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City Council Supports Chemical Contaminating Minority Communities BWI Equal Pay Act By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent

By Roberto Alejandro Special to the AFRO Baltimore Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke announced the passage of a resolution supporting the Thurgood Marshall BWI Equal Pay Act on Monday during a press conference at City Hall. The press conference was attended by State Sen. Catherine Pugh, Baltimore City Council President Bernard Young, General Assembly Delegate Cheryl Glenn, concessions employees of BWI, and

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Tony Brown, a BWI concessions employee members and officials of UNITE HERE Local 7, a hospitality and manufacturing workers union operating in Baltimore. The act, sponsored in the Maryland General Assembly by Sen. Pugh, creates a wage equality supplement to be paid by the state to concessions

workers at BWI to bring their wages in line with the minimum wage earned by employees of the Maryland Aviation Authority, which runs the airport. According to a survey conducted by UNITE HERE, the median wage of non-tipped concessions

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As the nation ruminates on the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement during Black History Month, environmental justice activists are calling attention to what they say is the new frontline of the human rights struggle: chemical contamination of communities of color. “When corporations decide where to build chemical plants, landfills, or water treatment plants where chemicals leach, they most often choose low income communities of color,” Richard Moore, a long-time civil rights and environmental justice leader with the Environmental Justice and Health Alliance for Chemical Policy Reform, said in a statement. “This is the next frontier of the Civil

Heroin Rising Again By Sean Yoes Special to the AFRO A long-time leader in addiction recovery talks about the spike in heroin overdoses nationally and the history of the drug in Baltimore. The death of Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman at age 46 – perhaps the greatest actor of his generation – because of a heroin overdose earlier in February has shed light on the most recent resurgence of the drug and a nationwide rise in heroin overdoses. The rise in heroin use corresponds to a decrease in the use of much more expensive illegally obtained pharmaceutical opioids used primarily as painkillers (80 milligrams of an opioid like OxyContin can cost about $80 on the street compared to a packet of heroin at a cost of $6 to $10). Perhaps one of the most unlikely states in the minds of many, Vermont, has seen a 770 percent rise in people seeking treatment for

opioid addiction since 2000 and four out of five new heroin users in the state initially abused painkillers according to health officials. Heroin use in Vermont has become so dire the governor Peter Shumlin devoted his most recent State of the State

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address in January to encourage public debate on drug abuse and addiction there. And in Maryland health officials report in the first seven months of 2012, a15 percent drop in

Rights Movement,” Michele Roberts, cocoordinator for the alliance, told the AFRO. “People of color and the poor have borne the brunt of exposure to toxins and have a disproportionate share of health issues because of the prevalence of chemical sites in their communities. You even have people migrating because they are losing their communities.” Roberts pointed to Mossville, a town just outside Lake Charles, La. that was built by Black freedmen in the late 1700s, and now faces a corporate buyout because “they are surrounded by 14 of the most toxic facilities ever.” The environmental justice movement began in the 1960s when farm workers organized by Cesar Chavez fought for workplace rights, including protection from toxic pesticides in California fields, and Continued on A5

pharmaceutical opioid overdoses was accompanied by a 41 percent increase in heroin overdoses. Of course, the heroin scourge is no stranger to Baltimore. In fact, despite the ebb and flow of heroin use nationally over the years, Baltimore has historically and accurately been known as a “heroin town.” “Baltimore’s drug of choice is heroin,” said Israel Cason, founder and CEO of I Can’t – We Can (ICWC), a spiritually based drug recovery program headquartered in Park Heights in Northwest Baltimore. Cason, who founded ICWC in 1997 after a 30year stint as a heroin addict, says the most recent national spike in heroin use and overdoses is connected to the U.S. war in Afghanistan. “The only product they (Afghanistan) have is opium. They have tons of heroin just waiting to get into the country,” said Cason. According to a United Nations report heroin production in Afghanistan increased from 185 tons in 2001when the war began to 5,800 in 2011. Continued on A5

Hoping for a Bright Future after Benjamin M. Phillips IV Enrolling in President Obama’s Elected AFRO President Affordable Health Act By AFRO Staff

He had every reason to believe he was in control of his economic future as a Certified Fiber Optics Technician, able to ply his trade anywhere around the globe. However, 12 months ago, after losing a position with a technology company in Washington, D.C., Michael Coleman was suddenly and unexpectedly thrust into unfamiliar territory. He was applying for unemployment insurance and living without the security of health benefits; benefits he lost along with his job. Michael had joined the millions in the U.S. left to chart a new course to survive and overcome the rigors of joblessness, and to recognize the impact of not having health coverage. Like many educated middle class Americans, Michael never thought he would be unemployed; never thought he would be without health insurance. While he was redoubling his efforts to acquire a new place of employment, Michael also took advantage of the new healthcare law by attempting self-enrollment online under the state’s Maryland Health Connection website. After experiencing problems with his application, he eventually found help at the Randallstown library where Certified Navigator Sheila C Bennett was stationed to

offer assistance to consumers by enrolling them into Qualified Health Plans or extended Medicaid. Bennett is a navigator with Chatman, a partner with Healthcare Access Maryland, the Central Region Connector Entity. Bennett provided Coleman with the necessary assistance. He finally was able to select a health plan of his choice qualifying for a tax credit to reduce his premium, and he also received a 70 percent reduction on certain outof-pocket expenses. Coleman was surprised to learn he qualified for two subsidies that made his cost for a private health insurance plan very inexpensive. A few weeks later, Coleman found Bennett again at the Randallstown library and gave her some welcomed news. He had gone to his first doctor’s visit using his new health insurance plan and he didn’t have to pay one cent out of pocket. He received treatment for an old untreated shoulder injury. As a result he got a full night’s sleep for the first time in six months. As part of the treatment plan he is undergoing physical therapy. He happily demonstrated to the navigator how he is now able to move his shoulder, which he declares, is already 80 percent back to normal. For Continued on A3

Jake Oliver, chairman of the board and CEO of the AFRO-American Newspapers, announced the election of Benjamin Murphy Phillips IV as president of the company. As president, Phillips will be the chief operational officer of the company reporting directly to Oliver, overseeing a myriad of operational responsibilities that may from time to time be assigned to him. Since 2007, Phillips has been the director of Global Markets responsible for the marketing, web technical management, circulation and distribution of the company’s electronic and print products. Prior to that time he had been involved in many different capacities. Phillips is a member of the AFRO board of directors, executive committee, and prior to his election as president, served as secretary of the company. Phillips’ team was

Benjamin Phillips responsible for the successful 2009 launch of the Prince Georges County Edition of the AFRO as part of the company’s hyper-localism initiative. In 2013, Phillips was elected vice president of the Maryland – Delaware - DC Press Association whose mission is to “serve the diverse needs” of its

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NATION & WORLD Jordan Davis Case Shows Lack of Respect for Young Black Men’s Lives, Young Men Say

Williams, and Joseph Wilson, all of whom are Black and about the same age as Jordan and Trayvon, the Dunn verdict said that juries are looking for a reason to let Whites go who kill young Black men. “I think White people commit these crimes because they are protected by these laws that have been in place for years before the movement by people of color. Some of these laws are like scapegoats and crutches for them to use against us. I feel like some of them break the law because they know they can and get away with it, and that’s the sickest thing about it” Hooper said.

To many young Black men in the WashingtonBaltimore area, the failure of a Florida jury to convict a White man who fatally shot unarmed 17 year-old Jordan Davis for murder said a lot about the way the nation thinks about the value of the lives of its young Black men. To several young Black men interviewed by the Marvin Sapp’s Stalker Remains Missing After 11 AFRO in the District and Baltimore, the failure of Weeks the jury to convict White The whereabouts of a Michigan doctor missing computer programmer for nearly three months remain unknown, despite the Michael Dunn of Jordan’s revelation of her fixation on gospel singer Marvin Sapp murder means a young and erroneous reports of her being found at a Wal-Mart. black man’s life is not to Teleka Patrick, 30, is an African-American medical facebook.com be protected. Dunn was resident at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo, Mich. Jordan Davis convicted of three counts She was reported missing on Dec. 6. of attempted second degree In the weeks since her disappearance, investigators murder, but the jury deadlocked on the first degree determined that Patrick had a romantic obsession with murder charge in Jordan’s killing. Sapp, a Grand Rapids, Mich. resident. According to The “The thing that people aren’t hearing is he isn’t Kalamazoo Gazette, Patrick discussed Sapp at length on going to jail for murder,” said Kamaal Stewart, 20, of her Twitter account, and Baltimore. “When I first saw it I was upset, but I was her focus on the singer numb to it.” was intense enough that he Jordan Davis was riding in a car with three of his received a judicial personal friends, spending his weekend like most teenage males. protection order against her They went to the Town Center Mall in Jacksonville, Fla., to in September. hang out and eat. On the way back to Jordan’s house, they Despite speculation stopped by a gas station so one of his friends could get a that Sapp played a role in pack of cigarettes. Patrick’s disappearance, While one ran inside the convenience store, the police said in late January remaining boys listened to music and talked. That’s when that he was not a suspect in trouble started. Dunn protested against their music and an the case. argument ensued. When it was over, unarmed Jordan was Courtesy Photo According to an FBI Teleka Patrick dead, killed in a barrage from Dunn’s gun. missing person report, Patrick Dunn said he fired because he felt he was in danger, was last seen on the evening invoking the state’s Stand Your Ground Law. He said he of Dec. 5 at about 8:00 p.m. after her shift at work. The believed someone in the vehicle had a gun, though he did report stated that she unsuccessfully tried to rent a hotel not tell anyone that until room in downtown Kalamazoo, and was then dropped off after his arrest. by the hotel’s shuttle driver at her vehicle in the parking Stand Your Ground is the lot of the medical center. same law that was widely Her car, a gold 1997 Lexus ES300, was found discussed after George abandoned by an Indiana State Police trooper later that Zimmerman killed unarmed night on Interstate 94 in Indiana. The Associated Press Black teenager Trayvon reported that Patrick’s wallet, cash and identification were Martin in Sanford, Fla., and in the car, but her keys were not. claimed it was self-defense At a news conference, Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard in 2012. He was acquitted. Fuller said Patrick told colleagues she was going to Chicago For Howard students to visit a relative. She told another colleague that she needed Jarvis Hooper, Kendall money and a ride to a nearby hotel, the AP reported.

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Confrontation Following “Turn that s– off n–er!”— Ends with White Guy Getting Off Baltimore’s Own ‘Loud Music’ Case? Is race at the center of the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office alleged mishandling of an ongoing dispute between residents of a downtown apartment building? On Oct. 25, 2013, a two-year feud between neighbors in an upscale Mt. Royal apartment building escalated to a physical altercation during an alleged racist tirade. In a nine-page letter dated Feb. 18, to the Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City, Byron Franklin, a law professor at the University of Baltimore, outlines the argument he had with his neighbor Matthew Clagett a few days prior to Halloween. The letter also describes several volatile confrontations – most racially charged – between the two men over the course of two years. “I had music playing through my laptop computer without speakers attached (thus it was in no way loud),” Franklin writes about his conflict. “At 11:40 p.m., the resident of the next apartment, Matthew Clagett, a 36-year old White man, began violently banging on my wall and yelling, “Turn that s--- off n---

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employees at BWI is $8.50 per hour. The minimum hourly wage for employees of the MAA is $13.45. As was noted by Councilwoman Clarke, these concessions employees are paid a lower wage, and denied full-time employment status. “It is institutionalized impoverishment to exhaustion. You have people all over the city of Baltimore, working low-wage jobs at part time hours, because their employers do not wish [them] to have enough hours that they are required to begin to provide benefits.” MAA currently contracts with AirMall USA to oversee BWI’s concessions operations. The contract expires in 2017. The act stipulates that AirMall require its subtenants (the companies that actually employ the concessions workers) to pay a wage in line with that of the MAA by then, or AirMall will not have its contract renewed. According to information released by UNITE HERE, the median wage earned by

er!” Franklin moved to the Railway Lofts, located across from Penn Station on St. Paul Street, in 2010, and said Clagett and his live-in girlfriend moved next door in 2011. The AFRO attempted to contact Clagett about the accusations leveled against him by Franklin, but a female who claimed he didn’t reside there answered the phone number listed in his name. After contacting the State’s Attorney’s Office for comment we were informed it is their policy not to discuss open cases. Franklin, who teaches “Race and the Law,” and “International Law and the Use of Force,” at the University of Baltimore, resides at the St. Paul Street address two or three times a week to teach at the nearby school. The remainder of the week he lives in New York City where he was born. In his letter to the State’s Attorney, he continued his description of the events of Oct. 25. “Didn’t I tell you to never bang on my godd--- wall or my door again?” was Franklin’s reply after Clagett allegedly banged on his door just before midnight. “I don’t care. Turn down your music because I have to wake up

concessions workers has not changed since 2011. Adjusting for inflation, that wage stagnation represents a 3.8 percent real wage decrease for these employees. That wage decrease has consequences beyond simple spending power, having implications for the development potential of these employees. Tony Brown, a BWI concessions employee with Aero Service Group, earns $11 an hour. He shared how the lower wages paid to concessions workers affects him. “It hinders me because I travel two hours to get to work, everyday. I don’t really have any money to buy a car or nothing like that

Railway Lofts early you Black son of a b----!” Franklin claims that when Clagett said this he spat in the law professor’s face. That is when, Franklin admits, he shoved Clagett causing him to fall down. “I did not push him that hard and it appeared that he enacted a fake fall. Matthew Clagett then immediately jumps up and comes towards me and tries to take a swing at my face. I easily blocked his punch with my hand,” Franklin wrote. According to Franklin, Clagett then said, “I got you now you Black bastard. I’m calling the cops.” Franklin claims Clagett did not call the police that night, however, both men filed orders and assault charges

because my bills are steadily increasing but our wages don’t. I travel two hours to get to work, two hours to get home. So I’m working a 12 hour shift each day.” Chaz Taylor, a maintenance worker employed by HMS Host, shared how his lower wage has affected

against each other. This is where the story becomes decidedly more bizarre and infuriating for Franklin. During a peace order hearing in November, the estranged neighbors signed a written agreement and the peace orders were dismissed. That same month Franklin met with Assistant State’s Attorney Sandra Kemick of the Civilian Review Unit, who Franklin claims was dismissive of his allegations and treated him, “terribly.” Kemick ordered Franklin and Clagett to mediation. The mediation hearing took place in December. Franklin attended with his attorney J. Wyndal Gordon and found out

that the assault charges against Clagett were “secretly” dismissed by the State’s Attorney – specifically Kemick – while the assault charges against Franklin remained in place. The obvious question is why? “I think what has transpired is patently unfair and it’s an insult to those who love and respect justice,” Gordon said. “This is your Baltimore `loud music case.’ I believe that this particular case involves selective prosecution based upon race because there is just no, non-discriminatory legitimate reason why they dismissed the case in advance of the original trial date and did not provide us with any notice in violation of the victims rights act.” “The rage with which Matthew Clagett has banged on my wall and screamed racial epithets at me almost resembles the acts of Michael Dunn before he shot 17-year old Jordan Davis in Florida,” stated Franklin. “We all deserve equal treatment under the law and that is far from what has occurred thus far in this case, but that is all that I am requesting.” On Feb. 19, there was another hearing for this case, but a trial date has not been determined for the assault charge against Franklin.

him. “I want to go back to Union address, President school, and all that stuff, for Obama called on Congress art. Right now, with all this to raise the federal minimum stuff that’s actually going on, wage, saying, “Americans I can’t really make the types overwhelmingly agree that of moves that I want to right no one who works full-time now . . . I’ve been doing art should ever have to raise a for three years, but I wanted to family in poverty.” During major in it.” the press conference, Sen. In his 2014 State of the T:7.446” Pugh highlighted the way low

wages at places like BWI end up being subsidized by federal taxpayers. “We’re spending over $1 million, I believe, just in federal assistance to these employees: food stamps, all the things that they have to get in order to earn, and make a decent living and provide [for their families].”

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49th Anniversary of the Assassination of Malcolm X Draws Little Attention By Zachary Lester AFRO Staff Writer

It’s been 49 years since Muslim Black rights activist Malcolm X was gunned down as he spoke before hundreds at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan. In the years since his death, Malcolm X’s role as a freedom fighter has solidified, though he is not heralded to the same degree as civil rights martyrs such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Medgar Evers, civil rights leaders said. Even as he was preaching self-defense and self-reliance in New York City, many of the leaders of the civil rights movement in the South were unfamiliar with him. As the anniversary of his death approached, there was little of the fanfare attached to celebrations for other slain civil rights heroes. In a 2012 column posted on MSNBC. com, commentator Melissa Harris-Perry said Malcolm X “rarely receives the kind of mainstream press attention that his betterknown counterpart, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. does. And perhaps that is best. Unlike King, Malcolm has not been subjected to the historical nostalgia machine of American hero making. His radicalism remains intact.” Some activists who worked in the same era as Malcolm X believe that radicalism is the reason why he has not been treated as

reverently in history. While King told his followers to resist reacting with violence when they were beaten and battered, Malcolm X urged followers to defend to them as “brothers and sisters,” Malcolm X said he did not want to be with people who did not want to be with him. He told Blacks to build up their own communities, support their own businesses and protect and value their Black families. Dorie Ladner, a resident of Northwest Washington who was active in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s, said Malcolm X’s view that Blacks should empower themselves, instead of focusing on getting along with Whites, made him more threatening than King to the White establishment at the time. She said history has treated Malcolm X the same way it did others whose approach to fighting for freedom was considered aggressive, though Whites who fought to keep Blacks oppressed are treated with respect in history. “I heard an analogy being done on WPFW where the speaker compared [abolitionist] John Brown and [Confederate Gen.] Robert E. Lee, who were both crusaders out to help their side,” she said. “In history, John Brown is portrayed as a wild-eyed, crazy wild person, whereas Lee is revered and still held in a

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October 31, 1937 - February 18, 2014 Warner Tyrone Wells, 76, was born in Duplin County, North Carolina on October 31, 1937. He was the son of the late Anna Bell Wells (nee Kirkland) and James Henry Wells. He attended Southside High (currently Malcolm X High) in Newark, New Jersey and graduated from Wilberforce University in 1960. After graduation, he served in the Army, working at the Pentagon in Washington D.C. There he met

and later married Camille Taylor and they were blessed with 3 beautiful children. Mr. Wells began his long career with the Baltimore Bureau of Recreation and Parks in 1966 serving in various capacities during his tenure. He served as coach, mentor and surrogate father to countless youth in our community before retiring from Greenmount Rec Center in 1996. Mr. Wells had suffered with failing health for years and passed away on February 18, 2014. He leaves behind his wife Camille; sons David Sr. (and his wife Cassie) and Ralign, and daughter Renee. 4 grandchildren; David Jr, Clarisse, Marquis and Jewel.

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certain amount of esteem.” She said Malcolm never received the same national focus even in his own time because of his views and the message he presented for Blacks to concentrate on themselves. “I had never met Malcolm X when we got word down in Mississippi that he had died,” said Ladner, who grew up in the segregated South and moved to D.C. after working in the civil rights movement. “There was a girl who was working with us who had grown up in the Bronx. She said, ‘Oh, my God! Malcolm X is dead!’ I said ‘Who?’ I didn’t know his history. I later learned who he was and the work that he had done.” Margaret Kibbee, of Greenwood, Miss., who was also active in the movement in the South, said she learned much about him from his autobiography, written by the late Alex Haley and published in 1965. “I didn’t know about how much he had struggled until after I read his [autobiography],” Kibbee said. “It says right on the cover that he thought he would not live to see it published and he didn’t. I remember thinking it was a tragedy. When I read it, I really took to heart and understood what he had gone through.” The activists said that while history has treated Martin Luther King Jr. appropriately, Malcolm X has been misunderstood. “My impression was that he was very similar to Martin Luther King Jr. He did two things that were similar. The first was to surround himself with [very capable] people. Like Dr. King, he liked to work with people who had a lot on the ball,” said Kibbee.

“The other thing was that he could examine himself and rethink things,” she said. “Like Martin Luther King, he could look at something and examine it objectively and see it for what it was. He was a mature enough person and confident enough in himself and his own ability that he could change his mind or reexamine his position on something …I had the utmost respect for him.” Malcolm X was 39 when he died. He came from a loving family, but had a troubled childhood after he became a ward of the court as a teenager. He ended up in prison, where he became a Black Muslim and follower of Nation of Islam Leader Elijah Muhammad. He grew to become a leader in the movement, known for his stand that Blacks should defend themselves against oppression “By Any Means Necessary.” He later parted with the Nation of Islam and began receiving death threats. A week before his died, his house was firebombed. See more on afro.com

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newspaper members in areas 25 years of corporate of common concern. Phillips experience at IBM and Xerox is a 2009 graduate of the Corporation where he held Greater Baltimore Committee a number of technical sales (GBC) “The Leadership” and management positions. and Leadership of Baltimore His successful career in the County (LBC). corporate arena was lauded AfroAmerican_2014_Layout 1 1/21/14 1:22 PM Page 1 Phillips has more than by multiple Presidents Club

honors. A native of Baltimore, he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Morgan State University and numerous continuing education and professional development certificates.

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Four car pile-up leaves one dead, two hospitalized By Blair Adams AFRO Staff Writer A car accident at the intersection of N. Fulton Avenue and Presstman Street on Feb. 23 left one man dead and several others injured. According to Police Spokesperson Det. Jarron Jackson, officers responded to the call at 11:30 a.m. finding four vehicles involved. The accident claimed the life of Tevin Ridgley Hall, 27, pronounced

dead at the scene. Det. Jackson said a vehicle carrying two males struck the car carrying Hall and his two passengers – an adult female and a 2-year-old girl, both unidentified. Both passengers in Hall’s car were transported to the hospital. The girl is in serious condition with head injuries. Two other cars collided with this initial crash, one carrying a single male passenger, the other with seven male passengers. Others involved in

“When you have this many vehicles involved, there is a very meticulous investigation that has to be done to determine the exact cause of the accident.” the accident were treated for nonlife threatening injuries and released from area hospitals. “This is a complicated accident,” Det. Jackson told the AFRO.

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when African-American students took to the streets of Houston to oppose a city dump that claimed the lives of two children. But the movement truly took off in 1982 when residents from Warren County, N.C., a poor, rural and overwhelmingly Black jurisdiction, fought to block the dumping of 6,000 truckloads of soil laced with toxic PCBs in their community. “For us, environmental justice is about protecting where we live, play, work and pray,” Roberts said. She added of the history, “Grassroots communities came together to form the environmental justice movement. They looked at what Dr. [Martin Luther] King said about creating the ‘Beloved Community’ and honed in on that to say that we must have environmental remediation and policies in those communities.” Those early efforts led President Bill Clinton to issue Executive Order 12898, “Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and LowIncome Populations,” in 1994. But activists complain that Clinton’s executive order and other laws, such as the General Duty Clause of the Clean Air Act which requires facilities that produce, process, handle or store hazardous substances to take proactive measures to prevent accidental releases, are not being

implemented. Despite strides in legislation and executive actions, “communities continue to experience disasters,” Roberts said. “What we now need are standards and regulations to enforce these laws and protect these communities now and for future generations.” On Jan. 9, a West Virginia chemical spill contaminated the water supply of nine counties, leaving 300,000 people without drinking water. On Dec. 20, an explosion at the Axiall plant near Mossville, La., sent several people to the hospital. In August, an explosion at a West, Texas fertilizer plant killed 15 people. On June 13, a chemical explosion in Geismar, La., killed one person, injured at least 75 others and released a plume of toxic fumes across the area. President Obama’s Executive Order 13650, “Improving Chemical Safety and Security,” mandates “listening sessions” across the country, with the next scheduled for Feb. 27 in Newark, N.J. At the meetings, stakeholders who live and work near chemical plants have the chance to express their concerns. Roberts said the move signals new momentum in the thrust for chemical policy reform and the environmental justice movement. “I really believe we have a very strong

The cause of this accident is still under investigation. Det. Jackson said it could take a while to determine. “There are a lot of people to interview and they have a lot of vehicles reconstruction – Det. Jarron Jackson they have to do to determine the exact cause of the “When you have this many vehicles accident.” involved, there is a very meticulous At this time, police cannot say if investigation that has to be done speed or alcohol was a factor in the to determine the exact cause of the deadly four car pile-up. accident.”

chance because we’re getting more and more people involved” including the United Steelworkers, health advocates and more, Roberts said. “If we work collectively

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Cason also warns the new influx of the drug in America could contribute to even more heroin use and overdoses. “They (drug users) get some real heroin and that’s when you get a lot of deaths,” said Cason, who recalled a particularly virulent surge of heroin overdoses in Baltimore years ago. “In East Baltimore they had a dealer named Junior Bunk. They had a whole ward at Johns Hopkins Hospital called the Junior Bunk ward for people who suffered from the effects of using his dope,” Cason said. Like the thousands of addicts that have sought Cason’s help over the years, he reached his personal low-point during his 30-year odyssey of addiction around 1995. “I was reduced all the way down to a bum. I lived in an abandoned car for three years,” recalled Cason whose “home,” which sat in an empty lot near the corner of Gwynn Oak Ave. and Liberty Heights, was used by someone as a toilet. “That was the straw that broke the camel’s back,” Cason said. Not long after that humiliating incident a relative encouraged

together, especially in the waning years of this administration, we would be able to get the reforms we need to protect our communities.” Cason to travel to Philadelphia and enroll in the “Stop and Surrender,” recovery program in 1996. Back in Baltimore, he established ICWC in 1997 bringing the knowledge he acquired in Philadelphia back to his drug-addicted friends in his hometown. “I had to teach them what I had learned,” Cason said. “It taught me how to live as I taught them how to live,” he added. To date, Cason says he has helped more than 20,000 people recover from the disease of addiction, which has been pervasive in Baltimore for generations. “Baltimore is a rich town with arts and music…and a lot of the musicians did heroin,” Cason said. “We only had one place to go to listen to them and that’s down on the Avenue (Pennsylvania Avenue). So, people went on the Avenue and that became the heroin capital… that was our culture,” he added. The city’s drug culture remains entrenched and in many ways ubiquitous. “If you’re not infected you are still effected,” said Cason of the impact the disease of addiction has on everyone. “It’s going to affect you whether you like it or not, we’re all connected. The best thing to do is raise them up.”

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Why the Environmental Community Should Support Cove Point An open letter from Dominion’s Chief Environmentalist The environment is my profession and my passion. Because of that, I am acutely aware that producing life’s essentials is never free or without impact on our world. That is true of everything from food and housing to transportation and energy. The key is finding the right balance. Dominion’s project to add natural gas liquefaction and export capabilities to our Cove Point facility in Calvert County is based on just such a balance. There is no question it would bring thousands of construction jobs and tens of millions of dollars in annual tax revenues to Maryland. It also has important implications for the nation’s balance of trade and international relations. And counter to what some may say, it has long-term, quantifiable environmental benefits. Here is why. Exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Cove Point to replace coal abroad would help reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. Even project critics admit this is true based on estimates from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This takes into account both CO2 emissions from burning the natural gas and the effects of producing, processing and shipping it. In the case of Cove Point, it could mean avoiding millions of tons of CO2 emissions every year. The design of the Cove Point project also makes it good for the environment. It will have one of the smallest environmental footprints of all the LNG export projects proposed in the United States and will be built within the confines of existing facilities. There is no need to construct a new pipeline, storage tanks or a pier to load ships. And it will recycle heat from the liquefaction process to generate electricity, thus avoiding as much as another 300,000 tons of CO2 equivalent each year. Moving forward with the Cove Point project also means keeping a good corporate citizen on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. In the dozen years since Dominion has owned the facility, we have led the rescue and restoration of the largest freshwater marsh on the bay’s western shore and funded one of the bay’s largest oyster restoration projects. We also built the first LEED-certified building in Calvert County. And Dominion has donated more than $2.3 million to charitable endeavors in the state while supporting our employees in their thousands of hours of volunteer time. This is not a question of either building the Cove Point project or pursuing renewable energy. Dominion is proof you can do both. Our company has enough renewable generation in production, construction or planning to power more than 800,000 homes. Thanks in part to $1.2 billion in investments and the ongoing closing, sale or conversion of 11 coal-fired power stations, we have one of the cleanest generating fleets in the country. Our carbon emissions compared with the amount of electricity we produce is among the lowest of the nation’s major utilities. Cove Point also is not a proxy for the debate on “fracking.” If natural gas does not come to Cove Point, all indications are it will still be produced and go elsewhere. In fact, some of it already is. New pipelines are being built, and the flows of existing ones are being reversed to take Marcellus and Utica shale gas to the south, northeast and west. Some of these pipelines ultimately will connect to LNG export projects in other states. The global market for LNG is real and growing. Nations without sufficient resources look to LNG imports as a cleaner, dependable alternative to coal. India, one of the markets for Cove Point’s gas, today produces about 60 percent of its electricity from coal and is poised to eclipse China as the world’s largest importer of coal used for power generation. The United States should and will participate in that global LNG marketplace. We have enough natural gas to meet our needs and sell some to allies overseas without significantly affecting domestic prices. For that reason, President Obama made it a pillar of his Climate Action Plan, alongside renewable generation and energy conservation. Support also comes from countless working men and women, labor and business leaders, elected officials on both sides of the aisle and many, many others. Separate the hyperbole and histrionics from the facts, and the answer is clear. Moving forward with Dominion’s Cove Point project strikes the right balance. It is good for the economy. It is good for international relations. It is good for the environment. Added together, it is good for Maryland and the United States.

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COMMENTARY

Hard-working Americans deserve a raise

No working American should be forced to survive in poverty. That is why I am proud to be an original co-sponsor of the proposed “Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013,” (H.R.1010) introduced by U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-Calif). Our bill would increase the federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour over three years, increase the minimum wage for tipped workers, and adjust America’s basic wage level for future increases in the cost of living. H.R. 1010 has gained 189 Elijah Cummings co-sponsors in the House of Representatives, including six of my seven Maryland colleagues. The companion legislation in the Senate (S.460), introduced by Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, now has 33 co-sponsors, including Maryland senators Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin. Yet, despite this substantial body of supporters in Washington, not a single Republican has demonstrated the foresight to co-sponsor this reform legislation – or allowed a House floor vote on this critically important measure. This month, the national minimum wage debate gained heightened energy when the Congressional Budget Office offered its projections. Increasing the minimum wage, the CBO estimated, would expand earnings for 16.5 million low-wage Americans who currently earn less than $10.10 per hour. With this straightforward legislative action, the CBO projected, 900,000 Americans will be lifted out of poverty. However, there is less unanimity among economists about the impact of a minimum wage raise upon overall employment. The CBO estimated that raising the minimum wage could reduce employment nationally by about three-tenths of a percent (or 500,000 jobs), a viewpoint trumpeted by Republican opponents. It acknowledged, however, that actual job losses could be somewhat more OR “very slight.” White House Chief Economist Jason Furman and Jared Bernstein of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, among others, have advanced a more optimistic viewpoint, declaring that “the overall consensus of economists [is that] raising the minimum wage

would have little or no impact on employment.” In light of the high proportion of minimum wage jobs in the service and retail sectors, I believe any reduction in overall employment should be slight. Even if there are some temporary minimum wage job losses, that challenge will be dwarfed by the positive gains – more than 16 million working Americans with more resources to support their families. That is why I joined Maryland Gov. O’Malley, Lt. Gov. Brown, and the 66 Senate and House co-sponsors in support of Maryland’s minimum wage initiatives (SB 331 / HB 295). Assuring a fair day’s pay for every Marylander who is willing to work hard is long overdue – and, after considering the facts, I believe most Marylanders will agree. As a moral society, we must face this central economic reality. A neighbor working full-time at minimum wage earns only $14,500 per year – less than the poverty line. Nationally, nearly two-thirds of these minimum wage workers are women – and a raise in their pay would lift more than 8 million children up in life. The majority of minimum wage workers are Caucasian (57 percent), but it should surprise no one that minorities are disproportionately represented: one out of every six is African American, and one out of five is Latino. Most minimum wage workers are not teenagers earning spending money. Eighty-four percent of these workers are older than 20. There is a strong social justice element to our cause. Yet, all of us have a very practical stake in raising the minimum wage. Since minimum wage workers have limited income to spend in our consumer-driven economy, poverty wage jobs continue to be a substantial drag upon the expanded economic growth ALL of us need. Experts like the Economic Policy Institute have concluded that raising Maryland’s basic wage would directly benefit 455,000 working neighbors and generate $456 million in new economic activity. Moreover, when a neighbor is working at poverty wages, we

all must pick up the cost of their food stamps, subsidized housing, healthcare, and related social welfare costs. What that means is that through our tax dollars, we all are subsidizing employers who pay only the current minimum wage. There is a better, more humane, way – legislation that affirms our work ethic as a society. Increasing the minimum wage in stages to $10.10 per hour – and lifting more of our neighbors above the poverty line – should result in additional taxes paid by low-wage workers and reduce the upward pressure on social welfare costs. To their credit, many business owners agree. The Economic Policy Institute reports that 65 percent of business owners polled in April 2013 believe a higher minimum wage will result in an increased demand for their products and will help to reduce dependence on taxpayer-funded programs focused on assisting lower wage earners. It is time to move beyond an economy increasingly devoted to poverty-level wages. Hard-working Americans deserve a raise. U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings represents Maryland’s 7th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.

Valuing Black Life Six months after George Zimmerman was acquitted for shooting and killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, a trial involving similar circumstances concluded. This time the defendant, Michael Dunn, was convicted on three counts of attempted murder for shooting into a car occupied by four Black teenagers. Jurors could not agree on the most serious charge of firstdegree murder, which requires establishing a premeditated intent to kill. Since the shots killed Jordan Davis after Dunn told F. Michael Davis and the other teenagers Higginbotham to turn down the radio in their car, since Dunn remained in the parking lot for several minuåtes after the argument occurred, and since Dunn failed to call 911 and left the scene once his passenger returned, both a murder charge and an attempted murder charge were filed. At trial, Dunn claimed he saw a gun in the teenagers’ car and felt threatened, invoking the stand your ground law to justify deadly force. No gun was found, and testimony by the three surviving teenagers, and other witnesses, undermined Dunn’s claim of feeling threatened. While an attempted murder conviction related to the three surviving teenagers seems appropriate, the jury’s failure to convict on the murder charge is perplexing. This failure raises long held concerns that race continues to infect perceptions by some jurors, resulting in decisions conveying the message that Black life is not equal to White life.

While the prosecutor has indicated she will seek a retrial on the first-degree murder charge, it is important to recognize that racial inequality in the administration of justice today is an unfortunate reality. America is not post-racial. While the causes of inequality are more complex than they were under the discriminatory criminal laws of the Jim Crow Era, inequity through racial profiling, prosecutorial discretion, and disparate sentencing remains. Death penalty cases reveal attorneys general seek capital punishment at much higher rates when the victim is White. White federal defendants are more likely to have death sentences reduced to life through plea-bargaining. Almost 80 percent of persons on death row have been convicted of crimes against White victims, despite the fact that Blacks are more likely to be victims of homicide. How can one explain disparate sentencing in the cases of Tim Carter and Richard Thomas without pointing to race? Tim Carter and Richard Thomas were arrested, in separate incidents, three months apart, in 2004, in nearly the same Florida location. Police found one rock of cocaine on Carter, who is White, and a crack pipe with cocaine residue on Thomas, who is Black. Both men claimed drug addictions. Neither had prior felony arrests or convictions, and both potentially faced five years in prison. Carter had his prosecution withheld, and the judge sent him to drug rehabilitation. Thomas was prosecuted, convicted and sent to prison. The only other apparent difference was race. The statistics on New York City’s stop-and-frisk practices, where Blacks and Latinos make up 50 percent of the population but 83 percent of the stops, are a result of America’s long, and recent, history of inequality. Of the over 4 million stops during the last decade, only 6 percentå resulted in further action, of which 2 percent involved weapons violations. Stop-and-frisk allows police wide discretion to detain minorities who have demonstrated little (if any) indication of wrongdoing.

We must not ignore the role race continues to play. Race continues to be significant in creating suspicion of crime. Fear of Black teenagers is accepted as normal. In some cases, it appears murder is an acceptable response. While many may look at Dunn’s potential 60-year sentence as adequate justice, the underlying message of the failure to convict on the first-degree murder charge reaffirms notions of racial hierarchy present in the criminal justice system since slavery. In 1855, a Black slave woman named Celia killed her White owner, Robert Newsom, after he had repeatedly raped her for several years. Celia was convicted of murder and hanged. Her defense of justification, based on resisting an attempted rape, was rejected by the Missouri trial court because she was a slave. Four years earlier, in Virginia, a slave owner had been convicted of second-degree murder for killing his slave, Sam, after whipping and torturing him. While punishing a slave owner for killing his slave was rare, the sentence of five years imprisonment is revealing. The inconsequential sentence for such a brutal crime indicates how little value was placed on Sam’s humanity. The disparate sentencing treatment between Black and White defendants in 1855 continues to be reflected today. Although White Americans use marijuana at roughly the same rate as Blacks, African Americans are four times more likely to be arrested on charges of marijuana possession. White defendants in stand your ground states such as Florida, where self-defense laws do not require retreat when one feels threatened, are four times more likely to be acquitted when the victim is Black than when the victim is White, evidencing that Black life is not equally valued within our criminal justice system. F. Michael Higginbotham, a professor of law at the University of Baltimore, is the author of Ghosts of Jim Crow: Ending Racism in Post Racial America.

Carrying the Torch for Freedom, Justice and Equality The best way to recognize and celebrate African-American History Month is make more history. We need to look at our new generation of young, committed, and talented freedom fighters and usher them to their rightful place in AfricanAmerican history. There are valid and urgent reasons why we need the Civil Rights Movement revitalized by a vibrant cadre of skillful and productive hip-hop artists. We need their God-given gifts and talents to arouse the Benjamin F. consciousness of millions of Chavis Jr. young people to take action in the interests of freedom, justice, equality and empowerment. With the systematic right-wing attack on voting rights, growing income inequality, persistent poverty and unemployment, and the critical need to rebuild sustainable economic development in the African-American community, no one should be exempt from active participation in today’s ongoing freedom and

empowerment movement. Both Hip-Hop and the Civil Rights Movement have at their core the notion of irrepressible perseverance. There is a steadfast hope that change will come as a result of consistently standing up to injustice even when the odds are not in your favor. When we sang “We Shall Overcome,” it was a song to overcome fear and hopelessness. In the wake of the Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis murders in Florida, we cannot permit fear and cynicism to overtake selfdetermination or our responsibility to continue demanding equal justice. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. eloquently explained, “Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. So we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can’t ride you unless your back is bent.” The prophetic utterances of Tupac Shakur strike a similar note. Tupac said, “I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing. Through every dark night, there’s a bright day after that. So no matter how hard it gets, stick your chest out, keep ya’ head up . . . handle it!” Rosa Parks was fearless in her determination to reject the indignity of racial injustice and inequity. She said, “I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away fear.” Erykah Badu echoes these sentiments when she sings, “This pain to remain the same outweighs the pain to change… When you get tired enough is when you begin to want to sacrifice everything inside of you

– the fear just leaves.” Public Enemy and Run DMC, two Hip-Hop giants, were trailblazers of the music genre that “spit truth to power” by lyrically representing the aspirations of millions of youth throughout the world. They understood the strategic importance of not accepting or submitting to the injustices of the status quo. Hip-Hop culture became the culture of resistance to racial prejudice, yet pushed for a new world order and for “flipping the script” on global inequity and poverty. My argument is not that the Civil Rights Movement or Hip-Hop is without contradictions. Simply, it is that our long struggle for freedom, justice, and equality is at its best when we understand that all people and all genres of music and culture should strive to make our society and world not a perfect place, but a better place. Fannie Lou Hamer, one of the Civil Rights Movement’s most effective grassroots organizers, said, “I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.” Today, when we witness the penetrating lyrics, dance, and music of Beyonce, it reminds me of Hamer. Beyonce extolled, “I worked hard and sacrificed to get what I get. Ladies it ain’t easy being independent.” Fighting for freedom and liberation are not easy, but are necessary for human progress. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. is president of Education Online Services Corporation and the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network and can be reached at http://drbenjaminfchavisjr.wix.com/drbfc.

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Md. State Sen. Joan Carter Conway, District 43 receives a plaque from Dr. Flossie Windley, past president

The Voices of Northwood sing ‘I Feel Good.’

Dr. Linda Mehlinger, Dr. Linda Loubert, Dr. Michelle Harris Bondima

Kristina Kelly, associate conductor; Yvonne Minor, choir director receives a certificate and donation from Alice Downs, member of University Women

Beatrice Scott, Evelyn Davis

Political Science students invited included Adrienne Lewis, Synclaire Cruel, Ayroba Dutton

In the University Student Center on the campus of Morgan State University, The Voices of Northwood from Northwood Elementary School filled the theatre with a variety of soulful musical selections. Under the direction of Yvonne Minor and Kristina Kelly, the choir consisted of more than 40 children dressed in green robes, ranging in age from five to 10 years old. Dr. Earline Roberts, president, MSU Women introduced guest speaker, State Sen. Joan Carter Conway, (D-43). There was a lively conversation and informative Q&A about Bill 169 and the Fordice Supreme Court Case. Sen. Conway declared that “The Fight is Not Over” in her discussion about Maryland’s failure to take steps to eradicate duplicate The celebration for Sen. Conway with a photo academic programs cake included friends Marion Patterson, Dr. to the detriment of Earlene Roberts, Alice Downs, Del. Mary L. HBIs (Historically Black Washington Institutions). The program ended with a celebration of Sen. Conway’s birthday Sarah Elias, Valerie Arum, political with a photo cake and science student, Brenda Turner punch.

Muriel Johnson, Marion Patterson

MaryEllen Smackum, Elizabeth P. Dyett, Odessa Dunston

Members of the Morgan State University Women

Waqiba Strother, treasurer, Tuskegee Alumni Association

Former city solicitor, Stuart O. Simms

Rashard Tuggle, scholarship recipient

Rev. Dr. Frances Toni Draper

Photos by Dr. A. Lois DeLaine

Tuskegee alum, Judge Alfred Nance

The Honorable Kweisi Mfume, chair, Morgan Board of Regents

Walter Wortham, president, Tuskegee National Alumni Association

Members of Alpha Zeta Chapter, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Barbara Briscoe, left, Angie McClain, Bettina Scott, Sheryl Woodland, Paulette McCoy, Neva Honoree Rev. Dr. Frances Murphy Draper, Walter Jackson, Anita Pinkney Brown, Sandra East, Charlotte W. Bullock and Sylvia Rogers Greene and Dr. Julius Chapman

Community members and guests were on hand for the annual awards breakfast hosted by Tuskegee alums in Baltimore. The Thirty Second Carver-Washington Scholarship Awards Breakfast was held Feb. 8 at The Forum Caterers. This year’s honorees were the Rev. Dr. Frances ‘Toni’ Draper and Dr. Audrey McCallum. Walter L. Jackson III is president of the Baltimore chapter. Fur coat raffle winner, Desiree Harvey and Harry Evans III, Mano Swartz

Tuskegee University recruiter, Cecil Davis

Gen. Larry Ellis (Ret), Morgan Board of Regents; Dr. David Wilson, Morgan president; Dr. Willie D. Larkin, Morgan Chief of staff and Vivian Larkin

Terrell Rogers leads in the singing of ‘Lift Every Voice And Sing’ with Dr. Anne O. Emery, chair, scholarship committee

Mary Sue Welcome, Jim McLean, Carolyn Chissell and Herb Brown

Michelle McCallum, Allen McCallum Sr., honoree, Dr. Audrey McCallum and son, Allen McCallum Jr.

Balto. Chapter Tuskegee Alumni Association members are Emmaline Woodson, left, Anita Pinkney, Vivian Jones, Faye Elliott, Harriett Tootle, Linda Wardlow and Patricia Fields

Rev. Dr. Alfred C.D. Vaughn and Dr. Lillian Vaughn Photos by Anderson Ward

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“If I kicked the bucket tomorrow, I would like it to be known that I founded the Congress of Racial Equality in 1942, organized the freedom rides in 1961, and attempted to bring Gandhian techniques of nonviolence to the struggle for racial equality in this country.” James Farmer “Human potential, though not always apparent, is there waiting to be discovered and invited forth.” William W. Purkey We celebrate Black History Month, to recognize people who have been significant influences and made outstanding contributions to society. Living for the Weekend recognizes the “Ordinary People” who make a difference in our community yet go unnoticed. This list is limited only by the space allowed. We could fill volumes if we listed the names of all the ordinary people who truly make a difference. “We’re just ordinary people we don’t know which way to go. Cause we’re ordinary people” John Legend We recognize and honor Cori Ramos, Larry Poncho Brown, James and Marcine Britton, Gloria “Tuttie” and James Bogan, Marsha Jews, Laura Knight, Michele McNeil Emery, Reuben “Tony” Marshall, Miles “Beanie” Bellamy, Doni Glover, Dante and Candes Daniels, Anthony McCarthy, Tim Watts, Randy Dennis, Dr. Allison Riddle–Fletcher, Dr. Michele Gourdine, Jerome Fisher, Dr. James Wood, Portia Wood, Pat and Howard Jessamy, Stephanie Kinder, Marty Glaze, Pat and Wayne Frazier, Ebony Lawson, Secretary Jean Hitchcock, Shirley Belton, Nikita Haysbert, the Rev. Toni Draper, Dr. Marcia and Frank Coakley, Dan and Delle Henson, Reginald Pinder, Tim Sanders, Binx Watts, Rosemary “Duchess” Atkinson, Sara Smalley, Commissioner Carolyn Colvin, Dr. Donald Parker, Takiea Hinton, John “Zenith” Lee, Mildred Harper, Jacqueline Richardson, Delores Jessup, LaVerne Naesea, Dorothy Boulware, Jeanette and Walter Hairston, Leander Douglass, Dr. Anne Emery, Claudia McKee, Reginald Haysbert, the Rev. Pauline Wilkins, Michele Brown, Wanda Watts, Zach McDaniels, Karen Johnson Chase, Betty Greene, Tobi Pulley, Auvea Fortune, Ann Winder, Donel Warfield, Victor Green, Erin Phillips, Frank Hocker, Jackie Brock, Sarita Murray, Ernestine Jolivet, Leah Hasty, Bernice McDaniels, Valerie and Pierre Stewart, Dr. Nina Rawlings, the Rev. Harrison Johnson, Ronnie Jackson, Kevin Shird, Betsy Gardner, Beryl Johnson, Peggy Sweeney, Mario, and the members of the Friday Night Bunch. These ordinary people do extraordinary things that make a difference in the community and we honor them during Black

History Month. “Hail hail the gang’s all here” celebrating Susan Conway Ellison’s birthday party at the Mount Washington Tavern on Friday Night. The overflow crowd gathered on the second level of the newly renovated restaurant for cocktails. Before venturing upstairs, I sat at the bar with one of our favorite bartenders, Jimmy Ernest, enjoying complimentary steamed shrimp a Friday night happy hour special. “Dance like no one is watching, love like you’ll never be hurt, sing like no one is listening, live like it’s heaven on earth.” William Purkey Aliya Jenifer and her friends are still raving about the magnificent birthday weekend her grandmother Eunice Jenifer Robinson planned to celebrate her 13th birthday, beginning with a weekend sleepover. The weekend included a pizza party, manicures, movie dates, and roller-skating. Wow Aliya cannot wait for your sweet sixteen celebrations. “Hey everybody let’s have some fun you only live but once and when you’re dead you’re done so let the good times roll.” “Laissez les bons temps rouler!” “You are my friend” About 20 of us converged on the Inner Harbor to celebrate the birthday of my 50-plus year friend, former City Councilwoman Paula Johnson Branch, who represented the Eastside with distinction. Paula is the first of the 49ers to celebrate her birthday this year. Stay tuned, this is the year of the 49ers as proclaimed by 49er Dr. Jimmy Wood. Among those celebrating with Paula were her mother Phyllis Walston, her daughter Tanya Johnson, Dr. Marie Washington, and Jackie Washington. Happy birthday to Dr. Hayward Burrell, Terrence “Mickey” Shields, Judge Yvonne Holt-Stone, Lydia McCargo Redd, Adarian Williamson, Marsha Jews, Jai Matthews, John Gilliam, Gabrielle Gilliam, Tyrone Seymore, Kim Mason, and my son Michael Gregory Lee. Special birthday salute to Gerald “The Captain” Brown who proudly stated, “I turned a quarter of a century” not 75. “Tonight, I celebrate my love for you it seems the natural thing to do” Peabo Bryson Happy 45th wedding anniversary to Dwight and Aileen Taylor wishing you years of “love and happiness”. “If you have no critics, you’ll likely have no success.” Malcolm X

Sunday, March 2 the Arena Players are hosting an evening of jazz featuring Marci Flournoy and the Sounds of Paradise. Call Marci at 443-467-2348 for tickets and additional information. “And I’m looking for the brighter days when all my hurts seem to fade away I’m looking for the brighter days to come my way” Leeland Wishing brighter days and get-well wishes to Alisha Swafford-Henderson, Mary Jenifer, Elinor Bell, Lynn Brown, and Carol Hillary. “When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me’.” Erma Bombeck Condolences to Martin Austin on the death of his wife Marie Austin: to Radio One and the families of Mike Roberts and Marc Roberts on their death; to Lois DeLaine and family on the death of her husband Dr. Thomas DeLaine; to Helena Hairston on the death of her husband Alonzo Hairston Esq.; to Wanda Watts on the death of her aunt Beatrice Wilson; to Dr. Eugene and Laura Byrd on the death of Eric Byrd; to Michael Guye on the death of Florine Wheeler, and to the family of Bonnie Matthew Butler, my longtime friend, on her death. Happy Mardi Gras Valerie & the Friday Night Bunch

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Baltimore Arts Standard Bearer Roy Crosse Succumbs to Cancer By Zachary Lester AFRO Staff Writer During the holidays, many in the Baltimore arts community gathered at Nancy’s restaurant in the Station North Arts District for a jazz event and fundraiser for local arts supporter and artist Roy Crosse. Crosse’s group, the roycrosse Quintet, served up the entertainment. People ate and talked. There was lots of laughter. Crosse was in his element, friends who were there that night said, performing before his friends. He was ailing, but the smile on his face and the music he played belied his suffering. For many Baltimoreans, it was the last time they would see Crosse alive. When he died of cancer at age 69 on Feb. 20, he was planning his next performance and so many other things. According to Nancy’s owner Kevin Brown, Crosse’s close friend, he played his last gig on December 28 against his doctors’ orders. “He left hospice care to come and perform,” Brown said. “He didn’t want anybody to know, but he wanted to perform. I said ‘Roy, you’re too sick!’ And he said ‘Kevin, I’ve got to do this.’ He came to the dance floor and said ‘I’m back from the dead!’” Crosse had been diagnosed with cancer almost 10 years ago, but never let that stop him from doing what he loved. While he underwent treatment and searched for alternate methods to cure his cancer, he continued pursuing art and surrounding himself with artistic and art-loving people with positive energy, acquaintances said. He chronicled his battle with cancer in his “crosseworks blog.” In an entry dated Nov. 10, 2013, entitled, “Lesser of Evils,” Crosse talked about his pain and how it left him unable to do the things that gave him joy. “…I want to do so many things but I do nothing. Intellectual paralysis sets. I think I cannot think I am energized but I have no energy. The light of day fades into darkness and nothing gets done. I stand up and I want to lay down…” Loved ones and friends remembered him this week as a staunch supporter of the Baltimore arts community, an avid supporter and board member for Station North. He was also a sculptor and a painter, a lecturer and a writer, a cook and a gardener whose back yard is considered a work of art in itself a collection of spectacular plants and a koi pond that served as the backdrop for outdoor performances that were favorite summer gatherings for his friends. “I think it was incredibly validating for us here in Baltimore for such a distinguished artist to settle on North Avenue and make his art part of bringing this community back,” said Doreen Bolger, director of the Baltimore Museum of Art and a member of the Station North board with Crosse and Brown. “To see his work exhibited in the medians and on the street in Station North, knowing that he was there creating work, the events that he organized in his home—all these things contributed enormously to the revitalization of that community,” she said. Crosse was born in the Port of Spain in Trinidad in 1945. In his late teens, he left Trinidad to pursue education opportunities in Toronto. Though he was interested in the arts from an early age, he initially pursued an interest in radio electronics, later changing to the visual arts— especially painting, printing and sculpting—while studying at Toronto Central Technical School and the Ryerson Polytechnic Institute. He worked as an exhibition artist, as well as a teacher. To satisfy his interest in music and dance, he designed and created stage sets for theatre groups, according to published reports.

In 1979, he returned to the West Indies to teach painting at the Jamaica School of Art while on a fellowship with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Over his long career, Crosse lived in many places, including Boston, New York, Newark and most recently, Baltimore, where he was embraced by the local arts community because of his obvious love for things creative. He was also one of the original members of the Station North Arts and Entertainment District’s Board of Directors. “Roy was one of those people who looked after people with ideas,” said Brown, 53, owner of Station North Arts Café and Nancy’s and Crosse’s business partner. “He was a creative force, who brought together people of all walks of life under the common theme of art and community.” Family members, friends and admirers will gather for an open house, 3 to 7 p.m., March 1 at Westnorth Studio, 106 W. North Ave. in Baltimore. In honor of Roy’s dietary preference, guests are asked to bring a vegetarian dish or drink to share. Limited parking is available in the MICA lot across from the studio. Respond to Helen Elliott at heelliott@gmail. com or 443-622-0233.

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With Win over OKC, Did LeBron Surpass Durant in Race for NBA MVP? By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley AFRO Sports Desk

Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant was so dominant during the first half of the season that many basketball pundits were ready to name him this year’s NBA MVP. The Prince Georges County, Md. native averages a leaguehigh 31 points and went on an unprecedented 12-game streak during January in which he scored at least 30 points or more, so it’s understandable why Durant was widely considered the front-runner for MVP honors. But that may have changed on Feb. 20 when LeBron James reminded the world of who was MVP in each of the last two seasons, and why this year’s MVP race is far from over. James completely dominated Durant and the Thunder, scoring a game-high 33 points in a commanding 103-81 win over OKC. Durant scored 28 points, but he was invisible early in the game, allowing James to take control of the game and perhaps of the MVP race, too. Did LeBron prove he’s still the NBA’s MVP? The AFRO Sports Desk debates the question: Riley: Sorry, Durant. It was fun while it lasted, but the thought of another player besides King James winning MVP

is now over. Deep down inside, we all knew LeBron was still the best basketball player on the planet. He started out a little relaxed during the first half of the season, but that’s probably because he was just bored with dominating the competition and wanted to make things interesting. But the All-Star break has come and gone and the second half of the season is always the time to turn it up a notch. Well, James definitely turned up on Durant, scoring the first 12 points of the game while Durant went scoreless in the first 16 minutes of action. LeBron probably would have ended with more than 40 points, but OKC’s Serge Ibaka broke James’ nose and ended the fun. Too bad Ibaka didn’t end it sooner, because LeBron did enough to prove why he should win his third-straight MVP, and the fifth of his illustrious career.

Green: It’s amazing just how short a memory people can have. I understand this is a “what have you done for me lately” league, but come on. Are we really going to let one game completely erase a half season worth of production? LeBron has one dominant game, and he automatically leaps ahead of a player who has led his team to the top record in the Western Conference, easily the more difficult conference to compete in compared to the weak Eastern Conference. By the way, LeBron’s Miami is only in second place in that lesser conference. It’s just plain stupid to glorify LeBron’s performance last week and totally ignore how Durant embarrassed LeBron the first time they faced off on Jan. 29. The only difference between the two games is OKC star point guard Russell Westbrook, who returned from an injury in the second matchup and was so rusty after missing nearly 30 games that he naturally

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disrupted the offensive rhythm of his team. So while LeBron came out gunning to redeem himself from Jan. 29, Durant was more focused on getting his running mate into the flow of the offense. Riley: Are we in the business of making excuses for superstar players, or are we sports journalists that tell it how we see it? Because what I saw out there was LeBron stepping up to the challenge and Durant disappearing, almost the same way he disappeared in the 2012 Finals. In fact, Durant’s performance—or lack thereof—was so ugly that I’m really hoping the Thunder don’t make it back to the Finals this year, just so we don’t have to see a repeat of that earlier beat down. Nobody wants to watch that kind of Finals series. We want to see a tightly contested series that will go to seven games. I don’t think Durant and OKC will challenge the King enough to offer us that. Green: It’s not an excuse; it’s an analytical breakdown of exactly what happened on the court. You said it yourself: Durant didn’t score a point during the first 16 minutes of the game. But it wasn’t because he was missing shots. Durant didn’t score early because he didn’t take a single shot attempt in the first 16 minutes of the game. LeBron came out firing, taking the first eight shots for Miami. He had something to prove to the world. I think it’s a telling sign that Durant didn’t even try to go back-and-forth with LeBron during that moment. As I previously explained, Durant wasn’t interested in an ego contest with James. He was focused on getting Westbrook in a rhythm. That obviously hurt OKC’s chances of winning the game and I believe that, from a fan’s perspective, it wasn’t the right game for Westbrook to make his return. We wanted to see Durant vs. LeBron, one on one, in a battle of the two best players, just as we saw on Jan. 29 when Westbrook was still sidelined. We didn’t get the anticipated showdown because Durant was focused on being a great teammate. But don’t get it twisted. I still believe Durant, when he wants to, can outplay any player in the game, including the great LeBron James. And he’s still well on his way to winning the first MVP honor of his career.

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Yvonne “Bonnie” Butler “Effervescent Promoter and Entertainment Guru Extraordinaire” Yvonne “Bonnie” Matthews Butler passed away Feb. 22 after a lengthy illness she would not let dampen her enthusiastic enjoyment of life. The third child of Robert and Vashti Matthews, Bonnie was a fourth generation board of directors’ member of the AFRO-American Newspapers founded by her great-grandfather John H. Murphy Sr. Family members describe her as a very talented and artistic person with a magnetic personality. Like many of her Murphy cousins, the Morgan grad was introduced to the AFRO at an early age. In her younger years, she served in a number

of positions including being the AFRO’s Mrs. Santa. In 1972, she began her sales career as a local retail account executive, moving on to national account executive, assistant to the vice president of advertising and finally Baltimore ad sales manager in 1982. Butler had a special gift for entertainment and often wrote about music events, especially jazz, as well as being an enthusiastic participant of the shows when the opportunity presented itself. Following successful sales careers at the AFRO and the Sun newspapers, she embarked on a second career at the Internal Revenue Service where she worked until her 2013 retirement.

Yvonne “Bonnie “ Butler Robert M. Matthews Sr., left, Betty Schuler, Yvonne Butler, Rodger Matthews and Carl Matthews

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Her first cousin, the Rev. Dr. Frances “Toni” Draper shared an example of Bonnie’s ability to pull people together. “A few months ago, we learned that our beloved Bonnie was battling life-threatening illness. In one of our conversations last fall, Bonnie (the effervescent promoter and entertainment guru extraordinaire) told me, ‘The most important thing I’d like to do while I’m able is to have a first cousins’ reunion.’ In December, a weekend reunion was held, the first in decades.” Surrounded by her family, including her brothers Robert Matthews Sr., Rodger M. Matthews, LTC (Ret), Carl Chester and sister Betty Schuler, Bonnie began her journey home on a sunny morning. A memorial service will be held the eve of what would have been her 65th birthday, beginning with the family hour, 1 p.m., March 14 at March Funeral Home, Bonnie 4300 Wabash rides an Ave, and with the elephant memorial following at 1:30 p.m. Interment will be at the Murphy Family plot in Arbutus Cemetery.

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Recapture by amount placing your Internal Revenue Code on the basisweek of the of tax tax may be due even though the MCC is transferred. ad in newspapers Place today will be entitled to your a taxad credit of $1,179 for822015 ($1,179inis In addition to the tax law requirements, the MCC Program has other Delaware and Borrowers who refinance their loans at a later date may be able to get a new . If the mortgage for $175,000Maryland, and the total interest in both were The Baltimore $8,254, the credit would be limited the to $2,000 rather than MCC from the Administration covering the new loan. A borrower planning a District of Columbia. Sun and The Washington Any borrowers considering applying forjust an one MCC should refinancing should apply for the new MCC through the new lender. With phone Post newspapers, along n tax advisors for10information exact calculation and your business and/ with other daily as to thecall, dit. Application Procedure newspapers five days per or product will be seen by 3.6 million readers week. For just pennies ation will issue MCCs for financing the purchase or A borrower’s application for MCCs must be filed with the bank or mortgage HURRY....space is limon the dollar reachreceiving 2.5 a principal residence. Loans MCC assistance may company that will originate the loan. The Department´s website lists the ited, CALL TODAY!! millionsuch readers other purposes, asthrough debt consolidation or education lenders that participate in its Maryland Mortgage Program (see www. Callresidence. 1-855-721-6332 ecured by athe mortgage on the borrower’s mmprogram.org/lenders.aspx), and eligible borrowers may apply for MCCs Daily Classified through these lenders. 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In all cases the loans will Department for information about issuance of MCCs for their loans. LendYOU com or visitmortgage our website e lenders’ prevailing rates. The loansKNOW cannot be ers who enter the MCC program in this manner will be listed on the e proceedsatofwww.mddcpress.com tax-exempt qualified mortgage bonds issued Department´s website in addition to its Maryland Mortgage Program lendYOU’RE ation or any other entity. The Administration and the lenders ers. INfees THE lication fees for the MCC in addition to lender related to Applications for MCCs from eligible borrowers will be accepted beginning KNOW... EDUCATIONAL 90 days after publication of this notice and thereafter on a first-come-firstWHEN YOU TRAINING nt of loans covered by the MCC Program cannot exceed served basis, provided that for the first year after acceptances begin, tate-wide. borrowers seeking MCCs for residences in targeted areas will have priority READ VETERANS! Take for 20% of the MCCs. 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MCC borrowers who sell their residences within nine years may be subject to ”recapture tax” under section 143(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. Recapture tax is in addition to the borrowers’ regular Federal income tax and is designed generally to recapture the benefit of financing with MCCs or with tax-exempt bonds. The practice of the Administration has been to NAME: ________________________________________________ reimburse borrowers for the recapture tax on sales of residences that were financed by the Administration from bonds issued through its Maryland ADDRESS: _____________________________________________ Mortgage Program. This practice will apply to MCCs on loans originated by lenders andNO.:____________________________________________ then financed by the Administration from non-bond related PHONE financing programs that it maintains as part of its Maryland Mortgage CLASSIFICATION: Program. The Administration______________________________________ will not make reimbursements on MCCs on loans financed by lenders from other sources.

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PROBATE DIVISION (Estates) MCC borrowers who sell their residences within mayorbemortgage subject A borrower’s application for MCCs must be filednine withyears the bank tocompany ”recapture tax” under section 143(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. 202-332-0080 that will originate the loan. The Department´s website lists the Recapture tax participate is in addition borrowers’ regular Program Federal income tax lenders that in to itsthe Maryland Mortgage (see www. PROBATE NOTICES and is designed generally to recapture the benefit of financing with MCCs or

mmprogram.org/lenders.aspx), and eligible borrowers may apply for MCCs with tax-exempt bonds. The practice of the toAdministration been to through these lenders. Borrowers wishing obtain MCCshas for loans by reimburse borrowers for the recapture on$sales of residences thatshould were $180.00 per 3 weeks lenders who are not participants in thetax Maryland Mortgage Program a. Order Nisi 60 per insertion financed by the Administration from bonds issued through its Maryland have their lender contact the Department$ at address or telephone b. Small Estates (single publication 60the per insertion Mortgage Program. practice will applyintoorder MCCs loans by number indicated atThis the end of this notice, to on have the originated lender submit lenders and then financed by the Administration from non-bond related c. Notice to Creditors their application to the Department. The Department solicits lenders not financing programs thatin itthe maintains part of its Maryland Mortgage currently participating MarylandasMortgage Program to contact the$180.00 per 3 weeks 1. Domestic $reimbursements 60 per insertion Program. The Administration will not make on MCCs on Department for information about issuance of MCCs for their loans. Lend2. Foreign $ 60 per insertion loans financed by lenders from other sources. ers who enter the MCC program in this manner will be listed on the$180.00 per 3 weeks d. Escheated Estates $ 60 per insertion Department´s website in addition to its Maryland Mortgage Program lend-$360.00 per 6 weeks Iners. the event that a borrower sells the residence to a purchaser who assumes e. Standard Probates the loan covered by the MCC, the Administration will issue a new MCC to $125.00 the purchaserfor if the purchaser meetsborrowers the requirements of the MCC ProApplications MCCs from eligible will be accepted beginning gram. MCCs be transferred in compliance with on thisarule. Recapture 90 days aftercan publication of thisonly notice and thereafter first-come-firstCIVIL NOTICES tax may be due provided even though transferred. served basis, thatthe forMCC the is first year after acceptances begin, a. Name Changes 202-879-1133 borrowers seeking MCCs for residences in targeted areas will have priority$ 80.00 Borrowers who refinance their loans at a later date may bemust able to a new forb.20% of the MCCs. All loans under the MCC Program beget closed by$ 200.00 Real Property MCC from the the new loan. A borrower planning a December 15,Administration 2015, under covering MCC Program requirements imposed by the refinancing should apply for the new MCC through the new lender. Internal Revenue Code.

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Absent Defendant lenders who or are participants in the Maryland Mortgage Program should application anot misuse of a loan covered by an MCC may lead to fraud$ 150.00 have their or lender contact the at the address or telephone $ 150.00 penalties other sanctions in Department addition to revocation of the MCC. b. Absolute Divorce number indicated at the end of this notice, in order to have the lender submit c.Further Custody Divorce their application to the Department. TheProgram Department solicits lenders information about the MCC can be obtained from:not $150.00 currently participating in the Maryland Mortgage Program to contact the Department for information about issuance Vicki Jonesof MCCs for their loans. LendTo place ad, call 1-800-237-6892, Public $50.00 & up ers who enter your the MCC program in this mannerext. will 262, be listed on Notices the Department´s websiteCDA-SF, in on addition its Maryland Mortgage Program lend100to Community Place depending size, Baltimore Legal Notices are $24.84 per inch. ers. 1-800 (AFRO) 892 Crownsville, MD 21032 Applications for from eligible borrowers will becall accepted beginning ext. 244 ForMCCs Proof ofthis Publication, please 1-800-237-6892, 90 days after publication ofPhone: notice and thereafter on a first-come-first410-514-7519 served basis, provided that for the first year after acceptances begin, borrowers seeking MCCs forFax: residences in targeted areas will have priority 410-987-4136 for 20% of the MCCs. All loans under the MCC Program must be closed by December 15, 2015, under MCC Program requirements imposed by the TYPESET: Wed Feb 26 11:41:54 LEGAL NOTICES Internal Revenue Code. The Administration may discontinue or modify the MCC Program as to unissued MCCs at any time. MCCs issued under the MCC Program may be revoked in the event of noncompliance with the eligibility requirements and in particular will be automatically revoked if the MCC holder ceases to use the residence covered by the MCC as a principal residence. A false statement on an MCC application or a misuse of a loan covered by an MCC may lead to fraud penalties or other sanctions in addition to revocation of the MCC. Further information about the MCC Program can be obtained from: Vicki Jones CDA-SF, 100 Community Place Crownsville, MD 21032 Phone: 410-514-7519 TYPESET: Wed Feb 26 11:37:36 EST 2014 Fax: 410-987-4136 CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION CITY OF BALTIMORE OFFICE OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PUBLIC NOTICE PROJECT NO. 1211 ON-CALL DESIGN AND ENGINEERING SERVICES The City of Baltimore Office of Boards and Commissions has been requested by the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Water and Wastewater, to advertise for the services of Civil/ Environmental Engineering Firms to provide engineering services for On-Call Design and Engineering Services. The City intends to select the services of up to two (2) firms and reserves the right to increase number of firms to be selected based upon volume of work with the Bureau. The firms interested in providing these services must demonstrate and document: 1.Expertise in responding to water main emergencies and providing design documents (drawing/sketches, specifications and cost estimates) in a timely manner for emergency repairs involving main breaks, main leaks, etc. 2.Expertise in preparation of contract plans, specifications, and cost estimates for Urgent Need replacement of small and large diameter water mains. 3.Experience in preparation, revising and updating of Standard Contract Specifications and Details for water main replacement and rehabilitation. 4.Expertise in preparation and updating of material specifications and standard details, for various appurtenances and components for water. 5.Experience in geotechnical investigations and surveying. 6.Experience with Federal, State and Local regulations and permitting requirements. The scope of services will include but not limited to: *Respond to water main emergencies and provide design documents (drawings/sketches, technical specifications, and cost estimates) for emergency repairs to small and/or large diameter water mains and appurtenances necessitated due to water main breaks and/or leaks. All design documents must be prepared and submitted on an expedited schedule with

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR BALTIMORE CITY Case No.: 24-D-13-003589 IN THE MATTER OF Stacey A. Butler FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO Stacey Anne Lawrence

ORDER FOR NOTICE BY PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to officially change the name of the petitioner from Stacey A. Butler to Anneconsulting firms City Stacey encourages Lawrence not previously worked with the cit Itspecified is this 25th of to submit t in the day scope February, 2014 bywith thethe City ar already working Circuit Court for Balpresentation, these consultants timore City, onstrate and document their cap ORDERED, that pubtime. lication be given one time in ayou newspaper Should have anyofquestions general circulation in contact Mr. Opinder Singh at (410 Baltimore City on or baltimorecity.gov. before the 3rd day of March, which with the Projects2014, must comply sMaterials, h a l l wHighways, a r n a l Bridges, l U interested to City of B sonnel willpersons utilize the file an affidavit in op- Consultan Evaluation of Design position to the relief recontract/project. quested on or before the 18th day of March, Firms intending to submit a prop 2014. should submit a ”Letter of Intere sions, 3000 Druid Park Drive, B Frank M. Conaway Consultants@baltimorecity.gov) Clerk small, minority and women bus teaming partners, the letters sho 02/28/14 date of the project’s advertisem person. Failure to submit a ”Le submitting a proposal for the pro

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Provide engineering services and field support as required during construction. *Prepare design (contract drawings and/or sketches), contract specifications and cost estimate for urgent need replacement and rehabilitation of small and large diameter water mains and appurtenances, including any specialized repairs to raw and finished water pipes/ components within Baltimore Water System. Provide engineering services and field support as required during construction, as it relates to the design. *Revise/update Standard Details ad Materials Lists; Develop and update Baltimore City material specifications for water. Coordinate with City and Baltimore County, and review manufacturer requests for inclusion in City’s approved material list. *Prepare bid-ready documents (contract specifications and cost estimate) for new or replacement construction contracts of on-call nature, such as, paving contracts, sidewalk restoration contracts, water appurtenance installations contracts, and urgent need water infrastructure rehabilitation contracts. Provide support as necessary, up to the award of such contracts, including, but not limited to, pre-bid conference and bids review. *Provide CAD drafting support as required for in-house design of replacement and rehabilitation of distribution water mains, prepare Erosion and Sedimentation Control (ESC) drawings, assist in obtaining all necessary permits including NPDES, prepare cost estimates, and provide other technical assistance as required. *Geotechnical Investigation and survey work to support the City’ s in-house designs.?Research City and other utility records, preparation of Easement plats including survey, where applicable, Right of Entry (ROE) & Right of Way (ROW) agreements, and co-ordination with the City of Baltimore Right of Way Office where requested. *Assist with other water infrastructure related projects as necessary, coordination with Federal, State and Local Agencies for obtaining necessary permits. DPW reserves the right to have a second interview with eligible firms. The services would be for a two (2) year period with an option to extend for an additional year at a fee not to exceed $1,000,000.00. City encourages consulting firms having the specified experience who have not previously worked with the city and have the capacity to deliver the work specified in the scope to submit their proposal. Those consultants who are already working with the City are also eligible to apply. However, during presentation, these consultants (already working with City) must demonstrate and document their capacity and resources to deliver the design in time. Should you have any questions regarding the scope of the Project, please contact Mr. Opinder Singh at (410) 396-1466 or by e-mail at opinder.singh@ baltimorecity.gov. Projects must comply with the 2006 edition of ”The Specifications for Materials, Highways, Bridges, Utilities and Incidental Structures”. City personnel will utilize the City of Baltimore Guidelines for the Performance Evaluation of Design Consultants and Construction Contractors for this contract/project. Firms intending to submit a proposal as a prime consultant for this project should submit a ”Letter of Interest” to the Office of Boards and Commissions, 3000 Druid Park Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21215 (EMAIL: OBC. Consultants@baltimorecity.gov). Since these letters are utilized to assist small, minority and women business enterprises in identifying potential teaming partners, the letters should be submitted within five (5) days of the date of the project’s advertisement. The letter should contain a contact person. Failure to submit a ”Letter of Interest” will not disqualify a firm submitting a proposal for the project. Each prime consultant applying for this Project will be required to complete and submit an original Federal Form 255, along with five (5) copies, to the Office of Boards and Commissions. The Federal Form 255 and the five copies must be submitted on or before 12:00 P.M. (Noon) on March 24, 2014. Submittals may not be accepted after this deadline. Prequalification Requirement All architectural, engineering, and surveying firms listed in the specific proposal for the Project must be prequalified by the Office of Boards and Commissions for each applicable discipline at time of submittal for this Project. A copy of the prime and sub consultant’s current Prequalification Certificate should be included in the bid submittal package. Information regarding the prequalification process can be obtained by calling the Office of Boards and Commissions on 410.396.6883. Insurance Requirements The consultant selected for the award of this project shall provide professional liability, auto liability, and general liability and workers’ compensation insurances as required by the City of Baltimore. MBE/WBE Requirements It is the policy of the City of Baltimore to promote equal business opportunity in the City’s contracting process. Pursuant to Article 5, Subtitle 28 of Baltimore City Code (2000 Edition) - Minority and Women’s Business Program, Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) participation goals apply to this contract. The MBE goal is 27% The WBE goal is 10% Both the proposed Minority and Women’s Business Enterprise firms must be named and identified as an MBE or WBE within Item 6 of the Standard Form (SF) 255 in the spaces provided for identifying outside key consultants/associates anticipated for utilization for this project. Any submittals that do not include the proper MBE/WBE (in some instances DBE) participation will be disapproved for further consideration for this project. Verifying Certification Each firm submitting a SF 255 for consideration for a project is responsible for verifying that all MBEs and WBEs to be utilized on the project are certified by the Minority and Women’s Business Opportunity Office (MWBOO) prior to submitting the proposal. A directory of certified MBEs and WBEs is available from MWBOO. Since changes to the directory occur daily, firms submitting SF 255s should call MWBOO at (410) 396-4355 to verify certification, expiration dates and services that the MBE or WBE is certified to provide. Non-Affiliation A firm submitting a proposal may not use an MBE or WBE to meet a contract goal if:

Office of Boards and Commissions. The Federal Form 255 and the five copies must be submitted on or before 12:00 P.M. (Noon) on March 24, 2014. Submittals may not be accepted after this deadline. Prequalification Requirement

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All architectural, engineering, and surveying firms listed in the specific proposal for the Project must be prequalified by the Office of Boards and Wed Feb 19 14:21:58 EST 2014 Commissions for each applicable discipline at time of submittal for this TYPESET: LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES Project. A copy of the prime and sub consultant’s current Prequalification Representative Certificate should be included in the bid submittal package. Information NOTICE OF regarding the prequalification process can be obtained by calling the Office APPOINTMENT True Test Copy of Boards and Commissions on 410.396.6883. NOTICE TO Name and Address CREDITORS of Register of Wills: Insurance Requirements NOTICE TO Baltimore City David B. Allen The consultant selected for the award of this project shall provide pro- UNKNOWN HEIRS To all persons 111 N Calvert Street fessional liability, auto liability, and general liability and workers’ compensainterested in the Courthouse East tion insurances as required by the City of Baltimore. estate of: Baltimore, MD 21202 George E. Deaver, Jr. MBE/WBE Requirements Estate No.1003005 It is the policy of the City of Baltimore to promote equal business opportunity Notice is given that: in the City’s contracting process. Pursuant to Article 5, Subtitle 28 of George E, Deaver Jr. Baltimore City Code (2000 Edition) - Minority and Women’s Business 4121 W. Coldspring Program, Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Women’s Business Lane Baltimore, MD 21215 Enterprise (WBE) participation goals apply to this contract. was on February 18, 2014 appointed PerThe MBE goal is 27% sonal Representative The WBE goal is 10% of the estate of George Deaver Sr who died on Both the proposed Minority and Women’s Business Enterprise firms must January 11, 2014 with TYPESET: Feb 26 11:40:46 ESTor2014 be named Wed and identified as an MBE WBE within Item 6 of the Standard a Will. Form (SF) 255 in the spaces provided for identifying outside key Further information can be obtained by consultants/associates anticipated for utilization for this project. reviewing the estate CITY RETIREMENT SYSTEM ANNOUNCES ELECTION Any submittals that do not include the proper MBE/WBE (in some instances file in the office of the FORwill A RETIRED MEMBER TRUSTEE DBE) participation be disapproved for further consideration for this Register of Wills or by contacting the perproject. The Board of Trustees of the Employees´ Retirement System of the City of sonal representative or Baltimore announces that an election will be held for one (1) Retired the attorney. Verifying(”ERS”) Certification Member Representative Trustee on Tuesday, June 17, 2014 for term All persons having any specified Each firmbelow. submitting a SF 255 for consideration for a project is responsible o b j e c t i o n t o t h e for verifying that all MBEs and WBEs to be utilized on the project are appointment (or to the Only retiredbymembers of the ERS retired on or beforeOpportunity February 1, 2014 certified the Minority and who Women’s Business Office probate of the decenare eligible toprior voteto and/or become candidateAfordirectory the election which will be dent’s will) shall file (MWBOO) submitting thea proposal. of certified MBEs conducted ballot mailed to each member´s file their objections with and WBEsby is paper available from MWBOO. Since changeshome to theaddress directoryonoccur with thefirms ERSsubmitting / Mellon Bank records. This a non-paid position. Benefi-to the Register of Wills on daily, SF 255s should callisMWBOO at (410) 396-4355 ciaries retired members are not eligible run for the position or vote in theis or before the 18th day verify of certification, expiration dates andtoservices that the MBE or WBE of August 2014. election. certified to provide. Any person having a TERMS OF OFFICE: To serve the remainder of a four-year term expiring c l a i n a g a i n s t t h e Non-Affiliation December 31, 2015.For detailed information on the responsibilities and decedant must present duties, election procedures candidate, please refer to the the claim to teh inderA firm submitting a proposaland maybecoming not use ana MBE or WBE to meet a contract signed personal repreERS at www.bcers.org, or call our office at 443-984-3180. goalwebsite if: sentative or file it with Roselyn H. Spencer, the Register of Wills Executive Director & CIO with a copy to the TYPESET: Wed Feb 26 11:39:59 EST 2014 Employees´ Retirement System undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BALTIMORE CITY (1) Six months from the THE FY 2015 ANNUAL PLAN MEETING date of the decendent’s death, except if the The Housing Authority of Baltimore City (”HABC”) will hold a public meeting decendent died before on Monday, March 24th 2014 in the Auditorium at Pleasant View Gardens, October 1, 1992. Nine 201 N. Aisquith Street, at 6:00 pm. This address is handicapped-accessible months from the date and American Sign Language interpreters will be present. of the decendent’s death ; or The purpose of the meeting is to receive comments from HABC residents, (2) Two months after community leaders, government officials, and interested members of the the personal reprepublic on HABC’s proposed Annual Plan for fiscal year 2015. The proposed sentative mails or oth2015 Annual Plan is available for review and inspection by the public at erwise delivers to the HABC’s Main Office located at 417 E. Fayette Street, Suite 1314, Baltimore, creditors a copy of this MD 21202. Please call Ms. Joyce Stewart at 410-396-1810 to make published notice or arrangements to review the proposed plan. Copies of the proposed 2015 other written notice, Annual Plan are also available for review on the HABC website at www. notifying the creditor baltimorehousing.org and at the following locations: that the claim will be barred unless the HABC Rental & Assisted Housing Office creditor presents the 1225 West Pratt Street claims within two Baltimore, MD 21223 months from the mailing or other delivery of The Enoch Pratt Free Public Library the notice. A claim not Main Branch, presented or filed on or The Maryland Room before that date, or any 400 Cathedral Street extension provided by Baltimore, MD 21201 law, is unenforceable thereafter. Claim forms TYPESET: Wed Feb 26 11:38:57 EST 2014 All HABC Public Housing Development Management Offices may be obtained from the Register of Wills. Name of newpaper: HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BALTIMORE CITY Afro American REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Date of Publication: RENT PAYMENT PROCESSING SERVICES February 19, 2014 TYPESET: Wed Feb 19 14:21:58 EST 2014 Jr. George E. Deaver RFP NUMBER: B-1752-14 Personal Representative The Housing Authority of Baltimore City (”HABC”) will issue a Request for NOTICE OF Proposals (”RFP”) for interested and qualified firms to submit proposals to True Test Copy provide rent payment processing services to provide APPOINTMENT Residents more effiTO Name and Address cient and multiple options of making their monthly rentalNOTICE payments. CREDITORS of Register of Wills: PROPOSALS WILL BE DUE no later than 2:00 p.m. NOTICE Eastern TO Time on Baltimore City UNKNOWN HEIRS David B. Allen Friday, April 4, 2014. To all persons 111 N Calvert Street in the CourthouseWed EastFeb 26 11:41:22 EST 2014 TYPESET: A non-mandatory pre-proposals conference will beinterested held on Thursday, estateRoom of: 416, Baltimore, MD 21202 March 20, 2014, at 10:00 a.m., at 417 E. Fayette Street, George E. Deaver, Jr. Baltimore, Maryland, 21202. Estate No.1003005 IN THE CIRCUIT Notice (20%) is given COURT FOR HABC has established a minimum goal of twenty percent ofthat: the total George E, Deaver Jr. BALTIMORE CITY dollar amount of the proposed contract for Minority Business Enterprise 4121 W. Coldspring Case No.: (”MBE”) utilization, applicable to all minority and non-minority businesses Lane 24-D-14000189 proposing to provide the requested services as the prime contractor. No Baltimore, MD 21215 goal has been established for participation of Women-owned businesses IN THE MATTER OF was on February 18, David William (”WBEs”), however, HABC strongly encourages and affirmatively promotes 2014 appointed Per- Agnetti the use of WBEs in all HABC contracts. sonal Representative FOR CHANGE OF of the estateofofSection George3 NAME TO Responders shall also comply with all applicable requirements Deaver who died on David William of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, 12 Sr U.S.C. Section January 11, 2014 with Bastiansen 1701u. a Will. Further ORDER FOR The RFP may be obtained on or after Monday, March 10,information 2014, at the can be obtained by NOTICE BY following location: reviewing the estate PUBLICATION file in the office of the The object of this suit is Housing Authority of Baltimore City Register of Wills or by to officially change the Division of Fiscal Operations, Purchasing Department contacting the pername of the petitioner 417 E. Fayette Street, Room 414 Baltimore, Maryland 21202sonal representative or from the attorney. David William Agnetti Attention: John Airey, Chief of Contracting Services All persons having any to Tel: (410) 396-3261 Fax: (410) 962-1586 objection to the David William Bastianappointment (or to the Questions regarding the RFP should be directed in writing to the address sen probate of the decenand individual indicated above, and must include the reference: HABC RFP dent’s will) shall file It is this 30th day of TYPESET: Wed Feb 26 11:39:31 2014 NumberEST B-1752-14. their objections with January, 2014 by the the Register of Wills on Circuit Court for Balor before HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BALTIMORE CITYthe 18th day timore City, of August 2014. INVITATION FOR BIDS Any person having a ORDERED, that pubbe given one GUARD SERVICES c l a i n a g a i n s t t h e lication time in a newspaper of IFB NUMBER: B-1751-14decedant must present general circulation in the claim to teh inder- Baltimore City on or personal repre- before the 3rd day of The Housing Authority of Baltimore City (”HABC”)signed will issue an Invitation file itbids withto March, 2014, which for Bids (”IFB”) for qualified and interested vendorssentative to submit or sealed the Register of Wills shall warn all inteprovide guard services to various HABC developments located throughout with a copy to the rested persons to file Baltimore City. undersigned on or be- an affidavit in opposifore the earlier of the tion to the relief reBIDS WILL BE DUE no later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time ondates: Friday, April quested on or before following (1) Six months from the the 18th day of March, 4, 2014. date of the decendent’s 2014 except if the A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on death, Wednesday, March 19, decendent died before Frank M. Conaway 2014 at 10:00 a.m., at the Charles L. Benton Building, 417 E. Fayette Street, October 1, 1992. Nine Clerk Room 416, Baltimore, Maryland, 21202. months from the date 2/28/14 of the decendent’s HABC has established a minimum threshold of twenty percent death ; or (20%) of the (2) TwoBusiness months Enterafter total dollar amount of the proposed contract for Minority the personal repreprise (”MBE”) utilization, applicable to all minority and non-minority othbusinesses proposing to provide the requested sentative services mails as theorprime erwise delivers to the contractor. No threshold has been established for participation of Womencreditors a copy of this owned businesses (”WBEs”), however, HABC strongly encourages published notice and or affirmatively promotes the use of WBEs in all HABC contracts. other written notice, notifying the creditor that the of claim will 3beof Bidders shall also comply with all applicable requirements Section r r e d Section u n l e s s1701u. the the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, 12b aU.S.C. creditor presents the claim i t h iMonday, n two The IFB and all supporting documents may be obtained onsorwafter months from the mailMarch 10, 2014 from the following location: ing or other delivery of the notice. A claim not Housing Authority of Baltimore presented City or filed on or before that date, or any Division of Fiscal Operations, Procurement Department extension provided by 417 E. Fayette Street, Room 414 Baltimore, Maryland 21202law, is unenforceable thereafter. Claim forms Attention: John Airey, Chief of Contracting Services may be obtained from Tel: (410) 396-3261 Fax: (410) 962-1586 the Register of Wills. Name of newpaper: Questions regarding the IFB should be directed in writing to the address and Afro American individual indicated Date of Publication: 19, 2014 above, and must include the reference: HABC February Bid No. B-1751-14. George E. Deaver Jr. Personal

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