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address service requested September 7,2011- September 13,2011 • VoL 40 No. 28 • 912-233-6128 • Fax: 912-233-6140
The-Lady-In-
Waiting to Celebrate
“the Milestone” of a
Century
Sadie D. Steele - “The Lady in Waiting”
Saturday, September 10,
2011, is the BIG DAY for Mrs.
Sadie D. Steele. She will cele
brate a milestone that few of us
dare to dream. Bom on
September 10, 1911 in
Savannah, Georgia to Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Calhoun Davis
(Mamie Rogers), Mrs. Davis
Steele has reached the ripe
“young” age of 100 years. She
has lived and worked most of
her life in Savannah.
It is not often that one
who is so endeared to family,
friends, church members,
neighbors, sorority sisters,
classmates, former students,
and community leaders gets to
celebrate with the entire com
munity.
This is an exception, and
the responses have been unbe
lievable! Since the word has
spread about Mrs. Steele’s
“coming of age,” members of
the Centennial Birthday
Steering Committee (all of
whom Sadie selected) have
received hundreds of calls from
all over the country.
Many students who were in
Mrs. Steele’s second grade
class have called because they
read about her birthday online
in the Savannah Tribune or the
Savannah Herald. Not only
have they called, but some
have sent cards; others have
discussed every detail about
what happened in her class
long time ago. What a
Testimony! Sadie Steele has
centuries of testimonies... edu
cation, civic, religious.
Education: As a young
child Mrs. Steele’s attended
Emma Swangon Private
School and Cuyler Primary
and Elementary Public School
and graduated from Stanton
High School in Jacksonville,
Florida. She received her B.S.
Degree in teaching from
Georgia State College, now
Savannah State University,
where she studied to become a
teacher. Later, Mrs. Steele
earned her M.S. Degree in
Early Childhood Education
from Columbia University
Her teaching career and
passion for educating young
people spanned over thirty
years. Her first teaching job
was in Sparta, Georgia. Later,
she returned to Savannah and
taught at Haven Home School.
Mrs. Steele also taught at the
Powell Laboratory for
Teachers, Sol C. Johnson High
School and Thunderbolt
Elementary School. Her
unique gifts as a teacher in the
Savannah Chatham County
Public Schools earned her
many awards. She was voted
Chatham County Teacher of
the Year several times, and
received the Georgia State
Teacher of the Year honor as
well.
Civic: In addition to her
contributions to the field of
education, Mrs. Steele has ren
dered invaluable service to the
Savannah Chatham County
See Steele, pg. 14
Georgia Legislative Black Caucus to Hold
Annual Conference September 15-18
Sen. Emanuel Jones, GBLC Chair
Georgia Legislative
Black Caucus will hold its
Annual Legislative
Conference, September 15-
18, 2011 at the Hyatt
Regency Savannah.
Events will include a
Golf Outing, Welcome
Reception with Governor
Nathan Deal, Legislative
Luncheon on Friday with
The Honorable David
Ralston, Speaker, Georgia
House of Representatives as
keynote speaker, panel dis
cussion on Criminal Justice,
Expungement, and
Recidivism with Attorney
Larry Chisholm, Chatham
County District Attorney;
Chairman, James Donald,
Georgia Pardons and
Paroles; Commissioner Amy
Howell, Georgia Dept, of
Juvenile Justice;
Commissioner Brian Owens,
Georgia Dept. of
Corrections, a Bon Voyage
Reception, and Savannah
River Boat Dinner Cruise.
On Saturday,
September 17, 2011,
Economic Development and
Broadband Technology
Conference will take place at
10 a.m. with keynote speaker
Jamal Simmons, Principal,
The Raben Group, 2010
Democratic Political Analyst
for Healthcare Luncheon
with keynote speaker Dr.
Raymond F. Gist, President,
American Dental
Association. There will also
be an Education Workshop,
The Status of Historically
Black Colleges and
Universities, Where Do We
Go from Here ? with panelist
Chancellor Henry Huckaby,
University System of
Georgia.Don’t miss the
Healthcare Workshop with
panelists Dr. Raymond F.
Gist, President, American
Dental Association, Marcus
Downs, Director of
Government Relations,
Medical Association of
Georgia, and Anton Gunn,
Regional Director, U.S.
Department of Health
Human Services.
At 6:30 p.m. the
Chairman’s Reception will
be held, to be followed by
the Low Country Boil fea
turing Scholarship and
Award program at 7:30 p.m.
The Georgia
Legislative Black Caucus
was officially organized in
1975 by Representative
Benjamin D. Brown, who
served as the first Chairman.
The GLBC is a non-profit
charitable and educational
organization whose primary
purpose is to promote the
general welfare of minorities
and other citizens of Georgia
in matters of Health,
Welfare, Education,
Criminal Justice,
Employment and Economic
Development; to stimulate
professional and intellectual
growth and to advance the
study and implementation of
solutions to the problems of
all citizens of the great State
of Georgia.
For more information
on the GLBC or the upcom
ing Conference, visit
www.galbc.org.
King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation, Inc.
To Host 14th Annual Awards Gala
David Richards
The King-Tisdell
Cottage Foundation, Inc.
(KTCF) and Honorary
Chairman Cathy P. Hill,
Region Vice President for
Georgia Power A Southern
Company, announce that the
14th Annual KTCF, Inc.
Awards Gala will be held
Saturday, September 24,
2011 at 7:30 p.m. at the
Hyatt Regency Savannah.
A reception will pre
cede the gala at 6:30 p.m.
KTCF, Inc. recognizes indi
viduals and organizations
committed to advancing our
Brooks Stillwell
society through historic
preservation, fine arts, public
service, education, and per
petuating the legacy of W.W.
Law.
The five awards and
recipients are: Leopold
Alder II Historic
Preservation Award -
Attorney Brooks Stillwell -
whose real estate law appli
cation, Historic Savannah
Foundation work, and
Savannah Economic
Development Authority
leadership have helped pre
serve buildings, objects,
James Bass
landscapes, and artifacts that
define Savannah’s Southern
Coastal City historic value.
King-Tisdell Cottage Fine
Arts Award - Joseph H.
Conyers - Savannah native
and first African-American
hired by the Philadelphia
Orchestra in 36 years, an
accomplished orchestral
musician with exceptional
musical talent that which he
uses to compose his own ren
dition of community engage
ment for promoting cultural
exchange.
Reverend James M.
Joseph Conyers
Simms Public Service
Award - David F. Richards,
Jr. - for decades of distin
guished service to the coun
try and Savannah community
while serving as a military
officer, community activist,
and an employee of the pub
lic and private sectors, roles
that allowed him to enrich the
lives of men, women, and
children worldwide.
Beach Institute Education
Award - Dr. Clyde W. Hall -
a former Savannah State
College [University] acting
See KTCF, pg. 7
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