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2 - The Savannah Tribune • October 14, 2009
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Congressman Rangel Under Siege -
Again
Savannah Arts Academy Named
Governor’s Cup Award Winner
Congressman Charles Rangel
By Herb Boyd
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Until House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi’s gavel falls,
Congressman Charles Rangel’s
post as chairman of the House
Ways and Means Committee is
secure. Pelosi has informed the
press that she will make no
decision until the ethics com
mittee completes its investiga
tion of Rangel, which has been
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going for more than a year.
Pelosi is getting heat from
rankled Republicans who insist
on Rangel being removed,
given his tax problems.
Rumors are afloat that Rangel
may be considering stepping
down in order to avoid his situ
ation being a distraction to the
ongoing health care reform
debate.
But such is not the case,
according to a Rangel
spokesperson.
It’s also an attempt to cir
cumvent House rules, which
provide for a comprehensive,
bipartisan ethics committee
process for reviewing matters
such as these. The
Congressman himself initiated
the request for the Committee
to review the issues and the
Members should let the process
work as established by the rules
of the House."
Rangel, 79, who is com
pleting his 20th term as a repre
sentative from Harlem, refused
to deal with a surge from the
press demanding he speak to
the Republican siege.
At a recent press confer
ence on the Upper West Side
called by Rangel to discuss the
economic stimulus package on
local transit projects, the con
gressman deflected the ques
tions hurled at him by the press.
“The press conference
was called for a specific pur
pose and normally, the people
that called for it like for those
questions to be geared toward
why the press conference was
called,” Rangel said. “I assume
that there would be other ques
tions concerning a different
subject, and relying on your
good faith, your integrity and
your professionalism, I
assume that you would
respect that.”
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Odessa Richards, Arts Academy Principal, and Gov.
Sonny Perdue hold up the Governor’s Cup
Savannah Arts Academy has
received the Governor’s Cup
for the second year in a row.
On Tuesday, October 6,
Governor Sonny Perdue and
State Superintendent of
Schools Kathy Cox honored
Savannah Arts Academy stu
dents with the Governor’s
Cup trophy for improvement
in SAT scores.
The school was pre
sented a $2000 grant towards
SAT preparation materials.
The entire student body and
faculty members also
received t-shirts as part of
the recognition.
Governor Perdue initi
ated the statewide competi
tion in 2003 as part of an
overall effort to raise
Georgia’s SAT scores.
The Governor’s Cup is
awarded annually to the
school in each class with the
highest average SAT score
improvement over the past
three years.
Savannah Arts
Academy is also one of 7
SCCPSS recipients of this
year’s State Superintendent’s
Distinguished Achievement
Awards.
The Superintendent's
Distinguished Achievement
Awards are based on the per
formance of students on the
Criterion-Referenced
Competency Tests (CRCT),
the Georgia High School
Graduation Tests (GHSGT),
the End-of-Course Tests
(EOCT) and the state
Writing Tests.
These awards acknowl
edge schools in the cate
gories of improvement and
achievement.
Savannah Arts
Academy received
Distinguished Achievement
Awards in:
* End of Course Tests
(EOCT) Achievements in 9th
grade Literature and
Composition, American
Literature and Composition,
and Biology
*Georgia High School
Graduation Tests (GHSGT)
Achievements in English
Language Arts,
Mathematics, Science, and
Social Studies
*Georgia Writing Test
Achievement to 1st time 11th
graders
For more information
on the Governor’s Cup
Awards, log on to
www.gaosa.org.
Greater Gaines to hold Stewards
We the pastor along with
the Board of Stewards of
Greater Gaines Chapel AME
Church cordially invite you to
our Annual Day on Sunday,
October 18, 2009 at 11:00
a.m. Our guest preacher for
this occasion is the Rev.
James E. Taylor, Presiding
Elder of the West Savannah
Annual Day
district of the Georgia Annual
Conference. Music will be
provided by the Mass Choir.
Brother Thomas Shields,
Jr., serves as Pro-Tern for the
Board of Stewards along with
the following members, Sis.
Thomasina Farr, Sis. Maryann
Hazzard, Bro. Samuel
Herington, Sis. Connie A.
Lovett, Sis. Ethel Mackey,
Sis. Willie Martin Bro. John
White and Sis. Julia Wright.
Please plan to attend this
holy ghost spirit filled wor
ship service on Sunday,
October 18, at 11:00.
Rev. Bernard Clarke is
the pastor.
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