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Challenger Community News • thechallengernews.com• March 15, 2017
Stop the Madness! Basketball Tournament
Saturday, March 18 & SundayMarch 19
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ORACLE CHARTER SCHOOL
Application Deadline: March 31st! www.OracleCharterSchool.org/apply
n a joint effort to increase the peace in The City of Buffalo and empower youth to say no to violence, Council Members Darius G. Pridgen, Rasheed N.C. Wyatt, Ulysees 0. Wingo, Sr. and Richard Fontana have teamed up to create the first Stop the Madness Basketball Tournament. Each district will have one first responder either on the team or coaching the team and 4-5 youth, grades 6-12. Each council member will hold a game ln their district on Saturday, March 18 and the winner of those games on Saturday will move on to the Finals on Sunday, March 19th at the William Emslie YMCA, 585 William Street with registration starting at 9 am. There will be give-away, halftime shows, and information on City services at the game. The information for each district's games are as follows; •Ellicott District games will be held on Saturday, March 18 at the Pratt Center, 422 Pratt Street with registration starting at 11 :30 a.m. and games starting at I p.m. For more information or if you are looking to participate, please call the Ellicott District office at 716- 851-4980. •Masten District games will be held on Saturday, March 18 at the Delavan Grider Community Center, 877 E. Delavan Avenue with registration starting at 11 a.m. and games starting at 12 noon. For more information or if you are looking to participate, please call the Masten District office at 716-851-5145. •University District games will be held on Saturday, March 18 at the Edward Saunders Community Center, 2777 Bailey Avenue with registration starting at 11 a.m. and games starting at 12 noon. For more information or if you are looking to participate, please call the University District office at 716-851-5165. •Lovejoy District games are to be announced for Saturday, March 18. For more information or if you are looking to participate, please call the Lovejoy District office at 716-851-5151. The concept is the brain child of Council Member and Bishop Pridgen who hosted 200 young men and women at true Bethel back in February to give them the opportunity to discuss their feelings about the senseless violence going on in the community. At that time he mentioned that plans were in the works to put together a Basketball Tournament for the youth. “We’ve got to focus on these young people we’re burying so we bury less and see more success,” he said.
Annual Spring Youth Basketball Tournament The annual North American Youth Sports Basketball Tournament will be held at the WilliamEmslie YMCA and other area sites March 31-April 2. The tournament is for boys and girls from 5th to 12th grade. The entry deadline is March 17 and the entry fee is $180 per team. For more information or an entry form contract Jeff Burke at 716-207-6089 or call the tournament hotline at 1-866352-5915. The organization’s website is www.northamericanyouthsports.org
Here Are The 2017 Carter G. Woodson Essay Contest Winners! The winners of the 40th Annual Carter G. Woodson Essay Contest received certificates and cash prizes at the Awards Program held on Saturday, February 25 at the Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Branch Library, 1324 Jefferson Avenue. The theme of this year’s program was “THE EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS IN WESTERN NEW YORK SCHOOLS”. Winning essays will also be printed in Historically Speaking, the newsletter of the Afro-American Historical Association of the Niagara Frontier.
Open House Sat. March 25 10-2
888 Delaware Ave. Buffalo, NY 14209 716-362-3188
Grades 10-12: Grades 4-6: Grades 7-9: First Place – Bahati Adam, First Place – Jakye Amos, First Place – Summer Riggins, Grade 12, Lafayette High Grade 6, Elmwood Village Grade 7, City Honors School Second Place – Morgan MorCharter School Second Place – Kamariah Second Place – Samara Rigris, Grade 12, City Honors Miller, Grade 9, Niagara Falls Third Place – Daniel Peay, gins, Grade 6, Elmwood VilHigh School Grade 10, Homeschooled lage Charter School Third Place – Damone Peay, Third Place – Dy’Amen Peay, Third Place – Daleja DrayGrade 9, Homeschooled ton, Grade 11, Oracle Charter Grade 6, Homeschooled Also on the program was a welcome from Mrs. Sandra Bush, a reading by Dr. Sharon Amos and Presentation of Awards by Mr. W. Charles Brandy, President of the Afro-American Historical Association of the Niagara Frontier and Mrs. Sharon Holley, Board Member. Additional sponsors were: The Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Library, Zawadi Books, Buffalo Public Schools – Dept. of Social Studies and Mr. Frank Mesiah. Mrs. Sharon Holley serves as Chairperson of the contest. Committee members are Dr. Sharon Amos, Mrs. Sandra Williams Bush and Mrs. Madeline Scott.
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