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10 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, August 25, 2010
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Lovett Receives Community Service
Award from
First Congregational Church
Chief Willie Lovett is pictured with wife, Mrs. Elaine Lovett and former teacher
Mrs. Wilhelmenia Dean
By Tina A. Brown
For the Savannah Tribune
Savannah-Chatham
County Metropolitan Police
Chief Willie C. Lovett was
remembered recently by mem
bers of First Congregational
Church in Savannah.
“His teachers shaped and
molded him," said Deacon
Melvin Washington, who pre
sented Lovett with the congre
gation's community service
award. Lovett was honored
because of his status as the first
African-American police chief.
"Chief Lovett was in
competition for that job. He
continued to press on. .. Thank
you for persevering,"
Washington said.
“These were ideal peo
ple," said former Savannah
educator Wilhelmenia Dean,
who taught Lovett and his wife
at the Alfred Beach High
School.
“I'd like to thank you very
much. I admire anyone who
has the dedication to become a
teacher," Lovett said of the
teachers in the congregation.
“One thing that I under
stand and always understood.
No one is successful on their
own."
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By Herb Boyd
Special to the NNPA from
the Amsterdam News
(NNPA) - Several stories
about Congressman Charles
Rangel’s birthday bash
pegged their ledes on Dionne
Warwick’s “That’s What
Friends Are For,” which was
indeed appropriate since the
Plaza Hotel was an impene
trable gaggle of his friends,
family and associates last
week.
But Chuck Jackson’s
soaring “You’ll Never Walk
Alone” was equally on target
and key as he matched
Warwick—who was substi
tuting for the ailing Aretha
Franklin—in moving the
crowd to thunderous
applause.
Because of Rangel’s
recent turmoil, many pundits
on the right were predicting a
small turnout and something
akin to a wake. “I’ve been to
a lot of funerals, but this
damn sure ain’t no funeral!”
Rangel said to loud approval.
The event was sold out hours
before folks such as Harry
Belafonte and an impressive
retinue of elected officials
began arriving.
When Rangel arrived with
his wife, Alma, it took him a
ingel blowing out the candles
good hour to move across the
Grand Ballroom to the stage,
where Danny Mixon and his
trio were grooving on—was
that—“Some Enchanted
Evening.”
If not enchanted, the evening
was festive and made all the
more enjoyable with
Governor David Paterson as
emcee. One of his best quips
was that everyone in the
crowd would get a chance to
speak. “Just come on up with
three blank checks and the
mic is yours,” he joshed.
And at a reported $200 per
person, the Rangel campaign
banked a few more bucks in
the war chest. Rep. Carolyn
Maloney wasn’t able to
attend, but, according to the
emcee, texted her goodwill
and the promise of a check
for $2,500.
There were a number of
great one-liners, and Rev. A1
Sharpton was the usual nim
ble wordsmith, tossing a
riposte to the mainstream
media. “You started and exe
cuted a political crucifixion,”
he said, his bomb lobbed to
the press, “but stay tuned for
a political resurrection.”
Mayor Bloomberg got
in a nifty one, too.
Commenting on those not in
with family and friends
attendance, the mayor said,
“They knew they were going
to have a headache.”
Inside the ballroom, the
hilarity and praise were
unending with Rep. Joe
Crowley, Councilwoman
Inez Dickens (her leg in a
cast). Sen. Kirsten
Gillibrand, City Comptroller
John Liu and Attorney
General Andrew Cuomo
each extending their warm
regards to the octogenarian
Lion of Lenox Avenue.
Outside, there was a
small group of protesters
with placards calling Rangel
a “liar” and a “cheat.”
Among the dissenters were
people carrying signs sup
porting Jonathan Tasini, one
of the candidates seeking to
unseat Rangel.
When one of protesters
directly heckled former
Mayor David Dinkins as he
arrived, the feisty mayor shot
back a middle finger and
then hurried on to the festiv
ities.
“We’re going to win
this one,” Rangel roared
before cutting his huge birth
day cake, and that was the
only understatement of the
evening.
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Members of the
Savannah Metropolitan
Chapter of the National Forum
for Black Public
Administrators applauded the
best of its community leaders.
Here's what the award
winners said:
“This award means more than
just receiving an award," said
Police Chief Willie Lovett.
“Without you there would be
no more me.”
“It means so much that this
award comes from our
esteemed colleagues," said Dr.
Diane Weems, of the Chatham
County Health Department.
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Do what you've got to do and
let God handle the rest," said
Tammy Mixon, executive
director of the Wesley
Community Center. “There are
certainly other worthy candi
dates. .. The rent for our room
in heaven is certainly earned
through service.”“My father
would say, when you are rec
ognized at home then, you've
really done something," said
Sylvester Formey, president of
Vangard Safety Co.
“I do it because I love our
children," said Diane Jackson,
founder of the Young Men of
Honor at Spencer Elementary
School. “God gave me a vision
to help our children. We've
helped 200 young men. The
first student I worked with is
graduating from high school. I
am truly blessed.”
New Art Gallery to open at St. Paul’s Episcopal
St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church announces the open
ing of a new art gallery to be
named in honor of Louise H.
Shipps, noted artist, teacher
and iconographer. The
gallery, located in the
church’s parish hall at 34th &
Abercom will focus on works
exploring art and the sacred
and will feature pieces from
parishioners, the local SCAD
community and others inter
ested in pursuing the gallery’s
theme.
Louise H. Shipps is
a parishioner at St. Paul’s.
She has exhibited in numer
ous one-person and juried art
shows, and taught painting to
adults and children. She stud
ied Eastern Orthodox
Iconography and taught icon
workshop retreats in Dallas,
Augusta, Savannah and
Kanuga Conference Center,
NC.
The inaugural
exhibit will open on August
29th and feature works by
watercolorist Sid Denham.
The exhibit will continue
through October 3, 2010, at
which time the new gallery
will be formally dedicated in
a ceremony at St. Paul’s hon
oring Louise Shipps. A
reception will follow.
Later that afternoon,
Michael J. Chaney, Professor
of Film, Television, and
Sound Design at the
Savannah College of Art and
Design will present a lecture
entitled The Act of Creation
as Contemplative Practice.
The lecture will begin
at 4:00 p.m, with a musical
presentation beginning at
3:45. The lecture is part of a
larger series, and more infor
mation can be found on St.
Paul's website,
www.stpaulsavannah.org.
In October the Shipps
Gallery will present an exhi
bition of the collected works
of Harriett Speer. Beginning
on October 8, the show will
continue through November
11. Ms. Speer holds an
undergraduate degree from
Hollins University and a
masters degree from the
University of South
Carolina. She currently
teaches English as a second
language at SCAD and
describes herself a self-
taught artist who feels that by
sitting and looking her hands
will create the beauty before
her.
All exhibitions, recep
tions and lectures are free
and open to the public. For
more information, or to
reserve the gallery for exhi
bitions, contact the church
office at (912) 232-0274.