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SPORTS Cavs Take Commanding 2-0 Lead Over Pistons head 30 may prevent melanoma text MENU TIPS SPF Warmer weather means more time in the sun A delicious way to say ‘I love you’ See Page 6 See Page 7 Voting law changes for Ohioans in 2016 Kid’sCorner Corner Kid’s for Ohioans, and new research underscores the importance of using sunscreen when outside. A study from Ohio State University shows applying sunscreen with an SPF of 30 might delay the onset of melanoma. Dr. Christin Burd, assistant professor with the Ohio State University James Comprehensive Cancer Center, says a range of sunscreens were applied to mice prior to exposure to UVB light, and all postponed the onset of melanoma and reduced the incidence of tumors. Connell Ajinay Connell, 4-yearsold, is the daughter of Kamuri Dove and Darnell Connell. Ajinay’s grandmother is Wanda Dove and she has a hearty appetite and loves eating chicken. Like most girls, her favorite toys are dolls. Ohio’s elimination of “Golden Week” is among the policy measures highlighted in a new national report on voting restrictions. A roundup of election laws by the Brennan Center for Justice has shown that voters in 17 states, including Ohio, will face some new restrictions for the first time in a presidential election. Among them is the end of “Golden Week,” a sixday period when Ohioans could register and vote at the same time. EASTSIDE NEWS Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - Friday, April 22, 2016 VOL. 37 No. 17 FREE READ ON - WRITE ON Daily ISSUED FRIDAY SERVING: LARCHMERE - WOODLAND, SHAKER SQUARE, BUCKEYE, WOODLAND, MT. PLEASANT, LEE & AVALON, HARVARD - LEE, MILES - UNION, UNIVERSITY CIRCLE AREA, WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, VILLAGES OF NORTH RANDALL, HIGHLAND HILLS AND CITY OF EAST CLEVELAND FREE READ ON - WRITE ON “COVERING THE NEWS TODAY FOR A BETTER TOMORROW” Prince, music legend, dies at 57 Prince, the music legend who President Barack Obama said “defined the music of a generation,” died on Thursday at his home, Paisley Park, in Chanhassen, Minnesota. He was 57. In Cleveland, Terminal Tower was lit up in purple Thursday night in honor of Prince. And Todd Meseck, with Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, said that people are flocking to the museum to take pictures at their Prince exhibit. In a statement, President Obama said, “Few artists have influenced the sound and trajectory of popular music more distinctly, or touched quite so many people with their talent.” According to a sheriff’s report, deputies responded to an emergency call at 9:43 a.m. Deputies found an unresponsive adult male in an elevator, and emergency medical workers attempted to provide lifesaving CPR, but werunable to revive him. Prince was pronounced deceased at 10:07 a.m. A week prior to Prince’s death, his plane had made an emergency landing outside Chicago and he was rushed to a nearby hosptal. His media rep- ful Girl in the World;” albums like “Dirty Mind,” “1999” and “Sign O’ the Times.” His songs became hits for other artists such as “Nothing Compares 2 U” for Sinead O’Connor, “Manic Monday” for the Bangles and “I Feel for You” for Chaka Khan. Prince’s 1984 film and album “Purple Rain,” won him an Academy Award, and the album sold more than 13 million copies in the United States. Prince was born Rogers Nelson in Minneapolis on June 7, 1958, to John L. Nelson, a musician whose stage name was Prince Rogers, and Mattie Della Shaw, a jazz singer. As a young child, Prince taught himself to play several instruments. He formed a band in high school with friends Morris Day and Andre Cymone. Prince was a teenager when he was signed to Warner Bros. Records, in a deal that included full creative control which later would have Prince fighting the music giant for his freedom. Prince resentative, reported that Prince was battling the flu. Prince sold more than 100 million records, won seven Grammys and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. His career spanned from the late 1970s until his solo “Piano & a Microphone” tour this year. In a tribute to George Harrison that night, Prince went on to play a guitar solo in “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” that left the room floored. Prince’s Top 10 hits included: “Little Red Corvette,” Two buildings, 2804 S. Mo“When Doves Cry,” “Let’s Go Cra- reland and 13020 Drexmore Road, zy,” “Kiss” and “The Most Beauti- (at the corner of E.130th Street and Drexmore Road) are being demolished after local activist won a judgMay 1, you can receive a 10 per- ment in housing court against the cent discount. Visit www.larch- owner, Shakertown Apartments, Ltd. Judge Raymond Pianka mere.com for order forms and fined Shakertown Apartments, Ltd more details. $565,000.00. To contact the plant With the fines unpaid, Ed sale’s coordinator, Jane Donnell, Rybka, Chief of Regional Developcall 216-269-9060 or email her at jkdonnell.ameritech.net. Gasoline prices inch up Northeast Ohio gas prices have increased 8 cents, hovering around $2.09 a gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Fuel Gauge report. The national average is $2.11. Record-high fuel demand, declining refinery production and rising oil costs have pushed the national average price of gas to $2.11 per gallon. Despite the recent increases, pump prices are down 33 cents per gallon compared to this same date last year. Prices may move higher during the second quarter of the year in select regional markets due to intermittent supply challenges and increased demand for gasoline. The relatively lower price for gasoline is also reportedly prompting more drivers to take to the roads, and the U.S. EIA’s weekly estimates on gasoline consumption are approaching levels typical for the summer months. This increase in driving may put pressure on local gasoline markets and cause prices to move higher if demand outpaces the available supply of gasoline. However, consumers remain poised to benefit from substantial comparative savings as we enter the busy summer driving season, and it is likely that most drivers will pay the cheapest summertime prices in 12 years. As largely expected, major oil exporters failed to reach an agreement during the much-anticipated meeting between OPEC and non-OPEC countries over the weekend. U.S. domestic production fell to a level unseen since September 2014, and the U.S. oil rig count is at its lowest level since November 2009. At the close of Friday’s formal trading session on the NYMEX, West Texas Intermediate was down $1.14 and settled at $40.36 per barrel. Oil prices have dropped even further today due to the news out of Doha, and this could provide some relief for gas prices. AAA Fuel Gauge Gasoline Price Survey Northeast Ohio Average for Self-Service Gasoline This Week Last Week Last Year National Two buildings, 2804 S. Moreland and 13020 Drexmore, are onschedule to be demolished after local activist won a judgement in housing court against the owner, Shakertown Apartments, Ltd. The building at 2804 S. Moreland is next to be demolished. Blighted buildings to be demolished Larchmere to hold plant sale The annual Larchmere plant sale will be from 9 a.m.to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 7 at the corner of Larchmere Avenue and East 127th Street. Vendors will accept cash, check, credit cars and PayPal. And if you pre-pay before By the mid-1990s, Prince was in an open battle with the label, and he appeared with the word “Slave” written on his face during a performance. In 1993 he changed his stage name to an unpronounceable symbol and returned to “Prince” after his contract with Warner Brothers expired. Prince is survived by his sister, Tyka Nelson; his former wives, Mayte Garcia and Manuela Testolini. Fans lined up and placed flowers at his Paisley Park estate in Chanhassen. Mourners are leaving messages outside the historic Apollo Theatre in Harlem as other fans dance along to Prince’s most iconic tunes in celebration of his life and music. Cleveland’s WZAK, 93.1, has played a tribute to Prince non-stop since the news of his death. (04-22-16) (04-15-16) (04-16-15) (04-22-16) Regular $2.09 $2.00 $2.34 $2.11 ment for Cleveland, initiated the demolition effort, and the 13020 Dexmore building has been razed. The Shaker Square Area Development Corporation (SHAD), Thriving Communities, the E. 128th Street Block Club, the Cleveland Landmarks Commission, and residents all worked together to get the buildings, which were a blight in the community, demolished. The building at 13020 Drexmore Road (at the corner of E.130th Street and Drexmore Road) was recently demolished after local activist won a judgment in housing court against the owner, Shakertown Apartments, Ltd. Judge Raymond Pianka fined Shaketown Apartments, Ltd $565,000.00. With the fines unpaid, Ed Rybka, Chief of Regional Development for Cleveland, initiated the demolition effort. Former Shaker student wins Pulitzer Prize Wesley Lowery, who is a graduate of Shaker Heights High School and Ohio University, has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his work on police killings of unarmed African Americans. Lowery was part of a team at the Washington Post awarded a Pulitzer Prize in the national reporting category for its database detailing fatal shootings by police officers. The Fatal Force project originated while The Post was covering the civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014 and Lowery could not find accurate information on police shootings across the country. Lowery was arrested covering demonstrations in Ferguson According to Lowery, there were protesters, activists, civil rights groups and residents who were saying black men were being gunned down in the streets every day, and the police unions, police officials and local officials who were insisting that it never happened. The Post realized there was no official data on police shootings or what the circumstances were. Lowery suggested collecting the information into a database, analyse and report on it. Lowery’s idea grew into a year-long, newsroom-wide project that was called the Fa- A group of mostly black women who filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the Napa Valley Wine Train have settled the case for an undisclosed amount. Waukeen McCoy, the group’s attorney, said a confidencial settelment was reached. The 11 women, 10 black and one white, had gathered on the wine train to discuss a romance novel as part of their book club. When the train reached St. Helena, The group was escorted off the train, allegedly because they were too noisy, into a dirt lot where police were waiting. Anthony “Tony” Giaccio, CEO of the company, issued an apology a few days after the incident: “The Napa Valley Wine Train was 100 percent wrong in its handling of this issue. We accept full responsi- bility for our failures and for the chain of events that led to this regrettable treatment of our guests.” The women were seeking $11 million in damages. A special train, “The Wine Soul Train,” ran in October between Oakland and wine country with 35 passengers in response to the Napa Valley Wine Train in- tal Force Project. Kathryn Schulz, a writer with the New Yorker and a Shaker Heights native, also won a Pulitzer Prize for her feature on impending Northwest earthquake. Lowery credited teacher Natalie Sekicky for helping him pursue journalism because he wasn’t very good at science and math. Journalism was a course he could not only pass, but excel. The FBI has announced that starting next year they plan to collect data in response to the Fatal Force Project. In one in five fatal shootings, the police officer is never named publicly. News rooms are grappling about what kind of information about a police officer should be available to the community after that officer kills someone. During the database project, 990 police shootings were analyse. That’s 990 people who are dead, whose families are grieving them, whose families are seeking answers and seeking justice. According to Lowery, it’s important as a society that these stories are shared and are part of the public dialogue for police reform. ment. cident. Devonta Hill is scheduled to go on trial on Monday, June 13 at 9 a.m.on charges of aggravated murder in the death of Kenneth Smith who was fatally shot by an off-duty Cleveland police officer. Attorney Michael Cheselka, who represents Hill, has accused Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tiimothy McGinty of misusing the grand jury process. He has requested the grand jury transcripts because he doesn’t know how his client was re-indicted immediately following a dismal judge- Services for Marshaun Vaughn will be held on Wednesday, April 27 at 11:30 a.m. at Gaines Funeral Home, 5386 Lee Road, Maple Heights. Internment will be at Cleveland Memorial Gardens. Vaughn, 28, of Warrensville Heights, was found shot inside a car at East 150th Street and Benwood Avenue on Saturday. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police found Vaughn slumped over inside the parked car, and he had been shot several times. Investigators ask anyone with information to call homicide detectives at 216-623-5464. Wine train women win racial discrimination suit Devonta Hill’s trial to start Services for Vaughn Judge Joseph Russo dismissed all charges against Devonta Hill, 23, in the death of his friend, Kenneth Smith, an unarmed African American teenager who was fatally shot by Cleveland Police Officer Roger Jones. Russo also terminated Hill’s home detention. During the four years since Jones shot and killed Smith on March 10, 2012, Hill, spent more than two years in jail before his million dollar bail was reduced, and he was allowed to go home to await trial. Following a case in which a federal jury found Jones liable for Smith’s death, attorney Michael Cheselka, Hill’s attorney, filed a motion for all charges to be dismissed. With the motion granted, Hill’s mother cried, and she thanked Cheselka for treating Hill like his own son. Hill went home to celebrate the end of a legal nightmare as a free man. However, unbeknownst to the Hill family, before the close of business that afternoon, McGinty convened a grand jury, and he re-indicted Hill. Page 8 EAST SIDE DAILY NEWS Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - Friday, April 22, 2016 YOUR HEALTH Leaders named to convention facilities Let's talk about testicular cancer VANTAGE POINT On Monday, Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish and Council President Dan Brady appointed four new board members to the Cuyahoga County Convention Facilities Development Corporation (“CCCFDC”), the nonprofit oversight organization for the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland and Global Center for Health Innovation. “We wanted to add additional expertise and experience to this board in order to further maximize the current success and momentum of the Convention Center and Global Center,” said Budish. “These leaders will add significant value to ongoing operations and strategic long-term planning for these valuable, state-of-theart facilities.” At its meeting, the CCCFDC board will add four new members: Diane Downing, chief operating officer, RNC 2016 host committee and senior vice-president, Huntington National Bank. Brad Sellers, Mayor, City of Warrensville Heights. Michael D. Siegal, chairman and chief executive officer, Olympic Steel. Terry Stewart, for- mer chief executive officer and president, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. “I am pleased that these skilled community and business leaders are willing to dedicate their time and lend their ideas to these important county assets. This is an opportune moment for the Convention Center and Global Center to make the most of the momentum we are experiencing in Greater Cleveland,” Council President Brady said. The mission of the CCCFDC is to promote economic development and job creation in Cuyahoga County by utilizing the Convention Center and Global Center to attract local, regional, and national conventions and meetings to Northeast Ohio. The CCCFDC oversees the operations of the facility manager, SMG, to ensure that the facility is operated, managed and maintained as a state-of-the-art convention center and medical innovation facility. The CCCFDC also coordinates with local stakeholders to promote tourism in Northeast Ohio. In addition to the new members, the Board’s current members include Matt Carroll of the County Executive’s office, Trevor McAleer of the Council President’s of- Easy Side Publishing Co., Inc. EAST SIDE Daily NEWS 11400 Woodland Avenue - Cleveland, Ohio 44104 (216) 721-1674 - e-mail: [email protected] MBE Certified - 2015 Website:eastsidedailynews.com Publisher - Ulysses Glen ROBT.#1 ALL HAND CAR WASH 10200 Woodland Ave. - Cleveland, Ohio *Help Wanted* Steam Cleaning - Simonizing Interior Shampoo Detailing Available Open 7 Days A Week Monday - Thursday 8 am - 6 pm Friday & Saturday 8am - 8pm - Sunday 8am - 5pm Downing Sellers Siegal fice, and Joe Roman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Cleveland Partnership. Operated under the direction of the CCCFDC, the Global Center for Health Innovation and the adjacent Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland opened in 2013 and were awarded LEED for Building Design and Construction (LEEDBD+C) Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program in 2014. The Global Cen- Stewart ter serves as a catalyst for fundamental improvements in health and in healthcare quality, access, and cost through technology-driven showroom spaces and industry-inspired meetings and programs. Connected to the Global Center, the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland hosts more than 200 events annually and features 225,000 square feet of exhibit space, a 32,000-square-foot Grand Ballroom, 35 meeting rooms, and a 12-acre green roof with spectacular views of Lake Erie. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to those fighting to ensure elections are fair. The court unanimously ruled states can draw voting districts based on counting an area's total population, not just the number of people of voting age. Catherine Turcer, policy analyst with votingrights group Common Cause Ohio, explains the ruling doesn't change things in Ohio, which already does total population redistricting at the State Legislature. But she says it's an important decision nonetheless. "The playing around with voting rules and redistricting rules gets in the way of fair districts and fair elections," says Turcer. "And so, this decision makes it really clear that we all count, not just 'every voter counts.'" Turcer said total population includes children, immigrants and those who are disenfranchised, so this ruling ensures the decisions made at the polls represent everyone in a community. The cities of Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton and Toledo all joined in an amicus brief in the case opposing changes to voting age population districts. Supreme court rules on redistricting Serving Greater Cleveland Since July 10, 1980 Personal And Business Contracts Cars - Trucks - Vans - Limousines 15 & 25 Passenger Buses By SEAN MCCALLEY The website “Deadspin” recently ranked all the different types of balls in the world, from best to worst. The “worst” (#43) are hair balls. The “best” are Super Balls (the bouncy kind). While I agree baseballs should be in the top five (#4), it’s surprising testicles (i.e. male balls) are lower-middle of the pack, taking the #28 spot. The list launched on April 1st, too; the first day of Testicular Cancer Awareness Month. It’s probably safe to assume the connection between balls and the awareness month never occurred to Deadspin. That’s normal: People don’t think about testicular cancer very often. Nobody likes thinking about lumps on a man’s ball, unless you’re someone with an odd way of viewing the world. “Most urologists have a pretty good sense of humor,” said Dr. Tim Davenport from Tennessee, who uses robotic surgery to treat various cancers in men’s nether regions. Why don’t men pay more attention to their balls? At least, pay attention in ways that could eventually save their life? “Thinking about that stuff, the awareness is not where it should be because men feel like they’re indestructible,” said Davenport. “But to sum it all up, there are five things people need to keep in mind: 1. Remove the stigma of talking about guys’ own health issues. 2. Take the time to do a quick and cost-free self exam. 3. Learn how to identify if something’s wrong. Basically, see if it feels like a small, painless stone is attached to your testicle. 4. Have the courage to talk to your doctor immediately. 5. Keep a sense of urgency, because the sooner you treat a problem like that, the lower your risk of morbidity. In other words, you end up paying a lot less money for treatment that’s way less intense.” On top of conveniently speaking in list form for readers, Dr. Davenport knows what he’s talking about. Most testicular cancer cases are curable if detected early. For the many men who succumb to the disease, however, sometimes it’s a matter of not detecting or acting in time. Testicular cancer is primarily a problem young men face between the ages of 15 and 35 years old. That’s probably the worst time to face a potentially deadly disease in a man’s life: Most young men never consider going to the doctor for anything, let alone for something many associate with a manhood problem. “God gave us two testicles,” said Davenport. “If we have to remove a testicle, it typically will not affect testosterone or your reproductive potential. But make sure you talk to your doctor: that’s the most important thing.” Even though that’s a simple reality, the idea of checking your own balls for lumps is still a tough sell. The key to changing the minds of young men is humor, according to the creator of the “Save the Doodads” campaign, Mike Leventhal of Men’s Health Network (MHN). “I thought [a lot] about [the name of the program]… and I came up with ‘doodads.’ It’s based off “Save the Ta-Tas,” and it’s what I used to call them when I was a kid. So, when turned to several of my public health colleagues and asked their thoughts of this potential health promotion campaign, they all encouraged me to do it.” And it’s working. “Save the Doodads” is a national program, but is the only testicular cancer outreach/awareness initiative within Tennessee encouraging this important health dialogue. Leventhal recalled a moment when the mother of a 17 year old battling testicular cancer reached out to thank him and MHN for creating such an important initiative: “Her voice was trembling with tears when I answered the phone. She explained that her son underwent the last of his radiation treatments the day prior to her contacting me and his doctors believe he will be able to begin college in the Fall,” said Leventhal. “But most importantly, he will live cancer free. Her gratitude for Save the Doodads extended far beyond herself, her son, and their extended family. She was thankful for MHN’s ef- forts to inform communities about the risks of testicular cancer and the importance of early detection.” Leventhal partners with universities and their colleges of public health across the country to highlight the problem during special events on campus. Soon, he hopes to collaborate with middle and high schools to stress being proactive regarding their health. “Let’s be honest: A big part of the outreach is to raise financial resources,” said Leventhal. “But that money goes straight into programs dedicated to education and reaching more guys. The best feeling we get is when we have fun implementing projects that truly help people.” So here’s the deal: If you’re a man, and you’re reading this, then take a minute to check out resources like www.TesticularCancerAwarenessMonth.com and/or www.savethedoodads. org. Find out how to do the self exam, watch some catchy videos, download brochures, and don’t be afraid to talk to your doctor if something’s strange. Because no matter what you find, the exam usually includes a happy ending – you either find nothing (the best result), or maybe an early stage cancer that can almost always be cured. 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The Roe Green Award brings a leading American playwright to Cleveland to develop a new project culminating in a free conversation with the playwright and public reading of the script. Mr. Wolf Written by Rajiv Joseph, now - April 24, Directed by Giovanna Sardelli. In this new psychological mystery, a determined man believes the girl he has raised is a prophet, and her estranged family attempts to reconnect, heal, and rebuild their world. Feed, by Eric Coble, April 23 at 2:30 p.m. Based on the novel by M.T. Anderson. Titus is a typical American teenager in the not-distant-enough future. He attends SchoolTM, parties with his friends on weekend trips to the moon and, like everyone else, gets all he needs from the Feed - an implant streaming the internet directly into his brain. Titus has never questioned being told what to think, feel, and buy until he falls for Violet, an awkward rebel who challenges him to resist the Feed. Commissioned by CPH and penned by Cleveland playwright Eric Coble, Feed is a wild adaptation of M.T. Anderson’s award-winning novel of first love and the fight for authenticity in a brave - and consumer friendly! new world. Little Row Boat Or, Conjecture, April 23 at 5:00 p.m., by Kirsten Greenidge. Hill inally from Cleveland but now living in New York City. He has written for The New York Times, The Paris Review, Salon, GQ, McSweeney’s, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, The New York Daily News, and Guitar World. He is a regular contributor to public radio’s “This American Life” and hosts his own radio show, “The God- The seventh annual Weapons of Mass Creation Fest will take place at Playhouse Square in the Ohio, Kennedy and State Theatres August 5-7. Tickets are on sale playhousesquare.org, by phone at (216) 241-6000 or by visiting the Playhouse Square Ticket Office, with prices at $70-115. In August, creative professionals, entrepreneurs, artists, students, and fans will gather in Cleveland to learn, be inspired, collaborate, network and celebrate their passion for art, design, and entrepreneurship. Created by Go Media, a creative studio, Weapons of Mass Creation Fest is highly applauded for dedication to education. They provide opportunities for their attendees to grow and challenge themselves at every turn. More than any year before, Go Media will create an interactive environment that encourages everyone involved to push themselves creatively and personally. This year, the group will take over the Ohio and Kennedy Theatres, as well as the State Theatre Lobby, at Playhouse Square in the heart of downtown Cleveland. Go Media is putting more focus on engaging and motivating talks by bringing in speakers like nationally recognized, Grammy award-winning designer Stefan Sagmeister, as well as heavy hitters including Debbie Millman, host of Design Matters (the world’s first podcast about design) and President Emeritus of AIGA (one of four women to hold the position in the organization’s 100-year history). Cleveland design legend Aaron Sechrist will return to serve as host. On tap for this year, aside from a core group of speakers, include workshops and panel discussions. Dynamic events, including Ink Wars and the Go Media Podcast, will be returning and the Go Media Cleveland studio tour kick off the three day event. The Vendor Village will be a hub of activity, featuring live art battles and podcasts. This space will be immersive, allow attendees to get their hands dirty and create while interacting with vendors like never before. Tickets for the event are on sale. 3-day passes will include admittance to all events, with the exception of the workshops, which are ticketed individually. damn Dave Hill Show,” on WFMU in Jersey City, New Jersey. Hill has starred in his own TV series, “The King of Miami,” on the MOJO Network. He has also appeared on Comedy Central, BBC America, MTV, and Adult Swim, among others. He is a regular host on HBO and Cinemax. Hill performs live comedy in theaters and basements all over the world. He also plays guitar and sings in his own rock band, Val- ley Lodge, whose song “Go” is the theme song for HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.” Dave Hill Doesn’t Live Here Anymore is his second collection of nonfiction essays. Tasteful Nudes:… and Other Misguided Attempts at Personal Growth and Validation is his first. Book signing event will include a short presentation by Hill, followed by a Q&A and book signing. The Karen Foundation for Multiple Sclerosis will celebrate its 16th Annual fundraiser, on April 30th from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Willoughby Brewing Company, 4057 Erie Street in Willoughby. This year’s theme is the 2016 unDraft Part – Watch the Browns Draft Wrong, While We Party Right! This year’s Emcee is Emmett Golden from The Golden Boyz on ESPN Cleveland. Working in conjunction with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, The Karen Foundation raises funds to provide respite care for families in Northeast Ohio caring for a loved who is suffering from the debilitating effects of Multiple Sclerosis. These services make a marked impact on the quality of life of both the patients and their caregivers. The Karen Foundation has impacted over 180 familiars in the last 15 years, contributing to over $150,000 in donations. This past year, the foundation received the top awards from the Ohio Buckeye Chapter of the National Society for MS, to honor the organization and its founders for all it has done to date. This year’s event will feature an exciting group of Cleveland Browns, Indians and Cavs alumni, including Indians Carlos Baerga and the Cavs Campy Russell. Additional celebrity athletes include: Hanford Dixon and Jimmy Hanlin. Live music kicks off the party and lasts all day. Other entertainment includes a legendary Grand Prize Raffle, an Epic Silent Auction, Extreme Fire Breathing Bartender Robbie Flair, a Private Craft Beer Tasting and Tour with WBC Master Brewer, Super Awesome Caricature Artists and more. The Karen Foundation for MS (TKF) is a 501(c)3 charity organization located in University Heights. All donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. 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She writes on issues related to social justice, urban communities and underrepresented communities in the U.S. and the Middle East. By MARIAM ELBA For the month of February, America ReFramed curated a trio of documentaries on different aspects of the American Muslim experi- ence. They follow American Muslims of various ethnic backgrounds from across the country as they wrestle with identity, claims to faith, and racial and religious profiling. Despite stark differences in how these characters see themselves and their place in American society, the films cover aspects of the American Muslim experience that are urgent and relevant across the spectrum. America ReFramed’s American Muslim-themed documentaries showcase the multifaceted challenges and frustrations that many American Muslims tackle on a dayto-day basis: such as constantly dealing with stereotypical images of Muslims in the media, systemic profiling by state and federal law enforcement, and challenging other Muslims on how Islam should be preached and taught. In American Arab (2013), Usama Alshaibi is both protagonist and filmmaker. He walks us through A Look At My World Who’s smarter than a fifth grader By DR. JAMES L. SNYDER Sometimes an idea will take possession of my mind and literally run with it. Most of the time when an idea sees the condition of my mind it slowly walks away shaking its head. Someone said a mind is a terrible thing to waste, but I’m sure they had no knowledge of my mind. Then there is that odd moment when an idea completely disregards the condition of my mind and takes over. Such has been the case lately. The idea that has taken up residence in my mind lately has to do with the condition of the leadership in our country. I have reached that glad time of life when I have the perspective of looking back over several decades. The consequence of looking back is that I have concluded certain things are not as good as they used to be. I know I’m not as good as I used to be, in fact the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage suggests that I never was. Of course, I bow to her perspective, which goes back further than mine. The focus of this decline centers on political leaders. Never in the history of our country have so few done so much to confuse so many. I will not say that the average politician is dumber than dirt out of my deep respect for dirt. At the end of my life, my body will be committed to the dirt and at that time, I do not want the dirt to have an ax to grind with me and take it out on my body. The evidence, however, suggested the whole po- litical group shares one living brain cell. The problem with this is we never know which politician has the live brain cell at any given time. The wattage of this brain cell is so low it is barely noticeable. If it were not for polls, the average politician would have nothing to say; but be sure, he or she would say it with a great deal of eloquence. It was at this point that an idea entered the dark corridors of my dormant mind. One evening recently, my wife and I had finished the day’s labor and nestled in our living room to relax by watching a few moments of television. It was our fortune to see a brand-new program, “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth-Grader?” To say that we were delighted with this new show is like stating peanut butter goes quite nicely with grape jelly. The object of the game was to give questions to adults from grades one through five. Helping the adult would be a team of fifthgraders. All the questions would be from the aforementioned grades of which the average adult should know the answers. (Duh.) After watching this several times both my wife and I noted that no adult was able to answer all the questions. To this day, they have not found any adult smarter than a fifth-grader. This is where my idea began dancing the tango up and down the corridors of my mind. Why don’t we take this idea to Washington, D.C.? Let us see if there is a politician smarter than a fifth grader. Not to tip my hat, but I think I know the answer to this one, and I don’t need any help lines. Want To Buy Ali-Wepner Boxing Poster March 24, 1975 “Chance Of A Lifetime” Muhammad Ali vs. Chuck Wepner Illustrated Cardboard Poster - 14” x 22” Boxing Show Held At The Richfield Coliseum (Richfield, Ohio) Also Interested In Buying The “On-Site” Boxing Program Call: (330) 856-7047 Or (216)721-1674 What would happen is this; we would gather the top fifth-graders from all across our country. This would prove once and for all the validity of the “no child left behind” program. These children would come to Washington, D.C. for a questioning program, fully funded by generous donations from every politician on Capitol Hill. Those who do not give a generous donation to this program would immediately be dismissed and sent home to live out the rest of their days in obscurity and never allowed to hold a public office again. One by one, each politician would stand before these fifth-graders and answer questions. Children all across our country in grades one through five would submit questions. This would have the dual effect of introducing children to the world of politics as well as introducing politicians, probably for the very first time, to the real citizens of our country. If any political leader fails to answer any question or answers it incorrectly, he must look into the camera and say, “I’m not smarter than a fifth- grader.” But that’s not the end of it. Here begins the genius of my idea. When a politician finishes this portion of the program, he or she then must resign his political office and give it to the fifth-grader who answered the question correctly. After all, if the fifthgrader knows more than the politician, who should be making decisions for our country? If any politician makes it all the way through, there is one final question I know will stump him or her. I have yet to hear of any politician who knows the answer to this question. The final question will be, “What is the official language of the United States of America?” I take comfort in what the Bible says. “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” (Proverbs 3:5-6 KJV). As long as we have leaders who look to themselves for wisdom, our country will never go in the right direction. Rev. James L. Snyder is pastor of the Family of God Fellowship, Ocala, FL. Call him at 352-687-4240 or email [email protected]. The church web site is www.whatafellowship.com. his experiences growing up between the United States and various countries in the Middle East (including Saudi Arabia and Iraq, where his father hails from), and finally settling back in the United States. He shares his own coming-of-age difficulties as an Arab-American in a post-9/11 world, as well as those of several other ArabAmericans. To explore this diversity, Alshaibi profiles a range of personalities in his film, each of whom carve out spaces for Arab and American Muslims in their own right. Alshaibi talks to Amal Abusumayah, a Muslim woman whose hijab was pulled by another woman while grocery shopping in 2009. Her case received widespread media attention and her harasser was later convicted of a hate crime. Here we witness a Muslim woman exercise agency to assert her belonging. Another person we meet in the film is Marwan Kamel, a Syrian-American who founded a band called Al Thawra. Through his punkrock performances and writing, he expresses his complicated identity and challenges mainstream Arab and Muslim “Americanness.” A lot of what Alshaibi said in the film resonated with me as an Arab-American. He spoke about watching movies as a child that grossly misrepresented Arabs as mindless and sex-starved, and seeing violent Arabs come at Michael J. Fox’s character in the film Back to the Future. Many times, I was fed the same narratives as a student. In my Advanced Placement World History class, we were shown the film Not Without My Daughter, which was full of bigoted depictions of Muslims and Iranians in post-revolution Iran. It was cringe-worthy to sit through and to this day, the movie continues to remind me of how others may perceive me as an American Muslim: a threat. At the same time, there was a lot I couldn’t relate to in Alshaibi’s film, and that’s exactly the point. In a recent interview with Radio Islam, Alshaibi said each Arab-American experience is unique; there is no “one way” to be an Arab-American. The stories he explores through his work are proof of this. Brittany Huckabee’s film, The Mosque In Morgantown (2009), is a microcosmic look at the growing pains of a mosque in Morgantown, West Virginia. A small group of conservative men monopolize the leadership of the mosque, and feminist and activist Asra Nomani and others seek to make the mosque more accessible to women and families. They challenge the leadership by taking a critical look at the way faith is preached and taught there. Since this documentary was filmed, from 2003 to 2005, Nomani has increasingly alienated herself from other American Muslim activists — from her statements supporting the surveillance of American Muslim communities and her defense of some of the Islamophobic rhetoric in this presidential election. That aside, her fight to make mosques more inclusive of women, to foster an environment that espouses gender equality, and offer a space open to differing theological interpretations and schools of thought, is something recurring in many ways in mosques, Muslim student groups and Muslim grassroots organizations throughout the country. We see this in the Side Entrance blog on Tumblr, in which Muslim women document the accessibility of mosques to women worldwide. Initiatives such as the Women’s Mosque of America, which began a little over a year ago, is the first gathering space in the United States exclusively for women, has women preachers, and accommodates Muslim women of all sects and schools of thought. This desire to claim one’s own narrative of Islam and way of practicing it is reflected in The Mosque In Morgantown; it highlights one aspect of the gender struggle in Muslim communities throughout the country. Third is Adama (2011), a very different film from the previous two. David Felix Sutcliffe’s work covers arguably what is the most pressing contemporary issue among American Muslims, Arabs, Sikhs, South Asians, or any other group perceived to be “Muslim-looking.” We follow Adama Bah, a 16-year-old girl who came from Guinea, West Africa, when she was 2. Adama is the youngest known American Muslim detained in a domestic terrorism investigation. In 2005, Adama, living with her family in East Harlem, was arrested by the FBI and accused of being a “potential” suicide bomber. She was held without evidence for nearly two months in a maximum-security detention center before public pressure prompted the government to release her. No terrorist charges were ever filed. For the next three years, Adama was ordered to wear an ankle bracelet and live under partial house arrest as she underwent an excruciating immigration battle to remain in the country. Shortly after her release, her father was deported to Guinea because of his undocumented status. As the eldest child, she dropped out of high school to support her four younger siblings. Surveillance by law enforcement in Muslim communities across the country remains one of the most significant issues facing American Muslims today. 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At some point, law-enforcement officials in Cuyahoga County began investigating whether Internet sweepstakes cafés – there are others besides J&C’s – actually promoted illegal gambling. Undercover officers visited cafés throughout the county and filed reports that contained the identities of the officers and potential sources of information, the date and time surveillance occurred, and investigative techniques. Based on these investigations, in May 2012 a grand jury returned an indictment against ten individuals and seven companies, alleging that they had used an Internet gambling system known as “VS2” to conceal illegal gambling by presenting it as an Internet sweepstakes. That same day, the Cuyahoga County prosecuting attorney – Timothy J. McGinty – mailed letters to J&C and other Internet sweepstakes cafés that had not used the VS2 software and threatened criminal prosecution if they did not immediately stop running the sweepstakes. To avoid possible indictment, J&C and other café owners closed their businesses. In June 2012, after closing both of its cafés, J&C filed an action in court for a temporary restraining order, and to prohibit McGinty from enforcing gambling laws against it with respect to Internet sweepstakes. J&C insisted that since payment to play its Internet sweepstakes games wasn’t required, its business did not promote gambling as defined in a 1954 United States Supreme Court ruling which held that gambling is the union of chance, prize, and consideration. J&C said that because it did not require customers to pay to enter the sweepstakes, it hadn’t violated the law. The trial court granted a temporary restraining order and made preliminary findings that the cafés were not the subject of a pending criminal case and did not promote illegal gambling. J&C then sought to compel discovery of records and information related to the ongoing criminal investigation. J&C requested evidence that – McGinty claimed – showed that the company had received consideration from sweepstakes customers. McGinty objected to these requests, asserting the attorneywork-product privilege, deliberative-process privilege, and law-enforcement investigatory privilege. The trial court ultimately ordered McGinty to produce investigative reports and email exchanges with undercover officers, and answers to questions requiring the disclosure of confidential information about ongoing criminal investigations. McGinty filed an appeal. The court of appeals reviewed the requested material and balanced the competing interests of J&C and McGinty. The court of appeals recognized the existence of the law-enforcement investigatory privilege but held that reports prepared during the undercover investigations were discoverable because they “are directly relevant to the alleged conduct of the Internet sweepstakes cafés…” The court of appeals directed the trial court to redact the names of the undercover officers. Nonetheless, it ordered McGinty to answer questions regarding witnesses and evidence intended to be presented at trial despite recognizing that this ruling could result in revealing the identity of undercover officers. But the court of appeals held that e-mails between McGinty’s office and criminal investigators were protected by the law-enforcement investigatory privilege and the attorneywork-product privilege. After that decision, McGinty brought an appeal before us – the Ohio Supreme Court. He argued that the court of appeals erred in balancing the competing interests involved because an absolute privilege protected the information at issue. But is the information protected by an absolute privilege? The pertinent law states that unless otherwise ordered by the court, the scope of discovery is that parties may obtain discovery regarding any matter, not privileged, which is relevant to the subject involved in the pending action. Over the years, courts have recognized a qualified privilege for law-enforcement investigatory information, including confidential sources, surveillance information, and law-enforcement techniques and procedures. However, the privilege is not absolute: it’s limited by the “fundamental requirements of fairness,” so that when the privileged information “is relevant and helpful to the defense of an accused, or is essential to a fair determination of a cause, the privilege must give way.” Parties seeking the information may obtain law-enforce- ment investigatory material only upon showing a “compelling need.” Therefore, courts have applied a balancing test to determine whether the privilege applies. In a case from 1988 called Henneman v. Toledo, our court adopted a test to weigh the legitimate public interest in the confidentiality of the information obtained in a police department’s internal-affairs investigation against the needs of a person involved in the litigation to obtain evidence in support of a non-frivolous cause of action. In J&C’s case, the interests of both parties were significant. McGinty must safeguard the integrity of the investigation, protect the safety of informants and others involved, and guard against nuisance lawsuits that are brought merely to gain access to investigative information. But J&C’s interests in obtaining discovery were also strong, because by issuing the cease-and-desist letter, McGinty effectively shut down the business, even though J&C had never even been charged with violating the law. The court of appeals appropriately balanced these interests. In conducting its review, the court of appeals acknowledged the “sweeping implications” of J&C’s case. Because information related to a law-enforcement investigation is not entitled to absolute privilege, the court of appeals did not err in determining that a balancing test was required. By a six-to-one vote, we affirmed the court of appeals’ judgment. We concluded that the law-enforcement privilege is not absolute, and we reaffirmed the validity of the balancing test we adopted in Henneman for weighing the interests of law enforcement against the needs of a civil litigant who request information in discovery. Weekly Wealth For Your Health Should you leave 401(k) money behind? By NATHANIEL SILLIN With the average American spending only 4.6 years at any given job, it’s never been more important to have a plan for any retirement funds you’ve accrued at any employer. A big problem that began during the 2008 recession but continues today involves loans, hardship withdrawals and complete cash-outs of 401(k) plans. A 2015 Boston College study (http://crr.bc.edu) reported that 1.5 percent of retirement assets “leak out” of 401(k) plans and personal IRAs each year, reducing an individual’s wealth at retirement by about 25 percent. Meanwhile, a 2014 Fidelity Investments study sounded a particularly urgent alarm about 401(k) cash-outs and workers under the age of 40. The mutual fund giant noted that 35 percent of all participants were simply cashing out their 401(k) assets when leaving a job. However, for workers aged 20-39 – indeed, those with the longest savings horizons – that number jumped to 41 percent. So what should you do? A great deal depends on your age, time to retirement and specific needs. Start by taking an inventory of your retirement assets. Either alone or with the help of a qualified financial or tax expert, put together an official list of current and former 401(k) plans, personal IRAs or, depending on your years of work history, assets from traditional defined benefit retirement plans that were popular more than 20 years ago. Then see where you are. Make sure you always review retirement options whenever you change a job. 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What are credits and how many do I need to qualify for benefits? A: The Social Security Administration uses your total yearly earnings to calculate your Social Security credits. “Credits” are the units used to measure whether you qualify for Social Security benefits. The amount needed for a credit in 2015 is $1,220. You can earn a maximum of four credits for any year. The amount needed to earn one credit increases automatically each year when average wages increase. You must earn a certain number of credits to qualify for Social Security benefits. The number of credits you need depends on your age when you apply and the type of benefit for which you are applying. No one needs more than 40 credits for any Social Security benefit. You can learn more about earning credits by reading How You Earn Credits at www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs. Q: My same-sex partner and I recently married. Will we qualify for Social Security benefits? A: You may be eligible to apply for Social Security benefits. 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You can estimate your benefits by using the Retirement Estimator at www.socialsecurity.gov/estimator. Q: I will turn 65 in a few months. Because of my financial situation, I thought I’d be eligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI). But my neighbor told me I’d probably be turned down because a friend has offered to support me. Is this true? A: If you have low income and few resources, you may qualify for SSI. However, if your friend helps to support you, it could affect whether or not you will get SSI or the amount you would receive. Any amount of support you receive from your friend or anyone else will be considered as “income” when the Social Security Administration makes a decision about your SSI eligibility and the amount you may qualify to receive. “Support” includes food, shelter, utility bills or cash you receive from someone else. For more information, visit www.socialsecurity/gov/disabilityssi/ssi.html. Generally, any cash you receive is considered income in the month you receive it, and is counted as a resource if you still have it the following month. There are some exceptions to this rule. If, for example, you receive an “infrequent gift” of cash (for a birthday, for example), you do not need to consider it as income or a resource. Q: I’m retired, and the only income I have aside from my Social Security retirement benefit is from an Individual Retirement Account (IRA). Are my IRA withdrawals considered “earnings?” Could they reduce my monthly Social Security benefits? A: No. The Social Security Administration does not count non-work income (such as annuities, investment income, interest, capital gains and other government benefits), and this non-work income will not affect your Social Security benefits. Also, most pensions will not affect your benefits, unless you have a government pension from work on which you did not pay Social Security tax. If you have wages or selfemployment income and you are under your full retirement age, this income also may affect your benefit amount. For more information, visit www.socialsecurity.gov or call the Social Security Administration toll free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778). The information for this “Law You Can Use” column was provided by the Social Security Administration. It was 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. Inspired from one woman’s unique and incredibly remarkable journey through life, “Follow: The Story of a Butterfly” (published by Xlibris), a poignant and soulful personal memoir, unfolds vital life lessons and great experiences that seeks to captivate readers in its pages. Author Emma Gardner shares her journey: a metamorphosis from the hard crawling days to the majestic flying colors. “Follow” is an autobiographical tale of Gardner that encases a collection of accounts, beginning at the time of World War II in Hungary and following through Austria, Italy, Canada, Jamaica, Nigeria and Spain. This chronicling also introduces an exceptionally talented man, George, a visionary architect and loving husband of the author, and their heartwarming story and wonderful adventures together. “As every life story is different, there isn’t any other book like it. Readers can laugh with me and cry with me,” Gardner says. Moreover, she endeavors for readers to gleam lessons from her book. “Appreciate what you have. Respect one-and-other, and whatever you do, never give up.” An excerpt from “Follow” reads: “Life is just like a theatre. You enter the stage when you are born, play your role, and then you exit on the other side. All the things in-between are just props.” “Follow” By Emma Gardner, Hardcover | 6 x 9in | 268 pages | ISBN 9781514456071, Softcover | 6 x 9in | 268 pages | ISBN 9781514456064, E-Book | 268 pages | ISBN 9781514456057, andAvailable at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Gardner was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1935. Surviving the bombing and the siege of Budapest during 1944– 1945, she became a member of the Hungarian Olympic gymnastics team in 1949. In 1954, she graduated from the High School of Art and Craft in Budapest with a diploma of artistic photography. She left Hungary in August 1956, two months before the Hungarian Revolution. She stayed with her relatives in Rome, Italy, where she attended Pierandreas College of Ladies Fashion Design in 1957. She landed in Montreal, Canada at the end of 1957. She followed her architect husband to Jamaica in 1972 and joined the British SubAqua Club, Jamaica Branch, branch secretary 1973–1975. In 1976, she became the first woman diving officer in the history of the Jamaica Sub-Aqua Club. In 1975, she designed and made the original gowns modeled for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Conference in Kingston, Jamaica. Following her husband to Nigeria, West Africa, she arrived in Maiduguri, Borno State in December 1977. They moved to Spain to retire in 1984. Emma Gardner shares her life story DR. G. 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The game started badly the Gladiators as they were driving but NE Ohio native Rayshaun Kizer (Euclid H.S. and Walsh University ) intercepted Cleveland QB Dennis Havrilla’s pass at the one and returned it the length of the field for the only score of the 1st quarter. Cleveland scored 21 points in the 2nd quarter and went into Halftime, down 26-21. The teams then played an even 2nd half as each squad scored a TD in the 3rd quarter and two TDs in the 4th quarter, so that LA’s five point advantage held up for the 47-42 win. Havrilla finished with 236 passing yards and five TDs, along with two INTs. He also ran for a TD. Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - Friday, April 22, 2016 - Page 6 S PORTS EAST SIDE DAILY NEWS The Golden Gloves boxing tournament will be held on Friday, April 22 at 7:00 p.m.; Saturday, April 23 at 6:00 p.m.; Friday, April 29 at 7:00 p.m.; and the finals on Saturday, April 30 at 6:00 p.m. at Brookpark Recreation Center, 17400 Holland Rd., Brook Park For information, call Clyde Dunn at (216) 319-9334. Cavs take commanding 2-0 lead over Pistons By KARL BRYANT The Cavaliers have taken a commanding 2-0 lead over the Pistons in their 1st round matchup in the NBA playoffs. In Game 1, the Pistons gave it their all – shooting better from the perimeter than they had all year (15 of 29) - and still came up short in a see-saw affair, losing 106-101. In Game 2, Cleveland sharpshooters tied an NBA playoff record by hitting 20 shots from downtown in a 107-90 beatdown. The Cavs had a trio of 20-point scorers in each game. In Game 1, Kyrie Irving’s 31 points, Kevin Love’s 28 points, and LeBron James’ 22 led the Cavs. In Game 2, LeBron’s 27, Irving’s 21, and J.R. Smith’s 21 – all on incredible 7 of 11 perimeter shooting – paced the squad. In Game 1, Cavs Coach Tyronn Lue decided to fight Detroit’s three-point shooting and rebounding by inserting Love in the center position. Love responded with that 28 point effort, while snaring 13 rebounds. The idea worked so well that Lue tried it again in Game 2. Despite so-so accuracy, Love still came up with 16 points and 10 rebounds. With the adjustment, Cavs normal C Timofey Mozgov, has yet to score a point in the series. In the first game, in five minutes of play, he registered a block just so that there was sign of a pulse. In the second game, in nine minutes of court time, he had an assist. A surprising odd man out has been Tristan Thompson, who’s scored but two points, total. In the first game, in 30 minutes of play, he had the one basket, six rebounds, and a couple of assists. In the second game, he did not take a shot in his 13 ½ minutes on the court, and managed to sneak in to snag one rebound along with an assist. The reason for this change of tactics was Detroit Big Man Andre Drummond, the NBA’s leading rebounder. While having to chase Love around the court, he was being kept farther from the basket. In the first game, he had 13 points and 11 rebounds. He went one of two from the foul line. In the second game, he had 20 points and seven boards. He started getting increased touches, hence the Cavs decided to take turns hacking him, so as not to give too many fouls to any one player. Drummond was a disaster at the Charity Stripe, making only 4 of 16. In fact, the only reason the Cavs stopped purposely fouling Drummond in the 2nd half was because they’d built up a sizable lead. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope’s 21 points and Marcus Morris’ 20 points led Detroit in Game 1. The Pistons shot great - 50.7% from the field and 51.7% from beyond the arc. They also outrebounded the Cavs, yet lost by five in a tight contest. There were 17 lead changes and the game was tied 21 times. Drummond’s 20 points led the Pistons in Game 2. They shot over 51% in the 1st half, but cooled off considerably, shooting just 35% in the 2nd half, as the Cavs pulled away. Of the Cavs 80 shots, 38 were three attempts, with the league playoff record-tying 20 going in. The Cavs made 50% of their shots overall. One odd stat, they were also 50% from the foul line (7 of 14), while Detroit, despite Drummond’s aforementioned 4 of 16, still made 56% of their free throws. Pistons Rookie Stanley Johnson, who scored nine points in each game and has been bumped around by James, afterward was complaining about the Cavs’ trash talk, actually giving them a backhand compliment about team unity as he remarked, “They’re like little cheerleaders on the bench…They’re always saying something like they’re playing basketball – like they’re actually in the game. There’s only 7 or 8 players who play. I don’t see why the others are talking. They may as well just be in the stands.” Despite the Game 2 margin of victory, Jamesstill played nearly 40 minutes. After the game, James said, “I’m prepared to play 48 minutes every game.” He also shrugged off Detroit comments, saying, “I will make sure that our guys understand that we’re here to play basketball. Everything else is irrelevant.” Pistons Coach Stan Van Gundy, who was fined $25,000 for complaining about the officiating during an in-game TV interview in the 1st half of Game 1 (“LeBron gets to do what he wants.), has blamed himself after both losses, although he’s had his team playing above their talent level. He basically said the same thing following each game, stating, “I should have put us in a better position (with coaching decisions). This one’s on me.” matter what, even though the field is slippery and a multimillion dollar athlete could fall and turn an ankle.) Against the odds, the Indians came back. Rajai Davis hit a HR. Chisenhall got his first hit and RBI since returning from the DL just the day before. Then pinch hitter Mike Napoli came on and did exactly what he was acquired for – provide some power – and tied the game 7-7 by clobbering a 2-Run HR. Unfortunately in the 10 Inning, Robinson Cano hit a 3-Run HR to provide the Mariners with a 10-7 win. During a 7-5 Tribe win on Saturday before 20,165 – the biggest crowd of the homestand – there was a large number of NY fans. (We’re used to seeing large numbers of Yankees fans when the Bronx Bombers come to town.) In fact, over that weekend, NY Mets fans helped the crowds go over 50,000 for the threegame series. Torri from White Plains, who was with two other NY fans, said, “I go to a couple of Away games each year. With us making the World Series, there’s even more following the team this year.” Phil from Queens, who was in a group of four head-to-toe dressed Mets fans, told Minority Publishers Assn., “This is about as cheap as seeing the Mets play at home. I would’ve paid over $100 for a ticket there. It cost me $49 to fly each way; this ticket was about 20 bucks. Then, I get to go tomorrow. There are actually some interesting concessions choices. The only thing was the hotel, but it wasn’t that much. Plus, I got to get away from home. It was worth it.” Maybe that’s what the Tribe should do. Since for some reason it’s hard to get Tribe fans to come to Progressive Field, the Indians should market ticket packages to their opponent’s traveling fans. They’d get bodies into empty seats, could play cheers on the P.A. to make Tribe players feel some love, and they’d make a few extra bucks in the process. By KARL BRYANT Round pick, the Eagles 2017 1st Round choice and a 2018 2nd Rounder. That put to rest rumors that the Browns were going after a highly sought, NFL-ready QB. The next day, members of the Browns met with the media to discuss the trade. Executive Vice-President of Football Operations Monsters make playoffs with win By ANDREW CARTER The 2015-16 Lake Erie Monsters made the American Hockey League Calder Cup Playoffs for the first time in five years. They were already assured of a No. 2 seed when they took on the Charlotte Checkers in the Fan Appreciation Day season finale. With Charlotte needing a win to keep their playoff hopes alive, the Monsters came through with a solid 5-2 victory to eliminate them and finish the regular season at 4322-6-5 (W-L-OTL-Shootout L). It was their 25th victory at home. The Checkers skated out to a 2-0 lead before the Monsters got untracked and responded with five unanswered goals (three in the final period) to notch the win. The Monsters now will play any other necessary game of this best-of-five series at Home as Game 3 will be at Quicken Loans Arena this Saturday, April 23. LeBron James backing down Detroit’s Marcus Morris’ 20 ponts, but dished out 11 assists in the Cavs 106-101 win. (ESDN Photo by Bill Moore of Minority Publishers Assn.) Inconsistent leaves Tribe below .500 By KARL BRYANT Thanks to the Twins starting the season 0-9, the Tribe is staying clear of the A.L. Central basement. However, after going 2-4 on their last homestand while Minnesota has won five of their last seven games, the Tribe is narrowing the gap. Fortunately, Lonnie Chisenhall was just activated from the Disabled List and there is hope that soon Michael Brantley, rehabbing at AA Akron, might get enough at bats to join the parent club. Brantley is currently hitting .333 for the Rubber Ducks. After Carlos Carrasco pitched the Tribe to a 3-2 victory over the Mariners and a fine outing by Danny Salazar was wasted in a 2-1 loss, the Tribe looked like they were having their usual offensive struggles. Carrasco improved to 2-0, with a 2.79 ERA. Salazar, who allowed only three hits, saw his record drop to 2-1, despite a sparkling 1.47 ERA. Both those pitcher’s battles attracted about 9,000 plus fans into the seats. But, before a noon getaway game crowd of 11,525, swelled by schoolchildren on a “field trip” for “Weather Education Day,” the Tribe remembered how to score runs. They’d fallen behind 5-0 in a persistent rain. (The lesson must have been that the game will be played no Battle of Zeroes: In Game 1, Cavs’ Kevin Love (0) was moved to center to bttle Piston Andre Drummond (0) and responded with 28 points and 13 boards, while Detroit’s center - the NBA’s top rebounder - had 13 points and 11 boards. (ESDN Photo by Bill Moore of Minority Publishers Assn.) Browns trade away #2 pick in Draft with Eagles A couple of days after the Titans traded the Overall No. 1 pick in the 2016 NFL Draft to the Rams, the Browns traded their 1st Round No. 2 pick (plus a 2017 4th Rounder) to the Eagles for their No. 8 pick, a 3rd and 4th Sashi Brown said, “As always, there are risks when you are drafting any quarterback, even if you are drafting a quarterback in the first or second slot in the first round, that they pan out or don’t. We understand that risk in moving back that we may have passed on a quarterback that is going to go on to certainly have a great career in this league, but we felt like for the other additional picks that we were able to acquire that we were in a much better position to build our roster.” Team veterans participated in voluntary mini-camp and a couple QBs chimed in on the situation. Boxing Nostalgia By JIM AMATO Canada’s Robert Cleroux had a respectable record No doubt the most well known heavyweight to come out of Canada is George Chuvalo. For a while Lennox Lewis called it his home and Trevor Berbick made his mark but George is still #1 in Canada. Nevertheless there is a very overlooked heavyweight contender from the 1960’s who at one time was closing in on a world title shot. His name was Robert Cleroux. The fact is that “Big Bob” had a trilogy of bouts with Chuvalo for the Canadian heavyweight title. Cleroux won two of those contests. Cleroux was born on February 23,1938. He joined the punch for pay ranks in 1957 after winning the Montreal Golden Gloves title in 1956. At 6’1’’ and weighing over 200 pounds,he was a fairly big heavyweight in his era. He won 12of his first 13 contests. Only a draw with Eddie Vick stained his record. He beat Vick in a return match. Cleroux Vick would go on to fight the likes of Tommy “Hurricane” Jackson.Chuck Wepner,Jeff Merritt and Bob Foster twice during his career. Cleroux invaded New York’s Madison Square Garden in 1959 and suffered his first loss. An eight round decision to veteran Buddy Turman. Cleroux would regroup to win nine fights in a row including a decision over Willie Besmanoff and a five round kayo against Roy “CutN-Shoot” Harris. In 1960 he won a close and hard fought split decision over Chuvalo to capture the Canadian crown. Later in the year he would drop a 12round verdict to Chuvalo losing the title. In between those two battles, Cleroux halted Turman in two rounds to gain a measure of revenge. For Cleroux, 1961 was a good year, as he stopped Harold Carter,Harris again and the hard hitting Alex Miteff. He then won another split decision over Chuvalo to recapture the Canadian heavyweight championship. He defended that title by knockout over Cecil Gray and then stopped rugged George Logan in seven rounds. Then Cleroux hit a rough patch dropping ten rounders to the highly rated Zora Folley and tough Mike DeJohn. He then won a close points call against Tom McNeely. Cleroux followed that with four straight knockout victories and was again paired with the clever Folley where he clearly outboxed Cleroux and Cleroux stepped away from the ring until 1968 when he won five straight bouts. He then outduked the still dangerous Cleveland Williams to re-establish himself as a contender for world honors. In 1969 he whipped Charlie Chase twice and Bob Felstein. It was now rumored that Cleroux was going to challenge Jimmy Elis for the WBA version of the heavyweight title. In July he met Billy Joiner in a tune up bout. Joiner,a Ohio standout amateur boxer and capable professional fighter upset the apple cart by winning a ten round split decision. With this defeat Cleroux’s hopes for a title shot were dashed and he retired for good. In 55 fights Cleroux posted a very respectable 48-61 record. He won 38 by knockout and he was never stopped. Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - Friday, April 22, 2016 Page 7 EAST SIDEDaily NEWS On The Town MOVIES * MUSIC * THEATER * DANCE * RESTAURANTS * NIGHT LIFE Comedians in ‘Festival of Laughs’ at Wolstein Center Top veteran comedians Mike Epps, Sommore, Earthquake and Tony Rock will bring you the Cleveland Festival of Laughs at the Wolstein Center on May 8th at 8:00 p.m. Coming right off his widely successful “Real Deal Tour” and filming of STARZ Survivors Remorse Epps ventures straight into 2016 with the filming of ABC’s Uncle Buck and the long awaited Richard Pryor biopic. Sommore had previously hit the road for the widely successful “Royal Comedy Tour” and went on to host the revival of BET Comic View. Tickets range from $55.00 - $128.00 and go on sale February 19th at the Wolstein Center box office, Wolsteincenter.com, Quicken Loans Arena Box Office, Northeast Ohio Discount Drug Marts and charge by phone 1-844-407-227 Comedian and actor Epps has generated quite a buzz among his Epps peers and within the industry for being one of the funniest comedic actors emerging in the Hollywood spotlight. Epps is currently on his own national comedy tour, Mike Epps: Don’t Take It Personal which is selling out major concert venues across the country. Sommore, who is a Trenton, New Jersey native, has appeared in various shows including Russell Simmons’ Def Comedy Jam, BET’s Live From LA, Showtime At The Apollo and featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Sommore received the prestigious Richard Pryor Award for “Comic Of The Year.” Sommore Starring in the ground-breaking Queens of Comedy tour, Sommore was featured on the Showtime special and now has her own successful DVD The Queen Stands Alone. Her film appearances include Soul Plane, A Miami Tail, Friday After Next and Something New. Earthquake, a popular property in stand-up, his schedule is full and he revels in his accomplishments while traveling the world. Presently, Earthquake is the host of New York City’s #1 afternoon drive-time radio show, Earthquake ‘Quake’s House’ on WBLSFM, is currently on a national comedy tour, as well as just completed taping for his one-hour comedy special “These Ain’t Jokes“, scheduled to air November 2014. Tony Rock is a comedian, actor, producer, writer, CEO and professionally, he wears many hats. Host of Russell Simmons’ “All Def Comedy Live” and the newly revamped legendary talent competition “Apollo Live”, comedian and actor Tony Rock continues to prove his exceptional star talents. Rock and charge-by-phone number may call 1-844-407-2279. They will be instructed to mail their tickets to be received by June 25th for a refund. Refund requests will not be accepted after this date. Lauded as an R&B Kelly guidelines: Purchases by Phone and Internet - Patrons using credit cards for purchase via the Wolstein Center’s website MENU TIPS A delicious way to show your love (NAPSI)—You can express your warm feelings for anyone you care about with something fresh and wonderful you baked yourself. Great baking can be easier and more fun when you start with no-knead bread. In fact, Fleischmann’s Simply Homemade makes fresh, homemade bread in less than an hour, which can be great for last-minute recipes and when you want to create a thoughtful (end edible!) gift. Here are two delicious ideas to try, using the basic mix as a starter: Cherry Lime Coffee Cake Prep Time: 10 minutes Rise Time: 25 minutes Bake Time: 30 to 35 minutes Yields: 8 to 9 servings 1 cup milk 1 package Fleischmann’s Simply Homemade Country White No Knead Bread Mix ⅓ cup cherry preserves Freshly grated peel from 1lime 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1 package (5 ounces) dried cherries (¾ cup) Lime Glaze: 1 tablespoon lime juice ⅓ cup powdered sugar ¼ teaspoon pure vanilla extract Pour milk into a large microwave-safe bowl. Microwave until milk is warm (105° to 115°). Sprinkle contents of yeast and sugar packets over milk and stir to combine. Let mixture sit for 3 minutes. Stir in cherry preserves, lime peel, 1 teaspoon vanilla, dried cherries and bread mix. Place dough in a greased 8-inch round OR 8x8inch square pan. Cover and let rise in a warm, draft-free place for 25 minutes. Bake in a preheated 375ºF oven for 30 to 35 minutes, until golden brown. Combine glaze ingredients in a small bowl until smooth. Remove cake from oven and let cool in pan 5 minutes. Brush top with lime glaze. Cool completely. French Toast Bake Prep Time: 15 minutes Chill Time: 8 hours or overnight Bake Time: 50 to 55 minutes Yields: 6 to 8 servings ½ loaf prepared Fleischmann’s Simply Homemade Country White, Multi-Grain OR Stoneground Wheat No Knead Bread Mix 5 eggs 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup 1 cup milk 1 cup heavy cream ⅓ cup sugar 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract Topping: ¼ cup butter OR margarine, softened ½ cup brown sugar Chop bread into cubes; place in a greased 8x8-inch pan. Combine eggs, syrup, milk, cream, sugar and vanilla in a large bowl. Whisk until smooth. Pour mixture over bread. Combine topping ingredients; sprinkle over top. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Uncover and place in cold oven. Set oven to 350°F and bake for 50 to 55 minutes or until set. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. Serve warm with additional syrup. For more recipes and tips, visit www.Simplyhomemadebread.com or www.facebook.com/simplyhomemademix. Just Jazz By NANCY ANN LEE Amos 'Junior' Wells The roots found in the blues and vocalist - harmonica player Amos 'Junior' Wells, born in 1932 and raised in Memphis has made his contribution through recordings and live shows. In the 1950s Wells made some sides for small, independent labels --- States, Profile, Chief and USA. But he composed very few original blues. Instead, he borrowed from Rice Miller (Sonny Boy Williamson II) whom he met when he was eight years old. Although laws prohibited minors in Chicago taverns, as a teenager, Wells was playing in the bands of Tampa Red, Little Johnny Jones and Memphis Slim before he created his own band, The Aces. Discovered in 1966 by blues enthusiast Bob Koester, who had just launched Delmard Records. Wells' recorded an LP, "Hoodoo Man Blues", which led Wells to the concert, college and festival circuit. He toured Europe several times, once with the Rolling Stones. After 1965, Wells' career went in many directions. He became associated with Buddy Guy, and remained a regular in Chicago clubs. He tried Brown around 1966. Recently, Wells recorded two albums ( Better Off With the Blues [1993] and Everybody's Gettin' Some [March 1995] ) for the Telarc International, Cleveland based label. legend, R. Kelly is one of the most successful artists of all time with over 40 million albums sold worldwide, 3 Grammy Awards, 6 American Music Awards, 6 Billboard Awards, and 8 Soul Train Awards. His chart-topping hits range from “Bump N’ Grind” and “Your Body’s Callin” to Grammy Award winning “I Believe I Can Fly” and everything in between. In addition to recent collaborations with Lady Gaga (“Do What U Want”), Justin Bieber (“PYD”), Phoenix (“Trying To Be Cool" remix) and Bruno Mars (“Gorilla” remix), R. Kelly has scored hit songs for Michael Jackson (“You Are Not Alone”), Celine Dion (“I’m Your Angel”), Maxwell (“Fortunate”) and countless others. With a music career spanning more than 25 years, R. Kelly has proven time and time again he's the Beauty of the Week: is beautiful looking Ethal Frye. Frye, who is a world-wide recognized was featured in the model, Bronze Beauty Calender. (ESDN Photo by Howard Moorehead) If you would like to be a Beauty of The send photo, phone Week, number and information to EAST SIDE DAILY or call (216) 721NEWS 1674. By CHRIS APPLING TRIVIA - (Horror) 1. Damien: Omen II (1978) was the sequel and second installment about the Antichrist, 'Damien Thorn': the Devil's own son as a 13-year-old teen at a military academy, but who is the black actor who played the unlucky scientist that is killed in an elevator tragedy once he discovers that Damien's genes are those of a jackal, not a human? 2. Former dredlocked blue-eyed, African-American actor Gary Dourdan was known best as 'Shaka Zulu': boyfriend of neohippie/activist 'Freddie' (Cree Summer) on A Different World, but in what sci-fi horror sequel did he star opposite Sigourney Weaver as part of a group of 'space pirates' who become the only line of defense between Earth and a hostile, extraterrestrial invasion? 3. Who is the R&B superstar that had a cameo role as an African-American football player whose team becomes 'possessed' by an alien intelligence that had taken control of the school's teachers? 4. In Scream 3 (1999), the third and final installment of the scream trilogy, who is the young, dark-skinned black actor that plays an actor in the movie and once starred as 'Kenny': the childhood friend of 'Rudy Huxtable' (Keisha KnightPulliam) on the classic sitcom, The Cosby Show? 5. Actress Loretta Devine is best known for being the friend of 3 other, African-American women in Waiting To Exhale (1995), or as the history teacher on T.V.'s Boston Public, but in what horror film did she star as the Pam Grier inspired, police cop on a college campus being stalked by a serial killer who murders victims based on city myths? Rock starred in critically acclaimed, straight to DVD films “C’mon Man” &“The Redemption of a Dog,” all while still having time to make a cameo in box office hits like “Think Like a Man,” TV appearances on BET’s “Real Househusbands of Hollywood,” “Let’s Stay Together,” and co-headlining two nationwide comedy tours. His recent soldout tours included: “The Standing Ovation Comedy Tour” and his own “Rock The Mic Comedy Tour.” ACTORS: 1. Lamont Bentley 2. Corbin Bernsen 3. Brandon Hammond 4. Clarence Williams III 5.Tom Wright “King of R&B.” ROLES: a) abused boy with magical, ANSWERS: drawing power b) black, zombie politician 1, c; 2, e; 3, a; 4, d; 5, b R. Kelly 'The Buffet Tour' rescheduled New date were announced today for R.Kelly’s “The Buffet Tour.” The show will now be Saturday, June 25 at the Wolstein Center. Those who have already purchased their tickets for the previously scheduled date of “The Buffet Tour” at the Wolstein Center on April 23rd are automatically guaranteed the same seats that they purchased for the original date. Patrons wishing to obtain a refund due to the change in date may do so following the following Chris' Cinema Trivia & Movie Match Up ANSWERS: 1. Meshach Taylor 2. Aliens Ressurection (1997) 3. Usher (Raymond) 4. Deon Redman 5. Urban Legend (1999) MOVIE MATCH-UP - (Tales From The c) gang-banger faces guilty conscience d) mortician that condemns 3 thugs to hell e) racist, white politician haunted by living, slave dolls Da 'Round Da Way Rewind Review Guess Who's Coming To Dinner? By C.M. APPLING Before the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950’s and ‘60’s, the history of American movie cinema followed the dictate of Jim Crow society. ‘Separate but equal’ was the rule that said whites and blacks could not use the same restrooms, water fountains and restaurants. Whites rode in the front of the buses and blacks rode in the rear. And, in the film world, in the few times when black characters were included in white motion-pictures, the interracial scenes were usually edited out of the movies when they were shown in Southern states or the films were banned from Southern theatres altogether. With this precedent governing the state of racial affairs in the country, the very idea of interracial love on the big screen was considered the ultimate taboo and the most dangerous. Before the ‘60’s, black men were still being lynched at an alarming rate. Historically-speaking, white male/black female race-mixing wasn’t accepted either. But, since most of the previous miscegenation had been between former white slave masters and their black mistresses, this did not disturb the ruling, white power structure, even though this type of mixing onscreen was considered controversial as well. So, if the film industry was going to break the racial boundary of presenting a black male/white female romance on screen, how would they accomplish this monumental feat without the risk of serious, racist backlash from the white community? The answer: Sidney Poitier. In the 1950’s, Poitier and Harry Belafonte were handsome, black actors who were stretching the limits of race relations in film by becoming leading men opposite white, female actresses. But, while Belafonte was the handsome, light-skinned, more ‘militant’ leading man, Poitier was the handsome, darkskinned, more ‘integrationist’ leading man. And, it was this ‘high-road’ aspect of ‘turning the other cheek’ and wanting to ‘blend in’ with white society that made Poitier a Hollywood favorite and ultimately, a legend. In 1963, Poitier starred in Lilies of the Field where he portrayed a black, ex-G.I. who reluctantly helps a group of white nuns build a chapel in the Arizona desert. The role won him an Academy Award as Best Actor and he made history as the first black man to win an Oscar in that category. In 1965, in A Patch of Blue, Poitier made history again when he appeared as a kind, conscientious black man who aids a blind white girl (actress Elizabeth Hartman) improve her life and self-esteem by confronting her racist, abusive, alcoholic mother (Shelley Winters). There is a brief, screen kiss between Poitier and Hartman and the line forbidding black male/white female intimacy had been crossed. By this time, Poitier was in the position to do no wrong. He was ‘Super-Sidney’: the perfect, mannerly, intelligent, good-looking ‘Negro’ who was above reproach. He became white movie audiences’ ideal, ‘acceptable’ black person. And, the role that would brand the ‘S’ on his chest to white audiences for good was Guess Who's Coming To Dinner? Released in 1967, Poitier portrays an older, black doctor who wants to get engaged and marry a younger, white girl (Katherine Houghton). However, he refuses to marry her unless they have the approval of her white parents (Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn). The in-love, interracial couple travel to her parents’ home, inform them of their relationship and future intentions and ask them to invite his black parents (Roy Glenn, Jr. and Beah Richards) over for dinner the same night. Poitier’s character has to leave for a medical assignment soon and Houghton’s character wants to follow, so they need an answer quickly. In reality, Poitier and Houghton’s characters are being somewhat selfish and selfserving by asking for their four parents’ blessing in such a short amount of time. However, it really should be a nobrainer for Houghton’s family. ‘Super-Sidney’ is handsome, mannerly, and a Nobel Prize candidate as a physician! What more could any parent, white or black, want for their daughter? The real crux of the dilemma is that Tracy and Hepburn’s characters are two liberal, middle-class parents who are supposed to be ‘sophisticated’ and ‘hip’ and so accepting of the issue of racial equality and interracial marriage. But, when they discover it is their daughter who wants to marry a black man, then they really have to search their conscience to resolve their own, unintentional bigotry and prejudices they never thought they possessed. In the end, in true Hollywood, ‘happily-ever-after’ style, Poitier and Houghton get all four of their parents’ permission to marry and they leave to the airport to begin their new lives as husband and wife. By this time, in the mid-to-late 60’s, black politics had begun to shift as some in the African-American community began to believe the integrationist ideas as outdated and moved from following Martin Luther King, Jr.’s to Malcolm X’, Stokley Carmichael’s and H. Rap Brown’s ‘Black Power’ philosophies. Guess Who’s Coming For Dinner? was an important message film and will always be remembered as one of Poitier’s best. It will also be remembered as creating a new genre of great, black male/white female relationship movies that would come decades later, like The Great, White Hope (1970, starring James Earl Jones and Jane Alexander), Jungle Fever (1991, starring Wesley Snipes and Annabella Sciorra) and Save The Last Dance (2001, starring Sean Patrick Thomas and Julia Styles). Page 8 Students present ‘Kiss Me Kate’ The Cleveland Metropolitan School District will present the 17th annual All-City Musical from April 22 – 24 at the Ohio Theatre at Playhouse Square. The musical will open at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 22. The production will continue with a Saturday evening showing at 7:30 p.m. and a closing matinee performance on Sunday at 3 p.m. All tickets are $15 and all seating is general admission. 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