Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-1968
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King’s Lasting Impact on Equity in Education
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King at a rally in Chicago’s Grant Park, in 1966.
Oprah’s Barn Raiser Speech What president? A year after politics — and the newly elected occupant of the White House — dominated the conversation and tone of the Golden Globes, there was barely a mention of such things at Sunday’s ceremony. This year, it was all gender politics, and of course the #MeToo movement that has engulfed Hollywood and spread into the culture at large with astonishing speed. From the sea of glittering black gowns worn in solidarity on the usually multi-colored red carpet, to sly references to unequal pay and recognition for women, to Frances McDormand’s salute to “a tectonic shift” in the Hollywood power structure, it was a night for reckoning — crowned by Oprah Winfrey’s barn-raiser of a speech proclaiming “Their time is UP!” Some key moments: SERIOUS CARPET TALK: Usually, red carpet interviews focus on the provenance of designer gowns and jewelry. This year, there was talk of working conditions for farmers and janitors, and demands for equal pay across society. Several actresses, including Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams and Emma Watson, brought social activists with them , to focus on real-life solutions to gritty problems far from Hollywood.
“We feel emboldened in this particular moment,” Streep said, “to stand together in a thick black line dividing then from now.” LAURA DERN’S NORTH STAR: It was a night of unusually powerful speeches, whether long or short, that touched eloquently on the #MeToo moment. One came from Laura Dern, who won supporting actress for “Big Little Lies,” a TV series that, aptly, depicts not only sexual abuse, but a group of women who only fully discover their power when they unite. Using her character to describe a past culture in which people were afraid to speak out, Dern urged Hollywood to support and employ survivors brave enough to come forward. And she went further: “May we teach our children,” she said, “that speaking out without the fear of retribution is our culture’s new North Star.” A SLY NOD TO A GLARING OMISSION: One of the most glaring snubs in this year’s movie nominations came in the best director category, where Greta Gerwig was passed over for her much-loved “Lady Bird.” Natalie Portman, presenting the director prize, was not about to let that go unnoticed. “And here are the all MALE
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By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Contributor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s influence on the Civil Rights Movement is indisputable, but his fight for equity in education remains a mystery to some. That fight began with his own education. “He clearly had an advanced, refined educational foundation from Booker T. Washington High School, Morehouse College, Crozer Theological Seminary, and Boston University,” said Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr., the founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. “His education in his speeches and sermons and writings were apparent and he wanted us all to have that type of education.” King completed high school at 15, college at 19, seminary school at 22 and earned a doctorate at 26. “Dr. King laid down the case for affordable education for all Americans, including Polish children—from the ghetto and the barrios, to the Appalachian mountains and the reservations—he was a proponent for education for all and he believed that strong minds break strong chains and once you learn your lesson well, the oppressor could not unlearn you.” Rev. Al Sharpton, the founder and president of the National Action Network (NAN), said that NAN works with Education for a Better America to partner with school districts, universities, community colleges, churches, and community organizations around the country to conduct educational programming for students and parents. “The mission of the organization has been to build bridges between policymakers and the classrooms by supporting innovations in education and creating a dialogue between policymakers, community leaders, educators, parents, and students,” Sharpton said. “We’re promoting student health, financial literacy, and college readiness in our communities, just like Dr. King did.” King was a figure to look up to in both civil rights and academia, Sharpton told the NNPA Newswire. “Then, when you look at his values, he always saw education, especially in the Black community, as a tool to uplift and inspire to action,” Sharpton said. “It’s definiteContinued on page A2
Press,” he said. “The Black Press was critically important, and King had a healthy appreciation for the Black Press.” Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., another close confidant of King, agreed. “The kinship King had with [former EBONY and Jet owner] John Johnson, [National Newspaper Publishers Association founder] John Sengstacke and others was apparent, and he realized their value and they recognized his value,” Jackson said. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., the president and CEO of the NNPA, said he will always cherish the days that he worked with King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. “I witnessed, first-hand, the fearless courage of Dr. King as he spoke out against global racial injustice and war when it was not popular to do so,” Chavis said. Chavis continued: “The mainstream press routinely mischaracterized Dr. King as a principle-less agitator. But, it was only the Black-owned newspapers during the 1960s that would, without apology, tell the truth that Dr. King was both a theological and intellectual genius whose worldwide vision, activism and principles demanded a public stance against the unjust Vietnam War, and against the duel racist Apartheid in America and South Africa.” Chavis recalled one of King’s most famous quotes: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Dr. Wornie Reed, the director of the Race and Social Policy Center at Virginia Tech, who marched alongside King in the 1960s, said too few people knew about King’s major project when he was assassinated, HYPERLINK “https://www.britannica.com/topic/Poor-Peoples-March” “The Poor People’s Campaign.” “The Memphis garbage workers strike was a side issue, the kind he was frequently involved in. He was putting in long days and nights across the country, calling on all of us who cared to come to Washington to help him to put maximum pressure on the federal government to come forth with concrete plans to reduce poverty in this rich country,” Reed said. “King was promoting a level of pressure that the federal government had never faced Continued on page A8
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Mississippi Judge; Racial Bias Suit Against Coroner Can Proceed
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ Six black-owned funeral homes can proceed toward trial with their lawsuit alleging that a Mississippi Gulf Coast coroner discriminates in favor of white-owned competitors, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett on Friday ruled mostly for the plaintiffs, although he dismissed some of the claims against Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove. Ten of the original 13 legal grounds for the lawsuit remain alive. The dispute revolves around cases where Harrison County pays for a body to be picked up, stored, autopsied or buried, usually at Hargrove's direction. Starrett wrote that the plaintiffs produced enough evidence that Hargrove treated black-owned funeral homes differently from white-owned funeral homes for the case to proceed. One black funeral home owner has testified that Hargrove once told her that ``white bodies go to the white funeral homes and black bodies go to the black funeral home.'' The plaintiffs told Starrett there's plenty of evidence that Hargrove discriminated against them when directing who would get county-controlled business. ``Defendants have all but completely excluded plaintiffs from receiving mortuary business in their control,'' lawyer Steven Art wrote in November, urging Starrett to let the case go forward. ``Plaintiffs repeatedly have observed the coroner exercise his authority based on race; the coroner has said that his decisions are influenced by race; and thousands of the coroner's own files_produced by the coroner himself and extensively analyzed by plaintiffs and their experts_reveal racial discrimination.'' Hargrove and a lawyer for Harrison County deny discrimination, saying they follow the wishes of the deceased and their families. They say black-owned funeral homes have limited refrigeration facilities, and that a pathologist whom Hargrove didn't control had done all autopsies in the past at white-owned funeral homes. ``The limited exceptions occur when an autopsy is required or when a family member cannot be promptly located necessitating refrigeration of the body,'' lawyer Daniel Seawell wrote in October. ``Hargrove has no control over the sites where autopsies were performed and no control over a funeral home's decision to provide proper refrigeration with sufficient capacity.''
Child Living in Storage Container Dies in Fire This image released by NBC shows Oprah Winfrey accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018. (Paul Drinkwater/NBC via AP)
MLK’s Unheralded Victories
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Contributor Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will always be remembered as a social activist and Baptist minister whose role was integral in the Civil Rights Movement. Publicly and privately, King fought for equality, justice and human rights for African Americans and others who suffered from racism, segregation and other injustices. His sermons, including the “Drum Major Instinct,” and his speeches like, “I Have a Dream,” are as important as they are legendary. But, those closest to King recalled some of his more unheralded feats. They also recalled the importance of the Black Press during the movement. “I would say King’s abiding commitment to focus on poverty and to deal with the wealth and equity gaps, and particularly the conditions of the poor, has been less heralded than his other accomplishments,” said Dr. Clarence Jones, a visiting professor at the University of San Francisco and a scholar and writer-in-residence at Stanford University’s Martin Luther King Jr. Institute. Jones met King in 1960 when he was 29 and King was 31. Jones served on King’s legal team and help draft many of his most important speeches, including the 1963 “I Have a Dream” masterpiece. But, it was a speech that King delivered just five days before his April 4, 1968 assassination that Jones remembers most. “I’ve said so often that the sermon he gave at the National Cathedral in Washington was most important,” Jones said. “He captioned the speech, ‘Sleeping Through a Revolution,’ and that’s exactly what he’d say today, if he were here.” Many of King’s accomplishments were aided by his relationship with newspapers like the Atlanta Daily World, the Pittsburgh Courier and other Black-owned newspapers, Jones said. “The two essential pillars of support of the Civil Rights Movement were the Black Church and the Black
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) _ California authorities say a young child has died in a fire inside a storage unit where a family of five had been living. Kern County officials say firefighters responding near Bakersfield early Wednesday found the storage unit engulfed in flames. KABC-TV reports a child 4 or 5 years old died. Three other family members were hospitalized with unknown injuries. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Suspect Shot after Driving at Officer
DELANO, Calif. (AP) _ Authorities in California say an officer investigating a suspicious vehicle shot and killed the driver when he accelerated toward him. Police in Delano near Bakersfield say the officer feared for his life when he opened fire Sunday, striking the driver. KBAK-TV reports a passenger in the car got out after the shooting and ran to a nearby home. The man was arrested following a standoff lasting several hours. The investigation is ongoing.
NAACP Wants Fans at Game to Wave Towels
Mainstream media often ignores Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s fight for economic justice and his strong relationship with the Black Press. (Wikimedia Commons)
ATLANTA (AP) _ The NAACP wants to see white towels amid the crimson, white, red and black worn by fans to send a message to President Donald Trump during the national college football championship in Atlanta. Atlanta’s NAACP chapter said on its Facebook page that it wants fans inside the stadium for the College Football Playoff title game to wave white towels “Simulating a blizzard.’’ It’s one of several anti-Trump protests planned as Trump visits Atlanta on Monday night to attend the showdown between the University of Georgia and the University of Alabama. The NAACP also is urging people to hold anti-Trump signs and wear white to mock the “snowflake” label Trump’s supporters use to describe their opponents. Another group, Refuse Fascism ATL, says they’ll “Take a knee against Trump”outside CNN’s world headquarters near the stadium before kickoff.
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Conservative Heritage Foundation Selects the Next President By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Contributor Kay Coles James, the newest president of the conservative Heritage Foundation and the first African American woman to lead the organization, said that she plans to set an example for engaging with people of different political stripes to have a positive impact in the Black community and America. “I’ve seen the rhetoric heighten [since President Donald Trump took office] on all sides,” said James, 68. “And, when you’re a conservative, Black Republican, you know what the rhetoric is like on the ‘Left’ and, trust me, it’s not good.” James added that we all have to bear responsibility to get beyond partisan differences and political debate that devolve into name-calling and character assassination. “If I can turn that just a little bit, I would declare a success,” James said. James who describes herself as a “happy warrior,” said big challenges come with the job, but as the first African American woman to lead the more than 40 year-old organization, James is proud to celebrate Black achievement. “It’s a fine line of acknowledging and taking a minute to stop and celebrate, not only what this means for me, but also for our community,” said James. “When African Americans are being recognized as leaders, no matter where they are on the political spectrum, I’m glad to see it from the both the ‘Left’ and the ‘Right.’” James recalled Obama’s first election when James said she and others set aside politics and policy to celebrate what that meant for America. James said that she celebrated the accomplishments of Barack Obama and admired his Senior Advisor, Valerie Jarrett, and that she’s been encouraged to see that people are also celebrating what it means for her to be an African American woman leading the premiere, conservative public policy think tank. James added, “It’s something we can celebrate, but at the same time we also have to say all of these individuals
Kay Coles James Becomes First Black Woman to Lead the Conservative Heritage Foundation
[Obama, Jarrett and James, herself ], were there, because of our skills, abilities, knowledge and competence.” James said that she believes that Americans are tired of the “toxic environment that exists in Washington right now, where we hate people who disagree with us.” James continued: “I’m not saying that we will sit down at the table and all agree—we will not—but if we as Americans can’t demonstrate to the rest of the world what it looks like in a pluralistic society, to reach a consensus and move forward, then what can we say to the Sunnis and Shias?” The Heritage Foundation president said that Americans have to demonstrate what it looks like for thoughtful people to solve problems. According to her official biography on the Heritage Foundation’s website, James began her career in public service as a member of the National Commission on Children under President Ronald Reagan and later served as associate director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and as assistant secretary for public affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under President George H.W. Bush. In 2001, James returned to the federal government to serve as President George W. Bush’s director of the Office of Personnel Management. “In 2017, James and former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese III led President Donald Trump’s transition team for the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Personnel Management, and General Services Administration,” her biography said. James is a graduate of Hampton University, the recipient of numerous honorary degrees, the author of three books, and the founder and president of The Gloucester Institute, an organization that trains and nurtures leaders in the African American community. “My motivation comes from my five grandchildren,” James said. “Someone once told me about QTR—Quality Time Remaining—and I think about the QTR I have and I want to do something meaningful.” James continued: “For me, being the President of the Heritage Foundation is the best way to use my QTR and when I look into the eyes of my grandchildren and think about the world today, my pledge to them is that I will do whatever I can to turn things around.” James said that the reports that the Heritage Foundation must remain on the same page with the White House are untrue; the organization holds everyone’s feet to the fire, no exceptions, she said. James added that she wants to see more people in politics that are willing to engage with others that they might not agree with on every issue. “We can fight it out, we can debate, but the end goal is the same,” said James. “You may think your route to get there is best and I may think of another route, but let’s not question each other’s character or ethnicity.” James continued: “Let’s just get in there and solve some problems, because the problems are so bad, we have to put that other stuff aside and solve them.” Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., the president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), congratulated James for her historic achievement and said that he looks forward to nurturing a mutually, beneficial relationship with the Heritage Foundation under her leadership. “The NNPA is hopeful that Black Republican leaders like [James] will now open the door to ensure that the Black Press in America will be supported by the substantial advertising dollars that conservative entities will spend in 2018,” said Chavis. “The awakened, national Black vote should not be taken for granted by liberals or conservatives.”
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Essence Magazine is Once Again Black-Owned after Purchase by Sundial Brands Founder Richelieu Dennis
Richelieu Dennis Purchases Essence Communications
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Contributor In a deal that reestablishes Essence magazine as a totally, Black and independently-owned entity, Sundial Brands founder Richelieu Dennis recently announced the purchase of Essence Communications from Time Inc The Essence Communications deal also comes a week after Dennis was knighted in his native Liberia by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who admitted him into the Most Venerable Order of the Knighthood of the Pioneer with the Grade of Knight Commander. Sirleaf reportedly described Dennis as an “Awesome Hero.” “Talk about surreal,” Dennis said in an interview with NNPA Newswire. “I can’t even bring myself to say [knighthood]. It’s been a phenomenal week.” Dennis said that the purchase of Essence Communications comes with a deep-seated passion and commitment to making sure that, “we are doing everything we can to leverage the power of the business to impact our community in a positive way and to demonstrate that we can run highly-profitable organizations.” Dennis continued: “We can also leverage the impact and the resources that those businesses generate to
drive economic empowerment and social justice in our communities for ourselves and by ourselves.” Dorothy Leavell, the chairman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and the publisher of the Crusader Newspaper Group, said that it was good news to hear that ownership of Essence magazine has returned to the Black community. “I hope it’s a trend,” said Leavell. “We do need strong Black ownership in our industry, even as I’m expecting that our Black newspapers will prosper in 2018.” Leavell also said that she hopes that Black entrepreneurs will see the work and products of the Black Press and “seek to restore some light.” Leavell added: “We need more and more publications that depict us in a positive way and that’s certainly what ‘Essence’ has done in the past and I hope they will continue.” While financial terms of the Essence Communications purchase weren’t disclosed, Dennis said he’s not only retaining Essence President Michelle Ebanks, who will continue to run the company, but Ebanks will also join the organization’s board of directors and lead an allBlack executive team at Essence, who will have equity stakes in the business. “I’m overwhelmed with gratitude,” Ebanks told the NNPA Newswire. “The ‘Essence’ brand…has always had a special place in the hearts and minds of Black women and entrepreneurs and leaders like [Dennis] recognized ‘Essence’ and its importance and wants to restore it. This has allowed a dream to come true and we couldn’t be happier.” Ebanks said that it was an extraordinary and special privilege to be part of an organization that would be responsible for elevating Black women in the industry. Dennis said the deal to purchase Essence came together rather quickly after reading an article in the Wall Street Journal about Time Inc.’s intention to sell the company. “The stars aligned. We started to think about the implications of what this would mean if ‘Essence’ were truly bought back into the community and the impact it could have on the audience and on the industry to be able to create our content and to monetize our own content,” said Dennis. “There was never a waiver in the commitment on what ‘Essence’ means to our community.” Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., the president and CEO of the NNPA, congratulated Richelieu Dennis for purchasing Essence magazine and for returning this iconic publication to 100 percent Black ownership. “This is a very timely and an important milestone for the Black Press in America and throughout the world,” said Chavis. “Essence magazine, under the able leadership of Michelle Ebanks, is a valued treasure of Black America and the NNPA acknowledges, with supportive gratitude, Richelieu Dennis for this significant Black-owned business transaction.”
King’s Equity in Education News Observer Bakersfield
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ly no coincidence that a number of prominent civil rights
groups that emerged during Dr. King’s time, were based on college campuses.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was a champion for equity in education. Civil Rights Movement co-founder Dr. Ralph David Abernathy and his wife Mrs. Juanita Abernathy (not pictured) follow with Dr. and Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr., as the Abernathy children march on the front line, leading the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965. The children are (left-right): Donzaleigh Abernathy in striped sweater, Ralph David Abernathy III, and Juandalynn R. Abernathy in glasses. Name of the White Minister in the photo is unknown. (Abernathy Family Photos/Wikipedia Commons)
Sharpton added that King routinely pushed for equality to access to education. “Just as importantly, he always made a point to refer education back to character—that we shouldn’t sacrifice efficiency and speed for morals,” Sharpton said. “A great student not only has the reason and education, but a moral compass to do what’s right with his or her gifts. It’s not just important to be smart, you have to know what’s right and what’s wrong.” Dr. Wornie Reed, the director of Race and Social Policy Research Center at Virginia Tech who marched with King, said when he thinks of King and education, he immediately considers the late civil rights leader’s advocating that “we should be the best that we could be.” “King certainly prepared himself educationally…early on he saw that education played a crucial role in society, but perceived it as often being misused,” Reed said. “In a famous essay that he wrote for the student newspaper at Morehouse in 1947, he argued against a strictly utilitarian approach to education, one that advanced the individual and not society.” Maryland Democratic Congressman Elijah Cummings, who remembers running home from church on Sundays to listen to King’s speeches on radio, said King had a tremendous impact on education in the Black community. “Dr. King worked tirelessly to ensure that African Americans would gain the rights they had long been denied, including the right to a quality education,” said Cummings. “His fight for equality in educational opportunities helped to tear down walls of segregation in our nation’s schools. Cummings continued: “He instilled hope in us that we can achieve our dreams no matter the color of our skin. He instilled in us the notion that everyone can be great, because everyone can serve and there are so many great advocates, who embody this lesson.” In support of education equality, civil rights leaders across the country are still working to ensure all students, regardless of color, receive access to experienced teachers, equitable classroom resources and quality education, Cummings noted further. For example, the NAACP has done a tremendous amount, across the country, to increase retention rates, ensure students have the resources they need, and prepare students for success after graduation—whether it be for college or a specific career path, Cummings said. During his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in Oslo, Norway, King said: “I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits.” The need for high quality education in the Black community is universal and the route to get there may be different, but education does matter, Jackson said. “Dr. King told me he read a fiction and a non-fiction book once a week. He was an avid reader and, in the spirit of Dr. King, today we fight for equal, high-quality education,” said Jackson. “We fight for skilled trade training, affordable college education and beyond.”
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2017-B8194 Doing business as: TLC WOODWORKS at 10935 Why 155 Glennville, Ca. 93226 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 456 Glennville, Ca. 93226 County: Kern Full name of registrant: Travis William Clendenen, 10935 Hwy 155 Glennville, Ca. 93226 Full name of registrant: Leah Christine McClenny, 10935 Hwy 155 Glennville, Ca. 93226 This business is conducted by: General Partnership SIGNED: Travis Clendenen The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern county on: Dec 12, 2017 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M Gutierrez-Hernandez, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code). I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Dec 12, 2022 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Dec 20, 27, 2017 Jan 3, 10, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2017-B8202 Doing business as: GOODBYETICKET.COM 100 at 3424 Stine Rd, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: GOODBYETICKET.COM LLC CA. 3424 Stine Rd, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 This business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: Randy Oneal, Member The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Aug 1, 2002 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern county on: Dec 12, 2017 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: C Valdez, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2017-B8200 Doing business as: SLICPROCESS at 6809 Day Dream Ct, Bakersfield, Ca, 93312 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: Darren Denair Dixon, 3000 16th St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 This business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: Darren Denair Dixon The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern county on: Dec 12, 2017 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Bojorquez, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code). I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Dec 12, 2022 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Dec 20, 27, 2017 Jan 3, 10, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2017-B8054 Doing business as: TQW DESINGS at 9303 E Wilson Rd, Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: Taylor Quinn Willmott, 9303 E Wilson Rd, Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 This business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: Taylor Quinn Willmott The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Dec 1, 2017 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern county on: Dec 5, 2017 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M Gutierrez-Hernandez, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code). I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Dec 5, 2022 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Dec 20, 27, 2017 Jan 3, 10, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2017-B8195 2017-B8196 Doing business as: BAKERSFIELD COFFEE COMPANY / BAKO COFFEE CO. at 3141 N Inyo Bakersfield, Ca/ 93305 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: Dale Keith Painter, 3141 N Inyo Bakersfield, Ca. 93305 Full name of registrant: Tristan James Painter, 3141 N Inyo Bakersfield, Ca. 93305
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This business is conducted by: Co-Partners SIGNED: Dale Painter The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern county on: Dec 12, 2017 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Bojorquez, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code). I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Dec 12, 2022 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Dec 20, 27, 2017 Jan 3, 10, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2017-B8172 2017-B8173 Doing business as: EDMOND MCGINLEY MUSIC / BARBARA STINSON at 10914 Camino La Paz Bakersfield, Ca. 93306-8 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: Barbara Louise Stinson, 10914 Camino La Paz, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306-8307 This business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: Barbara Louise Stinson The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Nov 21, 2017 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern county on: Dec 11, 2017 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: D Chavez, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code). I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Dec 11, 2022 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Dec 20, 27, 2017 Jan 3, 10, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2017-B8288 Doing business as: RODEWAY INN & SUITES at 3400 Chester Ln, Bakersfield, Ca. Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: JAYDIV INC CA 3400 Chester Ln Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 This business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: Jaya D Patel President The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Dec 15, 2017 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern county on: Dec 15, 2017 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: D Chavez, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code). I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A)
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Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Dec 15, 2022 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (K) PUB: Dec 27, 2017 Jan 3, 10, 17, 2018
Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code). I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Dec 19, 2022 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Dec 27, 2017 Jan 3, 10, 17, 2018
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2017-B8299 Doing business as: MARTIN REALTY at 16218 Mil Potrero Hwy #204 Pine Mtn Club Ca 93222 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 5385 Pine Mtn Club Ca 93222 County: Kern Full name of registrant: Lardes Alvarez, 16218 Mil Potrero Hwy #204 Pine Mtn Club Ca 93222 This business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: Lurdes Alvarez The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern county on: Dec 18, 2017 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Garcia, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code). I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Dec 18, 2022 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Dec 27, 2017 Jan 3, 10, 17, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2017-B8084 Doing business as: EZ RECYCLUING LLC at 1638 Glenwood St, Delano, Ca. 93215 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: EZ RECYCLING LLC CA 1638 Glenwood St Delano, Ca 93215 This business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: Jimmy Villegos Managing Member The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern county on: Dec 06, 2017 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M Gutierrez-Hernandez, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code). I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Dec 06, 2022 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Dec 27, 2017 Jan 3, 10, 17, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2017-B8319 Doing business as: TOP CALL BARBER SHOP at 1009 T St Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant Rudy McDaniel, 1009 T St Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 This business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED Rudy McDaniel The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern county on: Dec 18, 2017 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: D Chavez, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code). I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Dec 18, 2022 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Dec 27, 2017 Jan 3, 10, 17, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2017-B8344 Doing business as: JSE AUTOMOTIVE at 7116 Elias Ave Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant Joshua Sctt Edmiaston, 7116 Elias Ave Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 This business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED Joshua Scott Edmiaston The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern county on: Dec 19, 2017 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: C Valdez,
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2017-B8328 Doing business as: FROSTY KING at 1201 High St Delano, Ca. 93215 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant KERN FROSTY, LLC CA 1201 High St Delano, Ca. 93215 This business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED Cannot Read Signiture The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern county on: Dec 18, 2017 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: C Valdez, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code). I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Dec 18, 2022 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Dec 27, 2017 Jan 3, 10, 17, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2017-B8039 Doing business as: ALLIED STEAM EQUIPMENT at 1430 34th St Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant Ryan Edward Tribble, 444 E Warren Ave Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 This business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED Ryan Edward Tribble The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern county on: Dec 04, 2017 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Garcia, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code). I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Dec 04, 2022 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Dec 27, 2017 Jan 3, 10, 17, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2017-B7849 Doing business as: JORDAN EAGLE TRANSPORTATION FOR DISABLED PEOPLE at 2600 Brookside Drive Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant Ashraf Altimeh, 2600 Brookside
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Drive Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 This business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED Ashraf Altimeh The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: December 29, 2015 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern county on: Nov 27, 2017 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Garcia, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code). I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Nov 27, 2022 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Dec 27, 2017 Jan 3, 10, 17, 2018
mark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code). I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Jan 3, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 10, 17, 24, 31, 2018
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER BCV-17-102844 Superior Court of the State of California, for the county of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 METROPOLITAN DISTRICT PETITION OF: JIM FRANKLIN ROBINSON FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: JIM FRANKLIN ROBINSON for a decree changing names as follows: Present name JIM FRANKLIN ROBINSON Filed a petition with this court Proposed name JIM FRANK EDWARDS THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted if no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: Feb 14, 2018 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: 12 The address of the court is: Same as noted above. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER Date: Dec 12, 2017 JUDEL COURT COMMISSIONER JIM FRANKLIN ROBINSON, 526 Fryant St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 Phone: (661) 201-7141 In Pro Per BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER(wtp) PUB: Jan 3, 10, 17, 24, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B0072 Doing business as: JOHN’S BURGER at 3019 F St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: JOHN’S SUPERBURER, LLC CA 3019 F St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 This business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: Mohamed Alkadshee, Manager The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Jan 1, 2018 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern county on: Jan 3, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Bojorquez, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trade-
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B0073 Doing business as: TOM’S BURGER at 100 Roberts Ln, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: TOMS BURGER EXOPRESS LLC CA, 100 Roberts ln, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 This business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: Mohamed Alkadshee, Manager The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Jan 1, 2018 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern county on: Jan 3, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Bojorquez, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code). I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Jan 3, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 10, 17, 24, 31, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B0070 Doing business as: JAYS MINI MARKET at 1605 S H St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: Young Bom Kim, 10513 Villa Serena Dr Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 This business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: Young Bom Kim The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern county on: Jan 3, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Bojorquez, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code). I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Jan 3, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 10, 17, 24, 31, 2018 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2014-B4361 Business Name you wish to abandon: JAY’S MINI MARKET Street address of business: 1605 S. H St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: Nam Eun Lee, 1605 S. H St, Bakersfield,Ca. 93304 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Business was conducted by: Individual SIGNED: Nam Eun Lee This statement of abandonment filed on: Jan 3, 2018 MARY B BEDARD
SECTION 00110 NOTICE TO SUBCONTRACTORS, MATERIAL SUPPLIERS AND WORKERS
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Kern County is actively soliciting bids from prospective subcontractors or materials suppliers whose businesses qualify as Section 3 Business Concerns, as well as individuals who qualify as Section 3 Residents in connection with the Boys and Girls Club Kitchen project to be located in the County of Kern and funded by the HUD. Qualified individuals and firms may contact Maggie Cushine at the Boys and Girls Club - E.L. Jack Armstrong Youth Center, 801 Niles Street Bakersfield, California 93305, or phone them at 661-325-3730, until February 2nd, 2018 at 9:50 A.M.
A Section 3 Business Concern is a business: _ (1) that is 51 % or more owned by Section 3 Residents; or (2) whose permanent, full-time employees include persons, at least 30 percent of whom are currently Section 3 Residents, or within three years of the date of first employment with the business concern were Section 3 Residents; or (3) that provides evidence of a commitment to subcontract in excess of 25 percent of the dollar award of all subcontracts to be awarded to business concerns that meet the qualifications set forth in paragraphs (1) or (2) in this definition of Section 3 Business Concern. A Section 3 Resident is: (1) a resident of public housing located in Kern County, or (2) an individual who resides in the County of Kern and who is a low or very-low income person. Hiring is anticipated for the following trades: Cold formed light-gage metal framing, insulation, sheet metal work, roof accessories, sealants and caulking, prefinished steel door frames, wood doors, finish hardware, gypsum wallboard, acoustic ceilings, resilient floor covering, painting, sanitary wall panels, signs, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical Subcontracts may be let for the following categories of work on this project: Cold formed light-gage metal framing, insulation, sheet metal work, roof accessories, sealants and caulking, prefinished steel door frames, wood doors, finish hardware, gypsum wallboard, acoustic ceilings, resilient floor covering, painting, sanitary wall panels, signs, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical END OF DOCUMENT Notice to Subcontractors, Material Suppliers and Workers
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PUBLIC NOTICE County Clerk By: J Garcia Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 10, 17, 24, 31, 2018
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B0008 Doing business as: SIT N GRIN at 4413 Starling Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: Josephine Lena Marie Orona, 4413 Starling Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Full name of registrant: Corey Jennell Hurd, 312 Pauma Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 This business is conducted by: Co-Partners SIGNED: Josephine Orona The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Dec 20, 2017 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern county on: Jan 2, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Bojorquez, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code). I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Jan 2, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 10, 17, 24, 31, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B0075 Doing business as: FROSTY FAST AND FRESH BURGERS at 3400 Chester Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: FROSTY FAST AND FRESH BURGERS CA 3400 Chester Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 This business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: Salman Alkadashes, Manager The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Jan 1, 2018 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern county on: Jan 3, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Bojorquez, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code). I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Jan 3, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 10, 17, 24, 31, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B0092 Doing business as: CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN at 10012 Jersey Shore Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: Kevin Thomas Ross, 10012 Jersey Shore Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 Full name of registrant: Romana Mary Ross, 10012 Jersey Shore Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 This business is conducted by: Married Couple SIGNED: Ramona Ross The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed
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Black Students Hit Hard by For-Profit College Debt By Charlene Crowell Mounting student debt is a nagging problem for most families these days. As the cost of higher education rises, borrowing to cover those costs often becomes a family concern across multiple generations including the student, parents, and even grandparents or other relatives. Today’s 21st Century jobs usually demand higher education and specialized skills to earn one’s way into the middle class. In households where educational loans are inevitable, it becomes an important family decision to determine which institutions are actually worth the debt incurred. Equally important is the institution’s likelihood of its students graduating. Higher education institutions that do not provide its students and graduates with requisite skills and knowledge become money pits that lead to deeper debt and likely loan defaults. New research by the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) analyzed student debt on a state-by-state basis. An interactive map of CRL’s findings reveal on a state basis each of the 50 states’ total undergraduate population, for-profit enrollment, and the top for-profit schools by enrollment for both four-year and two-year institutions. Entitled “The State of For-Profit Colleges,” the report concludes that investing in a for-profit education is almost always a risky proposition. Undergraduate borrowing by state showed that the percentage of students that borrow from the federal government generally ranged between 40 to 60 percent for public colleges, compared to 50 to 80 percent at for-profit institutions. Additionally, both public and private, not-for-profit institutions, on average, lead to better results at a lower cost of debt, better earnings following graduation, and the fewest loan defaults. “In many cases, for-profit students are nontraditional students, making sacrifices and struggling to manage
New Center for Responsible Lending Report Says For-Profit Education “a Risky Proposition” family and work obligations to make better lives for their families,” noted Robin Howarth, a CRL senior researcher. “For-profit colleges target them with aggressive marketing, persuading them to invest heavily in futures that will never come to pass.” CRL also found that women and Blacks suffer disparate impacts, particularly at for-profit institutions, where they are disproportionately enrolled in most states. For example, enrollment at Mississippi’s for-profit colleges was 78 percent female and nearly 66 percent Black. Other states with high Black enrollment at for-profits included Georgia (57 percent), Louisiana (55 percent), Maryland (58 percent) and North Carolina (54 percent). Focus group interviews further substantiated these figures, and recounted poignant, real life experiences. Brianna, a 31-year-old Black female completed a Medical Assistant (MA) certificate at the now-defunct Everest University. Once she completed her MA certificate and passed the certification test, she found she could only find a job in her field of study that paid $12 per hour, much less than the $35,000-$45,000 salary that Everest told her would be her starting salary as a medical assistant. She was also left with $21,000 in student debt. As a result, she has struggled since matriculation with low credit scores and cramped housing conditions for herself and three children. For her, public schools, according to Brianna, are “better in the long run” due to their lower cost despite having more requirements for attendance. Similarly, Elena, a 35-year-old Latina enrolled in a for-profit institution after seeing television commercials for the local branch of Everest College targeted at those without a GED, like herself. Assured by Everest that she would earn between $13-15 an hour working as a pharmacy technician, she thought that wage would have been enough for her to repay tens of thousands of dollars in student loans and interest she incurred. Yet, the best wage she could find with a pharmacy paid only $10.50 an hour. Elena also shared that the financial aid officers at Ev-
erest encouraged her to apply for “all these monies [grants and loans] that I could get. And they took it all—all of it. And yes, I am left with this bill.” These two personal experiences are magnified across the country with high female for-profit college enrollment. For example, the Midwestern states of Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin have female-dominated for-profit enrollment and disproportionate Black enrollment, too. These were also states with some of the lowest for-profit graduation rates after six years of study. In Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi and North Carolina, median for-profit student debt levels at graduation in these five states was much higher than that of their public peers, ranging from $29,947 to $34,891 for for-profit students compared to $21,605 to $23,638 for public students. Public colleges and private, nonprofit institutions in these same five states combined also had average Black enrollment rates that were noticeably smaller: Georgia (32 percent), Louisiana (31 percent), Maryland (28 percent), Mississippi (38 percent), North Carolina (23 percent). These disparate outcomes are even more grievous when one takes into account that for-profit colleges are primarily funded by taxpayers, receiving up to 90 percent of their revenues from federal financial aid such as Pell Grants and federal student loans. Veterans educational benefits are additional taxpayer-paid revenues. Finally, three years following graduation from a for-profit institution, former students in 44 states had double-digit default rates. These states included: Kansas, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia. These and other findings document how Americans are investing heavily in higher education, but, in large part, the choice of institution determines whether they will receive what they paid for: gainful employment. Charlene Crowell is the communications deputy director with the Center for Responsible Lending. She can be reached at Charlene.crowell@responsiblelending.org.
Hyde Amendment’s Reign of Terror on poor women, and the bill today has 128 co-sponsors in the House, even in this incredibly hostile political moment. In another show of leadership, women of color in the Senate and their colleagues sent a bold and defiant letter to Trump demanding that he strip the Hyde Amendment and other bans on abortion coverage from the budget. I doubt anyone is holding their breath for him to do the right thing, but that should never stop our leaders in Congress from taking a principled proactive stand. But a reproductive health, rights, and justice platform that respects Black women must go beyond abortion. Black women in the U.S. are dying in childbirth at many times the rate of White women, a national health crisis that has gone largely ignored. Black women also suffer and die at disproportionate rates of reproductive cancers like breast and cervical cancer. In addition to contraception and abortion care, we need access to quality aff o rd a b l e health care and coverage for the full range of reproduc-
tive care including cancer prevention, screening, and treatment, and prenatal, maternity, and postpartum care. The Affordable Care Act—a law Black women championed— was a monumental step in the right direction. Today, we’re fighting to hold on even to that, and we know a much more accessible and comprehensive solution is needed. Every day in this country, Black women face nearly impossible odds to raise our children with dignity, love, and abundance. But the cruel anti-family budget and tax policies of the conservative GOP have decimated funding for nutrition, housing, and other necessities while lining the pockets of their wealthy donors—even as they have failed to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program also known as CHIP. We must do everything in our power to reverse this dangerous redistribution of wealth and well-being from the poor to the super-rich. Finally, we must address the ways in which police and prisons have been weaponized against Black Americans to rob us of our loved ones through mass incarceration and deadly police violence. Black lives matter is more than a hashtag, organization, or movement. It’s the urgent cry for justice from the mouths of mothers, sisters, wives, partners, and daughters. Time and time again, Black women have been told to wait our turn. When male citizens—both White and Black—got the legal right to vote, we were told to wait our turn. When white women built a suffrage movement on our backs and out of our genius and then cut us out of it, we were told to wait our turn. And when Democrats and Republicans alike have taken our votes for granted while ignoring our needs, we have been told to wait our turn. No longer. It’s time for this country to do more than thank Black women—it’s time to put our issues in the center of the political table and follow the leadership of Black women as we construct a new nation that affirms the human rights of us all. La’Tasha D. Mayes, the founder and executive director of New Voices for Reproductive Justice, that presents a clear and compelling case for policies that center Black women’s health and needs. You can follow her on Twitter @duxfemfac.
It’s Time for America to #TrustBlackWomen By La’Tasha D. Mayes Executive Director, New Voices for Reproductive Justice After Roy Moore’s defeat at the hands of Alabama voters—driven by Black voter turnout, especially the votes of Black women—we saw the celebration, credit-taking, and meaning-making that usually accompanies a progressive electoral victory. But one thing was different this time. This time, mainstream media and social media feeds flooded with messages acknowledging and thanking Black women for our role in the outcome. Welcome to the reality Black women have known about—and named—for decades. One of the hashtags that took off amid the Alabama election returns and the following days was #TrustBlackWomen. But what does it mean to trust Black women? What does it mean to advance a policy agenda that addresses the issues Black women face in this country? Black women voters are not a monolith—we’re diverse, complex, and deeply engaged in national, state, and local policy debates. We don’t all agree. But there is a set of values and policies that most Black women hold close to our hearts: we want a future where we can live with respect, health, and justice. Where we can decide whether and when to have children, and raise those children without fear of hunger, violence, or discrimination. Where we can realize our dreams and highest human potential. For a start, I hope that this election can finally put to rest the ludicrous question of whether a progressive agenda must include support for abortion access. (Yes, absolutely it must.) Not only are Black women overwhelmingly supportive of abortion access, but nationwide, keeping abortion legal has the highest levels of support in decades. Being able to make our own decisions about our bodies, pregnancy, and parenting is crucial to Black women’s dignity and self-determination. Black women are already leading the way in reproductive health, rights, and justice policy. In 2015, after decades of work by Black women advocates, Representative Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) led the introduction of the EACH Woman Act to repeal the
Black Unemployment Record Low in December By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Years of steady hiring and economic growth have delivered a cumulative benefit for at least one group that hasn't always shared in America's prosperity. The unemployment rate for African-Americans fell to 6.8 percent in December, the lowest level since the government began tracking such data in 1972. The reasons range from a greater number of black Americans with college degrees to a growing need for employers in a tight job market to widen the pool of people they hire from. “The African American unemployment rate fell to 6.8 percent, the lowest rate in 45 years. I am so happy about this News!”President Donald Trump said in a tweet Saturday. Still, the rate for black workers remains well above those for whites and some other groups, something experts attribute in large part to decades of discrimination and disadvantages. Robust job creation has lowered unemployment for all Americans. U.S. employers added nearly 2.1 million jobs in 2017 - the seventh straight year that hiring has topped 2 million. The U.S. economy gained a hefty 5.7 million jobs in 2014 and 2015 alone. But there are also less-happy reasons for the lower unemployment rates: Fewer Americans are either working or looking for work. (People who aren't actively seeking a job aren't counted as unemployed.) An aging population means there are more retirees. Young Americans are also staying in school longer before job-hunting. And some people, perhaps discouraged about their prospects, have given up looking for work and so aren't included in the unemployment rate. Here are some questions and answers about African-Americans' record-low unemployment rate:
Q. GIVEN THE RECORD-LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, IS THIS THE BEST JOB MARKET EVER FOR BLACKS? A. Not necessarily. As with nearly all demographic groups, a smaller proportion of blacks have jobs now than before the Great Recession, in part because of retirements, more people staying in school and discouraged would-be workers. The best job market for African-Americans might actually have been in 2000, when 61.4 percent of black adults were employed, the highest proportion ever. That figure fell below 52 percent in the depths of the recession, and is now 57.9 percent. The same pattern occurred for other groups. Twothirds of Latinos were employed in 2000; now, only 62.5 percent are. About 65 percent of whites were working in 2000, far higher than the current 60.4 percent. (The data for Asians goes back only to 2003.) Q. Why is the African-American unemployment rate higher than the rate for whites? A. The main reason is discrimination, according to most research. Valerie Wilson, director of the Economic Policy Institute's program on race, ethnicity and the economy, notes that even when African-Americans have similar levels of education or experience, their chances of being unemployed are higher. “That's what begs the question of what else could be the major reason,”Wilson said. Nancy DiTomaso, a business professor at Rutgers University, says her research has found that whites likely benefit from networks of family and friends that don't intentionally exclude blacks or other minorities. Yet, nevertheless, their networks have the effect of helping whites get jobs more readily than blacks. Q. What about other ethnic and racial groups?
A. Everyone is benefiting from the healthy job market. The unemployment rate for Latinos was 4.9 percent in December, just above the record low of 4.8 percent reached in June. And the jobless rate for Asians was 2.5 percent in December, just above the record low of 2.4 percent set in 2006. Q. What factors have helped lower unemployment for African-Americans? A. One major reason, Wilson says, is that many more black Americans are college graduates than in the past. That doesn't completely offset the effects of discrimination. But among all groups, college graduates have lower unemployment rates than those with less education. Another driver is economic: When the national unemployment rate falls to ultra-low levels, employers typically cast wider nets to find the workers they need. As they do so, they typically start pulling in more people from historically disadvantaged groups. These include job-seekers with less education as well as racial minorities. With the current U.S. unemployment rate at a 17-year low of 4.1 percent, that appears to be what's happening. Some economists want the Federal Reserve to hold off on raising the short-term interest rate it controls for exactly this reason: Raising that rate could slow growth just as the benefits of the economy's expansion are spreading to disadvantaged groups. Q. Where might the unemployment rate for African-Americans go from here? A. It depends on the economy. Most economists expect healthy growth this year, fueled in part by the Trump administration's tax cuts for individuals and companies. That should lower unemployment for all Americans. The African-American unemployment rate is highly volatile and could rise or fall noticeably in the months
ahead. It's down from 7.9 percent a year ago. Typically, the African-American unemployment rate is about twice the rate for whites and is more volatile. Wilson calculates that for each percentage-point change in the rate for whites, up or down, the rate for African-Americans will swing by about 1.6 points.
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Playoffs Predictions... By Cam Buford Whatsgoodinsports.com- sponsored by COAST FITNESS As another season has come and gone, the NFL Playoffs are now upon us! As the Wildcard Weekend has concluded, what a wild weekend it was. We had the leagues highest scoring be held to 13 points on their home field and we saw, for the first time, a quarterback throw a touchdown to himself. In an efforts to recap the Wildcard weekend, I have summarized the games below; Tennessee Titans vs. Kansas City ChiefsThe Kansas City Chiefs were picked by many to win with game, especially at home in the cold of wintery Arrowhead Stadium. After taking a commanding 21-3 lead the Chiefs allowed the underdog Titans, to mount a feverish comeback. Marcus Mariota pulled of the most improbable play when his attempted pass was deflected and he caught it, then ran it into the endzone for their first touchdown of the game. Then they put the game in the hands of Heisman trophy winner, who rumbled for over 130 yards over the Chiefs defense. The Titans upset the Chiefs to advance onto the next round of the playoffs where they will take on the defending Super Bowl Champions New England Patriots. Atlanta Falcons vs. Los Angeles RamsThe defending NFC Champions Atlanta Falcons entered the historic Los Angeles Coliseum coming off their win and get in game in the previous week. On the other hand the Rams were playing their first playoff game, at the Coliseum. Coach of the Year candidate Sean McVay led his high scoring team into the Playoffs with little experience for himself and the players. A couple costly turnovers, by the Rams specials teams unit, really impacted the Rams. These turnovers gave the Falcons the ball in prime scoring position and limited the opportunities the Rams had to score. The Falcons ended up shutting down the high powered Rams and won the game, while ending the NFC West Division Champions Rams special season. Buffalo Bills vs. Jacksonville JaguarsThe Buffalo Bills entered this playoff game ending the leagues longest playoff drought. While the Jaguars had home field advantage they brought in a young competitive, aggressive defense. Though the Bills defense didn’t want to be outdone. This game quickly became a defensive struggle and every first down becoming increasingly critical. Once the Bills quarterback was injured late in the first quarter, their chances went out the window. The young upstart Jaguars will move onto to play a rematch against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Carolina Panthers vs. New Orleans SaintsIt has been said time and time again, that it’s tough to beat a team three times in one season. This is just what the Saints would need to do to move on against their division rivals. The Panthers boast a recent NFL MVP in their fashionable quarterback Cam Newton and a solid defense that has tormented many teams over the past several seasons. Having a Hall Of Fame quarterback themselves the Saints have largely been recognized as a high powered offense, though now they have a young opportunistic defense who’s been catching teams off guard most of the season. It was this young opportunistic defense that shut down the Panthers and lead them to a hard fought win against their divisional rival! There are eight teams left playing this week, attempting to move to on to past the divisional playoff round. I will list the match ups for this week and list the What’s Good projected winners; Atlanta Falcons vs. Philadelphia Eagles Atlanta Falcons Tennessee Titans vs. New England Patriots New England Patriots Jacksonville Jaguars vs. vs. Pittsburg Steelers Pittsburg Steelers New Orleans Saints vs. Minnesota Vikings Minnesota Vikings Please share your predictions with us at www.whatsgoodinsports.com. As I’d be interested to know about your predictions, especially if they are different than ours! Please share your picks and feedback with us!
By Cam Bufordwhatsgoodinsports.com Sponsored by COAST FITNESS Even in their first playoffs loss, in their first Playoff game at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum since 1979, the Los Angeles Rams have won the fight for L.A. This fight began at the beginning of this NFL Season, when the Los Angeles Chargers relocated to Los Angeles, California. With the City of Angeles just recently welcoming to NFL Football teams to the city, the competition for the fans was underway. For the first time since 1994, 2 teams were back in the nations 2nd largest market. Though the Chargers were here for a brief period of time before, the Rams definitely have much more history with football fans in the city. Getting that head start on the Chargers hasn’t hurt the Rams situation either, seeing as how they came back to the city one year prior. Not only have the Rams beat the Chargers back to Los Angeles… they have beat them to a division win and the ability to represent Los Angeles in the playoffs. En route to that winning their Division the Los Angeles Rams have routed their divisional nemesis in the Seattle Seahawks as well as the Dallas Cowboys, self-proclaimed “Americas Team” while earning their playoffs birth. Though the Los Angeles Rams didn’t finish the 20172018 season as they anticipated, they have several things to be proud about! They can be proud that they have the hottest young coach in the NFL in Sean McVay. They Todd Gurley, who has developed into one of the best Running Backs in the NFL. They led the NFL in scoring this past season with 28.9 points a game. They have arguably the best defensive player in the league in Aaron Donald, once they lock him up this should attract more talented players to the team. They also have a rabid fan base which will encourage and support them for years to come. This Los Angeles Rams will also have expectations! These expectations, coupled with their early playoff exit, should inspire the players to excel and grow to fulfill their true potential. I see no reason this team shouldn’t be a Super Bowl Contender in the very near future. What do you think are the expectation of this Los Angeles Rams team? Is a Super Bowl berth too optimistic…? Please let me know your thoughts at www.whatsgoodinsports.com, I am eager to hear your feedback!
Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan (L) and Rams Quarterback Jared Goff (R) after Saturday’s playoff match up. (therams. com photo)
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – CSU Bakersfield men’s basketball team will host two tough opponents this week in UT Rio Grande Valley and defending WAC Tournament Champion New Mexico State. To prepare for the match ups, the Roadrunner Athletics Department is holding extended box offices hours this week to help meet the demand for tickets for Thursday’s and Saturday’s games. The CSUB Athletics box office will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday this week, giving `Runners fans every chance possible to purchase tickets ahead of time for what is expected to be a rowdy crowd for both games. The `Runners will kick off the festivities against UTRGV (9-8, 1-0 WAC) on Thursday with tipoff set for 7 p.m. The `Runners have won their last six meetings with the Vaqueros, so, CSUB needs its fans here to help keep the streak going. On Saturday, Bakersfield will welcome defending WAC Tournament Champions, New Mexico State. Currently, NM State leads the conference with a 13-3 record. CSUB especially needs its fans to pack the Icardo Center on Saturday night to help the `Runners get revenge against the Aggies. Tipoff on Jan. 13 is scheduled for 7 p.m. and Mutts in Motion, one of the most popular halftime entertainments of the season, will be performing. Let’s get rowdy at the Icardo Center and help cheer on our men’s basketball team this week! Both games will also be televised via ESPN3, so, this is your chance to appear in the crowd on an ESPN broadcast. For more information on tickets, call 654-BLUE or click on Tickets above. The CSUB box office will also have extended hours for the dates below. January 29 to February 3 (10am to 6pm) February 14 to February 17 (10am to 6pm) February 19 to February 24 (10am to 6pm)
CSUB Junior guard Alexxus Gilbert goes up for the score. (Mark Nessia/Mark Nessia Photography photo)
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – CSU Bakersfield women’s basketball team began WAC play with a victory over Utah Valley. Roadrunners defense came out stronger holding the Wolverines to only 16 shots in the game. “We fought through adversity,” said Greg McCall head coach of CSUB’s women’s basketball team. “We did some good things, made some big-time shots. Hats off to Utah valley they are a tough team I knew it was going to be a tough game. Defensively, I thought we did a good job I thought we did a really good job against their zone.” `Runners started out slow in the first quarter and got
on the board with a shot behind the arc by junior Alexxus Gilbert to give CSUB their first three points after the first two minutes. Bakersfield trailed by five at the end of the first quarter, 17-12. A couple of 3-pointers would give CSUB enough confidence to gain its first lead with 49 seconds left in the second quarter and go into halftime with a three point lead, 33-30. Gilbert led the first half with 9 points and 3 assists. `Runners increased their field goal percentage by 27% in the first to a solid 40 % in the second quarter. A jumper and a layup to start the third quarter from CSUB would create enough pressure to keep Utah Valley from scoring from the field until the final two minutes. Bakersfield’s defense remained dominant throughout the entire quarter as the Wolverines only scored 11% from the field. However, Utah did manage to secure 10 points off of foul shots. `Runners took their largest lead 47-39 in the final 53 seconds and ended the quarter 49-44 with 50% of their points being from 3-pointers. Utah Valley began the fourth quarter with three points but redshirt Jazmine Johnson was able to answer right back with a layup. The Wolverines were able to close the gap and tie the game at 55 points with 2:47 minutes left in the game and again at 57 points with both teams going to the line. Johnson’s 3-pointer gave CSUB a somewhat worry-free lead even as Utah went back to the line and only sank in one point. The `Runners ended the game with a five point advantage over the Wolverines, 63-58. Gilbert led the Roadrunners with 13 points, 4 assists and 5 rebounds while senior Alize Lofton scored 12 points and had 5 rebounds in the game. Johnson came right behind filled the stat sheets with 11 points, 4 assists, 8 rebounds and 4 steals. As a team, Bakersfield shot 39.23% (22-of-56) from the field with 45.5% of its shots coming from 3-pointers and 22 in the paint. The `Runners will head out to the road for the two WAC matches against UTRGV on Jan. 11 and New Mexico State on Jan. 13. Live stats and video can be found on the women’s schedule page.
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FILE - This file image released by Sony Pictures shows Kevin Hart, from left, Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan and Jack Black in “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.” Columbia Pictures says Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018, that the Johnson-led “Jumanji” is estimated to have earned an additional $36 million, bringing its total to $244.4 million. (Frank Masi/Sony Pictures via AP, File)
‘Jumanji,’ ‘Insidious’ Top ‘Star Wars’ in It’s Fourth Weekend By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Move over, ``Star Wars,’’ there are some new box office champs this weekend. ``Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’’ has topped the charts after three weekends in theaters, and newcomer ``Insidious: The Last Key’’ opened in second, pushing ``The Last Jedi’’ into third place. Columbia Pictures says Sunday that the Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart-led ``Jumanji’’ is estimated to have earned an additional $36 million this weekend, bringing its total to $244.4 million. ``This is all about `Jumanji’s’ staying power,’’ said Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for box office tracker comScore. ``This is a movie that was overshadowed by all the excitement around `The Last Jedi,’ and yet `Jumanji’ just kept plugging away and drawing audiences throughout the holiday ... This is kind of unheard of for a movie this size.’’ In second place is the horror film ``Insidious: The Last Key,’’ the fourth in the franchise, which earned $29.3 million. The Universal and Blumhouse Pictures film even outperformed the third chapter in the series. That film launched to $22.7 million in June of 2015. ``We could not be more thrilled with that debut. It’s a fantastic result,’’ said Jim Orr, Universal’s president of domestic distribution. ``The release date worked in our favor. There hasn’t been a similar film in a couple of months. `` Young audiences drove the ``Insidious’’ box office with 59 percent under the age of 25. Whether or not they enjoyed the film is another question: It got a scary B- CinemaScore. ``Star Wars: The Last Jedi’’ fell to third place with $23.6 million in its fourth weekend in theaters. The space blockbuster has grossed $572.5 million to date. ``The Greatest Showman’’ took fourth place with $13.8 million and ``Pitch Perfect 3’’ rounded out the top five with $10.2 million. Awards seasons films continue to expand throughout January, too, like Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut ``Mol-
ly’s Game,’’ which added over 1,300 theaters this weekend and took in $7 million. The Jessica Chastain-starrer about the real life ``poker princess’’ Molly Bloom is up for two Golden Globe awards Sunday evening _ best actress and best screenplay. The Winston Churchill film ``Darkest Hour’’ starring Gary Oldman (who is up for a best actor Golden Globe) also added 790 theaters and took in $6.4 million. The weekend is up around 18 percent from the same weekend last year, which Dergarabedian sees as a sign that perhaps the 2018 box office will be stronger and more steady than 2017. ``2017 was not consistent. It was volatile, it was a rollercoaster,’’ Dergarabedian said. ``This sets the tone for what we’re hoping is a consistent and strong 2018 box office.’’ Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to comScore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday. 1.”Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,’’ $36 million. 2.”Insidious: The Last Key,’’ $29.3 million. 3.”Star Wars: The Last Jedi,’’ $23.6 million. 4.”The Greatest Showman,’’ $13.8 million. 5.”Pitch Perfect 3,’’ $10.2 million. 6.”Ferdinand,’’ $7.7 million. 7.”Molly’s Game,’’ $7 million. 8.”Darkest Hour,’’ $6.4 million. 9.”Coco,’’ $5.5 million. 10.”All the Money in the World,’’ $3.6 million.
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Sterling K. Brown poses in the press room with the award for best performance by an actor in a television series - drama for “This Is Us” at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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nominees,” she quipped, to knowing laughter. (Guillermo del Toro won for “The Shape of Water.“) Barbra Streisand also took a jab at the Globes, noting that she’d been the only woman to have won best director — in 1984. “That was 34 years ago, folks. Time’s up!” she said. A ‘TECTONIC’ SHIFT: A big winner was “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” in which Frances McDormand plays a mother taunting police to solve the rape and murder of her daughter. Winning for best actress , McDormand noted to the crowd that “I keep my politics private. But it was really great to be in this room and to be part of a tectonic shift in our industry power structure.” And she added: “Trust me: The women in this room tonight are not here for the food. We’re here for the work.” OPRAH RULES THE ROOM: But with all the eloquent speeches, none roused the room like Winfrey’s, who had the crowd giving her repeated ovations as she issued a warning — not once, but three times — to powerful men who abuse women: “Their time is up! ” She ended her barn-storming speech, in which she accepted the Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award, with a call to young girls. “I want all the girls watching here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon!” she said. “And when that new day finally dawns, it will be
because of a lot of magnificent women ... and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure that they become the leaders who take us to the time when nobody ever has to say, ‘Me too,’ again.” Director Ava DuVernay later wrote on Twitter that the room was “still vibrating like electricity from that speech.” STERLING K. BROWN MAKES HISTORY: While most of the talk was about progress in the sphere of gender, actor Sterling K. Brown of TV’s “This Is Us” addressed progress of a different kind: he was the first black actor to win the Globe for best actor in a TV drama. He thanked the show’s creator, Dan Fogelman, for writing a role “for a black man that can only be played by a black man.” What he was grateful for, Brown said, is that “I’m being seen for who I am and being appreciated for who I am, and it makes it that much more difficult to dismiss me or dismiss anybody who looks like me.” CALLING OUT A NETWORK, ON EQUAL PAY: There’s been much talk about equal pay lately, but Debra Messing and Eva Longoria got very specific, calling out E! Entertainment Television on the issue while doing interviews with them on the red carpet. Messing referenced the recent departure from E! of host Catt Sadler, who has said she was making about half the pay of her male counterpart, Jason Kennedy.
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before. And many of us were organizing groups to do just that.” Reed continued: “When King vowed to stop commerce in Washington, to stop planes, buses, and trains,
in other words, to close Washington down, he gained the support of all the radical Black groups who had abandoned King and the SCLC. These groups had tired of the ‘soft’ approach of the Civil Rights Movement. Many readi-
ly agreed to go to D.C. and help him do just that.” Sadly, the childhood poverty rate is higher now than it was in 1968 when King was assassinated—then, it was between 15 and 16 percent, Reed said. Now, the national child poverty rate was 18 percent in 2016, according to the Children’s Defense Fund. The poverty rate for Black children under 18 years old is 30.9 percent. Also, Reed said, the Black Press was more important to King and the Civil Rights Movement early on during the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the early days of the sit-in movement. The Black Press provided vital coverage of the activities and the leading personalities in the movement, he said. “Often the major press was concerned with the disruptions of the movement while the Black Press tended to provide more information about what the activities meant on the ground in Black communities,” Reed said. National Urban League President Marc Morial said King’s profoundly important, but less heralded work on economic justice, particularly toward the end of his life, left a legacy that the Urban League champions today. “In his final speeches and his plans to launch a ‘Poor People’s Campaign,’ Dr. King laid out his extraordinary vision for a country that provides equal access to economic
opportunity and prosperity to all, no matter their color or creed—a dream that organizations like the National Urban League are still fighting for,” Morial said. Since its inception, the Black Press has played an integral role in communicating the raw and uncompromising struggle of King and African Americans across the country, Morial added. “The Black Press remained on the front lines of the Civil Rights movement, offering a glimpse into the everyday lives of African Americans far before mainstream media paid attention,” said Morial. “In many ways, the Black journalists were a critical pillar of the movement and of communication Dr. King’s vision for a more equal America to the world.”
Recipe of the Week Fall off the Bones Ribs (Oven Roasted)
Every now and then I like to buy ribs that are already seasoned. It cuts down a lot of my time prepping and preparing. When I do this I will only buy St. Louis dry rubbed ribs. COOKING INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Remove ribs from package. 2. On a hot gas grill, grill both sides of ribs for approximately 6 to 8 minutes per side. This will make grillmarks and grill flavor. 3. Pre-heat oven to 350 F. Transfer ribs from grill to a foil lined shallow pan and loosely tent ribs with another piece foil over top. 4. Place ribs in pre-heated oven and cook for 2 to 2.5 hours. For a more dried appearance, the top foil can be removed for the last 20 minutes. If desired barbecue sauce may be used for more flavor. Yoyo’s special bar-b-cue sauce 1). 1 bottle of bar-b-cue sauce 2. 1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce 3).1 tbsp. Liquid smoke 4). dash of hot sauce and ketchup 5). 1 tsp. Dijon or yellow mustard 6). 1/2 cup brown sugar 7). Yoyo’s special ingredient Mix all ingredients together and pour over the ribs for the last 10 minutes. Enjoy! Special sauce can be purchased online. Email me at yolandanorwood@gmail.com or follow me on my IG page @Yolandaprichett