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Inter Faith Works had its 11th AnnualDuck Race to End Racism Saturdayat Inner Harbor on Onondaga Creek.Community members, teachers,students and corporate leaders wereall in aendance and parcipated bysponsoring and decorang a rubberduck to send down the creek.

All those aending watched rubberducks race down Onondaga Creeknear the Syracuse Inner Harbor. Thewinning duck in each race won a prize.Five dollars bought each parcipant

or sponsor a duck. Prots from theevent when to the Community WideDialogue to End Racism, a program ofInterfaith Works.

Childrens enjoyed games, dancingand face painng and ice cream whilecommunity informaon was given.Winning teams received a variety ofprizes that included a Diversity Libraryand a $1000 shopping spree at DesnyUSA.

Interfaith WorksHost Syracuse 11th AnnualDuck Race to End Racism

Kayla, Melissa, Ruben Ramon and Valarie Torrence

Dancers from the Marn Luther King Performers

Photos by LaVergne Harden


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4 www.cnyvision.com |june 20 - 26| 2013LOCAL

Taste of SyracuseThe annual Taste of Syracuse, thecitys biggest food and music fesvalcame to Clinton Square June 7th and

June 8th. Despite the unfavorableweather, hundreds of people enjoyedmulple entertainers and musiciansand several dozen vendors oeringselecve food samples for one dollar.

An annual visitor, Terri James aendsthe event every year. I like to trydierent cultures, she said. Shedoesnt have a parcular favorite. Shesaid she enjoys them all.

The two day event featured nearly40 bands perfoming on three stages.Marshall Tucker Band and Loverboy

headlined the event, while severalacts returned from last year includingPrimeme, 3 Inch Fury, Scar-N-Stripesand Stroke.

Local resident Marguerita Flowers saidshe tries to aend as oend as shecan because she loves to eat. She trieseverything she can while hanging outwith her daughter and grandson.

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Aiyanna Oliver

Photos by LaVergne Harden

NY Preservation AuthorityRecommends Syracuse Church For Historic PreservationPreservaon authories have

recommended adding 17 lisngs tothe New York and naonal registersof historic places, including a formerEpiscopal church in Syracuse.

Authories have recommendedthe former Trinity Episcopal Churchbuilding at 523 W. Onondaga St., builtin 1915 be placed on the list. The

church now owned by the Faith by

Love Family Worship Church.

Being listed can help owners restoreand maintain properes becausetheyre eligible for certain publicprograms, grants and tax credits.

Among the properes the state Boardfor Historic Preservaon says should

be listed are the West Endico Hose

Co. No.1 in Broome County, the SidneyHistoric District in Delaware County,Oak Hill Cemetery in Herkimer, theFirst Presbyterian Church of Newtownin Queens, the Shantz Buon Factoryin Rochester and Trinity EpiscopalChurch in Syracuse.

Others include Glenn H. Curss

Memorial High School in

Hammondsport, Congregaon TiferethYehuda Veyisroel in Kerhonkson andQuogue Cemetery on Long Island.

If approved by the state, the siteswould be nominated for the naonalregister.

Feds fire, demote employees in NY slaying caseFederal authories have red anddemoted U.S. probaon ocers incharge of monitoring a man beforehe was charged with raping a 10-year-

old girl and killing her mother duringa carjacking at a suburban Syracusemall.

The changes made at the federalprobaon oce in Syracuse weredetailed in a leer Monday from U.S.courts administrators to Congressman

Dan Maei of Syracuse.

The probaon ocers came under

re last March aer authories saidDavid Renz removed and quicklyreassembled an electronic bracelet somonitors didnt immediately realize

hed taken it o. Authories say Renzlater strangled and stabbed a womanin her car aer raping the womans

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device because of an earlier childpornography arrest.

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Ocials at the Veterans Aairs hospitalin Syracuse are ready to unveil thefacilitys new $90 million addion.

The VA will ocially open the new six-story wing during a Friday morningceremony with VA Secretary EricShinseki giving a speech in the medicalcenters auditorium. The Flag Dayevent coincides with the Syracuse VAhospitals 60th anniversary.

The addion includes a 30-bed SpinalCord Injury and Disorder Center. Many

upstate veterans with spinal cordailments had been traveling to NewYork City or Cleveland for care.

The new wing also houses anoutpaent surgery center, operangrooms and a dialysis and infusionprogram. Construcon on the addionbegan in 2009.

Syracuse VA Medical CenterOpening New $90 Million Wing

LOCAL

Newborns will be required to be testedfor congenital heart defects under anew, quick screening process that NewYork lawmakers agreed to Wednesday.

If signed into law by Govenor AndrewCuomo, the measure would requireall birthing facilies to administer thetest called pulse oximetry screening.

The one-minute procedure providesearly detecon of heart defects thatcould be addressed quickly by surgery,potenally saving babies lives.

The process involves taping a smallsensor to a newborns foot as light isbeamed at the foot to measure theamount of oxygen in the blood. Thescreening is more eecve than morecommon tests.

Congenital heart disease hits sevento nine of every 1,000 newborns inthe United States, according to theAssemblywoman Aileen Gunther, aDemocrac represenng Orange andSullivan counes. She co-sponsored

the bill and said it will replace thecurrent method involving ultrasoundscreenings and repeated examinaons.

By performing this simple test,doctors can take the appropriateand necessary steps to ensure thatnewborns get the care they need,should they have heart defects, saidSen. William Larkin, an Orange CountyRepublican who co-sponsored the bill.Simply, this measure will save lives.

Kelsey Thomas of Syracuse said thetest saved her sons life by detecnglow oxygen in his blood a day aer hewas born. Jacob had surgery eight dayslater and now is healthy at 14 monthsold.

Its a lile test that can give a bigresult, a saved life, Thomas said.

The Senate approved the measureWednesday. The Assembly approvedit in May. It now goes to Cuomo, whosaid he will review the measure.

Thirteen states require the screening.It would be paid for through insurance

or through government health careprograms for parents who lackinsurance.

NY Legislature to RequireHeart Screens of Babies


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STATEAuditors Say NY ApprovedJobless Checks for The DeadNew York auditors say the statemistakenly authorized nearly $3

million in unemployment paymentsfor people who were dead, employed,out of the country, not authorized towork in the U.S. or had exceeded theirbenets

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapolisays $1.9 million was prevented fromactually being paid, while the stateLabor Department should pursuerecovery of $1.1 million.

Labor ocials say they have increasedfraud-ghng measures by funding ve

posions in the comptrollers oceto ensure overpayments are quicklyidened and recouped, the very stawho idened the overpayments inthis report.

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7 www.cnyvision.com |june 20 - 26| 2013COVER

Over $25 Million in Unclaimed Funds in Syracuse May Be Yours

Have you ever quit a job and never went back toget your last paycheck? Or moved without gengyour ulies deposit refund? When things like thishappen, your money will be turned over to theState. Thomas DiNapoli, New York State Comptrolleris seeking to return $12 billion in unclaimed moneyto residents across New York State. Report show thatSyracuse alone has over $25 million in unclaimed

money in over 64,000 accounts.

There is $12 billion in unclaimed funds that needsto be returned to its righul owners, said New YorkState Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Residentsfrom across the state should check our website tosee if they have any unclaimed money waing forthem. Every dollar maers in this economy.

Unclaimed funds is lost or forgoen money that isturned over to the state comptroller. The money cancome from old bank accounts, insurance checks andmore.

Banks, ulies, insurance companies and otherbusinesses are required by law to turn inacvestock dividends, savings accounts, unclaimedinsurance and other inacve holdings over

to the State. Before the money is turnedover to the state, these companies must tryto nofy you by mail and are required topublish newspaper lisngs of names andaddresses. If aer a certain amount of me,usually between two and ve years, anaccount is inacve, the money is consideredabandoned or unclaimed.

New York State holds unclaimed funds with the statecomptroller who acts as a guardian for the moneyunl it is claimed by the owner or the beneciary.New York State never claims ownership of themoney. It is held for you unl you claim it.

Based on the researched pulled by the comptrollersoce, there are 28 zip codes in Syracuse withunclaimed funds ranging from $4,790 to over $3.1million in 64,450 accounts. The top ve areas are:

13202: $3,154,373.63 Unclaimed13210: $2,906,266.37 Unclaimed13204: $2,225,913.71 Unclaimed13205: $1,882,970.72 Unclaimed13203: $1,879,654.21 Unclaimed

The oce of unclaimed funds frequently partnerswith legislators, sends representaves to publicevents and works with membership organizaonsto help spread the word about unclaimed funds.Comptroller DiNapoli has priorized reuning NewYorkers with their lost money and as a result ouroce returns, on average, $1 million each day.

There is no me limitto claim any funds

you may be owed.Meaning, you can

prove the money isyours at any me andhave it returned toyou without and feesor charges. However,outside of the statecomptroller, somecompanies can chargeyou up to 15%. NewYork State returns, onaverage, $1 million a

day.

The comptrollers oce said their records dateback to the 1943. As long as someone can proveownership, whether direct ownership or throughfamilial relaons, such as a deceased relave, themoney can be returned.

Last year, approximately $314 million was returned,almost half were claims from banks. In 2008, over $4million was returned to one individual. There is $1.7million for one person that is sll unclaimed.

There are dierent types of requirements for claimbased upon the ownership status and the type ofaccount. You can claim online or by mail. To see ifyou have unclaimed money, you can go to the statecomptrollers website. It can take up to 3 weeks ormore before you receive any funds.

Currently, there are more than 25 million openaccounts for individuals as well as municipalies andnon-prots across the state. The comptrollers ocesaid this money is owed to the righul owners andshould be returned.

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8 www.cnyvision.com |june 20 - 26| 2013NATIONAL

U. S. Senate Could Craft New Protection if High Court Guts Section 5By Hazel Trice Edney

(TriceEdneyWire.com) - If the U. S.

Supreme Court strikes down or altersthe Secon 5 Preclearance Clause ofthe Vong Rights Act, Congress shouldbe prepared with a remedy to protectagainst discriminaon, accordingto members of the U. S. Senate ina roundtable with Black media lastweek.

This supreme court is more and moreskepcal of the root causes of, theevidence of and the consequences ofdiscriminaon, said Sen. ChristopherA. Coons (D-Del.), And I think Weneed to be prepared to act legislavelyto deal with the likely consequencesof a federal government that may bemore reigned in in terms of its ability

to proacvely reach out.

Coons, a member of the SenateJudiciary Commiee, was speakingduring a June 13 roundtable duringwhich 12 Senators met with 19Black reporters to discuss issues ofimportance to their readers.

Issues of race and public policydominated the 80-minute discussionheld in the Manseld Room of the U.

S. Capitol. Ancipang a ruling thismonth, reporters, policy makers andcivil rights leaders alike are bracing

themselves, already contemplang thenext move in the case of an adverseruling given racial discriminaon thatsll exists.

Coons connued, Discriminaonabsolutely is sll a problem in housing,in employment and in vong. And inmy view, weve got to be vigilant andaenve of the opinions handeddown by the Supreme Court becauseI think we may see restricons in theability of government to actAndto deal directly and proacvely withdiscriminaon.

Among key items on which the courtis set to rule is Shelby v. Holder, which

challenges Secon 5, which requiresstates and territories with a history ofdiscriminaon to clear any changes invong laws with the U. S. Departmentof Jusce. Striking down this provision- which was just reauthorized by anoverwhelming, bi-parsan majorityof the Senate seven years ago - wouldeecvely gut the Act, openingthe door for gerrymandering ofcongressional districts and otherpolical lines as well as the creaon of

voter ID laws that discriminate againstAfrican-Americans and other peopleof color.

Two other race equality cases before thecourt are also viewed as endangeringracial jusce. They are Fisher v.University of Texas and a Michigan lawwhich has banned armave acon inpublic college admissions. An adverseruling in either of these cases couldeither end the consideraon of racein college admission policies or causewhat lawyers call a chilling eect.The chilling eect is when a ruling isso damaging that it causes universiesto end or severely alter policies ontheir own in order to avoide future lawsuits.

The roundtable was organized by

the Senate Democrac Steeringand Outreach Commiee, chairedby Senator Mark Begich (D-Alaska).Senator Harry Reid, Majority Leader,did not aend, apparently due tovotes. The meeng was moderated bySen. William Mo Cowan (D-Mass.),currently one of only two Blackmembers of the U. S. Senate.

Responding to a queson about thehistoric void of Blacks in the Senate,

Cowan acknowledged, We have along way to go and said Americanshave an obligaon to encourage

people of all races to get involved inthis polical process.

He said when the Senate is notrepresentave of its constuents, itdoes a great disservice. But he addedfor clarity, You dont have to look likeyour constuents in order to representthe interests of your constuents.

He agreed, If Secon 5 Pre-clearanceis reversed by the Supreme court,Congress would have to take promptand vigorous acon to preserve it.

Despite parsan bickering betweenRepublicans and Democrats over thebudget and other issues, Sen. Robert P.

Casey, Jr. (D-Pa.) expressed opmismthat if the court strikes down thePre-clearance Clause of Secon 5, itcould be either rebuilt in a bi-parsanspirit or a comparable prevenvemeasure could be craed swily inconsultaon with legal organizaonsthat regularly ligate such issues. Ithink it aects all of us.

By Zenitha Prince

(TriceEdneyWire.com) - The UnitedStates is on pace to become aminority-majority naon even fasterthan previously predicted, accordingto Census Bureau stascs on race andethnicity released June 13.

The percentage of non-HispanicWhites in the U.S. populaon reachedan all-me low of 63 percent duringthe year ending July 1. Numerically,that means there are 197.7 millionWhite people out of 313.9 million totalAmericans.

Though the number of Whitesincreased by 188,000, mostly due fromimmigraon from abroad, the numberof deaths exceeded birthsanotherrstby more than 12,000.

This is the rst me there hasever been an overall non-HispanicWhite natural decrease in the U.S.,demographer Kenneth Johnson toldBloomberg News.

There are other trends that suggestthat minories will outnumber Whitesby 2043, as has been predicted.Children of color under age 5 arealmost a majority, represenng49.9 percent of that age group.And, according to previous Censusanalyses, minories younger than 18are expected to overtake the numberof White children by 2019.

Its the younger, rapidly growingminority populaon that will be drivingeconomic and demographic growththis century, William H. Frey, seniorfellow at the Brookings Instuon,a Washington-based policy researchgroup, told Bloomberg.

Overall, people of color grew in numberby 1.9 percent, now composing about37 percent of the total populaon.

Specic trends show that AsianAmericans were the fastest-growingracial or ethnic group in America,surging by 2.9 percent to almost 19million people. The growth was mostlyfueled by internaonal migraon.

Hispanics were the second fastestgrowing group, increasing by 2.2percent, or more than 1.1 million, to justover 53 million in 2012. Their growthwas primarily propelled by naturalincrease (births minus deaths), theCensus said. Lanos also remain thenaons second largest ethnic group,behind Whites, represenng 17percent of the populaon.

Asians and Hispanics have long beenamong our naons fastest-growingrace or ethnic groups, ThomasMesenbourg, the Census Bureausacng director, said in a statement.

By comparison, African-Americansincreased by a mere 1.3 percent to44.5 million last year.

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10 www.cnyvision.com |june 20 - 26| 2013OPINION/EDITORIAL The views expressed on our opinion pages are those of the author and do notnecessarily represent the position or viewpoint of MRMG or CNY Vision

(TriceEdneyWire.com) - Itshard for meto overlookthe shameful

parade of sonsof celebratedleaders whoare in jail or onthe way to jailfor confessedcrimes rangingfrom bribery,embezzlement

and just plain thievery. Their crimes gobeyond mere law-breaking. The sonshave dishonored a legacy of publicservice that their fathers helped tobuild in order to break down barriersto economic and polical progress forAfrican-Americans.

The latest inductees to the Polical Hall

of Shame are: Former Washington, D.C.council member Michael A. Brown (D)who this month pled guilty to accepng$55,000 in illegal funds, some of whichwere stued in a Redskins coee mug.Former congressman Jesse JacksonJr., who is awaing sentencing aera guilty plea of embezzling $750,000from his campaign funds to purchasesuch things as a Rolex watch, furs anda fedora previously owned by MichaelJackson. And then theres former D.C.Councilman Harry Thomas, Jr. (D- Ward5) who is serving me aer admingto stealing $355,000 in city funds thatcould have gone to make a dierence

in the lives of city youths.

Just as civil rights victories arecelebrated collecvely the spectaclesof college educated sons in upper

middle class families joining the felonsin the prison pipeline have createdcollecve sadness among the rank andle. These mens very ascent to higheroce was on the backs of their famousfathers, trailblazers in the policaland civil rights struggle. Civil Rightsveteran Jesse Jackson Sr. credible runsfor president in 1984 and 1988 werejewels in the foundaon later polishedand perfected by President Obama. RonBrown, the late commerce secretaryand democrac Naonal Commieechairmen, opened avenues for Blackbusinesses and business developmentas did the senior Thomas.

One can only wonder what created this

downward spiral and what does it sayto the next generaon? What lessonsdid they learn from their fathers? Isthis fathering gone wrong? Were theyso busy fathering the community theydid not father in their own homes?Jesse Jr. and Michael Brown grew upas privileged sons fathered into circlesof wealth and inuence. They grew tomanhood at a me when the rhetoricof hard work, integrity and ethicalbased public service rang in their earsand the doors opened by their famousfathers were present for them to walkthrough.

Did their successful upbringingevolve into a culture of greed andself indulgence where victories forthe masses then became internalizedinto victories for self which entled

them to desire the biggest symbols ofmaterial success: expensive cars, thebling, the swagger, the style. Publicservice has become the Big cket ofself indulgence creang a court ofyoungish, entled black privilegedprinces. In a way the fruit did not fallfar from the tree because in somecircles men like Jackson and Brownpreformed like Kings of the Hill.This air of entled nobility perhapsexplains why Jackson Junior felt theneed to use public funds to purchasethe fedora that crowned the head ofMichael Jackson, the King of Pop. DidJackson Jr. relish a crown himself?Browns lawyer explained his clientsconfessed guilt of accepng $55,000

in illegal funds to the crashing of theecono my. Most district residents aresuering hardships so the example ofthis public servant is steal your wayout of it?My listening ear has picked up manyexcuses for this behavior. An oenheard argument: Well, these Blackmen are not doing anything thatWhites havent been doing all along.Granted, the is an equal right amongthieves, but to African-Americans,who represent a group that has beendenied resources, seen their childrenswallowed up by drugs, poor schoolsand, a prison pipelines public funds in

the hands of honest polics could belife-saving, that choice must not be anopon.

Like many area residents I am pained

by this sad spectacle because I hadpersonal contact with these fathers.In the early sevenes in Chicago Iwas a neighbor and frequent visitorto the Jackson Household, talking tohis wife, Jackie. I delighted in carryingthe chubby faced Jesse junior on myshoulders. Throughout his career, Irespected him as a brilliant man.Two weeks before he died in a planecrash, Ron Brown summoned me to hisoce at the Commerce Department.This had never happened before andI always felt it was an invitaon tokeep watch over how the past wouldimpact the future. And shortly beforeThomas senior died, I stood shoulderto shoulder with him as we were

recognized by Allstate insurance forpublic service.

Despite their setbacks there is slla future role for these favored sons.Their fathers were not perfect servantsbut at their very best were publicservants. It is not too late for the sonsto honor their fathers.

----------------Barbara Reynolds, a former columnistfor USA Today, is an author of six books,including Jesse Jackson: AmericasDavid: The Man, the Meaning and theMyth.

A Shameful Parade

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11 www.cnyvision.com |june 20 - 26| 2013OPINION/EDITORIALThe views expressed on our opinion pages are those of the author and do notnecessarily represent the position or viewpoint of MRMG or CNY Vision

KOFI QUAYE

Human beings 5.0

Sharon Contreras,superintendent of schoolsof the Syracuse City SchoolDistrict stated in an interviewpublished in this newspaperthat she is disappointed withthe academic performance ofthe schools.

Whats that supposed to meanwhen she has been running theschool district she is cricizingthe past year or so?

Thats certainly not an easy queson to answer. Onething is clear: It takes a combinaon of absolutecandor, great courage, and total integrity to be ableto concede that the school district connues to face

serious challenges.

Superintendent of Schools is a powerful posion,and those who get hired for the job are expectedto produce in ways that are not easy to quanfy orqualify; certainly not the same way that other highprole oce holders are assessed.

As the head of a school district, you are expected todeliver.

You either do a good or a bad job; an assessmentbased on performance by students and teachers,and those impacted by acons emanang from thehead of the school district in the community, mostlyparents.

With no formal criteria to use to judge performance,

it is determined more on senment than fact.

Those who are judged by the majority to be doing agood job are told by parents and policians andthose who fall short of the publics expectaon, alsoget to know.

One thing most parents dont do is remain silentwhen they think something is wrong with a schoolsystem that is supposed to educate their kids.

They express their views and opinions and theydont shy way from stang what they see as notbeing right.

By the same token, superintendents who aregenerally viewed as doing a good job are elevated tokind of hero status and become a legend of sorts in

the community.

Sydney Johnson is one former head honcho whocomes to mind when discussing past superintendentsof the Syracuse School District. He was one of therst African-American superintendents of theSyracuse School District back in the 70s.

He was arguably an educator who knew his mission,and he succeeded in making an impact that sllstands. He has been cited as an outstanding educatorwho knew precisely what to do with the problemsfaced by the Syracuse School District at the me.

A center has been named aer him. He wasencouraged to run for mayor, and was loved.

That he was the rst African-American

superintendent back in the day might have hadsomething to do with it. But, the overall impressionwas he acquied himself well.

There have been other African-American

superintendents of schools in Syracuse, whosetenures in the oce ended badly.

They impressed in ways that were less than ideal.One superintendent, Henry Williams, le the job incircumstances that came close to being chaoc.

Another African-American superintendent wasdescribed to have done a reasonably decent job.

The current superintendent has the disncon ofbeing a Hispanic female. It is probably not a big deal,being Hispanic and female, but her ethnicity andgender denitely loom over most of what she does.

That goes with the job; the race and gender of theoccupant is as much a factor as everything else.

But, she wont be judged solely on the basis of whata Hispanic female educator can do; she is beingjudged on how capable she is as an educator sofar, so good, or so it seems.

In terms of the image she has projected in the pastyear as the head honcho, Sharon Contreras has beendescribed in the media as a dynamic leader.

Other qualies aributed to her include beinginnovave in her approach to educaon and moreimportantly, she has shown a willingness to placeconsiderable emphasis on community involvement.

In speeches, and a widely circulated plan of acondocument that was mass-mailed to city residents,and in numerous arcles and interviews, she hasclearly stated that her mission is to make the

Syracuse City School District one of the best, if notthe best, school districts in the country.

That she has a plan in place is a huge step in the rightdirecon; the goals are clearly dened and show aconscious eort to involve the community.

Another striking feature is the fact that the plan willbe implemented in phases and evaluated on thebasis of how eecve they prove to be.

Sharing the document with the public meanstransparency; something many talk about it, butdont do it.

Contreras has done it. It means parents know whatshe has in mind, what she plans to do, and theexpected outcomes.

That she is making an impact is beyond queson;what remains to be seen is how the plan will work

overall. That is when public opinion will step in andmake the pronouncement regarding how she isdoing on the job.

If the goals are not met as outlined, the parents andthe community will know about it and talk about it;and vice versa.

We cant ask for more from a school superintendentwho is relavely new to the job; and who is beingpaid a lot of money and coming in at a me whenthe district needs a leader with a vision to give itdirecon, energy and real leadership.

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