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Race & Politics Dialogue Thurs, Jan. 24, 7 p.m.What role do politics have in economic justice? How can people be empowered? What can be done to ensure eco-nomic justice? Do our own attitudes about race hinder us from speaking up for change when change is needed? These are some of the questions that will be considered in this dia-logue, which is part of a se-ries on race scheduled to take place during Rochester’s Ra-cial Equity Initiative, Facing Race, Embracing Equity, and with the Rochester Museum and Science Center’s exhibit, Race: Are We So Different? Last Friday Heritage Jazz SeriesFriday, Jan. 25, 7 pm, Dr. Carl Atkins and Culture Clash re-turn for a live performance. Stay tuned for details.Admis-sion: $10/person. Refresh-ments served.RSVP

African World History Class Tuesdays, 7:30-9:00 pm. Hosted by Kiah Nyame The African World History class provides an ongoing ex-perience of the contributions and achievements Africans and African-Americans have made throughout history. $5 .

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*FREE PHYSICALS: The University of Rochester Med-ical Center will be conducting free physicals for people of all ages on January 31 and Feb-ruary 7 beginning at 6 p.m. at the School of Medicine and Dentistry, 415 Elmwood Av-enue. Patients will be seen by medical students, residents, and physicians. Patients are advised to arrive early. Doors open at 4:30 p.m., and the first 75 people in line each day will receive comprehen-sive physicals for school, sports participation, or work permits. Patients between the ages of 11 and 19 will also receive adolescent risk as-sessments, as well as mental health counseling if warrant-ed.Prospective patients must follow these guidelines:Bring the name, phone number, and address of the doctor whom you usually visit, if you have one. Children under 16 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. No matter what school they attend, students ages 17 and 18 must bring a signed RCSD Physical Exam-ination Parent Consent Form. It is available online at: http://www.rcsdk12.org/Page/840 For more information, call 585-275-7203.

*The deadline for submit-ting films has been extended to January 30 for the High Falls Film Festival April 18-20, 2013. We are accept-ing feature length and short films, which must include women in one or more lead-ership role(s) such as director, writer, producer, cinematog-rapher, composer or editor.All genres welcome including live action narrative, live ac-tion documentary, animation, experimental, hybrid, etc. For film submission questions, please email or call: (585) 469-5795programming@highfallsfilm-

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Super Bowl XLVII: ROC’s Arthur Jones Will be in the House! The Jones family of Rochester, New York had reason to cheer re-cently as brothers Arthur Jones of the Baltimore Ravens, and New England Patriots, both de-fensive tackles, faced each other in the AFC title game pitting New Englnd against Baltimore. Baltimore won 28-13 – sending Arthur to Super Bowl XLVII

where his team will face the San Francisco 49ers (who re-cently beat a non- tack l ing Atlanta Falcons team. )“We just want a Jones to go!” their Uncle Jef-frey Melvin said, “It’s a win-win because a Jones is going to the Super Bowl!”

That’s right! Arthur Jones and the rest of the Baltimore Ravens will be in New Orleans for Su-per Bowl XLVII. The Ravens once again shut down the Patriots and physically beat down New England players. The final blow was when Ravens safety Bernard Pollard knocked out running back Steven Ridley on a bone crush-ing hit and caused a Fred Taylor (former Jaguar) like fumble that finished off the Patriots. Patriot’s wide receiver Wes Welker did not want to catch the football anymore after being tattooed by Corey Graham (Buffalo native) on a very good defensively played game by the Ravens. The Patriots did not score in the second half which is almost unbelievable.We will have full coverage of our local players in Super Bowl XLVII, plus all the game action and reports on a variety of events like Gospel Fest, Hall of Fame announcement ceremo-nies, and post-game interviews. Jerome Davis photographer, Pat Freeman blogger/radio show host and yours truly will cover the big game for you. See you next week for Super Bowl XLVII predictions.!(Just a note: I have never seen a team with a winning record, tackle as poorly as the Atlanta Falcons did all season long. Donte Whitner, former Buffalo Bill gets to go to his first Super Bowl.)

The Young Gezzy concert at the Amory in downtown Roch-ester Saturday night (Jan. 12) was like none I have ever been to! There was an energy in there that was contagious. It was like people were happy to be there. I feel all of the opening acts were good and put on a good show. The hosts were good. The DJs were also good. And Young Gezzy was off the chain! When Gezzy's manager came to him to say it was time to go, Gezzy said "I don't want to go!!" The lights came on which meant the con-cert was over, but Gezzy kept on performing.! All together he did seven or eight songs, and the crowd wanted more. Gezzy ended by saying "I ***** with Rochester becausey'all ***** with Gezzy!!" and with that he left the stage. It was a great concert. Young Gezzy got some good footage for a documentary he was shooting. There were no incidents. The funny thing to me is that the so called gunfire that went off at one point was not gunfire at all - it was a speaker that blew out. So when we have the next concert in Rochester don't be so quick to say we cant’ have a good time! KING of KING IMAGES

*United Way’s Circulo La-tino and African American Leadership (Howard Wilson Coles) Societies will host an evening of networking with community leaders onTues-day, January 29 at the Roches-ter Museum and Science Cen-ter657 East Ave. • Rochester, NY 14607 • Mary Hale Gal-lery, 2rd Floor from5:30 – 9:00 p.m. Wine & hors d’oeuvres will be provided.Free access to the RACE: Are We So Different?™ exhibit following the brief programRSVP to lisa.crawford@uwrochester.

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Niagara Falls King Events The Sisterhood will host a “Keeping Our Dream Alive” Community Service Awards Luncheon on Saturday, Jan-uary 26 from 1-3 p.m. at the Niagara Falls Housing Au-thority Doris W. Jones Fam-ily Resource Building, 300 Ninth Street. Tribute includes a free family-style lunch. This year’s honorees are: Doro-thy Brundidge, Kell Luchey, Constance Matthews, Sal Costantino, St. John Culinary Committee, Laura Dove and youth recipient Eann Robin-son.

Arthur Eve Educational Opportunity Program Info Session Announced

The University at Buffalo Educational Opportunity Center (EOC) is hosting an upcoming special event - an Arthur O. Eve Educational Opportunity Program Infor-mation Session on Thursday, January 24th from 6-8pm at 465 Washington St. for indi-viduals who are considering attending college at the Uni-versity at Buffalo. This special session is for Buffalo-area high school college-bound seniors AND college-interested adults from the Greater Buffalo area. The Educational Oppor-tunity Program has helped 50,000 students in the past 30 years who have experienced academic and financial chal-lenges that have kept them from accessing and succeed-ing in college. EOC offers Tuition-Free GED day and evening classes for those interested in obtain-ing their GED. Contact the EOC Admissions office at 849-6727 for more informa-tion.

Amvets Commander Attends Presidential Inauguaration Debbera M. Ransom Found-ing Commander of the Joh-netta R. Cole AMVETS Post No. 24 and the 2012 inductee of the New York State Sen-ate Veterans Hall of Fame attended the 57th Presiden-tial Inauguration of President Barack H. Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. that was held at the United States Capital in Washing-ton, DC on January 21, 2013. This year’s theme was “Faith in America’s Future” which honors the sesquicenten-nial of the construction of the United States Capital dome in 1861 and the placement of the Statue of Freedom in 1863. Commander Ransom also marched in the Inauguration Parade with the United War Veterans Council that honors our fallen soldiers.

News Diversity Board Seeks Candidates The Buffalo News is seek-ing candidates for its 2013 diversity advisory board to provide feedback on the pa-per's coverage of minorities. The board will meet quarter-ly or more with News edi-tors and reporters to discuss news coverage and offer ideas. Membership will be for one year. Readers interested in serv-ing should submit a one- to two-page letter briefly de-scribing their background, their knowledge of the paper and how they believe they can help it improve its cov-erage. Letters may be submitted in any of three ways: by mail to Rod Watson, The Buffalo News, One News Plaza, Buf-falo, NY 14203; by e-mail to rwatson@buffnews.com; or by fax at 856-5150, attn. Rod Watson.

United Black Men’s Think Tank to Honor Four Outstanding Citizens The United Black Men’s Think Tank of Buffalo will celebrate its second Anni-versary on Saturday, Feb. 9 at The New Golden Nugget, 2046 Fillmore Avenue. This year’s honorees include Mr. L. Nathan Hare , Leadership; Mr. Bill Peoples, Commu-nity Service; Mr. Spencer Gaskin, Achievement; and Mrs. Eva M. Doyle as The 2012 Distinguished Black Woman Of the Year. The event will include a de-luxe dinner, buffet, and en-tertainment by master bass-ist Dawoud Sabu Adeola’ Ensemble and pemiere jazz violinist Henri Muhummad. Mayor Byron W. Brown, will be the special guest. Tickets are $75 per per-son or $100 per couple. For Ticket Information, or Souvenir Journal Advertis-ing, please call “Think Tank Facilitator” Ms. Bernadine Kennedy at 884-3312. Ad deadline date is Saturday, February 2. Tickets avail-able until February 5.

A book signing and poetry reading by Lyne A. Harris-Westbrook, author of "Simply Lyne" will be held on Sat-urday, February 2 from 3 - 5 p.m. at Zawadi Books, 2460 Main Street, Buffalo. Call 903-6740 for information.

McCarley Gardens, Fruit Belt Community to UB Foundation: ‘We want a seat at the table to plan our future!’Petition Calls for Moratorium on Development in Area Until Inclusive Master Plan is Formulated Community organizers from the Fruit Belt Housing Task Force and McCarley Gardens Hous-ing Development have launched a petition drive calling on the Common Council and Mayor Brown to declare a moratorium “on any and all future developments in the McCarley Gardens/Fruitbelt Community area until a Master Plan is developed by a body which will include a major-ity of residents, property owners and tax payers of the McCarley Gardens/Fruitbelt Community. Such a master plan will address the impact on the sewer system, traffic, density, recreational facilities and type of property, to ensure that the McCarley Gardens/Fruitbelt Area doesn’t become overcrowded and effect the health, safety, livabilityand environmental concerns of citizens are properly met.” “It is apparent that planning for the new Buffalo-Niagara Medical Campus has been conducted without appropriate input from the residents, property owners and tax payers of the McCarley Gardens/Fruitbelt Community, who have lived, worked and invested in this historic neighborhood for decades, and who intend to remain as such, and to ensure the success of this community it is vital to recognize the needs ofthese stakeholders,” the peition continued. Last week a letter was sent to the University at Buffalo Foundation in reference to issues related to plans to move the UB medical school from it’s current location across from the VA Hospital into the downtown medical corridor near Buffalo General. And although the building of new homes is underway to house residents of McCarley Gardens, not everyone is happy. Or-ganizers are also calling for more inclusion of community members on a panel set up by the UB Foundation and St. John, as well as future meetings of that panel being open to the public and press. The following correspondence addressing these concerns to Francis M. Letro, chair of the UB Foundation Inc., was signed by Veronica Hemphill-Nichols of the Fruit Belt organization and Lorraine Chambley of McCarley Gardens: “Dear Mr. Letro: “This is a follow up to our request made during the University at Buffalo, St. John Baptist Church conversation with the Fruit Belt/McCarley Gardens Community on Economic Opportu-nity held on December 13, 2012. “The purpose of the meeting was to open dialogue between all parties; UB, St. John and Fruit

It was a tribute fit for a king! Over 500 people braved cold temperatures to attend the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at Kleinhans Music Hall last Sunday evening. Presented by The Concerned Citizens Follow-ing The Dream Committee chaired by Bessie Patterson, it was a celebration of mu-sic, song, dance and words of inspiration. The theme of the program was “Fulfilling The Dream, Moving Forward.” Da’Lonce Blackman, a 15-year-old high school sophomore at the School for Visual and Performing Arts, delivered a powerful, at times lyrical, keynote ad-dress. An amazing public speaker, he said that at his young age he was inspired and motivated to achieve his dreams because of Dr. Martin Luther King, and be-cause of a supportive family, he can continue fulfilling his dream. King’s work also helped pave the way for Barack Obama to become the first Black president he said, yet “only God knew that Barack

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would become the 44th Presi-dent the United States.” Crediting the president with a strong belief in God he said that if he could ask President Obama how he deals with all

the confusion and pressure, he would reply, “If God is for me – and He is – who can be against me?” He told the audience that change in America can hap-pen, “but in order for change to continue to happen we as a people must change our mind-set.” “I refuse to be formed by the values of this world...” he said, “...my spirit hall not be in competition with my mind...” Da’Lonce, who attends True Bethel Baptist Church (his mom Valerie Nelson is a minister in training), at one point sounded like a minister himself, and Kleinhans was his congregation. -Impressive Talent- The talent was impressive and included a tap dance rou-tine by three beautiful little girls from Miss Barbara’s School of Dance – Sanaa Jones, A’niyah Jackson and Nya Ma-rie Acevedo - who brought the house down; beautiful vocals by Unitone, the Buffalo Phil-harmonic Chorus, Oldies But Goodies Gospel Singers, Var-sons Community Choir, and a stirring selection by soloist

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JANUARY 23, 2013 Challenger Community News • ChallengerCN.com4 JANUARY 23, 2013 Challenger Community News • ChallengerCN.comNational/International NEWSFITTING TRIBUTE:Hundreds paid tribute to Ramsey Clark and the International Action Center at the historic Riverside Church’s A s s e m b l y Hall Jan. 12 Over 350 po-litical, com-munity and anti-war ac-tivists, along with U.N. d i p l o m a t s and consular officials from Cuba, Venezuela, Peru, Iran and Serbia, celebrated both the 85th birthday of human-rights lawyer and former U.S. Attorney General Clark and the 20th anniversary of the Interna-tional Action Center, an anti-im-perialist, anti-racist organization that Clark founded in 1992.

“Our journey is not com-plete,” Obama said. No, it isn’t. In the weeks ahead, Obama will likely hear from some of his Black constituents – and his Black critics — who want to see the president openly embrace his Blackness and aggressively address issues of concern for African Ameri-cans. Monday’s swearing-in cer-emony, however, was the president’s understated way of showing the skeptics that he embraces the legacy of the civil rights movement and the black experience in America.The president not only in-voked the civil rights struggle in his speech on Monday, but he incorporated race into his inauguration by using two Bibles while taking the oath of office: One Bible owned by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the other used by Abra-ham Lincoln. King carried his Bible during the civil rights movement and Lincoln used

AFTER THE DANCE...The work begins. “Our Journey is not complete” says President Obama.

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his Bible during his first inau-guration in 1861. The president’s inaugura-tion coincided with the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington led by King, the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, where more than three million black people were freed from slavery. Monday was also the official federal holiday to honor King’s life and his con-tributions to America. King delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech 50 years ago at the Lincoln Memorial. And Obama also included Myrlie Evers-Williams in the program. Evers, the wife of the slain civil rights activist

Medgar Evers, delivered the invocation for the inaugura-tion. “150 years after the Eman-cipation Proclamation and 50 years after the march on Washington, we celebrate the spirit of our ancestors,” said Evers, invoking the spirit and the struggles of the civil rights movement and the Civil War. “We recognized that their vi-sions still inspire us.” And today, for Obama, after the inaugural balls have ended and the speeches have con-cluded, the hard part begins: The president will certainly be challenged to create initiatives especially for African Ameri-cans who are struggling finan-cially. And many Blacks say they have been very patient, but have endured four years too long. “Everyone agrees that you wish more was done the first term,” Debra Lee, the chief executive of Black Entertain-ment Television, told The New York Times. “But you look at politics and realize that the president can’t wave a wand and get things done by himself.” But Obama is asking Ameri-cans to stay the course. “We are made for this mo-ment,” Obama said Monday.

“This generation of Ameri-cans has been tested by crises that steeled our resolve and proved our resilience. A de-cade of war is now ending. An economic recovery has be-gun. America’s possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands: youth and drive; diversity and openness; an endless capacity for risk and a gift for reinven-tion. My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it – so long as we seize it together.”Not everyone was in town to see Obama’s inauguration speech. Many Republicans –congressional leaders, con-

sultants, GOP loyalists — in-tentionally left Washington, D.C. before the inaugural celebration began.“Shame on Republicans who had to leave town and not be a part of this,” said Michael Steele, the for-mer chairman of the Republi-can National Committee. But Bill Murrain, a former civil rights attorney from At-lanta, said he was proud to attend Obama’s inauguration with his 15-year-old grand-daughter and didn’t mind standing in the chilly weather for nearly four hours. “I never thought I would see this day,” Murrain said. “And I certainly never thought I’d see it twice.” -Michael H. Cottman

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JANUARY 23, 2013 Challenger Community News • ChallengerCN.com JANUARY 23, 2013 Challenger Community News • ChallengerCN.com 5HEALTH MATTERSFree Quality of Life Classes for Breast Cancer Survivors The Breast Cancer Network of Western New York is offering Quality of Life Classes for Breast Cancer Survivors. All classes are free, however there is a suggested $10 registration donation for each class. Note that some classes are during the day and some are in the evening to accommodate those who are working. ALL CLASSES ARE HELD AT THE BELLA MOGLIE Breast Cancer Network of WNY, 3297 Walden Avenue. Call 716-706-0060 for more information. The Classes offered include: TAI CHI - Every Monday, 11 a.m. -12:30 p.m.; BEGINNING TAI CHI – Thursdays 4:30-5:30 p.m. Feb. 7,14,21 & 28 ;YOGA - Every Monday 6-7 p.m. and Every Friday @ noon.; JEWELRY MAKING WORKSHOP - Tuesdays Noon – 2 p.m.: Feb. 5 & 19, March 5 & 19, April 2 & 16; EXERCISE - Every Wednesday 6-7 p.m. And Every Thursday 9-10 a.m.; WATERCOLOR - Thursday 7-9 p.m. March 7,14,21,28; ZUMBA - Every Thursday 6-7 p.m. Friday Morning Yoga & Friday Activity Brown Bag Lunch w/Discussion - Drinks and Dessert Provided For More information of all classes and registration form can be found at www.bcnwny.org or call Breast Cancer Network of WNY, Mon., Wed. & Fri. 11 AM – 3 PM, at 716-706-0060

Avoiding a serious case of influenza is more about main-taining a healthy, well func-tioning immune system. By following these simple guide-lines, you can help keep your immune system in optimal working order so that you’re far less likely to acquire the infection to begin with or, if you do get sick with the flu, you are better prepared to move through it without com-plications and soon return to good health. Optimize Your Gut Flora. This may be the single most important strategy you can implement as the bacteria in your gut have enormous con-trol of your immune response. The best way to improve your beneficial bacteria ratio is avoid apply avoid sugars as they will feed the patho-genic bacteria. Additionally, processed foods and most grains should be limited and replacing with healthy fats like coconut oil, avocados, olives, olive oil, butter, eggs and nuts. Once you change your diet than regular use of fermented foods can radically optimize the function of your immune response. Optimize your vitamin D levels. Optimizing your vi-tamin D levels is one of the absolute best strategies for avoiding infections of ALL kinds. This is probably the single most important and least expensive action you can take. Regularly monitor your vitamin D levels to con-firm your levels are within the therapeutic range of 50-70 ng/ml. Be sure to take vitamin K2 if you are taking high dose oral vitamin D as it has a pow-erful synergy and will help prevent any D toxicity. Avoid Sugar and Processed Foods. Sugar impairs the quality of your immune re-

Tips on How to Protect Yourself During the Flu Seasonsponse almost immediately, and as you likely know, a healthy immune system is one of the most important keys to fighting off viruses and other illness. It also can decimate your beneficial bacteria and feed the pathogenic yeast and viruses. Be aware that sugar (typically in the form of high fructose corn syrup) is present in foods you may not suspect, like ketchup and fruit juice. If you are healthy than sugar can be consumed but the LAST thing you should be eating when you are sick is sugar. Avoid it like poison while you are sick. Get Plenty of Rest. Just like it becomes harder for you to get your daily tasks done if you’re tired, if your body is overly fatigued it will be hard-er for it to fight the flu. Be sure to check out my article Guide to a Good Night’s Sleep for some great tips to help you get quality rest. Have Effective Tools to Ad-dress Stress. We all face some stress every day, but if stress becomes overwhelming then your body will be less able to fight off the flu and other ill-ness. If you feel that stress is taking a toll on your health, consider using an energy psy-chology tool such as the Emo-

tional Freedom Technique, which is remarkably effective in relieving stress associated with all kinds of events, from work to family to trauma. Get Regular Exercise. When you exercise, you in-crease your circulation and your blood flow throughout your body. The components of your immune system are also better circulated, which means your immune system has a better chance of finding an illness before it spreads. Be sure to stay hydrated – drink plenty of fluids, especially water. However, it would be wise to radically reduce the intensity of your workouts while you are sick. No Fitness exercises until you are better. Take a High-Quality Source of Animal-Based Omega-3 Fats. Increase your intake of healthy and essential fats like the omega-3 found in krill oil, which is crucial for maintain-ing health. It is also vitally important to avoid damaged omega-6 oils that are trans fats and in processed foods as it will seriously damage your immune response. Wash Your Hands. Wash-ing your hands will decrease your likelihood of spreading a virus to your nose, mouth or other people. Be sure you

don’t use antibacterial soap for this – antibacterial soaps are completely unnecessary, and they cause far more harm than good. Instead, identify a simple chemical-free soap that you can switch your fam-ily to. Tried and True Hygiene Measures. In addition to washing your hands regular-ly, cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze. If possible, avoid close contact with those, who are sick and, if you are sick, avoid close contact with those who are well. Use Natural Antibiotics. Examples include oil of oreg-ano and garlic. These work like broad-spectrum antibiot-ics against bacteria, viruses, and protozoa in your body. And unlike pharmaceutical antibiotics, they do not appear to lead to resistance. Avoid Hospitals. I’d rec-ommend you stay away from hospitals unless you’re having an emergency and need expert medical care, as hospitals are prime breeding grounds for infections of all kinds. The best place to get plenty of rest and recover from illness that is not life-threatening is usu-ally in the comfort of your own home.

6 JANUARY 23, 2013 Challenger Community News •ChallengerCN.com FAITH BASED The Greater Apostolic House of Prayer January Consecration Speaker series continues:*Friday, January 25th – Pastor H. Bernard Alex of Syracuse New York*Sunday, January 27th & Tuesday January 29th – Bishop Jonathan Wallace Sr. – Inner Court Ministries – Baltimore, MD*Nightly Services at 8 p.m., Sunday Noon Worship, 1455 Fillmore Ave.. Bishop J. Foye, Host Pastor.

Greater Apostolic House of Prayer January Speaker Series Teen Admits Burning Down Black Church In a Danville, Virginia court room recently, a young White man plead guilty to torching a predominantly Black church to the ground.Jean-Claude Bridges, 18, appeared in federal court to enter a plea of guilt for starting a fire that destroyed New Holy Deliverance Outreach Ministry, a predominantly Black Virginia church. At the hearing, U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Heaphy stated that Bridges confessed that “he burned down the church because of the race, color and ethnicity of its congregation.” Bridges faces a 20 year sentence in federal prison.

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The Young People’s Di-vision of the Western New York Conference Women’s Missionary Society of the A. M. E. Church did it once again! For Rev. Martin Lu-ther King’s Annual Day of Service, the YPD’ers pre-pared & delivered an awe-some lunch, consisting of homemade Winter Vegetable Soup, Fried Turkey and Col-by Cheese Sandwiches, and homemade Fruit Ambrosia Salad. We delivered meals from Alden to Niagara Falls. Our youngsters worked very hard to provide a meal for our elderly and shut-in. As leaders and parents, we are so proud of our youth for hard work and dedication toward those who paved the way for us by teaching us THE Dream and inspiring us to dream. We are grate-ful for the opportunity to be able to let you taste and see our ‘Thank You’ in action.

We are young people that are ever present on the battlefield of Missions. Special thank you to The young people from each church: Bethel A.M.E., Mt. Zion A.M.E., and De-Laine Waring A.M.E. for finding it not robbery to come out and serve others on MLK

Day ON, not OFF! Lastly a big thank you to Rev. Richard A. Stenhouse, and First Lady, Mrs. Sharon D. Stenhouse,for joining us as well as Paula Young, Director of YPD, as always, thank you for your support. -LaMone Gibson , YPD President!

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St. Philip’s Hosts Obama Day On Monday Jan. 21, in hon-or of the second inauguration of President Barack Obama, Saint Philip’s Episcopal Church again hosted a Cel-ebration of Our Nation and Our neighborhoods. It was a day of conversation, worship and fellowship. Patrick Cray was chair of the Celebration Committee.

Rev. Edward Jackson. The phenomenal voice of Patricia Edwards brought the audience to its feet. Also performing was the renowned Hutchinson Technical High School Band and an inspirational selection on the theme of forgiveness by Moe Badger. The Afri-can American Cultural Cen-ter Drummers and Dancers brought the culture in grand style. The Church Ushers Association of Buffalo & Vi-cinity performed The March, A Tribute to Dr King and the Varsons concluded with Flag Dancers and the singing of the Civil Rights anthem, “We Shall Overcome.” -Honorees- The recipients of the cov-eted MLK Award included “pioneers and trailblazers”: Bishop Michael A. Badger , Lana D. Benatovich, Rev. Wil-liam A. Bunton, Mary Harley Gresham, Theodore Kirkland, Maria Rivera, Carl Scanlon Jr., Candice Titus-Fuller, and Christine Demetria Wingo. Dr. James A. Lewis III pas-tor of Miracle Mission Full Gospel Church (the funniest man in the pulpit!), was the Emcee and kept the crowd en-tertained with his own special brand of comedy. Hats off to Mrs. Patterson and her Committee for a job well done: Dr. James Lewis, Anita Williams, Bill Coving-ton, Casimiro D. Rodriguez, Elder Craig Pridgen, Joyce Badger, Lana D. Benatovich, Martha Connor, Michelle Thomas, Rahwa Ghirmatzi-on-Hill, Ron Brown, Sharon Patterson-White and Elder Ulysees O. Wingo, Sr.

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Belt/McCarley Gardens resi-dents (the public). The goal being, to find ways to increase the University’s presence in the fruit Belt area. “Our problem was that there was an agreement en-tered between you, The Uni-versity at Buffalo Foundation, Inc. and St. John. The agree-ment required that a panel be appointed. The problem was that none of the members of the panel has ever lived, worked or played in the Fruit Belt/McCarley Gardens com-munity! “We requested that the panel be dissolved and a new panel convened that would include neighborhood representatives at a ratio of two to one. We requested that a copy of the contract be made available to us so that we would know the terms, conditions, timetable and goals. Also, we asked for a copy of UB’s development plans for this site. “We requested that an an-swer be given to us by January 3, 2013. “We haven’t heard from

you and thought that maybe communications broke down and you haven’t received our request because of the holi-days. We ask that you would let us know your answer as soon as possible, and that all future meetings concerning the Fruit Belt and McCarley Gardens communities be open to the public and the press.” At press time the commu-nity organizations were still waiting for a response.

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CASTING CALL A Casting Call for various upcom-ing Terre King productions seeksmales and females, ages 18-30, all types. Auditions to be held from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, January 26, at The-aterLoft, Ujima 545 Elmwood Ave.Portfolios are welcome but not re-quired. Be sure to "like" the Terre King Fan page on Facebook and sign up for all things Terre King at www.terreking.com

-Entertainment Brief-Janet Jackson has hit the jackpot. Her man is fine, treats her like a queen, he’s worth a few billion bucks and he ain’t thinking about a pre-nup. He just wants to get mar-ried! Just weeks ago, Wissam Al Mana drew up an agreement that states if he and Janet should ever get divorced, she’ll walk away with a steep $500 million.

Master drummer from Guinea, West Africa to perform in Buffalo

The West African dance troupe, Manding Foli Kan Don featuring Mohamed Diaby, will be per-forming one time only on Thurs-day, January 31st at 9:30pm at Nietzsche’s Bar (248 Allen Street). There will be live drum-ming and dancing exhibiting rhythms and dances from dif-ferent regions of Guinea, West Africa. Tickets can be purchased at the door either for $10 or for $20, which includes a CD featur-ing Mohamed. Mohamed Diaby, touted as one of West Africans premiere African drummers, began play-ing the djembe at age seven under the supervision of his el-der brother Moustapha. By age fifteen, Mohamed joined Africa Djole, led by Fode Yulla. He later joined Les Merveilles de

Guinea as lead drummer, touring all over West Africa, including Sierra Leone. Kemoko Sano, Artistic Director of the world fa-mous troupe Les Ballet Africains, requested that Mohamed join his troupe. In April of 1995 Mohamed Diaby arrived in America to play at New York City’s Symphony Space. Today, Mohamed travels around the world teaching and performing. He is currently based in Buffalo, NY. Mohamed is the Found-er of Manding Foli Kan Don, a West African Drum & Dance performance group specializing in traditional music from the Manding Region of West Africa.

Before the protesters can call it a victory, watch out now because Shawty Lo has a back-up plan. It ain’t can-celed yet, he told TMZ.Other networks want the reality show, he claims, especially after all the controversy. Oxygen caved under the pressure of the public and scrapped the show altogether. But “All My Babies Mamas” could be getting a new home.Shawty says, “I take pride in having been actively present in all my children’s lives — and I understand my family doesn’t represent the typical American family, but it’s my family and it works for us.” Will another petition get started now?

Marine Band Backs Off Beyonce Lip-Syncing ClaimThere's no question Be-yonce's rendition of the na-tional anthem was a roaring success. The mystery: was it live or lip synced?

On Tuesday, a spokes-woman for the U.S. Marine Band told news outlets that Beyonce had lip synced at President Barack Obama's inauguration. Master Sgt. Kristin duBois said the band was notified at the last min-ute that Beyonce would use a pre-recorded voice track.

But by late afternoon, the Marine Corps backed off that statement.

"Regarding Ms. Knowles-Carter's vocal performance," Wolf's statement continued, "no one in the Marine Band is in a position to assess whether it was live or pre-recorded."

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*My Funny Valentine Comedy Jam F e b r u -ary 16, 2013 7:00 PM Ticketprices: $55.50, $48.50 starring Sheryl Underwood, Earthquake, Arnez J, J An-thony Brown.

*DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM on stage at the UB Center for the Arts, Wednes-day, Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre, North Campus. A pre-performance talk will take place at 6:45 p.m. The performance is sponsored by M&T Bank. Tickets are $36.50, $26.50, students and children $16.50 and are available at the Center Box Office and tickets.com. To charge tickets call 1-888-223-6000. For more info call 645-2787 or visit www.ubcfa.org.

*Alemaedae Theater & Xavier Films in cooperation with Road Less Traveled Productions present The Wonderful World of Peter Williams Comedy Stage Play January 17 - February 3. Show Times: (Thurs thru Sat at 7:30pm; Sun at 3pm). Road Less Traveled Theatre inside the Market Arcade (639 Main St.) Tickets & Info: Phil Davis 716-602-6253; visit www.atpgalaxy.com

*70’s Soul Jam Valentine’s Concert: The Sytlistics, Emotions, The Main In-gredient, Blue Magic, Blue Notes, Friday, Feb. 15, Au-ditorium Theatre, Rochester. Tickets available at the Audi-torium Box Office, all Tick-etmaster Outlets or charge by phone 800-745-3000

*Comedy Slam 2013 featur-ing Reginald Ballard aka “Bruh Man 5th Floor” and Company, Friday, Feb. 1, 7:30 p.m., Buffalo East, 1412 Main St., 2 shows 6:30 & 10 p.m.; tickets $20; $25 Meet & Greet; available at Pee Wee’s Variety Store, 2319 Main St; and Doris Records; 768-3245.

*DL Hughley - "Unapologetic," Comedy Central, CNN & BET Ap-pearing Thursday - Saturday | Ja.n 24 - 26; 30 Mississippi St. Buffalo, Phone: 716.853.1211

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“We wish to plead our own cause.Too long have others spoken for us.”

- John Russwurm, Freedom’s Journal.1827 America’s 1st Black Newspaper

France, the former slave power of West Africa, has poured into Mali with a ven-geance in a military attack launched on January 11. French warplanes are bomb-ing towns and cities across the vast swath of northern Mali, a territory measuring some one thousand kilome-ters from south to north and east to west. French soldiers in armoured columns have launched a ground offensive, beginning with towns in the south of the northern territory, North and east of the Malian capital of Bamako. A French armoured con-voy entered Mali several days ago from neighbouring Ivory Coast, another former French colony. French troops spearheaded the overthrow of that country’s government in 2011. Off with a handshake into a C-17 transport plane, to sup-port French imperialism. The invasion has received universal support from France’s imperialist allies. The U.S., Canada and Eu-rope are assisting financially and with military transport. To provide a fig leaf of Af-rican legitimacy, plans have been accelerated to introduce troops from eight regional countries to join the fighting “Islamist terrorists” etc., etc.The public relations version of the French et al invasion is a familiar refrain. “Islamic terrorists” and “jihadists” have taken control of north-ern Mali and are a threat to international security and to the well-being of the local population. Terrible atroci-ties against the local populace are alleged and given wide publicity by corporate media. Similar myths were peddled by the warmakers when they invaded Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003. It is true that Islamic funda-mentalists have ruled northern Mali with an iron hand since taking over in 2012. But the reasons for this latest interven-tion lie in the determination of the world’s imperial powers to keep the human and natu-

BY DR. RON DANIELS

Anyone who follows my writings and work is aware that lead-

ing up to the critical 2012 presidential election, I re-lentlessly urged Africans in America to “march on ballot boxes and mobilize for State of the Black World III” as the “Black imperatives” of the day. Faced with the vicious and virulent machinations of the Tea Party dominated conservative extremists, I argued that President Obama was not the perfect choice but the “better choice” for Black people. The Institute of the Black World 21st Cen-tury (IBW) deliberately posi-tioned the State of the Black World after the election in order to assess the impact of the outcome of the election on the interests and aspira-tions of Africans in America and the world. November 6, Black folks marched on bal-lot boxes with a determina-tion reminiscent of the Civil Rights Movement, turning out in record numbers to deliver 93% of our votes to Barack Hussein Obama. Far from deterring turn-out, the Republican Party’s voter suppression efforts backfired as Black voters were deter-mined to overcome whatever barriers placed in our way, including having to stand in line for hours in some states, to cast ballots against the reactionaries and for the prospect of a better day in a second term under Presi-dent Obama. While Obama’s team was able to forge a for-midable coalition to achieve victory, in key battleground states like Virginia, Michi-gan, Pennsylvania and Ohio, it was the Black vote that made the difference. Now that Blacks have decisively delivered for Obama and the Democrats, the question is will the President and the Democrats deliver for Black people? After all, politics is not merely about symbolism and access, it is about exer-cising power and influence within prescribed processes

Obama’s Second Term and African Americans: We Must Demand More Than “Access”

to achieve goals and aspira-tions including policies, pro-grams, goods and services that address issues or advance the interests of groups and con-stituencies. During President Obama’s first term many Black leaders, activists and organizers were reluctant to push racially spe-cific solutions for fear their ef-forts might play into the hands of the reactionaries. However, with a second term in hand, the question of whether Obama will more explicitly address Black issues was squarely on the table at the National Town Hall Meeting convened No-vember 15 by IBW at Howard University and moderated by Mark Thompson. Some of Black America’s most influ-ential leaders were asked to discuss how the re-election of President Obama will af-fect the crises of joblessness, economic underdevelopment, educational and health dis-parities, crime, violence, frat-ricide and mass incarceration – the “state of emergency” in America’s “dark ghettos.” The tenor and tone of the discussion was clear. Having access to the President for photo ops at the White House will not be sufficient in a sec-ond term to meet the expecta-tions of Black leaders and the masses of Black folks. While Jeff Johnson, Susan Taylor, Rev. Dr. Willie Wilson and George Fraser outlined ways Africans in America can “do for self,” they also joined with Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, Dr. Julianne Malveaux, Atty. Faya Ora Toure Sanders and Dr. Mtangulizi Sanyika in de-manding policies “targeted” to address the crises in inner-city and marginalized Black com-munities across the country.

PART I OF A 2-PART SERIES

No To The War in Mali!

The United Nations food and refugee agencies today launched a joint emergency op-eration to respond to the food needs of hundreds of thou-sands of people who have fled conflict in Mali and crossed the border into neighboring coun-tries.

Was France’s decision to Launche War in Mali a Bid to Secure Resources and Stamp Out National Rights Struggles?

ral resources of poor regions of the world as preserves for capitalist profits. West Africa is a region of great resource wealth, including gold, oil and uranium. The uranium mines in neighbouring Niger and the uranium deposits in Mali are of particular interest to France, which generates 78 per cent of its electricity from nuclear energy. Niger’s ura-nium mines are highly pol-luting and deeply resented by the population, including among the semi-nomadic, Tu-areg people who reside in the mining regions. The French company Areva is presently constructing in Imouraren, Niger what will become the second largest uranium mine in the world. Notwithstanding the fabu-lous wealth created by ura-nium mining, Niger is one of the poorest countries on earth. As one European researcher puts it, “Uranium mining in Niger sustains light in France and darkness in Niger.” Mali (population 15.5 mil-lion) is the third-largest gold producing country in Africa. Canada’s IAMGOLD oper-ates two mines there (and a third in nearby Burkina Faso). Many other Canadian and foreign investors are present. A key player in the un-folding war is Algeria. The government there is anxious to prove its loyalty to impe-rialism. Its lengthy border with northern Mali is a key zone for the “pacification” of northern Mali upon which France and its allies are em-barked. Further proof of the hypoc-risy of the ‘democracy’ that France claims to be fighting for in Mali is found in the na-ture of the Mali regime with which it is allied. Often pre-sented in mainstream media as a ‘beacon of democracy’ in west Africa, the Mali gov-ernment was little more than a corrupt and pliant neo-colonial regime before last year when the U.S.-trained and equipped Mali army

twice overthrew it – in March and again in December. The Mali army now scrambling to fight alongside its French big brother was condemned and boycotted by the U.S., Europe and Canada during a brief, sham interlude of concern fol-lowing the first coup. Today, the Mali government is a shell of a regime that rules at the behest of the Mali mili-tary, the latter’s foreign train-ers, and the foreign mining companies that provide much of its revenue.The Tuareg People At the political heart of the conflict in Mali is the decades-long struggle of the Tuareg, a semi-nomadic people num-bering some 1.2 million. Their language is part of the Berber language group. Their his-toric homeland includes much of Niger and northern Mali and smaller parts of Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Algeria and Libya. They call themselves Kel Tamasheq (speakers of the Tamasheq language). The Tuareg have fought a succession of rebellions in the 20th century against the bor-ders imposed by colonialism and then defended by post-in-dependence, neo-colonial re-gimes. They are one of many minority nationalities in west Africa fighting for national self-determination, includ-ing the Sahwari of Western Sahara, a region controlled by Morocco and whose Sah-wari leadership, the Polisario Front, is widely recognized internationally.

To Be Continued

BY ROGER ANNISIndeed, this tone resonated throughout the Conference as participants submitted recom-mendations to be incorporated into the Declaration of Intent to Heal Black Families and Communities, which IBW is compiling as the blueprint and action agenda of SOBWC III. On December 3, nearly a month after the election, Marc Morial, President, National Urban League, Benjamin Todd Jealous, President, NAACP, Melanie Campbell, Executive Director, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and Rev. Al Sharpton, Presi-dent, National Action Net-work convened Black leaders in Washington, DC for a simi-lar purpose – to discuss what, if anything, Blacks should demand of President Obama in his second term. Prior to the gathering, Ben Jealous signaled that “trickle down” policies would not satisfy Blacks under a second Obama administration. An impressive assembly of civil rights, labor, faith, women and youth lead-ers and elected officials from around the country attended the meeting. There was an air of celebration in the room as participants expressed pride in the massive Black voter turn-out that played a pivotal role in re-electing the first Af-rican American President of the United States. But, there was also a heighted sense of expectation that President Obama must act to deal with depression levels of unem-ployment and joblessness in Black America, particularly among Black youth/young people. Ending the “War on Drugs” and other discrimina-tory criminal justice policies also received a great deal of attention as well as voter suppression and disparities in health and education. Be-cause of President Obama’s obvious reluctance to explic-itly address Black issues, par-ticipants grappled with ways to “target” programs to solve major problems in the Black community without specifical-ly using the words “Black.”

To Be Continued

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36th Annual Carter G. Woodson Essay Contest The contest is open to all young people in grades 4 – 12. Essays must be written (print-ed or typed) in 500 Words Or Less (200 Words Minimum) On The Topic: A Salute To African American Poets And Writers In Western New York. Essays must be written about an African American Poet or Writer in Western New York. The poet or writer may be living or deceased from the Western New York area. Bio-graphical information on the person and their work must be included..the name of the work, publication date of the work, how long has the person been writing, what influenced the person to write, etc. In-terviews are acceptable and photos are welcome, but not required. Essays must be received by WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2013. Send to – Carter G. Woodson Essay Contest, P.O. Box 63, Buffalo, New York 14207 or leave at the Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Branch Li-brary, 1324 Jefferson Avenue @ E. Utica St. Your name, address, telephone number, school and grade must be writ-ten on your essay.

Essays will be judged on con-tent, quality and depth of re-search, clarity and neatness.

St. Martin de Porres Scouts Troop #139 in conjunction with Masten District Councilman Demone Smith celebrated the Holiday Season by presenting gift bags to 60 residents at the Niagara Lutheran Home. Additionally, the Troop started a new tradition by honoring one resident each year with a Proc-lamation acknowledging their many contributions and com-mitment to this community and our parish. Our inaugural honoree is Ms. Evelyn Ackinson who is 96 years old. Songs of cheer from the Cub Scouts with musical accompaniment from Troop Leader Brandon Barksdale, sharing stories, cook-ies and cider rounded out our celebration.The importance of this act reminds our young scouts to respect and value the advice and counsel of those who blazed trails for them in or-der to make their lives easier while instilling the values of

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City of Buffalo Urban Renewal AgencyRequest for Proposal

The City of Buffalo (“City”), through the Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency (“BURA”), is seeking proposals through the federal HOME Investment Partnership Program to assist in the development of affordable housing projects in the City of Buf-falo. Through this program, activities have been undertaken to enhance ongoing neighborhood revitalization efforts. For the funding period covered by this application the City will assess proposals received that address the goals outlined in the City’s Consolidated Plan.Applicants must be incorporated for-profit or non-profit entities to undertake affordable housing activities within the boundaries of the City of Buffalo.It is the policy of BURA, that all local Minority/Women Busi-ness Enterprises (M/WBE’s) be encouraged to submit proposals. BURA continues to ensure that all locally owned M/WBE’s are afforded the maximum opportunity to participate as Applicants or Sub-Applicants in the provision of goods and services for BURA. BURA encourages the award of at least thirty percent (30%) of the total dollar value of this project directly or indi-rectly to M/WBE’s. Proposal Submission Deadline: March 4, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. Request for Proposal submissions are due to: Brendan R. Mehaffy, Vice Chairman City of Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency 65 Niagara Square Room 313 City Hall Buffalo, N.Y. 14202

RE: City of Buffalo HOME Investment Partnership Program RFP Submission (No. 2013-1H)

A full copy of the Request for Proposal can be picked up in 313 City Hall or 920 City Hall, 65 Niagara Square Buffalo NY 14202; the Central Library, 1 Lafayette Square, Buffalo NY 14203, or go to http://www.city-buffalo.com/files/1_2_1/city_departments/BURA/rfp/2012HOME_revised.pdf.

Boys Scouts Troop #139 – Sharing Time with Our Seniors

community service, good citi-zenship and love in our youth. Troop meetings are held Tuesday evenings from 6-8 pm during the school year at St. Augusta Boys School formerly Catholic Central School on Kensington and Hast-ings.

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Urban League To Launch Its Young Professionals Affiliate Group On Friday January 25, the Buffalo Urban League Young Pro-fessionals (BULYP) will host its Launch Party and Membership Drive. The event will be held inside the beautiful Statler City Geor-gian Ballroom, located at 107 Delaware Avenue in downtown Buf-

falo from 6 -10 p.m.. The event is free, but by RSVP at rsvp@bulypny.org “Talent, drive and de-termination alone aren’t enough to propel you to-ward success in the pro-fessional arena,” says Stephanie Foreman, Buf-falo Urban League Young Professionals President.

“Through BULYP’s unique networking events, we’re providing like-minded peers an opportunity to network and establish rela-tionships with some of Western New York’s most talented young professionals. We’re also providing our peers the opportunity to meet other movers and shakers in our community across an array of professions.” In addition to celebrating the launch of BULYP, the event will feature on-the-spot membership enrollment, an opportunity auc-tion and networking amongst Western New York’s most influential young professionals. Joining BULYP President Stephanie Foreman and Buffalo Urban League President & CEO Brenda McDuffie will be special guests; including, National Urban League Young Pro-fessionals Vice President Rahshib Thomas, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown and many more.-About Buffalo Urban League Young Professionals-The Buffalo Urban League Young Professionals is an affiliate of the Buffalo Urban League. BULYP’s mission is to engage young professionals in becoming vessels of empowerment by providing service and networking opportunities that benefit the local com-munity. BULYP is a place where young, socially conscious people can come together to generate ideas on how to be effective agents of change. For additional information on the Buffalo Urban League Young Professionals or media requests please call Reginald Keith at 716-868-8305 or by visiting www.bulypny.org.

SBA Hosts Straight Talk to Help Entrepreneurs Start and Grow their Business The U.S. Small Business Administration Buffalo Dis-trict Office will host the 17th annual Straight Talk 2013 event on January 26 from 8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at the Buf-falo Niagara Convention Center, Convention Center Plaza to help small business owners and entrepreneurs learn about the resources available to help their businesses start, grow and succeed. For the past 16 years, Straight Talk has pro-vided one-on-one business counseling, business informa-tion booths, networking op-portunities, educational train-ing and more.

County of Erie Advertisement for Bids

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Sealed bids for Plumbing Work at the above County facility will be received by the Commissioner of Public Works in Suite 1400 of the Rath County Office Build-ing, 95 Franklin Street, Buf-falo, New York 14202 until 11:00 AM local time on February 8, 2013, at which time they will be opened and read aloud. MBE/WBE and Apprenticeship Training re-quirements may apply to this project. Additional informa-tion must be found at: www.erie.gov/dpw

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County of Erie Advertisement for Bids

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Sealed bids for Mechanical Work at the above County facility will be received by the Commissioner of Public Works in Suite 1400 of the Rath County Office Building, 95 Franklin Street, Buffalo, New York 14202 until 10:30 AM lo-cal time on February 8, 2013, at which time they will be opened and read aloud. MBE/WBE and Apprenticeship Training require-ments may apply to this project. Additional information must be found at: www.erie.gov/dpw

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Plaintiff designates Erie County as the place of trial.Venue is basedupon the County in which themortgage premises is situated.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF ERIE

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TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S):

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

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT

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

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME

If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pend-ing for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE AN-SWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORT-GAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.

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

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

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Social Worker for Eastside office in home-based program for families with children at risk of out of home place-ment. For a full description of responsibilities & require-ments of this position please visit our website: www.ccwny.org or forward resume with Job #201304 to: Catholic Chari-ties, 741 Delaware Ave, Buf-falo, NY 14209. Attn: HR. EOE/M/F

Catholic Charities has an ex-cellent professional develop-ment opportunity available for the following: Social Worker III Seeking candidate to pro-vide a continuum of services to families involved in Erie County Family or Supreme Court. For a full description of responsibilities & require-ments of this position please visit our website: www.ccwny.org or forward resume with Job #201303 to: Catholic Chari-ties, 741 Delaware Ave, Buf-falo, NY 14209. Attn: HR. EOE/M/F

Catholic Charities has an ex-cellent professional develop-ment opportunity available for the following:

Supervisor Direction & oversight of Central Intake Services Unit including triage, screening, assessment, direct emergency assistance, community link-age & advocacy work. For a full description of this posi-tion please visit our website: www.ccwny.org or forward resume with Job #201302 to: Catholic Chari-ties, 741 Delaware Ave, Buf-falo, NY 14209. Attn: HR. EOE/M/F

EAST SIDE APART-MENTS AVAILABLE

*Two and Three Bedroom Apartments starting at $395 plus security. Apartments Sec-tion 8 Ready. Call 836-8686.

Head Men’s Soccer Coach Buffalo State, State University of New York, seeks candidates for Head Men’sSoccer Coach.

Required Qualifications: Bachelor's degree; established record of successfulcoaching experience at the college level; proven ability to recruit quality student-athletes at the college level; excellent communication skills, strong computerskills; a commitment to the values of NCAA Division III athletics; strongorganizational and leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications: Master's degree.

Qualified applicants may apply online at https://jobs.buffalostate.edu

Buffalo State is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and committed to respect for diversity and individual differences.

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Sealed bids for Project Nos. M3008-C, M3008-H, comprising separate contracts for Construction Work and HVAC Work, Rehabilitate Kitchen Flooring, Building 86, Gowanda Correc-tional Facility, South Road, Gowanda (Erie County), NY, will be received by the Office of General Services (OGS), Design & Construction Group (D&C), Contract Administration, 35th Fl., Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12242, on behalf of the Department of Corrections and Community Super-vision, until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 6, 2013, when they will be publicly opened and read. Each bid must be pre-pared and submitted in accordance with the Instructions to Bid-ders and must be accompanied by a certified check, bank check, or bid bond in the amount of $12,100 for C and $2,800 for H.

All successful bidders on a multiple trade project or the success-ful bidder with a bid over $200,000 on a single trade project, will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Labor and Material Bond in the statutory form of public bonds required by Sections 136 and 137 of the State Finance Law, each for 100% of the amount of the Contract estimated to be between $100,000 and $250,000 for C and between $25,000 and $50,000 for H. The requirement for Labor and Material and Performance Bonds may be waived on a bid under $200,000 on a single trade project.

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The only time prospective bidders will be allowed to visit the job site will be at 10:00 a.m. on January 28, 2013 at Gowanda Correctional Facility Field Office, 14312 Taylor Hollow Road, Gowanda, NY. Phone the office of Kim Himes, (716) 532-5151 a minimum of 72 hours in advance.

It is the policy of the State and the Office of General Services to encourage minority business enterprise participation in this project by contractors, subcontractors and suppliers, and all bid-ders are expected to cooperate in implementing this policy.

The Bidding and Contract Documents for this Project are avail-able on compact disc (CD) only, and may be obtained for an $8.00 deposit per set, plus a $2.00 per set shipping and handling fee. Contractors and other interested parties can order CD’s on-line through a secure web interface available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Please use the following link at the OGS website for ordering and payment instructions: http://www.ogs.ny.gov/bu/dc/esb/acquirebid.asp.

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BIDSMaintenance Supervisor - Downtown Buffalo apart-ment complex seeks reli-able person with knowledge of Electrical, Carpentry and Plumbing. Budgeting and Bid Procurement experience a plus! Must have own tools, dependable car, clean driving record and willingness to get 2nd class stationary engineers license. EOE. Resume / Ref-erences to HR, 215 Broad-way, Buffalo, NY 14204 or fax to 854-2981.

Assistant ProfessorLeadership and Creativity

Buffalo State, State University of New York, seeks an Assistant Professor,Leadership and Creativity, for the Creative Studies Department. Required Qualifications: Earned doctorate by time of appointment. Formalwork and experience teaching or training in leadership. Demonstrated knowledgeof leadership in theory and practice. Evidence of scholarly productivity inleadership. Ability to work cooperatively as member of a small interdisciplinaryteam of Creative Studies faculty.Preferred Qualifications: Proven effectiveness in delivering undergraduate andgraduate instruction (e.g., student and peer evaluation) in leadership.Demonstrated strong interest in linking leadership with creativity. Experiencedelivering online courses and working effectively with distance students.Experience delivering training in creativity and/or creative problem solving orcomparable processes. Ability to articulate a research agenda that integratescreativity and leadership. Demonstrated ability and interest in working acrossdisciplines and cultures.Application review will begin immediately and continue until position is filled. .Qualified applicants may apply online at https://jobs.buffalostate.edu

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Prisoners Are People Too, Resumes Monthly Meetings January 28 Although the work of Prisoners Are People Too is ongo-ing, following past practice, meetings were suspended for one month. On Monday, January 28, monthly meetings will resume at the Pratt-Willert Community Center, 422 Pratt Street in Buf-falo, at 6:30pm – 8:30pm. We will briefly review the activities of 2012 and consider the work ahead. The following local, state, and national issues are at the top of our list of concerns for 2013:1. ongoing improvements at our county jails2. re-establishing bus transportation to state correctional facilities3.continuing to push for parole reform with the SAFE Parole Act4.improving the lives of children who have incarcerated parents5. joining the NYS campaign for Medical Marijuana6. supporting the Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act. Actually, our list of concerns is a little longer than this and we need dedicated hands and hearts committed to changing a system that requires our full attention and sincere desire to fight injustice. While you may initially feel that the above list of con-cerns has nothing to do with your life, take another look. Your tax dollars are being used to support a system that has nothing to do with public safety or rehabilitation. Come to our meet-ings and learn how criminal justice is generally meted out as criminal injustice and social justice is not a fact, but a worthy goal. Join us and be part of an organization that honors “justice for all.” This program is sponsored by the Circle of Supporters for Reformed Offenders and Friends of BaBa Eng. For more information, contact Karima Amin: 716-834-8438; karima@prisonersarepeopletoo.org.

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Rebates for residential customers in National Fuel’s Western New York service area are available through National Fuel’s Conservation Incentive Program (CIP).

Residential Customer RebateOur residential program offers rebates to customers who replace space and water heating equipment with qualifying, energy-effi cient models. Plus, the savings are even greater when you replace your home’s electric appliances with natural gas models. When switching to this clean, effi cient, secure, abundant resource, a household can save money year after year.

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

Board of Education Meeting: 5:30 p.m., 801 City Hall.

FRIDAY JANUARY 25

Grand Opening of Vineeta Intrnational Market: 11 a.m., 98 Grant St.

SATURDAY JANUARY 26

Jack & Jill of America, Inc. Buffalo Chapter“Pink, White and Blue” Chil-dren's Inaugural Ball3:00 - 5:00 PM Senses Vil-lage, 360 Genesee StreetBuffalo, Ages 3 - 8 Years OldAttire: Semi-Formal to For-mal Party Dresses for GirlsSlacks, Shirt, Tie, Vest, Jack-et, or Sweater for BoysTickets are $10.00 for chil-dren (adult chaperons are free)Contact Ingrid @ 716-830-7408 for tickets and info

MONDAY JANUARY 28

Aloma D. Johnson Fruitbelt Community Charter School Board of Trustees Open Meeting: 6 p.m., 833 Michi-gan. 856-4390.

WED. JAUARY 30

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

THURS. JANUARY 31

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

BUILD Organization Meet-ing: Every Thursday, Mer-riweather Library Jefferson @ Utica, 5:30 p.m. Open to public.

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A Naming Ceremony for The Alphonso “Rafi” Green CAO Masten Resource Center in honor of our beloved Rafi was held on Thursday, December 20 at the Center, located at 1423 Fillmore Av-enue. “We want to create a legacy in his honor to our community. Rafi gave his all for all of us,” organizers stated. Rafi made his “Transition” on September 12, 2012. Pictured above are scenes from the recent Naming Ceremony. (Photos Submitted Courtesy of Kay Taylor)

Remembering Rafi...