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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, April 15, 2009 - 3
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Savannah Branch
NAACP to hold Annual
Life Member’s Breakfast
The Savannah
Branch of the National
Association for th
Advancement of Colored
People(NAACP) will hold
the 6th Annual Curtis V.
Cooper Life Members
Breakfast on Saturday, April
25, 2009 at 9:00am.
The breakfast will be
held at the EOA
Administrative Building
located at 1120 May Street.
Reserve your table
today. Tickets are $25.00.
Please be aware that
seating is limited.
Speaker for the event
will be Mayor Otis S.
Johnson, Ph.D.
Tickets May Be
Purchased at the NAACP
Branch Office918-B Martin
Luther King, Jr. Boulevard -
912-233-4161-or fax 912-
233-3088.
Prince A. Jackson, Jr.,
Ph.D., President.
AASU to host
Economic Forum
Armstrong Atlantic
State University (AASU)
will host a public forum to
discuss the current economic
conditions under the Obama
administration, including
economic stimulus, pro
posed budget, budget deficits
and the national debt.
The forum will be held
from 1:15-2:15 p.m. on
Monday, April 20 in the
Armstrong Center
Auditorium, 13040 Abercom
Street.
The final part of the
forum will be devoted to
questions from the audi
ence.The event is free and
the public is invited.
AASU professor and
Savannah Morning News
guest columnist Richard J.
Cebula will speak on the
issues.
AASU professor and
historian June Hopkins will
provide a historical perspec
tive of the Great Depression
of the 1930s. Mark Finlay,
interim dean of the College
of Liberal Arts, will serve as
moderator.
Cebula is the Shirley &
Philip Solomons Eminent
Scholar at AASU.
He is the author of
more than 425 articles pub
lished in economics and
business journals and 15
books.
He serves as editor of
the Journal of Regional
Analysis and Policy and is
the recipient of the Kenneth
Elzinga Distinguished
Teaching Award and the
Distinguished Service to the
Discipline Award from the
International Atlantic
Economic Society.
Hopkins’ publications
include a biographical study
of her grandfather's social
work career from 1912
through the Great
Depression, Harry Hopkins:
Sudden Hero, Brash
Reformer.
She also co-edited
Jewish first wife, divorced:
The Selected Letters and
Papers of Ethel Gross and
Harry Hopkins.
Hopkins has been a
professor of American histo
ry at AASU since 1998 and
has been head of the history
department for the past four
years.
She teaches courses in
modern American history
including courses on the
Gilded Age and
Progressivism, the Great
Depression and the New
Deal, World War II and the
Cold War, and 20th Century
political culture.
She is currently work
ing on a history of World
War II and the relationship
between Winston Churchill
and Harry Hopkins.
Finlay joined AASU in
1992 and is a professor of
history.
He directed the AASU
Honors Program for nine
years and was named AASU
Distinguished Professor of
Teaching and Learning dur
ing the 1999-2000 academic
year.
He is the author of
Growing American Rubber,
to be published in 2009.
He has published
numerous scholarly papers
and presentations and serves
on the boards of directors for
the Society for Industrial
Archeology and the
Savannah Ogeechee Canal
Society.
Woodville Tompkins Hall of
Fame Accepting
Applications
The Woodville-
Tompkins High Hall of
Fame will be accepting
applications for induction
into the hall of fame through
April 30, 2009.
Eligible candidates
include athletes or coaches
who played or coached at
Woodville or Tompkins
prior to 1986.
For more information
please contact Rev. Chester
Ellis at 232-3549, or
Anthony J. Bailey at 692-
1066.
The Hall of Fame
Association meets on the
second Wednesday of each
month at Woodville-
Tompkins High School,
6pm.
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CAT Proposes New Fare
Structure
SONATA to hold Annual
Spring Recital
The Chatham Area
Transit Authority (CAT) is
proposing a new fare struc
ture for its fixed routes and
Teleride service.
Before any changes
can be adopted, the
Authority is required to hold
a public meeting.
Therefore, the officials
at Chatham Area Transit
Authority have scheduled
two public hearings to
receive public comments.
The meetings will take
place at 9:00 a.m. and 6:00
p.m. on Tuesday, April 28,
2009, in the second floor
commission room of the Old
County Courthouse, 124
Bull Street.
The proposed new fare
structure:
Type Current Fare Structure
New Fare Structure
Base Fare One Way
$1.00 $1.50
Transfer N/A Free (up
to 1.5 hours)
Half-fare One Way
$0.50 $0.75 *
Half-fare tokens 20 for
$10.00 $15.00 - 20-ride
pass
Cash Advance Tickets
10 for $10.00 $15.00-
10-ride pass
Weekly Multiple Ride Card
$12.00 $16.00
Monthly Multiple Ride
Card $48.00 $60.00
All-day Multiple Ride Pass
(NEW) N/A $3.00
Teleride $1.20 $1.80
* The new fare structure
includes an off-peak/peak
fare for seniors.
For additional information,
the public may call CAT at
912-236-2111.
Sponsors of New and
Talented Artists, Inc.
(SONATA) will hold its
annual spring recital on
Sunday, April 19, 2009,
5:00PM at St. John Baptist
Church located at 522-28
Hartridge Street, Savannah,
Ga.
This year fifteen stu
dents will be performing
classical music for your
entertainment.
They are Ida Benson-
Jaja, Jana Carpenter, Mia
Colbert, Franchesca Colley,
Ky Harmon, Alexis Maynor,
Kirah Nelson, Davita Parris,
Chisama Ku Penn, Destiny
Reed, Shandae Reese,
Beatriz Small, Paula Small,
Da’Nette Stevens and
DeAnnie La Shae Walthour.
Two of our students
will be graduating from the
program this year, Ida
Benson-JaJa and Beatriz
Small.
SONATA continues to
provide music scholarship
for students with the help of
our great community, family
and friends.
We thank all who have
been supportive and so gen
erous to us in the past.
If you would like more
information about SONATA
and how you can support our
children, please contact Sis.
Lillian Ellis, our President at
912-233-7366.
Remember this event is
free and open to the public.
Alphabettes Off To
An Exciting Year
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority,
Inc. holds Finer Woman
Luncheon
Alpha Theta Zeta
Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta
Sorority, Inc. celebrates
"Finer Womanhood
Luncheon.
This event marks the
highlight of Zeta’s many
community service projects
completed this fiscal year. At
this year's celebration, the
keynote speaker, 22nd
International Grand Basileus,
Barbara C. Moore spoke to
the group with a very electri
fying speech providing the
real meaning“Finer
Womanhood”.
We must consider to
seek change”, she said. Soror
Moore’s challenge for us to
nurture the youth and medi
ate among the sorors set the
tone for this celebration.
“We must accept the
challenge not just as Zeta’s
but any and all organizations
were challenged to do the
same”.
During her presidency,
Moore strengthened the lega
cy of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority's
commitment to service to
community and all humani
ty.
The hallmark of her
tenure was an international
initiative that she implement
ed known as Z-HOPE: Zetas
Helping Other People to
Excel. Since the inception of
ZHope, Alpha Theta Zeta
Chapter has received first
place for Z-Hope on the state
level.
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Due to their strong skills
in responding to simulated
emergency situations, the team
received recognition from the
State as well as additional
training aids to assist them in
delivering CERT training in
their municipalities.
“ The Chatham County
CERT Challengers proved that
they are exceedingly skilled in
basic first response and will be
able to provide much needed
assistance should any type of
disaster affect this area,” stated
Clayton Scott, Director of the
Chatham Emergency
Management Agency
(CEMA).
CEMA is extremely
proud of the CERT
Challengers and thanks all
CERT Volunteers for the dili
gent work they do throughout
the year for the residents of
Chatham County!
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Soror Carol Alderman
presently serves as the state
coordinator for Z-Hope.
The Grand was accom
panied by South Carolina's
State Director, Soror Gianna
Gardner.
Also, in attendance
were members of Beaufort's
Mu Pi Zeta Chapter, Georgia
Southern University's Eta
Zeta Chapter, Amicae,
Archonettes, Phi Beta
Sigma, Omega Psi Phi, and
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternities.
Mr. Peter Dabber, the
Executive Director of the
May Street YMCA was also
in attendance, and received a
check from the local chapter
as a contribution for the up
keep of the Y.
Also they presented a
check to the NAACP. The
Scholarship Committee pre
sented to a current partici
pant of the Archonettes, and
a current senior in high
school the 2009 scholarship.
We thank each for shar
ing this moment with us.
Finer Womanhood
Week, our national celebra
tion marks the time for high
lighting the many accom
plishments of the sorority.
It may take place from
the last week of February
through the end of March.
We thanked the committee
for a job well-done.
Soror Rev. Carol A.
King, was chairperson. Soror
Olivia Ammonds did the
It is spring and the
wives of Alpha Phi Alpha
Inc. have sprung into action.
The Alphabette's who
have been a viable organiza
tion in years past have been
reinvigorated and met on
Sunday April 5th.
They elected new offi
cers that will serve for 2
years and discussed the
upcoming Debutante Season
that will start with a “Get
Acquainted” reception for
prospective Debutantes and
their parents.
The meeting was host
ed at the home of Alphabette
Mertha Maddox.
In attendance were
Alphabettes Beverly
Copeland, Wilmotine Ellis,
Latasha Gillard, Lori Jones,
Kimberly McGuire, Elainor
Ray, Lillie Ray, Valarie West
and Lori Williams.
Look to hear from these
distinctive ladies soon as
they look forward to being in
service frill force once again.
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