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16 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, November 18, 2009
City of Savannah and Chatham
County Youth Commission Present
Teen Leadership Summit
The City of Savannah's
Leadership Development
Institute in collaboration
with the Chatham County
Youth Commission are
hosting the Teen Leadership
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Summit on November 21,
2009 from 8:30 a.m. to
2:30 p.m. at the Coastal
Georgia Center located at
305 Fahm Street.
The Teen Leadership
Summit will feature work
shops for teens on how to
pursue personal, future and
community excellence.
Workshops topics include:
Divas By Designs: A Self
Image and Self Esteem
Check up (for females
only), Making the Right
Moves without the Ball(for
males only) , The Power of
Leadership, Hip Hop 101,
Utilizing Poetry as a Tool
for Empowerment, Money
Management Tips for Teens
and much more.
The summit will also
include entertainment by
Du Wop Boyz out of
Atlanta and the Key note
speaker for the Summit will
be Cee Cee Michaela from
the UPN hit comedy
“Girlfriends”.
For more information
or to register for the Teen
Leadership Summit, call
Lillian Grant-Baptiste at
525-3100 ext. 1625.
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Sports with Walter Moore
Tigers Win Opener
Savannah State opened up
a close game with a 10-2
run and went on to defeat
Webber International 65-51
at Tiger Arena on
November 13 before a
crowd of 1,344. Louis
Arnold had 16 points and
13 rebounds while Tracy
Rankins added 12 points
and Rashad Hassan scored
11. SSU (1-0) led by two
midway in the game but a
16-4 run gave them a 14
point lead with just over
five minutes left. The war
riors battled back to trim
their deficit to six with 3:37
remaining but SSU's closed
the game with their 10-2
run to seal the win.
SSU Women Top
Edward Waters
Savannah State overcame a
six point deficit with just
under 12 minutes remaining
and went on to defeat
Edward Waters 48-42 at
Tiger Arena on November
13. Crissa Jackson came off
the bench to lead SSU with
nine points. Alisha Nelson
added 13 rebounds, eight
points, five blocks and four
steals. The Lady Tigers fell
to South Carolina State 60-
50 on November 15 in
Orangeburg, SC. SSU fell
behind by 20 points in the
first half but went on a 22-6
run to pull within four with
just over 13 minutes left. A
late run by the Bulldogs
gave the ho,e team a 12
point cushion with just over
a minute left. Jackson had
13 points for Savannah
State (1-1) and Darice
Fountain added 10 while
Walter Moore
Nelson had 10 rebounds to
go with her eight points.
Raven James had nine
points and eight boards.
Webber, Moise
Defeat SSU
Torrence Moise accounted
for five touchdowns as
Webber International (4-6)
defeated Savannah State
35-20 at TA Wright Stadium
on November 14. Moise
threw scoring passes of 44,
20, 11 and 26 yards and ran
for a 35 yard score late in
the fourth quarter. Moise
finished the game with 107
rushing yards and 276 pass
ing yards. SSU led 7-0 after
Kurvin Curry threw a 21
yard touchdown pass to
Windsor Forest graduate
Stefan Taylor. Derek
Williams kicked field goals
of 42 and 29 yards to cut
Webber's lead to 14-13 with
2:32 left in the second quar
ter. Webber led 21-13 at the
half. The warriors increased
their lead to 28-13 in the
fourth before Curry threw a
5 yard touchdown pass to
Deleon Hollinger with 8:59
left. Antwan Allen and
Vince Cochran each had
seven tackles for SSU (2-7)
while Ricky Rivera caught
two passes for 49 yards.
Curry ran for 55 yards and
threw for 171.
NCCU Beats
Winston-Salem
State
North Carolina Central (3-
7) scored both of its touch
downs following Winston-
Salem State turnovers in an
18-10 victory in front of
11,232 at Bowman Gray
Stadium in Winston-Salem,
N.C. NCCU's defense
forced four WSSU (1-9)
turnovers (two intercep
tions, two fumble recover
ies). Winston-Salem State
led 10-9 in the second quar
ter but the Eagles scored a
touchdown with 55 seconds
left in the first half and
added a field goal midway
in the fourth quarter.
Michael Johnson passed for
111 yards for NCCU and
Tim Shankle ran for 80
yards.
Albany State Falls
In D-II Playoffs
West Alabama defeated
Albany State 24-22 in the
first round of the Division
II playoffs in Albany, GA
on Nov. 14 as the Rams'
Juan Bongarra missed a
field goal with 16 seconds
left. Earlier in the quarter,
West Alabama blocked two
ASU field goal attempts.
ASU quarterback AJ
McKenna passed for 153
yards
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Benjamin Van Clark, and
West Savannah.
The program has led
to new parks, new streets
and sidewalks, and the con
struction of nearly 1,300
dwellings occupied by
existing homeowners, new
owners and renters.
A major component of
these projects is the use of
green, energy-efficient,
sustainable design.
Another $100 million
in investment is planned
for a fourth Neighborhood
Renaissance initiative --
Savannah Gardens, at the
site of the former
Strathmore Estates off
Pennsylvania Avenue --
beginning next year. Upon
completion, the project
will receive EarthCraft
Coastal Communities cer
tification for its environ
mentally friendly design.
The National League
of Cities is the nation's
oldest and largest organi
zation devoted to strength
ening and promoting
cities.
It is a resource and
advocate for 19,000 cities,
towns and villages in
America.
For more information,
contact the Public
Information Office at 651 -
6410.
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Schools Selected to
Receive Title II D Grant
Three SCCPSS high
schools have been selected as
recipients of the Georgia FY10
Title II D Competitive Grant.
The grant has been
awarded to Groves High ,
Johnson High, and Savannah
Arts Academy.
Each school will receive
$64,580 to implement the
effective use of handheld tech
nology in Advanced Placement
(AP) classes.
The grant funds will be
used to purchase appropriate
handheld equipment and job-
embedded professional learn
ing for participating teachers.
The grants were designed
to help AP teachers enhance
resource and data offerings to
be used by students inside
and/or outside the classroom.
The grants were also designed
to assist high schools in attract
ing a wider spectrum of stu
dents to enroll in AP classes,
thereby increasing the diversity
of the AP student population.
For more information on
the grant as well as the Title II-
D program, log on to the
Georgia Department of
Education website at
www.gadoe.org.