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GUEST EDITORIAL “I am Sandra Bland” BY NC Appeals Court denies Dr. Julianne Malveaux PAGE 4 compensation to W10 family members

BY CASH MICHAELS recurring low moment in North OF THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL Carolina's long pretense to treat Black IINN THE people fairly and justly," said an angry Rev.Dr. Benjamin Chavis, leader of the COMMUNITY The outrage continues to grow after Wilmington Ten. the NC Court of Appeals this week, in The judicial panel consisted of NC Public input sought an unanimous opinion by a three-judge Appellate Judge Donna Stroud - a panel, ruled that the family members Republican; Judge J. Douglas on restoring of Connie Tindall, Ann Sheppard, Cape Fear River McCullough - also a Republican; and William "Joe" Wright and Jerry Jacobs Judge Lucy Inman - a Democrat who natural resources - four deceased members of the also wrote the lead opinion. Wilmington Ten, will not be awarded The NC State Attorney General's NAVASSA, N.C. - State and compensation for their false imprison- Office argued for the state. federal agencies are seeking ment and years of suffering. Why did the appellate court panel public participation to identi- Their families say one of the rea- reject compensation to the four fami- fy opportunities to restore nat- sons why all four prematurely died is lies? According to the ruling, ural resources damaged due because of the stress they had to "Although the State and this Court to decades of contamination endure both in prison, and after they from a former wood treatment were released years later. FILE PHOTO operation near Wilmington. "This unjust ruling by the NC Court Please see COURT DENIES MEMBERS OF THE WILMINGTON 10 IN 1976 IN AT The agencies released a of Appeals slaps equal justice in the Page 2 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN RALEIGH, NC restoration scoping document face of history and this is another this week that details the envi- ronmental injuries from the wood treatment operation in Navassa, a small town in southeastern North Carolina. NORTH CAROLINA BORN The scoping document describes concepts for restor- ing the resources, criteria for identifying suitable restora- tion projects, and an explana- tion of the restoration plan- ning process. The agencies will host a public meeting at 6 p.m. Aug. 18 at the Navassa Community Center, 338 Main St., Navassa, NNPA PHOTO N.C., to describe their efforts Homeless families that received and solicit restoration ideas vouchers were nearly 60 percent from the public. less likely to become The agencies who devel- homeless again. oped the restoration scoping document are acting as "trustees" for the impacted natural resources. They U.S. Senate include representatives from the National Oceanic and appropriations Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife bill cuts Service and the N.C. housing Please see vouchers for NAVASSA/Page 3 poor families PHOTO COURTESY OF REBECCA CERESE BRUNSWICK A state historic marker in Rocky Mount denotes the site where Booker T. Washington High BY FREDDIE ALLEN COUNTY UPDATE School once stood, and where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. first delivered his famous refrain, SENIOR WASHINGTON "I Have a Dream" nine months before the 1963 March on Washington. CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON (NNPA) - For many King delivered "I Have A Dream" Americans living in poverty, housing vouchers mean the difference between having a home of your own or living in a first in Rocky Mount in 1962 homeless shelter. As many as 85,000 low- income families could lose access to those BY CASH MICHAELS to say something about his "dream." vouchers under policies crafted in a new OF THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL King put the rest of his prepared text aside, looked funding bill approved by the Senate up at the hundreds of thousands who had come to the Appropriations Commit-tee, according to t was 52 years ago in 1963, when civil rights National Mall in Washington, DC from across the a recent report by the Center on Budget leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was deliver- nation, and the tens of millions watching on television and Policy Priorities. ing a stirring speech during the historic around the world, and from the steps of the Lincoln I March on Washington about jobs, equality I Please see and freedom, when his close friend, gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, called out to him from those gathered Please see DR. MLK, JR./Page 2 VOUCHERS/Page 3

Thousands march nearly 900 miles in journey for justice BERNEST HEWETT

BY CURTIS BUNN later, activists will caravan some 860 Be OF THE URBAN NEWS SERVICE miles through Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Careful SELMA, Alabama--The movement Virginia, and conclude September that began in a bungalow is travel- 16 in Washington. BY BERNEST HEWETT ing nearly 900 miles to the home of "Why march?" NAACP president CONTRIBUTING WRITER Dr. King's "Dream." Cornell William Brooks asked. "We A coalition of organizations, led march because our lives matter, our It's time we look at our jus- by the NAACP, embarked Saturday votes matter, our jobs matter, our tice system. When it comes to on an 860-mile, 40-day, 40-night schools matter." justice for Blacks and other march from Selma, Alabama to The organizers of America's minorities in Brunswick Washington, D.C. This initiative Journey for Justice stress four County,I find it hard to believe recalls the original Civil Rights issues: the vitality of the Voting that the system is equal. A Movement. Rights Act of 1965, criminal-justice White man pleads guilty to America's Journey for Justice reform, job growth and higher molestation, or crime against began August 1 with a prayer at the wages, and better public education. nature with young men, and he historic Boynton House, a modest "This march is not merely is given probation, but a young home in Selma that witnessed much PHOTO COURTESY OF THE URBAN NEWS SERVICE of the fight for integration, includ- Please see America's Journey for Justice began August 1 with a prayer at the ing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s historic Boynton House, a modest home in Selma that witnessed Please see 1965 march across the notorious JUSTICE MARCH much of the fight for integration, including Dr. Martin Luther King, BRUNSWICK/Page 2 Edmund Pettus Bridge. Fifty years Page 3 Jr.'s 1965 march across the notorious Edmund Pettus Bridge.

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COURT DENIES Industrial Commission for the "The Wilmington Ten attor- involved that were instrumen- of innocence six living members, but were neys will consult with the four tal in helping them receive par- campaign was successful in Continued from Page 1 rejected for Wright, Sheppard, families and make a decision dons of innocence. It's not just 2012. But this week's decision ISSN 0049-7649 - AN Jacobs and Tindall. soon regarding our next steps a pound of flesh that was taken, by the NC Appeals Court also INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER solemnly acknowledge the pro- The lawyers appealed to the in Court," Joyner concluded. it was our HEARTS that were disturbed NCNAACP Pres. Rev. Dedicated to R.S. Jervay, found harm caused by the state Appellate Court, only to Rev. Dr. Benjamin Chavis, ripped out !!! Ms. Mack contin- William Barber . Founder of R.S. Jervay be turned down this week. leader of the Wilmington Ten ued. "They frame our love ones, "All of the members of the Printers, 1901 wrongful imprisonment of any and T.C. Jervay, Sr., Founder person, we affirm the Full In effect, the state appellate and currently the president of imprison them, deny them Wilmington Ten - both those of The Wilmington Journal, [Industrial] Commission's court ruled that Wright, the National Newspaper their rights. Their lives were alive and the remaining An offspring of the Cape Fear order dismissing plaintiffs Sheppard, Jacobs and Tindall Publishers Association, issued threatened and changed forev- estates, deserve compensa- Journal, 1927 would have had to been granted a statement from Miami, Fla. er.They lost friends, family and tion," Barber said. "They were Published Weekly At claims because the [NC] statute 412 South Seventh Street, does not allow compensation pardons of innocence before "The current NC Attorney the right to live free !! Yet, we wronged, they were hurt, and Wilmington, NC 28401 based upon posthumous par- they died, according to a strict General should learn the bitter don't deserve compensation ??? they were violated. This hurt By Black Press SENC, LLC dons of innocence." reading of the governing state lesson that former Governor !!!" was felt by the individuals and P.O. Box 1020, Wilmington, statue, in order for either they Jim Hunt (who refused to par- Like Rev. Chavis, Wayne their families." NC 28402 Attorneys Irving Joyner and Periodical Postage Paid At James Ferguson - two of the or their families to qualify for don the Wilmington Ten in Moore was one of the six living "The lawyers will continue Wilmington, NC 28402 original defense attorneys for compensation. 1978) had to learn reluctantly: members of the Wilmington the battle," Rev. Barber contin- (910) 762-5502, the Wilmington Ten in 1972 - The law covers "persons," Truth and justice can not be Ten who did receive compensa- ued. "We can't give them back Fax: (910) 343-1334, not "estates," the judicial opin- forever repressed and sup- tion after his pardon of inno- the years lost. Full justice can Email: [email protected] represented all of the six living Website: members - Wayne Moore, ion noted, maintaining that the pressed," Rev.Chavis said. "God cence. Still, he was very upset. never be realized to address an www.wilmingtonjournal.com James "Bun" McKoy, Marvin legal language of the state does not like ugly and this lat- "I think this ruling is an injustice that should have Single Copy 50 Cents "Chili" Patrick, Reginald Epps, statute is very clear. "These pol- est racist court ruling is despi- insult to the memories of Joe never occurred, but we will Subscription Rates icy considerations are more cably ugly before God Wright, Connie Tindall, Jerry continue to push until the full All Subscriptions $32 Yearly, Willie Earl Vereen and Rev. Dr. Except Foreign, $37 Yearly, Benjamin Chavis, and the fam- appropriately raised with the Almighty!" Jacobs, Ann Sheppard and to measure of justice and com- Payable in Advance.(Taxes ilies of deceased members. legislative branch." "The injustice of the the dignity of their families ," pensation that can be provided, Included for NC Residents) All ten activists were framed Reaction to the ruling was Wilmington Ten continues Moore said in a statement. and is provided." Address all communications swift. unabated …" Most of us were only teenagers Prof. Timothy Tyson, Senior and make all checks and for burning down a white- money orders payable to: owned grocery store during the "We are disappointed with For the families of the when we were wrongly tried Research Scholar at Duke The Wilmington Journal, height of racial tension in the adverse ruling from the deceased members who were and convicted for crimes we University in Durham, helped P.O. Box 1020, Wilmington in February 1971 North Carolina Court of denied what they feel was just never committed. No amount the 2012 pardons of innocence Wilmington, NC 28402 over school desegregation. In Appeals regarding the estates compensation for their decades of money can compensate for effort immensely when he dis- 1972, they were falsely tried, of the four deceased members of grief, fear, pain and suffer- what we and our families have covered prosecutor's trial notes WE ACCEPT convicted and collectively sen- of the Wilmington Ten, but this ing, there was also anger, and endured." from June 1972, outlining how tenced to 282 years in prison, Court's opinion is not the final sorrow. "Today an old wound has the state attempted to stack the only to have their sentences word," said attorney Joyner in "There is no amount of been reopened. The families of jury will Ku Klux Klan mem- overturned by the US Fourth a statement. money that can be paid for Joe Wright, Connie Tindall, bers, and keep black people off. Circuit Court of Appeals in "This case was one of first what my brother went Jerry Jacobs [and Ann Prof. Tyson was also dis- December 1980. impression before the appellate through," declared Ophelia Sheppard] are my family. They pleased this week with the state The state of North Carolina, court and sets a bad precedent. Tindall, sister to the late often visited me in prison, and appellate court decision. however, refused to either retry In a state with as many wrong- Connie Tindall, who died three supported me throughout the "Given that the Shawn Jervay Thatch the Wilmington Ten, or issue ful imprisonments and convic- years ago this week. "This is long and arduous journey for Wilmington Ten have been Chief Operating Executive pardons of innocence for over tions as has occurred in North very wrong, and wrong is justice. It is why I feel the exact conclusively found to have Mary Alice Jervay Thatch Carolina, we recognize the wrong, but God sees it all. I same feeling today as I felt committed no crime, but Publisher/Editor 32 years thereafter, despite a Johanna Thatch Briggs federal court finding of gross need to continue this legal bat- truly miss my brother." some forty-three years ago instead to have been the vic- Assistant Editor prosecutorial misconduct in tle on behalf of the affected Judy Mack, whose mother, when the jury came back with tims of the most blatant, Cash Michaels their false convictions. Wilmington Ten members, but Ann Sheppard, was the only a verdict of guilty. Though my intentional and even crimi- Reporter/Editorial Staff After a yearlong campaign also for other wrongfully con- female tried as a member of the heart has once again been bro- nal racial injustice by the Montrell Wilson victed individuals whose cases Wilmington Ten, was also dis- ken, my spirit is alive and well. state's courts, it seems unfair Office Assistant by The Wilmington Journal, Edward Crumdy The Carolinian in Raleigh, the might find themselves in situa- traught. I am not satisfied, and I will not that there is no compensation Accounts Executive National Newspaper tions similar to our clients. "We are feeling like we have be satisfied, until, [like Dr. for the families of the John Davis Publishers Association and the There is no doubt, in the minds been kicked in the gut," Ms. Martin Luther King, Jr. once deceased, who suffered Photographer NC NAACP which generated of anyone, that the Wilmington Mack posted on Facebook after said] "Justice rolls down like immensely at the hands of DeShon Briggs Ten were victimized by the the ruling was published waters, and righteousness like these courts," Prof. Tyson Distributor international press and over 135,000 signatures, Gov.Beverly State of North Carolina and Tuesday. "We are back at a mighty stream." says. "Just because the state Opinions expressed by Perdue issued pardons of inno- now the State Attorney square one ! I felt today as I did "We will not rest until we dragged its feet for forty columnists in this newspaper do cence for the Ten on her last General is fighting this pro- as a young girl in the Burgaw find some semblance of justice years is no excuse for perpet- not necessarily represent the day in office on Dec. 31st, 2012. tracted battle to deny just com- Courthouse when the guilty for our deceased brothers," uating this wrong." policy of this paper. pensation for the harm which verdict was read. And yes I Moore concluded. Attorneys for the families The Wilmington Journal cannot Attorneys Joyner and accept yard sale and dinner sale Ferguson subsequently won has been inflicted on these four cried today as I did then. " Thanks to the involvement are expected to appeal to the announcements as briefs. These compensation from the NC families." "I do thank God and all those of the NCNAACP, the pardons state Supreme Court. are considered advertisements. Community and religious briefs are designated for public service generation. His "I Have a King's visit was also report- places will be made straight, Next Tuesday at North announcements, which are free DR. MLK, JR. Dream" speech has been forev- ed on by the Rocky Mount and the rough places will be Carolina State University, Prof. and open to the public. Continued from Page 1 er cemented on that day and Evening Telegram. Neither made strange, the glory of the Miller will unveil the restored All news must be submitted two weeks in advance by Fridays at place. paper reported Dr. King's Lord will be revealed and all audio recording of Dr. King's 5 p.m. There is no charge for Memorial, recited an iconic But that wasn't the first time recitation of the "I Have a flesh shall see it together. speech for the world to hear, submitting briefs, news and favorite refrain he had used Dr. King actually uttered "I Dream" refrain, but an acetate I have a dream tonight. One putting to rest, once and for all, photos. All briefs will run for a Have a Dream." reel-to-reel recording of the day men will do unto others as any doubt that North Carolina, maximum of two weeks. several times before to climax Please send news near the event his remarks: NCSU Prof. W. Jason Miller, speech secured by Prof. Jason they would have others to do not Washington, D.C., nor date. Briefs/news cannot be I say to you today,my friends, author of a new book about Dr. Miller confirms King's famous unto them. Detroit, Michigan in June 1963 taken over the phone. Photos King and American poet words were first delivered in I have a dream tonight. One - where Dr. King also delivered and stories may also be so even though we face the dif- emailed to us at ficulties of today and tomor- Langston Hughes titled Rocky Mount on that day. day my little daughter and my a version of the refrain - is the [email protected]. News, row, I still have a dream. It is a "Origins of the Dream"; and Miller, the author of the just two sons will grow up in a actual birthplace of "I Have a but not photos, may be faxed to dream deeply rooted in the Rebecca Cerese, producer of published, "Origins of the world not conscious of the Dream. us at 910-343-1334. Photos the awardwinning documen- Dream," had the Rocky Mount color of their skin but only con- "As a resident of North may be picked up after appear- American Dream. I have a ing in the paper. The dream that one day this nation tary "February One: The Story recording professionally scious of the fact that they are Carolina, this audio sheds new publisher is not responsible for will rise up and live out the true of the Greensboro Four," are restored by an expert in members of the human race light on establishing the unap- the return of unsolicited news, preparing to unveil well-docu- Philadelphia, and then devel- I have a dream tonight that preciated historical signifi- pictures or advertising copy meaning of its creed: "We hold unless necessary postage these truths to be self-evident, mented evidence next week to oped an accurate transcript someday we will be free. We cance Rocky Mount, NC played accompanies the copy on a that all men are created equal." prove that it was actually in from it. will be free. in what has become the most self-addressed envelope. Even now, world history North Carolina almost a year It is from that recording We will be standing here, we recognizable speech in records King's powerful words before when King first uttered transcript that Dr.King is docu- will be able to sing with new American history," Prof. Miller Member of the National Newspaper Publishers and delivery on that 28th day of his most famous words. mented as saying the following meaning told The Carolinian. Association, Inc. They will let the world hear a in Rocky Mount on November My country,tis of thee, The author of the new Member of North Carolina August, 1963, as perhaps the Black Publishers Association most significant of any era or recording of it. 27th, 1962: Sweet land of liberty, book, "Origins of the Dream" It was November 27th, 1962 And so my friends of Rocky Of thee I sing. about the fascinating intellec- in the gymnasium of the now Mount, I have a dream tonight. Land where my fathers died, tual relationship between Dr. brought up. Remember! Read defunct Booker T. Washington It is a dream rooted deeply in Land of the pilgrims' pride, King and poet Langston BRUNSWICK and check out the facts! There High School in Rocky Mount, the American dream. May every mountain side, Hughes, Dr. Miller, who is also Continued from Page 1 are still people who hate others NC when Dr. King, then the I have a dream that one day Let freedom ring. co-producing the new docu- only because of the color of president of the Southern down in Sasser County, That must become true all mentary, "Origin of the Black man who has sex with a their skin, not for any other Christian Leadership Georgia, where they burned over America if this is to be a Dream" based on his young White girl, even with reason. Conference, explicitly used two churches down a few days great nation. Yes, research, is excited about his her consent, he is given at least The last thing I would want those words to share his ago because Negroes wanted to Let it ring from the prodi- new findings detailing how six months in prison and has to Brunswick County to do is "dream" of America in a register and vote, one day right gious hilltops of New King actually adopted some of register as a sex offender. make a quick decision or judg- speech titled, "Facing the down there little black boys Hampshire, Hughes' "poetic "dream" Most of our young men are ment about the young lady who Challenges of a New Age." and little black girls will be able Let it ring from the mighty imagery for his greatest automatically stereotyped as won the lottery, because some North Carolina still had seg- to join hands with little white mountains of New York, speech. gang members because of tat- of the newspapers and televi- regated schools, so Washington boys and little white girls and Let it ring from the heighten- "As a Langston Hughes toos on their bodies and, in sion stations want to put her High was a well-known all- walk the streets as brothers ing Alleghenies of scholar, this audio offers the most cases, given very high down as a bad person. She won black school whose large gym and sisters. Pennsylvania, most substantial evidence yet bonds or held to stricter rules the lottery.That is her blessing, was being used by the Rocky I have a dream that one day Let it ring from the snow- available to confirm Hughes's in order to be released from jail not a downfall! If she doesn't do Mount Voters and right here in Rocky Mountain, capped Rockies of Colorado, own personal belief that Dr. or sentences for the same what you want her to do with Improvement League, and the North Carolina, the sons of for- Let it ring from the curva- King's dream was inspired by crimes Whites commit. In my it, that doesn't make her a bad local NAACP chapter, for the mer slaves and the sons of for- ceous slopes of California. his own poetry," Miller main- research over the last three person. event to promote the need for mer slave-owners will meet at But not only that, from every tains. years here in Brunswick Don't let the same unjust black voter empowerment. the table of brotherhood, mountain side let freedom ring. Documentary producer County, I have found young system that has divided the The head of the knowing that out of one blood So let it ring from Stone Rebecca Cerese agrees. Black people having to go law for Blacks and other Improvement League, Rev. God made all men to dwell Mountain in Georgia, "As a filmmaker, I immedi- through a lot of unjust treat- minorities from that of George Dudley, pastor of upon the face of the earth. Let it ring from Lookout ately recognized that the dis- ment and harassment from Whites here in the County Mount Zion First Baptist I have a dream that one day Mountain in Tennessee. covery of this audio tape sig- people of stature and power, In separate us by jealousy, hate, Church, invited Dr. King to men all over this nation will Let it ring from every hill nificantly deepens the histor- the last three weeks, a young lack of knowledge, and com- come and speak. recognize that all men were and molehill of Mississippi. ical record by connecting the man was arrested for an ankle mon ignorance cause us, It was one of many visits the created equal and endowed by Let it ring from every moun- two American icons of bracelet violation, and his Blacks and Whites, to become famed civil rights leader paid their creator with certain tain of North Carolina, Langston Hughes and Martin friend was given a citation for critical of each other. to the Tar Heel state between unalienable rights. From every mountain side, Luther King," Cerese, who is such a small amount of mari- Brunswick County elected 1956 and 1968, though this was I have a dream tonight. One let freedom ring. also coproducing "Origin of juana that no arrest was made officials has been openly his very first visit to Rocky day the words of Amos will And when this happens all of the Dream" told The for it. A handgun was found, aggressive against us. It's time Mount. become real: "Let justice roll God's children, black men and Carolinian. "Their connec- but no one could actually be we get all the facts, not what's The December 6, 1962 front down like waters and right- white men, Jews and gentiles, tion is a story that needs to be blamed for it. It was said to given to us by the system, page headline of The eousness like a mighty protestants and Catholics, will shared on film, and this belong to the young man in the which may or may not tell the Carolinian Newspaper at the stream." be able to join hands and sing audio tape establishes the house, and this young man was truth or give actual facts but time was titled, "King Tells I have a dream tonight. One in the words of the old negro important contributions placed under a six million dol- would try and dig up informa- Rocky Mount Audience: Don't day every valley shall be exalt- spiritual," . . . free at last, free at Langston Hughes' poetry lar bond, even with his record. tion that will help make peo- Wait For Freedom," and the ed and every mountain and hill last, thank God almighty we made to the civil rights move- I am reminded the words of ple believe that which has no story went on report how Dr. shall be made low. Crooked are free at last!" ment." George Washington this bearing on the actual facts. King told an estimated 2,000 nation's first President, when If I tell one he is better than people in attendance, "He who he spoke on vigilantes: "When the other and if I tell one his sits around and waits on time RECYCLE the people who enforce the law skin color is better and if I tell to bring freedom will be wait- begin to make the law, there is one I'm going to move him into ing another century." THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL no law." the back of my meat house After reaffirming his belief I touch this topic with care because he is smarter and keep in nonviolent civil confronta- BY SPREADING THE NEWS because of people who believe him confused, I will always tion, King also admonished everything that's printed in control him and keep him in "Negroes in North Carolina" to Pass along your old issues of other papers that do not always slavery, even with his being "…get to voting" so that they print what is completely true, free! can send politicians of their THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL and sometimes, to convince the Bernest L. Hewett is President choice to Congress to affect the public or justify what's been of the Brunswick County passage of civil rights legisla- for others to enjoy. done to our people, their past is Branch of NAACP tion. Thursday, August 6, 2015 CONTINUED/STATE NEWS 3

NCHHS SEC. ALDONA that reforming the state's that Ferrell attacked Kerrick against Gov.Pat McCrory and university,than she ran head- director of the State WOS RESIGNS FOR largest agency was a difficult by running into him, forcing the Republican-led NC first into controversy. Employees Association of MCCRORY tsk. Wos is the second high the officer to draw his Legislature fro the 2013 pas- Because of an overall short- North Carolina was released ADMINISTRATION profile McCrory cabinet offi- weapon and fire to defend sage of what many say are age of scholarship funding, on bond earlier this week [RALEIGH] The controver- cer to resign in as many himself. But prosecutors say the most restrictive voting Dubroy removed some schol- after he turned himself in sial head of the state's Health weeks. NC Dept. of Ferrell was injured and laws in the nation. Plaintiffs arships from the athletics amid two grand jury indict- and Human Services agency, Transportation Sec. Tony scared after crashing his car argue that Republicans delib- department to use on the aca- ments for obtaining property Dr. Aldona Wos, announced Tata immediately resigned nearby in the middle of the erately targeted blacks, demic side and the Honors by false pretense. Dana Pope that after two-and-a-half tur- last week to further pursue night, and possibly couldn't Latinos and college students College for students with has admitted to allegedly bulent years, she is stepping his writing career, and possi- see the officer in the flash of in a effort to suppress their high grade point averages, as improperly using SEANC down from bly run for public office. his patrol car's headlights, votes. The defendants count- well as students in the band. money for his personal uses her post. Wos' thus running into to him as er that the new laws are race- Affected students were not like paying for vacations and tenure has EVIDENCE BUILDS IN he cried for help. Ferrell was neutral and designed to limit pleased with the sudden getting work on his home. been marked TRIAL OF CHARLOTTE shot 12 times and died on the voter fraud. The federal judge changes, and held an after- Investigators say Pope, who by question- POLICE OFFICER spot. He was unarmed. who hear the case is expected noon protest on campus, served as SEANC director for able hiring [CHARLOTTE] Prosecutors Kerrick faces eleven years in to render a decision in a few demanding that the scholar- 15 years, spent upwards of STATE practices of are methodically building prison if convicted of using weeks. ships be returned to athlet- $457,000 of the organization's close friends, their case against white for- excessive force. ics. Dubroy says she will money on himself. He was BRIEFS shoddy man- mer Charlotte police officer SHAW STUDENTS work to develop a fundraising released from Wake County agement of Randall Kerrick - charged FEDERAL JUDGE NOW PROTEST NEW campaign to pick up the jail after posting a $200,000 Medicaid, and wasteful with the Sept. 2013 shooting HAS VOTING RIGHTS PRESIDENT'S slack. bond. spending by one of her top death of black motorist DECISION TO MAKE SCHOLARSHIP POLICY managers. Wos' relationship Jonathan Ferrell - during the [WINSTON-SALEM] Last [RALEIGH] No sooner did FORMER SEANC with even fellow Republican opening days of Kerrick's Friday saw closing argu- new Shaw University DIRECTOR RELEASED lawmakers was frosty at best, trial. The former officer's ments in the federal lawsuit President-elect Tashni ON BOND AFTER GRAND but still, Gov. McCrory black defense attorney by the US Justice Dept., Dubroy begin her tenure JURY INDICTS COMPILED BY defended her tenure, saying Michael Greene told jurors NCNAACP and others leading the historically black [RALEIGH The former CASH MICHAELS

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JUSTICE MARCH it reaches Georgia's capital "We've seen more civil rally at the Lincoln Memorial, Brooks called it "the literal The Gateway Educational on August 10. After four days rights challenges in the last site of Dr. King's legendary "I birthplace of the Civil Rights Foundation acquired the Continued from Page 1 of "teach-ins" on legislation, year than in decades," Brooks Have a Dream" speech. Act." home and plans to transform health, education, and crimi- added. "That's why we believe Today's Journey For Justice The home of Sam and it into a museum. August 18 nal justice, Younger expects we have to inundate the halls is rooted in the history of the Amelia Boynton - a non- will be Amelia Boynton's about putting boots on the to march north. of Congress. Across the coun- struggle for racial equality.The descript, yellow bungalow - 104th birthday. So there is ground," Brooks told Urban "I'm inspired," Younger try, people have been asking, film Selma brought into focus was the civil-rights move- understandable concern News Service, "It's about put- said. "Obviously, I wasn't 'Why is this happening?' The the brutality of 1965's "Bloody ment's unlikely epicenter. Dr. whether Sam Boynton's ting laws on the books. . . born when they marched for problem is that the people Sunday." Civil rights marchers King and the Southern widow ever will see her old This has been a history- our rights in the '60s. To have asking the questions are not who attempted to cross the Christian Leadership home rebuilt. laden year, with the anniver- a chance to do that now, with in the room with the people Alabama River into Conference strategized the "It's somewhat ironic that saries of the Voting Rights all that is going on in the who can do something to Montgomery over the Edmund Selma-to-Montgomery you come to Selma to com- Act, 'Bloody Sunday' and so United States, I have to take change it. We intend to Pettus Bridge were pummeled marches at the Boyntons' memorate the anniversary of forth. But it's a good opportu- the time off from work to go. change that." by racist local cops. home, and some of the '65 the Voting Rights Act, but nity to make history, too." And I go with pride and hope As the marchers head In June, the Alabama Voting Rights Act was signed not protect the place where it Jamiah Adams of the for change." north, satellite events across Senate voted to rename the there. was given birth," Brooks NAACP said the organizers "It's OK that we're angry America will echo their voic- bridge from Edmund Pettus, Fifty years after that said. "That certainly is a expect thousands of people and fed up," Brooks told UNS. es. These activities will share a Confederate general, to the momentous occasion, the point of importance and to join the marchers at every "It's OK that we respond with the social media hash tag Journey to Freedom Bridge. Boyntons' abode has become interest to all of us who care stop, with a "core group" of emotion. But this is more #JusticeSummer. The march Alabama's House of dilapidated. Aside from a about history." more than 100 making the than an emotional trip. This is expected to pick up support- Representatives has yet to plaque that sits outside the To follow the march, text trek from Selma to D.C. is a reform movement. And ers along the way and reach address this measure. house, nothing signifies the 6227 visit www.naacp.org. or "I'm looking forward to we believe putting the emo- Washington, D.C., on or Before setting off, the importance of the events and to help restore this historic marching," said Damon tion with education makes a around September 16. The marchers gathered at the people associated with this place go to www.boynton- Younger, 32. The Atlantan difference." campaign concludes with a Boynton home in Selma. abandoned structure. houseselma.com/donate. plans to join the group when VOUCHERS seek to prevent the Department children placed in foster care ed to housing vouchers are The CBPP report recom- low out America," the state- of Housing and Urban or temporarily housed with shifted to block grants and mended limiting the transfer of ment said. "These bills fail to Continued from Page 1 Development (HUD) from other family members." more agencies apply MTW poli- voucher funds to other pro- keep promises to our veterans reforming current MTW pro- In 2014 alone, agencies that cies to current and new hous- grams, including a 90 percent and seniors, and shortchange The cuts would come grams, while mandating that implemented MTW diverted ing programs. stipulation on funds used for critical investments in safe through an expansion of the the department expand MTW nearly $600 million allocated The Senate appropriations rental assistance and requiring roads and bridges, education, Moving to Work (MTW) dereg- to more than one-third of all for housing vouchers to cover bill proposes greater latitude in MTW agencies to provide scientific discovery and inno- ulation program that, "allows voucher and public housing administrative costs, public how MTW policies are imple- greater diversity in housing vation, clean air and water, and participating state and local units. housing repairs and affordable mented, even as findings sug- choices. The report also recom- our national security. The housing agencies to obtain That's despite research that housing construction, the gest that the effective housing mended "controlled evalua- sequester makes America broad waivers of federal showed that vouchers "sharply report said. Some of the vouch- voucher program is under-uti- tions" for work requirements weaker." statutes and rules governing reduce homelessness, crowd- er funding was even held in lized. and time limits in order to The statement continued: the public housing and ing, and housing instability, reserves. "Fewer than one in four low- assess the effectiveness of the "As the Ranking Democrats on Housing Choice Voucher pro- problems that have been linked "About 63,000 families who income families eligible for policies. the House and Senate grams, shift funds from those to long-term, harmful effects could have been assisted with vouchers receive any federal "Research shows that using Appropriations Committees, programs to other purposes, on children's health and devel- available funds were left with- rental assistance, and there are vouchers in low-poverty neigh- we call on Republican leader- and receive funding under spe- opment," the report said. out vouchers as a result," long (often multi-year) waiting borhoods can have a major pos- ship in both bodies to end the cial block grant formulas," the The CBPP report cited a according to the report. "These lists for assistance in most of itive impact on young chil- political gamesmanship, and report said. recent study that found home- activities often have benefits, the country," the report said. dren's adult earnings and rates engage with Democrats to The Senate Appropriations less families that received but they do little or nothing to "HUD estimates that in 2013, of college attendance, along negotiate a new budget deal Committee, led by Senator vouchers were nearly 60 per- offset the loss of vouchers by some 7.7 million renter house- with other positive effects," the modeled after the bipartisan Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), the cent less likely, "to become extending assistance to addi- holds that had incomes below report said. agreement of 2013, that chairman, and Senator homeless again, 55 percent less tional families." half of the median income in In a joint statement in late removes the threat of a govern- Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), the likely to report incidents of The report warned that their area and did not receive July, U.S. Representative Nita ment shutdown and allows for vice chairwoman, also domestic violence, and 42 per- deeper cuts could be on the any rental assistance either Lowey (D-NY), Ranking responsible investments in approved policies that would cent less likely to have their horizon if more funds designat- lived in substandard housing Member of the House America's future." or paid more than half their Appropriations Committee, income for housing." and Senator Mikulski, said that Instead of promoting inde- it's time to negotiate a biparti- pendence and economic mobil- san budget deal that eases the ity, other MTW polices such as burden of sequestration. work requirements and time "The spartan sequester-level limits on housing assistance, caps on discretionary spending could drive working-poor fami- have resulted in lies deeper into poverty. Appropriations bills that hol-

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ad I ever met Sandra Bland, I am sure I would have liked her. She is described as an advocate for justice H who had embraced her purpose to fight racism. She is described as a sister who knew her rights. She was well-edu- Matters of Opinion cated, assertive, and a resource for her people. She was dragged out of her car for failing to signal a traffic lane change BLACKONOMICS because Texas Highway Patrol Trooper Brian Encinia chose to abuse his power and violate her rights. Because he could. Blacks also failed Sandra Bland Three days later, Sandra Bland was dead. andra Bland is dead. her demise, for her to have er's release. Am I misin- responsibility to be more The police call her death a suicide. Her family While many are con- survived? formed about that legality? proactive when these issues is disputing the autopsy. Brian Encinia is S centrating on "how" She should have never Finally, there was the arise and not wait for our responsible for what happened, since there she died, we must also face been arrested in the first $5,000 bond, which required a brothers and sisters to lose was no reason to arrest Sandra Bland and put the reality of "why" she died. place, but after she was, what 10 percent payment - a measly their lives before we act her in jail. All of the circumstances sur- could have been done? My ini- $500 - for Sandra to be appropriately. Sandra Bland was an "uppity" Black woman rounding her death notwith- tial inquiry would be directed released. Does anyone believe We may not like it and we from suburban Chicago who I not kowtow to standing, toward the person who shot that $500 was such an enor- may not agree with it, but Dr. Trooper Encinia. Perhaps he preferred a Sandra is still the cellphone video, the one mous amount of money that Black folks are part of the woman who said "yes, sir," who humbly accept- Julianne dead. I cannot to whom the cop said, "You Black folks in Prairie View "why" Sandra Bland met her ed her ticket. Certainly, while it was not help but need to leave." The bystander could not raise it to pay her demise. There are practical Malveaux against the law to take a smoke, he preferred think that replied, "Is this public prop- bond? Even the full $5,000.00 things that could and should that Sandra put her cigarette out. Why? along the erty?" That person obviously could have been put up by a have been done, not only by Because he needed to order a woman around three-day had enough backbone to group of people until Black folks but by anyone who asserted her rights. Because she knew what her rights period from refuse to leave and even ques- Sandra's family was able to interested in the fate of that were. her arrest to tion the officer's order; but send or bring it to the court. young woman. We must Sandra Bland, the Prairie View A&M University graduate, her final did he make any attempt to Now we have to live with the admit that, learn from it, and was stopped in Waller County, Texas for failing to signal at a James moments in see what happened to Sandra fact that a major reason this act before other tragedies lane change. She was ordered to put out her cigarette, and she Clingman that lonely after she was taken away young lady died is the lack of occur. refused. She was told to get out of her car, and she had the and frighten- while thanking him for $500! Surely, her life was Now that Sandra Bland is nerve to assert her rights and to ask why. ing jail cell, recording the incident? worth far more than that. dead, many are wringing Trooper Encinia was clearly exceedingly and outrageously there were In such a small town, To have allowed her to stay their hands and saying, yet out of order. His voice escalated to unnecessary shouting opportunities to rescue her where I am sure the news of in a cell for three days with again, how outrageous this when he yelled, "I will light you up. Get out. Now.Get out of the from such a horrible experi- Sandra's arrest got around no one checking on her from is, how they are fed up, how car." He grabbed her, threw her on the ground, and shoved his ence and tragic end. pretty fast. I wonder if any- the outside, no one pursuing this must stop, and how knee in her back so sharply that evidence of bruising was vis- This is not a rehash of all one at her new employer, legal avenues to see and things must change. A lot of ible in her autopsy three days later. He arrested her with the the conversations, utter- Prairie View A&M speak to her, no one willing to good that's doing for Sandra false charge of assault because she did not acquiesce to his ances, conjecture, and theo- University, knew about the put up the miniscule bond for Bland now. We are always late brutality. ries put forth after Sandra incident on the day it took her release is embarrassing, when it comes to dealing with Sandra Bland's You-Tube posts show her as a strong, died. Rather, this is a simple place. If someone did know, irresponsible, and uncon- these kinds of issues. In this assertive Black woman who is keenly aware of racial dispari- critique of what we all saw on did they follow up to check on scionable. case, we were three days late ties, and committed to social and economic justice. Former video and heard from Sandra Sandra and make an effort to We let Sandra down by fail- and one sister's life short. police officer Harry Houck, commenting on this case on CNN, herself when she called help her? ing to rescue her. Every photo Jim Clingman, founder of described her as "arrogant" because she would not extinguish someone to let them know Surely,there are a couple of I found of her contained a the Greater Cincinnati her cigarette. Houck did not know Sandra Bland, so how did he her status, having received a Black lawyers in Prairie beautifully brilliant smile. African American Chamber of surmise that she was arrogant? Isn't that how some Whites $5,000 bond. To say the least, View as well. I am not a The only ones in which she is Commerce, is the nation's most describe Black people when we fail to grovel in the face of she was totally frustrated by lawyer, but I know there is not smiling were taken after prolific writer on economic their power? the entire situation. something called "habeas cor- she was arrested. We helped empowerment for Black peo- What did Trooper Encinia see when arresting Sandra Why Sandra Bland died is pus," which directs a person, take her smile away. ple. He can be reached through Bland? Did he, like Houck, see a woman who was not intimi- also obviously connected to usually a prison warden or Since mid-July, according his website, blackono- dated, a woman who, though not rude, was not "humble"? Did who played a role in her jailer, to produce the prisoner to an article written by April mics.com. He is the author of she scowl when she was stopped? Probably. Was she unfriend- death, whether directly or and justify the prisoner's V. Taylor on Kulture Kritic, Black Dollars Matter: Teach ly or ungracious? Possibly.Was she deferential? Not at all. But indirectly. Where were the detention. If the prisoner five Black women have died Your Dollars How to Make there is no law that says that someone who gets a ticket is sup- intervention points by which argues successfully that the in police custody. They More Sense, which is available posed to be grateful. Most folks who get a ticket are annoyed, Sandra's three-days of horror incarceration is in violation should not be treated as mere through his website; profes- and have a bit of an attitude. She did not bow and scrape, or could have been stopped? Was of a constitutional right, the conversational fodder for sionalpublishinghouse.com say, "Yes massa," so now she is dead, and Encinia is, at mini- there any way, leading up to court may order the prison- talk/news shows. We have a and Amazon Kindle eBooks. mum, partly responsible for her death. African American women are often stereotyped as angry Sapphires with chips on their shoulders and a penchant for confrontation. A Black woman doesn't have to raise her voice or swivel her neck to be considered angry. All she has to do is BEYOND THE RHETORIC to express herself, or fail to smile. Perhaps the officer would have preferred a deferential and obedient Sandra Bland. It did- American veterans deserve better treatment n't happen. So he retaliated. I know Sandra Bland, because she is every woman. She does et me start with a Thus, started what would be reliability. Any employer will advice. He filed an exhaustive not conform to the majority culture's stereotype of what a quote from my men- called America's greatest gen- tell you that a physically fit vet- lawsuit representing himself woman should be. We, Black women, rarely conform. As the L tor,the late Arthur A. eration - our citizens joined the eran is the best hire a company that went on for years and late Dorothy Irene Height, president of the National Council Fletcher: "If your life becomes military in historic and robust can have. They help save our years. In the end, James of Negro Women, once said, "Black women don't do what we so miserable that you want to fashion. nation and deserve the best. Crawford was successful. He want to do, we do what we have to do." commit sui- We implemented a military However, today the Veterans got his 100 percent disability, Forty-six percent of African American families are female- cide, just machine never before realized Administration is filled with plus a settlement. He then headed. We do the work. Black unemployment is higher than check into a by any nation. In the end, bureaucrats so spoiled from started a consultancy helping White unemployment, and Black wages are lower. We do the VA hospital. It 407,000 American soldiers gave their unions they do not give other Vets who had similar work. We work harder for less pay than other women. In the won't take their lives to save our nation. our veterans the assistance problems as a result of their words of Fannie Lou Hamer, we are "sick and tired of being long." Meanwhile, Japan lost 2.6 mil- they need. They don't provide service. Yes, Vets need a legal sick and tired." Sandra Bland accepted her calling to fight for Art told me lion military personnel and adequate care while the major- defense fund to address the justice. Her posts show a woman who would not yield to that 15 years Germany spent 5.3 million mil- ity of the management of the neglect they are receiving. racism. She is not dead because she failed to signal when she ago and today itary lives in its losing effort. VA receives annual bonuses. Many of our vets are home- changed lanes. She is dead because she knew and asserted her Harry C. the status of From that point on, the United For what? The issuance of neg- less, sleeping in parks or in rights. Alford Veterans Ad- States has led the world in lect and abuse of our veterans. homeless shelters. Too many of Every woman who is an activist is Sandra Bland, the ministration democracy, freedom and quali- The unions are so powerful them need mental assistance Christian, the organizer, the advocate for justice. She is dead hospitals has ty of life. that it is almost impossible to but we just ignore them as they because she dared talk back to a brutal officer. Sandra Bland is gotten even worse. No matter Congress rewarded our mili- fire one of these bureaucrats wither away. These heroes every assertive Black woman. I am Sandra Bland. how many news articles detail- tary with the G.I. Bill of Rights. for malfeasance and neglect. In deserve so much better. I tear Julianne Malveaux is an author and economist. She can be ing the bevy of scandals; This program educated our vet- terms of the hospitals, an up whenever I see "Wounded reached via www.juliannemalveaux.com. Congressional hearings and erans in mass and provided 100 alarming rate of veterans lose Warrior" ads on television. Inspector General Reports, it percent mortgages and medical their lives while waiting and They have to appeal to the pub- just keeps getting worse. help that was gravely needed. waiting for assistance that lic for assistance. Where is our Veterans are the jewel of our The foundation of the new never comes. Over one-third of government? It is too ungrate- VOICE YOUR OPINION! population. They put their lives American middle class is the the patient backlog of VA hos- ful. Let's start a legal defense on the line with far too many product of this genuine pro- pitals have already died and no fund for our vets. giving up their lives in defense gram. But somehow the pro- one bothers taking them off In regards to VA hospitals, of our great nation. There has gram has gone awry. The the list. they are just too big to correct. been no great civilization that Veterans Administration is One thing we need is organ- We should put them up for sale did not hold its soldiers in high like a sick puppy trying to ized legal assistance for our and privatize them to hospital esteem. The direction we are serve the needs of our veter- veterans. My cousin was a pio- corporations that know what headed in will make our civi- ans. As the Vietnam War start- neer in this area. He per- they are doing. Let's begin this lization less than great. We ed to end, attention and due formed his duty as a Marine. transition now! Goodbye to the must address this urgent and pressure was placed on the VA, When he finished his term he no good bureaucrats and hello dire situation. but it seems to have been of lit- knew he needed medical help. to the professionals who know World War II was the biggest tle avail. This was an early sign (in the how to make a hospital run like threat ever faced by our nation. A veteran has earned the sta- 1960s) of what would later be a profitable corporation. Japan attacked our Pacific tus that affords him/her assis- called PTSD. He demanded 100 Harry C. Alford is the co- Fleet at Pearl Harbor, which tance. Military training estab- percent medical disability founder, President/CEO of the started a war with their imperi- lishes work ethic, devotion to plus damages. Everyone National Black Chamber of al government while Germany nation and fellow man, comple- laughed but him. He got his Commerce®. Website:www Write a letter to the editor! immediately declared war tion of assigned tasks, respon- niece, who is a very good attor- .nationalbcc.org Email: hal- against us at the same time. sibility, physical fitness and ney, to provide him legal [email protected]. Thursday, August 6, 2015 OPINION 5 CURRY’S COMMENTS Galloway, a Union spy Voter suppression overshadows t the recommenda- the South's slaves to help strated courage and a famil- witnessed their efforts to tion of George undermine the Confederacy. iarity with the arts of sub- bring down the Confederacy voting rights act celebration A Stearns, Massa- The logic behind Galloway's terfuge than in African from within. From his work chusetts war leaders recruit- recruitment was undis- Americans who had been as a spy,he also came to know hursday, Aug. 6, marks the 50th anniversary of ed Abraham Galloway to putable. Who better knew how active in the radical abolition the best and worst of the President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the 1965 serve as a spy inside the to blend into confederate soci- movement from Canada West Union Army's conduct toward T Voting Rights Act into law. The Southern Christian Confederacy. ety,after all, than a Black man to the West Indies? African Americans in the Leadership Conference (SCLC), the organization co-founded His recruit- who had been born and raised Cloaked in secrecy, a spy's parts of the South that by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., will hold a Call to Action Rally ment into the in the South? Who better to life may not have been a path Lincoln's troops first took at 9 a.m. on Thursday at the Martin Luther King Memorial on Union spy ser- infiltrate the Confederacy to glory, but Galloway soon from the Confederacy. Those the National Mall. vice marked then an-ex slave who had discovered that he could use experiences shaped his politi- The NAACP hopes to cap its Selma, Ala. to one of the proven his running prowess his position in military intel- cal outlook, compelled him Washington, D.C. relay march, called first signs by escaping to the North? ligence to gain unique insight eventually to break with the America's Journey for Justice, in the nation's and, for a Who could be more trusted into the situation of African Union army, and led him ulti- capital on Sept. 16. long time, than a Black man who was Americans in the Confederate mately to forsake the shadows Other celebratory activities are planned David one of the fighting for his people's free- States. He worked alongside for a more public life. for different times. Dowdy few signs dom? Would he not be less slaves over a broad swath of David Dowdy is the former Considered among the most far-reaching that, at least likely to betray the North for the enemy's territory. He saw vice president of the New legislation in history, the 1965 Voting Rights a small num- money or out of undisclosed firsthand the aspirations for Hanover County NAACP and George Act removed many of the impediments to vot- ing created by cities, counties and states that ber of Union military leaders political sympathies? Finally, freedom of his brothers and the president of Friends of Curry recognized the potential of where better to find demon- sisters still in bondage and Abraham Galloway. prevented many African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment to the Constitution. Dallas County, Ala., which includes the city of Selma, was RAINBOW COALITION typical. As the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a Amend Constitution to add a right to vote Washington, D.C.-based think tank, observed, in 1965, more than half of Dallas County was Black. However, of the coun- n August 6, the mine the voting rights of peo- Republicans launched their cles to voting to help them ty's 15,000 voting-age African Americans, only 156 were regis- Voting Rights Act, ple of color never ends. Southern Strategy, making win elections. tered to vote. By contrast, two-thirds of voting-age Whites O keystone of the After the Civil War, the themselves the party of The right to vote protects were registered. civil rights movement, will 15th Amendment, ratified in white sanctuary.Then, to win all other rights in a democra- It took the savage beating of 600 protesters, including mark its 50th anniversary. 1870, guaranteed former elections, they set out to find cy. Yet the Constitution does future U.S. Congressman John Lewis, by White law enforce- This was an act, passed in the slaves the right to vote and ways to weaken the Voting not explicitly guarantee an ment officials on April 7, 1965, known as "Bloody Sunday," to wake of the gave Congress the power to Rights Act and constrict the individual right to vote to all stir the nation's conscience against ballot box indignities. “Bloody Sun- enforce that right on the right to vote. Americans. The 15th, 19th That provided the momentum for passage of the bill. day” demon- states. Blacks voted in large The five person right-wing and 26th Amendments only "Only in the wake of the Voting Rights Act did black voter strations in numbers. Black candidates majority on the Supreme outlaw discrimination in vot- registration in the South begin to approach that of whites," Selma, de- were elected to state legisla- Court led the way. In Shelby ing on the basis of race, sex the Joint Center said in a report titled, "50 Years of The signed to cor- tures and even to Congress. County, Ala v. Holder, Chief and age. All other aspects of Voting Rights Act: The State of Race in Politics." It continued, rect, as Pres- The white response was bru- Justice John Roberts gutted voting are generally left to "Five years after the passage of the Act, the racial gap in voter ident Lyndon tal. The Ku Klux Klan terror- the preclearance provisions the states and localities. registration in the former Confederate states had closed to Johnson stat- ized blacks trying to vote. of the Voting Rights Act, While the 1965 Voting Rights single digits. By the start of the 1970s, the black/white regis- Rev. Jesse ed at the Southern Democrats took arguing — despite detailed Act was rightfully hailed as tration gap across the Southern states was little more than 8 Jackson, Sr. time, “a clear back statehouses and city congressional findings to the the most important law of percentage points." and simple councils and passed a range contrary — that discrimina- the 20th century, the funda- In four of the 12 presidential elections since 1964, Black vot- wrong.” of measures to lock blacks tion in voting was no longer a mental right to vote for all ers have turned out at higher rates that their White counter- “Millions of Americans out of voting: poll taxes, liter- problem. Americans is still an unfin- parts, according to the Joint Center. And the number of Black are denied the right to vote acy tests, double primaries That opened the flood- ished task. elected officials have increased from less than 1,000 in 1965 to because of their color,” he and at-large districts. gates. Republican-dominated Selma moved us forward, more than 10,000 in 2015, including President Barack Obama. said. “This law will ensure In 1965, the Voting Rights state legislatures across the but Shelby has pushed us While properly appreciating the accomplishments of the them the right to vote.” Act changed this. Black voter country immediately passed back. We’ve gone from pro- Voting Rights Act, we should not lose sight of the challenges But now, 50 years later, it is registration surged across laws to constrict the right to tecting the right to vote to that lie ahead. not time to celebrate that the South. Under Section 4, vote. They demanded official suppressing it. It took a "Since the 2010 election, 21 states have new laws making it achievement; it is time to the states that had a history ID that African-Americans grassroots voting rights harder to vote - ranging from photo ID requirements to early demonstrate against the con- of voter discrimination were lacked disproportionately, movement to gain a Voting voting cutbacks to registration restrictions - and 15 states will certed campaign to under- put under special Section 5 cut days for early voting, Rights Act. It will again take have them in place for the first time in a presidential election mine it. scrutiny, with the Justice reduced voting on Sundays, a grassroots voting rights in 2016. Those 15 states are: Alabama, Indiana, Kansas, In 2006, after extensive Department requiring pre- ended same-day registration, movement to add a right to Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, hearings, the Senate reautho- clearance of any laws affect- invalidated students IDs for vote amendment to the U.S. North Dakota, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, rized the temporary parts of ing voting. voting and more. They gerry- Constitution on the road to a Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin," according to the Voting Rights Act unani- Yet, as Jim Rutenberg sum- mandered districts, revived more complete democracy. Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of mously. It passed the House marizes in “Overcome: A at-large elections and other Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. is Law. with only 33 votes against it. Dream Undone” in the New means to reduce the voting founder and president of the And things are likely to get worse before the election President George W. Bush York Times Magazine, the power of people of color. It is Chicago-based Rainbow The Brennan Center also noted, "As the early stages of the reaffirmed his commitment campaign to undermine the simply obscene that PUSH Coalition. You can keep 2016 presidential race begin, state legislatures are already to enforce it. But the cam- act began before the ink was Republicans have devoted up with his work at www.rain- considering hundreds of laws that could determine voters' paign to reverse or under- dry on its signing. themselves to creating obsta- bowpush.org. access to the ballot. Since the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, and as of May 13, 2015, at least 113 bills that would restrict access to registration and voting have been intro- duced or carried over in 33 states." Danger sign in bail for alleged Cincinnati police shooter Many of these bills were introduced in the aftermath of the redictably it took offices to meticulously plan established when the four DuBose. Namely that he Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder.On June almost no time for his defense strategy. He will LAPD officers charged with feared for his life.Tensing and 25, 2013, the court invalidated Section 4 of the Voting Rights P ex-University of have ample opportunity to beating black motorist his attorneys quickly and Act, the provision determining which jurisdictions are Cincinnati Cop Ray Tensing personally review all tapes, Rodney King in 1991 quickly eagerly latched onto this as required to pre-clear any voting changes with a federal judge who is charged with the mur- documents, and any other met the relatively low bail set his defense. or the Justice Department because of a history of racial dis- der of unarmed motorist materials pertinent to his for their release. The standard The presumption is that crimination. Samuel defense. He will be able in con- retort from prosecutors and these jurors are much more To repair the court's damage, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) Dubose to sort with his attorneys to tai- judges as to why they routine- likely to believe the testimony and James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) and Senator Patrick Leahy make his $1 lor, massage, and rehearse his ly grant low or no bail for cops of police and police defense (D-Vt.) took the lead in introducing a bill that would, among million bail. version of the events that led charged with manslaughter, witnesses than black witness- other things, require states and municipalities with a history His father up to and included the slaying murder, or excessive force es, defendants, or even the vic- of repeated voting violations to pre-clear any election law allegedly put of DuBose. against unarmed civilians is tims. It's a presumption that changes with the Justice Department or a federal judge in up his house At the end of each court that cops are solid members of has been borne out in police Washington, D.C., just as had been the case before the and cash as session, he will walk out of the community and pose no misconduct trials time and Supreme Court's recent action. Of course, Blacks must also continue to fight against Earl Ofari collateral for court arm in arm with his flight risk. But this same cri- again. George Zimmerman the 10 per- family and friends, and teria for determining what if even got the benefit of that regressive changes at the state level. Hutchinson cent or return home. The sight of a any bail to set can just as eas- presumption when he walked Any euphoria created by the tremendous gains made since $100,000 that defendant such as Tensing ily apply to countless non- in the shooting death of passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act should be tempered by was required for Tensing's walking free from court each police officers charged with Trayvon Martin. a stark reality cited in the report by the Joint Center for release. Even if his father day can make a powerful felony offenses whose bail is Tensing's walk from court Political and Economic Studies. hadn't coughed up the collat- impression on a judge, and set high, or not at all. Many sit one day after his arraignment It noted, "Based on the most recent data, African eral to bail his son out, especially jurors. The subtle for months awaiting a trial or on bail set the stage for yet Americans are 12.5% of the citizen voting age population, but Tensing would have quickly message is that he is a regular more likely are pressed into a another knock down legal bat- they make up a smaller share of the U.S. House (10%), state been freed. The instant he was Joe, a family man, just like us. plea bargain. At the very tle that will again pit a cop who legislatures (8.5%), city councils (5.7%), and the U.S. Senate charged with murder the Is this someone really capable least, the low or no bail for will claim that he was put upon (2%)." offers to send money for his of committing the dastardly police officers in excessive by an allegedly violent black A report by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human bail poured in from far and act that he is charged with? force cases reinforces the man. Tensing's attorneys will Rights concluded, "While the VRA has been enormously suc- wide. In fact, by even setting The easily doable bail for strong public perception that word double to sell jurors on cessful in eliminating some of the most egregious forms of bail in the first place his Tensing is hardly an aberra- judges and prosecutors reflex- that demonized image of discrimination, the reality is that discrimination in voting release was virtually insured. tion. It's more often than not ively give the kid glove treat- Dubose. As such, this suppos- remains real and immediate." This is the first danger sign standard procedure for police ment to police officers who edly left Tensing no choice but George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, that convicting Tensing of officers charged in the fatal are hauled into the docket in to use deadly force. Granting is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Dubose's murder is far from a shootings of unarmed civil- sharp contrast to a poor, him bail will certainly do much Association News Service (NNPA) and BlackPressUSA.com. He slam dunk. The advantages of ians, especially, African- African-American or to help with that sell. is a keynote speaker,moderator,and media coach. Curry can be bail for a defendant, especial- American or Hispanic civil- Hispanic defendant. Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an reached through his Web site, www.georgecurry.com. You can ly a former police officer, are ians. A near textbook example When Tensing appears in author and political analyst. also follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorgeand George E. enormous. Tensing will not of that was the release on no court as a very free man with He is a frequent MSNBC con- Curry Fan Page on Facebook. See previous columns at appear in court in waist bail last February of NYPD his scripted defense, he will tributor. He is an associate edi- http://www .georgecurry.com/columns. chains or jail garb. He will be officer Peter Liang charged likely be watched and listened tor of New America Media. He freshly scrubbed, clean with felony manslaughter in to by the type of jurors that is a weekly co-host of the Al shaven, boyish looking, and the shooting of Akai Gurley,an his defense attorney will use Sharpton Show on American dressed in a neatly pressed unarmed African-American, every legal device in the play- Urban Radio Network. He is shirt, suit and tie. He will in November, 2014 in a book to impanel. They are the host of the weekly meet with his attorney, or, as Brooklyn housing project. jurors who would be likely to Hutchinson Report on KTYM The BLACK PRESS with most cop defendants, a Prosecutors raised no objec- believe his version of the hor- 1460 AM Radio Los Angeles battery of attorneys in the tion to his no bail release. rific events that led to him and KPFK-Radio and the relaxed, comfort of their This precedent was well allegedly gunning down Pacifica Network. VISIT US AT USE IT or

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Haso Ministries will sponsor Feed The Needy every 1st Saturday of each month at 5-Star Café, 604 Redcross Street at 11:00 a.m. For History can be a story more information contact Ramona at 910-264-4530. istory is a chrono- stand watching a very large never seen money segregat- for the homeless and provide New Hanover County Sheriff Office along with The logical record of Confederate flag attached to a ed. It all looks alike and all is a quality education for our Wilmington Police Department and other sponsors will hold H evens, as of the life truck on Highway 17, going used for the same purposes. children. Back to School Family Fun Day on Thursday, August 6th at Rachel or development of people, toward Supply,N. C. Some are Still, there are many who do Verniece E. Stanley is a Freeman School, 2601 Princess Place from 10:00 country or too young to understand the not want a Black person to sit native of Brunswick County. a.m.- 2:00 p.m. Free food, games and giveaways. institutions. true meaning of the beside them at a ball game. She grew up on a farm but Precinct W29 will hold its 2nd Town Hall meeting History was Confederate flag. It has a his- Our tax dollars help sup- wanted more excitement in at Williston Middle School in the media room at made was tory of hate and oppression port many social entertain- life. She graduated from high 6:45 p.m. on Monday, August 10, 2015. County being made in and is offensive to Blacks for ments we do not know about. school in Brunswick County in Commissioner Mr. Jonathan Barfield Jr. will serve America long that reason. Why would you We are aware of the many 1948 and graduated from Community as moderator with the subject being the county before Chris- continue to display the flag? changes taking places around Fayetteville State Teachers' Briefs and its role and accomplishments in the county topher Colum- Small children, Whites or us. There are many police College in 1952. She taught city and community. For more information please bus came to Blacks, should not be growing men on the road and we pay school in Brunswick County call E.B. Davis at 910-762-8599 or Ms. Lynn H. America and up in a culture of hate, hav- the high cost of gas to keep for nine years. She moved to McIntyre at 910-200-2530. Verniece Stanley "discovered" it. ing honor a symbol that rep- them on the road. Baltimore, Maryland, mar- The Saint Augustine’s University(College) Alumni meeting will Indians, as they resents the defense of slavery, I also notice the increase in ried, and taught school for be held on Saturday,August 15th at 2:00 p.m. at the Covil Farm Road were called inequality, and oppression! homeless children in this twenty-five more years. She Clubhouse at 7300 Covil Farm Road in Wilmington. All graduates, then, (now known as Native History still repeats country and some other coun- received her master's degree persons who attended and friends of St. Augustine’s University are Americans) were living in strange happenings over and ties as well. We cannot take from Morgan State College in invited to atten. Call Angie at 910-620-7978 for more information. this country before Columbus over again. Black Americans education away from our Baltimore City. She retired ever reached its shores in are making great contribu- future generation. I was glad and moved back to Bolivia, N. The Wilmington Police Department is proud to announce the 1492. tions to TV programs that to know that offshore drilling C. where she enjoys writing expansion of the Police Athletic League (PAL) to include Olympic Wrestling and Soccer. Volunteers are currently being recruited to History is taught in schools exhibit our best in society.We for oil was not made articles for The Wilmington coach. Interested individuals should call 910-343-3608 or email today using up today's tech- pay taxes like millions of approved. We should be using Journal and is an active mem- [email protected] for more information. nology. Today our children other Americans. I have the money to provide homes ber of the NAACP Board.

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The Craven County Board of Education and Tucker Creek Middle School spot- lighted Stacey Walker Looney, a mathematics teacher who implements technology-based lessons and tools in her teach- ing while not losing the rigor and high standards which cre- ate successful students. Mrs. Looney keeps an open mind to new ideas that are CONTRIBUTED PHOTO presented and maintains a STACEY WALKER LOONEY very professional attitude dur- Street Execs Producer Chill Go Hard hanging out ing all circumstances. She bers to create a very authentic with Rapper Memphis Moe at The Inaugural North constantly keeps her students learning environment. Carolina No Stress Fest. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS first, even when that means Mrs. Looney resides in 2 CHAINZ PERFORMING LIVE AT THE INAUGURAL she stays late to create remedi- Newport, NC with her hus- NORTH CAROLINA NO STRESS FEST ation lessons, new challeng- BY CEDRIC R. HARRISON The Inaugural North Carolina band David and two sons, CONTRIBUTING WRITER No Stress Fest a music festival ing assignments, or review Isaiah and Jeremiah. A for- Ricky Ruckus, Gilles, side activities. After 6:00pm student work to provide feed- for all genres and all cultures. mer resident of Bladenboro, Malachiae, Scorp, Pooh Bear, the crowd was moved to the back. It is not rare to find Mrs. Editor’s Note: The writer of this This all-new festival experi- NC: she is a graduate of article, Cedric R. Harrison is a ence fused live interaction Rico Barrino & Tigo B and inside of the venue, for the Looney using her own time Bladenboro High School and native of Wilmington, NC. A with an elevated atmosphere more. second half of the No Stress during lunch to grade assign- North Carolina Central graduate of New Hanover High and it all took place at Ziggy’s Guests were able to enjoy Fest, taking place on the main ments and provide feedback University. Stacey is also the School, he is a Brand Strategist Music Park (Winston-Salem, the outside filled with carni- stage presented by Street for students. Mrs. Looney also daughter of Willie Wardell at The Resource Guild in NC), from 2:00pm - 11:00pm. val games, food, & merchan- Execs. The mainstage was implements high-quality Walker, Sr. and Emma Atlanta, GA. Attendees witnessed perform- dise vendors and a wide vari- hosted by MTV’s Wild’n Out's PBLs in her classroom, even Johnson Walker of ances from 2 Chainz, Travis ety of performances on the Chicco Bean, Darren Brand, bringing in community mem- Bladenboro. On Saturday, July 25, 2015 Porter, Styles & Complete, Livemixtapes.com stage for and Osama Bin Drankin from Street Execs and Dj E Sudd (2 Bankroll Fresh, Cap 1, Short indie artist from 2:00pm- the Freestyle Funny Comedy Chainz Official Dj & North Dawg, DJ E Sudd, Freaky 6:00pm. A live DJ from 102 Show. Carolina Native) produced one Zeeky(Dipset), DJ Hek Yeh, DJ Jamz helped provide the Special Thanks: of the biggest platforms in Dirty, Mo Beatz, Street Money musical experience before LiveMixtapes.com, North Carolina for established Boochie, Greazzy, NY2DaA, and in between performances Backwoodz, Ziggy’s Music and up and coming artist at Smiley Face, Memphis Moe, while attendees enjoyed out- Park and 102 Jamz. First My Community Matters Rally held

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SPECIAL TO Da’Shaun graduated from pus working to make the DJ Bigg B of Coast 97.3 and THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL Hoggard High School in 2014. world a better place. Core DJs. Now a man of Morehouse Attendees heard speeches The guests had the opportu- Da' Shaun Harrison along College, a Historically Black from influential leaders of the nity to sign up to become a with Coast 97.3 presented the College & University in community, poetry and other member of NAACP, register first My Community Matters Atlanta, GA, Da'Shaun is a spoken word performances to vote, and let their voice be Rally on Saturday, August 1, member of the NAACP, and from various artist, and heard as they discussed cur- 2015. other organizations on cam- music was provided by Host rent issues in the community..

The BLACK PRESS USE IT or LOSE IT Thursday, August 6, 2015 OBITUARY 7

Jones, Janiya Choate, Cemetery. called to her Heavenly Home NC; eleven great grandchil- Church where he participat- Journee Turner, six special Mattie Lou Murphy on Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in dren and a host of nieces, ed in Sunday school, BTU, nieces Shaquia Williams, Williams, daughter of the her home. Annie Byrd gradu- nephews and other relatives and the Boy Scout Troop. Samantha James, Tanasha late Mae Presley and Wood ated from Williston and friends. A Service of Later years he joined Davis, Monique Martin, Murphy was born on Industrial School in the class John H. Shaw Son's Funeral Hooper's Chapel Missionary Venikia Mosley, La'Shawnna December 2, 1924, in Opelika, of 1943. She was employed as Home. Baptist Church and was a Hayes; six nephews Michael Alabama. Mattie transi- a maid, worked for Southern faithful member until his Hayes, Arthur Hayes, Jr., tioned to her heavenly home Box, Corbett, and then for the Ernest Carnell Johnson health declined. He loved his Xavier James, all of on Sunday, July 26, 2015. Her New Hanover County church family and was well Wilmington, NC, Craig Clapp late husband, Mr. Leo H. Schools where she retired. Ernest Carnell Johnson known for sharing candy of Raleigh, NC, Cynthia and Williams; her daughter, Mary An entrepreneur, she was died Wednesday, July 29th at with the members and that Maurice Clapp of Rocky Ann Williams Hooper and also an Avon representative. his residence. Funeral servic- earned him the nickname Mount, NC; aunts Shirley her son-in-law, Fred Hooper, Annie Byrd was a member of es were held Saturday, "The Candy Man". Carnell Marcia Flanders of NY, NY Jr., all preceded her in death. First Baptist Scotts Hill; she August 1st at Hooper's Chapel married the love of his life, and Alice Vernell Williams of Mattie leaves to cherish her also attended Mount Nebo MB Church, Leland. Burial Annie Ruth, who loved and Wilmington, NC; God mother memories: six grandchil- Missionary Baptist Church, followed in Williams cared for him faithfully. His Margret Mitchell; and many dren, Frederick Hooper of and became a member of the Cemetery. passing has left a void within William Lenwood special friends. Wilmington, NC Wanda F. church in August 1987. At Ernest was born July 1, her heart and many others. Hayes, Jr. Hooper of Fayetteville, NC Mount Nebo she sang with 1947 to Cora Johnson- He will be greatly missed by Carlton Walker Whitley Larry D. Hooper, Cynthia L. the Senior Choir, Jewell Robinson and Ernest Malloy all who knew and loved him. I fought a good fight, I have Hooper, Tony A. Hooper and Choir and served as an usher. who preceded him in death. Left to cherish fond memo- finished my course, I have Carlton Walker Whitley Terry E. Hooper, all of She was a member of the L.F. He was also preceded by his ries are: his wife, Annie Ruth kept the faith: Henceforth died Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Wilmington, NC; nineteen Boone Willing Workers and siblings, Maxine Jacobs and Southerland Johnson of the there is laid up for me a Funeral services were held great-grandchildren; several The G.W. Billups club. Annie Danny Miller. He received home; a devoted son, James crown of righteousness, Tuesday, July 28th at great-great-grandchildren; Byrd was united in holy mat- his education in the New "Leon" Southerland of which the Lord, the righteous Freedom's Way Ministries, two sisters, Sue Ella Murphy rimony to Charlie Nixon Sr. Hanover County school sys- Wilmington, NC; two loving judge, shall give me at that Inc. Burial followed in the and Lorina Murphy; three who preceded her in death. tem. Ernest was employed day: and not to me only, but Jenkins McLaurin Cemetery. brothers, Jim, Pete and Fred In addition to her parents with Holsum bakery for over unto all them also that love The obituary printed for this Murphy; a host of other rela- and husband, she was preced- 25 years. As a youth he joined OBITUARIES his appearing. II Timothy 4:7- service incorrectly stated as tives and friends including ed in death by her sisters and Shiloh Missionary Baptist continued on page 8 8 being done by Waddell. her special friend, Mary brothers: Viola Riddick, William Lenwood Hayes, Carlton Walker Whitley, Jackson of Wilmington, NC. Gladys Howard, Inez Hines, In Loving Memory Of Jr., age 55 departed this life son of the late Charlene A Service of John H. Shaw Rufus L., Lawrence and on July 16, 2015 at his home Whitley was born on Son's Funeral Home. Israel Hines; as well as two in Columbus, Ohio. He was February 17, 1990 at New daughters in law: Mable born on September 25, 1959 in Hanover Regional Medical Regina Ray Brown Louise Nixon and Christiane Manhattan, New York. Center. He was the youngest Nixon; and a special friend to William graduated from New of six. At the age of five, Regina Ray Brown died the family Wanda Hanover High School in Carlton was adopted by Miss Saturday, July 25th at New Carmichael. She leaves to Wilmington, NC and fur- Charlene Whitley and he Hanover Regional Medical cherish her fondest memo- thered his education at went to Sanford, NC to begin Center. Memorial services ries her children Ralph Montreat Anderson College, his life. Carlton received his were held on Saturday, Nixon, Wilmington NC; Asheville, NC. William joined education at Benjamin T. August 1, 2015 at Willie L. Charlie Nixon Jr., the United States Air Force in Bullock Elementary, West Shaw Jr. Memorial Chapel. Wilmington NC; Donald 1979 specializing in account- Lee Middle and Lee Senior Regina, known as "Gina", Nixon, Wilmington NC; ing. He then moved to New High School Carlton had var- was born on august 14, 1965 to Belinda Burney (Larry), York where he was a System ious awards for winning 1st the late Patricia Brown and Wilmington NC; Julius Nixon Analyst for the New Your and 2nd place in track and Leroy Caldwell. She graduat- (Davida), Wilmington NC; Walter City Housing Authority for swimming. He was a very ed from John T. Hoggard her grandchildren Antonio Sunrise: August 5, 1924 five years. William moved to hard working young man. He High School in 1977. Regina Lamont Point, Bridgeport Sunset: June 2, 2013 Columbus, Ohio in 1985 and made sure he was able to pro- was the longtime partner of CT; Chanetta Renee continued his career in vide for himself and his fam- Oscar Williams and from Carmichael, Atlanta GA; Ethel accounting and computer ily. Before Carlton's death, he their union came four chil- Charlie Nixon, III, Sunrise: July 29, 1929 programming with various was an employee of dren. Wilmington NC; Michael August 1, 2014 corporations. McDonalds; where he was She leaves to cherish her Nixon, Wilmington NC; William was a blessing and loved by all his co-workers. memory: two daughters, Donika Ruiz (Ramiro), Only God knows how much we'll miss you a lesson that was well taught. In 2012, when Miss Whitley Whitney Brown and Ashanti Miami FL; Rolanda Burney, and how much you meant to us though your smiles He was a man who was able went on the eternal rest, Brown, both of Wilmington, Greensboro NC; Dimmie are gone forever and you faces we cannot touch. to encourage and mentor Carlton was reunited with NC; two sons, Shamon Brown Burney-Brown (Jonathan), Death is not the ending, but the beginning of a new youth. His love for sports led his birth mother, father, sis- and De'Juan Brown both of Charlotte NC; Benita Burney, life that God has promised us. him to lead his own little ters and brother. Carlton was Wilmington, NC; step-chil- Charlotte NC; and Larry league football team called a loving soul. To know him dren, Demeatric Williams, Burney (Monica), Durham The Richard and Wiggins Family the Columbus Steelboys. He was to love him. Carlton Oscar Williams, Jr., Tyson guided many into future loved music and making Johnson and Shawana endeavors by helping them music was one of his special Johnson all of the city; 22 John H. Shaw’s Son Funeral Home gain scholarships to college talents. He would spend grandchildren; father, Leroy even when his health was hours singing and rapping. Caldwell (Gloria); sisters, “A Temple of Service” failing. He displayed the He was a caring father, son, Michelle Graham of the city drive to show up and keep brother and friend. Carlton and Peaches Brown of going in life and not to give would go above and beyond Philadelphia; brothers, up. William's greatest bless- for the ones he cherished. Rodney Williams of the city ings in life, which now suc- He leaves to cherish his and Laquan Brown of ceed him, are his beautiful memory: one daughter, Philadelphia, PA; grand- and handsome children. Chastity Marie Whitley; mother, Estelle Maclean of in service They will now continue on a fiancé, Octavia Bryant; birth the city; uncles, David legacy to never give up and parents, Barbara Wooten Brown, Kenny Ray Brown in care push forward to follow their (Lee), and Carlton and Robert Brown (Ann) all own future dreams. McCormick; step-father, of the city; aunts, Ida Greene 1895 2015 He was preceded in death Charles Williams; sisters, (Lewis), Adrita Brown, in price by his father, William L. Melisse James (La'twon), Jacqueline Hayes, all of the Hayes, Sr., and his mother, Patricia Prather (Michael), city; best friends, Harry Barn Evelyn A. Hayes. He is sur- Ebony Silman (Kawaun), and Hill, Sandra Johnson, vived by daughters Lynne Carletta Silman; brother, Margaret Fields, Ernest (James) Jones of Corey Prather; special Fields and a host of other rel- Wilmington, NC; Tia Hayes, cousin, Cheryl Cook atives and friends. A Service Tiffany Hayes and Tamarah (Michael); childhood friends, of John H. Shaw Son's Hayes all of Columbus, OH; Ralph, Rell, Woody, Camaro, Funeral Home. Jade and Jewell Perry of Fox, Mall, Man Chris and Dayton, OH; son William L. Jay; a host of other relatives Annie Hines Nixon 120 Years of Continuous Service Hayes III (Trey) of Columbus, and friends. A Service of OH; three brother Greg John H. Shaw Son's Funeral Annie Hines Nixon died 520 Red Cross Street - Wilmington, NC 28401 (Sharon) Clapp of Nashville, Home. Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at her Phone (910) 762-2635 - Fax 910-762-8060 TN, Arthur Hayes of residence. Funeral services [email protected] Wilmington, NC and Kevin Mattie Lou Williams were held on Saturday, Hayes of Lithonia, GA; two August 1st at Mt. Nebo MB sisters Michelle Hayes of Mattie Lou Williams died Church. Burial followed in “The Test of the Years Is Your Proof of Our Dependability” Wilmington, NC and Sunday, July 26, 2015 at the Pollock Cemetery. Shawnna Williams of Brunswick Cove Living Annie Hines Nixon (Annie William O. Boykin, Manager Greensboro, NC; eight grand- Center. Funeral services Byrd), daughter of the late children Xavier (Zay) were held Saturday, August Rufus Hines and Annie Cannaday, Cassidy Hayes, 1st at Willie L. Shaw, Jr. Sidbury Hines, was born Marquis (Deuce) Lucas, Memorial Chapel. Burial fol- January 7, 1925 in Scotts Hill, McKenzy Lucas, James lowed in the Hooper Family North Carolina. She was (Christian) Jones, Janai

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New Hanover County SENIOR MOMENTS Barry Smith & Company will hold Family & Friends How many Black churches have been destroyed by fire? Day on Saturday, August 1st at 6:00 p.m. at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, 719 My Fellow Seniors: have brought us closer equal opportunity, higher They had Bibles just like Walnut St. For more information call together. wages, and equal protection yours, but they had a whole Barry Smith at 910-550-7475 or Elder Have you ever wondered Maybe we should go back under the law. Since we had lot more. They were con- Cedric T. Tindall at 910-367-3601. Dress how many to the beginning and see how no other meeting place, those cerned about the fate of God's down attire. Black church- the Black church first began. concerns were brought to the people, and whether it is es have been Even while slavery was still church, and we became unit- clear to you or not, Black Central Missionary Baptist Church, destroyed by in force, when we had our ed at the foot of the cross. As America leads the world in 702 Red Cross Street, will hold a Musical fire down own section in the White we took our burden to the the field of human rights. Religious through the church, our people started Lord, they were rooted in the I wanted to say, "Put your Celebration on Saturday,August 1st at 5:00 years? Could pulling away to start our own hearts of the church. Bible down for a moment and Briefs p.m. Appearing on this program will be some of those churches. No one asked us to Even so, I recently heard a take a look at some of our Recording Artist Myra Quince, choirs, Ruth fires have been leave. We pulled away man say "I don't have to go to more recent disciples. You soloists and groups from area churches. racially moti- because we had more to talk church." I've got my own will see that we have come Johnson vated? Don't about than the Bible. One Bible, and I know how to read this far by faith. The church Community Prayer House will hold their Youth even think hundred years later, we it." I wanted to give that man has never failed us yet, and Revival from Friday, August 14th- Saturday, August 15th. about it. Even if we knew for began to see some real a piece of my mind. Anyone we will leave this world a bet- Friday night, "Miracle Night", at 7:00 p.m. the speaker sure, what could we do to progress, but it never could who doesn't know what the ter place if we never fail the will be Prophet Lionnell Smith Bamberg, of SC. start a race war? I'll say this have happened without a Black church is all about church!" Saturday there will be a workshop " Right Living in a much. A burned-out building church of our own. should check out Dr. Martin Mrs. Ruth Johnson is a Carnal World " from 9:00 a.m.- Noon. Brunch will be has never broken up a Down through the years, Luther King, Jr. and a few First Baptist Church Ministry served at 11:00 a.m. church. If anything, they we fought for civil rights, others whom I could name. Worker.

Mt. Olive AME Church will hold it's Annual Summer Revival, Wednesday, August 19th- Friday, August 21st at TELL SOMEBODY 7:00 p.m. The revival theme is " Greatness Is In You- Just Believe It." Reverend Dr. Russell E. Groves pastor of Canaan Baptist Church, Baltimore, MD will the revival "Be Of Good Cheer" preacher and various choirs will be singing each night. hese things have your family. It can be unto his people; the Lord will laughing." Michael Pritchard I spoken unto depressing and discouraging bless his people with peace." 9. You can't stay mad at St. Phillip AME Zion Church, 2913 Acorn Branch Rd., "T you, that in me to have a medical condition "Be of good cheer"! somebody who makes you will celebrate its homecoming from Friday, August 14th- ye might have peace. In the and because of no insurance Proverbs 15:13 says, "A laugh." Jay Leno Sunday, August 16th. Homecoming will begin on Friday, world ye shall have tribula- coverage, feel the frustration merry heart maketh a cheer- 10. "May laughter fill your August 14th at 7:00 p.m. with Rev. George Maize, his tion: but be of good cheer; I of rejection by certain med- ful countenance; but by sor- home, relieve your stress, have overcome the world." ical providers. Many of row of the heart the spirit is and strengthen your friend- praise team, liturgical dance team & choir. Saturday, John 16:33 God's choicest Servants expe- broken." Proverbs 17:22 says, ships. Do not let a day go by August 15th at 5:00 p.m. will be a gospel concert featuring "A merry heart maketh a rienced temporary depres- "A merry heart doeth good without laughing; it is good Barry & Company along with various other choirs. cheerful countenance." sion or like a medicine: but a broken for your health." Catherine Sunday, August 16th will climax the weekend with two Proverbs 15:13 a desponden- spirit drieth the bones." It Pulsifer programs. Immediately following the morning service, Tribulation - A part of cy when may sound simplistic to Dear Lord, I pray that you dinner will be served on the lawn. The Rev.Dr. Jermaine earthly experience causing they had to some, but laughter may be will grant unto your children Armour of St. Luke A.M.E. Zion Church will bring the great distress face over- one of the methods to minis- the "gift of good cheer". afternoon message at 3:30pm with his congregation and Peace - whelming ter to your spirit during your Help us to realize no matter choir. For additional information, you may contact Great trial, great affliction tribulations. time of tribulation. - We will what we are going through, Sister Ashley M. Hall at 910-540-4250, Sister Aimee Cheer - Something provid- The list share a few laughter quotes, there is someone else who is Brown at 910-368-3605 or pastor, Dr. Nixon at 910-540-4406. ing happiness includes and hope you will receive a worse than we are, and to Merry - Full of high spirit- Sylvia Mo-ses in little "cheer" from them. give thanks for things being Union Missionary Baptist Church will celebrate the ed gaiety Hooper Numbers 1."Seven days without as well as they are. In Jesus 38th Pastoral Anniversary of Pastor James Nixon and Countenance- Appea- 11:15; laughter makes one weak." 'Name, Amen. "Be of good First Lady Catherine Nixon on Sunday, August 9th at rance; esp. expression of the Joshua in Joel Goodman cheer, Tell Somebody!!! 11:00 a.m. The speaker will be Pastor John Brown of face Joshua 7:7; 2. "Laughter is a tranquil- "Mrs. Sylvia B. Hooper is a New Hope Freewill Baptist Church, Leland NC. "Like a father pititeth his Job in Job 10:1; Jeremiah in izer with no side effects. native Wilmingtonian, mar- children, so the Lord pitieth Jeremiah 15:10; David in "Arnold Glasow ried to Pastor Johnson A. them that fear him for he Psalm 42:6. 3. "The person who can Hooper, First Lady of Faith Bladen County knoweth our frame; he You may be a Servant of bring the spirit of laughter Outreach COGIC, Jackson- remembereth that we are the Lord, caught in the cross- into a room is indeed ville, N.C. She is a mother of The Baldwin Branch Missionary Baptist Church dust." Psalm 102:13-15 winds of economic storm, blessed." Bennett Cer three wonderful children and women's conference, "Women of Warfare" is scheduled Christians are not exempt and wondering what to do. 4. "The human race has a proud grandmother! She is for August 12-14 and 16. The weekday sessions start at from tests, trials, and tribula- "Be of good cheer". only one really effective a Licensed Evangelist with 7:00 p.m. Sunday's session, August 16th, Sunday School tions. God is not a respector of Jesus Christ has provided weapon and that is laughter." COGIC, International. She is at 9:00 a.m. followed by worship services at 10:00 a.m. person, for He rains on the a way of escape for those Mark Twain the President of P.W.E. Guests are: Wednesday, Evangelist Laurice Lesane of just and the unjust. All souls who believe in him. David 5. "God didn't promise days Pastors Wives Empower-ment Fayetteville NC, Thursday; Bishop Eva Darden from the belong to him, and he loves us said in Psalm 37:25, "I have without pain, laughter with- Con-erence, an annual event House of Praise; Newton Grove NC, Friday; Pastor all the same. (John 3:16) When been young, and now am old, out sorrow, sun without rain. held in honor of Pastors and Freda Hutchinson of the Faithful Few Ministry; it rains, we get wet. When it yet have I not seen the right- But he did promise strength ministers Wives. This sup- Whiteville NC. The conference concludes on August 16 snows, we feel the cold; when eous forsaken, nor his seed for the day, comfort for the port group's focus is to with Rev. Cheryl Moore pastor of Zion Temple Church; the sun shines, we feel the begging bread." We must tears, and light for the way." Encourage, Embrace and Durham NC. Baldwin Branch is located at 4047 NC 242 warmth. We feel pain like very guard our heart with all dili- Author unknown Empower Elect Ladies to be Highway South; Elizabethtown NC. one else, but the Lord wants gence, and let the peace of 6. "Always laugh when you all they can be in Christ his disciples to be encouraged God rest rule, and abide can. It is cheap medicine." Jesus, while providing sup- Brunswick County as we go through our trials, so within us. Jesus said in john Lord Byron port to their husbands, who that we will thrive, and not just 16:33, "In me ye might have 7. "Laugh at yourself first, are Gospel preachers and pas- survive! "Be of good cheer. Crystal Spring Missionary Baptist Church, 4754 Blue peace, in the world ye shall before anyone else can." Elsa tors. Her heart's desire is to Anyone can experience have tribulation: but be of Maxwell please the Lord, rescue the Banks Loop Rd., will hold their annual Youth revival despondency when faced good cheer; I have overcome 8. "You don't stop laughing perishing, comfort the dying, from Wednesday, August 5th- Friday, August 7th at 7:00 with the inability to pay your the world." Psalm29:11 say because you grow old,. You and live a life that gives God p.m. nightly. Prophet John Langley will be the evangel- bills or to buy food to feed The Lord will give strength grow old because you stop glory! ist.

Johnson Chapel, 1822 Lincoln Road, NE, will hold their OBITUARIES Thursday, July 30th at Coastal Carolina, early religious training from Annual Missionary Program on Sunday, August 9th at continued from page 7 NHRMC. Memorial services Jacksonville, NC. John H his parents and Christian 3:00 p.m. The guest speaker will be Missionary will be held 1:00 p.m. Shaw. A Service of John H. Chapel #2 Missionary Baptist President of the Wilmington District Mrs. Delma Jones. sisters, Shirley (David) Saturday, August 8th at Willie Shaw Son's Funeral Home. Church. Later he united with This year's theme is "Missionaries On The Move For McKoy of Leland, NC and L. Shaw Jr. Memorial Chapel. Macedonia Missionary Unity." Brenda Richardson of A Service of John H. Shaw Deacon Charlie Baptist Church. Deacon Wilmington, NC; a devoted Son's Funeral Home. Brinson, Jr. Brinson was a father figure Myrtle Grove AME Church, 216 Old Fayetteville Rd., and loving brother and sister- to his siblings after the death Usher Board will celebrate their anniversary on Sunday, in-law, Norman and Linda Brenda (Lloyd) Hewett Charlie Brinson, Jr., died of their father. He was mar- August 16th with a musical program at 3:00 p.m. Southerland of Wilmington, Wednesday, August 29th at ried to the late Annie Mae NC and sister-in-law, Johnnie Brenda (Lloyd) Hewett died North Chase Nursing & Murphy Mosley. Miller of Wilmington, NC; Saturday,August 1st at LCFH. Rehab. Funeral services were He leaves to cherish his Wake County special aunt, Doris Boykins of Visitation & Funeral will b e held Sunday, August 2nd at memory: two brothers, Louis Rocky Point, NC; aunts, 5:00 p.m. Thursday, August Macedonia MB Church and (Zelphia Rae) Brinson of Olive Branch Baptist Church, 326 E. Juniper Ave., Yvonne Johnson Fisher of 6th at Willie L Shaw Jr. burial was held on Monday, Rocky Point, NC and Lesley Wake Forest, will hold Joy Night (150th Pre-Anniversary Raleigh, NC and Doris Soden Memorial Chapel. A Service August 3rd in Greenlawn. (Jean) Brinson of Leland, Celebration) on Friday, August 14th at 7:00 p.m. of Maryland; special cousins, of John H. Shaw Son's Deacon Charlie Brinson, NC; one sister, Evangelist Reverend Kirby Jones pastor of Williams Grove Baptist Jimmy "Jim" Williams of Funeral Home. Jr. was born on March 19, McGee (Willie) of Church will be the guest preacher. Wilmington, NC; special 1925 in the Browntown Wilmington, NC; step-son, friend, Robert "Bob" Jerome Porter Community of Pender Medgar Murphy of Brunswick County McLaurin of Wilmington, NC County, North Carolina. He Greenville, NC; two sisters- and a host of nieces, Jerome Porter died was the oldest of seven chil- in-law, Primmie Lee Brinson Crystal Spring Missionary Baptist Church, 4754 Blue nephews, other relatives and Sunday at LCFH. Funeral dren born to Deacon Charlie, of Hampstead, NC and Banks Loop Rd., will hold their annual Youth revival friends. A Service of John H. services will be 1:00 p.m., Sr. and Georgiana Moore Pauline Brinson of Pamlico, from Wednesday, August 5th- Friday, August 7th at 7:00 Shaw Son's Funeral Home. Thursday, August 6th at Brinson. He was educated in SC; a host of nieces, p.m. nightly. Prophet John Langley will be the evangel- Warner Temple AMEZ. the Pender County Public nephews, other relatives and Mitchell Dean Todd ist. Burial will be held on Friday, School System. Deacon friends. A Service of John H. August 7th 10:00 a.m. at Charlie Brinson received his Shaw Son's Funeral Home. Mitchell Dean Todd died Johnson Chapel, 1822 Lincoln Road, NE, will hold their Annual Missionary Program on Sunday, August 9th at 3:00 p.m. The guest speaker will be Missionary President of the Wilmington District Mrs. Delma Jones. This year's theme is "Missionaries On The Move For Unity." AATTENDTTEND THETHE RELIGIOUSRELIGIOUS Policies for briefs, news, & photos on page 2. Compiled By Wilmington Journal Staff

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Having qualified as Executrix of the The undersigned, having qualified as Having qualified as Executrix of the Having qualified as Executor of the Having qualified as Executors of the Estate of Hosea Percy Estate of Freda H. Wilkins, late of Estate of Wanda Lee Gillikin late of Executrix of the estate of Helen Estate of Teresa Stewart Snyder, Williamson, late of Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, the undersigned does Wilmington, NC, the undersigned Flowers Russo, deceased, of New late of Wilmington, NC, the under- RESULTS? NC, the undersigned does hereby signed does hereby notify all persons, hereby notify all persons, firms, and does hereby notify all persons, firms, Hanover County, North Carolina, does notify all persons, firms, and corpo- firms, and corporations having claims corporations having claims against the and corporations having claims hereby notify all persons, firms and rations having claims against the against the estate of said decedent to estate of said decedent to exhibit them against the estate of said decedent to corporations having claims against the estate to exhibit them to the under- estate of said decedent to exhibit exhibit them to the undersigned on or to the undersigned on or before the exhibit them to the undersigned on or signed on or before the 16th day of them to the undersigned on or before the 30th day of October, 30th day of October, 2015, or this before the 6th day of November, October, 2015, or this notice will be before the 30th day of October, 2015, or this notice will be pleaded in notice will be pleaded in bar of their 2015, or this notice will be pleaded in pleaded in bar of their recovery. All 2015, or this notice will be pleaded bar of their recovery. All persons, firms recovery. All persons, firms and corpo- ADVERTISE bar of their recovery. All persons, persons, firms and corporations in bar of their recovery. All persons, and corporations indebted to the said rations indebted to the said estate will firms and corporations indebted to indebted to said estate will please firms and corporations indebted to estate will please make immediate please make immediate payment to the said estate will please make make immediate payment to the the said estate will please make payment to undersigned. undersigned. immediate payment to undersigned. undersigned. immediate payment to under- signed. This the 30th day of July, 2015. This the 30th day of July, 2015. This 6th of August, 2015 This 16th day of July, 2015. This the 30th day of July, 2015. James Williams Snyder, Sr., MD, Elise Wilkins Wilson and Laura Lee Gillikin Poe, Executrix Judy W. Russo, Executrix Executor Lucien S. Wilkins, Jr., Executors of the Estate of Wanda Lee Gillikin 3908 Sondey Road Wanda K. Williamson, Executrix Of the Estate of Teresa Stewart Snyder Of the Estate of Freda H. Wilkins 10128 Treetop Lane Castle Hayne, NC 28429 4629 Benson Road 925 Rabbit Run Road 524 Bayfiled Drive Cornelius, NC 28031 Garner, NC 27529 Wilmington, NC 28409 Wilmington, NC 28411 Murchison, Taylor July 16, 23, 30, August 6, 2015 Murchison, Taylor & Murchison, Taylor & Gibson, PLLC July 30, August 6, 13, 20, 2015 Gibson, PLLC Gibson, PLLC 16 North Fifth Avenue NOTICE TO CREDITORS 16 North Fifth Avenue 16 North Fifth Avenue CALL Wilmington, NC 28401 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE TO CREDITORS Wilmington, NC 28401 Wilmington, NC 28401 COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER July 30, August 6, 13, 20, 2015 July 30, August 6, 13, 20, 2015 August 6, 13, 20, 27, 2015 Having qualified as Administrator of THE the Estate of Betty Ware Wentz Having qualified as Executor of the NOTICE OF SERVICE OF NOTICE AND CITATION TO Estate of Millie Botesky, late of NOTICE TO CREDITORS (15-E-933), late of 515 Larchmont PROCESS BY PUBLICATION PARENT FOR APPEARANCE WILMINGTON Drive, Wilmington, New Hanover 201 Victoria Drive, Wilmington, NC STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AT HEARING County, North Carolina the under- 28401 the undersigned does hereby COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER SUPERIOR COURT OF JOURNAL signed does hereby notify all persons, notify all persons, firms, and corpo- firms and corporations having claims rations having claims against the IN THE DISTRICT COURT CALIFORNIA, Having qualified as Administrator of against the Estate of said decedent to estate of said decedent to exhibit JUVENILE SESSION COUNTY OF FRESNO the Estate of Leslie Dwayne exhibit them to the undersigned at them to the undersigned at P.O. Box FILE NOS. 14 JT 31 JUVENILE COURT Aycock, late of Wilmington, NC, the 701 Market Street, Wilmington, North 641, Wilmington, NC 28402, on or and 15 JT 36 Case No. 14-300243 undersigned does hereby notify all Carolina, 28401 on or before October before the 22nd day of October, (910) 762-5502 persons, firms, and corporations 31, 2015 or this notice will be plead- 2015, or this notice will be pleaded IN THE MATTER OF: In The Matter Of, having claims against the estate of ed in bar of their recovery. All per- in bar of their recovery. All persons, M.H.C. (Dob: 4/27/2012) Baltazar Reynoso Jr. said decedent to exhibit them to the sons, firms and corporations indebted firms and corporations indebted to undersigned on or before the 30th to the said estate will please make the said estate will please make S.R.C. (Dob: 2/2/2015) DOB: 07-19-2014, Minor day of October, 2015, or this immediate payment to the under- immediate payment to undersigned. notice will be pleaded in bar of their signed. TO: KAYLA CLARK, RESPON- To: Jason Villareal AKA recovery. All persons, firms and cor- This the 23rd day of July, 2015. DENT-MOTHER and Jason Villarreal, Father of the porations indebted to the said estate This the 20th day of July, 2015. RESPONDENT-FATHER minor, and to any and all per- will please make immediate payment John B. West, Jr. MICHAEL SCHLEETER, sons claiming to be the father Searching for Charlotte Noel Fox, Administrator of Executor of the Estate of Millie to undersigned. AND ANY UNKNOWN BIO- of the minor. the Estate of Betty Ware Wentz Botesky LOGICAL FATHERS OF THE This the 30th day of July, 2015. Craige & Fox, PLLC James D. Smith, Attorney at Law 701 Market Street P.O. Box 641 ABOVE-CAPTIONED FEMALE This is to notify you Leslie Dempsey Aycock Jr., Wilmington, NC 28401 Wilmington, NC 28402 CHILDREN BORN IN that you are cited to appear at additional Administrator 910-815-0085 SPOKANE, the hearing below, pursuant to 101 Spartan Road July 23, 30, August 6, 13, 2015 WASHINGTON AND JACK- Welfare and Institutions Code July 23, 30, August 6, 13, 2015 Wilmington, NC 28405 SONVILLE, FLORIDA. Sections 366.23 and 366.26: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Date: September 24, 2015 customers? July 30, August 6, 13, 20, 2015 Bid Request Take notice that a Time: 8:00 a.m. NOTICE IS HEREBY pleading seeking relief against Place: Department 22 RPC Contracting is requesting given that the City Council of you has been filed in the Juvenile Dependency Court NOTICE TO CREDITORS bids from any interested NCDOT the City of Wilmington will above-entitled action. The 1100 Van Ness STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Certified DBE firms for Contract THE WILMINGTON hold a public hearing on the nature of the relief being Fresno, CA 93724 COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER DA00261 in Chowan and Martin 18th day of August, 2015, sought is as follows: Please take notice Co's bidding on 8/19/15. There at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Termination of all parental that this hearing, Fresno Having qualified as Administratrix of will be a pre bid conference at Chambers in City Hall at 102 rights you have to the above County through its Department the Estate of Roosevelt Miller Jr. 3:00 p.m. on Monday 8/10/15 JOURNAL’S late of Wilmington, NC, the under- N. Third Street in order to captioned minor children. of Social Services, will recom- at the office of RPC Contracting, signed does hereby notify all per- consider the adoption of You are required to mend to the court that the 934 W. Kitty Hawk Road, Kitty sons, firms, and corporations having Ordinances for condemnation make defense to such pleading parental rights of Jason Hawk, NC. Plans and specifica- claims against the estate of said of property located at 1014 N within forty (40) days follow- Villareal AKA Jason Villarreal, tions are available for review at decedent to exhibit them to the 7th Street; 1409 Glenn ing July 30, 2015, which is the father of the minor, and to any readers have been undersigned on or before the 30th the same location or may be Sreet and directing the owner date of first publication of this persons claiming to be the day of October, 2015, or this downloaded from NCDOT's and the Housing Inspector to father of the minor, be termi- notice will be pleaded in bar of their Project Letting website at Notice. You have the right to vacate and close and repair or nated and that the above recovery. All persons, firms and cor- https://connect.ncdot.gov/let- attend this hearing and you porations indebted to the said estate demolish the dwelling/struc- have the right to be represent- minor be freed for adoption. trusting us ting/Pages/Letting- As the parents of the will please make immediate payment List.aspx?let_type=1&let_sta- ture located thereon. ed by counsel. to undersigned. subject minor, you are cited to tus=Advertised. For more infor- All supplementary Attorney Christine materials related to this agen- Farrell has been appointed as and may appear at court as This the 30th day of July, 2015. mation, please call 252-261- indicated above in order to for the past 88 years 3336, ask for Jay. RPC da item are available for pub- provisional counsel for Kayla lic inspection at the office of Clark and may be contacted at express your opinion as to Laterria Davis, Administratrix Contracting is an Equal whether your parental rights the Department of (910)763-1100, 2802 Market 521 Manly Ave Opportunity Employer. should be terminated so that Community Development at Street, Wilmington, NC 28403, Wilmington, NC 28405 the minor can be adopted. 305 Chestnut Street, 2nd [email protected]. to bring August 6, 2015 This is also to advise July 30, August 6, 13, 20, 2015 floor during normal working Attorney Barry Henline has been appointed as you that you have certain legal NOTICE OF SALE hours between 8:00 a.m. and rights and protections, includ- 5:00 p.m. Monday through provisional counsel for Michael Notice of Sale to Enforce Lien Schleeter and may be contact- ing the right to oppose these them the news The following vehicles Friday. proceedings. You have the for Unpaid Storage Charges ed at (910) 707-1555, 1009 N. 2008 Ford All interested persons right to hire an attorney of Lake Blvd, Suite B-1, Carolina VIN 1ZVHT80N985130407 are invited to attend. Please your choice to represent you. If The name and address of the Beach, NC 28428, barrykhen- Last owner of record being: call the City of Wilmington you are unable to retain a lienor: [email protected]. Cindy Lane Brady Community Services lawyer, you may request that that is of interest YOU ARE HEREBY 406 Grace Street Department at 910-341-7836 the judge appoint one for you, Inlet Watch Yacht Club, Inc. NOTIFIED THAT A HEARING TO Wilmington, NC 28401 if you have any questions. who shall be the Public TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL 801 Paoli Court Otherwise dealt with: The City of Wilmington hear- Defender or a private attorney. RIGHTS IS SCHEDULED FOR Wilmington, N.C. 28409 Hugh McRae Park ing impaired TDD number is If you cannot afford to pay the to our community. MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2015, 314 Pine Grove Road 341-7873. cost of legal counsel to repre- at 9:30 A.M., or as soon there- The name of the person hav- Wilmington, NC 28403 sent you, the fee will be paid after, at the Office of Juvenile ing legal title to the property: Sale pursuant to Mechanics lien Steve L. Harrell by Fresno County. Justice, 138 N 4th Street, in the amount of $10350.00 Community Services Director THE WILMINGTON Wilmington, North Carolina, Jeffrey W. Ahladis and; This notice and citation is dated 211 Fairford Road 2003 Honda 28401. 6/30/15 The City of Wilmington Failure to attend said Castle Hayne, NC 28429 VIN 2HKYF18453H536058 does not discriminate on Sheran Morton Last owner of record being: hearing may adversely affect Clerk of the Court JOURNAL the basis of race, sex, any parental rights you may Description of the property: Sloane Jane Hyatt color, national origin, reli- P.O. Box 333 have. gion or disability in its Disobedience to this citation by Bryson City, NC 28713-0333 205 FOUR WINNS employment opportuni- failing to appear may subject the Otherwise dealt with: This the 30th day of July, NC 7867 BW ties, programs or activi- party served to arrest and pun- can help you find a Port City Commons 2015. ishment for contempt of court. Hull ID: 4WNMK002D09 ties. JOHNSON OUTBOARD (MODEL 2100 Market Street Dean W. Hollandsworth NO.: VJ150TXESB; SERIAL NO.: Wilmington, NC 28403 FRESNO COUNTY DEPARTMENT All requests for appropri- Senior Staff Attorney - New R 08558195) Sale pursuant to Mechanics lien OF SOCIAL SERVICES solution to your in the amount of $ 7600.00 ate auxiliary aids and serv- Hanover Co. Dept. 2135 Fresno Street, Suite 403 ices, due to a disability or of Social Services Amount due for which the shall be sold to the highest bid- Fresno, CA 93721 need for a non-English- 1650 Greenfield Street lien is claimed: der (559)600-1975 at 10:00 am on 8/28/2015 speaking interpreter, must Wilmington, NC 28401 PETITIONER COUNTY OF be submitted at least 48 PO Drawer 1559 growing needs. As of 6 July 2015, $2760.00 at Earls Wrecker Service (Lienor) FRESNO 5 Jacksonville St. hours in advance of the Wilmington, NC 28402-1559 Acting by and through its Wilmington, NC 28403. hearing or meeting. (910) 798-3511 Department of Social Services Place of the sale: (910) 798-3772 * fax August 6, 13, 2015 August 6, 13, 2015 July 23, 30, August 6, 13, 2015 Call us today. Steps at the New Hanover July 30, August 6, 13, 2015 County Court House 316 Princess St Wilmington, NC 28401

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