Challenger Community News June 1, 2016

CHALLENGER

SERVING BUFFALO, ROCHESTER, NIAGARA FALLS AND SURROUNDING AREAS

JUNE 1, 2016 • F R E E

BUFFALO WELCOMES THE UNIVERSOUL CIRCUS!!

GENERATIONS:

After 5 years, the UniverSoul Circus Returns to Buffalo June 1-5 at The Outer Harbor! FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE TO THE CIRCUS WILL BE PROVIDED BY WE CARE TRANSPORTATION!

ENTERTAINMENT

Queen City Black Film Festival PG. 8

PG. 9

Fly Like An Eagle!

Community Health Fair Brings Teen One Step Closer to Eagle PG. 10 Scout Status

INSIDE ROCHESTER

VOICES

Memorial AME Zion 2016 Scholarship PG. 2 Recipients

Concerned Clergy Calls Public Meeting “Deceptive” PG. 11

2

INSIDE ROCHESTER

Challenger Community News • June 1-7, 2016 • www.thechallengernews.com

Caribbean Film Series

Memorial AME Zion 2016 Scholars

The Memorial AME Scholarship Committee under the leadership of Sis. Prudence Wilson, was praised for an excellent “Scholarship Sunday” held on May 22. Mr. Jacob Scott brought a timely and meaningful message, and seniors, DeAsia Allison, Malik Turner and James Weathers are to be congratulated! Pictured above: Malik Turner, Rev. Kenneth Q. James, De Asia Alison, James Weathers, and Guest Speaker Mr. Jacob Scott. *De Asia Allison, Northeast College Preparatory High School will be attaending Finger Lakes community College *Malik Turner, Rush Henrietta Senior High School will be attending Monroe Community College *James Weathers, Leadership Academy for Young Men will be attending Cazenovia College The Memorial AME Zion Family salutes the Class of 2016!

Memorial AME Zion, the oldest Black church in Rochester, is pastored by Rev. Dr. Kenneth Q. James.

Around Town Free Conflict Resolution Workshops Local Organizing Committee of the Million Man March and the Muhammad Study Group of Rochester NY will hold conflict resolution workshops for youth and adults Saturday, June 4 at 336 Arnett Blvd. and Sunday, June 5 at 10 Cady St., respectively. The workshop outcomes will include participants increasing “their understanding of conflicts, and how to resolve them effectively,” the groups stated.Student Minister Willie Muhammad, the New Orleans representative of the Hon. Min. Louis Farrakhan, will attend Sunday’s event. For more information call 585.820.3973 or register online at noirochester.org. *The United Christian Leadership Ministry (UCLM) will hold a “Light the Way Gun Violence Prevention Awareness Rally,” Thursday, June 2, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at Inner Faith Gospel Tabernacle Church, 32 York St. in Rochester.Visit

https://www.facebook.com/United-Christian-LeadershipMinistry-of-Western-NY-1416748401897928/ for additional information regarding the program.

City of Rochester Public Market Food Truck Rodeos Continue The City of Rochester Public Market continues its Food Truck Rodeo of the 2016 season 5 to 9 p.m. on the last Wednesday of each month, through October at the Market, 280 N. Union St. This year, two additional Rodeos will be offered from 5 to 9 p.m. on Wednesdays, July 13 and August 31. The full Food Truck Rodeo and band line-up is as follows: • June 29: Amy Montrois Trio; • July 13: The Ayers Brothers; • July 27: Out of the Blue; • August 17: Earthtones; • August 31: MoChester; • September 28: The Tommy Brunett Band; • October 26: Johnny Bauer Band. Attendees are encouraged to bring folding chairs, as seating is very limited on Market grounds.

For more information, call 311 (428-5990 from outside city limits), or visit www.cityofrochester.gov/foodtruckrodeo.

The Baobab Cultural Center, 728 University Avenue in Rochester, will host the following Caribbean Film Series in June.

For more information call (585)563-2145.

Songs of Redemption (Jamaica).June 3 at 6:30 pm Songs Of Redemption is a documentary made in the prisons of Kingston, Jamaica, that captures the moving story of redemption and rehabilitation of inmates of the General Penitentiary. The film features riveting interviews and powerful reggae music created, performed, and produced in a unique partnership by inmates and wardens.

My Father's Land (Haiti/ Bahamas):June 10, at 6:30 pm My Father's Land is a feature documentary exploring the life of Papa Jah, a humble Haitian Gardener, whom has spent the last forty years in the Bahamas, building a life for himself and his children, while living in a marginalized Haitian community nicknamed the Mud.

WHAT’S GOING ON WITH BROWN & ALLEN Every Sunday, at 8 a.m. on Fox Sports AM1280

◆ A radio show that ignites energetic and intense discussions while mixing the best in music, sports, news and social rhetoric, to inform, educate and entertain! ◆ Line up of well-known local and national guests, correspondents and experts Art Connect (Trinidad) June 17, at 6:30 pm Art Connect is a feature length documentary that reveals the powerful process of creative intervention in the Success Laventille Secondary School in Trinidad and Tobago. The film documents the profound impact which creativity has on a group of 7 ‘at risk’ students, aged between 13-17, whom all come from communities considered the most marred by violence in Trinidad and Tobago.

Support Our

Advertisers!

◆ Talented hosts and on-air personalities

NATE BROWN JR.

Community advocate, 30+ years experience educating students and adults

KEVIN ALLEN

Entrepreneur with a savvy business sense and owner of businesses across the country

(The dynamic duo of BROWN & ALLEN has been on the air for the past ten years and while they donʼt always see eye to eye, they can definitely agree to disagree at times, which makes the show one of the most popular on the air waves!)

JOSEPH HILL

National commentator

GEORGE RADNEY

Sports guru

You never know what you might get!

3Challenger Community News • June 1-7, 2016 • www.thechallengernews.com

3

Challenger Community News • May 25-31, 2016 • www.thechallengernews.com

AREA BRIEFS

Judge Ogden

Judge Ogden to Address ASCEND Scholars Program State Supreme Court Justice The Honorable E. Jeannette Ogden will be the keynote speaker at the Xi Epsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. ASCEND Program on Thursday, June 2 at Emerson Commons Banquet Room,70 West Chippewa Street at 6 p.m. The sorority will recognize seven students who participated in their 2015-16 A.S.C.E.N.D. Program which stands for Achievement, SelfAwareness, Communication, Networking and Development. The cost of dinner is $14.50 per person. For tickets and more information contact Jeanette Morgan at 716-632-8398. The President of Xi Epsilon Omega Chapter is Mrs. Madrene Kemp.

Mrs. Mary Ruth Kapsiak is the Vice-President. Barbara Seals Nevergold is Chair of the A.S.C.E.N.D. Committee and Kathy Bethel is Co-Chair.

Pablo Fanque, Britain’s First Black Circus Owner

Willie Brown

Former Buffalo Resident Pens New Book Former Buffalo resident and community worker Willie Brown has penned a new book, United States Colored Troops Importance in the Civil War. “African American History was always interesting because an important part of it happened in the Civil War,” notes Mr. Brown. “My book will try to clarify many areas that will assist with a better understanding of what actually happened to the United States Colored Troops. … The Civil War couldn’t have been won without the infusion of two hundred thousand enlistees of African descent.”

The book can be purchased at www.bookstore.xlibris. com and www.amazon.com Mr. Brown and his wife currently reside in Fredericksburg, Va. wb60.va@verizon.net Congratulations Mr. Brown!

UMOJA to Host Annual State Of Our Black Family Gathering UMOJA’s Annual State of Our Black Family will be held Saturday, June 4 on the Campus of ECMC, 462 Grider St. from 1-6 p.m. in the Staff Dining Room. Buffet lunch will take place at 12 noon. The conference starts at 1 p.m. in the Smith Auditorium, third floor.

Presenters include Queen Viola Hill, L. Nathan Hare, Carlanda Wilson, George Alexander, Eva Doyle, Art Eve Sr., Lorna Hill, Bro. Clifford Bell, Karima Amin, John Walker, Min. Dahveed Muhammad, Hon. Judge Jeanette Ogden, Charley Fisher, Catherine Collins, Annette Radford, Vonetta Rhodes Osi, Pastor James Giles, Baba Eng and Hon. Crystal Peoples-Stokes.

Bro. Sam Radford will moderate the gathering. For more information call Bro. Bill Peoples at 892-3462

Awardees Top Row from Left: Terrence Melvin, Felton Davis, Lamont Yancy; Above from left, Shawn Fagen, Jasana Gadley, A.Wilson.

NAACP 2016 MEDGAR EVERS AWARDEES

T

hree adults and three youth community volunteers will be recog-

nized at the Buffalo NAACP Medgar Evers Award Dinner on Sunday June 12 at 6 p.m. at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center.

The awardees are: Youth, Jesana Gadley, A.Wilson and Lamont Yancey (posthumous). Human Relations Felton L. Davis; Community Service Shawn Fagan; and Civil Rights Dr. Terrance L. Melvin. The event is being chaired by Rev. James A. Lewis III. Former Buffalonian Dr. Chiquita D. Howard-Bostic, Chair of the Department of Sociology at Shepherd University, West Virginia, will deliver the keynote address.

Advance paid reservations are required. Tickets can be obtained by forwarding payment of $60 each to NAACP, 395 E. Ferry Street, Buffalo, NY.

Rev. Dr. Lewis

National Gun Violence Awareness Day and “End Gun Violence” Rally Set: D.A. Flaherty Scheduled to Speak Charles Burgin, founder of Brotherman’s Progress Youth Empowerment Project, and chair of the District Parent Coordinating Council Mentor Committee for Buffalo Public Schools, has announced an “End Gun Violence – Pro Mentor Recruitment Rally” to take place on Thursday, June 2 from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. at Olmsted School, 319 Suffolk Street. The event, in commemoration of National Gun Violence Awareness Day, will feature a motivational documentary and panel discussion focused on viable solutions to stemming the senseless violence.

Erie county D.A. Flaherty is scheduled speak at 6 p.m.

“This event is being held to motivate and inspire our youth to ‘know and love thyself…to disavow the culture of disrespect and violence! ” stated Burgin.

He said it is also designed to “mobilize adults and community stakeholders to become mentors and take more responsibility for helping bring about positive change in the lives of our youth who may or may not be caught up in the cycle of generational poverty or schools-to-prison pipeline.”

For more information email bromaninc@gmail.com

Pablo Fanque, expert equestrian, tightrope walker, acrobat, showman - was Britain’s first Black circus owner.

Pablo was born William Darby 30 March 30, 1810 in Norwich, England and died May 4, 1871 in Stockport, England. His circus was the most popular in Victorian Britain for 30 years, a period that is regarded as the golden age of the circus.

Ephraim Williams: First African American Circus in the United States The UniverSoul Circus (in Buffalo now thru June 5 @ The Outer Harbor), is the first Black circus since Ephraim Williams developed Black traveling shows in the late 1880s. UniverSoul Circus founder and owner Cedric Walker intently studied Williams’ production, and, in honor of both Williams and the American circus tradition, committed himself to producing a show rich in culture, faith, and history.

Ephraim called himself “The Black P.T. Barnum,” and he survived performing before the two toughest audiences in the 19th century: opera house fans and lumberjacks.

Milwaukee’s Ephraim Williams was a show-biz legend in the late 1800s when he became the first African-American circus owner in the United States. His horses tromped through forests to bow and twirl in the North Woods, and his acrobats flipped through the air in big-city opera houses.

His name eventually faded into the mists of history.

4

Challenger Community News • June 1-7, 2016 • www.thechallengernews.com

Politics of Color White Privilege: in Brazil

Louisiana: Number One in Incarceration!

By Bill Quigley

There are over 5000 prisoners at Angola alone.”

“Information Clearing House” - In 2014, the US Department of Justice confirmed Louisiana remained number 1, among the 50 states, with 38,030 in prison, a rate of 816 per 100,000 – over 100 points ahead of next highest state, Oklahoma. Because the US leads the world in incarcerating its people, this means Louisiana is number one in the world. Compare Louisiana’s rate of 816 people per 100,000 with Russia’s 492, China with 119, France with 100, and Germany with 78.

Louisiana first became number 1 in the nation in 2005 when it was imprisoning 36,083 people.

Louisiana remained number 1, in 2010 with 35,207 in prison, an incarceration rate of 867 per 100,000 people, over 200 points head of the next highest state Mississippi.

It was not always so. In 1965, Louisiana ranked 13th nationally in putting its citizens in jail with a rate of 109 prisoners per 100,000 people. In 1978, Louisiana only held 7,291 people behind bars. By 1986, Louisiana was 5th highest in the nation in putting its own citizens in prison, with 14,580 behind bars, a rate of 322 per 100,000, according to the US Department of Justice. In 1990, Louisiana rose to 3rd highest in the nation, putting 18,599 behind bars, a rate of 427 per 100,000. In 2000, Louisiana moved to 2nd highest in the nation, imprisoning 35,047 behind bars, a rate of 801 per 100,000.

The number of prisoners expanded nation-wide as a result of the “war on drugs” which wasconducted in a racist way to target Blacks. But in Louisiana, the prisons also backed up when the practice of releasing prisoners for good behavior after 10 years and 6 months of their life sentences was ended in the 1970s.

“In 1978, Louisiana only held 7,291 people behind bars.”

Louisiana has been much more severe in sending Black people to prison than whites, at least after Black people were no longer slaves. In 1860, when the Civil War started, the population of the Louisiana penitentiary was two-thirds White. But by 1868, the population of Louisiana’s penitentiary was two-thirds Black.

Angola Penitentiary remains the largest maximum security prison in the United States. There are over 5000 prisoners at Angola alone. The average sentence for prisoners there is 93 years.

About 95 percent of people serving time at Angola will die there under current laws.

It costs taxpayers an average of $23,000 a year for each inmate at Angola. Over 400 people, about 9 percent of those serving life in Louisiana, were convicted of non-violent offenses.

There are an additional 69,000 people in Louisiana on probation and parole.

Louisiana has a long history of running abusive prisons. In 1835, Louisiana was described as having “the worst prison in the United States.” In 1952, after dozens of Angola inmates slashed their heel tendons in protest of barbaric conditions, Colliers magazine called Angola “America’s worst prison.” In 1970, the American Bar Association said conditions at Angola were “medieval, squalid and horrifying.” By 1975, conditions were so terrible, a Federal judge declared Angola a “state of emergency.”

Bill Quigley teaches law at Loyola University New Orleans. https://billquigley.wordpress.com/

SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS!

Brazil, the world’s secondlargest Black nation, now has an all White male Cabinet.

Brazil has the fifth-largest population and the sixth-largest economy in the world.

The first thing they did was [appoint] to the Ministry of Justice the former Secretary Public Safety of São Paulo, Alexandre Moraes, a supporter of police repression, that was part of the military police that kill Brazilian civilians and has acted with ferocity against the high school students, who are [waging] an important fight in São Paulo in defense of public education.

In addition, the new minister of education is Mendonça Filho, whose far-right-wing DEM party is known to wage the fight against the demands of the Black population, and one of the organizations that made up the military dictatorship. #BlackLivesMatter in Brazil, and the Black-led movement that began in the U.S., is resonating and taking hold in Brazil, a nation of rampant, race-based police violence.

Suspect Lead Cops on High-Speed Chase, Drags Officer 100 Yards and Lives to Talk About It...

R

ecently released footage of a car chase in Boston shows a suspect outrunning officers and being detained peacefully.

According to reports from Boston’s WFXT, the white driver crashed multiple times while in pursuit. The car went through a country club while attendees were playing golf as well. WFXT also reports that the suspect’s car caught on fire at a West Roxbury, Massachusetts Party City store.

The suspect has been identified as Michael Leblanc of Abington, Massachusetts.

The New York Daily News reports that the chase began when Leblanc refused to show a police officer his license and registration. In fact, Leblanc rolled up his window, pinned the officer in and drove off — dragging the officer for an estimated 100 yards.

The officer managed to free himself. However, Leblanc kept going until officers tracked him down. The suspect got out of his flaming vehicle, climbed a fence by an apartment complex located near the Party City store and took off.

Leblanc was eventually pinned down behind the apartment complex by arresting officers. The suspect said, “It’s over, I give up,” and was then arrested.

HEALTH MATTERS

Challenger Community News • June 1-7, 2016 • www.thechallengernews.com

5

Cancer Culprits:

THE CASE AGAINST SODA....

The recent study that was published in May in the American Journal of Nutrition? It found that people who consumed more than one soda per day had a higher risk of stroke than people who did not drink sodas.

Loaded with sugar, sodas are an empty source of calories that cause weight gain and contribute to the nationwide epidemic of obesity. Drinking large amounts of this rapidly digested sugar causes your blood sugar to spike which can lead to both inflammation and insulin resistance.

Soda is often the root cause of gastro-esophageal reflux disease, which is when the contents of the stomach leak into the esophagus causing not only pain but an actual burning of the esophagus from stomach acid.

Although sodas are not a direct cause of ulcers, they are known to irritate and make those with ulcers have more pain. Sodas also contain artificial colorings and food chemicals like derivative 4-methylimidazole (4-MI); no wonder soda pop has been shown to cause cancer.

A Good Mind

By Rodney Haring, PhD, MSW Understanding, preventing, and reducing cancer disparities in vulnerable and medically underserved populations and patients, including Native American communities, is the mission of the Office of Cancer Health Disparities Research at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

As a researcher at Roswell Park and an enrolled member of the Seneca Nation, the focus of my work is improving health of Native American communities, with a special concentration on reducing the devastating impact of cancer and obesity. My efforts center on health policy, research ethics and workplace interventions that will address these challenges. These efforts are rooted in the history, tradition and culture of indigenous people.

The traditions began centuries ago with the Great Peacemaker who with his strength and spiritual leadership united the tribes, creating the Iroquois Confederacy. His message was one of peace, unity and the power of the Good Mind. Those with the Good Mind do their best to live in peace and to be ever-mindful of the well-being of their community.

Roswell Park strives to improve community well-being by raising awareness and providing information about healthy living. We will soon host a series of three educational, family-friendly events in collaboration with the Health and Wellness Program of the Native American Community Services. These events are open not only to the Native community, but everyone who would like to attend. The dates will soon be posted on the Roswell Park website. A Native American video also is at this website, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdtsTrGogTU. The Seneca Nation of Indians is collaborating with Roswell Park at a satellite office on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, located in the Seneca Nation Health System. This is a unique program dedicated to a prevention research project related to diabetes, cancer, and other medical conditions. With this collaboration, we cooperate by sharing health information and engaging in community outreach.

Conversations inspired by programs and events help us to define community needs and guide future research. These efforts are culturally sensitive, promote workforce development through education, and provide community-based outreach and education for healthier communities.

These programs embrace the philosophies of the Good Mind – peace, strength and well-being for healthy communities. We are building good health today and for future generations. Our intention is to teach, to be respectful, and to keep an open mind. That has always been part of the Native American way of life. That was true centuries ago and will be that way for many years to come.

For more information about community outreach programs hosted by the Office of Cancer Health Disparities Research at Roswell Park, call 716-845-4920 or visit www.roswellpark.edu/prevention/cancer-health-disparities.

Rodney Haring, PhD, MSWis Assistant Professor of Oncology,Office of Cancer Health Disparities Research at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Midday 058 Gemini, Quick Money(bx)

DO YOU REMEMBER…

Humboldt Parkway before the construction of the Kensington Expressway?

ROCCBuffalo.org (716) 883-0529

6

Challenger Community News • May 25-31, 2016 • www.thechallengernews.com

FAITH & FAMILY

Var-Son Community Choir to C h i a v e t t a ’ s Installation Services Held Host Annual LeVern L. Durham Chicken Scholarship Program Dinners Sale! for Pastor Gray The Var-Son Community Choir, Inc., along with the members of the Dominion Singers, will host the Annual LeVern L. Durham Scholarship Program on Sunday, June 12 at 4 p.m. at the Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 482 Clinton St. where the host pastor is Rev. E.J. Jackson Jr. and congregation.

LeVern was a local musician/educator in the Buffalo Public Schools who inspired and motivated both his students and the church community. A monetary scholarship is awarded yearly in his name to a deserving high school scnior seeking to further their musical aspirations.

WORSHIP THIS WEEK!

Metropolitan UM Church will be selling Chiavetta’s Chicken Dinners, Friday, June 3 from 12 Noon - 6p.m.

Dinners include half- chicken, potato salad, green beans, bread &and cake. Dine-in or take-out. Delivery for five or more dinners. Cost: $10.

Please contact the church office (716) 891-5652 to place your order.

The Pastoral Installation of Pastor Dennis L. Gray To Tried Stone Baptist Church took place on May 29 at the Woodlawn Avenue church.

Rev. Gray will be pastoring Tried Stone Baptist Church and Jordan River MBC. Congratulations!

GOD IS GOOD!

Organist Gregory Treadwell Honored The United Voices of St. John Baptist Church honored their organist/musician Gregory Treadwell for over 40 years of service May 29 at the Goodell Street Church where Minister Michael Chapman is Pastor.

St. John AME Church Basket and Cake Auction The Sunday School Department of St. John’s AME Church in Niagara Falls, will hold its annual Basket and Cake Auction on Saturday, June 4 at the Doris Jones Resource Building, 3001 9th St. from 1-5 p.m. Admission $10. For more information call 297-0142, 998-6984, or 285-6432.

7Challenger Community News • June 1-7, 2016 • www.thechallengernews.com

7

FAITH & FAMILY

Challenger Community News • May 25-31, 2016 • www.thechallengernews.com

Bible Verses That Will Get You Through a Bad Day •I Peter 5:6, 7 “ Humble yourself therefore under the mighty hand of God that He may exalt you in due time.’’ When you feel things happening to you are unfair or you are being treated as slave at your workplace, this verse tells you that God is watching, and He cares about you. If you will continue enduring in faith, in due time, He will deliver your breakthrough.

35th Pastoral Anniversary

•Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.’’ This is one of the most powerful verses in the Bible. Whenever you face a tough challenge, which you normally don’t have what it takes to conquer, contemplate on this verse. The inspiration behind it verse will work your faith and assure you that you are not alone but with the ultimate conqueror.You and Jesus are a majority.

The Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 701 E. Delavan Avenue, is honored to celebrate the 35th Pastoral Anniversary of our Pastor and First Lady William and Toni Gillison. The celebration will be held on Sunday, June 12 beginning with Sunday School at 8:45 am, continuing with morning worship at 9:45 am. Our guest preacher for the celebration will be Pastor Johnnie M. Green, Jr. of Mount Nebo Baptist Church, Harlem, New York. Our theme is “A Pastor Sent by The Master” Jeremiah 3:15. All past members and the community are invited to come and celebrate this great event!

Rev. Daniels 49th Pastoral Anniversary

EVANS 11793 Attorney General Print Ad | The Challenger | 10.375” w x 5.5” h | 4C

On Sunday, June 12, the Rev. Dr. I. Daniels, Pastor of White Rock Missionary Baptist Church, 480 East Utica Street, will celebrate his 49th Year Pastoral Anniversary. The 4 p.m. special guests will be the New Cedar Grove Life Changing Church family and pastor Melvin Brooks. All past members and the community are invited to come out and celebrate this great milestone event!

Taking pride in home ownership.

You do. And we do.

We understand taking pride in your home. It’s why we take pride in making it possible for everyone.

Whether you’re looking to purchase a new home or make improvements to the one you own, Evans Bank can help.

We offer several great lending options that make it easy and affordable for you to finance your dream. It’s home ownership, a better way—for you and the community.

To learn more, contact Eric Gadley, CRA Mortgage Loan Officer, at (716) 926−2044 or egadley@evansbank.com.

©2016 Evans Bank, N.A. Member FDIC

EVANS 11793 AttorneyGenAd - Challenger 10.375x5.5 M-v3.indd 1

5/5/16 1:30 PM

8

Entertainment/Lifestyles

Queen City Black Film Festival 2016 at Canalside

O

n June7, 2016 from 8:30 PM-10:00 PM on the lawn at Canalside in Buffalo, the WNY Western New York Minority Media Professionals, Inc. (WNYMMP) will host its third annual Queen City Black Film Festival. The event is sponsored by Canalside, kweliTV, Apple’s Haberdashery Wardrobe for Film and Production, Embassy Suites and Synergy Promotions.

The event features independent short films and documentaries that are written, produced, directed and/ or star people of color. This year’s Chairman’s Choice Selection is entitled RIGAMO, by director Che Grayson winner of, the first-ever, EBONY/Jet Magazine kweliTV Film Competition. “The purpose of our Film Festival is to promote independent story-telling in an effort to unite, inform and inDeShuna Moore Spencer spire regardless of the social, religious, political and cultural differences we may all have,” says Michael Quinniey, WNYMMP Chairman. “The waterfront is perfect place to present films to diverse audiences, which is vital to the independent film community. We applaud Canalside for taking this step with us.”

New to the itinerary is our Meet and Greet under the VIP tent which gives select guests an opportunity to enjoy refreshments, and socialize in the shade, with our honored guest DeSContinued Page 9

Life Changes

Challenger Community News • June 1-7, 2016 • www.thechallengernews.com

Positive Profile:

Oh My “GOODNE$$”!

B

uffalo native Goodne$$, poet / spoken word artist and actress, is the author of three poetry books - “Naught’etry” (Nice & Naughty Poetry I and II) also “Inspirational Poetry in Motion” (uplifting & inspirational poetry) which can be found on amazon.com ... kindle.com or createspace.com.

A member of The Tradition Keepers Black Storytellers of WNY, in February of 2016 she was nominated by Karima Amin for The Sistas Award, which was the first award “Goodne$$” GOODNE$$ received.

Recently she was named Director of The Griot Poet Society (GP) by the nationally renowned Amon Rashidi himself !

Every other month GOODNE$$ provides a platform for the youth in the City of Buffalo where they can shine and excel with her CITYWIDE YOUTH OPEN MIC’S held at The Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Library on Jefferson Ave Her mission is to provoke creativity and promote literacy among the youth and adults throughout our communities.

GOODNE$$ hosted her own TV show on Public Access Channel 20 (Time Warner) for a few months called “The OH MY GOODNE$$ Show,” back in 2014- 2015’. She is a member of the Juneteenth’s Sankofa & Arts & Culture Committee and an active voice for the “We Are Women Warriors.” She is also a proud teacher of Spoken Word 101 for The Communiversity !!

“Get ‘Em”!

ON STAGE *Smokey Robinson, June 11 @ 8 p.m., Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino; ticketmaster 1-8-00-745-3000. *Ceelo Green: 7 p.m., June 11. Town Ballroom, 681 Main St. townballroom.com. tickets $29.50 - $104.5

*Friday June 3, Greg Millar Quartet , 8 p.m. at Pausa Art House, 19 Wadsworth st. info 697-9069 *Kirk Franklin “Twenty Years In One Night World tour,” 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 17, Main Street Armory, 900 East Main St., Rochester; tickets at Mad Flavors, 185 Lyell Ave. Rochester; Doris Records, 286 E, Ferry, Buffalo.

*Faith Evans. 112, Carl Thomas, and Total, Canalside, Friday, June 17, www.canalsidebuffalo.com *Pre-Father’s Day Comedy Jam, Saturday, June 18, @ 7 p.m. Shea’s Smith Theatre, 658 Main St. featuring Rodney Johnson, Foster Nicholson & Andre Holland, tickets $20 advance at Doris Records and www.eventbrite.com * Canalside Concerts Public Enemy, June 23: August 18, Coolio; www.canalsidebuffalo. com

SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS *MAXWELL with Special Guests: July 6; Time 7:30 p.m.

Ticket prices: $105.50, $85.50, $65.50, $55.50 ON SALE NOW!

Challenger Community News • June 1-7, 2016 • www.thechallengernews.com

Entertainment/Lifestyles

9

WELCOME UNIVERSOUL CIRCUS! After 5 Years, UniverSoul Circus Returns to Buffalo June 1-5: Bridging Cultures from Around the World

A

big top spectacle of global proportions, the 2016 production of UniverSoul Circus takes fans of all ages on an unforgettable journey of light, sound and soul. Get ready for electrifying, edge-of-your-seat performances, including extreme motorsports, mind-bending contortionists, freshly-painted clowns, free-flying aerial acts and much much more. Hailed as the most interactive circus in the world, UniverSoul Circus plays The Outer Harbor in Buffalo, 325 Fuhrmann Blvd., June 1-5. Tickets on sale now atTi c k e t m a s t e r. com.

As has become its trademark after 23 years, UniverSoul Circus will present a multicultural/ multinational cast of rock-star performers in 2016. Only under the UniverSoul Circus one ring big top will you be lucky enough to witness Comedy Dogs from Chile, Extreme Motorcycle Daredevils from California and Colombia, a cross-cultural Wheel of Death act from Colombia and Guin-

ea, flying Trapeze and Pagoda Bowls from China, a Pole act, a Banquine act and Contortionists from Ethiopia, Limbo Dancers from Trinidad and Tobago, Fresh Clowns from Detroit, and a comedic, impressionist Ringmaster from Memphis, TN. “Just like the circular ring in which it sits, UniverSoul celebrates cultures from around the world and brings them together under the big top,” said Founder and CEO Cedric Walker. “At this time in our history we need to come together, to embrace and learn from each other. I believe the circus naturally brings people together.

In 23 years of searching for talent, I have journeyed to every continent to find a multicultural, multinational mix of talent to showcase.”

Leading the charge this year as Ringmaster for UniverSoul Circus is Tony Tone a.k.a Tony Luewellyn, a veteran

FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE TO THE CIRCUS WILL BE PROVIDED BY WE CARE TRANSPORTATION! Catch the Shuttle at W. Huron and Main St. It will Run Continuously 1 Hour Before and After Each Show! comedian/actor who has set the mood for continuous entertainment with his mastery of impressions and real life humor since 1990. He has a way of connecting with his audience via his master impressions and original characters. With Tony on stage, you never know who might show up. Chris Rock, Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan, Bill Clinton, even Homer and Marge Simpson as you have never heard them before! He has appeared on television shows like: NBC’s “Later”, HBO’s Def Comedy Jam, BET’s Comicview and is featured on a DVD with Cedric The Entertainer entitled, “The Starting Line Up 1”.

From the moment Tony’s spontaneous personality

BLACK FILM FESTIVAL continued huna Moore Spencer, CEO of kweliTV and Co-founder of EBONY Magazine/ kweliTV ‘s “Color TV Short Film Competition.” DeShuna will provide information and insight about the film competition and the impact of media on communities of color.

WNYMMP, founded in 1995, is a not-for-profit media organization committed to promoting social and educational opportunities through media for underserved youth who reside throughout the Western New York region. Media professionals have also created, produced and directed programs at ABC Ch.7 WKBW-TV for a decade (Upfront TV and Official Heat).

steps on stage all eyes are on him, the laughter begins and is never ending.

Visit www.universoulcircus.com for more info, show times, and schedules. Also follow us on www.facebook. com/universoulcircus and www.twitter.com/universoulcirc

Challenger Community News • June 1-7, 2016 • www.thechallengernews.com

GENERATIONS

10

Community Health Fair Brings Teen One Step Closer to Eagle Scout Status!

Oracle Charter Students Honored On Tuesday, May 24, more than a dozen students from Oracle Charter School were honored by Common Council Member Rasheed Wyatt at the Common Council Meeting at City Hall for a neighborhood cleanup event they participated in on Saturday, May 14 called “Make the Hood Look Good.” (You can read more about that event at: http://oraclecharterschool. org/make-hood-look-good-initiative-beautify-buffalo/ ) According to an Oracle Charter School (OCS) publication, the students worked hard to enrich the Bailey Business District. This initiative, which is the brain child of Mr. Anthony Adams of OCS, consisted of the students cleaning up the area from Kensington to Bailey and Minnesota. Dean of Students Mr. Brian Pawloski says this is an important event for the kids, and giving back to the community is something they should do before graduating high school.

“I think one of the things we always need to improve upon in our educational process is having community service be a portion of it so students can think outside themselves. Having the students expand their horizon and viewpoints beyond just their own is essential and this is one small step in that direction,” he said.

Evans Bank took the initiative to provide resources, such as snacks, for the students during the cleanup. Oracle Charter always seeks creative ways to enrich the community. Make the Hood Look Good is one of the many initiatives made to get the students involved directly in the community.

O

Brandon Barksdale

n Saturday, June 4th Brandon Barksdale of St. Martin de Porres Boys Scouts Troop #139 will host a Community Health Fair in support of his 15-Year Old Nephew Jihad Moore’s Journey with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

Brandon , the son of Leona Harper, embodies the spirit of community service and giving to others. He will be using this event as one of his final stages towards earning his Eagle Scout Rank.

An Eagle Scout is the highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouting Program of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). A scout who attains this rank has completed all of the requirements by earning at least 21 merit badges and demonstrating “Scout Spirit” through living out the Boy Scouts Oath and Law, service and leadership. This also includes an extensive service project that the Scout must plan, organize, lead and manage. Eagle Scouts are presented with a medal or badge that visibly recognizes the accomplishment of the Scout.

Program Service Providers who will be present at the Health Fair include: The American Red Cross, UB Dental, The National Kidney Association, Catholic Health, Evergreen Health, Kaleida Health, The Buffalo Niagara Witness Project, MANUP Buffalo, Reflexology by Bonita Whitlock, Fidelis Health, the Community Health Center & Cruisin’ for a Cure Buffalo Car Show. There will be free health screenings, HIV/Hepatitis testing, blood pressure screening, healthy cooking demonstrations

by Chef Holt and fun activities for all!

This Eagle Scout Project will foster Brandon’s sense of self worth and accomplishment as he works to support his nephew while at the same time supporting activities and programs intended to help our community grow both their bodies and minds.

Without support from community members and co-sponsors like Belmont Housing Resources for WNY, Community Action Organization of Erie County & St. Martin de Porres RC & Colvin Cleaners this event would not be possible so if you are interested in sponsoring a specific activity or volunteering with the Troop please feel free to contact us at 716-481-3598.

The scouting program at St. Martin de Porres was re-established in September 2007 through support from St. Martin de Porres RC Church. Our program is open to the community and consists of a Cub Scout Program for boys between the ages of 5 and 10 and a Boy Scout Program for boys between the ages of 11 and 17. Troop meetings are held Tuesday evenings from 6-8 pm during the school year at St. Augusta Boys School (10 Hastings Ave) formerly Catholic Central School on Kensington and Hastings.

VOICES

Challenger Community News • June 1-7, 2016 • www.thechallengernews.com

AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY

M

ay 25, 2016 marked the 53rd anniversary of the formation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), now known as the African Union (AU) since 2002. The holiday commonly known as Africa Day or Africa Liberation Day, which was established in 1958, comes during a period of increasing interference from the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

At a summit in 1963 held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at least 32 African heads of state gathered to form the OAU in efforts to foster the rapid decolonization of the continent and to move towards greater cooperation among the various governments. From the onset, the OAU encompassed diverse and conflicting views on how Africa should move towards unity.

Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, then president of the Republic of Ghana and founder of the ruling Convention People’s Party (CPP), called for the immediate formation of a continental government with integrated military, economic and social systems. Nkrumah believed that if Africa did not unite imperialists would reverse the minimal gains made by the national liberation movements and political parties.

Other more moderate and conservative states represented in the so-called Monrovia and Brazzaville Groups advocated a more gradualist approach. Others even within the progressive forces did not embody the militant commitment to unification and socialism as Nkrumah and Guinean leader President Ahmed Sekou Toure, who along with Modibo Kieta of Mali had formed the Ghana-GuineaMali Union in 1960.

African Liberation Day is always a cause for celebration – but also for sober assessment of how far off the goal of continental liberation remains. The great pan-Nkrumah warned that, if Africa did not unite, “imperialists would reverse the minimal gains made by the national liberation movements and political parties.” More than a half-century later, U.S. troops operate in the vast majority of African nations.

- Abayomi Azikiwe

“We wish to plead our own cause.

Too long have others spoken for us.”

- John Russwurm, Freedom’s Journal.

1827 America’s 1st Black Newspaper

11

Georgetown Should Pay for Slavery

W

by Margaret Kimberley

hen the Civil War began in 1861 the total value of enslaved people in the United States was “worth more than all of America’s manufacturing, all of the railroads, all of the productive capacity of the United States put together. Slaves were the single largest, by far, financial asset of property in the entire American economy. The only thing worth more than the slaves in the American economy of the 1850s was the land itself.” Myriad institutions owed their existence to the vast fortunes created by chattel slavery.

In a recent series of articles the New York Times revealed that Georgetown University is on that list of infamy. In 1838 what was then a struggling Jesuit college chose to sell 272 enslaved people to toil on Louisiana sugar plantations.

The Jesuit religious order owned plantations in Maryland beginning in the 1700s. According to the Times, these properties were “badly managed” and “inefficient.” It isn’t clear how those words are defined by the newspaper but productivity in the plantation economy meant that enslaved people had to suffer very badly in a concentrated labor pool.

That task was left to the states of the deep South, who perfected extracting productivity as their need for free labor grew. By the 1830s they were already draining the upper South of its enslaved population. Cotton and sugar cultivation were extremely profitable and demanded a constant and massive flow of chattel slaves in order to stay that way. The people held on the Jesuit plantations were doomed to be sent into a lower rung of hell than the one they already inhabited.

“The descendants should be well compensated for their ancestors’ contribution to Georgetown’s wealth.”

After the publication of the New York Times articles, some descendants of those enslaved people have been located, identified by name, and interviewed. Their thoughts and feelings are now public but neither they nor anyone else has made a simple demand of Georgetown University. They should be paid in cash.

It is now clear that the college which became Georgetown University continued operating precisely because those 272 people were sold to ensure its survival. Georgetown now has anendowment of $1.5 billion. Like all non-profit organizations in this country it pays no taxes, no matter how wealthy it ever becomes. All of this money is a result of the 1838 sale and the descendants of that human property are owed some portion of it.

It is interesting that the most obvious resolution to the wrong doing has been mentioned so little, that the descendants of the Georgetown enslaved be paid directly. There have been proposals to create scholarships or build a monument or undertake some other commemorative effort. That is all well and good but the descendants should be well compensated for their ancestors’ contribution to Georgetown’s wealth. Let the descendants decide where their children or grand-children go to college. If Georgetown pays up like it ought to they can go to any college or make whatever financial decisions they choose. That would be true justice.

Of course all African descended people in the Americas are owed reparations for their ancestors’ unpaid financial contributions. The descendants of the Georgetown enslaved are fortunate to know the circumstances of their ancestors’ fates and the fact that they directly enriched an institution that still exists and thrives. They are poster children for how the reparations demand might work in a particular circumstance.

“Georgetown should be on the hook for millions of dollars.”

But as Black Agenda Report has already pointed out, the effort needed to make reparations a reality is mired in what amounts to wishful thinking and talking points for the misleadership class. For most people fundamental societal readjustments towards socialism and justice can right many wrongs. Those changes are hard to discuss, plan or see enacted. That is why so many people would rather have fanciful discussions than be serious about difficult matters.

In the meantime, when a situation appears that makes a direct settlement possible, it should be acted upon without apology. White people usually feel aggrieved at the very thought of black people benefitting from anything for any reason, so of course they will shout denunciations.

Pundits will fume and rich alumni will refuse to keep giving rather than pay for a huge crime. No matter. Georgetown should be on the hook for millions of dollars and if the corporate media are really interested in the story they ought to make the case for that too. Scholarships be damned.

Margaret Kimberley is Editor and Senior columnist for Black Agenda Report. Her Freedom Rider column appears weekly in BAR, and is widely reprinted elsewhere. She maintains a frequently updated blog as well as athttp://freedomrider.blogspot.com. Ms. Kimberley lives in New York City, and can be reached via e-Mail at Margaret.Kimberley(at)BlackAgendaReport.com.

Challenger Community News P.O. BOX 474 Buffalo, NY 14209 advertising@thechallengernews.com P : 716 8 81.10 51 F: 716 8 81.10 5 3

Concerned Clergy Coalition Calls Evergreen Health Public Meeting on Proposed Medical Facility “Deceptive” Dear Editor: On Thursday, May 26, 2016 the “community” was “invited” to a very poorly advertised meeting to discuss, or so we thought, the proposed building of a “Medical Facility” that Evergreen Health wants to locate on Grider Street across from E.C.M.C. The meeting was held at the Delavan-Grider Community Center from 6-7:30 p.m.

A small group of Pastors from the Concerned Clergy Coalition of Western New York who serve in the Delavan Grider corridor, attended that meeting. Upon arrival the Pastors signed-in and received the normal courtesies extended to others. The room was set up with huge pictures of present and the proposed project by Evergreen. At each photo there was a person from Evergreen to explain the picture.

One of our members, a longtime local Pastor asked, “when will your presentation start?” The answer from one of their chief officers was, “this is the presentation.” We were then informed that this type of format works well for them, instead of lecturing (informing) us as to what we were actually looking at.

We were then again informed that we were to look at the pictures and then ask any questions of the person from Evergreen that was stationed at the picture.

“Ask questions about what, your photos?” His question called into question, the bewilderment that accompanied this obvious attempt at deception by our host, Evergreen Health.

This developer came into the Delavan-Grider community with no intention of having a significant public meeting. The usual, and far more effective format, of providing information via a thorough presentation followed by a question and answer period, would have yielded far more information and understanding to everyone gathered there. But abiding by last week’s set up, and asking questions of those who had organized this fiasco proved to be a miserable waste of time and energy. And to add insult to injury, the answers received were condescending and dishonest.

As we reasoned that this was not a “public meeting” Evergreen Attorney Mark Romanowski informed us again that “this has worked for us in the past and we had no intention of coming here to lecture people!” He also added that they really only had to notify persons in this community of their intensions who were within 500 feet of their proposed project.

After several rancorous minutes we determined that there was nothing to participate in and we suggested to the executives of Evergreen Health that their interests would be better served by having a public meeting in which they would explain in detail their proposed project to the community in which they are proposing to place their project, and that this community extends further than 500 feet from where they want to build.

If Evergreen is serious, what we would like to see is a public meeting in which the public is earnestly invited and where Evergreen health would detail their history and who they have become today; the sources of their funding and the purposes for that funding; detail the justifications that demonstrate a need for this project and what it would be designed to accomplish;

• Published every Wednesday • News Deadline: Friday 5 p.m.

• Ad Deadline: Friday 5 p.m.

• Classified Deadline: Thursday 5 p.m.

We respectfully submit that the opinions expressed on the editorial pages of this newspaper are not necessairly those of Challenger Community News Corporation or its advertisers.

Continued Page 12

Advertising /News/ Information/Inquiries adver tising@thechallengernews.com or alnisa33@yahoo.com

Phone: 716-881-1051 Fax: 716-881-1053

12

Challenger Community News • June 1-7, 2016 • www.thechallengernews.com

Former Buffalo Public School 59 Redeveloped Into Affordable Parkview Apartments (Buffalo, New York) Inspired by the vision of building a stronger community, developer Rhonda A. Ricks, PhD, owner of R+A+R and partner SA&A Development established the joint venture Parkview Apartments of Buffalo LLC to convert the former Buffalo Public School 59, located at 769 Best Street into 26 modern and affordable apartments. School 59, perfectly situated across from the Olmsted designed Martin Luther King Jr. Park, has been vacant for over 5 years.

The $8 million development project has begun and the completion date is estimated for December 2016.

For Buffalo developer Rhonda Ricks this project is a dream that has been years in the making. “As a person born and raised in the city of Buffalo I am inspired by the beauty of our architecture and history of our vibrant communities. When working as a compliance consultant on the Buffalo Public Schools Construction Project, I saw beautiful buildings that were left abandoned in our city and I saw the potential of reenergizing communities,” stated Rhonda Ricks.

Ricks added, “I was inspired by the development that was happening in Harlem, New York and knew the same could be done in Buffalo. However, I quickly realized that the vision was just the beginning, I needed mentoring and a development

partner. The experienced real estate development firm, SA&A Development, was the needed link that have helped bring the vision full circle. They provided funding and assisted me with accessing capital partners such as Stratford Capitol and Citizens Bank that would have taken me years to obtain.”

“As a new developer I worked with BURA for years, following their guidance and direction; in addition to submitting many applications for funding to NYS DHCR before getting the yes that was needed. It has been a very long and intense process.”

David S. Alexander, a principal of SA+A Development stated, “Our company is dedicated to providing quality and affordable workforce housing. We have been dedicated to this goal in Buffalo and Western New York for 40 years and we remain focused and determined to advance our mission of providing housing opportunities for all residents in the communities we serve. Partnering with Dr. Ricks and working to complete a shared vision for the rehabilitation of School 59 into Parkview Apartments is another important step in achieving our goal and advancing this team’s mission on Buffalo’s East Side.“

MLK SPLASH PAD WAS IN FULL EFFECT OVER THE WEEKEND!

CITY SPLASH PADS OPEN UP ACROSS BUFFALO

Mother Nature turned up the heat this past Memorial Day Weekend and in anticipation of the high temperatures Mayor Byron W. Brown and the City of Buffalo announced the opening of nine splash pads throughout the city.

Depending on the weather, the following nine splash pads will be open ‘weekends only’ through June. (Beginning June 27th, the splash pads will be operational 7 days a week through Labor Day. Outdoor pools open on July 1, 2016.)

•MLK Humboldt Basin – Best & Fillmore •Centennial – Foot of Porter in LaSalle Park •Houghton Park – Foot of Spann Street, off Clinton •Cazenovia Park – Near the Cazenovia Casino •Lanigan Park – South Park Avenue, near Louisiana •Schiller Park – Sprenger Avenue •Kensington Pool grounds – Kensington, at Grider •Allison Pool grounds – Reese Street •Roosevelt Park – Foot of Roosevelt Avenue For more information regarding city pools and splash pads call the Division of Parks and Recreation Pools Office at 851-5998 or visit www.citybuffalo.com.

CONCERNED CLERGY continued

and, finally, who in this community that they would be willing to partner with to deliver their intended services.

One thing is certain, we cannot stand idly by and allow this kind of activity to displace and disrupt the life of our community. Anyone is certainly invited to come into our community, but we would rather give informed consent and cooperative partnership.

-Concerned Clergy Coalition of Western New York

“I would also like to thank Mayor Byron Brown, Congressman Brian Higgins and Assemblywoman Crystal PeoplesStokes for embracing my vison and believing this project could be done,” stated Ricks.

“All city residents deserve a safe and affordable place to live, and as we build a city of opportunity to ensure everyone benefits from Buffalo’s rising prosperity, we’re focused on our continued commitment to further strengthen neighborhoods by providing the best housing possible,” said Mayor Byron Brown, noting that he designated $1,100,000 in City of Buffalo HOME Funds to this project. “The $8 million Parkview Apartments development project is another wonderful example of repurposing an unused City school. I thank Buffalo Developer Rhonda Ricks for sharing my goal of providing residents with even more high–quality affordable housing and joining a growing list of residential projects on Buffalo’s east side, particularly in the revitalized and historic Martin Luther King, Jr., neighborhood.”

“Located directly across from the Olmsted designed Martin Luther King, Jr. Park and steps away from the Buffalo Museum of Science, Parkview Apartments build on the progress we are seeing across the City to remake historic structures into new and vibrant buildings that meet the needs of today’s Buffalo,” said Congressman Brian Higgins. “With the help of federal tax credits and over $1 million in federal HOME funds this project creates new affordable housing and continues the Fillmore neighborhood progress recently advanced with completion of $2.2 million in enhancements to the Fillmore Avenue streetscape.”

“Congratulations to R+A+R and SA&A on breaking ground on the Parkview Apartments. This project is many years in the making. Renovating a shuttered school building at a very busy and highly visible intersection, is a testament to the dedication and resolve of the principals. Adding an anchor that provides safe, quality affordable housing options such as this is a great win for the community. I look forward to the completion of Parkview Apartments and many more projects to come,” stated Assemblywoman Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes, of the 141st Assembly District.

LEGAL NOTICE Knight Supplemental Summons SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No. 2015600493 STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY COURT – COUNTY OF ERIE HSBC BANK USA, N.A., Plaintiff, -vsTHE HEIRS AT LARGE OF WILLIETTA KNIGHT A/K/A WILLIETA WATSON, deceased, and all persons who are husbands, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest of all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; MARIETTA KNIGHT-BATES; WANDA KNIGHT-WILLIAMS A/K/A WANDA WILLIAMS; BUFFALO URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY; CITIBANK, N.A.; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants.

Mortgaged Premises: 550 SUFFOLK STREET, BUFFALO, NY 14215 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. Your failure to appear or answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you, unless the Defendant obtained a bankruptcy discharge and such other or further relief as may be just and equitable.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer to the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. That this action is being amended to include WANDA KNIGHT-WILLIAMS A/K/A WANDA WILLIAMS as heir to the Estate of WILLIETTA KNIGHT A/K/A WILLIETA WATSON, deceased.

ERIE County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises.

Dated: OCTOBER 26, 2015 Mark K. Broyles, Esq. FEIN SUCH & CRANE, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff Office and P.O. Address 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone No. (585) 232-7400 Section: 90.33 Block: 8 Lot: 8 NATURE AND OBJECT OF AC-

TION The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by the Plaintiff recorded in the County of ERIE, State of New York as more particularly described in the Complaint herein.

TO THE DEFENDANT, the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the HON. SHEILA A. DITULLIO, a Justice of the County Court of the State of N.Y., dated MARCH 25, 2016 and filed along with the supporting papers in the ERIE County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a Mortgage.

The premises is described as follows: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, together with the improvements thereon, situate in the City of Buffalo, County of Erie and State of New York, briefly described as follows: being part of Lot Number 45, Township 11, Range 7 of the Holland Land Company’s survey, bounded and described as follows: COMMENCING at a point in the westerly line of Suffolk street 35 feet south of the intersection of the westerly line of Suffolk street with the southerly line of Fennimore Avenue; thence westerly parallel with Fennimore Avenue 90 feet to the easterly line of Sublot Number 60, according to a map filed in the Erie County Clerk’s Office under Cover Number 982; thence southerly along the easterly line of said Lot Number 60, 35 feet; thence easterly parallel with Fennimore Avenue 90 feet to the westerly line of Suffolk Street; thence northerly along the westerly line of Suffolk Street to the place of beginning.

Premises known as 550 SUFFOLK STREET, BUFFALO, NY 14215.

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF ERIE Deutsche Bank National Trust Company FKA Bankers Trust Company of California, National Association as Trustee for the Holders of the Vendee Mortgage Trust 1997-1, Plaintiff AGAINST Daren R. Thomas, Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 9-30-2015 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the First Floor Alcove, 92 Franklin St., Buffalo, NY 14202, County of Erie on 6-17-2016 at 10:00AM, premises known as 20 Easton Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14215. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the City of Buffalo, County of Erie and State of New York, SECTION: 90.65, BLOCK: 1, LOT: 35. Approximate amount of judgment $23,583.83 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index#: 807433/2015.

Michael Kuzma, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01069713-F02

ADVERTISING PAYS

13

Challenger Community News • June 1-7, 2016 • www.thechallengernews.com

LEGAL NOTICE Fitzpatrick Supplemental SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No. 2015600545 STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY COURT – COUNTY OF ERIE HOUSEHOLD FINANCE REALTY CORPORATION OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff, -vsTHE HEIRS AT LARGE OF CAROLYN FITZPATRICK, DECEASED, and all persons who are husbands, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest of all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; PATRICIA WALKO; TERESA EYRING; MARY WALKO; JULIE WALKO; MICHAEL WALKO; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants.

Mortgaged Premises: 27 NICHOLAS DRIVE, NORTH TONAWANDA, NY 14150 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. Your failure to appear or answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you, unless the Defendant obtained a bankruptcy discharge and such other or further relief as may be just and equitable.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer to the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. That this action is being amended to include THE HEIRS AT LARGE OF CAROLYN FITZPATRICK, DECEASED, AND PATRICIA WALKO, TERESA EYRING, MARY WALKO, JULIE WALKO AND MICHAEL WALKO AS POSSIBLE HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF CAROLYN FITZPATRICK, DECEASED. That this action is also being amended to include UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE as necessary parties to the action.

ERIE County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises.

Dated: DECEMBER 7, 2015 Mark K. Broyles, Esq. FEIN SUCH & CRANE, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff

Office and P.O. Address 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone No. (585) 232-7400 Section: 53.45 Block: 3 Lot: 22 NATURE AND OBJECT OF ACTION The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by the Plaintiff recorded in the County of ERIE, State of New York as more particularly described in the Complaint herein.

TO THE DEFENDANT, the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the HON. SHEILA A. DITULLIO, a Justice of the County Court of the State of N.Y., dated MARCH 25, 2016 and filed along with the supporting papers in the ERIE County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a Mortgage.

The premises is described as follows: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Town of Tonawanda, County of Erie and State of New York, being part of Lot Number forth (40), Township twelve (12), Range eight (8) of the Holland Land Company’s Survey and further distinguished as Subdivision Lot Number fifty-two (52) as shown on map filed in Erie County Clerk’s Office under Cover Number 1732, being situate on the east side of Nicholas Drive North, being fifty (50) feet front and rear by one hundred twenty (120) feet in depth, commencing two hundred fifty-nine and eighty-five hundredths (259.85) feet north of Dreyer Avenue.

Premises known as 27 NICHOLAS DRIVE, NORTH TONAWANDA, NY 14150.

LEGAL NOTICE RFP The Erie County Department of Mental Health (ECDMH) is issuing a Request for Proposals to provide Community Reintegration services for Long Stay Buffalo Psychiatric Center Patients.

New York State Office of Mental Health is funding this RFP through the Erie County Department of Mental Health, RFP # 1622VF. Qualified agencies eligible to respond to this Request for Proposals must currently be contracted with the ECDMH and have experience with Inpatient Mental Health post discharge reintegration.

The lead applicant who does not possess the experience with the target population may partner with one or more not for-profit providers who can demonstrate such experience. The RFP and associated forms can be obtained at: httpww://w2.erie.gov/purchasing/index.php?q=requests-proposals-amp-construction-bids.

Responses must be received no later than on June 24, 2016, prior to 3 p.m., and submitted per specifications delineated within the RFP.

The UniverSoul Circus June 1-5 Outer Harbor!

LEGAL NOTICE Request for Quotes NOTICE TO BIDDERS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that sealed proposals for the Erie County Sewer District No. 3 Contract No. 58 will be received by the Commissioner of the Erie County Department of Environment and Planning on June 22nd, 2016 until 2:00 P.M., local time, at 95 Franklin Street, Room 1034, Buffalo, New York, 14202, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud in Room 1004.

The proposed sanitary sewer rehabilitation project is located in Erie County Sewer District No. 3 (ECSD No. 3) along Camp Rd., Deacon St., Washington Ave., Ontario Ave., Monroe Ave., Jefferson Ave., Lincoln Ave., Grant Ave., Garfield Ave., Ellsworth Ave., and Park Ave. in the Town of Hamburg, NY. The work includes cured-inplace pipe lining and associated/ appurtenant services for approximately 11,000 lineal feet of existing 8-inch diameter, 1,990 lineal feet of existing 10-inch diameter and 1,630 lineal feet of existing 12-inch diameter sanitary sewers, spot repairs that may be required for the 8-inch, 10-inch and 12-inch diameter sanitary sewers at unknown locations to remove and repair obstructions to allow the cured-inplace pipe lining, establishment of all active lateral connections, bypass pumping, maintenance and protection of traffic, restoration and all other related work as indicated in the Specifications, Contract Documents and Plans. All work shall be performed within existing easements and public highway rights-of-way.

Specifications, Contract Documents and Plans are on file and may be examined and purchased at the office of the Erie County Department of Environment and Planning, 10th Floor, Room 1034, 95 Franklin Street, Buffalo, NY 14202.

The deposit for each set of contract documents shall be $100.00 in the form of two checks or money orders, each in the amount of onehalf the deposit, and made payable to the Erie County Comptroller. Any bidder requesting a set of plans and specifications mailed to their office must arrange for a pre-paid delivery service or mail carrier.

The envelope containing the bid must be sealed, addressed to the Erie County Commissioner of Environment and Planning and must be clearly and correctly designated as “Erie County Sewer District No. 3, Ontario & Park Cured-in-Place Pipe Lining, Contract No. 58”. Bidders submitting a bid for more than one contract must do so in separately sealed envelopes for each contract. Any envelope containing more than one bid will be considered an improper bid and not opened. Any bids not delivered in person shall be mailed to the Erie County Commissioner of Environment and Planning, 95 Franklin Street, Room 1034, Buffalo, New York 14202, and received prior to the time set for the bid opening.

Any bidder returning such plans and specifications in good condition within thirty (30) days following the award of the contract or the rejection of bids will be refunded the full amount of the deposit. Nonbidders will be refunded one-half the deposit. Any bidder requesting more than one (1) set of plans and specifications may purchase the excess, but it is understood that they are not returnable. No refund will be made for documents returned after the thirty-day period.

Erie County Sewer District No. 3 is an exempt organization under the Tax Law, and is exempt from payment of Sales and Compensating Use Taxes which are to be incorporated into the project and which are to be separately sold

by the Contractors to the Owner prior to incorporation into the project, pursuant to the provisions of the contract. These taxes are not to be included in the bid. Sales tax will be due on all materials purchased by a Contractor which are either “consumable” or rental property used by the Contractor in connection with the construction or repair.

Each proposal must be accompanied by a certified check payable to the Erie County Comptroller or by a bid bond having a surety thereon from a surety company acceptable to the County Attorney, in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the total base bid, as surety for execution of the contract.

The successful bidder will be required to furnish Payment and Performance Bond, each in an amount equal to 100 percent of the contract award.

Attention of the bidder is called particularly to requirements with respect to conditions of employment to be observed, minimum wages rates to be paid under the contract, Affirmative Action requirements for Equal Employment Opportunity, along with the Minority Business Enterprise Utilization Commitment.

Bidders are also advised that Part “A” of the Erie county Minority Business Enterprise/Women’s Business Enterprise Utilization Report be submitted with the bid or no later than three (3) business days after the bid opening.

The attention of the bidder is called particularly to the provisions of Erie County Local Law No. 2-2006, known as the “Erie County Workforce Development and Diversification New York State Certified Worker Training Program”, to have in place and provide written proof at the time of bid, a New York State Certified Worker Training Program, either intentional to the Contractor or Subcontractor and/ or through an organization servicing several Contractors or Subcontractors, appropriate for the type and scope of work to be performed. In the alternative, Rules and Regulations pertaining to Local Law No. 2-2006 allows the Bidder to provide a statement as to the inapplicability, lack of career opportunities, and/or that the magnitude of the contract would make apprentices impractical. Bidders shall also provide affirmation of its commitment toward acceptable achievement or progress toward the County of Erie workforce development and diversification

goal of thirty percent minority and female participation combined in project personnel including trades people, trainees, journeymen, apprentices and supervisor staff.

The attention of the bidder is called to the provisions of Article 5A of the General Municipal Law which requires the bidder to execute a certificate of noncollusion and to conform with the other provisions of Article 5A outlined in the specifications. A form for such certificate accompanies the bid form. Unless it is property executed, the bid will not be accepted.

The right to reject any and all bids, to waive any informalities in, or to make any award to other than the low bidder, should it be deemed to be in the best interest of Erie County Sewer District No. 3 and in accordance with Law, are herewith reserved.

No bidder may withdraw his bid within 45 days after the date set for the opening thereof, but may withdraw same anytime prior to the scheduled time for opening bids.

EM P LOY M EN T Research Associate for local downtown office.

Must have experience using Microsoft Excel and college degree. FT. EOE. Send resumes by 8/5/16 to komani@viaeval.com / Fax: 716-362-0712. For more info: www.ViaEvaluation.com

JOBS

Buffalo Employment and Training Center 77 Goodell St., Buffalo, 856-5627/ Fax 7856-5670

www.workforcebuffalo.org

The BETC is here to help with your job searching needs. Free services to helpfind better paying work, an exciting new career, or wanting to upgrade skills to become more marketable in today’s marketplace.

Orientation Times: Monday – Thursday, 10 am or 2 pm.

LEGAL NOTICE Bids COUNTY OF ERIE Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Elevator Addition ECDPW Project No. JH-15-04 Separate sealed bids for: General Construction; Elevator; Electrical; and Mechanical work for the above project will be received by the Commissioner of Public Works in Rath County Office Building, 95 Franklin Street, Suite 1400, Buffalo, NY 14202 until 10:30 AM EST on June 24, 2016 at which time they will be opened and read aloud. MBE/ WBE requirements may apply to this project. Additional information must be found at: www.erie. gov/dpw/

ROOMS ROOMS FOR RENT: Delavan-Humboldt area, Bailey-Delavan. $325$480. Everything included.

(716)818-3410.

LEGAL NOTICE

Bids

NFTA Procurement Invitation to Bid

BY ORDER OF: Joseph Environment and Planning Dated: 5/25/16 Published: 6/1/16

4584 - CONCEPTUAL STATION AND SITE PLAN RENDERINGS Download Bids from www. nfta.com

14

Challenger Community News • June 1-7, 2016 • www.thechallengernews.com

Spring Activities at The Merriweather!

NEW YORK STATE LOTTERY NUMBERS

3-WAY

MID- 5090 EVE- 9213

WIN 4

MID -8168 EVE- 0596

MID -2061 EVE - 4195

MID-0820 EVE-4362

MID-8135 EVE- 2819

MID-5908 EVE- 2662

MID-5969 EVE-4616

TAKE 5

5-13-14-24-39 2-16-18-26-28 1-15-17-26-27

2-11-13-25-26 7-12-19-31-34 5-30-33-34-39 3-6-27-36-39

LOTTO

SUN 5/22 MON 5/23 TUES 5/24 WED 5/25 THURS 5/26 FRI 5/27 SAT 5/28

MID-391 MID-883 MID-785 MID-930 MID-661 MID-204 MID-058

EVE-148 EVE-931 EVE-841 EVE-765 EVE-606 EVE-173 EVE-528

• For our adult patrons, we have the new Book N Cook(ies) Club. This is a book club and cookie exchange where a different member will bring in their homemade cookies and recipe for the group to enjoy. For more information or to register call 716-883-4418.

• Vision Board and Pizza Party for Teens. Imagine your future and set it to pictures by creating your very own inspiring vision boards and enjoy some pizza courtesy of Wegmans. Teens should register by calling the Library at 716-833-4418 and can find out the time and date of this event.

• For children ages 6-12, STEM night activities with Mr. Tim take place every 1st and 3rd Wednesday at 6 p.m. Kids come and experience science , technology, engineering and math in a fun way! It is not necessary to register for STEM, come as often as you want. And finally, join in the fun for Lego Night every Monday from 6 -7:45 p.m.

HOT TIPS

4018

022

5-12-13-22-25-35#51

064

648

Zakiyyah’s Rundown (ZR) 824-314-328-182-913-427-680-909-845-781-173-356-891019-671-659-800-831-445-787-566-547-769-880-910-987954-232-465-785-309-187-095-416-576-890-109-654-432323-545-267-890-800-468-989-967-680-072-547-691-063-

Billy Bye Bye Sez: 323-343-563-333-1954

“Sgt. Hyder’s Hits”

1928-1447-5780-9966-6888

JUNE Vibes 490-235-678-321487-043

996

515 140 Challenger Hits

Midday 058 Gemini, Quick Money(bx) 930 ZR, Quick Money, Luckie Duckie (bx) 391 Luckie Duckie (bx) 008 Quick Money, Luckie Duckie (bx)

“Its In The Stars”

Aquarius -496-235-165-579 Pisces - 056-362-237-694 Cancer - 482-372-895-718 Aries - 561-236-164-469 Taurus -258-231-026-695 Gemini-495-257-694-508 Leo-345-213-157-201 Virgo 385-291-431-170 Libra -247-723-179-501 Scorpio - 453-253-571-597 Sagittarius - 389-701-234-924 Capricorn:893-275-342-506

quick money $$$$ THE NUMBER BOOK 189-809-444 886-980-422 322-522-355 800-592-390 394-833-924 127-909-418 927-313-466 124-550-525 583-269-508

GAMMA’S PICKS 410-568-490-540-367-218 4-WayHot Tips

5767-8866-5252-7788-2018-1871-1303

999

3-8-9-26-39-42#25

JUNE’S Best Triple- 999 JUNE’s Special Doubles - 776-001-557-338

NUMBER OF THE MONTH

This number is like an alarm clock - to wake you up, jolt you into working on your life purpose!

Evening 841 Quick Money (bx) 765 ZR , Number Book (bx) 606 number book (bx) 148 ZR Rundown (straight) Quick Money (bx) 971 Libra (bx) LUCKIE DUCKIE

133-202- 335 -2015-4444-1871-0978

134-431-143

648*123*104

980-422-809-981-989-970-990-080-800515-996-390-196-102-581-752-319-408378-352-126-189-444-886-514- 332-522112-432-421-423

ATTORNEYS

DOG TRAINING

Terrence D. McKelvey Attorney at Law 181 Franklin St. Suite 101 (716) 847-2606

Dogman’s K -9 Obedience Training

Law Office of Daria L. Pratcher, PC “Everything Real Estate” 523 Main Street (716)541-8574

ELECTRICIAL

Attorney FritzGerald Tondreau

1963 Fillmore Avenue (716) 807-8163

Empire Electric (716) 634-0330

FLORISTS

1-888-400-6811/ 716-222-9119 TondreauLaw.com

Maureen’s Flower Market 441 Ellicott St. * 852-4600

AUTO

HAIR SUPPLY

Ben’s Downtown Tire

Main Hair & Beauty Supply 3067 Main St. (716) 862-4247

1133 Kensington Ave. /1610 Genesee

50 Sycamore (cor. Elm) (716) 856-1066 or 894-1483

Colston Enterprises 716 E. Ferry (Near Fillmore) (716) 894-3910

AUTO SALES Paddock James Talford (JT), Sales (716)261-1096/908-9926 3232 Delaware Ave.

HOME IMPROVEMENT Free Lead Assessment & Roof Assessment All Home Improvements Free Estimates Call 716 908-3439

HOME/PROPERTY INSPECTION Majadi Enterprises Inc.

3-Way Winning Numbers Last Year

2015

BAIL BONDS GIST BAIL BONDS

06/09/2015 Evening 06/09/2015 Midday 06/08/2015 Evening 06/08/2015 Midday 06/07/2015 Evening 06/07/2015 Midday 06/06/2015 Evening 06/05/2015 Evening 06/05/2015 Midday 06/04/2015 Evening 06/04/2015 Midday 06/03/2015 Evening 06/03/2015 Midday 06/02/2015 Evening 06/02/2015 Midday 06/01/2015 Evening 06/01/2015 Midday

1-8-1 4-2-5 9-8-3 8-3-1 6-6-3 4-9-1 0-9-2 9-5-7 8-0-2 6-4-9 9-9-3 2-1-2 3-5-2 5-6-5 8-0-0 5-1-4 8-1-6

A-1 Bail Bonds 855-2514 or 854-2128

CELL PHONES

(716) 316-7776

majadienterprise@aol.com

TAILORS Ann Rhod’s Tailoring 3185 Bailey Ave. (716) 838-5633

Ansar Cellular Communications & Fragrance Store 1371 Fillmore @ E. Utica (716) 884-2373

For More Info: advertising@thechallengernews.com 881-1051

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Challenger Community News • June 1-7, 2016 • www.thechallengernews.com

Wednesday June 1

Thursday June 2

Friday June 3

“Don’t Rent; Buy Your House” Seminar: 5:30 to 7:45 P.M., Merriweather Library, 1324 Jefferson. free hosted by We Are Women Warriors.

UNIVERSOUL CIRCUS: Buffalo Outer Harbor, 10:30 A.M., 4 P.M. & 7:30 P.M,

William-Emslie YMCA’s first Annual Zumbathon® : 5:30 to 8:30 pm at the William-Emslie Y , 585 William Street. Admission is $12 per person.

The EOC and BETC 2nd annual HealthCare Job Fair: 10 a.m.-1p.m.555 Ellicott Street.

Khametic Ascendants: a.m. & 12:30 a.m.

9-10

The Durham Central City Baby Café: 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

200 E. Eagle. Dinner free!

885-6348.

see you at the events!

Line Dance Fitness For Seniors: Gloria J Parks Center 3242 Main St. 11am - 12pm age 50+ FREE 832 -1010.

Common Council Education Committee Meeting: 5:30 p.m., Room 1417 City Hall; open to the pubic; 851-5161 Contract Compliance Review Committee: Invited guests include Mayor Brown, city contract compliance officer, Harold Caldwell, county contract compliance officer, Jesse Burnett; state legislature representatives and more, . Merriweather Library, 6-8 P.M. The public is invited attend.

National Gun Violence Awareness Day/End Gun Violence Rally & Panel Discussion: 5:30-8:30 p.m., Olmsted School, 319 Suffolk St.; D.A. Flaherty to speak at 6 p.m.

ASCEND Program Honors Teens: Hosted by Xi Epsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Emerson Commons Banquet Room, 70 West Chippewa 6 pm. Public is invited. $14.50 per person.

To RSVP (716) 884-5481.

Weddings Retirement Graduation Parties Repass Outdoor Summer Picnics - up to 1,000 people & More

Friday June 3

2669 Union Rd. @ William St. Cheektowaga, NY 14227 Free Parking Phone: 668-8668

UNIVERSOUL CIRCUS: Buffalo Outer Harbor, 10:30 A.M. & 7 P.M.

Meet Annie, owner of Second Chic

UNIVERSOUL CIRCUS: Buffalo Outer Harbor, 12 NOON, 4 P.M. & 7:30 UMOJA’s annual State of Our Black Family Gathering: ECMC, 462 Grider lunch at 12 noon.. Conference starts at 1 p.m. 3rd floor 892-3462.

Rhythms Café’ Grand Opening: 1380 Jefferson 11a.m.

Kids Run: Delaware Park 9 a.m.; free; 635-4959.

Boy Scouts Troop #139 Eagle Scout Project Community Health Fair: 10 a.m. –2 pm. St. Martin Village 564 Dodge St. Sunday June 5 UNIVERSOUL CIRCUS: Buffalo Outer Harbor, 12:30 P.M., 3:30 P.M. & 6:30 P.M. Gay Pride Parade & Festival: Parade begins @ Elmwood & Forest @ 12 down Elmwood. to Allen Street.

Tuesday June 7 Monthly Business Meeting for the Charter School of Inquiry Board of Trustees: 4:45 pm, 404 Edison 716-833-3250 Queen City Black Film Festival: 8:30-10 PM on the lawn at Canalside Wednesday June 8

“Creating a business plan and working through my class presentation really helped me figure out where I was and where I truly wanted to be. It made all the difference in the world.

Academy of Choice Info Session: Gloria J. Parks Community Center, 3242 Main St., 6 p.m.

If I hadn’t taken the Allstate MWEE program, I would still only have one store.

I have since grown to two locations, with a third opening soon in Rochester. My mentor and the speakers taught me new things that have impacted my business tremendously from marketing tips to ongoing invaluable guidance.”

Saturday June 4

15

Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. Is Building A New Destination

Our City. Our Waterfront.

Canalside is now a year round destination with over one million visitors throughout the year.

May 2016 Update Summer is almost here and the Canalside staff is planning for an exciting season with activities for the entire family.

Thursday Concerts at Canalside

Have you heard? This year will offer a diverse music line up.

Thursday Free Concerts at Canalside begin June 9, 2016 with R&B and Soul artist Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires.

VIP Tickets - if you want to have a unique concert experience on Thursday night you can pay $55 for a VIP ticket. The ticket gives you access to the new concert VIP tent lounge where you’ll receive three free beer/wine/soda (followed by discounted beer/wine/soda), appetizers from (716) Food and Sport, private bathrooms, access to the front of the stage, and a souvenir 2016 Canalside Concerts Cup! The VIP tent is 21 years of age and older. VIP tickets can be purchased on ticketfly.com.

Doors open at 5 p.m. Visit https://www.canalsidebuffalo.com/ concerts for the complete concert line up and other details.

Music Lovers There is More Canalside is also a venue for concerts produced by local radio stations and promoters!

The Bad Boy Reunion Concert by Stage One Live hits Canalside on June 17. Interesting Note: This concert was scheduled before the recently announced Bad Boy Family Reunion and will feature a talented line up of Bad Boy artists such as Faith Evans, 112, Carl Thomas and Total. Tickets can be purchased on ticketfly.com, where you can also find out more about the Bad Boy Reunion artists.

Not Just Concerts! There is Something for Everyone, Every day.

Activities include: •Fun & Games•Free Healthy Workouts •Daily Rentals, Tours & Ferry Service•Food & Drink •Public Art•Shopping•Beautiful waterside view and Canals Food at Canalside The Dish is Canalside’s premiere counter-service eatery featuring sandwiches, hot dogs, fries, & more (don’t forget to save room for ice cream!) The Dish is open for lunch and dinner daily and includes seating and a beer & wine garden. Location: Central Wharf Boardwalk, next to the Children’s Beach Open now to September 15: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and September 16 to October 10: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Annie Adams, 2014 Grad www.secondchicbuffalo.com

ALLSTATE MINORITY AND WOMEN EMERGING ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAM Specialized help for women and minority business owners Now enrolling for class of 2017 For more info or to attend our July 27 informational session, contact Alex at mgt-cel@buffalo.edu or 716-885-5715

Other Food Choices: Visit vendors at The Canalside Pavilion located near the Canals and other nearby restaurants.

Get Ready to Support Local and Shop for Distinctive Crafts and Gifts Saturday Artisan Market The Buffalo Saturday Artisan Market offers a variety of crafts and gifts. The shopping takes place the first and third Saturday of each month (except August when it’s the first and second Saturday) through October 8. Each market features live music from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and a variety of food trucks.

Visit www.buffalosaturdayartmarket.com for a full list of artisans, live music, and food trucks.

Have an Event or Programming Idea?

We’re open to hearing any idea you have and encourage creative use of the space. We can host events of all sizes, from very small to very large. Visit www.canalsidebuffalo.com/getinvolved for more information!

There is so much more. Stay updated by visiting www.canalsidebuffalo.com for the calendar of events. Follow Canalside on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

16

Challenger Community News • June 1-7, 2016 • www.thechallengernews.com

IMAGES OF US !

1st Anniversary

FOOD TRUCK

BASH!

FREE FOOD

to the first 100 guests!

THINK BIG!

43North and the Erie County Industrial Development Agency (ECIDA) co-hosted a successful networking event entitled “Think Big” on May 19 . Pictured above are scenes from the gathering, which was intended to inform local female and minority entrepreneurs about the recent 2016 43North competition, while networking with 43 North winning companies. The lovely and talented nationally recognized entrepreneur Lauren Maillian Lauren was the guest presenter.

Enjoy onsite activities including Ladder Ball and Bean Bag toss!

For a list of events, visit www.MPCSfoodtruck.com

$$ Earn Cash $$ Selling from our multi-million dollar inventory of seasonal and everyday goods.

Visit our HUGE showroom in Depew. $ NO MINIMUMS! NO RISK! BIG PROFITS! $ Open 7 days a week.

Call Matt for an appointment at 671-2212

Support Our

Advertisers!

Food items available on a first-come, first-serve basis. No purchase required, while supplies last. Not available at all MetroPCS locations. MetroPCS related brands, product names, company names, trademarks, service marks, and other intellectual property are the exclusive properties of T-Mobile USA, Inc. All other brands, product names, trademarks, service marks, and other intellectual property are the properties of their respective owners. Copyright © 2016 T-Mobile USA, Inc.