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Congessional candidate Dr. Beverly Gold-stein is holding a fundraiser focusing on District 11 Illiteracy on Sunday, July 22 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the University Circle Bed and Break-fast, 1575 E. 108th Street. RSVP to Denise Verdiby text 440-622-6611 or email dverdi0713@hotmail.com. Goldstein is the Republican candidate for the United States House of Repreentatives, OH District 11.

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Lawyer’s action may be in violation of Prof. Cond. 1.2 (e) When a civil case filed in Ashtabula County in 2013 was going nowhere for lack of evidence, did the attorney who is a well-connected special prosecutor in a neghboring county, call on his friends in the Ashtabula County Prosecutors Office for help to criminally prosecute the defendants to further his ci-vil case? Did Attorney and special pro-secutor for Lake County Thomas Lobe threatened criminal charges and then participated in the criminal investigation against the two defendants in his civil case solely to obtain an advantage in the civil matter? If so,this action may not only be in violation Prof.Cond.R. 1.2(e), but also may have been a misuse of the Ashtabula County Sheriff, Prosecutor,

Victim Rights Advocate Offices, and the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, or BCI. After initiating a civil suit in Ashtabula County in 2013, Lobe’s cli-ents simultaneously initiated a police report in August 2013 which implicated the defendants in their civil case. Lobe then acted as an ‘unoffi-cial’ special prosecutor in the Ashtabula County Prosecutors Office. His over-in-volvement in the criminal case forced Ashtabula County Assistant Prosecutor Margret Draper to request a ‘shield’ between herself and Lobe to protect her against the appearance of impropriety. As a favor to Lobe, Draper in-cluded exactly what Lobe needed for his civil case as part of a plea presented to the defendant. (Story cont. on page 6.)

Prosecutorial misconduct may overturn McFarland wrongful conviction More and more cases are making news as wrongful convictions are being overturned due to prosecutorial misconduct. The family and friends of Sheila McFarland are praying that the Supreme Court of Ohio will va-cate her conviction and set her free. Justice Melody J. Stewart dissented from her fel-low judges, and wrote that she would vacate McFarland’s con-viction because “even with the evidence the majority refer-ences, is not enough to demon-strate that she planned, aided, or agreed to the facilitation of the offenses Brownlee and Motley conspired to commit. So in the end, McFarland was convicted because she knew that Brown-lee and Motley were going to do something to the victim, or be-cause she did nothing to prevent something from happening to the victim, or both.” Judge Patricia Ann Blackmon and Judge Larry A. Jones, Sr. affirmed McFarland’s conviction based on the case presented by the prosecution. New evidence has come to light that includes laundry list of misconduct by the prosecutor. There were five people charged in a conspiracy to mur-der Robert Williams. In McFarland’s case, only one of the conspirators,

Ryan Motley, testified. Motley testified that McFarland was not involved, and that he had passed a polygraph examination admin-istered by prosecution. In viola-tion of the rules of evidence, the prosecution ‘forgot’ to present the defense with the results of the polygraph. The ‘star’ witness for the prosecution, Dwayne Jackson, had the following exchange with the prosecutor in the companion case:Prosecutor: Do you want to tes-tify in this case? Jackon: NoProsecutor: But we called you to the witness stand, right?Jackson: Right.Prosecutor: you and I spoken be-fore your testimony today?Jackson: Yes.Prosecutor: When did that hap-pen?

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which did not match the actual phone records. She testified that she and the victim were getting threatened the night before the murder. When the police arrived, Henderson was not with the victim, but another friend. Henderson was grant-ed controlled release for ag-gravated burglary, attempted murder, and felonious assault. Presently she has a warrant for her arrest for violating pa-role. Prosecutors know-ingly ignored the obligation to disclose to the defense special treatment or promises of im-munity given to a government witness in exchange for testi-mony against the 6. 295 U.S. 78, 84 (1935). 7. Id. at 84-85. 8. Mooney v. Holohan, 294 U.S. 103, 112-13 (1935). 9. Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 87-88 (1963). Prosecutorial mis-conduct issues of suppressing exculpatory evidence and fab-ricating evidence also need to be addressed. A new wrinkle in the McFarland case involves the lead detective, Philip Tschetter who used McFarland’s story to further his acting career. In the show ‘For My Man,’ Tschetter discusses the crime. Unfortunately, he lies about many aspects of the case, including embellishing details such as the drug busts took place at a strip club. Much of the evidence Tschetter pro-duced had issues, and in light of his television appearance, this evidence should be re-ex-amined -especially the blood trace evidence. The hope is that upon review by the Ohio Supreme Court, McFarland’s case will be vacated and she will be able to go home to her family.

Jackson: About ten minutes ago.Prosecutor: Is that the first time we ever met?Jackson: YesProsecutor:All right. Did I promise you anything in return for your tes-timony?Jackson: No. Following McFarland’s conviction, Dwayne Jackson, his attorney, and prosecutor Maxwell Martin appeared at a hearing on May 12, 2017 for judicial release: “Specifically, Mr. Jackson assisted the State of Ohio in obtaining guilty verdicts in a murder for hire case by testifying against the Defendants. See State v. Eddie Brownlee, CR-16-604052-A and State v. Sheila McFarland, Cr-16-604052-B.” Jackson had been arrest-ed for several trafficking offenses which included fire arm and juve-nile specifications. Jackson forfei-ture included two cell phones, 4 digital scales, cash, and 6 guns, a safe and or ammunition and/or a marijuana grinder and packaging material, and a 2004 Cadillac. He had been indicted for involuntary manslaughter in April of 2001 so that the gun charges included for-feiture of weapons while under dis-ability. In fact, according to Eu-clid police report 15-06805, Jack-son was selling cocaine from the laundry room of the building, not McFarland. The detectives who testi-fied for the prosecution admitted on the stand that McFarland was not present in two out of three con-trolled drug buys that were central to the prosecution’s case. During the final controlled buy, McFarland was one of three people in a park-ing lot when she was arrested, and subsequently straight released for lack of evidence. The third witness for the prosecution, Korri Henderson, tes-tified that, like Johnson, she did not make a deal with the prosector. She testified to threatening phone calls

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Lakeland College fires racist ranter; Timberlake confused about policyBy PAT WHITE

When the administration of Lakeland College was notified about Vince Cronin, a part-time instructor at the Police Academy at Lakeland College and his racist Facebook rant, swift action was ta-ken. Cathy Bush, a Senior Vice President for Institutional Develop-ment and Effectiveness at Lakeland Community College, after confer-ring with Chief Morenz, wrote that Cronin ”will ” ”no longer be emplo-yed as an instructor in the College’s Basic Police Academy.” For the Village of Timber-lake where Cronin was recently ele-cted to city council, there was mass confusion. The mayor and city coun-cil were sent the Facebook post in which Cronin said that he was angry because his banking infor-mation was ’hacked’ and he had to straighten thing out at his banking instituion. This upset him because of his ’pension, driving company, Lakeland College...”

He then wrote: ’At-tention David Owens or wha-tever your name is. I’m pretty sure you’re some third world counrty piece of (expletive) and you most likely have some (expletive) up name. Since yoi were able to hack my bank info, then you know where I live. Come on over. A bullet is too good for you. I promise I won’t shoot you. Here’s what I will do, you pathetic, pie-ce of (expletive), scamming (expletive). I’m gonna cut you (expletive) fingers off with a

pair of wire cutters, hacksaw your (expletive) ears off the side of your head, and pour Hyrach-loric Acid on your (expletive)ball sack, and knock your (expletive) teeth out of your head, roots and all. The best Coroner in the world won’t be able to identify the body when I get done with you. Next, I’m gonna charter a flight back to Uganda or Zimbabwe or whe-rever the (expletive) your dumb ass is from and I’m gonna show your family and friends the body. They all need to know that you can’t (expletive) with Americans. Not done yet, Abdullah or wha-tever you (expletive) name is. Now it’s family time. Say good-bye to all your relatives. I’m gon-na do (expletive) to your female relatives that you wouldn’t wish on a farm animal (Ladies, I won’t get graphic here.) David Owens, wanna identify yourself and take me up on my offer or do you just want to sit back and be a piece of (expletive) scammer? Tell me where you’re at and I will fly the-re and do the same thing. Don’t

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be a (expletive) now, man up at least a little. Sorry for my rant. I will probably remove it in a day or so, but it needs to be up for now.” Mayor Mike Stanton and members of the Village of Timber-lake city council seemed to be in a panicked state of confusion as to what to do. One council member found the social media policy for the Village of Timberlake, but then the council members began a discussion of whether the policy applied to elected officials. They agreed that :Yes it was racist. Yes it was vile and vio-lent. Yes the post expressed violence against women.....but what to do? The Village of Timberlake will get an opinion as to whether the social media policy applies to elec-ted officials before taking any action. Councilwoman Ritu Sharma might confer Lakeland College or Cuyaho-ga Community College to understand how best to deal with racist, violent posts. Residents will have to wait until the city council meeting in August.

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Isis Mason, who is in pre-K, loves to read. Together with her younger sister, Princess’Theasia, they like to play with their Barbie and baby dolls. Andre’a William, their mother, says Isis loves to go to the library, and her favorite food is macaroni.

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I have had enough of some things. There are, however, some things I can never have enough. Apple fritters and coffee are things I can never have enough of. I would never use the word “enough” with these words. Some things are in this category of “I’ve Had Enough.” Recently, the Gra-cious Mistress of the Par-sonage said, “Your birthday is coming up. What do you want to do for your birth-day?” I looked at her like I have never looked at her before and said, “Enough, I’ve had enough of birth-days I don’t want another birthday.” She looked at me, laughed like usual and said, “Silly boy, everybody has a birthday.” In a way, I guess she is right, but I have had enough birthdays and I do not want another birthday. I think birthday celebrations are rather silly when you get to be a cer-tain age. Sure, when you are young and full of en-ergy, you looked forward to birthday celebrations. You looked forward to all the birthday presents you are going to be getting. Nothing is more exciting than cel-ebrating your birthday. That certainly is one stage of life. However, that stagecoach has left the ranch. I have had enough birthdays. One of the aggra-vating things about a birth-day is that you have to dis-close your age. You know when you say, for example, “I’m 60,” people will al-ways respond by saying, “You don’t look 60.” Everybody knows

that is the code for saying, “You sure do look old.” Or, somebody will say, “60 is the new 40.” I have no idea what that means, but I certainly do not want to live 40 again. Mind you, I have nothing against birthday cakes and such. I have had enough birthday cakes throughout my life that I probably do not need any-more. If only I could get a birthday cake without all of the hullabaloo and the singing, “Happy birthday to you…” But there is a main concern I have about my birthday. I have given this some rather deep thought and I have come to my ulti-mate conclusion. That conclusion is, I really do not know when my birthday is. That may sound silly, but I have good rea-sons to question the actual birth date. Unfortunately, I cannot remember anything about that day. I do have a vague memory of being hung upside down by my feet and somebody slapping my backside. That is all I remember. I do not know the actual date and year. My wife one time said to me, “Well, your parents told you what your birthday was. You should trust them.” And that is the problem. It is a problem of trust. In the beginning years of my life, whenever it started, my parents had the habit of lying to me. For instance. It took me years to discover that they had been lying to me about Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. For many years, they assured me there was a real Santa Claus and a real Easter Bunny. Can you imagine the heartache I experienced when I discov-

ered that they were not be-ing truthful to me? If they were not truthful to me about Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny, how can I be sure they were truthful to me about my ac-tual birth date? Someone once pointed out that I had a birth certificate, but I do not know the validity of that birth certificate. I do not remember being present when that certificate was signed. How do I know it is not fake? It took me a long time to realize that even the Tooth Fairy was not actu-ally true. When they told me about the Tooth Fairy, I could hardly wait to yank a tooth out of my mouth and put it under my pillow. Imagine the disap-pointment I felt when I dis-covered there was no such thing as a Tooth Fairy. If I would take the time to investigate, I prob-ably would find a lot more things my parents told me that turned out not to be true. So, when it comes to my birth date, how can I re-ally believe that that is my actual birth date? What, if I am not as old as my parents say I am? So, with all the in-formation I have not found, how can I celebrate my birthday again? I think I should just put it aside as I did Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. I should put it in the same category, laugh it off and say, “Ha, ha, ha, none of this is true.” “What do you mean,” my wife queried, “you’re not going to cel-ebrate your birthday any-more?” I explained to her that I celebrated enough birthdays, a birthday I’m not quite sure is my actual birthday, so I don’t need to celebrate anymore. Enough is certainly enough. “What about my birthday?” I simply looked at her and said, “We sure will be celebrating your birthday at least once a year.” She smiled and I let it at that. Later that night I thought of some Scripture I had read in the morning. “The Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount” (Deuteronomy 1:6). God was trying to get Israel to move on. Like Israel, some-times we can stay “long enough” at a certain place and then we need to move on. 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.

A Look At My World‘Enough is enough and I’ve had enough’

By ZAKARYA MITICHIE

The Prophet, peace be upon him, described the month of Ramadan as a month that “has come to give you shade,” evoking sentiments of taking pause and reflection. In that vein, the 20th century thinker Malik Bennabi gave us a parable for Ramadan likening it to

the cave of Hira’. He noted that when Muhammad ibn Abdullah went on retreat to Hira’, he was not seeking revelation. Rather, he sought to take pause from the per-versions of society that he saw around him- of shirk (associations with Allah), of economic exploitation, warmongering, oppression of women, racism, and al-

coholism, among others. These social ills likely resonate with us today (think global nuclear stock piles, the destruction of the natural environment, war and support for oppressive regimes abroad, the expo-sure of sexual violence and harassment via the #MeToo movement, daily assaults on black and brown bodies and communities through police

violence, ICE raids, attacks on undocumented commu-nities, racist Countering Violence Extremism surveil-lance programs… etc.) That is, the Prophet sought to be put under the shade of the cave from the abrasive glare of the world around him. He knew in his heart that his society was off track, and so he retreated to nature where he must have felt he

would find guidance. The Prophetic ges-ture of temporary seclusion is a profound one. And for Bennabi, Ramadan should be our cave of Hira’ as well. Primarily, in follow-ing the Prophetic model, the retreat should be a spiritual exercise of attempting to disconnect from the capital-istic materialism that often engulfs us, and to re-connect with a natural, living source

(al-Hayy) to be found in the living world around us. It is like self-care, but not quite. Whereas self-care is taking care of mind, body, and soul through cen-tering the self, Prophetic retreat is about centering the Divine, and understand-ing our place in the Cosmic tapestry. Secondly, the Pro-phetic retreat is a worldly exercise. That is, the discon-

nection/reconnection must not be escapist. It must be a purposeful one, for develop-ing a Godly grounding from which to prepare worldly repair (islah). During this period we should, at both the indi-vidual and communal level, take audit, reflect, and com-mit to radically transforming the disorder we may find within ourselves or in the society around us.

‘Reflections on Ramadan’ to carry throughout the year

Outrage over family separations at the U.S.–Mexico border intensified over the week-end, with two first ladies—Mela-nia Trump and Laura Bush—both weighing in, and tension escalat-ing on the ground. The United States government has separated some 2,000 migrant children from their parents in the last six weeks, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The Trump admin-istration’s policy of separating migrants from their children has prompted a national moral reckoning, with comparisons to Nazi Germany and the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, but the president and his aides have provided few signs that they will change course—despite the pressure, including from allies. The administration is caught between its need to secure the border and deter illegal im-migration with the political, and moral, consequences of separat-ing people from their children, a policy that could fast become a political nightmare for Republi-cans ahead of the midterm elec-tions in November. Melania Trump, the first lady, entered the debate Sun-day when a spokeswoman said: “Mrs. Trump hates to see children separated from their families and hopes both sides of the aisle can finally come together to achieve successful immigration reform. She believes we need to be a country that follows all laws, but

also a country that governs with heart.” The Washington Post published an op-ed by Lau-ra Bush, the wife of President George W. Bush, in which the former first lady described the separations as “cruel” and “im-moral,” despite “the need to enforce and protect our interna-tional boundaries.” Bush, making a rare foray into a public-policy issue, also compared the images from the border to “the Japanese American internment camps of World War II, now considered to have been one of the most shame-ful episodes in U.S. history.” Democrats have rallied against the policy, have protested outside detention centers, and urged the Trump administration to reverse course. On Father’s Day, about 500 people gathered outside a federal detention facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey, chant-ing against the administration’s policy: “For all the fathers in detention, you are not forgotten.” Seven Democrat ic members of Congress from New Jersey and New York, who were among them, were allowed inside to meet with five migrants who had been separated from their children at the U.S. border with Mexico. The men were emo-tional, the lawmakers said; some did not know where their children were being detained, they said. I’m leaving the ICE Detention facility in Elizabeth, NJ after having met with 5 men, fathers, who came here seeking

asylum and instead were sepa-rated from their families. This is what they shared with me: pic.twitter.com/9JcCBCPBMO — Carolyn B. Maloney (@RepMaloney) June 17, 2018“What I saw in there is inhu-mane,” Representative Albio Sires of New Jersey said at a sub-sequent news conference. “I see the politics of this administration and it turns my stomach, because I know what this country stands for. And that’s not what we are in America.” In Texas, Democratic lawmakers visited a facility in McAllen. There, Representative Vicente Gonzalez of Texas said he saw about 100 children who were younger than six. “It was orderly, but it was far from what I would call humane,” he told The Washington Post. The U.S. Border Pa-trol allowed reporters to visit the facility in McAllen. An AP reporter described what he saw: “More than 1,100 people were inside the large, dark facility that’s divided into separate

wings for unaccompanied children, adults on their own, and mothers and fa-thers with children. The cages in each wing open out into common areas to use portable restrooms. The overhead lighting in the warehouse stays on around the clock.” The reporters were not allowed to take photos or interview detainees.

Trump’s border policy under scrutiny by U. S. leaders

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Friday Night Fights XXV amateur boxing show on Friday, July 20 at 7:00 p.m. at the Word Church Multiplex, 18909 South Miles Road, Warrensville, Ohio. For information call Bryan Gedeon 216-956-1364.

Doby closer to Congressional Gold Medal

By KARL BRYANT

Inanawesomeoffen-sive display, the Indians made Cincinnati see red with an em-barrassing 19-4 destruction in the finale of their series. TheTribelosingstreakwasatfouras their designated InterLeague rival had taken the first twogames - one quite a shocker - oftheCleveland-based“Battleof Ohio” contests, so the an-nihilation definitely took thesmug looks off the faces ofthose visiting from SouthernOhio. The two squads willplay three more contests in the Queen City (or “Porkopolis,”if you prefer thatmoniker) inAugust. The Tribe was com-ing off losing two of threegames to the A’s in Cleveland andfourofsixoveralltothemin10days.LastSunday’smis-erable6-0lossleftheadsshak-ing. There was poor defense,highlighted (low-lighted?) byAll-StarSSFranciscoLindor-who should know better – not wearing sunglasses and losing a pop-up in the sun in the 1st inningthatledtoarun. There was poor pitch-ing, as Rookie Shane Bieber(4-1) was so-so and the Bull-penaddedtothemisery.Therewas poorer batting, as the Tribe was stymied at the plate - shut

out for just the third time thisseason.Onewagprattled,“It’sa good thing it’s ‘Kids Run the Bases Day’ because the Indians suredidn’tgettorunthem.” Oakland starterBrettAnderson (1-2) returned fromthe Disabled List and pitched likeitwasoldtimes,asfacingthem for the first time in halfadecade,improvedto3-0life-timevs. theTribewith an as-tonishing0.82ERA. After scoring twodefensive-aided“earnedruns,”the A’s got legitimate runs as Stephen Piscotty smashed along 2 Run HR against Cleve-land’s version of The Biebs,who lost for the first time inhis young career. Jed Lowrieadded another HR against the

Tribe’sshamblesofaBullpen. Other than little kidslookingforwardtorunningthebases post-game, most fanswere depressed due to what they’d witnessed on the field.Natesummedupmostoftheirfeelingsbysaying,“Can’twinif you can’t catch the ball,throwtheball,orhittheball.”Johnwrylyremarked,“Atleastwe’re helping the A’s catch the Yankees for a Wild Cardspot. When the Indi-ans totallywasted amasterfulpitching performance by All-StarTrevorBauer(8-6)acou-pleofdayslater,thefansmusthavebeendownrightsurly. Bauer struck out a dozen in eight scoreless in-

ningsandleftwitha4-0lead.CloserCodyAllen(2-4),who’shadproblemsinnon-Savesitu-ations (19 Save situations –fiverunsallowed;19non-Savesituations - 14 runs allowed),was brought in to mop up and instead, started an inferno.When he was taken out, thescore was 4-3 with the bases loadedandtwoout. Even national sportssiteshave told the tailofhowTribeManagerTerryFranconacalled the Bullpen and asked for “OP” (Oliver Perez) andinsteadgot“OT”(DanOtero).When a pitcher is announced,hemustfaceatleastonebatter.Reds All-Star 1B Joey Vottoquickly cleared the bases with a doubletoputCincinnatiahead.

The National Riyadh will be held at East HighSchool,79thStreet,onJuly13-14.Theeventwillincludeabasketballtournament,footballeducation,TrackandField,videogames,andafashionshow.Theannualeventisopento all the children in the community.To participate in thebasketballtournament,callKhalidSamadat216-538-4083.VendorboothscanbeobtainedbycontactingAminKhafizat216-407-2128.

National Riyadh to be held

Shockingly,theRedswon,7-4,andredwasonIndianfacesallaround(nopunintended)andateammeetingwascalled.Truthbe told, the way the Bullpen’s been going, anyone coming in probably would’ve been knockedaround. Now with reliever TylerOlsonofftheDL,there’smoreofachancefornicknamemix-ups, so from hereon out,why not just use a player’sgiven name? In the old days, before phones were allowed,hand/arm gestures were used to signalforaplayerintheBull-pen. So with this tumul-tuous state of affairs brewing,theTribefacedtheRedsintheseries finale. Thankfully, theyimmediately went on top and soared their way to a 19-hit, 19-4 “W.” Jose Ramirez hittwoHRsandLindorandJasonKipniseachhitone. Carlos Carrasco got toleaveearlywitha17-1leadafter throwing 83 pitches andstriking out seven in five in-nings. Laughably,Adam Plut-ko, just recalled from AAAColumbus, got his first Save

because he worked four in-nings (three gives the Save).Reds Rookie Tyler Mahle (7-7), who’d been 3-0 in Inter-League play, got his first lossagainst anA.L. opponent. Hegaveupsevenruns(5earned)and CLE rained down eightmore on Tanner Rainey. SSAlex Blandino, who came into pitch the 8th and allowedone hit, hilariously was the only Reds pitcher to give up no runs. While the Tribe wasamassing nine runs in the 3rd Inning, Debbie, who’s been to several recent games, said, “Jose(Ramirez)reallyhitstheballaton.He’sagreatAll-Star.Frankie(Lindor)reallygetsthejobdone, too.Whataplayer.”Nearby Noreen noted, “TheIndians have been hitting the ballsogoodtoday.Ihopetheysave some of thisOffense fortheYankees.” TheTribe plays fourgamesvs.NYtocloseouttheseason’s“FirstHalf.”Ramirez,Lindor, Michael Brantley, Bauer, and Corey Kluber will represent CLE in theAll-StarGameinD.C.onJuly17.

Indians makes Cincy see red with blow-out

The House passed a measure that would award the Congressional Gold Medal to Larry Doby, the sec-ondAfrican American to smash the color barrier inMajorLeagueBaseball.JoiningtheClevelandIndiansthree months after Jackie Robinson appeared in theBrooklynDodgers’ lineupinApril1947,Dobyshoul-deredthroughthesameprejudiceandhatethatmarkedRobinson’searlydaysintheleague.Thesenatehastoapprovethelegislation.

ByANDREWCARTER

Croatia will play France for the 2018 FIFAWorld Cup. Croatia beatEngland, 2-1, to advanceto the ultimate round and France beat Belgium, 1-0,tomakeittoSunday’s11:00AM ET winner-take-allmatch inMoscow.Englandwill play Belgium for 3rdPlaceonSaturdayat10a.m.

ETinSt.Petersburg. Croatia and Eng-land were tied 1-1 afterregulationandwentintoex-tra time.MarioMandzukicscored 19 minutes into the overtime toputCroatiaup.There’s no “sudden death”andtheentire30-minuteex-tra sessionmust beplayed.Croatia’s Defense held upthe rest of theway to sendthemtotheFinal.

Intheothersemifi-nal,France’sSamuelUmtitiscoredaheaderoffacornerkick six minutes into the 2ndHalfandthatlonegoalstood up for France to ad-vance. Since all but European

World Cup finals set as Croatia faces Franceteams were eliminated in the 32-team tournament be-forethesemifinals,thoseofthe African Diaspora havefound a rooting interest inFrance.AdozenofFrance’s23playersareofAfricanan-cestry.

Lindor

Ellis

Boxing NostalgiaByJIMAMATO

In April of 1967,JimmyEllispoundedouta15round decision against JerryQuarry to win the vacant W.B.A.heavyweightchampi-onship.InMarchof1968,JoeFrazier halted Buster Mathisto win the heavyweight title recognition in New York State. Twomonths later BobFoster knocked out the greatDick Tiger to capture the light heavyweight crown. Fosterfeltthebigmoneywasintheheavyweight division and he began to challenge the cham-pions. Frazier actively de-fended his title turning backManuelRamos,JerryQuarry,Oscar Bonevena, and DaveZyglewicz.Ellison theotherhandmadeonlyonedefense,a disputed verdict over ex-champion Floyd Patterson.Proposed matches for Ellisagainst Henry Cooper, Gre-gorioPeraltaandRobertCler-oux never materialized. Bythe time Ellismet Frazier inFebruaryof1970tounifythecrown the ring rust had settled in. After Frazier destroyedEllishewouldgoontomeetFoster lateron thatyearwithdisastrousresultsforFoster. What if during hisperiod of idleness before theFrazier debate had Ellis en-tertained Foster’s challenge?Foster as we would find outcould not handle Frazier’spower, strength and aggres-sion. How would he havefared against a master boxerlike Ellis? It may have gonesomethinglikethis. The 198 pound El-lis strides out to meet the

What if ? Jimmy Ellis fought Bob Foster in 1969

181-pound Foster to beginroundone.Quicklytheybeganto trade jabs. Ellis is quickerbut Foster is harder andmoreaccurate.Bythemiddleoftheround it is apparent that this is becomingachessmatch.Thenout of nowhereEllis connectswith a whistling overhand right and Foster is shaken. Fos-ter stumbles back against the ropesandEllisisrightonhim.Ellis just misses with anotherright and then connects with a hardlefthooktotheheadandFoster’sinserioustrouble.El-lis is winging at Foster whocan’t seem to get away fromthe ropes. Then in a wild ex-changeFosterhurtsElliswithashortlefthook.MomentarilystunnedEllistakesafewstepsback and now Foster is jab-bing his way off the ropes.Ellis comes in and connectswith another overhand right butthisonelandshighonFos-ter’s head. In another heatedexchange they both land lefthooks but Foster’s doesmoredamage.Ellisnowhasasmallcut on his right eyelid as the bellsoundsendingtheround.

Angelo Dundee the manager-trainer of Ellis isgiving him a tongue lashing in the corner. Ellis comes outfastforroundtwoandtakesacouple of hard jabs. In returnhelandsahardlefthooktothebodythatmakesFosterwince.Foster’s trying to slow downthepacebutEllis,hisearsstillringing from Dundee’s tiradecontinues to press. Foster islandingmore punches but El-lis’s body punches are both-ering Bob.As Ellis moves inFoster catches himwith a jaband then he slams in a short choppingrightflushonthejawandEllissinkstooneknee.El-lis takes an eight count shaking his head as he’s trying to clear thecobwebs.AsFostercomesinEllisclinches.OntheinsideEllis ismuch stronger and helands some effective punchestoFoster’s leanribcage.Ellisappears to be all right now but he’s staying close to smother Fosterspunches. Dundee is livid in the corner between rounds while Foster has a smug look. Heknows he can hurt Ellis now.

Ellisisstilltryingtostaycloseinroundthree.Foster isusinghis jab to good effect and El-lis’s cut has been re-opened.Foster is trying to shorten uphis left hook hoping that willdiscourage Ellis from cominginside.Ellis’smakingthefightbut Foster’s landing themoreeffectiveblows.AsFosterdipsdowntothrowashortlefthookEllisletsgoofaviciousover-hand right that catches Fosterflush on the jaw and he goesdownflatonhisback.Hebe-gins to get up at “6” and justbarely beats the count. Thereferee asks Foster if he’s allright. Foster says yes but hiseyes are unfocused. The ref-eree lets it continue and Ellisis on him in a flash.Anotheroverhand right lands but it’s a littleofftarget.StillitwobbledBob who makes a feeble at-tempt to jab.Ellis slips insideand lands a tremendous lefthook to Foster’s chin and hecrumbles to the canvas.Therewill be no count as Foster’scornermencometohisaid. At 175 pounds Fos-ter was possibly the best light heavyweight of all time. Hejust did not have the strengthto battle the big boys. DougJones, Zora Folley and ErnieTerrell all handled Bob easily inhispre-championshipdays. Ellisearnedhis titleby beatingLeotisMartin,Os-carBonevenaandJerryQuar-ry.Noeasytask.Elliswasade-ceptivelyhardpuncher.Hehadthe granite chinned Bonevena down twice. Also he nearlyhad Leotis Martin out in the firstroundoftheirfight.

Foster

By KARL BRYANT OurLadyoftheWay-side recently held their 19th Annual Grapes and Ale ben-efitatProgressiveField,Homeof theCleveland Indians.TheeventwasabigwinfortheNEOhio charity in gaining greatexposure and providing about$100,000 of necessary fundsfortheirmanyactivities.OLWprovides residential, transpor-tation, and day programming for over 900 NE Ohio adultsand children with developmen-taldisabilities. A couple thousand supportersofOLWhadanen-joyable time bidding on auc-tion packages, noshing on the fare of localBBQand restau-rant establishments, and hav-ing access to samples of doz-ensofwines. A beer and ale tasting

wasavailableforanadditionalfee.GiantEagle,MeltBarandGrilled, Cupcake Cravings, Delaware North (the ballpark’s concessionaire), and Pierre’swere among the food purvey-ors.Attendeesoftheeventheldin Progressive Field’s rightfield concourse and The Cor-ner enjoyed pleasant weatheras the affair began and thengamely braved blustery ele-mentslaterthatnight. The Ace Molar Band, SchoolofRock,andBrowningAvenueJazzprovidedmusicalentertainment for the evening.TerryDavis, president of OurLadyoftheWayside,toldMi-nority PublishersAssn., “Thisis such a good time for thepeople that want to help us and help those that we serve. I’mgrateful forall thesupportweget fromall thesepeopleherewhocaresomuch.”

Charity fundraiser held

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Z107.9 Summer Jam will open at the Wol-stein Center on Friday, Au-gust 31 at 7:00 p.m. For years, Z107.9 has hosted a big summer concert dubbed the Z107.9 Summer Jam. The folks at the hip-hop station have just announced details regarding this year's big event. The lineup in-cludes several mainstream hip-hop artists (many of

whom are in regular rota-tion on the station). Yo Gotti, Blac Younsta, Moneybagg Yo, Ray JR, TX Kravitz, Plies, Blocboy JB, Preme and Rootabang are all slated to perform. Yo Gotti released his debut album Youngsta's On a Come Up under the alias Lil Yo. He went on to release From Da Dope Game 2 Da Rap Game (2000), Self-Explanatory (2001), Life (2003), Back 2 da Basics

Summer Jam comes to the Wolstein Center

If you would like to be a Beauty of The Week, send photo, phone number and information to EAST SIDE DAILY NEWS or call (216) 721-1674.

Beauty of the Week: is il-lustrious looking Monique Gonzaque. Monique, who is a world-wide recog-nized model, was featured in the Bronze Beauty Cal-ender. (ESDN Photo by Howard Moorehead)

The Cincinnati Music Festival will be held from Thursday, July 26 to Sunday, July 28 at Paul Brown Stadium. R&B stars Charlie Wilson, Jill Scott, Fan-tasia, and Common 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.

Fantasia, Common headline the Cincinnati Music Festival

Scott has a decade relationship with the Roots who have been added to the program. She and the Roots

wrote the hit single "You Got Me," which featured vocals by Erykah Badu. Thr Roots are seen weekdays on

'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.' Fantasia rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the reality television series American Idol in 2004. Organizers an-nounced that Common, Xscape, the O'Jays and Cin-cinnati Bootsy Collins and DJ Vader will also perform at the festival. They will be joining previously an-nounced performers includ-ing 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 festival as the Cincinnati Music Festival. Tickets are avail-able at 800-745-3000 or online at www.ticketmas-ter.com.

Six new shows have been added to the Playhouse Square roster, and tickets are on sale at playhousesquare.org, 216-241-6000 and the Playhouse Square Ticket Of-fice. Sisters United: It’s Our Time…A one-of-a-kind evening of singing, com-edy and motivation starring YOLANDA ADAMS, MC LYTE, STEPHANIE MILLS, AVERY SUNSHINE and MARSHA AMBROSIUS. With female empowerment now a vanguard for the world, Sisters United is lead-ing the way. They appear for one 7:30 pm show Fri., Sept. 14 at the KeyBank State The-

Six new shows coming to Playhouse Squareatre. Tickets: $62.50, $52.50 & $42.50. Henry Rollins Travel Slideshow… Rollins could be called an American renaissance man: a musician (heading the group Black Flag), film/TV ac-tor, writer, television-radio host and comedian. For many years Rollins has taken photographs on travels from Baghdad to Pyongyang and now presents an intimate evening bringing to life stories of these exotic global travels. He presents his Henry Rollins Travel Slideshow Tour 2018 at the intimate Ohio The-atre at Playhouse Square Wed., Sept. 19 at 8 pm. Tickets are $35.00. An Evening with

Beth Hart-A Special Solo Per-formance…Playhouse Square audiences experienced the burnt-honey vocals and explo-sive performance of Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Beth Hart performing here as Janis Joplin. The head-turning vocalist for guitar heroes Joe Bonamassa, Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy and Slash, and now as an acclaimed solo artist…Beth ap-pears hot off her Blues Foun-dation Award win as “Best In-strumentalist – Vocals,” and the title of “ultimate female rock star” by The Blues Magazine. She performsSat., Sept. 22 at 8 pm in the Ohio Theatre. Tick-ets: $52.50, $45.40, $35.50 Colin Mochrie &

Brad Sherwood: Scared Scriptless …”Whose Line Is It Anyway” stars Colin Mo-chrie and Brad Sherwood will be live on stage and “Scared Scriptless” in their current tour where these improv comedy masterminds make up original songs, scenes…whatever au-dience members suggest. Just like a live version of “Whose Line!”, it’s a comedy high wire act where some fans may even join the fun onstage! Colin and Brad appear at Playhouse Square’s KeyBank State The-atre Sun., Oct. 7 at 7:30 pm. Tickets: $45, $35 & $25. Boney James…Credited with virtually creat-ing the genre of “urban jazz,”

four-time Grammy nominee Boney James has become a Playhouse Square favorite. He returns with his catalog of hits augmented with songs from his current album, Honest-ly, which, he says, reflects a different side of his musical personality on each track. The saxman-keyboardist-producer-songwriter of-fers up his smooth jazz and R&B at Playhouse Square’s Ohio Theatre Sat., Nov. 17 at 8 pm. Tickets: $65, $45 & $25.

MENU TIPSFor more-marvelous mashed potatoes (NAPS)-Here’s a quick tip for a delicious dish: Slow cook your mashed pota-toes. Slow cookers save time, energy and space in the kitch-en. They’re particularly helpful during holidays, when extra stove top and oven space are in high demand. Slow cookers actu-ally save you time because there’s no need for constant attention or frequent stirring and there’s minimal cleanup. Here’s one slow-cooker mashed Idaho® po-tatoes recipe that could fast become a family favorite:Slow-Cooked Mashed Pota-toesApproximately eight cups 3 pounds Idaho® potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes 1⅓ cups water ½ cup (1 stick) but-ter, divided 1 teaspoon salt or to taste ½ teaspoon black pepper or to taste 1 cup whole milk Coat a 3½–4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Add potatoes and pour water over potatoes, stir, cov-er and cook on high setting 3 hours or until potatoes are tender. Reduce heat to low, add all but 1 tablespoon of the butter, salt and pepper. Using a potato masher or a handheld electric

mixer, beat on medium speed until potatoes are thoroughly mashed (while potatoes are in the slow cooker). Slowly add the milk and beat until creamy; do not overbeat or they will be stiff and have a “gummy” texture. Place the remaining 1 tablespoon butter in a small microwave bowl and cook on high setting 25-30 seconds or until just melted. Drizzle even-ly over potatoes. To make sure you’re getting potatoes grown in Ida-ho’s unique climate—warm days, cool nights, rich volca-nic soil and abundant fresh water—always look for the “Grown in Idaho” seal. Cut potatoes in even-ly shaped cubes. Place potatoes in cold water and then bring to a boil. Add a bouillon cube to the potatoes while they are boiling. Don’t overbeat. This can create starchy, sticky mashed potatoes. Beat in herbs, sea-sonings, minced vegetables or grated cheese for added flavor and color. For fluffier mashed potatoes, stir in a ½ teaspoon of baking powder. Let sit for a few minutes before serving. For more potato facts, tips and recipes, visit www.idahopotato.com.

'love jones' is about black cinematic loveBy C.M. APPLING In black slang or the African-American vernacu-lar, the term ‘love jones’ is described as ‘a strong attrac-tion to someone.' Using this particular term as the title and concept for his film, director Theodore Witcher presented a unique twist on his tale of a black cinematic love story. In Hollywood, black-themed films are a rar-ity in themselves with only a small number being made each year. Also, since the movie industry is a business that wants to make money, most major releases are cau-casian-themed and focused on the genres of action, drama, comedy or horror. Therefore, when an actual black film is released that focuses on love and relation-ships, it is indeed something to take notice of. In the 1990’s and early 2000 millennium, there were two major motion-pic-tures thatwere both excellent exam-ples of mainstream genres that ventured into the realm of black love. Jason’s Lyric (1994) was a serious drama that featured a romantic focus point. Also, Love & Basket-ball (2000) was a drama that also centered on a roman-tic relationship. But, it was Witcher’s love jones in 1997 that explored an element of black love rarely seen on screen. While Jason’s Lyric and Love & Basketball told familiar tales of black gangs or African-American ath-letes, love jones was differ-ent in that it showcased two ‘artists’ of color whose social crowd was the Afro-centric, eclectic elite. The movie begins when beautiful photographer Nina Mosley (Nia Long)

and her friend Josie Nichols (Lisa Nicole Carson) go to a Chicago nightclub called The Sanctuary that features spoken-word poetry. At the club is a handsome writer/poet Darius Lovehall (Larenz Tate) and his four-deep posse of intellectual homies: Sa-von Garrison (Isaiah Wash-ington), Eddie Coles (Leon-ard Roberts), Sheila Downes (Bernadette L. Clarke) and the raucously outrageous ‘Wood’ [short for ‘Holly-wood’] (Bill Bellamy). Nina has broken up with her long-time boyfriend Marvin Cox (Khalil Kain) and when she meets Darius at The Sanctuary, he does an impromptu poetry piece on the mic just for her called ‘Brother To The Night’ (A Blues For Nina). After that night, when they run into each other at a record store, Darius follows Nina to the place she is ‘house-sitting’ for a friend. When Nina fi-nally accepts a date with Dar-ius, the romance begins and both photographer and writer are ‘caught up in the jones’. Nina starts to hang out with Darius’ friends and everything is bliss until she decides to go to New York to ‘formally’ end her relation-ship with Marvin. In turn, while Nina is away, Darius has a brief encounter with another wom-an. When the couple are re-united, sparks fly and they make the choice to break-up. While they are separated, Nina acquiesces to Wood’s pleas to go out with him. They seem to get along, so Wood gloats to Darius about dating Nina. But, when Wood makes the cal-lous mistake of taking Nina to a party with Darius and his friends, he shows his dog traits by refusing to take her

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home. So, Darius tags after Nina when she leaves and, after they talk, they eventu-ally get back together. However, the cou-ple breaks-up a second time, so Nina makes the decision to accept a job offer for Vibe magazine in New York. As the train she is on pulls away, Darius chases after it, but is too late. A year later, she returns to The Sanctuary to learn that Darius has just had his novel, Gypsy Eyes, pub-lished. After she recites an original poem she wrote on stage, Darius witnesses her still longing for him. Outside the club, in the downpour of rain, Darius confrontsNina, apologizes and begs for her to renew their relation-ship. She agrees and they kiss passionately as their sil-houettes are shown in the shower of water. love jones was a nostalgic throwback to two eras of artistic history. It featured similarities to the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920’s with black writers Langston Hughes, Richard Wright and Zora Neale Hur-ston. It also paid homage to the 1960’s ‘beatnik/hip-pie’ movement where poetry was read at neighborhood coffee houses. The music soundtrack displayed popu-lar, neo-soul singers like Lau-ryn Hill and Maxwell. Also, the love scenes in the film were hot and steamy. Witcher’s work was a relieving departure from stereotypical nonsense that many black films feature with drug-related themes or clownish comedy. It offered a glimpse into the soph-isticated urbane world of black artists and is one of the best motion-pictures about post-modern black love.

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By NANCY ANN LEE

Singer-lyricist Eddie Jefferson created in the late 1940s the style that came to be calle jazz vocalese. Upon hearing saxo-phonist James Moody's ver-sion of Coleman Hawkins' "Body and Soul", Jefferson wrote lyrics to the tune which has become the jazz standard "Moody's Mood for Love". He inspired later vocalese groups such as Lam-bert, Hendricks and Ross. Jefferson was born in Pittsburgh in August, 1918. His early career was guided by his father who was in show business. Jefferson and his brother Charlie, formed a song and dance act, the Candy Kids, heard on local radio for sev-eral years. His first recordings were made in 1952-53. Until 1962, Jefferson worked with James Moody, whom he rejoined in 1969. In 1976, he formed a partnership with saxman Richie Cole that lasted until his murder in Detroit in May 1979. Jefferson was a mas-ter lyricist who created pro-found, funny and joyful lyrics. He combined elements of jive talk, slang, musical diction, story-telling and rhythm into musical poetry. In his gravely voice, he precisely delivered brisk bop lines with passionate power, breaking boundaries

of American song.

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Chris' Cinema Trivia &Movie Match UpBy CHRIS APPLING

TRIVIA - (Black Leading Men)

MOVIE MATCH-UP - (Samuel L. Jackson)

1. Who is the legend-ary, black leading man and ca-lypso singer who starred with the great, Dorothy Dandridge in 3 films:'Bright Road' (1953), 'CarmenJones' (1954) and 'Island In The Sun' (1957)? 2. Who is the former running back for the Cleve-land Browns who turned into a macho, action-film star appearing in such movies as 'The Dirty Dozen' (1967), 'Riot' (1968), ad in the 1969 classic '100 Rifles' where he starred with Burt Reynolds and created controversy for having an on-screen, inter-racial love scene with white actress Raquel Welch? 3. Shavenheaded Louis Gossett, Jr. made his film debut in 'A Raisin In The Sun' (1961), starred as the musical slave 'Fiddler' in Alex Haley's 'Roots' miniseries (1977), but in what motion-picture did he win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor? 4. Versatile actor

Laurence Fishburne has starred in Spike Lee's 'SchoolDaze' (1988) and in John Singleton's 'Boyz 'N The Hood' (1991), and an Os-carnominated portrayal of Ike Turner in the Tina Turnerbiography 'What's Love GotTo Do With It' (1993), but in what sci-fi movie did he star with Anglo-Asian actor Keanu Reeves as a futuristicrebel leader against an evil, artificially-intelligent, ma-chine program? 5. Who is the talent-ed actor who starred as the real-life, controversial, high school principal Joe Clark in 'Lean On Me' (1988) as a black, Civil War soldier in 'Glory' (1989) and as white actress Jessica Tandy's chauffeur and best friend in 'Driving Miss Daisy' (1989)?

ANSWERS:1. Harry Belfonte 2. JimBrown 3. 'An Officer and AGentleman' 4. 'The Matrix'(1999) 5. Morgan Freeman

CHARACTERS:

1. Jungle Fever (1991)2. Jurassic Park (1993)3. A Time To Kill (1996)4. Eve's Bayou (1997)5. Shaft (2000)ROLES:a) vengeful father of abused

daughterb) cheating doctor of Creolefamilyc) scientist on dinosaur is-landd) supercool detectivee) crack-addicted brotherANSWERS: 1, e; 2, c; 3, a;4, b; 5, d

(2006), Live from the Kitch-en (2012), I Am (2013), The Art of Hustle (2016) and I Still Am (2017). Blac Youngsta is featured on “Drop” with BlocBoy JB.

Moneybragg Yo released three tapes, one of which won a Memphis Hip Hop Award for Mix-tape of the Year. Federal Reloaded, a revision of the first installment of the Federal series, featured guest appearances from Y Grizzle, Young Dolph, and OG Boo Dirty. The follow-up, ELO (Everybody Lives On), included guest ap-pearances from Yo Gotti and Migos' Quavo, among others. His work with Yo Gotti continued on a joint effort titled 2 Federal, re-leased in October 2016. Heartless arrived in Feb-ruary 2017 and charted at #177 on the Billboard 200. Tickets go on sale at wolstein.com.

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Edward Parker, art professor and cultural heritage executive; Steven A. Minter, a foundation executive, and Grace Mims, a radio host and vocalist, enjoyed participating in the Cleveland HistoryMakers event held on Thursday evening at the historic Karamu House.

The HistoryMakers honors Cleveland HistoryMakers at Karamu

Paul Hill, Jr. a social worker and activist, and George Fraser, a corp. executive, and Marcella Boyd Coxenjoyed the HistoryMakers event on Thursday night at Karamu House.

NASA scientistDr. Isaiah M. Blankson, TV journalists Harry Boomer and Leon Bibb, and Paul Hill, Jr. enjoyed the HistoryMakers event on Thursday night at Karamu House.

HistoryMakers hosted a ‘Salute to Our Cleveland HistoryMakers’ last Thursday night at the historic Karamu House, 2355 E. 89th Street, in order to celebrate the accomplishments of African Americans in the city. The event was a rousing success and featured 20 HistoryMakers who have made an impact on the Cleveland area. The host committee HistoryMaker included: Marcella Boyd Cox, Rhonda Crowder and Tony F. Sias. This year’s honorees included: TV journalists Leon Bibb and Harry Boomer; construction executive, Dominique Ozanne; astronaut Guion Buford; motivational speaker George Frazier; and architects Robert Madison and James and William Whitley. HistoryMakers plans to have an oral history of all their participant. Bibb and Boomer recorded their historical stories in 2014. B r o a d c a s t journalist Leon Douglas Bibb was born on October 5, 1944 in Butler, Alabama to Georgia and Leon Bibb. At the age of one, his family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he grew up and graduated from Glenville High School.

Bibb received his B.S. degree in journalism from Bowling Green State University in 1966. He then went on to study radio, TV and film as a graduate student. He also served in the Vietnam War and was awarded a Bronze Star. In the late 1960s, Bibb worked as a news reporter for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio. He was hired as a reporter for WTOL-TV in Toledo, Ohio in 1971, and worked as a news anchor and reporter for WCMH-TV in Columbus, Ohio from 1972 to 1979. In 1976, while at WCMH-TV, Bibb became Ohio’s first African American primetime anchor. Then, in 1979, he moved to WKYC-TV in Cleveland, and was promoted to primary news anchor for the Monday through

Friday newscasts in 1986. In 1995, Bibb was hired as a news anchor and reporter for WEWS-TV. He has narrated and hosted many shows at WEWS-TV, including “My Ohio with Leon Bibb,” “Leon Bibb’s Perspective,” “Kaleidoscope,” and a series called “Our Hometown.” Bibb has interviewed numerous political leaders and notable figures, including President Barack Obama, President George H. W. Bush, Neil Armstrong, and James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In addition, Bibb has written several short stories and poems, many of which have been published. Bibb has won six local Emmy Awards and received several citations from the

Cleveland Press Club for excellence in journalism. He has also received the Distinguished Journalist Award from the Society for Professional Journalists, and Awards of Excellence from Cleveland State University and the Radio-TV Council. Bibb has been inducted into the Broadcaster’s Hall of Fame, Glenville High School Hall of Fame, Bowling Green State University School of Communications Hall of Fame, Associated Press Ohio Broadcasters Hall of Fame, Sigma Delta Chi Hall of Fame, and the Cleveland Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. In 1996, Governor George Voinovich appointed Bibb to the Board of Trustees at Bowling Green State University, where he also served as chairman.

Bibb lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio with his wife, Marguerite. They have two daughters: Jennifer and Alison. T e l e v i s i o n broadcast journalist and radio personality Harry Boomer was born on September 4, 1953 in Turkey, North Carolina. He is the youngest of ten children born to George and Lucy Boomer. U p o n graduating from high school, Boomer, the son of a Baptist minister, moved to Washington D.C. to pursue his interest in broadcast journalism. He studied at the Columbia School of Broadcasting, Northern Virginia Community College, and Cleveland State University. In 1971, at the age of seventeen, Boomer was hired as an emcee at the Mark IV Supper Club

in Washington D.C. He then worked on a number of different major radio stations in D.C. until 1988, when a family friend asked Boomer to come to Canton, Ohio to work as a program director at the WBXT AM/900 radio station. While still working at WBXT, Boomer began volunteering at the WUAB television station in Cleveland, Ohio. The station soon hired him as a reporter and over his more than twenty years of dedication Boomer was promoted to morning and noon co-anchor/reporter of 19 Action News at the WOIO television station (an affiliate of CBS). In addition to his work at both WUAB and WOIO, Boomer hosted and helped produce the program “InfOhio After Nine,” at the time Ohio’s first and

only statewide public radio newscast; he served as an award-winning reporter/producer and assistant news director for WCPN, Cleveland Public Radio; and has been a regular guest on the Emmy-winning WVIZ Cleveland Public Television show Feagler and Friends. In recognition of his achievements, Boomer was inducted into the Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2007. He is also the recipient of a number of awards, including the Cleveland Communicators’ award for best single hard news story, the Cleveland Communicators’ award for public affairs service program, the Ohio Educational Telecommunications’ award for public affairs and special news, the Excellence in Journalism award from the Press

Club of Cleveland, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Fellowship award from the Multicultural Producers Forum. Boomer has also been involved in many professional and civic organizations. He served as the president of the Cleveland chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists and has been a member of the board of directors for the Ohio Associated Press, the First Tee Cleveland, the Ohio Center for Broadcasting, and the North East Ohio Health Services. Boomer lives in Cleveland, Ohio and often serves as keynote speaker and the master of ceremonies at community and college events. He has one daughter and two grandchildren.

African American history from its beginning in PhiladelphiaBy JENEA ROBINSON In view of the Liberty Bell on Indepen-dence Mall, the open-air President’s House (left) tells the story of the home where Presidents Washington and Adams lived during their terms and where nine enslaved people served the first president. Features such as the video re-enact-ments and the display of the enslaved names help people examine the role of freedom in a new na-tion. Founded in 1976, The African American Museum in Philadelphia (right) is the first institu-tion built by a major U.S. city to preserve, interpret and exhibit the heritage and culture of African-Americans. Philadelphia’s Historic District, the site of the original city and often called America’s most historic square mile, reveals early chapters in the nation’s history, in-cluding the challenges, injustices, accomplish-ments and contributions of Africans and African-Americans. The district is home to the 200+-year-old founding church of the two-million-strong African Methodist Epis-copal church, Mother Bethel A.M.E., and The African American Mu-seum in Philadelphia, the country’s first museum dedicated solely to Af-rican-American history. Philadelphia’s Historic District is the place to discover African-Amer-ican religious, cultural and social traditions, his-torical landmarks and ex-hibitions. The African American Museum in Philadelphia, founded in

1976, is the first institu-tion built by a major U.S. city to preserve, interpret and exhibit the heritage and culture of African-Americans. The museum takes a fresh and bold look at the stories of African-Americans and their role in the founding of the nation through the core exhibit Audacious Freedom. Other exhibi-tions and programs re-veal the history, stories and cultures of those of African descent through-out the African diaspora. 701 Arch Street, (215) 574-0380, aampmuseum.orgIndependence Seaport Museum’s permanent exhibition, Tides of Free-dom: African Presence on the Delaware River uses the city’s eastern river—where the muse-um resides—to uncover the African experience in Philadelphia. First-person ac-counts and artifacts from the museum’s collection recount 300 years from enslavement, emancipa-tion, Jim Crow through the Civil Rights move-ment. Penn’s Landing, 211 S. Columbus Bou-levard, (215) 413-8655, phillyseaport.org The Liberty Bell Center encourages visitors to uncover the connection between the bell and African-Amer-ican history. Videos and interactive displays ex-plain how the abolition-ist movement adopted the object as a symbol of freedom based on the inscribed quote from Le-viticus, “Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof.” Beginning in the late 1800s, the Lib-erty Bell traveled around

the country to exposi-tions to help heal the di-visions of the Civil War. It reminded Americans of earlier days when they worked together for inde-pendence. 5th & Market Streets, (215) 965-2305, nps.gov/inde The Museum of the American Revolution explores the personal stories of African-Amer-icans, including that of William Lee, the valet whom George Washing-ton enslaved and lived alongside throughout the war. The museum lets visitors climb aboard a privateer ship like the one on which James Forten, a 14-year-old free African-American, volunteered, and view a signed 1773 volume of Poems on Various Sub-jects by Phillis Wheatley, America’s first published Black female poet. In addition, the museum offers historical tableaux that reimagine historical moments, such as a 1781 conversation between enslaved Virgin-ians and a Black Loyalist soldier, that were never captured with an artist’s brush. 101 S. 3rd Street, (215) 253-6731, amrev-museum.org The National Constitution Center (NCC) uses hands-on activities to illustrate the contributions of no-table African-Americans; delves into pivotal Su-preme Court cases, such as Dred Scott v. Sanford and Brown v. Board of Education; and explores the amendments that es-tablished rights for all citizens. The NCC dis-plays an extremely rare copy of the Emancipa-tion Proclamation signed by President Abraham

Lincoln in the Civil War alcove. A more modern highlight: the original, signed copy of Barack Obama’s “A More Per-fect Union” speech, which he delivered in 2008 at the National Constitution Center. 525 Arch Street, (215) 409-6700, constitutioncenter.org The National Liberty Museum pres-ents the enduring story of liberty, both in history and today. The Heroes From Around the World gallery spotlights notable people from all walks of life and time periods who protected and advanced freedom, including well-known figures such as Nelson Mandela and everyday heroes such as Gail Gibson, a New Or-leans nurse whose brav-ery helped save lives during Hurricane Ka-trina. The Live Like A Hero gallery showcases teachers, students, po-lice officers, firefighters and other ordinary citi-zens who use their voices and talents to advocate for positive change. 321 Chestnut Street, (215) 925-2800, libertymuse-um.org The President’s House: Freedom and Slavery in the Making of a New Nation marks the structural fragments of the residences of Presidents Washington and Adams. This is the site where the country’s first president enslaved nine Africans, includ-ing Oney “Ona” Judge, who escaped to freedom, despite Washington’s ef-forts to capture her. The open-air Independence National Historical Park site, on the same block as the Liberty Bell Center, in-

vites visitors to learn about the events that transpired through illus-trated glass panels and video re-enactments, and then partake in silent re-flection. 6th & Market Streets, (215) 965-2305, nps.gov/inde Wa s h i n g t o n Square, one of city plan-ner William Penn’s five original parks, was once known as Congo Square. A wayside in the city-block park describes ac-tivities of three centuries ago, when free and en-slaved Africans gathered at the then potter’s field during holidays and fairs to celebrate traditions of their homelands. 6th street between Walnut & Locust Streets, nsp.gov/inde Mother Bethel African Methodist Epis-copal (AME) Church, founded by Bishop Rich-ard Allen in 1794, sits on the oldest parcel of land continuously owned by African-Americans, and is the mother church of the nation’s first Black denomination. Today, Mother Bethel is a church, mu-seum and archive. The congregation worships weekly. The museum houses the tomb of Bish-op Richard Allen and artifacts dating to the 1600s, tracing the his-tory of the AME Church. Reservations required for daily museum tour. 419 S. 6th Street, (215) 925-0616, motherbethel.orgSt. George’s United Methodist Church wel-comed Black worship-pers and licensed Rich-ard Allen and Absalom Jones as its first African-American Methodist lay preachers before other local African-American

churches formed. In 1787, a dis-pute over segregated seating policies led to a walkout and the creation of African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas and Mother Bethel AME Church. St. George’s now works on amends for previous racial injus-tices. Portraits, items of worship, manuscripts and other artifacts are on display in the original building, open Tuesday through Friday. 235 N. 4th Street, (215) 925-7788, historicstgeorges.org H i s t o r i c a l Markers capture the sto-ries of people, places and events that shaped the country throughout the Historic District—and the entire city and state. The blue signs act as mini-history lessons about notables. There are mark-ers for the Free African Society (6th & Lombard Streets), an organiza-tion that fostered iden-tity, leadership and unity among Black people; James Forten (336 Lom-bard Street), a wealthy sailmaker who employed multi-racial craftsmen and championed reform causes; The Pennsylva-nia Slave Trade (211 S. Columbus Boulevard, outside Independence Seaport Museum), site where African people, first enslaved by Dutch and Swedes, later pur-chased and enslaved by William Penn, other Quakers and merchants, landed in Philadelphia; London Coffee House (Front & Market Streets), a circa 1754 shop where carriages, food, hors-es—and enslaved Afri-can-Americans—were

bought and sold over coffee; Joseph and Amy Cassey (4th Street be-tween Chestnut & Mar-ket Streets), a promi-nent African-American couple that founded intellectual and benevo-lent societies for Black people; Pennsylvania Abolition Society (Front Street between Walnut & Chestnut Streets), the first American abolition society; Pennsylvania Hall (6th Street between Race & Arch Streets), a meeting place for aboli-tionists that was burned to the ground three days after it first opened; and Philadelphia Female An-ti-Slavery Society (5th & Arch Streets), organized by Quaker abolitionist Lucretia Mott. Of special note is a marker located in the heart of a neigh-borhood once known as the Seventh Ward, home to Philadelphia’s larg-est and oldest African-American community. Here, scholar, activist and NAACP co-founder W. E. B. Du Bois lived while collecting data for his seminal 1899 study, The Philadelphia Negro (6th & Rodman Streets). pahistoricalmarkers.com Once Upon A Nation’s Storytelling Benches at 13 locations around Philadelphia’s Historic District offer people of all ages a free perch and professionally told story. Engaging sto-rytellers regale their au-diences with tales of the well-known and not-so-well-known people who shaped America’s his-tory. Among the real-life characters are Ona Judge, an enslaved woman who escaped from George Washington’s Philadel-phia home to find free-dom in New Hampshire;

iconic reformer, author, statesman and abolition-ist Frederick Douglass; James Forten, who heard the Declaration of Inde-pendence read aloud for the first time when he was nine and went on to become a leader in his African-American com-munity; and Caroline LeCount, who, nearly 100 years before Rosa Parks, successfully won the right for all people to ride in Philadelphia’s street cars. Benches are open from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Maps of the bench loca-tions are available at the Independence Visitor Center. 6th & Market Streets, (215) 629-4026, historicphiladelphia.org Philadelphia’s Historic District cam-paign, from VISIT P H I L A D E L P H I A ® , showcases the city’s in-comparable place in ear-ly American history and the still vibrant neighbor-hoods of Old City, So-ciety Hill and the Dela-ware River Waterfront. The campaign celebrates America’s most historic square mile in the coun-try’s first World Heritage City, as designated by the Organization of World Heritage Cities. Funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Common-wealth of Pennsylvania’s Department of Com-munity and Economic Development and H.F. (Gerry) Lenfest, the ini-tiative runs through Sep-tember 2018. Between Me-morial Day and Labor Day weekends, visitors can engage with cos-tumed history makers, hear stories of the real people of independence and take part in colonial reenactments.

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BeginningThursday,July19thduringthefirst-of-its-kindAsian LanternFestival at theClevelandMe-troparksZoo.

C l e v e l a n d Metroparks Zoo is transforming into an all-new summer ex-perience beginning Thursday, July 19th during the first-of-its-kind Asian Lantern Festival, presented by Cleveland Clinic Chil-dren’s. Each Thurs-day through Sunday for five weeks, hun-dreds of large-scale, colorful lanterns will illuminate the Zoo and offer an amazing and unique look in an exclusive, after-hours setting. In addition to the brilliant lanterns and your favorite zoo animals, visitors can get a taste of Asian culture with authentic cuisine, the T-Mobile craft market and live

performances on the Fifth Third Bank each night. “Asian Lan-tern Festival is a com-pletely new way to experience the Zoo and its animals and we couldn’t be more excited to bring this vibrant opportunity to our guests,” said

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tary consultation visits to help growers iden-tify what steps they may need to take to comply with the Produce Safety rule before regulatory inspections begin. Farms can re-quest a farm consulta-tion visit to determine specific requirements to their farm. This service is offered as a one-day course that provides one-on-one training in which trained and certi-fied ODA staff will visit farms and walk growers through what will be

World Sickle Cell Day kicks off fund drive for a Sickle Cell cannabis clinical trial In recognition of World Sickle Cell Day, a co-alition led by the Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia, Inc. (SCFG), announced a fund-raising campaign to launch the first clinical trials inves-tigating the efficacy of can-nabis oil for pain associated with Sickle Cell Disease. The coalition in-cludes Biotech, Inc. and the Phoenix Tears Foundation. “We urge the Sickle Cell community, our friends and allies to join in supporting the coalition as we search for alternative treatments for those battling this painful and sometimes fatal condition,” said Deb McGhee McCrary, SCFG President & CEO. “These trials will fully explore the pain relief properties of medical cannabis as an al-ternative to highly addictive opioids.”

The Georgia Leg-islature made history when Sickle Cell Disease was added to the list of maladies approved for Medical Can-nabis opening the door for clinical trials. This is the first clinical trial of its kind in the nation. To assist in this effort, the public can make donations through the SCFG website www.sick-lecellga.org/Donate. For more information, interest-ed persons can visit http://sicklecellga.org/clinical-trial/. “This is important work for the thousands who suffer with SCD,” added Phoenix Tears Foundation President Janet Rosend-ahl (Sweeney), Ph.D. “We look forward to bringing our years of research with Cannabis to those suffering from Sickle Cell Anemia.”

Babies born with sickle cell anemia can ex-perience painful swelling of the hands and feet (Dactyli-tis) which requires medica-tion and hospitalization. In children such as Kendryln Pitts, Georgia’s SCFG Poster child, joint pain, swelling and limita-tion of motion occur fre-quently. As adults, most sickle cell patients experi-ence pain crises requiring hospitalization, blood trans-fusions, and opioid painkill-ers. To date, the only cure for SCD is a bone mar-row transplant, which is costly and out of reach for most patients. According to Bio-tech President Dr. Jacob Savage, “Pain control repre-sents the most practical way to ensure a better quality of

life for sickle cell patients. Medical cannabis holds great hope as a non-addic-tive alternative to opioids.” Led by Biotech Research Laboratories, The Sickle Cell Medical Can-nabis Clinical Trial will cost an estimated $250,000 for

Phase I. Founded in 1971 by Atlanta physicians, the late Nelson McGhee, Jr and Delutha H. King, the Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia, Inc.(SCFG) is the only statewide, community-based nonprofit advocating

for and serving children and adults with Sickle Cell and other abnormal hemoglobin. Visit www.sicklecellga.org Biotech Research Laboratories, Inc. is an experienced biomedical research firm, in the areas of sustainable communi-

ties and medical marijuana. Founded in 1986 as an en-vironmental testing and consulting firm Biotech uses a performance-based approach achieving long-term, sustainable outcomes for clients. The Phoenix

Tears Foundation has been advocating for patient care with the use of Cannabis since its formation in 2010. The Foundation has devel-oped treatment protocols for several conditions including pain management and drug addiction.

ing lions, elephants, giraffes, as well as flowers, set pieces, mythical animals from Chinese culture and a nearly 200-foot-long and 20-foot-tall Chinese Dragon that sprawls across Water-fowl Lake. Each night of the festival, live ac-robatic performances based on traditional Chinese practices can be seen on the Fifth Third Bank stage in-cluding plate spinning, Chinese yo-yo perfor-mances, foot juggling, contortionists and dramatic dances that involve quick, fluid movements. T h u r s d a y nights will feature two live performances at 8 and 9 p.m. and Fri-days through Sundays will feature three live performances at 7, 8 and 9 p.m. Each per-formance will total ap-proximately 15 to 20 minutes. Advance tick-ets to Asian Lantern Festival are available online for a discounted cost of $14.50 for Zoo members and $17.50 for non-members. The limited availability tickets cost $20.50 at the door.

Children un-der 2 are admitted for free. Festival nights are Thursday through Sunday from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. A special $45 Family 4-pack is also available online and in-person. Act fast to secure limited avail-ability festival tickets today here. Special for Fifth Third customers, there is a Fifth Third better experience when visiting Asian Lan-tern Festival which includes a dedicated admissions line to skip the wait, a keepsake lantern for each guest, and preferred seating for the live perfor-mances on the Fifth Third Bank stage. Asian Lantern Festival is building on the successful open-ing of Cleveland Me-troparks Zoo’s Asian Highlands habitat. The new glob-al destination, which opened in June, of-fers expanded living spaces for several spe-cies such as the Amur and snow leopards and Red Pandas while also offering zoo visitors a more engaging expe-rience to get up-close to some of the world’s rarest animals.

expected with new fed-eral regulations on their farm. In addition to the consultation, farms will also receive resource materials that will help aid in compliance. Growers un-sure if their farm is subject to the Produce Safety rule, can review FDA’s FSMA regula-tion document or con-tact ODA for additional assistance. Produce farms that are exempt from the rule are wel-come to schedule con-sultation visits, as some

of the requirements are similar to those required by third party food safe-ty auditors. FSMA, which was signed into law on January 4, 2011, is the most comprehensive reform of the nation’s food safety laws since 1938. Its goal is to better protect public health by shifting U.S. food supply safety ef-forts from a response approach to one of pre-vention. FSMA is com-

Dance performances come to city Attend one or more of the remarkable dance performances and events coming to CLE including the new speaker series event , Body of Work Dia-logues on Dance with Pam Tanowitz Dance on July 24th, contempo-rary American favorite, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago on July 28th at 7pm in the Connor Pal-ace at Playhouse Square and tap/swing sensa-tion, Caleb Teicher & Company August 4th at 8 pm at Cain Park’s Ev-ans Amphitheater.

Tickets avail-able for all performanc-es & events at: www.ADFinCLE.org Group Dis-counts are available for groups of 5 or more by calling DANCECleve-land at 216-991-9000! An intimate evening of dance and conversation will take place as one of the hot-test modern dance cho-reographers today, Pam Tanowitz and her danc-ers provide audience members with an insid-er view of the creative process. Arrive early to

grab a drink at the bar, pick your seat and get ready to go behind the scenes to learn about what happens before the curtain opens. 2018 National Dance Day on July 28, including a return of audience favorite, Hub-bard Street Dance Chi-cago! Now in its 40th year, the company is lauded as a major force in the American con-temporary dance scene. The company’s athletic and technically skilled dancers delight young and old audiences.

Karen Wilson is very involved with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. In fact, she has raised thousands of dollars for the organization’s Northeast Ohio chapter . Florence Zenobia Crittenden, Wilson’s daughter, died on April 15, 2001, Resur-rection Day, from complica-tions of type 1 diabetes. She was 34 years old. Crittenden, was di-agnosed at age 14 with the dis-ease. She had to test her blood sugar at least three times daily. Crittenden also found time to support JDRF by participating in the annual Walk to Cure Diabetes as well as volunteer with children at Rainbow Babies And Children Hospital. However, even with the best diabetes management, Crittenden’s numbers were ir-regular which lead to complica-tions and her untimely death. Today, in memory of her passing 17 years ago, family and friends will re-lease balloons with wishes and prayers in her memory. Since the death of her daughter, Wilson has been involved in fund-raising to find

Wilson fundraises for Juvenile Diabetes Research

Crittendena cure. Every year since she lost her daughter, Wilson has organized teams to participate with the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes. She has numerous sponsors for her fundraising ef-forts including: Melva Chatmon, Leroy Pinkard, Anne Exton, Lisa Morris, Charlotte Ford, Rosa Foster, Donald King Sr., LaTasha Ferguson, Morris Fields Jr., Jummy Allen, and Steve Gosa. John Bruyere, Vice President Southpoint Hospital, 2000 Harvard , Cleveland, Ohio 44122, 216-491-6000 Life Impact Church, 445 Turney Road, Bedford,

Ohio 44146 Pastor Sylvester McKenzie James Dimora & Family Attorney James Gay IJN(in Jesus Name) US Hair-Kim, 25801 Euclid, Euclid, Ohio 44143, 216-289-5310 Cupal Home Health Agency, Patrick Okoreafer, 5031 Turney Road, Garfield Heights, Ohio 44125, 216-441-2235 Anthony & Char-lotte Ford Patrick Smock Reggie & Darlene Rucker Lisa Morris Virgil Brown Insur-ance Dr. Angelia Bennett Peggy Harris& Family Lynelle Respass-Kirby Doug Patterson, boxing official, and all the vol-unteers. Wilson has played a big part of that collecting thou-sands of dollars in memory of her beloved daughter.For more information, visit jdrf.org.

KarenWilsonandfriendreleaseballonsinmemoryofherdaughter,FlorenceZenobiaCrittenden,whodiedonApril15,2001,ResurrectionDay,fromcomplicationsoftype1diabetes.Shewas34yearsold.WilsonisveryinvolvedwiththeJuvenileDiabetesResearchFoundation.Infact,shehasraisedthousandsofdollarsfortheorganization’sNortheastOhiochapter.

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Cleveland natives participating in international maritime warfare A 2009 Cleve-land Heights High School graduate and Cleveland native is serving in the U.S. Navy as part of the world’s largest interna-tional maritime warfare exercise, Rim of the Pa-cific (RIMPAC). Petty officer 2nd Class Marlon Steen is a machinist’s mate aboard USS Preble, cur-rently operating out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A Navy ma-chinist’s mate is re-sponsible for surfacing, operating, maintaining, and repairing (organiza-tional and intermediate level) ship propulsion machinery, auxiliary equipment, and outside machinery. Steen applies the lessons learned from Cleveland to working in the Navy. “Growing up in Cleveland, I learned the importance of hard work and staying dedi-cated to your goals,” said Steen. As the world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training oppor-tunity that helps partici-pants foster and sustain cooperative relation-ships that are critical

to ensuring safety at sea and security on the world’s oceans. RIM-PAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971. The theme of RIMPAC 2018 is Ca-pable, Adaptive, Part-ners. The participating nations and forces ex-ercise a wide range of capabilities and dem-onstrate the inherent flexibility of maritime forces. These capabili-ties range from disas-ter relief and maritime security operations to sea control and com-plex warfighting. The relevant, realistic train-ing program includes, gunnery, missile, anti-

submarine and air de-fense exercises, as well as amphibious, counter-piracy, mine clearance operations, explosive ordnance disposal and diving and salvage op-erations. This is the first time Israel, Sri Lanka and Vietnam are par-ticipating in RIMPAC. Additional firsts include New Zealand serving as sea combat commander and Chile serving as combined force mari-time component com-mander. This is the first time a non-founding RIMPAC nation (Chile) will hold a component commander leadership position.

“I am proud of making second class petty officer and visit-ing different countries I have never seen,” said Steen. Twenty-six na-tions, 46 surface ships, five submarines, and more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 person-nel will participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific Exercise. This year’s exercise includes forces from Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Ger-many, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of the Philip-

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Orchestra presents annual downtown gift to the cityBy KARL BRYANT The 2018 4th of July celebration in CLE was extended into the week-end by the Cleveland Or-chestra, which presented its annual gift to the City, The Star-Spangled Spec-tacular. The free Down-town concert was held a couple of days after the Independence Holiday. Unfortunately, Mu-sic Director Franz Wel-ser-Most was suffering from bacterial infection of his right, baton-wiel-ding hand, and had to withdraw at the last mi-nute. Assistant Conduc-tor Vinay Parameswaren stepped in and did his

best to lead the Or-chestra’s Downtown program on Mall B and also the Blossom Festi-val Season’s kickoff the next night at the Cleve-land Orchestra’s Summer Home. The concert, which was hosted by TV bro-adcaster Russ Mitchell, who made periodic commentary between numbers, began with the Star Spangled Banner. Wagner’s Prelude to Act III of “Lohengrin” was the first classical number played and it was follow-ed by Rossini’s rousing “William Tell Overture,” which had been made even more famous as the

theme to “The Lone Ran-ger” TV series. A couple of mesmerizing Strauss Waltzes extended the melodic segment of the evening. Souza’s “Sem-per Fidelis” - a quick-step March - changed the tempo and figuratively brought an end to the first half of the program. Oddly, “Suite from Billy the Kid,” by Cope-land, seemed long-win-ded when presented, which bogged down the merry feeling of the evening. During the low-key work, as a strong breeze whistled through the microphones, which should’ve been enclosed in sponge covers, many

people in the crowd shif-ted about restlessly. Lar-ge screens on either side of the stage took close-up views of the Orchestra, and it appeared Conduc-tor Parameswaren used a crescent wrench to hold down his musical score from being blown away. The crowd immedia-tely perked up when the well-known strains of the spectacular Finale of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” began. Of course, Tchaikovsky was Russian, the piece was written to celebrate the still-living, 90+ -year old veterans of the victory over Napoleon 70 years earlier, and it has nothing to do with America’s War of 1812. Yet, the piece has become a staple of Independence Day cele-bration concerts throug-hout the USA. Souza’s stirring “Stars and Stripes Forever” was presented as a final num-ber, instead of an encore, as it had been introduced by Mitchell as a packa-ge deal along with the “1812 Overture,” prior to the playing of Tchaikovs-ky’s work. Laughably, three people on the right side of the audience sto-od up to clap along and would’ve been mimick-ing the piccolo section’s standing solo near the conclusion of the work, had they not finally sat down. The entire concert took about an hour and ten minutes. A celebratory fireworks display capped off the evening after the audi-ence had given the Or-chestra a well-deserved Standing Oh! Those for-tunate enough to be hea-ded South or traveling on the Innerbelt headed to the West Side were able to catch a fireworks en-core as those following the Indians’ 10-6 win over the Oakland A’s were being exploded in the air.