South End Citizen 12-11-2019

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Upon completion, the Positioning Pullman 2.0 project would be complete with a visitor center where tourist can go to learn the history of the Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side. Photo credit: Courtesy of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

PULLMAN PROJECT EXPECTED TO BOOST TOURISM ON THE FAR SOUTH SIDE If all goes well with a long-term redevelopment project in Pullman, organizers said tourism on the Far South Side could soar. PAGE 2

BUSINESS Weave Launches Full-Scale Payments Platform PAGE 4

REAL ESTATE

ENTERTAINMENT The Legendary Clark Sisters’ New Single, “Victory”, Available Now on Apple Music

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NEWS briefly EDUCATION

NLRB EXTENDS TIME FOR SUBMITTING COMMENTS ON PROPOSED RULE CONCERNING STUDENTS The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has again extended the time for submitting comments on its proposed rule concerning the definition of “employee” under Section 2(3) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The proposed rule would exempt from the NLRB’s jurisdiction undergraduate and graduate students who perform services for financial compensation in connection with their studies.

The original notice of proposed rulemaking was published at 84 FR 49691. The submission window will remain open and interested parties may now file comments on or before Wednesday, January 15, 2020.

Comments replying to the comments submitted during the initial comment period must be received by the Board on or before Wednesday, January 29, 2020. Public comments are invited on all aspects of the proposed rule and should be submitted either electronically to www. regulations.gov, or by mail or hand-delivery to Roxanne Rothschild, Executive Secretary, National Labor Relations Board, 1015 Half Street S.E., Washington, D.C. 20570-0001.

HEALTH

INC: HIGHER NUT CONSUMPTION MAY HELP PREVENT COGNITIVE DECLINE IN THE ELDERLY A recent INC-funded study, published in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, showed that a high intake of nuts may help protect the elderly from cognitive decline.

A team of researchers examined Nuts and whether a diet high in nuts brain health. might help protect against agerelated cognitive decline over a three-year period.

Researchers found that, from 119 subjects, 38 participants experienced cognitive decline, 28 from the non-nut consumers group and 10 from the nut consumers group. Nut consumption estimated either by the dietary marker or by the urinary marker model was in both cases associated with lower cognitive decline.

LAW & POLITICS

PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING HISTORIAN AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN TO TEACH U.S. PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY AND LEADERSHIP MasterClass recently announced that presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Doris Kearns Goodwin, will teach U.S. presidential history and leadership.

In her MasterClass, Goodwin will provide rich stories about some of our most significant presidents and discuss the essential leadership qualities they shared, including ambition for the greater good. She’ll also discuss how we can all be leaders in our communities through engaged citizenship. Now available exclusively at MasterClass.com, students can subscribe for unlimited access to all new and existing classes of 65+ instructors through the All-Access Pass. MasterClass categories include leadership, cooking, photography, writing, performance, and much more.

Goodwin is a presidential historian, public speaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times best-selling author. Her first book “Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream” became a national best-seller and was followed by six additional, critically acclaimed and award-winning books focused on Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Baines Johnson. Goodwin previously worked with Steven Spielberg on “Lincoln,” based in part on her book “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln,” a biography President Barack Obama has cited as one of his favorite books and was said to have used it as a model for constructing his own cabinet.

Pullman Project Expected to Boost Tourism on the Far South Side Continued from page 1

BY WENDELL HUTSON Contributing Writer

If all goes well with a long-term redevelopment project in Pullman, organizers said tourism on the Far South Side could soar.

Upon completion, the Positioning Pullman 2.0 project, which stretches along Cottage Grove Avenue from 111th to 103rd streets, will feature a visitor center, hotel, pedestrian walkways, bike trails, public space, community rooms, exhibit halls, and the historic clock tower would be renovated.

And the project’s site, Pullman National Monument, was designated Chicago’s first national park on Feb. 19, 2015 by President Barack Obama.

“This project will sit on historic grounds and so it must be preserved in a way that keeps its original structure,” said Lynn McClure, senior Midwest director for the National Parks Conservation Association. “The visitor center could be open as early as 2021 but as far as when the total project will be complete, there’s no completion date for this project although ideally, I’d love to see it wrapped up in the next five years.”

The goal of the project, said McClure, is to redevelop old, historic buildings in Pullman as a way to improve the community from transportation to tourism, which she said would ultimately help boost the local economy as well.

“The nearby Pullman Park will be complimented by this project because it would bring more foot traffic to the community and that equates into more money spent at retail businesses,” added McClure.

Since 2015 when construction began on the Positioning Pullman 2.0 project, $56 million has been invested in the project and $200 million more could be spent, according to McClure, who said the project is supported by elected officials from U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) to Ald. Anthony Beale (9th), whose ward includes the Pullman neighborhood.

Beale said the Far South Side is about to explode with tourism thanks to several projects underway including a proposal to make the Pullman Community Center, 10355 S. Woodlawn Ave., a Midwest hub for athletic events.

“Look for an announcement, hopefully this week about how tourism in the Ninth Ward will increase substan-

tially with sporting events at the community center,” Beale told the Citizen.

“And all the other projects from the Pullman Park to Positioning Pullman will help me attract a hotel or hotels to Pullman. In fact, I am meeting with hotel operators this week who are looking to put a hotel in the area.”

But there’s one missing link Beale said is needed to take the Far South Side to “the next level” and that’s a casino.

“Can you imagine the possibilities for the Far South Side if a casino is built nearby? We’re talking about Metra stations already in Pullman and the Bishop Ford Expressway at our front door, so transportation getting this way is no problem. And let’s not forget the Obama Presidential Center that will also be built on the South Side.

Tourism is about to go through the roof for the Far South Side, an area rarely visited by tourists coming to Chicago.”

Last month, Durbin and U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) introduced new legislation to provide protection for the Pullman area. The Pullman National Historical Park Act 2019 would not only protect the National Park Service but also allow for land acquisitions at Pullman National Historical Park.

Rush, Gabbard, Moore Introduce Bill to Boost Urban Agriculture U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) was recently joined by Reps. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) and Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) in introducing H.R.5266, the Urban Agriculture Healthy Food and Entrepreneur Act. This bill would establish two new programs — the Urban Agriculture Conservation Easement Program and the Urban Agriculture Microentrepreneur Assistance Program.

Together, they would increase the availability of land and capital in communities to encourage more local urban agriculture production.

“Food deserts are a serious problem facing my constituents, as are ‘food swamps,’ or areas where unhealthy fast-food options far outnumber healthier alternatives. Both put communities, particularly

U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush

communities of color, at heightened risk for severe health problems such as obesity, high blood pressure, and type two diabetes,” said Rep. Bobby Rush. “This legislation will help empower urban communities to address the root causes of food insecurity, as well as the resulting public health issues that follow, all while

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restoring neighborhoods with functional greenspace and creating jobs.”

“In too many cities across America, families are living in food deserts with very little access to healthy food that is affordable and nutritious, thereby negatively impacting their health and wellbeing. My legislation will help address these challenges by empowering local communities and entrepreneurs to create urban farms and gardens, beautifying their neighborhoods, supporting new small business opportunities, creating local jobs, and enabling stronger, healthier communities,” said Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.

“Food insecurity is a public health issue that harms the most vulnerable. This legislation helps urban communities meet their nutritional needs with resources produced in their

own backyards,” said Rep. Gwen Moore.

“Increasing resources for urban agriculture will create healthier communities and create local jobs that support the economy.”

In addition to creating two new programs — the Urban Agriculture Conservation Easement Program and the Urban Agriculture Microentrepreneur Assistance Program — H.R.5266 would also extend the authority of the Community Food Project Grant Program by $15 million annually. It would also increase funding for the Farm to Schools Program by $10 million.

The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Union of Concerned Scientists, Good Food For All, Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, Just Food, and WhyHunger all support this legislation.

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NEWS

Study finds associations between rheumatoid arthritis, other diseases before and after diagnosis A Mayo Clinic-led study involving 3,276 patients has found that people with inflammatory bowel disease, Type 1 diabetes or blood clots may be at increased risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis.

The study, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, also found that people who have rheumatoid arthritis are at increased risk of developing heart disease, blood clots and sleep apnea.

Comorbidities, or other chronic diseases or conditions, have been linked to poorer outcomes for patients with rheumatoid arthritis, including worsened physical disability, functional decline, poorer quality of life and increased mortality.

While some research exists on comorbidities and their effects, this study leverages the Mayo Clinic Biobank, which contains data on 74 comorbidities and the age of onset for these comorbidities.

“We found that comorbidities accumulate in an accelerated fashion after diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis,” says Vanessa Kronzer, M.D., a clinician investigator fellow in rheumatology at Mayo Clinic and the study’s corresponding author. “We also found that autoimmune diseases and epilepsy may predispose to development of rheumatoid arthritis, while heart disease and other conditions may develop as a result of rheumatoid arthritis.”

The findings have important implications for understanding how rheumatoid arthritis develops. It also could lead to earlier detection and screening initiatives for other diseases and conditions.

“OUR FINDINGS SUGGEST THAT PEOPLE WITH CERTAIN CONDITIONS, SUCH AS TYPE 1 DIABETES OR INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE, SHOULD BE CAREFULLY MONITORED FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.” VANESSA KRONZER, M.D. Clinician Investigator Fellow In Rheumatology at Mayo Clinic

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disorder that can affect not only the joints, but also can damage a wide variety of body systems, including the lungs, heart and blood vessels. Unlike the wear-and-tear damage of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis affects the lining of joints, causing a painful swelling that can result in bone erosion and joint deformity.

The study identified 821 patients with rheumatoid arthritis who were diagnosed at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and Florida between January 2009 and February 2018, and enlisted 2,455 control participants, for a total sample of 3,276 participants. Researchers found that 11 comorbidities were associated with rheumatoid arthritis, including epilepsy and pulmonary fibrosis.

Among other new information in the study, blood clots occurred more commonly in rheumatoid arthritis cases before diagnosis, suggesting that systemic inflammation may start before the rheumatoid arthritis symptoms become clinically apparent. The association with Type 1 diabetes prior to diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis also was strong, highlighting the importance of heightened suspicion of rheumatoid arthritis in patients with autoim-

mune diseases, and vice versa.

“Our findings suggest that people with certain conditions, such as Type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease, should be carefully monitored for rheumatoid arthritis,” says Dr. Kronzer. “In addition, people who have rheumatoid arthritis, and their health care providers, should have heightened suspicion and a low threshold to screen for cardiovascular disease, blood clots and sleep apnea.”

The Mayo Clinic Biobank is a collection of samples, including blood and blood derivatives, and health information donated by Mayo Clinic patients and other volunteers. Among its distinctive values for this research is the depth of self-reported health information gathered, including an extensive list of comorbidities.

Dr. Kronzer says research already is underway to investigate family history of comorbidities and their association with rheumatoid arthritis. Another study will involve the use of DNA samples donated by Mayo Clinic Biobank participants to identify any genetic underpinnings of the associations between rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases.

The study was supported by a Rheumatol-

A diagram showing how rheumatoid arthritis affects a joint

ogy Research Foundation Resident Research Preceptorship and K Supplement Award, and grants from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. The authors report no competing interests.

COMMENTARY

Why start a business when you can start a movement?

BY JIM NOWLAN

This column proposes a powerful, practical, if highly unconventional, way to start a national conversation, even a movement, that could possibly help restore a healthy American democracy and solid economic future, and maybe even replace one of our two bankrupt political parties.

Politics and policy are today focused on supporting old coots like me (I’m 78), and the boomers who followed, through oppressive government debt, mountainous student loan burdens, inadequate investment in research and higher education, and generally listless K-12 education. The consequences of our selfish, debt-fueled pandering to my generation will be paid by those who are in college today. Embarrassing.

In the present era, national politics are shaped by winning intra-party primary elections, which are largely captured by activists at polar extremes. The great swath of us in the middle are marginalized, having little impact on who become candidates.

I propose a nationwide competition — with big prizes — among

teams at our business school MBA programs, to develop the best “business plan” for creation and implementation of a new, competitive political party. Why start a business, I say to the MBA students, when you can start a movement?

A new political party is really just a start-up, nonprofit enterprise. I used to run US Senate and other major political campaigns. For each, we developed a campaign plan to operate the equivalent of a lively business for one year. Without a good plan, no success.

A new party would need a terrific plan.

Why focus largely on the business schools? (I would indeed open the competition to teams from elsewhere.) Because many of the brightest and most successful of the coming generation are enrolled there. They need to appreciate they have a huge stake in the future, and my generation is strewing shards of glass in their path.

We should also disabuse business school deans who might think the business of America is solely about business. Wrong. A stable, far-sighted political system is an absolute precondition to a flourishing, sus-

tainable economy.

For example, after World War II, observers identified Argentina as the nation that had all the ingredients to be the next economic powerhouse — a well-educated, hard-working populace with substantial natural resources, unscathed by the war.

Yet dysfunctional, populist Peronist and later governments crushed the dreams of a global powerhouse in Argentina.

My proposal is that MBA students, plus teams from elsewhere, be assigned the task of developing a plan for a new, national third party.

After all, the Republican Party began as a third party, founded in 1854 in the midst of the implosion of the Whig Party. Just six years later, Republicans captured the White House with 39 percent of the popular vote in a four-party contest, and saved the Union.

There would obviously be daunting challenges to creation of a successful competitive new party for the political contests after 2020.

For example, students of political parties will point out the original GOP rode the coattails of a searing matter in the North — extension of www.citizennewspapergroup.com

slavery — and that a new political party begun in 2020 would lack such a riveting issue.

Second, a new party would probably have to appeal to those of us located somewhere along the middle of the political spectrum; unfortunately, moderation famously lacks that emotional appeal necessary to drive voters to the polls.

Third, at least as I see it, a new, future-oriented party would have to promote some jarring, even painful policies; for example, reduce benefits a bit now to extend Social Security and Medicare programs into the future, increase revenues for longterm research investments, and curb health care expenditures.

To counter these challenges, a successful plan would have to arouse constructive fear — the great motivator — that our student generation will otherwise inherit a society bereft of the resources necessary to fuel a prosperous society for themselves and their children.

A new political party can also benefit from the immediacy and ubiquity of social media, for marketing, recruiting, fundraising.

I am thinking prizes of $1 million for the winning team, half that for second, less for runners-up. I see half of each prize going to the team members, the other half to be applied as seed-money to start implementation.

I am right now casting about among my few, really deep-pocketed friends and acquaintances to recruit interest in funding the idea.

Sure, the idea is eccentric. But I’ll bet that in 1854 unimaginative folks in central Illinois thought the awkward, unschooled young lawyer from New Salem and his political buddies were also off on a fool’s errand.

I think such a competition could fascinate America. The public might even be involved in the voting among competing finalist plans.

What might the bright young leaders of tomorrow come up with? Are they up to the challenge? Are we?

For many years, Jim Nowlan was a senior fellow and political science professor at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. He has worked for three unindicted governors and published a weekly newspaper in central Illinois.

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BUSINESS

Justice Department Issues Business Review Letter to the GSMA Related to Innovative eSIMs Standard for Mobile Devices The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division recently announced that it has completed a nearly two-year long investigation into the standard-setting activities of the GSM Association (GSMA), a trade association for mobile network operators.

The Antitrust Division’s investigation revealed that, in recent years, the GSMA used its industry influence to steer the design of eSIMs technology in mobile devices.

In response to the investigation, the GSMA has drafted new standard-setting procedures that will incorporate more input from non-operator members of the mobile communications industry.

According to a news release, the new standard-setting process will have a greater likelihood of creating procompetitive benefits for consumers of mobile devices; it will also curb the ability of mobile network operators to use the GSMA standard as a way to avoid new forms of disruptive competition that the embedded SIMs (eSIMs) technology may unleash.

According to the Antitrust Division’s investigation, the GSMA and its mobile network operator members used an unbalanced standard-setting process, with procedures that stacked the deck in their favor, to enact an RSP Specification that included provisions designed to limit competition among networks.

The GSMA expressed its intent to adopt the new procedures in a request for a business review letter from the Antitrust Division. After completing

its investigation, the division recently issued a business review letter that expresses concern about the past procedures and some of the resulting provisions in the standard.

The letter concludes, however, that the proposed changes appear to adequately address those concerns.

In light of these planned changes, the Antitrust Division has no present intention to bring an enforcement action against the GSMA or its mobile network operator members.

“I am pleased that the GSMA is ready to use its standard-setting process to create a more consumerfriendly eSIM standard,” said Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim.

“The GSMA’s old procedures resulted in certain eSIMs rules that benefitted only its incumbent mobile network operators at the risk of innovation and American consumers.

The new procedures proposed going forward significantly reduce that risk and should result in new innovative offerings for consumers.”

The mobile communications industry has begun to migrate away

from traditional SIM cards—a removable plastic card that is preprogrammed to connect to a single mobile network—and toward innovative eSIMs, which perform the same function as a SIM card but are soldered into the device and capable of being remotely programmed and re-programmed to connect to different operators’ mobile networks.

The mobile industry refers to this process as Remote SIM Provisioning (RSP).

According to the Antitrust Division’s investigation, the GSMA and its mobile network operator members used an unbalanced standard-setting process, with procedures that stacked the deck in their favor, to enact an RSP Specification that included provisions designed to limit competition among networks. When standardsetting organizations are used in an anticompetitive manner, the division stands ready to evaluate that conduct under the antitrust laws and take whatever action is necessary to restore competition.

The GSMA is a non-profit association with its headquarters in London, United Kingdom, and additional offices throughout the world, including offices in Atlanta, Georgia, and San Francisco, California. The GSMA is a trade association representing mobile operators worldwide, including more than 750 operators and over 350 companies in the broader mobile

ecosystem. GSMA’s membership includes all of the major mobile network operators worldwide, including the major, national carriers in the United States.

Under the Department of Justice’s business review procedure, an organization may submit a proposed action to the Antitrust Division and receive a statement as to whether the division currently intends to challenge the action under the antitrust laws based on the information provided.

The department reserves the right to challenge the proposed action under the antitrust laws if the actual operation of the proposed conduct proves to be anticompetitive in purpose or effect.

Copies of the business review request and the department’s response are available on the Antitrust Division’s website at https://www. justice.gov/atr/business-reviewletters-and-request-letters, as well as in a file maintained by the Antitrust Documents Group of the Antitrust Division. After a 30-day waiting period, any documents supporting the business review will be added to the file, unless a basis for their exclusion for reasons of confidentiality has been established under the business review procedure. Supporting documents in the file will be maintained for a period of one year, and copies will be available upon request to the FOIA/Privacy Act Unit, Antitrust Documents Group at atrdocs.grp@ usdoj.gov.

Weave Launches Full-Scale Payments Platform Weave recently announced the public debut of Weave Payments, a full-scale payment processing platform for small to medium businesses (SMBs).

The platform, complete with merchant services, joins Weave’s communication suite to make processing payments extremely Weave Payments offers full simple for SMBs with features including Text payment processing bundled to Pay, fast-processing terminals and mobile with Weave’s communication wallets. Weave Payments also saves time by suite, www.getweave.com. significantly reducing backend paperwork and reporting-- as everything from payments to appointments is integrated within Weave’s toolbox, according to a news release.

The Weave Payment platform combines Text to Pay with the Weave Payments credit card terminal and virtual terminal. Text to Pay is a feature that allows businesses to collect payments via text from customers who are not onsite, have forgotten their credit card, or who owe additional money past an initial payment that was collected at the time of service. With the addition of Weave Payments’ credit card processing and virtual terminal, businesses can accept all forms of payment.

To learn more about Weave, please visit www.getweave.com. www.citizennewspapergroup.com

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CITIZEN On The Move

It Is No Secret What God Can Do Photo courtesy of Evans Funeral Home

Farewell Rev. Clay Evans!

Reverend Doctor Clay Evans born June 23, 1925 in Brownsville Tenn. Rev. Evans was ordained as a Baptist Minister in 1950. He founded Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church where he ministered until 2000.Known as the Pastors Pastor. He was succeeded by Rev. Charles Jenkins. Highlights of his career: One of the first ministers to embrace Dr. Martin Luther King in Chicago defying Mayor Richard J. Daley Sr. boycott.- 1960’s - He ordained Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr. - Participated in the formation of Operation PUSH - Award winning Gospel Singer - Founding President of the Broadcasting Alliance, and many more organizations. Photos by Jerome Simmons

Sister of Rev. Evans Lou Della Evans Reid, bought the audience to their feet as she directed the choir.

Gail Claudette Pye, daughter was the highlight as she relat-ed stories in two voices, hers and Rev Evans as she mim-cked his whisper; the audience felt like they were the third person in the room.

Reverend Doctor Clay Evans

Dr. Horace Smith - Host

Congressman Bobby Rush (D)

Mayor Lori Lightfoot

Rev. Charles Jenkins

Former Mayor Richard Daley

Minister Louis Farrakhan

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ENTERTAINMENT

The Legendary Clark Sisters’ New Single, “Victory”, Available Now on Apple Music Karew Entertainment in partnership with Motown Gospel recently announced the newest single, “Victory”, from the legendary gospel group, The Clark Sisters, available now on Apple Music. The song was written by group member Karen Clark Sheard and her son J. Drew Sheard (who also produced it).

This is the first single from the forthcoming album set to be released in Spring 2020. Other producers to be included on the project include Kirk Franklin, Donald Lawrence, Warryn Campbell, Rodney Jerkins, Kurt Carr, and Mano Haines.

Born and raised in Detroit, MI., The Clark Sisters are a legendary and iconic Gospel music group comprised of sisters Jacky Clark Chisholm, Elbernita “Twinkie” Clark, Dorinda Clark Cole, and Karen Clark Sheard. The daughters of renowned Gospel musician and choral director, Mattie Moss Clark, they have been singing and performing together since 1966.

The recipients of numerous

Karew Entertainment in partnership with Motown Gospel recently announced the newest single, “Victory”, from the legendary gospel group, The Clark Sisters.

notable awards and honors, including 2 GRAMMY Awards, The Clark Sisters have produced 20 albums to date.

Revered by numerous Pop and

R&B artists such as Mariah Carey, Jill Scott, Beyoncé, and Xscape, The Clark Sisters were honored at the 2016 Essence Music Festival for their musical contributions with

remarks from Mary J. Blige, Queen Latifah, Missy Elliott, Kierra Sheard and Yolanda Adams.

Their vocals were most recently featured on the latest projects by Hip-Hop artists Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg. Credited for helping to bring gospel music to the mainstream, The Clark Sisters are considered pioneers of contemporary Gospel music.

Some of their crossover hits include “Blessed & Highly Favored,” “Is My Living In Vain?,” “Hallelujah,” “He Gave Me Nothing to Lose,” “Endow Me,” “Jesus Is A Love Song,” “Pure Gold,” “Expect A Miracle,” and “You Brought The Sunshine,” their largest mainstream crossover, which was often played on Urban/R&B radio formats and club venues.

The Clark Sisters are the highestselling female Gospel group in history with millions of record sales to their credit. Their biopic, executive produced by Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliott, and Queen Latifah will premiere nationally on Lifetime Networks on Easter Sunday 2020.

Dave Sanborn, Legendary Saxophonist, Presents the First Season of His New Show “Sanborn Sessions” Sanborn Sessions, a new series, hosted by veteran saxophonist and six time Grammy Award winner, Dave Sanborn, recently premiered with Kandace Springs while other artists are scheduled to be featured on upcoming shows.

Bucking conventional presentations, the show lets viewers become voyeurs as world class musicians come together to discuss, explore and play music. “To me this show is not just about dialogue,” Sanborn says. “It’s absolutely essential that we keep this authentic.

Because then they [the audience] get the real unfiltered stuff. This show comes out of humor and friendship and just trying to get on the same musical wavelength. It’s intimate, fly-on-the-wall stuff.”

While Sanborn Sessions is inventive in its lack of script, teleprompter, or studio audience, a good part of the impetus for recording the series came from Sanborn’s celebrated NBC music show in the late 1980s. Called Night Music, the show paired Sanborn with such legends as Eric Clapton, Lou Reed, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis, to name a few.

Brian Owens, Dave Sanborn & Michael McDonald

With his new show, the holder of eight Gold albums and one Platinum continues to explore the essence of music through candid conversations and free-flowing studio sessions.

Full episodes contain the deeper conversations, behind-the-scenes lead-ins to the music, and the performances themselves. Original song recordings that come from

Sanborn Sessions will also be issued for individual consumption across digital audio platforms.

The series is co-produced and sponsored by music equipment juggernaut Sweetwater. “I’ve been a longtime fan and customer of Sweetwater,” Sanborn says. “They are the ultimate destination for musicians and they have been the

perfect partner for us in bringing this vision to life.”

A true homegrown project, the show is executive produced by Dave’s nephew, Noah, brother-inlaw, Steve, and Dave himself.

Episodes can be viewed along with the trailer at sanbornsessions. com, as well as on the Sanborn Sessions YouTube channel.

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The Christians

‘The Christians’ features a 1960s Louisiana love story

BY CORA LESTER The Drum Newspaper

The Christians, book one, follows the life and love of Mary Jean Woods, a young, Christian woman in 1960 South Louisiana as she maneuvers through selfdiscovery, unrighteousness, and betrayal in hopes to find a true spiritual identity.

Through this first release, B.J.T Ledet weaves a story that answers, “What exemplifies a Christian?” and introduces readers to characters who boldly feel right– even all-knowing– in their beliefs when they are flawed and some are fallen.

The Christians deals with the distinctive differences and interactions between the characters who consider themselves Christians and those who don’t. Meet ministers who are in the business of religion instead of uplifting the people and teaching them to love. Meet the ‘show and tell’ flock alongside the church Mothers who have tunnel vision and live in the past.

Using romance, family scandals, and murder, the novel questions who is and is not a Christian and how the interactions between family and friends impact the spiritual growth of young adults.

B.J.T. Ledet is a retired Hurricane Katrina survivor who worked at Tulane University in New Orleans.

She attended Southern University and A&M College and Tulane University.

Currently, she gives back to the community by tutoring kids inside her home while working on completing the trilogy.

Ledet enjoys writing from her Baton Rouge home where she lives with her spouse, a dog, and a cat.

Published by Jozef Syndicate, The Christians (ISBN 978-1944155209) is available on Amazon and at www. jozefsyndicate.com/creators/b-j-tledet

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HELP WANTED

LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to :”An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y19002677 on NOVEMBER 26, 2019. Under the Assumed Busienss Name of EVERYTHING COUNTS with the business located at: 9818 S. INDIANA AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60628. The true and real full name (s) and residence address of the owner (s) / partner (s) is: MICHELLE GILMORE, 9818 S. INDIANA AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60628, USA. __________________________________ STATE OF INDIANA) ) SS: COUNTY OF LAKE ) IN THE LAKE SUPPERIOR COURT ROOM NUMBER FIVE SITTING IN HAMMOND, INDIANA IN RE: THE DISSOLUTIONS OF MARRIAGE OF:

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information on one account, they won’t be able to go on a shopping spree at other sites, too.

2. Track transactions: Check your statements for any suspicious activity. If you don’t recognize a transaction, contact your credit card company or bank right away.

3. Beware of scams: Watch out for phishing scams in which fraudsters send emails that look like they’re from a reputable company, but aren’t. Avoid clicking on links in emails as they may download malware that can give thieves access to your personal information. Always visit a retailer’s website directly to make a purchase.

4. Get identify theft insurance: Some insurance companies offer coverage to make the process of undoing the damage from identity theft easier and less costly.

For example, Erie Insurance has Identity Theft Recovery Coverage, an affordable option that can easily be added to a homeowners or renters insurance policy.

“When someone uses information about you without your permission, it takes time and money to straighten things out,” said Robert Buckel, vice president of product management at Erie Insurance.

“This coverage offers peace of mind to help you restore your credit and make the process -- and your life -- a little easier.”

Protecting your identity may not be topof-mind during the holiday shopping season, but with just a few safeguards in place, your online security can be greatly enhanced. _________________________________

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(StatePoint) ‘Tis the season for holiday shopping. When making purchases online, be sure to protect yourself from becoming a victim of identity theft -- it’s more common than you may think.

With just a few pieces of personal information, thieves can open new credit lines, drain bank accounts and file fraudulent tax returns. The Federal Trade Commission says credit card fraud was the number one type of identity theft reported in 2018, with 167,000 people saying their information was misused on an existing account or used to open a new credit card account. No matter what form it takes, identity theft can cost thousands of dollars and take years to correct.

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FAMILY LIVING How to Encourage Your Child’s Imagination and Self-Expression (StatePoint) Childhood is a time for imaginations to run wild. But when children’s schedules are filled to the brim with too many structured classes and extracurricular activities, it can limit selfexpression.

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