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Week of August 25,2010 - August 31,2010 • Vol. 38 No. 26 • www.savannahtribune.com • 912-233-6128 • Fax: 912-233-6140
Black Public Administrators Present
Scholarships, Honor Community’s Best
Pictured 1-r: Alderman Van Johnson, II, Rep. A1 Williams, Monika Hayes scholarship recipient, Tammy Mixon, Dr. Diane Weems,
Sylvester Formey, Sanya Compton, scholarship recipient, Diane Jackson, and Chief Willie Lovett. Not pictured are scholarship
winners Jennifer Durden, Morgan Brown and Jonathan Hall.
By Tina A. Brown
For the Savannah Tribune
With the demeanor of a
Baptist preacher, State Rep. A1
Williams reminded a group of
elected officials and communi
ty leaders at the Savannah
Metropolitan Chapter for the
National Forum for Black
Public Administrators scholar
ship banquet that they have an
obligation to reach back and to
help the “Pookie's” and “Boo
Boo's” in the community.
The third annual banquet
was held Thursday at the
Savannah Civic Center. Five
college students received
$1,000 scholarship awards.
Alderman Van R. Johnson II is
the president.
Williams is the first
African-American from
Liberty County to be elected a
state representative since
Reconstruction. He said edu
cated leaders in the African-
American community are for
getting that they are first and
second generations of
Chatham County resident who
had the privilege of going to
college.
They are forgetting that it
was their “Big Mommas'” who
washed clothes so that they
could get that education.
“There's a big, big mis
take going on with our young
people. We've adopted a phi
losophy that education would
bring us out. Then, we forget
that there's a great need for
craftsmen. Reach back and
you'll see electricians and
plumbers making a decent liv
ing.”
Those tradesmen brought
pride to the county, Williams
said. “Don't forget Dr. (Martin
Luther King Jr.) said, if you're a
street sweeper be the best street
sweeper you can.' We've taken
the pride out of good profes
sions. Sometimes, we beat up
on people because they don't
have the letters after their
names.”
It is important for com
munity leaders to not only be
mentored but to mentor, he
said. “Mentor everybody and
stop being afraid of our chil-
See NFBPA, pg.10
Entrepreneurial Center Hold Annual
Awards Dinner and Graduation
Award winners included:
Innovative Business-Johnny
Brown, Freedom Trail Tours;
Blazing New Traiis-Coiey and
Zayna Phillips, 912Food2GO;
Resilient Entrepreneur-Alvenia
and Earnest Wright, Jr., Economy
Masonry; Continuing the
Journey- Ron Higgins (posthu
mously), Savannah Movie Tours;
Promising Business-Thomas
Lonon, T.L.C. Services.
Special recognition was
given to those that completed the
Individual Development Account
for Business Program including:
Joseph Scott, Ultra Vending;
Dorsheika Shell, New Wave
Marketing; Torey Green,
JaniKing Franchise; Barbara
Chisholm, JaniKing Franchise;
and Zelonia Williams,
Celebrations Unlimited
Pictured back row - left to
right: Mr. Charlie Brown, Corey
Phillips, Earnest Wright, Johnny
Brown, Mayor Otis S. Johnson
Front row Left to right :
Andrea Hudson, Alvenia Wright,
Frederick Green, Melissa Green,
Barbara Chisholm (behind
Melissa), Thomas Ixinon, Hazel
Higgins (Mother of Ron Higgins),
Zelonia Williams and Charlena
Brown. Mrs. Charlena Brown
was keynote speaker.
On Saturday, August 21, the
Savannah Entrepreneurial
Center(SEC) held its annual
Awards Dinner and Graduation
This event allows the center
to recognize the achievements of
the SEC program participants and
graduates, and the awards high
light the accomplishments of the
entrepreneurs that started or
expanded their business after
completing the program.
Here Comes the
Judge:
The Honorable
Leah Ward Sears
Leah Ward Sears
The Georgia Historical
Society (GHS) is honored to
present “An Evening with
Former Chief Justice Leah
Ward Sears” on Thursday,
September 2, 2010, 6:00 p.m.
at the Lucas Theater in
downtown Savannah. This
event is free and open to the
public.
The first woman and
youngest person ever to
serve on the Georgia
Supreme Court and the first
female African American
chief justice in the United
States, Chief Justice Leah
Ward Sears has achieved a
distinguished place in
Georgia and American histo
ry. She is a longtime champi
on of family law and civil
justice matters and has twice
been short- listed as a U.S.
Supreme Court nominee.
Chief Justice Sears
retired from the Georgia
Supreme Court in 2009 in
order to practice law in
Atlanta and currently serves
as a visiting professor at the
University of Georgia School
of Law and the Institute for
American Values.
Engaging, informative
and always captivating,
Chief Justice Sears will edu
cate and entertain her audi
ence during what promises to
be an unforgettable evening.
Headquartered in
Savannah with offices in
Atlanta, the Georgia
Historical Society has nearly
6,000 members statewide
and nearly 200 affiliates in
80 counties. For more
information visit: www.geor-
giahistory.com.
Inside This Week’s Edition:
D.A. Announces New Staff Appointments, pg 2
Savannah Named Playful City USA, pg.3
United Way Campaign Kick Off, pg. 7
Chef Joe Randall’s Cooking School Celebrates
10 Years, pg. 9
Lovett Honored With Community Service Award,
pg. 10
SSU Announces Administrative Changes, pg. 11
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