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AWWIN Announces
Lifetime Partnership
Sarahlyn U. Argrow
Lifetime TV is proud to
partner with AWWIN, Inc,
Comcast and Celia Dunn
Sotheby's International
Realty as sponsors of the
AWWIN Top Ten Working
Women of the Year Awards
Gala & Silent Auction to be
held Friday, May 15 at the
Mighty Eighth Air Force
Museum.
Lifetime Networks is a
diverse, multi-media compa
ny committed to offering the
highest quality entertainment
and information program
ming, and advocating a wide
range of issues affecting
women and their families.
Lifetime Television is
the leader in women's televi
sion and is one of the top-
rated basic cable television
networks.
From a single cable
channel, Lifetime Networks
has now grown to Lifetime
Television and Lifetime
Movie Network, far and
away the two most popular
women's network; Lifetime
Real Women; a thriving digi
tal business including
myLifetime.com; new chan
nels such as Lifetime HD,
Lifetime Movie Network
HD, Lifetime On Demand,
Lifetime Movie Network On
Demand and Lifetime Movie
Network Espanol On
Demand, along with numer
ous award-winning public
advocacy campaigns.
Sarahlyn U. Argrow,
Founder & Executive
Director of AWWIN, Inc.,
said “Having Lifetime as a
sponsor and presenter is cer
tainly an honor. “I have
watched Lifetime since I can
remember there being a
Lifetime TV and still do” she
said. “Lifetime is a channel
See AWWIN, page 14
CEMA Announces
Siren Installation
Clayton Scott, director of CEMA leads a press confer
ence announcing the completion of emergency sirens
throughout the county. Chris Di Silvestro, General
Manager, Lamar Outdoor Advertising looks on.
CEMA officials held
a press conference on Tuesday,
April 7 to announce the com
pletion of the installation of
Emergency Warning Sirens
throughout the county.
Also, Lamar Advertising
will provide complimentary
siren campaign through their
digital billboards.
This siren system is used
by CEMA to alert residents of
potentially dangerous condi
tions.
Upon activation of this
system, the siren will produce
a steady 3-minute tone which
indicates an emergency condi
tion exists in your area.
This Emergency
Warning System is scheduled
to be tested at noon the first
Wednesday of each month.
For more info, or to have
alerts emailed to you, go to
www. ChathamEmergency.
org.
Omega Psi Phi to hold Annual
Mardi Gras
Tamika Patterson
India Calhoun
Anitra Williams
T he Brothers of
Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity,
Incorporated will present
their Mardi Gras 2009
Contestants, this Friday at
the Savannah Civic Center
Arena from 8p.m.-until.
Tables are $250.00 and
Tickets are $25.00 in
advance and $30.00 at the
door. This is a BYOB
affair.
This year's contest
ants are Tamika Patterson,
India Calhoun, and Anitra
Williams.
Tamika is a lifelong
resident of Savannah. She
is an alumnus of Alfred Ely
Beach High School and
Savannah State University
where she received a degree
in Computer Information
Systems.
She has participated in
various community service
activities. She has served as
a Parent Involvement
Coordinator at Beach High
School during 2004-2005.
She also served as a
Parent volunteer/Troop
leader for the Girl Scouts.
Tamika may be known
through her parental
involvement/ civic support
with the following organiza
tions: The Maxine Patterson
School of Dance {for
1 lyrs}, AWOL (Abeni
Cultural Arts), The YMCA,
The Savannah Stars, and
Girl Scouts.
She is currently a mem
ber of the Play Date
Savannah Street Team.
Ms. Patterson is cur
rently employed by the
Savannah-Chatham Board of
Education as a Technology
Specialist Trainer with
Instructional Technology.
She has been employed
with the school system for 7
years.
The second contestant,
India Calhoun, is also a grad
uate of Alfred Ely Beach
High School where she grad
uated in 2004.
She has furthered her educa
tion at Savannah State
University where she will
graduate with a bachelor's
degree in engineering this
May
India has exemplified
outstanding leadership by
involving herself in many
campus organizations.
She is a member of the
MAGEC Stem Scholarship
Program, student support
services, Iota Lambda Phi
Sorority Inc., Delta Alpha
Chapter and Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority Inc., Delta Nu
Chapter, and New Student
Orientation Leaders
Association.
After graduation India
plans to become CEO of her
grandfather's construction
company, a licensed realtor,
See Mardi Gras, page 8
Goodness & Mercy Foundation
Completes Nigeria Medical Mission
St. Joseph’s/Candler Pharmacist - Heather Hugener-Sheffield (Left) and other
volunteers check in patients at the eye clinic.
About thirty volun
teers met on Saturday,
March 7, 2009 at the
Goodness & Mercy
Foundation office for
Packing Day for the
Nigeria medical mission.
The volunteers
spent hours packing pre
scription and non-pre
scription medications,
medical supplies and
equipment.
The job may seem sim
ple, but it was very detailed
because every box had to be
weighed and should not
exceed 501bs without an
extra charge once the group
arrived at the airport on
Friday, March 20th, depar
ture day for the 2009 medical
mission.
Goodness & Mercy's
founder, Dr. Eugene Nwosu
and sixteen volunteers,
Twelve from Savannah, one
from Atlanta, Georgia, one
from Washington, DC, one
from Dallas, Texas, and one
from Detroit, Michigan, put
aside their busy schedules
for ten days and traveled at
their own expense to Ajalli,
Nigeria to treat hundreds of
patients who are without
medical care.
The group, which
included doctors, pharma
cists, ophthalmologists, nutri
tionists, and others, buckled
down for what was perhaps
one of the most challenging
missions ever.
This was the first year
that the mission was in
March; therefore, and fewer
volunteers were able to go
because of work schedules.
Most volunteers usually
use their summer vacation
time.
Another challenge was
that some volunteers have
children who are in school
this time of year, making it
even more difficult for them
to provide for child care and
travel back and forth to
school.
This was the founda
tion's first time doing the mis
sion without nurses.
Despite these chal
lenges, the statistics were
unbelievable: 2659 patients
were seen during the March
See Mercy, Page 4
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