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Family of the Week: The Robbins Family
1st Black Broadcaster Inducted into Minnesota Broadcasting Hall of Fame Has Omaha Connections Freddie Bell, now with KMOJ-FM the People’s Station in Minneapolis, is the first Black Broadcaster in radio to be inducted into the Minnesota Broadcasting Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony took place Saturday, September 17, 2022, at the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting in Saint Louis Park, MN.
By Asia Nared The Robbins family came to Nebraska at separate times. Malcolm Robbins Sr. came to Nebraska, without his family, as a final resort in search of a heart. “I overheard my wife and my youngest daughter talking. I could hear them talking but they didn’t know I could. [From then,] I didn’t want them to make their worlds about me.” Robbins shared. He was on the transplant list for some time in the St. Louis area, but he learned that Nebraska was out of his transplant region. Robbins had to complete the process over at University of Nebraska Medical Center. Robbins was in Nebraska for two years before he got a heart. Although the waiting was long, it did not stop Malcolm Sr. from getting in as much exercise as possible. Different members of his medical team would wave and speak to him as he passed by. In the summer of 2020, Malcolm Robbin’s heart function level was at 5%. He was nearly admitted to the hospital. At this point, the waiting game almost got the best of Malcolm. He was ready to go home to his wife Jackie. Jackie Robbins floated between three cities during those two years. From working as a hospitality specialist in Birmingham, to assisting her stepmother after the loss of her father in Atlanta, to coming to Omaha to visit Malcolm when permitted by COVID-19 regulations. “They weren’t doing a lot of major surgeries because of the pandemic. His mind was all over the place. [I told him to] be calm, be still. You waited this long. Just see what happens. If we have to come get you, we will definitely come get you.” That same day, Robbins was on the phone with his wife when he received the call that he was waiting for. There was a heart available. Jackie and her daughter Ameera Robbins returned to Omaha a little over 24 hours after their departure. “I drove 14 hours, I just got home. We got some rest, an oil change, and I turned right back around. We have been here ever since. It wasn’t in the plan but God has his own plan.” July. 11, 2020, he received that heart. After the surgery Malcolm’s doctor told Jackie ‘Malcolm is not allowed to go back into an RV, he needs somewhere to stay.’ Jackie began to put in the work using trust, networking, and prayer to led her through. With the help of family, friends and the Furniture Project, Jackie was able to find a home and furnish it just in time for Malcolm to come home from the hospital in August 2020. In January of 2022, The Robbins’ lost their son, Malcolm Jr. Such a loss impacted the family so deeply and their restaurant, Rib Shack, had to shut down. The future was uncertain. Losing a child is a grief that is unimaginable. The family is able to get through this process with each other. Combined in total, Malcolm Sr. and Jackie have nine children. Tyree P. Robbins, Paul Mierisch, Malcolm P. Robbins Jr (deceased), Malaika Robbins, Brittanie Polite, Aliza Johnson, Naeem Robbins, and Ameera Robbins. Ameera is currently enrolled in an Iowa college. Leaving everything behind to embark on a journey for a better quality of life is not easy. It is the love for what they do that keeps them moving. There has been a tremendous amount of support from friends, family, and a new community that they have entered. This family has shown what faith, resilience, and commitment to choosing each other looks like. It is a personal hope that the community continues to support this family.
In this political climate Rev. Jesse Jackson said: “If you run you might lose. If you don’t run, you’re guaranteed to lose.”
The inductees are chosen based on their unique and outstanding contributions to broadcasting in Minnesota. Bell was raised in Kansas City, Missouri, and attended Omaha’s Creighton University. Students there were among the first to hear his voice on the school’s campus radio station, KOCU. The Hall of Famer spent a few years at KOWH-FM, the first Black radio station in Omaha, while simultaneously working at KETV as a Broadcast journalist in Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska. In addition to Bell’s role as KMOJ’s General Manager, he
finds time to host three radio programs. One is KMOJ’s Morning Show with Freddie Bell and Chantel Sings and his two syndicated shows, New Beginnings, a talk show, and the music-based, Freddie Bell Show. Bell is also a speaker and author, with a recent publication of motivational quotes entitled “Words to the Wise: Guide for Daily Living.” He and his wife Francine (Ashby) Evans, an Omaha native, live in Woodbury, Minnesota. They have two daughters, Jasmine Rhody and Jahreya Evans, and a granddaughter, Zoey Beck.
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Three respiratory viruses will be plaguing us this winter. COVID-19 being just one of them. Viruses that usually do not show up until January are here NOW. Get vaccinated. Who elects to be sick when it is preventable? Time is winding down to get out and vote. Do you know the local candidates? Do you know how the ballot issues will impact you? Do you know your polling place if you are voting in person? The Supreme Court this week is looking at AFFIRMATIVE ACTION at the University level. Holding seats for minorities to increase diversity and inclusion at institutions of higher learning…What do you think about that? Should it be upheld or should that practice be abolished and WHY? Opera Omaha is presenting The Life and Times of Malcolm X… do you have your tickets? This production is only touring five cities. Omaha is in an exclusive lineup of culture. We have been so honored because Malcolm (Little)
X was born in our city. A proud fact that someone of such international recognition and influence was birthed in our community. Now that is something to celebrate and not to be taken lightly. This opera is a buffet with not only opera but also chorography and an acclaimed cast. The cast has been in our city for a few weeks and are ready to grace the stage of the Orpheum for a cultural experience, make sure you are in the audience. Speaking of Brother Malcolm are you ware that The two men whose convictions for the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X were overturned last year will receive $36m from the city and state of New York, their lawyer confirmed. “The tragedy of Malcolm X’s murder was felt all over the world, and compounded by the fact that it led to the convictions and imprisonment of two innocent, young, Black men in America,” their lawyer David Shanies said in an emailed statement to AFP on Sunday night. Muhammad Aziz, 83, was exonerated last month by
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a judge who apologized and acknowledged that the case had been a “violation of the law and the public trust”. “While I do not dwell on what my life might have been like had this travesty of justice never occurred, the deep and lasting trauma it caused cannot be overstated,” Aziz said in a statement on Tuesday announcing the lawsuit. “Those responsible for depriving me of my liberty and for depriving my family of a husband, a father, and a grandfather should be held accountable,” he said. This is extended food for thought as you experience the opera and think on the reality of 2022. Until we chat again, stay medically safe…
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Tree Planting By Asia Nared
Spark is the organization that is keeping the community included regarding the North Omaha Trail. Per their website, this trail will provide a critical transportation, economic, recreational, and public health link that will tie in to the Paxton Boulevard Trail and connect several North Omaha neighborhood anchors including the North Omaha transit station at 30th & Ames, the Kennedy Square redevelopment, the 24th & Lake Historic District, and eventually North Downtown. The benefits of the trail was demonstrated on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, with an event packed day at the Fabric Lab.
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Purpose for Culxr House It is a sign the community is healing when those who were once a child of the community leave and return to share knowledge, wealth, and resources. In the past decade we have seen the results of those who were supported, believed in, and given the resources to succeed. Marcey Yates is using his passion and education to create an artist development environment. “I’m a recording artist and a music producer. [I] make beats and compose songs for different companies,” Yates shared. “That’s who I am, an artist first. That is how I able to get into the position to be able to open up a creative space like Culxr House for artists and creatives” “I grew up here in Omaha. I went to Mount View, Nathan Hale, Benson High, UNO and then I went to school at CRAS - Conservatory of Recording Arts in Arizona for audio engineering. That’s where I got my skill set to run sound, engineering, editing, and post production.” Yates’ interest in music began in 2009 and has been curating his craft until full self-approval. “All of those skill sets allow me to be able to operate a space like this.” Yates created Culxr House in 2018. His mission is to be there for the community while the community is there for him and he isn’t alone. “I have definitely inspired a wave of artists trying to do what they can now rather than waiting until later.” ‘Later’ insinuates the previously popular thinking of “getting rich” and then coming back to help the community. Yates wants to help the community now. This establishment is a carefully curated networking hub. The building has two sections. The front is a recording studio and the back section is a beautiful collection of art murals and open art performance space. This space allows for a vast amount of multi-art mediums to occur. “We have been an entity since 2018, this is the second location. We have been at this location for three years now.” The first location where the idea was incubated is off of 24th and Burdette. “The way I keep the community tied in is by being located in the community. People try to serve the community and are not in it or from it. I network with people who are in the House continued on Page 3
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House continued from Page 2 community.” There are artists and creatives who live around a block from here that come here. Artists from all over the city go to Culxr House to learn and develop. “Having programming and having events for community members.We have a large variety of events including: town halls, civic engagement, social justice; it is not entirely about art. It’s the things the people in the community care about. There is something for everyone at the end of the day.” Culxr House is located at 3014 N 24th Street, Omaha Nebraska 68110. To view the full list of opportunities at Culxr House please visit: https://www.culxr.house/
Omaha Terry Lewis inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, its museum located in Cleveland, Ohio, has inducted Terry Lewis, a native of Omaha, Nebraska onto its 2022 honor roll of celebrity stars. Terry Lewis is part of the infamous music producer/songwriter duel, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The 37th annual induction ceremony will take place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California on Saturday, November 5, 2022. The 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony will air on Saturday, November 17, 2022 at 7:00 pm CT on HBO. Jam and Lewis will be inducted into the Hall along with Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Duran Duran, Eminem, Eurythmics, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, Carly Simon, Juda Priest, Harry Belafonte, Elizabeth Cotton, Allen Grubman, Jimmy Lovine and Sylvia Robinson. Terry Steven Lewis was born in Omaha, Nebraska on November 24, 1956. Under the loving guidance of the then-single mother, Vernetta Lewis, Terry and his siblings (Darryll, Jerome, Bonita and Brenda) were raised and lived in Omaha until June of 1969. While in Omaha, they lived at 2714 Franklin Street, 2723 Franklin Street (both homes taken by the construction of the North Freeway) and 3911 North 17th Street (17th & Sprague Streets) in North Omaha. In 1969, with the closing of most of the meatpacking companies in Omaha, the family relocated to the Twin Cities. Terry attended and graduated from Terry continued on Page 10
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Senior Fraud Is Growing But Some Help Is Coming By Michael L Green
Senior fraud is a serious problem in America. I’ve written on this issue before. I have witnessed it and was able to intervene on behalf of one my clients. There was $5.9 billion of fraud reported to the Federal Trade Commission last year. More help may be on the way in the form of a consumer watchdog group that is empowered by a provision in the 2022 Omnibus Appropriations Bill President Biden signed into law this year. This legislation creates the Senior Scam Prevention Advisory Group which consists of representatives of government agencies ands and industry groups. This group has been given authority to develop a training program for retail clerk, cashiers, and financial services to recognize signs of senior scam. Before this, education programs have been aimed primarily at seniors and bank tellers. But the Consumer Federation of America thinks training others who regularly come in contact with seniors is a good strategy in addition to strengthen the frontlines in this battle to help
prevent fraud. Retail cashiers may be able to spot scams happening like buying hundreds of dollars of gift cards at once. Currently that type of prevention only happens about 25% of the time according to AARP. More than half the time when someone intervenes the potential victim avoids losing money. This new legislation creates a new Senior Fraud Advisory Office within the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. One o the goals of this office is to improve the complaint system and improve fraud surveillance and coordination with other agencies. They will use the information to target potential victims and their families. This effort is important because sometimes older adults might not receive it. An AARP poll taken earlier this year suggest getting the word out helps. 80% of adults over age 50 say they are discussing this with their older relatives. Incidents of senior fraud are up 70% since the pandemic It’s particularly important for my industry, wealth management, for two reasons. As I said above, I and another caregiver were able to save one of my clients from a distant relative’s attempt to defraud him of his retirement savings. Secondly, and unfortunately there are cases of
financial professionals taking advantage of their client’s by gaining access to the client’s account. In a case in Georgia, an accountant belonging to an Atlanta based wealth management firm defrauded a client out of $800,000 over ten years. The client was an elderly woman with dementia. She had been doing this since 2010. She stole annuity payments, wrote checks and otherwise diverted money from the victim’s bank accounts. She also impersonated her client/victim by using her social security number to open bank accounts at other financial institutions. The finding new ways to prevent cases like the Georgia accountant is the focus of the new legislation according to The Consumer Federation of America. But there are common sense ways to prevent senior fraud by just being vigilante. • If you’re responsible for an elderly person, regularly look at their financial statement to see if there is some irregular spending. • Inform them of any scams that are prevalent. Remind them of it as frequently as you think is necessary. • If the elder person frequents a neighborhood store or establishment, alert the cashier/clerk of any scams.
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Rib Shack “ReOpen to Stay Open”
Rib Shack SmokeHouse is a barbeque establishment originally from St. Louis. A full menu, with food that is smoked with love and mastery, attracted folks from all over the nation with two locations in the city. The migration from St. Louis, Missouri to Omaha, Nebraska was not planned, but with the faith the Robbins family had, it was destined. Malcolm Robbins Sr. came to Nebraska, without his family, as a final resort in search of a heart. He was in Nebraska for two years before he got a heart. When he first arrived, he had a caregiver for six months. The last 18 months he spent in an RV on University of Nebraska Medical Center’s campus. This allowed for him to stay close by for appointments and in case of emergency. July. 11, 2020, he received a heart. After the surgery Malcolm’s doctor told Jackie ‘Malcolm is not allowed to go back into an RV, he needs somewhere to stay.’ With that, Jackie began to put in the work. Trust, networking, and prayer led her through. With the help of family, friends and the Furniture Project, Jackie was able to find a home and a new location for Rib Shack SmokeHouse. Just in time for Malcolm to come home from the hospital in August 2020. As Malcolm Sr. was healing from the surgery, construction and renovations were being done to the new location.
“We didn’t open until [Spring] 2021 because we didn’t have the money. It would’ve taken thirty days to open if we had money,” Jackie explained. “The landlord did a lot of work to help make sure we were in compliance. We didn’t have anything at all when we got here.” With the help of their nine children bringing up the smoker from St. Louis, they were able to have a soft open March 24, 2021 for Malcolm Sr. ’s birthday. The location had to shut down shortly after because of water damage to the flooring. Jackie pulled up the damaged flooring and new ones were placed in before the Easter 2021 grand opening. With every business there are financial struggles, especially with opening a business during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fluctuation of customers, covering costs, and a short era of sign stealing. “They were stealing our signs around this time last year. They stole them over four times, constantly. We didn’t know who, so we called the news. We called city councilmen and he let us know we were in compliance,” Jackie tells us. “We believed it was the wind at first. It was around this time last year that it was taking place. [Because of that] we started to put them in the ground with concrete; someone took them again.” There have not been any new discoveries on who exactly took them In January 2022, The Robbins lost their son, Malcolm P.
Robbins Jr. Such a loss impacted the family so deeply and the restaurant had to shut down. The future was uncertain. Losing a child is a grief that is unimaginable. We expect to bury our parents, but never our children. It was a personal dream of Malcolm Sr. to give the restaurant to Malcolm Jr. Because of this dream, it gave them the courage to open the restaurant again. Oct. 20, 2022 was the grand reopening of RibShack. “ReOpen to Stay Open” was the title of the event. This reopen is to honor their son Malcolm Jr. The event was packed with a large attendance full of support, including Millard Business Association. Jackie Robbins, pitmaster at RibShack, spoke mostly during the event. Every word was filled with gratitude for the support that was received to be able to open back up again. Leaving everything behind to embark on a journey for a better quality of life is not easy. It is the love for what they do that keeps them moving. The pandemic hit their business, Malcolm Sr. needed a new heart, and they lost one of their children all within the last three years. This family has shown what faith, resilience, and commitment to choosing each other looks like. If you enjoy barbeque, please take time out of your schedule to dine in or order out at Rib Shack SmokeHouse located at 10841 Q St Suite 105 Omaha, Nebraska 68137.
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Super Bowl champion, entrepreneur and Malcolm X lecturer and researcher, Geoff Pope, will present a youth lecture to open up conversations with students on the power of media, how Malcolm X used it to his advantage, and why young people should follow his lead.
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OPERA IN CONVERSATION: AFTER THE CURTAIN CALL Tuesday, November 8 | 6-7pm Benson Theatre
The final Opera in Conversation will open a response with Omaha artists and creatives reflecting on their experience seeing the production and connecting to their own artistic practice, while encouraging the audience to share their reflections from the opera. Speakers: Beaufield Berry, Playwright Celeste Butler, Multidisciplinary Artist, Quiltologist, Ceramicist, Fiber & Textile Artist and Designer Dana Murray, Jazz musician and Executive Director, North Omaha Music and Arts Academy Diana Martinez, PhD, Moderator
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COMMENTARY Ballot Initiative 432: Voter Identification
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By Asia Nared
A group of individuals from across Omaha shared their collective concern in front of the Douglas County Courthouse regarding Nebraska Ballot Initiative 432. Ballot Initiative 432 is an amendment for Photo Identification. Voting “yes/ for” to this initiative supports amending the state constitution to require a valid photo identification to vote. It will also allow our state legislature to pass laws about what those specific requirements will be for the photo identification. Voting “no/ against” will oppose this amendment and allow voters to continue voting without need for photo identification. As an amendment to the constitution, this initiative is an attempt to complicate voting for the people of Nebraska. The method that was taken to get Initiative 432 on the ballot was described as a method to increase voter ability. How exactly will requiring a voter ID increase voter ability? Governor Pete Ricketts, who is in his final term as governor, has expressed that this is a “proactive” step and that “the time to try to correct your system is not after you discover there’s fraud” in an interview with the Omaha World Herald. Ricketts admitted that this is a solution to a problem that we do not have. With the lack of evidence of voter fraud, the hefty price to pay, and the unplanned execution for this, this initiative is creating more problems than solving. “Over my career I have represented thousands of individuals,” said Timothy Ashford, criminal defense attorney. “Not once have I ever
represented anybody with a voter fraud case. They don’t have them up here, you can’t find one. So they are asking you to give us an answer to a problem that does not exist.” Ashford also shares a fact of a number of his clients that he has worked with that have difficulty receiving their ID in a vast amount of reasoning. This initiative creates unnecessary hurdles Left to Right: Ruth Corwin, Jane Seu, Pam Miller-Jenkins, Heather Engdahl, Vicky Parks, Preston Love Jr., Michael T. Williams, Timothy Ashford with “Initiative 432 will disenfranchise thousands of Nebraska voters. There’s so many unknowns to how this will affect taxpayers 3 million with another million for maintaining the people of Nebraska that we are urging you all to vote year to year to maintain the system. Black suit goes on to no to Initiative 432,” said President of the Omaha National share that he is confident that Nebraskans are willing to Association for the Advancement of Colored People spend whatever is necessary, but he emphasizes the word (NAACP), Reverend T. Michael Williams. “There are necessary to remind us of the fact that this is a solution however some ‘knowns’ about implementing this initiative to a problem that we do not have. It also creates a barrier that cause us to implore voters to vote ‘no.’ One of those that is prohibited according to Article I Section 22 of the Nebraska Constitution: “All elections shall be free; and things is the cost of the implementation.” It has been investigated by the League of Women Voters there shall be no hindrance or impediment to the right of a and others that first time implementation will cost Nebraska qualified voter to exercise the elective franchise.”
Vote No To Retain Judges** By: Timothy L. Ashford
If you want to know what type of garbage is thrown out in Omaha , you would ask a garbage man. If you want to know what judges to vote NO to retain on election day you would ask the most experienced African American criminal defense attorney practicing in Nebraska-me. Vote NO to retain the judges on the Nebraska Supreme Court and vote no to retain the judges on the Nebraska Court of Appeals. Nebraska leads the nation in prison overcrowding and many of the prisoners are black. Nebraska is the only state in the nation which does not appoint qualified African American attorneys to represent poor defendants on murder panel cases in Douglas County. I currently have an Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals case requesting the appointment of black attorneys to the murder panel. As a result of my racial discrimination lawsuit(s) Ashford v. Douglas County 8th Circuit 16-3366 Douglas County appointed approximately 10 black attorneys to represent poor defendants in misdemeanor and felony cases but not murder cases. In retaliation for my racial discrimination
lawsuits, the Nebraska Office for Counsel for Discipline has conducted a six-year false bar complaint filed by white female Douglas County Court judge Marcena Hendrix on 10/4/2016 in PR 14 1483. It was dismissed on 10/5/22. It usually takes one year to resolve a bar complaint. Hendrix secretly mailed only one order out of seven orders to falsely start the bar complaint against me. She did not write a detailed letter to report any allegations of attorney misconduct which is required by U.S. Supreme Court Case law. Hendrix targets other black men with her rulings because the district court held she abused her discretion in sentencing African American Terrance “Bud” Crawford to jail. Hendrix and Thomas K. Harmon violated my due process constitutional rights by refusing to pay my attorney fees in the six-year old case PR 14 1483 and they attempted to pay attorney fees to an unqualified white female attorney in PR 14 1483 case until I objected to payment of her fees. Vote NO to retain Thomas K. Harmon. Harmon does not follow U.S. Supreme Court case law in his decisions. The U.S. Supreme Court law states that a judge
should avoid the appearance of impropriety which he does not follow. Harmon ignored the affidavits of citizens Paul Feilmann; president of the local chapter of the Omaha NAACP: T. Michael Williams; William Perkins and A’Jamal Byndon which stated: “After six years, Douglas County Court Judge Marcena Hendrix withdrew from PR 14 1483 without an explanation on 2/8/2022 which is suspicious. Another judge on the same Douglas County Court panel, Thomas Harmon, who works with Hendrix and has been on the Douglas County Court Panel with Hendrix was assigned the case after Hendrix recused herself. The assignment of Thomas Harmon to PR 14 1483 does not avoid the appearance of impropriety, does not promote judicial fairness and independence. As a member of the community it appears improper. Another judge from another county should be appointed to decide this case because of the working relationship with Harmon and Hendrix and they are on the same judicial panel. Harmon ignored the affidavits and dismissed the PR 14 1483 case. Judges continued on Page 8
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For more years than I care to remember, I have been on a diligent pursuit, and I won’t stop until I reach my goal. My quest is to find a cookie I don’t like. Throughout the years, I have eaten every cookie I could find and loved them all. My biggest obstacle in this pursuit is The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage. She has the crazy idea that I should limit my cookie consumption. I told her I will whenever I find a cookie that I don’t like. So far, that hasn’t happened. Recently, The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage has been on a baking spree. She was baking cookies for various people, of which I have no idea. One rule she has laid down is I’m not allowed to have any cookie she does not give me personally. That is a very hard rule to keep with all of the cookies in the kitchen. I try my hardest, but my hardest is not enough. Last Tuesday my wife planned spending the day with one of our daughters. I was supportive of her activity and encouraged her to spend as much time as possible with her daughter. She looked at me suspiciously and said, “While I am away, I do not want you to eat any cookies in the kitchen.” Then she went to the kitchen, pulled out one cookie, handed it to me, and said, “This is the only cooking you are allowed for today.” For the first couple of hours, everything went well. Then in the middle of the morning, I decided to take a break and get a cup of coffee. As I entered the kitchen, the aroma of all those freshly baked cookies slapped me in the face liked I’ve never been slapped before. Up to this point, I was able to “Yield not to temptation.” But I am afraid that the “Yield not” had just expired. As I was fixing my coffee, I thought it would not harm me to look at and admire those freshly baked cookies. With a cup of coffee in my hand, I began thinking that one cookie just wouldn’t hurt me. After I finished that first cookie, I just sat back in my chair and enjoyed swallowing the last crumb. How delicious it was. Of all the cookies in all the world, why did this cookie
Judges continued from Page 6 How would you like to sue someone and have them decide your case? Vote NO to retain W. Russell Bowie because I sued him along with nine other judges for racial discrimination to appoint qualified black attorneys to represent poor defendants in criminal cases. I filed a defamation case and it was assigned to Bowie as the judge. The defamation case was because two non-client non-attorneys attempted to extort me by threatening that if I did not cancel my attorney fees for the work I performed on two automobile accident cases they would file a bar complaint and post a negative review on the internet which they did. The bar complaint has been open for three years. Two attorneys signed affidavits stating my attorney fees were fair and reasonable. No charges have been filed but Attorney Michael Avenatti was convicted of the same type of attempted extortion of Nike. I requested Bowie recuse himself in my case and he refused. Other judges have recused themselves. Community members signed affidavits stating Bowie’s refusal to recuse himself violates U.S. Supreme court case law because it “creates a strong appearance of impropriety.” In retaliation for my racial discrimination lawsuit and in violation of federal law, Bowie refused to hold a hearing on my evidence and dismissed my case. So, if the Nebraska court system discriminates against me as an African American Attorney, how is the court system treating other blacks? **The opinions expressed here are those of the writer and not reflections of the Omaha Star Newspaper
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Sunday School .............................................. 9:30 a.m. Worship Services .............................................. 10:45 a.m. Wednesday Prayer Services ..........................................6:30 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study.....................7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Biblically Based, Family Oriented, Dynamic Fellowship
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Terry continued from Page 3 North High School in 1974. He played basketball, football and ran track at Minneapolis North where his single-game basketball-scoring record still stands. While in junior high and high school, Terry taught himself to play and master the bass guitar. He and James Harris III were integral parts of The Time band (later Morris Day and The Time). There, Harris (Jimmy Jam) played keyboards and Terry was the bass player. In these capacities, they also played for Prince. In 1982, Harris and Lewis formed Flyte Time Productions. Since its inception, Harris and Lewis have written for and produced countless musical artists including Janet Jackson and her blockbuster album Control (1986). Terry and his wife, Indira, and brother, Jerome Benton and his wife, Kelli, now live in the Los Angeles area. Mother Vernetta Benton and Sisters Bonita and Brenda Benton live in the Minneapolis area. Brother, Darryll Lewis, still lives in Omaha. The Omaha Star and the Omaha community extend congratulations to native Omahan Terry Lewis on his awesome achievement!
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