
• Line Dance for Fitness; Laurie
Armstrong
• Coping With Cancer—Art Therapy; Kim Hanrahan-Havern,
MAATR-BC
• Facial Acupressure to Relieve
Stress; Linda Lloyd, L.Ac.
• Massage Therapy: During and
After Treatment; Lauren Muser
Cates
• Healing Backs; Dr. Karen
DeYoung; Old Towne Chiropractic
Services
4:00pm—Adjourn
Parking; Free parking available in
Lot K
For breast cancer support or information including publications and
newsletters, visit www.y-me.org or
call the Y-ME National Breast Cancer
Hotline at 1-800-221-2141 (English,
with interpreters available in 150 languages) or 1-800-986-9505 (Spanish).
The 24-hour Hotline is 24/7/365 and
staffed entirely by breast cancer
survivors.
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hen it comes to children’s well-being, most parents and guardians
have experienced moments of worry and have faced questions about
their child’s health and development. These questions and concerns
will be addressed in “When to Worry . . . What to Do?” a workshop for parents,
caregivers and professionals who work with children on Thursday, October
11, 5:30 to 8:30PM at the First Baptist Church of Alexandria, 2932 King Street.
The program features Martha Welman, M.D., and Carri Coggins Stoltz,
child development specialist for the Alexandria Public Schools, who will explain the expected normal developmental milestones of children from newborn
to age five, and will identify the “red flags” that require parents to seek medical
care for their children. The program will include a welcome by Alexandria
Mayor William D. Euille, a light supper, exhibits, and community resources.
The event is sponsored by the Infant Toddler Connection of Alexandria–
Interagency Coordinating Council, Alexandria City Public Schools, Alexandria Community Services Board, Alexandria Health Department, and the
Alexandria Department of Human Services.
To register, visit www.acps.k12. va.us/prc/register.php or call 703-7064552. For more information, contact Peggy Stypula at 703-838-4708.
COUNCIL AUTHORIZES FINANCING FOR
GREATER SOUTHEAST AGREEMENT
T
he D.C. Council passed the “East of the River Hospital Revitalization
Emergency Amendment Act of 2007,” at today’s legislative meeting.
The bill authorizes the use of $79 million in order to make the sale of
Greater Southeast Community Hospital possible. Among other things, the legislation will allow the expenditure of a portion of the District’s tobacco settlement dollars for a Public/Private Partnership between the District and Specialty
Hospitals of America (SHA). The Mayor and SHA signed an agreement in
principle for the partnership on September 17, 2007.
“The Council’s vote today will allow for the revitalization of this once great
hospital,” said Councilmember David Catania (At-Large), Chair of the Committee on Health. “The Mayor and the Council should be commended for the
professional and diligent manner in which they responded to this crisis.”
The agreement in principle between the Mayor and SHA would provide a
$20 million loan for working capital, which will be paid back over 10 years and
secured by a lien on the hospital building. It also includes $30 million for equipment, subject to a variety of performance measures and a stipulation that the
District will receive half of any proceeds from the future sale of the hospital by
SHA. Finally, the agreement includes $29 million in acquisition costs, the majority of which would be paid to local healthcare vendors, including doctors and
nurses, who have not been paid for their services by the current owner.
The Mayor is expected to submit the finalized agreement to the Council
early next week. The Council will vote on the agreement at its next legislative meeting.
GENERAL MILLS TO INTRODUCE PINK FOR THE CURE(TM)
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motivates and inspires a person working to beat breast cancer, I see the
power of this program and I’m honored to be a part of it.”
A VIRTUAL
RIBBON OF HOPE
This year, nearly 200,000 women
and men will be diagnosed with breast
cancer. With so many people impacted
by the disease, General Mills understood the need for a network where
people could come together to give and
receive hope in the fight against this
disease.
“Generals Mills believes in nourishing lives,” said Christina Smith,
Pink for the Cure campaign manager.
“Offering emotional support is a natural extension to our efforts and, with
the help of thousands of people across
the country, we’re honored to be a partner in creating a place for this community of hope through PinkTogether.
com.”
As one person’s story is another
person’s hope, this new online community encourages breast cancer patients,
survivors and supporters to share their
stories of perseverance, challenge,
comfort and inspiration. It’s a place
where they can come together to share
guidance, inspiration and maybe, one
day, a cure.
At PinkTogether.com, individuals
are invited to share their story and
view other stories of those touched by
breast cancer. As stories are uploaded
they will join others to build a virtual
pink-ribbon mosaic, which will grow
with each additional story—forming a
never-ending ribbon of hope.
GROWING THE DONATION
Recognizing that it’s through the
collective effort of many that together
we will make a difference in the fight
against breast cancer, General Mills
will donate $1 for every story shared on
PinkTogether.com, up to $100,000,
through October 31, 2007. This is in
addition to the original $2 million donation to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
“As a longtime partner, General
Mills has proven that they are dedicated
to finding a cure,” said Katrina
McGhee, vice president of marketing,
Susan G. Komen for the Cure. “Not
only has General Mills offered generous
financial support over the years, but
through PinkTogether.com, the company has found an incredible way to
connect to the broader community battling breast cancer, offering emotional
support to those who need it most.”
PRODUCTS TURNING PINK
Awareness of breast cancer is the
first vital step in combating the disease. According to Susan G. Komen
for the Cure, the chances of overcoming the disease are greater if the cancer
is detected early. In fact, when breast
cancer is confined to the breast, the 5year survival rate is greater than 98
percent.
To help raise awareness for breast
cancer, General Mills will introduce
special pink packaging on an assortment of its most beloved brands during
National Breast Cancer Awareness
Month, including Cheerios(R) Cereal,
Nature Valley(R) Granola Bars, Progresso(R) Soup, Hamburger Helper(R)
Dinner Mixes, Green Giant(R) Frozen
Vegetables, Pillsbury(R) Crescent and
Sweet Rolls and Refrigerated Cookie
Dough, Cascadian Farm(R) Granola
Bars, Total(R) Cereal, and Betty
Crocker(R) Cookie Mixes, Warm Delights(R) Desserts and Potatoes.
The pink products are available in
stores around the country through the
month of October. By supporting these
brands, consumers help ensure that
General Mills can continue to support
the fight against breast cancer.
For more information about Susan
G. Komen for the Cure, visit
www.komen.org or call 1-800 I’M
AWARE.
THE METRO HERALD
October 5, 2007
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COMMUNITY NEWS
October 5, 2007
ALEXANDRIA
ART ON THE AVENUE
CELEBRATES
ITS 12TH YEAR
T
he public is invited to attend
the 12th annual Art on the Avenue festival, scheduled for
Saturday, October 6, 2007, from
10a.m. to 6p.m. in the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria, on Mount Vernon Avenue between Hume and Bellefonte Avenues. The event, which is
free, will be held rain or shine.
The festival, which is entirely volunteer-run, with support from the local
business community, strives to reflect
the vibrant mix of the Del Ray community through the artists and their work.
The festival began in 1995 as a
small block party with a few dozen
crafters and about 300 visitors. Now,
Art on the Avenue has expanded to feature over 300 area artists and craftspeople selling their original works, international food, and three stages of
live music. Free children’s craft activities and entertainment, artists’ demonstrations, and a pie-baking contest
complete the day’s program.
Free trolley transportation to the
festival will be provided from the Braddock Road Metro station. For more information, contact 703-683-3100, or
visit www.artontheavenue.org.
ANNUAL FAMILY
FALL FESTIVAL
T
he City of Alexandria’s Family
Fall Festival is scheduled for
Saturday, October 13 from
10a.m. to 3p.m. at the Armistead L.
Boothe Park, 520 Cameron Station
Boulevard. Admission is free and the
festival will be held rain or shine.
The festival features entertainment
from the Washington Redskins Cheerleaders, the Beale Street Puppet Theater, Magician Matt Neufeld, and bluegrass by Jay Armsworthy & Eastern
Tradition. Activities include scarecrow
making, pumpkin painting, bouncy
boxing, pony rides, moon bounce and
hay rides. Food and beverages will
also be available for purchase.
Exhibitors include the Jerome
“Buddie” Ford Nature Center, Robbie
the Recycling Squirrel, the Alexandria
Fire Department and the Police Department’s Bicycle Safety Team. During the festival, the Alexandria Urban
Forest Steering Committee will also
host the Annual Fall Tree Sale.
Armistead L. Boothe Park is located on the western end of Cameron
Station adjacent to the Samuel W.
Tucker Elementary School. The park’s
entrance is near the intersection of
Edsall Road and Pickett Street.
For additional information on the
Family Fall Festival, call the City’s
Special Events Hotline at 703-8834686 or the Special Events Office at
703-838-4844.
SOLDIER-LED TOURS
OF FORT WARD
I
n recognition of Veterans Day,
Fort Ward Museum & Historic
Site will offer free walking tours
of the Fort on November 10. A guide
in the period uniform of a Union soldier will conduct the tours. Tour times
are 10a.m. and 2p.m.
The hour-long tours will introduce
visitors to the history of the Defenses of
Washington, the building and role of
Fort Ward, 19th-century fortification engineering, and the troops who were stationed in this area during the Civil War.
Fort Ward is the best preserved of the
68 major Union forts which defended
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Washington, D.C., during the Civil War.
Today, nearly 90% of the Fort’s original
earthwork walls remain, and the Northwest Bastion has been authentically restored to its original appearance.
Walking shoes and bottled water
are recommended for tour participants.
Fort Ward Museum & Historic Site
is located at 4301 West Braddock Road
in Alexandria. For more information,
call Fort Ward at 703-838-4848 or visit
www.fortward.org.
GENEALOGY MEETING
O
n Tuesday, October 16, 2007,
the Mount Vernon Genealogical Society (MVGS) will meet
in room 112 of the Hollin Hall Senior
Center in Alexandria, Virginia. The
meeting will start at 1:00p.m. and is
free and open to the public. The meeting will feature a presentation entitled
“The History of the National Archives
Library Information Center and American State Papers.” The program will
be presented by Jeffrey Hartley.
Jeffrey Hartley serves as the Chief
Librarian of the National Archives
Library Information Center.
He will discuss the history of the
center and American State Papers. He
will talk about the Serial Set in the
library pertaining to private claims,
Patent lists, land grants and claims, official records of the War of the Rebellion and a series of other records.
The Hollin Hall Senior Center is
located 4 miles south of Alexandria just
off Fort Hunt Road at 1500 Shenandoah Road in Alexandria, Virginia.
MVGS is a nonprofit organization
and has over 260 members residing in
Alexandria, Fort Belvoir, the counties
of Fairfax, Prince William, Montgomery, and Prince Georges, as well as
several states. Additional information
about the meeting and MVGS can be
found at www.MVGenealogy.org/.
Any questions about the program
should be directed to Harold McClendon at 703-360-0920.
FAIRFAX COUNTY
FALL OPEN HOUSE—
HISTORIC HUNTLEY
O
n Sunday, October 21, 2007,
2–4pm, enjoy this twice-ayear opportunity to visit Historic Huntley, a Federal-style unrestored villa built in 1825 for Thomson
Francis Mason, a grandson of George
Mason. Kids of all ages will enjoy the
puppet show entitled A Day in the Life
of the Mason Family; meet Sir James
and the whole cast of characters.
Sponsored by the Friends of Historic
Huntley and the Fairfax County Park
Authority. Free Admission. Light Refreshments. Rain or shine.
The 2-1/2 acre site, owned by the
Fairfax County Park Authority, consists of a manor house, multi-seat
privy, icehouse, root cellar and tenant
house. Visit Historic Huntley at 6918
Harrison Lane, Alexandria, VA 22306.
LIBRARY OFFERS TEEN
VOLUNTEER FAIRS
T
he Fairfax County Public Library and Volunteer Fairfax will
sponsor two teen volunteer fairs
in October. The fairs help students in
middle and high school find volunteer
opportunities with local groups that
will help them fulfill community service hours required by area schools.
The fairs are scheduled for Wednesday, October 10 from 6:30p.m. to
8:45p.m. at Lorton Library, 9520 Richmond Highway, 703-339-7385; and
Tuesday, October 16 from 6:30p.m. to
8:45p.m. at the George Mason Re-
gional Library, 7001 Little River Turnpike in Annandale, 703-256-3800.
Check with the host library branch
to find out which organizations will be
at each site. For information about becoming a library volunteer, visit www.
fairfaxcounty.gov/library.
FALLS CHURCH
FALLS CHURCH CITY 2007
LEAF COLLECTION
F
alls Church City crews will
begin vacuum-collection of
loose leaves on Monday, Oct.
15, and will continue through Dec. 14.
Residents who wish to have their loose
leaves collected by the City are advised to rake their leaves to the curb,
but avoid gutters and sidewalks wherever possible. The leaves that are collected will be processed into highquality leaf mulch and offered back to
citizens in January.
A weekly leaf collection schedule
will be published in the Weekly
FOCUS section of the Falls Church
News Press. The full schedule can be
found at www.fallschurchva.gov.
It is important for residents to note
that bundled brush will not be collected from Tuesday, Oct. 16 through
Jan. 6, 2008. Brush at the curb before
Oct. 15 will be picked up if it is bundled with twine.
Special collections of unbundled
brush will continue uninterrupted. Residents must keep the unbundled brush
pile five feet away from leaf collection
piles and call 703-534-6509 to schedule
their collection. Cost of special collection is $65 for every two cubic yards.
Small brush may be included in
paper yard waste bags with stickers
until Oct. 29. The last 2007 pickup of
bagged yard waste is Monday, Oct.
29. Bagged yard waste is not picked
up during November and December.
Bundled brush collection and
bagged yard waste collection resume
on Monday, Jan. 7, 2008. Brush and
yard waste are accepted year-round at
the Fairfax County I-66 Solid Waste
Transfer Station (4618 W. Ox Road).
After a major storm the yard waste
collection schedule and requirements
may be waived by the City Manager.
Call 703-248-5200 for updates. For
more information, call the Department
of Environmental Services Operations
Division at 703-248-5081 (TTY 711).
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
BEGINNER’S SIGN
LANGUAGE CLASS
A
Beginner’s Sign Language
class will be introduced at the
Rockville Library on Monday,
October 15 at 7p.m. The free, sevensession program will continue on
Monday, October 29 and on consecutive Monday evenings through December 3. There will be no class on
October 22.
The class is designed for parents,
day care providers and students ages 15
and older, and will introduce participants to the manual alphabet, basic
everyday sign vocabulary and sentence
structure. Dr. Curtis Robbins, an experienced instructor, will teach the class.
Registration includes all seven sessions and is limited to 20 participants.
Online registration is available at
www.montgomerycountymd.gov/
library, under “Find It Fast,” then
“Calendar of Events.” Interested persons can also call 240-777-0001 or
TTY 240-777-0902.
The meeting room is equipped with
an audio loop for individuals who wear
hearing aids with telecoil switches or
who have cochlear implants.
The Rockville Library is located at
21 Maryland Ave. in the heart of the
new Town Square section. Free parking is available in two nearby garages.
For more information or to request
ADA program accommodations (five
working days in advance of the program), contact Montgomery County’s
Library Services to the Deaf and Hard
of Hearing Community at drcinfo@
montgomerycountymd.gov, or call
240-777-0001 or TTY 240-777-0902.
TWINBROOK
NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN
T
he City of Rockville Planning
Commission first considered
the Draft Twinbrook Neighborhood Plan in February and instructed
staff to conduct additional public outreach on the Plan proposals, which
took place in April and May. The Planning Commission has now scheduled
two additional public hearings for October 10 and November 14 at 7p.m.
Both hearings will be held in the
Mayor and Council Chambers at City
Hall (located at 111 Maryland Avenue)
and will be televised on TRC11.
The Plan reflects the community’s
desire to maintain and enhance the historic residential character of Twinbrook, while also guiding the future of
land currently zoned for commercial
and industrial uses. The Plan covers
Planning Areas 7 (Twinbrook Forest
and Northeast Rockville) and 8 (Twinbrook). The two planning areas are located in the southeastern section of the
City and are bounded by the CSX and
Metro railroad tracks to the southwest,
First Street/Norbeck Road to the northwest and the City’s eastern boundary
along Rock Creek Park and Twinbrook
Parkway. The Plan includes a series of
land use, zoning and transportation
recommendations, as well as implementation strategies. Modifications
may be made to the proposed plans
after the Public Hearing.
Copies of the Plan can be picked up
free of charge at the Department of
Community Planning and Development Services at City Hall. Copies are
available for viewing at the Twinbrook
and Rockville libraries, the Twinbrook
Community Center and online at
www.rockvillemd.gov/masterplan/
twinbrook/index.html.
Written comments may also be submitted to Steve Johnson, Chair,
Rockville Planning Commission, 111
Maryland Avenue, Rockville, Md. For
more information, contact Ann Wallas,
Planner, at 240-314-8200.
Persons wishing to testify are requested to call the Department of
Community Planning and Development Services at 240-314-8200 by
4p.m. the day of the hearing to place
their name on the speakers’ list.
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY
THE CARL M. FREEMAN
COMPANIES DONATE 60TH
ANNIVERSARY FUND TO
FISHER HOUSE
T
he Carl M. Freeman Companies
are celebrating their 60th anniversary and their employees
are marking the occasion as an opportunity to give back to the community.
The employees at the Freeman Companies donated 60 cents a day for one
week into a special 60th anniversary
fund that would be used to benefit a
local charity. The funds collected were
then generously matched by the Carl
M. Freeman Foundation. The Andrews
Air Force Base Fisher House was identified as the charity who would receive
the benefit of the Freeman Companies
60th anniversary fund.
Debbie Waldman, vice president of
human resources for the Carl M. Freeman Companies, presented a check for
$ 2120 to Janet Grampp, manager of
the Andrews AFB Fisher House.
The Fisher HouseT program is a
unique private-public partnership that
supports America’s military in their time
of need. The program recognizes the
special sacrifices of our men and women
in uniform and the hardships of military
service by meeting a humanitarian need
beyond that normally provided.
Because members of the military
and their families are stationed worldwide and must often travel great distances for specialized medical care,
Fisher HouseT Foundation donates
“comfort homes,” built on the grounds
of major military and VA medical centers. These homes enable family members to be close to a loved one at the
most stressful time—during the hospitalization for an unexpected illness,
disease, or injury. There is at least one
Fisher HouseT at every major military
medical center to assist families in
need. Annually, the Fisher HouseT
program serves more than 8,500 families. Visit www.freemancompanies.
com and www.fisherhouse.org for
more information.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY
HARVEST SEAT CHECK
O
n Saturday, October 6, 2007,
the Prince William County Department of Fire & Rescue will
hold a special seat check at Potomac
Hospital from 9:00a.m.– 11:00a.m.
Potomac Hospital is located at 2200
Opitz Boulevard, Woodbridge. (The
event will take place in the parking lot
nearest Optiz Boulevard.)
The Department of Fire & Rescue is
proud to partner with Potomac Hospital
on this important community service
event. For more information visit,
www.pwcsafekids.homestead.com.
WASHINGTON, DC
FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS BUS
STATION CONSTRUCTION
B
us lanes used by Ride On buses
at the Friendship Heights Bus
Station will temporarily close on
Monday, October 1 when the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) begins construction on
the ceiling at the bus station. Ride On
bus routes 1, 11, 23, 29 and 42 will be
affected. Bus schedules are not expected to change. Metro personnel will
be at the station to help direct riders to
their stops and Metro will post signs to
help identify temporary bus stops.
Metro expects the construction at
the station to take about two months.
The work will be done in stages and is
expected to take about 60 days. The
station will remain open during construction, but work areas will be
fenced off. Only one bus lane at a time
will be closed and Ride On will share a
lane with Metrobus.
To help buses meet their schedules,
the area at the western end of Wisconsin Circle (in front of Potomac Pizza
and Gifford’s Ice Cream) will be restricted to bus parking only, beginning
Monday. Delivery trucks and other
vehicles will be required to use the
loading dock at the back of the building. Motorists are cautioned that this
restriction will be strictly enforced.
For more information, contact
Metro at www.wmata.com or call
202-637-7000.
THE METRO HERALD
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
October 5, 2007
STABLER-LEADBEATER APOTHECARY MUSEUM
CELEBRATES NATIONAL PHARMACY MONTH
DC LABOR FILMFEST FEATURES U.S.
PREMIERE OF LATEST KEN LOACH FILM
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Most of the screenings will be at
the American Film Institute, 8633
Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD;
there are also screenings at AFL-CIO:
815 16th St NW; AU-Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW; GOETHE-GeotheInstitute: 812 Seventh Street, NW,
Washington, DC; National Labor College Kirkland Center: 10000 New
Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, MD;
SEIU-Service Employees International
Union: 1800 Massachusetts Ave, NW.
I
n recognition of October’s designation as National Pharmacy
Month, the Stabler-Leadbeater
Apothecary Museum will host a free
open house on October 13. The
Apothecary Museum will also offer
special hands-on crafts for children
that day as part of the Torpedo Factory
Arts Center’s annual Arts Safari.
From 1:00PM–5:00PM, the
Apothecary Museum will offer free
tours, craft and art activities, and free
crayons for kids. Visitors will learn
about the special properties of herbs
and botanicals, like lavender and
dragon’s blood, while discovering the
important role the apothecary played in
early Alexandria.
The Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary
Museum is noted for its outstanding
collection of shop furnishings, apothecary bottles and equipment, many still
in their original location. It also has a
spectacular collection of archival materials, including journals, letter and
diaries, prescription and formula
books, ledgers, orders and invoices.
The names of famous customers appear in the documents, including
Martha Washington, James Monroe,
Nelly Custis and Robert E. Lee.
The museum is located at 105-107
South Fairfax Street in Alexandria. Its
hours through October are Sunday and
Monday, 1:00–5:00PM, and Tuesday
through Saturday, 10:00AM–5:00PM
Winter hours (November 1 through
March 31) are Wednesday to Saturday, 11:00AM–4:00PM, Sunday,
1:00–4:00PM and closed on Monday
and Tuesday.
For more information, call 703-8383852 or www.apothecarymuseum.
org.
T
he 7th annual DC Labor FilmFest features the U.S. premiere
of famed British director Ken
Loach’s latest film, “It’s A Free
World . . .” at the FilmFest’s Opening
Night screening on Thursday, October
11. “We’re thrilled to be able to honor
Ken Loach this year,” said Labor FilmFest Co-Director Jos Williams, noting
that “his nearly fifty years of films
about working people could have easily
filled up the entire FilmFest schedule.”
Co-Director Mark Dudzic added that
Loach will be awarded the Labor FilmFest’s 2007 Tony Mazzocchi Labor Arts
Award, “named in honor and loving
memory of the visionary labor leader
who championed labor culture and
helped found this Labor FilmFest.”
The Labor FilmFest—one of the
only such film festivals—screens films
about work and workers from around
the world, and this year features a
record 30 films, including dramas,
documentaries, shorts and comedies,
as well as a retrospective of Ken
Loach’s films. See www.dclabor.org
for schedule. Tickets available at www.
BLACK AUTHOR
SHOWCASE
M
ore than ten metro Washington, DC self-published authors will be
presenting their latest works. at a
Black Author Showcase™ presented by 22nd Century Press and
Howard University Continuing Education located at 1100 Wayne Avenue, Silver Spring, MD. Showcase
will take place on Friday, October
19, 2007 from 4:30pm to 8:30pm.
This experience is much more
than just a book signing & lecture.
Authors and readers will network
with other literary professionals
(graphic designers, copy editors,
editors, reviewers, proof readers,
photographers, videographers, illustrators) that help bring a book to
life. Free to the public, refreshments
served, book giveaways and prize
drawings. Attendees are encouraged
to bring a new or gently used paperback book or text book to donate to
the DC Books to Prisons Project.
The showcase promotes reading, authorship, writing and overall
literacy in the African American
community. This is an event for
readers, authors, and other literary
professionals. Black Author Showcase™ is designed to assist authors
in creating, preparing, writing, and
marketing their works. Its’ aim is
to connect authors with other literary professionals and readers utilizing the latest advances in digital
publishing.
THE METRO HERALD
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
October 5, 2007
BOWEN MCCAULEY DANCE
RETURNS TO THE KENNEDY CENTER
B
owen McCauley Dance (BMD)
will perform at The Kennedy
Center Terrace Theater in October, marking the trailblazing Company’s
first appearance at one of the nation’s
most celebrated performing arts venues
since 2006’s world premier of Amygdala. Highlighting both the Saturday and
Sunday shows will be the world premiere of Fratres, developed with support
from the Washington Performing Arts
Society (WPAS) and the Harman Family Foundation. Set to the work of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, the piece
features five female and two male
dancers and is accompanied by pianist
Jeffery Watson and violinist Lina Bahn.
“We are very excited to return to The
Kennedy Center stage,” said BMD
Artistic Director Lucy Bowen McCauley. Live music has always been an
integral component of BMD’s work and
we continue this approach with the new
works we will debut this season. Fratres
in particular weaves the musicians directly into the piece with the dancers. Pianist Jeffery Watson and violinist Lina
Bahn will not only have a sonic impact,
but a significant visual presence.
In addition, BMD will unveil a new
collaborative work with Arlington’s HB
Woodlawn Chamber Singers, titled Gustatory Romp. The piece is kinetically
paced and features a culinary theme with
a distinct 1940s look and sound.
Critically acclaimed works Bowing
(co-commissioned by The Kennedy
Center), Requite Me Not and Brahms
Fantasies—which features dancers
from the Maryland Youth Ballet—are
also be on the bill for both Saturday
and Sunday performances.
“A large part of BMD’s ability to create diverse works comes from our collaborative efforts with a wide variety of
music and dance partners,” said McCauley. At this year’s Kennedy Center
performance, we will not only feature a
WPAS supported work, but will present
pieces that were developed in conjunction with the HB Woodlawn Chamber
Singers and the Maryland Youth Ballet.
Our continued tradition of artistic collaboration provides audiences with a wide
variety of dynamic dance and live music
with talented performers of all ages.
Bowen McCauley Dance will perform at the Kennedy Center Terrace
Theater on Saturday, October 27th at
7:30PM and on Sunday, October
28th at 2:00PM. General admission
tickets are available for $40 each, online at www.bmdc.org. A BMD gala
fundraiser will follow Saturday’s performance at 600 at the Watergate from
9:30–11:30PM. Proceeds will benefit
BMD’s live music fund.
2007 ORGANIZATION OF BLACK SCREENWRITERS
ORIGINAL SCRIPT CONTEST
T
his contest is unprecedented in
OBS history. With over 20
years of operation, OBS has
worked to form alliances in the motion
picture and television Industries to open
doors for our members. This fall, those
relationships finally come to pass—
winning scripts will be submitted to creative executives at The CW, Our Stories
Films and ES Entertainment.
The CW is the network born from
the merger of The WB and UPN. It’s
a known fact UPN provided jobs for
the majority of experienced African
American showrunners and series producers working in Hollywood. Today,
The CW broadcasts “Supernatural”
and “Girlfriends” among others, and
continues to boast diversity among
staffers and onscreen talent. OBS is
delighted our new alliance with The
CW will allow our emerging writers to
(hopefully) become part of the network’s continued growth.
Our Stories Films, a shingle housed
under the Weinstein Company (previously of Disney/Miramax), is known
in the industry as the only mini-major
with greenlighting capability by an
African American – the incomparable
Tracey Edmonds (formerly of Edmonds Entertainment).
ES Entertainment has produced
and/or developed films at VH1, ABC,
USA, HBO, Lifetime, CBS, Warner
Brothers, and Ed Pressman. ESE currently runs an online film and development workshop linked to this website.
The Winner in the Features Category will have his/her script submitted
to both ES Entertainment and Our Stories Films. Winning scripts will be
read, and the accompanying winning
writer will receive a general meeting
(or phone call if necessary)—a meet
and greet with a network or production
executive.
The Winner(s) in the Original TV
Pilot Category will have their scripts
submitted to a CW executive. The
participating exec will read the top
TWO scripts in the Original TV Pilot
category.
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at a post office box; FedEx, etc. is
discouraged. Certified US mail is
preferable if you require proof of
receipt.
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will be recycled at contests end.
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an unaltered copy for submission to
production companies, as the entered copy will likely be marked.
3. Participating executives MAY BE
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your script, but no such possibility is
guaranteed. If a sale or option is offered, the winning writer(s) should
seek representation with an agent or
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T
he Keegan Theatre announces a
change in the lineup for its 20072008 10th Anniversary Season.
Glengarry Glen Ross, by David Mamet
and directed by Jeremy Skidmore, originally scheduled to run at Church Street
Theater from November 9–December 8,
2007, has been replaced with a limited
return engagement of Mojo Mickybo, an
audience favorite and critical success
from the 2006-2007 season.
Due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts, Keegan learned in late August
that Glengarry Glen Ross would need to
be bumped to a later season—the company hopes to produce Glengarry in
2008-2009. “Obviously I was disappointed at first,” says Mark A. Rhea,
Keegan’s Producing Artistic Director,
“because this production of Glengarry
would have been a great addition to our
anniversary season. But in the theater
you need to be flexible when problems
arise—you do what you have to do. As
I considered what to produce instead,
Mojo Mickybo immediately came to
mind and I became really excited about
the idea. Audiences couldn’t get enough
of this show last season, and now we
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have a chance to bring it to DC and to
introduce this extraordinary piece of
theatre to another audience base.”
Mojo was a huge success for Keegan’s fledgling new island project,
which produced its inaugural season in
Arlington during 2006-2007. “New island had an incredible first year,” says
Rhea, “and Mojo was a big part of that.
It was one of the real artistic and critical successes of the project. We were
really proud the first time around, and
I’ve no doubt we’ll be just as pleased
with its return engagement.”
SHOW: Mojo Mickybo
By Owen McCafferty
PERFORMANCE DATES:
November 8–December 1, 2007
Thursdays–Saturdays at 8pm
Sundays at 2pm
LOCATION:
Church Street Theater
1742 Church Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
CAST:
Christopher Dinolfo
Michael Innocenti
DIRECTOR:
Eric Lucas
RULES
1. WGA or Copyright registration
number MUST BE on Title Page.
2. OBS will accept a maximum of four
scripts per writer, with the accompanying fees per additional script(s).
3. Scripts must adhere to traditional
formatting for both features and TV.
DEADLINE: October 31, 2007
Postmark! Make M.O. payable to:
OBS. Mail scripts and M.Os to:
OBS; P.O. Box 347; North Hollywood,
CA 91603 or PayPal, obswriter@
gmail.com. $50 OBS Members—$65
Non-Members—Winners Announced
NOVEMBER 30, 2007
DISNEY’S DREAMERS ACADEMY
SEARCHES FOR CREATIVITY AND
IMAGINATION AMONG US TEENS
W
alt Disney World Resort announced recently that nominations have begun for its
first ever Disney’s Dreamers Academy.
During the “Year of a Million Dreams”
celebration, Walt Disney World Resort
is reaching out to teens, parents, educators and community members to find
100 high school students with the potential for greatness to be part of Disney’s Dreamers Academy, an enrichment event weekend Jan. 17-20, 2008.
Walt Disney World is searching for
teens, grades 9-12, from across the nation with a special appeal for African
American teens, to give them the opportunity to go as far as their dreams
and their imaginations will take them.
During the Disney’s Dreamers Academy program, the students will be immersed in creative, non-conventional
careers at Walt Disney World. Disney’s
Dreamers Academy nomination process
runs through October 15, 2007.
Walt Disney World has partnered
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MOJO MICKYBO AT THE KEEGAN
4. Reality TV concepts won’t be accepted this year.
5. Writers may enter in one or both
categories.
THE TALENTED
TENTH
CONNECTION
BRINGS
MATCHMAKING
EXPERTISE TO
METRO REGION
C
ertified matchmaker Leandra
Ollie has launched The Talented Tenth Connection, a
premier matchmaking service targeted
to singles looking to enter into longterm relationships or marriage.
The Talented Tenth is a bridge for
Leandra Ollie
busy, single, heterosexual professionals and successful entrepreneurs looking for quality introductions that can lead to healthy productive relationships.
The service will require each prospective client to undergo a background
check in order to join The Talented Tenth Connection. Clients will be able to
purchase packages ranging from three months to one year with a set number
of introductions, or pay a one year retainer fee with the number of introductions to depend on the client’s availability, and sociability.
Ollie, a practicing attorney in Washington, is certified by the Matchmaking Institute of New York.
For more information contact: Leandra Ollie, President, T3 Conn
Consulting, LLC, 1455 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 100 on Fountain
Plaza, Washington, D.C. 20004, telephone: 202-731-7899. www.
thetalentedtenthconnection.com
with nationally syndicated radio personality Steve Harvey to create this innovative program. Disney’s Dreamers
Academy is designed for students who
show promise—but may need a little
motivation—and share one common
trait: the power to dream.
“Disney’s Dreamers Academy is
very important to me because it’s about
the education of our young people who
are oftentimes slighted and don’t have
the chance to be exposed to a variety of
job skills and job sets and meet with
people in the fields they’re interested
in,” said Steve Harvey. “We want to
give our young achievers the tools to
become overachievers—to take their
dreams stratospheric.”
The lucky participants will be selected from among young dreamers
nominated by their parents, legal
guardians, their school, churches, social organizations, youth programs—
or even themselves. Participants in the
program must be enrolled in high
school. A select panel of judges including Steve Harvey, key community
leaders, Disney representatives and educators will choose the 100 finalists.
Nomination forms and more details
about Disney’s Dreamers Academy
with Steve Harvey can be found on
www.steveharvey.com/disneysdreamersacademy
Selected students will be treated to
complete immersion in career development. Sessions will include interactive
workshops, motivational talks with
sports and entertainment celebrities
and discussions led by Disney cast
members and executives sharing their
blueprint for success. Workshop topics
will feature everything from business
to architecture/engineering, animation
to set design, show production to culinary arts, to learning the business behind sports. There also will be free
time to enjoy the Walt Disney World’s
famous theme parks and recreation.
“This is about taking youth with
potential and opening doors for them helping them to realize their dreams,”
said Xiomara Wiley, Vice President of
Multicultural Marketing, Disney Parks
and Resorts. “And what a place to do
it! At 40 square miles, Walt Disney
World is the world’s largest creative
classroom designed to inspire people.
These young people will have unprecedented access to the magic behind the magic.”
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
October 5, 2007
AFRICAN AMERICAN ACTRESS HELEN HENSON JR. CHOSEN
AS SCREEN ACTORS GUILD NOMINATING COMMITTEE MEMBER
A
Y
ou are cordially invited to join us for this momentous occasion which
will be held on October 30, 2007 from 7PM to 9PM at the
Casablanca Restaurant located at 1504 King Street, Alexandria, Virginia; 703-549-6464 Tickets are available now: $25/person, $40/couple.
Enjoy a sumptuous Moroccan dinner, multicultural performances, art
sale, raffle and door prizes! Guest Speaker: Alicia Vincentini
Come to have fun, shop for unique art gifts, and most importantly celebrate the power of making a difference!
Your RSVP—by phone at 703-778-6310 or by emailing RSVP@ewint.
org—is requested by October 25, 2007.
MEXICOFEST 2007 AT NATIONAL MUSEUM
OF NATURAL HISTORY
T
he National Museum of Natural History presents “MexicoFest 2007,” a family festival
featuring Mexican cultural and handson activities for all age groups and interests, as well as displays about museum projects that relate to Mexico or
to the museum’s Mexican collections.
MexicoFest 2007 will take place on
Saturday, October 13, 2007 from
10am to 4pm at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History located at 10th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. All
events are free and open to the public.
ACTIVITIES
• Enjoy a variety of Mexican traditional dances presented by the local
Maru Montero Company.
• Create traditional Mexican crafts
that highlight the relationship between the conservation of natural
resources and the creation of folk
art. Advance reservations to participate in these activities are welcome. For more information, visit
www.mnh.si.edu or call (202) 6335268.
• Play “Loteria” a traditional Mexican card game.
• Draw biological specimens from
Mexico with the help of scientific
illustrators.
DISPLAYS/PRESENTATIONS
• Learn about the diversity of Mexican mammals through an interactive Web site developed by museum
educators.
• Join volcanologists from the Smithsonian’s Global Volcanism Program in a discussion of Mexican
volcanoes and their eruptions.
• See live spiders native to Mexico
and learn how to identify them with
help from a Smithsonian arachnologist.
• Find out about the museum’s expeditions and research in Mexico’s
Copper Canyon.
• Learn about the biology and migration of the monarch butterfly between the United States and Mexico.
Many of the interpretive signs will
be in English and Spanish.
MexicoFest is part of the museum’s
2007 Hispanic Heritage Month activities, and it is organized in conjunction
with “Mexican Cycles,” an exhibit
about Mexican indigenous festivals
which opened at the museum on Sept.
25. The event is organized with the
generous support of the Smithsonian
Latino Center, the Mexican Cultural
Institute, Mexico’s Museum of Folk
Art (Museo de Arte Popular), and
Washington Hispanic.
A scene from the Carnival festival of the Huastecan Nahuas. February 1993. Huautla,
Hidalgo, Mexico (photo courtesy George O. Jackson de Llano)
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ctress Helen Henson Jr. has
been busy viewing movies
daily for the upcoming SAG
awards January 27, 2008. The Screen
Actors Guild is “where only actors
vote for actors”. Helen Jr. has been
going to the Directors Guild, Harmony
Gold Preview House, Writer’s Guild,
Pacific Design Center, and so many
places to view the works of actors such
as Don Cheadle, Terrance Howard,
Brad Pitt, and others. Helen stated that
she would welcome the invitation to
co-star with any one of them. Helen Jr.
says she enjoys the question-and-answer periods with the actors after the
movie screenings. “It allows for real
‘human’ interaction with the actors,”
said Henson.
The Screen Actors Guild is the nation’s largest labor union representing
2ND ANNUAL BET
HIP HOP AWARDS
T
.I. and Soulja Boy join previously announced performers Nelly, Lil’ Wayne, Kanye
West and Common for the second
annual BET HIP HOP AWARDS.
Hosted by veteran actor/comedian
Katt Williams for the second year in
a row, BET HIP HOP AWARDS
2007 is a tribute to urban music
artists at the top of their game.
Wyclef Jean, Keyshia Cole, Cassidy, Dizzee Rascal, DJ Premiere,
Joell Ortiz, Kardinal Offishall, Lil’
Mama, Phonte, Ras Kass and Status
Quo will make appearances at the
event, which will tape at Atlanta’s
Civic Center on Saturday, October
13 and air on BET on Wednesday,
October 17 at 8p.m. ET/PT.
This year’s show will include an
appearance by Soulja Boy, one of
hip hop’s up-and-coming stars, performing his #1 hit, “Crank Dat.” As
part of his performance, Soulja Boy
is inviting viewers to showcase
their moves by submitting video
renditions of themselves doing the
“Crank Dat” dance. Lucky fans
will have those videos aired at this
year’s BET HIP HOP AWARDS
2007 via a video wall to serve as
the backdrop during Soulja Boy’s
performance. Fans can visit
www.bet.com/contests for more
information, and all entries must be
submitted by Sunday, October 7.
ATL native T.I. leads the BET
HIP HOP AWARDS 2007 nominees
with nine nods, Lil’ Wayne with
seven, Kanye West with six, Common with five, Jay-Z with four, Ludacris and 50 Cent with three, and
Diddy and UGK with two. Also, the
legendary hip-hop artist KRS-One,
known for his political and socially
conscious raps, will be honored with
the “I Am Hip Hop” Icon Award.
Last year’s inaugural BET HIP
HOP AWARDS 2006 show featured massive hip-hop stars Diddy,
Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, Nelly,
Chamillionaire, Yung Joc, Keyshia
Cole, Remy Ma, Rick Ross and the
dirty south’s own Jermaine Dupri,
Ludacris, T.I. and Young Jeezy,
among others. Additionally, it honored one of the hip-hop world’s pioneering figures, Grandmaster
Flash, with the “I Am Hip Hop”
Icon Award.
working actors. Established in 1933,
SAG has a rich history in the American
labor movement, from standing up to
studios to break long-term contracts in
the 1940’s to fighting for artists’ rights
amid the digital revolution sweeping the
entertainment industry in the 21st century. With 20 branches nationwide, SAG
represents nearly 120,000 working actors in film, television, industrials, commercials, video games, music videos
and new media, and Helen Henson Jr.
was chosen out of all of them to be a
SAG nominating committee member.
Helen Jr. will also be celebrating
the grand opening of her on-line travel
agency who has a partnership with Expedia (ineedtomakereservations.com)
and her clothing couture “Just Jeans
and More”.
Helen Henson Jr.
For the latest news in
“ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT,”
read The Metro Herald!
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SPORTS & RECREATION
October 5, 2007
JURY AWARDS $11.6 MILLION
IN KNICKS CASE
Isiah Thomas
A
federal jury decided Madison
Square Garden and its chairman must pay $11.6 million in
damages to former New York Knicks
executive Anucha Browne Sanders in
her sexual harassment lawsuit. The
jury also found Knicks coach Isiah
Thomas subjected Browne Sanders to
unwanted advances and a barrage of
verbal insults, but that he did not have
to pay punitive damages.
Deciding MSG had harassed
Browne Sanders, the jury found the
Garden owes $6 million for allowing a
hostile work environment to exist and
$2.6 million for retaliation; MSG chairman James Dolan owes $3 million.
“What I did here, I did for every
working woman in America,” said
Browne Sanders, who came out of the
courtroom beaming. “And that includes everyone who gets up and goes
to work in the morning, everyone
working in a corporate environment.”
She said it also was for “women who
don’t have the means and couldn’t possibly have done what I was able to do.”
The Garden said it would appeal,
but the verdict gave Thomas a partial
victory after an ugly, three-week trial.
“I’m innocent, I’m very innocent,
and I did not do the things she has accused me in this courtroom of doing,”
said Thomas, who’s married with two
children. “I’m extremely disappointed
that the jury did not see the facts in this
case. I will appeal this, and I remain
confident in the man that I am and what
I stand for and the family that I have.”
After the verdict, Browne Sanders
hugged family members and friends
gathered in the back of the courtroom.
U.S. District Judge Gerard E. Lynch
called it an “eminently reasonable” verdict, and gave the jurors instructions on
how to proceed. Before the jury resumed deliberations, attorneys from
both sides appealed to the jurors.
Browne Sanders’ lawyer, Anne
Vladeck, had urged the jury to affix damages that sent a message “to avoid this
happening to somebody else.” She said
the defendants had ruined her client’s career, and she called Dolan a liar.
Thomas’s lawyer, Ronald Green,
told jurors they had already sent “a
very clear, very strong and very forceful message.
“Punishment for the sake of punishment is not what this is all about,” he
said.
The harassment verdict was widely
expected after the jury sent a note to
the judge Monday indicating that it believed Thomas, the Garden and Dolan
sexually harassed Browne Sanders, a
married mother of three.
“We believe that the jury’s decision
was incorrect,” MSG said in a statement
before punitive damages were awarded.
“We look forward to presenting our arguments to an appeals court, and believe
they will agree that no sexual harassment
took place and MSG acted properly.”
MICHAEL VICK’S DOGS
MAY FIND OTHER HOMES
Michael Vick
O
nly one of the remaining 49 pit
bulls seized from a home
owned by NFL quarterback
Michael Vick at the outset of a dogfighting investigation should be euthanized.
That was the finding by a team of
dog behavorial experts assembled by
the American Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals to test the dogs.
According to a motion filed Monday
in U.S. District Court, the dogs fall into
five categories that include eventual
adoption and specialized training for
law enforcement work. Some of the
dogs either exhibited fear toward people
or suffered from a medical condition.
The motion doesn’t indicate how
many dogs were placed in each category other than to suggest one, identi-
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fied as number 2621, is an immediate
candidate for euthanasia because its
aggression toward humans made a
complete examination unsafe.
According to the motion, the dogs
were put through a protocol of 11 exercises to evaluate their behavior toward
humans and other animals.
The ASPCA had no immediate
comment on the filing, and the U.S Attorneys Office handling the dogfighting case said it would have no additional comment.
The motion also requests that the
court appoint a guardian to oversee the
disposition and possible placement of
the 48 remaining dogs.
The motion new goes before U.S.
District Judge Henry Hudson, who is
handling the dogfighting case. He can
either grant it with all its provisions or
deny it.
The animals were among more than
60 dogs seized by local authorities during a raid of the Surry County property
owned by Vick in April. They have been
held in animal shelters in the area since.
Vick and three co-defendants
pleaded guilty to federal dogfighting
charges are to be sentenced before the
end of the year. They each face up to
five years in prison.
The four also all are due in Surry
County Circuit Court on Wednesday to
be arraigned on local charges, for
which they could face from one to 20
years in prison.
TREE ROLLINS NAMED
MYSTICS HEAD COACH
Tree Rollins (photo courtesy Mitchell
Layton/Getty Images)
W
ashington Mystics General
Manager Linda Hargrove
announced today that
Wayne “Tree” Rollins has been named
the team’s Head Coach. Rollins was
named the Interim Head Coach on
June 1, 2007 and led the team to a 1514 record. Per company policy, terms
of the deal were not disclosed.
“We felt that Tree took over our
team during a tough situation, and our
players responded to his coaching
style,” said Hargrove. “We think that
he has earned the opportunity to coach
our team and lead us to a Championship.”
Rollins joined the team in 2006 as
an Assistant Coach and was instrumental in helping the Mystics achieve its
best finish (18-16) in franchise history.
Under his leadership, Mystics players
Alana Beard and DeLisha MiltonJones were named to the 2007 WNBA
All-Star team. Rollins has been an assistant coach in the NBA with the
Washington Wizards, Indiana Pacers
and the Orlando Magic. He was also
the Head Coach with the Greenville
Groove of the National Basketball Developmental League. Most recently,
Rollins held the job of President and
General Manager of the Kentucky
Colonels of the American Basketball
Association (ABA).
“I am elated to be the coach of the
Washington Mystics,” said Rollins. “I
think that with the talent and leadership that we have returning to our
team, we should be able to be one of
the most competitive teams in the
WNBA.”
Rollins spent 18 seasons in the
NBA, playing with the Atlanta Hawks,
Cleveland Cavaliers, and Detroit Pistons before ending his career with the
Orlando Magic. During his career, he
was considered a defensive force, accumulating 2,542 blocks, 6,249 points
and 6,750 rebounds. In fifteen of his 18
seasons, his teams advanced to the
Playoffs. In the playoffs, Rollins averaged 3.9 points per game, 1.44 blocks
per game and 4.6 rebounds per game.
Rollins will be inducted in the Georgia
Hall of Fame in February, 2008.
“Tree has been a quiet giant within
our Mystics organization. His work
ethic and dedication to the game makes
him the best fit for our team,” said
President and Managing Partner,
Sheila C. Johnson. “It gives me great
pleasure to present our new head
coach, Tree Rollins.”
The Washington Mystics finished
the 2007 season with a 16-18 record,
following a thrilling game against the
Connecticut Sun. Season tickets for the
2008 season are currently on sale and
can be purchased by calling the Mystics Sales Office at 1-877-DC-HOOP1
or at www.washingtonmystics.com.
BEARD UNDERGOES
SHOULDER SURGERY
Alana Beard
W
ashington Mystics guard
Alana Beard underwent
surgery on her left shoulder
last Thursday night to repair a tear in
her labrum. The procedure was performed at Sibley Hospital by team doctors Marc Connell and Jonas Rudezki
of the Washington Orthopedic and
Sports Medicine. Beard is expected to
make a full recovery and will return to
the Mystics for the 2008 season.
“This is a problem that Alana
fought through all season”, said General Manager, Linda Hargrove. “She
worked extremely hard to keep herself
on the court. We are excited to know
that we will have her back at full
strength for the 2008 season.”
Beard injured her left shoulder last
spring while playing with USA Basketball. She played all season with her injured shoulder, only missing the first
game of the season because of her injury. Beard averaged a team high 18.8
points per game, averaged 35.4 minutes per game, 3.0 assists per game and
1.94 steals per game. She also ranked
fourth in the WNBA in scoring average
and steals per game. Beard was also
named to the WNBA All-Star team as
well as the WNBA All-Defensive team
for the third consecutive season.
The Washington Mystics finished
the 2007 season with a 16-18 record.
Season tickets for the 2008 season are
currently on sale and can be purchased
by calling the Mystics Sales Office at
1-877-DC-HOOP1 or at www.
washingtonmystics.com.
TOUR DE FRANCE
CHAMP
FORFEITS TITLE
Floyd Landis (AP Photo/Getty Images)
F
loyd Landis lost his expensive
and explosive doping case
Thursday when the arbitrators
upheld the results of a test that showed
the 2006 Tour de France champion
used synthetic testosterone to fuel his
spectacular comeback victory,
The decision means Landis, who
repeatedly has denied using performance-enhancing drugs must forfeit his
Tour de France title and is subject to a
two-year ban, retroactive to January
30, 2007.
What has cycling come to in regards to winning at all costs? Cycling
will be forever tainted, as it may ruin
the reputation of cycling and, most
likely, the reputation of Landis forever.
What a terrible role-model the former Tour De France winner has become for our young athletes.
However, the good news is that
there are poignant life lessons that can
be taught to our young children based
on this tragic event—when you cheat,
lie, and break the rules, your behavior
will come back to haunt you, and it will
haunt Landis for the rest of his life.
Conducting Talk Show interviews
on the topic of prudent parenting is Dr.
Gregg Steinberg, author of “Flying
Lessons: 122 strategies to equip your
child to soar into life with competence
and confidence.” Dr. Gregg explains
how parents can build emotional toughness and mental toughness by selecting
the most appropriate role models.
Dr. Gregg will share with your audience the secrets to parenting for success using the most appropriate and effective strategies.
BLACK FACT
On October 5, 1777, the
Continental Army’s ranks
of whites were reduced
by desertions and losses
on the field of battle.
Northern colonies
accepted African
Americans, free and
slave. Connecticut
adopted a policy
whereby whte slave
masters could avoid
service in the army by
providing one of his
slaves to fight instead.
The policy of allowing
slaves to substitute for
white masters soon
spread throughout the
colonies
THE METRO HERALD
BUSINESS NEWS
October 5, 2007
SBA’S SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE
YEAR AND SMALL BUSINESS CHAMPION
AWARDS NOMINATION PERIOD OPENS
T
heo A. Holloman, Deputy District Director of SBA’s Washington Metropolitan Area District Office today announced that SBA’s
Washington Metropolitan Area District
Office is accepting nominations for the
2008 Small Business Awards. In
recognition of the small business community’s contribution to the American
economy and society, the President of
the United States designates one week
each year as National Small Business
Week. Leading up to that week, the
U.S. Small Business Administration, in
partnership with public and private sector small business supporters, will host
special events to honor and present
awards to the Nation’s entrepreneurs
and small business champions at the
SBA district, state and national levels.
The award winners from those local
and state events will be invited to
Washington, D.C. to celebrate National
Small Business Week.
Any individual or organization may
submit nominations for the following
awards:
• Small Business Person of the Year
• Small Business Exporter of the
Year
• SBA Young Entrepreneur of the
Year
• Small Business Journalist of the
Year
• Jeffrey Butland Family-Owned
Small Business of the Year
• Phoenix Award for Small Business
Disaster Recovery
• Phoenix Award for Outstanding
Contributions to Disaster Recovery
Small Business Champions of the
Year award categories are for those
who promote small business, including
volunteering time and services to small
business interests and groups or advocating the cause of small business in
the legislative process. Champions
may or may not be small business
owners. Categories are:
• Financial Services Champion of the
Year
• Home-Based Business Champion
of the Year
• Minority Small Business Champion of the Year
• Small Business Journalist of the
Year
• Veteran Small Business Champion
of the Year
• Women in Business Champion of
the Year
• Entrepreneurial Success Award
Nominations must be submitted by
November 23, 2007. Nomination
guidelines and criteria for each award
category can be found on www.sba.
gov/dc. For more information, contact
Diane Bynum at (202) 272-0365.
Email: [email protected]
BRIEFING TO RELEASE NEW FINDINGS
ON THE ECONOMIC SECURITY OF
WOMEN-LED FAMILIES IN DC
W
ashington Area Women’s
Foundation will hold a
briefing to release new results from Stepping Stones, a $5 million, multi-year initiative launched in
2005 to transform the lives of local
low-income single mothers through financial education, better jobs and increased assets and income for women’s
economic security. This community
briefing, which is free and open to the
public, will focus on findings from a
new outside evaluation of the initiative’s first two years.
Event will take place on October
10, 2007 from 9:30 to 11a.m. (with
continental breakfast at 9a.m.) at the
Ambassador Ballroom, Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street, NW;
nearest Metro stop is Woodley ParkZoo/Adams Morgan.
Speakers will include Metropolitan
Police Department Assistant Chief
Diane Groomes, Camille Cormier, Director, Local Programs and Policy,
Wider Opportunities for Women
(WOW); and women training for careers in law enforcement through a
WOW program. The panel will be facilitated by XM Satellite Radio journalist Rebecca Roberts. The discussion
will focus on careers in law enforcement for women.
Among the findings from the new
evaluation:
• More than 3,600 women have col-
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lectively decreased their debt and increased their income and assets by
an estimated $15 million - more than
half of the overall Stepping Stones
goal of $27 million. This averages
approximately $4,000 per woman.
• 9,786 services were provided to
women, such as financial education
and job preparation classes, support
services, training in leadership, advocacy and public speaking, or
other services
• Through increased savings and
home equity, women have increased their collective assets to an
estimated $3.8 million.
• 335 women were placed in better
jobs leading to an overall income
increase of $587,199.
Founded in 1998, Washington Area
Women’s Foundation makes empowerment and economic security a reality
for low-income, single mothers in the
D.C. region. This year, The Women’s
Foundation is investing more than $1
million in local non-profits—up dramatically from $28,000 in 1999. The
Women’s Foundation is dedicated to
increasing philanthropy by women and
is considered one of the nation’s fastest
growing women’s funds. It encourages
all women to become philanthropists
through a variety of ways, including its
Rainmakers’ Giving Circle, African
American Women’s Giving Circle and
its Washington 100 network.
For more information, visit www.
TheWomensFoundation.org
OP-ED
A
s South Africa emerges as a
leading political and economic
force, opportunities for business, trade and cultural exchanges are
increasing
significantly. African
American business people, academics
and tourists have flooded South Africa
since blacks “took over” the country.
But a leading South African activist is
in America saying that conditions for
most of the South African population
are worse today than under Apartheid.
How African American civil and
human rights groups and elected officials who stake their bona fides on
protests and initiatives that led to
blacks running South Africa’s government will react to Mfanelo Skwatsha’s
tour telling American audiences that
the current black government has left
the majority of its people worse off
than under the white government will
be interesting. As Executive Secretary of the Pan Africanist Congress
(PAC) of Azania (South Africa), Mr.
Skwatsha will be addressing a series of
African People’s Solidarity Day events
in the US and discussing the need for
economic empowerment for black
South Africans.
When he was presiding bishop for
the AME in South Africa Rev. McKinley Young said “Black Americans have
always wanted to claim they could influence world events . . . this is one
case in which African Americans definitely played a decisive role.” African
People’s Solidarity Day events organizer Wendy Snyder says “Many people
around the world who supported the
struggle against South Africa’s
apartheid system erroneously believe
that since the installation of Nelson
Mandela and the African National
Congress in 1994 conditions have improved. However, Mr. Skwatsha will
IS SOUTH AFRICA WORSE OFF
NOW THAN UNDER APARTHIED?
William Reed
Special to The Metro Herald
show, the reality is the opposite.
Many workers say life in South Africa
today is worse than apartheid”. The
positions of the Pan Africanist Congress and African People’s Solidarity
group files in the face of African
Americans that equated “political empowerment” with “economic empowerment”.
Post-Apartheid South Africa is an
illustration that political and economic
processes run on different tracks.
There’s been political and cultural
progress in South Africa since the end
of Apartheid, but half the population
still lives below the poverty level and
wealth remains divided along color
lines. Recent years have brought vast
improvements in housing, water and
electricity, as well as political stability
and international support, but even
President Thabo Mbeki admits that
South Africa is “two nations”—one
mostly white and well off, and one
mostly black and poor. Statistics from
the Southern African Regional Poverty
Network (SARPN) say that since the
official end of apartheid in 1994:
“households living in poverty have
sunk deeper into poverty and the gap
between rich and poor has widened.”
Ninety-six percent of South Africa’s
arable farmland is still owned by
whites and 61 percent of people live
below the poverty line with more than
a third subsisting on less than $2 a day.
Hardly a rube in matters of his
country, Mr. Skwatsha may be a man
worth hearing. His PAC was formed
when it broke away from the ANC in
1959. It promotes “return of the land
to indigenous people” and was outlawed in 1960 after the Sharpeville
massacre. Its leaders were exiled or
detained for long periods. These included Robert Sobukwe, its founder
and leader, who was incarcerated in
Robben Island until 1969 and then
placed under house arrest until his
death in 1978. The PAC was Steve
Biko’s party and is based on “working
for true self-determination for African
people and belief that Africa’s colonial
borders is abandoned in favor of one
united Africa”.
Rather than resting on their laurels
after abolishing apartheid in South
Africa, African Americans need to take
another look at South Africa and focus
on ways to build the economy and infrastructure through policies and programs that encourage businesses, provide job training and empower the
population.
The African People’s Solidarity
Committee and Uhuru Movement
“African People’s Solidarity Day
events take place October 13th–21st
at the following US locations: October 13th–14th in Oakland, CA at
Beebe Memorial Church, 3900 Telegraph Avenue; October 16th in St.
Petersburg, FL at The Studio@620,
620 1st Avenue South; and October
20th–21st in Philadelphia, PA at International House, 3701 Chestnut Street.
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William Reed
www.BlackPressInternational.com
2007 OPEN HOUSE FOR
POLICE EXPLORER POST 1986
T
he Police Explorer program is designed for young adults who
are interested in learning more about law enforcement as a
possible career. An Open House for Explorer Post #1986 will
be held on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 7:00PM. Explorer Post
#1986 is sponsored by the Police Department in conjunction with Exploring—Learning for Life, which has been in existence since 1974.
Membership is open to residents of Montgomery County, between the
ages of 14 and 20, who are in good health, can pass a background investigation, and are enrolled in an educational program—middle or
high school, college, or a continuing education program.
Meetings are held at the Public Safety Training Academy in
Rockville, one night a week from 6:00–8:30PM. During the first
year, new members are introduced to the field of law enforcement.
Utilizing experts from within the department, a portion of every meeting is devoted to training in the various aspects of police work. While
most of the uniforms and equipment are provided, the individual Explorer must furnish a small portion of that equipment.
After the first year, Explorers can participate in the police Ride-ALong Program at District stations. By assisting officers in their duties
as patrol officers, the program allows young adults the opportunity to
develop leadership skills, self-confidence, commitment, and discipline. Explorers are taught inter-personal skills, coping mechanisms,
team building, and conflict resolution. They will attend and compete
in a National Law Enforcement Explorer Conference in Ft. Collins,
Colorado, in July of 2008. Police Explorers are not just observers but
actively participate in community events to ensure the safety of their
families and fellow citizens. Explorers have proved to be a valuable
resource to the department by assisting in events such as the Montgomery County Fair, community day parades, charity road races, child
safety seat installation check points, and child fingerprinting. The Explorers also plan and participate in social and recreational activities.
The Open House will be held between 7:00PM and 9:00PM at the
Public Safety Training Academy located at 9710 Great Seneca Highway in Rockville. Parents and guardians are encouraged to attend. For
further information, call Officer Charles Carpenter, at 301-840-2697.
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CLASSIFIED ADS/BIDS & PROPOSALS
October 5, 2007
Only $250 buys a
25-word classified ad in
98 newspapers across Virginia.
Call: The Metro Herald at
703-548-8891
OR
Virginia Press Services at
804-521-7571
to place your ad in the
AD NETWORK CLASSIFIEDS
ACREAGE FOR SALE
EXCLUSIVE ESTATES! Very rare
estates being offered for 1st time:
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gentleman’s farm. View @ www.
troutstreamestates.com.
APARTMENTS FOR RENT
Affordable 1-4 bedroom HUD Homes!
4 bedroom 2 bath Home buy for only
$389/month! 3 bedroom 2 bath Home
only $230/month! For Listings 800-6285983 ext. T294. Fee.
4 bedroom 2 bath Home only $270/
month! More 1-4 bedroom HUD Homes
from $199/month! Financing Referrals
Available! For Listings 800-628-5983
ext. T295. Fee.
Buy HUD Homes from $199/month!
3 bedroom Home only $200/month!
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ping area for the Bristol, Virginia/Tennessee region. Over 700 hotel rooms,
26 restaurants, Home Depot, Super
Wal-Mart, Lowes, Target, etc. are at this
interchange. The sites are nearly level
with all utilities. Woltz & Associates, Inc.
(VA#321) Brokers & Auctioneers 800551-3588 www.woltz.com.
AUTOMOTIVE
$500 Police Impounds! Cars from
$500! Tax Repos, US Marshal and IRS
sales! Cars, Trucks, SUVs, Toyotas,
Hondas, Chevys and more! For Listings
call 1-800-425-1834 ext. 2846.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
Absolute Auction—Saturday, October 13 @ 10:00 am. Cattle & Farm
Machinery Dispersal, 328 Circle C Farm
Road, Ararat, VA. Directions: From W-S,
NC take 52 N. to Mt. Airy, NC to 104 N.
to Ararat, VA. From I-81 to exit 81 to I-77
S. to Mt. Airy, NC. From Hwy 89 E. in Mt.
Airy, NC go straight through seven stoplights to Junction 104 turn left onto N.
104 go 5.4 miles just across VA line
Ararat, VA to sale site on left. Contact
C&F Auction, Inc. @ 276 744-3232 or
visit: www.friesva.com, click on business, then C&F Auction.
AUC T I ONS ( AUT O)
PUBLIC AUCTION—OCTOBER 9,
2007 AT 9AM—MANHEIM’S HARRISONBURG AUCTION, 3560 EARLY
ROAD, HARRISONBURG, VA (I-81
EXIT 243)—Vehicles and Equipment
Consigned from VDOT, State Police,
Game and Inland Fisheries, and other
consignors. For detailed listings visit
www.harrisonburgaa.com or call 540434-5991. Ask for Marketing Department.
COMMERCIAL LAND AUCTION—Interstate 81, Exit 7, Bristol, VA. 4.38+/acres zoned B3 Business, in 3 parcels,
Wednesday, October 10th, 12:00
Noon. These prime commercial sites
have excellent interstate visibility at Exit
7, the highest commercial growth area
in SW Virginia, and the primary shop-
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• • • CLASS A DRIVERS • • • You’ve got
the drive. We’ve got the direction. PrePass EZ-Pass. Every 60K miles raises.
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DRIVERS MORE MONEY! Sign-On
Bonus. 36-43cpm/$1.20pm. $0 Lease/
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recent OTR required. 800-635-8669.
DRIVER—Are you receiving 5 Star
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Mileage and Top 10 Pay. Up to $3,000
Sign-on bonus. Students and O/O
Welcome. Class A required. Call Today!
877-774-5313. www.GoRoehl.com.
EMPLOYMENT LISTINGS
C&C Trucking Earn More—Be Home
More. Great Pay, Medical, Dental,
Home Weekends, New Equipment,
Family Atmosphere. Class A Drivers Call
Today Toll-free 800-476-8269.
EARN UP TO $550 WEEKLY Helping
the government. PT No Experience.
Excellent Opportunity. Call Today!!
1-800-488-2921. Ask for Department
J19 (COST).
EQUIPMENT FOR SALE
SAWMILLS from only $2990.00—Convert your LOGS TO VALUABLE LUMBER with your own Norwood portable
band sawmill. Log skidders also available. www.norwoodindustries.com—
FREE information: 1-800-578-1363—
Ext. 500-A.
FINANCIAL
FREE CASH GRANTS/PROGRAMS—
$700–$800,000++ 2007! Never Repay!
Personal/Medical, School, Business/
House. Approximately $49 billion
unclaimed 2006! No credit. REQUIRED
FEE. Call 1-800-592-0369 x230.
CASH LOANS AND GRANTS! $1,000
to $300,000 available. Personal or business use. Poor credit and low income
accepted. Same day processing. Call
Free Anytime 1-800-539-1516. Fee.
CREDIT CARD DEBT? Stop Collection
Calls, • Cut finance charges. • Cut payments up to 50%. Debt Consolidation.
Fast Approval! No credit check! Avoid
Bankruptcy. National Consolidators.
(800) 270-9894.
HELP WANTED
GENERAL
Part-time, home-based Internet business. Earn $941 per month or much
more. Flexible hours. Training provided.
No selling required. FREE details.
www.K738.com.
CUSTOMER SERVICE and Product
Evaluators Needed To “Secret Shop”
Local Stores, Restaurants and Other
Businesses Flexible Hours, Training
Provided Call Toll Free 1-800-585-9024
ext 6462.
SALES
WANTED: LIFE AGENTS! Earn $500 a
Day—Great Agent Benefits—Commissions Paid Daily—Liberal Underwriting—Leads, Leads, Leads, LIFE INSURANCE, LICENSE REQUIRED. Call
1-888-713-6020.
TRUCK DRIVERS
AUCTIONS (COMMERCIAL LAND)
Driver—$5K SIGN-ON BONUS for Experienced Teams: Dry Van & Temp
Control. Solo jobs also available. Regional & OTR. O/O’s & CDL-A Grads
welcome. Call Covenant (866) 6842519. EOE.
ALL CASH CANDY ROUTE. Do you
earn $800 in a day? Your own local
candy route. Includes 30 Machines and
Candy. All for $9,995. 1-888-745-3354.
AUCTIONS
Land & Antique Auction, Nottoway
County, VA. 195+/- Acres in 9 tracts
with historic home and antiques. 8 land
tracts sell ABSOLUTE. One mile of river
frontage along 5 tracts. Auction is Saturday, October 20, 2007 at 10:00 AM.
Auction Site is 113 North Main Street,
Blackstone Va. 23824. Open Houses at
the Cedar Hill Home on Sunday October 7 & 14 from 1:00 to 4:00 P.M. View
photos and property information at
www.woltz.com. Contact Russell
Seneff (VA# 1185). Woltz & Associates,
Inc. (VA#321) REALTORS & Auctioneers 800-551-3588.
HEARTLAND EXPRESS 1-800-4414953 www.heartlandexpress.com.
DRIVER CDL TRAINING—CLASS “A”
or CLASS “B.” Local or O-T-R Job
Placement Assistance. Guaranteed Financing Available. $38-45K 1st Year.
CDS Tractor Trailer Training 1-800-6462374.
We have drivers projected to earn
$83,000 this year! How much will YOU
earn? Excellent Hometime! Home most
weekends! We simply offer more!
HOMES FOR RENT
and quiet you can handle. Perk and
electric, build when ready. National
Forest access in WV close to Virginia
Line. Will sell 20 acres for $78,000. Call
Owner 866-910-4486.
OWN RECREATIONAL LAND NEAR
DOLLY SODS, WEST VIRGINIA—
2 acres adjoining National Forest
$49,990. 2 acres with National Forest
access $39,990. Wooded parcels with
all weather roads and utilities. Great
hunting for deer, bear & turkey. Financing Available. Call 866-403-8037.
LOTS FOR SALE
BUILD A NEW HOME WITH 100%
FINANCING. Earn THOUSANDS in
equity the day you move in! No payments while building! www.iheonline.
com. 877-386-3898 x150.
LOTS AND ACREAGE
20.19 ACRES—$139,900. Wooded,
level mountain plateau on quiet country
lane. Includes ownership of riverfront
park. Perfect for log home/camp/cabin.
Excellent financing. Call now 1-800-8881262.
4 bedroom 2 bath Home only $270/
month! More 1-4 bedroom HUD Homes
from $199/month! Financing Referrals
Available! For Listings 800-628-5983
ext. T295. Fee.
Direct Private Access to Jefferson
Nationall Forest. One of a kind land
offering mix of hardwood forest &
pristine pasture. Incredible mountain
views.
Only
$119,000.
www.
NationalForestLand.com.
Affordable 1-4 bedroom HUD Homes!
4 bedroom 2 bath Home buy for only
$389/month! 3 bedroom 2 bath Home
only $230/month! For Listings 800-6285983 ext. T294. Fee.
FREE Closing Costs or $10,000 Savings Bond w/purchase of prime 20+
acre properties abutting National Forest.
Own frontage on huge trout stream! Call
now for details 1-877-202-2727.
Buy HUD Homes from $199/month!
3 bedroom Home only $200/month!
4 bedroom 2 bath only $300/month! 5%
down, 20 years @ 8% APR! For Listings
800-628-5983 ext. T391. Fee.
3 BEDROOM RANCH house along
trout stream that borders National
Forest. Set on 15+ acres for tremendous privacy—absolute steal at
$294,900. Won’t last, call now 1-877777-4837.
HOMES FOR SALE
4 bedroom 2 bath Home only
$270/month! More 1-4 bedroom HUD
Homes from $199/month! Financing
Referrals Available! For Listings 800628-5983 ext. T295. Fee.
Affordable 1-4 bedroom HUD Homes!
4 bedroom 2 bath Home buy for only
$389/month! 3 bedroom 2 bath Home
only $230/month! For Listings 800-6285983 ext. T294. Fee.
Buy HUD Homes from $199/month!
3 bedroom Home only $200/month!
4 bedroom 2 bath only $300/month! 5%
down, 20 years @ 8% APR! For Listings
800-628-5983 ext. T391. Fee.
LAND FOR SALE
BIG WV MOUNTAIN LAND SALE—
Endless views, limited pre-construction
pricing! 10 acres with views $49,990. 14
acres with 1100 feet frontage on New
Creek stream $89,990. 37 acre estate
$99,900. Other parcels up to 47 acres
available Close to town. All-weather
road access & utilities. Owner: 866-3428635.
ABANDONED FARM HOUSE—Easy
drive from Beltway! $79,900 Outbuildings, Meadows, Creek. Call Owner 866910-8832.
ATTENTION HUNTERS! Owner/seller
has 150 acres private wooded land bordering 1000’s of acres of National Forest. Loaded with deer, turkey and bear.
New road access, perk and electric.
Build cabin or bring camper. In WV just
over Virginia line. $259,000. Smaller
parcels available. Call 866-910-4486.
$115,000 will get you 35 acres of
beautifully wooded ridgetop property
with spectacular views and all the peace
41+ ACRES/Stream $199,900 centered SUBDIVIDABLE! Nicely wooded
w/beautiful views. Multiple ridges, small
streams, hiking trails. Perc OK! Easy
financing. Call Now 1-866-685-2720.
A RARE LAND OPPORTUNITY—22+
Acres $129,900 NATIONAL FOREST
ACCESS WORLD CLASS TROUT
STREAM. New to market. Only 1 ever at
this price. Large mature forest and great
stream throughout property. Call immediately, great financing offered for limited
time 1-877-777-4837.
WILDLIFE POND! 20 ACRES—
$99,800 Hardwood ridge with mountain
views & pristine wildlife pond. Enjoy
access to deeded riverfront park. State
road frontage w/utilities. Build, fish,
camp, more! EZ terms. Call now 1-800888-1262.
2.9 ACRES. Buckingham County,
hardwoods, OK for mobile homes.
Owner will finance. $29,900. 434-4445088.
HORSLEY CREEK RUNS THROUGH
IT! Spectacular views, open meadows
and woods in Amherst County. 23 acres
of privacy. $169,900 and owner will
finance. 434-444-5088.
PRIVATE HILLTOP—3-acre wooded
homesite with frontage on a pond in
beautiful Campbell County. $99,900.
434-444-5088.
MISCELLANEOUS
ATTEND COLLEGE ONLINE from
home. • Medical • Business • Paralegal
• Criminal Justice. Job placement assistance. Computer provided. Financial Aid
if qualified. SCHEV certified. Call 866858-2121, www.onlineTidewaterTech.
com.
AIRLINES ARE HIRING—Train for high
paying Aviation Maintenance Career.
Financial Aid if qualified—Job placement assistance. FAA approved—
SCHEV certified. CALL (888) 349-5387.
www.AviationMaintenance.edu.
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE
HOMEOWNERS WANTED! Kayak
Pools looking for Demo homesites to
display new maintenance free Kayak
pools. Save thousands of $$. Unique
opportunity! 100% financing available.
1-877-377-7665.
ABSOLUTELY NO COST TO YOU!!
All Brand New Power Wheelchairs,
Hospital Beds and Scooters. Immediate
Delivery. Call Toll Free 1-888-998-4111
to Qualify.
MOUNTAIN PROPERTY
Big Mountain Land Bargains w/
panoramic 3 state mountain & valley
views! Enjoy canoeing & trophy
fishing on private riverfront park.
mountainbargains.com.
REAL ESTATE
Lake Gaston VA/NC—350 miles
shoreline, FREE Lake Map/Buyers
Guide. Tanglewood Realty, Box 116,
Bracey,
Virginia
23919.
www.
TanglewoodRealty.com. 1-800-3388816.
BANK FORECLOSURES! Homes from
$10,000! 1-3 bedroom available! Repos,
REOs, HUD, FHA, etc. These homes
must sell! For Listings Call 1-800-2985309 ext. 4672. Fee Required.
NORTH CAROLINA LAND AUCTION,
Saturday, 10/13/07. Near Roanoke
Rapids & Lake Gaston. 215+/- acres in
parcels. Choose secluded country estate or tracts, open or wooded. Stone
Auction & Realty, NCAL561. 252-2352200 or stone-auction.com.
WATERFRONT PROPERTIES
COASTAL NC WATERFRONT GRAND
OPENING 10/6—Deep waterfront From
$99,900! Boat to the Ocean! Ask how to
save $10,000! By appt only 1-800-7326601 ext 1889.
OCEAN ACCESS FROM $49,900! NC
WATERFRONT COMMUNITY! Boat
ramp, day dock, paved roads, access to
ICW, Atlantic & Sounds By appointment
only. 1-252-355-9288, ext 1903.
LIMITED TIME OFFER 100% FINANCING—Gated Lakefront Community of
the NC Blue Ridge Mountains. 90 miles
of Shoreline start $99,000. Call Now
1-800-709-LAKE.
BOLD STREAM along the rear of this
wooded 21-acre parcel in southern
Albemarle County. $179,900 and owner
will finance. 434-444-5088.
WORK FROM HOME
OPPORTUNITIES
VIRGINIA’S BEST-KEPT SECRET . . .
22-acre private lake community in
Farmville. 3.3-acre wooded homesite on
the lake for $129,900. Owner Financing.
434-444-5088.
WORK FROM HOME—RECEIVE $5
FOR EVERY LEAD STUFFED WITH
OUR SALES MATERIAL. GUARANTEED! FREE INFORMATION. CALL
TOLL-FREE 1-800-986-6520.
THE METRO HERALD
CLASSIFIED ADS/BIDS & PROPOSALS/BUSINESS NEWS
October 5, 2007
Money Management
ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE
A company is looking for part-time, work-from-home account
managers. It pays $2600 monthly with benefits.
Requirements—Computer literate
18 years of age
along with CV.
If you are interested and need more information, please send
e-mail to: [email protected]
JOB EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
POINT CAREER WEAR LTD FABRICS COMPANY is
offering a JOB EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY available in our
local textile producing company for the post of a SALES,
MANAGERIAL, ACCOUNTANT REPRESENTATIVE. As part
of our expansion program, our small company is looking for parttime workers from home—account managers and sales
representatives. Job pays $2,700–$3,000 a month plus benefits
and takes only little of your time. Please contact us for more
details. Requirements—should be computer literate and have 2–3
hours of access to the internet weekly. Must be over 18 years of
age. Must be efficient and dedicated. If you are interested and need
more information, please send e-mail to: [email protected].
BULLDOG PUPPY
Female English bulldog puppy, Lucci is so sweet and lovable. She
loves to be held and to lay in your lap. She is pretty small. she is
ready for a new home. She is AKC registered. This puppy will get
to your heart. To find out more about my baby, email:
[email protected].
JOB EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
A company is looking for part-time, work-from-home account
managers and sales representatives. It pays $2900 a month plus.
Please contact us for more details.
Requirements—Should be a computer literate
Must be over 20 years of age
Must be efficient and dedicated.
GREAT
LAST
MINUTE
COLLEGE
FINANCING
IDEAS
C
ollege education costs continue to spiral upward. In the
2006–2007 academic year,
total college costs, including tuition,
fees, room and board, averaged
$12,796 at four-year public colleges
and $30,367 at four-year private colleges, according to the College Board.
But there’s no reason to lose hope if
you have a child who will be attending
college soon and you haven’t begun to
save. There are options available for
parents whose college nest egg is not
what it should be, according to the Virginia Society of CPAs.
FIND THOSE
FINANCIAL AID DOLLARS
Nearly two-thirds of full-time students receive some form of aid from
federal and state governments, colleges and universities, and other private sources, the College Board reports. CPAs advise that if you think
you may be eligible for federal student
aid, you should file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
There are many types of aid available,
including loans, grants, scholarships or
work study programs. You can find out
more at www.fafsa.edu.gov.
There are numerous other sources
of financial aid beyond the federal
government. The College Board site
(www.collegeboard.com) offers advice on conducting a scholarship
search and provides links to several
free search services.
Remember also to look close to
home for college dollars, including
scholarships that may be available
from community organizations or from
your employer. Be careful, however,
not to be taken in by scholarship
scams. The Federal Trade Commission
(FTC) warns against working with unscrupulous companies that promise to
find financial aid in exchange for a fee.
The FTC offers tips for parents at
www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/
scholarship.
SEEK A GREAT MATCH
Students who apply to colleges
where their grades and test scores are
securely in the top 25 percent of the
student body are more likely to get
generous aid packages. Although
there’s no guarantee, most colleges
battle to attract the best students they
can—and they’re often willing to offer
them better grants and other financing
assistance.
able to afford the high tuition. To solve
the problem, many begin their studies
at a less expensive community college
and even live at home during the first
year or two, then transfer to and graduate from a more elite school. Your
child graduates with the same degree at
a much lower total cost. Before taking
this step, though, find out what amount
of transfer credit your ideal college
will accept and what grades students
must earn in order to transfer.
MAXIMIZE TAX BENEFITS
College savings plans, such as 529
plans, make it possible to invest money
for college that can grow tax free. It’s
best to start saving early. Your state’s
529 plan may provide a state income
tax deduction or credit for contributing
into the plan.
Studies show that college graduates
earn about 75 percent more than high
school graduates through the course of
their working lives, so a college degree
is a worthwhile investment. If you
have a child heading to college soon,
consult your CPA about the many options for funding his or her education.
STATE YOUR CASE
What happens when a school has
accepted your child and offered some
aid, but not enough to realistically
cover your expenses? There’s no harm
in asking for more. It’s best to arrange
to meet the financial aid officer in person and to let him or her know that the
school is your child’s top choice, but
the family just can’t swing the payment. Don’t try to haggle with the aid
officer, but do present your situation
candidly.
START AT A
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Some students may have their
hearts set on attending a prestigious
college, but their families may not be
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The Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants (VSCPA) is the leading
professional association dedicated to
enhancing the success of CPAs.
Founded in 1909, the VSCPA has approximately 8,300 members who work
in public accounting, industry, government and education. For more information, please visit the Press Room on
the VSCPA Web site at www.vscpa.
com, e-mail communications@vscpa.
com or call (800) 733-8272. For more
information on financial literacy topics
like money management, or to search
for a CPA in your geographic region,
visit www.financialfitness.org.
If you are interested and need more information, please send
e-mail to: [email protected]
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THE METRO HERALD
On October 5,
1867, Monroe
Baker, a
well-to-do black
businessman, was
named mayor of
St. Martin,
Louisiana.
He was probably
the first black to
serve as
mayor of a town.
On October 5,
1869, The First
Reconstruction
legislature
(27 blacks,
150 whites) met in
Richmond, VA.
SOUTHEAST TO SET THE STAGE FOR
OCTOBER’S NATIONAL PEACE MONTH
AND NATIONAL ATONEMENT WEEK
O
ctober is national peace month and to commemorate the Million Man
March’s 12th Anniversary, October 12-16 has been designated
“Atonement Week.” Activities for the week, which will encourage
residents and youth to engage and be responsible for what happens in their
community and nation, include:
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Peacemakers Gospel Concert
“Cain v. Abel” Mock Trial
Peace on the Runway Fashion Show
What’s & What’s Not Snitching Forum
National Day of Atonement March & Rally
Present at the event will be The Honorable Adrian Fenty, Mayor of the
District of Columbia (Invited), The Honorable Marion Barry, Ward 8 Councilmember, The Honorable Kwame Brown, At-Large Councilmember, The
Honorable Harry Thomas, Ward 5 Councilmember, Ronald Moten, COO,
Peaceoholics, Condon Terrace and Highland Residents, Neighbors, and
Friends
All events have been created by Peaceoholics, a nonprofit organization
that provides communities with a wide range of prevention and intervention
services for at-risk youth in urban communities. Incorporated in 2004,
Peaceoholics provides intensive support services in conflict resolution,
HIV/AIDS prevention, substance abuse, gang mediation/prevention, and family wellness through its youth programs.
Events will took place on Tuesday, October 2, at Condon Terrace/Highland Communities, 6th and Atlantic Streets, SE Washington, DC 20032
For more information visit www.peaceoholics.org
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October 5, 2007
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THE METRO HERALD