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Holder Favors Voting Rights for Ex-Felons By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent

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By LaTrina Antoine Special to the Afro Ramping up to the April 1 Democratic primary, the Missionary Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Washington, D.C. Continued on A4

If America is ever to end the revolving door of prison recidivism, it needs to ease the re-entry of former offenders back into society by allowing them to vote, Attorney General Eric Holder believes. Holder announced his position during a recent conference on criminal justice reform at Georgetown University Law Center at Washington, D.C. He called on state officials, state leaders and other elected officials to reform or repeal laws that block exfelons from voting, more than two million of them Black.

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Stanice Anderson remembers the sensation of floating that came after she injected heroin. She also remembers the agony of trying to quit—the stomach cramps, nausea, the feeling

time, which is why you have to keep going back for more and more.” That need to go back for more is fueling what law enforcement officials are calling an epidemic of heroin use. Men, women, many of them young, are finding their way to the highly-addictive

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of desperation that she would never be free. “The rush is euphoric. It felt like I was really light,” Anderson, of the District, told the AFRO. “There were no cares, no worries, no past. There’s just right now. I felt like it was floating and it was just beautiful, [but] you only have that for short periods of

drug. They are smoking it, snorting it and shooting it into their veins, shocking law enforcement officials and addiction counselors alike with the startling rise in its use in recent years. Special Agent Joseph Moses of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s national headquarters in

Washington D.C. said heroin has always been popular in urban cities, such as New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Baltimore. In the last five or six years, however, the drug’s use has increased in those areas while it has also surged in places where it was once rare. “What we are seeing is that it is no longer an urban drug,” said Moses, a DEA spokesman. “We are seeing it now in places where we had never seen it before—the suburbs and even poor, rural America. It’s no longer limited to a particular demographic or geographic area.” The expansion of the drug’s use has had shocking consequences, Moses and other experts said. According to DEA statistics, the number of heroin overdoses increased by 45 percent between 2006 and 2010.

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Holder said that some of the laws date back to the Reconstruction era and were crafted to weaken Blacks’ voting power. According to the Sentencing Project, 1 of every 13 African Americans can’t cast a ballot due to felony disenfranchisement. In Florida, Kentucky and Virginia more than 20 percent of the Blacks are barred from voting. Last summer, Holder announced the Justice Department’s “Smart on Crime” initiative that includes provisions to reform sentencing guidelines, eliminate unfair disparities and Attorney General Eric reduce overcrowding in prisons Holder favors ex-felon Continued on A3 voting rights.

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federal level, information from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported a change could have wide-reaching positive and negative effects. “The $10.10 option Continued on A5

To many young Black men in the Washington-Baltimore 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 AFRO in the District, Baltimore and Prince George’s and Howard counties, the failure of the jury to convict White computer programmer Michael Dunn of Jordan’s murder means a young black man’s life is not to be protected. Dunn was convicted of three counts of attempted second degree murder, but the jury deadlocked on the first degree Minilik Yewondwossen murder charge in Jordan’s had a strong reaction. killing.

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Friendship Collegiate Students Receive Surprise Scholarships By Maria Adebola Special to the AFRO It was the surprise of a lifetime for three Friendship Collegiate Academy seniors who received scholarships to further their education at Hanover College in Indiana. Associate director of admissions and director of the Templeton Scholars Program, Monica Green from Hanover College visited the school, Feb. 28, to make the presentations to Takima Johnson, Cora Smallwood and Tynisha Little. Green says she thinks each of the students bring something unique to Hanover College. “I think each of them would add something different to the program, if they came,” Green said. “It’s not just about finding one good kid in one good place; it’s about finding anyone who is willing to come and be involved and do the activity and do the work, and all of the students that we’ve awarded the scholarships to will do that.” The Benjamin Templeton four-year scholarship, worth approximately $140,000, was awarded to Takima Johnson, 17, one of 16 recipients. “I was really hoping I’d get it and now that I have, I’m like in tears, I am so excited,” said Johnson. “It feels amazing because I’ve waited too long to figure out if I was going to get it.” The Templeton scholarship was named after the first African-American student to attend Hanover. Templeton was a free Black man from Chillicothe, Ohio who began his education in 1832 and spent five years at the College. The scholarship program supports diversity, social justice, tolerance and human rights on Hanover’s college campus. Recipients who are selected must be actively involved in their community. According to Green, the scholarship is awarded to students who aren’t afraid to be more than loud voices. “They have to be cooperative, they have to be a part of the group and they have to be leaders.” Johnson’s mother, Jeanette Watkins, a contractor at Fort Meade was there to surprise her daughter. Watkins told the AFRO she was excited and proud of her daughter because she has earned the scholarship through hard work. “Words can’t express how I am feeling, but I am excited and

happy for her,” Johnson’s mother said through tears. With a full ride scholarship to Hanover, Johnson said she is ready to pursue her academic dream of a degree in psychology. Seniors Cora Smallwood and Tynisha Little were among 10 students to receive the Jordan scholarship, a subsidiary of the Templeton scholarship. Once students are on campus, each is assigned a mentor and required to complete service hours in addition to filling leadership positions in student organizations. Scholarship recipients are also required to maintain at least a B- grade point average. “I am really excited,” Smallwood said in tears. “I really appreciate this so much because it would have been hard to go, but I got it so now I am really going. I needed this so much and I’m just proud of myself because this is a big achievement for me and I know my mom, my dad and my sister are really proud of me right now.” Smallwood’s mother, Ingrid Smallwood, said she was overwhelmed with happiness that she received the scholarship. She echoed her daughter’s words that the scholarship helps to guarantee that her daughter would attend Hanover College. Ingrid Smallwood said she kept the news a secret for a week, which was hard because she knew her daughter was anxious to know whether or not she’d received the scholarship. Smallwood’s father Craig Horne and older sister Jimmika Smallwood were also there to support and congratulate her. Although Little, 17, was hesitant to comment about receiving the scholarship, she did say she feels overwhelmed and grateful to have been awarded the scholarship. Her mother on the contrary

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applauded Holder’s call to lift the ban on voting rights for ex-felons. “The attorney general’s strong leadership in calling for the repeal of felony disenfranchisement laws across the country is an extraordinary signal to states and the American people,” said Barbara Arnwine, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights under the Law. “This is the latest in a series of instances in the past year in which the administration has taken great leadership on criminal justice issues. From the statements of Attorney General Holder to the American Bar Association in August, to the implementation of their policies, it shows that they have heard the cries for reform within the nation’s overracialized criminal justice system.” Tanya Clay House, the public policy director at Arnwine’s organization, said that passing the Democracy Restoration Act, a bill co-

voting rights for felons who completed their sentences. In 2003, state officials in Alabama passed legislation streamlining the process to restore voting rights for most ex-felons. Nearly 15 percent of Blacks are disenfranchised in the state. Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, said there is undeniable bipartisan momentum for criminal justice reform that would update inhumane sentencing laws and

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sponsored by Senator Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) and Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) in 2009, would restore the voting rights in federal elections to those disenfranchised because of criminal convictions. “The Lawyers’ Committee advocates for legislative efforts that restore equality to both the criminal justice system and voting rights,” said House. “Congress can answer the attorney general’s call to action, and lead the nation by example, by reintroducing the Democracy Restoration Act. This bill would restore the voting rights in federal elections to those disenfranchised because of criminal convictions.” During the same conference, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) repeated his support for repealing felony voting restrictions in his state. Alabama Republican Gov. Robert Bentley also expressed support for restoring

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Holder Favors Voting Rights by seeking alternatives to prison time for low-level nonviolent crimes. Holder said that felony disenfranchisement laws often undermine the reentry process and defy the principles – of accountability and rehabilitation – that guide our criminal justice policies. “And however wellintentioned current advocates of felony disenfranchisement may be, the reality is that these measures are, at best, profoundly outdated,” said Holder. “At worst, these laws, with their disparate impact on minority communities, echo policies enacted during a deeply troubled period in America’s past – a time of post-Civil War repression. And they have their roots in centuries-old conceptions of justice that were too often based on exclusion, animus, and fear.” Civil rights leaders and criminal justice advocates

couldn’t contain her excitement. Michelle Little said she was told that her Cora Smallwood is congratulated daughter by fellow scholarship winner had won the Takima Johnson. scholarship while on her way to a doctor’s appointment. She immediately called to reschedule her appointment and came to the school to surprise her daughter. “It’s going to be different when she leaves for college, I am so used to hearing her voice,” said her mother before her voice cracked with emotions. “But I am also proud and happy for her.” Little’s mother said her daughter is planning to become a gynecologist.

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return people to society with dignity. “America is the world’s greatest democracy, yet felon disenfranchisement laws deny almost six million Americans the right to vote,” said Henderson. “These laws serve no purpose but to make it harder for returning citizens to reintegrate into their communities – to work, seek an education, and participate in our democracy. Successful reintegration and smarter sentencing are the keys to ensuring that our criminal justice system is more fair, more humane, and more fiscally responsible.” Holder also addressed states that continue to “restrict voting rights, to varying degrees, even after a person has served his or her prison sentence and is no longer on probation or parole.” In Florida, the state with the highest population of disenfranchised residents, almost 1 in 4 Blacks is disenfranchised and in Mississippi almost 14 percent of the Black population can’t vote because of a prior felony conviction. Iowa’s Republican governor reversed an automatic restoration order in 2011, placing an additional hurdle in the way of returning citizens. Two years later, Holder said less than 12 people out of 8,000 that have completed their sentences during the current governor’s tenure can vote in the next election. “That’s moving backwards – not forward. It is unwise, it is unjust, and it is not in keeping with our democratic values,” said Holder. “These laws deserve to be not only reconsidered, but repealed.”

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WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray and other city leaders are making their annual trip to New York to meet with the three bond rating agencies. The city’s bond ratings have improved steadily since the mid-1990s, when Congress was forced to take over the bankrupt district government. Gray will argue that the city is due for an upgrade in part because of three consecutive budget surpluses. Most of that money has gone toward bolstering the city’s reserve fund, which now has a record $1.75 billion. Gray, a Democrat, is seeking re-election and has made fiscal stability a priority. Improved bond ratings would mean lower interest rates when the city borrows money. The mayor and the district’s new chief financial officer, Jeffrey DeWitt, will depart for New York on Tuesday.

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“The thing that people aren’t hearing is he isn’t going to jail the verdict would have been guilty of murder. for murder,” said Kamaal Stewart, 20, of Baltimore. “When I Said Miles Carpenter, 19, “It’s something that’s been going first saw it I was upset, but I was numb to it.” on for years, since my parents were little. White men were Jordan Davis was riding in a car with three of his friends, killing young Black men and there [was] no repercussion for spending his weekend like most teenage males. They went to what they were doing.” the Town Center Mall in Jacksonville, Fla., to hang out and Some of the youths indicated they think the jury’s action— eat. On the way back to Jordan’s house, they stopped by a gas which led a judge to declare a mistrial on the first degree station so one of his friends could get a pack of cigarettes. murder charge—demonstrates the misconceptions that some While one ran inside the convenience store, the remaining Whites have against young Blacks. Those misconceptions lead boys listened to music and talked. That’s when trouble started. them to be less sympathetic and unable to see a Black youth as Dunn protested against their music and an argument ensued. a victim. When it was over, unarmed Jordan was dead, killed in a barrage “I think one of the main reasons why White people from Dunn’s gun. are killing off young African Americans isn’t just some Dunn said he fired because he felt he was in danger, misunderstanding. It’s because they’re fearful. They see the invoking the state’s Stand Your Ground Law. He said he culture that’s represented in the media, even though these believed someone in the vehicle had a gun, though he did not things are not often run by people of color. These people sit tell anyone that until after his arrest. there, trying to dictate what our culture should be, and this Stand Your Ground is the same law that was widely basically all came from some random generalization based discussed after George Zimmerman killed unarmed Black on something they saw in an inner-city neighborhood.” said teenager Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., and claimed it was Joseph Wilson, a 20 year-old junior studying music at Howard self-defense in 2012. He was acquitted. in Washington D.C. “They haven’t gone For Howard students Jarvis Hooper, anywhere else, like the places where me and Kendall Williams, and Joseph Wilson, all of most of my friends come from, so they don’t whom are Black and about the same age as know that there are African Americans who Jordan and Trayvon, the Dunn verdict said are actually trying to change our image, and that juries are looking for a reason to let trying to create things better for the next Whites go who kill young Black men. generation, because the ultimate goal is “I think White people commit these assimilation.” crimes because they are protected by these When asked if America’s justice system laws that have been in place for years before holds the lives of young black men in less the movement by people of color. Some of regard than other races and genders, the Photo by Jonathan Hunter these laws are like scapegoats and crutches young men all answered “absolutely.” for them to use against us. I feel like some “It seems to be less about what happens, Folarinade Adewale, 19, of them break the law because they know and more about the way people go about was surprised by the jury’s they can and get away with it, and that’s the dealing with it. If you kill someone, there action. sickest thing about it” Hooper said. should never be a reason you get off for that, Minilik Yewondwossen, 23, from Seattle, whether you were standing your ground or had an even stronger reaction. not!” said Kendall Williams, 20, from Upper Marlboro, Md., “We also have one million Black men from age 18 to 24 who is studying information systems at Howard. “You can’t incarcerated today. We incarcerate more Black men today than just get away with killing people. It’s not right.” South Africa at the height of apartheid and we incarcerate more Jarvis Hooper, 19, of Houston, said until the laws are Black men today than during slavery in 1850,” he said. “We changed, young Blacks will likely continue to be victimized. are witnessing a resurgence of White supremacist dogmatism, “I think White people commit these crimes because they are in the form of taking the lives of Black men, who are already protected by these laws that have been in place for years before tormented enough psychologically, socially, educationally, and the movement by people of color, and some of these laws are like occupationally.” scapegoats and crutches for them to use against us,” he said. “I The young men said if the races had been reversed and a feel like some of them break the law because they know they can Black man had shot a young White teenager over loud music, and get away with it, and that’s the sickest thing about it.”

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In Baltimore, the uptick in heroin use has caused deaths to have ended up in the Baltimore-Washington area. increase exponentially, said U.S. Attorney for Maryland Rod J. Moses said much of the heroin the DEA is intercepting is Rosenstein. coming from Mexico. Statistics from the agency show that the “In Maryland, heroin deaths doubled from 2011 to 2012, then amount of heroin seized in border crossings almost quadrupled doubled again from 2012 to 2013,” he said. from 2008 to 2012 from 560 kilos to 2,100 kilos. In the District, U.S. Attorney for the District Ronald C. He attributed the increase to the nation’s problem with Machen prosecuted several heroin-related crimes last year. prescription drugs, specifically the opiates, like oxycodone or Among them: oxycontin, which became the focus of local, state and federal -Feb. 2013: A D.C. man received 20 years after hiding heroin police agencies in recent years. After a series of high-profile he received from New York in hems of dresses, lampshades, raids and prosecutions of doctors for abusing their prescription pencil containers and the linings of purses. writing authority, the supply dwindled. -July 2013: Sixteen people, including a “When users can’t get a supply of oxy, Prince George’s County police officer, were they move to another opiate which is heroin. charged with drug conspiracy for scheming You see them moving from pills to smoking to distribute heroin, cocaine, PCP, marijuana heroin to injecting heroin,” Moses said. and methamphetamines. At the same time, he said, Mexican -Aug. 2013: Three men were sentenced to heroin production and Mexican trafficking is long prison sentences for distributing heroin expanding. Demand is up at the same time as they procured from New York City after production. investigators seized more than 170 grams “This intersection of events is all of heroin, $7,000 in cash and $25,000 in contributing to this trend,” Moses said. jewelry. “We’ve gone on record as calling heroin use -Dec. 2013: Thirteen men indicted in an epidemic at this point.” an alleged drug conspiracy are accused of serving as “wholesale distributors” of heroin A Desperate Addiction and cocaine. Anderson, now 63, a blogger and author Rosenstein and others said despite the who chronicled how she conquered her Heroin Wikimedia Commons increase, so far there has not been a notable addiction in her book, I Say a Prayer for Me: surge in violence. One Woman’s Life of Faith and Triumph, “It’s nothing like the crack wars in the early 90s,” Rosenstein sees the epidemic and its effects first hand. She spends her days said. working as an “addiction recovery expert.” She recently spent a month in the Grenadines helping officials to set up the nation’s Demand and Production Up first ever drug treatment center. Though heroin use has been increasing steadily for years, the “I think people sometimes get addicted because of the Super Bowl Sunday overdose death of actor Phillip Seymour emotional stuff they have going on. It makes using feel like an Hoffman put it on the front page. option, to get some relief,” she said. “When all that’s going on, Rumors of a lethal batch of heroin began spreading around and their foundation is shaken, then the drugs come along and the East Coast in the weeks before Hoffman died, and heroin they seem like a way to escape from that horror and trauma. A lot busts increased as law enforcement officers looked for it. Just of those things go into creating an addict if not addressed.” two days before Hoffman overdosed, a DEA task force in New A derivative of the poppy plant, heroin is an opiate in the York raided a heroin mill in the Bronx, where they found 13 same family as morphine, which is used by doctors to control kilograms—about 29 pounds—of heroin. The take was estimated severe pain in patients, said Dr. Ozietta Taylor, a substance abuse to be worth $8 million. Experts believe some of that heroin might counselor and an associate professor of substance abuse and

Mayoral Candidates Continued from A1

and Vicinity hosted a debate forum Feb. 17 at Zion Baptist Church in Northwest. Clergymen, residents, and even out-oftowners came out to hear the candidates discuss several issues including poverty, affordable housing, parking, and education. Democrats running for mayor include Mayor Vincent C. Gray; Council member Muriel E. Bowser (Ward 4); Council member Jack Evans (Ward 2); Council member Vincent C. Orange (At Large); Council member Tommy Wells (Ward 6); Reta Lewis, an attorney; and Andy Shallal, owner of the Busboys and Poets franchise. All seven participated in the forum. “I know that we need a fresh start at the top,” Bowser said. “We need to speed up our school reforms, we need to focus on programs that will help us grow our middle class in D.C., and [we need] to make sure that we have the best, brightest, most efficient, and transparent government of anywhere in the world.” Gray said the city has restored fiscal stability, continued education reform, lowered unemployment by three points, increased economic development, and continued [public] safety within the District. “The question that I think is most important for me is what I said we ‘were going to do’ and ‘What is it that we have done?” Gray said. In order to fix the housing situation in D.C., Gray said, there needs to be flexibility that works with people to allow them to be able to live where they feel comfortable. “If the public dollars are going to be invested, which is exactly what we are doing, then we have got to have a flexibility to work with people,” he said. Wells disagreed with Gray. “We can get people the housing. It costs about $50,000 per family to keep them at hotels, to keep them sheltered,” Wells said. “It costs about $17,000 to $20,000 max to help buy or pay for an apartment. It costs anywhere from $7,000 to $3,000 to keep them from losing their apartment. We have a problem that could have been addressed

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that needs to be solved.” Orange accused the mayor’s administration of backing away from building affordable housing for D.C. residents who earn less than $50,000 annually. “When you look at the distribution of dollars, it’s not about the dollars, it’s how well you spend it,” he said. Orange said the city should move forward with the New Communities Initiative, which is building affordable housing in Deanwood in Northeast and Anacostia in Southeast. Candidates addressed some questions about religious faith in the city. According to a Gallup poll, D.C. ranked 42 out of 50 for religiosity by state in 2013. “I’m a little surprised at the poll,” Evans said. “There is a real religious commitment in this city.” Lewis said the decline in religious faith in the city stems from parking restrictions. “We talk about a war on poverty, I think there is a war on our churches, and a war on our faith community,” she said. “How it started is parking. You can’t even park anymore outside.” Candidates were asked if budgets for the University of the District of Columbia and the two-year community college affiliated with UDC should be combined. The popular answer was no. Some candidates stressed that both institutions need more money to teach profitable skills to the city’s residents. “I think this is less about separating the budget [than] it is making sure that we have enough money to be able to fund the programs,” Shallal said. He said UDC trains D.C. residents to work in high paying jobs in the city, which helps with development. “There are more jobs in this city than we have people to fill them,” Shallal said. Though the forum topics pleased some residents like Sara Hodgins, who lives in Ward 1, the topics failed to satisfy others. Brandon Anderson, a black undergraduate student at Georgetown University in Northwest, said the candidates did not address the real problems in the District. “I think that some of the issues regarding D.C. basically has a lot to do with class and has a lot to do with racism,” he said. “I don’t think that racism was addressed on that panel. I think that it was tip-toed around.” Anderson said even though important issues, such as affordable housing, were addressed, the root cause, gentrification, was not. “We don’t have affordable housing because it is more important to put Trader Joe’s in our community than it is to put a store that is going to hire [and] permanently invest in our communities of color,” he said. abnormal psychology at Coppin State University in Baltimore. Taylor said the use of heroin has increased among young people when they turned to it after sneaking their parents’ percocet and oxy. Users often become addicted quickly. “They go through withdrawal if they don’t have it,” Taylor said. “You see things like stomach cramps, diarrhea, vomiting and chills.” Experts said a dose or “hit” of heroin” can cost as little as $10 on the street. It is often mixed with other ingredients such as strychnine, a crystalline substance used a pesticide, “which can make it more potent” Taylor said. Rosenstein said much of the heroin that has led to deaths has been laced with fentanyl, a synthetic opiate that is significantly more potent than morphine. Fentanyl-laced heroin is being blamed for more than 75 deaths across the country in recent weeks. “People who can tolerate pure heroin may overdose if fentanyl is mixed in because it is far more potent,” Rosenstein said. He had a warning for heroin users. “People never really know what they are taking,” he said. “It may be pure…It may be mixed with something that makes it more [potent]. That’s one of the reasons why heroin is so dangerous. They never know what they are getting.”

February 22, 2014 - February 28, 2014, The Afro-American

Noose Tied on Ole Miss Integration Statue

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — The FBI on Tuesday was helping investigate who tied a noose around the neck of a University of Mississippi statue of James Meredith, who, in 1962, became the first black student to enroll in the then all-white Southern college. University police on Sunday morning found the rope noose and, on the statue’s face, a pre2003 Georgia state flag with a Confederate battle symbol, said campus police Chief Calvin Sellers. Two men were seen near the statue early Sunday and investigators were looking at surveillance footage. “It’s a racial hate crime,” Mississippi NAACP president Derrick Johnson said Tuesday after a news conference at the state Capitol in Jackson. “At what level do they get prosecuted? I don’t know. But as long as we tolerate hate, we will continue to revisit history and the past of this state, and at some point we must move forward.” In a statement, Chancellor Dan Jones condemned the action as contrary to the beliefs and values of the university community. “These individuals chose our university’s most visible symbol of unity and educational accessibility to express their disagreement with our values,” Jones said. “Their ideas have no place here, and our response will be an even greater commitment to promoting the values that are engraved on the statue — Courage, Knowledge, Opportunity, and Perseverance.” University police asked for the FBI’s help, AP Photo said Deborah R. Madden, a spokeswoman for the Students hold signs while posing for a photo during a gathering in front of the Mississippi FBI office in Jackson. James Meredith statue at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. Feb. 18. About 150 Ole Miss students, black and

white, rallied around the Meredith statue Tuesday to protest the vandalism, according to Charlie Mitchell, a journalism professor who attended the event. They held posters with several handwritten slogans, including, “Justice for AfricanAmericans,” ‘’Respect the Students” and “This is Our University.” One poster said: “The actions done in the cowardly dark will never diminish the light of James Meredith’s legacy nor our creed.” Johnson said there is a problem with Old South imagery at Ole Miss. “You cannot have a university where, when you turn down the main drag, it’s called Confederate Drive. ... At some point, we’re going to have to reverse course on the image of Ole Miss so we can reverse course on the image of the state of Mississippi,” he said. The Ole Miss Alumni Association is offering at $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. When Meredith tried to enter Ole Miss in fall 1962, Mississippi’s governor tried to stop him, and that led to violence on the Oxford campus. U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy sent 500 U.S. marshals to take control and days later, Meredith was allowed in the school. Though he faced harassment during his time at the school, he graduated with a degree in political science Assistant to the Chancellor for Multicultural Affairs Don Cole reiterated the creed that the university stands by. “This is particularly painful because the James Meredith statue has become a gathering place for students to discuss many things, including the tenets of our creed, which calls for dignity and respect for all people,” he said.

Minimum Wage Continued from A1

would have substantially larger effects on employment and income than the $9.00 option would – because more workers would see their wages rise; the change in their wages would be greater,” concluded the CBO in their 39-page report. “Once fully implemented in the second half of 2016, the $10.10 option would reduce total employment by about 500,000 workers, or 0.3 percent.” Even though 500,000 could become unemployed as employers decrease their work force to increase the minimum wage, a total of 900,000 people would move to the positive side of the poverty threshold, where 45 million people are currently making less than $23,550 a year for a family of four.

health employees, and many others. “During the 1960s a full-time minimum wage income was enough to keep a family of three above the federal poverty line,” said David Cooper, an analyst with the Economic Policy Institute, who testified Feb. 17 in front of the Maryland Senate. “Today’s minimum wage of $7.25 is worth about 23 percent less than what it was worth in the late 1960s. The value of the minimum wage at its high point in 1968 equaled about $9.40 in today’s dollars. Cooper said an increase could positively affect the entire economy. “More broadly, when you raise the minimum wage, what you’re essentially doing is shifting income from business owners or corporations to

“We want to be very clear that this is not a political for us – it’s a human rights issue.” – Sheila Brooks With the $9 option, the CBO found that anywhere from 100,000 to 1 million people could end up unemployed. However, roughly 7.6 million low-wage earners would see an increase totaling about $1 billion extra dollars for families living in poverty. With the $9 option, 300,000 people would be lifted out of their current economic situation below the poverty threshold. Though the minimum wage debate may seem new, the fight for a livable wage has been repeated since 1938, when the Fair Labor Standards Act set a minimum wage for workers at 25 cent. It has been revised, amended, and broadened numerous times, and now includes service workers, retail, transit, construction,

low-wage workers,” Cooper told the AFRO. “We know that low-wage workers are more likely spend every additional dollar that they receive just because they have to in order to pay their bills. You’re transferring money from entities less likely to spend it and more likely to save it, to entities more likely to spend it all right away. That actually can boost consumer spending and provide a modest boost to overall economic growth.” In Maryland’s General Assembly, both the House and Senate are working on measures to increase the federal minimum wage for workers. In Montgomery and Prince George’s counties lawmakers have already decided to raise the minimum wage to $11.50.

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COMMUNITY CONNECTION Lady Days at THEARC Theater

THEARC Theater will hold two free showings of Lady Days, 10 a.m. and 12 p.m., Feb. 20, in honor of Black History month. Lady Days is a Theater for Young Audiences (TYA) theatrical production adapted from the stage production Lady Day @ Emerson’s Bar and Grill about the life and times of Billie Holiday. The scene is set in 1959 in Philadelphia. The audience will witness one of Billie Holiday’s last performances which is interlaced with more than a dozen musical with salty, often humorous, reminiscences to project a riveting portrait of the lady and her music. The world premiere of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill opened at the Westside Theatre, New York City on Sept. 7, 1986. This show is appropriate for ages 4+ and open to school-aged youth and school groups. Each year, THEARC brings programs like Lady Days to the community to educate and inspire children and adults living east of the River. Operating with the belief that access to arts and diverse cultural activities is the essence of community development, THEARC Theater is the first state-of-the-art theater in Washington, DC’s Ward 8. In addition to housing eleven, world-class nonprofit organizations, THEARC offers annual free and reduced price programming including: Black History Month at THEARC, Double Time Jazz at THEARC and Showtime Tuesdays at THEARC. Access to these programs not only delivers entertainment and education, but also provides the opportunity for intergenerational collaboration, conversation and promotes community unity. Attendance requires RSVP via the following url: http://www.thearcdc.org/events/ladydays

Washington Concert Opera to Perform Verdi’s Il Corsaro

Washington Concert Opera is celebrating the 200th

anniversary of the birth of the greatest Italian composer of the 19th century, Giuseppe Verdi, by presenting two of his relatively unknown opera gems: I masnadieri and Il corsaro. These two operas, written early in Verdi’s career and premiered only one year apart, reveal Verdi’s amazing technical prowess and his expression of the deepest human emotions. Having just completed I masnadieri to overwhelming acclaim on Sept. 2, WCO gears up for the second performance of the season. Il corsaro, to be presented 6 p.m., March 9, on the Lisner Stage at George Washington University. In this story of pirates on the open seas, battles and adventure await chief pirate Corrado, performed by Michael Fabiano. Corrado is torn both by the call of this free and glorious lifestyle and by his true love, Medora (Nicole Cabell). Joining Fabiano and Cabell in the role of Gulnara is the award-winning soprano Tamara Wilson. This opera, filled with loyalty, passion, jealousy, honor, and despair, is epic in scope and musical offerings, yet remains intimate and personal. Artistic director and conductor, Maestro Antony Walker, takes the stage for his 11th season with WCO. For more information about WCO, as well as subscription and ticketing information, please visit www. concertopera.org.

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February 22, 2014 - February 28, 2014, The Afro-American

COMMENTARY

Another Florida Man Gets Away with Murder

As we approach the second anniversary of Trayvon Martin’s murder in Sanford, Fla., justice again has been shortchanged in the Sunshine State. It was incredulous that George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watchman and wannabe cop, was found not guilty of murder after killing the unarmed Black teenager who had visited a nearby convenience store to purchase a bag of Skittles and a can of Arizona Tea. Last Saturday, a hung jury could not decide whether George Curry Michael Dunn, a 47-year-old White computer programmer, was guilty of murdering Jordan Davis by fatally shooting him in the abdomen. According to court testimony, Dunn pulled into the parking lot of a Jacksonville convenience store and became involved in an argument after he accused 17-year-old Jordan Davis and three of his teenage friends of playing their music too loudly. Dunn’s lawyer claims that Davis used vulgarity-laden language to tell his client what to do to himself. Witnesses said Dunn shouted at Davis: “You can’t talk to me that way!” Taken by themselves, the words have no special meaning. However, when uttered by a White man to a Black teen in a region that presented itself as this nation’s last bastion of White supremacy, they take on a life of their own. Remember, it wasn’t all that long ago when Blacks were expected to stare at the ground when speaking to White folks. They were expected to say “Yes, sir” and “Yes, Ma’m,” knowing that their parents, regardless of their age, would always be addressed by their first names, even by White children. Refusing to show what was considered proper respect to Whites often had violent repercussions, even death. I can almost hear the words: “You can’t talk to me that way!” And to prove his point, Dunn opened fire on the Black teenagers, striking Jordan Davis three times. Even as the teens peeled rubber

trying to get away, Dunn, 6’4” and 280 pounds, continued to shoot into the vehicle, firing 10 times in all. He would later say that he thought he saw the barrel of a shotgun protruding from a window of the Dodge Durango SUV. But no such weapon was ever found and for good reason – it did not exist. Even Dunn’s girlfriend said he never told her about the teens having a shotgun. What did Dunn do after he killed the Black teenager? He returned to the hotel room where he was staying after attending his only son’s wedding. He acted as if he had just finished a routine day at the office. He didn’t bother to notify police. Dunn acted as if nothing had happened. But something did happen. Jordan Davis had his life cut short that day. The high school senior will never get the chance to make his parents proud by donning a cap and gown and walking across a stage to receive his high school diploma. He will not get a chance to attend college or pursue a career. He won’t even get a chance to breathe again because he wasn’t supposed to talk to a White man that way. According to Rolling Stone, Dunn told detectives, “They didn’t follow my orders. What was I supposed to do if they wouldn’t listen?” For starters, he wasn’t supposed to take the kid’s life. But he did. His lawyer argued that Dunn was Standing his Ground. His lawyer, Corey Strolla, told Rolling Stone last year, “I don’t have to prove the threat, just that Mike Dunn believed it.” Evidently, Strolla sold the jury on that belief. They couldn’t agree that his client murdered Jordan Davis, who was shot three times. But in their contorted reasoning, they found him guilty of three counts of attempted second degree murder. In other words, he was not guilty of

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is at it again. Whenever he opens his mouth about race, he displays a surprising myopia for a 65-year-old African American man raised in the Deep South during a segregated era. During his confirmation hearing, Thomas excoriated his own family, speaking of his sister as someone (and I paraphrase) waiting around for her welfare check. He was equally Julianne Malveaux contemptuous of other NNPA Columnist members of his family, even as they were loyal to him and attended some of his hearings. A notable point in his confirmation hearing was when he said he experienced the pain of racism when his grandmother could not use a desegregated bathroom. I’d remind him now, as I did then in a column, that it wasn’t personal, and it wasn’t just his grandmother, it was everybody’s grandmother. That’s the collective and institutional knowledge that Thomas lacks. The old Clarence Thomas resurfaced when he went to Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Fla. to deliver a speech. According to news reports, he said: “My sadness is that we are probably today more race and difference-conscious than I was in the 1960s when I went to school. To my knowledge, I was the first Black kid in Savannah, Georgia, to go to a White school. Rarely did the issue of race come up.

Now, name a day it doesn’t come up. Differences in race, differences in sex, somebody doesn’t look at you right, somebody says something. Everybody is sensitive. If I had been as sensitive as that in the 1960s, I’d still be in Savannah. Every person in this room has endured a slight. Every person. Somebody has said something that has hurt their feelings or did something to them – left them out.” People didn’t talk about race much until the 1950s and early 1960s, and when they did, it was as a whisper. When Emmett Till was killed in 1955, there were few African Americans who took White folks to account for this, except for the large African-American organizations, such as the NAACP. Because of their very public stance on the issue, the organization was described as “subversive,” their members (and the members of other organizations) were labeled “outside agitators.” Before Till, there were thousands of incidents, few making headlines. For African Americans, acts that left African Americans lynched and killed, run off their property, and missing were not much discussed. It was understood that those harassed were those who “stood up to the White man.” For Whites, this fatal harassment of people of African descent, the outright theft of property, rape of women, and a litany of other oppressions was nothing more than business as usual. White men could rape Black women, beat up or kill Black men, and do whatever they wanted without fearing reprisals. Some of these oppressions are being uncovered only now. Of course, people are talking about race. Furthermore, things like employment discrimination are not simple “slights” that result in hurt feelings. They are institutional attacks on a community’s economic wellbeing. Differences in the well-documented ways that interest rates are offered for homes and automobiles are not slights but pernicious economic discrimination. Thomas willfully reduces institutional racism to oversensitivity, when one more

murdering Davis, but was guilty of attempting to murder Davis’ three friends, neither of whom were struck by a bullet. Still, he’ll probably die in prison. And if some of the true thugs catch up with him in the slammer, he might like how they are going to talk to him. George E. Curry is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA.) He is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. Curry can be reached through his Web site, www.georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at www.twitter. com/currygeorge and George E. Curry Fan Page on Facebook.

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cognizant of history might acknowledge that both micro and macro inequities impact economic advancement and quality of life. Thomas is joined by George Zimmerman, who says his massacre of Trayvon Martin has nothing to do with race, and has cast himself as the victim in a tragedy he perpetuated. Thus Michael Dunn, objecting to loud music, aimed multiple bullets at a vehicle holding four young Black men, killing one, Jonathan Davis, who was leaning away from the window of the vehicle, weaponless. Hiding behind the Stand Your Ground law, he says he felt threatened. Others posit (more correctly) that he objected to a young man mouthing off at him when he demanded that they turn down their music. If he felt so “threatened” why did he even bother to approach the car of young men minding their business? What has race got to do with it? In the time when people didn’t talk about race, this question might not be asked. Today, because people perceive “slights,” (like the murder of young Black men), the question of race inevitably and appropriately comes up. Thomas dissented in the Hudson case, which awarded an inmate $800 after he claimed cruel and unusual punishment when he was beaten so badly that his dental plate was broken in his mouth. I guess he regarded police brutality as a simple “slight.” People talk about race (and gender) more because they are not muzzled by an institutional racism that made it impossible to have these conversations without consequence, because “race champions” were beaten, firebombed, and killed because they dared seek social and economic justice. Thomas may lack institutional memory but he, frankly, makes a fool of himself when openly displays his ignorance. Julianne Malveaux is a Washington, D.C.-based economist and writer. She is President Emerita of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C.

Letter to the Editor Despite Brilliance, Obama Faces Ongoing Slander By Ethel Delaney Lee

I am writing to express some observations. I believe President Obama is a true and deeply earnest patriot who is comparable to Nelson Mandela. But if their positions had been reversed, President Obama would have been revered in South Africa and the bigots in this country would have attempted to destroy “Madiba.” In this country, Mandela would not have been forgiven for what had been declared terrorist activity and his imprisonment. We sent observers to South Africa to monitor the first democratic elections, yet here and now we are experiencing the most flagrant gerrymandering in order to prohibit voting. This is unpatriotic, treasonous and a virtual apartheid. The bigoted racist behavior of many residents of this country, particularly some members of Congress to whom we have entrusted our fate, is difficult to absorb. They are not existentialists. They are hypocrites. I wonder if their true garments are white sheets and cone-shaped hoods. The syndetic crowd at Fox News is comparable to a “ship of fools” with radio buffoon Rush Limbaugh at the helm. The standout logical one is Juan Williams, and sometimes Geraldo Rivera. Sometimes I think “Morning Joe” on another channel should join them. He seizes every moment he can to denigrate the President and it appears very difficult for Mika to contain herself when he does so. Alas Sean Hannity! He slandered President Clinton incessantly. He gave President Bush a break. Then came the 2008 Presidential campaign. As long as it appeared that Hillary was the Democratic frontrunner, he lambasted her non-stop. Then Obama took the lead, and Hannity has been relentless in slandering him ever since. Michelle Obama was also a constant butt of his pejorative comments, though it is not as constant now. President Obama “stretched out the hands of fellowship” and continues to do so. Is he expected to grovel? Shortly before his first inauguration, he hosted a bipartisan dinner in Georgetown. One of the guests was Charles Krauthammer who emerged from the occasion with the highest of praise for the “soon to be President.” Shortly thereafter, Krauthammer made an

about-face. I have heard some commentators indicate that President Clinton was friendly but President Obama is cerebral. Isn’t that one of the dumbest comments ever heard? Have these people not seen the President in various locations hobnobbing with residents of these communities? Take your blinders off, folks! In my estimation, there has been no American president who has exceeded President Obama in brilliance and intelligence. His competence in reaching his goals has been thwarted by the ugly actions of those persons in Congress who have used every constitutional means to do so. President Obama could easily have been recorded in history as the greatest president ever. The bigots could have been proud of their country as South Africa is of their progress, but they would rather be interdictive. Despite the blockades, President Obama has maintained his dignity and had some major accomplishments early on, among which are the Lilly Ledbetter legislation, the capture of Osama Bin Laden, ending the war in Iraq and the Affordable Healthcare Act. The healthcare act is not perfect and the President has always been aware of that. He had to make concessions and compromises to get it through. If President Obama had whisked past Raul Castro of Cuba at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service without speaking to him, his critics would have condemned him for missing an opportunity to initiate diplomatic relations and possibly free the American who has been held hostage for two years. Critics are unyielding with their negative, warped comments. They might not be racists, but there are manifestations of inbred racial prejudices that probably have been dormant but are now awakened. I could go on ad infinitum, but I hope and pray that the insidious evil thinking, speaking, and acting will cease. Ethel Delaney Lee is an 88-year-old political and community activist, and a retired attendance officer of the D.C. Public Schools

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February 22, 2014 - February 28, 2014, The Afro-American

Stan Cooper, Stephanie Hill, Linda Gooden, Lockheed Martin and Jackie Hrabowski

Tyrone Taborn and Tracey Pinson, director, Office of Small Business programs, at the Stars and Stripes workshop for military veterans.

Twins both serving in the US Army; Lt. Col. PritchardAllen and Maj. PritchardBrown at the Stars and Stripes Luncheon Lt. Gen. (Ret) William “Kip” Ward, the keynote speaker at the Stars and Stripes Luncheon

BEYA STEM Global Competitiveness Conference participants Tyrees Hines, Kenneth Berger and Coby Dogen with their advisor, Melvin Stallings

The Western School Choir performs

Gen. and Mrs. Vincent Brooks Gary Simms, Trail Blazer; Jessica Young; Danielle Minus; Tashika Hussey, Modern Day Technology Leader; Stephanie Hill, 2014 Black Engineer of the Year Honoree, Lockheed Martin; Peggy McNair; Marsha Malone, Technical Sales and Marketing Honoree, Lockheed Martin, Shannon Holland, Merrick Malone and Ngina Mclean

Students from Tennessee State University were among the many HBCUs represented at the Conference.

Stars and Stripes Salute by Gen (Ret) Johnnie Wilson, national chair, Stars and Stripes Alumni Committee

Zeita Merchant, executive officer, Marine Safety Unit, Texas City, US Coast Guard received the Professional Achievement in Government Award

Paige Lewter, Electronics Engineer Naval Air System Command receives the Community Service Award from Gen. (Ret) Lester Lyles, U.S. Air Force

Attendees at the conference

Col. Barry William,chief engineer, International Security Assistance Force-Afghanistan, US Corps of Engineers receives the Career Achievement Award from Gen (Ret) Lloyd Austin, commander, US Central Command

Hundreds of African-American STEM professionals and aspiring students converged on the Marriott Wardman Park hotel Feb. 6-8 for the 2014 Black Engineer of the Year Awards Conference--the BEYA STEM Conference. The three-day event included workshops, social events, an awards program and a gala. Baltimore’s Stephanie C. Hill, president of Information Systems and Global Solutions, Lockheed Martin Corp., was named 2014 Black Engineer of the Year.

The 2104 Black Engineer of the Year Award presented to Stephanie Hill (left), President, Information Systems & Global Solution Civil Remarks by Phoebe Products Line, Novacovic, chairman/ Lockheed Martin CEO, General Dynamics Corporation by Corporation, a gala Marillyn Hewson, sponsor CEO/President and Chairman, the Lockheed Martin Corporation

Dr. Eugene M. DeLoatch, right, dean and full professor of the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. School of Engineering, Morgan State University presenting The President’s Award to Dan Akerson, Retiring CEO and Chairman, General Motors Corporation

Lt. Justin Smith, Engineer Officer, USCGC VALIANT, WMEC 621, US Coast Guard receives the Most Promising Engineer in Government Award from Vice Adm. Manson Brown, Deputy Commandant for Mission Support, US Coast Guard

Mistress of Ceremonies, Andrea Roane, WUSA9 News Now morning anchor

Tyrone Taborn, president, Career Communications Group/BEYA Conference, Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, Jackie Hrabowski, Stephanie Hill with her mother, Doris Cole and her sister, Harriette

Diversity Leadership Award Honoree, Joyce Tucker, Vice President for Global Diversity and Employee Rights, the Boeing Company

Marian Croak, PhD/SVP, Domain 2.0 Architecture and Advanced Services Development, AT&T receiving The Outstanding Technical Contribution in Industry Award from John Donvan, SEVP, AT&T Technology & Network Operations

Ronald Bradley, Jr.(left), VP, PECO/Exelon Corporation receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from Michael Innocenzo, SVP, Operations, PECO

Gen. Dennis Via, Commanding General, Army Material Command with his wife

Mr. and Mrs. Hill with family members

Brig. Gen. (Ret) Velma Richardson, Honoree Victoria Dixon and Brig. Gen.(Ret) Belinda Pinckney

Tyrone Taborn (far right) with guest and Mr. and Mrs. Hill (left)

The Afro-American, February 22, 2014 - February 28, 2014

Filmmaker Ryan Cole is seeking to raise $100K for his new film ‘Vice Versa’

More than a dozen supporters including family members and colleagues have pledged to change the color of Hollywood, $1 at a time. A 60-day Kickstarter campaign was launched, Feb. 10, to secure the necessary $100,000 budget to independently produce “Vice Versa,” the first science fiction film written and directed by an African American. Producer Ryan A. Cole is no stranger to blazing new trails. As the first student Emmy winner in Howard University’s history, four years later, Cole continues to shoot for the stars, literally. The first two things that come to mind when thinking of sci-fi are big budgets and predominantly White casts. Cole would like to change that. The film takes place in the year 2025, where a new technology called Extraction allows for the removal of sin, in return for a “perfect life.” What seems like an ambitious concept proves to champion the support

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“Vice Versa” producer Ryan Cole

“We have to raise our own funds and write our own scripts, so that we can create diverse roles for black actors.” –Ryan Cole of a once overlooked and marginalized demographic. “The lack of quality scripts, stale stereotypes, and flat out ignorance are a few factors resulting in the African American moviegoers’ unsatisfactory experience,” Cole told Blacknews.com. “Hollywood is programmed to exploit these black tropes for maximum profit.” There are thousands of untold stories Cole believes can ultimately lead his community into what he calls, a “Black Renaissance.” With the bar set high, $20,000 raised in less than a day, it is up to the African-American public to make a bold statement. “We have to raise our own funds and write our own scripts, so that we can create diverse roles for black actors.” For more information or to contribute to the film, visit Vice Versa’s Kickstarter page http://kck. st/1g0oTnB

February 22, 2014 - February 28, 2014, The Afro-American

ARTS & CULTURE

“About Last Night”

Kevin Hart Spearheads Raunchy Remake of Romantic Romp

recounts a purely lustful escapade he shared with Joan, prior to introducing the latter to her roommate. Danny goes gaga over Debbie, and the cinematic table is set. Bernie and Joan remain incessantly in heat, and can’t keep their hands off each other. By contrast, Danny and Debbie are introspective enough to move in together, buy furniture, adopt a pet, and generally map out a future. The plot thickens when Danny loses his job and ends up tending bar at Casey’s, a saloon frequented by his stalker ex-girlfriend (Paula Patton). It doesn’t help that Bernie begins pressuring his suddenly-domesticated pal to once again sow his wild oats. The resulting relationship tensions still take a back seat to lighthearted banter in this superficial adventure laced with one-liners like, “If this b---h were any dumber, you’d have to water her.” Look for quickie cameos by NFL great Terrell Owens, and a clip from the original featuring Rob Lowe and Demi Moore. The updated “About Last Night” is a bawdy variation on the original that establishes Kevin Hart as a bona fide box-office attraction.

By Kam Williams Special to the AFRO Released in 1986, the original version of “About Last Night” revolved around the year-long efforts of a couple of Chicago yuppies (played by Rob Lowe and Demi Moore) to forge a solid relationship on the shaky ground of a one-night stand. The movie was adapted from “Sexual Perversity in Chicago,” a dialogue-driven drama by David Mamet, who won a Pulitzer Prize for “Glengarry Glen Ross.” Loosely based on the original, this raunchy remake is a romantic comedy doubling as a vehicle for popular comic-turned-actor Kevin Hart. After all, his character Bernie was a sidekick in the source material, but is now the leading man. Furthermore, the setting has been shifted to L.A., where much of the humor caters to the African-American palate since the principal cast members are now all Black. The film is at its best when over-the-top Bernie is talking trash. For instance, he brags about leaving a recent sexual conquest’s “edges nappy,” an inside joke insinuating that the session was so steamy it had Michael Ealy and Kevin Hart in “About Last Night” literally uncurled his partner’s straightened hair. Directed by Steven Pink (“Hot Tub Time Machine”), the picture co-stars Regina Hall opposite twosome who decide to give serious commitment a go. Hart as his love interest, Joan. Rounding out the principal cast are At the point of departure we are introduced to Bernie and Danny, Michael Ealy and Joy Bryant as Danny and Debbie, the aforementioned best friends and co-workers at a restaurant supply company. The former

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Valentine’s Day - A Holiday Rebranded By Deana Bass Bass Public Affairs

For most American women, Valentine’s Day is either one of the most loved or hated days of the year. I’ve only been in a relationship maybe three Valentine’s Days in my 41 years. So, I have sincerely been indifferent about the day. As the eternally single, I have not staged boycotts by attending anti-Valentine’s Day parties with my bitter, single girlfriends draped in black. On the rare occasions when I have had my own funny Valentine, I have not gone overboard with gifts or been terribly disappointed if overindulgent bouquets of roses did not come. To be sure, indifferent summed up Valentine’s Day for me – that is until Feb. 14, 2009. I will spare you the melodrama and just say on that particular Valentine’s Day my Daddy’s short and brave battle with cancer ended. I am no longer indifferent about Valentine’s Day. In a rather existential Heidegger-esque way, Valentine’s Day now makes me totally and completely “being towards LOVE.” I don’t care if it is a freemarket, capitalist advertising ploy by the greeting card and chocolate industry. I am after all a free-market capitalist choc-aholic who runs a marketing shop. But really regardless of the gimmicks behind it, I now get it. Since my Daddy’s passing, Valentine’s Day has undergone major re-branding. It is now a day on which I deliberately celebrate love. In my family and among my close friends, “I love you,” has been reduced to a parting conclusion to any conversation. So on Valentine’s Day, I am intentional about my use of the word love. I quite literally count my blessings for the people and things that I love. Here are some of the blessings and such that I will always LOVE about my Daddy – I love that he cooked almost everything in a cast iron skillet. I love that he gave me the nick name “Ree.” I love that even after the divorce, to Daddy my Mama was the standard for what a lady should be and he never allowed anyone to disrespect her. I love that he and my Uncle James, his twin brother, never stopped behaving like twins. At 60 years old, they still dressed exactly alike. I love that when he farted, he said, “There’s more room out there than there is in me.” I love that when I came home from second grade saying that humans were descendants from apes, he quickly corrected me and in his colorful way explained the beauty of

creation. I love that by the time I was 10, he had me hooked on classic cinema. I love that when he took the greyhound to visit Dee-Dee and the rugrats, I got to pick him up so that he could see my condo. I love that he walked with swagger and always thought he was God’s gift. I love that he wasn’t lazy and didn’t mind a hard day’s work to put food on the table and a roof over our heads. I love that he never bought a fake Christmas tree and was partial to Frasier firs. I love that even though he didn’t really care for Republicans, he proudly displayed my pictures with President George W. Bush. I love that he was a man’s man who was never, ever short on “I love you’s.”

Reese Returns Home to Perform

Charles Reese will be a Reese in the title role.” featured guest artist for the Executive director of DCCAH, upcoming Black History Month Lionell Thomas, states, “We are special program, “Bayard Rustin & honored to have Mr. Reese return James Baldwin: Freedom Fighters back to his hometown to share and Friends” presented by the his passionate performance skills DC Commission for the Arts & with our wonderfully talented Humanities at the Arena Stage. local artists as we celebrate two Reese is a New York Audelco of America’s unsung civil rights Award nominee, cultural architect activists.” Bayard Rustin played for public engagement, educator, a major role in orchestrating the and Washington DC native. He March on Washington in 1963 will ignite the fiery spirit of James with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Charles Reese Baldwin in this riveting multiand others. Rustin posthumously media theatrical presentation. It received the Presidential Medal will be an engaging, educational, and entertaining of Freedom 2013 from President Barack Obama. feast for the soul and the senses. James Baldwin’s fiery spirit still burns via his Reese grew up in the Shaw District of literary canon. Also, 2014 marks Baldwin’s 90th Washington DC on the 400 Block of “Q” Street. He birthday anniversary. attended Scott Montgomery Elementary School, Reese now resides in Los Angeles, Calif. and Shaw Jr. High School and McKinley Technical currently plays the role of Jalil Baldwin; a feisty High School. Reese says, “These three amazing chef for the upcoming television comedy series, public schools in DC, along with my community “Basketball Wife” created by Emmy Award winning in the Shaw District and some really dedicated writer and producer, Michael Ajakwe Jr. In addition, teachers like Mrs. Lillian Fulp (my speech teacher), Reese just completed his first published essay in a Mr. Hoover (my band instructor) and Mr. Keny new book volume, “James Baldwin: Challenging Long (my after-school teacher) provided a safe Authors” for Furman University/Sense Publishing, haven for me to pursue my passions which enabled scheduled to be released this spring. me to reach beyond my comfort zone.” Reese, a Bayard Rustin & James Baldwin: Freedom graduate of Morehouse College with a bachelor’s Fighters and Friends, will be held from 7 – 9 degree in mass communications and theatre arts, p.m. on February 24 at the Arena Stage, 1101 is known in the global theatre community for 6th Street, SW. Washington. Tickets are free, originating the role of Baldwin in the Off-Broadway however an RSVP is strongly encouraged at this production of Howard Simon’s James Baldwin A link: http://dcarts.dc.gov/event/bayard-rustin-andSoul on Fire. Critic David DeWitt of The New York james-baldwin-freedom-fighters-and-friends. For Times called the play, “…funny, thrilling and wise, additional information, please contact: Ebony buoyed by the passionate performance of Charles Blanks at ebony.blanks@dc.gov.

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FAITH

Bishop Derek Grier Presents GRACE|LIVE A Live CD Recording Featuring the Grace Church Worship Team By Dee-Dee Bass Wilbon Special to the AFRO Grace Church, led by Bishop Derek Grier, recently released its debut album, GRACE|LIVE featuring musical performances by the wildly celebrated Grace Worship Team. GRACE|LIVE is 13 tracks of unadulterated worship. The Grace Worship Team brings listeners with them as they praise to such popular favorites as “Freedom” by Eddie James. Listeners will also be introduced to some well-known Grace Church originals like “We Honor You.” These songs are sure to take audiences to a higher and deeper worship experience. The live recording is available for purchase on amazon.com, itunes.com and cdbaby.com. The CD will also be available for purchase on the Grace Church website, http://www. gracechurchva.org. “We are excited because GRACE|LIVE will bless the lives of many,” said Bishop Grier, “We are a ministry that celebrates the creative arts because we know that it is another way to introduce people to the restorative power of the Gospel. GRACE|LIVE achieves this goal through the creative excellence of Ephraim McKenzie, our Minister of Music, and the Grace Church Worship Team.” The Grace Church Worship Team springs from a vibrant and growing church with over 50 life-changing ministries. Bishop Grier founded the church in 1998 with 12 people. It is now the spiritual home to over 4,000 members. Outreach Magazine lists Grace Church as one of the fastest growing African American churches in the nation and it is among the top 100 fastest growing of all churches in the U.S. For more information visit Basspublicaffairs.com

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February 22, 2014 - February 28, 2014, The Afro-American

SPORTS

Black Olympians at Sochi

Shani Davis Loses 1500, Blames New Under Armour Suits

Sam Lacy: He Made a Difference - Part X

By Perry Green AFRO Sports Editor Shani Davis remained medal-free after finishing in 11th place in the 1500-meter speedskating event on Feb. 15 at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Davis was hoping to redeem himself after failing to win the 1000-meter race on Feb. 12, which would have made him the first man to win three gold medals in the same Winter Olympic event. A win in the 1500 would’ve given the 31-year-old Chicago native the fifth gold medal of his career, good enough to tie Olympic legend Eric Heiden for the most individual Winter Olympic gold medals won by an AP Photo American speedskater. Instead, he’ll leave Sochi Shani Davis after competing in the men’s with nothing to show for his individual talent. 1,500-meter speedskating race Feb. 15. “I’m very disappointed,” Davis told TV reporters Feb. 15. According to CBS News, Davis blamed the newly designed Under Armour skinsuits that were provided for USA speedskaters for the Olympics. The entire USA speedskating team actually decided not to wear the new suits on Feb. 15 after everyone failed to win medals in any of the individual speedskating events earlier in the week, CBS News reported. “The best thing would have been to make sure that these suits were what the people said they were,” Davis told CBS News, “So that we can actually know going into the races instead of finding out on one of the biggest races of our lives.” Davis wore his old suit from the 2013 World Cup in the 1500 Feb. 15, but it didn’t help him skate any faster. Davis told CBS News that the damage from the new suits had already taken its toll as he had started to second-guess his confidence by then. “It took its toll,” Davis told CBS News. “I spent energy in ways that I wouldn’t have done normally. I did as much as I could to get myself ready, but I felt defeated. “Everything went down and I tried to build it up for the 1500. But it’s different when you can go into the 1500 with a medal around your neck instead of going in there with an eighth-place finish.”

In my last effort, I left a little intrigue on the table. We addressed one of Sam’s trips to the South to work at his trade. The Dodgers had signed five more colored players, bringing the total to six. This left him as the odd man out. For this reason he had to find lodging in one of the approved homes the team had secured. To his dismay, he was boarded with a White family. His discomfort was difficult for him to hide, but the people seemed to be nice enough. He ate his meals out, and when he returned to bed down for the night he breathed a sigh of relief that the family had already retired. One evening, just before he fell asleep, he felt this form join him in the bed. I left things on that note, leaving the readers with a week to form a conclusion. Shortly after my copy hit the editorial desk, my phone rang. Upon answering, I heard the voice of my boss saying, “Tim, where are you going with this?” My answer satisfied him, and left him with a chuckle. Here was Sam in the Deep South, boarded with a White family, and someone had just climbed in the bed with him. As visions of the KKK danced in his head, he uttered a prayer, “Lord, what am I going to do now?” He decided his best option was to feign sleep. Finally his bed mate decided to get up. When he worked up enough courage to take a peek at his departing bed guest, he discovered that it was just the house cat, probably serving notice that this stranger

was infringing on his turf. After I rejoined Pop in Florida, he received instructions from his boss to check out Althea Gibson (the Serena Williams of the time) who was participating in a tournament not too far away. Pop discovered that not too far away was more than 200 miles. At any rate, he borrowed a car from Dan Bankhead (the first Black pitcher in Major League Baseball), purchased a road map and we were on our way. Having a penchant for speed, Pop was tooling along at a good clip when he noticed there was a flashing light in the rear view mirror. Here he was, a colored man cruising along in this new Cadillac, and as he pulled over he noticed swamp land on both sides of the road. When he looked up, there was this sheriff (“You in a heap of trouble, boy”), in this big hat demanding license and registration. Producing both, Pop was relieved when the cop dismissed him with, “You better slow down!” Upon reflection, after he was able to compose himself, Pop decided that the name Bankhead (a very prominent name in the south at that time) was the reason for leniency. The cop probably thought he was a chauffer. For me, it was just another page in the adventure I was living at the time. The trip continued, and we only got lost twice. Getting lost was unusual for Pop, but I guess the encounter with the law had him a little unnerved.

2014 NBA All-Star Game Weekend Events

John Wall Steals Show UDC in NBA Dunk Contest Defeats

Daemen College for Third Straight Win

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East Team’s John Wall By Perry Green AFRO Sports Editor Washington Wizards point guard John Wall already made the District of Columbia proud after he earned the first All-Star appearance for the “home team” since former Wizards forwards Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison were named to the 2008 NBA All-Star Game. But Wall made Washington fans even prouder Feb. 15 by becoming the first Wizards player ever to win the NBA Slam Dunk Contest. Under a new teamoriented format, Wall was paired with two teammates from the Eastern Conference: Paul George of the Indiana Pacers and Terrance Ross of the Toronto Raptors. Wall, George and Ross were matched up against the Western Conference’s Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers, Ben MacLemore III of the Sacramento Kings and Harrison Barnes of the Golden State Warriors. George and Ross both pulled off sensational dunks

to help the East claim the 2014 Dunk Contest title, but it was Wall’s spectacular dunk that stole the show. Using the Wizards’ mascot, G-Man, as a prop, Wall leaped over the head of G-Man while simultaneously snatching the ball out of G-Man’s hand before doublepump reverse-slamming it through the rim. Wall then began doing the famous “NaeNae” dance with George and G-Man in celebration as the Super Dome crowd jumped to its feet in cheers. “I did it for my mom who is in the hospital sick right now,” said Wall, who was named the Sprite Slam Dunker of the Night. Wall said that he got his idea for the dunk from watching YouTube videos. “It was only my second time doing it,” Wall told Washington Post’s Michael Lee. “I just felt comfortable with myself and I knew it was a dunk that hasn’t been done before. And I knew it was the main thing with coming up with creativity, and it worked out in my favor.”

By Perry Green AFRO Sports Editor The University of the District of Columbia Lady Firebirds women’s basketball team won its third straight game and ninth win in 10 games after easily beating Daemen College, 91-73, on Feb. 15 in Washington, D.C. The win advanced UDC to a 17-4 record, good for a tie with LIU for first place in the East Coast Conference (ECC). UDC used a 23-5 scoring run early in the first half to spark their blowout over Daeman. The Lady Firebirds’ lead never fell below doubledigits from that point forward as they ran away with the easy win. Senior center Milena Bubnjevic came off the bench to score a team-high 18 points with 8 rebounds for the Lady Firebirds. Junior forward Dennika Brent added 16 points and 8 rebounds for UDC. Daeman’s Lindsey Stoddard scored a game-high 26 points in the loss. UDC’s next action comes on Feb. 19 with a matchup against ECC opponent, Queens College in Queens, N.Y.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Foreign No. 2014FEP17 Date of Death Lynn White Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL R E P R E S E N TAT I V E AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Laticia Lasane whose address is 29906 Lime St, Temple Hills, MD 20748 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Lynn White, deceased, on January 26, 2011 by the Prince George’s Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, State of Maryland. Service of process may be made upon Clarence Connelly, Esq., 1404 Roxanna Rd. NW Washington D.C. 20012 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Colombia real property: 5005 11th St, Washington, D.C. 20017 The decendent owned District of Columbia personal property. (Strike preceding sentence if no real estate) Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Building A, 515 5th St, N . W. , 3 r d F l o o r. Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication.

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM102 Tumie C.. Hurd A.K.A. Tumie C. Hurd Sr. Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Evelyn E.C. Turner, whose address is 5127 South Dakota Avenue, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Tumie C. Hurd A.K.A. Tumie C. Hurd Sr. who died on January 14, 2014 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before August 21, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 21, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: February 21, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

Clarence Connelly Laticia Lasane Personal Representative(s) TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS Date of first publication: Evelyn E.C. Turner February 7, 2014 Personal Name of newspapers Representative and/or periodical: The Daily Washington TRUE TEST COPY Law Reporter TYPESET: Tue Feb 18 11:38:36 EST REGISTER OF2014 WILLS The Afro-American TYPESET: Tue Feb 18 02/07, 02/14 & 02/21/14 02/21, 02/28, 03/07/14 Superior Court of Superior Court of the District of the District of District of Columbia District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 20001-2131 Administration No. Administration No. 2014ADM96 2014ADM123 James M. Minor Margareta Roberts Decedent NOTICE OF Thomas H. Queen, APPOINTMENT, Esq. NOTICE TO 530 Eighth Street, SE CREDITORS Washington, DC 20003 AND NOTICE TO Attorney UNKNOWN HEIRS NOTICE OF Maurice Roberts whose APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO address is 7425 Norwalk CREDITORS Court, Manassas, VA. AND NOTICE TO 20112 was appointed UNKNOWN HEIRS personal representative Eunice Jackson, whose of the estate of Maraddress is 1014 Peconic gareta Roberts, who died Lane, Upper Marlboro, on June 22, 2013 with a MD 20774 was apWill and will serve withpointed personal repreout Court supervision. All sentative of the estate of James M. Minor who unknown heirs and heirs died on September 11, whose where-abouts are 2013 without a Will and unknown shall enter their will serve without Court appearance in this supervision. All unknown proceeding. Objections heirs and heirs whose to such appointment (or whereabouts are unto the probate of deknown shall enter their cedent´s will) shall be appearance in this filed with the Register of proceeding. Objections to such appointment Wills, D.C., 515 5th shall be filed with the Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Register of Wills, D.C., Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd 20001, on or before AuFloor Washington, D.C. gust 21, 2014. Claims 20001, on or before Auagainst the decedent gust 21, 2014. Claims shall be presented to the against the decedent undersigned with a copy shall be presented to the to the Register of Wills or undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or beundersigned, on or before August 21, 2014, or fore August 21, 2014, or be forever barred. Perbe forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs sons believed to be heirs or legatees of the deor legatees of the decedent who do not recedent who do not receive a copy of this notice ceive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall its first publication shall so inform the Register of so inform the Register of Wills, including name, Wills, including name, address and relationaddress and relationship. ship. Date of Publication: Date of Publication: February 21, 2014 February 21, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Name of newspaper: Washington Afro-American Law Reporter Washington Law Reporter Maurice G. Roberts Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 02/21, 02/28, 03/07/14

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM77 Thelma Spivey Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Beverly Shorts, whose address is 2510 22nd Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20018 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Thelma Spivey, who died on September 25, 2013 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before August 21, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 21, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: February 21, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Beverly Shorts Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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11:46:03 EST 2014 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM423 Eula Mae Andrews Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Wa n d a Yv o n n e A n drews, whose address is 908 Castlewood Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Eula Mae Andrews, who died on September 3, 2012 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before August 21, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 21, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: February 21, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Eunice Jackson Law Reporter Personal Representative

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Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Foreign No. 2014FEP16 Date of Death July 5,2013 Laura W. Blake Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Brenda A.Lockley whose address is 700 Grand Canal Drive, Kissimee, FL 34759 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Laura W. Blake, deceased, on September 3, 2013, by the Circuit Court for Osceola County, State of Florida. Service of process may be made upon Beverly L. Harris 2637 Patricia Roberts Harris Place, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20018 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. Claims against the decendent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Building A, 515 5th street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice. Brenda A. Lockley Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS Date of first publication: February 14, 2014 Name of newspapers and/or periodical: The Daily Washington Law Reporter The Afro-American 02/14, 02/21, 02/28/14

PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM785 John William McMullen Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Carmenlita Williams whose address is 12869 Climbing Ivy Drive, Germantown MD 20874 was appointed personal representative of the estate of John William McMullen, who died on September 7, 2012 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before August 14, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 14, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: February 14, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Carmenlita Williams Personal Representative

so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: TYPESET: Feb 04 12:03:00 EST 2014 02/14, 02/21,Tue 02/28/14 February 7, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Superior Court of Washington the District of Law Reporter District of Columbia Willie R. Whitfield PROBATE DIVISION Personal Washington, D.C. Representative 20001-2131 Administration No. TRUE TEST COPY 2014ADM42 REGISTER OF WILLS Farrie Lee Whitfield TYPESET: Tue Feb 04 12:02:39 Decedent 02/07, 02/14, 02/21/14 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, Superior Court of NOTICE TO the District of CREDITORS District of Columbia AND NOTICE TO PROBATE DIVISION UNKNOWN HEIRS Washington, D.C. Willie R Whitfield, whose 20001-2131 address is 7009 DowerAdministration No. house Rd, Upper Mar2014ADM63 loboro, MD 20772 was, appointed personal Patricia Mae Poyner representative of the Decedent estate of Farrie Lee Barbara B. Carter Whitfield, who died on 1 9 0 4 P a r k s i d e D r. November 8, 2013 with a Mitchellville, MD 20721 NOTICE OF Will, and will serve withAPPOINTMENT, out Court supervision. All NOTICE TO unknown heirs and heirs CREDITORS whose whereabouts are AND NOTICE TO unknown shall enter their UNKNOWN HEIRS appearance in this proceeding. Objections Barbara B. Carter, whose to such appointment (or address is 1904 Parkside to the probate of de- Dr., Mitche-llville, MD cedent´s will) shall be 20721, was appointed filed with the Register of personal representative of the estate of Patricia Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Mae Poyner, who died on January 5, 2014 without Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before Au- a Will, and will serve with gust 7, 2014. Claims Court supervision. All unagainst the decedent known heirs and heirs shall be presented to the whose where-abouts are undersigned with a copy unknown shall enter their to the Register of Wills or a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s filed with the Register of proceeding. Objections Wills with a copy to the to such appointment undersigned, on or be- shall be filed with the fore August 7, 2014, or Register of Wills, D.C., be forever barred. Per- 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd sons believed to be heirs Floor Washington, D.C. or legatees of the de- 20001, on or before Aucedent who do not re- gust 7, 2014. Claims ceive a copy of this notice against the decedent by mail within 25 days of shall be presented to the its first publication shall undersigned with a copy so inform the Register of to the Register of Wills or Wills, including name, filed with the Register of

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM947 Leonard L. Foster AKA Leonard Lee Foster Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Alan Lee Foster, whose address is 19005Crosstie Terrace, Germantown MD, 20874, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Leonard L. Foster AKA Leonard Lee Foster who died on March 16, 2011 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before August 7, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 7, 2014 , or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: February 7, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Alan Lee Foster Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM71 Ethel Price-Clark Decedent Molly B.F. Walls, Esq 1101 17th St, N.W., Ste 820 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Crystal R. Price, whose address is 1134 Kennebec St, Apt 2, Oxon Hil, MD 20745 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Ethel Price-Clark, who died on October 12, 2011 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before August 7, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 7, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: February 7, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Crystal R. Price Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 02/07, 02/14, 02/21/14

LEGAL NOTICES LEGALEST NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES TYPESET: Tue Feb 04 11:55:14 TYPESET: Tue 2014 Feb 11 12:24:14 EST 2014 TYPESET: Tue Feb 11 12:25:29 EST 2014 TYPESET: Tue Feb 11 12:24:50 EST 2014 LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES TYPESET: Tue Feb 11 12:26:21 ESTTue 2014 TYPESET: Feb 18 12:17:57 EST 2014 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM58 Theresa C. Waters Decedent Theodora H. Brown, Esquire, Law Office of Theodora H. Brown, PLLC, 3127 Cherry Rd, N E , Wa s h i n g t o n D C 20018 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Hennrietta Smith, whose address is 1020 Crittenden St., NE, Washington, DC 20017, was appointed personal representative of the estate of 11:56:14 2014 who Theresa EST C. Waters, died on October 28, 2013 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before August 7, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 7, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: February 7, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Hennrietta Smith Personal Representative

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM809 Audley Ricardo Hawkins A.K.A. A. Ricardo Hawkins Decedent Thomas L. Campbell, Esq. 3807 Minnesota Avenue, NE Washington. DC 20019 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Shawn S. Hawkins, whose address is 1646 First Ave., #5D, New York, NY 10028 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Audley Ricardo Hawkins a.k.a. A. Ricardo Hawkins, who died on June 26, 2013 with a Will and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before August 14, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 14, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: February 14, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM97 Doris W. Carter Decedent W. Alton Lewis 1450 Mercantile Lane, #155 Largo, MD 20774 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Derek A. Carter, whose address is 10113 Bignonia Drive, Laurel, MD 20708 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Doris W. Cater, who died on June 30th, 2013 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before August 14, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 14, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: 02/14/14 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Derek A. Carter Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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Shawn S. Hawkins Personal Superior Court of Representative TYPESET: Tue Feb 04 11:55:34 EST 2014 the District of 02/07, 02/14, 02/21/14 District of Columbia TRUE TEST COPY PROBATE DIVISION REGISTER OF WILLS Superior Court of Washington, D.C. TYPESET: Tue Feb 11 12:24:3120001-2131 EST 2014 the District of 02/14, 02/21, 02/28/14 District of Columbia Administration No. PROBATE DIVISION 2014ADM61 Washington, D.C. Superior Court of Welson S. Jenkins 20001-2131 the District of A.K.A. Administration No. District of Columbia Weldon Stanley 2013ADM1162 PROBATE DIVISION Jenkins Ema J. Bailey W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . Decedent AKA 20001-2131 NOTICE OF Emma J. Bailey Administration No. APPOINTMENT, Decedent 2013ADM000955 NOTICE TO Brian W. Thompson, Edward L. Gray, CREDITORS Esq A.K.A. AND NOTICE TO 4530 Wisconsin Ave Edward L. Graye UNKNOWN HEIRS NW, Suite 200 Decedent Gail P. Headen, whose Washington, DC 20016 Larry C. Williams, Esq. address is 1330 Hemlock Attorney 7600 Georgia Avenue, St. NW, Washington DC NOTICE OF NW, Ste. 405 20012, was appointed APPOINTMENT, Washingtin, DC personal representative NOTICE TO 20012-1616 of the estate of , who died CREDITORS Attorney on September 28, 2013 AND NOTICE TO NOTICE OF with a Will, and will serve UNKNOWN HEIRS APPOINTMENT, without Court superviJoyce Ann Brentley, NOTICE TO sion. All unknown heirs whose address is 1604 CREDITORS and heirs whose 11:55:52 EST 2014Silver Timberline Road, AND NOTICE TO whereabouts are unSpring, MD 20904 was UNKNOWN HEIRS known shall enter their appointed personal re- Roma L. Gray, whose ad- a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s presentative of the estate dress is 1200 N Street, proceeding. Objections of Ema J. Bailey AKA NW, Apt. 403, Washing- to such appointment (or Emma J. Bailey, who ton, DC 20005 was ap- to the probate of dedied on May 1, 2004 withpointed personal repre- cedent´s will) shall be out a Will, and will serve sentative of the estate of filed with the Register of with Court supervision. Edward L. Gray a.k.a. Wills, D.C., 515 5th All unknown heirs and Edward L. Graye, who Street, N.W., 3rd Floor h e i r s w h o s e died on May 17, 2013 W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . whereabouts are un- without a Will, and will 20001, on or before Auknown shall enter their serve without Court su- gust 14, 2014. Claims appearance in this pervision. All unknown against the decedent proceeding. Objections heirs and heirs whose shall be presented to the to such appointment (or whereabouts are un- undersigned with a copy to the probate of deknown shall enter their to the Register of Wills or cedent´s will) shall be a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s filed with the Register of filed with the Register of proceeding. Objections Wills with a copy to the Wills, D.C., 515 5th to such appointment (or undersigned, on or beStreet, N.W., 3rd Floor to the probate of defore August 14, 2014, or Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . cedent´s will) shall be be forever barred. Per20001, on or before Au- filed with the Register of sons believed to be heirs gust 7, 2014. Claims Wills, D.C., 515 5th or legatees of the deagainst the decedent Street, N.W., 3rd Floor cedent who do not reshall be presented to the W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . ceive a copy of this notice undersigned with a copy 20001, on or before Au- by mail within 25 days of to the Register of Wills or gust 14, 2014. Claims its first publication shall filed with the Register of against the decedent so inform the Register of Wills with a copy to the shall be presented to the Wills, including name, undersigned, on or beundersigned with a copy address and relationfore August 7, 2014, or to the Register of Wills or ship. be forever barred. Per- filed with the Register of Date of Publication: sons believed to be heirs Wills with a copy to the February 14, 2014 or legatees of the de- undersigned, on or be- Name of newspaper: cedent who do not re- fore August 14, 2014, or Afro-American ceive a copy of this notice be forever barred. Per- Washington by mail within 25 days of sons believed to be heirs Law Reporter its first publication shall or legatees of the deso inform the Register of cedent who do not reGail P. Headen Wills, including name, ceive a copy of this notice Personal address and relation- by mail within 25 days of Representative ship. its first publication shall Date of Publication: so inform the Register of TRUE TEST COPY August 7, 2014 Wills, including name, REGISTER OF WILLS Name of newspaper: address and relationAfro-American ship. 02/14, 02/21, 02/28/14 Washington Date of Publication: Law Reporter February 14, 2014 Joyce Ann Brentley Name of newspaper: Personal Afro-American Representative Washington Law Reporter TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS Roma L. Gray Personal 02/07, 02/14, 02/21/14 Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM1329 John P. Hill Decedent Glenn R. Bonard c/o Whiteford Taylor & Preston 1025 Connecticut Ave., NW, Ste 400 Washington, DC 20035 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Darrell T. Hill Sr., whose address is 13402 Overbrook Lane, Bowie, MD 20715 was appointed personal representative of the estate of John P. Hill, who died on January 25, 2008 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before August 14, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 14, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: February 14, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter

TYPESET: Feb 11 02/14, 02/21,Tue 02/28/14 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM75 Norma Elizabeth Freeman Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Rhonda S. Jackson, whose address is 2404 Spencer Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910 was, were appointed personal representative of the estate of Norma Elizabeth Freeman, who died on December 10, 2013 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before August 14, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 14, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: February 14, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Rhonda S. Jackson Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 02/14, 02/21, 02/28/14

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known heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd LEGAL NOTICES Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before August 7, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 7, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: February 7, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Barbara B. Carter Personal Representative

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2011ADM644 Estate of Audrey S. Douglas Deceased NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Kevin W. Douglas for standard probate, including the appoint-ment of one or more personal representative. Unless a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth. 0 Admit to probate the will dated September 29,1978 exhibited with the petition upon proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution by affidavit of witnesses Register of Wills Clerk of the Probate Division Date of First Publication February 14, 2014 Names of Newspapers: Washington Law Reporter Washington AFRO-AMERICAN Bradley A. Thomas 4201 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20008 Signature of Petitioners/Attorney TYPESET: Tue Feb 04 02,14 & 02/21/14 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013ADM1176 Lillian F. James Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Robert N. James, whose address is 7916 Legation Rd, NewEST Carrolton, 12:25:46 2014 MD 20784 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Lillian F. James , who died on March 31, 2001 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before August 7, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 7, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: February 7, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Robert N. James Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 02/07, 02/14, 02/21/14

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY INVITATION TO BID INVITATION NO. 130240 Emergency Sanitary Sewer, Combined & Stormwater Rehabilitation Contract for FY14-FY17 The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) is soliciting bids for Invitation No.130240: Emergency Sanitary Sewer, Combined & Stormwater Rehabilitation Contract for FY14-FY17. The following listing enumerates the major items of work included in the contract but is not limited to:? *Emergency Repair Work;? *Repair/Replacement Work of various sizes of pressurized and gravity Sanitary Sewers and Stormwater Drainage Systems; *Cleaning and Lining Sewer and Stormwater Mains (CIPP) including Sewer Bypass Pumping; *Sewer Utility Service Connections and Cleanouts to Residential and Commercial Buildings.The project requires completion within 1419 consecutive calendar days. This project is estimated to cost between $15,000,000 and $20,000,000. DC Water will receive Bids until 2:00 p.m., local standard time on March 19, 2014. A Pre-Bid Conference will be conducted on March 5, 2014. Bid for this project will be procured in the open market with preference given for the utilization of local and local small business enterprises. The Davis-Bacon wage determinations shall apply.DC Water Owner Controlled Insurance Program will provide insurance. Bid documents are available at the Department of Procurement, 5000 Overlook Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20032. Sets of Bidding Documents can be procured for a non-refundable $50.00 purchase price each, payable to DC Water. Payment must be in the form of a money order, certified check or a company check. Documents can be shipped to Bidders providing a Federal Express account number. The DC Water Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant is a secured facility. Persons intending to pick-up Bidding Documents are to contact the Department of Procurement at 202 787 2020 for access authorization. For procurement information contact Ms. DeNerika Johnson; email DeNerika. Johnson@dcwater.com, voice 202 787 2113). For technical information contact: DETS-Construction.Bid.Inquiry@dcwater.com.

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TYPESET: Tue Feb at 18www.dcwater.com 11:55:23 ESTTue 2014 TYPESET: Feb 18and 11:47:51 EST 2014 View DC Water website for current up coming solicitations. Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM126 Charles A. Stinger Jr. Decedent 11:54:25 EST 2014 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sara E. Stinger, whose address is 2145 Suitland Terrace SE, Unit B, Washington, DC, 20020 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Charles A. Stinger Jr., who died on January 10, 2014 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before August 21, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 21, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: February 21, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Sara E. Stinger Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 02/21, 02/28, 03/07/14

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM125 Denise Arlyn Dickerson Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Bruce Dickerson, whose address is 530 Cedar Street NW, Washington, DC 20012 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Denise Arlyn Dickerson, who died on August 13, 2011 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before August 21, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 21, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: February 21, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Bruce Dickerson Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 02/21, 02/28, 03/07/14

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2012ADM286 Lawrence Clarke Decedent William A. Bland, Esquire 1140 Connecticut Ave, NW #1100 Washington, DC 20036 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Monica V. Jones, whose address is 7814 Berry Place, District Heights, MD 20747 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Lawrence Clarke, who died on May 6, 2011 without a Will and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before August 21, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 21, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: February 21, 2014 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Monica V. Jones Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 02/21, 02/28, 03/07/14

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