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PRSRT STD U.S POSTAGE PAID Savannah. GA Permit No. 923 Clje ‘GEORGIA’S BEST WEEKLY” aimnnal) Crtbune Week of Nov. 5,2008 - Nov. 11,2008 • Vol. 36 No. 37 • www.savannahtribune.com • 912-233-6128 • Fax: 912-233-6140 S enator Barack Obama, was bom in Hawaii on August 4, 1961, to Barack Obama, Sr. and Ann Dunham. His par ents met while attending the University of Hawaii, where his father was enrolled as a foreign student. His mother was from heart- land-of-the-U.S. Kansas, and his father from Kenya. Barack’s parents eventually divorced, and after his mother remarried, he lived in In donesia for a time before returning to Hawaii to live with his grandparents. He later moved to New York, where he graduated from Co lumbia University in 1983. Barack earned his law degree from Harvard in 1991, where he became the first African- American president of the Harvard Law Re view. He was a civil rights lawyer and taught constitutional law in Chicago. His advocacy work led him to ran for the Illinois State Sen ate, where he served for eight years begin ning in 1996. While in the Illinois State Sen ate, Barack served as chairman of the Public Health and Welfare Committee. In 2004, well into his U.S. Senate campaign, Barack wrote and delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, and became a rising star in U.S. politics. A few months later, he was elected to the U.S. Senate with a landslide 70% of the vote. Four months into his senate career, Time magazine named him “one of the world’s most influ ential people,” calling him “one of the mosl admired politicians in America.” Barack for mally announced his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election in Springfield, Illinois on February 10, 2007. Barack is married to Michelle Robinson, whom he met in 1988 while working at a lav- firm. They were married in 1992 and have two daughters: Malia and Sasha. Chief Justice Sears to Leave Supreme Court Justice Leah Ward Sears C hief Justice Leah Ward Sears has announced that she will leave the Supreme Court of Georgia on June 30, 2009, when her term as Chief comes to an end. She will not seek reelec tion when her six-year term as a justice ends Dec. 31, 2010. In stepping down, she also will no longer chair The Judicial Council of Georgia, the state agency charged with administering and improv ing Georgia's courts. Sears, 53, has served on the Court since 1992, when then Gov. Zell Miller appointed her as the first woman and youngest person ever to serve on the state Supreme Court. She became Chief Justice in 2005, becoming the first African American female Chief Justice in the United States. Under her leader ship, the Georgia Supreme Court is today the most productive high court in the nation, according to a recent study by The University of Chicago Law School. During her 16 years on the Court, Chief Justice Sears has developed a national repu tation for her advocacy of children and families, par ticularly for speaking out See Chief Justice Leah Sears, page 18 Savannah's 100 Celebrity Men Who Cook Kicks-off Ninth Season “Savannah's 100 Celebrity Men Who Cook” 2007 “Savannah's 100 Celebrity Men Who Cook” has officially kicked off its ninth cooking event, which will be held on Sunday, December 14th from 3:00P.M.- 5:00P.M. at the Historic Savannah Marriott Riverfront. Bert Tenenbaum, president of Chatham Steel Corporation, is the 2008 Corporate Chairman. Join Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Sigma Gamma Rho, and Zeta Phi Beta Sororities and "100 Celebrity Men Who Cook" for an after noon of good food and fun! More than 100 local celebrity men will prepare their favorite dishes and "square- off" in a fantastic cooking event - “Savannah's 100 Celebrity Men Who Cook.” All proceeds will ben efit The United Negro College Fund (UNCF). Your donation will help send some deserving students to the 39 member historically Black colleges and universities. Over 200 students from Savannah are enrolled in UNCF schools. Please mark your calen dars and SAVE-THE DATE for this year's “Savannah's Celebrity Men Who Cook” - Sunday, December 14, 2007 - 3:00P.M. -5:00P.M. We are now recruiting cooks. If you are interested in becoming a Celebrity Cook this year, or if you are one of our previous Celebrity Cooks and you have not received your packet, please call (912) 232-6048. Donation is only $25.00. For tickets, please contact members of the sponsoring sororities or call (912) 232- 6048. ank tate arver •new branch and a proud tradition of sen ice. i 7UO Skidavuv Knad - Savannah, Georgia 31406 ') FDIC
