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Brandy Steals, who is a third cousin of blogger Black Buzz won the McDonald's Black History Makers of Tomorrow award in February, 1992 as a junior at Freedom Area High School, which is in Beaver County Pa.
Please review the great article below by Rebekah Schreffler, a reporter for the The Times/Beaver Newspapers, Inc titled "Conway girl makes history at Freedom ".
CONWAY girl makes history at Freedom
By Rebekah Schreffler
Times Staff
NEW SEWICKLEY TWP.-Melvin and Adrena Steals of Conway expect excellence.They push, and their three children strive to reach the high standards.
But Brandy Steals, 17, youngest of the children, still seems sheepish when congratulated on winning the McDonald's Black History Makers of Tomorrow award.
"I'm happy and amazed, " Brandy said." Out of so many people, they picked me."
Brandy and a student from Schenley High School in Pittsburgh were chosen for the honor from applicants in 40 counties in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, and West Virginia.
Dennis Bruno, a guidance counselor at Freedom Area High School, nominated Brandy. She in turn wrote and entered an essay on her dream to become president of the United States.
Her ambition and writing skill paid off. She was chosen a winner by judges from Pittsburgh radio station WAMO, a Pittsburgh Public Schools writing teacher and an operations manager for Tri-Ad-Mac, a 40-county cooperative of McDonald's restaurants that sponsored the contest.
'It's my parents, my family, that give me the motivation and support. And I work hard, too.'
-Brandy Steals
Award winner
Brandy received a plaque at a small ceremony Wednesday at Freedom, where she is a junior. A smiling picture of her is on place mats now in use at area McDonald's restaurants, flanked by lists of great black leaders of the past.
Tri-Ad-Mac began the contest a year ago as a way to recognize black high school students who are exceptional leaders or scholars.
Brandy's father is a reading teacher at Freedom Area Junior High School. He said his daughter is academically oriented because discipline runs in the family. The Steals' eldest child, Melvin, is a senior at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. Daughter Chelsea is at Penn State-Beaver, studying to be a teacher.
"They do push me sometimes," Brandy said of her parents."I sometimes fight them, but in the end it turns out best.
It's my parents, my family, that give me the motivation and support. And I work hard too."
The Times/ Beaver Newspapers, Inc. Friday, February, 21 1992
* Note Brandy's mother Adrena, is the second cousin of blogger Black Buzz. Black Buzz's mother, Mrs. Beatrice Saunders Robinson is Adrena's God-Mother. Black Buzz's mother and Adrena's mother Mrs. Geraldine Richardson are first cousins. Reverends Geraldine & Fred Richardson are Brandy's renowned grandparents.
Rev.William Henry Lavander Wolfe, affectionately known as Papa of Charlotte North Carolina, is Brandy's great great grandfather and Papa Wolfe is blogger Black Buzz's great grandfather. Dicie Gady Rorie Wolfe warmly known as Mama Dicie, of Pee Dee River, South Carolina is Brandy's great great grandmother and Mama Dicie is Black Buzz's great grandmother. Dicie was a Cherokee Native American. In the recorded and documented Wolfe family history, Dicie is described as having a very light complexion which had a reddish tinge to it and a face which literally covered with freckles.
Mama Dicie also had red, straight hair which she wore long in the early years and short when she became older.
*It is very important that all family histories be accurately recorded & documented and kept alive.
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