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Vol. 42 No. 29
September 18,2013 - September 24,2013
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Vice President Joe Biden Visits Port Of Savannah
T he Port of Savan
nah continues to at
tract attention from
high-ranking government
officials such as Vice Presi
dent Joe Biden, who visited
Savannah this past Monday.
Joined by Georgia Sen. Saxby
Chambliss, Johnny Isakson,
and U.S. Secretary of Trans
portation Anthony Fox, the
Vice President gave a speech
at the Georgia Ports Author
ity’s Garden City Ocean
Terminal. He discussed the
importance of infrastructure in
vestment to exports, economic
competitiveness, and job creation.“Fve been fighting for the
expansion and modernization of ports my entire career,” he
said, mentioning the need to deepen ports around the coun
try. “The growth in the Southeast is gigantic...and what you
do here is absolutely amazing,” Biden said. “It’s one thing to
read about the fastest-growing container port in the country,
but it’s another thing to see it.” The Vice President also men
tioned the need to deepen the Savannah harbor.
“Why have we grown as a nation? We’ve grown be
cause of our railroads, our highways, our ports, our locks, our
dams,” Biden said. “... Seventy-five percent of all the com
merce in the world is in the belly or deck of a ship floating out
there on the high seas. And what are we doing? We’re arguing
about whether or not to deepen this port another [five] feet?
Folks, look, it’s time we get moving ... It’s time to go. And
folks, this is not a partisan issue, it’s an economic issue.”
Biden mentioned President Barrack Obama’s “We
Can’t Wait” initiative, which calls for the expedition of na
tionally and regionally significant infrastructure projects to
help modernize and expand five major ports in the U.S.— the
ports of Savannah, Jacksonville, Miami, New York/New Jer
sey, and Charleston. The Vice President’s visit to Savannah
is part of a series of port visits this month. Biden also visited
the Port of Charleston on Monday and the Port of Baltimore,
Sept. 9. He is also scheduled to travel to Panama and Mexico
this week.
The Port of Savannah, along with other Southeast
ports, is preparing to accommodate increased freight volumes
expected to move through the Panama Canal when a major
expansion project there will be completed in 2015. According
to a press release from the Vice President’s office, the Panama
Canal Expansion will nearly triple the capacity of the canal
and will allow significantly larger and deeper draft ships to
call on U.S. ports. The cargo volume these ships carry will
create increased opportunity in the region and can open whole
new export markets for U.S. businesses. The U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers Savannah District is the lead federal agency for
the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) — a plan
to deepen the Savannah shipping channel from 42 feet to 47
feet to accommodate larger ships that will travel through the
expanded Panama Canal. According to a 13-year study, the
corps estimates the SHEP will yield a cost-to-benefit ratio of
5.5 to 1 — essentially, for every $1 taxpayers invest in the
$652 million project, the nation will receive $5.5 in return.
The estimated annual net benefit throughout the life of the
project is $172 million. The SHEP was formally approved by
the federal government in October 2012 and currently awaits
a funding authorization from Congress before construction
can begin.
Learn more about the SHEP at sas.asace.army.mil.
W. John Mithchell
Thurmond Neil Tillman
King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation To Host
^ Awards Gala
16th Annual
Dr. Paul M. Pressley
The King-Tisdell
Cottage Foundation, Inc.
(KTCF) announces that the
16th Annual KTCF, Inc.
Awards Gala will be held Sat
urday, September 28, 2013 at
7:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regen
cy Savannah. A reception will
begin before the gala at 7:00
p.m. KTCF, Inc. recognizes
individuals and organization
committed to advancing our
Theron “Ike” Carter
society through historic pres
ervation, fine arts, public ser
vice, education, and perpetu
ating the legacy of W.W. Law.
The 2013 honorees
are W. John Mitchell (Leop
old Alder II Historic Preser
vation Award), Theron “Ike”
Carter (King-Tisdell Cottage
Fine Arts Award), Honorable
Edna Branch Jackson (W.W.
Law Legacy Award), Rever
end Thurmond Neil Tillman
(Reverend James M. Simms
Public Service Award), Dr.
Paul M. Pressly (Beach In
stitute Education Award)
and Alexis L. Parker (Rob
ert Sengstacke Abbott Youth
Award). Leopold Adler II is
a Savannah native who has
been actively committed to
Savannah’s Historic Pres
ervation efforts. For nearly
Edna Branch Jackson
two decades, W. John Mitch
ell has worked strategically
and tirelessly to help revive
the historical significance of
Savannah. The King-Tisdell
Cottage Foundation is com
mitted to using the arts as its
primary mode to preserve,
interpret, and present to the
public, the African Ameri
can cultural experience. The
contributions of Theron “Ike”
Carter, over the last 21 years,
have promoted understand
ing of culture and diversity
through musical art forms
derived from African-Amer
ican and Afro-Caribbean
innovations. Recipients of
W.W. Law Legacy Award are
recognized for their commit
ment to the King-Tisdell Cot
tage, the Beach Institute, the
Ulysses Davis Collection, the
Alexis L. Parker
Legacy Program, or for their
tangibly evidenced commit
ment to the preservation of
African-American history
and to improving the quality
of life for all citizens of Cha
tham County, a criteria that
speaks to the lifelong efforts
of Honorable Edna Branch
Jackson.
Continued on Page 2
Elijah Cummings To
Speak At Buttimer Dinner
The Chatham Coun
ty Democratic Committee
(CCDC) will hold its annu
al “Toby” Buttimer Awards
Dinner on Saturday October
5,2013 at 7:00 PM at the Sa
vannah Marriott Riverfront.
US Congressman Elijah
Cummings will serve as the
keynote speaker.
Congressman Cum
mings represents Maryland’s
7th Congressional District,
which includes Baltimore.
He is a democrat and has
served in Congress since
1996. He serves currently
as a senior member of the
Joint Economic Committee
and a member of the House
Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure, serving
First Annual Miss
Blueprint Pageant
L-R: Chariti Williams, Helena Brazelton, Chrystah
Williams, Jaqueline Brazelton, Teriana Hervas, Brook
Bates, Brittany Bates, Breanna Bates. Front Center:
Brooklyn Howells; Back Center: Mrs. Rowena Baylor-
Howells. NOT PICTURED are Kayla Daniels, Asanta
Newton and Madison Lambert
The First Annual Miss Blueprint Pageant was held
August 17th at Savannah State University in the ballroom of
the New Student Union Building. Nine young ladies who had
been participating in the Blueprint program vied for the titles
of Miss Blueprint and Miss Junior Blueprint 2013. The obj ec-
tive of the Blueprint program, founded by Mrs. Rowena Bay
lor - Howells, is to develop and empower preteen and teen
age girls by providing them the tools that are essential to the
preparation of their future. The young ladies were engaged in
free workshops facilitated by professionals in areas such as
goal setting, dating and dating violence, etiquette, develop
ing the positive self, dress-for-success, volunteerism, public
speaking, and more. Dining the pageant, each young lady
showcased her talent, poise and public speaking skills through
a group dance routine, and individual fashions in casual, busi
ness and formal wear, and by answering a set of thought-pro
voking questions posed by four judges, Dr. Sametria Mc-
Fall-Dickerson, Ms. Tanet Taharka, Ms. Davida Capers-White
and Madison Lambert.. The program also included a Charge
to Fathers by Mr. Edward Jolley, Jr., Vice President, Business
and Finance at Savannah State University; a Girls Empow
erment Message by Mrs. Shirley B. James, Publisher, The
Savannah Tribune, and entertainment by Singer/Songwriter,
Krystal Pitts. The welcome and prayer was extended by Min
ister Sheri Rouse-Mainor. Emcees for the evening were Mrs.
Tina Tyus-Shaw (WSAV-TV) and Brian Baily (WTOC-TV).
Mrs. Baylor-Howells is working to make the Blue
print Program for preteens and teenage girls a 501c3 organi
zation, and one that will become an establishment in the Sa
vannah community for girl empowerment. Applicants are still
being accepted for the 2014 program. There are 10 openings
remaining. Individuals interested in participating in the 2014
Miss Blueprint experience should email blueprintpageant@
yahoo.com.
US Congressman
Elijah Cummings
on both the Subcommittee
on Coast Guard and Mari
time Transportation and the
Subcommittee on Railroads,
Pipelines, and Hazardous
Materials.
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