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Teachable moment may have been missed in Myles rebukeby Frederick BenjaminUrbanProWeekly News Analysis

AUGUSTAThe recent attention paid to the use

of “the N-Word” by local educator Dr. Lori Myles underscores the complex-ity and often arbitrary conventions observed by “polite society” when it comes to the treatment of a racially-charged, historically-determined, and emotionally ambiguous term – nigger or ni**er.

The word (ni**er) is as loaded as they come, but that’s no reason to get “hung-up” on it use.

If you have been following the story as it has played out thus far in the Myles case, you should be thor-oughly confused by now.

Does the school system permit the term to be used in any context?

The answer to that is a very obvi-ous, yes.

Why obvious? Because the school system assigns

literature to be studied by the students that use the racial slur frequently. The

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is required reading. That book (most modern versions) uses the word ni**er over and over.

So, if the school system permits the word to be used in certain education-al contexts, it should provide guide-lines for its proper and improper use.

Dr. Myles’ use of the word in a les-son plan should not have caused a problem. According to Dr. Myles, it was not part of a disciplinary tactic (see story on page 4), but was used at the tail end of a 50-minute lesson during Black History Month.

Dr. Myles knew exactly what she was doing. The problem is that she overestimated the capacity for her administrators to be able to under-stand and sanction — without conse-quence — what she was doing.

Also, Dr. Myles never expected mate-rial from her class to be discussed by an irate parent on the evening news.

The school system had no alterna-tive but to launch into spin mode. In the hypersensitive media environ-ment in which we live, Richmond

County school Super intendent Frank Roberson and T.W. Josey principal Ronald Wiggins had few options.

One could argue that they did the only thing that an administrator could have done in that situation — play the “CYA” card.

However, the attention that the media gave to the reprimand (front page, above the fold treatment in the Augusta Chronicle was nothing but rank exploitation on a slow news day.

But that’s the times in which we live.

Those who are “hung up” on the usage of certain words really should reflect on the fact that our language (our colloqueisms, our slang, our popular speech) is dynamic and sub-jective.

It’s usages and meanings are in a constant state of flux. Skittishness over the use of the N-word is under-standable but regrettable.

There is huge interest in the word ni**er. Americans’ use of the word is determined by their geography, their ethnicity, their cultural biases and

their age.Webster Dictionary online notes

that inquiries about the word is among the top five.

Those curious about the meaning of the N-word include immigrants or those who are studying the language. Here’s how Webster defines the word for those who are not native English speakers.

nig·ger [count] offensive : a black person. This is one of the most offensive words in English. Do not use this word.No room for nuance in this instance.

Just don’t use it, they advise.Is this a remedy for the Richmond

County School System?Let us hope not.This is an old tired discussion in the

black community and its generational overtones are unmistakable. Young blacks will continue to use the word because it is taboo.

Creative artists of any ethnicity will and should continue to use the word because they won’t tolerate any form of censorship.

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Simon group has inside track for Patch contract

By Frederick Benjamin Sr.UrbanProWeekly Staff Writer

AUGUSTAThere was very little sur-

prise when the city agreed on Tuesday (Mar.19) to move forward on reviewing a part-nership proposal between Augusta First Tee and The Patch, the city-owned golf course. At the same time, it will review proposals from at least two other firms which in the past has indicated a will-ingness to provide manage-ment for the course.

A week ago, buoyed by the unique prospect of a cost-sharing arrangement in part-nering with the nationwide nonprofit golf organization, the city seemed ready to push all other options aside until it considered the proposal being prepared by Augusta First Tee cofounder Paul Simon, However, it took a step back, this week, and agreed to con-sider other proposals as well.

Perhaps the most important factor in determining wheth-er or not the municipal golf course can be profitable is deciding whether it is going to maintain its current “enter-prise fund” designation.

Simply put, is it going to be a strictly “for profit” entity and all that entails or will it be operated as a public service like most other city depart-ments?

The city has to make that distinction before it can intel-ligently analyze any propos-als that are placed before it. If it adopts the “for profit” model, then partnering with a nonprofit entity could pres-ent challenges. If, on the other hand, it sheds the “enterprise fund” designation and doesn’t have to show a profit, the First Tee proposal would be hard to top.

One thing is clear, the com-mission is going to be compar-ing “apples and oranges” if and when it reviews “management proposals” and “partnership proposals” at the same time

The management-oriented presentations must show how the city gets paid from day

OPERATING FUND REPORTRevenueFounding Partners $3,593,000 33%Corporations 3,852,000 35%Individuals & Other 3,538,000 32%TOTAL $10,983,000

ExpendituresChapters, Life Skills Education,National School Program andMilitary Installations $7,051,000 66%Designated Funds to Chapters 870,000 8%Fund-raising and Administrative 2,751,000 26%TOTAL $10,672,000

BEGINNING CASH $7,490,000ENDING CASH $7,801,000

Year ending December 31, 2011 SOURCE: FIRST TEE WEBSITE

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one, but any partnership pre-sentation just has to spell out how the city and that entity will cooperate to save costs.

Let’s face it, nonprofits are into fund raising not maxi-mizing profits. The “profit-sharing” aspect of the Simon First Tee plan appears very seductive, but until the details are hashed out, it remains unclear.

There appears to be an inherent contradiction in the hybrid arrangement that is being proposed.

The First Tee organization has proven that it can balance its books (See recent annual

review above), but its unclear how it could square sharing its fund raising with a “for profit” entity.

The motives of those com-missioners who want a better option than privatization have been more toward increased public service than increased profit. As such, the goal is to be able to keep within a given budget. In favorable economic climates, services can expand; in downturns, the service has to be subsidized.

At least one commissioner believes that The Patch can be made a profitable venture. Commissioner Bill Lockett

Commissioner Bill Lockett has always expressed a belief that The Patch could be a viable entity. He has heartily endorsed the concept of a First Tee and munic-ipal golf course partnership. Photo by Vincent Hobbs

FIGHTING TO PRESERVE MINORITY SUBCONTRACTORS Commissioner Marion Williams voices displeasure over the removal of three minority subcontractors from the main contract for waste removal services for Augusta-Richmond. Even though the contracts have been signed and ready to be executed, Williams and others want to explore options that may get the subcontractors reinstated. The matter will be pursued in committee meetings next week. Photo by Vincent Hobbs

For the past 100 years, Immaculate Conception Catholic School has remained a community icon having its hum-ble beginning in 1902 when the Franciscan Sisters opened a Boarding School for Girls on Twelfth Street.

In 1913, the African Missionary Fathers built and dedicated Immaculate Conception Catholic Church

and Immaculate Conception Academy on the corner of Laney Walker Boulevard and Eleventh Street. In an effort to take on this larger teaching mission, the African Missionary Fathers asked the Franciscan Sisters to bring their boarding school students to the new school. Thus, the legacy of laying the foundation for strong Catholic Christian values, morals, disci-

pline, and high academic stan-dards began.

From 1913 – 1967, Immaculate Conception Catholic School maintained grades one through 12. However, due to changes related to integration, a decision was made by the Diocese of Savannah to close the high school, thereby mak-ing the Class of 1967, the last class to graduate from the high

Immaculate Conception celebrates 100 years Immaculate Conception Academy • 1914

school. Presently, IC operates Pre-K 3 through 8th grades.

In honor of our Centennial Year, we invite the community to join us in making a financial contribution to ensure that the legacy of this historic institu-tion will continue for the next 100 years.

Immaculate Conception Alumni are encouraged to con-

tribute $1.00 for each year that the school has been in existence.

Your contributions are tax deductible and should be made to:

The Immaculate Conception Catholic School Centennial Giving Campaign Immaculate Conception Catholic School 811 Telfair Street Augusta, Ga. 30901

has said on more than one occasion that The Patch could be a “gold mine.”

That might be a stretch. Of the hundreds of municipal golf courses in the country, very few are profitable. And given the more than $1 mil-lion in capital improvements needed to make the course competitive with other area courses, it could be years and years before there is a net profit in terms of bankable revenue from the Patch opera-tions.

If it is done properly, much more will be invested in it is to improve and sustain march toward perfection. Profits will

be hard to come by.Adopting a nonprofit profile

could yield significant reve-nue, though not profits, if the Patch is marketed in the cor-rect manner.

It’s easier to raise $100,000 as a nonprofit than to post a $100,000 net profit as a golf course operator.

Those offering a “manage-ment” proposal have to guar-antee a profit in order to be successful. Those offering a “partnership” proposal, really just have to talk a good game and offer creative fund-raising opportunities.

That clearly favors the First Tee proposal.

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AUGUSTAThe Richmond County teacher

who received a reprimand for inap-propriate material that was shared with students in a Black History Month lesson hopes to be able to share the same material with a school board appeals panel.

A week ago, Dr. Lori Myles did not sign the written reprimand from Richmond County Superintendant Frank Roberson and has appealed the action.

Dr. Myles is a veteran (26 years) teacher who teaches language arts at T.W. Josey High School.

In the reprimand, Roberson ref-

erenced the “astonishing, unpro-fessional, and uncalled for” man-ner in which Myles chose to correct students who misbehave.

Miles said that her use of the N-Word in the lesson she was teaching about the uses of the derogatory term had nothing to do with disciplining students and she says that she will be given the opportunity to show those who are to review her appeal the context in which the offending expression was used.

“My intent was to ask the kids to question their way of thinking — question their culture,” Dr. Myles

said.“I require my students to think,”

Dr. Myles said. Myles is combatting the frequent

use of the N-word in modern youth culture.

According to Myles, the fliers to which so many have object-ed was designed to show to the students how the N-word des-ecrates the memory of great African American leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks.

Dr. Myles said that school offi-cials had ample opportunity to review her lesson materials.

State Attorney General Sam Olens made an appeal to the Augusta Commission on Tuesday on behalf of the state’s children that are in great-est need.

“Sixty percent of Georgia’s school children qualify for free or reduced lunch,” Olens said. “What happens to those kids over the summer?”

Olens is touting a program called “galegalfoodfrenzy.org.” The pro-

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Olens, a former political leader, in Cobb County said that he would like to exceed last year’s collections of 612,000 lbs.of food by collecting 750,00 lbs. this year.

The drive begins on April 22 and lasts until May 3, 2013.

Olens also asked commissioners assistance in supporting HB 178 which would make it more difficult for those medical offices that making money by selling opiates.

Myles to present ‘N-word’ lesson material to school administrators

Olens pitches to commissioners

Attorney General Sam Olens is try-ing to encourage local lawyers to collect food to the local food bank. Photo by Vincent Hobbs

Dr. Lori Myles Photo by Vincent Hobbs

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Olens also asked commissioners assistance in supporting HB 178 which would make it more difficult for those medical offices that making money by selling opiates.

A view of the new Richmond County Sheriff’s Office South Precinct building on Mike Padgett Highway. Photos by Vincent Hobbs

AUGUSTARepresentatives from local gov-

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Sheriff Richard Roundtree played host to the visiting dignitaries and gave the credit for the vision and implemen-tation of the project to his predecessor,

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former Sheriff Ronnie Strength.Strength was on hand to thank the

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A representative from State Senator Hardie Davis’ office was also present. Strength credited Davis as being one of the active forces behind the building of the new Southside headquarters.

The building is located at 3425 Mike Padgett Highway.

Others who were singled out for special recognition included Maurice Leverett, maintenance, Latonya Boyd,

maintenance, Robert Krueger, man-agement, Jim Helmy, project manager, Donna Williams, Finance Director and Mary Ann Gibbs, Finance Management.

The former South Augusta substation was abandoned several months ago due to its deteriorating condition.

The brand new precinct building will enhance the RCSO’s ability to fight crime in the area as well as curtail the traffic problems in the area that have led to multiple traffic accidents and fatalities.

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GRU to host Sara ParetskyBest-selling author Sara Paretsky

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P.O. Box 211886 Augusta, Ga 309171.800.546.2685 • Fax 706.738.6328email: [email protected]

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Hephzibah, GA 30815Phone 706-925-2929

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Serenity Charity Club and Augusta Buffalo Soldier Motorcycle Club presents their Annual CSRA Community Easter Egg Hunt on March 30 at Fleming Complexes at Bernie Ward Community Center. Quite possibly one of the largest Easter Egg Hunt in CSRA, this Easter Egg Hunt utilizes different areas of the park to accommodate age-appropriate hunting. Over 5,000 eggs will be available to be found by infants/toddlers and youth up to age twelve. Families can take pictures of the kids with the Easter Bunny, consume some candy, and then they get to enjoy refreshments of Hotdogs, Chips and Drinks. Limited treat bags and baskets will also be given away. Events start at 2pm.

CSRA Community Easter Egg Hunt set

The Deacons and Deaconess of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church will be hosting their annual 100 Men in Black and Women in White pro-gram on March 24, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. Our guest will be Pastor Beotis Clark, Jr. and the Jerusalem Baptist Church. Please come out and share in this program with your Deacons and

Deaconess. Rev. Chavas L. Boyd is the Pastor.

Mt Vernon Baptist Men In Black and Women In White Program

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3 Urban WeeklyPro Guest Commentary

INVITATION TO BIDSealed proposals from Contractors will be received for the Additions to Sue Reynolds Elementary School Project by the County Board of Education of Richmond County at the address below until 3:00 p.m. local time, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read. No extension of the bidding period will be made.

A Pre-Bid Conference will be held on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. local time in the Board Conference Room, Richmond County Board of Education, 864 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia 30901.

Drawings and project manual on this work may be examined at the Department of Maintenance and Facilities, Richmond County Board of Education, 1781 15th Street, Augusta, Georgia 30901.

Bidding documents may be obtained at the Office of the Architect: Hughes, Beattie, O’Neal, Law & Associates, 1201 Broad Street, Suite 2A, Augusta, GA 30901. Applications for documents together with refundable deposit of $300.00 per set should be filed promptly with the Architect. Bidding materials will be forwarded (shipping charges collect) as soon as possible. The full amount of deposit for one set will be refunded to each prime contractor who submits a bona fide bid upon return of such set in good condition within ten (10) days after date of opening bids. All other deposits will be refunded with deductions approximating cost of reproduction of documents upon return of same in good condition within ten (10) days after date of opening bid.

Contract, if awarded, will be on a lump sum basis. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of thirty-five (35) days after time has been called on the date of opening.

Bid must be accompanied by a bid bond in an amount not less than 5% of the base bid. Personal checks, certified checks, letters of credit, etc., are not acceptable. The successful bidder will be required to furnish performance and payment bonds in an amount equal to 100% of the contract price.

The Richmond County Board of Education reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive technicalities and informalities.

BID LIST: The Richmond County Board of Education maintains a bid list for many categories that are let for bid each year. Contact Amy Bauman in the Business Office (706) 826-1298 or at [email protected] if you need additional information concerning the bid list.

To promote local participation, a database of sub-contractors, suppliers, and vendors has been developed by the Program Manager, GMK Associates. Contact Jeanine Usry with GMK Associates at (706) 826 -1127 for location to review and obtain this database.

Bids shall be submitted and addressed to: Dr. Frank G. Roberson, Superintendent County Board of Education of Richmond County Administrative Office 864 Broad Street Augusta, Georgia 30901 c/o Mr. C. Gene Spires, Controller

by Norman Solomon

On a plane circling Baghdad in gray dawn light, a little Iraqi girl quietly sang to herself in the next row. “When I start to wonder why I’m making this trip,” Sean Penn murmured to me, “I see that child and I remember what it’s about.”

After the plane landed at Saddam I n t e r n a t ion a l Airport, we wait-ed in a small entry room until an Iraqi offi-cial showed up and ushered us through customs. Soon we checked into the Al-Rashid Hotel. Back in W a s h i n g t o n the sponsor of our trip, the Institute for Public Accuracy, put out a news release announcing the three-day visit and quoting Sean: “As a father, an actor, a filmmaker and a patriot, my visit to Iraq is for me a natural extension of my obligation (at least attempt) to find my own voice on matters of conscience.”

With U.S. war drums at feverish pitch, Sean Penn’s sudden appearance in Baghdad set off a firestorm of vilifi-cation in American media. Headlines called him “Baghdad Sean”; pundits on cable news channels called him a stooge for Saddam.

But as the U.S. media attacks got underway, our focus was Baghdad. At the Al-Mansour Children’s Hospital, youngsters lay on threadbare mattress-es with haunting dark eyes, mourn-ful mothers sometimes seated next to their tiny beds. As we left, Sean said to me: “You don’t even want someone to slam a door too loud around these children, let alone imagine a bomb exploding in the neighborhood.”

There were meetings with Iraqi offi-cials, including Tariq Aziz, who -- with his well-cut suit and smooth talk -- epito-mized the urbanity of evil. But most of all, we kept seeing children and wonder-ing what would happen to them. The threat of war overshadowed everything.

UNICEF took us to schools in the city, and improvements were strik-ing in the ones being helped by the agency. Sean and I visited the office of UNICEF’s Iraq director, a Dutchman who talked about prospects for aid-ing the country’s emaciated kids. But what if an invasion happens, we asked. Suddenly, there was silence.

On our last morning in Baghdad, across a breakfast table of pita bread and hummus, I watched Sean write out a statement on a pad. Later in the day, speaking at a huge news conference, he said: “I feel, both as an American and as a human being, the obliga-

tion to accept some level of personal accountability for the policies of my government, both those I support and any that I may not. Simply put, if there is a war or continued sanctions against Iraq, the blood of Americans and Iraqis alike will be on our hands.”

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

That was 123 months ago, in mid-December 2002. The inva-sion of Iraq came a hundred days later.

The resulting tragedies have been so horrific and large-scale that the over-all reporting by U.S. mass media scarcely provides a clue. In real time and in retro-

spect, the dominant cliches about this war have stayed in circular motion, self-referential, within American bubbles.

Occasional, usually dimmed, strobe lights flicker on the real suffering of American soldiers and their loved ones. Numerically much larger, the Iraqi suffering gets short shrift, barely discernible in the shadows of U.S. media and politics.

A just-released report, “Iraq War Among World’s Worst Events,” pro-vides a cogent summary of devastation so extensive and terrible that readers will be challenged to not turn away. In the report, David Swanson offers a 10-year overview of human conse-quences of moral turpitude for which no American official or propagandist has been held accountable.

Ten years after the invasion of Iraq, don’t expect the vast numbers of media hotshots and U.S. officials who propelled that catastrophe to utter a word of regret. Many are busy with another project: assisting the push for war on Iran.

Days ago, speaking of possible actions against Iran, President Obama told an Israeli TV reporter: “I continue to keep all options on the table.” Earlier this month, Vice President Biden told AIPAC’s annual conference that the president “is not bluffing.” Biden said “all options, including military force, are on the table.” Those statements are similar to the threats from President Bush and Vice President Cheney before the invasion of Iraq.

Norman Solomon is co-founder of RootsAction.org and founding director of the Institute for Public Accuracy. His books include “War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death” and “Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America’s Warfare State.”

Ten Years Ago and Today: A Warfare State of Mind

Ten years after the invasion of Iraq, don’t

expect the vast numbers of media hotshots and U.S. officials who propelled

that catastrophe to utter a word of regret. Many are busy with another project: assisting the push for war

on Iran.

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INVITATION TO BIDSealed proposals from contractors will be received for Renovations and a New Gymnasium for Westside High School by the County Board of Education of Richmond County at the address below until 3:00 p.m. local time, Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read. No extension of the bidding period will be made.

A Pre-Bid Conference will be held on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. local time in the gymnasium at Westside High School, 1002 Patriots Way, Augusta, Georgia 30907.


Bidding documents may be obtained at the Office of the Architect, Harley and Associates Architects, P.C., 718 Broad Street, Augusta, GA 30901 (706-724-2475). Applications for documents together with refundable deposit of $350 (payable to the Architect) per set should be filed promptly with the Architect. Bidding materials will be forwarded (shipping charges collect) as soon as possible. The full amount of deposit for one set will be refunded to each prime contractor who submits a bona fide bid upon return of such set in good condition within ten (10) days after date of opening bids. All other deposits will be refunded with deductions approximating cost of reproduction of documents upon return of same in good condition within ten (10) days after date of opening bid.






Bids shall be submitted and addressed to: Dr. Frank G. Roberson, Superintendent County Board of Education of Richmond County Administrative Office 864 Broad Street Augusta, Georgia 30901 c/o: Mr. C. Gene Spires, Controller

INVITATION TO BIDSealed proposals from Contractors will be received for the Re-Roofing of Jamestown Elementary School by the County Board of Education of Richmond County at the address below until 3:00 p.m. local time, Thursday, April 4, 2013, at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read. No extension of the bidding period will be made.

A Pre-Bid Conference will be held on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. local time in the Jamestown Elementary School Media Center, 3637 Hiers Blvd, Hephzibah, Georgia 30815.


Bidding documents may be obtained at the Office of the Architect: Cheatham, Fletcher, Scott Architects, 420 ½ Eighth Street, Augusta, GA 30901. Applications for documents together with a non-refundable deposit of $50.00 (payable to the architect) per set should be filed promptly with the Architect. Bidding materials will be forwarded (shipping charges collect) as soon as possible.






Bids shall be submitted and addressed to: Dr. Frank G. Roberson, Superintendent County Board of Education of Richmond County Administrative Office 864 Broad Street Augusta, Georgia 30901 c/o Mr. C. Gene Spires, Controller

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