sun village

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
May 13 2010

It’s Shaw and Glaser

Sun Village, Calif. - Last month, residents of Sun Village participated in an election for the town council. Candidates included Caroline Hicks, William Shaw, Rock Glaser and newcomer David Orso. However, only 33 Sun Village residents went to the polls, with each qualified voter marking the ballot twice (for two council seats). Shaw won the most votes and Glaser was elected as a new council member.

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.

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Apr 8 2010

End of month elections slated

Sun Village, CA—Sun Village residents will cast their votes on Saturday April 24 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Jackie Robinson Park to select who will fill two seats open on the Town Council.
Four candidates are currently running for the positions, including incumbents Caroline Hicks, William Shaw and Rock Glaser. David Orso, a Sun Village resident and member of AV Trucker Organization is also running.
Some of the top issues on the line include redevelopment, town identity and boundaries, and illegal dumping.

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Feb 18 2010

Historically Black town in AV

Sun Village, CA – Antelope Valley has seen many changes over the decades, including the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Back in the old days, as the pioneers would say, Black people were not allowed to live or buy property in Palmdale or Lancaster. Black migrants were subject to the most underdeveloped and least fertile land of the Antelope Valley, settling in a place they called Sun Village in the late 1940s.

Across Black America

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

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.