Challenger Community News September 7, 2016

CHALLENGER

SERVING BUFFALO, ROCHESTER, NIAGARA FALLS AND SURROUNDING AREAS

September 7, 2016 • FREE www.thechallengernews.com

Rev. Jesse Jackson

”BLACKS HAVE PLENTY TO LOSE WITH TRUMP!”

Baba Eng Attikkka: Shut it Down!

PG. 11

PG. 4

Making Union History HONORED

LOCAL

Lillion Batchelor

Contemplative Garden Dedicated at Historic Broderick Park

PG. 3

PG. 16

INSIDE ROCHESTER

Justin Myers

Mama Holt

Receives Presidential Greeting on 99th Birthday!

PG. 7

Is RABJ Future Journalist Scholarship Winner PG. 2

The Pitch:

$20,000 Business Competition For Minority And Women-Owned Small Businesses Launched

PG. 7

INSIDE ROCHESTER

Reaching Our Community (ROC) HUB Grand Opening and First Annual Health Fair from the community, local insurance companies, and many others. There will be tours of the newly renovated facilities and opportunities to participate exercise classes and experience services offered by the five organizations. For further information, please contact Dr. Tammy Butler-Fluit by phone (585-355-0440) or by email: ROCHUB14608@ gmail.com.

SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS!

Free. Fun. For their future!

If your child turns 3 or 4 by Dec. 1, enroll them in Rochester Pre-K today!*

HO

R

HESTE OC

CI T Y SC

On Friday, September 9th, Mayor Lovely Warren, along with other Rochester city officials, will attend the ribbon cutting ceremony for the grand opening of the ROC (Reaching Our Community) HUB located at 228/232 South Plymouth Avenue from 12:30pm – 2:00pm. ROC HUB is an innovative consortium of African Americanowned independent businesses and nonprofit organizations conveniently and centrally located to provide Rochester community residents access to physical, social, emotional, and economic health.

The entities located within the HUB include: •Exercise Express, LLC •Health Reach Plus, LLC •Me Time Massage & Wellness •Rent Now ROC •Rochester/Monroe Recovery Network •Samaritan Center of Excellence The health fair will follow the grand opening on Saturday, September 10th from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm with 30 vendors

September is Hunger Action Month, and Rochester Foodlink will join the Feeding America network of food banks to raise awareness of its campaign, and inspire people to take action against hunger this month.

Throughout the month, Foodlink and Feeding America will be asking supporters to raise awareness by considering how it might feel to live with an empty stomach, and to use social media in the fight against hunger.

A pair of printable, empty plates with fill-in-the-blank statements are available on the organization’s website.

They read: “On an empty stomach I can’t _________.” and “But I can _______ to help end hunger.”

The organization is asking participants to fill in the blanks, take a photo, and share the images on social media, with the hashtags #HungerActionMonth and @foodlinkny.

In addition, Foodlink’s “Fill the Bus Food Drive” will take place at local Wegmans supermarkets from Sept. 9 to Sept. 24, which will allow shoppers to donate to the organization’s BackPack Program, and provide food for children on weekends, when they may not have access to school meals, officials from the group stated.

Foodlink will also hold its largest fundraiser, the Festival of Food, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m, Sept. 19, at the city of Rochester’s Public Market.

Tickets are currently on sale at www.foodlinkny.org, and at Wegmans.

More than 48 million Americans, including 15 million children, are considered food-insecure, meaning their households, at times, lack access to an adequate supply of nutritious food.

RI C T

T

he Rochester Association of Black Journalists has awarded its 2016 Wyoma Best Scholarship for Future Journalists to Justin Myers, who graduated in June from Webster Thomas High School. The presentation was made recently at the WXXI Public Broadcasting Studios on State Street.

Justin will be a freshman at St. Bonaventure University in Allegany, New York with a major in journalism and mass communications. Upon graduation, he plans to become a television sports journalist with the ultimate goal of landing a job as an anchor for a television station.

Justin Myers is an outstanding young man who has all of the qualities to be an excellent college student and a future leader. “We are very proud he is our 2016 Wyoma Best Scholarship for Future Journalists winner” says President Justin Myers Richard McCollough.

In 2005, RABJ created the $500 scholarship in honor of Wyoma Best, Rochester’s first black female television reporter, anchor and talk show host. The scholarship is to assist a deserving student majoring in, or planning to major in, a field of study leading to a career in print or broadcast journalism.

In order to be considered for RABJ’s Wyoma Best Scholarship for Future Journalists, a student must complete an application, submit a written essay on a topic chosen by RABJ, and demonstrate the qualities of good citizenship, and commitment to advancing the public’s understanding of issues faced by people of color via the media.

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

Awareness Campaign for Hunger Action Month Launched by Foodlink

ST

Meyers Is RABJ Scholarship For Future Journalists Winner

Challenger Community News • www.thechallengernews.com • September 7, 2016

R

2

I OL D

• Six-hour daily programs—classes start September 7 • Healthy breakfast and lunch • Language, social and self-help skills to be ready for school • Educational field trips • Indoor/outdoor play and naptime • Free monthly RTS bus passes for parents • Available at schools and community agencies across the city

262-8140 | www.rcsdk12.org/prek *Every city 4-year-old is eligible for free Pre-K classes. Space for 3-year-olds is limited and restrictions apply.

3

Challenger Community News • www.thechallengernews.com •September 7, 2016

AREA BRIEFS Local Author Heading to Washington, D.C. Willie A. Price, formerly of Buffalo and now residing in Niagara Falls, NY , is a self-published author of several publications ranging from Black History to Self-Awareness to Real Estate and Property Management. He will be one of the featured authors at the Congressional Black Caucus Conference being held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Mr. Price and his publications, which are available on Amazon.com will be highlighted in the Authors Pavilion on Thursday and Friday, September 15 and 16 from 2-4pm. As a featured author he will appear in the Authors Pavilion where he will be introduced to the 10,000 plus attendees Willie A. Price and will be autographing his books, sharing information about his publications and various programs and workshops.

The 46th Annual Legislative Conference of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation is the premier conference of its kind nationwide, offering more than 70 forums on public policy issues facing African Americans. This year’s theme, “Defining the Movement-Building the Movement,” will highlight a culmination of social and political movements in American History.

Radford to Host Introductory Talks on Ideas of Gurdjieff Introductory talks on the Ideas of Gurdjieff, facilitated by Samuel Radford, will be held on Thursday, September 8 and 15 from 7-8:30 p.m. at 564 Dodge Street – Bldg. 400 . The community is invited to attend. There will be music, movements, poetry and exchanges. What are Inner Obstacles to achieving goals? What in Me can meet these obstacles?

Gurdjieff was a Greco-Armenian mystic and a spiritual teacher of what came to be called "the Work" or "The Fourth Way," in which he taught people how to increase and focus their attention and energy through various awareness exercises. According to his teachings, such inner development is the beginning of a possible further process of change, and spiritual evolution.

Public Discussion of the Book, Red Summer of 1919 The Dorie Miller Rifle and Pistol Club Inc. invites the community to a public discussion on the book, “The Red Summer of 1919” during a regular meeting at the Merriweather Library, 1324 Jefferson Ave. at 5:30 p.m.. Aqiel Qadir is president of the Dorie Miller Rifle & Pistol Club Inc. For more information call 777-0133.

Free Homebuyer Workshop Series- Part 1 Belmont Housing Resources for WNY Inc, along with UDCDA and the Buffalo Promise Neighborhood will present part 1 of a FREE Homebuyer Workshop Series September 15 at 5:30 p.m. at the Kensington Bailey NHS, 995 Kensignton Ave. This first workshop will focus on Financial Readiness for Homeownership. Workshop #2 will be held on September 22 from 5:308:30p.m. and will focus on the Home buying Process and Post Purchase. Online registration is available 24/7! Go to www. belmonthousingwny.org or register by phone by calling 8847791 Receive a certificate good for area grant programs! Funding support provided by M&T Bank.

A scene from last year’s Peace Walk, above, which took place in MLK Park

HONOR WELL DESERVED: Lillion Batchelor poses with Mayor Brown, Niagara District Council Member David Rivera and supporter.

New Contemplative Garden At Broderick Park Dedicated To Lillion Batchelor Mayor Byron Brown and Niagara District Council Member David Rivera, joined by community leaders, business owners, residents and others, dedicated the new Contemplative Garden at Broderick Park last week to Lillion Batchelor, founder of the Buffalo Quarters Historical Society, for her continued commitment and dedication to raising the national and international awareness of the significant role of Buffalo in the Underground Railroad movement. A beautiful bronze plaque etched with Ms. Batchelor’s name was unveiled as part of the commemoration ceremony of the new garden.

“Today is a special day as we dedicate the new Contemplative Garden at Broderick Park to Ms. Lillion Batchelor, who never lost sight of the goal of bringing significant improvements to one of Buffalo’s finest waterfront parks and, in the process, raised global awareness about Buffalo’s role in the Underground Railroad movement,” said Mayor Brown. I Niagara District Council Member David Rivera stated, “Today we honor our past by celebrating Ms. Lillion Batchelor, someone who dedicated their life to building pride and strength in the community by celebrating our past. Without her work and the efforts of Buffalo Quarters Historical Society, we would not have Broderick Park looking as it does today. We all need to continue on the path she laid by showing and telling everyone we know the important role Buffalo played in the Underground Railroad as the last stop before freedom for enslaved peoples.

Thank you Ms. Batchelor for bringing us to understand Buffalo’s importance on the Underground Railroad.”

Broderick Park, located at the foot of West Ferry Street along the Niagara River, is listed as part of the National Underground Railroad Network and recognized by historians as the historic terminus of the Underground Railroad between the United States and Canada. Broderick Park is nearing completion on a $2.4 million parks improvement project funded by the City and State, which included the creation of a south lawn and parking area, a new shelter, railings, sidewalks, bike path, amphitheater and central overlook, as well as concession building improvements, a contemplative garden, Underground Railroad Freedom Walk pathway, new parking area and additional landscape features. Coupled with the $1.4 million in improvements to Bird Island Pier and the recently completed $8 million redevelopment of the Ferry Street Bridge, the investment at Broderick Park climbs to over $11 million.

The new garden commemorates the site’s historical significance, giving visitors a place for relaxation; and a waterfront promenade, dedicated to the Underground Railroad and its mission for freedom.

The City of Buffalo continues to work closely on this project with The Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, as well as Buffalo Quarters Historical Society, WNY Angler’s, Buffalo United Front, Rich Products, and the Broderick Park Advisory Committee.

Peace-Justice- Nonviolence Festival and Walk This Weekend The WNY Coalition of Peace, Justice & Nonviolence Advocates will be holding its 3rd Annual Festival and Walk on the Buffalo Waterfront from Canalside to the Erie Basin Marina Gardens along the Buffalo River on Sunday, September 11 at 2:30 pm.

The community-based coalition is again organizing an event to celebrate those individuals and organizations working to reduce violence in our communities and around the world while recognizing as Martin Luther King Jr. so prophetically did that local and global violence is deeply related.

Following Martin Luther King Jr.’s, Sister Karen Klimczak’s and other’s living examples of nonviolence to reduce poverty, racism and violence in all its forms, including to the environment, the Coalition is striving to support those struggling to end to violence in our neighborhoods, in our culture and around the world.

The Coalition is a collaboration of 100+ activist organizations including the Buffalo Peacemakers/Stop the Violence Coalition, concentrating on quality of life issues in our communities and worldwide. The Festival will include a Walk for Peace and tabling by our community organizations, as well as live music, entertainment, food and special activities for children.

For more information, please call or email Vicki Ross (9313520 /victoryross9@gmail. com), Tom Casey (491-9172 / caseytpc@aol.com) or Myra Evans-Robinson Moses (mosesstvc178@yahoo.com) Lesley Haynes - Stop the Violence - 856-6024.

Araminta Ross/Harriett Tubman

Fearless Black Female Warriors Throughout History Part 3

H

arriet Tubman was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the American Civil War. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped to Philadelphia in 1849, then immediately returned to Maryland to rescue her family.

She subsequently made more than 19 missions to rescue more than 300 slaves with the help of the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. One of her famous quotes: “I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.”

She later helped recruit men for John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry October 16-18, 1859, to free enslaved Blacks.

In June 1863, Tubman became the first woman to lead an armed expedition in the Civil War. She guided the Combahee River Raid, which liberated more than 700 enslaved Blacks in South Carolina: the largest liberation of enslaved Black people in American history.

The Harriet Tubman Home preserves the legacy of “The Moses of Her People” in the place where she lived and died in freedom. The site is located on 26 acres of land in Auburn, New York, and is owned and operated by the AME Zion Church. It includes four buildings, two of which were used

by Harriet Tubman.

4

NATIONAL OPINION

Challenger Community News • www.thechallengernews.com • September 7, 2016

Blacks Have Plenty to Lose With Trump

R

By Rev. Jesse Jackson

ace – always a subtext in Ameriacan poltics – has moved center stage in this year’s presidential campaign.

Republican Donald Trump called Democrat Hillary Clinton a “bigot.” Clinton responded by using Trump’s words of racial offense against him.

History suggests both parties have fallen short on racial justice. Jefferson Davis Democrats were slave owners, Confederates, against Reconstruction and members of the violent Citizens Councils and the KKK. They supported legal segregation, and Southern Dixiecrats opposed the Civil Rights Movement.

After the Civil Rights Act was signed July 2, 1964, Democratic Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina turned Republican in September and began the campaign to convert White Dixiecrats to Republicans. Many of today’s Republicans are old Jeff Davis Democrats!

In 1968 Nixon adopted this Southern Strategy as a road to the White House.

Reagan launched his 1980 campaign with a racial message of “states’ rights” in Philadelphia, Miss., where Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney were murdered for registering Black voters.

In 1988, George H.W. Bush introduced us to Willie Horton.

After Barack Obama became president, Republicans introduced 395 new voter restrictions targeting Blacks.

Trump continues this tradition not by using “dog whistles” but a foghorn of racism, religious bigotry, sexism and xenophobia.

Trump’s personal history of racial bigotry includes a federal housing discrimination lawsuit; an ad calling for the death penalty of innocent young Black males in the Central Park Five rape case; an attempt to discredit Obama’s presidency with the “birther” issue; innuendo suggesting Obama became editor of Harvard’s Law Review because of his race; a campaign demanding Obama’s educational transcripts, implying his admission to colleges rested on something other than intellectual merit; complaints that a judge was unable to treat him fairly in court because of his Hispanic heritage; and promoting false and stereotypical information about the Black community.

What do Blacks have to lose by electing Trump? He will appoint Supreme Court justices who do not support Black interests. He will support racially discriminatory voting laws like North Carolina’s. He will not fix the damage done by the Shelby court decision to the Voting Rights Act. And he will not support a $15 minimum wage.

Blaming Black and Democratic officials, this is how Trump addressed their constituents: “You’re living in your poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs, 58 percent of your youth is unemployed.”

Who can deny there are many unmet needs and problems in urban areas, but that’s not primarily the result of Black or Democratic will, ideas or leadership, but of Republican policies!

Democratic and Black mayors find themselves governing “the hole” in the donut. The donut’s substance and sugar — the money for these cities — is controlled by congressional Republicans, governors and state legislatures dominated by rural and suburban constituencies.

Failing cities are not the result of liberal and progressive policies. Democratic ideas and programs that were working have been gutted and purposefully discredited, defunded and attacked ideologically by the very Republicans who did the gutting.

Conservative privatization and states’ rights ideologies undercut any ideas or programs that advanced the public good or made us a more perfect union.

There are more Black elected officials, but their actual power has been weakened through redistricting schemes of stacking and packing. Policy and budget resources are controlled by Republicans, not Democratic and Black mayors!

Blacks haven’t given “blind support” to either party; rather, they have supported both parties when they’ve earned it.

Lincoln and the Radical Republicans earned Black support. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, won the Civil War and ended slavery. Radical Republicans supported the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments and Reconstruction.

When Republicans wearied of advancing Black interests, less-than-perfect Democrats began earning Black support with better opportunities under FDR’s New Deal. Today’s Democrats are more like Lincoln’s Republicans.

Truman desegregated the military; LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act, launched a War on Poverty and passed Medicare and Medicaid.

Blacks aren’t giving Democrats “blind loyalty” and don’t have permanent friends or enemies, only permanent interests. Blacks support those who support them, as all intelligent voters do.

Blacks, in coalition, will demand that a Clinton administration more fully address the interests of those most in need as we work to make America greater.

Follow Jesse Jackson on Twitter: Follow @revjjackson

Vote September 13th for the only

truly experienced candidate Mark Sacha spent 22 years in the District Attorney’s office where he worked tirelessly to fight political corruption.

Mark believes we need a DA who is 100% committed to the community, and to a DA's office that owes nothing to political bosses.

Mark wants your vote in the Democratic Primary on September 13th.

Sacha4DA.com ad.indd 1

8/18/2016 3:23:08 PM

HEALTH MATTERS

Challenger Community News • www.thechallengrnews.com • September 7, 2016 30246 Cruisin Ad Minority Papers.qxp_Challenger (5.105x5.5) 8/19/16 1:31 PM Page 1

5

The Remarkable Health Benefits of Broccoli, and How to Maximize Its Cancer-Fighting Potential

Saturday, September 24, 2016

Roswell PaRk CanCeR InstItute elm & Carlton streets | Buffalo, nY 14263

9 am to 4 pm

- Classic Cars - Sports Cars - Trucks - Motorcycles & More - 20+ Awards - Door prizes & raffles - DJ - Food for Sale - Goodie bags

FREE prostate cancer - One-on-one educational consultation education and screening - Complete, free prostate cancer screening for men at least 40 years old from 11 am to 2 pm - Men at highest risk, including African Americans and those with a family history of prostate cancer, are encouraged to attend

Broccoli has been shown to reduce your risk of many common diseases, including arthritis, cancer, high blood pressure, heart disease, kidney disease, fatty liver disease and diabetes.

Sulforaphane, a naturally occurring organic sulfur compound found in broccoli has potent anticancer activity and helps protect your blood vessels. It’s both an immune stimulant and an antiinflammatory.

Steaming your broccoli spears for three to four minutes will optimize the sulforaphane content.

The sulforaphane content can be further maximized by adding a myrosinase-rich food to it, such as mustard seed, Daikon radish, wasabi, arugula or cole slaw.

Some Broccoli Each Day May Keep the Doctor Away.

The benefits of broccoli are remarkable indeed, making it well worth your effort to add a few broccoli spears and/or broccoli sprouts to your meals on a regular basis. Doing so has been shown to: •Support detoxification •Improve digestion and gut health, courtesy of significant amounts of fiber •Provide important vitamins and minerals, including magnesium, potassium, calcium, protein and vitamin C •Reduce inflammation, which is at the root of many chronic diseases •Support eye health, thanks to high levels of the carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin •Help reduce blood sugar levels, as it contains both soluble fiber and chromium •Fight allergies, thanks to the flavonoid kaempferol •Benefit your skin, as sulforaphane helps repair skin damage

Astrology Watch

Mercury Retrograde’s Do’s and Don’ts

W

Car Show registration only $10 from 9 am to noon. No alcoholic beverages allowed.

To pre-register for a prostate cancer screening, call 1-877-ASK-RPCI (1-877-275-7724) or askrpci@roswellpark.org Proceeds to benefit Men Allied for the Need to Understand Prostate Cancer (MAN UP) for prostate cancer research

e are all influenced when Mercury is in retrograde. What DOES this mean? Sometimes the other planets appear to be traveling backward through the zodiac; this is an illusion. We call this illusion retrograde motion.

Several times a year, it appears as if Mercury is going backwards. This time was traditionally associated with confusions, delay, and frustration.

Perhaps Mercury’s retrograde periods can cause our plans to go awry. However, this is also an excellent time to reflect on the past. Intuition is high during these periods, and coincidences can be extraordinary.

WHAT TO DO WHEN MERCURY IS RETROGRADE The planet Mercury rules communication, travel, contracts, automobiles, and such. So,when Mercury is retrograde, remain flexible, allow time for extra travel, and avoid signing contracts.

Review projects and plans at these times, but wait until Mercury is direct again to make any final decisions.

Communication planet Mercury rules the transfer and travel of information, so during this signal-jamming cycle, it’s wise to password protect all sensitive data and back it up to the cloud. Keep a careful watch on mobile devices, too.

Mercury retrograde do’s and don’ts.

DO… 1. Review all contracts and legal documents before signing.

2. Pause and breathe before speaking.

3. Read all emails and documents before you send.

4. Insure/track important mail and packages (Mercury rules the postal system).

5. Get your vehicles (or bikes) tuned up, pack an emergency roadside kit.

6. Leave early for any travel and appointments, since Mercury Rx can delay flights.

7. Renew your commitments instead of making new ones.

8. Focus on the prefix re-, which means to go backward (renew, review, revamp, redecorate, et al.)

9. Plan reunions with old friends & loved ones (but prepare for possible mishaps!)

10. Expect to hear from/run into people from your past at the weirdest moments.

11. Get sentimental. Reconnect with your roots, walk down memory lane.

12. Practice forgiveness. Finish processing what’s unresolved so you can let it go.

13. Confirm all dates, plans, meetings, appointments.

14. Think of the retrograde as

a chance to pause and finish what you’ve started.

15. Back up your digital data.

DON’T… 1. Buy new vehicles, electronic equipment or gadgets.

2. Sign contracts without a thorough review 3. Fly off the handle or jump to conclusions if someone misunderstands you.

4. Run into the arms/bed of an ex without careful screening 5. Shoot the messenger if someone from your past comes around.

6. Put anything sketchy into an email or text .

7. Leave late for flights or appointments.

8. Start anything new on top before finishing what’s ahead on the to-do list.

9. Lead people on, give mixed messages, or believe everything you hear.

10. Spread rumors, rant on social media or share unconfirmed information.

11. Turn in sloppy or unchecked work, cut corners, dash off hasty communications. Inspect to protect!

The silver lining? Mercury retrograde is a great opportunity to handle unfinished business.

The BuffaloBranch of the Ta o i s t Ta i C h i S o c i e t y o f t h e U S A

Health • Balance • Flexibility • Calm Movement

New Mon/Thurs Beginners Class Starting on September 8, at 6PM

accepting new students through September

information online or call buffalo.taoist.org 716-876-7218

6

FAITH & FAMILY Women’s Ministry to Host Zion Missionary Baptist to Host 6 Summit at Love Alive a.m. Prayer and Fasting Mondays Love Alive Fellowship Church Women's Ministry During Month of September "Sisterhood at its Finest" presents, a summit entitled "Re-Discovering the Scriptures" September 9-11. Friday fun night, powerful sessions on Saturday, Sunday Morning and Afternoon Awesome Worship Services will be held at 141 Lewis Street, Call 716856-1670, for registration and more information. Dr. Jeffery Bowens is Pastor. Cynthia M. Bowens, Co-Pastor/Women's Visionary.

Zion Missionary Baptist Church will be hosting the "Repositioning the Body of Christ Through Prayer and Fasting" every Monday morning at 6 a.m. altar prayer for the month of September. The remaining days are Monday September 12, 19 and 26.

Zion Missionary Baptist is located at 179 E. Ferry Street where the Rev. C.M. Jenkins II is Host Pastor. For more information contact the church office at 886-1362.

WORSHIP THIS WEEK!

Challenger Community News • www.thechallengernews.com •September 7, 2016

Dr. Harris-Tigg to Keynote Convocation Service at New Covenant Dr. Theresa Harris-Tigg, PhD. will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Convocation at New Covenant UCC located at 459 Clinton Street at the September 11 Sunday Worship Service at 10:45 a.m. The Reverend Jacquelyn Ross Brown, M. Div., is Senior Pastor.

During the Convocation teachers will be celebrated and honored for their work in the worthy profession of education.

Dr. Tigg, a member of New Covenant, whose career as a teacher covers 23 years, is also a member of the Buffalo Board of Education where she represents the East District community.

The Buffalo community is invited to attend. For more information call the church at 865-3392 or email: newcovenantucc@verizonnet

FAITH & FAMILY

Challenger Community News • www.thechallengernews.com •September 7, 2016

“Mama Holt” Receives Presidential Greeting on 99th Birthday!

Family, friends and well wishers came together over the holiday weekend to wish Velma Peigne Holt – known and revered as “Mama Holt” to many - a happy 99th birthday! Among the greetings was a special letter from the White House from President and Mrs. Barack Obama who sent their “best wishes” and wrote: “You have been a part of our great American story, lending your voice to the vibrancy of our nation and offering your experience and wisdom to those around you!” She also received a visit and proclamation from U.S. Congressman Brian Higgins.

Born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, she moved to Buffalo where she met her future husband George Holt. They raised seven children: Constance Cole, Cornelius, George Jr., Lynn, Arthur, Marlon and Dale Holt. A woman of strong faith she still regularly attends SS. Columba-Brigid Parish. Peace, love, congratulations and continued longevity to our beloved “Mama Holt!”

Fall Review

75th Birthday Celebration to Honor Apostle Robert L. Sanders! The 75th Birthday Celebration “Diamond Jubilee” honoring Apostle Robert L. Sanders Sr. – Presider, will be held on Friday, September 9 at the Grapevine Banquet facility, 333 Union Road from 5-9 p.m. Tickets are $75 per person . Attire is semi-formal/ formal. For more information contact the Greater Refuge Church Office at 886-2199 or Sis. Laythanette Shine at (716)986-5965 cooljcregion2.

Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 1334 Calumet Avenue in Niagara Falls, where Rev. Timothy J. Brown Sr. is Pastor will sponsor their Fall Review beginning Sunday, September 11 through Wednesday, September 14.

The speakers will be Pastor Andre Clark from New Direction C.O.G.I.C. Sunday at 4 p.m., Monday, Pastor Edward Jackson from Friendship Baptist Church of Buffalo at 6:30p.m. and Tuesday & Wednesday, Pastor Keith D. Mobley, of Mt. Olive Baptist Church Lackawanna at 6:30 p.m. Theme : “Give me that ole Tyme Religion.”

The public is invited to come out and join us to be truly blessed by the word. We hope to see you there.

O

n Friday, September 9 at 6:30 p.m., the Taste of Faith Food Pantry is hosting “Harvest of Our Love” at True Bethel Baptist Church, 907 E. Ferry Street. This is a free gospel concert staring Angel Vox, Men in White Choir, True Bethel Baptist Church Spirit of David, True Bethel Baptist Church Voices of Angels and Praise Dancer Solar Ingram. Taste of Faith Food Pantry is an auxiliary of True Bethel Baptist.

Endorsed by Concerned Clergy of WNY H Endorsed Democrat H

FLYNN for District Attorney

(L to R): Rev. Kinzer Pointer, Rev. Rachelle Sat’chell Robinson, John Flynn, Rev. Dennis Lee, Rev. Cary L. Beckwith, VOTE SEPT. Rev. Chan-Tell King-Beckwith, and Rev. Frank Bostic.

13th

FlynnforDistrictAttorney.com

Uniquely twitter: @FlynnforDAQualified Facebook.com/FlynnforDA

• Town Attorney - Town of Tonawanda • Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG U.S. Navy Reserve • Professor of political science - Buffalo State College • Private practice attorney

Prior Leadership

• Erie County Assistant District Attorney Homicide Bureau • Judge - Town of Tonawanda • Councilmember - Town of Tonawanda • Professor of ethics - U.S. Naval Acade • Special Assistant - U.S. Attorney’s Offi • Active duty - U.S. Navy

facebook.com/flynnforda

Open Praise Founders Day Anniverssary The Open Praise Full Gospel Baptist Church, 761 Fillmore Avenue under the pastorship of Bishop A. Boyd, will be celebrating their 25th (Silver) Founders Day and Church Anniversary, September 17, with a banquet at Salvatore’s Gardens and closing out on Sunday the 18.

“Harvest of Our Love”

7

Memorial Services Held for Maurice L. Casey Jr. : Memorial Services were held for Maurice L. Casey Jr. (July 23, 1991 – July 24, 2016) on August 20 at Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church, 365 Glenwood Avenue where Rev. Dr. Kenneth Terrell is Pastor.

Challenger Community News • www.thechallengernews.com •September 7, 2016

Entertainment/Lifestyles

8

Prophets of Rage Concert Review by Matt Bauer

“STAY WOKE!”

“Stay Woke, Buffalo! It’s only 69 days until the election ,” exhorted Chuck D to the moshing crowd during the Prophets of Rage’s sold out stop at Niagara Fall’s Rapids Theater on August 31. Consisting of Public Enemy and Cypress Hill front men D and B-Real and Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk respectively, the hip-hop/heavy metal super group are on their “Make America Rage Again” tour and during their 2 hours on stage the collective delivered a rousing, defiant set that, to paraphrase a Public Enemy classic, was “louder than a bomb.”

As he placed his hand over his heart while firing up Jimi Hendrix’s bitterly sardonic version of “The Star Spangled Banner,” Public Enemy’s DJ Lord’s opening set interwove funk, hip-hop and rock classics from the likes of Prince, Queen, David Bowie, Funkadelic, Metallica and Jay-Z, before the group appeared to the sound of sirens against a banner of their loCHUCK D go-a raised fist against a red star-and tore into their name-sake song from Public Enemy’s 1988 landmark “It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back. “ All of the 19 tracks were delivered with blood and thunder effect and given this year’s political climate, Rage Against The Machine sonic bombs of resistance and rebellion like “Bulls On Parade,” “Testify” and especially “Take The Power Back” sound more urgent than ever and despite middle age and constant touring, both D and Real proved especially captivating front men. At one point, the two jumped off stage and literally got in the crowd’s faces with a medley of Public Enemy and Cypress Hill classics like “Hand On The Pump,” “Bring The Noise,” Welcome To The Terrordome” and “Insane In The Brain.” During the latter B-Real took the opportunity to crowd surf.

While the aim of their 35 city trek is clearly raising consciousness and a collective voice during a tumultuous election year ( a portion of the proceeds from the Niagara Falls Show went to the Massachusetts Avenue Project), the Prophets of Rage also epitomize the raw aggression and joyful rebellion key to the finest hip-hop and rock music and in that case, their Rapids Theater show was edutainment of the highest order.

Stay Woke!

Cultural Connections at Canalside to Showcase Local Arts Arts Services Initiative of Western New York (ASI) announced a collaboration with Spectra Venue Management for the second of two “Cultural Connections” events taking place at Canalside.

On September 9, Off Beat Cinema hosts an evening “On the Beat”. Taylor Made Jazz presents Melissa Kate & Joyce Wilson Nixon will take the stage for the entire evening beginning at 7 pm. At several times, they’ll be joined by Foxy Diamondz Dance Company for a live music and dance event, and throughout the performance artist Vinny Alejandro will be live painting the event. Admission is free. More information can be found at www.canalsidebuffalo.com Foxie Brown

911 Tribute The Salvation Army-Golden Age Center will host “The Celebration of the Year” - a 911 Day Tribute Thursday, Sept. 8 from 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. at 960 Main Street featuring special musical guest Buffalo’s own Foxie Brown and the Blues Trio. Admission is $10. For tickets and information call 888-6261.Local First Responders will be honored for their hard work in the community and in other places when needed.

are you registered to VOTE?

9

Challenger Community News • www.thechallengernews.com •September 7, 2016

ON STAGE *Niagara Falls 9th Annual Blues Festival,

“Power of the blues”: Sept.

16,17 & 18; Marsha McWilson & “Bluz” Queen Claudette King, daughter of the late, great BB King, will perform at “Sunday Gospel Bruch” event Sept. 18, noon – 8 p.m.Also appearing will be James P. Smith Jr. Admission is free. www.

NiagaraFallsBluesFest.org

Photo: Michael Pennick (left), Ron Walker (right) Three 2 Go Music Alliance Buffalo’s Historic Central Terminal will conclude its Terminal Jazz Series featuring musicians from the Colored Musicians Club on Wednesday, September 14. At 6:p.m. Terminal Jazz will present Jazz/R&B recording artist E-Life 7 (EL7).

The group highlights the talent of Buffalo Music Hall of Fame members Michael Pennick (bassist) and Ron Walker (guitarist), supported by Charlie Crymes (keys), Rodney Spears (keys), and Tim Webb (drums).E-Life 7 is looking forward to entertaining at this historic location.Playing R&B, jazz classics and songs from their E-Life 7 “Miked Up” CD, the performance is sure to please. So what does EL7stand for?Enjoy Life 7 Days a Week.

The Historic Central Terminal is located at 495 Paderewski Drive. $5 cover. Food and beverage will be available for purchase. Additional information can be found at: www.elife-7.comand https://www.facebook.com/buffalocentralterminal

"GOODNE$$" Open Mic Series; "POETRY UNDER THE STARZ" GOODNE$$" Open Mic Series; "POETRY UNDER THE STARZ" is being held at BIG FELLAS, 1202 E. Delavan Ave. this Wednesday, September 7 and wraps up its series on September 14l $5 Entry Fee From; 8 - 11pm Music By: DjSpace Photoz By; Starlight Media Hostess: "GOODNE$$" So Every Wednesday ... Get Ready for Buffalos Own Super Talented Artisst ... Different Features & Various Guest Hosts !!!! ** OPEN TO ALL TALENTZ **

SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS!

MUSIC IS ART FESTIVAL A “Music is Art Festival” will be held on Saturday, Sept. 10 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. in Delaware Park behind the Albright Knox Art Gallery. Over 100 bands, six stages; live DJ stages, dance stages, kids village, spoken word, exhibits, fireworks and more!

Houston Hip-Hop Artists Open Accounts With Black-Owned Bank Unity Bank, the only Blackowned bank in Texas, gained several new customers recently. Local Houston rappers are now banking Black. Slim Thug, Paul Wall, Willie D and Trae the Truth were just some of the rappers who decided to put their money where their mouths are and open accounts with Unity Bank.

10

Challenger Community News • www.thechallengernews.com • September 7, 2016

The Year of The Role Players Begins for Buffalo Bills On Sunday

“One must never stop reading. Read everything that you can read that is of standard knowledge.” Marcus Garvey

O

n Sunday the Bills will be tested right out of the gate.

I have named the upcoming season “The year of the role players, for Buffalo Bills” because the season depends on guys playing their position and getting the job done.

Bills veteran free agent defensive end Lorenzo Alexander will be counted on to make plays and cover backs out of the backfield. He out played Manny Lawson, who was released and rookie Bryson Albright will be a contributor on special teams. The overall defense will be improved with the kind of players Head Coach Rex Ryan has been looking for to play his complicated defensive schemes. My favorite new role player is outside linebacker Zach Brown, who is quick enough to rush the passer and can drop back into coverage. He also has run stopping abilities, so keep an eye out for this veteran Zach Brown throughout the season. Bills defensive linemen Corbin Bryant, Adolphus Washington, George Kyle Williams, and new comer Leger Douzable will hold the fort until all pro Marcell Dareus reRADNEY turns after four game suspension.

The offense will be much quicker with Reggie Bush joining LeSean McCoy in the backfield giving quarterback Tyrod Taylor more options in the passing game. Chris Gragg was a major lost at backup tight end with torn ACL because he could play multiple positions with 4.3 speed. He could get deep down field and make a play, now starter Charles Clay is the only option at tight end position. The Bills most likely will check waiver wire for someone with speed. I look for Robert Woods to catch more passes this season along with Sammy Watkins being key weapons on offensive side of the ball.

Bills General Manager Doug Whaley drafted a kicker out of Florida State, Dustin Hopkins, who got hurt at end of preseason two years ago and the Bills picked up Dan Carpenter. Carpenter has done a good job with field goals, but on kickoffs can’t reach the end zone. The Bills did not bring Hopkins back in last season and now he is kicking for Washington, both field goals and kickoffs. Not bring him back to compete for the kicking duties is turning out to be a major mistake by Rex Ryan. The new kickoff rules will bring the ball out to 25 yard line on touchbacks, so you need one kicker to put ball inside the 10 yard line consistently and make field goals. The Bills can’t afford to keep two kickers on the team.

I think the Bills and Ravens game will be a very physical game with plenty of penalties by both teams, with Bills taking more stupid ones. My prediction: Ravens 21—20, barely letting Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco off the hook with another mediocre performance.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ROCHESTER’S OWN JARRON JONES!

Congrats to Rochester’s own Jarron Jones, who blocked a critical extra point that was returned for 2 points which tied Notre Dame game at 37— 37 against Texas. The game went into overtime because of that outstanding play, which was the sixth blocked kick attempt in Jarron’s career at Notre Dame. Texas eventually won the game. We wish Jarron Jones continued success and a healthy season as a starting senior defensive tackle and his younger brother Jamir Jones a linebacker on Notre Dame 2016 football team.

Shatina C. Barr Releases New Book Noted orator and author Shatina C. Barr, LCSW released her first book, The Spirit of a Sound Mind and had a book signing at Bender’s Christian Bookstore in August.

The Spirit of a Sound Mind offers information on suicide/ depression and faith, biblical case studies of mental health, a Christian oriented thought replacement chart, barriers clergy face addressing mental health and suggested steps to bridge gaps between faith and education.

For the professional or licensed practitioner, the suggested techniques in this book offer an additional lens for viewing clinical practice. For the lay person or user of behavioral health services, this book offers support for the clients that prefer their faith be represented while in treatment..

Shatina is licensed Master Social Worker and a trained professional member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and a certified Health Care Provider with the American Heart Association. She has experience with business organization, research and program evaluation.

She has an impressive laundry list of lecturing and presenting on topics related to youth empowerment, discussion on behavioral health, and Anti-Bullying. She has also been interviewed on CNN. Her new book, The Spirit of a Sound Mind is available through Barnes & Noble and Amazon . To order your copy contact sbarr@chereesconsulting.com or to learn more about the author go to www. chereesconsulting.com

People often ask what books do we recommend or what have you been reading this summer? Since we read all year long, it is difficult to just pinpoint summer. However these are some recent titles that might peak your interest.

“One must never stop reading. Read everything that you can read that is of standard knowledge.” Mar-cus Garvey “By reading good books you keep the company of the authors of the books on subjects of the books when otherwise you could not meet them in the social contact of life.” Marcus Garvey New and Recent Books •Charcoal Joe by Walter Mosley. An Easy Rawlins novel.

•Every Little Step: My Story by Bobby Brown. A memoir since the death of Whitney Houston and daugh-ter, Bobbi Brown.

•Garden of Unfortunate Souls by Eddie Mark. Novel set in the Fruit Belt of Buffalo, NY. •Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. Two sisters whose fate intertwines – one sold into slavery and one a slave trad-er’s wife.

•Once a Cop: The Streets, The law, Two Worlds, One Man by Corey Pegues •Underground Railroad: a novel by Colson Whitehead. A young enslaved woman seeks freedom in the antebellum South. Oprah Winfrey’s Book Selection.

•Unthinkable Sins Vols. 1 & 2 by Tiffani Quarles-Sanders. Dark family secrets are about to be revealed.

Suggested readings by Kenneth and Sharon Holley

Meet Catrice, owner of Up, Up, and Away Child Care Center.

“The Allstate MWEE program empowered me to set goals for the growth of my child care program. Thanks to this unique opportunity I now have a business plan, a wider network, and resources at my fingertips for expansion.

I am more motivated now than ever to take every child that I serve up, up, and away!”

Catrice Huff, 2014 Grad

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

11

voices

Please Close Attica Down And Correct The Thinking That Perpetuates It!!!

M

y people, this is a matter that we must talk about now.

We must talk about it now and do whatever we decide to do immediately afterwards to make our decision real. What exists now in material conditions, and psychological and spiritual conditions of oppression and brutality, are the same that existed 45 years ago. The culmination was “The Attikkka Revolt,” a revolt of Black men and men of other ethnicities, who decided that they had been tortured, oppressed, and murdered too many times, for far too long!

My Brothers and Sisters, Attikkka historically represents one of the most oppressive archetypes of imprisonment in modern history. From its very beginning, Attikkka repBaba resented the worst of American penology’s knee jerk reaction to the need for maximum ENG security imprisonment for those people convicted of crimes that were classified as felonies. What made it a knee jerk reaction, rather than a formal rational response to a serious problem, was that, we, as a society only sought to punish, isolate, and torture our way to redemption, rather than provide a means to secure and hold accountable those who had violated our laws.

This representation of early American penology, which should have taken its learning from the fact that the founding fathers of America, had themselves been classified as criminals by Great Britain, before being sent here to this land as a punishment for their rebellion against the laws of Great Britain. A fact which should have guided us to the mercy and compassion needed to develop a system that formalized and demanded, yet, introduced the need and willingness to change in people who had fallen short of the grace of conforming to the laws that were supposed to have been created to serve us all as citizens of this great experiment in Democracy that, allowed for both error and correction.

My people, not only did we depart from the lessons and true genius of those seeking liberation, but we created something that allowed for the worst of our humanness to come out as we proceeded to allow the lowest part of our nature as human beings to evolve where depravity and corruption, greed and hatred, brutality and misogyny took reign over our senses to create the worst imaginable circumstance for human beings to be totally stripped of their humanity and brutalized as sport to their destruction and our justification for doing it and allowing it to happen and continue despite us knowing exactly what was taking place.

Attikkka, Attica, is evil. It was built on that premise and continues to feed off of itself like some mythical creature from hell.

Only we, as a society of men and women who recognize our mistakes, in social development and are committed to creating those structures that really inspire and support the idea of healing and redemption can contribute to this awakening.

Don’t we want to develop the thinking and put into practice laws with judicial, real correctional and social applications, that actually protect our society in secure structures that inspire and model the change, that model the compassion and model the accountability that we expect because we show it ourselves?

If you agree with the urgency if this appeal, then join us in writing to your city council person, your state Senator, and your state Congress person. That is the beginning of making your voice heard!

“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

Challenger Community News • www.thechallengernews.com • September 7, 2016

Why the criticisms of Kaepernick are off-Key dear editor Kenneth N. Robinson, M.S.

T

he withering criticism of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, over his refusal to stand and recite the “Star Spangled Banner” illustrates the harmful effects of “ethnocentrism” in America. This operative term, which is at the heart of racism, speaks to our tendency to evaluate others through our own cultural lenses. On the surface, I certainly understand the fervent appreciation for the recitation of the national anthem. It’s part of the hidden curriculum in America, where we’re acculturated to believe that reciting it whether in our schools or at sporting events makes us more patriotic.

As a boy watching NFL games on television, I was captivated by the pregame spectacle of players, standing at attention, helmets by their sides, saluting the flag, while reciting the “Star Spangled Banner”. Yet, as an adult, I find it contradictory, if not hypocritical, that Colin Kaepernick is vilified for not standing for the national anthem, when television networks that partner with the NFL, will not show it. Rather than include the national anthem in their broadcasts, those minutes are sold to advertisers. Their ability to put profits over patriotism without any public outcry is the height of hypocrisy. Still, there are bigger reasons why the chorus of criticism of Kaepernick is very much of off-key. The more pointed question becomes: Should the “Star Bangled Banner” be a part of the NFL’s pre-game tradition of saluting the flag? Talk about ethnocentrism, Kaepnerick is being seen as Colin Kaepernick unpatriotic, while Francis Scott-Key, a slave owner who wrote the poem, gets off “Scott-free”. Key used the benefits of slavery to become a district attorney, whereby he argued vehemently against the abolishment of slavery. Members of the abolitionist movement—that included blacks and whites alike ridiculed his poem, decrying America as “land of the free home of the oppressed.” In an interesting irony, Kaepernick stated he was taking his stance on behalf of the oppressed, so there are parallels.

Kaepernick has calculated the risks of his protest to his own career and concluded it’s worth it.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., once said, “If a man has not found a cause that he is prepared to die for, then he is not fit to live.” The NFL is often described as a microcosm of society. If so, why is this controversial? Most importantly, for Kaepernick’s part, he was speaking up for victims of racial prejudice and brutality at the hands of the police. A problem that has persisted in America since blacks were emancipated from slavery. Recently Kaepernick appeared before the press in an “X” hat, paying homage to the legacy of Malcolm X, who once said, “If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.” Thus, Kaepernick’s stance, and Key’s poem become a perfect metaphor for Malcolm’s admonition. Another important question becomes, should Key’s poem be the national anthem? It wasn’t adopted as such until 1935; more than 100 years after he wrote it.

History is revisited in order to revise it. Georgetown University just announced it was granting automatic acceptance to descendants of black slaves, because two Jesuit priests who founded the institution in 1789 financed it with proceeds from their slave trade. In 1838, they sold another 272 slaves, from their plantation, to pay off debt, to keep the school open. Now, two buildings on campus named for them are being renamed, for a former slave from one of their plantations, and an African-American educator in the nation’s capital. I don’t suspect, the abandonment of Key’s “national anthem” is in anyway imminent, or likely to be replaced by something written by Kaepernick. But, if we as a nation were as courageous as he, we would revisit and revoke Key’s poem as unbefitting a national anthem and at least celebrate Kaepernick for his courage.

Kenneth N. Robinson, M.S., is an author and adjunct professor of Sociology

Urban League President/CEO Responds to Judges Decision to Dismiss Lawsuit

Brenda McDuffie, President and CEO of the Buffalo Urban League released the following statement in the wake of Supreme Court Judge Tracey Bannister’s decision to dismiss the League’s lawsuit against Erie County Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw. The League accused the Comptroller’s office of putting out a damaging and unfair report ab out the agency in December.

W

e received Judge Bannister’s decision on our Article 78 petition regarding the Erie County Comptroller’s report. On the merits of the case, Judge Bannister ruled for neither the Urban League nor the Comptroller. Instead, the petition was dismissed because the judge determined that there “is no final determination which caused concrete injury to the [Urban League] and that will only occur if or when the Legislature takes action on the Report critical of the [Urban League].” Accordingly, the decision made “no determination as to the veracity, quality, bias and/or truthfulness of the disputed parts of the Comptroller’s report.” The judge continued, “perhaps the fact that the Legislature has chosen to table any action on the Report is their reflection on the merits of the report.”

We respect the Judge’s decision but disagree that the League suffered no “concrete injury.” The

Challenger Community News P.O. BOX 474 Buffalo, NY 14209 advertising@thechallengernews.com P: 716 881.1051

F: 716 881.1053

Continued page 12

• 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.

Flynn and The Challenger Disappointing Dear Editor: Never in the history of The Challenger has the credibility of opinion been questioned as it has with the early, unprecedented endorsement of John Flynn for Erie County District Attorney.

Suffice it to say, he is only marginally better than the other candidates in terms of qualifications, but in the same breath, honesty, integrity, character, judgement, respect demands a coda. In my opinion he is nowhere near worthy of the district attorney endorsement.

He is arrogant, dismissive of others (all except his political cronies in Tonawanda) and is hyper political and cares only about his self interest to the point of having no ethical center.

And what is his track record of social justice or advancing the interests of the African Americans? Aside from not having one, he also lacks sensitivity to our concerns. He is not a leader and I fear if elected, he will be a disaster for our community.

I will continue to support The Challenger, but reserve the right to make my own decision in the DA’s race next week and hope your readers will do the same. And that will be a ‘no’ vote for Mr. Flynn!

-D. Hawkins

East High Says Thanks Dear Editor On behalf of the East High School Class of 1996, we are very thankful for the support you have given us by printing our 50th class reunion in your weekly publication.

Our 50th class reunion was held on August 12,13 and 14, 2016. With your support we were able to contact many of our alumni and because of this all of the events were very successful.

-Morris W. Brown Advertising /News/ Information/Inquiries adver tising@thechallenger news.com or alnisa33@yahoo.com

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

12

BUSINESS

Challenger Community News • www.thechallengernews.com •September 7, 2016

“The Pitch”: $20,000 MWBE Business Plan Competition Launched

T

he Pitch” is a new $20,000 business plan competition developed to engage minority and women-owned small businesses in the Buffalo area.

The deadline to submit applications is Friday, September 23, 2016.

Applicants must meet the following criteria: •Be a minority or women–owned small business (M/WBE certification with NYS is not required to apply to THE PITCH) •Located in Erie County of NY Among those present at the press conference announcing THE State Competition was Mayor Brown, Jennifer Parker, Benda •In business for at least one (1) PITCH McDuffie, 43 North representatives and others of the initiative. full fiscal year as of September 23, 2016 •Have at least 1 and a max of 50 full-time employees To apply online go to www.excelsiorgrowthfund.org/pitch Hand written applications are also accepted. Print copies are available at Buffalo City Hall, 65 Niagara Square (2nd floor or PDFs of the printed application can be downloaded at www.ci.buffalo. ny.us. Handwritten entries must be postmarked by Sept. 23, 2016 and mailed to: Excelsior Growth Fund, Beverly Gray Business Exchange Center, c/o Sherri Falck, 334 E. Utica Street, #6, Buffalo, New York 14208.

On Thursday, October 20, the three finalists will present oral presentations to a panel of judges and winners will be selected. The three business owners (finalists) will compete for 3 prizes (money and business technical assistance) First Place $10,000; Second Place $5,000 and Third Place $5,000.

The event will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020 Humboldt Parkway. A networking reception will follow the business plan competition.

The Business Plan competition is presented by 43North in collaboration with the City of Buffalo (Mayor Byron W. Brown, the Beverly Gray Business Exchange Center), Erie County Industrial Development Agency (ECIDA) and New York Business Development Corporation (NYBDC) and Excelsior Growth Fund (EGF). “The Pitch” competition will be the official opening of 43North Week, a week celebrating entrepreneurship and innovation in Western New York.

For questions on the application or the application process, please contact: Jennifer Parker (716) 8816066 or jparker@thebcn.com.

URBAN LEAGUE RESPONDS continued League’s fund raising abilities have been harmed substantially by the Comptroller’s report and this harm was enough, according to legal precedent, to warrant a review on the merits. Nonetheless, we recognize that the effect of the Judge’s determination is to postpone a decision on the merits for such a time as a “final action is taken by anybody” that further harms the Urban League.

Through nearly two years of unfair treatment, including inflammatory public comments by the Comptroller, the Buffalo Urban League has remained focused on the critical work of serving the Greater Buffalo Region’s most vulnerable citizens. We will continue to empower individuals, support families and strengthen our community.

September 13 Is Primary Election Day Don’t Forget To VOTE!

Homeownership is important.

Cariol Horne is Umoja’s Woman of the Year Cariol Horne will be honored as Umoja’s Woman of the Year on Sunday, September 11 from 6-10 p.m. at Musicians Big 6 at Fox and E. North, hosted by Bro. Sam Radford. Featured will be live music by Oasis and Sabu Adeyola and a dinner buffet catered by U moja.

Tickets may be purchased at Bus Stop Liquor, 11 Grider St. or call Bro. Peoples at 892-3462.

We’re here to help first-time homebuyers navigate the mortgage process and make buying a home affordable, even if you have: • Little money for a downpayment • Little or “less-than-perfect” credit history • A recent job change To get started, call 1-888-253-0993 or visit mtb.com/mortgage.

Equal Housing Lender.

This is not a commitment to make a mortgage loan. Certain restrictions apply. Subject to credit and property approval. ©2016 M&T Bank. Member FDIC. NMLS# 381076 Challenger: 5.105” x 5.5”

LEGAL NOTICE Bids ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids for Project Nos. 45261-C, 45261-E, 45261-N, comprising separate contracts for Construction Work, Electrical Work and Fire Protection Work, Replace Ceiling Tiles, Tonawanda Indian Community House, 372 Bloomingdale Road, Akron (Erie County), NY, will be received by the Office of General Services (OGS), Design & Construction Group (D&C), Division of Contract Management, 35th Fl., Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12242, on behalf of the Office of Children and Family Services, until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 28, 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 $24,400 for C, $3,900 for E, and $22,000 for N. 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 $500,000 and $1,000,000 for C, between $25,000 and $50,000 for E, and between $250,000 and $500,000 for N. The requirement for Labor and Material and Performance Bonds may be waived on a bid under $200,000 on a single trade project.

Designated staff are Frank Peris and Carl Ruppert in the Division of Contract Management, telephone (518) 4740203, fax (518) 473-7862 and John Lewyckyj, Deputy Director, Design & Construction Group, telephone (518) 474-0201, fax (518) 486-1650.

The only time prospective bidders will be allowed to visit the job site will be at 10:00 a.m. on September 15, 2016 at Tonawanda Indian Community House, 372 Bloomingdale Road, Akron, NY. .For assistance pertaining to the site visit only, please phone Allyson Youdsavage (716) 937-4200.

It is the policy of the State and the Office of General Services to encourage meaningful minority- and women-owned business enterprise participation in this project by contractors, subcontractors and suppliers under the Contract, and all bidders are expected to cooperate in implementing this policy. OGS hereby establishes an overall goal of 30% for MWBE participation, 15% for Minority-Owned Business Enterprises (“MBE”) participation and 15% for Women-Owned Business Enterprises (“WBE”) participation (based on the current availability of qualified MBEs and WBEs) for Construction and Fire Protection Work. The total contract goal can be obtained by utilizing any combination of MBE and /or WBE participation for subcontracting and supplies acquired under this Contract.

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.

For questions about purchase of bid documents, please send an e-mail to D&C.Plans@ogs. ny.gov, or call 1-877-647-7526.

For additional information on this project, please use the link below and then click on the project number: https://online.ogs.ny.gov/dnc/ contractorConsultant/esb/ESBPlansAvailableIndex.asp.

John D. Lewyckyj, C.S.I., C.D.T. Deputy Director, OGS Design & Construction Group

LEGAL NOTICE Bids ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS The Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority will receive separate sealed bids for BMHA Job #1610-CF Elevator Maintenance at 450 Jefferson, ADP II; BMHA Job #16-11-CF Elevator Maintenance at 180-210 Jefferson, FDA II; BMHA Job #16-12-CF Initial Repairs and Elevator Maintenance at Various Federal Developments and Marine Drive Apartments.

PRE-BID CONFERENCES WILL BE ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2016 AT 10:00 AM 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 MEET-

ING. Separate Sealed bids for each BMHA Job listed above will be received until 3:00 pm on Thursday, September 29, 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.

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: September 7, 2016

JOBS

Buffalo Emoployment and Training Center / BETC 77 Goodell St., Buffalo, 716-856-5627 / 716-8565670– Fax

CLASSIFIEDS

Challenger Community News • www.thechallengrnews.com • September 7, 2016

LEGAL NOTICE Bids

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

(716)818-3410.

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 13 IS PRIMARY ELECTION DAY. VOTE!

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids for Project Nos. 44747-C, 44747-H, 44747-P, 44747-E, comprising separate contracts for Construction Work, HVAC Work, Plumbing Work, and Electrical Work, Provide Two Bay Vehicle Addition, DOT Region 5, Route 16, East Aurora, (Erie County), NY, will be received by the Office of General Services (OGS), Design & Construction Group (D&C), Division of Contract Management, 35th Fl., Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12242, on behalf of the Department of Transportation, until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 12, 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 $35,200 for C, $5,400 for H, $2,700 for P, and $7,600 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 $500,000 and $1,000,000 for C, between $50,000 and $100,000 for H, between $25,000 and $50,000 for P, and between $50,000 and $100,000 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.

Designated staff are Frank Peris and Carl Ruppert in the Division of Contract Management, telephone (518) 4740203, fax (518) 473-7862 and John Lewyckyj, Deputy Director, Design & Construction Group, telephone (518) 474-0201, fax (518) 486-1650.

The only time prospective bidders will be allowed to visit the job site will be at 9:00 a.m. on September 30, 2016 at DOT Region 5, Erie County, 798 Olean Road, East Aurora, NY. For assistance pertaining to the site visit only, please phone Jeremy Krupski (716) 885-0908 It is the policy of the State and the Office of General Services to encourage meaningful minority- and women-owned business enterprise participation in this project by contractors, subcontractors and suppliers under the Contract, and all bidders are expected to cooperate in implementing this policy. OGS hereby establishes an overall goal of 30% for MWBE participation, 15% for Minority-Owned Business Enterprises (“MBE”) participation and 15% for Women-Owned Business Enterprises (“WBE”) participation (based on the current availability of qualified MBEs and WBEs) for Construction. The total contract goal can be obtained by utilizing any combination of MBE and /or WBE participation for subcontracting and supplies acquired under this Contract.

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.

For questions about purchase of bid documents, please send an e-mail to D&C.Plans@ogs. ny.gov, or call 1-877-647-7526.

For additional information on this project, please use the link below and then click on the project number: https://online.ogs.ny.gov/dnc/ contractorConsultant/esb/ESBPlansAvailableIndex.asp.

John D. Lewyckyj, C.S.I., C.D.T. Deputy Director, OGS Design & Construction Group

LEGAL NOTICE RFP TOWN OF BRANT

Request for Proposal (August, 2016) Purchase of SERVER & DOCUMENT SOFTWARE

Request for Proposals (RFP) The Town of Brant is accepting proposals from qualified vendors for the purchase of the following equipment: •Two (2) Dell PowerEdge R230 Servers - Call (716) 549-0282 ext 2 for full specs.

•Krystal DMS (Document Management Systems) Premium edition (licensed for 2 concurrent users).

The equipment must be available for immediate delivery to the Town of Brant.

Responses should include price for cash purchase (the Town of Brant is exempt from NYS sales tax), and describe in satisfactory detail the manufacturer’s warranty and dealer service package (if any) included at no additional cost.

RFP Instructions All responses must be in writing and must be received in the Office of the Brant Town Clerk no later than September 14th, 2016. Proposals must be irrevocable for a period of thirty (30) days.

The address is: Office of Town Clerk, Town of Brant, 1272 Brant-North Collins Road, P.O. Box 228, Brant, NY 14027.

The envelope containing the response should state: “Response to LGRMIF Grant – Town of Brant.”

Your proposal can be made by fax IF received by September 14, 2016.

Fax # 716-549-0623.

The Town of Brant reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

BARBARA J. DANIEL, TOWN CLERK

August 18, 2016 SPECIFICATIONS TO BE MET: Contact Brant Town Clerk’s office for full specs by calling (716) 546-0282 ext 2 or via email at townclerk@brantny.com.

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 13 IS PRIMARY ELECTION DAY. VOTE!

WANTED VINYL RECORDS

LEGAL NOTICE Bids “LEGAL NOTICE” 9/7/2016 TOWN OF HAMBURG DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT “ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDDERS”

Sealed Bids Are Hereby Requested For Project 2016 - 02: “Waterline Reconstruction” all in accordance with specifications on file with the Hamburg Town Clerk’s Office, Hamburg Town Hall, 6100 South Park Avenue, Hamburg, New York 14075.

Said specifications may be obtained from the Hamburg Town Clerk during regular business hours, Monday through Friday; 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. One (1) “Bid Package” may be collected at no charge. Additional “Bid Packages” can be purchased for $50.00 each. Funds paid for additional Bid Packages will NOT be returned. Checks for additional Bid Packages should be made payable to the: “Hamburg Town Clerk”.

Said bids will be publicly opened and read aloud in the Hamburg Town Hall conference room at 11:00 a.m. local time (according to the clock within Hamburg Town Clerk’s Office) on Thursday, September 22, 2016 and thereafter considered by the Town of Hamburg. The successful bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond in the minimum amount equal to the contract award.

Attention is called to the fact that Community Development Funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development are being used to reconstruct approximately 700 linear feet of waterlines within the Village of Hamburg. Due to the use of federal CDBG funds, compliance with Title VI and other applicable provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Executive Order 11246 (Buffalo Plan); Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 as amended; Section 109 of Order 11625 (Utilization of Minority Business Enterprises); Davis-Bacon and Related Acts is required. “The Town reserves the right to reject all bids and to waive any informalities.”

Sealed Bids Must Be Marked:

“2016 WATERLINE RECONSTRUCTION”

Dated: September 7, 2016 Catherine Rybczynski; Town Clerk Town of Hamburg

13

HE L P WA N T E D ATTORNEY Legal Services for the Elderly, Disabled, or Disadvantaged of Western New York, Inc. (LSED), a nonprofit law firm located in Buffalo, New York seeks an attorney with 0-2 years of experience. We will consider recent graduates, but the candidate must pass the July 2016 bar exam. A step one attorney on our scale starts at $51,381 and we have a generous benefits package, which includes health insurance (with cost sharing). Resume’s accepted until September 30, 2016.

Please send resume’ and cover letter to Jessica Fields, CPA, Esq. jfields@lsed.org.

Legal Services for the Elderly is an equal opportunity employer.

People of color, women, people with disabilities, veterans, gays, lesbians, bi-sexual and transgender people are strongly Information Technology Security Officer (full-time).

United States District Court, Buffalo, NY. For further information, please visit www.nywd.uscourts.gov.

LEGAL NOTICE Bids

Scrufari Construction Co. seeking M/WBE subcontractors to quote NYPA Niagara Warehouse & Office Bldg., Snow/Ice Guard Project Bid Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 by NOON EEO Employer - 282-1225 LEGAL NOTICE Bids COUNTY OF ERIE NOTICE TO BIDDERS 2016 Culvert Group 1 PROJ# BR-MISC5-16 The Department of Public Works (DPW), Division of Highways, seeking sealed bids for culvert replacement & repair project.

Sealed proposals received at the DPW, 95 Franklin St, Rm 1400, Buffalo, NY at 10 am, Thursday, September 22, 2016. Bid deposit of $40,000. required with bid.

Apprenticeship and MWBE utilization may be required. Pre-let meeting scheduled for Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 10 am, DPW, 95 Franklin Street, Buffalo, NY. Plans and additional bid submittal information on the Erie County website at: http://www2. erie.gov/dpw

JOBS

Buffalo Emoployment and Training Center / BETC

77 Goodell St., Buffalo, 716-856-5627 / 716-8565670– Fax www.workforcebuffalo.org The BETC is here to help with your job searching needs. We have free services to all jobseekers looking to find 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 SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF ERIE BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff -against- LOVETTE BARLOW, AKA LOVETTE EVANS AKA E. BARLOW LOVETTE, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale e3ntered herein and dated April 4, 2016, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Foreclosure Alcove, 1st floor, 92 Franklin Street, Buffalo, NY on October 4, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. premises situate in the City of Buffalo, County of Erie and State of New York, being part of Lot No. 19, Township 11, Range 8 of the Holland Land Company's Survey and Further distinguished as Subdivision Lot No. 16 in Block 9 as shown on map recorded in the Erie County Clerk's Office in Liber 336 on Deeds at page 416, being 30 feet, front and rear, by 90 feet in depth, Sears Street, west side beginning 372.35 feet south from the south line of Lovejoy Street. Section 112.45 Block 2 Lot 15.

Said premises known as 68 SEARS STREET, BUFFALO, NY Approximate amount of lien $50,316.13 plus interest & costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Index Number 806114/2015.

MARGARET A. MURPHY, ESQ., Referee David A. Gallo & Associates LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 95-25 Queens Boulevard, 11th Floor, Rego Park, NY 11374 File# 8325.913

14

Challenger Community News • www.thechallengernews.com •September 7, 2016

LOTTERY

NEW YORK STATE LOTTERY NUMBERS SUN 8/28

MID-9-7-2

3-WAY

EVE-9-0-6 MID- 9-1-1-0 EVE- 9-6-6-4

WIN 4 TAKE 5

07-26-28-30-36

MON 8/29

TUES 8/30

EVE- 0-8-6

EVE-8-1-6

MID-8-6-7

WED 8/31

MID-2-3-0

MID- 3-0-9 EVE-4-8-5

MID -7-7-9-2 MID - 2-2-2-4 EVE- 5-6-9-6 EVE - 6-5-3-2

13-15-22-26-38

MID- 7-1-8-0 EVE- 1-0-9-8

09-10-18-35-37

LOTTO

15-29-32-37-38

THURS 9/1

MID-3-0-8

EVE-9-6-0

FRI 9/2

SAT 9/3

MID-8-0-6

MID-4-7-3

EVE-6-1-1

MID- 1-2-7-0 EVE- 0-2-7-0

EVE-0-4-5

MID- 6-5-1-9 EVE- 1-9-8-1

07-17-23-27-32

MID- 4-4-5-2 EVE- 9-6-5-5

01-05-20-31-33

05-13-28-29-30

17-23-24-28-32-57 #38

03-09-26-34-48-59 #32

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 Attorney FritzGerald Tondreau

4018

022

064

648

Zakiyyah’s Rundown (ZR) 529-274-957-906-614-975-042-743-134-652-465-259-951-145564-635-327-435-102-045-657-562-412-932-354-763-469-242037-659-187-645-745-454-675-242-989-125-436-349-675-652109-235-711-032-324-354-454-820-411-579-001-757-689-754568-785-567-287-596-765-465-786-698-329-818-910-116-725

Billy Bye Bye Sez: 133-333-478-756-1954

“Sgt. Hyder’s Hits”

1928-1447-5780-9966-6888

September Vibes 852-184-548-820594-630

“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

quickmoney$$$$ 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 “Autumn” PICKS 725-763-104-420-483-584-394-630

SEPTEMBER Best Triple- 111 September Special Doubles - 228-272-554-989

140

NUMBER OF THE MONTH

The Creator and the angels are boosting your thoughts to a very positive level so that you can continue attracting all good thigs into your lilfe.

996

515

140

CHALLENGER HITS

972 Quick Money (bx) 867 The Number Book (bx) 309 Quick Money (bx) 308 August Vibes (bx) 806 The Number Book (bx) 473 The Number Book (straight) Evening

485 ZR (bx)

133-202- 335 -2015-4444-1871-0978 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 3-Way Winning Numbers Last Year

09/15/2015 Evening 09/15/2015 Midday 09/14/2015 Evening 09/14/2015 Midday 09/13/2015 Evening 09/13/2015 Midday 09/12/2015 Evening 09/12/2015 Midday 09/11/2015 Evening 09/11/2015 Midday 09/10/2015 Evening 09/10/2015 Midday 09/09/2015 Evening 09/09/2015 Midday 09/08/2015 Evening 09/08/2015 Midday 09/07/2015 Evening 09/07/2015 Midday

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

2015

FLORISTS

AUTO

HAIR SUPPLY

Ben’s Downtown Tire

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

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

BAIL BONDS GIST BAIL BONDS

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

CELL PHONES

134-431-143

Empire Electric (716) 634-0330

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

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

Midday

ELECTRICIAL

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

1133 Kensington Ave. /1610 Genesee

HOT TIPS

1963 Fillmore Avenue (716) 807-8163

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

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

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

ForDirectory 881-1051

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Challenger Community News • www.thechallengrnews.com • September 7, 2016

Wednesday September 7

Wednesday September 7

Thursday September 8

Saturday September 10

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! 885-6348.

911 Tribute: The Salvation Army-Golden Age Center 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. at 960 Main Street featuring Foxie Brown and the Blues Trio.

Admission is $10. For tickets and info 888-6261.Local First Responders will be honored .

A Memorial Birthday Fundraiser, in honor of Rian N’Kole Davis,:3 to 8p.m. at the Delavan Grider Commu-

Hustle for Health Seniors line dance fitness class with Phyllis Caver at Gloria J Parks Community Center 3242 Main St, Buffalo. Every Wednesday 11am - 12pm Call 716 832 1010 visit www.HustleForHealth.com FREE Thursday September 8 Public Meeting Hosted by VOICE-Buffalo: 7 p.m. at Elim Christian Fellowship, 70 Chalmers Avenue. meeting, VOICE-Buffalo will ask each candidate for DA to pledge implement changes that will lower the prison population in the Holding Center and County Jail.

Introductory talks on the Ideas of Gurdjieff, facilitated

by Samuel Radford: What are Inner Obstacles to achieving goals? 7:00 - 8:30 pm, 564 Dodge - Bldg 400.

Friday September 9 “Harvest of Our Love Concert”: 6:30 p. . hosted by the Taste of Faith Food Pantry True Bethel Baptist Church, 907 E. Ferry; Bring a canned good to donate to the needy!

One Unique Boutique Grand Opening: 4 -8 p.m., 1639 Hertel Ave. near Parkside .

Store wide specials and sales , hors’doeuvres and finger food.

Saturday September 10 One Unique Boutique Grand Opening Continues! 11 a.m.6 p.m. 1639 Hertel Ave. near Parkside . Store wide specials and sales , hors’doeuvres and finger food.

SEE YOU AT THE EVENTS!

SHOWCASE & SIGN-UP DAY

Sunday September 11

Peace-Justice- Nonviolence Festival and Walk: from Canalside to the Erie Basin Marina Gardens along the Buffalo River; 2:30 pm. For more info (931-3520 /victoryross9@gmail.com), (4919172 / caseytpc@aol.com) (mosesstvc178@yahoo.com) or 856-6024.

Monday September 12 Hustle for Health Seniors: NEW Line Dance Fitness class with Miss Phyllis at Gloria J Parks Center 3242 Main St, noon - 1pm Fun & age 60+ call 832-1010 visit www.

HustleForHealth.com

Licensed Check Cashing

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

Western New York Check Services

The Durham Central City Baby Café: every Wed. and Thurs. 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. 200 E. Eagle. Dinner free! 885-6348.

Maximum fee 2.01%

Nexis Card Direct Deposit

Licensed by the Superintendent of Banks Pursuant to Article 9-A of the Banking Law

675 Fillmore Ave - 1 Block South of Broadway Give us a call - 893-4193 Open 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Saturday

WE ALSO SELL BRAND NEW

NEW & USED

MATTRESSES Twin Set Full Set Queen Set King Set

129 99 $ 159 99 $ 189 99

FURNITURE

$

Available

LOWEST PRICES ANYWHERE!

1 ST quality mattresses & box springs

Delivery available

Bedroom Sets Bunk Beds Recliners Dinette Sets Microwaves Mini Fridges and more!

FREE FAMILY EVENT

Cariol Horne Honored as Umoja’s Woman of the Year: 6-10 p.m. Musicians Big 6 Fox and E. North, hosted by Bro. Sam Radford. Tickets at Bus Stop Liquor, 11 Grider St. or call Bro. Peoples at 8923462.

Wednesday September 14

Government - State - County - Payroll - Insurance Settlement Checks - Tax Refund Checks

15

Sat., September 24 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

AL SIGL CENTER 1000 Elmwood Ave., Door 1 Rochester, NY 14620 CANALSIDE PIERCE LAWN 44 Prime Street Buffalo, NY 14202

What are you waiting for?

Don’t miss the opportunity to experience Scouting at our Back to Scouts day and register as a member or volunteer! Enjoy popcorn, games, Girl Scout and Boy Scout activities and traditions, giveaways, and more.

Learn more at gswny.org

Support Our Advertisers!

Advertisers!

Hustle for Health Seniors line dance fitness class with Phyllis Caver at Gloria J Parks Community Center 3242 Main St, Buffalo. Every Wednesday 11am - 12pm Call 716 832 1010 visit www.HustleForHealth.com FREE

DELEVAN VILLAGE APARTMENTS DELEVAN, NEW YORK

One and two bedroom, two story non elevator, individuals, families, elderly and disabled persons, regardless of age. Handicap accessible in 2 buildings. Off street parking. Laundry facilities on premises. Appliances, carpeting and garbage pickup.

Reasonable rents based on income eligibility requirements. One year lease and security deposit required. No pets. Write or call for an application.

Delevan Village Apartments Belmont Management Co., Inc.

C/O 1014 Main Street, Delevan, New York 14042 For more rental information call: 716-492-3288 TDD Relay Line: 711 • Short Waiting Lists EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY: Unlawful discrimination. “This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

If you wish to file a Civil Rights program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, found online at http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, or at any USDA office, or call (866) 632-9992 to request the form. You may also write a letter containing all of the information requested in the form. Send your completed complaint form or letter to us by mail at U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, by fax (202) 690-7442 or email at program.intake@usda.gov.”

16

Challenger Community News • www.thechallengernews.com •September 7, 2016

The Northeast Regional Council Of Carpenters Proudly Presents It’s September 9, 2016 Pre-Apprentice “Sisters In The Brotherhood” Graduates

EL A H C I M .

REV dus Ty

.E. ZION WNY A.M CH CHUR MIC ECONO

IMPACT

43

$544,3

P

ictured above are the proud graduates (the ladies in the orange hard hats) of a six-week introductory course that prepares women to become successful apprentices in the Carpenters Union. The history-making grads include:

Jasmine M. Rivers • Yolanda Solomon • Shenaya A. Washington • Alisha M. Barnes • Danielle M. Cole • Keonna E. Davis • Ashley S. Harmon

Upon completion the candidates will have valuable, basic exposure to the skills and requirements necessary to continue towards a career as a Member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. These women have interviewed, trained, sacrificed and prepared to build a new future. This is the first group of women in Western New York to partake of this initiative and essentially, they are the trailblazers for local women in a historical-ly “non-traditional” field.

Congratulations!

“It’s more than a job.

It’s my career and my community.”

KC KRATT

BRING IT

Home.

MEETINGS, EVENTS & CONVENTIONS MEAN BUSINESS TO BUFFALO NIAGARA.

It’s a new day in Buffalo. For the first time in a generation, there’s a sense of possibility and optimism about the future. If you’d like to be a part of this change and make a difference, think about helping to bring a meeting, convention or sports event to town. Contact Dionne Williamson at

Become a Rochester Police Officer

APPLY NOW

williamson@visitbuffaloniagara.com and we’ll take it from there!

Exam: November 19, 2016

Application due: September 30, 2016

Starting Salary: $41,985

Increases to $73,315 in five years

www.cityofrochester.gov/joinRPD

Call: 585-428-6716

BringItHomeBuffalo.com