February 2015

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Serving the news and information needs of Mount Vernon, NY – “A City That Believes”
February 2015
School Board approves
historic Construction/
Pre-Apprenticeship Academy
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel visting a carpentry class at a local
vocational school
Mount Vernon
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Vernon City Council President
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Faith-Based Partnership
Engel: December jobs report
shows unemployment drop to
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Tom Hutcherson Named
Leslie J. FitzGibbon
Tennis Man of the Year
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WJCS receives $52,500 in grants Nominations being accepted for
to expand youth services
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Legal abortion is safe and politicians
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EDUCATION COLUMN
Natural Food Column
Direct from the sunny island of
By Diane Fulves, M.A., M.Ed.,
Director, EMPOWERING OUR PARENTS
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They Are Worthy
of Respect
Fast food lowers student
test scores by 20%
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in Mount Vernon or to catch the
This young manager may
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2007 - PRESENT
Poems Submitted by Our Readers
Edited by jaFa (James Fair)
JAFA’S POETRY CORNER
(NOW IN ITS 8TH YEAR)
May the Muse of Poetry continue to inspire.
AGED FINE WINE... Or... OLD CHEESE
BIRTHDAY...
Author: bobbyjoemack
Mount Vernon resident
Getting Old
Is really not so bad
There’s no need
To start feeling so Sad
The Creeks the Cracks
The aches in the Back
The Quickly lost thoughts
Those blanks in Time
The thought of you
Going out of your Mind
Just makes you wanna know
How much longer can you Go
As you move around now
So very...Very slow
Because with each new day
That you do arise
You are greeted with
A brand New surprise
The Dings the Dangs
And the constant Pangs
Just something more
For you to Endure
And just something else
That makes you Sore
As you wonder to yourself
Can you take anymore
But then Alas
Those aches and pains
Eventually slowly subside
And that is when
You thank your God
For just being Alive
Knowing that at least
You can still Open up
Your once closed eyes
As you live
To see
Another Birthday
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Despite all the aches
And all of the Pains
Felt along the way…
THE LOST CITY OF HARLEM... Or...THE
Manhattan PROJECT...
Author: bobbyjoemack
Mount Vernon resident
The White faces
The Yellow faces
The Light Red faces
Out numbering
The Now so few
Poor BLACK Faces
Those Beautiful Black-Faces
Sprinkles now consumed
By the many new Colored faces
Once the Majority
Now the minority
Subjugated once again
Overcome by
The Demand
For their land
And pushed aside
While trying to Survive
Dispossessed once again
O’ Land... Land
O’ where is their land?
And where will they
Now call their Home?
And where is Their
40 Acres... And a mule?
Mark Rauchwerger
Circle Rx Pharmacy
120 Gramatan Ave, Mt Vernon
914-665-5555
What are the normal ranges
for blood glucose?
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For the Old Black Harlem life
Still pumps in their Blood
And it is Boiling Furiously
That is Gentrifying
The Back Faces
Are Disappearing so rapidly
And are Never to be returned Home
The Back shades
And the Back shadows
Of the Old Black Harlem once Known
Are Disappearing Rapidly
From my Mind and Black Soul
With a Loud Groan... and Saddened
moan...
TO OUR READERS & SUPPORTERS
From the editor: james “jAFa” Fair
This year JAFa’s Poets Corner celebrates its 8th year. We are still the longest,
continuously, running poetry column in any local area monthly publication.
We have reached this milestone because of you, the community, who have
so generously supported us. THANK YOU!
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42 Broad Street is a potential boon to Fleetwood -- not a feather in
the cap of embattled Mayor Davis
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Is poverty causing Mount Vernon students to underperform
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Unprecedented drama impacting Mount Vernon over
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Mount Vernon is not only
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42 Broad Street: A feather
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Kick off of After School Construction/
Pre-Apprenticeship Academy a success
those that enter the construction industry
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Boys & Girls Club announces
honorees for 2015 gala
Students need greater
access to Career and
Technical Education
By Sherry D. Ward, MS. Ed., P.D.
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