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LeBron James helped the Cavs beat the Atlanta Hawks in two games in Atlanta. James made top scores in points, rebounds, and assists and is expected to do the same when the Cavs face the Hawks at the ‘Q’ on Monday, May 25th and Wednesday, May 27th to close out and hopefully sweep the Hawks to face the Warriors or the Rockets. See story on page 6. (ESDN Photo by Frank Hyatt)

It’s graduation season, and an increasing num-ber of Ohio high school seniors are donning a cap and gown. According to the 2015 Building a Grad Nation re-port, Ohio’s high school graduation rate was up more than 2 percent in 2013 and is slightly higher than the national average of about 81 percent. While Ohio is making prog-ress, said John Bridgeland, chief executive of Civic En-terprises, one of the organizations that released the report, the state does have one of the highest opportunity gaps in the nation.

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ket watchers are closely monitor-ing U.S. production and the re-cent outbreak of violence in the Middle East has an impact that could shift this balance. Volatility will likely continue to characterize the global market in the near term as traders closely watch the balance between supply and demand. In particular, more ex-pensive crude could lead to an increase in production and sup-ply, which could put a ceiling on the current rally in price. Speculators are also interpreting the latest action by the so-called Islamic State, who seized control of the city of Ra-madi, Iraq, as a reminder of re-gional instability in the near term. At the close of Friday’s formal trading on the NYMEX, West Texas Intermediate was down 19 cents and settled at $59.69 per barrel.

Northeast Ohio gas prices have gone up eleven cents, according to AAA East Central’s Fuel Gauge report. The national average is $2.71. The weekend for the Memorial Day holiday, the na-tional average price for regular unleaded gasoline has increased on 32 of the past 34 days, reach-ing today’s price $2.71 per gal-lon. Despite the national av-erage continuing to register new highs for 2015, drivers are still experiencing significant yearly savings at the pump and today’s price is discounted by 94 cents year-over-year, making it the lowest average for this date since 2009. Pump prices have moved higher nationwide in re-cent months, largely due to the global rally in crude prices. The global oil market remains oversupplied, but mar-

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The fire destroyed the Truly Blessed Trucking Com-pany, 13900 Miles Avenue, and it was reported to be a total loss. According to Cleve-land Division of Fire spokes-

man Larry Gray, the fire was reported just after 5 p.m. on Tuesday, and firefighters spent several hours battling the triple two-alarm fire. More than 70 firefighters and nearly a dozen engines responded. Miles Av-

enue was blocked off between E. 137th Street and E. 143rd Street. Investigators from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are in-vestigating the fire that destroyed the Truly Blessed Trucking Com-pany, which was a scrap metal and trucking company. Cleveland police roped off the scene, and members of the Cleveland Fire Department began scouring the scene for evidence. The cause of the fire re-mains unclear, and no injuries were reported, although several dogs that were on the property were killed. Firefighters and work-ers at the trucking company were able to retrieve some of the vehi-cles and belongings in the build-ing before it was evacuated. According to owner, Rodney Hambrick, he started the business 15 years ago and it had been growing since. This is the second large blaze at an East Side commercial building in the past six weeks. An April 6 blaze damaged a va-cant industrial building near East 116th Street and Harvard Avenue. Cleveland firefighters also responded to fires at three homes near E. 68th Street and St. Clair Avenue. According to Gray, the fires appear to be accidental and no injuries were reported.

Investigators from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are investigating a fire on Tuesday that destroyed the Truly Blessed Trucking Company, 13900 Miles Avenue. Truly Blessed was a scrap metal and trucking company in business for than than 15 years.

Colorful balloons adorn a makeshift memorial at the site where three people died and five others were hurt when the stolen SUV they were joy riding in slammed into a utlity pole and the side of a brick building at E. 117th Street and Kinsman Ave. on Saturday at 3:30 a.m.

Three people died, and five other youngsters were crit-cally injured when the stolen Honda Pilot that they were driv-ing, crashed into a utility pole and then slammed into the side of a brick building at E. 117th Street and Kinsman Avenue on Saturday at 3:30 a.m. Demonta Wilson, 13, of Maple Heights, Damond Lawrence, 19, of Maple Heights and Diamond Williams, 17, of Warrensville Heights, all died in the accident. Services for Wilson are on Saturday, May 23 at Zion Pentecostal COGIC, 14102 Har-vard Rd. at 9:00 a.m. A pub-lic viewing will be held at the R. A. Prince Funeral Services, 16222 Broadway Avenue, Ma-

3 people died in crash of stolen SUV and several injured

ple Heights from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. today. Lawrence is survived by her mother, Nancy, her father, Da-vid Sr., her stepfather, Ian, and four siblings, Dayna, Danielle, David

Jr. and Duran. Visitation will be on Monday, May 25 from 12:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Lucas Memorial Chapel, 9010 Garfield Boulevard. Services for Williams will be on Tuesday, May 26, at 10:30 a.m. at The Calhoun Funer-al Home, 23000 Rockside Road, Bedford Heights. According to the police report, the driver lost control and hit the pole and building. The Honda Pilot was reported stolen about 11:30 p.m. Monday from Food Deal, 5166 Lee Road, Maple Heights, in the parking lot when the owner left his keys in the car to run into the store. According to police, of the five youngsters who suffered injuries in the crash, two are in critical condition and three are stable. Neighborhood residents helped pull the teens out of the car while they waited for the police and EMS. They describe hearing what sounded like an explosion. The SUV hit the building with such force that it land side-ways inside the building. Since the hole in the building was boarded up, someone has spray painted saying “Monta I love you,” “RIP Dame” and “We love you Damond” in memory of the young lives lost.

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McKinzey Smith, who is the daughter of Jacqueline Smith and Daniel Thomas also the Goddaughter of Kenyetta Muhammad, is twelve months old. She has a hearty appetite and enjoys bananas. Like most babies, she likes stuffed teddy bears. (ESDN photo by Omar Quadir)

According to Cleveland Division of Fire spokesman Larry Gray, the fire at the Truly Blessed Trucking Company, 13900 Miles Avenue, was reported just after 5 p.m. on Tuesday, and firefighters spent several hours battling the triple two-alarm fire. Miles Avenue was blocked off between E. 137th Street and E. 143rd Street. No injuries were reported.

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Ohio’s nearly 200,000 miles of rivers and streams soon will be better protected from pollu-tion. The Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule on Wednes-day to define which streams and wetlands should be protected under the Clean Water Act. Elissa Yoder, water con-servation coordinator with the Si-erra Club’s Ohio chapter, says the rule closes loopholes left open by conflicting Supr ̀ eme Court decisions.

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A 2004 Glenville High School graduate and Cleveland native is part of a select crew, protecting and defending America aboard the U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered attack submarine USS North Carolina. Petty Officer 2ndClass Brandan Pondexter is a yeoman aboard North Carolina, one of the Virginia-class submarines based at the Navy base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. “I like the opportu-nity to better myself profes-sionally,” Pondexter said. North Carolina, commissioned in Wilming-ton, North Carolina in 2008, islongerthanafootballfieldat 377 feet and can sail under the waves at more than 30 mph. North Carolina, like all attack submarines in the Navy’s fleet, can carry outan array of missions on the world’s oceans in defense of

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You may not know it, but May is Celiac Disease Awareness Mo nth, so let’s take this opportunity to discuss what celiac disease is, how it is diagnosed, and dispel three misconceptions about gluten. Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune disorder that affects one in 100 people in the world and 2.5 million people in the United States, many of whom remain un-diagnosed, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). People with celiac disease have a sensitivity and immune reaction to gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye. If an individual with celiac disease ingests gluten, their body mounts an immune response that attacks their small intestine. In this assault, antibodies can destroy the villi in the small intestine. Villi are thesmallfinger-likestructuresthat help promote nutrient ab-sorption from food. Those with celiac disease who ingest even a small amount of gluten—breadcrumbs from a cutting board for example—are at risk for small intestine damage. What’s startling about celiac disease is that if left untreated it can lead to the development of other autoim-mune disorders like Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes, or diseases like intestinal cancer, epilepsy, and other debilitat-ing health problems. The only treatment for celiac disease is a gluten free diet, and the initial way to diagnose celiac disease is to be tested through a simple blood test. Additionally, many people may have sensitivity to gluten but do not have celiac disease. People with Non-Celi-ac Gluten Sensitivity (NCGS) may have the same symptoms as those with celiac disease, such as bloating, fatigue, de-pression, etc., but without the damage that is done to the small intestine. With that said, here are some of the myths that need to be dispelled about glu-ten and celiac disease. Myth #1: Celiac dis-ease is a recently discovered disease. According to the Celiac Support Association, celiac disease was discovered in 250 A.D. Celiac disease has

specific symptoms—the re-sults of which have been found in skeletons dating as far back asthefirstcentury.Contrarytopopular believe, celiac disease is very real, verifiable healthcondition that has been around for a very long time. Myth #2: Going glu-ten free is a great way to lose weight. Despite what some might believe, going gluten free on its own will not neces-sarily lead to weight loss. On the contrary, there are plenty of gluten free foods that are high in calories so consum-ers should beware. Now if you change your diet to the extent that you are gluten free and you are eating nothing but whole foods including plenty of fruits and vegetables, this may help you lose weight. But remember, unless you have gluten sensitivity, giving up gluten is probably not the best strategy to lose weight. Rather, choose a healthy, less restrictive diet that is specifi-cally designed for weight loss paired with an exercise rou-tine. Myth #3: Gluten in-tolerance, gluten sensitivity and gluten allergies all refer to the same thing. When speaking about gluten there is a lot of misinformation about aller-gies, sensitivities and intol-

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This time last year I did a commentary on five brothers who served in World War II. Very impressive. Imagine my surprise when someone who caught the commentary sent me a pack-age with this note: “Dear Professor Kengor: Your [commentary] about the family whose five sons served in WW II was in-teresting. You might be inter-ested to know about families who had more than five sons who served in WW II.” Well, Ted Walters of Uniontown, Pennsylvania certainly had my attention.

He continued: “My mother, Stella Pietkiewicz, had seven sons serve in WW II. She had the honor to chris-ten the plane, Spirit of Poles, because she had the most sons who served in WW II.” Yes, seven sons. Along with Ted Wal-ters’ letter was an old news-paper clipping that showed six Pittsburgh-area mothers, all of Polish descent, who had 33 sons in service. Anna Lozowska, Maryanna Sawin-ska, Katarzyna Antosz, and Mrs. Joseph Wojtaszek each offered five boys to the cause. Honorta Lachowicz provided six sons. Stella Pietkiewicz took the prize with seven. Bless their souls. These moms gave their boys to the cause of freedom. The ladies were brought together by an or-ganization called the Central Council of Polish Organiza-tions in Allegheny County for a fundraising effort called the “Spirit of Poles” bomber campaign. The campaign sold over $500,000 worth of war bonds, a lot of money at the time. The Polish influ-

ence is a big part of the story. World War II started in Po-land in September 1939, first with the Nazis invading from the West and then the Soviet Red Army invading from the East. Ultimately, Poland suffered a higher proportion of death than any country in the war. It also had a huge Jewish population, which was corralled into dens of unspeakable evil, such as Auschwitz and the Warsaw Ghetto. When the Nazis were finally defeated, Poland’s reward was four decades of brutal occupation by totali-tarian communists headquar-tered in Moscow. And so, these Pitts-burgh-area Polish women knew this battle was worth fighting. Their sons did, too. And Stella Pietkiewicz gave the most. I don’t know the fate of all 33 boys, but Stella’s sons, remarkably, all returned home safely. For the ben-efit of their 100-plus descen-dants reading now, here were the boys’ names: Edmond, Walter, Wilfred, Roderick, Vitold, Leon, and Stanley.

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Some of the boys later took on their father’s first name, Walter, as their last name (they added an “s,” making it “Walters”). It was much easier to pronounce and work with. Their father was no slacker either. Walter Leon Pietkiewicz, born March 25, 1883, immigrated to America and thrived. By age 23, he graduated from the Univer-sity of Pittsburgh’s pharmacy school. He became a phar-macist in Pittsburgh’s Polish Hill section. The boys were all over the map during this ter-rible war: Europe, the Philip-pines, Okinawa, Tokyo Bay, Morocco, Africa, the Middle East. Wilfred was decorated for invading and occupying Iwo Jima. His ship bombed the Japanese mainland. Ed-

mond fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Five of the seven brothers went overseas. Stella was appar-ently pretty tough herself. She gave birth to 14 children, nine boys and five girls. (One boy was born stillborn.) Ted was the only boy who didn’t serve in World War II; he was too young. He later volun-teered for and served in the Korean War. Of the entire clan, only Ted and one sister, Hope, are still alive. It’s quite a story of quite a family. And the Pi-etkiewicz family wasn’t the only family that lent multiple sons to the cause. The Piet-kiewicz family was fortunate enough, however, to have them all return home. But while that part of the story has a happy end-ing, there’s a definite tragic component: Stella did not survive the war. She died of cancer before the war ended. She didn’t live to see all her boys come home. All that time, she kept a stoic silence. “There wasn’t talk about it [the war] around the house,” remem-bers Ted, who was 12 years old when the war ended. His

parents “didn’t talk about it much.” The same was true for the brothers once they came home. Ted says he nev-er heard any war stories from his older brothers. Ted’s wife, Pat, adds: “And we were with them a lot! But we never heard any war stories from them.” They did their duty, came home, raised families, and served their country in other ways. Seven boys. Seven boys in World War II. How can we repay families like these for their

sacrifices 70 years ago? We can start by not destroying the America they were will-ing to die for.

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their history from the time they were but a humble seed put into the ground. Person-ally, I do not have the time to invest in something like that. I find it strange talking to a flower. Talking to nuts, maybe, but not a flower. “You should learn to appreciate flowers, espe-cially the flowers in May.” At this point, I realized that I was in for conversation on flowers, whether I wanted to converse on flowers or not. Since I am a well-seasoned husband, I knew I just had to buckle down and endure it until it passed by. One of my favorite Scripture is, “This too shall pass.” “Don’t you remem-ber what you were doing in April?” Her question caught me by surprise. I was not quite sure what April had to do with flowers in our back-yard, but I was about to find out. “Don’t you remem-ber that in April you were complaining about all the rain?” She said it rather sar-castically and I knew there was a point somewhere, but I was not getting it at this time. I did remember complaining about the rain. It seems strange that every time I want to do something outside, particu-larly in the month of April, I no sooner get outside then it starts to rain. I know we need rain. Why can’t it rain at night when I am catch-ing some Z’s? That is what I would like to know. Why does rain have to inconve-nience me? If I plan for some in-door activity, it never rains. If

I plan for something outside it always rains. I am getting a little paranoid at this. I knew in a moment my wife would straighten me out on this one. “Remember that little rhyme that goes, ‘April showers bring May flowers’? We have these marvelous flowers in the month of May because of the rain in April. I think you need to begin to appreciate the rain because of what it brings about.” Well, I did remem-ber that old rhyme from school days. I just never put any kind of practicality to that sort of thing. It is not that I do not like poetry; I just do not understand poetry. And, just to set the record straight, I have written my share of poetry. However, poetry, es-pecially my poetry, does not have anything to do with real life. My mind was soon to be changed. I got a lecture on the whole dimension of April showers and the effect on the May flowers. I only wish I had a recording of that because I could put it on-line and let everybody know about this. When my wife went into the house to get some coffee, I had a moment to muse on that whole “April shower” bringing “May flow-er” idea. I must admit, there is something to it. When I am going through a very difficult time, I sometimes wonder what in the world is the purpose of it all? I would like to go through life without any difficulties whatsoever. But, just like those “April showers,” the dif-ficulties in life have a purpose down the road a bit. The trials of life have a purpose that may not be evident at the time, but given enough time, those “April showers” will bring some of those marvelous “May flow-ers.” This should encourage me in particular to appreciative the difficulties in my life. They are not there arbitrarily. James understood this when he wrote, “My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her per-fect work, that ye may be per-fect and entire, wanting noth-ing” (James 1:2-4). When my wife came back with the fresh coffee, I said to her, “Your May flow-ers are simply spectacular.” She smiled, then nodded and just looked at her May flow-ers. Rev. James L. Snyder is pastor of the Family of God Fellowship, PO Box 831313 , Ocala , FL 34483 . He lives with his wife, Martha , in Sil-ver Springs Shores . Call him at 1-866-552-2543 or e-mail jamessnyder2@att.net or website www.jamessnyder-ministries.com.

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down: “Believe in Allahand His messenger and spend of that over which He made you trustees.” (57:7) In this respect Zakah is an act of devotion which, like prayer, brings the believer nearer to his Lord. Apart from this, Zakah is a means of redistri-butionof wealth in a way that re-duces differences between classes and groups. It makes a fair con-tribution to social stability.

By purging the soul of the rich from selfishness and the soul of the poor from envy and resentment against society, it stops up the chan-nels leading to class hatred and makes it possible for the springs of brotherhood andsolidarity to gush forth. Such stability is not merely based on the personal feelings of the rich; it stands on a firmly established right which, if the rich denied it, would be exacted by force, if necessary. Siyam (fasting dur-

ing the day time of the month of Ramadan) is another pillar of Islam. The main function of fasting is to make the Muslim pure from “within” as other aspects of Shariah make him pure from “without.” By such purity he responds to what is true and good and shuns what is false and evil. This is what we can perceive in the Quranic verse: “O you who believe,fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may gain piety.” (2:183) In an authentic tra-dition, the Prophet reported Allah as saying: “He suspends eating,drinking, and gratification of his sexual passion for My sake.”

Thus his reward is going to be according to God’s great bounty. Fa s t i n g , t h e n , awakens the conscience of the individual and gives it scope for exercise in a joint experience for all society at the same time, thus adding further strength to each indi-vidual. Moreover, fasting offers a compulsory rest to the over-worked human machine for the duration of one full month. Similarly fasting re-minds an individual of those who are deprived of life’s necessities throughout the year or throughout life. It makes him real-ize the sufferings of others, the less fortunate brothers in Islam, and thus promotes in hm a sense of sympathy and

kindness to them. Lastly, we come to Al-Hajj (pilgrimage to the House of God in Makkah). This very important pillar of Islam manifests a unique unity, dispelling all kinds of differences. Muslims from all corners of the world wearing the same dress, respond to the call of Hajj in one voice and language; Labbaik Alla-humma Labbaik (Here I am at your service O Lord!). In Hajj there is an exercise of strict self-disci-plineand control where not only sacred things are revered, but even the life of plants and birds is made inviolable so that everything lives in safety: “And he that vener-ates the sacred things of God, it shall be better for him with

his Lord.” (22:30) “And he that vener-ates the way marks of God, it surely is from devotion of the heart.” (22:32) Piligrimage gives an opportunity to all Muslims from all groups, classes, or-ganizations, and governments from all over the Muslim world to meet annually in a great congress. The time and venue of this congress has been set by their One God. Invitation to attend is open to every Muslim. No one has the power to bar anyone. Every Muslim who attends is guaranteed full safety and freedom as long as he himself does not violate its safety. Thus, worship in Islam, whether ritual or non-ritual, trains the individual in such a way that he loves his Creator most and thereby gains an unyeilding will and spirit to wipe out all evil and oppression from the human society and make the word of God dominant in the world.ery sacrifice was devoted to Him alone. It was this kind of Hajj that was worthy of the reward of paradise, as the Prophet said: “The reward for an accepted Hajj is nothing less than paradise.” May Allah grant the ability to perform the Hajj in the manner of the Prophet Muhammad. Aa-meen.

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‘Teen Challenge’ is explained by courtBy JUSTICE PAUL E. PFEIFER

In September 2008, Jason Kirkpatrick was sen-tenced after pleading guilty to 16 counts of breaking and entering and one count of engaging in a pattern of cor-rupt activity. The common pleas court judge in his case – Judge John Stuard – sen-tenced Kirkpatrick to five years of community control. The term “commu-nity control” covers a wide variety of possible sanctions – such as financial, residen-tial, and non-residential – that judges use in criminal sentencing. Those sanctions can include traditional proba-tion supervision and numer-ous other restrictions admin-istered by the local court. Community control is used for felons when a pris-on term is not imposed and for people who commit mis-demeanors when a jail term is not warranted. Residential community control sanctions include community-based correctional facilities, half-way houses and such. Non-residential options include community supervision, drug and alcohol treatment, house arrest, electronic monitoring, community service, and the like. In Kirkpatrick’s case, in addition to commu-nity control, Judge Stuard required Kirkpatrick to enter and successfully complete a program called “Teen Chal-lenge” (sometimes also called “Life Challenge”). Judge Stuard warned Kirkpatrick that any violation of community con-trol could result in the impo-sition of a nine-year prison term. So the stakes for young Mr. Kirkpatrick were quite high. Unfortunately he didn’t follow the require-ments of his community

kers may partner with a loan processer or collude with an appraiser to inflate a proper-ty’s value. Appraisers may also play a part in fraud for profit, either by being gul-lible or bribable. Appraisers may expect to receive a kick-back or even simply a steady stream of business. Typically borrow-ers are unaware of “for pro-fit” schemes, although they can be involved. For examp-le, a borrower may “flip” or help “flop” a piece of real estate or launder money. As long as the borrower is wal-king away with some sort of profit fraudulently obtained, the borrower may potentially be prosecuted for aiding and abetting a fraud. Q: How do inci-dents of mortgage fraud typi-cally get investigated? A: Mortgage fraud investigations are generally conducted after government investigators become aware of mortgage fraud after ana-lyzing Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs). SARs are filed by federally insured financial institutions, many of which are uncovered and reported during foreclosure proceedings. Most mortga-ge fraud investigations (once triggered by the filed SARs) are investigated by both state and federal authorities who use shared efforts such as multi-jurisdictional task for-ces. Q: What happens if someone is convicted of mortgage fraud? A: Federally and in Ohio, mortgage fraud crimes are prosecuted under a va-riety of statutes (there is no specific mortgage fraud cri-minal statute per se). Fede-ral prosecutors may look to bank fraud, money launde-ring, wire fraud or falsifica-tion statutes, while state pro-

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control. On April 16, 2009, after Kirkpatrick admitted to violating the terms of his re-lease, Judge Stuard, follow-ing through on his warning, sentenced Kirkpatrick to a to-tal prison term of nine years. Kirkpatrick ap-pealed the sentence. The court of appeals held that Kirkpatrick’s nine-year sentence for engaging in a pattern of corrupt activ-ity exceeded the permissible two-to-eight year range for a second-degree felony. So the court sent the case back for resentencing. Judge Stuard resen-tenced Kirkpatrick to a total prison term of nine years, and this time made it clear that eight of the years were at-tributed to the conviction for engaging in a pattern of cor-rupt activity. And the court of appeals affirmed the sentence the second time around. On January 10, 2013, Kirkpatrick filed an ac-tion with the court of appeals seeking a writ compelling Judge Stuard to resentence him. Judge Stuard was no longer on the bench though, so Judge Ronald J. Rice was substituted as the new respon-dent in the appeal. Neverthe-less, Kirkpatrick’s claims all arose out of alleged defects in the original 2008 sentencing order. The court of appeals dismissed Kirkpatrick’s peti-tion on September 16, 2013, in large part because Kirk-patrick’s allegations, even if true, were “legally insuffi-cient to demonstrate that he has a ‘right’ to another sen-tencing hearing.” After that ruling, Kirkpatrick filed an appeal with us – the Supreme Court of Ohio – and his case came here for a final review. Kirk-patrick argued that his first sentencing order is void, based on five defects.

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His first two de-fects had to do with the “Teen Challenge.” In defect number one, he argued that the “Teen Challenge” is a 12-month program, but the maximum residential sanc-tion under Ohio law is six months. For defect number two, he argued that the “Teen Challenge” residential sanc-tion is void because the sen-tencing entry did not specify the length of the term. His third defect dealt with his community-control. He maintained that the trial court did not advise him of several of the commu-nity-control sanctions on the record during the first sen-tencing hearing. His fourth and fifth defects dealt with the “re-serve” sentence. For defect number four, he argued that the first sentencing order failed to separately state the basis of the nine-year “re-serve” sentence to be im-posed upon a violation of community-control release. And on defect number five, he argued that because the nine-year “reserve” sentence exceeded the maximum sen-tence permissible for a sec-ond-degree felony, he did not receive valid notice of the reserve sentence. Each of those con-tentions attacked the validity of the 2008 sentencing order. But that order has been su-perseded by not one but two subsequent orders. There-fore, Kirkpatrick’s conten-tions were moot. In the end, Kirkpat-rick offered only one argu-ment to explain why defects in the 2008 sentencing entry should make the subsequent entries void as well. Accord-ing to Kirkpatrick, because the “one-year alternative residential sanction was and is void ..., there was no valid sanction to violate, and the

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Trial Court had no power to impose the reserve prison term.” Actually, to the contrary, even if the 2008 entry were defective, the trial court still had jurisdic-tion to resentence him, given that Kirkpatrick had never challenged the validity of his guilty plea. Going back to April 16, 2009 – Judge Stuard’s order from that date makes it clear that he sentenced Kirkpatrick to a term of nine years not as a punishment for violating community control, but because he con-sidered nine years to be the appropriate sentence. And Judge Stuard later corrected the error in that order when he sentenced Kirkpatrick to the nine-year sentence he is now serving. Kirkpatrick did not estab-lish any defect in his current sentence, and therefore he showed no legal right to a new sentencing hearing. A person seeking the type of writ that Kirkpat-rick sought must establish three things. First, he must establish a clear legal right to the requested relief. Second, he must establish a clear le-gal duty on the part of the official or governmental unit to provide that relief. And third, he must establish the lack of an adequate remedy in the ordinary course of the law. Kirkpatrick did not satisfy any of those three requirements. Therefore, based on the foregoing rea-sons – by a seven-to-zero vote – we affirmed the judg-ment of the court of appeals that Kirkpatrick’s allegations were legally insufficient to demonstrate that he has a “right” to another sentencing hearing.

Alfredo Williams acquitted of charges Alfredo Williams, who is the cousin of Malissa Williams, was acquitted of threatening to kill Cleveland police officer Michael Brelo during his trial on a man-slaughter charge stemming from Williams’ 2012 death. Judge Emanuella Groves found Alfredo Wil-liams, 36 not guilty on a minor misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct after a four- hour trial on Wednes-day, May 13 that hinged on the definition of the word “threat.” Williams died alongside Timothy Russell when 13 Cleveland police officers unleashed 137 gun-shots into the couple’s car after a high-speed , cross-town chase on November 29, 2012. Brelo is on trial for voluntary manslaughter for his role in the shooting. Al-fredo Williams, who was de-scribed by several officials and his defense attorneys as Malissa Williams’ brother, but testified that they were cousins; was charged with disorderly conduct after Abe Hamideh, a court security guard, said that on April 15 he overheard Williams say to another person that “if the officer is not convicted, I’ll

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kill him myself.” Groves said city prosecutors did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that what Williams said

rose to the legal definition of a threat, namely that a reasonable person would believe there was imminent danger.

More than 150,000 Ohioans who were dropped from the Medicaid rolls early this year now will have their benefits restored. The Legal Aid So-ciety of Columbus filed a lawsuit in March, claim-ing that the Ohio Depart-ment of Medicaid failed to follow required guide-lines during the annual

Coverage to be reinstated for Medicaid clientsreview process. Legal Aid Deputy Director Kate Mc-Garvey said the state is in the process of switching eligibility systems and ex-perienced problems when reauthorization packets were sent out. “If you had an apartment address, the sys-tem wasn’t sending those out correctly,” McGarvey said.

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Blue Steel Boxing Academy will hold an amateur boxing show at Lock 3 Outdoor Facility, 200 North Main Street, Akron on Saturday, June 6 at 6:00 p.m. The show is entitled “Doyle Baird’s Toe to Toe.” For tickets, call Juan Jones at 330-604-1500.

VooDoo doesn’t affect Gladiators VooDoo had no affect on the Gladiators, as Cleveland warded off New Orleans, 64-42. The Gladiators scored a TD on their first play from scrimmage and they were off and running with a 36 YD TD pass from QB Shane Austin to Collin Taylor. Austin ran for a TD and threw six TD passes – besides the one to Taylor, three to Dominick Good-man and two to Amarri Jackson, who also returned a kickoff for a TD. Adrian Trevino kicked three FGs and recovered one of his own kickoffs which had bounced off of the far goalpost and away from N. O. VooDoo defenders. The backstop netting and goalposts are in play in the Arena Football League, so it’s always a live ball. The Gladiators (5-3) are now in 2nd place in the American Conference East behind 7-1 Philadelphia. They will be hosted by undefeated (8-0) San Jose on Saturday.

NBA Draft Lottery, on Tuesday, was won by the Timber-wolves. That means that the Timberwolves, who acquired 2013 No. 1 pick Anthony Bennett and 2014 No. 1 pick Andrew Wiggins from the Cavs before the season in the Kevin Love trade, will also have the 2015 No. 1 on their roster. Unless one of the current players or this years Lottery pick is traded away, it will be the first time that No. 1 picks from three years-in-a-row will play on the same NBA team. In the Lottery, which sets the top three choices, the L.A. Lakers won the 2nd pick, Philadelphia, the 3rd pick, while N.Y. fell to the 4th pick. The rest of the non-playoff teams will draft in inverse order of their record. The Cavs, who had won three of the last four Lotteries, were ineligible as they made the playoffs and currently are in the Eastern Conference Finals, thanks to LeBron James “Coming Home.”

By KARL BRYANT

Look who’s win-ning. It’s the Indians. The loveable featherheads, who have been in last place since the early days of the season, seem to be on the road to turn-ing things around. They are 6-4 during the last 10 games and have shown more of an ability to get the necessary hit than they have shown in the season’s first five weeks. This is an improvement, as the “It’s early” excuse is no lon-ger valid since they’ve played a quarter of the season. Sadly, Corey Klu-ber has not been a recipient of any of the Tribe’s batting largesse. Last week, when he threw one of the best pitching performances in baseball his-tory – giving up one hit over eight innings, while tying Bob Feller’s regulation game franchise mark of 18 strike-outs – the Tribe managed just two runs. The inoffensive showing certainly figured in to the unpopular move of not letting him come out for the 9th inning, with a chance to break the MLB strikeout re-cord, since a mistake or two could cost the game. Kluber, on Monday, was again in top form, strik-ing out 12 in nine innings, while allowing only five hits and one run on a wild pitch. Even that one run was taint-ed as Adam Eaton, who had tripled, dashed home after a wild pitch bounced away from catcher Roberto Perez just to the right of the plate. Perez caught up to the ball and lunged to tag the diving Eaton, but had the ball roll out of his mitt. Meanwhile the Tribe could only muster one run and reliever Zach

head Tribe turning losses into wins

J.R. Smith’s flurry of 3’s shoots down Hawks

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By KARL BRYANT

Turning around the phrase made famous in the cliffhanger of the 1980’s “Dallas” TV show, as three after three went through the hoop, incredulous Hawks fans had to be asking, “Who shot that?” “J.R.,” would be the curt answer. In game 1of the Eastern Conference Finals, J.R. Smith came off the Cavs bench and plunged dagger after dagger into the Hawks as he hit eight threes – a team playoff record - in leading Cleveland to a 97-89 victory to take away the At-lanta’s home court advantage. Thanks to J.R.’s he-roics, the Cavs were staked to an 18-point 4th quarter lead. Unwisely, the Cavs tried to run out the clock and Atlanta started to catch-up. The Cavs made a basket at the seven minute mark and did not hit another one until 37 seconds

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remained. In nearly each pos-session, with Kyrie Irving on the bench nursing an aggra-vation of an injury, the Cavs let LeBron James dribble, dribble, dribble for nearly the entire 24 second shot clock (twice letting it run out) be-fore someone (usually James) took a hurried missed shot, which let their lead slip to four points. But at that 37 sec-ond mark, James drove to the hoop and made a thun-derous dunk (Atlanta prob-ably thought he would just dribble at the top of the key). A bit later, he made two free throws and Iman Shumpert added two more to put the game away. Following the game, James realized the mental mistakes made in those poor possessions during the 6 ½ minute field goal drought, saying, “4th quarter: I played

too much isolation basket-ball, one-on-one basketball, allowed the defense to set. I’d much rather get the ball moving from side to side, and get a good look after that. I’ll be more conscious of that in game 2.” One of the Cavs poor possessions actually took a toll on the Hawks, as with five minutes left, De-Marre Carroll stole a bad pass from James, ran downcourt,

and driving to the basket, was bumped by Shumpert. He landed awkwardly and seemed to turn a knee. He began to writhe in pain and was helped from the court, remaining in the lockerroom for the rest of the game. His injury is still being assessed, but any absence would be hurtful since he was the Hawks leading scorer in the playoffs and is the defender normally assigned to guard

David Bell, who was a 2014 graduate of Garfield Heights High School and a 2014- 2015 member of Ohio State University basketball team, gets the victory sign from LeBron James during one of his visits to an OSU game. Bell was an outstanding player at Gar-field Heights High School and he won several honors. He was raised by his grandmother, Petronia Bell.

McAllister ended up losing in the 10th inning. In his entire Cy Young Award-winning sea-son last year, Kluber threw three wild pitches, but with his everyday catcher Yan Gomes – a good defensive backstop - out on the DL, he has been charged with five so far this year. That reasoning doesn’t show up on the stat sheet. Speaking of Gomes, he went 2 for 2 (two singles) last Friday at Lake County, the Indians A affiliate, in his first rehabilitation start since returning from a badly sprained knee. He caught the pitches of T.J. House - on the DL, with an inflamed shoulder, who also was on rehab assignment with the Captains, in a three inning appearance for each player. House struck out five and al-lowed no runs and only one hit. Lake County eventually lost the game to Dayton, 3-2. The Captains currently are in the hunt in the A Midwest League, only 2 ½ games out of 1st place. Captains Manager Shaun Larkin told Minor-ity Publishers Assn., “They both looked good. They didn’t have any trouble out

there. House pitched well on a managed pitch count.” Lake County Pitching Coach Steve Karsay said, “House looked fluid. He pitched very smoothly and looked good mechanically.” Both Gomes and House are now at AAA Co-lumbus. Gomes played seven innings the other day without a problem and may be back on the Indians roster very soon. House had a five-inning outing with the Clippers, giv-ing up no runs on four hits while striking out four. If these two can return and per-form like they’re capable, the Tribe will get a big boost. Trevor Bauer con-tinues to pitch lights out for the Indians. He struck out 10, giving up four hits and one run in 7.1 inning, but got a No Decision the day after Kluber’s historic outing last week, due to lack of run sup-

port. Tuesday, he again gave up four hits and one run while striking out seven, and with some offense, registered a 3-1 victory. He is 3-1 with a 3.31 ERA. A plus, closer Cody Allen, who had a quadruple-number ERA after getting pummeled early in the year, has lowered his ERA to a more-manageable 6.61, while converting his last five Save opportunities, although the last one was a bit tenuous. Wednesday in relief of Shaun Marcum, he allowed a run in the 9th inning, had the bases loaded, but luckily struck out a pinch hitter in a 4-3 win. A relieved Marcum, who had shoulder surgery in 2013, re-injured it last year, had one Tribe outing in April, and had been playing in AAA, notched his first Big League win since June 26, 2013.

Jones

Boxing NostalgiaBy JIM AMATO

One of the finest boxers ever to come out of Akron,Ohio was William “Gorilla” Jones. He was good enough to hold the National Boxing Association’s version of the middleweight title in 1932. He was born on May 12, 1906 in Memphis,Tennessee and he began his professional boxing career there in 1924. By 1927 Jones was boxing out of Akron. In 1928, he took a 20-4 record into the ring for his first major test, on July 17 when he dropped a ten round decision to Sergeant Sammy Baker. Jones rebounded nicely outscoring Tommy Freeman and Bucky Lawless. On November 11 he made his Madison Square Garden de-but winning an eight rounder against Pat Silvers. Jones would return to the Garden and draw with Tony Vacca-relli.An uneven year for Jones was in 1929 when he drew in a rematch with Freeman. He outpointed Joe Mello against ten rounds but then dropped a 12 rounder to Lawless. Jones then lost a ten round verdict to Jackie Fields. Their return bout was declared a no contest in the seventh round because Jones was reportedly not try-

William ‘Gorilla’ Jones had an illustrious boxing career

ing. Jones started off 1930 well winning a decision against veteran Jock Malone. Then he would drop back to back ten rounders to Tiger Roy Williams and Lawless. Two months later Jones finally took the measure of Lawless in nine. On Septem-ber 4 Jones met Harry Smith in a bout billed for the Colored Middleweight Title. It ended in the ninth round as a No Con-test. In their return bout Smith won a ten rounder. In 1931, Jones de-feated Cleveland’s hard punch-ing Paul “Poison” Pirrone by decision. This was a huge win for Jones. Two fights later he would again lose a decision to Lawless. The NBA then cre-ated a tournament to find a suc-

cessor to middleweight cham-pion Mickey Walker who had moved up in weight. Jones was included in the tourney. Jones would finish 1931 with six straight wins and he would now receive a shot at the vacated title. On January 25,1932 in Milwaukee, Jones stopped Oddone Piazza in the sixth round to claim the NBA title. His next bout was a non title affair against Frankie O’Brian. Jones lost on an eighth round DQ again for not trying. He would come back with two non title wins. On April 26, Jones successfully defended his crown with a 12 round points decision against Young Terry in Trenton, New Jersey. Then on June 11 in Paris, France he suffered an 11 round DQ against Marcel Thil for repeated low blows and holding. With his title now gone, Jones reeled off five straight victories. He then drew with Tommy Freeman. In 1933, he and Ben Jeby tangled in a sixth round No Contest bout. Then Jones knocked out Johnny “Bandit” Romero and Billy Papke Jr. Jones had a rough year in 1934 being up-set by Dutch Weimer. He then

drew with rugged Freddie Steele. Jones would then lose ten rounders to Emilio Marti-nez and Oscar Rankins. In 1935, Jones would be defeated by Steele in a return match. In 1936 Jones would go 3-0-1. Then on January 1,1937 Jones would meet Steele in a rubber match. At stake would be the NBA and the New York State Athletic Commission’s middleweight titles. Steele won the ten rounder flooring Jones for the first time in his career along the way. Again Jones would bounce back fighting a draw with tough Frankie Battaglia and taking a ten rounder from Freeman. He would end the year losing to Alabama Kid. Jones lost To Babe Risko and the Alabama Kid again in 1938. In 1939 he re-corded his last victory by de-cisioning Angelo Puglisi. In 1940 he was outscored by Vern Earling a novice with five fights. It was time for Jones to hang up the gloves. Jones had more than 100 victories in his long pro career.He scored 55 knockouts. He would lose only 25 times in 144 recorded bouts. Amazingly he was never stopped.

James. Although James led the Cavs with 31 points, Smith’s nearly unconscious shooting from the perimeter was the difference. He made eight of 12 from downtown on a day when the Cavs’ oth-er heroes from game 6 of the Conference Semifinals went cold. In that close-out blow-out of the Bulls, Matthew Dellavedova – who led the Cavs with 19 points, James Jones, and Smith each came off the bench to make three treys. Yet, in game 1 in At-lanta, Jones and Dellavedova went scoreless, while Smith totaled 28 points. In the battle under the basket, the Cavs also dominated - outrebounding the Hawks, 49-37. Tristan Thompson had 10 rebounds to go with 14 points and Timofey Mozgov had 11 boards to go with 10 points. James added eight and Smith

also had eight, which prompt-ed Cavs Coach David Blatt to query after the game, “Eight rebounds and eight threes: I wonder when’s the last time that a player (in the playoffs) who made eight threes also had eight rebounds?” His inference was that good rebounders usually aren’t good outside shoot-ers. Smith’s eight treys were a Cavs playoff record. Con-cerning Smith’s big night, Blatt remarked, “When he gets hot, he gets smokin’ hot!” Atlanta, which usu-ally relies on excellent three-point shooting, made just four of 23 from the perimeter. Jeff Teague, who led the Hawks with 27 points, also gave Smith props, as he described his performance, saying, “He made tough shots with peo-ple draped all over him and hands in his face.”

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How great deeds and good dishes pay off (NAPSI)—Here is food for thought: The first annual Neighborhood to Nation Recipe Contest from General Mills Food-service not only awarded neighborhood restaurants for their local flavor but celebrated the vital role these small businesses play in their community. The Grand Prize Winner, Beylka Krupp of Wobble Café in Ossining, New York, got $40,000 cash plus $10,000 to share with a local charity of her choice for her award-winning recipe for Shrimp Étouffée. The popular dish has a large customer fol-lowing at the family-friendly, neighborhood eatery known for its brunches, baked goods and soups—as well as its civic-mindedness. Wobble Café sponsors youth sports teams, hosted the na-tional “Cops and Coffee” program and helps in ef-forts to improve the areas schools and town. Beylka and her husband, Rich Fo-shay, never turn down an opportunity to help a non-profit or service group. Krupp’s winning recipe in the Neighbor-hood to Nation Recipe Contest includes a deli-cious Cajun-spiced shrimp stew that blends tomato, garlic, onion, cream and Cajun spices and herbs served with rice and jala-peño cheese corn bread. “Our judges were wowed by Beylka’s mouthwatering Shrimp Étouffée recipe, and we were truly inspired by her tireless commitment to her local community,” said Danielle Benson, associate channel manager for Gen-eral Mills Foodservice.

“All three of the finalists are winners for how they bring the spirit of ‘Neighborhood to Nation’ to life, from their one-of-a-kind dishes that showcase their local flavor to how each of them contrib-utes to their local community without expecting anything in return.” The two runners-up each receive $10,000. They are DeDe Johnson of John-son’s Farm Restaurant in Orange, Massachusetts, who submitted a melt-in-your-mouth, moist Yogurt Choco-late Chip Coffee Cake; and Donal Clark of Miller’s Seawall Grill in Galveston, Texas, whose recipe was a decadent Pecan Chocolate Ganache Brownie Cake. To qualify for the Neighborhood to Nation Recipe Contest, restaurants from around the country sub-mitted an original breakfast, entrée or dessert recipe using at least one ingredient from General Mills’ list of eligible products. Open to foodser-vice operators, chefs and line cooks at independent family dining establishments, the annual contest puts neigh-borhood restaurants’ dishes in the national spotlight. Neighborhood to Nation was created to inspire culinary creativity among in-dependent restaurants, giving operators an opportunity to experiment with high-quality and consistent products from General Mills Foodservice as well as exclusive access to trend information, insights and ideas to help them dif-ferentiate their menus and delight their diners. For more informa-tion—including details on the 2nd annual Neighbor-hood to Nation Recipe Con-test, to kick off in January 2016—visit www.Neighbor-hoodtoNation.com.

'Brown Sugar' is a lyrical love storyBy C.M. APPLING Ever since black slaves were first transported from Africa, their descendants have made meaningful contri-butions to American culture. One of the artistic areas Afri-can-Americans have contrib-uted significantly to the coun-try is in the medium of music. From blues, to jazz, to rock and roll, the creative genius of black American music artists not only influences our own nation but that of the entire world. And, over the past 35 years, the main, musical contribution that blacks have bestowed upon the global stage is rap. Begun in 1979 with the Sugar Hill Gang’s ‘Rap-per’s Delight’ and in 1982 with Grandmaster Flash and the Fu-rious Five’s ‘The Message,’ rap first started as a rebellious and forbidden music form (just as jazz and rock and roll did). However, over the course of three decades, it, too, has found its way into the main-stream of modern music. And, just as fans and aficionados of jazz might read Downbeat magazine, and rock and roll fans read Rolling Stone, three magazines in the 1990’s and early 2000’s that dominated rap/hip hop culture were: Vibe, The Source and XXL. Movies like Brea-kin’ (1984), Beat Street (1984), Krush Groove (1985) and House Party (1990) featured rap artists performing. But, only one film focused on the individ-uals who worked for companies like Vibe and The Source that are behind the scenes of the art-ists themselves: Brown Sugar (2002). And, the movie doubles as a romantic comedy. It starts with Sidney Shaw (Sanaa Lathan), an editor-in-chief at XXL magazine ask-ing the question she asks all rap artists first: “When did you first fall in love with hip hop?” Then, you see a mon-tage of real artists giving their own, personal responses. In a 1984 flashback, we see 10-year old Sidney watching a Bronx, N.Y. breakdance competition followed by an impromptu rap ‘battle’ in the park. She meets 10-year old Dre Ellis who will become her best friend and fellow hip hop ‘lover.’ Back in the present, Dre

(Taye Diggs) is an A&R execu-tive for Millennium Records. At a party held by real-life, music mogul Russell Simmons, Sidney arrives with her cousin Francine (Queen Latifah), There, Dre intro-duces Sidney to his attorney girlfriend, Reese Wiggums (Nicole Ari Parker), When Dre proposes to Reese with an en-gagement ring, Sidney seems happy, yet somewhat very sad. At Reese’s bridal shower, when the women play a trivia game of ‘What’s Dre’s favorite…,?’ Sidney shows that she knows the most about him. Days later, Dre attends a local, amateur rap concert, (with Sidney in tow), where a new, up and coming MC named Chris Vichon a.k.a. ‘Cavi’ (Mos Def) ‘shows his skillz.’ Dre offers Chris a business card but Chris doesn’t think his ‘style’ matches Dre’s company. Meanwhile, a black/white, interracial, rap duo called ‘Rin & Tin’ (The Hip Hop Dal-mations), try to market their shallow, talentless, gimmick act to Dre. Having a career crisis about his ‘selling out’, he be-gins to kiss Sidney, then they both stop before going any fur-ther. Dre and Reese get married and as time progresses, they settle into life as a wedded couple. So, Sidney goes on an interview/ date with Brook-lyn Nets basketball star Kelby Dawson (Boris Kodjoe), where they not only run into Dre and Reese, but Rin & Tin also. But, in the Millen-nium studio, when the ‘Hip Hop Dalmations’ record a ren-dition of Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney’s ‘The Girl Is Mine,’ renamed ‘The Ho Is Mine,’ Dre finally decides to leave the record company. He meets with Sidney and tells her he wants to start his own label, ‘Brown Sugar Records.’ She instantly writes him a check to invest in his new venture. But, Reese is less than enthusiastic about Dre’s ‘sud-den’ decision. On another date, Kelby reserves an entire res- taurant for a private evening with Sidney. After the date, Sidney and Kelby are eager to sleep with each other. Dre finds Chris (who is a taxi cab driver), and asks

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him to be the first artist on his new label. Sidney and Reese accidently meet at a gym and do boxing aerobics while arguing about Dre. At a New Years Eve party, Kelby proposes to Sidney in front of Dre, Reese, Chris and Francine. She accepts. Chris awkwardly tries to ‘throw game’ at Francine. While watching Kelby at a basketball practice, Sidney discovers that he hasn’t read any of her articles. Taking Sidney with him, Dre discovers that Reese has been cheating on him with another man at a res-taurant. After telling Reese that he wants a divorce, when Dre goes back to Sidney’s place, they sleep together, then she feels guilty about it because she’s still engaged to Kelby. At the ‘Hot 97’ radio station, while waiting to get their CD played, Dre and Chris are forced to hear Rin & Tin over the air, in the lobby. Rath-er than get a divorce, Reese tries to convince Dre to work things out, but he declines. Sidney admits to Kel-by that she loves Dre more than him and returns his ring. Dre finally gets Chris’ (‘Cavi’s’) CD in rotation on Hot 97. During an on air in-terview on 97, Sidney answers Dre’s questions of ‘When did you first fall in love with hip hop?” and they at last acknowl-edge their mutual, long-denied passion for each other. The evolution of hip hop was a metaphor for the evo-lution of their own relationship. Chris manages to ‘hook up’ with Francine. And, when Cavi’s ‘Brown Sugar’ single is played on the air for the first time, there is another, black, 10-year old, boy and girl in the park listening to it as their own, appreciation of hip hop begins. "Brown Sugar" is a reflective mirror for all the rap fans who fell in love with hip hop in its infancy and grew up listening to it until their musical maturation aged with wisdom along with admiration. It is a lyrical, love story for all the middle-aged, ‘b-boys’ and ‘around the way girls’ who now look back upon hip hop as wise elders to inspire the younger generations.

Soul Food Festival returns to the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds The Kinsfolk Soul Food Festival will be held on Saturday, July 4 at 2:00 p.m. at the Cuyahoga Coun-ty Fairgrounds in Berea. Michel Le, Freddie Jackson, Eric Benet, Avery Sunshine, Slave, Midnight Star, Rick Stone and the-James City Band will pro-vide the entertainment at the event. The festival cel-

O' Jays, Maxwell to headline Music Festival Jennifer Hudson, Maxwell, The O’Jays and Maze featuring Frankie Beverly as well as Joe and Luke James will top the 2015 Cincinnati Music Fes-tival that is held annually at Paul Brown Stadium on July 24-25. Maxwell, Hudson, The O’Jays, and Joe and Luke James will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, July 24. Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Jill Scott, KEM, Avery Sunshine and Mali Music will play at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 25. The O’Jays hit gold selling a million copies of such hits as: “Back Stab-

bers,” “Love Train,” “For the Love of Money,” “I Love Mu-sic,” and “Use ta Be My Girl;” plus for the albums Back Stab-bers, Ship Ahoy, and Family Reunion. ‘For the Love of Money’ is the the theme for the two reality

shows The Apprentice and The Celebrity Apprentice on NBC-TV. Maxwell is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor. Along with fellow musicians D’Angelo and Erykah Badu,

Maxwell has been credited with helping to shape what has been termed the “neo soul” movement that rose to prominence during the late 1990s. He announced on the social media site Twitter the sec-

ond installment of his tril-ogy blackSUMMERS’night would be arriving sometime in the winter of 2015, but no other formal announcements have been made. Hudson, besides ap-pearing on American Idol, won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in her film debut portraying Effie White in Dreamgirls (2006), for which she gained worldwide acclaim, as well as winning Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, an NAACP Image Awards. Tickets are on sale and can be purchased at 800-745-3000.

Chris' Cinema Trivia &Movie Match UpBy CHRIS APPLING

TRIVIA - (Biographies)

1. In the HBO cable film The Josephine Baker Story (1991), actress Lynn Whitfield portrayed the great, American expatriate dancer who fled to Paris, France and became an international sensation and the richest black woman in the '20's and '30's; but who is the vet-eran, black actor that portrayed a U.S.serviceman that inspires her to return to performing after she experiences great pain and loss? 2. In what musical mini-series do actor Lawrence Hilton Jacobs and actress An-gela Bassett portray a '60's, lower-class, black couple from Gary, Indiana who take their five sons(Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael) to audition for Motown Record's President Berry Gordy to become the most famous, musical family in history? 3. Who is the light-skinned, green-eyed actress/singer in The Courage To Love (2000) that portrayed the story of Henriette Delille: a quadroon in

pre-Civil War New Orleans who rejects the female, Creole tradition of being kept by a wealthy, white man to instead become a Catholic nun and teach slave children to read and write? 4. In Livin' For Love: The Natalie Cole Story (2001), actress Teresa Ran-dle portrays the young-adult Natalie while Diahann Carroll portrays Cole's mother, but who is the African-American actor who portrayed the sing-er's legendary father, Nat King Cole? 5. In what film does African-American director Ju-lie Dash have actress Angela Bassett portray the special bus rider who made history by sparking the '60's Civil Rights Movement when she was ar-rested for refusing to give up her Jim Crow seat for a white passenger?

ANSWERS: 1. Louis Gos-sett, Jr. 2. 'The Jacksons: An American Dream' (1997) 3. Vanessa L. Williams 4. James McDaniel 5. 'The Rosa Parks Story' (2002)

MOVIE MATCH-UP - (The Jacksons: An American Dream)

ACTORS/ACTRESSES:1.Angela Bassett2. Lawrence Hilton Jacobs3. Holly Robinson-Peete4. Billy Dee Williams5. Vanessa L. WilliamsROLES:

a) dad, Joe Jacksonb)assistant Suzanne De-Passec) producer Berry Gordyd) mom, Katherine Jackson

Singer-lyricist Eddie Jefferson created in the late 1940s the style that came to be calle jazz vocalese. Upon hearing saxo-phonist James Moody's ver-sion of Coleman Hawkins' "Body and Soul", Jefferson wrote lyrics to the tune which has become the jazz standard "Moody's Mood for Love". He inspired later vocalese groups such as Lam-bert, Hendricks and Ross. Jefferson was born in Pittsburgh in August, 1918. His early career was guided by his father who was in show business. Jefferson and his brother Charlie, formed a song and dance act, the Candy Kids, heard on local radio for sev-eral years. His first recordings were made in 1952-53. Until 1962, Jefferson worked with James Moody, whom he rejoined in 1969. In 1976, he formed a partnership with saxman Richie Cole that lasted until his murder in Detroit in May 1979. Jefferson was a mas-ter lyricist who created pro-found, funny and joyful lyrics. He combined elements of jive talk, slang, musical diction, story-telling and rhythm into musical poetry. In his gravely voice, he precisely delivered brisk bop lines with passionate power, breaking boundaries of American song.

Eddie Jefferson

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The O’Jays which consists of Walter Williams, Eric Grant and Eddie Levert will perform at the 2015 Cincinnati Music Festival at Paul Brown Stadium on July 24.

ebrates everything about soul food cuisine as we know it today with its roots in the American south and describes a selection of foods that are traditional to the taste buds of African-Americans. Competitions will be held for best fried chicken, best greens, best macaroni and cheese,and best sweet potato pie. Kinfolks Founda- tion, Inc./Destine to Succeed.

fuses together the tradition of good times, good music and good food with an opportu-nity for an average of 10,000 consumers per market to en-gage with brand ambassadors and non-profit organizations dispensing invaluable free information. This target-rich event is known as The Kin-folks Soul Food Festival.

Launched in 2007, the Kinfolks Soul Food Fes-tival has attracted more than 500,000 Urban Adult con-sumers across thirteen U.S. markets featuring hit-making internationally-recognized artists including Gladys Knight, Guy, Morris Day & The Time, Chaka Khan, Jef-fery Osborne, The O’Jays, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, The Whispers, Stephanie Mills, Bell Biv Devoe, Salt-N-Pepa, Keith sweat, Jonathan Butler, Will Downing, Peabo Bryson, Cameo, Jodi Whatley, Tevin Campbell, The SOS Band and many others. The Kinfolks Soul Food Festival, presented by Kinfolks Foundation, Inc./Destine to Succeed, is now one of the most anticipated cultural events in America and by popular demand, con-tinues to expand. In 2015, from March through November The Kinfolks Soul Food Fes-tival will present to impres-sive crowds in twenty (20) U.S. markets and expand its

voice to more than 150,000 African-American consum-ers. Tickets are on sale for $35.00 general admin-istration; $48.00 preferred viewing; and $68.00 VIP at www.ilovesoulfood.com or call 1-877-415-7258.

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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - Friday, May 22, 2015EAST SIDE DAILY NEWSPage 8

Volunteers of the Woodland Cemetery Foundation take a break in between put-ting flags on veterans graves for its annual Memorial Day ceremony at the cemetery, 6901 Woodland Avenue. Photo left to right; Paul Siedel, Calli Johnson, and Annette Dolan were some of the volunteers at the cemetery to prepare for the Memorial Day event.

Play House MFA acting program to start

Woodland Cemetery to hold ceremony The Woodland Cemetery Foundation will hold its annual Memo-rial Day ceremony at the cemetery, 6901 Woodland Avenue, on Monday, May 25th at 10 a.m. The keynote speaker for the event is Larry Snyder who will re-count exploits of the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Snyder, a retired Stark County teacher, is a living history presenter

The Case Western Reserve University/Cleve-land Play House MFA Act-ing Program recently an-nounced its Class of 2018. The three women and five men represent eight differ-ent undergraduate programs from across the United States. “It is always an exciting time for the pro-gram when a new MFA Act-ing class arrives to begin their intensive studies,” says Ron Wilson, director of the program. “The students in the class of 2018 will have

the distinction of beginning their residence at CPH dur-ing the theatre’s 100th year anniversary.” Lavour Addison joins the Case Western Re-serve University/Cleveland Play House family. Lavour grew up in the Bahamas and attended high school in Florida. He graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa with a double major in Psychology and Theatre. He also holds a certificate from the Stella Adler Act-ing Conservatory in NYC. His professional

experience includes serving as the Acting Captain of the Hawaii Pirate Ship Adven-tures and working as a full time member of the Pro-fessional Acting Company with the Honolulu Theatre for Youth. Favorite credits include Black in the The Wild Party, Rajo Nan Pan-jang in The Genteel Sabai, and Peter Evans in Bug. Paul Bugallo was born in Miami, Florida, but raised in Seattle, where he discovered his passion for the performing arts. He at-tended Central Washington

University where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatrical Perfor-mance. Paul has performed in many of Puget Sound’s professional spaces, includ-ing the Seattle Repertory and Center House Theatres, as well as improvisational theatres such as Unexpected Productions and Jet City Improv. Ready for the next chapter, he now pursues an MFA at the Cleveland Play House where he intends on pushing his artistic prowess into the next phase of his ca-reer.

Mariah Burks will be a graduate this sum-mer of Bowling Green State University with a bachelor of arts in communications with a specialization in mu-sical theatre. She is beyond thrilled to be joining the CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program. She had the won-derful opportunity to finish out her undergraduate train-ing by performing Urinet-own: The Musical as Little Becky Two-Shoes/Mrs. Millennium. She recently won the Irene Ryan Nation-al Scholarship Award at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Washington, DC. She can’t wait to jump in and begin the process with everyone! Kyle Cherry hails from Sacramento, CA by way of Boston and New York City. He has worked regionally with the Hunting-ton Theatre, New Reper-tory Theatre, Whistler in the Dark, and Brown Box The-atre Project. Favorite roles include Malcolm in Mac-beth, Lord Alfred Douglas in Gross Indecency, and Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Kyle holds a B.A. in English from Tufts University. Sarah Cuneo is beyond thrilled to be join-ing the CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program this fall! A native of Montclair, New Jersey, Sarah will graduate from Princeton University in June with a major in Psy-chology and certificates in Theater and Neuroscience. She has been in-credibly active in the Princ-eton theater community since her freshman year, act-ing in nearly twenty produc-tions on campus and serv-ing on the boards of several student theater groups. Her favorite roles include Father Toulon in Red Noses, Fe-male Greek Chorus in How I Learned to Drive, Agave in The Bacchae, and Susy Hendrix in Wait Until Dark. Randy Dierkes hails from Nashville, Ten-nessee with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Florida State University in Music The-atre. He is beyond thrilled to join the MFA Acting Pro-gram at Case Western Re-serve University/Cleveland Play House. Some recent cred-its include Bud Frump in How to Succeed, Hanschen in Spring Awakening, Bo in William Inge’s Bus Stop, and Ken in the original cast and International/Asian tour of Barbie Live! The Musi-cal. This summer Randy appeared in Gypsy the Mu-sical at The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina and will be playing Jean Michele in La Cage Aux Folles at The Lake Dillon Theatre Com-pany in Colorado. He would like to thank his friends and family for their enduring love and support. Peter Hargrave is thrilled to join the tal-ented graduate ensemble at CWRU/CPH! A native Texan, Peter holds his BFA from Abilene Christian Uni-versity and is a graduate of Syracuse University’s Tep-per Semester. His favorite regional credits include Twelfth Night, A Midsum-mer Night’s Dream, Man of La Mancha, and The Tam-ing of the Shrew at Texas Shakespeare Festival, Beau-ty and the Beast at Gateway Playhouse, South Pacific at Musical Theatre West, and several stints on Disney Cruise Line. Endless thanks to his family, his wife Kat, and the wonderful staff at CWRU/CPH who have al-ready made Cleveland feel like home. Megan Medley is thrilled to be joining the CWRU/CPH Class of 2018! Home is Lexington, Ken-tucky, and she graduated from Butler University’s Theatre Program in May 2014. Since then she continued to work in the Indianapolis theatre scene and her credits there include Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and Giselle with NoExit Performance, The Rocky Horror Show with Zach Rosing Productions, Differ-ent Trains with Magnet Film Productions and Rapture, Blister, Burn at Theatre on the Square. She cannot wait to get up to Cleveland and get rolling!

Gregory McDade, who is the scout leader for the boy scouts, who volunteered at the Woodland Cemetery putting flags on veterans graves for the cemetery’s annual Memorial Day ceremony, 6901 Woodland Avenue. McDade and parent , Clarence Peoples Sr. helped the following boy scouts clean debris around veterans’ graves. The boy scouts who participated are: Salvion Neal, Kelly Howard, Jr., Clifton Coleman, Cedric Peoples, Clarence Peoples, Jr., and J’aysean Riddle. The boy scouts will perform the flag raising ceremony on Memorial Day at the cemetery.

Annette Dolan, Calli Johnson, Michelle Day, and Skeeter Forte’ who are vol-unteers of the Woodland Cemetery Foundation take a break in between putting flags on veterans graves for its annual Memorial Day ceremony at the cemetery, 6901 Woodland Avenue.

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methadone should not be a preferred drug unless spe-cial education is provided to patients, and that it should never be the first choice in treating chronic pain. The opioid crisis is not a black and white is-sue. Until we stop treating it as such, we will not be able to tackle the problem at its root. Eliminating opi-oids does not alleviate the problem, end patient suffer-ing, or acknowledge what the true issue is. Millions of Americans suffer from chronic pain, but very few have access to multiple op-tions to manage their pain. Through an in-crease in funding and re-search of alternative thera-pies, implementation of ADF’s and greater coverage by payers, we can finally begin to treat the opioid epidemic in a safe and re-sponsible way – a way that does not hurt the millions of Americans who rely on opioids to get out of bed, to play with their children, to get through the day. Dr. Lynn R. Web-ster, MD, is the immedi-ate past president of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, vice president of Scientific Affairs at PRA Health Sciences, and author of a forthcoming book, The Painful Truth, and producer of a PBS TV documentary by the same name. Visit him online at www.thepainful-truthbook.com.