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steep discounts to help clear out product. Low demand and healthy supply in the Great Lakes region should continue to pressure prices down over the next week. Markets opened Mon-day morning posting steady crude oil prices as a result of increased U.S. oil production. Oil-services firm Baker Hughes reported thatdrillers added 15 rigs in the U.S., bringing the to-tal crude oil rig count to 556, the highest since November 2015. The increased U.S. production continues to offset OPEC’s ef-forts to rebalance the global oil market. End of month surveys of OPEC production cuts are expected tomorrow and traders will be paying close attention to the cartel’s agreement compli-ance. Market watchers will also keep a close eye on U.S. production and the impact it has on supply and demand. At the closing of Friday’s formal trading session on the NYMEX, West Texas Intermediate was down 61 cents to settle at $53.17 per barrel.

Northeast Ohio gas prices are lower for a third week in a row for drivers, saving them an additional eight cents per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. Continual growth in the number of U.S. oil rigs and the increased drilling it implies are raising expectations for a climb in domestic oil produc-tion. Additionally, increased U.S. crude oil production cou-pled with lower driving demand has kept downward pressure on the national average price at the pump, which has fallen for 21 consecutive days. Today’s national aver-age price for regular unleaded gasoline is $2.27 per gallon, down four cents versus one week ago, five cents less than one month ago, but 47 cents more per gallon year-over-year. Pump prices in the Great Lakes region continue to drop this week with Ohio land-ing at the top of the list of the largest weekly decline, drop-ping an additional 11 cents. Like suppliers in the Rockies, those in the Great Lakes and Central region are offering

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Soledad O’Brien, award winning jour-nalist and producer, will be the guest speaker at the 106th anniversary clebration NAACP - Cleveland Branch ‘Freedom Fund Dinner’ on June 23 at 6:00 p.m. at the Cleveland Renais-sance Hotel, 24 Public Square. Tickets are by advance sale only and are $150.00. For infor-mation, call 216-505-0204.

Soledad O’Brien to speak at NAACP eventKid’s CornerKid’s Corner Masjid Bilal, 7401 Euclid Ave., will hold its 35th Anniversary Celebration Dinner on Saturday, June 30 at 6:00 p.m. The event will feature Eddie Baccus, Sr. Band, guest speakers, and booths. Booth space is still available. The event is free and open to the public. $35.00 do-nation is suggested.

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Vigil held to support Saniyah Nicholson’s family and protest her killing Sanihay Nicholson, 9, was fatally shot on Wednesday night when she was struck by a stray bul-let during a gun fight between two groups at Lee Road and Cloverside. The gunfire started about 7:30 p.m. between a group in a car and a group on the street. The bullet hit Saniyah Nicholson in the head, and she died instantly. She was transported to Rainbow and Chil-dren’s Hospital where she was pro-nounced dead. The girl’s mother, Mars-hawanette Daniels, parked on Lee Road next to Cloverside and went into DNA Level C Boxing Gym to pick up her son., In the short time Daniels left her two daughters, the gunfight took place. Councilman Joe Jones was at the scene and the Cleveland Poli-ce briefed him about the incident. According to Jones, a group inside a car opened fire on a group standing outside on the cor-ner. When the other group reur-ned fire, the young girl was fatally shot. Saniyah’s 20 year old sister

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was inside the car, but she was not injured. According to a witness near the scene, there were about 15 gun shots After the gun shots, the girl’s mother, ran outside the boxing gym and screamed ”Not my baby!” According to Daniels, she held Saniyah in her arms and realized that she was already dead. Daniels is a nurse. The bullet hit Saniyah in the forehead and had killed her instantly. Robert Nicholson, the gi-rl’s father, was devastated by the news. Nicholson, a truck driver for MBI Products, had recently celebra-ted Father’s Day with a dinner with his daughter. Saniyah’s father, who is in shock and grieving her death said ”It’s unfortunate that it had to hap-pen. She is still loved. That was my baby. I don’t know how I feel. I wish I had something to say.” Devontae Nettles, 19, the driver of a car used in a shootout has been charged in connection with the girl’s death. Nettles is the third person to be charged in connection with the shootout. Two teens are also

A picture of Saniyah Nicholson is on display at a memorial in her honor where she was killed near Lee Road and Cloverside on Wednesday night by gunfire by two groups shooting at each other. Nicholson was killed in the crossfire while sitting in a car waiting for her mother.

Simon’s Supermarket holds a job fair Simon’s Supermarket is scheduled to open at the end of July following several months of reno-vating the old Giant Eagle Super-market that closed in February of 2017 at the Buckeye Plaza. In preparation for the store’s opening, Simon’s held a job fair last Tuesday. Assisting with the job fair was the Neighborhood Connection organization and the Cuyahoga County Board of Health. The plaza was originally built in 1991 with a Pick-n-Pay Store at the location and later Tops Supermarket occupied the store first until 2006 when it moved out and Giant Eagle took over the facil-ity. Since 1980, there were six full-service supermarkets in the Buckeye - Shaker Square area. Each store closed, leaving the neighbor-hood as a food desert. Dave’s Su-permarket in Shaker Square was the only full-service grocery in the area. Simon’s Supermarket will be a full service supermarket with a pharmacy and a bank. It will have 55,000 square foot grocery space as the anchor store for the Buckeye Plaza Shopping Center at E. 114th Street and Buckeye Road. According to Fahmeed Afzal, who is the manager of the

Buckeye store, he said that the store will start off with hiring 60 employees and eventually increase the number to 100 employees.The store will be open 7 days a week, Monday thru Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., and on Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. According to Afzel, the opening was delayed to problems with the installation and testing of the HVAC and refrigeration systems for ade-quate operation. Once the store opens, there will be a grand opening.

Members of Masjid Al Mumin - IRM celebrated Eid Fitr, which concluded the ending of Ramadan for Mus-lims who fast during the month of Ramadan.The event was held at Masjid Bilal, 7401 Euclid Ave., last Friday. In the photo with the members from Masjid Al Mumin - IRM is the longtime imam Mutawa Shaheed. See story and photos on page 6.

Layla Lahoud, the Cuyahoga County Board of Health, reviewing an application from Decarlo Griffin, who is applying for a job at the store. Appli-cants will be called back for interviews during the next phase of the application process.

Peace In the Hood, The Taskforce for Community Mobilization, Art McCoy’s group Black On Black Crime, Inc., and Councilman Joe Jones ralllied at the Lee Road and Cloverside where Saniyah Nicholson, 9 years old, was killed on Wednesday night.

charged with murder. Nettles and one of the teens were inside the car. Services for Nicholson will be on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at Second

Ebenezer Baptist Church, 1881 E. 71 Street. Gaines Funeral Home is handling the arrange-ments.

Urban, Peace, Justice & Empowerment Summit held The 2018 Urban, Peace, Justice & Empowerment Sum-mit is being held from June 21-24 from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Cleveland State University, Student Center Ballroom, 2121 Euclid Avenue. A Day of Re-membrance for Victims and Sur-vivors of Violence will be held on Sunday from 12:00 noon tp

3:00 p.m. in the African Ameri-can Cultural Gardens. This year’s international summit brings participants from across the country and overseas to Cleveland for a three-day ex-perience, learning proven evi-dence-based Best Practices that help cities and suburbs combat violence, crime, gangs and self-

Robert Nicholson, the father of Saniyah Nicholso, 9, who was killed on Wednesday night as she sat in a car waiting for her brother to be picked up by her mother from the gym, is comforted during the community vigil for his daughter on Friday.

destructive behavior plaguing our neighborhoods and communities. Hosted by the Coalition for a Better Life, dba Peace in the Hood, and the International Council for Urban Peace, Justice and Empowerment, the 25th an-niversary event presents a holistic public health approach to solving these problems. Regional, na-tional, and international experts – some of whom underwent major transformational processes in the past to lead successful and pro-ductive lives today – are present-ing information while practicing the principle of Sankofa – look-

ing back to bring something (i.e. history and our youth) forward. The summit is a forum for discussion, plan-ning, ideas, and networking to support violence reduc-tion throughout the country. There is training on Best Practices to reduce violence, gang involvement and self-destruction in urban neigh-borhoods. For informa-tion, call Khalid Samad, 216.538.4043; Imam Paul Hasam, 440.258.3114; and Raj Samad, 216-618-8806.

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I had just fin-ished my project, sent it to my publisher, took a deep breath and said out loud, “I’m glad that’s done. Now I can rest for a while.” I must have said it aloud for someone in the house heard it. I need to ex-plain that with the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage, it does not matter if you say it aloud, mumble it under your breath or just think it, she hears it. I do not know how she does it and she will not give me her secret. “So,” my wife said rather suspiciously, “ready to go on our vacation?” I stuttered a little bit and said, “A what?” That “V” word rarely resides between my two ears. I just never think of it. I am not a vacation fan. Sure, when the kids were home it was nice to get away and have some fun with them. However, that has been a long time ago. I think someone my age is just too old to go on vaca-tion. What would be the purpose? I am a little afraid that if I go on vacation, I might forget that I am on vacation and never return home and no one would ever see me again. You know how the memory is for us old guys. So, to be on the safe side, I do not think of vacation time. “You know exactly what I mean,” my wife said rather sternly with one of her sly smiles. “We should begin making plans for our vacation before you begin your next project.”

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at the church, or spending time with the grandchil-dren. She is the Planning Queen of all time. It’s not that I do not like vacations, because once I’m there I do. What I do not like is the planning and the preparation. It be-comes so meticulous that I get bored. I have been like this all my life. The firstdayoffirstgradeinschool,I did not want to go. When the bus came to pick me up, I refused to get on and even hada littlefitwith thebusdriver. My mother, of course, was not too happy with the situation and took it out on me. She grabbed me, threw me in the car and drove me to school. I was kicking and screaming all the way to school. When we got to school, she threw me out and drove away. At least that’s how I remember it. When it came time to go home I refused to leaved school. I really didn’t know how wonder-fulfirstgradewouldbe. I suppose that’s the way I am. I do not want to do anything new, but when I do, I do not want to not do it. My wife understands this because she’s had to deal with me all these years. So, when she says, “Are you ready for our vacation?” I know she has it all planned to the last detail. Very wise-ly, she does not reveal these plans to me until we are readytogooffonvacation. Once I get to that vacation destination, I have a good time, and I have her to thank for that. If left up to me, it would never get done. To answer the question, “Are you ready for our vacation?” let me just say, I must be because my wife is always thorough in all her planning. Driving to our va-cation destination, I could not help but think of some-thing David said, “My times are in thy hand: de-liver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me” (Psalm 31:15). I must confess that I often want to try to plan my life. I need to learn what David learned, God has al-ready planned my life and all I need to do is to yield to his direction. He lives with his wife, Martha, in Silver Springs Shores. Call him at 1-866-552-2543 or e-mail jamessnyder2@att.net or website www.jamessnyder-ministries.com.

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Women in Islam: The best women in the worldBy I. ABDUR-RAZZAAQ

In the name of Allah,Most Gracious, Most Merci-ful. Muslim women have embodied the term multi-task long before it became a term used by CEOs in boardrooms. We are wives, moth-ers, daughters and sisters and within each of these roles there are diverse responsibili-ties. We care for our hus-bands, children and parents when they are no longer able

to take care of themselves, and any other family member who may come to us for our help. We have the respon-sibilities of managing our households as well as any other endeavors we have un-dertaken outside the home. The same holds true for some women in other cul-tureswithadistinctdifference. I n I s l am t h e woman’s role has always been given respect. There is a saying of the Prophet Muhammad (may the peace and blessings of Al-

lah be upon him) which states;“The best women in all the world are four: Mary, the Mother of Jesus, Aasiya, the wife of Pharoah, Khadijah, Mother of the Believers and Fatimah, daughter of Muham-mad.” May Allah be pleased with all of them. Each of these women is considered the best woman in her generation and are held up as examples for all mankind, but in particular to women as role models to emulate.

So what make these women so special? What qualities did they possess that afforded them this lofty status? Mary or Maryam, as she is known is Islamic tradi-tion, has earned her place in history for her chastity and piety as well as for being the mother of Allah’s prophet Isa(Jesus). May Allah be please with them both. She was born as a result of a prayer her mother made out of longing for a child. As a sign of gratitudewhen her mother became pregnant she dedicated her unborn son to Allah’s service. When she gave birth to a girl she named her Mary-am which means maidservant of Allah. As girls were not allowed in the temple it soon became evident that Maryam wouldhaveadestinydifferentthan that of other girls. And indeed she did. When the angel Jibril (Gabriel) brought her that news of a son who would become a prophet she was distressed. In that time it was a

heinous crime for a woman to give birth out of wedlock. Allah describes it best in His Book in the chapter that bears her name: “And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a date-palm.” She said: “Would that I had died before this, and had been for-gotten and out of sight.” Then (the babe Isa (Jesus) or Jibril (Gabriel) cried unto her from below her say-ing: “Grieve not,your Lord has provided a water stream under you and shake the trunk of the date-palm towards you, it will let fall fresh ripe date upon you. So eat and drink and be glad. And if you see any hu-man being say: Verily I have vowed a fast unto the Most Gracious (Allah) so I shall not speak to any human being this day” (19:23-26). When she came back to her people they were as-tounded to see her with a baby. They had begun to accuse her of being unchaste when she pointed to the baby. They said: “How can we talk to one who has a child in the cradle?” He (Isa (Jesus) said:

“Verily I am a slave of Allah, he has given me the Scrip-ture and made me a Prophet; and he has made me blessed wheresover I be, and has enjoined on me Salat (prayer) and Zakat (alms), as long as I live. And dutiful to may mother, and made me not ar-rogant, unblest. And peace be upon me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive!” (19:29-33). And so ends the story of Maryam (may Allah be pleased with her). Wha t c an we learn from Maryam? If the mother is righteous, the God willing, the children will be righteous andwillhaveapositiveeffecton society. Aasiya (may Allah be pleased with her was the name of Pharoah’s wife who rescued Musa (Moses) (may Allah grant him peace) when he was an infant and adopted him as her son. She was a believer in One God and a pious woman. She abhorred the evil deeds and tyranny ofPharoah. Pharoah, one of history’s greatest tyrants, is

immortalized in the Qur’an for his insane and arrogant statement: “O chiefs! I know that you have a god other than me.” (28:38). The Qur ’an says this about Aasiya “And Al-lah set forth an example for those who believe: the wife of Pharoah, when she said: “My Lord! Build for me a home with you in Paradise, and save me from Pharoah and his work and save me from the wrongdoing people.” (66:11). Though Aasiya did not participate in her hus-band’s wrongdoing she still fulfilled her responsibilitiesas a wife. She even went so far as to try and convince her husband of his error. Despite this he still tormented her for her belief in One God. What we learn from Aasiya’s life is that even though a woman’s husband is doing wrong, she does not have to follow his behavior and is still able to attain righ-teousness.

New law allows insurers to exclude ill patients The Trump admin-istration has cleared the way for an unprecedented expan-sion of inexpensive health insurance that critics say will drive prices up for more com-prehensive plans. The new federal regulation allows small em-ployers to join together to create so-called “association health plans,” which are ex-empt from some critical in-surance safeguards. Accord-ing to Cheryl Fish-Parcham, director of access initiatives for the health-care advocacy group Families USA, such plans often end up being so limited that they’re “insur-ance” in name only. The administration has said the plans will spur competition in the insurance

market, but critics say the new rule will lead to more people being denied cover-age and more medical bank-ruptcies. Fish-Parcham said these plans also are allowed to discriminate against peo-ple who are sick or who have pre-existing medical condi-tions. She said Associa-tion Health Plans are more difficult to oversee, whichopens the door for unscrupu-lous companies to sell very low-cost plans that don’t ac-tually cover medical claims. States may be able to step in to weed out the companies that are defrauding consum-ers, she said. “ U n f o r t u n a t e l y, that’s going to take resources that states may not have,” she

said. “Their insurance departments will have to step up quite a lot to oversee these plans.” The new rule was drafted by the Labor Depart-ment under an executive or-der signed by President Don-ald Trump on October 12.

By KARL BRYANT

The Cavs had one pick in the 2018 NBA Draft at No. 8, which they got from Bos-ton (who got it from Brooklyn, in the Kyrie Irving trade and used it to fill a recognized need by choosing Alabama’s Collin Sexton. The Freshman PG scored 19.2 PPG and averaged 3.6 assists for the Crimson Tide. Invited to the Draft Night festivities in Brooklyn, Sexton was wearing a wine and black-colored tuxedo, which fits right in with the team’s uniform col-ors, so matched the Cavs cap he was given right after it was announced that he was going to

Cavs fill a need by picking Collin Sexton

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American Dawg Boxing Club will sponsor Fight Nite 3 boxing show on Saturday, June 23 at 7:00 p.m. at American Legion Underwood Hall, 1945 Mogadore Road, Kent, Ohio. For information call Robert and Randy Jarvis 330-618-4566 or 330-608-6369.

International Boxing HOF celebrates members birthdays

By KARL BRYANT

With a 12-0 thrash-ing that completed a sweep of the White Sox at Progressive Field, the Indians seem to have re-estab-lished dominance over the lighter-weight pretenders in the A.L. Cen-tral Division. Including the last game of a set against the Twins, the Tribe has won four-in-a-row and established their high water mark for 2018 of seven games over .500 at Press Time. They’ll next host the 2nd Place Tigers, who visit this weekend. They bombed Chicago with a dozen runs and held them without a run on a “Getaway” day game, prior to the Summer Sol-stice. Corey Kluber (11-3) pitched seven scoreless innings of one-hit ball while striking out seven. Klu-ber, who is tied for the MLB lead with 11 win, was rolling, but basi-cally was given the rest of the af-ternoon off since the Indians were also rolling. George Kontos and Josh Tomlin each pitched a score-less inning to complete the Shut-out, which was the Tribe’s A.L.-leading seventh of 2018.Tribe Jose Ramirez hit long ball No. 22 with a 3 Run HR in the 1st Inning to get the Tribe off and running. Jason Kipnis, who’s come alive of late to quiet some pundit and fan talk about replac-

ing him at 2B because of his of-fensive struggles, also hit a 3 Run HR in a six-run 6th Inning. Edwin Encarnacion doubled home a pair, and Tyler Naquin, Rajai Davis, and Yonder Alonso - who was 3 for 4 – knocked in one each. Sox pitcher Bruce Rondon, who gave up all six 6th Inning Tribe runs, also wild pitched home Ramirez. White Sox’ Reynaldo Lopez (2-5) took the loss and may want to come up with a mysterious illness if he finds himself sched-uled to pitch against the Indians again this year. He’s been clob-bered both times he faced them this season: Wednesday’s 12-0 shellacking and a 9-1 bombing on May 30 - also a Wednesday “Getaway” day game, also against Kluber. He has a whopping 14.14 ERA facing the Tribe in those two losses, but somehow has accumu-lated a fine 2.68 ERA against the rest of Chicago’s opponents. After absorbing 6-3 losses and 6-2 losses from the Tribe in the two previous two games, behind fine pitching per-formances by Trevor Bauer (6-5) and Mike Clevinger (6-2), Chi-cago Manager Rick Renteria had had enough. Hopelessly behind in the 6th Inning, he ventured out of the dugout to question a strikeout call on of all people, two time Cy Young Award winner Kluber, who

U.S. women beat China in CLEBy ANDREW CARTER

The US Women’s National Team beat China, 2-1, Tuesday at the Browns First Energy Sta-dium in CLE. It was an International Friendly, meaning the game re-sult does not effect qualifying for a bigger event, such as the World Cup, which the USWNT won in 2015. This match completed a two-leg visit by China, as Team USA had beaten them, 1-0, a few days before in Utah. After having an earlier goal waived off due to a verrry close Offside call, USA got on

the board with a header from the left side by Megan Rapinoe in the 35th minute. The teams went into the lockerroom with the US leading, 1-0. After four substitu-tions came in between the 57th and 65th minute, the US seemed to be playing unsettled, with China being able to press the at-tack. Tierna Davidson received a Yellow Card (caution) for a foul and three minutes later, China had a 3 on 1 breakaway, which led to the tying goal by Li Ying in the 72nd minute. Fortunately, the US re-grouped and after a charge into the Chinese zone, Tobin Heath,

has some of the best control in baseball. Home plate ump Will Little threw him out of the game for “arguing balls and strikes,” although old time umpire-baiter Leo “The Lip” Durocher would be spinning in his grave if any-one called what Renteria exhib-ited, “arguing.” Many in the large amount of Summer Campers at the day game were impressed

with the blowout. Maria com-mented, “It’s a lot of fun to see this. I like (Jose) Ramirez and the music they play for him. He hits the ball hard and he’s been doing really good for the Indians.” Roberto chimed in, “I like Yonder Alonso. My grand-parents are from Cuba, too (as is Alonso), so they were happy when the Indians got him. He’s done a good job

CLE. After he posed for pictures with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver following the announce-ment, Sexton did an on-air TV interview. He certainly was not shy during the interview, as he called out to Cavs superstar LeBron James, who has not an-nounced whether he is staying with the team or going from it. He exclaimed, “Man LeBron, let’s do it! I see you needed a few pieces – one or two pieces this past season – and let’s do it! Let’s go back to the Finals!” In reality, if James stays, Sex-ton will either be the person who would be learning to share the playmaking load with James or

A quartet of University of Akron track and field All-Americans in senior Terrell McClain (Youngstown, Ohio), redshirt junior Jordan Latimer (Huber Heights, Ohio) and juniors Matt Ludwig (Chardon, Ohio) and Abigale Wilson (Carrollton, Ohio) are among the competitors at this weekend’s USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships on the famed blue oval at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.Wilson will kick off the action for Akron in the women’s discus. Ludwig is next on the trackcompeting in the men’s pole vault. in the men’s long jump, and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Clayton Murphy will take part in the men’s 800 meters.

Zips place in USA Track and Field Championship

Veteran Carli Lloyd (#10 Dark), here tracking the ball in the Chinese zone, was one of the players who kept pressure off of USA G Ashlyn Harris, whofaced only six shots on goal in USWNT 2-1 win over China. (ESDN Photo by Bill Moore, Minority Pub-lishers Assn.)

for them and really has helped them win a lot.” A much older fan, Ted, who was with a family of Seniors in Handicapped seat-ing, spoke about Kluber’s day, saying, “There are days like to-day when he’s unhittable. It re-ally makes you wonder how the Yankees were able to get to him in the (2017) playoffs. When he’s pitching like he’s pitching

today, it doesn’t matter if the Indians score two runs or 11, because they’re going to win.” Norb chimed in, “Even Kipnis is getting into the act. If he’s hitting the ball harder, he can get that average moving up and they’ll have another tough out in the lineup. The way that Kluber and Bauer and the others usually pitch, it’s gonna make it even harder to beat them.”

Tribe is through playing pretenders

The International Boxing Hall of Fame In-duction Weekend (June 8-10) celebrated several birthdays: publicist/matchmaker Bobby Goodman (2009 inductee); welterweight champion Curtis Cokes (2003 inductee); four division champion Roberto ‘Hands of Stone’ Duran (2007 inductee); and middle weight champion ‘Terrible’ Terry Nor-ris. Visit www.ibhof.com or call 315-697-7095.

Wepner

Boxing NostalgiaBy JIM AMATO

During his formida-ble professional career heavy-weight boxer Chuck Wepner was known as the “Bayonne Bleeder”. Hundreds of stitches had adorned his rugged face throughout his career. After his fighting days were over Wepner has become known to his le-gion of fans as the “Real Life Rocky”. The inspiration for Sylvester Stallone’s film char-acter Rocky Balboa. Wepner was born on February 26,1939 in New York. He was the son of a heavy-weight boxer and as an amateur he won the 1964 New York Golden Gloves Novice heavy-weight title. He then turned pro-fessional. In his first two years in the paid ranks he went 4-1-2 losing only to tough Bob Stall-ings. On January 7,1966 Wepner met highly regarded prospect Buster Mathis at Mad-ison Square Garden. Wepner was halted in the third round. In 1967 Wepner would win the New Jersey State heavyweight title stopping Don McAteer in the seventh round. Wepner went un-defeated in 1968 winning six fights. He beat Eddie Vick and upset highly regarded Forest Ward. In 1969 he defeated Ro-

Chuck Wepner became a cult hero from Ali fight

berto Davila but then lost to fu-ture heavyweight title challenger Joe “King” Roman. On August 18th he met 1968 Olympic Gold Medalist George Foreman at the Garden. Wepner was stopped in the third round. Wepner fin-ished the year by outscoring vet-eran Pedro Agosto. Wepner opened 1970 by defeating former world title challenger Manuel Ramos. On June 29th Wepner would meet former world champion Sonny Liston. Liston cut the game Wepner to ribbons and the bout was ended after the ninth round. Wepner then traveled to London to meet another future world title challenger named Joe Bugner. A cut forced Wepner to exit in round three.

As 1971 rolled in, Wepner was again badly cut forcing a stoppage against Jerry Judge. Wepner would then lose his New Jersey title to smooth boxing Randy Neumann. The two would meet again in 1972 and Wepner pulled out the de-cision to regain the New Jer-sey crown. This would be the beginning of an eight bout win streak that would lead Wepner to a crack at the world title. On June 23,1973 Wepner pulled off a major upset in Atlantic City winning a controversial 12 round decision against former World Boxing Association heavy-weight champion Ernie Terrell. Wepner was now rated among the top ten heavyweights in the world. He solidified his ranking in 1974 by defeating Randy Neu-mann in their rubber match and stopping Terry Hinke. The stage was now set. On March 24,1975 Wepner would meet world champion Muhammad Ali at the defunct Richfield Coliseum outside on the outskirts of Cleveland. Ali had shocked the world in Oc-tober of 1974 by regaining the heavyweight title by defeating Foreman. He was looking for an easy defense of that title. Although Wepner was ranked few if any gave him a real

chance at defeating Ali. What transpired that day made Wepner a cult hero. Ali won and retained his crown but it was hardly the walk in the park he expected. Wepner hadn’t read the Ali script. In fact Wepner became the script for Rocky. Despite scoring a debatable knockdown over Ali in the ninth round, Wepner was battered throughout the contest. Ali punished Wepner but try as he might he couldn’t put Wepner away. Finally the dead game Wepner fell in the 15th round. It was more from exhaustion then Ali’s punches. A true testimony to Wepner’s grit and courage. After the Ali fight the career of Wepner slowly wound down. He was cut and stopped by undefeated prospect Duane Bobick in 1976. In 1977 he dropped a decision to Mike Schutte. He was then halted in the tenth round by Horst Geisler. Wepner won two fights in 1978 but he lost a decision to yet another future title challeng-er, Scott Frank. That would be Wepner’s last fight. Wepner retired with a record of 35-14-2. During his career he met four world cham-pions and five others that chal-lenged for the crown.

who had come on as one of those fresh-legged substitutes, got the ball in front of the goal amid a gaggle of players and hit a loop-ing chip shot that made it over the outstretched hands of G Peng Shimeng for the US to take the lead in the 75th minute. Neither team had a good scoring opportunity for the remainder of the match as USA hung on to post a 2-1 win. Chris-ten Press, playing in her 100th match for the USWNT, assisted on both US goals and was named Player of the Game. There were a few hun-dred Chinese and/or Chinese fans in the crowd, which oth-

erwise was raucously cheering for the US. The crowd, by and large, was bedecked in Stars and Stripes motif. The South side of the Stadium was blocked off so the 12,335 in attendance on the North side and primarily the West End Zone could look across the field at eerily empty stands. Midfielder Julie Ertz, who was one of a handful of players who stayed after the game on the field to sign auto-graphs for those in the stands, told Minority Publishers Assn., “It’s always great to meet the fans that support us.”

will be used as a bargaining chip in a trade for an established play-maker. If James goes, Sexton at 19, he will be part of a youth-ful rebuilding process. James has until June 29 to announce his in-tentions.

By KARL BRYANT

The Browns finished Mini-Camp and now will take a few weeks off before they begin Training Camp, 2018. Browns fans are keeping their collective fingers crossed that there will be improvement over the teams that finished a combined 1-31 over the last two seasons. Hearing the up-beat comments by some of the Browns players, fans should be encouraged that the upcoming season will bring a measure of improvement. 2017 overall No. 1 Draft pick, DE Myles Garrett spoke about what he learned in

his first season in the NFL, say-ing, “It was a lot of work with my hands, getting around hoops and just working pass rush tech-niques. It’s really been beneficial for me.” He took time to praise fellow pass rusher Emmanuel Ogbah in the improvement he sees in him with the Browns new defensive scheme, saying, “It has been good for him. I see him coming off of the edge. He is def-initely more powerful. He’s been impressive this OTAs, being able to slide off of the offensive line-men and able to finish at the QB. He has definitely enjoyed the change back to the 4-3.” 2018 overall No. 1 Draft Choice, QB Baker May-field, when asked about not starting, commented, It is hu-man nature and you want to play. I was not brought here to just start. I was brought here to help turn this thing around. Whatever my role is, that is what I need to do, whether that is playing scout team, being the best backup pos-sible, or playing. For me, I am not worried about that. I need to

be prepared for when I do get my shot to be ready to play.” Starting QB Tyrod Taylor, said, “As a team, we have made a ton of progress since the first day…I think that guys have taken a big step in the right direc-tion. We have to continue to keep using that momentum and carry-ing it on into training camp.” When asked about Josh Gordon’s remark that CLE’s WRs are the most talented in the league, he commented, “A very talented group. He has a right to feel that way. With him and Jarvis (Landry) on the field, and a number of other guys that are very talented, it could definitely speak for that case…It is up to us to go out and execute. That is my job to make sure that everyone is focused on executing and doing that day in and day out so that it carries on into game days.” Coach Hue Jackson was encouraged, but cautiously optimistic, saying, “There are a lot of good football players out there. We are going to have some tough decisions as we go through training camp. That is a part of

it. At the same time, I like the makeup of the team. There is talent at a lot of different po-sitions. That talent has to play well every week to give us a chance to win.” He also spoke about the Browns rushing at-tack, saying, “In order to win in this league, you have to be able to run the football. I am sure that we will set out to do that, but all of that will start happening once we get to Training Camp.” All of Cleveland doesn’t want the Browns to be drafting No. 1 over-all, again (which means you have the worst record) unless they’ve acquired that pick through a trade. They’re counting on improvement on the field this year with changes in the Front office and the coaching staff. They’ll all have to wait and see. Cross your fin-gers.

Browns begin training camp

Tuesday, June 19, 2018 - Friday, June 22, 2018

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Top five basketballs movies: How does 'Uncle Drew' compare ? 'Uncle Drew' opens in Cleveland theatres on June 29 and stars NBA All-Star Kyrie Irving, Shaquille O'Neal, Chris Webber, Reg-gie Miller, Nate Robinson, and Lisa Meslie. How will is compare with other basket-ball movie classics? Here are the top basketball movies: 5 HOOSIERS It will forever be the quintessential Indiana basketball movie. Norman Dale (Gene Hackman) ruffles feathers as Hickory’s new

basketball coach instilling the fundamentals of the game. The small farm town’s best player, Jimmy Chitwood, holds out playing but eventually joins the team so long as Dale stays, and the seven-man unit surges to-wards its championship goals. Hoosiers set the blueprint for the classic motivational speech—if you play hard, you’re winners, regardless of the scoreboard—followed by a locker room pow-er clap featured on video boards across every professional sports venue. Among its many contri-butions, the movie gave new

meaning to carrying measuring tape inside large arenas. 4 BLUE CHIPS Nick Nolte begins Blue Chips giving off his best Bobby Knight impersonation, spitting angry and throwing water coolers. His mediocre team has finished with a los-ing season, the supposed con-sequence of running a clean program. To gain his dignity, libido and reputation back, the ball coach architects some il-legal recruiting and lands some NBA-acting talent, including Orlando Magic teammates Penny Hardaway and Shaquille O’Neal. William Friedkin’s movie remains particularly pre-scient regarding the seedy un-derbelly of collegiate boosters and the perpetual temptations players and coaches must navi-gate on a daily basis. 3 HE GOT GAME This Spike Lee Joint wraps every affliction and temptation for a No. 1 high school basketball prospect into the final week of his col-lege commitment. The inspired

choice to cast Ray Allen as Coney Island sensation Jesus Shuttlesworth works its best near the film’s climax dur-ing a one-on-one session with his domineering father, Jake (Denzel Washignton). The governor has granted him pa-role from his murder sentence to persuade Jesus to play for Big State University, culling the demons of their family his-tory. It remains a disappoint-ingly relevant movie, show-ing glimpses of LaVar Ball, corrupted recruiting and the NCAA’s nefarious economic culture. 2 LOVE AND BAS-KETBALL “All is fair in love and basketball” is maybe the only trite moment spoken in Gina Prince-Blythewood’s directorial debut. This clas-sic courtship between Monica (Sanaa Lathan) and Quincy (Omar Epps) begins and ends on the asphalt, where flirta-tion and feelings are trans-lated through their one-on-one matchups. The pair negotiates its relationship while striving for individual collegiate and professional success, a task this movie treats with the care and authenticity it demands over its four-quarter life. Love and Basketball doesn’t empha-size the big game or final shot. It’s more concerned with the lessons learned long after the buzzer sounds. 1 WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP Despite the fact that both Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson stand well below six feet, their confi-dence and trash-talking bra-vura more than makes up for their height disparity. The pair of Venice Beach hustlers

begin as foes and realize the monetary gains to be made off “chumps,” the most insulting street ball diss, who stereotype skin color and must pay for it later. Director Ron Shel-ton elevates the basket-ball scenes—on the beach and the playground—with comedic dexterity, while Rosie Perez, playing Har-relson’s girlfriend, is the perfect third wheel to this scheming and entertain-ing operation. Long live baggy T-shirts and bicycle caps.

MENU TIPSPerfecting the classic pecan pie

'Blade' operates in a wicked world character is that when Blade’s mother, Vanessa Brooks, was nine months pregnant, she was bitten by a vampire. As she died at the hospital, Blade was delivered through C-section (Caesarean section). The spe-cific circumstances of his birth changed his genetic DNA so that he is the unique foe of his vampire enemies (who have nicknamed him ‘The Day-walker’ due to his ability to withstand sunlight). The first film of the trilogy was directed by Ste-phen Norrington and was writ-ten by David S. Goyer (who later wrote screenplays for other super-hero movies). The plot has Blade (Snipes) rescue an attractive black hematolo-gist (N’Bushe Wright) a.k.a. ‘blood doctor’ after she is bit-ten by a white cowboy vampire named Quinn (Donal Logue). Quinn works for a vampire rebel named Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff) who is secretly planning to overthrow vampire leader Dragonetti (Udo Kier) and the vampire elder elite who are called The Purebloods. With the help of Blade’s white older long-time partner Abraham Whis-tler (Kris Krisofferson), and Blade himself, Karen Jenson (the hematologist) discovers an antidote for humans who have been bitten and ‘turned’ by vampires. But, Frost (Dorff) manages to capture Blade and uses the special blood of The Daywalker to sacrifice The Pureblood counsel in an an-cient ritual so that Frost can be reincarnated as ‘Lamagra: The Blood God’. Neverthe-less, when Karen frees Blade, the black knight has a show-down with the transformed Frost which, of course, ends in Blade’s favor.The action/horror film is thorough in lay-ing the groundwork for the wicked world Blade operates within. The social hierarchy has Purebloods (who are born vampires) as the class rulers. Those humans who are ‘turned’

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into vampires are second-class citizens. ‘Glyphs’ are special-ized markings to differentiate the various vampire ‘houses’ a.k.a. groups. ‘Familiars’ are humans who work for vam-pires to earn the chance of be-ing turned one day. Just like any other major super-hero, Blade has his own characteristic trade-marks. Superman has his ‘S’ chest logo, red cape and his Fortress of Solitude. Batman has his multiple gadgets, the Batmobile and the Batcave. Spider-Man has his webs, etc., etc., etc. A black superhero like Blade has got to be ‘bad’ and ‘come correct’ with a lot of attitude and ‘flavor’ in order to impress movie-going brothas, and he did. With his trademark black sunglasses, black leather trench coat, Japanese samurai sword, his black ‘tricked-out whip’ (car) and mixed-martial-arts skills, Blade is exactly the kind of super-hero that ap-pealed to the African-Ameri-can community. Although he is still not considered one of Mar-vel Comics’ ‘leading’ super-heroes, he should definitely be considered as one. When Blade premiered in 1998, the success of that film paved the way for its own franchise, as well as the franchises of better-known Marvel superheroes like Spider-Man, The Hulk, Iron Man and The X-Men. The success of the Blade film trilogy even inspired a spin-off TV series called Blade: The Series on the Spike network. It starred rapper-turned-actor Kirk ‘Sticky Fingaz’ Jones as the vampire-slayer for thirteen episodes. At one time, Blade was also an animated cartoon series. So, while some non-black critics may think of Blade as only an ‘average’ sec-ond-rate action/horror movie, it is actually underrated in its financial context for what it ac-complished later for all serious super-hero motion-pictures.

Chris' Cinema Trivia &Movie Match UpBy 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 militaryacademy, but who is the black actor who played the unlucky scientist that is killed in an elevator tragedy once he dis-covers that Damien's genes are those of a jackal, not a human? 2. Former dredlocked blue-eyed, African- Ameri-can 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 inva-sion? 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 con-

trol 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 Knight-Pulliam) 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 campusbeing stalked by a serial killer who murders victims based on city myths?

ANSWERS: 1. Meshach Tay-lor 2. Aliens Ressurection (1997) 3. Usher (Raymond) 4. Deon Redman 5. Urban Legend (1999)

MOVIE MATCH-UP - (Tales From The Hood)

ACTORS:1. Lamont Bentley2. Corbin Bernsen3. Brandon Hammond4. Clarence Williams III5.Tom WrightROLES:a) abused boy withmagical, drawing powerb) black, zombie politician

c) gang-banger faces guilty conscienced) mortician that condemns 3 thugs to helle) racist, white politicianhaunted by living, slave dolls

ANSWERS:

1, c; 2, e; 3, a; 4, d; 5, b

By C.M. APPLING The genre of the vampire motion-picture began in 1922 with the silent film Nosferatu. Then, in 1931 Bela Lugosi starred in the original Dracula that was based on author Bram Stoker’s novel. During the years, vampires have been shown on-screen in all manner of different ways in American horror movies. From the teenage bloodsuck-ing rock ‘n’ rollers in The LostBoys (1987), to the undead Louisiana Creoles in Inter-view With The Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), to the werewolf-battling vampire warrior Selene in the Under-world film franchise, the U.S. has a fascination with the im-mortal bat-related villains that surpasses that of any other type of Hollywood movie monsters. So, when African-American actor William Mar-shall became the first black vampire in the film Blacula (1972), it set the stage for other black actors to try out their fangs in the horror mov-ie genre. Hence, in 1998 the right motion-picture was re-leased that made important strides in the annals of the cin-ema world. It was Blade. Previously, Wesley Snipes starred in action flicks like Passenger 57 (1992) and Drop Zone (1994) and com-edies like White Men Can’t Jump (1992) before winning the role of a lifetime in the Blade film franchise. The character of Eric Brooks a.k.a. ‘Blade’ comes from a Mar-vel Comics comic book hor-ror series about a hybrid hero who possesses all the vam-pires’ strengths (i.e., enhanced strength, speed, and regenera-tion from harm) and none of their weaknesses (i.e., garlic, silver or sunlight). However, Blade has to take a special se-rum to counteract the vampire need for blood called ‘The Thirst’. The ‘origin’ of the

(NAPSI )—Time spent sharing a traditional holiday treat with family and friends can be a won-derful way to sweeten your day. Here, for Thanks-giving, is a Classic Pecan Pie recipe created by the trusted experts at Karo Syr-up’s Test Kitchen. Plus, for a definite crowd-pleaser at any family gathering, try this Creamy Caramelized Onion and Ba-con Dip, delicious and easy to serve with kettle chips, snack crackers or fresh veg-etables. For more seasonal recipes and tips, visit www.KaroSyrup.com or Face-book.com/KaroSyrup. Classic Pecan PiePrep Time: 5 minutesBake Time: 60 to 70 minutesCool Time: 2 hoursYield: 8 servings1 cup Karo® Light OR Dark Corn Syrup3 eggs1 cup sugar2 tablespoons butter, melted1 teaspoon Spice Islands® Pure Vanilla Extract1½ cups (6 ounces) pecans1 (9-inch) unbaked or fro-zen* deep-dish pie crustPreheat oven to 350° F. Mix corn syrup, eggs, sugar, butter and va-nilla using a spoon. Stir in pecans. Pour filling into pie crust. Bake on center rack of oven for 60 to 70 minutes. Cool for 2 hours on wire rack before serving. *To use prepared frozen pie crust: Place cook-ie sheet in oven and preheat oven as directed. Pour fill-ing into frozen crust and bake on preheated cookie sheet. Recipe Note: Pie is done when center reaches 200° F. Tap center surface of pie lightly—it should spring back when done. For easy cleanup, spray pie pan with cooking spray before plac-

ing pie crust in pan. If pie crust is overbrowning, cover edges with foil. Creamy Carmelized Onion and Bacon DipPrep Time: 15 minutesCook Time: 25 to 30 minutesCool Time: 20 minutesYield: 4 cups8 ounces bacon (6 to 8 strips)2 tablespoons butter1 medium-sweet onion, chopped1 medium red onion, chopped2 tablespoons Karo® Dark Corn Syrup1 tablespoon red wine vinegar1 cup sour cream1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened¼ cup diced green onionsCrumbled bacon and green on-ions (optional garnish) Cook bacon in large skillet over medium heat until crisp, about 10 minutes. Re-move bacon to paper towel−lined plate to cool; crumble. Remove all but 2 tablespoons of the bacon grease from skil-let. Add butter to skil-let with bacon grease. Stir in sweet and red onions and cook over medium heat until soft (about 5 minutes), stirring fre-quently. Stir in 1 tablespoon corn syrup. Continue to cook for 10 to 15 minutes until on-ions are caramelized. Stir in remaining 1 tablespoon corn syrup, vinegar and crumbled bacon. Mix well and remove from heat. If needed, drain any excess grease. Let mixture cool for 20 minutes. Beat sour cream and cream cheese in a bowl with hand mixer until well blended and creamy. Stir in green on-ions. Stir in caramelized onion and bacon mixture and mix well. Serve immediately or chill until ready to serve. Gar-nish with additional bacon and green onions, if desired. Recipe Note: While dark corn syrup is preferred, light corn syrup may be substi-tuted if desired.

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Chicagoan Jodie Christian is a flawless jazz pianist whose fame came late perhaps because he remained in his hometown. A self-described "pro-fessional sideman," he has per-formed and recorded with Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Sonny Stit, Buddy Montgomery, Roscoe Mitchell and others since his career began nearly 50 years ago. Early inspirat ion came from his parents, both self-taught pianist who played for church and house parties. Christian studied at Chicago School of Music in the 1940s and fortified his piano technique by playing in church. The life-long south-sider was among charter mem-bersof Chicago's musician's cooperative, the Association for the Advancement of Cre-ative Musicians in 1965. Although avant garde influences are evident in Chris-tian's playing, he considers himself a bebop-influenced player able to stretch out. Christian began to gain wider notice after record-ing two albums as leader for Chicago's Delmark label and being chosen in 1994 as an Arts Midwest Jazz Master.As well as a leader, Christian is a much-in-demand sideman and educator. He is actively de-voted to his community and conducts jazz programs in the public schools and performs in outdoor neighborhood concerts for Chicago's youth.

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The Cincinnati Music Festival will be held from Thursday, July 26 to Sunday, July 28 at Paul Brown Stadium. R&B stars Charlie Wilson and Jill Scott will headline the festival. Halle Berry pre-sented Wilson with the "Music Makes A Differ-ence" Award at the 49th annual NAACP Image Awards. He is also nomi-nated for Billboards Top Gospel Song of 2018. Scott has a decade

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relationship with the Roots who have been added to the

program. She and the Roots wrote the hit single "You

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Got Me," which featured vocals by Erykah Badu. Thr Roots are seen weekdays on 'The Tonight Show Star-ring Jimmy Fallon.' Organizers an-nounced that Common, Xscape, the O'Jays and Cincinnati Bootsy Col-lins and DJ Vader will also perform at the festi-val. They will be joining previously announced performers including Fantasia, Keith Sweat, Boyz II Men, After 7, DJ

Jazzy Jeff and MC Lyte. The festival be-gan as the Ohio Valley Jazz Festival in 1962. The festival's name has changed many times over the years be-fore Procter & Gamble became its primary spon-sor and named the festi-val as the Cincinnati Mu-sic Festival. Tickets are avail-able at 800-745-3000 or online at www.ticketmas-ter.com.

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Marshall Project to take on the Shelia McFarland case The Shelia Mc-Farland was sentenced to life in prison without pa-role by Cuyahoga Coun-ty Common Pleas Court Judge Daniel Gaul. The Marshall Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organi-zation that seeks to cre-ate and sustain a sense of national urgency about the U.S. criminal justice system. Named to honor the late Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall, the organi-zation reviews cases through award-winning journalism, partnerships with other news outlets and public forums. Justice Marshal began his 25-year affili-ation with the National Association for the Advancement of Col-ored People (NAACP) in 1934 by represent-ing the organization in the law school dis-crimination suit Mur-ray v. Pearson. In 1936, Marshall became part of the national staff of the NAACP. In Murray v. Pearson, Marshall rep-resented Donald Gaines Murray, a black Amherst College graduate with excellent credentials, who was denied admis-sion to the University of Maryland Law School because of its segregation policy. At the age of 32, Marshall won U.S. Su-preme Court case Cham-bers v. Florida, 309 U.S. 227 (1940). That same year, he founded and be-came the executive direc-tor of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.As the head of the Legal Defense Fund, he argued many other civil rights cases before the Supreme Court, most of them successfully, including Smith v. All-wright, 321 U.S. 649 (1944); Shelley v. Krae-mer, 334 U.S. 1 (1948); Sweatt v. Painter, 339 U.S. 629 (1950); and McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents, 339 U.S. 637 (1950). His most fa-

mous case as a lawyer was Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), the case in which the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” public education, as es-tablished by Plessy v. Ferguson, was not appli-cable to public education because it could never be truly equal. In total, Mar-shall won 29 out of the 32 cases he argued before the Supreme Court. Despite having no evidence, Prosecutor Max Martin charged : 1. So-liciting Ryan Motley for the murder of Robert Williams. *Ryan Motley testified that McFarland had no knowledge of the murder and did not so-licit him. 2. McFarland provided Ryan Motley with a firearm and/or as-sist Ryan Motley in pro-curing a firearm, *Testimony by Motley showed that Mc-Farland DID NOT assist in Motley in procuring the gun used in the mur-der. 3. McFarland threatened Robert Wil-liams and/or Korri Hen-derson via a telecommu-nications system. Phone records proved that Henderson was lying. Despite lying, she was given ‘consider-ation’ by Martin. McFarland was arrested and charged af-ter several controlled drug buys by Euclid po-lice officers. During Euclid Police Officer Jose Al-cantara testimony, he tes-

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tified that during the first controlled drug buy be-tween Robert Williams/ Henderson and Eddie Brownlee on September 22, 2015, McFarland was not present at the drug deal. When asked specifically if McFarland was present, Alcantara testified “No.” The police set up a second drug buy between Williams/Hen-derson and Brownlee in the parking lot of a liquor store at Euclid Ave. and Green Road on October 12, 2015. According to Alcantara, McFarland was not present. A third drug buy was set-up in the park-ing lot of Indian Hills Apartments on October 25, 2015, and McFar-land was arrested. But McFarland did not buy drugs that day. Accord-ing to Alcantara, he said McFarland bought drugs on October 22, 2015, but there was no recording of that drug buy. Conse-quently, the drug charges against McFarland were dismissed. When Williams was killed, Henderson, who was friendly with Alcantara’s partner Of-ficer Almonte, told of-ficers that Brownlee was responsible for the mur-der. Later, McFar-land was arrested for her association with Brown-lee, charged as part of a conspiracy for William’s death, and sentenced to life in prison. M c F a r l a n d ’s case is being appealed. The NAACP, ACLU, and other activist organi-zations are reviewing her case. Senior Appel-late Attorney Daniel Van has written a brief in opposition to the appli-cation by Shelia McFar-land’s attorneys applica-tion for reconsideration. Unfor tuate ly, because of the perpetua-tion on these false facts, McFarland is incarcer-ated while her family, friends, civil rights and churh groups are trying

During Eid, Muslims will often purchase new clothes for the occasion, and take part in festivals and cel-ebrations.Many will wake up early to pray at a mosque or outdoor prayer venue. Gifts and cards are often ex-changed among friends and family. Sisters, who are dis-playing their beautiful Islamic attire at tje Eid at Masjid Bilal are Najla and Eilasheid Najeeullah. (ESDN Photo by Omar Quadir)

to keep her case in the public eye. Van is correct that two of three judges affirmed McFarland convictions in State v. McFarland, th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 105570, 2018-Ohio-2067. He argues that McFarland should be sat-isfied with the result de-spite the fact that Justice Melody J. Stewart wrote a dissenting opinion in which she would vacate McFarland’s convictions on the grounds that “The record is completely de-void of any evidence de-monstrating that she said or did anything to further Brownlee plan of retalia-ting against the victim or to further Motley car-rying out of the plan to retaliate against the vic-tim.” Van has recent-ly taken over the case from Assistant County Prosecutor Anna M. Fa-raglia. Faraglia impa-nelled the jury in the Mc-Farland trial. Here is her reasoning for disqualify-ing an African American juror: MS. FARAGLIA: Okay, hold on. Okay. The State would like to thank and excuse Juror No. 6. THE COURT: Okay. Let’s talk about this for a second. Is Batson the rule we got to be worried about? You’re striking a minority juror. MS. FARAGLIA: But -- I’m sorry, there’s pre-sently, there’s just not one. THE COURT: Didn’t the Supreme Court -- or didn’t I hear of a case re-cently where there’s got to be a separate reason put on the record, and maybe even a hearing? MS. FARAGLIA: No, I don’t believe so. MR. MARTIN: I think we have to state for the record what our reason was, that it wasn’t a race -- THE COURT: Juror No. 6 is a -- you just struck Juror No. 6? MS. FARAGLIA: Yes. Okay. But if I give a race neutral reason for it.

THE COURT: And that is? MS. FARAGLIA: He indicated that on a car theft case he expected the police to do a significant amount of work. THE COURT: I get that. I get that. MS. FARAGLIA: And he works for the county. THE COURT: The Quisi Bryan case was ultimate-ly reversed by a district judge, I won’t say which one, but it was rever-sed years after because we struck a juror, and I told them at sidebar, you know, you’re going to have an issue here. Right. You could have convic-ted Quisi Bryan in front of 12 blacks or 12 marti-ans or 12 Irish 23 people, and they struck a black person. Now, of course, the circuit court has over-turned the judge. MS. FARAGLIA: Correct. THE COURT: So the de-ath penalty is back on. MS. FARAGLIA: Uh-huh. THE COURT: You know, do we really need to strike this guy, or any black juror for that mat-ter? Now, there are black jurors in the back, but -- MS. FARAGLIA: We have plenty of them al-ready on the panel. THE COURT: I’m just saying, the federal court didn’t say there was enough blacks on the Qu-isi panel. They said you struck a black, he was black, I mean -- MR. MARTIN: We don’t think that plays into this. MS. FARAGLIA: Proportionality is what we have to strive for. For anything like that, I think as long as we have a race-neutral reason that you believe and that we’re making this deci-sion in good faith, then I think it’s appropriate. THE COURT: He did say that. I heard it. Do you guys object?MR. BUTLER: For the record, we do object. I mean, and the test isn’t do we have plenty of them. MS. FARAGLIA: I know what you’re saying. We gave a race-neutral rea-son. THE COURT: And

by the way, no one in voir dire says, hey, the-re’s a lot of blacks on the panel, are you guys going to be rooting for the un-derdog or anything, I mean, right? Do you -- you know, it’s not the same way it works. I would have addressed it directly, but I’ll leave it up to you if you’re saying you want to challenge it, but it might be the basis of an appeal. We have stated your particularized reason, and that was he was upset, concerned, or less than pleased with the way the police handled his case. MS. FARAG-LIA: Yes. MR. MARTIN: And we think that he has some unrealistic knowledge of the police, what the police are able to do. If he brings this into this trial, it could raise our burden. THE COURT: Okay. I know we have to have a particularized reason, you put it on the record, you objected. I don’t think we have to inde-pendently -- we don’t have to conduct a hearing independent of that. MS. FARAGLIA: I don’t believe there’s a need for a hearing. THE COURT: I could be wrong on that. All right. So we’ll strike him. That is how the McFarland case started. Van is arguing the law based on the facts that he has been given, but, unfortuantely, the facts presented by Farag-lia are wrong, Van argues ”McFarland offers no new law to support that she is entitled to recon-sideration.” Van uses the Pinkerton Rule that if in-dividuals enter into con-spiracy, they are not only guilty of the conspiracy but each are also vicari-ously. He then argues that this fact is based on the testimony of Ryan Motley. Motley’s wrote an affidavit in which he totally exonerated Mc-Farland. Van argued that

both Korri Henderson and Dwayne Jackson testified to Appellant in-volvement with Brown-lee drug dealings. How-ever, Dwayne Jackson, testified that no deal was made for his testimo-ny, yet with Prosecutor Maxwell Martin present, Jackson was granted judi-cial release on 5/12/2017 about two months after McFarland’s appeal was filed. In a letter from Attorney Michael Gold-berg on behalf of his cli-ent, Jackson, he writes “Specifically, Korri Hen-derson has a warrant is-sued 7/6/17 for attempt-ed murder, aggravated burglary and felonious assault. Euclid narcotics detectives testified that Appellant was arrested along with Brownlee on the initial drug case. In fact, the de-tectives admit that Mc-Farland was arrested and immediately released. He testified that McFarland was not present during the first two drug deals and she was pick up in the parking lot during the third controlled drug buy, and released without be-ing charged. Van argues that Appellant was present and took part in the calls Brownlee made from jail about causing physical harm to Williams. The calls show that Brownlee and McFarland talked, but no plot was made to kill Williams. Appellant as-sisted Motley in selling drugs to raise money to post Brownlee bond when in fact, Brownlee’s mother posted bond. While he agrees that she was not present when the murder took place, Van still argues that she is part of a con-spiracy. “As such, “ ac-cording to Van, “She is responsible for the sub-stantive offense, even though she did not actu-ally pull the trigger.” Appellant took no steps to abandon the conspiracy, that in fact, did not exist. The State pre-

sented no evidence that she held an integral role throughout, both as part-ner in Brownlee drug dealing as well as facili-tator between Brownlee and Motley by being present during the jail calls and raising money for Brownlee bond. Motley killed Williams. That is undis-puted. Van argues, un-der the conspiracy theory, McFarland is responsible for Williams murder. Justice Melody J. Stewart wrote a dis-senting opinion in Shei-la McFarland’s Appeals Case. Justice Steward wrote that she would vacate McFarland’s con-victions on the grounds that “The record is com-pletely devoid of any evi-dence demonstrating that she said or did anything to further Brownlee plan of retaliating against the victim or to further Mot-ley carrying out of the plan to retaliate against the victim.” McFarland was given an aggregate sen-tence of life without the possibility of parole after a jury found her guilty on two counts of aggra-vated murder, two counts of murder, two counts of felonious assault, two counts of aggravated burglary, conspiracy, and kidnapping all with one- and three-year firearm specifications. According to Justice Stewart, McFar-land’s guilt is based on presence and association not on the evidence pre-sented in this case. the-refore she dissented and she found the evidence insufficient to sustain McFarland’s convicti-ons. She also argued that there is nothing in the record showing any evi-dence linking McFarland to these crimes. Attorneys Paul Kuzmins and Jeffrey Gamso immediately filed a motion for reconsidera-tion hoping that Justices Larry A. Jones, Sr. and Patricia Ann Blackmon would reconsider their decision and rule to vaca-te McFarland’s convicti-on.

On June 15th, millions of Muslims around the country and across the world celebrated Eid al-Fitr. In Cleveland, Masjid Bilal, 7401 Eu-clid Ave., hosted several mosques as they prayed and celebrated Eid together. Eid or Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, which is a month of fasting that started on May 16 and finishes on June 14. It kickstarts the month of Shawwal, which begins with a feast to end the period of fasting. The celebration is a public holiday in many Muslim countries, but is not one in the States, despite a campaign for it to be recog-nised back in 2014. During Eid, Mus-lims will often purchase new clothes for the occa-sion, and take part in festi-vals and celebrations. Many will wake up early to pray at a mosque or outdoor prayer venue. Gifts and cards are often exchanged among friends and family. Eid means “cel-ebration” and Mubarak means “blessed”, often Eid Mubarak is used as a greeting over this period.

Muslims around the Cleveland area celebrate Eid at Masjid Bilal

Imam Mukhtar Adbul Shaheed gave the khabak (sermon) during the prayer service last Friday for Eid. Shaheed is a member of Masjid Al Mumin - IRM (ESDN Photo by Omar Quadir)

Women prayed at Masjid Bilal on June 15th to cel-ebrate Eid, the holiday which signaled the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting. (ESDN Photo by Omar Quadir)

Masjid Bilal, 7401 Euclid Ave., hosted several mosques as they prayed and cel-ebrated Eid together. Eid or Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, which is a month of fasting that started on May 16 and ended on June 14. Attending the event were James Shabazz, Naomi Shabazz, and Gwen Hinton. (ESDN Photo by Omar Quadir)

Masjid Bilal, 7401 Euclid Ave., was the host for Masjid Al Mumin - IRM as the two mosque prayed and celebrated Eid together. Eid or Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, which is a month of fasting that started on May 16 and ended on June 14. Photo l to r: Isak Shaheed, Mukhtar Shaheed, who gave the khabak (sermon), Hasan Abdul Alm, Mahmoud Shaheed, and Abdullah Shaheed.

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Superman Day to be designated as June 12 in honor of Glenville connection A bill in an Ohio Senate committee could designate June 12 as Superman Day in Ohio, likely beginning in 2019. The holiday would honor Super-man’s creators, who developed the charac-ter while they attended Glenville High School in Cleveland in the 1930s. “I got the idea once figuring out that the people who created Superman as a comic book were all from my neighborhood,” said Rep. Bill Patmon, D-Cleveland, who pro-posed the bill in the Ohio House last year. By neighbor-hood, he means Ohio’s 10th district, which in-cludes Glenville, where Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster dreamed up the superhe-ro, who first appeared in Action Comics in 1938. “These two young Jew-ish fellows ... believed in the ethic of truth, jus-

tice and the American way,” Patmon added, in reference to Superman’s iconic motto. The official text proclaims “On this day, let it be known that Superman is faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.” The Ohio House passed the legis-lation on April 11th by a vote of 86-4, and the bill is currently waiting for its first hearing in the Government Oversight and Reform Committee in the Senate. “After a first hearing, it will still need to have a proponent and opponent hearing before it would be voted out of committee,” said Alex Strickmaker, legisla-tive aide for Patmon, in a June 11 email. “June 12 will stay as the date that Superman Day will be celebrated if the bill does pass and become law in the future. This

R e m i n g t o n College Cleveland Campus is expanding its offerings to students with its new Facility Maintenance Diploma This program provides hands-on train-ing in servicing, main-taining and operating a variety of equipment commonly found in res-idential and commercial facilities. Students will also learn how to main-tain and repair facil-ity infrastructure and mechanical equipment, such as carpentry, elec-trical, and heating, ven-tilation and air condi-tioning. The Facility Maintenance Diploma Program typically takes nine months for full-time students to com-plete1 and is designed to prepare students for anumber of entry-level positions in the Build-ing Maintenance indus-try.2 When students successfully complete all program require-ments, graduates will receive a Diploma in Facility Maintenance. The program

includes training in: general maintenance and repair workers im-age.Workers use hand tools and power tools to fix appliances and equipment. General Main-tenance and Repair Workers, 2017 Median Pay $37,670 per year $18.11 per hour, Typical Entry-Level Education H i g h school diploma or equivalent. General main-tenance and repair workers fix and main-tain machines, me-chanical equipment, and buildings. They paint, re-pair flooring, and work on plumbing, electrical, and air-conditioning and heating systems, among other tasks. General main-tenance and repair workers often carry out many different tasks in a single day. They could work at any number of indoor or outdoor loca-tions. They may work inside a single building, such as a hotel or hos-pital, or be responsible for the maintenance of

College offers facility maitenance programmany buildings, such as those in an apartment complex or on a college campus. Jobs in this occupation typically require a high school diploma or equivalent. General maintenance and repair workers of-ten learn their skills on the job for several years. They start out perform-ing simple tasks while watching and learning from skilled mainte-nance workers. The median an-nual wage for general maintenance and repair workers was $37,670 in May 2017. Employment of general maintenance and repair workers is projected to grow 8 per-cent from 2016 to 2026, about as fast as the aver-age for all occupations. Employment may rise as increasing home prices and sales drive demand for re-modeling and mainte-nance work. P l u m b i n g , Carpentry and Finish-ing, Electrical Systems Maintenance and Trou-bleshooting.

means that it will not be celebrated this year.” Patmon spon-sored additional Super-man legislation in the past, such as funding the Superman Foundation through purchases of Ohio license plates that feature the Superman insignia. He said Super-man means a great deal to all Ohioans. “To us, it’s an-other feather in our cap - we’ve had creativity and entrepreneurship in this state for a very long time, and done some very unique things,” he said. “Superman is just one of them.”Jerry Siegel, co-creator and author of the first Superman comics, was born in Cleveland’s Glenville neighborhood in 1914. According to the official fan site, Su-perman Super Site, Sie-gel met co-creator and illustrator Joe Shuster in 1930 while they were students at Glenville High School. They cre-

ated Superman in 1932 while working together on the school’s newspa-per. “When he was first created … he was basically a ‘super man’ that wasn’t necessarily fighting for good,” said Neil Cole, creator and owner of the Superman Super Site. Because of this, Siegel and Shuster were unable to sell Su-perman to comic book

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publishers until they re-developed the character to be more similar to the one famously known to-day. They eventu-ally sold the character to Detective Comics (now known as DC Comics), where Superman first appeared on the cover of Action Comics No. 1 in June, 1938. A copy of that comic book sold for more than three million dollars on eBay in 2014.

Cole said while the character has changed in many ways in the 80 years since that first appearance, Superman’s core values have stayed the same. When the char-acter first rose to popu-larity, the comics were based upon patriotism and supporting troops in World War II. Years later, when the character ap-peared in the TV series Smallville, the charac-ter tackled current is-sues, such as drug use. “It’s like there’s a Superman for every generation,” Cole said. “There’s always changes that are made to the character based on what society and current events and ev-erything are, but at the core, he always stands for … truth, justice and the American way.” The Cleveland

Public Library com-memorated Superman’s Ohio roots in the past with its comic book and graphic novel gallery, research materials and a special exhibit in 2013 for the 75th anniversary of the comic’s publica-tion. They recently featured a collection of Superman artifacts and memorabilia called “Superman: From Cleveland to Krypton.” The library also offers a book club program called ‘Get Graphic!”, where subjects like the Ohio impact of Super-man books are dis-cussed. “Cleveland is the birthplace of a su-perhero,” said Valentino Zullo, leader of the Get Graphic! Program and former scholar-in-resi-dence at the Cleveland Public Library. “Cleve-land likes to really cel-ebrate, especially those who are in the literary community,” Zullo said his fascination with comic books began when he was younger and used visual elements to learn English, his second lan-guage. The child of two immigrants, he said he interprets Superman’s story as one similar to a refugee or immigrant. “[Siegel and Shuster] create this character, this outsider, and he decides to come here and help, rather than just invade and

take over,” he said. Aside from recognizing the comic’s anniversary and its Ohio creators, Zullo suggest-ed Superman Day could also honor Superman’s legacy as a humanitar-ian. “I think it would be a really inter-esting thing to turn Su-perman Day into a giv-ing day,” he said. “That is really what Superman did. He was invested in uplifting people. He was invested into mak-ing the world more just.” Siegel and Shuster were inducted posthumously into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1992. Shuster died in 1992 and Siegel four years later. Patmon en-couraged Ohioans to celebrate Superman by buying a license plate, sticker or seeing a Su-perman movie. Siegel’s child-hood home in Glenville, located at 10622 Kim-berly Avenue, is open to visitors and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Patmon said Superman’s legacy is especially important for his Glenville con-stituents. “[Superman] has been a hallmark for that community and for its inventors for a very long time,” Patmon said. “It means a lot to us.”

Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created Superman while they attended Glenville High School in Cleveland in the 1930s.

Hue Jackson provides safe residence for victimsBy KARIN CONNELLY RICE There are close to one million human trafficking victims in the United States, with a child forced into the $3.5 billion industry every two minutes. Although Ohio ranks fourth in the coun-try for reports of human trafficking cases, there are just six beds available in Cleveland for rescued victims of modern-day slavery—and all six beds are in Cleveland’s Salva-tion Army Zelma George Family Shelter. Starting in July, Cleveland will have a to-tal of 18 beds for human trafficking victims—thanks to a commitment by the Hue Jackson Foun-dation—an organization founded by Cleveland Browns head coach Hue Jackson and his wife, Mi-chelle, to empower survi-vors of human trafficking by funding organizations that fight for those ex-ploited—and a partner-

ship with the Salvation Army Northeast Ohio Division. In its first en-deavor, the Jackson Foundation allocated $250,000 for the reno-vation of the third floor of the Salvation Army’s Harbor Light Complex on Prospect Avenue to create the Hue Jackson Survivors of Human Trafficking Residence. The 12-bed res-idence will provide safe housing for adult female human trafficking vic-tims and will offer a safe environment for victims to heal and focus on their treatment. “We wanted to create a place where residents feel safe,” says Andrea Wedren, execu-tive director of the Hue Jackson Foundation. “We wanted to make a space that was non-institution-al.” Designed by John Faile Architectural Consulting in Bay Vil-lage, the residence will

have three bedrooms with 12 beds; a bathroom and shower area; a gath-ering room with a televi-sion; a conference room; and a private office for community partners to offer confidential servic-es to the residents. “It’s a locked unit,” says We-dren. “Residents can get in, but other people can’t get in unless the residents are there.” Major Evan Hickman, Divisional Commander of the Sal-vation Army’s North-east Ohio division and Cleveland area coordi-nator, says the Jacksons approached him about a year ago about creating the Survivors of Human Trafficking Residence. “We are thrilled to be partnering with the Jackson Foundation,” he says. “They reached out at the same time we were looking to renovate Harbor Light.” Zelma George opened in No-vember 2016, freeing up

the additional space in the Harbor Light facility. Hickman says the Salvation Army is active in eliminating hu-man trafficking around the globe—130 coun-tries, to be exact—and he is pleased to see Cleve-land leading the way. “There are only 1,000 beds in the United States for survivors, and Cleve-land has 18 of them,” shares Hickman. In addition to the Hue Jackson Foun-dation and the Salvation Army, other commu-nity partners include the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, the FBI, the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s department, and the Renee Jones Em-powerment Center. Ad-ditionally, the residents will receive services to assimilate back into soci-ety. “We’ll offer a lot of great programs for these victims, with a

lot of groups who want to partner with us,” says Hickman. “We will have comprehensive services to meet the various needs of the survivors, emo-tionally, physically, and spiritually.” Services will in-clude case management, working with law en-forcement, and job train-ing. “We will offer them a different menu for them to fit back in the main-stream,” Jackson adds. “We’ll try to touch these victims in every way we personally can. We will continue to find ways to positively impact them and be the first piece of starting something that is an impactful and moving way of helping them.” The whole point, Hickman says, is to provide a caring en-vironment and keep the victims safe from their predators. “We have a safe environment, away from pimps or anyone else trying to get these survivors away,” he says.

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east Ohio, between 2009-present, there have been several lawsuits for discrimination based on race resulting $3 mil-lion dollars settlements to Northeast Ohio Busi-nesses. According to the EEOC: In 2009, Ba-hama Breeze paid $1.26 Million to settle a suit for racial harassment of black workers. EEOC Act-ing Regional Attorney Debra M. Lawrence of the Philadelphia District Office, which overseesparts of Ohio, said, “The black employees in this

case, some of them long-term, suffered throughegregious race-based mistreatment in order to maintain their jobs. The abusive managers are now gone and we are hopeful that victims can be treated as valued members of the restaurant work force.” In this case, res-taurant managers repeat-edly used racist slurs, including the N-word, against 37 workers at the Beachwood restaurant. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportuni-ty Commission (EEOC) today announced a class litigation settlement

with national restaurant chain Bahama Breeze for $1,260,000 and signifi-cant remedial relief in a case alleging repeated racial harassment of 37 black workers at the company’s Beachwood, Ohio location. In its lawsuit, the EEOC charged that Bahama Breeze manag-ers committed numerous and persistent acts of ra-cial harassment against black employees, includ-ing frequently address-ingblackstaffwithslurssuch as “n….r,” “Aunt Jemima,” “homeboy,” “stupid n….r,” and “you people.”

Addi t ional ly, managers allegedly imitated what they per-ceived to be the speech and mannerisms of black employees, and denied them breaks while al-lowing breaks to white employees. Despite the employees’ complaints to management, the alleged race-based harassment continued. “No worker should ever have to en-dure a racially hostile work environment in or-der to earn a paycheck,” said EEOC Acting Chair-man Stuart J. Ishimaru. “It is particularly dis-turbing when managers

engage in and condone the very unlawful con-duct they are required to prevent and correct. This sizeable settlement should remind employers of the possible consequences of a failure to promote and maintain a discrimination-free workplace.” The EEOC filedsuit inU.S.DistrictCourt for the Northern District of Ohio after first attempting to reacha voluntary settlement out of court (EEOC v. GMRI, Inc. d/b/a Baha-ma Breeze, 1:08cv2214).

Companies fined by EEOC for racial discrimination Excerpts from the testimony of M. Kate Boehringer against Area Temps is below. In September 2007,EEOCfiledacom-plaint against Area Temps, a temporary placement agency. EEOC alleged thatAreaTempsclassified

temporary workers and se-lected them for jobs based on their race, gender, and age. More specifi-cally, EEOC alleged that when companies contacted Area Temps asking them to refer temporary workers of a particular race, gen-

der, and age, Area Temps complied with those dis-criminatory requests. In its complaint, EEOC also alleged that Area Temps fired two ofits employees because those employees opposed its discriminatory prac-tices or participated in

EEOC’s investigation of Area Temps. Others who were adversely affected by dis-criminatory or retaliatory practices at Area Temps appeared in the litigation asplaintiff-intervenors. Ana Lopez-Ro-driguez testified thatAreaTemps employees were pressured to engage in discriminatory placement practices. Some may not have realized that what they were doing was un-lawful; Lopez-Rodriguez was assured that such practices were legal be-cause it simply involved giving customers what they wanted. When a tem-porary agency complies with a customer’s request for workers of a particular race, gender, or age, it has violated our anti-discrimi-nation laws. However, dis-covering and investigat-ing a temporary agency’s discriminatory practices is challenging. EEOC discovered, investigated, litigated, and resolved this case favorably not only because of the hard work and dedication of EEOC’s enforcement staff and le-gal unit, but also with the help of people like Lopez-Rodriguez who took a risk, came forward, and told the truth. Although the case did not go to trial, the record includes affi-davits from Area Temps employees who selected temporary workers for jobs with various compa-nies. Area Temps employ-ees provided the following information. According to the witnesses, Area Temps directed its staff to selecttemporary workers for jobs, and to place them with certain companies, based on race, gender, and age. Some reported that the company thought such practices were nec-essary to comply with the customers’ preferences - even if those preferences were discriminatory. AreaTempsstaffused photographs of the temporary workers, main-tained in the Area Temps electronic database, to de-termine the workers’ race and gender. Code words, phrases, and abbreviations were used to communicate the need to select tempo-rary workers of a particu-lar race or gender. For example, witnessesreported that when they needed a white worker for a job, they asked for a “hockey play-er, a “vanilla cupcake,” or someone “like you and me.” Preferences for white workers were indicated by writing a “W” on Rolodex cards for certain compa-nies or drawing smiley faces on their job orders. In July 2010,

In addition to the $1,260,000 in mon-etary relief obtained for the claimants, the three-year consent decree re-solving the litigation contains significant in-junctive relief requiring Bahama Breeze to: Maintain and update its written poli-cies and procedures in all restaurants nationwide, prohibiting employment discrimination, includ-ing race discrimination, racial harassment and re-taliation; Provide anti-discrimination and diver-

sity training to all of its Beachwood restaurant employees, including managers; Comply with EEOC monitoring of the decree and periodi-cally provide written re-ports regarding any dis-crimination complaints; and Display and maintain the EEOC poster in all restaurants currently within the same operational region as the Beachwood res-taurant in a place visu-ally accessible to em-ployees.

EEOC obtained a Con-sent Decree that resolved its claims against Area Temps. As part of the De-cree, Area Temps agreed to pay $650,000 in mon-etary relief, of which $579,650.00 would be paid into a Claim Fund to compensate EEOC’s claimants. In the Consent Decree, EEOC also ob-tained significant injunc-tive relief which was de-signed to eliminate any discriminatory referral practices at Area Temps. Seeking and obtaining effective injunctive re-lief is an essential part of EEOC’s litigation pro-gram. While the De-cree provides for monitor-ing, reporting, and train-ing, specific provisionswere developed to elimi-nate the likelihood that Area Temps will engage in discriminatory practices in the future.