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Fort Gordon honors civilians and
" Fort Gordon honors its Oc
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'vilians and Volunteers of the
“Month.
* The Civilian of the Month
*‘for October 2001 is Brenda C.
“Epps, who works as an in
~structor in the 31C Course,
-Cable and Radic Division of
-the 369" Signal Battalion. Ms.
-Epps also serves as an equal
employment counselor, a
- Leadership, Education and
_Development facilitator and a
Consideration of Others fa
cilitator. Herjob entailstrain
ing soldiers and counseling
workers having discrimina
tion problems on the job and
facilitating classes to equip
supervisors to become better
leaders. A native of Augusta,
Ms. Epps has worked on Fort
‘Gordon for 24 years. In her
spare time, Ms. Epps enjoys
reading, getting together with
friends and relaxing by taking
in God’s beauty all around
her. Ms. Epps describes her
self as having a love and con
cern for others (which was
exemplified to her by her par
ents), being a patient person
with people 4nd life in gen
eral, and being blessed with
the ability to express herself.
Ms. Epps feels her greatest
accomplishment is staying
married to the same great
husband, Curtis, for 40 years
and rearing three wonderful
children — Curtis Jr., Brian
and Christi. Her future goals
are to retire and spend time
playing with her grandchil
dren, traveling with her hus-
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tinue to enjoy living.
The Volunteer ofthe Month
for October 2001 is Mr. Ed
ward T. Rios. A native of
Guam, Mr. Rios came to Fort
Gordon when his wife, Lt. Col.
Ronda Urey, was assigned as
the battalion commander of
the 73" Ordinance Battalion.
Mr. Rioshasvolunteered since
1994 and currently volunteers
in several capacities on Fort
Gordon. He is the 73" Ordi
nance Battalion Unit Readi
ness Group coordinator and
an Army Family Team Build
ing instructor. He confided
that he really is a true “Mr.
Mom.” His future goals are to
continue his education by ob
taining a masters degree in
Criminal Justiceand he hopes
to eventually obtain a doctor
ate degree in Criminology.
Ms. Virginia L. Brinkley, a
management and program
assistant in the directorate of
Resource Management,isthe
Civilian of the Month for No
vember 2001. Ms. Brinkley’s
primary job is to manage the
Army’s travel card program
for Fort Gordon. She coordi
nates with offices all over the
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installation toensure that the
traveler’s payments are made
to the Bank of America on a
timely basis. She was re
cently recognized by the com
manding general for her work
in reducing the number of
late travel payments by over
50 percent, exceeding the de
partment of Army’smandated
goal. She also assists her co
workers with the Army Sug
gestion Program, the post
population profile, Army sta
tioning installation program
and interservice support
agreements. Ms. Brinkleyhas
worked for the federal gov
ernment a total of 18 years,
which includes 7 ¥ years at
Fort Gordon and over 10 years
with the North Carolina Na
tional guard, the Veterans
Affairs Office and the Social
Security Administration. A
native of Evans, Ms. Brinkley
enjoys traveling, watching
University of Georgia football
withherfather, shopping with
her mother, and participating
socially with the Augusta
Rugby club. Her future goals
include being financially able
to retire at the ripe old age of
45,
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The Fort Gordon Volunteer
of the Month for November is
Evette Ingwerson. A native of
Michigan, Ms. Ingwerson came
to the Augusta area when her
husband, Maj. Steve
Ingwerson, was assigned to
the 93 Signal Brigade. Since
arriving at Fort Gordon, she
has been active in the 297 t
and 202" Military Intelligence
Battalion’s Unit Readiness
Groups, serving as vice presi
dent of the 202 Group. She
has helped with several
fundraisers and formal func
tionsfor thisorganization. For
two years, she has served as
the Officers’ Wives’Club trea
surer and works with them
selling spaces for the spring
and fall flea markets and at
the thrift shop, which gener
ates money for scholarships
and welfare services.
For the Fort Gordon Christ
mas house, Ms. Ingwerson
sells angels for the angel tree,
sortstoys and distributesgifts.
In addition to volunteeringon
fort Gordon, she volunteers
one day a week at Riverside
Elementaryin the Media Cen
ter and her son’s classroom
and every other Monday at
the Media Center at Green
brier High School. Ms.
Ingwerson says the many
hours she has spent volun
teering for the past 22 years
has brought her great joy and
many friendships over the
years. The Ingwerson’s have
three sons— Steven, Christo
pher and Nicholas.
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Dyson keynotes Voorhees
College MLK Day celebration
| DENMARK, S.C.
% Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, ac
‘claimed scholar, professor and
‘author, challenged his audi
ences’ perspectives and be
liefs Wednesday evening,
January 23, on the campus of
Voorhees College. He is the
author of I May Not Get There
With You — The True Martin
Luther King, Jr. His most
recent work is Holler If You
Hear Me, Searching for Tupac
Shakur, a biography of the
late rapper.
Dyson spoke of King and his
beginnings, how he attended
college at the age of 15 and
used his intelligence to ben
efit the cause of freedom and
his finances to help the less
fortunate. Dyson challenged
the audience “not toturn back
the clock” with complacency
but invest time and energy
into the cause of freedom and
equality to become “true pa
triots.”
The speaker surprised and
captivated his audience by
makingstartling comparisons
between the visions of Civil
Rights revolutionaries like
Martin Luther King Jr. and
Malcolm X with modern rap
pers such as Tupac Shakur,
Nas and Mos Def.
He lamented the state of
race relations in the United
States. “We still have to be
persistentin our resistance to
racism,” said Dyson. “In 2002
we still have a gaping divide
between black and brown and
red and yellow ... that is what
Martin Luther King fought
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against.”
Identifyinghimselfas a pub
lic moralist and a social ethi
cist, Dyson explained, “A pub
lic moralist makes ethical
claims in light of one’s faith,
identifying what the public
should embrace, denouncing
injustice, discussingthe char
acter of American life and the
global characteristicofhuman
existence.”
Administrators, students,
faculty, staff and community
guests were enthralled with
the powerful speaker. “Now
Ihave an even deeper respect
for him. I really appreciated
the way Dr. Dyson tied in
peoplewhoarerelevant tomy
generation with those from
the past. It unites us.”said
Vertis Johnson, a sophomore
majoringin Criminal Justice.
The MLK Day Celebration
was sponsored by the College’s
Lyceum Program.