8.21.24 NPC by Real Times Media

by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer

Members of the Aliquippa High School football team on Aug. 18 welcomed onto their brand new field someone who, in a million years, they probably thought they would never meet.

But then again, most people probably never thought in a million years they would be this close to seeing a Black woman become President of the United States.

We're less than 80 days away from the big day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, the presidential election that could make history, as current Vice President Kamala Harris seeks to become the next U.S. President.

But on Sunday, Aug. 18, there she was, taking time out of her busy schedule to speak to the Aliquippa High School football team. On some students’ faces, a look of disbelief. But it was true; the vice president is here, talking directly to them, on their football field. "I've been reading about

you all and hearing about you and your excellence," Harris told the team on an overcast Sunday afternoon, flanked by her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, their spouses and former Pittsburgh Steeler Jerome Bettis. "I wanted to stop by so I could tell you all in person, looking at each of you in your eyes, that our nation is counting on you and your excellence. We applaud your ambition. You want to compete, you want to win, and I will tell you that we, as a country, deserve to give you every opportunity that you have to achieve your excellence that you were born with that is God-given, and that is going to be laying the path to the future of our nation."

To most outsiders, Aliquippa is a forgotten community. Its close-knit town of about 10,000 people has about 3,700 who are Black. It's a place that the wealthy don't want to visit or frequent. Even the heralded football team

by Rob Taylor Jr.

Courier Staff Writer

When "Dr. J," James Johnson, co-founder of the esteemed Afro-American Music Institute in Homewood, speaks, people listen.

When Tim Stevens, the decades-long community activist and leader of the Black Political Empowerment Project, speaks, people listen. Collectively, they are "angry as all-get-out"

about the fact that as of Aug. 20, 2024, the City of Pittsburgh has not paid the $125,000 to B. Marshall's 2024 Juneteenth celebration, even when Pittsburgh City Council voted in June to award B. Marshall and the POISE Foundation the money. However, the City of Pittsburgh practically raced to the bank to pay $125,000 to Bounce

Biden administration secures historic victory in Medicare drug price negotiations; projected to save billions

by Stacy M. Brown

NNPA Newswire Senior

National Correspondent

In a move hailed as a significant win for seniors, the Biden administration announced it has successfully negotiated substantial price reductions for 10 of Medicare’s most expensive and widely used prescription drugs. The result of intense negotiations with pharmaceutical giants, the move is expected to deliver billions in savings for both U.S. taxpayers and millions of older Americans who rely on these medications to manage chronic and life-threatening conditions. The White House revealed that the newly negotiated prices could save U.S. taxpayers a staggering $6 billion. In comparison, Medicare beneficiaries are projected to save an estimated $1.5 billion in out-ofpocket costs during the first year of implementation. The price cuts are a direct outcome of the Inflation Reduction Act, a legislative victory that has empowered the federal government to negotiate drug prices directly with manufacturers for the first time in history.

Dramatic Price Reductions Across Critical Medications

The impact of these negotiations will be felt across a range of critical medications, including drugs that treat heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and other severe conditions. Among the most notable price reductions: Eliquis, a blood thinner from Bristol Myers Squibb and Pfizer, will drop its price from $521 to $231—a nearly 60 percent reduction.

Imbruvica, a blood cancer treatment from AbbVie and Johnson & Johnson, will be reduced from $14,934 to $9,319, with a monthly savings of more than $5,600.

Januvia, a diabetes medication from Merck, will now cost $113, down from $527—a 75 percent reduction.

The price changes, which will take effect in 2026, represent a seismic shift in Medicare’s interaction with the pharmaceutical industry, marking a new era of accountability and affordability.

A Landmark Moment for Medicare

“This is a historic moment,” declared Neera Tanden, White House domestic policy adviser, during a press call. “For the first time, we are harnessing the power of Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices, and millions of seniors and others on Medicare will soon see their drug costs go down on some of the most common and expensive drugs.”

Medicare, which currently insures over 65 million Americans, has long been barred from negotiating drug prices. Officials said this restriction left millions of seniors grappling with skyrocketing prescription costs, but the Biden administration’s successful negotiation represented a dramatic reversal of the status quo and a significant step toward making healthcare more affordable.

The Inflation Reduction Act, which officials said made the negotiations possible, also includes other critical provisions to reduce healthcare costs, such as capping insulin prices at $35 per

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month and placing an annual cap on out-of-pocket drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries.

Strong Leadership and Continued Commitment

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, who played a vital role in the negotiations, described the process as “intense,” noting that it required “hardnosed bargaining” to secure these deals. Vice President Kamala Harris called the agreement “life-changing” for millions of Americans and said it reaffirmed the administration’s commitment to continuing the fight against Big Pharma’s “price-gouging practices.”

“For years, millions of Americans were forced to choose between paying for medications or putting food on the table, while Big Pharma blocked Medicare from being able to negotiate prices on behalf of seniors and people with disabilities. But we fought back—and won,” President Biden added.

Officials said the administration has already set its sights on expanding these negotiations. In 2025, the administration plans to negotiate prices for up to 15 additional drugs under Medicare Part D, with more to follow in subsequent years.

A Turning Point for American Healthcare White House officials said the move signals a new era in which the federal government can take on powerful pharmaceutical interests and deliver actual savings to millions of people who need it most.

“Every American should be able to access the health care they need, no matter their income or wealth,” Harris said.

“Today’s announcement will be life-changing for so many of our loved ones across the nation, and we are not stopping here.”

1831—The Nat Turner slave rebellion begins in Southampton, Va. It was the best organized and most deadly slave revolt in American history. The charismatic Turner brought together between 50 and 70 Blacks (some slave and some free) to launch his revolt prompted by what he saw as a vision from God. As many as 70 Whites (men, women and children) were killed during a two-day period. It took the local militia and a detachment of federal troops to put down the rebellion. However, Turner, known as “the Prophet” by his followers was not captured until Oct. 30. He was hanged on Nov. 11, 1831. Interestingly, he became known as “Turner” after the rebellion. During his life, he was simply known as Nat and was considered a brilliant, selftaught man. After the rebellion, Virginia passed a law making it illegal to teach a Black person how to read and write.

1904—Jazz pianist and bandleader William “Count” Basie is born on this day in Red Bank, N.J. 1936—Basketball legend Wilt “The Stilt” Chamberlain is born in Philadelphia, Pa. The 7’1” phenomenon had an amazing NBA career including being the only player to score 100 points in a single game. Chamberlain died in October 1999.

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1791—The Haitian Revolution begins. It was the most successful Black slave revolt in world history. Led by Toussaint L’Ouverture, a trusted house slave who initially opposed the rebellion, the slaves defeated the mighty French army led by Napoleon. They also defeated a contingent of British troops. However, L’Ouverture was tricked into attending a “peace” conference where he was captured and would later die in prison. It fell to one of his lieutenants, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, to complete the struggle and declare the island nation an independent republic on Jan. 1, 1804.

1843—A National Convention of Black Men takes place in Buffalo, N.Y. The militant abolitionist Henry Highland Garnett called for a slave revolt and for free Blacks to launch a nationwide strike in support of the revolt. But a more moderate Frederick Douglas opposed Garnett’s plan out of fear of potential violence.

1989—Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton is gunned down in California. He was killed by a 24-year-old member of the Black Guerilla drug gang. The reason for the murder was never clearly revealed, but Newton supporters considered it a political assassination. Newton had founded the militant Black Panther Party along with Bobby Seale in 1966. The group advocated community control, armed self-defense and a mixture of Black Nationalism and socialism based on the works of Mao Tse-tung, Che Guevara and Frantz Fanon.

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1826—This is generally recognized as the day that the first Black person in America graduated from college. His name was Edward Jones and he received his BA degree from Amherst College in Massachusetts. Despite the general recognition, however, there is some evidence that the honor actually belongs to Alexander Lucius Twilight who appears to have graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont in 1823. Nevertheless, Jones would eventually leave America and help establish the African nation of Sierra Leone.

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1854—Dr. John V. DeGrasse, perhaps the most prominent Black person in New England during the pre-Civil War period, is admitted to the Massachusetts Medical Society. DeGrasse was born in New York City in 1825 and graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine.

1950—Chicago attorney Edith Spurlock Sampson is named by President Harry S. Truman as the first African American representative in the U.S. delegation to the United Nations. Sampson was also the first Black female elected judge in the United States. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., around 1901 and died in 1979.

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1862—After a disastrous loss to the South during a battle known as

the Peninsular Campaign, U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton orders the arming of 5,000 Black soldiers in a bid to turn the tide against the pro-slavery forces. The Blacks (both freedmen and former slaves) fought with distinction winning 15 Congressional Medals of Honor. In fact, the Black soldiers were so effective, near the end of the Civil War, the Confederacy, in a desperation move, actually attempted to recruit Black soldiers to the pro-slavery side.

1908—The National Association of Colored Nurses is founded by Martha Minerva Franklin. At the time Black nurses were not welcomed in the all-White American Nurses Association.

1925—Six men, led by A. Phillip Randolph, organize the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters—a union composed of porters and attendants on the nation’s railroad passenger cars. The effort was the most successful Black labor organizing campaign in American history. The Brotherhood would go on to become the largest and most powerful Black controlled union in America including more than 15,000 members by 1959. Randolph would also become a major (often behind the scenes) figure in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. He played a key role in Dr. Martin Luther King’s famous 1963 March on Washington. Randolph would often boast that his union was a success not because people loved it, but because it knew how to “push people out of the way.”

1927—The first Black person to win the Wimbledon Singles Tennis Championship, Althea Gibson, is born on this day in Silver, S.C. Gibson won Wimbledon on July 6, 1957. The all-around athlete died on Sept. 23, 2003.

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1943—In a primarily token gesture Black Chicago Congressman William L. Dawson is recommended to be the Democratic Party’s vice presidential candidate. For several years, Dawson was the only African American in the United States Congress. He would later be joined by New York’s Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Dawson served in Congress for 27 years, from January 1943 to the time he died in November 1970.

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1963—African American activist and intellectual giant W.E.B. DuBois dies in Accra, Ghana, at the age of 95. Born in Great Barrington, Mass., DuBois was one of the most dominant figures in the African American struggle against racial oppression for nearly 40 years. He helped found the Niagara Movement (precursor to the NAACP) in 1906 and helped organize the first Pan African Conference in London. An educational product of Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., he also taught at Atlanta University in Atlanta, Ga., and edited the NAACP’s Crisis magazine. DuBois was a major opponent of Booker T. Washington’s grand “compromise” with Whites and he argued frequently with Marcus Garvey’s Black separatist ideology. However, the “attacker of injustice and defender of freedom” would eventually become frustrated with the slow, legalistic tactics of the NAACP and the tenacity of American racism. He turned to socialism and late in life went into self-imposed exile in the West African nation of Ghana. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would write of him: “History cannot ignore W.E.B. Dubois because history has to reflect the truth and Dr. DuBois was a tireless explorer of the truth.” 1975—Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie dies at the age of 83. He had worked to modernize the East African nation and rescue his land from foreign White control. Forced to flee Ethiopia when the Italians invaded in 1936, he would later return to lead a resistance movement which freed the country from European domination in 1941. Selassie traced his heritage all the way back to the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon of the Christian Bible. Many Blacks worldwide considered him a holy figure. Indeed, the Rastafarian religion gets its name from his original name Ras Tafari Makonnen. Selassie’s full title was “His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, Conquering Lion of Judah, King of Kings of Ethiopia and elect of

Comcast awards $150,000 in grants to local organizations

The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned that Comcast on July 30, 2024, awarded four Pittsburgh-based non-profit organizations a total of $150,000 in grants as part of its continued investment in Allegheny County. These funds, awarded to the African American Chamber of Commerce of Western Pennsylvania, Neighborhood Allies, STEM Coding Lab, and Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania are part of Project UP, Comcast’s $1 billion commitment to advance digital equity through programs and community partnerships that connect people to the Internet, advance economic mobility and open doors for the next generation of innovators, entrepreneurs, storytellers, and creators.

Comcast’s local grants will support the following initiatives: African American Chamber of Commerce of Western Pennsylvania—The Chamber will deploy a series of digital skills workshops and webinars that will teach website development, digital marketing, and e-commerce business creation to members of the Chamber. Neighborhood Allies—The community development organization will host three educational events for small businesses and solo entrepreneurs focused on technical assistance for web design, social media training, and e-commerce training. Neighborhood Allies will also host a website roundtable with digital experts to share firsthand knowledge and troubleshoot business needs.

STEM Coding Lab With a focus on kindergarten through eighth-grade learners, the organization will continue to equip students—especially those who wouldn’t otherwise have access—with computer science education. The curriculum includes coding classes during

which participants create story animations, games, websites, and apps, and STEM Coding Lab will introduce a new program

on Artificial Intelligence locally. Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania —The

organization will serve Veterans in 30 counties through its mobile computer bank and digital literacy programs, which are

TRUMP’S PROJECT 2025 IS A THREAT TO BLACK AMERICANS

Project 2025 is Donald Trump and JD Vance’s plan to remake the federal government if they win. It would:

Use Civil Rights-era laws created to address discrimination to instead benefit white people – Axios, 4/1/24

Gut the Affordable Care Act, which will raise health care costs and threaten health care coverage for millions of Americans – AP News, 11/27/23

Cut Social Security and Medicare Americans have earned – Washington Post, 2/9/23

Ban abortion nationally – New York Times, 2/16/24

focused on housing search assistance and career development coaching. Continued guided job exploration, resume development, and job application coaching will also be provided.

“Veterans in our community have relied on our partnership with Comcast since we joined forces 10 years ago,” said Ben Stahl, D.Sc., Chief Executive Officer of the Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania. “With this grant from Comcast, we will continue to aid Veterans in their career growth and help them find a safe and secure place to live.”

Comcast’s local investment also includes the installation of a total of 176 free WiFi-connected Lift Zones in Pennsylvania, and there are more than 1,250 Lift Zones nationwide. Lift Zones, which provide Internet access on-the-go, complement Comcast’s Internet Essentials program that provides in-home broadband connectivity. Lift Zones help students, Veterans, and anyone who, for a variety of reasons (including homelessness, or housing insecurity issues), need somewhere to go during the day to connect to the Internet and to learn digital skills.

“We believe in the power of digital equity, digital literacy, and strong connectivity to improve quality of life,” said Kevin Broadhurst, Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs for Comcast’s Keystone Region, which is based in Pennsylvania. “Awarding grants to Pittsburgh-area purpose-driven organizations allows our community to excel through high-speed Internet and effective training.”

PRESLEY GILLESPIE, PRESIDENT/CEO, NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIES DORIS CARSON WILLIAMS, CEO, AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

MAISHA STURDIVANT, VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS, STEM CODING LAB

BARATA BEY, PRESIDENT, AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

The 15th annual SHYNE Awards

Time flies when you’re working hard and having fun. It’s now year 15 for the SHYNE Awards, which celebrates the positive accomplishments of young people ages 1324 in Pittsburgh. This year’s event was held, Aug. 4, at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. Among the awardees were Alyse Fowlks (Illumination Business), Kayla Bowser (Academics Honoree), Maurice Trent (Entrepreneurship Honoree), Anton Smith (Service in Ministry Honoree), Jordan Gamret, Aaron Marts, Kaitlin Hall, Elizabeth Presson and MaKayla Drye (Young Adult Group Honorees with teacher Laura Thomson), Cecil Price

III (Leadership Honoree), Jason Garland III (Financial Literacy Honoree), Raymond Porter III (Performing Arts Honoree), and Cornell Jones III (STEM Honoree). Judge Kim Berkeley Clark received the Gwendolyn J. Elliott Lifetime Achievement Award, Josh Fleitman of CeaseFire PA won The Movement Award, and Ellen Eyth was Teacher of the Year.

THE SHYNE AWARDS—NOW IN ITS 15TH YEAR. THIS YEAR’S EVENT WAS HELD AT THE PITTSBURGH PLAYHOUSE. (PHOTOS BY MARLON MARTIN)

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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to Aliquippa's football team

State champs received encouraging words from Harris

HARRIS FROM

was almost forced to play into a much higher classification than it was supposed to, if the PIAA, who runs high school football in the state, had their way. In December 2023, the Quips won the state championship in Class 4A with a dominating, 60-13 win over the high school football team Dallas. It was their fifth state championship in school history.

The PIAA tried to move Aliquippa up to Class 5A this year, even though Aliquippa technically should be classified as Class 2A, given the small number of boys in its high school. But Aliquippa, to no one's surprise, fought back and sued the PIAA, arguing that the PIAA is risking the health and safety of its players by forcing them to play against teams with larger enrollments, and thus, more available players overall on the team. A Beaver Coun-

ty judge ruled in favor of Aliquippa, meaning they'll be playing the 2024 season in Class 4A. Most African Americans in Aliquippa saw the attempted actions by the PIAA as racially-motivated, simply because Aliquippa was winning too much.

Aliquippa's first game this year is Friday, Aug. 30, at home, against Belle Vernon. In other contests, they'll visit Penn Hills for a game on Sept. 20, battle New Castle in Aliquippa on Sept. 27, and end the regular season, Oct. 25, at home against next-door-neighbor Ambridge. As interim coach

Vashawn Patrick held practices for his Quips throughout the month, he and Aliquippa schools Superintendent Dr. Phillip K. Woods must have been ecstatic when they learned the vice president wanted to speak to their kids. It was a closely-guarded secret, as Harris and Gov. Walz

arrived at Pittsburgh International Airport just after 1 p.m. on Aug. 18, then unveiled their lavish-looking bus, riding it to different stops in Beaver County. Virtually no one in the media knew beforehand that she would be speaking to the Aliquippa football team, on its newly-remodeled field, no less. "The Pit" underwent a $1.3 million renovation thanks to the gift from Kraft Heinz. The words "Heinz Field" are plastered around the stadium these days.

"You all are the future of our country," Harris told the team. "We are all born leaders, and it's just a matter of when people decide to turn that on.

The fact that you're on this field today tells me you decided to turn it on at an early stage of your life, to be a leader and role model."

Harris stayed on the role model conversation. "Welcome to the role model club," she said, to some laughter. "Being a

role model means that members of your family, people you know in the neighborhood, others, your classmates, they watch you to see what you do. What goes into that kind of excellence? What goes into being a winning team? And you all have taken it upon yourselves to take on that responsibility of being role models and to inspire people you may not even know are watching you."

Harris wanted the players to know that "no circumstance or event or moment will defeat your spirit and your fight and your preparedness to win and excel, and nothing will dampen your spirit of excellence. That's what I'm counting on from each of you."

WHERE'S THE MONEY?

Marketing and Events, the company that put on the city-sponsored Juneteenth celebration (Fusion Fest). The check, the New Pittsburgh Courier has learned, was "cut" to the company on June 27, two days before the June 29 “Fusion Fest” Juneteenth event occurred.

"We have been there from Day 1 supporting (B. Marshall)," voiced Dr. Johnson, during a news conference, Aug. 14, outside City Council chambers, Downtown. "He's bringing this city together with different ethnic groups, the White community, and letting them understand how Black people operate and how Black people come together for Juneteenth. For the City Council to approve a resolution to pay us $125,000 and we don't get it, there's something going on behind closed doors that I don't understand."

B. Marshall, who was also at the news conference, said that the Afro-American Music Institute fronted B. Marshall some money to help pay for Juneteenth celebration expenses. As long as the city doesn't pay the $125,000 to B. Marshall and the POISE Foundation (B. Marshall's fiscal partner), "Dr. J" can't be repaid. "I've traveled around this nation to other cities...and I know there's divisiveness among people in the Black community, whether it's a personal vendetta or jealousy or what, but the level of this disrespect in our community to work this hard to bring together these national artists and people from all over the nation, it’s a travesty," Dr. Johnson said. "This is wrong by any standard. I don't care if you don't like B. Marshall, I don't care if you don't like me. It is wrong." Jake Pawlak, Deputy Mayor and Director of the Office of Management and Budget, said in an email response to B. Marshall that B. Marshall or POISE had to "provide appropriate documentation in order for funds to be disbursed." Pawlak

said that Bounce Marketing and Events "submitted such documentation in the form of an itemized budget of projected expenses with their invoice for payment."

Pawlak ended his email by saying that "the city cannot release funding to the POISE Foundation for your 2024 event until after an agreement is signed. We are working with the POISE Foundation on such an agreement presently."

Still, days after Pawlak's email response, that didn't stop Stevens, the B-PEP Chairman and CEO, from issuing a public statement on Aug. 15: "It is with sadness that I write this letter. Something that should have

been a great opportunity for all of Pittsburgh, and beyond, to celebrate one of the most significant dates on the calendars of Black Americans across Pittsburgh and beyond, has become locked in extended conversation of charges and counter charge with regard to why William B. Marshall and Stop the Violence Pittsburgh has not as yet been paid for the services rendered to produce another outstanding Juneteenth Celebration, even though City Council had approved such an expenditure many weeks ago. This entire situation is not a good look for the administration, City Council, nor Stop the Violence, in that many citizens of

Pittsburgh have felt, for sometime, that this situation could, and should have been handled with less acrimony."

What has many members of Pittsburgh's Black community confused is, what exact document or documents does the City of Pittsburgh need from B. Marshall that are so vastly different from Bounce Marketing and Events? If both organizations were awarded $125,000 from City Council, if both organizations put on Juneteenth celebrations in Downtown Pittsburgh, then what did Bounce Marketing and Events do so differently than B. Marshall and POISE to have them get the check from the city around the

time of the June 29 event, while B. Marshall waits and waits for his check for his event that was held, June 14-16?

"I need some answers," Dr. Johnson said. "I really need some answers."

B. Marshall took it one step further. He believes there is at the very least, some animosity against him by Pittsburgh's first Black mayor, Ed Gainey.

"For 10 years we have supported Ed Gainey and all his endeavors," B. Marshall said. "We have put him up on our plat-

forms and allowed him to speak to the community. We voted for him. We have given him money so he could be the mayor of Pittsburgh. We thought it would be a change."

But according to B. Marshall, he feels as though Mayor Gainey "is the one trying to stop these events that we actually do for the City of Pittsburgh and for Black people."

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DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE KAMALA HARRIS GREETS MEMBERS OF THE ALIQUIPPA FOOTBALL TEAM, AUG. 18. (PHOTO COURTESY PHILLIP K. WOODS/ALIQUIPPA)

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'Poverty and racism is trauma'

Erica Givner, Leon Ford keynote the NAMI Black Mental Health Summit

by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer

Thirteen years ago, when Dr. Erica Givner started her licensed therapist practice, she would Google "Black mental health provider" and she said there was pretty much nothing that came up in the Pittsburgh area.

These days, "we have pages of them," Dr. Givner told the New Pittsburgh Courier.

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It's true. A quick Google search of "Black mental health providers Pittsburgh" brings up not just Dr. Givner's "Vision Towards Peace" company, but "Steel Smiling" with Julius Boatwright and a host of websites that feature a listing of African American mental health therapists.

And with more African Americans choosing mental health therapist as a career in Pittsburgh, there are more African Americans in general who are signing up to see a therapist.

Why is that? Dr. Givner said finally, Black Amer-

ica is "looking at it from the standpoint of, mental health is self-care. So changing that lens around mental health definitely helped decrease the stigma."

Dr. Givner was the afternoon keynote speaker at NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Keystone Pennsylvania's third annual Black Mental Health Summit, held at the Hosanna House in Wilkinsburg, July 10. Leon Ford, who was paralyzed after being shot multiple times by Pittsburgh Police during a traffic stop in 2012, was the morning keynote speaker. Ford, who said at the event that "the night I was shot, it destroyed me from the inside out,” turned tragedy into triumph by, among other things, starting The Hear Foundation with former Pittsburgh Police Chief Scott Schubert. Looked at by some as an unlikely collaboration, Ford said his goal is to have a safe and thriving Pittsburgh through trusted relationships between the police

and its residents.

And he emphasized how much taking care of his mental health has helped him overall.

“Acknowledging trauma, stigma, and mental health are the first steps,” said Aleta Barnett, NAMI Keystone Pennsylvania’s Director of Mental Healthy Equity and Community Engagement, in a statement provided to the Courier. “But what comes next? What can we do about it? How can we heal?"

First, though, what is trauma? How does a person know that it's in their best interest to seek therapy? Dr. Givner defined trauma to the Courier as "an experience that compromises one's ability to function after witnessing or experiencing a life-changing event. So, if it compromises your ability to function, it's a traumatic experience," Dr. Givner said.

Dr. Givner then said that "poverty and racism is trauma," adding: "There's definitely people that don't want to (accept)

that poverty and racism is traumatic, because that means our counterparts don't have to look at the part they played pertaining to our history" as African Americans. While the stigma on mental health in the Black community still exists—you know, the "what goes on in this house stays in this house" thing—Dr. Givner said it's slowly eroding. Everywhere you look, there's a mental health summit, or a segment about it on

KDKA-TV's "Talk Pittsburgh," or new center that's opened in the community focusing on mental health. When asked on the spot to name some African American mental health therapy providers in the region, Dr. Givner gave kudos to Boatwright of Steel Smiling, Kiva Fisher Green of Sanant Counseling & Wellness, De'netta Benjamin-Miller, Channing Moreland and Dr. Tamara Thornhill.

Of course, there's even

1944 A GREAT MAN 2023.

Mr. James Robert Morris, of Homewood, passed away unexpectedly at Squirrel Hill Rehab on Wightman Street, on August 19, 2023. Mr. Morris was born in Headland, Alabama, and was the son to the late Aurthur Lee Jones and Bonnie Hollis. He attended Peabody High School in East Liberty. His uncle George Hollis taught him how to box and he became a golden gloves champion, he was also a singer in an R&B band with his uncle Aurbrey Kirkland. After he met the live of his life a Librarian at Carnegie Mellon Irene Claytor- Morris (pictured far right), he became an independent contractor and gave back to the community by employing the youths from Homewood, East Liberty and Garfield to work for him so they could save money for college or live a good life by learning a trade. Mr. Morris was preceded in death by his wife Irene, son James “Jame Boy” Morris, his sisters Betty Morris and Louise Morris. He is survived by his children Lavel Claytor, Stormie Morris, Irene Marbury, Pastor John Morris, Elijah Morris, Jerome Morris and Joshua Morris, thirty grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren. His uncle Aubrey Kirkland, brother’s and sister’s Sergeant Donald Morris, Kenny Morris, Melvin Morris , Bernice Alfoxe, Barbara Pendleton. James and Irene taught their children how to read from the Bible and that is a good start.

more Black providers in the region who are part of the equation that's adding up to increased mental health awareness.

"Everybody needs a safe person," Dr. Givner told the Courier exclusively. "Just because we know how to struggle, we shouldn't choose to and want to struggle. Being able to make that connection with somebody to help us choose a different path and give us something else to consider, and have that safe place to talk bravely about lived experiences, is why I feel like people should go to therapy."

“To appoint unto them that MOURN in Zion, to give unto them Beauty for Ashes, Oil of Joy for Mourning, the Garment of Praise for the spirit of Heaviness; that they might be called TREES of Righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.” - Isaiah 61:3

REV. WALKER SAYS: As we go through grief, know that the Lord is with us. In this time of mourning, He has given us a garment of praise for the spirit of Heaviness. Give God the praise, the highness praise. HALLELUJAH!!!

DR. ERICA L. GIVNER SPEAKS AT THE HOSANNA HOUSE.

ATTENDEES AT THE NAMI BLACK MENTAL HEALTH SUMMIT.

DR. ERICA GIVNER AND BRENDA GURLEY. (PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO)

Sometimes, writers and talk show hosts just say anything

Let me begin this communique by hitting the rewind button with a quote from the original cinema classic, "The Wizard of Oz." When the characters Dorothy, Tin Man, and the Scarecrow begin their journey to find the "Great Oz," Dorothy asks, "Do you suppose we'll meet any wild animals?" The Tin Man replied: “We might but mostly lions and tigers and bears." Dorothy answered, “Oh my.” They responded in unison: “Lions and tigers and bears, oh my.” That line prompts me to ask, “Do rookie players ask what hazards they might face during and after their NFL journeys, besides injuries and being cut?" Could one of the answers be: Lions, tigers, and lies, oh my. Lions, tigers, and lies, oh my. Lions, tigers, and lies…. oh my. Lies and innuendos can be far more dangerous

and life-threatening than any animal that we may face in the wild kingdom because generally speaking, a wild predator might kill and devour a few of us at a time, but lies and misinformation possess the power to destroy and devour entire generations. There was a story recently posted by Allison Koehler on steelerswire. usatoday.com: "Steelers rumored to have ‘deal in place’ with 49ers for WR Brandon Aiyuk." In the article, Koehler calls out the credibility or lack of journalistic credibility of local sports radio personality Andrew Fillipponi. Koehler wrote that: “It was initially reported that the Steelers were out of the running after failing to meet the Niners trade demands. However, the next day, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported that the Steelers are 'for sure' still in the mix. 93.7

The Fan’s Andrew Fillipponi stirred the pot a little bit more, tweeting that Pittsburgh has a “verbal agreement in place” for the sought-after playmak-

er. Keep in mind that this is Fillipponi, who has a tendency to farm for engagements. You have to wonder if his “sources” are credible or even existent. He could just be throwing it against the wall to see if it sticks. No one of repute reported that Pittsburgh was close to a deal with San Francisco. Please allow me to repeat that. No one of repute has reported that Pittsburgh is close to a

deal with San Francisco. No one of repute has reported that…Lions, tigers, and lies, oh my. I don’t get it, but as far as I am concerned, it is simple. Scribes, report what is and leave what ain’t alone. Many of these writers continue to throw bricks of fiction through the windows of facts. Once they are exposed, they have no regrets or remorse. They are not even remotely interested in repairing the damage their ill-based opinions have caused.

On Dec. 17, 2023, Jonathan Heltritter posted this story on steelersdepot. com; "Former NFL Scout Believes That Mike Tomlin ‘Should Want To Be Fired.’" And former NFL scout John Middlekauff stated on the 3 and Out podcast that Tomlin should want Art Rooney II to call him into his office after the season, for he

and the team to go their separate ways. “I think Mike Tomlin should want to be fired at this time at this moment with where they are at.” Middlekauff said on 3 and Out: “It’s just time, I’ve been fired twice. Best thing that’s ever happened to me. Both times went on to more success and make more money. It’s time for a break.”

Has Middlekauff, "Biletnikoff, and Stroganoff, play more golf," lost the last remnant of his sanity? What arrogance, what insolence and sense of entitlement. How can a mere scout remotely compare his career choices as a “personnel runner” to one of the greatest coaches in NFL history? Oh, oh, oh, my, my, my, my, my. Usually, when great coaches are sought after, the team that desires his services compensates the team that he is departing from

and him with money, draft choices or a combination of both. But in the case of Mike Tomlin, he should want Steelers owner Art Rooney II to fire him so that the team that is in line to possibly employ him won’t have to compensate the Steelers much or anything or at all. Now, since Tomlin signed his contract extension, I have not heard a peep out of Mr. Helritter. As far as where the "scout" is, don't have a clue. Would any one of us rather be fired from a job or give the employer the proper notice and leave with dignity rather than being escorted from the premises by security? Just remember this word from the wise. Beasts in the wild are not the only bloodthirsty predators lurking around the corner. Beware of some, writers, writers and liars….oh my.

Canton, Ohio: Just a two-hour drive to experience Black College Football

'Hall of Fame Classic' pits Virginia State vs. Benedict College, Sept. 1

by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer

With each year, more Pittsburghers are making the trip to Canton, Ohio, for the Black College Football Hall of Fame Classic, which occurs on the Sunday before Labor Day. For sports fans, or fans of Black College Football lore, or both, it's the only football game between two HBCUs anywhere near Pittsburgh all year.

The New Pittsburgh Courier spotted a number of Pittsburghers at the 2023 contest between Morehouse and Virginia

Union, including Pittsburgh Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Wayne Walters and members of the Westinghouse High School football team. The Black College Football experience puts the "u" in unique. The battle of the bands, the Divine Nine, the passion that fans have for their HBCU, the places that those HBCUs hold in American history, and more. It's something that a HBCU graduate surely wants to pass on to their kids and grandkids, which is why so many families attend the annual game in Can-

ton. Around Pittsburgh, the closest HBCUs are Lincoln and Cheyney universities near Philadelphia, Central State and Wilberforce universities near Dayton, Ohio, and West Virginia State University, near Charleston. Cities like Atlanta, Nasvhille, Birmingham and Indianapolis host at least one HBCU game or classic each year.

For Pittsburgh, not so.

That makes the experience in Canton so appealing to some Pittsburgh Black families who have no problem with the two-

hour trip west. The easiest way to get to Canton is to take the Pa. Turnpike (76) West into Ohio, and remain on 76 towards Akron. Once you're in Akron, take I-77 South for 15 minutes to the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Tom Benson Stadium, where the Sept. 1 game will take place at 4 p.m. between Virginia State University and Benedict College. The past three Black College Football Hall of Fame Classics in Canton have drawn 38,004 fans, an average of 12,668 per game. The first classic was held in 2019, when 9,776

people saw Alabama A&M defeat Morehouse, 35-30. There was no classic in 2020 due to COVID-19.

In 2021, Grambling State defeated Tennessee State, 16-10, and in 2022, Central State defeated Winston-Salem State, 41-21. Virginia Union crushed Morehouse in the 2023 contest, 45-13. But it's not just the onfield activities that make the Black College Football Hall of Fame Classic. It's grown into a full slate of events, such as a college fair for Canton-area high school students on Aug. 29, a kickoff concert at the Canton Civic Center featuring rapper T.I., the Ying Yang Twins and singer Lloyd on Friday, Aug. 30; a golf classic on Aug. 31; an HBCU Block Party at Centennial Plaza, Downtown Canton, all day Aug. 31, featuring gospel artist Erica Campbell in the evening, and an All-White Party beginning at 9 p.m. On the day of the game, Sunday, Sept. 1, there will be a Minority Business Reception from noon to 3 p.m. at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, steps from Tom Benson Stadium. The game begins at 4 p.m.

The Paris Olympics— the finest I've ever watched!

:10— With a week of perspective in our rearview mirrors, let's talk some Olympics. First and foremost, the Paris Olympics were just about flawless, every venue utterly fantastic, the history of Paris fairly dripping from every event and the presentation of the French citizenry to the world magical. I have to say this was truly the finest Olympics I've ever watched and I'm going back to the '68 Olympics in Mexico. Just brilliant. And kudos to the ever-present Mike Tirico who, as the main host, just seems comfortable describing gymnastics, rowing, ping pong, boxing, track and field, swimming and on and on with absolute ease and aplomb. Mike is simply the best there is right now and maybe of all-time, he's just that damn good.

:09— Let's talk about the athletes and I have to start with the undeniable, incredible Simone Biles, who, along with Jade Carey, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles and Hezly Rivera, won the Women's Team Gold Medal along with Gold Medals in the All-Around and the Vault and a Silver in the Floor Exercise. Simone's status as the greatest gymnast in history is secure and the way she carries herself

and comes across in interviews as a superior woman in every aspect is to be applauded. Class and intelligence all the way. And while we're at it, Jade Carey added a Bronze Medal in the Vault while fighting off the flu, Suni Lee won a Bronze Medal in the Women's Uneven Parallel Bars and Jordan Chiles won the Bronze Medal in the Women's Floor Exercise. Yeah, I said it, Jordan won the Bronze despite all the baloney taking place in the scoring booth. First and last—the scorers initially made a mistake with her score to put her in fifth place instead of third place, so the onus on fixing that mistake falls on them, not the U.S. officials that had to make the appeal.

:08— Sticking with the women, who clearly led the way for the U.S. Olympic squad, our ladies of the hardwood once again brought home Gold for the eighth, that's right kids, the eighth straight time. Our women are

the pre-eminent sports team in the history of the Olympics, beating France in the final in a nail-biter, 67-66. Led by A'Ja Wilson's 21 points, the women were able to overcome a cagey French team looking to pull off the upset. It seems like the three things you can count on in life are death, taxes and a USA Women's Olympic Gold Medal in basketball.

:07— And to complete the cycle, our men won Gold against the French again in Men's Basketball, 98-87, in a close, hotly contested game that came down to the wire and Steph Curry putting a dagger in the hearts of all the French supporters with four three pointers in two minutes to slam the door shut on Victor Wembanyama, all 7'4" of him, and the home team. LeBron James was tourney MVP and well-deserved and Kevin Durant picked up his fourth Olympic Gold Medal in hoops, joining a select few athletes in winning four Gold Medals across four Olympics. USA! USA! USA! :06— Katie Ledecky. Katie Ledecky. Katie Ledecky. Four more Olympic medals, 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze. In her signature events, the 800-meter Freestyle and the 1,500 meter

Freestyle, she was Gold, outdistancing her opponents in the 1,500 by 10 seconds. You heard me. Ten seconds. Or about half the length of the pool. Katie says she's coming back for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles and I can't wait. And this time I will be in L.A. live to see as much of the action as humanly possible. Checkmark on Bucket List #312 coming up.

:05— As the old school cat that I am, I have to say, with the caveat that I am a red, white and blue homer who always, always roots for our athletes to win, I was happy to see Noah Lyles squeak out the 100 meter Gold Medal by a thousandth of a second and win the Bronze Medal in the 200 meters while sick with COVID, his actions before the 200 left me a little dry. If you're sick and know you're sick, why waste one precious second of energy by running around the other competitors? Maybe if he had conserved every ounce of his strength, he could have won the 200 also and really put his name in the record books. C'mon, man.

:04— Next up, the amazing, Greatest Of All Time, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, who not only won her second consecutive 400-meter

hurdles Gold Medal, but set the world record for the fifth time in a crazy time of 50.37 seconds. The next day she ran the fastest-ever split in the 4x400 meter relay and put the USA so far in front it was mere formality for the last two legs for another Gold Medal, matching her two Gold Medals from the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. She is intelligent, vivacious, gorgeous and absolutely unbeatable. See ya in L.A., Sydney. :03— A little shoutout to Ryan Crouser, the behemoth 6'7", 320-pound shotput legend who won his fourth consecutive Gold Medal and is without doubt the greatest shot putter in history. And to Joe Kovac, who won the Silver Medal for the third straight Olympics and is generally regarded as the second-greatest shot putter ever.

:02— Last but certainly not least, Cuban wrestler Mijain Lopez became the first athlete in Olympic history to win five consecutive Gold Medals, his in Greco-Roman Wrestling at the age of 42. Standing 6'5" and weighing in at 290 pounds of pure muscle, Mijain first won Gold in 2008 in Beijing, China, and never missed a beat. After his recent Gold Medal, Mijain placed his wres -

tling shoes on the center of the mat, signaling his retirement from the sport. A legend. And just a daydream thought; if Mijian had been born in, say, Penn Hills 26 years ago, wouldn't he look good playing defensive tackle for your Pittsburgh Steelers? With his legendary, offthe-charts strength and his incredible agility and speed, is there any offensive lineman that could stop him? Seems unlikely.

:01— Exhibition football games are meaningless. Really? Are ya sure? Didn't the Emperor, Chuck Noll, once say about the preseason games, and I misquote but you get the idea, "If they're so meaningless why do we play them?"

The Steelers offense has looked dreadful, the O-Line is a debacle with Dan Moore tied to left tackle again despite being mediocre at best, and can we hit a pass 40 yards down field for goodness sake? I'm just saying.

:00— Put a fork in the Pirates, they're done. GAME OVER.

Class of 2O24 Honorees

LEGACY HONOREE

Robert Hill

Retired, Vice Chancellor of Public Affairs University of Pittsburgh

James Willie Anderson Jr.

Elder, King of Kings Baptist Church CEO, Jiggity Marketing LLC

Demario Andrews

Site Director, Family Support Center Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh

Rev. William A. Baker IV

Discipleship Pastor Macedonia Church of Pittsburgh

James M. Carter

Life Coach

Achieva

Kiel Chapman

Production Manager

PPG

Robert Cherry

Chief Executive Officer

Partner4Work

Bernard Clark Jr.

Head Football Coach

Robert Morris University

Micheal “Mike” Dean

Community School Site Manager

Pittsburgh Public Schools

Radio Personality, WAMO

J.E. Clark Delanois

Managing Director and Credit Division

Head of Private Banking BNY Mellon

Chuck Durham

Business Diversity Manager City of Pittsburgh

Dr. Shawn Keith Ellies, Cmdr., CPP, CPTED, CPD, PSA

Protective Security Advisor and Adjunct Professor University of Pittsburgh

Rev. Brian Carswell Flannagan Sr. Field Service Provider Solutions Specialist Eastern Region FedEx Corporation

Michael Lee Gay Sr.

Detective Pittsburgh Bureau of Police-Intelligence Unit

Sam W. Gibson

Executive Director

We The People 412

Rev. Jerrel T. Gilliam

Executive Director

Light of Life Rescue Mission

Nathaniel K. Goodson

CEO, The Promise Center of Homewood

Owner, Nate’s Landscaping & Hauling

Ricky Hardy

Program Manager, Family Foundation Through Community Human Services

Owner, RH3 Commercial Cleaning LLC

Lance J. Harrell

Director, Workforce Development and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Master Builders’ Association of Western Pa., Inc.

Saint “Larry” Harris

Supervisor, South Pittsburgh Peacemakers South Pittsburgh Coalition for Peace

Mark D. Henderson

Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer University of Pittsburgh

Dr. Chuck Herring

Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

South Fayette Township School District

Edgar G. Jackson Jr.

Owner

Hysyde Lounge and Excellent Care Professionals

Emmanuel D. Key

Owner ZoliCare Enterprise LLC

Terence King

Teacher Wilkinsburg School District

Michael A. Knight

Fiscal & Contracting Supervisor City of Pittsburgh

Sebastian Lacy

Vice President of Equity & Culture YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh

Majestic Lane

Chief Equity Officer Allegheny Conference on Community Development

Mike Logan

Founder Logans Heroes

Clyde D. Manns Jr.

Owner, EIT Basketball Training Site Supervisor, Greater Valley ACTES

Kevin J. Miller

Chaplain and Dean Imani Christian Academy

Pastor E. Keith Moncrief

Senior Pastor Kingdom Light Ministries International

Bishop Marvin C. Moreland

Jurisdictional Bishop Pennsylvania Western First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Church of God In Christ

James Myers Jr.

Senior Director, Business Investment Allegheny Conference on Community Development

Michael C. Nelson

Senior Manager of Security Operations Duquesne Light Co.

Michael J. Nichols

Retired, Public Works Laborer, City of Pittsburgh

Volunteer Reader, Pittsburgh Public Schools

Robert Poston

Youthbuild Supervisor and City Parks Manager City of Pittsburgh Department of Parks and Recreation

Timothy Powell

Clinical Director UPMC

Johnathan D. Rideau

BU Mission Assurance Manager Northrop Grumman

Shawn A. Shannon

Central Access Supervisor

Wesley Family Services

Alphonso Sloan Retired, Police Detective Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Artist, Method Lab Studios LLC

Morton D. Stanfield Jr.

Senior Vice President of Community Development Dollar Bank, Federal Savings Bank

Brian Vincent Starks

Marketing and Community Outreach Liaison Pittsburgh Public Theater

Alfred B. Valentine

President

100 Black Men of Western Pennsylvania

Wendell E. Wade Jr.

Vice President, Branch and Business Center Manager PNC Bank

Dr. Evon Walters

Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and Community Engagement

Community College of Allegheny County

Terrel R. Williams

Teen Outreach Program Manager

Homeless Children’s Education Fund

W. Eugene Wilson

Owner, Cloud 33 Premium Cigar Lounge

Basketball Coach

James D. Wimberly III

General Manager Block by Block

Dr. Michael Young

Mellon College of Science Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences

Carnegie Mellon University

by Laura Onyeneho Houston Defender

Black people!

What would your life look like for you and your family if you could have

while scaling his business ventures to $90 million in annual revenue.

The number one way to build up your capital is to save and invest it over

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financial freedom right now?

The Black dollar may be very powerful, but our future generations will take the heat if we don’t have strategies.

Recent studies show that the top 10 percent of households own 76 percent of all wealth in the U.S., while the bottom 50 percent own just 1 percent. Black and Hispanic families have seen strong gains in median net worth over the years. However, White families still have three to seven times their net worth.

Can we still achieve generational wealth despite the stark statistics? Cedric Nash, founder of The Black Wealth Summit, says yes. Cedric Nash, serial entrepreneur and investor, became a millionaire at 31 years old.

The award-winning entrepreneur, wealth coach, and investor’s mission to millionaire status was a slow but steady seven-year process that he took after graduating from college with no angel investor or bank. He started his career as a consultant earning less than $40,000 a year and became a millionaire at 31 years old

time.

He uses his knowledge to help Black people expand their knowledge and acquire the key tools to build wealth. He said the best way to close the racial wealth gap starts with investing in real estate, the market, and businesses.

The Defender spoke with Nash to discuss the factors that keep Black people behind and the smart moves we can make now to change our financial future.

Defender: What inspired you to become a mentor and advocate for building wealth in the African American community?

Cedric Nash: I had the privilege of being mentored by 4 ‘Millionaire Mentors.’ 3 were Black, and one was White. They have poured into me since the 11th grade, allowing me to learn and watch what they did. And they were very big into giving back to the community. There was one time I needed some money, and Mr. Glover [Mentor] gave it to me, and I said, no, you can’t give it to me. I’ve got

I recall watching an episode of “Thea,” a sitcom that aired in the early ‘90s. In this particular episode, there was this guy shooting his shot at Thea. He was telling her about the big house he owned, the fancy car he drove, the places he’s been to. His goal was to impress Thea with his status and worldly possessions. After laying out to her what he brought to the table, he asked Thea, “How does that sound to you?” Thea quipped back, “It sounds to me that you have a lot of debt!” I don’t think that was the response he was looking for. For the average person, as long as they’re able to make their monthly payments on time, they don’t see themselves as having debt problems. Remember this; financial problems don’t show up in your ability to pay your bills on time. Financial problems show up in your inability to consistently save and invest. The inability to consistently save and invest forces you to always have a need to borrow money when unexpected emergencies happen, when you want to travel, when you want to make large purchases, when Christmas comes, or when it’s time to retire. We refer to this as the debt cycle. Would you like to know if the debt load that you’re carrying is above average?

Sure you would! When it comes to personal debt, how do you rank among the average American? This is one category where below average earns you a pass-

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cy Vontelle Green and Nancey Harris, the founders of Vontelle, the fastest-growing Black woman-owned eyewear brand, are proud to announce that they have been named to the prestigious Forbes 50 Over 50 Lifestyle list for 2024. This remarkable recognition places Vontelle amongst an esteemed group of bold, brave, and beautiful women who are not only culture creators but are also leading the way in redefining industry standards.

Being recognized in this way is an honor that they hold dearly. It serves as a powerful reminder of their mission to push boundaries and establish new standards of size inclusivity in the eyewear industry. Vontelle is committed to designing eyewear that not only celebrates diverse facial features but also honors the rich cultural heritage of the communities they serve. “Our inclusion in the Forbes 50 Over 50 Lifestyle list is a testament to the hard work, dedication, and passion that drives us every day,” says Tracy. “This acknowledgment fuels our determination to continue creating eyewear that is not only stylish and high-quality but also meaningful and culturally significant.” This recognition is a milestone in their journey, one that has been incredibly rewarding thanks to the strong support of our exceptional team and the vibrant community that believes in our vision. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to

you should need to borrow. So, if you’re a high earner and your debt

in no small part by prejudice and racism, have forced many to close their doors,” Bloomberg said of those medical schools. “We cannot allow that to happen again; this gift will help ensure it doesn’t.”

Others saw this as a progression of peddling pharmaceuticals, which began as byproducts of oil refinement and oil usage was growing rapidly at the turn of the century

Petroleum is predominantly present in medical supplies. Anything plastic, for example, is made from petrochemicals. It’s used for packaging, medical devices and supplies, and more. Pharmaceuticals represent about 3 percent of petrochemicals used in 99 percent of pharmaceuticals.

Flexner effectively created a culture that enabled the monetization of medicine.

Drugs are created to treat symptoms and only rarely treat the actual cause. Plus, drugs create their own symptoms, sometimes requiring additional drugs to offset their ill effects.

Flexner emphasized his view that Black doctors should treat only Black patients and should play roles subservient to those of White physicians.

He also promoted the idea that African American medical students should be trained in “hygiene rather than surgery” and be employed as “sanitarians,” with a primary role to protect White Americans from disease.

everyone who has been a part of this journey, from our loyal customers to our dedicated employees. As they look to the future, Vontelle remains committed to setting new standards, creating innovative designs, and continuing to celebrate and preserve cultural heritage through their eyewear collections. They are excited about the path ahead and eager to see where their journey will take us next.

Vontelle is a trailblazing eyewear brand that focuses on creating culturally inspired designs that offer a perfect fit for all. Founded on the principles of size inclusivity and cultural preservation, the brand is dedicated to empowering individuals to express their heritage and personal style through high-quality, thoughtfully designed eyewear. Learn more at Vontelle.com

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to work for it. He let me clean up around his property, and once I was done, I felt like I had to repay him back. I appreciated everything. He said just pay it forward. I believe that my work in my community is my way of paying what my four millionaire mentors paid to many others. Because of technology, I can do it at a higher level. That’s why I don’t charge people for stuff like that. We need to use our wealth to make ourselves wealthy, not those who mentor us. And if they are wealthy, why should they need the wealth of the man trying to come up?

Defender: When you say Millionaire Mentors, what does that mean?

Nash: You must be someone who amassed millions of dollars in net worth. What I mean by that is, a lot of times, people mistakenly think a millionaire is a person who’s earned a million dollars in their business once in their lifetime. But it’s not about that. It doesn’t matter how much money you make; what matters is how much you keep. You often hear in magazines and studies that people who own a home tend to have more wealth, so let’s create incentives. People who own a home take money out of that home to either buy furniture, go on a vacation, or do whatever and not put it in another asset. Their net worth goes down. So, they haven’t really built wealth. I’m talking about wealth in the peer sense, and that’s what we as a community have to learn how to do. We often think about income and lifestyle and not about wealth; real assets, a few million things like apartment buildings, stocks and bonds, businesses, equity. Defender: What critical money moves should individuals consider making in 2024 to enhance their financial well-being?

Nash: I call this my “Millionaire Money Moves” wealth system. It’s based on three components. Developing a millionaire mindset and values. The mindset is the offense, the values are the defense. That’s what people don’t talk too much about. It’s not keeping it, it’s using your money as a tool to make more money as opposed to a toy, and then be a millionaire. I wanna dig into why we are having a hard time doing what we should do to build wealth. Why are we having difficulty being consistent and staying the course? At the heart of that is our mindset and our values. Once you fix your money mindset, which is your preconceived ideas, beliefs, and practices around money, you fix your values to start treating money like a tool to make money.

It’s not just the fact that we have less access to capital. It’s not just the fact that we experience significant discrimination in the workplace that impacts how much money we can earn and how long we can earn it. But the bigger thing is what we do with what we make. It’s not necessarily the way, it’s the will. And so often, we are confused because of our history. Our response is either confusion around what to do with money or fear around investing guilt because of the way that maybe the church taught us that money’s the root of all evil. The other thing is distrust in terms of not trusting our fellow brothers and not trusting the banking system. Desperation because we’re starting from behind.

Defender: You mention the significance of investing in commercial real estate in 2024. Could you elaborate on why this is a key focus?

Nash: I really believe that real estate is a great way. I invest significantly in real estate. I’ve invested in real estate syndications. I have vacation

rentals in Miami Beach. I’ve got multiple houses. I own commercial properties. It’s a great thing that creates generational wealth. You can pass it on to the next generation. The challenge is that all of these years, real estate prices have gotten significantly high. The challenges of its associated risks

can be high, but it’s still doable. It’s important to learn how to analyze commercial property, know when to buy, when to walk, and how to understand financial indicators that determine whether or not you have a good deal.

Defender: What initiatives or resources do you recommend for people of color to navigate and access funds that may not be widely known?

Nash: There are four ways to get capital. The first is to inherit, and with 1.9 percent of Black household families with a million-dollar net worth or more, that’s unlikely. The second is that you can win the lottery. However, 70 percent of people who win end up broke. Third, borrow it from a bank, friend, or family. A small percentage of people can borrow from a wealthy parent, and banks don’t necessarily invest in startups. The fourth is venture capital. Less than 1 percent of Black businesses get capital from venture capitalists. The number one way to build up your capital is to save and invest it over time. Find ways to increase your earnings. Minimize what you spend, save, and invest as much as possible. Be patient while you’re building your idea. Get prepared to put your capital to work.

Defender: Your personal journey involves turning an inheritance into millions through strategic investments. How can others learn from your story and apply similar principles to create genuine generational wealth?

Nash: I inherited $10,000 after my grandmother died. By her death, she had $43,000 in her bank for her grandchildren. She was earning $200 a week working at a laundromat. She saved enough money to pay off her car and buy a house. I’ve adopted her saver mindset. I used my share of the money, opened my first Charles Schwab account in 1993, and invested in the stock market. I created my own consulting company, continued to invest in real estate, and turned $10,000 into millions of dollars of net worth, cash, and assets. I ended up buying the house after my grandfather got a reverse mortgage. The house is worth over $700,000, and the tenants are paying back the mortgage. Generational wealth is about what you can pass on and build upon. If we don’t instill the right mindset in the next generation, you can pass on millions, and it all goes to waste.

Defender: Can you share some key principles or strategies individuals can implement today to build wealth?

Nash: If you get a job out of college, maximize your 401k, especially if a company matches your contributions. Don’t leave free money on the table. The second thing is to save your money and live as frugally as you can.

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CEDRIC NASH

TRACY VONTELLE GREEN AND NANCEY HARRIS

Republicans’ ‘DEI hire’ attacks on Harris rooted in racism and sexism

Shortly after Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee for president, Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump and others in the GOP began referring to Harris as a “DEI hire.”

Some Republicans are weaponizing the term DEI, a reference to the diversity, equity and inclusion initiative, to question Harris’s qualifications for president, suggesting that she is unfairly benefiting from her race and gender.

If elected in November, Harris would become the first woman, first Black woman and first person of South Asian descent to win the White House.

The practice of DEI has been around for decades. DEI was created because marginalized communities were historically denied equal opportunities for jobs and were denied a sense of belonging in majority White corporate settings and campuses.

Public awareness of the term grew after the multiracial global protest over the 2020 police murder of George Floyd. The Floyd protests sparked a national reckoning on race relations, and many companies responded by investing in their DEI initiatives.

Four years later, DEI has come under attack in boardrooms, college campuses and state legislatures across the country.

Republican legislators across the country have proposed about 50 bills in 20 state legislatures that would restrict DEI initiatives or require their public disclosure, according to an Associated Press analysis.

Some companies such as John Deere and Tractor Supply have bowed to bullying and abandoned DEI policies.

The backlash against DEI programs has increased since the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action practices in June 2023.

DEI has become a racist code for the hiring and promotion of an unqualified African American or woman.

“Intellectually, just really kind of the bottom of the barrel,” Wyoming Rep. Harriet Hageman said in a TV interview about Harris. “I think she was a DEI hire. And I think that that’s what we’re seeing and I just don’t think that they have anybody else.”

The “DEI hire” attacks on Harris are an effort to diminish her accomplishments and make voters question her qualifications.

DEI has been politicized to deny Harris’s long list of accomplishments. A graduate of Howard University and the University of California Hastings College of Law, after gaining her law degree, Harris worked as a deputy district attorney from 1990-98, where she prosecuted cases of gang violence, drug trafficking and sexual abuse.

Harris first entered public office in 2004 when she was elected district attorney of San Francisco. In 2010, she was elected attorney general of California where she oversaw the largest state justice department in the country. She served in the U.S. Senate from 2017 to 2021.

Harris had to earn the trust of millions of voters of different racial and ethnic groups in California, the nation’s largest state, who evidently saw her as qualified.

As vice president, Harris has set a new record for the most tie-breaking votes cast by a vice president in history, including casting the decisive vote to secure passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, the largest government investment in tackling the climate crisis.

Rising steadily through the ranks from local, state to national office, Harris served for 20 years in public office before seeking the presidency. By comparison, Trump, a self-promoting businessman who has filed for bankruptcy six times, never held public office before being elected president in 2016. His pick for vice president, the 39-year-old Ohio Sen. JD Vance, never held public office before being elected to the U.S. Senate last year.

It would be fair for Trump and his Republican allies to criticize Harris on her record and policies, but the “DEI hire” attack is rooted in racism and sexism.

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(TriceEdneyWire.com)—As a rule, I usually just call Donald Trump the Orange Man, but make no mistake, I am talking about Donald Trump now, and it’s time to give him space at our conferences to truly hear what his plans for us are. What kind of person is Donald Trump and what are we going to do about him? No matter what he is doing that involves a Black woman, he misrepresents us grossly. Does he hate Black women?

When he says he is “entitled” to make personal attacks against Vice-President Kamala Harris and proceeds to refer to her as low IQ and other negative things about her, does he think any woman and any self-respecting man is going to believe him? Does he believe bad-mouthing Vice-President Kamala Harris is going to encourage any sensible person to vote for him?

When adding up all of his ignorant statements and behavior about us that he makes on a regular basis, we must decide if we are going to continue to allow him to have a field day, and add to the fact he has a vice-presidential running mate who doesn’t sound any better, but he is mistakenly projecting his own running mate’s description on our beloved candidate for President of the United States of America. In law school, in our first semester, we learned that ‘Silence gives consent.’

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We are definitely not intending to acknowledge anything that Donald Trump says about Black women is true. His entitlements do not permit him to say the gross, untrue things he says about our beloved Vice-President or should I say “Soon to be President” as we remain silent?

Vice-President Harris is far more intelligent than he is. She has a far higher IQ than he has. She makes a positive case for what our people really need. She does not waste her time or ours with insane name-calling. Trump claims he has some divine right to denigrate Vice-President Harris. He is so weird that he actually calls himself better-looking than his opponent!

If he were a member of my family, I would have taken him to a neurologist by now to at least check out his sanity. Since I am not the kind of doctor who is capable of making those determinations, it seems that by now a member of his family would step up to see that he gets the care he seems to need.

Our nation deserves more than we are getting from him. There is so much work to be done to resolve the challenges our nation is facing. Playing name-calling games such as what Trump does daily is not getting better housing for the homeless It’s not helping to heal the sick. It’s not educating our children properly. It’s not feeding the hungry or providing the basic necessities of life.

At one time accusing someone of being a communist was common, but Trump just couldn’t let it go any longer. Now as you look at his friendship with the leader of Russia, North Korea, Hungary and those led by other strongmen, it seems more appropriate for him to put himself in that category!

Vice-President Harris has given us her plan for the benefit of the American people. We are waiting for Trump to do the same. He can’t seem to find time in his days to do that, because his time seems to be limited to criticism of those who sincerely offer their agenda for change for the betterment of all people.

If you’re in doubt about how dangerous Trump is, read just a small portion of Project 2025 and you’ll know the necessity of voting and knowing what you’re voting for. Don’t take the choices before you lightly.

The IRA: Our biggest step toward a brighter future for our children

(TriceEdneyWire.com)—I often think about a factory hallway in Dalton, Georgia that is filled with pictures drawn by children. It is a reminder of what can be, what will be, thanks to the historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which celebrates its second anniversary this month.

The drawings capture how these children see their parents who work at this solar manufacturing plant. There are pictures of beautiful sunny days, of the earth with pristine water. Of their parents saving the world. These children see their parents as superheroes. As I remember these pictures, I wonder: how can anyone not be inspired by these children to fight every day for a better, livable future? For more clean energy jobs, in big cities and rural communities across the country, that will power our economy—and our homes—for generations to come?

Around this anniversary, the news has been filled with reflection on what the IRA has achieved and what still needs to be done. It is—as it should be —a major focal point at the Democratic National Convention happening now in Chicago.

You do not have to look hard to find examples of its success. More than 334,000 new clean energy jobs have been created across the country. More than 3 million U.S. households have collectively saved over $8 billion on upgrades that will save them money and make their homes more energy efficient. In Illinois alone, for example, nearly 140,000 residents claimed more than $260 million in tax credits on their 2023 tax returns for installing solar or making other energy efficiency improvements on their homes.

One fact should loom larger than most: the IRA is still this nation’s biggest single step ever toward securing a healthy and livable planet for all. No other single piece of legislation has done more to address our climate goals and support the clean energy revolution already underway. Through the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program, the IRA is projected to

reduce greenhouse gas pollution by as much as 971 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2050. That’s equivalent to the emissions from about 5 million homes’ energy use every year for more than 25 years.

Need a reminder of the urgency and necessity of this investment in combating the climate crisis? Just turn on the news. Or step outside. We are experiencing the hottest summer on record … in the hottest year on record. Supercharged storms and wildfires from all that heat are impacting more and more Americans. Hurricane Ernesto is just the latest storm to batter homes and businesses and leave hundreds of thousands of Americans without power. With so many people hurting and at risk, the IRA remains one of our most powerful tools to mitigate climate change’s harm. We must continue to learn from our experience implementing it, fill gaps where we see them, and double down on our efforts to protect people, places and the planet we call home. And we must remember that throwing everything we have at combating the climate crisis is also the way America wins in the next economy. In the decades since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the shipping of U.S. jobs overseas has helped destroy towns and cities across America. Now, the IRA is fueling a manufacturing rebirth that is creating good-paying jobs while bringing our energy economy into the 21st century. Plans to build a new solar cell factory near Minneapolis, Minnesota are currently underway. This factory will create more clean energy jobs in the Midwest while addressing the need for more American-made solar cells. The

solar company Heliene, which co-owns the project, publicly credits the IRA’s tax credits for inspiring its decision to invest in U.S. solar manufacturing.

Just an hour drive away from Minneapolis is the town of Becker. It is the home to one of the largest coal-burning power plants in the country. Yet Becker will soon be known for something else: being a national leader in the transition to clean, renewable energy. Xcel Energy is fully retiring the Sherco coal-burning power plant by 2030. Literally within eyesight of the old plant, they are building what will become the fifth largest solar project in the United States. Taking advantage of new and extended tax credits and grant programs, the Sherco solar and energy storage facility will bring 1.8 million solar panels online in 2026. It will employ hundreds of workers—many of them moving over from the coal plant—and power more than 150,000 Midwest homes each year.

The IRA was always designed to set us up for long-term economic success. Part of how it achieves this is by putting money back into Americans’ pockets and ensuring that no community is left out of the transition to cleaner, safer, and more affordable clean energy. Tax credits and rebates are lowering the cost of home improvements and electric vehicles that themselves will save consumers money. The Solar For All program is awarding $7 billion to projects across the country that will help over 900,000 low-income households benefit from solar energy. We owe it to ourselves and to our kids to build on this momentum. On this IRA anniversary, I think of those children in Dalton and children in communities big and small across the country. I am excited for all the pictures to come if we get this right.

(Ben Jealous is the Executive Director of the Sierra Club and a Professor of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania.)

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Trump is losing it

Today in New Jersey, Trump tricked reporters into covering a “press conference” that turned out to be a lengthy speech to his supporters at his golf course. Low-energy Trump read from a thick binder that included a string of outrageous lies, including the ridiculous claim that more than 100 percent of new jobs created in the U.S. are going to migrants. More than 100 percent!

After telling 162 lies at his disastrous press conference last week at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s advisers decided to keep him carefully scripted this time, but eventually Trump got bored with his own speech and started going off script to appease his fans. It went on for nearly an hour before he finally took a few softball questions. Will he stop the personal insults against Harris? No. “I think I’m entitled to personal attacks,” Trump said. There is no reboot with Trump. It didn’t happen after the assassination attempt. It didn’t happen after the convention. And it’s not going to happen now. How many times is the media going to fall for this? It’s like Lucy pulling the football from Charlie Brown again and again and again.

Trump hasn’t changed his tone, adjusted his campaign strategy, or figured out what to do to beat Kamala Harris. He’s tried attacking Harris on her race, her laugh, and even mispronouncing her name, but nothing seems to stick. That’s because the Trump campaign spent a year planning to run against Joe Biden on crime, immigration, and inflation. But now violent crime is down, border crossings are lower than when Trump left office, inflation just hit a 3-year low, and Biden is no longer his opponent. Oops.

Trump loves to hear himself talk but somehow manages not to say anything substantive or truthful when he speaks to the press. All he’s got is personality and BS. But what do you do when your opponent has more personality than you do and calls you on your BS? That’s why Kamala Harris has got him shook.

The 78-year-old Trump thought he could coast to victory against a slightly older 81-yearold White male opponent only to find himself

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in the battle of his life against a much younger and more energetic Black woman. Suddenly, the tables have turned, and now 58 percent of voters say Trump is the one who is too old to be president.

By every metric—voter registration, national polls, swing state polls, fundraising, enthusiasm, media coverage, and even crowd size— Kamala Harris has the momentum and Trump is losing steam. Democrats are even beating Republicans in new voter registrations in North Carolina for the first time all year. “She’s bringing out people who are not interested in voting for either Trump or Biden,” Republican pollster Frank Luntz told CNBC. It’s barely been a month, but “I haven’t seen anything like this happen in 30 days in my lifetime,” he said. And that’s all before Democrats hold their convention in Chicago next week, where candidates usually get a bounce in their poll numbers.

These guys are not ready for prime time. It’s been a rough four weeks for Trump and his running mate. He’s spent the month lying about Kamala Harris’s crowd sizes, attacking her with personal insults, and now finds himself forced to pay in advance for his campaign rallies after leaving a trail of unpaid bills across the country. Even his interview with Elon Musk was delayed by glitches and marred by Trump’s suspiciously slurred speech, but this time he didn’t berate the host for the technical issues the way he did with the National Association of Black Journalists. I wonder why?

Just today, new video emerged showing Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought explaining that Trump is claiming to distance himself from the group, but the group is “not worried about that” because “he’s been at our organization, he’s raised money for our organization. He’s very supportive of what we do.”

And earlier this week, Trump admitted that he wants to abolish the Department of Education, the same proposal included in the Project 2025 plan that Trump claims to know nothing about.

Meanwhile, after losing the childless cat lady vote, JD Vance is back in hot water for newly revealed comments suggesting that he thinks that women have no purpose in life after menopause except to take care of grandchildren.

These guys are not ready for prime time. While Kamala Harris is outlining her plans to stop corporate price gouging, build new housing, and cutting prices for seniors on prescription drugs, Republicans are complaining that Trump is losing it. “He lacks self-control. He lacks discipline,” Republican donor Eric Levine told the New York Times. He’s focused on a “very strange victimhood and grievance,” said Republican strategist Liam Donovan. Trump’s self-inflicted implosion is good news for Democratic candidates from the presidency on down, but don’t be lulled into complacency by the polls. The race is far from over, and who knows what dirty tricks Republicans have up their sleeves? The electoral college is still stacked against Democrats, and Kamala Harris will need a big voter turnout to win the presidency.

But be ready. If she pulls it off, Trump’s gonna lose it even more.

(Keith Boykin is a New York Times–bestselling author, TV and film producer, and former CNN political commentator.)

Cherry-picking James Baldwin on his centennial

The prolific Black writer James Baldwin was born on August 2, 1924, and would have turned 100 at the beginning of this month. Numerous publications commemorated Baldwin’s centennial and literary achievements. Baldwin died in 1987. By the turn of the century, literary enthusiasts held Baldwin in high regard, but the general public knew little about him.

That changed in 2015, when Ta-Nehisi Coates published Between the World and Me. Coates’ work was inspired by James Baldwin’s letter to his nephew from his well-known 1963 essay collection, The Fire Next Time. After Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison dubbed Coates the “next James Baldwin,” there was fresh interest in Baldwin in popular culture.

Because the renewed interest in Baldwin coincided with the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, which challenged White supremacy, the new Baldwin fans were mainly interested in Baldwin’s commentary on racism in America.

These new Baldwin fans cherry-picked Baldwin quotes to reinforce their preexisting beliefs about White racism, but they did not sift through Baldwin’s canon to locate concepts that challenged their own views on other issues.

For example, Oprah Winfrey chose Jeanine Cummins’ novel American Dirt for her 2020 book club. Winfrey commented, “Cummins’ accomplished a remarkable feat, literally putting us in the shoes of migrants and making us feel their anguish and desperation to live in freedom.”

However, several critics rejected Winfrey’s choice, and some bookstores canceled Cummins’ promotional events.

Why? According to Vox, American Dirt was a book about Mexican migrants, and the author, Jeanine Cummins, identified as White. Cummins wrote a story that was not hers. American Dirt became a story about cultural appropriation, and it revolved around a question that has become fundamental to the way we talk about storytelling: Who is allowed to tell

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Many new Baldwin fans were quick to disapprove of Cummins’ work regarding Mexican migrants, but how would Baldwin have handled this literary controversy?

In the 1960s, a similar dispute erupted around William Styron’s novel, The Confessions of Nat Turner. Styron, a White novelist, was born in Virginia in 1925, 100 miles from the site of Nat Turner’s slave rebellion. As a child, Styron heard about Nat Turner and knew that one day he would turn his childhood fascination with the local folklore into a novel.

Unfortunately, Styron’s fictitious Nat Turner was not a heroic figure. Styron’s portrayal of Nat Turner exemplified every negative stereotype that White culture has promoted about Black men since slavery. For that reason alone, The Confessions of Nat Turner merited unfavorable reviews from Black readers who hero-worshipped the leader of America’s most famous slave revolt.

However, there was a collective of Black literary figures who believed that Black artists had a responsibility to change the negative images that White racist society had imposed on Black people. These Black literary luminaries did not merely object to Styron’s inadequate portrayal of Nat Turner; they contended that a White writer had no right or artistic license to write about “Black subjects” at all. The word “cultural appropriation” did not exist at the time, but these Black writers were among the first to express it and accused Styron of committing the offense.

Baldwin defended Styron, stating firmly,

“No one can tell a writer what he can or cannot write.” Baldwin stressed that Styron was probing something very dangerous, deep, and painful in the national psyche. “I hope it starts a tremendous fight,” Baldwin stated, “so that people will learn what they really think about each other.” More importantly, Baldwin declared that Styron had “began to write a common history—ours.”

Baldwin was also a literary historian who was well aware that renowned Black poet Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906) authored three novels with White main characters to challenge the publishing industry’s idea that Black authors can only write about Black people and Black concerns. Black authors featured White main characters in Willard Motley’s Knock on Any Door, Zora Neale Hurston’s Seraph on the Sewanee, William Gardner Smith’s Anger at Innocence, Richard Wright’s Savage Holiday, and Baldwin’s own work, Giovanni’s Room. All of these writers recognized that serious literature investigates the human condition, and that, with careful inspection, readers will discover that humans have more in common than differences. All of those novels were produced before the cultural revolution of the 1960s, which transformed many Black writers into overprotective champions of Black culture.

In his 1972 book No Name in the Street, Baldwin recalled an argument he had at a friend’s house. He wrote, “My friend’s stepdaughter is young and considers herself a militant, and we had a brief argument over Bill Styron’s Nat Turner, which I suggested she read before condemning. This rather shocked the child, whose militancy, like that of many, tends to be a matter of indigestible fury and slogans and quotations.”

Too many new Baldwin fans merely seek out the “White America critiquing Baldwin” Ta-Nehisi Coats imitated; in doing so, they miss out on the depth of a literary mind that explored much more.

(TriceEdneyWire.com)—Vice President

Kamala Harris has the vision, the intellect and the heart to lead a conversation about how to preserve American democracy. As a country, we are still struggling to make this “A more perfect union.” We are an incredibly unique and beautifully diverse nation, blessed in so many ways. However, our history of cultural cleavage and racial unrest still plagues us. At times, the ideological divide seems to be an unbridgeable chasm. There are those who would use political power to exploit our differences and undermine the very democratic institutions that have held us together as a nation.

So, America is at the crossroads. What we choose to do between now and election day will determine our destiny. Will we work hard to keep our democracy, or will we be seduced to accept authoritarian rule? Let there be no doubt about it: The choice is upon us, and we will have to live with the consequences of our collective decision for years to come.

As providence would have it, the American people are now being offered two very different candidates for president: one who is the embodiment of democratic norms, individual liberty and a respect for the rule of law. The other, a candidate who has not sought to hide his vision for America: a welcoming of authoritarian rule. He and his cohorts will work through a master plan (Project 2025) for gutting the federal bureaucracy with its system of meritocracy, replacing it with one that favors cronyism and dictatorial decision-making.

For an example of how Trumpism would fundamentally change the American political system (with its checks and balances), one need only to observe how he has already transformed the Supreme Court into a vehicle of his power-grabbing. In its recent ruling on presidential immunity, six of the justices, disregarding precedent, placed the president above the law. These political hacks—parading as jurists sitting on the highest court of the land—

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broke with 250 years of jurisprudence to give the president powers reserved for a king. So why did we fight the American Revolutionary War?

Donald Trump is working in concert with many others who are prepared to destabilize our sacred democracy in favor of a system that is anathema to what has made America the envy of the world: A system that celebrates the consent of the governed and the rule of law.

Yes, we are at a critical moment in American history not witnessed since the Civil War. The forces of retrenchment are highly organized, well-funded and prepared to do whatever is necessary to impose their minority will on the will of the majority. Donald Trump has publicly stated that he doesn’t need the votes. Is that so? Then, tell us, Mr. Trump, how do you intend to come back into power?

Thankfully, Vice President Kamala Harris has prepared herself for this moment in our nation’s history. Like Joan of Arc, she has donned her suit of armor and is prepared to confront the enemies of America’s democracy! While she has announced her policy positions on a number of issues: favoring a women’s right to control her own body; protect the healthcare of millions of Americans; calling major businesses for a summit to discuss price gouging; continuing her decades-long fight for equality for all Americans; continuing to address global warming; and protecting her fellow Americans from the insane proliferation of senseless gun violence, she knows that this election is about more than a civil debate about policy differences. She knows that this election is about

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convictions and

Why is it that when one hears the political polls, projections, and discussions about who is ahead in the coming Presidential Election, there is no discussion about Donald Trump’s fitness to hold office as President of the United States?

There is little or no discussion about his 34 felony convictions, and 100 plus criminal indictments and pending trials. Why is there so much discussion and concern about Vice President Kamala Harris’s background while ignoring the fact that she was not only a prosecutor in San Francisco, sending criminals to jail, but also the first Black woman Attorney General, for the largest state in the union as well as an elected U.S. Senator from that state?

How does an ultra-conservative section of this nation support Trump the criminal while attempting to degrade a U.S. Senator, former State Attorney General, and District Attorney as well

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as Vice President of the United States? The unspoken elephant in the room is racism, plain and simple. Donald Trump represents “The Great White Hope” at a time when there is more concern about the growing numbers of people of color than the actual issues confronting America. Racism says, “We don’t really care about the issues. We don’t really care about saving democracy if it’s not for a “White” America in charge of everything. We don’t really care that over 1 million people died of Covid-19 under Trump’s Presidency and that only under

protecting our most cherished freedoms as Americans.

We, the people, are being given the choice to continue our march towards a more perfect union, or to accept a new model of governance where some are considered above the law and the masses are subjugated to an injudicious system where revenge, retribution and cronyism are tolerated with impunity.

I think it is interesting that when the American family has become so dysfunctional, a house divided again, that Almighty God would send us a leader who has shown herself to be a proven guardian of what we hold as sacred: Democracy buttressed by the rule of law.

Kamala Harris has been groomed for this moment of greatness. She has walked through the burning sands of a determined opposition for years. She knows the road ahead will be filled with landmines and treachery. She knows hers is the herculean struggle to protect the soul of the country she loves. But she is ready to accept the challenges that lie before her and, yes, she is endowed with true grit.

I believe that those who have observed Harris prosecuting serious criminals, grilling unscrupulous public officials or consoling the families of children murdered by gun violence would agree with this characterization of Kamala Harris: (paraphrasing William Shakespeare) Her life is so gentle and the elements so mixed in her that nature might stand and say to all the world: This is a woman! Yes, America, if we are willing to follow, Kamala Harris is ready to lead. And if we do, one day, history will record that America survived another existential threat to the republic because we, the people, were able to join in one grand chorus of “Hail to the Chief”. And that chief was President Kamala Harris.

(Michael A Grant, J.D., president emeritus of the National Bankers Association and former assistant professor of political science at Morgan State University, is a contributor to the Trice Edney News Wire.)

Biden did we get relief both medically and economically. This is the belief system of the Republican Party with enough intellect to embrace a “Project 2025” agenda with full knowledge of its attack on our Constitution and all that it stands for.

We the people must keep the debate focused on policy issues and who can best serve America going forward with a proven track record. Clearly, that person is not Donald Trump who should be headed for an Orange Jumpsuit instead of the White House. Let’s not let the mainstream media, with questions and comments designed to boost their ratings rather than give Americans a real examination of the issues, direct the people involved in this coming election at all levels and especially the Presidency. (Dr. John E. Warren is Publisher, San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper)

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Effective with the August 3, 2020, Sheriff Sale of real estate and all such monthly public sales thereafter shall be conducted virtually through video conferencing technology or live streaming. ALL PARTICIPANTS OR BIDDERS MUST BE REGISTERED AT LEAST 7 DAYS BEFORE THE DATE OF THE SALE IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE (VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON) AT THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SALES OF REAL ESTATE. REGISTRATION WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY SHERIFF’S WEBSITE: SHERIFFALLEGHENYCOUNTY.COM

The Successful bidder will pay full amount of bid in CASH, CERTIFIED CHECK OR CASHIERS CHECK at time of sale, otherwise the property will be resold at the next regular Sheriffs Sale; provided, that if the sale is made on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2024 the bidder may pay ten percent of purchasing price but not less than 75.00 in CASH, CERTIFIED CHECK, OR CASHIERS CHECK THE DAY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SALE, e.g. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2024, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:30AM AND 2:30PM IN THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. Failure to pay the 10% deposit will have you banned from future Sheriff Sales. And the balance in CASH, CERTIFIED CHECK, OR CASHIERS CHECK, on or before MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2024, at 10:00 O’CLOCK A.M. The property will be resold at the next regular Sheriff’s Sale if the balance is not paid, and in such case all money’s paid in at the original sale shall be applied to any deficiency in the price of which property is resold, and provided further that if the successful bidder is the plaintiff in the execution the bidder shall pay full amount of bid ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE FOLLOWING MONTH, OTHERWISE WRIT WILL BE RETURNED AND MARKED “REAL ESTATE UNSOLD” and all monies advanced by plaintiff will be applied as required by COMMON PLEAS COURT RULE 3129.2 (1) (a).

FORFEITED SALES WILL BE POSTED IN THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND LISTED ON THE SHERIFF OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY WEB SITE.

AMENDMENT OF THE CODE SECOND CLASS COUNTY NEW CHAPTER 475 THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 475, ENTITLED TAXATION IS HEREBY AMENDED THROUGH THE CREATION ARTICLE XII, ENTITLED, “SHERIFF SALES”, AND COMPRISED AS FOLLOWS: SUBSECTION 475-60: RECORDING OF DEEDS AND NOTIFICATION OF SHERIFFS SALES TO TAXING BODIES.

A. FOR ANY REAL PROPERTY OFFERED AT SHERIFFS SALE DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF REAL ESTATE TAXES AND PURCHASED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH SUCH SALE, THE SHERIFF SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FILING THE DEED AND, WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF FILING OF THE SHERIFFS DEED, PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE CONVEYANCE TO THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY OFFICE OF PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS. THE WRITTEN NOTICE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION SHALL INCLUDE THE DATE OF THE SALE, IDENTIFICATION OF THE PROPERTY SOLD BY BOTH ADDRESS AND LOT AND BLOCK NUMBER, AND THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE INDIVIDUALS OR OTHER ENTITY THAT PURCHASED THE PROPERTY.

B. AT THE TIME OF THE SALE THE SHERIFF SHALL COLLECT ALL REQUISITE FILING COSTS, REALTY TRANSFER TAXES AND FEES, NECESSARY TO PROPERLY RECORD THE DEED. C. WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF RECEIPT OF WRITTEN NOTICE FROM THE SHERIFF, THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY OFFICE OF PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS SHALL FORWARD COPIES OF SUCH NOTICE TO ALL TAXING BODIES LEVYING REAL ESTATE TAXES ON THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE MUNICIPALITY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED. AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 14 OF ACT NO. 77 OF 1986, THE COST OF ALL DOCUMENTARY STAMPS FOR REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAXES (STATE, LOCAL, AND SCHOOL) WILL BE DEDUCTED BY THE SHERIFF FROM THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE. Purchasers must pay the necessary recording fees. Pursuant to Rule 3136 P.R.C.P. NOTICE is hereby given that a schedule of distribution will be filed by the Sheriff not later than 30 days from date of sale and that distribution will be made in accordance with the schedule unless exceptions are filed thereto within 10 days thereafter. No further notice of the filing of the schedule of distribution will be given.

A Land Bank formed under 68 Pa. C.S.A. 2101 et seq. may exercise its right to bid pursuant to 68 Pa. C.S.A. 2117(d) (2) through Pa. C.S.A. 2117(d) (4) on certain properties listed for sale under the municipal claims and Tax Lien Law, 53 P.S. 7101 et seq. The Sheriff of Allegheny County will honor the terms of payment which the Land Bank has entered with any municipalities having a claim against the property. If the Land Bank tenders a bid under Pa. C.S.A. 2117(d)(3) or 2117(d)(4) the property will not be offered for sale to others and the Property will be considered sold to the Land Bank for the Upset Price as defined in P.S.7279 and no other bids will be accepted.

NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT ALL SHERIFFS DEEDS TENDERED TO PURCHASERS WILL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING:

NOTICE: The undersigned, as evidenced by the signature(s) to this notice and the acceptance and recording of this deed, (is/are) fully cognizant of the fact that the undersigned may not be obtaining the right of protection against subsidence, as to the property herein conveyed, resulting from coal mining operations and that the purchased property, herein conveyed, may be protected from damage due to mine subsidence by a private contract with the owners of the economic interest in the coal. This notice is inserted herein to comply with the Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act of 1966. as amended 1980. Oct. 10, P.L 874, No. 156 §1. “This document may not sell, convey, transfer, include, or insure the title to the coal and right of support underneath the surface land described or referred to herein and the owner or owners of such coal may have the complete legal right to remove all of such coal, and in that connection damage may result to the surface of the land, any house, building or other structure on or in such land.”

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MG-22-000532 DEBT $92,174.60 NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) KML LAW GROUP, P.C. ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 ************************************ ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 ******************************************* SHORT DESCRIPTION: ***************************** IN THE COMMONWEAL TH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, 18TH WARD CITY OF PITTSBURGH: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 455 DRYCOVE STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15210. DEED BOOK 17023, PAGE 232. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 33-N-154.

3SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) JADE R. JONES AKA JADE ROCHELLE JONES CASE NO. MG-24-000195 DEBT $69,612.65 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) KML LAW GROUP, P.C.

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 ************************************ ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 ******************************************* SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, TOWNSHIP OF STOWE: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 78 HARLEM AVENUE, MCKEES ROCKS, PA 15136. DEED BOOK 17880, PAGE 265. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 73-S-2.

4SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) JOHN A. WATSON AKA JOHN ANDREW

WATSON, TRACY JO WATSON AKA TRACY 0. WATSON ******************** CASE NO. MG-23-000918

DEBT $137,849.15 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) KML LAW GROUP, P.C.

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 ************************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 ******************************************* SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, TOWNSHIP OF WEST DEER:

PARCEL ONE: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1363-1367 LOGAN ROAD, TARENTUM, PA 15044. DEED BOOK VOLUME 12672, PAGE 269, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 2011-G-94. PARCEL TWO: HAVING THEREON A VACANT LAND BEING KNOWN AS LOGAN ROAD, GIBSONIA, PA 15044. DEED BOOK VOLUME l 2672, PAGE 269, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 2011-G-92.

5SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) KATHLEEN A. POWELL, CHRISTY I. POW-

ELL, ERIC J. POWELL, WILLIAM J. POWELL ********************

CASE NO. MG-15-000481

DEBT $62,090.67

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) KML LAW GROUP, P.C.

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET

PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 ************************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ***************************** IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, 17TH WARD CITY OF PITTSBURGH: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 138 SOUTH 19TH STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15203. DEED BOOK 13854, PAGE 575. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 12-J-289.

6SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) LINDSAY ANN KNEPSHIELD AKA LINDSAY KNEPSHIELD ********************

CASE NO. MG-24-000224

DEBT $126,331.27

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) KML LAW GROUP, P.C.

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET

PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 ************************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, TOWNSHIP OF HAMPTON: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 3133 CAMBERLY DRIVE, GIBSONIA, PA 15044. DEED BOOK 17566, PAGE 424. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1355-M-37. 7SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) JAMMIE BARNES ********************

CASE NO. MG-24-000212 *************

DEBT $151,337.07

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) KML LAW GROUP, P.C.

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106

************************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ***************************** IN THE COMMONWEAL TH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, BOROUGH OF CARNEGIE: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 602 HULTON STREET, CARNEGIE, PA 15106. DEED BOOK 17766, PAGE 367. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 102-A-277.

8SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) MARK D. HUTCHIN, SHANTEL M. HUTCHIN CASE NO. MG-20-000401 ************* DEBT $86,212.03 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) KML LAW GROUP, P.C. *******************************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET

PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322

SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, BOROUGH OF CASTLE SHANNON: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 3158 MAY STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15234. DEED BOOK 13217, PAGE 31. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 190-G-208.

9SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S) PLUM BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT vs DEFENDANT(S) KAREN A. TOTH ******************** CASE NO. GD-22-008010 ************* DEBT $38,340.12

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Elizabeth P. Sattler, Esquire ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 445 Fort Pitt Boulevard, Suite 503, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ************************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412-391-0160

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ***************************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF PLUM: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING, KNOWN AS 620 TAMPICO COURT, PITTSBURGH, PA 15239. DEED BOOK 13755, PAGE 320. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1239-K-339.

10SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S) BOROUGH OF AVALON vs DEFENDANT(S) JOSEPH MICHAEL SENOSKI ANO CAROLYN KRACHKOWSKI, KNOWN HEIRS OF, MARYANN SENOSKI, DECEASED, AND ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ASSIGNS, AN ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST, FROM OR UNDER MARYANN SENOSKI, DECEASED CASE NO. GD 23-013132 ************* DEBT $17,856.75 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) JOHN E. HOSA, TUCKER ARENSBERG, P.C. ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) TUCKER ARENSBERG, P.C. 1500 ONE PPG PLACE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15222 ************************************ ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412.594.3902 ******************************************* SHORT DESCRIPTION: ***************************** IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, BOROUGH OF AVALON: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 104 HARRISON AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15202, DEED BOOK VOLUME 9863, PAGE 516, BLOCK AND LOT 159-C-198

11SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S) EAST ALLEGHENY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TOWNSHIP OF NORTH VERSAILLES vs DEFENDANT(S) BEN R. STUENZI, MARY LOU STUENZI AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CASE NO. GD-19-011338

DEBT $140,250.99

********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) CHRISTOPHER E. VINCENT *******************************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 546 WENDEL ROAD, IRWIN, PA 15642

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 724-978-0333

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

***************************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, TOWNSHIP OF NORTH VERSAILLES:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A COMMERCIAL BUILDING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 249 LINCOLN HIGHWAY, NORTH VERSAILLES, PA 15137. DEED BOOK 14720, PAGE 569. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 457-K-170. 12SEPT24 DEFENDANT(S)

ALTERNATE 9946-X-317. PARCEL NO. 2: BEING VACANT LAND KNOWN AS BRIDGE STREET, PRESTO, PA 15142. DEED BOOK VOLUME 10148, PAGE 523. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER. 258-D-10, ALTERNATE 9946-X- 83458. 14SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) Benito Rojas, Angelica Maria Rojas ******************** CASE NO. MG-22-000256 ************* DEBT

18949, PAGE 100. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 0305-P-00246-0000-00.

17SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) ELIZABETH J. WISSNER CASE NO. MG-22-000889 DEBT $102,470.80

as 521 Jacksonia Street Pittsburgh, PA 15212. Deed Book Volume 13277, Page 243. Block and Lot 0023-J-00079-0000-00.

20SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) PATRICIA E. KOVACH CASE NO. MG-22-000297

$85,249.02

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) KML LAW GROUP, P.C. ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 ************************************ ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 ******************************************* SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, TOWNSHIP OF NORTH VERSAILLES:

IN HER CAPACITY AS HEIR OF LOTTIE YATES; ELAYNE ALLEN KENNEY, IN HER CAPACITY AS HEIR OF LOTTIE YATES; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER LOTTIE YATES ******************** CASE NO. GD-23-010091

DEBT $48,639.22

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC ******************************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 751 Bryn Mawr Road Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Deed Book Volume 6151, Page 297. Block and Lot 0026-P-00020-0000-00.

23SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) GABRIELLA LAMANTIA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS HEIR OF ROY VACHINO; ANTHONY VACHINO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS HEIR OF ROY VACHINO; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER ROY VACHINO

******************** CASE NO. GD-23-012301 ************* DEBT $54,702.44

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC ******************************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Bethel Park: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 3586 South Park Road Bethel Park, PA 15102. Deed Book Volume 13130, Page 12. Block and Lot 0667-A-00040-0000-00.

24SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) CLAIRE V. BORLAK, IN HER CAPACITY AS HEIR OF WILLIAM BORLAK aka WILLIAM J. BORLAK, SR.; WILLIAM J. SANGAILA-BORLAK, IN HIS CAPACITY AS HEIR OF WILLIAM BORLAK aka WILLIAM J. BORLAK, SR.; LAUREN RODRIGUES, IN HER CAPACITY AS HEIR OF WILLIAM BORLAK aka WILLIAM J. BORLAK, SR.; ALEXANDER BORLAK, IN HIS CAPACITY AS HEIR OF WILLIAM BORLAK aka WILLIAM J. BORLAK, SR.; ERIN BORLAK aka ERIN UHIG, IN HER CAPACITY AS HEIR OF WILLIAM BORLAK aka WILLIAM J. BORLAK, SR.; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS

CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER WILLIAM BORLAK aka WILLIAM J. BORLAK, SR.

CASE NO. MG-23-000573

DEBT $80,673.08

*********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054 ************************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER:

855-225-6906 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION: *****************************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Coraopolis:

Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 1356 4th Ave Coraopolis, PA 15108. Deed Book Volume 11855, Page 24. Block and Lot 0342-L00189-0000-00.

25SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) CHRISTOPHER MARZE ******************** CASE NO. MG-23-000699

DEBT $100,794.27 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054 ************************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906

SHORT DESCRIPTION: *****************************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills:

Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 32 Julian Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15235. Deed Book Volume 9087, Page 9. Block and Lot 0368-F00217-0000-00.

26SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S) DEER LAKES SCHOOL DISTRICT vs DEFENDANT(S) MICHAEL B. FLORENTINE AND JOSEPH J. FLORENTINE, AS KNOWN HEIRS OF ALBERT M. FLORENTINE AND CHARLENE D. FLORENTINE, DECEASED AND ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ALBERT M. FLORENTINE AND CHARLENE D. FLORENTINE, DECEASED ******************** CASE NO. GD-22-012839 ************* DEBT $22,151.69

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) CHRISTOPHER E. VINCENT ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 546 WENDEL ROAD, IRWIN, PA 15642 ************************************ ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 724-978-0333 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, TOWNSHIP OF WEST DEER:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 18-20 OAK STREET, RUSSELLTON, PA 15076. DEED BOOK 7683, PAGE 307. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1361-M-257.

27SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) Elliot R. Goodman f/k/a Lisa Nicole McDonald and Kristina Gunnaway ******************** CASE NO. MG-24-000034 ************* DEBT $106,493.39

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Stephen M. Hladik, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Hladik, Onorato and Federman, LLP 298 Wissahickon Avenue, North Wales, PA 19454

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 855-9521

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF WEST MIFFLIN:

PARCEL 1: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 3116 GARFIELD AVENUE, WEST MIFFLIN, PA 15122. DEED BOOK VOLUME 18253, PAGE 123. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 181-B-241. PARCEL 2: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A RESIDENTIAL AUXILIARY BUILDING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 3116 GARFIELD AVENUE, WEST MIFFLIN, PA 15122. DEED BOOK VOLUME 18253, PAGE 123. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 181-8-243.

28SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) Ricco Bronaugh, Alyssa Blose, David Blose, Jr., Known Heirs of the Estate of David Blose and The Unknown Heirs, Executors and/or Administrators of the Estate of David Blose, ******************** CASE NO. MG-24-000169

DEBT $20,107.54

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Kristine M. Anthou, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Grenen & Birsic, P.C. One Gateway Center, 9th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-7650

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

*****************************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Moon:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AS 393 CEDAR DRIVE, CORAOPOLIS, PA 15108. DEED BOOK VOLUME 13741, PAGE 370, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 505-S-373.

29SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) Kerry D. Nieser and Patricia L. Nieser

******************** CASE NO. GD-24-004778

*************

DEBT $12,850.32

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Kristine M. Anthou, Esquire

*******************************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Grenen & Birsic, P.C. One Gateway Center, 9th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-7650 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELL-

ING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 419 PARKRIDGE DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235. DBV 7207, PG 635, B/L #449-H354.

30SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) Richard E. Schofield, Jr.,

********************

CASE NO. GD-24-004774

*************

DEBT $191,247.98

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Kristine M. Anthou, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Grenen & Birsic, P.C. One Gateway Center, 9th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-7650

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Mt. Lebanon:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 709 PINOAK ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15243. DBV 9848, PG 146, B/L #99-N-320.

31SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S) Elizabeth Forward School District vs DEFENDANT(S) THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF MARY JANE LORBER, DECEASED CASE NO. GD 23-011123

DEBT $13,663.31 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 210 Pittsburgh, PA 15203

************************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Forward:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 88 RIDGE RD., MONONGAHELA, PA 15063. DEED BOOK 5417, PAGE 545. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 2088-N-275.

32SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S) Penn Hills School District and Municipality of Penn Hills vs DEFENDANT(S) Life Mender LLC CASE NO. GD 21-010984

DEBT $17,904.24

*********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 210 Pittsburgh, PA 15203 ************************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 17 FRANKWOOD ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235. DEED BOOK19043, PAGE 228. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 230-R-327.

33SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S) Penn Hills School District and Municipality of Penn Hills vs DEFENDANT(S) NTUMBA L. MUTOMBO AND VICTOR JOHNATHAN AYODELE CASE NO. GD 23-006356

DEBT $10,061.98

********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire

*******************************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 210 Pittsburgh, PA 15203

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 227 JANICE DR, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235. DEED BOOK 16195, PAGE 304. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 368-S-167.

34SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S) Keystone Oaks School District vs DEFENDANT(S) The Unknown Heirs of Marie H. Schwartz, Deceased CASE NO. GD 24-000524

DEBT $21,962.35

********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire

*******************************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 210 Pittsburgh, PA 15203

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Greentree: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A COMMERCIAL RESTAURANT, CAFE AND/OR BAR BUILDING, BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 2331 NOBLESTOWN ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15205. DEED BOOK 5638, PAGE 363. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 39-L-356.

35SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) Eric Lege and Casey D. Lege ******************** CASE NO. MG-23-000146

DEBT $562,412.94

*********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Gary W. Darr, Esquire McGrath McCall, P.C.

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Four Gateway Center, Suite 1340, 444 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 ************************************ ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412-281-4333

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ***************************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Pine: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING KNOWN AS 1058 WEST GROVE COURT, GIBSONIA, PA 15044, BEING BLOCK AND LOT NO. 2376-G-42, DESCRIBED IN THE DEED RECORDED ON OCTOBER 8, 2021

Deed Book Volume 13276, Page 176. Block and Lot Number 389-A-110-345.

37SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) JEN LEVITZKI, KNOWN SURVIVING HEIR OF ANTONIO C. PANTELIS, JAMES PANTELIS, KNOWN SURVIVING HEIR OF ANTONIO C. PANTELIS, CHRIS PANTELIS, KNOWN SURVIVING HEIR OF ANTONIO C. PANTELIS, AND UNKNOWN SURVIVING HEIRS OF ANTONIO C. PANTELIS CASE NO. GD-22-015224 ************* DEBT $108,080.09 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) CHRISTINE L. GRAHAM, ESQUIRE ******************************* ADDRESS OF

SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, BOROUGH OF MCKEES ROCKS: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN

SONNY BOY

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ************************************ ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Crafton:

erected thereon a two story com-

office building known as 21 White Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15205. Deed Book Volume 12721, Page 508. Block & Lot No. 69-S-33.

46SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): Borough of Crafton Vs.

Edward J. Rodgers, Jr.

22-015402 *************

$2,828.64

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ************************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION: *****************************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Crafton:

Having erected thereon a one story brick house known as 15 Lyons Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15205. Deed Book Volume 7824, Page 95. Block & Lot No. 69-M-32.

47SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): Borough of Crafton Vs. DEFENDANT(S) Yalla LLC CASE NO. GD 23-011087 ************* DEBT: $2,778.73 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire *******************************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Crafton:

Having erected thereon a three family, two story frame house known as 8 Harrison Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15205. Deed Book Volume 18071, Page 585. Block & Lot No. 68-D-132.

48SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs.

DEFENDANT(S) Equity Trust Company Custodian FBO 200344505 IRA ******************** CASE NO. GD 19-003367

DEBT: $13,214.72

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ************************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION: *****************************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Munhall:

Having erected thereon a two story industrial warehouse being known as 2007 Whitaker Way, Homestead, PA 15120. Deed Book Volume 17607, Page 578. Block & Lot No. 180-C-169.

49SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): Woodland Hills School District Vs. DEFENDANT(S) Jacqualynn Myers ******************** CASE NO. GD 23-001636

DEBT: $9,245.75 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ************************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Wilkins:

Having erected thereon a two story brick house being known as 125 Lucinda Drive, Turtle Creek, PA 15145. Deed Book Volume 4292, Page 221. Block & Lot No. 373H-48.

50SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): Borough of Ingram Vs. DEFENDANT(S) Greicon Properties Company, LLC ******************** CASE NO. GD 23-010987 ************* DEBT: $2,460.53

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire *******************************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ***************************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Ingram:

Having erected thereon a two story, two family frame house known as 7 East Prospect Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15205. Deed Book Volume 18685, Page 246. Block & Lot No. 41-N-206.

51SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): Woodland Hills School District Vs. DEFENDANT(S) The Unknown Successor Trustee(s) of the Anna M. Reabe Revocable Trust CASE NO. GD 23-004332 ************* DEBT: $4,538.22 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire *******************************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Chalfant: Having erected thereon a one story brick house being known as 125 Wilkins Avenue, East Pittsburgh, PA 15112. Deed Book Volume 11266, Page 568. Block & Lot No. 374-H-14.

52SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT(S) Jay Steinitz & Shauna Tallentire ******************** CASE NO. GD 23-008530 ************* DEBT: $7,047.10

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire *******************************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

SHORT DESCRIPTION: *****************************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Edgewood:

Parcel #1: Having erected thereon a two and a half story masonry frame house being known as 147 Oakview Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15218. Deed Book Volume 11793, Page 185. Block & Lot No. 234E-263. Parcel #2: Being thereon vacant residential land known as 147 Oakview Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15218. Deed Book Volume 11793, Page 185. Block & Lot No. 234-E262.

53SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT(S) Connie S. Moreno & Victor Adolfo Moreno

******************** CASE NO. GD 22-003450

DEBT: $3,051.31

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

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ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

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SHORT DESCRIPTION: *****************************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Marshall:

Having erected thereon a two story frame house being known as 135 Short Line Lane, Wexford, PA 15090. Deed Book Volume 11542, Page 190, Block & Lot 1657M-5.

54SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs.

DEFENDANT(S) Jesus G. Velasquez & Melissa A. Velasquez

CASE NO. GD 23-013850

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DEBT: $5,954.80 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

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ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Stowe:

Having erected thereon a two story brick house being known as 521 MacArthur Street, McKees Rocks, PA 15136. Deed Book Volume 13524, Page 388. Block& Lot No. 73-E-66.

56SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny, City of Pittsburgh, and School District of Pittsburgh Vs. DEFENDANT(S) Thomas P. Lonero and the United States of America ********************

CASE NO. GD 16-007455

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DEBT: $11,825.05

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

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ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

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SHORT DESCRIPTION: *****************************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, City of PittsburghWard 17.

Having erected thereon a one story frame house being known as 2601 Quarry Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15210. Deed Book Volume 13384, Page 62. Block & Lot No. 14-H-165.

57SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT(S) Ashley Nemeth & Mark G. Nemeth and the United States of America

CASE NO. GD 23-005897

DEBT: $2,604.18

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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

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ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Port Vue: Having erected thereon a two story commercial building being known as 314 Port Vue Avenue, McKeesport, PA 15133. Deed Book Volume 17800, Page 414. Block & Lot No. 465-B-112.

58SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): Borough of Pitcairn Vs. DEFENDANT(S) Debra L. Hyatt a/k/a Debra L. Abram, with Notice to Heirs and Assigns

******************** CASE NO. GD 14-000279

DEBT: $8,966.31

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ************************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ***************************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Pitcairn:

Having erected thereon a two story brick house being known as 419 Robinson Street, Pitcairn, PA 15140. Deed Book Volume Deed Book Volume 9995, Page 365, Block & Lot 746-N-75.

59SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs.

DEFENDANT(S) Darryl L. Mays, Administrator of the Estate of Clarence F. Mays, Deceased CASE NO. GD 23-005791 ************* DEBT: $5,932.57

********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire *******************************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Monroeville: Having erected thereon a one and one half story masonry frame house being known as 736 Patton Street Extension, Monroeville, PA 15146. Deed Book Volume 17305, Page 350. Block & Lot No. 544-R-18.

60SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) Paul J. Byzek, Executor of the Estate of Laverne M. Byzek ******************** CASE NO. GD-24-003482

DEBT: $59,044.04

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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Kristine M. Anthou, Esquire,

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Grenen & Birsic, P.C. One Gateway Center, 9th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

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ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-7650

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ***************************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Braddock Hills: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A MOBILE HOME DWELLING KNOWN AS 1000 GARFIELD AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15221. DEED BOOK VOLUME 11584, PAGE 093, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 300-E-245.

61SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny

VS.

DEFENDANT(S) Robert C. McMunn, Jr., Known Heir or Assign of Alma M. McMunn, Deceased & The Unknown Heirs and Assigns of Alma M. McMunn, Deceased

********************

CASE NO. G.D. 21-011966

DEBT: $4,724.67

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

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ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

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SHORT DESCRIPTION:

***************************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Indi-

ana:

HAVING erected thereon a one story frame house being known as 391 Rich Hill Road, Cheswick, PA 15024. Deed Book Volume 6194, Page 145. Block & Lot No. 837-K-153.

62SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny VS. DEFENDANT(S) Robert Jacobs & Geraldine Jacobs

CASE NO. GD 05-020328

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DEBT: $5,687.12

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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire *******************************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ***************************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Homestead:

Having erected thereon a two story brick house being known as 354 West 12th Avenue, Homestead, PA 15120. Deed Book Volume Deed Book Volume 6217, Page 557, Block & Lot 131-E-317.

63SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny VS.

DEFENDANT(S) Joanne Ruffing ******************** CASE NO. GD 16-007378 *************

DEBT: $4,209.30

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire *******************************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ************************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ***************************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Glassport: Having erected thereon a two story frame house being known as 401 Euclid Avenue, Glassport PA 15045. Deed Book Volume 5384, Page 39. Block & Lot No. 467-L-155. 64SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) THERESA SEKELY INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF MARY SEKELY, DECEASED ******************** CASE NO. MG-15-000099

DEBT: $91,555.31 NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) LEON P. HALLER, ESQUIRE

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

66SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) McClendon Management, LLC c/o Cortez McClendon ******************** CASE NO. GD-23-000736 ************* DEBT: $44,934.58

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Stephen M. Hladik, Esquire ******************************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Hladik, Onorato and Federman, LLP 298 Wissahickon Avenue, North Wales, PA 19454

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 855-9521 ******************************************* SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, TOWNSHIP OF NORTH VERSAILLES: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 3704 CROOKED RUN ROAD, NORTH VERSAILLES, PA 15137. DEED BOOK VOLUME 18373, PAGE 564. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 548-J-178. 67SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) NEUMAN INVESTING LLC ******************** CASE NO. GD-24-001870

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DEBT: $380,282.30 NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) CHELSEA A. NIXON, ESQUIRE ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) MCCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC 216 HADDON AVENUE, SUITE 201 WESTMONT, NJ 08108

503 Little Pine Creek Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15223. Deed Book Volume 4118, Page 226. Block & Lot No. 221-B-270. 69SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) DARNELL K. KRAMER; THE KRAMER FAMILY REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST,

OF ANTHONY J. KRAMER, DE-

UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER ANTHONY J. KRAMER, DECEASED CASE NO. MG-23-000998 ************* DEBT: $55,620.80

Penn Hills School District and Municipality of Penn Hills VS.

DEFENDANT(S) KAREN P. BEASLEY

CASE NO. GD 23-014333

DEBT: $13,256.89 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire *******************************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 210 Pittsburgh, PA 15203

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE

FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 52 EVERETT ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235 A/KIA 53 TORRANCE ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235. DEED BOOK 15565, PAGE 37. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 173-S-47.

74SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) Mogul Mo Estates LLC

CASE NO. GD-24-001909 *************

DEBT: $116,046.74 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Manley Deas Kochalski LLC *******************************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) P. 0. Box 165028 Columbus, OH 43216-5028

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 614-220-5611

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, City of Pittsburgh, Ward 16:

Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 427 Ormsby Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15210. Document Number 2021-36737, Deed Book Volume 18659, Page 147. Block and Lot Number 0032-A-00147-0000-00.

76SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) Joyce Bozeman, as Believed Heir to the Estate of Chris A. Bozeman; Unknown Heirs of the Estate of Chris A. Bozeman; Unknown Administrators of the Estate of Chris A. Bozeman ******************** CASE NO. MG-18-000027 DEBT: $143,150.60

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Manley Deas Kochalski LLC

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) P. 0. Box 165028 Columbus, OH 43216-5028 ************************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 614-220-5611 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION: *****************************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills:

Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 505 Veronica Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15235. Document Number 2007-701, Deed Book Volume 13111, Page 422. Block and Lot Number 0369-L-00292-0000-00.

77SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) THERESA L. HAYS ******************** CASE NO. MG-24-000088 ************* DEBT: $12,525.85

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC *******************************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 29th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh:

Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 238 Meredith St Pittsburgh, PA 15210. Deed Book Volume 11772, Page 345. Block and Lot 0060-M00298-0000-00.

78SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) Peter R. Lehrman ******************** CASE NO. MG-23-000024 ************* DEBT: $94,791.67 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S)

The Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC

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ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 1310 Industrial Boulevard, 1st Floor, Suite 101, Southampton, PA 18966

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 215-942-9690

SHORT DESCRIPTION: *****************************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Scott Township:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A

ONE-STORY BRICK DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 444 ORCHARD SPRING ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15220. DEED BOOK VOLUME 7158, PAGE 577. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER. 65-R-4.

79SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) LYNN SCHUGAR, IN HER CAPACITY AS HEIR OF KAREN J. MURPHY-HANASIK; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER KAREN J. MURPHY-HANASIK

CASE NO. GD-23-011939

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DEBT: $88,916.76

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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S)

Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054

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ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER:

855-225-6906

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SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Reserve:

Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 835 Geyer Road Pittsburgh, PA 15212. Deed Book Volume 15481, Page 526. Block and Lot 0164-K00079-0000-00.

80SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) CANDACE VICARIO

CASE NO. MG-24-000078

DEBT: $34,605.00

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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S)

Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054 ************************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER:

855-225-6906 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION: *****************************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of McKees Rocks: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 406 Grove Street McKees Rocks, PA 15136. Deed Book Volume 12608, Page 23. Block and Lot 0072-G-00195-0000-00.

81SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) Caitlin McNamee ********************

CASE NO. MG-16--000207

DEBT: $270,536.44

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) PATRICK J WESNER, ESQUIRE

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 9000 MIDLANTIC DRIVE, STE 300, PO BOX 5054, MT LAUREL, NJ 08054 ************************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (856) 810-5815 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION: *****************************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, and the 14th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh: HAVING currently erected thereon a single family thereon a dwelling being known as 7232 Thomas Boulevard Pittsburgh, PA 15208. Deed Book 13896 Page 95. Block and Lot 0175-E-00010-0000-00.

82SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) SHAWN HOLFELDER ********************

CASE NO. MG-23-000283

DEBT: $54,744.00

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC

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ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

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Parcel One: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Harrison: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 6220 Freeport Road Freeport, PA 16229. Deed Book Volume 13138, Page 56. Block and Lot 2204D-00037-0000-00. Parcel Two: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Harrison: Vacant land being known as Freeport Road Freeport, PA 16229 Deed Book Volume 13138, Page 56. Block and Lot 2395-S-00147-0000-00.

LEGAL ADVERTISING Legal Notices

Estate of ELIZABETH R. REED, deceased of 2160 Greentree Road, Apt. 104W, Pittsburgh, PA 15220, Estate No. 02-24-05110, Executrix, Mary R. Price, 2005 Noble Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15218, William C. Price, Jr. Price & Associates, P.C., 2005 Noble Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15218

Petition for Determination of Title to 1605 Bedford Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15219. (0009-R-00142-0000-00) Estate of CLIFTON MOSELEY SR, deceased, filed by Allegra Flournoy and Clifton Moseley Jr. at No. 4373 of 2024, Orphans Court. Quinntarra Morant, Esq. Morant Law Offices, PO Box 10946, Pittsburgh, PA 15236.

Petition to Determine Title to 302 Sherman Avenue, Homestead, PA 15120, formerly owned by Carla Wilcox, deceased, filed August 16, 2024 by Wayne G. Wilcox, No. 5283 of 2024. Peter B. Lewis, Counsel, Neighborhood Legal Services, 928 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15222.

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH

PUBLIC NOTICE OF PROPOSED FY 2025

HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM UTILITY ALLOWANCES

Pursuant to regulation 24 CFR 982.517, the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) has completed its annual review and update of the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Utility Allowance Schedules. The proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 HCV Utility Allowance Schedules are available for review and comment from Sunday, August 18, 2024 to Tuesday, September 17, 2024 on the HACP website: www.hacp.org. Written comments on the FY 2025 HCV Utility Allowance Schedules must be addressed to “Attention: FY 2025 HCV Utility Allowance Schedules” at the HACP Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Department, 412 Boulevard of the Allies, 5th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, and must be received by the close of business (5:00 pm) on Tuesday, September 17, 2024 Public hearings to receive public comments on the proposed FY 2025 HCV Utility Allowance Schedules will be held on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, at 9:30 am and 5:30 pm via Zoom. The Zoom meeting information can be accessed at www.hacp.org.

For questions regarding the proposed FY 2025 HCV Utility Allowance Schedules, please contact LaShawna Hammond at 412-456-5000 extension 3290.

Persons with disabilities requiring assistance or alternative formats or wishing to submit comments in alternative formats can contact the Disability Compliance Office at 412-456-5282, extension 4; TTY 412-456-5282.

HACP conducts business in accordance with all federal, state, and local civil rights laws, including but not limited to Title VII, the Fair Housing Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, The PA Human Relations Act, etc. and does not discriminate against any individuals protected by these statutes.

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH

PUBLIC NOTICE OF FY 2025 MOVING TO WORK ANNUAL PLAN

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) , in accordance with federal law and regulation, is publishing its FY 2025 Moving to Work (MTW) Annual Plan for review and comment.

The FY 2025 MTW Annual Plan is available for review and comment from Sunday, August 11, 2024 to Tuesday, September 10, 2024 on the HACP Web Site: www.hacp.org. Printed copies of the FY 2025 MTW Annual Plan can be obtained by contacting Amy Shaffer in the HACP Executive Office at 412-456-5000 extension 3191, or Amy.Shaffer@hacp.org.

Public Hearings to receive public comments on the FY 2025 HACP MTW Annual Plan will be held on Thursday, September 12, 2024, at 9:30 a.m., and 5:30 p.m. via Zoom. The Zoom Meeting information can be accessed at www.hacp.org Written comments on the FY 2025 HACP MTW Annual Plan must be addressed to: “Attention: Amy Shaffer - HACP Moving to Work Annual Plan” at the HACP Executive Office, 412 Boulevard of the Allies, 7th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, or Amy.Shaffer@hacp.org, and must be received by 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, September 10, 2024.

Once approved, the final FY 2025 HACP MTW Annual Plan will be effective on the first day of the fiscal year, January 1, 2025, or after the HACP receives approval from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Moving to Work Office, whichever occurs later.

If you are a person with a disability and need an alternate means of reviewing this information, please contact the Disability Compliance Office at 412-456-5282 to discuss the options available.

LEGAL ADVERTISING Legal Notices

Petition to Determine Title to 1427 Hass Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15204, formerly owned by Alma J. Ward deceased, filed August 16, 2024 by Carol Ward, No. 5284 of 2024. Peter B. Lewis, Counsel, Neighborhood Legal Services, 928 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15222.

Petition to Determine Title to 912 Loyal Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15210, formerly owned by Linda Marie Riley, f/k/a Linda M. Moore, deceased, filed August 16, 2024 by David Riley, No. 5285 of 2024. Peter B. Lewis, Counsel, Neighborhood Legal Services, 928 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15222.

Petition to Determine Title to 2126 Duquesne Avenue, McKeesport, PA 15132, formerly owned by Brett Fort, deceased, filed August 16, 2024 by Phoenix Nicole Moore, No. 5286 of 2024. Peter B. Lewis, Counsel, Neighborhood Legal Services, 928 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15222.

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY

A regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the College will be held on: September 5, 2024 4:30 PM CCAC Allegheny CampusByers Hall 808 Ridge Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212

ACHA-1718, BANKING SERVICES

Allegheny County Housing Authority (ACHA) is seeking Proposals from qualified vendors to provide Banking Services, per specifications in the RFP. ACHA is now conducting all competitive solicitation on an internet -based eProcurement Housing Marketplace. ACHA is paying for all costs for the use of the Marketplace so, there will be no additional charges for your company to use the Marketplace to download documents or submit responses to ACHA.

AGENCY CONTACT PERSON: Guy Phillips, Purchasing Manager Telephone: (412)402-2435, E-mail: gphillips@achsng.com.

HOW TO OBTAIN THE RFP DOCUMENTS ON THE EPROCUREMENT MARKETPLACE: 1. Access ha.internationaleprocurement.com (no “www”) 2. Click on the “Login” button in the upper left side. 3. Follow the listed directions. 4. If you have any problems in accessing or registering on the eProcurement Marketplace, please call customer support at (866)526-9266.

PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE:

Pre-Proposal Conference: Wednesday, September 11, 2024 @ 1:00 PM ET, in the Board Room at 301 Chartiers Ave, McKees Rocks, PA 15136.

QUESTION SUBMITTAL DEADLINE Friday, September 27, 2024, 12:00 PM ET. Please use the “Question and Answer area in the eProcurement Housing Marketplace Website for all questions.

HOW TO FULLY RESPOND TO THIS RFP BY SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL SUBMITTAL: 1. As instructed within Section 3.5 of the RFP document, submit One (1) Original and Three (3) copies of your “hard copy” proposal to the Agency Administrative Office.

PROPOSAL SUBMITTAL RETURN & DEADLINE

* Monday, October 7, 2024, 2:00 PM ET 301 Chartiers Ave, McKees Rocks, PA 15136, the “hard copy” documentation must be received in-hand and time-stamped by the Agency by no later than 12:00 PM ET on this date).

The Authority encourages responses from §3 business concerns, small firms, minority firms and firms that have not previously performed work for the ACHA. The Allegheny County Housing Authority reserves the right to reject any and all submissions.

ALLEGHENY COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY Frank Aggazio, Executive Director

BID ADVERTISEMENT CONTRACT NUMBER: 47-36-15 HAMILTON ROAD PAVING

Sealed Bids are requested by the Borough of Thornburg. Bids will be received by the Borough’s Consulting Engineer, NIRA Consulting Engineers, Inc. at 950 Fifth Avenue, Coraopolis, PA 15108 until 4:00 P.M. prevailing time, Thursday, August 29, 2024 for the Hamilton Road Paving. Bids will be opened publicly and read aloud immediately after the closing time for receipt of Bids.

Interested parties may view the Profile and Bid Schedule for this Project on the internet at: www.niraengineers.com.

Copies of the Bid Documents may be examined at the office of NIRA Consulting Engineers, Inc., 950 Fifth Avenue, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania 15108. Copies thereof may be obtained from the office of NIRA Consulting Engineers, Inc., upon payment of a non-refundable sum of $60.00. An additional charge of $15.00 will be required for handling of Plans and Specifications when shipping is requested. Checks are to be made payable to NIRA Consulting Engineers, Inc. Bids must be submitted on the forms provided, and completed in strict accordance with the instructions provided. Each Bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond, in the form of a Certified Check or Corporate Surety Bid Bond, in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the Bid Proposal made in the favor of the Borough of Thornburg. Only documents obtained directly from the Engineer will be valid at bid opening.

A Performance Bond, Labor and Material Payment Bond, and Maintenance Bond in the amounts specified within the Contract Documents will be required of the successful Bidder.

Bidders on this work will be required to comply with the Provisions of the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act 442. The Prevailing Wage Scale is included in these Specifications.

Bidders on this work will be required to comply with the Provisions of the Public Works Employment Verification Act (PWEVA).

Adherence to Instructions to Bidders is required.

No Bid or any part thereof shall be withdrawn by Bidder for a period of sixty (60) days subsequent to the Bid Opening.

The right is reserved by the Owner to reject any or all Bids or parts of bids and to waive technical defects in any Bid.

Vince Coppola Borough Council President

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

PORT AUTHORITY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY

D/B/A PITTSBURGH REGIONAL TRANSIT

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL NO. 24-01

Port Authority of Allegheny County d/b/a Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) is requesting proposals for the performance of the following service (“Contract Services”):

TEMPORARY TECHINICAL AND CLERICAL SUPPORT SERVICES

The proposed work consists of establishing agreements with a pool of qualified firms to provide categories of (1) Temporary Technical; and (2) Temporary Clerical Support Services for PRT on an as-needed basis. The Temporary Technical Support Services include: technical writing, accounting/ auditing, contracts/purchasing, workers’ compensation, interviewing/ recruiting, technical training, additional technical positions that require specific education, experience and/or certification. The Temporary Clerical Support Services include: secretarial, administrative, clerical, receptionist, customer service representative, marketing representative, mail courier, additional clerical positions that require specific education, experience, and/or certification.

While it is currently the PRT’s intention to enter into agreements with a pool of (5) five firms for each category, this number may be adjusted up or down, at PRT’s sole discretion, based upon the number of proposals received and PRT’s evaluation of same in relation to its Temporary and Technical and Clerical Support Services needs in each of the categories.

The Agreement will be for a (3) three-year period with the option to extend the term of the Agreement up to (2) two additional one-year periods at the sole discretion of PRT.

A copy of the Request for Proposal (RFP) will be available on or after August 15, 2024 and can be obtained by registering at the PRT’s ebusiness website: http://ebusiness.ridePRT.org and following the directions listed on the website. Please note that Proposers must register under the ebusiness category of PSTTC – Pro Temp Tech and Clerical for this RFP. Proposers may also register in other categories for any future RFPs issued by PRT. If you have specific questions regarding this RFP, please contact John Young at (412) 566-5216 or via email at Jyoung@rideprt.org.

A Pre-Proposal Conference for interested parties will be held at 9:30 a.m., eastern time, August 28, 2024, via Microsoft Teams video conference and/or conference call to answer any questions regarding this RFP.

To join by Microsoft Team video conference: • bit.ly/Pre-ProposalConference24-01

To join by Microsoft Teams call-in number: 412-927-0245 United States, Pittsburgh (Toll) Conference ID: 295 720 392#

Electronic proposals must be received, and time stamped through PRT’s Ebusiness website at or before 2:00 p.m., eastern time, September 27, 2024, at http://ebusiness.ridePRT.org. Proposals received or time stamped by a Procurement Department representative through PRT’s Ebusiness website after the advertised time for the submission of proposals shall be non-responsive and therefore ineligible for award. Each Proposer shall be solely responsible for assuring that its proposal is timely received, and time stamped in accordance with the requirements herein. This Contract Services may be funded, in part, by, and subject to certain requirements of, the County of Allegheny and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). The proposal process and the performance of the requested services will be in accordance with guidelines and regulations of the FTA “Third Party Contracting Guidelines”, FTA Circular 4220.1F, as amended, and all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

Port Authority of Allegheny County d/b/a Pittsburgh Regional Transit, in compliance with 49 C.F.R., Part 26, as amended, implements positive affirmative action procedures to ensure that all Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (“DBEs”) have the maximum opportunity to participate in the performance of contracts and subcontracts financed, in whole or in part, with federal funds, if any, provided under or for the proposed Agreement. In this regard, all recipients or contractors shall take all necessary and reasonable steps in accordance with 49 C.F.R., Part 26, to ensure that DBEs have the maximum opportunity to compete for, and perform contracts and subcontracts for, the Contract Services.

Port Authority of Allegheny County d/b/a Pittsburgh Regional Transit, in compliance with 74 Pa.C.S. § 303, as may be amended, also requires that certified Diverse Businesses, (“DBs”) have the maximum opportunity to compete for, and perform contracts and subcontract for, the Contract Services. In this regard, all Proposers, and the Contractor, shall make good faith efforts, in accordance with 74 Pa.C.S. § 303, to ensure that DBs have the maximum opportunity to compete for, and perform contracts and subcontracts for, the Contract Services. Further, proposers and the Contractor shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, disability, national origin, sex, sexual origin, gender identity or status as a parent in the award and performance of contracts or subcontracts for these Contract Services

Port Authority of Allegheny County d/b/a Pittsburgh Regional Transit reserves the right to reject any or all proposals.

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

The Sports & Exhibition Authority will receive sealed bids for Kitchen Equipment Upgrades as identified below for the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. The contract for this work will be with the Sports & Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. Inquiries regarding the bidding should be made to the Sports & Exhibition Authority 171 10th Street, 2nd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, Attention: Ryan Buries- E-mail: procurement@pgh-sea.com, Telephone: 412-325-6151. Bid Packages may be obtained after the date identified below through Accu-Copy at (724) 935-7055. Additional information on the project can also be found of Accu-Copy’s website at https://accu- copy.com/plan-room.

This Advertisement applies to the following Bid Package:

Project: David L Lawrence Convention Center

Bid Package Name: Kitchen Equipment Upgrades

Bid Package Available: Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Approximate Value: $250,000

Time/Date/Location for Pre-Bid Meeting: 10:00 AM, Monday, August 26, 2024

David Lawrence Convention Center East Lobby 1000 Ft. Duquesne Blvd Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Time/Date/Location for Bid: 2:00 PM, Friday, September 6, 2024

David Lawrence Convention Center East Lobby 1000 Ft. Duquesne Blvd Pittsburgh, PA 15222

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE

CITY OF PITTSBURGH

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) FOR IFB #300-25-24 ELEVATOR

REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE

AUTHORITY-WIDE

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) hereby requests bids from qualified Firms or Individuals capable of providing the following service(s):

Elevator Repair and Maintenance Authority-Wide

The documents will be available no later than August 12, 2024 and signed, sealed bids will be accepted until 9:00 a.m. on September 3, 2024. The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh will only be accepting physical bids dropped off in person from 8:00 AM until the closing time of 9:00 AM on September 3, 2024, in the lobby of the One Stop Shop at 412 Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Bids may be uploaded to the Authority’s online submission site; the link is accessible via the HACP website and within the IFB. Sealed bids may still be mailed via USPS at which time they will be Time and Date Stamped at 412 Boulevard of the Allies, 6th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Parties or individuals interested in responding may download a copy of the Solicitation from the Business Opportunities page of www.hacp.org.

Questions or inquires should be directed to:

Brandon Havranek, Associate Director of Procurement Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh 412 Boulevard of the Allies 6th Floor, Procurement Department Pittsburgh, PA 15219

412-643-2890

412-456-5007 Fax

A pre-submission meeting will be held via Zoom meeting; on August 22, 2024, at 9:00 A.M. Please see meeting information below:

Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 842 0290 0571 Passcode: 455953 +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh strongly encourages certified minority business enterprises and women business enterprises to respond to this solicitation. HACP’s has revised their website. As part of those revisions, vendors must now register and log-in, to view and download IFB/RFPs documentation.

Caster D. Binion, Executive Director Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

BIDWELL TRAINING CENTER

Plans, develops, and administers curriculum to ensure students receive a quality education which meets the needs of employers, and is compliant with all standards of accreditation and requirements under Bidwell Training Center’s state license. PharmD preferred, Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences required; 3 yrs progressive experience within institutional pharmacy industry required. Must have demonstrated ability to develop curriculum, manage program budgets, and communicate with a diverse population, possess strong working knowledge of MS Office applications, have a valid U.S. driver’s license and an insurable driving record. Send Resume with cover letter and salary requirements to resumes@manchesterbidwell.org EOE

Bids are hereby solicited for the Community College of Allegheny County, 800 Allegheny Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15233 on the following:

Bid 1129 – Printing of CCAC

Community Education Schedules

Bid 1130 – Cleaning of Windows

– All College Locations

Bid 1131 – Library Door Replacement – Allegheny Campus

Mandatory Pre-bid meeting for the door replacement bid – 8:00 a.m. on September 5, 2024.

RFP 3152 – Pest Control Services

– College Wide

Due date: 2:00 P.M. Prevailing

Time on Friday, September 13, 2024

Any bid or proposals received after this deadline will be considered as a “late bid” and will be returned unopened to the offerer. Proposals may require Bid Bonds, Performance Bonds, Payment Bonds, and Surety as dictated by the specifications. No bidder may withdraw his bid or proposal for a period of ninety (90) days after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids. The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and all bids. The Community College of Allegheny County is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and encourages bids from Minority/Disadvantaged owned businesses. For more information, contact Michael Cvetic at mcvetic@ccac.edu.

THE BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PITTSBURGH

Sealed bids will be received in the Bellefield Avenue Lobby, Administration Building, 341 South Bellefield Avenue until 11:00 A.M. prevailing time September 5, 2024 and will be opened at the same hour in the administration building cafeteria: SWIMMING POOL WATER ANALYSIS

General Information regarding bids may be obtained at the Purchasing Office, 341 South Bellefield Avenue, RM 349 Pittsburgh, PA 15213. The bid documents are available on the School District’s Purchasing web site at: www.pghschools.org Click on Our Community; Bid Opportunities; Purchasing - under Quick Links.

The Board of Public Education reserves the right to reject any and all bids, or select a single item from any bid.

We are an equal rights and opportunity school district

JOB

COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST MANCHESTER BIDWELL CORPORATION

Provides a critical role in discerning and relaying Manchester Bidwell Corporation’s message to various audiences through its digital presence, designing and distributing print materials, and managing tours of the corporation’s facilities. Responsibilities include supporting and updating MBC and its affiliates’ social media channels and website presences and documenting official business events and activity through photography and videography. This role will have a particular emphasis on the programming and needs of Bidwell Training Center. Degree in marketing, journalism, communications, or business, or 2 years related experience in marketing and PR required. Send Resume with cover letter and salary requirements to resumes@manchesterbidwell.org EOE

URBAN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is seeking positions for