Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper Digital Edition Issue July 22, 2021

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Vol. 40 • No. 28 • Thurs., July 22, 2021 - Wed., July 28, 2021 • An NCON Publication Serving The Milwaukee Area • 75¢

BUCKS WIN IN SIX!: First Title Win Since 1971

On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, the Milwaukee Bucks beat a fifty-year slump and won the NBA Championship title in an amazing sixth game. Among the highlights Giannis Antetokounmpo ended the game with 50 points, 14 rebounds and five blocked shots as the Bucks beat the Phoenix Suns 105-98 to win the series 4-2 at the Fiserv Forum. In a season played largely without fans, the Bucks had 65,000 of them packed into the Deer District outside, a wild party that figured to last deep into the Midwestern night.

Confetti rained down inside as fans chanted "Bucks in 6! Bucks in 6!" — which began as a hopeful boast by a former player turning out to be a prophetic rallying cry. The Bucks became the fifth team to win the NBA Finals after trailing 2-0 and the first to do it by winning four straight games since Miami against Dallas in 2006. Milwaukee has been waiting fifty years to celebrate a winner after Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson led the Bucks to the championship in 1971.

Photo by Kim Robinson

Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes announces bid for U.S. Senate

Photos by Morgan A. Conyers

On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes announced his official bid to run for the U.S. Senate at the Sherman Phoenix, 3536 W Fond Du Lac Ave. Lt. Gov. Barnes will be running for Republican Senator Ron Johnson's seat. He's vying to become the first African American from Wisconsin to serve in the Senate. Barnes, 34, is the first Black lieutenant governor in Wisconsin history. He is giving up a chance to run for a second term in 2022 as Gov. Tony Evers' running mate. Instead, Barnes becomes the seventh Democrat to enter the race, with an eighth expected to get in soon. "I'm running for the United States Senate because when things get tough, we shouldn't lower our expectations," Barnes said in a statement. "Instead of changing our dreams, we need to change the game. Hard-working Wisconsin families deserve every opportunity, but politicians like Senator Ron Johnson aren't delivering." Johnson has not said yet whether he will seek a third term, but through June he had raised more money than any of the Democratic candidates at that point. Barnes for years has said the Democratic Party must do a better job connecting with young people and people of color. Barnes was joined at the Sherman Phoenix for is official announcement by his family.

Milwaukee youth and adults show love for Harambee neighborhood On Saturday, July 17, 2021, local residents of all ages – youth, adults and neighbors – were working together to create several community-created paintings in four crosswalks along North Avenue in the Harambee community to show their love for their neighborhood and their desire for safe streets. Developed by Cross/ Words/North, a unique community-based art project that brings together student and families from nearby St. Marcus Lutheran School, neighbors living in the Harambee and Riverwest neighborhoods near North Avenue and several community organizations, to create four pieces of art that embody Empowerment, Love, Unity and Diversity. An NCON Communications Publication

Photo by Yvonne Kemp

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