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10- The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, May 27, 2009
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Brejhe Halls :
Third Generation Athlete
Brejhe Halls
Brejhe Halls is a
third generation athlete,
hailing from the family
of Beach High School
Hall of Fame athlete and
long time coach Carl
Middleton.
Brejhe represented
College Park Tumble
Weeds in the 2009,
Gymnastics State Meet -
AAU Level 5. Her per
formance on the bars, the
beam, the vault, and
floor exercise, earned fourth
place all-a-round honors,
with a total score of 35.27
out of a possible 40.
Her performance also allows
her to advance to USA
Gymnastics Level 6.
This summer Brejhe
will be attending gymnastics
camp at the University of
Georgia.
Not only is Brejhe an
outstanding gymnast, she
excels academically and
artistically.
She is a rising seventh
grader at Sandtown Middle
School in Atlanta, Georgia.
Her placement in the
Talented and Gifted Program
makes her elite among stu
dents.
Miss Halls was the
middle school first place
winner of the 2008, essay
contest sponsored by Nu
Chapter of Iota Phi
Lambda Sorority, Inc.
She is also a violinist in
her school's orchestra and
takes private violin lessons
with the Yancy Group.
With Christ as the cen
ter of their lives, Brejhe,
her younger brother
Bahari, and her parents are
active members of
Elizabeth Baptist Church
where Rev. Craige L. Oliver
is their pastor.
Brejhe is a member of the
youth choir.
Brejhe is the daughter
of Brodrick Halls and Carla
Middleton Halls.
Her proud grandpar
ents are Coach Carl and
Emogene S. Middleton.
Beating the Odds All Together
(B.O.A.T) to hold Awareness Day
B.O.A.T is proud to
announce our second annual
Awareness Day event.
Awareness Day is an
end-of-the-year activity to
show students and staff
appreciation and share infor
mation about community
resources and programs,
employment opportunities
and skills.
We want to keep our
students involved in positive
activities throughout the
summer months and provide
them with information and
community resources that
are available to them and the
entire community.
We are asking all avail
able social service agencies,
churches, youth programs,
employers, neighborhood
associations, churches, and
local entertainers to please
come out and set up at this
event or make a donation.
We will have door
prizes, food, games, enter
tainment, and fun for the
entire community and Alfred
Ely Beach High School on
Saturday June 13, 2009,
from 10:00a.m.-3:00p.m.
Any assistance you can
provide for this effort will be
appreciated.
Thank you for helping
us to “continue the vision of
excellence” at Alfred Ely
beach High School!
For more information
contact Tabatha Crawford
(912)272-6101.
Savannah Native Returns Home to
Promote Book
The Book Lady
Bookstore will host a recep
tion for, and reading by,
Savannah-born poet, David
Coney, author of You Are a
Genius. The event, which is
free and open to the public.,
will be held Friday, May
29th at 7 pm at 6 E. Liberty
St., downtown Savannah.
David Coney, current
ly based in Atlanta and
working as an aeronautics
engineer at Lockheed
Martin, is a native of
Savannah and a graduate of
Savannah State University.
He is the author of You
Are a Genius, a book of
poetry that, according to the
author, was written over a
twenty year span.
Paying homage to his
early beginnings in
Savannah, Coney’s poem,
“What I Remember about
Fellwood Homes”,
embraces memories of a
west Savannah upbringing.
Bass Pro Shops to Offer Free Family
Summer Camp
Social Security Board of Trustees:
Economic Downturn Leads to Worsening
of Long-Range Financing Outlook
The Social Security
Board of Trustees recently
released its annual report on
the financial health of the
Social Security Trust Funds.
The Trustees project
that program costs will
exceed tax revenues in 2016,
one year sooner than project
ed in last year's report.
The combined assets of
the Old-Age and Survivors,
and Disability Insurance
(OASDI) Trust Funds will be
exhausted in 2037, four years
sooner than projected last
year.
The worsening of the
long-range outlook for the
Social Security program is
due primarily to the recent
economic downturn and
faster reductions in mortality
than previously assumed.
In the 2009 Annual
Report to Congress, the
Trustees announced:
The projected point at
which tax revenues will fall
below program costs comes
in 2016 — one year sooner
than the estimate in last
year's report.
The projected point at
which the Trust Funds will
be exhausted comes in 2037 -
- four years sooner than the
estimate in last year's report.
The projected actuarial
deficit over the 75-year long-
range period is 2.00 percent
of taxable payroll — up from
1.70 percent in last year's
report.
Over the 75-year peri
od, the Trust Funds would
require additional revenue
equivalent to $5.3 trillion in
today's dollars to pay all
scheduled benefits.
“Today's Trustees
Report contains some disap
pointing, but not unexpected,
news about the financial con
dition of the Trust Funds,”
Commissioner Astrue said.
“We should be neither casual
nor hysterical about the
revised insolvency dates. As
with the economy as a whole,
the Social Security system
will weather this recession”.
Other highlights of the
Trustees Report include:
Income including inter
est to the combined Old-Age
and Survivors, and Disability
Insurance (OASDI) Trust
Funds amounted to $805 bil
lion ($672 billion in net con
tributions, $17 billion from
taxation of benefits and $116
billion in interest) in 2008.
Total expenditures from
the combined OASDI Trust
Funds amounted to $625 bil
lion in 2008.
The assets of the com
bined OASDI Trust Funds
increased by about $180 bil
lion in 2008 to a total of $2.4
trillion.
During 2008, an esti
mated 162 million people
had earnings covered by
Social Security and paid pay
roll taxes.
Social Security paid
benefits of $615 billion in
calendar year 2008. There
were almost 51 million bene
ficiaries at the end of the cal
endar year.
The cost of $5.7 billion to
administer the program in
2008 was a very low 0.9 per
cent of total expenditures.
The combined Trust
Fund assets earned interest at
an effective annual rate of
5.1 percent in 2008.
The Board of Trustees
is comprised of six members.
Four serve by virtue of
their positions with the feder
al government: Timothy F.
Geithner, Secretary of the
Treasury and Managing
Trustee;
Michael J. Astrue,
Commissioner of Social
Security; Kathleen Sebelius,
Secretary of Health and
Human Services; and Hilda
L. Solis, Secretary of Labor.
The two public trustee posi
tions are currently vacant.
Brown Graduates From University of
Georgia School of Law
Dwayne A. Brown, (c), plans to sit for the Georgia Bar Exam in July.
With families strug
gling through the economic
downturn, one retailer has
decided to do something to
help families still enjoy
doing fun things together
as a family at a very afford
able price - absolutely
free!
The Bass Pro Shops
Family Summer Camp fea
tures free activities and
workshops where families
can spend time together
learning the skills they
need to enjoy great outdoor
adventures that will last a
lifetime.
The Family Summer
Camp event begins
Saturday, May 30th and
continues through Sunday,
July 5th at Bass Pro Shops
located at 14045 Abercorn
Street in Savannah.
Saturdays and
Sundays beginning at noon
and while supplies last,
kids will get to enjoy free
craft activities like decorat
ing a fishing bobber, cus
tom leather crafting, mak
ing braided key chains,
designing their own bird-
house, creating plaster ani
mal tracks and painting a
souvenir wooden lure for
Dad.
Free Family Summer
Camp Workshops will
occur 3pm-7pm Tuesdays
and Thursdays and noon to
6pm Saturdays and
Sundays May 30 - July 5.
The whole family will
enjoy learning the basics
of hiking, camping and
fishing. Other workshops
include bird watching,
archery, animal identifica
tion, plants insects, and
even how to make camp
fire s’mores.
Kids will earn a collecta
ble pin for every workshop
completed (while supplies
last).
Store activities will vary
but could include a laser
shooting gallery, casting
pond, soft strike foam bow
range and BB gun range.
You can even have a
souvenir photo made. At
the Savannah Bass Pro
Shops you can take a
kayak for a ‘test drive’ in
their Kayak Pool June 20th
and 21st. Again, all
absolutely free!
“This is our way of
helping families enjoy
affordable, fun activities
together and create life
long memories,” stated
Bass Pro Shops President
Jim Hagale. “Bass Pro
Shops is committed to
helping adults and children
put away their laptops,
video games, and cell
phones this summer and
head outdoors.”
Also available at the
Bass Pro Shops Family
Summer Camp is a FREE
48-page Summer Guide
booklet full of different
outdoor activities and tips,
ideas and product check
lists to help you make the
most of your summer out
door adventure.
Dwayne Allyn Brown,
Jr., son of Dwayne Allyn
Brown Sr., and Victoria
Brown, grandson of Frank
and Beatrice Pinkney and
Delores F. Brown and the
late James Brown, Sr. gradu
ate May 16, 2009 from the
University of Georgia
School of Law.
Follwing the gradua
tion, a congratulatory recep
tion and program was held in
his honor.
More than fifty rela
tives and friends witness the
graduation and reception.
Dwayne is certified to
take the Georgia State Bar
Examination in July. Upon
successful completion, his
goals are to practice law for
five years, become a region
al director of a federal
agency, and ultimately enter
the political arena.
Dwayne credits his
hardwork and accomplish
ments “First and foremost to
God, his parents’ support and
prayers, and the support of
other relatives, his pastor,
curch family and friends.
He is a member of Life
House Church in Beaufort
S.C. where Rev. Dr. Carlos
Williams is the founder and
pastor.
STEVE HARVEY MORNINGS