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ON THE GREEN Ex-Globetrotter and UB Star Jim Horne is Now Changing Young Lives on the Green Page 7

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Frederick Douglass: “This 4th of July is Yours Not Mine” Page 11

UMOJA!

Creating Events to Raise Our Consciousness as a People. The State of the Back Family is One Such Gathering Page 3

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America’s Long History of Separating Families Page 4

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The Art and Whimsy of Michelle Ogden’s Chocolate Company! Page 9

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Mayor Warren Kicks Off 2018 Mayor’s Summer Stars Summer Learning Challenge

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" Jazz and Jambalaya" Fundraiser Where: The French Quarter Cafe, 130 Spring Street, When: Sunday, July 29 Time: 2 pm to 5 pm Tickets: $50 Phone:585-563-2145 and 770-765-5424 Buffet Dinner; Full Cash Bar; Music: The Nate Rawls Band Proceeds to benefit The Baobab Cultural Center & Ujima Rochester, Inc. ON STAGE AT THE HELIUM COMEDY CLUB Buffalo •30 Mississippi St. • (716) 853-1211 *TONY ROBERTS, Fri., July 6 at 7:30 & 10 p.m.; Sat. July 7 at 7:30 & 10 p.m.; Sun. July 8 at 7:30 p.m. *ROD MAN, Fri. July 13 and Sat. July 14; two shows at 7:15 & 10 p.m

ayor Lovely A. Warren invites children of all ages and their families to join in the summer fun with the Mayor’s Summer Stars – Summer Learning Challenge at City libraries and R-Centers, celebrating this year’s theme “Libraries Rock!” “This summer the Rochester area is full of exciting opportunities for kids to stay active and continue learning,” said Mayor Warren. “We have a variety of programs that range from a reading challenge to hands-on camps and activities where kids can keep their bodies healthy and minds sharp. No matter their interests, kids can keep their summer both fun and engaging by taking advantage of the free programs our libraries and R-Centers have to offer. This is all part of our goal to provide better educational opportunities, more jobs and safer and more vibrant neighborhoods.” The Mayor’s Summer Stars – Summer Learning Challenge gives parents and children an opportunity to participate in community wide events that help keep them interested in expanding their education and pursuing their passions. The Summer Learning Challenge Libraries Rock! log book is available now at the R-Centers and Rochester Public Libraries to give children more ways to explore and engage in the learning challenge. The Libraries offer an entire summer schedule of events including hands-on STEM challenges, African drumming and reading books to dogs. The R-Centers have a wide variety of activities and programs in science, technology, sports, creative arts and Summer Learning Labs. With Drop Everything and Read, kids are challenged to “stop, drop and read” a total of 10 books of their choice throughout the summer. Activity logs for the Mayor’s Summer Stars – Summer Learning Challenge are available now at Rochester Public Libraries and R-Centers. Follow along the colorful music notes and spend 20 minutes or more on each activity in the log, crossing off the note as it is completed. If children have questions or need help completing the activities they can talk to a librarian or R-Center employee at any location. At the end of the song in the log bring the game board back to any Rochester Public Library branch to be entered to win prizes. The last day to turn in completed game boards is Friday, Aug. 17, 2018, prizes will be drawn Monday, Aug. 20, 2018 and prizes must be claimed by Friday, Aug. 31, 2018. Genesee Country Village; Rochester Museum and Science Center; Seneca Park Zoo; and the Strong National Museum of Play donated prizes for Libraries Rock! through their support of the Monroe County Library system’s summer learning programs. The Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library donated books and weekly prizes. Partners of the R-Centers’ summer learning programs include: the Seneca Park Zoo Society; Genesee Waterways Center; A Horse's Friend; Kuumba; SySTEMatics; Writers and Books; -Cornell Cooperative Extension; and Finger Lakes Eat Smart NY. More information about the Mayor’s Summer Stars – Summer Learning Challenge can be found by visiting, www.cityofrochester.gov/summerlearningchallenge.

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Congratulations Class of 2018! Over three hundred Hillside students walked the stage of the Auditorium Theater during Hillside’s Senior Celebration, an event bringing together all the Hillside Schools in Rochester. We celebrated scholarship winners, students of the year from each school, and the senior group as a whole. Some notable local speakers attended and spoke. About a week later, we also got to celebrate the seniors at World of Inquiry School playing a varsity sport in college next year. This group of students includents: Mo Brown and Tahir Gano (playing football at Alfred University), Alphonso Joe (playing soccer at Syracuse University), Jaylen Holmes (playing football at SUNY Cortland), and Ceyquan Salmon (playing basketball at SUNY Brockport). These gifted students signed their commitment papers to play at their respective schools during a ceremony on their last day of high school classes. We’re proud of all our seniors and loved getting the chance to honor their accomplishment.

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We are proud and excited to announce Northland Workforce Training Center, an advanced manufacturing and energy training facility opening in July. We are actively searching for new students to enroll in our 6 for-credit technical skills training programs taught by SUNY Alfred State and SUNY Erie faculty, which include: Machine Tool Technology, Welding Technology, CNC Precision Machining, Mechatronics Technicians, Energy Utility Technology and Electrical Construction and Maintenance Electrician. Northland is uniquely designed to reduce all major barriers students encounter that may prohibit program completion. We offer career planning services, transportation, childcare, academic readiness and financial aid assistance to ensure program completion and successful employer placement. If you are looking for a new career opportunity, consider advanced manufacturing or energy, where you could earn an average starting salary of $30+k to $50+K (based on experience). Please take advantage of this tremendous opportunity, come learn more by attending one of our pre enrollment sessions at 1670 Broadway on Tuesdays at 6:00 pm, Wednesdays at 10:00 am or Thursdays at 4:00 pm. Take the next step towards your future, stop by to see us today. For more information call Duncan Kirkwood at (716) 4363229 or visit www.NorthlandWTC.org

Special Board Of Education Meeting A special Board of Education Meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 27 at 4 p.m. in 801 City Hall. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss and finalize the superintendent’s evaluation.

Eye On History Billboard to Recognize Crispus Attucks The next Eye On History Billboard will be up on the corner of Michigan and Broadway on Monday, July 2nd in recognition of the Black men who fought in the American Revolution. The Billboard will feature the Black man Crispus Attucks who was the first to die in the Revolution on March 5, 1770. The Crispus Attucks Billboard will be up for a month. The Eye On History Billboards were created by Columnist Eva M. Doyle and recognize African Americans of achievement year round.

Fair Housing Law Goes Into Effect: HOME Applauds County Legislator Poloncarz On May 22, 2018, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz signed the Erie County Fair Housing Law into effect. The passage of the Erie County Fair Housing Law is a demonstration of County Executive Poloncarz and the Legislature's commitment to fair housing and the mitigation of our region's pervasive discrimination and segregation. This law strengthens the protections offered by city, state, and federal law by banning discrimination on the basis of one's gender identity, immigration status, and lawful source of income. With this law, Erie County has sent a strong message to the city, state, and federal governments who lack these protections by safeguarding true housing choice and equal opportunity for all county residents. HOME applauds this dedication, and we look forward to assisting the legislature with the education and the enforcement of this law.

UMOJA: Creating Events to Raise Our Consciousness as a People. The State of the Back Family is One Such Gathering

he State of The Black Family, an informal gathering of community members, artists, politicians, clergy, elders and youth, will take place at the CAO Rafi Green Center, 1433 Fillmore Avenue this Saturday, June 30 starting at 12noon. The theme is “Africa Is Our First Family, So Put US First”! Hosted by Umoja (Unity in the Community), speakers will evaluate the challenges and issues Black families face today. The focus is on dialogue and the sharing of information, knowledge and possible solutions. “Part of the emphasis of the session is to always come up with solutions and suggestions,” said Umoja founder William E. (Bill) Peoples. The father of 8 and grandfather of 12, Peoples sees such dialogue as especially significant in today’s world. “These critical times that we’re living in dictates the fact that we should first of all learn how to be and do better…and then just go ahead and do it!” Love of self and love for one another, is critical in that equation he said. “But right now many of us have the capacity to love our enemies to the extent of our own detriment.” Community activist, and a core member of Umoja, Samuel L. Radford will serve as Master of Ceremonies. “The importance of this gathering is the multigenerational aspect, from elders to middle age to millennials,” said Radford. "All of the challenges and issues we face ultimately come down to family.” It is our responsibility as a people, he added, to solve the issues that impact our families and our lives. “The State of Our Black Family event gives us the opportunity to talk about where we’ve been, we’re at and where we want to go as a people,” he concluded. So far the scheduled speakers include: Quadir Lateef,

Burning of the Colored Orphanage

The New York city Draft Riots of 1863

William E. ("Bill") Peoples

Vonetta T. Rhodes-Osi, Isaiah Nsoromma, Karima Amin, Franklin Redd, Lion & Sophia Blyden, Duncan Kirkwood, Janate “Solar” IngramGill, Dayarta Hassan, Cariol Horne, Phylida Brown, Dahveed Muhammad, Lee Baskersville, Darryl King, Ulysees O. Wingo, Ras Jomo, Taniqua Simmons, and Marilyn FootKragbe. “This is a time of enrichment, reflection, strengthening and healing for our families,” noted Umoja’s Patricia A. Elliott-Patton. For more information or if you are interested in speaking, contact Ms. Elliott-Patton at (716) 948-0604. The event is free and lunch will be served. Feel free to bring food items or beverages to share (no pork, red meat or alcohol allowed.) -The Birth of UmojaOn August 5th Bill Peoples will celebrate his 78th birthday. Buffalo born and raised, he is a graduate of Lafayette High School and attended UB’s Milliard Fillmore College. He credits his parents as his first mentors. The late entrepreneur Trunnis Goggins he said, was his second, and in the early sixties it was Goggins who took his mentorship to another level. “He was very successful and I wanted to be like him! He was a role model,” Bill recalls. In 1970 Peoples purchased the building at Ferry and Grider while working at Won-

der Bread. He ultimately found success going into business for himself. “I’ve always been somewhat involved in the community,” he said. “When I had the idea to create Umoja I actually tried to kill it! But it kept coming back stronger than ever.” Eventually he realized it was “something to be very serious about…and I realized it was not going anywhere. That’s when I was approaching my 60th birthday in the year 2000, so we decided I would have the birthday celebration and the birth of Umoja at the same time at the Kensington Place!” The first public event Umoja hosted was a Town Hall Meeting featuring Judge James McLeod, Asar Africa, Willie Warren, Richard Nelson and Derrick Byrd a moderator (he credits Asar for giving him the organization’s name Umoja). That event was followed by a “Person of the Year” award which went to community activist the late Rev. James Hemphill. Today Umoja, made up of core members William Peoples, his wife Cynthia, Brother Sam (Radford) and Patricia A. Elliott-Patton, hosts four nation building events yearly: The Blessed Gathering, a celebration of womanhood; the State of the Black Family; The Person of the Year Honors and the Convening of the Elders. In addition, Umoja has presented a Prodigal Child Award Continued Page 7

he New York City Draft Riots remain today the single largest urban civilian insurrection in United States history. After the riots, the Black population in New York diminished by 20 percent. When the draft came to New York City in July 1863, anti-government anger turned to anti-government and antiBlack violence. The antiBlack violence was driven by the resentment that the Irish would have to complete with freedpeople for jobs in the city now that the Union had embraced emancipation. On the first day of the draft, July 11, the city was relatively quiet. However, by day three, July 13, tensions boiled over. Volunteer firefighters from Blackjoke Engine Co. No. 33, were known for the violent nature. Angry at their commissioner, they set fire to their own company firehouse which attracted an angry mob. Led by the firefighters, the mob continued down 3rd Avenue, ransacking and burning businesses in their wake. They focused on those enterprises known to employ African Americans including Brooks Brothers, Harper's Weekly, Knickerbockers, and other wealthy businesses. When the mob reached the Colored Orphans’ Asylum, filled with mostly women and children, it began looting the building before setting it on fire. The 200 children inside were led out of the back and taken to safety. There were many accounts in Continued Page 13

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The U.S.Has A Long History Of Separating Families

any Americans across the US are angry with President Donald Trump for his "zero tolerance" immigration policy, which has sought to deter illegal entry by detaining and separating migrant families. Critics say the policy, which was recently altered to address some concerns of separation, is not emblematic of who we are as a nation. Others say it runs counter to the America they know and love. But history shows policies like this have been implemented time and time again since the nation began. In fact, the US has a long history of separating children from their parents. Government policies forced apart the families of enslaved Africans, Native Americans and Mexican immigrants, and detained Japanese-Americans during World War II. Splitting Up Slave Families Enslaved parents lived with the constant fear of being separated from their children. Slave owners could split up families for any number of reasons -- including selling slaves to pay off debts, dividing families to create equal inheritance or as punishment. Heather Williams, a professor of Africana studies at the University of Pennsylvania, said the emotional reports of parents and children separated at the US-Mexico border echo the pain and anguish enslaved parents went through. Williams recalled accounts of mothers begging slave traders to let them keep their children. She described an instance in which an enslaved child who had been separated from his parents would not stop crying, much like the eight-minute audio of the sobbing immigrant children. "When I hear the voices of those children, it absolutely

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resonates because that's how I imagine it was with the people that I study," Williams said. After the Civil War ended, formerly enslaved people were left to find family members they might not have seen in years. Thousands of ads were placed in Black newspapers in an effort to reunite families, but finding those relatives sometimes proved to be an impossible task. "During slavery, there was a belief among slave owners that these families could be ripped apart and there was no need to think about how they ever might be brought back together," said Henry Fernandez, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. Likening the separation of Black families to migrant families, Fernandez said: "What we're seeing here is a federal government which had no strategy to ever bring these families back together." After Trump signed an executive order on last week to stop migrant parents from being separated from their children, it took days before the administration had a plan to reunite families. The recently plan, indicates that it could be a long time before those children make it back to their parents. Native American Boarding Schools In the 19th century, the US

government began a campaign to assimilate Native American children into White American society by separating them from their families and stripping them of their language and culture. In 1819, Congress passed the Civilization Fund Act, which provided religious organizations the resources to run schools for Native American children "for introducing among them the habits and arts of civilization." Sixty years later, Capt. Richard Henry Pratt founded the first Indian boarding school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Native American children were taken from their parents and communities and forced to attend similar institutions that aimed to "kill the Indian, and save the man," as Pratt famously said. The government boarding schools were run like military training camps, where children were subject to abuse, neglect and corporal punishment. Later, in 1902, a government order declared that the long hair worn by Native American children was impeding "the advancement they are making in civilization." That order mandated that children cut their hair and prohibited customs like body painting, dances and traditional clothing. It took until 1978 for Con-

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Full Moon Thought For June

The full moon will be on Thursday, June 28 Too much at once? Sometimes life surprises us with an inestimable amount of demands. This can add up to a lot that we have the tendency to switch to a defensive mode. But do we have to defend ourselves against life? Does the excessive demand really stem from the outside or does it originate from our personal view of events? Are we ourselves the authors of this screenplay? If so, why are we continuosly surprised of its content? Maybe it is helpful to look at demands more in the sense of a request. The less we resist, the easier everything remains in motion …

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HEALTH MATTERS

Wellness Walk and Community Health & Wellness Experience Event On June 30, 2018 Absolutely Affordable Footcare PC, Soul to Sole ministries and Western New York Medical PC are sponsoring a city wide walk for total wellness. The walk begins in Delaware Park at the golf course and ends outside of office in the small park area at 15 Northland Ave. at the corner of Main Street. Interested parties can register directly online or register at Delaware park between 9:30 AM-10:15 AM. The walk starts promptly at 10:30 AM. In addition to the walk there will be free admission to the Community Health and Wellness Experience outside of WNY PC's office from 11a-3p. The event is welcoming to children and families. Patrons are invited to visit the various activities zones including a variety of work out classes, a kid zone, estate planning classes as well as the health and wellness zone with a variety of community vendors. There will be healthcare providers, nurses and physicians on site for additional information regarding your health. Also enjoy food, games, giveaways and live music as well. This event is hosted in partnership with the following sponsors: Lincoln Memorial United Methodist Church, WNY@Work, UNYTS/kidney foundation, ECMC, GBUAHN and WUFOMIX 1080AM. In the event of rain, many of the wellness events will be moved inside of Lincoln Memorial united Methodist church right across from the central area of the day's activities. Partial proceeds raised at the event will go to the American diabetes Association in support of diabetes research.

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Summer Exercise/Fitness Program Returns to MLK Park! The city is once again offering free exercise classes every Saturday from June 30th to September 1st from 10 to 11 a.m. at Martin Luther King Jr. Park at Fillmore and Best Streets near the MLK monument. Now in its third year, the program is being offered by a partnership between Mayor Byron Brown and the city and BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York. Summer City Fitness accommodates all levels of fitness. The classes featuring Lala Woods of La’Movement, are a mix of low and high impact dance fitness. In addition, free fruits and water will be provided to participants by Urban Fruits and Veggies. All classes are weather dependent Participants will be encouraged to share their experiences on social media through #SummerCityFitness. “Health is wealth,” said Lala Woods. “We encourage the community to live a healthier lifestyle by becoming more active. Dance is our thing and you can join us or find something active that makes your heart happy! Let’s workout, Buffalo!” For more information on Summer City Fitness and other activities, visit bcbswny.com/play

FAITH & FAMILY

Zion Missionary Baptist Church News Zion Missionary Baptist Church announces: **Prayer Line every Monday at 8am **Watch us on Spectrum Channel 20 every Saturday at 3pm & Sunday at 9:30pm **Women's Ministry Line Dance Fellowship -FREE **Social Media Paint Night $35 Zion Missionary Baptist Church wis located at 179 E. Ferry St., For more information contact the church office at 886-1362.Rev C.M. Jenkins II is Host Pastor.

Deacon’s Alliance Annual Free Cookout! The Deacon’s Alliance will host its annual FREE COOKOUT for our churches and friends on Saturday, June 30 from 12 noon to 6 p.m. Sponsored by the Deacons Alliance of WNY, Inc., it will take place at The Farm (Camp Woodside), 5616 Woodside Road, Springville, N.Y. Enjoy fishing (bring your pole), volleyball, soccer, horseshoes, food and Christian fellowship. For more information call Deacon Edward Gayles at 885-6348.

Miss Buffalo Boat Ride The Trustee Ministry of New Covenant United Church of Christ will sponsor a Miss Buffalo II Boat Ride on Sunday July 15, 2018, 6:30 – 9:30pm. This is a fundraising activity for the purchase of a church van.For tickets ($75) please contact the church by calling 716-856-3392.

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St John Baptist Church Son Comes Home St John Baptist Church announces the opportunity to experience the dynamic preaching of Buffalo native, the Rev. Essentino A. Lewis, Jr. on Sunday, July 1, 2018 at 9:30 am. Pastor Lewis is celebrating ten years of pastoral ministry as the senior servant-leader of the Clifton Park Baptist Church a vibrant ministry located in Silver Spring, Maryland, a diverse suburb of Washington, DC. Pastor Lewis will be delivering the morning message at St John Baptist Church, 184 Goodell St, Buffalo, NY 14204. Everyone is welcome to be a part of this special worship experience. Overseer Minister Michael Chapman is Pastor.

First Shiloh to Host Summer Camp The First Shiloh Youth Foundation, in partnership with Say Yes To Education Buffalo, will offer a STEAM Discovery Camp July 9th - August 17th at First Shiloh Baptist Church, 15 Pine Street. Students will have fun as they keep their academic skills sharp, enjoy arts and cultural activities and a weekly field trip! The camp is FREE for BPS students in preK-6th grades who register by June 30. A limited number of camp slots are available. Modest rates for nonBPS students. Please register online at firstshilohbuffalo.com or call the church office at (716) 847-6555.

CAMP ALIVE! Love Alive Fellowship Church Presents, its 11th Year of Camp A.L.I.V.E! Summer Day Camp , "I am royalty" 141 Lewis Street, July 9th - August 17th, 2018, M-F 8am- 4pm. Breakfast & Lunch Provided, Enriching Workshops, Summer Reading Challenge, Music, Dance, Arts & Crafts, Swim lessons, outdoor activities, Awesome multiple Field Trips & More. Please contact the church office at 716-856-1670, or email campalive2007@ gmail.com for registration and more information, Don't Miss Out! We’ve come this far by faith, leaning on the LORD. Trusting in His Holy Word, He's never failed

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Ex-Globetrotter and UB Star Jim Horne is Now Changing Kids Lives on the Green

Suggested Readings by Kenneth and Sharon Holley “A man’s bookcase will tell you everything you’ll need to know about him,” my father had told me more than once. "A businessman has business books and a dreamer has novels and books of poetry. Most women like reading about love and a true revolutionary will have books about the minutiae of overthrowing the oppressor. A person with no books is inconsequential in a modern setting, but a peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.” - Walter Mosley in The Long Fall (2009) •The Awakened Woman: Remembering & Reigniting Our Sacred Dreams by Dr. Tererai Trent. •Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston •Black Panther v. 4 (Avengers of the New World, part one) by Ta-Nehisi Coates •The Dream of Death: A Reality of Life Based on Greed, Love, Betrayed, Murder and Spiritual Redemption by Divine Lord Sekhem •Get Over It: Thought Therapy for Healing the Hard Stuff by Iyanla Vanzant •The Judas Factor: The Life and Death of Malcolm Shazbazz (Limited 25th Anniversary Edition) by Karl Evanzz •No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson Also available: Graduation Cards, Journals and more.

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"Anansi the Spider" Presentation: The Pearls

Collective presents "Anansi the Spider," a Jamaican Folktale of a Trickster Hero who is greedy, smart and always up to something. Join Mama Nene (pictured above) for her presentation at the Merriweather Library, 1324 Jefferson Avenue, Saturday, July 7th thru Wednesday, August 1st, from 12 noon to 2 p.m.

UMOJA!

Continued from page 3 at East high for the last two years to the “Most Improved Student.” The award is named in honor of Bill’s late sister, Rose Covial. This year’s winner was Miss Avian Bates. Peoples had praise for Sam and Patricia. “Sam and Pat have been invaluable,” he said, “they’ve kept things going. It’s gratifying when you get a thought and people buy into it and it’s all positive. It kind of validates what you’re trying to do.” He also acknowledged the support of Cliff Bell and Dr. Willie Underwood. “The overall purpose of Umoja and the events it created and hosts, is to raise our consciousness as a people,” concluded Bill, “to realize that we can solve most of the issues we are faced with very quickly if we just decide to go ahead and just do it!”

SEPARATING FAMILIES continued from page 4 Many Americans at the time blamed Mexican communities for taking away jobs and public assistance resources from them. That may have been the 1930s, but that justification is not too far off from Trump suggesting that immigration hurts American workers. This period in history is often referred to as the Mexican Repatriation. But that term suggests those who left were returning voluntarily to their native country. (Excerpted from an article By Harmeet Kaur, CNN)

t’s mid-morning on a wintry Saturday in Amherst, N.Y. But inside the Wehrle Golf Dome, Monique McIntosh is relaxing in a cushioned chair, book in hand, while her 12-year-old son, Gyan, gleefully swings at some golf balls, the “tink” of impact echoing throughout the dome. A self-described “mama bear,” McIntosh is comfortable taking her attention off her son for 90 minutes because she knows he’s in the capable hands of Jim Horne (EDB ’55). “He gives the kids the best of him,” she says. “All his heart is put into the foundation.” She’s refer-ring to the Jim Horne Golf Foundation of Western New York, through which Horne has given hundreds of inner-city kids like Gyan a chance to try a sport they’d otherwise have little opportuni-ty to play— and for free. The foundation supplies the equipment; all the parents have to do is bring their child and relax. Horne, who is 86, has been doing this work for almost 25 years, mostly out of the public eye. It stands in contrast to his younger self. He was a celebrated basketball player at UB in the 1950s; his name is sprinkled throughout the Bulls record books and his retired No. 13 jersey hangs on display in the Alumni Arena rafters. After UB, he spent seven years with the worldfamous Harlem Globetrotters before settling into a career with the New York State Department of Labor. Malcolm Eiken, Horne’s basketball coach at UB, introduced him to golf while he was a student-athlete. “I was horrible,” Horne recalls of his first outing. “Here I was, a star athlete, and I couldn’t hit the ball for nothing.” But he was hooked and spent years perfecting his swing. A few years af-ter retiring from the state in 1991, Horne began offering golf lessons to a handful of Buffalo kids. At the time, he had no intention of establishing a foundation. “I was just trying to introduce some inner-city kids to golf,” he says. “But once I got into it, it just became so rewarding. I was providing a service to young people who had never

By David J. Hill at Buffalo Magazine had a chance to get involved with this sport.” Horne and his volunteer staff provide lessons to kids 7 and older at the Wehrle Golf Dome in the winter and at the Airport Driving Range and in Delaware Park in the summer. In addition, the foundation is designated as a Buffalo District Golf Association club, meaning kids can participate in events held at BDGA golf courses across the region. Dozens of Horne’s students have received golf scholarships to college. McIntosh hopes Gyan will become one of them. “It balances him because golf is so much about concentration,” she says. For now, she’s just grateful for the positive influence Horne is having on her son, who’s so excited about his new hobby, the first thing he does when someone comes to their house is show off his golf gear. Maybe in a few years, it’ll be that college scholarship letter he’s showing off.

Photo Above & Front Page Photo University at Buffalo | Douglas Levere

Jim Horne is pictured 5th from left with assistants and participants in the summer session of the golf program. The age range is 7 years old and up and if interested all you have to do is go to www.jimhornegolf.org to learn more about how to get yourself or your children involved.The program is free!

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Entertainment

NKULEE DUBE Visits 43rd Juneteenth Festival No female artist has managed to fuse ethno-soul, jazz with ragga in one song as this 32-year old singer- songwriter, as Nkulee Dube has done in such a short space of time since entering the challenging and yet exciting entertainment industry. South African superstar NKULEE DUBE recently visited Buffalo and appeared at the massive “Juneteenth Festival” on June 16th to a roaring crowd response.. Born to the family the music legend “Lucky Dube”, Nkulee Dube has big shoes to fill to preserve and sustain the name of her late father. Nkulee, whose music can be classified as ‘ethno-ragga’ fused with soul and jazz, is no stranger to the performance circuit and the music industry; she was a backing singer and dancer for the late Lebo Mathosa and later Ntando Bangani. Nkulee is currently recording her new album entitled “The Journey” which will be released shortly, and Nkulee’s debut solo album “My Way” rose worldwide outside of South Africa to critical acclaim. And in Buffalo this past week, Nkulee was honored by the mayor of Buffalo Byron Brown with naming June 10th as “Nkulee Dube Day,”proclamations by the Hon. Crystal Peoples-Stokes and Senator Kennedy celebrating Nkulee’s visit and talent, plus another honor from the New York State Assembly. Quite an achievement for a very lovely, beautiful, and talented woman!

Lost John Coltrane Recording From 1963 Will Be Released at Last

“Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album” was cut by saxophonist John Coltraneand his classic quartet two years before his explosive 1965 jazz masterpiece, “A Love Supreme.” Then it was stashed away and lost. Impulse! recently announced the June 29 release of “Both Directions at Once," a full set of material recorded by the quartet on a single day in March 1963. The family of Coltrane’s first wife, Juanita Naima Coltrane, recently discovered his personal copy of the recordings, which she had saved, and brought it to the label’s attention. There are seven tunes on this collection, a well-hewed mix that clearly suggests Coltrane had his sights on creating a full album that day. From the sound of it, this would have been an important one. “In 1963, all these musicians are reaching some of the heights of their musical powers,” said the saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, John Coltrane’s son, who helped prepare “Both Directions at Once” for release. “On this record, you do get a sense of John with one foot in the past and one foot headed toward his future.” That’s true — though as Mr. Coltrane was careful to point

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That’s true — though as Mr. Coltrane was careful to point out, his father always lived in a state of transition. The poet and critic Amiri Baraka wrote in 1963 that Coltrane’s career was one of simultaneous “changes, resolutions and transmutations.”

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ON STAGE *Jill Scott, Friday, June 29 @ 8 p.m., Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. Tickets (585) 454-2060 rochesterjazz.com *Rochester Jazz Festival, downtown Rochester, June 22-30/

"Satchmo: A Tough Scuffle - The Story of Jazz, is a oneman show written and performed by Danny Mullen Friday & Saturday June 29,30 at 7 p.m. at Alleyway Theatre, 1 Curtain Up Alley. Tickets are $20 general admission; $10 students and seniors. For more information call 704649-4009 *Welcome To Wakanda Dancing With The Stars” Featuring “stars” Stephanie Foreman, Oswaldo Mestre, Joel Moore and Ronisha Rice hosted by Urban Chamber of Commerce; dress in your best African garb! June 29 7 p.m. Tralf Music Hall, $25 advance, $30 @ door.

On Stage @ The Vine @ Del largo Resort& Casino; Adjacent to Thruway @ Exit 41; For ticket information (315)946-1777. *The Legendary Temptations, Friday, July 6 @ 8 p.m. On Stage @ CANALSIDE *Satudaty July 7 Vanilla Ice, Dwayne Gretzky 6 p.m. *Thursday, July 12, Arrested Developmetn, 6 p.m. *SUMMER SOUL FESTIVAL with Faith Evans, Eric Benet 5 p.m. On Stage @ Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino, 1010 Old Falls St., Niagara Falls(716)277-2100 *The O’Jays, Friday, July 20 @ 8 p.m.; Tickets start @$45

*No Excuses Love Tour Dedicated to Buffalo's Own Mack Luchey (above), Thursday, July 12, Shea’s Theater, 646 Main St., 8 p.m. featuring Joe, Melanie Fiona, Rude Boys and celebrity host Roy Lee, Thursday, July 12 doors open 7 p.m., show 8 p.m.; tickets $75, $85 Floor, $100 VIP & day of show; available at all Ticketmaster outlets and Doris Records’ concert dedicated in honor of Mack Luchey, founder of Doris Records.

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The Art and Whimsy of Michele Ogden's Chocolate Company!

Looking fabulous at "The 2018 Artie Awards"!

Paul Robeson Theater Nets 14 Nominations 5 Awawrds at the 2018 Artie Awards! The Paul Robeson Theatre had a total of 14 nominations and carried home 5 awards in the following categories at the 2018 Artie Awards: OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY - Verniece Turner, "Skeleton Crew" - Directed by Artistic Director Paulette D. Harris OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY Christina Foster, "Skeleton Crew" - Directed by Artistic Director Paulette D. Harris OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY Carlos R.A. Jones, "Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope", Paul Robeson Theatre OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE OF A MUSICAL - "Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope" - Directed by Carlos R. A. Jones KATHARINE CORNELL AWARD FOR VISITING ARTISTS - Harlan Penn for set design at the Paul Robeson Theatre This year's Artie Awards nominations was held on Monday, June 4th at 710 Theatre. The Arties began in 1991 and are held each year to celebrate Western New York's Th eatre community. SEE YOU AT THE EVENTS!

Michele Ogden

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uffalo’s home grown Chocolatier Michele Ogden opened her newly relocated chocolate shop Whimsy Confections and is ready to tantalize your summer taste buds! Formerly located in Downtown Buffalo for the past year with a dedicated following of chocolate lovers that lead to many consecutive sold out days , the progressive entrepreneur knew she needed to take her business to the next level, “ I had to find a more functional space where I could not only have my chocolate retail shop but also have full production area under one roof”, said Michele between smiles and serving customers during her soft opening last Friday. The new shop located at 1448-B Hertel Ave. (side entrance on Norwalk) is blooming in bright colors, chic décor and bringing a fresh enjoyable chocolaty tasting experience to North Buffalo. Her signature collection features iconic chocolate bonbons in both white, milk and dark chocolate all named and designed in a variety of vivid colors with unique flavors for any pallet. The current Dream Collection are a tasty array of bonbon’s with flavors paired to specific musical artists/songs like, Giovanni Hazel Nut Praline bonbon paired with Kendrick Lamar’s All The Stars or the Scarlett Ruby Red Lip bonbon (a spicy mexican hot chocolate flavored treat) that’s paired with Beyoncé’s Naughty Girl and a host of other hits served up in unique iconic fashion . There are also many other enjoyable treats like the seasonal chocolate bonbon collection, candy bars, caramels and Pate de Fruit ( fruit jellies).

When asked where the inspiration came from Michele says “ I studied film in college and always been very creative my sister

who traveled a lot used to send me chocolates from around the world and I also had a dessert catering business for a while but roughly 10 years ago after reading an Essence Magazine article that featured an African American female Chocolatier I was intrigued to investigate chocolate and even more inclined when I noticed the ratio of male to female chocolatiers and there were not many women that I found at the time so I decided to go for it.” Michele got her formal training at Ecole Chocolate and by spring 2016 was mapping out her business plan and note “ W.E.D.I., helped me with my business plan and gave me my first loan for my first store and now a second for this one, I also participated in the recent Queen City Pop Up and that was a great success and helpful experience before opening this new location as well”. From the art of taking your first bite to the whimsical delight that follows, this chocolatier with the disposition just as bright and beautiful as her chocolate crafted treats prides herself in enjoyable customer experiences. “I get pleasure from what chocolate brings to any occasion, the biggest reward is the delight on the faces of customers after indulging my treats” she said smiling. If you have not had the Whimsy Confections experience I highly recommend it , Go online for store hours, upcoming workshop classes, tastings and more. Follow on FB@whimsyconfection or IG @whimsyconfection36

Generations

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NativityMiguel Middle School Graduates Ready for the Challenge of High School NativityMiguel Middle School of Buffalo, a faith based school with separate campuses for boys and girls, is proud to introduce members of the graduation Class of 2018. Students have earned substantial tuition awards to attend Nardin Academy, Mount Mercy Academy, St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute, Canisius High School and other area schools and will be enrolling in Tapestry Charter High School and Health Sciences Charter School, as well Potential new students entering 5th and 6th grades are now being interviewed. Congratulations to our outstanding graduates! Please visit the school’s website, nativitymiguelbuffalo.org, or call (716) 8365188 for more information.

The NativityMiguel Middle School provides students in fifth through eighth grade with a faith-based, single-gender education that prepares them to graduate from high school and continue onto college. The school offers an extended school day and school year on two campuses, the St. Monica Campus for girls and the St. Augustine Campus for boys. The school also offers ongoing support through high-school graduation.

INDY PANTS!

Isaac Liciaga III, is a young entrepreneur who started a tee shirt business- Idy Pants T-Shirt Company LLC - at the age of ten years old. His business is growing at a rapid pace. The talented young man got his idea to start a tee shirt business after searching several stores for odd one of a kind t-shirts. Today he has done shirts for Canisius College, Good Will Community COGIC, and The Ink Spot on Jefferson Ave. just to name a few. If you are interested in a shirt, you can contact him at idypantscompany@gmail. com or on Facebook at Idy Pants T-Shirt Company. Congratulations Isaac!

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YOUNG ENTREPRENURS: Marissa (left) and Keisha Frazier.

Youth Entrepreneur Marketplace Launched! Keisha Frazier, the 16-year-old owner of Keisha’s Tasty Treats and her 11-year-old sister Marissa, didn’t let a little rain put a damper on their business acumen last Saturday afternoon. The sisters were part of YEM (Youth Entrepreneur Marketplace) which showcased about 12 young business people at the Rafi Greene CAO Center at 1423 Fillmore Avenue. Keisha, who’s going into her junior year at Nardin Academy this fall, has been baking for only five short months Her talent must be hereditary because mom and dad (Carol Chandler and Mike Frazier) are really good cooks the girls admit. Plus, Keisha likes watching all the cooking shows on tv. So far she ‘s catered three events and is looking forward to growing her enterprise (her cupcakes and chocolate covered pretzels were really good!) The marketplace will be up and running again on Saturday, July 14th , 21, 28 and August 4th – all on Fillmore and East Utica Street from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. (in case of rain they will go indoors at the CAOWNY). YEM sponsors include the Community Action Organization of WNY, Masjid Nu’Man, Inc., the Martin Luther King Business District, Ansar Fragrances & More, J&W Planning Group, LLC, MLQ Development, Life Source Systems Inc., Couture Editing and Sincere Enterprise Solutions. Come out and support the youth! For more information about YEM contact Pamela James at (716)332-3773.

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“This 4th of July is Yours, Not Mine” Unfinished Business : (On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass gave a speech at an A Renewed Call for Justice in the Shooting of 12 Year Old Youth in Buffalo event commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence, held at Rochester's Corinthian Hall. It was biting oratory, in which the speaker told his audience, "This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn." Following are excerpts from that speech.) ...Fellow-citizens, pardon me, allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here today? What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence? Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended to us? and am I, therefore, called upon to bring our humble offering to the national altar, and to confess the benefits and express devout gratitude for the blessings resulting from your inde-pendence to us? But such is not the state of the case. I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought light and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn...Do you mean, citizens, to mock me, by asking me to speak today? If so, there is a parallel to your conduct. And let me warn you that it is dangerous to copy the example of a nation whose crimes, towering up to heaven, were thrown down by the breath of the Almighty, burying that nation in irrevocable ruin! Fellow citizens, above your national, tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wail of millions whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are, today, rendered more intolerable by the jubilee shouts that reach them. If I do forget, if I do not faithfully remember those bleeding children of sorrow this day, "may my right hand forget her cunning, and may my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth!" To forget them, to pass lightly over their wrongs, and to chime in with the popular theme, would be treason most scandalous and shocking, and would make me a reproach before God and the world. My subject, then, fellowcitizens, is American slavery. I shall see this day and its popular characteristics from the slave's point of view. Standing there identified with the American bondman, making his wrongs mine, I do not hesitate to declare, with all my soul, that the character and conduct of this nation never looked blacker to me than on this 4th of July! Whether we turn to the declarations of the past, or to the professions of the present, the conduct of the nation seems equally hideous and revolting. America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future. What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciation of tyrants, brass fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your

“We wish to plead our own cause. Too long have others spoken for us.” - John Russwurm, Freedom’s Journal. 1827 America’s 1st Black Newspaper

I am back. The business of the 12 year-old child shot in broad daylight last November by Edward Bald, a 61 year old White man who confessed to the life-threatening shooting, because he thought the child had broken his window and was trying to break into his home, has yet to be resolved to my satisfaction and understanding of justice. Since justice has been denied this child, this incident has become unfinished business, a business that is the responsibility of our community to resolve. First, I want to thank all those who found it in their hearts to share their condolences with me and my family following the unexpected passing of my beautiful wife and mother of my three daughters. For 60 years and 10 months, Winona, were not only my wife, but my love, soul mate, partner, best friend, and private confidant. She meant everything to me. She was a strong supporter of the mother of the 12 year-old boy and many others over the years, who had sought advice or help on various issues. This help-seeking frequently included the input of my wife, since nothing left our home without both of discussing it. Therefore, as I renew this call for justice, I do so in her name and in each of your names, some of whom have been at this unfinished business longer than I have. ••• My most recent article, focused on the need for a “Johnnie Cochran “kind lawyer in Buffalo. When I put pen to paper that day, I knew when I mentioned that there was a $2.2 Million dollar settlement won by Cochran in Buffalo’s civil suit concerning a young Black mother fighting for her infant child; that the mother of the 12 year-old shotgun victim who lost his right eye would now respond to my previously ignored calls. Given that she did not initially return my attempts to reach her, I suspected that the deal at the D.A.’s office had apparently been signed, sealed, or was in the process of being delivered. Months later, the sound of the boy’s mother voice over the telephone was a sound of wretchedness. When I answered the call, I wasn’t my normal self after having lost my beloved wife a few days earlier. “Everything you told me Mr. Kirkland came out just like you said it would.” These were the first words from the 12 year-old boy’s mother that day. She repeated this statement three times during our short conversation. I could only imagine how she felt finding out that another distressed Black mother won millions for her child by having a highly skilled and fearless lawyer at her side. It’s possible that the mother of the 12 year-old boy may have been taken advantage of and settled for peanuts because she is a poor Black woman, with few resources and knowledge of how the system works. It may not have occurred to how her much it would cost for her son to live a lifetime as a young adult,

sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade and solemnity, are, to Him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy -- a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages.There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of the United States, at this very hour. Go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the Old World, travel through South America, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for re-volting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival....

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adult and a senior adult with this disability. Furthermore, there is the possibility that she was ‘compromised’ which could easily explain that long investigation by D.A. Flynn’s office, which could mean there wasn’t an investigation of Edward Bald, the white shooter; but rather the victims—the Black mother and her innocent 12 year-old one-eyed child. Before that phone call ended that day, I advised the 12 year-old boy’s mother to gather three or four persons she trusted to help and advise her. At the time, I was thinking of some members of the Minority Bar Association, whose members would not be where they are today if it wasn’t for people like this mother who protested, demonstrated, and went to jail for people they didn’t even know would benefit someday. Rather than bringing this up, I backed off from mentioning them. Then the thought came for me to ask the mother of this 12 year-old boy about his father. Where is he? Why is he not angry and involved? But in another voice I heard my wife say, don’t ask that question, it’s not necessary. But I needed to ask because I come from a background that would have made it impossible for the shooter and I to continue being neighbors if such a thing had happened to a son of mine. I wanted to know about this boy’s father because I am from the old school where men confronted men, and not our women in their stead. I want to know what happened to the love a father is supposed to have for his son. Has it been stolen? Are we suffering through a nightmare? Has our enemy found a weapon that perpetuates this mindset and made love a kind of infrequent experience among us? I wanted to know or was it that I needed to know. During my brief absence, District Attorney Flynn, quietly convened a grand jury and presented them with information he wanted them to know and act upon. As predicted in one of my Part II Continued Next Issue

Opportunity to Make a Difference Dear Editor: I am finishing the final semester of my Bachelor's degree with a study abroad trip to TANZANIA and seek community support. If any one person donates, I only ask that they kindly share with one other person who will donate as well. All donors can book or attend my presentations and receive a thank you pic by email upon my return. The community support in any amount will make a real difference www.GoFundMe.com/ regina2tanzania -Regina Jackson (Note:. Regina Jackson returned to her hometown to finish her college degree at SUNY Empire State College. She recently received an AA in The Arts. During her study abroad last summer she travelled to Tanzania East Africa. This life-changing trip was altered by poor equipment and she vowed to return the following year with better tools. She was a SUNY Honors Study Abroad Travel Grant recipient and will receive those funds when she returns in August from Tanzania. This is Regina's final semester at Empire State College and she will complete her Bachelor degree studies with this second trip to Tanzania. She will document and participate in the 10th Annual Wagogo Arts Festival from July 26-29, 2018.This large tribal group is located in Chamwino area of Dodoma, Tanzania. Partial proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit the Wagogo Arts Festival and CDI (Care for Dignity and Innovation) a non profit who services children with disabilities in Mwanza, Tanzania. Regina will volunteer there after the Wagogo festival ends. Her study abroad dates are July 21- august 6, 2018. Your support in any amount is graciously appreciated.)

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want to thank everybody for rising up right with me this week. Let's get right into the highlights. NHL News The hockey world has been waiting, especially the fans of western New York as Dallas was the centerfold for the #1 overall pick to be announced in this year's NHL Draft. And with the first pick the Buffalo Sabres select Rasmus Dahlin, a star defenseman from Sweden. Dahlin became only the second Swedish player to be taken number one overall since Mats Sundin in 1989. Let's not forget that Mats Sundin ended up being a Hall of Fame player. Hopefully, Rasmus will have a quick and major impact on this youthful Sabres team. he is expected to offer the Sabres fire power on offense Rasmus scored seven goals and 13 assists in 41 games played last season in the Swedish league. Will this top rookie pick have a breakout season? NBA News The lights where shining bright in Brooklyn on Thursday as the NBA Draft was the event to watch as the Barclays Center was filled with anticipation and excitement. The off-season is expected to be one of the most dramatic but captivating off-seasons we have had in years. The first round of NBA Draft went as follows:

1. Suns — Deandre Ayton, C, Arizona 2. Kings — Marvin Bagley III, PF/C, Duke 3. Hawks — Luka Doncic, G, Slovenia (traded to Mavs) 4. Grizzlies — Jaren Jackson Jr., PF/C, Michigan State 5. Mavericks — Trae Young, PG, Oklahoma (traded to Hawks) 6. Magic — Mohamed Bamba, C, Texas 7. Bulls — Wendell Carter Jr., C, Duke 8. Cavs (via Nets) — Collin Sexton, PG, Alabama 9. Knicks — Kevin Knox, SF/PF, Kentucky 10. 76ers (via Lakers) — Mikal Bridges, SG/SF, Villanova (traded to Suns) 11. Hornets — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, PG/SG, Kentucky (traded to Clippers) 12. Clippers (via Pistons) — Miles Bridges, SF/PF, Michigan State (traded to Hornets) 13. Clippers — Jerome Robinson, SG, Boston College 14. Nuggets — Michael Porter Jr., SF/PF, Missouri 15. Wizards — Troy Brown, SG/SF, Oregon 16. Suns (via Heat) — Zhaire Smith, SG, Texas Tech (traded to 76ers) 17. Bucks — Donte DiVincenzo, SG, Villanova 18. Spurs — Lonnie Walker IV, SG, Miami 19. Hawks (via Timberwolves) — Kevin Huerter, SG/SF, Maryland 20. Timberwolves (via Thunder) — Josh Okogie, SG, Georgia Tech 21. Jazz — Grayson Allen, SG, Duke 22. Bulls (via Pelicans) — Chandler Hutchison, SG/SF, Boise State 23. Pacers — Aaron Holiday, PG, UCLA 24. Trail Blazers — Anfernee Simons, PG/SG, IMG Academy 25. Lakers (via Cavs) — Moritz Wagner, C, Michigan 26. 76ers — Landry Shamet, PG/SG, Wichita State 27. Celtics — Robert Williams III, C, Texas A&M 28. Warriors — Jacob Evans, SG, Cincinnati 29. Nets (via Raptors) — DzanA n s w e r i n g an Musa, SF, Bosnia and Herc r e m a zegovina 30. Hawks (via Rockets) — Omari Spellman, C, Villanova

What player will have the most immediate impact on their team? What players drafted will help their teams keep their veteran players? In Other Sports News The Buffalo Bisons are still in second place with a 34-34 record. Hopefully the Bisons will pick it up as they have lost 6 of their last 9 games. The Bisons will be going to battle against the Pawtucket continued next column

Fargo Bank v. Bineyard

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PROUD MMOMENT: Left to right is Head Coach Fajri Ansari (13th season), Malik Turner (New York City / NIA Prep), Michael Henry (Syracuse/West Genesee HS), Jordan Glover (Buffalo/ St Joes HS), Lovell Smith (Buffalo/McKinley HS), Assistant Coach Kevin Glover (13th season, also Jordan’s dad,) and J. O. Spence (Limon, Costa Rica/ Bayard Rustin HS).

Buffalo State Men’s Basketball Graduates Five By Arthur Eve Jr.

While our daily news, especially about young Black men, is full of stories about shootings, killings, drug overdoses etc., the Buffalo State Men’s basketball team recently gave us some good news about our young men (again). On May 19, Buffalo State saw five of its basketball players get their bachelor degrees. Say what you will about our young men today, but at Buffalo State College, and specifically under Head Coach Fajri Ansari, there is a different narrative. This narrative starts with “there is nothing more important than getting your degree!" Coach “Faj” creates not just better basketball players….but better men. Men who leave the college campus better off than when they arrived. These five young men came to Buffalo State College on a mission to get their degrees and play college basketball. They have successfully completed their mission. I’m damn proud of these boys and coach Ansari’s commitment to excellence above and beyond the basketball court! Go BENGALS! RISE UP continued Red Sox this week. Will the Bisons go back to be over .500 again for the season after this week's baseball action? Buffalo Bisons sure will be swinging for the fences in hopes that they will. For more highlights visit the thechallengernews.com social media @ Andre Robinson and Rise up Family FB or therealtorch716 and riseupfamilyseven16 on IG and www.riseupfam-

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WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, v. ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE LATE SYLVIA BINEYARD A/K/A SYLVIA L. BINEYARD, IF LIVING, AND IF ANY BE DEAD, ANY AND ALL PERSONS WHO ARE SPOUSES, WIDOWS, GRANTEES, MORTGAGEES, LIENORS, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF SUCH OF THEM AS MAY BE DEAD, AND THEIR SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, BUFFALO URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY, NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORPORATION DBA NATIONAL GRID, ASSET ACCEPTANCE LLC A/P/O GE CAPITAL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS; YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above action and serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff's attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Erie County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of Honorable Mark J. Grisanti, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed the 18th day of May, 2018, at Buffalo, New York.

Tax I.D. No. 79.82-2-39 ALL that tract or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate in the City of Buffalo, County of Erie and State of New York, being part of Lot No. 46, Township 11, Range 7 of the Holland Land Company's Survey and being more particularly known as the easterly eight (8) feet of Subdivision Lot No. 244, and the westerly twenty-four (24) feet of Subdivision Lot No. 245, according to and as shown on a Subdivision Map of part of said Lot No. 46, filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Erie, New York, under Map Cover No. 998, said premises being thirty-two (32) feet front and rear by one hundred and eight (108) feet in depth, on the north side of Dartmouth Street, three hundred and forty-three and ninety-five one hun-

LEGAL NOTICE RFP VILLAGE OF HAMBURG REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS Take Notice that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Hamburg will receive sealed proposals at the Office of the Clerk-Treasurer, Village Hall, 100 Main Street, Hamburg, New York 14075 until July 16, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. for the following: REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS – GRANT ADMINISTRATION AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR A NEW YORK MAIN STREET ANCHOR PROJECT Specifications are available at the Clerk-Treasurer’s Office, Village Hall 100 Main Street, Hamburg, New York 14075 or on the website at www.villagehamburg.com. The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any or all proposals. All Proposals must be sealed and clearly marked: RFQ For GRANT ADMINISTRATION. Said Proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud and thereafter referred to the Board of Trustees for their consideration. DATED: June 22, 2018 Donald Witkowski Village Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer

LEGAL NOTICE BID Buffalo City School District Advertisement for Bids Sealed proposals for the following project will be received at the office of Plant Services, 403 City Hall, Buffalo, NY 14202. On Monday, July 23, 2018 at 10:00 a.m., proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud for the following General Construction contract: PROJECT 0033-013: Roof Reconstruction & Related Work P.S. #33 Bilingual Center Beginning Friday, July 6, 2018, bidding document packages may be viewed and purchased through Avalon Document Services online Planroom website at www.avalonbuff-planroom.com, under “Public Jobs,” or ordered by phone at 716995-7777. Owner can assume no responsibility for errors, omissions, or other misinformation obtained via other bid document distribution resources. Please note that required bid bond is 10%. The work will be subject to the equal employment opportunity requirements. Any questions regarding this project, please refer to Jim Napora, 716-816-3026. Paul McDonnell, AIA Director of Facilities Planning

ROOMS

ROOMS FOR RENT: Delavan-Humboldt area, Bailey-Delavan. $325$480. Everything included. (716)818-3410. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage on the following property:

“Knowing when to stop, you can avoid any danger.” -Tao Te Ching

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EMPLOYMENT/CAREERS

LEGAL NOTICE Embrace Home Loans v. Hulings

BUFFALO MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY

NOTICE OF SALE COUNTY COURT ERIE COUNTY EMBRACE HOME LOANS, INC., Plaintiff against ROBERT J. HULINGS A/K/A ROBERT J. HULINGS, JR., et al Defendants Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Schiller, Knapp, Lefkowitz & Hertzel, LLP 200 John James Audubon Parkway, Suite 202, Amherst, NY 14228 Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Entered April 26, 2018 I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the Foreclosure Alcove of the Erie County Hall, 92 Franklin Street, Buffalo, NY 14202 on July 10, 2018 at 9:15 AM. Premises known as 20 Penwood Drive, Buffalo, NY 14227. Sec 125.07 Block 11 Lot 24. All that tract or parcel of land, situate in the Town of Cheektowaga, County of Erie and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $151,617.80 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of ﬁled Judgment Index No 806206/2017. For sale information, please visit www. Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832. Kimberly E Whistler, Esq., Referee 17-03972

The BMHA is seeking experienced applicants for the position of Executive Director. A Master’s degree in business administration, public administration, public finance, public policy, urban planning or a closely related field is preferred. For details visit

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Bids will be received by RP Oak Hill Building Company Inc. for the Niagara Square Apartments project in Buffalo, NY on 6/28/18 at 2:00pm. Please fax (716-822-4367) or email (mfamiglietti@rpoakhill.com) bids. Bid documents can be viewed at the Construction Exchange of WNY or emailed upon request. This project is open shop. **MBE/WBE/SDVOB participation is encouraged**

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New York City newspapers of Black individuals killed during the riot. Although there were an estimated 663 deaths, only 120 were reported to the police. Of those, however, 106 were African Americans. One account of Ebrahim Franklin’s death was typical. Franklin was in church, praying. He was a disabled man who made his living working as a carriage driver. He lived at home and supported his elderly mother. The mob reached him just as he was rising to his feet from his prayers and beat him to his death. They then dragged him outside and hung him in the church yard in front of his mother. Finally, they mutilated his corpse. Although the Union had won two major victories over the Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania and the Siege of Vicksburg in Mississippi on July 3, President Abraham Lincoln was forced to send 4,000 Union troops to stop the violence sweeping across the city. With the arrival of the troops including some who had fought at Gettysburg, the violence ended on July 16. One of the ringleaders, John Urhardt Andrews was arrested and jailed for his role in the riots. Several arrests were

LEGAL NOTICE BID REQUEST FOR BID Mark Cerrone, Inc. is requesting quotes for the Watermain Replacement Project in Lockport, NY for all scopes of work detailed in contract documents. Optional MWBE Pre-bid meeting available upon request. Documents can be obtained by contacting jsalvatore@markcerrone.com, Phone 716-282-5244, Fax 716-2825245 or iSqFt®. Quotes due electronically or in person at 2368 Maryland Ave., Niagara Falls, NY 14305 by 7/5/18 at 10:00am. Certified MWBE participation is strongly encouraged.

LEGAL NOTICE BID Town of Elma Advertisement for Bids for the Elma Senior Center 3007 Bowen Rd, Elma, N.Y. Sealed bids for the repair of the southeast exterior wall, at the Elma Senior Center, 3007 Bowen Road, Elma, NY 14059 will be received by the Town Clerk at her office in the Town Hall, 1600 Bowen Road, Elma, NY on or before 2:00 PM, local time, Tuesday, July 17, 2018. The bids will be publicly opened and read aloud in the Town Clerk’s Office, Elma Town Hall, 1600 Bowen Road, Elma, NY on July 17, 2018 at 2:00PM. Specifications may be obtained or examined at the office of the Building Inspector, 1600 Bowen Road, Elma, NY during regular office hours, 8:00am to 4:00pm, Monday through Friday. This contract will be funded wholly or partially with federal funds, and as such, is subject to all federal rules and regulations pertinent thereto, including, but not limited to, federal policy of encouraging the participation of minority and women business enterprises as sources of suppliers, equipment, construction and services.

LEGAL NOTICE

Citimortgage v. Parker/Paulk SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF ERIE CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff -against- RAYSHAWN M. PARKER, SHANA D. PAULK, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated October 30, 2017, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Foreclosure Alcove, 1st Floor, Erie County Hall, 92 Franklin Street, Buffalo, NY on July 10, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. premises situate in the City of Buffalo, County of Erie and State of New York, being part of Lot 89, Township 11, Range 8 of the Holland Land Company Survey and further distinguished as Subdivision Lot 45, as shown on a map filed in the Erie County Clerk's Office under Cover No. 1182. Section: 77.76 Block: 3 Lot: 16. Said premises known as 67 SAINT FLORIAN STREET, BUFFALO, NY Approximate amount of lien $78,230.47 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Index Number 813751/2014. GREGORY J. STEWART, ESQ., Referee David A. Gallo & Associates LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 99 Powerhouse Road, First Floor, Roslyn Heights, NY 11577 File# 5025.1924

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WEDNESDAY JUNE 27 Northland Workforce Training Center Pre-Enrollment Session: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Edward Saunders Community Center, 2777 Bailey Avenue. (716)436-3229

MONDAY JULY 2 Slow Roll teams up with Panthfrica! Meet up time 5:30 p.m. at The Freedom Wall corner of East Ferry & Michigan departure promptly at 6:30 p.m.

Special Board Of Education Meeting: 4 p.m. in 801 City Hall.

TUESDAY JULY 3

Hustle for Health Urban Line Dancing with Phyllis Caver at Gloria Parks: 3242 Main St, Buffalo. 12pm - 1pm. FREE for ages 55+ 832 -1010 Durham Central City Baby Café . Info and support for pregnant and breastfeeding moms 5:30 – 7:30 pm 200 Eagle 427-0566. Urban Line Dance Classes: St. Phillips, 15 Fernhill ; 6-8 p.m.; Cheri & Darel 200-9702. THURSDAY JUNE 28 Foxie Brown Line Dance Classes: 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Schiller Senior Center, 2057 Genesee St. 444-2046. The Durham Central City Baby Café . Info and support for pregnant and breastfeeding moms 5:30 – 7:30 pm 200 Eagle St. (716)427-0566. FRIDAY JUNE 29 Beginners/Intermediate Line Dance Classes 6pm Bethel AME Church Hall 1525 Michigan @ E. Ferry. Chicago Steppin: Every Friday 7-8:30 p.m. The Pratt Center 422 Pratt St. SATURDAY JUNE 30 Taste of Diversity Festival 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Grant Street ( @ Lafayette) Youth Entrepreneur Marketplace (YEM): Fillmore @ E. Utica St. Pop Warner WNY Bills Flapjack Fundraiser: 8-10 am., Applebees, 1785 Walden ; tickets $6. go to Wnybills716@gmail. com a prepaid ticket event. The State of Our Black Family: Hosted by Umoja Inc., starts at 12 noon CAO Rafi Greene Center, 1423 Fillmore Avenue; free; (716)332-3773.

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Charter School of Inquiry Annual Meeting And Business Board Meeting: 4:45 pm at the school, 404 Edison Street. THURSDAY JULY 5 Foxie Brown Line Dance Classes: 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Schiller Senior Center, 2057 Genesee St. 444-2046. The Durham Central City Baby Café . Info and support for pregnant and breastfeeding moms 5:30 – 7:30 pm 200 Eagle St. (716)427-0566. FRIDAY JULY 6 Beginners/Intermediate Line Dance Classes Every Friday 6pm Bethel AME Church Hall 1525 Michigan @ E.Ferry Ernestine, Instructor

“The Fidelis Care Mission is central to every part of our work. We really care about helping those who need health insurance, and ensuring they have quality coverage. I’m proud that we’ve grown to serve more than 1.7 million members.” Nancy Cox-Reed Associate Operational Auditor

Chicago Steppin’: Every Friday 7-8:30 p.m. The Pratt Center 422 Pratt St. SATURDAY JULY 7 TASTE OF BUFFALO: 11am9pm, along Delaware Avenue from Chippewa to Niagara Square. NACA HOME OWNERSHIP WORKSHOP: 9A.M. – 1 P.M., New Life World Harvest International Church, 420 Minnesota Avenue; to reserve a seat go to www.naca.com or call 1-888302-6222. Mike's Smooth Urban Ballroom Dance Classes: 11 to 1 PM, Saturdays, Delavan-Grider Community Center, 877 E. Delavan Ave. 716-380-5100 class is $5

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City Wide Walk For Total Wellness: Registration 9:30 AM10:15 AM in Delaware Park walk begins 10:30 a.m. ends at Main & Northland.

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REDUCE, REUSE AND RECYCLE: Mayor Byron W. Brown has announced 32 Buffalo Public Schools successfully completed the City of Buffalo’s first-ever Environmental Champions Program. The program, which ran from February 22nd through May 11th, educated nearly 12,000 students, teachers and school staff on the benefits of waste reduction, reuse and recycling. Through the inaugural Environmental Champions Program, 196 additional recycling totes were added in the 32 participating schools across the City, and new recycling practices were put in place at the BPS commissary. “We thank Mayor Byron Brown and his team for bringing this program to our schools,” said Superintendent Dr. Kriner Cash. “I applaud the City of Buffalo and the Buffalo Public Schools teams for setting a higher bar as true champions of the environment through 34andMore.”

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