Newspaper Page Text
7TH ANNUAL
mmm
Music Awards Holiday Concert
M on day, December 6, 2010 6:30PM See pg.
PRSRT STD
U.S POSTAGE
PAID
Savannah. GA
Permit No. 923
“GEORGIA’S BEST WEEKLY”
atoanttaf) Crtbune
ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
December 1,2010-December 7,2010* Vol. 38 No. 40 • www.savannahtribune.com • 912-233-6128 • Fax: 912-233-6140
Lewis, Angelou Among Presidential
Medal of Freedom Recipients
P resident Barack
Obama has
named fifteen
recipients of the
Presidential
Medal of
Freedom. The Medal of
Freedom is the Nation’s high
est civilian honor, presented to
individuals who have made
especially meritorious contri
butions to the security or
national interests of the
United States, to world peace,
or to cultural or other signifi
cant public or private endeav
ors. The awards will be pre
sented at a White Flouse cere
mony early next year.
President Obama said,
“These outstanding honorees
come from a broad range of
backgrounds and they’ve
excelled in a broad range of
fields, but all of them have
lived extraordinary lives that
have inspired us, enriched our
culture, and made our country
and our world a better place. I
look forward to awarding
them this honor.”
The following individuals will
receive the Presidential Medal
of Freedom: President George
FI. W. Bush, Chancellor
Angela Merkel, Congressman
John Lewis, John H. Adams,
Co-founder the Natural
Resources Defense Council,
Maya Angelou, prominent
and celebrated author, poet,
educator, producer, actress,
filmmaker, and civil rights
activist,
Warren Buffett, American
investor, industrialist, and phi
lanthropist, Jasper Johns,
American artist, Gerda
Weissmann Klein, Jewish
Holocaust survivor who has
written several books about
her experiences,
Dr. Tom Little (Posthumous)
was an optometrist who was
brutally murdered on August
6, 2010, by the Taliban, Yo-Yo
Ma cellist, Sylvia Mendez
civil rights activist of Mexican
and Puerto Rican descent,
Stan “The Man” Musial, base
ball legend and Hall of Fame
first baseman for the St. Louis
Cardinals, Bill Russell, former
Boston Celtics’ Captain who
almost single-handedly rede
fined the game of basketball,
Jean Kennedy Smith, founder,
VS A, a non-profit organiza
tion affiliated with the John F.
Kennedy Center that pro
motes the artistic talents of
children, youth and adults
with disabilities and John
J. Sweeney current
President Emeritus of the
AFL-CIO.
The Presidential Medal
of Freedom has its roots
in the Medal of Freedom
established by President
Harry S. Truman in 1945
to honor civilian service
during World War II.
President John F.
Kennedy nominally
revived the medal in
1963. In practical terms,
this order created what
amounted to a new deco
ration, with totally differ
ent insignia, vastly
expanded purpose, and
far higher prestige.
The medal is awarded
annually, at convenient times
as chosen by the President.
Recipients are selected by the
President, either on his own
initiative or based on recom
mendations. The order reviv
ing the medal also expanded
the size and the responsibili
ties of the Distinguished
Civilian Service Awards
Board so it could serve as a
major source of such recom
mendations.
New York Times Report: Obama Could
Prevail in 2012
President Barack Obama
Special to the NNPA from
the AFRO-American
Newspapers
Despite marginal suc
cess with his foreign policy
and attempts to reduce
unemployment, and the
recent loss of Democratic
control of the House of
Representatives, President
Obama still seems to be on
the path for a successful
2012 campaign bid, accord
ing to a recent New York
Times report written by Jeff
Somner.
In addition, economists
like Yale University profes
sor Ray Fair predict that by
2011, the economy may have
rebounded, and that Obama
will likely face a weak oppo
nent.
In the Times article,
Fair forecasts a landslide vic
tory for the first term com-
mander-in chief based on
progress in the economy, the
same strategy employed in
1992 by James Carville,
which propelled Bill Clinton
to the White House.
Fair also claims the
state of the economy has a
dominant influence on
national elections.
“In recent columns I’ve
explored how elections - and
Wall Street’s beliefs about
them - affect the markets
and the economy, Sommer
wrote. “Professor Fair has
studied the flip side: how the
economy helps to determine
elections.”
Sommer wrote that
while Fair was updating his
2002 book, “Predicting
Presidential Elections and
Other Things,” he calculated
that the likely outcome of the
2012 presidential election is
“an Obama victory, regard
less of whom he runs against
[and that] if my model’s
right, it couldn’t look better
for Obama.”
Meanwhile, Former
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has
been talked about as a possi
ble candidate to run against
Obama. But while she has
remained popular with many
Republicans, her favorability
ratings are low among the
rest of the electorate, accord
ing to national political ana
lyst Matt Lewis, who said
Palin stands a decent chance
of winning a GOP nomina
tion but “claiming the presi
dency would be dramatically
tougher.”
Georgia
Association Of Big
Brothers Big
Sisters Awarded
$4.5 Million Grant
John L. Kendricks, Executive Director
The Georgia
Association of Big Brothers
Big Sisters (GABBBS) has
successfully secured a fed
eral grant award from the
Department of Health and
Human Services to provide
high-quality, one-on-one
mentoring to children who
have at least one parent that
is incarcerated in a state or
federal prison.
The award totals $4.5
million over a three-year
period and will provide
mentoring services to 1,500
children living in 60
Georgia counties.
Big Brothers Big
Sisters of Metro Atlanta
will manage the collabora
tion that includes Big
Brothers Big Sisters agen
cies in Macon, Columbus,
Savannah, Tifton, and
Dalton. The goal of the
program is to give children
with an incarcerated parent
the opportunity to develop
a trusting relationship with
a supportive, caring adult in
a stable environment that
can promote healthy values
and strong families.
“Big Brothers Big
See BBBS, page 18
Inside This Week’s Edition:
Countdown to 100 Celebrity Men Who Cook,
Pg-2
Shaw Celebrates the National Release of her
Children’s Book, pg. 7
Memorial’s Heart and Vascular Institute
Receives $500,000 Gift, pg. 8
National Council of Negro Women Supports
the Community, pg. 9
King-Tisdell to host Annual Meeting, pg. 11
c
arverHtatelHank
B
Qthia Sawssy
71lOSkld»w Kwi
FDIC
It s the people!
' THE EHTMNClio THE MARTIN HITHER KING, II. BLID. OFFICE Is HOW IDCITIO
IT THE II Ell Of 701M L.KIHG.IR. SEED. I
www.carverstatebank.com
Mart Bvimm
79\ M I, King. Jr Hlvd