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Ray Charles estate at
odds with Albany State
over $3 million gift
By ERRIN HAINES
Associated Press Writer
ATLANTA (AP) — Six years after
music legend Ray Charles donated
$3 million to Albany State
University to build a performing arts
center in his name, his estate wants
o know why $2 million of the
donated money was used for schol
arships. :
At issue is whether that money
ter, since NO Wwritten instructions
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in Charles hometown after he was
awarded an honorary doctorate in
2002. Albany- State maintains that
while the school does plan to name
the center after Charles, the money
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. Construction on the performing
arts center, which was also to indude
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On the Real with Miss Monique ...
Dear Miss Monique
I wanna ask you some
thing about a co-worker of
yours and if you do not
mind can you please keep
me anonymous, including
my sex.
I have a big crush on
someone who works with
you. On twp of that, not
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ch this person, lam
afraid that it will get back
to date this person. It was
mother, Reatha Robinson, has not |
yet begun.
“We're not particularly interested
in gewting the money back,” said
Ivan Hoffman, general counsel for
Charles’ estate. “We are interested in
having Mr. Charles’ wishes fulfilled.
But if it’s not going to be used for
that spedific purpose, we want our
money badk.” ;
Charles gave two gifts of money to
Albany Sate: $1 million in 2001
and $2 million in 2002. Hoffman
said the money was always intended
to help build the center, even though
that was not put in writing,
“Mr. Charles always expressed,
and the university always acknowl
edged, that Ray Charles was going to
make a gift for the construction of
theater in his late mother’s name,”
Hoffman said.
The project will cost at least $23
.., . SccCharles, pgc 18
AUGUSTA FOCUS
Music, Literature, Theatre, Books,
I'V, Dance, Film, Entertainment
over a year ago when my
fiend was messing with
your co-worker. By every
thing | saw and heard, it
was nothing serious. So my
I:::onnoyouisdoyou
ink that I should ask my
friend first before |
approach this person? On
the other hand, should I
just leave it alone because
they used to fool around?
Again, 1 will say thar they
_were not serious at all. To be
honest, it was a one-night
Augusta discovers Samuel Guilford
By DEBORAH MOODY
Augusta Focus Seaff Writer
Samuel Guilford’s art
work stirs emotions of
heritage, triumph and
linkage to the Highest
Power. He believes that
there is a “spiritual famine
in society today.” Guilford
now sees his art as a way
to communicate his
understanding in the
hopes of guiding others.
This Atlanta-based visual
artist’s renderings are on
display at the Lucy Craft
Laney Museum of Black
History now through
August 30.
~ In his early teens, this
seventh children of eleven
siblings realized that he
had a talent to paint. “I
started experimenting
with different mediums,
as well as various artistic
styles. I learned that prac
tice makes better, so I con
tinued to practice and
hone my skills,” he
aclmowledyged.
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stand. I recendy saw your
co-worker out and about. |
took an interest in some
was positive and it tuned
me on. I hate that I have
this attraction and for some
reason, | think this person is
also aracted to me, but I
am just not sure. So what
please do not talk about me
after you read this cause 1
am only human. 1 see
something I like and [ want
school his first art teacher
recognized my artistic
abilities.
“She became vigilant in
encouraging me to devel
op my skills and to never
take the ‘gift God gave
me’ for granted,” Guilford
expressed.
His ninth grade teacher
‘advised him to peruse by
‘practice and to study the
masters of art. One of the
first to influence him at
that time in his life was
Henry O. Tanner, the first
recognized black artist in
America. Guilford shared,
“His work evoked a strong
sense of spirituality that
connected with me.”
This Atlanta College of
Art Graduate had his pro
fessional debut July 1983,
when a collection of his
work was displayed at the
Richard B. Russell build
ing in Atlanta, Georgia.
Guilford has won
numerous awards and has
exhibited throughout the
southeast. :
Guilford’s paintings are
deeply influenced by the
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July 19, 2007
it. Yes, this person had a
onc-night stand with a
friend of mine but that’s all
it was. So what’s up Miss
Monique, you think? Is it
okay for me to ‘holla’ at
someone my friend used t©
‘holla at’ even though it was
just a one-night stand?
* Sincerely “T Babby”
Dear “T Babby”
- So you are a secret admir
er, huh? That is sooo cute.
Sec Monique,page 18
southern experience of
growing up in rural
Alabama. His work often
reflects the spirituality, the
local color, and landscape
that he remembers about
living in the south. “The
good, the bad and the
ugly,” he divulged. For the
last 20 years, %\is subjects
and medium have been
people, watercolor and
acrylic.
Guilford’s inspiration
was taken from the mood,
the spirit or the subject.
“A few paintings are
inspired by the life of
Lucy Craft Laney and her
legacy as an educator and
humanitarian as well as a
mother to all she served.
Her example, to me, can
be compared to that of
Mother Teresa,” he con
veyed.
Guilford also employs
pen and ink. “I find
myself using acrylics more
because they dry faster
and allow more control
and versatility. I can layer
See Guilford,. page 15