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2 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, May 27, 2009
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Miller Receives Doctor of
Medicine Degree
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Shamaal M. Miller,
2000 graduate of Windsor
Forest High School,
received his Doctor of
Medicine Degree (M.D.) on
May 8, 2009 from
Vanderbilt University
School of Medicine in
Nashville, TN.
His residency will be com
pleted at New York
Presbyterian Weill-Cornell
Medical Center in New
York, NY, where he is spe
cializing in Anesthesiology.
Dr. Miller completed
his undergraduate educa
tion at Emory University in
2004, where he received a
Bachelor of Science in biol
ogy.
He is the son of
Margaret Miller and
Littleton Miller of
Savannah.
Johnson Receives
Hampton Merit Award
Proposed Climate
Change Legislation
Will Bankrupt the
Masses
Dr. Lester B. Johnson, Jr.
Dr. Lester B. Johnson,
Jr. was one of five recipients
to receive the 2009 National
Hampton Alumni
Association Merit Award at
the 93rd Annual Alumni
Reunion Banquet, May 9th
at Hampton University.
Dr. Johnson is a 1949
graduate of Hampton with a
B.S. degree in Architectural
Engineering. He was a mem
ber of the Savannah Chapter
from 1949 until 1959 when
the chapter was deactivated.
In 1993 a trio of
Hamptonians including Dr.
Johnson established the
Greater Savannah Hampton
Alumni Chapter.
He was treasurer of the
local chapter from 1993 until
2006 when the chapter
became inactive again.
Dr. Johnson is
active with the National
Hampton Alumni
Association.
He is currently a mem
ber of the Raleigh, NC chap
ter where he actively sup
ports their fundraising activ
ities.
He has stayed active
with his alma mater by finan
cially supporting the
University and events held
by the Class of 1949.
Johnson and his daugh
ter, Leslie, '89, a 2008 recipi
ent of the NHAA Merit
Award, have established the
Lester B Johnson, Jr.
Generations Endowment
Scholarship in memory of
Lester B, Johnson, Sr., class
of 1917. A Johnson
family window has been pur
chased for the new cafeteria.
He is a charter member
of the NHAA Members
Advantage Card program,
Friends of the Museum and
has been a member of the
Hampton Athletic Booster
Club since its inception.
The banquet speaker
was the president of
Hampton University, Dr.
William R. Harvey. Dr.
Harvey has been at this his
toric institution for thirty-one
years and his speech gave the
audience a review of the past
year and a preview of things
to come.
Ms Anne Baird Bridges,
Alumni Giving Chairman
reported a total gift from the
reunion classes of
658,495.00 dollars.
Dr. Lester B. Johnson,
Jr. is a steadfast and loyal
Hamptonian who encourages
others to stay connected to
Hampton University and
continues to "let his life do
the singing."
By: Delicia Stewart
Throughout most of my
life, I've lived in the southeast -
North Carolina, Georgia,
Florida.
In all those places, I
encountered the strength and
fortitude of proud hard work
ing families struggling to keep
things together and trying to
make ends meet.
Over the years, I have
watched members of Congress
from other regions create laws
that benefit their constituents at
the sake of those from different
parts of the country, but never
have I seen anything as egre
gious as the so-called
American Clean Energy and
Security Act of 2009
(ACESA), co-sponsored by
House Energy and Commerce
Committee Chairman Henry
A. Waxman and House Energy
and Environment
Subcommittee Chairman
Edward J. Markey.
This bill promises uncertain
benefits in the use of renew
able energy resources and will
substantially increase the elec
tric bills of people living in the
southeast by 20-50%.
It is time to expose the
unspoken truth: The rate
increases contemplated by this
Act disproportionately fall on
the shoulders of minorities and
people on fixed incomes living
in the southeastern United
States. Looking at
the current economic and ener
gy equation, African-
American and Hispanic house
holds with annual pre-tax
incomes below $50,000 are
forced to spend roughly 24%
of their after-tax income on
energy; those households with
annual pre-tax incomes
between $10,000 and $30,000
nearly 26%. So what does this
mean?
It means that if this legis
lation passes, people who look
like me, who grew up in the
communities I grew up in, can
expect to pay as much as 50%
of their after-tax income on
energy if ACESA passes.
This is a serious crime on
the people of the South. We
must demand our member of
Congress stand up to protect
our interests.
There must be a fair and
equitable way to create new
energy solutions.
Congress should start by
openly addressing the follow
ing issues: (1) providing con-
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