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PRSRTSTD U.S POSTAGE PAID Savannah. GA Permit No. 923 “GEORGIA’S BEST WEEKLY” tP)t Crthune Week of October 15,2008 - October 21,2008 • Vol. 36 No. 35 • www.savannahtribune.com • 912-233-6128 • Fax: 912-233-6140 SSU’s Homecoming set for Oct 26-Nov. 1 Attorney Willie J. Walker, Founders’ Day Keynote Speaker Savannah State University’s 2008 Homecoming celebration begins Sunday, Oct.26, and culminates Saturday, Nov.l. This year’s celebratory theme is “Spirit Unleashed: The Year of the Tiger.” Each year, SSU’s See SSU’s Homecoming, page 16 de Passe to Receive Savannah Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award Suzanne de Passe Suzanne de Passe will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Entertainment on Saturday, Nov. 1 at the 2008 Savannah Film Festival, hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design. The festival is scheduled for Oct. 25-Nov. 1. Ms. de Passe, chief executive officer of de Passe Entertainment Group, began her career at Motown Records as creative assis tant to company founder Berry Gordy. She subsequently rose to the position of president of Motown Productions and later formed Gordy/de Passe Productions before establish ing her own company in 1992. See Savannah Film Festival, page 16 Civil Rights Museum announces Grand Opening of New Annex NEW ANNEX Grand Opening October 18-23,2008 Mfl Martin t.mtm King* It. * bavamufe. LA ■ '12 JJ l.jwnu Multiple Events Planned for October 18-23 The Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum, located in Savannah at 460 MLK Jr., Blvd announced Grand Opening Plans for it's new Annex just east of the historic museum first constructed in 1914 as the Wage Earners Bank Building. The new Annex main entrance is on Alice Street between MLK Jr. Blvd and Montgomery Streets. Schedule of events include: • Saturday, October 18 & Sunday October 19, 2008 Prayer Service in multiple religious insti tutions across the county. All houses of worship are asked to offer prayers for the new annex and museum. • Monday, October 20, 2008 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM “FOUNDERS BANQUET” wherein the museum will pay tribute to its Founding See Civil Rights Museum, page 16 Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Rewards Outstanding Service L-r: Floyd E. Morris, Horace Scandrick, Edwin C. Morris and Roy Simmons. The Savannah Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. at its last meeting presented several awards for outstanding service. The 2008 Kappa Of The Year Award was given to Brother Edwin Morris. Brother Morris is a 1987 initiate of the Fraternity and is active in various functions for the Fraternity. Brother Morris was presented the plaque by Polemarch Roy Simmons, Horace Scandrick and his father, Brother Floyd E. Morris. Brother Floyd Morris is also a previous winner of the Kappa Of The Year Award. The Fraternity also presented its Certificate Of Merit Award to Brother Derrick Newton, who is a 1997 Initiate of the Savannah Alumni Chapter. THE BIG SHOW SAVANNAH 2008 Honorary Co-Chairs Selected Frenchye Bynes Honorary Co-Chair Honorary Co-Chairs for The Big Show Savannah 2008 have been announced by Charles Johnson, Executive Director, Friends of Sweet Auburn Foundation and coordinator of the festival. A survey came up with an impressive list of virtual icons of community service. The co-chairs will serve as ambassa dors of the three-day Big Show Savannah festival, to be held along Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., on Oct. 31- Nov. 2. This year's honorary co chairs, who are being recognized as “Legends, Heroes and Heroines,” for their work to advance and enhance mankind, will be honored at an historic luncheon on Thursday, October 23,2008, in the Banquet Room of the Con-Ed Bldg., located at 714 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., from 12:00- 1:30 PM. Honorary Co-Chairs are: Floyd Adams, Jr., former Savannah mayor and publisher of The Savannah Herald, founded by his father, Floyd “Press Boy” Adams, Sr.; Mrs. Frenchye Bynes, owner of Bynes-Royall Funeral Home, founded in 1878 and a former a prominent presence on West Broad Street; Dr. Philip W. Cooper, Jr., third generation den tist and author of Why African American Children Cannot Read: Dr. Martha B. Fay, com munity volunteer and former Chatham County School Board President; Hon. Lester G. See The Big Show, page 11 ) FDIC Saturday Banking arver tateffjank ■new branch and a proud tradition of service. | 7110 Skidaway Rnad - Savannah. Georgia 31406 Ofl - 1 P.M
