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Kirkland conducts First Conference in L.A.

Sep 18 2008

The 84th annual session of the Southern California Conference of the Fifth Episcopal District of the AME Church, Sept. 23-28, will be a history making event. Although the business of the conference will be conducted, it will also feature its newly assigned presiding prelate.

Rising from the bottom of the AME Church to the top is the meaningful testimony of the Rt. Rev. T. Larry Kirkland. In 1977, the Rt. Rev. H.H. Brookins brought him from Mississippi to head the newly organized Brookins Community AME Church. This congregation had no members, so those from other AME churches attended the services.

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Natural success

Cynthia E. Griffin- | OW Managing Editor

Sep 18 2008

Local entrepreneur turns personal hobby into growing business

Toushonta Hogan never really took her creative abilities seriously. Then she graduated from Cal State University Northridge (CSUN) in 2007 with a degree in business administration and an emphasis on marketing and human resource.

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Finding and keeping good employees

OW Staff

Aug 28 2008

Tips to avoid the high cost of employee turnover

“We live in a time when business owners can no longer wait for possible improvements to the economy…Gas prices, the rising costs of health care and the current mortgage crisis are adversely impacting small businesses,” says Laura Harris, author of Surrender to Win - Regain Sanity by Strategically Relinquishing Control. “The cost of replacing an employee averages about 150 percent of his salary.

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Gulf Coast storm warning

Aug 28 2008

Gustav threatens Louisiana as Katrina anniversary looms

Three years after hurricanes Katrina and Rita slammed into Louisiana, residents including students at historically black Xavier University of Louisiana, have been told to evacuate as Tropical Storm Gustav, which battered Haiti, is expected to touch down in the state Monday.

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