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Taking Care of Business!

NATIONAL

The Murder of Stephon Clark is Painfully Familiar Page 11

Pionne Corbin: From Intern to GEICO’s First Female and African American Regional Vice-President Page 4

LOCAL

The Return of GiGi’s Page 9

ENTERTAINMENT Drea d’Nur’s Divine Mission Page 8

Let’s Celebrate Head Coach Felisha Legette-Jack! Page 13

PRESORTED STANDARD U.S. POSTAGE PAID BUFFALO, N.Y. PERMIT NO. 164

INSIDE ROCHESTER

At The Baobab... 728 University Ave. 585-563-2145

•Thurs. March 29 @ 7 p.m. Open discussion on successful single parenting - come share your story. The stereotype of the single mother is often presented as one of failure and a looming demise for the children. Yet there are many success stories of single parents who get the job done, on the parent side as well as with their careers. However, they are the silent majority. Speakup! Share your story. •Fri. March 30th @ 7p.m. FILM: Living Thinkers: an Autobiography of Black Women in the Ivory Tower. Through frank and sometimes humorous conversations, this documentary interrogates notions of education for girls and women and the stereotypes and traditions that affect the status of Black women both in and out of the Academy. A film by Roxana WalkerCanton 2013, 75 minutes,

"The Meaning Of Resurrection"

First Community Interfaith Institute Inc present its annual lecture from Minister, Lawrance Lee Evans Sr. Minister Evans will lecture on "The Meaning of Resurrection" Sunday, April 1 at 4 pm at 219 Hamilton Street. Founded in 1970, First Community Interfaith Institute Inc is a spiritual and cultural organization, plus a teaching church. First Community Interfaith Institute Inc has a successful after school program (the Charles Riley Tutorial Program) and effective case management services. These activities are connected to the discipline Doology, which was developed by Minister Lawrance Lee Evans Sr. The discipline Doology is a manifestation of Minister Lawrance Lee Evans' teacher/ grandmother Madam Martha McMiller Jordan, who was a mystic and diviner. All faiths are welcome."The Meaning of Resurrection" promotes academic excellence, spiritual (religious) tolerance and self-empowerment. You do not want to miss Minister Evans' historical presentation.

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Black Student Caucus of the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School to Host Historic Alumni Revival Commemorating 50th Anniversary

his April the Black Student Caucus of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School has turned fifty years old and has chosen to celebrate in a memorable way with a Jubilee Worship Service on Thursday, April 5 and a Golden Gala honoring the protestors of the 1969 Lockout on Friday, April 6. The Black Student Caucus is a student organization founded in 1967 by Black clergy who were desiring to make a greater impact on the Rochester community. This organization hosted numerous events and were an active participant in the civil rights movement of the 1960’s. The organization is most known for its orchestration of the “lockout” which took place in March of 1969. Immediately following the assassination of civil rights leader and notable alum Martin Luther King Jr., the group decided that the representation of AfricanAmericans among faculty, staff, and board members was insufficient and concerns dealing with the Black church were not adequately accommodated. Although the school instituted incremental changes, the Black Student Caucus felt that the school was dragging its feet. So, on March 1, 1969, the Black Student Caucus occupied Strong Hall, which is the main building on campus, and locked all the doors preventing anyone from entering. The sit-in caught national headlines and created mixed emotions among the Rochester residents. The sit-in lasted 17 days which were filled with numerous meetings between the group and the administration of the school. Eventually, a compromise was reached that resulted in three African-American faculty positions and six African-American board members. Ultimately, the confrontation led to the creation of the first Black Church Studies program in the nation that was created and chaired by Rev. Dr. Henry Mitchell. The Black Student Caucus will be officially celebrating fifty years during its annual Alumni Revival. On April 5th from 6:30 to 8 p.m., the Black Student Caucus will conduct a “Jubilee Worship Service” at Genesee Baptist Church where alum Rev. Dr. Vera E. Miller is host pastor. The special guests for the evening include guest preacher alum Bishop T. Anthony Bronner of Elim Christian Fellowship located in Buffalo, NY and The Zion Hill Mass Choir of Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church where alum Rev. Dr. Richard Douglass is senior pastor. In addition, On April 6th from 6:30 to 9 p.m., that Black Student Caucus will host “The Golden Gala” at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School to commemorate the life and service of the protesters of the 1969 Lockout. They have invited back the surviving members of the historical standoff and have prepared a formal event to celebrate fifty years of the organization's existence. The evening will be filled with good music, food, and fellowship. Tickets are $50 for one and $90 for two and are available to the public. Tickets can be purchased either online at (eventbrite. com/e/the-golden-gala-tickets-42819482224), in person, or by mail (1100 S. Goodman St, Rochester, NY 14620) with checks or money orders made out to “Black Student Caucus.”

Black Young Professionals Annual Date Night Auction

Join the Rochester Black Young Professionals for their biggest charity event of the year! The 6th Annual Date Night Auction will be held Saturday, March 31 at 7 p.m. A Meet & Greet will take place at 8 p.m. and auction at 10 p.m. Admission is $25 and $30 at the door. This is a 21yrs+ event where guests can meet and bid on some of Rochester's finest bachelors and bachelorettes. All proceeds will benefit the Urban League of Rochester's Black Scholars Program. Tickets, sponsorship, and vendor tables can be purchased at www.rocbyp.org.

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AREA BRIEFS

“Inside The Rainbow”: A Dream Scammed Vivian Jackson was one of those scammed by fake grant writer accused of 'hoodwinking' over 30 churches and other non-profit oganizations out of more than $200,000 plus. Scam artist to be sentenced May 4.

Dr. King

Buffalo Will Host Its First Martin Luther King Legacy March on Wednesday April 4th Buffalo will host its first King’s Legacy March on Wednesday April 4tth as a re-enactment of the “I Am A Man” Sanitation Strike/ March and to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy on the 50th anniversary of his assassination. The community is urged to participate. Marchers will assemble at Antioch Baptist Church, 1327 Fillmore Avenue at 4:30 p.m. to march into MLK Park. The event was organized by Western New York Federations AFLCIO, AFSCME, the NAACP, CBTU, the National Action Network, CEJ, CSEA, the Buffalo Urban League and the City of Buffalo. For more information call (716) 8520375.

Black Chamber of Commerce of WNY Holiday Meeting Notice There will not be a general meeting on Saturday, March 31 for the Black Chapter of Commerce of WNY due to the Easter Holiday weekend. The chapter will reconvene the last Saturday in April on the 28th. Also there will be a networking event on Thursday, April 19 at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

MOON WATCH

FULL MOON Saturday, March 31 Rely on your senses (hear, feel, taste, touch) to resolve conflicts. Be very conscious of organs and senses.

Deputy Speaker Eve

Former Deputy Speaker Eve Honored on 85th Birthday The students at the Arthur O. Eve School of Distinction #61, Home of the Arts at 453 Leroy Street held their annual celebration of the birthday of former Deputy Speaker Eve last week. Mr. Eve, who turned 85 on March 23, was a leading champion of educational, economic, and social equality. School #61, the only neighborhood school in the Central Park area, was named in Mr. Eve’s honor on February 12, 2015 for his tireless community efforts and commitment to the education and care taking of our community’s children. He served in the New York State Assembly for 36 years until his retirement in 2002. During that time he put into action the principles of access and opportunity to higher education by developing an appropriations bill that gave birth to the SEEK/ Educational Opportunity Program. He continued to spearhead legislative efforts to open doors to education throughout his career, including the legislation that helped to launch EOC, which also bears his name – The Arthur O. Eve Educational Opportunity Center. Mr. Eve is also a founding father of The Challenger. Congratulations to a true legend!

ast June 5 Vivian Jackson held a big ribbon cutting to announce the upcoming “Inside The Rainbow” community complex. Several months ago she hosted a well attended community meeting to introduce new designs for the facility. She was, she believed, just one more step closer to realizing her dream of providing children with a safe alternative to the streets and offering spiritual guidance to adults and young people in times of need. She was especially excited about the facility’s planned skating rink, as were many of the children at the most recent community gathering. Inside the Rainbow was to be a much needed one-stop recreational and spiritual establishment on the city’s East side. But that dream, along with the hopes and dreams of several Black churches and other nonprofits, turned into to a nightmare reality when the alleged “grant writer” they had all trusted and paid to deliver, was arrested for fraud. State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman recently announced that Christina Gordon of Buffalo has been accused of posing as a grant writer and successful fundraiser who convinced over 30 organizations that she had applied for and received state-awarded grants on their behalf. INSIDE THE RAINBOW: Vivian Jackson poses during ribbon She charged fees for her services, estabcutting last June with artist rendering of her dream complex. lishing a fictitious staff and stole more than $200,000 from area Black churches, non profits and local businesses. The lies, false promises and fake “proof” that the grant money was coming, led the churches and groups to spend over $345,000 in Capital Improvement projects while they waited for grants that did not exist. She even posed as Schneiderman, sending letters to groups, which were fake. Gordon is said to have spent the stolen money on travel, clothing and jewelry. She has pleaded guilty to grand larceny in the second degree, a scheme to defraud in the first degree and criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree. According to the Attorney General’s office, Gordon, a repeat felon, has criminal record dating back to 1989 and has spent time in federal prison. She was released last January (2017) and shortly afterwards started her scam Christina Gordon after getting a job at a church. Gordon will be sentenced May 4 to 7 ½ to 15 Years in Prison “I really thought she was my friend,” said Vivian. Her home church, Elim Christian Fellowship, was also hit hard by the scam artist. Another church she scammed, Good Shepherd Temple of Christ, was left with its roof half complete after it was discovered that the repair money didn’t exist. An anonymous donor recently gave the church enough to get the roof fixed. Vivian, an established business woman and proprietor of Cookieland child care facility admits being disappointed, but remains strong in her faith. She has not taken her eyes off the prize despite being victimized. “My dream is still real,” she said with conviction, “because it’s God’s plan. I believe my dream will still come true.This experience only made me stronger and made me wiser.”

“Move Up the Ladder, Start a Career in the Buffalo Fire Department!” Mayor Byron W. Brown and Fire Commissioner Vincent V. Muscarella recently kicked off the City of Buffalo’s recruitment campaign for the 2018 Buffalo Firefighter Exam. The theme of the recruitment effort is “Move Up the Ladder. Start a Career in the Buffalo Fire Department.” “The firefighter exam is only offered every four years, so it is critical to inform as many Buffalo residents as possible about the opportunity. A career with the Buffalo Fire Department not only offers an opportunity to provide a critical service to the people of our City, firefighting is also a personally and financially rewarding profession,” Mayor Brown said. The deadline for submitting exam applications is Monday, April 9, 2018. The exam will be given on Tuesday, May 1, 2018. In 2013, the last time the Buffalo Fire Department (BFD) entry-level exam was given, 2,500 people took the test. The final group of 66 eligible recruits from that class began their training Base pay for Buffalo firefighters starts at $35,000 a year, and can range up $68,461, annually. Continued Page 10

Abaché and Cudjoe Kazoola Lewis in the 1910s. Mr. Lewis was brought to America as a slave aboard the Clotilda.Cred-

itHistoric Sketches of the South, 1914

The Clotilda, the Last American Slave Ship Around 1860 Captain William Foster admitted to torching the Clotilda, the last American slave ship, to mask the fact that he was smuggling enslaved Africans. The vessel had reportedly just delivered 110 Africans from modernday Benin before Foster and his crew set fire to it. The captives were freed just five years after they were enslaved, thanks to the end of the Civil War. The group, 110 strong, originally asked their captor, an Alabama steamboat captain and plantation owner named Timothy Meaher, to pay for passage back to Africa. After he refused, they appealed to the U.S. government, again to no avail. Ultimately, some members of the group bought a small piece of land north of Mobile from Meaher and created Africatown, where some of the descendants of the original slaves still live. They spoke their native tongue, farmed using traditional African methods, and ran their own school. They created a small piece of Africa in coastal Alabama. -The discovery that wasn'tA 19th-century shipwreck was discovered by Alabama reporter Ben Raines who stumbled upon the shipwreck in January after abnormally Continued Page 13

Business

Pionne Corbin: From Intern to GEICO’s First Female and African American Regional Vice-President

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE! Darnell J. Haywood Jr.

BankOnBuffalo named Darnell J. Haywood Jr. as Community Office assistant branch manager for its downtown Buffalo branch in the Electric Tower. He previously worked for three major local banks and will be responsible for branch management assistance, customer development, and employee development. He is a graduate of Bryant & Stratton College.

Rochelle Brown

BankOnBuffalo named Rochelle Brown as community office assistant branch manager for its most recently opened branch in Williamsville. She has more than 25 years of experience with three major local banks in branch management, customer service, small business services and

mortgages.

Andrew C. Onyeji, CPA

joined Buffalo Audit & Accounting Department of Freed Maxick CPAs, P.C. as a supervisor. He is an MBA graduate of University at Buffalo. He was previously with a national firm in its New York City office, and a member of their banking and capital markets practice.

Kalen Mitchell

AAA Western and Central New York announced the addition of Kalen Mitchell as a new insurance sales representative at the Amherst office. He is an agent with a background in sales and customer service.

Catherine Roberts

Catherine Roberts was elected to the Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Buffalo board. She is the senior vice president for the Community Action Organization of Western New York, where she oversees the day-to-day program operations for one of the largest not-for-profit human service agencies in the area.

Karla Gadley

Karla Gadley was elected to the Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Buffalo board. Gadley currently serves as senior vice president, community development officer for Five Star Bank, where she is responsible for overseeing, coordinating and providing strategic direction for the bank’s Community Reinvestment Act.

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By Jennifer Earle Strickland Pionne Corbin’s oversight of GEICO’s auto insurance operations spans the entire northeast region, covering 7 states, from Maine to New Jersey; about 1.4 million customers, and includes approximately 2,600 employees

ince 1999, the name GEICO, brings to mind the image of the reptilian creature, the gecko; the featured character of the company’s widely popular and successful advertising campaign. However, GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company), founded in 1936 by a Texan couple, is one of the largest corporations in the world, and is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, the mega-corporation that reported 2016 revenues of $223.6 billion, and earned the position of #2 on Fortune 500’s 2017 prestigious list of the top 10 most successful companies. GEICO, definitively one of Western New York’s largest private sector employers, currently provides insurance coverage to more than 16 million policyholders, and over 24 million vehicles. The company, which insures both government and non-government employees, according to their website, is one of the fastest growing insurers in the U.S. They have perhaps planted an indelible footprint in the path of American business and industry. Pionne Corbin; wife, mother, and Regional Vice-President of GEICO’s northeastern U.S. (Auto) division since 2016, is an example, inspiration, and testimony to how hard work and persistence will support a determined candidate in their quest for success. She is the company’s first female and African American regional vice-president. Corbin, a graduate cum laude with a B.A. in Economics from the University of Mary Washington, joined the company in 1993 as a management intern, then rose through the ranks in various supervisory and management positions. In 2012, she was promoted to Director, then in Pionne Corbin Regional Vice President Jerome Shadwick 2013, elected to Assistant VicePresident over Buffalo Underwriting, and in 2015, to AVP of Claims. Corbin’s area of oversight of GEICO’s auto insurance operations spans the entire northeast region, covering 7 states, from Maine to New Jersey (excluding New York); about 1.4 million customers, and includes approximately 2,600 employees whom she encourages in retention (corporate loyalty), growth, and success. She promotes achievement through education and, in her role as VP, includes actively influencing current employees, through mentoring, and seeking quality, diverse, and inquisitive-minded candidates for future employment. She believes that the company’s internal culture ultimately affects its external brand. Pionne Corbin attributes her success at GEICO to not being afraid to seek advocates and mentors to guide and support her on her journey. “Sometimes, we’re our own worst enemy,” declares Corbin. “You must speak up and put yourself forward. Seek for influences and access to opportunities.” Before moving here, the former resident of the Washington, D.C. area was well aware of the racial disparities of the corporate world and in the Western New York area. She knew that her responsibility would not be to make others “comfortable” with having an African American female at the helm. Although her vision is to have a workforce that is recognizably diverse, making THE TEAM: Pionne Corbin (in red) poses proudly with some of the others feel less intimidated by who we are as Black women “shouldn’t be necessary. As African GEICO Buffalo employees. Photo Jerome Shadwick American women, we should bring people together, from multiple communities. This creates synergy.” Mindful of this personal action plan, Corbin’s positivity leaves little, if any, room for consideration of challenges. Her focus is on getting the job done. “Work hard; produce high-quality work; be confident in your abilities.” Pionne Corbin, an African American woman who has earned the rank and respect worthy of her position in a corporate community still widely dominated by white males, shares, with a smile in her voice, that the most rewarding part of her job is to hear that someone who she’s mentored, has been promoted or reached a milestone in their path to success. Her advice to young people speaks volumes. As the mother of both teens and middle-school aged children, she is genuinely concerned about the future of our youth and strongly encourages them to take advantage of information and resources; to have curious minds. GEICO’s college internship program is available to students who are looking to establish a coordinated path to their success. “If you seek information, opportunities will find you. Always be aware of what’s happening in your world, and connect to others who will support you.” Words of wisdom from a woman who’s proved their worth. –

Jennifer J. Parker of Jackson Parker Communications

Buffalo’s Innovative PR Consultant Known For Getting The Job Done!

ennifer J. Parker is the founder/owner of Jackson Parker Communications, an Innovative PR and Marketing firm in Buffalo NY. Energized by making things happen with creativity and strategy, she developed Jackson Parker Communications ( JPC) in 2008 and continues to work towards excellence with a primary focus on making sure her clients stand out from the competition, a philosophy that over the years has helped her firm grow as a leader in public relations in Buffalo. “It’s important that we deliver the very best work possible for our clients,” Says Ms. Parker. Her firm JPC has been successful in creating several campaigns and events that have become brand builders in WNY and has introduced newsworthy and memorable program brands such as Think Big with 43North (encouraging minority and women entrepreneurship), and The Pitch Buffalo (a business plan competition for minority and women owned business owners in the Buffalo NY area), as well as the marketing and ground breaking events surrounding the launch of the city’s Parkview Apartments, AP Lofts at Larkinville and the recent and heightened audience engagement surrounding the film The Blackness Project. This powerhouse publicist’s drive to raise awareness and community interaction has been successful on all fronts from bringing a more diverse audience to Canalside to promoting business opportunities for MWBEs.

Her dedication to the city of Buffalo and the community (that she considers home) has been immeasurable and plays a significant role in the surge of awareness surrounding the talents and businesses of local residents. Parker says, “In addition to the focus on quality and innovation when working on projects, I feel it is important to create business opportunities for other minority and women businesses.” She continued , "It is important for every small business owner to develop a unique brand for their business that projects quality and value for potential clients”. The Jackson Parker team includes recently added Project Manager Dana “Roxie” Harris to the team, a Buffalo native and graduate of Canisius College and Syracuse University New House School of Communications. Jennifer is a graduate of SUNY at Buffalo Law School and Johnson C. Smith University. In 2009 she made history as the first female and African American Chairperson of the Buffalo Niagara Convention and Visitors Bureau. Visit www.jparkerpr.com to learn and find them on social media IG @jackson.parkerpr or FB @JacksonParkerPr . -L.H.

Business

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BUSINESS Assistance

Small Business

Development Center at SUNY Buffalo State The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at SUNY Buffalo State provides management and technical assistance to start-up and existing small businesses throughout Erie County and the Niagara Frontier. •As a center with Buffalo State’s School of the Professions, the SBDC brings together the resources of SUNY Buffalo State, the Private Sector, and government agencies to counsel and train small businesses to resolve organizational, financial, marketing, technical, and other obstacles they may encounter. •The SBDC’s knowledgeable and experienced staff provide expert one-to-one counseling, training, and instructional programs to help small businesses succeed. Any existing small business, firm, or individual considering starting a small business may request assistance. There are no charges for direct counseling by the SBDC under this program. Please contact the center at (716) 878-4030 to set up an appointment.

People You Should Know

Lavonne Ansari is CEO of Community Health Center of Buffalo Inc. Ansari has grown this federally funded medical provider into the 68th largest Million Dollar Nonprofit with 11.8 million in revenue, 127 employees and sites in Buffalo, Cheektowaga, Lockport and Niagara Falls that serve thousands of patients.

Team Mootry & Murphy

BUSINESS PROFILES Dr. Keli-Koran F. Luchey founder of Lucid Pathways LLC Helping Clients Create Clear and Concise Visions For Their Future

ducator, Advisor and Counselor, Dr. Keli-Koran F. Luchey, is the founder and CEO of Lucid Pathways LLC, a business she launched in 2008 that provides educational consulting, life coaching and personal counseling to clients both near and far working with thousands of students and business clients both small and established. “I have worked with many clients who encounter obstacles that leave them feeling “stuck and unable to progress” says the Buffalo native, “At Lucid Pathways, clients learn to eliminate excuses, conquer obstacles and work to check goals of their Lucid List” a list she says identifies goals the client wants to experience while living. Her company has successfully partnered with local businesses and Institutions like ECMC, General Motors, Praxir, CAO, D’Youville, SUNY Buffalo and Buffalo State College Buffalo Urban League and True Bethel Baptist Church (to name a few). She has become well known locally, nationally and internationally through her dynamic Lucid Vision Board presentations to corporate companies, private groups and public venues around the United States and abroad and has been taking her signature workshops on the road from Buffalo, NYC and other WNY areas to Washington DC. Charlotte NC, Atlanta and Toronto where she has hosted and engaged more than 150 people. Despite her busy schedule of juggling her current position as High School Assistant Principal at Sweet Home High-school and serving as a certified New York State School Counselor, Co-Host of popular radio show Real Talk Live on Power 96.5, Keli remains dedicated to her business Lucid Pathways LLC helping launch others into their own dreams, “It’s my goal to instill in every person the belief that they are all full of promise rather than at-risk or failure and these exercises of visual manifestation truly helped clients work towards their desired goals.” Dr. Keli holds a PhD in Counselor Education an M.Ed in College Counseling & Student Personal Work as well as a B.A. in Psychology and Women’s Studies all from SUNY Buffalo. She also has an M.Ed in Education and Administration from Canisius College. She has received countless awards for her commitment and contributions to the community over the past 29 years. Go to lucidpathways.com to learn more or on Instagram @thedrkeli or FB @Lucid Pathways or twitter @lucidpathways.com -Leah Hamilton

Northland Workforce Training Center is Now Recruiting! Advanced manufacturing is about innovation and technology. Many of the products used everyday are engineered, developed and manufactured here in Western New York, from laptops and cell phones to life- changing medical devices. Advanced manufacturing is Stephen Tucker, President & also a growing sector in need of CEO, heads the Workforce highly skilled employees- more training Center Initiative. than 20,000 advanced manufacturing jobs will be available in Western New York in the next 10 years. The energy sector is also in need of new talent with nearly 50 percent of the energy workforce in New York State expected to retire in the neXt five years. As a result, there is now great demand for skilled talent (YOU), necessary to fill these critical job openings. The time is now to build your future with advanced training, comprehensive support services and post-training job placement into entry level jobs paying between $30,000- $40,000 per year with the potential to earn upwards to $100,000 annually. It all begins at Northland Workforce Training Center. Northland Workforce Training Center is uniquely designed for individuals 18 years or older to reduce all the major barriers that prohibit students from enrolling and completing postsecondary education, Through SUNY educational partners, Northland offers a college education, One Year Certificate and Associate Degree Programs as core offerings. Once you’ve completed your coursework, Career Coaches and Placement Specialists will work with you to obtain employment and support you for three years after job placement. The Northland Workforce Training Center is now recruiting for technical classes that begin in August and September 2018. Space is limited, so secure your future today by contacting them at 716-436-3229 or apply online at northlandwtc.org

eam Mootry & Murphy consists of Mia Mootry, Tamika Collins-Murphy, Franchesca Sudduth and Joyce O’Riley. The team specializes in educating first-time buyers in the buying process. The team prides itself on helping buyers purchase homes with little to no money (or using FREE money from various partnering agencies)out of pocket. Team Mootry & Murphy also assists sellers with navigating through the selling process from staging, marketing, and negotiating. The team holds buyer seminars twice a year to audiences of over 100 first time buyers. They have been in the real estate business for over six years and have helped many Western New Yorkers find their first home, investment home, commercial property or sell their home when they are upsizing, downsizing or relocating. While excellent communication and negotiation abilities contribute to their success, Mia and Tamika credit their love of God, knowledge of the Buffalo area and teamwork with their fast rise in the real estate industry. "Working as a team, we can assure our clients that there will always be someone there to answer your questions or address your concerns" Tamika and Mia are indeed blessed!! Let them assist you in buying or selling that perfect home! Call (716)534-8495.

Meet Starr

Owner, Chic Bundles “The Allstate MWEE program was an amazing experience for me. It helped me to understand what my brand is and who my core customers are. I applied processes we discussed in class and was able to grow my revenue by more than 50%. This is my first year in business and we have already exceeded our sales goals! This program was so worth it.” -Starr Ango, 2017 Graduate

FAITH & FAMILY

Easter Sunday Fellowship Brunch Love Alive Fellowship Church Sisterhood (Women) Ministry & ALIVE Youth will present an Easter Sunday Fellowship Brunch Sunday, April 1 from, 1-3pm at 141 Lewis Street in the Fellowship Hall. Join us for a awesome time with a variety of food, youth presentations, treats and more! Please contact the church office for more information at 716-856-1670. Bishop-Elect, Dr. Jeffery Bowens is Pastor.

Good Friday Service Macedonia Baptist Greater Apostolic House of Prayer invites you to celebrate Good Friday service with diversity Ministers and great music. Date: March 30, 2018 Time: 12 noon Host Pastor: Bishop Jacqueline Foye

"Preaching Women" Tune in to the "Preaching Women" Radio show targeted to Female Clergy Saturdays @10:30 Totally Gospel 100.3 FM Host: Pastor Valerie Foye

Church Announces Trip to Lancaster, PA for "Jesus" Production

Come join the Senior Ministry of the Macedonia Baptist Church for the first time stage production of “Jesus” at the Sight and Sound Theater in Lancaster, PA. Departing Thursday April , 5th and returning Friday April 6th for more information contact the church at 886-3489

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“From Homicide to Healing” Anti-Violence "Taking Our Cities For Christ" Revival A "Taking Our Cities For Christ Revival Movement" event with Ecumenical Prayer Service The National Action Network (NAN) Buffalo-Niagara Chapter will host its 5th annual “From Homicide to Healing” Ecumenical Prayer Service on Saturday, March 31 from 12 noon to 2 p.m. at Delaine Waring AE Church, 680 Swan Street. The event is in recognition and support for the family members of Homicide victims at this healing and prayer service. Grief counselors, ECMC Trauma Chaplains and family support agencies will be on site. For more information call NAN at 299-8299 or Delaine-Waring AME at 842-6747.

Miracle Missions To Celebrate The Birthday Of Dr. James A. Lewis With A Musical Concert Join Miracle Missions Full Gospel Church as we host a Birthday Celebration for Overseer, Dr. James A. Lewis III, Senior Pastor. This joyous event takes place 4pm April 15 at Miracle Missions Full Gospel Church located at 406 Sycamore. The incomparable Mary Craig will be the Master of Ceremony.You will be blessed by musical selection by our guest choirs. We welcome all area church choirs, community choirs, psalmist & praise dancers to join us!

Rev. Dr. Andrew T. Holtz, Jr. will be held Wednesday, April 4 through Saturday, April 6 at Fellowship World Church, 878 Humboldt Parkway. Bishop - Elect John H. Young, Sr. is Host Pastor.

"Taking Back Our Cities for Christ "is a national campaign to help communities regain civility and VICTORY over victimization to senseless crime and related disorders, subsequently, impacting the global community. Pastor Holtz is the author of the book “Why Should Anyone Bother To Change How We Do Church: Why Should Anyone Really Listen?” He has served as an AMEC Pastor and Presiding Elder in Alabama, he has also served congregations in Georgia, South Carolina, Pennsylvania. He is the former pastor of AGAPE AME Church of Buffalo, NY.The Rev. Dr. Holtz has also served in the area of church planting, mission evangelism, and leadership - congregation - community development in The United States, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Ghana, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Bermuda, and Canada. His global travels include eight African nations, four European nations, one Asian nation, and nine Caribbean nations.

We’ve come this far by faith, leaning on the LORD. Trusting in His Holy Word, He never failed me yet!

FAITH & FAMILY

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Tops Market Working With Community to Improve Services: Esther Smothers Joins Store's Crew

etired legislator Betty Jean Grant started with a Facebook post in late January regarding less than ideal conditions at the 1275 Jefferson Ave. Tops supermarket. What came of that was a meeting between Tops executives and area residents on February 7th. March 21st, Tops met again with residents at a forum hosted by Grant and the group We Are Women Warriors at the Jefferson Street Merriweather library. The Tops panel incorporated feedback they'd gotten with research of their own and came prepared to present a plan of action for satisfying customer concerns. Masten District Councilman Ulysees Wingo Sr. opened recounting the historically supportive and accommodating relationship cultivated over time with Tops and the East Side community, despite the fact that the Jefferson store operates at a loss for the franchise. This particular location is plagued by an unusually

By Nanette D. Massey

high rate of "retail shrinkage" (shoplifting) at a time whenTops as a whole has recently filed for bankruptcy and debt restructuring. Cheryl Colbert, Director of Customer Experience, discussed two employee events that served the purpose of solidifying employees as a team, introducing new and existing incentive and reward opportunities, and impressing "the ripple impact of wanting to come to work on other employees and the community." The store will be using a new sales tracking software that will help forecast more accurately for staffing at peak hours, days, and times of the month. Store manager David Christopher reported that many problem employees have been identified and removed, some twenty new employees have been hired, and reiterated his intent to instill "a new sense of urgency and accountability." David has also joined the Jefferson Avenue Business Asso-

ciation. While he's been with Tops for eighteen years, he's only been at the helm of this locale since January. When questioned about his potential longevity, he assured the assembly that he will remain "for as long as you'll have me." District Manager Mike Dudziak announced truck visits of perishables has increased from three to five a week, and improved produce sales numbers are already showing. The store has also initiated a provision allowing kids a free piece of fruit during each shopping visit. The store has added more ready to go meals, subs, and pre-sliced meats in order to decrease waiting time at the deli counter, many for as little as $6. They'll also be letting more consumers know about its partnership with InstaCart. com, an online service for shopping from your computer or phone and having groceries delivered to your home the same day.

Senior shoppers cited difficulty finding convenient parking. In response the store will be reserving additional spots near the door for patrons with disabled parking permits, and security personnel will spend more time patrolling the lot for parking offenders. They'll also be highlighting the first Tuesdays of the month, where seniors get a 6% discount on their total bill. The big story of the evening was the addition of Esther Smothers to the store's crew. Esther served for over two years as assistant to Legislator Grant. Before that she was with HSBC Bank servicing exclusively their high end "Premier" clientele. At the February meeting, she offered to volunteer time training Jefferson employees in the finer points of customer service. Tops executives called the following day and met her initiative with a job offer instead. Esther will be responsible for helping retain new employees by reinforcing better customer service habits, and performing

New Hope Baptist Church New Hope Baptist Church will be showing the movie “Risen” on Sunday April 1, 2018 at 8:30 am with worship services to follow at 10am. The church new location is at 2090 Genesee St.

White Rock Missionary Baptist Church “All About You” Esther Smothers

some community outreach duties. Said Ms. Smothers, "I'm from the community. I have a proven record showing a real desire to enhance our community. I'm not just doing my job, I genuinely care." Ellicott District Councilman Darius Pridgen gave Tops high marks for this move in his March 23rd Facebook post, believing that Esther will be in a unique position to present suggestions to East Buffalo young people that may be perceived with less neutrality coming from someone who doesn't necessarily identify with them.

An “All About You” benefit worship concert featuring Alaina Cottrell for the Dr. I. Daniels Scholarship Fund will be held at the White Rock Missionary Baptist Church, 480 East Utica St., on Sunday April 8, 2018 at 4pm. Dr. I. Daniels is the pastor.

New Miracle Temple Women Conference New Miracle Temple will be holding a Women Conference on Saturday March 31, 2018 at 1321 Kensington Ave., 1pm. The focus of the conference will be to help and give encouragement to those in need in all areas of their lives

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Drea d’Nur 's Divine Mission C

alling Drea d’Nur a renaissance woman is a vast understatement. The Buffalo-born singer, songwriter, filmmaker, and community activist has been on a divine mission with her multimedia stage show “The Spirit Of Nina” and its offshoot “Dear Nina” to celebrate, give gratitude to and manifest the spirit of the incomparable Nina Simone. Matt “I first BAUER heard her s o n g “Strange Fruit” and I was very moved by her sound and her ability to bring the words to life,” explains d‘Nur of her first encounter with Simone‘s music. “I felt that I could see the image of the words in the way that she delivered. I felt a deep connection to her because as a singer my strength is in moving people so she was the first person I could really relate to.” That connection has evolved into a spiritual , and you might even say, preordained voyage that has taken the nickel citybased mother of five on three European tours and has also seen d’Nur emerge as a film director (she’s helmed 2 of a projected 10 short documentaries on Nina) stage producer, artist with counsel from Simone herself. “People think I’m crazy but I know that I saw her in a dream and she was kind of floating and staring at me but I could here her talking and she walked me through this entire process. I have a painting of her that sits on my piano so I see her when I practice. I have a painting of her home on my wall. So she’s all around me. I don’t need anybody to tell me that they understand why I’m doing this. I know this is what Nina wants me to do and that assurance allows me to move forward with a sense of confidence but also a sense of grace because I know I’m doing it for her. She’s my ancestor, she’s my spirit guide.” Simone’s uncompromising life has also informed d’Nur’s community activism and her idea of art as a force for social change. She basically sacrificed, if you will, the image of success in order to sing protest music and some of her songs like “Four Women,” Mississippi Goddamn” were banned from the radio at a time that

she was highly in demand and that hurt her career. Ultimately she left America because of the injustices, especially when they killed Dr. King. She was doing well musically but she sacrificed everything to use her voice to speak about what was happening to Black people at the time. As an artist, it is an artist’s duty to reflect the time. You should be reflecting what’s happening at the time and painting about it and writing about it at all costs because art has a way of speaking up for injustices in a way that no other entity is able to do. “Also I learned the power of community coming together. In order for her to take her piano lessons the whole community came to pay for those lessons in a time that the community was highly segregated. I actually went to her hometown last year and I developed a relationship with a man that knows everything about her .I did a documentary there and went to her home, just knowing how the community operated, how small it was and how segregated it was it still came together because of her heart. She was so professional

Drea performing "Dear Nina" with a string ensemble from Rootstock Republic at Albright Knox recently. Photo Tom Loonan

as a classical pianist that they believed in her. We need to look to our children and set aside our differences.” A sense of community and a thank you to Simone was definitely fostered recently at the Albright-Knox Gallery with “Dear Nina” which featured d’Nur accompanied by a string ensemble from Rootstock Republic which paid homage to Simone’s roots in classical music and black excellence. “It was very intimate, you could hear a pin drop almost

through the entire night. There were two standing ovations. I did “Ne Me Quitte Pas” for the first time, it went over very well. We did “Wild Is The Wind” and “Strange Fruit” with dancer Jessica Hutchison (Buffalo-born) who did an interpretive dance.” While she readies “Dear Nina” for the road (this week’s upcoming performance at New York’s Joe’s Pub is a sellout), hopes to make “Spirit of Nina” a Broadway or offBroadway production and her documentary work continues,

ON STAGE •West African Drumming Ensemble with Diaspora Drum and Dance, Tuesday, April 10, 7:30 p.m. Rockwell Hall, Buffalo State College, 1300 Elmwood Ave. Tickets available Rockwell hall, 2nd Floor or by phone 878-3005 Drea will be releasing new music within the next three months which will include short stories to accompany the music. “I have a passion for telling stories,” she says. If Drea d’Nur’s life thus far, is any indication, she’ll certainly have many more chapters to share.

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The Iconic GiGi’s Soul Food Restaurant Set to Reopen, But It Won’t be on E. Ferry and Jefferson

here was much fanfare on Tuesday when Mayor Brown announced that the iconic soul food restaurant, GiGi’s would be reopening. But to the surprise of many in the community, it won’t be on East Ferry and Jefferson. It will be about a mile from its former site. Their new location? The Workforce Training Center at the Northland Corridor where the new GiGi’s will occupy about 3,900 square feet inside the 683 Northland Avenue site. The restaurant will be open to staff and students of the Northland Workforce Training Center. Starting in August it will be open to the community as well with “traditional" dish favorites and an expanded menu to include “healthier options.” GiGi’s Darryl Harvin was selected by the Buffalo Urban Development Corp. (BUDC) to operate a full-service kitchen and café at the facility. It will be able to serve up to 450 students, employees and staff as well as diners from surrounding neighborhoods. The restaurant will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. According to reports, final details are being made with Mr. Harvin. Construction is still underway. Mayor Brown is chairman of the BUDC and Council President Darius Pridgen is a board member. GiGi’s was forced to close its Ferry street location after decades of operation under the guidance of its beloved owner Blondine “Gigi” Harvin following a grease fire in 2015. According to our sources that building has been sold.

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The Murder Of Stephon Clark is Painfully Familiar:

Protesters swarm downtown Sacramento following deadly police shooting

emonstrators protesting the fatal police shooting of a 23-year-old unarmed black man in Sacramento, California blocked the entrances to a downtown basketball arena last Thursday night amid chants of “Black lives matter,” prompting police to shut down admission to a Sacramento Kings game. Thousands of fans were prevented from entering after protestors formed a human chain in front of arena doorways, leaving the seats inside the arena nearly empty. Two officers, responding to a report of someone shattering car windows on Sunday night, March 18, fired 20 shots at Stephon Alonzo Clark before killing him in his grandmother's back yard. The encounter was captured on video, which was released on March 21. The family’s attorney, Benjamin Crump announced that an independent autopsy is planned. Crump had represented the family of Michael Brown, the black teenager whose 2014 shooting death by police in Ferguson, Missouri, near St. Louis, sparked nationwide protests. Since Brown’s death, a series of killings of unarmed Black men by police across the United Stated has fueled a nationwide debate about racial bias and the use of lethal force by law enforcement officers. “Emotions are high,” Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn told the media amid the demonstrations. “People are angry — and they want answers. And we intend to give it to them.” Hahn, the city’s first Black police chief started his job in August. The city was led for years by a Black mayor, former NBA star Kevin Johnson. But mistrust between African American residents and the police remains high. A city that is 35% white is policed by a department that is 74% white. Blacks are 14% of the population and 4% of police officers. Video released by the Sacramento Police Department depicts a frantic foot pursuit through darkened streets pierced by white slivers of police flashlights.When officers spotted Clark approaching a house, they shouted: “Show me your hands! Stop! Stop!” The officers find him under a covered patio. “Show me your hands! Gun!” an officer shouts and ducks behind the wall in a fraction of a second. Clark steps toward the officers. Behind the wall, one of the officers issues another command. “Show me your hands!” And then: “Gun, gun, gun!” Both officers open fire. Sparks from the bullets light up a helicopter’s infrared camera in sharp white pops.The sequence, from the first glimpse of Clark on the patio to the first gunshot, unfolded in about six seconds. After viewing the video, Clark’s aunt Saquois Durham told the Bee: “As soon as they did the command, they started shooting. They said ‘Put your hands up, gun,’ and then they just let loose on my nephew.” The officers are never heard identifying themselves as police before fatally shooting Clark. The two officers who opened fire have been placed on leave. The officers - one White and one Black according to police - are on paid administrative leave as the probe unfolds, officials said. The Rev. Al Sharpton said in a statement: “It is an atrocity that an unarmed young man was shot at 20 times in his own backyard and shows the urgent need in these times for intervention against police misconduct.” Sharpton added: “We will call for a complete and thorough investigation into this young man’s death.” Clark’s grandmother Sequita Thompson, in whose backyard Clark was fatally shot, disputes the police department’s version of events. They described the suspect as a thin 6-foot male. Her grandson she said, was short, not 6 feet. She believes an-

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other suspect was smashing windows, and that Clark was in the backyard at the wrong time.“The only thing that I heard was pow, pow, pow, pow, and I got to the ground,” she said. She said she began to suspect the police description of a dead person in her yard was a member of the family. “I told the officers, ‘You guys are murderers. Murderers,” Thompson cried out. “You took him away from his kids.” The family said Clark had two young sons and a fiancee. “They didn’t have to kill him like that,” Thompson said, wiping away tears. “They didn’t have to shoot him that many times.” “I want justice for my baby,” she added. “My grandson was 23 years old. And now my great-grandbabies don’t have their daddy.” The only items found near the suspect was a cell phone. “I know there could have been another way; he didn’t have to die,” Clark’s brother Stevante told CBS News. Clark is at least the sixth person shot and killed by the Sacramento Police Department since the beginning of 2015, according to a Post analysis: Five of them were black men; the other was a white man. How many times Clark was shot is unknown, authorities said, pending the investigation. The police said five minutes passed before responding officers arrived to cuff Clark and render first aid, which ultimately proved futile: He died at the scene. “Sir, can you move?” an arriving officer calls into the night at the mortally wounded Clark, minutes after the shooting, telling him they cannot help unless they know he does not have a weapon. Said Les Simmons, a pastor and community activist: “Even if he did what they say was done, at the end of the day it does not justify his life being taken.” Simmons called into question what was left off the released video, particularly at the end. Before the video concludes, the two officers walk to the street, nearly seven minutes after the shooting. Shimmering red and blue lights silhouette an approaching group of officers. Their faces are blurred. “Hey mute?” an officer says. The audio goes silent, and shortly after, the videos end. “It clearly implies to me that they’re on the scene trying to figure out the coverup,” said Sharpton, who spoke with Clark’s mother Wednesday. “You’re standing over a dead body that you thought had a gun, you find out he had no gun, and your immediate impulse is to mute the sound.” (Excerped from the Washington Post and various other news sources)

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he providential paths of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks, a seamstress, interconnected during the month of December 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. For the next 382 days U.S. history was in the making. Often have I wondered if Rosa Parks was fearful that December day when she defied the order of bus driver James Blake to give up her seat to a White passenger. Rosa Parks knew what she was doing when she refused Blake's mandate and she was fully prepared for the arrest that ensued. Her actions that day served as the impetus for what would become a bus boycott lasting twelve months and seventeen days. In 1955 I, a recently commissioned second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, had just begun my tour of duty at Fort Benning, Georgia. I was getting first-hand reports of this boycott as I listened attentively and watched grainy black and white footage of my people walking, riding any form of transportation they could find, defying the rules of Jim Crow as they went about their daily activities without the use of the public transportation system. I was angry, I was proud, I wanted to be there to join my people in their struggle. You see, their struggle was also my struggle. This struggle was the culmination of a people who had endured the imposing mindset of enslavement, who had endured the fear of mob cultures, rapes, Ku Klux Klan, and lynchings. As a people we were physically and mentally exasperated. Ultimately, the Federal Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public transportation as unconstitutional. History is dotted with the emergence of great leaders; men and women who have opened our eyes to a better way, who have provided hope in the midst of darkness, who have fought injustices and manufactured goodness and love out of hate and greed. Dr. Martin Luther King was such a man. His brief public life brought great change to this country and even greater awareness to the evils of injustice that have been inextricably woven into the fabric of our culture. He insisted that we become introspective, that we examine our values and our relationships with those of different racial and ethnic backgrounds. His was a message to all, a message that reverberated through the land. While this message was controversial and antithetical to the mindsets of many, it struck a chord with millions and began a movement that was exhilarating then, and still calls to us today. My hope that change will come is daunted as I recall a recent encounter at my gym. Imagine my chagrin when in the locker area I overheard a man directing vile and disgusting remarks for any and all to hear. His tirade was a vitriolic attack on our 44th President and his wife. So offensive were his remarks, and so angered was I, that I and others chose to leave rather than confront this boor's racist rants. We cannot remain mired in the muck of racism, the slop of hatred and injustice which this episode clearly demonstrates. "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." MLK *Martin Luther King's Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award for the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1964

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PUBLIC HEARING/ COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLE CITY OF BUFFALO 2018/19 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN Thursday April 12, 2018 6:00 PM Delavan-Grider Community Center 877 E. Delavan Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14215 Mayor Byron W. Brown invites Buffalo residents to participate in a public hearing to discuss the city’s anticipated 2018/19 allocations for the following federal programs: Community Development Block Grant; HOME Investment Partnerships; Emergency Solutions Grant; and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS. City staff will be present to describe program goals, review the planning and adoption process, and accept citizen comments regarding the use of this funding to address housing and community development needs. During this hearing there will be a working session to discuss how these funds can be best utilized throughout the City of Buffalo. Written comments to both the Annual Action Plan are encouraged, and will be included in the city’s submission to HUD. Comments must be postmarked by May 13, 2018 at either 920 City Hall, Buffalo NY 14202; or HUDAdministrator@city-buffalo. com. For more information regarding this public notice, or to request special accommodations for the public hearing, please call 8515449. Burmese, Arabic, Nepali, and Karen speakers must RSVP for translation services prior to meeting. AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA/ MESA REDONDA COMUNITARIA CIUDAD DE BUFFALO 2018/19 PLAN DE ACCIÓN ANNUAL 12 de abril de 2018 6:00 p.m. Centro Comunitario Delavan Grider 877 E. Delavan Avenue, Búfalo, NY 14215 El alcalde Byron W. Brown invita a los residentes de Búfalo a participar en una audiencia pública para discutir las asignaciones 2018/19 anticipadas de la ciudad para los siguientes programas federales: Subvención de Desarrollo Comunitario; INICIO Asociaciones de inversión; Donación de Soluciones de Emergencia; Y Oportunidades de Vivienda para Personas con SIDA. El personal de la Ciudad estará presente para describir las metas del programa, revisar el proceso de planificación y adopción y aceptar los comentarios de los ciudadanos sobre el uso de este financiamiento para atender las necesidades de vivienda y desarrollo comunitario. Durante esta audiencia habrá una sesión de trabajo para discutir cómo estos fondos pueden ser mejor utilizados en toda la Ciudad de Buffalo. Los comentarios escritos al Plan de Acción Anual son alentados, y serán incluidos en la presentación de la ciudad a HUD. Los comentarios deben ser sellados por correo antes del 13 de mayo de 2018 en el 920 City Hall, Buffalo NY 14202; o HUDAdministrator@city-buffalo.com. Para obtener más información sobre este aviso público, o para solicitar alojamientos especiales para la audiencia pública, llame al 851-5449. Los hablantes de birmano, árabe, nepali y karen deben confirmar sus servicios de traducción antes de la reunión.

“NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF ERIE The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York successor in interest to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association as Indenture Trustee for GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-LT1, Plaintiff AGAINST Janet L. Stief, Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 2-2-2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Foreclosure Alcove of the Erie County Hall, 92 Franklin Street, Buffalo, NY 14202, on 4-102018 at 11:00AM, premises known as 184 Maurice Street, Buffalo, NY 14210. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the City of Buffalo, County of Erie and State of New York, SECTION: 122.36, BLOCK: 4, LOT: 19. Approximate amount of judgment $57,088.84 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #800131/2013. Terri L. LoTempio, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-056852-F00 51879”

LEGAL NOTICE ST0X Fiile #51878 Plaintiff Barlow NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF ERIE Bank of America, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST Lovette Barlow a/k/a E. Barlow Lovette a/k/a Lovette Evans a/k/a Lovette E. Barlow, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 4-4-2016 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Foreclosure Alcove of the Erie County Hall, 92 Franklin St., Buffalo, NY 14202 on 4-10-2018 at 9:30AM, premises known as 68 Sears Street, Buffalo, NY 14212. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the City of Buffalo, County of Erie and State of New York, SECTION: 112.45, BLOCK: 2, LOT: 15. Approximate amount of judgment $50,316.13 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #806114/2015. Margaret A. Murphy, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-086242-F00 51878

LEGAL NOTICE Carrington Mortgage Services LEGAL NOTICE Bank of America v. Lashua NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF ERIE Bank of America, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST Erie County Public Administrator as Administrator for the Estate of Ralph Edward Lashua a/k/a Ralph E. Lashua, Kimberly Guerrero as heir to the Estate of Ralph Edward Lashua a/k/a Ralph E. Lashua, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 2-14-2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Foreclosure Alcove of the Erie County Hall, 92 Franklin Street, Buffalo, NY 14202 on 4-25-2018 at 9:30AM, premises known as 88 Riverside Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14207. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the City of Buffalo, County of Erie and State of New York, SECTION: 77.56, BLOCK: 1, LOT: 1. Approximate amount of judgment $91,020.32 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #811237/2016. Cheryl McFadden Zak, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-074666-F00 52242

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REQUEST FOR BID Mark Cerrone, Inc. is requesting bids for the following projects for all scopes of work detailed in contract documents. Optional MWBE Pre-bid meetings will be held interested firms at MCI Office. Documents can be obtained by contacting the associated estimator, Phone 716-282-5244, Fax 716-282-5245 or iSqFt®. Bids due electronically or in person at 2368 Maryland Ave., Niagara Falls, NY 14305. Certified firms for associated goals are strongly encouraged. Dutch Hollow Creek Stabilization Project in Ellery, NY (Chautauqua County). Contact: ttibbs@markcerrone.com. Optional MWBE Meeting 4/4/18 at 3:30pm. MWBE:30% Proposals due to MCI by 4/11/18 at 5:00PM. Preventative Maintenance Project in Batavia, NY. Contact: mjantzi@ markcerrone.com. Optional DBE Meeting 4/4/18 at 3:30pm. DBE:8%. Proposals due to MCI by 4/13/18 at 5:00PM. Niagara Street Hwy Rehab/Reconfigure Phase 3 Project in Buffalo, NY. Contact: gbostard@markcerrone.com. Optional DBE Meeting 4/11/18 at 3:30pm. DBE:11%. Proposals due to MCI by 4/16/18 at 5:00PM.

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF ERIE CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC, Plaintiff -against- COREY R. OSTROWSKI; CURTIS OSTROWSKI, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated January 30, 2018 and entered on January 31, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Foreclosure Alcove, Erie County Hall, 92 Franklin Street, Buffalo, NY on April 16, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. premises situate in the Town of Cheektowaga, County of Erie and State of New York, being part of Lot No. 19, Township 11 Range 7 of the Holland Land Company's Survey and according to map of "Longmeadow Part 3" filed in the Erie County Clerk's Office under Cover No. 1663 is known and distinguished as subdivision Lot No. 40, Block "A". Section: 80.2 Block: 17 Lot: 28 Said premises known as 30 ELLEN DRIVE, CHEEKTOWAGA, NY Approximate amount of lien $93,484.81 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. Index Number 808052/2015. JAMES AURICCHIO, ESQ., Referee Jeffrey A. Kosterich, LLC , Attorney(s) for Plaintiff, 68 Main Street, 3rd Floor, Tuckahoe, NY 10707

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LEGAL NOTICE U.S. Bank v. Bryant SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF ERIE; Index No.: 816480/2017. Filed: 11/15/2017. U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, Plaintiff, V. THE ESTATE OF MARY L. BRYANT; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF MARY L. BRYANT; ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES; CITY OF BUFFALO; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; STATE OF NEW YORK; JOHN DOE (SAID NAME BEING FICTITIOUS TO REPRESENT UNKNOWN TENANTS/ OCCUPANTS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND ANY OTHER PARTY OR ENTITY OF ANY KIND, IF ANY, HAVING OR CLAIMING AN INTEREST OR LIEN UPON THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY), Defendants. SUMMONS AND NOTICE. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above captioned action and to 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 to 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. 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 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. To the above named defendants: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Christopher J. Burns, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated February 15, 2017 and filed along with the supporting papers in the Erie County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage on the property 336 Olympic Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14215 also known as Section: 90.48 Block: 1 Lot: 24. Erie County is designated as the place of trial based upon the location of the property being foreclosed. Attorneys for Plaintiff: Stern & Eisenberg, PC, 485 B Route 1 South, Suite 330, Iselin, NJ 08830, T: (516) 630-0288.

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NEW BUSINESSES LLC -LEGAL NOTICEName of LLC: DTP Holding LLC Date of filing of Articles of Organization with the NY Dept of State: June 08,2017 The NY Secretary of State has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served. NYSS may mail a copy of process to the LLC at: 7954 Transit Road,Williamsville New York 14221 Purpose of LLC: Buying, Selling, Renting and leasing real estate. No specific duration attached to LLC Feb.21,28 March 7,14,21,28 -LEGAL NOTICENOTICE of FORMATION of a DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY VPD RJG LLC Date of filing of Articles of Organization with the NY Dept of State: November 09,2017. Office of the LLC 7954 Transit Road, Williamsville, NY, Erie County. The NYS Secretary of State has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served. NYSS may mail a copy of process to the LLC at 7954 Transit Road, Williamsville,NY. Purpose of LLC: Renting and leasing real estate. No specific duration attached to LLC March 21,28 April 4,11,18,25 -LEGAL NOTICEFIRST MOVE- WNY, LLC Orig filed Articles of Organization w/ the S.S.N.Y. on 2/22/2018. office location is the County of ERIE S.S.N.Y. Designated as agent of LLC, upon whom process against it may be served. S.S.N.Y. Shall mail a copy of any process served upon him to: 2025 Delaware ave Ste 1-E, Buffalo NY 14216- Purpose:any lawful act or activity. March 28, April 4,11,18,25, May 2

LEGAL NOTICE Citimortage 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 May 2, 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 ROOMS

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Felisha Legette-Jack Makes History at The University at Buffalo! Six seasons. 119 wins. 76 losses. 5 straight winning seasons. 2 Mid-American Conference Championships. 2 NCAA appearances. 1 National Invitational Tournament appearance. A Sweet 16 appearance. Named Western New York’s top 100 most influential women. Mother to George Washington University’s student-athlete David Maceo Jack. Wife of David Jack. Former Syracuse Women’s Basketball standout. To truly put the accomplishments of Head Coach Felisha Legette-Jack into perspective, you have to consider the state of the Women’s program beGAMBLE II fore she arrived. The Bulls were 9-22 the season before Legette-Jack began coaching in Buffalo. The program had only one post-season appearance in its school history and were consistently at the bottom of the conference standings and expectations. Coach Legette-Jack has managed to infuse her blue collar, no excuse attitude into the program and has been extremely successful with welcoming the right staff and student-athletes that fit the mold of how she approaches the game of basketball, academics and life. A major reflection of this sentiment is her teams cumulative GPA. Coach Legette-Jack Women’s team has posted 9 straight semesters of a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. She’s also managed to coach at least one player from her team in all 6 seasons to an All-Conference honor. Gregory L.

To say that the University at Buffalo’s Women’s team trip to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournaments Sweet 16 was a Cinderella story, is an insult. Coach Legette-Jack has led the Head Coach Felisha Legette-Jack/ Photo Credit Mark Wallheiser charge with a steady, disciplined, and focused approach that would produce results at any level. For the first time in school history in both the Men’s and Women’s programs, the Women’s team received an at large bid as an 11th seed into the NCAA Tournament after falling to conference rival Central Michigan in the Mid-American Conference Championship game. The team traveled to Tallahassee, FL where they played the no. 6 seed, South Florida, and came out on top in a deciding victory of 102-79 for the Women’s program first ever NCAA Tournament victory. The Bulls showed out in another definitive victory over no. 3 seed, Florida State, earning them the programs second NCAA Tournament victory and a trip to the Sweet Sixteen, something that had never been done between both the Men’s and Women’s programs. There they would lose to no. 2 seed South Carolina in a valiant effort, but not without winning the spirit and support of all of Western New York. As a community, let’s take this time to celebrate Head Coach Felisha Legette-Jack on her monumental accomplishments as both an exemplary example of what it means to be a professional through accountability and high standards, but also as an African American women representing much more than just our community. She represents the attitude of excellence, grit, stick-to-itness, and magic that women of color all across the globe exude but are underappreciated and unrecognized for. Felisha Legette-Jack, we salute you on your excellent tenure at The University at Buffalo and wish you much more success!

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low tides left a portion of the sunken ship exposed in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta. Initially archaeologists believed it might be the Clotilda. But it has been ruled out as the ill-fated slave ship after further examination, CNN reported. The whereabouts of the so-called last American slave ship remain unknown, but an interest in locating it was definitely sparked after news of Raines’ discovery. The descendants of the captives on board the ship at the time are said to be the only slave descendants who know exactly from where their ancestors came. Many of them say renewed interest in the Clotilda has helped shed light on their history. “This story has reminded everyone that we are here and that the ship is out here,” said Joe Womack, a descendant of a Clotilda survivor and a community leader in Africatown, “This whole episode has finally brought Africatown and its story to everyone’s attention. That’s something we’ve been trying to do for as long as I can remember.” The hunt for the wrecked Clotilda rages on.

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Free Your Mind Seminar Presented by Duncan Kirkwood : 6 p.m., 1423 Fillmore Avenue RSVP at (716)308-0506. Free

Eggstravaganza at Delavan Grider Community Center 6-8pm 877 East Delavan . Food, games, info and free haircuts from Sean’s House of Masters! Event presented by United Healthcare, Persistence Pre, Buffalo Collegiate and the Delevan Grider Community Center.

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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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 MARCH 30 Chicago Steppin: Every Friday 7-8:30 p.m. The Pratt Center 422 Pratt St.

Urban Line Dance Classes: St. Phillips, 15 Fernhill ; 6-8 p.m.; Cheri & Darel 200-9702.

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