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HAPPY KWANZAA & HAPPY NEW YEAR!

MPL Boardselects dynamicMLK LibraryBranch development

The site of the current MartinLuther King Branch Librarywill soon be transformed into adynamic mixed-use facility,blending a branch library withretail space and residentialunits, Alderwoman Milele A.Coggs announced recently.

Alderwoman Coggs, a mem-

ber of the Milwaukee PublicLibrary Board of Trustees,voted with her colleagues inapproving the project proposalsubmitted by Young Develop-ment, a city developer and oneof three finalists who re-sponded to an October 2016Request for Proposals.

“The project is exciting andis the result of dedicated effortsby the developers, by city andMilwaukee Public Librarystaff, and especially by citizenswho provided valuable inputduring the review process,”Alderwoman Coggs said.

“When finished, the newMLK Library developmentwill be a valuable city and area

asset, and a busy hub for edu-cation, research, retail and res-idential living in the 6thDistrict,” she said.

The full Young Developmentproject proposal for the MLKLibrary, 310 W. Locust St., canbe viewed at mpl.org/about/li-brary_development/martin_luther_king.php on the MPL web-site.

The Young Developmentproposal includes a 17,000square foot library with 1,400square feet of retail space and44 apartment units.

Additionally, the proposal in-cludes parking for 51 visitorsand 45 residents.

Thousands enjoy food and holidaycheer during 27th annual SalvationArmy Christmas Family Feast

See more photos of the Salvation Army FamilyFeast in this week’s Weekend Edition

More than 1,400 volun-teers helped serve ahome style dinner ofturkey, ham, yams, mashpotatoes & gravy, greenbeans, dessert and bev-erages for more than8,000 people during the27th annual ChristmasFamily Feast at the Wis-consin Center District,located at 400 W. Wis-consin Ave.

Santa and Mrs. Clauswere on hand to give outgifts while supplieslasted.

The Milwaukee Com-munity Journal is proudto be one of the manysponsors of the event.

Christmas Family Feastis the largest eventhosted by The SalvationArmy on Christmas Dayin the country.

“Christmas FamilyFeast is a Milwaukee tra-dition bringing togetherthose in need and thoseof means for a day offood, fun and fellowship.We encourage everyoneto join us on ChristmasDay,” said Major StevenMerritt, Salvation ArmyDivisional Commanderfor Wisconsin and UpperMichigan. --Photos weretaken by Yvonne Kemp

Wisconsin Black Historical Society/Museumkicks off the local celebrationsmarking the 50th anniversary of

KWANZAAKWANZAAThe Wisconsin Black His-

torical Society/Museum(WBHSM) was one of sev-eral sites where Milwau-kee’s observance of the50th anniversary of Kwan-zaa kicked-off.

A full-to-capacity audito-rium at WBHSM saw thebest of what the commu-nity has to offer in music,dance, and poetry. Mondaywas “UMOJA-Unity,” oneof seven principles of thePan-African holiday cre-ated by Dr. MaulanaKarenga in 1966.

The other principles are:“Kujichagulia-Self Determi-nation,” “Ujima-CollectiveWork and Responsibility,”“Ujamaa-Cooperative Eco-nomics,” “Nia-Purpose,”and “Kuumba-Creativity.”

Kwanzaa is a celebrationof family, community andculture.--Kemp photos

(Look for more photos ofthe WBHSM Kwanzaa cele-bration in this week’sWeekend Edition)

Two volunteers at the SalvationArmy’s Christmas Family Feast pre-pare to serve food.

Community residents enjoying the fare while ...

...they were entertainedby a special Christmaschoir shown marchingand singing classic holi-day songs.

Cecelia Gore, executive director of the Mil-waukee Brewers Community Foundation,with three of “Santa’s elves” at the feast.

Drummers encour-age a member of theaudience as shedances to their beatsduring the openingKwanzaa programcelebrating “Umoja”(unity) at the Wis-consin Black Histori-cal Society/MuseumMonday.

Claybourn Benson, founder and executive director ofWisconsin Black Historical Society/Museum, explain-ing Kwanzaa and the seven principles of the holidaythat are displayed behind him.

Children danced...

...and participated in theopening night ceremony ofthe holiday created by Dr.Maulana Karenga in 1966.

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MKE Cnty Exec announces $4.1MHUD grant to help fund efforts tohelp the homelessness

Milwaukee County ExecutiveChris Abele today announced that theCounty’s Housing Division will re-ceive $4.1 million in funding fromthe U.S. Department of Housing andUrban Development, an increase ofmore than $580,000 over last year’saward.

While many providers in Wiscon-sin and around the country saw theirfunding for homelessness programsheld flat, the County was awarded anadditional $582,626 a year for rentalassistance for chronically homelessfamilies and individuals using theHousing First philosophy.

This renewable funding -- whichwas awarded as a Bonus Project --will help us serve an approximately62 additional households per yearand will go a long way to declaring afunctional zero for chronic homeless-ness.

All new participants we are able toserve through the Bonus Projectfunding, which will be available onApril 1, 2017, will also receive wrap-around case management services asa part of the Housing Division's ex-isting partnerships.

“Last year, hundreds of vulnerableMilwaukeeans spent their holidays inshelters or on the streets.

“This year, 200 of those individu-als will spend the season in a place oftheir own thanks to our Housing Di-vision’s initiative to end chronichomelessness,” County ExecutiveChris Abele said.

“This financial support from thefederal government, especially thenew source of renewable funding, isa major step towards continuing thatprogress.”

In July of 2015, our Housing Divi-sion launched Housing First in Mil-waukee with a goal to house 300individuals by 2018.

This initiative focuses on theHousing First concept - that a home-less individual or family’s first andprimary need is to obtain stable hous-ing.

Other issues that affect the house-

hold are addressed once housing isobtained. National data shows thismodel provides very successful out-comes and dramatically reduces pub-lic service costs.

Since launching the ending chronichomelessness initiative, we’ve

housed more than 200 chronicallyhomeless individuals and familiesthrough Housing First and otherCounty programs, with a 99 percenthousing retention rate and 100 per-cent participation in voluntary casemanagement services.

PULSEPULSE OF THE OF THE COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

Photos and question by Yvonne KempQUESTION QUESTION

OF THE WEEK:OF THE WEEK:“What is your New“What is your New

Year’s Resolution?”Year’s Resolution?”“My New Year’sresolution is to be-come more disci-plined in mythoughts and ac-tions.”

Oluwanifemi Olufosoye

“My New Year’sresolution is tomake a personalcommitment togrowth and excel-lence.”

DeMar Walker

“My New Year’sresolution is toform a group ofpeople to talkabout rebuildingthe Black villagesin our communi-ties.” Gale

Irby

“My resolution is todo as much as hu-manly possible torecommit my fam-ily members toeach other and tothe building of ourcommunity.” Joyce

Shabazz

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URBAN My URBAN My DIALOGUE...DIALOGUE...By Torre “ToeJoe” Johnson

PreventiveProtectionOur children, many of us refer to them as just that, are often

troubled. Whether or not we are discussing the good or the bad,I am often left feeling confused thinking that if these troubledchildren are ours, we all may need to be charged with neglect.

Whether it's to a prison sentence, drugs, or death, for years wesit back and watch our youth cut up and lose their lives. We sitback and watch them have little to no choice when it comes toliving.

We often put the blame on most of their parents who were alsochildren who were scorned in a world left alone to deal withmany demons. These issues initially beginning at home wouldsoon be labeled today as trauma.

I was once a child who believed that my cards were not dealtfairly. I lost both of my biological parents as a child, one directlyafter birth. Over the years I have concluded that I may not havegiven anyone the chance to provide a pleasant parent role, whichI know for years affected my parental skills. It also affected theunderstanding of my other responsibilities.

I must admit I have learned so much just going through per-sonal experiences and the experiences of those around me.Throughout this lifetime it has allowed me to reconstruct andrecognize skills I had never known. It has given me understand-ing for myself as an individual before accepting the role as amodel to another.

Yesterday has gone, but tomorrow is coming. Today I continuehearing the echoes of this collaborative village. So why do wealways look in one or two directions when it comes to raisingand saving our children when the various outcomes continue toshow us that something is still missing? We must stop being afaid

Focus of new year must be about nurturing our children and creating abetter, more compassionate village

As the New Year approaches, reflection seems to bethe order of the day. Christmas and Kwanzaa conjure somany memories; some filled with family, gift-giving andfellowship.

Other memories are filled with anger, hostility and dis-appointment because all that streams from radio, televi-sion and Social Media laud an ideal and vision thatexcludes many children.

The evening news broadcasts have been filled withsmart phone (or surveillance) videos of people breakingstealing FedEx or UPS boxes or gifts from porches.Cameras catch all manner of men, women, boys andgirls, “casing” (watching and checking out) homes forthings to steal so they can have a joyful holiday seasonin their homes.

No, it’s not right. It is theft and a violation of ones homeand property. But couldn’t television and cable news out-lets devote the same amount of time and energy show-ing people, churches and social service agencies doinggood?

Couldn’t news reporters and their cameras show initia-tives such as gift giveaways, wrapping Christmas gifts, orcreating food baskets to distribute to needy families,shelters and nursing homes?

A more important question to ask ourselves in themedia—and in society in general—is: Are we promotingthe negatives and pushing to the curb the positives of theholiday season, not to mention the better angels thatdwell within us?

Some children (and adults) sacrificed to share theirgifts with friends who did not have. Why weren’t they thesubjects of news reports?

Instead of showing kids helping their neighbor, the tele-vision news shows them “assaulting thy neighbor,” or“how to steal from thy neighbor.”

Crooks and thugs are a despicable. They need to behelped and rehabilitated. But they should not be center

of attention and the constant focus of our nightly newsbroadcasts.

Rather, holiday services like those provided by the Sal-vation Army, the House of Peace, St. Benedict, andNorthwest Family Activity Center through its “O’Bee ToyHouse,” and others who give to the children with theleast should be broadcast constantly. By doing this, weshow parents and children that there are many organiza-tions ready to help.

We are so tired of the victims being further victimized.Should that be the message of Christmas?

No, no one has the right to take another personsthings. To take without permission is theft.

Yet each of us have the responsibility of understandingthat children are children who do not ask to be born.Therefore, we must ensure that once here we collectivelycare for them. We must ensure good health and healthydiets, warm clothes to wear, good schools to attend andsound values that they learn, put into action, and thenpass on to their children.

As we think on the lessons shared by our columnist,Torre Johnson in his “Urban Dialogue” column this week,we must reflect upon ourselves and what we must do asadults daily to ensure we make our children our collec-tive responsibility.

It does take a village! Not one of us should feel embar-rassed nor above reaching, teaching and sharing so thatthe values of Kwanzaa are lived everyday; especially theKwanzaa principle of “Nia” (purpose) and “pull together(Harambee)! Have a happy and healthy New Year!

MCJ EDITORIALMCJ EDITORIAL

Flawed assumptions, conventional tactics, political arroganceand self inflected political wounds cost Hillary Wisconsin!

Shame on Hillary Clinton's"honor guard," the DemocraticNational Committee and theDemocratic Party of Wisconsin -for blaming Clinton's loss toTrump in Wisconsin on a lower-than-expected turnout ofAfrican-American voters in Mil-waukee.

Such an excuse is not only unfairand politically lame, but is blatantlyracist at its core — especially whennearly 35 percent of eligible whitevoters and over 20 percent of millen-nials in Wisconsin didn't turn out tovote at all.

The two elephants in the room that

no one wants to publicly talk aboutare Clinton's silk-stocking white lib-eral honor guard and the leftoverGov. Jim Doyle political operativeswho still control Democrat politics inWisconsin.

Together, they lost Wisconsin toDonald Trump because of theirflawed political assumptions andconventional political tactics duringan unconventional presidential elec-tion year.

Combined with Hillary's inabilityto overcome her self-inflicted imageamong millions of voters who sawher as untrustworthy and part of thepolitically elite establishment inWashington, this was a slow politicaltrain wreck, just waiting to happen in

Wisconsin and in Michigan.Ignoring the countless warnings by

grass-roots Bernie Sander's fieldworkers and the Sander's campaignteam — who overwhelmingly de-feated the Hillary machine and theDoyle political operatives in Wiscon-sin with 56.6 percent of the vote forSanders to Hillary's dismal 43.1 per-cent — the Hillary team continued touse the same old conventional polit-ical tactics during a anti-political es-tablishment uprising againstWashington insiders.

Worse yet, the Clinton strategy inWisconsin and nationally was simplyto attack Trump, while dodging andweaving around Hillary's position ontrade, fracking and the $1.2 millionHillary received from the GoldmanSachs mafia for her three speeches,while refusing to turn over the tran-scripts of those speeches to themedia.

Then came the coup-de-grace po-litical failure, due to the DPW's ownpolitical malfeasance, of not "de-manding" that Hillary campaign in

western and northern Wisconsin andeastern Minnesota in order to reachmillions of Wisconsin voters inplaces like La Crosse, Eau Claire,Superior, Ashland, Wausau, StevensPoint, Wisconsin Rapids and BlackRiver Falls.

Instead, Hillary, Bill and the DPWbelieved they could automaticallywin against an outspoken racist, ho-mophobic and misogynistic candi-date for president, while fantasizingabout sweeping enough U.S. Senateand maybe enough House Seats tocontrol Congress, and to have theDemocrats take back the state Sen-ate.

This is a classic case of Albert Ein-stein's definition of political insanity:"Keep doing the same thing over andover again (election after election)and expect different results."

The DNC and DPW gave votersmore of the same old politics, withno message of their own. Voterswanted to hear solutions, even a conman's solution, and the Democraticestablishment failed to develop andconvey a clear message about howvoting Democrat will rebuild a strug-gling middle-class working economyin Wisconsin and throughout Amer-ica.

So shame on Hillary. Shame on theClinton "honor guard" and doubleshame on the DPW leadership fortheir white liberal racist excuses: thatAfrican-American voter turnout wasthe cause of Hillary's loss to Donald"the con man" Trump.

A.J. Nino Amato is a graduate ofthe UW-Madison Robert M. LaFol-lette Institute for Public Affairs;served on GOV. Jim Doyle's (D) TaskForce on Energy Efficiency & Re-newable Energy and served as GOV.Tommy Thompson's (R) EconomicDevelopment Chief Marketing Offi-cer and President for Forward Wis-consin Inc.. He is a founding memberof the NAACP of Dane County, for-mer member of the UW Board of Re-gents and served as a senior businessexecutive in the health care, energyutility and real estate industries.

Signifyin will return innext week’s MCJ!

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Opinion and comments expressed on the Perspectives page do not nec-essarily reflect the views of the publisher or management of the MCJ. Let-ters and “other perspectives” are accepted but may be edited for contentand length.

MCJ STAFF:Patricia O’Flynn -PattilloPublisher, CEORobert J. ThomasAssoc. PublisherTodd Thomas, Vice Pres.Mikel Holt, Assoc. PublisherThomas E. Mitchell, Jr., EditorTeretha Martin, Technical Consultant/Webmaster

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Journalism student towrite weekly columnon Millennials for MCJ

Your Milwaukee CommunityJournal has tabbed journalismstudent Paishance Welch to be aweekly contributor to the newspa-per focusing on millennials.

“The focus on this generation isthe pre-cursor for the CommunityJournal’s 2017 anniversarytheme: Millennial Magic Model-ing and Molding a New Milwau-kee.”

The column will be titled, “Mil-lennial Magic.” The column willprepare in the firs edition of thenew year.

Welch is a junior currently en-rolled at Georgia State Universityin Atlanta. Welch is known for hercreative writing and public speaking endeavors.

She is very passionate about three things: “Pen, Paper, and Inspira-tion.” Through her writings, critical thinking and rare mindset, she hasbeen able to embark on many different journeys throughout her younglife.

As the new year approaches she is most exhilarated and anxiousabout not only changing the lives of our millennials, but to also inspirethe youth, the generation behind the millennials.

As she completes her studies in Mass Communications, she aspiresto be the best journalist to have ever lived, providing her audience withweekly knowledge, power, and motivation.

Her ultimate goal is to make Millennial Magic and she extends theinvitation to join such immaculate movement to all who appreciate itsvalue.

Paishance Welch

A.J. Nino Amato “Combined withflawed politicalassumptionsand conven-tional politicaltactics during anunconventionalpresidentialelection year,Hillary's inabilityto overcome herself-inflictedimage amongmillions of vot-ers who saw heras untrustwor-thy and part ofthe politicallyelite establish-ment in Wash-ington, this wasa slow politicaltrain wreck, justwaiting to hap-pen in Wiscon-sin and inMichigan.”

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Celebratinga century of life!

Gertrude Grisham (seated cen-ter) recently celebrated her 100thbirthday with family and friends.

Grisham and her husbandOwen, owned the “EleventhFrame Lounge” Frame for manyyears before they sold it to theirgrandson, Robert D. Roberson,who renamed it “Robert D’sLounge.”

Grisham received proclamationsfrom Milwaukee Mayor Tom Bar-rett, the Mayor of Waukesha, andthe Milwaukee County Board ofSupervisors.She also received acard and photo from the PresidentBarack Obama and First LadyMichelle Obama and their daugh-ters.

Grisham has four daughters, 10grandchildren 18 great grandchil-dren and 12 great - great grand-children.

She is pictured above with threeof her daughters: Charlotte,Wendy and Patricia with theirmother’s proclamations and photo.

Have you ever reflectively askedor wondered: Why does God allownatural disasters, diseases, hardshipsand hunger? Why is there so muchsuffering and evil in the world?

Will God punish us for the evil wedo? Is there a good purpose for suf-fering or how can we as Christianskeep our spiritual balance when oursuffering just doesn’t make anysense?

Certainly, there are many difficultquestions that we have regarding thepurposes of pain, suffering and evil.Unfortunately, we cannot alwaysgive an answer that satisfy the soulsof those who hurt and make sense oftheir pain.

Though we may not understandevery purpose for suffering, we doknow God has a much bigger picturethan we could ever imagine. Whenthose times of pain seem to have noend, may I suggest that instead ofasking “why” God allows suffering,

it may be more appropriate to askGod if the suffering is necessary andif it has a purpose. Considering thequestion: “Is Suffering Necessary?”the Apostle Paul writes in Romans5:3-5 (NIV):

Not only so, but we also glory inour sufferings, because we know thatsuffering produces perseverance;perseverance, character; and charac-ter, hope. And hope does not put usto shame, because God’s love hasbeen poured out into our heartsthrough the Holy Spirit, who hasgiven to us.

The Christian man or woman re-joice in their sufferings not becausethey like pain, hardships, trouble andafflictions, or deny its tragedy, butbecause they know God is usinglife’s difficulties and Satan’s attacksto build our Christian character. InRomans 5:3-5, Paul gives us four

When Bad Things Happen to Good People: The Theology of Suffering

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Biblical Counseling for

Today’s Christian FamilyBy: Rev. Judith T. Lester,B.Min., M.Th.

The family of Diana Turner (seated in the middle) gave her a Christmas Party atJuneau Apartments in their community room.--Photo by Yvonne Kemp

Family brings some Christmas joy to matriarch

“It is in Christ we findout who we are andwhat we are living for.”--Ephesians 1:11

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When Bad Things Happen to Good People: The Theology of Sufferingreasons why suffering is necessary:

1. “Suffering produces perseverance” not in and of it-self but the powerful grace of God working in and withthe tribulation. Patience enables us to endure pain; diffi-culty and to wait even in the thick of it with a sense ofcalmness and assurance that God remains in control.

2. Only a believer who has faced distress can developperseverance and that in turn develops “character.”Through pain and suffering, God wants us to grow andmature in the faith, so in the coming through; we will be

strengthened and built up for our continued Christianjourney.

3. As Christians suffer, they develop steadfastness, thatquality deepens their character and tested character re-sults in “hope” and gives us greater confidence about thefuture. This character that endures the test always enduresin hope that God will see them through.

4. “Hope does not disappoint…” When a Christian’shope is in God, it cannot be disappointed, for God lovesus with an everlasting love backed by an everlastingpower. The Christian man or woman who, being is tried

in the fire, and comes forth as gold; will be encouragedto hope.

Beloved, although we may not truly grasp the purposeof suffering, understand that God “worketh all things afterthe counsel of His own will” (Ephesians 1:11). There isnothing that lies outside the realm of God’s sovereignty,including even the evil acts of humankind. Remember,the crucifixion?

It was the most atrocious crime of all time, but it wascommitted within the boundaries of the “determinatecounsel and foreknowledge of God” (Acts 2:23) and de-

spite its evil nature, it was the most important aspect ofGod’s plan to establish Christ as Lord and Savior (Acts2:36).

The writer does not assume responsibility in any wayfor readers’ efforts to apply or utilize information or rec-ommendations made in this article, as they may not benecessarily appropriate for every situation to which theymay refer.

This information is for educational purposes only. Ifyou would like to contact Rev. Lester, write to her c/oP.O. Box 121, Brookfield, WI. 53008.

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ReinventingYourself in2017 Can Restore The PassionAnd PurposeTo Your Life

Many Americans in the latter stageof a career – or even already in retire-ment – have discovered that it’snever too late to reinvent themselves.

Folk artist Grandma Moses was inher late 70s before she began herpainting career. Colonel HarlandSanders was in his 60s when helaunched Kentucky Fried Chicken.Arnold Schwarzenegger reinventedhimself a couple of times, going fromprofessional body builder to actor togovernor of California.

Sometimes referred to as “encorecareers,” these second acts can rein-vigorate you and give you a reason togreet each day with anticipation, saysOliver Harris, who wrote his firstnovel after working for more thanfour decades as an attorney, includingas a criminal-defense lawyer inChicago.

“In my case, I was able to incorpo-rate elements from my original careerin law into my encore career as awriter,” says Harris, who put hisknowledge of Chicago’s crime andcorruption to use in his novel “JoJo”(www.readjojo.com).

But he didn’t completely shed hispast self to take on this new identity.

“I’m still working as a lawyer, andI work nights on my writing,” Harrissays. “So, I’ve pretty much added asecond career into my life.”

He has tips for others who also feelthe urge to reinvent themselves latein life:

• Realize that purpose is important.After years in the same profession,it’s easy to become burned out and tooperate on auto pilot as you performthe tasks of your job. Essentially,people can lose their sense of pur-pose. When they reinvent them-selves, that purpose can be reignited.“You’re much more likely to be suc-cessful when you’re driven by asense of purpose,” Harris says.

• Find what excites you. Harrissays he always wanted to write, so itwas not surprising that pounding outa novel could become a passion forhim.

If you’re reinventing yourself, thereinvention might as well center onsomething you’re passionate about.

That could mean returning to col-lege to earn a degree, learning a mu-sical instrument, or embarking on thecareer you dreamed of as a child butput aside for more practical pursuits.

• Don’t convince yourself that it’stoo late. It’s not, Harris says. Manyyears ago, the newspaper advicecolumnist Dear Abby received a let-ter from a 36-year-old collegedropout who wanted to return toschool to become a doctor. But thiswould-be physician worried that itwould take at least seven years to fin-ish all the schooling.

“In seven years I’ll be 43,” the let-ter writer lamented. Abby respondedwith a question. “How old will you

be in seven years if you don’t goback to college?” As it happens, Har-ris spent seven years working on“JoJo,” setting aside writing time be-tween 11 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. Burningthe midnight oil paid off, so it defi-nitely wasn’t too late to get started,he says.

Harris believes it’s important to put

your mind to its full use.“With law I was only using part of

my brain,” he says. “I wanted to useall of my brain and what I am capableof, which is why I began writing mynovel.”

About Oliver HarrisOliver Harris, author of the legal

thriller “JoJo” (www.readjojo.com),

has spent 45 years as a trial lawyer,prosecutor and criminal defense at-torney.

He has worked in both Chicagoand in Palm Beach County, Florida.His undergraduate degree is from theUniversity of Chicago and his lawdegree is from the Indiana UniversitySchool of Law.

If you would like to run the abovearticle, please feel free to do so. I canalso provide images to accompany it.If you’re interested in interviewingOliver Harris, having him providecomments or contributing an exclu-sive article, let me know and I’llgladly work out the details.

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The Milwaukee County Transit Sys-tem (MCTS) is teaming up with MillerLite to provide Milwaukee residents andvisitors with free bus service as they ringin the New Year. Miller Lite Free Rideswill be available on all regular-route busrides beginning at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday,Dec. 31, with routes running until theend of regularly scheduled service.

Several popular bus routes will haveextended service until 4 a.m. Extendedroutes (GoldLine, GreenLine, BlueLine,Routes 14, 15, 19, 21, 27 & 30) will runtheir normal routes except Route 14,which will end at 74th & Holmes, andRoute 19 will extend service only onS.13th Street.

“We’re excited to help people ring inthe New Year safely by bringing MillerLite Free Rides back to Milwaukee,”said Diane Wagner,

“Responsibility Initiatives Managerfor MillerCoors. “Our partnership withMCTS will take countless cars off theroad and help ensure the holiday is mem-orable for all the right reasons.”

“Miller Lite Free Rides is an impor-tant tradition to the Milwaukee Countycommunity. The program has kept ourroads safe on New Year’s Eve for almost

thirty years,” said Chris Abele, Milwau-kee County Executive. “Community res-idents and visitors can always count on

MCTS as their safe travel option to andfrom their celebrations on New Year’sEve.”

This is the 29th year in a row thatMCTS and Miller Lite have offered freetransportation on New Year’s Eve

Since the program’s inception, MillerLite Free Rides has provided safe rides tomore than 5.5 million people.

For more information, visitwww.MillerLiteFreeRides.com.

Go to the MCJ website (communityjournal.net) to view Brewery Credit Union ad and click to apply!

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