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JULY 1, 1999
(SRA Business League presents
Proctor & Gamble e business of the Yontt
The selection of Proctor &
Gamble for the CSRA Business
of the Month was due in large
part to the role the company
plays in support of the commu
nity. :
Gary Bussey, the executive
director of the business league,
describes the company as“agood
corporate citizen.”
According to Mr. Bussey, the
company assists the business
league in feeding the hungry
and giving clothes to the needy.
They also make large donations
of their products to the commu
nity during the Christmas sea
son.
Harold Petteway, manager of
personnel and public affairs at
Proctor & Gamble relishes the
opportunity for its company to
gain recognition and is very ap
preciative of the honor.
He feels that the Historically
Under Affiliated Businesses
(HUB), a minority business pro
gram, played an important role
in his company being chosen.
The minority business pro
gram, he said, “is a competitive
advantage for the company.”
The purpose of the programis to
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Despite earlier battles over the
school’s location in the vicinity of a
local manufacturing plant, the
school expects to have full enroll
mentits first yearand studentsand
staff, alike, are eager to fill the
halls.
“I, personally donot have a prob
lem with the location of the school,”
said Y. N. Myers Jr., Richmond
County school board member. “Isl
livedin that area,l would certainly
send my children to that school,”
Mr. Myers said.
He states that the sudivisions
between Cross Creek and the
Amoco Polymers plant played a
major role in his feeling that way.
According to Mr. Myers, the
Covington subdivisions have ex
isted in that area since before the
plant was in place and there have
not been any detrimental effects
reported.
Chris Henry, principal of Butler
High School, isrelieved that thehigh
schoolisopeninginthefall. Students
attending Cross Creek will consist of
those re-zoned from Butler and
Hephzibah High Schools.
“This is not only a good thing but a
had to be done thing,” Mr. Henry
said.
Due to movement within Rich
mond County, the student popula
tion at Butler had grown to ap
proximately 2,000 students. Mr.
Henry hopes that the rezoning will
significantly reduce the population,
bringing it closer to 1,300 or 1,450
people. He feels that with asmaller
student body, the administration
will be able to evaluate their pro
grams and make a determination
as to its effectiveness.
“We were significantly over
crowded. Now, we will be able to do
-more. We may even be able to learn
some names,” Mr. Henry added. .
The new high school is expected
to house approximately 1,300 stu
dentsits inaugural year. They will
be met by a staff of 75 to 80 teach
ers, three guidance counselors and
three assistant principals.
Earl Kelton, assistant principal
at the new school, said he expects
alot of good news to come out of the
school this year.
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prised about 15% of the purchases
from the Proctor & Gamble com
pany. Outside of the business
program itself, said Mr. Petteway,
“we make contributions to local
institutions in the CSRA such as
the Golden Harvest Food Bank
and the Augusta Mini Theatre.”
The company also has adopted
Glenn Hills High School as part
of the Adopt-a-School program.
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Massive civil disobhedience
planned at Liberty Bell July 3
New York, N.Y.
“Stop the Execution/Grant a
New Trial” will be the call Satur
day, July 3 in Philadelphia as
scores of people stage a dramatic,
nonviolent civil disobedience ac
tion at the historic Liberty Bell.
This action and its companion
support vigil will call forjusticein
the case of award winning jour
nalist and death row inmate
Mumia Abu Jamal and will take
place 17 years to the day after the
former Black Panther party mem
ber was unjustly sentenced to
death. This activity has brought
together supporters of many
movements for social change na
tionwide, including renowned la
bor leaders, religious figures, en
tertainers and academicians.
“Civil disobedience is as Ameri
can as apple pie,” said Herman
Ferguson, co-chair of the New
York based Free Mumia Abu-
Jamal Coalition. “From the Bos
ton Tea Party to the labor move
ment, from the civil rights sit-ins,
anti war and anti nuclear activ
ism, right up to the police brutal
ity protests, civil disobedience has
always shown the people’s will
ingness to prevail against injus
tice,” the educator added.
In October, Pennsylvania’s Su
preme Court denied Abu Jamal’s
bid for a new trial, upholding the
ruling of Judge Sabo, the original
trial judge. Abu Jamal, an author
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ment gives the state of South
Carolina overall management re
sponsibility for the reserve, ac
cording to DOE.
Meanwhile, only a couple of days
before hislocal arrival, Richardson
was the object of tough question
ing by a U.S. Joint Senate Com-
S.C. State
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named waste management, land
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typically nonexistent. “It’s simply
because they have not been made
aware of these careers,” explained
Dr. Salley, which can lead to “lu
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and activist, was convictedin 1982
of the shooting death of a Phila
delphia police officer in a trial i
tainted by the flagrant bias of 3
Judge Sabo, by the deliberate ex
clusion of 11 Black potential ju
rors and by a court appointed law
yer who, by his own admission,
wasinexperiencedincriminallaw.
In addition, witnesses came for
ward during the 1995 Post Convic
tion Relief Appeal hearings, say
ing they were coerced by police to
lie, supporters or change their -
initial accounts of the December
9, 1981 incident.
Notingthegravityof AbuJamal’s
situation, co chair Ferguson says
July 3 is only the beginning of
massive civil disobedience actions
countrywide. “At this point,” he
said, “despite all efforts by the
legal team, the system has denied:
Mumia his due process rights.
Now, we have to take this matter
to the streets for the Court of the
People to Judge.”
The July 3 civil disobedience at
the Liberty Bell will be supported
by a simultaneous legal vigil at
Liberty Park. The following day,
International Concerned Family
and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal
will mark July 4 with a 9 AM.
International Demonstration at
the Liberty Bell calling for justice
for Mumia. ;
mittee concerned that DOE secu
rity secrets had become vulner
able to Chinese espionage. Dur
ing the hearing, former senator
Warren Rudman proposed reor
ganizing DOE management struc
ture and reforming security func
tions currently administered by
the Energy Department.
Richardson told the Augusta
Focus he didn’t consider Rudman
Panel recommendations as a per
sonal attack and that concerns
about security, specificallyat DOE
lab operations, were warranted.
managed by S.C State and is the
only field station for undergradu
ate study. Participants generally
hail from black colleges and study
environmental science and re
search during summer months.
The DOE assists in funding the
S.C. State-managed program.
“Our mission is unique,” said
Dr. Salley. “It’s relevant because
we’ve not been good to our envi
ronment. If we don’t take care of
it, where else can we live?” asked
the chair of the S.C. State’s bio
logical science department. The
field station has received a na
tional award from Vice President
Al Gore called the Hammer
Award.