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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 Story Time at the NRC Come bring your pre-school children ages 1-4, for story time at the Housing Authority of Savannah Neighborhood Resource Center 1407 Wheaton Street (main entrance faces East Bolton St.) Wednesday, April 8, 2009 10:00 am Free Books and Door Prizes THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE 1805 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Savannah, Georgia 31401 Ph. (912) 233-6128 FAX (912) 233-6140 www.savannahtribune.com Shirley B. James Publisher and Editor Tanya Milton Vice President/Advertising Director tanya@savannahtribime.com Marius L. Davis Editor sharon@ savannahtribune .com Horacio Allen Graphic Designer A. Camille James Rachelle J. Gregory Education Editor Staff Writer Zyon D. Smiley Frederick D.Gregory Staff Writer Staff Writer Walter Moore Sports Writer Published weekly by The Savannah Tribune, Inc. Deadlines for news releases and advertisements: Fridays 12:00 noon SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $55.00 Mail your check or money order today! The opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the publisher. Third class postage paid at Savannah, Georgia Member: National Newspaper Publishers Association NNPA - Washington, D.C. All rights are reserved. No part of this work may be repro duced or copied in any form or by any means, graphic, elec tronic or mechanical including photography, without writ ten permission of the publisher. 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. ATTENTION 1973 GRADUATES of SAVANNAH - CHATHAM COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS WE ARE CELEBRATING 36 YEARS OF BEING HIGH SCHOOL GRADU ATES! LET'S CELEBRATE! E-MAIL YOUR CON TACT INFORMATION TO TANYA@SAVANNAHTRIBUNE.COM, SUBJECT LINE: 1973 GRADUATE. 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. 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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.
