San Bernardino American Newspaper Feb 8-14

Vol. 48 No. 42

February 8, 2018 - February 14, 2018

This publication is a Certified DBE/ SBE / MBE in the State of California CUCP #43264 Metro File #7074 & State of Texas File #802505971 “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you -President Lyndon B. Johnson

Celebrating Black History Month

Martin Luther King Jr. Monument Draws Crowd In His Honor

By John Coleman

Editor in Chief’s Corner Email: sbamericannews@gmail.com Clifton Harris Publisher of The San Bernardino AMERICAN News

Transparency in Education Improves Parental Engagement, Experts Say Education Law Requires Easy Access to Report Cards

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor)

The crowds view the MLK statue Dreamer Plaque

Three Generations, of the Dr Woods Family. Pastor, Dr Reginald Woods currently serves as President, IECAAC, Inland Empire Concerned African American Churches SAN BERNARDINO, CAMonuments honoring and celebrating the Reverend, Dr Martin Luther King. Jr, his life, works and words continue, to be conceived, constructed in concrete, bronze, and steel; of water, wax, & spray paint; sited in hallowed places; such as among England's most revered figures in Westminster Abbey, in London; (30 ft tall) hewed from America's "Stone of Hope" on the National Mall, in DC; (20ft) Artfully presented as a flock of birds flying as one, "Free At Last", at Boston University where Dr. King earned his PhD; or (9ft) A universal figure, Dr. King, here, is an African Benin Chief, holding a Coptic Cross in one hand, and an Indian Prayer Wheel in the other, in MLK Plaza, Chicago,

IL; or in Sweden; in Jerusalem; in Havana, Cuba; in Harlem; or in San Bernardino. Recognition and appreciation of Dr King broadens and deepens, still, 50 years after his martyrdom.

The MLK. Jr Monument/Statue is located at 300 No 'D' Street, facing east, in a small park that rises to the San Bernardino City Hall entrance. (now under renovation). The park includes a fountain as water quietly flows over a bed of smooth river rock, and the area around the statue where annual celebrations have been held since it's beginning.

San Bernardino's 2-part 2018 Celebration of the life, works, and words of Dr King. Jr began, hours earlier, with a Community Awards Breakfast on the CSUSB campus; allowing time for travel

North Fontana 50th Black History Parade And Expo Saturday, February 24th 10am to 12 Expo to follow parade starts on Summit and Citrus north of 210 proceding south to the Home Depot

1968-2018 Our Legacy

Hometown Grand Marshall Elaine Jones Mark your calendar and set the date. All are invited to come out in unity to support the commUNITY for the Black History Parade and Expo. Enjoy food, exhibits, and entertainment while greeting old friends and meeting new neighbors. For parade entry and vendor applications INFO www.blackawarenessparade.webs.com I need you, and you need me we are all a part of God’s family.

When lifelong Fontana resident Elaine Jone’s uncle needed a kidney to save his life, she didn’t hesitate to become a living donor and share one of her kidneys with him. Tests revealed she was a great match, and thanks to this gift, he was able to enjoy more time with his family.

Elaine felt inspired and wanted to help someone else through living donation. Eight years after her first surgery, she was placed on a list for altruistic donation, and a few months later, Elaine went on to a second surgery that helped save the life a 9-month old girl she didn’t know.

Thanks to Elaine’s gift, Jaylee has been able to grow with her family and she is now a healthy (continued in next 2 columns)

MLK Statue several miles to 'Downtown' before opening the Celebration At the Statue.

Some of those present for the viewing of the statue were Mayor R. Carey Davis , Council member Fred Shorett ,Pastor, Sherman Dumas, W R 'Bob ' Holcomb, Mayor, Robert A Castaneda 1st Ward, Jack Reilly 2nd Ward, Ralph Hernandez 3rd Ward , Ann Botts 4th Ward, Lionel E Hudson 5th Ward, John P Hobbs 6th Ward and Jack Strickler 7th Ward The statue; "....I Have A Dream....The Reverend Dr Martin Luther King, Jr 19291968 was sculpted by Julian Martinez Soto, erected by The Citizens Of San Bernardino, CA. Mayor and Common Council

The STATUE; PATRONS WERE: Reverend Dr John H Woods, Member of the MLK. Jr statue Organization Committee and other community organizations who persisted in the campaign to raise the required funds.

The MLK. Jr STATUE & MONUMENT may have been conceived in the mind of ONE San Bernardino resident, but it was the pennies, dollars, AND LOVE of Black and other people from San Bernardino's 'West Side', TOGETHER, that got it built! And, there, it is proudly celebrated as the FIRST (1981) MLK.Jr statue/monument commissioned in the U S, and possibly in the world.

Congratulations, PEOPLE of San Bernardino, CA

North Fontana 50th Black History Parade And Expo...continued and happy 8-year old girl. Elaine is now a mom, a wife and a OneLegacy Ambassador, and through her volunteer work she continues inspiring others to donate life.

Did you know you that can save up to 8 lives as an organ donor and improve over 75 lives as a tissue donor?

SAVE LIVES-Become an organ, eye and tissue donor! www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org/ OneLegacy This is an opportunity to get together to share joy, and encouragement with one another, appreciating our differences, and blending together to create a rainbow of peace, love, and happiness.

SoCal Black Chamber, Inland Cities East to Host Black History Awards Luncheon

The public reporting requirements of Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) offer greater transparency about school quality, according to experts and education advocates who also predict that the new law will empower parents and make them more informed partners in the education process of their children.

President Barack Obama signed ESSA into law on December 10, 2015.

“Public reporting is going to be very important, because state systems, like what goes into [calculating] letter grades for schools, are incredibly complex,” said Phillip Lovell, the vice president of policy development and government relations for the Alliance for Excellent Education, a Washington, D.C.-based national advocacy organization that’s dedicated to ensuring all students graduate from high school, ready for success in college and in the workplace. “States are aware of and working on how to communicate information on school performance clearly.”

Brenna McMahon Parton, the director of policy and advocacy for Data Quality Campaign, one of the nation’s leading voices on education data policy and use, said that everyone deserves information, which is why ESSA requires that report cards are easy to understand.

“To date, states haven’t focused on parent needs and, as a result, report cards are difficult to find and use,” said Parton. “As states develop new report cards, they should be sure that parents will have a onestop-shop that provides information they need about how students and schools in their community are performing.”

ESSA reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the historic civil rights law passed in 1965 and effectively replaced the Bush-era No Child Left Behind Act. Transparency and parental engagement are integral parts of the new law.

Under ESSA, all schools receiving Title I funds must inform parents of their right to request information about the professional qualifications of their children’s teachers; parents are also encouraged to support their children’s educational experiences by communicating regularly with teachers.

In a post on “The 74,” a non-

profit news site dedicated to education, Rashidah Morgan of Education First, said that, “Greater transparency about school quality, will ultimately empower parents to make more knowledgeable choices about schools.”

Also, transparency on spending and academic results help the public understand how schools are performing in their communities, said Chad Aldeman, a principal at Bellwether Education Partners, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit focused on changing the outcomes and education life for the underserved.

“Accountability systems only work, if people understand what they’re being held accountable for and have enough information to know how to respond,” Aldeman said, adding that parents need good information to make informed choices about where to send their children. “To make that a reality, parents need information about both their own child’s performance, as well as how similar students are performing in other schools.”

Finally, clear, transparent school and district report cards help families make critical decisions and equip community members and the public to push for needed improvement in schools, said Dr. Lillian Lowery, the vice president of PreK-12 Policy, Research and Practice at The Education Trust, a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. that promotes high academic achievement for students at all levels, particularly students of color and those of lowincome.

“ESSA requires states to report a lot of important information on how schools are doing at preparing all groups of students, including students from low-income families, students of color, English learners and students with disabilities, for post-high school success,” said Lowery. “To maximize the usefulness of this information, state leaders should work with families and education advocates to ensure that report cards are easy to access and understand.”

Learn more about Every Student Succeeds Act at nnpa.org/ essa.

Black parents benefit from the transparency and public reporting policies of Every Student Succeeds Act, Stacy Brown reports.

Our Values, Mission, & Vision Statement

Community Education News

In honor of Black History Month, the Southern California Black Chamber of Commerce, Inland Cities East will be hosting its annual Black History Awards Luncheon and Fundraiser.

This event is scheduled for Saturday, February 10 in the beautiful and historic Rezek Pavilion Centre located at 2101 N. Waterman Ave. San Bernardino, CA 92404 on the St. Bernardine Medical Center Campus.

This year The Chamber will

honor members of the Black Press. With the current climate and unnecessary criticism being hurled at the press on all levels, be it local, national and even international we feel that it is very important that the media know they have support, respect and trust of the community. Members of the Black Press work diligently to combat the foolish claims of “fake news” and “alternative facts” and continue to serve a (continued on page 3)

Our Values: Treat all people with care, respect, honor, and dignity. Tell it as it is with love, truth and integrity. Promote the interests of advertisers and sponsors along their strategic interest for the betterment of the community and beyond.

Speak truth to power.

Our Mission: To continuously improve communication between all people of the world.

Our Vision: To be the best community newspaper in our region and the nation.

Provider of: A voice for the poor, the underserved, those that are marginalized, Positive and edifying news about people, places and businesses. Keep San Bernardino, Riverside, and Los Angeles Counties informed about global trends while retaining the consciousness of local events and processes.

Memberships and Associations: The San Bernardino American Newspaper is a member of the California Newspaper Publishers Association, National Newspaper Association and addociated with California Black Media.

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COMMUNITY/EDUCATION/ADVERTISING

Our Legacy Defines Our Future’ focus of 6th Annual Pioneer Breakfast Community Education News

The Pioneer Breakfast serves as a fundraiser for five current scholarships benefitting current CSUSB students: J. Milton Clark, Mildred Henry, Terrylin Monette, John Overton, and the Belva Holder Scholarship.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – Local community members will be honored for their service by the Cal State San Bernardino Black Faculty, Staff and Student Association at the 6th annual Pioneer Breakfast on Friday, Feb. 23.

The event coincides with the celebration of Black History Month and will take place in the Santos Manuel Student Union Events Center from 9-11 a.m. Tickets for the breakfast are $25, and may be purchased from BFSSA Pioneer chair Anthony Roberson.

This year’s theme is “Our Legacy Defines Our Future” and binds with the university’s vision of defining the future.

“This is an excellent opportunity for our current students to meet past CSUSB pioneers, alumni and community leaders,”

said Roberson. “This is ultimately a history lesson of pioneers that made a huge impact at Cal State San Bernardino.”

This year’s honorees are: · Denise Benton, Staff Award recipient; · Edward Harrison, Administration Award recipient; · Charlotte Black, Faculty Award recipient; · Dia Poole, Alumni Award recipient; and · Olivia Rosas, Lorraine Frost Ally Award recipient.

This year’s event distinguishes

itself from past breakfasts, with a new branding, more scholarships and a change in the concept of the annual essay competition that CSUSB students compete in, Roberson said.

The annual essay competition is open to all CSUSB students and gives students the opportunity to express themselves, enhance writing skills and learn from history.

The essay should be no more than 500 words and submitted online. The deadline and submission link will be posted on the BFSSA Facebook page and website for more details. The winner will be announced at the breakfast and receive a $250 scholarship.

“The Pioneer Breakfast is important to have here at CSUSB to showcase our diversity and inclu-

siveness,” said Roberson. “This event bridges our CSUSB community with our local service communities and brings back our alumni.

The Pioneer Breakfast serves as a fundraiser for five current scholarships benefitting current CSUSB students: J. Milton Clark, Mildred Henry, Terrylin Monette, John Overton, and the Belva Holder Scholarship. Proceeds will also support the annual African American Graduation recognition ceremony.

To reserve a table, purchase tickets or to sponsor a student attendee, please contact Anthony Roberson at aroberso@csusb.edu or (909) 537-7198.

Visit the CSUSB BFSSA website at csusb.edu/bfssa to learn more.

Navy Honors the Contributions of Hesperia man convicted of human Community News African Americans during 2018 trafficking SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - A African American/Black History Month Hesperia man was found guilty From Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy joins the nation in celebrating the history of African American Sailors and civilians during African American/Black History Month, Feb. 1-28.

This year's theme is "African Americans in Times of War," which recognizes the contributions African Americans have made to the nation during times of war from the Revolutionary War to present-day conflicts.

ALNAV 007/18 encourages commands to participate in heritage celebrations and special observances throughout the year that honor the contributions, unique histories and cultures Navy's diverse Sailor and civilian team.

This month's observance has its origins in 1915 when historian and author Dr. Carter G. Woodson founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History.

Dr. Woodson and the association initiated the first Negro History Week in February 1926. Every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as National African American/Black History Month since 1976.

"We should celebrate our unique backgrounds because each Sailor brings something different to the fight and this makes us a stronger, more lethal team," said Rear Adm. John Fuller, commander of the Carl Vinson Strike Group and one of Navy's African American flag officers. The strike group is currently deployed to the Western Pacific.

African American Sailors and civilians play an integral role in the success of the Navy as part of the One Navy Team. African Americans serve in every rank from seaman to admiral and perform duties in nearly every rating in the Navy. Currently, African Americans make up 17 percent of all Navy personnel, or roughly 64,000 Sailors. This includes more than 58,000 enlisted and 5,000 officers. Further analysis shows 17 percent of E-8 and E-9 Sailors are African Americans that hold a range of leadership positions.

Nearly four percent of flag officers are African American Sailors.

A breakdown by gender indicates there are currently over 45,000 African American males and more than 18,000 African American females currently serving in the Navy.

"Those serving today owe our success to the veterans who transformed our Navy into a more diverse force," said Fuller.

According to the September 2016 "One Navy Team" memo from Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John M. Richardson, actively being inclusive and open to diverse perspectives will produce leaders and teams who learn and adapt to achieve maximum possible performance, and who achieve and maintain high standards, be ready for decisive operations and combat.

Diversity also influences various thoughts, ideas, skill sets, and experiences which ultimately helps increase the effectiveness of the Navy. Integrating Sailors and civilians from diverse backgrounds enables the Navy to recruit and retain the nation's top talent from a wide pool of skilled personnel.

The Navy supports minority youth development and encourages the pursuit of careers in science and industry through science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs. The Navy also partners with organizations including the National Naval Officers Association, the National Society of Black Engineers, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) in support of African American service members and civilians.

A complete educational presentation, including a downloadable educational poster on African American/Black History month, can be requested from the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI) by email at deomipa@us.af.mil.

For more information, visit w w w . n a v y . m i l , www.facebook.com/usnavy, or www.twitter.com/usnavy.

Tuesday of multiple counts related to pimping, assault and human trafficking of a minor.

A San Bernardino jury found 29year-old Kristen Davis guilty of all counts: Human Trafficking to Commit Another Crime, Assault

by Means of Force Likely to Produce Great Bodily Injury, Pandering by Procuring a Minor over Age 16, Pimping of a Minor 16 Years of Age or Older, Human Trafficking of a Minor for a Sex Act. The jury found true on multiple allegations.

The case centers around a series of events that occurred over a one-week span in Nov. 2016., when Davis, his two co-defendants, 26-year-old Ashley Wimbley of Hesperia and 23-yearold Desire Jenkins of Riverside, and an adult victim, met a 17-yearold girl.

According to Deputy District Attorney Tamara Ross, who prosecuted the case, Wimbley recruited the minor to join their "team" and promised to take care of her. Following a trip to Las Vegas, there was a falling out between the defendant and the adult victim over an alleged tenthousand-dollar debt.

When the adult victim indicated she would not be able to pay the debt, Davis held up a bag of drugs to codefendant Jenkins and promised to give it to her if she beat up the adult victim.

Jenkins began punching the victim with her fists, as Wimbleywho had a belt wrapped around her hand-swung the belt at her, repeatedly hitting her in the face

also offered on-air commentary for various well-known media outlets including BET, CNN, NBC, HBO, ABC, MSNBC and TV One. “Rye has an unwavering commitment to ensuring positive change in the political process,” her website reads. “The depth of her dialogue ranges from political campaigns to more complex legislation and administration policies that have long-term implications nationally and internationally.”

Rye also serves on the boards of the Congressional Black Caucus Institute, Congressional Black Caucus Political Action Committee, the Seattle University School of Law Alumni, Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network, Inclusv, and Wilberforce University. She is a member of The Links, Incorporated, National Bar Association, American Bar Association and the Washington Government Relations Group.

In addition to Rye, the event will feature CSUSB speakers including Estefania Esparza, CSUSB senior and community outreach coordinator for the Undocumented Advocates student club; Margaret B. Hill, president of the board of the San Bernardino City Unified

School District, CSUSB adjunct professor and CSUSB alumna; and Raul Maldonado, graduate assistant for the CSUSB Queer and Transgender Resource Center.

The event will also offer breakout sessions that Webb describes as “engaging and insightful.”

“Attendees will learn what social justice means and what falls underneath the umbrella. They will learn how to become social justice advocates and how to stand up and speak out for their rights and the rights of others,” Webb said. “This event will be very powerful and beneficial for all that attend. I anticipate that attendees will leave this event eager to become more active in their community and in the fight for social justice.”

CSUSB faculty, staff and students can register for the Social Justice Summit via OrgSync at http://tiny.cc/ob4xpy. NonCSUSB affiliates can register via Eventbrite at http://tiny.cc/ gb4xpy.

For more information about the Social Justice Summit, contact Dion Webb at (909) 537-3237 or dion.webb@csusb.edu.

Be There for the Moments That Matter Author: The Honorable Cheryl Brown, Commissioner on the California Commission on Aging and Former Assemblywoman, 47th District The holiday season is in full swing. And during this time of the year, families fly and drive to gather around the dinner table. We reflect on, laugh about and grieve over memories of years and those who have passed. Not only is it an important time to catch up with relatives, but also to make sure they’re well and taken care of.

It’s also during the holidays when it’s often most clear that Grandma’s health is faltering and that she needs someone to help her transition into a care facility. Or we realize that Dad doesn’t have anybody to take care of him when he gets his hip replaced next month, meaning no one to help him shop for groceries or get him to his rehabilitation appointments.

Kristen Davis with the belt buckle.

Two days later, following another dispute, Davis kicked the minor victim out of the car and left her at a Denny's restaurant.

The minor victim called the police and reported the beating of the adult victim.

"With the minor's assistance, they located all the suspects and the adult victim," Ross said.

"The adult victim had two black eyes, a swollen face, and slashing cuts on her face. She testified that she received a broken nose and a permanent scar on her face as a result of the beating. Sadly, the adult victim had tried a few times to escape from the defendant, but each time, he would track her down and threaten to kill her family and her children. He went as far as to text her a photo taken outside her child's school, and say, 'If I can shoot a camera, I can shoot a gun.'"

Davis faces 36 years and 8 months in state prison when he is sentenced March 5 at the San Bernardino Justice Center.

Jenkins was sentenced March 29, 2017 to 5 years in state prison.

Wimbley is scheduled to begin trial March 12.

Social Justice Summit at Cal State San Bernardino to offer insightful breakout sessions and keynote speakers Educational News SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — The Social Justice Summit at Cal State San Bernardino promises a day of meaningful breakout sessions and impactful talks that will teach attendees how to be change agents in their communities and features political strategist, social justice advocate and CNN political commentator Angela Rye. The event, hosted by CSUSB’s Office of Student Engagement, will be held on Saturday, Feb. 17, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in CSUSB’s Santos Manuel Student Union Event Center. The summit is free and open to the public. Parking at CSUSB is $6.

“I think people should attend the Social Justice Summit because it gives them exposure to topics they may not otherwise have known anything about,” said

Social Justice Summit at Cal State San Bernardino to offer insightful breakout sessions and keynote speakers...continued

Dion Webb, student engagement coordinator. “A lot of people may not realize what social justice means, so they should attend this to broaden their own knowledge.

There are a lot of social justice movements happening right now and this summit will give insight to the purpose and direction of those movements.”

Rye, who will deliver the keynote address, is principal and CEO of IMPACT Strategies, a political advocacy firm in Washington, D.C. Along with doing political commentary for CNN, she is also an NPR political analyst who has been featured as an influential politico, lawyer and advocate by numerous publications and outlets, such as Marie Claire, Ebony and The Washington Post. Rye has (continued in next 2 columns)

The good news is that, if you do have to take a few weeks off from work to get Grandma settled in a care facility or get Dad nursed back to full health, you might get some of your pay while on leave.

Through California’s Paid Family Leave (PFL) program, eligible workers can get up to six weeks of paid benefits to care for a seriously ill or injured family member (including spouses, registered domestic partners, siblings, children, grandchildren, parents, parents-in-laws and grandparents). This time off from work can be taken all at once or taken as needed over the course of a year, meaning you can be there for your family members over an extended period of time or intermittently, depending on the kind of care and support they need.

Starting in January, paid benefits are increasing to up to 70 percent of weekly income for some Californians. California was the first state in the nation to acknowledge the importance of being there for family during these important life moments by enacting a PFL program. Now, our state will also lead the nation with the highest wage replacement rate, further reducing the financial strain that these tough times can have on families.

Importantly, these are benefits that workers have already paid for – PFL is NOT a government assistance program. Thanks to paycheck deductions for the State Disability Insurance program (noted as “CASDI” on paystubs), you have been putting away money for these life moments without noticing it. So, if you take time off without applying for PFL, you’re potentially walking away from money that you’ve already saved for exactly this kind of situation.

In total, some 18.1 million Californians are covered by PFL benefits – and you may be one of them. So, when you sit down for a holiday meal with those you’re closest to, be thankful not only for the memories you’ve shared with them and for the positive impact they have had in your life over the years, but also for the impact that you can have on their lives when they need you the most.

During these life moments that matter most, it’s all the more important for families to care for each other, to have each other’s backs, to spend time together – even if it requires hitting pause on our work responsibilities for a short time.

Of course, there are neighbors who will drop by a meal or two. Pastors who will call and pray. Friends who will help with a ride every now and again. These are all things for which we are grateful, not only during the holidays, but all year-round.

To learn more about PFL visit www.californiapaidfamilyleave.com.

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News releases appearing in the San Bernardino AMERICAN News do not necessarily express the policy nor the opinion of the publishers.

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GOVERNMENT/BUSINESS/ADVERTISING

CBCF to honor Gen. Colin Powell and African American Veterans During Avoice Heritage Celebration Black History News

WASHINGTON- On February 13, 2018, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. (CBCF) will honor nine black veterans during its ninth annual Avoice Heritage Celebration in Washington, D.C. General Colin L. Powell, USA (Retired); a 100-year-old woman veteran who served in World War II; current Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) veterans; and a former homeless veteran who champions rights for female veterans will receive awards during a reception and program at the Naval Heritage Center.

The Avoice Heritage Celebration showcases the CBCF's Avoice Virtual Library Project, an online repository that captures the legislative and political achievements of African Americans in Congress, and provides an opportunity to recognize outstanding individuals and organizations who make humanitarian contributions to society.

This year's theme, "Black Veterans on the Front Lines of History", will honor the unwavering patriotic resilience, commitment and sacrifices of African Americans to the values of freedom, democracy, and justice from the battlefield to the halls of Congress.

"From the heroic efforts of the Tuskegee Airman to the countless black patriots that died protecting the uncertain promise of freedom, we owe a debt of gratitude," said A. Shuanise Washington, president and CEO, CBCF. "The choice to serve our country in such a distinguished manner is to be revered and commemo-

February 13 Forum is first to focus on African American women’s top policy issues State/Government News

rated. It is an honor to pay respect to the black veterans that have often been overlooked due to the color of their skin."

Members of the CBC will join attendees to laud the 2018 honorees who have served in the military and have demonstrated their support and commitment to advancing the rights and benefits of black veterans. The evening will also consist of a special "talkback" session with select honorees, including Gen. Powell.

"The respect for black veterans has been embattled with racial tension and hostility since Reconstruction ended," said Dr. Menna Demessie, CBCF's vice president, Policy Analysis and Research. "The 2018 Avoice Heritage Celebration offers a special occasion to honor the legacy of those in our community who have endured the tolls of war to protect our liberty. The CBCF will continue to uplift black voices that have been historically left out of the American narrative."

The 2018 Avoice Heritage Celebration honorees are: General Colin L. Powell, USA (Retired) - Distinguished Pioneer in

the U.S. Military and National Security Award for his profile and accomplishments as a historic trailblazer for black veterans. As the first African American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-1993) and first African American to serve as Secretary of State (2001 to 2005), Gen. Powell's demonstrated legacy over the course of his illustrious career in the military and foreign service drives a new generation of Americans to public service.

Sergeant Millie Dunn Veasey (Retired) - Distinguished Veteran: Living Legend Award for serving as staff sergeant to the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion during World War II. Sgt. Veasey went on to become the first female president of the Wake County NAACP and in 1986 retired from her Alma Mater (St. Augustine's College) as the director of career planning and placement cooperative education.

Current CBC Veterans - Distinguished Veteran Service and Champion Award in recognition of their military service and demonstrated commitment to minority veterans' affairs. In addition

to their time in the armed services, CBCF seeks to honor their demonstrated efforts, personally as well as through their legislative actions and congressional influence, to uplift and represent minority veterans. o Rep. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. [U.S. Army] o Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson [Nurse Veteran] o Rep. Bobby L. Rush [U.S. Army] o Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott [Massachusetts National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve] o Rep. G.K. Butterfield [U.S. Army] o Rep. Anthony Brown [U.S. Army Reserve] Ginger Miller, Petty Third Class Distinguished Veterans' Rights Activist Award for her tireless efforts to expose the public and advocate for veterans in need.

Mrs. Miller, is a military veteran and once homeless, founded John 14:2, a nonprofit organization that has a core mission to assist military veterans and their families experiencing homelessness, substance abuse, and mental illness.

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under CBC Members Join Call to Make CFPB Payday Law Condemns Justice Department Move Lending Actions Accountable...continued auto title, and installment lenders about six years. Instead of reguTo Turn Its Back On Poor Defendants have taken advantage of Ameri- lating financial services, this ActGovernmentNews

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement Thursday responding to revelations that the Trump administration has shuttered the Office for Access to Justice, a critical office within the U.S. Department of Justice that provided legal services to indigent defendants: “Once again, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is turning his back on the most vulnerable Americans and abdicating his responsibility as our nation’s chief law enforcement officer. In shuttering the doors of the Justice Department’s Access to Justice Office, Attorney General Sessions is making crystal clear that his Justice Department has no interest in establishing justice for the poor. Such a move in no way allows the Department to fulfill its stated mission ‘to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.’

“The criminalization of poverty, a phenomenon that disproportionately impacts African Ameri-

cans and Latinos, is one of the most pressing issues of our time.

The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law condemns Sessions’s latest action, and remains steadfast in our work to combat the unconstitutional incarceration of poor defendants whose rights remain under attack by a Justice Department that continues to fail them.”

The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law’s Criminal Justice Project seeks to end mass incarceration and make the ideal of “equal justice under law” a reality, particularly for marginalized communities that are disproportionately minority and poor. In recent months, the Lawyers’ Committee and its partners achieved a significant victory in a landmark lawsuit challenging a debtors’ prison scheme run by the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in Louisiana. Through separate litigation shut down the practice of jailing people in Sherwood, Arkansas who cannot afford to pay court fines and fees imposed simply for bouncing a check.

CBC Members Join Call to Make CFPB Payday Lending Actions Accountable

By Charlene Crowell question the following specific actions that have occurred over the past month:

February 1, 2018-In the wake of a recent series of anti-consumer actions taken by Mick Mulvaney, the Trump-appointed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Acting Director, a bicameral call for accountability was released on January 31. Led by Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, two other Congressional Black Caucus Members, Congressmen Keith Ellison (MN) and Al Green (TX) joined Senators Richard Blumenthal (CT) and Jeff Merkley (OR) as signatories.

Together, the group of lawmakers seek to know what prompted Mr. Mulvaney’s actions as well as his ties to the payday lending industry.

A January 31 letter calls into

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Halting implementation of the agency’s final rule preventing abusive payday lending (the ‘Payday Rule); Announcement of the Bureau’s intention to initiate a rulemakingprocess that appears designed to weaken the Payday Rule; Withdrawing a Bureau lawsuit against four online payday lenders who allegedly misled customers on interest rates that spanned a low of 440 percent to as high as 950 percent; and Ending an investigation of World Acceptance Corporation, a high-cost installment lender that began in 2014 after consumers complained of unaffordable loans and aggressive collection practices.

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can workers who need a little extra money to pay an unexpected medical bill or fix their car,” wrote the lawmakers.

“For too many families, one unexpected expense or tight week traps them in a cycle of debt that lasts months or years…The rule finalized by the CFPB last October was carefully balanced to end that cycle of debt while ensuring that borrowers retain access to needed credit.”

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act that created the CFPB intended for it to be an independent agency, charged with serving as the consumer’s financial cop-on-the-beat. Its director was to be nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to a five-year term of service. Additionally, CFPB was to secure its funding directly from the Federal Reserve Bank, rather than through Congress’ annual appropriations process that could enable powerful special interests to restrict necessary funding.

Even though he Dodd-Frank Act also a defined succession plan for an Acting Director in the event of personnel changes, two people were appointed to this same role. One, Leandra English was lawfully appointed by the now-departed Director Richard Cordray, while another, Mr. Mulvaney, was appointed by President Trump. The lawmakers’ letter is addressed to both appointees.

An appellate federal court will eventually decide who should be the legal Acting Director; but in the interim, Mulvaney leads CFPB while retaining his position as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. In his prior role as a South Carolina Congressman, he co-sponsored a bill to eliminate the CFPB and accepted nearly $63,000 in campaign donations from payday lenders.

These donations included $4,500 from World Acceptance Corporation’s political action committee.

“The CFPB spent five years honing the Payday Rule, conducting research and reviewing over one million comments from all types of stakeholders: from payday lender, to state regulators, to faith leaders,” wrote Ranking Members Warren and Waters.

Now Mr. Mulvaney oversees the daily operations of the same Bureau that returned $12 billion to nearly 30 million consumers in

ing Director prefers allowing private enterprise to determine consumers’ choices – including those that are harmful and predatory. He also wants financial businesses to have more input on determining what regulations CFPB should use in their supervision and monitoring.

As CFPB’s Acting Director, Mulvaney also wrote a letter to Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen advising that “for Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2018, the Bureau is requesting $0.” Mulvaney added, "While this approximately $145 million may not make much of a dent in the deficit, the men and women at the Bureau are proud to do their part to be responsible stewards of taxpayer dollars."

When the federal deficit is hundreds of trillions of dollars, it strains credulity to believe that $145 million will lighten the nation’s debt. But an emerging pattern of the current Administration is to allow lengthy delays that could eventually become denials.

As this column has previously reported, key consumer protections in student loans have been delayed as well, and through the Congressional Review Act, a rule that would have allowed consumers to have their own day in court to resolve financial and credit issues has also been rejected.

Moreover, Mulvaney directed the CFPB to delay implementation of its prepaid card rule that was designed to help stop abusive fees for users.

If sparing taxpayers unnecessary costs is the guiding force, then why has both the CFPB and Department of Education rejected earlier negotiated rulemaking and begun the process anew – at taxpayers’ expense?

“I certainly understand the desire to protect taxpayer dollars,” said Debbie Goldstein, Executive Vice President with the Center for Responsible Lending, “but I think the mission of the CFPB is to protect the taxpayers, the American people, from lenders who target them for high-cost and unaffordable loans. And the best way to save Americans millions of dollars is by preventing predatory lending, not by draining the CFPB's resources.”

Charlene Crowell is the Center for Responsible Lending’s communications deputy director. She can be reached at charlene.crowell@responsiblelending.org.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Our Time to Engage, Inform and Vote: 2018 Gubernatorial Issues Forum in partnership with KCRA 3 convenes voters across California to discuss issues that impact African American women with candidates John Chiang, Delaine Eastin and Antonio Villaraigosa.

The free forum takes place at the historic Crest Theatre in downtown Sacramento on February 13 from 5:30-7:00pm. Event registration, key details along with honorary host and steering committee are online at www.ourtimetoengage.com.

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White Supremacist Holocaust Denier and Former Leader of the American Nazi Party Likely to Win GOP Nomination for Congress Anti-Semite and racist Arthur Jones describes the Holocaust as “the biggest, blackest lie in history.”

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Arthur Jones, a xenophobic, white supremacist and anti-Semite Holocaust denier, will likely be the face of the Republican Party in Illinois’ congressional election.

Jones does not believe the Holocaust killed 6 million Jews during World War II and believes white should be the dominant race.

Jones, who has for decades made unsuccessful attempts to run for public office, is currently the only Republican seeking to represent Illinois’ Third Congressional District.

The Anti-Defamation League described him as, “by every definition, an anti-Semite and unrepentant bigot,” according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

“For example, in 2009, he protested the opening of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, and continues to espouse absurd conspiracy theories questioning the deaths of millions of Jews.”

Jones last year addressed the National Socialist Movement, which is classified by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as a hate group. And he told the Sun-Times he used to head the American Nazi Party and currently leads the America First Committee. “Membership in this organization is open to any white American citizen of European, non-Jewish descent,” he said to

the publication.

“The green, red and black flag of the Black militants? That’s their goal. They want to take over the South land and drive the white people out and take it over and create a Black nation right there,” Jones said, referring to the Republic of New Afrika.

Jones, meanwhile, seems to favor leaving Black Americans — or anyone who isn’t white — behind altogether. He goes into further detail regarding his feelings on certain flags on his website on a page called “Flags of Conflicting Ideas.”

The first flag pictured is the Confederate flag, which Jones calls “a symbol of White pride and White resistance. It is the flag of a White counter revolution.”

Next to a picture of Mexico’s flag he describes the country as “a nation whose leaders believe they can reconquer the American Southwest, by flooding our country with millions of illegal aliens.

And, their plan is working.”

The LGBT community is not safe from Jones’ hate speech, either. He describes a rainbow flag as one “that represents an attack on traditional Christian morality and religious freedom.”

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Prostate Cancer Is The #1 Most Deadly Disease For Blackmales -- 10th Annual Prostate Cancer Awareness Observance Day To Bring Awareness!

Health News

Nationwide -- How far would you go to protect yourself and your family? What if it was a matter of life and death? And what if the answer was a simple exam?

Like many, Kevin Byrd of Utica, NY would do just about anything for his family. When he learned that his grandfather was diagnosed with prostate cancer, he was devastated. But nothing prepared him for the death of his grandfather from the disease about 10 years ago. "When my grandfather died from prostate cancer, my world was crushed," says Byrd. During Mr. Byrd’s time of bereavement, his colleague, Blossom Brown, shared that she had also experienced the loss of her grandfather to Prostate Cancer.

"I could not stand around to see another family suffer the loss of a loved one to prostate cancer," says Byrd. Kevin Byrd and Blossom Brown were motivated to keep their grandfather’s legacy alive so they joined forces and established the Brown Byrd Foundation, a Christian organization and a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

Prostate Cancer, also known as a “Silent Killer”, affects 1 in 7 men, making it the most common nonskin cancer in America and the second leading cause of cancer-

related deaths in men in the United States. Every 2.9 minutes a man is diagnosed with prostate cancer. This means that a non-smoking man is more likely to develop prostate cancer than he is to develop colon, bladder, melanoma, lymphoma, and kidney cancers combined. In 2017 alone, it is estimated that more than 181,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, and more than 26,000 will die from the disease. Prostate Cancer is also the number one killing disease among the AfricanAmerican male population. A man of African descent is 70% more likely to develop prostate cancer than a Caucasian man, and more than twice as likely to die from the disease.

The founders of the Brown Byrd Foundation have been longtime advocates and an active voice for the millions of men affected by prostate cancer. "We created the Brown Byrd Foundation to give men and their families hope. Our foundation helps to fund some of the world’s most prominent research to improve prostate cancer prevention, early detection, increase awareness and treatment and ultimately cure it once and for all," Brown says.

The Brown Byrd Foundation has received many accolades for their fight against prostate can-

Get a flu shot, now. There is still time, says AMAC Health News WASHINGTON, Feb 2 - Senior citizen advocate Dan Weber has issued a call for the elderly, in particular, to get a flu shot if they haven't done so already. He says it is not too late. The flu season began earlier than usual this year and is expected to last for months.

"There's still time and, as the saying goes, better late than never. It could save lives. Seniors, especially those 65 years of age or older, are at greater risk of complications from influenza because their immune systems grow weaker with age," according to Weber, who is president of the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC].

A worldwide flu pandemic occurred it 1918-1919, leaving between 50 and 100 million people dead- three percent of the world's population at the time, historian Dan Jones noted in a recent article. There was no vaccine at that time.

No one can predict how long the flu season will last this time around. But, we have vaccines to help significantly reduce the number of people who can become infected with the influenza virus.

In fact, even if you get the flu after being vaccinated, the shot will significantly reduce its symptoms among those who had recently received influenza vaccine as compared to those who had not, says American Society for Microbiology. Symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue.

Dr. Andrea Chisholm is an OB/ GYN at the Cambridge Health Alliance and a Clinical Instructor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Harvard Medical School. She says that the risks associated with the flu far outweigh the risks of

not getting vaccinated, even among pregnant women.

Dr. Chisholm says "getting vaccinated against the flu during pregnancy has benefits for your baby as well. Newborns, like pregnant women, are more likely to get seriously ill or even die if they get the flu. Your baby can't get a flu shot until 6 months of age. However, if you get the flu vaccine during pregnancy you will pass antibodies to your baby that will protect him or her from the flu in the first few months of life."

The Centers for Disease Control issued a statement at a news briefing on January 12 in which Dr. Daniel Jernigan, director of CDC's Influenza Division, said that while "not everyone needs to get antiviral drugs, but there are certain people that should.

CDC recommends that people who are very sick or people with flu symptoms who are high-risk for serious flu complications should be treated as soon as possible with flu antiviral drugs. Who are those people? That means people that are 65 and older. It means young children. It means people with chronic conditions like diabetes, heart disease or asthma. It means pregnant women and others more vulnerable to serious flu illness."

While Dr. Chisholm and the CDC [www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/ vaccine/qa_vacpregnant.htm] advise pregnant women to get flu shots, Weber says expectant mothers should consult their OB/ GYNs before being vaccinated.

Weber points out that several recent studies have shown that the flu vaccine reduces the risk of catching the flu by 40% to 60% among the general population.

"So, it is advised that anyone who hasn't yet been vaccinated should do so as soon as possible."

HHS Payment Rules Discourage Insurers from Enrolling Millions of Uninsured, New Study Shows Health/Fitness News Washington, D.C. – A new analysis shows that shortcomings in federal payment rules are a driving factor behind one of the

Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) major limitations: the failure to provide prompt coverage to mil(continued in next 2 columns)

cer and has led to a featured segment on Here and Now on ABC 7 News, Fios1 Heroes on our Island, and radio/ television interviews such as Keeping It Real with Shannon. In 2013, they received the Long Island, Health Care Heroes Award. In February 2012, their work was honored and entered into the Congressional Record Library of Congress by House of Representative Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke. The foundation has also received numerous proclamations from world leaders, U.S. Presidents and the Common Council of Utica, NY recognized their commitment to prostate cancer by honoring the foundation with a street named Brown Byrd Lane. This year, Niagara Falls will be illuminating their falls in blue for the 5th consecutive year on February 2nd at 10 p.m. in honor of the Brown Byrd Foundation efforts to cure prostate cancer. (www.niagarafallsusa.com/ niagara-falls-state-park/illumination-fireworks/) In 2008, the mayor of New York City was the first to honor the Brown Byrd Foundation by designated February 2nd as Prostate Cancer Awareness Observance Day. Since then, over 100 mayors have joined the efforts of the

Brown Byrd Foundation by acknowledging this day in their city states. On February 2nd, citizens across the nation will wear a blue ribbon and light blue candles that symbolizes the thousands of men who lost the battle against prostate cancer. Citizens will also pray and have a 19 seconds moment of silence.

The founders of the Brown Byrd Foundation are not content to rest on their laurels for they understand and know that much work needs to be done to find a cure and end prostate cancer.

Education regarding prostate cancer and early detection strategies is crucial to saving lives, therefore, all men over the age of 40 are asked to take action by scheduling an appointment to get tested today! For free prostate cancer screening in your state, click on the following link: www.zerocancer.org/testing/testing-map By the time you are done reading this article, a man would have died from prostate cancer. Eliminating prostate cancer in our lifetime is a possibility within reach, and the day when the disease becomes a manageable condition is closer than ever. It is very possible that a man diagnosed with prostate cancer today may live long enough to see a treatment developed that will save his life.

We are getting closer to this reality every day. Please join the fight against prostate cancer today.

For more information about Prostate Cancer, or to fund a growing number of promising prostate cancer research projects, contact the Brown Byrd Foundation at 30 Wall Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10005 or email brownbyrdfoundationinc@yahoo.com.

Contact Number: (212) 709-8335.

You can also check out the Brown Byrd Foundation website at www.brownbyrdfoundation.org.

Detox With One Salad Three Ways...contidnued asparagus, brussels sprouts, avocado, flax seeds, cilantro, parsley, cauliflower, garlic, ginger, turmeric, pineapple, lemon, broccoli, and many more.

The Superfood Salad This salad is packed with so many detoxifying foods. It’s not only delicious, but quick to make.

This can be your go-to salad for your three-day detox and you can enjoy it with different dressings, giving you a new flavor each day.

Now, how simple is that?

Ingredients 3 cups of kale (I preferlacinato aka dino kale) 2 cups of purple cabbage ( can use green cabbage) 2 cups of broccoli florets 2 carrots ? cup of Red Onion Fresh cilantro or parsley Sesame or chia seeds Directions Remove the rib from the kale, chop all veggies small enough to fit into a food processor. Put all the ingredients into a food processor, except the sesame or chia seeds, and allow to chop nice and fine. Pour all ingredients into a bowl and mix in sesame or chia seeds. Top with dressing and enjoy.

Dressing Tahini Lemon Dressing Ingredients ½ cup of tahini Himalayan sea salt ¼ cup of warm water

¼ tsp of garlic powder Directions In a mixing bowl, combine tahini, garlic powder, and dash of salt and whisk together. Slowly add in water and continue whisking until the sauce is creamy. Add more salt and garlic powder to taste. Enjoy on the superfood salad, or use as a spread. If you don’t want to make tahini dressing you can always purchase at your local Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods.

Vinaigrette Salad Dressing Ingredients 3 tablespoons of grapeseed oil 1 tablespoon of red wine vinegar Pinch of sea salt Black pepper Directions Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and whisk together and serve.

Cilantro Dressing Ingredients ½ bunch of fresh cilantro 2 cloves of garlic 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice Dash of salt and pepper ? cup olive oil 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar 2 teaspoon pine nuts 2 tablespoons of water Directions Mix all the ingredients in a food processor and mix until smooth.

Add extra salt and pepper to taste.

Aluminum-Free Deodorant Why Some Women Are Making The Switch Health/Fitness News

HHS Payment Rules Discourage Insurers from Enrolling Millions of Uninsured, New Study Shows...continued lions of people who become uninsured when they lose jobs that provide health benefits. The Urban Institute study was led by Stan Dorn, Senior Fellow at Families USA. Previous Urban Institute research found that more than 30 million people become uninsured at some point during the year because of involuntary job loss and other major life changes that let them sign up for health coverage between open enrollment periods, but fewer than five percent of them receive coverage. The new Urban Institute analysis, published in the February issue of Health Affairs, isolates a key cause behind the insurance industry’s ongoing refusal to market to consumers who lose health insurance during the year: federal rules for health plan payment fall significantly short in compensating insurers for the extra health care costs associated with midyear enrollees.

“Since health insurers are underpaid, it is no surprise that they avoid enrolling consumers midyear and, at many companies, deny commissions to brokers and agents who sell insurance outside regular enrollment periods,” said Stan Dorn.

Using data from two large insurance companies, the new study found that recent federal fixes have made up for approximately half of previous underpayments.

“Further improvements are probably needed for carriers to compete by offering value to all eligible consumers throughout the year, rather than by avoiding millions of uninsured consumers who qualify for insurance because of midyear life events,” said study co-author Bowen Garrett.

At the time of the study, Dorn and Garrett were senior fellows at the Urban Institute’s Health Policy Center. Dorn is now with Families USA.

Detox With One Salad Three Ways Health/Fitness News

When you think detoxing, you think drinking liquids. Which let’s be honest, can have it’s benefits, but also be torture. You’re hungry, cranky, have cravings, and sometimes you don’t think you’ll make it another day. I was one of those people cleansing and detoxing through juice. I will admit, once you get into it, you feel good. It wasn’t until later that I learned I can detox my body just the same, but with food, and still enjoy the same benefits as I would juicing (minus the torture!).

By incorporating detoxifying

foods into your everyday diet, you are not only feeding it vitamins and nutrients, but improving the overall health of the body.

Detoxifying foods can help with weight loss, improve immune function, cleanse the liver, purify the blood, remove toxins, reduce the risk of chronic illness; such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. The other added benefits is natural energy, glowing skin, better sleep, and mental clarity.

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Facts are facts. Seeing the word “aluminum” on something that you apply to your skin every single day, never really sat well with me. However, I still used the active ingredient in my traditional deodorants and even makeup without thinking twice for years.

It’s sold at the local drugstore, so how bad could it really be? Well, unfortunately for some, it could be as bad as life or death.

Wtf? Life or death, that’s a stretch…

But it’s true. It even warns you on the drug facts back label.

Warnings – For external use only – Do not use on broken skin – Ask a doctor before use if you have kidney disease – Stop use if rash or irritation occurswhat you should be privy to when using the product, but what they don’t tell you is how serious you should actually it.

Some women don’t think twice before applying it after they’ve shaven their underarms. That’s technically broken skin, right? Or how about individuals suffering from kidney disease. Did you ever think why it’s so important that they consult their doctor on something so simple, yet necessary, as an everyday deodorant?

The truth is your typical drugstore deodorants contain a handful of chemicals that, over time, can be very harmful to you. Ingredients like Aluminum chlorohydrate and aluminum-zirconium tetrachlorohydrate gly are the most frequent active ingredients in commercial antiperspirants. The reason these Aluminum-based properties are used is to control your sweat. The Aluminum complexes react with the electrolytes in the sweat to ultimately form gel-like plugs in the duct of your sweat glands.

When something is plugged up, you can only imagine that the sweat is going somewhere else right? An antiperspirant and deodorant will clog your skin follicles so that you’re not able to

sweat as much as your body needs to. It’s pretty much inhibiting your body from performing its natural cleansing and detoxifying process.

Aluminum exposure has been linked to the development of Alzheimer’s disease and interferes with your estrogen levels.

When your body can’t process estrogen properly, there’s a higher risk for breast cancer.

According to the US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, “Clinical studies showing a disproportionately high incidence of breast cancer in the upperouter quadrant of the breast together with reports of genomic instability in outer quadrants of the breast provide supporting evidence for a role for locally applied cosmetic chemicals in the development of breast cancer.”

“Aluminum is known to have a genotoxic profile, capable of causing both DNA alterations and epigenetic effects, and this would be consistent with a potential role in breast cancer if such effects occurred in breast cells.

Estrogen is a well-established influence in breast cancer and its action, dependent on intracellular receptors which function as ligand-activated zinc finger transcription factors, suggests one possible point of interference from aluminum. Results reported here demonstrate that aluminum in the form of aluminum chloride or aluminum chlorhydrate can interfere with the function of estrogen receptors of MCF7 human breast cancer cells both in terms of ligand binding and in terms of estrogen-regulated reporter gene expression. This adds aluminum to the increasing list of metals capable of interfering with estrogen action and termed metalloestrogens,” affirmed the medical study.

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NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920.

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February 8, 2018

LEGALS/CLASSIFIEDS/NEWS GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920.

WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. 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 UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper January 18, 25, February 1, 8, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180000843 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 1/22/2018 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 1/22/2023 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): J&D TRANSPORT Business Address: 18538 MALLORY DRIVE BLOOMINGTON, CA 92316 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: JIMMY A. ROJAS 18538 MALLORY DRIVE BLOOMINGTON, CA 92316 Signature/ Officer Title: Jimmy A. Rojas

BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. 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 UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper January 25, February 1, 8, 15, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20170014124 Related FBN Number: 20140004941 County Where Filed: SAN BERNARDINO Date Filed: 4/29/2014 Filing Type: FBN Abandonment Date Filed: 12/27/2017 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 12/27/2022 Business is Conducted By: A General Partnership Fictitious Business Name(s): CORNRAGEOUS Business Address: 10830 HILLCREST CT. RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91730 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: DEREK A. YAMASHIGE 10830 HILLCREST CT. RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91730 BALTAZAR IBARRA JR. 5508 MARTINGALE WAY FONTANA, CA 92336 Baltazar Ibarra, Jr., Partner,declares that all information in this statement is true and correct. NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920.

WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. 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 UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper January 18, 25, February 1, 8 , 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20170014255 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 12/29/2017 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 12/29/2022 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): MADD RETROFITS AND LIGHTING Business Address: 4755 BANDERA ST. MONTCLAIR, CA 91763 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: BRANDON MADRIGAL 4755 BANDERA ST. MONTCLAIR, CA 91763 Brandon Madrigal,declares that all information in this statement is true and correct. NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920.

WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. 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 UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper January 18, 25, February 1, 8, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180000704 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 1/18/2018 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 1/18/2023 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): NETTIE’S DAYCARE Business Address: 12019 EAST END AVENUE CHINO, CA 91710 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: JEANNETTE GROSS 12019 EAST END AVENUE CHINO, CA 91710 Signature/Officer Title: Jeannette Gross, Owner

BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER

THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. 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 UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper January 25, February 1, 8, 15, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180000637 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 1/17/2018 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 1/17/2023 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): AWM CAPITAL INVESTMENTS Business Address: 16250 HOMECOMING DRIVE #1092 CHINO, CA 91708 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: NANCY L. MIRABELLA 16250 HOMECOMING DRIVE #1092 CHINO, CA 91708 Signature/Officer Title: Nancy L. Mirabella

BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. 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 UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper January 25, February 1, 8, 15, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180000403 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 1/11/2018 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 1/11/2023 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): SHARP CCTV SYSTEMS Business Address: 15091 KITFOX LANE VICTORVILLE, CA 92394 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Mailing Address: 15091 KITFOX LANE VICTORVILLE, CA 92394 Registrant(s)Address: VIJETA BAGGA 15091 KITFOX LANE VICTORVILLE, CA 92394 Signature/Officer Title: Vijeta Bagga, Owner

BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. 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 UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper January 25, Correction February 1, 8, 15, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20180001151 Filing Type: FBN ABANDONMENT Date Filed: 1/30/2018 Related FBN Number: 20170000228 County Where Filed: SAN BERNARDINO Date Filed: 1/06/2017 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 1/30/2018 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): TECHIE LOVING COMPUTERS Business Address: 13306 NOBLE PLACE CHINO, CA 91710 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: JONATHAN VASQUEZ 13306 NOBLE PLACE CHINO, CA 91710 Signature/Officer Title: Jonathan Vasquez

BY SIGNING, I DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920. WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. 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 UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper February 8, 15, 22, March 1, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20170014125 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 12/27/2017 Began Transacting Business: 4/29/2014 Filing Expires On: 12/27/2022 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): CORNRAGEOUS Business Address: 5508 MARTINGALE WAY FONTANA, CA 92336 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: BALTAZAR IBARRA JR. 5508 MARTINGALE WAY FONTANA, CA 92336 Baltazar Ibarra, Jr.,declares that all information in this statement is true and correct. NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920.

WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE

EXPIRATION. 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 UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper January 18, 25, February 1, 8 , 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FBN Number: 20170014255 Filing Type: FBN Filing Date Filed: 12/29/2017 Began Transacting Business: N/A Filing Expires On: 12/29/2022 Business is Conducted By: An Individual Fictitious Business Name(s): MADD RETROFITS AND LIGHTING Business Address: 4755 BANDERA ST. MONTCLAIR, CA 91763 County of Principal Place of Business: SAN BERNARDINO Registrant(s)Address: BRANDON MADRIGAL 4755 BANDERA ST. MONTCLAIR, CA 91763 Brandon Madrigal,declares that all information in this statement is true and correct. NOTICE - IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920.

WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. 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 UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET. SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.) Published In The San Bernardino American Newspaper January 18, 25, February 1, 8, 2018.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVVS 1800050 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: CALEB JONES & KAREN MEANS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a.SARAH ANN JONES to Proposed name: SARAH ANN MEANS THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall 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 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: 3/07/18 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: V15 Superior Court of California, County Of San Bernardino, 14455 Civic Drive Victorville, CA 92392 Victorville Courthouse A Copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each 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: The San Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393 Date: January 25, 2018 Susan Slater Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper February 8, 15, 22, March 1, 2018.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVVS 1800021 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: CLARA ROCHA filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. CLARA ROCHA to Proposed name: CLARA NUNEZ THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall 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 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: 3/07/18 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: V15 Superior Court of California, County Of San Bernardino, 14455 Civic Drive Victorville, CA 92392 Victorville Courthouse A Copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each 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: The San Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393 Date: January 16, 2018 Susan Slater Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper January 25, February 1, 8, 15, 2018.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CIVDS 1801413 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: HOLLIE MORTENSEN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. PAUL RAYDEN ORTEGA to Proposed name: RAYDEN JOSEPH MORTENSEN THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall 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 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: 3/05/18 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept:S17 Superior Court of California, County Of San Bernardino, 247 W. 3rd Street San Bernardino, CA 92415 San Bernardino District A Copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each 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: The San Bernardino American Newspaper P.O. Box 837 Victorville, CA 92393 Date: January 19, 2018 Michael A. Sachs Judge Of The Superior Court Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper February 8, 15, 22, March 1, 2018.

SUMMONS SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL. DEMANDADO): EDWARD A. KOTWICA YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDADO EL DEMANDANTE): WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without you being heard unless you respond within 30 days.

Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case.

There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the Califor-

nia Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/ espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley la corte tiene derecho a reclamar los coutas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

CASE NUMBER: CIVDS 1716296 (Numero del Caso) The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO 247 WEST THIRD ST. SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415-0210 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, Harlan M. Reese 118226, Joseph M. Pleasant, 179571, James E. Delaney, 292600, Dana N. Meyers, 272640, Jenny R. Louro, 306535, James D. Delaney, 292600 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010 760/842-5850 (File No. 562764 ) Date: August 18, 2017 (Fecha) (Secretario)Clerk, by Ashlee Bayless , Deputy (Adjunto) Published in the San Bernardino American Newspaper February 8, 15, 22, March 1, 2018.

PETITION/PROBATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE (Probate-Decedents’ Estates) Notice Of Petition to Administer Estate Of: RONALD L. LAWSON Case Number: PROPS 1800043 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: RONALD L.

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LAWSON aka RONALD LOGAN LAWSON aka RONALD LAWSON A Petition for Probate has been filed by: ANDREW J. HAYNAL in the Superior Court of California, County of: SAN BERNARDINO The Petition for Probate requests that ANDREW J. HAYNAL be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: February 28, 2018 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept:: S35 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 247 West Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415 San Bernardino Justice Center If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Bryan C. Hartnell HARTNELL LAW GROUP, APC Address: 25757 Redlands Boulevard Redlands, CA 92373-8453 Telephone: (909)796-6881 Published in The San Bernardino American Newspaper February 1, 8, 15, 2018.

Sports Officials Wanted The City of San Bernardino Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department are now looking for sports officials for its Adult Sports Leagues and Tournaments.

Sports include Adult Basketball, Adult Baseball, Adult Flag Football, and Adult Volleyball. Southern California Municipal Athletic F e d e r a t i o n (S.C.M.A.F.) and/or California Interscholastic Federation (C.I.F.) certifications are desired. Volleyball officials will use the rules of the U.S Volleyball Association.

The basketball league will meet Tuesday evenings, men’s flag football will meet on Saturday afternoons, and the coed volleyball league will meet Thursday evenings.

For more information, please contact the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department Main Office at 909-384-5233 or visit our website at w w w. S B C i t y. o r g / AdultSports.

Please reply to: careers@federation.coop The Director of Communications & Member Relations reports directly to the Executive Director and is responsible for developing and guiding the strategy for all communications, website, and public relations messages and collateral to consistently articulate the organization's vision and mission. The Director of Communications & Member Relations will ensure that the organization is viewed as the primary source, disseminator, and conduit of information within its diverse network and membership base - including, but not limited to, black farmers and landowners, cooperatives and rural communities in the south. The Director of Communications & Member Relations will work closely with the Executive Staff and within the organization as the communications partner on a variety of strategic initiatives, including membership engagement, tracking and development.

Responsibilities Develop, implement, and evaluate the annual communications plan across the organization's network in collaboration with the Executive Team, staff and membership.

Lead the generation of online content that engages the membership, partners and supporters and leads to measurable action. Decide who, where, and when to disseminate.

Put communications vehicles in place to create momentum and awareness as well as to test the effectiveness of communications activities.

Manage and/or coordinate webpage maintenance-ensure that new and consistent information (article links, stories, and events) is posted regularly.

Track and measure the level of engagement within the membership and network over time Manage the development, distribution, and maintenance of all print and electronic collateral including, but not limited to, newsletters, brochures, annual reports, e-newsletters and the organization's website.

Play a lead role in coordinating and organizing annual meetings that engage the membership, staff, partners, supporters and the public.

Manage all media contacts.

Develop and manage membership contacts, baseline information and a platform to constantly engage them (the membership).

Lead and/or support development efforts and donor relations, including proposal writing.

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Here’s what happening in February at San Manuel Casino:

Witness For Justice #879

Shutting Down Did Not Shut Us Up Rev. Traci D. Blackmon Executive Minister for Justice and Local Church Ministries

Gaming Win Two Audi A5s or Your Share of $350,000 – For the first time in San Manuel Casino history, we’re giving away not one, but two cars every Thursday in February. In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, players have a chance to win a perfect pair of 2018 Audi A5s.

Win an All Thrill Escape – Win a five-night stay at a fivestar hotel, limo pick up, $5,000 spending money and two (2) First Class tickets to one of 15 destinations: Rome, Paris, London, Athens, Munich, Florence, Venice, Greek Isles, Norway, Ireland, Scotland, Mediterranean Cruise, Brazil, Costa Rica, or Tokyo.

Food & Beverage Cupid’s Kiss – February’s cocktail of the month from resident mixologist Chris Rosano is available at all San Manuel bars.

The delicious cocktail is made with cream, Deep Eddy Peach vodka, Chambord, pineapple and raspberry juice.

Valentine’s Day at Serrano Buffet – On Valentine’s Day enjoy cuisine from around the world, including exotic dishes, whole lobster tails and countless desserts for only $12.99 from 7-11 a.m., $18.99 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and $29.99 from 4 to 10 p.m.

Valentine’s Day at The Pines – Valentine’s Day dinner in The Pines is the definition of what romantic dinners are all about.

From the ultra-modern and sleek decor, to the myriad of wines and cocktails, all complemented by live entertainment.

Enjoy a specially crafted Valentine’s Day menu, featuring multiple courses of impeccable dishes.

The Pines Four Roses Bourbon Pairing Event – On February 9 at 6 p.m., The Pines Modern is partnering with Four Roses Bourbon to bring guests a pairing event they won’t soon forget. Guests will be invited to an evening of culinary exploration, including a delicious fourcourse meal paired perfectly with four carefully curated offerings from Four Roses Bourbon.

Stone Brewery Tap Takeover @ Rock & Brews –Stone Brewery will be taking over the beer taps at Rock & Brews on February 9 after 6 p.m., offering Stone Vengeful Spirit IPA, Stone Tangerine Express, Barrel aged Imperial Saison with Peaches, and a vintage keg of Stone Imperial Russian Stout from 2014 (normally only served at Stone Brewery during special events). Individual pours start at $7 each, or $12 for a 5 oz flight and a free pint glass with each flight purchase.

Dennis Edwards, Legendary Temptations Singer, Dies At 74

Serrano Buffet – Transport yourself in to a delicious world of all-you-can-eat flavors in the AYCE Serrano Buffet with over 200 dishes from all corners of the globe. Specialty nights serve up favorites such as steak & seafood, Cajun Boil, all-youcan-eat lobster, and a variety of Asian dishes.

Rock & Brews Brunch – Get your weekends off to a Rockin’ start with Rock & Brews' new brunch menu. Served 10 a.m.

– 2 p.m. on weekends, enjoy blueberry pancakes, chicken and waffles, eggs benedict, a spicy corn beef hash, our legendary breakfast pizza and our exclusive Bloody Mary.

The Pine’s Happy Hour – Late Night Happy Hour menu from Sunday to Thursday, 8 to 10 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 9 p.m. to 12 a.m., in the Pines lounge/bar area is loaded with delicious flavors for a fraction of the price. Unwind with the Pines’ vast selection of domestic and imported beers.

Entertainment George Lopez’s Chingon Kitchen – Sit back, sip, and enjoy live music while taking a tequila tour with an amazing selection of Mexican tequilas in our lively lounge. Nightly performances happen Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. to 12 a.m., and

Sunday to Thursday, 7 to 10 p.m.

Tukut Lounge – The Tukut lounge features live music and entertainment every night of the week. Nightly themed events include Country Night on Wednesdays, Latin Fridays and Live Music Weekends. Salsa Night on Tuesdays even features dance instructions one hour before the show starts!

Rock & Brews – Rock & Brews at San Manuel is a great place to re-live the classics with our rock 'n roll tribute bands!

Bands perform each night at 7 and 9 p.m., and every third Thursdays of the month the bands are on at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Enjoy Phat Strad, America’s original female rock electric string quartet, every Saturday and Sunday during brunch.

Bar Bar Bar – Our resident DJs spin daily from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m., enjoy a cocktail while dancing to energizing and cutting-edge EDM and House-style music.

The Pines – Enhance your fine dining experience with nightly performances from 6 to 9 p.m. showcasing some of the best talent in Southern California.

Enjoy melodic harmonies and rich-pop gems from singers, singer songwriters, and multiinstrumentalists from around the world.

Dennis Edwards, Legendary Temptations Singer, Dies At 74...continued fusion” (No. 3 pop, No. 2 R&B), 1971’s “Just My Imagination” (No. 1 pop and R&B) and 1972’s “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone.”

Edwards even ventured out on a short solo career. His 1984 Motown single “Don’t Look Any Further,” a duet with……

Siedah Garrett, reached No. 2 on the R&B charts in 1984. But he remained best known as a member of the Temptations; after a split with the act in 1977, he returned for a short second

tour of duty in 1987.

After a disagreement with founding member Otis Williams, Edwards toured during the ‘90s under the name of the “Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards.”

Edwards 75th birthday would have been on Saturday.

Edwards was inducted into the Rick and Roll Hall of Fame with the Temptations in 1989. In 2013, Edwards also received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy, given to the Temptations.

(Photo credit: Facebook)

Dennis Edwards, the former lead singer of Motown greats, the Temptations, who sang on a string of the group’s hits including “I Can’t Get Next to You,” and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” has died. His family confirmed the news to CBS News.

He was 74.

Edwards, who was living in Missouri, died at a hospital in Chicago on Thursday night of complications from meningitis, his wife, Brenda, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He was diagnosed with the disease in May 2017.

Meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes (meninges) surrounding your brain and spinal cord.

The swelling from meningitis typically triggers symptoms such as headache, fever and a stiff neck.

Most cases of meningitis in the U.S. are caused by a viral infection, but bacterial and fungal infections are other causes.

Some cases of meningitis improve without treatment in a few weeks. Others can be lifethreatening and require emergent antibiotic treatment.

Viral infections are the most common cause of meningitis,

followed by bacterial infections and, rarely, fungal infections.

Bacterial meningitis, similar to that of Edwards’, is serious, and can be fatal within days without prompt antibiotic treatment. Delayed treatment increases the risk of permanent brain damage or death.

Bacteria that enter the bloodstream and travel to the brain and spinal cord cause acute bacterial meningitis. But it can also occur when bacteria directly invade the meninges.

This may be caused by an ear or sinus infection, a skull fracture, or, rarely, after some surgeries.

Edwards actually began singing in the group, The Contours, prior to the Temptations. He joined the hit makers when the group fired David Ruffin.

With Edwards, the group struck gold with 1968’s “Cloud Nine” (No. 6 pop, No. 2 R&B).

That was followed by a string of other hits including 1969’s “Runaway Child, Running Wild” (No. 6 pop, No. 1 R&B), “I Can’t Get Next to You” (No. 1 pop and R&B), 1970’s “Psychedelic Shack” (No. 7 pop, No. 2 R&B) and “Ball of Con(continued in next 2 columns)

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Just weeks ago we experienced a three-day government shutdown. The U.S. government ran out of money and, in the absence of an approved budget, effectively forfeited its ability to fund itself. A shortterm funding measure turned the lights back on, but we are rapidly heading towards our next self-imposed funding deadline. At which point, another showdown looms. In the background of all these manufactured crises, major pieces of legislation are awaiting Congress’s attention. Disaster funding, money for community health centers, and the fates of thousands of young immigrants all hang in the balance. This political gamesmanship has (as it always has) the most deleterious effect on the most needful among us.

The reckless and callous actions of our national leadership serve as a reminder of the dangers that fester when leadership is disconnected from those they are charged to serve.

The prophet Isaiah warns in Isaiah 10:1-3 (CEB) “Doom to those who pronounce wicked decrees, and keep writing harmful laws to deprive the needy of their rights and to rob the poor among my people of justice; to make widows their loot; to steal from orphans!

What will you do on the day of punishment when disaster comes from far away?

To whom will you flee for help; where will you stash your wealth?”

But if we are honest with ourselves, we know the shut down

didn’t begin on January 20th.

The shut down began the moment we refused to see the painful impact of separating migrant families who have contributed to the success and stability of this country. It began when we threatened the security of 800,000 Dreamers, people who are a part of our families who are a part of America now. When I see the contributions of those who come in search of the dream I do not see undocumented immigrants. I see undocumented citizens.

The shut down began when we closed our minds to innovative ways to shelter more than half a million unhoused people in this nation. Our government shuts down when we spend millions of dollars on political campaigns and partisan platforms that never even mention the poor. We shut down when we fail to acknowledge the generational wealth of the few, borne on the enslaved labor of the many, in a nation where it is possible to work two full time minimum wage jobs and still not be able to afford shelter.

We shut down when pride infects our hearts and we no longer see “the other” as ourselves. What faces us now, as Dr. William Barber states, is not simply an issue of race, or gender, or class, or sexuality. What faces us now is a heart issue. A heart that has become so calloused that we no longer care for the other, even when the “other” is merely across the Senate aisle. The shut down began when we abdicated our global authority by seeking to bully rather than lead and when consumerism became more important to us than care of creation.

The shut down began when greed became our guiding light.

Our government shut down long ago. But we who believe ...will not stop crying aloud.

“Only When We Unite Can We Conquer!”

By: Lou Coleman-Yeboah

Lou Coleman-Yeboah You see, the phrase “United We Stand… Divided We Fall” has a lot of truth and merit to it! Christ gave us even greater insight when He said in [Matthew 12:25] a house divided, a city divided and a nation divided cannot stand. The reality is that God shows us a powerful principle concerning this truth. It is found in [Genesis 11:6] concerning the Tower of Babel. God said because of their “Unity” there was nothing they couldn’t accomplish if they put their minds to it. Now, if these were ungodly people without the prophetic purpose of God at heart, what could this mean to a people fulfilling the call of God on their lives and pursuing the purposes of God’s Kingdom. Ahh! Unity a wonderful word, but requires deliberate action. That’s why I appeal to you today as Paul did in [1 Corinthians 1:10] when he said, “let us all agree with one another in what we say and that there be no divisions among us, but that we be perfectly united in mind and thought.” Paul

exhort us to unite and conquer by majoring on the majors. You see, when we walk in unity we can accomplish supernatural achievements. We can walk on Water together. It’s a beautiful and powerful thing.

Unity: being one; combining into one; something that is whole; harmony [Psalm 133]. It is only when we come together in one mind and one accord in Jesus that we will have power and will be able to move in Spirit and Truth toward using our spiritual authority that God gave us—that same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead. Unity the key to seeing souls saved… Unity the key to living in the Power of God… Unity the key to being used by God… Let’s make the right choice based on an understanding of truth. Disunity causes great threat to our survival as a people. Without unity everything begins to crumble, becomes weakened, paralyzed, and ineffective. We are called to divide and conquer. This will only happen when we major on the majors, “We as a people.” We must be unified. We must strive and remain as one. There is Power in Unity!

Black History Month! “All

For One and One For All”.

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President Trump’s Actions Should Inspire Us!

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Op-Ed Jerome Horton Board of Equalization District 3 to the 2015 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR).

Social scientists, economists, and other experts attribute this injustice to poor public policies that create institutional and systemic inequities.

For example:

Black Americans should be inspired to convert the anger provoked by the comments and actions of President Trump into an action plan, starting with the truth, because presenting a false narrative lures people into complacency and lowers their expectations.

As much as I admire Oprah Winfrey, Madam C.J. Walker, and Annie Malone – all self-made millionaires – and the relatively few black millionaire actors, business people, rappers, and sports figures, the glass ceiling they broke regenerated itself. As such, they do not represent a change that warrants complacency, lack of unity, and a blind allegiance to the status quo.

Shockingly, California’s African Americans suffer the highest rates of poverty, unemployment, homelessness, under-employment, mental illness, incarceration, and wealth, health, education, and employment inequities, and the lowest homeownership rate.

Black people were underemployed (working below their capacity and for less) at a rate of 12.7% in November 2017, and

9.9% were unemployed, while the national unemployment rate was 4.1%, according to an Economic Policy Institute analysis.

It’s worse when you take into consideration long-term unemployment of blacks, which is intentionally excluded from the unemployment rates quoted by the President.

In regard to black wealth in California, for each dollar of increase in the average income of African American households between 1982 and 2009, just $0.69 in additional wealth was generated compared to $5.19 in wealth for white families, according to the Institute for Policy Studies and the Corporation for Economic Development.

Of the 8 million Californians living below the federal poverty levels of $24,600 a year for a family of four, 23% were black, according to a 2016 Kaiser Family Foundation study, and the Statistic Brain Research Institute reports that 50% of the homeless population in the United States is black.

In Los Angeles County, blacks are only 8% of the county’s population but account for 39% of the homeless population, according

The federal policy of issuing work and education visas for foreigners, who occupy up to 16% of college positions and receive many of the high paid tech jobs, while we argue about the Dreamers who are part of the fiber of America.

California is one of ten states (out of fifty) that ban affirmative action in education, employment, and contracting that would combat the wealth, health, education, and employment inequities attributable to discrimination, yet we are a predominantly Democratic state.

California has the highest income, sales, and gas taxes in the nation, which raises the costs of transportation and goods, which raise the prices of the products consumed. This disproportionately favors the wealthy while doubling the negative impact on the poor to middle class.

True, the $52 billion gas tax increase will create more short term quality transportation jobs, but the promise of employment for African Americans is false. There is nothing in the legislation that requires the government to take affirmative action to train, educate, and outreach through minority media. This should be shocking given that women and blacks are significantly underrepresented in the construction industry.

Then there is the public policy

of institutional slavery, according to a United State Supreme Court decision that found that California is incarcerating men and women without adequate mental and medical care, housing, job training, reentry assistance, and supervision in violation of the 8th amendment of the Constitution, thereby saving the state billions.

Interestingly, not only are these policies failing people of color, more and more of our white brothers and sisters are suffering as well. You might wonder why California doesn’t simply build more colleges and pass legislation to address these inequities.

Frederick Douglass’ answer was: “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”

Here's a thought: the dynamic women who have marched in the streets should join with the dynamic men and women who clean the streets to pass legislation that establishes affirmative action policies in California.

Together they can prioritize pay, employment, contracting, and education inequity for women and people of color, demand more resources for public and higher education in communities of color to offset inequities created by wealth disparities, build more colleges, and break the cycle of prison and poverty. They could also advocate for tax reform that modifies property, sales, and income tax policies and credits to prioritize funding for these policies.

As President Barack Obama has reminded us, "Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for.

We are the change that we seek."

getTV Salutes 20th Century Pioneers In Honor Of Black History Month Highlights Feature Drama (The Alex Haley-Norman Lear Series “Palmerston, USA”), Comedy (Trailblazing Comedians Including Flip Wilson, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx) And Music (Legendary Entertainers Sammy Davis Jr., Lena Horne, Diana Ross And More) Local/National News

Starting February 11, getTV will air one of Wilson's hourlong specials which haven't aired on television since they were first produced more than 40 years ago.

Jeff Meier, SVP of Programming and General Manager of getTV said, "We wanted to honor the 'barrier-breakers' in popular culture who defied the conventions of the times and give getTV viewers the opportunity to experience their tremendous talents."

On February 18 at 7:30PM ET/6:30 C, getTV will air the first two episodes of "Palmerstown, USA," a 17-episode family drama series from 2017 Kennedy Center honoree, producer Norman Lear ("All in the Family," "Sanford and Son," "Good Times"), and Roots' author Alex Haley that has not been

shown on television in decades.

Among the cast members of this Depression-era tale, set in the South, is a pre-"Family Ties" Michael J. Fox and guest stars include Academy Award winners Morgan Freeman, Louis Gossett, Jr. (who received an Emmy nomination for Best Lead Actor in a Dramatic Series for "Palmerstown, USA"), Danny Glover, David Caruso and Academy Award nominees Beah Richards and Alfre Woodard.

Following its special primetime preview on February 18, getTV will broadcast "Palmerstown, USA" every Sun-

3 Ways Parents & Family Can Cope When A Child Has A Deadly Disease

day at 12:30PM ET/11:30AM C, starting on February 25.

On Sundays at 10PM ET/9 C, getTV will showcase the comedy of trailblazer Flip Wilson, whom The New York Times called "the first black entertainer to host a successful weekly variety show on national television." Best known for his sassy female character Geraldine, who made "The devil made me do that" and "What you see is what you get" national catchphrases, Wilson's Emmywinning series "Flip" ran from September 1970 to February 1974 and was followed by a number of network specials.

On February 11, the first of the specials, "Flip Wilson…Of Course," features iconic comedian Richard Pryor (and was produced by a pre-SNL Lorne Michaels). Leading into the special, at 8PM ET/7 C that evening, Pryor stars in "See No Evil, Hear No Evil," a 1989 comedy reteaming him with Gene Wilder, following their costarring turns in "Silver Streak" and "Stir Crazy." At 11PM ET/ 10 C, following "Flip Wilson…Of Course," is a mid60s episode of "The Merv Griffin Show" offering viewers the opportunity to see an early appearance by Pryor.

Subsequent Sundays at 10PM feature Wilson specials with Sammy Davis Jr. (February 18), and with Cher and a return visit from Pryor (February 25).

For night owls, this month getTV has devoted its 'Get Lost in TV' late night block to these legends every Sunday beginning at midnight with a mix of variety specials and notable sitcom episodes. Sunday, February 11 will be devoted to shows featuring groundbreaking comedians such as Redd Foxx, Paul Mooney, Moms Mabley and Dick Gregory. getTV's February 18 lineup features programs with trailblazing musical entertainers Sammy Davis Jr. and Lena Horne, along with Lola Falana, Dionne Warwick and Whitney Houston. On February 25, getTV celebrates Motown with specials starring the Jackson 5, Diana Ross & the Supremes, Smokey Robinson, Temptations and Stevie Wonder.

When a child is stricken with a deadly, little-known disease, the home can suddenly feel like a lost sailboat in a stormy sea. Waves of emotion overwhelm what had been a serene, happy place, and each family member faces challenges of how to move forward.

News of the diagnosis can take everyone off-guard, including the parents. Knowing their role is to always be in control, they find their world turned upside-down.

But somehow they must cope and help the terminally ill child and the siblings do the same.

For a heartbroken mother or father, positive steps start by finding gratitude and savoring each day the affected child is alive while fostering that perspective for the rest of the family, says Charlotte Benson, whose daughter Christiane, 15, suffers from juvenile Batten disease, an incurable neurological disorder that results in blindness, seizures, loss of motor functions and speech.

“Every day has to count,” Benson says. “You learn that when you receive a diagnosis that’s devastating. Every day is a gift. It’s an opportunity to share a moment together.”

Benson, who with her husband, Craig, started the Beyond Batten Disease Foundation (www.beyondbatten.org), specifies three areas where parents can help their family deal with the reality of a child’s terminal condition.

• With honesty/acceptance.

Parents may want to hide or delay the diagnosis, so as to protect the siblings emotionally.

Benson, however, says honesty helps establish a new normal and gives the siblings coping skills for their adult lives. “One thing that’s been very successful for us has been to take the approach of complete honesty about Christiane’s condition with the children from the very begin-

ning,” Benson says. “It’s kind of a gradual assimilation to a different reality. If you give children a chance to adapt to their circumstances, they do it beautifully.”

• With faith and inspiration.

“Our faith has been an irreplaceable source of comfort,” Benson says. “We believe that Christiane’s life has purpose and meaning, and trusting that God has a plan for her life allows us to accept the places where we are powerless. We’ve also tried to teach our children that it’s not what happens to you in life that matters, it’s how you handle it that counts. A diagnosis like Batten has the potential to take you out at the knees and cripple you for life. But then you have a choice of whether you want to live feeling sorry for yourself, try to make the most of what you have, or even better, live trying to use your misfortune in a positive way for the good of others.”

• As a small window in a big picture. Benson says the challenge of having a child with special needs “completely changes your life in every perspective.” With a child’s life shortened, the “future” has a more fleeting definition. “It really paralyzes your ability to dream about a future in a conventional sense,” Benson says. “You have to re-frame how you think about the future. You try to keep your dreaming in finite chunks, because you may not know what your child’s condition will be a year from now.”

“Any life path can be full of extraordinary trials,” Benson says.

“In our case, we are inspired by Christiane, who continues to be independent, spirited, determined, and courageous as she faces her own challenges of living with a deadly disease. She reminds us that we can all decide to believe beyond our own limitations and fears.”

White Supremacist Holocaust Denier and Former Leader of the American Nazi Party Likely to Win GOP Nomination for Congress...continued from page 3 “four great men of history” that Jones believes do not qualify as “hate speech.”

Quotes attributed to Abraham Lincoln include his assertion that the government was established for white Americans, not Blacks, as well as his belief “that there is a physical difference between the White and Black races, which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.”

He also quotes Charles Lindbergh as saying, “If the White race were ever seriously threatened it may be time for us to take part in its protection, to fight side by side with the English, French and Germans, but not with one against the other for our mutual destruction.”

During the interview with the Sun-Times Jones recalled, with laughter, taking out a full-page ad in the Milwaukee Journal of a picture of a swastika.

“And the Jews had no idea, you know, that was coming,” he said, smiling and laughing. “And imagine you’re some rabbi and you open up the paper one morning and all of a sudden, bingo, here’s

a swastika looking in your face!”

Even the most powerful bigot in the country has a circle too diverse for Jones, who reportedly said he regrets voting for President Donald Trump — a man who has “surrounded himself with hordes of Jews.”

The Illinois Republican Party denounced Jones’ candidacy in a statement to the Sun-Times.

Jones is unlikely to win the election as Illinois is a heavily Democratic state. But his appearance on the ballot only further illustrates the true face of the Republican Party in the day of Trump.

Most recently, former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke, another face of white supremacy that has made his presence known in the world of politics, has garnered some attention. He was one of the first to commend Trump on his State of the Union (SOTU) address.

“Americans are dreamers, too,” Trump said at the beginning of the portion of his speech on immigration.

“Thank you President Trump,” Duke tweeted in response.

The Black Lives Matter Global Network Dedicates 4th Black Futures Month to legendary movement activist Erica Garner Local/National News Washington, D.C. -- Black Lives Matter Global Network will dedicate 2018 Black Futures Month to the legacy of activist Erica Garner in the wake of her untimely death late last year, and the future of Black life.

The announcement comes as the organization launched their fourth installment of Black Futures Month, which was created to help the world celebrate Black joy and splendor with a focus on imagining the possibilities of a joyful, free and liberated future for all Black people.

“We’ve dedicated this Black Futures Month to the legacy of Erica Garner and the future of Black life. Erica’s untimely death and stark examples of our mortality -- including Serena Williams' postnatal experience to the rash of murders of trans Black women and lesbians -- makes this month’s celebration critically important,“ said Patrisse Khan-Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Global Network and New

York Times bestselling author. “We’re exploring what Black feminist futures could look like and are bringing together artists and poets from around the world to bring that vision to life.

We’re thrilled to work with Blavity to lift up Erica’s beautiful life and to imagine ourselves into the future, a radical act of love that ensures the legacy of Black feminism.”

Each week in February, artist pairs will share a written + visual artistic contribution. Additionally, Black Lives Matter will join Black Feminist Future to host an hour-long conversation on Twitter on the week’s art pieces, Black art and movement, and what a Black feminist future could look like.

Black Futures month will feature Black feminist poets like Amir Sulaiman, Aja Monet, and Junauda Petrus, who have created incredible work to help inspire the Movement for Black Lives and beyond this year.

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King’s Lasting Impact on Equity in Education Art exhibit marks Black History Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Champion for Equity in Education Month at County Museum African Americans Press On Through Art and Media open Feb. 1 through Feb. 25

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, finan-

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 Juanda Lynn R. Abernathy in glasses. Name of the White Minister in the photo is unknown. (Abernathy Family Photos/ Wikipedia Commons) cial 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 definitely no coincidence that a number of prominent civil rights groups that emerged during Dr. King’s time, were based on college campuses.”

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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“Young Girl” and “Lady Willpower” both reached No. 2 on the Billboard charts. “Young Girl” reached the top on the UK singles chart in 1968, and then reached the top of the charts in England again when it was re-released in England six years later.

Puckett also scored Billboard hits with “Over You,” (No. 7) and “Don’t Give in to Him” (No. 15).

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On January 23, Belvedere Elementary School hosted local education leaders as an AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) Showcase School.

AVID uses proven, researchbased strategies to prepare all students for success in high school, college and careers, especially students from groups traditionally underrepresented in higher education.

Belvedere, part of the San Bernardino City Unified School District (SBCUSD), was the only elementary school in San Bernar-

dino County to be named an AVID Showcase School. School leaders interested in incorporating the AVID curriculum and philosophy into their own curriculum were invited to tour Belvedere classrooms, speak to teachers and administrators, and get a hands-on feel for how AVID makes a difference for students.

“AVID is about having high expectations for all students and giving them the tools to meet those expectations,” Belvedere Principal Ann Pearson said.

“AVID-trained teachers don’t just teach the curriculum, they teach students study skills and teach them to believe in themselves, in part because we believe in them.”

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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – Legendary music producer Phil Spector coined the term “blue eyed soul” back in 1964, when the only white vocal group on his label created an unmistakable soulful style that was distinct from the other artists under his management.

That group was the Righteous Brothers, who went onto become one of the greatest musical duos of all time.

Today’s Righeous Brothers are headed by co-founder Bill Medley and Bucky Heard, who replaced the late Bobby Hatfield. They’ll be joined by Gary Puckett and The Union Gap at “The Legends of Blue-Eyed Soul and Rock ‘N’ Roll” April 28 at the historic California Theater of the Performing Arts in San Bernardino. The show begins at 7 p.m.

Originally founded in Orange County, the Righteous Brothers will break from their regular “home” performances at Harrah’s Las Vegas to return to Southern California, where Medley and Hatfield first joined forces as The Paramours in 1962. Today, Medley remains one of the most iconic figures in American music history, while

Hatfield’s successor, Heard, is distinctly popular and versatile as well.

“You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’,” the duo’s signature hit, remains the mostplayed song in radio history. With a string of No. 1 classics, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers topped the charts over four decades with “Soul and Inspiration,” “Unchained Melody,” “Rock and Roll Heaven” and Medley’s Grammy-winning “Dirty Dancing” theme song, “The Time of My Life,” which he recorded with Jennifer Warnes.

Individually, Medley has won a Grammy, an Oscar, a Golden Globe and an American Music Award, while Heard has headlined shows across the country and was honored as “Male Vocalist of the Year” by several entertainment publications.

Gary Puckett and The Union Gap is one of very few artists whose first five recordings achieved gold status. In 1968 alone, the group earned six consecutive gold records and sold more records than any other recording act.

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The San Bernardino County Museum, in partnership with the Southern California Black Chamber of Commerce, presents an art exhibit featuring the works of prominent African American artists from throughout Southern California to recognize Black History Month. “African Americans Press On Through Art and Media” opens at the Museum on February 1 and continues through February 25.

Artists participating in the exhibit include Charles A. Bibbs (Riverside, CA), Synthia Saint James (Los Angeles), Aziz Diagne (Los Angeles), Bernard Hoyes (Desert Hot Springs), Aldonia R. Bailey (Altadena), Gary V. Lett (Pomona), Heather Hilliard Bonds (Pasadena), John Lloyd McClinton (Paramount), and Roscoe Lee Owens, curator for SCBCC for this exhibit. (Pasadena).

“The Southern California Black Chamber of Commerce is honored to work with the San Bernardino County Museum on this project to introduce everyone to Black art and Black culture,” said Willie Ellison, COO for the Southern California Black Chamber of Commerce. “We look forward to making this an annual event.”

The museum’s curator of visitor engagement & exhibits, David Myers said, “we’re excited to launch this partnership with the Southern California Black Chamber of Commerce. This exhibit is an opportunity for the museum

to continue to expand our cultural programming, and celebrate the contributions of people from all backgrounds and experiences.”

“This Black History art exhibition demonstrates a new energy, willingness, and determination to stay purely creative artists,” said Bibbs. “Our youth will continue to press forward to achieve and evolve artistically to meet the challenges of an ever-changing art world.”

The San Bernardino County Museum’s exhibits of regional cultural and natural history and the Museum’s other exciting events and programs reflect the effort by the Board of Supervisors to achieve the Countywide Vision by celebrating arts, culture, and education in the county, creating quality of life for residents and visitors.

The San Bernardino County Museum is at 2024 Orange Tree Lane, at the California Street exit from Interstate 10 in Redlands.

The museum is open Tuesdays through Sundays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. General admission is $10 (adult), $8 (military or senior), $7 (student), and $5 (child aged 5 to 12). EBT card holders and families are admitted for $1. Children under five and Museum Association members are admitted free.

This special exhibit is included with museum general admission.

Parking is free. For more information, visitwww.sbcounty.gov/ museum. The museum is accessible to persons with disabilities.

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New Research Shows State School Reforms Are Narrowing Achievement Gaps, Helping Parents Educational News SACRAMENTO—New research shows that California’s overhaul of public education finance and accountability is narrowing achievement gaps between groups of students and helping parents learn about school progress.

The Learning Policy Institute on Friday released “Money and Freedom: The Impact of California’s School Finance Reform,” a study by researcher Sean Tanner and U.C. Berkeley professor Rucker Johnson. The authors examined the impact of the landmark Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), which gave school districts greater control over the use of state funds in exchange for greater accountability and parent engagement at the local level.

LCFF, which was approved in 2013, also increased funding to districts that serve students needing extra support.

The authors found that LCFF “led to significant increases in high school graduation rates and academic achievement, particularly among children from low-income families.” Students in the highest poverty districts showed greater academic gain, the authors reported. The study also found that LCFF funding was used to improve classroom learning by lowering student-toteacher ratios and helping districts recruit and train new teachers.

“Money targeted to students’ needs can make a significant difference in outcomes and narrow achievement gaps,” the study concludes. “Money matters."

State Board of Education President Michael W. Kirst noted that Tanner and Johnson’s study cov-

ers more years of research—and uses more recent data—than other studies on LCFF’s impact, making it more relevant to decision-making. “We still have work to do, and this research is very encouraging.”

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson agreed. “These results show clear progress for the ‘California Way,’ our ambitious plan for improving education,” he said. “This includes increasing investment, expanding local control, giving greater resources to those with the greatest needs, raising academic standards, and providing parents and the public with highquality information on measures of student progress.”

A new state poll—also released on Friday—shows growing support for the state’s recently launched school report card, the California School Dashboard.

A survey of state voters shows “enthusiastic” support for the California School Dashboard, an online tool that gives parents unprecedented access to important data about schools and districts. The survey was conducted for the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education and Policy Analysis for California Education at Stanford.

Almost two-thirds of Californians surveyed—61 percent— agreed that the information on the Dashboard is “an effective way to communicate outcomes” for students. More than half—59 percent—agreed that the Dashboard is easy to use, and 57 percent said the Dashboard captures “important measures of districts and school quality.”