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AMAZING YEARS! Mamie Kirkland, one of Buffalo’s most beloved elders and the city’s oldest citizen, will celebrate her 110th Birthday on September 3rd. Hers is a fascinating story of resilience, transformation, forgiveness, and memory. Page 7

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Citizens Voice Real Concerns at Public Policing Forum Page 3

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Rochester Black Journalists Name 2018 Wyoma Best Scholar Page 2

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“Unity in The Community“ is Theme of Jefferson Avenue Arts Fest Page 5

Thursday, September 13th is Primary Election Day. Don’t Forget To VOTE!

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INSIDE ROCHESTER

Black Journalists Group Names 2018 Wyoma Best Scholar

Black Physicians Gala

AROUND TOWN Sankofa Theatre Festival The 11th annual Sankofa Theatre Festival will be held Aug. 29 to Sept. 8, in Rochester's Neighborhood of the Arts.

The festival features African American playwrights.

Admission nightly is $15 in advance; $20 at the door.

Tickets can be purchased at Mood MakersBooks, Village Gate, 274 N. Goodman St., or at https://www.muccc.org

FREE! SOULFUL & UPLIFTING!

The National Black MBA Association Mixer

The National Black MBA Association Inc. of Western New York will host a Mixer on Monday, September 17 from 6-8 p.m. at the Bliss Desert and Wine Bar, 320 East Avenue in Rochester. The event is free. An MBA degree is not required to attend this event.

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The Black Physicians Network of Greater Rochester will host their third annual Starlight Gala on Saturday, September 8 from 6-11 p.m. at the Locus Hall Country Club. Tickets are $175 per person. Unsung heroes in the Rochester community will be honored and money for scholarships will be raised for youth who dream of having careers in medicine. For more information contact Gina A. Cuyler, M.D. , Black Physicians Network co-founder, at (585)308-1088 or go to www.blackphysiciansnetwork.org

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REVEREND RICKEY HARVEY. Photo by Erich Camping

The Rochester Association of Black Journalists has awarded its 2018 Wyoma Best Scholarship for Future Journalists to Danielle Fuller, who graduated in June from Allendale Columbia School.

Danielle (pictured right) will be a freshman at New York University in New York City where she plans to major in film and television with an emphasis on animation. Upon graduation, she said she wants to be a part of the generation of storytellers that puts more people of color and women on the big screen.

She is the daughter of Hugh and Dawn Fuller of Penfield, New York.

The scholarship award was presented recently at the WXXI Public Broadcasting Studios on State Street in Rochester "We are very proud of Danielle," said Richard McCollough, RABJ president. "She is an outstanding young woman who has all the qualities to be an excellent college student and a future leader."

The 18-year-old won the Interlochen Arts Camp Fine Arts Award in 2016 and last year was the Scholastic Arts and Writing Regional Golden Key Award winner.

She also has participated in the Pratt Institute Summer Program where she studied "Foundations of Art" and "2D Traditional Animation."

An active soccer player, Danielle was named the Section V High School Girls Soccer Finger Lakes West 2017 Player of the Year. She also was a volunteer counselor at the Bayview YMCA during the summers of 2016 and 2017.

The Rochester Association of Black Journalists established its $500 scholarship in 2005 in honor of Wyoma Best, Rochester's first Black female television reporter, anchor and talk show host. The purpose of the scholarship is to assist a deserving student who is majoring in or plans to major in a field of study leading to a career in print, broadcast journalism or film. For more information about the scholarship and the application process check the RABJ web site at: www.

RABJournalists.org.

The Rochester Association of Black Journalists is an affiliate of the National Association of Black Journalists, an organization of more than 4,000 journalists, students and media-related professionals that advocates for diversity in newsrooms and news content.

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Sunday, September 16 at 2pm Eastman School of Music: Kilbourn Hall 26 Gibbs St, Rochester, NY 14604

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AREA BRIEFS Rochester Deputy Mayor to Keynote Black Social Workers Awards Event

Carl S. Buckner

Carl S. Buckner, Local Communications Pioneer, Makes His Transition Carl S. Buckner, a communications pioneer and local emcee for community events who once had his own cable TV show, made his transition on August 16. Born July 15, 1930, Carl was the beloved husband of Masako Ramadan Buckner; father of Neota D.Jones and Adrianne Musu Davis (Jackson-Buckner); grandfather to Tony and Raven, and great-grandfather.

Longtime host of the annual Pine Grill Jazz Reunion, Cablescope TV/radio personality, and friend of the arts. Carl died from end stage COPD with his family at his bedside. He donated his handsome body to medical research and his family respects his wishes for no funeral services. He was preceded in death by parents Inez Buckner Meadows, Adrian Buckner, and three siblings.

May his amazingly talented soul, rest forever in the Eternal Fields of Peace...

CAO Block Club Conference Rescheduled The CAO Block Club Conference scheduled August 25 has been rescheduled. The new date for the conference is October 13. For more information call 332-3773. Bro. Dahveed Muhammad is CAO Block Club Coordinator.

Rochester Deputy Mayor Cedric L. Alexander will deliver the keynote address at the Buffalo Association of Black Social Workers 4th Annual Scholarship and Legends Luncheon Saturday, September 15. The event will take place at the Buffalo Marriott HARBORFRONT, PanAmerican Room, 7th floor from 1—4 p.m.

Buffalo City Court Judge A.W. McLeod will be presented with the organization’s 2018 Living Legend Service Award . Other awardees include: •Mrs. Rubie Carlis– McKelvey, School Psychologist, the Quintessential Service Award.

•Mrs. Tafadzwa Chieza, Coordinator of Foster Care & Adoption, Buffalo Urban League, the Epic Service Award.

•Mr. Cedric Holloway, Founder of Omega Mentoring Program, the Ionic Service Award •Ms. Candace S. Moppins, Executive Director-Delavan Grider Community Center, the Paradigm Service Award.

Deadline for tickets is September 10, 2018

Abdul Akbar Muhammad To Speak Here Brother Abdul-Akbar Muhammad, International Representative of Minister Louis Farrakhan, will speak at the Rafi Green Center, 1423 Fillmore September 9. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. He will speak on his new book “Africa & The World Revisited.” For more information call 939-1380.

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Citizens Voice Concerns at Public Policing Forum The next two forums are Wednesday, August 29th at the Niagara Library on Porter Avenue (6 pm) and Thursday, September 6th at the Gloria Parks Community Center (7pm) on Main Street in the University Heights area.

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n March it was announced that eleven private citizens were selected and would serve as a community advisory board to make recommendations to the Buffalo Common Council's Police Oversight Committee. Working with Niagara district council member and committee chair David A. Rivera, the group hosted their first of three public forums Tuesday, August 21st, at Jefferson Avenue’s Merriweather Library with an audience numbering just under 50. Representing the new board at this gathering were Dan Johnson, Ben Nelson, De'Jon Hall, Steven Sanyu, Jonathan Manes, radio station WBLK’s Yasmin Young, Ari Moore, and Dr. Danielle Johnson. Common Council President Darius Pridgen was also in attendance.

The overall mood of the attendees was less than optimistic, to say the least.

Sonia Walker, teacher at Futures Academy, remembered a time when community police officers walked kids to school on a daily basis, and came two or three times a year to speak with third grade classes. She suggested returning to this effort as a way to foster familiarity between the police and young children.

“The time has come for serious soul searching” within our city’s police force, said Buffalo resident Carolyn Yelverton. Yelverton advocated for mandatory body cameras, and making it a fireable offense for an officer to turn their camera off. She also suggested sending officers on leave without pay while shooting incidents are being investigated. “The government works for us, we don’t work for them, and they need to realize that.”

India Walton, who is on staff at Open Buffalo, spoke this evening as a private citizen. She questioned this advisory council’s potential effectiveness given, she said, that the current body responsible for holding police accountable in City Hall has shown no potency. “Community policing is not soccer balls and book bags, or photos at barbeques. Community policing is getting out of your vehicle and walking around and getting to know your neighbors.” Walton backed Buffalo city residency requirements for newly hired officers.

Dorothea Franklin began her remarks by flatly denouncing the board and the meeting as smoke and mirrors. “You guys don’t have any power. So what is the purpose, why are we even here?”

She blamed embedded political ties where one hand washes the other, and quiet deals made downtown with construction developers, for stagnation.”The Buffalo Police Department is a broken wheel and the Common Council has done nothing to fix it.”

A woman named Denise also recounted with skepticism the story of returning home one evening and being swarmed by three officers because the car parked in front of her house had been reported stolen. “You cannot go to the people that create the problem and expect that they are going to solve it.” Denise said the same concerns being discussed now have been presented to officials over and over again at community meetings for decades. She encouraged the assemblage to wield their power instead at the voting booth.

Denise’s, and others’, lack of faith in expecting a solid result from this committee’s actions appeared to be confirmed by the experience of Lesley Haynes. In 2013, Haynes told of also being selected as a citizen representative to an advisory board to the Council regarding police interactions. This board hosted a meeting in each one of the city’s districts and presented a summation of recommendations to City Hall. To her knowledge, the summation was never even read. No one in office ever responded or even acknowledged the report in any way.

Retired Black police officer Theodore Kirkland gave a history lesson to put today’s current situation in context. Anthony Masiello, Buffalo’s mayor from 1994 to 2005, sent a bill that passed through the majority black Common Council just prior to leaving office. With African American Byron Brown showing as his heir apparent, this bill stripped the mayor and the police commissioner of the ability to choose their own appointees as detectives for the first time in the history of the police force’s 1817 inception. “Listen to what I said. All the other years when a mayor was in office, he could pick his detectives….So now we have people coming from suburbia. They don’t know the people of the community and the people of the community don’t know them.” Kirkland reported meeting recently with the district attorney over lunch who said he only knows of one black detective on the city’s Homicide Squad at this time.

Retired legislator Betty Jean Grant, who was on the Council at that time, was present and apologized for her part in the passing of that bill. She also took a moment to acknowledge officer Armonde “Moe” Badger as a stark example of “one of the best community police officers in Buffalo.”

Members of the advisory board come from all walks of life including law, community activism, university research and social work.

An audience member questioned whether members of the panel actually live in the city and could relate personally to the stories being told. Radio personality Yasmin Young relayed accounts Continued Page 7

BLACK FACTS 1808 January 1. The federal law prohibiting the importation of African to be enslaved went into effect. It was largely circumvented.

1816 April 9. The African Methodist Episcopal Church was organized at the first independent Black denomination in the United States.

1818 August 18. General Andrew Jackson defeated a force of Native Americans and African-Americans to end the First Seminole War. 1822 May 30. The Denmark Vesey conspiracy was betrayed in Charleston, South Carolina.

It is claimed that some 5,000 Blacks were prepared to rise in July.

1829 September. David Walker's militant antislavery pamphlet, An Appeal to the Colored People of the World, was in circulation in the South. This work was the first of its kind by a Black.

September 20-24. The first National Negro Convention met in Philadelphia.

1831 August 21-22. The Nat Turner revolt ran its course in Southampton County, Virginia.

1839 July. Africans carried on the Spanish ship, Amistad, took over the vessel and sailed it to Montauk on Long Island.

They eventually won their freedom in a case taken to the Supreme Court.

1849 July. Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery. She would return South at least twenty times, leading over 300 slaves to freedom.

1854 January 1. Ashmum Institute, the precursor of Lincoln University, was chartered at Oxford, Pennsylvania.

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National

Bomb that Killed 40 children in Yemen Was Supplied by the US The bomb used by the Saudi-led coalition in a devastating attack on a school bus in Yemen was sold as part of a US State Department-sanctioned arms deal with Saudi Arabia, munitions experts told CNN. Working with local Yemeni journalists and munitions experts, CNN has established that the weapon that left dozens of children dead on August 9 was a 500-pound (227 kilogram) laser-guided MK 82 bomb made by Lockheed Martin, one of the top US defense contractors. The bomb is very similar to the one that wreaked devastation in an attack on a funeral hall in Yemen in October 2016 [Another SaudiUS war crime?] in which 155 people were killed and hundreds more wounded.

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SENATOR TIM KENNEDY FIGHTS FOR OUR FAMILIES

US Inmates Stage Nationwide Strike Over 'Modern Day Slavery' Prisoners across the country began an end-of-summer nationwide strike against inhumane living conditions and unpaid labor—or, in their words, “modern-day slavery. "The strike, which is primarily being organized by the prisoners, began on August 21 and will last until September 9. It has the potential to be the largest prison strike in US history.

One of the most passionately held demands is an immediate end to imposed labor in return for paltry wages, a widespread practice in US prisons that the strike organizers call a modern form of slavery.

More than 800,000 prisoners are daily put to work, in some states compulsorily, in roles such as cleaning, cooking and lawn mowing. In states such as Louisiana the pay is 4 cents an hour.

The strike will close on 9 September, the 47th anniversary of the Attica prison rebellion in upstate New York. In an echo of today’s protest, the 1971 Attica riot was also framed by inmates as a push for humane conditions and basic political rights.

But after four days of negotiations it ended in a bloodbath when New York’s then governor, Nelson Rockefeller, sent in state police armed with shotguns and tear gas. Twenty-nine inmates and 10 of their hostages were killed.

Heather Ann Thompson, Pulitzer prize-winning author of Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971, said that it was symbolically important that Attica was being invoked. “Attica drew a line in the sand – it was a recognition that people have a right to rebel, and will rebel, when they forced into unbelievably horrific conditions.”

The President's Men and Their Ties to White Supremacists ,

Multiple people close to Donald Trump have direct ties to White supremacists. Trump’s top economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, has admitted he recently hosted white nationalist publisher, Peter Brimelow, at a birthday celebration at his home. Brimelow founded the anti-immigrant website VDARE.com.

Meanwhile, Trump’s speechwriter Darren Beattie was fired recently as revelations surfaced that he had spoken at a conference alongside prominent White nationalists, including Brimelow, in 2016. Beattie was a panelist at the H.L. Mencken Club conference, an event the Southern Poverty Law Center calls a gathering of “White nationalists and pseudo-academic and academic racists.” -Democracy Now

People Inc. Linwood Lafayette Senior Apartments Affordable Housing for people 55 years or older Linwood Lafayette Senior Apartments, currently in construction at the corner of Linwood and Lafayette Avenues in the City of Buffalo, will be ready for occupancy in January 2019.

Applications for residence will be released by mail at 4:30 p.m. on August 17, 2018.

For an application or more information, email housing@people-inc.org or call 716.880.3890.

On Thursday, September 13 Paid for By Kennedy for Senate

Vote for Tim Kennedy for State Senate

HEALTH MATTERS

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Unity in the Community is Theme of the 2018 Jefferson Avenue Arts Festival

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aising Unity in the Community through Art is the theme of the 2018 Jefferson Avenue Arts Festival’s (JAAF) 22nd season. In light of the many murders and crimes committed in our communities and the gross confusion and fear perpetrated by our government, it is critical that this year’s festival create peaceful, loving and nurturing places in which Western New York residents can gather and experience the process of healing and begin the movement toward unity.

JAAF steering committee is collaborating with individuals and other art organizations of the caliber of the Buffalo Center for the Arts and Technology (B-CAT) and the Foundry as well as local media services to bring about an impressive event for both educational and entertainment purposes while showcasing our many multi-talented youth.

JAAF has adopted a new date. Instead of taking place in late August, the festival is slated to convene on Saturday, September 8, 2018, opening activities at 10 a.m. Again, this year, the showstopper performance stage will feature some of the brightest talent in the City of Buffalo. Featured are singers, dancers, songwriters, and spoken word artist. The finest vendors in the region will be displaying a variety of handmade, newly developed and imported items. JAAF will be located on Jefferson Avenue between East Utica and East Ferry Streets, ending at 6 p.m.

Vendor application and further information can be obtained at the Apollo Media Center, 1346 Jefferson Avenue, or call 716-713-8953. JAAF is still accepting artists for the main performing stage. Contact Lonnie (Entertainment Chair) at 716-884-1667.

For More Information Call (716) 228-1824 OR (228) 882-7594

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HERBS FOR HEALTH

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any people have a renewed interest in herbal remedies because of the well-known side effects of synthetic drugs, ranging from the unpleasant to the lethal. Even many overthe-counter medications can be hazardous. Natural herbal remedies are available for many of these everyday problems.

Herbs can also play a vital preventative medicine role in maintaining good health.

Herbs can provide many exciting alternative approaches to health care. The five main benefits of herbs: 1. Cleansing- herbs help cleanse and purify the body without side effects.

2. Normalizing Body Functions- herbs regulate and tone the glands to function normally.

3. Extremely NutritionalHerbs are high in vitamins, minerals and other nutrients that nourish and build the body.

4. Raises the Energy Level of the Body- herbs allow the body to have extra energy to maintain good health.

5. Stimulating the body’s immune system- herbs help to promote the body’s naturally occurring, beneficial bacteria.

Following is a list of a few herbs and their benefits: •Alfalfa- Very beneficial as a blood purifier, contains natural fluoride and helps rebuild decayed teeth. Assists the body in eliminating uric acid to help in arthritis, cholesterol accumulation, chemical imbalances, cleans blood in toxemia and strengthens the body. *Aloe Vera- One of the greatest healing herbs known.

Works wonderfully for cleaning the colon, stomach and skin. Excellent for piles and hemorrhoids, eliminates toxins and cholesterol, relieves pain in skin problems, and helps heal throat problems, hiatus hernia and intestinal problems. Also helps the body

heal scar tissue, scalds and radiation burns. Effective for acid stomach, chronic constipation, gastritis and ulcers.

•Black Cohosh- An excellent herb to regulate menstrual flow and menstrual cramps.

Contains natural estrogen and women who take synthetic estrogen have been able to switch to Black Cohosh with no withdrawal symptoms or side effects and best of all it has no cancer causing agents like synthetic estrogen. Equalizes blood circulation, calms the nervous system, supports kidney and liver, balances hormones and provides relief for asthma and rheumatism.

•.Blue Vervain- Supports the nervous system and is especially helpful in cases of palsy and nervous exhaustion. It is also useful for insomnia, earaches, diarrhea, dysentery, headaches and coughs.

It increases circulation and is a tonic herb, antispasmodic, and expectorant. Enhances the body’s ability to heal diseases of the liver and spleen and works well for suppressed menstruation and colds.

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Neighborhood Health Center has immediate openings for: • Dental Assistants • Licensed Practical Nurses • Medical Assistants • And More!

For a full list of current openings and to apply, please visit www.neighborhoodhealthcenter.org

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FAITH & FAMILY

“A Royal Evening of Jazz at Metro”

The United Methodist Men & Women of Metropolitan UM Church will sponsor “A Royal Evening of Jazz at Metro” with the Charles Reedy Band on Friday, September 14 from 7 - 10 p.m. at Metropolitan UM Church, located at 657 Best Street. Please join us for a royal evening of food, good music, and great fellowship.

Cost is only $20 in advance and $22 at the door. Tickets are available, please contact the church office, (716) 891-5652. Lynelle Reed and Clarence Perry, III are co-chairs. The Pastor is Angela Stewart, Sr.

Agape AME to Host Back to School Bash!

On Saturday, September 1 the Agape AME Church at 224 Northland Avenue, Buffalo will host a Back to School Bash from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. to include free school supplies, outdoor fun, games, a bounce house, snacks and more!! Rain or shine.... all activities will be in the Church backyard (at 195 Florida St.) All are welcome! For more information or to make donations please contact Terry Patterson, 836-6979, Tap1 @buffalo.edu Rev. Charles Cloy is Pastor.

Delaware Avenue Baptist Health Fair!

The Health Ministry of Delaware Avenue Baptist Church is having a Health Fair on September 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the church 965 Delaware Ave. The focus is to promote good health and eliminate disease. They will provide health screenings, health information, flu shots, refreshments, prizes and gift bags. Please joint and increase your knowledge in disease prevention. All our welcome.

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ST. JOHN’S AME CHURCH NEWS •Black Tie Dinner- St. John’s AME Church Lay Organization will host a Black Tie Dinner on Friday, September 7, at the Doubletree

by Hilton, 401 Buffalo Ave., Niagara Falls, NY at 7p.m. donation is $50.

•Stewards Annual Day- St. John’s AME Church Steward Board will present Stewards Annual Day on Sunday, September 9 at 11a.m. at the church.

•Grandma, Grandpa Recognition Day- St. John’s AME Church Steward Board will celebrate Grandma and Grandpa Recognition Day on Sunday, September 9 at the church during 11a.m. service.

For more information, please call the church 2856432. St. John AME Church is located at 917 Garden Ave., Niagara Falls, NY. Rev. Dion S. Greer Sr., M. Div., is Pastor.

Full Gospel Baptist Church International Western New York District To Host Leadership Empowerment Training Session WNY District Overseer, Dr. James A. Lewis III, proudly announces the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship’s WNY District Leadership Conference to be held September 28 and 29, hosted at True Bethel Baptist Church, 907 E. Ferry Street.

The theme for the training session will be Encouragement and Empowerment for the Kingdom of God, “PREPARE, PREPARE, PREPARE!” Bishop T. Anthony Bronner will deliver the evening Worship Service message Friday, September 28, beginning at 7 pm.

Then join us on Saturday, September 29 for workshops and luncheon. The luncheon message will be delivered by Pastor Ronald Benning Sr. The session will also offer six classes beginning at 9:30 a.m.

This training session presents an opportunity for fellowship, spiritual growth and development, and is open to everyone in or outside of the Full Gospel Family. Registration is $15 for adults and $5 for youth 17 and under. Registration includes lunch.

The registration deadline is September 20.

We’ve come this far by faith, leaning on the LORD. Trusting in His Holy Word,

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from organizations including the Equal Justice Initiative, and the New York Times and her story became the subject of a front page New York Times article. It also is the subject of a documentary film her son, Tarabu Betserai Kirkland, is directing and producing: 100yearsfrommississippi. com. Additional information and background information on the film and Mrs. Kirkland can be found at this website.

Mrs. Kirkland was recently invited as a guest of the Equal Justice Initiative to attend the opening of the national Legacy Museum: From Slavery to Mass Incarceration and the Peace and Justice Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama. In the new museum Mrs. Kirkland’s story is one of the five featured digital stories that are on permanent display. That story can be viewed at this address: https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/listen/tarabu-kirkland. Mrs. Kirkland was honored at the opening ceremony and presented with a Champion of Justice medallion as the oldest lynching survivor the Equal Justice Initiative has researched in their exhaustive study, Lynching in America.

(Submitted by her son, Tarabu Betserai Kirkland, tarabu@sbcglobal.net, 323-620-3308.)

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Mamie Kirkland, who will turn 110 years old on September 3, says the secret to her longevity is God’s grace. She was photographed above, in her East Delavan Avenue home about a week and a half ago.

A beautiful spirit with a ready smile, she is an inspiration to us all! Happy Birthday Mrs. Kirkland!

Photo By Yves-Richard Blanc

110 AMAZING YEARS!

Mamie Kirkland, one of Buffalo’s most beloved elders and the city’s oldest citizen, will celebrate her 110th Birthday on September 3rd. On September 1st family and friends from across the country will gather here to celebrate her life. Hers is a fascinating story of resilience, transformation, forgiveness, and memory.

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n September 3, 2018, Mamie Kirkland, one of Buffalo’s most beloved elders and its oldest citizen, and second oldest in New York State, will celebrate her 110th birthday. Mrs. Kirkland has resided in the City of Buffalo for 95 years and has become a beacon of hope and pride for her family and the entire near East side community. On Saturday, September 1, 2018, family and friends from across the country will gather to celebrate her life at the Grapevine at The Ellicott Creek Banquet Facility in Amherst from 3 to to 6 p.m.

Mrs. Kirkland was born in Ellisville, Mississippi in 1908. Her family was forced to flee Mississippi in 1915 fearing that her father would be lynched. After migrating to East St. Louis, MO., when she was seven years old she experienced the traumatic East St. Louis race riots two years later in 1917 on the next leg of her migration north. After leaving East St. Louis like many African American residents did fearing the violence there, her family moved to Alliance, OH, where they were met bya cross burning on their lawn by the Ku Klux Klan.

At the age of 15 she met and married the late Albert Kirkland in Canton, OH and relocated to Buffalo, NY in 1924 where she has lived to this day. She remained married for thirty-five years until his transition and had nine children and is now the proud matriarch of six generations and over 100 grandchildren. After the death of her husband, it was necessary for Mrs. Kirkland to become a part of the work force. In 1964 she became a business representative for Avon Products and quickly garnered the skills to sell anyone a fragrance for every conceivable occasion. In pursuing her entrepreneurship with the sale of Avon Products, she met many people through the years and authored her own very unique and personal style of community service by serving as teacher, counselor, substitute parent and confessor to the many who sought her knowledge, wisdom, compassion and truths. Her vibrant and youthful presence both physically and emotionally, always generates a laugh. She always welcomes with a smile. She is committed to sharing her generous and expansive spirit equally with everyone irrespective of race or orientation. She is truly a role model to many and daily inspires everyone she meets to be positive and to use her favorite phrase, “to be uplifted by the One above."

At the age of 107 Mrs. Kirkland, inspired by her son, decided to travel to back to Mississippi where she had vowed she would never return. Her epic pilgrimage back to the place where she was forced to flee 100 years earlier fearing her father would be lynched quickly gathered interest

of growing up in Tucson, Arizona, where she was arrested at least twelve times for “mouthing off” to police, being mistaken as a gang member, or just being in the wrong place at the wrong time. “I have been slammed to the ground….I have experienced what a lot of people have experienced--personally.”

Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo criminal defense attorney Benjamin Nelson felt compelled to participate on this advisory board “given my professional experience viewing a lot of court cases that start out with exposure to a police search.” The Western New York Law Center is one of the parties currently charging the Buffalo Police Department in federal court with staging, by design, more than 85% of their random traffic checkpoints in largely non-white neighborhoods. He has seen firsthand the effects of the authorities’ uneven distribution of “reasonable suspicion” searches. “There’s no question that they’re heavily slanted to one side of town,” he said. “That impedes the detectives’ later ability to obtain cooperation from residents for more serious crimes like murder.”

The next two forums are Wednesday, August 29th at the Niagara Library on Porter Avenue (6 pm) and Thursday, September 6th at the Gloria Parks Community Center (7pm) on Main Street in the University Heights area.

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Rochester Summer Fest Celebrates Soul Tradition in Grand Style!

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oul fans were dealt a serious blow with the recent passing of Aretha Franklin. Yet if there are a few things to be learned from the music (and indeed, Aretha’s life) they’re resilience and jubilation. The Rochester Summer Soul Music Festival which wrapped this past Sunday definitely celebrated the soul tradition.

Upc o m ing acts Eli and Maurice Moore Matt put on BAUER poised and engaging performances that opened the Saturday portion of the show before Philadelphia’s Kindred The Family Soul took the stage. The chemistry between the husband and wife duo of Fatin Dantzler and Aja Graydon radiated a balmy, romantic warmth with modern classics like “If I” and “Far Away.”

Quizzed about the key to the couple’s musical and personal chemistry as they prepare for their twentieth anniversary Dantzler explained, “Not only do we work together but we do something that we actually love together and that we both loved individually before we became a collective. That’s been very therapeutic for us.”

“Having a common passion gives you a common language,” added Graydon.

Next up was the “R&B hippie neo-soul rock star” Raheem DeVaughan with smoking love jams for the ladies (“I Don’t Care,” “Guess Who Loves You More”) and power fist-raising revolutionary funk (“Bulletproof”) for

the fellows. The cat can rock a crowd and his killer set was easily the most exuberant of the evening.

“I hope people hear the growth in my voice as a vocalist, as a songwriter, as a man and where I want to take R&B,” said DeVaughan when asked how his style has evolved since his first visit to the Rochester Music Fest in 2005.

With vocalist Melody Rhodes dropping some sweet feminine touches, Al B. Sure performed a rather laidback set but “Night and Day” still got the crowd ready for Musiq.

Clad in a blue baseball cap and black sunglasses, Musiq hasn’t lost any of his mystique nor vocal skill. “Love,” “Half Crazy” “Girlfriend” and more recent cuts like “Simple Things” brought a welcome chill to the summer air.

Angie Stone was the closer and was worth waiting for.

Sound difficulties threatened opener “Pissed Off” ( from 2002’s “Mahogany Soul”) but they were straightened out and Stone performed a set that honored the soul continuum, one that she has no doubt added to over her now forty year career.

Stone called a moment of silence for Aretha Franklin before delving into tributes to Natalie Cole ( “I’ve Got Love On My Mind”), Earth Wind and Fire (“You Can’t Hide Love”) and Prince (“When Doves Cry”) while going back to her days in the pioneering female hip-hop trio The Sequence with “Funk You Up.” “Brother” was a galvanizing call and response and “No More Rain (In This Cloud)” and “I Wish I Didn’t Miss You” ended the set on a high note.

DC based-songstress Cecily opened the second day with a fine set of neo-soul before

Val Young and the Stone City Family (which also featured Candy from the original Mary Jane Girls) took the stage and asked the nearly soldout crowd “Can I Get Nasty Y’all?”

The answer was yes and not only did the legendary “Lady V” perform classics like “Seduction,” she paid tribute to Rick with a smoking “Mary Jane” (done with a little gender twist ) and Bobby Womack with “A Woman’s Gotta Have It,” which had the crowd on its feet. While many still unfortunately aren’t aware of the breadth and influence of Young’s work, “To Live And Die In LA” was a potent re-

minder of her days with Tupac and Death Row. “He was everything, “ Young said of James. “We learned everything from him and I miss him tremendously.”

Things only got better as the sun set with the one and only Cameo who rocked a sound so bass heavy it rattled the windows in the press lounge.

While Larry Blackmon, at times, had to take a seat, he’s lost none of his charisma, not to mention that red cod-piece.

The band was top notch and reminded the crowd why they hold such a high rank in the funk pantheon with booty shaking, nastay jams like “Single Life,” “Flirt” while also slowing things down with sensuous groovers like “Sparkle” and “Why Have I Lost You” before finishing with “Candy” and “Word Up.” With the audience in a funksoaked fervor it was time to get “Cool” with Morris Day and The Time. Still clean as ever and with the ubiquitous mirror, Day didn’t miss a step

Fans Pay RESPECT to Queen of Soul Tuesday(Aug.28) marked the first day the public can pay tribute to legendary singer Aretha Franklin in Detroit, Michigan. Starting today at 9 a.m. and running through Wednesday at 9 p.m., Franklin’s body will lie in honor at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History in a gold casket.

The public visitation marks the first event in a week of mourning and celebration of the Queen of Soul’s life. According to the Free Press, on Thursday, New Bethel Baptist Church, founded

by Franklin’s father, Rev. C.L. Franklin, will host its own viewing for its members, which will be followed by a tribute concert at Chene Park Amphitheater.

“A People’s Tribute to the Queen” will honor all the musical stylings Franklin excelled in: there will be an R&B tribute, a gospel tribute, a jazz tribute, and an “all-star” tribute, which will feature Regina Bell, Johnny Gill, Raheem DeVaughn, Angie Stone, and the Four Tops, among others.

On Friday, a private home-going service will be held in Detroit’s Greater Grace Temple. If you’re not on the highly selective guest list, you can watch the funeral through the Associated Press livestream (which will be picked up by various news organizations).

Among the star-studded guest and speaker list will be former president Bill Clinton, Smokey Robinson—a lifelong friend of Franklin’s, and renowned music industry exec Clive Davis. Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Hudson, Fantasia, Shirley Caesar, Yolanda Adams and Chaka Khan are also slated to perform during the service.

in his Stacy Adams and his narcissistic player routine just never gets old, not to mention favorites like “Get It Up” and “777-9311.”

Having announced his plan to retire from live work earlier this year, George Clinton at seventy seven years old, most likely gave his final appearance in the Rochester area.

Yes age is starting to take its toll on “Dr Funkenstein” but he still got “Sir Nose d’Voidoffunk” to get on down with “Flash Light” and “(Not Just) Knee Deep.”

Funkateers saddened by Clinton’s retiring will be assured to know that he plans to keep making records as he shared backstage.

Overall, The Rochester Summer Soul Festival was definitely a weekend to remember.

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HAIR TO GO NATURAL TO HOST RENOWNED CELEBRITY LOCTICIAN MICHELLE LONDON Hair To Go Natural’s “Nappy Hour” is back with an exciting session featuring renowned celebrity Loctician Michelle London on Sunday, September 16 from 2-5 p.m. at HAIR TO GO’S 727 Main Street Salon.

With salons in Atlanta and Philadelphia, M. London will instruct on how to care for, style, and detox and grow your hair. Classes will be held for licensed professionals. Barbers cosmetologists, natural hair stylists and students are encouraged to attend.

M. London’s 20 years of natural hairstyling experiences has led her to become a premier loc stylist who is responsible for many of the signature loc styles worn by Grammy nominated R&B recording artist Ledisi.

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She opened her first natural hair salon in 2002, appropriately named Ethnicity. In 2009 she began working for Grammy-nominated R&B artist Ledisi and was responsible for the iconic styles that were featured on her Pieces of Me and Turn Me Loosealbums.

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CORRECTION: Pictured in last week's edition were the outstanding community entrepreneurs who were among the grant winners in the Ignite Buffalo Competition, but one name was misspelled and another name was cut off! Pictured (correctly) L-R Phylicia Dove of Black Monarachy; Stewart Fonville III, Mobile Eco Steam; Aitina Fareed Cooke, Get Fokus'd Productions; and Ayanna Williams, Buffalo All Star Extreme (BASE) Winners not pictured include Lanicia Woods of La Movement and Zelalem Gemmeda of Abyssinia Ethiopian Cuisine. Congratulations to these outstanding young business people! PHOTO BERTRAM SMITH

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Young man questions presenter during one of the workshops.

Youth Conference for Black Boys Being Raised By Single Mothers is Successful!

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ifty-eight Black boys and their mothers recently came to True Bethel Baptist Church for a day of empowerment led by Duncan Kirkwood and Alexander Wright during a Boys to Men Youth Conference.

The young men received free haircuts, free neck ties, free backpacks, and lunch.

But more importantly, they attended workshops on time management, self-love, respecting women, dressing for success, how to get a job and how to interact with the police.

While the boys attended workshops the mothers and grandmothers were bused to the Buffalo Public Schools parent orientation, and then to the Black Business Bazaar where they received free items and a free massage. After the Bazaar, the mothers attended a special job fair back at True Bethel.

“To be honest, in my original vision of the event I thought we would have mostly high school age boys to attend” said Kirkwood. “It was quite a surprise that the majority of the mothers who registered had young men that were in 3rd to 8th grade. I was concerned that the young men wouldn’t have been able to really focus during the 50 minute workshops, but to my surprise they were very locked in and focused!” “ I have heard so many things about our children,” he continued," like they can’t learn or they are all have behavior problems and that’s

“We wish to plead our own cause.

Too long have others spoken for us.”

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why they aren’t doing well in school. I have heard people talk down about the parents in our community, saying things like it’s their fault that their kids aren’t learning etc. but at our youth conference, I got to watch Black men teach these young boys in groups of 20 or 40 at a time!

"The young men were well behaved and very attentive. It really showed me the difference it makes to Black boys to have a Black man teaching them."

Event presenters and speakers included Officer Badger, Officer Whitaker, Minister Whitaker, Oswaldo Mestre, Demone Smith, De’yron Tabb, Phillip Dabney, Daniel Robertson, David Blackburn, Sheldon Gibbs, Mayor Byron Brown, NYS Senator Tim Kennedy, NYS Regent Dr. Catherine Collins and Alexander Wright.

Special thanks to event sponsors: The African Heritage Economic Initiative, Council President Darius Pridgen, True Bethel Baptist Church, Erie County Legislator Barbara Miller-Williams, WBLK, The Community Action Organization of WNY, NYS Senator Tim Kennedy, Assemblywoman Crystal People-Stokes, Mayor Byron Brown and the City of Buffalo, Common Councilmember Chris Scanlon, Judge Debra Givens, The ECMC Foundation, The Buffalo Urban League, Voice Buffalo, Open Buffalo, The Challenger Community News, Elim Christian Fellowship, The United Coali-

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The D.A. and Me

t was July 23 when by courier, a message came from Erie Grand Jury members to vote. And let’s not forget the impact County District Attorney John J. Flynn inviting me to lunch that the Buffalo police played in distorting this case by not arand giving me the pleasure of selecting the place, date and resting the shooter on the spot. By not following the usual protime. This was a complete surprise considering our opposite tocol of an arrest of this 61 year old White man, this may have positions concerning the shooting of the 12 year old Black persuaded the general public to believe that this act of extreme boy by confessed shooter Edward Bald. Bald, is a 61 year old violence against the 12 year old Black boy was justified because white man whom the Grand Jury recently no billed; a deciBald thought the boy was trying to break into his home. sion I was certain that the D.A. wanted. For our lunch meeting, Flynn spent an inordinate amount of time laboring the point I chose Mattie’s Restaurant at 12 noon on that he did his best to get an indictment. While I listened and did July 25th. not express an opinion one way or the other, I remained resolved Prior to leaving home that morning to in what I believed took place. My position was previously statmeet the man who held the most powered in a series of articles published by The Challenger, including ful position in Erie County government, I an article published by The Challenger and The Criterion, titled scanned the morning Buffalo News. One the 12 Year old Black Boy and the World against Him. article caught my interest. The Minority Flynn then provided details of the questioning of the 12 year Bar Association selected Erie County Disold Black boy by his investigators and Buffalo police officers. trict Attorney, John J. Flynn to be one of His investigators promised the 12 year-old immunity if he told its awardees. Interesting, I thought, but not the truth and confessed. According to Flynn, the 12 year-old surprising, since the article did not mention finally admitted to law enforcement authorities that he and his Ted any particular member of the Minority Bar friends were there to commit a robbery. But there were obviKIRKLAND Association as being the lead spokesperson ous flaws in this approach. This was real life intimidation of the in submitting this information. I wondered why. Like stradworst kind. dling a fence, it appeared to be a calculated political move.

At this stage of our conversation, I came very close to I arrived at Mattie’s a few minutes early, as I wanted a breaking my silence for I could hear the Black voices of the past certain table for the meeting, and chose one that was out of saying, “I was innocent but I was told that unless I confessed to the way of the flow of customers. Flynn, a rather imposing having committed the crime I would go to prison, so what was individual was on time.

I to do?”

First, I congratulated D.A. Flynn for being one of the MiHere before me sat the District Attorney, the most powernority Bar Association’s awardees, for which he thanked me. ful public official in Erie County government, saying that this After our greeting, we ordered lunch.

12 year old Black boy…………. a 12 He ordered chilly dogs and I ordered year old severely wounded and trauan unusual combination; oatmeal, Here before me sat the District At- matized boy, who was not yet a teentorney, the most powerful public ager, was in a room full of White male and a piece of fish.

Before getting down to the reason official in Erie County government, adults, that included White assistant for the lunch meeting, I asked D.A. saying that this 12 year old Black District Attorneys, investigators, BufFlynn if Justin Caldwell, the Black falo police officers, and possibly other male lawyer he recently appointed boy...a severely wounded and trau- White men pressuring the boy to conto his staff was related to Frank matized boy...was in a room full of fess to a robbery. Then they proceeded Caldwell. Frank Caldwell, formerly White male adults, ..pressuring the to tell him that if he confessed to the of Buffalo, was a member of the New boy to confess to a robbery. What intent to commit a robbery, he would York State parole board when I joined be set free; and if he did not confess, in 1978. Flynn said he didn’t know. would any 12 year old do? Espe- the assumption being he would be D.A. Flynn began the conversa- cially a 12 year old Black child who sent to jail or worse. What would any tion by what appeared to be an effort was... very likely frightened, and not 12 year old do? Especially a 12 year to persuade me into believing that he old Black child who was obviously had done all he could to get the Grand in a position to challenge authority. wounded, very likely frightened, and Jury to indict the White, 61 year old not in a position to challenge authorEdward Bald for shooting and severely wounding the 12 year ity. So, I believe this room full of White adults wanted this 12 old Black boy in November of 2017. year old Black boy to confess to an attempted robbery where D.A. Flynn admitted that he thought Bald was guilty, but the upon they would use the broken window as evidence that this Grand Jury thought otherwise and decided not to indict him. was a means to gain entrance to Bald’s home with intent to comAgain, he said he had done all that he could to get an indictmit a robbery, and not just a case of childhood mischief of havment. Of course, I was not persuaded. Flynn knew my position ing broken a window. on this issue concerning the Grand Jury which I stated in one As I am piecing this together in my mind, at some point of my previous articles. Specifically, that the D.A. controls the during the interview, authorities concluded that the boy actually Grand Jury, and the only information the Grand Jury considers broke the window, and to sweeten the pie, they manufactured is what the D.A. gives them and what they may glean from the story that his intent was to gain entrance into Bald’s house the media. The information fed to them is frequently oneto commit a robbery. This could give Bald a reason in his mind sided and heavily influenced by sources from the D.A.’s office to shoot the 12 year old Black boy, although it still would not and the police department. From my perspective, one only justify such behavior by state law, which seems to have been needed to compare the manner in which the D.A. prosecuted lost in the story as told by Flynn to me.

Black people versus the manner in which he treated Bald who The big hole in this story is that Bald would have to be a is White. Flynn’s bias was as clear as that of the Buffalo News, mind reader to know beforehand what was on the mind of the who distorted facts in this case.

12 year old and his two friends. It seems that all of this was beIt made it easier for the D.A. when the Buffalo News ing fabricated to give Bald a legal justification for shooting the skewed the story in such a way that it was quite obvious the boy who lost his right eye from the shotgun pellets. But the law direction the paper wanted its readers to lean, and potentially Continued Page 12

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does not support this theory. But looking back to my career in the Buffalo Police Department, I remember a quote from Buffalo Police Commissioner Frank Felicetta when a Black police officer spoke to him about a tavern that refused to serve him.

Felicetta responded that, “the White man made the law and he can break it anytime he wants to.”

So, the 12 year old Black boy, in a room surrounded by a group of White men, symbolic of the modern day KKK without a friendly face in sight, gave them what they wanted in exchange for his supposed freedom. This child confessed under very intimidating circumstances and chances are the boy would have confessed to having walked on the moon.

The question the child’s mother and his lawyer, if he had one present, must answer is, will this pre-teen have a juvenile or adult criminal record since he confessed to attempted robbery?

Will this attempted robbery show up in a background check later in his life when he seeks a job, applies to college, registers to vote, applies for a passport, gun permit, or what have you?

If there is a juvenile record, when and under what circumstances could these charges be expunged? It seems unlikely that he had a lawyer representing him in that room. No lawyer worth his title would allow a child to suffer such intimidation in a room full of white investigators and police officers.

PART 2-CONCLUSION NEXT WEEK

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es sports fans, I'm projecting that the Buffalo Bills are looking at a 5-11 record for 2018 NFL season, because of poor front office decisions.

You can’t get rid of quality talent and replace it with mediocre players. Bills General Manager Brandon Beene botched up the draft by trading away both of his 2nd round picks in order to move up to pick Josh Allen. He could have stayed put in 12th position and still picked Josh Allen. The Bills gave away both second round draft picks which could have been used on young quality linemen which were available in the second round. Beene has been worse on bringing in bum free agents like Marshall Newhouse, Vontae Davis (a shell of his former self), Corey Coleman, and Russell Bodine – the biggest blunders of season so far.

The current linemen Vlad Ducasse has terrible footwork was evident against Bengals.

The Bills will have to scour the waive wire after all the teams THE BILLS REPORT have reduced their roster down by

By George Radney Saturday at 4 pm. Beene and Head Coach Sean McDermott drafted their QB of the future but failed to protect him with a quality offensive line.

That’s like buying an expensive automobile and not getting auto insurance on it. Josh Allen will end up getting seriously injured behind this sorry offensive line, similar to Andrew Luck of the Indianapolis Colts having his spleen removed along with two shoulder surgeries resulting in him missing the last two NFL seasons.

It's an old school philosophy, that’s not working in 2018. You can’t hire a man with very little experience that never was a General Manager and only is a very good friend of the Head Coach.

But wait a minute! Isn’t that how it’s done in other employment areas? The Bills are playing first 5 out of 7 games on the road and it doesn’t help matters that your defensive unit has not been the same since Marcell Dareus’ trade to Jacksonville last year along with costing the Bills over 14.75 million in salary cap space for 2018. That was one of the worse moves in Buffalo Bills history.

Marcell’s replacement, Star Lotuleie, takes way too many plays off and is often injured. Brandon Beene has failed to bring upgrades to several positions especially the offensive line. That’s why I’m projecting a 5 – 11 season and a top 3 draft pick for the 2019 NFL draft.

The Bills travel to Baltimore to open the season and a dull defensive struggle will take place and who will protect our QB from Terrell Surggs? The Ravens offensive is pretty sorry as well. I see a 10-9 final score with the Ravens barely beating Bills on opening day. I feel sorry for all the football fans that have to watch this game!Follow me on Facebook & twitter: George Radney @ georgeradman, thechallengernews.com

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LEGAL NOTICE 8/29/2018 TOWN OF HAMBURG DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT “ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDDERS” Sealed Bids Are Hereby Requested For Project 2018 - 02: “Waterline Reconstruction” all in accordance with specifications on file with the Hamburg Town Clerk’s Office, Hamburg Town Hall, 6100 South Park Avenue, Hamburg, New York 14075. Said specifications may be obtained from the Hamburg Town Clerk during regular business hours, Monday through Friday; 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. One (1) “Bid Package” may be collected at no charge.

Additional “Bid Packages” can be purchased for $50.00 each. Funds paid for additional Bid Packages will NOT be returned. Checks for additional Bid Packages should be made payable to the: “Hamburg Town Clerk”.

Said bids will be publicly opened and read aloud in the Hamburg Town Hall conference room at 10:00 a.m. local time (according to the clock within Hamburg Town Clerk’s Office) on Wednesday, September 19, 2016 and thereafter considered by the Town of Hamburg. The successful bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond in the minimum amount equal to the contract award.

Attention is called to the fact that Community Development Funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development are being used to reconstruct approximately 1700 linear feet of waterlines within the Village of Hamburg. Due to the use of federal CDBG funds, compliance with Title VI and other applicable provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Executive Order 11246 (Buffalo Plan); Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 as amended; Section 109 of Order 11625 (Utilization of Minority Business Enterprises); Davis-Bacon and Related Acts is required. “The Town reserves the right to reject all bids and to waive any informalities.”

Sealed Bids Must Be Marked: “2018 WATERLINE RECONSTRUCTION” Dated: August 29, 2018 Catherine Rybczynski; Town Clerk Town of Hamburg

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LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING In the Matter of the Application of The Buffalo City Cemetery, Inc. For Consent to take land for Cemetery Purposes in the County of Erie NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Erie County Legislature will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 6:00 PM in the Chambers of the Erie County Legislature, located on the 4th Floor of the Old County Hall, 92 Franklin St., Buffalo, NY. The purpose of the Public Hearing is to consider public testimony regarding the proposed acquisition of Gethsemane Cemetery located off of Reist Street in the Town of Amherst, County of Erie, State of New York, consisting of approximately 5.996 acres and designated as SBL #68.04-1-15.111 (the “Cemetery”),

by The Buffalo City Cemetery, Inc., a NY cemetery corporation, 1411 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo NY 14209 (d/b/a the “Forest Lawn Group”), from the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities, a NY not-for-profit corporation, 960 James Street, Syracuse NY 13203. Any person interested in the above matter may be heard at said public hearing.

The Buffalo City Cemetery, Inc. will make application at a meeting of the Erie County Legislature to be held in the Chambers of the Erie County Legislature, located on the 4th Floor of the Old County Hall, 92 Franklin St., in the City of Buffalo, New York on October 4, 2018 at 2:00 PM, or any adjournment thereof, for consent to take by deed the Cemetery property.

Dated: Buffalo, New York, August 1, 2018

BY ORDER OF THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF THE COUNTY OF ERIE, NEW YORK.

By ROBERT M. GRABER, Clerk, Erie County Legislature

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Challenger Community News • t hec hallengernews.com •August 29,2018

WEDNESDAY AUG. 29 Buffalo Police Advisory Board Community Policing Forum: 6-7:30 p.m. Niagara Branch Library, 280 Porter St.

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Hustle for Health Urban Line Dancing with Phyllis Caver at Gloria Parks: 3242 Main St. 11 a.m. - 1pm. FREE for ages 55+ 832 -1010

BISC (Buffalo Information Sharing Collective) presents “Buying Property from the City Auction” Thursday, August 30 from 6-8p.m. at Burning Books, 420 Connecticut St., Buffalo.

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THURSDAY AUG. 30 The Durham Central City Baby Café . Info and support for pregnant and breastfeeding moms 5:30 – 7:30 pm 200 Eagle St. (716)4270566.

FRIDAY AUG 31 Internatiional Pan African Holiday Observance: 5-8 p.m. CAO Rafi Greene Center, 1423 Fillmore Ave. Music, food, face painting and theatre. “In Accordance with the Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World,” hosted by UNIA-ACL Buffalo Division #433.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 1 Pillars: Hip Hop in WNY: Burchfield Penney Art Center, music, poetry, and live painting. Free and open to the public, 410 p.m.

National Wing Festival: All day, Coca Cola Field downtown; buffalowing.com 110th Birthday Celebration Mamie Kirkland: 3 – 6 PM, Grapevine at The Ellicott Creek Banquet Facility 45 South Ellicott Creek Rd. LAST DAY OF Free Exercise Classes: 10 to 11 a.m., at Martin Luther King Jr. Park at the Fillmore and Best Streets.

SUNDAY SEPT. 2 National Wing Festival Day 2: All day, Coca Cola Field downtown; buffalowing.com WEDNESDAY SEPT. 5 The Durham Central City Baby Café . Info and support for pregnant and breastfeeding moms 5:30 – 7:30 pm 200 Eagle St (716)4270566 THURSDAY SEPT. 6 Buffalo Police Advisory Board Community Policing Forum: Final meeting. 7-8:30 p.m. Gloria Parks Community Center, 3242 Main Street.

The Durham Central City Baby Café . Info and support for pregnant and breastfeeding moms 5:30 – 7:30 pm 200 Eagle St. (716)4270566.

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FRIDAYS Beginners/Intermediate Line Dance Classes Every Friday 6pm Bethel AME Church Hall 1525 Michigan @ E.Ferry Ernestine, Instructor Chicago Steppin’: Every Friday 7-8:30 p.m. The Pratt Center 422 Pratt St. SATURDAYS Mike's Smooth Urban Ballroom Dance Classes: 11 to 1 PM, Saturdays, Delavan-Grider Community Center, 877 E. Delavan Ave. 716380-5100 class is $5

Biking in Buffalo Calendar East Side Bike Club “We Keep It Rollin” Every Saturday Meet 11:30 am MLK Park @ the MLK HeadRide 12 Noon esbcbuffalo@gmail.com Every Friday and Tuesday Bike Fixing Workshops Accepting Kids from 6 years and up Friday’s 9am -12pm Tuesday’s 4pm-7pm at 2516 Bailey (in rear) Info call 831747-4064 or 716 316-7523 Slow Roll Buffalo “Rolling with Neighborhoods Connecting Communities” Every Monday Meet 5:30 p.m. Ride 6:30 p.m.

September Roll Schedule •9/3 Heritage Discovery Center 100 Lee Street •9/10 Iron Island Museum 988 Love Joy Street •9/17 Buffalo Irish Center 245 Abbott Road •9/24 Broadway Market 999 Broadway Go to www.slowrollbuffalo.org to learn more or call 716 8732151 SEE YOU AT THE EVENTS!

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