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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign released a new ad Tuesday accusing Republican Mitt Romney of outsourcing jobs and slamming him for keeping money in foreign bank accounts. The ad says Romney “shipped American jobs to places like Mexico and China” when he led the investment firm Bain Capital. And it says Romney “outsourced state jobs to a call center in India” when he was governor of Massachusetts. The campaign was spending about $780,000 to place the ad in markets in

Virginia, Ohio and Iowa, according to a Republican strategist monitoring the purchase of advertising time. Obama's camp only described the ad placement as “a significant buy.” Virginia, Ohio and Iowa are three crucial swing states in November's election. The Obama ad is partially in response to a spot released last week by the conservative political group Americans for Prosperity. That ad suggested money from Obama’s $814 billion economic stimulus package went to overseas greenenergy companies.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is launching a new effort to minimize differences between U.S. and international regulations that force companies to spend more money to abide by different sets of rules. President Barack Obama issued an executive order Tuesday calling on a White House committee to work with the private sector to reduce unnecessary red tape that causes problems for U.S. companies that want to work overseas.

That includes everything from different standards for warning labels to separate requirements for container sizes. The White House says standardizing international regulations will make it easier for companies to compete internationally but will not sacrifice health and safety standards. Many Republicans and private sector leaders insist that excessive regulation is hampering business growth in the U.S.

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from U.S. gun shops in Arizona into Mexico. Two of the guns were later discovered at the scene of the killing of a U.S. border agent. The Justice Department on April 19 wrote committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., saying it was regularly producing requested documents. “We have provided documents to the committee at least twice every month since late last year as part of the department’s ongoing efforts to comply with the committee’s subpoenas and other requests for information,” wrote Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich. “In addition to producing or making available over 7,300 pages of documents to the committee, we have provided briefings for the committee staff as requested, and have facilitated staff interviews of numerous department officials.” The department will continue its rolling production of documents, Weich said.

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Lawmakers move toward citing Holder for contempt

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House Committee is preparing a contempt citation against Attorney General Eric Holder as it applies pressure for more documents from a flawed gun-tracking operation. An official of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee said Friday a final decision on issuing the citation hasn't been made. The official, who wasn’t authorized to be quoted by name on the subject, said the citation could be avoided if the Justice Department produces documents sought by the committee. The committee has subpoenaed nearly two dozen categories of documents on the Fast and Furious operation, but no documents have been produced from a dozen of those categories, the official said. In Operation Fast and Furious, U.S. agents hoping to track weapons allowed hundreds of guns to flow

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IBRA ~ Emotional well-being is as important to happiness as physical health. Cool it this week. Give yourself a break. Problems are learning experiences. Make sure you keep that in mind as you face a challenge in the financial area of your life this week. Know that highs and lows bring balance to life, and balance signifies wellbeing. Soul affirmation: Money is my good friend this week. CORPIO ~ This week is your week to shine! Let nothing get in the way of your light. You have an energy inside of you that can light the path at work. Now is the time to let your inner glow radiate out to co-workers. Others are in need of your inner strength. Let love dominate your week. Soul affirmation: I move ahead joyfully in practical matters. AGITTARIUS ~ Everyone wants joy in their lives but few people are ready to commit to truly joy- filled ideals. The ideal you need to cultivate this week is forgiveness. You’re holding on to something needlessly. Even if you get even you won’t feel any better. Let it go. Soul affirmation: I enjoy letting my conservative side shine through. APRICORN ~ You know, the dream that you say you’ll “get to” when the time is right? This week the time is exactly right. Get the plan started that will lead to the realization of that dream. Talk it over with significant others so that they can add their strength. Make the dream their dream too. Soul affirmation: I love the options that are presented to me. QUARIUS ~ You are made from the best stuff on earth. You’ll need to remember that this week. Cast a wide net among the people that admire you and spend time being admired. There are plenty of people who know your best qualities, but this week seek out those who enjoy talking about what is good about you. Soul affirmation: I let my positive emotions make my decisions this week. ISCES ~ Give to a charity, talk with a grandparent, counsel a child, encourage a colleague this week. Choose any or all of the above or create your own list. Your goodness is an investment in your future as long as you do not think of it as such. Soul affirmation: I don’t hide the wonderful things I feel about myself.

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RIES ~ Love, joy and hope fill the air around you this week. Three of the greatest intangible assets that one can experience will be given to you in abundance this week. Use them to overcome the bad vibes being given out by a co-worker this week. Soul affirmation: Hope is future’s way of shining on me this week. AURUS ~ Live this week especially in a celebratory mode and count your blessings, for you are wealthy in ways that are above materialistic levels. Do not dwell on the financial situation in which you find yourself this week. Be ecstatic about the little pleasures that bring you laughter and gladness in your life! Soul affirmation: When I give thanks for what I have, I lose all sense of what is missing. EMINI ~ Take the time this week for self-reflection. There is something about you that you are not seeing clearly. Remember now and whenever you examine your inner self to celebrate your strengths, for you have so many and, to accept your weaknesses as necessary, you are rewarded. Soul affirmation: When I am clear about who I am, the world becomes clearer. ANCER ~ This week your honest acceptance of yourself will give you a power of both grandeur and humility. People will approach you for advice. You are capable of seeing clearly what it is that troubles them. This week, be a counselor. In that, you will find your prize. Soul affirmation: I rejoice because of who I know myself to be. EO ~ This week others might mistake your gift for something else. They may not be able to see it but your inner strength is very available to you this week. Fill the workplace with warmth as soon as you enter. Let peace radiate from your inner glow. Soul affirmation: Love is the greatest gift I can give. IRGO ~ Someone influential is watching you at work this week. Get your work done as you think about celebrating your harmonious vibrations in the evenings in secluded time with your lover. Think about being uninhibited in your celebration, and you will radiate joy in you workplace and no one will know the reason. Soul affirmation: My focus is good for making those decisions important to my career.

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23rd Annual Los Angeles Master Chorale High School Choir Festival: Features

participating students in a mass 1,000voice choir. WHEN: 1 p.m. There will also be a special performance by the 80-voice Festival Honor Choir, comprised of students from the 25 participating schools. Festival is FREE and seating is first come, first served. WHERE: Walt Disney Concert Hall, located at 111 South Grand Ave., at First Street in Los Angeles. For information, please call 213- 972-7282 or visit www.lamc.org/HSCF.

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Mike Epps’ I'm Still Standing Tour:

Mike Epps & Friends. WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: Long Beach Terrace Theatre, 300 East Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802. For more information, call 562-424-0013 or Ticketmaster at 800745-3000. ($5 more at the door).

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Playboy Jazz Festival Presents: Latin

Jazz Artist Jose Rizo and ‘Mongorama’ in free community concert. WHEN: 3:30 -

The Museum of African American Art:

Celebrate the art of award-winning artist, educator and Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper political cartoonist David G. Brown in an exhibit “Heroes,

Saints and Sinners: The Artistic World of David G. Brown.” The Museum will be hosting an opening day reception. WHEN: 2-4 p.m. The exhibit will be on display May 6 through August 31, 2012. Two decades in the making, David G. Brown’s exhibit shows his history of children-inspired art, fantasy and political art. Motivated by the L.A. Riots, inner-city justice and our next generation, Brown uses his art to heal the city. The new exhibit celebrates the passion of one man’s artistic journey from commercial art to cartoon art, giving hope to the community. The Museum of African American Art is located on the third floor of Macy's Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza store, 4005 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90008, 323-294-7071. Visit their website at http://www.maaala.org.

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Films at CAAM: An eye on American education:

The California African American Museum will screen the documentary “American Teacher” (2011, 81 min.) Five teachers from different areas of the U.S. are chronicled to reveal the challenges faced by today’s educators. A Q&A with LAUSD teachers will follow the screening. This event is free and open to the public. WHEN: 1-2:30 p.m. WHERE: 600 State Drive, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, 90037. For more information visit www.caamuseum.org or RSVP at (213) 744-2024.

Conversations at CAAM: Join Conversations at the California African American Museum (CAAM) for a special discussion with former Lakers star, broadcaster, Los Angeles Dodgers executive and author Tommy Hawkins. Moderating the discussion will be Ruffin Patterson of the Maya Angelou Community High School. Hawkins will discuss his book “Reflections of Life: Poetry for the People” and his life as an executive and sports player. This event is free and open to the public. WHERE: 1-2:30 p.m. WHERE: 600 State Drive, Exposition Park, Los Angeles 90037. For more information, visit www.caamuseum.org or RSVP at 213-7442024.

Why is Everybody Doing Yoga?: Join the

California African American Museum (CAAM) and Denise Davidson as she gives the nuts and bolts of the ancient physical and mental exercise of yoga. Find out why everyone is doing yoga and about the added health benefits of regular yoga practice. Dr. Jewel Thais-Williams will share pertinent information on healthy nutrition. This event is free and open to the public. WHEN: 2-3 p.m. WHERE: 600 State Drive, Exposition Park, Los Angeles 90037. For more information, visit www.caamuseum.org or RSVP at 213-744-2024.

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Please remember to: > Obey all tra;c signals and warning devices. > Be alert at all times. Watch for a “TRAIN” signal. > Always push the button and wait for a “WALK” signal before entering the crosswalk. Never jaywalk across the tracks. > Never sit or stand on tracks. > Do not go around lowered gates. > Never make a left turn on a red arrow. This tra;c rule will be enforced by cameras at intersections. > Right turns are allowed while an Expo Line train is passing through, but may be restricted at certain intersections.

Free Health Event & Check: Dr. Zahra

Tabassian, M.D. "The Healing and Dancing Doctor” will host a free health check-up. WHEN: 11a.m. -2 p.m. WHERE: Angel Kidney Care Dialysis Center, 994 S. La Brea Ave., Inglewood, CA 90301. For more information, call: 310- 671-2420.

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5:30 p.m. WHERE: The Beverly Hills Civic Center Plaza, 450 North Rexford Drive between Santa Monica Boulevard and Burton Way. The concert is the first of Playboy’s free community events held in conjunction with the upcoming Playboy Jazz Festival June 16th and 17th at the Hollywood Bowl. Food and refreshments will be available for purchase to the public. Glass containers, alcoholic beverages and audio/video recorders are not permitted. Two free hours of parking are available at the Civic Center parking structure, adjacent to the Beverly Hills Public Library. For more information regarding the community concert series or the Playboy Jazz Festival, visit www.playboyjazzfestival.com.

Works of art ranging from motion graphics, giant posters, rebranding identity, packaging and web design to mixed media assemblage, ceramic sculpture, and paintings will be featured in two “Annual Student Art and Design Exhibitions: B.A. Graduates” in the University Art Gallery on the campus of Cal State Dominguez Hills. WHEN: May 7-17; opening reception, May 9, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Gallery open: Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., and Saturdays 12- 5 p.m. COST: Free! For more information, visit http://cah.csudh.edu/art_gallery or call (310) 243-3334.

Inglewood School District delivers on promise

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A cross section of city, county and state elected officials as well as residents and invited guests was on hand for opening ceremonies.

Grand opening of state-of-the-art La Tijera K-8 School is a flagship of the school district — and a representation of what is yet to come. BY FRANCIS TAYLOR SENTINEL CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Last Saturday, the Inglewood Unified School District (IUSD) very proudly hosted the grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony of the recently completed La Tijera K-8 School in the school’s gymnasium on

the campus of the state-of-the-art structure in North Inglewood. Hundreds of community residents, school faculty, staff and students, along with a broad cross section of elected officials and their representatives were greeted with green-and-white balloons as they entered the palm tree-lined entrance to the school’s parking area

for the long-awaited opening of a school that the IUSD had promised years ago and was now delivering. “This is a very special day for the community, for the citizens of Inglewood and the 300 students who have already enrolled in this state-ofthe-art school,” IUSD Board President Dr. Johnny Young said. “It is the proudest moment I have had in the 39 years I have been associated with the Inglewood School District, and I am very proud that we were able to deliver on our promise.” The La Tijera K-8 school sits on a

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triangular, seven-acre sloping site on a major arterial street on the border of both Inglewood and the city of Los Angeles. The 85,800-square- feet design features a campus on two grade levels, with ramps, steps and elevators serving three levels. The layered cladding of the school buildings provides covered walkways and thermal and acoustic protection from perimetered streets. Its environmentally friendly design achieved the goals of the Collaborative for the High Performance Schools (CHPS) program, which will increase its long-term build-

ing performance and lower the overall, maintenance and operational costs. Maurice Wiley served as the master of ceremonies for the events as he introduced school’s principal, Steve Donahue. Then Inglewood School District students and the Inglewood High School Honor Guard led in the Pledge of Allegiance, and the awardwinning Inglewood High School band played “The Star Spangled Banner.” The Honorable James T. Butts, the mayor of Inglewood, greeted the crowd See INGLEWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT, page 11

Female drill sergeant boss fights removal

BY SUSANNE M. SCHAFER | ASSOCIATED PRESS

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The first woman to command the Army’s drill sergeant training took legal action Monday to reclaim her job, alleging she was improperly suspended last year because of sexism and racism and demanding that two of her superiors be investigated for abuse of their authority. Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa King still does not know what exactly her superiors were investigating when they suspended her Nov. 29, accordAP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File ing to her attorney, James Smith. He said the Army has ICommand Sgt. Maj. Teresa King conducts a class with soldiers declined to say specifically during at Fort Jackson, S.C. The first female commandant of what it was looking into, the Army’s prestigious drill sergeant school is taking legal beyond a general statement that action to fight her suspension and asking that two of her superiors be investigated for abusing their authority. it involved her conduct. Smith on Monday filed a legal complaint with the Army against two of head the Drill Sergeant School at Fort Jackson, the King's superiors, and wants to have King reinstat- Army’s largest training installation. Smith has statements from King’s deputy at ed to her position. Smith is also asking South Carolina’s two senior members of Congress, Sen. the school and an Army colonel who worked with Lindsey Graham and Rep. James Clyburn, for a King contending she is a victim of sexism and racism on the part of soldiers who resented her procongressional probe of King’s treatment. Army officials said they wanted to study the motion and the national attention it drew. “It’s abundantly clear that there was nothing to complaint first before commenting. King, who is Black, made headlines in 2009 warrant her removal. The Army should reinstate when the Army named her as the first woman to See FEMALE DRILL SGT., page 10

13 charged in hazing death of FAMU band member Thursday, May 3, 2012

BY MIKE SCHNEIDER | ASSOCIATED PRESS

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Thirteen people were charged Wednesday for their roles in the hazing death of a Florida A&M University drum major who was severely beaten in what appears to be one of the biggest college hazing cases ever. The charges were announced more than five months after 26-year-old Robert Champion died aboard a chartered bus parked outside an Orlando hotel following a performance against a rival school. The case has exposed a harsh tradition among marching bands at some colleges around the U.S. Champion was severely beaten by band members in November and had with bruises on his chest, arms, shoulder and back, authorities said. Witnesses told emergency dispatchers Champion was vomiting before he was found unresponsive aboard the bus. State Attorney Lawson Lamar said 11 of the 13 people will face a hazing resulting in death charge, a third-degree felony. If convicted, they could face up to nearly six years in prison. The other two people will face a misdemeanor

charges. The names of those charged will not be released until they are all arrested, Lamar said. Legal experts had predicted prosecutors may file more serious charges like manslaughter and second-degree murder. The Champion family said they were disappointed. Champion’s mother, Pam, said she was glad charges were brought but disappointed they weren’t more severe. “I thought there would be more serious charges,” she told The Associated Press. “I thought it should send a harsher message.” Prosecutors, however, didn’t think they had enough evidence. “The testimony obtained to date does not support a charge of murder, in that it does not contain the elements of murder,” Lamar said. “We can prove participation in hazing and a death. We do not have a blow or a shot or a knife thrust that killed Mr. Champion. It is an aggregation of things which exactly fit the Florida statute as written by the Legislature.” Florida’s hazing law was passed in 2005 following the death of University of Miami student Chad Meredith four years earlier. Meredith was drunk and died trying to swim across a lake at the

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Florida State Attorney Lawson Lamar, center, announces charges against 13 people in the hazing death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion during a news conference in Orlando, Fla., on Wednesday. behest of fraternity brothers. No criminal charges were filed in his case, but a civil jury ordered the fraternity Kappa Sigma to pay Meredith’s parents $12 million. Champion’s death has jeopardized the future of FAMU’s legendary marching band, which has performed at the Grammys, presidential inaugurations, Super Bowls and even represented the U.S. in Paris at the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution. Hazing has long been a problem at fraternities and sororities, and in marching bands, particularly at historically Black colleges in the South, where a spot in the band is coveted and revered as much as the sports teams. On HBCU campuses, band members are often given perks and treated like celebrities. Richard Sigal, who holds anti-haz-

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ing workshops at schools, said most cases don’t end up with criminal charges. And those that do typically end in plea deals with little or no jail time. “I don’t have any recollection of that many defendants in a case,” Sigal, a retired sociology professor at the County College of Morris in Randolph, N.J. “I’m not saying it never happened, but I have no memory of such a large number of defendants in a case.” Much of the hazing reported at Florida A&M has involved students trying to get into certain groups within the band. Those who don't make a group were often ostracized. Champion’s parents have sued the bus company owner, claiming in a lawsuit that the bus driver stood guard outside the bus while the hazing took place. Ray Land, the owner of Fabulous

Coach Lines, said he was glad to see the charges. He said bus drivers were nearby but not on the bus. “We feel like the bus did not cause the hazing. The individuals that did the hazing are the ones responsible,” he said. “We never had known about this happening or we would not have let it happen.” Witnesses in the Champion case have told his parents he might have been targeted because he opposed the hazing, the parents’ attorney has said. It has also been suggested to them that Champion was targeted because he was gay and a candidate for chief drum major. The family’s lawsuit described two types of hazing that took place on the bus. During the first, pledges of a band clique known as “Bus C” ran from the front to the back of the bus while other See FAMU, page 8

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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (center) meets with, left, Greg Irish, Charisse BremondWeaver, Timothy Watkins and his assistant.

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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, working on a recommendation by the Community Development Department (CDD), has taken the bold step of funding a myriad of agencies whose work focuses on much-needed services in communities where unemployment runs rampant. With the summer fast approaching, focusing services on out-of-school summer youth is critical, notwithstanding the already high school dropout rate. It is all part of a comprehensive program that was funded for out-of-school youth in 2011, and it seemed to have had a measure of success, hence the will to continue its funding. According to the CDD, the intent of the system will be to prepare young people to be collegeand career-ready and to re-engage out-of-school youth with school and/or work, improve student retention and bolster academic proficiency through effective and efficient case management. The CDD also considered a number of factors in preparing funded recommendations to

ensure that the objectives of the proposed program are met. Some of the organizations/institutions and agencies that met the requirements for funding include Brotherhood Crusade, Watts Labor Community Action Committee (WLCAC), Youth Opportunity−Watts, Youth Policy Institute, Chinatown Service Center and Los Angeles Harbor College. Most of the aforementioned agencies were each funded in the amount of $900 million. President and CEO of the Brotherhood Crusade Charisse Bremond-Weaver and WLCAC’s Timothy Watkins recently met with the mayor and his staff at City Hall where announcements were made. Both the Brotherhood Crusade and WLCAC have served the community for over 40 years. The Brotherhood Crusade was founded in 1968 by Walter Bremond and a distinguished group of Black social activists. It has become the largest and most successful Black independent funding source in the nation. It was designed See MAYOR, page 10

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GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Tyson Chandler, the catalyst for the New York Knicks’ defensive improvement, was voted the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year on Wednesday. Chandler beat out Oklahoma City’s Serge Ibaka and three-time champion Dwight Howard of Orlando to become the first Knicks player to win the award. The Knicks ranked in the NBA’s top 11 teams in both opponents’ field goal percentage and points allowed. They gave up an average of 94.7 points, an improvement of 11 per game from the 105.7 they surrendered in 2010-11, when they tied for 27th in the league. “To me it’s really a team thing. I know I'm here to accept as an individual but it's definitely a team award,” Chandler said at a press conference at the Knicks’ training facility. Chandler received 311 points, including 45 first-place votes, from a panel of 121 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the US and Canada. Ibaka, the league leader with 3.65 blocked shots per game, had 41 firstplace votes and 294 points. Howard finished third, while Miami's LeBron James and Boston's Kevin Garnett rounded out the top five. Chandler helped the Dallas

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Mavericks win their f irs t NB A championship last season and made a q u i c k i mp ac t o n the Knicks. The 11-year veteran averaged 9.9 He beat out r e b o u n d s three-timer and 1 . 4 Dwight b l o c k e d Howard: shots, but Tyson his biggest Chandler. change was making his teammates accountable on the defensive end of the floor. Scoring hadn’t been a problem in New York under former coach M i k e D’Antoni, but stopping people was. “I’m just proud of how far we’ve grown,” Chandler said. The award is sponsored by Kia, which donated a new Sorento CUV on

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Former NFL star Junior Seau was found dead at his home in Oceanside, Calif. He was 43. OCEANSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Police in Oceanside, Calif., say former NFL star Junior Seau has been found dead at his home. Police Lt. Karen Laser confirmed the death Wednesday but released no other details. Police responded to a report of a shooting at 10 a.m. at Seau's home on the coast north of San Diego.

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band members slapped, kicked and hit them. A pledge who fell was stomped and dragged to the front of the bus to run again. In a ritual known as “the hot seat,” a pillow case was placed over the pledge’s nose and mouth while the pledge was forced to answer questions. If a pledge got a right answer, the pillow case was removed briefly; a pledge with a wrong answer was given another question without a chance to take a breath, the lawsuit said. FAMU has suspended the band and launched a task force to recommend steps it could take to curtail hazing. Solomon Badger, chairman of the Florida A&M board of trustees, said the school is doing everything it can to eradicate hazing. “I hope this wraps its arm around everything we have been plagued with the last six months,” Badger said. In a separate incident at FAMU, three people were charged after alleged hazing ceremonies Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. That’s when Bria Shante Hunter said her legs were beaten with fists and a metal ruler to initiate her into the “Red Dawg Order,” a band clique for students who hail from

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Georgia. Four band members were also arrested earlier this year and charged with hazing in the alleged beatings of five pledges to a marching band club known as the Clones, a group within the band’s clarinet section, a police report said. The hazing took place in “three or four initiation meetings” that began around Sept. 1 in a house about a mile from campus. Five pledges were lined up in order of their height and “forced to exercise, play music, and were either punched, prepped (slapped with both hands on back) and/or paddled,” police said. During the initiations, pledges were forced to give money and were pressured to keep exercising “even after exhaustion.” Former drum major Timothy Barber said the charges could help bring closure for the family, and stop hazing at the school. “It kind of strikes a level of fear in people, that this hasn’t stopped and it’s not going to be tolerated,” he said. Associated Press writer Kyle Hightower in Orlando contributed to this report.

Comedian Martin Lawrence files for divorce in LA Thursday, May 3, 2012

Headed for divorce: Court records show Martin Lawrence has filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Court records show Martin Lawrence has filed for divorce from his wife of nearly two years. The actor-comedian cited irreconcilable differences in his filing Wednesday. He and Shamicka Lawrence married in July 2010. The couple dated for years and have two daughters together, ages 9 and 11. The 47-year-old star of “Big Momma’s House” and the sitcom “Martin” is seeking joint custody of the children. The filings state the couple separated last week and they have a prenuptial agreement. The divorce was first reported Monday by celebrity website TMZ.

One of Louis Armstrong’s last trumpet record’s now a CD

In a 1970 file photo, Louis Armstrong is seen during a recording session in New York. BY BRETT ZONGKER | ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — A live recording of Louis Armstrong playing his trumpet for one of the last times was released to the public for the first time. The recording was played Friday, April 27, at the National Press Club in Washington where it was created in January 1971. Armstrong was a featured performer celebrating the inauguration of fellow Louisiana

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native Vernon Louviere as president of the club. That performance was a comeback of sorts. Armstrong had been in poor health and didn’t play for much of 1970. But he felt strong enough to play in Washington and surprised the crowd with tunes like “Hello Dolly.” Armstrong died five months later. Smithsonian Folkway Recordings released Armstrong’s music on CD and digital download after collaborating with the press club and the Louis Armstrong Foundation.

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ATLANTA (AP) — The cause of a fire that ripped through a simulated streetscape at the studios of Atlanta filmmaker Tyler Perry may never be known, Atlanta fire officials said Wednesday. The Tuesday evening blaze at Tyler Perry Studios in southwest Atlanta will be recorded as undetermined, Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin J. Cochran said in an emailed statement. “The intensity of the fire in the area of origin consumed any evidence that would lead to a cause of ignition,” Cochran said. There were no reports of injuries from the blaze that AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton began shortly before 9 p.m. Tuesday and burned through “All in flames”: The facade of a building at Tyler Perry Studios in southwest Atlanta the exterior facade of a large shows damage caused by a fire, Tuesday night. There were no reports of injuries. Atlanta fire building, spokesman Capt. Jolyon building, Ware said. Perry — whose films include “Diary Bundrige said. “The building started popping,” of a Mad Black Woman,” “Why Did I “It was all in flames,” Dorothy Ware said. “Whatever the fire was hit- Get Married?” and “Daddy’s Little Ware, who lives in a high-rise apart- ting, was blowing up. There were plen- Girls” — was at the complex Tuesday ment next door to the studio complex, ty of sparks coming over here where night and spoke with Cochran. told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. we are.” The studio said Perry thanked Flames shot as high as nearby trees More than 100 firefighters See TYLER PERRY STUDIOS, that stand about as high as a six-story responded to the four-alarm blaze. page 10

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her and restore her honorable name,” Smith said in an interview with The Associated Press. The attorney said King, 50, has declined to comment on the actions, saying the complaint stands on its own. But in a rebuttal to the Army, King wrote her superiors, “My instincts tell me that if I were a male, that none of this would have happened.” Smith said he believes the Army is delaying its investigation in order to force King to take retirement when she becomes eligible later this year. Smith, who has handled military legal cases as an executive officer in the National Guard, said Army regulations require that investigations must be handled “expeditiously” and the one against King has gone on far too long. After she took charge of the training program, reporters and TV crews descended on King, making much of her background as the daughter of a North Carolina sharecropper who dispensed stern discipline to his 12 children. She was featured on national TV, on newspaper front pages and in women’s magazines, sometimes with photos of her car sporting “noslack” vanity plates. Smith said envy and sexism were at the heart of the investigations that began against her after being named commandant at the school. He produced Army evaluations that showed that up until then, King had excellent ratings throughout her career. Smith said the complaint is being filed against Maj. Gen. Richard Longo, who ordered King suspended, and his top enlisted aide, Command Sgt. Maj. John Calpena. At the time of the decision, Longo was the head of the Army’s basic and advanced military training at the Training and Doctrine Command, which has responsibility for the drill sergeant school. He now is serving in Afghanistan. Emails to Longo and Calpena were not immediately answered. Harvey Perritt III, spokesman for the Training and Doctrine Command in

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to further the concept and practice of self-help, and Bremond-Weaver is continuing its longstanding tradition of self-help, dignity and respect. The WLCAC was founded immediately after the 1965 Watts Revolt, and its founder, Theodore (Ted) Watkins, used the organization not only to help the residents of Watts primarily but to showcase and shine a positive light on the South L.A. com-

Fort Eustis, Va., said King’s complaint had been received. “We’ve got it, and we’re examining it,” Perritt said. Smith said the legal action is formally called an Article 138 complaint under the Uniformed Code of Military Justice, which is the law under which the military operates. Smith, who is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, is also a captain in the South Carolina Army National Guard. He trained under King when she was a drill sergeant at Fort Jackson. King’s deputy, Sgt. Maj. Robert Maggard, the former deputy commandant at the school, said he witnessed repeated incidents of sexism and disrespect directed against King in meetings they both attended during her tenure. Maggard said no action was taken after he told his superior, Calpena, about the treatment. Maggard, 48, who is retiring this week from the Army, said he heard many comments that King had been the subject of “way too much media.” Maggard said that even though only one former commandant of the drill sergeant school out of about a half dozen had been deployed to a combat zone in the past, much was made of the fact that King had not been deployed in combat. Those who serve in a combat zone are allowed to put a special patch on their uniform. “This all came down to the fact she was female, non-combat patch and possibly envy of a Black female,” Maggard said in an interview. Smith also provided an affidavit from Col. John Bessler, who was King’s commanding officer when she was a drill sergeant and who visited her at the drill school after she was named commandant. Bessler said “a good-ole boy ‘network of disgruntlement’ ” had led to what he called “a character assassination campaign” against King because “her standards are higher than theirs are.” munity like no one else was able to do. And today the WLCAC, along with the Brotherhood Crusade, is one of the few organizations of that era that has survived and continues to grow while serving the people. The organization and Ted Watkins were instrumental in securing the construction of Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital, among other achievements and accomplishments. Today, Timothy “Tim” Watkins leads WLCAC and carries on the work that began nearly a half century ago.

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Atlanta firefighters for their quick response and limiting the damage. “We are grateful that there were no injuries, and that 99 percent of the damage is limited to the backlot facade,” the statement said. The fire never reached inside the building because of its concrete masonry construction behind the facade. However, there was some water damage inside, Bundrige told The Associated Press Wednesday morning. The studio complex includes a 200,000-square-foot studio, five sound stages and a 400-seat theater in

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southwest Atlanta, according to its website. The backlot street scene with simulated storefronts is known as “34th Street,” after the famous Christmas film “Miracle on 34th Street.” The complex also includes a chapel, dining hall, gymnasium, an art department and a post-production facility where work on TV shows such as “Meet the Browns” was done. In March, pop star Cee Lo Green performed for donors at the studios during a fundraiser for President Barack Obama.

BY GEORGE E. CURRY NNPA COLUMNIST

The Department of Agriculture recently issued a report showing that food stamps, one of the nation’s largest safety net programs, is also one of the most effective. Food stamps were responsible for reducing the prevalence of poverty by an annual average of 4.4 percent from 2000 to 2009, according to the report “Alleviating Poverty in the United States: The Critical Role of SNAP Benefits.” SNAP, an acronym for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, was formerly called the Food Stamps Program. According to the study, SNAP’s antipoverty effect was strongest in 2009, when benefits were increased under President Obama’s stimulus package, also known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. That year, SNAP benefits reduced the poverty rate by nearly 8 percent and the depth of child poverty by 20.9 percent. That’s startling news: It’s also news you may have easily missed. Media Matters, the watchdog group, reported that a week after the release of the study on April 9, no broadcast TV outlet had mentioned the study. And only one cable news network — Al Sharpton’s “Politics Nation” on MSNBC — mentioned the report. “New evidence that food stamps help to drastically reduce poverty has been largely ignored by the media, even as the right pursues a campaign to bully those who face food insecurity into silence and help conservatives slash funding for successful antipoverty measures,” Media Matters stated. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has tried to demean President Obama by repeatedly labeling him “the most successful food stamp president in American history.” Gingrich continued to make that charge even after a couple of fact-checking sites pointed out that more people received food stamps under President George W. Bush than President Obama. As Media Matters noted, “In fact, the U.S. Department of Agriculture began taking steps to ‘ensure that all eligible people, particularly seniors, legal immigrants and the working poor, are aware and have access to the benefits they need and deserve’ long before Obama took office.” The attacks on food stamps recipients extend beyond politics. Some of it has been nasty and deeply personal. Charles Payne, appearing in a Fox News business segment, acknowledged that antipoverty programs, food stamps and unemployment insurance were “good programs” and then promptly proceeded to viciously attack recipients of those programs. “I think the real narrative here, though, is that people aren’t embarrassed by it,” Payne said. “People aren’t ashamed by it. In other words, there was a time when people were embarrassed to be on food stamps; there was a time when people were embarrassed to be on unemployment for six months, let alone demanding to be on for more than two years … ” That’s an insult to more than 46

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million people who are on food stamps because they desperately need them. Approximately 85 percent of SNAP households have gross incomes below the poverty line, defined as $22,000 for a family of four. And the benefits average only $1.50 per meal, a figure scheduled to drop to $1.30 per meal in November of next year. Media Matters says conservatives are trying to bully society’s most vulnerable members. “By bullying into silence those who would talk openly about their experiences with successful antipoverty programs — and whitewashing studies proving these programs to be effective — the media create an environment conducive to eviscerating the safety net,” the media monitoring group stated. And that’s exactly what the

Republican majority in the House of Representatives is already doing. “The House Agriculture Committee, which the House-approved budget requires to quickly produce $33 billion in savings over the next decade, approved a proposal that would obtain the entire amount from cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps,” said the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. “The cuts — which would come on top of another proposal in the House budget to cut SNAP by $133 billion over the next decade and convert it to a block grant —would reduce or eliminate benefits for all SNAP households, including the poorest.” The Center observed, “No other program under the Committee’s jurisdiction would face any cut under the proposal, despite frequent calls for reform of the nation’s farm subsidies, 74 percent of which go to the largest, most profitable farms … [that] received an average annual government payment of more than $30,000 a year in 2009, while having an average annual household income of over $160,000.” Those corporate welfare recipients are the ones who should be ashamed, not people who are down on their luck through no fault of their own. George E. Curry, former editor-inchief of Emerge magazine, is editor-inchief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA) and editorial director of Heart & Soul magazine. He is a keynote speaker, moderator and media coach. Curry can be reached through his website, www.georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorge.

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GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Proposed increase in the existing fee associated with the acceptance of Enterprise Zone Hiring Tax Credit Voucher Applications for the East Los Angeles and Harbor Gateway Communities State Enterprise Zones. Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held before the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. in the Board Hearing Room at 381B, Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, 500 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 to consider the above action associated with administration of the County of Los Angeles Enterprise Zone Program. Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act and County Guidelines, it has been determined that the proposed action will not have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. If you are unable to attend the public hearing but wish to submit written comments, please send comments, postmarked no later than May 22, 2012, to: The Community Development Commission of the County of Los Angeles, 2 Coral Circle, Monterey Park, CA 91755, Attention: Matt Lust. Further information concerning the proposed action may be obtained by telephoning Mr. Lust at (323) 890-7203. Assisted listening devices, agenda in Braille, and/or alternate formats are available upon request. American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters, other auxiliary aids and services, or reasonable modifications to Board meeting policies and/or procedures, such as to assist members of the disabled community who would like to request a disability-related accommodation in addressing the Board, are available if requested at least three (3) business days prior to the Board meeting. Later requests will be accommodated to the extent feasible. Please telephone the Executive Office of the Board at (213) 974-1431 (voice) or (213) 9741707 (TTY), from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. 5/3, 5/10/12 CNS-2299689# WATTS TIMES

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and gave special acknowledgment to Mervyn M. Dymally, who is a former lieutenant governor of the State of California, a former assembly member, state senator and member of Congress. He also acknowledged Jerome E. Horton, former Inglewood City Council member and current chairman of the California Board of Equalization. “This day is one of celebrations for the City of Inglewood and for the Inglewood Unified School District,” said Butts. “La Tijera K-8 School is the flagship of the school district and a representation of what is yet to come,” he added. Much of the celebration was an acknowledgment of the wide range of elected officials and community members, whose support, effort and other activities contributed to the advancement of the construction project. Throughout the program, Wiley asked the crowd to acknowledge a long list of dignitaries with fitting applause — and they gladly obliged. A partial list of elected officials who were present includes: State Senator Rod Wright; Assembly members Mike Davis and Steve Bradford; Los Angeles City Council member Jan Perry and Controller Wendy Greuel; Inglewood City Council member Ralph Franklin; Inglewood City Clerk Yvonne Horton; Inglewood City Treasurer Wanda Brown; the IUSD board members; Superintendent Gary Mc Henry; and former board member Thomasina Reed. Congresswoman Maxine Waters and Assembly member Holly Mitchell sent representatives, and Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas sent proclamations. Special recognition was also extended to Dougherty and Dougherty Architects, LLP, Bernards Brothers, the General Contractor, Turner Bakewell, Construction Managers, California Project Inspectors, Inc., and

11 NOTICE INVITING BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Long Beach, California, acting by and through the City’s Board of Harbor Commissioners (“City”) will receive, before the Bid Deadline established below, sealed Bids for the following Work: PAVEMENT REHABILITATION OF HARBOR SCENIC & QUEENSWAY BRIDGE OFF-RAMPS AT HARBOR PLAZA LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA AS DESCRIBED IN SPECIFICATION NO. HD-S2433

Bid Deadline:

Prior to 10:00 a.m. on June 5, 2012. Bid packages will be time/date stamped on the 4th floor or in the Lobby and shall be submitted prior to 10 a.m.

Place for Submission of Bids: 1. By Delivery Any Calendar Day Before the Bid Deadline Harbor Department Administration Building 4th Floor, Plans and Specifications/Program Management Office 925 Harbor Plaza Long Beach, CA 90802 2. By Delivery on the Same Calendar Day as the Bid Deadline Harbor Department Administration Building First Floor Lobby 925 Harbor Plaza Long Beach, CA 90802 Bid Opening: As soon as practical after the Bid Deadline Harbor Department Administration Building 6th Floor Board Room 925 Harbor Plaza Long Beach, CA 90802 Contract Documents Available: Date/Time: Beginning Thursday, May 3, 2012 Monday –Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Location: Harbor Department Administration Building 4th Floor, Plans and Specifications 925 Harbor Plaza Long Beach, CA 90802 Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting: Date/Time: May 15, 2012 / 10:00 a.m. Location: Harbor Department Administration Building 6th Floor, Board Room 925 Harbor Plaza Long Beach, CA 90802 Project Contact Person: Ursula Goings (562) 283-7865, goings@polb.com

NIB -1 Contract Documents. Copies of Contract Documents in DVD format may be obtained, at no cost, at the Plans and Specifications Office, 4th Floor, Harbor Department Administration Building, 925 Harbor Plaza, Long Beach, CA 90802 during the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. To arrange to receive a DVD of the Contract Documents by courier at the expense of the Bidder, call (562) 283-7353. For information on this Project and other upcoming Port projects, you may view the Port website at http://www.polb.com/economics/contractors/out_for_bid.asp.

Copies of all Port insurance endorsement forms, SBE/VSBE Program forms, Harbor Development Permit Applications and other Port forms are available at http://www.polb.com/economics/contractors/forms_permits/default.asp.

NIB -2 Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting. The engineering staff of the City’s Harbor Department will conduct a mandatory pre-bid meeting at 10 a.m., on May 15th, 2012 in the Board Room, 6th Floor, of the Harbor Department Administration Building. Attendance is mandatory and can be used to satisfy a portion of a Bidder’s good faith efforts to meet the SBE/VSBE participation goals listed below. Each Bidder must attend the Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting. Failure to attend the Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting shall disqualify your Bid.

NIB -3 Summary Description of the Work. The Work required by this Contract includes, but is not limited to, the following: furnishing all transportation, labor, materials, tools, equipment, services, and incidentals for work to accomplish the Street Improvement Project at Harbor Scenic Drive and Queensway Bridge at Harbor Plaza.

NIB -4 Contract Time and Liquidated Damages. The Work shall be completed within 90 calendar days as provided in Paragraph SC - 6.1 of the Special Conditions, from a date specified in a written “Notice to Proceed” issued by the City and subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3.1 of the General Conditions. FAILURE OF THE CONTRACTOR TO COMPLETE THE WORK WITHIN THE CONTRACT TIME AND OTHER MILESTONES WILL RESULT IN ASSESSMENT OF LIQUIDATED DAMAGES IN THE AMOUNTS ESTABLISHED IN THE SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

CS & Associates, Labor Compliance Program managers. IUSD board member Arnold Butler commented on his tenured association with the IUSD, pointing out that he has had an opportunity to observe the district from all angles. His service ranges from teacher and principal up to his membership on the board. While expressing his pleasure for the grand opening of the La Tijera School, he applauded his fellow board members for their resolve as well as the community for its support, saying: “The school board and the city authorized a $130million bond measure that has grown to

over $300 million. The completion of this school demonstrates what may be accomplished when you stand up and make a commitment,” he concluded Trina Williams, vice president of the IUSD, thanked the community, the parents and the students who were present to celebrate the grand opening; she also acknowledged the design and construction partners who were on hand to share in the celebration: “We are grateful for all of their efforts and we are all very proud of what they have delivered.” IUSD board member Alena Giardina also acknowledged the con-

NIB -5 Contractor’s License. Each Bidder shall hold a current and valid Class ” A ” California Contractor’s License to bid this Project.

NIB -6 Contractor Performed Work. The Contractor shall perform, with its own employees, Contract Work amounting to at least 50% of the Contract Price, except that any designated “Specialty Items” may be performed by subcontract and the amount of any such “Specialty Items” so performed may be deducted from the Contract Price before computing the amount required to be performed by the Contractor with its own employees. “Specialty Items” will be identified by the City in the Schedule of Bid Items.

NIB-7 SBE/VSBE. This project is subject to the Port of Long Beach (POLB) Small Business Enterprises (SBE)/Very Small Business Enterprises (VSBE) Program. The combined SBE/VSBE participation goal for this project is fifteen percent (15%), of which a minimum of zero percent (0%) must be allocated to VSBEs. POLB expects all Bidders to achieve the combined SBE/VSBE participation goal. Award of the Contract will be conditioned on the Bidder submitting an SBE-2C Commitment Plan demonstrating the Bidder’s intent to meet the combined SBE/VSBE participation goal. If the Bidder’s Commitment Plan does not demonstrate intent to meet the combined goal, the Bidder shall demonstrate that it made an adequate good faith effort to do so, as specified in the Instructions to Bidders (ITB 18). The Port’s SBE Program staff is available to provide information on the program requirements, including SBE certification assistance. Please contact the SBE Office at (562) 283-7598 or sbeprogram@polb.com. You may also view the Port’s SBE program requirements at www.polb.com/sbe.

NIB -8 Prevailing Wage Rates and Employment of Apprentices. This Project is a public work as defined in Labor Code Section 1720. The Contractor receiving award of the Contract and Subcontractors of any tier shall pay not less than the prevailing wage rates to all workers employed in execution of the Contract. The Director of Industrial Relations of the State of California has determined the general prevailing rates of wages in the locality in which the Work is to be performed. The rate schedules are available on the internet at http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/DPreWageDetermination.htm. Bidders are directed to Article 15 of the General Conditions for requirements concerning payment of prevailing wages, payroll records, hours of work and employment of apprentices. NIB -9 Trade Names and Substitution of Equals. With the exception of any sole source determination that may be identified in this paragraph, Bidders wishing to obtain City’s authorization for substitution of equivalent material, product, or equipment, are required to submit a written request for an Or Equal Substitution using the form included in Appendix A together with data substantiating Bidder’s representation that the nonspecified item is of equal quality to the item specified, thirty five (35) calendar days after Bid Opening. Authorization of a substitution is solely within the discretion of the City. NIB -10

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NIB -11 Bid Security, Signed Contract, Insurance and Bonds. Each Bid shall be accompanied by a satisfactory Bidder’s Bond or other acceptable Bid Security in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the Base Bid as a guarantee that the Bidder will, if Conditionally Awarded a Contract by the Board, within thirty (30) calendar days after the Contract is conditionally awarded to the Contractor by the City, execute and deliver such Contract to the Chief Harbor Engineer together with all required documents including insurance forms, a Payment Bond for one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, and a Performance Bond for one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price. All Bonds shall be on forms provided by the City.

NIB -12 Conditional Award of Contract and Reservation of Rights. The Board, acting through the Executive Director, reserves the right at any time before the execution of the Contract by the City, to reject any or all Bids, and to waive any informality or irregularity. The Conditional Award of the Contract, if any, will be to the responsible Bidder submitting the lowest responsive and responsible Bid. If the lowest responsive responsible Bidder fails to submit the required documents including insurance forms, bonds and signed Contract within thirty (30) calendar days after Conditional Award of Contract, the Board reserves the right to rescind the Conditional Award and Conditionally Award the Contract to the next lowest responsive and responsible Bidder.

NIB -13 Period of Bid Irrevocability. Bids shall remain open and valid and Bidder’s Bonds shall be guaranteed for ninety (90) calendar days after the Bid Deadline or until the Executive Director executes a Contract, whichever occurs first.

NIB -14 Substitution of Securities. Substitution of Securities for retainage is permitted in accordance with Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code.

Issued at Long Beach, California, this 16th day of April, 2012.

J. Christopher Lytle Executive Director of the Harbor Department, City of Long Beach, California

struction team and indicated that the real reward goes to the children who will benefit from the state-of-the-art school. “We already have 300 students enrolled and are now focusing on the additional 450 that is needed to bring the school level to a greater capacity and eventually to its full capacity.” Added board member Carol Raines-Brown: “This is a new day for the children, famil[ies] and staff as well as the residents of Inglewood and Ladera Heights. This is the beginning of a new light, a new attitude — and we are putting our children first. “I am proud that we have deliv-

ered a first-class, quality state-of-theart learning facility with 21st century technology for our kids. I want to thank board members past and present for passing Measure K. We have delivered on our promise.”

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