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Celebrating the Dream Community Celebrations HonorLegacy of Dr. Martin Luther King

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“Go Tell Michelle”Page 3 History-Maker Page 3 Ministries on Line Page 2

Politricks at OK Corral...Just two weeks into the New Year and Politricks in the Black Community are Fierce! Yeehaa!

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U.S. Race Riots in the 60s? Try Italy in 2010!Africans in Italy Riot in Worst Outbreak in Years

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Muhammad School of Music will present a special “Tribute to the Kings” in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King and the King of Pop Michael Jackson on Sunday, January 17 at Kleinhans Music Hall at 5:30 pm. The musical, dance, and vocal spectacular featuring the music of Michael Jackson will open the 33rd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Celebration hosted by Concerned Citizens Following The Dream, chaired by Bessie Patterson. Under the direction of Maestro Henri L. Muhammad, the “electrified” violinists of Muhammad’s School will perform some of Michael Jackson’s greatest hits featuring Miss Barbara’s School of Dance, the WNY Gospel Music Workshop of America Youth Choir, the University at Buffalo American Sign Language Club, and an electric guitar and vocal solo by the maestro, Henri L. Muhammad. Complete Schedule of MLK Events on page 10.

Tribute to the Kings!Pray For HaitiMagnitude 7.0 Quake Hits Haiti: Many casualties expected PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The largest earthquake ever recorded in the area shook Haiti on Tuesday, collapsing a hospital where people screamed for help. Other build-ings also were damaged and scientists said they expected “substantial damage and casualties.”With communications disrupted, powerful aftershocks shook the country. The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 and was centered about 10 miles west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was the larg-est quake recorded in the area.The quake was felt in the Dominican Republic, which shares a border with Haiti on the island of Hispaniola. In eastern Cuba, houses shook but no major damage was immediately reported.

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Urgent Bone Marrow Donor Drive At The Urban League The Urban League of Rochester is holding a drive to help locate a bone marrow donor for Jennifer Jones Austin. Ms. Austin, a leading advocate for children and families in New York State and a 41-year-old married mother of two, has been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). Ms. Austin is a senior vice president at the United Way of New York City, and until last year worked as NYC’s first family services coordinator. She must undergo a bone marrow transplant within the next few months in order to survive AML, but a positive donor match has not been identified. More information about Jennifer’s story is at http://www.savejenaustin.com/. African Americans and Hispanics are dramatically underrepresented in the National Bone Marrow Registry. Individuals between the ages of 18 and 60 can just stop by the Urban League, 265 North Clinton Avenue for a few moments on Tuesday, January 19th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Testing for matches is done with a simple swab of the inside of your cheek. If a match is found, the actual donation process is as simple as giving blood.

Dr. King and Mainstream Media is Topic of Lecture Minister Lawrance Lee Evans will speak on the topic, “The Mainstream Media: A Betrayal or Portrayal of Dr. King’s Leadership” on Friday, Janu-ary 15 at 6 pm at First Community Interfaith Institute Inc. 219 Hamilton Street (off South Ave.) Minister Law-rance Lee Evans is the founder of First Community Interfaith Institute Inc. and Developer of Doology

Gospel House Ministries Goes On Line Filmmaker Cecil Felton and his wife, Kimberly have had a “calling”. So to speak. For 10 years, their dream on paper has come to fruition. The Feltons have brought the concept of a Gospel House Network from the Public Access airways to the Internet. Currently, they program three shows Gospel House, 30 Frames, and Tomor-row’s World. The response to their shows has been warmly received. “I’ve heard from people in Atlanta, Georgia, Russia, Brazil, and Africa,” chuckles Felton, who teaches televi-sion practicuum at St. John Fisher College. “We couldn’t read the e-mails, but I got a very encourag-ing phone call from Michael Pease and he applauded our efforts. The call was right on time because we were thinking about quitting.” Most of the programming on the Gospel Network is diversified and fea-

tures Christian and Gospel music videos. He explains that WB was where his and his wife’s dream were developed. “We started the whole concept at RCTV when I worked there,” he continues adding that shows run about 30 minutes long. “We are producing Chris-tian-based programming. The station let us be on the forefront of this. Our network is kind of like R News. The programs continuously loop and we also have a Demand button people can select to view a particular show.”

Viewers can leave “comments” on the network’s website with its contact button. There also is a book-store on line.

Kimberly helps book guests, serves as the hostess, while Cecil is more comfortable behind the camera. Keith Bailey, a local deejay who does a Christian show on WITR radio, fills in as a back up host for Kimberly. While they are living their dream, he admits that the work is both rewarding and challenging. “We aren’t Oprah and we don’t have Oprah’s money,” he laughs. “Balancing resources are tough. We’ve made a lot of sacrifices and we are raising young children. We have to make sure their needs are met. We tend to work while they are sleeping.” To check out the Gospel House Network, visit www.gospelhouseTV.com.

Rochester Board of Education January 2010 Meetings Unless otherwise noted, meetings will be held in Conference Room 3A of Central Office, 131 West Broad Street. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend. The schedule will be updated periodically with additional meetings and/or cancellations. Agenda information is provided where available. *Thursday, January 14:Excellence in Student Achievement Committee Meeting, 5:30 p.m.Commissioner Van Henri White chairs the Excellence in Student Achievement Committee. *Tuesday, January 19:Policy Committee Meeting, 6:30 p.m.Commissioner Cynthia Elliott chairs the Policy Committee, which also includes Commissioners Thomas Brennan and Willa Powell. *Thursday, January 21:Finance Committee Meeting, 5:30 p.m.Commissioner Willa Powell chairs the Finance Committee, which also includes Commissioners Van White and Cynthia Elliott.

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Becoming More Health ConsciousCongratulations to Healthy Hero Bishop David Singleton, Ark of Jesus Ministries, for increasingthe health and nutritional consciousness of his congregation. With no green space in which to play, the church set up active play stations in empty parking lots with relay races, basketball and hula hoops. On rainy days, the children move inside to WiiFitness activities. Everyone is learning about healthy eating.Greater Rochester Health Foundation recognizes individuals/groups who have gone above and beyond their normal duties to impact children’s nutrition and/or physical activity. Healthy Heroes are awarded $250 to be donated to the organization of their choice. The award is open to all residents of Genesee, Livings-ton, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming and Yates counties.

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Miller-Williams Seeking Answers To Why County Is Discontinuing Child Care Grants For Low-Income Erie County Legislator Barbara Miller-Williams (D-Buffalo, 3rd District) sponsored a resolution at the January 7, session requesting that County Social Services Commissioner Carol Dankert explain why the county is discontinuing child care grants for certain Erie County residents, and to detail what steps are being taken to mitigate child care funding discon-tinuance for these families. Legislator Miller-Williams explained that the county Department of Social Services administers a child care block grant through New York State that funds the cost of day care services for the children of low-income county residents and people eligible through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program. The Department announced a significant cutback in the program by scaling back eligibility from the current income level of 200 percent above the poverty level to 125 percent. This eliminates from the program more than 1,500 Erie County children, 42 percent of the current recipients. “This program has become a valuable asset in tough economic times for families who are seeking gainful employment and for those who already have jobs but cannot afford the cost of child care while seeking or holding a job,” Legislator Miller-Williams said. “I am alarmed at the understand-able outcry from my constituents and other county residents affected. They were given little notice of the termination of their child care grants, and in some instances, people have been billed by day care providers due to the lack of a required notification to end child care.” The resolution sponsored by Legislator Miller-Williams calls for Dankert to attend the next meeting of the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee to explain why the program has been discontinued for so many people and what steps to address the situation are being taken.

Garbage Tote Waiver Option For Senior Citizens Due to the fact that senior citizens and disabled individuals have dif-ficulty moving their totes in the snow, Mayor Brown has endorsed the implementation of a “Garbage Tote Waiver” by the Department of Public Works. Waivers may be obtained by filling out a request form, which is available through the Department of Citizens Services, Room 218 in City Hall, or by calling the 311 Call Center. Proof of permanent disability, age of over 65, or lack of space on property is required for the waiver.

Miller-Williams Elected Chair of Erie County Legislature: First Black Woman Barbara Miller-Williams has been elected Chair-woman of the Erie County Legislature, making her the first African American woman to hold that position. Chris Collins-backed Republicans elevated Miller-Williams to the Legislature’s most powerful post, saying in a Buffalo News article that her election would give them a better chance to enact their agenda, which includes downsizing the 15-member body by at least four seats and eliminating the Legislature’s district offices. In her new position Miller-Williams enjoys a $10,000 stipend atop a legislator’s base pay of $42,588. Democratic majority leader Maria R. Whyte, said the so-called “reform coalition” headed by Miller-Williams is hardly coming together on the basis of reform. And the Democratic Party issued a statement saying that the new bloc will “make the Legislature a rubber stamp for (County Legislator) Chris Collins.” However the new nine-member coalition called it a chance to set parti-san politics aside, and Miller-Williams insisted that “this is not a Chris Collins Coalition,” saying that she will do “what is in the best interest of the Erie County Legislature.”

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“Go Tell Michelle” : Book is Now PlayThe Uncrowned Queens Institute and UB Department of Theatre and Dance will pres-ent the new play, “Go Tell Michelle: Letters to the First Lady,” adapted from the book “Go Tell Michelle” by local writers Barbara Seals Nevergold and Peggy Brooks-Bertram. Seals -Nevergold and Brooks-Bertram star in the play along with Karima Amin. The play was adapted and directed by Robert Knopf and will premier on Tuesday, January 19 at 7 p.m. at Allen Hall on UB’s Main Street Campus. A

reception will follow. An encore performance will be held on Wednesday, January 20 at the Frank E. Merriweather Jr. Library at 7 p.m. both events are free and open to the public. For more information call 829-6047.

Calling All Inventors! Do you have a product or idea and don’t know how to take it to the next step? Attend the Inventor Event 2010, Tuesday, Jan. 19 at Buffalo State College, Butler Library Room 210, 9am.-1p.m. Sign-in begins at 8:30 a.. Call 878-4030 or register on line at www.WNYINVENTS.com

Permanent Exhibit at the Langston Hughes Institute A Permanent Exhibit at the Langston Hughes Institute, 25 High Street, includes “Black Woman as Warrior” exterior murals by renowned artist William Cooper and “The Whole Story.” For more information call 881-3266.

Grant Removed from Community Enrichment Committee by New Leg-islature Chair It has been learned by this news-paper that Betty Jean Grant , chair of the Erie County Commu-nity Enrichment Committee for three years has been removed from that com-mittee by the new chair of the Erie County Legislature, Barbara Miller-Williams. “I am deeply saddened to learn that I will no longer serve as chair of a committee that is so important to our culturals, especially the culturals in the inner city,” said Legislator Grant when contacted to reply to the allega-tion. “For the past three years, I have fought to put money back into the culturals when the county executive took them out completely or reduced their funding. I have been successful because I had a bunch of supportive democratic legislators to assist me by voting for the increases.” When asked why she felt she was replaced, Mrs. Grant had this to say: “ I really can’t say because the guy from Amherst who was chosen to replace me never asked or lobbied for the job”. Grant also stated that she had “bumped heads” with the commis-sioner of Environment Planning over the reduced funding for the African American Cultural Center and was in the process of exploring the issuance of an injunction, to be drawn up by our attorney, to direct the commissioner and the ECCRAB to appear before the cultural committee. “I really believe that I was removed to make life a little less complicated for the county administration,” said Mrs. Grant. She said she was offered to chair the Health and Human Service Committee but declined because she felt that there was no need to replace her and there was not anyone else interested in chairing the cultural com-mittee except herself. Mrs. Grant con-tinued, “ I know that my advocacy was needed most in helping the African American Cultural Center and other city based organizations in getting their fair share of the cultural dollars. Sadly, now, my ability to assist them has been greatly compromised.”

Local Author, Marilyn Foote, Promotes Literacy Amherst Christian Academy (ACA) recently had the privilege to host Marilyn Foote, a Buffalo Public School teacher and local author promoting literacy in Western New York. During her visit to ACA Ms. Foote spoke about her recently published children’s book, Puddinhead. The book shares stories about the author’s life as a child and the lessons she gleaned from the influences of her family and church. It is promised to be the first in a series of children’s book she will have published through Tate Publishing and is already available at Amazon.com Foote has inspired her students to read as many as 120 books per year, has started a scholarship to recognize and encourage young enthusiastic readers, has had her first book published in record time, and has promoted her book through “book-talks” as time has allowed. She certainly is an advocate for reading. The students at ACA readily received not only Ms. Foote’s talk but also the stories from Puddinhead. They embraced the opportunity to promote literacy in their school by adding her work to the school library and summer reading list. “If we give our students more opportunity to read and enjoy reading,” said Michael Cabán, principal of Amherst Christian Academy, “it’s more likely they will become independent, lifelong readers.” Amherst Christian Academy is a private, certified, Christian school located between Niagara Falls Boulevard and Transit Road on Tonawanda Creek Road. Founded in 1975, ACA is dedicated to providing a Christ-centered academic setting for young men and women to grow in wisdom knowledge and stature. The school offers classes for grades kindergarten through 12th. For more information about ACA call (716) 689-9944.

PEOPLE DONATE TO ACT-SO: People, Inc. has donated $1,000 to the Buffalo NAACP ACT-SO Program for the 2010 Academic Olympics Competitionfor African American High School students. Orientation sessions for ACT-SO will be held at the Merriweather Library, 10:00 A.M. on January 23 and February 6th. Competition will be held March 20th at the Buffalo Performing Arts High school. The National ACT-SO Competition will be held in Kansas City Missouri, July 7-11. Buffalo had three winners at the July, 2009 National Competition in New York City Pictured lLeft to right: Frank B. Mesiah, Buffalo NAACP President, Earline Williams, ACT-SO Co Chair, Bradford Watts, Community Relations Coordinator, People, Inc. , Jeanette Garr, ACT-SO Chair, Macque’ Linder, 2009 National Winner in Poetry

Arab-American Sworn Into Office: Noman-Makes Local and State History Lackawanna Councilman Abdulsalam Noman was sworn into office as a First Ward Council member before a crowd of about 200 family and friends from Lackawanna’s Yemenite community January 3, making him the city’s first Arab-American elected government official. He also made regional history as the first Arab-American elected to public office in New York State, and only the second in the nation. He took his oath of office on his father’s copy of the Quran. Lackawanna also elected two Arab-Amer-ican School Board members. Noman said he hopes to add more diversity to Lackawanna’s work force. Presently it has only two Arab-Americans. He expressed 100 percent support for President Obama. There are approximately 4,000 Yemenites among Lackawanna’s 18,000 population.

2010 Off To A Violent Start Only two weeks into the new year and city police are already probing three homicides. On Friday, Jan. 1, 17-year-old Aaron James of Sherman Street was found shot to death in the 100 block of Strauss Street. No arrests have been made. Christopher M. Rudow, 32 of Scott Street was found dead Jan. 5 in his Lofts at Elk Terminal apartment. Later that evening, the body of 44-year-old William Foster was found in his Hudson Street apartment. He died of multiple stab wounds. Anyone with information on any of the three homicides is urged to call the city’s confidential tip line at 847-2255.

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BIDSRace Riots Grip Italian Town ROME — More than a thousand African workers were put aboard buses and trains in the southern Italian region of Calabria over the weekend and shipped out to immi-grant detention centers, following some of the country’s worst riots in years. The clashes began Thursday night in Rosarno, a working-class city amid citrus groves in Calabria, the toe of Italy’s boot, after a legal immigrant from Togo was wounded in a pellet-gun attack in a nearby city. It is not clear who pulled the trigger — the authorities said they were investigating whether organized crime had provoked the riots — but the consequences were severe. Blaming racism for the attack, dozens of immigrants burned cars and smashed shop windows in Rosarno in two days of riots, throwing rocks at local residents and fighting with the police. More than 50 immigrants and police officers were wounded, none seriously, and 10 immigrants and locals were arrested before the authorities began sending the immigrants to detention centers elsewhere in southern Italy on Saturday. The images emerging from Calabria over the weekend — of torched cars and angry African immigrants hurling rocks — were the most vivid example of the growing racial tensions in Italy, which have been exacerbated by an economic crisis whose depth has only recently been acknowledged in the national dialogue. Both the official and underground economies increas-ingly rely on immigrants, while Italy remains torn between acceptance and xenophobia. The riots also shone a bright light on a side of the country rarely seen in tourist itineraries. On Sunday, the authorities began bulldozing the makeshift encampments outside Rosarno where hundreds of immigrants live in what human rights groups describe as subhuman conditions. They are often paid less than $30 a day picking fruit, a job that many Italians see as beneath them. Organized crime syndicates are known to have a strong grip on every level of the Calabrian economy. “This event pulled the lid off something that we who work in the sector know well but no one talks about: That many Italian economic realities are based on the exploitation of low-cost foreign labor, living in subhuman conditions, without human rights,” said Flavio Di Giacomo, the spokes-man for the International Organization for Migration in Italy. The workers live in “semi-slavery,” added Mr. Di Giacomo, who said, “It’s shameful that this is happening in the heart of Italy.” Pope Benedict XVI veered from his prepared remarks in his Angelus message on Sunday to denounce the violence in Calabria. “An immigrant is a human being, different in origin, culture and tradition, but he is a person to respect, with rights and duties,” the pope said. He also criticized the “exploitation” of immigrants. There are 4 million legal immigrants in Italy, out of a population of 60 million, and even more illegal immigrants. And while many Italians rely on them to work in their businesses and take care of their young children or elderly parents, many Italians see the new arrivals as a threat.

Rioting by immigrants, mostly African, in Rosarno on Friday was some of Italy’s worst in years.

Danny Glover Criticizes President Barack Obama’s Performance Actor Danny Glover pulled no punches recently in his assessment of President Obama’s first year in office. The celebrated actor, known for his activism, told NewsOne.com on December 22 that the president has not done enough during the slow economy to help the African-American community. His com-ments also echoed the sentiments of some members of the Congres-sional Black Caucus. According to Glover, Obama has followed the same policies—almost verbatim—that were doled out by the Bush administration. “I don’t see anything different,” Glover said of the president’s poli-cies surrounding Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East. “What’s so clear is that this country, from the outset, is projecting the interests of wealth and property.” In addition, a blog on BigHollywood.com stated that Glover questioned Obama’s handling of the bailout of Wall Street, asking why the same kind of rescue wasn’t directed for Main Street. “He may be just a different face, and that face may happen to be Black—and if it were Hillary Clinton, it would happen to be a woman,” Glover reportedly said. The blog noted that Glover is among a growing contingency of African-American leaders who have begun expressing, both publicly and privately, varying degrees of disappointment over a president for whom they held high hopes. Those hopes included eradication of the high unemployment rate among Blacks, and African-Americans’ inability to acquire affordable health care. Obama responded that his efforts at health care reform have been just one example of his com-passion toward Black America.

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Healthy Life-Changing Goals for 2010 The following centenarian practices will help you live to 100. Start small! Just choose 3 life-changing practices to be your goal for 2010. The trick is to be consistent every day and work your way up to the full goal. 1. Take a 20-minute walk every day. Aside from the proven benefits to your heart, walking is the perfect gentle exercise for improving digestion and encouraging cleansing of the lymphatic system.Start small: Start with just 5 minutes and build your way up to 20 minutes or more. 2. Eat 5 vegetables of different colors every day. The countries with the highest number of centenarians generally have very little meat in their diet -- and many more vegetables. Numerous studies show that the different pigments in the skins of vegetables are powerful antioxidants crucial for maintaining health, preventing cancer, and protecting against environmental toxins; an estimated one-third of all cancer patients developed their disease as a result of 3. Drink 2 cups of herbal tea a day. To maintain optimum health, drink decaffein-ated tea with herbs that help support your liver, lymphatic system, bowels, urinary tract, and skin by cleansing and preventing a buildup of toxins and wastes in the body. Some of the best herbal teas for detoxifying and getting healthy are ginger, dandelion, chrysanthemum flower, milk thistle, hawthorn berry, and turmeric. Green tea also has many health benefits, and even with its caffeine content, (which is much less than coffee) is still an excellent choice. 4. Stop eating when you are three-quarters full. Something that almost all cente-narians have in common is that they eat less. Many centenarians had very modest means, and as a result, they were eating less than average. They often stopped eating once they were three-quarters full. Eating in this way also improves your overall digestion, allowing you to absorb the nutrients from your food. 5. Commit to a cardio workout. In many years of clinical practice and research, I have never met a centenarian that lived a physically inactive life. Cardiovascular exercise is critical to attaining your health goals and the key to a healthy heart. Start small: Begin by exercising only five minutes a day, but do it every day. Incrementally increase the time by five minutes each week. By week 6, you’ll be up to 30 minutes. 6. Breathe your way to 100. Breathing correctly is important for dispelling the toxins and wastes from your body; in fact, it is estimated that we expel only about 30 percent of toxins in our bodies through defecation, urination, and perspiration -- the rest is all respiratory. Practice deep, slow, rhythmic, breathing daily to detoxify and de-stress: three times a day, close your eyes and breathe slowly for 10 counts. May you live long, live strong, and live happy! -Dr. Mao

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Maat E’s Mental Health Message: Holidays can provide a wonderful excuse to be jolly, but really everyday is a good day to be joyous and have fun. Life is too short and days go by too fast not to celebrate life and the people we love. Waiting until someone passes

on is ok, but not really the best time to have a celebration of life. Enjoy life now! Tell people you love them today! Be good to yourself in this moment! Find something in your life to be thankful for and give thanks. If you can’t think of anything, come up with something you need and ask for it so you can receive a blessing to be thankful for. We all deserve to live each day with joy. Tis the hour, day,

month and season, for life, health, and vitality. Peace, Maat E.

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FIRST SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH RECIPIENT OF HOLIDAY DONATION: The Buffalo & Erie County Workforce Development Consortium (WDC), the Workforce Investment Board (WIB), the Buffalo Employment & Training One-Stop Center (BETC), the Erie Community College One-Stop Center and Greater Buffalo Works held their annual WDC Holiday Party at the Pearl Street Grille last month. The winning food pantry was selected by a raffle winner – Joyce Faines of the Buffalo Employment & Training One-Stop Center. Her selection was the First Shiloh Baptist Church Food Pantry located at 15 Pine Street where the Rev. Staples is pastor. Over $300 was donated to the food pantry. Pictured (L to R): Rev. Staples, Mrs. Annie Harrod, Joyce Faines, Phyllis DePronio and Norman Weiler.

The Passing of Rev. Precious Charles Lindbergh ThompsonThe Rev. Precious Charles Lind-bergh Thompson, pastor of Jerusa-lem Missionary Baptist church on Glenwood Avenue for 50 years, died Jan. 5 in Buffalo General Hospital. He was 82. A native of McCool, Mississippi, he moved to Buffalo as a young child and joined Calvary Baptist Church, then located on Spring Street. He attended the Buffalo Bible Institute where he received his ordination and in 1957 was appointed pastor of Mount Calvary Baptist Church on Masten Avenue. The church was later renamed Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church and was moved to Woodlawn Avenue before settling at its current location at 465 Glen-wood. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, the former Mildred Ann Holloway; two sons, Rev. Preston Thompson and Rev. Ardell Turner; three sisters Dalvia Turner, Mavis Kirkwood and Mendoris Hannah.His funeral was held at True Bethel Baptist Church where Rev. Darius Pridgen is pastor.

“ A Day of Service in Honor of Dr. King” On January 18, people of all ages and backgrounds will come together to improve lives, bridge social barriers, and move our nation closer to the “Beloved Commu-nity” that Dr. King envisioned. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. devoted his life’s work to causes of equal-ity and social justice. He taught that through non-violence and service to one another, problems such as hunger and homelessness, prejudice and discrimination can be overcome. The Niagara Ministe-rial council of Niagara Falls, NY will host a city wide celebration of the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday January 17,at Trinity Baptist Church, 1366 South Avenue, Niagara Falls, NY. The service will begin at 4pm. Rev. Glenn Raybon is the host pastor and the newly elected council presi-dent is Rev. B. Leslie James, Senior Pastor of St. John’s A.M.E. Church in Niagara Falls. The theme for this year’s celebration is “A Day of Service.” The special guest is Rev. Darius G. Pridgen, pastor of The True Bethel Baptist Church in Buffalo, who will deliver the key-note address. The choir of Trinity Baptist Church will provide music along with various soloists.

Greater Apostolic House of Prayer to Host Consecration Revival The Greater Apostolic House of Prayer is hosting a consecration revival on Fridays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at noon January 15-31. Guest speakers include: Bishop Jona-than Wallace, Baltimore, MD, 1st Vice Pres. Prelate of W. A. R. Jan 15 -17; Pastor Denise Jones, Inner Courts Ministries, Baltimore Md, Jan 22 – 24; and Bishop Kenneth Swaringer , Florence, SC, Pres. Prel-ate of the Northern Diocese of the Apostolic Churches of Jesus Christ, Inc., Jan 29 - Jan 31. Please contact Evangelist Patricia Wiley at (716) 604-5536 for more information.

New Radio Show ForMt. Olive Baptist Church We invite you to listen to Pastor Wil-liam Gillison of the Mount Olive Baptist Church on a new weekly radio broad-cast on Thursdays from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm. Sunday morning services will be broadcast on WUFO 1080 AM. Pastor Gillison is truly an anointed and dynamic speaker. Listen and be blessed.

Ministers Alliance to Host Annual MLK Birthday Observance The African Methodist Ministers Alliance will host its annual Martin Luther King birthday Observance and Installation Service on Friday, January 15 at 7 p.m. at St. Luke AME Zion Church, 314 East Ferry Street. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Marcellus Norris, Pastor, St. Paul AME Church of Cambridge, Mas-sachusetts. The event is free and open to the public. Rev. Dr. Robert L. Graham is Presiding Elder, host pastor and founder of the African Methodist Ministers Alliance. For more in formation call 883-0961.

20th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Breakfast The 20th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Breakfast will be held on Monday, January 18 at the Millenium Hotel, 2046 Walden Avenue at 8:30 a.m. The Rev. Darius Pridgen, Pastor, True Bethel Bap-tist Church, will deliver the keynote address. In addition to the goal of raising funds for scholarships for Buffalo area college-bound high school grad-uates, this event will be a memorial for the late founder and chair of the Scholarship Breakfast, Mrs. Janie R. Jenkins. The Christian Educa-tion Scholarship Committee of New Hope Baptist Church hosts the yearly event. For tickets and more informa-tion call 883-0821. Rev. Herschel Chapman, Jr. is Pastor.

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Bouncing baby boy delivers $3,650 tax break to parents Little baby Zechariah Uzziah Mims born on Dec. 31 may just be a day old, but he already is saving his parents big time on their taxes. Zechariah made his way into the world at 10:10 p.m. and while it’s usually the first baby of the year who grabs the headlines, according to H&R Block, it’s the last baby of the year like Zechariah who yields the big tax savings. Babies born before the stroke of midnight New Year’s Eve can save their parents thousands on their 2009 returns. “Mere minutes can mean major tax savings,” said Randy Galley, district manager, H&R Block Buf-falo. “Babies born on or before Dec. 31 provide parents with a $3,650 tax exemption for all of 2009. To

Last Baby of the Decade Born to Buffalo Momget that same tax break, parents of babies born after midnight on Jan. 1, will have to wait until they file their 2010 taxes – in 2011.” In addition to the exemption, new parents may qualify for two credits that could reduce their tax liability even more: Child Tax Credit:▪ A credit of up to $1,000 per quali-fying child under 17▪ All or a portion of the credit may be refundable, which means if the parents don’t have any tax liability, they will receive a tax refund for at least part of the credit.▪ The Recovery Act expanded the credit, so that families can begin qualifying with every dollar earned over $3,000 – down from $8,500 last year. These changes apply for 2009 and 2010. Earned Income Tax Credit:▪ Designed to help low-income workers continue working, the refundable credit ranges from $457

for no qualifying children up to $5,657 for three or more qualifying children.▪ Under the Recovery Act, the credit is temporarily expanded to include families with 3 or more children.For more information about the tax benefits of having a child, visit www.hrblock.com/lastbaby.

Angela Anderson, with son Zechariah Uzziah Mims, is greeted by an H&R Block tax expert at Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo.

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Keyshia Cole Finally Confirms Pregnancy A rep for Keyshia Cole has offi-cially confirmed the singer’s preg-nancy and announced she is engaged to the baby’s father, Cleveland Cavaliers player Daniel “Boobie” Gibson. “I can confirm she is engaged and has an incredible ring,” her rep tells Us Magazine. Cole’s publicist said Gibson popped the question on New Year’s Eve, adding it was “an absolute surprise. When he asked her to marry him, she was flabbergasted. He presented her with the ring and her mouth dropped in amazement. It’s too beautiful for words.” The 28-year-old artist is set to release her fourth album later this year.

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5. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li In 1994, the popular computer game Street Fighter was adapted to the big screen as an incoherent concatenation of poorly-choreo-graphed, martial arts action starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. Since the original bombed at the box office, one must wonder what might have prompted a studio to greenlight a sequel 15 years later, especially when the results turn out to be equally-abysmal. This unmitigated mess is a revenge-fueled affair featuring a series of clumsily-orchestrated fight scenes and sloppily-executed stunts. As the butt-kicking heroine (Kristin Kreuk) sets about exacting a measure of vengeance, the epic battle of good versus evil is totally undermined by corny special effects and laughable trick photography. And to top it all off, this lame martial arts adventure even has the nerve to end on a cliffhanger, as if to set the stage for yet another sequel. 6. Thug Love Written and directed by the afore-mentioned Marcello Thedford, this no-budget soap opera is rather rough around the edges. The film suffers from second-rate lighting and sound equipment and from lots of love scenes where neither party appears particularly happy to be in bed together. Throw in all the profan-ity, a dumb blonde, dumber Asians, and a dubious denouement, and there isn’t really anything to recommend about this mediocre mess. 7. Miss March This ill-conceived teensploit focus on the plight of Eugene (Zach Creg-ger) a nerdy high school senior who falls down a flight of stairs and ends up in a coma. Much has changed by the time he comes around four years later to find his high school sweetheart (Raquel Alessi) naked in the current issue of Playboy Maga-zine. Furthermore, Eugene learns that she’s no longer a virgin from a former classmate-turned-gangsta’ rapper who goes by the monicker Horsedick MPEG (Craig Robinson). The foulmouthed MPEG has catchy hit songs at the top of the charts with

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Snoop Dogg’s eighth annual “Snoop Bowl” will take place in Miami, Florida next year featur-ing the rapper’s team facing off against a local squad coached by Buffalo Bills’ wide receiver Terrell Owens and Miami Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter. “I am happy that we’ve been doing this event for eight years - the kids love it and I do too,” Snoop Dogg told AllHipHop.com. “The future NFL stars play in this game annually and its fun to watch the kids imitate there favorite NFL stars. The Snoop Bowl is as big as the Super Bowl to every kid playing organized football in the USA because they aspire to play against my team or to be coached by Coach Snoop ‘The Great.’”

Sponsors for the event include Title Sports Drink and Snoop Dogg’s Snoop Youth Football League. Kickoff is Feb. 6th at 1:30 p.m. at Traz Powell Stadium in Miami. Fans can purchase tickets online at www.ticketalternative.com or at the gate. Tickets are $10 for children 12 and under and $20 for ages 13 and up. In other T.O. news, the Bills receiver is accused of failing to follow through on a bet with a fan involving at $200,000 Bentley.

Before the current NFL season, Owens made a “deal” (through his Twitter page) to catch 10 TDs this year, or he would fork over the keys to his prized ride, TMZ.com reported. Now that the season is over and T.O. fell far short of the reception mark, the fan is trying to collect -- but claims Owens is completely blowing him off. T.O.’s rep tells TMZ the whole thing was “all in good nature” and there was “no reality” to the bet.

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titles like “I’m going to [f-word] a white bitch” and “Suck my [d-word] while I [f-word] that [a-word]. One of the most reprehensible African-American characters in the history of cinema, he actually celebrates that fans were killed at his CD release party. 8. ennifer’s BodyDiablo Cody succumbs to the proverbial sophomore jinx with this ill-advised attempt to imbue another title character with the identical, flip attitude as her previous one, Juno. Jennifer (Megan Fox) is a boy-crazy coed who loves to leverage her looks by making guys salivate over her while calling her competition crude nicknames like “Vagisil” and 9. Keepin’ the Faith: My Baby’s Getting Married Just because a sitcom is faith-based, doesn’t necessarily make it family-oriented fare. Case in point, this blackface version of Meet the Parents. With a plot that will surprise no one familiar with that Robert De Niro-Ben Stiller hit comedy, this flick also revolves around an awkward guy trying to win the approval of the father of the woman he wants to wed.Consequently, all the scenes feel vaguely familiar as though lifted from the original. If keeping the faith includes keeping the Ten Commandments, especially the one about “Thou shalt not steal,” then director Marcello Thedford is going to have to answer to a higher authority for this blatant, blasphemous and ineptly-executed rip-off. Repent! (Continued next column)

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10. Steppin’ This dance-driven drama is set on the campus of a historically-black college in Houston where apparently some of the shallowest human beings on the planet have matriculated. For instance, there’s Vicki (Monicka Allegeier), a student who gets ready to party by putting on what she refers to as her “get your freak on panties” in order to seduce Bryan (Chico Benymon), the funky frat boy of her dreams. I’m not going to bother to relate the rest of the plot which reads like a derivative rip-off of Stomp the Yard. Suffice to say that the black fraternities and sororities are more concerned with winning the $25,000 in prizes to be awarded at a Greek Show Step Competition than with their studies. While waiting with baited breath for the big showdown, we’re treated to a lowbrow brand of humor which runs the gamut from bodily function jokes to mean-spirited teasing coming at the expense of easy marks like a flamboyant transvestite and a deaf dude whose hearing aid is hidden from him for laughs. How tasteless! A spiritually-debilitating descent into depravity.

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Coalition of Blacks in the Courts to Host Annual MLK Program The Western New York Coalition of Blacks in the Courts will present their annual Martin Luther King Jr. Program on Friday, January 15 in the Ceremonial Courtroom Erie County Hall, 92 Franklin Street. The program is entitled “Living the Legacy.” Rev. James A. Lewis is the guest speaker. Rev. Dr. Lewis, a dynamic public speaker, is currently founder and pastor of Miracle Missions Full Gospel Church. The event is free and open to the public.

The Fourth Annual Afro-American Historical Association of the Niagara Frontier, Martin Luther King, Jr. Program will be held Sunday, January 17, at 3:00 P.M. at the Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society, 25 Not-tingham Court. The Speaker will be Jason Young, PhD who will present a talk on “Barak Obama: “A retrospective of his first year in office.” Dr. Young is an Asso-ciate Professor of History at the State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo where he teaches American and African American History. Dr. Young received his B.A. in History and French from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia and a Ph.D. from the University of California, River-side. He is the author of Rituals of Resistance: African Atlantic Religion in Kongo and the Low Country Region of Georgia and South Carolina n the Era of Slavery (LSU Pres 2007). He is also the co-editor, with Edward J. Blum, of the Souls of W.E.B. Du Bois: New Essays and Reflections (Mercer University Press, 2009). The Association will also have on display photos from its Second Annual “House of Worship” Photography contest. The exhibit will feature pho-tographs of African American Churches, Mosques, and Temples from the WNY area. A Reception will immediately follow the program.

Council Urged to Follow County District Committee Members Recommendation for Ellicott SeatDear Editor: As the Council deliberates on the appointment of the interim Ellicott district council member, I would like to encourage the Hon. Council President David Franczyk and the Council to give full consideration to the recommendations of the County District Committee Members. The County’s District Commit-tee Members are duly elected by the voters of the Ellicott district. As a resident of the district and an elected representative, I view the committee members as the clos-est to the residents concerns and needs; therefore they should be an integral part of the process. Because they are closer to the needs of the people, they understand and have recommend the servant leadership of Reverend Darius Pridgen. According to media accounts and bloggers opinions, this appointment could be poised to be focused around divisive politics rather than public service. It is my hope that the sched-uled community projects in the Elli-cott district are not stalled as a result of this appointment. Just to name a few, Genesee Gateway, St. Martin’s village, the Centennial Pool, and the Johnnie B. Wiley Sports Complex. I and others are counting on your able leadership to ensure that the selection process will mitigate the disruptions and, in the end, enhance the council’s ability to serve the communities needs. I believe that our great cities founding fathers had visions of every district prospering simultaneously. However from a historical perspec-tive; that has not happened. This appointment to the Ellicott district may be the opportunity that we have all needed to regain the founding fathers vision. I would like to thank the Council President in advance for ensuring that this is a smooth appointment process and is in the best interests of the Ellicott district citizens and the entire city of Buffalo. As always, I look forward to working with the new Interim Ellicott District Coun-cil member, and the entire Council body.

Crystal D. Peoples-StokesMember of Assembly, 141st

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Free City-Wide Celebration Pays Tribute To Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. At Kleinhans Music Hall The Concerned Citizens Following the Dream Committee is proud to present its annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration, Sunday, Janu-ary 17 at Kleinhans Music Hall located at Symphony Circle in Buffalo. The free community event that began 33 years ago, is scheduled to begin promptly at 5:45pm. This year’s celebration will commemorate the life and mission of the slain civil rights leader through a showcase of Western New York ’s diverse arts community. Performances include the City-Wide Revival Mass Choir, Muhammad School of Music, the African Cultural Center Dancers, Omega Mentoring “Stomp” Group, Karen Williams and the Buffalo Youth Cho-rale, Divine Favor, Men in White Music Ministry, Bethesda Praise Dance Ministry, Men of Praise and many others. Additionally, the first Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy Award will be presented to former New York State Assembly Deputy Speaker, Arthur O. Eve and columnist, educator and community activist, Eva M. Doyle. Both will be recognized for their tireless efforts to advance equal opportunity and diversity in education and for their significant contributions in the areas of race relations, justice and human rights. The presenters include Bishop Michael Badger, Dr. James Lewis III, Brother Clifford Bell, Rev. Tommy Babbs, Rev. Carlos Spencer, L. Nathan Hare, Rev. Chris Brown and Evangelist Anita Williams. “Our vision is to build and sustain an opportunity to help educate our youths about Dr. King and his work, while helping them believe they too, can do great things as he did,” said coordinator Bessie Patterson. This year’s celebration is sponsored in part by Wegman’s, M&T Bank, the American Heart and Stroke Association, SEIU and the Community Action Organization of Erie County, Inc. Additional sponsors include the Brian n K. Lewis Funeral Home, ECME Hospital, Buffalo Teacher’s Federation, SEIU Healthcare Project, The Buffalo Urban League, ECMC Hospital, and Roswell Park Institute. For more information on the event, contact Bessie Patterson at 855-1569.

speak outEva Doyle Hosts Special MLK Tribute A Special Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be held on Sat-urday, January 16, 2010 from 3:00 - 5:00 p,m. at the Frank E. Merri-weather library located at 1324 Jef-ferson Avenue. There is no admission and the public is invited to attend. The theme of the program will be: "Highlighting Our Youth Through The Creative Arts." The program will include drama, praise dance, music and much more. The program narrator will be Jamilia Williams. The Johnson family children will recite poetry from Maya Angelou. Zuhreehah Muhammad will recite a poem about Fannie Lou Hamer. Reba Muham-mad will present a portrait of Rosa Parks. Excerpts of Dr. King's speech against the Viet Nam War will be read by Shakir Muhammad. Others on the program will be students from Muhammad's School and the Love Supreme School of Music. Somalia Doyle and Nia Hawkins will give a poetry selection. Somalia will also will play the keyboards. Jeremiah's Project, a new singing group, Poet Queen Halima and Erie County Leg-islator Betty Jean Grant will also participate during the tribute.Columnist Eva M. Doyle is program organizer.

Thompson Sponsors MLK Blood Drive

NYS Senator Antoine M. Thomp-son (D-Parts of Erie & Niagara Counties) celebrates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by spon-soring a Day of Service Blood Drive where he will be donating blood at 1:00 PM. The blood drive will be held on Friday, January 15 at the American Red Cross located at 786 Delaware Avenue in Buffalo from noon to 6p.m.

Thompson Celebrates MLK With Awards Ceremony NYS Senator Antoine M. Thomp-son will host a social justice awards and wreath laying ceremony in cel-ebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s birthday on Friday, January 15 at the Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Library at 1324 Jefferson Avenue from 11 a.m. to noon. This year’s social justice awards recipients are: Jim Anderson, Roger Cook, Mary Fisher, Sam Williams, Aaron Bartley, Joy McDuffie, Carlanda Wilson, Ken Sherman and Louisa Pacheco. Hilbert Community Service To Capture Spirit Of Mlk Day Nearly 40 faculty, staff and stu-dents from Hilbert College will take on various volunteer duties, including serving meals to the needy and cleaning a homeless shelter, on Jan. 18 in commemoration of the Martin Luther King National Day of Service. Additional information about Hilbert’s Franciscan Day of Caring is available by calling 926-8924 or e-mail bonanno@hilbert.edu.

Mlk’s Role In Time Of Crisis A presentation on “The Four Faces of Martin Luther King, Jr.,” which will look at the distinct roles the famed civil rights leader employed to confront political and personal crises, will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. Jan. 21 in Hilbert College’s Palisano Lecture Room in Bogel Hall. Dr. Seneca Vaught, assistant professor of history and coordinator of Afri-cana studies at Niagara University, will also discuss the continuing sig-nificance of King’s influence and legacy more than four decades after his death. Sponsored by the Hilbert Office of Multicultural Affairs, the presentation is free and open to the public.

VA Celebrates The Life Of MLK On January, 15, 2010, people of all ages and backgrounds will come together to improve lives, bridge social barriers, and move our nation closer to the “Beloved Community” that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. envisioned. VA Western New York Healthcare System will celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at a ceremony, Friday, Janu-ary 15 at 11:30 a.m. in Freedom Hall, room 301 at the Buffalo site, 3495 Bailey Avenue. Pastor Betty Pierce-Williams, Elim Christian Fellowship, who served in the US Air Force, will speak about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dee L. Perry will deliver Dr. King’s historical speech “I have a dream” and musical entertainment will be provided by Darcel Blue, a local gospel singer. The event is free and open to the public.

Ministers Alliance to Host Annual MLK Birthday Observance and Installation Service The African Methodist Ministers Alliance will host its annual Martin Luther King birthday Observance and Installation Service on Friday, January 15 at 7 p.m. at St. Luke AME Zion Church, 314 East Ferry Street. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Marcellus Norris, Pastor, St. Paul AME Church of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The event is free and open to the public. Rev. Dr. Robert L. Graham is Presiding Elder, host pastor and founder of the African Methodist Ministers Alliance. For more in formation call 883-0961.

Martin Luther King Basketball ChallengeThe Buffalo Public Schools will host the Martin Luther King Basketball Challenge this Saturday, January 16, at the ECC Flickinger Center. The basketball tournament begins at 11 am with the St. Francis Red Raiders competing against the McKinley Macks. The next game begins at 12:30 with the St. Joe’s Marauders taking on the Grover Cleveland Presi-dents. At 2pm, the Canisius Crusad-ers will play the East High Panthers. The final game begins at 3:30 pm when the Sweet Home Panthers take on the Middle College Kats. Admission is $5 to attend all four games. Tickets are only sold at the door and there are no passes.

A Day of Service in Honor of MLK The Niagara Ministerial council of Niagara Falls, NY will host a city wide celebration of the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday January 17,at Trinity Baptist Church, 1366 South Avenue, Niagara Falls, NY. The service will begin at 4pm. Rev. Glenn Raybon is the host pastor and the newly elected council president is Rev. B. Leslie James, Senior Pastor of St. John’s A.M.E. Church in Niagara Falls. The theme for this year’s celebration is “A Day of Service.” The special guest is Rev. Darius G. Pridgen, pastor of The True Bethel Baptist Church in Buffalo, who will deliver the keynote address. The choir of Trinity Baptist Church will provide music along with various soloists.

Did you know: • The United States imprisons a larger percentage of its Black popu-lation than South Africa did at the height of apartheid. • In Washington, DC., Three out of four young Black men (and nearly all those in the poorest neighborhoods) can expect to serve time in prison.• In some states, African Americans make up to 90 percent of drug pris-oners and are up to 57 times more likely to be incarcerated for drug crimes than Whites.

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Let’s not get it twisted- what are committee people? When committee people come together, they have a voice in choos-ing a democratic candidate for office, but not necessairly the choice of

the City Council. The choice of the committee people is usually taken into account by the Council in their final deci-sion. Committee people are sup-posed to represent the voice of their

community. Over the last decade or so the committee person that represents the community in which they are voting for doesn’t even live in that community and that’s why a lot of things don’t get done or they usu-ally become political pawns. They are either in bed with Grassroots – run by Mayor Byron Brown -or the Unity organization- led by Champ Eve who is supported by Demoratic chair Leonard Lenihan. The two factions continue to run candidates against one another and with the division between them our com-munity has become a political war zone and nothing is getting done. The community continues to lose in terms of true representation and real leadership. Most likely all commit-tee persons work for one of these two groups and are dictated to as to who they should vote for or lose their jobs and any political help if they don’t cooperate. Each committee person represents at least four or five streets in their electoral district. When they meet to vote to put forth a candidate of their choice, it is usually is a political person from one of the groups I just mentioned; a person that does what they are told, or not supported for re-election, or targeted for political suicide. I personally feel that the Common Council should appoint the candidate for an appointment - such as in the case of the Ellicott District, and when a special election is held, let the people of that community have their voices heard. No community should have a candidate forced down their throats - but that continues to be the name of the game. It’s time for our community to pick their candidate and not these political organizations that are all egotistical, self serving, un-unified groups who continue to prosper off the back of the Black and poor communities. Just take a look around at what going on in City Hall and Demo-cratic head quarters and let them know that until they come together for the good of the party and people in which they serve, we will not sup-port their candidates! We deserve more and should be better repre-sented and get the services which we suppose to receive. Again - in the case of the Ellicott District - everybody sees what’s

Peace, Love and Unity: Our Challenge in 2010 Dear Editor: This is a challenge to us all (men and women). It’s the start of a new year and already we’ve had three homicides in our city. We have a Black President, a Black Mayor and had a Black Police Commis-sioner. Not one of these things made a difference in the homicide rate in our City of Buffalo. In 2009 we ended up with at least 60 (these are people); if we had one it’s one too many. We all are challenged to do some-thing different in this year of 2010 and not wait for someone else to do something for us. Let’s lay aside our titles, positions, differences and learn how to forgive so we can move forward to really do GOD’S work. We all can be an Indian but we all can’t all be the chief. Every time we point fingers at someone we have three pointed at ourselves (look in the mirror). We must humble our-selves and do as the Bible says. The challenge is for us to find out how we can help with this violence to reduce the homicides that plague our city. If we keep doing the same thing we will continue to get the same results. Let’s do something different and we will get a differ-ent result. For the year 2010 we are challenged to spread PEACE, LOVE and UNITY. Get involved! If we only try to reach one teach one it will make a difference. Be a mentor to someone because we all need each other. There are no “little i’s” and no “big u’s.” PEACE LOVE UNITY

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going on and knows who these can-didates represent. So are we going to continue to allow all of this in-fighting to destroy our community and keep then looking like they do? A place where men and women are now allowed to participate in all of the construction building going on around them because they don’t belong to one of the good old boy groups? Or do we deserve someone who will fight for our young men and women to be allowed to work in their own community and stop being used by the leaders that we keep putting in office who don’t care about the homicides, unemployment, ware-housing of our youths and a failing education system that’s not working. We need people who will be inde-pendent and stand up for the truth and not pick and choose who and what they will fight for . Look at the firing of Black police officer Cariol Horne and Parole Commissioner George Alexander. Did any of the candidates or groups involved in the recent Ellicoitt district fiasco speak out on those issues? Have any of the candidates for that Ellicott Distict seat spoken out on the lack of Blacks participating in construction jobs? We must ask ourselves, “why are these people running for office and who are they in line with?” Don’t be hoodwinked by all the show boating , parading and grand standing. We need and deserve a real leader, one who’s not playing politricks, hiding behind political organizations or using God and Jesus as an escape of their faith. We all believe is a higher power but who is really doing Gods work in the streets and supporting the groups that are on the front line of this battle to save our youth and our community? Enough of the back room political deal-making that’s killingouyouth We need to let the Common Council appoint candidates when an office becomes available in an off-election year, such as I the case of the Ellicott District, and let the people speak in December and not be politi-cally used by any group, churche or politicians. Let the people’s voice be heard not these political com-mittee people who probably don’t even live in the very disitricts they represent! Sadly, most of you don’t even know who your committee person is until they knock on your door for you to sign a petition for election and then you don’t hear from them until two years later when its time to run for re-election. It’s time we take a stand and tell all our political leaders to stand up or step down! No longer will we tolerate them voting for people who keep selling out our votes for their own good. If you look at the results of the committee meeting last Saturday, the candidates were fighting like dogs. Contrary to some media reports of a “peaceful” gathering - people were calling each other names, calling certain people sell outs, racists and on and on. There were over eight police cars around the building and

police inside the building. It was an embarrassment. Why can’t we come together and work out our own dif-ferences? how long are we going to allow other people to come into our community tell us who to vote for and work in our front and back yards while we stand on the side lines and look and wish we had a job? Come on people! Wake up stop being fooled by wolves in sheep clothing. Just keeping it real! I lead by example; my faith is shown by my works. I love my people and I will do what ever it takes to lead my people to freedom. What are you doing other than talking? And if you are too tired to fight, support someone who will. There was no clear winner at last Saturday’s meeting (Pridgen-3325, McIntyre- 3125 ) with Brian Davis casting the winning vote in order for Rev. Pridgen to win. Davis should have had to resign as committee

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member as well when he was forced to step down in political ruin. This is only my opinion, that’s why it should be up to the Common Council to replace him and not his organization, making it possible for the people to have a clear voice in December. (Mr. Jackson can be reached by calling 570-9165.)

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Can Arthur “Champ” Eve, Jr. Slam Dunk? By Montgomery Hogan For a Saturday morning in January one would expect the worse when talking about the weather in Buffalo, New York. Relatively speaking, it was actually a very nice day. This was the mood inside the Pucho Olivencia Center located at 261 Swan Street, last Saturday when the duly elected democratic commit-tee members of the Ellicott District gathered to endorse a candidate for the Ellicott District council seat vacated by Brian Davis’ resignation on November 17, 2009. The approximately 63 committee members that showed up engaged in a hand dapping, bear hugging, elbow bumping love fest before the endorse-ment meeting officially began. Six candidates vying for the appointment to the vacant council seat showed up seeking the endorsement and had an opportunity to make their case. Some expressed their concerns with this process seeing that the Erie County Democratic Party and their “negro killer” Arthur “Champ” Eve, Jr. told people that the endorsement was a lock for their candidate and they knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that the fix was in. The endorsement meeting was their way of appeasing the general public because it’s protocol for the party to have a meeting and recommend a candidate to fill a vacant seat in City, County, and State government. The meeting kicked off with Champ Eve encouraging everyone to attend a basketball game later that afternoon as if he was playing and the coach designed a play specifically for him. More importantly, that perhaps this designed play would lead to him slam dunking! As the meeting began: * The Democratic Party Officials suggested that there be a secret ballot so no one knows who is voting for who * The Democratic Party instituted a voting procedure that has never occurred in the history of the Erie County Democratic Party * The Board of Elections and its Deputy Commissioner, Arthur “Champ” Eve, sent out letters to a few of the voting committee members they believed were supporting Rev. Darius Pridgen removing them from their committee member seats for various reasons * The Democratic Party ruled that in order to win the endorsement, a candidate must receive more than 50% of the votes cast and not a simple majority as it has always done for every endorsement in its history * Champ Eve and Chairman Len Lenihan worked the room before and during the meeting telling people who to vote for The voting begins and after several rounds of this newly installed elimi-nation process, the endorsement came down to Rev. Darius Pridgen, who has already proven he can be elected by winning an At-Large seat on the Buffalo School Board and Bryon McIntyre who has made three attempts at elected office and getting beat badly in all three. Rev. Pridgen led in the votes throughout the entire process and prior to the final vote being taken, Champ Eve followed by Len Lenihan being led around like a puppy on a leash, worked the room again seeking to steal votes. Additionally, Champ Eve was observed in a back room of the community center highly upset because his plan to win this endorsement was being thwarted with every vote taken. Once the final vote was taken, Rev. Darius Pridgen received 3,325 weighted votes and Bryon McIntyre received 3,152 weighted votes. The irony of this remains that 100% of the votes cast for Rev. Darius Pridgen were from committee members that live in the Ellicott District and approxi-mately 75% of the votes cast for McIntyre were from committee members that does not live in the Ellicott District. The final straw was when Chairman Lenihan announced the final vote and told everyone that Rev. Pridgen won the endorsement by only 5 votes. Now I’m no math genius but 3,325 minus 3,152 makes Rev. Pridgen the winner by 173 votes not 5 votes. I believe Chairman Lenihan really don’t care about our community and the number 5 is so profound in his head because he’s still trying to figure out which 5 candidates for Supreme Court he will support and ultimately get paid from. In conclusion, there is still one major question that remains, for those that attended Champ Eve’s basketball game, did he get a dunk during the game? We may never get that question answered but I can surely tell you, “Champ Eve got SLAM DUNKED on Saturday, January 9, 2010!”

Comitteemen Process and Cornball Politricks: What Happened Last Saturday Was Not the Will of The People…

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REQUEST FOR BIDS Sealed bids will be received by the Village of Gowanda, New York at the office of the Village of Gowanda, 27 East Main Street, Gowanda, New York, 14070 until 2:00 p.m., local time, on January 26, 2010 for electrical and instrumentation repairs at the Villages raw water pump station at Point Peter Road in Tonawanda, New York. Specifications for said work are on file with the undersigned; and a copy of the same may be obtained by prospective bidders upon applica-tion to the Village Clerk. The Village of Gowanda reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids submitted and waive any informality contained in said bid or bids. This contract will be funded wholly or partially with federal funds, and as such, is subject to all federal rules and regulations pertinent thereto including, but not limited to, federal policy of encouraging the participation of minority and women business enterprises as sources of suppliers equipment, construction and service. Any questions, please contact Public Works Superintendent Michael Hutchinson at (716) 532-3353 or 913-1455 or Jeffrey Telecky at Wendel Duchscherer at (716) 688-0766.Dated January 5, 2010 Kathleen Mohawk, Village Clerk

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DANCE Dance Lessons with Smooth Steppers: Urban Line Dance, smooth style Ball-room, Steppin’ and Swing; CRUCIAL Center, 230 Moselle St., Saturdays at noon; Tuesdays at 6 p.m. $3; 633-7813. *Line Dancing With Pearl Harris: 6-7 p.m. Pratt Willert Community Center, 422 Pratt St. donation $2. Wednesdays *Tango/Jazz with Orquesta Equinox and Tango maestro Travis Widrick, 2nd Cup, 36 Broadway St., 840-0048, 7 p.m. Wednesdays. *Community Dance and African Drumming Classes: African American Cultural Center, 350 Masten Avenue, 3 p.m. Saturdays and 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; $15 monthly; visit www.africancultural.org more information *Line Dancing Lessons, First Shiloh Baptist Church, 15 Pine St., 6:30 p.m. Fridays. 847-6555. Free. *Line Dance Lessons: 10 a.m.-Noon; Martha Mitchell Center, 175 Oakmont St.; 444-2046 or 833-1038, Tuesdays Wednesdays *Line Dance by George Patterson: 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.; Delavan Grider Center, 896-7021, Mondays & Thursdays. *June-Teenth Afrikan Family Time Drum Dance and Song: 6-8:30 p.m.; Gateway-Longview Family Resource Center, 347 Ferry Street. Fridays

POETRY *Open Mic Poetry: 6:30-9 p.m.; EM Tea Coffee Cup Café, 80 Oakgrove St.

COMPUTER *EOC Open Computer Lab: 4-8 p.m.; Delavan Grider Center, 877 E. Delavan; 896-7021.Wednesdays

YOUTH *EOC Making College Connections: 4-8 p.m.; Delavan Grider Center, 877 E. Delavan; 896-7021. Wednesdays *Girl Scouts of America: 5-8 p.m.; Delavan Grider Center, 877 E. Delavan; 896-7021. Wednesdays

EXERCISE *Senior Fitness Class: 9:45-10:45 a.m.; Delavan Grider Center, 877 E. Delavan; 896-7021; Wednesdays *Exercise for Health: 9:30-10:30; Edward A. Saunders Center, 2777 Bailey Avenue; 332-4381 Thursdays *Open Gym: 5-8 p.m.; Delavan Grider Center, 877 E. Delavan; 896-7021. Fri-days *Tae-Kwan-do: 6-8 p.m.; Delavan Grider Center, 877 E. Delavan; 896-7021. Mondays & Fridays *Senior Fitness Class: 9:45-10:30 a.m.: Delavan Grider Center, 877 E. Delavan; 896-7021. Mondays

RADIO/TV PROGRAMMING *Pro-Ject Access To A-Free-Ka Radio Show: 3-6 p.m. 1080 AM WUFO; hosted by Ras Jomo; call in 837-111,, Mondays. *Khametic Ascendants Buffalo: 9 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. (nite); Buffalo Channel 20 Video showings; live speakers. Wednesdays *My Time To Be Blessed! Channel 20, Cable TV, Evangelist Gloria Caver-Robinson Gill; Mondays and Fridays 2 to 2:28 p.m. Sundays. *Umoja Presents: 10:30 p.m.; Channel 20. *Jazz Favorites: 9-10 p.m. WBFO Radio 88.7 AM with host/producer Macy Favor and guest. *What’s Happening Buffalo and WNY: 8:30 a.m. MYTV Buffalo; host Esther Smothers.Sundays. *WHLD 1270 AM Real Distinguished Speakers Series: 3-4 p.m.; hosted by Marc L. Fuller, with guest speaker. Saturdays. *Affordable Homes Presents “Mo’ Money “Mo’ Money: 8-8:30 p.m.; WHLD 1270 AM Radio Ministry. Ssturdays.

WEEKLY MEETINGS *Stop The Violence Coalition Meeting: 5:30 p.m. 742 Delaware Ave. 882-7882. Fridays. *Buffalo Local Action Committee Meeting (BLAC): 6:30 p.m. Pratt Willert Center, 422 Pratt St. Thursdays *TOPS Club, Inc. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly): 6 p.m.; Edward Saunders Com-munity Center, 2777 Bailey Ave.; 834-6095. Mondays *African Consciousness Workshop: 6-8 p.m.; Frank E. Merriweather Library, 1324 Jefferson Avenue. Mondays *The Israel of God Bible Study Class: 6 p.m.; 372 Feugeron Ave.; 897-2270. Wednesdays *Health and Healing Circles: 3:30-5 p.m.; CAO, 70 Harvard Pl.; 903-3290, Wednesdays *Moot Senior Center “Best Breakfast in Town”: 9-10:30 a.m. 292 High St., Wednes-days *Men and Women Support Groups: 5:30-7 p.m.; 1333 Jefferson Avenue; hosted by Group Ministries, Inc. Thursdays *Alcoholics Anonymous First Step Group: 8-9 p.m.; Memorial Medical Center Auditorium, 621 10th St. Niagara Falls. Fridays *Narcotics Anonymous: 5-7 p.m.; Memorial Medical Center Auditorium, 621 10t St. Sundays *Senior Bridge Club/Poker Club: 1-4 p.m.; Delavan Grider Center, 877 E. Delavan; 896-7021.

ENTERTAINMENT *The Café at Masten & Eaton Presents “Friday Evening Jazz”: 8 p.m.; 230 Masten Avenue; 883-2311. Fridays *Swinging Sundays: 8:00 p.m.-12 p.m.; Colored Musicians Club, 145 Broadway; 855-9383. *“Classic Soul Mixer”: 7-10 p.m.; Pandora’s Restaurant & Bar, 2261 Fillmore Ave. Fridays. *Dinner & Live Jazz at Hot Stuff Southern Cafe, 829 Main St., Niagara Falls; featuring Diana M. Reeves Fridays 6-9 p.m. and “Gumbo, Grits & Gospel on Sundays 2-6 p.m.; (716)282-7883.

DINNERS *Muhammad Study Group Lunches & Dinners: 579 Jefferson Ave. (corner of Jefferson & Frost); $10; 436-1460. Saturdays. *St. John’s Lodge #16 Free and Accepted Masons Charity Fish Dinner Fundraiser: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; 17 Kingsley Street; $7; 885-5009 or 200-9129. Fridays

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WEDNESDAY JANUARY 13Moot Senior Center: Breakfast, 9 -10:30 a.m. followed by Bible Study & Bingo Bonanza. 882-4637.

FRIDAY JANUARY 15

MLK: African Methodist Ministers Alli-ance Annual Martin Luther King Birthday Observance & Installation Service, 7 p.m., St. Luke AM Zion Church, 314 East Ferry St.; guest speaker Rev. Marcellus Norris, 883-0961.

MLK: Moot Senior Center: Remembering Dr. King Fitness with Carrie. 8

MLK: WNY Coalition of Blacks in the Courts Annual MLK Program, 12:30 p.m., Erie County Hall, 2nd floor, 92 Franklin St., Rev. Dr. James Lewis guest speaker, free and open to the public.

MLK: Day of Service Blood Drive in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, sponsored by Sen. Antoine Thompson, noon – 6 p.m., American Red Cross, 786 Delaware.

MLK: WNY Healthcare System MLK Observance, 11:30 a.m., Freedom Hall, Room 301 VA, 3495 Bailey Ave; Pastor Betty Pierce-Williams guest speaker; also Dee L. Perry and Darcel Blue, gospel singer.

SATURDAY JANUARY 16

MLK: Special MLK Celebration “Highlight-ing Out Youth” by Eva Doyle, 3-5 p.m., Merriweather Library; variety of talent.

MLK: Buffalo Public Schools host the M LK Basketball Challenge, ECC Flickinger Center downtown, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.; tour-nament featuring St. Francis, McKinley, St. Joe’s, Grover Cleveland, Canisius, East High, Sweet Home and Middle College; $5 @ the door.

Jerery Eckman Memorial Chess tourna-ment: Main Place Mall Upper Level, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Arcangel8chess@yahoo.com

E-Waste and Computer Recycle: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., Buffalo State College, Lot G, enter from Grant Street; clothes, textiles, bicycles, computers, printers, cell phones, game systems, TVs batteries, CD, DVD players, VCR’ etc; 858-6996.

SUNDAY JANUARY 17

MLK: Concerned Citizens Following the Dream Free City Wide Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, 5:45 p.m., Kleinhans Music Hall at Symphony Circle; first MLK Legacy Award to former Deputy Speaker Eve and activist Eva M. Doyle; diverse performers; Bessie Patterson coordina-tor, 855-1569.

MLK: Martin Luther King Jr. Program: hosted by the Afro-American Historical Assn. , Buffalo & Erie County Histori-cal Society, 25 Notingham Court; guest speaker Dr. Jason Young. Free and open to the public.

MLK: Rev. Dr. King Celebration, Trinity Baptist Church, 1366 South Ave., N.F., 4 p.m., keynote speaker Rev. Darius G. Pridgen of True Bethel Baptist Church; sponsored by The Niagara Ministerial Council.

MLK: Afro-American Historical Associa-tion of the Niagara Frontier MLK Program, 3 p.m., Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society, 25 Nottingham Court, guest speaker Dr. Jason Young; reception follows; free and open to the public.

MONDAY JANUARY 18

MLK: New Hope Baptist Church 20th Annual MLK Scholarship Breakfast, 8:30 a.m., Millennium Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave., Rev. Darius Pridgen keynote speaker; 883-0821 for tickets and information.

MLK: The Martin Luther King Jr. Mass, Blessed Trinity Church, 317 Leroy St., 10:30 a.m.; historical quilt display.

TUESDAY JANUARY 19

“Go Tell Michelle” The Play: Premiers 7 p.m., Allen Hall, UB, Main St. Campus; reception to follow; free.

Moot Senior Center: Fitness, Blood Pres-sure Screening, 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. 882-4637.

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 20

“Go Tell Michelle” The Play: Encore per-formance, 7 p.m., Merriweather Library, Jefferson & Ferry; free.

Moot Senior Center: Breakfast, 9-10:30 a.m.; Senior Month Luncheon @ noon. 882-4637

THURSDAY JANUARY 21

LEWAC Associates: “Crowns” luncheon planning meeting, 5:30 p.m., 135 Grant Street; 881-6111.

WEDNEDAY JANUARY 27Moot Senior Center: Breakfast, 9-9:30 a.m., Senior Business Meeting 1 p.m. 882-4637.

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