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Rangel Fights
Ethics Charges
Rep Charles Rangel
WASHINGTON (NNPA) -
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-
N.Y.) is facing a trial before the
House Ethics Committee this
week for alleged violations.
Rangel, on leave from
his high-powered position of
Ways and Means Committee
chairman, will be scrutinized
by the House Committee on
Standards of Official Conduct,
beginning Thursday this week.
He has welcomed the
proceedings in order to clear
the air. The committee will
determine whether he violated
ethics rules, including a fund
raising matter and reporting of
income on his financial disclo-
See Rangel, pg.5
Carver Commons Groundbreaking
Could Start the MLK Corridor Revival
State, county, and city government officials and community leaders joined Food Lion, Carver State Bank, and St.
Philip A.M.E. Church officials at the groundbreaking ceremony held Thursday.
O n July 22, 2010,
almost 250 govern
ment officials, minis
ters and other community
leaders joined representatives
of Food Lion, Carver State
Bank and St. Philip A. M. E.
Church for the
Groundbreaking Ceremony
for the Carver Commons
development that will include
a full service Food Lion
supermarket and a new office
for Carver State Bank at 701
Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
The Carver Commons
project could signal a transi
tion for an entire section of
Savannah that, unlike
Broughton Street and the
northern end of Martin Luther
King, Jr. Blvd., has been
bypassed by significant capi
tal infusion and redevelop
ment.
Next week, The
Savannah Tribune will pub
lish a Special Edition on
Carver Commons and efforts
to revive the Martin Luther
King, Jr. Boulevard and
Montgomery Street corridors
Consortium of Doctors Inducts New
Members and Honors Shirley James
Consortium of Doctors, Ltd. members are pictured with inductees adorned with wrist corsages, and medals.
Consortium founder Dr. Abigail Jordan is seated, center.
A bevy of distin
guished women,
dedicated to scholar
ship, professionalism, and
public service converged
upon the city of Savannah
July 22nd -25th to explore
issues affecting the African-
American community, fami
lies, youth, and core values
against the landscape of eco
nomic and political chal
lenges that fill the headlines
every day.
The highlight of the
conference was the Bouquet
of Doctors Banquet held
Saturday, July 24, 2010 in
the Regency Ballroom of the
Hyatt Hotel.
Seven outstanding
honorees from across the
country who, because of
their outstanding achieve
ments, were inducted into
the Consortium of Doctors,
Ltd.: Dr. Carolyn Caudle -
Professor, Tennessee State
University; Dr. Regina
Vincent Clark - Georgia
Board of Regents Program;
Dr. Susan Gordon
Community First, South
Carolina; Dr. Jacqualyn
Green - Consultant Green
Enterprizes, Indiana; Dr.
Fannie E. Hicklin, Retired
Dean of the University of
Wisconsin - Whitewater; Dr.
Leah Alexander-Otukpe -
Meharry Medical College -
Nashville, TN; and Dr.
Carolyn Baldwin Tucker -
Retired Principal and School
Superintendent, former
Metro Councilwoman and
current professor at David
Lipscomb University
Nashville.
Also honored was Mrs.
Shirley Barber James,
See Consortium, page 10
Jarreau Improving
After Collapsing in
France
A1 Jarreau
Musician and entertain
er A1 Jarreau is resting at a
hospital in France after col
lapsing on stage.
The 70-year-old artist
collapsed during a concert in
Barcelonnette in the south
east of France, and was suf
fering from respiratory prob
lems, according to multiple
reports. He was rushed to the
intensive care unit of a clinic
in the southern Alpine town
of Gap.
His condition is
said to be improving, and he
hopes to resume his perform
ances by the end of his week.
He is reported to be singing
to hospital doctors and nurs
es, and he hopes to be back
performing by the end of the
week.
The Milwaukee-born
singer’s lengthy career has
encompassed many musical
styles. He has won Grammy
Awards in the genres of jazz,
pop, and rhythm and blues
and released more than 20
albums between 1975 and
2009.
