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Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Celebrates 60th Birthday at City Club

By Dr. Steven Mitchell INGLEWOOD—On

Saturday November 8, 2014 Victory in Christ Ministries (VICM) will be celebrating the 12th year of one of the toughest disciplines in the church, 5am Daily Early Morning Prayer Ministry.

On that day, Victory In Christ Ministries will not only celebrate the ministry, but also the two dedicated and commit-ted ministers, Pastor William and Jo Carol Hardison who have served faithfully in both the Early Morning Prayer Ministry and the Care Ministry of our church.

As their senior pastor, I can truly agree with the spirit- filled prayer warriors’ testimony which is everything they have asked God for in Early Morning Prayer God has blessed them with. Through their ministry, God has blessed Victory In Christ Ministries with property, businesses, cancellation of debt, my mother rising from her death bed after being given only 12 hours to live, baptism pools donated, loans changed, people released from jail & more!

If you don’t know or don’t know them we invite you to come out and celebrate with us on Saturday, November 8, 2014 at 8:30am at 817 North La Brea Ave, Inglewood CA.

Our theme is “Just Get-ting Started”. If you are not able to make it, we ask that you send an offering and words of encour-agement to: Victory In Christ Ministries, 3220 W. 85th Street, Inglewood CA 90305, Dr. Ste-ven Mitchell, Senior Pastor, Vic-tory In Christ Ministries.

Pastor William & Jo Carol Hardison Honored for 12 Years of Early Morning Prayer and Care Ministry

William & Jo Carol Hardison

Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles Joins the Anaheim Crowd of Restaurants By Gloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief

A N A H E I M - - L a s t Thursday I trekked down to Ana-heim to see for myself the world-famous Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles' new loca-tion at 2110 South Harbor Blvd, Anaheim, CA. Well, I have to report this week that I was amazed at the first class two-story sit-down family restaurant that serves the same menu as the other six locations throughout Los Angeles, Long Beach, Inglewood, Pasadena and Hollywood.

Roscoe's Anaheim as it is called is just a stone throw away from Disneyland, the other world-famous tourist destination. Just like Disneyland with all of its signature characters, like Mickey Mouse, so too, does Roscoe's Anaheim has its signature charac-ters except it's food like the Obama Special (formerly called the No. 9 or Country Boy) that consist of wings and waffles with hot sauce.

Since 1975 it has been the delicious fresh, succulent, mouth-watering, crispy fried chicken with one-of-kind waffles served anytime you want it day or night that has drawn people from near and far to taste Roscoe's chicken and waffles along with other down home delicacies like collard greens, grits, biscuits, and much more. It was in 1975 that owner, Herb Hudson, decided to bring Harlem to Los Angeles by way of chicken and waffles. He

knew what he wanted and at the time there were none, that is, late night eateries, that served food to party-goers after hours that he had grown accustom to in Harlem so

he brought the custom to Los An-geles which has pretty much made him the official "Chicken and Waffle King" because since then,

Please see Roscoe’s, page 7

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Elmo Washington, floor supervisor, Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles.

Photo by Gloria Zuurveen The Obama Special I ordered on my visit to at Roscoe’s Anaheim

Photos by Gloria Zuurveen and Lisa Collins (Above photo) Sinclair Ridley-Thomas with wife Shaunice Ridley-Thomas, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and wife Avis Ridley-Thomas and Assemblyman Sebastian Ridley-Thomas. (right above) Gloria Zuurveen, Founder/Owner/Publisher, PACE NEWS and Supervisor Ridley-Thomas. (Right below) Supervi-sor Ridley-Thomas and Lisa Collins, Owner/Publisher, LA Focus, on last night at 60th birthday celebration.

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Here we are once again and I want to admonish you to give God thanks for keeping us all week long. We have made it and we should give Him glory and praise. The Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas was given Him thanks for 60 years of living to see another day and to be able to celebrate it with family and friends. Monica Griffith a very dear friend of mine will be celebrating her birthday on Saturday, November 8 and I want to wish her a happy, happy birthday. She and I have been friends for a very long time and God has blessed us to share many good times in our lives. So on her special day I want to praise God for her and give Him thanks for allowing our paths to cross. Have a happy birthday Monica. We are also very please to report that the passage of Prop. 47 are being implemented and we are to pay c lose a t t en t i on t o i t s implementation by those who are in charge and pray that they will do justice accordingly.

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By James Clingman Black folks lead the nation in church-going, praise-dancing, shouting, call-and-response, and “whoopin.” We like to “get our church on” and feel good while we are there. We do our holy dances and run down the aisles to lay our money at the feet of preachers, some of whom “anoint” it, by stepping on it, before they spend it. During a 2 to 3-hour period on Sundays, Black churchgoers display their finest clothing,

which in many cases pretentiously shrouds our misery, pain, anger, contempt, double-lives, and any number of issues we face during the other six days of the week.

For some, church service is a release, an ecstatic elixir for what ails us—at least for a few hours. It is a time for us to ex-change pleasantries with others: “How are you this morning?” “Fine, just fine” is the usual reply, despite knowing all along that we are stressed out about something. We have the all sayings down pat. “Too anointed to be disappointed;” “God is good all the time, and all the time God is good” (That one is quite true); and “I’m too blessed to be stressed,” just to name a few. But what is really behind the masks that we wear? What is beneath the fine clothes and the forced smiles?

One would think that Black church folks would be the most content, being that many of us say we are “Sanctified and Holy Ghost baptized.” But every day many of us prove that we are not content, we are not happy, we are not satisfied, and we are far from being “too blessed to be stressed.” Rather, we are really “too stressed to be blessed.”

The vast majority of our lives is spent dealing with finan-

cial issues in the form of working a job or two, with all the over-time we can get, trying to figure out how to pay our bills when we end up every 30 days with more month than money, and studying numerology in an effort to hit the “Lootery,” better known as the Lottery.

We are stressed out about that car we bought that we could not afford or that house we purchased just to impress the Joneses. We are angry because our spouse paid too much for a pair of shoes, a suit, or a big screen TV. We argue about whose money it is, who earned it, and who will spend it. And to make matters even worse, we go on shopping binges to get even, spending

money we don’t have, buying something we don’t need, to impress someone who doesn’t care.

More stress, but that’s alright, we can get a recharge at

church, right? We get paid on Friday, spend it on Saturday, go to church on Sunday and fall down on our knees to pray, “Lord, have mercy on me.” Just like the song, “Stormy Monday Blues.”

Economic stress, in addition to all the other stressors in

our lives, can cause us to miss out on our blessings, thus, too often we are just the opposite of the cute saying, “Too blessed to be stressed.”

We are indeed blessed each day we are allowed to live,

but we take that for granted, and the rest of the day is shot because we failed to acknowledge that all-important blessing. Each morn-ing we immediately allow stress to engulf us; we wallow in it and give in to its sinister motives. All we know is, “Gotta make that money!” “Gotta get paid!” We have already been blessed but we are too busy acknowledging our stress to recognize our blessing.

Black folks earn more than $1 trillion annually; where is it? Are we too stressed to be good stewards of that blessing? Any-thing someone else makes, we buy it. Is that good stewardship of our financial blessings? We fail to see our blessings because we are blinded by the stress to obtain more things. Our problem is that we give away our financial blessings in exchange for stuff other folks make, thereby denying ourselves the greater benefit of our financial blessings.

Since this is a scripturally based article, I suppose its ap-

plication should begin in the Church. A very practical agenda for Black churches should include stewardship seminars, forums for members who have their own businesses and for those who may want to become entrepreneurs; and our church leaders should al-ways do everything they can to empower the members collec-tively.

Being too stressed to be blessed is a sad state of affairs for anyone, especially Black folks. I know we are the most stressed people in this nation, but it does not have to stay that way. By im-plementing some very practical economic strategies we can start telling the truth when we say, “I am too blessed to be stressed.”

Too Stressed To Be Blessed

By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist I have had it with all the whining and com-plaining I am hearing from Africans regarding the growing demand from Americans to deny travel to the U.S. for Africans from Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea because of the Ebola epidemic that has infected those countries. Let’s be clear: No one has a right to travel to the U.S. It is a privilege conferred upon would

be travelers at the sole discretion of the U.S. Our government, like oth-ers around the world, has the right to deny anyone entry into our coun-try for any or no reason at all. Except for Obama, every president has put the safety of the American people before “political correctness” or the sensitivities of foreigners. President Obama seems to be more con-cerned about hurting the feelings of Africans or hurting their economies more than protecting his own people. If your neighbor’s kids have come down with a cold or the flu, you don’t allow your children to go next door to play with them until they have totally recovered from their illness.

That is reasonable and normal thing to do for any responsible parent. This whole Ebola crisis has less to do with science and more to do with the American people having absolutely no trust in Obama. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has been a total disaster. So, this demand by the American people for a ban on travel from the three af-fected African countries is a result of people’s lack of confidence in Obama. Since we can’t believe anything this administration has to say, it seems only prudent to push for a moratorium on all travel from the countries impacted by Ebola. People who share my views have been labeled as xenophobic, an abnormal hatred or fear of foreigners. So let me make sure I understand the logic here.

The American people have been constantly lied to by this president on everything from Benghazi, the IRS, Fast and Furious, im-migration, Syria, and now Ebola. But now we should still trust him and ignore the dangers of Ebola? Americans are called xenophobic because we want to protect our country and its citizens. Well, you Africans should know and understand one thing. More “legal immigrants” are admitted into the U.S. annually than all the other countries of the world combined.

How many people are clamoring to leave the U.S. for West Africa? Some Africans who are now American citizens have been stag-ing protests across the U.S. To my African friends on both sides of the

Atlantic, if you don’t like the idea of protecting America and its citi-zens first, solve your own problems. Stop calling on America every time you get a cold or a headache. We have sent thousands of military personnel and hundreds of medical professionals to West Africa at no cost to these African countries. So, a little gratitude would be helpful and appreciated. America has absolutely no obligation to help Africa during this crisis; but because we are America we feel we have ex-tended a helping hand. . The president of Liberia, Ellen Sirleaf John-son said, “the whole world has a stake in preventing an unfolding ca-tastrophe in Liberia … It is the duty of all of us as global citizens to send a message that we will not leave millions of West Africans to fend for themselves.” Many West African medical professionals refuse to go to their home countries because they have an obligation to pro-tect their own families here in the U.S. The most notable example of this is President Johnson’s own son, Dr. James Sirleaf. He is a gradu-ate of Morehouse College and went on to earn his medical degree at Meharry Medical College in Nashville. He is married with four chil-dren.

He now runs the emergency room at a hospital in Albany, Ga. After he and his mother came under heavy criticism for his refusal to go to Liberia and help with the epidemic, he responded by saying, “The symbolism of me going there [to Liberia] and potentially getting Ebola when I have a nine- and a seven-year-old at home isn’t worth it just to appease people. I’ve made a commitment not to live in Liberia for many reasons, and I think my contribution [contributions through his medical charity that he has since removed all personnel from Libe-ria] means more.” Is Dr. Johnson also xenophobic? Or, is he simply using common sense? . In the immortal words of Colonel Nathan R. Jessep (played by Jack Nicholson) in the hit movie, “A Few Good Men,” I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man [or country] who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I pro-vide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way.

Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon and stand a post. Either way, I don’t give a damn what you think you are entitled to.” Raynard Jackson is president & CEO of Raynard Jackson & Associ-ates, LLC., a Washington, D.C.-based public relations/government affairs firm. He can be reached through his Web site, www.raynardjackson.com. You can also follow him on Twitter @raynard1223.

We Should Ban West Africans from Entering U.S.

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School Zone Safety in the Age of Distractions (BPT) - Every school

year, busy parents tack on more daily chores to their to-do lists. In addition to packing lunches and getting kids dressed, they also have to make sure last night's homework was com-pleted. For many families, the morning routine also means get-ting everyone in the car and on the road in time so the kids aren't late to class and parents aren't late for work. With all this chaos it's no wonder the morn-ing's mad scramble extends to the school gates, with traffic snarling and tempers flaring as people jockey for position at drop-off area.

"Stressed out and dis-tracted drivers mixing with crowds of school kids can be a recipe for disaster," says James Fults, vice president, personal insurance auto for Fireman's Fund Insurance Company. "School zones can be difficult to navigate for drivers, many of whom are running late, might be receiving important work emails or calls on their smart phones, and trying to have last-minute

conversations with their kids before they dash off for the day."

In fact, as many as one in six drivers in school zones were reported as distracted in a 2009 national study of driving behavior around middle schools. The study was conducted in 15 states by the Safe Routes to School organization, which works to increase safety and reduce traffic around schools. Cell phones and electronics were identified as the leading distrac-tors, followed by eating, drink-ing and smoking. Other distrac-tions included reaching and looking behind the driver's seat, grooming and even reading.

Drivers of larger vehi-cles like sports utility vehicles, pickup trucks and minivans were more distracted than car drivers, according to the study, and dis-tracted drivers appeared more frequently in school zones with-out flashing lights and in school zones that had a daily traffic volume of 10,000 or more cars.

Sometimes these dis-tractions have tragic results.

Since 2003, 1,353 people have died in school-transportation-related accidents - an average of 135 fatalities per year - and more school-age pedestrians have been killed during drop-off and pick-up (from 7 to 8 a.m. and from 3 to 4 p.m.) than any other times of day, according to statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Admini-stration (NHTSA).

"Remember that your kids are learning from your driv-ing example; don't teach them to be a distracted driver," Fults says. "To ensure that everyone makes it home safely at the end of the day, drivers should con-centrate on the task at hand and exercise patience and caution when getting into and out of school zones."

This is especially im-portant since there are so many pedestrians in and around schools. In 2012, 4,743 pedestri-ans were killed in traffic crashes in the United States, and another 76,000 pedestrians were injured, according to the NHTSA. In that year, more than one in every five

children between the ages of 5 and 15 who were killed in traffic crashes were pedestrians.

In order to be as safe as possible on the way to and from school, drivers should heed these tips:

* Be hyper-alert for children walking or bicycling to school.

* Slow down and al-ways obey posted school-zone speed limits.

* Remember, children do not easily estimate vehicle speeds and often misjudge when it is safe to cross the street.

* Learn and obey the school bus laws in your state.

* Don't use cell phones or mobile devices, including hands-free devices.

* Don't eat, read, drink or groom in the car.

* Don't tailgate or honk your horn.

* Don't yell, glare or gesture to other drivers, pedestri-ans or cyclists.

* Try to be on time. Running late increases your chances of speeding and reckless driving.

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Protestant Churches Reflect Improving Economic Trends By Jim Burton

N A S H V I L L E , Tenn.— The nation's slow eco-nomic recovery from a deep recession is showing up in the offering plates of Protestant churches in the U.S., according to a recent survey by LifeWay Research.

Although 56 percent of churches still report negative impact from the economy 13 percent report a positive impact – a jump of 4 percentage points from May 2012. When com-pared to the previous three years, churches are reporting less negative and more positive economic impact.

"The most recent re-cession revealed poor habits among Americans in terms of spending and lending," said Scott McConnell, LifeWay Re-search director. "Surely churches have had to learn some of these same lessons."

Two-thirds of the churches surveyed report meet-ing or exceeding their 2014 budget. Nearly half (46 percent) are matching their budget, while 22 percent say receipts exceed their budget. Mean-while, 29 percent of churches report receipts below budget.

When compared to 2013 giving, 74 percent of Prot-estant churches report offerings are at or above 2013 while 21 percent say receipts are lower than 2013.

The LifeWay survey also asked pastors about church

size, region, pastor's age, edu-cational level, ethnicity, and evangelical/mainline affiliation. This information reveals where challenges still exist.

Pastors of churches with up to 99 regular attendees are more likely to report the economy continues to have a very negative impact on their churches (9 percent). For churches with at least 100 at-tendees, that response drops to about 3 percent.

Pastors in the North-east report very negatively about the economy (10 per-cent), as do pastors nationwide who are 55 years or older (16 percent), and African-American pastors (12 percent).

The pastor's education level also gave some indication of financial health. Pastors with a master's degree (5 percent) are less likely to select "very negatively" compared to pastors with no college degree (10 per-cent).

"The current slow-growth economy does not allow individuals, businesses, or churches to slip into poor finan-cial habits that may have been present seven or eight years ago ," McConnel l sa id . "Everyone must be innovative in how efficient and productive each of their activities is."

The slow-growth econ-omy continues to influence church hiring decisions.

"For a couple decades, new and increased church ac-

tivity could rely on additional staff and resource purchases financed by strong growth in giving," McConnell said. "Those decades are over." McConnell sites the following factors that ease economic pres-sure:

Unemployment has improved five straight years;

Social Security recipi-ents have received cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) for three straight years; and

Real disposable per-sonal income has grown in 2014.

"However, the employ-ment cost index indicates that total compensation has been growing at about 2 percent a

year for six years, but when adjusted for inflation total com-pensation is very similar to na-tional levels five years ago," McConnell said.

LifeWay Research has conducted this survey seven times since 2009. The most recent survey in 2012 indicated stabilized giving in many churches.

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Reputation By Dean L. Jones, CPM

Processed sugar has defi-nitely earned a reputation of be-ing bad for your health. Take for instance how the major motion pictures write into their scripts negative comments opposing sugar consumption. A couple of movies released this year bashed the consumption of added sugar. In the movie 'The Equalizer,' Denzel Washington's character, Robert McCall, was at the diner and told Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz) that consuming refined sugar would bring serious damage to her health.

In the same way, Liam Neeson starred in A Walk Among the Tombstones and portrayed a cop named Matthew Scudder who hooks up with a street savvy teen-ager named TJ, played by the talented Brian "Astro" Bradley. While the two of them sit at a diner the table server asks if TJ would like a soda. TJ responds fervently how it is the toxic sug-ary beverage that is overly dis-tributed to poor communities in order to significantly lower a man's sperm count. In both of these films, it is pretty drastic language opposing processed sugar consumption, in particular the bashing of it has absolutely nothing to do with movie's plot.

The world knows added sugar is harmful, although the masses still consume it while in denial that it harms. Denying the effects sugar stems partially from being distracted to reduce bad fats and sodium, but in fact these are far the lesser eating habit evils. Current science research discloses how processed sugar and most artificial sweeteners are the ulti-mate cause of high blood pres-sure, high cholesterol, heart dis-ease, diabetes, and liver disease.

Unsurprisingly, the food and beverage industries disagree with the bad reputation processed sugar is getting, even though it is the food and beverage industries that are rapidly working to reduce the amount of sugar they add into their respective products. Vital to this area of concern is the con-

sumer, because no business con-tinually makes what does not sell. Which is why it is still being mass produced as the processed sugar consumption in the U.S. remains significantly high, while there are some indicators showing the daily amount personally con-sumed is on a downward trend.

Just as with the movies, the range of public opinion opposing processed sugar consumption is gaining significant worldwide attention from governments and activists. In many cases, these groups agree that more people need to take personal responsibil-ity to control the intake of sugary-filled items.

On the other hand, there are a significant number of well-established consumer advocates who point out how society is bearing the consequences of eat-ing too much sugar and causing higher health care costs, lost wages, and reduced productivity. Accordingly, a ban on added sugar may seem appropriate, but for the time being, assess your own intake of processed sugar, alcohol, drugs, and/or nicotine. Processed sugar is suitably listed in this category of transgressions, so be sure to live SugarAlert!

www.SugarAlert.com Dean Jones is an Ethics Ad-

vocate, Southland Partnership Corporation (a public benefit or-ganization), contributing his view on certain aspects of foodstuff.

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One in Five Children in America Go to Bed Hungry - Learn How You Can Help Youth hunger activist helps rally America to share time, food, or a meal with a family in need

(BPT) - You may con-sider child hunger to be a world away problem, however, the reality is there are 16 million children right here in America who are faced with hunger. That's one in five children who don't know where their next meal will come from. When you think about that statistic, one of these children can easily be your own neighbor - or even your child's best friend.

U n i l e v e r P r o j e c t Sunlight, an initiative focused on encouraging people to create a brighter future for children, is rallying people nationwide to "Share A Meal" to turn the ta-bles on child hunger in Amer-ica. Award-winning filmmaker, Patrick Creadon, joined the ef-fort and created a four-minute documentary "Going to Bed

Hungry: The Changing Face of Child Hunger," that takes an inspiring look at child hunger in America as told through stories of real families faced with the issue.

Creadon notes, "Going beyond donating - to sharing a meal or a moment of support - truly underscores that this is an issue that touches us all in every community in every pocket of this country. These are our children."

Whether it's sharing a meal, donating time or money, volunteering, or deciding to learn more - small steps can make a difference when multi-plied over time to help end child hunger and build a brighter future for children.

Proving that no one is too young to do their part is

hunger activist Joshua Wil-liams.

At age five and with just $20, Williams created Joshua's Heart Foundation with a goal to stomp out hunger one community at a time.

Now 13 years old, Williams and his organization distribute food to about 50 families each week and have delivered more than 650,000 pounds of food to date.

"I started my founda-tion because I didn't want to see people go hungry," says

Williams. "Now, eight years later, I'm mentoring other kids to join in the fight against child hunger and teaming up with Unilever Project Sunlight to get even more people involved in the cause."

Here are just a few suggestions on how you can get involved and make a differ-ence:

* Help a family in your neighborhood: Share a meal with a neighbor. A simple dinner party, or even packing an extra lunch for your child to

take to school, can go a long way.

* Partner with local organizations: Tap local com-munity organizations to find opportunities to coordinate an event or volunteer your time.

* Coordinate with your local food bank: Get in touch with a local food bank in your area to help collect dona-tions or even or host your own local food drive.

* Host a virtual food drive: Unable to get out of the house? You can create your very own personal food drive online to share with friends, family and colleagues for con-tributions.

* Donate: Consider donating to a child hunger re-lief organization.

* Lend your voice: Inspire others by revealing why you're helping to end child hunger on social media using, "I #ShareAMeal be-cause..."

G o t o P r o -jectSunlight.us to watch the documentary and learn even more ways to get involved.

5 Tips To Keep Your Child's School Days from Becoming Sick (BPT) - Studies show

that children in daycare or attending school can catch up to 12 common viral infections each year and that each of these infections can last seven to 10 days. Getting sick is commonly seen as part of growing up but the good news for parents is that you can help support your child's im-mune system.

Here are five things you can do to potentially help reduce the 12 viral infections a kid can encounter in just one year.

* Review hand-washing techniques. This clas-sic practice still remains one of the most effective ways to eliminate germs. You've probably already taught your children how to wash their hands, but are they finishing too quickly? Each hand-washing session should last about 20 seconds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That's long enough for children to sing the ABCs twice. Children should also know to wash their hands be-fore eating, making food or handling a baby, and after going to the bathroom, play-ing outside, touching an ani-mal or sneezing.

* Are your child's vaccinations up to date? Vac-cinations won't prevent your child from catching a cold, but they can protect him from more serious illnesses like the flu. You can find more infor-mation on the proper immuni-

zation schedule for your child by visiting the CDC's website.

* Support their im-mune system. Research shows deficiencies in zinc and vita-mins A, C, D and E can re-duce the overall function of the immune system.

Zarbee's Naturals im-mune support supplements with ingredients such as El-derberry can help support your child's immune system when he or she is most sus-ceptible. Created for children ages 2 months to teens, there's an immune-system supple-ment for children of any age. There is even an immune sup-port option for parents.

* Avoid exposing your child to others who are sick. If your child's best friend is sick, the play date will have to wait. Remember, children are contagious before their symptoms actually show and distancing your kids from those who are physically coughing or sneezing lowers

their risk of getting sick. * Sometimes it's good

not to share. OK, this proba-bly isn't a life lesson you want your child following most of the time, but some things are better kept to themselves. Bot-tles, utensils and cups should not be shared between chil-dren, as bacteria is easily transferred through saliva. Make sure your child has his own lunch and that he knows not to share with or borrow from other students at meal-time.

While cooler tempera-tures and the continuing school year increase your child's risk of catching an ill-ness, your child can reduce his risk for getting sick.

Employ the tips above and you can help your child stay safe and healthy this school year.

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Tension Remains Over Police Shootings of Young Black Males By Dr. J. A. Salaam From The Final Call

FERGUS ON, M o. (FinalCall.com) – Tensions over the police shooting of Michael Brown Jr., 18, by a White police officer here and the unrelated shooting of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. in nearby St. Louis have not eased—and are unlikely to go away soon.

Recent press coverage and an announcement by the St. Louis police union have some charging a smear campaign is underway given media leaks from secret investigations and major media stories that use anonymous sources.

A widely reported New York Times article used anony-mous sources to publish what was allegedly told to “government officials briefed on the federal civil rights investigation.” The Times sources were not appar-ently on the grand jury hearing evidence in the fatal police shoot-ing of Michael Brown nor part of the federal probe.

The Times piece said Officer Darren Wilson told inves-tigators that he feared for his life after he was allegedly pinned and attacked in his vehicle by young Brown. Two shots were fired in the car and one struck the teen-ager before he ran away from Officer Wilson, according to the Times.

“What the police say is not to be taken as gospel,” Benja-min L. Crump told the Times, dismissing Officer Wilson’s ac-count of what happened in the SUV that fateful day. Officer Wil-son should be indicted by the grand jury and his case sent to trial, said Atty. Crump. “He can say what he wants to say in front of a jury. They can listen to all the

evidence and the people can have it transparent so they know that the system works for everybody.”

The Brown family law-yer continued, “The officer’s go-ing to say whatever he’s going to say to justify killing an unarmed kid. Right now, they have this secret proceeding where nobody knows what’s happening and no-body knows what’s going on. No matter what happened in the car, Michael Brown ran away from him.”

Community organizers are concerned there will be chaos if Darren Wilson is not indicted. “To see the evolution of this event it concerns me that law enforce-ment in place would go to this extreme to protect what every-body sees as being wrong … this individual should have been in-dicted the day of the shooting. They took it to the grand jury to release the responsibility of that prosecutor’s office. This is not the

normal procedure and we can’t expect the normal results,” said Amir of the Peacekeepers, a group that helps keep people safe while protesting.

The St. Louis Post Dis-patch reported that it obtained a copy of the official autopsy, which has not been released, and a toxicology report that showed Mr. Brown had traces of mari-juana in his system.

These leaks and anony-mous reports, usually followed by analysis that purports to back Officer Wilson, have many angry and convinced the bits and pieces for information are designed to lessen reaction to a failure to in-dict the officer.

“We are going to have chaos because the people are dis-satisfied with the same system that doesn’t give them justice,” Amir said.

A meeting Oct. 19 in St. Louis included about 20 people,

including Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-Mo.), the Rev. Ronald Bobo of Westside Missionary Baptist Church, the Peacekeepers and others discussing reactions if Officer Wilson is not indicted.

“Congressman Clay what’s your position with the military vehicles being used on the people?” Paul Muhammad of the Peacekeepers asked.

“It was presented to us (Congress) right after 9-11 and we were under the wrong impres-sion of their use, it was intended for a possible attack from terror-ists, not civilians in the streets,” said the congressman.

Mourning, questions follow death of a son.

Funeral services for Vonderrit Myers Jr. were held Oct. 26 and Prince of Peace Church in Berkeley, Mo., was full. The young Black male was shot and killed by a police officer working as private security in the Shaw neighborhood in St. Louis. The 18-year-old was one of three young Black males the still un-named officer approached and ending up chasing. According to St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson, Myers Jr., who was run-ning away, then started aggres-sively coming back towards the uniformed police officer. The officer warned the young man to “stop, surrender, you’re under arrest,” the police chief said.

The officer claimed the young man continued to ap-proach, a physical altercation ensued; the officer pulled a grey sweatshirt off the young man, and noticed a gun, the chief said. The young man ran away. Then he turned, fired three shots at the officer but missed, said the chief. The officer returned fired, dis-charging 17 shots and killing Myers Jr., said Chief Dotson.

Later the police union released a report saying the young man, who was wearing a monitor-ing device and facing a gun charge, had gun powder on his hands and clothes.

According to the police report, the 9mm gun that Myers allegedly used was reported stolen on September 26, 2014.

The make of the gun that police now report finding differs from the one that St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson initially men-tioned after the incident occurred.

Mr. Dotson had said they found a Ruger 9mm, and now they report finding a 9mm Smith & Wesson, like the one in a Myers’ photo, the St. Louis American reported. Jer-maine Wooten, one of the fam-ily’s lawyers, said the autopsy results conflict with the officer’s account. According to Wooten, police reported that Mr. Myers was facing the officer the whole time. Additionally, Dr. Michael Graham, the police department’s medical examiner, said Mr. Myers’ DNA did not appear on the gun he reportedly had, accord-ing to the St. Louis American. “If he had been carrying the gun, it would have his DNA,” Wooten said.

The Myers family, also, had an independent autopsy done. It showed that their only son was shot six times in the back of the legs and once in the side of the head, probably the fatal wound, said Dr. Cyril Wecht, who per-formed the autopsy.

“His femur bone was shattered and the pain would have been too great. He would have fallen down,” said Dr. Wecht. Four rounds struck Myers Jr., entering on an upward trajectory, consistent with him running up a hill in the front yard of a house, he continued.

“As he was running, he was being shot,” Dr. Wecht said.

Another shot entered the side of his left thigh, and would have left him immobile while the fatal wound to the side of his head did not have an upward trajectory, he added.

Abdul Akbar Muham-mad, of the Nation of Islam, spoke at the funeral of Vonderrit Myers Jr. “Now that the inde-pendent autopsy has been done, we know he was shot from behind and the police Chief Dotson lied and is clearly showing that culture of cover up to protect their own,” he said.

“The media is painting the worst image of both Brown and Vonderrit, so that the general public won’t have any sympathy for young Black men. St. Louis has become the epicenter for the struggle of police brutality and our youth.

This is the eightieth day since the Brown killing and this is not going away anytime soon,” Muhammad said.

(Continued from page 1) it looks like every restaurant you go to there is chicken and waffles on their menu.

After biting into my but-tery waffle and a piece of my hot crispy fried chicken from the Obama Special I ordered, I must say that all those who have come along after Roscoe's, "they can imitate but they surely can't dupli-cate what Roscoe's does with its chicken and waffles." It is what they do that sets them far apart from all others and it was my pleasure to enjoy the treat at Ros-coe's Anaheim.

Roscoe's Anaheim floor supervisor, Elmo Washington, took time to speak with me for this story and he was such a gracious help discussing this venue in Anaheim. He said, they have not had a grand opening and yet people have been constantly coming in. He said his main thing is to give excellent service. He said he wants everyone to feel like they are at home when they come to Roscoe's. While we talked, Washington never failed to stop and take care of the customers. I patiently waited for him to do what has made Roscoe's a cut above all other restaurants even while crowds wait in line to feed on one of Roscoe's menu specials.

Washington said he per-sonally goes to each table to make sure the customers are alright and to inquire as to whether they have a need for anything. Wash-ington said, "Customer service is first and foremost than anything cause if you've got good customer service you will always have a clientele." He said, "People like to be treated as if they are at home. So you make sure that you take care of your customers." He added that Roscoe's Anaheim crowd is mixed and is mostly fam-ily orientated and also Anaheim

orientated like the Disney staff and all of the local hotel clientele like the Doubletree which is across the street come to Roscoe's to eat."

Washington said he vi-sion great things for Roscoe's Anaheim and welcome all to come to 2110 South Harbor Blvd, Ana-heim, CA to see and enjoy the great taste of Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffle just as many have been doing since 1975 only now they can joined the Anaheim crowd of restaurants near Disney-land.

Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles Joins the Anaheim Crowd of Restaurants

Photo by Gloria Zuurveen

Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles in Anaheim located at 2110 South Harbor Blvd. with the Doubletree Hotel in the background.

Mourner holds photo of Michael Brown Photo by D.L. Phillips

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Stevie Wonder Announces Annual House Full of Toys Benefit December 20 at the Forum

Stevie Wonder is ready for another holiday sea-son full of peace and good-will!

The music legend an-nounced his 19th annual House Of Toys benefit con-cert with the We Are You Foundation will be held on

December 20 at the Forum in Los Angeles.

This House Of Toys event is also an encore for Mr. Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life Performance tour, featur-ing the classic album per-formed from start to finish.

A presale begins Oct. 28 and general onsales launch November 1.

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California Legislative Black Caucus Announces Largest Caucus in 47 Years SACRAMENTO –The

Chair of the California Legisla-tive Black Caucus (CLBC) re-cently announced that for the first time in its 47 year history, they have increased their Caucus to eleven members up from nine just two years ago. A special election will take place on De-cember 9 to replace retired Sena-tor Rod Wright.

“Today, we expand our caucus to the largest number in our nearly 50 year history includ-ing representation in never-before-held seats in Northern California,” said Senator Holly J. Mitchell, Chair of the CLBC. “The members, who were elected on Tuesday, represent the diver-

sity that is part of the African American experience in Califor-nia. We are proud to add to our caucus, a small business owner, local elected officials and non-profit leaders, who will no doubt shape the policy and programs that our caucus prioritizes -education, expansion of social services, job creation and many other areas. We look forward to welcoming them in December.”

“California has long been a state known for its diver-sity and inclusiveness and these election results make good on that promise,” said Assistant Ma-jority Floor Leader Chris Holden, and CLBC political director.

“They show that despite demo-graphic challenges, black candi-dates continue to win in all parts of the state. It also shows that good candidates trump race.”

In addition to the seats gained in Northern California the CLBC has two new Southern California members replacing termed out members Isadore Hall and Steve Bradford. A full list and biography of each Assembly member-elect can be found be-low.

Hon. Kevin McCarty – Assembly District 7

Sacramento City Coun-cilmember Kevin McCarty has served the city’s 6th District

since 2004. He was a policy di-rector to former Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante and Assembly Budget Committee consultant to Denise Ducheny. Councilmem-ber McCarty has been a cham-pion for neighborhoods and led Sacramento’s efforts to invest more than $200 million in parks, libraries and community centers. He is an advocate for early child-hood

education, working to help pass the California Kinder-garten Readiness Act to expand learning opportunities for more than 120,000 children.

Hon. Jim Cooper – As-sembly District 9

Sacramento County Sheriff’s Captain Jim Cooper was the first-ever Mayor of the City of Elk Grove. He served two mayoral terms and four terms as a member of the Elk Grove City Council. As Elk Grove’s mayor and council member, he helped establish the city’s first-ever gang-narcotics unit, expanded the number of officers on neighbor-hood patrol, and established the city’s emergency (911) commu-nications center. Captain Cooper is decorated, 26-year career law enforcement executive. He is commander of the Sacramento Valley Hi-Tech Crime Task Force that investigates online identity theft and crimes against children.

Hon. Tony Thurmond – Assembly District 15

Tony Thurmond is sen-ior director of Community and Government Relations for the Oakland-based Lincoln Child Center. He is a former Richmond City Council member and West Contra Costa County School Board member. He was the Rich-mond City Council’s liaison to that city’s Youth Commission. He is an advocate for working families, community-oriented public safety, educational oppor-tunities for young people and their parents, and job opportuni-ties for at-risk youth. He raised more than $2 million to assist emancipated 18-year-olds exiting

Contra Costa County’s foster care system.

Hon. Autumn Burke – Assembly District 62

Autumn Burke is a part-ner with Mandeville Group, LLC, a Los Angeles-based mi-nority and woman-owned con-sulting firm specializing in pub-lic-private partnerships and stra-tegic planning. She formerly served as vice president of LA Events. As a consultant, she worked with the City of Chino to convert a community park’s lighting system to low energy LED lights. She helped the non-profit Brigitte and Bobby Sherman Children’s Foundation build a self-sustaining orphanage in Ghana. Autumn Burke is the daughter of Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, former L.A. County Su-pervisor, former U.S. Represen-tative and former state Assembly member; and William Burke, Ed.D., chairman, South Coast Air Quality Management District.

Hon. Mike Gipson – Assembly District 64

Mike Gipson is a three-term member on the City of Car-son City Council. He was first elected in 2005 and has served as Carson Mayor Pro Tem. He is district director for Jerome Hor-ton, chairman, California Board of Equalization. He formerly worked as an area organizer for United Teachers Los Angeles, a labor organization representing 48,000 teachers. He was legisla-tive and political director for SEIU, Local 399, political direc-tor for SEIU, Local 1877 and business representative for SEIU, Local 99. He is a former sworn officer with the Maywood Police Department. Council member Gipson is chairman of the Board of Director for Positive Imagery Foundation, an L.A.-based public

health agency that man-ages HIV/AIDS and STD pre-vention programs in L.A. County African-American and Latino communities.

For information on the C L B C , p l e a s e v i s i t www.blackcaucus.legislature.ca.gov

Bread Challenges the Newly Elected Congress Washington, D.C.–

Bread for the World’s president, Rev. David Beckmann, issued the following statement follow-ing this week's midterm elec-tions:

“On Tuesday, while the Senate shifted to Republican control, 18,000 children around the world died unnecessarily. Nearly half those deaths were caused by hunger. And in the United States, 16 million chil-dren still live in families that struggle to put food on the table.

“Bread for the World’s members work for justice for hungry people in the United States and around the world re-gardless of how power shifts between our nation’s political parties. We pray that all our na-tion’s leaders will work to end hunger.

“The number of people in extreme poverty in the world has been cut in half since 1990, and there has been progress in all kinds of countries, from Bangladesh to Brazil to Great Britain.

If Congress and the president make opportunity for everybody a priority, we can end hunger in the United States and support continued progress to-ward ending hunger worldwide.

“Bread for the World’s top priority for the 114th Con-gress will be the scheduled reau-thorization of the nation’s child nutrition programs. Republicans and Democrats should work together to strengthen school and summer nutrition programs.

But House Republicans have been pushing for deep cuts in SNAP (formerly known as food stamps). Churches and food banks across the country have been unable to make up for the groceries that Congress took away from hungry families last year. “Bread for the World also notes with optimism bipartisan interest in other issues important to people in poverty:

When Congress returns later this month, the leaders of both houses seem inclined to steer away from another budget crisis and finalize appropriations

for the current fiscal year. The parties should be

able to work together on contin-ued progress against world pov-erty–the fight against Ebola and bills to reform food aid, strengthen agriculture and nutri-tion in poor countries, and pro-mote trade with Africa.

Leaders in both parties are calling for reforms to correct injustices in the criminal justice system that have crowded U.S. prisons and deepened the pov-erty of many communities.

Tax credits for low-wage workers reduce poverty while encouraging work.

“God has made it pos-sible in our time to virtually end hunger in our country and around the world, so Bread for the World is pushing with ur-gency to make hunger, poverty, and opportunity for everybody a priority for our political leaders.

We will push for change over the next two years and in the next round of elec-tions for president and Con-gress.”

Study: Key Leadership at FBS Schools White, Male By Kyle Hightower

(AP) — A study re-leased Wednesday shows that the top leadership positions among Football Bowl Subdivi-sion schools and conferences remain overwhelmingly white and male.

The report by The Insti-tute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport showed small increases in the percentage of gender and racial minorities that serve as athletic directors, presidents and faculty athletic representatives. But none show more than a 2 percentage point gain.

Whites held 336 (88 percent) of the 381 campus lead-ership positions. White men held 77 of the 126 president posi-tions. Nineteen women and 15 non-white males serve as presi-dents in FBS. Among athletic directors, white men hold 97 (77.6 percent) of 125 jobs.

Twenty-one were non-white males, with no female African-American, Asian, Latina or Native American athletic di-rectors at FBS schools.

Study author Richard Lapchick said that because of

the ongoing changes in college athletics, having diverse admin-istrators in its top division is more important than it has ever been. “If you don’t have the per-spectives of women and people of color it limits what you’re looking at and how you’re look-ing at things,” Lapchick said. “It’s one of the biggest conflu-ences of moments in college sports about how it will look in the future. By having a mono-lithic view of white men…it makes me worried that all stu-dent-athletes won’t be consid-ered in the things that affect them most.”

In addition to adminis-

trative positions, this year’s re-port also noted that for the sec-ond consecutive year minority head football coaches saw a de-cline — from 15 to 14 — after several years of gains. There were 18 minority coaches to begin the 2012 season.

Lapchick called this year’s decline among minority coaches the “most troubling” thing about the 2014 report.

He likened the develop-ment to a similar trend in college basketball, which saw a dramatic uptick in minority coaches, only to see those numbers begin to slowly tail off.

“To see progress stop and numbers go down for the last two years is an alarming statistic,” Lapchick said. “Some people think we had the job done with 18…I think the people pressing for those changes took a deep breath and kind of dropped the pressure a little bit.

“I think we have to re-assert pressure on decision mak-ers to have a diverse group of people in the hiring process for key football coaching positions.”

NCAA President Mark Emmert ges-tures while speaking at NCAA head-quarters in Indianapolis, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy

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Black Republicans Gain Historic Victories By Zenitha Prince From the AFRO

History was made Nov. 4 when three Black Re-publicans swept into Con-gress on a tide of GOP victo-ries. Republican leaders touted the wins as a sign of a resurgent GOP that has re-opened its doors to communi-ties of color.

“Black Republicans made history on Election night with the victories of U.S. Senator Tim Scott, Mia Love, and Will Hurd,” said Orlando Watson, the Republi-can National Committee’s communications director for Black media, in an e-mailed statement to the AFRO.

“The magnitude of this historic moment will not be forgotten. Each elected official will be great advo-cates for the people they rep-resent and help to continue growing the Republican

Party.” South Carolina resi-

dents voted to send Scott back to the Senate, where he has served since January 2013 after Republican Gov. Nikki Haley appointed him to serve out the term of former Republican Sen. Jim DeMint.

His election made him the first Black candidate to win a statewide race in South Carolina and the first African-American senator from the South since Recon-struction. Scott is also the first African American to

serve in both the House and Senate.

Meanwhile, 38-year-old Love, a Mormom, be-came the first person of color to represent Utah on Capitol Hill and the first Black Re-publican woman and the first Haitian American in Con-gress. And Hurd, a San Anto-nio native, became the first Black Republican elected in Texas since Reconstruction. The 37-year-old former CIA agent spent time undercover in Asia and the Middle East.

“It’s significant,” said

Hilary Shelton, the NAACP’s senior vice president for ad-vocacy and policy, of the elections. “I think it is impor-tant that we recognize there is great diversity within the Af-rican-American community. The African-American com-munity is not of one mind. So, it is enriching to have these different voices.”

While Love said she plans to join the majority-Democrat Congressional Black Caucus, Scott previ-ously declined membership, and it is not clear whether

Hurd will join the group. Either way, Shelton

said he hopes they can all work together to address the concerns of the Black com-munity. “Hopefully, it will expand the ranks of solutions to issues facing the African-American community,” he said. Dianne Pinderhughes, a professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, said beyond their use-fulness as figureheads for the Republican Party, she cannot foresee the Black GOP law-makers having much of an impact, citing Scott’s relative obscurity since he’s been on the Hill. “Republicans [courted] them strategically to put a Black face on the Party,” Pinderhughes said, particularly with the fast-approaching 2016 presiden-tial election. “Still, we’re only talking about three per-sons here.”

Black Republicans elected to Congress: Mia Love, Tim Scott, and Will Hurd. (Courtesy and AP Photos) /

Scramble To Implement Prop 47 Begins By Kristina Davis From the San Diego Union Tribune

SAN DIEGO — Just hours after the last ballot re-turns were counted, the phone lines of defense attorneys across the state began to light up Wednesday morning with calls from inmates.

With the passage of Proposition 47, simple drug possession and property crimes valued under $950 are now misdemeanors, effective immediately. Punishment means, at the worst, up to a year in jail, no longer prison. It also means up to 10,000 inmates serving time for those crimes can begin to apply for shortened sentences, a process many were eager to get started.

“This morning at 8 a.m., we took 10 attorneys and put them on the phones,” said Randy Mize, a chief deputy at the Public Defender’s Office. “They were taking 200 calls an hour from inmates in county jail. These are people asking us to file petitions on their behalf.”

The scramble to put the new law into practice was starting to touch all corners of the criminal justice system Wednesday, from the City Attorney’s Office, which will have to handle 3,000 extra cases a year, to police officers who will have new protocols to follow for certain arrests.

At Juvenile Hall Wednesday morning, six kids were released because they had felony charges that are now classified as misdemean-

ors under Proposition 47, and legally minors can’t be de-tained longer than an adult would, authorities said.

“I think the roll out today started fairly smoothly,” Mize said. He attributed much of that to the fact that criminal justice leaders from around the county — including prose-cutors, public defenders, the sheriff and probation officers — have been meeting for the past month to prepare for this day.

Despite the planning, there are still plenty of un-knowns when it comes to Proposition 47’s impact.

The law is intended to ease prison overcrowding, and put most of the estimated $200 million saved in prison costs annually into drug and mental health treatment pro-grams to staunch recidivism. The majority of law enforce-ment officials around the state and the county are skeptical it will have the desired effect, and fear less time behind bars will only contribute to the re-volving door of the criminal justice system. But, officials say, they will do their best to make it work.

“It’s still a work in progress,” Sheriff Bill Gore said Wednesday. “Our pri-mary concern is clearly the public’s safety.”

Here’s a look at the initial steps being taken around the county:

• Law enforcement officers were reminded of the new law in police lineups around the county. As of

Wednesday, six crimes that used to be felonies are now misdemeanors: drug posses-sion for personal use, as well as five property crimes valued below $950, theft, writing bad checks, forgery, shoplifting and receiving stolen property.

One of the biggest differences when arresting someone on a misdemeanor, rather than a felony, is that the crime must have occurred in the officer’s presence, or be witnessed by a citizen willing to sign an affidavit saying so.

Seve ra l t r a i n ing memos have been distributed in the past few weeks to pre-pare deputies on such arrests, Gore said.

• The effect will likely be minimal on San Diego County jails at first. The sher-iff said people will still be booked into jail on misde-meanor drug possession cases and those five property crimes. They will still have to post bail or wait until arraign-ment to be released. The fluc-tuation will come as inmates currently serving time get re-leased with shorter sentences, as the law requires; and later as offenders who would have previously gone to prison now serve their time in jail.

Right now, Gore said, about 400 of the jail’s roughly 5,800 inmates are in for drug possession.

• The law means a lot more work for the City Attor-ney’s Office, which handles misdemeanor cases for the city of San Diego and Poway. Having responsibility for

these six new misdemeanor crimes will add about 3,000 cases a year to its workload. That’s a 15 percent increase in the 18,000 to 20,000 cases the office already handles annu-ally.

“To handle a 15 per-cent increase while maintain-ing quality will require either an increase in resources or a change in the way misde-meanors are prosecuted in San Diego,” said City Attorney Jan Goldsmith. As for the af-fected cases that are currently being prosecuted, the District Attorney’s Office — which handles felonies in the city — will keep them. On Wednes-day, several of those felony cases were refiled as misde-meanors, said Chief Deputy District Attorney David Greenberg. Those cases will head to either misdemeanor trial or settlement.

• The effect on the county Probation Departments workload isn’t clear. It will depend on how frequently the court grants probation in mis-demeanor cases, and how much supervision each of-fender will require. Some of-fenders might be at higher risk because of their criminal backgrounds, and may require more supervision, said Proba-tion Chief Mack Jenkins.

• The Public De-fender’s Office has already identified about 200 state pris-oners and 1,800 other offend-ers either in jail or under the supervision of probation who might be eligible to be resen-

tenced under Proposition 47. The first set of petitions are expected to be filed within the next day or so, with priority given to those in custody. Once the application is filed in court, the District Attor-ney’s Office will review it to make sure the person is eligi-ble, then a judge will OK it and hand down a new, shorter sentence.

The process could be as quick as a few weeks for the first group of offenders, said Mize, with public de-fender’s office.

“There will be a few cases that the DA thinks should be excluded, and we don’t, and those will be liti-gated,” Mize said. There may also be a few offenders that prosecutors think are too dan-gerous to be released, and those cases will be argued. Inmates who can’t be resen-tenced are those who have prior convictions such as mur-der, attempted murder and violent sex crimes.

The public defender’s office has also identified nearly 200,000 other people who have been convicted since 1990 — that’s as far back as its database goes — of the crimes reclassified under Proposition 47. They can now apply to have their records show misdemeanor rather than felony convictions. State-wide, that could apply to mil-lions of people.

Said Mize, “It will certainly take a lot more work in the short term.”

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014271255

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: 1. Deep Water Pipe, 14160 Orange Ave., Paramount, CA 90723 Los Angeles Registered Owner(s): 1. Antonio Sanchez Ortega, 8168 San Juan Ave, South Gate, CA 90280; Jorge Sanchez, 8170 San Juan Ave, South Gate CA 90280 3. Roberto Cruz Manjarrez, 2925 E. 61st, Huntington Park, CA 90255. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) SIGNED:Antonio Sanchez Ortega, Title: Partner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on September 24, 2014 Expires September 24, 2019. Notice-This fictitious Name Statement expires five years from date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). (First Filing) Pub October 10, 17, 24,31 2014PN

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014274031

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: 1. D and J Cleaning-Janitorial Service, 10415 Haas Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90047 Los Ange-les; P.O. Box 273, Inglewood, CA 90306 Regis-tered Owner(s): 1. June Japscott-Byrd, 10415 Haas Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90047 2. Dave Byrd IV, 10415 Haas Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90047. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) SIGNED:June Tapscott-Byrd Title: Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on Sept.26, 2014 Expires September 26, 2019. Notice-This fictitious Name Statement expires five years from date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business in violation of the rights of an-other under federal, state, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). (First Filing) Pub October 10, 17, 24, 31 2014PN

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014297843

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: 1. Mot & Bet’s Eaterey/Bakery, 1105 W. 99th Street, LA, CA 90044 LA Registered Owner(s): 1. Betty Brown, 1105 W. 99th St., Los Angeles, CA 90044 California 2. Margaret Pinesett, 3500 W Manchester #320, Inglewood, CA 90305 California. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) SIGNED:BBrown/M. Pinesette Title: Mot & Bet’s Eaterey/Bakery This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on Oct. 17, 2014 Expires Oct. 17, 2019. Notice-This fictitious Name Statement expires five years from date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). (First Filing) Pub October 31, Nov. 7, 14, 21, 2014PN

Order To Show Cause For Change of Name Case No. SS024762

Petition of Skye Delamey, 301 Redlands Street Playa Del Rey, CA 90293, Attorney In Pro Per; Superior Court of California, County of Santa Monica Courthouse, 1725 Main Street, Room 102, Santa Monica, CA 90401 Branch: Petitioner Skye Delamey filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name:Skye Shabi Delamey to Proposed name: Skye Delamey The Court Orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes de-scribed above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appears at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing Date: December 05, 2014 at 8:30am Dept K. The address of the court is same as noted above. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be pub-lished at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county (specify newspaper): PACE NEWS LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA; Original Filed on October 7, 2014 in the Superior Court of Califor-nia County of Santa Monica, Sherri R. Carter, Executive Officer/Clerk By Darnetta Smith, Deputy; Gerald Rosenberg, Judge of the Superior Court. October 10, 17, 24, 31, 2014, PN

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014294379

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: 1. Lashonna’s Letter Box, 1366 Tremaine Avenue, Los Ange-les, CA 90043 LA Registered Owner(s): 1. Lashonna Smith, 1366 Tremaine Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90019. This business is conducted by an Individual. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) SIGNED:Lashonna Smith, Title: Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on October 15, 2014 Expires October 15, 2019. Notice-This fictitious Name Statement expires five years from date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). (First Filing) Pub October 17, 24,31 November 7, 2014PN

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014294352

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: 1. Gospel Entertainment Media, 5616 Rimpau Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90043 LA Registered Owner(s): 1. Amorita Johnson, 5616 Rimpau Blvd., LA, CA 90043. This business is conducted by an Individual. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on August 2014. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) SIGNED:Amorita Johnson, Title: Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on October 15, 2014 Expires October 15, 2019. Notice-This fictitious Name Statement expires five years from date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). (First Filing) Pub October 31, Nov. 7, 14, 21, 2014 & PN

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