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12 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, August 20, 2008
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
An Evening of Jazz for Adult Literacy
The second annual
Evening of Jazz for Adult
Literacy will once again fea
ture Ben Tucker and Huxsie
Scott. Added attractions this
year are Markeya Relaford
and Dr. Bertice Berry.
Markeva is a talented young
singer already making her
mark on Savannah's musical
scene. Dr. Berry is a nation-
ally-known inspirational
speaker and a Chatham
Academy parent.
In addition to the
incomparable music of Ben
Tucker and Huxsie Scott at
the Savannah Riverfront
Marriott, the evening will
Ben Tucker
feature an exclusive silent
auction including a concert
donated by Ben Tucker and a
Singing Gram by Huxsie
Scott. Original art and great
handmade items are part of
the bargain opportunities.
There will be a complimen
tary cocktail buffet and a
cash bar.
Presenting sponsors
include the Savannah
Morning News, WTOC and
LOVE 101.1, Gulfstream,
and the City of Savannah.
The event will be from 5 -
7:30 PM, Sunday, September
7th. Tickets are $50/person.
Proceeds will benefit
the Ault & Community
Education (ACE) program at
Royce, which has been help
ing our community's adults
Voter Registration Meeting
Dear NAACP Voter
Registration Volunteer:
As a NAACP Voter
Registration Volunteer we
invite you to attend this very
IMPORTANT MEETING
and encourage your organi
zation, church and neighbor
hood association to partici
pate with the 2008 Earl T.
Shinhoster Voter
Empowerment Campaign.
The Voter Registration plan
ning and strategies meeting
is scheduled for Thursday,
August 28, 2008, 6:30 p.m.
at St. Philip Monumental
A.M.E. Church, 1112
Jefferson Street at the comer
of West Park Avenue.
We invite you to join
the Earl T. Shinhoster Voter
Empowerment Campaign.
The Savannah Branch
NAACP will kick off this
year's campaign with a plan
ning and strategies meeting.
As we approach this upcom
ing election season it holds a
greater than ever significance
in history for African
Americans, Seniors, Students
and the Disenfranchised.
Your commitment is essential
to achieve justice, equality,
and civil rights for all citi
zens.
Your presence and dedi
cated participation is neces
sary to ensure that officials
are elected who represent the
interest of the African
American Community and
population. Working togeth
er we can meet the challenges
facing our people. If you
have questions or need fur
ther information, please call
me at 912.233.4161.
Your presence at this
meeting is essential to our
success.
POWER! JUSTICE!
FREEDOM!
VOTE! RENEW
YOUR
MEMBERSHIP
TODAY!
Huxsie Scott
achieve their literacy goals
for 36 years. Royce collabo-
ratives include the Wesley
Community Women's
Centers, Union Mission and
the City of Tybee Island. The
ACE program serves adults
in every literacy capacity.
Over 50 volunteers and 6 lead
teachers have helped over
300 adults annually leam to
read, pass the GED, obtain a
CDL or earn a promotion by
improving their employment
skills.
Enjoy an evening of
great music and help some
one in your community leam
to read!
Call Royce Learning
Center at 354-4047 for reser
vations or information.
Parent Notification
Letters Concerning
Choice School Transfers
The No Child Left
Behind Act of 2001 requires
public school districts to
notify the parents of students
attending a school that has
been identified as Needs
Improvement about the
option to transfer. Under this
legislation, students are eligi
ble to transfer to another
school in the district that is in
good standing. School dis
tricts must provide for the
transportation for all students
from a Title I funded school
and must give priority to low
achieving students from low
income families.
Letters for the follow
ing seven schools, identified
as Needs Improvement by
the State, have been mailed
to parents explaining the
transfer option and providing
infomiation about the proce
dures and deadlines for mak
ing a transfer request.
Bartlett Middle
Beach High School
Groves High School
Hubert Middle School
Myers Middle School
Savannah High
Spencer Elementary
The deadline for com
pleting a request for a Choice
transfer is Tuesday,
September 9, 2008. Parents
who are approved for a trans
fer must register their child
in the newly assigned school
by Friday, September 19,
2008.
For more information
about School Choice, please
contact the Title I Office at
395-5635.
Try Transit Today
able for purchase (cash
only). In addition to the Bull
Street and Oglethorpe Mall
locations, the Port City and
Carnegie library branches
will continue selling cash
advance tickets and half-fare
tokens.
The Chatham Area
Transit Authority (CAT)
announced that the Live Oak
Public Libraries' Bull Street
and Oglethorpe Mall library
branches have added month
ly passes to their menu of
CAT fare instruments avail-
Chatham Retired Educators Meeting
The Chatham Retired
Educators Association is on
the road again thanks to our
new president, Mr. Hugh
Golson. He is known for his
energy and proficiency.
The initial meeting was
held in his beautiful restored
Victorian home in the Historic
District. Most of the executive
members were in attendance,
namely: past president, Mrs.
Shirley Spears; secretary,
Mrs. Harriet Roberts; treasur
er, Mr. Nathaniel Jenkins;
local membership, Mrs. Annie
Welch; state membership,
Mrs. Rosalyn Marshall;
Publicity chairperson, Mrs.
Lula Wilson; and decora
tions/designer, Mrs. Martha
McCullough.
This meeting sat the tone
for the ensuing year. We
strategize on getting the
monthly correspondence out
and the means of increasing
our membership. All local and
out of town retirees are invit
ed to attend the Chatham
Retired Educators Association
Tea and Reception honoring
these comrades, on Sunday
afternoon, August 24, 4:00
p.m. at the home of our presi
dent, 14 West Duffy Street,
Savannah, Ga.
Our first regular meeting
of the 2008-2009 is scheduled
for September 8, 2008, at our
same meeting place, Carey
Hilliard’s Restaurant Banquet
Room 11111 Abercom
Extension. Registration
begins at 10:30-1:00 noon.
Lunch is only $13.00. Please
contact Dorothy Speed at 925-
0609 or Mr. A1 Chassereau at
898-8067.
Publicity Chairperson,
Mrs. Lula Wilson
Dr. Percy Mack.. • Continued from page 1
nator of personnel, a high
school principal and assistant
principal, a teacher and a
coach in Decatur. He began
his teaching career in the
Savannah-Chatham County
Public School System.
His many accomplish
ments as superintendent of
the Dayton Public Schools
include moving the district
from academic emergency
status to continuous improve
ment status in just four years,
a two-level jump in the state
ratings. He also led the pas
sage of a $620 million bond
issue to build new or reno
vate all of the schools in
Dayton. Dr. Mack was
selected as the NABSE
Superintendent of the Year in
2006.
Dr. Mack holds a Ph.D. in
Administration and
Supervision and an Ed.S. in
Administration and
Supervision from Georgia
State University in Atlanta,
Georgia. He also holds a
M.Ed. in Social Science
Education from the
University of Georgia, as
well as a Bachelor of Science
in Social Science Education
from Savannah State
University, Savannah,
Georgia.
Wendy Brawley,
Chairwoman of the Richland
One Board of Commissioner
stated that, "we welcome this
appointment and Dr. Mack
and his family to Columbia.
The Board also
expresses its appreciation to
the Richland One staff and
community for the support
they have provided during
this process. "
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host of TV One's Turn Up
The Heat With G. Garvin; and
Marvin Woods, executive
chef/TV host, Home Plate,
Atlanta and lots more.
The Taste of EBONY
celebrates the unheralded
contributions Blacks have
made to the world of culinary
arts. It further serves as a cat
alyst for people of color, par
ticularly a younger genera
tion, to view the many facets
of the food industry as a
viable path toward pursuing
prestigious careers.
For almost 10 years,
Chef Joe has shared his pas
sion for Southern food and
culture with the Savannah
metropolitan region and
beyond at his cooking school.
He preaches the gospel of
authentic Southern cuisine to
all comers. The success of the
school is a credit to his great
love of southern cuisine and
the city of Savannah. And
also what he has done to share
his heritage and southern cul
ture with visitors from all
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Pilgrimage... Continued from page 11
Zambia and Zimbabwe. We
looked for elephants, for
which Zimbabwe is noted,
and when spotted, cameras
clicked.
Friday, we flew back to
Johannesburg. That
Saturday morning, we visit
ed Soweto where many
young people lost their lives
in the fight for civil rights,
and we visited the Apartheid
Museum that is historically
bursting at the seams with
relics and documents. It
would take a good week or
more to absorb its contents
when we had only three
hours. We stopped by the
home of Bishop Desmond
Tutu and the former home of
Nelson Mandela. It amazed
me to hear the faith and hope
that Africans and Afrikaans
have in and for their county,
South Africa. They admit
that all things are still not
equal, but the country has
come a long way since
apartheid. All people in
South Africa seem to love
and cherish the memory of
Nelson Mandela. One of the
largest malls that I have ever
visited is the Nelson
Mandela Mall in
Johannesburg. Not only did
I see in the mall white mer
chants but African merchants
as well.
Sunday, we departed
Johannesburg, South Africa,
with visions of unbelief and
enjoyment ingrained in our
hearts and minds, weary
Pilgrims but more informed
and enlightened about our
heritage, our world.