Challenger Community News March 9, 2016

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Dominique D. Barker

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“No Audit. No Fraud. No Disclosure”: Urban League Fights Back! PG. 3 NATIONAL

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“Can We All Get Along?”

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Sheryl Sanchez

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25 Years After Rodney King Beating Not Much Has Changed… PG. 4 LITERARY GIANT

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A Celebration in Honor of Women’s History Month PG. 7

Merriweather Library to Present Tribute to James Baldwin PG. 10

Hundreds Attend Bishop Parris Homegoing Service

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INSIDE ROCHESTER

Ameri/Cain Gothic On Stage At At Multi-Use Community Cultural

By Kevin Hicks

BISHOP PARRIS

Hundreds Attend Home Going Service for Bishop Parris

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undreds gathered at the Riverside Convention Center on Tuesday to attend the Home Going Service for Bishop Gregory Parris, pastor of Church of Love Faith Center.

A beloved pastor who led a church of almost 1,000 members, died February 28, bringing sorrow to Rochester musicians, auto dealers, administrators in academia and even Mayor Lovely Warren.

A native of Florida, he led the Church of Love Faith Center for 35 years. He died following an extended stay in the hospital. He was 62 years young.

"People were hopeful that his illness would turn around and he could be back to his old self," said Stephen Miller, an associate pastor at Church of Love. "When that did not happen, there was just sadness."

Bishop Parris was born in Fernandina Beach, Florida, but spent much of his life in Washington, D.C., where he met Myra. Parris, his mother and sister moved to Rochester in 1974. More than a decade later, Parris went back to Washington and married his wife in 1987.

He was a cellist with the Penfield Symphony Orchestra and played in a five-member jazz band called Breathe. He was also an adjunct professor at Monroe Community College, a member of the board of directors of the Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and director of the Eagle Youth Arts Academy.

A celebration of Bishop Parris’ life will be held at 7 p.m.

March 18 at Pearce Memorial Church, 4322 Buffalo Road, Chili.

Ameri/Cain Gothic: A Mystery Play in Two Acts will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 9; Thursday, March 10; Friday, March 11; and Saturday, March 12 at the Multi-Use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC), 142 Atlantic Ave., in Rochester's Neighborhood of the Arts.

An additional 2 p.m matinee show on Saturday, March 12, will be accompanied by a "Talk Back'' with cast and crew following the afternoon production.

Presented by Theatre Nafsi, an African American repertory theater company, the play stars Nancy K. Fancher and Reuben Josephe Tapp. The production is directed and co-directed by R.J. Tapp and Amanda McFaul, respectively.

Written by Paul Carter Harrison, an award-winning African American playwright, Ameri/Cain Gothic: A Mystery Play In Two Acts takes place on the eve of the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. when an unlikely pair finds themselves navigating the present through their unreconciled violent and sexualized “ghosts” of the past. For mature audiences, this gothic tale breaches the haunting of America’s past with the complicity of its present.

Admission is $20. For performance details or to buy tickets online, go to www.muccc.org .

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Around Town *Black Male Achievement Conference, Saturday, March 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 pm., REOC Campus, 161 Chestnut St. Tickets $15 general. Part of City of Rochester Black Heritage Committee celebration.

*Youth Junior Gala, Friday, March 11, 6 – 8:30 p.m., Edgerton R Center, Stardust Ballroom, 41 Backus Street, FREE; Pre-registration required at any R-Center. Part of City of Rochester Black Heritage Committee celebration. *Special Tribute To Sister Siti: March 10, Time: 5:30 p.m. First Community Interfaith Institute Inc., 219 Hamilton Street

* A Talk by Cheetah Girls author Deborah Gregory, Saturday, April 2 @ 2 pm: Inspiring Beauty Gala.@ 8 pm; Rochester Museum of Science.

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*Operation Transformation Rochester OTR Talks Series, March 12, Rundel Library; Talks also will be held April 9, May 14 and June 11. www.cityofrochester.goav/ otr

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*Annual BLCA Community Choir Concert: Saturday, April 16, 6 p.m., Genesee Baptist Church, 149 Brooks Avenue; 585-210-9252 or ROCHPR@NBLCA.ORG

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*FAFSA Fest 2016: Help for students who plan to attend college, Wed., March 9 from 5 to 8 p.m., Phillis Wheatley Branch Library, 33 Dr. Samuel McCree Way; and Thurs. March 24 from 3 to 6 p.m. at MCC Damon City Campus, 228. E. Main St. For info, visit www.cityofrochester.gov/FAFSAFest, www.

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Challenger Community News • March 9, 2016

AREA BRIEFS Harriet Tubman Rally and March A Harriet Tubman Rally and March to show that there are still issues of inequality as it relates to justice, fairness, job and employment opportunities for African American and Latino youth will be held on Thursday, March 10 at 4:00 P.M starting at the intersection of E. Utica and Main Street. The Rally/March/Caravan will proceed down Main Street. Participants are asked to wear the red, black and green colors of liberation, or to dress in Pre-Civil War period clothing.

Bring your African drums, flags and posters and banners. All civil rights, human rights and anti violence groups are welcome to join us in this historic event. For more information, please call Legislator Betty Jean Grant at 602-5877, or Charley H. Fisher at 650-8889.

How to Lobby Elected Officials is Topic of Workshop Learn how you can make a difference by lobbying your elected officials and other politicians. The League of Women Voters Buffalo/Niagara will host a training workshop on Saturday, March 12, from 9:30-11:30 am at the Harlem Road Community Center, 4255 Harlem Road. The workshop will explain the essentials of the League lobbying process. This informative and active workshop is free and open to League members and the public. Please RSVP by calling the League office at 716986-4898 by March 9 or online at lwvbn@lwvbn.org. Remember, Democracy is not a spectator sport. Citizens can make a difference!

Don’t Forget to Turn Your Clocks Back This Weekend!

This year, Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday, March 13.

The time change officially takes place at 2 a.m. If you’re still using a regular clock, you will move the big hand on your clock ahead an hour. However the change is automatic for most smartphones, computers, tablets and other digital devices.

Attention East High School Class of 1966!

The East High Reunion Committee is looking for more of our classmates! Please contact via phone ( call text or email) Morris Brown 716 220-0427 , Judy Hill 716 47105977 or jhill@ roadrunner.com or Kathy Franklin Adams 716 812-4469 or email kvfa98@gmail.com The reunion is scheduled for Saturday, August 13 and Sunday August 14, 2016.

Humber Street Family Donations Update The Buffalo Common Council has released the following statement: Any and all future financial donations and contributions for the Humber Street family fire victims should be delivered or mailed to: Demetrius T. Johnson Fund of First Niagara Bank c/o First Centennial Baptist Church, 299 High St. Bflo, 14202

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“No Audit. No Fraud. No Disclosure”: Buffalo Urban League Fights Back Brenda McDuffie, President and CEO of The Buffalo Urban League, made the following statement during a press conference Monday afternoon in front of the Urban League Headquarters on Genesee Street in downtown Buffalo. Also speaking was Urban League Board member and former Council Member James W. Pitts who said the report released by the Comptroller’s office “gives a false impression” of the organization.” Directing his comments at Erie County Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw he said:“You’re hurting the people who have the greatest need and who depend upon the league for services.” Attorney Kenneth W. Africano noted during the news conference that The Urban League is not looking for monetary damages, but rather “wants to set the record straight. It wants to correct the record.” The Comptroller’s report stated Mrs. McDuffie is “fatally flawed and severely damaging. It must be withdrawn.” Following is the full text of her statement.

“Yesterday the Buffalo Urban League served a notice of claim in Erie County Court in preparation for a possible Article 78 proceeding against the Erie County Comptroller. We are taking this step because the Comptroller has failed to withdraw his improperly conducted and fatally flawed report of December 9, 2015, or to correct the record regarding his subsequent false statements to the press about the findings in the report. The false claims and misrepresentations that continue to flow from the Comptroller’s report Urban League CEO Brenda McDuffie (center) is joined by board have done our organization member James Pitts (left) and the league’s Legal Counsel Kenneth Africano (to her right). immeasurable harm.

“As asserted in our notice of claim, the Comptroller’s report is flawed because it failed to follow professional standards of accounting that government agencies are required to observe. These widely accepted standards and principles call for forensic accounting techniques, such as sampling, that the Comptroller’s office failed to use. Instead, the Comptroller’s office created an ad-hoc procedure for its review, including an improvised and unrecognized extrapolation formula for determining overbilling.

“Government agencies, whether investigating claims or conducting reviews, are not permitted to ignore established procedures or use procedures that are simply made up. They are required to follow a standard approach and apply it equally to everyone. In an Article 78 proceeding, we would ask the court to recognize that the Comptroller’s review failed to meet this crucial test, determine that its review process was arbitrary and capricious, and set aside the report.

“In subsequent statements to the press, the Comptroller and others have characterized the report as an audit and claimed that it suggested evidence of fraud. In fact, the review found a one-time billing error that was self-reported by the Urban League, not any evidence of fraud, a word never mentioned in the report. The Comptroller’s exaggerated claims bear no relationship to the facts. They should be withdrawn.

“Further, the Comptroller failed to disclose crucial information about the whistleblowers on whose complaints the review was founded, specifically that the retaliation claims of the two chief whistleblowers were entirely dismissed by The U.S. Department of Labor and The New York State Division of Human Rights, respectively. Although the Comptroller had the letters from the Department of Labor and the Division of Human Rights and was fully aware that the whistleblowers claims had been dismissed, he chose not to disclose this information.

“The bottom line is that a proper audit was not conducted, no fraud was found, and critical information was withheld from the public.”

We have urged the Comptroller to withdraw his report and correct the record. Although significant damage has already been done, it is not too late for him to do so and we will continue to seek that redress through non-legal means. However, should we need to look to the courts for relief, our notice of filing preserves the right to bring legal claims for a period of up to eight months.”

Nash House Museum Celebrates Museum Day Live!

Meet Mrs. Mary B. Talbert, friend of the Nash family and discover the significant role of African American Women in Buffalo’s African American Community on Saturday, March 12 at the Nash House Museum, 36 Nash Street. There will be presentations at 12:30 and 1:30. The program is free. A tour of the Nash House Museum follows the presentation. For more information call 716-856-4490. The Colored Musicians Club and WUFO will also have tours starting at 11am and ending at 4 p.m.

Ramses II

Ramses the Great: Black Man of the Nile and Pride of Africa

By Runoko Rashidi Although it was the African Sudan–the “Ethiopia” (Land of the Blacks) of ancient times–that gave birth to the oldest civilization, it is in Kmt (Ancient Egypt), a child of Ethiopia and greatest nation of antiquity, that the bulk of historical research has been done. For the moment, at least, Kmt continues to be the focal point of our African centered researches, and will probably be the object of much of our studies for some time to come. Not only were Ancient Egypt’s origins African, but through the entire Dynastic Age and during all the periods of real splendor from the initial unification of Upper and Lower Egypt in the fourth millennia B.C.E. men and women with black skin complexions and wooly hair reigned virtually supreme.

In the intense and unrelenting struggle to establish and prove scientifically the African founda-tions of ancient Egyptian civilization, the late Senegalese scholar Cheikh Anta Diop remains a most fierce and ardent champion.

Diop, 1923-1986, was among the world’s leading Egyptologists.

Diop firmly believed that “The highest point of Egyptian history was the Nineteenth Dynasty of Ramses II.” Ramses reigned from 1279 to 1213 BCE, more than 3200 years ago. His reign was a time of power and prosperContinued Page 11

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“Can We All Get Along?”

25 Years Ago, the Rodney King Beating Raised Issues of Police Violence, Videotaping Cops, Racial Profiling — Not Much Has Changed On March 3, 1991, Rodney King, a construction worker, was stopped by Los Angeles Police Department officers. What happened next set off events that are still reverberating in America today. King was struck multiple times by the police. The event was captured on video tape, by George Holliday, a bystander.

In the resulting trial, an all-White jury acquitted the four officers. They were later tried on civil rights charges. Stacey C. Koon and Laurence M. Powell were both found guilty and sentenced to 2 ½ years in jail. The initial trial, which was moved to the predominately White Simi Valley, set off wide-scale rioting in Los Angeles and resulted in billions of dollars in damage and 53 deaths.

Unfortunately, 25 years later, America is still wrestling with the same problems of police violence against Black people. Two years ago, St. Louis-area residents staged widespread protests over the killing of Michael Brown. Last year, Baltimore went up in flames over the police-related death of Freddie Gray. Brown’s death and the deaths of other Black people at the hands of the police sparked the Black Lives Matter movement. The issue of police violence has now become a major talking point among Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders.

The story of the Rodney King beating and the resulting LA riots is a lot more complicated than how it is often described in the media. Black Los Angeles residents didn’t suddenly wake up and start destroying their neighborhoods, and police violence had been going on for a long time before that. The Rodney King videotape just showed the stark reality — and it was hard to ignore.

“Can we all get along…can we stop making it horrible for the older people and the kids”” those were the words spoke

by Rodney King as he appealed for calm in the wake of the 1992 LA Riots triggered by the acquittal of the officers who brutally beat him after a high speed chase in 1991. Smaller riots occurred in other cities such as San Francisco, Las Vegas in neighboring Nevada and as far east as Atlanta, Georgia. A minor riot erupted on Yonge St., in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as a result of the acquittals.

According to one of Rodney King’s daughters, the fame that resulted from his beating was both a blessing and a curse.

King who received $3.8 million n in damages from the City of Los Angeles, died in the pool of his Rialto home in 2012. He was 47 years old.

“Our story did not begin in chains...it will not end in chains...” -Malcolm X

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Ohio Cops Kill Tamir Mission Accomplished: Ghana President Says Country Has Fulfilled Nkrumah’s Vision Rice and John After 59 years of indepen- Ghana.

Crawford Over Toy dence, Ghana has demonstratcannot encourage conGuns, But 25-year- ed Kwame Nkrumah’s vision, “We versations and activities that President John Dramani Ma- are meant to weaken our Old White Man hama has said. moral or limit our potential” Walking Around Addressing the nation at the President Mahama indicated.

Black Stars Square to mark The changes we make lift Black NeighborGhana’s 59th Independence them [children] higher to Anniversary, the president provide them with a solid hoods Carrying A said the vision of Osagyefo foundation ...” he stated.

Rifle Allowed to Dr. Kwame Nkrumah — to to the world and Ghana Appoints First Express His Rights... demonstrate other nations that we are preBY: BREANNA EDWARDS An Akron, Ohio, barbershop owner had enough of one young White man who was walking around the neighborhood with a rifle on his back, so he confronted the 25-yearold outside his shop on recently and called the police, Cleveland.com reports.

Deone Slater, owner of Kangaroo Kutz, did not want Daniel Kovacevic in front of his shop that morning. "He was a threat to my community," Slater told the news site.

Police arrived shortly after and tried to calm Slater, who was reportedly shouting at Kovacevic. "[Slater] was obviously emotional and concerned about his safety and the safety of everyone in the community," Police Sgt. Doug Sandor said.

Slater also called officers out for trying to calm him instead of engaging with Kovacevic. "[The police] asked me why do I have a problem," Slater said. "He's a threat to me and my people. He's a threat to me. "[The police] were more concerned about me than him, as if I were the threat," he added. "It it were me with a gun, they would have shut the whole block down."

Akron police spokesman Lt.Rick Edwards acknowledged that the man has been spotted in predominantly black communities—because of Ohio's gun laws, which allow open carry. Some, however, aren't too thrilled with the police response and suggest that race may be a factor in the toned-down response, especially considering the deaths of Tamir Rice andJohn Crawford, both of whom were shot in Ohio by police while carrying toy weapons.

"It's different if it's a black person. People say it isn't, but it is," said one 26-year-old.

DO YOU REMEMBER…

pared to lay our own foundation and our own African personality — has been fulfilled.

The President of GuineaBissau, Jose Mario Vaz, and President Uhuru Kenyata of Kenya joined President Mahama as the country marked its anniversary from colonial rule. The president called for unity and urged Ghanaians to discourage conversations and activities that will disunite

Female Brigadier General There is a morale booster for women in the Ghana Armed Forces, as the institution now boasts of its first female Brigadier General in the person of Constance Ama Emefa Edjeani-Afenu. She is currently the Deputy Military Adviser to Ghana’s Permanent Mission in New York, the military command in Ghana confirmed to Starrfmonline.com.

Humboldt Parkway before the construction of the Kensington Expressway?

Zimbabwe Government to Take Possession of All Diamond Operations HARARE — Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe said recently that his government would take possession of all diamond operations because existing miners had robbed the country of its wealth. Mugabe’s comments came a week after the ministry of mines ordered all mining companies to halt work and leave the Marange fields.

“The state will now own all the diamonds in the country,” Mugabe said.“Companies that have been mining diamonds have robbed us of our wealth.” Zimbabwe was the eighth-largest diamond producer in the world with 4.7 million carats in 2014, according to industry group Kimberly Process.

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HEALTH MATTERS

Challenger Community News • March 9, 2016

A Tribute for 93-Year-Old WWII Veteran Paul Woods!

Council Member Wingo Challenges Sugar: A Drug is a Drug is a Drug…

Tapestry’s No-Vote to Expand: Calls The average American consumes about THREE POUNDS of sugar every single week in their regular diet. on Board Chair to Step Down This drug instantly makes you feel euphoric as it releases

M On February 20, 2013 during Black History month, Paul Woods (A living History Book) celebrated his 93th Birthday surrounded by 70 family and friends, his Prince of Peace COGIC family, and his fellow Legionnaires from the American Legion Jesse Clipper Post #430. Paul Woods is the WWII Coordinator for the Jessie Clipper Post#430 and part of its honor guard. The picture above shows WWII veteran Paul Woods after being presented a gift card from his fellow Legionnaires by Post Commander Henry Curtis II. WeContinued Page 11

PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF BUFFALO 2016/17 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AMENDMENTS

Thursday March 31st, 2016 JFK Recreation Center

114 Hickory St, Buffalo, NY 14204 (off Clinton Street) Mayor Byron W. Brown invites Buffalo residents to participate in a public hearing to discuss the city’s anticipated 2016/17 allocations for the following federal programs: Community Development Block Grant; HOME Investment Partnerships; Emergency Solutions Grant; and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS. City staff will be present to describe program goals, review the planning and adoption process, and accept citizen comments regarding the use of this funding to address housing and community development needs. A funding application will be available on March 31st, 2016 at www.city-buffalo. com (search: “Consolidated Plan”).

Immediately following the Annual Action Plan hearing, the city will present amendments to prior year plans for public review and comment. These amendments will also be made available on the city’s website on March 31st 2016.

Written comments to both the Annual Action Plan and amendments are encouraged, and will be included in the city’s submission to HUD. Comments must be postmarked

by Saturday April 30th, 2016 at either 920 City Hall, Buffalo NY 14202; or rhall@city-buffalo.com.

For more information regarding this public notice, or to request special accommodations for the public hearing, please call 851-5449.

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asten District Council Member Ulysses Wingo is asking some hard questions in the wake of the decision

by Tapestry Charter School’s Board to remain at its Great Arrow location instead of expanding to Olympic Avenue.

Wingo, chairman of the Council’s Education Committee, in a Feb. 29th letter to Tapestry School Board members, called for Dr. Thomas Ramming to step down as Chair of the Board of Trustees due to what he called “irresponsible governance.” He also requested that each Board member to provide individual explanations via email or verbally at the next Education Committee meeting as to how they arrived at their decision to vote against expansion at 345 Olympic Avenue; and called for a re-vote “after all parents have had the opportunity to provide input in the future of Tapestry Charter School.”

“I struggle to understand how you cane to such a conclusion knowing the inadequacies that exist at your current location,” he wrote. Council Member “There are teachers operating out of closets, Wingo while others are facilitating small group sessions in hallways. Students requiring state mandated one-onone services are meeting with their instructors under stairwells.

Music classes are being held in mobile trailers. Due to the size of the gym, the school track team practices in the hallways.

“The need for change at Tapestry Charter School is evident; however, after years of research, what appeared to be a clear and fiscally responsible solution was voted down by you and your fellow board members. What compelling and overwhelming information did you receive in the days leading up to the vote that was undetected by the leadership that conducted extensive research? How were you able to vote ‘no’ on this expansion when the feedback that fueled your decision was comprised of only a small percentage of parents whose race represents a minority of your programs’ families?

“Not only did you fail to act in the best interest of the students by deciding against this expansion, you also turned your back on your administration. You placed your principal, who has served your program since its inception, on administrative leave after she expressed her concerns against your decision.”

The letter was filed with The City of Buffalo Common Council and is scheduled to be discussed at the next Committee on Education meeting on March 10 in City Hall at 1:30pm. The meeting is open to the public.

eat well live well

Museum of disAbility Capturing Grace to be Shown at Museum of disABILITY Documentary Features Parkinson’s Patients Learning to Dance *The Museum of disABILITY History Film and Speaker Series will feature Capturing Grace on Saturday, March 12, with two showings at 3:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. at the Museum of disABILITY History, 3826 Main Street, Buffalo.

The film is about dancers with Parkinson’s disease joining forces with a famed modern dance company to stage a unique performance.

The 60-minute film is about what happens when those realms intersect.

A reception will take place between showings at 5 p.m. with two speakers who teach dance.

neurotransmitters that give you a burst of happy energy... it feels a lot like LOVE! But these feelings quickly disappear and leave you feeling tired and craving more - and you’ll surely get more at your next meal.

This substance quietly wreaks havoc on your body, plumps up your fat cells, and makes pimples poke out on your face.

While ultimately putting you at risk for a whole host of serious health issues... obesity... skin disorders... fatty liver disease... type 2 diabetes... heart disease... dementia. In a 2007 study, researchers found that when they fed refined sugar to rats they became addicted. So addicted in fact, they found it to be more addictive than cocaine!

The processed food industry plays on this fact and carefully engineers their products to hit what they call the “BLISS POINT” that keeps you wanting more and more.

They have refined the art of addiction so well...That we have become accustomed to consuming sugar day after day, and we don’t even realize how much.

Did you know that roughly 80% of grocery store aisles would be EMPTY if all products with sugar were removed? nd it’s not like they are filled with endless aisles of candy, cakes, and cookies...There is a completely ludicrous amount of sugar in the American diet.

It’s in almost everything - Check your barbeque sauce, breads, yogurt, crackers, frozen dinners, condiments, salad dressings, pickles and peanut butter - it’s probably in there!

But why should you avoid it? Sugar is what I think of as a SOFT KILL. It may not kill you today... but it will tomorrow.

The very easiest way to cut sugar is to stop adding it to foods such as cereal and fruits and to drinks such as herbal tea, coffee and coffee substitutes Simply eliminating nutrient-empty processed sugars from your kitchen is a good way to start. This means not only table sugar but dextrose, raw sugar, turbinado sugar, brown sugar, and powdered sugar as well.

eat to live ANUNCIO PÚBLICO CITY OF BUFFALO 2016/17 PLAN DE ACCIÓN ANUAL PLAN DE ACCIÓN ANUAL ENMIENDAS

Jueves 31 de Marzo, 2016 JFK Recreation Center

114 Hickory St, Buffalo, NY 14204 (off Clinton Street) El Alcalde Byron W. Brown invita residentes a participar en una audiencia pública para discutir la alocación de fondos 2016/17 que la Ciudad anticipa para los siguientes programas federales: Community Development Block Grant; HOME Investment Partnerships; Emergency Solutions Grant; y Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS. Personal de la Cuidad estará presente para describir los objetivos del programa, revisar el proceso de planificación y adopción del plan, y aceptar comentarios de los residentes sobre el uso de estos fondos para necesidades de vivienda y desarrollo comunitario. Aplicaciones para fondos estarán disponibles Marzo 31, 2016 en www.city-buffalo.com (busque: “Consolidated Plan”).

Inmediatamente a seguir la audiencia del Plan de Acción Anual, la Cuidad presentará enmiendas a planes de años previos para comentario y revisión pública. Estas enmiendas también estarán disponibles en el website de la Ciudad Marzo 31, 2016.

Exhortamos que escriban comentarios sobre el Plan de Acción Anual y las enmiendas, los cuales serán incluidos en el documento que la Cuidad entregará al Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano (HUD por sus siglas en inglés). Comentarios deben ser recibidos a no más tardar el Sábado 30 de abril, 2016 a 920 City Hall, Buffalo NY 14202 o a rhall@city-buffalo.com.

Para más información sobre este anuncio público o para solicitar medidas especiales para la audiencia pública, por favor llame 851-5449.

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Challenger Community News • March 9, 2016

FAITH & FAMILY

New Hope Baptist Presents Faith “We Are Moving Onward and Upward” and Family Section The Women’s Auxiliary to the Great Lakes Baptist AssociaThe New Hope Baptist Church of Niagara Falls, N.Y. will celebrate their 79th Church Anniversary on Sunday, March 20.

The 10:15 a.m. morning speaker will be Rev. Dr. William Holley, True Bethel Baptist Church, Buffalo, NY and the afternoon speaker at 3:00 p.m. will be, Rev. Dr. James Blackburn, Greater Hope Baptist Church, Buffalo, NY. Theme is: “New Hope Baptist Church Celebrating 79 Years As We Continue Trusting in the Spirit” – Acts 11:9-18. Rev. Harvey L. Kelley, Host Pastor. Deacon Dr. Leon Smith, Anniversary Chairman.

tion invite you to attend the musical WE ARE MOVING ONWARD AND UPWARD at 7 pm, Friday, March 18, at Greater Hope Baptist Church, 8 Verplanck. Rev. James C. Blackburn is host pastor. Come be moved in the spirit by Ella Robinson and the New Beginning Ensemble, the Western New York Youth and Young Adult Choirs and special guest Bro. Tracy Singletary.

Lutheran Church of Our Savior Women’s Day Worship The Lutheran Church of Our Savior, 26 Brunswick Blvd, will host its Women’s Day Worship Service on Sunday, March 13 at 11 a.m. The theme is “Order My Steps.” This uplifting worship service includes testimony from women to the power of God and how God’s goodness has changed their lives. The guests include Juanita Hunter, Judge JaHarr Pridgen, Catrice Huff, Doreen Woods and Elayne Foster. All are welcome!

WORSHIP THIS WEEK!

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Rev. Jonathan R. and First Lady Staples

First Shiloh Baptist Church Celebrates the 9th Pastoral Anniversary of Rev. Staples

The congregation of Buffalo’s historic First Shiloh Baptist Church will pause on March 13 to celebrate the 9th pastoral anniversary of Pastor Jonathan R. Staples. He is admired, loved and respected by the disciples of First Shiloh for his selfless devotion and steadfast leadership. In honor of this spiritual landmark in Ministry, Rev. Dr. Walter Parrish, III, pastor of the Northside Baptist Church, Baltimore, MD, will be the celebrant for the 10:00am service.

FAITH-BASED BRIEFS *The Thirteenth Annual Calvary Baptist Church Leadership Institute will be held on March 15-17 from 5:30 - 9:00 p.m. no fee. *Mrs. Ella Robinson and the New Beginnings Choral Ensemble, 7 p.m. Friday, March 18 Greater Hope Baptist Church 8 Verplank St.

“Celebrating Women Touching the World”

t its ninth annual awards dinner, Unlimited Possibilities Overcoming Poverty Ministry Inc. will honor 67 women f r o m throughout western New York at the Buffalo Niagara C o n vention Nellie King C e n t e r, Saturday March 19 at 7 p.m.

The 2016 theme for this royal affair is “Celebrating Women Touching the World” in honor of National Women’s History Month.

Leah Daniel, Danielle Judge, Ina Ferguson, Theresa E. Pope, Anita Ingram and La Brown are the general chairpersons. The purpose of this annual awards dinner is to celebrate National Women’s History Month with the recognition of women and to spotlight their achievements, community service, professionalism, and exemplary leadership. Women in the area will receive “Touching the World Awards.

Brittni Smallwood of WIVB channel 4 and Desire Wiley of WKBW Channel 7 will be award presenters. Financial support in the amount of $1,000 will be given to the following enrolled college students: Nicole Lowe, Dina Watkins, Regina Calhoun, Somalia Doyle, Tarchia Cox, Kaitlin Nicole Tillman, Sadie Yearwood, Ebony Barker, Niasha Hamilton and Chris-

tine Matos.

This year’s honorees are women from all walks of life that represent a beautiful rainbow. They include: Jennifer Alston, Candice Mane Arroyo, Kimberly Backey, Martha Baker, Dominique D. Barker, La-Verne Blades, Connie Boyd, Natalie Brooks, I. Cheryl Carrington, Shonique Cason, Annette Christian, Shawntrice ColemanLucas, Fatisha Collins, Bonita Durand, PH.D, Tamara Ebo, Sjunseeargn Foxx, LaTonya Granberry, Clintonia Graves, Tina Gregory,Rhonda Gordan, Ronell Hardy-Spivey, Dena Harris-Gaymon, Courtney Hawkins, Densie B. Houston, Hope Isom, Kimberly J. Jackson, ED.D, Marcelline Jackson, Taneka Jackson, Christian Johnson, Levette Jones , Michelle Kavanaugh, Katrina Kemp, Soloana Knighton, Farrah Maclin, Tamika Maclin, Christine Matos, Rachel Bunch McCarley, Shimika McClam, Shonda McDowell, Tamika Murphy, Daun Nicholas, Natale Nustra, Kara Michelle Oliver, Tanice Pendergrass, Tamika Potts, Lesha Pryer, Nyeema Quinniey, Rachelle Sat’chell Robinson, Sheryl Sanchez, R. Michelle Sawyers, Tanika Shedrick, Latasha Simpson, Gellenia Nicole Smallwood, Laura Penny Smith, Jamie Smith-Williams, Keri Anne Socker, Tinamarie Sweet, Pamela Taylor, Katrina Thomas, Kristy Tyson, Brittany Washington, Velma Watson, Lenice White, Patricia Wideman, Mechelle Williams, Marsha Wilson, and Michelle Zimmerman.

Special awards will also

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be given during the evening including the annual Humanitarian Living Legacy Award given for community service. Proceeds from the

event will support female college bound students from a poverty background who will be enrolled in college or trade school by 2016.

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Nellie B. King is the President and Founder of Unlimited Possibilities Overcoming Poverty Ministry Inc. For Ticket Information call 835-9549.

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Beyond The Song: An Interview With Stellar Vocalist and Artist Deniece Williams

By Matt Bauer n Saturday, March 19, The Performing Arts Center at of his whole collaboration and Buffalo State’s Rockwell Hall will be abuzz with the it was a wonderful thing.” celestial vocals of the legendary Deniece Williams.

Stellar albums such as Song With a career now in its fourth decade, and such hallmarks as Bird, When Love Comes Call“Free,” “I‘ve Got The Next Dance,“ “Silly,” “It’s Gonna Take ing, My Melody and Niecy A Miracle,” and the 1984 smash “Let’s Hear It For The Boys,” cemented Williams’ presence Williams continues to be one of music’s truly distinguished and throughout the late 1970s and influential voices. early 1980s while her 1978 du“I was three years old on my back porch and my aunt heard ets album with Johnny Mathis me say, ‘we will now have a selection from Deniece,‘” recalls That’s What Friends Are For the artist born June Deniece Chandler on June 3, 1950 in Gary, holds a special place in the Indiana. It was her debut performance. “Then I stood up and hearts of fans of both artists sang this song and after the song she asked me if I would sing it with the number-one smash in church on Sunday. “ Too Much, Too Little, Too Late.

Developing her breathtaking four octave range and soprano “We were both very nervous,” voice which has influenced latter-generation artists Mariah she says of their initial meeting.

Carey and Jill Scott was an equally organic process.

“I was going in with a legend “Basically I mimicked my mom,” she explains .“ My mom and he had never sang a duet before. So it was very different for had a beautiful soprano voice. But she never sang in church or both of us. He showed up with a bottle of wine and afterward did anything publicly. She would be singing in the shower and the singing was great [laughs]. The collaboration was wonderful I would be outside listening to her; stealing all her little riffs and and the rest is history. He’s still someone I love very dearly. “ runs, so she was the person that I sound like the most.”

Continued Page 9 Williams studied nursing at Morgan State University in Baltimore before dropping out and recording a series of singles for the independent Toddlin’ Town and Lock labels. Her 1968 single, “Love Is Tears” eventually caught the ear of Stevie Wonder and by 1973 Williams was living in California and was part of Wonderlove, Stevie’s back-up band and singing background on Wonder’s landmark 1970’s albums such as Talking Book and Innervisions, while also gracing albums by Roberta Flack and Minnie Riperton, among others, with her singular vocals.

She would experience her own taste of the spotlight as a solo artist when one Maurice White was in the audience at a Stevie Wonder concert and caught Wonderlove’s warm-up act, in particular a song called “Free” which was co-written by Deniece and the other members of the group.

Produced by the late-Maurice White and the late-Charles Stepney, 1976’s This Is Neicy was an auspicious debut. Of the recently departed White, she recalls: “He was just an incredible musician and person. It’s been tremendous to have been a part

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* El-Hajj Malik Encore performance has been added for this Friday, March 11, 8 pm! Presented

by Ujima by N. R. Davidson; Directed by Lorna C. Hill:Alleyway’s Main Street Cabaret, 672 Main Street, $25 general • $20 seniors • $15 students;Ujima Company, Inc.,515 Main St., 142031712 Tickets: ujimacoinc. orgBox Office No.: 716-2810092 Administration, Subscriptions and Group sales.

Sales: 716-281-0093 - or -ujimacoinc@me.com *Diaab Entertainment presents Deniece Williams March 19,Buffalo State Performing Arts Center 8:00 pm. Ticket price: Reserved Seating VIP $65, $45, $40,Tickets available at the Rockwell Hall Box Office Hours Monday –Friday 9:00 -5:00pm-Friday 9:00 am-5:00 pmWebsite: www. buffalostatepac.org Email: @ rhpac@Buffalostate.edubuffalostate.edu Phone: 716-8783005 or Doris Records at 716 -883-2410.

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DENIECE WILLIAMS continued An across the board smash that topped the Pop and R&B charts “Let’s Hear It For The Boy” still echoes from sporting events and parties to this day. Yet “Black Butterfly” holds a more renowned and poignant significance as an anthem for African-Americans. “I was in the studio with George Duke and he said there was a song that someone sent to me and you have to hear it. I always trusted George’s instinct so I knew it was something special. And it was something that I had to sing⎯the message behind it of encouragement and strength and it’s become something very special to a lot of people for many years.”

On her own unique and uncompromising path, Williams followed Let’s Hear It For The Boy with her first full length Gospel effort, 1986’s Grammy-winning So Glad I Know and continued recording inspirational music until her 2007 release Love, Neicy

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Planning to record a jazz album later this year, Deniece Williams remains not just a remarkable singer but a vital artist.

“I think that some artists like myself who have done different things, it’s difficult for

some people to pigeon hole us. But I’ve just been true to the art. I’ve found out some time ago, that I’m not just a singer. I’m an artist and the artists follows their passion and things that are in their heart. So I’ve been able to do R&B, Pop, Gospel and be very successful at it. With the right musicians and right producer, I feel that this jazz project is also going to be something special and something that people are going to love. “

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East Delavan Branch Library NEWS

AUTHOR JAMES BALDWIN’S WRITINGS TOPIC OF FREE LIBRARY SERIES

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he Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Branch Library, 1324 Jefferson Ave., Buffalo, presents a series of discussions based on James Baldwin’s writings on America beginning Tuesday, March 22.

To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the publication of James Baldwin’s powerful first collection of essays, Notes of a Native Son, the Library will host the series of discussions, each focusing on one or more of the author’s works. According to the New York Council for the Humanities, more than any other American author, Baldwin speaks to both the promise and failures of American democracy. With this new reading and discussion program, the Council aims to provide citizens throughout New York State the opportunity to engage in substantive conversations about race and American society through Baldwin’s writings.

Dr. Erika D. Gault, assistant professor, Social Sciences, Hilbert College, will facilitate the discussions. It is recommended that attendees complete the Baldwin readings, available at the Library, prior to each session.

Session 1: The Use of the Past (Tuesday, March 22nd, 6:00-7:30 PM) Reading to be discussed: The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin Session 2: The Danger of Innocence (Tuesday, March 29th, 6:00-7:30 PM) Readings to be discussed: The White Man’s Guilt by James Baldwin; Stranger in the Village by James Baldwin Session 3: The Difficulty of Realizing Equality and Freedom (Tuesday, April 5th, 6:00-7:30 PM) Readings to be discussed: The American Dream and the American Negro by James Baldwin; Another Country by James Baldwin Session 4: The Urgency of Addressing Injustice Now, or, What Will it Take to Change America (Tuesday, April 19th 6:00-7:30 PM) Readings to be discussed: Fifth Avenue Uptown by James Baldwin; Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin The program is supported by a grant from the New York Council for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Opting out of the High Stakes Tests Game

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number of you have asked why I am so adamantly opposed to testing. The answer is that I am not opposed to testing. As a public school teacher and adjunct professor I gave plenty of tests to my students. Tests, to determine knowledge attainment, assess intellectual ability and diagnose student learning needs, are part of the educational landscape.

My opposition however, is to high stakes; one-size fits all standardized tests that purportedly evaluate student learning but are also used as a comparative instrument of “accountability”, the bureaucratic euphemism that bases individual student and school achievement as well as school district achievement on a common exam.

Over the last decade the NY State Education Department instituted an annual testing ritual, to comply with the Federal Barbara Seals government’s No Child Left Behind legisNevergold lation. Hundreds of thousands of children in grades 3-8 take these standardized tests in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math. The results contribute to a system that labels students, their schools and their school districts according to the final scores obtained. The labels have changed over the years, but at the lower end of the scale, whether the term is “failing”, “in need of improvement”, “priority”, “struggling” or “persistently struggling” the stigma of failure and incompetence is difficult to overcome. The high stakes nature of these tests is compounded by the use of student scores as a percentage of the matrix that determines teacher and principal evaluations.

In 2012, the State adopted the Common Core State Standards and created new high stakes tests aligned with the CCSS. The new tests seemed to be designed to fail students. In fact, the State Education Department predicted in 2013 that there would be a high failure rate on the new Common Core ELA and Math tests because of changes in the curriculum and the tests. The outcome has been disastrous. Results are reported on a 4 point scale, with a score of 3 or 4 considered to be proficient. In 2013, the percentage of students deemed to be proficient, statewide was ELA 31.1% and Math 31.1%. In spite of reassurances from SED officials, scores for subsequent years showed little improvement. The 2014 ELA scores declined to 30.6% while Math scores showed a slight increase, 36.2%. 2015 results remained dismal with ELA at 31.3% and Math at 38.1%.

If these results are not enough to raise concerns about the validity of these tests and their usefulness in providing an accurate measure of a child’s ability in reading and math, several other issues have been identified as problematic. The tests are not diagnostic and even if they were the results are returned too late to be used to individualize instruction. Children’s developmental needs are not considered in this testing scenario. ALL children in a grade level, including special needs children and children who have limited English language ability, are given the same tests. The failure to address this diversity has contributed to test results that adversely impact children and schools especially in urban districts with greater populations of English Language Learners, students with disabilities and children living in poverty.

The legitimacy of Common Core aligned tests, in particular, has been questioned. Parents and teachers were alarmed when they examined sample test questions and found that the reading level, in many instances, was two to three years above grade level. It also appears that the tests are deliberately designed to confuse students by offering alternative answers that are plausible while the “correct” answer is obfuscated. Errors have been discovered in the tests and some adults who have taken them have stories to tell about their own struggles to discern correct responses. Parents and educators have cited numerous problems with the inordinate amount of time spent on test prep, which limits students’ exposure to the arts, physical education and even subjects such as history and science. Parents also

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complained about the test anxiety that some students experience related to the stress of taking hours-long timed tests over a six-day period.

State Education leaders were slow to listen or respond to the concerns, complaints and observations of parents and educators until they organized a massive statewide test refusal campaign. Last year the Opt-Out movement resulted in the refusal of nearly a quarter million students (1/5 of New York’s student population) to take the ELA and Math standardized tests. Even Governor Cuomo heard the concerns and appointed the Common Core Task Force to examine the standards implementation and the standardized tests and curriculum aligned with them.

In December that committee issued a report that recommended 21 changes, half related to standardized tests. The final recommendation proposed “Until the new system is fully phased in, the results from assessments aligned to the current Common Core Standards, as well as the updated standards, shall only be advisory and not be used to evaluate the performance of individual teachers or students.” The Task Force’s recommendations were accepted by the Regents. This moratorium is supposed to be in place effectively until 2019.

Given these developments, one would think that we could expect relief from the insanity of high stakes testing. But, that is not the case. This year, the ELA/Math testing continues with minor changes. Commissioner Elia is shortening the tests by eliminating a few questions. However, the tests will remain the same as those constructed over the last three years. An accommodation is being made to give students as much time as they need to complete the test, which may actually add more stress for some students. The bottom line is that little has changed.

Our children are still be subjected to needless and meaningless testing.

For these reasons, the Opt Out Movement continues. On March 12th, you’re invited and urged to attend a forum to learn more about how this movement is geared to protect our children from needless and questionable testing. Buffalo State College – 12:30pm; Buffalo State College - Classroom Building C-122. It’s not too late to Refuse the Test!

PAUL WOODS VETERAN continued say Happy 93nd Birthday Daddy Paul Woods- WWII Vet, Dad, Granddad, Christian role model.He is a father of 15 children, a grandfather to 21 children and a great grandfather to 22..

Mr. Paul woods is a World War II veteran who fought in the Pacific Theater earning 3 Bronze Stars and a Liberation of the Philippines medal. At Prince of Peace COGIC he is grand pop to all including Pastor Harris. He has been honored by the Erie County Legislature, the Common Council of the City of Buffalo, the Mayor of the City of Buffalo, Mayor of the Village of Angola, the U.S. Congressman Brian Higgins, U.S. Senator Gillibrand, Governor Cuomo for his WWII military service, his 33 years at the Bethlehem Steel Plant, for 59 year of marriage, and by NYS as Foster Parent of the year for raising foster children. His children gave him his flowers while Mr. Woods could still smell them.

The County Buffet on Sheridan was the site of the celebration with cake and decorations A wonderful time was had by all.

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ity for the people of Africa’s Nile Valley. The sixty-seven year reign of Ramses the Great was for Kmt an era of general prosperity, stable government and extensive building projects.

An¬cient deities like Ptah, Re and Set were elevated to high status. The adoration of Amen was restored and his priests reinstated. Major wars were fought with the Libyans, Hittites and their allies. Wondrous temples from Nubia to the Egyp¬tian Delta were carved out of the naked cliffs. Splendid tombs in the hills of western Waset and Abydos were constructed, renovated and beautified. The new Egyptian city of Pi-Ramses made its impressive debut.

Ramses was deified in his own lifetime, and through the unrelenting projec¬tion of his own incomparable personality made the name Ramses, the Son of Amen-Re, synonymous with kingship for centuries. Ramses II was truly great. He was the towering figure of his age and established the models and set the standards that others used to rule by.

The Eastside Community Finally Gets A Win!

By Legislator Betty Jean Grant

Imagine my surprise and delight when I opened one of the local newspapers a few days ago and saw that the management of the Johnnie B. Wiley Sports Complex on Jefferson Ave and Best Street was getting $1.8 million dollars to repair, renovate and otherwise spruce up one of our community’s gems that has been neglected and abandoned for so many years. Now, imagine my reaction when I found out that the money was secured from New York State’s Dormitory Authority and that the funds were lobbied for by no other than our mayor, Byron W. Brown!

I am guessing but I believe many of you are smirking behind your hands because you know how critical I have been regarding Mayor Brown and what I believed was his lack of advocacy for certain parts of the city, especially the eastside of Buffalo. When one look at Jefferson Ave, Fillmore/Broadway, Bailey Ave, East Delavan Ave., Genesee Street and even East Ferry Street, it is easy to see why I have been so firm in my dissatisfaction of the condition of our community and the absence of a stated Plan to turn these streets around.

The renovation of the Johnnie B. Wiley Stadium will do a lot for Jefferson Ave. and the surrounding area. With Council President/ Councilmember Darius Pridgen involvement, we had festive, Christmas lights and garland decorations on Jefferson Ave for the first time since the early 2000s, when the late, Council Member-at-Large Beverly A. Gray was in office.

Councilmember Pridgen also made it possible for the new Marquee installation at the Apollo Communication Center. Those

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two initiatives, over the Christmas holiday period, did much to bolster the spirits and expectation of the people that finally, Jefferson Ave was getting the resources and attention it so desperately needs. And, with the eastside being literally shut out of the Better Buffalo Fund due to it being a competitive grant or loan process, the complexity in even applying for the funds, the 50/50 match, and the short time frame (must apply

by March 28, 2016), it is a safe bet that the business owners on Jefferson will be locked out of benefitting from the Buffalo Billions/Better Buffalo Fund, once again.

Now, back to the subject that caused me to write this article; my mother told me to always be honest, loyal, brave, wise, loving and to give credit where and when credit is due.

So, I shall say now for all to read: “Thank you, Mayor Byron W. Brown, for making sure that the children and young people of Buffalo will have a beautifully renovated stadium in the midst of our community to enjoy for years to come.”

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids for Project No. M3057-E, for Electrical Work, Rehabilitate Electrical System, Buildings 62, 63, 64, Collins Correctional Facility, Middle Road, Collins, (Erie County), NY, will be received by the Office of General Services (OGS), Design & Construction Group (D&C), Contract Administration, 35th Fl., Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12242, on behalf of the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, when they will be publicly opened and read. Each bid must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders and must be accompanied by a certified check, bank check, or bid bond in the amount of $22,100 for E. All successful bidders on a multiple trade project or the successful bidder with a bid over $200,000 on a single trade project, will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Labor and Material Bond in the statutory form of public bonds required by Sections 136 and 137 of the State Finance Law, each for 100% of the amount of the Contract estimated to be between $250,000 and $500,000 for E. The requirement for Labor and Material and Performance Bonds may be waived on a bid under $200,000 on a single trade project.

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The only time prospective bidders will be allowed to visit the job site will be at 10:00 a.m. on March 10, 2016 at OGS Gowanda Field Office, 14312 Taylor Hollow Road, Gowanda, NY. Phone the office of Kim Himes, (716) 532-5151 a minimum of 72 hours in advance. It is the policy of the State and the Office of General Services to encourage meaningful minority business enterprise participation in this project by contractors, subcontractors and suppliers who perform commercially useful functions under the Contract, and all bidders are expected to cooperate in implementing this policy.

The Bidding and Contract Documents for this Project are available on compact disc (CD) only, and may be obtained for an $8.00 deposit per set, plus a $2.00 per set shipping and handling fee. Contractors and other interested parties can order CD’s on-line through a secure web interface available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Please use the following link at the OGS website for ordering and payment instructions: http://www.ogs.ny.gov/bu/dc/esb/acquirebid.asp.

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NOTICE OF SOLICITATION OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) FOR QUALIFIED ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FIRMS (RIVIERA THEATRE EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, 67 WEBSTER STREET, NORTH TONAWANDA, NY 14120)

Sealed bids for qualified engineering and architectural design firms to begin design process will be received until 4:00pm EST (MARCH 30, 2016) at

the (RIVIERA THEATRE, 67 WEBSTER STREET, NORTH TONAWANDA, NY 14120) (Attn: Gary J.

Rouleau). Each bid must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the Bidding and Contract Documents and must have a minimum of 5 years successful experience in completion of similar projects for State, National or locally registered landmarks.

The Riviera Theatre was awarded monies from NYS Empire State Development and was identified as a regional economic priority project in the 2015 Consolidated Funding Application.

Consistent with projects utilizing public funds, the expansion project will be required to meet certain terms and conditions set out by the funding agencies. This includes, and is not limited to M/ WBE participation requirements further described in the RFP. Effective (February 26, 2016) Bid Documents may be obtained and/or examined free of charge online at www.lumbercitydc. com.

If you have questions please contact Gary J. Rouleau at RIVIERA THEATRE in writing at grouleau@rivieratheatre.org by 4:00 PM EST on March 11, 2016.

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The Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority will receive sealed bids for BMHA Job #16-03-CF, General Construction Site Work at LaSalle Courts and Kelly Gardens. The Prebid Conference will be held on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 10:00 AM local time, with all potential bidders assembled at the Capital Improvements & Development Office, 320 Perry Street, Buffalo, New York 14204; the project walk-through may be held/ scheduled after the meeting.. Sealed bids will be received until 3:00 PM, local time, Thursday, April 14, 2016 at the Capital Improvements Office, 320 Perry Street, Buffalo, New York 14204. Bids received after the stated time will not be accepted. Bids will be opened and publicly read aloud immediately after specified closing time. All bid forms must be filled out and returned. Sets of contract documents may only be obtained at the Capital Improvements Office at 320 Perry Street, with a deposit of $100 per set.

Only certified company checks, bank checks or money orders made payable to the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority will be accepted. This deposit is refundable upon return of complete sets of documents within 14 calendar days after the bid opening. Failure to comply with this time limit will constitute forfeiture of the deposit.

The BMHA reserves the right to reject any bid, which fails to conform to the essential items, required by the contract documents and to reject any and/or all bids submitted.

Dated: March 16, 2016

LEGAL NOTICE Bids NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids for the project entitled, Town of Clarence Police/ Courts Project – for the following prime contracts; GC – Police/Courts: General/Site Construction Contract MC – Police/Courts: Mechanical HVAC Construction Contract EC – Police/Courts: Electrical Construction Contract PC – Police/Courts: Plumbing Construction Contract

will be received by the Town Clerk in the Town Clerk’s office in the Clarence Town Hall, Clarence, New York on or before 10:00am local time on the 7th day of April, 2016 at which time they will be opened and read aloud in the Council Chambers, Clarence Town Hall, One Town Place, Clarence, New York.

Each Bidder is instructed that at the time of bid submission as described above, each bid shall be submitted in a sealed enveloped that is clearly marked with one of the 4 prime contract names also referenced above.

If a bidder intends to submit bids for more than one prime contract, each bid proposal must be submitted in separate sealed envelopes, each with the appropriate prime contract name clearly marked.

Plans and specifications may be obtained or examined at the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Clarence between the hours of 8:30am and 4:30pm daily except Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays.

A deposit of $100.00 per set is required (two (2) checks $50.00 each). Bidders will receive a refund of the entire deposit upon returning plans and specifications in good condition within (30) days of the bid award; nonbidders will be refunded onehalf of the deposit upon return of such plans and specifications in good condition within thirty (30) days following the award of the contract.

A Pre-Bid meeting for interested Bidders is scheduled for March 24th, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. in the Council Chambers, Clarence Town Hall, One Town Place, Clarence, New York.

Bidders shall be aware that the Town of Clarence encourages the participation of minority and women owned business enterprises construction, supplier, equipment, and other related services.

Proposals shall be made and received upon the following conditions: Each proposal must be accompanied by the deposit of a certified check, payable to the order of the Town of Clarence, for a sum equal to five percentum (5%) of the total amount of the bid, or a bid bond with sufficient sureties in a penal sum equal to five percentum (5%) of such total bid amount, conditioned that if the proposal is accepted, the successful bidder will enter into a contract for the work, and that they will execute within fifteen (15) days from the date of the acceptance of the proposal, a suitable security bond in the amount of the contract, conditioned for the faithful and prompt performance and completion of the work specified in the con-

tract.

No bidder may withdraw their bid within (60) calendar days after the actual date of the opening thereof.

It is the responsibility of each Bidder to establish themselves as an ‘eligible’ Bidder. In addition to other provisions set forth in the bid documents, each Bidder is required to understand that to be considered an ‘eligible’ Bidder, a Bidder must secure at least one set of bidding documents from the Town Clerk as previously described. Electronic copies of bidding documents will be made available at the Construction Exchange of Buffalo & WNY, Inc., 2660 William Street, Cheektowaga, New York 14227 for the additional convenience of bidders.

Again, all Bidders are advised that no bid can be considered ‘eligible’ at the time of submission unless that bidder is registered as a bid document holder at the Town Clerk’s office and secured at least one set of bid documents.

Each bidder’s attention is called to the General Municipal Law, which requires a bidder’s Certificate of Non-Collusion, copies of such certificates are part of the proposal form and unless complied with, the bid will not be accepted.

All deposits except that of the successful bidder will be returned.

Upon acceptance of their bid, if the successful bidder fails to enter into a contract pursuant to the requirements of the Board, or fails to give further security prescribed in this notice, with the time limited therein, then the check deposited as aforesaid and the moneys standing to the credit of same, shall be forfeited to the Town as liquidated damages, or the payment of the bond enforced for the benefit of the Town. The Town of Clarence reserves the right to waive informalities in or to reject any and all bids.

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF CLARENCE, ERIE COUNTY, NEW YORK

Date: March 9th, 2016 Nancy C. Metzger, Town Clerk

LEGAL NOTICE RFP REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS The NFTA is issuing this Request for Proposals (RFP) for LRRT – Rail and Tunnel State of good Repair (SGR), Project No. 30LU1606.

Proposals are due by 3:00 PM on April 5, 2016. www. nftaengineering.com

LEGAL NOTICE BIDS INVITATION TO BID

The NFTA is soliciting bids for Project No. 11BA1513, BNIA - Exterior Site Lighting Upgrade - Air Cargo, Bid No. E-521 on March 29, 2016. www.nftaengineering.com

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LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT OF THE SUPREME COURT - COUNTY STATE OF NEW YORK COUNOF ERIE TY OF ERIE Plaintiff designates BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., ERIE as the place of trial situs of Plaintiff(s), the real property SUPPLEMENAgainst TAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Index No.: 806360/14 Premises: 17 CAMP STREET MARQUITA JONES AS BUFFALO, NY 14204 Section: ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE 111.33 Block: 4 Lot: 39.12 INESTATE OF LINDA A. JONES, DEX NO. 810575/2015 FEDET AL., ERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE Defendant(s).

ASSOCIATION ("FANNIE Pursuant to a Judgment of Fore- MAE"), A CORPORATION ORclosure and Sale, duly entered GANIZED AND EXISTING UNin the Erie County Clerk’s Of- DER THE LAWS OF THE UNITfice on 1/12/2016, I, the under- ED STATES OF AMERICA, signed Referee will sell at public Plaintiff, vs. EMMANUEL J. auction at First Floor Alcove of CURRY, AS HEIR AND DISErie County Hall, 92 Franklin St., TRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE Buffalo, NY on 3/22/2016 at 1:00 OF ERNIE V. CURRY; ERNIE PM, premises known as 231 J. CURRY, AS HEIR AND DISGarfield Ave, Angola, NY 14006, TRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE and described as follows: OF ERNIE V. CURRY; MARKEL ALL that certain plot, piece or CURRY, AS HEIR AND DISparcel of land, with the build- TRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE ings and improvements thereon OF ERNIE V. CURRY; MARerected, situate, lying and being TIN CURRY, SR., AS HEIR in the Town of Evans, County AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE of Erie, and State of New York, ESTATE OF ERNIE V. CURRY, and designated on the tax maps any and all persons unknown to of the Erie County Treasurer as plaintiff, claiming, or who may Section 250.09, Block 2 and Lot claim to have an interest in, or 9. general or specific lien upon The approximate amount of the real property described in the current Judgment lien is this action; such unknown per$82,040.91 plus interest and sons being herein generally costs. The premises will be described and intended to be sold subject to provisions of included in the following desigthe aforesaid Judgment of nation, namely: the wife, widow, Foreclosure and Sale; Index husband, widower, heirs at law, #806360/14. next of kin, descendants, execIf the sale is set aside for any utors, administrators, devisees, reason, the Purchaser at the legatees, creditors, trustees, sale shall be entitled only to a committees, lienors, and asreturn of the deposit paid. The signees of such deceased, any Purchaser shall have no further and all persons deriving interest recourse against the Mortgagor, in or lien upon, or title to said the Mortgagee or the Mortgag- real property by, through or unees attorney. der them, or either of them, and Timothy R. LoVallo, Esq., their respective wives, widows, Referee. husbands, widowers, heirs at Leopold & Associates, PLLC, 80 law, next of kin, descendants, Business Park Drive, Suite 110, executors, administrators, deviArmonk, NY 10504 sees, legatees, creditors, trustDated: 2/2/2016 GMH ees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; BUFFALO NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION CORPORATION; CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA) NA; HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION III; MICHAEL WEINER, COMMISSIONER OF THE ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES; VELOCITY INVESTMENTS LLC D/B/A FIRST USA BANK; UNIFUND CCR PARTNERS ASSIGNEE OF FIRST USA BANK; CACV OF COLORADO LLC; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, "JOHN DOE #1" through "JOHN DOE #12," the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claim-

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ing an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff's Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $87,843.00 and interest, recorded on March 12, 1999, at Liber 12830 Page 5741, of the Public Records of ERIE County, New York, covering premises known as 17 CAMP STREET BUFFALO, NY 14204.

The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. ERIE County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. 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 on 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 a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the 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. Dated: January 29, 2016 RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: DANIEL GREENBAUM, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106 Westbury, NY 11590 (516) 2807675

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EM P LOY M EN T Construction Workers Wanted

Assistant Professor The Mathematics Department at Buffalo State, State University of New York, seeks candidates for the position of Assistant Professor (tenure-track).

For a full job description and to apply: https://jobs.buffalostate.edu.

Buffalo State is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and committed to respect for diversity and individual differences.

Cleaning Vacancies The Housing Office at SUNY Buffalo State seeks full-time temporary personnel to assist with summer cleaning of the residence halls. Must be able to begin employment May 9, 2016 and work through August 26, 2016. Shift is Monday–Friday, 7:00am– 3:30pm. Hourly rate - $13.09, 40 hour work week. Prior experience preferred.

Working knowledge of cleaning substances, ability to follow verbal and written directions, stand for long periods of time, perform medium to heavy manual labor, use cleaning equipment and products, climb ladders.

Barbers Wanted

Looking for barbers with great customer service, good barbering skills and prepared to join a barber family. Weekly chairrental available. NYS barber license preferred.

Applicants are encouraged to apply via the on-line recruitment process. Applications are available at: https://jobs.buffalostate.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=51195.

Paper applications are available at http://hr.buffalostate.edu/employment.

Paper applications should be mailed to SUNY Buffalo State, Human Resource Management, Cleveland Hall 403, 1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14222. All applications must be received no later than April 8, 2016. NO PHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Call Andre at

716-465-0061

Chairs Available Today!

Buffalo State is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and committed to respect for diversity and individual differences.

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RADNEY’S SPORTS UPDATE

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It’s a Wrap!!! NFL 2016 Season Begins!

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Niagara Falls Housing Authority Presents 16th Annual Male Summit Focus is on Creating Positive Momentum for ‘At-Risk’ Teens

(Niagara Falls, NY) The Doris W. Jones Family Resource Building of the Niagara Falls Housing Authority is excited to present its 16th Annual Male Summit. This free event will take place on Friday, March 18th from 8:30 AM until 2:00 PM at 3001 Ninth Street. This 2016 theme is REAL TALK… Preparing Males for LIFE and the keynote speaker is former NFL player James Trapp, who is currently the Assistant Director of Player Engagement and team chaplain for the Buffalo Bills.

The Male Summit is an interactive educational event where young men, ages 12-19, are encouraged by professional and personal reflections and dialog about issues such as sexuality, spirituality, education, employment, and establishing a male network for success.

This event will also include a FREE LUNCH for all who attend.“The success of this summit continues to grow each year, said Eric Fields, Resource Supervisor and Program Facilitator. The young men are given a chance to have a positive voice and spend a day with positive men who enjoy sharing their personal and professional stories with them.”

This event is co-sponsored by the United Way and NF City School District.

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GIRLS Sports Foundation Inc. Annual Female Basketball Showcase

Are you ready to showcase your basketball skills? Get your teams now!

On Saturday March 26, the GIRLS Sports Foundation Inc. will hold their 4th Annual WNBA Female Basketball Showcase Fundraiser at St. Mary’s School for the Deaf, 2253 Main Street in Buffalo. The Showcase begins at 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. All ages are welcome to play in a fun filled day of great basketball games, concessions, raffles , prizes, music special guest appearances and more! You may register on the day of the event between 8-9 a.m. Cost per player is $5 and spectators admission fee is $3. For more info go to www.gsfwny.org or contact Cecelie Owens 716 931 2180 or Dierra Jenkins 716 715-1877.

Call 855-2114 ext 123 for an application a K -8, tuition free, public charter school centrally located in downtown Buffalo.

Features include: Smaller classes, Leader in Me Program, Spanish, Computers, Gym, Theatre, and Art, Special Education, ESL services, Free Before/ After School Programs, and extended day/year.

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Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Roswell Park Career Development and Community Education

By David Clarence Scott, Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Roswell Park Cancer Institute

It has been said that when one neighbor helps another, we strengthen our communities. Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) is dedicated to being a good neighbor by building a strong, diverse workforce and reducing health care disparities among low-income and underserved groups.

Diverse Workforce The Office of Diversity and Inclusion at Roswell Park offers career and business development programs, including • Community Career Development workshops to help with resume writing, interviewing and networking skills • Partnerships with local businesses, including women- and minority-owned businesses, to keep the economy growing in Buffalo

Cancer Health Disparities Roswell Park offers community-based cancer prevention and information services to meet the needs of those most at risk for cancer.

• Buffalo/Niagara Witness Project, a church and community-based program to increase awareness of breast and cervical cancer in black women • Men Allied for the Need to Understand Prostate Cancer (MAN UP), a prostate cancer education program For more information, please visit www.roswellpark.org or call 1-877-ASK-RPCI (1-877-275-7724). For information on partnering with RPCI or the Community Career Development workshops, call 716-845-4567.

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Wednesday March 9

Thursday March 10

Khametic Ascendants: 9-10 a.m. & 12:30 a.m. (after midnight), Channel 20.

Harriet Tubman Rally and March 4 p.m. E. Utica/Main Street intersection rally/ march/caravan down Main Street; sponsored by We Are Women Warriors.

The Durham Central City Baby Café: every Wed. and Thurs. 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. 200 E. Eagle. Dinner free! 8856348.

Line Dance Fitness For Seniors: Hustle For Health at the Gloria J Parks Community Center 3242 Main St 11am - 12pm age 50+ FREE Instructor Phyllis Caver 716 832 -1010 www.

HustleForHealth.com Thursday March 10 * Legislator Barbara MillerWilliams HEAP Workshop: 422 Pratt Street, 10 am - 2 pm. All applicants will be interviewed. (716) 8420490 or e-mail bmw@erie. gov or the HEAP Hotline at (716) 858-7644.

LEGAL NOTICE RFP COUNTY OF ERIE DEPT. OF SENIOR SERVICES 9 5 FRANKLIN STREET BUFFALO, NY 14202

County of Erie, New York Request For Proposals The Erie County Department of Senior Services is seeking proposals from qualified community organizations to conduct public education and outreach services. The RFP# 1611VF can be found at: http://www.erie. gov and a complete copy of the package can be obtained by contacting Christine McKenzie at 716-858-6046.

All correspondence, communications and/or contact with the County in regard to any aspect of this proposal shall be with Commissioner Randall Hoak.

Prospective proponents, or their representatives, shall not make contact with or communicate with any representatives of the County, including employees and consultants, other than the designated person in regard to any aspect of this proposal.

Final sealed proposals are due to the Department of Senior Services at 95 Franklin St, Rm 1329 Buffalo, NY 14202 by 12:00 pm (EST) on April 11, 2016.

Erie County reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and waive any informality.

Randall Hoak Commissioner of Erie County Department of Senior Services

Morehouse College Glee Club in Concert: 7 PM, First Shiloh Baptist Church, 15 Pine Street. Donation $20.

Free Legal Advice Clinic: free of charge and open to the public. Our Lady of Hope Church corner of Lafayette and Grant. 4:30 to 6:30 pm Ruben Santiago-Hudson Film Festival: “Shaft” hosted

by Global Conceprs cheater School, 168 Roland Ave., Lackawanna, cclark@globalccs.org Saturday March 12 NASH HOUSE MUSEUM CELEBRATES MUSEUM DAY LIVE! Presentation at 12:30 and 1:30Program is Free. Tour of the Nash House Museum follows presentation; 36 NASH STREET. Also The Colored Musicians Club and WUFO will offer tours from 11am to 4pm. For more info 716-856-4490.

“You Don’t Know My Story” Breakfast Symposium in honor of Women’s History Month: 9 a.m. – 12 noon, Elim Community Corp.

70 Chalmers Avenue; $15 adults, $10 youth under 16; 848-0515 or 912-7705.

League of Women Voters Training Workshop: Citizen Lobbying, 9:30-11:30 am; Harlem Road Community Center, 4255 Harlem Road; 716-986-4898.

Monday March 14 African Consciousness Workshop: 6-7:45 p.m., Merriweather Library; Jefferson @ Utica every Monday; public invited.

Wednesday March 16 “Do Black & Brown Lives Really Matter”: 5:30- 7:30 p.m., Merriweather Library, hosted by We Are Women Warriors.

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Dr. Cash is Guest on “The Truth” Buffalo School Superintendent Kriner Cash will be the guest on “The Truth and Nothing but The Truth So Help Us God” radio talk show hosted by Sam Herbert on Tuesday, March 22 from 9:30-10 a.m. The show, which airs on WUFO 1080 Radio is currently celebrating its first year on the air. Be sure to tune in!

Wednesday March 16 Khametic Ascendants: 9-10 a.m. & 12:30 a.m. (after midnight), Channel 20.

The Durham Central City Baby Café: every Wed. and Thurs. 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. 200 E. Eagle. Dinner free! 8856348.

Line Dance Fitness For Seniors: Hustle For Health at the Gloria J Parks Community Center 3242 Main St 11am - 12pm age 50+ FREE Instructor Phyllis Caver 716 832 -1010 www.

HustleForHealth.com Public Meeting Notice: Board of the Westminster Community Charter School 3 p.m M&T Bank, One M&T Plaza - 19th Floor.

Friday March 18 The University at Buffalo Educational Opportunity Center Annual Women’s Conference, ‘Preparation Meets Opportunity: A Woman’s Pathway to Success: 8 am-3 pm UBEOC, 555 Ellicott Street. 716-645-1917.

Saturday March 19 Unique Sisters Annual Fundraiser Rummage Dinner sale: 3 – 7 p.m. at M.S.T. 666 Delavan Ave. $10 Rib/Fish/ Chicken dinners. Info contact Miss Jackson 716 948 4275 or Miss Diamond 716 308-8134.

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*Every city 4-year-old is eligible for free Pre-K classes. Space for 3-year-olds is limited and restrictions apply.