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Many celebrations
Carroll County
Howard County
Baltimore
Annapolis
and commemorations are
planned to honor the 76th birthday of
Martin Luther King, Jr., including
Montgomery County’s annual awards
ceremony featuring keynote speaker
Reverend Donell Peterman and
Reston’s “Twenty Years of Keeping
the Promise/Uniting Cultures.” We
will have a calendar of events in next week’s Metro Herald.
VOLUME XIV, NUMBER 1
Montgomery
County
Loudoun
County
Fauquier
County
Fairfax
County
Prince
William
County
Anne
Arundel County
D.C.
Arlington County
Prince George’s
County
Alexandria
Spotsylvania
County
Stafford
County
Fredericksburg
Charles
County
Westmoreland
County
Richmond
Imaging the Politics, Culture, and Events of Our Times
January 7, 2005
B
orn
November
20,
1924,
Brooklyn, NY—The first AfricanAmerican woman elected to the U.S.
Congress and the first to campaign for
the presidency, known for her incisive
debating style and uncompromising
integrity.
J
anuary 1, 2005—Shirley Chisholm,
the first black woman elected to
Congress and an outspoken advocate for
women and minorities during seven
terms in the House, died near Daytona
Beach, friends said Sunday. She was 80.
QUOTES
I know I will survive, I’m a fighter.
Of my two “handicaps” being female
put more obstacles in my path
than being black.
Tremendous amounts of talent
are being lost to our society
just because that talent wears a skirt.
Service is the rent we pay
for the privilege of living on this earth.
S
Shirley Chisholm
NOVEMBER 30, 1924–
JANUARY 1, 2005
hirley Chisholm is widely considered one of
the foremost female orators in the United
States. With a character that she has
described as “unbought and unbossed,”
Chisholm became known as a politician
who refused to allow fellow politicians, including the
male-dominated Congressional Black Caucus, to deter
her from her goals. In 1969 her first statement as a
congressperson before the U.S. House of Representatives reflected her commitment to prioritizing the needs
of the disadvantaged, especially children: she proclaimed her intent to “vote No on every money bill that
comes to the floor of this House that provides any funds
for the Department of Defense.”
Continued on page 10
January 7, 2005
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Editorial
E
very
life
is
a
world
defined
by
itself . . .
and every death swallowed whole by
forces of nature or maturity that answers
to no one . . . such was the result of the
tsunami that roled acrooss Asia . . . like
peanut butter being spread on bread by a
mother with the urgency of having her
childs lunch ready when the school bus
arrives . . .
Death
has
nothing
to
do
with
God . . .
and everthing to do with nature
A
tsunami
is triggered by a vertical disturbance in
the ocean, such as an earthquake,
landslide or volcanic eruption . . . and the
one last week in Asia was moving at 500
miles per hour . . . for most people along
the coasts that resembled a modified
coast line from Tanzania on the west to
India in the center and Malaysia east
wonderment
was
the
first
emotion,
the
panic
of
fear
the
second,
and then suddenness and its swiftness
and then nothing . . .
by
comparison
a
hurricane
is like viewing a re-run in slow motion
. . . nothing is more exact in its intentions
as a tsunami . . .
so
far
over
148,000
people
are
dead
and still counting; the pictures of the
wake
of
destruction
and
the
disorientation of the collective populance
is like watching someone get high on
depression. There are the times when
tsunami victims and their way of life is
suspended in time. Poor people the world
over are sufferers
a
natural
disaster
is
always
a
human
disaster . . .
and for many in times of despair their
faith is tired and God appears the be
hiding. . . . Now is the time that the world
needs to carry the suitcases of all their
baggage that are without handles . . . and
we need not forget Africa and its needs.
Aids are just as deadly as depressed
people without medication.
Every
soul
in
the
world
is
a
universe
of
itself
PDD
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January 7, 2005
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AROUND THE REGION/AROUND THE NATION
January 7, 2005
CHAP PETERSEN
ANNOUNCES BID FOR
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
KEEPING THE UNITY IN
COMMUNITY . . .
CATHY M. HUDGINS
Special to The Metro Herald
I
t is no surprise that Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. followed in
his father’s foot steps and became Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., a
Baptist minister. Rich in the traditions of social and economic justice,
the principles that guided Rev. King
are rooted in the religious background of the African American
church. He called upon religion to
uplift man and to carry society forward.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
born January 15, 1929 and assassinated April 4, 1968, was a civil
rights champion and one of the
greatest figures this nation has had in
its battle towards social and economic justice. On the third Monday
in January, our nation observes his
birthday as a federal holiday. He is
but the third individual in United
States history to be honored with
such a designation after President
George Washington and Christopher Columbus. Like the cause he
led, the process was long, arduous,
and not easily obtained. It was fifteen years after Rev. King’s death
that President Ronald Reagan
signed the holiday into law in 1983.
Rev. King used his religious
teachings to shake the conscience of
a nation, noting that, “A religion true
to its nature must also be concerned
about man’s social conditions. Religion deals with both earth and
heaven, both time and eternity. . . .”
He reminded us that while religion
“seeks to change the souls of men
and thereby unite them with God; on
the other hand it seeks to change the
environmental conditions of men so
that the soul will have a chance after
it has changed. Any religion that professes to be concerned with the souls
of men and it is not concerned with
the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them,
the social conditions that cripple
them, is dry as dust religion.”
While Rev. King was leading
1965’s “March on Washington,”
some twenty-five miles to the west
families were establishing the nation’s first planned community in
Reston. An economic and ethnically
diverse community, Reston, too, was
grounded in the principals of inclusion to further progress its community culturally, socially, and economically. The principles were not only
grounded in words but in how the
community was built. Rev. King reminded us that after “Negroes and
whites” had for so long lived apart it
would take more than desire or laws
to create the ability to understand
each other and live with each other.
He noted, “Like life, racial understanding is not something that we
find but something that we must create. And so the ability of the Negro
and whites to work together, to understand each other, will not be found
readymade; it must be created by the
fact of contact.” In Reston, a community was built to create the opportunity for contact and allow that understanding to grow. Early residents
flocked to Reston seeking to live and
raise families in that environment.
Just as Rev. Dr. King used his role
as minister to confront the evils of a
nation, the African American
churches concerned themselves with
the social and economic conditions
of their communities. Church houses
provided the place to educate African
American children when government
denied them a free public education,
and the church house became a place
of refuge when there was no justice
for African Americans. The leading
civil rights organization, the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP), was
founded in a church house and supported by the church communities.
The history of the African American community is woven throughout
Fairfax County and begins with the
African American church. Hunter
Mill District is home to the first documented racial mixed congregation:
Frying Pan Baptist of Herndon and
other early African American
churches in Fairfax County. First
Baptist of Vienna, Mount Pleasant
Baptist of Herndon, Cartersville Baptist on Hunter Mill Road, and New
Union Baptist of Vienna are just a few
of the churches that stand as historic
reminders of Fairfax County’s past.
To truly appreciate what we have
accomplished in Reston and Fairfax
County, we must better understand
the history that surrounds us. As we
go from celebrating the life of Rev.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in January into African American History
month in February, it is important to
continue this discussion next month
by taking time to examine the history
of the African American churches in
Hunter Mill District.
CONNECTING WITH
SUPERVISOR HUDGINS
• Wednesdays, 7:30PM, on Comcast Channel 28 in Reston
• Sundays and Fridays, 4:00PM,
and Wednesdays, 6:30PM, on
Channel 16 in Fairfax County
•
•
•
Supervisor Catherine “Cathy” M.
Hudgins represents the Hunter Mill
District on the Fairfax County Board
of Supervisors; she chairs its Human
Services and the Housing and Community Development committees and is
Vice-Chair of the Information Technology and Transportation Committees.
To contact her: 703/478-0283, or visit
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/gov/bos/hm/
homepage.htm.
DUNCAN ANNOUNCES RE-OPENING OF
WORKING PARENTS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
C
ounty Executive Douglas M. Duncan announced today that the County’s Working Parents Assistance
Program (WPA) will re-open to serve an additional 110 children from the program’s waiting list. “I’m
pleased we are able to serve more children though the Working Parents Assistance Program” said Duncan. “This program has a long history of helping to ensure that working families in Montgomery County have
access to quality child care, a critical factor in maintaining self-sufficiency.”
In January 2003, when the Maryland Department of Human Resources imposed a freeze on the Purchase of
Care Child Care Subsidy Program (POC), applicants to the state program were admitted to the County’s WPA
Program until capacity was closed in October 2003. The additional capacity in the program is possible now because of attrition in the WPA program and additional funding approved recently by the County Council.
Letters requesting up-to-date eligibility information from 500 families on the waiting list were sent in late
November 2004 and subsidy vouchers will be issued beginning the week of January 10, 2005. There are currently 3, 019 children on the State’s Purchase of Care Program waiting list and 529 children on the Working
Parents Assistance Program waiting list.
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Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax) and family
D
elegate Chap Petersen (DFairfax) officially kicked off
his campaign to be the
Democratic nominee for Lieutenant
Governor. Petersen, flanked by his
family and supporters, made stops in
Richmond, Caroline County, and
Fairfax City before concluding with
a fundraiser in Fairfax.
At a morning event at the State
Capitol, Petersen was introduced by
Henry Howell, III, son of the former Lieutenant Governor. Petersen
made mid-day remarks in Bowling
Green, where he emphasized the
need for the Democratic Party to reconnect with its rural roots. Finally,
he concluded with a speech from the
porch of his great-grandmother’s
former home in downtown Fairfax
City. Chap Petersen is the seventh
generation of his family raised in the
historic town of Fairfax.
“My campaign is based on a
simple idea: it is time for a new generation of leadership, both in
Virginia and in the Democratic
Party,” said Petersen. “I take pride in
being an independent Democrat, not
beholden to any special interest except one—the public interest.”
Petersen was elected delegate
from the 37th District in 2001, defeating an entrenched incumbent in a
major upset. He was the only Democrat to knock out a Republican incumbent in the entire state that year.
Delegate Petersen won reelection in
2003 with 60 percent of the vote.
Prior to 2001, he served two terms
on the Fairfax City Council, when he
was first elected at the age of 29. He
is also an attorney in private practice.
In his remarks throughout the
day, Petersen outlined his vision for
Virginia, focusing on the need for affordable higher education, more efficiency in state government, and rural
economic development. Delegate
Petersen will be introducing a bill
next year to award merit-based
college scholarships to outstanding
high school students. In 2003, Delegate Petersen introduced a bill to
shrink the size of state government at
the request of the Warner administration. Petersen pledged to find new
ways to make economic opportunities a reality for all Virginians.
Petersen also stressed the need to
rebuild the Democratic Party in
Virginia. He noted that when he
drove from his house to the Democratic State Convention in Roanoke
this summer he did not pass through
one legislative districted represented
by a Democratic delegate until he arrived in Roanoke.
“One of my goals in this campaign and as the next Lieutenant
Governor is to make the Democratic
Party a competitive force in every
region of the Commonwealth,”
Petersen said. “Democrats can no
longer expect win statewide by
appealing only to reliably ‘blue’
cities and counties. We must reach
out and form a larger coalition.”
Petersen has been actively campaigning for Lieutenant Governor
since early summer. Since May 1, he
has visited 79 cities and counties
throughout the Commonwealth from
the Eastern Shore to the Kentucky
border.
“I will win this race the same way
I have won my past four elections—
by working harder than anyone else.
I know how to win tough races in
Republican areas. And I plan to win
this one too,” Petersen said.
Delegate Petersen serves as a Whip
in the House Democratic Caucus. His
37th District includes all of Fairfax
City and parts of Fairfax County.
Chap, 36, has been married to his wife
Sharon for eight years. They have
two beautiful daughters and are expecting their third child in February.
GIANT TO OFFER FLUMIST IN
SELECT VIRGINIA STORES
L
andover, MD (December 14, 2004)—Giant Food will be offering
FluMist intranasal flu vaccine at 39 select Giant pharmacies in Virginia. Consumers should refer to Giant’s website (www.
giantfood.com) for additional details regarding store locations. FluMist
will retail for $30.00.
Giant pharmacists will administer FluMist to healthy individuals
between 18 and 49 years of age. FluMist will not be administered to
individuals with any underlying health conditions such as diabetes and
asthma. “Many college students returning home for the winter break
should consider the FluMist vaccine to protect themselves as we move into
the peak of flu season,” said Martha Johnson, Director of Clinical
Services and Marketing for Ahold USA.
Note: Giant will not offer FluMist in Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware
and the District of Columbia stores due to state and local regulations.
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TSUNAMI RELIEF/JACK OLENDER’S LEGAL PREDICITONS 2005
January 7, 2005
BANGKOK JOE’S AND T.H.A.I. IN SHIRLINGTON
OFFER PATRONS OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE MONEY FOR
TSUNAMI DISASTER RELIEF
HOW TO PROTECT THE
“TSUNAMI GENERATION” OF CHILDREN
UNICEF IDENTIFIES KEY STEPS
TO SAVE CHILDREN—
URGES PRIORITIZING CHILDREN
IN RELIEF EFFORTS
J
AKARTA, 4 January 2004—Two days ahead of a global
conference here to coordinate aid for the countries devastated by tsunamis, UNICEF today proposed four fundamental priorities for children that the agency said are essential to
the overall success of the relief effort.
Speaking on the day she arrived in Indonesia following a
two-day tour of flood-smashed Sri Lanka, UNICEF Executive
Director Carol Bellamy said that “there are four basic measures
that must be implemented to give this devastated tsunami
generation a fighting chance.”
The four relief priorities that UNICEF said all players in the
relief effort should emphasize include:
• staying alive;
• caring for separated children;
• ensuring that children are protected from exploitation and
getting them back in school as quickly as possible; and
• training teachers and health workers to spot the signs of
severe trauma.
For more information visit the UNICEF website at
www.unicef.org.
B
angkok Joe’s Dumpling Bar
and Café owners Mel
Oursinsiri and Aulie Bunyarataphan, both from Thailand,
are offering customers a tasty way to
aid the millions affected by the recent tsunami in Asia.
Every time Chef Bunyarataphan’s
three-course lunch and dinner menu
for Restaurant Week are ordered,
Bangkok Joe’s will donate five dollars to the Royal Thai Embassy in
Washington, DC’s tsunami relief
fund. The menu, available starting
Monday, January 10th, will be
offered through the end of the month.
T.H.A.I. in Shirlington, Bangkok
Joe’s sister restaurant, will donate
five dollars to the relief fund every
time a guest orders the restaurant’s
monthly special during January.
“We are so lucky that our friends
and family are safe,” said Oursinsiri,
who grew up in Krabi province,
where Phi Phi Island is located, an
area practically washed away by the
devastating tsunami.
Bunyarataphan, who lived in both
Bangkok and the eastern province of
Ubon, wanted to find a way to help
those in her homeland. “This is a
simple way for our customers to lend
a hand to the tsunami victims,” commented Bunyarataphan. “We’re hoping to raise around $15,000.”
Bangkok Joe’s Restaurant Week
three-course menu, priced at $20.05
for lunch and $30.05 for dinner, includes specialty dishes such as
Coriander Crusted Maple Leaf Farm
Duck, with spicy honey-cinnamon
sauce, grilled Asian pear, spinach
and wonton noodles, and Grilled Sea
Scallops with yellow curry sauce,
black sticky rice, grilled corn-mango
salsa and crispy sweet potatoes.
Featured desserts include Lavender
Ice Cream with Grand Marnier
marinated mixed berries.
Bangkok Joe’s features Washington’s only dumpling bar, and was
opened in September 2003 by
husband and wife team Oursinsiri
and Bunyarataphan. Bunyarataphan’s
innovative cuisine is inspired by the
exotic tastes and aromas of the traditional Bangkok street food she experienced as a child in Thailand, along
with Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese
and French flavors she learned to
love as a chef in the United States.
Bangkok Joe’s colorful, modern interior, created by the internationally
renowned Jordan Mozer and Associates, is inspired by Thai culture and
lore. Traditional Thai symbols, such
as swirls from Buddha’s hair, are
translated into a design motif. Distinctive “elephant trunk” lights
swoop dramatically down the center
of the room and the chorfa, a curved
symbol that tops temples, gracefully
arches the dining booths.
Since opening, Bangkok Joe’s has
consistently received recognition in
The Washington Post and Aulie has
been seen sharing her Thai cooking
and dumpling techniques throughout
the DC metro area. Located at 3000 K
Street in Georgetown’s Washington
Harbour, Bangkok Joe’s hours are
Sunday through Thursday from
11:30AM to 11PM and on Fridays
and Saturdays from 11:30AM to
midnight. For reservations, please
call 202-333-4422. Bangkok Joe’s
sister restaurant, T.H.A.I. Shirlington,
is located at 4029 South 28th Street in
Arlington, VA. To make reservations
please call 703-931-3203.
JACK OLENDER’S LEGAL PREDICTIONS FOR 2005
revelations about performance
enhancing steroids, will quickly
implement drug testing of players to avoid the federal intervention threatened by Senator John
McCain.
1. At least one Supreme Court
judge will retire. Much to his dismay, President Bush never had
the opportunity to appoint even
one justice to the Supreme Court
in his first term. But in 2005,
there will be at least one vacancy.
If it is Chief Justice William
Rehnquist, expect Bush to nominate ultraconservative Antonin
Scalia to replace Rehnquist as
Chief Justice, and to nominate an
equally conservative judge to fill
Scalia’s seat on the court. To
hedge my prediction, Justice
Clarence Thomas is also a possibility for Chief Justice.
2. Professional sports will clamp
down hard on unruly players.
The ugly melee involving
Indiana Pacers basketball star
Ron Artest was a danger not
only to players but fans as well.
The threat of costly lawsuits by
injured fans and players, not to
mention criminal penalties, will
be added incentive for the NBA
to administer harsher discipline
to athletes who act violently.
Meanwhile, professional baseball, which has been shamed by
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3. The top legal billing rate will approach $1,000 an hour by year’s
end. Just a few years ago a rate
of $500 an hour for a partner at
a top law firm was considered
stratospheric. No longer. There
are firms currently billing $800
an hour. An improved economy
is driving fees up, but that’s not
the only reason. With corporations concerned about regulators’ scrutiny, more will pay top
dollar to get the best legal advice
that money can buy.
4. Baseball stadium or no, lawyers
will be pitching. Although the
stadium deal for the Washington
Nationals seems like a home run
for Major League Baseball,
there will still be plenty of work
for lawyers. There will be
challenges from neighborhood
groups, environmentalists, vendors, etc. In addition, perspective owners who strike out in
their quest to buy the team may
make claims and file suits to recoup their investment and loss
of profits.
5. U.S. Supreme Court will stop
discrimination in jury selection.
Since 1986, the Supreme Court
has held that it is illegal for
prosecutors to exclude members
of any racial group from a jury.
Recently the Supreme Court ordered a lower court to review
compelling evidence of racial
bias in the selection of a jury for
a Dallas murder trial. The lower
court defiantly disregarded the
order, which led the high court
to rehear the case. When the
Supreme Court rules in May, it
will uphold its ban on racial discrimination and deliver a stinging rebuke of the lower court.
can offer a wider breadth of
legal services to clients doing
international business. On the
other hand, these bigger and
more complex firms run a
greater risk of having legal troubles of their own, including
conflicts of interest. Firms of
more than 2,000 lawyers will
become more common.
6. U.S. Senate will “go nuclear.”
The GOP will exercise the socalled “nuclear option”—eliminating the filibuster-to prevent
Senate Democrats from blocking judicial nominees. A timehonored procedural tactic, the
filibuster has been used by
Democrats and Republicans
alike to prevent a vote from taking place on the Senate floor. A
filibuster can be overcome only
by a super majority of 60 votes
in the 100 member chamber.
Frustrated by Democrats’ refusal to confirm all of President
Bush’s conservative judicial
nominees and emboldened by
their own gains in the Senate,
the GOP hopes that ending the
filibuster will help reshape the
federal courts, including the
U.S. Supreme Court. They are
right, but their actions will destroy what there is left of bipartisanship and leave a radioactive
cloud over the Senate chamber.
8. A human rights settlement with
U.S. oil giant will encourage
corporate accountability and
prompt Republican Congress to
change law. In a federal case relying on a rarely cited 1798
Alien Tort Claims Act, human
rights groups sued the giant
Unocal Corporation claiming it
knew about or should have
known about the murder, rape,
and enslavement of villagers by
the military of Myanmar (also
known as Burma) during construction of a Unocal oil pipeline
the 1990s. The December 13
settlement, which requires Unocal to improve living conditions
for inhabitants of the region of
the pipeline, will put corporations on notice that they may be
held responsible for their actions
abroad. If more such lawsuits
arise, don’t be surprised if big
business asks a sympathetic
Congress to change federal law
to prevent such claims.
7. More law firms will go global.
For law firms, like other commerce, the world is getting
smaller and national boundaries
are more open. Multinational
firms will have a significant
edge over competitors as they
9. Jurors to get more rights, better
pay. Although juries are a crucial part of our justice system,
they don’t get the respect and
protection they deserve. Influential groups like the American
Bar Association will push for-
and win-greater restrictions on
courtroom cameras, sealed
records to protect jurors’ confidentiality, higher pay for longterm jury service, and penalties
for employers that dock workers
who serve as jurors.
10. Animal rights will break into the
legal mainstream. The mistreatment of animals, still considered
a fringe issue within the law,
will receive more attention in
the courts in 2005 and beyond.
Animal rights activist Bob
Barker, host of The Price is
Right, has heavily endowed several top law schools, including
Harvard, to educate law students, lawyers and judges about
laws to protect animals from
cruelty and neglect. Expect to
see a new generation of legal activists tackling once-overlooked
cases ranging from abused pets
to endangered species.
• • •
Jack Olender is President of The
Malpractice Law Firm, Jack H.
Olender & Associates, P.C. In its
December, 2004, Washingtonian
magazine once again named Jack
Olender in its list top 30 lawyers.
According to Washingtonian, “Of all
the malpractice lawyers in the
country, none is more recognized or
feared than Jack Olender.”
Mr. Olender has appeared on
every network evening news program,
CBS 60 Minutes, Larry King Live
and numerous other . He is known for
his incisive and entertaining commentary on such topics as malpractice, high profile trials, tort reform,
jury issues, personal injury disasters,
and how to avoid malpractice.
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INSIGHTS & VIEWPOINTS/CAPITAL COMMENTS
January 7, 2005
OP-ED
G
overnor Mark Warner and
Speaker William Howell
openly talk about making
state government more efficient and
bringing more business-like practices to the way agencies and programs are managed. Both say they
want state government to become
more user-friendly and modernized.
These two powerful leaders seem to
be in general agreement.
And many of Virginia’s statewide
candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor in both parties are
campaigning on making government
more responsive, more efficient, and
less burdensome the taxpayers. But as
some have said, political rhetoric is
cheap and the real challenge is truly
changing the way government works.
I recently had the opportunity to
talk with two fascinating experts on
making government more efficient.
They were practical, realistic and
very optimistic about the potential
that faces our government leaders
right now at the federal, state and
local levels.
Former Indianapolis Mayor,
Stephen Goldsmith, and Director at
Deloitte Research-Public Sector,
William Eggers, have written an ex-
REFORMING GOVERNMENT
TAKES MORE THAN RHETORIC
Michael Thompson
Special to The Metro Herald
tremely important new book entitled,
“Governing by Network”. The publisher is the respected Brookings Institute, normally labeled a “liberal
think tank” in Washington, DC.
This easy to read book needs to
be read by everyone interested in
better government and providing
government services in the more
efficient and effective way.
A quiet revolution is taking place
inside government at all levels. That
revolution is in the way government
services are provided. Government
executives are moving away from
managing people inside government
who directly provide services and toward coordinating services that are
provided by an array of public, private and nonprofit organizations.
Government at all levels is finding
that the public is better served by various agencies more readily sharing information and tasks. The old “stove
pipe” management model (managing
personnel in a top-down command
system and only in your specific division without coordination with other
agencies and departments) is giving
way as government looks for providing the best outcome to those who use
government services.
New computer-based manage-
ment tools offer the ability to substantially change the way government
works and those tools will become
more and more effective over the next
few years. The “digital revolution” is
making collaboration easier between
agencies and with government
grantees that provide services.
Goldsmith and Eggers call this new
approach “Governing by Network”.
What this marvelous new book
focuses on is this: government is relying more and more on outside contractors, but in a lot of cases it
doesn’t yet know how to manage
these “outsiders” very well. Examples of successes and failures are
peppered throughout this book.
Many talk about reforming state
and local government. We want government agencies to work together
and reduce duplication. We promote
the use of public-private partnerships. We discuss using the private
and nonprofit sectors to more efficiently deliver services. However,
government must learn how to manage such outsourcing of previous
government functions or the old way
of government and that would be a
real long-term disservice to the people who rely on government services.
Those of us who want to see government reform the way it works
need to read this new book and read
it carefully. It is a guide to making
government better. And it carries
with it a caution sign that says: be
careful and don’t just think that by
turning a service over to the private
or nonprofit sector that the result will
automatically be better.
The management of these outsourced contracts takes expertise.
Managing people inside government
is not the same as managing several
delivery systems outside government or between government agencies. And those leaders who are
faced with the changing role of government must be willing to bring
new management techniques to the
table, to train and retrain current
managers and to hire new managers
who have this necessary expertise.
As a “more business-like approach” to government is promoted,
it is critical that those in charge make
these changes carefully. Each agency
needs to identify what the public
value is that it is trying to create and
thus what their policy goals are and
what role that agency plays in reaching those goals. A careful design of
the network of providers is critical to
I RESOLVE...
Witness for Justice
BERNICE POWELL JACKSON
Executive Minister
UCC Justice & Witness Ministries
N
ew Year’s resolutions are always tough. Most of us, if
we make them at all, have
broken them by the time February
arrives. Resolutions to lose weight
or stop smoking or exercise more or
stop using bad language usually
aren’t worth the paper they are written on (if they are even written
down.)
This year I’m making a different
kind of resolution. I want to do something positive which will make a dif-
ference in the life of a child or someone struggling to make it. This year I
want to be a part of a movement of
Americans which forces our nation to
look in the faces of those without
health care insurance because I believe it is only when we look in their
faces that we will make a change. As
long as they are anonymous numbers
(45 million, no less) it is easy to ignore them or forget them or pass their
needs off to someone else.
This year I want to be a part of a
movement of African Americans and
other Americans which takes responsibility for our children who, despite
the President’s program, are being
left behind. I want to be part of a
movement which forces Americans
to recognize that testing is not the
only answer to the problems of children who go to school hungry and
dirty, who have no positive role models in their lives, who struggle to understand the language used in the
classroom, who must take buses from
homeless shelters to school every day
and then are expected to learn.
This year I want to be part of a
movement which says that the death
penalty is cruel and unusual punishment when the great majority of
those on death rows across this na-
UNITED WE STAND
6
tion are people of color and almost
all are poor, frequently represented
by inadequate attorneys and victimized by overzealous prosecutors and
police officers.
This year I want to be part of a
movement which says that might
does not make right and that international law does matter and that we
will not be party to a pre-emptive
war based on inadequate and untrue
intelligence. I want to be part of a
movement which makes peace-making the highest priority and invites
our young people to be a part of a
new model of building a world of
peace with justice.
This year I want to be part of a
movement which says that the environment is important and sacred and
we have an obligation to protect not
only the trees and creatures of the
sea and the land, but we also have an
obligation to protect human beings
from the pollution which we cause.
Oh, this year I am going to resolve to lose 20 pounds and exercise
more. But I want to resolve even
more to make some changes not only
in my life, but in the world. If we all
make this kind of resolution, we can
change the world. Wow, what a
thought.
determine how it is managed and
how the flow of information is to be
established. Modern technology is
the glue that makes Governing by
Network successful so up-to-date
technology is key to success. A firm
accountability system needs to be established so that success and failure
can be identified and incentives introduced to the system. And finally,
government employee capabilities
will need to change as this new system takes root. These changes are not
easy, but the potential for more efficient government that provides better
services at less cost is the end result
that will be beneficial to everyone.
Governing by Network is a book
that should be required reading by
every leader inside and outside of
government interested in dramatic
and responsible change.
• • •
Michael Thompson is the Chairman
and President of the Thomas
Jefferson Institute for Public Policy,
the leading non-partisan public
policy foundation in Virginia. The
opinions expressed are his and do
not necessarily reflect those of the
Institute or its Board of Directors.
He can be reached at info@
thomasjeffersoninst.org.
ALLEN CALLS
FOR SOLDIERS’
DEATH GRATUITY
TO BE RAISED
Sen. George Allen
(R-VA)
U
.S. Senator George Allen (RVA) today urged Congress to
do more to help the families
of soldiers killed in action by raising
what is called the “Death Gratuity” to
$100,000. The benefit is a cash payment to the survivor of soldiers killed
in battle to help them cope with their
immediate needs following the loss of
their loved one. Currently, families
receive $12,000 under the program.
“I think the people of a grateful
nation want to be able to help the
families who lose their sons or
daughters in defense of our freedoms.
The current amount of $12,000 is a
miserly and paltry amount that I
strongly believe should be much
higher. I look forward to working
with my colleagues on this important
issue when the 109th Congress convenes in January,” said Senator Allen.
The Death Gratuity is a taxexempt payment that provides immediate cash to Active, Guard and
Reserve troops killed in combat
zones. In January 2005, the amount
will be increased to $12,420 which is
a 3.5% increase.
“Clearly, that is not enough for
families to be able to start putting
their lives back together. I guarantee
you that any family would rather have
their loved one over any amount of
money, but $12,000 is too low to deal
with funeral arrangements, the loss of
a breadwinner and all the associated
burdens of losing a spouse, father, or
mother,” said Senator Allen.
To adjust the amount, Senator
Allen plans to work with other Senators who have similar interests to introduce a bill that can be moved
quickly through Congress. He hopes
that an adjustment would be created
retroactively to extend to the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
However, specifics of any legislation
won’t be worked-out until after the
109th Congress convenes on January
4, 2005.
“George Washington said that
the willingness of future generations
to fight for their country no matter
how just the cause will be proportional to how previous veterans are
treated. I think it is important that
we show a deeper appreciation for
those heroic soldiers who died
defending liberty and their brave
families back home who have paid
the ultimate sacrifice as well,” said
Senator Allen.
THE METRO HERALD
EDUCATION
January 7, 2005
ADD PREPAREDNESS TO LIST OF
NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS
W
ith the approaching new
year also comes the inevitable New Year’s resolutions. Many residents will resolve
to start a new diet, or to lose a few
extra pounds or even to exercise more
in 2005. However, the Fairfax County
Office of Emergency Management
encourages residents to add preparedness to the list of resolutions.
Unlike starting an exercise routine or shedding 20 pounds, it’s a resolution that’s fairly easy to accomplish and one that will prepare you
and your family in case of severe
weather, loss of electricity or potential terrorist incidents.
The Office of Emergency Management encourages residents to assemble an emergency preparedness
kit-or purchase a packaged kit available from several sources, including
the American Red Cross www.
redcross.org). Your kit should contain supplies for at least three days,
and should include the following
types of supplies:
• Food-energy bars; ready-to-eat
canned meals, fruits and vegetables; peanut butter; crackers; trail
mix; canned milk or soup; comfort
foods, such as hard candy, cookies,
sweetened cereal or instant coffee.
• Water-a minimum of one gallon
per person per day (two quarts for
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
drinking and two quarts for food
preparation/sanitation)-stored in
plastic containers, such as soft
drink bottles. Do not store water
in glass containers.
Flashlight and battery-operated
radio, with extra batteries.
Medications-both prescription
and nonprescription; vitamins.
First aid kit-to include bandages,
antiseptic wipes, antibiotic ointment packages, aspirin, gauze, scissors, first aid instruction materials.
Personal hygiene items-toothbrush, toothpaste, comb, brush,
soap, contact lens solution, feminine supplies.
Clothing and bedding-at least one
change of clothes and shoes for
each person: sturdy shoes or boots;
rain gear; sleeping bags; blankets.
Sanitation-toilet paper; towelettes; hand sanitizer; disinfectant; plastic bags, ties; household
chlorine bleach.
Other supplies-such as paper
plates, cups and plastic utensils;
aluminum foil; plastic storage
containers; matches in a waterproof container; map; wrench (to
turn off gas and water connections); non-electric can opener;
cash, change or traveler’s checks;
paper, pens and pencils.
Special items-games or books; important family documents-such as
WILLIE GARY PROVIDES
WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT
TO STUDENTS AT THE
HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
Willie Gary, attorney and Chairman of the
Black Family Channel
P
rominent attorney and Chairman of the Black Family Channel, Willie Gary, recently
served as the keynote speaker at a student assembly held at the Howard
University School of Law in Washington, DC. The event was organized and
hosted by the Association of Trial
Lawyers of America in conjunction
with the Student Bar Association.
Gary addressed over 350 law students, administrators and faculty
from the Howard University School
of Law, in an effort to motivate them
to strive for excellence in their studies and provide them with a blueprint
for success. At the conclusion of the
program, students were given the opportunity to ask Gary questions
about the challenges he has faced as
an African American lawyer, and
how he was able to overcome the
THE METRO HERALD
odds and realize his dream of being
an attorney, cable television executive and entrepreneur.
Energy filled the room as Gary
challenged the group of future
lawyers. “If you stay focused, work
hard, and accept the special responsibility that comes with the law degree, you can make a difference in
the lives of many people. You can be
a voice for the voiceless,” said Gary.
Gary, who is best known in legal
circles as “The Giant Killer,” is
noted for taking on some of America’s most powerful companies-winning billions of dollars in verdicts
and settlements on behalf of his
clients. Gary is also the Chairman of
the Black Family Channel, America’s only minority owned and operated, 24-hour cable network committed to providing wholesome
entertainment for the entire family.
The mission of the Black Family
Channel is to inform, entertain and
empower urban communities with
quality family programming.
Gary is also known for his philanthropic endeavors. In 1994, he and
his wife, Dr. Gloria Gary, founded
the Gary Foundation, which provides
college scholarship to at-risk students
who wish to attend college. The
Gary’s have donated millions of dollars to help Historically Black Colleges and Universities, including $10
million to his alma mater, Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina.
insurance policies, passports, important telephone numbers, family
records, etc.-in a waterproof,
portable container; any supplies for
persons with disabilities or special
needs for infants or elderly persons.
• Communication Plan-an important part of any kit is to include a
family communication plan, with
all important phone numbers and
contact information. This will
speed up our ability to communicate with family and friends in
the event of an emergency.
Emergency preparedness kits can
be customized to meet your individual needs, but should include a minimum of a three-day supply of food
and water. These kits cannot provide
all the supplies you might need in an
emergency, but should be designed
to provide the basics needed to sustain you and our family for a minimum of three days should an emergency or disaster occur.
SPEAKER TO
DISCUSS JEWISH
FROM A GENETIC
AND BIOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVE
For more details, contact the
office of Emergency Management at
703/324-2362, TTY 711, www.
fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency. During times of emergency or severe
weather, residents may call the Fair-
LIBRARY TO
RECEIVE
$100,000
TO
CONTINUE
OUTREACH
PROGRAM
T
he Fairfax County Public
Library will receive $100,000
through the recently passed
federal omnibus appropriations bill.
The money will be used to continue
the Fairfax County Public Library
Foundation’s successful Motheread/
Fatheread literacy outreach program.
The Motheread/Fatheread program
helps ensure that children from lowincome families, and those with limited English, develop reading skills.
Parents, guardians and childcare
fax County Government Emergency
Information Line at 703/817-7771,
TTY 711, watch the county government cable Channel 16 or visit the
county Web site www.fairfaxcounty.
gov for updated information.
providers are taught to improve family
communication through reading
books to children and discussing the
concepts introduced by the stories.
In addition to coaching adults, the
program provides children’s books
so that families can read together at
home.
“This national program is recognized as one of the premier family
literacy programs in the country,”
says Mary Knapp, director of community outreach for the Library
Foundation. “I’m pleased that the
funds will allow us to continue this
important work.”
The Motheread/Fatheread program was launched in 2002, and
since then almost 8,000 children and
more than 7,000 adults have participated in the program. More than
9,000 books have been given to participants, such as Where the Wild
Things Are, Corduroy and El
Conejito Andarin.
B
ennett Greenspan, President and CEO of Family
Tree DNA, will talk at a
Kosher dinner on being Jewish
from a genetic and biological
perspective, on January 27,
6:30-8:30PM at the B’nai B’rith
Klutznick National Jewish Museum.
Sponsored by The B’nai
B’rith Klutznick National Jewish
Museum in partnership with the
JCC Greater Washington, the
B’nai B’rith Chesapeake Bay
Region and the Jewish Community Center (JCC) Northern Virginia.
Greenspan will introduce the
science of genetics and its contributions to tracing family connections-the common biological elements that define us as human
beings and as Jews. Family Tree
DNA uses state-of-the-art technology and statistical analysis to
test biological similarities among
individuals.
Cost is $20 for B’nai B’rith,
Museum, and JCC-members and
$25 for nonmembers. Reservations required. For more information or reservations please call
202/857-6583.
The B’nai B’rith Klutznick
National Jewish Museum in partnership with the JCC Greater
Washington, the B’nai B’rith
Chesapeake Bay Region, and the
Jewish Community Center (JCC)
Northern Virginia present the
Culturally Jewish: 350th Program Series at B’nai B’rith, documenting and exploring Jewish
art and culture in the nation’s
capital.
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TODAY’S WOMAN
January 7, 2005
NATIONAL WOMEN’S BUSINESS
CENTER TO HELP SMALL BUSINESS
WIN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
T
he National Women’s Business Center, Inc. (the Center),
a non-profit organization serving entrepreneurs at all stages of business development, will guide small
businesses in developing a federal
contracting practice during a series of
workshops presented by the Center’s
Procurement Institute. Kicking off
2005, are two all-day business development seminars—the first focusing
on the ins and outs of the government
procurement process and the second
on helping entrepreneurs get in the
door to present their business case—
followed by a four-month personalized consultation workshop.
“The federal government offers
very lucrative opportunities for small
companies with something to sell and
the commitment to doing their homework,” explained Penny Pompei,
President of The National Women’s
Business Center. “Through our Procurement Institute, we’ve designed
structured, step-by-step lesson plans
with the input of seasoned professionals that take a business owner
through every phase of the government procurement process. For those
business owners serious about succeeding in the government space and
willing to do the hard work, the Procurement Institute curriculum will
position them to compete with other
sophisticated federal marketers for a
piece of the government pie.”
Leading off the federal business
development seminar series is Understanding the Federal Contracting
Process from Start to Finish for Small
Firms on January 12. Instructor Donnellda Rice, Esq., will give entrepreneurs an insider’s perspective on what
it takes to be a successful government
contractor. Many small businesses
lose government opportunities because they do not understand the Federal Acquisition System. Ms. Rice
will explain the Federal Acquisition
System and what the agency review
process entails, as well as give business owners tips on how to take advantage of the various contract vehicles and small business programs.
Ms. Rice has more than 25 years of
experience practicing law and representing small and medium sized government contractors. With her experiences as a college professor and as a
government contractor who trains federal contracting officials, Ms. Rice offers a truly unique insider perspective.
Armed with a clear understanding
of how the system works, Cassandra
Ford will show entrepreneurs how to
work the system. During the oneday seminar, Capturing Federal Business for Small Firms on January 13,
Ms. Ford will present three key business development strategies for
launching and growing a federal
practice. She will explain why cre-
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ating and executing a detailed, aggressive strategy can be the difference between winning and missing
government contracting opportunities. As President of J. Chase
Marketing Group, LLC, Ms. Ford
has been a successful federal business developer for more than 25
years and is committed to helping
small firms compete in the government space. Entrepreneurs will leave
knowing how to approach prospective decision-makers, identify key
differentiators of their company versus competitors that will grab the
‘buyers’ attention, craft a solid capture strategy and uncover opportunities before they are published.
The National Women’s Business
Center is also offering eight business
owners who either want to break into
the federal market or grow their government business with personalized
consultation during a four-month
program that begins January 18.
The Federal Business Development
Personalized Consultation Workgroup expands upon the proven marketing and sales methodologies and
techniques shared by Ms. Ford that
are employed by highly successful
prime government contractors. Ms.
Ford will lead this group coaching
program offering step-by-step instruction on creating and implementing a superior strategy for entering
and growing in the federal market.
This program will demonstrate why
excellent government contracting
strategy is contingent upon the quality of work at the “set-up.” Each
session will progress through the
critical phases in developing a capture strategy that coincides with the
federal procurement cycle.
The January 12 and 13 seminars
will be held from 8:00AM–4:30PM
at the National Women’s Business
Center offices at 1001 Connecticut
Avenue, N.W., Suite 919, Washington, D.C. Cost of each program is
$365 or $675 for both. To register,
call the Center at (202) 464-1400,
send an email to [email protected]
or sign up online for one or both
seminars at www.wbiznet.biz/
procurement/procurementorf.htm.
To take advantage of the fourmonth Federal Business Development Personalized Consultation
Workgroup, use the phone number
and email listed above or register online at www.wbiznet.biz/pandw/
courses/fedbusdev.htm.
Note: The all-day Capturing Federal
Business for Small Firms seminar is
a prerequisite for the Workgroup.
Workgroup sessions are half-day and
begin on January 18, with subsequent sessions scheduled for February 8, March 1 and March 29. The
cost for this four-month personalized
consultation is $1395.
¡CELEBREMOS LA VIDA! PROGRAM
CONTINUES TO HELP HISPANIC WOMEN
A
LEXANDRIA, VA. (Dec. 7,
2004)—The Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation (CRPF) announced today that
the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation National Race for the
Cure® awarded a continuation grant
of $75,000 to support its ¡Celebremos la Vida! Program.
¡Celebremos la Vida! (Let’s Celebrate Life!) is a breast and cervical
cancer education and screening program serving medically underserved
Hispanic women over age 40 in
Washington, D.C., and Northern
Virginia. Developed by the Cancer
Research and Prevention Foundation, the program is a partnership be-
tween the Foundation and the Spanish Catholic Center, the CRPF/
George Washington University
Mammovan, Lombardi Cancer
Center and Georgetown University
Medical Center.
“Cancer Research and Prevention
Foundation is extremely grateful to
the Komen Foundation for their continued support,” said Karen Peterson, Ph.D., vice president for programs at the Cancer Research and
Prevention Foundation. “Word-ofmouth communication is driving
patient referrals to the point that
monthly clinics are now booked up
to five months in advance so there is
little doubt of the continuing need
and of the continuing success of the
program.”
In the upcoming year, CRPF anticipates that at least 360 women will
benefit from this project in the Washington, D.C., metro area.
“We are proud of the long-standing commitment that Celebremos
sites have made to make breast and
cervical cancer prevention and early
detection a reality for many Hispanic
women,” said Carolyn Aldigé, president and founder of CRPF.
For information on how to access
the program, please contact the
Foundation at 1-800-227-2732.
WHAT WOMEN REALLY WANT—HEALTH BY CHOCOLATE
Being-and feeling-beautiful has never
been so delicious or so nutritious.
(NAPSI)—Being and feeling
more beautiful can be delicious.
That’s because three new products
made with a nutritional powerhousechocolate-really help women look
and feel their best.
• Health by Chocolate Beauty Bars
are Swiss chocolate bars that are
exquisitely delicious and designed
to benefit your skin. Ecco Bella’s
new Health by Chocolate Bar and
drink begins with organic Swiss
Cocoa and contains more minerals and antioxidants than most
fruit and vegetables. They’re like
vitamins for your skin.
This delectable chocolate
helps protect your skin from the
effects of aging. Created by Ecco
Bella founder and president Sally
Malanga and Dr. Phillip Cohen, a
holistic physician and professor
of dermatology, these bars are
choc-full of minerals, won’t raise
cholesterol levels and have only a
modest 14 carbs per serving.
The bars are infused with
cranberry seed oil for omega-3
fatty acids, plus blueberry extract,
lutein, lycopene and as much
fiber as an apple. The bars are
Certified Organic and Fair Trade.
• Some women like chocolate so
much, they put it all over their
face-as a mask. They know that
the inherent properties of chocolate are ideal for skin care.
Malanga knew that and so she
created Ecco Bella’s Organic
Dark Chocolate Mask.
It’s a creamy facial treatment
that’s naturally pure and rich in
magnesium, vitamins, and antiox-
idants. All of the delicious organic ingredients-aloe vera, organic cocoa powder, safflower
oil, kaolin, marshmallow extract
and chamomile nourish and
cleanse the skin leaving it
smoother, more supple and with
better tone and clarity.
• Now, there is the Women’s Wonder Bar for PMS and Menopause,
a delicious chocolate bar the puts
women of all ages in a restored
frame of mind.
The Women’s Wonder Bar,
delicately flavored with rose oil,
also contains Chaste Tree Berry, a
traditional herb for relieving
symptoms of both PMS and
menopause, along with wholesome soy powder known to have a
positive effect on bone, breast and
heart health. The bars also contain
cranberry seed oil, which has a
blend of omega-3 fatty acids and
as much fiber as an apple, all hidden in a rich Swiss chocolate bar.
For more information, visit www.
eccobella.com. The products are
found at Whole Foods, Wild Oats and
independent natural product retailers.
IT’S THE NEW YEAR—TIME TO FOCUS ON YOUR BOTTOM LINE
SIX MUST-DO FINANCIAL RESOLUTIONS
(NAPSI)—Every year, people
make the same resolutions. Go to the
gym more. Cut out chocolate. Lose
10 pounds. Stop smoking. This year,
instead of losing 10 pounds, Pam
Little, editor of WomensWallStreet.com, encourages everyone to
make six financial resolutions-and
stick to them.
1. Break the budget code: Let’s face
it. For some, giving up $4 lattes is
just not going to happen. So sit
down and identify the nonnegotiables, such as rent or the mortgage and your a.m. coffee, then
determine where it’s reasonable to
cut back from there. Think DVD
late fees or that fast-food lunch.
2. Save more: Set a savings goal and
start putting away money for a
rainy day (aim for 5 to 10 percent
of your paycheck) even if what
you do on that rainy day is take a
Mediterranean cruise.
3. Retire right: Botox might help
you look good at 65, but maxing
out your 401(k) contributions beginning this year can help you
live right after 65.
4. Develop an interest in interest:
Get serious about eliminating
credit card debt and the crippling
interest that comes along with it.
Out with department store credit
cards. Transfer high-interest balances to one or two low- or zerointerest cards and make a plan for
paying them off for good.
5. Get an insurance checkup: Take
the time to shop around and see
how you can cut monthly insurance payments by combining
policies, increasing deductibles
or switching policies altogether.
6. Make life less taxing. Resolve to
pad Uncle Sam’s wallet a little
less by focusing on ways to cut
your income tax bill. That may
mean choosing tax-free investment vehicles, restructuring your
home-based business or simply
stock-piling money in your IRA.
Other great money-saving tips on
topics covering everything from negotiating your next big purchase, to
tips on how to be a savvy investor
are available at WomensWallStreet.com. While you’re there,
check out the site’s new look. In addition to enhanced functionality and
a great new design, the site has
added new features, tools and
columns, including Frankly Financial™, TaxMama™, Career Boost &
Extreme Resume Makeover™ and
Annie Jacobsen Speaks Out™. In addition, the site is partnering with Investor’s Business Daily to provide
additional expert content and tools
for the savvy investor.
THE METRO HERALD
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
January 7, 2005
LIBRARY HELPS READERS
SAVE SIGHT
O
n Tuesday, January 11 from 10:00AM–2:00PM, the Access
Services branch of the Fairfax County Public Library will
offer free glaucoma screenings in conference room 123-C of
the Fairfax County Government Center, which is located at 12000
Government Center Parkway in Fairfax.
According to the Glaucoma Research Foundation, more than three
million Americans have glaucoma, but half of those with the disease
are unaware that they have it. Although vision lost to glaucoma cannot
be recovered, blindness can often be prevented if the condition is
detected early. Glaucoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness
in the United States.
“Unfortunately, many people with glaucoma don’t experience
symptoms until it’s too late,” explains Access Services’ Branch
Manager Jeanette Studley. “The test we’re offering could help save
someone’s sight.”
Those at greatest risk of the disease include people who are
extremely nearsighted, those age 60 and older, diabetics, people related
to glaucoma patients, and African Americans age 45–65.
“When detected in time, glaucoma can be controlled through medication or surgery,” Studley says. “We want avid readers in Fairfax
County to continue to enjoy books, so we urge them to take advantage
of this free screening.”
ADDITIONAL FLU VACCINE
AVAILABLE FROM FAIRFAX COUNTY
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
T
he Fairfax County Health Department has additional influenza (flu) vaccine available
for adults and children who are considered high-risk as determined by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Flu shots will be offered by appointment only. Beginning today, eligible adults can make
an appointment by calling one of five
Health Department District Offices:
Falls Church
District Office
703-534-8343
Herndon-Reston
District Office
703-481-4242
Joseph Willard
Health Center
(Fairfax City)
703-246-7100
Mount Vernon
District Office
703-704-6100
Springfield
District Office
703-569-1031
The cost of the flu shot is $17.
The CDC guidelines for flu vaccine distribution are intended to protect vulnerable individuals who are
most likely to become seriously ill or
die from the flu. These guidelines
are:
• People 65 years of age or older
• Children 6–23 months of age
• People 2–64 years of age with
underlying chronic medical
conditions
• Women who will be pregnant
during the flu season
• Residents of nursing homes or
other long-term care facilities
• Children 6 months to 18 years of
age receiving long-term aspirin
therapy
• Health care workers who provide
direct patient care
• Out-of-home caregivers and
household contacts of children
under 6 months of age
THE METRO HERALD
After January 10, 2005, people
who are over age 50 and household
contacts of individuals in the highrisk categories also will be eligible to
receive any available flu vaccine. It
is expected that there will be a very
limited supply of vaccine for this expanded group. Individuals that fit
this expanded criteria can call 703246-2411 on Jan. 10 for vaccine
availability.
The Health Department still has
vaccine for high risk children who
are eligible for the Vaccine for Children program. Individuals who believe their child is eligible for this
program may call a Health Department District Office and ask to speak
to the Nurse of the Day.
In order to reduce the spread of
flu, people are encouraged to:
• Use a tissue to cover your nose
and mouth when coughing or
sneezing; dispose of the tissue
immediately and wash hands
thoroughly.
• Frequently wash hands with soap
and hot water for at least 20
seconds.
• Rinse and dry hands with a disposable towel. Use a paper
towel to turn off the faucet.
• Stay at home from work or school
for 5–7 days if you have flu like
symptoms.
• Refrain from visiting a nursing
home if you have flu like
symptoms.
If flu symptoms develop (the
sudden onset of fever, headache, sore
throat, and cough), a doctor can
prescribe medications that can reduce the severity and duration of the
disease.
For more information, please
refer to the Health Department Web
site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/hd
or call its recorded information line
at 703-246-2411, TTY 703-5916435. Recorded information is
updated as information changes.
COMMISSION
ON HEALTH
MEETING AND
FORUM ON
EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS
M
ontgomery County
residents are invited to
attend the January
2005 Commission on Health
Meeting, to be held Thursday,
January 13. The Commission’s
business meeting will be held
from 6 to 7PM, followed by a
one-hour community forum on
emergency preparedness. Officials from the newly created
County Department of Homeland
Security and the Department of
Health and Human Services will
provide an overview of Public
Health Emergency Preparedness
plans in the community. A question and answer period will follow the presentations.
The Commission’s meeting
will be held at the BethesdaChevy Chase High School cafeteria, located at 4301 East-West
Highway in Bethesda. Individuals needing sign language services
or other assistance to participate in
this meeting should call the
Commission on Health at 240777-1141 or email Peggy.Bur
@montgomerycountymd.gov
by Thursday, January 6.
BLOOD DONORS NEEDED NOW
AS DECLINE IN
APPOINTMENTS CONTINUES
T
he Greater Chesapeake and
Potomac (GC & P) Region of
the American Red Cross continues to see a decline in blood donor
appointments, and is asking community members to call 1-800-GIVELIFE immediately to schedule appointments. Donations are needed
immediately to ensure that blood is
available for every patient in need in
the more than 80 hospitals and 10
trauma centers serviced each day by
the GC & P Region. Currently, donors
of all blood types are needed, and
there is a critical need for type O and
type B donors. Platelet donors are
also needed, and appointments are
available by calling 1-800-272-2123.
“I certainly never thought that I
would be a person who would need
blood, and since my car accident, I
have realized that it can happen to
anyone,” said Jennifer DeWitt, who
required countless blood transfusions following a near fatal car accident two years ago. “When you donate blood, you are giving someone
out there another chance at life. I am
very grateful to community blood
donors who gave me that chance.”
Hours of operation at many community blood Donor Centers have
been extended this week and every
participant will receive a special
“Thanks for Giving” t-shirt as a spe-
cial token of appreciation from the
American Red Cross, on behalf of
the patients in local hospitals who
need blood in order to survive. A
complete listing of American Red
Cross blood Donor Centers and community blood drives is available online at www.my-redcross.org.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO
GIVE BLOOD?
DONORS MUST:
• Be generally in good health;
• Be at least 17 years of age, or in
the state of Maryland only, 16
years of age w/written parental
consent;
• Weigh no less than 110 pounds;
• Have not received a tattoo within
the past year;
• Have not donated whole blood
within the past 56 days.
Members of the community are
asked to call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE immediately to schedule an appointment to donate at any American Red
Cross Donor Center or community
blood drive. Businesses and community groups that are willing to hold
blood drives are asked to call 1-800787-9282, x 4925 for information.
Visit us online at www.myredcross.org
NRHA HELPS RURAL COMMUNITIES
OBTAIN HEALTH CARE FUNDS
T
he National Rural Health
Association (NRHA) recently announced plans to
offer technical assistance to communities interested in applying for
Consolidated Health Center (CHC)
Program funding. These programs
are designed to help local communities provide free or reduced-cost
health care to low-income and uninsured residents.
Many communities benefit from
CHC funds, however the application
process can be complicated—particularly for those unfamiliar with the
process. The NRHA technical assistance program will offer help in three
areas for those communities wishing
to apply for funding.
• First, a series of educational teleconferences will be presented for
those interested in learning more
about the program.
• Second, applicants with serious
program intentions will be offered the opportunity to attend a
training seminar on grant writing.
The NRHA will provide funds for
rural community leaders to attend
this training.
• Third, rural communities that previously applied for funding but
were denied will be offered technical expertise and advice from
the NRHA to help improve the
application.
“Many rural communities have
been working for years to ensure that
needy families receive the health
care they need. The CHC program is
one way to obtain federal assistance
in that effort,” said Steve Wilhide,
Executive Director of the NRHA.
“We are pleased to offer this assistance to help make successful, rural
CHC applications possible.”
For more information, visit
h t t p : / / w w w. N R H A r u r a l . o r g /
pagefile/CHCTA.html. To learn
more about CHC issues in your area,
find the contact information for local
primary care association and primary
care organization staff here: www.
nachc.org/primcare/srpcalist.asp.
EMERGENCY INFORMATION LINE
OFFERS
WINTER SAFETY MESSAGES
T
he Fairfax County Government Emergency Information Line is
not only a source of information during times of severe weather
or other types of emergencies, but it also provides year-round
preparedness information for county residents. Currently featured on the
emergency information line are messages on winter preparedness, fire
safety tips and details on assembling an emergency preparedness kit.
Residents may call 703-817-7771, TTY 711, to speak with staff
during normal government business hours (Monday through Friday,
8AM–4:30PM). During emergency events, the emergency information
line operates with extended hours. At other times, callers can choose
from a menu of recorded information or leave a message that will be returned the next business day.
The goal of the emergency information line is to provide accurate,
current information to Fairfax County residents during emergency situations and also to provide preparedness information year-round. In the
event of inclement weather or other types of emergencies, the county
also provides updated information about government office closures,
service changes and other pertinent information.
For more information on the Fairfax County Government
Emergency Information Line, contact the Office of Public Affairs at
703-324-3187, TTY 703-324-2935, or via e-mail at publicaffairs@
fairfaxcounty.gov.
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REMEMBERING SHIRLEY CHISHOLM 1925–2005
January 7, 2005
“FOR THE EQUAL RIGHTS MOVEMENT”
A WOMAN WHOSE TIME HAD COME
W
hile
Chisholm
advocated
for
black civil rights,
she
regularly
took up issues
that concerned other people of color
such as Native Americans and Spanish-speaking migrants. She also
delivered important speeches on the
economic and political rights of
women and fearlessly criticized the
Nixon Administration during the
Vietnam War.
Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm
was the oldest of four girls born to
parents who had immigrated from
the West Indies, and who barely
subsisted on their wages from factory work and housecleaning.
When Chisholm was three, her
parents, desiring a better life for
their daughters, sent Shirley and
her sisters to Barbados to be reared
by their maternal grandmother. For
Chisholm island life seemed like a
paradise, and she received an excellent education in Barbados’s
British school system. At the age of
ten Chisholm returned to Brooklyn,
where she was an outstanding student. Later, at Brooklyn College,
she majored in sociology and
joined the debating society, an experience that would influence her
cut-and-thrust oratory style. She
also served as a volunteer in the
Brooklyn chapter of the National
Urban League and in the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People (NAACP), where
she debated minority rights.
In 1949, after graduating from
college,
Chisholm
attended
evening classes at Columbia University, earning a master’s degree in
child education. Meanwhile, she
taught at a Harlem nursery school,
and later acted as supervisor of the
largest nursery school network in
New York. It was through administering to hundreds of children, the
majority of them African American
and Puerto Rican, that Chisholm
learned the executive skills that
served her so well in the political
arena. In 1953, as a key member of
the Seventeenth Assembly District
Democratic Club, she waged a
successful political campaign to
elect an eminent black lawyer to
the municipal court.
Chisholm’s political career took
off in 1964, when she won by a
landslide her campaign for the New
York State Assembly. As an assemblyperson (1965–1968), she authored legislation that instituted
SEEK (Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge), a program
that provided college funding to disadvantaged youths, and successfully
introduced a bill that secured unemployment insurance for domestics
and day-care providers. In 1968
Chisholm won a seat in the House of
Representatives, where she served
on a number of committees, including Education and Labor, and campaigned for a higher minimum wage
and federal funding for day-care facilities. She also secured federal
grants for a number of Brooklynbased enterprises that benefited disadvantaged communities. In 1972
she became the first African American woman to campaign for the
presidency, (The first woman ever to
run for president was Victoria
Woodhull, in 1872, on the Equal
Rights Party platform.) running as “a
candidate of the people.” In doing
so she paved the way for others like
herself who, as she said in her autobiography The Good Fight, “will feel
themselves as capable of running for
high political office as any wealthy,
good-looking white male.”
CHISHOLM ‘72—
UNBOUGHT AND UNBOSSED
By James Greenberg
Democratic Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm of New York takes her oath
of office.
Since retiring from Congress in
1982, Chisholm has remained active
as a political figure, an educator, and
a spokesperson for women’s rights.
She has held several university
teaching positions and during the
1980s was a critical asset to Jesse
Jackson’s campaigns for the presidency. She also created and currently chairs the increasingly powerful National Political Congress of
Black Women, and has served on
the Advisory Council of the National
Organization for Women.
Ms. Chisholm is one of the
many black women who have
been denied their rightful place in
the history books.
Fortunately, a young filmmaker
named Shola Lynch recently
completed a documentary on
Ms. Chisholm that premiered at the
Sundance Film Festival a few
weeks ago. The film, Chisholm ’72:
Unbought and Unbossed, features
interviews with writer Amiri
Baraka, feminist Susan Brownmiller and former Black Panther
leader Bobby Seale. Ms. Chisholm
herself is interviewed, and the
archival footage from the 1970s
brings her campaign to life.
In reflecting on her defeat in
1972, Ms. Chisholm remarks in the
film: “There is little place in the
political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for
a fighter. Anyone who takes that
role must pay a price.”
Obscurity is too high a price for
Ms. Chisholm to have to pay.
PARK CITY, Utah (Hollywood Reporter)—With all the experimentation going on with the documentary form, it’s reassuring to
see the traditional formula of newsreel footage and talking heads
work as well as it does in “Chisholm ‘72 — Unbought and
Unbossed.”
As the first black woman to run for president, Shirley Chisholm
makes a spirited subject. The Realside Prods. film could be a
worthy candidate for select theatrical release in late summer during the political conventions.
Rather than seeming dated, Chisholm’s moxie and commitment
is a refreshing antidote to the opportunism and cynicism that rules
the political roost today. There is almost a wistfulness to what
Chisholm dared as a first-term congresswoman from Brooklyn in
1972. It’s not only a historical document but an inspiring tale of
someone who made a difference.
The American political landscape is littered with Don Quixotes
tilting against windmills and vested interests. Chisholm told
people that “if you can’t support me, get out of my way.” She was
physically attacked three times while on the campaign trail, and
talking about it today she still gets teary-eyed.
Not surprisingly, she met a lot of resistance, even among the
Congressional Black Caucus and emerging women’s rights
groups. Gloria Steinem thought she was good, but McGovern was
great. And to this day, Chisholm believes her black colleagues in
Congress failed to rally around her because she was a woman.
The story climaxes at the Democratic National Convention,
where Chisholm had hoped to influence the platform. The whole
point of the campaign was not to win but enter the struggle and
pave the way for the future. Now retired and living in Florida,
Chisholm wants to be remembered as a woman who fought for
change in the 20th century. Mission accomplished, but not
finished.
S
hirley Chisholm is a page in history that we should
not turn. She always placed the good of blacks above
herself. For all Americans and perhaps even world
citizens, Shirley Chisholm played by the rules to
change the world. Her convictions about this
country, represented a philosophy that Americas heart when left to
its convictions would always seek the paths of right and justice
over racism. And when that did not work, she would always take
the impurities of the American government at any and all levels to
the American people for a judgment of action and resolution for
fairness. She was a strong and insightful person, never seeking selfimportance nor displaying self-righteousness. She was about
dealing with the facts of the issue and could always sequence
them from what is called fiction of the absurd.
She Changed The Space Around Her
When She Walked Into A Room
Congresswoman Bella Abzug, left, and Shirley Chisholm, both Democrats from New
York, speak together in Washington, following a hearing on racism in the military in
this November 19, 1971 file photo. Chisholm, the first black woman elected to
Congress and an outspoken advocate for women and minorities during seven terms in
the House, died Saturday, January 1, 2005, a friend said. She was 80. (AP Photo/File)
10
When in1972 Shirley Chisholm decided to run for the
presidency of the United States . . . she did it as an American who
just happened to be black. It was not the power of the presidency
which would have allowed her to take what she believed to be the
abstruse policies of the “good old boys club” who disenfranchised
all citizens who were not a member of the club. On many
occasions she would profess One America for all Americans . . .
anything less was un-American.
In this undated photo provided by Shola Lynch, Shirley Chisholm is shown on the set
of Chisholm ’72 Unbought & Unbossed, Lynch’s documentary about Chisholm’s
1972 run for president. Chisholm, an advocate for minority rights who became the
first black woman elected to Congress and later the first black person to seek a major
party’s nomination for the U.S. presidency, died Saturday, January 1, 2005 at the age
of 80. (AP Photo/Sandi Sissel)
THE METRO HERALD
THE METRO HERALD
Shirley Chisholm
Delivered August 10, 1970 at
Washington, D. C.
M
r. Speaker, House
Joint Resolution
264, before us
today, which provides for equality
under the law for both men and
women, represents one of the most
clear-cut opportunities we are likely
to have to declare our faith in the
principles that shaped our Constitution. It provides a legal basis for attack on the most subtle, most pervasive, and most institutionalized form
of prejudice that exists. Discrimination against women, solely on the
basis of their sex, is so widespread
that is seems to many persons
normal, natural and right.
Legal expression of prejudice on
the grounds of religious or political
belief has become a minor problem
in our society. Prejudice on the
basis of race is, at least, under systematic attack. Their is reason for
optimism that it will start to die with
the present, older generation. It is
time we act to assure full equality of
opportunity to those citizens who,
although in a majority, suffer the restrictions that are commonly imposed on minorities, to women.
The argument that this amendment will not solve the problem of
sex discrimination is not relevant. If
the argument were used against a
civil rights bill, as it has been used
in the past, the prejudice that lies
behind it would be embarrassing.
Of course laws will not eliminate
prejudice from the hearts of human
beings. But that is no reason to
allow prejudice to continue to be
enshrined in our laws—to perpetuate injustice through inaction.
The amendment is necessary to
clarify countless ambiguities and inconsistencies in our legal system.
For instance, the Constitution guarantees due process of law, in the 5th
and 14th amendments. But the applicability of due process of sex distinctions is not clear. Women are
excluded from some State colleges
and universities. In some States, restrictions are placed on a married
woman who engages in an independent business. Women may not
be chosen for some juries. Women
even receive heavier criminal
penalties than men who commit the
same crime. What would the legal
effects of the equal rights amendment really be? The equal rights
amendment would govern only the
relationship between the State and
its citizens—not relationships between private citizens. The amendment would be largely self-executing, that is, and Federal or State
laws in conflict would be ineffective
one year after date of ratification
without further action by the Congress or State legislatures.
Opponents of the amendment
claim its ratification would throw
the law into a state of confusion and
would result in much litigation to
establish its meaning. This objection
overlooks the influence of legislative history in determining intent
and the recent activities of many
groups preparing for legislative
changes in this direction.
State labor laws applying only to
women, such as those limiting
hours of work and weights to be
lifted would become inoperative
unless the legislature amended
them to apply to men. As of early
1970 most States would have some
laws that would be affected. However, changes are being made so
rapidly as a result of title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, it is likely
that by the time the equal rights
amendment would become effective; no confliction State laws would
remain.
In any event, there has for years
been great controversy as to the
usefulness to women of these State
labor laws. There has never been
any doubt that they worked a hardship on women who need or want
to work overtime and on women
who need or want better paying
jobs, and there has been no persuasive evidence as to how many
women benefit from the archaic
policy of the laws. After the
Delaware hours law was repealed
in 1966, there were no complaints
from women to any of the State
agencies that might have been approached.
Jury service laws not making
women equally liable for jury service would have been revised. The
selective service law would have to
include women, but women would
not be required to serve in the
Armed Forces where they are not fitted any more than men are required
to serve. Military service, while a
great responsibility, is not without
benefits, particularly for young men
with limited education or training.
Since October 1966, 246,000
young men who did not meet the
normal mental or physical requirements have been given opportunities for training and correcting physical problems. This opportunity is
not open to their sisters. Only girls
who have completed high school
and meet high standards on the educational test can volunteer. Ratification of the amendment would not
permit application of higher standards to women.
Survivorship benefits would be
available to husbands of female
workers on the same basis as to
wives of male workers. The Social
Security Act and the civil service
and military service retirement acts
are in conflict. Public schools and
universities could not be limited to
one sex and could not apply different admission standards to men and
women. Laws requiring longer
prison sentences for women than
men would be invalid, and equal
opportunities for rehabilitation and
vocational training would have to
be provided in public correctional
institutions. Different ages of majority based on sex would have to be
harmonized. Federal, State, and
other governmental bodies would
be obligated to follow nondiscriminatory practices in all aspects of
employment, including public
school teachers and State university
and college faculties.
What would be the economic effects of the equal rights amendment?
Direct economic effects would be
minor. If any labor laws applying
only to women still remained, their
amendment or repeal would provide
opportunity for women in better-paying jobs in manufacturing. More opportunities in public vocational and
graduate schools for women would
also tend to open up opportunities in
better jobs for women.
Indirect effects could be much
greater. The focusing of public attention on the gross legal, economic,
and social discrimination against
women by hearings and debates in
the Federal and State legislatures
would result in changes in attitude of
parents, educators, and employers
that would bring about substantial
economic changes in the long run.
Sex prejudice cuts both ways.
Men are oppressed by the requirements of the Selective Service Act,
by enforced legal guardianship of
minors, and by alimony laws. Each
sex, I believe, should be liable
when necessary to serve and defend
this country. Each has a responsibility for the support of children.
There are objections raised to
wiping out laws protecting women
workers. No one would condone
exploitation. But what does sex
have to do with it. Working conditions and hours that are harmful to
women are harmful to men; wages
that are unfair for women are unfair
for men. Laws setting employment
limitations on the basis of sex are irrational, and the proof of this is their
inconsistency from State to State.
The physical characteristics of men
and women are not fixed, but cover
two wide spans that have a great
deal of overlap. It is obvious, I think,
that a robust woman could be more
fit for physical labor than a weak
man. The choice of occupation
would be determined by individual
capabilities, and the rewards for
equal works should be equal.
This is what it comes down to: artificial distinctions between persons
must be wiped out of the law. Legal
discrimination between the sexes is,
in almost every instance, founded on
outmoded views of society and the
pre-scientific beliefs about psychology and physiology. It is time to
sweep away these relics of the past
and set further generations free of
them.
Federal agencies and institutions
responsible for the enforcement of
equal opportunity laws need the authority of a Constitutional amend-
ment. The 1964 Civil Rights Act and
the 1963 Equal Pay Act are not
enough; they are limited in their
coverage—for instance, one excludes teachers, and the other leaves
out administrative and professional
women. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has not
proven to be an adequate device,
with its power limited to investigation, conciliation, and recommendation to the Justice Department. In its
cases involving sexual discrimination, it has failed in more than onehalf. The Justice Department has
been even less effective. It has intervened in only one case involving
discrimination on the basis of sex,
and this was on a procedural point.
In a second case, in which both sexual and racial discrimination were
alleged, the racial bias charge was
given far greater weight.
Evidence of discrimination on the
basis of sex should hardly have to be
cited here. It is in the Labor Department’s employment and salary figures for anyone who is still in doubt.
Its elimination will involve so many
changes in our State and Federal
laws that, without the authority and
impetus of this proposed amendment, it will perhaps take another
194 years. We cannot be parties to
continuing a delay. The time is
clearly now to put this House on
record for the fullest expression of
that equality of opportunity which
our founding fathers professed. They
professed it, but they did not assure
it to their daughters, as they tried to
do for their sons.
The Constitution they wrote was
designed to protect the rights of
white, male citizens. As there were
no black Founding Fathers, there
were no founding mothers—a great
pity, on both counts. It is not too late
to complete the work they left undone. Today, here, we should start to
do so.
In closing I would like to make
one point. Social and psychological
effects will be initially more important than legal or economic results.
As Leo Kanowitz has pointed out:
Rules of law that treat of the sexes
per see inevitably produce far-reaching effects upon social, psychological and economic aspects of male-female relations beyond the limited
confines of legislative chambers and
courtrooms. As long as organized
legal systems, at once the most respected and most feared of social institutions, continue to differentiate
sharply, in treatment or in words, between men and women on the basis
of irrelevant and artificially created
distinctions, the likelihood of men
and women coming to regard one
another primarily as fellow human
beings and only secondarily as representatives of another sex will continue to be remote. When men and
women are prevented from recognizing one another’s essential humanity
by sexual prejudices, nourished by
legal as well as social institutions, society as a whole remains less than it
could otherwise become.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
January 7, 2005
SMOKIE NORFUL EARNS FIRST
GRAMMY NOMINATION
Smokie Norful
E
MI Gospel Music recording
artist Smokie Norful, one of
Gospel music’s most successful artists, has a lot to celebrate
this New Year! He’s just received
his first Grammy nomination for
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel
Album and, for the second year in a
row, has been named the number one
gospel artist by Billboard magazine.
Norful also is preparing for the release of his first DVD on March 29,
2005. Filmed in Hi-Definition with
Surround Sound, the Nothing Without You DVD features live concert
performances and in-depth interviews. The 47th Annual Grammy
Awards are scheduled to air February 13, 2005 on CBS.
The work that’s earned Norful the
Grammy nod and the Billboard
recognition, Nothing Without You,
his second full-length CD, spent five
consecutive weeks in the #1 position
on Billboard’s Gospel Chart and remains in the top five. Nothing Without You has also spun two singles
into the R&R Top 40—“I Understand” and “Can’t Nobody.” With
this powerful follow up to his goldselling debut, I Need You Now,
Norful has firmly established himself as a singer and songwriter to
watch. While there are other artists
in the number one through four positions on the Billboard Gospel Chart,
the fact is that Norful is the only
artist in the top five who has a fulltime commitment to Gospel music.
He is indeed Gospel’s leading man.
In the coming months Norful will
prepare for a spring 2005 nationwide, church-based concert tour. In
addition, there is the January 30
broadcast of his performance on
Robert Schuller’s “Hour of Power”
and the February 22 broadcast of
his appearance on BET’s “Celebration of Gospel V.” During the Stellar
Awards weekend in Houston, Norful
performs on Friday, January 14 at
the BMI Trailbrazers of Gospel
Music Luncheon. February finds
Norful in Los Angeles for an appearance on the 12th at the Grammy
Gospel showcase, a February 12
performance at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention, and
an appearance at the Black History
Month Focus On The Family Chapel
Service in Colorado Springs, CO.
Brentwood,
Tennessee-based
EMI Gospel is a division of EMI
Christian Music Group, the world’s
largest Christian music organization
that also includes EMI CMG Label
Group, EMI CMG Distribution and
EMI CMG Publishing. It is part of
EMI Group, the world’s largest independent music company whose other
U.S. labels include Angel, Astralwerks, Blue Note, Capitol, Capitol
Nashville, EMI Latin, Narada and
Virgin Records.
Gardens of the Mind:
M
Paintings by Mia Merin
argaret Thomas’ Iris
Garden, a local beauty spot
that is in danger of being
sold to developers, is celebrated in
“Gardens of the Mind,” an exhibition
of acrylics and oils by local artist and
geologist Mia Merin. “Gardens of
the Mind” will be on view at the RCC
Hunters Woods from January 2 to
January 31.
A visit to Margaret Thomas’ Iris
Garden with her daughter, Elizabeth,
in 2002 was the catalyst for Mia’s rediscovery of the natural world. The
exhibition is a bittersweet one because it rejoices in the beauty of nature while mourning the loss of a
beloved landscape. Mia writes, “The
concept that this place [Margaret
Thomas’ Iris Garden] might cease to “In Margaret Thomas’
exist was very hard for a seven year Garden II”
old to comprehend; it’s still hard for (photo by Ira Merin)
me to think that such a special place
could cease to exist. Our county has been offered this gift on
a golden platter; yet is hesitant to accept.”
Mia has been a Reston resident since 1994. She grew up in
New Jersey and London, England. As a student, she received
an honorable mention from the Tate Gallery. She earned a BS
in Geology with a minor in Art, studying sculpture under
Linda Cunningham at Franklin and Marshall College. After
years of sculpting in various media and creating jewelry, Mia
has recently turned her talents to drawing and painting: studying drawing with Kate Sternberg, acrylics with Karen Danenberger, and portraits with Kurt Schwarz. Mia is a member of the League of Reston Artists.
Margaret Thomas’ Iris Garden is located at 12410 Lawyers
Road in Herndon, Virginia.
For further information, directions, or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact the Reston Community Center
at (703) 476-4500 (V/TTY) or visit the website at www.
restoncommunitycenter.com.
The Reston Community Center, Hunters Woods, is located
“Edith and Elizabeth Looking for the Fox”
in the lower level of the Hunters Woods Shopping Center,
(photo by Ira Merin)
2310 Colts Neck Road, Reston, VA.
The Reston Community Center is completely accessible to persons with disabilities and will provide reasonable
accommodations in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
FOLK ALLIANCE—LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENTS
T
he Folk Alliance presents the
11th
Annual
Lifetime
Achievement Awards at their
international conference. This year
they honor Southern singer, freedom
marcher, Odetta; Maritime songwriter, humanitarian, Stan Rogers;
and the Newport Festival whose
blend traditional and contemporary
folk performers shaped musical history. The presentation will be made
at the convention, during the luncheon banquet on Thursday, February
24, 2005 at the Hyatt Regency Montreal. For information call 301/5888185 or go to on-line registration for
the conference at www.folk.org.
ODETTA
Singer, actress on stage and
screen, freedom marcher, Odetta has
toured the world singing songs and
bringing stories of America’s southern experience to her audiences.
Odetta was introduced to folk
music by a friend. She taught herself
to play the guitar and frequented folk
clubs such as the hungry i and the Tin
Angel. By 1961, she had twice appeared at the Newport Folk Festival
and played Carnegie Hall. She
recorded her first album in 1954 for
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Fantasy Records, and in 1963 she released an album titled Folk Songs
which became one of the best-selling
folk albums and she went on to have
a long tenure with Vanguard Records.
Active in the Civil Rights Movement, Odetta participated in the
March on Selma, performed at the
1963 March on Washington; and
played for President Kennedy and
his cabinet on the nationally televised Civil Rights program Dinner
with the President.
Her honors include Yale University’s Duke Ellington Fellowship
Award; being appointed an ‘Elder’ to
the 1994 International Women’s
Conference in Beijing; and the
National Medal of Arts and Humanities in 1999, awarded by President
and Mrs. Clinton at the White House.
After some persuasion by an aunt,
Stan began to write songs about
Canada’s maritime provinces and the
people who live there. Impressed,
Mitch Podolak, artistic director of
the Winnipeg Folk Festival,
bankrolled the recording of Rogers’
Fogarty’s Cove LP. On Fogarty’s
Cove, Rogers wrote about everyday
Canadian lives with warmth and passion. His finely crafted songs have
entered the repertoires of hundreds
of artists and his dream of establishing a national identity for Canadian
songwriting has in large part come
true through his legacy.
Rogers died at age 33 on June 2,
1983, while headed home from the
Kerrville Folk Festival. A passenger
on Air Canada flight 797, Rogers
was one of 23 people who died of
smoke inhalation.
STAN ROGERS
NEWPORT FOLK
FESTIVAL
A child of Maritime stock on both
sides of his family, Stan Rogers was
born in Hamilton, Ontario. He grew
up hearing many styles of music performed by uncles who sang. Rogers
got his first guitar at 5, built by an
uncle out of birch plywood, welding
rods and a toothbrush.
The Newport Folk Festival is the
site of some of the most important
moments of the 1960’s folk revival.
From an eighteen year old Joan
Baez’s appearance with Bob Gibson
in 1959 to Bob Dylan’s electric appearance in 1965, the folk revival
was largely defined on the stages of
the Newport Folk Festival (and
recorded for posterity by Vanguard
records). George Wean and Albert
Grossman founded the Newport
Folk Festival in 1959, Newport
began to find its footing as a blend of
the best of traditional and contemporary folk began to shape musical history in that idiom. Pete Seeger and
Theodore Bikel convinced George
Wein to make the festival a nonprofit organization to be overseen by
the Newport Folk Foundation. It was
during this period Robert L. Jones
joined the team as musical director.
Originally from the Boston area, Bob
first became interested in folk music
as an artist—a balladeer who performed regularly in Cambridge clubs
and coffeehouses.
The Festival introduced audiences to both legendary traditional
musicians like Mississippi John
Hurt, Dewey Balfa, and Reverend
Gary Davis, as well as up and coming popular folk entertainers including James Taylor, Joni Mitchell,
Joan Baez, Janis Ian, and Peter,
Paul & Mary. The festival ran in its
original form until 1971, when it was
cancelled by the organizers who
feared growing unrest.
After a fifteen-year hiatus, there
was a Symphony Hall reunion concert featuring many alumni from past
Newport Folk Festivals, followed
soon after by a revival of the festival
itself. In recent years the festival has
presented many emerging artists including Alison Krauss, Nanci Griffith, and Patty Larkin and continues
to be one of the most influential festivals in North America.
The Lifetime Achievement
awards are given to those that have
achieved definitive leadership in
their field, have contributed to the
advancement of folk music and/or
dance and who have inspired us
through their presence. Each year
two performers, one living and one
deceased, and a person or institution
involved in the business or academic
side of the folk world are honored.
Each recipient will receive an original colored wood-block print, commissioned by the Folk Alliance for
the Lifetime Achievement Award by
artist Paul Ritscher.
“I believe what we’re doing here
is creating our common cultural genealogy. We are naming our elders,
and we are saying who we are” John
McCutcheon.
THE METRO HERALD
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
January 7, 2005
COLE PORTER’S YOU NEVER KNOW OPENS
G
reenbelt Arts Center will
present the rarely performed Cole Porter musical You Never Know, a romantic
farce. Directed by Roy Hammond,
You Never Know opens January
14th, and runs through February
5th. Performances are Fridays and
Saturdays at 8:00PM and Sunday
matinees January 23 at 2:00PM and
January 30, at 5:00PM. Tickets are
$15 for adults, $12 for seniors and
students. Greenbelt Arts Center is located at 123 Centerway in Greenbelt,
Maryland, next to the Post Office in
Roosevelt Center. For reservations,
please call 301/441-8770.
In an exciting and bold move,
Greenbelt Arts Center has stepped
outside tradition. Rather than pro-
ducing one of Cole Porter’s most famous and frequently performed
shows, Anything Goes or Kiss Me
Kate, the Center has secured the
rights to one of his rarely performed
musicals. You Never Know, under a
different title, was originally produced in Europe as a small cast, oneset musical, but the Shubert
Brothers, who produced it for
Broadway, distrusted the prospects
of a show without a chorus and large
production numbers. They had the
book rewritten, increased the cast
size, added large choruses and introduced songs by Cole Porter and
other composers. During this
process, Porter had a serious riding
accident, which limited his participation in the show’s production schedule. By the time the show reached
Broadway in 1938, the concept of
chamber music had been totally discarded and it became a typical
1930’s “big musical”
In 1981, the Dorset Theatre Festival discovered the script and contacted a relatively unknown director
who took the dusty incomplete manuscript and tried to reconstruct the
original concept by Cole Porter. It
was a huge success during that season and so over the next four years
they remounted it and worked on it.
Using long lost journals and misplaced manuscripts, the painstakingly slow process of trying to
get it as close as possible to what
Cole Porter wanted was finally
realized.
A fascinating side note to the
show's history is one of the most
famous (though likely apocryphal)
stories about Cole Porter. After he
had his terrible riding accident, in
which both legs were crushed, he
was too stunned to be conscious of
great pain, so until help came, he
took out his pad and worked on the
lyrics to “At Long Last Love” for
You Never Know.
You Never Know is directed by
the award winning Roy Hammond.
The play features Chuck Dluhy as
the butler who wants to date a real
lady and Amy E. Haynes as Maria,
a mysterious “lady.” Sam DePriest
and Nora Biddle play the Baron &
Madame Baltin and Richelle
“Rikki” Howie and Sandy Irving
round out the cast. Musical direction
by Joe Biddle, choreography by
Richelle “Rikki” Howie and her assistant Mark Melton. The set is designed by Roy Hammond, costumes
by Heather C. Jackson, scenic art
and artwork by Sherrionne Brown,
lights by Tom Zanner, produced by
Gretchen Jacobs and stage managed by Kathy McCrory.
PIECES LOANED FOR EXHIBITION
ARE PART OF WHAT PRIVATE COLLECTOR
HAS LEFT FOLLOWING FLOOD
B
arbara Grey retired from William Fox Elementary School in 1990 after 33 years in the
Richmond Public School system. For nearly
twice that long she collected and saved the treasures of
her childhood and adulthood. In one rain-soaked afternoon she lost most everything to flooding, except for a
few items on upper floors and the pieces she loaned the
Virginia Historical Society for its upcoming exhibition,
Children of Hope: African American Childhood in Virginia, opening January 15. Along with the nearly forty
photographs, books, and letters are Ms. Grey’s dolls: a
black Snow White; a topsy-turvy doll that is white when
flipped one way, and black when flipped the other way;
a rag doll made from leftover fabrics; and a Lulu doll
copied from a pattern produced by McCall Corporation.
Dolls like these and other items tell the story of the cultural, economic, and educational realities that have
shaped the lives of African American children from the
era of slavery to the present day. The exhibition also
highlights those who supported and educated young
African Americans and the victories they achieved.
Infants of enslaved women were born into slavery.
While attempts were made to keep mothers and daughters together, this was not typically the case with fathers
and sons. Those fortunate enough to be apprenticed saved
their earnings to purchase their freedom. Even after slavery, young African American children were subjected to
hard labor in fields, factories, or private homes.
Individuals, civic groups, and religious denominations like the Quakers provided education for African
American children, which at times was risky. Margaret Douglass was imprisoned in the 1850s for teaching free African American children. Her published account is in the exhibit. Some freed children attended
church-sponsored schools during Reconstruction. Jack
and Jill of America, a nonprofit organization still in existence, was founded in 1938 by mothers to improve
the quality of life, particularly for African American
children between the ages of two and nineteen. A 1957
photograph of the Richmond chapter at Virginia Union
University is included. Also on display is a group photo
of five African American friends who grew up to become a playwright, a real estate agent, college professor, attorney and American Bar Association president,
and psychology professor.
Another section of the exhibition addresses the
commercialization of the image of African-American
children. Some laundry detergents, medicines, spices,
sewing supplies, and dry goods donned labels with
black children as the main illustration. Books such as
Young Master and Young Folks Uncle Tom’s Cabin are
full of stereotypical depictions of young African-American, as is the Story of Little Black Sambo. Also featured in this section are a black Mother Goose and
other rare versions of books for black children.
THE METRO HERALD
Children of Hope: African American Childhood in
Virginia will be on view at the Virginia Historical
through July 10.
The Virginia Historical Society is located at 428 N.
Boulevard. The Story of Virginia, An American Experience, a 10,000-square-foot exhibition with more than
a thousand objects covering all of Virginia history from
prehistoric times to the present is featured in the Robins
Center for Virginia History. Hours: Monday-Saturday
10:00AM-5:00PM and Sunday 1:00-5:00PM
(Museum Galleries only). Admission: $5/adults, $4/
seniors 55+ ($2/Tuesdays—galleries only), $3/children
and students, free/members. Admission to the galleries
is free on Mondays. For group tour info: 804/342-9652.
For more info: 804/358-4901 or visit www.
vahistorical.org.
YOU ARE INVITED
TO THE 20TH
ANNUAL MAYOR’S
ARTS AWARDS
Y
ou are invited to
the 20th Annual
Mayor’s
Arts
Awards on Monday, January 10 at 6:00PM at the
John F. Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts
Concert Hall, 2700 F
Street, NW, which will be
hosted by Jim Vance,
Mayor
NBC 4 News Anchor, DC
Anthony A.
Williams
Commission on the Arts &
Humanities.
The DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities started the Mayor’s Arts Awards program in 1981 to honor and recognize those
who have made enduring contributions to the
spirit and vitality of the arts and culture in the
city. Entertainment provided by some of the
finest talents in the District.
Since 1968, the District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities has developed and promoted local artists, organizations,
and activities as part of its mission to enrich
the quality of life for the residents in Washington, DC. For more information, visit
http://dcarts.dc.gov, 202/724-5614.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
January 7, 2005
BRITISH ARTIST ANDY GOLDSWORTHY
TO LECTURE AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY
OF ART IN LATE JANUARY
Andy Goldsworthy working drawing for Roof, 2004 graphite on paper (photo: courtesy
of the artist and Galerie Lelong)
B
ritish artist Andy Goldsworthy has been commissioned
to create a site-specific
sculpture for the National Gallery of
Art’s East Building.
On Sunday, January 23, at 12
noon Goldsworthy will give a
lecture in the Large Auditorium.
Program is free and open to the public; seating is on a first-come, firstseated basis. For more information,
call (202) 737-4215, visit the website
at www.nga.gov, or inquire at the Art
Information Desks.
The project, Roof, will comprise
approximately seven stacked slate,
low-profile hollow domes six-feet
high and 28 feet in diameter, with
centered oculi two feet in diameter.
Goldsworthy selected the domical
form, with which he has worked since
the late 1970s, as a counterpoint to the
many architectural domes in Washington, D.C. The installation stems
from his interest in the sources of
Washington building stones and the
geologic beginning of cities.
The artist, his assistant, and a
team of five British wallers will return to finish by the beginning of
February 2005.
For more information and images,
click on: www.nga.gov/press/2004/
releases/fall/goldsworthy.shtm.
MUSICAL LEGEND SKITCH HENDERSON
HONORED AT
SMITHSONIAN ASSOCIATES EVENT
Skitch Henderson
S
kitch Henderson, former conductor of the New York Pops
and musical director for
Frank Sinatra, Steve Allen, and
Johnny Carson, receives the James
Smithson Bicentennial Medal in a
Smithsonian Associates event.
The program takes place on Saturday, January 29, at 7:30PM at
Baird Auditorium, Natural History
Museum, 10th & Constitution, NW.
Tickets are $20 for members and $25
for nonmembers. For tickets and information, call the Smithsonian
Associates at (202) 357-3030 or visit
www.ResidentAssociates.org.
Henderson’s big break came in
1937 when he filled in on an MGM
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promotional tour featuring Judy
Garland and Mickey Rooney. He
went on to play piano on Bob
Hope’s “The Pepsodent Show,” and
in between his stint as a World War II
pilot, Henderson spent time sitting in
with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.
After the war he was musical director for Frank Sinatra and “Sinatra’s
Lucky Strike Show” on NBC Radio,
and later became musical director of
NBC-TV, where he paired up with
Steve Allen (and later Johnny Carson) for “The Tonight Show.” In
1983, he founded the New York
Pops, now the largest independent
symphonic pops orchestra in the
United States.
In tribute to Henderson’s magnificent career and to celebrate his
birthday the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra performs explosive and swinging
Big Band music at its best. The 18piece ensemble recognized as one of
the best all-around dance bands enlivens the night, and for old times
sake, Henderson sits in on a tune or
two!
The Smithsonian Associates provides educational and cultural programs that highlight and complement the work of the Smithsonian
Institution through a wide variety of
formats including lectures, performances, courses, and special events on
the National Mall and across the
country.
CYCLES: PAINTING/PRINTING/COPPER/ETC.: WORKS BY
MAGGIE STEWART AND ROBERTA THOLE
I
f you think the terms “fine art”
and “plexiglass” are mutually
exclusive, you owe it to yourself
to attend “Cycles: Paint/Print/Copper” an art exhibition by Maggie
Stewart and Roberta Thole which
will be held at RCC’s JoAnn Rose
Gallery from January 4–January
31. A free public reception for the
exhibit will be held on January 9
from 2–4 p.m. at the Gallery.
Maggie Stewart and Roberta
Thole have a command of a wide
range of art techniques and exotic
materials that permit them to express
their shared vision of a mysterious
and magical universe.
Roberta Thole has taught Drawing, Art History and Humanities at
the college level. Her paintings betray a fascination with classical symbolism; they are densely layered and
textured to resemble ancient frescoed walls and ruins. Thole incorporates rich-looking metals such as
copper into her work to suggest the
splendor of past civilizations.
Ms. Thole maintains a studio at
Reston Art Gallery and Studios in
Reston, VA and is an exhibiting
member of Studio Gallery, Washington, DC; Brazier Fine Art, Richmond, VA; EOS Gallery, Redlands,
CA; The Art League, Alexandria, VA
and the League of Reston Artists.
Before coming to Reston, Ms. Thole
taught Drawing and Humanities in
San Bernardino, CA and was president of the Fine Arts Institute at the
San Bernardino County Museum
from 1988–1990.
Maggie Stewart is a painter and a
printmaker who prides herself on
using all of the methods of printmaking: etching, relief, aquatint, monoprint, monotype, mezzotint and
serigraphy. Ms. Stewart holds a BFA
in Painting from Jacksonville University, and taught Art in the Fairfax
County Public Schools for over 20
years. She exhibits at the Greenleaf
Gallery in Duck, NC, The Silver
Bonsai Gallery in Manteo, NC, and
the Reston Art Gallery in Reston Virginia. Her work has garnered many
THE 2005 MARYLAND
THEATER FESTIVAL
BEGINS JANUARY 14
M
aryland Community Theater Festival Association
presents the 2005 Maryland Theater Festival January 14, 15
and 16, 2005 at the Frederick Cultural Arts Center. Eleven theater
companies from across the state will
perform one-act plays, including
original, unpublished plays written
by Maryland playwrights. The winner of the festival will compete at the
Eastern States Theater Festival in
Dover, Del. April 15 and 16, 2005.
The festival will feature 5 sessions
of plays: Friday January 14 at
7:30PM, Saturday February 21 at
10:00AM, 2:00PM and 7:30PM and
Sunday January 16 at 11:00AM.
Awards will be presented afterward
the last performances. All performContinued on page 15
honors and awards. Most recently,
she won a Merit Award from the Art
League Gallery in Alexandria VA; an
Equal Merit Award in 10th Annual
Juried LRA Exhibition, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the
Dare County, NC Arts Council.
For further info: (703) 476-4500
or visit the website at www.
restoncommunitycenter.com.
The JoAnn Rose Gallery is
located in the Reston Community
Center Lake Anne, near the intersection of Village Road and North Shore
Drive in Reston, VA.
SILVER SPRING STAGE
PRESENTS THE PAVILION
S
ilver Spring Stage presents the
bittersweet and romantic drama
The Pavilion by Craig Wright,
directed and produced by Audrey
Cefaly. The Pavilion will run weekends January 7 to February 5, 2005.
Most writers draw from their lives
to enrich their plays. Craig Wright,
the acclaimed writer on HBO’s Six
Feet Under and the author of plays
“Recent Tragic Events,” “Melissa
Arctic” and “Grace” has packed
much into his. He has worked as a
minister, fishmonger, advertising
copywriter, hotel developer and is
currently a member of the alt-rock
band Kangaroo. Fortunately, he has
stuck with writing. The Pavilion was
nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and
the American Theatre Critics’ Association Best New Play Award. He said:
“The way I write is I kind of try to
wait for something real and concrete
to show up unannounced in the
process. Once you set that beacon up
at the end of the tunnel that you’re
walking through, some things fall into
relief and are suddenly lit up very
well, and other things vanish.” Most
people wish they could turn back time
and change something from their
past. For Peter in The Pavilion, his
choices have come into full view and
he wishes to repair a lost love. For
Kari, the object of his affection, her
youthful aspirations vanished in one
devastating experience. Wright, in
turns poetic, comic, romantic and
philosophical, offers these people
showing up unannounced, moving
and real for audiences to enjoy.
In a small Minnesota town by a
lake where the title structure is about
to be razed, Peter shows up at his 20year high school reunion in hopes of
making a fresh start with Kari, despite their bitter breakup years ago.
But Kari will have none of it. As the
night unfolds, her painful memories
resurface, and she struggles to make
sense of how they keep her trapped in
a suffocating life of unfulfilled
dreams. Peter and Kari are lead
through their interactions by a host of
characters, all played by a virtuosic
Narrator, to face the consequences of
choices made long ago.
Silver Spring Stage is located in
the Woodmoor Shopping Center,
lower level (next to the CVS) at
Colesville Road and University
Boulevard. Ticket prices range from
$11 to $15. Performances are Friday
and Saturday at 8:00PM and Sunday at 2:00PM. Information and
ticket reservations can be made at either (301) 593-6036 or www.
ssstage.org.
THE METRO HERALD
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
January 7, 2005
AMERICAN FANCY: EXUBERANCE IN THE ARTS
MAKES ITS FINAL STOP IN BALTIMORE
THE KENNEDY CENTER PRESENTS
KIROV BALLET OF THE MARIINSKY
THEATRE IN CINDERELLA
I
n case you haven’t heard American Fancy: Exuberance in the Arts has opened at the Maryland Historical Society! Fancy is a national traveling exhibit coordinated by the Chipstone Foundation and the
Milwaukee Art Museum and curated by Sumpter
Priddy III. The exhibit has made its final of just three
stops and will be open until March 20.
American Fancy brings together, for the first time,
many of the finest objects of the 19th-century artistic
movement known as “Fancy” from some of the nation’s
leading museums and private collections, including the
MdHS. Detailing a previously unexplored cultural and
historic movement, American Fancy captivates audiences with more than 200 examples of the visually stimulating, ornately patterned, and engaging fine arts and
domestic objects embodying the “Fancy” style. Characterized by light, color, motion novelty, variety, and wit,
the style identifies its relationship with important cultural
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developments and beliefs in early 19th-century America.
Fancy objects in the exhibition include furniture, ceramics, textiles, metals, glass, paintings, and prints purposefully designed to stimulate the senses, stir the emotion, and please the eye.
Of the more than 60 pieces of “Fancy” furniture in the
exhibition, visitors will find several brilliantly-colored
painted furniture pieces produced by John and Hugh
Finlay (Baltimore 1805–1820) from the MdHS collection. The spirited textiles in the American Fancy exhibition also include an early 19th-century Kaleidoscope quilt
from the MdHS collection, further emphasizing the state’s
role in the new and exciting era of consumer culture.
Exhibit curator Sumpter Priddy III, of Alexandria,
VA, is a former curator for the Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation and lectures throughout the United States.
Long intrigued by the relationship between architecture, history and the decorative arts, he is one of the most
active researchers in the field. His rediscovery of numerous artisans whose work shaped taste in early America
has contributed significantly to a larger understanding of
the complexity of regional style.
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ances and the awards ceremony will
be held at the Frederick Cultural Arts
Center, 15 W. Patrick Street. Passes
for all sessions are $35 Adults, individual tickets are $12 Adults ($10 Seniors/Students). No reservations are
necessary, passes and tickets will be
sold at the box office. More information is available at www.mctfa.org.
Friday, January 14 at 7:30PM
• Music Theater Factory presents
an edited version of “The Laramie
Project” by Moises Kaufman and
the Teutonic Theater.
• Thurmont Thespians presents an
original play “Double Date” by
Albi Gorn.
• Montgomery Playhouse presents
an original work “Untitled 57.”
THE METRO HERALD
Saturday, January 15 at 10:00AM
• Port Tobacco Players presents
“Wildwood” by Douglas Wright.
• Hard Bargain Players presents “A
Game” by Dennis E. Noble.
Saturday, January 15 at 2:00PM
• Rockville Little Theater presents
“Perfectly Good Airplanes,” an
original work by Maryland playwright Steve LaRocque.
• Colonial Players presents “Between Mouthfuls” by Alan Ayckbourn.
• Silver Spring Stage presents an
original work “In the Tank” by
Maryland playwright Rosemary
Toohey.
Saturday, January 15 at 7:30PM
• Fredericktowne Players presents
“Trifles” by Susan Glaspell.
• Hard Bargain Players presents an
original play “Shoes” by Bob
Bartlett, a Maryland playwright.
• Thurmont Thespians presents
“Bake-Off” by Sheri Wilner.
Sunday, January 16 at 11:00AM
• Laurel Mill Playhouse presents
“Freefall” an original work by
Mark Scharf.
• Sandy Spring Theater Group presents “Bully” by Jerome Alden
• Laurel Mill Playhouse presents an
original work “Freedom of Information” by Rich Espey.
he John F. Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts presents the Kirov Ballet of the
Mariinsky Theater, Makhar Vaziev,
Artistic Director, in their criticallyacclaimed production of Cinderella,
January 11 through 16, 2005 in the
Opera House. With choreography by
Alexey Ratmansky and music by
Sergei Prokofiev, this version of the
fairytale ballet has been hailed by
The Financial Times as “an interpretation of exceptional merit.” The
Kennedy Center Opera House
Orchestra will provide accompaniment for the production.
Based on the tales of Charles
Perrault and the libretto of Nikolay
Volkov, Cinderella features several
gorgeous pas de deux, endearing
characters, and many magical moments, including the transformation
of a shy young woman into a beautiful princess, the Prince and Cinderella’s first passionate ballroom
duet, and the dramatic strike of clock
at midnight. Ratmansky’s version of
the ballet first premiered at the
Mariinsky Theater in March of 2002.
For more than 200 years at its
home in St. Petersburg, the Kirov
Ballet has consistently performed in
the top tiers of artistic achievement.
The Kirov Ballet of the Mariinsky
Theatre was founded in 1783 and
traces its heritage directly to the reign
of Empress Anna in the 1730s, an advocate for the arts. As one of the great
Imperial Theaters of Russia, the ballet and opera companies, along with
the theater itself, were renamed during the Soviet era for S. M. Kirov, a
Communist party leader, and it was
under that name the company
reached the highest levels of prominence in the West.
The Kirov Ballet is part of the
2004–2005 Ballet Series sponsored
by Altria Group, the parent company
of Kraft Foods, Philip Morris International, and Philip Morris USA.
Altria Group has been a major funder of the Kennedy Center since
1977. For nearly 50 years, Altria
Group has been actively engaged in
improving, vitalizing and strengthening communities across the globe.
For more information about the
Altria family of companies’
programs and partnerships visit
www.altria.com/media_programs.
Presentations of the Kirov Ballet
are made possible by Alberto Vilar.
The Kirov Ballet is sponsored by
Movado and Classic Hospitality. International Programming at the
Kennedy Center is supported through
the generosity of the Kennedy Center
International Committee on the Arts.
As part of the Kennedy Center’s
ongoing education program, Performance Plus™, members of the Kirov
Ballet will present a ninety-minute
open master class on January 12,
2005 at 4PM, and tickets are $15.
The Kirov Ballet of the Mariinsky
Theater will perform in the Kennedy
Center Opera House, January 11
through 16, 2005. Performances run
Tuesday through Saturday evenings
at 7:30PM with matinee performances on Saturday and Sunday at
1:30PM. Tickets are $47–$112 and
can be purchased at the Kennedy
Center box office or by calling
Instant Charge at (202) 467-4600.
Patrons living outside the Washington metropolitan area may dial tollfree at (800) 444-1324.
For more information about the
Kennedy Center, please visit our website at www.kennedy-center.org.
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SPORTS AND RECREATION
January 7, 2005
“BEST DAMN SPORTS
MOVIES EVER” PROGRAM
HOSTED BY THE
SMITHSONIAN ASSOCIATES
AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENT-ATHLETES
DOMINATE U.S. ARMY
ALL AMERICAN BOWL ROSTER
A
frican-American studentathletes will dominate the
star-studded 78-player roster
in the 5th Annual U.S. Army All
American Bowl, the premiere high
school all-star football game in the
country.
The U.S. Army and Sportslink,
Inc. will once again present the
game, which features 78 of the
nation’s top high school football
players. The game will be played in
at the Alamo dome in San Antonio
on January 15, 2005 at Noon (CST)
and will be broadcast live on NBC.
The game will showcase the nation’s
top football talent in an East vs. West
match-up.
Top African-American players
will include wide receiver Derrick
Williams from Roosevelt High
School in Greenbelt, MD, the most
heavily recruited player in the country; quarterback Ryan Perrilloux
from East Saint John High School in
Reserve, LA, one of the nation’s toprated high school quarterbacks; and
6–7, 320-pound Eugene Monroe
from Plainfield High School in
Plainfield, New Jersey, the topranked lineman in the country. The
East team will be coached by Kenny
Lucas from Gonzaga High School in
Washington, DC.
“The U.S. Army All-American
Bowl is coming off of its best year in
attendance and viewership and we
believe the game will keep building
momentum and continue to be a traditional all-star game fans will look
forward to every year,” said U.S.
Army Colonel Thomas Nickerson,
Director of Strategic Outreach, U.S.
Army Accessions Command. “The
U.S. Army is proud to be associated
with these fine student-athletes and
we congratulate past alumni who
recently were selected in the NFL
draft.”
The first four years of the U.S.
Army All-American Bowl have featured outstanding talent including
Heisman finalists Adrian Peterson
(Oklahoma) and Reggie Bush
(USC). Other stars include college
standouts Chris Leak (Florida) and
Teddy Ginn (Ohio State), and NFL
stars of the future like Tommie
Harris (Chicago), Kevin Jones
(Detroit) and Michael Clayton
(Tampa Bay).
The All-American Bowl is more
than just a football game. Players are
involved in the game for an entire
weekend, learning about key Army
values such as leadership, teamwork,
and action. Additionally, the game
offers other competitions and clinics
including the U.S. Army All American Cheer Bowl and the 2005 U.S.
Army All-American National Band
Competition.
Eight bands were selected to
compete in this prestigious band
competition for awards in the categories of drum line, auxiliary, and
drum major. The band competition
will be shown live at 3PM CST,
Friday, Jan. 24, 2005 on Black
Family Channel. Competition judges
will be: Arthur Wesley from
Alabama A&M University; Dr.
Isaac Greggs from Southern University; and Dr. Larry Pannell from
Grambling University; Dr Julian E.
White from Florida A&M University will serve as the expert commentator. The top bands from the
competition will also be performing
throughout the game.
For more information about the
U.S. Army All American Bowl,
please visit www.goarmy.com or
www.allamericangames.com.
STRICTLY SAIL SHOW SETS SAIL FOR PHILADELPHIA
S
ail America, producers of the
marquee all-sail boat shows in
the nation, Strictly Sail, announces the premier of the largest
all-sail indoor show on the East
Coast with Strictly Sail Philadelphia
to debut January 20–23, 2005 at the
Pennsylvania Convention Center.
With sail boats up to 50-feet long
on display, Strictly Sail Philadelphia
has something for all visitors—from
the most experienced sailor to
novices interested in learning more
about the sport—within 200,000square-feet of convention space.
“There is something for everyone
at Strictly Sail,” said Scot West,
executive director, Sail America. “If
you’re a sailor that’s been around the
world, we have new technologies,
SCYA WOMEN’S SAILING CONVENTION
GETS UNDERWAY IN ONE MONTH
T
he premiere sailing convention for women begins Saturday, February 5 at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club in Corona del Mar, CA.
Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatU.S.) will again
be the primary sponsor of the 16th Annual Women’s Sailing Convention,
presented by the Southern California Yachting Association (SCYA).
The event is open to all women from novices to experts and the 2005
program is packed with workshops including: diesels for dummies,
AC/DC de-mystified, weather wisdom, basic navigation, going up the
mast, anchoring/docking, using GPS, and rigging spinnakers.
The evening’s gala dinner will feature Janet Baxter, the first female
president of US Sailing.
Space is limited to 300 and registration is $125 ($135 after January
28), which includes breakfast, lunch, dinner, and all workshops and
handouts. To find out more or to register, go to www.BoatUS.com/
women or SCYA.org or write to Gail Hine at 1421 Lance Drive, Tustin,
CA 92780; phone 714-730-1797.
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strategies and, of course, boats. If
you’re interested in sailing but have
never set foot on a boat, we have
everything you’ll need to get started,
including our Discover Sailing initiative and our ‘Learn to Sail in a Day’
course, which gives new sailors all
the basics in a single day and introduces them to the sailing lifestyle.”
New sailors visiting the Discover
Sailing booth may register to win one
of 10 free sailing lesson packages
sponsored by local sailing schools.
Learn to Sail in a Day workshops will
also be presented, designed to give
those new to sailing a broad
overview and basic skills regarding
the sport and sailing lifestyle.
In addition to Learn to Sail in a
Day, six other daylong workshops
will be presented, along with approximately 175 free seminars dedicated
to helping sailors develop a specific
skill or learn a new technology.
Strictly Sail Philadelphia is more
than a boat show. In addition to the
hundreds of boats and thousands of
tools, accessories and technologies
on display, Strictly Sail Philadelphia
will feature hundreds of workshops
and seminars by sailing experts, appearances by leading industry experts and world-famous sailors, an
authors’ corner and more.
W
hat is the best sports movie of all time—“Raging
Bull?” “Rocky?” “Bull Durham?” Sports author Tom
Wiener goes toe-to-toe with Washington Post sports
editor Matt Bonesteel to determine, with words and film clips,
who is the celluloid champ of sports movies. This battle will occur
on Sunday, January 30 at 1:30PM in the S. Dillon Ripley Center,
1100 Jefferson Drive, SW. Tickets are $12 for members and $15
for nonmembers. For tickets and information, call The
Smithsonian Associates at (202) 357-3030 or visit www.
ResidentAssociates.org.
It will be film guy versus sports guy as Wiener and Bonesteel
decide who is the real winner of this interesting feud. Wiener is the
author of “The Off-Hollywood Film Guide: The Definitive Guide
to Independent and Foreign Films on Video and DVD,” while
Bonesteel works as a writer and editor for The Washington Post’s
sports section. Both will use clips, words, or both to illustrate their
points and determine who the winner is.
The Smithsonian Associates provides educational and cultural
programs that highlight and complement the work of the Smithsonian Institution through a wide variety of formats including
lectures, performances, courses, and special events on the National
Mall and across the country.
MYSTICS ANNOUNCE
2005 SCHEDULE
W
ashington, D.C.—The
Washington Mystics announced its schedule for
the 2005 WNBA regular season. The
Mystics will open its season on the
road on Saturday, May 21st versus
Eastern Conference rivals Charlotte
Sting at 6:00PM and return to MCI
Center to face playoff rivals Connecticut Sun on Sunday, May 22nd
at 6:00PM. The team’s annual
Camp Day game for local children’s
day camps and groups will be on
Tuesday, July 26th versus the Houston Comets at 11:30AM.
“We are eager to kick off the
2005 season,” said Mystics Senior
Vice President of Business and Basketball Operations Judy Holland
Burton. “There is tremendous talent
around the league and we are ready
to compete with the best of the best.
Going into our eighth opening night,
we can expect to have the support of
the greatest fans in the WNBA.”
Season tickets and partial plans
for the 2005 Mystics season are currently on sale and can be purchased
by calling the Mystics Sales Office at
(202) 661-5050.
Following is a complete listing of
the Mystics 2005 schedule. All times
are listed as Eastern Standard Time.
DATE
OPPONENT
Tue. 7 AT San Antonio 7:00PM
Fri. 10
Seattle
7:00PM
Sat. 11
AT Minnesota
7:00PM
Sat. 18 Indiana
6:00PM
Tue. 21 Phoenix
7:00PM
Fri. 24
7:30PM
AT Detroit
Sun. 26 Sacramento
2:00PM
Tue. 28 AT Charlotte
7:00PM
Thu. 30 Charlotte
7:00PM
July
Thu. 7 Detroit
7:00PM
Wed. 13 AT Seattle
12:00PM
Fri. 15
7:00PM
AT Phoenix
Sat. 16 AT Sacramento
Tue. 19 AT Los Angeles 12:00PM
Thu. 21 AT Houston
12:00PM
Tue. 26 Houston
11:30AM
Thu. 28 San Antonio
7:00PM
Fri. 29
7:00PM
AT Indiana
August
Tue. 2 Charlotte
8:00PM
ESPN2
Sun. 7 Indiana
7:30PM
ESPN2
Thu. 11 Connecticut
7:00PM
TIME
May
7:00PM
Sat. 21 AT Charlotte
6:00PM
Sun. 14 AT Connecticut 4:00PM
Sun. 22 Connecticut
6:00PM
Tue. 16 AT New York
7:30PM
Thu. 26 Los Angeles
7:00PM
Thu. 18 AT Indiana
7:00PM
Sun. 21 AT Detroit
5:00PM
7:00PM
June
Wed. 1 New York
7:00PM
Tue. 23 New York
Fri. 3
7:00PM
Fri. 26
4:00PM
Sat. 27 Detroit
Minnesota
Sun. 5 AT New York
AT Connecticut 7:30PM
6:00PM
THE METRO HERALD
SPORTS AND RECREATION
January 7, 2005
13TH ANNUAL POLAR PLUNGE
WINTER FESTIVAL
Uncle Sam and The Statue of Liberty take
the plunge at the 2004 event.
S
pecial Olympics Virginia is
preparing for a record 2,500
thrill-seekers who will be braving the chilly Atlantic Ocean wearing
nothing but swimsuits and costumes
at its 13th Annual Polar Plunge Winter Festival on Saturday, February
5th, between 6th and 8th Streets at
the Virginia Beach Oceanfront.
With a record number of
plungers, the event’s beneficiary
Special Olympics Virginia hopes to
raise a record amount. Since 1992
over 10,000 plungers have raised
more than $1.2 million for Special
Olympics Virginia. The gates to the
Winter Festival on the beach will
open at 10:00AM, with the Plunge
scheduled for 2:30PM.
Media representatives are welcome to attend the Polar Plunge
event, which is presented by Cox
Communications and The Fox 106.9
FM. Special Olympics Virginia, the
state program of Special Olympics
Incorporated, provides year-round
sports training and athletic competition of more than 14,000 children
and adults with intellectual disabilities at no costs to the athletes or their
families. To learn how to volunteer
or for more info: www.polarplunge.
com, Debbie Apperson: 757/6878183 or e-mail dapperson@
specialolmpicsva.org.
WIZARDS JOIN UNICEF TO RAISE
FUNDS FOR SMALLEST
SURVIVORS OF TSUNAMI
Antawn Jamison and the Wizards are
showing their support for the relief efforts
in South Asia by wearing "Tsunami Relief
Bands." (photo courtesy Wizards)
T
he Washington Wizards and
the U.S. Fund for UNICEF
are teaming up to help raise
funds for the smallest survivors of the
recent tsunami in South Asia. Beginning at Tuesday’s Wizards game and
online at www.WashingtonWizards.
com, fans may purchase “Tsunami
Relief Bands,” for a minimum $2 donation, with all donations collected
going to UNICEF’s relief efforts.
Wizards players will be wearing the
wrist bands during Tuesday’s game
vs. the New Jersey Nets.
“The tragedy in South Asia is beyond description,” said Abe Pollin,
Chairman of Washington Sports and
Entertainment and former chairman
THE METRO HERALD
of the Washington DC Advisory
Council for UNICEF. “While there
are countless victims during
tragedies like this, children specifically are at extreme risk. We’re asking our players, coaches, fans, and
employees to join together and to
raise funds for the children who have
been devastated by this disaster.”
UNICEF has estimated that children account for more than one-third
of tsunami deaths and that there are
an estimated 1.5 million affected
children in South Asia, many of
which have been orphaned or separated from their families and are in
critical need of basic care and support. UNICEF’s relief plans give
high priority to finding children
who’ve lost their families, identifying them, and reuniting them with
their extended families and communities. UNICEF is involved in efforts to register and care for unaccompanied children in every country.
In Sri Lanka, UNICEF is supporting
government and local communities
to assess the number and whereabouts of unaccompanied children.
Although figures are not yet available, UNICEF staff in Colombo reported as of late Thursday that there
were more reports of parents in
search of children than children who
have been found to be alone.
Fans can purchase their wrist
bands by logging on to www.
WashingtonWizards.com or at a
donation table on the concourse of
MCI Center during Wizards games.
For more information, please
contact Zack Bolno, Josh Sekine or
Matt Williams in the Wizards Communications Office at 202-661-5000.
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CLASSIFIED ADS/BIDS & PROPOSALS
January 7, 2005
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
AUCTIONS
Absolute Auction. January 22nd at 12
Noon, 463+/- acres, Russell County.
Property 1: 460+/- acres offered in tracts
ranging from 12.7+/- acres to 147.48+/acres. Five tracts with frontage on
Moccasin Creek. Approximately 50
acres is open land; remaining land is
wooded with mixed hardwood growing
stock, potential home sites, abundant
wildlife and views. Property 2: Great
3.69+/- acre parcel on Rt. 71 only 25
miles from Abingdon. Panoramic views.
For information, call Jonna McGraw (VA
#2434), Woltz & Associates, Inc.,
Brokers and Auctioneers. 800-5513588, or visit www.woltz.com.
AUCTION—REAL ESTATE—9-UNIT
APARTMENT BUILDING, 3115 Jeff
Davis Highway, Richmond, Wednesday, January 5th at 10:00 a.m. Onsite.
Call Ernie Rogers at 804-327-9090.
www.countsauction.com (VAAF93).
AUCTIONS—LIVESTOCK
PERFORMANCE ANGUS BULL SALE
—PerformAngus Breeders—Complete
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HELP WANTED
GENERAL
Exchange Program Representative
Wanted—Rewarding opportunity to
work with high school exchange
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recruiting host families, supervising
students and working with local schools.
Call Peggy at 1-540-286-3631 or 1-800677-2773.
JOB
OPPORTUNITY—CITY
OF
MANASSAS—VEHICLE TECHNICIAN
I (Salary: $32,178)—Fleet Maintenance. Performs general preventive
and corrective maintenance and repairs
on a wide variety of City-owned vehicles
and equipment. Requirements: High
school diploma or GED and two years of
progressively responsible related experience; CDL license; and a Virginia Certified Safety Inspector License or the
ability to obtain one within two years of
hire. Certified Emissions Inspector
License and ASE Certification preferred.
Apply:
Department
of
Human
Resources, 9027 Center Street, Room
302, Manassas, VA 20110. FAX: (703)
257-5827 or e-mail: [email protected].
va.us. Position is open until filled.EOE
M/F.
LAW ENFORCEMENT — Game
Warden/Position #00064 — Salary
Range: $31,323–$32,263. The Virginia
Department of Game & Inland Fisheries
is now accepting employment applications accompanied by a Personal
History Questionnaire (PHQ) for applicants willing to locate anywhere in
Virginia upon hire and successful completion of DGIF’s six month training
academy in Richmond. Note: all applications must be accompanied by a PHQ.
Both forms and more information about
the position can be found at the department’s
website:
http://www.dgif.
virginia.gov/jobs/. Hard copy employment applications and PHQ can be obtained from DGIF offices located in Richmond, Williamsburg, Fredericksburg,
Forest, Verona and Marion. Qualifications: Some knowledge of law enforcement procedures as they apply to
wildlife management & boating programs. Demonstrated ability to use law
enforcement equipment and vehicles
safely; plan and perform enforcement
and educational activities; conduct thorough investigations: collect and preserve evidence; provide legally relevant
courtroom testimony; understand laws
and regulations; effect a forcible arrest
and meet the physical demands of the
job. Please go to our website for more
information. Position closes at 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 1, 2005. No Faxes or
e-mailed applications will be accepted.
Mail application & PHQ to: Department
of Game and Inland Fisheries; Attention: Human Resource Office; 4010
West Broad Street; Richmond, VA
23230-1104.
Equal
Opportunity
Employer.
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THE METRO HERALD
BUSINESS NEWS
January 7, 2005
Money Management
GET SMART
ABOUT
SAVINGS IN
2005
I
s this the year you make good
on your promise to boost the
amount of money you save?
There are plenty of ways to achieve
this goal, but the key is to establish a
savings plan and stay committed to
it. Here are some simple savings
strategies recommended by the Virginia Society of CPAs.
ESTABLISH A GOAL
The key to saving is to have a
goal. Whether it’s a comfortable retirement, your child’s college education, or a new car, when striving toward something specific, you’re
more likely to reach your target. Be
sure to set a dollar amount and a time
frame and stick to it.
SPEND LESS
Systematically reducing your
spending will increase the amount
you have available to save. If you
don’t know where your money goes,
tracking spending can help. Then
look for ways to cut back and free up
extra money for savings.
PAY YOURSELF FIRST
People have a tendency to pay all
their bills first and save whatever is
left over.
The trouble is there is seldom anything remaining. Next month, before
you pay the electric bill, buy a new
outfit, or enjoy dinner at your favorite
restaurant, “pay” a pre-determined
amount to your savings account.
MAKE IT AUTOMATIC
A good way to put saving first is
to arrange for your employer to automatically deduct a certain sum from
your paycheck and deposit it directly
to a savings or investment account.
Another option is to establish an account with a mutual fund and arrange
for an automatic transfer from your
checking or savings account into the
fund. The old adage, what you don’t
see, you can’t spend, works well.
BANK YOUR RAISE
Next time you get a raise, before
you get used to living on a higher
salary, put in place a plan for directing the extra money to your savings
program. Follow the same strategy
for any bonuses you receive from
your employer.
KEEP MAKING
PAYMENTS
DEPOSIT FOUND
MONEY
Whether it’s a birthday gift of
cash, a dividend check, or an insurance reimbursement, banking unexpected windfalls builds your savings
account balance.
PAY YOURSELF BACK
If you’re forced to dip into your
savings for an emergency, treat it as
a loan.
Set up a repayment schedule for
paying the borrowed sum back as
quickly as possible.
BANK YOUR REFUND
WORK WITH A
FINANCIAL
PROFESSIONAL
If you’re expecting a refund
check from the IRS, avoid the temptation to spend it by having it deposited directly to your savings account. Better yet, adjust your W-4
statement so you don’t get a big tax
refund. Save the “raise” in your paycheck via an automatic saving plan.
BANK “EXTRA”
PAYCHECKS
Depending on whether you get paid
weekly or bi-weekly, you probably set
up your budget based on getting two or
four paychecks a month. Several times
a year, when there’s an extra paycheck
in the month, direct the entire check to
your savings account.
lexandria, VA—Starbucks Coffee Company opened its
newest coffee retail location on Thursday, December 23.
The coffeehouse is located at 2461 Eisenhower Avenue in
the Hoffman Town Center.
“Starbucks is proud to be a part of the Alexandria community,”
says Amanda Marx, Starbucks regional marketing specialist. “We
hope to continue to be an integral part of the daily routine of local
neighbors and commuters.”
Hours for the new coffeehouse are Monday through Thursday
5:00AM–8:00PM,
Friday
5:00AM–
midnight,
Saturday
7:00AM–midnight
and
Sunday
7:00AM–8:00PM.
David Coker is the store manager of Alexandria’s newest coffeehouse. Coker is originally from New York and has been a Starbucks partner for ten years. His favorite beverage is a Grande Soy,
extra hot, no whip Mocha.
This Alexandria location opens during the height of the winter
holiday season when customers can enjoy one of Starbucks favorite
beverages such as the Peppermint Mocha, Eggnog Latte and Gingerbread Latte.
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If you participate in an employersponsored retirement plan, try increasing your contribution by 1 or 2
percent. You probably won’t miss
the money and if your contribution
qualifies for an employer match,
you’ll be getting more “free” money.
If your company doesn’t offer a
qualified retirement plan, set up and
contribute to an IRA instead.
When you finish paying off a
large loan or a major expense, such
as a car or your child’s college tuition bill, keep making the payments—only now direct them to
your savings or investment account.
STARBUCKS COFFEE COMPANY
CELEBRATES OPENING OF
ALEXANDRIA LOCATION
A
CONTRIBUTE THE
MAXIMUM TO
YOUR 401(K)
MAXIE C. JACKSON III
NAMED PROGRAM DIRECTOR
OF WETA 90.9 FM
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Maxie C. Jackson III
M
axie C. Jackson III will
join WETA as program director of WETA 90.9 FM
on January 18, as announced recently by Dan DeVany, vice president and general manager of the
radio station. Jackson comes to
WETA following six years as acting
general manager for public radio station WEAA 88.9 FM at Morgan
State University in Baltimore, Maryland.
Reporting to DeVany, Jackson
will manage the day-to-day radio operations, including supervision of
on-air, production and operations
staff. In conjunction with DeVany,
Jackson will develop new programming initiatives responsive to the interests and needs of communities
within WETA’s radio broadcast area.
“Maxie brings to this position
creativity, leadership skills and a
deep commitment to the public radio
mission,” said DeVany. “I look forward to working with him as we further develop WETA’s audience and
expand our public service to the
Greater Washington community.”
As acting general manager of
WEAA 88.9 FM, Jackson developed
programming that has been hailed by
NPR (National Public Radio) and the
African-American Public Radio
Consortium as a model for AfricanAmerican news throughout the public radio system. As a result, WEAA
is home to the nation’s third-largest
African-American public radio audience. UnderJackson’s management,
the station experienced substantial
growth in revenue, audience and
membership.
In addition to his work at WEAA,
Jackson joined Radio One in 2001 as
an assistant director of programming. He assisted in the planning,
creation and implementation of radio
programming provided by Radio
One Satellite Programming to XM
Satellite Radio, Inc.
Jackson serves on the executive
board of the African-American Public Radio Consortium and has been a
member since 2000. The consortium
is responsible for the co-creation of
NPR’s Tavis Smiley Show and News
& Notes with Ed Gordon.
Jackson has also worked in television. He was a producer for The
Keenen Ivory Wayans Show at Buena
Vista Television and Video Soul at
Black Entertainment Television
(BET). He is a co-founder and shareholder of MEE Productions, Inc., an
internationally recognized communications firm that develops socially
responsible, research-based communication strategies targeting urban
and ethnic populations of all ages.
For more information on WETA
and its services, visit www.weta.org.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
ROUNDTABLE
D
on’t miss the next Business Development Roundtable on
Tuesday, January 18 from noon until 1:00PM at the
Alexandria Chamber of Commerce, 801 N.Fairfax Street,
Suite 402. This month’s topic will be “Tackling Your First New
Year’s Resolution: Tips & Tricks for Getting Organized.” As
always, attendance for the roundtables is free. Bring your brown
bag lunch and a guest to this informative and casual discussion
group. The Roundtable is sponsored by pseudonym and presented
cooperatively between the Alexandria Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce.
For information, contact Erika Mendez at 703-549-1000, ext. 212
or [email protected].
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January 7, 2005
Do you see a BALLFIELD?
THEN YOU SEE THE POWER OF COMMUNITY COALITIONS.
They help community groups - like the PTA®, your church, clubs, even your employer organize resources and focus them where they’re needed most. Especially fighting
to keep kids away from drugs. If you’re in a community group, ask if you can do
more by teaming up with a community coalition. It’s really simple. Just go to
www.helpyourcommunity.org or call 1-877-KIDS-313 to contact a
coalition in your area. They’ll tell you exactly how your group can help. You’ll be
surprised at what you have to offer. And how much you can accomplish.
Y O U
G E T
M O R E
W H E N
Y O U
G E T
T O G E T H E R
Office of National Drug Control Policy
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community
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