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4 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, April 1, 2009
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Vice President Biden
Announces Payments
Recoveries
Vice-President Joe Biden
Vice President Joe
Biden and Michael J. Astrue,
Commissioner of Social
Security, announced that the
federal government will send
out $250 economic recovery
payments to people who
receive Social Security and
Supplemental Security
Income (SSI) benefits begin
ning in early May 2009 and
continuing throughout the
month.
No action is required to
get the payment, which will
be sent separately from the
person's regular monthly
payment.
"The Social Security
Administration and
Commissioner Astrue have
been working closely with
other federal agencies to get
these payments out the door
in record time and into the
hands of folks who need it
most," said Vice President
Biden. "These are checks
that will make a big differ
ence in the lives of older
Americans and people with
disabilities - many of whom
have been hit especially hard
by the economic crisis that
has swept across the coun
try."
“We have been working
diligently to issue the $250
one-time recovery payments
as soon as possible,”
Commissioner Astrue said.
“The legislation requires
extensive coordination with
other federal agencies and
I'm pleased we are on track
to issue these recovery pay
ments earlier than the statute
requires. Soon more than
$13 billion will be in the
hands of more than 50 mil
lion Americans.”
The American
Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 provides for a
one-time payment of $250 to
adult Social Security benefi
ciaries, and to SSI recipients,
except those receiving
Medicaid in care facilities.
To receive the payment
the individual must be eligi
ble for Social Security or SSI
See, Recovery, page 16
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
10:00 am
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United Way... . continued from page 1
Steve Eagle, Executive Vice President of Seacrest Partners, and
2009 United Way Board Chair, is pictured with Jeff Kole,
President of Kole Management Company, and 2009 United
Way Campaign Chair
caring that exists in this
community, and we are very
grateful to our volunteers
and donors for their excep
tional contributions,” he
said.
The meeting ended
with the introduction of the
2009 Campaign Chair Jeff
Kole, President of Kole
Management Company.
Kole urged every individual
to LIVE UNITED in times
of need.
“Today we face chal
lenging economic times.
It is in times like these
that we need to show our
support for organizations
working to improve lives in
our community.
Many of those facing
new hardships include our
neighbors, friends, family
members and co-workers.
We are called upon once
again to show our caring
support,” Kole said.
Visit www.uwce.org
for a complete list of 2009
United Way Board of
Directors.
Cloverdale Celebrates
50 Years!
Our community invites
our neighbors, former neigh
bors and the public to share
this milestone.
The Reunion Banquet will be
held on Friday, April 17,
2009 at 7:00 p.m. at The
Temple of Glory Eden Room
at 1105 Stiles Avenue.
Donation for this event
is $35.00.
The speaker will be
Mrs. Iris Formey Dawson.
The Cloverdale
Community will also host
our Reunion Picnic on July
18, 2009 at Butler
Elementary School at 12:00
noon. Hope to see you at
both events!
Please note we do not
plan to sell tickets at the
door.
Please come to our 3rd
Thursday meetings at Butler
Elementary School for ban
quet tickets.
For more information,
contact Curtis V. Cooper, Jr.,
President at 234-8734, or
Maureen Walker,
Chairperson at 655-1068.
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of
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Goodness & Mercy
Sponsors Annual
Fundraising Gala
Goodness & Mercy
Foundation, Inc. will sponsor
its annual “Hands Across
Africa” Gala - Saturday,
April 25, 2009 at the
Savannah Marriott
Riverfront Ballroom.
A Silent Auction will
begin at 6:00P.M., and the
program and dinner will
begin at 7:00P.M.
Goodness and Mercy
Foundation, Inc. is a non
profit human service founda
tion that provides much
needed medical care, med
ical supplies, and health edu
cation to low income fami
lies and others at risk in
underserved areas in Africa.
Every year, Dr. Eugene
Nwosu, a local cardiologist
and founder of Goodness &
Mercy, takes a group of vol
unteer doctors, dentists, nurs
es, and others from the
Savannah area and around
the country on medical mis
sions to undeveloped villages
in Nigeria and Ghana.
With your help, the
Goodness and Mercy volun
teers can continue to provide
medical care to people who
are otherwise forced to go
without.
The need is greater than
you can ever imagine.
Donation for the Gala is
only $75.00.
Your gift will help
improve the quality of life
for these hard-working,
proud people.
We are eagerly antici
pating your support of this
worthwhile charitable event.
That's the Goodness &
Mercy Foundation, Inc.
annual “Hands across Africa
Gala - Saturday, April 25,
2009 at the Savannah
Marriott Riverfront.
For tickets and addi
tional information, please
call (912) 232-6048.
Media ..continued from page 1
insiders in the nation’s capi
tal, the correspondents and
editors of the black media
outlets that are devoting
more staff members and
resources to covering the
first African-American pres
ident.
Outreach to these jour
nalists allows Mr. Obama to
get his message to black
audiences through news
organizations that typically
celebrate rather than criti
cize this president. Officials
say that the organizations
reach people who are often
missed by mainstream out
lets and that their efforts
reflect the president’s com
mitment to reach out to all
Americans.
“We want people to
know what we are doing and
how the administration’s
policies will impact their
community”, said Corey A.
Ealons, the president’s
recently appointed director
of African-American media.
In recent weeks, the
administration has invited
black media groups to listen
in on conference calls with
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several senior Obama advis
ers, including Rahm
Emanuel, his chief of staff;
Valerie Jarrett, a senior
adviser; and Shaun
Donovan, the housing secre
tary. Officials also organized
a meeting with Melody C.
Barnes, who leads the presi
dent’s Domestic Policy
Council. (The administra
tion is also reaching to
Spanish-language media and
other minority media
groups.)
But if the new
access to the White House
has brought new relevance
and respect to outlets long
relegated to the sidelines
here, it has also stoked the
debate about whether the
black media should regard
Mr. Obama with a more crit
ical eye.
In an interview this
month on National Public
Radio, Tavis Smiley, a well-
known black radio and tele
vision host, urged journalists
— black and white — to
assess Mr. Obama’s per
formance critically.
“I think the ground is fertile
for Barack Obama to be a
great president,” Mr. Smiley
said. “I think he can be, but
only if we help make him a
great president. Great presi
dents have to be pushed into
their greatness.
Black media groups
insist, however, that they
will hold the president’s feet
to the fire, and they say they
have added resources to pro
vide more coverage.
Black Entertainment
Television has added a sec
ond White House correspon
dent to its team here, and the
network broadcast live cov
erage of Mr. Obama’s first
address to Congress and his
two news conferences.
Essence, a magazine
that is dedicated to black
women, has hired its first
Washington correspondent.
Johnson Publishing
Company, the media group
based in Chicago that owns
Ebony and Jet, has added a
feature entitled “Inside
Washington” to Jet, a week
ly publication.