|
Written by Administrator
|
|
 Jackson, Tenn. - Pictured above is one of the models Dria from the car show that was held on Sunday, June 28, 2009. Dria is one of Burn Out Magazine’s Top Models. If you are interested in booking Dria or any other top model for your next event please contact Courtney at 731-256-4088."See Photo Gallery"
|
|
|
Back to Iraq Goes the 194th Engineer Brigade |
|
Written by Nichalos Graves
|
 Early Wednesday morning, June 24, loved ones and supporters gathered at McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport to take pictures, wave flags and to say their goodbyes to soldiers of the Tennessee National Guard 194th Engineer Brigade in Jackson. Great sadness was written all over the faces of the 500-plus crowd. Leaving was not a problem, but the issue was their loved ones being left behind. Brigadier Gen. Robert Harris stated, “For the past 14 months, we’ve trained and retrained. These soldiers are just ready to go and get this over with.”
Gen. Harris took a brief pause and said, “The hardest part of this deployment is to leave loved ones behind, as mentioned before.” The unit consists of 138 soldiers who are primarily from West Tennessee. The soldiers left for Fort McCoy, Wis., that day on the first leg of their deployment, which will take them to Iraq. This activation will last for a year and is the second time Unit 194 has gone overseas since December 2004. WTE/N. Graves "See Photo Gallery"
|
|
|
Black Press of America Elects New Chairman |
|
Written by Hazel Trice Edney -- NNPA Editor-in-Chief
|
MInneapolis, Minn. (NNPA) -- Los Angeles Sentinel Publisher Danny Bakewell, the new chairman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, a federation of more than 200 Black-owned newspapers, says he aims to fortify the power of the Black Press of America by unifying its ranks while also uniting with other civil rights organizations.
“It’s important to lift the stature of NNPA at least to a place that it is at least equal to other major Black organizations in this country, such as the National Urban League, the NAACP, the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, etc.,” Bakewell said in an interview the morning after his election by fellow publishers during NNPA’s annual summer conference, held in Minneapolis, Minn., last week.
“We must have constant collaboration with them. They need to be a part of us, and our agenda needs to be a part of them.”
The Black Press, Black civil rights organizations, the Black church and Black businesses have long worked together for the advancement of Black people. But, in recent years, although leaders from those entities have spoken at each other’s conferences, there have been few instances in which the organizations have actually met and collaborated on specific issues.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Councilman Touts Safer Intersection |
|
Written by Examiner Staff
|
 The intersection of North Royal (Austin Merry Blvd.) and East Forest Street is a much safer place now thanks to the recent addition of traffic lights and pedestrian crossings.
Jackson City Councilman Harvey Buchanan says the new lights are a godsend for the accident prone intersection.
“There was ten reported accidents here last year and one of those was fatal,” said Councilman Buchanan. “I also know from talking to people in the neighborhood, that there were several unreported accidents here as well.”
Buchanan, who serves District 4, says the signal lights also stand a symbol of pride for his district. “We are proud that the new lights have been installed and are now operational. Anytime you can do something to help increase safety, and possibly save lives, well that’s something we all can be proud of.”
According to Buchanan, a petition was circulated throughout the district and more than 500 signatures were collected in support of installing the traffic lights at that intersection.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Jackson's Death Puts Spotlight on Sudden Cardiac Arrest |
|
Written by Ed Edelson, HealthDay Reporter
|
 Pop star Michael Jackson probably did not die on Thursday of a heart attack but perhaps something even more deadly -- sudden cardiac arrest, experts say.
It's not yet clear whether Jackson went into sudden cardiac arrest in his Los Angeles home, but that assumption has been made by many experts "on the basis of the report that his heart stopped, and he received resuscitation attempts," said Dr. Stephen Nicholls, a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic.
"The ultimate question is whether death was due to a problem with the heart or another problem," Nicholls said. An autopsy was performed Friday, but additional tests are to be performed and the results aren't expected for six to eight weeks, the Los Angeles County coroner's office said.
A heart attack happens when a coronary artery is blocked and some heart muscle dies. In sudden cardiac arrest, the heart simply stops beating, and the ventricles, the two blood-pumping chambers at the bottom of the heart, go into fibrillation, a useless fluttering.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Members of Gamma Alpha Omega and Omicron Omicron
Hello Examiner Readers! It is now time for another edition of "Hair Talk".
