UJIMA Closes Season with "Cullud Wattahh" a Sharply Written Drama Tackling the Issue & Impact of Environmental Injustice

Fighting

for the truth can be harrowing. It's been nine years since the Flint, Michigan water crisis was first reported to the public. That local report ultimately became an internationally recognized water disaster … with the fallout from the man-made emergency continuing even today, in 2023.

Ujima Company closes its critically acclaimed 44th theater season with the thoughtful, serious and moving production of Cullud Wattah, written by Erika Dickerson-Despenza and directed by Ujima Company’s Curtis Lovell. This play addresses Flint’s toxic water crisis in real time, telling the story of threegenerations of Black women living together and trying to survive. The plot stirs around the effect that these toxins have on the family, both internally and externally, and it is tempered by the palpable heat of simmering family conflict.

Dickerson-Despenza’s play introduces us to Marion, played by Shanntina Moore, a third generation GM employee, consumed by plant layoffs. Her sister, Ainee, Dayatra Hassan, seeks justice and restitution for lead poisoning, forcing their family to confront the personal cost of survival. As lead seeps into their home and into their bodies, corrosive memories and secrets rise among them. Will this family ever be able to filter out the truth?

Rounding out the rest of the ensemble will be veteran Buffalo theater actress Verniece Turner as Big Ma, with Brooklynn Walker as Reesee and Janàe Leonard as Plum. Cullud Wattah opens Friday May 12th and runs for three weekends. For the first two weekends the show will run Friday and Saturday at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 4:00 pm. The third week of performance will feature a “pay what you can” ticket on Thursday May 25th only, with the final two performances being Friday May 26th and closing on Saturday, May 27 at 7:30 pm. Visit ujimacoinc.org for tickets.

All performances for Ujima Theater Company take place in the newly renovated state of the art, Lorna C. Hill Theater, 429 Plymouth Avenue, inside former School #77, named after Ujima’s visionary founder and long-time Artistic Director.

Tao Te Ching

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The gentlest thing in the world Overcomes the hardest thing in the world. That which has no substance Enters where there is no space. This shows the value of nonaction Teaching without words, Performing without actions: That is the Master’s way.

Mother’s Day R&B Extravaganza Featuring D’Mott Sunday, May 14

On Sunday, May 14 a Mother’s Day R&B Extravaganza featuring D’Mott with special guests Kenyada Nikile and LaQuincia Motley-Allen and hosted by comedian Terre King will be held at Babeville, 341 Delaware Avenue at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6p.m. General Admission seated tickets are $55 and can be purchased on TixR.com or in person at the Babeville Box Office Mon.-Fri. 11a.m.5p.m.

D‘Mott has been surrounded by music his entire life, whether it was playing drums or singing in church or watching his father as a lead singer of a quartet gospel group, lift the spirits of church members. One thing stuck in his mind. That music is powerful, intentional and life changing.

D’Mott has shared the stage with talents such as Lyfe Jennings, Chrisette Michele, Dougie Fresh, Next, LaDonna Mole, H-Town, Lenny Williams, Kem, Earth Wind & Fire, Shawn McQuiller of Kool & the Gang, Marvin Sapp, Mary Mary, Dru Hill, Shirley Murdock, Divine Nature, UNEEK, Christopher Williams, Men of Standard, Tye Tribbet, Da Truth, Ben Tankard, The Canton Spirituals, Darwin Hobbs and many more just to name a few. The Mother's Day event promises to be a great show!

Strawberries & Cream Annual Mother’s Day Gala

MVP (Most valuable Parents) will host a celebration honoring Mother’s, Sunday May 14, at 3p.m. at the AcQua Banquet Hall 2192 Niagara St. RSVP by calling Donna Bryant 716-602-7378. Tickets are $75 per person. Cashapp: $Queeneagle1

SUPPELEMTANL SUMMONS Supreme Court of New York, Erie County. U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE FOR TRUMAN 2016 SC6 TITLE TRUST, Plaintiff, -against- JAMAL DALLAS, AS POSSIBLE HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF ELAINE DALLAS; UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OF THE ESTATE OF ELAINE DALLAS, DECEASED, NEXTOF-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 IS DECEASED, BY PURCHASE, INHERITANCE, LIEN OR OTHERWISE, ANY RIGHT, TITLE, AND INTEREST IN AND TO THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT; COMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION OF ERIE COUNTY, INC.; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (WESTERN DISTRICT); MARIE A. CANNON, COMMISSIONER OF ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES; "JOHN DOE" AND "JANE DOE" SAID NAMES BEING FICTITIOUS, IT BEING THE INTENTION OF PLAINTIFF TO DESIGNATE ANY AND ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE PREMISES BEING FORECLOSED HEREIN, Defendants. Index No. 809131/2020. Mortgaged Premises: 41 Deerfield Avenue Buffalo, NY 14215 Section: 90.70 Block: 5 Lot: 34.

To The Above Named Defendant(s): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. If you fail to appear or to answer within the aforementioned time frame, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT. THE OBJECTIVE of the above captioned action is to foreclose on a Mortgage to secure $52,087.00 and interest, recorded in the Erie County Clerk’s Office on June 18, 2007 in Book 13356, Page 375, Control Number 2007130079, covering the premises known as 41 Deerfield Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14215. The relief sought herein is a final judgment directing sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the mortgage described above. Plaintiff designates Erie County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is located.. 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. FRIEDMAN VARTOLO, LLP 1325 Franklin Avenue, Suite 160 Garden City, New York 11530, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

May 4, 11, 18, 25

Legal Notice Bid

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

ERIE COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT NO. 3

ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION AND PLANT-WIDE GENERATOR EQUIPMENT PROCUREMENT FOR THE SOUTHTOWNS ADVANCED WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY PROCUREMENT CONTRACT 74P-R

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, The Erie County Department of Environment and Planning (ECDEP) on behalf of Erie County Sewer District No.

3 (Buyer) is requesting Bids for the procurement of the above refenced contract. Bids will be received by the Commissioner of the ECDEP on May 25, 2023, at 10:00 am local time located at 95 Franklin Street, Room 1034, Buffalo, New York, 14202, at which time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud in Room 1004.

The Project includes furnishing Goods and Special Services associated with electrical substation and plant-wide generator equipment. Installation of the Goods is not part of this Contract. Bids are requested for the following Contract: Electrical Substation and Plant-Wide Generator Equipment Procurement Contract 74P-R.

Additional information and bid documents can be found at: http://www3. erie.gov/dsm.

BY ORDER

OF:

Joseph Fiegl, P.E., BCEE

Deputy Commissioner, ECDEP

Dated: April 26, 2023

Published: May 4, 2023

LEGAL NOTICE

PROBATE CITATION

File Number: 2021-4227

SURROGATES COURT-ERIE COUNTY CITATION

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

By the grace of God, Free and Independent

TO: EISHAWN CAMP, MORIAH CAMP, if they be living, and if they dead to their heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributes, if any such there be, all of whom and all whose names, ages, and places of residence and post office addresses are unknown to the Petitioner(s) and cannot after due diligence be ascertained, and HON. LETITIA

JAMES, Attorney General of the State of New York, and to JENNIFER G. FLANNERY, Erie County Public Administrator.

A Petition having been filed by IRMA CAMP, who is domiciled at 25 CAMBRIDGE AVENUE, BUFFALO, NEW YORK 14215.

YOU ARE HEREBY CITED to SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Erie County, at 92 Franklin Street, Buffalo, New York 14202 on June 6, 2023 at 930 o'clock in the fore noon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Ferron Marshall Camp, Sr. lately domiciled at 271 Northampton Street, Buffalo, New York 14208 admitting to probate a will dated June 8, 2016 (a codicil dated n/a) a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Ferron Marshall Camp Sr. deceased, relating to real and personal property and directing that:

Letters Testamentary to Irma Camp

Dated, Attested, and Sealed April 29, 2023

Hon. Acea Mosey- Surrogate Linda C Novotny - Chief Clerk

Rashied H McDuffie, Esq.

Attorney for Petitioner 594 Winslow Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14211

May 4, 11, 18, 25

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK - COUNTY OF ERIE WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE TO FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES ACQUISITION TRUST 2018-HB1, V.

TIMOTHY JAMES AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT JAMES, JR, ET AL.

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated June 10, 2022, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Erie, wherein WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE TO FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES ACQUISITION TRUST 2018-HB1 is the Plaintiff and TIMOTHY JAMES AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT JAMES, JR, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the “CLOSING ROOM” OF THE ERIE COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE, LOCATED ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF 92 FRANKLIN STREET, CITY OF BUFFALO, STATE OF NEW YORK 14202, on May 12, 2023 at 10:00AM, premises known as 100 BAKOS BOULEVARD, BUFFALO, NY 14211: Section 101.16, Block 1, Lot 34: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO, COUNTY OF ERIE AND STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 806180/2018. Jennifer Ann Runfola, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES.

April 13, 20, 27 May 4

LEGAL NOTICE BID

NFTA PROCUREMENT

INVITATION TO BID 230013 – REPLACEMENT OF PRE-CONDITIONED AIR UNITS (PCA) FOR BNIA JETBRIDGES 230036 – CORNICE REPAIR AT 1404 MAIN STREET

Download documents at https:// www.nfta.com/departments/procurement

LLC

Legal Notice

PROBATE CITATION File No. 2022-433

SURROGATE'S COURT - ERIE COUNTY CITATION

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

By the Grace of God Free and Independent

TO: REGINALD D. GIBBS, CHERYL GIBBS, KEVIN LAMONT GIBBS, WILLIE DEVON GIBBS, ROBERT WHITING, JENNIFER G. FLANNERY - Erie County Public Administrator and to any and all persons who are or claim to be heirs at law, next of kin, distributees of decedent named below, if any such there be, all of whom and all of whose names, ages, places of residence and post office addresses are unknown to the Petitioner(s) and cannot after due diligence used be ascertained, HON. LETITIA JAMES – Attorney General of the State of New York.

A petition having been duly filed by DARIEN D. LIST, who is domiciled at 76 Clonmore Drive, Scarborough, Ontario Canada M1N 1X8.

YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate's Court, Erie County, at 92 Franklin Street, 2nd Floor, Buffalo, New York, on May 23, 2023, at 9:30 o'clock in the fore- noon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of WILLIE GIBBS JR. lately domiciled at 154 Smallwood Dr., Amherst New York 14226, admitting to probate a Will dated May 8, 2020 (a Codicil dated none) a copy of which is attached as the Will of WILLIE GIBBS JR. , deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that Letters Testamentary issue to: DARIEN D. LIST.

Hon. Judge Acea M. Mosey Surrogate

Dated, Attested and Sealed:

April 7, 2023

Linda M. Wiedrick

Chief Clerk

Attorney for Petitioner:

Daria L Pratcher, Esq. Law Office of Daria L. Pratcher

Address and Telephone No. of Attorney:

37 Franklin Street, Suite 1000, Buffalo, New York 14202 (716)541-8574

Attorney Email Address: dlpratcher@dlpratcherlawoffice.com

[NOTE: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.]

Legal Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Erie County Executive, Mark C. Poloncarz, will hold a public hearing on May 9th, 2023 at 3:00 P.M. concerning:

Interested in Law Enforcement? Take the Upcoming Buffalo Police Officer Entry Exam

Exam is scheduled for Saturday, June 17

Registration deadline is Monday, May 22

Mayor Byron W. Brown and Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia today encouraged those individuals who are interested in a career in law enforcement to take the 2023 Buffalo Police Entry Exam. From now until, Monday, May 22, 2023, the city is accepting applications for the June 17th police exam — the first in four years. This year, the city is reaching out to interested candidates in communities across the region and state, with a focus on those from communities of colors.

The deadline for exam registration is Monday, May 22, 2023. The exam will be given on Saturday, June 17, 2023. To qualify, applicants must meet the following requirements:

•Must be between the ages of 19 and 34 on exam date

•Any New York State resident can apply to take the exam, however, all candidates who pass the exam must be a City of Buffalo resident 90 days prior to being canvassed for appointment

•High School Diploma, GED or Equivalency Diploma For more information about the application process, go to www.buffalony.org. or go to Room 1001 City Hall or call 716-851-9614.

The Buffalo Police Department offers excellent benefits to becoming an officer. Salaries range from $49,588.00$82,646. Benefit packages include health, dental and optical coverage, vacation/sick pay, retirement plan and a continued education stipend.

LEGAL NOTICE

Pike Construction Services, Inc. an EEO employer, is currently seeking certified NYS M/WBE/SDVOB subcontractors/vendors who can provide a commercially useful function to bid on the Buffalo Bills Stadium Concrete Package located in Buffalo, NY.

This project has a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) Scopes of Work include: Redi Mix Supply, Rebar Install and or Supply, Concrete Foundations, Concrete Flatwork, Waterproofing, Joint Sealants and Shotcrete.

Goals: 15% MBE, 15% WBE, 6%

Project Bid Date: May 18th at noon We ask that you send your bid 24 hours prior so that we have time to assemble the bid form to the client. To receive an invitation to bid or for any questions please contact bids@ pikecs.com

LEGAL BID

INVITATION TO BID

The NFTA is soliciting bids for Project No. 15MG2112, METROBUS GARAGE SPRINKLER VALVE REPLACEMENT, due on 5/23/2023 at 2:00pm. Website for information www.nftaengineering.com