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JUNE 26,1997 AUGUSTA FOCUS
Brother and sister team offers
summer education enhancement
By Miranda Gastiobure
AUGSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
. Makeda Tene and Amil Cabral
Johnson, a dynamic brother and
sister team, are offering summer
tutorial services for students in
the first through 12th grades.
“This was really my mother’s
idea,” said Amil. “She said we
needed a summer job, so we de
cided to try this tutoring out. My
mother is the push behind us,
though.” The Johnson and
Johnson motto, “Education is the
key to success,” proves that
Makeda and Amildon’t n ;ed to be
pushed too hard to succeed, how
pver.
! The sessions will be given out of
the Johnsons’ home in Kingston
pubdivision off Wrightsboro Road,
and will focus on reading, En
glish, creative writing, math, ver
bal communication skills, piano,
drama and Spanish.
« Makeda is a senior at
Mgrymount Manhattan College
Nettles promoted to
manager of research
- PatrickG. Blanchard, chairmanof
the Board of the Metro Augusta
«Chamber of Commerce announced
<June 13 that Ms. Amber Nettles has
‘been promoted to manager of re
‘search.
. Ms. Nettles, a native Augustan
:who continues to further her educa
‘tion at Augusta State University,
.began her career with the Metro
‘Augusta Chamber of Commerce in
.April 196, as the executive assistant.
:As such, she has been involved in
:many Chamber activities including
“the 1997 Annual Meeting, the An
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in Manhattan, New York, and is
majoring in Dramatic Arts. She
was inducted into the Alpha Chi
Omicron Delta Kappa National
Leadership Honor Society and the
Alpha Chi National College Honor
Society during the 1996-97 school
term.
Amil is a sophomore English/
pre-law major at Morehouse Col
lege in Atlanta. During the 1996-
97 school year, he was awarded
Dean’s List distinction, selected
to Who’s Who among College Stu
dents and was honored by Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. for
outstanding community involve
ment.
With such outstanding aca
demic achievements and commu
nity involvement, the duo should
prove to be very successful at tu
toring.
“Right now we have five stu
dents to tutor for the summer, but
we're always luoking for more,”
said Amil. Their current clients
range from a fourth-grader to a
nual Economic Outlook Luncheon,
Forward Togetherfunctions, Women
in Business and Business After
Hours. Most recently, she has con
tributed tothesuccessful publication
of a new marketing brochure on Au
gusta. Thiswillbe used to proactively
market Augusta to prospective capi
tol investors around the world.
Mr. Blanchard stated, “In the past
year, Ms. Nettles has demonstrated
that she is a valuable resource to the
Chamber and we feel that herrole as
manager of research will only in
crease that value.”
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Makeda Tene Johnson , a
college senior, is one half of
Johnson and Johnson Tuto
rial Services.
Jjunior in high school.
The Johnsons stated that their
services may expand and continue
for future summers. “It all de
pends on how much success we
have this year, and how many
clients we get,” said Amil.
Local soldier to perform in
U.S. Army Soldier Show
The 1997 U.S. Army Soldier
Show visits Fort Gordon in mid
July with a free show for the pub
lic on Saturday, July 12, at 8 p.m.
in Alexander Hall on Chamber
lain Ave.
A Fort Gordon soldier is one of
the performers. He is Spe. Will
iam Jones a strategic systems re
pairer in the 721st military Intel
ligence Battalion. Jones began
performing six years ago and
hopes tosing professionally as part
of a duet with his brother,
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Amil Cabral Johnson, a
college sophomore, is the
other half of the brother
sister team.
Each session with Amil and
Makeda is sl2 for one hour on one
subject. If you are interested in
personal tutorial sessions, or for
more information about Johnson
and Johnson Tutorial Services,
call (706) 737-3258.
Alphonso, who is also a specialist
in the Army.
Thisyear’s 80-minute show, “We
Shall Be Free,” is built around the
theme of freedom and a promise
that the United States Army is
performing its mission at home
and abroad in the hopes that all
mankind will enjoy freedom.
The U.S. Army Soldier Show is
funded with money generated
through morale, welfare, recre
ation activities; no taxpayer dol
lars are used.
Augusta astronaut Susan
Still set for July Ist takeoff
By Lillion Wan
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
~ NASA managers confirmed on
Friday, June 20, that STS-94 will
launch on Tuesday, July 1. Au
‘gusta-born astronaut, Lt. Cmdr.
Susan Still, will again pilot the
shuttle Columbia. The
Microgravity Science Laboratory
-1 payload, which was shortened
to a four-day flight back in April
as ST'S-83 due to a fuel cell prob
lem, will launch at 2:37 p.m. EDT
with alaunch window of 2.5 hours.
Columbia’s 16-day flight is due to
land at the Kennedy Space Cen
ter on July 17 at approximately
7:13 a.m. EDT.
“The NASA contractor
workforce has put forth an out
standingeffort in getting the MSL
-1 mission ready to fly again,” said
Johnson Space Center director
George Abbey, who chaired the
meeting. “The quick turnaround
in Columbia’s processing for
launch will allow the crew and the
international team of investiga
tors the opportunity to finish the
important work they began ear
lier this year. The experiments
and activities associated with STS
-94 are a preview for the work that
will be performed on the Interna
tional Space Station.”
STS-94 will make history as the
only shuttle crew to fly a mission
twice, with the whole crew intact
from the first flight.
Locally, activities concerning Lit.
Cmdr. Still have been quiet the
past few months. Since her de
briefing from the STS-83 flight,
she has been busy with prepara
tions for this upcoming flight. All
previously scheduled public ap
pearances had been postponed
until after debriefing time follow
ing the end of STS-94. One of the
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local events eagerly anticipated
will be the formal presentation of
the Good Luck Card to the Au
gusta-Richmond County Museum
in amajor media event by both Lt.
Cmdr. Still and her father, Dr.
Joseph M. Still Jr. The Good Luck
Card, created by Carnell Eubanks
and promoted by the local Star
Trek group, the USS Star League,
had built up local and other sup
port for Lt. Cmdr. Still and her
crew members for their first
shuttle flight of STS-83. The card
consists of a final count of 4,156
signatures including those of dig
nitaries such as President Bill
Clinton, Senator Charles Walker,
Mayor Larry Sconyers and Rep
resentative Henry Howard. Also
to be presented to the museum
will be a local Indian arrowhead
that was flown aboard Lt. Cmdr.
Still’s first flight.
YlO5 has scheduled an upcom
ing '97 Lake-Shakin’ Fourth of
July celebration on July 4th from
noon until dark. Ameng the fam
ily fun events scheduled will be a
great fireworks display saluting
Lt. Cmdr. Susan Still. The fire
works salute and other events will
take place at Little River Marina
off of Washington Road, past
Pollard’s Corner.
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