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JANUARY |, 1998
Kwanzaa Persons of the Year Award winners
The KWANZAA Gallery, Inc.
had hosted the Spirit of Kwanzaa
Award Ceremony and Ball on Fri
day, December 26. The winners of
the Kwanzaa Persons of the Year
Awards were as follows:
- Spirit of Kwanzaa Award - Ms.
Willie Knox.
- Umoja (Unity) - Keith Benson,
president of the United Way ofthe
CSRA.
- Kujichagulia (self-determina
tion) - Tony Cornish ofSportsTalk
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- Ujamaa (cooperative econom
ics) - Joseph Green, professor at
Augusta State University.
- Nia (purpose) - Arthur Smith
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Local child named coloring contest grand prize winner
AUGUSTA
Irving,Texas-based
Nations Credit recently announced
that 12-year-old Amber Lee Hill of
Evans has been named a grand
prize winner in the Nations Credit
“A Picture Perfect World” color
ing contest.
Nations Credit awarded Amber
Lee with a $ 1,000 U.S. Savings
Bond for her drawing titled
“Around the World With Love.”
The drawing is featured in the
Nations Credit 1998 “A Picture
Perfect World” calendar along with
12 other grand prize-winning draw
ings. The calendars are available
at the Nations Credit branch at
1347 Augusta West Parkway, Suite
I, in Augusta and at all
Nations Credit branches nation
wide.
After Amber Lee submitted her
entry at the Augusta
Nations Credit branch, branch
manager JoAnn Holik submitted
thedrawing to the corporate head
quarters in Irvinm*?fiaider-
Museum’s vas!
array of exhibits
run from aquariums
to socks
Titanic hero’s rifle will
soon be displayed.
By Lillion Wan
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
The Augusta-Richmond County
Museum has an amazing array of
exhibits rangir g from animals to
weaponry. Displays detailing
Augusta’s varied and rich past
highlight the area’s Native Ameri
can influence; Susan Still memo
rabilia including a pair of socks
and a Georgia Tech report card,
Civil War weapons and personal
possessions carried by Augusta
soldiers; aquarium tanks spon
sored by the Chinese Consolidated
Benevolent Association; a Dent’s
funeral home carriage; a picture
gallery of current and past Mas
ters golf champions; hand-built
dinosaur models; and much more.
Documentaries are also shown
continuously in the History The
ater. Various exhibits include a
video or audio display. The Space
and Astronomy exhibit currently
displays a video from Susan Still’s
shuttle missions. |
For those interested in the Ti
tanic history and current movie, a
rifleused by Major Archibald Butt,
a local and Jargely unsung hero of
the Titanic disaster, will be on
exhibit among other weaponry
during a special firearms display
inJanuary. The kragcarbine used
by Major Butt during the Spanish-
American War had been manufac
tured by the Springfield Armory in
1896, according to a plate on the
rifle. Major Butt was credited witl:
saving the lives of many people
during the Titanic disaster, 1
The Augusta-Richmond County
Museum is located at 560 Reynolds
Street. Hours of operation are
Tuesdays through Saturday from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday
from 2 -6 p.m. Admission is $4 for
adults, $3 for senior citizens and
$2 for children.
For more information, please cal!
the museum at (706) 722-8454.
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- Kuumba (creativity) - Sen.
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- Imani (faith) - Elder MW
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Riley got married
SAVANNAW
Diana Harvey Johnson and
Herman L. Riley were married Sep
tember 6 at First African Baptist
Church. Reverends Matthew
Southall Brown, pastor of St. John
Baptist Church, Thurmond
Tillman, pastor of FAB, Bernita R.
Williams, pastor of Second
Bethlehem Baptist Church, and
Elders Michael Harvey, associate
pastor of the Upper Room Pente
costal Church and Arthur Dudley
of, The United House of Prayer for
All People, officiated. The bride
represents Chatham County in the
state Senate, and is president of
CAA Consulting Corporation.
The groom, retired from the U.S.
Air Force, is employed as procure
ment and operations manager for
a local healthcare facility.
Given in marriage by friend and
confidante, B.T. Newsome, a re
tired member of ILA-Local 1414,
the bride chose Gwen Pollard as
maid of honor. Mamie Reynolds
and Elaine Harvey, sisters of the
bride, and Sen. Donzelia James
served as matrons of honor. The
bridesmaids were Ms. Thelma
Avery, Mrs. Rosemary Banks, Ms.
Sandra Berry, Ms. Martha
Coleman, Ms. Katherine Gooden,
Reverend Carol Q. Kings, Mrs.
Alisa W. Lewis, Ms. Jeannette M.
Martin, Ms. Elaine Montgomery,
Ms. Alice Patton-Dukes, Ms. Beth
Scott, MSgt. Sharon Smith, Sen.
Connie Stokes, Rep. Sharon
Beasley Teague and Dr. Mary Clay
Torian.
Bobby A. Riley of Pontiac, Mich.,
brother of the groom, served as
best man. The groomsmen were
Mayor Floyd Adams, Jr.(in absen
tia), Mr. Leroy Beavers Sr., Mr.
George M. Brown, Dr. Curtis V.
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Senator Charles Walker
Henderson, church mentor.
Honorable mention awards were
made to Ms. Sharon Hay, church
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Cooper Sr., Mr. Gregory Eady,
Attorney Jeff Felser, Master Bryan
C.Harvey, Sgt. CharlesM. Harvey,
Mr. Hubert Harvey, SSgt. Val E.
Harvey, Mr. Elmo James, Sen. Eric
Johnson, Sen. Rene’D. Kemp, Mr.
Bobby L. Lockett, Mr, Willie W.
Macon, Mr. Jimmy R. Martin, Mr.
Alvin Ponder, Master Brendan
Dane Reynolds, Mr. Rex
Templeton Jr. and Mr. Jack
Wallace. The groom’s 91-year-old
mother, Mrs. Daisy Mae Riley of
Savannah, also participated. The
groom’s grandson, Herman 111,
was ringbearer. Miss Alicia Green
and Miss Stacy Johnson of the
Maxine Patterson Studio danced
and served as flower girls.
After the pre-reception and the
main reception at the Civic Cen
ter, the couple left for a honey
moon at Palmetto Dunes on Hilton
Head Island.
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leader, and to Emanuel and
Nordette Lawrence, Augusta-
Aiken Family Magazine.
ation for the grand prize and the
opportunity to appear in the calen
dar. Amber Lee’sdrawing wasone
of 13 selected from among more
than 250 branch winners.
“This is a great opportunity to
showcase our communities’ young
talent and thank our customers
for their business,” said Matt
Hollingsworth, president of
Nations Credit Consumer Corpo
ration. “It is inspiring to view the
world through a child’s eyes. We
very much enjoyed reviewingall of
the creative entries, and we are
very proud of all of our winners.”
Part of the Financial Services
Group of Nationsßank Corpora
tion, Nations Credit is one of the
largest domestic bank-owned di
versified finance companies with
nearly $8 billion in consumer and
commercial assets. It provides
consumer financing, specialized
commercial financing, and leasing
and insurance products through
offices in 34 states across the coun
try.
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Laney class of ’6B
The Lucy C. Laney’s Class of
1968 presented a special on
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living room suite and a dinette set
wafnmflti.olcw.Awrhy, ham,
and all trimmings to cook a
Christmas dinner was provided by
this class. Clothes were given and
everyone in the family received a
month’s supply of household items
from the class of '6B,
Laney’s class of "68 provided the
same food items for a family of
three. Clothing for each family
member was luglied as well,
In addition, the class played se
cret Santa to seven foster children
by giving each child a toy. The day
was not complete until the class
traveled to a local nursir.g home
where they sang Christmas carols
and gave each patient a gift of
personal need items.
Linda C. Williams, class presi
dent said, “Being a very strong
class emphasize unity and distinc
tion; we realize our many bless
ings as we look upward and reach
George M. Brown is
Nation Builder awardee
ATLANTA
George M. Brown of the Center
for Trade and Technology Trans
fer recently received the Nation
Builder Award for the state of Geor
gia at the National Black Caucus
of State Legislators Annual Legis
ative Conference held in Milwau
«ee, Wisconsin.
The Nation Builder Awards were
:stablished to recognize individu
als who have made significant con
tributions to, and laid foundations
for, the political progress for Afri
can Americans.
Brown was also recognized for
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forward toward our 30-year high
school reunion in June of 1998, We
were able to fulfill a project of this
magnitude because of our strength,
harmony, staying positively fo
cused and above all God’s in onder
grace.”
his service to economic develop
ment progress within the state of
Georgia. He is employed by the
Center for Trade and Technology
Transfer. The Trade Center is a
project created by the Georgia Leg
islative Black Caucus and Savan
nah State University. The Trade
Center has as its primary duty the
responsibility for creating trade
and business opportunities be
tween the state of Georgia and
other countries.
For further information, contact
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