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The Political Science Club of Augusta State University and the Progressive Religious Coalition of Augusta have teamed up to present the Economics, Public Policy, and The Common Good panel discussion. The forum will be held Thursday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m. in ASU’s Jaguar Student Activities Center Ballroom.

According to Craig Albert, Political Science Club advisor and professor in ASU’s Department of Political Science, this panel discussion will cover an array of topics including politics, government, business, morality, ethics, fiscal concern, and spirituality.

A partial list of panelists includes Hubert van Tuyll, chair of ASU’s Department of History, Reverand Billy Alford, rector for St. Alban’s Episcopal Church; Bob Finnegan, Richmond County Republican Party; Lowell Greenbaum, Richmond County Democratic Party; Monty Osteen of Financial Holdings of Augusta, Inc.; Tonya Bonitatibus, the riverkeeper for Savannah Riverkeeper; Katie Searles, pro-fessor in ASU’s Department of Political Science; and Patrick Blanchard; former CEO of Georgia-Carolina Bancshares.

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Oglesby: Cherry Tree Crossing is not being sold

AUGUSTAAugusta Housing Authority

Executive Director Jacob Oglesby denied rumors that the property occupied by the Cherry Tree Crossing pub-lic housing complex is being sold to Georgia Health and Science University, but he did talk about plans to tear down the nearly 400 units and develop a mixed income community.

“I’ve heard those rumors. We’ve not been approached by any entity to purchase that property,” Oglesby told UrbanProWeekly on Monday.

Cherry Tree Crossing, formerly Sunset Homes, is the largest and oldest pub-lic housing community in Augusta and it has been no secret that its days were num-bered.

A year ago, the Housing Authority, had the grand opening of its first mixed-income development. The Legacy at Walton Oaks debuted in October 2011 and its successful development ensured that it would be the model to follow.

According to Oglesby, the transformation of the neigh-borhood is in line with the

city’s Master Plan for the 15th Street corridor.

Cherry Tree Crossing sits on nearly 30 acres and includes 389 units.

“We want permission from HUD to tear those units down and redevelop that site in a similar fashion to what was done at Walton Oaks. We would like to put a mixed income community back there that is primarily

financed by the low-income tax credit program,” Oglesby said.

Although about 400 units will be demolished, far less than that will be replaced.

“We don’t envision 400 units, but about 300 or so. That will be determined later. Once HUD gives us the ok, we will go out and look for developers who want to work with us,” Oglesby said.

So, what would happen to the current residents?

“Once HUD approves the application, we will meet with each family to deter-mine what their needs are – if they prefer to remain in public housing or if they want to move out into the private sector through the Section 8 Housing voucher program,” Oglesby said.

“We typically have about 500-600 units vacant every year due to turnover, so we don’t anticipate there being tremendous hardship in try-ing to relocate people. We will wait until HUD gives us an answer before we start physically counseling peo-ple.”

“From the time we sub-mit the application, HUD has

six months before they must respond with approval or dis-approval,” Oglesby said.

Before making the announcement public, Oglesby said that he had met with the local legislative del-egation as well as the county commission to update them on the plans.

“We wanted to make sure that everyone was on board, that everyone had input at the table.”

Oglesby said that the Walton Oaks development was half finished and they are in the process of clearing the way for the Third and Fourth phases.

“We have applied for anoth-er 106 more family units. If we’re successful construction will be completed by mid 2014. Next summer we will apply for the final phase of 44 units for the elderly,” Oglesby said.

Oglesby also spoke about another proposed project that would provide more public housing units.

The Twiggs Street develop-ment will be in the vicinity of Wrightsboro Road and James Brown Blvd.

“We are going to buy the

vacant property that the city has in the land bank and build some public housing units on it. There will be single family units, duplex units and townhouse units. When it is complete (all four phases) there will be from 100 to 120 units. These units will be strictly public hous-ing. These will be part of the replacement units from the Gilbert Manor demolition,” Oglesby said.

According to Oglesby, “these units will be mixed into the neighborhood. They will be among houses that are perfectly fine. These units will replace abandoned and dilapidated homes that the city had condemned.”

There will be an histor-ic flair to these buildings, Oglesby said. “We’ve already hired an architect, Richard Fletcher. The design will be coordinated so these stru-tures will blend into the community. Some of these will be small homes for the elderly. Some of them will be duplexes but they won’t look like the traditional duplex-es. They will be similar to some of the homes close to Immaculate Conception.”

TEE Center management showdown loomsBy Frederick Benjamin Sr.Political Analysis

AUGUSTAThis week, Augusta com-

missioners pushed back against a united front com-posed of Augusta Riverfront LLC, president Paul Simon, City administrator Fred Russell and Mayor Deke Copenhaver. The “front” wanted a signed TEE Center management agreement and they wanted it right then and there.

The usual TEE Center cheerleaders were already on board. Grady Smith, Joe Bowles, Matt Aitken and Jerry Brigham were among them.

The holdouts were Corey Johnson and Wayne Guilfoyle. Commissioners Alvin Mason, Johnnie Hatney and Bill Lockett were not in the building.

What’s at stake is huge and if history is any lesson, what-ever Augusta Riverfront LLD wants, they get.

Johnson and Guilfoyle favored granting the Augusta Riverfront an renewable one-year contract just to keep things moving along, but the cheerleaders were having

nothing of a compromise so limited as that.

Can Guilfoyle and Johnson hold out? We’ll see on Monday. In the past, they have caved in when things have gotten this hot.

So what is the fuss about? In case you haven’t been pay-ing attention, here’s some background.

Last week, financial projec-tions of huge first year losses for the TEE Center operations began to circulate. The reports, prepared by Simon, show an operating loss of $887,203 for the first year of operation as well as losses for the next four subsequent years.

In an apparent show of increasing frustration over the entire TEE Center deba-cle, Augusta commission-ers meeting at their regular meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 16 took no action on the pro-posed agreements.

Hopes for an early reso-lution of the many contro-versial aspects of the nego-tiations continues to wane and the public outcry against inking a premature agree-ment with (ARLLC) has been steady and growing.

At a political forum this week hosted by the Augusta Branch of the NAACP, candidates for the county commission were over-whelmingly in favor of doing nothing until a new city panel is

installed in January 2013. Four commission seats are up for grabs on November 6.

District 1 candidates William Fennoy, Stanley Hawes and Denice Traina all favor putting

the brakes on the controversial proposals while District 1 com-missioner Matt Aitken has been a strong supporter of Augusta Riverfront LLC and the entire project.

The announcement recently that Cherry Tree Crossing, former Sunset Homes, was to be demolished to make way for mixed income housing sparked all kinds of rumors. Augusta Housing Authority Chief Jacob Oglesby speaks about the proposed changes.

THERE’S A SHOWDOWN COMING. The pressure is on the commissioners to give August Riverfront LLC what they want. On Monday, Oct. 29, it will be put up or shut up. Photo by Vincent Hobbs.

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GABEO Convenes Statewide Get Out the Vote Weekend

Macon, GeorgiaOctober 26 – 28, 2012Historic Mount Olive Baptist Church

to Host GABEO ConventionThe Georgia Association of Black

Elected Officials (GABEO) will con-vene its 2012 Fall Conference in Macon, Georgia at the historic Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church, 957 Oglethorpe Street, on Friday October 26th through Sunday, October 28th. Mount Olive Baptist Church played a pivotal role in the Macon bus boycotts of the sixties and was a featured scene for the movie, King, in which the late actor Paul Winfield played Martin Luther King Jr. The movie was made for TV during the seventies when the Rev. E.S. Evans was pastor.

According to GABEO president Tyrone Brooks, the conference will focus on a Georgia “Turn Out the Vote” theme and many civil rights pio-neers and activists, as well as elected officials from across the state are expected to attend. Participants will include Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, President Emeritus SCLC, U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young, Southern Christian Leadership Conference CEO Charles Steele, U.S. Congressman John Lewis and others.

Candidates for public office, com-munity organizations, clubs and churches are invited to register for the conference as this is an important his-toric gathering before the November General Election. GABEO will honor local citizens for their outstanding work over the years and share very important information with the com-munity. The Rev. Timothy Price is pastor.

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Please forward this information to everyone on your list. See you in Macon!

Friday, OctOber 264:00 p.m. Pre-conference Seminar: “Stopping

the KKK from adopting Public Highways/roads in Georgia” title 6 of the1964 civil rights act Facilitators:

DOT Board Member Emory McClinton, 5th Congressional District DOT Commissioner Keith Golden, P. E.; Venue: Macon City Hall, 700 Poplar Street, Macon, Georgia 31201

6:00 p.m. GabeO reception – Welcome by Elected Officials and Local Talent Lead Host: Hon. David Lucas; Venue: Macon City Hall, 700 Poplar Street, Macon, Georgia 31201

Saturday, OctOber 27Mount Olive Baptist Church, 957 Oglethorpe

Street, Macon, Georgia 312018:00 a.m. Registration8:00 a.m. Rev. Dr. Bennie Mitchell GABEO Prayer

Breakfast9:00 a.m. Plenary Session, President Tyrone

Brooks; Topic: HR 1162 Charter Schools Amendment; Presenters: Ms. Tracey Ann Nelson, GA Association of Educators Ms. Verdaillia Turner, President, GA Federation of Teachers

10:00 a.m. Candidates Forum, All Candidates for Public Office are Invited

Only one question per candidate will be asked. Moderator: Herbert Dennard, Publisher, The Informer newspaper

12 noon Georgia Get Out the Vote Luncheon – Mount Olive Baptist Church

Speakers:Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery; U. N. Ambassador Andrew

Young; Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Board Chair, SCLC; SCLC-CEO Charles Steele.

Greetings: U.S. Congressman John Lewis, Greetings: GABEO Presentations - President Tyrone Brooks; Mrs. Lillie Ruth Gantt-Evans, Civil Rights/Voter Turn Out Activist;Former Councilwoman Delores Brooks, GABEO Servant; Rev. Marshall Stenson, Long Time

Civil Rights Activist; The Quitman Ten +2, The Movement of the Year; Hon. David Lucas, Democratic Nominee, Senate District 26, Macon and Middle GA

2:00 p.m. Georgia Get Out the Vote Rally – SHUT UP & VOTE

Tatnall Square Park, College Avenue at Oglethorpe, Macon, 31201

Presiding: Hon. C. Jack Ellis, Former Mayor of Macon; Hon. Anita Ponder, Former President Macon City Council

Speakers:Senator Emanuel Jones, Chair, GA Legislative Black

Caucus; Rep. Calvin Smyre, Columbus, Dean of GA General Assembly, Past Pres. NBCSL; Atty. Janice Mathis, Vice President, National Rainbow/PUSH Coalition; Mr. Edward Dubose, President Georgia State Conference NAACP; Rev. Samuel Mosteller, President of SCLC, Georgia; Ms. Rita Samuels, Founder and President, GA Coalition of Black Women; Mayor Kenneth Smith, Kingsland, GA, President GA Conf. of Black Mayors; Former Mayor Willie Burns, Washington, Exec. Dir., GA Conf. of Black Mayors; Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Board Chair, SCLC; Rev. Albert Love, Director Love in Action Ministries; Ms. Helen Butler, Director, Georgia Coalition for the Peoples Agenda; Mr. Bill Cannon, Director Georgia Association of Black Contractors.

4:00 p.m. Historic Tour of MaconTours by Quinton - Professional tour guide by

QTard Historic scenes of African American Macon including a stop by the Tubman Museum, the largest African American Museum in the Southeast

8:00 p.m. Evening Entertainment Featuring The Fitness Band at the Midtown Key Club, 435 Third Street, Macon, Georgia 31201.

Sunday, OctOber 28, 201211:00 a.m. GABEO Closing Worship ServiceMount Olive Baptist Church, 957 Oglethorpe

Street, Macon, Georgia 31201. The Rev. Timothy Price, Pastor.

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CIVIL RIGHTS LEGENDS (L-R) Joseph Lowery; Andrew Young and John Lewis will attend GABEO’s 2012 Fall Conference in Macon. The theme of the conference is “Turn Out The Vote.”

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AUGUSTADr. Ricardo Azziz, President of Georgia Health

Sciences University and CEO of Georgia Health Sciences Health System, will deliver the State of the Enterprise Address at noon Thursday, Nov. 1 in the Natalie and Lansing B. Lee Jr. Auditorium in the GHSU Auditoria Center.

Azziz assumed the dual roles of President and CEO in July 2010. Pending approval from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in January, he will head the new university being created through the consolidation of Augusta State University and GHSU. The $1.3 billion uni-versity will include nine colleges, nearly 10,000 students and more than 1,000 full-time faculty.

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AUGUSTA Maj. Gen. Jimmie O. Keenan, the

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The lecture is hosted by the GHSU College of Nursing and Alumni Association. Keenan will discuss the health of America and its impact on the military and the movement from health care to health in Army medi-cine.

Keenan, Chief of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps since 2011, serves as special staff and advisor to the U.S. Army Surgeon General on matters pertaining to nursing personnel. She oversees the management, education, training and professional development of nearly 40,000 officers, enlisted and civilian nursing staff. In addition, she develops recommendations for future needs of the Army based on current trends and new developments in nurs-ing clinical practice, education, train-ing, administration and research.

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AUGUSTAA recent find by Paine College’s

Assistant Professor of English, Belinda Wheeler, has many in the literary and arts community talking. Over the sum-mer Dr. Wheeler located the only known painting by African American artist, poet, educator, columnist, and editor Gwendolyn Bennett (1902-1981).

Bennett was a significant figure in Harlem during the Renaissance, publish-ing over twenty two poems, four pieces of cover art, and several short stories in prominent African American jour-nals including Crisis and Opportunity. Bennett also co-edited the literary jour-nal Fire!!, with prominent figures includ-ing her good friends Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, and she also wrote an arts column, “The Ebony Flute,”

in Opportunity.Earlier in her career Bennett had won

several artistic prizes and scholarships that allowed her to study at the Sorbonne, Academic Julian, and Ecole du Pantheon in Paris between 1924 and 1925. Up until Dr. Wheeler’s discovery, however, most scholars had believed that Bennett had concluded her painting career after she moved to Florida in 1927 to be with her new husband. Dr. Wheeler’s discovery of Bennett’s 1931 oil painting shows that she was still pursuing this creative outlet.

“I thought about keeping the paint-ing,” stated Dr. Wheeler, “but it needs to be seen and enjoyed by more than me.” Bennett was passionate about sharing her work and the work of others with a wide audience. To keep it in my office would not do her work justice.”

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The CSRA Innovation Festival will be on November 3rd at the Augusta State University Amphitheatre between the hours of 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. The event is open to the entire CSRA, and there will be activities for families and students of all ages.

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• I n n o v a t i o n Business Showcase - display of innovations by organizations in the CSRA

•Innovation Aca-demic Fair - display of innovations by stu-dents in the CSRA

•Elevator Pitch Contest - pitch your business idea in two minutes or less for cash

•Coding Day Camp – learn to program simple code; all ages are welcome

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PaineFest

Young artist Nic Badilla of Nicadoodle.

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PaineFest. Photo by Vincent Hobbs

(Above)Students pose for a picture at PaineFest. Photo by Vincent Hobbs

(At right)Lois Dismuke (L) helps

7-year-old Taniya Pitram (R) at the Judy’s Books table during PaineFest.

2 0 12October 20The annual PaineFest takes place on the Paine

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King Cotton fades into historyGeorgia carolina Warehouse being demolished

An impressive local landmark is being dismantled and its demise closes a chapter in the city’s century long

love affair with cotton production and merchandising. The Georgia Carolina Warehouse sits in the center of a residential corner of the Bethlehem neighborhood. It’s entrance is at the intersection of Steiner Avenue and Clay Streets not far from the Bethlehem Community Center. The property was used by the S.M. Whitney Company, one of the city’s original Cotton Factor companies which began operation after the Civil War. All photos by Vincent Hobbs.

(Above) One of the few surviving walls of the huge cotton warehouse and compress operations on the site of the Georgia Carolina Warehouse. Photo by Vincent Hobbs

(At right) A single row of warehouse compartments is all that remains of a once thriving cotton warehouse operation. Sitting vacant is an area that could

swallow up two or three football fields. Photo by Vincent Hobbs

(At left) Brick structures that date from the 1890s are among the last surviving structures from a bygone era. These buildings sit in the center of a huge area being harvested for bricks.

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Jennifer Norman-DixonIndependent Cruise

& Vacation Specialist

Hephzibah, GA 30815Phone 706-925-2929

Toll Free (877-790-6082Fax 404-601-4492

Email:[email protected]/jdixon

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NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Former Municipal Court JudgeFormer City of Augusta Sta� AttorneySolicitor Richmond County Magistrate CourtFounding Chairman: Augusta Land Bank Auth.Former Board of Director: The United Way and the Senior Citizens CouncilBoard Member: Augusta Historic Preservation Auth.

Wednesday, Nov. 14, 20129:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

5th Annual Business Expo

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Office (706) 824-2406 Fax (706)[email protected] RSVP

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Develops and implements lesson plans, make required home visits and assessment of each Child’s needs. Must have BA degree in Early Childhood Education and three years experience. Apply to the Personnel Office no later than November 12, 2012. Must have a clean background. We are a drug free workplace. Detailed job descriptions are available, 1261 Greene Street, Augusta, GA.Fax: (706) 722-8565

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No� ce to the PublicHousing Authority of the City of Augusta, Georgia

The Housing Authority of the City of Augusta (AHA) will conduct a Public Hearing on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 9 a.m. in the large board room of the J. Madden Reid Building located at 1435 Walton Way, Augusta, Georgia regarding the Public Housing Agency Plans for FY2013 in accordance with the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (QHWRA) and related U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) subsequent no� ces.

Interested par� es can review and obtain a copy of the Dra� 2013 Public Housing Agency Plans upon request. For addi� onal informa� on, please contact Sevi Roberson, Director of Management at (706)312-3120.

Equal Housing Opportunity

The Housing Authority of the City of Augusta

By: Jacob L Oglesby, Execu� ve Director

Mission Statement: To promote adequate and aff ordable housing, economic opportunity and a suitable living environment free from

discrimina� on.

the bizarre plight of the Quitman 10+2By Gloria Tatum(This article was originally pub-

lished on March 7, 2012)

(APN) QUITMAN On Saturday, February 25, 2012,

over 500 Georgia citizens marched in support of the Quitman Ten Plus Two. As previously reported by Atlanta Progressive News, the twelve have been accused of voter fraud in a local Board of Education election in Brooks County, Georgia, in 2010. Activists are calling the Quitman case a modern-day civil rights issue involving voter intimidation and voter suppression. Black elected officials and powerful civil rights leaders from across the state and nation are demanding that Gov. Nathan Deal reinstate Board Members Dr. Nancy Dennard, Elizabeth Thomas, and Linda Troutman, whom he suspended in January 2012.

Troutman and Thomas had won the election for the Brooks County Board of Education in 2010. The day before Christmas Eve in 2010, they were arrested along with eight other people and charged with alleged voter fraud. They became known as the Quitman Ten. In 2011, two additional people were similarly charged, and the whole group became known as the Quitman Ten plus Two.

In January 2012, Gov. Deal issued an Executive Order removing all three from their positions on the Brooks County Board of Education, thus restoring the White majority on the Board. All three of these women have Masters of Education degrees and years of teaching experience.

Individuals representing many orga-nizations were present in Quitman for the “Stop Voter Intimidation and Voter Suppression” March and Rally including the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials (GABEO), Georgia Conference of Black Mayors, Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda (GCPA), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, Georgia Chapter of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Concerned Clergy of Georgia and USA, Association of Black Constructors, Black Caucus of ACCG, and National Action Network.

GABEO held their annual winter conference “Living the Dream - Save the Voting Rights Act” in Quitman at the Shumate Street Church of Christ. Rev., Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, President Emeritus of the SCLC, and Chair of GCPA, was the keynote speaker.

“What you have done in Quitman is what we all need to do: orga-nize, cooperate, commiserate, and win some elections. The people in Quitman won an election and the people who lost got mad and then they won it again. Keep on organiz-ing, keep on voting, keep on pulling together, keep on trusting each other, and we’re going to win this strug-gle,” Rev. Lowery said to the packed church.

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to jus-tice everywhere,” State Sen. Emanuel Jones (D-Decatur) said.

Jones said the legislative black cau-cus had a meeting with the Governor where they asked, “Governor, we know you empowered a panel to look into what is happening in Quitman and you acted on their recommen-dations. One of the members, who sits on that panel, told us that they were only asked to look at what was available in the public domain, and we know you fixed the argument in Quitman, Georgia,” Sen. Jones said. “It is clear to this caucus that the Governor does not know his way out of this mess, but we are here to tell him how to get out. Governor, all we want you to do is reinstate those you removed from the school board and get the hell out of Quitman, Georgia,” Sen. Jones said.

On February 9, 2012, State Rep. Tyrone Brooks (D-Atlanta) and Sen. Jones sent a letter to US Attorney General Eric Holder to request an investigation into the allega-tions of election fraud and the resulting indictment of twelve Black residents of Brooks County. The letter also asks the Attorney General to submit a letter requesting that the suspension of the three Black members of the Board of Education be submitted for pre-clearance under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act before it can be implemented.

After a mile march for justice to end voter intimidation and voter sup-pression from the church to the court house in Quitman, other civil rights leaders spoke.

“Tallahassee and Madison County in Florida are dealing with the same problem,” Edward Dubose, President of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, said.

Indeed, in Madison County, Florida, nine people were arrested and charged with voter fraud in connec-tion with a local school board election in 2010.

The arrests happened a few months after a new law was passed in Florida that made it illegal for absentee bal-lots to be sent anywhere other than a voter’s registered address.

Special Report: VOTER SUPPRESSION GEORGIA STYLE

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The Housing Authority of the City of Augusta (AHA) will conduct a Public Hearing on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 9 a.m. in the large board room of the J. Madden Reid Building located at 1435 Walton Way, Augusta, Georgia regarding the Public Housing Agency Plans for FY2013 in accordance with the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (QHWRA) and related U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) subsequent no� ces.

Interested par� es can review and obtain a copy of the Dra� 2013 Public Housing Agency Plans upon request. For addi� onal informa� on, please contact Sevi Roberson, Director of Management at (706)312-3120.

Equal Housing Opportunity

The Housing Authority of the City of Augusta

By: Jacob L Oglesby, Execu� ve Director

Mission Statement: To promote adequate and aff ordable housing, economic opportunity and a suitable living environment free from

discrimina� on.

The Augusta State Lady Jaguars hosted their first non-conference volleyball tournament with the Jaguar Invitational, winning their match 3-2 against Queens University of Charlotte at Christenberry Fieldhouse on Friday, October 19, 2012. Photo by Vincent Hobbs

The Augusta State Lady Jaguars hosted their first non-conference volleyball tour-nament with the Jaguar Invitational, winning their match 3-0 against Clark-Atlanta at Christenberry Fieldhouse.Photo by Vincent Hobbs

Jaguar Invitational Volleyball Action

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Augusta aviation history subject of museum talk

AUGUSTAAs part of its continuing Brown Bag

History Series, the Augusta Museum of History presents, Augusta and Aviation History a talk given by Diane Johnston, on Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 12:30 p.m. Her talk will highlight the advances in aviation in Augusta, especially at Augusta Regional Airport, Bush Field.

Ms. Johnston was hired as the Director of Marketing for the Augusta Regional Airport in January 2005. Her responsibilities include marketing, public relations and air service devel-opment. She has been in the avia-tion industry for 26 years. Prior to coming to Augusta, Johnston worked at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and Panama City Bay County International Airport.

She graduated with a Bachelor

of Science degree in Aviation Management from Oklahoma State University. She is a licensed pilot and a member of AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association) and AAAE (American Association of Airport Executives) where she holds a certi-fied member (CM) designation.

The Brown Bag History Series is an

educational lecture series provided monthly by the Augusta Museum of History, and is an ideal lunch-time break for downtown professionals, retirees, and students. The lectures are free to Museum members and $3

for non-members. Participants should bring a lunch and the Museum will only be providing beverages. Lunch can begin as early as 11:30 a.m.; the lecture runs from 12:30 – 1:00 p.m.

The Choirs of the Mount Vernon Baptist Church will be celebrating their 13th Annual Choir Day on Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 3:00 p.m.

We are inviting you to come and worship with us to uplift the name of Jesus in song.

Rev. Chavas L. Boyd is the Pastor.

Mt. Vernon Choir Day

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VOTEHAROLD V. JONES IIDistrict 9 CommissionerQUALIFICATIONS:Former Solicitor GeneralFormer Chairman of the Greater Augusta Arts CouncilLifetime member NAACPMember, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.

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