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In This Issue:

{COVER Pg 8 - 10 Rochesters YWCA CelebratesHousing Expansion and GivingHope to Women

{lOC l Pg 4 - 5 Rochester-Based I.T. CompanyGets $140 Million Contract with

Army Mayor Richards Youngest SonSuccumb to Cancer at Age 37 Residents Endure Pouring Rain for Silent Vigil Alex White Calls for End to RedLight Camera Program Kodak Names New Chairman of Post-Bankruptcy Board

{ T TE Pg 6 - 7 Cornell Research Orchard Seeksthe Perfect Apple NY to Issue Bonus Permits to CutDeer Population NY Boaters Now Have to Take 8Hour Safety Course Novelty Gun Lighters Banned inNY

{ TIO l Pg 7 - 12 Staggering: Percentage of BlackMen Serving Life or Life WithoutParole Senate Set to OK Budget Bill, butFight Not Over FAA to Weigh Easing Limits onElectric Devices Shutdown Impact: Tourists,Homebuyers Hit Quickly Small Number of Schools DropOut of Lunch Program

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LOCALRochester-Based I.T. Company Gets $140 Mi ion Contract with rmyHarris Corpora on, an interna onalinforma on technology andcommunica ons company, has beenawarded a contract worth $140 millionto Rochesters end of the companyover the next two years.

As terms of the contract, the companywill make mid- er networkingvehicular radios and the Army willpurchase 2,500 radios from thecompany over the life of the contract.

The Army has currently purchased 200radios from the local company and allare in the tes ng phase.

Harris employs about 2,100 people inRochester.

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter saidshes proud the equipment comesfrom Rochester.

The best way to deliver the mostcapable and dependable equipmentto the men and women of our militaryis to hold fair and open compe ons,said Slaughter. Our servicemen andwomen deserve nothing less thanthe best, which is why I am so proudthese radios will be made right here inRochester by the dedicated employeesat Harris. Ill con nue to stand by those

workers and our service members byensuring the Defense Departmentallows open compe on to get the

best product at the best possibleprice.

Mayor Richards Youngest on uccumbs to Cancer at ge 37By Delani WeaverThe youngest son of Mayor ThomasRichards, Ma hew Richards diedMonday a er ba ling cancer for thepast ve years. Ma hew Richardspassed only eight days a er MayorRichards announcement that he wouldnot be seeking reelec on for Mayor inNovember.

Mayor Richards never went into thespeci cs as to his reasoning behinddropping out of the elec on. He said itwas a family medical issue and in orderfor him to truly focus on the needs of his family, stepping out was the bestdecision.

A wake is scheduled for Thursday at

Anthony Funeral & Crema on Chapels.Services will be kept private. Richardsleaves behind a wife and two sons.

My wife Be y and I have uniqueobliga ons to the a ected branch of our family and that is where we needto devote our a en on, Richards said,reading from a statement last Tuesdayat City Hall. I have always tried to weigh

my family responsibili es with mycivic responsibili es and the desire tocon nue Rochesters transforma on. Iam not sure that I have always madethe correct decision, but I believe thatI am doing so this me.

The mayors schedule has been clearedfor the remainder of the week.

Residents Endure Pouring

Rain for i ent Earth VigiBy Delani WeaverSaturdays heavy rain didnt ruinthe plans of over 100 people whowanted to send the message that theenvironment is just as important asmusic, entertainment and sports.

The corner of Exchange and W. Broadstreets was covered with peoplesilently si ng and medita ng to raiseawareness and bring a en on to theissues the environment is facing.

This event, named the Earth Vigil,was co-organized by University of Rochester neurology professor Dr.

Andrew Stern. According to hisresearch, he said approximately onepercent of media coverage goes toenvironmental news, while sportsaccounts for 23 percent.

In addi on, he said the vigil was meantto send a message that there needs tobe more media a en on and coveragethat examines and provides detailedreports about the environment thatwe live in.

Par cipants showed their commitmentby spending two hours in the rain.

Y vets ho dingceremony to honor U POWs, MI sROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- Members of veterans groups will gather on a LakeOntario beach in western New Yorkto commemorate Na onal POW/MIARecogni on Day.

The Monroe County Veterans of ForeignWars is holding the commemora veceremony star ng at 7 p.m. Friday atthe POW/MIA Memorial at RochestersOntario Beach. Other groups a endinginclude the Vietnam Veterans of America and Patriot Guard riders, aswell as members of local posts of the

Veterans of Foreign Wars.

The rst na onal Recogni on Day washeld in Washington, D.C., in 1979 topay tribute to American prisoners of war and those s ll listed as missing inac on from the na ons wars.

Fridays ceremonies include one beingheld in Hawaii, home to the Pentagonunit responsible for nding, recoveringand iden fying U.S. service membersmissing in ac on from past con icts.


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ex White Ca s forEnd to Red light Camera ProgramBy Delani Weaver

There are over 30 cameras installedand running at red lights all over thecity, with plans for at least 20 more.These cameras take pictures of red-light runners and send them a cketin the mail with a link to watch thefootage of the viola on.

Tuesday, the New York State SupremeCourt listened to the arguments of Lawrence Krieger who is suing the city.Krieger claims the red light camerasviolate the Cons tu ons Fi hAmendment, which is the right to dueprocess, because an alleged o endercannot confront his accuser. The cityis arguing that red light viola ons arecivil o enses, not criminal o enses.

Rochester businessman and mayoralcandidate Alex White joined in theght against the red light cameras bycalling for the city to end the red lightprogram and shut down all camerasinstalled because of the cons tu onalques ons that the program has raised.

The court will make a decision as towhether or not collec ng nes usingred light cameras without due processviolates the cons tu on.

In addi on, White said this is not theway to provide funds for the city.

The Red Light Revenue Program is aterrible way to fund city government,said White. This is nothing morethan a regressive, and puni ve, stop-gap approach to funding the basicfunc ons of government, by anadministra on unwilling, or unable, torealis cally assess property taxes.

White said there are other ways thecity can raise money. He talked aboutthe Alexander Park project, which isthe redevelopment site of GeneseeHospital that was closed back in 2001

located near the corner of MonroeAve. and Alexander St. The site was tobe used for o ce, retail, commercialand residen al use.

This project was built for $83 million

and only paid $5,675 in taxes last year,said White. If taxed correctly, this oneproperty alone would generate morerevenue than the en re Red LightRevenue Program. Do Rochesteriansreally want to pay for governmentthrough nes just so that wealthylandlords can get tax breaks?

White has been against using redlight cameras to produce revenue forCity Hall since the program started inOctober 2010.

Democra c mayoral candidate LovelyWarren, voted in favor of the programin 2009.

The purpose of the program was theywere placed in areas, intersec onswhere you have a high amount of accidents, Warren said. You wantto keep your community safe. I thinkthe cameras have reduced accidentsin those areas. The program will bereevaluated because theres a threeyear contract for them and a possibleextension. But if the cameras are notdoing what they were intended for, of course they will be removed.

Kodak names new chairmanof post-bankruptcy boardROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) _ Eastman KodakCo. has named James Con nenza tolead a reshu ed board of directors asthe photography and movie pioneertries to nd new technologicaltoeholds for its business.

The appointment announcedWednesday comes three weeksa er Kodak emerged from federalbankruptcy protec on. The Rochester,N.Y., company ushered in six newdirectors as part of its reorganiza onplan.

Con nenza, 51, is one of three directors

retained from Kodaks previous board.He joined the board ve months agowhile Kodak was s ll opera ng underChapter 11 of the federal bankruptcycode.

Kodak CEO Antonio Perez had also heldthe chairmans tle un l Con nenzawas elected to replace him in that role.Perez retains a seat on Kodaks board.

Kodak is best known for making photoand movie lm, but its inability to copewith the upheaval caused by digitaltechnology and s compe ondrove it into bankruptcy. Now thatit has shed some of its debt and soldsome of its assets, Kodak is hoping itcan fare be er by focusing on newtechnologies such as touch screensfor smartphones and smart packagingembedded with sensors.

The six new directors on Kodaks boardare: Mark S. Burgess, Ma Doheny,John A. Janitz, George Karfunkel, JasonNew and Derek Smith.


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STATECorne research orchard seeks the perfect app eMICHAEL HILL

GENEVA, N.Y. (AP) - Trees at CornellUniversitys research orchard this fallare heavy with waxy apples, deep-red, round apples, oblong applesand aroma c apples that smell likeautumn.

The thousands of trees here are tendedfor a single goal: to grow apples with just the right mix of sweetness, tartand crunch.

The orchards, part of the New YorkState Agricultural Experiment Sta on,are essen ally a 50-acre lab devotedto developing apples that are tasty forconsumers and hardy for farmers. Thesta on has released 66 apple varie es

over more than a century includingCortland, Macoun and two new entriesat farm markets this fall: SnapDragonand RubyFrost.

I could never be a medical doctor;I dont like blood. But I can create,breeder Susan Brown said. I canmanipulate things and create stu that no one else has seen or tasted,and some mes its a home run andsome mes its a spi er.

Brown, a Cornell professor of agriculture who has been breedingapples since 1990, walked through theapple-dappled rows on a sunny daythis week o ering test chomps. One

apple was juicy but mushy, anotherexcep onally rm and crisp.

You would not want to eat this withdentures, she said with a laugh.

Browns team is looking for crisp appleswith a good balance of sugar and acid. Italso pays close a en on to vola les,or the aromas like a hint of cherry orgrassiness that contribute so much toan apples avor. But researchers alsowant farmer-friendly apples that holdup well against insects, re blight andapple scab and during shipping.

One promising variety was rejectedbecause its leaves were prone tospo ng and falling o the tree. Agreen apple that might have been ableto compete with the Granny Smith wasdiscarded because it was suscep bleto blister spots.

Its only skin deep, Brown said of theblistered apple, but consumers ares ll going to nd it objec onable.

The researchers here have accessto cu ng-edge technology, but themechanics of their breeding work issimilar to what their counterpartshave done for genera ons. Pollen iscollected from unopened blossomsand applied to female parts of anothertrees ower. It can take four yearsbefore a seedling produces fruit readyfor tas ng.

Researchers try to combine desirabletraits from two di erent apples - like

the snappy sweetness of one andthe resistance to insects of another.But just like a mom and dad can have

children who are very di erent fromeach other, new apples can fall farfrom the tree, gura vely speaking.Research assistant Kevin Maloney saysabout 95 percent of the seedlings theyplant are discarded. The neat rows of trellised trees have gaps where applesthat didnt make the cut had grown.

Its a numbers game. We plant outthousands and thousands of seedlingtrees, Maloney said. If theyre notexcep onal quality or something wecan use in the breeding program,theyre removed.

Brown has high hopes for their twonew apples developed in partnershipwith the members of New York AppleGrowers, which will ini ally be sold atdozens of farm markets in New Yorkthis fall.

SnapDragon is a cross of Honeycrispwith a Jonagold-like hybrid thatseasier for farmers to manage.RubyFrost, which ripens later in thefall, has high vitamin C content andresists browning, which is importantnow that apple slices are such a largepart of the retail market.

As picking season for SnapDragondawns, Brown is already thinking of thenext genera on apple. She believesshe can breed an apple that is resistantto browning. And she thinks she canup an apples vitamin C content to thelevel of an orange.

Ive already made the next genera on,crossing SnapDragon and RubyFrost,she said.

Y to issue bonus permits to cut deer popu ation

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The stateDepartment of EnvironmentalConserva on will issue Bonus DeerManagement Permits to kill antlerlessdeer of either sex in areas of high deerpopula on this fall, in e orts to thinthe herd.

Bonus permits will be issued star ngTuesday in Su olk, Westchester,eastern Albany and central Monroecoun es.

Bonus permits are issued to increase

hunter par cipa on and antlerlessdeer harvest in areas with abundantdeer. These permits are available tohunters who take an antlerless deeron a regular permit or a bonus permitin one of the four units. Theres no fee,and applicants wont have to present a

deer head or carcass to get one as theydid in the past.

The agency says increasing the numberof tradi onal doe permits hasnt beene ec ve in reducing deer numbers inmany areas.

Y boaters now have to take 8-hour safety courseALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ Star ng next May,motor-boaters will have to completean eight-hour boat safety course andget a cer cate to operate on NewYork waterways.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the boatsafety legisla on into law on Friday. Itwill be phased in over several years,applying ini ally to anyone 18 oryounger and eventually to all boaters.First- me violators could get a ne of $100 to $250.

The new law was proposed in thea ermath of fatal boa ng accidentslast year on Long Island and upstate.In the Long Island accident, threechildren drowned when a cabin cruisercapsized following a July 4th reworksdisplay. In the other accident, a fatherand two sons died on Oneida Lakewhen a boats driver was distracted byreworks and hit a channel marker.


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(TriceEdneyWire.com) - Black mencomprise the largest percentage of prison inmates serving life sentencesor life without parole, according toLife Goes On: The Historic Rise in LifeSentences in America, a new studypublished this week by The SentencingProject.

The two factors partly explain thereason why African-American menare 38 percent of the state and federalprison popula on, larger than theWhite inmate popula on at 35 percentand the Hispanic prison popula onat 21 percent, said Dr. Ashley Nellis,author of the report and seniorresearch associate at The SentencingProject, a Washington, D.C.-basedorganiza on that seeks alterna ves toprison sentences.

Black men serving life in some statesis o en much higher. Nellis studyreported that in 2012, 159,520individuals were serving life sentences,and 47.2 percent or 75,267 were Blackmen.

Those gures, however, are na onalnumbers. In some states, the numbersare much higher. In Maryland, African-Americans are 77.4 percent of thelifer popula on. In Georgia, African-Americans are 72 percent of the liferpopula on. In Mississippi, Blacks are71.5 percent of the lifer popula onand in the federal-prison system,African- Americans are 62.3 percent of the lifer popula on. Nearly 60 percentof Black men are serving life withoutparole.Some 46,582 individuals in 2012 wereserving life without parole (LWOP),and African-Americans comprised 54.9percent or 26,962 of those inmates.

In some states, however, African-Americans are sentenced to lifewithout parole at extremely highrates. In Alabama, 68.2 percent of lifewithout parole inmates was Black. InGeorgia, the 73.2 percent were Black;in Illinois, 66.8 percent were Black; inLouisiana, 73.4 percent were Black; inMichigan, 67.5 percent are Black; inMississippi, 70.5 percent were Blackand in South Carolina, 67.3 percentare Black.

The di erence between life and lifewithout parole is that a person whois serving life may eventually leaveprison. A person who is serving lifewithout parole will never leave prisonunless DNA evidence acquits him of the crime.

Most African-Americans who aresentenced to life without parole aremen. Only 3 percent of Black womenhave been sentenced to serve lifewithout parole, Nellis said.

Life without parole is very expensive.As an inmate ages and physicalailments develop, his medical bills cancost taxpayers $100,000 to $150,000annually, Nellis said.

The study reported that 64.3 percentwere serving life for homicide; 13.7percent for sexual assault/rape;14.1 percent for aggravated assault/robbery/kidnapping/ 2.0 percentfor a drug o ense; 4.0 percent for aproperty o ense and 2.0 percent forother o enses.

It is notable that more than 10,000people serving life sentences havebeen convicted of a nonviolent crime,

including more than 2,500 for a drugo ense and 5,400 for a propertycrime, Nellis wrote.

So why are so many Black men eitherserving life or life without parole?

There is harsher treatment of Blackmen within the judicial system fromthe point of arrest through the en reprocess, Nellis said. At some point,Whites receive a modi ca on in theirarrest or their sentence. Black menreceive subpar legal representa onand they are arrested for many morecrimes than whites except white-collarand sex-related crimes.

States began enac ng life without

parole sentences from 1972 to 1976when the U.S. Supreme Court bannedthe death penalty. Before the ban, onlyseven states had life without parolestatutes. They were Massachuse s,Michigan, Mississippi, Montana,Pennsylvania, South Dakota and WestVirginia.

The upward creep of life sentenceshas accelerated in recent decadesas an element of the tough-on-crime poli cal environment thatbegan in 1980s, Nellis wrote. Theidea of whole-life prison sentenceseasily won approval in a period of growing skep cism about the value of rehabilita on.

taggering: Percentage of B ack Men erving life or life Without Paro eNATIONAL

ove ty ighters shaped ike guns banned in YALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Those novelty

lighters that look like guns, cars, toys,and cartoon animals are being snu edout in New York.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed abill into law that prohibits the saleof the items o en displayed nearcash registers at convenience stores,hardware stores and other retailers.The lighters range from small toy-likebodies with whistles and buzzers tolarger M-16 military ri e replicas.

Assemblyman Je rey Dinowitz (DIHN-

oh-wits) of the Bronx says the aim isto keep children who come acrossthe lighters at home from playingwith them and crea ng a re hazard.Dinowitz sponsored the bill.

New York joins at least 14 statesincluding Massachuse s, New Jerseyand Illinois that have banned noveltylighters.

The U.S. Fire Administra on supportsthe bans.


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COVER STORY

By Delani Weaver

Over the last six years, the YWCA hasbeen trying to keep up with the risingamounts of homeless women andchildren by providing them a warm,comfortable and clean place to sleepat night and take care of their children.

Between six and 700 homeless men,women and children can be foundaround the city of Rochester on anygiven night. Tuesday, they were nallyable to celebrate making a dent inthose numbers for women and theirchildren with a much-an cipatedhousing expansion and improvementproject, thanks to help from ConiferReality and over ten other nancialsupporters.

City housing manager and formerYWCA board member Carol Wheelerapplauded organizers on their pa enceduring the ceremony.

The approximately $5 million project

had taken so long because of thedownturn in the economy.

But now, the project is ready tomove forward, and the amount of children and women needing shelter issigni cantly lower than the 61 percentincrease just over the summer,according to President and CEO of the YWCA of Rochester and MonroeCounty Jean Carroll.

According to Carroll, empty o ce andclinic space on Clinton Ave. will betransformed into 14 new apartmentsand subsidized by Sec on 8 assistance,bringing the current 96 residen alunits at the YWCA building to 110. Theapartments will provide long-term orpermanent housing for residents with

Sec on 8 assistance and other supportservices. Renova ons will be doneto the exis ng 96 units. Apartmentswill also be used for emergency andtransi onal housing. In addi on, theYWCA building, which is over 60 yearsold, will be ge ng a new roof with an

improved playground and park.

The project is intended to be nishedby March of 2014. Construc on beganearlier this summer.

As of today, the housing space is framedout walls, door stacks, support beamsand walls. Over the next ve years,almost 400 permanent suppor vehousing units will be needed to closethe gap between the current supplyof housing units and the exis ng orprojected demand across what will beneeded for Monroe County.

E. Main St. and University Ave.s EastHouse and Son House projects willhelp close the gap as well, courtesy of the DePaul developments.

Dellena Harper, who spoke at theceremony, is one of the YWCAsbiggest success stories. She said shewas addicted to drugs, homeless andlived on the streets of Rochester un lshe went to jail. A er being released

from jail, she said she went to theJennifer House and then to the YWCA.

Harper lived there for two years, thenwent back to school and received herbachelors degree followed by hermasters degree in social work this pastMay. She is now the execu ve directorof the same place that provided herservices, Jennifer House - SpiritusChris Prison Outreach.

Harper said she believes the YWCAsaved her life, and was able to provideher with the housing and services sheneeded to get her life back on track.

I slid under the door there, she said.And I came here on my knees. I lehere standing, walking. Im fully self-

su cient today. I love who I am today.I love the woman I am today.

I s id under the doorthere, she said. nd Icame here on my knees.I eft here standing,wa king. Im fu yse f-sufficient today.I ove who I am today.I ove the woman I amtoday.

-Dellena Harper


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NATIONALhutdown impact: Tourists, homebuyers hit quick y

WASHINGTON (AP) - A government

shutdown would have far-reachingconsequences for some, but minimalimpact on others.

Mail would be delivered. SocialSecurity and Medicare bene ts wouldcon nue to ow.

But vaca oners would be turned awayfrom na onal parks and Smithsonianmuseums. Low-to-moderate incomeborrowers and rst- me homebuyersseeking government-backedmortgages could face delays.

A look at how services would orwould not be a ected if Congressfails to reach an agreement aver ng

a government shutdown at midnightMonday.

AIr TrAVEL

Federal air tra c controllers wouldremain on the job and airport screenerswould keep funneling passengersthrough security checkpoints. Federalinspectors would con nue enforcingsafety rules.

InTErnATIonAL TrAVEL

The State Department would con nueprocessing foreign applica onsfor visas and U.S. applica ons forpassports, since fees are collected to

nance those services. Embassies andconsulates overseas would con nue toprovide services to American ci zens.

BEnEFIT PAYMEnTs

Social Security and Medicare bene tswould keep coming, but there couldbe delays in processing new disabilityapplica ons. Unemployment bene tswould s ll go out.

FEDErAL coUrTs

Federal courts would con nueopera ng normally for about 10business days a er the start of ashutdown, roughly un l the middle of

October. If the shutdown con nues,the judiciary would have to beginfurloughs of employees whose workis not considered essen al. But caseswould con nue to be heard.

MAIL

Deliveries would con nue as usualbecause the U.S. Postal Servicereceives no tax dollars for day-to-dayopera ons. It relies on income fromstamps and other postal fees to keeprunning.

rEcrEATIon

All na onal parks would be closed,as would the Smithsonian museums,including the Na onal Zoo inWashington. Visitors using overnightcampgrounds or other park facili eswould be given 48 hours to makealternate arrangements and leavethe park. Among the visitor centersthat would be closed: the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island in New York,Independence Hall in Philadelphia,Alcatraz Island near San Francisco andthe Washington Monument.

HEALTH

New pa ents would not be acceptedinto clinical research at the Na onal

Ins tutes of Health, but currentpa ents would con nue to receivecare. Medical research at the NIHwould be disrupted and some studieswould be delayed. The Centers forDisease Control and Preven on wouldbe severely limited in spo ng orinves ga ng disease outbreaks, fromu to that mysterious MERS virus fromthe Middle East.

FooD sAFETY

The Food and Drug Administra onwould handle high-risk recalls suspendmost rou ne safety inspec ons.Federal meat inspec ons would beexpected to proceed as usual.

HEAD sTArT

A small number of Head Start programs,about 20 out of 1,600 na onally,would feel the impact right away. Thefederal Administra on for Childrenand Families says grants expiringabout Oct. 1 would not be renewed.Over me more programs would bea ected. Several of the Head Startprograms that would immediately feelthe pinch are in Florida. Its unclear if they would con nue serving children.

FooD AssIsTAncE

The Special Supplemental Nutri on

Program for Women, Infants andChildren, known as WIC, couldshut down. The program providessupplemental food, health carereferrals and nutri on educa on forpregnant women, mothers and theirchildren.

School lunches and breakfasts wouldcon nue to be served, and foodstamps, known as the SupplementalNutri on Assistance Program, or SNAP,would con nue to be distributed. Butseveral smaller feeding programswould not have the money to operate.

TAXEs

Americans would s ll have to paytheir taxes and le federal tax returns,but the Internal Revenue Servicesays it would suspend all audits. Gotques ons? Sorry, the IRS says taxpayerservices, including toll-free help lines,would be shut as well.

LoAns

Many low-to-moderate incomesborrowers and rst- me homebuyersseeking government-backedmortgages could face delays duringthe shutdown. The Federal HousingAdministra on, which guaranteesabout 30 percent of home mortgages,wouldnt underwrite or approve anynew loans during the shutdown.Ac on on government-backed loans tosmall businesses would be suspended.

scIEncE

NASA will con nue to keep workersat Mission Control in Houston andelsewhere to support the Interna onalSpace sta on, where two Americansand four others are deployed. TheNa onal Weather Service wouldkeep forecas ng weather and issuingwarnings and the Na onal HurricaneCenter would con nue to trackstorms. The scien c work of the U.S.Geological Survey would be halted.

HoMELAnD sEcUrITY

The majority of the Departmentof Homeland Securitys employeesare expected to stay on the job,including uniformed agents ando cers at the countrys bordersand ports of entry, members of theCoast Guard, Transporta on SecurityAdministra on o cers, Secret Service

personnel and other law enforcementagents and o cers. U.S. Ci zenshipand Immigra on Services employeeswould con nue to process green cardapplica ons.

MILITArY

The militarys 1.4 million ac ve dutypersonnel would stay on duty, but theirpaychecks would be delayed. Abouthalf of the Defense Departmentscivilian employees would befurloughed.

PrIsons

All 116 federal prisons would remainopen, and criminal li ga on wouldproceed.

VETErAns sErVIcEs

Most services o ered through theDepartment of Veterans A airs willcon nue because lawmakers approvemoney one year in advance for the VAshealth programs. Veterans would s llbe able to visit hospitals for inpa entcare, get mental health counseling atvet centers or get prescrip ons lledat VA health clinics. Operators woulds ll sta the crisis hotline and claimsworkers would s ll process paymentsto cover disability and pensionbene ts. But those veterans appealingthe denial of disability bene ts to theBoard of Veterans Appeals will have towait longer for a decision because theboard would not issue any decisionsduring a shutdown.

worK sAFETY

Federal occupa onal safety and healthinspectors would stop workplaceinspec ons except in cases of imminent danger.

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NATIONALma number of schoo s drop out of unch program

WASHINGTON (AP) - The AgricultureDepartment says 524 schools - out

of about 100,000 - have dropped outof the federally subsidized na onalschool lunch program since thegovernment introduced new standardsfor healthier foods last year.

The new standards have met withgrumbling from school nutri ono cials who say they are di cult andexpensive to follow, conserva veswho say the government shouldntbe dicta ng what kids eat and -unsurprisingly - from some childrenwho say the less-greasy food doesnttaste as good. But USDA says thevast majority of schools are servinghealthier food, with some success.

Data to be released Monday by thedepartment shows that 80 percent of schools say they have already met therequirements, which went into placeat the beginning of the 2012 schoolyear. About one-half percent havedropped out of the program.

In an e ort to stem high childhoodobesity levels, the new guidelines setlimits on calories and salt, and theyphase in more whole grains in federallysubsidized meals served in schoolsmain lunch line. Schools must o er atleast one vegetable or fruit per mealand comply with a variety of otherspeci c nutri on requirements. Therules aim to introduce more nutrients

to growing kids and also to make oldfavorites healthier - pizza with low-fat cheese and whole-wheat crust,for example, or baked instead of friedpotatoes.

If schools do not follow the rules, or if they drop out, they are not eligible forthe federal dollars that reimburse them

for free and low-cost meals servedto low-income students. That means

wealthier schools with fewer needystudents are more likely to be able tooperate outside of the program.

According to the USDA data, gatheredfrom the states that administer theprograms, 90 of the 524 schools thatdropped out of the program saidspeci cally that they did so becauseof the new meal-plan requirements.Most of the rest did not give a reason.

Some school nutri on o cials havesaid buying the healthier foods puta strain on their budgets. A study bythe Pew Charitable Trusts Kids Safeand Healthful Foods Project, alsoexpected to be released Monday,

said that 91 percent of school foodo cials the group surveyed saidthey face challenges in pu ng thestandards in place, including problemswith food costs and availability,training employees to follow the newguidelines, and a lack of the properequipment to cook healthier meals.

But that study says 94 percent of themore than 3,300 o cials surveyedsaid they expect to be able to meet allof the requirements by the end of thisschool year.

It shows that this is certainly doable,said Jessica Donze Black, director of the Pew project, which has lobbied for

healthier foods.Leah Schmidt, president of the SchoolNutri on Associa on and director of nutri on programs at a Kansas City,Mo. school district, said any schoolsthat would consider forgoing thefederal funds would have to havevery few students ea ng the free and

reduced-cost meals.

She agreed that many schools havemet challenges in trying to meet thenew standards, but she said that is tobe expected.

Any me you have something new,youre going to have some growingpains, she said.

As some schools struggled to followthe new guidelines at the beginningof the last school year, USDA relaxedsome of the original requirements.In December, the department didaway with daily and weekly limits onmeats and grains that school nutri ono cials said were too hard to follow.

Congress has also had its say onthe new guidelines. In 2011, a erUSDA rst proposed them, Congressprohibited USDA from limi ng

potatoes and French fries and allowedschool lunchrooms to con nuecoun ng tomato paste on pizza as avegetable.

The school lunch rules apply tofederally subsidized lunches servedat reduced or no cost to low-incomechildren. Those meals have alwaysbeen subject to nutri onal guidelinesbecause they are par ally paid for bythe federal government, but the newrules put broader restric ons on whatcould be served as childhood obesityrates have skyrocketed.

Schoolchildren can s ll buy addi onalfoods in other parts of the lunchroomand the school. Separate USDA rulesto make those foods healthier couldgo into e ect as soon as next year.

.C. ttorney Genera to Probe Po ice Ki ing of Unarmed Jonathan FerreTwo of the District ttorneys Former Partners re Representing the Cop(TriceEdneyWire.com) - Roy Cooper,the North Carolina A orney General,will inves gate the shoo ng death bya Charlo e-Mecklenburg police o cerof Jonathan A. Ferrell, a 24 year-oldblack man, who was seeking helpfollowing a car accident.

Cooper said he took over theinves ga on at the request of R.Andrew Murray, Mecklenburg DistrictA orney. Special prosecutors inthe A orney Generals O ce haveagreed to handle the case of Charlo eMecklenburg Police Departmento cer Randall Kerrick, Cooper said.

Kerrick red 12 shots at Ferrell,wounding him 10 mes as Ferrellran towards Kerrick and two othero cers seeking help following aone-car accident. Ferrell, who was

unarmed and did not have a criminalrecord, died at the scene. The deadlyshoo ng occurred at 2:36 am onSaturday, September 14 h p://www.thenorthstarnews.com/fullstory/story/police-kill-former-florida-am-student-seeking-help-after-a-car-accident

Ferrells car hit several trees and rolleddown an embankment. Ferrell kickedout the cars rear window to escape,police said.

The former Florida A&M football playerran to a nearby house and pounded onthe door, seeking help, but the woman,Sarah McCarthy, called the police. Shestated that Ferrell was trying to kick inthe door.

When Kerrick and o cers Thornell

Li le and Adam Neal arrived at thehome, they saw Ferrell, according toCharlo e-Mecklenburg police. One of the o cers red a Taser Gun. Kerrickdrew his gun and shot Ferrell dead.Charlo e-Mecklenburg is in Charlo e,N.C.

The inves ga on showed that theini al encounter of Mr. Ferrell andO cer Kerrick was appropriate andlawful, police said. The evidencerevealed that Mr. Ferrell did advanceon O cer Kerrick and the inves ga onshowed that the subsequent shoo ngof Mr. Ferrell was excessive. Ourinves ga on has shown that O cerKerrick did not have a lawful rightto discharge his weapon during thisencounter.

Prosecutors charged Kerrick with

voluntary manslaughter, according topolice.

Cooper said The A orney GeneralsSpecial Prosecu ons Sec on isavailable to all district a orneys in thestate when there is a con ict or whenthere are other issues that prevent adistrict a orney from handling thecase.

Before being elected district a orneyfor Mecklenburg County, Murray was apartner in the Charlo e, N.C., law rmof Goodman, Carr, Laughrun, Levine,Murray & Greene.

George Laughrun and MichaelGreene, two of the rms partners,are represen ng Kerrick in Ferrellsshoo ng death.


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Once again, westand poised onthe precipiceof economicc a l a m i t ybecause theRepublican-ledHouse is intenton crea ngcrises to pushtheir agenda.Unfortunately,too many pundits

add to Americans cynicism by tryingto nd a way to blame both sides.

The Washington Post recently triedby saying that Democrats hopeRepublicans will ght to shut down thefederal government in hopes of gainingadvantage when people gure out theRepublicans are to blame. Playing tocynics also plays well in portraying thisas a school yard ght, which in the ageof reality television and voyeurism, isa sales pitch. It however does no onewell if the experts and thought leadersdo not play honest umpires to call theballs and strikes as they see them.

So, here are the facts. This summer,at a fundraiser in Idaho, the speakerof the House, John Boehner, saidhe wanted to create a crisis out of the federal budget and funding thegovernment. The president clearlystated he would not nego ate onkeeping the government in opera on,either through a ght on a con nuingresolu on or raising the debt limit. Acon nuing resolu on is congressionallegisla on brought about whenCongress has not passed budgetsfor the many government agencies,and so instead passes a resolu on toallow the government to con nue tooperate by authorizing expenditures inone giant bill.

To be even clearer, this is Congressauthorizing money so the federalagencies can carry out the mandatesof the many laws Congress has alreadypassed-laws to inspect meat for safety,laws to prevent illegal drugs enteringthe country, laws to imprison peoplewho violate those drug laws, laws tocreate na onal park lands, laws toensure people receive their SocialSecurity bene ts and on and on. Sincethe House under Speaker Boehnersleadership failed to pass those budgetlaws, the House is now in a posi on tocreate a crisis as Oct. 1 approaches;the rst day of the new year of thefederal budget.

The debt is the cumula ve e ect of past congressional decisions. From1998 to 2001, the federal governmentran surpluses, so the outstanding levelof debt fell from $3.77 trillion to $3.32trillion. This led the CongressionalBudget O ce (CBO) to project inJanuary 2001 that federal debt wouldgo to zero by 2012. From 2001 to 2008,the federal government ran de cits inpart as a s mulus e ort directed atthe 2001 downturn and in part fromfunding wars in Iraq and Afghanistanand in part because the 2001 recoverywas weak, so revenues were less thanexpected and expenditures (on thingslike unemployment insurance andfood stamps were higher).

This ran the federal debt up to $5.8trillion in 2008. Many of the tax cutsput in place during that period, andnew programs like the prescrip ondrug bene t for Medicare, were le inplace by President Barack Obama. By2011, the debt had jumped to $10.1trillion. In all, CBO gures that $3.3trillion less was collected in revenuesbecause of the weak 2001 recoveryand the Great Recession of 2008; andspending increased for those samereasons by $112 billion.

The programs that Obama inheritedaccount for 44 percent of the increasein mandatory spending that CBOhad not an cipated in 2001, and 49percent of the increase in discre onaryspending that CBO had not foreseenin 2001 was already added to thefederal debt when he took o ce.Further, 62 percent of the $2.8 trilliondrop in revenue from tax cuts put inplace between 2001 and 2008 thatCBO could not have accounted forin January 2001 were from policiesthat preceded President Obama. Thismeans that it would be disingenuousat best, for Republicans to now argueabout raising the debt ceiling to insurethat the United States pays on thedebt incurred for policies made since2001-debts for policies that includedthose of President George W. Bush,Senate Leaders Trent Lo and BillFrist, and Speaker of the House DennisHastert.

These crises manufactured by HouseRepublicans are designed to bendeconomic policy in their direc on. But,given that so far it is President Obamawho has bent, the reality is that thescal policy pursued since 2010 andthe end of the American Recovery and

Reinvestment Act has been decliningscal s mulus. In the 11 quarterssince the last quarter of 2010, thefederal government has been a dragon the recovery in all but two becauseit con nues to grow smaller-payingfewer workers and buying fewer goodsand services from American companiesdesperate to grow sales. In part thisre ects the presidents gambit withthe sequestra on that Republicanstook, shrinking GDP growth by overa point in the fourth quarter of 2012when government procurement gotrolled back in an cipa on of fewercontrac ng dollars. Clearly, theseac ons take away job opportuni es.

Republicans have not put forward anew vision for America. Instead, theonly problem they see in the countryright now is the size of the federalgovernment. The persistent high levelsof unemployment, the drop in medianfamily income, even the increase inchild poverty are not issues they areproducing solu ons for-except a viewthat smaller government will solvethem. So unlike all past economicdownturns, like under PresidentsRonald Reagan or George H.W. Bush,they are tes ng a new economic theorythat a shrinking government will lowerunemployment, raise family incomesand reduce child poverty. Except,following their policy of a shrinkinggovernment, the opposite is occurring.And last week, the Republican Housevoted in the face of rising childpoverty to cut $40 billion from theSupplemental Nutri on AssistanceProgram (SNAP-food stamps).

In fairness to Republicans, thepresident proposed a recovery act thatwas too small and designed to end toosoon. But, he has o ered various planssince to increase American investmentin our roads and bridges that wouldget many construc on workers backto work while saving our children theburden of replacing bridges we couldbe repairing. And, he has o ered plansto return teachers to the classroom,sending federal dollars to help ourlocal schools replace the hundreds of thousands of local public educa onworkers lost when the Great Recessionsucked money out of their schooldistrict budgets. The presidentso er would reverse the rst seriousdecrease in per-pupil expendituresAmerican children have experienced inthe post-World War II era. Republicanshave rejected both ideas, since theywould make the government bigger.

Republicans have argued thatgovernment debt is a moral issue. But,this confuses saving and inves ng.It does save money now when youdont x our roads or pay for teachersin our childrens classrooms. But thatdoesnt save money in the long run.Cu ng those expenditures cuts onour investment. It leaves a long andexpensive to-do list for our childrenwhen they must confront a brokentransporta on system that cannotdraw investors to America for fearthey cant move their goods e ciently.It also hurts our childrens educa on,leaves them less educated and skilledfor a world that grows more technicaland sophis cated every day.

Several Senate Republican leaderssee this current grandstanding byHouse Republicans as harmful to theRepublican party. Voters will not befooled, even if the Sunday talkingelite try to make this into a foodght. Shu ng down the government,moving America backward andstanding for nothing is not a formulato draw votes. With median familyincomes s ll down from 2007,Americas working families do notbelieve, as some House Republicans,that a private sector led by JPMorgan-and its acknowledgement of mul plecounts of law viola ons, and perhaps$20 billion in nes for corrup ngthe nancial system and causing thecollapse of the worlds economy-is thesolu on.

The stock market is booming. Thejob creators, including those likeJPMorgan, that face legal charges,have soaring incomes. They are notriding in on white horses with jobo ers to save Middle America. WallStreet is dancing to music that onlythe House Republicans can hear,because on Main Street, there is s llthe silence of looking for work. If thepundits call it honest, this is a bigstrike for Republicans for playing withthe economy again and failing to o era vision of jobs and rising pay andinves ng in Americas children. A ervo ng to take food away from thetables of Americas children, this willbe strike two.

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TriceEdneyWire.com) - In a recentar cle I posedthe ques on,Hey, ChocolateCity, WhereDa MoneyAt? Well,the CBCF gavea resoundinganswer to

that inquiry onTuesday, September 17, 2013. Star nga new campaign to strengthen theeconomy in Black communi es, theorganiza on, under the leadership of Board Chairman, Congressman ChakaFatah, (D-Pa.), announced it would

invest $5 million with Black banks, aspart of a broader e ort to increasethe availability of loans for businessesand individuals in African-Americancommuni es. I applaud the CBCFfor this ini a ve; it is a great exampleof how we can leverage the dollarsover which we have control andstewardship.

Congratula ons to the leadershipgroup: A. Shuanise Washington,President and CEO, CongressionalBlack Caucus Founda on; MichaelGrant, president, Na onal BankersAssocia on; B. Doyle Mitchell,Jr., board chair, Na onal BankersAssocia on and president, Industrial

Bank; Russell Kashian, PhD, Professor,Department of Economics, Universityof Wisconsin Whitewater; and RonBusby, Sr., CEO, U.S. Black Chambers,Inc. Well done!

In essense, the CBCF said heres ourmoney, and our members are doingthe right thing with it.

I commend the CBCF for its ini a veand commitment to launch what could- and should be a movement acrossthis na on, said Na onal BankersPresident, Michael Grant. Theyini ated this e ort without beingprodded, begged, or persuaded,Grant con nued. They did it of theirown voli on and understanding of how this economy works, as well asthe very important aspect of buildingbusinesses and strengthening theasset base of Black owned banks. Wecannot thank them enough

Of course, a er my kudos come myques ons. As commendable as theac ons of the CBCF are, they do bringforth ques ons in my mind regardingother ins tu ons, organiza ons, andassocia ons. I want to start withthe NAACP because Mr. Ben Jealousrecently announced his resigna on,and while doing so lauded theorganiza ons tremendous increasein fundraising under his leadership.Under Jealous, the donor base grewfrom 16,422 in 2007, just before hestarted, to 132,543 last year. Revenuehas grown from $25.7 million in 2008to $46 million in 2012, according to anar cle in USA Today.

$46 million is a lot of money. Howmuch is deposited or invested in Blackbanks, NAACP? With both HarborBank and Industrial Bank in theimmediate vicinity of NAACP na onal

headquarters, I am sure most - if notall - of those funds are already nestledaway and doing great work in thosetwo ne Black banks. The CBCF had$5 million and they did the right thingwith it. Has the NAACP done the samewith its $46 million? I trust they have.

Hey, Marc Morial, and the Na onalUrban League, youre next. Where isyour money? How many millions doyou control? Any Black banks listed onyour nancial statements? I know theremust be, in light of the fact that youwork hard to establish new businessesand create more jobs. Surely the CBCFhas nothing on you, right? This isnot a trivial or unimportant ques on.

Here in my hometown, back in 1996-99, a Black owned credit union wasstarted just across the street from ourlocal Urban League O ce Building.Although asked to do so, the UrbanLeague did not have an account atthe credit union. I know this is 2013and we are much more enlightenedand conscious nowadays. But, Im justsaying, you know?

All right Al Sharpton, youre up next.How many millions does the Na onalAc on Network (NAN) have in Black-owned banks? With your clarion callfor, Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! surely NAN hastaken the economically posi ve stepof keeping its funds in banks that can

help create those much needed jobs. Iknow your thing is poli cs, but poli csis supported, guided, and controlledby economics, so I have no doubt thatyou have already carved out a niche ina Black bank and allowed your money

to good work for our people.Uh Oh, I am running out of space.So what about the rest of our Blackorganiza ons? Rainbow PUSH,SCLC, Masons, Shriners, Fraterni es,Sorori es, Social Clubs, Links, Blackentertainers, Black rappers, Blackathletes, Black business owners? Areyou even considering pu ng someof your millions into Black banks?Between Jay-Z and P. Diddy, whorecently talked about losing a milliondollars to another rapper, thats afew hundred million right there. TakeLeBron, Kobe, Tiger, Serena, andVenus; what an impact they couldmake on a Black bank balance sheet.

Get the picture?Finally, as I close, Black churches,where is your money? Is any of itsi ng in a Black bank? Churches thatare domiciled in ci es where Blackbanks exist should all have accountsat those banks/and or credit unions.Can you hear me talking, Durham,North Carolina, where the oldest Blackbank resides? There is also Internetbanking; not denying the importanceof a local bank rela onship, but somechurch funds could be invested in anout-of-town bank.

This is too easy, brothers and sisters,and its all about a Biblical principle:

Good stewardship. Its now me forthe altar call. Let the Black church say,Amen!

Kudos to the Congressiona B ack Caucus Foundation, Inc. (CBCF)


When formerGreece PoliceSgt. Nick Josephwas arraignedin front of stateSupreme CourtJus ce Francis A.A ron in 2008a er he snortedcocaine andpounded down

drink a er drinkat Spenders

bar, then got behind the wheel of hisbrothers car, raced down Interstate390 and crashed into a pregnantwomans stalled car before eeing thescene, A ron released him withoutbail.

On Tuesday, Sept. 17, Brenda Hardaway,

a pregnant African-American womanwho was driven into a wooden porchpost, punched in the head, thenthrown to the ground by Rochesterpolice o cer Lucas Krull, showed upto her court appearance to answernumerous charges the RochesterPolice Department charged her with,including, ironically, assaul ng a policeo cer.

Minutes later, as her mother watched,a court deputy walked up behind her,handcu ed her, and took her away,a er A ron increased her $7,500 bailto $25,000.

Hardaway had previously posted the$7,500 bail.

According to A ron , he believes there

is a viable concern that Hardawaycould have future contact with lawenforcement.

Jus ce A ron , youre probably rightsir, Brenda Hardaway probably wouldhave future contact with the RPD.

Those thugs in uniform will most likelystop at nothing now to retaliate againsther, especially a er a viral video of oneof the members of their brotherhoodis being viewed around the world.

And Jus ce A ron , about formerpolice sergeant Nick Joseph, a copwhose illegal and reckless ac onscould have killed an innocent li legirl who had to be delivered throughemergency c-sec on 14 weeksprematurely, how is it that you

released him without bail, but youincreased a pregnant black womansbail to $25,000 a er she was beatenby an RPD cop?

And, despite what is turning out tobe, as one African-American manput it, a modern-day lynching,Rochesters African-Americancommunity, including so-called blackleaders such as City Councilman AdamMcFadden, and Lovely Warren, who just won Rochesters mayoral primary,con nues to be silent.

I wonder what civil rights ac vistFrederick Douglass, who is buried inRochesters Mt. Hope Cemetery, lessthan four miles from where BrendaHardaway was beaten by a white cop,would say.

Brenda Hardaway Taken into Custody after JudgeRaises Bai ; Rochesters frican- merican Community Remains i ent

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