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November 7, 2012 - November 13,2012
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Hatchett Speaks at Equal Opportunity Authority’s
Second Annual Family Conference
Rock n’ Roll
Marathon 2012
Story by Whitney Hunter
“We are all brothers
and sisters in this mission in
supporting our communities.
We are a resilient people and
we did not get here to the
threshold of the new millen
nium to give up now,” Judge
Glenda A. Hatchett said last
Thursday.
Hatchett addressed
nearly 100 people at the
Equal Opportunity Authori
ty’s Second Annual Family
Conference entitled “Build
ing Resilient Families” at the
Savannah Marriot Riverfront.
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Savannah Children’s Book Festival Set for
Saturday, Nov. 10 at Forsyth Park
by Whitney Hunter
The 2012 Savannah Chil
dren’s Book Festival is set for
Saturday, November 10, from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Forsyth
Park in Savannah. The festi
val is presented by Live Oak
Public Libraries and the City
of Savannah. The ninth annual
festival celebrates the joy of
reading, the power of the writ
ten word and the magic of sto
rytelling with children’s book
authors and illustrators from
around the country. This year’s featured
authors and illustrators include: Tad Hills,
author and illustrator of “Rocket Writes a
Story,” “How Rocket Learned to Read”
and “Duck & Goose,” Victoria Kann, il
lustrator and co-author of “Pinkalicious”
and “Purplicious,” Lama Vaccaro Seeger,
author and illustrator of “Green,” “Dog
and Bear” and “First the Egg” and Andrea
Davis Pinkney, author of “Hand in Hand:
Ten Black Men Who Changed America”
and “Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up
by Sitting Down.”
New York Times bestselling chil-
Author Calvin Alexander Ramsey
dren’s author Andrea
Pinkney will bring
her art of colorful
storytelling to the
Savannah Children’s
Book Festival.
Pinkney is the author
of “Bird in a Box,”
which was a “Today Show” A1 Roker
Book Club pick and “Sojourner Truth’s
Step-Stomp Stride,” a Jane Addams Honor
Book and School Library Journal's “Best
Book of the Year.’ Continued, Page 2
Savannah, Geor
gia “the hostess City of
the South” demonstrated
southern hospitality with
ideal weather conditions
and thousands of enthusias
tic spectators that lined the
streets for the 2nd annual
Rock ‘n’ Roll Savannah
Marathon & !4 Marathon
benefiting the American
Cancer Society. The race
started in downtown Savan
nah and ended in Forsyth
Park.
In the men’s half marathon,
a pack of five ran together
from the start, but Stephen
Pifer of Jacksonville, Fla.
and Curtis Begley of Boul
der, Colo, battled for the top
two positions.
A revamped course
took runners through the
city’s downtown squares
Mayor, Police Chief, and city
Council Responds to violence
“We must come together as one
Savannah to address this major
problem. ” - Mayor Jackson
On Monday, Nov. 5 at 10am, Mayor Jackson
and members of City Council held a news conference
to address recent violence involving teens in Savannah,
specifically responding to the recent shooting at the fair
grounds.
The Mayor issued the following statement:
We, as the elected leaders of Savannah, are
gathered here today to express our outrage over Satur
day night’s shooting at the Coastal Empire Fairgrounds
as well as other recent acts of violence in our commu
nity.
The Coastal Empire Fair is a place for fami
lies and friends, young and old. It is a place of happy
memories and traditions. It is not a place for guns and
violence.
Crime anywhere in our community is an out
rage, but it is particularly disgusting at an event like the
Coastal Empire Fair with so many young people, and
so many innocent bystanders.
Police are still investigating, and many of the
details remain unclear at this hour. Those facts will be
gathered, and arrests will be made - arrests are almost
always made in these cases. And more young people
will spend much of their lives behind bars.
Folks, we are sick and tired of this story. Six
of the 7 victims in this latest shooting were teen-agers
- one as young as 14 - and early indications are that the
shooting suspects are teenagers as well.
This must stop. Guns have no place in the hands of our
youth. And they certainly have no place in a family set
ting like the Coastal Empire Fair.
To our teenagers, it is time to get real. Car
rying a gun does not protect you, it does not get you
and the scenic campus of
Savannah State University,
a change that the returning
women’s champion in the
full marathon, Jill Braley
Horst, welcomed.
“It was a better
course than last year, es
pecially going through the
campus. The students are
always excited and cheer
ing and a little more lively
so I liked that a lot,” she
said.
respect, and it certainly
does not make you tough.
Carrying a gun only guar
antees you a trip to one of
three places: the hospital,
prison, or the grave.
To our parents, it
is time to wake up. Do you
know who your children
are hanging out with? Do
you know where they are
at night? You must be able
to answer these questions.
Talk to your kids.
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