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‘Imagine North’ as a prosperous community

Ella Mai

Grand opening ceremony

Thor’s grand opening block party inspires hope for change Thousands packed the North Minneapolis intersection of Plymouth and Penn avenues Friday, September 14 for Thor Companies’ grand opening celebration of its Regional Acceleration Center.

The Imagine North Block Party featured live performances, including Ella Mai and Paris Bennett, along with youth activities, food trucks and building tours. The new center is now home to not only Thor Construction, but also Metropolitan Economic Development Association, Estes Funeral Home, the Minnesota African American History Museum, Sammy’s Avenue Eatery, and a Target Corporation incubator.

The facility’s designation as a “Regional Acceleration Center” or RAC (Thor Chairman Richard Copeland’s initials) signals its developers’ intent that it serve as an economic engine for further investment in Northside business projects to “change the narrative” of this long-depressed section of the city.

All photos by Atomic K/Rae Mackenzie Group Paris Bennett

Candidate’s priorities T. Mychael Rambo benefit to support at-risk youth grounded in ‘realities of life in Hennepin County’ pany, just to name a few. He also enjoys the distinction of having sung the national anStage, television and film them for two former presveteran T. Mychael Rambo idents, Barack Obama and is turning personal misfor- Jimmy Carter.

So, when Lowell Picktune into a call for communiett, co-owner of noted Minty wellbeing.

After being carjacked in St. Paul, the Emmy Award-winning actor now wants us to “Party with a Purpose.” The event comes after Rambo was robbed and pistol-whipped one evening in late July by five teens who flagged him down on University Avenue, ostensibly hitching a ride to the next light rail train station.

They left him concussed and staggering on the side of the road with a head wound requiring six stitches. He finally found help at a nearby club, the name of which he doesn’t recall. “I’m glad they were there,” he said.

With Rambo being a Twin T. Mychael Rambo Cities entertainment staple, the assault, reported in local news, quickly spread through neapolis nightspot The Daword of mouth. He’s a long- kota, heard the news, he standing company member approached Rambo about of Penumbra Theater and producing a benefit for his rehas taken on principal roles covery costs. Rambo took it as at such prestigious venues an opportunity to help others, as the Guthrie, Ordway The- as well.

It’s his intent to hopefulatre, Illusion Theatre, Mixed Blood, Park Square Theatre ly see some good come out and Children’s Theatre Com- of this by supporting young

By Dwight Hobbes Contributing Writer

This article is the fifth in an occasional series profiling candidates running for various offices and how their election might impact our communities.

Angela Conley, vying for Hennepin County Board of Commissioners in District 4, characterizes a groundswell of women of color intent on upsetting Hennepin County’s status quo. Conley, Irene Fernando (District 2) and LaDonna Redmond (District 3) have all weighed in, standing on a principle of fundamental change.

Angela Conley

Conley made an impressive showing in the primaries. Of the 35,000 votes cast, just 1,146 ballots separated her and McLaughlin, with Conley seizing 42 percent.

“We were outspent 7-1 [by Peter McLaughlin],” noted Conley.

“In the history of the fourth district race, no challenger has ever closed out a primary within three points of the incumbent.”

Conley spoke with the MSR in February detailing the difference she makes as a candidate who is impacted by the problems she plans to solve. This week, she addresses issues she believes are paramount to effecting change.

What is the most important thing you want to accomplish

when you get in office?

It’s important to understand that we are in a public health crisis when it comes to housing and shelter shortages. If elected, I will be sworn in during January, one of the coldest months of the year.

While homelessness is life-threatening all year ‘round, the winter months present even more dangers. Saving lives requires an immediate investment.

My first priorities will be to increase shelter capacity through additional beds and insisting upon adequate staffing of existing

Photo courtesy of Angela Conley shelters. We need to expand the services offered at shelters, too — on-site supports like career counseling, mental health and substance abuse treatment, and transitional coaching need to be elements of our shelters.

What is the most controversial issue you think you’ll have to deal with when you get in office, and how are you going to deal with it?

Southwest Light Rail Transit has been, and will continue to be, a controversial issue, largely because of the cost. It’s important to understand that this light rail extension has come about ■ See Conley on page 5

men like those who attacked him in efforts to turn their lives around. With the help of singers Ginger Commodore and Lana Harris, the party will raise funds for Save Our Sons and The Circle of Peace, two organizations that men-

Photo by Kathleen Tauer tor and support at-risk African American youth.

“Ginger and Lana are primary players in seeing that all I would like to see happen does happen,” he said, “and benefit two organizations that do work in transforming, inspiring and motivating…young African Ameri-

can males to make better lives for themselves.”

He added, “The lion’s share [of proceeds] goes to these organizations. The reality is our young people need more help than me. I’ll make my way through this. It’s important to help young men who are perhaps homeless, are in transition. [It’s to help] young men who have lost their way, or have chosen to forfeit their way, to find a way out.”

The benefit brings together a Who’s Who of Twin Cities entertainment to perform on their friend and peer’s behalf: Debbie Duncan, Aimee K. Bryant, Robert Robinson, Keno Evol, Pavielle French, Ginger Commodore, Tonia Hughes, Julius Collins, Thomasine Petrus, Brittany Delany and Jamecia Bennett.

Rambo will also briefly step on-stage to sing and to acknowledge all the good will. He humorously says, “I’ll make a guest appearance.”

Singer J.D. Steele, who performed with Rambo in Penumbra’s Get Ready, looks on the gathering of celebrities as characteristic of the Twin Cities. “This community supports each other in ways [that are] unparalleled. It’s ■ See Rambo on page 5

Page Foundation gala celebrates 31 years oF creating tomorrow’s leaders

Black community urged to serve as pipeline for future Page Scholars wife in 1998. Since launching, the organization has awarded nearly $15 million in scholarship grants to more than 7,000 Former Justice Alan Page is as much a students of color graduating from a Minhero today as he was when he began his nesota high school to attend a Minnesota storied journey as a Purple People Eater post-secondary institution.

Hundreds gathered at the MN Vikings’ for the Vikings offense in the ’60s and ’70s.

He eventually went on to make history current home, U.S. Bank Stadium, to celewith his 22-year tenure as the first Black brate the man and the mission, while mixing it up with current and past Page ScholMinnesota Supreme Court justice.

But, last Saturday night, Page was ars and bidding on one-of-a-kind items more interested in building futures at the with a Minnesota-themed showcase.

A stream of admirers lined up to share 31st annual All Star Gala for what is sure to be his greatest legacy: the Page Educa- how much Page influenced all aspects of their lives — from education and sports tion Foundation.

The annual event, which kicked off to law and the arts.

“He’s just such an amazing man,” with a performance by none other than the Justice Page Middle School Band, gushed Libby Welbes. “I worked with served as fundraiser and celebration for the organization he co-founded with his ■ See Gala on page 5

By Stephenetta Harmon Editor-in-Chief

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One-third of community college students ‘misdirected’ to remedial classes

By Stephenetta Harmon Editor-in-Chief According to new research, onethird of community college students enrolled in remedial coursework don’t even need them.

The Community College Research Center (CCRC) and social policy researcher MDRC recently released a research guide, “Toward Better College Course Placement,” revealing standard placement tests, such as the College Board’s ACCUPLACER, are actually “misdirecting” student placements.

Such needless coursework can add significantly to the cost of their education. This is important to note as a disparate number of African American students are placed in remedial courses.

A 2016 report by the American Center for Progress placed the rate at 56 percent of African American students versus 35 percent of Whites.

Another report, by inewsource/ Hechinger Report, shows African American students are five times as likely to end up in the lowest level of remedial English coursework.

Under-placement creates additional barriers for students who are now required to pay for coursework with no credit. A 2016 report by the Education Reform Now showed that remedial coursework cost first-year students and their families nearly $1.5 billion a year in out-of-pocket expenses — expenses that don’t go towards their degrees.

In addition, many students never make it out of the remedial pipeline, having to take up to four non-credit-earning courses before putting a dent in their college requirements.

To address such under-placements, the CCRC and MDRC

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launched the pilot Multiple Measures Assessment (MMA) project in the fall of 2016, exploring alternative assessment options to determine whether students have been “misdirected” to remedial reading, math and English coursework. Their research guide follows the project’s partnership with 10 Minnesota and Wisconsin community colleges to design and pilot the new placement systems.

By the summer of 2017, the organizations found that, while 60 percent of students are required to take developmental (remedial) education courses, one in three could be considered for traditional courses if testing is combined with other assessment tools, such as ACT Engage or the Learning and Study Strategies

Inventory.

“There is strong empirical evidence that high school grade point average (GPA) is one of the best predictors of college success,” the researchers wrote. The report also noted that, while not as strong a predictor, non-cognitive measures, such as attendance, participation and problem-solving skills, should also be considered as influences.

“Improving placement testing by integrating a multiple measures approach seeks to place students at a level at which they can succeed without diverting them into unnecessary courses that delay or even derail their progress,” said Gordon L. Berlin, MDRC president.

The guide notes the project’s goal is to redirect students who could

fare well. “Students who need developmental education to succeed in college-level courses should be placed into developmental courses,” wrote researchers.

The report also acknowledges “practitioners may be hesitant to change their current practices, skeptical about the measures used, or unsure where to start.” It outlines several recommendations and examples to encourage college administrators to consider alternative placement options.

“Because developmental education requires student time and expense, it may discourage some potential college students. It is important to ensure that those who could succeed in college-level courses get the opportunity to take them

upon entry into college,” concluded the report. “The use of an MMA placement strategy should increase the chances that students will be optimally placed, which should then increase their chances of future success.”

Minnesota is already on-board to adapt new changes. The state legislature passed legislation in 2017 requiring the Minnesota State Board of Trustees (MSBT) to reform developmental education offerings at system campuses. The MSBT is required to implement system-wide multiple measures placement guidelines by the start of the 2020- 2021 academic year.

Some changes have already been implemented, including updates to the ACCUPLACER exam to provide a weighted score that could potentially boost student scores just below the college-level cut score along with ACCUPLACER exam waivers for students whose ACT, SAT, or Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA) scores demonstrate college readiness.

The project’s next phase is to conduct a “randomized controlled trial of multiple measures assessment in five of the pilot colleges” to determine coursework completion rates of students moved to college-level courses. The MMA project is also now exploring new placement assessments at colleges within the State University of New York system.

To view the full report, funded

by Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation, visit http://bit.ly/ MMAPreport.

Stephenetta Harmon welcomes reader responses to sharmon@ spokesman-recorder.com.

New coalition aims to double number of women of color in tech MSR Editors A groundbreaking coalition of tech companies has joined forces to double the number of Black, Latina and Native American women graduating with computing degrees by 2025.

Twelve technology companies have teamed with Melinda Gates to form the Reboot Representation Tech Coalition which will invest $12 million in efforts to address gender diversity in tech.

The coalition was formed in response to a new report showing there are fewer women of color today earning computing degrees than there were a decade ago. The numbers weren’t great to begin with, but have since dropped from six percent to four percent, according to the report. In addition, only five percent of tech companies’

al companies and the tech sector, as a whole, to close the gap.

More than 100 of the sector’s top executives and experts, along with 32 companies, were interviewed for the report coauthored by Gates’ investment and incubation company, Pivotal Ventures, and McKinsey & Company.

“The technology sector occupies a unique role in our society as one of our most powerful engines of economic growth and social mobility,” write Gates and Kevin Sneader, global managing partner, McKinsey & Company, in the report’s foreword. “Ensuring more women have pathways into this sector is both a fundamental issue of equity and a business imperative.

“The data is clear that diverse companies are more innovative and profitable. Tech companies have much to gain — and much

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Medicare Individual & Family Medicaid grants went to programs with an explicit focus on women and girls in tech.

“Rebooting Representation” culls insights from leading tech companies and leadership on how tech companies’ use of corporate social responsibility and philanthropic efforts can impact gender diversity, how decisions are made and concrete strategies for individu-

they can contribute — by choosing to make diversity and inclusion a priority.”

The report’s findings will now inform the coalition’s work as it plans strategies over the next few years, including a focus on five high-impact opportunities: • Fighting stereotypes around women in computing • Creating more inclusive

experiences of computing for girls in middle and high school • Redesigning the experience of college students majoring in computing • Creating connections among programs so women and girls move directly from one tech experience to the next • Building knowledge of which programs are working The founding companies include Minnesota-based Best Buy, along with Adobe, Applied Materials, BNY Mellon, Dell, Intel, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Oath, Qualcomm and Symantec.

“It is an honor to now broaden this focus by joining the Reboot Representation Tech Coalition and, under the leadership of Melinda Gates, work to double by 2025 the number of women of color graduating with computerscience degrees,” said Hubert Joly, Best Buy chairman and chief executive officer.

Best Buy will commit $200K each year over the next three years to the coalition. The company will also expand its Teen Tech Center network which provides technical training in areas such as cyber-security, entrepreneurship, IT support and app development. The network is slated to grow from 20 to 60 centers in the U.S., Canada and Mexico by 2020.

The Reboot Representation Tech Coalition is housed at National Center for Women & Information Technology with administrative support provided

by Pivotal Ventures. All investments funds from the companies will go directly to efforts that engage underrepresented women of color.

For more information, visit www.rebootrepresentation.org.

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FDA approves first new sickle cell medication in 20 years

By Charles E. Crutchfield III, MD This previously published column has been revised and updated with new information

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ndari™ (L-glutamine oral powder) recently (July 7, 2017) received FDA approval as the first new medicine to treat sickle cell disease (SCD) in 20 years. Endari has been shown to decrease the number of sickle cell crises and hospitalizations in patients with sickle cell disease. Doctors expect it to be available for patients in the late fall of 2017.

Sickle cell disease affects millions of people worldwide. People with African, Spanish, Mediterranean and Indian ancestry are at increased risk. Approximately 120,000 infants are born with sickle cell disease every year.

In the U.S., approximately one in 500 African Americans and one in 1,200 Hispanic Americans are born with sickle cell disease. Approximately two million Americans — including about eight-to-12 percent of the African American population — are carriers of the disease. Carriers of the disease are said to have the “sickle cell trait.”

“Sickle” red blood cells are curved like the farm tool of the same name.

SCD is an inherited condition where the proteins that carry oxygen (hemo-

globin) are defective. These defective proteins change the shape of red blood cells from the normal round shape to an odd “sickle” shape.

The job of red blood cells is to carry oxygen throughout the body so that the body can function at its best. Normally, red blood cells flow smoothly through blood vessels. Without oxygen, the red blood cells form the odd sickle shape and clump and block blood vessels and the tissues downstream are damaged.

Signs of blockage, known as a “sickle cell crisis,” include excruciating pain, anemia, skin ulcers, excruciating organ damage, stroke, lung complications, and a syndrome known as “acute chest syndrome” (ACS), which may be potentially fatal and is the leading cause of death among people with SCD. Because sickle cell disease is inherited (given from parent to child), an affected person has to get one defective sickle cell gene from each of their parents. If a person only has one sickle cell gene, they are said to be a “carrier” and do not have the disease or effects of the disease, except in very rare, extreme cases. As a carrier, you can pass the gene on to your children.

When both parents possess the sickle cell trait, each pregnancy has the following odds: a 25 percent chance of producing a child with sickle cell disease; a 25 percent chance of producing a child with neither sickle cell trait nor sickle cell disease; and a 50 percent chance of producing a child with sickle cell trait.

When only one parent has SCD, and the other has the sickle cell trait, each pregnancy has a 50 percent chance of producing a child who has either the sickle cell trait or sickle cell disease.

How is SCD diagnosed?

A simple blood test can show whether a person has sickle cell disease. Most states test for sickle cell disease before

tions. Immunizations are also very important.

Many doctors will develop a pain management plan for their patients with the disease. Sometimes, periodic blood transfusions are helpful to reduce the risk of stroke and treat the symptoms of anemia (feeling weak and tired). A bone marrow transplant may also be an effective treatment in certain patients.

The most important thing a person with sickle cell disease can do is make sure they are receiving regular medical examinations with a physician who is an “Sickle” red blood cells are curved like the farm expert in treating the tool of the same name. disease. infants go home from the hospital. Doctors cannot predict which symptoms a child born with sickle cell disease will have, when they will start, or how serious they will be. There are three subtypes of sickle cell disease with similar clinical pictures.

Can SCD be prevented?

One can avoid or minimize the effects of the disease by avoiding situations that can exacerbate the disease such as high altitude, increased atmospheric pressure, low oxygen situations, cigarette smoke exposure, severe dehydration and extreme exercise.

How is SCD treated?

Patients with sickle cell disease will have a lifelong struggle fighting many associated health problems such as pain, skin ulcers, infections, anemia, organ problems and stroke. Nevertheless, many patients can have an excellent quality of life by learning to appropriately care for themselves and effectively manage the disease.

The best treatment is to prevent the attacks associated with the disease as outlined above. Early treatment includes daily antibiotics from ages two months to five years to prevent infec-

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The good news As mentioned above, the drug Endari has recently received FDA approval as the first new medicine to treat SCD in 20 years. Endari has demonstrated its ability to reduce the most severe complications of sickle cell disease (SCD) in both adults and children age five and older. The FDA notes that some common side effects of Endari include nausea, constipation, headache, stomach pain, cough and body pain.

Endari works by reducing stress damage to red blood cells, which also reduces the formation of sickled blood cell shapes. Significantly, it is only the second FDA-approved drug to treat SCD, a serious and debilitating disease, and is now the first treatment available for the pediatric population.

oral powder). Ask if it is appropriate for you. Learn what sets off painful events, such as dehydration, extreme exercise, cold exposure, long plane flights, high altitudes, and cigarettes.

Take antibiotics as instructed. Maintain a complete immunization schedule.

If you have a child with sickle cell disease, make sure caregivers and teachers know of their special requirements, including frequent drinks and bathroom trips and avoiding overexertion and cold temperatures.

Locate a good support group near you or via the internet to reduce the familial stress the disease may cause.

Develop a good working relationship with a physician who is comfortable and good at managing the condition. Develop a pain management plan with your doctor.

Charles E. Crutchfield III, MD is a board-certified dermatologist and Clinical Professor of Dermatology at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He also has a private practice in Eagan, MN. He received his M.D. and Master’s Degree in Molecular Biology and Genomics from the Mayo Clinic. He has been selected as one of the top 10 dermatologists in the United States by Black Enterprise magazine. Dr. Crutchfield was recognized by Minnesota Medicine as one of the 100 Most Influential Healthcare Leaders in Minnesota. He is the team dermatologist for the Minnesota Twins, Vikings, Timberwolves, Wild and Lynx. Dr. Crutchfield is an active member of both the American and National Medical Associations, and president of the Minnesota Association of Black Physicians.

Action steps for anyone with SCD Talk to your doctor about the new medication, Endari™ (L-glutamine

Race, culture, and Black mental health

By Charles Hallman Contributing Writer Blacks are 20 percent more likely to have serious mental illness problems than the general population, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) reports. Major depression, ADHD, suicide and PTSD – due to homelessness and exposure to violence – are among the common mental health disorders that Blacks deal with.

NAMI also notes that about one-quarter of Blacks seek mental health help compared to 40 percent of Whites. Many Blacks rely entirely on their faith and family for emotional support when dealing with mental health concerns.

Minneapolis-based Cultural Wellness Center Executive Director Atum Azzahir said earlier this year on a mental health panel at a Minnesota Public Radio-sponsored event at the Science Museum that systemic racism “and the pain and suffering that cause trauma” among Blacks and other people of color should be taken into account by healthcare professionals when dealing with mental health concerns.

She added that not taking your problems to bed with you, which can adversely affect your sleeping, also could help in dealing with mental health concerns.

Azzahir and her Cultural Wellness Center staff use a cultural approach with their clients. “Cultural wellness is both an approach and field of study,” she explained. “The thing that is not talked [about] is this unbelievable rich storehouse of wisdom” among ethnic groups “based on the fact that people have been left out and forced out of mainstream society,” she said.

“At one point in time, the community was the measure of health” for Blacks and other people of color, Azzahir pointed out. This included seeking support from family members, friends and neighbors. “We did, in the old days, establish a fabric that held us together on all levels of living. We didn’t separate your mind from your body and spirit if there were things going on in your life that affected everyone else around [you].”

Even as more people rely on modern technology and science, the importance of culture and how it relates to the individual must be taken into account, Azzahir suggested. “The theory that you can endure and make it alone, is just a theory. We definitely struggle and we do have things we have to work on. [But], we are connected…not just to each other, but connected to nature.

All of those things have to be considered in how we are thinking about our mind, to help with our thinking and our body. Mind, body, spirit and soul are all connected.”

“The Cultural Wellness Center is for White people, too. Everybody has culture,” added Azzahir. “Each of our cultural communities will have to

think through this time we are in right now. You can’t deal with mental health until you deal with history and historical things that have happened.

Then we can [get] beyond the guilt and shame, get beyond what has held us hostage and kept us from thinking through a higher consciousness where we can imagine we can live together.”

Recognizing that a person needs mental help as soon as possible is important. “You don’t have to wait until everything is going wrong with you,” she stated. “We have many family members who have committed suicide.”

Atum Azzahir

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Dealing with mental health must involve “a more holistic approach,” explained Azzahir. “We have to be connected to a higher power. We have to be considered to have a past and a future. This new way of thinking about mental health or mental illness is not necessarily new, but it is an approach that we have to [use].”

“We are connecting race to mental illness, and that is a big, big issue within the cultural community,” Azzahir surmised. “It’s not just people of African heritage, but [other people of color as well].”

She added that the power of spirituality shouldn’t be ignored in this regard. “Spirit means we are connected to all of creation. That connectedness gives us a sense of wholeness and a mindset, a state of consciousness [that] what I do to myself affects others. I don’t get to stand over here by myself.”

Health professionals must recognize that Blacks and other people of color do deal with problems differently than the general population, Azzahir said. “Society makes us feel odd.” Recognizing that stress can be a contributing factor to mental illness, it “needs to be a focus of our attention” in effectively treating it.

Charles Hallman welcomes reader responses to challman@spokesman-recorder.com.

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Mpls Frey and city council can stop MPHA’s plan to privatize Elliot Twins

By Defend Glendale & Public Housing Coalition Contributing Commentator The Minneapolis Public Housing Authority (MPHA) is currently attempting to privatize the Elliot Twins, two mid-rise public housing buildings in Elliot Park, using a HUD program called RAD (Rental Assistance Demonstration). These buildings are located in South Minneapolis’ Ward 6 where Abdi Warsame serves as a city council member.

The decision to privatize the Elliot Twins was made in April 2017, mere months after Greg Russ began his tenure as executive director for MPHA. At that time, MPHA filed a “Letter of Intent” with HUD stating their intent to privatize the Elliot Twins through RAD, and hired private consultants to begin the planning process. Elliot residents did not learn about MPHA’s plans for their homes until they read about it in a July 28 Star Tribune article announcing these plans to the public.

Days later, residents received notice that MPHA was applying to privatize their homes through RAD, which will displace residents and dismantle public housing. Residents had no say in this decision, which is a violation.

Elliot residents wrote a letter to HUD, MPHA, and the City clearly stating how their civil and housing rights are being violated by MPHA. Then, in August of 2018, residents of Elliot Twins found out that Russ, and his family, including his wife Laura Russ and his father-in law, are the largest owners/managers of private federally subsidized housing which uses RAD (and low-income housing tax credits).

Despite these violations and the conflict of interest, MPHA continued to push through their plans, while Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Council Member Warsame ignored the pleas of residents who voted for them to stop MPHA’s abuses of power. For the record, over 80 percent of the voters from Elliot Twins voted for Warsame and Frey during the last election as both promised that they would stop MPHA’s plans to privatize public housing including Elliot Twins.

To the credit of Council Member Cam Gordon, chair of the Housing Policy & Development Committee, our coalition was able to find out that the City of Minneapolis has legal power/responsibility to control the actions of MPHA, limit their power as a public agency, and to appoint or release their leadership.

This information was revealed after Gordon directed the city’s attorney office during his June 2018 committee meeting to study if the City of Minneapolis has any legal oversight over MPHA. As a result, on July 25, 2018, the city’s attorney’s office published a report confirming the mayor and city council have

legal oversight over MPHA which includes the following ordinance and law: Under Minneapolis Ordinance Chapter 420, MPHA has been and is obligated to report quarterly to the city council and, in addition, respond to questions posed by the mayor and city council.

For years now, MPHA has not been fulfilling this requirement.

The mayor and city council have authority under Chapter 420 not only to appoint, but to remove the commissioners they have appointed, with or without cause.

This last part (“with or without cause”) is quite important because it means the mayor and city council retain considerable oversight authority, and can remove commissioners, for example, for taking positions or pursuing plans and making decisions that, in the mayor and city council’s view are wrong public policy.

The 1980 Special Law that authorized the City to create MPHA specifically states that the City may, by ordinance, impose limitations on the actions of the new agency.

We commend Gordon and Housing Policy & Development Committee for initiating a process for clarifying the legal relationship between MPHA and the city council. Now, we are asking the mayor and Warsame to lead with the rest of the city council in enforcing the legal authority they have over MPHA. We are asking them to stop MPHA’s abuses and their plans to privatize Elliot Twins through RAD. Privatizing would be the start of dismantling public housing and displacing vulnerable residents at Elliot Twins and throughout the city, and would allow Russ and other developers to profit from the destruction of public housing.

If this happens, these buildings will not be replaced with other public housing buildings and there is no coming back. The housing crisis is now more visible, especially in Ward 6 where Tent City, an encampment near East Franklin and Hiawatha Avenue has become “home” to nearly 300 homeless.

The destruction of Elliot Twins would only add to the housing and homeless crisis in Ward 6 and to the rest of Minneapolis.

Defend Glendale & Public Housing Coalition is a grassroots campaign of residents organizing to prevent the privatization of Glendale and the rest of public housing in Minneapolis.

Hamilton is no hero to ordinary working people

By Jerry Freeman MSR Senior Editor How very disappointing to read Neel Kashkari, president of our local Federal Reserve branch, praising Alexander Hamilton in a recent Star Tribune commentary (“There’s more to the Hamilton story than the musical”). He goes so far as to portray Hamilton as a national hero. Many of us find the man (the actual historical Hamilton, not the musical character) to be the very antithesis of any hero of ours.

Kashkari neglected to mention how this “hero” financed his move to the U.S. colonies and his King’s College (now Columbia University) education on the backs of West Indian slaves, among the most cruelly abused people in history. Clearly a charming man, and certainly intelligent, Hamilton set about ingratiating himself to the colonial aristocracy of planters and merchants and

reward his investor friends and drive down the cost of labor — his idea of developing an “economic powerhouse.”

We can certainly thank Hamilton’s “bold economic ideas” for our ever-widening income and wealth gaps, banks that are too big to fail and must be propped up with tax revenue, and what appears to be no end of self-serving financial corruption at all levels.

Can it be that Kashkari thinks us all ignorant of the real Alexander Hamilton and not insulted to have such a man paraded before us as a “remarkable American hero”? What makes him think we would want to take a tour of his banking temple to “celebrate Hamilton together,” as he has invited us to do, when Hamilton would never have stooped to associate in any way with most of us rabble?

If this is Kashkari’s idea of an American hero, I find it hard to take seriously his claim that the

Hamilton’s loyalty was ever and always to wealthy landowners and rich merchants with never a thought to the ordinary working people he regarded as beasts of burden. did so very successfully, marrying into one of the wealthiest landed-estate families in New York.

His alleged anti-slavery sentiments did not extend to his slave-owning in-laws (his wife managed the household slaves) nor keep him from procuring slaves for a filthy rich brother-in-law (who made his fortune on the Revolutionary War) in return for political support.

Hamilton’s bank schemes were all about enriching himself and his wealthy friends and family. They used tax revenues as a source of capital for their own speculative ventures. He had no sympathy for democracy, argued for a U.S. monarchy with a king and queen, and spoke contemptuously of the common man, the “mob.”

He lobbied hard to transfer the notorious British industrial revolution with its satanic mills and child workers to the U.S. where it would richly

Federal Reserve is working diligently “on your behalf…literally to represent you.” Hamilton’s loyalty was ever and always to wealthy landowners and rich merchants with never a thought to the ordinary working people he regarded as beasts of burden.

Many of us suspect today’s Federal Reserve to be as beholden to the nation’s bondholders as was Hamilton to the investor class of his day — with at best an afterthought for the fate of ordinary working people. Kashkari’s devotion to such a role model does not inspire confidence in his professed concerns about the ever-widening chasm in incomes and wealth.

Jerry Freeman welcomes reader responses to jfreeman@spokesman-recorder.com.

What Kavanaugh’s confirmation would mean for Black women

By La’Tasha D. Mayes Contributing Commentator With the confirmation process underway for Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, Black women have certainly been voicing our opposition. There’s no sugarcoating it: confirming Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court would be disastrous for Black women.

To begin, Kavanaugh has made it clear that he doesn’t support the right to abortion enshrined in Roe v. Wade – though seven in 10 people in this country do, as well as nearly eight in 10 Black Americans. We also know that many states, if they were allowed, would ban abortion immediately.

In a handful of states, only one abortion clinic remains, and in others, women are forced to travel long distances, delay care, and pay out-of-pocket for care not covered by insur-

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The Supreme Court certainly has the power to greatly harm or potentially improve the lives of Black women. ance. Whether the right to abortion is turned over to states or outlawed, or the court, instead, allows extreme restrictions, the impact will fall hardest on those who already struggle to get care — and Black women could be the most harmed.

As DC Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton has noted, Black women are more likely to need abortion care, due to greater barriers we face in accessing comprehensive sex education, contraception, and basic health care of any kind.

Denying a woman an abortion has real consequences.

Research shows that when a woman wants to get an abortion but is denied, she is more likely to fall into poverty, less likely to have a full-time job, and twice as likely to be a victim of domestic violence.

Forcing a woman to continue a pregnancy after she’s decided to end it is a violation of her basic human rights — forcing a Black woman to do so in a country that places so little value on Black life adds incalculable insult to injury.

Kavanaugh’s record seems to indicate that he’d be perfectly comfortable forcing pregnancy on Black women, while doing little to ensure that Black women’s children will grow to be healthy, treated equally, and thrive — unlike Antwon Rose Jr. in Pittsburgh and Nia Wilson in Oakland.

Kavanaugh has also sided with bosses who want to deny their employees’ birth control coverage based on the employer’s personal or religious beliefs. Here, too, the stakes are higher for Black women. We are more likely to be struggling economically, therefore less likely to be able to “buy our way out of the problem” by paying out-of-pocket when health coverage is denied.

While the threat Kavanaugh poses to reproductive health has dominated much of the news, Black women have all those, and even more, concerns when it comes to this nominee. In coming years, the Supreme Court could rule on pivotal cases related to racial justice, equal access to education, LGBTQ+ rights and so much more.

As the NAACP has pointed out, “Our voting rights are on

the line. Fair housing and affirmative action are on the line.”

Everything that matters to Black women is on the line.

All these issues are connected — they are intersectional.

Being treated fairly at work, in lending, in school, and elsewhere, as well as voting rights and access to reproductive healthcare, including abortion, help ensure that Black women and our families can be healthy and live with dignity. Now is the time for us to work together – across issues and geography — to defend ourselves, our families and our communities.

Let’s be honest — the Supreme Court has rarely been a friend to Black women. After all, it was the invisibility of Black women in discrimination jurisprudence that led Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw to first coin the term “intersectionality.” But the Supreme Court certainly has the power to greatly harm or potentially improve the lives of Black women. We need to watch closely and be sure that we speak in our own voice and those we elect to serve us trust Black women.

Black women are the largest constituency in the United States that has no representation on the Supreme Court — we’ve never had a Black woman Supreme Court Justice.

That is not to say that Justice Clarence Thomas is standing up for the health and rights of Black men — he’s not — but judicial representation matters. It would be incredible to see a Black woman, more than one Black woman, sitting on the highest court in the land.

Until we can see that, we can certainly do better than another ideologically extreme White man who would only roll back the progress for which Black women have already sacrificed so much.

La’Tasha D. Mayes, MSPPM is the co-founder and executive director of New Voices for Reproductive Justice.

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“The reality is our young people need more help than me. I’ll make my way through this. It’s important to help young men who have lost their way or have chosen to forfeit their way, find a way out.”

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him for three years” at the foundation. “I would see him in the halls.” As Welbes confided she did not have many conversations with him, Page instantly recalled the years she worked while shaking her hand. “‘85 to ‘88,” he said.

For Page, the most rewarding part of his journey continues to be the students.

“Do you see the Page Scholars? They are the reward,” he told the MSR. “Ultimately, they are what it’s all about. They are creating a better future for themselves using education.

“And as part of that, they serve young children as tutors, mentors and role models, making it clear to those young people that education is a tool that they can use,” continued Page. “Those young children get to see somebody who looks like them come through their neighborhood using this particular tool in a way that benefits not only themselves, but the entire community.”

That intentional service has led to more than 470,000 volunteer hours influencing 48,000 younger students’ futures in 325 community organizations and schools across Minnesota.

Gov. Mark Dayton, Stephenetta Harmon, and Justice Alan Page here.”

“What the Page foundation does is so extraordinary,” Gov. Mark Dayton told attendees. “Over 500 recipients this last year received $896,000,” he said while applauding the Page’s efforts. “[That they are] giving back to this community to help fund the next generation of leaders of our state and our nation is really just exceptional. I’m honored to be part of this.”

Page himself is still as passionate about the foundation as the day he started. “If we are ever going to solve the prob-

can be seen across the state, with Minnesota holding one of the highest education disparity rates in the country. Page’s goal is to change the perception – and that comes with more than just giving dollars.

“One of the things that we are trying to do is change views about the value of education,” he said,” so that hopefully 10,15, 20 years down the road we don’t struggle to find African American males — they are lined up. They are in the pipeline, creating opportunity for themselves. That’s what this is all about — creating opportunities.”

But, of course, money does help. “We survive on the contributions of the community,” Page said. “What we would love to do is increase the number of scholars and increase the amount of our grants.”

For the community, that also means spreading the word and getting youth to apply.

“For openers, identify African American males and females and send them to us,” Page implored. “We’d love to have the [African American] community to become a pipeline for us.”

He said the program receives an average of 1,000 applicants each year. “We take about half of those, so those are pretty good odds. Chances are if you apply, you stand a pretty good chance of being accepted.

“If there was one thing I would share it is that we have the power to change the future. It doesn’t have to be what it has been in the past. We have the ability to change that ourselves.”

lems that we in this community and communities across the country face, we have to prepare our children for the future,” he explained.

And, he is still making legend moves.

Last year, the Minneapolis school district renamed one of its schools the “Justice Page Middle School” where he and his wife, Diane, visit as often as possible. And just a few weeks ago, the NFL Players Association renamed its highest honor the Alan Page Community Award.

But, his biggest challenge, he said, is getting more African American students into the fold.

“One of the frustrations that we have is [although] all of our scholars are students of color, we struggle to find African American males,” he told the For more information or to MSR. “We work very hard to find as many as we can to get donate, visit www.page-ed.org.

Stephenetta Harmon welthem into the program. If there is a frustration in what we do, comes reader responses to sharmon@spokesman-recorder.com. it is that.”

The challenge is one that

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ership is to provide people with the services they need to live full and healthy lives. To those people who say they hate politicians, I ask them to Continued from page 1 have faith there is good work to be done through politics.

Watch what I do when in office, and hold me to account. I come from Phillips, and I’m not disbecause of a broad coalition of actors — it is not connected from the realities of life in Hennepin a one-man show. Many mayors, state legislators, County. Living here is tough for a lot of people. and city councilmembers have worked diligently My mission as county commissioner will be to on this project, and their efforts should not go work for the common good, and my actions will show that. unnoticed.

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I look forward to working together with these partners who have already spent so much time What’s your favorite thing/story about and energy bringing SWLRT to fruition. SWLRT your district?

I am thrilled by the opening of All Square in is a project that will continue regardless of the th election’s outcome; my role as commissioner will the 4 District on Minnehaha and 41st Street. be to ensure that the needs of District 4 residents This restaurant is a civil rights social enterprise are represented in the execution of the project. As focused on the professional development of forsomeone who was transit-dependent for years, I merly incarcerated people. This kind of hybrid look forward to bringing my perspectives to this enterprise — an entrepreneurial company with a strong social mission — gives me so much hope. and other transit projects.

Their grand opening on September 8 was an affirmation of the need for reentry programs that believe in second chances. I can’t wait to see them change lives.

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Which, one speculates, may have gone against him, as stopping to give a ride to a group of strangers late at night is hardly advisable. That is, as Steele points out, Rambo’s nature. In fact, he harbors no ill-will toward his assailants, reflecting, without going so far as to blame himself, that he might have been able to avoid the outcome.

“I think where I dropped the ball is by not taking charge of the situation. What I mean by that is this. We arrived at a main intersection where the train station was. It’s a major thoroughfare. Well lit. There were cameras. As soon as they asked me

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Would he do it again? “I don’t think I would When one of us in trouble, we’re going to turn my back on a young person who needed help. come to the rescue. That’s always the case. It’s I don’t think that young people on the whole are how we do.” bad people.

I’ve worked with too many to believe He adds that the support couldn’t be more that.” richly deserved. “I mean that from my heart.

He does allow, however, “I would think more T. Mychael has a giving spirit. The brother is prudently.” so loving.”

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“One of the things that we are trying to do is change views about the value of education.”

Dr. Artika Tyner, associate vice president of diversity and inclusion at the University of St. Thomas, is a former Page Scholar All Star and shining example of his impact.

“For me, the Page Education Foundation was really about my life’s mission — how do you serve and make an impact?” she told the MSR. “You see me today, but I think of Maya Angelou’s words: ‘I come as one, but I stand as 10,000.’ My grandmothers, my foremothers swept floors, cleaned houses so I would get opportunities like this.”

“So now, it’s my personal duty to reach back and open up the doors of educational opportunities for the next generations. The Page family understands that. That’s why in 1998, when Justice Page was inducted into the [Pro Football] Hall of Fame, he could have done anything, but he used accolades and his platform to make a difference and an impact for generations to come. That’s real leadership. That’s why I’m

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How do we get money out of politics, e.g., limiting campaign financing?

We have specific contribution limits for the county commissioner race, and I think that’s a good thing for our democracy. Access to wealth is something that people who look like me don’t always have, and that discourages many from running for elected office. It costs money to campaign, and these limits help to level the playing field to a limited degree.

While we have these guidelines for individuals, we also allow for special interest PACs to spend on these races. These groups face much less scrutiny in terms of their spending and donor transparency, and that should change.

What is the greatest impact your position will have on the African American community?

Upon my election, we will have representation in a level of government that is so significant for our daily lives. So many things we encounter — the transit system, the libraries our kids go to in the summer, corrections, and housing strategies — those all come from Hennepin County. Representation means that our voices will be part of the conversation at the highest levels.

I want Hennepin County to reflect our needs and the needs of other ethnic groups. That’s why I want to create the first-ever Racial Equity Advisory Council. Having one of us at the table will mean that the community has a say in how the board addresses disparities, and that is essential.

What elected officials (past or present) in the state do you most admire or serve as role models for you?

Ramsey County Commissioner Toni Carter is a role model for me and so many others. She is the first Black woman in the state of Minnesota to be elected as a county commissioner. Her passion, drive, and commitment to community has What do you say to people who hate polibeen awe-inspiring to behold. ticians?

Mayor Melvin Carter of Saint Paul, too, is abI understand the sentiment. There is a prevailing mistrust of politicians (often for good reason), solutely brilliant in his role. I admire how he imand that gives true public servants like me a bad mediately got to work with innovative policy ininame. Some of us are doing this work to serve — tiatives upon his swearing-in. to help people meet their most basic needs.

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Support the Girls :

By Kam Williams Contributing Writer

A comedy with heart and grit

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ouble Whammies is an unremarkable watering hole located along a desolate strip of highway outside Austin, Texas where truckers and regulars can slip in and out quietly without drawing much attention to themselves.

The seedy sports bar, à la your typical Hooters, is known for its booze and finger food served by scantily-clad waitresses in cut-off jeans and low-cut tops.

The place is run with an iron fist by Lisa Conroy (Regina Hall), a very protective den mother who takes seriously her mission to shield her employees from perverts inclined to cross a line to fraternize improperly. Though she shows her tough side to the clientele, the tenderhearted manager handles her staff with big kids’ gloves.

Conroy’s motley crew ranges from naive newcomers to hardened pros, and she’s blessed with a knack for knowing precisely what sort of support each needs. Unfortunately, she’s not appreciated by Double Whammies’ owner, Cubby (James Le Gros) — probably because the club always seems to have a host of unresolved woes.

For example, at the moment there’s a burglary in progress — thanks to a Regina Hall stars in Support the Girls hapless perp who got himself stuck in a ceiling vent — Conroy knows the show must go on. So instead of summoning the police, she has her own way of dealing in the life of a humble, dedicated, workingwith such a distraction, which keeps the wheels class heroine just trying to make a buck.

Remember how the indie-flick Paterson (2016) turning, but frustrates her skeptical boss. That’s managed to elevate a lowly New Jersey poet/ just the way it goes at this quirky haunt.

Written and directed by Andrew Bujalski bus driver? Well, this tale of female empower(Beeswax), the film features many of the hall- ment pulls off a similar feat. Raw-edged cinema marks of the low-budget genre on which the vérité’ cut to the bone, if that’s your taste.

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J.D. Steele benefit extends a helping hand J.D. Steele, producer-voc a l i st- s ongsmith, puts stardom to use, continuing his comDwight Hobbes mitment to Contributing Writer altruism with the upcoming musical fundraiser “I’ve Come Up from Down.”

Steele is famed for performing with his siblings as The Steeles, most notably premiering 1983’s The Gospel at Colonus, adapted from Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus.

Steele’s solo career encompasses a litany of accomplishments, including composing and arranging the soundtrack for Corrina, Corrina starring Whoopi Goldberg, and Damon Wayans’ Blankman, as well as staying steadily in demand as a musical director for theater productions.

He has also enjoyed traversing the globe to teach choral music to disadvantaged youngsters in, among other locales, Tanzania and Nairobi. In this spirit, the “I’ve Come Up from Down” fundraiser hits close to home.

“I’ve never been destitute on the street, but, yes, I’ve been down and, well, nearly out,” confided Steele. “I have been hungry — ate mayonnaise sandwiches. [There were] times I couldn’t pay rent; got kicked out of my apartment, had to crash on friends’ couches.” Refusing to lose, Steele made it through a Purdue University scholarship, determinedly embarking on a career.

He now gladly gives his son the kind of break he didn’t get coming up. “He can call and say, ‘Dad, would you put something in my bank account?’ That’s a good thing,” said Steele.

Giving back isn’t just a figure of speech to Steele. Accordingly, when Dignity Center, an ecumenical outreach ministry of Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church designed to help people in poverty, knocked on his door to raise funds, he couldn’t agree quickly enough.

“I think back on hard times,” said Steele, “and when I see a person sitting on the corner with a sign, I might not have money in my pocket then and there, but I don’t ignore them and look away.

“My whole thing is, I wave and acknowledge the person. That hu-

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manizes them, lets them know you know [that] they matter.”

Discussing the Benefit and reflecting on his career, Steele (JDS) spoke with the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder (MSR) at Milda’s in North Minneapolis over chicken and waffles. An excerpt of the conversation appears below.

MSR: You just got back from reviving Colonus in New York.

How was that? Did your brothers and sisters join you?

JD Steele: It was great. No, they couldn’t make it; the family wasn’t able to do it.

MSR: You enjoy, to say the least, a successful career. Not eating mayo sandwiches these days, that’s for sure.Even so, it had to be an experience working with Mavis Staples in 1993.

JDS: It was wonderful. When we were kids — me, my brothers and sisters — we opened for the Staple Singers. My father used to get us on these gospel shows. He called the promoter. We didn’t get paid, but it was exposure, opening for the Staples [and] Mahalia Jackson.

MSR: How’d recording with Mavis come about?

JDS: Prince asked me to produce vocal tracks for [Mavis’ CD] The Voice on his Paisley Park label. It’s a smokin’ album. I learned a lot from [someone] who’s been singing longer than I’ve been alive. She would come in the studio, “Hey, how you doin’? What’s goin’ on?” And she’d be so hoarse, I’d be like, how can she sing?

She’d leave, take 20 minutes, come back and sing her behind off. I’m like, “What’d you do?” She said, “I had to warm up.” I had never warmed up in my life. I do now.

Ever since then, I warm up all my students and community choirs I work with. Everybody warms up.

MSR: This show is billed as “JD Steele and Friends presents…” Who’re the friends?

JDS: Tonia Hughes, for one, and she is the bomb! She keeps getting better every day. I don’t know how she does it. She’s somethin’ else.

MSR: Who else?

JDS: My brother Fred, he’s going to be sharing the stage. Without question, he’s a bad boy. Got

J.D. Steele this musician, Yonathan Pekure from Ethiopia. He’s a young, bad musician. So, he’s gonna be playing. And my nephew, Kenyari Jackson. He has become literally one of the best drummers in the country.

Studied under Michael Bland and has just blossomed.

MSR: Care to say anything more?

JDS: Someone who works in the homeless advocates community said to me recently — a lady named Claudia Kittock — that she thinks we’re going to be the first

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That’s looking at what’s going on in the Twin Cities.

She really believes this will be the first community to eradicate homelessness. That tells me something. The attitude [here] is so strong, stronger than New York City, than Los Angeles. My attitude is this has got to change. We have to do something.

J.D. Steele & Friends present “I’ve Come Up from Down, a Musical Celebration of Triumph Over Adversity,” Sept. 21, 7 pm at Westminster Presbyterian Church located at 1200 S. Marquette Avenue in downtown Minneapolis. For tickets, call 612-874-8892. $50. For more information, go to http:// haumc.org/dignity.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR Here are the MSR editors’ top picks of free (and low-cost) events, arts and activities to enjoy throughout the Twin Cities and greater metro area.

SEPTEMBER 21-29 Saturday, September 22 Girl Time – All About Girls and Engineering 9am-4pm @ The Works Museum, 9740 Grand Ave. S., Mpls. $12. Members free Hands-on activities and demonstrations designed to increase girls’ interest in STEM. Connect with women working in, or studying, engineering to learn more about their work and fields of study.

Info: www.theworks.org NAMI Walks 11:30am-3pm @ Minnehaha Park, 4801 S. Minnehaha Dr., Mpls. $20 Join more than 4,000 people for this 5K walk to raise awareness about mental health in support of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Live music, picnics, food trucks, speakers, resource tables, a kids’ tent, a tree of hope, a T-shirt contest and more.

Info: www.namiwalks.org African Immigrants Professional Development Conference 4-8pm @ North Hennepin Community College, 7411 85th Ave. N., Brooklyn Park. Free The daylong event provides skills and resources for African immigrant professionals and students to attain professional success.

Info: www.aipdc.org Runway Africa 5-8:30pm @ MOXY, 1121 West Lake St., Mpls. $20 Fashion show featuring African designers as part of Black Fashion Week MN. The event celebrates the Twin Cities’ top and emerging Black fashion designers and beauty movers and shakers.

Info: www.blackfashionweekmn.com Sunday, September 23 Open Streets – Nicollet 11am-5pm @ Nicollet Ave. from W. Lake St. to

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46th St. W., Mpls. Free Bike, walk, play and shop at this free street festival featuring local businesses, artisans, music and fun.

Info: www.openstreetsmpls.org

North Star Blues Exchange presents Cornbread Harris 1-4pm @ Can Can Wonderland, 755 Prior Ave. N., St. Paul. Free Join Twin Cities legend James Samuel “Cornbread” Harris Sr. for an afternoon of jazz, funk and everything in between.

Info: www.cancanwonderland.com Monday, September 24 BIPOC Activist Conference: A Healing and Communal Movement 8:30am-4:30pm @ American Swedish Institute, 2600 Park Ave., Mpls. Free Daylong workshop designed and tailored to support Black, Indigenous and other People of Color (BIPOC) activists in Minneapolis and surrounding communities. The group will also explore the necessity of activists developing rituals and selfcare practices to support their individual and communal health.

Info: www.kentecircle.com Break Bread Free Lunch At Cafe Racer Kitchen!

11am-2pm @ Cafe Racer, 2929 E. 25th St., Mpls.

Free Connect with community at this monthly gathering providing free lunch and conversation.

Menu includes vegetarian, carnivorous, vegan and gluten-free options.

Info: www.caferacermn.com Chai & Chill — A Different Kind of Poetry Reading 8-10pm @ Bordertown Coffee, 315 16th Ave. SE., Mpls. Free Open mic centered on Black poetry with a signup sheet exclusively for Black writers. Open to the public.

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September 23, 2018

First Anniversary as Senior Pastor of Progressive Baptist Church

HWMR presents Leaders of The New Skool, Sept. 25 Tuesday, September 25 H. White Men’s Room (HWMR) Presents Fashion Week MN - Leaders of The New Skool 6:30pm-9pm @ HWMR, 1500 44th Ave. N., Mpls. Free.

HWMR celebrates 10 years of business with an evening of fashion, celebrating Black Excellence in the Minneapolis fashion scene. The event includes an outdoor fashion show, produced by Richard Moody, featuring the designs of HWMR. Info:www.hwmr.us Wednesday, Sept 26 Transforming Trauma - How To Do This Work And Sustain It 9am-1pm @ Minneapolis American Indian Center, 1530 E. Franklin Ave., Mpls. Free.

Led by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky, author of Trauma Stewardship, the ReCAST training will help attendees explore ways to increase awareness of vicarious and secondary trauma and deepen ability to individually and collectively sustain themselves.

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Sunday Worship Service Theme “Thank God For The Gift” Ephesians 4:11-13 8:00 a.m. / 11:00 a.m. services Pastor Gerard Robinson McKowen Baptist Church Baton Rouge, LA

4:00 p.m. service Guest Preacher Rev. Jessie Griffin

True Vine Missionary Church Minneapolis, MN

For more information, please contact Progressive Baptist Church at 651-888-6011

Thursday, September 27 Assata Speaks 5:30-8pm @ The Brave New Workshop Comedy Theatre, 824 Hennepin Ave., Mpls. $10 Monthly forum, billed as a swagged-out version of TED Talks aimed at countering false narratives of the African American community. The #CommunityLove Edition features Roxxanne O’Brien, Teto Wilson and Shvonne L. Johnson.

Info: www.blackpearlmn.com/assata-speaks CENTERPLAY: an Immersive Dance Theater Experience 7:30pm @ Southern Theatre, 1420 S. Washington Ave., Mpls. $20 Presented by Vie Boheme, CENTERPLAY weaves song, dance, spoken word poetry, and monologues with dynamic and athletic dancing for an immersive twist on her signature theatrical dance experience. Runs Sept. 27-30.

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Legals STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF HENNEPIN Estate of Arkadiy Valeriyevich Kuzin , Decedent

DISTRICT COURT FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT PROBATE DIVISION Court File No. 27-PA-PR-18-861

NOTICE AND ORDER OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION OF INTESTACY, DETERMINATION OF HEIRSHIP, APPOINTMENT OF PERSOANL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

A/1 INVITATION TO BID Vinyl Flooring Installations at PHA Properties Contract # 19-050 INVITATION TO BID Sealed bids will be received by the Public Housing Agency of the City of Saint Paul, Maintenance Contracts Department Office, at 200 Arch St. E., St. Paul, Min-

It is Ordered and Notice is given that on October 8, 2018, at 10:00 AM, Courtroom C459, a hearing will be held in this Court at Hennepin County Government Centr, Court Tower, 300 South 6th Stret, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for the adjudication of intestacy and determination of heirship of the Decedent, and for the appointment of Larissa Anatolevn Yakovleva, whose address is 14141 43rd Avenue North, Plymouth, MN 55446 as Personal Representative of the Estate of the Decedent in an UNSUPERVISED administration. Any objections to the petition must be filed with the Court prior to or raised at the hearing. If proper and if no objections are filed or raised, the Personal Representative will be appointed with full power to administer the Estate, including the power to collect all assets, to pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, to sell real and personal property, and to do all necessary acts for the Estate.

Notice is also given that (subject to Minnesota Statutes section 524.3-801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the Personal Representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred

nesota, 55130 for VINYL FLOORING INSTALLATIONS AT PHA PROPERTIES,

Dated: 7-19-2018 Elizabeth V. Cutter Judge of District Court Probate Division Dated: 7-19-2018 Sarah Lindahl-Pfieffer District Court Administrator

nyl floor installation work as defined within the bid documents.

393 Dunlap Street North, Suite 450C St. Paul, MN, 55104 Attorney License No: 0399391 Telephone: (651) 564-4357 Email: amy@tulpenlaw.com

Case Type: Dissolution With Children District Court Fourth Judicial Court Court File No. 27-FA-18-5837 SUMMONS WITHOUT REAL ESTATE ORDER FOR SERVICE BY ALTERNATIVE MEANS

Signed: Sahra Ahmed

Case Type: Dissolution With Children District Court First Judicial Court Court File No. 19WS-FA-18-1019 SUMMONS WITH REAL ESTATE ORDER FOR SERVICE BY ALTERNATIVE MEANS

THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT: WARNING: YOUR SPOUSE (HUSBAND OR WIFE) HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST YOU FOR DISSOLUTION OF YOUR MARRIAGE. A COPY OF THE PAPERWORK REGARDING THE LAWSUIT IS SERVED ON YOU WITH THIS SUMMONS. THIS SUMMONS IS AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT FROM THE COURT THAT AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS. READ THIS SUMMONS CAREFULLY. IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT, CONTACT AN ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ADVICE. 1. The Petitioner, (your spouse) has filed a lawsuit against you asking for dissolution of your marriage (divorce). A copy of the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage is attached to this Summons. There should also be a copy of the Petitioner’s Financial Affidavit attached. 2. You must serve upon Petitioner and file with the Court a written Answer to the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage and your Financial Affidavit. You must pay the required filing fee. Answer forms and the Financial Affidavit form are available from the court administrator’s office. You must serve your Answer and your Financial Affidavit upon Petitioner within thirty (30) days of the date you were served with this Summons, not counting the day of service. If you do not serve and file your Answer and your Financial Affidavit, the Court may give your spouse everything he or she is asking for in the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage. 3. This proceeding involves, affects, or brings into question the real property located at the following address: 545 11th Ave N., South St. Paul, MN 55075 in Dakota County with the following legal description: Lot 18,Block 12, South park division no. 10, Dakota County, Minnesota NOTICE OF TEMPORARY RESTRAINING PROVISIONS: Under Minnesota law, service of this summons makes the following requirements apply to both parties to the action, unless they are modified by the Court or the proceeding is dismissed: (1) Neither party may dispose of any assets except (A) for the necessities of life or for the necessary generation of income or preservation of assets, (B) by an agreement of the parties in writing, or (C) for retaining counsel to carry on or to contest this proceeding. (2) Neither party may harass the other party. (3) All currently available insurance coverage must be maintained and continued without change in coverage or beneficiary designation. (4) Parties to a marriage dissolution proceeding are encouraged to attempt alternative dispute resolution pursuant to Minnesota law. Alternative dispute resolution includes mediation, arbitration and other processes as set forth in the district court rules. You may contact the Court Administrator about resources in your area. If you cannot pay for mediation or alternative dispute resolution, in some counties, assistance may be available to you through a nonprofit provider of a court program. If you are a victim of domestic abuse or threats as defined in Minnesota statutes, Chapter 518B, you are not required to try mediation and you will not be penalized by the Court in later proceedings.

IF YOU VIOLATE ANY OF THESE PROVISIONS, YOU WILL BE SUBJECT TO SANCTIONS BY THE COURT. NOTICE OF PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS Under Minnesota Statutes, Section 518.157, in a contested proceeding involving custody or parenting time of a minor child, the parties must begin participation in a parent education program that meets minimum standards promulgated by the Minnesota Supreme Court within 30 days after the first filing with the court. In some districts, parenting education may be required in all custody or parenting proceedings. You may contact the District Court Administrator for additional information regarding this requirement and the availability of parent education programs.

Date: 08/13/2018

Signed: Amalie Goetz

Minnesota Spokesman Recorder September 20 & 27, October 4, 2018

In the Interest of Shylo Krause, a Juvenile.

In the State of Nebrask to Steven Krause, father of Shylo Krause, and all persons interested in said juvenile was fund at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.

Notice is hereby given that a proceeding under Section 43-247(3a) and/or 43-291 to 43-295 R.S. Nebr, 1943 as amended concerning the above described juvenile is pending in the Separate Juvenile Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, and tht an order making a finding will be entered therein.

Said proceeding will come on for hearing in this Court on the 5th day of November, 2018 at 1:30 p.m.

Dated this 5th day of September, 2018

BY THE COURT signed: Judge Chad M. Brown MN Spokesman-Recorder, September 13,20 & 27

at PHA Properties. Digital downloads are at no charge, hard copy price is per the planroom.

The bidder shall be an established Flooring Company and employ skilled craftspersons with a minimum of five (5) years of successful experience specializing in viThe successful

bidder shall perform on site, and with its own organization, work equivalent to at least 51 percent.

The successful bidder will be required to furnish both a satisfactory performance

Minnesota Spokesman Recorder September 6,13 & 20, 2018 State of Minnesota County of Dakota Without Real Estate In Re the Marriage of: Amalie Theodora Goetz, Petitioner and Thomas Michael Goetz, Respondent

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THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT: WARNING: YOUR SPOUSE (HUSBAND OR WIFE) HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST YOU FOR DISSOLUTION OF YOUR MARRIAGE. A COPY OF THE PAPERWORK REGARDING THE LAWSUIT IS SERVED ON YOU WITH THIS SUMMONS. THIS SUMMONS IS AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT FROM THE COURT THAT AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS. READ THIS SUMMONS CAREFULLY. IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT, CONTACT AN ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ADVICE. 1. The Petitioner, (your spouse) has filed a lawsuit against you asking for dissolution of your marriage (divorce). A copy of the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage is attached to this Summons. There should also be a copy of the Petitioner’s Financial Affidavit attached. 2. You must serve upon Petitioner and file with the Court a written Answer to the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage and your Financial Affidavit. You must pay the required filing fee. Answer forms and the Financial Affidavit form are available from the court administrator’s office. You must serve your Answer and your Financial Affidavit upon Petitioner within thirty (30) days of the date you were served with this Summons, not counting the day of service. If you do not serve and file your Answer and your Financial Affidavit, the Court may give your spouse everything he or she is asking for in the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage. 3. This proceeding does not involve real property.

NOTICE OF TEMPORARY RESTRAINING PROVISIONS: Under Minnesota law, service of this summons makes the following requirements apply to both parties to the action, unless they are modified by the Court or the proceeding is dismissed: (1) Neither party may dispose of any assets except (A) for the necessities of life or for the necessary generation of income or preservation of assets, (B) by an agreement of the parties in writing, or (C) for retaining counsel to carry on or to contest this proceeding. (2) Neither party may harass the other party. (3) All currently available insurance coverage must be maintained and continued without change in coverage or beneficiary designation. (4) Parties to a marriage dissolution proceeding are encouraged to attempt alternative dispute resolution pursuant to Minnesota law. Alternative dispute resolution includes mediation, arbitration and other processes as set forth in the district court rules. You may contact the Court Administrator about resources in your area. If you cannot pay for mediation or alternative dispute resolution, in some counties, assistance may be available to you through a nonprofit provider of a court program. If you are a victim of domestic abuse or threats as defined in Minnesota statutes, Chapter 518B, you are not required to try mediation and you will not be penalized by the Court in later proceedings.

IF YOU VIOLATE ANY OF THESE PROVISIONS, YOU WILL BE SUBJECT TO SANCTIONS BY THE COURT. NOTICE OF PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS Under Minnesota Statutes, Section 518.157, in a contested proceeding involving custody or parenting time of a minor child, the parties must begin participation in a parent education program that meets minimum standards promulgated by the Minnesota Supreme Court within 30 days after the first filing with the court. In some districts, parenting education may be required in all custody or parenting proceedings. You may contact the District Court Administrator for additional information regarding this requirement and the availability of parent education programs.

Date: 08/24/2018

A complete set of bid documents are available by contacting Northstar Imaging at

tions and Other Statements of Bidders Form, a non-collusive affidavit, and EEO/

Minnesota Spokesman Recorder, September 13 & 20, 2018

and Baashe Said Hussein, Respondent

licly opened and read aloud.

Bids must be accompanied by a $500 bid guarantee, Representations, Certifica-

Attorney for Petitioner Amy J. Rotering Tulpen Law PLLC

State of Minnesota County of Hennepin Without Real Estate In Re the Marriage of: Sahra Nuur Ahmed, Petitioner

until 10:00 AM, Local Time, on October 10, 2018, at which time they will be pub-

LEGAL NOTICE IN THE SEPARATE JUVENILE COURT DOUGLAS COUNTY, NEBRASKA DOCKET JV 18-669

bond and a separate payment bond.

A PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD ON OCTOBER 2, 2018 at 10:00 AM AT THE MT AIRY HI-RISE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS OFFICE (200 East Arch Street, St. Paul, MN).

The PHA reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any informalities in the bidding.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AGENCY

Mike Silvan Project Leader (651) 292-6144

State of Minnesota County of Hennepin In Re the Custody of: LaJavion T. Richmond Born: 1/25/2002 James Junior Richmond, Petitioner and Latoya Renee Harris, Respondent

District Court Fourth Judicial Court Court File No 27-FA-18-5504 SUMMONS TO ESTABLISH CUSTODY AND PARENTING TIME ORDER FOR SERVICE

BY ALTERNATIVE MEANS

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT: THIS SUMMONS IS AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT THAT AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS. A copy of the paperwork regarding the lawsuit is served on you with this summons. Read this summons and attached petition carefully. If you do not understand it, contact an attorney for legal advice.

1.The Petitioner has filed a lawsuit asking the court to decide custody and parenting time of the minor child(ren) listed above in the caption.

Petitioner is requesting the court to establish child support 2. You must serve upon Petitioner and file with the court a written Answer to the Petition. If Petitioner is requesting child support, you must file a Financial Affidavit along with your Answer. You must pay the required filing fee. If you cannot afford to pay the filing fee, you may qualify to have the filing fee waived by the court. You must file an In Forma Pauperis application with the court and a judge will decide whether you must pay the fee. All court forms are available from the Court Administrator’s office and on the Court’s website at www.mncourts. gov/forms. You must serve your Answer and Financial Affidavit upon Petitioner within twenty (20) days of the date you were served with this Summons, not counting the day of service. If you do not serve and file your Answer and Financial Affidavit, the court may grant Petitioner everything he or she is asking for in the attached Petition.

NOTICE OF PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS Parenting education may be required in all custody or parenting proceedings. You may contact court administration for additional information regarding this requirement and the availability of parent education programs.

Date: 08-15-2018

Signed: James Richmond

Minnesota Spokesman Recorder September 20, 27 & October 4, 2018 Minnesota Spokesman Recorder, September 20, 2018

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: November 6, 2004 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $20,000.00 MORTGAGOR(S): Aaron B. Henne and A. Catherin Henne MORTGAGEE: US Federal Credit Union DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded with the County Recorder in and for the County of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, on December 8, 2004, as Document No. 8486572 ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to Glenwood Financial, LLC, recorded May 21, 2018, as Document No. 10555518; subsequently assigned to Minneapolis Property, LLC, recorded May 21, 2018, as Document No. 10555519 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 8, Block 11, Thorpe Bros.’ William Penn Addition to Minneapolis PROPERTY ADDRESS: 3931 Russell Ave. N., Minneapolis, MN 55412 COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Hennepin AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $14,143.81 THAT there has been compliance with all pre-foreclosure requirements; that no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; THAT pursuant to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above-described property will be sold by the Sheriff of Hennepin County as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: November 12, 2018, at 11:00 a.m.

PLACE OF SALE: Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, Room 30, 350 South Fifth Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota to pay the debt secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any, on said premises and the costs and disbursements, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns.

The date on or before which the mortgagor must vacate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property redeemed under section 580.23: May 13, 2019, at 11:59 p.m.

THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED. Dated: September 17, 2018 Minneapolis Property, LLC Assignee of Mortgagee HOELSCHER LAW FIRM, PLLC By: Brian G. Hoelscher #0238752 Attorneys for Assignee of Mortgagee 13100 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 100 Minnetonka, MN 55305 (952) 224-9551 THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. FORECLOSURE DATA Minn. Stat. Sec. 580.025 (1) the physical street address, city, and zip code of the mortgaged premises is 3931 Russell Ave. N., Minneapolis, MN 55412; (2) the name of the transaction agent, residential mortgage servicer, and the lender or broker, as defined in section 58.02, if the person holding the mortgage is a transaction agent as defined in section 58.02, subdivision 30 are as follows: – not applicable; or the name of the residential mortgage servicer and the lender or broker, as defined in section 58.02, if the person holding the mortgage is not a transaction agent as defined in section 58.02, subdivision 30 are as follows: residential mortgage servicer – Superior Financing, Inc., lender or broker – Minneapolis Property, LLC; (3) the tax parcel identification number of the mortgaged premises is: 05-029-24-41-0078; (4) if stated on the mortgage, the transaction agent’s mortgage identification number is: - not applicable; (5) if stated on the mortgage, the name of the residential mortgage originator as defined in section 58.02 is: US Federal Credit Union Minnesota Spokesman Recorder, September 20,27 & October 4,11,18 & 25, 2018

Fitz Continued from page 10 Tyrone Willingham, his running back coach, became the first Black head coach at Notre Dame. Green’s 1998 team that scored 557 points, then an NFL record, were 15-1 in the regular season. They finished 16-2 and won 10 games by 10 points or more, still an NFL record.

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: February 11, 2014 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $10,000.00 MORTGAGOR(S): Katie J. Dupay MORTGAGEE: US Federal Credit Union DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded with the County Recorder in and for the County of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, on April 1, 2014, as Document No. 10066167 ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to Glenwood Financial, LLC, recorded May 21, 2018, as Document No. 10555516; subsequently assigned to Minneapolis Property, LLC, recorded May 21, 2018, as Document No. 10555517 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 18, Block 14, Lincoln Street Supplement to East Side Addition to Minneapolis PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1823 Pierce St. NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418 COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Hennepin AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $10,685.49 THAT there has been compliance with all pre-foreclosure requirements; that no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; THAT pursuant to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above-described property will be sold by the Sheriff of Hennepin County as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: November 12, 2018, at 11:00 a.m.

PLACE OF SALE: Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, Room 30, 350 South Fifth Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota to pay the debt secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any, on said premises and the costs and disbursements, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns.

The date on or before which the mortgagor must vacate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property redeemed under section 580.23: May 13, 2019, at 11:59 p.m.

THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED. Dated: September 17, 2018 Minneapolis Property, LLC Assignee of Mortgagee HOELSCHER LAW FIRM, PLLC By: Brian G. Hoelscher #0238752 Attorneys for Assignee of Mortgagee 13100 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 100 Minnetonka, MN 55305 (952) 224-9551 THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. FORECLOSURE DATA Minn. Stat. Sec. 580.025 (1) the physical street address, city, and zip code of the mortgaged premises is 1823 Pierce St. NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418; (2) the name of the transaction agent, residential mortgage servicer, and the lender or broker, as defined in section 58.02, if the person holding the mortgage is a transaction agent as defined in section 58.02, subdivision 30 are as follows: – not applicable; or the name of the residential mortgage servicer and the lender or broker, as defined in section 58.02, if the person holding the mortgage is not a transaction agent as defined in section 58.02, subdivision 30 are as follows: residential mortgage servicer – Superior Financing, Inc., lender or broker – Minneapolis Property, LLC; (3) the tax parcel identification number of the mortgaged premises is: 12-02924-34-0152; (4) if stated on the mortgage, the transaction agent's mortgage identification number is: - not applicable;(5) if stated on the mortgage, the name of the residential mortgage originator as defined in section 58.02 is: US Federal Credit Union Minnesota Spokesman Recorder, September 20,27 & October 4,11,18 & 25, 2018

Five of his players were inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Cris Carter, Randy Moss, John Randle, Chris Doleman and Randall McDaniel.

Also, Green started the NFL signature Community Tuesday with his players visiting area community centers and parks to motivate young people. `

Larry Fitzgerald can be heard weekday mornings on KMOJ Radio 89.9 FM at 8:25 am, on WDGY-AM 740 Monday and Friday at 9:10 am, and at www.Gamedaygold.com. He also commentates on sports 7-8 pm on Almanac (TPT channel 2). Follow him on Twitter at FitzBeatSr. Larry welcomes reader responses to info@larry-fitzgerald.com, or visit www.LarryFitzgerald.com.

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September 20-26, 2018

Vikings to honor Dennis Coming home to coach adds to the pressure Green on Sunday ly, the Vikings announced on Monday that Carlson had been released.

The NFL Network has announced that Tuesday, September18 at 7 pm and Wednesday at 11 pm Vikings and Packers fans can watch the intense game again. Both the Vikings and Packers are 1-0-1 among the nine still unbeaten teams.

Pat Mahomes, the young Chiefs quarterback, is the talk of the league. In his first three NFL starts he’s thrown an NFLrecord 10 touchdown passes, including six TD passes in the Kansas City 42-37 upset at Pittsburgh.

The next three weeks the Vikings play home to Buffalo, then travel to the Rams for a Thursday night game and then Philadelphia the following Sunday. All three teams were playoff teams in 2017.

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arah Graves is in rarefied company as an athlete alumnus who returns to the campus where she once starred to now lead her Early action sport as head coach. Graves Two weeks into the season, was a Macalester College volthe last two NFL Champions, leyball standout (2000-03) who Philadelphia and New Enggraduated in 2004 with a comland, have already lost on the munications and media studroad to Jacksonville and highies degree. Later, after she scoring Tampa Bay. We’ve also earned a Master’s degree in had two games end in ties durcommunication from the Uniing the first two weeks for the versity of Delaware, where she first time since 1971. was a volleyball graduate asCleveland and Pittsburgh sistant coach for two seasons, tied 18-18 week one, and the ViGraves returned to Mac as an kings tied Green Bay 29-29 in assistant coach for six seasons. week two. The rising South – Macalester hired Graves Jacksonville, Miami and Tampa in 2017 as head coach to reBay – are all 2-0. Denver, Kan- Green honored place former coach Annie 0-2 Buffalo is here Sunday sas City, Cincinnati and Los Doman, who took a position when the Vikings will honAngeles are also 2-0. in the school’s career develSunday I saw the Rams dom- or at halftime former head opment center, making this inate Arizona 34-0 on the cam- coach Dennis Green by inductGraves’ third return to the St. pus of USC at the historic Los ing him into the team’s Ring of Paul school.

She was Denison Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Honor. Green’s family, includ(Ohio) University head volleyThey might be the best team ing his window Marie Green, ball coach for two seasons prior to this as well as a member of the school’s Black faculty caucus.

Third time’s a charm, perhaps, as Graves, now in her second year, strives to lead Mac back to volleyball athletic greatness.

“Mac made a surge back in my day,” Graves recalled a couple of weeks ago before a team practice at Leonard Center. She played on the 2000 squad that reached the MIAC semifinals. Graves is on the career top 10 in block assists Vikings portrait by Kevin Warren honors Dennis Green (third), service aces (third), assists (fourth), and eighth in in the league. In two weeks the daughters Patti and Vanessa, digs. She was the team MVP Vikings play those Rams on and son Zachary will receive a and all-MIAC in 2001.

At our first meeting, the Thursday night in prime time personal artist-painted portrait head coach presented a cool of Green. on FOX. confidence alongside her Green was second-winAfter tying the Packers 29youthful appearance – Graves 29 at Lambeau Field, with quar- ningest head coach in Vikings easily looks like one of her curterback Kirk Cousins throw- history, 101-70, and led the team rent players.

This coolness we ing for 425 yards and four to the playoffs eight times in 10 later saw in person at two retouchdowns, the Vikings had a years. Two of his assistants, Bricent matches.

In the first, the punt blocked for a touchdown. an Billick and Tony Dungy, won Scots lost the first set but won Rookie kicker Daniel Carlson Super Bowls as head coaches. the next three to defeat North was not cutting it — he missed Central University. three field goals. Subsequent■ See Fitz on page 9

Macalester Head Volleyball Coach Sarah Graves surrounded by her players and staff

Some Mac players with Coach Graves standing at right Photos by Charles Hallman Then last Wednesday, after visiting Carleton handily swept them in the first two sets, Mac stormed back to win set three and nearly forced a fifth set before losing 3-1 at home.

Despite the preseason predictions that the Scots will finish near the bottom of the league this season, and given Macalester’s historical emphasis on high academics, Graves believes her team is moving forward. “[Our] first year was a lot of putting things in place…on where this program should be. It’s a lot of work.”

It’s challenging, but Graves welcomes it, she stressed. “I think every institution has its own recruiting challenges.

Having high academic standards here is [the] first thing I look at with an athlete. I don’t even look at her until I know her [high school] grades.”

With this said, the Mac head coach virtually has the world

in which to cast her recruiting net. “We [have] a national [and] international recruiting base, so I have the ability to attract women from all over the U.S. and all over the world,” Graves pointed out.

She praises her 16-player roster: “They have put in the work. That makes it easy as a

coach. This year we are taking the next step,” which includes how they mentally approach the game. She added, “We are really focusing on the ‘how’ this year.”

The 7-7 Scots play Thursday at Concordia (Moorhead), seeking their first MIAC win this season (now 0-2).

Coming home to coach where you once played is both a blessing and a source of additional pressure as well, Graves noted. “Being an athlete who had success here, an athlete who connected well with the program, a student who loves Macalester and what it’s about, there is a lot of pressure coming [with] that. My focus is making sure I am giving this program what it deserves.”

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‘Fantastic Four’ prep stars of the week This week’s “Fantastic Four” photos feature three prep football players — Nascier Borden PreP Scene (Robbinsdale Cooper), Omar Brown (MinneDr. Mitchell apolis North), Rance Jones (St. Paul Johnson) PalMer McDonalD — and one former prep star now playing at the collegiate level in Tyler Johnson (University of Minnesota), who all led their teams to victory last week.

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Sports odds and ends

Commentator Lake returns to Twin Cities airwaves

By Charles Hallman Contributing Writer Both all-sports KSTP and KFXN feature all-White daily lineups. The latter often boasts that they do have two Black on-air voices, but they are only heard on weekends.

Henry Lake offers his take on why local sports media diversity is so important: “Imagine the Minnesota Wild hockey team after a game walks into their locker room, and all of the reporters that they see are people of color and not people who look like them,” he explains.

“That would be something for [the mostly White players] to deal with.

“Now let’s flip that — think about [the Wolves’] Karl-Anthony Towns, Andrew Wiggins, [the Vikings’] Everson Griffen and those individuals of color, and they walk into their clubhouse or locker room and don’t see a bunch of reporters that look like [them] who are on the radio or television in a full-time capacity.”

The Minneapolis-born Lake joined KFXN in the early 2000s and eventually co-hosted a weeknight show, then later was given his own show, but on Sunday mornings. He also was a regular on local television sports shows. But Lake eventually left the station and accepted a fulltime midday slot on AM 610 Sports Radio in Kansas City in 2013.

When he left five years ago, the MSR then called Lake KFXN’s most talented but underused staffer and charged the station with needing a diversity infusion.

Lake, in an MSR exclusive interview,

Henry Lake Photo by Charles Hallman

cited a Barnett Sports Media report that found only two of the top 30 U.S. major sports towns, San Diego and the Twin Cities, with no regular Black on-air personality on weekdays.

“Who in this community is the fulltime person on any station that’s a per-

“Getting out of a comfort zone…really helped mold me as a better host.” son of color that didn’t play the game that’s on the air?” he asks. “There isn’t one, and that’s unfortunate. Something got to change,” says Lake.

Station officials this summer sought his interest in returning to his hometown, and Lake recently announced via Twitter he will return to the Twin Cities. “I want to thank all of the folks that I worked with at 610… The last five and a half years have been so much fun…but

the Twin Cities is home.”

“Welcome back, Lake,” someone tweeted back. “It’ll be great to hear you on the MSP airwaves again,” tweeted another.

“Getting out of a comfort zone where you know everybody, the landscape of the town, the teams and everybody, and getting away and going somewhere else, you have to be more reliant working on your craft and your skills. It really helped mold me as a better host,” Lake says of his five-year stint on Kansas City sports radio. “I loved it and wouldn’t take away anything about it. I absolutely would take the job in Kansas City if I had to do it over again. I enjoyed my time — I learned a lot and have grown a lot.”

Lake expects to return to the KFXN airwaves sometime next month, he told the MSR last weekend. “It’s one thing to put a former Gopher or former Wolf or former Twin out there and let them speak about the game,” he continues. “But it’s drastically different when you have people that grew up in the community that have the knowledge and have opinions that represent the community, but they are not given that platform.”

The “never played the game” people speaking on sports shouldn’t be relegated to Whites only, Lake says. “People who haven’t played the game but have strong opinions and are from the community,” especially Blacks and other people of color, should be hired as well.

Nascier Borden (24), shown here running against St. Louis Park, has rushed for 525 yards and seven touchdowns for Robbinsdale Cooper’s 3-0 football team, averaging 10.7 yards per carry.

Running back Rance Jones scored twice in leading St. Paul Johnson to a 35-13 win over Academy Force last Friday.

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Minneapolis North’s Omar Brown (2), one of the state’s top football players, runs for one of his two touchdowns during a 40-6 victory over St. Paul Harding last week.

University of Minnesota junior receiver Tyler Johnson, the former prep superstar who led Minneapolis North to state titles in football and basketball, has 20 receptions and five touchdowns in three victories for the Gophers; here he is on the move against Miami.

Photo courtesy of U of M