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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, October 22, 2008 - 13
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Savannah Voted #8 Best U.S. City
New York - Conde Nast
Traveler has announced that
its readers have voted
Savannah as the #8 best city
to visit in the United States.
Over 32,000 Conde Nast
Traveler readers participated
in the 2008 Readers’ Choice
Survey, and the complete
award results will appear in
the November issue (on
newsstands Oct. 21) and on
the magazine’s website at
cntraveler.com.
“These awards cele
brate the destinations, lodg
ings, and modes of trans
portation that manage to
exceed our expectations,”
said Conde Nast Traveler
Editor in Chief Klara
Glowczewska. “The
Readers’ Choice Awards,
with over 32,000 readers vot
ing, are a credit to the world
ly expertise of Conde Nast
Traveler readers—passionate
travelers for whom no island
is too remote, no city too
challenging, and no hotel too
untested.”
The full list of winners
is on cntraveler.com at:
http://www.concierge.eom/c
ntraveler/articles/500074
Author Examines
Mid-nineteenth Century Savannah
Saving Savannah: The
City and the Civil War by
Jacqueline Jones, is an
examination of a society try
ing to redefine itself in the
face of sweeping change. An
exploration of the power
structure of pre-Civil War
society sets the stage for her
examination of the struggle
for power and relevance by
the former elite following
the war, and also the struggle
for self-determination by
African Americans in the
wake of emancipation and
Sherman’s Field Orders No.
15.
The Georgia Historical
Society will present this lec
ture at the Wesley
Jacqueline Jones
Monumental United
Methodist Church on
Calhoun Square in down
town Savannah at 7:00 RM.
on Thursday, October 23,
2008. Free and open to the
public. A book signing will
follow the lecture.
Jacqueline Jones won
the Bancroft Prize from
Columbia University as well
as the Brown Publication
Prize of The Association Of
Black Women Historians for
her earlier work, Labor of
Love, Labor of Sorrow:
Black Women, Work, and the
Family from Slavery to the
Present. In her latest book,
Jones has compiled the expe
riences of many members of
Savannah society to create a
unique look at the different
communities of the city dur
ing the tumultuous years of
the mid-nineteenth century.
Metro Police Welcomes 14 New officers,
a Lieutenant, and Four New Sergeants
Savannah-Chatham
Metro Police Chief Michael
Berkow added 14 new offi
cers to the department, as
graduates were pinned at a
ceremony at The Savannah
Civic Center Ballroom. He
also announced the promotion
of four Sergeants, and
appointment of one
Lieutenant to his command
staff.
Lieutenant Mike Wilson,
who most recently served in
the Public Affairs Office, was
officially pinned. Mike
Wilson is now a supervisor in
the Downtown precinct. The
experience and leadership
capability of Lt. Mike Wilson
is a great addition to the
Downtown precinct that we
can all be proud of.
The four individuals
selected as new Sergeants will
no doubt, tremendously bene
fit our department as these
new supervisors bring with
them a positive attitude and
leadership capability that
reflects the quality require
ments of our department.
They are Sgt. Karen Ryan,
Sgt. David James, Sgt. Mark
Galipeau, and Sgt. George
Gundich.
“I expect the addition of
our 14 new Officers, four new
Sergeants and one new
Lieutenant to make a signifi
cant impact on the streets,"
Lieutenant Mike Wilson
(r) is now a supervisor in
the Downtown precinct
said Chief Berkow. “The
new officers will be walking
the beats around the clock for
the next month in targeted
high-crime areas, and I have
set ambitious goals for crime
reduction during that time.”
Get Out and Vote!
Kings Bay Area Chapter of Blacks in Government to
Host “Meet and Greet” in Brunswick
The Kings Bay Area
Chapter of Blacks in
Government (BIG) will host
a Chapter “Meet and Greet”
in Brunswick on Saturday,
November 08, 2008, begin
ning at 1 p.m. The “Meet and
Greet” will be held in the
board room of the YWCA of
Brunswick, 144 Scranton
Connector, and it is free and
open to the public. Attendees
will meet Chapter representa
tives, learn more about BIG,
it's goals, purposes, and pro
grams. Former members will
have an opportunity to get
reacquainted with BIG and
the Chapter. Membership
applications will be available.
Annual membership dues are:
Regular - $35, Associate -
$25, and Chapter dues - $15.
Life membership is $300.
Founded in 1975, BIG
functions as an employee
support group, an advocacy
group, and its primary mis
sion is to promote, provide,
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