Challenger Community News April 22, 2015

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INSIDE ROCHESTER

“For Such A Time As This” Local Artist Richmond Futch Jr. to Host Exhibit May 9

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ocal Worship Artist Richmond Futch Jr. will present his 2015 art exhibit “For Such a Time as This” Saturday, May 9 from 1-8p.m. at the French Quarter, a New Orleans Cuisine Restaurant located at 130 Spring St. Rochester.

Richmond’s paintings are a depiction of today’s disparities. This is his best work by far, and a beginning to a conversation for “For Such a Time as This.” He prophetically illustrates on canvas visual statements to begin community change and healing.

This art exhibit will also bring together the visual arts, spoken word, music and more with the MJS Productions collaboration. The light refreshments will be prepared by the French Quarter staff. This exhibit is sure to entice all of your senses.

For more information please contact Richmond Futch at 585-729-9916 futch@rochester.rr.com you can also view other works of the artist at ARTS at Aviv Café 321 East Ave., French Quarter 130 Spring St. and www.propheticarts.us.

This exhibit is free and open to the public.

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Challenger Community News • April 22, 2015

Around Town *Geva Theatre Center presents The Mountaintop – a soul-stirring reimagining of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s last night on earth by playwright Katori Hall, directed

by Skip Greer, on stage now thru April 26 in the Elaine P. Wilson Mainstage . For tickets call (585) 232-4382 or go to www.gevatheatre.org *”What’s Going On” An Anthology; the Music of Marvin Gaye live; 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 22, Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N. Plymouth Ave.,Tickets at all Wegman’s locations; for info (585) 723-3334. *Dialogue on PovertyThurs., May 14, 7 pm. Screening of the Short Documentary Film: The Line. This event is hosted in partnership with the Rochester Area Community Foundation (RACF).Following screening of the documentary, The Line, ACT Rochester’s Ann Johnson and Ed Doherty, authors of Rochester Poverty Report, will lead a dialogue on local realities and impact of poverty.

Full day PreK makes all the difference!

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It’s a joy seeing my son so eager to learn. A full day has given him more time to practice his reading and writing skills, so I know he’ll be ready for kindergarten.

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-Rochelle, PreK parent

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• Healthy breakfast and lunch • Literacy and math skills • Computer learning • Music, art, and dramatic play • Indoor/outdoor play and naptime • Free RTS bus pass for parent and child Register today! Call 262-8140 or visit www.rcsdk12.org/prek

*Last Friday Jazz: Live Music with Culture Clash

Fri., Apr. 24, 7 pm.

Hosted by Dr. Carl Atkins, Professor of Music at RIT, the Last Friday Jazz Heritage Series will present fine performances of Jazz and provide audiences with the opportunity to engage in a dialogue on its history, sociology and psychology in the United States and throughout the world.

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Challenger Community News • April 22, 2015

AREA BRIEFS

Sharpton to Keynote Local ‘Justice for All’ Town Hall Meeting Here

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INSTALLED: Chaplain Henry W. Curtis III (left) the recently installed commander of American Legion, Jesse Clipper Post No. 430, presents a plaque to Past commander Reverend Eugene L. Pierce. The elected and appointed officers were installed by Bishop Marion R. Richey, Pastor of the Dayspring Church of God of Prophecy. Photo By: Elder Howard Patton

Allen Street Medical Station Temporarily Closed The Allen Street Medical Rail Station is closed temporarily until further notice due to construction of the UB School of Medicine. During this time Metro will provide fee shuttle service to and from the Summer Best Station for customer access to the Allen Medical Campus Station. Passengers need to exit trains at Summer Best Station to utilize the shuttle service.

Lights! Camera! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

A section of the Kensington Expressway will be closed at night for two weeks in May while a movie crew films high speed chases for an upcoming movie. Last week the head of Paramout Pictures “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2” praised the residents of the Hamlin Park Community and Mayor Brown for their cooperation as they prepare for the film. Residents will be alerted to low flying helicopters . The Buffalo Police were also thanked along with the Peacekeepers organization which spent much of last Wednesday handing out 2,000 flyers to residents near the expressway alerting them to the filming that will begin May 4.

Mayor Summer Youth Program Job Applications Deadline May 1 Mayor Byron W. Brown has announced that the application process for the 2015 Summer Youth Internship Program is now underway. The program will provide six weeks of meaningful employment and work readiness training to city youth this summer. He also called upon local businesses to join him in his goal of providing an increased number of summer youth employment opportunities in the City of Buffalo.

Young people between the ages of 14-21 will be employed for six weeks in the summer with the majority working from July 6 to August 14, earning $8.75 per hour.

Buffalo youth interested in applying for Summer Jobs can download an application at www.city-buffalo.com or pick one up at Buffalo City Hall in room 1701. The applications must be returned by Friday, May 1, 2015.

To be eligible for this program you must be a City of Buffalo resident between the ages of 14 and 21 and you must turn age 14 by May 1, 2015.

If you have any questions regarding the application please contact (716) 851—5887 or 851-4001. Incomplete applications will not be accepted

public town hall meeting on improving law enforcement and police-community relations will highlight a national conference on fairness in the justice system to be held June 10-13 in Buffalo.

The 27th National Consortium on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts Conference comes in the wake of protests around the nation that have highlighted distrust between police and communities.

The demonstrations have focused attention on police conduct and prosecutorial decisions.

But people of color also have long complained of disparities in other areas of the justice system, from sentencing to the treatment of students accused of minor infractions to the effects of court decisions on voter eligibility.

These and other issues will be addressed during panel discussions, plenary sessions and keynote speeches at the conference, whose theme is “Uniting Communities: Justice for All.” The public town hall meeting on improving law enforcement’s relations with the community will be held from 2:30 to 5 p.m. June 11 in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo/Hotel and Conference Rev.. Al Sharpton Center.

Common Council President Darius G. Pridgen will moderate the town hall. Panelists will include Alphonso David, New York State deputy commissioner for civil rights; Erie County District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III; Niagara Falls Mayor Paul A. Dyster; Buffalo Deputy Police Commissioner Kimberly L. Beaty and legal scholars from around the nation.

Recognizing that law enforcement is an essential function of good governance, the meeting will explore reforms and solutions that have worked in various communities across the nation to ensure justice for all.

The conference, hosted by the Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission, is expected to draw 250 judges, attorneys and others from around the country.

The Rev. Al Sharpton, president of the Community Action Network and host of MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton,” is scheduled to keynote the opening session.

The conference will examine issues ranging from alternatives to incarceration and how to assure equal access to justice in the courts, to domestic violence and protecting the right to vote during the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. Other conference sessions will probe “Zero Tolerance in the Schools: The Cure that Created an Epidemic,” recognizing implicit bias, traditional Native American peacemaking and its implications for police departments, the intersection between immigration status and the criminal justice system, and “The Business Case for Equity.”

One goal of the conference is to address the perception of injustice and feelings of exclusion among communities of color to ensure trust in the justice system.

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CALL 816-3170 or view buffaloschools.org for complete schedule and transportation information

BLACK WALL STREET

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reenwood, Oklahoma, a suburb of Tulsa, was the type of community that African Americans are still, today, attempting to reclaim and rebuild. It was modern, majestic, sophisticated and unapologetically Black. Tragically, it was also the site of one of the bloodiest and most horrendous race riots (and acts of terrorism) that the United States has ever experienced.

Today marks ninety-four years since as many as 300 African Americans lost their lives and more than 9,000 were left homeless when the small town was attacked, looted and literally burned to the ground beginning in 1921. It’s impossible, however, to realize what was lost in Greenwood, which was affectionately known as “Black Wall Street.”

Tulsa, like many cities and towns throughout the US, was hostilely segregated, with African Americans settling into the northern region of the city.

The best description of Black Wall Street, or Little Africa as it was also known, would be to compare it to a mini Beverly Hills. It was the golden door of the Black community during the early 1900s, and it proved that African Americans could create a successful infrastructure. That’s what Black Wall Street was all about.

The dollar circulated 36 to 100 times, sometimes taking a year for currency to leave the community. Now a dollar leaves the Black community in 15 minutes. As for resources, there were Ph.D.s residing in Little Africa, Black attoneys Continued Page 14

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LOCAL + NATIONAL + WORLD

Prison Scheme Allows Banks and Private Companies to Make Millions Exploiting Inmates and Their Families Posted by Nick Chiles , Atlanta Black STAR

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merican prisons have constructed an outrageous moneygenerating system that charges exorbitant fees for families to send money to inmates, for the inmates to use the money on debit cards, and even inactivity fees when the inmates don’t use the cards, according to an investigation by Al Jazeera America.

And perhaps most disgusting of all, the private companies that operate these revenue streams are required to send kickbacks to the government agencies that operate the prisons.

It is an elaborate scheme that generates millions in profits by bilking dollars and cents from some of the country’s poorest and most vulnerable families.

“Prison is a racket,” Delonda McInelly, a former inmate at Arizona’s Perryville facility, told Al Jazeera. “It really is a profitable business. The families are being treated like criminals and it’s not fair.”

State, local and federal government agencies spend tens of billions of dollars a year to operate the nation’s prisons. In addition to that, a vast web of private companies make billions providing services including transportation, food, medical care and telephone calls.

As can be expected, America’s voracious capitalist system has figured out a way to make huge dollars exploiting society’s weakest and most vulnerable people. Combined with a racist criminal justice system, the end result is that a large percentage of the exploited are Black.

And unlike with consumer debit cards, there’s no regulation of these prison release cards, meaning the banks can charge whatever they want.

This is a list of the various fees agencies manage to squeeze from inmates and their families, according to the report: *An ATM withdrawal fee of nearly $3 per transaction on the debit cards—called “release cards”—the prisons use to hand over the money the inmate has collected from family members and prison jobs when the inmate is released. *A $1.50 fee per balance inquiry. *An account maintenance fee of as much as $2.50 per week, even if no transactions are made. *A closing fee of $30 to transfer the funds to a bank account. *A fee of 30 percent or more for family members to send an electronic money transfer. * In states such as Arizona, a $25 background check fee for every first-time visitor to the prison. * In some states, an automatic 1 percent fee for every deposit into an inmate’s account.

In addition, while families previously used money orders to send funds, some facilities have eliminated that as an option, forcing families to use the pricey money transfer system, with its outrageous 30 percent fee. Facilities that still allow money orders require them to be sent to the vendor, not the prison—resulting in a process that could take weeks for the money to hit the inmate’s account. It’s a not-so-subtle way to force families to use the money transfer system.

Rosemary Collins, who has a son in Alabama’s St. Clair state prison, told Al Jazeera she has to mail a money order to the vendor Keefe Group in St. Louis.

“For a money order I have to mail it to Missouri,” she said.

“I’m in Alabama. It takes about two weeks for it to get to my son’s account. That’s the slow boat to China.”

“People used to send a money order directly to the institution and it took 2-3 days to get into your account. After JPay [one of the biggest vendors] it took 7-14 days before the money got credited,” Adryann Glenn, an inmate who was locked up in Virginia, told Al Jazeera. “JPay doesn’t really want your money order. They want you to use the money transfer.”

BlackAgendaReport Mumia :“Execution by Medical Neglect”?

Mumia Abu Jamal’s nearfatal diabetic emergency was either a case of medical neglect “or an attempt at execution through medical neglect,” said Prof. Johanna Fernandez, a member of the political prisoner’s legal team.

His supporters are demanding that Abu Jamal be examined by doctors of his choice, and that all prisoners over age 55 be immediately released.

“According to the Bureau of Prisons, 40 percent of prisoners have chronic illnesses that can lead to death,” said Fernandez. “Day after day, they are neglected in a systematic way by health contractors that put profit before the health of prisoners.”

Plenty of Black Faces in High Places, But No Justice “We’ve got a Black president, a Black attorney general, a Black cabinet secretary of Homeland Security, but we haven’t had one federal prosecution of a policeman for killing” a Black civilian, said activist and educator Dr. Cornel West, at a rally on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Four years ago, West and Carl Dix co-founded the Stop Mass Incarceration Network, which organized protests against police murders in cities around the country, April 14.

Somalis Can Defeat al-Shabaab The western governments that finance the foreign occupation of Somalia should “train and raise the quality of Somali security forces so that they can do their own fighting against al-Shabaab,” said Dr. Abdi Ismail Samatar, chair of the Department of Geography, Environment and Society at the University of Minnesota, and a native of Somalia. “It doesn’t seem that there is the good will on the part of the U.S. government to help Somalis help themselves.” AlShabaab recently massacred nearly 150 students in neighboring Kenya, whose troops invaded Somalia three years ago.

U.S. Backs Saudi Bombing of Yemen

Saudi Arabia may be the nominal leader of the coalition of Muslim nations that has been bombing neighboring Yemen for the last three weeks, but the United States is the superpower at the heart of the operation, BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka told Press TV. “

Challenger Community News • April 22, 2015

Challenger Community News • April 22, 2015

LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK – COUNTY OF ERIE INDEX# 809581/14 FILED: 02/19/2015 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE Plaintiff designates Erie County as the place of trial. The Basis of Venue is that the Subject of the Action is situated in Erie County. JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, S/B/M CHASE HOME FINANCE LLC, S/B/M TO CHASE MANHATTAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, against Daniel F. Novak, Esq., as Temporary Administrator for the Estate of George Carter, his respective heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in the real property described in the complaint herein, ELIZABETH LAWSON AS HEIR OF THE ESTATE OF GEORGE CARTER, KATHLEEN CARTER AS HEIR OF THE ESTATE OF GEORGE CARTER, BENEFICIAL NEW YORK, INC., CITY COURT OF BUFFALO, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), NA, LVNV FUNDING LLC, MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC, HOUSEHOLD FINANCE REALTY CORPORATION OF NEW YORK, THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION & FINANCE, SAM CARTER, DIANE FUNDERBURK, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: 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 ATTORNEYS 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 YOU 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. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not serviced with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may appear within (60) days of service thereof and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT: THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is the foreclosure of a Mortgage, dated June 9, 1997, executed by, George Carter, as mortgagor, to M&T Mortgage Corporation, as mortgagee, to secure the sum of $49,500.00, which mortgage was duly recorded in The Erie County Clerk’s Office on June 9, 1997, in Book 12746 at Page 1058. An Assignment of Mortgage was recorded in The Erie County Clerk’s Office on November 25, 1997, in Book 12765 at Page 4309, covering, premises known as 419 Madison Street, Buffalo, NY 14212. (Section 111.42, Block 2 and Lot 54.1). The relief sought within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt described above. To the above named Defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Shirley Troutman, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, filed along with the supporting papers in the office of the Clerk of the County of Erie on 02/19/2015. This is an action to foreclose on a mortgage. ALL that tract or parcel of land, situate in the City of Buffalo, County of Erie and State of New York, Section 111.42, Block 2 and Lot 54.1. Said premises known as 419 Madison Street, Buffalo, NY 14212. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. By reason of the default in the payment of the monthly installment of principal and interest, among other things, as hereinafter set forth, Plaintiff, the holder and owner of the aforementioned note and mortgage, or their agents have elected and hereby accelerate the mortgage and declare the entire mortgage indebtedness immediately due and payable. The following amounts are now due and owing on said mortgage, no part of any of which has been paid although duly demanded: By reason of the foregoing, there is now due and owing from the Mortgagor to plaintiff the principal sum of $28,411.59 plus interest at the rate of 7.500% per annum that has accrued prior to this action as of February 1, 2013 and late charges. UNLESS YOU DISPUTE THE VALIDITY OF THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER YOUR RECEIPT HEREOF THAT THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, IS DISPUTED, THE DEBTOR JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU AND A COPY OF SUCH VERIFICATION OR JUDGMENT WILL BE MAILED TO YOU BY THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR. IF APPLICABLE, UPON YOUR WRITTEN REQUEST, WITHIN SAID THIRTY (30) DAY PERIOD, THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE FROM THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT, YOU ARE NOT PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR THE UNDERLYING INDEBTEDNESS OWED TO PLAINTIFF/CREDITOR AND THIS NOTICE/DISCLOSURE IS FOR COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE New York State requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the summons and complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the summons and complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid, there are government agencies, and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained

by New York state Banking Department at 1-877-Bank-NYS or visit the Department’s website at www. banking.state.ny.us FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. Section 1303 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving the 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 may 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 AN ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Stiene & Associates, P.C., Attorneys for the Plaintiff, 187 East Main Street, Huntington, NY 11743 201300413

Health Matters 5 Your Rice Might Still Contain Shocking Levels of Arsenic

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ou might have heard this story back in 2012: most rice products contain significant levels of inorganic arsenic. Yes, arsenic, a known carcinogen and poison.

Consumer Reports, a magazine that investigates the safety of food and many products on the market, discovered during a test that most rice sold in the United States contains shocking levels of arsenic.

The EPA (United States Environmental Protection

Agency) states that no amount of inorganic arsenic is safe, but federal limits regarding arsenic only apply to drinking water and not to food.

Unfortunately, Consumer Reports has conducted a new study that shows the problem of arsenic is now worse than it was in 2012! After reviewing data that was released in 2013 by the FDA regarding the inorganic arsenic content of more than 650 rice or rice containing products, Consumer Reports found that rice, rice cereal, and rice pasta contained even more inorganic arsenic than they originally contained in 2012.

This new study shows that just one serving of rice, rice cakes, or rice cereal can put children over the maximum amount of rice that children should have in an entire week.

For example, one rice cake can give a child their weekly limit of rice intake in just one serving.

Rice drinks were also found to be very high in arsenic and it is highly recommended that children under 5 years of age avoid them entirely. Children

under five should have no more than one serving of rice cereal a day to limit their arsenic intake.

Arsenic is known to increase the risk of developing numerous types of cancer, and regular exposure, even to very small amounts, can cause diabetes, heart disease, and affect the immune system of fetuses.

You can greatly reduce your arsenic intake by first rinsing rice before cooking and using a ratio of 6 cups of water to one cup of rice. Just rinsing the rice well before cooking will reduce your arsenic intake by as much as 30 percent.

Additionally, choosing white rice from California, such as Lundberg brand Basmati rice, can greatly lower your intake of arsenic.

You can enjoy gluten free grains such as millet, buckwheat, amaranth, polenta, and grits as these had negligible levels of arsenic. Quinoa, barley, and bulgur were also tested and found to have extremely low levels of arsenic. These would all be smart alternative to rice. -Natural Health News and Discoveries

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FAITH BASED Community Breakfast

The Metropolitan United Methodist Church invites the community to join them for their Monthly Community “Breakfast at Metro” on Saturday, April 25 from 9 to 11 a.m. There is no charge but a free will offering will be accepted. For more information please call (716) 891-5652.

Delaware Avenue Baptist Annual Spring Concert Delaware Ave. Baptist Church Presents the 4th Annual Spring Concert Sunday April 26 at 3pm. Join us for a diverse selection of vocal groups, soloists, praise dancers and musicians. Free will offering will be accepted, No tickets, No cost for the event.

Challenger Community News • April 22, 2015

Evangelistic Temple & Community Church Center, Inc. to Celebrate 93rd Anniversary The community is invited to attend the 93rd Church Anniversary of the Evangelistic Temple and Community Church Center, Inc. on Sunday April 26. This year’s theme is “Exercising Our Faith Walking With The Lord” 2nd Corinthians 5:v7. The celebration will start at 92 Headley Place with R.I.S.E. at 9:30a.m. (Religious Instruction on Sunday for everyone ) followed by our morning worship service at 10:30 a.m. There will be numerous distinguished guests at the morning service. Immediately following service there will be a chat and chew sponsored by the Nurses Guild to be held in the Lewis W. Holley Hall. If you are a former or present member, please join us next Sunday. If you need additional information please call the Church at 881-1432.

George W. Dubois is the Pastor.

Spring Revival !

The Humboldt Parkway Baptist Church Annual Spring Revival will take place from Monday through Thursday, April 27-April 30 nightly at 7p.m. at the church, 790 Humboldt Parkway. Reverend John T. Hilliard is Pastor. The evangelist will be the Rev. Dr. James C. Blackburn Jr., Pastor of the Greater Hope Baptist Church.

FAITH & FAMILY

Challenger Community News • April 22, 2015

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Silent Servants

Silent Servants: Some of the members of the Church Ushers Association and the School of Ushering. PHOTO W ILL JONES / XAVIERS PHOTOGRAPHY

“Ever so often, God calls us into his vineyard and gives us different assignments. He never makes a mistake .He has called some to be pastors, prophets, evangelists, musicians, prayer warriors and ushers amongst many others.” (National Ushers Handbook, taken from 1 Corinthians 12:28)

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Worship This Week!

attie M. Green was called into “God’s Vineyard” almost 60 years ago after her family migrated to Buffalo from Alabama.

It was shortly after they arrived here that some members – including Hattie, then a young girl– joined Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church.

“That’s when I started ushering – all at Pilgrim,” she recalled.

“I started out on the Junior Usher Board.”

She has remained a member of Pilgrim ever since, and today she serves as the 21st President of the Church Ushers Association of Buffalo and Vicinity. It is a position she holds with special pride.

“The history of ushering can be traced back to very beginning of man’s existence,” she said referencing the Usher’s Handbook.

“God ‘ushered’ in the light and called it day, God also ‘ushered’ in Adam and Eve…God was the first Usher….He ‘ushered’ us into the world.”

-Doing the Lord’s WorkMs. Green said that ushering involves much more than just “standing at the door and showing you to your seat on Sunday morning.”

Although Ushers are the “silent servants” among the preachers and choirs, ushering is a ministry of importance and honor and plays a key role in the church.

It has been described as “a sacred and powerful responsibility,” one that has a spiritual as well as physical role. Ushers in the Old Testament were referred to as “doorkeepers” who kept charge of the House of God. “I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.” –Psalm 84:10 Often the first to arrive at the sanctuary, these dedicated men and women make sure things are in order and get into their positions to greet members and visitors and seat the congregation.

“One of the most important parts we play as Church Ushers is to help the pastor by making sure all the members and guests are greeted warmly, comfortably seated and doing whatever we can to put them in the right frame of mind for worship,” said Ms. Green.

During the worship service, ushers safeguard the entrances, aisles, exits and financial offerings of the church. And so as not to be disruptive, they master directional signs and signals, so their work can be done in relative silence (For example, the Universal Church Ushers Manual by George T. Grier sets the standard for the “service position,” with the left hand glued to the lower back, described as “a mark of distinction showing as ushers we go about our duties reverently.” It explains the discreet art of signaling, from running the fingers along the scalp, the “signal for ushers to face the rostrum” to brushing hair back with both hands, “the usher’s distress signal.”)

They keep order and exhibit the spirit of calm and humility even in the face of the most stressful moments. They help members in distress, including those who get the Holy Ghost and cannot keep their composure. And they are usually some of the last to leave after service.

In addition to their roles on Sundays, they often find themselves ushering at special programs, celebrations, weddings and funerals.

During the city-wide MLK Celebration in Kleinhans Music Hall in January, the audience was treated to the “usher experience”– most notably, a rousing demonstration of the popular

Hattie Green (center) President of the Church Ushers Association of Buffalo & Vicinity with (left) Rev. Edward Jackson,Jr., Pastor of Friendship Baptist Church and Rev. Frank Bostic (right) of PilgrimBaptist, Ms. Green’s “pastor and guide.” Photo Will Jones / Xaviers Photography.

Usher’s March. Members of the Church Ushers Association, with their white gloves, were impeccably dressed –the women in all white and the men in black suits, as they stepped proudly down the long aisles and across the stage, in step, their heads erect, gaze straight ahead, filling the great hall with spirit, pride and praise.

The Usher Board also plays an important role in the development and training of leadership among the younger generations for future service in the church – namely the Jr. Usher Board.

-In The BeginningOnce more referencing the association’s official handbook, Hattie, who holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Ushering, pointed out that The Church Ushers Association of Buffalo and Vicinity had its beginnings in the Spring of 1939 in Buffalo, New York when the late Lewis W. Holly, then Pastor of Evangelist Temple, called for all ushers to unite to form a non-denominational body during a sermon he preached to the Trinity Usher Board.

It was Bro. M.L Evans, a member of the Pilgrim Baptist Church Usher Board who answered Pastor Holly’s call and spearheaded a meeting to unite all the different usher boards.

He was supported by Sis. Mae Jackson Harwell of New Hope Baptist Church and Sis. Bertha Thompson of Trinity Baptist Church. Four Usher Boards from Pilgrim Missionary Baptist, Trinity Baptist, Calvary Baptist and New Hope Baptist, laid the foundation for the Ushers Union, which eventually led to the Church Ushers Association of Buffalo & Vicinity. Through the years Bro. Evans worked hard to better the organization and in 1942 they were united with the state and national associations.

“We are known all over the region and nationally,” Mrs. Green proudly noted.

Last November, the local association hosted a state memorial service. “Ushers came from Brooklyn and Queens to Buffalo,” she continued “and we memorialized the deceased Ushers and founders.”

Last December they celebrated their 75th M.K. Evans Founders Day, a yearly event to honor Mr. Evans.

Prior to that event, they held the annual M.L. Evans Achievement Awards Luncheon.

The organization’s 59th annual State Convention of the United Church Ushers Association will take place in Albany, New York next month, May 14-16. Mrs. Betty Butler, State President, will be presiding.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Challenger Community News • April 22, 2015

ON STAGE * “Ain’t She Brave” returns to the stage! By Erika D. Gault & Ntare Ali Gault, Friday & Saturday May 1 & 2 @ 8p.m.; Sunday, May 3 @ 6 p.m.

Johnston Theatre @ the Elmwood Franklin School, 100 New Amsterdam Ave., near Nichols School off Amherst St.; Tickets $20 general, $15 student & seniors; $25 @ door at Doris Records, both Record Theatre locations, or purchase on line at www.njoziensemble.com; Call (716-553-9491 for group rates and more info.

Capleto, AKA King Shango, The Prophet!,

The Saint Mary Jamaica native Capleto, AKA King Shango, The Prophet who is known for his Rastafari Movement and hit songs such as " Bumbo Red,” “Number One On The Look Good Chart” & “Lotion Man,” brought the house down recently at the Water Street Music Hall in Rochester where there was standing room only. He Performed his greatest hits such as “Jah Jah City,” “Nuttin Weh Dem Try,” “ Good In Her Clothes” and last but not least, closing with a song he dedicated to his mother.

"Mama You Strong."It was definitely a show to remember! Text & Images by Kay Taylor

Alemaedae Theatre Presents “F. B. E. (Family Before Everything),” written

by Phil Davis Sr. and Taura “Chyna” Stephens, directed

by Willie Judson; stars Willie Judson, John Stover Jr, Alphonso Walker Jr, Leora Owens, Ebony Pace, Mary Stone, Ayanna Williams and Terence “T-Brown” Brown; on stage at 1412 Main St. Sunday, April 12 thru Tuesday, April 28. Shows are Sunday at 4pm; Mondays & Tuesdays at 730pm. Advance Tickets are $15. $20 at the door. Tickets may be purchased at Doris Records 286 E Ferry Ave and online at www.atpgalaxy.com.

Call 716.602.6253 for reservations and information.”

SEE YOU AT THE EVENTS!

*Blues Legend, 78 year-old Buddy Guy, 7 p.m. UB Center for the Arts, $39 - $49; Wednesday April 22. *The Temptations, Thursday, April 30, 8:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, May 1 & 2 @ 9 p.m. tickets start at $25; ; Chubby Checkers, May 5, 6, 7 @ 3 p.m. Tickets $30 ; Fallsview Casino Resort, Niagara Falls Canada; at the box office all Ticketmaster locations or online at www.ticketmaster.ca *Blues Hall of Fame Tour featuring Charlie Mussellwhite, James Cotton and John Hammond Jr., 7 & 10 p.m., The Tralf Music Hall, 622 Main St.; tickets @ Tralf Box Office and at ticketmaster. com. *Afrika Bambaataa , Saturday April 25, 8 p.m. Dukes Bohemian Grove Bar, 253 Allen St.; 716-240-9359 www. dukesboheminiangrovebar. com *Doo Wop Legends Tour featuring The Vandellas, Lenny Welch& Shades of Blue, Riviera Theatre, Saturday, May 16 @ 7:30 p.m.; 67 Webster St. N. Tonawanda, 692-2413. *Kenny G live in concert, Friday, Aug. 7, 8 p.m. Riviera Theatre, 67 Webster St. N. Tonawanda; 692-2413.

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avigating the education journey can be as exciting as it is valuable. This is the experience of a charming young Buffalo, Eastside student. Lorena Miller is into the second half of her sophomore year of high school. At spring break she took off for a school trip to China. The trip included three weeks visiting various cities in China. At segments of the trip, Lorena actually lived with selected Asian families and stayed in quality hotels. This is a phase of Lorena’s educational journey. Lorena is in her 6th year of studying Chinese. The travel to China will reinforce this learning experience. Lorena visited the Great Wall of China, and of course shopping centers including the Silk District.

Lorena recently returned from her journey and is giving a visual presentation of her 17-day trip. The trip was educational and revealing of another world power. On Sunday, April 26 at 11:30 a.m., She will share her experience at Blessed Trinity Church, 317 Leroy ( building behind rectory).

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Challenger Community News • April 22, 2015

Scènes de Ballet: A Violin and Ballet Concert featuring Ballerina Amirah and Maestro Henri Star Muhammad

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t age 14 Amirah Muhammad is both a violin child prodigy and an accomplished ballet dancer, and this summer she is the only ballet dancer from Western New York to audition and be accepted in the country’s top ballet company, the American Ballet Theatre in New York City.

To raise funds for this prestigious opportunity on Sunday, May 17 at 3 pm Amirah will be joined by her father Maestro Henri Star Muhammad and the Muhammad School of Music (MSOM) Chamber Orchestra to present an electrifying concert of Violin and Ballet titled “Scènes de Ballet”. The Aloma D. Johnson Charter School Auditorium at 2408 Main Street in Buffalo will provide the back drop for an afternoon of artistic brilliance featuring Amirah performing on violin, and in originally choreographed ballets set to the music of the MSOM Chamber Orchestra lead by Maestro Henri.

The concert will also feature special guests from the Buffalo City Ballet, Ms. Barbara School of Dance, Vocalist Carmelita, Master Khechen

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Join us Sunday, May 17, and be a part of the artistic experience of Scènes de Ballet.

Amirah (Ami), b orn and raised in Buffalo, New York, she is of El Salvadorian and Black American parentage.

Amirah began her ballet studies at the age of 3 years at Buffalo City Ballet. Since that time she has honed her ballet skills studying not only in Buffalo, but internationally.

For more information, tickets, group sales, sponsorship, or to make a donation contact: Muhammad School of Music 617 Main Street, Suite 105

Buffalo, New York 14203 (716)570-5064, (716)8815088 Email: MuhammadMusic@ aol.com

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Challenger Community News • April 22, 2015

School Reform Roulette

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here seems to be no end to the “plans” to install new leadership for the Buffalo Public Schools. The Governor and Board of Regents threaten to appoint an all-powerful “czar” to turn the District around, curtail the Unions, expand the charter schools’ footprint and close low-performing schools.

Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples-Stokes plans to introduce new legislation to allow

mayoral control, which Mayor Brown says he’s willing to assume but wants to hear what the community thinks.

The Board majority, led by its most vocal member Carl Paladino, is intent on appointing a Deputy Superintendent who will be the heir apparent to the position of Superintendent when Mr. Ogilvie’s resignation becomes effective on July 1st. If the Buffalo News is correct Paladino’s person is

a current Principal, who has never left his building. The B o a r d ’s minority has called for Barbara Seals a local/ Nevergold national search to find the best qualified, experienced and competent individual to fill the position. Attendees at three community

forums, held by the minority last week, are in favor of a broad search that will include community input and seek a qualified individual from a diverse field of candidates.

The proposal for mayoral control has produced an interesting range of responses. The business, philanthropic, higher education and other leaders, who are usually very eager to offer suggestions about school leadership, have been uncharacteristically silent on the matter, at least publicly. The Buffalo News reported in an April 19th article that Mr. Wilmers has had conversations with Lt. Governor Hochul and members of the Governor’s office on the topic. And he’s in favor of mayoral control. He’s previously aired his views on the state of the public schools.

But does he speak for the community? Others, including Board members from both camps have expressed questions about the structure of the mayoral model and the benefits. As usual, however, one member has gone on record vehemently opposing the idea in terms that would suggest that Mayor Brown should back off or risk becoming a leading member of a new group that one might label as the “brotherhood”.

Carl Paladino’s April 18th letter to the editor succinctly informed Mayor Brown to “stand aside and leave it to others to do the heavy lifting.”

Paladino pointedly asked if the Mayor wanted “mayoral control to extend the status quo and re-empower those who have fed at the public trough….” He asserted that if the Mayor “hears voices who want change”, they are the voices of “status quo advocates riled by the Board of Education minority to oppose change.” These statements echo the same biased rhetoric used over and over again when Mr. Paladino denigrates and attempts to negate the voices of the minority Board members and any other individual who disagrees with him, e.g. Dr. Pamela Brown, Dr. Mary Guinn. Even Assemblywoman PeoplesStokes became a target for harsh criticism for her support of new Regent Dr. Catherine Fisher Collins. As the focus of Mr. Paladino’s ire shifts to mayoral takeover, will it now be the Mayor’s turn to join the disdained? Rev. Kinzer Pointer, another object of Paladino ridicule, may have inaugurated the “brotherhood” when he rallied the Concerned Clergy Coalition to support a national

superintendent search. Mr. Paladino’s treatment of Don Ogilvie, the man he once considered his vision-bearer, has earned Mr. Ogilvie honorary status in the group.

Carl Paladino has been transparent about his goal from day one. It’s apparently shared by the other four Board majority members. His mission is to “dis-assemble” the public schools. In the April 18th letter, he defines his “reform agenda” as one which is intended to upset “advocates for the status quo and exposing the underbelly of an institution wrought with incompetence, morale problems, lack of leadership, waste and family and friends rather than merit promotion and appointment.” The level of hypocrisy demonstrated by these statements is astounding. These accusations come from a man, who has contributed significantly to the poor morale and the instability of the system; who is promoting cronyism and his own “family and friends” initiative; whose plan for the new “leadership” of this district is questionable;

SILENT SERVANTS continued tional United Church Ushers Association of America, Inc. will be held in Sacramento, California.

The National organization, which represents 15,000 members and 28 State Affiliates, is one of the largest interdenominational church ushers’ organizations in the country.

Buffalo, said Ms. Green, will be well represented in California.

A veteran of at least nine national conventions, she said that the gatherings are both beneficial and informative; updating ushers on any changes and providing inspiration and encouragement thru workshops, speakers, the exchange of ideas and plenty of interdenominational networking.

-A Working OrganizationThe association meets on Mondays at 794 East Delavan, the Ushers Home since 1972 where the School of Ushering is held every third and fourth Tuesday of the month. Business meetings are held every first Monday of the month.

There are currently approximately 33 area churches represented in the organization. In addition to regular meetings, the local Ushers Association stays connected through the hosting of special services three or four times a month at member churches celebrating their anniversaries.

In March the organization celebrated the Elijah Hamilton (founder) flag Day at Friendship Baptist Church.

In addition to Ms. Green serving as president, other elected officers include: Joey Bush, 1st vice President; Rosemary Wilson, 2nd Vice President; and Yvonne Darden, Chairman of the Board.

Pearlie Mae Hargro, who was the former president, served for three historic terms.

The organization also boasts the Viola Starling Ushers Chorus, made up of ushers from different churches who usually sing at special programs. Dora P. Wilson serves as President of the chorus ; Bobby Williams is the Musician and Jackie Jordan is the Directress.

Hattie noted that over the last few years the organization has lost three dedicated members; two deceased, Joe E. Morrow (Pilgrim Missionary Baptist) and Pleasant Mack (Elim Christian Fellowship) and one member, Margaret Eison (Pilgrim), relocated.

-Highway to HeavenOne of the staple songs in the Black church for any Usher’s Day celebration and march is “Highway to Heaven.” It is Hattie Green’s favorite.

It’s a highway to heaven, none can walk up there

But the pure at heart. It’s a highway to heaven,

I am walking up the King’s highway.

There is a connection. The work rendered by these “Silent Servants” - whether it’s for nearly six decades like Hattie Green or a new member - is indeed for a higher purpose and reward; connected directly to that highway…to heaven.

-alnisa banks (Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church, which will celebrate its 80th Church Anniversary in September, is located at 665 Michigan Avenue and Pastored by the Rev. Frank Bostic.

References: Mashaun D. Simon and Ralph Wheeler, The African American Lectionary, a collaborative project of the African American Pulpit and American Baptist College of Nashville; the National Usher’s Handbook.)

Challenger Community News • April 22, 2015

THE BILLION DOLLAR QUESTION....

The Buffalo Billion Eastside Action Disinformation and rhetoric will not help our Plan is Being Finalized community unite “What good are 'Cranes in the air' when the guys who drive those cranes wash off the dirt and mud in bathtubs in Orchard Park, Cheektowaga and all points outside of Buffalo; especially the eastside of Buffalo?”

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ver the past several months, the residents and taxpayers in Buffalo's eastside neighborhoods and business commercial strips have been busy meeting with community leaders and block club activists to develop a plan that will address many of the most pressing economic needs that are devastating our neighborhoods and communities. The first meeting was held on Wednesday, March 4th followed by April 4th and April 15th at the Frank E. Merriweather Library. In these three meetings, more than 200 regular citizens (not rich millionaires or self serving elected officials) sat down and wrote out their top ten initiatives that they wanted the Billion Dollars for Buffalo to help fund. These three meetings were also reinforced by input from 20 members of the Delavan Grider Senior Citizen program as well as numerous participants from Masten District Councilmember Demone Smith's monthly breakfast.

Up to the aforementioned meetings initiated and organized by this writer and the Warriors group, there has been little or no opportunity for citizens' input into the state's designations for the money. Additionally, since most of the specific designations have come from politicians and other government officials, it is quite obvious that in this round of billion dollars designated and allocated, the public, the taxpayers and the poverty status of a community that spearheaded the governor's generosity, have been ignored at Betty Jean worst and taken for granted at best.

The top priority that has generated the most response is economic Grant development in neighborhoods, on eastside commercial strips and jobs for the underemployed and unskilled young, Black men who do not have the money or transportation to get to those suburban training programs once (or if ) the union would allow them to join or sign up. The Billion for Buffalo's agenda has been widely touted and distributed in all neighborhoods in the city. It takes very little for a significant number of inner city residents to see that they have been clearly left out. Why should they be proud that monies, that were known to be designated to the city months ago, arrived and we had not advocated for or implemented training programs or union-backed apprenticeship programs so that we could stop watching people coming, working and then leaving our community, to go home? What good are 'Cranes in the air' when the guys who drive those cranes wash off the dirt and mud in bathtubs in Orchard Park, Cheektowaga and all points outside of Buffalo; especially the eastside of Buffalo? The Outsource Resource Center, on Fillmore Ave., has been asking for government help every since they opened almost ten years ago. A compassionate and fair-minded administration on every level of government would have come to their and the community's aid long before they almost wore themselves out by begging and pleading.

We Are Women Warriors and my legislative district office are in the process of recording and documenting the response of the taxpayers and voters who attended the meetings. Once they have been prioritized and categorized, they will be presented to the elected officials on all levels that represent Buffalo, the media, block club and community leaders and finally, the general public. This initiative should be completed around the middle of May. With the work that we have compiled, with 100% input and participation from the public, one cannot say that the much touted, citizen participatory budget process is not working. Finally, I want to thank the members of We Are Women Warriors and other groups who gave so much of their valuable time to contribute to this historic and yet, new level of citizen participati SHARPTON TO SPEAK continued

all,” said Associate Justice Rose H. Sconiers of the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court.

Sconiers is chair of the Judicial Commission and was instrumental in bringing the conference to Buffalo. The commission was created in the late 1980s in response to surveys indicating a widespread public perception that race played a significant role in the outcome of court cases. It was charged with, among other things, recommending ways to increase minority representation among judges and other court personnel and making court proceedings fairer.

The Honorable Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge of the State of New York, and the Honorable A. Gail Prudenti, Chief Administrative Judge, will receive special awards at the closing banquet on Friday night, June 12th. The conference also will offer tours showcasing the Michigan Avenue heritage corridor and Underground Railroad sites, Buffalo’s other historic sites and Niagara Falls.

For registration or other information about the conference, visit national-consortium.org/. For sponsorship information, call (212) 428-2790.

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Carl Paladino is a Bully!

Dear Editor: A commentary recently appeared in the local daily writThe Buffalo Billion is a recruitment tool serving as a catalyst in ten by a civil rights attorney attracting new economic development, not for social services who stated that Carl Paladino and quality of life issues. We are stronger together when we are is being mislabeled as “racist” organized and well informed. because of his observations isinformation and rhetoric will not help our communi- and initiatives in regard to the ty unite and take advantage of the opportunities in our problems facing the Buffalo own backyard. Leaders have the responsibility to create public schools. I disagree, as bridges of honesty and trust that put the community on a path he states that Paladino is only identifying what he perceives to success. That is not done through misinto be problems that need corformation, confusion, and empty rhetoric. recting.

Facts and providing the community with tools to make their own informed opinion I would like to point out hat helps people of color who are already at a all organizations, business disadvantage. Information empowers and etc. have disagreements on rhetoric divides. The Buffalo Billion is a how things are done. Howrecruitment tool serving as a catalyst in atever, there is a big difference tracting new economic development, not for when you attack individuals social services and quality of life issues. We on a personal basis calling are stronger together when we are organized Crystal Peoples them names, insulting them, and well informed. making racists comments and STOKES

Buffalo is on a path of historic attempting to belittle them. renewal, with statewide and national focus on our city. Buffalo This is a long way from an is an international destination for innovators and those ready to honest and constructive demake a difference. The Buffalo Billion included the 43North bate on issues and problems business competition, which has received applications from facing the public schools. countries across the world and women of color from here in New York State. These women are working on the East Side of Buf- As I see it, Carl is a Bully, and falo in an incubator space and seeking to grow their business in I know public schools have a global economy. If you have a business that you are looking to a policy against bullying for grow especially on the East Side of Buffalo, create a good plan, students. If the administration and reach out to Empire State Development (ESD); my office for the Buffalo Public Schools is willing to help in any way possible. The Buffalo Billion has does not have a policy in place over $600 million in available funds and ESD has funding that against bullying as it relates to focuses on starting, retaining and expanding business.

Board members, they need to

put one in place and put a stop

If you ask most, The East side, starts on Main Street to this. Then maybe the Board and goes east towards Washington, Ellicott, Michigan, Fillmore can go about the business of Broadway etc. The Medical Campus which is east of Main dealing with all the problems Street and next to the Fruitbelt, receives national attention with facing the public schools and their progress in the health and life sciences industry. The Buf- work together on coming up falo Billion and the subsequent billions with solutions without all the generated from public and private investment did not leave out attacks by one Board member the East Side of Buffalo. upon another - which inciden The Compass East Building, formerly the vacant Shee- tally can be seen to be “racist” ha as they are always upon the n Hospital, serves as commercial space for Time Warner Cable, African American members BAK USA, and McGuire Development which has a nursing pro- of the Board and not the other gram onsite. The Buffalo Billion created advanced manufactur- members of the Board. ing training at Burgard High School on the East Side of Buffalo, and it is now consolidating property to create a new advantage Perhaps Mr. Paladino should manufacturing workforce development and industrial corridor resign from the Board and go on Northland Avenue. back to his private business if

We all have the opportunity to take part in the new he can’t conduct himself in a Buffalo. We all know what barriers are in our way as minorities. more professional and acceptWe are stronger together when we are organized and well in- able manner. formed. Facts and giving the community the tools to make their own informed opinion helps people of color who may already be Hosie Arnold President at a disadvantage. Information empowers and rhetoric divides.

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and who scorns dissenters as “advocates for the status quo” and feeding “at the public trough” while being a benefactor of public monies for years. Only one example, of many, needs to be cited to underscore this point; the Board of Education’s multi-year, million dollar plus lease with Ellicott Development for the building that housed Middle Early College until 2014.

The push to hire the Deputy Superintendent, aka the Superintendent, is being fast tracked. Mr. Ogilvie will recommend a candidate for the Deputy Superintendent to the Board at the April 29th meeting. Mr. Paladino has stated that he’s already selected his candidate. The implication is that Mr. Ogilvie will concur with his choice. As far as Paladino’s concerned, a national search is not needed; in fact a local search is unnecessary. Furthermore, he believes that the majority were given a mandate in the last election. Therefore community engagement, including input from and accountability to, are not needed.

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from the truth. Our children deserve an educational leader, who has the credentials, experience, knowledge and competencies to move the District forward. We may find that candidate locally, but without

a search we will have another Superintendent that the Board majority plans to manipulate.

And unlike Mr. Ogilvie, they may not resist. We seek and value input from community stakeholders and urge you to

call, write, email, speak to or otherwise make your opinions known. The reformers’ mantra is that there needs to be a sense of urgency regarding the schools. We agree. There is an urgent and immediate need for the community to raise their voices in opposition to the plan to dismantle our schools.

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LEGAL SUMMONS Index No. 810685/2014 D/O/F: September 17, 2014 Premises Address: 34 LANG AVE BUFFALO, NY 14215 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF ERIE BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff, -againstCRAIG JENKINS AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF WILLIE F. JENKINS SR.; JERRY JENKINS AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF WILLIE F. JENKINS SR.; LONNIE JENKINS AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF WILLIE F. JENKINS SR.; PATRICIA JENKINS AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF WILLIE F. JENKINS SR.; PERRY JENKINS AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF WILLIE F. JENKINS SR.; WILLIE F. JENKINS JR. AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF WILLIE F. JENKINS SR.; JOHN DOE 1 THROUGH 50; JANE DOE 1 THROUGH 50, INTENDING TO BE THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DISTRIBUTES, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, TRUSTEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, AND ASSIGNEES OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIE F. JENKINS SR. WHO WAS BORN ON APRIL 15, 1930 AND DIED ON AUGUST 4, 2012, A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY OF ERIE, THEIR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST IF ANY OF THE AFORESAID DEFENDANTS BE DECEASED, THEIR RESPECTIVE HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE AFORESAID CLASSES OF PERSON, IF THEY OR ANY OF THEM BE DEAD, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE HUSBANDS, WIVES OR WIDOWS, IF ANY, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO THE PLAINTIFF; SAEED ALSAID; ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; LVNV FUNDING LLC A/P/O CREDIT ONE BANK NA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; NIAGARA FRONTIER TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY; PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES O/B/O VICKI FAUL; ''JOHN DOES'' AND ''JANE DOES'', SAID NAMES BEING FICTITIOUS, PARTIES INTENDED BEING POSSIBLE TENANTS OR OCCUPANTS OF PREMISES AND CORPORATIONS, OTHER ENTITIES OR PERSONS WHO HAVE, CLAIM, OR MAY CLAIM, A LIEN AGAINST, OR OTHER INTEREST IN, THE PREMISES, Defendant(s), TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff's Attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

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.

The following notice is intended only for those defendants who are owners of the premises sought to be foreclosed or who are liable upon the debt for which the mortgage stands as security.

YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. The amount of the Debt: $113,987.84 consisting of principal balance of $81,250.40 plus interest of $24,958.10, escrow/impound shortages or credits of $4,145.70, late charges of $322.22; Broker’s Price Opinion, inspection and miscellaneous charges of $2,252.00; Surrogates Search $21.73; attorney fee $500.00 and title search $537.69. Because of interest and other charges that may vary from day to day, the amount due on the day you pay may be greater. Hence, if you pay the amount shown above, an adjustment may be necessary after we receive the check, in which event we will inform you.

The name of the creditor to whom the debt is owed: BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC. Unless you dispute the validity of the debt, or any portion thereof, within thirty (30) days after receipt hereof, the debt will be assumed to be valid by Rosicki, Rosicki & Associates P.C. If you notify Rosicki, Rosicki & Associates P.C. in writing within thirty (30) days after your receipt hereof that the debt, or any portion thereof, is disputed, we will obtain verification of the debt or a copy of any judgment against you representing the debt and a copy of such verification or judgment will be mailed to you by Rosicki, Rosicki & Associates P.C. Upon your written request within 30 days after receipt of this notice, Rosicki, Rosicki & Associates P.C. will provide you with the name and address of the original creditor if different from the current creditor.

Note: Your time to respond to the summons and complaint differs from your time to dispute the validity of the debt or to request the name and address of the original creditor. Although you have as few as 20 days to respond to the summons and complaint, depending on the manner of service, you still have 30 days from receipt of this summons to dispute the validity of the debt and to request the name and address of the original creditor.

TO THE DEFENDANTS, except: The Plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action.

TO THE DEFENDANTS: If you have obtained an order of discharge from the Bankruptcy court, which includes this debt, and you have not reaffirmed your liability for this debt, this law suit is not alleging that you have any personal liability for this debt and does not seek a money judgment against you. Even if a discharge has been obtained, this lawsuit to foreclose the mortgage will continue and we will seek a judgment authorizing the sale of the mortgaged premises.

Dated: September 15, 2014 Shanna J. Black, Esq. ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff Main Office 51 E Bethpage Road Plainview, NY 11803 516-741-2585 Help For Homeowners In Foreclosure New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. Mortgage foreclosure is a complex process. Some people may approach you about “saving” your home. You should be extremely careful about any such promises. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. There are government agencies, legal aid entities and other non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about foreclosure while you are working with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANKNYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the Department’s website at www.banking.state.ny.us. The State does not guarantee the advice of these agencies.

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EMPLOYMENT BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Please check out our website at:

ATTORNEY Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc. seeks analytical and self-directed individual for landlord/tenant law. Requires extensive federal regulatory material relating to public and subsidized housing, state landlord/tenant law to provide legal advocacy and assistance to clients facing homelessness/eviction, link clients with public benefits necessary to remain housed or to find new housing, develop and present at community education events. Qualifications: 1-4 years member New York Bar, good communication and writing skills, demonstrated commitment to the goals and clients of the legal services program, sensitivity to the needs of financially disadvantaged and disabled persons, evening court and event availability. Spanish speaking helpful. $39,849-$46,326. Excellent benefits. Minorities, women, persons with disabilities, gay, lesbian, and transgender are all welcome and encouraged to apply. Please send resume and references to (no phone calls please): Grace Andriette, Supervising Attorney, Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc., 237 Main Street, Suite 400, Buffalo, New York 14203, gandriette@nls.org

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legal SUMMONS INDEX NO. 810090/2014 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF ERIE Date Filed: 9/3/2014 Plaintiff designates Erie County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated. MidFirst Bank, Plaintiff, -against- Acea M. Mosey, Erie County Public Administrator, as Administrator for the Estate of Deborah A. Scott, Gerard Scott, as Heir to the Estate of Deborah A. Scott, Buffalo Neighborhood Revitalization Corporation, Evans National Leasing, Inc., Dean Tybor a/k/a Licensed Dependable Construction, Inc., Erie County Department of Social Services, Asset Acceptance LLC aao Sprint/PCS, Ebonee Rice, United States of America, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance and "JOHN DOE #1" through "JOHN DOE #10", the last ten names being fictitious and unknown to the plaintiff, the person or parties intended being the persons or parties, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the mortgaged premises described in the Complaint,, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the attorneys for the plaintiff within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York; or within sixty (60) days if it is the United States of America. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclosure a Mortgage to secure $127,700.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Erie on April 27, 2000 in 12879, Page 5409, covering premises known as 297 Pratt Street, Buffalo, NY 14204. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. 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. DATED: Bay Shore, New York: September 3, 2014 By: Todd Falasco Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, New York 11706 (631) 969-3100 Our File No.: 01-068477-F00

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Teacher:The Park School of

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See www.theparkschool.org/ employment for more details.

Comptroller: The Erie County Industrial Development Agency (ECIDA) is seeking a Controller to manage the day-to-day accounting and financial functions, including financial reporting, project accounting, annual operating budgets and other financial matters for multiple companies. In addition, this position will provide strategic operation and financial analysis to senior management and Board members. Qualified applicants can their submit resume to jregan@performancepros.net

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 Friday 1 May, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud for:

ROOF RECONSTRUCTION – 1963 BUILDING

P.S. 28 – EMERSON CULINARY SATELLITE PROGRAM

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BUFFALO, NY 14220

Beginning Tuesday, 21 April, 2015, 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 716-995-7777.

Owner can assume no responsibility for errors, omissions, or other misinformation obtained via other bid document distribution resources.

A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held at the facility on Friday, 24 April, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. The Project Manager will be present. Eligible bidders are required to attend this walkthrough or another previously arranged & documented site visit with the Project Manager and/or District personnel.

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, 716816-3026.

Paul McDonnell, AIA Director of Facilities Planning

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Wednesday April 22

Friday April 24

Khametic Ascendants: 9-10 a.m. & 12:30 am (after midnight), public Access 20.

Mary B. Talbert Civic and Cultural Club Scholarship Gala: 6 p.m., Salvatore’s Italian Gardens; 603-9281 for ticket information.

First Niagara Free Homebuyer Fair: Larkin at Exchange Bldg., 726 Exchange St. 5-7 p.m.; 888-606-6754 or email MyMortgage@fnfg.com The Durham Central City Baby Café: every Wednesday and Thursday 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

200 E. Eagle in the Durham Outreach Center. Dinner is free! Doris Gayles 885-6348.

Saturday April 25 NAPPY HOUR! Hair to Go Natural, 727 Main St., 5-9 p.m. $25 holds your seat on the party bus!

Thursday April 23

College Access Pathways Day: D’Youville College Academic Center on Porter Avenue; 9:30 a.. to 2 p.m.; open to all juniors and seniors & their families; 829-7731 for information or adsitj@dyc.edu or Antwan Barlow Upward bound 829-8142, barlowa@ dyc.edu

HOME Celebrates 52 Years of Service: 5 p.m., Lafayette Hotel; Pastor George Nicholas guest speaker. 854-1400 ext. 17.

Unique Sisters First Annual Awards Dinner Banquet : 5-9 p.m., School at Seneca, 666 East Delavan Ave; $10 presale, $15 @ door.

Health and Healing Circle: 2-4 pm 70 Harvard Place; for info: myhealthyadvantage@ yahoo.com or call 218-0373

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neys and doctors. One doctor was Dr. Berry, who owned the bus system. His average income was $500 a day, hefty pocket change in 1910.

As we often saw before integration, Blacks in the area created entrepreneurial opportunities for themselves, which housed an impressive business center that included banks, hotels, cafes, clothiers, movie theaters, and contemporary homes.

Greenwood residents enjoyed many luxuries that their White neighbors did not, including indoor plumbing and a remarkable school system that superiorly educated Black children.

It was pure envy, and a vow to put progressive, high achieving African Americans in their place that would cause the demise of the Black Mecca many called “Little Africa”, and its destruction began the way much terrorism, violence and dispossession against African Americans did during that era. A young White woman accused a young Black man of attempted sexual assault, which gave local mobs and White men acting as police just cause to invade the unsuspecting community. On the malevolent and horrifying attack, Linda Christenson writes the following: “The term “race riot” does not adequately describe the events of May 31—June 1, 1921 in Greenwood... In fact, the term itself implies that both blacks and whites might be equally to blame for the lawlessness and violence. The historical record documents a sustained and murderous assault on black lives and property. This assault was met by a brave but unsuccessful armed defense of their community by some black World War I veterans and others.

Whites looted and burned to the ground 40 square blocks of 1,265 African American homes, including hospitals, schools, and churches, and destroyed 150 businesses. Among these were 21 churches, 21 restaurants, 30 grocery stores and two movie theaters, plus a hospital, a bank, a post office, libraries, schools, law offices, a half dozen private airplanes and even a bus system. As could have been expected, the impetus behind it all was the infamous Ku Klux Klan, working in consort with ranking city officials and many other sympathizers.

White deputies and members of the National Guard arrested and detained 6,000 black Tulsans who were released only upon being vouched for by a white employer or other white citizen.

Nine thousand African Americans were left homeless and lived in tents well into the winter of 1921.”

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Saturday April 25 Jack & Jill Beautillion: 6 p.m., Salvatore’s Italian Gardens; Tickets $55, 834-9101 for info.

“Tell Me A Story”: Featuring Tradition Keepers-Black Storytellers of WNY, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Merriweather Library.

Book Signing & Motivational Tour for Pastor Dre (Eli Marshall Evans Grant): Meet & Greet, EM Tea Coffee Cup Café, 80 Oakgrove Ave. Sunday April 26 Book Signing & Motivational Tour for Pastor Dre (Eli Marshall Evans Grant: True Bethel Baptist Church, 8 & 11 a.m.

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Monday April 27

Wednesday April 29

African Consciousness Workshop: 6-7:45 p.m., Merriweather Library; Jefferson @ Utica; every Monday. Public invited.

“Living In the Community: Changes & Continuing Challenges” conference: ;8 a.m. – 4 p.m., UB Harriman Hall 105 South Campus; abmarcum@ buffalo.edu

Book Signing & Motivational Tour for Pastor Dre (Eli Marshall Evans Grant: Michigan Avenue Baptist Church, 511 Michigan, 7 P.M. “State Of The Human Race” Address.

Tuesday April 28 Book Signing & Motivational Tour for Pastor Dre (Eli Marshall Evans Grant: Zion Dominion global Ministries, 895 North Forest Rd., 7 p.m.

“State Of The Human Race” Address.

Thursday April 30 Spring Fling Wobble-A-Thon for the Re-Election of Betty Jean Grant: 5:30-8:30 p.m., Golden Nugget, 2046 Fillmore; $25 donation. 6025877.

CASH Financial Literacy Workshop for Adults & Kids: “Internet Safety” 5 p.m. West Side Community Services, 161 Vermont St.; 884-6616 for info.

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COLLEGE ACCESS PATHWAYS DAY SET FOR APRIL 25

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’Youville College received at $73,000 federal College Access Challenge Grant from the Higher Education Services Corporation to help provide college preparation and financial aid information to low income high school students and their families.

It will also be used to provide services to students with the completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), the federal financial aid eligibility form.

D’Youville will hold a free “College Access Pathways Day” April 25, 2015 in the D’Youville Academic Center on the Porter Avenue campus from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. It is open to all juniors and seniors and their families who reside in the City of Buffalo. The Academic Center is accessible from the D’Youville Fargo Avenue parking lot and Connecticut Street.

“The primary objective for the project is to remove barriers that low-income students face by providing low-income households who have children eligible to enter college in 2015 with this special assistance,” said Jason Adsit, dean of D’Youville’s School of Arts, Sciences and Education. “We will set up a comprehensive, year-long program to reach multi-ethnic families on Buffalo’s West Side.”

In addition to FAFSA assistance there will be college preparation advisement at Pathways Day. To register for the event visit: www.dyc.edu/CAPD For more information call (716) 829-8235 or CollegeAccesspathways@dyc.edu

Challenger Community News • April 22, 2015