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Blessed Quietness...

I have learned how to enjoy the blessedness of quietness. That’s right no sound, no hum, no buzz, no music no kids, no radio nor television, no traffic noise or lawn mower or chain saw or even the patter patter of little feet running around the house. Just nothing silence bliss, blessed nothingness. I like it so quiet that I can only hear my heart beating and my nostrils breathing. It is truly golden, in fact I seek it out each and every day. And for a long while on Mondays. Ever since I found out that more Preachers die on Mondays than any other day of the week I have made it my By BISHOP point to find a quiet place and just chill MELVIN for a while on that day. You would be surprised the number of folks who feel that they can not survive without the constant chatter of some type of noise, beat, hum, talk, melody, news reports, gossip talk, clanging banging chiming, clicking , booming Noises!!! all day long and even at night. A few years ago I had the occasion to go out of town to a church conference with a male relative of mine. I decided to call it a night as I always do at a decent godly hour. This relative wanted to talk, and talk and talk. I said “hey brother I talk for a living , you might be surprised to know just how much I value the tranquility of quietness” hint, hint. Well he just kept on and on so I fell to sleep. I woke up about 3am this brother had finally stopped talking and was fast asleep but the TV. was on and it was rather loud to boot. So I just got up and turned the thing off. When we awakened that morning I said “hey brother you left the TV on all night last “ to wit he replied “yes I can not sleep unless the TV is on” I said “what? I can not sleep with the thing on all night long” I then proclaimed to him that that was a spirit of restlessness sent to Continued on page 7

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AROUND TOWN Annual Taste of Jazz and More Saturday, Sept. 21 at 6:30 p.m., Rochester Riverside Convention Center, 123 East Main St., sponsored by The Rochester Twenty Pearls Foundation and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Delta Nu Omega Chapter; for more info contact deltanuomega@ yahoo.com

LIVE Jazz with Carl Atkins & Culture Clash Friday, Sept. 27, 7 pm Join us at the Baobe Center for the return of this popular series with LIVE music by Carl Atkins and his band, Culture Clash hosted by Dr. Atkins, Professor of Music at RIT. Admission: $10. Refreshments served.

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WNY AREA BRIEFS HIDDEN COLORS: Bro. Tariq Nasheed, the director of the film “Hidden Colors: the Triumph of Melanin,” will be in Buffalo on Friday, November 1 when the film will be shown at the Market Arcade in downtown Buffalo at 6 p.m. Tickets go on sale October 5th and are $10 and $12 at the door. This event is part of the Legends and Legacies Series sponsored by columnist Eva M. Doyle. Come out and meet this very talented director and see this important film! Call 8476010 for more information. African & African Diasporic Film Festival The remaining days (Saturdays) for the African and African American Film Festival at the Merriweather Library, 1324 Jefferson Avenue, are September 21 and 28. Tsotsi, Dir. Gavin Hood South Africa, 2005, narrative, DVD, 94 min., Sotho, English, Afrikaans, Tswana, Zulu, Xhosa Saturday, September 21, 2-4 pm Sugar Cane Alley, Dir. Euzhan Palcy Martinique, 2004, Narrative, DVD, 103 min., French with English Subtitles Saturday, September 28, 2- 4 pm Assistant Professor of African and African-American Studies, Toni Pressley-Sanon, will introduce and facilitate discussion of each film. The event is sponsored by Department of Transnational Studies, University at Buffalo. All Films are Free and Open to the Public.

Grand Opening of the Sara Minnie Badger Foster Care Agency Bishop Michael Badger, Bethesda WHIC and the Board of Directors cordially will host the Grand Re- Opening of Sarah Minnie Badger Foster Care Agency located at 1377 Main Street at the corner of Main and E. Utica Street on Saturday, September 21 at 9 am. The community is invited to come out and meet the staff of Agency and the Board of Directors. Learn how you can become a certified foster parent! There will be a live broadcast from 9-10 am. The Ribbon Cutting will take place at 11 a.m. For more information call 884-3622 x3.

Voter Registration Drive To help citizens register to vote and make informed decisions when casting their ballots in the November 6 election, the League of Women Voters of Buffalo Niagara (LWVBN) scheduled several voter registration sessions in the Buffalo/Niagara region. If you are a first-time voter, have recently moved or changed your name, you will need to register or re-register. To vote in the November 6 election a person must be: • An American citizen • At least 18 years old • Registered before October 11, 2013 Voter registration forms and information are available from the Board of Elections elections.ny.gov. Phone: Erie County: 716-858-8891; Niagara County: 716-4384040. You can also go to vote411.org, a one-stop-shop for voter information. This website provides nonpartisan information on both general and state-specific elections and candidates, which you can customize for your area by entering your zipcode. The League encourages them to register to vote and to vote on Election Day, November 6 to become more engaged in their democracy.

“CONGOSWIM 2013” Issues Call To Action To Support Peace And An End To Violence Against Women And Girls in Congo

Shown at the September 5th scholarship presentation are left to right, Stephanie Geter, Association President; Theresa M. Draper, mother; Sarah M. Draper, recipient and Reva W. Betha, Scholarship Committee Chairperson.

Hamlin Park Scholarship Awarded The Hamlin Park Community & Taxpayers’ Association has awarded a Charles T. Perkins Scholarship to Sarah M. Draper. The scholarship is awarded annually to a Hamlin Park student who has maintained academic excellence and demonstrated the dedication to the community exemplified by the Association’s first president. Sarah, a lifelong resident of Hamlin Park met and exceeded the criteria for the scholarship. Her volunteer service to the Hamlin Park community is commendable. She is cum laude graduate of the University of Buffalo and is entering UB’s law school this fall.

Rod Watson to Keynote Black Social Workers Event The Buffalo Association of Black Social Workers will host their Annual Scholarship & Awards Dinner Dance, Fundraiser on Saturday, September 28, from 5:30 until 11 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Downtown, 620 Delaware Avenue. The theme is “ Building Coalitions for Community Empowerment: Ujima A Model for Collec- Rod Watson tive Work and Responsibility.” Rod Watson, Urban Affairs Editor, Buffalo News, will be the guest speaker, Honorees include scholarship recipients Jerrica Delaney, University of Michigan, Social Work, and Robert Good McKnight, Buffalo State College, social work. For their outstanding dedication and contributions in the African American community, Community Service awardees are Sandra Williams Bush, Frank E. Merriweather Jr. Library and Ronjonette Harrison of the HEART Foundation. Unsung Hero awardees include Michael A. McDuffie, Archangel Chess & Academy and Ralph J. Fleming Jr., Men in White Choir. The Buffalo Association of Black Social Workers Inc. Member of the Year awardee for his or her dedication to the organization and the African American community, will be announced at the event. Ms. Pat Ragin Gospel Queen, retired radio personality will serve asMistress of Ceremonies: Tickets are $ 40 per person and $ 70 per couple. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. for cash bar reception and African Market Place (Vendors) . For more information call 884-4725 write P. O. Box 1721, Central Park Station, Buffalo, New York 14215. The email address is buffaloabsw@yahoo.com A 9-inch TV, computer tablet and automobile basket ($ 50 gas card) will be raffled off to benefit the Scholarship Foundation. Deadline to purchase raffle tickets is September 28.

Charlie The Tuna” Chapman. (Inset)

Buffalo’s Own Charlie “The Tuna” Chapman Participates Despite the smoke from the fires in Yosemite, bay area, resident Keris Dahlkamp, founder of CongoSwim, swam 22 miles across Lake Tahoe recently today to help support the work for peace being done on the ground in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where the world’s deadliest conflict since World War II is occurring. CongoSwim is a global collective call to action to break the silence surrounding the worst humanitarian crisis of our time which has claimed an estimated six million lives from war related causes, half being children under the age of 5. Joining him in this event was Coco Ramazani, a young survivor of systematic rape in eastern Congo whose horrific story is told in Tell This to My Mother by Joseph E Mwantuali (http://alturl.com/6qij5). Also joining Keris was Buffalo native Charles Chapman. In 1981, Charles Chapman, also known as Charlie “The Tuna,” became the first AfricanAmerican to swim across the English Channel. A member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame, Chapman learned to swim at the YMCA in his home state of New York. Also nicknamed Black Butterfly because of his powerful butterfly stroke, he was known to stay in the water all day practicing for his big competitions and dynamic swim challenges. Chapman held the world record for the butterfly around Alcatraz Island and Manhattan Island and the two fastest times in history. Due to shoulder pain, Keris swam the first 8 miles using only a kick. The most moving experience for Keris was when he looked over and saw Coco Ramazani’s healing ceremony on a boat in the middle of the beautiful lake. When Keris ended his swim, he was greeted with cheers from family, friends, and strangers alike who were all amazed at his determination to break the silence.

Facing Property Tax Forclosure? The Ellicott District Community Development, Inc. will host an informational meeting for resident homeowners in the Ellicott District who are facing possible property tax foreclosure. A representative from Neigh¬borhood Legal Services will be available to offer assistance and advice on how to avoid foreclosure. The workshop will be held on Monday, September 23, at 644 William Street, 5-6:30 p.m. To register call 856-3262 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday-Friday, seating is limited.

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Serious Concerns Arise Over We Remember… Nationwide Police Shooting

Aaron Alexis

Navy Yard Gunman had mental problems WASHINGTON — The former Navy reservist who slaughtered 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard had been hearing voices and was being treated for mental problems in the weeks before the shooting rampage, but was not stripped of his security clearance, officials said Tuesday. Aaron Alexis, a 34-year-old information technology employee with a defense contractor, used a valid pass to get into the highly secured installation Monday morning and started firing inside a building, the FBI said. He was killed in a gun battle with police. He brought the shotgun legally in in neighborhing Virginia. The motive for the mass shooting — the deadliest on a military installation in the U.S. since the attack at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009 — was a mystery, investigators said. U.S. law enforcement officials told The Associated Press that there was no known connection to international or domestic terrorism and investigators have found no manifesto or other writings suggesting a political or religious motivation. Alexis had been suffering a host of serious mental problems, including paranoia and a sleep disorder, and had been hearing voices in his head, according to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the criminal investigation was still going on. He had been treated since August by Veterans Affairs for his mental problems, the officials said. The Navy had not declared him mentally unfit, which would have rescinded a security clearance Alexis had from his earlier time in the Navy Reserves.

Nuclear-Chemical Israel?

Syria admitted possession of chemical weapons at least a year ago, according to Sam Husseini, of the Institute for Public Accuracy, citing a 2012 article from American Interest magazine. “Everything that I’ve been able to find indicates that Israel continues to build up its chemical weapons capacity,” said Husseini. “What is ironic,” however, “is that it is Israel that does not acknowledge its possession of nuclear weapons.” -BlackAgendaReport Beware Obama’s Bay of Pigs Moment “One of the frightening aspects” of the crisis over Syria, said historian and activist Paul Street, “is that Obama has taken such a black eye, here, that it has upped the ante of his need to escalate.” Street warns that this could be Obama’s “Bay of Pigs moment,” as when President John Kennedy pushed the world to the brink of nuclear war in 1962 after the humiliating defeat of a CIA invasion of Cuba, the year before. “All of humanity hopes this guy can be restrained,” said Street, author of The Empire’s New Clothes: Barack Obama and the Real World of Power. -BlackAgendaReport

There has been a wave of police violence directed at citizens all over the country with devastating and fatal results. From New York City to North Carolina to Texas, innocent people have found themselves on the receiving end of police brutality and even death, and as a result lots of questions are being raised. There is tendency when looking at police violence to isolate them and treat them as rare and odd occurances when in fact they are long-standing and systemic. An unarmed man seeking help after a car crash last weekend was shot 10 times by the Charlotte police officer who’s now charged in his death, investigators said Monday.A family attorney and representatives of the NAACP questioned whether race played a role in the shooting of the Black man by a White officer.Ferrell’s family said the former Florida On Sunday, Sept. 15, 1963, in Birmingham, Ala., at 10:22 A&M University football player moved to Charlotte about a a.m., a bomb exploded at the 16th Street Baptist Church. year ago to be with his fiancee and was working two jobs. He The blast, erupting from the church's east side, sprayed morwanted to go back to school and eventually become an automotive engineer. A police news release said Officer Randall tar and bricks, caving in the building's walls. Of the nearly 200 congregants inside, attending Sunday Kerrick fired 12 times at Ferrell, hitting him 10 times. He has school classes and preparing for the 11 a.m. service, about been charged with involuntary manslaughter. The encounter was set in motion when Ferrell’s car ran 22 were injured. But perhaps most notably, four little girls, off the entrance road to a sprawling suburban neighborhood Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley - three 14-year-olds and one 11-year-old some 15 miles from downtown Charlotte. After crashing his car into trees, Ferrell kicked out the -- were killed, putting the bombing among the most wellback window and headed up a hill to the first set of closely- known and heartbreaking tragedies in the fight for civil clustered houses he could see. He then started banging on rights in America's Deep South. In a bittersweet irony, the Birmingham church bombthe door of a home to attract attention, according to police. ing launched the civil rights movement to a new stage, and The woman inside answered, thinking it was her husband coming home late from work. When she saw Ferrell, she ultimately helped influence the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But the immediate effect of the deaths, in the shut the door and called police. Officers responding to the “breaking and entering” call face of vaunted American ideas like justice and liberty, was found Ferrell on a road that only leads to the neighborhood’s to reveal a country that had refused to take an honest look pool. Ferrell ran toward the officers, who tried to stop him in the mirror. with a Taser. Police said he continued to run toward them when Kerrick shot him. Ferrell died at the scene. Video Released in New Orleans Cop Slaying of Unarmed Black Man New Orleans law enforceCoke oven emissions from Bethlehem ment authorities have reSteel, Donner Hanna and other leased a video that captured the shooting of an unarmed Western New York coke oven facilities black man by police as they are a potent cause of lung cancer and entered his home last year during a botched drug raid. other cancers. If you or a family Former New Orleans police member is suffering from or died as a officer Joshua Colclough was sentenced to four years result of a cancer from work on coke in prison last month in the oven batteries, you may be able to file shooting death of Wendell Allen in March 2012, which a legal claim against the manufacturers ignited racial tensions and of coke ovens and collect significant calls for justice. New Orleans District Atfinancial compensation. torney Leon Cannizarro says at least five Orleans and JefNE ESTERN EW ORK AW IRM ferson Parish lawmen were involved in the raid of WenAS XPERIENCE N HIS REA dell Allen’s Prentiss Street home. One was wearing a pin camera that captured images of what happened that evening. We are Located in Downtown, Buffalo, NY “The officers obtained a search warrant to search the premises where Wendell Alwww.lipsitzponterio.com len and two others were lo135 Delaware Avenue • 5th Floor • Buffalo, New York 14202 cated,” he said.

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September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in men, striking over 200,000 men each year.AfricanAmerican men are at the highest risk.

By James Morning Men’s Health Network Advisor

Every year, about 30,000 men die of this disease, making it the second deadliest cancer in men. Caught early, prostate cancer can be treated, usually successfully. But because many men experience no symptoms, it is

often identified only by an abnormal result on a basic prostate cancer screening. For the last 20 years, doctors have had a powerful weapon in their arsenal for detecting prostate cancer. In addition to the DRE (a physical exam allowing the

“Eat to live. Don’t live to eat.” BUFFALO PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPEN HOUSE & ADMISSION TESTING DATES 2014-2015 SCHOOL YEAR

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Math, Science & Technology Prep. School

666 E. Delevan Ave.

816-4500

6 p.m.

Hutch-Tech High School

256 S. Elmwood Ave.

816-3888

6 p.m.

Buffalo Academy for Visual & Performing Arts

450 Masten Ave.

816-4220

9 a.m.

Lafayette High School

370 Lafayette Ave.

816-4340

5 p.m.

Dr. Lydia T. Wright School of Excellence

106 Appenheimer St.

816-4110

5 p.m.

B.U.I.L.D. Academy

340 Fougeron St.

816-4140

5 p.m.

Burgard High School

400 Kensington Ave.

816-4450

6 p.m.

South Park High School

150 Southside Pkwy.

816-4828

6 p.m.

McKinley High School

1500 Elmwood Ave.

816-4480

5 p.m.

International Preparatory School

110 Fourteenth St.

816-4300

5 p.m.

Riverside High School

51 Ontario St.

816-4360

6 p.m.

Frederick Law Olmsted School #156

319 Suffolk St.

816-4330

9 a.m.

Frederick Law Olmsted School #64

874 Amherst St.

816-3420

9 a.m.

Leonardo daVinci High School

320 Porter Ave.

816-4380

5 p.m.

East High School

820 Northampton St.

816-4520

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Middle Early College High School

290 Main St., 4th Floor

851-3763

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Discovery School

911 Abbott Rd.

816-4922

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City Honors School

186 E. North St.

816-4230

5 p.m.

Bennett High School

2885 Main St.

816-4250

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doctor to feel the prostate), patients can also have a simple blood test called a PSA, which will detect a majority of prostate problems early. In the two decades that the PSA has been used, prostate cancer deaths have declined and the number of successfully treated prostate cancer cases has risen. During September, Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, Men’s Health Network is urging men to talk to their health care providers about prostate cancer and to consider screening at age 50 and at age 40 for African Americans and men with a family history of prostate cancer. The group also encourages women to get involved and urge their husbands to ask their health care provider about a prostate screening, including a PSA test. If you are on Medicare, prostate cancer screening is a part of your Welcome to Medicare physical, the free comprehensive physical exam you receive in your first year of eligibility. For younger men, 36 states require that insurance companies offering health insurance provide coverage for prostate cancer tests. Insurance companies may offer prostate cancer screening in the remaining states, but are not required to do so. The bottom line? Having an annual prostate exam, including a PSA test, just might save your life. No

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Buffalo Academy for Visual & Performing Arts

450 Masten Ave.

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City Honors School (gr. 9 only)

186 E. North St.

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186 E. North St.

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256 S. Elmwood Ave.

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Hutch Tech High School

256 S. Elmwood Ave.

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City Honors School Make-up Testing (gr. 9)

186 E. North St.

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12 p.m.

F. L. Olmsted #156 Make-up Testing (gr. 9-12)

186 E. North St.

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186 E. North St.

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12 p.m.

City Honors & F. L. Olmsted #156 Schools (gr. 6, 7, 8)

186 E. North St.

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Buffalo Academy for Visual & Performing Arts (gr. 5-8)

450 Masten Ave.

Nov.

8 a.m.

City Honors & F. L. Olmsted #156 Make-up Testing (gr. 5 & 6)

186 E. North St.

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12 p.m.

City Honors & F. L. Olmsted #156 Make-up Testing (gr. 7 & 8)

186 E. North St.

matter what age you are, that annual PSA test creates a benchmark against which to judge future tests. When you receive your PSA test results, ask your health care provider what your PSA number is, write it down, and compare it against future tests. If the number goes up in future tests, talk to your doctor. September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. It’s the perfect time to call your health care provider, schedule an appointment, and get your prostate cancer test done. Then, talk to your health care provider and determine what screening and treatment options are best for you and your family. To learn more about the prostate and prostate cancer, go to www.pcaawareness.com About the author James Morning, a prostate cancer survivor, is a retired Air Force master sergeant who was exposed to Agent Orange. He is a state coordinator for the Men’s Health Network.

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St. John ME Black Tie Affair

Ella Robinson & The New Beginnings 33rd Anniversary Celebration

St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church Lay Organization will host their Annual Black Tie Affair Friday, September 27 at 6 p.m. at The Four Point Sheraton, 7001 Buffalo Avenue, Niagara Falls. Antoine Thompson and Peggy Jordan are the honorees. For ticket information please respond on or before September 20 by contacting Bertha Webb at 285-5973. Bertha Webb, is Event Chairperson; Rev. Bruce D. Points Sr. Pastor.

Ella Robinson and the New Beginnings 33rd Anniversary will be held on October 4 at the Holiday Inn, Niagara Falls Boulevard. For tickets contact Brenda at 716-884-8484. On October 5 a Musical Concert at St. Martin De Porres, 555 Northampton.

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79th Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church Anniversary

Deep Wells Women’s Conference

Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church will celebrate its 79th Anniversary starting with a kick off September 22 at 11 a.m. featuring Rev. James Spence, Associate Pastor of Jordan Grove Baptist Church. On September 28 a play, “Express Bus to Glory,” will be presented at 5 p.m. Donation $10. The event will be held in the R .D. Holloway Fellowship Hall. For tickets and information contact Ms. Patricia Dixon at 781-2224. And on September 29 there will be two Anniversary services. The 11 a.m. service will feature Rev. Jesse Boyd Bottom Jr., pastor of Beulah Baptist Church, Poughkeepsie, NY, and Vice President at Large of the National Baptist Congress. The 5 p.m. speaker will feature Rev. Julius Groomes of Lackawanna, NY, Pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church. Rev. Frank Bostic is host Pastor. Rev. R.D. Holloway, Emeritus Pastor. Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church is located at 665 Michigan Avenue.

Deep Wells Ministry will host the Deep Wells Women’s Conference September 21 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Adams Mark Hotel, 120 Church Street. Rev. Rachelle Sat’chell Robinson is the keynote speaker. Sister Donna Chapman is Worship Leader. Tickets are $25 and are available at Doris Records, 286 E. Ferry St.

New Covenant to Host Musical Reception New Covenant United Church of Christ invites the community to join in a Musical Reception Saturday, September 21 at The Piano and Organ store located at the Eastern Hills Mall (entrance near the JC Penney side of the mall), 4545 Transit Road, 5-8 PM. Musicians and Vocalists will perform throughout the evening. Bessie Patterson and “The Oldies but Goodies” will open the reception with Song beginning at 5:00-5:30 pm. Participants include the Reverend George Woodruff, Jerry and Geri Daniels, Ladies of Touche’, Dr. Constance Qualls, Queenie and Aliana Cottrell, Gregory Treadwell, Frazier “Tom” Smith, Megan Rakeepile, New Covenant Sr. Choir / Men’s Choir / Liturgical Dance Ministry and many others from the Buffalo Faith Community. If you are a vocalist, musician, poet, or Liturgical Dance Ministry come out and participate with us. The purpose of the Musical Reception is to raise funds for a piano for the music ministry of the church. A donation of $15 is requested. This event is sponsored by the Trustee Ministry, Dr. Constance Qualls, Chairperson. Reverend Jacquelyn Ross Brown, Sr. Pastor.

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BLESSED QUIETNESS Continued from page 2 torment him and me!!! Did you know that when our bodies sleep our spirits are yet wide wake? That means tat what ever is on that TV or radio or iPod has access to your spirit. While you are asleep the the spirit of what ever is on in that room is dancing in your mind. No wonder some times you feel like a nut and some times you don’t. You have not given your mind body or spirit a chance to be refreshed renewed or revived. Did you know that some studies show people who talk a lot have a far greater chance of having a heart attack??. A healthy prayer life also includes listening. how can you hear from God if he can not get a word in edge wise? The bible states in Be still and know that I am God. PS, 46:10, also in 1 Thes. 4:11 that you should study to be quiet. God called it a study because he knew that some would pass and others would fail this course. Slow down, breath, meditate, read your bible, listen to nature, the wind blowing the bees buzzing or maybe even God speaking. Enjoy blessed quietness, it is truly golden.

PROFILE... CONTINUING THE LEGACY: VIP Barber Shop, located at 1456 Fillmore Avenue has been in existence for 46 years. Founded by the late Deacon Jessie Davis, Llewellyn “Lou” Daniel, pictured right, has owned and operated the business since 1995. When this photo was taken last week Lou had just finished talking to his oldest customer – who is nearly 100 years old! To contact Lou call 471-9294.

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Thompson, Folmar 2013 Barber & Beautician of the Year!

his week we proudly present our Barber and Beautician of the Year, Quinnae “Peaches” Thompson and Willie Ray Folmar. T The unique aspect of this competition, is that customers are 100 percent responsible for selecting the winners. It is the customers who pay tribute to their hair care professionals by voting /recommending them for the coveted title.

Both Peaches and Ray received an impressive number of votes and praise from their loyal clientele. And they both were genuinely honored to learn that they would carry the title of Barber and Beautician of the Year!

Peaches Thompson: “Truly an Honor”

Ray Folmar: Comes Full Circle

Temple Plaza, 883 Jefferson Avenue. Recalling her first hair job (“I made $10! braiding” she laughed), “doing hair” was always in her blood. She said it was her mother Lavern, who encouraged her to go to school for cosmetology – something she did even while working as a Certified Nurses Assistant. When she graduated from the Piccolo School she opened her first salon at age 19 – while continuing to work as a CNA. “I eventually learned barbering,” she said, crediting her uncles Carl (currently of Legends) and Billy, both Master Barbers. She too became a licensed barber and Master Barber. A kind and caring spirit with a ready smile, Peaches retired from nursing two years ago. “ I still volunteer to go into hospitals on my off days and homes for the sick and shut in… to cut and style hair for men and women” she said. Born at the Plattsburgh Air Force base near the Montreal border (her late father, Charles Amerson, was in the military), she literally traveled the world as child (she speaks five languages!). Throughout her career she said her family has been her biggest supporters. In the future she sees herself expanding and being able to give more people job opportunities. She said she would like to be a mentor to others much like her uncles and Mr. Henry (of Henry’s Barber Shop, one of the city’s most senior barbers) has been to her. “I also want to thank my customers for all their support and for voting for me, believing in me, and trusting me as their cosmetologist” she said. “This is truly an honor.”

as “Ray,” feels right at home at Charlie B’s Unisex Salon, located at 563 Broadway at the corner of Jefferson. “I was born and raised right on this corner,” he said. “This place used to be Birdland Restaurant,” pointed out Ray, who is from the Young family (John Young was the real Chicken Wing King). “Me and my mom used to fry chicken in here. She had a dream in 1991. She said she saw me in here cutting hair…in a way I’m following her dream.” Ray, who has been barbering since 1977, left town for a while and came back. He’s worked at Sidney’s on Broadway and Ash, United Hair Styles with the late, great Paul Blake, Metropolitan with Leon Gresham, and even with the Beautician of the Year, Quinnae “Peaches” Thompson for a short time. Prior to coming to Charlie B’s (which is owned by Joe Bush), he worked at Keystone on Genesee and May. Reflecting on his very first job, he said it was in 1977 and he made about $4 or $5. “The hair cut came out alright, but the shave didn’t come out so well,” he laughed. “The razor kept getting stuck….” And while he appreciates all of the support he’s had along the way, he said that Paul Blake was basically his greatest mentor. Paul, he recalled, was at the top of his game.

uinnae “Peaches” Thompson has been doing hair professionQ ally for 29 years, and in business for herself for the past ten as the owner of Peaches & Keys Unisex Salon in the Greater Refuge

Ray Folmar has come full circle in more ways than WAtillie one. 59-years-young, the skillful, dapper barber, better known

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Dr. Brown Under Fire! A Support Rally for Superintendent Pamela Brown will be held Thursday, September 19 at 5:30 p.m. on the steps of Buffalo City Hall. The We Are Women Warriors and Women of Worth groups are asking at least 1,000 school parents, pastors, community activists and supporters of Dr. Pamela Brown to come out and demand that the Buffalo Board of Education members allow the superintendent to put her Academic Plan for the Buffalo Public Schools in place. For more information, please call Betty Jean Grant @ 6025877 or Karla Thomas @ 400-1817. Dr. Pamela Brown has been under almost continual attack from the moment she started her job as the Superintendent of the Buffalo Public Schools. In fact the attacks began prior to her taking the reins of the district when Carl Paladino filed a lawsuit to prevent her from starting her position. Furthermore, New York State Education Commissioner John King threw his own special roadblock into Dr. Brown's path when he appointed Dr. Judy Elliott, in June 2012, as the first and thus far only Distinguished Educator in the state for the District. Dr. Elliott gets paid as a consultant at $190 an hour plus $250 per diem expenses, which the District has to pay. She doesn’t live in Buffalo although she grew up in the area and has ties here. Dr. Elliott has created a number of “action plans” that are supposed to guide the District’s efforts at turning around a number of underachieving schools. She has also offered her own negative assessment of the Superintendent’s abilities, which the Commissioner has presumably accepted as creditable. It's hard to see at this point, however, what Dr. Elliott’s contribution has been to improving student achievement in the district. Nonetheless, the Commissioner has reappointed her for another year without any sharing publicly the basis for this reappointment. Why is it that a publicly appointed consultant who has received over $140,000 plus to date does not have an evaluation that the public, who pay her fee, are able to see? Dr. Elliott’s assessments that the District was not making progress and lacked capacity under Dr. Brown's leadership have been part of the rationale cited by the Commissioner and New York State Board of Regent’s member Robert Bennett for a series of unprecedented decisions by the Commissioner and increasing criticism of both Dr. Brown and Board of Education leadership. King has repeatedly and in increasingly harsh and biased rhetoric accused the Superintendent and Board of incapable leadership and threatened to recommend that the District be taken over by the Regents or State government. He has used as the basis for this continued defamation, graduation rates and test scores from the 2011-2012 year, the period prior to Dr. Brown’s arrival. At the same time he has refused to acknowledge or recognize the progress and gains achieved under Dr. Brown's tenure from 2012 to 2013. The District’s difficulty in submitting acceptable plans for partnerships with Johns Hopkins University for East and Lafayette High Schools is also cited as an example of the growing incompetence of staff in the District. Yet, Buffalo is actually pioneering a model at these two schools and two other District Schools that no other school district in the state has. Even the State Education Department staff have had trouble getting it right! To make matters worse, the Buffalo News has been a willing partner and in some respects, the lead agent of the State in portraying Dr. Brown as incompetent and unsuccessful in this first year of her appointment as Superintendent. Not since the series of articles on the tragedy of the City Grill shootings has the News written such “character assassinating” articles as those that have been written about Dr. Brown and her efforts to turn this District around. Biased, unethical, discriminatory are words that are not descriptive enough for the yellow journalism tactics the News has employed to harass and defame Dr. Brown on an almost daily basis. Through its reporters and editorial staff, the Buffalo News, has been unrelenting in regurgitating comments and pronouncements of the Commissioner. For example, an August interview produced at least two articles and three or four editorials within the space of 7 or 8 days. They have misused and abused their journalistic authority to produce biased and

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opinionated articles. They have an ethical and responsible duty to report the news and not create it. But they have abrogated this responsibility and they should hear from the community. Stop subscribing to the Buffalo News until they begin to represent African Americans and other minorities respectfully and without editorial bias. No one is perfect and Dr. Brown would herself admit that she is not perfect. Further, she recognizes and acknowledges that there are serious problems in the district that urgently need addressing to improve positive outcomes for student achievement. Not only does she have a plan to address those problems, she has started this work and we are seeing some progress. But one year is not long enough, particularly since the problems were not made in a year. The solutions will take longer, but given all the distractions set up by the State and compounded by the Buffalo News, Dr. Brown has not been able to demonstrate the progress taking place under her administration. We need the community to speak up and tell Commissioner John King, Regent Robert Bennett and the Buffalo News that we demand that the work of Dr. Brown be supported and not undermined. There will be a rally in support of Dr. Pamela Brown on Thursday, September 19th at 5:30pm at City Hall. We need your voices! Please join us!

Senator Kennedy's money used to pay for negative Political Ads against Legislators Grant and Hogues Dear Editor: A newly formed Political Action Committee (PAC) called WNY Progressive Caucus has been found out to be behind the negative, smear campaign recently waged against Erie County Legislators Betty Jean Grant and Tim Hogues. This was discovered out when an individual with 'sharp eyes' found the same postal permit # 1278 on all negative ads that were mailed against these two candidates. Later on, it was discovered that this same PAC sent out positive mailings for 1st and 2nd District candidates Barbara Miller-Williams and Joyce Wilson- Nixon. The treasurer of the PAC, which was registered with the New York State Board of Elections just one day before it received a $45,000 donation from State Senator Timothy Kennedy, is Kristy Mazurek, the cohost of Channel 2's 2 Sides political show. (According to officials @ Channel 2, that show is on hiatus until after the November General Election). It also serves to note that Kristy Mazurek, a resident of Lancaster, New York, is a strong supporter of Mrs. Nixon and who just happens to be a member of a group of three individuals that were her 'Committee on Vacancies' on her Signatures Petition to run in the September Primary. The other two committee members are Frank Max of Cheektowaga and Davis Pfaff of Tonawanda. Regarding the whole sad episode, the $64,000 question seems to be, "Why would Senator Tim Kennedy give $45,000 of his campaign donors' money to a rather Political Action Committee that just came into being?" and, "Did he know that the main purpose of the PAC was to send out negative, slanderous and malicious mailings about Legislators Grant and Hogues?" Another question would be, "How does it look to have a sitting senator that represents both legislators in the senate, to be associated with clearly unethical and possible illegal behaviors to sway the elections to two of his preferred candidates, Miller-Williams and Wilson-Nixon?" Many political wags in this city are saying that Senator Kennedy possibly saw a way to 'punish' Mrs. Grant for doing so well against him in last year's senate race, where he 'won' by a mere 139 vote margin. Other individuals are speculating that maybe he was trying to 'weak-

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GRANT AND HOGUES Continued from page 11 en' her in case she chooses to challenge him, in a repeat, for the seat in 2014. All we know is that according to the New York State Board of Elections, of the $90,000 raised by the WNY Progressive Caucus as of August 22, 2013, Senator Tim Kennedy donated $45,000, former Democratic Party Chairman Steve Pigeon gave $20,000 and $25,000 was secured from Bricklayers Local # 3. And, since the money was mainly used for negative mailings for the PAC opponents and positive mailings for Miller-Williams and Wilson-Nixon, one could safely conclude that the money was used, not to promote decency and fairness in competitive elections, but to try level BIDS

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the playing field in a vicious, dishonest and underhanded way. The results of the Primary shows that the mailings were effective in the 1st District where Tim Hogues was erroneously and unfairly depicted as a Republican who cared nothing about his base, the Eastside of Buffalo. As of this printing, Miller-Williams holds a small 19-vote lead over Tim Hogues. The anti Hogues mailings were mild compared to the ones sent out smearing Legislator Betty Jean Grant. The anti

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Contiued fron page 10 “Back in the day he had clientele like Jim Pitts and all the politicians, firemen, policemen, businessmen…so you had to know what you were doing…Paul stayed me…” And that, he said, was a good thing. Paul’s mentoring has paid off. Customers who nominated Ray for Barber of the Year described him in such terms as “personable, progressive and talented,” “dependable, courteous and excellent,” “reliable, accurate and consistent” and “a dedicated barber.” Ray said it fills a void and “makes me feel a certain kind of way” to know that his customers view him as being dependable and hold him in such high regard. He said his fiancé, Bernice Johnson, tried to get him to run for Barber of the Year last year, but he declined. “This year she made me a box and told me to put it on the counter….When I found out that I had won she was happier than I was!” he said with a smile. “ I want to thank all of my customers for their support….I feel like I’m where I’m supposed to be.”

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“How To Keep Our Youth From Going To Prison”: A community forum hosted by We Are Women Warriors and Legislature Chair Betty Jean Grant, 5:30 – 7:45 p.m., Merriweather Library, Jefferson@ Utica. Free and open to the public; 602-5877 for information. Family Fun Bowling Day: Every Wed. Kerns Bowling, 163 Kerns, 5-8 p.m. Hosted by Buffalo United Front. Durham’s Central City Baby Café: Every Wednesday & Thursday, 5:30-7:30 p.m., free supper; experienced moms and certified counselors available; bring the kids; for info call Doris @ 8856348. Thursday September 19 PUBLIC RALLY OF SUPPORT FOR SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT DR. PAMELA BROWN: 5:30 p.m., steps of City Hall; 602-5887 or 400-1817. Buffalo Public Schools Strategic Plan Public Meeting: 5:30 p.m., Discovery School #67, 911 Abbott Rd; view the plan at www.buffaloschools.org Saturday September 21 14th Annual Niagara Falls Freedom Trail Festival: Noon – 6 p.m., 1425 Main Street, Niagara Falls; vendors welcome; 316-2425 for more information. Buffalo’s Largest Line Dance: 4-7 p.m., MLK P ark at the Splash Pad; $5 adults, $3 children 10 & under;

hosted by Buffalo United Front Inc.; 816-8264 or 8183410 for info.

ors available; bring the kids; for info call Doris @ 8856348.

Grand Re-Opening of Sarah Minnie Badger Foster Care Agency: 1377 Main Street cor. Utica, 9 a.m.; ribbon cutting 11 a.m.

Thursday September 26

New Covenant United Church of Christ Musical Reception & Fundraiser: 5-8 p.m., Piano & Organ Store in Eastern Hills Mall; $15 donation. St. John Baptist Church Christian Education Weekend: 9 a.m., St. John Baptist Church, 184 Goodell St.; workshops & more. African & African Diasporic Film Festival: 2-4 p.m., Merriweather Library; free & open to public. Unveiling of Trailblazing Sign in Honor of Deacon Levi Clayton: 2 p.m, Northland Avenues and Longview; 597-0262. Sunday September 22 St. John Baptist Church Christian Education Weekend: 10 a.m. St. John Baptist Church, 184 Goodell St, guest speaker Rev. Donald Lee, Pastor Hopewell Baptist Church. Wednesday September 25 Family Fun Bowling Day: Every Wed. Kerns Bowling, 163 Kerns, 5-8 p.m. Hosted by Buffalo United Front. Durham’s Central City Baby Café: Every Wednesday & Thursday, 5:30-7:30 p.m., free supper; experienced moms and certified counsel-

Buffalo Public Schools Strategic Plan Public Meeting: 5:30 p.m., Waterfront School #95, 95 Fourth St.; view the plan at www.buffaloschools.org Saturday September 28 “Helping Your Business Secure Its Future”: 11:30 a.m., Merriweather Library, 1324 Jefferson, free. 995-0622 or 768-1958 ext. 239. Buffalo Association of Black Social Workers Awards Dinner Dance, Fundraiser: 5:3011 p.m. Holiday Inn 620 Delaware; $40 per person, $70 Couples; 884-4725. African & African Diasporic Film Festival: 2-4 p.m., Merriweather Library; free.

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