Laura Josephine Adams

Deeds Recorded - Aug. 21, 2011

Caernarvon Township David F. Sauder and Esther Sauder conveyed property on a public road to David Z. Horst and Ruth Ann Horst for $175,000.

Dorothy France Newcomer conveyed property on a public road to Kimberly P. Newcomer and Dorothy F. Newcomer Living Trust for $1.

Daniel S. Esh conveyed property on a public road to Melvin S. Esh for $250,000.

Clay Township Benuel K. King and Rebecca S. King conveyed property on a public road to Elmer F. King and Barbara S. King for $1.

Henry W. Nolt, Mary P. Nolt and Henry Nolt conveyed property on Middle Creek Road to Henry W. Nolt and Mary P. Nolt for $1.

Blue Lake Builders LLC conveyed property on Bethlehem Lane to Chad M. Weber and Christopher J. Weber for $150,250.

East Cocalico Township Cynthia D. Shattuck and Cynthia D. Harnly conveyed 139 Red Stone Circle to Cynthia D. Shattuck and David C. Harnly for $0.

Javin E. Martin, Judy M. Burkholder, Judy M. Martin, Javin Martin and Judy Martin conveyed 900 Greenville Road to Javin E. Martin and Judy M. Martin for $1.

David D. Zimmerman and Joyce A. Zimmerman conveyed property on a public road to Scattered Acres Inc. for $425,000.

Colerain Township The estate of Dorothy E. Mann and the estate of Dorothy Mann conveyed 614 Plane St. to Barbara J. Mann and Kathleen M. Mann for $1.

RUINED Captivates DC Crowd

We were thrilled to welcome the cast of RUINED, the Pulitzer prize-winning drama, to Washington for a staged reading on Monday night. Eager to get the real-life message of the play out to an audience of D.C. influentials, the cast donated their performance, which they delivered to a packed house at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater.

The play, set in a mining town in eastern Congo circa present day, tells the story of Mama Nadi, a brothel owner who acts as both a protector and exploiter of women as she tries, with increasing difficulty, to keep the war at bay. The play also highlights the scramble for Congo’s minerals that is perpetuating the violence.

Award-winning playwright Lynn Nottage crafted the play’s leading women characters– portrayed stunningly by Portia (Mama Nadi), Condola Rashad (Sophie), Quincy Tyler Bernstine (Salima), and Chrise Boothe (Josephine) – based on her conversations with Congolese women and survivors living in refugee camps in Uganda. Nottage’s exposure to these first-hand testimonies gives RUINED a strong grounding in the realities of the war that continues to plague eastern Congo, in which women bear the brunt of the violence.

The event closed with a brief discussion between playwright Lynn Nottage, renowned journalist Chouchou Namegabe (who will receive the Knight International Journalism Award tonight), and Enough co-founder John Prendergast, who emphasized the role that each of us – as consumers of conflict minerals – can play in helping to end the violence.

We owe a special thank you to Lynn Nottage and Kate Whoriskey, the play’s director, and to the cast and musicians who traveled from as far away as California to take part in Monday’s performance. The Kennedy Center’s Alicia Adams and Erik Wallin and the Center for American Progress’ Marlene Vasilic were early supporters of our effort to bring RUINED to D.C. and generously worked to open the Kennedy Center’s doors to this important event.

Laura

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