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Recent News
From the July - August 2008 Issue
Wheeler Hired As Interim School Superintendent
Kent County 
Former Cecil County school official Dr. A. Barbara Wheeler was hired as interim superintendent of schools by the Kent County Board of Education on June 18, 2008. Her $125,000 contract runs from June 16, 2008 through June 30, 2009. A reception for the 61-year-old African American educator is scheduled for August 4th prior to the regularly scheduled Board of Education Meeting.
A native of Baltimore, Wheeler spent 20 years there as a public school teacher, principal, and curriculum writer. Since then, she has served as associate superin-tendent in Hartford County and assistant superintendent in Cecil County. Dr. Wheeler left Cecil County in September 2006 to accept the newly created position of deputy officer for academic achievement for Baltimore City schools. She left that post last February and has been a certified trainer in conflict resolution at Goucher College in Towson, MD.
Wheeler earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from Morgan State University. She earned her doctorate degree in education at George Washington University.
Bryan Smith Eearns A Master's Degree
Salisbury native, Bryan O. Smith, recently earned his Master's of Science Degree in Nursing from the University of Maryland Baltimore School of Nursing. He finished his requirements for the degree last December 2007 and graduated last May. He is currently employed at Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore.
The son of Rawna, Jr. and Gloria Smith, Bryan graduated from Salisbury's Parkside High School in 2001. He studied at Bowie State U. and earned his BS Degree in Biology from UMES in 2006.
Bryan is the grandson of Francis and the late Elder Rawna Smith.
Davenport Attends State Youth Confab
Bennett Middle School 8th grader Jon'mel L. Davenport from Fruitland, represented the Shore in the National Young Leaders State Confer-ence (NYLSC) held February 14th -17th 2008, at the 4-H Center in Chevy Chase, MD. The 13 year old is in the Gifted and Talented program at Bennett. She is the daughter of Melanie and John Davenport.
The four-day program was themed "Courageous Leadership." It includes outstanding 8th and 9th grade scholars from Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, D.C. The (NYLSC) is sponsored by the Congressional Youth Leadership Council (CYLC) which is a nonpartisan educational organization founded in 1985 with the support of the US Congress and several Embassies. For more information about the Council, visit: www.cylc.org
Dr. Dana Jackson Is Honored By The Howard U. Dentistry Alumni
Salisbury native, Dr. Dana C. Jackson was one of the honorees at this year's Howard University College of Dentistry Alumni reunion. He was presented the Alumni achievement Award for Outstanding Service to the Community and the Dental Profession.
The elder son of Barbara and the late Sylvester Jackson, Dana graduated Magna Cum Laude from Howard U. under-graduate program in 1982. He graduated 4th in his Dentistry class at Howard in 1984 and graduated from the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Program there in 1987. He joined that department's faculty in1988 and was appointed chair of the Department of Dentistry at Howard U. Hospital in 1993.
During his tenure as department chair, Dr. Jackson is credited with maintaining full accreditation for the department and establishing several programs.
He has served on numerous committees at the University and in the Dental profession. Dr. Jackson is the current president elect of the DC Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Dana resigned the chairmanship in 2007, but remains on the staff.
Married to his dental. school classmate, Orthodontist Dr. Eva Scott Jackson since 1991, the couple opened a private practice in Oxon Hill, MD in 2006. He and his wife have two children.
Tyree Warren Is Accepted Into New State Prep School
Salisbury resident Tyree J. Warren has been selected to be in the first class of the new Seed School of Maryland in Baltimore. He will enter the 6th grade at the first State-wide college preparatory boarding school in Mary-land. It will include grades 6 - 12.
Born to the late Cassandra-"Sandi" Warren, Tyree moved from Richmond to Salisbury and lives with his grandmother, Gloria L. Whittington. He is being sup-ported by his church, Living Bread Worship Center, and Allen Baptist Memorial Church; his mentor, Shirley Bailey; and a host of others.
Correctional Administrators Honor Employees Of The Year
Six are African Americans from the Shore
The Maryland Correct-ional Administrators Association honored the Employee of the Year from each of the State's correctional facilities at its 33rd Annual Conference held June 1, 2008 in Ocean City, MD. Among the 41 awardees were eight from the Shore. Six of these were African Americans.
The six awardees are: Correctional Officer II Marshal Todman, Sr. from Eastern Correctional Institution; Correction-al Officer I Irene Gibbs from Dorchester County Department of Corrections (DOC); Sgt. Leonardo Jones from Somerset County Detention Center; Cpl. Tommy Boston from Talbot County Detention Center; Master Correctional Officer Star Purnell of Wicomico County DOC; and Sgt. Deborah Townsend of Worcester County Detention Center.
Each awardee was recognized and presented a trophy at the Annual Awards Banquet with their co-workers, family, and friends in attendance.
Two Harriet Tubman Parks Are Proposed
The National Park Service has decided to pursue creating two national parks that will honor Harriet Tubman. One will be located on the Shore, where the Underground Rail-road conductress was born. The other will be located in Auburn, NY, where she lived the last years of her life.
The proposal will be submitted to Congress for funding this summer. It already has the backing of Maryland's two US Senators.
Salisbury Native Opens Millsboro Medical Practice
Salisbury native Dr. Vonda G. Green and her husband, Dr. Aaron Green recently opened Access Quality Healthcare in Long Neck, DE east of Millsboro. She is the daughter of Charles and Gladys Goslee.
Dr. Vonda Green is a 1989 graduate of Howard U. College of Medicine where she earned her BS degree. She is a family practice physician specializing in women's and adolescent health. The couple resides in Dover, DE.
Jackson-Stanley Is Elected The First Black Mayor Of Cambridge
Two of the three Black Commissioners lose their seats
History will be made in Cambridge, MD when Mayor elect Victoria Jackson-Stanley is sworn in on July 21, 2008. The Cambridge native became the first woman and the first African American elected mayor after defeating two-term mayor, Cleveland Rippons in the City's July 8th run-off election by 152 votes. The final count was Jackson-Stanley 1,383 votes and Rippon 1,231 votes. The election is non-partisan.
Two of the three Black City Commissioners lost their re-election bids. The mayor-elect's hopes of working with a majority-Black City Commission were dashed. First term commissioners La-Shon Brooks and Gilbert Cephas lost their re-election bids to white opponents. They are replaced by Gage Thomas and Frank Stout respectively. African American Donald Sydnor kept his 2nd Ward seat without opposition.
Jackson-Stanley came in second in Primary vote totals behind Mayor Rippon by only two votes. The third vote-getter was African American Octavene Saunders with 208 votes.
A graduate of segregated Cambridge High School, the 54-year-old Jackson-Stanley is the deputy director of Dorchester County's Department of Social Services. The daughter of Betty Jackson, she earned her bachelor's degree in Sociology/ Social Work at Salisbury U. and a master's degree in Social Work at Howard U. in Washington, D. C. She and her husband, Jerome are the parents of one daughter.
This was the first venture into politics for Jackson-Stanley.
Johnson Retains Her City Council Seat In Crisfield
Incumbent councilwoman LaVerne Johnson won her bid for a full term on the Crisfield City Council. She ran with fellow incumbent Mike Atkins to retain the two at-large seats to be filled in the June 18, 2008 municipal elections. They defeated a bid by former Crisfield Mayor Richard Scott to return to city government.
Johnson was appointed to the Council in 2006 to fill the seat vacated by Percy Purnell when he defeated Richard Scott to become Crisfield's Mayor. Scott had served as mayor two terms.
