Any child can experience abuse or neglect, and if these issues are not addressed, according to one expert, their health and well-being later in life will suffer. Dr. Vincent Felitti shared his research recently at the Child and Youth Behavioral Health Leadership Summit in Co-lumbus. As author of a major study on adverse childhood experiences, Felitti said trauma can be caused by physi-cal or emotional neglect, sexual abuse and exposure to alcoholism or depression.

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Boy Scout Ricky Colbert of-Boy Scout Troop 5719 from Good Hope Baptist Church, helped to plant flags on veterans’ graves at Woodland Cemetery in preparation for the Memorial Day celebration at 10:00 a.m. to honor the veterans buried at the cemetery. His troop will participate in the flag raising ceremony as well.

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Services were held for Isaiah Christopher Lampkins, 24, who was fatally shot in Pep-per Pike, on May 27 at Calhoun Funeral Home, and he is survived by his parents and his daughter, Aniyah. Matthew Stecher, 40, who at first claimed to be a uber driver from Niles, Ohio, told po-lice that he shot and Lampkins for trying to steal a bag of mari-juana from him om . Strecher’s lawyer claimed Stecher was em-ployed as an Uber driver and was lured to the unoccupied home in Pepper Pike the night of the shooting. The lawyer claims Stecher was robbed at gunpoint and forced to fight for his life. Kevin Mahone, 21, called 911 to report that Stecher had shot Lampkins. In the 911

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The 20-year-old grandson of Cleveland May-or Frank Jackson is charged with illegally possessing a gun. Frank Q. Jackson Jr. is charged with felony car-rying a concealed weapon. Jackson appeared in court Monday in a Cleveland Cavaliers T-shirt with his attor-ney Sydney Saffold. According to the report, the officer found a loaded .40-caliber Glock handgun in the truck, along with 42 more bullets and a digital scale with sus-pected marijuana residue on it.

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City declines support for ‘Million Women March’ Organizers of an effort to bring an assembly of one million black women to Cleveland to com-memorate the 20th anniversary of the Million Woman March held a press conference recently to reveal that Cleveland has declined to sup-port it. The original Million Wom-an March occurred in Philadelphia in 1997. It was said to be the larg-est gathering of black women in the history of the country, having drawn approximately 2.5 million people. Twenty years later, a re-union is to take place in October. Cities being considered for hosting the gathering are Washington D.C. and Detroit. Local organizers have ex-pressed an interest in bringing the event to Cleveland. Touting the potential benefit to the economy of the city, it was noted that 2.5 mil-lion people translated to $25 mil-lion generated. Current estimates are for twice that amount. Angela Sayles, who serves on a committee of the National Million Woman March, attended the march while in graduate school. Of bringing the event to Cleveland she said, “It makes sense to me.

At least a million people that would generate potentially $50 million...it’s business! The city could use that money.” According to Sayles, the city declined to participate in hosting the event which

recording released by the Pepper Pike Police Department, Mahone tells the dispatcher that “Hon-estly, we were about to buy mari-juana and it went wrong.” He remained at the scene until para-medics arrived to treat Lampkins. Officers found Lampkins at 12:45 a.m. while investigating a report of shots fired at the vacant house.

Akinyemi Alafin Af-frica, 45, the owner of Zanzibar Soul Fusion Restuarant in Shaker Square was shot last night at clos-ing in an attempted armed robbery. Police were called to the scene and assited the owner who was shot twice near the back door of the restaurant.He was shot in the ankle and the thigh.He was transported to University Hospi-tal, and his condition is unknown at this time. Earlier Thursday eve-ning, police reponded to a shoot-ing on a playground. Aramis Roey, 27, was shot to death after refusing to fight a man while he played basketball with his nephews at a park. He

Vaughn P. Johnson , deputy director of the Buckeye Shaker Square Development Corporation, said a banner announcing a new grocery store and pharmacy to fill the space vacated by Giant Eagle closing, is to give hope to the neighborhood. According to Johnson, many stakeholders and community leaders have been working hard to bring a new grocer to the Buckeye Plaza. He hopes to announce final details of the project soon.

would require the involvement of the city’s safety forces. However, no written memorandum or of-ficial documents have been pro-vided as a response to the request for participation. A decision regarding the

He died after paramedics took him to the hospital for treatment. Police say Mahone and Stecher set up a drug deal where Stecher was going to sell Mahone a pound of a marijuana. The sched-uled to make the deal on May 22 at a vacant home on Fairmount Bou-levard in Pepper Pike Lampkins and Da’Jon Ca-

routhers, 21 went with Mahone to the house. According to the report, as Mahone and Stecher were talking, the Lampkins and Carouthers tried to steal the bag of drugs from Stecher. When Stecher resist-ed, a struggle ensued. Stecher told police that one of the men put a gun to the back of his

head and cocked it. Stecher said he rolled over on the ground, pulled his own gun and fired three shots, and the men scattered. Two of the shots had struck Lampkins, who collapsed after he ran about 20 feet. Police found an unloaded gun next to his body. Stecher ran to his car and drove away, he was arrested on May 22. He made an ap-pearance with his attorney, Justin

Weatherly, on bond was set at $50,000.00 on May 31. Stecher was originally charged with voluntary man-slaughter in Shaker Heights Mu-nicipal Court, but now will not face charges in the Lampkin’s death.He faces only a fourth-degree felony drug trafficking charge in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. While Stecher is likely to plea to down to no jail time, Mahone and Carouthers are each charged with felony murder be-cause they participated in an aggravated robbery that led to Lampkins’ death, court records say. All three men plead-ed not guilty at their Wednes-day arraignment. Malone and Carouthers are being held on $500,000 bond. Stecher posted 10 percent of a $50,000 bond and was released.

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eventual location of the reunion is pending. It is expected within the next couple of weeks. Say-les says an event will be held in Cleveland in conjunction with the reunion regardless of the placement of the march.

Darrell L. Williams, who is with Brothers In Support, and a friend listen to Cleophus Miller from the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) discuss the ‘Million Women March.’Organizers of an effort to bring an as-sembly of one million black women to Cleveland to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Million Woman March held a press conference recently to reveal that Cleveland has declined to support it. The original Million Woman March occurred in Philadelphia in 1997. It was said to be the largest gathering of black women in the history of the country, having drawn approximately 2.5 million people.

Zanzibar owner shot as gun violence increases .

was shot three times in the head and back about 7:20 p.m. at Gaw-ron Park on East 136th Street and Harvard Avenue.

According to police, Roey was playing basketball with his two young nephews at the park when an argument broke out between two people. Roey intervened and a man who started the argument tried to get Roey to fight him. When Roey refused and walked away and he re-turned pick up some of the gear he left near the basketball court, the man pulled out a handgun and shot him twice. Roey fell to the ground and the man walked over to him and shot him a third time.Four juveniles ran from the park as the shots were fired, ac-cording to police reports. The shooter also ran and has not been arrested.Roey was pro-nounced dead at the park, police said. Police are also investigating the fatal shooting of a man at East 36th Street and Longwood Avenue about 1 a.m. He suffered at least two gunshot wounds in a drive-by shoot-ing. Paramedics rushed the 37-year-old man to MetroHealth around 1 a.m. after he was found unrespon-

sive and lying on the sidewalk. The man, who has not been identified, died at the hospital. According to the police report, the victim had been talking to a group of other men in the 2500 block of E. 36th Street when a dark-colored SUV pulled up and someone inside fired shots at the group.The victim and other men ran from the area, but the victim fell to the ground near the inter-section.Further details about the shooting, including the victim’s age, have not yet been releasd. Police have not said whether anyone has been arrest-ed in connection with the shoot-ing, but homicide detectives continue investigating.A man was shot on about 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday in the 1100 block of East 124th. Police did not provide information about the man’s condition or what led up to the shooting. There have been 50 homicides in the city in 2017.

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Then Wednesday came around and in the middle of a project in the afternoon, my wife came in and said, “Here, I thought you might enjoy an apple fritter for today.” Without thinking, I took it, smiled and thanked her most graciously for this afternoon treat. Nothing bolsters my day more than a warm apple fritter. Noth-ing goes better with a cup of coffee than an apple fritter. I am quite convinced that in heaven we will enjoy apple fritters. With me, whenever I have an apple fritter in the afternoon, the day goes by so smoothly. I enjoyed that apple fritter to the nth degree, whatever that may mean. I did not think much of it, because you should just enjoy your day and whatever blessings come, like an apple fritter, just enjoy it to the best of your ability. Let me repeat that I am not a very superstitious person (knock on wood), but I do like to take precau-tions. Once it is over, I like to move on. Then on Thurs-day, the inconceivable hap-pened. “Here,” my wife said most cheerfully, “I thought you would enjoy an apple fritter for the after-noon.” I did not know what to do or say. I put on a greasy smile, accepted the apple fritter, nodded my head and said, “Thank you.” For her to bring me one apple fritter was a won-derful thing, and I deeply appreciate it and did not give it too much thought. For her to bring me the second apple fritter was a little suspicious, but I was

not going to say anything or spoil the moment or dis-courage her in any way, so I accepted it. Now the third apple fritter, three days in a row, has made me more than suspicious. I do not want to be judgmental here. I certainly don’t want to do anything that would spoil the next apple fritter that might come. But I was sus-picious. I mean, I was very suspicious about the whole scenario. For her to bring me three apple fritters in a row, knowing that she does not like apple fritters, caused me to rethink the whole sit-uation. Why, for example, was she doing this? What was she expecting from me in return? How much trou-ble am I really in now? All of these ques-tions jammed my brain so that I could think of nothing more. Has she come over to my side concerning these apple fritters? Or, was she setting me up for some-thing? As I slowly munched on the third apple fritter, my mind went a mil-lion miles an hour. My mind was going so fast I almost could not enjoy the apple fritter. Never fear, I took the time to enjoy the apple frit-ter, then I resumed my sus-picious thinking. The first thing I thought about Friday morn-ing when I got up was the suspicious apple fritters. Was she going to bring me another apple fritter today? Would I find out today the scheme behind this apple fritter scenario? Friday afternoon as I was involved in some work my wife passed by and said, “How’s every-thing going? You getting some work done?” I nodded and she continued walking without presenting me with an apple fritter. To this day, she has never mentioned the apple fritter scenario. I, loving life and all its amenities, have nev-er questioned her about it. What she meant by it and what was happening, I probably will never know. Thinking about this I was reminded of what David once said, “This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it” (Psalm 118:24). I do not know the story behind the apple frit-ters, but I certainly rejoice in those apple fritters. Call him at 352-687-4240 or e-mail jamess-nyder2@att.net. The church web site is www.whatafel-lowship.com.

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The various Proto(types) Of Black American MuslimsBy MUHAMMAD FRASER-RAHIM Last month, Presi-dent Donald Trump made his first foreign trip as com-mander in chief of the Unit-ed States to Saudi Arabia. That nation plays a critical role in U.S. foreign policy and is integral in the fight to combat violent extremism largely emanating from the Middle East. In his keynote ad-dress at the Arab-Islamic American Summit in Ri-yadh, Trump said, “I chose

to make my first foreign visit a trip to the heart of the Muslim world” to promote a unified position between the U.S. and the Muslim world to stand against transnational extremism. As I watched the speech live on my flight across the Atlantic Ocean from an international confer-ence where I presented on how Western communities can remain resilient against violent extremism, I couldn’t help but think about some of the insights from my

presentation and particularly my own personal experience as a third-generation Black American Muslim.Let’s be clear, though Islam began in the Arabian Penin-sula, the Arab world is not where most of the global Muslim population resides. Recent texts, in-cluding Harvard Professor Ousmane Kane’s Beyond Timbuktu and Boston Uni-versity Professor Fallou Ngom’s Muslims Beyond the Arab World, highlight the importance of Islamic

thought and intellectual knowledge emanating from outside the Arab world. Recent polling data, including the 2015 Pew Research Center report un-derlining the current and projected size of Muslim religious groups globally, offer even more compelling insights. Most importantly, the report expresses the true diversity of Islam and that Muslims are largely non-Arabs. Furthermore, the report indicates that more Muslims live in India and Pakistan than in the Middle East-North Africa region, and some of the fastest growing populations are in continental Europe and the Americas. All this points to the reality of a global and shift-ing Muslim demographic, and more specifically, the important role of the Ameri-can Muslim population — and even more specifically, Black American Muslims — at-large. Despite Black American Muslims having paid the way historically for many mainstream Muslim organizations — like the Council on American-Islam-ic Relations (CAIR), Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), Muslim Student Associa-tion (MSA), Muslim Public Affairs Council, Zaytuna College and several other Islamic institutions — the current visibility of Black American Muslims seems to have almost entirely been erased from the public dis-course. Wha t ha s hap -pened? Where have our communities gone? What has happened to the oldest

Islamic school institution in the U.S., Clara Mohammed Schools, and new Muslim communities learning from their sweat and tears? Even the institu-tional memory of notable and renowned Black Ameri-can imams, including Imam Siraj Wahaj, Imam Warith Deen Mohammed, Imam Al-Hajj Talib Abdur-Rashid and leading Muslim activ-ists, has been seen in many mainstream circles as being hyper vigilant on race issues and in some way inferior to co-religionists who often struggle to differentiate be-tween culture and religion largely emanating from their experiences in their country of birth. Black American Muslims are a quarter of the population and represent the largest percentage of American Muslims in the U.S., and are able to be part of all aspects of American society, including being doc-tors, lawyers, small-business owners and just ordinary Americans with a proud Islamic identity. Our communities are evolving as we move to-ward the future. We now rep-resent communities within communities after the legacy of our Black American Mus-lim forefathers and mothers who established the frame-work for our entire Muslim community’s existence. For at least the past 50 years, sub-communities among Black American Muslims — including the Ahmadiyya, Nation of Islam, Imam WD Mohammed af-filiates, the Dar movement, Imam Jamil Al-Amin asso-ciates and numerous other Salafi, Sufi and Shia adher-ents — have been working hard to maintain the identity

of their past and to receive proper recognition for their hard work. Now, perhaps due to the realities of our com-munities being third-, fourth- and fifth-generation Black American Muslims, we are seeing an unprecedented evolution. Conservative, secular, cultural and hybrid Muslim identities are devel-oping at a rate that, perhaps because of globalization or societal evolution, is equally affecting our communities. And, millennial Black American Muslims have new relationships and friendships with immigrant Muslims that are some-times free of our parents’ and grandparents’ real and/or perceived tensions with these communities. And a steady inflow of new converts (reverts) of Black American heritage, some who are millennials and others who are new to the faith, are also aligning themselves with al-Qaida and the so-called Islamic State, challenging how our communities respond to this global epidemic. Our communities are no longer a monolith. And that isn’t a bad thing. How Black American Mus-lims seek to respond to this changing reality and build on its inheritance of leader-ship should offer thoughtful reflection and opportuni-ties within Black American Muslim communities and

for their co-religionists of White, South Asian and Arab ethnic identities, to name a few. Black Ameri-can Muslims make up the largest indigenous Muslim community in any Western democracy, and offer an in-dependent voice free of some of the sectarian pettiness and cultural baggage that has unfortunately permeated communities in the broader Islamic world and some in the Diaspora. By lending our voices, amplifying our theo-logical and philosophical views rooted in our experi-ences in America, we can be a voice of balance and reason globally. Without Black American Muslims stepping up to this chal-lenge and providing real and meaningful solutions, the various prototypes of Black Americans who are diverse, eclectic and authentically Muslim won’t be heard. Our vo ices a re needed more than ever.

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By KARL BRYANT

The Cavs came up short in the 2017 NBA Finals, but it certainly wasn’t for lack of try-ing. After getting beat in the last 45 seconds of Game 3 in Cleve-land, they found themselves in an insurmountable 0-3 hole. Yet, they didn’t give up. The Cavs came out firing on all cylinders – setting NBA records for points in a quarter (49), points in a half (86), and three point shots made (24) – while clobbering what had been the unbeatable Warriors, 137-116, in Game 4. Regretta-bly, they fought hard in Game 5, but finally ran out of gas in the 4th quarter and lost. While blowing out G.S. in Game 4 - which ended the Warriors’ 15-game post sea-son winning streak - the Cavs looked like they were building momentum. They played hard and didn’t back down – even having shoving matches that al-most turned into bare-knuckle fights. National pundits were saying that the Warriors better win Game 5 in Oakland, because there was no way they would win a Game 6 in Cleveland, which

129-120. Durant, who contro-versially left the Thunder, who took the Warriors to seven games last year in the Western Confer-ence Finals, to join what was al-ready a super team, was named Finals MVP. While the Cavs gave up way too many offen-sive rebounds and had mediocre foul shooting, which contributed greatly to their series loss, the big difference was Durant. Steph Curry had the occasional run toward the bas-

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Ohio State announced on Monday that Chris Holtmann, 45, would leave his job at Butler University to become the next Buckeyes basketball coach. He agreed to an eight-year deal worth nearly $3 million per season, a remarkable pinnacle for a grinder who didn’t break into Division I coaching until he got hired as an assistant at Gardner-Webb in 2003. Since then, Holtmann has rock-eted up the coaching ladder, his ascent marked by a quiet intensity, understated manner and uncanny ability to connect with players. Holtmann went 70-31 in his three seasons at Butler, reaching the NCAA tournament each year. He deftly steadied a program that navigated the loss of coach Brandon Miller to health issues and the quantum leap to the Big East from the Horizon League in a two-year span from 2011 to 2013. “I think it’s a spectacular hire,” said Providence coach Ed Cooley. “Ohio State is fortunate to have him.” Holtmann replaces Thad Matta as the new coach. Matta, 49, coached the Buckeyes for 13 years.

Ohio State hires Holtmann as coach LeBron James started it last year. After his Cleveland Cavaliers overcame a 3-1 series deficit against the Golden State Warriors to win the 2016 NBA title, the superstar trolled the runner-ups by wearing an old-school WWF “Ultimate Warrior” T-shirt to a team rally and prominently displaying a “3-1” decoration at his Halloween party. Now that the Warriors are league Champions, it’s Draymond Green’s turn. At the team’s championship rally on Thurs-day, the star forward wore a T-shirt featuring the word “Quickie” done in the style of the logo on the Cavaliers’ home base, Quicken Loans Arena. Green said the shirtt was inspired by Golden State’s five-game dismissal of the Cavaliers in the NBA finals.

Draymond Green wears a ‘Quickie’ T-shirt

James Lovewould leave a dicey winner-take-all Game 7, when anything – an injury or cold shooting hand - could abruptly turn the tide. In Game 5, the Cavs almost matched Golden State shot-for-shot and were within six points with 8 ½ minutes left. Un-fortunately, back-to-back driv-ing dunks by Kevin Durant and Andre Iguodala put the Warriors ahead by 10 and they maintained a double-digit margin until the Cavs last bucket with 15 seconds remaining made the final score,

By KARL BRYANT

The Dodgers jour-neyed to Progressive Field for the first time in 14 years, do to a quirk in the Interleague Play scheduling, and immediately started to beat up Andrew Miller. The Tribe’s Bullpen Ace, who prior to the Dodgers visit, had an unbelievably microscopic 0.29 ERA. In the first two games facing him, the Dodgers smacked two HRs and scored five runs, while handing him two defeats and driving up his ERA over a full run to 1.60. Miller essentially wasted fine outings by Trevor Bauer and Corey Kluber. In the 8th inning of Tuesday’s game, he gave up a HR to Rookie phenom Cody Bellinger to break a 2-2 tie and ultimately was saddled with a 7-5 loss, as subsequent reliev-ers allowed more runs, including another HR to Bellinger. Indian Daniel Robert-son got the first HR of his 3-year MLB career - a 3-Run shot - in the 9th inning to make it close. L.A. Ace Clayton Kershaw (9-2) got the win. The second loss was not all Miller’s fault. He did give up an 8th inning HR for the second straight game, to PH Enrique Hernandez, and then loaded the bases with an infield single and two walks. Yet, he should’ve been out of the inning after inducing a ground ball for what looked to be a double play. Instead, Dodger Manager Dave Roberts, who toiled in the Tribe outfield during his first three years in the Majors, disputed the “out” call at 2nd base. He was right as replay clearly showed

Tribe Rookie 2B Erik Gonzalez missing the bag by nearly a foot as he tried the old “phantom tag” before throwing to 1B. Also, he poorly threw back home after taking a throw from Yan Gomes on a double steal in the 2nd in-ning to give LA their second run. Miller was upset and stomping around, so Tribe Man-ager Terry Francona, who spent part of the previous evening in the hospital with an undisclosed illness, thought it wise to bring in relief help. Zack McAllister promptly gave up a single that scored the other two runners and made the score 6-2. The Tribe scored twice in their half of the 8th, but that was it as Miller was charged with a 6-4 loss. Jose Ramirez earlier hit a HR for CLE. The defeat evened the Tribe’s record at Press Time to 31-31. They are an unbelievably horrid 1-9 in Interleague Play. Kluber only gave up one run on an infield hit and an-other one on the double steal. He struck out 10 and became the In-dians’ pitcher that’s accumulated 1000 strikeouts in the fewest amount of games – 148. A surprising num-ber of Dodger fans traveled to Cleveland to see their team play. Most said it’s been so long since they last visited, they wanted to make sure they got to Progres-sive Field. A couple of salesmen, Herb and Paul, came to town on a business trip and took in the game. Herb, wearing an LA cap, was familiar with Kluber’s exploits, saying, “I’m from Se-attle, so I know Kluber pretty well. He’s tough. Actually, San Francisco is my favorite N.L. team. I’m wearing the hat for him (pointing at Paul). “I’m a

L.A. savors ‘Miller Time’ with wins

ket, but usually relied on his pe-rimeter shooting. Durant made shots from beyond the arc and drove to the hoop many times while being barely contested. G.S. needed that since LeBron James put on a great performance - becoming the first player to average a Triple Double in the Finals (33.6 PPG, 12 boards, 10 assists). Kyrie Ir-ving was spectacular driving to the basket – while almost always having his shot contested – and earned high praise from TV talk-

big Dodger fan and I could take Herb being a fan of any other team other than the Giants,” Paul rejoined. Herb remarked, “Cleveland should win their di-vision even though they’re bare-ly playing .500. The Dodgers are having a real struggle with Colorado and Arizona in our (N.L. West) division. In the other two (divisions), only one team is

above .500.” Alberto, an L.A. fan with multiple pins on his cap, pointed to friends and said, “We want to go to each ballpark we’ve not been to, so we had to come to Cleveland. This field is pretty nice. We’re going to fol-low them (Dodgers) to Cincinna-ti next, even though we’ve been their before. It’s pretty close.” In

By KARL BRYANT

The Browns held Mini Camp this week and gave dif-ferent QBs a chance at leading the No. 1 offense. It was an op-portunity for the rookies to prac-tice with the veterans in training camp-style practices. After for-mer Notre Dame QB DeShone Kizer had his chance with the No. 1 offense on Wednesday, Coach Hue Jackson addressed the media. When asked is Kizer was ready to compete for the starting job, Jackson said, “We will see. Not yet. I just think there’s a lot of work to do and a lot of growing to do. As I said

Kizer gets chance at Browns Mini Camp

Legra

Boxing NostalgiaBy JIM AMATO

He was a two time world champion and a per-renial contender for the feath-erweight title for more then a decade. In a 15 year career he amassed 150 fights. He won 134 of them. At one point in his career he reeled off more than 50 straight wins. Are these the credentials for a future Hall Of fame inductee ? Born in Cuba in 1943, Legra turned pro in 1960. Although active, most of his early fights took place in Cuba and Mexico. He made his first appearance in Spain in 1963. It is there that he decided to live and ply his trade. He was tall, lean and very fast. He would befuddle his opponents with his grace and boxing skills. He would emerge as a serious threat for world honors. In 1965 Legra took a big step up meeting future champion Howard Winstone of Wales. The vastly talented Winstone defeated young Jose during ten rounds. Legra would not lose again until 1969. Some 50 plus bouts later. On

Jose Legra should be in the Hall of Fame

his march to a title fight Legra would defeat the likes of Love Allotey, Rafiu King, Don John-son, Yves Desmarets (for the EBU title) and Joe Tetteh.This led to a 1968 title shot against the newly crowned WBC feath-erweight titleholder, Howard Winstone. The rugged Winstone had failed no less then three times to dethrone the great Vin-cente Saldivar. All three were great battles. Finally when Saldivar retired Winstone was matched with Japan’s worthy Mitsunori Seki for the WBC version of the vacated crown.

Winstone finally cashed in halt-ing the game Seki in round nine. Now it was Legra’s turn. It was sweet revenge for Jose as he dropped Winstone twice in the first round and damaged How-ard’s eye badly enough to force a stoppage in round five. Legra’s first tenure as champion would not last long. In 1969 after two non title vic-tories he was outscored by Aus-tralia’s under rated Johnny Fa-mechon. Six months later Jose would drop a ten round fight to the returning Vincente Saldivar. This set up Saldivar recapturing the crown by outpointing Fa-mechon in a great fight. Saldi-var would then be stopped by Japan’s Kuniaki Shibata in a major upset. In another upset Shibata would be flattened by Mexico’s Clemente Sanchez. Meanwhile Legra won the EBU title by defeating Jimmy Revie. Then in a shock-er he was taken out in four by Tahar Ben Hassen. Legra would rebound with EBU defenses against Giovanni Girgenti, Evan Armsrtong and gallent Tommy

Glencross. Legra then suffered a 1972 upset decison loss to Jona-than Dele. He added one more EBU defense against Daniel Vermandere and was set to face then WBC champion Sanchez. The champion Sanchez lost his title on the scales but since Legra made weight he made the most of his opportunity and won the crown a second time via a tenth round stoppage. In 1973, Legra lost his championship to the legendary Eder Jofre. Later that year he was stopped in one round by future legend Alexis Arguello. Legra finished his career with a 1975 verdict over Daniel Valdez. His record of 134-12-4 speaks for itself. He met some of the greatest featherweights of his era. Saldivar, Jofre, Fa-mechon, Winstone and Arguel-lo. He was a major player at 126 pounds for what seemed like forever. Yes- Considering some of the inductees that are enshrined in the IBHOF. I would vote for Legra in a heartbeat.

ing heads and even Durant after the final game. Sadly, he had to motor down in the 4th Quarter after his knee flared up and his back tightened. Among the other Cavs, Kevin Love, theoretically one of a Big Three, had an up and down series. Tristan Thomp-son had a couple of good game after three pretty poor ones. An-other who had a slow start to the Finals, J.R. Smith, did come through with lights out shooting performances in Games 4 and 5. In retrospect, perhaps the Cavs should have fed him even more in the elimination game since he was so hot – hitting seven of eight from Downtown. Almost before the G.S. victory confetti hit the court, there was a lot of talk about what the Cavs need to add to compete with the Warriors. Yet, Cavs Coach Tyronn Lue afterward said, “I don’t see a big gap. I thought we played well, getting better in each game. But against good teams, you can’t give away games, like Game 3 at home, and then expect to come here and win in a hostile environment.” He further remarked,

“I thought we gave the right amount of fight, the right amount of physicality, but they beat us tonight.” Well, the Warriors have four legitimate All-Stars. Even their Sixth Man, Iguodala, was 2015 Finals MVP, when the Warriors won with Love out with a broken arm and Irving out af-ter suffering a broken kneecap during Game 1. It looks like the Cavs have a dynamic duo in James and Irving and three other decent starters. Their Bench was thoroughly outplayed. What should they do? The Cavs have no picks in the upcoming NBA Draft. Will they make a trade to choose an unproven Rookie? Will they go for a proven veteran – perhaps dangling someone other than un-touchables LBJ or Kyrie as bait? Will GM David Griffin pull the trigger on a trade? Griffin him-self has a contract expiring on June 30. Orlando and Atlanta have already expressed interest in him. Will Griffin even be the one around to pull the trigger if a pull is needed? Meanwhile, fans should cherish even more that marvelous 2016 NBA Champi-onship.

a similar vein, Bob, one of three Dodger Blue-attired friends, noted, “We had vacation time and decided to see some games here. I came the last time we played here (2003) and saw the Rock Hall. We took the trolley. That new (Public) Square looks pretty nice. You guys look a lot better this time, too.” The Tribe was 68-94 in 2003.

Prior to the game, Carlos Carrasco, together with United Way, sponsored a chil-dren’s book drive - Stuff the Bus. Carrasco has participated in some sort of a book drive for the last three years. Workers said they were expecting to have about 20,000 books donated be-tween the drive at the ballpark and other ancillary events.

before, I don’t know much about him. I’ll get to know more about him though…as I keep putting him out there and keep putting him in tough situations.” After commenting fa-vorably on Kiser’s mental and physical abilities, Jackson said, “You have to be able to analyze yourself and don’t get too high and don’t get too low and kind of fight through it in order to handle the rigors of playing QB in the NFL.” Last week, Kizer was with the Browns Rookies who went to the groundbreaking cer-emony for the new football field at John Marshall High School,

which the Browns are helping to finance. Kizer was a hit, signing autographs and talking with the peewee football players, who will use the field, along with the high school players in attendance. He told Minority Pub-lishers Assn., “I think it’s great that the Browns are doing this to help out the city schools.” Con-cerning his interaction with the youngsters, he said, “This is great to be able to do this for the kids. I remember when I was growing up in Toledo, how it impressed me when others took the time to do things with kids. I know they look up to (NFL) players and I’m not going to disappoint them.”Kizer

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Mary J. Blige, Ush-er, Fantasia, Confunkshun, KEM, SWV, and En Vogue will top the 2017 Cincinnati Music Festival Cincinnati Music Festival Presented by P&G on July 28 and 29 at Paul Brown Stadium. Mary J. Blige, KEM, SWV, and En Vogue will perform at 7:30 on Fri-day, July 28. Usher, Fantasia, Anthony Hamilton, and Confunkshun will headline the Saturday, July 29th con-cert. Originally called the Ohio Valley Jazz Fes-tival when it was first held in 1962, the Cincinnati Mu-sic Festival has grown and evolved into a spectacular two-day event on Cincin-nati’s riverfront. Starting out as an all-jazz concert, it has evolved and grown into a two-day festival featuring great music from the hottest stars in R&B, jazz, soul, and hip-hop, as well as up and

SWV, Usher to headline Cincinnati Music Festivalcoming artists. Past performers in-clude Aretha Franklin, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Lu-ther Vandross, Gerald Levert, Patti Labelle, New Edition, Earth Wind and Fire, Lake-side, Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder and many others. By the year 2000, Cincinnati Music Festival was the largest of its kind in the United States, drawing more than 50,000 people annually from all across the country. The festival has been held at various sites through its 50-year history, including French Lick Indiana, the Car-thage Fairgrounds, and the Hamilton County Fairgrounds before landing at its current home at Paul Brown Stadium on Cincinnati’s riverfront. Accompanied by a street festival dubbed Festival 513, the Macy’s Music Festi-val has an estimated annual economic impact of $25 mil-lion, according to the Greater Cincinnati Center for Eco-nomic Education at the Uni-

versity of Cincinnati. In 2005, Macy’s be-came the festival’s headline

sponsor and continued on for 10 years through 2014. 2015 marked the first of

many years in Partnership with Cincinnati-based global company P&G. The Cincinnati Mu-sic Festival is co-promoted by The Santangelo Group and Ohio Valley Entertain-ment. 2017 represents The Festival’s 55th year of bring-ing top R&B talent to Cincin-nati. In addition to the Macy’s Festival in Cincin-nati, The Santangelo Group promotes the Hampton Jazz Festival in Hampton, VA. The Cincinnati Mu-sic Festival is one of the only shows nationwide that fea-tures a double stage. Tickets on sale at 800-452-3132 or visit ciny-musicfestival.com.

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Chris' Cinema Trivia &Movie Match UpBy CHRIS APPLING

MOVIE MATCH-UP - (Carmen Jones)

ACTORS/ACTRESSES:1. Pearl Bailey2. Harry Belafonte3. Diahann Carroll4. Dorothy Dandridge5. Brock PetersROLES:a) lead characterb) character's boisterous

friendc) character's Army boy- friendd) boyfriend's Army ser- geante) character's meek friend

ANSWERS: 1, b; 2, c; 3, e; 4, a; 5, d

TRIVIA - (Musicals)

through the streets of the country's cities but who was Quinones' younger, black partner who 'popped and locked' to fame with him? 4. In what movie did Julius J. Carry III play an evil martial-arts master who used his talents to terrorize others until he had to face good-guy Taimak in battle? 5. In Disney's live-action, T.V. remake of Cin-derella (1998), it featured an ethnically-integrated, multicultural cast to play the parts of The King and Queen, The Prince, the evil Stepmother and the two, evil Stepsisters, but who is the African-American singer/actress who played the title role in the movie and later starred in her own sitcom, Moesha?

ANSWERS: 1. Richard Pryor 2. 'Fame' (1980) 3. Michael (Booga-loo Shrimp) Chambers 4. 'The Last Dragon' (1985) 5. Brandy

1. Who is the leg-endary, ground-breaking comedian who starred as 'Piano Man' opposite Diana Ross and Billy Dee Williams in Lady Sing The Blues (1972) and later played the title role of The Wiz (1978) with such celebrities as Diana Ross, Michael Jack-son, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Mabel King and Lena Horne? 2. Debbie Allen is an accomplished dancer/choreographer/actress/di-rector and has starred in roles in Roots: The Next Generation (1978), Ragtime (1981), and Stompin' At The Savoy (1994), but in what film did she star as dance teacher 'Lydia Grant' at the New York City Performing Arts High School and later reprised the role in a T.V. series version of the movie? 3. In the film Brea-kin' (1984), Latino break-dancer Adolfo (Shabba-Doo) Quinones' smooth moves reflected the dance craze that was 'moonwalkin'

'White Men Can't Jump' proves the oppositeBy C.M.APPLING In the past 50 years, there have been several, suc-cessful, interracial friend pair-ings in Hollywood. On TV, there was Robert Culp (white) and Bill Cosby (black) in I Spy, Don Johnson (white) and Phil-lip Michael Thomas (black) in Miami Vice, and Malik Yoba (black) and Michael de Lo-renzo (Hispanic) in New York Undercover. On film, there was Gene Wilder (white) and Richard Pryor (black) in Sil-ver Streak (1976), Stir Crazy (1980) and See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989). There was also Eddie Murphy (black) and Nick Nolte (white) in 48 Hrs. (1982) and Another 48 Hrs. (1990). And, there was Chris Tucker (black) and Jackie Chan (Asian) in the Rush Hour trilogy. Along with all those aforementioned, interracial duos, there was another of merit and worth mentioning. Wesley Snipes (black) and Woody Harrelson (white) are divergent types of celebrity ac-tors who were paired together in three, Hollywood motion-pictures. They both made their feature film debuts as youthful football players in the Goldie Hawn comedy about a white, female coach in Wildcats (1986). And, they appeared as foster brothers who plan to rob a subway car in Money Train (1995). But, in between Wildcats and Money Train, Snipes and Harrelson starred in a film with Rosie Perez (Do The Right Thing; It Could Happen To You) that would define the ebony/ivory, buddy-type movie for the 90’s gen-eration. It was a sports-genre comedy centered on basket-ball called "White Men Can’t Jump" (1992). In Venice Beach, California, blond, blue-eyed, Caucasian Billy Hoyle (Woody Harrelson) arrives from Loui-siana to the basketball court and camps out until the black locals begin some games. Later, he watches some of the players and notices Sidney Dean (Wesley Snipes): a dark-skinned, arrogant braggart

who is a bad winner. As Sid-ney and the other participants ‘play the dozens’ by insulting each other with whimsical expletives, Sidney sees Billy watching. When Sidney asks Billy to play as a partner to his opponent, he believes that the corny-looking, goofy ‘white boy’ has no skills playing ball. But, when Sidney loses a free-throw contest bet to Billy, he realizes that he has been hus-tled. Afterward, Billy re-turns to his motel room to his feisty, honey-colored, Latina girl-friend Gloria Clemente (Rosie Perez). He gives Glo-ria his winnings to add to the money they are saving to re-pay the gangster loan-sharks known as the Stuki Brothers. She has been studying the World Almanac to memorize factual trivia since she wants to be a contestant on the intel-lectual game show Jeopardy! Suddenly, Sidney appears on their doorstep. The quick-witted Dean devises a partner-ship with Hoyle to use Billy’s ‘chump’ appearance to trick court athletes in playing games for money. After winning their initial games as partners, they make a quick getaway before a disgruntled loser returns with a gun. Billy and Gloria take Sid-ney to his Crenshaw apartment in the Vista View complex. Then, they go home to make passionate love-making. The next morning, Billy and Gloria race from the motel to escape being captured by the Stuki gangsters. After looking at a house for sale, Sidney and his dark-skinned wife Rhonda (Tyra Ferrell) discuss their finances for their dream of home-ownership. In Watts, Sidney and Billy play a local named Robert (Cylk Co-zart) and his partner. But, this time, the hustle fails and they lose $1,700 dollars. The duo is devastated and Billy slinks home to Gloria. Still study-ing in preparation to appear on Jeopardy!, Gloria is disap-pointed but figures out that Sidney hustled Billy. Determined to get the money back, Gloria makes Bil-ly take the bus with her to get to Sidney’s apartment. While

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Billy confronts Sidney, Robert and their friends, Gloria and Rhonda make them promise to team up once again to play in a two-on-two tournament to win $5,000. As they play, Billy mouths off excessively at their opponents to intention-ally make Sidney mad. How-ever, pair by pair, the squab-bling team mates manage to defeat their competition and win the tournament. But, driv-ing home that evening, Billy loses his half of the money to Sidney after losing a bet that he can make a slam-dunk. He proves Sidney’s philosophy that ‘white men can’t jump.’ Billy presents Gloria with an expensive, black dress, but when he tells her that the money is gone, she angrily walks out on him. The Stu-kis track Billy down and give him only one week more to get their money. Billy approaches Sidney for help. Sidney has Robert, a security guard, let Gloria on the TV lot of Jeopardy! When Gloria is introduced as ‘a for-mer disco queen,’ she neverthe-less steamrolls over an English teacher and a rocket scientist to win the show. When Billy ro-mances Gloria to win her back, Sidney and Rhonda’s apart-ment is ransacked and robbed. Sidney begs Billy to use his part of Gloria’s winnings so they can enter a tournament against court legends ‘The King’ and ‘The Duck.’ Gloria is dumbstruck at Billy’s answer to help Sid-ney and tells him that if he uses that money for the basketball game then it is over between them. Billy enters with Sidney regardless and they win with Billy making a slam-dunk, disproving Sidney’s phi-losophy. But, unfortunately, Gloria has left Billy for good. Billy pays off the Stukis and cements his friendship with Sidney. Harrelson began his career on the TV sitcom Cheers, then starred in Natural Born Killers (1994) and Zom-bieland (2009). Snipes starred in New Jack City (1991), Jun-gle Fever (1991) and the sci-fi/horror Blade trilogy.

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The Mills Brothers vocal quartet comprised three brothers born in Piqua, Ohio; Herbert Mills (born 1912, d. 1989), Harry Mills (born 1913, d. 1982), and Donald Mills (born 1915). A fourth brother, Jone (born 1911), played gui-tar and sang bass in the group until his death in 1935 when his father, John Sr. (d. 1967) replaced him. The quartet sang for vaudeville and tent shows and gained wider exposure when they were featured on Cincin-nati radio station WLW in the late 1920s. By 1930, the Mills brothers were in New York performing and recording, making hit singles such as "Paper Doll" (1943), their big-gest success that sold around six million copies. The quartet was among the earliest black ensembles to attract a national following. While they began with only guitar accompa-niment, in later years their smooth, mellow three-or four-part harmony was backed by big bands and orchestras. The Mills brothers recorded with the orchestras of Don Redman, Duke Ellington, and Benny Carter. They contributed to jazz with their occasional scat singing during the 1940s. Their discography can be found in the book, The Billboard Book of American Singing Groups (A History 1949-1990) by Jay Warner.

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