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Roe v.Wade moves into fifth decade
Last week marked the 40th anniversary
of Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision
that affirmed a woman’s right to have an abortion.
Back in the the ‘70’s the number of births to teen
parents was more than 9,000 per year. To support
and oppose the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, there
were marches held in Washington, D.C. and other
locations throughout the country.
Cities prepare agreement to consolidate fire services
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Za’liyah Edwards is the
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The cities of Shaker Heights and University
Heights, participants in a fire service consolidation feasibility study conducted in 2012, are now preparing to
take the next step: preparation of an agreement to create
the Shaker Heights-University Heights Fire Department.
Shaker Heights Mayor Earl M. Leiken and University
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and would be responsible for, among other duties, selection of the Chief of Fire for the consolidated fire services.
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City expands investigation
By PAT WHITE
Russell
Williams
Flag raised for history
Dr. Eugene Jordan at 216-4518500; Amir Khalid Samad at
The 39th annual flag 216-538-4043; or Brother Abraising ceremony to kick off dul Qahhar at 216-925-9108.
Black History Month will be
held on Saturday, February 2,
at 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. at
Cleveland City Hall, 601 Lakeside Avenue.
Cleveland’s historic
Following the events West Side Market is closed inat City Hall, the program will definitely while crews clean up
continue at Cleveland State following a fire on Wednesday.
University at 3:00 p.m. in the
At a press conference
Black Studies room 201. A film on Thursday, Mike Cox, direchonoring past and present free- tor of the Cleveland Departdom fighters including Fannie ment of Public Works, said that
Lewis and Omar Ali-Bey will outdoor produce vendors would
be shown.
be allowed to open on Friday at
After the movie, there 7:30 a.m.
will be a discussion on ide“The Department of
ology, warfare, and counter Health will have to inspect all
intelligence. There will be the food to determine how much
discussions on the increasing is salvageable. Then the whole
numbers of homicides locally place will have to be scrubbed
and nationally.
down with some kind of special
The
Underground cleaning solution. This is not
Railroad, The task Force For something that can be handled
Community Mobilization, and with hot soap and water,” Cox
PEC are hosting the event.
said.
Attendees are encourHe described how the
aged to bring a non-pork dish ceiling tiles and the vendor
to share.
stalls are covered with soot.
For information, call Water from the sprinklers is
By PAT WHITE
race Road in East Cleveland.
“Do intoxicants in
someone’s system justify execution,” McKoy said.
He questioned why
the toxicology report was released and not the “reporting on
the existence or absence of gun
residue or finding intoxicants in
someone’s body.”
McKoy wanted to support the families as both victims
were being negatively portrayed
in the media.
“Why do they keep
coming out with negative evidence against Mr. Russell and
Ms. Williams and but no reports about gun residue or lack
thereof, absence of ammunition
or weapons in the car or on the
bodies of the victims?” McKoy
asked.
The families are still
waiting for the gun residue report.
No gun or shell casings were found
in the car following the chase.
According to Jackson,
more than one third of Cleveland
police personnel on duty the night
of November 29, played a role in
the high-speed chase.
“63 cars either joined the
pursuit through their respective
districts or blocked side-streets to
facilitate,” Jackson said.
According to
Police
spokesman Sgt. Sammy Morris,
investigators would need more
time. He said that 244 officers were
patrolling the streets that night,
with another 46 supervisors and
17 dispatchers on duty. He did not
know how many left their routine
patrols to join the chase, but 37 %
of those on duty were involved.
Jackson and Police Chief
Michael McGrath initially estimat-
ed that 26 officers were involved
and predicted that the administrative review and a state-led criminal investigation would wrap up
by month’s end.
Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association President Jeffery Follmer defended the conduct
of officers involved by saying
that the officers believed that they
were dealing with an active shooter that night which would justify
the response of that many officers.
Walter Jackson Jr., the
uncle of Malissa Williams, wanted to know what happenned to his
neice. He just wanted answers.
“The numbers are getting outrageous. 115 cops to chase
two people, then it ends in a massacre.... It doesn’t take a rocket
scientist to figure out what happened,” Jackson said.
mixed with soot and debris and
covers the floor.
Karen Butler, director of
Cleveland Department of Public
Health, said that inspectors will
have to inspect all the food items,
including the fruit and produce
from the adjacent building which
houses the outdoor vendors.
Several produce vendors
said they would remain closed
to show solidarity with the other
vendors.
The Cleveland Fire Department reported that the fire
started in a northwest corner in
Sebastian Meats at about 2:30
a.m.
A security guard notified
authorities, who quickly put
out the fire, but not before
the fire destroyed Sebastian
Meats, a butcher shop; heavily damaging Foster’s Meats;
and caused heavy smoke
damage throughout the market.
A vertical
crack in the terra cotta masonry in one of the columns
was discovered by an inspector with Osborn Engineering.
Engineers will secure the column and remove the facade
as they further assess the inside structure of the market.
“The problem is the
smoke. There is heavy smoke
damage throughout the build-
ing and that is what is causing
the problem,” said Cleveland
Fire Department spokesman
Larry Gray.
Assistant Fire Chief
Brent Collins said that the
cause of the fire appears to be
accidental, but that their investigation is ongoing. No one was
injured in the fire.
Vendors are seeking a
reduction in the rent from the
city during the clean-up.
The Cleveland landmark which is celebrating its
100th anniversary this year is
owned by the city.
Cleveland donated the
land at the corner of West 25th
and Lorain to Josiah Barber
and Richard Lord to establish
an open air market in 1840.
The market house
with its 137 foot clock tower
was built in 1912 by the architects Benjamin Hubbel and W.
Dominick Benes who also designed the Cleveland Museum
of Art and the Wade Memorial
Chapel in Lakeview Cemetery.
A small fire in the basement in 1992 did not disrupt
business. In 2004, major renovations included enclosing the
arcade portion of the market
which houses more than 100
vendors.The West Side Market
has been featured on the Travel
Channel and Food Network.
By PAT WHITE
above the hip at about 9:15 p.m.
EMS transported Appling to MetroHealth Medical
Center where he is recovering
from his injury.
The description that
Appling gave police is that of
a black male with a light complexion, standing approximately
5’4” tall, weighing about 150
pounds and wearing a mask.
Anyone with information on the shooting, call the
Third District Detective Bureau
at 216-623-5318
In another incident, DeAndre Nickerson, 19, was shot
and killed at East 131st Street and
Austin Avenue around 4:30 p.m.
on Tuesday.
According to the police
report, Nickerson was driving a
car with four passengers when
he stopped at a stop sign on East
131st Street. A gold Chrysler with
tinted windows travelling behind
him then pulled around and fired
multiple shots at Nickerson’s car,
hitting Nickerson. None of the
other passangers were injured.
Nickerson was take to
MertoHealth Medical Center
where he died.
Services for Nickerson
will be on Monday, February 4, at
10:30 a.m. at the Wanton-Horne
Chapel Of Peace Funeral Home
Inc., 12519 Buckeye Road.
In a third incident, a man
was shot and killed at the Lancer
Motor Inn, 7710 Carnegie Avenue, at 12:30 p.m. on Monday.
The victim, who was described as a white male, sustained
several gunshot wounds to the abdomen.
He was transported to
Metro Health Medical Center
where he died.
The medical examiner
has ruled the death a homicide.
As of January 31, Cleveland has had six homicides. The
city with the record number of homicides in the country is Chicago
with 42.
The Cleveland Police are
asking that anyone with information about the incidents contact
the Homicide Unit at 216-6235464. Anonymous information
can be given to Crime Stoppers
by calling 216-252-7463, or Text
messaging to Text TIP657 plus
the message to Crimes (274637).
Cleveland Mayor Frank
Jackson said that 115 patrol officers,
supervisors and dispatchers will be
interviewed as part of an administrative probe, seeking to piece together
the events that led police to chase
Timothy Russell’s 1979 Chevrolet
Malibu and eventually fire 137 shots
at Russell and Malissa Williams killing both of them.
Days before the mayor’s
press conference, the Medical Examiner released toxioclogy reports
which stated that there showed traces
of cocaine in the systems of Russell
and Williams. No gun residue reports
were released at that time.
On Monday, Art McKoy
of Black on Black Crime, Inc. held
a press conference to support the
familes of Russell and Williams at
Heritage Middle Shool, 14410 Ter-
Fire closes Cleveland’s Historic West Side Market
Gasoline prices in area increase
Northeast Ohio drivers
have to dig a little deeper into
their wallets since area gas prices increased over eight cents to
$3.39 this week.
According to the Fuel
Gauge, today’s national average price for a gallon of regular
unleaded gasoline is $3.36. This
price is a nickel more than one
week ago and seven cents more
than one month ago, but it remains seven cents cheaper than
the average price one year ago.
Prices have risen mostly because
of higher oil prices from positive economic news and recent
regional refinery issues. This has
included the ExxonMobil and
Phillips 66 refineries in Illinois;
HollyFrontier in New Mexico;
Western Refining in El Paso, TX;
Chevron in El Segundo, CA; and
Cherry Point in Washington State.
Additionally, Hess announced recently that it will per-
manently close its Port Reading,
NJ refinery by the end of February due to poor refining margins. The refinery has a capacity
of 70,000 barrels per day, which
accounts for 7.5 percent of
Northeast production. The closure is likely to further squeeze
already tight gasoline supplies
in the Northeast and will require
additional product to be brought
to the region from the Gulf
Coast and overseas.
During the last week
average gasoline prices have
increased in every state with exception of Montana (and Washington, D.C.). At Monday’s
close of formal trading on the
NYMEX, the price of WTI –
the traditional U.S. benchmark
product – settled up 56 cents at
$96.44 per barrel. This is the
highest settlement price since
September 17.
AAA Fuel Gauge Gasoline Price Survey
Northeast Ohio Average for Self-Service Gasoline
This Week
Last Week
Last Year
National
(1-22-13)
(1-15-13)
(1-24-12)
(1-25-13)
Regular
$3.39
$3.31
$3.39
$3.36
Cleveland homicides reach 6 for year
Melvin Appling, 36, of
Cleveland was shot during an robbery attempt on Friday about 9:15
p.m. after he closed his store, Dansley Deli, at East 79th and Woodland
Avenue
According to Appling, he
had closed the store and entered his
car when a sky blue minivan pulled
up. He said that the passanger exited the van and began shooting at
him. Appling was hit on his left side
Darrell Houston files for compensation
By PAT WHITE
Darrell Houston, 44,
will receive a partial payment of
nearly $380,000 from the State
Controlling Board for serving 16
years in prison for a murder he
did not commit.
In 1992, a Cuyahoga
County Common Pleas Court
jury convicted Houston of the
1991 murder of Said Ali at the
Sam & Rose Deli at East 140th
Street and Harvard Avenue.
Houston was sentenced to serve
33 years to life in prison for
the crime. Cuyahoga County
Common Pleas Judge Carolyn
Friedland ruled last February
Houston was able to file for
compensation for wrongful
imprisonment.
His compensation will
be determined by the state
auditor’s office and is based
on multiplying the number of
years Houston spent in prison
by $47,823. He may also receive compensation for lost
wages and additional expenses
that he may have.
The 8th District Court
of Appeals upheld the decision
last year, saying Houston had
“demonstrated his innocence
Houston
that Houston was not guilty by a preponderance of the eviof Ali’s murder and county dence,” and his case went to
prosecutors filed an appeal. the Ohio Court of Claims
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“Ellen’s Broom” illustrated by Daniel Minter,
written by Kelly Starling
Lyons, and published by G.
P. Putnam’s Sons, a division
of Penguin Young Readers
Group;
“H. O. R. S. E.”
illustrated and written by
Christopher Myers and published by Egmont USA;
Pickney
Collier
“I Have a Dream:
America” published by Dis- cal and historical journey Martin Luther King, Jr.” ilney/Jump at the Sun Books, via the lives of black men, lustrated by Kadir Nelson,
an imprint of Disney Book who from Colonial times written by Martin Luther
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matically changed history.
Awards Jury Chair Dorothy Children’s Books, a division
Each acted with Guthrie.
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In “I, Too, Am
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‘Let It Go’ T.D Jakes writes about ‘Forgive So You Can Be Forgiven’
In the trade paperback edition of T.D. Jakes’
New York Times bestselling
book,” Let It Go: Forgive So
You Can Be Forgiven “(Atria
Books January 29,2013; 9781-4165-4733-4;
$15.00),
T.D. Jakes’ explores what he
calls “ the art of forgiveness,”
in which he goes beyond the
topical meaning of the word.
Rather, he takes it apart, examines every facet of what
it means to forgive and to
be forgiven, offers examples
as to what may have caused
the crisis, and provides solutions on how to work through
betrayal and accept true forgiveness.
So why and entire
book on the topic of forgiveness? Because in the tradition
of T.D. Jakes, he puts forth
forgiveness as a life lesson,
something that is as necessary as the air we breathe.
“Let It Go” is a comprehensive roadmap to forgiveness, arming readers with
the knowledge and spiritual
instruction that will enable
them to release from past offenses and acts that may be
holding them back. “Forgiveness is essential if we are to
grow into the fullness of who
God created us to be... When
we refuse to forgive, we basically insist on setting our
standards higher than God’s”
explains T.D. Jakes. “ Forgiveness isn’t about weaking
you but strengthening you
to live again and love again
performing at your highest
capacity unencumbered by
yesterday’s maladies.”
Using deeply personal circumstances and
examples from his life’s
journey, T.D. Jakes opens
up to readers about his own
confrontations with forgiveness and how embracing it
helped put his career and life
on a trajectory that he could
have never imagined. In one
instance, he writes about a
relationship in which he
harbored resentment towards
someone whom he felt was
Jakes
taking advantage of - and
cheating - him and his then
small church. That relationship took an unexpected turn
when that very person asked
for forgiveness when challenged about his unethical
business practices.
In the end, T.D.
Jakes did forgive him, and
it would be that very person
who unexpectedlky helped
to engineer T.D. Jakes’ television debut, with sermons
that would allow him to reach
people around the world.
“ Even now - I look
back and think to myself,
I was right in my assertion
I was being used- But that
isn’t the important thing to
remember,” writes T.D Jakes.
“The truth of the matter is the
important thing to remember
was that my greatest opportunity was born in trhe middle
of an offense. I learned that
Black History events
Cleveland Public Library (CPL) is celebrating African American History Month
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variety of programming, music
and events at Main Library and
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Featured programs
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World Peace and
Other 4th Grade Achievements,
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day that it is possible to be
right about the issue but you
can be wrong to take on the
fight.”
In “Let It Go,” T.D.
Jakes offers readers tips and
suggestions about how to
deal with disappointments
and forgive in a way that will
most benefit their lives going
into the future:
Realize that disappointments will come. The
difference in people emerges
in how they respond to the
conflicts they encounter.
Learn to manage
the disappointments in life...
Since we cannot control
when offenses will come or
through whom they will arrive, then we can only control
the way in which we experience them.
Understand that forgiveness does not equal vulnerability. On the contrary,
forgiveness requires great
strength and maturity of character.
Love above the offense. Find ways to communicate about the things that
are not always polite or flaterring. Hiding or not discussing
them doesn’t help intimacy
and build trust; it destroys the
relationship.
Think of anger differently, as not only a negative emotion. If properly allocated and managed, anger
can do a lot to ease the torment of boundary that has
been disrespected.
Write off the past,
take back the power in your
life even if the person cannot
or will not right the wrong
you have been done.
Never be afraid to
enter into a confrontation,
but make sure it is worth the
energy and effort.
Practice
selfforgiveness and self-love.
Change the way we think
about ourselves. When we
change our thoughts and
beliefs, it makes it easier to
develop new ideas that will
reflect a healthier identity of
our true worth.
“Whoever said opportunity only knocks once,
must have died young. If
you live long enough, you
discover that life does give
second chances- and third
and fourth,” says T.D. Jakes.
“ The word ‘forgiving’ means
you have been ‘giving’ to that
which is prior, before your
present moment and the gifts
of your future. Now that you
have been liberated from old
grudges, released from deepseated resentments, and set
free from the snares of unforgiveness, a most important question looms. To what
endeavor will you give that
extra energy and passion that
you just freed up?”
In “Let It Go” T.D.
Jakes serves as the reader’s
personal tour guide through
learning about and embracing forgiveness, a word that
is an ever present part of our
vocabulary but not something
that we trulyapply in our lives
with any regularity or meaning.
This book will serve
as the definitive blueprint
for anyone who finds him
or herself at the crossroads
of forgiveness. The inspiring thoughts and ideas within
these pages will help readers to release, recharge one’s
life, and press forward in
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Tuesday,January 29, 2012 - Friday,February 1, 2012
Islam In The Community
Concept of worship in Islam
Editor ‘ s Note : This
article is in two parts. This is
part two.
After Salah, Zakah
(poor-due) is an important
pillar of Islam. In the Quran,
Salah and Zakah mostly have
been mentioned together
many times. Like Salah, Zakah is a manifestation of faith
that affirms that God is the
sole owner of everything in
the universe, and what men
hold is a trust in their hand
over which God made them
to discharge it as He has laid
down:
“Believe in Allah and
His messenger and spend of
that over which He made you
trustees.” (57:7)
In this respect Zakah
is an act of devotion which,
like prayer, brings the believer
nearer to his Lord.
Apart from this, Zakah is a means of redistribution of wealth in a way that
reduces differences between
classes and groups.
It makes a fair contribution to social stability.
By purging the soul of the
rich from selfishness and the
soul of the poor from envy and
resentment against society, it
stops up the channels leading
to class hatred and makes it
possible for the springs of
brotherhood and solidarity to
gush forth.
Such stability is not
merely based on the personal
feelings of the rich; it stands
on a firmly established right
which, if the rich denied it,
would be exacted by force, if
necessary. Siyam (fasting during the day time of the month
of Ramadan) is another pillar
of Islam.
The main function of
fasting is to make the Muslim
pure from “within” as other
aspects of Shariah make him
pure from “without.”
By such purity he
responds to what is true and
good and shuns what is false
and evil.
This is what we can
perceive in the Quranic verse:
“O you who believe,
fasting is prescribed for you
as it was prescribed for those
before you, that you may gain
piety.” (2:183)
In an authentic tradition, the Prophet reported
Allah as saying:
“He suspends eating,
drinking, and gratification
of his sexual passion for My
sake.” Thus his reward is going to be according to God’s
great bounty.
Fa s t i n g , t h e n ,
awakens the conscience of the
individual and gives it scope
for exercise in a joint experience for all society at the
same time, thus adding further
strength to each individual.
Moreover, fasting
offers a compulsory rest to the
over-worked human machine
for the duration of one full
month.
Similarly fasting
reminds an individual of those
A Look At My World
As things now stand, I think I’ll sit down
Dr. James L. Snyder
One thing about me
that has not changed all these
years is that I refuse to waste my
time on anything not important.
There is too much to do in this
world to waste time on unimportant things.
This, however, sometimes gets me in trouble with the
Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage. Do not let this get back to
her, but I sometimes refer to it
as the GMP syndrome. She is
standing up about something
and I am sitting in my easy chair
not knowing what she’s talking
about.
My wife’s idea of
what is important sometimes
does not jive with my sense of
importance. The real problem
is that I do not understand what
she thinks is important and she,
on the other hand, does not understand that I do not think it is
important. On those rare occasions when our sense of what is
important collides, we celebrate.
That is what is important.
She thinks she won,
and I know I won. Does it really
matter? Very few times in life do
we both get what we want. When
that happens she stands up and
gloats, while I sit down and grin.
I am not sure what the
difference is between a gloat
and a grin, but then, does it really matter? I must confess we
are on a different wavelength at
times. The only time our waves
are synchronized is when I am
driving out of the driveway and
waving goodbye and her returning the jester.
Do not get me wrong,
we have been a marvelous work-
ing team for more years than I
can remember. Of course, that
does not mean anything because
I cannot remember yesterday.
However, we have worked together most marvelously for
many years and I look forward to
many more years of such marital
shenanigans.
In spite of that, we
have our differences. One of the
great differences we have is in
the definition of importance. It is
a rare day in June when our definitions are united in holy macaroni and cheese. It does happen
though and we both revel in
those moments.
It is wonderful when
we can stand together on some
project or some issue. Now that
I think of it, I believe we stand
together more often than I have
given credit.
The thing that makes
our relationship so marvelous
and wonderful is that we allow
the other person to have their
differences. She is a broccoli
[yuck] kind of a person and I on
the other hand am an Apple Fritter kind of person. It just goes to
show there are certain things that
a person should stand for and
then there are things that really
do not matter.
Looking out at the
world, I notice a few things I just
cannot stand for. Some do not
make any difference one way
or the other, while others really
makes a difference.
The problem is by the
time we understand the significance of something we are too
old to do anything about it.
The
Pennsylvania
Dutch has a wonderful saying,
“We grow too soon old and too
late smart.” By the time we have
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about something that something
is no longer in vogue. At my
age, of course, I am learning
that I cannot stand too long for
anything.
Out in the world of
politics and religion, people are
always coming up with solutions to nonexistent problems.
It takes a good politician and
religious person to spend a lot
of time working on a solution of
which there is no problem.
Our world is full of
problems, to be sure. It would
be a rare day when people
would get their heads together
and work on problems. All we
have today are solutions. The
trouble is finding the right solution for the right problem.
Only in politics and
in religion can we spend all our
time working on a solution that
does not address any particular
problem. As this stands today, I
think I am just going to sit down
and let it go by, because it will.
My father taught me
the most important thing in life
was never to try to fix something
that ain’t broken… or ain’t broken too bad. It is amazing what
a little duck tape can do to put
off fixing something that is not
broken too bad. Not every crack
needs fixing.
Silence is golden and
noise can be expensive especially when somebody else is
talking. I like surrounding myself with the wonderful sounds
of silence. I do not even like
talking to myself. I do not listen
anyway so what is the use.
Often in my life, I
have regretted saying something, but never, to my knowledge, have I regretted keeping
my mouth shut.
Yes, I will stand up for
some things, but many things I
will just sit down and take it. No
reason to get all riled up when
what people are talking about is
like a breeze on a summer afternoon.
It comes for a moment and then it has gone, and
where it goes, nobody knows.
The apostle Paul knew what to
stand for. “Stand fast therefore
in the liberty wherewith Christ
hath made us free, and be not
entangled again with the yoke
of bondage” (Galatians 5:1).
If you do not stand for
something good, you will fall
for anything, usually bad.
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who are deprived of life’s necessities throughout the year
or throughout life. It makes
him realize the sufferings
of others, the less fortunate
brothers in Islam, and thus
promotes in hm a sense of
sympathy and kindness to
them.
Lastly, we come to
Al-Hajj (pilgrimage to the
House of God in Makkah).
This very important
pillar of Islam manifests a
unique unity, dispelling all
kinds of differences. Muslims
from all corners of the world
wearing the same dress, respond to the call of Hajj in one
voice and language; Labbaik
Allahumma Labbaik (Here I
am at your service O Lord!).
In Hajj there is an exercise of strict self-discipline
and control where not only
sacred things are revered, but
even the life of plants and
birds is made inviolable so
that everything lives in safety:
“And he that venerates the sacred things of God,
it shall be better for him with
his Lord.” (22:30)
“And he that vener-
ates the way marks of God, it
surely is from devotion of the
heart.” (22:32)
Piligrimage gives
an opportunity to all Muslims
from all groups, classes, organizations, and governments
from all over the Muslim
world to meet annually in a
great congress.
The time and venue
of this congress has been set
by their One God. Invitation
to attend is open to every
Muslim.
No one has the power
to bar anyone.
Every Muslim who
attends is guaranteed full
safety and freedom as long
as he himself does not violate
its safety.
Thus, worship in
Islam, whether ritual or nonritual, trains the individual
in such a way that he loves
his Creator most and thereby
gains an unyeilding will and
spirit to wipe out all evil and
oppression from the human
society and make the word of
God dominant in the world.
lowing graduation from
Cleveland Central Catholic
High School, he joined the
army.
After being discharged from the army in
1948, he attended Calvin
Coolidge College in Boston
to study law. He continue
his studies at Case Western Reserve University and
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
He worked as a
housing inspector for the
city of Cleveland, and ran
unsuccessfully for Cleveland City Council in the
Glenville and Hough areas.
He married Beth
Robinson Bosk in 1964,
and the couple had two
sons, M. Bruce and Malcolm. The marriage ended
in divorce.
Robinson returned
to Alabama in 1970 and
began working to allow
minorities to be hired for
police and fire department
jobs.
He ran, but was
not elected, to be mayor of
Decatur. He wrote about
his civil rights activities in,
“The Making of a Man,”
which was published in
1970.
Robinson returned
to Cleveland in 1980, and
he lived in Shaker Heights
with his second wife, Valenteen. He was active in
several community organizations.
Services were officiated by Rev. E.T. Caviness, and arrangements
were handled by E.F. Boyd
& Sons Funeral Home on
Monday.
Services held for Lewis G. Robinson
Lewis Green Robinson, a leader in the civil
rights movement in Cleveland, recently died. He was
84 years old.
Robinson was an
activist who organized the
freedom movement in the
1960s.
He helped to found
the United Freedom Movement and Congress of Racial Equality to help defend
minorities against police
brutality and discrimination.
Robinson helped
establish a Black Nationalist and cultural center
called the Jomo ‘Freedom”
Kenyatta House which was
referred to as the J “F” K
House.
Robinson
Robinson was born
to Rufus and Lilian Robinson of Decatur, Alabama
on January 5, 1929. He was
one of 13 children.
The family moved
to Cleveland in 1944. Fol-
Book features JCU with vintage photos
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In September 1886,
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Tuesday, Jnauary 29, 2013 - Friday,February 1, 2013
Legal Court Interpretation
Page 5
You And The Law
Intervention in lieu of conviction tested in court Medicaid Fraud control unit investigates
By PAUL E. PFEIFER
In Ohio, we have a
law that we call “intervention in lieu of conviction,”
or ILC. The law states that
if a person is charged with
a criminal offense, and the
court has reason to believe
that drug or alcohol usage
was a factor leading to the
offense, the court may accept
the offender’s request for intervention in lieu of conviction.
The ILC law was at
the center of a case that we
reviewed here – at the Ohio
Supreme Court – involving a woman named Regina
Niesen-Pennycuff. In April
2009, Regina was indicted on
12 counts of deception to obtain a dangerous drug; each
indictment was a fifth-degree
felony.
Pennycuff initially
pled not guilty, but later filed
a motion for ILC. The trial
court found that she was indeed eligible for ILC and
ordered an intervention plan.
As required by the law, Regina retracted her initial notguilty plea. She then pled
guilty to the charges, pending
successful completion of her
intervention program, and
was placed on community
control for three years.
On August 24,
2010, the court filed a termination entry in which it recognized Regina’s successful
completion of the intervention program and thereby
dismissed the 12 pending
charges against her. About a
month later, Regina filed an
application to have her record sealed after dismissal
of the proceedings. But the
state opposed the application
and argued that Regina was
ineligible to have her record
sealed until three years after
the dismissal of the charges
against her.
The trial court
agreed with the state and
denied Regina’s application,
but it invited her to reapply
in 2013, after the three-year
period.
After that, Pennycuff turned to the 12 District
Court of Appeals, which affirmed the judgment of the
trial court. But the 12th District found that its decision
was in conflict with a ruling
in a similar case by the 9th
District Court of Appeals.
When such conflicts exist,
the cases come before us for
resolution.
When the Ohio legislature enacted the ILC law,
it made a determination that
when chemical abuse is the
cause – or at least a precipitating factor in the commission of a crime – it may be
more beneficial to the individual and the community
as a whole to treat the cause
rather than punish the crime.
For that reason, ILC
isn’t designed as punishment.
It’s an opportunity for firsttime offenders to receive help
for their dependence without
the ramifications of a felony
conviction.
In keeping with
that goal, the ILC law has a
section that states that if the
court grants an offender’s request for ILC, and the offender successfully completes the
intervention plan, the court
“shall dismiss the proceedings against the offender.” It
goes on to say that the court
“may order the sealing of records related to the offense in
question ... ”
So if the law says
that the court may seal the
record, why is there any conflict about this case? It has to
do with some of the wording
in the ILC law.
When a court such
as ours interprets a law, we
have to determine the legislative intent behind it;
that means we examine the
words and phrases used in
the language of the law. The
ILC law states that the court
“may order” the records to be
sealed. The use of the word
“may” instead of “shall” indicates that the court has discretion on the issue of sealing the records.
There’s also a question of how to go about sealing the records. There are
procedures that courts follow
when sealing records, and
there are separate sections of
the Ohio legal code that describe and govern those procedures.
Some of those sections require a three-year
waiting period before a defendant may move for an
order sealing a record. But
that part of the code governs
the sealing of an individual’s
record following the conviction of a crime. An ILC
case is different, because an
offender who has successfully completed ILC has no
conviction. Pennycuffs’s attorneys maintained that a different law should govern the
sealing of a record after the
dismissal of an ILC case. The
law that they urged us to consider states that any person
who is found not guilty of an
offense or whose indictment
was dismissed may apply for
an order to seal related records any time after the notguilty finding or dismissal is
entered.
The trial court and
the 12th District Court of
Appeals concluded that the
language in the ILC law requires a court to follow the
sections of the legal code that
require a three-year waiting
period. We disagreed. The
phrasing in the ILC law does
not indicate that the legislature meant to say that a court
must comply with those sections of the code that require
a three-year waiting period.
As mentioned earlier, the ILC law was designed to eliminate punishment by offering first-time
offenders an opportunity to
receive help for their dependence without the ramifications of a felony conviction.
It would therefore be unreasonable to conclude that the
law imposes a requirement
that ILC defendants must
carry a criminal record for
three years after the charges
have been dismissed due to
successful completion of the
ILC program. We therefore
concluded – by a seven-tozero vote – that a trial court
has discretion to seal the record of a case that was dismissed following successful
completion of ILC without a
waiting period.
In writing the majority opinion for this case,
Justice Evelyn Lundberg
Stratton concluded that
“treating all ILC defendants
as though they have been
convicted of a crime when
their charges have been
dismissed” in accordance
with a program “designed
to avoid the very ramifications of a conviction would
run counter to the purpose of
ILC.”
Accordingly, we
determined that when a defendant who has successfully
completed a program of intervention in lieu of conviction moves for an order sealing the record the trial court
has discretion either to grant
the motion immediately or to
impose the waiting period.
Weekly Wealth For Your Health
Q: What, exactly, is
Medicaid fraud?
A: Medicaid fraud
involves making false or misleading statements, or causing
such statements to be made,
in order to get Medicaid reimbursement. Medicaid fraud
may include such acts as billing for, but not providing, services or goods, and providing
medically unnecessary services.
Medicaid
fraud
schemes also may involve
billing for a more expensive
product or service than was
actually delivered, billing
separately for services that
should be billed together, and
billing twice for the same
product or service. It is also
illegal to: dispense generic
medications while billing for
more expensive brand-name
drugs; submit false information on Medicaid cost reports;
charge co-pays; and provide
kickbacks or rebates for goods
or services for which Medicaid reimbursement will be
sought. Managed care organizations cannot deny service
to eligible Medicaid recipients
or fail to provide the level of
service medically necessary
or required.
Q: What are the pen-
alties for Medicaid fraud?
A: Medicaid fraud
is a crime. If the fraud involves sums greater than
$150,000, it is a third-degree
felony. Fraud involving sums
of more than $7,500 but less
than $150,000 is a fourth-degree felony. Fraud involving
sums of more than $1,000
but less than $7,500 is a
fifth-degree felony. Penalties
may include fines, community control sanctions and, in
some cases, prison. Individuals and entities convicted of
Medicaid fraud and related
crimes are required to be excluded from participation in
all federal health care programs.
Q: What does the
Ohio Attorney General’s
Office do about Medicaid
fraud?
A: Federal law authorizes Medicaid Fraud
Control Units across the
country to investigate allegations of fraud and abuse
involving the Medicaid program. Forty-nine states and
the District of Columbia
have such units, and each is
subject to annual recertification by the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services. In 1978, the Ohio
General Assembly authorized the Attorney General to
create and oversee the Ohio
Medicaid Fraud Control Unit,
and Ohio law grants this unit
original criminal jurisdiction
to investigate and prosecute
Medicaid fraud statewide.
The unit’s staff of more than
60 includes special agents,
ana¬lysts, nurses and attorneys.
Q: What can I do if I
suspect a health care provider
of Medicaid fraud?
A: If you know
about any instances of Medicaid fraud, you can contact
the Ohio Attorney General’s
Office at 614/466-0722 or
800-282-0515, send a fax to
614-644-9973, or visit www.
OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov/
ReportMedicaidFraud.
This “Law You Can
Use” column was provided
by the Ohio Attorney General’s Office and prepared by
the Ohio State Bar Association.
Articles appearing
in this column are intended to
provide broad, general information about the law.
Before applying this
information to a specific legal
problem, readers are urged to
seek advice from an attorney.
As snow is expected during the next
few days, the Division of
Streets will be ready with
48 front line trucks, 12
road graders, and 10 pickups with plows to be used
as the weather creates the
need.
A number of auxiliary crews will be on
standby if the snow exceeds 8-10 inches.
As lake effect
snow is very unpredictable, the division will adjust staffing levels as needed as the weather events
occur.
The
division
currently has more than
7,000 tons of salt more
than 30,000 gallons of liquid de-icers on hand, with
deliveries of salt continuing during the next several days.
As always, the
goal is to have all streets
serviced within 24 to 36
hours from when snow
stops falling, depending
on the actual amount of
snow fall.
During
snow
events Cleveland is en-
couraging residents to:
Park off-streets
whenever possible to give
snow plows the ability to
plow streets curb-to-curb.
Stay off the streets
as much as possible for
their own personal safety
and to allow snow plows
greater access to the city’s
roadways.
If you must travel,
use cation and remember
not to “block the box” at
intersection.
Residents with
snow removal concerns
should call 216-664-2510.
The City of Cleveland
will join communities across the
nation in commemorating the
50th Anniversary of the March
on Washington and the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation
Proclamation during its Black
History Month Luncheon on Friday, February 1, in the Rotunda
of City Hall.
During the invitationonly luncheon, local and national
Civil Rights leaders will be honored for their commitment to inclusion and diversity:
• Roderick D. Gillum,
Esq., chair, The Washington DC
Martin Luther King, Jr. National
Memorial Project Foundation.
Gillum is a partner with Jackson
Lewis LLP. His practice concentrates on corporate strategies related to crisis management, labor
relations, and legal risk avoidance, including managing strategic labor and personnel planning.
• Rev. Hilton O. Smith,
president, Cleveland Branch of
the NAACP. Rev. Smith is senior
vice president - community affairs for Turner Construction and
an associate pastor at Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church.
• Rev. Otis Moss, pastor emeritus, Olivet Institutional
Baptist Church. Rev. Dr. Moss,
Jr. is a theologian, pastor, and
civic leader. In February 2009,
President Barack Obama named
him to serve on the 25-member
White House Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. He also
serves on the board of trustees
at Morehouse College, his alma
mater.
• Judge Jean Murrell Capers, retired. Earlier this
month, Judge Capers celebrated
her 100th birthday. The esteemed jurist was the first African American woman elected
to serve on the Cleveland City
Council of a major American
city and served on the Cleveland
Municipal Court bench until her
retirement at the mandated age
of 70. She continued to practice
law until 2011.
• Judge Sara J. Harper,
retired. Judge Harper has the distinction of being the first African
American woman to graduate
from Western Reserve School
of Law and to serve on the Ohio
Supreme Court. She was the first
woman appointed to the U. S.
Marine Corps Reserve Judiciary. She retired from the Marine
Corps Reserves in 1986 with the
rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
In 1990, she became
one of two African American
women to serve on the Ohio
Court of Appeals. Judge Harper
has served on many advisory
boards throughout the community.
Cleveland ready with snow crew
Avoiding tax refund identify fraud City to commemorate March on Washington
By JASON ALDERMAN
Many people file
their income tax returns as
early in the year as possible.
Some are eager to claim their
tax refund right away, while
others are simply following
their New Year’s resolution
not to procrastinate until midnight, April 15.
Let me add another
good reason to file your taxes
right away: tax refund identity fraud.
That’s where someone uses your Social Security
number (SSN), birth date and
other private information to
file a fraudulent income tax
return in your name and then
pockets the resulting tax refund.
Often, a victim’s
first clue is a letter from the
IRS contesting their legitimate tax return, saying one
has already been processed
under that name. It can take
months – and mounds of
paperwork – to unravel the
mess.
This scam has proliferated in recent years
thanks to a confluence of
events:
There’s a thriving
black market in personal
information stolen from
healthcare facilities, nursing
homes, schools, insurance
companies and other institutions that require an SSN as
identification.
The IRS is pressured to begin issuing refunds
shortly after taxpayers start
filing returns in mid-January,
even though employers and
financial institutions aren’t
required to submit withholding and income documentation until the end of March.
Thus, disparities often aren’t
caught until months later.
The growing popularity of electronic filing,
where hard-copy documentation (like W-2 and 1099
forms) isn’t required.
Many people receive refunds via direct deposit and prepaid debit cards.
Criminals open and close accounts using bogus addresses
long before the theft has been
detected.
Thanks to severe
budget cuts and chronic understaffing – not to mention
constantly playing whack-amole with thieves who dream
up new schemes – the IRS is
hard-pressed to keep up.
In one extreme example, the agency issued
more than $3.3 million in
refunds for 2,137 tax returns
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filed to a single address.
But all is not lost.
The IRS has significantly
beefed up its fraud-prevention efforts.
In 2011, they intercepted nearly 262,000 fraudulent tax returns seeking almost $1.5 billion in refunds
related to identity theft. And
they now issue special personal identification numbers
(PINs) to impacted taxpayers
to protect their future tax filings.
So what should you
do if you’ve been victimized? Typically, the IRS will
send you a notice that:
More than one tax
return for you was filed;
You have a balance due,
refund offset or have had collection actions taken against
you for a year in which you
didn’t file a return; or
IRS records indicate
you received wages from an
employer you don’t recognize.
This could indicate
that someone has used your
personal information to get a
job.
If you receive such
a notice, don’t ignore it.
Complete an Identity Theft
Affidavit (IRS Form 14039
at www.irs.gov) and return it
with a copy of the notice to
the address provided on the
notice.
If you did not receive a notice but believe
you may be at risk, the form
contains separate submission
instructions.
The IRS’s Identity Theft Protection website
(www.irs.gov/uac/IdentityProtection) includes tons of
helpful information, including ways to tell whether your
identity may have been stolen, how to report a breach
and tips to avoid identity
theft.
And finally, file
your tax return as early as
possible to beat potential
scammers to the punch.
If you owe money,
you can always file your return now and mail the payment by the April 15 deadline.
Jason Alderman
directs Visa’s financial education programs. To Follow
Jason Alderman on Twitter:
www.twitter.com/PracticalMoney.
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Julian ‘The Hawk’ Jackson to attend Hall of Fame
The International Boxing Hall of Fame recently announced
two-division world champion Julian “The Hawk” Jackson will make his
first trip to Canastota for the 24th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Weekend
set for June 6-9th. Born in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Jackson turned pro
in 1981. During his career (1981-1998), he was a two-division champion,
capturing the WBA light middleweight and the WBC middleweight titles.
“The Hawk” compiled a professional record of 55-6 and 49 of his wins
came by way of knockout. Among those he scored victories over include
Buster Drayton (TKO 3), Herol Graham (KO 4), Dennis Milton (KO 1),
Thomas Tate (W 12) and Hall of Famer Terry Norris (TKO 2). For information on the Hall of Fame’s 24th Annual Induction Weekend, call (315)
697-7095, visit online at www.ibhof.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.
com/InternationalBoxingHallofFame and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/
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S PORTS
EAST SIDE DAILY NEWS
Amatuer boxing returns to the Word
Church -Multiplex, 18909 S. Miles Road, on
Friday, Febraury 22 at 7:00 p.m. For tickets, call
Ed King at 440-439-5464.
By Andrew Carter
Ohio State Men’s Basketball moved to 16-4 overall, 4-2 in the Big Ten
with a 5recent 8-49 win over Wisconsin . They are in 3rd place in the conference,
one game behind co-leaders Michigan and Indiana. OSU’s Women lost 71-56 to #
8 Penn State to fall to 11-9, 1-6 in the Big. Deshaun Thomas, the league’s leading
scorer, led the #11 Buckeyes with 25 points. Aaron Craft’s assists are down this
season, since Jared Sullinger has moved on to the NBA and isn’t around to convert
inlet passes. Craft, the only other Buckeye in double figures with 13 points, had only
two assists in the game and he did lead the team in rebounds with seven. Traevon
Jackson, the son of former Buckeye All-American Jimmy Jackson, led the Badgers
with 12 points. Wisconsin , 14-7 overall, dropped a game behind the Buckeyes in the
B1G race, at 5-3. After years of being the class of the league, the Buckeye women
have graduated their stars and are in the middle of a tough season, having won only
once in the Big Ten. OSU’s Tayler Hill tried her best by putting in 28 points against
PSU. The Nittany Lions’ Maggie Lucas scored 18 points and Alex Bentley added 16.
Kyrie Irving becomes All Star as Cavs win three games
By KARL BRYANT
Tristan Thompson (Cavs’ 13) dunks over counterpart
Ekpe Udoh (Bucks’ 13) in Cleveland’s 113-108 win over Milwaukee. The trade for Mareese Spreights, Wayne Ellington, and Josh
Selby paid dividends immediately as Spreights and Ellington were
integral parts of the Cavs’ reserve squad that erased a 4th quarter
deficit against Milwaukee - outscoring the Bucks 32-18 in the final
stanza to help the Cavs win the game. (ESDN Photo by Bill Moore)
OSU’s Buckeye men win, women lose
Kyrie Irving, on
Thursday, January 24, was
named to be in the All Star
Game. Later that same day,
he was named Greater Cleveland Professional Athlete of
2012. As opposed to LeBron
James, who for whatever
reason, blew off the celebration every year, Irving came
to the event and before his
acceptance speech, sheepishly shook his head, gave a
big smile, and said, “Today
has truly been a great day for
me.”
The Cavs, then
buoyed by their freshlyminted All-Star and some
newly acquired players, won
two games – making it threewins-in-a-row - before being
sent back to earth with a loss
to shorthanded Golden State .
In the three wins,
Irving averaged 36 PPG, but
in the loss to the Warriors,
before which he’d missed
shootaround with an illness,
he had 14.
The Cavs had been
coming off of a big win over
the Celtics when they traded
Jon Leuer to the Grizzlies for
Mareese Spreights, Wayne
Ellington, and Josh Selby,
along with a conditional future 1st Round Draft choice.
The trade paid dividends immediately as Spreights and Ellington were integral parts of the Cavs’ reserve
squad that erased a 4th quarter deficit against Milwaukee
- outscoring the Bucks 32-18
in the final stanza.
After the Cavs took
the lead, Irving came back
into the contest with four
minutes left and scored eight
of his game-high 35 points
as Cleveland powered to the
113-108 victory.
Ersan
Ilyesova
scored 30 for Milwaukee . It
was just the second victory
for Cleveland against nine
losses versus fellow Central
Division opponents.
The next night, the
Cavs won in Toronto when
Irving hit a three to win the
game, 99-98. The Cavs put
on another 4th quarter blitz
- outscoring the Raptors by
10 to come away with the
win. Irving had 32 points
and Spreights and Ellington,
buoyed by their fine debut,
got more minutes and scored
17 and 12 points, respectively. Amir Johnson’s 18
points led the Raptors, who
wore camouflaged uniforms
to honor Canadian Armed
Forces.
All good things
come to an end and the Cavs
winning streak did three days
later with a resounding thud
as they were outhustled by
shorthanded Golden State .
The Warriors were without
stars Stephen Curry and Andrew Bogut and two other
players, but won easily, 10895. The Warriors were 11 of
16 from 3-point land. They
had three players score at
least 20 points – Klay Thomas had 32, Jarrett Jack, 26,
and David Lee, 20.
Afterward, Lee said,
“The Cavs have some good
young players. We just got to
our spots and made our shots.
Irving didn’t look like he was
doing all that well, but he’s a
great player and you always
have to be ready for him.”
Irving had missed
the Cavs shootaround earlier
in the day due to an undisclosed illness, but started the
game. He was a poor 3 of 12
from the field before hitting a
couple of late shots and then
missing the last couple to finish 5 of 17 for 14 points.
Dion Waiters and
Tristan Thompson led the
Cavs with 18 points, while
Thompson added 11 rebounds. Ellington, when
asked how it felt to finally
lose a game in a Cavs uniform, smiled and said, “Any
time you lose, it hurts. We
were doing pretty good for
a bit, but you can’t win them
all. There are plenty of games
left for us to learn to work together better.” Still being upbeat, he added, “There’s a lot
of guys here who play hard
and we’ll just get better.”
any blocks by Marshall, the
5th-ranked shot blocker in
the country, but many altered
shots resulted in them making
only 33% of their field goals.
Akron , whose 12game winning streak is the
second best in the country,
made 48% of their shots
from the field. Chauncey
Orr scored 16 points to lead
BGSU (7-13, 2-5).
Afterwards, Dambrot gave credit to his players, noting their “constant
pressure” on the opposition,
and said, “The good thing
about us is that it’s a different
guy every night.”
Ohio University’s
D.J. Cooper hit two free
throws with 55 seconds remaining, that were the final
points in a tight contest, as
OU (15-5, 6-0 MAC) outlasted Kent State, 69-68. Cooper’s 23 points led the Bobcats, while Reggie Keeley
added 20. Chris Evans also
scored 20 for the Golden
Flashes. Ohio - right behind
the MAC East-leading Zips travel to Akron this Saturday
to play for the division lead.
Kent ’s close game
woes then continued as they
were upset by Northern Illinois , 67-65. Darren Goodsen paced KSU (11-10, 2-5
MAC) with 18 points and
10 rebounds. Kent sub Devareaux Manley came out of
nowhere to hit three treys in
the final two minutes – his
only points of the night – to
tie the game at 65. But Abdel
Nader, who led the Huskies
with 26 points, hit the game
winner with two seconds left
to give NIU (5-14, 3-4 MAC)
the win.
Youngstown State
beat Cleveland State, 73-59,
in a NE Ohio Horizon League
contest. YSU’s 18-0 run in the
1st half gave them a big 4227 lead at intermission. Kamren Belin scored 24 points to
lead the Penguins and Freshman Bryn Forbes led the rebuilding Vikings (10-12, 2-6
HL) with 19. Damian Eargle,
the 6th-ranked shot blocker in
Division. I, had four blocks to
go with 14 points. CSU went
to the foul line only 7 times,
where they made 5, and YSU
went there 24 times, where
they made 21.
YSU next upset
league-leading Valparaiso ,
80-68, and moved into the
Horizon League title race as
Kendrick Perry then scored
28 points and pulled down 11
rebounds. Valpo (16-6, 6-2
HL), led by Kevin Van Wijk’s
14 points, made only 3 of 20
shots from beyond the perimeter. The Penguins improved
to 13-8 overall and moved to
within a game of 1st Place at
5-3, made 8 of 19 shots from
Downtown.
Zips wins 12th straight as Penguins pull into Horizon hunt
By KARL BRYANT
Akron won their 12thstraight game this week to
remain atop the Mid-American Conference East with
a 7-0 record, where they are
a half game ahead of Ohio
University . Kent State continued to struggle in close
contests. Youngstown State
beat Cleveland State in the
Vikings only game of the
week and then upset Horizon
League leader Valparaiso to
move within a game of the
league lead.
Akron first nipped
Buffalo , 68-64, after having a big 2nd half comeback.
Nine and a half minutes into
the 2nd half, Akron was
down, 55-42, but then held
the Bulls scoreless for the
next six minutes, while they
went on a 19-0 run.
D e m e t r i u s
Treadwell and Alex Abreu
led balanced Zip scoring with
13 points each. Jarryn Skeete
led Buffalo (8-13, 3-4 MAC)
with 19 points. Zeke Marshall
continued his superb defensive work, blocking six shots,
while scoring eight points.
The Zips then
thumped Bowling Green,
68-55, for Coach Keith Dambrot’s 200th win at Akron .
The Zips (16-4, 7-0 MAC)
were led by Marshall ’s 15
points. The Falcons avoided
Terry Rozier sets record with 68 points in basketball game
recently set by team mate
Anton Gill. Gill who is also
an University of Louisville
signee. In attendance at the
game to support Rozierwere his mother, Eugenia
Tucker, and his grandmother, Amanda Tucker.
Rozier
scored
By PAT WHITE
Terry Rozier, a
2012 Shaker Heights High
School graduate, scored a
record 68 points in the Hargrave Military Academy
win against Action Sports
Academy of Georgia last
Saturday.
Rozier, who is focusing on academics as a
signee for the University
of Louisville, did not travel
with the team to the game,
but remained behind to finish an exam. His flight arrived hours before he was
to play in the finale of the
Louisville High School
more than 50 points in another game earlier in the
season. He has averaged
28.1 points with 8.9 assists.
Action Sports led
at 59-49 at halftime, but
Rozier came back to score
55 points in the second half.
He made 19 of 37 shots,
including 8 from 3-point
range. Rozier scored 13
points in the second overtime to lead Hargrave to
the win against Action
Sports, 139-135. Rozier
has worked hard on and
off the court to qualify for
the 2013-14 season for the
University of Louisville.
Rozier
talked
about the importance of
school to help him reach
his goal.
“School’s
more
important. I’ve got to get
that job done to get to Louisville,” Rozier said.
Boxing Nostalgia
By JIM AMATO
Rozier
HoopFest. As Kevin Keatts, assistant coach for the
University of Louisville,
watched, Rozzier broke the
school record of 56 points
Bruno Arcari is a forgotten champion
He may very well
be one of the most underrated champions of the
glorious 70’s. He won an
astounding 70 of 73 battles.
He held the 140
pound title for nearly four
years and relinquished it.
He never lost his belt in the
ring. He was a 5’5” southpaw from Italy named Bruno Arcari.
Amazingly he was
stopped in his first professional fight in 1964. He
would then win ten straight
before being halted again.
He would never lose another fight.
In 1966, he proved
he was a legitimate con-
Arcari
tender when he beat former
lightweight king Joe Brown.
In 1967, he followed that
up beating the always tough
Angel Robinson Garcia. In
1968, he won the European
junior welterweight title by
halting the respected Johann Orsolics.
In 1970, he won
the WBC junior welterweight title with a decision
over Pedro Adigue. During
nearly four year period,this
champion defeated the
likes of Bunny Grant,Rene
Roque,Raymundo
Dias,Joao Henrique,Enrique
Jana,Domingo
Barrera
Corpas,”Have
Mercy
Mr. Percy” Pugh,Chris
Fernandez,Joergen
Hansen,Robert Gallios and
Antonio Hernandez.
He would give up
his title without being defeated. He would move up
to welterweight hoping for
a shot at the great Jose Napoles and his welterweight
title.
He would defeat the likes of quality fighters like Doc
McClendon,Lawrence
Hafey,the extremely talented Harold Weston.A
one round kayo of Gaetan
Hart.
A fifth round stoppage of the dangerous David Love and a draw with
future junior middleweight
champion Rocky Mattioli.
He would win his
last three fights and then
retire in 1978. Why is this
champion so overlooked
?
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 - Friday, February 1, 2013
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On The Town
MOVIES * MUSIC * THEATER * DANCE * RESTAURANTS * NIGHT LIFE
Miche Braden stars in 'The Devils Music'
After breaking box
office records in the summer of 2012 with One Night
With Janis Joplin, Cleveland Play House keeps right
on rocking and resurrects
The Empress of Blues in
The Devil’s Music: The Life
and Blues of Bessie Smith.
Singer/actor/musician Miche (pronounced “Mickey”)
Braden, nominated for a
2012 Drama Desk Award
for the role, brings the defiant energy and musical
brilliance of this Red Hot
Mamma to life on the stage
in this soulful musical.
The
Cleveland
Play House production of
The Devil’s Music: The
Life and Blues of Bessie
Smith, conceived and directed by Joe Brancato, is
running in the Allen Theatre
at PlayhouseSquare starting
Friday, February 15 through
Sunday, March 10. Tickets are available by calling
216-241-6000 or online at
www.clevelandplayhouse.
com. The Devil’s Music:
The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith is sponsored by
Kulas Foundation and is
produced with support from
Cuyahoga Arts and Culture
and the Ohio Arts Council.
“The Devil’s Music was written around Miche
Braden’s extraordinary talents,” says CPH Artistic Director Michael Bloom. “I can’t
wait for Cleveland audiences
to experience a performance
that has garnered plaudits Off
Broadway and at the Montreal
Jazz Festival.”
Sexy and racy, blues
singer Bessie Smith was the
definition of a Red Hot Mamma and the most successful
entertainer of her time. On
the eve of her tragic death in
1937, Smith takes center stage
in The Devil’s Music: The Life
and Blues of Bessie Smith and
tells the story of her amazing
life and career, her loves and
losses. Put your troubles aside
and soak up the blues as Smith
comes to life and sings the
songs that made her so unforgettable, including “St. Louis
Blues,” “Need a Little Sugar
in My Bowl,” and “Nobody
Knows You When You’re
Down and Out.”
The Devil’s Music:
The Life and Blues of Bessie
Smith had its world premiere
at Penguin Rep Theatre (Joe
Brancato, Artistic Director
and Andrew Horn, Executive
Brancato
Director) and was then produced off-Broadway at St.
Luke’s Theatre by Penguin
Rep Theatre and Edmund
Gaynes in association with
Lizanne and Don Mitchell.
It performed to sold-out venues at the 2012 Montreal Jazz
Festival.
The daughter of a
preacher, Smith was born
on April 15, 1894 in Chattanooga, Tennessee and she
overcame Southern poverty
to become the greatest and
most influential classic blues
singer of the 1920s, earning
the honorific title “Empress
of the Blues.”
Her turbulent life
Smith
encompassed a troubled
childhood, a flamboyant lifestyle and stormy marriage,
and a fickle public that eventually turned its back on the
blues in favor of swing.
Despite all this,
Smith, an immensely talented but hard-drinking,
lusty, and volatile woman,
was almost single-handedly
responsible for thrusting
African-American-Southern
blues into mainstream music.
Among the songs
she made famous are “I
Ain’t Got Nobody,” “St.
Louis Blues,” “Baby Doll,”
“Gimme a Pigfoot,” and
“Tain’t Nobody’s Bizness If
Braden
I Do.” Though the record
industry was still in its early
years, Smith made over 160
recordings and, at the height
of her popularity, she sold
more recordings than anyone
other than Caruso and Al Jolson.
During the decades,
stars such as Ethel Waters,
Mahalia Jackson, Billie Holiday, and Janis Joplin have
acknowledged their debt
to Smith’s groundbreaking
work. In 1980, Bessie Smith
was inducted into the Blues
Foundation’s Hall of Fame
and, in 1989, into The Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame.
Chris' Cinema Trivia &
Movie Match Up
By CHRIS APPLING
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TRIVIA - (Black leading men)
1. In the comedy
'Like Mike' (2002), teen rapper Bow Wow stars as an
orphan who finds a pair of old
sneakers he believes once
belonged to Michael Jordan
and then becomes a NBA
superstar, but who is the darkskinned, romantic actor who
plays the lead player of the
losing team Bow Wow's character joins?
2. Rapper/actor Busta Rhymes made his film debut as a supporting character
in director John Singleton's
'Higher Learning' (1995),
as well as Singleton's 2000
remake of the classic, Shaft,
but in what horror film does
Rhymes star opposite model/
actress Tyra Banks against
the unstoppable, psychotic,
monster/ serial killer Michael
Myers?
3. In 'XXX' (2002),
light-skinned, action star
Vin Diesel is an "extreme"
thrill-seeker named Xander
Cage who is recruited to
become a secret agent by the
government under the code-
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name of "XXX," but who
is the modern, black, acting
legend who stars as Cage's
boss, "Augustus Gibbons,"
in the film?
4. In what film
drama does Wesley Snipes
and Ving Rhames star as
rival prison inmates who
ultimately face-off against
each other in the secret,
"underground" world of
correctional facility boxing
matches?
5. In director Tim
Story's ensemble comedy
Barbershop (2002), rapper/
actor Ice Cube stars with Eve
and Sean Patrick Thomas
as employees of Ice Cube's
character's late father's business, but who portrays the
shop's hilarious, elder barber
who offers his wit and wisdom of age to the younger
barbers?
ANSWERS: 1. Morris
Chestnut 2. 'Halloween: Resurrection' (2002) 3. Samuel
L. Jackson 4. 'Undisputed'
(2002) 5. Cedric The Entertainer
MOVIE MATCH-UP - (The Brothers)
ACTORS/DIRECTORS:
1. Bill Bellamy
2. Morris Chestnut
3. Gary Hardwick
4. D.L. Hughley
5. Shemar Moore
CHARACTERS:
a) directed the movie
b) dates white, karate instructor
c) has sexually timid wife
d) player who gets engaged
e) has nightmares about
commitment
ANSWERS: 1, b; 2, e; 3,
a ; 4 ,
c ;
5 ,
d
Sommore and D.L. Hughley return with comedy tour at State Theatre
The Royal Comedy Tour featuring Sommore, Mark Curry, D.L.
Hughley, and Gary Owens
will be at the State Theatre
on Friday, February 8, at
7:00 p.m.
Sommore is the
”Queen of Comedy,” and
is one of America’s top comedic performers. Simmore, who is originally from
Trenton, New Jersey, has
appeared in Russell Simmons’ “Def Comedy Jam”,
BET’s “Live From LA”,
MENU TIPS
Managing cholesterol with diet and exercise
There’s actually some
good news for those at risk for
heart disease. Experts say there
are several risk factors for heart
disease that can be controlled
through a combination of behavior and diet. One of the more important of these factors is blood
cholesterol.
Cholesterol can build
up in our arteries and cause
blood flow to be restricted. This
can raise blood pressure and
strain the heart; it also raises risk
of developing heart attacks and
strokes. Here are some tips that
can help you manage your cholesterol:
Stay on top of your
health by getting your important
numbers checked regularly by a
doctor or a nurse.
These include blood
cholesterol, LDL cholesterol,
HDL cholesterol, BMI (body
mass index) and blood pressure.
Total Cholesterol-If
your total cholesterol is less than
200 mg/dL, your risk for heart
attack is thought to be relatively
low.
LDL Cholesterol-This
is your “bad” cholesterol and is
one of the most important numbers for determining your risk for
heart disease. The ideal level is
less than 100 mg/dL.
HDL Cholesterol-This
is your “good” cholesterol and
ideally is greater than 60 mg/dL.
Blood Pressure-Blood
pressure is the measure of the
blood as it pushes against the arteries in your body. A desirable
blood pressure is 120/80 mm Hg.
Another way to help
manage your cholesterol is to get
some physical activity every day
to help keep your heart strong.
Regular exercise also
helps to boost your levels of
HDL. It can also help to maintain
a healthy weight, which makes
your heart’s job easier while lowering stress.
Chronic stress can
strain the heart, just like extra
weight. Try healthy ways to vent
stress, such as breathing exercises.
The American Heart
Association recommends a hearthealthy diet as one way to help manage your cholesterol. Such a diet includes: Fruits prepared with little or
no added sugar, fat or salt.
Vegetables prepared with
little or no added sugar, fat or salt.
Lean meats and poultry; and soy
protein: soy milk or soy meat analogs.
Fish: Preferably fish with “healthy
fats,” such as salmon or tuna, baked,
broiled, grilled or boiled-but not
fried, Dairy: Low-fat or fat-free
milk (1 percent or skim), low-fat
yogurt, low-fat cheese;
Whole grains: cereals, breads,
pastas and tortillas made with whole
grain, and brown rice;
Oats, which contain soluble fiber that can help soak up some
cholesterol and prevent it from being absorbed by your digestive tract.
Eating foods made from oats, such
as Cheerios, may help lower cholesterol.
Here is a recipe that uses
Cheerios as part of a heart-healthy
snack. You can pack individual
servings of this snack in small containers or plastic bags for family
members who are on the go.
On-the-Run Cereal Snack
Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Start to Finish: 5 Minutes
4 cups Honey Nut
Cheerios® cereal
1 cup salted peanuts
1 cup raisins
1 cup chocolate chips
1. In large bowl or
resealable food-storage plastic bag,
stir all ingredients.
2. Store in airtight container.
each)
14 servings (1/2 cup
1 Serving: Calories 210
(Calories from Fat 90); Total Fat
10g (Saturated Fat 3g); Cholesterol
0mg; Sodium 110mg; Potassium
240mg; Total Carbohydrate 26g
(Dietary Fiber 3g); Protein 5g
“Showtime At The Apollo”
and was featured on “The
Oprah Winfrey Show.”
Sommore received
the prestigious Richard
Pryor Award for “Comic
Just
Jazz
By NANCY ANN LEE
Herbie Hancock
Pianist-composer
Herbie Hancock was born
in 1940 in Chicago. Early
music studies led him to play
Mozart's Piano Concerto in
D major with the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra by age
11. But Hancock preferred
jazz and formed a high school
ensemble.
By 1960, he was performing in Chicago jazz clubs
with Coleman Hawkins and
Donald Byrd. Hancock joined
Byrd's group and moved to
New York.
Following his first
recording session with Byrd,
he was signed by Blue Note
and made his recording debut
with Takin Off in May 1962,
gaining notice with his original tune, "Watermelon Man."
Hancock joined the
Miles Davis quintet in 1963
and remained for five years,
creating tunes that have become standards.
Leading his own
sextet from 1971-73, Hancock melded elements of jazz,
rock, with African and Indian
themes by using electronic
devices and instruments.
After his Headhunters album, Hancock produced
more commercialized music
throughout the 1970s, occasionally returned to jazz with
his V.S.O.P. band and piano
duos with Chick Corea. By the
1980s, Hancock was creating
fascinating music using complex innovative electronic
technology.
Hancock recently
released his first acoustic
recording in many years, The
New Standard, where he and
his veteran sidemen reinvent nine time-honored tunes,
sometimes backed by a studio
orchestra.
Sommore
Hughley
Curry
Owens
Of The Year.” Her film ap- “Something New.”
ABC.
pearances include “Soul
Mark Curry starHe hosted the
Plane,” “A Miami Tail,” ried for five years in “Han- BET’s comedy talent
“Friday After Next” and gin’ with Mr. Cooper” on search show “Coming to
the Stage,” and on “ESPN’s
Cold Pizza.” For tickets
call 216-771-8403 or visit
playhousesquare.org.
On the outside,
Aruba Dixon has a life other
women envy: a beautiful
home, her handsome husband, James, and a gorgeous
son.
Inside, Aruba
knows the truth. When he
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husnabd quits his fifth jon
in seven months, she’s done.
Aruba wants a better husband, and she has the perfect
man in mind - her friend Victoria’s husband.
Victoria Faulk is a
head-turning stunner- and
she tells herself so everyday.
Between shopping, assigning
tasks to her nanny, and making sure her daughter doesn’y
smudge the walls of her million -dollar home,
Victoria cant fathom
having sex with her husband.
But when he grows distant,
Victoria backpedals to the
good old days to regain his
affection. Will it be too late?
Tawatha
Gipson feels it’s high time she
found a husband. So do her
four children by four differ-
Campbell
ent men. Each time Tawatha
thought she’d nagged a ring
and a man, something goes
wrong.
When she spots
James Dixon at the jobsite,
she’s determined to have him
by any means necessary.
As these women’s
lives intersect and collide,
they learn the grass is greener
on the other side- but it isnt
always easy to hop the fence.
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Stacy Campbell was
born and raised in Sparta,
Georgia, where she spent
summers on her family’s
front porch listening to the
animated tales of her older
relatives.
She lives with her
family in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dream Girl Awakened is
her first novel.
The Public Squares will present its
all new hilarious sketch
comedy revue, “Is Speed
Dating an Olympic Sport?”
or “The Return of The Public Squares,” for a two-night
stand Friday, February 1
and Saturday, February 2
at the Green Road Annex,
2200 South Green Road in
University Heights.
The show contains
original sketches and takes
an energetic look at timely
issues such as dating, video
gamers, children’s television hosts, non-traditional
public radio funding, and
pregnant women dancing to
Ke$ha songs.
The
University
Circles improv troupe will
open the show.
The Public Squares
is making its triumphant re-
turn to the stage, having last
been seen in 2007. In this
ever-changing Cleveland
comedy community, “The
Squares” have set out to
keep sketch comedy alive
in the city they love.
For more information, log on to www.thepublicsquares.com or “Like”
us on Facebook at www.
facebook.com/thepublicsquares.com.
The Public Squares to present show
EAST SIDE DAILY NEWS
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013 - Friday, February 1, 2013
Traces of Beauty Salon celebrates 10 years of customer service
By SARAH SHERROD
Traces of Beauty Hair Salon recently
celebrated its tenth anniversary at the Executive
Lounge in Downtown
Cleveland.
Kinyetta
Ford is the owner
of
the salon.
One of the customers, Makisha Johnson, said the following,
“She opened up doors
for all of us. It was a
blessing. You are not
just a customer you are
a person. Everybody at
Traces of Beauty makes
you welcome.”
The fact that
four stylists have been
with Ford for the last
nine years speaks for itself.
Ford had the
following to say about
her longevity and humble beginnings: “My
grandmother would buy
me a doll each Christmas and I would work
on the dolls hair. I have
been doing hair for 16
years and received my
formal training at South
High School. I had
dreamed of being a salon owner since I was a
little girl.
When asked
what advice she would
give to those interested
in being a salon owner,
Ford said, “get as much
education about the industry as you can. “
Ford keeps up
with the industry trends
by attending at least two
shows per year. Last
year she traveled to the
Chicago and Columbus
hair show.
She is a national educator for John
Paul Mitchell Systems.
Ford held the
1st Annual Beauty for
Education, Hair and
Fashion Show last September which was held
to raise money for the
Beauty for Education
Foundation that she is
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Traces of Beauty Hair Salon recently celebrated
its tenth anniversary at the Executive Lounge in Downtown Cleveland. Attending the celebration are: Kanesha
Boyd, Robbie Boyd, Kinyetta Ford, Rachel Ford, and Robert Coleman. (ESDN Photo by Omar Quadir)
Kinyetta Ford, who is the owner of Traces of Beauty Hair Salon, recently celebrated its
tenth anniversary of operating the salon. Ford prepares to do Sanella Kimbro hair in the
salon. (ESDN Photo by Omar Quadir)
Kinyetta Ford, owner of Traces of Beauty Hair
Salon, recently celebrated the salon’s tenth anniversary
at the Executive Lounge in Downtown Cleveland with
relatives and freiends. Attending the celebration and to
show their support to Ford are: Tasha B. Kelly, Kinyetta
Ford, Star Brown, Antwanette Akins, and Shavawn Walton.
(ESDN Photo by Omar Quadir)
Fracking and farmland in Ohio’s fields
As the oil and
gas fracking industry
grows in Ohio, farmers’
concerns are mounting
about the possible effects on public health,
the food supply and the
land.
Kip Gardner of
Creekview Ridge Farm
in Carroll County is in
the process of becoming
organically certified.
He says the toxic chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing have
the potential to contaminate the water and soil,
endanger livestock and
threaten the food supply.
He says nearly
all of his neighbors have
signed fracking leases
and he’s concerned that
a process known as
“mandatory pooling”
will force him into a
lease.
starting. The fundraiser
will be for underprivileged women and children. She feels there is
more than just looking
pretty, education is very
important.
Traces
of
Beauty specializes in
all phases of healthy
hair.and the salon is
located at 4804 Turney
Road, Garfield Heights,
Ohio 44125, (216) 2717244. Open on Monday
through Saturday. Ms.
Ford says, “It has been
more than I expected, a
wonderful experience
and I wouldn’t trade it
for nothing in the world.
I hope to be a salon
owner until the day I
die,” Ford said.
It’s tax time
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head
Filing taxes can
be a complicated and
sometimes costly process, but AARP volunteers are ready to help
crunch the numbers for
many Ohioans who need
help.
The AARP TaxAide program is providing free assistance for
moderate- to low- income Ohioans in filing
their federal, state and
local income tax returns.
According to
AARP Tax -Aide volunteer Bruce Gelsinger,
there are about 1,500
volunteers
statewide
who come from all walks
of life and receive training each year.
“People come
from varied backgrounds,”
Gelsinger
said, “ and the common
thread is they want to
help others.”
Arrested? Injured?
Remember, First,
That What You Say
Will Be Used Against You!
Then Call Me For Discussion
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Attorney At Law
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