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steep discounts to help clear out product. Low demand and healthy supply in the Great Lakes region should continue to pressure prices down over the next week. Markets opened Mon-day morning posting steady crude oil prices as a result of increased U.S. oil production. Oil-services firm Baker Hughes reported thatdrillers added 15 rigs in the U.S., bringing the to-tal crude oil rig count to 556, the highest since November 2015. The increased U.S. production continues to offset OPEC’s ef-forts to rebalance the global oil market. End of month surveys of OPEC production cuts are expected tomorrow and traders will be paying close attention to the cartel’s agreement compli-ance. Market watchers will also keep a close eye on U.S. production and the impact it has on supply and demand. At the closing of Friday’s formal trading session on the NYMEX, West Texas Intermediate was down 61 cents to settle at $53.17 per barrel.

Northeast Ohio gas prices are lower for a third week in a row for drivers, saving them an additional eight cents per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. Continual growth in the number of U.S. oil rigs and the increased drilling it implies are raising expectations for a climb in domestic oil produc-tion. Additionally, increased U.S. crude oil production cou-pled with lower driving demand has kept downward pressure on the national average price at the pump, which has fallen for 21 consecutive days. Today’s national aver-age price for regular unleaded gasoline is $2.27 per gallon, down four cents versus one week ago, five cents less than one month ago, but 47 cents more per gallon year-over-year. Pump prices in the Great Lakes region continue to drop this week with Ohio land-ing at the top of the list of the largest weekly decline, drop-ping an additional 11 cents. Like suppliers in the Rockies, those in the Great Lakes and Central region are offering

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Historic changes to one of the nation’s foremost anti-hunger programs was debated on Wednesday in the U.S. House Agriculture Committee. After its release just last week, the House of Representatives’ version of the 2018 Farm Bill is expected to move swiftly through the House, which is troublesome to hunger-fighting groups including the Ohio Association of Foodbanks. at organization’s execu-tive director, Lisa Hamler-Fugitt, said the proposal imposes a strict work mandate for those receiving help through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

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Maurice Reedus Jr., Cleve-land’s Sax Man, died on April 16. He had been suffering with cadiac issues.He was 65. According to his sister, Andrea Reedus-Pride, Reedus loved playing for his fans. Ree-dus usually played his saxaphone around Prospect Avenue before and after events. Reedus was born in Cleve-land in 1953 to a musical family. In 2013, Joe Siebert filmed a documentary about him called ‘The Sax Man.’ The film was shown at the 2014 Cleveland Inter-

national Film Festival and won several awards. Before becoming a staple of Cleveland’s Gateway

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A musical afternoon to benefit the students of the Cleveland Institute of Music will be presented by the CIM Wom-en’s Committee on Sunday, May 6 at 11:15a.m.at Windows on the River, 2000 Sycamore Street, Cleveland. Clarinetist and master of ceremonies Carl Topilow will perform selections from the Ameri-can Songbook, big band favorites and jazz standards along with Dr. Marshall Griffith (piano), Brian Sweigart (drums) and Tim Powell (bass), followed by CIM alumnus Gabriel Novak (piano) and CIM students Angelo Antinori (drums) and Kevin Thompson (bass). For tickets, $95 / $125 patrons, call 216-795-3209.

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The family of Thomas Yatsko, 21, who was shot to death at the Corner Alley on Euclid Av-enue by Cleveland police officer Dean Graziolli on January 13, has filed a federal lawsuit. Last Saturday, for the fifth straight week since Yats-ko was killed, supporters have marched demanding justice for the unarmed youth. Activists are demanding transparency in the investigation and a release of the survellience tapes at the Corney Alley Bowling Alley. Melissa Yatsko, his mother, and his father, Darian Al-len, said Sgt. Dean Graziolli used excessive force and failed to pro-vide any medical attention after he shot Yatsko, according to a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court of the Northern District of Ohio Eastern Division. The lawsuit filed by at-torney Nicholas A. Dicello names Graziolli, the city of Cleveland and owners of the Corner Alley as defendants. The incident at the Cor-ner Alley began about 11 p.m. when a fight broke out inside the bowling alley, bar and restaurant.

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Bar employees kicked out the brawlers and Graziolli, who was working part-time security at the business, escorted them out-side. According to the police report, Yatsko returned and at-tacked Graziolli outside the bowl-ing alley, just a few steps from the front door. After months of protests by civil rights activists organiza-tions, no charges have been filed against the officer, and no security footage has been made public. The lawsuit that was filed this week challenges the events that led to the shooting of Yatsko.

Residents of Jaelot Apart-ments, 12730 Shaker Blvd., were awaken on March 21 by the noise of workers on the roof at 11:00 p.m. For a building that caters to seniors and the disabled, 11:00 p.m. was too late at night for workmen to be doing non-emergency work. Accord-

ing to resident Michelle Posy, she was told by Bill Whardon of K & D Man-agement, that the men were installing SBJAH4 antennas by Commscope. Information that Posey re-searched said that SBJAH4 antennas essentially made the building a 5G cell tower.

Michelle Posey, a resident of Jaelot Apartments, was awaken on March 21 by the noise of workers on the roof at 11:00 p.m. According to resi-dent Michelle Posey, she was told by Bill Whardon of K & D Management, that the men were installing SBJAH4 antennas by Commscope. Posey worries about the radiation emited from the antennas and their effects on the residents health.

Memorial service held for Mecie Johnson Taylor Services for Mecie Franklin Johnson Taylor were held at Bethany Baptist Church, 1211 East 105th Street, on April 14, and Dr. Stephen Rowan officiated. Taylor died on March 28. She was 88 years old. Taylor was born in Clarks-ville, Texas on July 31, 1929 to the late Martha and Doleska Owens Frankin. She was the youngest of four children, two sisters, Desma and Arvarose, and a brother, Owens. Taylor attended the Chea-tam Schools in Clarksville before she moved with her mother and siblings to St. Louis, Missouri in 1939. She graduated from Sumner High School and received her bache-lor of education degree at Stowe Tea-

Taylorchers College (1950) and earned a masters degree from the Uni-versity of Illinois (1953). Fol-lowing graduation, Taylor relo-cated to Cleveland and began her teaching career at Columbia School.

Taylor married Lt. Perry Leroy Johnson, who died in 1979, in 1954. The couple had three chil-dren, Joy, Perry Jr., and Gerri Lyn-ne. Taylor remarried Henry Taylor in 1998. He preceded her in death. Taylor was a dedicated educator and administrator in the Cleveland Public School system and lectured at Cuyahoga Commu-nity College and Cleveland Sate University. She engaged in many so-cial and civic activities including the Moreland Community Associ-ation in Shaker Heights, Eliza Br-yant Village where she served on the Board of trustees, Alpha Kappa

Alpha Sorority Inc. (AKA), Inno-vative Ladies Investment Club, and the Gazelles Social Club. Taylor was a member of Antioch Baptist Church and Bet-hany Baptist Church. She is survived by her son Perry and her daughter, Gerri. The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. Ivy Beyond the Wall Ceremony was held prior to the service. Arrangements were hand-led by Hall Davis and Sons Fune-ral Services and interment Memo-rial donations may be sent to Eliza Bryant Village, 7201 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44103.

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District, Reedus was a member of the Motown band Sly, Slick & Wicked. After Reedus received two tickets from police for play-ing without a license or a permit in 2013, City Councilman Joe Cimperman pushed for legisla-tion in favor of Reedus. That July, the Cleveland City Council passed the Street Performers Or-dinance, also known as the Sax Man Legislation, which explicitly allows “acting, singing, playing musical instruments, pantomime, juggling, magic, dancing, recit-

ing and clowning” on Cleveland streets for monetary compensa-tion. Reedus also played a reunion concert with his former band at the Cleveland House of Blues. Cimperman presented him a copy of the legislation following the concert.Whether playing The Flintstones theme song or for sold-out crowds with his band in the 1970s, Reedus was an downtown nightlife fix-ture. A GoFundMe to raise money for his funeral.

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Ricky Williams, three years old, is the son of Shequila and Dan Williams. He attends nursery school. He has a hearty appetite and his favorite food is pizza. Being an active kid, Ricky likes to ride his bike which is his favorite toy.

The lawsuit says Yatsko and a co-worker were involved in an argu-ment and was escorted out by bar employees and Graziolli. Yatsko was on the sidewalk talking to another patron discussing how he was go-ing to get home. Graziolli, who was moonlighting as a security guard at the bar, approached Yatsko “out-side in an aggressive and belligerent manner, swore at him and told him to leave the area.” When Yatsko didn’t immediately comply,Graziolli later fired two shots killing him.No weap-on was found on Yatsko. The Cuyahoga County Sheriff is investigating the incident at the request of Cleveland police. Graziolli was placed on administra-tive leave following the shooting.

Since March 21, Posey who lives on the top floor and just a few feet from the newly installed antennas has been feeling ill. She has felt dizziness, nausea, headaches, and loss of balance. As a feisty and active senior, she became alarmed about how much radiation she and others in the building might be ex-

posed to. Several other residents have had similar complaints. Out of abundant concern, Posey is mov-ing out of the building at the end of the month, and she has been staying with relatives in the interim. Posey became alarmed when she read about the dangers of cell tower radiation. Recent studies have show the possibility of links between cancer and chronic exposure to the type of radiation emitted from cell phones and wireless devices. Other findings looked at the radiation emitted from cell phone towers, and legislation has limited where these towers could be erected. Some of the strongest ev-idence to date shows that such ex-posure is associated with the forma-tion of rare cancers in at least two cell types in the brains and hearts of rats. Researchers at the National Toxicology Program (NTP), a fed-eral interagency group under the National Institutes of Health, led the study. They chronically exposed rodents to carefully calibrated ra-dio-frequency (RF) radiation levels designed to roughly emulate what humans with heavy cell phone use

The Whitney Young Gifted and Talented Leadership Academy will be merged with students of El-liot elementary school. Whitney Young program will cease to exist. According to District CEO Eric Gordon, the merged elementary school will still offer gifted services, just not as a separate school. Michelle Pierre-Farid, the district’s chief academic officer, said students at the new school will re-ceive full gifted services, just like in other elementary schools. For the 97 high school stu-dents, Whitney Young High School will still remain its own gifted school with its own classes, teachers, gradu-ation and prom. But students will

move from their old school into the traditional John F. Kennedy High School. According to district officials, the Whitney Young Gifted and Talented Leadership Academy its enrollment has de-clined, down from 415 in 2007-08 to 183 today, which makes a standalone school unworkable. They say students are choosing other schools in the district and Whitney Young no longer makes financial sense. More than 50 residents, including two city council mem-bers, came to the board to press their case that Whitney Young high school students would not

Whitney Young Leadership Academy to be merged with Elliotbe safe as part of John F. Kennedy and that the high-scoring school should be protected as an asset. Tonna Mockabee and Austin Mitchell, students at the Whitney Young Gifted and Talent-ed Leadership Academy, told the board they worried that violence against Whitney Young students that has happened before and after school in the past will increase. City Council member Joe Jones and former councilman Zack Reed accused the district of back-ing off its earlier plans to build a new Whitney Young school for Whitney Young students. The district is building a new elementary school on the Whitney Young property that will

open early next year, but it will serve the new merged school, not just the gifted program.Reed ac-cused the board of ‘hoodwinking’ students, parents, and the commu-nity. Jones said he had never heard of plans to stop having a separate Whitney Young school until re-cently. Gordon and the school board offered no response to resi-dents at the meeting. He said today, however, that he objected to any-one classifying all students from either school as “good” or “bad.” He said the district will work with students from Whitney Young and JFK with open houses and discus-sions of school culture to make the transition go smoothly.

or exposure could theoretically experi-ence in their daily lives. Posey is worried. She wants to be assured that the most vulnerable, seniors and the disabled, are not be-

coming human ‘guinea pigs.’ Posey is lucky to be able to move, but she wants to make sure that Jaelot is a safe environment for her neighbors and friends.

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By DR. JAMES L. SNYDER

My favorite time of the year is summer and I don’t care what the Gra-cious Mistress of the Par-sonage says. Summer is what I live for especially here in Florida. As soon as Fall arrives in full steam I am looking forward to summer with uncontrollable antici-pation. One thing that at-tracts me to summer has to do with the weather. I don’t like cold because I’m growing too old now to shiver properly. When it is cold and I am supposed to be shivering, I don’t have the energy. I ad-mit that I don’t have the en-ergy I had a few years back. Let’s not talk about how many years back. Shivering now is really not part of my exercise program. I think God created winter for someone like me to appreciate summer. I have had enough winter now so that I can appreciate summer for the rest of my life. I wonder if heaven is going to be like summer? Another thing I don’t like about being cold is having to wear sweaters and sometimes coats and hats and mittens. When it’s really cold outside by the time I get dressed to go outside I’m either too tired to go outside or I can’t re-member why I wanted to go outside in the first place. It takes me “for-ever” to get dressed for cold weather. Another thing about being cold is my brain doesn’t function 100%. When it is cold, parts of my brain have to be used to deal with the cold weather on my body. Don’t ask me

how that works, I just know it works. I have a brain and I take care of my brain and feed my brain so I can use my brain for my things and not for things like the weather! What I like about summer is that it is hot. I love hot, contrary to the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage. Don’t let this get around, but she doesn’t like when the weather is hot outside. She complains and complains about how hot it is outside. I remember one time she was complaining about how hot it was out-side and I was sitting there smiling. I try not to let a smile break out on my face when she is complaining about something. This time, the smile broke out on my face and I could not control it. “What are you,” she said rather snarly, “smiling about now?” It’s situations like this that usually get me into trouble. If I answer, I’m in trouble. If I don’t answer, I’m in trouble. What’s a husband to do? But right now it’s not summer and so I’m not in my “happy faze.” I have a rule, when the tempera-ture drops below my age it’s too cold for me. As I was sitting there frowning and mutter-ing to myself, my wife said, “So, what are you com-plaining about?” Unfortunately, I was not thinking, which is the usual course for me, and I answered her question. “I’m just not hap-py,” I said with a grimace all over my face, “about all this cold weather. I can’t wait for summer to get

here.” Of course, that did not set very well with her. She’s from the state of New York and winter is her best time of the year. She likes snow, which of course doesn’t happen here in Flor-ida, for which I’m thankful. She loves the cold weather and revels in it and there are times, don’t let this get around, that she rubs it in my face. As of late the weather here has been to her liking. And she’s been happy and going around the house singing while I’m sit-ting in my chair grimacing. If ever anybody can gri-mace, it is me. I’ve had a lot of practice at it. According to her, fall and winter are the great-est months of the year. And she’s not short in telling me this to my face. So, I’m sitting here trying not to shiver too much and drinking a very hot cup of coffee. My wife makes many things well, but nothing quite as well as hot coffee. What she doesn’t realize is, as I’m drinking my hot coffee, I’m thinking of summer. I’m not sure who was the first one who said it, but I think I agree with it, “Opposites attract.” And nothing could be more op-posite than my winter wife and her summer husband. As I thought about this it came to me that the reason I appreciate summer so much is because of the winter. It is during the win-tertime that I have this long-ing for the summer weather. If it wasn’t for winter, I’m not sure I would appreciate summer as much as I do. I always have a re-ligious twist to things that are happening in my life. As I thought of this it came to my mind that the trials in my life cause me to appre-ciate the amazing grace of God. It wasn’t for the hard times I wouldn’t appreciate the good times. I like what James says about this. “Blessed is the man that endureth temp-tation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him” (James 1:12). I must honestly confess I don’t know how good I have it until I don’t have it so good. Rev. James L. Sny-der is pastor of the Family of God Fellowship, PO Box 831313, Ocala, FL 34483. He lives with his wife, Martha, in Silver Springs Shores. Call him at 1-866-552-2543 or e-mail jamessnyder2@att.net or website www.jamessnyder-ministries.com.

A Look At My WorldMy somber longing for summer

Targeted Baha’i faith wants the world to live together peacefullyBy HASEL AFSHAR

In Iran, I was perse-cuted for not being Muslim. In America, I was targeted because someone thought I was Muslim. I was born in a small village in Iran. My family and I are part of a tiny religious minority known as the Baha’i faith. Before the revolu-tion, and before I was born, my father worked for an oil company, and life for our family was pretty good. My parents and siblings tell me

that my family had a good life, good food and nice clothes to wear. After the revolution, this all changed because of religious dis-crimination toward anyone who was Baha’i. The new govern-ment made a law that if you’re not Muslim, you can’t work for the govern-ment, period. My dad ended up losing his really good job and had to work in construc-tion instead. This made ev-erything harder for my four brothers, two sisters and my mother, even though my

dad did the best he could to bring in enough money for us all. We grew up poor. Though my dad always managed to put food on the table, we never had toys to play with like the other kids. They had everything, but not us. In the summer, we had to work so our fam-ily could survive. During the 1980s and on, our family faced a lot of anti-Baha’i discrimi-nation. There’s a lot of pres-sure and stress when you’re a non-Muslim growing up

in a Muslim country. In my elementary and middle school, I was targeted by kids every single day. I was spit on and insulted. It was just part of my life. I remember one day early in middle school, I was attacked by a group of Muslim kids simply be-cause I was Baha’i. They told me that I didn’t belong at the school because I’m not Muslim. They hurt me really bad. My parents complained to the school, but they didn’t do anything about it and said it was my fault be-cause I supposedly talked back to them. I got a lot of after-school exercise on a daily basis, running home to avoid being beaten or ha-rassed. Looking back on it, I know they were just kids, so the attitudes came down from their parents. I even remember one kid telling me his father told him Baha’i people were dirtier than dogs. But this wasn’t just an issue of kids being mean. The government in Iran destroyed all our tem-ples after the revolution. We were forced to set up schools for Baha’is inside homes, and were pushed out of public life. Many Baha’is are well off now, but we were deprived of opportunities others had because we were barred from going to college or university in Iran, just be-cause of our religious be-liefs. Things got better for me in high school. I had more friends, people liked me, and I could de-fend myself against the minority that still wanted

to attack me because of my faith. But in Iran, Baha’is are not allowed to con-tinue education after high school, so my education was expected to end there. After I got my di-ploma, I started working as a mechanic and learned a lot about Iranians. Some Muslim customers who came to my business, for example, would refuse to shake hands with me, or some-times even talk to me, be-cause I’m Baha’i. But they wanted me to fix their car because in Iran, Baha’is are thought to be honest. It was bizarre. When I was 26, I was really tired of living in a city where I wasn’t wel-come. A lot of things hap-pened here and there that made me feel unwelcome, so I talked to my family and told them I decided to move. I had a bunch of friends in America who had a good life, so I told my family I want to go there. My mom was sad about it because she thought all my brothers and sisters would follow me and leave her alone. But I told her that I have my own life too, and I didn’t want to live like this for the rest of it. I decided America was the place because of democ-racy, freedom of speech, freedom of religion and everything. I heard that in America, you could be free. America has mostly lived up to what I thought it would be. I’ve lived in Seattle, Virginia and California, and even worked as a sushi chef. I

found a Baha’i temple in Portland to pray at, went to college to get better at English, and when I go to work, I don’t hear people arguing about religion in the same way I did back in Iran. In late March, I came back home after a trip in Canada. When I opened the door, I saw paint ev-erywhere. I thought it was a joke at first, but then I saw the words on the wall. “Muslim,” “kill you,” “terrorist.” I ran to my neighbor’s house and called the police. I was so scared. The irony here is almost painful: I left Iran to avoid being persecuted by Muslims, and now I’m being persecuted because someone thought I was Muslim. I was really upset the first few days after the attack, and was scared ev-ery time I opened my door. But it hasn’t changed the way I see America. I look at it as an accident that I just have to deal with. I’m ready to move on with my life, even though the vandal-ism was heartbreaking. I’ve overcome oppression in the past, and I will do so again. To start, I am go-ing to be donating all the money I received from a GoFundMe someone start-ed to poor families in Iran.

Some of these families are Muslim. If they ever catch who broke into my house, I won’t press charges. I will give him a hug, tell him I love him, and ex-plain that Muslims aren’t bad people. I would tell him that Muslims are just as honest and hardworking as anyone else. I will tell him that if I, a Baha’i who has been oppressed by Muslims, can find love in my heart, then he should be able to as well. And I’d want to sit down with him and help him get there. My mother always told me to turn the other cheek and show love to those who have hate for us so they may see the light. That was true when it was Muslims in Iran showing the hate, and it’s still true now that it’s Islamophobes in America.

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The Lake Erie Association Junior Olympic boxing tournament will be held on Friday, May 4, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, May 5 at 2:00 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Civic Center, 14801 Shaw Ave., East Cleveland. For information call 440-336-5032.

In the final regular-season match, the University of Akron women’s tennis team will host Ball State in Mid-American Conference action on Sunday, April 22. The Zips (14-11 overall, 3-4 MAC) will face the Cardinals (10-9 overall, 2-4 MAC), who visit Buffalo prior to taking on Akron, at the UA outdoor courts. The two Zips’ seniors– team cap-tain Carli Knezevich (Austin, Texas) and Waverly Wituski (Springboro, Ohio)– will be honored prior to the match. In all-time series, Ball State leads Akron, 21-7. Last season, Akron went undefeated throughout MAC play until the season finale, a 4-3 loss at BSU. The Cardinals are hosting the 2018 MAC Women’s Tennis Championship on April 27-29. Only the top six teams advance to MAC tourney play.

Zips women tennis team hosts Ball State

By KARL BRYANT

The Cavs find them-selves in a real fight in the 1st Round of the NBA Playoffs – tied 1-1 with the Indiana Pacers. They totally stunk out the joint in the series opener – losing 98-80. Paced by LeB-ron James, they came out like gangbusters in Game 2, got a big lead, and then had to fight off the Pacers’ comeback at-tempt before eventually pre-vailing, 100-97. When the Cavs swept the Pacers in the 1st Round last year, the games were all pretty close with the CLE outscoring Indiana by 16 points in the four games. This year, in Game 1 alone, the Pacers crushed the Cavs by 18 points. For some rea-son, it took James over 10 minutes to hoist up his first shot. By then, the Cavs were already down, 25-8. They faced a prodigious 19-point deficit after the 1st Quarter and went into halftime down,

55-38. Even though the Cavs briefly rallied in the 3rd Quar-ter, essentially, the game was over. All Star Victor Oladipo was the main culprit, scoring 32 points as he made 6 of 9 from deep. James ended up with a Triple Double of 24 points, 10 rebounds, and 12 assists. Kevin Love took only eight shots, making three, for a meager nine points, yet he did pull down 17 boards. Jeff Green started but was a No Show as he was 0 for 7 from the field for zero points. As a team, the Cavs made just 38.5 of their field goals, 23.5% of their treys, and just 60% of their free throws. After Coach Tyronn Lue basically pleaded with James to be more aggressive, James was on fire from Game 2’s tipoff, scoring the Cavs first 16 points and 46 overall. He made seven of his first eight shots to stake Cleveland to a 16-1 lead. CLE led, 33-18, at the end of the 1st Quar-

ter and although the Pacers tried mightily, the Cavs never surrendered the lead. In fact, the Pacers outscored the Cavs in each of the next three quar-ters, but that first period lead stood until the final buzzer sounded. Indiana also was hurt when Oladipo went to the Bench with two quick offensive fouls and missed nearly 11 minutes of the 1st Quarter. He re-entered the

game in the 2nd Quarter, but didn’t score until two and a half minutes in, when he made his second trey attempt. A big reason the Pacers lost was Oladipo missing his next five threes. He didn’t make another one until he just beat the game-ending buzzer with one that merely made the fi-nal score closer. He led Indi-ana with 22 points, but two of eight from the perimeter, with six turnovers, told the story.

With his 21-point first half in Game 2 on Monday night against Philadelphia, Miami guard Dwyane Wade passed Larry Bird and moved into 10th place on the NBA’s all-time playoff scoring list. Wade played part of the 2017 -18 season with the Cavs before returning to Miami. But while the milestone was significant, it was what Wade did in the second half that earned the Heat a 113-103 win over the 76ers, snapping Philadelphia’s franchise record 17-game winning streak to tie the series 1-1. Wade, who had a game-high 28 points coming off the bench, looked like a younger version of his postseason self in the fourth quarter. He was a nuisance on defense, forcing a key steal late and turning that into a transition dunk to help the Heat maintain their lead.

Wade moves to 10th place in playoff scoring

Tribe splits games with Twins in San JuanBy KARL BRYANT

The Tribe was in San Juan to play the Min-nesota Twins as MLB gave the residents of Puerto Rico a treat to see teams from the Majors compete in the still-Hurricane Maria ravaged island. The Indians and Twins split the two game se-ries. The Tribe’s Francisco Lindor and the Twins’ Eddie Rosario, both native Puerto Ricans, each got a chance to shine before residents of their homeland. Everyone got a taste of the blackouts that are still affecting the island, when extra special genera-tors had to be brought in to insure that the first game could even get underway. The Tribe already had Saturday and Sunday games rained out in Cleve-

land - rescheduled for a DH in town on May 3 - and had a Monday off day for travel, so missing any more time on the field would further discombobulate the starting rotation, as well as make the players antsy. Corey Kluber (2-1) allowed only one run on five hits, with six strikeouts, while winning, 6-1, in that

first game on Tuesday. The Indians clubbed four HRs in support of Kluber. Lindor hit a 2-Run HR, and Jose Ramirez, Mi-chael Brantley, and Yonder Alonso hit solo HRs. Jake Odorizzi (1-1), who gave up the first three long balls,

took the loss. The second game was a 16 inning affair that went past Midnight, so dur-ing the contest, two Twins – Joe Mauer and Zack Duke - got older, as their birthdays are on April 19. Both start-ers, Indian Carlos Carrasco

Kluber Carrasco

His teammates were as bad, going four of 14 from beyond the arc. Meanwhile, the Cavs hit nearly 40% (11 of 28) of their Downtown shots, with Kyle Korver, who got the start, leading the way by making four of eight treys for 12 points. Love hit a so-so five of 16 floor shots and fin-ished with 15 points. He suf-fered a jammed thumb which isn’t expected to cost him any playing time. Green came off the Bench to make one bucket. Of course, James led everyone with those 46 points and added 12 rebounds. A startling stat that the Cavs need to address in the off day is the way the Pacers got a whopping 62 points in the paint, compared to their own 30, which goes a long way in explaining In-diana’s near comeback. It’s a good thing the Cavs made their outside shots. Jamescer-tainly can carry a team, but he can’t do it all, offensively and

defensively. Tristan Thompson, who played a scoreless two minutes in Game 1, didn’t see any court time in Game 2. Thompson, who just wel-comed a baby with reality TV celebrity Khloe Kardashian and is in the middle of drama-filled scandal sheet headlines, is an afterthought. Fun fact: CLE is 40-0 when leading after the 3rd Quarter this season. In-diana Coach Nate McMil-lan laughably slipped to the ground yelling at a ref sec-onds after one of his charges, Lance Stephenson, fell as James roared past him after a slide-back move. When news of the death of the wife of San Antonio Coach Gregg Popo-vich broke after the game, many offered condolences. During his post-game Press Conference, Cavs Coach Ty-ronn Lue said, “Pop’s family is in our prayers and anything we can do as the Cavs’ or-ganization, we are willing to help.”

Clark

Boxing NostalgiaBy JIM AMATO

There were many who thought he was going to be the next Muhammad Ali. He was a tall, smooth boxing heavyweight with a world of potential. His professional career be-gan in 1964 and before long he was mixing it up with some of the best fighters in the world.How’s this for starters? His pro debut was a four round decision loss to the rugged Joey Orbillo. Less then two months later he pounded out a ten round verdict over fu-ture title challenger Manuel Ramos. The following year he whipped tough trialhorse George “Scrapiron” John-son. In 1966 he fought a No Decision bout with Amos “Big Train” Lincoln and he lost a decision to highly regarded Zora Folley. The year 1967 saw Henry es-tablish himself as a force in the heavyweight division by

Clark had a remarkable boxing record

winning on points over Bill McMurray, Steve Grant on two occasions, Fred Lewis, Eddie Machen and Roger Rischer. Clark opened 1968 by defeating the clever Leo-tis Martin. This led Clark into a major bout against come-backing ex-heavyweight king Sonny Liston. This was Lis-ton’s first major step on his comeback trail and he passed with flying colors. Sonny pummelled a game but over-matched Clark in scoring a seventh round stoppage.

There were mixed results in 1969 for Clark when he drew with Brian London and kayoed Bob Stallings. He then lost on points to “Florida” Al Jones and Jeff “Candy Slim” Mer-ritt. In 1970 his best win was a points call over Jimmy “The King” Fletcher. In 1972 Clark won and lost to Jack “The Gi-ant” O’Halloran. He was then stopped in nine rounds by an up and coming Ken Norton on the Muhammad Ali-Bob Foster undercard. Henry came back to win three bouts in 1973 and then on March 4 1974 in a rematch, Henry blew out the now ranked Jeff Merritt in one round. Clark quickly fol-lowed with a decision win over faded ex-contender Mac Foster. Henry remained unbeaten through four more fights and was then matched with the dangerous Earnie Shavers in Paris, France.

Try as he might for the KO, Shavers was unable to stop the wily Clark and had to settle for a hard earned points win over Clark. They met again six months later on the under-card of Ali-Norton III. This time Clark was overwhelmed by the murderous punching Shavers in two rounds. Clark attempted to bounce back four months later but was defeated dur-ing ten by Howard “Kayo” Smith. Clark did not fight again for over two and a half years. When he did return he was defeated in ten rounds by fringe contender Bernardo Mercado. Clark’s final tally was 32 wins, 12 losses and four draws. He scored seven knockouts but he was only stopped on three occasions. That was by Liston, Nor-ton and Shavers. Surely no shame there.

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and Twin Jose Barrios were superb, as each pitched sev-en scoreless innings, while allowing only three hits each. Carrasco struck out seven and Barrios, five. The game went into extras tied, 0-0. Edwin Encarnacion hit a HR off the LF foul pole in the 14th Inning to give the Tribe the lead, but Miguel Sano hit a solo shot in the bottom of the 14th off Matt Belisle to re-tie the contest. Throughout the 5:13 game, the Twins used 18 players and the Tribe used 23. The Twins used seven relievers and the Tribe used eight. Their last pitcher was Josh Tomlin, normally a starter, who wasn’t ex-pected to get a start in the near future, because of the

schedule, so could use the work. Unfortunately, af-ter allowing a leadoff sin-gle to Rosario, a native of Puerto Rico, Tomlin (0-2) was victimized when Jason Kipnis booted a would-be double-play grounder. After an inten-tional walk to set up an out at any base, Ryan LaMarre knocked in Rosario with the winning run. Alan Busenitz (1-0) got the win. The Indians return to the Mainland to play the Orioles this weekend before returning Home next week to play InterLeague Base-ball against the Cubs, who beat them in a memorable seven-game World Series in 2016.

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Zoe Saldana's top 10 filmsBy C.M. APPLING

Since human life originated in Africa and then migrated to the other conti-nents over time, the African Diaspora extends into every culture on earth. Every human being, no matter what race or ethnicity they are, owes their existence to a black, Adam and Eve. So, while race-mixing may seem an alien concept to certain individuals, nature knows no color line. In Hollywood, there have been many, biracial ac-tors/actresses of ‘Afro-Cauca-sian’ heritage such as: Halle Berry, Thandie Newton, Gugu M’Batha-Raw, Boris Kodjoe, Jennifer Beals, Mariah Car-ey, Mario Van Peebles, Lisa Bonet, Lenny Kravitz, Paula Patton, Tracee Ellis Ross, Shemar Moore, Lonette McKee, Giancarlo Esposito, Cynda Williams, Michael Michelle, Jeffrey Wright

and Jasmine Guy. While a black/white mixing is the most prevalent and dominate, there are also other races that have miscegenated with African-American lineage. There are ‘Afro-Asian’ actors/actresses like Dwayne Johnson (The Scorpi-on King; The Rundown), Rae Dawn Chong (Commando; Soul Man) and Marcus Chong (Roots The Next Generations; The Matrix). And, there are ‘Afro-Latino’ celebrities like Irene Cara (Roots The Next Generations; Fame), Rosie Perez (Do The Right Thing; It Can Happen To You; White Men Can’t Jump), Reuben Santiago-Hudson (Shaft 2000; The Quad), Lauren Velez (New York Undercover) and Rosario Dawson (The Rundown; Luke Cage). Yet, of all these black/Hispanic actors, none have achieved more status and mo-tion-picture stardom than Zoe Saldana. She has appeared in four, major, fantasy-film fran-chises, officially earning her the title of ‘Sci-Fi’s Sovereign, Sista-Senorita’. And, there 10 films that cinematically ex-press her myriad, acting iden-tity: #10 Takers (2010) Thriller. In this motion-pic-ture, Saldana plays the girl-friend of one guy in an inte-grated group of bank robbers who decide to plan the heist of an armored car. #9 The Heart Spe-cialist (2006) Romantic Com-edy. Taking place at a hospital in Florida, Saldana portrays a nurse who becomes caught in a love triangle between her Afri-can-American boyfriend (who is the chief resident doctor) and a new, black, male intern who is a notorious playboy. #8 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) Fantasy/Action. Originating from the Walt Disney World attraction and adapted into the first of a film franchise, Saldana is a fe-male member of actor Johnny

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Depp’s iconic, ‘Jack Spar-row’, ghost-pirate character. Other POTC sequels include: Dead Man’s Chest (2006); At World’s End (2007); On Stranger Tides (2011); and, Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017). #7 Nina (2016) Biography/Drama. Saldana stretches her dramatic, act-ing roots to portray real-life, African-American, jazz musi-cian and classical pianist, Nina Simone, whose prolific career includes meeting black, co-medic legend Richard Pryor as well as ground-breaking, black, female playwright, Lor-raine Hansberry. #6 The Los-ers (2010) Action/Comedy. Based upon the Vertigo comic book series of the same name, Saldana stars as a mysterious operative in the Bolivian jun-gle who assists a C.I.A. special forces team who have been betrayed by the government to hunt down their enemy to settle the score. #5 Guess Who (2005) Comedy. With the title spun-off from the classic, 1967, inter-racial drama Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner?, this funny film has Saldana as the African-American daugh-ter of late comedian Bernie Mac, who shocks her father and her black family when she arrives home intending to marry her white fiancé (Ashton Kutcher). #4 Colombiana (2011) Action/Drama. In her best, solo stint as a Holly-wood, action hero, Saldana is a Latina, contract killer named ‘Cateleya’ (a special flower) who carries out hits for her Hispanic uncle while work-ing to track down and seek re-venge on the South American crime lord who murdered her parents when she was a little girl. Saldana is able to ‘hang’ with the black, ‘big boys’ of Hollywood action movies like Dwayne Johnson, Will Smith, Denzel Washington and Samu-

el L. Jackson. #3 Avatar (2009) Fantasy/Action. Directed by epic filmmaker James Cam-eron (The Terminator; Aliens; Titanic), the director uses a ground-breaking type of CGI to create the lush, alien world of ‘Pandora’ and the tall, blue-skinned, prehensile-tailed na-tives called the ‘Na’vi’. Spe-cial effects use Saldana’s facial likeness to transform her into Neytiri: a blue-hued, Na’vi native who falls in love with human soldier Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) who communi-cates his thoughts and actions through a specially-grown, Na’vi body called an ‘avatar’. A huge, financial blockbuster, Cameron works on two, Avatar sequels: one in 2020, and the other in 2021. #2 Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Sci-Fi/Action. Adapted from the little known,

Marvel comic book, it became a surprise, cinematic success. Saldana stars as Gamora: a green-skinned beauty and bounty-hunter who teams up with three other, odd misfits, and a space adventurer (Chris Pratt) to retrieve a powerful orb from destroying the uni-verse. It has a sequel, GOTG 2, in 2017. #1 Star Trek (2009) Sci-Fi/Action. A remake of Gene Rodenberry’s classic TV series and a J.J. Abrams-direct-ed reboot of the film franchise, Saldana is Communications Officer Nyota Uhura: a black, female member of the [future] legendary starship U.S.S. En-terprise. : Zoe Saldana’s Top 10 Films

Since human life originated in Africa and then migrated to the other conti-nents over time,

the African Diaspora extends into every culture on earth. Every human being, no matter what

Mike Epps bring comedy tour to the Wolstein Center The Platinum Comedy Tour will come the the Wolstein Center on Sunday, May 13 at 8:00 p.m. Mike Epps, De-Ray Davis, Rickey Smiley, and DC Young Fly are all on the tour. Tickets are on sale at wolsteincenter.com and range from $55.00 to $128.00 Epps is a stand-up comedian, actor, film pro-ducer, writer, and rapper. He is best known for playing Day-Day Jones in Next Friday and its se-quel, Friday After Next, and also appearing in The Hangover as "Black Doug". He was the voice of Boog in Open Season 2 (replacing Martin Law-rence), but was replaced by Matthew J. Munn in Open Season 3. DeRay Davis be-gan his career in comedy clubs. Shortly after mov-ing to Los Angeles, he won the Comedy Central Laugh Riots Competition and appeared on the Ce-dric the Entertainer Tour. Known for his role as Ray-Ray the Hustle Guy in Bar-

Eppsbershop and Barbershop 2: Back in Business, Davis has also appeared in other films, including Semi-Pro and 21 Jump Street.appearances have included programs such as Comedy Central's Reno 911, BET's ComicView, and FOX's Empire. Smiley appeared as the host of the 2000 season of BET's "ComicView" pro-gram. He has also appeared on "Showtime at the Apollo", HBO's "Def Comedy Jam", HBO's "Snaps", "The Nash-ville Network", "Uptown Comedy Club", and "Comic Escape". His original com-edy routines often feature the role-play of fictional charac-

ters such as "Bernice Jen-kins" (AKA Granny Swims, Ms. Johnson or Mrs. Fran-cis), "Lil' Daryl", "Rusty Dale" and "Beauford". Ber-nice Jenkins has a grandson named Rufus, who's a ste-reotype of the modern day "Gangsta". He is referenced in "Two Of My Toes Fell Off" and another prank phone call where Smiley calls a pharmacy. Smiley has also released several humorous songs based on his bits, such as "Roll Tide" featuring his redneck character Buford,

and "We Miss Robert", based on a routine of his in which a friend of a de-ceased drug dealer per-forms a rap song called "We Miss Robert" at the funeral, which is actually a song about a woman, per-formed in hopes of land-

ing a record deal. He currently has a syndicated morning show that is aired on urban ra-dio stations throughout the United States. Smiley had a star-ring role in Ice Cube's Fri-day After Next.

MENU TIPSJump start mornings with breakfast (NAPSI)—A good breakfast is important, but some people skip it to save a few minutes in the morn-ing. Planning ahead is one way to save time and fit in what some call the most im-portant meal of the day. Try keeping a hearty make-ahead break-fast on-hand that doubles as a snack for on-the-go. This easy-to-make nut and fruit granola reci-pe packs a heart-healthier punch with benefits like omega-3s from pistachios and Smart Balance, along with important vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. To give your heart a jump-start in the morning, try this: Homemade Coco-nut-Pistachio Granola3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats¾ cup coconut chips or flakes1 cup unsalted pistachios½ stick (1/4 cup) Smart Balance® Blended Butter Sticks, melted¼ cup honey

⅓ cup packed brown sugar¼ teaspoon cinnamon½ teaspoon salt½ teaspoon vanilla1 cup dried cherries or cran-berries (optional) Combine oats, coco-nut and pistachios in a large bowl. In a small bowl, whisk together melted butter, honey, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and vanilla. Pour mixture over dry ingredients and stir until mixed. Spread granola on two baking sheets. Bake at 300 de-grees for 40 minutes or until lightly browned, stirring twice while baking. For clumpier grano-la, do not stir during final 10 minutes of baking and do not stir until cooled. Mix in dried fruit, if using. Store in an air-tight container. Yield: 18 servings; ⅓ cup per serving Per serving (without optional dried fruit): 158 calo-ries, 3g protein, 21g carbohy-drate, 7g fat, 2g saturated fat, 0g trans fat, 3mg cholesterol, 99mg sodium, 2g fiber, 10g sugar.

JustJazz

By NANCY ANN LEE

Wa r r e n "Ba b y "Dodds was born December 24, 1898 in New Orleans. A leading drummer in the New Orleans style (andthe brother of clarinetists Johnny Dodds), he worked inthe Crescent City with Bunk Johnson, Pap Celestin, and others before establishing his reputation among musicians with Fate Marable's riverboat band from 1918 to 1921. Dodds joined the band of King Oliver in 1922 and, the next year, made his first recordings with that band is Chicago. For the next 20 years,Dodds remained in Chicago, recording free-lance sessions with Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong (1927) and playing in small groups led by brother Johnny. A revival of the NewOrleans sound around 1940 made Dodds a sought-after musician by traditional jazz groups led by Jimmie Noone,Sidney Bechet, Bunk Johnson,and others. In the la te '40s, Dodds regularly played for radio broadcasts and toured Europe. Although ill health affected his playing in the final decade of his life, he performed until 1957. Dodds is credited with teaching many young Chicago drummers and creat-ed drum improvisation record-ings that served as teaching tools. Dodds died in Chi-cago on February 14, 1959.

Warren Dodds

I f you would like to be a Beauty of The Week, send photo, phone number and information to EAST SIDE DAILY NEWS or call (216) 721-1674.

Beauty of the Week: is lovely looking D'andea Bryant. Bryant, who is a world-wide recognized model, was featured in the Bronze Beauty Calender. (ESDN Photo by Howard Moorehead)

Chris' Cinema Trivia &Movie Match UpBy CHRIS APPLING

TRIVIA - (Biography)

1 . In what T.V. movie (that was first based on a story reported on 60 Minutes), did Cicely Tyson portray a disillusioned, Chi-cago school teacher who de-cides to open her own school to teach children labeled as 'retarded' or 'unteachable' and educated them to actually score higher on standardized tests than most average, pub-lic school students? 2. Who is the Af-rican- American actor that starred in 'Captive Heart: TheJames Mink Story' (1996) about a wealthy, black, Cana-dian man married to a white,Irish immigrant (actress KateNelligan) in the 1850's who must disguise themselves asa male slave and his mistress/owner in order to enter the American South after their mulatto daughter (actress Rachael Crawford) is trickedinto marrying a slave trader who sells her to a plantationowner? 3. In what T.V. cablemovie did actor Roger Guen-veur Smith and actress Lynn

Whitfield portray a light-skinned, 1940's Detroit cou-ple, Mac and Minnie Mc- Gee, who fight for their rightto live in a house in a white 'restricted' neighborhood andwin their case in the U.S. Supreme Court, changing all national laws on 'housingcovenants'? 4. Who are the two,African-American actressesthat starred in the T.V. movieabout sisters Sadie and Be sie Delany, whose lives as century-old blacks are chron-icled first, in a Tony- Award winning, Broadway play, then in the film 'HavingOur Say: The Delany Sisters'First 100 Years'? 5. Who is the actorthat portrayed American- Asian, golf phenom, Eldrick'Tiger' Woods in the cable T.V. film 'The Tiger Woods Story' (1999)?ANSWERS: 1. 'The MarvaCollis Story' (1981) 2. LouisGossett, Jr. 3. 'The Color ofCourage' (1994) 4. DiahannCarroll and Ruby 5. KhalilKain

MOVIE MATCH-UP - (60's Civil Rights)

FILMS:1. 'King' (1957)2. 'The Long Walk Home'(1990)3. 'Murder in Mississippi'(1990)4. 'Malcolm X' (1992)5. 'Ghost of Mississippi'(1996)DESCRIPTIONS:

a) death of Medgar Eversb) Life of Movement'smain leaderc) 'Detroit Red' becomesIs- lamic Muslimd) bus boycott inspired byRosa Parkse) 'Freedom Summer's'three activistsANSWERS: 1, b; 2, d; 3, e; 4, c; 5, a

'The Royale,' a play about boxing Heavyweight Champion Jack 'The Sport' Jackson, will be performed at the Outcalt Theatre, 1501 Eu-clid Ave. May 5-27. It's 1910, and Ne-gro Heaqvyweight Champion Jack 'The Sport' Jackson is determined to prove he is equal to his white counterpart - in the ring and in life. Chal-lenging his rival to "The Fight of the Century," Jackson knows that even if he wins the bout, the battle for ac-ceptance won't end. Inpired by groundbreaking sports legend Johnson. The royale is an electrifting adrenaline rush that packs an unforgettable punch as it takes you inside Jim Crow America, inside the ring, and inside the head of

Story of boxer Jack 'The Sport' Jackson, at the Outcalt Theatre

this remarkable fighter. By the early 1900s, the 6'2" Johnson, had made a name for himself in the black box-ing circuit and had his eyes set on the world heavyweight title, which was held by white boxer Jim F. Jeffries. But Jeffries re-

fused to fight him. White box-ers would not spar with their black counterparts. But Johnson's talents and bravado were too hard to ignore. Finally, on December 26, 1908, the flamboyant John-son, who often taunted his op-ponents as he beat them sound-ly, got his chance for the title when champion Tommy Burns fought him outside of Sydney, Australia. Burns, who had suc-ceeded Jeffries as champion, had only agreed to fight John-son after promoters guaranteed him $30,000. The fight, which novelist Jack London attended and wrote about for a New York newspaper, lasted until the 14th round, when police stepped in and ended it. John-son was named the winner.

From there, Johnson continued his calls for Jeffries to step into the ring with him. On July 4, 1910, he finally did. Dubbed the "Fight of the Cen-tury," more than 22,000 eager fans turned out for the bout, held in Reno, Nevada. After 15 rounds, Johnson came away victori-ous, affirming his domain over boxing and further angering white boxing fans who hated seeing a black man sit atop the sport. Jeffries was humbled by the loss and what he'd seen of his opponent. "I could never have whipped Johnson at my best," Jeffries said. "I couldn't have hit him. No, I couldn't have reached him in 1,000 years."For the fight, Johnson earned a purse of $117,000. It would be five years before he

relinquished the heavyweight title, when Johnson fell to Jess Willard in a 26-round bout in Havana, Cuba. Johnson con-tinued to fight for another 12 years, hanging up his gloves for good at the age of 50. In total, John's pro-fessional record included 73 wins (40 of them being knock-outs), 13 losses, 10 Draws and 5 No Contests. Sometimes Jackson's life outside the ring was more publized than in it. He mar-ried three times to Etta Terry Duryea, Lucille Cameron, and Irene Pineau. Jackson died in a car accident at the age of 68. Tickets are on sale beginning at $25.00. Call 216-241-6000 or visit www.cleve-landplayhouse.com.

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Tuesday, April 17, 2018- Friday, April 20, 2018EAST SIDE DAILY NEWSPage 6

Jovon Riley of Cleveland(left) and Jackson Behun of Youngstown (right) exchange punches during their lightweight boxing bout last Saturday at Box Out The Violence 2 at El Hasa Temple, 10004 Union Ave. The boxing event was sponsored by Rodney Harris of E. 65th Street Gym. The referee for the bout is Earl Jewell. (ESDN Photo by Vince Robinson.)

‘Box Out The Violence 2 held Box Out The Violence 2 was held last Saturday at El Hasa Temple, 10004 Union Ave. Boxers from around the state competed in several weight classes. Jovon Riley of Cleveland and Jackson Behun of Youngstown-exchange punches dur-ing their lightweight boxing bout. In an excit-ing amateur boxing bout, referee Earl Jew-ell awarded the bout to Riley. The boxing event was sponsored by Rodney Harris of E. 65th Street Gym. This is the secind year that E.65th

Street Gym sponsored the event which high-lights up-and-coming local boxers. Harris is hap-py to introduce boxing to a new generation of young people and to give them a positive platform to display their skills. Harris coaches several boxers includ-ing his son, Quincy, who is currently ranked second in the United States in the 138 pound weight class for his age group. Quincy Harris is 13 years old and a fourth grader at Me-morial Junior High School.

Crittenden

Karen Wilson is very involved with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. In fact, she has raised thousands of dollars for the organization’s Northeast Ohio chap-ter . Florence Ze-nobia Crittenden, Wil-son’s daughter, died on April 15, 2001, Res-urrection Day, from complications of type 1 diabetes. She was 34 years old. C r i t t e n d e n , was diagnosed at age 14 with the disease. She had to test her blood sugar at least three times daily. Despite hav-ing to manage her dia-betes daily, Crittenden

excelled in everything she did. While a stu-dent at Bedford High School studying cos-metology, Crittenden played varsity basket-ball and ran track. In fact, Crit-tenden qualified for the state finals three years in a row in the 400 and 800 meter hurdles. F o l l o w i n g

JDRF supported 17 years in memory of Florence Zenobia Crittenden with the Crittenden Warriors Teamgraduation, she was employed by Clairol Professional, and she was the first African American representa-tive for the company in Ohio. She represented the company in work-shops and conferences held around the world. C r i t t e n d e n also found time to support JDRF by par-ticipating in the annual Walk to Cure Diabetes as well as volunteer with children at Rain-bow Babies And Chil-dren Hospital. However, even with the best diabetes management, Critten-den’s numbers were irregular which lead to complications and her untimely death.

Program direc-tor Lindsay Koshgarian says it’s also important to note that individuals are paying five times more in taxes than corporations. “Individuals are a really the ones fund-ing the federal govern-ment,” she says. “And then, when you look and see that so much of the money that we’re paying taxes for goes to private contractors, it’s a bit dis-turbing to see what ex-tent our tax dollars and our tax system are really holding up private corpo-rations.” The report shows 14 cents of every

tax dollar goes to pay in-terest on the federal debt, seven cents to unemploy-ment and labor, six cents on veterans, and four cents each for education, and food and agriculture. The remainder of the federal tax dollar is divvied up between government, housing, en-ergy, international affairs and transportation. K o s h g a r i a n adds an even larger por-tion of the federal tax dollar will go toward military spending in 2018. “We have now the biggest military bud-get that we’ve had at any

Healthcare, military top federal spendingtime - bigger than under Ronald Reagan, bigger than during the Vietnam War, even,” she notes. “So, there is a huge in-crease in military spend-ing underway, and we see that in 2017 and we’re going to see it even more in 2018.” K o s h g a r i a n contends the annual anal-ysis is important because it allows Americans to see if the ways federal dollars are spent are in line with their own pri-orities. And she believes many will be surprised. “When we look at what Americans say their top priorities for

the federal government are, they certainly do say things like health care and national security,” she explains. “Education, and jobs and the econ-omy are right up there, but they’re not ‘right up there’ when we look at how much we’re actually spending.” The National Priorities Project has an interactive tool that al-lows people to see an individual breakdown of their own tax receipt for 2017. It’s online at https://www.nationalpri-orities.org/

I n d e p e n d e n t Bookstore Day marks its fourth year of cel-ebrating independent bookstores nationwide on April 28th, with liter-ary parties at bookstores around the country. I n d e p e n d e n t Bookstore Day is spon-sored in part by Pen-guin Random House, Ingram, and The Ameri-can Booksellers Asso-ciation. Last year par-ticipating bookstores saw an average increase in sales of 200% on In-dependent Bookstore Day, with some stores up as much as 1000% over their average Sat-urday sales in April. 2018’s IBD Author Am-bassador is New York Times Bestselling au-thor Celeste Ng, whose most recent bestsell-ing novel, Little Fires Everywhere, is set in Shaker Heights. “My favorite thing about independent bookstores is that they all have their own dis-tinct personalities,” says Ng, “Each reflects not just the tastes but also the ideals of its commu-nity.” Northeast Ohio area bookstores have joined forces to publi-cize the event, and the fact that independent bookstores are alive—and thriving. To reacquaint yourself with the many different personalities of bookstores in the Greater Cleveland area, we have produced a Passport to our various and sundry bookstores. Here’s a sneak peak of participants, and their offerings for the day. A p p l e t r e e Books (12419 Cedar

Rd., Cleveland Heights, OH 44106, 216-791-2665, www.appletree-books.com). This year, Appletree is pleased to celebrate “indie spirit” by hosting three local independent publish-ers—1984 Publishing, Gray and Co., and Belt Publishing—who will be on hand to showcase their unique offerings. Refreshments and spe-cial gifts with purchase will continue through-out the day. A t t e n s o n ’ s Antiques & Books, (1771 Coventry Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118, 216-321-2515, www.attensonantiques.com). Attenson An-tiques carries a wide range of used books, in-cluding rare and collect-ible editions, vintage magazines, and paper ephemera. For Indepen-dent Bookstore Day, all books are 20% off, and all books in the base-ment are 50% off! The Book-seller, Inc. (39 West-gate Circle, Akron, OH 44313, 330-865-5831, www.thebooksellerinc.com). The Bookseller, Inc. is a family-owned Akron bookstore estab-lished in 1948. We are open 7 days a week and of-fer used and rare books in all categories. Come celebrate Independent Bookstore Day with 15% off all used books and refreshments avail-able all day! Fireside Book Shop (29 N. Franklin St., Chagrin Falls, OH 44022, 440-247-4050, www.firesidebookshop.com). Fireside Book Shop is an independent book store that has been

Independent bookstore day to be heldhelping folks with their book needs for more than fifty years. On In-dependent Bookstore Day enjoy a scavenger hunt, prizes, refresh-ments, and 50% off all used books with your IBD passport. The Learnéd Owl (204 N. Main St., Hudson, OH 44236, 330-653-2252, www.learnedowl.com). The Learnéd Owl is an in-dependent community bookstore located in Hudson, Ohio. We have three floors of books, from classic picture books to travel guides to the latest bestsellers. To celebrate our 50th year, we’ll be raffling off $50 Learnéd Owl gift cards on Independent Book-store Day. L o g a n b e r r y Books (13015 Larch-mere Blvd., Shaker Hts., OH 44120, 216-795-9800, www.logan-berrybooks.com). Lo-ganberry Books is home to 100,000 new, used, and rare books (more or less) and our feline manager, Otis. On Inde-pendent Bookstore Day, we’ll host a signing by local author of The Wingman, David Pep-per, and offering 2% off books for every stamp in your IBD passport through 5/15/2018 (ex-cluding sale items). Mac’s Backs (1820 Coventry Rd., Cleveland Heights, OH 44118, 216-321-2665, www.macsbacks.com). Mac’s Backs-Books on Coventry has three floors of new & used books and magazines. On Independent Book-store Day, we’ll offer 10% off all books, 20% off all literary tshirts, along with live music,

face-painting, raffles, and other festivities. Strong Bind-ery (13015 Larchmere Blvd., Shaker Hts., OH 44120, 216-231-0001, strongbind@hotmail.com). Time and circum-stance take their toll on even the best bound tomes. Fortunately, there is Strong Bindery on Larchmere Blvd., that over the past 30 years has repaired more than 5000 leather, hard-cover, and paperback books. Ellen Strong, the proprietor, was a co-founder of Coventry Books, a most eclectic bookstore of the 1970s and 80s. Visible Voice Books, (2258 Professor Ave., Cleveland, OH 44113, 216-961-0084, w w w. v i s i b l e v o i c e -books.com). In the heart of Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood, Visible Voice offers a range of new and used books, along with a seasonally rotating organic coffee and tea, locally made pastries, and craft beer and wine. Visit Visible Voice on Independent Bookstore Day and be entered for a chance to win Visible Voice Gift Certificates and Dis-count Cards. Cleveland In-dependent Bookstore Day Passports are avail-able at participating bookstores, Lit Cleve-land events, Brews and Prose events, and our favorite coffee spots around town. Many thanks to our Passport adver-tisers: Belt Publishing, Brews & Prose, Liter-ary Cleveland, and the Northern Ohio Biblio-philic Society (NOBS).

The payday lending industry is at the center of the alle-gations facing the Re-publican Speaker of the Ohio House, Cliff Rosenberger, who last night pledged to resign on May 1 -- but that isn’t stopping House Republicans from push-ing a payday lender bill through committee to-day. “As the cloud of corruption over Co-lumbus continues to thicken, the Republican Statehouse gang keeps chugging along with an agenda dictated by lob-byists and special inter-ests,” said Ohio Demo-cratic Party Chairman David Pepper. “A trip that is at the center of a reported FBI investigation into Cliff Rosenberger may have been funded by the payday lending in-dustry -- but Republi-can lawmakers are still moving forward with a

payday lender bill in the remaining days before Rosenberger exits the House. There is abso-lutely no reason to rush through a bill that could benefit the industry at the heart of the Rosen-berger scandal, and it’s downright shameful that the bill is even be-ing considered, let alone being voted on. “To avoid fur-ther tainting any of the House’s work amid the investigation, the Speaker should resign immediately, not string things out any longer.” Under inves-tigation by the FBI for his lavish lifestyle, Ohio House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger re-signed. He released the following statement: “This inquiry has the potential to be very de-manding and intensive, and could take months or even years to resolve. Ohioans deserve elected

Payday loan legislation in Houseleaders who are able to devote their full and undivided attention to (lawmaking). ... I take this step with full con-fidence in my ultimate vindication.” The FBI’s in-terest in Rosenberger, one of Ohio’s most powerful politicians, ranges from his world-wide travel to his use of a donor’s luxury condo. As speaker, the Clinton County native has made the most of the perks of the office. his travel, ranging from Europe to Israel to Los Angeles to Boston were paid for with other peo-ple’s money, instead of out of his $100,798 sal-ary. FBI agents are also looking into Rosenberger’s relation-ship with longtime GOP donor Ginni Ragan. R o s e n b e r g -er, 36, of Clarksville, rented a luxury condo from her in downtown

Columbus. The speaker did not say how much he paid in rent, and state law doesn’t require he disclose it. Rep. Kirk Sch-uring, Rosenberger’s No. 2, said he was not sure whether the FBI’s investigation into Rosenberger included subpoenas of the House GOP or any of its mem-bers. FBI investigat-ing Ohio House speak-er’s lavish lifestyle, including trip with lob-byists Among top Republican lawmak-ers, Rosenberger’s pen-chant for travel was unmatched. Schuring said he follows a simple guideline when consid-ering whether to accept free travel: “How does it read on the front page of the paper?” Rosenberger’s fall from power was stunningly swift.

In an exciting amateur boxing bout between Jovon Riley of Cleveland(left) and Jackson Behun of Youngstown (right), referee Earl Jewell awarded the bout to Riley. The bout was held last Saturday at Box Out The Violence 2 at El Hasa Temple, 10004 Union Ave. The boxing event was sponsored by Rodney Harris of E. 65th Street Gym. (ESDN Photo by Vince Robinson.)

Today, in memory of her pass-ing 17 years ago, fam-ily and friends will release balloons with wishes and prayers in her memory. Since the death of her daughter, Wilson has been in-volved in fund-raising to find a cure. Every year since she lost her daughter, Wilson has organized teams to participate with the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes. With her own health issues, Wilson is on the logistic side of the Walk Commit-tee for the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes. She organizes the greeters

for the Walk to Cure Diabetes and cheers on all the volunteers. Each year in September there is a event at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. Last year, the Wilson team made their largest donation yet to JDRF. In addition to supporting JDRF’s mission to find a cure for type 1 diabetes and its complications through the support of research by raising do-nations, she has shared her story with many

newly diagnosed fami-lies in an effort to lend support. JDRF is the worldwide leader for research to cure type 1 diabetes. It sets the global agenda for dia-betes research, and is the largest charitable funder and advocate of diabetes science worldwide. The organi-zation’s mission is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research.

Type 1 diabe-tes is an autoimmune disease that strikes children and adults suddenly. It can be fa-tal. Until a cure is found, people with type 1 diabetes must test their blood sugar and give themselves insulin injections mul-tiple times daily or use a pump every day of their lives. Insulin is not a cure for diabetes, nor does it prevent po-tential complications, which may include

kidney failure, blind-ness, heart disease, stroke and amputation. Since its founding in 1970 by parents of children with type 1 diabetes, JDRF has awarded more than $1.5 billion to diabetes research and research-related education. Wilson has played a big part of that collect-ing thousands of dol-lars in memory of her beloved daughter. For more in-formation, visit jdrf.org.

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Business named ‘Top 10 Best Summer Activities in Ohio’ Did you think that Cedar Point was all Sandusky, Ohio had to offer? Best Things Ohio (Digital Media News) recently released a new article listing “The 10 Best Summer Activities” in the state of Ohio. Among the Top 10 Best is The Co-lumbus Zoo in Powell, Oh, The Great Ameri-can Ballpark in Cincin-nati, OH, The Toledo Museum of Art in Tole-do, OH, Cedar Point in Sandusky, OH, Hocking Hills State Park in Lo-gan, OH, ...and round-ing out the Top 10 in the state at #9 is the fam-ily owned and operated Ghostly Manor Thrill Center in Sandusky, OH. So... it looks like Sandusky, OH does in-deed have more to offer than just Cedar Point. The Colum-bus Zoo, three hours south of Cleveland, is much more than a zoo.

It includes a zoo and an amusement park. It is divided into regions, each housing animals from a particular re-gion of the world: North America, Polar Frontier,Australia, Africa, Asia Quest, and an Aquari-um. Other attrac-tions include: the Man-gels-Illions Carousel, Zoombezi Bay, and Jungle Jack’s Landing which is the renovated Wyandot Lake. The new water park contains 17 major slides and at-tractions. Another of the top attractions is the Great American Ball-park, 100 Joe Nuxhall Way, in Cincinnati which is five hours from Cleveland. The Great American Ball Park is the home field of Major League Baseball’s Cin-cinnati Reds. It opened in 2003, replacing Cin-ergy Field (formerly Riverfront Stadium).

The ballpark hosted the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. The Reds put in $5 mil-lion for improvements, which included two new bars and upgraded concession stands. Toledo Mu-seum of Art, two hours west of Cleveland, is an internationally known art museum located in the Old West End of Toledo. The museum was founded by Toledo glassmaker Edward Drummond Libbey in 1901, and the museum holds major collections of glass art and of 19th- and 20th-century Euro-pean and American art, as well as small but dis-tinguished collections of Renaissance, Greek, Roman and Japanese art. Cedar Point is a 364-acre amuse-ment park located on a Lake Erie peninsula in Sandusky about an hour west of Cleveland.

Opened in 1870, it is the second-oldest oper-ating amusement park in the United States. Known as “America’s Roller Coast,”the park features a world-record 72 rides, including 16 roller coasters. Its new-est roller coaster, Steel Vengeance, is set to open in May 2018. Cedar Point also includes: Cedar Point Shores, an indoor water park called Cast-away Bay, two marinas, and an outdoor sports complex called Cedar Point Sports Center., and several nearby re-sorts. It is the only amusement park in the world with six roller coasters taller than 200 feet (61 m) – Mag-num XL-200, Millen-nium Force, Wicked Twister, Top Thrill Dragster, Valravn, and Steel Vengeance. Cedar Point also received the Golden Ticket Award for “Best Amusement

Park in the World” from Amusement Today for 16 consecutive years from 1997-2013. Hocking Hills State Park is located in Hocking Coun-ty about 4 hours south of Cleveland. The park contains seven separate sections: Ash Cave, Cantwell Cliffs, Cedar Falls, Conkle’s Hollow, Old Man’s Cave, Rock House and Whispering Cave. Cantwell Cliffs and Conkle’s Hollow each feature a nar-row, deep gorge; Rock House is a cliffed area

with a rock shelter; Ce-dar Falls is a large wa-terfall, but each of the park areas except Rock House contain water-falls. It is a wonderful destination for lovers of nature. Ghostly Man-or Thrill Center is lo-cated at at 3319 Milan Road in Sandusky. The best know attraction at Ghostly Manor is their haunted house which was ranked as the 4th best haunted house in the U.S. and was also selected as one of Amer-ica’s “Best Haunts.”

Admission to the haunted house can be purchased for $11 or can be included with the purchase of a thrill pass. Other attrac-tions at Ghostly Manor include the XD 4D mo-tion theater, Wizards Journey, a 9-hole mini golf course with a 3D, blacklight course played while wearing 3D glass-es, and a skating rink. For the younger chil-dren, Ghostly Manor of-fers bounce houses and a play area with three levels of jungle gym fun.

New in 2017, there is a maze called the escape room. Those who take part in the escape room have one hour to solve a series of puzzles that unlock clues and help solve the case of the “Miss-ing Deed.” Visitors can purchase a thrill pass for $25 which in-cludes admission to the haunted house, a game of mini golf, a movie in the motion theater and unlimited roller skating. Plan a fun Ohio vacation for your family this summer.

A painstakingly accurate researcher with a passion to study the lives and careers of successful businesswomen in Ameri-can history, it took Lynn Clark Dorr 12 years to com-plete her second book titled “Sunday Cosmopolitans: Intimate Friends & Brilliant Minds From Bygone New York” (published by Xli-bris). The book follows a group of unlikely friends, all iconic American heroic figures in the 19th century, who helped set in motion the feminist movement and the abolition of slavery. In this novel, readers will meet these historic people, observe their intimate lives and lifestyles and, celebrate their phenomenal achieve-

ments. The independent poets, Alice and Phoebe Cary, set a literary trend as catalysts who bring their extraordinary cosmopolitan friends together for tea ev-ery Sunday evening in New York City, making this the first American bluestocking of its kind. “This is more than a family story or about a group of friends on their journey through life, rather it’s a story of great deeds, events, and firsts that changed not only New York City, but America as we know it,” Dorr points out. “My characters are the movers and shakers of the time: a president, journal-ists, writers, artists, and politicians.” Through the pub-

Book follows heroic Americans who started feminismlication of “Sunday Cos-mopolitans,” Dorr wants readers to be entertained, appreciate the remarkable people she wrote about and realize how the mid-1800s relates to today as feminism and race-based issues make news, and financial/political misdeeds go on to make his-tory repeat itself. “Sunday Cosmo-politans: Intimate Friends & Brilliant Minds From By-gone New York” Lynn Clark Dorr has a versatile professional career as a feature writer-turned-novelist, public re-lations executive and pub-lished author. She was an on-air broadcaster and cor-porate spokesperson with a background in journalism, fashion and design.

Early on in her ca-reer, Dorr wrote a best-sell-ing book, “How to Enjoy Life Between12 and 20.” That came as the result of her expertise and guidance of hundreds of Los Angeles teenage girls in their personal groom-ing, social skills and self-confidence. Later, in the city of Philadelphia during a civil rights crisis in1968, she successfully created and administered the citywide Model-Teen Program. It included 8,000 teenage girls of all socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds taught at the grassroots level. For that re-cord-breaking achievement, she received a presidential award.

EDITOR’S NOTE: McFarland is await-ing a response from her appeal. McFar-land is currently imprisoned hav-ing been sentenced in 2017 to life in prison without pa-role by Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Daniel Gaul. Her column will appear weekly as she goes through the appeals process. Her letter is dated March 23, 2018. M c F a r -land’s last letter was short. After an-

other week of not hearing of any news about her appeal, she seems disheart-ened. Her letter to Plymouth Church was read at last Sunday’s service, and hopefully more parishioners will

McFarland feeling the loneliness of prisonwrite to McFarland to let her know that she has not been forgotten. Here is her letter dated April 16, 2018: Hello honie:How are your little self doing:) well I just writing to say hello and I love to here from you, You bring joy :) here is a little card for you. Tell everyone Al Porter I said hello and we all going out and eat chicken, steak, and fish. Can’t wit see you soon. Love Sheila.PS. Sorry a short let-

ter :) As of today, there has been no answer to her appeal which was filed on in March 2017. The court requested sup-plemental informa-tion which was filed on January 24, 2018. Each week, McFarland checks the court docket in the prison library hoping for news that she will be free to go home to her fam-ily. Her attorneys are hopeful that her ap-peal will be success-ful.

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In a situation no athletic trainer wants to face, Chelsey Meyers and Kelly Hockenberg-er were grateful they had the necessary train-ing to help Austin Reese on February 11. That was the day Reese suf-fered cardiac arrest dur-ing a wrestling match. Thanks in part to the Ohio University athletic trainers, Reese’s life was saved and he’s made a full recovery. For their efforts, Meyers and Hockenberger have been honored by the National Athletic Train-ers Association with a Lifesaver Certificate of Recognition. Reese, a red-shirt junior on OHIO’s wrestling team, was paired with an opponent from Old Dominion University when he lost consciousness. In an

interview with ESPN, Reese said all he could remember was a scram-ble where he had his op-ponent down and they went out of bounds. He said he stood up and ad-justed his head gear and from there “everything went white.” While Reese doesn’t remember it, he walked back to the cen-ter of the mat, engaged with his counterpart and then collapsed into car-diac arrest. Meyers, a stu-dent in the College of Health Sciences and Professions and a grad-uate assistant trainer for the wrestling team, was standing on the sideline. “I just remem-ber Austin basically fell over the kid and from there my instinct was just to run out to him. My adrenaline was

Ohio University athletic trainer saves student pumping at that point because I knew some-thing wasn’t right,” she said. When Meyers arrived, Reese was un-conscious but breath-ing. She started talking to the Bobcat wrestler lying prone on the mat in case he was able to hear. Moments later, however, Reese stopped breathing. Hockenberger, an associate athletic trainer, started com-pressions on Reese as Meyers ran to retrieve an automated external defibrillator (AED). The AED did its job and Reese regained a heart-beat and his breathing. Moments later, an am-bulance crew had Reese stabilized. “It was defi-nitely the scariest mo-ment of my career so

far,” said Meyers. “You always think you aren’t going to go through something like that and you hope and pray you don’t have to in your ca-reer. I pray I don’t have to again.” “I did my job that day and I am very lucky my student ath-lete survived,” said Hockenberger. “I’m thankful that my train-ing, education and ex-perience helped lead to a positive outcome but I am realistic enough to realize that we are lucky this turned out the way it did.” Meyers de-scribed receiving rec-ognition from NATA as humbling. “I’m just thankful that Austin is OK. He was my No. 1 priority that day,” she added.

Despite be-ing employed, some Ohioans could lose health care coverage if the state implements a Medicaid work require-ment. The Kasich administration plans to ask for federal approval to add job requirements for able-bodied adults covered through the state’s Medicaid expan-sion. But the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities examined the impact of a similar initiative in Kentucky, and found almost half of low-income workers

who could be affected by Medicaid work re-quirements would risk losing coverage at least one month out of the year. Study co-au-thor Aviva Aron-Dine, vice president for health policy at the center, said she thinks supporters of the proposal don’t un-derstand the conditions faced by low-wage workers. “It is simply not the case that people who want to and are trying to can necessar-ily find stable jobs at regular hours,” Aron-

Health care coverage in jepordy with new requirementsDine said. “Instead, most Medicaid enroll-ees work in industries where both employment and hours are volatile.” She cited in-dustries like food ser-vice, construction, retail and home health care. The report also found the red tape involved in reporting compliance could even cause some enrollees who meet the work re-quirement to lose medi-cal coverage. Support-ers have said the goal is to bring a measure of personal responsi-bility to the Medicaid

program with fair and reasonable work re-quirements. A r o n - D i n e said loss of coverage can lead to poor health outcomes, especially for people with chronic conditions. She added when a person’s health suffers, it becomes harder to work. According to state estimates, about 36,000 Ohioans risk losing health coverage under the proposal - about 5 percent of those who gained coverage through the Medicaid expansion.

In an age of much change in the busi-ness world, more people are reinventing them-selves. That could mean learning new skills to fit a new job, landing in a new industry or starting a new business. Sometimes the change is forced upon someone (fired); other times they force it upon themselves (inspired). The person might even be comfortable in a job, but a new opportunity or goal motivates them to try something much dif-ferent – to reinvent. Nigel Parker, for example, left a long career as a high-level engineer and manager in aerospace and other high-tech industries so he could reinvent himself. He became an inventor and started a company. “Change often means reinvention,” says Parker, founder/CEO of RashEndZ Inc., (www.RashEndZ.com) and inventor of REZair, a skin-aeration liner that can be inserted inside a diaper, incontinence garment or wound dressing, helping to keep the skin dry and speed healing. “When a seismic shift happens in our lives, like leav-

ing a job, moving, los-ing someone close to us, we have to choose who we want to become or else feel like we never reached our potential.” Parker was inspired to help find a solution to a problem, suffered by many, that hit close to home. His cousin, Colleen John, a neonatal ICU nurse, told him of the severe diaper rashes she was treating in premature babies, and how those can develop into pres-sure ulcers or bedsores. Also a major concern for nursing homes and hospitals, bedsores lead to the deaths of about 60,000 patients each year. John started using oxygen at the ba-bies’ beds to direct air on the rashes to mitigate the problem. Parker in-vented the technology to more efficiently de-liver oxygen to the dia-per and skin. “It put me on a mission,” says Parker. “The chance to help others is a gift. We have to keep growing, and when you find a new passion, you reinvent.” Parker gives five ways to help you

Whether fired or inspired 5 tips to reinvent yourselfreinvent yourself: Put your vi-sion on paper. Parker says it’s a matter of visualizing and verbal-izing what you want. “Imagine what it will be like, outline it, energize yourself with happy details that counter the expected valleys you’ll encounter,” he says. Find the right people. Networking is vital, Parker says, and easier with the Internet and all forms of social media. “You can con-nect with people who encourage your change and make it for the bet-ter,” he says. Learn all you can. “Some people make the big mistake of thinking they don’t want to learn anymore,” Parker says. “Reinvent-ing is about growing, and in some ways like you never have before.” Organize your tasks. It can get over-whelming, so stay on top of things by priori-tizing daily and weekly. “You need to create to-do lists and have great time management geared to the goals in mind all the time,” Parker says. E x p e r i m e n t .

“Much of pursuing a dream or new vision is trial-and-error, learning from mistakes,” Parker says. “Your mind has to be free to explore all the possibilities of your new endeavor.” “ S o m e t i m e s you can’t wait for your future to find you; you find it,” Parker says. “That’s much of what reinventing is about. It’s a twist in the road on the long journey.” Parker, founder and CEO of RashEndZ Inc. (www.RashEndZ.com), is a senior man-agement and systems engineer professional with more than 25 years experience in aero-space, medical simula-tion and other high-tech industries. While working at Honeywell from 1984 to 2001, he worked on the space shuttle, mili-tary aircraft and com-mercial aircraft, among other projects. Parker is the inventor of REZair, a skin-aeration liner that can be inserted inside a diaper, incontinence garment or wound dressing, helping to keep the skin dry and speed healing.

A record 231 student-athletes, repre-senting all 18 intercolle-giate sports sponsored at Cleveland State Univer-sity, were recognized for their academic accom-plishments at the 28th annual John Konstanti-nos Athletic Academic Honors Luncheon which was held on Thursday af-ternoon (April 19) in the Henry Goodman Arena in the Wolstein Center. “This is such a special event for the De-partment of Athletics and the University,” Director of Athletics Mike Thom-as said. “It is important to

recognize the academic accomplishments of our student-athletes and to see a record 231 honored today speaks volumes about the goals and mis-sions of Cleveland State University.” The 231 stu-dent-athletes, represent-ing 69-percent of CSU’s student-athlete popula-tion, were recognized for maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or better through the end of the 2017 fall se-mester. The cumulative grade point average of all CSU student-athletes is

CSU athletics honors record of 231student-athletes3.247. There were a total of 113 first-year honorees, 60 second-year honorees, 35 third-year honorees, 20 fourth-year honorees and three fifth-year honoree. Several addi-tional awards were hand-ed out at the luncheon. The “Best of the Best” Team Award, which is given to the sport having the highest team grade point average in the department, went to women’s fencing. The team has a cumulative 3.75 grade point average with all six of the team’s

student-athletes honored at today’s luncheon. Women’s swim-mer Jamie VanDeweker (Beavercreek, Ohio/Beavercreek) received the President’s Award as the graduating senior student-athlete with the highest grade point aver-age. VanDewerker, who sports a 3.98 GPA as a Health Science, Pre-Physical Therapy major, was a four-year letterwinner and owns the school record in the 100 backstroke. She also swam on two record-breaking relay teams.

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Chris Kieismeier hired as coach The Cleveland State University Depart-ment of Athletics re-cently announced Chris Kielsmeier as the seventh head coach of the Cleve-land State women’s bas-ketball program. Kiels-meier joins the Vikings with 20 years of colle-giate coaching experi-ence and will begin his duties immediately. Kielsmeier was officially introduced yes-terday at a press confer-ence at the Wolstein Cen-ter. “We are very excited to welcome Chris to the Viking Family and look forward to his lead-ership of the Cleveland State women’s basketball program,” Director of Athletics Mike Thomas said. “Coach Kiels-meier has consistently developed successful programs on and off the court and has established a tradition of winning as a head coach at his pre-vious institutions, which we hope will be a con-tinuing trend at Cleve-land State. With Chris at the helm, I truly believe the Viking women’s bas-ketball program has an extremely bright future.” K i e l s m e i e r

comes to Cleveland State after 10 years as the head women’s basket-ball coach at Wayne State College (NE) – a peren-nial Division II power-house. During his tenure, Kielsmeier led Wayne State College to a 237-72 record, becoming the all-time winningest coach in program history. “I could not be more excited for the opportunity to lead the Cleveland State wom-en’s basketball program. Cleveland State Univer-sity is a premiere aca-demic institution with an outstanding athletics and women’s basketball program, and I am very happy to be a part of the

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6th annual River Sweep 2018-Johnson Mill Run to be held The 6th An-nual River Sweep 2018 - Johnston Mill Run will be held on May 12 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Arthur Johnston Park, just south of 4478 Johnston Parkway and at Forestdale Park at the corner of E. 131st and Forestdale in Garfield Heights. The Mill Creek Watershed Partners in-vite volunteers to par-ticipate in the annual collaborative effort to

clean and bring aware-ness to Johnston Mill Run, a tributary of Mill Creek that runs through Garfield Heights and Cleveland. Participants will receive a commem-orative River Sweep t-shirt.Volunteers are still needed. Light refresh-ments will be served The Mill Creek Watershed is a sub-wa-tershed of the Cuyahoga River Watershed which has evolved to one of the most highly urbanized areas along the Ohio

a two-time Northern Sun Conference Coach of the Year (2010 & 2012), and was also named the WBCA Region 7 Coach of the Year following the 2011-12 campaign. Prior to his time at Wayne State College, Kielsmeier spent nine seasons at Howard Payne University, eight as the head women’s basketball coach and one as an as-sistant coach. Kielsmeier ac-cumulated a 179-44 re-cord as head coach of the Yellow Jackets, and led HPU to a Division III National Title during the 2007-08 season. As the win-ningest coach in pro-gram history at HPU, Kielsmeier helped the Yellow Jackets to three American Southwest Conference titles (2005, 2007 & 2008) and was a three-time ASC Coach of the Year (2005, 2007 & 2008), two-time WBCA Region 5 Coach of the Year (2007 & 2008), and the 2008 WBCA Nation-al Coach of the Year. With five 20-win seasons at HPU, Kielsmeier has a com-bined career coaching record of 416-116.

During his ca-reer, Kielsmeier has mentored three All-Americans, five hon-orable mention All-Americans, two national Players of the Year, over 50 all-conference selec-tions, and more than 75 all-academic selections. “I want to thank Mr. Thomas, Ms. House-Browning, Ms. Worthington Wilson, and the rest of the search committee for giving me the chance to be a part of the Viking Family. Throughout this entire process, everyone at Cleveland State has been so nice and welcoming, and I cannot wait to get started!” Kielsmeier said. For the past three seasons, Kielsmeier has served on the Women’s Bas-ketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Board of Direc-tor’s Executive Committee – the only non-Division I head coach to be part of the committee. Kielsmeier was inducted into the Howard Payne University Athletic Hall of Fame on October 24, 2014.A native of Iowa, Kielsmeier is a 1999 gradu-ate of Iowa State, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in sports management.

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and its partners recog-nize the importance of strategic project imple-mentation as we seek to address the impairments of Cuyahoga County’s streams. Although Mill Creek is not an Ohio Scenic River or pris-tine preserve, it moves through the landscape of an urban environ-ment that people expe-rience in their daily ac-tivities. This urban watershed is critical to exemplify the balance of urban living and sus-tained water resources for all. Ohio’s Largest Done-in-a-day Clean Up will be held the same day. The event has been very

successful. In 2017, 750 volunteers removed over 39 tons of trash, in-cluding 319 tires. Over the course of 28 years more than 19,108 volunteers have been recruited who have helped extract and recy-cle 24,044 illegally dis-carded tires and picked up for disposal 623 tons of trash. In 2015, a new graffiti clean-up compo-nent was added to Riv-erSweep to help beau-tify the area. Volunteers for RiverSweep draw from across the area, students, activists and members of the business commu-nity all work together to clean our shared back-yard.