The 2011 Gateways Music Festival will take place this week, August 10-14 in Rochester, NY. 2011 Events AFRICAN AMERICANS IN CLASSICAL MUSIC FORUM Thursday, August 11, 5:30-7:30 PM Wilson Academy Foundation YOUTH SHOWCASE CONCERT Friday, August 12, 5:30-7:30 PM Rochester City Hall
G AT E WAY S C O M M U N I T Y CHORUS Saturday, August 13, 2:00-3:30 PM Wilson Academy Foundation CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT Saturday, August 13, 6:00-8:00 PM Mount Olivet Baptist Church GATEWAYS ORCHESTRA CONCERT Sunday, August 14, 4:00-6:00 PM Kodak Hall, Eastman Theatre Also on Sunday, multiple performances at various churches during the morning service
FUNDERS: MC & JC Wilson Foundation, Arts & Cultural Council of Greater Rochester, and The Community Foundation Festival Hotline: 585-234-2582
*The art of Jim Pappas, Jack White, and Eddie Davis. We are excited to show the works of these veteran artists whose last major exhibition in Rochester was in 1975. These contemporary two- and threedimensional works are a must-see for art enthusiasts. Exhibit runs July 1- August 27. The Baobab Cultural Center, 728 University Ave. *The University of Rochester Medical Center will present the eighth annual Men’s Health Day, a day of information and education for men ages 45 and older, on Friday, Sept. 23, at the Hyatt Regency Rochester Hotel, 125 E. Main St. The day will also include health screenings, hands ondemonstra ons, giveaways, healthy snacks, breakfast and lunch, and deluxe raffl e prizes. This year the event will accommodate 500. Matt Long will give the keynote address. Tickets can be purchased by calling (585) 2752838. Tickets for the event are $15 and include breakfast, lunch, giveaways, prizes, and free parking at the Hyatt Regency Rochester. - Men’s Health Day is presented by the University of Rochester Medical Center.Additional information can be found at Men’s Health Day at www.menshealth. urmc.edu
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Minneapolis St. Paul natives Mint Condition put on one of the best performances in the 17 year history of Rochester Music Fest. Mint Condition was discovered by legendary producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis in 1989. Each member of Mint Condition can play other a variety of instruments as they displayed during the concert where lead singer Stokley Williams showed off his talents by playing guitar, and a fantastic drum solo. Stokley is the bands’ studio drummer. Their new album entitled “Seven” will be released later this month. Rickey Kinchen, Mint Condition bassist, says: "I come from a family of bassplayers, and grew up listening to Stanley Clarke, Led Zeppelin, Parliament, and Brothers Johnson. We embrace all music and learn from it. The people always want live music, and we are very blessed to still to be out here." GEORGE RADNEY The band’s stage presence is second to none, and during a harmonizing "U Swing" the vocal versatility of Mint Condition shined. They are R&B with a fusion of rock and jazz blended together to create a unique sound that is truly there own. They whipped the crowd into a frenzy before returning to the stage to perform "Pretty Brown Eyes" and ‘You’re Breaking My Heart. “ They also had segments during the show called Soul Power where they did their own variations of “Flashlight," "What's Going On," and "Tear The Roof off the Muther” just to name a few songs performed during this medley. This high energy show was simply outstanding. Mint Condition is a group not to be missed when they come to your town. Jagged Edge was pure garbage, and technical difficulties did not help them. They should have done away with the track singing and performed acapella, at least you would have been able to hear and understand the lyrics of their songs. They performed (if you want to call it that) two songs and called it a night, they were not worthairfare bring them to Rochester. Mint Condition saved the day and sent a very enthusiastic crowd home happy.
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What’s Next for Buffalo Public Schools?
A rea Bri efs Dr. Williams Scheduled to Address We Are Women Warriors Meeting On Wednesday, August 17, the We Are Women Warriors Community and Family Empowerment group will host Buffalo School Superintendent, Dr. James A. Williams at the newly reopened Frank E. Merriweather Library on Wednesday, August 17 from 5:30 – 7:45 p.m. Dr. Williams is requesting that parents of children returning to Buffalo Public Schools, especially those who are entering school for the very first year, to be at the meeting. All parents of Universal Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten students are urged to attend. Dr. Williams will also give a brief overview of the Buffalo Public Schools’ Turnaround Plan that has been discussed so intensely over the past several months. For more information, please call Erie County Legislator Betty Jean Grant at (716) 536-7323.
Old School Re-Election Party Honoring Judge Russell The Committee to Re-Elect Judge Robert Russell will host an Old School Re-Election Party honoring Judge Robert Russell of Veterans Court, Drug Court and Mental Health Court, on Friday, August 26 from 6-10 p.m. at The New Golden Nugget, 2046 Fillmore Ave. The co-chairs are Rev. James Lewis III and Mr. Grady Martin. There will be a special performance by the JWN Band. Music entertainment will be provided by D.J. Slim. Tickets are $20 and are available at Doris Records, 286 E. Ferry St. wwwjudgerussell.com
Michigan Street Commission to Meet in September The next Michigan Street Commission Meeting will be Monday, September 12 at 1PM at the Larkin Building, 6th floor conference room, 726 Exchange Street. There will be
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Despite the vote to start the process to get rid of School Superintendent Dr. James Williams, the problems facing the city’s school system, which have been decades in the making, are not about to go away over night. We were advised at press time that the Board President has called a special meeting on Friday, August 12 in Room 801 Ciry Hall to terminate Dr. Williams.
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of Deacon Marvin and Evelyn Boyd will be celebrated on August 19, 2011 Marvin a retired truck driver and Evelyn also retired from Kaleida Health will celebrating 50 years of marriage on August 20, 2011 with family and friends. Both are members of the Free Spirit Baptist Church were they praise God for the favor he has shown to them and their three children. To God be the Glory!
Merriweather Library Re-Opens! The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library is pleased to announce that the Frank E. Merriweather Jr. Library Branch, located at 1324 Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, re-opened on Monday, August 8. he popular neighborhood library branch has been closed since July 10 after being struck by a car which damaged the building’s exterior stonewall and disabled the ventilation and air conditioning systems. Because of Buffalo’s extremely high outdoor temperatures coupled with the library’s large glass dome ceiling, the building was deemed too hot to open for public use.
Enough Is Enough! City-Wide Prayer Schedule: On the Corner...
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Despite the Board of Education’s vote on Tuesday to start a process to get rid of School Superintendent Dr. James Williams, most people in the community whose children are most affected by the troubled schools, do not see terminating him as the answer to the district’s problems. To his critics he is an arrogant, overpaid administrator who can’t be controlled, To his supporters, he cares about the students, especially those who are struggling. And they will be quick to tell you that the crisis the district finds finds itself in today has been decades in the making. Dr. Williams inherited a bad situation compounded by a yet to be proven national initiative (“Race to the Top”) and the mindset that money is all we need. And although he announced that he would retire next year after the last attempt to oust him failed, he is committed to stand his ground. He has said on a few occasions that the Race to the Top initiative can be complicated to the average person, is not simple to initiate and does not come without conditions. And in some key areas, unfair to many of the urban kids – especially those in persistently low achieving schools who have not been prepared for the accelerated new core curriculum. One of the things he hoped to do while still superintendent, is to first help parents understand how the national model to improve the nation’s schools works and then encourage them to stem the tide of high absenteeism by sending their kids to school every day and becoming involved. “If we don’t get the children to come to school I don’t care what plan we have it won’t work,” he said, adding that parent groups need to be talking about strategies to get parents engaged. “Schools are good when parents are involved and making sure their children come to school.” Admittedly there are no easy answers and everybody is blaming each other...parents, teachers, principals, and superintendents, he noted
adding, “We deserve some of the blame...but we have to come up with better solutions ...” Presently a two-step process will result in Williams’ termination -- unless he can convince at least two more board members that he should remain in his position. He will, under the terms of his contract, have an opportunity to plead his case in executive session before the board. Board members Florence Johnson, Sharon Belton-Cottman and Rosalyn L. Taylor voted against starting termination proceedings against Williams. Taylor and Johnson noted the bad timing for trying to remove the superintendent, as the district is only weeks away from beginning a new school year. “What does that do to bringing any kind of calmness to the beginning of the school year?” Johnson said after the meeting. Cottman pointed out that the problems were here before Williams and will remain once he leaves. “I feel that everyone has figured out
Dr. Williams how to get paid but not figured out how to educate...how to fix the problem... and in my opinion there is enough money in the City Buffalo to fix the problem,” Cottman, told the Challenger, adding that the school budget is “close to $697 million a year...” “As a community when we do not stand together we fall for anything. I feel that when certain elements in the community decided to go after the Board of Education...the powers that be looked at it as if they were going after the person (superintendent).” The issue, she continued, is how do we mobilize these parents? He encouraged parents to get their children out to school and become active.
Delta Sigma Theta Announces Annual College Preparatory Program and Black College Tour Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, Buffalo Alumnae Chapter, will host its 20th annual College Preparatory Program and Black College Tour this fall. Informative college workshops and activities will be held during the months of September and October. Participants will depart for the Black College Tour on Wednesday, October 19th and return on Sunday, October 23, 2011. The purpose of the College Preparatory Program and Black College Tour is to provide high school Juniors and Seniors with information and resources that foster student success at institutions of higher learning. Students and their parents will attend a series of four mandatory workshops prior to touring the Black Colleges and Universities. At the conclusion of the workshops, participants will visit several historical black colleges and universities in the Maryland and Washington, DC area. Prospective schools include: Coppin State, Morgan State University, Bowie State and Howard University. In addition, students will have the opportunity to attend a college Homecoming. The sorority is accepting applications from high school Juniors and Seniors in Erie and Niagara County. The cost to participate is $375.00 per student, with a non-refundable $100 deposit due by Friday, August 15, 2011. o receive an application or for specific questions, please contact: Dr. Mattie L. Rhodes, College Preparatory and Black College Tour Program Coordinator, at (716) 834-6524 or via email: mattie079@roadrunner.com.
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London burns as youths riot CBC Job Fair Attracts 7,000 in Cleveland after shooting RIOTERS have gone on the rampage in north London, England torching police cars, a bus and a shop amid widespread looting following a protest over the fatal shooting of a man by armed police officers. The patrol cars and a double-decker bus were set ablaze as hundreds ran amok outside the police station on the High Road in Tottenham on Saturday night British time. Scotland Yard said last night that eight police officers had been taken to hospital with injuries. Riot and mounted police battled to regain control of the streets under a hail of missiles as fire crews rushed to tackle the burning building. People were seen pushing away shopping trolleys full of stolen goods from looted stores. This outbreak of rioting is the worst in years. The unrest followed a march to a police station in Tottenham in protest over the shooting death of a minicab passenger by police on Thursday. Mark Duggan, 29, a father of four, died at the scene. One of the rioting youths, who gave his name as Pablo, asked: ''How many Black people have to die around here?'' referring to Mr. Duggan. ''I hate the police,'' he said. Frustration in the impoverished neighborhood where the rioting has taken place, as in many others in Britain, has mounted as the government’s austerity budget has forced deep cuts in social services. At the same time, a widely held hatred for law enforcement here, where a large Afro-Caribbean population has felt singled out by the police for abuse, has only intensified in the wake of scandal that has rocked Scotland yard in recent weeks and led to the resignation of the force’s two top commanders. The unrest spread to another area of London as looters attacked a shopping centre in Wood Green, several miles away from the riots. The riots followed a protest march to the police station from Broadwater Farm, a public housing estate in Tottenham. The estate is widely known in Britain following the 1985 killing of policeman Keith Blakelock, who was hacked to death during a riot there.
Thousands of job-hungry people lined up for blocks outside Cleveland State University’s student center recently hoping that the first stop of the Congressional Black Caucus’ (CBC) five-city jobs fair and town hall tour would help provide the cure for the nation’s stunningly high Black unemployment rate. CBC officials estimated that about 7,000 people – of all races and ethnicities – stood in the humid heat of downtown Cleveland for a crack at interviews with recruiters from 100 businesses. The Black caucus launched its fivecity tour for a stark reason: The unemployment rate for blacks is a whopping 16.8 percent, while the overall U.S. jobless rate is 9.1 percent. To make matters worse, a report last month by the Pew Research Center revealed that the recession has made the wealth gap between Whites and Blacks the widest since the government began tracking it nearly 25 years ago.The median wealth of Black families, assets minus debts, was a mere $5,677 compared to the typical white family, which had a net worth of $113,149.
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NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - Activists representing a broad coalition of anti-war organizations, the Nation of Islam, the political left, Islamic organizations and a plethora of grassroots community organizations recently stood together on the stage of the Assembly Hall at the Riverside Church, proclaiming that “all roads lead to Harlem” for the Aug. 13 “Millions in Harlem March” to stop the bombing of Libya. “Where are we going to be on Aug. 13?” asked Sara Flounders, co-director of the International Action Center, the main sponsors of the Riverside Church event. “In Harlem!” the standing room only crowd shouted back. “President Barack Obama never believed that his actions against Libya could galvanize the movement that will be in the streets of Harlem on Aug. 13”, said Abdul Akbar Muhammad, the international representative of the Nation of Islam, in response to a question from The Final Call. Marching alongside of the Nation of Islam the second Saturday in August will be members of the “White Left and other progressives, Pan Africanists, Black grassroots organizations and national Islamic organizations,” he added. The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan will be the keynote speaker at the Harlem march. “Min. Farrakhan will deliver a dynamic speech from 110th Street to 125th Street,” said Mr. Muhammad. The march will start at 110th Street.
backagendareport.com The so-called “compromise” on federal spending has made it “yet more impossible and unimaginable to conceive of the government doing anything to help anybody except the unelected dictatorship of money in this country,” said Paul Street, author of The Empire’s New Clothes: Barack Obama in the Real World of Power. The president encouraged Republicans to hold up the debt ceiling process and “proposed regressive federal cuts that Republicans weren’t even talking about.” The Tea Party and other Republicans “are as much following in the wake of Obama as they are leading; he’s leading the charge,” said Street.
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Daily Demos in Newark: 334 Days to Go
Inspired by the 381-day bus boycott more than a half-century ago in Montgomery, Alabama, the Newark, New Jersey-based People’s Organization for Progress (POP) has launched a “People’s Campaign for Jobs, Peace, Equality and Justice,” with demonstrations every day of the week. “That’s a pretty big commitment,” said POP president Larry Hamm. “People will come out to a demo once a month, maybe once a week they’ll do a vigil, but we felt we had to do something to dramatize the seriousness of the situation.” The employment crisis in Newark “is so catastrophic that we felt we had to rachet up the pressure. The protests began June 27.
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(L) The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan (R) Anti-war protest across from the White House.
Build Our Own Media, Jared Ball Tells Black Psychologists
“Media and journalism reflect the political consciousness and organization of communities,” said Dr. Jared Ball, associate professor of communications at Morgan State University and columnist at Black Agenda Report. Ball spoke to the annual conference of the Association of Black Psychologists, outside Washington, DC. “Media and communications needs to be understood as weapons” – which is precisely how they are wielded by imperialism. “ Zimbabwe Should be Focus of Black Unity Also speaking before the Association of Black Psychologists, journalist Obi Egbuna said, “Zimbabwe teaches us that outsiders do not determine who we embrace and reject.” The U.S. correspondent for The Herald, Zimbabwe’s state newspaper, declared, “Zimbabwe must become for Africans what Cuba and Venezuela are for Latin Americans, and what Palestine is for Arabs.”
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Natural Tips for Heartburn Heartburn often appears after a meal and can last for several hours. When we eat, our stomach acid increases. Excessive food and liquid can increase stomach acid that backs up into your esophagus. This creates a scalding sensation behind the breastbone, which is often accompanied by the following: • burning in the throat or hot, sour, acidic taste at the back of the throat • difficulty swallowing • chronic cough, sore throat, or hoarseness Seek immediate help if you experience severe chest pain, especially when accompanied by jaw or arm pain, and difficulty breathing. What Lights Your Fire? Trigger Foods Very often, the foods we eat can cause indigestion. Try switching from rich, spicy foods to more simple, bland foods that will digest more easily. You may try keeping a daily log of your meals to help you pinpoint troublesome foods. Common trigger foods include: fried foods, hot peppers, alcohol, coffee, citrus, onions, black pepper, chocolate, fatty food, soft drinks, vinegar, garlic, tomatoes, carbonated beverages, tomato-based products, and peppermint. Make sure to eat adequate amounts of fresh fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, as well as enzyme-rich foods to facilitate digestion. Enjoy sweet potatoes, yams, mangoes, papaya, figs, brown rice, oats, pearl barley,
“And Still I Rise”: Barbara
Breckenridge, a kidney transplant recipient and director of Regional Community Relations for the National Kidney Foundation of WNY, has made some amazing strides over the past several years. In 2009 she won five medals, including the gold, during the World Transplant Games in Australia. And last year she took the bronze in the U.S. Transplant Games in Madison, WI. Most recently the lovely Ms. Breckenridge’s image can be seen gracing print ads promoting healthcare for ECMC, where she had her life-giving kidney transplant. Active in the community, she is promoter of life and an inspiration to many! AUGUST 10, 2011
daikon radish, apples, parsley, coriander, mint, dill, rosemary, ginger, bay leaf, fennel, dill, oregano, cilantro, sage, and anise. Stop the nighttime snacking. Eating a heavy meal before bedtime can make it difficult to have a good night’s rest. It’s better to consume a light snack, such as a piece of fruit, three hours before you hit the snooze button so you can get your beauty rest. Remember that digestion begins in the mouth and that your stomach doesn’t have teeth. Make sure to chew your food thoroughly to facilitate digestion in the stomach. Wait at least three hours after a meal before going to bed. Handle Heat with Herbs Your neighborhood pharmacy carries multiple over-the-counter medications to alleviate heartburn. However, if you prefer to seek Mother Nature's help instead, try the herbs that follow. *D-Limonene: peel away acid. Extracted from orange peel, thas been shown to provide occasional heartburn relief in several clinical trials. *Licorice: One study showed that licorice root extract helped to treat 100 patients with stomach ulcers. Lighten Up Your Lifestyle According to Chinese medicine, emotional turmoil stresses the livergallbladder network, slows down digestion, and can potentially cause hiatal hernia. Try the following stress busters: Ease the stress with tai chi, a soothing bath, meditation, or a relaxing massage Don't wear tight clothes and lay on your left side to tame the heat. Propping your head on a pillow six inches high may help you feel better. Adapt workouts: crunches, certain yoga inversions, and heavy weights can exacerbate the heat. A simple walk may be more suitable for you, particularly after a meal. Maintaining a healthy weight will also relieve pressure on your abdomen. Stop smoking: No butts about it! I hope that these suggestions will soothe your heartburn. May you live a long, healthy life!
You’re Invited to a FREE Community Event! A healthy neighborhood starts with a healthy family, and a healthy family starts here! Please join us: Thursday, August 18 6 – 8 p.m. Doris W. Jones Family Resource Building 3001 Ninth Street Niagara Falls, NY 14305
This event will include: • Free health screenings for blood pressure, cholesterol and blood glucose. • Fun activities for kids. • Free farmer’s market. • Free fitness and nutrition classes. • Free school supplies for kids who attend (while supplies last). For more information, call the Independent Health Foundation at (716) 635-4959.
Cargill recalling 36M pounds of ground turkey
WASHINGTON— Meat giant Cargill is recalling 36 million pounds of ground turkey linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak that has killed one person in California and sickened at least 76 others. Illnesses in the outbreak date back to March and have been reported in 26 states coast to coast. Cargill said Wednesday that it is recalling fresh and frozen ground turkey products produced at the company's Springdale, Ark., plant. Page 5
New Covenant to Celebrate Annual Revival Time! Women’s Weekend “We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.” 2 Corinthians 4:7 (New Living Translation).
Pastor Jacquelyn Ross Brown and the Women of New Covenant United Church of Christ , 459 Clinton St., will celebrate their Annual Women’s Weekend. The theme for the weekend is “Chosen Vessel” taken from the text, 2 Corinthians 4:7. Beginning Friday, August 12 at 6 p.m., please join us for a joyous praise and worship concert, featuring the Chinn Sisters of True Bethel Baptist Church and Bonnie Mann of Goodwill Community COGIC. On Saturday August 13th, you will want to be a part of the “Chosen Vessel” workshops presented by First Lady Shirley Mann of Goodwill Community COGIC, Minister Erika Haygood of Elim Christian Fellowship, Sister Jackie Mines of Elim Christian Fellowship and Miss Greater Rochester, Sis. Chelsea Prophet, will leave you encouraged and enlightened. The Sunday August 14 Worship Service will feature a spirit-filled disciple of Christ, Minister Barbara A. Huddleston-Mattai, D.S. W., of New Mt. Ararat Temple of Prayer where she is also president of the Board of Elders. The spirit-filled weekend will end Sunday, immediately following Worship Service with a delicious salad bar and Christian Fellowship ($10 per person). Chairpersons for this event are Deacon Theresa A. Harris-Tigg, Ph.D., Sis. Gwen Humphrey, Dean of Christian Education and Sis. Ebony Bullock, Christian Education. All are welcome! RSVP for the Salad Bar to ebony.bullock1@gmail.com or call 716.856.3392 .
House of Mercy Evangelical Ministries will be sponsoring a revival entitled “Let Us All Go Back To The Old Time Way.” This revival will be August 10-12th, service will begin 7:00 pm. The location is 210 Northampton Street (Greater Works Christian Fellowship). Bishop David Canada, Senior Pastor of “True Church Ministries” of Los Angeles, California will be the guest speaker. The Canada Family Singers & Drama Praise Team will also be in revival. This awesome family of God is formerly from Buffalo. Come join us as God pours out His Holy Spirit upon this anointed service. This service is free and seating availability is on a first come basis. For more information, please call (716) 602-5182 or (716) 828-5154. Rev. Hamid Motley is the Senior Pastor.
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21 Day Apostolic Crusade” The First Holy Temple FGBC located at 703 Fillmore Avenue is having a “21 Day Apostolic Crusade” with the key word “Recapture” with theme of Matthew 11:12 “And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.” Services will be held nightly with intercessory prayer at 5 p.m. and service starting at 6 p.m., from now until August 28. Guest Apostles and Speakers from Buffalo, Florida and North Carolina.
The Love Alive Ministry Presents: Keys to Unlocking the Book of Revelation with Dr. Jeffery Bowens Have you had a difficult time in grasping the relevance and the significance of the book of Revelation? If so, Overseer Jeffery Bowens will be teaching a nine week series unlocking the book of Revelation. This teaching series occurs Wednesdays from 7:00 to 8:15 p.m., now until September 29. All are welcome! The location is 161 Germain near Amherst and Grant Street respectively. In light of the current climate of catastrophe after catastrophe, hurricanes and earthquakes in diver places, economic crisis, legalization of same sex marriages: the questions we must consider: are these the signs of the time? Are we on the threshold of a cataclysmic event known as the apocalypse? Come and see, you will be
Auditions Praise God from whom all blessings flow The Ella E. Robinson New Beginnings Chorale will be holding auditions for altos, tenors and bass vocalists. Only serious committed people need apply. Please contact Mrs. Ella E. Robinson at 491-8300 for appointment. Remember only what you do for Christ will last. Page 6
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Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, DC to be Dedicated this Month
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he Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C., the only memorial on the Mall that does not commemorate a president or a war, will be dedicated August 28, on the 48th anniversary of Dr. King's "Dream" speech. The project was more than 20 years in the making and will feature a 30 foot statue of the slain civil rights leader, as well as granite stones with 15 of his
Imams Council to Meet The Imams Council of Greater WNY will present a Uniting Taleem and Dinner on the occasion of the Blessed Month of Ramadaan, Thursday, August 11 at 5:30 p.m. at Masjid Al-Eman, 444 Connecticut St. in Buffalo. Confirmed speakers include Imam Ismail Ayyash of Masjid Al-Eman, Imam Dr. Muhammad Salem Agwa of the Islamic Center of Niagara Falls and guest speaker Imam Siraj Wahhaj of Masjid Taqwa, New York City who will speak on the Unity of the Ummah. For more information call (716) 578-0735 or (716) 536-6049.
most famous quotes. It will be the first major memorial along the National Mall to be dedicated to an AfricanAmerican. An estimated for 400,000 people are expected to attend. The $120 million project is in honor Dr. King’s national and international contributions and vision for all to enjoy a life of freedom, opportunity, and justice. Congress passed a Joint Resolution in 1996 authorizing the construction of the Memorial and a foundation was created to "Build the Dream.” One of the most prestigious sites remaining on the National Mall was selected for the memorial for Martin Luther King, Jr., adjacent to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial, between the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials. President Barack Obama will deliver remarks and singers Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder, filmmaker George Lucas and actor Jamie Foxx will serve as co-chairs for the dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial. Members of the King family, as well as prominent civil rights leaders will also take part in the ceremony. The
Calvary’s Been Set Up! 91st Church Anniversary Celebration is Awesome! Calvary C.M.E. Church of Buffa1o, celebrated its 91st Church Anniversary on June, 16, 2011. The theme for the celebration was “It’s a Set Up!” (Joel 2:28-32). The guest preacher for the Morning Worship was Rev. Keré Yvonne (nee Patterson) Boyd. Rev. Boyd currently serves as the Assistant Pastor at the newly established New Beginnings C.M.E. Church in Baltimore, Maryland with Rev. Chester A. Kirkendoll, IV pastor. Rev. Boyd, who is a 3rd generation CME, came home to preach the anniversary sermon. She shared some of her fondest memories of growing up in this church and that Calvary has always had an anointing on its ministries. Rev. Boyd then called the congregation to action. She stated that this body of believers must repent for our sins, return to God and then restoration will come as we strive to fulfill our purpose as the church on the corner of Dodge and Ellicott in the heart of Buffalo. In addition to receiving a mighty move of the Lord in the service, Calvary recognized its oldest members, Mrs. Irene Parker, Mrs. Nazziree Pugh and Rev. L C Phillips, with flowers and words of thanks for their longevity and commitment to the Church as well as to the Lord. We were also blessed to honor our pastor and first lady, Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Wayne A. Williams for their leadership. After a delicious dinner and a DVD presentation, the Evening Worship featured three young members of Calvary’s ministerial staff in a tag team preaching service. Bro. Tiggs Washington (a 3.70 GPA senior scholar at Lane College), Bro. Kalif Crutcher (a senior at Buffalo Academy of the Visual and Performing Arts) and Rev. Brandon Williamson (an educator in the Buffalo School System) allowed the Lord to use them to His glory. Our guest choir for the evening was the Western New York Youth Chapter of the Gospel Music Workshop of America. We had an awesome time. God has been good to us and we don’t mind telling the world that we have indeed been set up at Calvary for His glory! Sis. Leslie Thompson and Sis. Yvonne L. Patterson served as co-chairs for the Anniversary. Rev. Dr. Wayne A. Williams is pastor.
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Evangelist Shannon Louise Carter & Friends CD Book Release Concert Perfect Peace Ministries along with Ephesus Ministries will present Evangelist Shannon Louise Carter and Friends at a CD/Book release concert on Saturday, August 13 at 6 p.m., at Ephesus Ministries, 341 Grider Street, with special gust Darcel Blue. General admission is $7; concert special plus CD $15; and Concert, CD and book $25.
Anointed Women In Red!
program will begin with pre-dedication events at 8:45 a.m. The dedication ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. and a post-dedication concert will follow beginning at 2 p.m. “We are thrilled that we will be dedicating the Memorial to Dr. King in the coming months, and the Foundation looks forward, with great pride, to presenting this Memorial – this dream – that we’ve worked to build, to the people. Dr. King, his life, his dream, and his legacy, will be a source of history and inspiration for all people, for all time,” said Harry E. Johnson, Sr., president and CEO of the MLK Memorial Foundation. “ The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial is the first on the National Mall to honor a man of hope, a man of peace, and a man of color. Located on the Tidal Basin, the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial creates a visual line of leadership between the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials. The memorial will be an engaging landscape experience conveying four fundamental and recurring themes throughout Dr. King’s life – democracy, justice, hope, and love – and features the use of natural elements including water, stone, and trees. A 450-foot inscription wall will feature more than a dozen Dr. King quotes engraved into granite to serve as a lasting testament and reminder of Dr. King’s humanitarian vision. The memorial will include the “Mountain of Despair” and the “Stone of Hope,” which will feature a 30-foot sculpture of Dr. King. The Memorial will convey three themes that were central throughout Dr. King’s life – democracy, justice, and hope. It has been more than 42 years since the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was gunned down at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis.
Anointed Women in Red (A.W.I.R.) we are ready to start! Rehearsal will take place on Saturday, September 17 at 3 p.m. at Grace Community Gospel Church, 2025 Bailey Ave. @ Doat St. Sister W. Jackson is the founder. Sing gospel songs! Free! Call (716) 444-2046.
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Masten District Jazz Meets Gospel “Masten District Jazz Meets Gospel” will take place August 20 from 6-10 p.m. at the Erie Canal Side (at the Foot of Main St.). Hosted by Pappy Martin, entertainment will include jazz artists Pappy Martin Love Supreme Jazz Ensemble, Rishon Odell (Soul Session), and Anthony Monaco Organ Trio featuring Carmen Innore. Gospel artists will include the St. John Baptist Church United Mass Chours, Men in White Chours, Marvis Tayon and Shaddie Swagg. For more info call 851-5145. This free event is sponsored by the Erie Canal Harbor Develoment Corp.
Damon Dash Owes the Gov’ment $3 Million You thought you had it bad. Damon Dash is in some deep debt. The rapper recently revealed that his troubles with the IRS exceeded the original $2million it was thought that he owed. “I owe way more than $2 million in taxes. That must’ve just been the IRS,” Dash said, laughing, before admitting that he was in a bad space financially. “Nah, nah, I’m f—ed up.” Dash and his former partners Jay-Z and Kareem “Biggs” Burke founded Roc-A-Fella Records and released a few singles. As the company grew, Jay-Z eventually left the trio because he basically outgrew his home. But that left Dash and friends out in the cold. So he started other business ventures, but eventually ran into some tax issues. He says that the tax audit is the result tof his accountant’s failure to itemize his expenses. He says he’ll be waiting for what he thinks will be a long process to be over.
LeClub Et’cetera Throw Back Party: A Tribute to Back in the Day when Buffalo Night Life was at its Best On August 19 Hard Entertainment is hosting, a Le Club Et’cetera throw back party at Club Paradise, 3950 McKinley Pkwy in celebration of a club that gave local R&B bands an avenue to display their talent and also the start of some great professional music careers. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance and available t Doris Records. Admission is $22 at the door. For more information call 603-5837. David Hardy president of Hard Entertainment recalls the time “back in the day” when there were other clubs that hosted live entertainment,but a lot of them would not accept all Black bands. When Le Club Et’cetera opened in the 1980’s on the East side of Buffalo (the corner of Genesee & Latour) by Mr. William Murray a (Vietnam Veteran), it changed the face of local R&B bands. Many professional careers began there such as Joe Public, Shawn Mcquiller lead singer of Kool & The Gang, Process & The Doo Rags and a host of others. Thank you William Murray and all the bars and clubs that still support local entertainment we thank you!
ON STAGE *Actor/comedian Chris Tucker on stage Friday Sept 9 at Shea’s Performing Arts. Tickets @Ticketmaster or Shea’s Box Office or call 1-800745-3000. * “Church Girl Hit Play coming to Toronto” Sony Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Toronto Sat. Aug. 13 @ 8 p.m. The play stars Robin Givens and A’ngela Winbush. Tickets @ ticketmaster *JAZZ JAM SUNDAY, 6:30 to 10pm, Cafe @ Masten & Eaton 230 Masten Ave., Buffalo, NY 14209, 716883-2311. Featuring the Tune Ups, T. Rob, Marlow Wright and James Davis. Open mike 9pm. Karaoke Tuesdays 8pm with Gordy. *Live Smooth Jazz Sundays, sponsored by Pee Wee’s Variety Store 2335 Main St. (near Leroy) every Sunday now through August 28 from 4 – 9pm featuring Oscar Alston on bass, Bilal Abdullah on sax, Russeau Taylor on guitar, and Ronnie Amos on vocals, plus guest artist. Admission free until 6pm and $1 after 6pm.For tickets or more information please call (716) 833-1620 or visit peeweesvarietystore. com. *Will Holton Sunday Concert Series Schedule: Aug. 14 - Dale Toliver; August 28 - Rod Bonner; Sept. 11 - Gruvology; Blush Night Club, 1389 Delaware; admission $10
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Reggae By the Square at 2nd Cup Reggae by the Square at 2nd Cup Café, 36 Broadway, is held every First and third Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. Music by DJs Ras Muata and Ras Jomo of Access to Afreeka. Admission is $3. .. *70s Peace, Love & Soul Jam, Metropolitan Entertainment Complex, 1670 Main St., Sat. Aug. 13, from 8 p.m. till 12 midnight for more information call 898-8149.
*Shakespeare In Delaware Park, Free Theatre, “As You Like It” on stage July 21 – August 14, every evening (except Mondays) @ 7:30 p.m., next to Hoyt Lake behind the Rose Garden. 856-4533 for more info. *Free Live Jazz Fridays (every Friday) with "Margaret's Soul Food Kitchen" @ Barcelonas 414 Pearl Street from 6 to 9 PM featuring Kenny Woo's "You Heard It First Band" with Darryl Brown on Sax, Carl Hunley Jr. on Drums. *Return to Forever with Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, Jean-Luc Ponty, Frank Gambale, Zappa, UB Center for the Arts, Monday, August 8, 7:30 p.m., tickets $25-$80; ticketmaster.com *End of Summer Jam Fest featuring The O’Jays, The Whispers, Keith Sweat, Aug. 20, Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, 6:30 p.m.; tickets at Doris Records in Buffalo and all Ticketmaster Locations, 1.800.745.3000 Charge by Phone. *Fantastic Musical Voyage Q@ The Tralf, Saturday, Aug. 13, for 2 shows, 7 & 10:30 p.m., featuring Lakeside, Leon Russell, the Old School B-Boys, Dee Paris; MC David Allen; Tickets at Big 6 Musicians Club 600 E. North; Doris Records, Tralf Box Office & Ticketmaster Locations; to *“Masten District Jazz Meets Gospel” August 20 from 6-10 p.m. Erie Canal Side (at the Foot of Main St.) featuring Pappy Martin Love Supreme Jazz Ensemble, Rishon Odell (Soul Session), Anthony Monaco Organ Trio featuring Carmen Innore, St. John Baptist Church United Mass Chours, Men in White Chours, Marvis Tayon and Shaddie Swagg. 851-5145. Free.
*Dinner Dazzle with live entertainment to benefit JES Breathe Cancer Awareness Group, Aug. 13 from 3-7 p.m. at Rhythms, 1380 Jefferson Ave., tickets $20 at Doris Records or call 830-6933 or 533-1985
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he’s the only female performer being featured in Saturday’s “Fantastic Music Voyage” concert starring old school legends Lakeside at the Tralf Music Hall August 13. But Deatra “Dee” Paris is ready to rock the house! A newcomer to the R&B singing world, Deatra was invited by her R&B mentor Juanita Duncan to join Godfather Promotions and sing with the female vocal group named Desire. Recognized by Duncan as a powerful alto, Paris is described as a “sassy, petite, powerhouse.” In 2009, Paris was the opening act at the Tralf Music Hall for the legendary group Blue Magic. Impressed with her vocal abilities and charisma, Dane Smith, CEO of Godfather Promotions, requested her as the opening act for Ronnie Laws and Blue Magic in June 2010. Although a newcomer to R&B Paris started her singing career in Gospel music, performing with various groups such as The Lighthouse Community Choir, WNY Chapter, and New Beginnings where she was a lead soloist on their CD recording. She has also graced the stage with the Buffalo Philharmonic, and sang at various venues across the U.S. and abroad. Deatra enjoys spending time with family, working out (she’s an accomplished figure bodybuilding), and shopping. She is an educator and an advocate for health and wellness for women over 50. Dee is also a dancer/fitness instructor and a New
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Dee Paris York State employee. You don’t want to miss Saturday’s show! There will be two performances at 7 and 10:30 p.m. Along with Lakeside and Dee, will be Leon Russell, the Old School B-Boys and MC David Allen. Tickets are available at the Big 6 Musicians Club, 600 E. North, Doris Records, Tralf Box Office and Ticketmaster locations. To reserve seats call 602-8150. ARE YOU REGISTERED TO
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The on-again-off-again rain didn’t stop a thing last Sunday as folks came out in huge numbers for Part 1 of this year’s Pine Grill Reunion in MLK Park. The line up for this Sunday, August 14 features Denzell Ward and Cool Company, CMB, Danny and the Blues Revue,The Kenny Woo Band and GLVT Love Extreme. PHOTOS PRINCESS PHOTOGRAPHY
African American Ancestral Trolley Tour
as Barbara Nevergold, President of the Afro-American Historical Association of the Niagara Frontier, Inc., and Sharon Holley, retired Buffalo Public Library Systems Administrator, host a 1.5-hour tour through Forest Lawn, where you will learn about such notable African Americans as Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm; Charles Fuqua of the famed Ink Spots, local activists, Dr. J. Edward Nash and Mary Talbert and more.
Saturday, August 20 and Saturday, October 15
You’ll visit the graves of the 14 African American Civil War soldiers and read the plaque donated in their honor…and you’ll meet a few residents along the way. At the end of the tour, you’ll experience a traditional and touching African libation ceremony.
1:00 p.m. $15 per person
Seating is limited, and reservations are required. Please call the Forest Lawn office today at 885.1600 for tickets.
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Offered by the Afro-American Historical Association of the Niagara Frontier, Inc., in collaboration with Forest Lawn.
AUGUST 10, 2011
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Byron Brown: Black Mayor or Black Widow Spider?
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e courts you like a spider preying on its next victim. He spins a tale of rhetoric about teamwork, trust, and loyalty to one another and the enemies he needs you to help protect him from. Then he lures you into his web of deceit aka City Hall. Once there, you are stripped of your authority, beat down into submission and lay waiting for the next attack on your persona. If you fight back, lay claim to an idea or don’t go along with the program (no matter who it will hurt), you are stripped of your authority, dignity, professional reputation, employability and given a new title – incompetent. Your good name is forever besmirched. The KARLA final blow used to THOMAS be taking a fatal bullet and getting fired. Now it’s having your unemployment taken. I was fired in January 2011. My name appeared on both the April and July quarterly reports from the NYS Dept. of Labor that listed all former City employees receiving unemployment benefits. Why did Darrell McPherson or his Audit and Control staff not “discover” that I was receiving unemployment until the 26th week of my claim? If anyone felt I was not entitled to it, why was the question not raised when I got fired? Why are Darrell and Mayor Brown trying to make me repay unemployment benefits that I am clearly entitled to but refuse to recoup the insurance premiums from the families who used insurance they weren’t eligible for or entitled to? And here is the $91,000 question – When is someone going to acknowledge that usually “the first that one knew it, blew it.” I’m talking about our City Auditor, the one and only Darrell McPherson. His Audit and Control Department found the 159 dead people on our insurance rolls and reported it in the November 2009 audit. Why then did they continue cutting checks to Blue Cross to pay insurance premiums for those same dead people for 9 more months before advising the Commissioner of Human Resources that they had not been removed from the bills? No other administration in the City of Buffalo’s history has seen more female fatalities, 90% of were of African descent (Angela Joyner, Donna Brown, Michelle Barron, Tanya Perrin Johnson, Rita Hubbard Robinson, Cariole Horn, Karla Thomas and now Page 10
Antoinette Palmer; Alisa Lukaschevitz and Carla Kosmerle were white). If they weren’t fired, they were forced out, ushered out or ran out to save their sanity and reputation. A few were even lucky enough to get out before they could be blamed for some error or other failure of the Mayor’s administration. Antoinette Palmer is the Director of Compensation and Benefits who was suspended indefinitely and without pay because she allegedly mishandled my unemployment paperwork. She was hired in August, 2010, two days before the Mayor announced he was firing me. She came to City Hall with impeccable credentials and is one of the most extraordinary benefits administrators I have ever worked with. She hit the ground running in the midst of crisis and uncovered deficiencies that had been hidden for years. Two of her biggest strengths are communication and follow-up. I doubt very seriously that she did anything with my unemployment insurance paperwork without seeking and receiving direction. Her treatment is typical of the Brown administration’s disciplinary process – the punishment never fits the crime. Once upon a time Byron Brown was a visionary leader. He had great ideas, mapped out strategic plans to bring those ideas to life and was always ready with another one. That was before he became mayor. Byron traded those visions of progress for delusions of grandeur. He has become the Teflon Don of City Hall. He’s always “outraged” at what he “didn’t know” (or what Casey didn’t tell him). For what the tax payers have paid in legal fees to outside attorneys, he could have avoided paying my unemployment and just given me what I asked for – a severance package. I guarantee you my request was less than what he has and is going to pay to outside counsel. No other mayor has done this much damage to our community. We waited all this time and this is what we got. While Mayor Brown is not my enemy, I’m sure he feels like I am his because he is not accustomed to anyone fighting back. God said I had to love him, but he didn’t say I had to like the things he does. When people try to say bad things or wish ill upon him to me, I simply tell them “Byron is a former political family member who made a bad business mistake. I’m just trying to help him correct it”. To God be the glory! Keep me lifted.
“Up, you mighty race, accomplish what you will.” Marcus Garvey
America’s “Drug Problem” Based on Politics and Politicians...
Dear Editor, Sister Legislator Grant's frustration with the "drug problem" in our community is understandable but part of the "problem" is the inability/unwillingness of our community and our country to be honest about what the "problem" actually is and how to go about solving it. The biggest problem we as a nation have with drugs is not accepting the reality that the "problem" is based on politics and politicians more than anything else and that is where the solution lies. In the United States "drugs" first became regulated by politicians in the 1850s when the pharmeceutical industry began to grow and there was rampant "quackery" and dangerous snake oil "medicines" everywhere. What was considered a "drug" or a "poison" had more to do with the political and religious inclinations of where you lived in america rather than the harm the substance might do to you. Marijuana, for instance, was introduce as a medical drug to america by a physician named William O'Shaughnessy in 1839 and it was first regulated by politicians in 1850, the demonization and criminalization of marijuana really took off after it became illegal in the american southwest during the Great Depression. The drive to make it illegal was not because marijuana was causing some kind of harm to society but because it was primarily used by Mexican laborers. Southwestern states began to criminalize marijuana and used that as a tool to deport Mexican immigrants and thereby helped to create jobs for americans.Opium/Heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, LSD, and even methamphetamine (meth) were all once legal in this country but were made illegal, by politicians, for various political reasons but the "harm" they caused or were causing before being made illegal is not what drove these various substances to become criminalized. I understand how Sister Grant gets frustrated for "getting blamed" for doing nothing but as a politician she should acknowledge that the problem with drugs has more to do with politicians than anything else. For instance, Afghanistan is the number one supplier of heroin to the world market and when the Taliban were in charge of the country they forbade the growing of opium poppies and suppressed the trade on the world market. We have George Bush and now President Obama to thank for the resurgence of the trade in heroin since the "Wars on Terror" were undertaken against the Taliban. The result of the war has been to chase the Taliban out of the areas they used to control and it is open knowledge that the heroin trade flourishes because the poppy growers are now free to grow poppies without interference. The recently
assassinated vice president of Afghanistan (brother of the country's president, ally of the united states and head heroin drug lord of the country) makes it even more clear that the heroin trade is all about politics and politicians. Politicians have demonstrated leadership and an ability to change things for the better but unfortunately they are in other countries, Portugal is an example. In 2001 Portugal basically decriminalized everything (marijuana, cocaine, heroin, LSD, methamphetamine) the result has been an improvement in pretty much everything related to the "drug problem" too. Overdoses in the country have dropped, new cases of HIV have plummeted (before the policy change Portugal had the highest HIV rates in the European Union) and, of course, they have no problem of prison overcrowding. What's interesting in the case of Portugal is that drugs were not made "legal" per se. Growers, dealers and traffickers of illicit substances are still subject to criminal penalties but users only face administrative penalties rather than criminal ones. If you are a drug user in Portugal you are taken to the "Commission for the Dissuasion of Drug Addiction" the Commission is composed of a social worker a psychiatrist and an attorney/judge. Based on the Commissions recommendations users are either sent to rehab or have to do community service. The problems of the violence in the heroin trade have ended because dealers cannot make a profit anymore from selling heroin. In order to get heroin you have to buy it from a government licensed store and the price and quality is regulated so that black market dealers can no longer make any money selling heroin and the violence from black market dealers has disappeared. Other European countries take a similar approach and have similar results and one indisputable fact is that the usage of drugs by minors and adults in those countries
is no where near as high as it is in the united states with our "get tough on drugs" attitude and laws. Frankly I don't see any optimistic solution of america's "drug problem" because american politicians are simply not courageous enough to deal honestly with the problem and so would NEVER advocate something in america like the Portugal model. America is a country of oppression, mass incarceration and mindless, vicious "Wars against (fill in the blank)" that's how we deal with everything and how we like it. -George Winfield
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Pushing Homosexuality Part III : A Necessary Conversation Jackson says President Obama Needs his Black base if he wants to be Re-elected
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hen beginning this series on the subject of homosexuality, I had not intended to respond to responses that might (foreseeably) result, not wishing to engage in a “tit-for-tat” spat on such a highly emotionally charged issue. Debate teams even avoid taking up this topic, as well as abortion, and others that carry the potential for explosive, hurtful dialogue that in the end, amounts to an exercise in futility. MoreSabirah as a child Muhammad over, of Elijah, it’s not our habit to engage in persuasive dialogue beyond a mere offering of a perspective that we believe is divinely inspired. In fact, one of The Hon. Elijah Muhammad’s most oft repeated sayings is: “Take it, or let it alone.” It was in that noble tradition that I endeavored to discuss the targeting of the black male in Part III, reveal the hidden agenda
of wicked societal planners in pushing homosexuality, and then close the series with the understanding that we have been given from the Hon. Louis Farrakhan on why homosexuality is abhorred by God. Then, on to the next pressing matter of relevance to the community. But in a most certainly divine development, one of our sisters in the lesbian community was moved to write what she called “an LGBT Response” to our offering, adding a simply honest, courageously informative voice to this necessary conversation. Since personal experience is the highest form of certainty, Cindy C’s unique perspective is invaluable. The insight she was able (and willing) to share enriched this undertaking, and it would be arrogant to ignore her voice or devalue or dismiss her testimony. It would be foolish to pass up the opportunity for a better understanding, or to grow from the challenge of a discussion that now requires even more courage to conduct. Moving with the spirit, we must speak into her lovely echo while it still resounds.
Firstly, it’s very logical that members of this family would ask: Why are y’all in my business anyway? The sense of personal intrusion is definitely understandable, and the answer is crucial. We don’t live alone in this world. We live in societies, communities, groups of individuals whose behaviors and life choices effect that entire community – effect the health and well being of the entire community. Responsible members of any society instinctively keep the watch – wary of any destructive force that could threaten the survival of the group. If a fire broke out at your neighbor’s house, everyone capable of fighting it would do so, for the benefit of your neighbor, whom you care about, and for the sake of every other house the fire might spread to. The peripheral conversation on the right and wrong of homosexuality was necessary because not all of the members of the family agree that it is indeed such a destructive agent, threatening the survival of the family. At the close of this series, many still won’t, but it was necessary to establish a premise for this humble offering. Cindy C is correct on so many of the points that she raised: that all of us are sinners, not fit to judge one another, that none of us should ever harm one another, as in the horrific Judge William Skretny has issued his Order that presents us with new lines case of Mathew Shepard, whom sister mentioned. Understanding also her for the 11 Districts of the Erie County Legislature. I welcome the resolution to the matter and applaud the Judge on his attention point that sexual abuse is not always to the important federal principles. Judge Skretny, in his decision, maintained the determinant in future homosexual 2 majority-minority districts for the Legislature, following the directives of lifestyles, it should be said that when the Federal Voting Rights Act. And although the new districts do not adhere it has occurred, how loathsome it is to as closely as proposed Local Law 3-1 did to the principal harm someone who has already been of one person-one vote, the deviation in size between harmed so much. The target of the task is the wicked districts still falls well within federal guidelines. With this map, Judge Skretny has followed those principles that I planners whose goal is to destroy the have championed throughout this process – the principles family, the foundational unit of any that assure each voter has an equal voice in their County civilization, leaving the larger society ripe for economic plunder. They government. Currently I serve as the 3rd District Legislator. care nothing for the safety, human The new District I reside in will be District 1. I welcome rights, or basic respect that any of us the additional residents of District 1 and am looking for- are entitled to. When last we met, we examined the Barbara Millerward to the opportunity to address their interests in County secret schemes underway to interrupt government. This new district preserves the heart of the Williams neighborhoods I have come to know and champion in the the natural physical development of City and adds many neighborhoods that I have become both the male and the female, with the acquainted with in my time as Chair of the Legislature. I am excited to get to deliberate intention of reversing the better know these new neighborhoods and listen to the needs of the residents roles of each. Cindy C speaks of inflexible structure adhered to by straight as I take my re-election campaign to every corner of the new 1st District. There is one issue that is of concern to me with regard to the Judge's ruling folk. Structure is the very tool that God in this case. Ballot access, the mechanism of our democracy that allows anyone uses to create a peaceful, orderly, and with the will to challenge an incumbent, has been severely restricted in this harmonious kingdom. He created the process. By ordering that the Party leaders will designate those that will be planets, for example, and set them in listed on the ballot lines, ordinary citizens are not allowed to participate in motion – but not without calling them that choice. And those that may seek the office of Legislator, if they are not a to order. Mercury doesn’t collide with part of the Party system, are left without any real hope of a viable campaign. Venus, because a wise God set them on I understand the extreme time constraints this process has imposed upon us, a specific (inflexible) orbit. Our open but I want to make sure that a true spirit of democracy is not sacrificed in the enemy destroys us by studying God’s order, and working to unravel it. He name of expediency. So I welcome the Order that Judge Skretny has presented us, and the resolu- plots to keep our men out of work, but tion to the question of what the 11 Districts of the Erie County Legislature will happily hires our women, to make the look like beginning in 2012. I respect the process that the Judge has decreed, natural provider feel emasculated. He recognizing that it may be difficult for a challenger to step forward and run can’t stay in a home where he doesn’t feel like a man. Children now grow up for a position on the Legislature. I thank all those who have been involved in this process to assure that every in environments that are unbalanced Continued Page 13 resident of Erie County is fairly represented for the next 10 years.
Reflections on the Redistricting of the Erie County Legislature
AUGUST 10, 2011
In an interview with German mag/website, Spiegel, Jesse Jackson discusses Black America’s frustration with Barack Obama and the president’s failure to anticipate the Republicans’ tenacious will to “destroy” him. Check out some excerpts: SPIEGEL: When was the last time you spoke to President Barack Obama? Jackson: It has been a while. SPIEGEL: But you were one of his early mentors in Chicago and the picture of your public tears in Chicago’s Grant Park after his election victory in 2008 went around the globe. How would you describe your current feelings about his presidency? Jackson: At that moment in Grant Park, we were finally winning, but I was reflecting on the long journey, the many years of struggle for civil rights. Obama ran the last lap of a 60-year campaign. I thought of all the bruises we endured during this campaign and I thought of Dr. Martin Luther King and wished he had been there just for 20 seconds to see how 60 years of struggle suddenly paid off. Sure, some layer of the excitement of that night is gone. SPIEGEL: Is it true that even among AfricanAmericans Obama’s standing has suffered? Jackson: We Blacks were the first people embracing Obama, long before the people at expensive fundraisers were supporting him. We gave him his first love, 96 percent of Blacks Jessie Jackson voted for him in 2008. Yet today we are the number one in unemployment, with 16 percent of American Blacks out of work. We are number one in foreclosure, number one in short life expectancy, in loan default. Big banks steered their toxic products toward minorities and Congress did not oversee them properly because it is basically corrupted by all the money it is raising on Wall Street. So there is a lot of pain here in our community and this pain must be addressed. SPIEGEL: During the recent negotiations on the debt ceiling Obama agreed to billion dollar cuts in public spending and received no tax increases in return from the Republicans. Is he too willing to compromise? Jackson: I think he sometimes underestimates the force of the other side, how tenacious they are in their ideology. A few weeks ago, during the debt ceiling negotiations, Obama went golfing with John Boehner, the Republican speaker of the House. Afterwards, they said their differences are not ideological, not philosophical. Really? If Republicans say they want to cut public spending drastically, they want to cut social security and Medicare and the social safety net for poor and working families, and cater to the wealthiest Americans, then that is a different philosophy. If the Tea Party is determined to kill the New Deal and Great Society programs we won in the past, that is a different ideology. And if the right wing of the Republican party is determined to shield themselves from tax obligations or to fight the Civil War again by pushing voter suppression legislation to take away minority voting rights across the country, that is also a very different ideology. SPIEGEL: So Obama needs go get tougher? Jackson: He underestimates how ideological the other side is, and how determined they are to destroy him, even when their actions harm the nation’s economy and millions of people. I think reconciliation is Obama’s goal — but the fight with the Republicans is like a fight with pit bulls, they never let go. Even worse, now the Republicans feel they can keep pushing and he will keep giving. SPIEGEL: Do you think Obama is more reluctant to address such issues because he does not want to be stereotyped as a ‘Black president?’ Jackson: In some way… Bill Clinton had certain freedoms to address Blacks and their issues because he was a White president. Obama, to the contrary, has to endure insults like no other previous president. Look at the coded language the Right is using against President Barack Obama. Openly calling him a liar in Congress, saying he is ‘not a Christian, he was not born here, he is not one of us.’ That makes addressing such issues trickier for the first African-American in the White House. ...The gap between black and white has widened in America. There is a growing health gap, a housing gap, an income gap. But this gap is not an effort gap, it is structural and institutional – the continued legacy of centuries of slavery and legal segregation. And don’t forget: The Black community was essential for Obama’s victory. He must nurture that base if he wants to be re-elected.
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Outdoor Shopping ExtravaganzaComing To Buffalo’s East Side By Sister Bernadine J. Kennedy In Buffalo’s severely depressed economy with unemployment much higher for African Americans than the national average indicates, a unique and progressive business initiative is
currently underway which will bring “outdoor shopping” and as many as fifty jobs to Buffalo’s inner-city later this August, when Muhammad’s Mosque #23 will present “Your Community Market and International Bazaar” shopping extravaganza in the parking lot
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS The Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority will receive sealed bids for BMHA Job # 11-11CF Elevator Rehabilitation at Msgr. Geary Apartments. The Prebid Conference will be held on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 10: 00 AM, local time, with all potential bidders assembled at the Capital Improvements & Development Office, 320 Perry Street, Buffalo, NY. 14204; the project walk-through may be held/scheduled after the meeting. Sealed bids will be received until 2:00 PM, local time, on Friday, August 26, 2011 at the Capital Improvements Office, 320 Perry Street, Buffalo, New York 14204. Bids received after the stated time will not be accepted. Bids will be opened and publicly read aloud immediately after specified closing time. All bid forms must be filled out and returned. Sets of contract documents may only be obtained at the Capital Improvements Office at 320 Perry Street, with a deposit of $100 per set. Only certified company checks, bank checks or money orders made payable to the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority will be accepted. This deposit is refundable upon return of complete sets of documents within 14 calendar days after the bid opening. Failure to comply with this time limit will constitute forfeiture of the deposit. The BMHA reserves the right to reject any bid, which fails to conform to the essential items required by the contract documents and to reject any and/or all bids submitted. Dated: August 5, 2011 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED PROJECT Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority (the “Authority”) on the 22nd day of August 2011, at 4:00 o’clock P.M., local time, at the offices of the Authority located at 300 Perry Street in the City of Buffalo, Buffalo County, New York, in connection with the following matters: Walden Park Senior Housing II, LLC (the “Company”) has submitted an application to the Authority requesting its issuance of tax exempt bonds in an amount not to exceed $5,300,000 (the “Construction Bonds”) to fund the redevelopment and renovation of 126 one and two bedroom apartments for low income seniors (the “Project”) situated on a 6.09 acre parcel of land located at 101 Bakos Blvd., Buffalo, New York (the “Project Facility”), which Construction Bonds would be replaced upon completion, with the issuance by the Authority of approximately $3,250,000 of tax exempt bonds, which may or may not be Federal Home Loan Mortgage Company insured (the “Series 2011 Bonds”), the proceeds of a permanent loan from the Authority to the Company of approximately $3,430,000 of federal replacement housing factor funds and/or equity raised by the Company of approximately $3,550,930 in connection with the allocation of low-income housing tax credits. THE BONDS SHALL NOT BE A DEBT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR THE CITY OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, AND NEITHER THE STATE OF NEW YORK NOR THE CITY OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK SHALL BE LIABLE THEREON. The Authority will at said time and place hear all persons with views on either the location and nature of the proposed Project, or the proposed plan of financing the Project by the issuance from time to time of the Bonds. Dated: August__, 2011. BUFFALO MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY By: s/Dawn E. Sanders Executive Director Page 12
of its current location at 5 Walden Avenue on Buffalo’s east side. The economic implications of such a project will have a significant impact on the lives of area residents as “this is a unique opportunity for as many as 50 of our city’s under-employed persons to work as self-employed vendors at “Your Community Market & International Bazaar”, on a full-time basis”, said Minister Daveed Muhammad, the local representative of the Nation Of Islam here in Buffalo. “Traditionally, African-American vendors only offer Afro-centric items during holidays like black history month, Kwanza and Juneteenth” said Minister Daveed, “but now, they will have the opportunity to sell their products Monday thru Friday for the next ten weeks ” he said. “Your Community Market & International Bazaar ” is currently seeking persons interested in renting space in the outdoor parking lot of the Mosque, where the area will easily accommodate more than fifty vendor spaces of dry goods such as clothing, household items, furniture, books, tapes, antiques, specialty crafts and other types of flee market items. Billed as a “market & international bazaar”, the project is also hoping to attract specialty vendors of products made throughout the world from countries such as China, South America, Mexico, Europe the Middle East and the Caribbean. “Your Market & International Bazaar” will officially open for business on Saturday, August 20th from noon to 6:00pm. The public is invited to attend the opening day event which will include entertainment, free giveaways for children, door prizes and other special offers and discounts. Daily operations will continue Monday through Friday from 10:00 am to 6:00pm and on Saturday’s from 12:00 noon to 6:00 pm, every week until Saturday, October 29th of this year. This progressive idea can not only have a great impact on the lives of Buffalo’s inner-city residents by allowing otherwise under- employed street vendors to work on a full time basis, it will also allow residents to shop within their community for much needed items, otherwise unavailable without going great distances to suburban malls and factory outlets. Muhammad’s Mosque hopes to expand its’ idea later this year with the opening of an “outdoor community food market” offering fresh fruits, vegetables and house plants. For more information regarding vending applications and employment opportunities for this project, please contact Sister Bernadine at 716-8843312 as soon as possible as vending space is limited and applications will be processed on a first come, first served basis. (Sister Bernadine Kennedy Project Coordinator.)
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BI D S COUNTY OF ERIE NOTICE TO BIDDERS PAINTING OF FIVE COUNTY BRIDGES PROJECT NO. FA-PAINTING-11 LOCALLY ADMINISTERED FEDERAL AID PROJECT 5758.90 The Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, is seeking sealed bids for this bridge painting project. Sealed proposals will be received at the DPW-Division of Highways Main Conference Room 1419, 95 Franklin Street, 14th floor, Buffalo, NY at 10:00 a.m., August 18, 2011. Bid deposit of $36,000.00 required. Plans will be available for purchase at $100./set from July 28, 2011 through bid date. Pre-let meeting is scheduled for Thursday, August 11, 2011 10:00 a.m. at the DPW-Division of Highways Conference Room 1419, 95 Franklin Street, 14th floor, Buffalo, NY. Bid submittal details are on the Erie County website at: www.erie.gov/bidproposals.asp
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HOMOSEXUAL DEBATE continued and insecure. Young men wreak havoc, girls are prey for predators, and the list of maladies resulting from the upset of natural order is endless. The same is true for the structure of the family. Amazingly, Cindy C’s testimony revealed the very reason that homosexuality is hated by God. Inshallah, we’ll close with it next time and with a few comments on the courting of the Black man – if the spirit says so.
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COUNTY OF ERIE NOTICE TO BIDDERS RECONSTRUCTION OF JOHN STREET CR573 TOWN OF NEWSTEAD PROJECT NO. CAP-573-11 BID DEPOSIT $50,000. The Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, is seeking sealed bids for John Street CR572 road reconstruction (0.3 miles) including drainage improvements. Sealed proposals will be received at the Erie County DPW, 95 Franklin Street, 14th floor, Rm 1419, Buffalo, New York, at 10:00 a.m., August 18, 2011. Bid deposit of $50,000. required. Plans will be available for purchase at $100.00 each from August 4, 2011 through bid date. Pre-let meeting is August 11, 2011 beginning at 11:00 am at the Erie County DPW, 95 Franklin, 14th floor, Rm 1419, Buffalo, NY 14202. Bid submittal details are on the Erie County website at www.erie.gov
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Global Concepts Charter School is seeking applications for a full-time Front Desk Receptionist. Duties include phone answering, word processing, data entry, guest check-in, etc. Applicants must possess an ability to multi-task, show patience, and have good communication skills. Send Resume and Cover Letter to D. Ehrle, Principal, 1001 Ridge Rd., Lackawanna, NY 14218 or Dehrle@ GlobalCCS.org Deadline for application is August 15.
The following positions are available in various departments and locations of Erie Community College
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids for Project No. Q1388-C, for Construction Work, Replace Windows, State Armory, 27 Masten Avenue, Buffalo (Erie County), NY, will be received by the Office of General Services (OGS), Design & Construction Group (D&C), Contract Administration, 35th Fl., Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12242, on behalf of the Division of Military and Naval Affairs, until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 31, 2011, when they will be publicly opened and read. Each bid must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders and must be accompanied by a certified check, bank check, or bid bond in the amount of $50,400 for C. All successful bidders on a multiple trade project or the successful bidder with a bid over $200,000 on a single trade project, will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Labor and Material Bond in the statutory form of public bonds required by Sections 136 and 137 of the State Finance Law, each for 100% of the amount of the Contract estimated to be between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000 for C. The requirement for Labor and Material and Performance Bonds may be waived on a bid under $200,000 on a single trade project. Designated staff are Frank Peris in the Bureau of Contract Awards, telephone (518) 474-0203, fax (518) 473-7862 and John Lewyckyj, Director of Contract Administration, telephone (518) 474-0201, fax (518) 486-1650. The only time prospective bidders will be allowed to visit the job site will be at 10:30 a.m. on August 18, 2011, at Masten Avenue Armory, 27 Masten Avenue. Buffalo, NY 14204. Phone the office of Jacob Samulski, (716) 885-0908 a minimum of 24 hours in advance. It is the policy of the State and the Office of General Services to encourage minority business enterprise participation in this project by contractors, subcontractors and suppliers, and all bidders are expected to cooperate in implementing this policy. The Bidding and Contract Documents for this Project are available on compact disc (CD) only, and may be obtained for an $8.00 deposit per set, plus a $2.00 per set shipping and handling fee. Contractors and other interested parties can order CD’s on-line through a secure web interface available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Please use the following link at the OGS website for ordering and payment instructions: http://www.ogs. state.ny.us/bu/dc/esb/acquirebid.asp. For questions about purchase of bid documents, please send an e-mail to D&C.Plans@ogs.state.ny.us, or call toll free at 1-877-647-7526. For additional information on this project, please use the following link: http://www.ogs.state.ny.us/bu/dc. James M. Davies, AIA Deputy Commissioner Design and Construction
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Employment
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Public Information Officer FT Adjunct Professor PT – Communication Arts Coordinator of Audio Visual PT College Administrative Assistant PT Senior Clerk Typist PT Clerk PT Cashier PT Mentor PT For more information or to apply to the positions above go to: https://jobs.ecc.edu
Erie Community College is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, members of minority groups, persons with disabilities, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.
Admissions Positions
Buffalo State College seeking applications for two positions in Admissions. Excellent professional environment and fringe benefits. Competitive salary.
Assistant Director of Transfer Admissions
Responsibility for assisting with planning, developing, implementing, evaluating and supervising multi-channel marketing and recruitment strategies designed to assure highquality service to undergraduate, domestic transfer applicants from recruitment to enrollment. Responsible for meeting programmatic enrollment goals through the execution of various approaches: travel to community colleges; participation in on and off-campus special events; management of dual admissions programs; and communication with various constituents; maintaining contact with prospective students from initial stages of inquiry through enrollment; coordinating on and off-campus recruitment events. Supervising application processing and transcript evaluation; coordinating registration and orientation efforts with appropriate offices, interviewing prospective students, application management and decisionmaking and transfer credit evaluations are a part of this role. Required Qualifications: Master's degree; supervisory experience; 3-5 years progressively responsible experience in college admissions, community college student services, or related area. The ideal candidate should be a motivated professional with a desire to work in a team-oriented environment and possess a solid understanding of marketing, proficiency with technology and basic computer knowledge, strong organizational and analytical skills, and the ability to work some evenings and weekends. Deadline for application is September 3, 2011.
Admissions Assistant
Evaluate applicant credentials, facilitate applicant completion and render admission decisions; assess EOP applicant financial eligibility; monitor and report progress of prospective students and recruitment goals; plan and implement on and off-campus events; manage recruitment territory; present at information sessions and open houses; travel to recruit students. Required Qualifications: Bachelor's degree. Minimum two years of professional work experience in college admissions or other higher education office charged with the recruitment, retention and/or academic/personal support of college students. Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills; strong organizational skills. Able to work occasional weekend and evening hours and travel for extended periods during certain times of the academic year. Must possess a valid driver's license. Deadline for applications is September 1, 2011 We encourage qualified applicants to apply for these job postings online at https://jobs.buffalostate.edu.
Buffalo State is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and committed to respect for diversity and individual differences.
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Public Meeting Notice: Board of the Westminster Community Charter School, 3 p.m., M&T Bank, One M&T Plaza, 19th Floor.
Talk of the Town Hair & Fashion Show: Millennium Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave; 5 p.m.; Tickets Doris Records; (315) 885-6443 info.
Garvey Day Commemoration: 3-9 p.m., Martha Mitchell center, 175 Oakmont St., Langfield BMHA; (716) 715-3727, ( 716) 598-4907 or email brothertaharka@yahoo. com
THURSDAY AUGUST 11 Imams Council of Greater WNY Uniting Taleem & Dinner on the Occasion of the Blessed Month of Ramadan: 5:30 p.m., Masjid AlEman, 444 Connecticut St.; (716) 578- 0735 or (716) 526-6049. Summer Youth Theatre Production :The Merge presents “From Better to Best” : 7 p.m., Villa Maria College Aud; free admission, free refreshments FRIDAY AUGUST 12
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The Golden Cup Documentary Series: Topic, “Racism: A History Part 1 “The Color of Money”; 5-7 p.m., 883 Jefferson Ave.; 5-7 p.m., 883-7770.
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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 17 Meeting We Are Women Warriors: 5:30-7:45 p.m., Merriweather Library; open to the public; (716) 536-7323; tentative guest, Superintendent Dr. James Williams.
Community Forum w/Officials of ECMC: 6-8 p.m. Delevan-Grider Community Center, 877 E. Delevan; Discussion on changes taking place at ECMC; hosted by Legislators Grant and Miller-Williams. Free Public Forum: on gardens and urban farms and refugee community; 4:30-5:30 p.m., PUSH Community Garden on Hampshire St. between Lawrence and 15th St; RSVP email megn@ppgbuffalo. org
The Chestnut Family Reunion Red Carpet Dinner and Dance: Adams Mark Hotel, 120 Church St; open to the public @$50 per person, $90 per couple; (716) 893-7753. SATURDAY AUGUST 13 ELLICOTT MALL REUNION: JFK Park, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Dinner dazzle: Entertainment, dinner, jewelry show to benefit JES Breathe Cancer Awareness group; 3-7 .m., Rhythms, 1380 Jefferson; Tickets $20 @ Doris Records; 830-6933. Black Rock Canal Park’s Ride Along the Waterfront: bike race, 3 mile paddle, and a wellness fair; day long event GIRLS/NICYO Female Slam Jam: Masten Park on Best St., 10 a.m.3p.m. 931-2180 or 247-8544 for info.; Community Health Fair
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ROYALTY! Bernice King, the youngest and only remaining daughter of slain Civil Rights Leader, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the guest speaker at Zion Dominion's Legacy Conference on Wednesday, August 4, 2011. The guest Psalmist was Darcel Blue. The event was hosted by First Lady Pamela Hennings and Pastor Roderick Hennings (in top photo with Bernice King). PHOTOS PRINCES PHOTOGRAPHY Page 16
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