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NEWS AND VIEWS FOROUR BLACK QUEENS

Angela Smith has adeep commitment towellness – physical,emotional, and spiri-tual that stems froma journey towardsbeing her better self. Looking for alternative ways to

ease her back pain, Angelafound an alternative health clinicthat made a wellness plan. It in-cluded a prescription of herbsfrom a Chinese Medicine doctor,massage therapy, reiki andacupuncture. She was really excited with the

results and the new methods shelearned to strengthen her bodyand reduce pain. Finding a different approach to

her health was eye opening andstarted her on a journey towardsher own personal wellness prac-tice. She felt inspired “I want tohelp other people see this…seehow you have the power to heal,work on yourself, and do yourown healing.” But she asked herself, “Where

are the people of color? I knowthey are out here but I don’t seethem. I wanted to be one of them.So I started with reiki.” Shestarted widening her knowledgeof tools for self-care. Soon shewas attending trainings in yogatherapy, aromatherapy, reiki, andmore. MAKING THE CONNECTIONInspired by the idea that her

community could heal them-selves, Angela formed her ownalternative wellness business, The Zen Dragonfly. She began

offering a variety of services inher home studio including reiki,restorative yoga, sewing work-shops, and retreats. Angela sought ways to con-

tinue her personal mission to ex-pand wellness services tocommunities of color, especiallywomen. In 2015, she heard about and

applied for a position at WalnutWay as a Women’s Healing Cir-cle Facilitator and Health Coach. The Walnut Way Healing Cir-

cle, which began in 2013,evolved out of a request byneighborhood women for emo-tional support as they healedfrom the trauma of violence, do-mestic abuse, poverty, homeless-ness, and unemployment. The Healing Circle uses a col-

lective experience of learning ho-listic education and its healingbenefits on mind, body, and spirit.Participants learn stress reducinghealing techniques, alternativeand integrative medicine prac-tices, aromatherapy, storytelling,and ritual to strengthen sister-hood and gain skills in self-care.

As the Healing Circle Facilita-tor, Angela also provides free lifecoaching services to all partici-pants. Angela’s healing and mentor-

ing gifts have rippled outward intothe community: leading residentsto wellness, guiding women to-wards their life goals and mean-ingful work, and creatingpathways to personal and com-munity wealth – financial, physi-cal, emotional, and spiritual.

BUILDING ENTREPRENEURSHIP WITHIN

Walnut Way’s goal is to makeavailable a wide spectrum of af-fordable and accessible wellnessservices to its residents – regard-less of who provides it – whilealso promoting economic oppor-tunity to local businesses, espe-cially those owned by men andwomen of color. To do so, Walnut Way seeks

out local practitioners and invitesthem to hold classes in the re-stored Walnut Way Center (2240N. 17th St.) and more recentlythe new Innovations and Well-

ness Commons (16th and NorthAve.) at free or low cost rentalfee. The Zen Dragonfly was among

the first local businesses thatWalnut Way recruited for its localpractitioner network.

Today Angela’s business, TheZen Dragonfly offers reiki, yogafor men and women, mindfulnessclasses, and dance and move-ment classes at The Walnut WayCenter. This is in addition to her part-

time position as Health Coach

and facilitating the Women’sHealing Circles. Several of herclients, whom she calls “healingguests,” now travel to The ZenDragonfly’s west side office foradditional or more intensive well-ness services. The new businesshas allowed Angela to expandher services and renovate her of-fices so that they better serve herguests. She also began training and

mentoring local reiki practitioners,many of who first discovered thisancient energy healing processthrough Angela’s classes at theWalnut Way Center. Today a few of those students

have gone to start their own heal-ing businesses. They rent space within The Zen

Dragonfly’s west side office, withthe intention of establishing theirown office elsewhere as theybuild their client roster. Practitioners within this ever-

expanding network turn to eachother for business support, suchas graphic design and marketing.“We all talk about what we do andshare expertise,” explains An-gela. “Once I needed a blog writer

and someone in the practitionernetwork recommended some-one. I received help from a localgraphic designer for my website.I like networking, making thoseinitial connections, and helpingothers see their passions. One of lessons I’ve learned

from Walnut Way is how to coor-dinate and share space in myown office in a way that lets newpractitioners create their ownwealth.”CREATING WEALTH WITHIN

THE COMMUNITYGiven her skills at mentorship

and facilitation, Angela hasadded a new role within WalnutWay: Practitioner Network Coor-dinator. Today Angela activelyseeks out and coordinates agrowing roster of independentwellness practitioners to servethe Lindsay Heights community. She is also assisting in the de-

sign and furnishing of a new andmore spacious yoga studio in TheInnovations and Wellness Com-mons to meet strong demand forwellness classes.Angela continually seeks out

new opportunities to grow andserve others. “When I see oppor-tunities, I am grateful,” says An-gela. “I like to lift people up.I offer services like yoga ther-

apy to be where I am needed, es-pecially for men and women ofcolor. For women, my platformhas always been to encouragethem to see and reclaim them-selves as goddesses – whetherit’s through dance, yoga, medita-tion or classes like sewing.” --Ar-ticle courtesy of Walnut Way

ANGELA'S STORY:ANGELA'S STORY:WIDENING THE CIRCLE OF WEALTHLindsey Heights resident Angela Smith’s journey an illustration the culture of wellness and entrepreneurial

spirit is alive and well in that neighborhood

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(TRICEEDNEY-WIRE.COM) - OmarosaManigault Newman,who has resignedunder duress from herpublic liaison job at theWhite House, is leavingtrue to form - amidst acloud of controversyand with sparks flying. The White House has confirmed

her resignation effective Jan. 20.The official White House reasonwas that she is leaving to pursue"other opportunities.""Thank you Omarosa for your

service! I wish you continued suc-cess," says a Dec. 13 tweet fromPresident Donald Trump, who hadhandpicked Manigault Newman -best known for her first name only.A personal friend of Trump's, theyhave known each other 14 yearssince her national television debuton his reality show, "The Appren-tice."But the full circumstances sur-

rounding Omarosa's departure re-main cloudy at best amidstnumerous reports that she wasactually fired or forced to resignamidst cursing and a heated con-frontation with Trump's Chief ofStaff Gen. John Kelly. She hasonly conceded that there was atense conversation with Kelly inthe White House Situation Room.Since his arrival last July, Kellyhad limited her access to the OvalOffice, where she initially had thefreedom to come and go.On ABC, the only media outlet

that has interviewed her since theresignation, the clearly angry

Omarosa said reports that shewas fired are "a hundred percentfalse." But, then she added, "Butwhen I have a chance to tell mystory to tell - quite a story - as theonly African-American woman inthis White House, as a senior staffand assistant to the president, Ihave seen things that have mademe uncomfortable, that haveupset me, that have affected medeeply and emotionally, that hasaffected my community and mypeople and when I can tell mystory, it is a profound story that Iknow the world will want to hear,"she said, leaving an obviouscliffhanger.Omarosa was reached to obtain

responses on issues raised in thisarticle, but she declined commentdue to the fact that she is still aWhite House employee until Jan.20. She was only allowed the in-terviews with ABC News.

Black Republicans sayOmarosa blocked them from

jobs.Meanwhile, Black Republicans

claim Omarosa blocked them fromjobs in order to maintain her statusas the "only African-Americanwoman... senior staff and assis-tant to the president" as she de-scribed herself on ABC. Her actualWhite House title has been assis-tant to the president and directorof communications in the WhiteHouse Office of Public Liaison.But her actual job description

appears not to have been clearlydefined. In interviews with theTrice Edney News Wire Black Re-publicans blame her for blockingBlack job applicants from theTrump administration - includingRepublican stalwart Kay ColesJames, who was appointed Dec.

19 as the first African-Americanand first woman president of theconservative Heritage Foundation."I was blocked personally. Es-

sentially, my file was pulled and Iwasn't deemed pro-Trumpenough," says Eugene Craig."The official excuse was that Iwasn't pro-Trump enough al-though I was the sitting chair of theMaryland Republican Party." Sources said because of Presi-

dent Trump's need for loyalty, thatattribute - loyalty - was among thetop considerations for key WhiteHouse positions. Craig admits thathe was a "never Trumper all theway", but that was during the cam-paign. Craig says he noticed thatwhen the time came for consider-

ation for jobs and the broad ban-ner of Republicanism, Whitenever-Trumpers were given con-sideration where African-Ameri-cans were not."The flood gates were opened,

but Omarosa held all of us to a dif-ferent standard. She had say overa lot of the Black resumes. I knowfor a fact from promises that shemade us directly."Craig says a January confer-

ence call with the Republican Na-tional Committee and Trumptransition team was held "specifi-cally for African-American activistsand party loyalists." He said, "Dur-ing the middle of the call, shejumped on and bogarted on. Andshe came in and she made us

these promises that this would bethe most diverse administration inhistory. And she'll help us withwhatever we need and whereverwe wanted to go into governmentand to shoot our resumes over toher and she gave us her officialtransition email. She said this ad-ministration has a goal of having25 percent minority hiring. Theywanted 25 percent of the workforce to be Black andHispanic...So she positioned her-self as the end all be all for Blackthings; for Black people in the ad-ministration," Craig said.Ayshia Connors, a former

deputy director of African-Ameri-can engagement at the

Omarosa's Final Days at White House Full of Controversy, AccusationsSome say she blocked qualified Black appli-cants; Others say that's not possibleNNPA president says she may have beenfighting for diversityBy Hazel Trice Edney

Omarosa Mani-gault Newmanstares into cam-era as Black pho-tographer CherissMay takes photoearly in the Trumpadministration.PHOTO: CherissMay

Republican National Committee, now a senior advisor toRep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), agrees. She describes aninitiative by The Joint Center for Political and EconomicStudies and Insight America, an organization headed byformer Republican Congressman J. C. Watts:"There were hundreds, probably thousands of resumes

of qualified individuals in the Black community that wereready and prepared to go into any administration no matterwho won the election. And when President Trump gotelected, all of those names were submitted and Omarosaliterally trashed those names. Nobody got a call back. Nobody got an interview.Nobody was ever heard about again. People tried to go

in. People were eager and willing to serve the President,willing to serve our country. But Omarosa, she didn't wantother Black Republicans there. She wanted to be the bigshot. She wanted to be the only one. And so, everybodykind of just decided it wasn't worth our times to keep deal-ing with it. And so, by February, people had just moved onfrom Omarosa and dealing with the White House and de-cided to start working with Congress and dealing someother policy matters."Connors added that Kay Coles James, former Virginia

Secretary of Health and Human Resources under VirginiaRepublican Gov. George Allen and director for the UnitedStates Office of Personnel Management under PresidentGeorge W. Bush, received the same treatment."She was willing and prepared to go back into the gov-

ernment and to help the administration. But Omarosa wassuch a distraction and created so much drama and confu-sion that Ms. James just decided not to engage it anymore.So that's what ended up happening. That's why you onlysaw Omarosa as a senior Black Republican in the WhiteHouse."

In a brief interview with James upon her appointment aspresident of the Heritage Foundation, James was clearabout why she did not go to work in the Trump WhiteHouse."When Donald Trump said that he wanted to improve the

urban areas and that he wanted to make the lives of mi-norities in this country better, I said, wow, if he wants to dothat, I genuinely want to be a part of that and I was excitedand hopeful the opportunity to come in," she said. "But thatopportunity never really afforded itself. I am told that I wasblocked...I don't have specifics about how that happened,but I was extremely disappointed that I didn't have the op-portunity to serve there."Connors said the clearest evidence that Omarosa was

not going to work with other Black Republicans came inFebruary when Omarosa was in charge of pulling togetherthe Black History Month program for President Trump.

"During Black History Month, these credible Republicanssuch as Kay Coles James and J. C. Watts and Elroy Sailor,they tried to engage Omarosa." Instead, Omarosa put anevent together that included her personal picks of African-Americans, including Black Democrats, Connors said."She didn't invite any of the prominent Black Republi-

cans. In fact, we had folks calling us from the White Housecalling and saying, 'Why aren't your names on the list forthis event?' It was very evident from the beginning that shewasn't going to work with us and that she was just going todo her own thing."Connors cited another event for Vice President Pence

that was planned by Black Republicans to be held at WestPoint. "That was another example of Omarosa using herposition in the White House to block that event as well. Andthat was actually the turning point for Black Republicans.

(continued on page 3)

“What’s Up with the Sistas?...“What’s Up with the Sistas?...The Weekend Edition•For Women Only•December 22, 2017

(TRICEEDNEY-WIRE.COM) - OmarosaManigault Newman,who has resignedunder duress from herpublic liaison job at theWhite House, is leavingtrue to form - amidst acloud of controversyand with sparks flying. The White House has confirmed

her resignation effective Jan. 20.The official White House reasonwas that she is leaving to pursue"other opportunities.""Thank you Omarosa for your

service! I wish you continued suc-cess," says a Dec. 13 tweet fromPresident Donald Trump, who hadhandpicked Manigault Newman -best known for her first name only.A personal friend of Trump's, theyhave known each other 14 yearssince her national television debuton his reality show, "The Appren-tice."But the full circumstances sur-

rounding Omarosa's departure re-main cloudy at best amidstnumerous reports that she wasactually fired or forced to resignamidst cursing and a heated con-frontation with Trump's Chief ofStaff Gen. John Kelly. She hasonly conceded that there was atense conversation with Kelly inthe White House Situation Room.Since his arrival last July, Kellyhad limited her access to the OvalOffice, where she initially had thefreedom to come and go.On ABC, the only media outlet

that has interviewed her since theresignation, the clearly angry

Omarosa said reports that shewas fired are "a hundred percentfalse." But, then she added, "Butwhen I have a chance to tell mystory to tell - quite a story - as theonly African-American woman inthis White House, as a senior staffand assistant to the president, Ihave seen things that have mademe uncomfortable, that haveupset me, that have affected medeeply and emotionally, that hasaffected my community and mypeople and when I can tell mystory, it is a profound story that Iknow the world will want to hear,"she said, leaving an obviouscliffhanger.Omarosa was reached to obtain

responses on issues raised in thisarticle, but she declined commentdue to the fact that she is still aWhite House employee until Jan.20. She was only allowed the in-terviews with ABC News.

Black Republicans sayOmarosa blocked them from

jobs.Meanwhile, Black Republicans

claim Omarosa blocked them fromjobs in order to maintain her statusas the "only African-Americanwoman... senior staff and assis-tant to the president" as she de-scribed herself on ABC. Her actualWhite House title has been assis-tant to the president and directorof communications in the WhiteHouse Office of Public Liaison.But her actual job description

appears not to have been clearlydefined. In interviews with theTrice Edney News Wire Black Re-publicans blame her for blockingBlack job applicants from theTrump administration - includingRepublican stalwart Kay ColesJames, who was appointed Dec.

19 as the first African-Americanand first woman president of theconservative Heritage Foundation."I was blocked personally. Es-

sentially, my file was pulled and Iwasn't deemed pro-Trumpenough," says Eugene Craig."The official excuse was that Iwasn't pro-Trump enough al-though I was the sitting chair of theMaryland Republican Party." Sources said because of Presi-

dent Trump's need for loyalty, thatattribute - loyalty - was among thetop considerations for key WhiteHouse positions. Craig admits thathe was a "never Trumper all theway", but that was during the cam-paign. Craig says he noticed thatwhen the time came for consider-

ation for jobs and the broad ban-ner of Republicanism, Whitenever-Trumpers were given con-sideration where African-Ameri-cans were not."The flood gates were opened,

but Omarosa held all of us to a dif-ferent standard. She had say overa lot of the Black resumes. I knowfor a fact from promises that shemade us directly."Craig says a January confer-

ence call with the Republican Na-tional Committee and Trumptransition team was held "specifi-cally for African-American activistsand party loyalists." He said, "Dur-ing the middle of the call, shejumped on and bogarted on. Andshe came in and she made us

these promises that this would bethe most diverse administration inhistory. And she'll help us withwhatever we need and whereverwe wanted to go into governmentand to shoot our resumes over toher and she gave us her officialtransition email. She said this ad-ministration has a goal of having25 percent minority hiring. Theywanted 25 percent of the workforce to be Black andHispanic...So she positioned her-self as the end all be all for Blackthings; for Black people in the ad-ministration," Craig said.Ayshia Connors, a former

deputy director of African-Ameri-can engagement at the

Republican National Committee, now a senior advisor toRep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), agrees. She describes aninitiative by The Joint Center for Political and EconomicStudies and Insight America, an organization headed byformer Republican Congressman J. C. Watts:"There were hundreds, probably thousands of resumes

of qualified individuals in the Black community that wereready and prepared to go into any administration no matterwho won the election. And when President Trump gotelected, all of those names were submitted and Omarosaliterally trashed those names. Nobody got a call back. Nobody got an interview.Nobody was ever heard about again. People tried to go

in. People were eager and willing to serve the President,willing to serve our country. But Omarosa, she didn't wantother Black Republicans there. She wanted to be the bigshot. She wanted to be the only one. And so, everybodykind of just decided it wasn't worth our times to keep deal-ing with it. And so, by February, people had just moved onfrom Omarosa and dealing with the White House and de-cided to start working with Congress and dealing someother policy matters."Connors added that Kay Coles James, former Virginia

Secretary of Health and Human Resources under VirginiaRepublican Gov. George Allen and director for the UnitedStates Office of Personnel Management under PresidentGeorge W. Bush, received the same treatment."She was willing and prepared to go back into the gov-

ernment and to help the administration. But Omarosa wassuch a distraction and created so much drama and confu-sion that Ms. James just decided not to engage it anymore.So that's what ended up happening. That's why you onlysaw Omarosa as a senior Black Republican in the WhiteHouse."

In a brief interview with James upon her appointment aspresident of the Heritage Foundation, James was clearabout why she did not go to work in the Trump WhiteHouse."When Donald Trump said that he wanted to improve the

urban areas and that he wanted to make the lives of mi-norities in this country better, I said, wow, if he wants to dothat, I genuinely want to be a part of that and I was excitedand hopeful the opportunity to come in," she said. "But thatopportunity never really afforded itself. I am told that I wasblocked...I don't have specifics about how that happened,but I was extremely disappointed that I didn't have the op-portunity to serve there."Connors said the clearest evidence that Omarosa was

not going to work with other Black Republicans came inFebruary when Omarosa was in charge of pulling togetherthe Black History Month program for President Trump.

"During Black History Month, these credible Republicanssuch as Kay Coles James and J. C. Watts and Elroy Sailor,they tried to engage Omarosa." Instead, Omarosa put anevent together that included her personal picks of African-Americans, including Black Democrats, Connors said."She didn't invite any of the prominent Black Republi-

cans. In fact, we had folks calling us from the White Housecalling and saying, 'Why aren't your names on the list forthis event?' It was very evident from the beginning that shewasn't going to work with us and that she was just going todo her own thing."Connors cited another event for Vice President Pence

that was planned by Black Republicans to be held at WestPoint. "That was another example of Omarosa using herposition in the White House to block that event as well. Andthat was actually the turning point for Black Republicans.


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Omarosa’sFinal Days atWhite House

Omarosa and Ben Chavis during an NNPA Black Press Week breakfast in March. She ended up walkingout of the meeting after this reporter, Hazel Trice Edney, pressed her on the promised NNPA "first" in-terview with Trump.


We decided she was just too distracting too disruptive andwe decided to focus our efforts elsewhere."On the record sources willing to speak in defense of

Omarosa were difficult to find. But, high placed Republicansources say it is not possible that Omarosa could havemade such powerful decisions without oversight in theWhite House - most likely the President himself. Other highRepublican sources said James was offered positions, butOmarosa fought against any Black staff appointment thatwould be above her own.Yet another rationale for why some Black Republicans

seeking employment were rejected may have been be-cause they had left the Republican National CommitteeHeadquarters in protest against treatment by then RNCChairman Reince Priebus nearing the end of the presiden-tial campaign. Priebus then became President Trump's first chief of staff

and was likely adverse to hiring the same staffers who hadleft the RNC, one source said.Christopher Metzler, an active member of the Black GOP

Coalition, who has long worked Republican policy andstrategy, had one answer when asked why there were nolong time Black Republicans hired as White House staff."It's very simple. Omarosa," he said."Somebody like Kay [Coles James] who could serve as

a whisperer in the President's ear like a Condoleezza Rice;like a Valerie Jarrett, was never given that opportunity.There was a lot of back and forth pertaining to that. AndKay said, "Well, it is not going to serve the President wellfor me to try to cut through this thicket. And as a result ofthat, she did not push it any further."Metzler concluded, "All of these things were blocked by

Omarosa. At the end of the day, Omarosa is first and fore-most a Democrat. She is not a conservative. She is not a Republican. She

never has been. She is simply an opportunist. And that's

where we ended up."Black Republicans Do Not Necessarily Mean Black

Representation; nor JusticeDr. Ron Daniels, president of the Institute of the Black

World 21st Century (IBW) and a long-time associate ofOmarosa's Youngstown, Ohio family, has had a uniqueview of Omarosa in the White House. He worked directly with her when she was a Democrat.

He even named her a celebrity ambassador for IBW's HaitiSupport Project after she traveled with a group of journal-ists to document the level of disaster following the 2010earthquake. His view in the midst of her departure from theWhite House is two-fold.First, as it pertains to those Black Republicans who felt

that they earned a position due to their loyalty to Black Re-publicans, "diversity does not equal representation of theBlack community," he said. "That's one of the fallacies...Trump's agenda is a nega-

tive agenda. Fact number one is the way he dogged Pres-ident Obama, the way he talked badly about Mexicans, etc.Why would anybody want to associate with that adminis-tration in the first place?"Citing pioneering Black Republicans such as Nixon's Art

Fletcher, known as "the father of affirmative action," Danielssays modern day Black Republicans can hardly hold a can-dle to some of the Black Republicans who - instead of fol-lowing the party line - stood for justice when it was neededmost.

"The brand of Republicanism that we have now is ex-tremely out of step with the vast majority of Black peopleand the mainstream of Black aspirations and Black policyand the concepts of Black policy prescriptions."Because of his working with Omarosa and his affinity for

projects that she led for Haiti and for children in the U. S.,Daniels now sees what he believes to have been her trueagenda based on her most recent situation."I think Omarosa, for whatever reason, is somebody who

had been on the liberal side. She had supported HillaryClinton...She had been in Democratic politics and all that.I think Omarosa saw an opportunity to advance her own in-terests and that is why she was blocking everybody else interms of the Republicans who wanted to get close. Shewanted to be the Queen bee," Daniels said. "She wantedto be able to fire folks, metaphorically speaking, or blockpeople. That's not a good thing. But the idea that if she had

opened the flood gates of somehow having more Ben Car-sons or more Clarence Thomases or people like that, [that

would not have been a good thing either]. But I don't thinkOmarosa was there advocating. It was really stunning tosee her make that transformation."Black Republicans are not the only ones who say

they were rejected by OmarosaAmerican Urban Radio Network reporter April Ryan, a

White House correspondent who has covered four presi-dents, confirmed that now former Trump press secretary,Sean Spicer, told her that Omarosa had asked him to "stopcalling on me" during press briefings. Had he adhered tothat request, it could have blocked important informationand coverage on behalf of millions of African-American lis-teners to AURN radio stations across the nation. Ryan saysOmarosa also tried to get her fired by calling her boss atAURN.Many of Omarosa's previous friends and associates, who

rejected Trumpism, say they were also rejected. Danielssays he was one of them."Omarosa is my home girl. My roots are in Pittsburg,

Pennsylvania and most of my adult life was spent inYoungstown, Ohio," her hometown, he recalls. "I had myown television show in Youngstown, Ohio for 18 years. Shesaid she grew up watching me and was inspired by that. Isaw the good work she was doing with children in Comptonand that she had a progressive vision. So we forged afriendship," he said. "All of that was positive. Then, all of a sudden Trump came along and I saw her

in and around Trump and I became very nervous. She's myhomegirl. I cared about her. So at one point, I just sort of,as an elder, a friend, I just sort of called her to say, 'Be care-ful. You seem to be getting very close to Donald Trump andI don't think...' And she just sort of went off on me, kind oflike, 'You don't need to be telling me, nobody needs to betelling me what's going on. I know what I'm doing. Andsomebody needs to be able to talk to him. And that was it.I just said bye because I did not want to see her becomewhat she has now become in the Black community - apariah in the Black community."There are many such stories told by former friends. But

the truth about Omarosa's tenure and final days at theWhite House is yet to be made clear.NNPA Interviewed Omarosa last fall, but is still awaiting

Trump interview that she promised.Ben Chavis, president/CEO of the National Newspaper

Publishers Association, said he interviewed Omarosa lastfall in her White House office, located in the Old ExecutiveOffice Building. At that time, shortly after the Congressional

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MILWAUKEE COUNTYNOTICE AND ORDER FORNAME CHANGE HEARINGCase No. 17CV013536

In the matter of the name change of:EVAN LUKE HUNTERBy (Petitioner) EVAN LUKE HUNTERNOTICE IS GIVEN:A petition was filed asking to change thename of the person listed above:From: EVAN LUKE HUNTER To: NA-TALIA SOPHIA HUNTERBirth Certificate: EVAN LUKE HUNTERIT IS ORDERED:This petition will be heard in the CircuitCourt of Milwaukee County, State ofWisconsin.Judge’s Name: HON. STEPHANIE G.ROTHSTEINROOM 404, PLACE: 901 N. 9th Street,Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53233 DATE:MARCH 16, 2018 TIME: 9:00 AM

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:Notice of this hearing shall be given bypublication as a Class 3 notice for three(3) weeks in a row prior to the date ofthe hearing in the Milwaukee Commu-nity Journal, a newspaper published inMilwaukee County, State of Wisconsin.Dated: 12-15-17BY THE COURT:HON. STEPHANIE G. ROTHSTEINCircuit Court Judge017-342/12-22-29-17/1-5-2018




In the matter of the name change of:JORDANN RENEE HARLEYBy (Petitioner) JORDANN RENEEHARLEYNOTICE IS GIVEN:A petition was filed asking to change thename of the person listed above:From: JORDANN RENEE HARLEY To:CAMDEN JAMES HARLEYBirth Certificate: JORDANN RENEEHARLEYIT IS ORDERED:This petition will be heard in the CircuitCourt of Milwaukee County, State ofWisconsin.Judge’s Name: HON. WILLIAM SOS-NAYROOM 414, PLACE: 901 N. 9th Street,Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53233 DATE:JANUARY 10, 2018 TIME: 9:30 AM

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:Notice of this hearing shall be given bypublication as a Class 3 notice for three(3) weeks in a row prior to the date ofthe hearing in the Milwaukee Commu-nity Journal, a newspaper published inMilwaukee County, State of Wisconsin.Dated: 11-29-17BY THE COURT:HON. WILLIAM SOSNAYCircuit Court Judge017-341/12-22-29-17/1-5-2018



MILWAUKEE COUNTYNOTICE AND ORDER FORNAME CHANGE HEARING

Case No. 17CV013035

In the matter of the name change of:EYVETTE ANDERSONBy (Petitioner) EYVETTE ANDERSONNOTICE IS GIVEN:A petition was filed asking to change thename of the person listed above:From: EYVETTE DENISE ANDERSONTo: EYVETTE DENISE JEFFERSONBirth Certificate: EYVETTE DENISEANDERSONIT IS ORDERED:This petition will be heard in the CircuitCourt of Milwaukee County, State ofWisconsin.Judge’s Name: HON. WILLIAM SOS-NAYROOM 414, PLACE: 901 N. 9th Street,Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53233 DATE:JANUARY 9, 2018 TIME: 11:00 AM

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:Notice of this hearing shall be given bypublication as a Class 3 notice for three(3) weeks in a row prior to the date ofthe hearing in the Milwaukee Commu-nity Journal, a newspaper published inMilwaukee County, State of Wisconsin.Dated: 11-27-17BY THE COURT:HON. WILLIAM SOSNAYCircuit Court Judge017-340/12-22-29-17/1-5-2018

STATE OF WISCONSINCIRCUIT COURT-CIVIL DIVISION

SMALL CLAIMSMILWAUKEE COUNTY

PUBLICATIONSUMMONS

Case No. 17SC032952

To: JOSEPH ROBERTS & TRACYROBERTS6108 W MEDFORD AVE #1MILWAUKEE, WI 53218

You are being sued by DLS INVEST-MENT PROPERTIES LLC in the smallclaims court for Milwaukee County, Wis-consin, Rm. 400, of the MilwaukeeCounty Courthouse, 901 N. Ninth St.Milwaukee, WI 53233. A hearing will beheld at 2:30 o’clock p.m. on JANUARY4, 2018.

If you do not appear a judgment may begiven to the person suing you. (A copyof the claim has been mailed to you atthe address above.)

Dated this 14th day of December, 2017.

ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF- OR- PLAINTIFF:GEORGE SESSLER(GEORGE SESSLER LLC MEMBER)P.O. BOX 182WAUKESHA, WI 53187(414) 588-5688017-339/12-22-2017

STATE OF WISCONSINCIRCUIT COURT-CIVIL DIVISION

SMALL CLAIMSMILWAUKEE COUNTY

PUBLICATIONSUMMONS

Case No. 17SC032950

To: CHRISSHAY MCGEE9000 W CARMEN AVE #4MILWAUKEE, WI 53225

You are being sued by DLS INVEST-MENT PROPERTIES LLC in the smallclaims court for Milwaukee County, Wis-consin, Rm. 400, of the MilwaukeeCounty Courthouse, 901 N. Ninth St.Milwaukee, WI 53233. A hearing will be

held at 2:30 o’clock p.m. on JANUARY4, 2018.

If you do not appear a judgment may begiven to the person suing you. (A copyof the claim has been mailed to you atthe address above.)

Dated this 14th day of December, 2017.

ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF- OR- PLAINTIFF:GEORGE SESSLER(GEORGE SESSLER LLC MEMBER)P.O. BOX 182WAUKESHA, WI 53187(414) 588-5688017-338/12-22-2017

FILE NO: 7017 2400 0000 8513 8192

OFFICE OF THE MINNESOTASECRETARY OF STATE

CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME

MINNESOTA STATUTES,CHAPTER 333

Assumed Name:CORTNEY ALLEN SCOTTState of Origin Certificate File NO:48-0000202702Certificate of Existence File NO:973882600022Date Filed:10/15/2017Minnesota Statutes, Chapter: 333Home Jurisdiction: MinnesotaIssued: 10/15/2017Principle Place of Business: 8312 South Wilding Drive Oak Creek Wisconsin [53154] withoutUSAstate of WisconsinNameholder:Scott; Cortney Allen (The Living Man)Address: 8312 South Wilding Drive Oak Creek Wisconsin [53154] withoutUSAstate of Wisconsin

The Aforementioned Assumed Nameis the person, entity, and legal fictionof and for Scott; Cortney Allen (the liv-ing man), who is the Agent, Execu-tor/Beneficiary with General Power ofAttorney and Principle Interest in theCORTNEY ALLEN SCOTT Estate: forthe purposes of business, commerce,and (unlimited) contracting, as setforth in Article 1, Section 10, Clause 1,Of the Constitution of the united statesof America;

All claims, actions, and/or presump-tions brought forth and/or madeagainst the Assumed Name/Legal Fic-tion: CORTNEY ALLEN SCOTT, in-cluding but not limited to; Municipal,Civil and/or Federal (whether City,State, and/or Government) claims, bypersons/entities/organization/repre-sentatives and/or agents, must be di-rected and Duly Served upon the(aforementioned) Agent’s PrinciplePlace of Business, for legal/lawfuland/or arbitrary dissolution. It ishereby made known that the Agent,Executor/Beneficiary Scott; CortneyAllen, is the living, breathing man onthe land, and cannot suffer Collusiveand/or Compulsory Joinder at anytime with, nor be sued as, or under,the (aforementioned) Assumed Name:CORTNEY ALLEN SCOTT: for theyare neither lawfully nor legally one-in-the-same.

Rundle v. Delaware & RaritanCanalCompany, 55 U.S. 80 (1852))

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In the matter of the name change of:BRANDON WAYNE TANNER-BAR-NETTBy (Petitioner) BRANDON WAYNETANNER-BARNETTNOTICE IS GIVEN:A petition was filed asking to changethe name of the person listed above:From: BRANDON WAYNE TANNER-BARNETT To: BRANDON WAYNE-TANNER BARNETTBirth Certificate: BRANDON WAYNETANNER-BARNETTIT IS ORDERED:This petition will be heard in the CircuitCourt of Milwaukee County, State ofWisconsin.Judge’s Name: HON. REBECCA F.DALLETROOM 403, PLACE: 901 N. 9thStreet, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53233DATE: FEBRUARY 5, 2018 TIME:9:15 AM

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:Notice of this hearing shall be given bypublication as a Class 3 notice forthree (3) weeks in a row prior to thedate of the hearing in the MilwaukeeCommunity Journal, a newspaperpublished in Milwaukee County, Stateof Wisconsin.Dated: 12-14-17BY THE COURT:HON. REBECCA F. DALLETCircuit Court Judge017-336/12-15-22-29-2017




In the matter of the name change of:DUMAR TOWNSBy (Petitioner) DUMAR TOWNS andBy (Co-Petitioner) KENYATTA LOVENOTICE IS GIVEN:A petition was filed asking to changethe name of the person listed above:From: DUMAR TOWNS To: DEMERETOWNSBirth Certificate: DUMAR TOWNSIT IS ORDERED:This petition will be heard in the CircuitCourt of Milwaukee County, State ofWisconsin.Judge’s Name: HON. GLENN H.YAMAHIROROOM 403, PLACE: 901 N. 9thStreet, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53233DATE: JANUARY 25, 2018 TIME:9:15 AM

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:Notice of this hearing shall be given bypublication as a Class 3 notice forthree (3) weeks in a row prior to thedate of the hearing in the MilwaukeeCommunity Journal, a newspaperpublished in Milwaukee County, Stateof Wisconsin.Dated: 12-11-17BY THE COURT:HON. GLENN H. YAMAHIROCircuit Court Judge

017-335/12-15-22-29-2017




In the matter of the name change of:MASON IWARD JOHNSONBy (Petitioner) MATTHEW JAMESGORNEY and By (Co-Petitioner) Ari-anna Rae JohnsonNOTICE IS GIVEN:A petition was filed asking to changethe name of the person listed above:From: MASON IWARD JOHNSON To:MASON IWARD GORNEYBirth Certificate: MASON IWARDJOHNSONIT IS ORDERED:This petition will be heard in the CircuitCourt of Milwaukee County, State ofWisconsin.Judge’s Name: HON. WILLIAM SOS-NAYROOM 414, PLACE: 901 N. 9thStreet, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53233DATE: JANUARY 23, 2018 TIME:10:00 AM

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:Notice of this hearing shall be given bypublication as a Class 3 notice forthree (3) weeks in a row prior to thedate of the hearing in the MilwaukeeCommunity Journal, a newspaperpublished in Milwaukee County, Stateof Wisconsin.Dated: 12-12-17BY THE COURT:HON. WILLIAM SOSNAYCircuit Court Judge017-334/12-15-22-29-2017




In the matter of the name change of:ELIJAH XAVIER JONES-BAILEYBy (Petitioner) ANGELINA BAILEYNOTICE IS GIVEN:A petition was filed asking to changethe name of the person listed above:From: ELIJAH XAVIER JONES-BAI-LEY To: ELIJAH XAVIER BAILEYBirth Certificate: ELIJAH XAVIERJONES-BAILEYIT IS ORDERED:This petition will be heard in the CircuitCourt of Milwaukee County, State ofWisconsin.Judge’s Name: HON. ELLEN R.BROSTROMROOM 413, PLACE: 901 N. 9thStreet, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53233DATE: DECEMBER 15, 2017 TIME:10:00 AM

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:Notice of this hearing shall be given bypublication as a Class 3 notice forthree (3) weeks in a row prior to thedate of the hearing in the MilwaukeeCommunity Journal, a newspaperpublished in Milwaukee County, Stateof Wisconsin.Dated: 11-2-17BY THE COURT:HON. ELLEN R. BROSTROMCircuit Court Judge017-333/11-3-10-17-2017

The LegalsThe Legals&The Classified

The Weekend Edition•For Women Only•December 22, 2017 SUMMONS

(PUBLICATION)STATE OF WISCONSIN

CIRCUIT COURTMILWAUKEE COUNTY

DIVORCE-40101Case No. 17FA007393

In Re: The marriage of Petitioner:JOSE F. RODRIGUEZ and Respon-dent: SILVIA L. ARGUETATHE STATE OF WISCONSIN, TOTHE PERSON NAMED ABOVE ASRESPONDENT:You are notified that the petitionernamed above has filed a Petition fordivorce or legal separation againstyou.

You must respond with a written de-mand for a copy of the Petition within40 days from the day after the firstdate of publication.

The demand must be sent or deliv-ered to the court at:

Clerk of Court Milwaukee CountyCourthouse 901 N. 9th St. MilwaukeeWI 53233 and JOSE F. RODRIGUEZ1720 S 16TH ST MILWAUKEE, WI53215.

It is recommended, but not required,that you have an attorney help or rep-resent you.

If you do not demand a copy of thePetition within 40 days, the court maygrant judgment against you for theaward of money or other legal actionrequested in the Petition, and you maylose your right to object to anythingthat is or may be incorrect in the Peti-tion.

A judgment may be enforced as pro-vided by law. A judgment awardingmoney may become a lien againstany real estate you own now or in thefuture, and may also be enforced bygarnishment or seizure of property.

You are further notified that if the par-ties to this action have minor children,violation of §948.31, Wis. Stats., (In-terference with custody by parent orothers) is punishable by fines and/orimprisonment:

If you and the petitioner have minorchildren, documents setting forth thepercentage standard for child supportestablished by the department under§49.22(9), Wis. Stats., and the factorsthat a court may consider for modifi-cation of that standard under§767.511(1m), Wis. Stats., are avail-able upon your request from the Clerkof Court.You are notified of the availability of in-formation from the Circuit Court Com-missioner as set forth in §767.105,Wis. Stats.

§767.105, Information from CircuitCourt Commissioner.

(2) Upon the request of a party to anaction affecting the family, including arevision of judgment or order undersec. 767.59 or 767.451:(a) The Circuit Court Commissionershall, with or without charge, providethe party with written information onthe following, as appropriate to the ac-tion commenced:1. The procedure for obtaining a judg-ment or order in the action.2. The major issues usually addressedin such an action.3. Community resources and familycourt counseling services available toassist the parties.4. The procedure for setting, modify-ing, and enforcing child supportawards, or modifying and enforcing

legal custody or physical placementjudgments or orders.(b) The Circuit Court Commissionershall provide a party, for inspection orpurchase, with a copy of the statutoryprovisions in this chapter generallypertinent to the action.

If you require reasonable accommo-dations due to a disability to partici-pate in the court process, please callat least 10 working days prior to thescheduled court date. Please notethat the court does not provide trans-portation.

DATE: 12-1-2017By: JOSE F. RODRIGUEZ017-332/12-8-15-22-2017




In the matter of the name change of:DAMYRA MARCHELLE REELBy (Petitioner) MARIAH WHITNEYNYSHIA CARTERNOTICE IS GIVEN:A petition was filed asking to changethe name of the person listed above:From: DAMYRA MARCHELLE REELTo: DAMYRA MARCHELLE REEL-CARTERBirth Certificate: DAMYRAMARCHELLE REELIT IS ORDERED:This petition will be heard in the CircuitCourt of Milwaukee County, State ofWisconsin.Judge’s Name: HON. JOHN J. Di-MOTTOROOM 401, PLACE: 901 N. 9thStreet, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53233DATE: JANUARY 11, 2018 TIME:10:00 AM

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:Notice of this hearing shall be given bypublication as a Class 3 notice forthree (3) weeks in a row prior to thedate of the hearing in the MilwaukeeCommunity Journal, a newspaperpublished in Milwaukee County, Stateof Wisconsin.Dated: 12-7-17BY THE COURT:HON. JOHN J. DiMOTTOCircuit Court Judge017-331/12-8-15-22-2017



MILWAUKEE COUNTYDIVORCE-40101

Case No. 17FA5486

In Re: The marriage of Petitioner:ODILIA VELA ROMO and Respon-dent: JOSE LUIS MARTINEZCARDIELTHE STATE OF WISCONSIN, TOTHE PERSON NAMED ABOVE ASRESPONDENT:You are notified that the petitionernamed above has filed a Petition fordivorce or legal separation againstyou.



Clerk of Court Milwaukee CountyCourthouse 901 N. 9th St. MilwaukeeWI 53233 and ODILIA VELA ROMO

2172 S 4TH STREET MILWAUKEE,WI 53207.





If you and the petitioner have minorchildren, documents setting forth thepercentage standard for child supportestablished by the department under§49.22(9), Wis. Stats., and the factorsthat a court may consider for modifi-cation of that standard under§767.511(1m), Wis. Stats., are avail-able upon your request from the Clerkof Court.You are notified of the availability of in-formation from the Circuit Court Com-missioner as set forth in §767.105,Wis. Stats.


(2) Upon the request of a party to anaction affecting the family, including arevision of judgment or order undersec. 767.59 or 767.451:(a) The Circuit Court Commissionershall, with or without charge, providethe party with written information onthe following, as appropriate to the ac-tion commenced:1. The procedure for obtaining a judg-ment or order in the action.2. The major issues usually addressedin such an action.3. Community resources and familycourt counseling services available toassist the parties.4. The procedure for setting, modify-ing, and enforcing child supportawards, or modifying and enforcinglegal custody or physical placementjudgments or orders.(b) The Circuit Court Commissionershall provide a party, for inspection orpurchase, with a copy of the statutoryprovisions in this chapter generallypertinent to the action.

If you require reasonable accommo-dations due to a disability to partici-pate in the court process, please call414-278-5362 at least 10 workingdays prior to the scheduled court date.Please note that the court does notprovide transportation.

DATE: 10-26-2017By: ODILIA VELA ROMO017-330/12-8-15-22-2017




In the matter of the name change of:

SHAQUANTA SELENA HOLLMANBy (Petitioner) SHAQUANTA SELENAHOLLMANNOTICE IS GIVEN:A petition was filed asking to changethe name of the person listed above:From: SHAQUANTA SELENA HOLL-MAN To: SHA SELENA HOLLMANBirth Certificate: SHA SELENA HOLL-MANIT IS ORDERED:This petition will be heard in the CircuitCourt of Milwaukee County, State ofWisconsin.Judge’s Name: HON. GLENN H.YAMAHIROROOM 402, PLACE: 901 N. 9thStreet, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53233DATE: JANUARY 8, 2018 TIME: 2:00PM

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:Notice of this hearing shall be given bypublication as a Class 3 notice forthree (3) weeks in a row prior to thedate of the hearing in the MilwaukeeCommunity Journal, a newspaperpublished in Milwaukee County, Stateof Wisconsin.Dated: 12-1-17BY THE COURT:HON. GLENN H. YAMAHIROCircuit Court Judge017-329/12-8-15-22-2017



MILWAUKEE COUNTYDIVORCE-40101

Case No. 17FA5178

In Re: The marriage of Petitioner:NIJA WHITLEY-SPICER and Respon-dent: GREGORY WHITLEY-SPICERTHE STATE OF WISCONSIN, TOTHE PERSON NAMED ABOVE ASRESPONDENT:You are notified that the petitionernamed above has filed a Petition fordivorce or legal separation againstyou.



Clerk of Court Milwaukee CountyCourthouse 901 N. 9th St. MilwaukeeWI 53233 and NIJA WHITLEY-SPICER 1017 DELAFIELD ST #2WAUKESHA WI 53188.





If you and the petitioner have minorchildren, documents setting forth thepercentage standard for child support

established by the department under§49.22(9), Wis. Stats., and the factorsthat a court may consider for modifi-cation of that standard under§767.511(1m), Wis. Stats., are avail-able upon your request from the Clerkof Court.You are notified of the availability of in-formation from the Circuit Court Com-missioner as set forth in §767.105,Wis. Stats.


(2) Upon the request of a party to anaction affecting the family, including arevision of judgment or order undersec. 767.59 or 767.451:(a) The Circuit Court Commissionershall, with or without charge, providethe party with written information onthe following, as appropriate to the ac-tion commenced:1. The procedure for obtaining a judg-ment or order in the action.2. The major issues usually addressedin such an action.3. Community resources and familycourt counseling services available toassist the parties.4. The procedure for setting, modify-ing, and enforcing child supportawards, or modifying and enforcinglegal custody or physical placementjudgments or orders.(b) The Circuit Court Commissionershall provide a party, for inspection orpurchase, with a copy of the statutoryprovisions in this chapter generallypertinent to the action.

If you require reasonable accommo-dations due to a disability to partici-pate in the court process, please call414-278-5362 at least 10 workingdays prior to the scheduled court date.Please note that the court does notprovide transportation.

DATE: 11-1-2017By: NIJA WHITLEY-SPICER017-328/12-8-15-22-2017




In the matter of the name change of:TRACIE BURNSIDEBy (Petitioner) TRACIE BURNSIDENOTICE IS GIVEN:A petition was filed asking to changethe name of the person listed above:From: TRACIE BURNSIDE To: TRA-CIE LADY MA’RIE BURNSIDEBirth Certificate: TRACIE RUSHINGIT IS ORDERED:This petition will be heard in the CircuitCourt of Milwaukee County, State ofWisconsin.Judge’s Name: HON. JOHN J. Di-MOTTOROOM 401, PLACE: 901 N. 9thStreet, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53233DATE: JANUARY 12, 2018 TIME:10:15 AM

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:Notice of this hearing shall be given bypublication as a Class 3 notice forthree (3) weeks in a row prior to thedate of the hearing in the MilwaukeeCommunity Journal, a newspaperpublished in Milwaukee County, Stateof Wisconsin.Dated: 11-16-17BY THE COURT:HON. JOHN J. DiMOTTOCircuit Court Judge017-327/12-8-15-22-2017

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Construction EngineerTravaux, Inc., a subsidiary of the Housing Authority of theCity of Milwaukee, is seeking a Construction Project En-gineer to assist the project management group in docu-mentation, material procurement, bidding, cost control,expediting, safety, and administrative duties. Valid DriverLicense required. Please visit our website atwww.hacm.org for the complete job description and ap-plication procedures.EOE/ADA

Black Caucus Annual Legislative Weekend, therewas no indication that she would be leaving, Chavissaid.However, he speculated that, based on the content

of the interview - which he said has not been pub-lished - she may have been pressing for diversity toomuch."She indicated broadly her determination to press

diversity and inclusivity issues. She's always main-tained that posture," Chavis said. "I think that's prob-ably one of the things that probably got her in troublein the White House is that she probably was pressingfor more diversity," Chavis said.In an off-the-record meeting with several hundred

Black leaders, including Chavis, during the Trumptransition last January, Omarosa said NNPA would

get the first interview with President Trump, a prom-ise she later denied despite multiple sources thatconfirmed the conversation. In the recent interview,she indicated that the Trump/NNPA interview was stillpossible, Chavis said. He said NNPA will continue torequest the interview with Trump.What happened in the final days of Omarosa's

tenure and the detailed reasons for her departurefrom the Trump administration are far from clear."There are two sides of the story - Omarosa's story

and those being told by other sources are two com-pletely different stories," said Ayshia Connors. "Butbased on her patterns of erratic behavior and disrup-tive behavior, it wouldn't surprise me at all if she wasconfrontational with General Kelly and things wereplayed out the way they were reported to haveplayed out - outside of her story."

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Omarosa’s Final Days at White House

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AlderwomanCoggs receivesMilwaukee UrbanLeague award

Alderwoman Milele A.Coggs recently received theMilwaukee Urban League’sEconomic Impact Award forher efforts to secure a new

Pete’s Fruit Market grocerystore at N. Dr. Martin LutherKing, Jr. Dr. and W. NorthAve.The award – presented

during the Urban League’s58th Annual Equal Opportu-nity Day luncheon at thePfister Hotel – is specialrecognition for AlderwomanCoggs’ efforts to not onlyhelp attract the store, butalso to enhance the Bronze-ville district and thus im-prove the overall quality oflife for residents.“I am grateful to the Mil-

waukee Urban League forbeing selected to receive theEconomic Impact Award,”Alderwoman Coggs said.“But in my view, this pres-

tigious award truly belongsto the residents and neigh-borhood stakeholders whostood firm and made it clear

they wanted a grocery storeat the location with fresh, nu-tritious foods and produce,”she said. “They never wa-vered and today we are veryfortunate to have a bustlingPete’s Fruit Market in theheart of Bronzeville at N. Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr.and W. North Ave.”Pete’s opened in Bronze-

ville in September (2017),offering fresh produce andnutritious foods as a full-ser-vice grocery store. The storeemploys many neighbor-hood residents and has be-come a key destinationbusiness in the Historic KingDrive Business Improve-ment District.

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Ald. Milele Coggs (center) with her Economic Impact Award she received from the Milwaukee Urban Leagueduring its annual Equal Opportunity Day Luncheon held recently at the Pfister Hotel, downtown. With Coggsare (left to right): John Salemi and Melissa Shneyder of US Bank, who presented the award to the alderwoman;MUL President and CEO Dr. Eve Hall, and Noah A. Fenceroy MUL board chair, representing Manpower, Inc. --Photo by Yvonne Kemp

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