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Black lawmakers gather for confab
ATLANTA
Members of the Geor
gia Association of Black
Elected Officials
(GABEO) will feature
“Three Firsts” in the Af
rican-American commu
nity when they gather in
Atlanta for their annual
winter conference and
board meeting/commu
nity retreat at Paschals
Centei at Clark Atlanta
University. “Voter Em
Brown cleared of sexual
harassment charges
Lisa Ross Agbalaya, 36, stands as a Los
Angeles Superior Court’s jury found
Tuesday Feb. 19, 2002, that singer
James Brown did not sexually harass
her as she alleged, but ruled Brown’s
company did wrongfullyfire her. Brown
Jld not appear in court Tuesday. The
Superior Court panel found against Lisa
Ross Agbalaya on all but one claim in
the $1 million civil case that alleged
sexval harassment, retaliation, wrong
ful termination and infliction of emo
tional distress. AP Photo/Nick Ut
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powerment Campaign
2002, 2003, 2004” is the
theme of the conference
whichbegins with arecep
tion at Ellery’s on
Cambellton Road Friday,
February 22 and concludes
with a worship service at
Ebenezer Baptist Church
onSunday, February 24 at
11 am.
The main focus of the
meeting will be the Voter
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cember 1,2001 in Keysville,
Ga. and will conclude with
the presidential election in
November 2004. The goal
ofthecampaign istoregis
ter the approximately two
million unregistered vot
ersthroughoutthestateof
Georgia, morethan 500,000
of whom are African
Americans. During the
Voter Empowerment Cam
paign, GABEO will work
Bob Jones U. may
need larger change,
Jesse Jackson says
' COLUMBIA, S.C.
(AP) Fundamentalist Christian school
Bob Jones University may need to
change its theology as it goes about
recruiting blacks students, civil rights
leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson said Sat
urday.
On Thursday, the 4,200 student pri
vate school said that it would recruit
minorities.
See 808 JONES, page 9A
FEBRUARY 21 - 27, 2002
in conjunction with the
Coalition for a People’s
Agenda, SCLC, NAACP,
Rainbow PUSH, Con
cerned Black Clergy, or
ganized labor, etc.
“Everyday there are
people from throughout
the state who call our
offices with problems in
quiringwhotheir elected
officials are. Many are
See GABEO, page 3A
Walker bill would
give mayor veto,
additional powers
ATLANTA
Senate Majority
Leader Charles W.
Walker wants to give
Augusta’s mayor the
power of the veto, and
the ability to appoint
the county administra
tor. He also wants the
administrator to have
theauthority tohireand
firedepartment heads.
In fact, on Feb. 20,
Walker introduced leg
islation to that effect.
“This bill would fine
tune our current sys
tem of checks and bal
ances; the foundation
of decision-makingin a
‘democratic- system of
government,” hesaid by
way of explanation. “We
must be very careful
about circumventing
See CITY, page 3A
Fire chief voted in;
budget still unsettled
By Rhonda Jones
AUGUSTAFOCUSStaffWriter
AUGUSTA
On the evening of
Feb. 20, the commis
sioners of Augusta-
Richmond Countyvoted
to offer Yakima, Wash.
firechief Al Gillespie the
position of fire chief in
Augusta.
Most of them did, any
way.
Local Delta official
hoasts Kentucky honor
AUGUSTA
An Augusta State
University professor
recently received the
highest award bestowed
by thestate of Kentucky
for service to the state.
Dr. Louise Rice, as
sociate professor of
reading in Learning
Support/University Col
lege, was made an hon
orary Kentucky Colo
nel Jan. 26 by Kentucky
Gov. Paul Patton. Rice
joined the ranks of past
recipients including
President Lyndon B.
Johnson, English Prime
Minister Winston
Churchill, golfer Tiger
Woods, and actress
Whoopie Goldberg.
“It was a great
honor,” said Rice. “I
wasnot aware that such
an award existed, and
they kept emphasizing
this was a rare presen
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Vonetta Flowers, left, and Jill Bakken of the
United States get emotional after theirfinal and
gold medal winning runinthe women’s two-man
bobsled final at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter
Olympics in Park City, Utah, Tuesday, Feb. 19,
2002. AP Photo/Elise Amendola
The votes ran 6-2, with
commissioners Lee Beard
and Marion Williams vot
ing no, and commission
ers Richard Colcloughand
Willie Mays abstaining.
As predicted, what dis
sent there was had to do
with salary. The price
that county administra
tor George Kolb wants to
bring him in under is
$92,000.
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tation,” she said.
“When I returned to
campus, acolleague men
tioned a chemist, turned
writer, who had received
the honor inthe past, and
it was then that [ realized
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is qualified and would
probably make us a very
good firechiefherein Rich
mond County,” Beard
said. “The only problem
that I haveisthefinancial
problem.” He reminded
commissioners of all the
talk moments before of
termination and withhold
ingraisesinan attemptto
balance the budget.
See FIRE CHIEF, 3A
-consideringthe others of
whom I was aware -the
magnitudeoftheaward,”
she said.
Rice was in Kentucky
to speak at a luncheon in
celebration of the 70th
anniversary of the Delta
Sigma Theta Lexington
alumnaechapter.
As a distinguished visi
tor, Ricealsoreceived the
keys to the city of Lexing
ton.
Rice is national first
vice president for Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority,
Inc. As first vice presi
dent, she is in charge of
scholarships and stan
dardsfor theorganization.
Inthe Lexington area, she
recently assisted in the
re-establishment of one
collegiate chapter and ad
vised the alumnae chap
ter and three collegiate
See RICE, page 3A