22 - the sojourner's truth

Volume 23, No. 20 March 27, 2013“And Ye Shall Know The Truth...”

Preparing for The Cotillion - Debutante Ball

In This Issue PerrymanPage 2

TolliverPage 3

Kwanzaa NeighborhoodPage 4

Law Institute GradsPage 5

AALP's Easter Egg TreePage 6

The Soucial Scene

The Cotillion Etiquette SeminarPage 7

Mom's HousePage 9

FAME0

ComediansPage 11

Book ReviewPage 12

Timberlake andWonderstonePage 13

BlackMarketPlacePage 14

ClassifiedsPage 15

Carla YvettaPage 16

Debutantes: Toledo School for the Arts'Jayla Satterfield and Jada Bolden, StartHigh School's Wellsley Jones

Debutantes: Toledo School for the Arts'Jayla Satterfield and Jada Bolden, StartHigh School's Wellsley Jones

The Sojourner’s Truth March 27, 2013

The Sojourner’s TruthToledo’s Truthful African-AmericanOwned and Operated Newspaper

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.. Physical violence isnot the only way in whichwe hurt one another. It isjust the most conspicuous.– Renita Weems

“My God, my God,why…?”

The brutal and sense-less but commonplace vio-lence perpetrated uponwomen and children of allraces, ethnicities and so-cioeconomic groups is be-yond comprehension.

I don’t understand thebrutal Steubenville, Ohiorape of a 16 year-old girlby two teenage membersof the high school footballteam. The recurring deathsof intelligent, talented, at-tractive and ambitiouswomen at the hands of sickex-boyfriends or formerspouses boggle my mind.The persistent physical andemotional battering incountless intimate partnerrelationships continues tostretches my capacity toconnect reason with real-ity.

I spoke with Rev. MarieFortune, Ph.D, to explorethe depths of this complexissue. Fortune is a pioneerin the field of religion anddomestic violence and theFounder and Senior Ana-lyst at the Seattle-basedFaithTrust Institute.

Perryman: There are

The Violence of Silence IBy Rev. Donald L. Perryman, D.Min.The Truth Contributor

many people, particularlyin churches, who comebearing wounds – somestill fresh and others withscars – along with shameand guilt. It appears thatpersons are in search ofhealing. Have you fol-lowed the high profile rapecase in Steubenville, Ohio?

Fortune: Yes.Perryman: There are a

lot of dynamics in play –child-on-child violence,children abusing children,power and gender, minorsand alcohol and blame-the-victim rationalizations.

Fortune: The real trag-edy is the failure of theseyoung men. It astonishesme that these teens can,not only engage in sexualassault, but then broadcastit over social media. Thissays to me that they saw nomoral fault and had no con-cern about legal risk. Iwonder how could ouryoung people be so out oftouch with any sense ofrespect for another humanbeing?

And then, of course, thecommunity divided andtaking sides with the as-sailants and the victim, isvery disturbing but verytypical. These men clearlywere responsible for harm-ing someone who was in-capacitated. So it just con-tinues to astonish me.

Perryman: How do youaddress those who con-demn and chastise theyoung lady because she hadbeen drinking?

Fortune: We would pre-fer that none of those youngpeople be drinking but theydo. The fact that none ofher friends or the peopleshe was with stepped in atany point to stop her. Also,where were her parents orother adults?

That’s the vulnerabilitythat she presented to thesepeople who decided to takeadvantage of her. But, likeyou said, it’s classic blam-ing the victim and it’s justnot helpful to her or to theyoung men, because it re-lieves them of responsibil-ity which is the worst thingwe can do for them.

Perryman: Given apopular culture which, inan automobile ad, depictsscantily-clad womenbound and gagged in thetrunk of a governmentleader’s car, how does theSteubenville incidentspeak to the current stateof society, young people,or parenthood?

Fortune: Unfortunately,the incident makes a state-ment about the fact that welive in a rape culture thatstill shapes the conscious-ness and behaviors particu-larly among men. Cer-tainly, these boys do notrepresent all young men.But my question is wheredid they go to church andwhat were they learning?Because I feel, as a churchleader, that these are theissues we should be teach-ing and talking about inchurch. So I worry that thiswasn’t happening for them.

Perryman: I totallydidn’t see that responsecoming. You seem to sug-gest that the church itselfhas helped to shape publicacceptance of how womenand children are threat-ened, assaulted and humili-ated.

Fortune: The church’ssilence on these issues issignificant. I was justspeaking in Nashville anda man came up to me whowas a former pastor andnow is a counselor work-ing with abusive men. He

said that 10 years ago whenhe was still preaching, thathe preached on sexual vio-lence and was amazed atthe response.

Men and women werein tears, many older peoplecame up to him afterwardsand were so appreciativeof his sermon and someyoung people reached outto him for situations theywere dealing with.

It taught him that untilhe spoke about it he wasn’tgoing to hear about it. Butas soon as he spoke aboutit he was going to hear

about it. So, preaching isone place that we reallycan make a huge differ-ence to create a space inwhich people can talkabout their own experi-ences and those of peoplethey care about.

When we look out at acongregation on Sunday,statistically, every thirdperson knows somethingabout these issues and hashad very personal experi-ences themselves or in theirfamily. The fact that theydon’t hear about sexual ordomestic violence from the

pulpit is a very powerfulmessage to them about thelife experiences thatthey’ve had.

As you’ve said, they’recarrying with them thewounds that are often nothealed. So I just feel likeit’s one of those opportu-nities and responsibilitiesthat we have that we can’tlet pass by.

Contact Rev. DonaldPerryman, D.Min, at

[email protected]

Community CalendarMarch 28ESOP’s Great American Bank Fight: Frederick Douglass Community Association; 6

pm: 419-464-9885

March 29Mt. Nebo Baptist Good Friday Service: Noon to 3 pm; Free transportation available:

419-246-8561

March 30All Classes Libby HS Reunion Meeting: Hong Kong Chinese Buffet in WalMart Plaza;

To plan Labor Day Weekend reunion: 419-450-7227

March 31New Covenant Church “Cross Over to a New Life:” 11 am; Woodward HS

April 7Indiana Avenue MBC 48th Pastoral Celebration: For Pastor John E. Roberts; 4 pm;

Guests are Rev. John Williams and Eastern Star MBC: 419-246-3850

April 9Support for Family Caregivers: 7 to 9 pm; Relationship building, staying safely at

home, housing options and more; care4you2 facilities: 419-517-7300Beginning Genealogy Workshop Pt 1: Main Branch Library; 6 to 8 pm; An overview

of genealogy and U.S. Census records: 419-259-5233

April 10-12Toledo District Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International Intercessory

Prayer Conference: City of Zion, Mt. Zion Church; 6:30 pm; Speakers – Bishop DuaneTisdale, Overseer Lanier Twyman, Bishop William Murphy: 419-246-1850


home, housing options and more; care4you2 facilities: 419-517-7300Beginning Genealogy Workshop Pt. 2: Main Branch Library; 6 to 8 pm; An overview

of using magazines, newspapers and the Internet for research: 419-259-5233

April 20Toledo’s Jazz Celebration Month Free Performance: Kent Branch Library; Noon to

5 pm; Jelise & Co, Chris Brown & Candice Coleman, The Gene Parker Quintet, JimGottron Quartet: 567-249-6229

April 21Phillips Temple CME Pre-Women’s Day Event: Gospel Concert featuring Derrick

Roberts and the Toledo Interfaith Mass Choir: 419-242-7906


home, housing options and more; care4you2 facilities: 419-517-7300

April 26-28Calvary Baptist Church Women’s Ministry 16th Spring Retreat: 419-531-9443 or 419-

865-0019

May 4National Train Day: Amtrak Station; 9:30 am to 4 pm; Tran cars, engines, food, music,

art & history, rides: 419-241-9155 ex 134

May 19Phillips Temple CME Women’s Day service: Featuring Tersa Snorton, first woman

bishop of CME: 419-242-7906


Two Troubling Thoughts….By Lafe Tolliver, EsqGuest Column

(1) It appears that anyban on high capacity assaultweapons is doomed for fail-ure in the U.S. Senate. Sen-ate Majority Leader HarryReid is taking the bill off ofthe floor for a vote becausehe contends that it will notpass and he wants to get someportion of the gun controllaw passed as opposed tonothing at all.

My thoughts onAmerica and its eternal loveaffair with guns and moreguns? Unless and until thereis more bloodshed that makesAmerican scream with moraloutrage, the NRA will

win with its “they want totake away your guns” whifflearguments.

Until the cup is over-running with the new bloodof more innocents, Americawill shy away from substan-tial and meaningful gun con-trol.

Specifically, until moreAmericans are mowed downwith automatic weapon fire,America

will shield it eyes and hopefor the best.

Until there are moregruesome murders of bushelbaskets full of innocents,America

will deny it has an ongo-ing addiction with guns.

Only when the headlinesrepeatedly blare out aboutmore mass killings of 10, 20,50 and 100 innocents, willthe cup of blood become sooverflowing that Americawill change and come out ofits stupor of loving blazingguns and red-hot fire power.

Now regrettably, thiscup of blood of the innocentswill have to be filled to thebrim by white people andwhite kids caught in the crossfire of gun nuts and psychosbecause the value of life ofnon-minorities only registersabout three-fifths of the valueof innocently-shed whiteblood.

It seems that the countryis immune to black-on-blackgun crime and killings.

Could you image themoral hue and cry if whitefolks and white kids werebeing murdered at the ratefolks are in Detroit and Chi-cago but in such cities as Se-attle or San Diego or WhitePlains (New York) or Tampa

or Montgomery? If that were to happen,

Congress would be fallingover its feet in passing mean-ingful

gun laws including thebanning of assault weaponsand high-capacity ammodrums.

Don’t believe me?Look at the slaughter housesalso known as Detroit andChicago and other

urban cities. Folks in thosecities have been systemati-cally, so it seems, shootingdown

black folks for years andit is to the point that newmurders do not hardly regis-ter as a moral outrage on thenational news. We are seem-ingly immune to blacks kill-ing blacks.

But, if you start gettingmore Newtowns (Connecti-cut) and Columbines (Colo-rado), white folks will be-come incensed and then, andonly then, will that white-fueled rage intimidate theNRA and force the spinelessmembers in the House andSenate to take real notice ofthe carnage, black and white.

Until that time comes,and I hope it never does, wewill simply put Band-Aidson the gun problem and runfor cover when the NRA bel-lows and rants and ravesabout guns being

our alter ego and that with-out assault weapons or withthe infringement of universalbackground checks, we areripe for a takeover by theever evil Obama-led govern-ment.

(2) Here is a statistic thatwill leave you breathless andtrembling for the future ofthe black family. Accordingto The Guttmacher Institute

(Guttmacher.org), youngblack teenage girls are abort-ing babies twice as fast astheir racial counterparts.

This study further in-dicates that blacks are doingthe abortion scene at analarming rate in that we makeup 13 percent of the popula-tion but have 30 percent ofthe recorded abortions!

So, what does that por-tend for the black family?We are slowing erasing mul-titudes who would be mem-bers of a generation of blackmen and women.

We are throwing awayfuture marriage partners forfuture generations of blackmen and women. We are di-luting our population. We aretreating life with contemptand do not honor

the life that is gestatingwithin the womb.

For whatever reason orrationale, the carrier of theblack family, the blackwoman (albeit too many un-married teenagers are en-gaged in this behavior) is ter-

minating life and is not giv-ing life.

Abortion is different frombirth control. With birth con-trol, conception is not al-lowed. With

abortion, conception hastaken place and a life is beingprepared to enter the worldbut is

cruelly cut short by a de-cision to end that preciouslife.

I know…I know…youmay not want me preachingabout the sanctity of life andthat

life starts in the womb andthat, before you were born,God knew the exact numberof days for your life and thatHe knitted together in thewomb, the yet-to-be-bornchild.

So… what does anabortion mean besides a lifelost? It means that we havesaid no to God’s

intent for that life to beborn and we have played“god.”

So… between the hor-

rific incidents of the untimelydeaths of blacks, male andfemale, by gun violence, wethen add on the incalculableloss of black life created inthe image of God and we

have a recipe for disasterfor the successful future ofthe black family.

If you take the positionthat life begins in the womb,the issue of abortion being aprivate right is pure nonsensebecause no one is advocatingas a “guardian” for the lifethat cannot yet speak up forhis or her rights.

The argument has beencouched under the terms of awoman having the sole rightto take control of her bodyand that control includesaborting an unwanted fetus.But when a life starts in thewomb, that sole “control” bythe woman is a now a consid-eration that must include thebest interests of the unbornchild.

As an aside, when youread the life of MargaretSanger, the founder of

Planned Parenthood, you willfind that she made statementsthat can be possibly seen as abelief in the elimination ofblack person and she spokeat KKK rallies. (See: TheCareer of Margaret Sangerby David Kennedy and seealso: the website: The Na-tional Black Pro-Life Unionand its story about the NegroProject which was a favoriteproject of Margaret Sanger).

This abortion issuewithin the black communityis doing a ghastly job of par-tially thinning out future gen-erations of black people andit appears to be no hue andcry from us!

Depending on which sta-tistics you come across, since1973, millions of black ba-bies have been silenced bythe means of abortion. I amtoo overwhelmed to cry aboutit.

Contact Lafe Tolliver [email protected]

Rep. Ashford Announces State Fundingfor Elderly and Disabled Services$16K approved to help connect residents of rentalhousing with community assistance

Special to The Truth

State Representative Michael Ashford (D-Toledo) announced last week that the State Controlling Board has approveda grant in the amount of $16,000 for the Ohio Department of Aging’s Resident Services Coordinator Program. The programis designed to help connect disabled and low-income residents with services and benefits in their community.

“I am pleased to see that tenants of The Renaissance will be in a better position to access services and benefits to helpmaintain their independence,” said Ashford. “It is so important that all people can feel safe and secure with necessities suchas housing. Our local Area Office on Aging does great work.”

Through the grant, the Area Office on Aging will be able to hire a part time service coordinator for residents at TheRenaissance. Resident service coordinators can help tenants maintain apartments, comply with lease terms and increaseaccess to integrated housing for people with disabilities.


“Kwanzaa Park Neighbors” Is Organization’s New NameSpecial to The Truth

At its March meeting, members of Brighten Up Commu-nity Organizing voted unanimously to change their group’sname to “Kwanzaa Park Neighbors.”

“We wanted a name that would better tell people what wedo and where we are located,” said Oscar Shaheer, presidentof the organization and co-owner of “Your CommunityMarket,” located on Nebraska Avenue.

Kwanzaa Park Neighbors focuses on the neighborhoodsouth of Dorr Street, bounded by Brown and Hawley Av-enues, and originally named “Kuschwantz,” meaning “cow’stail” in German. Shaheer explained that the name was givenby neighboring Germans to the Polish neighborhood, andreferred to its being at the “tail end” of the trolley line.

In 2010, Brighten Up Community Organizing sponsoreda contest to “name the neighborhood” and “Kwanzaa Park”won. Kwanzaa is a celebration based on the Africancommunitarian philosophy of Kawaida. Brighten Up, nowKwanzaa Park Neighbors, is working with Toledo CityCouncil to get signage installed.

Brighten Up Community Organizing was formed in 2008as a result of a successful effort on the part of neighborhoodresidents working with UT students and the City of Toledo toimprove neighborhood street lighting. “Brighten Up” re-ferred not only to the lights, but also to an attitude. Two ofthe original Brighten Up members, Brenda Witcher andPhyllis Toney, were both supportive of the organization’snew name.

Member Jacqueline LaBiche said she liked the nameKwanzaa Park Neighbors because it “sounds friendly,” whichis what the organization is all about. Sr. Virginia Welsh, alsoa member and director of the Padua Center, noted that forthose of a religious bent, the name “neighbors” resonateswith Jesus’s teachings on the importance of everyone acting

like everyone’s neighbor.

Washington Muhammad, who is a board member of thegroup and program coordinator for Self Expression TeenTheater, liked emphasizing that the group consists of “neigh-bors.” “Some people work in the neighborhood, some ownbusinesses, some worship, and some live here,” he explained.“We are all neighbors.”

“Some people work in theneighborhood, some own busi-nesses, some worship, and somelive here. We are all neighbors.”

Lynne Hamer, who lives near the neighborhood andteaches at University of Toledo, liked it because even thoughthe group focuses on its own neighborhood, it also reachesout to the larger Toledo community. For example, thissummer the group is hosting a teachers’ workshop, “FromKuschwantz to Kwanzaa Park,” sponsored by the OhioHumanities Council and taught through UT. “Kwanzaa ParkNeighbors is inviting teachers from throughout Ohio in tolearn from the neighborhood,” she stated.

Along with the new neighborhood name and new organi-zation name, Kwanzaa Park Neighbors is working on a newlogo. “This will appear on letterhead and on signs around theneighborhood,” Shaheer explained. As with theneighborhood’s name, its logo will be chosen through acontest. Four entries have been received. Anyone with aninterest in the neighborhood is invited to vote by stopping bythe Padua Center at 1416 Nebraska, between 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.Monday through Friday.

Any neighbors, from inside or outside the neighborhooditself, are invited to come the Kwanzaa Park Neighborsmonthly meetings, held the first Thursday of every monthfrom 6 – 7 p.m. at the Padua Center, 1416 Nebraska Avenue,with parking accessed from Junction Avenue. Call the PaduaCenter at 419-241-6465 for details.

WashingtonMuhammad


Justice Judith Ann Lanzinger Addresses Law andLeadership Institute GraduatesSpecial to The Truth

The first class to enterthe Law and Leadership In-stitute (LLI) at The Univer-sity of Toledo College ofLaw graduated from theprogram on March 16. Jus-tice Judith Ann Lanzinger’77 of the Supreme Courtof Ohio was the keynotespeaker.

The 18 graduates, all se-niors at local high schools,participated in a mock trialcompetition against LLIstudents from the Univer-sity of Akron School of Lawin the Cubbon Courtroomat the Law Center. The com-mencement ceremony fol-lowed in the Law Center’sMcQuade Law Auditorium.

Supported by the OhioState Bar Foundation, theSupreme Court of Ohio,Ohio’s nine law schools,and others, LLI is a state-wide initiative to help pre-pare students fromunderserved communitiesfor post-secondary successthrough a four-year aca-

demic program in law, lead-ership, analytical thinking,and writing skills. ToledoLaw’s LLI program beganin 2009 with a single ninthgrade class; a new class hasjoined the program eachfollowing year.

“We are very proud ofthe students we haveworked with in the Law andLeadership Institute, espe-cially those we have seengrow during the past fouryears. We are grateful to allof the sponsors for support-ing this effort to diversifythe legal profession,” saidDaniel J. Steinbock, deanof the College of Law.

The LLI program was pi-loted in Columbus andCleveland in 2008, and hassince grown to more than400 high school studentson eight law school cam-puses across the state. LLIstudents begin the programduring the summer beforetheir freshman year. It’s afive-week long program

that runs from Mondaythrough Friday 9:00 a.m. to4:00 p.m. LLI students hearfrom local attorneys andjudges, go on weekly fieldtrips, and end the programwith a mock trial. The pro-gram continues into theschool year on select Satur-day afternoons.

The program is a freeprogram open to incomingninth graders in the Toledoarea. Lunch is provided andhelp with transportationthrough the bus system canbe arranged. In addition,students are awarded with astipend for successfullycompleting the summer pro-gram.

How to apply:Go towww.lawandleadership.org

and click on “LLI Cities.”Go to the Toledo site. Clickon “Apply” and click onthe application. You cantype right on the applica-

tion from the site and then print it off. Once completed, mail the application to:

Marilyn PrestonUniversity of Toledo, College of Law

2801 W. Bancroft, MS 507Toledo, OH 43606

2013 summer dates: June 24 to July 26

Student interested in the program, should let their teacher or counselor know so they canget information to LLI. Completed application should be submitted before the April 15deadline.

Any further questions, feel free to contact Site Coordinator Michelle Tussing at 419-450-2220 or at [email protected].

African American Legacy Project’s Easter Egg TreeBy Folasade OladokunSojourner’s Truth Reporter


On Wednesday, March 20, 2013 The African AmericanLegacy Project unveiled its Easter Egg Tree to the media andcommunity. The tree signifies new beginnings and alsoserves as a reminder of the Easter Egg Hunt the AALP willhost on Easter Sunday March 31, 2013 at their new homelocated at 1326 Collingwood.

This will be the first event hosted by the Legacy Projectsince their move in October. Positioned right at the cusp ofthe community, the new location is believed to have theability to serve as a “Beacon of Hope” for the entire commu-nity.

Bernadette Graham, AALP program coordinator, said theEaster Egg Hunt will be a safe, fun, and positive event for thecommunity. “We want to establish a relationship with chil-dren in the community with our emerging leaders as much aspossible, our up-and-coming leaders in the community arevery positive role models for the children, “ she said.

Activities for children age toddler through grade six willbe conducted by the 2012 Emerging Leaders. The EasterBunny will be on hand to greet the children. The Glass CityBrothers United will be present to provide fire safety infor-mation. The event will take place from 2-4 pm.

The Toledo Urban Federal Credit Union sponsored its first free income tax assistanceprogram in January 2002. The tradition continues this year at the credit union’s location onDorr Street.

“We are happy to bring this free service to the people of our community,” CEO SuzetteCowell said years ago. It’s a sentiment that holds true today.

For more information on the tax assistance program, call 419-255-8876.

The tax assiatnce program is sponsored bt The Toledo Journal, Fifth Third Bank, SeagateOffice Products, RC Olmstead Inc, and The Sojourner's Truth Newspaper.

Toledo Urban Federal Credit Union’s Annual TaxAssistance

Suzette Cowell reviewingformer City Council

President Wilma Brown'stax information


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The Cotillion’s Annual Etiquette Seminar for Debs andDebs-In-WaitingSojourner’s Truth Staff

The Toledo Club of theNational Association of Busi-ness and ProfessionalWomen’s Clubs, Inc. pre-sented the annual etiquette

2012 Miss Debutante,Aleshia Miller adressing

Debs and Debs-in-Waiting

seminar for this year’s debu-tantes and debs-in-waiting.The young ladies gathered atIndiana Avenue BaptistChurch, Saturday March 16,

2013 for a two-hour infor-mative session entitled “Be-tween Us Girls”. DeniseCardwell, instructor and To-ledo Club member, taught

this class. About 60 youngladies were taught how togreet someone with a hand-shake and a smile and were

Jayla Satterfield, JadaBolden and Wellsley

Cardwell, EtiquetteWorkshop Chairman

Michelle Blue andDeja Wilson

Rosalyn Whickum with DeashaCox and Pearline Young

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given tips on how to interview, look the part and how to have to right attitude in varioussettings. The art of introduction was demonstrated as they attempted to get to know eachother. Throughout the workshop the young ladies were encouraged to sit properly, walkcorrectly and what not to wear that included hair and make-up. A working lunch was providedand debutantes and deb’s in waiting got a chance to interact with each other and shareideas.After the seminar, lunch was served which offered the young women an opportunity tobecome better acquainted with each other.

Wilma Brown, Cotillion chairman, spoke of the scholarships provided through TheUniversity of Toledo and provided other helpful hints and information. This is the 49th AnnualCotillion and Brown has been instrumental in its success. This year’s Cotillion - DebutanteBall will be held in The Great Hall at the Stranahan on Saturday, May 25 at 7 pm.

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YWCA’s 18th Annual Milestones: A Tribute to WomenOn March 14, 2013, the YWCA of Northwest Ohio

recognized, for the 18th year, extraordinary women in thecommunity who have demonstrated outstanding leadershipqualities and have demonstrated efforts contributing to theempowerment of women.

This year’s luncheon was held at the SeaGate Convention

Center.The honorees were:Arts - Carolyn Putney,

chief curator, director of col-lections and curator of Asian

art, Toledo Museum ofartBusiness - Linda Ewing,senior vice president fifththird Bank (NorthwesternOhio)Education - Janet

Robinson, Ph.D., interimpresident Lourdes UniversityGovernment - Teresa Fedor,Ohio staterepresentativeSciences - Dr.Anne Ruch, OB/GYN, direc-tor of SewHope, founder ofKids Against Hunger SocialServices - Wanda Butts,founder of the JoshProjectVolunteerism -Patricia Appold, president ofLibrary Legacy Foundationand Oliver House Develop-ment

Kristian Brenneman andJohn Jones

MilestonesAwardee Linda

EwingPast Honoree Billie

Johnson

Rhonda Sewell, LC Auditor Anita Lopez, JacquelineRivers, Candace Harrison

Past Honoree DeborahBarnett, Toledo Clerk of

Court Vallie BowmanEnglish

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Banding Together for a CauseBy Carla Yvette

Mom’s House Executive DirectorChristina Rodgriguez welcomed theopportunity to “band together” withlocal band FUSION and vocalist andrecording artist, Leah Williams, onMarch 23, for a fun night of fundraisingat the Blackwoods Grill located on

Holland-Sylvania Rd.The fundraiser titled

“Let’s Band Together” wasan exciting way to turn a nighton the town into an opportu-nity to raise money for theorganization that offers helpand resources for at-risksingle parents.

Supporters enjoyed casualdining while listening to mu-sic as FUSION fascinated thecrowd with music from vari-ous genres and eras; perform-ing hits from artist such asEarth, Wind and Fire, CarrieUnderwood and Bruno Mars,followed by the intimate,jazzy sounds of Leah Will-iams.

Founded in 1983 inJohnstown, PA, by a groupof Citizens Concerned forHuman Life, Mom’s House®offers single parents, facingan unplanned pregnancy,with a viable, practical alter-native to the despair of abor-tion and the tragedy of wel-fare

Marcus Thomasand Erin Baker

Board Member,Bill Sheehan

withExec.Director

ChristinaRodriguez

Patrice Russell and April WhiteTonia Saunders and

Angie Duckworth

Kelly andDashiell Sims

Karen and Rodney Taylor


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F.A.M.E. Fashion Show . . . WOW!(Continued from Page 16)

Lewis with music providedby DJ Big Lou the Mayorand soul-food catered byKim’s Catering and perfor-mances by House of AdonisDancers. Be sure to look fortheir kids Fashion Show thiscoming July!

Danielle Anderson andRico Bitticks

DeeVaz NDiamondz model

Jennifer Boyd andShante Mitchell

Joe Grier,MarleySmith,

Coriana Hilland Melva

Grier

Nancice Whiteand Haley Pitts Shamika McCarver

and Madison

Theo Pritchettand Angela Willis

Rolanda Cross, KeishaByrd and Whitney Munn

Tanya Williams andSharlyn Rodela

Travis Harper and SteveHarris with Norris Finley


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Lavell Crawford at FatFish/Funny BoneBy Monique WardSojourner’s Truth Reporter

Funnyman Lavell Crawford is quickly climbing the comedic ranks and becoming onerising comedy star to watch. From his numerous television appearances and on stageperformances, audiences are becoming increasingly familiar with Lavell’s giant-sizedtalent.

Lavell has appeared on Comedy Central’s Premium Blend and also was a Finalist inthe Comedy Central Laugh Riots standup competition. Lavell has headlined atLaffapalooza, America’s longest-running annual urban comedy festival, appeared on“Jamie Foxx Presents: Laffapalooza” a series of half-hour laugh-out-loud comedyspecials that aired on Showtime and Comedy Central and subsequently headlined at theMontreal Just for Laughs Festival and appeared at The HBO USCAF in Aspen, Co. andThe Comedy Festival in Las Vegas. His “Comedy Central Presents” half-hour specialpremiered on Comedy Central in 2009.

Lavelle Crawford will be at Fat Fish Blue/Funny Bone Comedy Club in Perrysburgfrom Thursday, March 28 to Saturday March 30. Tickets are $25 & can be purchasedby calling the Funny Bone box office at 419.931.3474 or going to funnybonecentral.comonline.

Behind The Laughs withLuenellBy Monique WardSojourner’s Truth Reporter

Monique Ward: Not sure if many peopleknow this but you started out in theater.Can you tell us about that?

Luenell: I don’t necessarily promote itbut people who are aware or in tune, cantell that I do a little more with my voice andfacial expressions than other comics woulddo.

MW: Did you ever picture yourself whenyou were younger having a thriving careerin comedy? Luenell: No because when Istarted in theater, there was no real futurein comedy. The only comedians I knewwere Bill Cosby, Redd Fox, Lawanda Page,so on and so forth. There was no ComicView, Comedy Central, Def Comedy Jam or anything like that when I started. That wasn’teven my goal to be in comedy but my goal was to be in entertainment in some form orfashion.

MW: When your mom passed away, may she rest in peace, you became pregnant withyour first and only child. How did that affect your thinking and career?

Luenell: My mind was not clear several months after that. I didn’t even reallyacknowledge my pregnancy until the fifth month so it’s a miracle that my child is ashealthy, talented and beautiful as she is today.

MW: When you started doing comedy, you were getting accolades for your work fromwell-known comics from the beginning. How did that make you feel?

Luenell: Even to this day, getting pats on the back and words of encouragement frommy peers or the ones that have gone before me is all wonderful.

MW: With all your accomplishments, including touring with Katt Williams andmovies under your belt, if you can have any gig you wanted, what would that be?

Luenell: Of course we don’t know the opportunities that are to come upon us but if Iwas to have my wishes granted…I would want my own sitcom and a primetime networkshow. Also a non-political late night talk show would be nice and a counseling show foryoung children.

MW: What major events, movies or shows do you have coming up?Luenell: I have a show at the Theater at Madison Square Garden on April Fool’s Day

(April 1) which I’m very excited about. It’s sponsored by Hot 97 & Tracy Morgan willbe hosting it. I have a movie coming out in the summer called School Dance written anddirected by Nick Cannon starring Kevin Hart, George Lopez, Katt Williams, Mike Eppsand myself. I also have a television show that I starred in called, “Who Gets The LastLaugh?” by Ashton Kutcher , where comedians compete by doing the best prank to win$10,000 to give to their favorite charity. I already know who won but you will have towatch it yourself to find out.

Luenell will be headlining, with Rodney Perry, Red Grant and Micheal Blackson, theMother’s Day Show at The Stranahan Theater on May 12 in Toledo, Ohio. Tickets areavailable for sale now.


Owens Community Collegeto Host Regional Job Fair,April 5Special to The Truth

Area college and university graduates and students are invited to learn about andexplore various employment opportunities available throughout the surrounding regionas Owens Community College serves as host to the Collegiate Employ-Net Regional JobFair on Friday, April 5.

Presented by Collegiate Employ-Net, a consortium of 19 colleges and universities inNorthwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan, the regional job fair will occur from 10 a.m. –2 p.m. in the College’s Student Health and Activities Center on the Toledo-area Campus.Owens is located on Oregon Road in Perrysburg Township. Job seekers holding acertificate or degree are invited to attend this free event. Professional attire and a resumeare required.

Throughout the event, individuals can meet with over 70 business and industryrepresentatives about employment opportunities. In addition, attendees will be able to fillout applications for various employment opportunities. Individuals are also encouragedto bring several copies of their resume in preparation for any impromptu interviews.

Area employers in attendance will include Advance Staffing Solutions, African SafariWildlife Park, Cummins Bridgeway LLC, Epilepsy Center of Northwest Ohio, Fastenal,HCR ManorCare/Heartland, Kingston Care Center of Sylvania, Motor Carrier ServiceInc., New York Life, Piping Industry Training Center, ProMedica, Recreation Unlimited,Smart Bioscience Inc., Toledo Correctional Institution, Toledo Zoo, Total QualityLogistics and Verizon Wireless, among many others.

For more information, call (567) 661-7715 or 1-800-GO-OWENS, Ext. 7715.

The Ohio Benefit Bank isChanging Lives in OurCommunityJoin the movement as a national servicemember in Lucas CountySpecial to The Truth

You may know that TheToledo NorthwesternFood Bank provides foodand other resources topeople in need to low-in-come families, children,and the elderly in Lucasand surrounding counties.But you may not knowabout The Ohio BenefitBank, a program that ismaking an impact on thelow- and moderate-incomehouseholds The ToledoNorthwestern Food Bankserves.

The Ohio Benefit Bank(OBB) is a program oper-ated statewide by the OhioAssociation of Foodbanks.Local organizations, likeThe Toledo NorthwesternFood Bank, are recruitedand trained to use the pro-

gram to help individualsand families in their com-munity access importantwork support programsand tax credits. Since2006, the OBB networkhas served more than 6,937households in LucasCounty, potentially return-ing over $38,518,401 inwork supports and taxcredits to the localeconomy. The ToledoNorthwestern Food Bankis now recruiting for 2 pas-sionate individuals to jointhe movement as nationalservice members workingon enhancing and strength-ening the OBB.

“The most remarkablepart of serving throughAmeriCorps VISTA is thepersonal and professional

growth that you can gainfrom the personal sacri-fice you make to serve yourlocal community andcountry,” said AleshaRademan, OBB regionalcoordinator for the OhioAssociation of Foodbanks.“The Ohio Benefit Bankhas grown to be one of thenation’s most successfulapplication completionassistance programsthanks to the dedication ofnational service members,and there is still much workto be done to grow andexpand the program inLucas County.”

The national servicemembers at The ToledoNorthwestern Food Bankwill serve throughAmeriCorps VISTA, a na-tional initiative to fightpoverty in America that isfunded and operated by theCorporation for Nationaland Community Service.AmeriCorps VISTA mem-bers receive a modest liv-ing stipend set at the fed-eral poverty level and anend-of-year educationaward in return for theiryear of full-time service tolocal communities. If youor someone you know isinterested in servingthrough AmeriCorpsVISTA, visitwww.americorps.gov toview and apply for openpositions. You are alsowelcome to visitwww.ohiofoodbanks.orgto view current openingsfor OBB community orga-nizers.


Industry Rule: Keep yoursongs under four minutes ifyou want to cater to radioairplay. Not ONE of the 12songs on Justin Timberlake’sthird solo album is under fourand a half minutes long. Rightout the gate, he’s continuinghis decade long streak of turn-ing American pop music

Justin Timberlake The 20/20 ExperienceBy Michael HayesMinister of Culture

norms inside out.We are now looking at a

body of work that has be-come synonymous with flaw-less vocal might, leading edgemusical creativity and thekind of sales numbers thaticons envy. We see the blackand white Sinatra motif andalthough we can’t rememberif Robin Thicke borrowed itfrom Justin or vice versa…the image works.

We long for those dayswhen Prince and Michaelbattled to be number one onthe charts and in our livingrooms. We long for thosedays when the guilty plea-sures of sensuality and harm-less romantic indulgencecould take form in song with-out appealing to low moral-ity.

Well this 20/20 Experi-ence from the homie JT is

like hindsight for the ears.It’s soulful. It’s futuristic.

It’s experimental. It’s every-thing every black family’sliving room played on Satur-day mornings in the 80s…just with a sound that’s be-yond now.

Ever since “Sexyback”,Timberlake and Timberlandhave proven that their col-laborative efforts don’t havetime to aim at the currentairwaves. Once again, theyhave created the lane for allelse to follow and “Suit &Tie” is just the tip of theiceberg.

“Strawberry Bubblegum”is only the fourth track, butthat’s when it dawns on youthat you are about to hearsome of the best music you’veheard in years. A lush, opensoundscape punctuated byguitars, strings and atmo-

spheric synths provides thebackdrop for Justin to kickplayfully flirty lyrics to theobject of his desire. This isalso the track where you findout exactly why most of thesongs are closer to an aver-age of eight minutes in length.

As a music producer, Ican tell you… the vamp/change-up is a rare opportu-nity to end a song with a songinside of a song. Timberlakeand Timbaland have nowmastered this lost art in a waythat begs listeners to absorbthe album in its entirety. Re-peatedly.

This project was not cre-ated for you to pop in, playyour favorite joint, then moveon.

The 20/20 Experience willremind music lovers that al-bums were the originalplaylists.

If Jay Z had been on “Tun-nel Vision,” I probablywould’ve lost my mind.

See, I made the mistake oflistening to this album inheadphones while lying in thebed one night last week. Half-way through I was up damnnear ready to clean the house.

It hits, it swings, it divesand it beats. It pushes, pul-sates, soars and drives.

Sounds you’ve neverheard, cadences and arrange-ments even sharp mindswould not have conceivedand vocals that surpass 90percent of the male singer/songwriters in recentmemory. The songs aren’teven over when they’re over,not that you’ll be complain-ing though. Once you hear“Spaceship Coupe” you willknow your mind has beenblown.

An epiphany isreached…not only do youlove this album, but it lovesyou back.

The only missing piece isthe clarity offered when Jus-tin occasionally speaks ontopics beyond love. “BlueOcean Floor” is a little toodreamy and the two bonustracks force you to settle backinto Earth’s orbit, as dope asthey are the rest of the albumis just so much better theystick out like a sore thumb.

Overall, The 20/20 Expe-rience sets the bar so highthat Timberlake and Timber-land themselves are probablythe only ones capable of sur-passing it. Every song man-ages to possess club bangerthump, soul music artistry andfuturistic freshness that feelsfamiliar. It’s a true feat ofexcellence. Buy two copies!

I expected more.Not even just from the

movie itself, but even thepromotion.

I damn near found outabout this by accident. Onemisplaced swipe on myphone while on Facebookand I was brought to a pagewith a wideshot of MichaelScott from “The Office”dressed like a cheesy 80sglam rock star. So like anymodern day movie goer, Igoogled and IMDB’d myway into a base grasp of thepremise.

Steve Carrell is BurtWonderstone… a Vegasmagician who seems tohave quirky reactions toself-generated awkwardsituations, sort of like, well… Michael Scott, his char-acter from “The Office.” Iguess winning multipleEmmys has a way of box-ing a guy in. But Jim Carreymade me feel like, “okay, I

The Incredible Burt WonderstoneSteve Carrell / Jim CareyBy Michael HayesMinister of Culture

need to see this.”I’ll say it again, I ex-

pected more.The name “Burt

Wonderstone” as a magi-cian just screams JuddApatow.

He’s the man whobrought you “Ron Bur-gundy,” “Ricky Bobby,”Drillbit Taylor” and othermovies where the leadcharacter’s name serves asthesis and running gag incomedies so hilarious youget laugh-pains in yourskull!

Well, the silly name ishere…but the Judd Apatowand the laugh pains are ab-sent.

Wonderstone becomes amagician after a childhoodof being teased and pickedon.

His Las Vegas act withhis best friend as co-starhas grown dry and boring.

He stubbornly remains

fixed in his own delusionsof grandeur despite mul-tiple scenarios signaling hisfall from fame and fortuneis eminent.

He has the typical slow-moving change of heart,partly inspired by his child-hood hero, and aims to puthis life back together.

Wow, and people callTyler Perry movies formu-laic.

In the middle of the hum-drum however, is J imCarrey’s portrayal of SteveGray.

One of the writers musthave a serious vendettaagainst Criss Angel (I misshis show).

The entire Steve Graycharacter is an unflatteringparody so thematicallybased on Criss Angel’sMindFreak that he shouldprobably collect a few per-centage points on this film.

Jim Carrey’s wacky

stunts and often-side-tracked role as BurtWonderstone’s nemesishappen to be the most con-sistently entertaining co-medic bits in the entire film.

There’s a forgettable,barely believable love in-terest played by an other-

wise outstanding OliviaWilde. I laughed here andthere, and the plot devel-ops quickly. It’s not awful,it’s just not at all as it couldhave been. Overall, it wasa mediocre film that com-pletely mis-used the trulygifted comedic genius at its

disposal.Maybe rent it one day

down the line with lots ofbackup comedies in tow.

The true grade for TheIncredible BurtWonderstone is D.


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NEW NOVEL by Toledo Writer: A black farmer takes his sons to see a silent horror film showing at a new theater Halloween night in 1930, in central Texas. Nearly 500 blacks were lynched in Texas that year; a movie about a vampire hardly seemed frightening except to the youngest son, Lijah, who consoles himself with his father's assurance that in the film, “they just be killing white folks”. Download at

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Lucas County Children Services (LCCS) is issu-ing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for IndependentLiving Group Services.

The Goal is for youth to successfully emancipatefrom the agency’s custody with sufficient skills,knowledge and support to live independently.

LCCS is seeking proposals from non-profit andfor-profit agencies or entities that have unique infor-mation, knowledge, and experience working withadolescents to prepare them for successful emanci-pation. Credentials required are LISW or licensedPhD Psychologist.

RFP materials will be available Monday, April 1,2013, 9:00 a.m., at 705 Adams St., Toledo, Ohio43604. The RFP is also available via the LCCSwebsite, www. lucaskids.net To make arrange-ments to pick up an RFP packet, call 419-213-3658.

An applicant information meeting regarding theRFP will be held on Tuesday, April 9, 2013, at 9:00a.m., Room 913, 705 Adams St.

The deadline for submitting completed propos-als (NO FAX) is Friday, April 26, 4:00 p.m. Noproposal will be accepted after that deadline.

PROGRAM ASSISTANT(Bilingual)OSU Extension, Lucas County is hiring for a

Program Assistant position with the Expanded Foodand Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP). TheProgram Assistant, EFNEP will work 30 hours perweek. This position will work in the Lucas Countycommunities teaching nutrition education to diverseadult audiences. This person should be indigenousto the community and must be fluent in Englishand Spanish.

For complete position description and onlineapplication instructions, please go towww.jobsatosu.com and search by requisition num-ber 374473. To assure consideration you must applyby March 31, 2013. To build a diverse workforce,Ohio State encourages applications from individu-als with disabilities, minorities, veterans, and women.EEO/AA employer.

PROGRAM ASSISTANTOSU Extension, Lucas County is hiring for a

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For complete position description and onlineapplication instructions, please go towww.jobsatosu.com and search by requisition num-ber374474. To assure consideration you must applyby March 31, 2013. To build a diverse workforce,Ohio State encourages applications from individu-als with disabilities, minorities, veterans, and women.EEO/AA employer.

Invitation for BidsCabinets and Related Supplies

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PUBLIC NOTICECITY OF TOLEDO

ONE-YEAR ACTION PLANTo all interested agencies, groups, and persons:

The City of Toledo (COT) is seeking comments on its July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014 One-Year Action Plan to be submitted to the Housing & Urban DevelopmentDepartment (HUD) on or before May 15, 2013 for the 39th Program Year (PY). The One-Year Action Plan is based on the HUD approved Five-Year (2010-2015)Consolidated Plan submitted by the COT for housing, community, and economic development.

The One-Year Action Plan includes a description of the federal funds anticipated to be received as well as other resources expected to be available within the Cityof Toledo during the 39th PY. The Action Plan provides a description of the activities to be undertaken when using these resources and the expected results of thoseactivities. Also the Action Plan depicts a geographic distribution of assistance, special needs activities, general and public housing actions, and activities specific to theCommunity Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), and the NeighborhoodStabilization Program (NSP). In addition, the Plan will contain HUD-required certifications as well as community input received at the Public Hearings regarding the ActionPlan.

The One-Year Action Plan (DRAFT) is available for review beginning April 8, 2013 at the following locations:

1) Department of Neighborhoods 5) Lucas Metropolitan Housing AuthorityOne Government Center, 18th Floor 435 Nebraska AvenueDowntown Toledo, Jackson & Erie Streets Toledo, Ohio 43604

2) Office of the Mayor 6) Toledo Lucas County Homelessness BoardOne Government Center, 22nd Floor 1946 N. 13th Street, Suite 437Downtown Toledo, Jackson & Erie Streets Toledo, Ohio 43604

3) Clerk of Council 7) All local branches of the Toledo-Lucas County Public LibraryOne Government Center, 21st Floor (Refer to local telephone directory or toledolibrary.org for locations)Downtown Toledo, Jackson & Erie Streets

4) The Fair Housing Center 8) Dept. of Neighborhoods website:432 N. Superior Street http://toledo.oh.gov/neighborhoods

Toledo, Ohio 43604

Public hearings on the DRAFT One-Year Action Plan are scheduled as follows:

Tuesday, April 11, 2013, 6:00 p.m.Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church (740 North Superior Street, Toledo, OH 43604)

Thursday, April 18, 2013, 6:00 p.m.University of Toledo – Scott Park Campus (Nebraska Avenue and Parkside Boulevard, Toledo, OH 43607)

* To watch the live stream of these meetings, please visit: http://toledo.oh.gov/neighborhoodsThe City of Toledo will also receive comments from the public in writing at the following address:CITY OF TOLEDODEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODSONE-YEAR ACTION PLANONE GOVERNMENT CENTER, SUITE 1800TOLEDO, OHIO 43604

* Reasonable accommodations will be provided upon request by contacting the Department of Neighborhoods in advance at:419-245-1400.

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We Can Help Ourselves by Helping Each OtherBy Carla YvetteSoulcial Scene Editor

As someone who has ad-vocated strongly for the un-derstanding and celebrationof diversity and as someonewho has led initiatives to helpcelebrate diversity and crosscultural understanding, I be-lieve that understanding andlearning about different cul-tures and racial backgroundscan only serve to enlightenand enhance us as individu-als and as a society.

I believe that understand-ing other cultures and ethnicgroups is a necessary and in-tegral part of progress. Fur-thermore, I believe we as a

people would not be wherewe are today if not for thecontributions and sacrificesmade by people of other raceswho fought and died rightalongside our ancestors forsome of the liberties we ex-perience today.

But, while I respect andunderstand the importance ofcross-cultural unity, I don’tbelieve it should be at theexpense of embracing ourown racial identity, or be areason to abdicate our needto work and advocate for thebetterment of our community.If we don’t value ourselves

and each other enough towork toward changing ourcommunities, how can weexpect others to?

Immigrants who come toAmerica succeed becausethey help each other out.There’s often a strong net-work of support waiting forthem when they arrive, readyto provide them with tempo-rary housing, help them findjobs and will even pool theirmoney together to provideno interest loans to help themstart their businesses.

This is the type of supportthat attributed to the success

of The Black Wall Streetbefore it was subsequentlydestroyed. Greenwood,Oklahoma, also known asThe Black Wall Street was aplace where affluent AfricanAmericans lived and ownedchurches, restaurants, gro-cery stores and movie the-aters, hospitals, banks, postoffices, libraries, schools, lawoffices, a half-dozen privateairplanes and a bus system.A place where the dollar cir-culated 36 to 100 times be-fore leaving the community.

It all ended June 1, 1921

during the Tulsa race riots.What happened to this com-munity has been describedby some as “A Black Holo-caust in America.” A pros-perous community destroyedbecause of jealousy, envy andracial hate.

The point to ponder, how-ever, is not how and why ithappened, but more impor-tantly how a community dur-ing the height of racism,thrived and prospered to thepoint of owning over 600businesses. They thrived andprospered because of theirunity and dependency upon

each other.I can’t imagine living in

such a diverse world and nottaking advantage of the manydifferent opportunities thatcome along with that becauseI believe each culture pro-vides its own special contri-bution to the other. However,communities thrive whenthey work together and sup-port one another and there-fore the contributions of oth-ers, can’t be greater than ourown.

F.A.M.E. Fashion Show . . . WOW!By Carla Yvette

Fashion. Art, Models andElegance made up theF.A.M.E Fashion Show pre-sented with high intensityMarch 23 at the Garden LakeHall on Dorr Street.

Young, old and every“Diva” and “Don” in betweenshowed up to watch the mod-els and dancers “show out”as they rocked the runway inclothes designed by localdesigners.

Theo Pritchett, one of theevent organizers and founderof “Mature Night Life” said,“This was an opportunity topromote local designers andshine a positive light on theurban community by bring-ing everybody together in apositive nature.”

His goal, along with eventpartners, Cuntry, founder of

“Famous Endorsement” andShawanda Johnson, a.k.aSpyda of F.A.M.E.D. Stu-dios, was to show that To-ledo does have talented, fash-ionable people.

Mission accomplished!

The trio produced an eventthat will be talked about forweeks to come. The showhighlighted fashion from de-signers: Demange, JohnDough, Ayne K Design, Ms.Nette’s Couture, Original

Suspects, Priceless Designs,Tierre Leone, Dapper De-signs, Bittersweet andDeeVaz N Diamonds.

This sold out event washosted by Comedian Demeco

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