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Is Paramount Charter School a bust or Digging around in unfamiliar territory a financial treasure chest?

By K.L. Brown

Since 2000, the State has lost $70 million in capital funding given to charter schools that later closed.

To hear a child say, “They didn’t keep their promise and every day while in school I didn’t feel safe” should be disturbing to any parent or school official.

Paramount Charter School is an elementary school located at 7100 W. Okld. Pk. Blvd., in Sunrise and will be wrapping up their first school year this week with some students, parents and staff vowing never to return.

There are some accusations that are alleged and some supported that haven’t stopped them from getting thousands of dollars in tax payer funding this school year, and probably will remain in business for the coming school year unless there are no students to teach!

To defunct a charter school there must be a health or safety issue with that school.

Which raises the question of are these charter schools being policed to the same extent as our regular public schools by the school district they are receiving tax payer monies from, or can they police them in the same manner?

The answer would be no they are not, and parents should be asking questions as to why their tax dollars are being gambled

away until the charter schools are closed.

Since 2000, the State has lost $70 million in capital funding given to charter schools that later closed.

Is it because our present and previous governors, Rick Scott and Jeb Bush, are proponents of the Charter School concept (School Choice) and are allowing them to flourish throughout the state?

In a previous report on WPLG News last year, a Broward County School Board member, Laurie Rich Levinson, stated that “even though they have had complaints about Paramount, due to the lack of regulation from Tallahassee there is little the board can do about the problems.”

So until an accumulation of performance failures can be established for the school, it will continue to be in business.

Paramount Charter School has been in the news during this school year for the mass firing of its teachers last October for alleged “bullying” problems (the explanation is a little fuzzy.)

The real issue, it is alleged, was the promissory amount of pay for those teachers that would coincide with what the starting salary was for public school teachers of $36,000 and after hire, reneging and cutting the salary down to $30,000.

They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.

Colossians 2:19 (NIV)

What happens when your underground cable is disrupted?

While working in my son’s front yard to put in a sprinkling system I discovered some very troubling things. Number one: roots and rocks are extremely difficult to penetrate with a trench digger shovel, so I rented a machine called a ditch witch.

This machine was so cumbersome in the hands of an inexperienced, know- it-all, can do anything, home improvement handy man person, yours truly-me, that it really impeded my progress until I learned how to use it correctly and then it almost broke my leg.

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PresidentObama:‘AIDS-free generation is within reach’ On the 35th anniversary of the first HIV/ AIDS report, President Obama issued a statement honoring the memory of those who lost their lives to the disease.

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Muhammad Ali remembered as 'The Greatest' and a 'True American Hero'

Malcolm X photographs Muhammad Ali after his victory over Sonny Liston in 1964.

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By Stacy M. Brown, The Washington Informer, NNPA Member

Muhammad Ali’s historic win against George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974 was

perhaps the greatest of all of his ring victories. Ali dropped Foreman in the eighth round of

that heavyweight bout known as “The Rumble in the Jungle.”

Foreman was among the first to pay homage to the fallen champion when news of his death spread late Friday evening on June 3. He was 74.

Foreman tweeted, “It’s been said it was ‘rope a dope,’ Ali beat me with no his beauty that beat me. The most beauty I’ve know loved him.”

Early Saturday morning, Mike Tyson tweeted, “God came for his champion. So long great one. @MuhammadAli #TheGreatest #RIP” After a long battle with Parkinson’s disease, the worldrenowned champion died at a Phoenix, Ariz.-area hospital.

The iconic sports figure was fighting respiratory issues that were complicated by the Parkinson’s that he was diagnosed with in the 1980s, the Associated Press reported.

Ali had been hospitalized several times in recent years.

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT: Arbitration for fir ed of ficer Jason Holding will be held Monday fired officer Monday,, June 13, Thir Thirdd Floor of City Hall, 100 North Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., starting at 8:30 a.m. Four Fort Lauderdale police officers lost their jobs following an investigation into a racist video and text messages. 30-year -old James W ells will not be rrehir ehir ed after litigations. 3130-year-old Wells ehired -old Christopher year -old Jason Holding is up next to deter mine if he should be rrehir ehir ed as a For dale Police of ficer year-old determine ehired Fortt Lauder Lauderdale officer ficer.. 25-year 25-year-old ficers wer minated due Sousa is not seeking rreemployment eemployment and the four th of ficer -old Alex Alvar ez, rresigned. esigned. “The of officers weree ter terminated fourth officer ficer,, 22-year 22-year-old Alvarez, to a sustained department misconduct,” Chief Frank Adderley said during a news conference. “The four officers’ conduct was inexcusable, and there is zero tolerance for this type of behavior within the Fort Lauderdale Police Department.”

“We want the community to come out and show their support, so that all will know this type of behavior will not justify nor qualify Y ours in the Str uggle, Bobby R. Henr anyone to hold a position of authority anywher e.”

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By Yezmin Villarreal Thirty-five years ago, the Center for Disease Control published a report on the first documented case of HIV/AIDS. On Sunday, President Barack Obama published a statement in remembrance of those who lost their lives to the disease.

The President recalled that five years ago, he said that an “AIDS-free generation is within reach.” The global community is mobilizing to end the disease by 2030, said the President.

Stigma and silence fuel ignorance, and they contribute to the transmission of HIV/ AIDS said the President. Testing, treatment, education and acceptance save lives, along with fighting “the discrimination that halted progress for too long.”

The President referred to the millions of lives saved thanks to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program and to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. “My administration imple-

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mented our nation’s first comprehensive National HIV/ AIDS Strategy, and we’ve updated it through 2020,” he said.

President Obama called on the importance of the Affordable Care Act, which has provided individuals with the opportunity to have affordable health care without denying care to those who have preexisting conditions such as HIV/AIDS. There is plenty more work to do in terms of eradicating the disease, especially among the “economically disadvantaged; gay and bisexual men, especially those who are young and Black; women of color; and transgender women all continue to face huge disparities,” wrote President Obama. He went on to say that he is confident “we can finish the job.”

“So today, let’s call the names,” wrote the President.

“Let’s remember those we lost too soon. And let’s rededicate ourselves to ending this epidemic once and for all.”

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Minority Builders Coalition announces Second Annual E. Pat Larkins Golf Classic

By Ann Marie Sorrell FORT LAUDERDALE, FL -- Minority Builders Coalition, Inc. (MBC) will host its Second Annual E. Pat Larkins Golf Classic: Crazy Pants Edition on June 10, 2016 at the Fort Lauderdale Country Club.

The golf classic serves as one of the organization’s signature fundraisers. The tournament is named after E. Pat Larkins, who grew up in a segregated Pompano Beach, fought for equal rights and was the city’s first African-American Mayor.

In addition, he was a federally certified housing-development specialist who created the Broward County Minority Builders Coalition in 1971.

This year’s Honorary Chair is Mayor Wayne Messam of the City of Miramar. Mayor Mes-

sam is a member of Minority Builders Coalition and has heeded the call to public service as did E. Pat Larkin and our 2015 Honorary Chair Robert McKinzie, Vice Mayor for the City of Fort Lauderdale. Mayor Messam has always had a commitment to public service; he was elected to the City of Miramar Commission in March of 2011. He currently serves on the National League of Cities Energy, Environment & Natural Resources Steering Committee. He served two terms as chair of the Broward County Small Business Development Advisory Board where he has been very influential in the policy recommendations that affect the local and small business programs for Broward County and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)

firms. He also served as past vice-chair of the Miramar’s Planning and Zoning Board.

Mayor Messam is the principal founder of Messam Construction, founded in 2003, a statewide Minority Owned construction firm with offices in Miami, Miramar, and South Bay. MBC invites golfers, corporate and business professionals, community members and anyone that wants to dig out their most outrageous golf attire and have some fun to join Mayor Wayne Messam in this exciting event.

The Florida Panthers and the Florida Panthers Foundation are presenting sponsors of this year's tournament. Brian C. Johnson, president and CEO of the MBC states, “The golf tournament is really more like a family reunion attended by

the supporters of equality and fairness as well as those who we work with to ensure affordable and safe housing for seniors and others in our communities.

"We are grateful that the Florida Panthers Foundation is leading the parade this year and their support of this event reflects their commitment to the betterment of the communities in their market.”

In addition to the Florida Panthers, MBC is proud to also introduce the City of Miramar and The Cooradiono Group as the platinum sponsors for the event. “Having the City of Miramar and The Corradino Group as sponsors really acknowledges the hard work that Minority Builders is providing with the communities that we serve”.

“Organizations like the Minority Builders Coalition are a valuable resource that identifies qualified minority-owned businesses to do business in the City they call home. These are the kinds of partnerships our residents and business community directly benefit from and we’re pleased to extend this collaboration,” stated City Manager Kathleen Woods-Richardson.

In addition to our wonderful sponsors the event will feature contests including Hole-in-One, Closest to the Pin, Longest Drive, Craziest Golf Attire, and more. There will be live entertainment, a silent auction, door prizes, Crazy Pants Fashion show and loads of other entertainment and fun. The Golf Classic will tee off at 9 a.m. Re-

gistration fees are $200 for individuals, $800 for a foursome and $50 to attend the luncheon. Teams and individuals can register at minoritybuilders.org.

Proceeds from the Second Annual E. Pat Larkins Golf Classic: Crazy Pants Edition will support initiatives and programs for the growth and development of local minority contractors, affordable housing for low to moderate income families, and safe homes for seniors in Broward County.

MBC’s mission is to create a fertile environment for minority, women, and veteran owned construction related businesses, certified small businesses, and professional services to thrive and grow; thereby, creating ample opportunities for wealth building and jobs creation for South Florida’s most underserved communities. Minority Builders Coalition provides several services for its members including capacity building training and development, advocacy, networking opportunities, and more. In addition to membership services, Minority Builders Coalition partners with local, county and city governments to preserve quality affordable housing for senior citizens and low to moderate income families. Services include home repairs to correct code violations, prevent further deterioration, and to stop the loss of energy and infiltration of outside elements to owner-

MAYOR MESSAM occupied households. The nocost home repairs specifically aim to improve the safety, health and living conditions of these clients and make their living environment and surroundings a more habitable place.

To learn more about the 2nd Annual E. Pat Larkins Golf Classic: Crazy Pants Edition, contact Ann Marie Sorrell at the Mosaic Group at (561)290.6739, asorrell@upscalebymosaic.com.

For more information about Mi-nority Builders Coalition and to register for the E. Pat Larkins Golf Classic: Crazy Pants Edition, visit www.minoritybuilders.org

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Black on Black carnage yields no outrage: 12 killed, 43 wounded in Memorial Day weekend shootings in Obama’s home town-Chicago.

By Roger Caldwell

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If “Black Lives Matter” in Chicago, why were 69 people, (mostly from the Black community) shot on Memorial Weekend? Who or what is to blame?

This is one of the most violent weekends since last September, but only six were fatal. The police are blaming the large number of shootings on gang violence, drugs, and gun proliferation. Many of the guns are illegal, but many think this is the way an argument or a problem is settled by young people in the Black community.

“By Tuesday morning, the tally of those shot in Chicago this year was around 1,500, according to data compiled by the Chicago Tribune, with at least 250 killed. By this time last year, 957 had been shot, with 164 killed. So far shootings are up more than 50 percent this year, although the pace of increased violence had slowed from earlier this year, when Chicago was on track to see shooting victims nearly double,” by the Tribune editorial board.

With two of the most powerful Black historical political/ social organizations headquartered in Chicago, the Nation of Islam, and PUSH, and numerous chapters of other Black organizations in the city, there should be a plan to stop violence and Black-on-Black crime in the

city.

When there are 69 holiday weekend shootings in Chicago, everyone should be petrified and astonished that this took place where Americans live. The mayor, the politicians, the police, his administration, the citizens, churches and community organizations should be developing a comprehensive strategy and plan to make sure this never happens again. No one in the city should feel safe, and the federal government should identify certain neighborhoods as a “state of emergency,” and provide state and federal police assistance.

In the Harrison District, 27 of the 69 people shot last weekend lived in this section of town.

In order to change the violent direction of this community, there is need for more community policing and the residents must be more engaged.

Everyone in the city should be talking about solutions, starting with the mayor, his administration, elected officials, and the political and business leaders. Instead of the community and police working together to solve problems, the mayor and police department are being investigated by the Department of Justice for “police misconduct.”

The terminology “police misconduct” can mean many different things, but the former Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy was fired for withholding a video for a year, of a young Black man shot 16 times by a police officer. Since 1970’s,

the Chicago Police Department, the third largest in the country has paid out in settlements $100 million because of police torture cases.

I am sure that the Department of Justice will be investigating excessive police force, and also police corruption. It is obvious that the citizens don’t trust the integrity of the police department, and shootings, murders, and other violent crimes have increased over the last year.

It is very easy to talk about the police working together with different community organizations, but if they are not able to trust each other, nothing gets done. Eddie Johnson, a Black man, has been appointed as the new superintendent of the police force by Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

“In the coming weeks and months, I plan on meeting with and listening to a range of Chicagoans – from activists and elected officials to ministers and parents – to find ways that we can come together to build mutual trust and lasting partnerships that will make our streets safe for everyone,” says Superintendent Johnson.

This is a great quote from the new superintendent but the streets are not safe now. There are already 1,500 shootings and 250 murders this year. It appears that too many of the city leaders have their heads in the sand, because the streets are not safe now, and no one appears to have any answers or solutions.

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Westside Gazette Is Paramount Charter School a bust or a financial treasure chest?

(Con't From FP) Paramount is on its third principal; this is the first time Corey Montgomery has held such a position. The second principal only lasted one week and some staff doesn’t remember his name.

The first principal, in speaking to a parent, was very organized and approachable in resolving any issues brought to her attention.

The board and owner decided to dismiss her after she had already decided to resign.

The owner of Paramount Charter School is Mrs. Jimika Williams Mason, whose corporation, Advancement of Education in Scholars, is based in Boca Raton as a virtual office.

Mason’s husband, Cory Mason, also has other business ventures in South Florida and have had several defunct businesses of record.

Her sister Maia Williams is a board member and seemingly a very active participant in the day-to-day activity in the running of the school. Some staff would even venture to say that she has more clout than the principal has in dictating what happens on the school’s campus.

She is a multi-task board member that teaches the English, Language Art (ELA) classes allegedly without a certification; she preps and proctors students for the Florida Standardized Assessment Test (FSAT) again without being certified; and allegedly changes grades because no student at Paramount will make lower than a C. Several staff have stated that Ms. Arnise Lewis also has advised them that she will be changing grades of students under the ‘good cause amendment’, which she has used before. Ms. Lewis allegedly commented, “What good will it be in holding students back?” The issue could very well be that if you give a student a grade they didn’t earn, what they are striving towards in their educational pursuit in determining what they have learned and what they haven’t learned to fill in the gap.

She is the Exceptional Special Education (ESE) Specialist and the acting Vice Principal.

So it is alleged that there were no pull outs of the special needs students on a regular basis throughout the school year, because of Ms. Lewis’ administrative duties.

Staff was given a protocol for administering a D or F as a class grade just recently, where the threshold was stringent to meet.

Williams and Ms. Lewis both have access to the grading system where every teacher has the same password.

Williams is presently at the school every day and subs in classes as needed, allegedly without a substitute certificate.

Was Williams instrumental in getting the school Title 1 status for the school? It is believed that she was a major player in obtaining the Title 1 program for the school. Most staff were surprised that the school qualified for the program, in that most students didn’t return the forms.

There is no school nurse, no library, no access to the auditorium, grade levels kindergarten thru sixth instead of kindergarten thru eighth, no staff access to copier, no longer single gender classes, no instructor for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), no longer a computer lab, and no Art or Music classes. Even though grades were still being given for Art and Music thru the last report card period, with no classes offered. The ESOL consultant and Charter School consultant quit allegedly due to not

being paid after school began sometime last year.

The behavioral modification plan for some students was to send them to the office or another classroom everyday if necessary! And that has upset a kindergarten student’s parent whose child was repeatedly per the mother thrown out of his class daily since October by his teacher.

Shauta Freeman’s son Jordan she feels has been “traumatized” by the way in which he has been treated by his kindergarten teacher.

Her son “has been out of his classroom every day since last October she alleges. His teacher “has used abusive language towards him which was recorded by accident on his game player he had in his book bag!”

She went on to say that “He screams and holds on to the door to not go to school because he feels his teacher and classmates don’t like him,” he has shared with her. The teacher took his entire class to the principal’s office and they said in unison they didn’t want her son in their class at the teacher’s direction.

Ms. Freeman advised that just last week his teacher approached her about retaining her son in kindergarten for the coming school year, and she asked the teacher on what bases was her recommendation for retention because even though he hasn’t been in class since last October, “he has A’s & B’s and all satisfactory marks on his report card for every grading period during the school year!”

It also bothered her that the school would send her son home with his great grandfather who works at the school without notifying her and he was never signed out.

Ms. Freeman has three children that attend Paramount in kindergarten, third and fifth grade. She said the reason she stayed until the end of the school year was that it kept being promised of getting better. But she definitely won’t send her three kids back next year!

There was an alleged incident recently around March of this year where the Department of Children and Families (DCF) came to the school to inquire if four siblings were at the school and the front office denied they attended school there, whereas, they did still attend the school.

A student was out of the country in Jamaica for three months and was never allegedly marked absent, because the school has to keep enrollment at a certain level.

Some staff members posed the question regarding the parent company of Paramount who issued their checks for most of the school year - Advancement of Education in Scholars if they have an Employer Identification Number (EIN#) which was not on any of their payroll documents that is required to be in issuing payroll checks to them?

A staff member showed their first pay stub for this school year that had more money in taxes shown as being taken out of their pay than they were paid. They requested a corrected copy but never received one.

When some of the staff filed their 2015 taxes they were penalized by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and had to pay their own tax deductions on their reported salary. That was discouraging in not getting the expected IRS return that many look forward to and usually have plans for. The school issued each employee a 1099 form at the end of 2015 and at that time advised them that they had not taken out any taxes from their pay. The staff was

Digging around in unfamiliar territory (Cont'd from FP) Needless to say, what I thought would be an easy task has turned into a month’s worth of work.

As I reverted back to using the handheld trench digger manually I discovered something. When I use the machine uncontrollably it cut the electrical wiring to the yard post lamps and left me with another task. Now my son’s front yard was left without light.

Sometimes life can be like that; we find ourselves using things that cause us to cut our power source and it leaves us in the dark. When we experiment with sin it’s like using that ditch witch—oh boy what a name. Then it causes more problems than it does solving issues. It can truly disconnect you from the real power source. So be careful when you’re digging around in unfamiliar territory and using tools that look good and appear like they can make the job easier but you’re not familiar with. They can become inappropriate; you can disconnect yourself from your power source. But thanks be to God that He never disconnects Himself from us.

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then promised the tax deductions would begin this year in 2016. To date there is no detailed breakdown on pay stubs that reflect any deductions being applied.

Since around March of this year the method of payroll payments changed from either direct deposit or a live check to eChecks still showing the parent company disbursing payroll from their account; but as recent as April it changed to now show Paramount Charter School that did have a EIN# on the payroll checks.

The staff also did not have insurance, education reimbursement or a 401k plan during the entire school year that was promised during hiring.

Other questionable alleged money issues are: instructional staff never received annual lead money stipend for classroom supplies, while substitute teachers who remained in classrooms over allotted time which qualify them for Interim Sub pay never received any mention of an increase in pay.

One of the students stated that “they only had substitutes at the beginning of the school year and no books or school supplies were provided by the school until we got real teachers almost two months after school started.”

This student liked the gender classroom concept, because it lessened the competitiveness between the boys and girls and created an atmosphere where friendships could be established more easily.

However, the disappointment was in the promises made and not delivered upon.

“The music and art classes were discontinued and that was a disappointment,” offered this student.

The computer lab was closed down.

The most “awful part of attending this school, was that it didn’t make me feel safe! There were fights almost every morning during breakfast, outside in P.E. and on the bus.” The bus service was provided by a contracted company where the driver only spoke Spanish, so therefore couldn’t communicate with the students until recently either Ms. Williams or Ms. Lewis rode the bus. The bus was very overcrowded it was reported, which is thought to contribute to much of the chaos.

The Physical Education (PE) classes were held in the back parking lot of the school, where there would be broken bottles, condoms, trash, with buses and cars driving through while students were present stated staff.

“Strangers would also walk through the P.E. parking area while we were outside,” continued a student.

It is alleged that a sexual predator was on the premises and noticed by a parent and reported to the front office, but not confirmed if the police was called on that incident? The school is not fenced and local residents and strangers can walk on the school premises and possibly come in contact with students.

Charter schools have become a franchise and business opportunity that allows businesses using state Capital dollars to profit from charter schools, which are publicly funded but privately managed.

Just this past March Democrats in both legislative branches got annoyed with House Republicans for not agreeing to what they called a ‘legitimate” solution to safeguard public money given to charter schools.

So if Paramount Charter School makes it past another school year it will be eligible for capital funding after two years instead of three.

That could be a brilliant learning curb for their owners who can finally find a business they don’t have to defunct and now can make a profit from

with tax payers’ money. The owners of Paramount took out a $500,000 loan to show itself solvent in its application for the charter school, in which, they also have to repay. Can the loan be repaid from the funding they receive instead of them working to repay it back?

In the BCPS there were 82 charter schools during the 2014-15 School Year. There were 26 that had school grades below C or Incomplete. A letter from BCPS Charter School Management/ Support dated March 18, 2016 from its Director, Jody Perry, seems to indicate that Paramount was out of compliance and needed to submit a corrective action plan to avoid the default in their contract with BCPS. Will Paramount be able to solicit a fully certified instructional staff next year that will adhere to the demands they require of them to not only be obedient but loyal? And most importantly will they be able to recruit the approximately 400 required students that they will also need to retain throughout the school year. Will they need to make any changes to make that happen or will it be business as usual from this year?

If found to be true, the micromanagement of the school by the owner’s sister and board member could be a conflict of interest of some kind. Was she also getting paid for her everyday commitment of running the

school without the proper credentials?

It’s always said to follow the money.

Was all the money given to Paramount this school year put into salaries of those other than instructional staff? There didn’t seem to be much maintenance of the building or grounds or instructional tools provided to its instructional staff.

The staff dwindled from the beginning of the school year thru the end of the year due to the decrease in enrollment where there were; one kindergarten, one first grade class, one fourth grade class, one fifth grade class and one sixth grade class, along with two third grade classes.

The gender class concept faded away in the mist of the mass firings and withdrawals of students. According to some staff, if you are a parent contemplating sending your child to Paramount, please check on the water leak in the ceiling since the beginning of the year that staff indicated was al-

legedly causing mole to appear in certain areas of the building that your child would be exposed to. They are looking to bring in an investor group to invest in their school so they can secure themselves for next year.

According to some teachers the Principal just told its present staff in their regular weekly mandatory Thursday staff meeting that they will be back next year regardless of unpopular opinions! So they must be back in compliance with their BCSP contract.

Stay tuned for round two of how your tax dollars are being spent at Paramount!

(At press deadline no response was received from the owner or administrative staff of Paramount Charter School after an attempt was made to get responses to alleged statements made in article by unidentified staff members and students that remain anonymous to protect their identities.)

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Urban League of Broward County Job Employment Fair, Wednesday, June 15, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Urban League of Broward County, 560 N.W. 27 Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. A speed round job readiness boot camp will be available from 9 to 11 a.m. to assist with interviewing techniques resume critiquing and printing. Find out more visit www.ulbroward.org

Reunion

Banquet

The Florida Morticians Association has chosen Richard A. Kurtz as Mortician of the Year 2016. He will be honored Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 7 p.m., at The Westin Fort Lauderdale, 400 Corporate Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Banquet tickets can be purchased at the Roy Mizell & Kurtz Funeral Home, 1350 N. W. Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For additional info call (954) 4673426.

Roundup Dillard High School Class of 1966 is having their 50th Class Reunion, Friday, June 17-19, 2016. Would like members to contact Hatti Eckford at (954) 735-0404 or Marvlayn Davis at (954) 683-2303 we are in need of your addresses, phone numbers and email.

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Feeding South Florida to host Second Annual End Summer Hunger Sort-A-Thon, Saturday, June 18, 2016, at Feeding South Florida Main Warehouse, 2501 S.W. 32 Terr., Pembroke Park, Fla. Volunteers 100 maximum per shift will sort donated food. Individuals and groups are welcome. 2½-hour shifts are available from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Shift 1: 8-10:30 a.m.; Shift 2: 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; Shift 3 2-4:30 p.m.; Shift 4 5-7:30 p.m. To register to volunteer, visit www.feedingsouthflorida.org or http:// feedingsouthflorida.force.com

Celebration

The Ram Roundup, The Curtis L. Armstrong Mays High School Rams Roundup will be held Saturday, June 18, from 9:30 a.m. to until at the Homestead Air Reserve Base Park, 27401 S.W. 127th Ave. A gathering of former Mays Rams athletes, coaches, and cheerleaders. It is held every even year in South Dade.

For more info contact Leroy Bradshaw at (305) 409-0040 or lebrad@bellsouth.net.

A Special Father’s Day event hosted by Terry & John a celebration of Everyday Heroes Fathers Unmasking the Heart of a real Father, Sunday, June 19, 2016 from 7 to 11 p.m., at The Westin Fort Lauderdale, 400 Corporate Dr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Free Entry. Mask required for entry and available for purchase on site. For RSVP to WrightYoung@gmail.com

EDUCATION MATTERS Every Child Deserves a Chance to Succeed.

Happenings at African-American Research Library and Cultural Center

African-American Research Library and Cultural Center, 2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lauderale, Fla. For more info call (954) 357-6210.

Here is the schedule of Destination Fridays events in 2016: Groundbreaking Documentary "Point and Drive" makes its Fort Lauderdale Premiere, Friday, June 10, 2016, with red carpet arrivals at 6:30 p.m. and creeening at 7:15 p.m. Tickets are available for the screening atwww.PointAndDriveMovie.com For additioinal info call (954) 357-6210. * Déjà Vu Theatre Productions in association with African American Research Library & Cultural Center, Jamaican Folk Revue presents Ms. Lou in Celebration of Caribbean Heritage Month In Color, Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 5 p.m. Ticket info (954) 5577491. *This summer, from June 13 through August 20, 2016 Broward County Libraries, in partnership with Broward Meals on Wheels and the Florida Department of Agriculture, will present “Free Food and Fun at Your Library,” Kids ages 18 and under can enjoy a free lunch and/or an afternoon snack. Served on a first come, first served basis the free meals/snacks will be served at 28 Broward County Library locations. Ask your branch librarian about time and days at your branch.

Luncheon

A Plus Foundation, Incorporated, charitable arm of Chi Psi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. will host its 3rd Annual Emerald Luncheon to honor community church musicians and benefit scholar-ships for deserving graduating seniors in Broward County, Saturday, 11:30 a.m., June 25, 2016, Marriott North, 6650 N. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauder-dale. For more info call Josetta B. Patterson, president at (954) 410-6673.

Conference/ Exhibition

Meeting

Monthly meeting for Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc. is the second Saturday of the month at 10 a.m., at African Heritage Cultural Art Center, 6161 N.W. 22 Ave., Miami, Fla. For further info call (786) 320 2891.

Meeting

Mount Bethel Change Ministries, NA/AA Meeting, Every Friday, at 6:30 p.m., at 901 N.W. 11 Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For more info call (954) 763-5644 or (954) 400-8222.

Scholarship Application are now being accepted for Performers for Greater Miami Festivals & Events Association presents Event Magic Creating the Experience, Fourth Annual Conference & Exhibition, Wednesday, June 22, 2016 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at the Doubletree Hilton, Miami Airport Convention Center, 711 N.W. 72 Ave., Miami, Fla. For more info call (305) 651-9404.

Food Distribution

Wayne Barton Study Center’s Good News Of Christ Ministries, Free Grocery Giveaway Food Distribution, Saturday, June 25, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Town of Pembroke Park, Pembroke Park Church of Christ, Raymond P. Oglesby Preserve, 3115 S.W. 52 Ave., Pembroke Park. For more info (954) 986-0790.

Pleading Our Own Cause STAYCONNECTED--www.thewestsidegazette.com (954) 525-1489

NMAC (National Minority AIDS Council) is currently accepting scholarship applications for the 20th annual United States Conference on AIDS (USCA).

The 2016 conference will be held September 15 - 18, 2016 at The Diplomat Resort, 3555 South Ocean Drive, Hollywood, FL 33019.

Sessions will address current issues such as the importance of race in HIV services, bio-medical HIV prevention, and women and violence. Additionally, USCA’s 2016 southern Florida conference locale provides a needed opportunity to address the epidemic among populations in the Caribbean diaspora – the target population for this year.

As our communities encounter rising infection rates, new and innovative methods are needed to turn the tide. Attending USCA is the best way to gain those skills and learn best practices from those that are experiencing measurable results and positive change.

Deadline for Scholarships is July 8, 2016. Apply online at http://2016usca.org/ scholarship-registration/

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Muhammad Ali, the People’s Champion

By George E. Curry, George Curry Media Columnist I know it’s extremely difficult, but if you can, ditch the memories of Muhammad Ali showing up uninvited at Sonny Liston’s training camp, announcing that he was going bear hunting. Put aside his boasts of being the greatest of alllll-timmmme. Scratch the images of the “Ali Shuffle” and his patented rope-a-dope.

Ali’s greatest victories came outside the boxing ring. He was the greatest of all time as a boxer and, more important, as a humanitarian. He consistently displayed unwavering courage and a willingness to be unpopular. In fact, it was his unpopularity with the establishment that made him popular with people all around the word.

I had the pleasure of meeting Muhammad Ali twice, first in the late 1960s as a part of a conference of college newspaper editors in Washington, D.C. and in the late

Thank you Mr. President

By Don Valentine Our President is on a mission to ensure that the country will not be saddled with the albatross of Donald’s Trump mercurial ethos. President Obama has

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1990s as a board member of the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME).

At that first meeting, I was struck by how physically imposing Ali was at 6’2 ½ inches and about 236 pounds. I pretended to be boxing with him making sure he knew that I was just pretending - and my fist looked like a small pimple next to his face. Ali was extremely generous with his time and was playful as ever.

By the time of our second meeting, he had already been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a progressive disorder of the nervous system that affects body movement. Though considerably slowed, he was still the star attraction, communicating with his eyes more than with his mouth.

Whether in his prime or just a shell of his old self, Ali was one of the world’s most recognized and beloved public figures, a brash boxer whose punches and physical dexterity could back up the words that flowed from his mouth.

“Muhammad Ali was The Greatest.

Period. If you just asked him, he’d tell you. He’d tell you he was the double greatest; that he’d ‘handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder into jail.’ But what made The Champ the greatest what truly separated him from everyone else - is that everyone else would tell you pretty much the same thing,” the president and First Lady Michelle Obama said in a statement.

He was also the boldest - unafraid to take a stand. He was widely criticized - and even by African Americans such as Jackie Robinson - for joining the Nation of Islam shortly after his upset victory over Sonny Liston. He later left the NOI but remained an outspoken advocate for Blacks and the downtrodden.

In an interview with Playboy magazine, which is included as part of The Muhammad Ali Reader, edited

by Gerald Early, Ali was asked: “What would the old Cassius Clay be doing today?”

made it clear that he will swiftly endorse Hillary Clinton once she gets the requisite votes necessary to be the presumptive Democratic nominee.

In a recent U.S.A. Today article, David Jackson commented, “President Obama is poised to become the most active lame duck campaigner in history…” Historically the sitting President waits till close to the election to toss in his proverbial hat. In this election the Administration will put its entire effort into not having to struggle with a thin skinned capricious President. A President Trump with the nuclear codes is a hazard to the entire global community. That is the worst case, but consider his tendency to make salacious comments about our neighbors.

It won’t take a large mental leap to envision what damage he could do the United States worldwide reputation.

There is no debate that Trump brings a voice that is opined quietly in many circles of society. That does not make that practical or correct.

Specifically, short of the Native American Indians, everyone in America is an immigrant. His well-known comments on Mexicans, Muslims and women show he does not have the maturity to hold the office. Trump has never held an elected office of any sort. The

leader of the free world is not an onthe-job learning position. The President deserves kudos for slugging this fight out against this inept Presidential fraud.

Moreover, as a Constitutional Scholar, the President is standing up to salacious comments by Trump to the judicial branch. The Judicial side was designed to be a “Checks in Balance” by the Founding Fathers. Trump’s denigrating and erroneous comments toward the judge in his current case demonstrates that he does not exhibit the propriety for the Executive office.

I applaud the President for taking on this fight. Life will be very precarious if Trump, a T.V. show charlatan, would secure the Oval Office.

Muhammad Ali and the Liberty Square Housing Development My Inspirational meeting with Muhammad Ali

By P. L. Wright Ph.D. I would like to say thank you Muhammad Ali for encouraging the world on how to follow their beliefs no matter what may happen as long as they are not harmful to themselves or anyone else. Rest in peace Muhammad Ali, the greatest fighter and one of the most encouraging and inspirational persons in the entire world.

Before I toured the world as a guitarist with bands, I was born and I lived in Miami, Fla., in the Liberty Square Housing Development. I believe it was during 1959 or 1960, I was taking a walk, while in my eyesight I caught Muhammad Ali, then called Cassius Clay, driving and about to pass me by in a convertible white Cadillac with the top down. It was on 62nd Street. I called out to him and asked if I could ride with him and he slowed down and said come on get in.

I was about 15 or 16-years-old. I opened the door and got in. I told him how my little brother, whom we call Hank, looks like him. His birth name was Michael and he truly looked so much like Muhammad Ali. Hank was about 10 or 11 years old at that time. Clay drove us to my residence in the Liberty Square Housing Development on 62nd Terrace and 12th Avenue. I asked him to wait until I go inside the house and bring my little brother out for him to see. My little brother Hank and I came out and Hank ran to the car in his excitement and immediately jumped over into the back seat, looking ready to go riding anywhere, because he

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knew he was with Clay. The convertible top was down, ready to take a ride in the wind.

Clay turned around and looked into the back seat. In his amazement, he said to me, “You’re right, your brother sure does look a lot like me as if he could be my little brother or my son.” I then asked if he could drive us around the Liberty Square. I wanted my friends to see us riding with Cassius Clay, the greatest fighter of all. I am sure he understood that I was so proud of him and he was my idol in many ways. Some of my friends did get the chance to see us riding with Clay and they talked about it for a long time to come. He took us back to my house in the Liberty Square and I told him thanks. I felt especially proud to have met and talked and rode with Clay in my neighborhood, the Liberty Square Housing Development which is now called the Pork and Beans. It is about to be demolished, but hopefully saving the main building, called The Center and the Liberty Square Monument, in the same area across the street. It would be a historical site for others to know about and remember that every place that has some type of new destructive and dangerous occurrences may not have always existed there.

Let us save the good and positive historical facts for future generations to embrace and build their self-esteem with hopes of creating a better life. I can recall many memories of famous celebrities who came to our projects to visit, or participate with us in some type of event. We also had academic teachers to help us with our school lessons there, and there were all types of sports, too. I do believe that those memories encouraged, gave inspiration and enlightened the aspirations of those residences who wished to accomplish their goals such as a Grammy Award winner, Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, Broadway stars, music recording hit makers, producers and performers; not without the many types of successful entrepreneurs and judges who all grew up in the Liberty Square Housing Development.

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In his typical direct manner, Ali replied, “If I was Cassius Clay today, I’d be just like Floyd Patterson. I’d probably have a white wife and I wouldn’t represent Black people in no way. Or I’d be like Charley Pride, the folk singer. Nothin’ bad about him - he’s a good fella and I met his Black wife, but Charley stays out of controversy. It’s not only him, because I could name Wilt Chamberlain and others who don’t get involved in struggle or racial issues - it might jeopardize their position. I’d be that kind of man.”

But he wasn’t that kind of man.

And he was sensitive to the type of lifestyle his high-profile career afforded him and the rest of Black America.

“Last week, I was taking a ride and thought, ‘I’m driving a Rolls-Royce and I got another one in the garage that I hardly ever use that cost $40,000’,” Ali said. “I got a Scenicruiser Greyhound bus that sleeps 14 and cost $120,000 and another bus that cost $42,000 - $162,000 just in mobile homes. My training camp cost $350,000 and I just spent $300,000 remodeling my house in Chicago. I got all that and a lot more.

“Well, I was driving down the street and I saw a little Black man wrapped in an old coat standing on a corner with his wife and little boy, waiting for a bus to come along - and there I am in my Rolls-Royce. The little boy had holes in his shoes and I started thinkin’ that if he was my little boy, I’d break into tears. And I started crying.”

Ali didn’t know it, but wherever he was going, the FBI was spying on him as part of its COINTELPRO campaign to undermine civil rights leaders and organizations.

According to Racial Matters: The FBI’s Secret File on Black America, 1960-1972 by Kenneth O’Reilly, the agency overheard conversations between Ali and Dr. King as part of its wiretapping of King’s phones and hotel rooms.

A footnote in the book stated, “FBI surveillance of Muhammad Ali sucked in everyone around him, from Howard Cosell to Angelo Dundee and even Johnny Carson. Whenever Ali appeared on the Tonight Show, an agent stayed up to watch and record the telecast.”

Although his own government engaged in such cowardly acts, Muhammad Ali was a true patriot, standing up to his government when it was wrong - costing him more than three prime years of his life - and praising it when it was right.

As Ali liked to say, “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.”

George E. Curry is President and CEO of George Curry Media, LLC. He is the former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine and the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA). He is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. Curry can be reached through his Web site, georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at twitter.com/ currygeorge, George E. Curry Fan Page on Facebook, and Periscope.

See previous columns at http:// www.georgecurry.com/columns.

The Gantt Report The Black man’s wizard

By Lucius Gantt Ever since Satan was cast out of Heaven, the devil has been a trickster!

When your heart and soul is telling you to go left, the devil will convince you to go right. When your mind tells you to help the less fortunate, Beelzebub will tell you to help yourself. When you feel this is the day and the time to stand up and speak out about equal rights and justice, Lucifer will whisper in your ear, “You better sit down, bow down and shut up”!

From the very first day some Africans were kidnapped from their homeland and shipped far away to America and other lands around the world to serve as slaves, many of the people that look like you made a decision to follow the devilish leaders!

Instead of sharing like you once shared, instead of caring like you once cared, instead of praying like you once prayed, instead of singing like you once sang, instead of believing in the God you once believed in, instead of believing in yourselves, many of your ancestors decided the best thing to do was follow the devil and believe in the devil!

This is year 2016 and right this very day Black people believe anybody and everybody more than they believe each other!

The devil is truly the Black man’s, and women’s, wizard!

In the movie The Wizard of Oz, everybody in the Land of Oz were pretty much controlled by the Wizard.

They were told who was good and who was wicked. They were told what was right and what was wrong. They were told what was worthy and what was worthless!

Once they entered the Wizard’s castle, Dorothy, Tin Man, Lion, Scarecrow and thousands of Munchkins heard the noise, saw the smoke and became scared to death of the all mighty Wizard until a tiny dog pulled back a curtain and exposed the tricky devil masquerading as a real Wizard!

The world’s modern day wizards are pulling bigger tricks on you than the Oz wizard could ever pull!

The big trick today is about money.

The Black man’s wizard has you believing if you calm down, don’t protest, don’t question authority and don’t be a troublemaker one day soon you’ll make a lot of money like Oprah Winfrey or Michael Jordan or LeBron James or Beyonce!

Well, guess what? Those people have been carefully selected to accumulate a few assets, a media “empire”, a basketball team, a shoe deal or a record deal primarily because they can be controlled.

They can be told what to buy, where to live, who to hire, what to say, how to act and how to live.

Oprah is on the front page of the June 13, 2016 issue of The National Examiner that has a story about her three billion dollar “secret life” with gold showers and toilets, white chefs, white jet pilots, tree houses and $42,000 cupcakes.

Yes, you can have a billion dollars as long as you let the devil finance it so you can spend it with other devils!

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The many delusions of Donald Trump Bill Fletcher wonders what you call someone who, despite all legitimate evidence, continues to assert something which is so obviously false?

By Bill Fletcher, Jr., NNPA News Wire Columnist What do you say about someone who apparently sees things that do not exist? I have been asking myself that question while I have watched Donald Trump’s presidential campaign unfold. And, as taunts name-calling, and the lack of substance continue to define the tone of Trump’s campaign, I have wondered whether we need to think about Trump in a different way.

Let’s review three items.

First, Trump has argued for a wall between the United States and Mexico to prevent Mexican migrants, who he contends are the major source of crime in the U.S., from entering this country. Interesting. In reality, the migration flow in recent years has reversed between the U.S. and Mexico, i.e., people are returning to Mexico. Second, if Mexicans are the major source of crime, what does Trump have to say about Russian immigrants and the Russian mafia? What about previous generations of criminal organizations that have been associated with immigrant communities, such as the Cosa Nostra (Sicilian and Italian), as well as Irish and Jewish mobs? Why not expel all of them? Well, the Donald is

silent on this. Besides racist, what does one call such a mis-characterization of reality?

A second example: Trump asserted—and repeated—that on 11 September 2001, masses of Muslims in the U.S. were applauding the terrorist attacks. No evidence—and I repeat NO EVIDENCE—has ever been found to back up his claim. Yet, Trump and many of his supporters continue to argue that they saw it. How is that possible?

The third example, and I simply have to bring this up. Trump seized onto the so-called birther allegations against President Obama, suggesting that he is not a true citizen of the U.S. and, therefore, has been ineligible to be President of the U.S. Again, in addition to racism, what do you call someone who, despite all legitimate evidence, continues to assert something which is so obviously false?

This all reminded me of the “Flat Earth Society.” I have no idea whether they still exist, but during the 1960s this group, which believed that the Earth was flat, sent a congratulatory note to an orbiting U.S. space vehicle saying to them that while the Earth might look round, it was actually an optical illusion. Hmm… (Read full story on www.thewestsidegazette.com)

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Free or low cost health insurance for children

Your child may now be eligible under the NEW IMMIGRATION GUIDELINES! Even if you’ve been told “NO” before Join us FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2016 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Nova Southeastern University Carl DeSantis Building 3301 College Avenue Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33314 If your children are uninsured or are on the Medicaid Share of Cost program, DO NOT miss this easy opportunity to get health insurance for your children.

KidCare outreach representatives will be there to assist parents to sign up for Florida KidCare Insurance. Assistance will be available in English, Spanish and Creole.

You will need to bring with you: > Picture Identification > Social Security numbers for the children > Pay stubs from past four (4) weeks, or most recent tax return > Proof of child support, Social Security and/or Unemployment benefits

NO MORE 5 YEAR WAIT!

For more information call (954) 467-8737

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Florida U.S. Senate Democratic race Candidate Pam Keith is coming out of the shadows to fight for your vote

By K.L. Brown

Coming out of the shadows to win your vote is Pam Keith.

The Democratic U.S. Senate race will have more than just two candidates on the ballot this Aug. 30th. Coming out of the shadows to win your vote is Pam Keith. You may hear more about her opponents Patrick Murphy and Alan Grayson who have more money and name recognition than Keith has, but she is making strides in making her candidacy known to Floridians.

Keith is rolling up her sleeves and driving all over Florida to

FAMU Broward Alumni Chapter awards scholarships to nine students The cost of higher education debt has more than doubled over the past 10 years. This financial increase has created a financial burden for both students and families and does not expect to get any better when you consider the cost of tuition and decreased funding from the federal government. According to Florida‘s Prepaid College Plan Board, Florida tuition is expected to triple by the time today’s middle schoolers attend college.

This is one of the reasons why the Florida A&M University Broward Alumni Chapter continues to work to increase the number of scholarships and amounts awarded so the burden associated with

spread the good news that she has a platform to energize voters to vote for her as the candidate of choice based on her ideals and not the typical political money machine choice. She believes that the Democratic Party needs to “recapture its soul and become more morally sound to benefit not just a few but everyone!” In a rousing speech at the end of the year state party convention held at Disney’s Yacht and Beach Club Convention Center in Orlando, to a room full of Democrats, Keith told the party affiliates, “We are a Party that has always stood in the gap for those who have been disenfranchised, marginalized and discriminated against.

And now is the time to stand up for them!”

She listens to the frustrated voters who are not necessarily voting along party lines in making their decisions for who they want to elect. It is a mindset that is echoing in political arenas on all levels throughout the state and nation, where new candidates are making an appeal to fed-up Americans not voting for politics as usual.

This is where Keith may have an edge on her opponents, with the polls showing her presently with 11 percent support at the

Dr. Tameka Hobbs is University Historian and Assistant Professor of History at Florida Memorial University. She has won multiple community and educational awards. A noted author, Dr. Hobbs is a national recognized expert on African American issues

end of last month, and available support to win over the 31 percent Undecided and 15 percent other.

(Read full story on www.thewestsidegazette.com) and has been published in several media outlets. Dr. Hobbs received a B.A. in History and Anthropology at Florida A&M University, and a M.A. in U.S. History and Doctorate of Philosophy in U.S. History, Historical Administration and Public History from Florida State University. She founded the FAMU History Association, the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society at Florida A&M University, and the Lions for Justice at Florida Memorial University. She is a member of the Association of African American Museums, American Historical Association, Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Association of Black Women Historians, Florida Historical Society and Southern Historical Association. She is a resident of Miramar.

New Baby Rattlers: (l to r): Eric Nadekow (Piper High), Jessica Louissaint (Pompano Beach High), Maggie Bassey (Atlantic Technical High) and Chanell Paraison (J.P. Taravella High).

Not pictured are: Shanorri Ashley (Stranahan High), Calvin Chambliss (Blanche Ely), Jada Love (McArthur High), Rochard Moricette (Blanche Ely) and Jennifer Francois (Blanche Ely)

Birthday celebration for Janie Burgess McCutheon

McCUTHEON A birthday celebration for Janie Burgess McCutheon will be held on June 26, 2016 at 5 p.m. at the IBEW, 301 N.E. First St., Pompano Beach, Fla.

Janie Burgess McCutheon was born in Lake City, South Carolina on June 21, 1916.

She was united in marriage to the late Eugene McCutcheon, Sr. at the early age of 13 and he was 17. They were marriage for 48 years when he passed away.

From this union they had nine children: Annie Ruth Gaskin, Eugene McCutcheon, Jr., Elizabeth Jordan (de-ceased); Leroy McCutcheon (de-ceased); Mary Banks, James Russell McCutheon (deceased); Melva Crutchfield, Jill Vivian McCutheon and Kersandra Perry (deceased).

McCutcheon has 41 grandchildren, 75 great grandchildren; 48 great great grandchildren and one great great great grandchild.

She has resided in South Florida for 62 years.

the growing costs of higher education is a little less.

Since 1963, Broward Alumni Chapter has awarded over $200,000 to eligible high school seniors to assist with the cost of tuition, books and other much needed items.

The 2016 Broward Alumni Chapter Scholarship recipients includes: Shanorri Ashley, Stranahan High; Calvin Chambliss, Blanche Ely High; Jada Love, McArthur High; Rochard Moricette, Blanche Ely High; Maggie Bassey, Atlantic Technical Center High; Jennifer Francois, Pompano Beach High; Chanell Paraison, JP Taravella High; Eric Nadekow, Piper High. In addition to high school awards, Scholarships have also been awarded to students attending the Florida A&M University Law School in Orlando. These tuition scholarships are paid directly to the school.

The Broward County Alumni Chapter congratulates the recipients and thanks all the applicants for their interest and efforts.

For more information or to become a member call (954) 430-9760.

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Lauderhill Commissioner Ken Thurston (c) held his first Teacher Appreciation Breakfast for the 16 teachers who received the Teacher of the Year Accolade from the Broward School Board where Lauderhill students are served. The breakfast was held May 26, 2016 at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center. The teachers were given Certificates of Appreciation along with a Bag of Goodies including a Visa Gift Card. Pictured are the 16 teachers, Thurston and School Board Member At Large -Robin Bartleman, far right.

Muhammad Ali remembered as 'The Greatest' and A 'True American Hero' (Cont'd from FP) Ali’s family also thanked the public for the outpouring of support.

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff in Ali’s honor.

“The values of hard work, conviction and compassion that Muhammad Ali developed while growing up in Louisville helped him become a global icon,” Fischer

In 1968, Muhammad Ali started a chain of burger joints called ChampBurger. He opened one in Coconut Grove; one in Liberty City; and this one in Fort Lauderdale, on Sistrunk Boulevard.

(Thomas Hoepker, 1970) said in statement released on Twitter. “As a boxer, he became ‘The Greatest,’ though his most lasting victories happened outside the ring. Muhammad leveraged his fame as a platform to promote peace, justice and humanitarian efforts around the world, while always keeping strong ties to his hometown.”

Fischer continued: “Today, Muhammad Ali’s fellow Louisvillians join the billions whose lives he touched worldwide in mourning his passing, celebrating his legacy, and committing to continue his fight to spread love and hope. Thank you, Muhammad, for all you’ve

given your city, your country and the world.”

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama also paid tribute to Ali. “Like everyone else on the planet, Michelle and I mourn his passing,” Obama said in a statement. The President said he keeps a pair of Ali’s gloves on display in his White House study. “But, we’re grateful to God for how fortunate we are to have known him, if just for a while; for how fortunate we all are that ‘The Greatest’ chose to grace our time.”

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Worship T his and Every Sunday at the Church of Your Choice This

Bethel Missionary Baptist Church 2211 N.W. 7th Street, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33061 Church: (954) 583-9368 Email: bethelmbchurchfl@att.net

Reverend Jimmy L. English PASTOR WORSHIP SERVICES Sunday Worship ............................................................. 8 a.m. & 11 a.m.

Sunday School ........................................................................... 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday (Prayer Service & Bible Study) ............................... 7:30 a.m.

Saturday (Women Bible Study) ............................................................ 8 a.m.

"Baptized Believers working together to do the will of God"

New Birth Baptist Church The Cathedral of Faith International Bishop Victor T. Curry, M.Min., D.Div. Senior Pastor/Teacher 2300 N.W. 135th Street Miami, Florida 33167

ORDER OF SERVICES Sunday Worship ........................................................ 7:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Sunday School ....................................................................................................... 9:30 a.m.

Tuesday (Bible Study) ......................................................................................... 6:45 p.m.

Wednesday (Bible Study) ............................................................................... 10:45 a.m.

1-800-254-NBBC * (305) 685-3700 (o) *(305) 685-0705 (f) www.newbirthbaptistmiami.org

New Mount Olive Baptist Church 400 N.W. 9th Ave., Ft. Lauderdale 33311 (954) 463-5126 ● Fax: (954) 525-9454 CHURCH OFFICE HOURS Monday - Friday 8:00 - 4:00 p.m.

911 N.W. 209 Ave., Suite 122 PEMBROKE PINES, FL 33029 (954) 297-9530 ewc@elevatingwordchurch.org www.elevatingwordchurch.org Sunday Prayer -- 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship -- 10:45 a.m.

Wednesday Adult & Youth Bible Study -- 7:30 p.m.

MONTHLY EVENTS *Men’s and Women’s Ministry, *Villa Maria Nursing Home *Food Distribution

Pastor McQuaise & Antoinette Hepburn

“Renewing minds, transforming lives, and impacting the world for Christ.”

Senior Pastor Sunday .................................................... 7:15 a.m. 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School ............................................................................ 10:00 a.m.

Wednesday Noonday Service .................................. 12:00-12:30 p.m.

Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting ............................................ 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday Night Bible Study ................................................... 7:00 p.m.

Where the kingdom of God is increased through Fellowship.

Leadership, Ownership and Worship F.L.O.W. To Greatness!

St Paul United Methodist Church 244 S.E. Second Avenue Deerfield Beach, Florida 33341 (954) 427-9407 EMAIL EMAIL:: Stpaulmeth@bellsouth.net WEBSITE WEBSITE:: saintpauldeerfield.com

Rev. Dr. Jimmie L. Brown Senior Pastor

SERVICES

Sunday School .................................................................................... 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship ................................................................................ 11 a.m.

Bible Study (Tuesday) ....................................................... 11 a.m. & 7.p.m.

Obituaries James C. Boyd Funeral Home Harris Chapel United Methodist Church Rev. Juana Jordan, M.Div E-MAIL:juana.jordan@flumc.org 2351 N.W. 26th Street Oakland Park, Florida 33311 Church Telephone: (954) 731-0520 Church Fax: (954) 731-6290

SERVICES Sunday Worship ................................................. 7:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School .............................................................................. 9:00 a.m.

Wednesday (Bible Study) ........................................... 11a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Mount Calvary Baptist Church

800 N.W. 8th Avenue Pompano Beach, Florida 33060 Church Telephone: (954) 943-2422 Church Fax: (954) 943-2186 E-mail Address: Mtcalvarypompano@bellsouth.net

Reverend Anthony Burrell, Pastor SCHEDULE OF SERVICES SUNDAY

New Member Orientation ........................... 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School ................................................ 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service ........................................ 11:00 a.m.

WEDNESDAY Prayer Meeting ............................................... 6:00 p.m.

Bible Study ..................................................... 7:00 p.m.

"Doing God's Business God's Way, With a Spirit of Excellence"

Mount Hermon A.M.E. Church Reverend Henry E. Green, Jr., Pastor 401 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311 Phone: (954) 463-6309 FAX 954 522-4113 Office Hours: Tuesday - Friday 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Email infor@mthermonftl.com

SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES Worship Service ..................................................................... 7:30 & 10:30 a.m.

Fifth Sunday ONLY .................................................................................... 10 a.m.

Church School ........................................................................................ 9:15 a.m.

BIBLE STUDY: Wednesday ....................................................................... 10 a.m.

Gems & Jewels Ministry Senior Wednesday Wednesday (Bible Study) .................................................... 12 Noon & 7 - 8 p.m.

Daily Prayer Line ...................................................................................... 6 a.m.

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Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church 1161 NW 29th Terr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 33311 (954) 581-0455 ● Fax: (954) 581-4350 www.mtzionmbc1161.com

Dr. James B. Darling, Jr., Pastor/Teacher WORSHIP SERVICES Worship Service ............................................................................................................ 10:15 a.m.

Sunday School ................................................................................................................ 9:00 a.m.

Communion Service (1st Sunday) ........................................................................... 10:15 a.m.

Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting ........................................................................... 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday Night Bible Study ................................................................................... 7:00 p.m.

Saturday (2nd & 4th) Christian Growth & Orientation ................................... 8:30 a.m.

But be doers of the Word - James 1:22 nkjv - “A Safe Haven, and you can get to Heaven from here”

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Williams Memorial CME “PRAYER IS THE ANSWER” 644-646 NW 13th Terrace Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 (954) 462-5711(Ministry Office Line) (954) 462-8222(Pastor’s Direct Line) Email: wm_cme@bellsouth.net (Church} pastorCal50@yahoo.com (Pastor)

Rev. Cal Hopkins.

M.Div) Senior Pastor/Teacher

Dr. Marcus D. Davidson, WORSHIP SERVICES & BIBLE STUDY

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STOVEALL Funeral services for the late Mr. Eddie Stoveall, Jr. – 65 were held June 4 a t Fort Lauderdale Multicultural Church of God In Christ.

STROMAN Funeral services for the late Joseph Ashon Stroman – 32 were held June 4 at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Elder Kenneth Washington officiating. Interment: Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens (Central).

Baptist Church with Pastor Jimmy Witherspoon officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

CARTER Funeral services for the late Sister Debra Jean Carter - 56 were held June 4 at Brown’s Temple F.B.H. Church with Rev. Michael Davis officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

McWhite's Funeral Home

HARVEY Funeral services for the late Otis Harvey III 37 were held June 4 at New Mount Olive Baptist Church with Pastor Jimmy Witherspoon officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Garden.

BALDIE Funeral services for the late Hilda Louise Baldie - 97 were held June 4 at Saint Benedict’s Episcopal Church with Rev. Albert R. Cutie officiating.

HAYNES Funeral services for the late Donte D. Haynes were held June 3 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

CAMPER Funeral services for the late Cedrick C. Camper - 40 were held June 4 at New Mount Olive

HOLMES Funeral services for the late Brian Christopher “B Head” Holmes – 42 were held June 4 at

The WITNESS of “The WILL” Sunday Worship Experiences ................................................................ 7:45 and 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School ................................................................................................................. 9:30 a.m.

Tuesday Night Triumph {Prayer, Praise and Power} Prayer Meeting ................................................................................................................ 7:00 p.m.

Bible Study ........................................................................................................................ 7:30 p.m.

We STRIVE to PROVIDE Ministries that matter TODAY to Whole Body of Christ, not only the Believers, but also for those stranded on the “Jericho Road”!

“Celebrating over 85 Years of FAITH and FAVOR! Come to the WILL ... We’ll show You the WAY: Jesus the Christ!”

McWhite’s Funeral Home. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Worship Center with Pastor James B. Darling, Jr. officiating.

LAMAR Funeral services for the late Lucy A. Lamar – 75 were held June 4 at First Baptist Church Piney Grove with Dr. Derrick J. Hughes officiating. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

WIMBLEY Funeral services for the late Mary L. Wimbley – 81 were held June 4 at Roy Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

MARTIN Funeral services for the late Lawrence Anthony “Bam” Martin, Jr. – 39 were held June 4 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. John Mohorn officiating.

Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens.

PIERRE Funeral services for the late Bryson Louis-Pierre were held June 4 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel.

SHEPPARD Funeral services for the late Fannie Mae Sheppard – 86 were held June 4 at Greater Faith Temple.

Roy Mizell & Kurtz Funeral Home MOBLEY Funeral services for the late Deacon Ray Calvin Mobley, Sr. - 65 were held June 4 at New Bethel Primitive Baptist Church with Bishop Willie J. Scott officiating.

WILLIAMS Funeral services for the late Paul Lee Williams – 60 were held June 4 at Roy Mizell & Kurtz

We are sad to announce the passing of Bro. Tommie Lee Hankerson, the funeral will be held at Mount Hermon AME Church on Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 12 noon.

The repast following interment in the Family Life Center. Funeral services entrusted to Roy Mizell & Kurtz Funeral Home. The wake will be held Friday, June 10, from 6-8 p.m. at Mount Hermon AME Church.

Please keep the Hankerson family in prayer.

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By Marian Wright Edelman (President of the Children’s Defense Fund) “So Dad has joined the other [ancestors] up there. I feel that they do watch and guide, and I also feel that they join me in the hope that this story of our people can help alleviate the legacies of the fact that preponderantly the histories have been written by the winners.”

– Alex Haley, from the conclusion of Roots: The Saga of an American Family

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On the 40th anniversary of the publication of Alex Haley’s landmark book Roots: The Saga of an American Family, a new television adaptation is bringing renewed attention to the story that opened so many eyes to the harsh truth about American slavery and its aftermath — an aftermath that continues under new guises despite much progress.

The publication of Roots in 1976 came at a seminal moment in American history. Cities across America were hosting celebrations of the nation’s bicentennial and the founding creed set forth in the Declaration of Independence: “We hold

these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

In 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. reminded our nation and world on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial that America had never fully lived up to that promise: “When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.

This note was a promise that all men, yes, Black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the ‘unalienable Rights’ of ‘Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.’ It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked ‘insufficient funds.’”

With Roots Alex Haley provided an epic lesson in American history through the story

of his American family — slavery from the enslaved people’s point of view. His book spent months on the bestseller list and the original television adaptation of Roots that aired in January 1977 shattered viewing records as it gave tens of millions of people a visual, visceral experience of the true horrors of slavery. For the first time descendants of slaves, descendants of slave owners, and people of all backgrounds were sharing a common experience and understanding of America’s original sin whose after effects still radiate across our land.

Acknowledging that truth together was a transformative experience.

In the past year we have seen a welcome surge, prodded by new books on slavery, campus debates, and student protests, of new commitments by some universities and other institutions to confront the truth about their own histories, especially the ugly legacies of slavery and Native American genocide. Black Lives Matter protests denouncing indefensible deaths of Black youths and citizens at the hands of out of control law enforcement officials in Ferguson, Baltimore, Cleve-

Marian Wright Edelman says that confronting the truth about our nation’s profound birth defects and struggling deliberately to overcome them with open eyes, hearts, minds and deeds can free all of us. land, New York City, Texas, and elsewhere and the shocking racist vigilante citizen killings of Trayvon Martin in Florida and the massacre of praying Black church people in South Carolina heightened the need for greater racial awareness and national action.

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Black Music Month: Remembering the lives and legacies of our Black Musicians gone in 2016

LEGAL NOTICES PUBLICATION OF BID SOLICITATIONS Broward County Board of County Commissioners is soliciting bids for a variety of goods and services, construction and architectural/engineering services. Interested bidders are requested to view and download the notifications of bid documents via the Broward County Purchasing website at: www.broward.org/purchasing.

June 2, 9, 16, 23, 2016

ORDER OF PUBLICATION No. 2016 AA 77 IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF CARROLL COUNTY, TENNESSEE

Billy Paul - Dec. 1, 1934 – April 24, 2016--Legendary soul singer Billy Paul has died at the age of 81. According to his website, the musician passed away at his home in Blackwood, New Jersey after a serious medical condition.

In The Matter of: EYANA FAITH-WILLIAMS WARE (DOB: January 16, 2016), A Minor, JOSEPH GLENN BUTLER and MEGAN NELSON BUTLER, Petitioner MOTHER GOOSE ADOPTIONS OF ARIZONA, INC., Co-Petitioner vs.

JULIUS MARIO JOSEPH and ANY UNKNOWN FATHER, Respondents It appearing from the sworn petition for adoption and termination of parental rights filed in this cause, that the whereabouts of the Respondent, Julius Mario Joseph, may be known but the whereabouts of Respondent, Any Unknown Father, is unknown and cannot be ascertained upon diligent inquiry. It further appearing that Respondent, Julius Mario Joseph, is an AfricanAmerican male born on March 30, 1995, 5’10" tall, weighing 145 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes and has some tribal tattoos on his chest. His last known address is located at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

It is therefore ordered that Respondents, Julius Mario Joseph and Any Unknown Father, make their appearance herein at the Chancery Court of Carroll County, Tennessee, 99 Court Square, Huntingdon, Tennessee 38344 on Friday the 5th day of August 2016, at 10:00 a.m. and answer petitioners’ petition for adoption and termination of parental rights or the same will be taken for confessed as to Respondents and this cause proceeded with ex parte, and that a copy of this order be published once a week for four consecutive weeks in the Westside Gazette of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida.

This 6th day of May, 2016

Prince Roger Nelson - June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016 -- Legendary, iconic performer, Prince Rogers Nelson died at his Paisley Park residence at the age of 57. There were no further details as to the cause of death at this time.

Meredith Brasfield WEAVER & CRAIG, P.C. Attorneys for Petitioners 51 Germantown Court, Suite 112 Cordova, Tennessee 38018 (901) 757-1700 Chancery Court of Carroll County Chancellor Carma McGee Kenneth Todd, Clerk & Master

By Holly D. Williams, D.C. &M. May 26, 2016 June 2, 9, 16, 2016

Vanity(Denise Matthews) – Jan. 4, 1959 – Feb. 15, 2016 - Denise Matthews, who as Vanity fronted the group Vanity 6 but was best known for her collaboration with Prince, died at a hospital in Fremont, California.

Spokesperson Gisela Hernandez did not say when Matthews died or under what circumstances.

the silky smooth R&B singersongwriter and producer whose 1975 single “I Want’a Do Something Freaky to You” was famously sampled by Dr. Dre and others, died in his sleep in Los Angeles.

Leon Haywood - Feb. 11, 1942 – April 5, 2016 -- Leon Haywood,

Phife Dawg - Nov. 20, 1970 – March 22, 2016 -- Phife Dawg, a founding member of the rap group A Tribe Called Quest, Phife, whose real name is Malik Taylor, suffered a series of medical complications in recent years.

Daryl Coley - Oct. 30, 1955 – March 15, 2016 -- Minister and Gospel singer Daryl Coley has died in hospice care. Known for songs like “He’s Preparing Me,” “When Sunday Comes “and “Beyond the Vail,” Coley was born in Berkley, California.

with Parkinson’s disease. The band is known for hits such as Shining Star, September, Boogie Wonderland.

Nicholas Caldwell – April 5, 1944 – Jan. 5, 2016 -- Nicholas Caldwell, co-founder and singer with the California R&B group The Whispers, has died. He was 71 of congestive heart failure at his San Francisco home.

Maurice White –Dec. 19, 1941 – Feb. 4, 2016 -- Maurice White, founder and co-vocalist of Earth, Wind & Fire has died aged 74. His brother confirmed the musician died in his sleep in Los Angeles after a long battle

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by Artist Yvette Michele Booth

By Victor Trammell

THE UNKOWNS FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - This story is the second part of looking at local and national art history created by the famed Florida Highwaymen. This highwaymen’s movement in art began in the 1950’s with Alfred Hair; he was the nucleus of a group of nine artists (Harold Newton, Alfred Hair, Roy McLendon, James Gibson, Livingston Roberts, Mary Ann Carroll, Sam Newton, Willie Daniels, and Al Black) that came together for the betterment oftheir lives. Hair studied art with A.E. “Bean� Backus a known landscape painter in Fort Pierce, Fla. This is of note because the Black artists during the 1950’s had to abide by Jim Crow laws and these laws did not allow them to showcase their work in galleries and museums, let alone go to art school to be formally taught.

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Jackson is a part of a gospel/inspirational music group called “We are Young“ which is composed of four members, and what makes it special is that they’re all family. Jackson is also attending Broward College, working towards a master’s degree in health science to later have a career in physical therapy.

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ART ON HIV/AIDS

Artists of all ages have a message to share in helping eradicate this epidemic that is affecting our community.

Broward County has the second highest new infection rates of HIV in the state of Florida.

From the Broward County Dept. of Health

Photography Credits: Westside Gazette Stock Photography, Uknowns , Jacques and Jackson, Yvette Michele Booth. Sandra Justice for Sandra Justice.Advertising call (954)-525-1489

Teaching your children the importance of being self-sufficient by working hard and saving their own money is truly the best gift you can give that keeps on giving.

A teenager from Memphis, Tenn. has exhibited that gift and paid for his college education in full. According to Q13 Fox, a local Memphis news source, 17-year-old Kevuntez King started selling newspapers on Sundays when he was 12 years old.

King’s goal was to raise money to secure a college education for himself in a country like the U.S.A., that in systemically sound fashion, aggressively denies poor ethnic minorities the ability to receive their formal education for the purpose of living the American dream.

The “American Dream� is basically the ability to attain a good education, work a great

a household that affords you the ability to take good care of your hopeful spouse and children in the long run.

The first step of course, is to gain a degree from a good university. Achieving this feat could possibly afford you the opportunity to get a good job out of college that will pay you a salary capable of granting you a genuine mid to upper middleclass lifestyle.

King wanted to accumulate this for himself without using the government or academic scholarships to pay his way. “I just stay away from the negativity and try to always be positive,� King told a local media source in an exclusive interview.

While growing up in a household with a single Black mother, King understood the adversities he would face in his mission to live the American dream as a young adult. His five-year run of dedicated work as a youth helped him overcome those adversities.

KING King has been accepted into Tennessee State University after paying the tab to attend college by himself. He says that surrounding himself with supportive people has helped him achieve his goal. “Make sure you surround yourself with people that’re trying to go up in life and not trying to bring you down. Just stay positive and always believe in yourself and push for it,� he told a local Memphis news source.

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