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Black lawmakers gather for confab
powerment Campaign
2002, 2003, 2004” is the
theme of the conference
which begins with a recep
tion at Ellery's on
Cambeliton Road Friday,
February 22and concludes
with a worship service at
Ebenezer Baptist Church
onSunday, February 24 at
Ilam.
The main focus of the
meeting will be the Voter
' Empowerment Campaign
ATLANTA
Members of the Geor
gia Association of Black
Elected Officials
(GABEO) will feature
“Three Firsts” in the Af
rica~ American commu
nity when they gather in
Atlanta for their annual
winter conference and
board meeting/commu
nity retreat at Paschals
Center at Clark Atlanta
University, “Voter Em
Brown cleared of sexual
harassment charges il
Liso Ross Agbalaya, 36, stands as a Los
Angeles Superior Court’s jury found P
Tuesday Feb. 19, 2002, thot singer
James Brown did not sexvally horass [l
her as she alieged, but ruled Brown's s
company did wronghully fire her. Brown
did not oppeor in court Tuesday. The
Superior Court panel found ogalnst Lisa
Ross Agbaloya on all but one cloim in
the $1 million civil case that alleged
sexval harassment, retoliation, wrong
ful termination and infliction of eme
tiono! distress. AP PhotNick (& .
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, pags 3A
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which kicked off on De
cember 1,2001 in Keysville,
Ga. and will conclude with
the presidential electionin
November 2004. The goal
of thecampaignistoregis
ter the approximately two
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ersthroughout thestateof
Georgia, morethan 500,000
of whom are African
Voter Empowerment Cam
paign, GABEO will work
Bob Jones U. may
need larger change,
Jesse Jackson says
COLBL, S 0
(AP) Fundamentalist Christianschool
Bob Jones University may need to
change its theology as it goes about
leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson said Sat-
On Thursday, the 4,200 student pri
vate school said that it would recruit
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Walker bill would
give mayor veto,
additional powers
Golden Firsts
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 to hireand
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-makingina
democratic system of
ofuplm
way . “We
must be very careful
about circumventing
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Vonetta Flowers, left, and Jill Bakiken of the
United Sictes get emotional after their final and
gold medal winning run inthe women’s two-man
bobsled final ot the 2002 Sait Lake City Wi.ter
Olympics in Park City, Utah, Tuesday, Feb. 19,
2002. AP Photo/Elise Amendola
Fire chief voted in;
budget still unsettled
By Bheadn Jenes
AUGUSTAPOCUSStafI Writer
The votes ran 6-2, with
commissioners Lee Beard
and Marion Williams vot
ing no, and commission
ers Richard Colclough and
Willie Mays abstaining.
As predicted, what dis
sent there was had to do
that county administra
tor George Kolb wants to
bring him in under is
$92,000.
“Idothink Mr. Gillespie
AUSUSTA
On the evening of
Feb. 20, the commis
sioners of Augusta-
Richmond County voted
to offer Yakima, Wash.
firechiefAl Gillespiethe
position of fire chiefin
Augusta. £
Most ofthemdid, any
way.
Local Delta official
boasts Kentucky honor
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tation,” she said.
“When I returned to
campus, acolleague men
tioned a chemist, turned
writer, who had received
thohonnrinthord.nd
it was then that I reslised
RUBUSTA
An Augusta State
University professor
recently received the
highest award bestowed
by thestateof Kentucky
for service to the state.
sociate professor of
reading in Learning
Support/University Col
lege, was made an hon
orary Kentucky Colo
nel Jan. 26 by Kentucky
joi ranks
recipients inclucri.n.:
President Lyndon B.
Johnson, English Prime
Minister Winston
Churchill, golfer Tiger
Woods, and actress
Whoopie Goldberg.
L“lt was a great
honor,” said Rice. “I
was not awarethat mich
an award existed, and
they keps emphasizing
this was a rare presen
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is qualified and would
prubably make us a very
goodfirechiefherein Rich
mond County,” Beard
said. “The only problem
thatThaveisthefinancial
problem.” He reminded
commissioners of all the
talk moments before of
ingraisesinan attempt to
balance the budget.
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~consideringthe others of
whom I was aware -the
magnitudeoftheaward,”
she said.
Rice was in Kentucky
to at & luncheon in
edmim of the 70th
u.mivcnlryoflhcbdu
Sigma Theta Lexington
alumnaechapter.
As a distinguished visi
tor, Rice also received the
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vies peosident foe Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority,
Inc. As first vice presi
dent, she is in charge of
scholarships and stan
dards fortheorganization.
IntheLexington ares, she
recently assisted in the
re-establishment of one
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See RICE, page 3A