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Organization helps Home Depot fill 70 openings

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Monte Mabra, founder and director of “Voice of the Fatherless Child” organization (in foreground laying on floor next to his daughter who has her arm around his neck posing for a picture with participants in a recently held praise dancing audition), has reached an agreement with

VOL. XXXVI Number 29 February 15, 2012

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The Home Depot to help the home improvment chain fill 70 open positions at the Port Washington Road store. Mabra has agreed to allow individuals seeking employment to come to the offices of “Voice of the Fatherless Child” Center for Intervention

Through Entertainment, located at 4505 W. Burleigh St. Home Depot representatives will be on hand to discuss the application and interview process on Thursday, February 16 at 5 p.m. (Photo by Yvonne Kemp)

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President Obama pushes insourcing initiative at Master Lock

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Two Black legends die locally, nationally

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President Barack Obama makes a point about bringing jobs back to America during his visist Wednesday afternoon to the Master Lock manufacturing facility, located on Milwaukee’s north side at 2600 N. 32nd Street. President Obama praised the company, which makes locks and other security devices, for bringing 100 jobs back to Milwaukee’s central city from China. The president challenged other local and American companies to follow Master Lock’s example during his hour-long address before Master Lock employees, management and dignitaries representing local, county, state and federal government. He reemphasized his call for greater economic fairness in order to restore the nation’s economy. Master Lock was highlighted during President Obama’s State of the Union address as an example of an American company reviving--through action-- the spirit of “Made in America” and pride in American innovation and manufacturing. (Photo by Yvonne Kemp)

Open Letter to the Community IN HIS OWN WORDS From Sen. Spencer Coggs ELECTION WATCH 2012

Sen. Spencer Coggs

Dear Community, I have served this city for 29 years as a State Senator and State Representative and my integrity has never

been questioned. Yet, in recent days there have been news accounts that have dragged my name and reputation through the media. Here are the facts: Fact-No charge has been leveled against me by the Government Accountability Board Fact-There is no written complaint against me by my accuser. An allegation was made in a phone call. My ex-staffer was let go, and she called the Government Accountability Board. They in turn wrote me that they would investigate. Fact-The allegations were made a year ago! The Government Accountability Board hasn’t seen fit to inves-

tigate, or even call me to question me, apparently because they have been busy with the recalls. It is unfair for me to be put in this position! I have called for the Government Accountability board to conduct an investigation immediately, yet since then I’ve been told that it would be almost impossible to complete an inquiry before the election date. Once again the timing is unfair to me and my campaign supporters. I am running for City Treasurer on a solid record of service to the city: • The community trusted me, when children got lead poisoned to create a law to save the lives of hun-

dreds of thousands of children- and I did. • The community trusted me, when kids were dying by being abandoned in day care vans, to pass bills that brought forth alarms and penalties to save children’s lives- and I did. • The community trusted me and Representative Tamara Grigsby to develop a Transitional Jobs Program to train thousands of applicants- and we did. I trust you to recognize that these “allegations” are just hearsay, I didn’t do them and I will be vindicated. Now, I’m running for City Treasurer because we need a Treasurer who has the experience and dedica-

Services set for Whitney Houston

NEWARK, N.J. — Whitney Houston's funeral will be held Saturday in the church where she first showcased her singing talents as a child, her family choosing to remember her in a private service rather than in a large event at an arena. The owner of the Whigham Funeral Home said Tuesday that the funeral will be held at noon at Newark's New Hope Baptist Church, which seats up to 1,500. Whitney Houston The family said no public memorial service is planned at this time. Officials had discussed the possibility of opening up the Prudential Center, a major sports and entertainment venue, for a memorial, but the funeral home said it had been ruled out. Funeral home owner Carolyn Whigham said the church service will be by invitation only, reflecting the family's decision to keep the memorial more personal. "They have shared her for 30-some years with the city, with the state, with the world. This is their time now for their farewell," she said. "The family thanks all the fans, the friends and the media, but this time is their private time," she said. Houston, 48, died Feb. 11 at a hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., just hours before she was set to perform at producer Clive Davis' pre-Grammy Awards bash. Officials say she was underwater and apparently unconscious when she was pulled from a bathtub. After an autopsy Sunday, authorities said there were no indications of foul play and no obvious signs of trauma on Houston. It could be weeks, however, before the coroner's office completes toxicology tests to establish the cause of (continued on page 9)

Educator Francis Brock Starms passes

Educator and children’s advocate Frances Starms, who was the first African American appointed director of MPS’ Head Start Program, died Thursday, February 9. She was 97. Funeral services will be held Friday, February 17, at 11 a.m. at St. Mark AME Church, 1616 W. Atkinson Ave. The viewing will be from 10 a.m. that Friday until the start of services. Visitation will be Thursday, February 16 at Northwest Funeral Chapel, 6630 W. Hampton Ave., from 3 until 7 p.m. Family hour will be at the Chapel from 5 to 7p.m. Born Frances Juanita Brock in Montgomery, Ala. on July 12, 1914 to Alpha Omega and Louis Edward Brock, whom both preceded her in death. As a child, Starms and her family moved to California, where she attended elementary and junior high school. After she won an oratory contest at church, Starms was recognized by someone who offered to send her to school in Atlanta. She attended Atlanta University Laboratory High School; continuing her education at Spelman College in Atlanta where she graduated with honors. Frances Starms She went on to receive her Master of Arts Degree in Early Childhood Education at Atlanta University. Her post graduate work also included scholarly research at the University of Southern California and the University of Wisconsin-Milwauke. In 2004 Starms was given an honorary doctorate in Public Service from the UW-Milwaukee. Frances accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior at an early age. She was an active member of St. Mark AME for more than 62 years. On July 23, 1938, Frances united in holy matriony to Robert W. Starms. They were married for 45 years before Robert’s death. The union produced one child, a son, Stephen Brock Starms. Starms begain her teaching career in Atlanta and continued in Indianapolis, Ind.

(continued on page 5) QUESTION OF THE WEEK: PULSE OF THE COMMUNITY Do you think people are thoroughly informed about Nearly half of costly

Photos and question by Yvonne Kemp

RONALD JOHNSON: “I don’t think the people are informed because the requirements are not published enough in the community.”

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the Wisconsin’s new voting requirements?

LEKECIA WRIGHT: “No, I don’t think everyone is informed enough about the new voting requirements because everyone doesn’t watch T.V. to know what’s being said. A lot of residents don’t have the proper I.D. or can’t get what’s required to get their I.D.”

CHRISTINE BERNARD: “No, I do not. It is not being publicized enough. There isn’t enough money put into the marketing of the new voting law. The law was passed, but now they are waiting for people to find out for themselves instead of making sure people know about it.”

THOMAS WILLIAMS: “Most people are informed if they watch T.V. With all the different commercials about voting and recalling, there is no reason why we as people are uninformed. A way to better keep us informed is if they add more posters around the city.”

emergency department visits avoidable

With sick season now in high gear, area emergency departments are likely to be overwhelmed by patients. But nearly half of costly emergency visits are unnecessary and could be handled by a primary care physician. Sixty percent of avoidable emergency department visits take place in ten Milwaukee zip codes with the highest rate of poverty, according to a study by the Milwaukee Health Care Partnership. The vast majority of the population in these zip codes are uninsured, underinsured or on Medicaid. Progressive Community Health Centers, formerly Westside Healthcare Association, provides a quality, cost-effective alternative to the emergency department. Through their Hillside Family Health Center and Lisbon Avenue Health Center clinics, Progressive reaches people in six of these zip codes and provides service to all, regardless of their personal financial situation. A rough estimate of the avoidable emergency department expense in 20072008 for low-income patients was a staggering $80,000,000. On average, one emergency department visit costs $800, excluding physician fees. A comprehensive visit to a primary care doctor at a Progressive clinic is less than a quarter of an emergency department visit. (continued on page 2)

ELECTION WATCH 2012 Wanted: Married Black men

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Spencer Coggs in his own words providing community stability

(continued from page 1) tion to manage the public’s finances efficiently and responsibly. I have over 12 years of previous City of Milwaukee work experience and I am on the only candidate with 9 years’ experience on the State of Wisconsin’s Joint Finance Committee. I will: • Improve the City Treasurer’s service delivery system • Institute a Financial Literacy Program • Utilize the City’s Common Council to forestall the

alarming rate of city home foreclosures. People have trusted me for the past 29 years and when, as your next City Treasurer you trust me to handle our City’s finances with independence and innovation, I will. Please remember to get your photo ID and come vote in the February 21st Primary Elections. Thank you for your support. Sincerely, Spencer Coggs

Administrative Law Judge Carolina Stark running for Branch 17 Circuit Court

I am Administrative Law Judge diversity in both of the departments. CAROLINA STARK, and I ask for Before becoming an Administrative your vote on February 21st for MilLaw Judge, I worked as a criminal dewaukee County Circuit Court Judge fense attorney, and I represented many Branch 17. low-income and many Spanish-speakCircuit Court Judges make important ing clients. My husband, Michael, decisions that affect our daily lives. worked as an attorney for the State Decisions about divorces, criminal Public Defender in Milwaukee for nine cases, children in protect services cases years. and civil law suits. Circuit Court * Reflect Our Diverse Judges need experience making deciCommunity sions based in the law and dedication I am a Latina, I speak Spanish fluto the community, and the judges ently, and I am a first-generation colshould reflect our diverse community. lege graduate. I have lived on 29th and * Experience State Streets in the City of Milwaukee As an Administrative Law Judge for for almost ten years. When I ride the the last five years, I have proven expebus to work, I get on the #31 bus on Carolina Stark rience conducting legal hearings and 29th and Highland. I am the only canmaking impartial decisions based in the law. I have a repu- didate in this race who lives in the City of Milwaukee. My tation for being calm and fair in a high-volume and fast- Hispanic heritage and my urban living experience give me paced workplace. I also have a lot of experience working an important perspective about our community. with people from diverse backgrounds, including those who * The Best Choice for Judge do not speak English fluently. My candidacy gives the people a choice. The incumbent, * Dedication to the Community Nelson Phillips, has only been in office since November of On election days I work as a bilingual chief poll worker, 2011, when he was appointed by Governor Walker. and I am a deputy voter registrar. I serve as a board member FEBRUARY 21ST you can choose a judge with proven of the Wisconsin Hispanic Lawyers Association, and I lead experience making impartial decisions based in the law, a the group’s voter education projects in the Hispanic Com- judge with proven dedication to the community and a judge munity. I know my neighbors, and I actively participate in who reflects our diverse community by VOTING FOR my neighborhood association. As a Commissioner for the CAROLINA STARK. Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission by appointment of For more information, go to www.carolinastarMilwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, I have worked to increase kforjudge.com

Black Male Forum panel to discuss integration and Black dependency By Taki S. Raton

“Did the social integration movement in America create in Black people a ‘Ward of the State’ mentality?” will be the theme of the Milwaukee Black Male Achievement Forum (MBMAF) panel on Saturday, February 25 at Coffee Makes U Black, 2803 North Teutonia Avenue, beginning at 1 p.m. The term ‘Ward of the State’ will be used as a conceptual benchmark to denote a state of being, a mental condition resulting from this peculiar ‘state of being’ and a specific time reference. The time period in question is the past 48 years of “social integration” from the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to the 2012 present. The “state of being” is similar to Black people being in a sense re-plantationized as we are revisiting today in our “being equal” state a quasi-plantational relationship with White people. The resultant conditioning is nearly 100% dependency on others for our needs and sustenance. Citing select bibliographical sources researched by MBMAF members in preparation for the February 25 presentation, the 2002 edition of “The American Dictionary of Certified Uncle Toms,” Black Americans are “still entirely dependent on another race for their food, shelter, clothing, education, defense and capital just as were the Africans in chattel slavery.” Dr. Claud Anderson in his 2001 title “PowerNomics – The National Plan to Empower Black America,” positions that “Throughout the centuries, social engineering, especially integration, has led

Blacks to destroy their own group solidarity. Social integration reinforced the practice (of social engineering) and destroyed Black communities and a sense of community. Increasingly, Blacks are viewing social integration in America as a failure.” He adds that integration as we have practiced it, “has given Black Americans limited access to resources and institutions within mainstream America. Anderson cites that since the opening of the integration floodgates in 1965, Blacks gave up their own businesses, educational institutions, political leadership, and culture, thus highly contributing to the now 48 years of Black community decline, dysfunctionalism, and decay. “By comparison, approximately 90 percent of all the Asians, Arabs and His-

panics in America who have immigrated within the last 30 years have economically surpassed Blacks. Each group owns and controls more income, more wealth, and more businesses than 99 percent of Black Americans who have been in American for centuries. The civil rights movement and social integration opened the nation’s doors of wealth and power to everyone, except Black people,” he contends. Haki R. Madhubuti in “Black Men – Obsolete, Single, Dangerous” (1991) on this point positions that “When a community loses its foundation - its philosophers, writers, poets, visual artist, skilled workers, musicians, professionals, dancers, business people, teachers – there is little left on which to build.”

ER visits cab be avoidable

(continued from page 1) What’s more, at Progressive a patient receives more extensive services than an emergency room visit, where only the urgent need or illness is treated. At the Hillside and Lisbon Avenue clinics that first visit is the start of a relationship with a primary care physician. Practitioners are dedicated to the immediate care of incoming patients, but also address the other health concerns and various lifestyle issues that affect long-term health and overall wellbeing. The clinics currently serve over 8,500 patients. With the recent hiring of additional physicians, capacity has increased. “It is important for the community to know that we are here to serve them. We provide high quality, personalized health care and won’t turn anyone away,” said Jenni Sevenich, CEO of Progressive. The Hillside and Lisbon Avenue clinics’ comprehensive services include: adult medicine, pediatric medicine, women’s health, dental care, financial counseling, case management, and referral services.

By Eloise Anderson--Secretary of the Wisconsin Dept. of Children and Families

February is Black History Month; single or cohabitating mothers and a time to recognize the achievements married women appear to have lower and contributions of African-Ameririsk of domestic violence than cohabcans and their role in our nation’s hisitating or dating women. Raising a tory. February is also a time when child in poverty and in a potentially we celebrate Valentine’s Day; a day violent situation is not good for the to celebrate love and ideally, marchild. riage. The list of reasons why marriage It is, therefore a bit disconcerting benefits both men and women is imthat at a time when we honor both pressive, but for children having parAfrican Americans and the institution ents who are married is equally of marriage a report in June 2011 by important. the NCAAP shows that only 28% of Statistics show that marriage reMilwaukee's black families had two duces the risk that children will be eiparents in 2000, down from 64% in ther a perpetrator or a victim of crime 1970. boys raised in a single-parent and Eloise Anderson It is rather alarming that since the home are almost twice as likely to modern civil rights movement of the 1950’s and 60’s, the have committed a crime that leads to incarceration by the family structure for Americans of African descent has time they reach their early thirties. crumbled more than at any time in the generations folChildren in single parent households are: five times lowing slavery. more likely to be poor; two times more likely to drop out In the 1890’s, things were really tough for Americans of school; 150% more likely to experience a non-marital of African descent. At that time we (blacks) were poorer; teen pregnancy. less educated and had fewer opportunities. We need to Seventy percent of juveniles in state institutions grew remember and understand that through the struggles of up in single parent homes and seventy two percent of adoslavery and Jim Crow, we have always been a people who lescent murderers grew up without their fathers. Fathers tried very hard to keep our families intact. Family meant are a big deal, their children need them, and society needs a father, mother and children and often included extended them in the household partnering in raising their children. family members as well. During those times the marriage Fathers need to view parenting skills as important, or rate was approximately 80%. even more important, as job skills. Today we see a large population of people in MilwauSociety as a whole also benefits from marriage. Neighkee living in poverty, mostly Americans of African de- borhoods have lower crime rates when they have more scent. Within this population is a very high rate of married families living in them. unemployment, low marriage rates and a high rate of chilNeighborhoods with a high concentration of Americans dren living in households without their fathers. I believe of African descent with little or no married families have a major contributing factor to the poverty and high un- higher rates of assaults by males. These communities employment is the low rate of marriage. need married men invested in the community providing So, what’s so good about marriage for men? Higher stability. income; married men earn more than single men with the It is vitally important that our community reconnects similar education and job histories. Longer life ex- with the concept of marriage. We need to encourage pectancy; married men have longer life expectancies than young people to graduate from high school and either get single men. a job, any job, or pursue post secondary education and Better relationships; marriage increases the likelihood then look at marriage and children (in that order). A dedthat fathers will have a relationship (a good one) with icated and nurturing father and mother who are united in their children and married men have more, better and marriage are the backbone of a healthy and stable family safer sex. Married men are also more likely to be faithful. and the foundation of a strong and prosperous commuThis means the father’s resources are devoted to one nity. Governor Scott Walker appointed Eloise Anderson as the household rather than having resources spread across Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Children and many households. What about women and marriage? The poverty rate Families effective January 3, 2011. Secretary Anderson is increases for unmarried mothers and their children, espe- nationally and internationally known as a leader in public policy creation and implementation. She has extensive excially for women of African descent. in child welfare and work support issues. perience Married mothers have lower rates of depression than

Be ready for first test of state’s new Voter ID law; Sheriff’s failure to provide adequate security contingent for president unacceptable

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MCJ EDITORIAL

On February 21, we will witness first hand the impact of Wisconsin’s new Voter ID law. Regretfully, we don’t think the results will be pretty. We hope we’re wrong, but we feel those individuals who feared and opposed this law, which restricts first time voters, students, individuals who have recently moved, veterans serving overseas and seniors-the very people who made the election of President Barack Obama possible in 2008--will be made prophets in their own land. We hope we’re wrong, but we feel there will be unrest at the election polls with people demanding their right to exercise their right to vote their conscience for the individual they feel will best represent and fight for their needs and rights. Yes, we sincerely hope we’re wrong about what will take place on February 21. The best way to prevent any clashes that may take place at polling locations around the city and county is to register now--immediately--within the next six days.

was meant to be a slap at Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele’s budget, which drastically cut the sheriff’s budget, leading to the layoff of a large number of sheriff’s Please, prove us wrong and come to the polls already deputies. registered, with the proper photo ID and or the necessary Reportedly, the Sheriff Department’s budget for dignitary documentation--such as utility bills or other proof of identiprotection was eliminated in Abele’s budget. fication--prepared to vote! Though we are not familiar with how manpower is distribRegister now so you can vote on Tuesday! Yes, it’s that uted by Sheriff Clarke (who, interestingly, was on vacationimportant, and will reveal the will of the people as to their commitment to vote in the general election this November -in Mexico--during the presdident’s visit), we can’t believe the sheriff, with his years of experience on the job, could and whether or not President Barack Obama will have a not have adequately shifted manpower to fully staff a consecond term in office. • We agree with Common Council President Willie Hines’ tingent of deputies to help with the security detail for the president, while maintaining the security of the county. and Milwaukee County Board Chairman Lee Holloway’s The protection of the President of the United States must criticism of Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke’s decision to scale back his department’s contribution to secruity not be used as a political tool by a sheriff who is disgrunfor President Barack Obama during his visit to Milwaukee tled with the budget cuts he must make in his department. We hope the sheriff will have a good explaination for Wednesday. The sheriff said his department scaled back its participa- what he did when he returns from vacation. The city and tion due to county budget cuts. Clearly what the sheriff did county demand and deserve nothing less.

We conclude our series in which candidates running for Milwaukee mayor, common council, county board and other local elected offices answer eight questions the MCJ sent the candidates about their positions on job cre-

ation, public transportation, public education, tax reform, affirmative action, public safety, housing foreclosures, and how involved government should be in the daily lives of citizens.

Candidates are listed in alphabetical order, not by the office they are seeking or an incumbent. REMEMBER TO VOTE ON

Deanna Alexander (18th Dist. County Supervisor)-The U.S. Constitution includes the words “to promote the general welfare.” I believe that our government has a responsibility to enable every citizen to live adequately. However, I think that the correct question to ask is more so “How involved should citizens be in the functioning of government?” and we must be careful to guard against

Deanna Alexander (18th Dist. County Supervisor)--I was once hired as a result of affirmative action. After hiring, I was upset to realize the reason I was chosen because I felt that I was not really valued by my employer for my skills. Too often the achievements of minorities can be demeaned by people who think preferential treatment was involved and as a result minorities must work twice as hard to earn respect. Such programs are sometimes required, but remain insufficient at solving our problems.

Deanna Alexander (18th Dist. County Supervisor)--The “housing crisis” has its name for a reason – it is a nationwide problem. While I don’t have the answer to the crisis, I believe that it lays in strengthening families and communities and promoting economic development.

THE CANDIDATES SPEAK OUT ON THE ISSUES FACING COMMUNITY ELECTION WATCH 2012

Question Six: How involved should government be in our lives?

Tom Barrett (Mayor/Incumbent)--Milwaukee city government touches the life of every person in the city on a regular basis. The services we offer are essential for our community to operate safely and conveniently. From garbage collection to libraries, snow plowing, firefighting, maintaining trees along our streets, keeping people healthy, reducing crime, and encouraging business growth, city government plays a significant role. I do not believe government should intrude on the lives of our citizens, but I do believe city government is essential to maintain a good quality of life. Eyon Biddle (15th Aldermanic Dist.)-- I am a public servant, when elected as County Supervisor I promised to be accessible and proactive; I will continue to do so as Alderman of the 15th District. I have made it a practice to respond to constituent concerns within 24 hours. In order to provide them with a voice I will Institute a district-wide community planning council, giving residents an opportunity to shape our community. I will actively promote civic engagement among residence in the 15th to ensure that government is accountable to their needs. David Bowen (10th Dist. Cnty Sup.)--I believe that government should allow citizens to make decisions for themselves but also make sure the equality is accessible to all members of its constituency. It was the government that stepped in to ensure that black veterans got access to their GI Bill benefits after they were oppressed from qualifying for home mortgages. Michael Brox (5th Dist. Cnty Sup.)--There is a difference between envolvement and entrusion. Government is envolved in our daily lives in many ways. Government helps us to educate our children, hospitals and health care, taxation,and much more. Government entrusion is when government steps over the line and violates our civil rights which I am against in any way shape or form.

Jermaine Buckner (7th Dist. Cnty Sup.)--Government should be involved in making sure that the rights and quality of life of people are not jeopardized. If they are, accountability for a person’s actions must be implemented. Government should not deprive people of their liberties or be involved in their personal lives.

A.T. Buford (18th Dist. Cnty Sup.)--Americans are the primary stockholders in government; therefore they should look to that system in times of challenge. Government, should provide educational opportunities, healthcare options and create jobs and/or business opportunities. Government should protect its most fragile constituents elderly and children ensuring that they have food and housing.

Roy Evans (5th Dist. Cnty Sup.)--As an elected official I can only be effective in our daily lives as a good citizen and neighbor concerned about the health, safety and welfare of the area I represent. Setting an example I can only encourage and listen to people who feel that government can make a positive change in their lives. As a policy maker I can share these concerns and explore ways to bring about those changes. The new district creates a unique challenge in not only balancing the distribution of resources and services but, how to recognize the strength in its diversity and unite the district through recognition of the common good of the district. The key is communication. I believe I have the skills and ability to communicate with a variety of stakeholders for betterment of the district and community. Bria Grant (13th Dist. Cnty Sup.)--The role of government is to provide services and maintain the freedom and rights for all citizens. In saying that government should be a guide by which standards are set.

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Question Seven:

FEBRUARY 21, 2012!

Question Eight:

What is your position on affirmative action What is your position on housing/foreclosure

Tom Barrett (Mayor/Incumbent)--Milwaukee city government works to make sure its contracts and programs include healthy participation by minority-owned firms. After completing a disparity study, the city has changed its contracting requirements, and is now directing that, in specific areas, African-American owned firms will be hired. No city can be strong without making sure that every citizen has a fair opportunity to participate.

Eyon Biddle (15th Aldermanic Dist.)--Unlike my opponent, I support job-creating efforts such as the MORE Ordinance, and I want the residents of the 15th aldermanic district to benefit from them. We need more bold progressive ideas like the Milwaukee Jobs Act and Ban the Box, a law that prevents discrimination against felons looking for employment. Milwaukee should follow President Obama’s lead and create incentives for local companies to hire the longterm unemployed. Additionally, the city should amend its living wage ordinance to give preference to contractors that provide health insurance and allow workers to earn paid sick days. Finally, I believe that Milwaukee is desperately in need of upgrading our infrastructure. The city should implement a wide-scale public works program that puts Milwaukee residents to work restoring and repairing our crumbling infrastructure. David Bowen (10th Dist. Cnty Sup.)--I believe Affirmative Action/Inclusion Programs is a great way for the government to play its role of enforcing equality to all members of its constituency. This is a key way to ensure laws.

Michael Brox (5th Dist. Cnty Sup.)--I am 100% for leveling the playing field. All people should have equal access to the means of production irregardless to race, creed, or color.

Jermaine Buckner (7th Dist. Cnty Sup.)--Affirmative action was compensatory action for past dues. I believe that this policy is relevant today as it is in the past. There might need to be some readjustments to it, but the policy needs to occur. Especially when people of different groups are not fully represented in different industries. A.T. Buford (18th Dist. Cnty Sup.)--I hope that there will be a day where affirmative action/ inclusion programs won’t be needed, but until that time comes, I am in full support of these programs. Unfortunately we do not live in a color-blind society, therefore, certain quota’s needed to be created in order for all Americans to have a fair opportunity to work and attend schools.

Roy Evans (5th Dist. Cnty Sup.)--The original purpose and legal definition of Affirmative Action has been stripped of its intent by persistent anti-Affirmative Action legal challenges. However, the concept is still critically important in dealing with the issue of inequitable treatment and fairness of opportunity in every domain. The current disproportionate racial/social/economic disparity is proof. I would advocate a doctrine of “fair play”. If the playing field and rules are fair then unbiased competition can be fairly evaluated. If you play the game fairly and win you should reap the benefits of winning. Because of my involvement as an attorney in public/private sector contracting I have a unique understanding and view of the process for gaining equitable access to contracting opportunities. The concept of Affirmative Action is a social policy is still supported by empirical proof that fair play and equal access is needed in order to gain fair and balanced opportunities to participate fully. Attitudes towards resistance has to be continually challenged and changed. Persistent advocacy and challenge are key. Bria Grant (13th Dist. Cnty Sup.)--Affirmative Action/Inclusion Programs- Such management tools are necessary to ensure equal employment opportunities. This includes diverse recruitment techniques that encourage applicants, the implementation of career building initiatives which increases the development of employees and creates a positive nonbiased environment in the workplace.

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Tom Barrett (Mayor/Incumbent)--Like every city in the country, Milwaukee has been negatively affected by home foreclosures. Our response has brought together people in the public and private sector – along with tens-of-millions of dollars – to reduce the impact. Our efforts have received national attention and praise. Through my task force, we established programs that assist homeowners facing foreclosure. Other programs work to stabilize neighborhoods by preserving homes and organizing neighbors. I have insisted that banks act responsibly and respect individuals and neighborhoods where they do business. And, because of tax-foreclosed properties, the city has become the owner of hundreds of homes which we maintain and work to return to private hands. Because of our exemplary programs, we have been able to attract additional federal resources to help our community deal with foreclosure issues. Eyon Biddle (15th Aldermanic Dist.)--Foreclosed properties, empty lots, nuisance properties, and drug houses are pervasive in the 15th Aldermanic district. The residents have told me repeatedly that they’ve had enough. These are the types of problems that bring down property values and lower the quality of life for residents living in the district. As Alderman, I will set out a long term strategy for dealing with foreclosed homes in the district and throughout Milwaukee. I will fight to hold the banks accountable for housing foreclosures by prohibiting any bank that refuses to care for foreclosed properties from benefiting from city deposits, investments, and bonding. Finally, I will empower residents to take charge of these properties by helping them take community control over foreclosed and abandoned properties. David Bowen (10th Dist. Cnty Sup.)--No answer was provided.

Michael Brox (5th Dist. Cnty Sup.)--We need to get the information to families who are facing foreclosure about government subsidies which are avialable to stop evictions from taking place. Some cities are working with the banks to allow the homeless to occupy vacant houses which the previous owner had to give up. These homes are in good condition and would otherwise would fall into disarray.

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ecently I went to my dentist for a scheduled cleaning. If you are anything like me, going to the dentist is not one of your favorite things to do.

Even going to the dentist has a ritual that is sort of weird. We brush our teeth before we go have our teeth brushed.

I do not wash my hair before I go see my beautician Lora so why I feel the compulsion to “prebrush” before I pay someone to brush them for me is a bit odd. I believe that we all want to hear a “good report” so we go in with sparkling teeth to hear the dentist and hygienist say, “great job.” Admittedly, I was a bit overdue for my cleaning but I still wanted to hear that everything was alright. Since I had not been in a while they made me redo my bitewing x-rays to be sure there were no problems beneath the gums. After a thorough cleaning, flossing and inspection of my x-rays the dentist let me know that everything looked good and I did not have any cavities. Dr. Newman then took the time to talk to me about an observation that he made after inspecting my teeth. He said to me, “you must be right

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handed” to which I replied, “yes.” He said, “I can tell by looking at your teeth.” He went on to explain that the left side of my mouth was tended to better than the right side. He explained that the orientation of how we hold things, such as being left or right handed, determined our positioning when brushing our teeth. We tend to favor the side that is most comfortable for us. In order to get the opposite side we have to turn our wrist in an awkward manner which causes us to brush for a shorter period of time on that side. Our desire to be comfortable can lead to cavities which will ultimately make us uncomfortable. Dr. Newman put a toothbrush in my hand and guided me through repositioning my hand in order to brush most effectively. It felt odd holding my hand a different way, but I also realized that it was better for me to be uncomfortable with all my

FOR ONE EVENING ONLY..... Something spectacular and amazing will take place in our city!

Choirs to gather for Unity Celebration Concert

Riverside University High School & Washington High School of Information Technology Gospel Choirs, under the choral direction of Diante M. Harris, will be coming together as one to put on a "Unity Celebration Concert". This event will take place at Epistles of Christ Church of God in Christ, located at 2407 W. Nash Street on Sunday, March 4th, 2012 at 4:30PM. The main purpose of this concert is to show and express to our city that are youth are doing something positive and up lifting in the community through the sound of music. This is the perfect opporunity for us a community to stand up and take back our community. It's a new year and our city has all ready been faced with an alarming rate of social issues, violence crimes, etc... that need to be addressed, and hopefully this concert will open the eyes, minds and hearts of some people to see what type of impact it has made. Admission to the concert is free and it is an open door event. Special Musical Guests will include: Tabernacle Worship Flow Praise Team, East Brook Church Worship Choir, UWM Gospel Choir, Saxophonist Ryan Davis, and Sister Jeanette Mixon

Metropolitian Missionary Baptist Church to hold 75th church anniversary celebration

On February 26, 2012 Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church will celebrate its 75th church anniversary. The commemoration includes multiple events. Theme: “Looking Back...Reaching Forward” Theme Scripture: Haggai 2:9 “The glory of this latter house shall be greater than the former saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace...” Sunday, February 26, 2012 9:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Worship Service Guest Speaker: Rev. Lucious Fullwood, Bellvue Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois 2:00 p.m. Fellowship Dinner 4:00 p.m. Celebration Service Presentations: Congresswoman Gwen Moore, Wisconsin State Senator Lena Taylor, County Supervisor Willie Johnson, State Representative Elizabeth Coggs Invited Guests: National Baptist Convention, American Baptist Churches of Wisconsin, Project Focal Point, 14th Street Block Club, NAACP Metropolitan Baptist Church is pastored by the esteemed tbe Rev. Willie D. Wanzo, Sr. Metropolitan extends an invitation to the entire community to commemorate this anniversary and all scheduled events.

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teeth than to be “comfortable” and need implants by 40. T here are times in life that we are called by God to remember the other side. Stretching outside of our comfort zone is not always easy or comfortable but it helps us to be better Christians and better aligned with the will and ways of God. When you are healthy don’t forget those who are sick. When you are sick, don’t despise the healthy. When you are rich, do not ignore the needs of the poor. If you are poor know that troubles affect everyone – including the rich, they need prayer too. When you are happy, remember those who are sad. When you are sad, reach out and be lifted by those who are happy. When you have plenty, give to those who don’t have enough. When you don’t have enough, don’t be too proud to ask for help. One day, if you endure, you will be the one giving the help and not getting it. When you are saved, remember the unsaved and pray for them just as someone took time and prayed for you when you were unsaved. When you are unsaved, reach out to those who have a sincere relationship with God and allow them to tell you about the difference He has made in their life. This week, extend yourself, and don’t forget the other side.

Brentwood Church of Christ to celebrate Annual Black Marriage Day

Brentwood Church of Christ's 2nd Annual Black Marriage Day Seminar will be held on March 24, 2012 at 2:00 pm in the church's fellowship hall, 6425 N. 60th Street. The theme of the event will be It Takes Two!. The featured speaker will be Pastor Leslie Odoms of Brentwood. Special musical performance will be provided by Olusegun Sijuwade. Black Marriage Day is a annual national observance held every 4th Sunday in March. It celebrates the value of marriage in the Black community. This event is open to the general public. Tickets are $15 for individuals and $20 for couples. Tickets can be purchased in advance or at the event. For information or tickets, please call Clarene at 414-736-1546 or clareneabiz@aol.com.

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The Catholic News Service published an article last week with the headline: “Black Catholics’survey finds strong ties, strong engagement in church.” The University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Church Life and the office of the school’s president conducted the survey. The article went on to say that “African American Catholics are much more engaged in their church on a variety of levels than are white Catholics.” And more good news: “African-American young adults, both Catholic and Protestant, are more religiously engaged and consider religion to be more important than whites of the same age.” by Fr. Carl Diederichs, Another finding: “Black Catholics are All Saints Catholic Church almost as at-ease in mixed or mostly white parishes as they are in majority black parishes.” This shows, according to Bishop John H. Ricard, President of the National Black Catholic Congress, that efforts have been successful in helping African Americans to feel a part of the Catholic Church and make it their own. The Survey does give us some good news, but we, on the ground, realize that we have much to do to make each local church a microcosm of “The Beloved Community” spoken about in the Epistles of John. We will use the survey as the basis for “a pastoral plan for evangelization.” First of all, we must pray and praise God for bringing us this far by faith. We can also ask God to make us more faithful, more open, more attuned to the “signs of the times” with an ability to address the issues that confront people today, especially poor people, hungry people, people who have been pushed to the margins of our community and society. First of all, we must pray and praise God for bringing us this far by faith. We can also ask God to make us more faithful, more open, more attuned to the “signs of the times” with an ability to address the issues that confront people today, especially poor people, hungry people, people who have been pushed to the margins of our community and society. The local church has Word and Sacrament, the palpable signs of Jesus’ presence with us. We have the great tradition of coming together as a community on the weekend and joining hands and hearts to lift up those who are sufferings in any way. And to break bread together. If we address the needs of our members to grow in their faith and challenge each other to step out of our comfort zone in faith, we will attract even more seekers to our community of faith. And yes, our younger members will see that we walk the talk and they will become more convinced that we have a treasure beyond price—the Body of Christ, the local church gathered as one. I am grateful for the Survey quoted above. I take heart in the fact that so many of our members are rich in faith and good works. God is good all the time; all the time God is good. Come join us any Sunday at 8:00 or 10:30 AM at 3051 N.25th Street.

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THE CANDIDATES SPEAK OUT ON THE ISSUES FACING COMMUNITY ELECTION WATCH 2012

Question Six: How involved should government be in our lives?

(continued from page 3) Ieshuh Griffin (Mayor and 6th Ald. Dist.)--Simply put, the government is accountable to the citizens; however the citizens should be very involved as it relates to daily activities of the government as it relates to the concerns of the citizens. Ray Harmon (9th Ald. Dist.)--Government has to be vigilant and unwavering in providing a safety net for people. The removal of Act 10 and Governor Walker’s budget reductions is a good example of the safety net being removed.

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Question Seven:

Question Eight:

What is your position on affirmative action What is your position on housing/foreclosure

(continued from page 3) Ieshuh Griffin (Mayor and 6th Ald. Dist.)--I am an advocate of equality and equal opportunity. I also am very concerned that the needs of women and children have failed to be addressed repeatedly in questions as it concerns to special needs.

Ray Harmon (9th Ald. Dist.)--I am supportive of the Milwaukee Jobs Act race/gender conscious policy passed by the Common Council. I would also like to introduce legislation to do a feasibility study for the creation of a City of Milwaukee Department of Civil Rights. This department would act as the regulatory agency to monitor and ensure participation goals are being met by city agencies in contracting and purchasing, as well as, those doing business with the city.

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Willie Hines (15th Ald. Dist.)--My constituents want streets plowed and cleaned; they want a strong bus system; they want to know that the sewer and water system is being maintained. They want longer library hours and more access. They want responsiveness from police and fire services with well-trained public servants. We need to provide services for a world-class city.

(continued from page 3) Jermaine Buckner (7th Dist. Cnty Sup.)--Everyone should be able to have a home that is affordable and able to achieve the American Dream. Unfortunately because of the greed and stupidity that has occurred, we are in a difficult narrative. With the foreclosure crisis, parties will be need to be held accountable through collaborating with communities to help revitalize neighborhoods. In addition, companies and resources need to be utilize to produce the best results possible. A.T. Buford (18th Dist. Cnty Sup.)--Housing foreclosure is a serious issue that has plagued so many communities in Milwaukee County. I will work with state and federal legislators to discuss options to expedite the mediation process, but also to look into the credit rating bureaus to ensure that the best practices are being implemented.

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Cavalier Johnson (5th Dist. Cnty Sup.)--We don’t need government to be more active than it already is in the everyday lives of citizens. Good regulations that protect us, that provide for our safety, and provide a buffer to poverty are all great things that we encourage but we don’t need additional prodding from government. Marty Matson (City Comptroller)--The government should provide support where necessary: picking up garbage, street maintenance, snow removal, etc. Those things are the nuts and bolts of city services. The city provides necessary health care services through its clinics. Safety is provided through Fire & Police protection. As Comptroller, I would ensure the appropriate expenditures for these services are accurate and timely.

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Radolph “Ray” Matthews (10th Dist. Cnty Sup.)-We live our lives with the ideology of being free and able to live as we please without the threat of government telling us how to live. We also look for particular comforts knowing the governmental machine is spinning and cranking its gears when we are living day-to-day. Government should only be involved in our lives as needed.

Edward McDonald (Mayor)--The people own government and government should never be perceived as owning the people. We will practice a policy that reflect a value that the more open government is, the greater the people ownership of government and their understanding and participation in government. .My administration will declare that government is the public's business and that the public, individually and collectively and represented by a free press, should have access to the records of government in accordance with the following best practices as identified by the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council.

Frances Starms passes at 97 (continued from page 1)

Upon moving to Milwaukee in 1948, Starms began her employment with MPS, where she worked as a teacher. She was later appointed director of the district’s Head Start Program, becoming the first Black person to do so. Starms holds the distinction of being the only living person with three MPS schools named after her: Starms Early Childhood Center, Starms Monumental Early Childhood Center, and Starms Discovery Learning Center. Starms was a prolific writer of poet whose work was published locally and nationally, receiving many awards. Starms is preceded in death by her husband Robert, one brother, William Brock; two sisters Laura Collins and Paula Miller and a nephew, Ronald Miller. She leaves to cherish her memory her son, Stephen, one niece, Sheila Miller, who she raised; two grandchildren: Stephanie (Tim) Morgan and Robert (Tawanda) Starms, six great grand-children: Marques, Ashley, Mia, Amber, Aaron, and Marissa; one great-great grandchild Malana; three nieces: Patsy Johnson, Evelyn Galloway and Janette Brock; four nephews: Jimmy Miller, Vincent, Wali and Kenneth Brock; two great nieces: Frances (Halbert) Algee, Kim Cowan and a host of grand nieces, nephews and many close friends. --Obit edited by MCJ Staff

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Washington Post’s Coleman named first UWM Foundation Alumni Fellow M

ilton Coleman, senior editor of the Washington Post, has been selected as the first University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Foundation Alumni Fellow.

The new Alumni Fellows program recognizes eminent alumni who have achieved leadership and accomplishment in their fields.

Coleman, who received his bachelor of fine arts degree in music history and literature from UWM, will receive the award at a campus reception starting at 3:30 p.m. in the Union Art Gallery, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., on Tuesday, Feb. 21. While at the university, he will participate in classes in journalism and music on Feb. 21 and 22. He will also take part in a panel discussion with the media on black unemployment and education at the Milwaukee Press Club, 137 E. Wells St., at 11 a.m. Feb. 21. Coleman started his journalism career as a reporter for the Milwaukee Courier, an African American weekly. Before joining the Washington Post in 1976, he worked as a reporter and editor for the African World newspaper in North Carolina; the All African News Service; WHUR-FM in Washington, D.C.; Community News Service of New York; and the Minneapolis Star. At the Post, he rose from a reporter on the Metropolitan staff to senior editor. He most recently has overseen and helped to develop the newspaper’s ethics and standards guidelines and its corrections policy. Coleman, who has learned Spanish, also provides newsroom guidance to El Tiempo Latino, a Spanish-language weekly owned by the Post. Among many awards and honors, Coleman has served as a jury chairman for the Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism and as a judge for a number of other top journalism awards. He is president of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and immediate past president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE). Through his work with those organizations, he has taken part in fact-finding missions and given presentations on press freedom and media ethics in many Caribbean and Latin American countries. In addition to his numerous professional activities and awards, he has

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served his church and the Boy Scouts of America for many years. He has been active in the D.C. area in raising and awarding scholarship money through the Post and through his church, which was founded more than 120 years ago by the children and grandchildren of slaves who, he says, knew education was a path to and an essential asset in freedom. “We see education as a liberator and an equalizer,” Coleman said. “I believe my alma mater can really make a difference in this city, this state and in this world, in the same way that scholarships – that ticket to ride – made a difference for me,” he said. In a 2003 speech to the UW System Board of Regents, Coleman said he owed a great deal to his time at UWM and to his editors at the Milwaukee Courier. “I could not have had a more intellectually stimulating educational, civic and social experience than the one I received at UWM,” Coleman said recently. “I left campus well equipped to compete with the best and was ultimately blessed with opportunities to be a leader among them.” Coleman, who grew up in the Hillside Terrace public housing project in Milwaukee, graduated from Fourth Street Elementary School and Lincoln Junior and Senior High Schools. The first in his family to go to college. he said that winning a scholarship to attend UW-Milwaukee was a key turning point that provided a “step up in life.” He added that his college experience – and that of others – has proved that the University of Wisconsin System is “a place where anybody can be somebody, proof that ordinary people, as they say, can be prepared to do extraordinary things.”

Wisconsin on leadership team for College Readiness Partnership

MADISON — Wisconsin is among seven states that have formed leadership teams to support the College Readiness Partnership, a national collaborative effort to implement the Common Core State Standards so students truly are ready for college or careers when they complete high school. Wisconsin was chosen for the partnership due in part to its progress in reforming and strengthening education. The state was the first to adopt the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and English Language Arts. In the first phase of implementation, administrators, educators, and other stakeholders gained an understanding the Common Core State Standards through a foundations kit created and provided by the state’s cooperative educational service agencies. Work is in progress to align curriculum and instruction to the standards. Additionally, Wisconsin is active in the SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium for next generation assessments. New assessments, aligned with standards, are expected for the 2014-15 school year. The Common Core State Standards are integrated in the state’s Response to Intervention (RtI) initiative. Six elementary schools are serving as demonstration sites, focusing on reading for the 2011-12 school year. Wisconsin has been a leader in disciplinary literacy, expanding the focus of the standards to ensure that students understand how to read, think, write, speak, and listen in multiple subject areas. The department recently published Common Core State Standards for Literacy in All Subject Areas. “Adopting the standards for Wisconsin was the easy task. Implementing the Common Core State Standards through engaging instruction coupled with rigorous learning activities and assessments is the hard work we are now pursuing,” said State Superintendent Tony Evers. Members of Wisconsin’s leadership team are Gary Albrecht, administrator, Cooperative Educational Service Agency 2, Whitewater; Jane Belmore, dean, School of Education, Edgewood College; Sheila Briggs, assistant state superintendent, Division for Academic Excellence, Department of Public Instruction; Kathleen Cullen, vice president of Teaching and Learning, Wisconsin Technical College System; Katy Heyning, dean of the College of Education and Professional Studies, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and president, Wisconsin Association of Colleges for Teacher Education; Mark A. Nook, interim senior vice president for academic affairs, University of Wisconsin System; Francine Tompkins, director, PK-16 Initiatives, University of Wisconsin System; and James Wollack, associate professor of Educational Psychology and director, Testing and Evaluation Services and the University of Wisconsin Center for Placement Testing. The leadership team held its first meeting in November 2011 to begin work to develop leadership and communication strategies and a shared understand(continued on page 7)

Young Leaders Academy opens library to spread the joy of reading

Scholarship Opportunity for Service Minded Kids – Deadline: Feb. 27

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Brewers Community Foundation supports library with $34,000 gift

The YMCA Young Leaders Academy and the Brewers Community Foundation celebrated the official opening of the “Brewers Dugout” at the YMCA Young Leaders Academy (YLA). A $34,000 gift from the Brewers Community Foundation made the creation of the library at the school a reality. The gift from the Brewers Community Foundation supported the construction, furnishings and books to establish the library. Developed to support school curriculum, the library will provide necessary tools and resources to encourage a passion for reading at a very early age. The Young Leaders Academy as well as the YMCA Childcare and Early Learning Center, both located on the same campus, will use the library. “Brewers Community Foundation along with our Mark and Debbie Attanasio and our players are thrilled to contribute a meaningful gift to improve the quality of life for our children. We take great pride in having a positive impact on and off the field. Learning to read is a critical component that must be achieved in order to assure academic success,” said Cecelia Gore, Executive Director-Brewers Community Foundation. “We are so grateful for the ongoing support of the Brewers Community Foundation for providing these children with one of the most valuable gifts

(From left to right) Cecelia Gore, Executive Director of the Brewers Community Foundation, Ronn Johnson, Vice President of Charter Education for the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee, Bob Yamachika, President and CEO of the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee, and two YMCA Young Leaders Academy students celebrate the official opening of the “Brewers Dugout” at the YMCA Young Leaders Academy (YLA). A $34,000 gift from the Brewers Community Foundation made the creation of the library at the school a reality.

we can offer our youth – the enjoyment of reading,” said Bob Yamachika, President and CEO of the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee. “The Brewers Dugout is another resource for our teachers as they address the critical need for our area’s youth to develop comprehensive reading and language skills. We are excited to see the joy on the faces of our students as they grow their love of reading in our library,” said Yamachika. The Young Leaders Academy is one of the higher performing elementary schools in the city of Mil-

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ing of “college readiness” as it relates to mathematics and English language arts. Further work will help states align policies and practices and redesign educator preparation and professional development programs to incorporate the Common Core State Standards. “We are ready partners in this initiative to ensure that all educators understand the Common Core State Standards and the relationship between the standards and classroom instruction and assessment,” said Kevin Reilly, president, University of Wisconsin System. “Our commitment extends to our preservice programs that prepare new teachers and administrators, as well as to UW continuing education activities that serve experienced educators in schools and classrooms statewide.” The College Readiness Partnership is supported by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), and the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO).

Nominations are being accepted for the ninth annual Build-A-Bear Workshop Huggable Heroes program that recognizes and rewards young leaders, ages 8-18, for positive contributions to their communities and the world. Deadline is February 27. Ten Huggable Heroes will each receive $10,000 — a $7,500 educational scholarship and a $2,500 donation for the charity of his or her choice. Nominate a candidate by visiting www.buildabear.com/huggableheroes. or pick up an entry form at participating Build-A-Bear Workshop stores. Past Huggable Heroes have been honored for starting literacy programs, organizing toy drives for children in need, collecting donations to feed homeless animals and gathering items to send to soldiers.

waukee with 93 percent of the eighth grade students performing at the proficient or advanced level in reading. Students attending YLA consistently outperform their peers in the Milwaukee Public Schools. Overall, combined students at YLA scored at 80 percent in reading proficiency. The YMCA Young Leaders Academy is a public, free, charter school serving children grades K4 through 8. The unique culture of YLA helps students achieve academic success and supports the development of strong leaders.

Other state leadership teams are from Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, Oregon, and Tennessee. The collaborative effort seeks to promote broad implementation of Common Core State Standards in mathematics and English language arts, with a focus on those issues at the intersection of K-12 and higher education systems. The College Readiness Partnership will work directly with the selected state leadership teams to achieve the following three objectives: • identify how the Common Core State Standards should be implemented in each participating state to improve college and career readiness for all students; • define how leaders and faculty across K-12 and higher education need to work together to improve both teaching and learning in ways essential to achieving the goal of college and career readiness; and • delineate the specific steps that higher education and states must take together to make effective implementation a reality; in other words, to make college and career readiness expectations more transparent, to align curricula, to assess student performance more effectively, and to improve teacher preparation and professional development. The partnership will compile effective practices and state models and will translate the experiences of the state leadership teams to create a policy and process roadmap for Common Core State Standards implementation. Together, the roadmap and the collection of best practices will serve to support and guide all states in their implementation efforts.

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Houston Wanted to Be Whitney, the Woman By Tonyaa Weathersbee, BlackAmericaWeb.com

A while back, when ABC's Diane Sawyer asked Whitney Houston what she wanted 10 years from now, the pop diva rattled off a list of simple desires. "Retired ... sitting down ... seeing my daughter grow up ... grandchildren," Houston said, smiling with that perfect, piano-key smile of hers. No wishes to be in anyone's Hall of Fame. No wishes for another Grammy. She just wanted to be Whitney, the woman. Hearing that interview saddens me even more about her death. I guess it's because Houston was a woman blessed with gifts that fill the dreams of everyday women; dreams of being beautiful, talented and adored by millions. Yet, it was that talent and all the complexities that go along with it that got in the way of her living to fulfill common dreams that are, for many of us, a given.

Tyler Perry's Good Deeds announces initiative to support homeless youth

Tyler Perry's GOOD DEEDS is very happy to announce Good Deeds: Great Needs, an initiative to support Covenant House, a nonprofit organization that provides for homeless youth. Through GiftCardGiver.com, Good Deeds:Great Needs will be collecting unused gift cards and donating all collected to Covenant House. In addition, Lionsgate will be making a financial donation to Covenant House for every share of the GOOD DEEDS trailer! So make sure to watch and share the video! To learn more and share Good Deeds:Great Needs, visit GoodDeedsGreatNeeds.com GOOD DEEDS also presents fans the opportunity to win a Valentine's Date Night! Just head over to the GOOD DEEDS Facebook page and submit your "love story" for the chance to win a $500 Visa Gift Card! To learn more about the contest, visit: www.facebook.com/GoodDeedsMovie?sk=app_23945552947 0849 TYLER PERRY'S GOOD DEEDS opens in theaters everywhere on February 24, 2012. The film stars Tyler Perry, Thandie Newton, Brian White, Rebecca Romijn, Jamie Kennedy, Eddie Cibrian, Jordenn Thompson, and Beverly Johnson with Phylicia Rashad and Gabrielle Union. FILM SYNOPSIS: A successful, wealthy businessman, Wesley Deeds (Tyler Perry) has always done what's expected of him, whether it's assuming the helm of his father's company, tolerating his brother's misbehavior at the office or planning to marry his beautiful but restless fiance, Natalie (Gabrielle Union). But Wesley is jolted out of his predictable routine when he meets Lindsey (Thandie Newton), a downon-her-luck single mother who works on the cleaning crew in his office building. When he offers to help her get back on her feet, the chance encounter with someone so far outside his usual circle ignites something in Wesley. This one good deed may finally spark his courage to exchange the life that's expected of him for the life he's always really wanted. A moving, uplifting drama about coincidence, courage, and the defining choices we make on our paths to happiness, TYLER PERRY'S GOOD DEEDS is written, produced and directed by Tyler Perry, and stars Perry, Thandie Newton, Brian White, Rebecca Romijn, Jamie Kennedy, Eddie Cibrian, Jordenn Thompson, Beverly Johnson, with Phylicia Rashad, and Gabrielle Union.

And we'll always be left to wonder what might have been. Beverly Hills police say that Houston, whose body was found in a Beverly Hills hotel room this past weekend, was "underwater and unconscious" in the bathtub. The 48-year-old had battled a drug addiction for many years, and prescription drug bottles were in the room. So far, though, there's no evidence of foul play, and the cause of Houston's death has yet to be determined. But regardless of how she died, to many women like me, women who had seen her grow from girlish singer in the video "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" to sultry actress in the movie, "Waiting to Exhale," the loss still stings. I didn't expect for her to go out like that. I still believed there was a lot of magic left in Houston, enough magic to propel her past the addictions that had hobbled her life and career. I wanted to see her use her talent to beat down

her demons. And whenever Houston did retire, I wanted to see her end her career with an exclamation point. Instead, her life ended as a somber footnote. It's pointless to blame anyone for the destructive choices that Houston made in her life. I just wish that there was a way to take that same comfort and enjoyment that her gifts brought to people like me and turn it back on

her so that she could draw the same comfort and fulfillment from it. So much so that she wouldn't feel the need to use drugs, or so much so that she could find the strength to shun them. I just wish I knew of a way that Houston could have used that same power that kept us spellbound over her voice to control the things that hobbled her life. And I wish that maybe one of her gospel

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songs, or her early hit, "The Greatest Love of All," could have saved her in the way that they likely inspired others to save themselves. I guess that in the end, Houston, for all her superhuman talent and beauty, was all too human. Her interview with Sawyer tells us that - that at the end of the day, she wanted what many other women want: To see their children grow up, to have grandchildren, to be able to marvel over the circle of life that they had a hand in creating. This Saturday, when Houston is laid to rest in her native New Jersey, everyone will be struggling to remember her life, not her death. I’ll be struggling to do that too, to remember the beauty and talent that she brought to the world. But I'll also be mourning the fact that Houston's extraordinary life ended way before she got a chance to see her ordinary, 10-year plan become real. And that she didn't intend for things to turn out that way.

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What is your position on affirmative action What is your position on housing/foreclosure

(continued from page 5) Willie Hines (15th Ald. Dist.)--I have always prioritized the inclusion of central city residents in job programs, even when that means standing up to the special interests. We have seen racial and economic discrimination hit the central city hard, and affirmative action and inclusion programs are a necessary component of our strategy to grow the economy.

Cavalier Johnson (5th Dist. Cnty Sup.)--These are important issues. We’ve started to touch on these items with the M.O.R.E. ordinance and the disparity study. We need to do more to engage local emerging business enterprises. I’m baffled when seeing a contractor rolling into town and I think, “Is there no minority business in Milwaukee that can do that?”

Marty Matson (City Comptroller)--City residents and city businesses need to know they are adequately represented in their government. Affirmative action provides the necessary impetus to get qualified disadvantaged businesses an opportunity to perform the work that needs to be done with the city. As Comptroller, I would support the city’s current programs related to disadvantage business enterprises. Radolph “Ray” Matthews (10th Dist. Cnty Sup.)--African-Americans are still struggling to be included into the idea of America. Inclusion programs, which would allow African-Americans to venture out of our traditional comfort zones would help expand to educational, social, and economic environments as well as be a source for business development.

Edward McDonald (Mayor)--My administration will immediately create a city advisory commission on human rights. The commission will audit the city procurement system and other areas for compliance with civil rights and equal opportunity laws. The report will be used to fashion reform in our civil, human and equal rights protections. The commission will receive reports on all matters concerning the equal rights of all persons within the city and advise the appropriate city department or division of the proper procedures for preserving the equal rights of persons as guaranteed by the law.

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(continued from page 1) death. Los Angeles County coroner's assistant chief Ed Winter said bottles of prescription medicine were found in the room. He would not give details except to say: "There weren't a lot of prescription bottles. You probably have just as many prescription bottles in your medicine cabinet." Her body was returned to New Jersey late Monday. Houston was born in Newark and was raised in nearby East Orange. She began singing as a child at New Hope Baptist Church, where her mother, Grammy-winning gospel singer Cissy Houston, led the music program for many years. Her cousin singer Dionne Warwick also sang in its choir. Houston's family asked Tuesday that any donations in her memory be sent to the arts-focused public school that she attended as a child and that was named after her in the late 1990s. In lieu of flowers, they said mourners should donate to the Whitney Houston Academy of Creative and Performing Arts in East Orange, a school serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Houston attended the school as a girl when it was named the Franklin School and was a regular visitor for many years afterward. On Monday, students held an outdoor service in her memory. An impromptu memorial for Houston was held Sunday during a sadnesstinged Grammys, with Jennifer Hudson saluting her memory with a performance of "I Will Always Love You." Viewership for the awards show soared over last year by 50 percent, with about 40 million viewers tuning

in to the program on CBS. On Tuesday, a steady stream of well-wishers continued to stop at the New Hope Baptist Church, where the front fence was adorned with dozens of flowers, balloons and oversized cards, some with hundreds of signatures and condolences written on them. Several people expressed disappointment that a public memorial had not been scheduled. But they also said they understood why the funeralwas being kept private. "Maybe at some point down the road, they might do something," said B.J. Frazier, of East Orange, who said she had performed as a singer with one of Houston's aunts. "But it's like they're saying today, they shared her for a long time and they just want her to themselves for now." Houston left behind one child, daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown, 18, from her marriage to singer Bobby Brown.

(continued from page 5) Roy Evans (5th Dist. Cnty Sup.)--I have represented numerous individuals affected by predatory lending and mortgage fraud. We have all been affected and it has been devastating to many. I am waiting for those who played principle roles in creating this crisis to be prosecuted and punished because in my opinion, it was fraud and criminal activity that took place. I currently sit on the Board of Review for the City of Milwaukee and review tax assessment appeals. Having access to this information I know that the decline in housing value has severely eroded our tax base and affected our economy. Going door to door during this campaign in my own neighborhood I was shocked at the number of board-ups and vacant lots. We have to advocate community reinvestment and promote affordable home ownership. In this sluggish economy we will have to be bold and creative. The community must be part of the discussion and solution. This is an appropriate area for affirmative action.

Radolph “Ray” Matthews (10th Dist. Cnty Sup.)--Throughout Milwaukee County families are struggling to save their homes. Neighborhoods are dwindling and streets are becoming ghost towns due to high interest rates and mortgages. This problem crosses all ethic, race, and social lines. We need more federal understandings and more constraints on financial institutions to allow families (homeowners) a grace period to correct any financial issues they may have with making the month-to-month payments on their homes.

Edward McDonald (Mayor)--My administration will address the foreclosure problem by tying it to the Build Milwaukee jobs and economic development strategy. Specially, we will use a portion of the dedicated 40% redevelopment apparatuses and procurement contracts to expand the capacity of select BMIZ Community Development Corporations chosen by the community councils to participate in activities and establish Wealth Building that includes: Comprehensive Housing Counseling and Assistance, Business Development and Retention ,Education Placement, Financial Management and Investment.

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Bria Grant (13th Dist. Cnty Sup.)--Maslow’s hierarchy of needs identifies housing as a priority for basic living. The housing crisis not only creates a financial problem in the community, it strips families of their dignity and sense of accomplishment. Stabile housing is pivotal in creating a sense of responsibility and loyalty to their neighborhood.

Ieshuh Griffin (Mayor and 6th Ald. Dist.)--Milwaukee began the first public housing projects in the country, and now low cost housing is rapidly disappearing and foreclosed and boarded up homes are vastly appearing. I would like to implement special needs housings. I also would utilize funding to launch several programs that would provide housing to the citizens as well as profits to the City of Milwaukee. Ray Harmon (9th Ald. Dist.)--Foreclosures: I support expansion of Milwaukee Common Ground’s Milwaukee Rising project to help with foreclosures.A public private fund to help rehabilitate and clean up foreclosed properties currently in the Sherman Park area.

Willie Hines (15th Ald. Dist.)--I’ve been working around the clock to keep people in their homes. I worked with the Department of City Development, banks, LISC and others to pool resources to implement a local Housing TIF Pilot Program. The program was so successful that the partners extended it. As a result, millions of dollars poured into the community, helping to develop Lindsay Heights and sustain the WAICO YMCA Area.

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Cavalier Johnson (5th Dist. Cnty Sup.)--For too long, this community has put off its foreclosure problem. I want make sure that every homeowner knows what resources are available to them to prevent and/or mitigate foreclosures. Foreclosures hurt the psyche of neighborhood children, cause public safety problems, and bring down neighborhood appeal, and I’ll work to prevent it. Marty Matson (City Comptroller)--The city needs adequate, affordable housing. There are many initiatives out there right now that are working, and example: Habitat for Humanity. As Comptroller, I would ensure that Housing Authority expenditures are appropriate, and assist with any grant applications if necessary.

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ll three basketball games I attended at the high school, college and NBA level had different outcomes from some of the built-up frustration that needed to be released.

HIGH SCHOOL RIVALRIES Take the Milwaukee Vincent boys basketball game against Milwaukee Riverside, Feb. 10. The Vikings remembered the spanking they when they visited the Tigers in the second round of last year’s playoffs. It was still fresh on their minds. Now fast forward to this year’s meeting between the teams – held in the same gym, Riverside’s home court. Even though it was a regular season game and not the playoffs, it was still an important one in a battle for second place in the City Conference behind Milwaukee King. Vincent rode the back of junior Deonte Burton and his 26 points to beat Riverside, 76-65. He was away at a prep school the last time they met and didn’t factor in the blowout loss the Vikings suffered against the Tigers. First place in the conference belongs to the Generals. Barring an upset in their remaining games of the regular season, King will have the conference title wrapped up. They lost to Riverside last season, and that gave the Tigers the City title. They also lost to them in the sectional round. Beating both Vincent at home and Riverside on the road this year gave King the inside track on winning the conference championship. Vincent, King and Riverside all lost key players who were ineligible because of academic issues. According to a Vincent math teacher I talked to as we left the Riverside building, grades were due soon. Favorable marks from the affected players from those teams will be a welcome sight for the coaches who can use them down the

stretch going into the playoffs. King, who lost their post player due to grades, made do with the smaller and quicker lineup that have been getting things done and rolling along. I guess they took a page from the Marquette men’s basketball team that lost two big men from injuries. The Golden Eagles make up for their lack of size with their pressure defense and speeding up the tempo on the court. COLLEGE HOOPS When visiting Cincinnati began on a 16-4 run to start their Feb. 11 early afternoon Big East game at the Bradley Center, they thought the Golden Eagles would fold their tents and pack it in. The Bearcats had more size and depth than Marquette, but the Golden Eagles had more heart and determination. Marquette went on a 7-0 run over a span of 3 minutes 32 seconds to trail by five points at 16-11. The 18,815 fans got louder and louder in the game, which was National Marquette Day. They erupted when free-throws by Todd Mayo gave the Golden Eagles a 25-24 lead with 8:27 left in the first half. Marquette never trailed again. They took a 47-35 halftime advantage into the locker room. Marquette was never threatened in the second half. The Bearcats found out that those smaller guys in the gold uniforms were on them like a swarm of bees on every offensive possession they had. And Cincinnati was left in the dust when Marquette pushed the ball up the court and outscored the visitors 31-10 on fast break points. Once Marquette turned up the tempo on their oppo-

(Photo above) Riverside's Bakari Triggs dribbles the ball against a Vincent defender in the Feb. 10 game at Riverside. (Photo at right) Vincent's Marcus White (dark jersey) attempts a shot against Riverside's Robert Harris in their Feb. 10 game at Riverside.

nents in recent games, they delivered a knockout blow that had those teams wondering what hit them. The lack of depth forced four of Marquette’s five players to play more than 30 minutes and five of them logging more than 25 minutes in the game. All the Marquette starters played more minutes in their game than Stephen Jackson of the Milwaukee Bucks did in the nightcap at the BC against the Orlando Magic. NBA MAGIC Jackson played a total of 20 minutes in the game and wasn’t a factor, scoring four points in their 99-94 defeat. This wasn’t the plan that was mapped out for the 33-yearold veteran when he was traded to the Bucks on Draft Day. “I’m very frustrated,” Jackson told a reporter after the game. “I don’t understand why I’m not playing. It’s the first time in my career which I don’t understand why. It’s like I’m being used as a decoy out there. This is all new to me. I won’t settle for not playing, but I like to (act as a) professional.” I can understand why Jackson would be upset. So far, he played 22 games and started 13. He averaged 29.8 minutes per game and 11.9 points per game at week’s end. In his career, Jackson averaged 33.4 minutes and 16.2 points. On a sunny day on June 29, 2011, Jackson strolled into the BC media room and said, “I’m definitely happy to be here. I’m still doing what I love to do and what I’m

blessed to do, and that’s playing basketball.” The Bucks’ brass said they would do everything they could to make Stephen Jackson’s stay in Milwaukee as comfortable as possible, easing rumors that this town isn’t a great place for a professional basketball player to work. Jackson is making $9.26 million this season and is scheduled to make $10.06 million in 2012-13. The Bucks might cut their losses with Jackson and buy him out because the relationship between him and the organization may not be working out. As for the game itself, The Bucks had a 10-point lead at 88-78 with 5:44 left. Jason Richardson’s three threepoint baskets sandwiched by a Jameer Nelson two-point basket gave Orlando a lead that they never relinquished. The Bucks lost their last three home games at week’s end and took a backwards step in trying to secure the No. 8 spot in the playoffs.

NOTICE OF SPRING PRIMARY AND SAMPLE BALLOTS FEBRUARY 21, 2012

OFFICE OF THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE, MILWAUKEE COUNTY

Notice is hereby given of a spring primary election to be held in the City of Milwaukee on the 21st day of February, 2012, at which the officers named below shall be nominated. The names of the candidates for each office, whose nominations have been certified to or filed in this office, are given under the title of the office, each in its proper column, in the sample ballot below. INFORMATION TO ELECTORS

Upon entering the polling place, an elector shall state his or her name and address, show an acceptable form of photo identification and sign the poll book before being permitted to vote. Where ballots are distributed to electors, the initials of two inspectors must appear on the ballot. Upon being permitted to vote, the elector shall retire alone to a voting booth and cast his or her ballot except that an elector who is a parent or guardian may be accompanied by the electorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s minor child or minor ward. An election official may inform the elector of the proper manner for casting a vote, but the official may not in any manner advise or indicate a particular voting choice.

Where optical scan voting is used, the elector shall connect the arrow next to the name of the candidate of his or her choice for each office for which he or she intends to vote. To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the elector shall write in the name of the person of his or her choice in the space provided and connect the arrow on the write-in line.

Where touch screen voting systems are used, the elector shall touch the screen next to the name of the candidate of his or her choice for each office for which he or she intends to vote. To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the elector shall type in the name of the person of his or her choice in the space provided for a write-in vote.

The vote should not be cast in any other manner. Not more than five minutesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; time shall be allowed inside a voting booth. Sample ballots or other materials to assist the elector in casting his or her vote may be taken into the booth and copied. The sample ballot shall not be shown to anyone so as to reveal how the ballot is marked.

If the elector spoils an optical scan ballot, he or she shall return it to an election official who shall issue another ballot in its place, but not more than three ballots shall be issued to any one elector. If the ballot has not been initialed by two inspectors or is defective in any other way, the elector shall return it to the election official, who shall issue a proper ballot in its place.

The elector may spoil a touch screen ballot at the voting station before the ballot is cast.

After an official optical scan ballot is marked, it shall be inserted in the security sleeve so the marks do not show. After casting his or her vote, the elector shall leave the booth, insert the ballot in the voting device and discard the sleeve, or deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit. The elector shall leave the polling place promptly. After an official touch screen ballot is cast, the elector shall leave the polling place promptly.

An elector may select an individual to assist in casting his or her vote if the elector declares to the presiding official that he or she is unable to read, has difficulty reading, writing or understanding English or that due to disability is unable to cast his or her ballot. The selected individual rendering assistance may not be the electorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s employer or an agent of that employer or an officer or agent of a labor organization which represents the elector.

Following is a sample of the official ballot. If you do not see your ward listed below, your ballot will be the same as the included ballot. If your ward is listed below, your ballot will include the contest listed below your ward number.

Alderperson, District 8, appears in Wards 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 258, 259 Alderperson District 8 (Vote for one) Benjamin Juarez Jennifer Morales Bob Donovan Chez Ordonez

Alderperson, District 12, appears in Wards 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 250, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257 Alderperson District 12 Jose G. Perez Angel Sanchez James N. Witkowiak

County Board Supervisor, District 5, appears in Wards 104, 105, 106, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 165, 169, 170, 171, 185, 186, 187, 190, 196, 197, 198, 200, 201, 202, 214 County Board Supervisor District 5 (Vote for One) Roy Evans Muhammad Mahdi Priscilla E. Coggs-Jones Peter Thomas Blewett Russell W. Stamper II Chevy Johnson Michael Brox

County Board Supervisor District 15 (Vote for One) Jerry Broitzman Dan Cody Jill Wesolowski David Cullen

County Board Supervisor, District 18, appears in Wards 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 75, 77, 78, 79, 90 County Board Supervisor District 18 (Vote for One) Tracey Corder A.T. Buford Deanna Alexander

The polling places in the City of Milwaukee will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. City of Milwaukee residents contact the City of Milwaukee Election Commission, City Hall, at 286-3491 for location of your polling place and if you need further information regarding accessibility of polling places to elderly and disabled voters. The web address is www.Milwaukee.gov. GIVEN under our hands at the Courthouse, in the City of Milwaukee, this 20th day of February, 2012. THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS W. Scott Nelson

OFFICIAL PRIMARY BALLOT FOR NONPARTISAN OFFICE PAPELETA OFICIAL PARA ELECCIONES PRIMARIAS PARA CARGOS NO PARTIDISTAS FEBRUARY 21, 2012 / 21 de febrero de 2012

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OFFICIAL PRIMARY BALLOT FOR NONPARTISAN OFFICE PAPELETA OFICIAL PARA ELECCIONES PRIMARIAS PARA CARGOS NO PARTIDISTAS FEBRUARY 21, 2012 21 de febrero de 2012 for/para City of Milwaukee la ciudad de Milwaukee

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County Board Supervisor, District 15, appears in Wards 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 87, 88, 89, 92, 93, 164, 166, 167, 168, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 212, 213, 263

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Milwaukee Muslim Womenʼs Coalition celebrates International Womenʼs Day

Join us for International Womenʼs Day as we celebrate Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures on March 11th, 2012 at Mount Mary College in Bergstrom Hall. The celebration is free and open to the public from 2-5pm with keynote speaker Congresswoman Gwen Moore, African drumming, performances, and poetry. To register visit: http://iwd2012milwaukee.eventbrite.com

Nehemiah Community Services to hold volunteer fair

Join us Monday, February 27, 2012, 5pm at the Villard Square Branch of the Milwaukee Public library for the Nehemiah Community Services Volunteer Fair. We are a startup, faith based, non-profit at work to solve the problems in our city. Nehemiah is looking for innovative, hard-working volunteers to help plan, organize, and create programs to help resolve the problems that affect our kids, seniors, and families. Interested? For more details, please visit us Monday, February 27, 2012, 5:00pm at the Villard Square Branch of the Milwaukee Public Library, 5190 North 35th Street (414-286-3000). Our leadership will be on hand to talk about who we are, what we are doing, and how you can help. Like Nehemiah rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem, our organization works to help rebuild communities and lives. And with your help we will do it “Brick by brick, soul by soul!”

Job Fair Offered

Milwaukee area residents seeking employment will get the opportunity to talk to businesses and organizations looking for new workers. A Job Fair was held Tuesday, February 14. The fair was staged at the Wisconsin Army National Guard Armory at 4108 N. Richards Street in Milwaukee and is being organized by the SDC W-2 Program. Employers were recruiting for jobs like material handling, machining, assembly, cleaners, drivers, sales, Certified Nursing Assistants, and receptionist. The Job Fair was free and open to the public. Attendees were encouraged to come dressed for success, with copies of their resumes, and prepared to communicate their skills and abilities to a potential new employer.

Milwaukee Community Journal Sales Representative Jimmy Johnson stands with students from HeartLove Place School who proudly hold up copies of the Community Journal and its sister publication, WKND Focus. Johnson was one of the participants in the school's literacy program where he read to the children and engaged them in a question and answer on Black history, including Milwaukee Black history. The children pictured with Johnson are: Shauna Jackson, Farrah Walker, Shawn Robinson, Destiny Ellision, Nathaniel Curry, Taylor Jackson, Kornaya Cheeks and Rayion Ellision. (Photo by Yvonne Kemp)

Local youth invited to be a part of ‘March of Champions’

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee, the Mother Kathryn Daniels Conference Center (MKDCC) and MPS Recreation are hosting “March of Champions” the weekend of March 2325, 2012. “March of Champions” consists of an academic, chess and basketball three tournaments. For basketball, there is a 64-team team pool (48 boys and 16 girls teams) and it is open to middle schools from the Milwaukee area and Wisconsin. The final rounds will take place at the Jeffrey Alan Carter Sports Complex inside the MKDCC/Daniels-Mardak Boys & Girls Club located on the campus of Holy Redeemer Institutional Church of God in Christ. The address is 3500 W. Mother Daniels Way (N. 35th St. and W. Hampton Avenue). The “Final Four” boys and girls basketball teams will meet on Sunday, March 25. The academic and chess tournaments for “March of Champions” will culminate a city-wide, in-

school competition series in a “Tournament of Champions” format in chess and art. The academic contests will draw some 50 individual schools and over 500 students statewide. Basketball teams must consist of sixth, seventh and eighth grade youth from various public, private, choice and charter schools in Milwaukee and across Wisconsin. In addition to the basketball portion, March of Champions includes a chess tournament and an art competition. For more details and to download a team application visit, www.boysgirlsclubs.org/MarchofChampions.aspx Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee is the oldest and largest youth-serving agency in Milwaukee. It offers high quality after-school and summer programming for children ages 5-18, focusing on those who have major life obstacles, most often poverty. The Clubs operates 40 sites, which include six primary locations, 32 school sites, Camp Whitcomb/Mason in Hartland and an extension site at St. Charles Youth and Family Services in Milwaukee. Membership to the Clubs is only $5 per year, per child, but no one is ever turned away based on inability to pay. For all the latest Club news visit www.boysgirlsclubs.org, www.facebook.com/bgcmilwaukee or at Twitter@bgcmilwaukee.

Black History Month Read-In

Drop in to your local library to hear stories by, from and about African Americans as we celebrate Black History Month.

Friday, February 17, 10 a.m.-12 noon and Saturday, February 25, 2-3:30 p.m. Central Library

Also: February 15: Washington Park (5:30-7 p.m.) Also Feb. 22 and 29 February 21: Forest Home (3:305:30 p.m.) Also Feb. 27, 6-7:30 p.m. February 23: Villard Square Branch (5:30-7:30 p.m.)

CLASSIFIEDS/LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES SUMMONS (PUBLICATION) STATE OF WISCONSIN: CIRCUIT COURT: MILWAUKEE COUNTY Case No. 11FA007168 DIVORCE 40101

In re the marriage of: CANDICE SHERI ADAMS, Petitioner and DAVE LOUIS ADAMS, Respondent THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, TO THE PERSON NAMED ABOVE AS RESPONDENT: You are notified that the petitioner named above has filed a Petition for divorce or legal separation against you. You must respond with a written demand for a copy of the Petition within 45 days from the day after the first date of publication.

The demand must be sent or delivered to the court at: Clerk of Court, Milwaukee 901 N. 9th St., Milwaukee WI 53233 and to CANDICE ADAMS, 5911 N. 65th, Milwaukee WI 53218. It is recommended, but not required, that you have attorney help or represent you. If you do not demand a copy of the Petition within 45 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the Petition, and

you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Petition.

A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property. You are further notified that if the parties to this action have minor children, violation of 948.31, Wis Stats., (Interference with custody by parent or others) is punishable by fines and /or Imprisonment:

If you and the petitioner have minor children, documents setting forth the percentage standard for child support established by the department under 49.22(9), Wis. Stats., and the factors that a court may consider for modification of that standard under 767.511(1m), WIs. Stats. are available upon our request from the Clerk of Court. You are notified of the availability of information from the Circuit Court Commissioner as set forth in 767.105, Wis. Stats. 767.105 Information from Circuit Court Commissioner.

(2) Upon the request of a party to an action affecting the family, including a revision of judgment or order under sec. 767.59 or 767.451: (a) The Circuit Court Commissioner

shall, with or without charge, provide the party with written information on the following, as appropriate to the action commenced: 1. The procedure for obtaining a judgment or order in the action. 2. The major issues usually addressed in such an action. 3. Community resources and family court counseling services available to assist the parties. 4. The procedure for setting modifying, and enforcing child support awards, or modifying and enforcing legal custody or physical placement judgments or orders. (b) The Circuit Court Commissioner shall provide a party, for inspection or purchase, with a copy of the statutory provisions in this chapter generally pertinent to the action. Dated: 2-14-2012 By: CANDICE ADAMS 012-009/2-15-22-29-2012 SUMMONS (PUBLICATION) DIVORCE STATE OF WISCONSIN: CIRCUIT COURT: FAMILY COURT BRANCH MILWAUKEE COUNTY Case No. 2011FA008062B

In re the marriage of: CELIA MEZA-PACHECO, 1626 W Lapham St, Milwaukee WI. 53204, Petitioner and MARTIN PACHECO, ADDRESS UNKNOWN, Respondent

THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To the person named above as respondent: You are hereby notified that the petitioner named above has filed a petition for divorce against you. Within forty (40) days after the 9th day of February 2012 exclusive of the date just stated, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the petition.

The demand must be sent or delivered to this Court, whose address is: Clerk of Circuit Court Milwaukee County Courthouse, 901 N. 9th St., Milwaukee WI 53233 and to: CELIA MEZA PACHECO, whose address is: 1626 W. Lapham St, Milwaukee WI 53204. You may have an attorney represent you. If you do not demand copy with in forty (40) days, the Court may grant a judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the petition and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the petition. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may be come a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future and may also be enforced by garnishment of wages or seizure property. You are hereby further notified that the parties to this action are entitled to notification of the availability of

the information set forth in sec. 767.081, Stats. The information is available from the family court commissioner. You are further notified that if the parties to this action have minor children violation of the following criminal statutes is punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment not to exceed two years or both. 948.31 Interference with custody by parent or others. If you and the petitioner have minor children, a document setting forth the percentage standard for child support established by the Department of Health and Social Services under sec. 46.25(9)(a), Stats. and listing the factors that a court may consider for modification of that standard under sec. 767.25(1m), Stats, is available upon your request from the clerk of court. Dated this 09 day of February 2012 By CELIA MEZA-PACHECO 012-010/2-15-22-29-2012 SUMMONS (PUBLICATION) STATE OF WISCONSIN: CIRCUIT COURT MILWAUKEE COUNTY NOTICE AND ORDER FOR NAME CHANGE HEARING Case No. 11CV017646

In the matter of the name change of: CHAKA DAITYA CRAWFORD By (Petitioner) CHAKA DAITYA CRAWFORD

NOTICE GIVEN THAT: A petition has been filed asking to change the name of the person listed above: From: CHAKA DAITYA CRAWFORD To: ALIMAH RAMEEN DAITYA CRAWFORD

IT IS ORDERED: This petition will be heard in the Circuit Court of Milwaukee County, State of Wisconsin By: JUDGE WILLIAM S. POCAN PLACE: 901 N. 9th St #401, Milwaukee WI. 53233. DATE: March 7, 2012 TIME: 10:00 AM

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: Notice of this hearing shall be given by publication as Class 3 notice for three (3) weeks in a row prior to the date of the hearing in the Milwaukee Community Journal a newspaper published in Milwaukee County, State of Wisconsin. BY THE COURT: WILLIAM S. POCAN Circuit Court Judge DATE: January 18, 2012 012-011/2-15-22-29-2012

CLASSIFIEDS/LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES The Milwaukee Community Journal February 15, 2012 page 13

SUMMMONS (PUBLICATION) State of Wisconsin: Circuit Court: FAMILY COURT BRANCH MILWAUKEE COUNTY Case No. 2011FA007256-B

In re the marriage of: Mirma Encarnacion, 1024 South 20th St, Milwaukee WI 53204 Petitioner and Domingo Encarnacion-Ramos, Address Unknown, Respondent THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To the person named above as respondent: You are hereby notified that the petitioner named above has filed a petition for divorce against you.

Within forty (40) days after the 27th day of January, 2012 exclusive the date just stated, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the petition.

You are hereby further notified that the parties to this action are entitled to notification of the availability of the information set forth in sec. 767.081, Stats. The information is available from the family court commissioner. You are further notified that if the parties to this action have minor children violation of the following criminal statutes is punishable by a fine not exceed $10,000 or imprisonment not to exceed two years or both. 948.31 Interference with custody by parent or others.

If you and the petitioner have minor children, a document setting forth the percentage standard for child support established by the Department of Health and Social Services under sec. 46.25(9)(a), Stats. and listing the factors that a court may consider for modification of that standard under sec. 767.25(1m), Stats, is available upon your request from the clerk of court. Dated this 27th day of January 2012. By Mirma Encarnacion 12-005/2-1-8-15-2012

The demand must be sent or delivered to this Court, whose address is: Clerk of Circuit Court, Milwaukee County Courthouse 901 N 9th St. Milwaukee, WI 53233 and to Mirma SUMMONS Encarnacion whose address is 1024 (PUBLICATION) South 20th St., Milwaukee WI State of Wisconsin: 53204 Circuit Court: You may have an attorney represent MILWAUKEE COUNTY you. Case No. 12CV1222 If you do not demand a copy within In the matter of the name change of forty (40) days, the Court may grant Ramona Michele Duncan a judgment against you for the award By (Petitioner) Ramona Michele of money or other legal action re- Duncan, quested in the petition, and you may By (Co-Petitioner) Ramona Michele lose your right to object to anything Duncan that is or may be incorrect in the pe- NOTICE IS GIVEN: tition. A judgment may be enforced A petition was filed asking to change as provided by law. A judgment the name of the person listed above: awarding money may become a lien From: Ramona Michele Duncan To: PRELIMINARY DRAFT against any real estate you own now Ramona Michele Sledge or in the future and may also be en- Birth Certificate: Ramona Michele ement in the of __________ __________, 2012 forcedpublished by garnishment wages or on Duncan dditional newspapers and publish dates] seizure of property. IT IS ORDERED:

This petition will be heard in the Circuit Court of Milwaukee County, State of Wisconsin Honorable Timothy Witkowiak, Branch 22 Milwaukee County Courthouse. PLACE: 901 N. 9th St. Rm 412, Milwaukee, WI 53233 DATE: March 9, 2012 TIME: 8:45 A.M IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: Notice of this hearing shall be given by publication as a Class 3 notice for three (3) weeks in a row prior to the date of the hearing in the Community Journal a newspaper published in Milwaukee County, State of Wisconsin BY THE COURT: Honorable Timothy Witkowiak Circuit Court Judge Branch 22 Date: January 30, 2012 012-007/2-8-15-22-2012 SUMMONS (PUBLICATION) STATE OF WISCONSIN: CIRCUIT COURT: FAMILY COURT BRANCH MILWAUKEE COUNTY Case No. 2012FA000177-E

In re the marriage of: GENNYLOU BORZYCH-NICHOLS, 1381 W. Birdsong Dr. Apt A5 Oak Creek, WI 53154, Petitioner and JAMES W. NICHOLS, ADDRESS UNKNOWN, Respondent THE STATE OF WISCONSIN

To the person named above as respondent: You are hereby notified that the petitioner named above has filed a petition of divorce against you. Within forty (40) days after the 6th day of February, 2012, exclusive of the date just stated, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the petition. The demand must be sent or delivered to this Court, whose address is:

Clerk of Circuit Court, Milwaukee County Courthouse 901 N. 9th St., Milwaukee, WI 53233 and to GENNYLOU BORZYCH-NICHOLS whose address is: 1381 W. Birdsong Dr. Apt A5, Oak Creek, WI 53154 You may have an attorney represent you.

If you do not demand a copy within forty (40) days, the Court may grant a judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the petition, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the petition. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future and may also be enforce by garnishment of wages or seizure of property.

You are hereby further notified that parties to this action are entitled to notification of the availability of the information set forth in sec.767.081, Stats. The information is available from the family court commissioner. Your are further notified that if the parties to this action have minor children violation of the following criminal statutes is punishable by a fine not to exceed $10,000 or imprisonment not to exceed two years or both. 948.31 Interference with custody by parent or others. If you and the petitioner have minor children, a document setting forth the percentage standard for child support established by the Department of Health and Social Services under sec. 46.25(9)(a), Stats. and listing the factors that a court may consider for modification of that standard under sec. 767.25(1m), Stas, is available upon your request from the clerk of court. Dated this 6th day of February 2012. By: GENNYLOU BORZYCHNICHOLS.

012-007/2-8-15-22-2012

SUMMONS (PUBLICATION) STATE OF WISCONSIN: CIRCUIT COURT: MILWAUKEE COUNTY Case No. 11FA7241 DIVORCE-40101

In re the marriage of: ROSA MARY AVAILA, Petitioner and GERARDO GARCIA-CHAVEZ, Respondent THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To the person named above as respondent: You are notified that the petitioner named above has filed a Petition for divorce or legal separation against you.

You must respond with a written demand for a cop of the Petition within 40 days from the day after the first date of publication. The demand must be sent or delivered to the court at Clerk of Court Milwaukee Clerk of Courts Circuit County Courthouse, 901 North 9th St. Milwaukee WI 53233and to ROSA MARY AVILA, 2521 West National Ave. upper front Milwaukee WI 53204 It is recommended, but not required, that you have attorney help or represent you. If you do not demand a copy of the Petition within 45 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award o money or other legal action requested in the Petition, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Petition. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future; and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property. You are further notified that if the parties to this action have minor children, violation of 948.31, Wis. Stat.,

(interference with custody by parent or others) is punishable by fines and/or imprisonment: If you and the petitioner have minor children, documents setting forth the percentage standard for child support established by the department under 49.22(9), Wis Stats., and the factors that a court may consider for modification of that standard under 767.511(1m), Wis. Stats., are available upon your request from the Clerk of Court. You are notified of the availability of information from the Circuit Court Commissioner as set forth in 767.105 Wis Stats. 767.105 Information from Circuit Court Commissioner. (2) Upon the request of a party to an action affecting the family, including a revision of judgment or order under sec. 767.59 or 767.451: (a) The Circuit Court Commissioner shall, with or without charge, provide the party with written information on the following, as appropriate to the commenced: 1. The procedure for obtaining a judgment or order in the action. 2. The major issues usually addressed in such an action. 3. Community resources and family court counseling services available to assist the parties. 4. The procedure for setting, modifying, and enforcing child support awards, or modifying and enforcing legal custody or physical placement judgments or orders. (b) The Circuit Court Commissioner shall provide a party, for inspection or purchase, with a coy of the statutory provisions in this chapter generally pertinent to the action Date: 02/03/2012 By: ROSA MARY AVILA 012-008/2-8-15-22-2012

PROPOSED MILWAUKEE COUNTY DAS-FM Projects for Advertisement for Bids Name of Project: AIRPORT DIVISION TIME AND MATERIAL CONTRACTS Project No.: 5041-12402 Bid Due Date: February 29, 2012 See Bid Documents for details BID DOCUMENTS FOR THE ABOVE PROJECT ARE AVAILABLE AT: CITY CAMPUS ND 2711 WEST WELLS STREET 2 FL Milwaukee, WI 53208 For Further Information contact 414-278-4861 or www.county.milwaukee.gov

LAKE PARKWAY EXTENSION STUDY PUBLIC MEETING The Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (SEWRPC) is studying an extension of the Lake Parkway (STH 794) from its current terminus at Edgerton Avenue to STH 100, at the request of Milwaukee County and the Cities of Cudahy, Oak Creek, St. Francis, and South Milwaukee. The study is being guided by an Advisory Committee composed primarily of elected officials that will make the final study recommendations. The purpose of the study is to determine whether an extension of the Lake Parkway should be recommended, and added to the regional transportation plan and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation be requested to conduct the necessary preliminary engineering and environmental impact study. The Advisory Committee to the study has made a preliminary recommendation that the Lake Parkway be extended to STH 100. A public meeting on the preliminary recommendations for a Lake Parkway extension will be held on Wednesday, February 29, 2012. Staff will be available in an “open house” format starting at 6:00 pm to individually answer questions and provide information. A brief presentation will be made by staff at 6:30 pm followed by a question and answer period. At any time during the meeting, oral comment may be given to a court reporter, or written comment may be submitted. The public meeting will be held: Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 6:00-8:00 pm South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center 901 15th Avenue, South Milwaukee

PROPOSED MILWAUKEE COUNTY DAS-FM Projects for Advertisement for Bids Name of Project: ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS T&M ASBESTOS & REGULATED MATERIALS REMEDIATION Project No.: 9525-12405-07 Bid Due Date: February 29, 2012 See Bid Documents for details BID DOCUMENTS FOR THE ABOVE PROJECT ARE AVAILABLE AT: CITY CAMPUS ND 2711 WEST WELLS STREET 2 FL Milwaukee, WI 53208 For Further Information contact 414-278-4861 or www.county.milwaukee.gov

Persons with special needs are asked to contact the SEWRPC offices at (262) 547-6721 a minimum of 48 hours in advance of the meeting date so that appropriate arrangements can be made regarding site access, mobility, materials review or interpretation, questions or comments, or other needs. More information on the Lake Parkway extension study may be obtained from the SEWRPC website: www.sewrpc.org/LakeParkway, or by calling (262) 547-6721. Comments will be accepted through March 15, 2012, and can be provided in written or oral form at the meeting, electronically via email or through the Lake Parkway extension webpage (www.sewrpc.org/LakeParkway), or via letter to the following address: Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, P.O. Box 1607, Waukesha, Wisconsin 53187-1607 Phone: 262-547-6721 Fax: 262-547-1103 e-mail: LakeParkway@sewrpc.org

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Milwaukee Public Schools will receive sealed quotations for furnishing all labor, tools, equipment and materials necessary, including public liability and property damage insurance to perform all work necessary and incidental to the Elevator Modifications at James Madison Academic Campus, 8135 W. Florist Avenue; Milwaukee, WI 53218 until 1:30 P.M. on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at the Division of Facilities and Maintenance Services; 1124 North 11th Street; Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233; to the attention of: John Linn, Manager of Design and Construction. The HUB, COIN and Student Participation requirements for this project are 0%. Plans and specifications may be obtained 7:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday from AE Graphics, Inc.; 4075 North 124th Street, Brookfield, WI 53005; phone (262) 781-7744; fax (262) 781-4250. Call AE Graphics, Inc. for availability of bid documents. Plans and specifications may also be viewed online at AE Graphics, Inc. @ www.aegraphics.com. A Pre-bid Walk Through is scheduled at the site on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 9:00 AM. Meet at the front entrance. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids or to waive informalities. DR. GREGORY THORNTON, 10051007/2-10-14-21 Superintendent.

PROSPOSED MILWAUKEE COUNTY

Department of Administrative Services Construction Projects for Advertisement for Bids Name of Project(s): GMIA - Airfield Pavement Rehab - 2012 Project No.(s): A122-2002 Bid Due Date(s): March 14, 2012 and Pre-Bid Meeting: February 24, 2012 BID DOCUMENTS FOR THE ABOVE PROJECT(S) ARE AVAILABLE AT CITY CAMPUS, 2711 WEST WELLS STREET 2ND FLOOR Bid Documents not available for pickup until Tuesday, February 24, 2012 For Further Information contact Plan Room 414-278-4861 For a copy of the Advertisement go to: www.milwaukee.gov

DRIVERS WANTED

Drivers: $1500 Sign-On Bonus! $.40cpm all Miles. Regional. Health Benefits Avail. Home 3 out 4 wknds/mo. Jamie/Eric: 888-912-7342

PROPOSED MILWAUKEE COUNTY DAS-FM Projects for Advertisement for Bids Name of Project: SHERMAN PARK PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT Project No.: P069-11624-02 Bid Due Date: February 29, 2012 See Bid Documents for details BID DOCUMENTS FOR THE ABOVE PROJECT ARE AVAILABLE AT: CITY CAMPUS ND 2711 WEST WELLS STREET 2 FL Milwaukee, WI 53208 For Further Information contact 414-278-4861 or www.county.milwaukee.gov

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