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APRIL 24, 1997 AUGUSTA FOCUS
NAACP Library & Archives to go on-line
BALTIMORE
NAACP president Kweisi Mfume
unveiled a plan todigitize hundreds
of historically significant documents
and photographs about African-
American history currently housed
in the NAACP’s Henry Lee Moon
Library & Archives at the Balti
more Headquarters.
“We are beginning a process to
put thousands of important civil
rights and black historical docu
ments in a computerized format
that will be available with just a
click of your mouse,” said Mfume.
“When we have completed this
ambitious effort, millions of stu
dents, teachers, librarians, archi
vists, professors, scholars, writers
and journalists will be able to re
view interesting and educational
documents, photographs and lit
erature through the NAACP’s
Internet home page.”
Dental lectures slated for early May at MCG
Dentists can learn oral health
changesassociated with agingand
how the media view the dental
profession at the Nineteenth An
nual Marvin Goldstein Lecture
ship presented by the Medical Col
lege of Georgia School of Dentistry
May 2- 3 atthe Radisson Riverfront
hotel in Augusta.
Dr. Linda Niessen, Professor and
Chairman of the Department of
Public Health Sciences at Baylor
College of Dentistry, will present,
“Preparing for An Aging America:
Implications for Esthetic Den
tistry” on May 2 at 1 p.m. and
“Dentistry and the Media: To See
Ourselves as Others See Us” on
May 3 at 8:30 a.m.
Dr. Niessen previously served as
president ofthe American Associa
tion of Public Health Dentistry
and the American Association of
Women Dentists. Currently Dr.
Niessen hosts “Dental Health
Check,” a weekly television news
report on dental issues of interest
to consumers.
Dr. Marvin Goldstein, a promi
nent Atlanta orthodontist, has
sponsored an internationally
known dental clinician at MCG for
the past 19 yearsto promote dental
clinical excellence. The eventisin
conjunction with MCG’s Home
coming Activities, May 1- 4.
For further information, contact
MCG’s Department of Continuing
Education at(706)721-3967.
Upcoming seminarsto helpden
tists update their skills, offered by
the MCG School of Dentistry are:
-A potpourri of Continuing Den
tal Education—May 23 - 26 at the
Chateau Elan Resortin Braselton,
Ga., focusing on infection control,
oral radiography and oral pathol
ogy.
- -Conservative Esthetic Options—
June 20-22 at MCG. Dentists can
learn the latest esthetic restora
tion on simulated patients in the
MCG]ab.
-Dento-Facial Orthopaedics—
June 20 - 21 at the Grand Hotel in
Atlanta, focusing on the new role of
the facial orthopaedist emphasiz
ing appliance design and manage
ment of younger patients.
-Symposium on General Den
tistry—June 29 - July 5 at the
Cloister on Sea Island, Ga., and
the King and Prince Beach Resort
on St. Simons Island, Ga., present
Annual Parade
of Homes on tap
for May
Looking for a new home? Just
want to check out the latest in
home furnishings and design? How
about a glimpse oftwo of Augusta’s
finest new subdivisions? Thendon’t
miss the Builders Association of
Metro Augusta’sannual Parade of
Homes May 9 - 18.
This year’s Parade will be held in
twoof Columbia County’s best sub
divisions. Hardy Pointe I, located
off of Hardy McManus Road, and
Pinebrook at Farmington, located
off Hereford Farm Road.
There are 13 homes on the Pa
rade, and visitors can get & glimpse
of the latest in home building, as
well as decorating, according to
Parade of Homes chairman, Den
nis Hawkins. “Local builders build
the homes exclusively for the Pa
rade, and area decorators put their
talentstowork ontheinsideofeach
home,” Hawkins said.
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is a Walker Group
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Mfume called the effort a “major
expansion of our educational abili
ties through the World Wide Web.”
Joining Mfume at the Baltimore
press conference was Bell Atlantic
vice president and general counsel
Edward Young, who announced a
generous contribution of SIOO,OOO
from the telecommunications com
pany. “The thread that haslinked
us as African Americans to our
history hasbeen active, innovative
communication,” said Young. “It
isfittingthat the NAACPis using
the Internet to continue what is
along-standing tradition.” Young
alsochallenged other corporations
tostep up to the plate and support
this on-going project.
Severallocal elected officials were
alsoonhand to add their support to
theeffort. Louvonia Wilson of Kestrel
(aminority-owned firm hired towork
onthiseffort) explained the process
ing the latest cost-effective clinical
techniques, materials and treat
ment methods for the general den
tist with an advanced restorative
practice.
-Dental Hygiene Symposium—
July 25 - 27 at the Savannah
Marriott Riverfront Hotel in Sa
vannah, Ga., addressing legal is
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of digitization which is also known
asdigitalimaging.
*Historical issues of the official
NAACP publication, The Crisis
Magazine, will be made available,
some going back to the
organization’s beginningin 1909.
*Several historical letters writ
ten at the height of the civil rights
movement between NAACP lead
ers and government officials.
*A database containing impor
tant and historic NAACP resolu
tions on a variety of topics.
elmportant newspaper headlines
and stories that highlight critical
moments of the civil rights move
ment and news accounts of the
struggles African Americans have
endured through the decades.
*The personal papers and poetry
of Dorothy Parker will be made
availableon-line.
¢ A collection of historic photo-
sues, childhood nutrition, periodon
tal therapy, dental hypersensitiv
ity, radiologic diagnosis of peri
odontal disease, 10 major cancers,
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration compliance and
instrument sharpening.
-Redefining Periodontal Therapy—
August 1 - 3 at the Chateau Elan
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graphs that capture the legacy of
the NAACP will also be displayed
on NAACP Online and preserved
for future generations to enjoy.
“This is an ambitious project
and it marks our commitment to
educate and serve the community
at large about important Ameri
can history,” said NAACP Chair
man Myrlie Evers-Williams. “This
new feature of our web page will
allow classrooms all over the world
tolearn more about the struggles,
stories and triumphs of African
America.”
The NAACP continues to seek
ways toexpand their reach through
the Internet and in the process find
more ways to expand access to the
information superhighway. NAACP
OnlineopenedinJulyof 1996 and is
visited by an average of 70,000 people
per week. NAACP Onlineislocated
atwww.naacp.org.
Resort in Braselton, Ga., focusing
on the latest treatments of peri
adontal disease including the op
tions to provide dentists with the
proper anatomical foundation to
improve their daily practice.
For more information, contact
the MCG Division of Continuing
Education at (706) 721-3967.
Area students place in 4-H meet
The 4-H Triple Cloverleafs
Clever Clips District Project
Achievement was held March 21—
22 in Rock Eagle, Ga. Richmond
County students had seven first
place winners, 10 second place
winners, 16 third place winners,
and 31 other finalists.
The students also won the
plaque for most participants with
64 4-H students attending this
year’s competition. Of the 64 par
ticipants, some 21 students rep
resented Glenn Hills Elementa
ry School coming from Christine
Green’s fifth grade class. Ms.
Green is a teacher and 4-H coor
dinator at Glenn Hills.
As a result of their hard work
and large turnout, Ms. Green’s
classes and Class 5-C also won
sloofor class improvements, and
a pizza party for having the most
participants.
The following are some of the
ASU to sponsor Woodrow
Wilson Symposium in May
The sixth annual Woodrow
Wilson Symposium will be spon
sored by Augusta State’s Center
for the Study of Georgia History
and supported by Historic Au
gusta, Inc. The free symposium
will be held on May 1 at the First
Presbyterian Church beginning
at 7:30 p.m. and May 2 sessions
will begin at ASU’s Butler Hall
Lecture Room at 10 a.m.
outstanding students from Glenn
Hills Elementary who placed in
dividually:
Lorenza Abrams - 2nd place
Domeeka Beauford - 2nd
place
Michael Black - finalist
Ryan Brown - finalist
Brandon Cummings - 2nd
place : 1
Kevin Fowler - Ist place
Derico Glover - finalist
Valencia Handy - finalist
Alecia Harper - finalist -
Anthony Hood - finalist
Victoria Hornsby - finalist .
Armond Hunter - finalist
Chiquita Moss - 3rd place
Tyrone Overton - finalist |
Devon Perry - 3rd place .
Eric Shuster - finalist
Wilson Todd - 3rd place
Towanna Walker - finalist
William Ware - 3rd place
On Thursday, Dr. Edward J.
Cashindr., director of the center,
and author Julia Faye Dockery
Smith will do presentations. On
Friday, sessions will be given by
Dr.GwenY. Wood, assistant pro
fessor of political science at ASU,
and by Charles A. DeVaney, ex
ecutive director of Augusta To
morrow, Inc. and former mayor
of Augusta.