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Week of September 30,2009 - October 6,2009 • Vol. 37 No. 32 • www.savannahtribune.com • 912-233-6128 • Fax: 912-233-6140
Reception Held to
Welcome AASU’s
New President
Last week, the
Savannah community wel
comed Dr. Linda Bleicken,
the newly appointed
President of Armstrong
Atlantic State University,
during a reception held at
Georgia Power Company.
The event was sponsored by
Seacrest Partners and
Georgia Power.
Dr. Bleicken is pictured
above with Cathy Hill, Vice-
President, Coastal Region,
Georgia Power, (left), and
Cliff McCurry, Vice
Chairman, Business
Development, Seacrest
Partners, (center).
Dr. Bleicken joined
Armstrong Atlantic State
University after serving at
Georgia Southern University
for 19 years. She is the sev
enth AASU president and the
See Reception, pg 14
King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation, Inc.
Holds 12th Annual Awards Banquet
Pictured are award recipients (1-r): Joseph Buck, William B. Jackson, Shirley Barber James, Luther Vann and
O n Saturday,
September 26, the
King-Tisdell Cottage
Foundation, Inc. held its
12th Annual Awards Banquet
at the Hyatt Regency
Savannah. The event’s
objective is to honor and pay
homage to those who have
made significant contribu
tions in the areas of historic
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preservation, the arts, educa
tion, and public service.
Preservation of African
American history is also
honored, and that award is
named for the late W.W.
Law.
The Leopold Adler
Historic Preservation Award
was presented to Craig
Barrow, III, President of
row, III
Wormsloe Institution of
Environmental History, and
a stock broker, King- Tisdell
Arts Award was presented to
Luther Vann, photographer
and artist, Beach Institute
Education Award was pre
sented to Joseph Buck,
President of the Savannah-
Chatham Board of
Education, The Rev. James
M. Simms Public Service
Award was presented to
Shirley Barber James, retired
educator, Chairperson,
Savannah Tribune, Inc., and
retired editor and publisher,
The Savannah Tribune, and
the W.W. Law Legacy Award
was presented to William B.
Jackson, civil rights activist,
and retired educator.
Jackson Appointed to
Democratic National
Committee
Senator Lester Jackson
State Sen. Lester
Jackson (D-Savannah)
has been named as an at-
large member of the
Democratic National
Committee (DNC). He
becomes one of only
eight Georgians and the
only member of the
Georgia General
Assembly on the DNC.
“I am most honored to have been
named to the national committee of
the Democratic Party,” and I look for
ward to working with fellow
Democrats from across the nation,”
Jackson said.
Jackson was elected to the
Georgia Senate in 2008 following 10
years of service in the state House of
Representatives. He was named
Georgia’s Freshman Legislator of the
Year in 1999. Presently, Jackson
serves on the Senate Higher
Education, Health & Human Services,
Agriculture & Consumer Affairs,
Ethics and Science & Technology
committees.
Among other legislative accom
plishments the past 11 years, he was
instrumental in bringing property tax
reform to Chatham County, is a strong
advocate for mental health funding to
keep Georgia’s regional hospitals in
operation and expanding access to the
PeachCare for Kids program for work
ing families. He and his wife, Dr.
Loma Jackson, have four children.
Mannion to Keynote Spirit
of Excellence Awards
Estelle Mannion
Estelle Mannion will Mannion created the
deliver the keynote speech at Spirit of Excellence Black
the 7th Annual Spirit of Business Awards in 2003 to
Excellence Black Business promote and showcase the
Awards to be held Saturday, accomplishments of
October 17, 7:00 p.m. at African American business
Savannah Marriott Riverfront, leaders and outstanding
individuals. As keynote
speaker of this year's Spirit of
Excellence Black Business
Awards, Mannion, an
“Unstoppable Woman”, is chart
ing another course.
Always an entrepreneur
with a background in sales,
when she relumed, she opened
Estelle's Boutique and
Consignment Shop in Jasper
County. She closed the business
when she was hired as an
Account Executive with a local
television station. It was during
her tenure at the television sta
tion that she learned the different
aspects of media sales that
proved to be very valuable.
While there, she learned few
African American businesses
used media advertising, and that
many could not afford it.
Upon leaving the TV sta
tion, Ms. Mannion wasted no
time launching her own busi
ness, Stellar Productions
See Spirit, pg 14
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