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The holiday season is a joyous time unless you are one of those persons who thinks they are Santa Claus and tries to give everyone they know the items on their Christmas wish list. According to Huffington Post, 40 per-cent of holiday shoppers spend more than they planned. But worse than that, are those shoppers who have no plan. They don’t know what they are going to buy, how much they are going to spend, or where they will get the money to pay for what they buy. Often times that X-Box 360, that leather jack-et, or that gold bracelet are purchased on a credit card, with borrowed money or this month’s rent money.

It does not have to be like that. Be a smart holiday shopper and follow these tips:

•Talk to the family about holiday spending before you start shopping. Explain the family’s financial status,

and set some realistic expectations for children. Let them know that there is a specific budget amount for shopping.

•Cut the number of people on your shopping list. If you have been tip-ping your barber, beautician, and nail technician, and paying your yard man all year long, there is no obligation to buy them gifts. Also, your older rela-tives may prefer some quality time all during the year as opposed to anoth-er bottle of lotion or after shave.

•Pay for shopping with cash or debit card. Using credit cards can cause you to overspend on a gift, contributes to exceeding the budget, and allows the high cost of credit card interest to follow you into the next year.

•Be an organized shopper and shop for specific items. Make a list of the names of those you are going

to buy for, list the item for each per-son and set an amount to spend for each gift. Purchasing gift cards helps you stick to the allotted amount for each person. As you shop for specific items, look for sales and discount coupons.

•Seek unique, creative or alterna-tive gifts instead of purchased gifts. Use your gifts or talents to gift oth-ers, e.g., a homemade pound cake, a knitted scarf, a hand sewn mono-grammed bar-b-cue apron, a DVD of their favorite music, or four hours of free house cleaning or babysitting. These kinds of gifts are often more appreciated than a candle in a jar or another box of stationary or hand-kerchiefs.

•Work a part-time job to pay for holiday shopping. Working at any of the large department stores gives you access to most things the family would

put on their holiday Christmas lists. Starting a job in October gives you the opportunity to shop early, buy at a discount and pay cash as you go.

The holiday season is a great time to share with family and friends. Be smart about your finances and avoid overspending. Don’t let debt steal the joy of the season.

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Sometimes I reject the label of African-American. I like to think my simply being an American is

enough. Sometimes I like to believe that we can be post-racial and if I call myself an African-American I am somehow splitting my identity between the United States, my home-land and the only place that I have ever known, and Africa, a distant continent on which I have never set foot. Then I wake up and stop dream-ing.

The passing of our fearless South African brother and world-renowned freedom fighter, Nelson Mandela, reminds me of the unbreakable bond between Africa and America that my very existence represents.

We all know about the shared his-tory of South African apartheid and racial segregation in the American south. Mandela was inspired by Dr.

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So while it is true that I have never been to Africa and I cannot claim to have any direct personal connection to the continent, I can proudly call myself an African-American. Because of souls like Nelson Mandela, this moniker is not a burden. Indeed it is a privilege. It is an honor to share a rich history and royal bloodline with a people known to survive and thrive in the face of some of the worst human atrocities known to man.

The African diaspora, albeit com-plicated and at times misunderstood, is a powerful and proud place to rest my identity. The distance between Soweto and Augusta need not be so far. We are Africa. They are America. And we are all Mandela.

Unlike any other groups, we know the pain of state sanctioned separation. We, South Africans and African-Americans, know the burden of being judged by the color of our skin.

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Dr. George C. Bradley and the Paine College Community honor the leg-acy of human rights activ-ist Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black President.

“Nelson Mandela was truly a pillar of human rights for over five decades. During South Africa’s apartheid era, the College upheld a policy not to invest with compa-nies and/or entities that did business with South Africa, set forth by our Board of Trustees,” stated Dr. Bradley. “His endeavors for equal human rights have certainly reached across the globe, including here in Augusta, Georgia and at Paine College.”

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In 1993, Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to disman-tle the country’s apartheid system. In 1994, Mandela was inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president. In 2009, July 18th, was declared Mandela Day to promote global peace and celebrate the South African leader’s legacy.

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The general public has expressed some confusion about the relationship between Augusta’s city administrator (city manager) and the council or com-mission. The confusion can stem from the titles — “administrator’ and ‘man-ager’ — themselves. A municipality can usually have one or the other, but not both.

In Augusta, the city administrator functions as a city manager. At least one commissioner has said over and over that Mr. Russell is not a manager, he is an administrator; he can’t manage. However, such a view supposes that just because he is called an administrator that he can’t function like a manger.

The following should produce some clarity on that score.

1. What is the difference between a City Manager and a City Administrator?

A municipality’s charter describes the duties of the city manager or city administrator and, consequently, the differences between these two posi-tions can vary from one city to the next. Generally speaking, however, a City Administrator is a mayoral assistant whose duties are defined from time to time by the Mayor and Board. Under a city administrator form of government, the mayor usually retains the duties of CEO for the city and the mayor over-sees the work of the city administra-tor. In contrast, the mayor’s role in a city manager form of government is largely a ceremonial one – with the city manager answering directly to the city council.

2. Who hires and fires a city administrator or city manager?

A city manager is usually hired direct-ly by the city council – and can be ter-minated by a majority vote of the coun-cil. A city administrator is usually hired by the mayor – with the approval of the city council. Once hired, a city adminis-trator can be fired by the mayor – usu-

ally with the consent of the council.

3. What are the qualifications for a city manager or city administrator position?

Every town can set its own job quali-fications for these positions. Most man-agers and administrators have a college degree in public administration, but many come from a variety of other backgrounds including engineering, law enforcement, business administra-tion, planning, and finance.

4. What are reasons for terminat-ing a city manager or administrator?

Again the reasons are many and var-ied. However, in most instances where a city manager is terminated by the city, it is not for violations of policy or mis-conduct, etc. Instead, it sometimes hap-pens that the city council (or mayor) simply disagree with the manager or administrator over the direction or goals of the city. In such instances, it is usually best that the manager be replaced with someone who shares the council’s ideas for managing the city.

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IN MONROE, NORTH CAROLINA, THE CITY RECENTLY FIRED ITS CITY MANAGER AFTER HE WAS ON THE JOB FOR ONLY FOUR MONTHS. Initially, the city said that it would not pay any severance money, but later reversed itself.

Council members voted to award the fired city manager nearly $105,000 in severance pay and ben-efits. This had been the fifth city manager to resign or be fired from

the city of Monroe since 2000.Earlier this year, city officials spent

tens of thousands of dollars on a study from a law firm to investigate why city managers don’t last long in city hall. Mayor Bobby Kilgore said he’s tired of shelling out the cash.

“We formed a committee to do a search for an interim city manager at this time. We don’t need to be spending any more money, if we’ve got capable people,” he said.

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What now?

City administrator Fred Russell’s final act in city government will be to unfurl his “golden parachute.” Russell was notified on Monday that his services would no longer be needed after Dec. 31, 2013. How much will he get for walking out the door? Photo by Vincent Hobbs

The typical city or town will go through a search for a city manager on the average about every 3-6 years. Professional “head hunting” firms make it their job to know who is getting hired and who is getting fired. Citizens can familiarize themselves with the process by looking at the example of other communities searching for a new city manager.

By Frederick Benjamin Sr.UrbanProWeekly Staff Writer

AUGUSTAWhen the smoke had cleared,

perhaps the most surprised folks in the building, besides city administrator Fred Russell and his staff, were the seven commissioners who voted to terminate his services after six years at the helm.

The decision to fire Russell at Monday’s routine committee meeting was not a well thought out “palace coup.”

It was more along the lines of “seizing the moment” — or striking while the iron was hot-test.

The most asked question in the wake of this “December Massacre” was, what happened in that closed-door legal ses-sion that prompted all seven commissioners present to go counter to everything they had been discussing for weeks about the imminent departure of Russell?

What was the straw that broke the camel’s back?

Each of the seven would tell you, simply, ‘it was time.’

That was it. So why now? Why when the

mayor and three other commis-sioner were away?

Again, it was time.Speaking with three of the

seven commissioners who attended that closed session — Marion Williams, Bill Lockett and Bill Fennoy — reveals that none of them expected before-hand that Russell would be summarily dismissed on that day.

“I was in total shock. I thought a deal had been struck to let Fred work through 2014,” said Fennoy.

Commissioner Lockett said there was no prior intent to lower the boom so quickly.

“No, not at all. As you know, Russell and I sat down one-on-one and discussed his possible departure,” Lockett said.

However, commissioner Williams did not really act sur-prised or shocked at what had transpired. Instead, he waxed prophetic.

“I made a couple of com-ments last week. I said it was going to be a sad Christmas for some people,” Williams said.

Still, there couldn’t have been any certainty that all seven commissioners would vote in unison — something that rarely happens on really critical decisions.

And yet, it happened.Divine intervention cannot

be ruled out, at least for one commissioner.

“This is God’s doing,” Commissioner Lockett said.

Everyone of the commission-ers who did the deed will tell you something slightly differ-ent about why Russell had to go, but the best anyone could fathom about the sudden tim-ing is that — it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Most of the commissioners that voted to fire Russell will admit that there was a consen-sus among the majority.

“It’s amazing that 6 out of 7 were on the same page at the beginning,” Lockett said. “We discussed when it was going to be effective.”

That discussion led to the realization that Russell had been given chance after chance and had been given the false sense of security that he would be the final arbiter of his depar-ture.

“Everybody agreed it was time for Fred to go. The only question was when,” according to Commissioner Fennoy.

It was decided that it was not going to be Dec. 31, 2014 and it was not going to be Jan. 31, 2014. One commissioner said that the termination could have been made effective that day

(Mon., Dec.10, 2013).So, this was not a snap deci-

sion. “It surprised me that we

were able to discuss this thing like adults,” Lockett said. “We discussed, we compromised. I honestly believe it would have been 9-1 [if all the commission-ers were in attendance].”

But still, why did the vote have to happen that day?

Bill Lockett said it best.“We didn’t want Fred to find

out.”Why? Because once com-

missioners are behind closed doors or intoxicated with the air of cooperation and mutual trust, they become different people. But once the leave the meeting and are subject to their normal cycle of negative influences and exchanges with the media. They change their minds about stuff and attempt to control the narrative.

No. If this thing was going to happen the way it happened, it had to happen then and there. That’s what experience has proven.

Again, to everyone in that room, for whatever reason, that was the correct action to take.

Now, the commissioners that didn’t attend the meeting have the luxury of scripting what

they would or would not have done.

After the fact, everyone is now criticizing how the affair was stage managed. Now, it’s back to business as usual.

How much is Russell going to take with him out the door and who is going to sit in his chair until this replacement is hired?

Some commissioners are already reverting to form when they suggest that anyone except the sitting deputy commission-er should take the interim job. If the deputy Commissioner Tameka Allen is not considered automatically for the interim position, something is serious-ly wrong and the commission could continue going down the wrong path.

It shouldn’t surprise any-one if Allen would refuse the offer. No one could blame her. However, if she wants to vie for the top spot, she deserves the courtesy of an offer.

Will more heads roll? There’s no doubt that a significant number of commissioners want to see city attorney Andrew McKenzie hit the road as well, but it is likely that the major-ity won’t want the Scrooge tag and McKenzie and others won’t become victims of the “December Massacre.”

Manager or Administrator: In Augusta how one functions is key, not the title

City councils often hire headhunting firms to organize the candidate search when a city manager position is vacat-ed. Council members often do not have the time or expertise to devote to conducting a thorough search.

Headhunters have established rela-tionships with city managers in other towns. They will use these connections to directly approach city managers in other towns to apply for the job and also to ask for recommendations on candidates the headhunters do not know about.

The headhunting process does not preclude a city’s department heads or assistant city managers from being selected, but it does mean that they will

face more scrutiny than they would if the council had decided to promote the most qualified person already on staff.

Once the list of finalists is developed, the council has those finalists travel to the city for interviews. A complicat-ing factor about being named a final-ist is that the list of finalists is often reported by the local media. If a finalist is already a city manager in another town, it is only a matter of time before his or her current city council finds out he’s applied elsewhere. This causes city managers to be very selective about which places they apply and diligent about notifying their current council members when they’re named final-ists.

The Selection Process For Finding A New City Manager

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ou h

ave

to w

ork

with

you

r en

emy,

” M

ande

la o

nce

said

. “T

hen

he

beco

mes

you

r par

tner

.”M

ande

la

was

aw

arde

d th

e N

obel

P

eace

Priz

e in

199

3 al

ong

with

Sou

th

Afri

ca’s

pre

side

nt a

t the

tim

e, F

rede

rik

Will

em d

e K

lerk

, fo

r w

orki

ng t

oget

her

to d

ism

antle

apa

rthe

id.

He

was

bor

n R

olih

lahl

a M

ande

la in

M

vezo

, a v

illag

e on

the

Mba

she

Riv

er

in t

he T

rans

kei

regi

on o

n th

e ea

st-

ern

cape

of

Sou

th A

frica

in

1918

. H

e w

as a

mem

ber o

f the

Xho

sa-s

peak

ing

The

mbu

trib

e.H

e w

as

bapt

ized

in

th

e U

nite

d M

etho

dist

Chu

rch

and

give

n th

e na

me

Nel

son

by a

teac

her.

His

fat

her,

a co

unse

lor

to t

he t

ribal

ch

ief,

died

whe

n M

ande

la w

as 9

. H

e w

as a

dopt

ed b

y th

e ch

ief

and

lived

in

th

e m

ore

soph

istic

ated

pr

ovin

cial

ca

pita

l, w

here

he

atte

nded

a W

esle

yan

mis

sion

sch

ool,

lear

ning

Eng

lish

and

exce

lling

in tr

ack

and

boxi

ng. H

e st

ud-

ied

law

at

the

Uni

vers

ity o

f Fo

rt H

are

and

Uni

vers

ity o

f W

itwat

ersr

and

afte

r fle

eing

to

Jo

hann

esbu

rg

to

avoi

d a

mar

riage

arr

ange

d by

the

triba

l reg

ent.

The

re h

e be

cam

e in

volv

ed i

n th

e

anti-

apar

thei

d m

ovem

ent

and

in 1

943

join

ed t

he A

frica

n N

atio

nal C

ongr

ess,

w

here

he

beca

me

a le

ader

in

resi

s-ta

nce

agai

nst t

he r

ulin

g N

atio

nal P

arty

an

d its

apa

rthe

id p

olic

ies.

He

was

ch

arge

d w

ith

treas

on

in

1956

, al

ong

with

155

oth

er a

ctiv

ists

, bu

t th

e ch

arge

s w

ere

drop

ped.

The

go

vern

men

t ou

tlaw

ed

the

AN

C

in

1960

, and

Man

dela

wen

t und

ergr

ound

to

wor

k ag

ains

t the

regi

me.

Man

dela

ve

ered

fro

m

non-

viol

ence

as

a

met

hod

for

chan

ge a

nd a

rgue

d fo

r se

t-tin

g up

a m

ilita

ry w

ing

of th

e A

NC

and

vio

lent

tact

ics

to b

ring

dow

n ap

arth

eid.

Opp

ositi

on t

o th

e re

gim

e’s

“pas

s la

ws”

tha

t di

ctat

ed w

here

bla

ck

peop

le w

ere

allo

wed

to

live

and

wor

k gr

ew in

tens

e, a

nd in

196

0, p

olic

e fir

ed

on d

emon

stra

tors

and

kill

ed 6

9 pe

o-pl

e in

w

hat

beca

me

know

n as

th

e S

harp

evill

e M

assa

cre.

In 1

961,

Man

dela

bec

ame

the

lead

er

of t

he A

NC

’s a

rmed

win

g in

whi

ch h

e ov

ersa

w b

omb

atta

cks

agai

nst g

over

n-m

ent

build

ings

. H

e w

as d

esig

nate

d a

terr

oris

t by

the

whi

te g

over

nmen

t an

d ar

rest

ed in

196

2. In

Jun

e 19

64, h

e w

as

sent

ence

d al

ong

with

sev

en o

ther

s to

lif

e in

pris

on f

or p

lotti

ng t

o ov

erth

row

th

e go

vern

men

t th

roug

h hu

ndre

ds o

f ac

ts o

f sab

otag

e.“I

have

ch

eris

hed

the

idea

of

a

dem

ocra

tic a

nd f

ree

soci

ety

in w

hich

al

l pe

rson

s liv

e to

geth

er i

n ha

rmon

y an

d w

ith e

qual

opp

ortu

nitie

s,”

he s

aid,

ac

ting

as h

is o

wn

law

yer

at h

is tr

ial.

“It

is a

n id

eal w

hich

I ho

pe to

live

for

and

to a

chie

ve. B

ut if

nee

d be

, it i

s an

idea

l fo

r whi

ch I

am p

repa

red

to d

ie.”

He

spen

t 18

yea

rs o

f hi

s im

pris

-on

men

t at

Rob

ben

Isla

nd P

rison

off

Cap

e To

wn,

w

here

th

e ha

rsh

con-

ditio

ns

incl

uded

la

borin

g in

a

lime

quar

ry.

Dur

ing

that

tim

e, h

e be

cam

e th

e fo

cus

of a

n in

tern

atio

nal c

ampa

ign

for

rele

ase

led

by h

is l

ifelo

ng f

riend

an

d la

w p

artn

er,

Oliv

er T

ambo

, an

d M

ande

la’s

wife

, Win

nie,

who

m h

e m

ar-

ried

in 1

958

afte

r hi

s fir

st m

arria

ge t

o E

vely

n M

ase

ende

d in

195

7.In

the

1980

s, th

e A

NC

und

er T

ambo

ra

mpe

d up

bom

bing

atta

cks

to in

clud

e

civi

lian

targ

ets.

In

one

of t

he w

orst

ex

ampl

es, a

n A

NC

car

bom

b ex

plod

ed

in d

ownt

own

Pre

toria

in M

ay 1

983,

kill

-in

g 19

peo

ple.

In a

n at

tem

pt t

o ca

lm t

he v

iole

nce,

P

resi

dent

P.W

. B

otha

offe

red

in 1

985

to f

ree

Man

dela

if h

e w

ould

ren

ounc

e vi

olen

ce a

s a

tool

for c

hang

e. M

ande

la

refu

sed.

Dem

ands

fo

r M

ande

la’s

re

leas

e be

cam

e a

popu

lar

civi

l rig

hts

caus

e in

the

Wes

tern

wor

ld i

n th

e 19

80s,

al

ong

with

cal

ls f

or a

n en

d to

apa

rt-he

id fr

om th

e U

nite

d S

tate

s an

d ot

her

natio

ns.

Wor

ldw

ide

econ

omic

sa

nc-

tions

aga

inst

Sou

th A

frica

wer

e tig

ht-

ened

.In

the

US

A,

publ

ic d

emon

stra

tions

an

d ci

vil

diso

bedi

ence

, of

ten

led

by

cele

briti

es,

wer

e st

aged

out

side

the

S

outh

Afri

can

gove

rnm

ent’s

dip

lom

atic

of

fices

and

oth

er in

stitu

tions

aim

ed a

t pr

essu

ring

the

regi

me

to fr

ee M

ande

la

and

abol

ish

raci

al

sepa

ratis

m

law

s.

Und

er p

ress

ure

from

for

eign

nat

ions

an

d bo

th w

hite

s an

d bl

acks

in

Sou

th

Afri

ca, d

e K

lerk

free

d M

ande

la in

199

0 an

d lif

ted

the

ban

on th

e A

NC

.M

ande

la e

mer

ged

into

a m

ovem

ent

that

had

bee

n sc

anda

lized

by

char

ges

of h

eavy

-han

ded

tact

ics

by M

ande

la’s

w

ife,

Win

nie,

who

had

tak

en a

maj

or

role

in

AN

C a

ctiv

ities

whi

le M

ande

la

was

in

jail.

She

had

pub

licly

jus

tifie

d th

e m

urde

r of

her

pol

itica

l op

pone

nts

in th

e bl

ack

com

mun

ity, a

nd h

er b

ody-

guar

ds w

ere

accu

sed

of te

rror

izin

g he

r ad

vers

arie

s.S

he w

as c

onvi

cted

in

1991

of

kid-

napp

ing

in th

e m

urde

r of a

14-

year

-old

bo

y ac

cuse

d of

bei

ng a

n in

form

ant.

Her

six

-yea

r jai

l ter

m w

as re

duce

d to

a

fine

on a

ppea

l, an

d M

ande

la d

ivor

ced

her i

n 19

92.

Two

year

s la

ter,

he b

ecam

e pr

esi-

dent

of

Sou

th A

frica

. In

his

ina

ugu-

ral

spee

ch,

he s

aid

the

stru

ggle

for

fre

edom

for

bla

cks

was

diff

icul

t bu

t in

th

e en

d pr

oduc

ed “

a un

ited,

dem

o-cr

atic

, no

n-ra

cial

and

non

-sex

ist

gov-

ernm

ent.”

He

serv

ed o

ne t

erm

, w

hich

en

ded

in 1

999.

Man

dela

re

tired

fro

m

polit

ical

lif

e in

20

04,

at

85,

to

spen

d hi

s fin

al

year

s in

wha

t he

cal

led

“qui

et r

efle

c-tio

n” w

ith h

is th

ird w

ife, G

raca

Mac

hel,

the

wid

ow o

f th

e fo

rmer

pre

side

nt o

f M

ozam

biqu

e. T

he t

wo

mar

ried

on h

is

80th

birt

hday

in 1

998.

He

mai

ntai

ned

a gl

obal

pre

senc

e th

roug

h hi

s M

ande

la F

ound

atio

n an

d in

200

7 or

gani

zed

a gr

oup

of s

enio

r w

orld

fig

ures

he

calle

d T

he E

lder

s to

w

ork

on g

loba

l pro

blem

s. H

e be

cam

e an

ad

voca

te

for

HIV

/AID

S

afte

r th

e de

ath

of h

is s

on,

Mak

gath

o, f

rom

the

di

seas

e in

200

5, d

espi

te s

trong

tabo

os

in h

is c

ount

ry a

gain

st t

hose

who

had

th

e vi

rus.

Man

dela

was

dia

gnos

ed w

ith

pros

tate

can

cer i

n 20

01.

Em

blem

atic

of t

he d

ram

atic

cha

nges

in

Sou

th A

frica

and

his

tra

nsfo

rma-

tiona

l ro

le,

the

natio

n an

noun

ced

in

Febr

uary

201

2, o

n th

e 22

nd a

nniv

er-

sary

of

his

rele

ase

from

pris

on,

that

M

ande

la’s

im

age

wou

ld

appe

ar

on

Sou

th A

frica

n pa

per c

urre

ncy.

In

awar

ding

th

e pr

ize,

th

e N

obel

C

omm

ittee

sai

d M

ande

la a

nd d

e K

lerk

m

anag

ed a

pea

cefu

l tra

nsiti

on t

o a

new

pol

itica

l or

der

base

d on

dem

oc-

racy

thr

ough

“pe

rson

al i

nteg

rity

and

grea

t po

litic

al

cour

age.

” It

said

th

at

beyo

nd e

ndin

g ra

cial

sup

pres

sion

in

Sou

th

Afri

ca,

thei

r “p

olic

y of

pe

ace

and

reco

ncili

atio

n al

so p

oint

s th

e w

ay

to t

he p

eace

ful

reso

lutio

n of

sim

ilar

deep

-roo

ted

conf

licts

els

ewhe

re in

the

wor

ld.” O

ne o

f M

ande

la’s

las

t pu

blic

ap

pear

ance

s w

as i

n 20

10,

whe

n he

atte

nded

the

clo

s-in

g ce

rem

ony

of t

he W

orld

C

up s

occe

r gam

es in

Sou

th A

frica

.In

his

aut

obio

grap

hy,

Long

Wal

k to

Fr

eedo

m,

Man

dela

wro

te t

hat

whe

n he

wal

ked

out

of p

rison

, hi

s m

issi

on

was

“to

lib

erat

e th

e op

pres

sed

and

the

oppr

esso

r bot

h,” b

ecau

se b

oth

are

robb

ed o

f the

ir hu

man

ity w

hen

hum

an

freed

om is

rest

ricte

d.“I

have

w

alke

d th

at

long

ro

ad

to

freed

om.

I ha

ve t

ried

not

to f

alte

r,” h

e w

rote

. “I

have

mad

e m

isst

eps

alon

g th

e w

ay.

But

I h

ave

disc

over

ed t

he

secr

et t

hat

afte

r cl

imbi

ng a

gre

at h

ill,

one

only

fin

ds t

here

are

man

y m

ore

hills

to c

limb.

”

Art

ist

Bar

uti

Tuck

er w

ork

s o

n a

fin

ger

-p

ain

ted

art

pie

ce in

ho

no

r o

f N

elso

n

Man

del

a at

th

e H

um

anitr

ee H

ou

se P

re-

Kw

anza

a C

eleb

ratio

n h

eld

at

War

ren

Ro

ad

Co

mm

nity

Cen

ter.

Pho

to b

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the

nam

e of

the

clan

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hich

Man

del

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a m

emb

er. A

cla

n na

me

is m

uch

mor

e im

por

tant

than

a s

urna

me

as

it re

fers

to th

e an

cest

or fr

om w

hich

a p

erso

n is

des

cend

ed. M

adib

a w

as th

e na

me

of a

The

mb

u ch

ief w

ho r

uled

in th

e Tr

ansk

ei

in th

e 18

th c

entu

ry. I

t is

cons

ider

ed v

ery

pol

ite to

use

som

eone

’s c

lan

nam

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Form

er P

resi

den

t B

ill

Cli

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n a

nd

N

elso

n M

an

del

a i

n

Ma

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’s c

ell

on

Rob

ben

Isl

an

d w

here

he

spe

nt

18 y

ears

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son

ers

brea

kin

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d s

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Spoken

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Anthony

“Sleepy

Eyez”

Carter

performs

an untitled

poetry

piece.

Photo by

Vincent

Hobbs

Della Epps pays tribute to Nelson Mandela. Photo by Vincent Hobbs

Baba Seitu Amenwahsu plays the triangle as he watches a drum and dance performance. Amenwahsu traveled from Columbia, South Carolina to participate in the festivities.Photo by Vincent Hobbs

A dance group perform for the audience. Photo by Vincent Hobbs

3rd Annual Pre-KWANZAA CelebrationSome 400 participants enjoyed the festivities at

the Humanitree House Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration

held at Warren Road Commnity Center on

Sunday, Dec. 8. The festival featured artists,

dance performances, food and various vendors.

StressPhysical Inactivity

Family History of Cardiovascular diseaseObesityDiabetes

High Blood PressureHigh Cholesterol

Cigarette Smoking

ARE YOU AT RISK?

HEART ATTACK • BRAIN ATTACK • PREVENT ATTACKEast Central Health DistrictHypertension Management Outreach Program

Richmond County 706.721.5800

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Nov. 29-30 (Fri.-Sat.)Cross Creek @ Jefferson Co. (Fri.)ARC, Butler, Glenn Hills, Laney, Josey @ 100 Black Men Classic @ ARC (Sat.)

Nov. 30 (Sat.)Butler @ Rockdale Co.

Dec. 3 (Tue.)Laney @ Glenn HillsGreenbrier @ Hephzibah

Dec. 6 (Fri.)Jefferson Co. @ Cross CreekWestside @ LakesideJosey @ Savannah HighLaney @ Beach HighHephzibah @ GrovetownARC @ Evans Tournament

Dec. 7 (Sat.)ARC @ Evans TournamentGAC @ ButlerLaney @ Savannah HighJosey @ Beach HighLincoln Co. @ WestsideDec. 10 (Tue.)Grovetown @ARCAthens Academy @ Glenn HillsLakeside @ Westside

Dec. 13 (Fri.)Cross Creek @ N. AugustaJefferson Co. @ WestsideJosey @ ButlerSwainsboro @ LaneyGrovetown @ HephzibahGlenn Hills @ Aquinas

Dec. 14 (Sat.)Rockdale Co. @ ButlerGlenn Hills @ AquinasHephzibah @ GeenbrierLaney @ East LaurensWestside @ Denmark/OlarCross Creek @ Thomson

Dec. 17 (Tue.)Westside @ Hephzibah

Dec. 19-21 (Thu.-Sat.)ARC boys and girls,Hephzibah boys and girlsGlenn Hills girls and boysJosey girls and boysCross Creek girls and boysAiken girls, Midland Valley girls, Meadowcreek girls and boys, Calhoun Co. boys, Orangeburg/W. boys @Holiday Round Ball Classic at Paine College

Dec. 20-23 (Fri.-Mon.)Westside @ WACO Tourney

Dec. 26-28 (Thu.-Sat.)ARC, Hephzibah, Josey, Butler, Cross Creek @ Evans TourneyWestside@Baldwin ClassicLaney@Colquitt ClassicButler @ Columbia ClassicGlenn HIlls @ Nike Int.Westside @ Lake Marion

2014Jan. 3 (Fri.)Cross Creek @ Burke Co.Josey @ DublinHephzibah@ Glenn HIllsGlenn Hills @ Laney

Jan. 4 (Sat.)Glenn Hills @ JoseyLaney @ ButlerThomson @ WestsideNorth Augusta @ Cross Creek

Jan. 7 (Tue.)Cross Creek @ ARCButler @ HephzibahScreven Co. @ WestideLaney @ HarlemBurke Co. @ Glenn Hills

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Working Together to Move Augusta Forward

Harold V. Jones IIState Senate District 22

Richmond County Varsity Basketball • 2013 -2014 Season

Hardie DAVIS

for Mayor

AugustaNE

Dec. 20-23 (Fri.-Mon.)Westside @ WACO Tourney

Dec. 26-28 (Thu.-Sat.)ARC, Hephzibah, Josey, Butler, Cross Creek @ Evans TourneyWestside@Baldwin ClassicLaney@Colquitt ClassicButler @ Columbia ClassicGlenn HIlls @ Nike Int.Westside @ Lake Marion

2014Jan. 3 (Fri.)Cross Creek @ Burke Co.Josey @ DublinHephzibah@ Glenn HIllsGlenn Hills @ Laney

Jan. 4 (Sat.)Glenn Hills @ JoseyLaney @ ButlerThomson @ WestsideNorth Augusta @ Cross Creek

Jan. 7 (Tue.)Cross Creek @ ARCButler @ HephzibahScreven Co. @ WestideLaney @ HarlemBurke Co. @ Glenn Hills

Jan. 10 (Fri.)Wilkinson Co. @ JoseyLaney @ Screven Co.Harlem @ WestsideButler @ Cross CreekGlenn Hills @ ARCHephzibah @ Burke County

Jan. 11 (Sat.)ARC @ WestsideButler @ JoseyLaney @ Swainsboro

Jan. 14 (Tue.)Laney @ JoseyGlenn Hills @ Cross CreekBurke Co. @ ButlerARC @ Hephzibah

Jan. 17 (Fri.)Cross Creek @ HephzibahARC @ Burke Co.Glenn Hills @ ButlerLaney @ WestsideJosey @ East Laurens

Jan. 18 (Sat.)Josey @ MLK InvitationalLaney @ ButlerGlenn Hills @ Will Avery Classic

Jan. 20 (Mon.)Glenn Hills @ MLK InvitationalLaney boys @ MLK InvitationalLaney girls @ Copeland Classic

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emergency medical services physician is now part of the first-response team man-aging the worst accidents and disasters in the Augusta area.

Dr. Todd Burgbacher, who completed his emergency medicine residency at the Medical College of Georgia and Georgia Regents Health System last year, has returned to MCG and Georgia Regents University after completing a one-year Emergency Medical Services fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

EMS is a new medical subspecialty in the United States that focuses on pre-hospital care and the infrastructure sup-porting it.

Starting this week, Burgbacher joins Gold Cross EMS and the Augusta Fire Department at scenes such as vehicle extrications, field amputations, and mass casualties as well as more typical 911 calls in Richmond, Columbia and Jefferson counties in a fully-equipped GRU/GR Health emergency response vehicle.

“Dr. Burgbacher will be out on the front line for worst-case scenarios, able to work directly with EMTs and paramed-ics, to supervise and educate real time; and to improve care in the field,” said Dr. Richard Schwartz, Chairman of the MCG Department of Emergency Medicine and Hospitalist Services.

“This is a great thing for our com-munity and the next step in providing exceptional emergency and trauma care and training to our region. It’s expanding our emergency care from the emergency department to the pre-hospital setting and expanding our EMS education as well,” Schwartz said.

MCG and GR Health System plan to establish an EMS fellowship to train more physicians like Burgbacher starting in July 2014.

Dr. John McManus, who directed the U.S. Army EMS for three years, created the first emergency medicine fellowship in the Armed Services, and closed the last Army field hospital in Iraq, joined the MCG faculty Nov. 1 to help build and direct the fellowship.

As part of a related educational expansion, the MCG Department of Emergency Medicine also is developing a year-long paramedic course. Faculty and staff already teach a three-month EMT course.

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Mayoral candidate to donate toys to three organizationsOn Tuesday, December 17, at

10:30 a.m., Mayoral Candidate Helen Blocker-Adams will be pre-senting unwrapped toys to three local non-profit organizations at Furniture Outlet, 592 Bobby Jones Expressway. The toys were collect-

ed at the recent Helen’s Holiday Gala of Giving holiday fund-raising event.

The groups benefitting include, Child Enrichment, Inc., Big Sisters in Action, Inc. and Toys for Tots.

“As part of our campaign platform

that addresses public and commu-nity health, we asked people to donate toys that would encourage youth to ‘move and/or exercise’. As a result, basketballs, bats and even hula hoops were donated last week,” Blocker-Adams said.

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