January 30, 2013

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Rochester Set to Celebrdate Black Heritage Month!

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*FREE PHYSICALS: The University of Rochester Medical Center will be conducting free physicals for people of all ages on January 31 and February 7 beginning at 6 p.m. at the School of Medicine and Dentistry, 415 Elmwood Avenue. Patients will be seen by medical students, residents,

African World History Class Tuesdays, 7:30-9:00 pm.

Hosted by Kiah Nyame The African World History class provides an ongoing experience of the contributions and achievements Africans and African-Americans have made throughout history. $5 .

AIDS Care is ‘Getting it Done’ for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

The City of Rochester’s Black Heritage Committee will host a month-long program of events to celebrate Black Heritage Month. This year, the committee recognizes the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.

The festivities begin on Feb. 1 at 12:30 p.m. in the City Hall atrium with Gospel Fridays. Gospel music is in integral part of African American history and the Black church.

Each Friday throughout the month of February, area choirs will perform from 12:30 to 1 p.m. All Gospel Friday events are free and open to the public.

The City of Rochester Black Heritage Committee will offer the following events throughout the month: •Gospel Fridays: 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m., City Hall atrium, 30 Church St. -Friday, Feb 1, Tina Jackson followed by the Immaculate Conception Choir

-Friday, Feb 8, Mt. Olivet Baptist Church Choir

-Friday, Feb 15, School of the Arts Choir

-Friday, Feb 22, Charlie Wells & the Original VoiClouds •An Evening of Art and Jazz: 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7 City Hall Link Gallery and atrium.

Featuring a juried competition among youth artists

Free and open to the public.

Heritage Gospel Concert: 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at Immaculate Conception Church,45 Frederick Douglass Circle, Rochester. Free and open to the public. Donations are welcome.

•Black Heritage Story Telling: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, Ryan Community Center, 500 Webster Ave.

Cost: Free and open to the public •11th Annual Black Heritage Gala: 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, Rochester Plaza Hotel, 70 State Street.

Cost: Tickets are $50 per person and can be purchased from City Youth Services Dept., 2nd floor of Sibley Building, 25 Franklin St. or at City Hall, Rm. 202A. •Youth Video Premiere: “150 Video” How Does the Emancipation Proclamation affect YOU today, 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, Manhattan Square Lodge, 353 Court Street. Free and open to the public For more information, visit www.cityofrochester.gov/ bhm

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AIDS Care will recognize National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on Saturday, February 9, by offering community-wide free health screenings. The screenings will be available at barbershop and salon locations in Rochester and will include HIV and STD testing, as well as diabetes and high blood pressure screenings. National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day began in 2000 with organizations registering events and activities to raise the awareness of HIV and AIDS. Today, it has four central focal points: education, testing, involvement and treatment.

AIDS Care’s barbershop initiative, Get it Done, is a program that provides health information to communities of color, including high blood pressure information. The high blood pressure campaign is a collaboration between Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency, Rochester Business Alliance and AIDS Care.

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Super Bowl XLVII Coverage The challenger Community Newspaper will have full coverage of activities leading up to and after this grand event – Super Bowl XVII. San Francisco 49ers v. Baltimore Ravens promises to be an exciting game with all eyes on Ray Lewis closing out an excellent career that spanned 17 years. That’s almost unheard of in modern day football with players having to withstand the bruising punishment put out on each week. Ray went from bad to good guy in these past seventeen years along with being able to give back to a community in need of a Black man reaching out to service an under represented people. He’s

“Barbers and stylists are powerful community leaders and influencers,” says Sady Fischer, associate director of minority health initiatives at Third ‘Voice of the Citizen’ Seeking AIDS Care. “This is a collaborative effort to get health Solutions to Violence Held Mayor Thomas S. Richards information and screenings for those who need it. Together we and Police Chief James M. Shep-

get it done!”

The event will take place from 10:00 AM until 3:00 PM at various locations around the Rochester area. For a complete listing of the barbershops and salons participating in this event, visit the AIDS Care Facebook page or website at: www.acRochester.org.

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pard held the third “Voice of the Citizen” - Seeking Solutions to Violence forum,Tuesday in the Edgerton Community Center, 41 Backus St., in the Northwest Quadrant.“Statistics for violent crime are down in our city, but when it happens to you or when you see it in your neighborhood, then statistics mean nothing,” said Mayor Richards.

“I want to hear directly from our citizens about their experiences and their ideas to reduce violence.”

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This Super Bowl continues to show a good defense usually wins, and both teams will hit you hard until the whistle blows.

Patrick Willis, San Francisco’s all-star linebacker will lead an exceptional defense against a questionable Raven offense.

The Ravens will run the ball, and new offensive coordinator Jim Caldwell will make sure quarterback Joe Flacco has many opportunities to get the ball downfield to Torrey Smth .

Ray Rice and Vonta Leach will have to make big plays in order for Ravens to win.

I feel the Ravens defense will force turnovers by the young 49er’s quarterback and kicking game of San Fran is still a strong question mark. My pick is the Ravens winning 24-21.

Enjoy the game!

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Wheeler Coleman Named Chief Information Officer for Univera Healthcare Wheeler G. Coleman has been appointed senior vice president and chief information officer for Univera Healthcare and its nonprofit parent organization, The Lifetime Healthcare Companies.

“Information technology is critically important to our success, and Wheeler is the right person in the right position,” said Christopher Booth, CEO of The Lifetime Healthcare Companies.

Coleman has nearly 30 years of experience in information technology with Health Care Service Corp. (HCSC), the country’s largest customerowned health insurer and fourth largest health insurer overall. HCSC has more than 13 million members in its Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

A S S E M B LY W O M A N PEOPLES-STOKES GETS LEADERSHIP POSITION: State Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples Stokes has been appointed by Speaker Sheldon Silver as chairwoman of the minority conference. She will get a $16,500 stipend for that position in addition to her base legislative salary of $79,500. She previously served as secretary of the minority conference.

African American Art Exhibition

An African American Art Exhibition of artists works from throughout Western New York will be held at the Niagara Arts and Cultural Center, 1201 Pine Avenue at Portage Road Feb. 16 through March 16. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on February 16 in the center. African American artists or craftsmen interested in exhibiting their works or who want more information should call the exhibit’s curator Ray Robertson of Reggie Ray Productions at 563-1692 or the cultural center office at 282-7520.

Coleman earned an MBA from the University of Notre Dame and a Bachelor of Science degree in applied data processing from Northern Illinois University. He and his wife, Sharon Johnson Coleman, have two children.

ALBANY — Seeking to address concerns about a lack of racial diversity in its ranks, a coalition of Republicans and breakaway Democrats that controls the State Senate offered committee chairmanships on Thursday to two black Democrats who are not part of the coalition.

The coalition named Sena- Sen. Smith (left) and Sen. Adams tor Eric Adams of Brooklyn to lead the Committee on Aging. And the coalition asked a freshman lawmaker, Senator James Sanders Jr. of Queens, to lead the Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Committee. Both are minor committees.

But shortly before midnight, several hours after the coalition had announced his appointment, Mr. Sanders said the announcement was mistaken and he had not accepted the position.

Mr. Sanders said one of the leaders of the coalition, Senator Jeffrey D. Klein, a Bronx Democrat, “was kind enough to make a very generous offer to me, which I subsequently declined.” He declined to explain his reasoning.

Mr. Sanders said Mr. Klein was “not to blame” for the mistaken announcement, adding, “I was not as clear as I needed to be.”

Racial diversity of the Senate leadership has been an issue since last fall’s election, in which Democrats won 33 of the Senate’s 63 seats. Many of the Senate Democrats are black or Hispanic; all of the Senate Republicans are white.

Six Democrats — all but one of them white — joined with the Republicans to form a coalition to lead the Senate, leaving most Democrats in the minority.

Civil rights leaders immediately cried foul, saying the coalition would have the effect of denying leadership roles to nonwhite lawmakers. They urged the leaders of the coalition to look beyond their ranks for committee chairmen, prompting the decision on Thursday to offer committee chairmanships to Senators Adams and Sanders.

The lone nonwhite member of the majority coalition, Senator Malcolm A. Smith, a Queens Democrat, will lead the Social Services Committee.(New York Times)

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Coleman, who will begin his new position Feb. 4, will report directly to Barry Thornton, Senior Vice President of Customer Satisfaction and Business Technology.

“Wheeler has significant experience in leading an organization through changes in people, process and systems,” said Thornton. “I’m very excited about his addition to our company and team.”

Lack of Racial Diversity in State Senate Leads to Offer of Committee Chairs to Three Blacks

Applications for the buffalo summer youth employment program will be available beginning on friday, february 1 for city of buffalo, income eligible youth, ages 14-19, from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm monday through friday at the buffalo employment & training center located at 77 goodell street (located at the intersection of ellicott and goodell streets).

CUOMO NAMES MCDUFFIE TO ECONOMIC GRANTS PANEL: Brenda McDuffie, president of the Buffalo Urban League, has been named by Gov Andrew M. Cuomo to serve on The New York Power Proceeds Allocation Board. The panel will distribute economic development grants in Western New York; specifically to dispense money to create jobs in a 30-mile radius of the Niagara Power Project in Lewiston.

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Citizens Invited to Focus Regional Vision For a More Sustainable Buffalo Niagara Citizens in Niagara and Erie Counties are invited to attend one of two “Community Congress” events – interactive public forums – to help focus a shared vision for a more vibrant and prosperous Buffalo Niagara region.

The next Community Congress event is scheduled for 2-4 p.m. Saturday, February 2 at the Conference and Event Center Niagara Falls at 101 Old Falls Street near Third Street.

The regional vision will help guide development of One Region Forward, an initiative aimed at ensuring long-term economic prosperity, environmental quality, and community strength across the two counties and 64 municipalities of the Buffalo Niagara Region.

To learn more about One Region Forward or to sign up for the project e-mail list, please visit the project website at www. oneregionforward.org.

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BMHA Public Workshop #2 Will Help Envision the Future The Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority, in partnership with the Seneca Gaming Corp. and the Perry Choice Planning Initiative, has commissioned development of a Neighborhood Retail Marketing Study & Commercial Revitalization Plan for the Perry Choice Neighborhood.

The public is invited to attend a second community workshop to review preliminary recommendations and offer feedback on the plan.

The workshop will be held Thursday, Jan. 31 at 6 p.m. at the Perry Auditorium, 416 Louisiana St. The plan will set the course for rebirth along the neighborhood’s primary commercial corridors of South Park Avenue and Perry Street, identifying businesses and services needed to serve the community and greater region.

“We will be seeking ideas to help fill storefronts, attract entrepreneurs, encourage investors and spur new development,” said Dawn E. Sanders-Garrett, the BMHA’s executive director. “The workshop is designed to draw out participants about their visions for the future of the neighborhood and to collaborate with others to prioritize the ideas generated.”

The project’s consultant, Peter J. Smith & Co., of Buffalo, will use the results of the public workshop, along with market analysis and urban design techniques, to develop a revitalization plan for the Perry Choice Neighborhood commercial corridors and action strategies to implement the plan.

The project partners, led by the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority’s Perry Choice Neighborhood Planning Initiative, is also composed of the University at Buffalo Center for Urban Studies and the Seneca Gaming Corp.

The workshop is free and open to the public.

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United Black Men’s Think Tank to Honor Four Outstanding Citizens The United Black Men’s Think Tank of Buffalo will celebrate its second Anniversary on Saturday, Feb. 9 at The New Golden Nugget, 2046 Fillmore Avenue. This year’s honorees include Mr. L. Nathan Hare , Leadership; Mr. Bill Peoples, Community Service; Mr. Spencer Gaskin, Achievement; and Mrs. Eva M. Doyle as The 2012 Distinguished Black Woman Of the Year.

The event will include a deluxe dinner, buffet, and entertainment by master bassist Dawoud Sabu Adeola’ Ensemble and pemiere jazz violinist Henri Muhummad.

Mayor Byron W. Brown, will be the special guest.

Tickets are $75 per person or $100 per couple.

For Ticket Information, or Souvenir Journal Advertising, please call “Think Tank Facilitator” Ms. Bernadine Kennedy at 884-3312. Ad deadline date is Saturday, February 2. Tickets available until February 5.

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National/International NEWS Black Agenda Report

End Stop-and-Frisk

“We feel that 2013 has to be a year of rising resistance to stop-and-frisk in the streets and in the courtrooms,” said Carl Dix, a founder of Stop Mass Incarceration Network.

“We’re not talking about mending an injustice; we’re talking about ending it.” The capitalist system is incapable of providing a “future for millions and millions of young people growing up in the urban areas of the country,” said Dix. “You can put Black faces in high places, but if it’s the same system that has oppressed and exploited you, it’s not going to change. Revolution is the solution.”

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“I think that there is a growing movement among decision makers to shut the door on public education,” said W. Curtis Thomas, a Black state lawmaker from Philadelphia.

The city has targeted 60 public schools for closing, while expanding charter schools by 5,000 seats. “The decision to move kids towards these charter schools is really an effort to resegregate a system that was never totally integrated, anyway,” said Rep. Thomas.

ATTENTION ROOFERS: The chemicals found in coal tar and coal tar products are powerful causes of cancer.

Workers who tended roofer’s kettles or carried buckets of hot coal tar pitch for application on roofing surfaces are at risk for developing cancer due to their exposure to coal tar pitch.

Individuals suffering from cancer as a result of working in roofing construction, may be entitled to significant financial compensation.

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Black and Brown Schools Already Over-Policed

“When we look at whose schools are policed and which students have to go through metal detectors, get paddowns, get drug-searched on a routine basis, it’s our students of color and our communities of color across this country,” said Matthew Cregor, of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. The Newtown, Connecticut, massacre has led to renewed calls for an increased police presence in schools. However, what inner city students need are more social workers, psychologists and counselors, and teaching resources, said Cregor.

School Inequalities Intensify

“Our schools are more segregated and less equal than they were in 1968, when Dr. King was taken from us,” said Jonathan Kozol, the educator, activist and author. “This kind of inequality is a theological abomination, a crime against the least of us,” said Kozol, author of the 1991 classic Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools. He was interviewed on public radio’s Smiley & West show.

MLK vs. Obama

Barack Obama and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. have nothing in common, politically, according to Omali Yeshitela, chairman of the Black Is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations. “The only connection they would have in the real world be that Dr. King would be leading the demonstrations against the Obama regime, if he were alive,” said Yeshitela. Obama has “extended the war machine beyond anything in recent memory.”

Lynn Stewart’s Cancer Spreads Human rights lawyer Lynn Stewart, serving ten years in a Fort Worth, Texas, prison for her zealous defense of an accused terrorist client, has suffered a relapse of cancer.

“It has spread to her other lung and to parts of her back,” said Stewart’s husband, Ralph Poynter, speaking on the radio program Taking Aim. Prison regulations prevent Stewart from obtaining the care she needs. “We feel that it is a death sentence,” said Poynter.

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Service Held for Scholar Dr. Tony Martin: Expert on Marcus Garvey Funeral services were held in Port of Spain, Trinidad on Friday, January 25 for Dr. Tony Martin, brilliant scholar, pan-African activist and prolific writer who made us all know and appreciate Garvey better.

Dr. Martin, former Professor Emeritus at Wellesley College, Dr. Martin passed on January 17 in Trinidad & Tobago at West Shore Medical Hospital.

Trinidadian-born Dr. Martin taught at the University of Michigan-Flint, the Cipriani Labour College (Trinidad), and St. Mary's College (Trinidad). He has been a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota, Brandeis University, Brown University, and The Colorado College and also spent a year as an honorary research fellow at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad.

Professor Martin has written, compiled or edited 14 books including Caribbean History: From Pre-Colonial Origins to the Present (2012) published by Pearson Education; Amy Ashwood Garvey: Pan-Africanist, Feminist and Mrs. Marcus Garvey No. 1, Or, A Tale of Two Amies (2007), Literary Garveyism: Garvey, Black Arts and the Harlem Renaissance (1983), and the classic study of the Garvey Movement, Race First: the Ideological and Organizational Struggles of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association (1976).

His work on Marcus Garvey was featured on the curricula of many African studies programmes around the world and he was a well-known lecturer in many countries.

Marcus Garvey said: “Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.” We say thanks to Dr. Tony Martin for liberating the minds of many men and women.

bids ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS – WICKS EXEMPT PROJECT

Sealed bids for Project No. 43996-C, for Construction Work, Provide Classroom, 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, February 27, 2013, 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 $14,100 for C. Further, Wicks Exempt Projects require a completed BDC 59 be filled out and submitted (included in a separate, sealed envelope) in accordance with Document 002220, Supplemental Instructions to Bidders – Wicks Exempt. Failure to submit this form correctly will result in a disqualification of the bid.

The value of the Contract is estimated to be between $100,000 and $250,000.

Designated staff are Frank Peris and Carl Ruppert 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 1:00 p.m. on February 14, 2013 at Masten Avenue Armory, 27 Masten Avenue, Buffalo, NY. Phone the office of Allyson Youdsavage, (716) 937-4200 a minimum of 72 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 for ordering and payment instructions: http://www.ogs.ny.gov/bu/dc/esb/acquirebid.asp.

For questions about purchase of bid documents, please send an email to D&C.Plans@ogs.ny.gov, or call toll free at 1-877-647-7526.

For additional information on this project, please use the link below and then click on the project number: https://online.ogs.ny.gov/dnc/contractorConsultant/esb/ESBPlansAvailableIndex.asp.

John D. Lewyckyj, Contracting Officer Director, Contract Administration OGS - Design & Construction Group

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HEALTH MATTERS

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National Black HIIV/AIDS Awarness Day Be Smart: Pamper National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is an HIV testing and treatment community mobilization initiative targeted at Blacks in the United States and across the Diaspora.

Locally GROUP Ministries, Inc. Community Wellness Project will mark Black AIDS Awarness Day by hosting “Visions in Victory,” a free mini concert at the Merriweather Library, Thursday, Feb. 7 at 5:45 p.m. (see ad this page).

-Focal PointsThere are four specific focal points associated with National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: education, testing, involvement, and treatment.

Educationally, the focus is to get Blacks educated about the basics of HIV/AIDS in their local communities. Testing is at the core of this initiative, as it is hoped that Blacks will mark February 7 of every year as their annual or bi-annual day to get tested for HIV. This is vital for those who are sexually active and those at high risk of contracting HIV. When it comes to community and organization leadership,

getting Blacks involved to tested positive for the virus serve is another key focus. We connected to treatment and need Black people care services is from all walks “Our ancestors fought so paramount. of life, economic that we might be free...

We cannot lead classes, literacy even from HIV!” Black people tolevels, shades and wards HIV/AIDS tones, as well as education, presmall and large communities vention, testing, leadership or to get connected to the work treatment unless we love them. happening on the ground in And, we can't save Black peotheir local areas. Getting those ple from an epidemic unless living with HIV or recently- we serve Black people.

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Your Heart

Free health screenings are being offered on: *Saturday, Feb. 9 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Heart Center of Niagara on Tenth St. at Walnut in Niagara Falls *Saturday, Feb. 23 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Grand Island Family Practice *Saturday March 9 at the River Road Primary Care Center in North Tonawanda. Screenings sponsored

by Niagara Falls Memorial Center and the Heart Center of Niagara.

Erie County Department of Senior Services encourages all seniors to understand the health insurance coverage they currently have, and to shop around for plans that may better fit their health needs, and save them money. The experts at Senior Services know what’s available locally, help people find their best options, and can help fill the gaps in Medicare coverage.

Many Medicare beneficiaries never shop around for better Medicare coverage because they think they can’t save any money, are confused by Medicare options, or are unfamiliar with the prescription drug “donut hole.” Many people also aren’t aware of extra benefits for eligible individuals, including Medicare Savings Programs which help people with limited income pay for some or all of their Medicare costs, and Extra Help to pay for prescription drug costs.

Free of charge, Erie County Senior Services helps people with health insurance questions year round. Call (716) 858-7883, or many resources are on the website including comparison sheets of local Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplemental plans at http://www2.erie.gov/seniorservices/index. php?q=health-insurance.

A FREE Women’s Health Event

JANUARY 30, 2013

EAT TO LIVE!

FREE Breast Cancer Screening and Mammogram Knowledge is power! Early detection improves the chances that breast cancer can be treated successfully.

Sisters Hospital and the Erie County Cancer Services Program invite any woman 40 or older without health insurance to join us for a FREE Breast Cancer Screening and Mammogram. A radiologist will review each case, and participants will get their results in about a week.

Saturday, February 16, 2013 l 8:00 am - 2:00 pm M. Steven Piver, MD Center for Women’s Health & Wellness Seton Professional Building 2121 Main Street, Suite 100 Buffalo, NY 14214 Space is limited. Pre-registration is required.

For more information and to schedule an appointment, please call HealthConnection at (716) 447-6205.

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In The Name of Jesus! Florida Women Frighten Off Intruder by Chanting “Jesus”

If you ask the 15 women inside Jacquie Hagler’s house what happened, they’ll tell you it’s simple: Jesus scared a would be thief out of the Florida woman’s home during

a jewery party.

Derick Lee, entered the home wearing a ski mask and bandana across his face. He then held the gun to the woman’s head and announced, "I'm

not joking, I'm going to shoot someone, give me your money.".

"When I realized what was going on, I stood up and said, 'In the name of Jesus, get out of

my house now,'” Hagler told WJXT-TV. And he said, 'I'm going to shoot someone.' And I said it again, real boldly," Hagler continued. "Everybody started chanting, 'Jesus, Jesus,

Jesus,' and he did a quick scan of the room, and ran out the door as fast as he could go."

I believe he saw angels,” Hagler said in a separate interview with the Christian

Post. “I think he saw who was on our side, and he just turned around. The look on his face was just, like, astonishment.

He was totally captivated by whatever he saw. He just turned around and ran out the door.”

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An Evening of Stars An Evening of Stars presented by the gospel Messengers will be held on Saturday, February 9 at 6 p.m. at St. Luke AME Zion Church, 314 E. Ferry St. in the Hunter B. Bess social Hall. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children. There will be light refreshments. For tickets and information call 883-8916. Rev. Cary Beckwith is Pastor.

“I love the Lord because He hears my prayers and answers them.

Because he bends down and listens. I will pray as long as I breathe!

Psalm 116:1-2 TLB

St. Martin de Porres Church Celebrates 20th Anniversary On Sunday, March 9 & 10, St. Martin de Porres RC Church, located at 555 Northampton Street in Buffalo, NY, will celebrate its’ 20th Anniversary.

On August 22, 1992, four parishes of Central City Buffalo: St. Matthew, Our Lady of Lourdes, St. Benedict the Moor and St. Boniface, took a bold move of petitioning the bishop of Buffalo to merge these parishes and erect a new one. Leaving their homes of worship, these four congregations joined together on a pilgrimage of faith officially beginning the new parish of St. Martin de Porres, with Fr. Roderick Brown, its’ founding Pastor, on March 7, 1993. On March 11, 2000, Bishop Henry Mansell consecrated the new Church home, which was the first new Roman Catholic Church built in the city of Buffalo in the then fifty years.

Today, St. Martin de Porres is a vibrant parish community under the guidance of its’ current Pastor, Rev. Ronald P. Sajdak.

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tickets, please contact the Church Office at (716) 8837729, or SMDPAuction@yahoo.com.

Worship this week!

To celebrate this momentous occasion, the Parish invites everyone to attend an Anniversary Luncheon in conjunction with its’ 4th Annual Basket & Silent Auction on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 2 o’clock in the afternoon at the Creekside Banquet Facility, located at 2669 Union Road in Cheektowaga, NY. On Sunday, March 10, 2013 an Anniversary Mass will be held at St. Martin de Porres at 10 o’clock in the morning with special guest celebrant, the Most Reverend Richard J.

Malone, Bishop of Buffalo.

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ENTERTAINMENT

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Buffalo’s Got Talent!

STAR POWER! August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson recently

THE AMAZING BOYD LEE DUNLOP.

The amazing jazz pianist Boyd Lee Dunlop, who captivated us last year with the released his first CD at age 85, “Boyd’s Blues,” is still going strong. He recently performed a CD release concert at Asbury Hall at Babeville on Delaware for his new masterpiece, “The Lake Reflections” to rave reviews. Boyd, who is now 86, is indeed one of Buffalo’s “legendary hidden treasures!”

completed a hugely successful run in New York City. It was directed by Buffalo/Lackawanna’s own Ruben Santiago (pictured right) and starred Buffalo’s own, the beautiful Roslyn Ruff (left). Hats off to these two incredibly talented performers!

Judson Directs “Stick Fly” : Black Bourgeoisie Drama On Martha’s Vineyard Race, class and sibling rivalry among the Black bourgeoisie of Martha’s Vineyard drive the Paul Robeson Theatre production of Stick Fly, opening Friday, February 8, 2013 at the African American Cultural Center at 350 Masten Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14209.

Written by Lydia Diamond and directed by Willie W. Judson Jr., the Stick Fly cast features Ashley Dolson, Candace Whitfield, Marcus Thompson Jr., Brandon Williamson, Elexa Kopty and Hugh Davis.

General admission is $27.50; $25 for seniors and students with a valid I.D. Curtain time is 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, 4 p.m. on Sunday.

Group rates are available.

Tickets can be purchased at the AACC Box Office at 350

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Masten Avenue, or online at www.africancultural.org Stick Fly will be on the Robeson Theatre stage through Sunday, March 3, 2013. For tickets, group reservations and information call 716-884-2013 or email africancultural350@gmail.com

MIGHTY FINE! The Mighty Oba (Pat Freeman) is looking mighty fine as he poses with singer Fantasia at a pre-Super Bowl event in New Orleans where he and George Radney along with photographer Jerome Davis, are covering the big game.

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on stage *Alemaedae Theater & Xavier Films in cooperation with Road Less Traveled Productions present The Wonderful World of Peter Williams Comedy Stage Play January 17 - February 3. Show Times: (Thurs thru Sat at 7:30pm; Sun at 3pm). Road Less Traveled Theatre inside the Market Arcade (639 Main St.) Tickets & Info: Phil Davis 716-602-6253; visit www.atpgalaxy.com *70’s Soul Jam Valentine’s Concert: The Sytlistics, Emotions, The Main Ingredient, Blue Magic, Blue Notes, Friday, Feb. 15, Auditorium Theatre, Rochester.

Tickets available at the Auditorium Box Office, all Ticketmaster Outlets or charge by phone 800-745-3000 *My Funny Valentine Comedy Jam February 16, 2013 7:00 PM Ticketprices: $55.50, $48.50 starring Sheryl Underwood, Earthquake, Arnez J, J Anthony Brown.

*DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM on stage at the UB Center for the Arts, Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre, North Campus. A pre-performance talk will take place at 6:45 p.m. The performance is sponsored by M&T Bank.

Tickets are $36.50, $26.50, students and children $16.50 and are available at the Center Box Office and tickets.com.

To charge tickets call 1-888223-6000. For more info call 645-2787 or visit www.ubcfa. org. *Comedy Slam 2013 featuring Reginald Ballard aka “Bruh Man 5th Floor” and Company, Friday, Feb. 1, 7:30 p.m., Buffalo East, 1412 Main St., 2 shows 6:30 & 10 p.m.; tickets $20; $25 Meet & Greet; available at Pee Wee’s Variety Store, 2319 Main St; and Doris Records; 768-3245.

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‘Fruitvale’ director RyanCoogler’s Drama on the life and death of Oscar Grant Wins Big at Sudance 2013 "Fruitvale," a drama based on the real-life story of a young man shot to death at an Oakland BART station, took home the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday night. The movie also won the Audience Award for U.S. dramatic film.

"Fruitvale" is the first feature-length film from USC School of Cinematic Arts graduate Ryan Coogler, 26.

Actor Forest Whitaker served as a producer on the movie, which stars Michael B. Jordan.

A little over a week ago, Coogler was a complete unknown, a former college football player turned USC film student who’d captured the attention of Forest Whitaker’s production company with a trio of short films. But when Fruitvale premiered last Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival, dramatizing the real-life tragedy of Oscar Grant, the young Black man

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shot in the back by Oakland transportation police in the wee hours of New Year’s Day 2009, Coogler’s life changed.

There was the standing ovation at the MARC Theater in Park City. There were the hugs and tears from Grant’s family members who attended the premiere.

Coogler was the same age as Grant and living in the Bay Area when the 22-year-old was shot in the Fruitvale Bay Area Rapid Transit station in Oakland, and he remembers the community outrage, especially since shocked New Year’s Eve revelers recorded the shooting with their cellphones and quickly uploaded it to the Internet. When Whitaker took an interest in Coogler’s fledgling film career and asked for ideas, the young auteur quickly pitched Grant’s story. The Oscar winner signed-off on the spot, and before long, Coogler was presiding over a hometown production starring Friday Night Lights’ Michael B. Jordon as Oscar and Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer as his worried mother.

When asked how the tragic urder of Trayvon artin impacted his fim he replied during an intericew: “These things keep happening. So many people have died in similar circumstances to Oscar’s, it’s crazy. The thing that made Oscar’s death different was that people recorded it. So many people get killed like this, and nobody’s there to witness it. So it becomes an officer’s word against someone who’s dead.

So for me, it was always an issue of me getting this project out there sooner than later.

But when Trayvon was killed, that was devastating. It didn’t accelerate the process, but it definitely made it more immediate for people who were involved.”

Leroy ‘Sugarfoot’ Bonner Of The Ohio Players, Dies

Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner, leader of the funk band the Ohio Players, died Saturday, January 26 at the age of 69after battling with cancer.

The Ohio Players had seven Top 40 hits in the 1970s, including "Love Rollercoaster," "Fire" and "Skin Tight," and helped define a movement that included Parliament Funkadelic and Kool & the Gang. The oldest of 14 children, Bonner ran away from home as a young teenager and played the harmonica on street corners for change. A few years before he died, he took to his Twitter the night that a documentary about his band was broadcast on television. "I am happy doing what I love," he wrote. "This IS pure heaven. The fans out there are like family to me.

Every night is like a homecoming."

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Say Yes Buffalo To Host Ayanna Shelon Awarded Golden Buffalo Pin, Preparing for National Series Of Community Chess Competition Meetings For Parents Buffalo Common Council President Richard A. Fontana awarded a golden Buffalo Pin to Ayanna Shelton, a 7th grader at School 89 who has been playing chess at the George K Arthur Community Center at a Tuesday after school enrichment youth chess program directed by The Archangel 8 Chess Academy founder, Boy Scouts of America Chess Merit Badge Counselor and US Chess Federation Chess Coach Michael A. Mc Duffie.

Ayanna, who is working on her Girl Scouts Lovejoy District "Game Badge," volunteered to teach participants how to play chess. She is also learning how to write down her chess notations on a scoresheet with a digital chess clock, a requirement when she plans to prepare for a potential trip to play in the US SuperNational Scholastic K-12 Chess Championships held in Nashville, TN in April Council President Rich2013. Each year there is an All Girls ard A. Fontana awards National Chess Championship hosted a Golden Buffalo Pin to by the Kasparov Foundation in Chi- Ayanna Shelton. cago, IL for girls who can become a high rated US Chess Federation Chess player. By her junior year she may be eligible to earn a $68,000 college chess scholarship.

The Archangel 8 Chess Academy would like to bring home to Buffalo its first US National Team Elementary and Junior Scholastic Championship Trophy.

We would like to raise funds to help Ayanna and other WNY students to travel and play in the US Supernationals Scholastic Chess Championships in April 2013 in Nashville, TN. Please contact Mr. McDuffie at 716 - 510-4513.

Say Yes Buffalo will host a community meeting at the Stanley M. Makowski Early Childhood Center (1095 Jefferson Avenue) on Monday, February 4 from 6 – 8 p.m. to provide information about Say Yes Buffalo’s programs, including the Say Yes Tuition Scholarship which is available to students who attend at least grades 9 -12 at a public or charter school located in the city of Buffalo. The application deadline for the scholarship is April 1, 2013.

The meeting is being co-hosted by Central District School Board Member Mary Ruth Kapsiak, Ellicott District Common Council Member Darius Pridgen, and County Legislator Timothy Hogues.

Pizza and refreshments will be provided.

Say Yes Buffalo is inviting all community stakeholders to attend; especially parents and guardians of students enrolled at a public or charter school located in the city of Buffalo.

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No To The War in Mali!

-ConclusionBY ROGER ANNIS

The Tuareg were brutally subdued by colonial France at the outset of the 20th century.

Following the independence of Mali and neighbouring countries in 1960, they continued to suffer discrimination. A first Tuareg Rebellion took place in 1962-64.

A second, larger rebellion began in 1990 and won some autonomy from the Mali government that was elected in 1992 and re-elected in 1997.

A third rebellion in Mali and Niger in 2007 won further political and territorial concessions, but these were constantly reneged. A Libyabrokered peace deal ended fighting in 2009.

The Mali state and army constantly sought to retake what they had lost. Violence and even massacres against the Tuareg population pushed matters to a head in 2011.

The army was defeated by the military forces of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (NMLA) and on April 6, 2012, the MNLA declared an independent Azawad, as they call northern Mali and surrounding region.

The Tuareg are one of several national groups within the disputed territory.

The independence declaration proved premature and unsustainable. The MNLA was soon pushed aside by Islamist-inspired armed groups that oppose Tuareg self-determination and an independent state. The army, meanwhile, continued to harass and kill people. A group of 17 visiting Muslim clerics, for example, were massacred on September 22, 2012.

According to unconfirmed reports, the MNLA has renounced the goal of an independent Azawad. It entered into talks with the Mali regime in December for autonomy in the northern region. A January 13 statement on the group’s website acquiesces to the French intervention but says it should not allow troops of the Mali army to pass beyond the border demarcation line declared in April of last year.

-Militarization of Mali and West AfricaMali is one of the poorest places on earth but has been

“We wish to plead our own cause.

Too long have others spoken for us.”

- John Russwurm, Freedom’s Journal.

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drawn into the whirlwind of post-September, 2001 militarization led by the United States. U.S. armed forces have been training the Mali military for years. In 2005, the U.S. established the Trans-Sahara Counter-Terrorism Partnership comprising eleven ‘partner’ African countries-Algeria, Burkina Faso, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal.

-No to the War in MaliThe military attack in Mali was ordered by French President François Hollande, the winner of the 2012 election on behalf of the Socialist Party. His decision has been condemned by groups on the political left in France.

A January 15 statement by the Canadian Peace Alliance explains: “The real reason for NATO’s involvement is to secure strategic, resource rich areas of Africa for the West. Canadian gold mining operations have significant holdings in Mali as do may other western nations…

“It is ironic that since the death of Osama Bin Laden, the U.S. military boasts that Al-Qaeda is on the run and has no ability to wage its war.

Meanwhile, any time there is a need for intervention, there is suddenly a new Al-Qaeda threat that comes out of the woodwork. Canada must not participate in this process of unending war.”

That’s a call to action which should be acted upon in the coming days and weeks as one of the poorest and most ecologically fragile regions of the world falls victim to deeper militarization and plundering.

Roger Annis is an antiwar activist who lives in Vancouver, Canada.

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Django:The Price of Forgetting

OPINIONS

Part II When last we met, we were taking an analytical look at the movie “Django Unchained.” We were digging deeply for the courage to revisit perhaps the darkest chapter in our history, having had our collective denial interrupted again, this time by Director Quenton Tarantino. Understanding that the inevitable discussion to follow should not be held without us, we were making the dignified choice to speak our own perspectives, snatching back our story from those who have the money and resources to tell it, but not the standing. With hope we left Sabirah off in agreement that the respectful telling this history holds great benefit for us, Muhammad of namely the conscious and deliberate decision to identify and nullify present day behaviors that have their root in the terrible indoctrination that was slavery.

We’ve paid an awful price for our failure to teach this history to our children. It hangs like an albatross around our necks, dragging us into literal graves, when it could be the truth that sets us free. What is the price of forgetting?

On a crisp Saturday morning in January, Ms. Jackie RoweAdams sits with MSNBC Commentator Melissa Harris-Perry, telling of the horrific loss of her two sons, one in 1982 at age seventeen, and the other in 2011 when he was 28. She is a sight to behold: a stately elder woman - well groomed, with crisply coifed dreadlocks pulled high atop her head in a sophisticated bun. Her sunny yellow dress, laden with large sunflowers might be a little outdated for some, but the vision of her is that of any of our grandmothers, headed faithfully to or from their Sunday morning services. Jackie Rowe-Adams is well spoken, but the power and authority in her voice and demeanor make a deeper, familiar impression. Mama is in the house.

The heart breaks as she recalls just how long her organization, Mothers SAVE has been working for an end to gun violence, pleading for attention, and for someone to “help us understand why they’re killing each other.” She tells of frequenting political offices, crying “Help, help! She’s grateful for the attention that’s resulted from the Newtown shooting, and without a trace of rancor, she rails in horror at going from “losing our kids, to losing our babies.” She declares forcefully that we have to support the president and vice president, and tell our legislators to “Step up. Take charge of our children’s lives, and stop letting them make money off of our children’s lives.”

Decades of toil and sacrifice have gone into the work of Mothers SAVE, only to see the group grow from 5 mothers of murdered children to over 50. While the group grinds on an endless treadmill, history stands idle, though well able to answer every question. Why are they killing each other? Because for centuries, our tormentors instilled self loathing in the womb, and sealed it with the lie of Black inferiority upon our arrival. They used the slightest differences in height, complexion, hair texture, etc. to incite jealousy and hatred among us.

Today, they ply our communities with all the fire power we need to act on the pathology they know they forced on us.

In this example, we see the embrace of White children as our “own,” like Mammies did on the plantation, without noticing that this sentiment is not reciprocated…without even being annoyed at the silence during the slaughter of Black babies.

We implore White men to Help, help, not seeing that they’re the very ones who have orchestrated the disappearance of our children into prisons like they used to disappear from African villages. Finally, we order them to step up, and “take charge of our children’s lives.” This is the expectation of the enslaved that somebody else is responsible for us and for our children.

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11 National Rifle Association and Racism Dear Editor: Former NRA President Marion Hammer, recently equated gun laws to racism, stating “well, you know banning people and things because of the way they look went out a long time ago.

But here they are again, the color of a gun, the way its looks, it’s just bad politics.”

Mr. Hammer and many of the members of the NRA must not know or remember the history of gun control laws and that the NRA supported gun control laws. Throughout history, the NRA supported gun control, including restrictions on gun ownership and was not worried about the Second Amendment.

In spite of the Second Amendment, which many people believe that all Americans have the right to bear arms, our founding fathers did believe in gun control. The founding fathers instituted gun control by barring slaves and freed Blacks from owning guns, reflecting fears that Africans Americans would revolt.

After the Civil War, the Black Codes were passed by Southern States; these codes were used to limit the civil rights and civil liberties of African Americans. Again, free African Americans were not allowed to own guns.

In 1967 the NRA supported gun control legislation in California as a means of restoring social order, and getting weapons out of the hands of radical, left-leaning and revolutionary groups, particularly the Black Panther Party.

Gun control was commonplace in the Wild West, too -- the very heart of America’s gun culture. Frontier towns in the west -- places like Deadwood, S.D., and Tombstone, Ariz. -- had the most restrictive gun laws in the nation. When residents of Dodge City, Kan., formed their municipal government, what was the very first law they passed? One prohibiting the carrying of concealed weapons.

During World War I the Tommy gun (the first portable machine gun) was used. This weapon later became the weapon of choice for gangsters like Al Capone and Bonnie and Clyde.

Because of the violence of the Prohibition Era the first major federal gun control laws were passed. Not only did the NRA support the legislation, but they helped drafted legislation in many states limiting the carrying of concealed weapons. During Congressional hearings, NRA president Karl Frederick was asked whether the Second Amendment imposed any restrictions on gun control. He responded that he had “not given it any study from that point of view.”

Frederick added he did “not believe in the general promiscuous of toting guns. I think it should be sharply restricted and only under licenses.”

In the 1960’s the NRA continued to support gun control. After the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King, the NRA actively lobbied for the passing of the Gun Control Act of 1968. This act banned gun sales by mail and enacted a system of licensing Ever since the NRA was founded in 1871 by George Wingate and William Church, the organization has supported gun control laws and wasn’t concerned about the Second Amendment when community safety and gun violence was the issue. Why the change in 2013?

-Warren K Galloway

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May God write us down as asses if ever again we are found putting our trust in either the Republican or the Democratic Parties."

-- W.E.B. DuBois (1922)

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Bell Keynotes AKA Business Seminar

Clifford Bell, Senior Business Counselor, Small Business Development Center, delivered the keynote address at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority’s Small Business Start Up Seminar Saturday, January 19 at UB’s Main Street campus. Other small independent business owners who made individual presentations were: Gina Bryant—Austin Taylor; Adam Terrell Payne-1 image; Geraldine Daniels, Director; Latisha Duncan-Fusions, and Barbara Jones-New Humboldt Inn. They represented small business ownerships in the areas of photography, clothing, cosmetics, hair salon, and restaurant and bar.

The event was hosted by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Gamma Phi MR. BELL Omega and Gamma Iota Chapters, and Gamma Phi Omega Chapter Housing Development Corporation. Nancy Thompson who chaired the event said its theme was: “ Seize the Opportunity: Strategies for Small Business Start-ups”.

The seminar was a MLK Service Project under the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Economic Security Initiative whose purpose is to encourage, support, and empower African-Americans to establish and own small businesses and to build urban enterprise zones.

Edith M. Terrell is president of Gamma Phi Omega Chapter; Sharon Bradley, vice-president; Danielle Lisbon, president, Gamma Iota Chapter;Nancy Thompson, event chair and president of Gamma Phi Omega Chapter Housing Development Corporation.

Western New York Law Center launches consumer debt defense program

The Western New York Law Center (Law Center) announces the creation of the Buffalo Civil Legal Advice and Resource Office (CLARO) at Buffalo City Court and the BFNC HOPE Center at the Tri-Main Building.

CLARO Buffalo assists consumer debtors to avoid unfair default judgments and represent themselves in Buffalo City Court.

Free, walk-in CLARO Buffalo clinics are held on Tuesdays from 3-5, at the BFNC Hope Center, Tri-Main Building, 2495 Main Street, Suite 260, and Fridays from 1012, at Buffalo City Court, 50 Delaware Avenue, Part 15, 7th floor. CLARO Buffalo is staffed with SUNY Buffalo Consumer Financial Advocacy Clinic law students, volunteer attorneys and a Western New York Law Center expert consumer law attorney.

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Pratcher & Associates 1133 Kensington (716) 838-4612

Dogman Jo Dog Trainer 1963 Fillmore * 807-8163

Mandella Market & Citgo Gas 272 E. Ferry cor. Jefferson 716-882-0288

EATERIES AUTOMOTIVE Colslton Mobile Auto Repair 720 E. Ferry * 896-3910

BARBER SHOPS

The Corner Store Deli & Grill 1733 Genesee * 895-2009 Tomatoes 1393 Kensington*835-3663

Klassic Kuts 1471 Kensington 836-3260

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Master Touch 1283 E. Delavan 901-5909

EMPIRE ELECTRIC 716-634-0330

SOLO Unisex Salon 3081 Main St. 833-2553

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CHILD CARE Cookieland Group Day Care 24 Barthel Miss Cookie*893-0590 Dean’s Day Care 61 Montana Ave. 716.896-1751 Debbie’s Little Scholars 484 Hickory St. (716)304-6820 First Impressions Day Care 847 Walden Ave. 716-533-8075 Kim’s Building Blocks Day Care 1479 E. Delavan Ave. 895-8693

Home Away From Home 84 Courtland Ave. (716)238-1455

DELI / VARIETY STORES Grant’s Variety Shop 1055 E. Ferry St. 893-0704

DJ’S DJ Kenny Kutz (716) 400-7358

HAIR SALONS Akole Style Unisex Salon 2560 Main St. (716) 332-9078 Karen’s Salon & Spa 413 Jefferson Ave. 812-9666 Miracle Tranition 2 3339 Genesee * 481-1321 Promise Hair Studio 87 W. Cleveland Dr. (716) 835-0250 Serenity Hair Boutique 221 Jefferson Ave. (716) 812-0663 Salon Toss 2527 Delaware Ave. 894-8737

PHONE SERVICE Boost Mobile 1286 E. Delavan * 551-0304 360 Eggert Rd * 939-3900

PHOTOGRAPHY Princess Photography (716) 563-099

TAILORS F&S Tailors 2930 Genesee St. (716) 894-3742 F&S Tailors & Fashions (716) 894-3742 wwwfandsfashions.com Ann Rhod’s Tailoring 3185 Bailey Ave. (716) 838-5633

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WINDOWS Priced Right Windows USA 710 Kensington Ave. (716)833-2500 * 578-7873

HAIR SUPPLY Main Hair & Beauty Supply 3067 Main St. (716) 862-4247

INSURANCE Able Insurance Jeff Moore/Broker 1798 Main St. * 883-5212 Joseph Burch Insurance 2317 Main St. 551-0006 / 510-4729

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LEGAL SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF ERIE OneWest Bank, FSB

Index No. 606823/2011 Plaintiff, SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS-

-againstAdrienne B. Smyth, if living and if any be dead, any and all persons who are spouses, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienor, heirs, devisees, distributees, or successors in interest of such of the above as may be dead, and their spouses, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors in interest, all of whom and whose names and places of residences are unknown to Plaintiff, Erie County Comptroller, United States of America-Internal Revenue Service, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Steven Maybee and Heather Maybee

Plaintiff designates Erie County as the place of trial.

Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgage premises is situated.

Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the attorneys for the plaintiff within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $48,150.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Erie on January 14, 2008, in Book 13388, at Page 2857, covering premises known as 44 Sandrock Road, Buffalo, NY 14207.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.

By: Stephen J. Wallace, Esq. Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, New York 11706 (631) 969-3100 Our File No.:01-040684-FOO

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Request for Proposals Architectural/Engineering Services Exterior Restoration Corpus Christi Church, Buffalo, New York Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church, through a non-profit organization known as the Friends of Corpus Christi, is requesting proposals for professional architectural/engineering services for exterior masonry and copper cupola restoration and basement wall waterproofing work.

The Church has been awarded a New York State EPF Grant for this work, and it is the Church’s intent to have all construction work completed prior to 2014.

The Church, built in 1909 by the Franciscan Order is located in an urban complex of buildings in the Broadway/Fillmore area of Buffalo’s East Side. The Romanesque Revival designed Church is listed in the New York State and National Registers for Historic Places.

The building is important historically for its role in Buffalo’s History of Polish immigration as well as housing some of the finest ecclesiastical artworks in Western New York.

Description of Project: The project consists of the masonry stone restoration of the Church’s North bell/clock tower and basement walls; restoration of the copper cupola; and installation of waterproofing and drainage tile for the basement walls.

Scope of Services: Full architectural and engineering services shall be required to implement the work described. Consultant shall base the fee on the following general outline of services which includes but is not limited to: 1) Initial meeting with Church Organization to discuss and review project needs and direction.

2) Complete survey of the areas of proposed work to determine recommendations for restoration in conformance to the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.

3) Establish a preliminary summary of work and construction cost estimate.

4) Review and execute all requirements of the NYS Environmental Protection Fund grant program as related to the construction project.

5) Develop complete drawings and specifications as required for construction and bidding purposes. Update cost estimate.

6) Schedule and participate in pre-bid meeting.

7) Attend post-bid meetings to assist in review of bids and make recommendations for award of contract.

8) During construction attend bi-weekly project meetings, provide weekly site visits to review construction progress, provide site visit reports, review and approve shop drawings, and provide final punch list inspection.

9) Provide all printing for drawings and specifications for project progress and review by the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, including the State Historic Preservation Office.

10) Provide reproducible as-built drawings of the project.

Firms which possess an interest in entering into a professional service contract as described above shall respond by forwarding two (2) copies of the following information: 1) A brief description of the firm, emphasizing areas of expertise or focus of practice; include a list of recent relevant projects, identifying those projects that involved the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and/or historic properties.

Identify all members of the proposed project team, including subconsultants, and include a resume for each person with primary work responsibility.

2) A minimum of three client references for similar, recent projects; briefly describe each project, including overall project budget and specific services performed. Provide the name, land address and telephone number of a client representative for each project 3) A statement clearly indicating that the firm maintains insurance in compliance with the provisions of the Workman’s Compensation Law or NYS and Professional Liability Insurance in the following amounts: $1,000,000 per claim $1,000,000 aggregate 4) Fee schedule to perform the professional services required as a single fixed stipulated sum based on scope of services and A.I.A. Contract B141.

All questions regarding this proposal shall be directed to Thaddeus J. Fyda, R.A. at (716) 698-9180 or tjfydaarch@verizon.net Proposals will be accepted until Friday, February 22, 2013 at the Church Rectory’s office- 199 Clark Street, Buffalo New York 14212.

Office hours are 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m and 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Monday through Friday. Office telephone number is (716) 896-1050.

Proposals may be mailed and/or hand delivered to be received by that date.

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Secretary Job #201308 To provide admin support for a high volume community based office which provides emergency asst & mental health counseling. Visit website for further details www.ccwny.org Or send resume to: Catholic Charities, 741 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY 14209, Attn: HR. EOE/M/F

SAY YES BUFFALO continued that will take place over the next several months. While other meeting dates will be added later in February and March, the meetings currently scheduled include: • February 4, 6:00 – 8:00 pm at Stanley M. Makowski Early Childhood Center, 1095 Jefferson Avenue • February 11, 6:00 – 8:00 pm at School #80, 600 Highgate Avenue • February 19, 6:00 – 8:00 pm at Lafayette High School, 370 Lafayette Avenue • February 23, 3:00 – 5:00 pm at Frank E. Merriweather Jr. Library, 1324 Jefferson Avenue For the most up-to-date list of meeting dates and locations and more information visit www.SayYesBuffalo.com or call (716) 247-5310.

GEICO HIRING On Friday, Feb. 1 meet with a GEICO recruitment rep. at 10am SHARP, 81 Walnut St., Lockport.

All jobs located in Amherst area and on bus route. Hiring for the following positions:Sales Reps.

(NY1044750); Claims Service Reps. (NY1044770); Billing Support Techs (NY1044779); Customer Service Counselors (NY1044744).

FT. Benefits. Paid Training. Pay varies per position. Need GED/ high school diploma. GEICO plans to hire over 700 individuals over the next year. Good opportunity for advancement. Must be able to type at least 40 wpm. Need ability to multitask on computer, have excellent telephone skills and a positive, enthusiastic personality. For the customer service and sales jobs – must pass property/casualty insurance license test after training.

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In 2010, in Buffalo City Court, 15,201 of the 16,908 lawsuits filed were consumer credit cases. Of the 15,201 consumer credit lawsuits, 8,289 resulted in default judgments. In 2010, outside of the New York City area, more than 90% of all of New York State civil lawsuit default judgments were consumer credit default judgments. The majority of these cases are filed by debt buyers, not original creditors.

This troubling trend signaled the need for a project such as CLARO Buffalo.

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bids Buffalo City School District Advertisement for Bids Sealed proposals for the following project will be received at the office of the Board of Education – 403 City Hall, Buffalo, New York, 14202. On February 20, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud for: Project #0607-004 ROOF REPLACEMENT & RELATED WORK – PHASE 2

BPS #79 Pfc. WILLIAM GRABIARZ SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE 225 LAWN AVENUE, BUFFALO, NEW YORK 14207 Bids will be opened for a General Prime Contract. Beginning Monday, January 28, 2013, bidding document packages may be viewed and purchased through Avalon Document Services online Planroom website at http://www.avalonbuff-planroom.com , under “Public Jobs”, or ordered by phone at 716-995-7777. Owner can assume no responsibility for errors, omissions, or other misinformation obtained via other bid document distribution resources.

A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held at the facility on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 3:00 PM, please assemble at the main entrance. The Architect will be present. Eligible bidders are required to attend this walkthrough or another previously arranged and documented site visit with Architect and District personnel.

Please note that required bid bond is 10%. The work will be subject to the equal employment opportunity requirements. For any questions regarding this project, please refer to KIDENEY ARCHITECTS, PC AT 716-636-9700.

Paul McDonnell, AIA Director of Plant Services ADVERTISING DATE: January 28, 2013

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cheapest of foods, we continue to kill ourselves with the artery choking, gut busting mess we call “soul food,” convincing ourselves that it’s our “culture.”

SUN 1/20 MON 1/21 TUES 1/22 WED 1/23 THURS 1/24 FRI 1/25 SAT 1/26 Without a knowledge of the defiling of our women, our beau

tiful young girls grind and gyrate half naked before the world: MID-317 MID- 857 MID-400 MID- 759 MID-070 MID-466 MID-924 “I don’t think you’re ready for this jelly…my body’s too booty licious for ya babe!”

EVE-510 EVE-312 EVE- 282 EVE-847 EVE-024 EVE-618 EVE-894 Without knowing that we were bred like cattle, forced to

copulate before audiences, then denied any responsibility for

resulting children, Maury Povich has a steady stream of Black youngsters happy to denigrate themselves on his stage. For 20

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years the world has mocked us while young women confess

they don’t know who fathered their children, and young men EVE- 2380 EVE-0980 EVE-6889 EVE-9822 EVE- 6032 EVE-8576 EVE-3754 strive mightily to stud themselves and keep moving. They don’t

know that our fore parents were forced to mate with as many men or women as the slave master chose, whether or not they’d

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Today we beat our children the way the overseers beat us in the fields.

Today, in 75% of interracial relationships, the man in the 7-8-12-29-43-51#26 5-14-22-28-30-31#37 union is Black. Kanye West, Lamar Odom, Ice-T, Wiz Khallifah, and so many high profile brothers are happy to be used as confirmation that the White woman is the prize.

Today, Black folk are murdered by Whites at a faster rate than during slavery, and the murder we inflict upon ourselves is the legacy of slavery.

HOT TIPS Today, we send our children to be taught by people who hate our very shadow. After they’ve destroyed any sense of self love or esteem we might have had, we leave their schools with heavy CHALLENGER HITS debt (which is slavery), to then beg them to employ us. Without knowledge of the history of sharecropping, we continue as MIDDAY voluntary slaves.

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Lucky Ducky 162 (bx) 510-ZR (Straight)* 857-ZR (bx) 759-Number Book (bx)

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LUCKIE DUCKIE 134-431-143

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Obama’s Second Term and African Americans: PART II OF A 2-PART SERIES

BY DR. RON DANIELS In the end, there was a definite resolve to create a collective process to produce a priority public policy agenda to present to President Obama. In the spirit of operational unity, IBW will submit its Declaration of Intent to Heal Black Families and Communities to the clearinghouse established by the group as part of the process. As other organizations do likewise, the clearinghouse will identify those areas within the various agendas where there is maximum agreement as the top priorities for the Black Agenda to be submitted to the President. It’s a good process and hopefully those leaders who have “access” to the President will deliver the message loud and clear – there is a state of emergency in America’s dark ghettos, and we expect him to act (as we would any other President) to advance policies that will not only relieve Black pain and suffering but produce wholesome, healthy and sustainable families and communities. It remains to be seen how vigorously those leaders who have access will really push President Obama to address Black concerns. Access and symbolism will not be sufficient for Africans in America to acquiesce in the year that we commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of Medgar Evers and the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington.

And, we cannot depend on “leaders” alone to deliver the word.

There must be a “message from the grassroots” that as the most loyal constituency of the Democratic Party, Black people are “sick and tired of being sick and tired.” It’s time to address our righteous concerns. President Obama should be on notice that those who marched on ballot boxes to promote and protect their interests can and will march on the White House and Congress of the United States to rescue and rebuild Black communities!

Dr. Ron Daniels is President of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century and Distinguished Lecturer at York College City University of New York. His articles and essays also appear on the IBW website www.ibw21.org and www.northstarnews.com.

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EVENTS CALENDAR WEDNESDAY JAUARY 30

THURSDAY FEBRUARY

Family Fun Bowling Day: Every Wednesday, Kerns Bowling Center, 163 Kerns off of Genesee St., 5-8 p..; $1 bowling; hosted by Buffalo United Front.

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Mini Concert: 6 p.m., Merriweather Library, Utica & Jefferson; free; 7680463.

THURSDAY JANUARY 31

An Evening of Stars: St. Luke AME Zion Church, 314 E. Ferry, Hunter B. Bess social Hall, $10 adults, $5 children.

Presented by The Gospel Messengers: For tickets and information 883-8916.

Farai Chideya, MLK Speaker at Hilbert College: Award winning author and journalist; 4:30 p.m., for questions or to RSVP by Thursday Jan. 24 call (716) 649-7900 ext 243.

BUILD Organization Meeting: Every Thursday, Merriweather Library Jefferson @ Utica, 5:30 p.m. Open to public.

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 1 Image & Identity IV: Acknowledging Our Ethnic Roots Art & Hair Exhibit: 5 p.m., Artspace Buffalo Gallery, 1219 Main St. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 2 Annual Buffalo Public Schools College Career and Scholarship Fair: Bennett High School, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Book Signing and Poetry Reading by Lyne A. HarrisWestbrook, author of "Simply Lyne" 3 - 5 p.m. at Zawadi Books, 2460 Main Street, Buffalo. Call 903-6740 for information.

Foreclosure Prevention Workshop: 10 a.m. – noon; Meeting room, Frank E. Merriweather Library, Jefferson @ Utica; facilitated by Sylvia Black, Licensed Broker; 715-2975 or 247-7555.

MONDAY FEBRUARY 4 Open Mic: 7-8 p.m. family friendly; 8-9 p.m. free speech; Burning Books, 420 Connecticut Street.

WED. FEBRUARY 6 Spoken Word Festival: Hosted by “We Are Women Warriors” Community and Family, 5:30-7:45 p.m., Merriweather Library; invited poets N’Tare and Erica Gault, Dr. Anthony Neal, Blackpearle76, Vonetta T. Rhodes, Verniece turner, Lonnie Harrell and many more; free; 602-5877 for more information.

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“NIGHT LIGHTS at the Gardens” Returns to the Botanical Gardens NIGHT LIGHTS at the Gardens powered by National Grid is a unique light show that will make its dazzling return to the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens over a three week span starting January 30. Show hours will be 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and will stay open until 10:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. each night and admission is $10 for adults, $8 for Garden members, seniors (55+) and students (13+), $5 kids 3-12 and kids under 3 are free.

Tickets are available at the door and online at www.buffalogardens.com

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Black History Month Events Celebrating “Our Story”

Spoken Word Festival A Spoken Word Festival Celebrating Black History Month will be hosted by “We Are Women Warriors” Community and Family Wednesday, February 6 from 5:30-7:45 p.m. at the Frank E. Merriweather Library, 1324 Jefferson Ave. Invited poets are N’Tare and Erica Gault, Dr. Anthony Neal, Blackpearle76, Vonetta T. Rhodes, Verniece Turner, Lonnie Harrell and many more. This event is free and open to the public. Join us as we honor our ancestors and celebrate Black history through spoken word. For more information 602-5877.

Along This Way: Storytelling In The African Tradition The 23rd year celebration of “Along This Way: Storytelling in the African Tradition” featuring We All Storytellers – Karima Amin & Sharon Holley, Percussionist – Eddie Sowande Nicholson, Vocalist – Joyce Carolyn, will be held on Saturday, February 9 at 2 p.m. at the Merriweather Library, 1324 Jefferson Avenue.

Admission is free. The event is co-sponsored by the Frank E. Merriweather Branch, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library and just buffalo literary center, Inc. Image & Identity IV: “Acknowledging Our Ethnic Roots” Art & Hair Exhibition

Jack & Jill of America, Inc., Buffalo Chapter hosted a “Pink, White and Blue” Children’s Inaugural Ball last Saturday at the lovely Senses Village, 360 Genesee Street for children ages 3 to 8 years . It was a first for Buffalo and an amazing, funfilled afternoon for the children complete with food, games, dancing,information about President Obama and a special guest appearance by Mayor Borwn and First Lady Mrs. Brown. Just one word sums it all up - Beautiful! Hats off to the Buffalo Chapter Jack & Jills for an afternoon the children and their parents won’t soon forget! PHOTOS PRINCESS PHOTOGRAPHY

Image & Identity IV: “Acknowledging Our Ethnic Roots” Art & Hair Exhibition will kick off Friday February 1 at 5 p.m. with An Evening of Visual and Performance Art at Artspace Buffalo Gallery, 1219 Main Street.The 2-Day event offers Art, Hair & Fashion show, Vendor Marketplace, Screening of “Hidden Colors” with a panel discussion with featured artists Mr. and Mrs. Edreys & Alexa Wajed.

The Image & Identity IV Exhibit runs February 1 – Feb 22. Gallery Hours are Saturday & Sunday noon – 4 p.m. at Artspace Gallery Tickets for Hair & Fashion Show are $10 in advance and $15 at the door.

Tickets are available at Compositions Hair Salon, 143 Kenmore Ave., Erika Aminata (716) 948-3583, or Chanel’s Salon, 242 Main St

Sacred Jazz Concert

Dressing Up For Black History

Buffalo Opera Unlimited celebrates Black History Month with a Sunday Afternoon Jazz Sacred Concert performance of the Robert Ray Mass featuring Tim Kennedy and Buffalo Opera Unlimited on February 10 at 4 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 4007 Main Street. A free-will donation will be taken and a reception will follow the concert.

The annual “Dressing Up For Black History Contest” for students in grades 4- 12 will be held Sunday, February 24 at the Frank E. Merriweather library located at 1324 Jefferson Avenue from 1- 4 p.m. The deadline to register for the contest is February 18.. Students must select a person from Black History and dress up as that person.

Participants must make a 3 - 5 minute presentation highlighting the achievements of the individual selected. The contest will be judged on the quality of the research, oral presentation, and creativity.

Students are encouraged to memorize their presentation.

The contest will be judged in three categories: grades 4 - 6, grades 7 & 8 and grades 9 12. Prizes will include cash and other items. The contest is being sponsored by columnist and retired teacher Eva M. Doyle . For more information and to register call 8476010 or 507-5280 or email to ewriter52@aol.com.

Black History As Told by The Prophets The Israel of god is celebrating Black History Month with a five part series, “Black History As Told by the Prophets.” The sessions will be held at The Israel of God, 372 Fougeron Street every Saturday at 2:30 p.m. The schedule is as follows: *February 2: Color *February 9: Slavery *February 16: Spiritual Death and Resurrection *February 23: Israel, the Priest of God *March 2: the Adoption Bring a Bible, pen, paper and patience!