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Apr 15 2010

Lancaster election results

Lancaster, CA - Voters lined up at the poles Tuesday and decided who the mayor will be. Unofficially, Mayor R. Rex Parris remains the leader of the City of Lancaster. A total of 12,589 voters turned out for the election, while there are 62,000 registered voters in the city. As of Wednesday, unofficially without provisional and drop in ballots counted, Parris received 7,117 votes while Rodio, the runner-up for the position of mayor received 4,504 votes. In the last election, Rodio lost the race by only 351 votes.

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Apr 15 2010

Elections coming soon

Sun Village, CA - Next Saturday, residents of the small town of Sun Village will go to the poles. Two seats in the Town Council are open this go round.
Four candidates are running for the positions, including incumbents Caroline Hicks, William Shaw and Rock Glaser, who is currently an alternate member. David Orso, who is a member of the Antelope Valley Trucker Organization, is also running. He is, in fact, a Littlerock native who has been asked to run for the Town Council seat by members of the Littlerock Town Council.

Jan 17 2009

‘Change,’ the debates and the race card

Pollsters are still scratching their heads at the results of the Iowa and New Hampshire caucuses. But, Las Vegas odds-makers got it right in Iowa, exactly right. We’ll see how their predictions pan out Saturday, January 19 when Nevada voters take to the polls.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Jan 17 2009

Deadline to register is Jan. 22

California has moved its presidential primary election up to Feb. 5, and people wishing to vote must submit a completed voter application form no later than Jan 22.

In order to register you must meet all of the following criteria: Be a citizen of the United States and resident of California; be at least 18 years of age as of the day of the next election; not be in prison or on parole for a felony conviction; and not declared mentally incompetent by a court.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”