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OMMUNITYOMMUNITYVOL. XXXVIII Number 27 January 29, 2014

With or without the help of Congress, President Obamavows to move country forward

The President’s State of the Union Address

"Sometimes we stumble; we makemistakes; we get frustrated or dis-couraged," he said near the end of themore than hour-long speech, seemingto describe his bad 2013 that loweredhis approval ratings.

"But for more than 200 years, wehave put those things aside andplaced our collective shoulder to thewheel of progress."

It was vintage Obama, blendinghopeful calls for a unified approachwith declarations of presidential in-dependence through executive or-ders.

There were the now familiar callsto recalibrate the tax code, spendmore to rebuild roads and bridges,bolster education and avoid war if atall possible.

He brought many to tears with atribute to Sgt. First Class Cory Rems-burg, a disabled war veteran who satnext to first lady Michelle Obamaand waved with wounded limbs to aprolonged standing ovation.

Even Republicans relentlessly crit-ical of the President conceded his or-atorical skill.

"A speech by Barack Obama is alot like sex," said GOP strategist andCNN contributor Alex Castellanos."The worst there ever was is still ex-cellent."

According to a snap CNN/ORC In-ternational poll, 44% of respondentshad a "very positive" response toObama's speech, while 32% de-scribed a "somewhat positive" re-sponse and 22% didn't like it at all.Last year, 53% of respondents in asimilar poll rated their response tothe 2013 address as very positive.

The underlying theme of Obama's

fifth State of the Union address washis call on Tuesday for the govern-ment to work on behalf of all Amer-icans in 2014, and his pledge to do soeven if Congress refused to join himin an election year.

"Let's make this a year of action,"Obama said. "That's what mostAmericans want -- for all of us in this

chamber to focus on their lives, theirhopes, their aspirations."

It's an optimistic goal for a Presi-dent with a 43% approval rating en-tering his sixth year in office andfacing a determined opposition in theRepublican-led House of Represen-tatives with congressional electionslooming in November.

Search the transcript of Obama'sspeech

Quotes from State of the Unionspeeches

Obama: Time to fix immigrationsystem Obama: End 'Mad Men'workplace policies Obama makes acase for healthcare reform

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Community in the house for Brewers’ On Deck event

PULSE OF THE COMMUNITYPhotos and question by Yvonne Kemp

OMAR WRIGHT: “I thinkthe Brewers will be a .500ball club, unless they signa better starting pitcherand get better productionfrom the first base posi-tion.”

CHERICE WRIGHT: “I amoptimistic about the Brewersthis season. If they can stayinjury free and shore up thepitching staff. We will be agood team. I look forward toseeing our young team.”

DARIUS ALLEN: “My pre-diction for the Brewers this2014 season is with thenew pitcher (Matt Garza),we will win 83 games.”

ANGELINA CORREA-BIDDLE: “I have highhopes for the Brewers thisseason. I think they will begreat and I hope theyounger players will dowell. ‘Go Brewers!’”

A record crowd of Milwaukee Brewer fans packed the Wiscon-sin Center Sunday, January 26 to see, talk to and get the auto-graphs of their favorite Brewer players. Called “Brewers OnDeck,” the annual event, sponsored by Time Warner Cable,give fans a preview of the upcoming 2014 Major League Base-ball season and quiz the players, coaches, front office execu-tives, broadcasters and Brew Crew alumni how the team willfare this season. The community’s presence was in full effect:(A) Omar Wright, II smiles broadly as he gets MilwaukeeBrewer Jean Segura to autograph his baseball. (B) NegroLeague great Dennis Biddle and his granddaughter, AngelinaCorrea-Biddle proudly display a T-shirt with all the logos ofthe great Negro League teams. (C) Brewer Khris Davisontakes questions about the upcoming season. (D) Brewer RyanBraun signs autographs for fans excited to have back thisseason after he was suspended last season for using per-formance enhancing drugs. (Photos by Yvonne Kemp)

FIRST PERSONFIRST PERSON“Tonight President Obama deliv-

ered a thoughtful address, outliningour nation’s priorities for 2014. Fromeducation reform and college afford-ability to job training and retirementsecurity, there were many notewor-thy items in his speech under theoverall theme of opportunity, actionand optimism.

“I am pleased that he used this mo-ment, not simply as a messaging plat-form, but as a means to highlighthow he intends to address some keylegislative items this year.

“His speech focused on the notion of‘opportunity for all.’ In other words, we must work to create opportunity forthe middle class and those striving for the middle class. There is no doubtthat our economy continues to grow; however, let us recognize that our workis far from over. The scourge of income inequality plagues our communities,and low-wage jobs threaten the financial security of families all across Amer-ica.

“Tonight President Obama decided to take the first step in working to en-sure that hardworking Americans earn living wages. Those who are workingon new federal contracts will now have more funds to provide for their basicneeds. The second step is raising the federal minimum wage in its entirety bypassing the Harkin-Miller bill.

“While we support struggling Americans in the workforce, we must notforget the 1.6 million people and counting who have already lost vital unem-ployment benefits. In Wisconsin, approximately 1,608 people are losing theirbenefits each week in the first half of 2014. I join President Obama in callingon Congress to act. I also look forward to learning more about the President’sCEO initiative to hire the long-term unemployed.

“It was clear, however, that the President does not seek to turn his back onCongress. Rather, he has decided to act when Congress has not. As Members,it is essential that we work with him to expand economic opportunity to allAmericans. As we do so, we must work to ensure that Americans are not dis-criminated against in the workplace through pay discrepancies, sexual orien-tation or gender identity.

“In America, success should not be guaranteed for a few and an unattain-able idea for most. In the same vein, I am pleased that the President spoke onthe importance of our manufacturing sector. Companies like Master Lock, inmy district, help to support millions of jobs each year. In fact, the manufac-turing sector employed over 12 million people this past December, accordingto preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. We must workto sustain and bolster this vital aspect of our economy. I look forward to Pres-ident Obama’s Wisconsin visit to discuss the significance of manufacturingjobs.

“From preserving the integrity of the Voting Rights Act, to passing com-prehensive immigration reform, gun violence prevention legislation and more,we have many other items left on the legislative table. It is my hope that Pres-ident Obama and Congress are able to work together to positively addressour most pressing issues.”

kay, we are now threeweeks into the New Year.So how’s it going? Youfinished the Christmas

cookies and the homemade fudgeand you’ve even begun to hit thegym.

You’ve done exactly what you said you were goingto do? So now it’s time to share. Television showshave focused on weight loss, weight control and

weight/lifestyle changes. Are you beginning to feel like“too much”, “enough”, already!

Yet, studies reveal that the average person makes res-olutions on January 1, and abandons them before theend of the month!

So the fact that you are still reading, trying, learningwhat’s working and what’s not says a lot about yourability to stick to it and make your weight control andgood health in 2014 a reality. Yes, habits are hard tobreak, but we pledged to make our lives healthier. So,we re-commit to this journey.

Instead of TALKING about I should’a, could’a orI’m, gonna, let’s get busy. Get a doctor’s report beforebeginning a weight control regimen. But assuming youhave no serious maladies, we can begin gently and

progress to more rigorous activity as we see success.Choose exercises you love to do like dancing, walk-

ing, jumping in place or skating or kick-boxing orweight-lifting or biking. We win when we do the thingswe love. Many local centers have Zumba classes, yogaand palates and all types of cardiovascular equipmentplus weights, but work with the experts to avoidsprains, tears and muscular assault, they teach us theimportance of warming up first.

Nutri System, Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers havebeen successful for many, but a lot can be done right inyour home once someone has taught you the basics.

And don’t forget about the fitness centers, personaltrainers and exercise classes at the Y’s and senior cen-

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QUESTION OF THE WEEK:“How well do you think the Mil-waukee Brewers will do this coming 2014 season?

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"What I offer tonight is a set of concrete, practical proposals tospeed up growth, strengthen the middle class, and build new lad-ders of opportunity into the middle class, Some require congres-sional action, and I'm eager to work with all of you. But Americadoes not stand still, and neither will I." --President Obama

Cong. GWEN MOORE responds to PresidentObama’s State of the Unioin Address to Congress

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ASHINGTON -- He talked agood game of acting on hisown if necessary, calling for2014 to be a "year of action,

but President Barack Obama's State of theUnion address showed he knows that trueprogress depends on cooperation with a di-vided and recalcitrant Congress.

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Healthy Start MISSION MAKEOVER 2014: A NEW YOU for the NEW YEAR!

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The Milwaukee Community Journal January 29, 2014 Page 2

A new way toearn your college degree isnow availableBy Michael R. Lovell, ChancellorUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

ore than a yearago, UWM,the Universityof Wisconsin

System and the Universityof Wisconsin Extensionwere very excited to an-nounce the UW FlexibleOption, a way for studentsof all ages to earn collegecredits, certificates and de-grees in a more personal-ized, convenient andaffordable way.

A lot of work has taken place tomake the proposal a reality, and I’mvery pleased to report that at the be-ginning of January 2014, the pro-gram is up and running, and the firststudents have enrolled.

At participating UW System two-year colleges and four-year univer-sities, we see the Flexible Option asan innovative way to delivercourses and content to differentpopulations than those currentlyreached.

Most often, it has been designedfor adult, nontraditional studentswho may have a lot of life experi-ences and have completed a signif-icant part of their education, buthaven’t been able to find the time tocomplete their schooling.

While the Flexible Option won’t work for everyone,it may be the answer for individuals who are in fieldsfor which the coursework can be done online. Many dif-ferent fields of study will eventually be offered frommultiple state universities.

Right now, UWM is providing degree options innursing, health sciences and information studies, and acertificate option in business and technical communi-

cation.We’re very excited about the UW Flexible Option be-

cause we recognize that with technology, the ability todeliver course content is much different than it was pre-viously. Some courses are especially well-suited tobeing done in the virtual world.

This creates new opportunities for people to go backand complete their degrees or take courses in areas inwhich they want to gain more expertise.

What’s truly different about the Flexible Option com-pared to many other online courses is it will allow youto measure your competency in a certain subject area.It may be that a person taking a particular course is notnecessarily seeking to complete a degree.

A person may just be interested in demonstrating acompetency for the purpose of fur-thering his or her standing at workor in seeking a promotion.

Or a person may already have adegree but want to expand into newareas.

I’m really proud that we’re mak-ing options available, right here atUWM, for people who believe inthe value of a University of Wiscon-sin-Milwaukee degree and the qual-ity of the university’s faculty, buthaven’t had the time to make theirschedules fit with ours.

Students will be able to definetheir own paths, proceed at theirown pace, and take advantage of asupport network to select and com-plete courses.

The potential payoff for the Stateof Wisconsin is that right now, onlyabout 26 percent of state residentswho are 25 or older have at least abachelor’s degree.

That compares to a national aver-age of nearly 29 percent and evenhigher numbers in neighboringstates like Illinois (31 percent) andMinnesota (32 percent).

The more people with college de-grees we have in our state, the morelikely they are to do better econom-ically.

This is shown by the current dif-ferences in median household in-comes among Wisconsin ($52,627),Illinois ($56,853) and Minnesota($59,126). All of these statistics are

from the U.S. Census Bureau.The UW Flexible Option is a great pathway for the

individuals, estimated at about 750,000 in the State ofWisconsin, who have some college credits but not a de-gree. For those who have not been able to find their wayback to college in the traditional way, this could be theway.

“We’re very excited about the

UW Flexible Option because

we recognize thatwith technology,

the ability to deliver course

content is muchdifferent than itwas previously.”

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By Taki S. Ratonor this the second year,African Global Images, Inc.(AGI) has been invited by thePresident’s Diversity Councilof Milwaukee Area Technical

College to install an historical exhibit inhonor of Black History Month 2014 atMATC’s downtown campus, 700 WestState Street.

Under the title, “Exemplar Invention & Mastery of theAfrican World – Presence, Accomplishment, Contribution,”this then 86 item installation was premiered last Black His-tory Month 2013 at MATC.

Presented on the second floor south corridor of the “M”building, this eight case installation this year will be themed,“Time, Presence, Civilization in Black – The Rescue andRestoration of Masterful African World Creation, Inventionand Accomplishment on the Global Stage of Time andAchievement.”

Inspired by the films Hidden Colors 1 and 2, the primarypurpose of this display is to document the unbroken legacyof African World accomplishment, invention and civilizingmasterful engagements from humankind beginnings, intoClassical Kemetic (Egyptian) Civilizations, Great AfricanKingdoms, the Golden Age of the Moors, and even exemplar

mastery during the eras of plantation enslavement, Recon-struction, Jim Crow, and onward into select present day ac-complished titles.

“Time, Presence, Civilization in Black” will conclude inthe final eighth case with the promise of excellence, achieve-ment and mastery in the next generation as reflected in selectintroductory profiles of national and international youth andteens featured in the Milwaukee Courier Newspaper bi-monthly series – “Young, Gifted & Black.”

The mission of AGI is to elevate, enhance, and advanceAfrican American historiography to the next level of worldstatus research, scholarship and instructional methodology.

To achieve this goal, African American History has to beextracted from the limited definitions and imposed imageryinherent within the confined 345 years of Westernized ref-erenced thought from 1619 to 1964 and reconnected to theAfrican global presence on the world stage of time andachievement.

It would be metaphysicist Dr. Phil Valentine in HiddenColors 2, for example, where he shared in opening remarksthat “The one thing we can say about African people is thatwe left evidence of ourselves all over the planet and through-out all annals of time starting with humankind beginnings.”He adds that, “the deeper European scientists dig, theBlacker the planet gets.”

Shahrazad Ali in Hidden Colors 1 is quoted in her obser-vation that everywhere that early European explorers trav-eled outside of Europe, when they arrived at any destinationon this planet, “Black people were already there – or somekind of Black people, or yellow people or red people or

brown people. The Black man is the root man of all the civ-ilizations.”

She further submits that, “Everybody they have everfound, every tomb they have ever raided, wherever theywent, they found something symbolic of the Black man, ei-ther our features – your nose, your mouth, your head, theway you look, our hair, even braids.”

In this regard, “Time, Presence, Civilization In Black”opens in Case 2 with humankind origins in Africa citing, forexample, a photo of “Lucy,” the oldest skeletal remains ofan African woman found in Hadar, Ethiopia in 1974 byarcheologist Donald Johnson. This find was dated at 3.2million years old. This sequence additionally documents thefirst initial Stone Age ever on the globe, beginning at250,000 B.C.E.

Lasting to around 50,000 B.C.E., when speaking to theprimal manifestation of civilizing activity during this firstStone Age period, these first Africans – through their owningenuity and inventive genus - learned how to make pottery,polish stone tools, grow food, raise and domesticate animals.

Dr. Molefi Kete Asante in his 2002 published work,“African American History – A Journey of Liberation”would add to these remarks from his work that these earlyAfricans learned how to use “everything in their environ-ment to assist them in surviving. Stone Age Africans mademedicine from leaves and plant roots, clothing from grass,and tools from stone.”

Case 2 closes with a map showing the migratory patternsof the African where in 35,000 B.C.E. the global migrationof African populations begins. This African now over mil-lions of years will move into the unpopulated areas of whatis now known as Europe, Asia and what would much latercome to be known as North and South America.

Foundational civilizing growth and contributorial pres-ence in all phases of ordered humankind cultural activity –congenial communal living, agriculture, the raising and tam-ing of animals, food gathering, healing of the sick, spiritualsystems, the raising and training of the young, kinship pat-terns, monument and temple building to note samples –would be evident wherever the African found presence onthis planet during his migratorial sojourn.

Case 3 will explore highlights of the nearly 3,000-year in-vention and achievement of Classical Kemetic (Egyptian)African civilizations of the Nile Valley. Examples will in-clude the 2000-year-old Model Glider detailing that the an-cient African had knowledge of heavier-than-air flighttechnology.

This installation will also visually evidence ClassicalAfrican mastery in medicine imaging the personage ofImhotep, the world’s first multi-genius and medical doctorof record dating back 4,714 years ago in 2700 B.C.E. Ad-ditionally noted will be the Edwin Smith Papyrus believedto have been written during the Eighteenth Dynasty around1550 B.C.E.

Such documentation surfaces a broad range of medicalscience to include knowledge of the pulse and cardiovascularsystem, dermatology, dentistry, gynecology, ophthalmology,obstetrics, tumors, burns, fractures, birth control and intes-tinal disorders to mention a few.

Imhotep, it must be mentioned, lived and practice medi-cine in Kemet nearly 2000 years before the Greek Hip-pocrates who Western science refers to as the “Father ofMedicine.”

Classical Kemetic achievement in Mineralogy, Shipbuild-ing, Pyramid Building, and Temple Building; even the in-

vention of a parlor game resembling today’s chess board andthe invention and practice of cosmetology will also beshared.

Closing out Case 3, a graphic of the original Zodiac in theTemple of Dendera would reveal that the ancient Africancreated the world’s first and then only 360 plus 5-day calen-dar in 4236 B.C.E. and the Olmec Head showing thatAfricans had settled in this part of the world (South America)nearly 2000 years before Columbus.

A brief overview of the African Kingdoms of Ghana,Mali, and Sanghay on Case 4 will then take the viewer intothe Golden Age of the Moors. Spanning a period of 781years from 711 A.D. to 1492 A.D., the Moors of BlackAfrican descent had occupied Europe, particularly the re-gions now called Portugal, Southern France and Spain ac-cording to Hidden Colors 2. This region then known asAndalus, and like the rest of what is later called Europe, wasgoing through their “Dark Age.”

The Moors brought Europe out of the Dark Ages by in-troducing into the land its learned academies, architecture,cosmopolitan cities, and lighted streets. The Moors pro-duced in the Arabic language great literature and researchcovering every subject known to man in these medievaltimes to include religious studies, language, history, geog-raphy, medicine, music, art, astronomy, philosophy, poetry,government, social etiquette, astronomy, astrology, geome-try, calculus, and even its classical music traditions. Andyes, classical music is an African tradition and not Europeanas stated by Dr. Booker Coleman in Hidden Colors 1.

Departing from the traditional approach over manydecades since our enslavement to categorize Black achieve-ment in America under specified professional categories (i.e.Art, Science, Medicine Education, Invention, Journalism,Business, etc.), this year’s presentation in cases 5, 6, and 7will feature said achievements within their respective his-torical time eras of the African’s unique and peculiar pres-ence on North American shores - Enslavement,Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and into the present day.

In this manner, we can see the connection of this legacyof African World mastery and achievement. When wespeak, for instance of a Phyllis Wheatly, born in Africa andsold into enslavement who at the age of 17 in 1773 wrotethirty-one poems in her first African American woman pub-lished book, “Poems of Various Subjects, Religious andMoral;” or born into slavery, Fannie Jackson Coppin wouldrise to become the first African American woman to head aninstitution of higher learning in 1865, the Institute for Col-ored Youth, now Cheyney University in Pennsylvania.

And further again during this era of enslavement, we stillhad numbering over 60,000 free Africans (Blacks) who haddeveloped enterprises in almost every area of the businesscommunity to include merchandising, real estate, manufac-turing , construction, transportation, extractive industries,service, and carpentry.

Even in 1865 according to published accounts, despitehaving no more than a 3rd grade education in most cases,Blacks following their freedom, became blacksmiths, brick-layers, carpenters, merchants, teachers, doctors, lawyers,farmers, ranchers, cooks, soldiers and more. Blacks backthen also built houses, towns, communities, businesses, fam-ilies, schools, universities, institutions and strongly investedin their collective future.

Born in 1843, Elijah McCoy at the age of 29 patented dur-ing the Reconstruction period in 1872 invented the first ver-

African Global Images exhibit returnsto MATC for Black History Month

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PERSPECTIVESPERSPECTIVES QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “We must rapidly begin the shiftfrom a ‘thing-oriented’ society to a ‘person-oriented’ so-ciety. When machines and computers, profit motivesand property rights are considered more important thanpeople, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, andmilitarism are incapable of being conquered.”--King

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Justin Bieber benefitsfrom double standard,while Richard Shermanis smeared as a ‘thug’

alling Justin Bieber a thug doesnot make the racial insultshurled at Richard Sherman anymore palatable, so let’s stop

with that half-hearted campaign.Yes, we have work to do with racism in this country and there are very real

and clear disparities in how people of different races are portrayed in themedia and handled in the justice system.

But under no circumstances is Bieber a thug. He’s a 19-year-old singer whogot popped for a DUI while allegedly drag racing and is accused of egging aneighbor’s house. No thug in the history of thuggery ever egged anyone’shome. Sure, he was filmed urinating in a restaurant’s mop bucket, got into aphysical altercation with a DJ over song selection, had his home raided bypolice last week (part of the egging investigation) and has a bevy of friendswith “Lil” in their names, but that makes him seem more like an entitled bratwho wants a tough guy image, not a thug.

Sherman is a talented, 25-year-old, Compton-raised, Stanford-educated,trash-talking NFL cornerback who is going to the Super Bowl. He’s no thugeither. His amped on-field interview after winning the NFC championshipgame generated an onslaught of racist bile via social media and “thug” was afrequent word used to describe him. In a press conference a few days after,Sherman acknowledged that his boastful tirade might have been immature,but maintained that calling him a thug was the more politically correct versionof calling him the n-word.

“The only reason it bothers me is it seems like it’s an accepted way of call-ing someone the n-word nowadays. It’s like everybody else said the n-wordand they said thug and they’re like, ‘that’s fine.’ That’s where it kind of takesme aback. It’s kind of disappointing because they know. What is the definitionof a thug, really,” said Sherman.

Bieber hasn’t been called a thug because he’s not one and his white skinand Canadian birth certificate prevent most people from calling him that re-gardless of his behavior. Sherman has been called a thug because he’s a blackmale athlete who is unafraid to remind everyone about his domination on thefootball field and he occasionally does that in a spirited way.

Instead of trying to put the square thug peg into the round slot that is Bieber,we should instead focus that energy on changing the long-held perception ofblack men as violent, dangerous beings. Calling Bieber a thug is just a con-tinuation of misusing labels. The more practical but also much more difficultcourse of action is to have a nuanced national conversation about this coun-try’s obsession with assigning aggression to every black male action.

As far as Bieber is concerned, there is another important issue attached tohis and that is immigration. In a recent blog post, the ACLU pointed out thatif Canadian citizen/American resident Bieber were more like his non-famousfellow immigrants, his recent run-ins with the law would likely lead to de-portation. But Bieber is white, is from a predominately white country and hasmillions of dollars. We have an idea of how the deportation story will end forhim and it is very different than the ending might be for, say, a Haitian immi-grant whose home was raided and who was arrested for a DUI, drag racingand driving with an expired license.

There are obvious double standards in this country. How do we addressthem in a productive way?

By Demetria Irwin, Courtesy of theGrio.com

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President Obama again cast an ugly glare on therace tainted drug laws in a recent interview and inreports from the White House. He specifically fin-ger pointed marijuana. Virtually all medical pro-fessionals have repeatedly said that marijuana useis no more damaging than alcohol, and so didObama.

If anything, judging from the thousands of fam-ily break ups, the mountainous carnage from alco-hol related accidents and physical deaths fromliquor addiction, marijuana use is far safer than al-cohol.

But marijuana, as with the wildly disparateracial hammering of minorities with cocaine drugbusts, has also been yet another weapon in theruthless, relentless and naked drug war on minori-ties, especially African Americans.

The difference is that the gaping racial dispari-ties in crack cocaine prosecutions and sentencinghave gotten massive public attention, White Houseand legislative action to close the legal gap. Mari-juana, by contrast, has flown far under the publicand lawmaker’s radar scope.

But the racial war that has been blatantly evidentin the drug war is just as, if not more blatant, inwho’s arrested, tried, convicted, and sentenced formarijuana use and sale.

Take two states, Minnesota and Iowa. Minoritiesand especially blacks make up a relatively tinyoverall percentage of residents of these two states.Yet blacks were eight times more likely to be ar-rested than whites. An ACLU study released lastJune found that in nearly every county in the na-tion the arrest rate for marijuana possession amongblacks was at least four times higher than that forwhites.

Even worse the big gaping disparities in arrestnumbers for blacks and whites come at a timewhen public attitudes have radically softened onboth personal and medicinal marijuana use. Manystates and locales have drastically decriminalizedmarijuana possession, and two states have legal-ized its use, and other states are poised to vote onlegalization.

Even worse, the huge race tinged arrest numberscome at a time when the incidences of nearly everyother type of crime has plummeted.

The reasons aren’t hard to find. The near insti-tution of open and covert stop and frisk laws thattarget minorities, incentives to pad arrest numbersto insure greater federal funding and to bolster theperceived crime fighting stature of police agencies,

and the ease and cheapness of focusing on lowlevel crimes are major reasons for the continuedwar on minorities for marijuana use.

Then there are the public attitudes toward blackand white drug offenders. The top-heavy drug useby young whites has never stirred any public out-cry for mass arrests, prosecutions, and toughprison sentences for them, many of whom dealdrugs that are directly linked to serious crime andviolence.

Whites unlucky enough to get popped for drugpossession are treated with compassion, prayersessions, expensive psychiatric counseling, treat-ment and rehab programs, and drug diversion pro-grams. And they should be. But so should thoseblacks and other non-whites victimized by dis-criminatory drug laws.

A frank admission that the laws are biased andunfair, and have not done much to combat the drugplague, would be an admission of failure. It couldignite a real soul-searching over whether all thebillions of dollars that have been squandered in thefailed and flawed drug war -- the lives ruined byit, and the families torn apart by the rigid and un-equal enforcement of the laws -- has really accom-plished anything.

This might call into question why people useand abuse drugs in the first place -- and if it is re-ally the government's business to turn the legalscrews on some drug users while turning a blindeye to others?

The greatest fallout from the nation's failed drugpolicy and that certainly includes racially skewedmarijuana arrests is that it is a double-edged sword.On the one hand it further embeds the widespread

notion that the drug problem is exclusively a blackproblem.

This makes it easy for on-the-make politiciansto grab votes, garner press attention, and balloonstate prison budgets to jail more black offenders,while continuing to feed the illusion that we arewinning the drug war.

On the other, the easing up of marijuana arrestsand prosecutions of whites permits much of thepublic and lawmakers to delude themselves thatthe nation has become much more prudent and en-lightened in how it views the drug fight.

In his interview Obama was blunt, "We shouldnot be locking up kids or individuals for longstretches of jail time when those writing the lawshave probably done the same thing.”

Obama certainly could testify to that since hehas frankly admitted his use of drugs in his youth-ful days.

This frank admission and the realization thatmore prisons, the hiring and maintaining of wavesof corrections officers, and the bloating state budg-ets in the process, not to mention political pander-ing is a lose-lose for the nation.

The biggest loser of all with the nation’s disas-trously failed and flawed drug war, is minoritiesand especially blacks. Marijuana is no different.

Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and polit-ical analyst. He is a frequent MSNBC contribu-tor. He is an associate editor of New AmericaMedia. He is a weekly co-host of the Al SharptonShow on American Urban Radio Network. He isthe host of the weekly Hutchinson Report onKTYM 1460 AM Radio Los Angeles and KPFK-Radio and the Pacifica Network.

President Obama Casts Ugly Glareon Race Tainted Drug War

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson, articlecourtesy of New America Media

You can say what you want aboutObamacare, but you can’t call it afailure. It is turning into a politicaland practical success story, and it isgaining momentum every day.

So much had been focused in the media on the shortcomings, failuresand setbacks in the initial implementation of the Affordable Care Act.Now granted, the rollout was rocky, and the website, Healthcare.gov, suf-fered from flaws so many glitches and shutdowns that critics dismissed itas an abysmal failure.

And yet, take a look at the successes: Obamacare has hit 3 million en-rollments, a sign the administration has turned the corner on the healthcarereform law. And the White House has a fighting chance of meeting its ini-tial goal of 7 million enrolled by the end of March.

Further, with the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act,more than 6.3 million Americans are now eligible for Medicaid and theChildren’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP.

As many as 4 million new people signed up for Medicaid since October1. With millions of people who did not have access to healthcare or whocould not otherwise afford it now having it, now that is what you callprogress.

Meanwhile, with 60 days left for open enrollment in Obamacare, a newAssociated Press-GfK poll finds more people are becoming comfortablewith the health care law. Negative perceptions of the rollout have de-creased from 76 percent in December to 66 percent today. And while 71percent of people encountered problems on the health care website, thoseexperiencing successes soared from 24 percent in December to 40 percenttoday.

According to a poll from the National Association for Business Econom-ics, the vast majority of businesses—75 percent— said that the AffordableCare Act will have no impact on their business conditions, while 85 per-cent said it would not change their hiring plans.

For a concept fraught with such partisan division as Obamacare, the Re-publican criticism was made to order. And why not? This is politics. TheGOP had a vested interest in the failure of the President’s ambitious initia-tive. They knew if he succeeded, and apparently he has, the Democratscould solidify their support among voters, with millions of happy cus-tomers.

There is no other way to explain the doomsday scenario by the TeaParty, with their cries of government intrusion, and their prediction ofdeath panels, socialism, fascism, and any number of isms designed to scarepeople into rejecting Obamacare. The country has been down this road be-fore.

Let us not forget that in the 1930s under President Roosevelt, critics of

Social Security labeled the programas socialism and prohibitively ex-pansive government control. OneRepublican lawmaker at the time

predicted “The lash of the dictator willbe felt, and 25 million free American citizens will for the first time submitthemselves to a fingerprint test.”

In 1961, Ronald Reagan, acting as hired help for the American MedicalAssociation, warned of the perils of the Democratic initiative later knownas Medicare.

“One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on apeople has been by way of medicine. It’s very easy to disguise a medicalprogram as a humanitarian project, most people are a little reluctant to op-pose anything that suggests medical care for people who possibly can’t af-ford it,” Reagan said in a recorded speech. “Now, the American people, ifyou put it to them about socialized medicine and gave them a chance tochoose, would unhesitatingly vote against it.”

“[Y]ou demand the continuation of our free enterprise system. You and Ican do this. The only way we can do it is by writing to our congressmeneven we believe that he is on our side to begin with,” Reagan added, urg-ing the public to act.

“If you don’t, this program I promise you, will pass just as surely as thesun will come up tomorrow and behind it will come other government pro-grams that will invade every area of freedom as we have known it in thiscountry until one day as Normal Thomas said we will wake to find that wehave socialism, and if you don’t do this and I don’t do this, one of thesedays we are going to spend our sunset years telling our children and ourchildren’s children, what it once was like in America when men werefree.”

Contrary to the naysayers, the sky did not fall, and Social Security,Medicare and Medicaid made America better. In fact, these programs en-riched our lives. They evolved and expanded along the way, just as Oba-macare undoubtedly will evolve.

And yet, there are valid criticisms of Obamacare, which was a politicalcompromise made in a Washington, DC sausage factory, providing whatsome regard as a universal right within the constraints of the for-profit,free market system. For example, progressives preferred a public option,or a government run, single-payer system, or simply Medicare for all.

For now, after the public was bombarded with nonstop coverage of theObamacare website failure, now things are operating smoothly and there isrelative silence.

Meanwhile, three Republican senators— Richard Burr (R-N.C.), TomCoburn (R-Okla.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)— have proposed an alterna-tive to Obamacare. You can hear crickets chirp. Good luck with that.

Obamacare success overlookedafter failures over-covered

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GUEST COMMENTARYGUEST COMMENTARYBy David A. Love--Courtesy of theGrio.com

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St. MarkAME makesdonation toHaiti recoveryeffortsIn January 2010 a 7.0 magnitude

earthquake ravaged Haiti, destroy-ing homes, churches and schools,and killing thousands of people.Many responded to the humanitar-ian appeals for aid including St.Mark A.M.E. Church of Milwau-kee, more specifically the ChristianExplorers Sunday school class.“We wanted to not only respond

to the immediate needs in Haiti, butimpact the long term recovery ofHaiti. We decided in Sundayschool class to commit to raisingfunds for five years to donate to theHaiti recovery effort,” said Dr. Ty-rone Carter.A personal pledge of $1.00 per

week of each Sunday school classmember, contributions from thegeneral congregation and threefundraising golf tournaments werefunding sources over the past fouryears. A total of $17,000 has beenraised over five years. This weekthe final contribution was made tothe relief efforts in Haiti.St. Mark A.M. E Church is lo-

cated in the heart of Milwaukee at1616 N. Atkinson Avenue, whereDarrylWilliams is pastor. St. MarkAfrican Methodist Episcopal(AME) Church is the first AfricanAmerican church built in Wiscon-sin in 1886.

s we prepare to begin the celebration ofAfrican American History Month, Iwould like to offer a prayer written by

an African American Franciscan Friar, JamesGoode.God of Mercy and Love we place our African American Fam-

ilies before You today. May we be proud of our history andnever forget those who paid a great price for our liberation.Bless us one by one and keep our hearts and minds fixed on

higher ground. Help us to live for you and not for ourselves,and may we cherish and proclaim the gift of life. Bless our par-ents, guardians and grandparents, relatives and friends.Give us the amazing grace to be the salt of the earth and the

light of the world. Help us, as your children, to live in such away that the beauty and greatness of authentic love is reflectedin all that we say and do.Give a healing anointing to those less fortunate, especially

the motherless, the fatherless, the broken, the sick and thelonely. Bless our departed family members and friends. Maythey be led into the light of Your dwelling place where we willnever grow old, where we will share the fullness of redemptionand shout the victory for all eternity.This we ask in the Precious !ame of Jesus, our Savior and

Blessed Assurance. Amen. Holy Mary, Mother of Our Families,

pray for us.Prayer composed by�FR. JIM GOODE, OFM, �(Founder,

1989, of the !ational Day of Prayer for the African Americanand African Family)During this upcoming month we will have many opportuni-

ties to recall the blood, sweat and tears that so many AfricanAmericans have suffered from the time they were ripped fromtheir families and friends and brought here to slave for the mas-ter.It is also a time to rejoice as we recall the resiliency of a peo-

ple and the unbelievable contributions to literature, medicine,education, music, the arts and science that continue to this day.As pastor of a predominantly African American Church, I

thank God daily for the opportunity to share my life and min-istry within this marvelous community.

By ImaniElev8.com - This time there will be no resolutions, no prom-

ise this will be the year I achieve perfection, and most of all, nobeating up on myself when I fall off the wagon. Instead, I willhave only one goal — to let go of things that have kept me frombeing all that I can be.1. Letting Go Of What Others ThinkBefore I try something new, I often hear this little gremlin

voice inside my head telling me all the reasons why I shouldn’tgo for it. It tells me all the things that could go wrong, all the rea-sons why I’m not qualified, and most of all, it lists all of the peo-ple who may disagree with my plan.Have you ever heard this voice?When I’m in a good space, it’s easy to tune out and move for-

ward. But, too often I let it stop me. I become consumed withwhat people might think, forgetting that those who mean themost have always supported me no matter.Today I say “NO MORE.”This week’s Affirmation: From this day on, I will listen only

to His voice, which never leads me astray.2. Letting Go Of FearHow many times have you let fear stop you?Fear of stepping out of that job into something more purpose-

ful. . . . Fear of changing career paths or going back to school. .. . Fear of a negative health report or of the unknown.Today I want you to stop and declare “NO MORE.”By no means am I saying it will always be easy, or that you

won’t ever get scared. But, I am saying that if you rememberwhose child you are and have faith in His perfect plan, fear

should never stop you.That may mean standing tall when a job loses you, or holding

it together when a negative report comes your way. The won-derful truth is that no matter what happens, faith tells us that youwill not have to face it alone.This week’s Affirmation: I need never fear because I know

who holds my hand.3. Letting Go Of PerfectionismI’m going to run a 10K . . . just as soon as things slow down

and I’m able to devote 4-5 days per week to training.I’m going to write another book . . . just as soon as I have a few

months with nothing else going on, so I can finally dive in con-sistently.My list goes on and on. What about yours?Perfectionism often goes hand in hand with procrastination.

Why? Because in waiting for the perfect time, we never finish

– or worse yet, never even start.Today, let’s say “NO MORE.”Maybe we don’t have time to workout 4-5 times per week for

an hour, but how about 15 minutes twice a week to start? Maybewe can’t carve out quiet time for months to write a book, buthow about finding 30 minutes to write that first page?Step by step, page by page, always working towards the goal.

With any luck, we might just get there faster than we think.This week’s Affirmation: Recognizing that there will never

be a perfect time, I will start today.4. Letting Go Of Whatever You’re Holding OntoHow many times have you had your fist clamped so tightly

onto a thing or person, that something better couldn’t find a wayin?The answer for me is too many to count. I’ve held on to jobs,

houses, and even a husband without praying for confirmationthat I was holding onto what was really for me.The irony of it is that when I finally said “God, your will be

done” and got over the fear of letting go, the blessing on the otherside was always 100 times better than what (or who) I thought Icouldn’t live without.Today, let’s declare, “NO MORE.”This week’sAffirmation: Instead of holding onto what I think

I want, I will be open to all that is in His perfect plan.A note about the author: Imani is the author of a novel “When

I Was Broken” and a book of inspirational thoughts “You Are !otAlone.” An attorney by trade, she is also a life coach, retreat fa-cilitator, and speaker dedicated to inspiring others to live theirlives to the fullest. To follow her writing or get information on herYou Are !ot Alone retreats, go to www.byimani.com.

‘Preachers of L.A.’ Renewed for Season 2; CastingUnderway for Detroit, Atlanta, Dallas, !YSpinoffsEURweb - Not only will Oxygen return to the pulpit for a second season of its

breakout reality series “Preachers of L.A.,” but the network is currently castingnew editions of the show set in New York, Atlanta, Dallas and Detroit.The original LA series will premiere this fall with Bishop Noel Jones, Minis-

ter Deitrick Haddon, Bishop Clarence McClendon, Pastor Jay Haizlip, PastorWayne Chaney andBishop Ron Gibson.“Preachers of L.A.” gives viewers a candid look at the lives of mega-pastors

in Southern California.

A prayer of blessings for the Black FamilyBREADIN THE

WILDERNESSby Fr. Carl Diederichs,

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MilwaukeeGospel: Jubileeat The PabstConcert ShowcasesLocal Gospel Groups,Benefits ProgressiveCommunity Health CentersOn February 21, the longest con-

tinually-performing black gospelquartet in Milwaukee, the MasonicWonders, will headline a jubilantevening of music at the Pabst The-ater.Milwaukee Gospel: Jubilee at

The Pabst brings together five localquartets for a survey of this historicmusic, seldom seen outside of thechurches where it is performed.Black gospel’s influence on soul,jazz, blues, and rock is an undis-puted fact, and this concert is achance for music fans to experiencethe lift this music delivers.Joining the MasonicWonders are

the Queens of Harmony, Victory inPraise Youth Choir, the GenesisSingers, and the Sharon Travelers,all backed by a rockin' house band.Milwaukee Gospel will be hostedby emcee, JimmyWestmoreland ofWGLB 1560AM IncredibleGospel.“This show is a first and long

overdue, a chance to hear the musicthat has been lifting spirits acrossthis city for a long time,” said JohnSieger, a Milwaukee songwriter andmusician who is also one of theconcert organizers. “Gospel musicis the Mount Everest in the middleof the American musical land-scape.”The Milwaukee Gospel concert,

held during Black History Month,benefits Progressive CommunityHealth Centers. All proceeds willaid in the building of a new healthcare facility to replace Progressive’sdeteriorating Lisbon Ave. Clinic. Itis natural that that these two groupscome together for this event, as theyboth work to help the disadvantagedin our city, one ministering to thephysical, the other to the spiritual.Milwaukee Gospel is made pos-

sible through generous supportfrom the following sponsors: JohnShannon and Jan Serr, Kapco, Inc.,Colectivo Coffee, Maxie’s Milwau-kee, and Third Sector Creative.

Spiritual Freedom: Declare NoMore!

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Governor Scott Walker opens up 2014 witha six point lead over his Democratic guberna-torial challenger Mary Burke in the Mar-quette University Law School Poll.

The poll, which was conducted January 20to 23rd, finds Governor Walker leadingBurke 47 to 41 percent. Also, 54 percent ofthe poll’s respondents said that the State ofWisconsin is moving in the right directionwhile 40 percent said that the Badger State ison the wrong track.

When compared to the January 2012 Mar-quette poll, 50 percent said Wisconsin wason the right track while 46 percent said it wason the wrong track.--By Kyle Maichle, Editor of Wisconsin ElectionWatch,

MILWAUKEE COUNTY SUPERVISOR MICHAELMAYO, SR. CRITICIZES “LACK OF TRANSPARENCY”IN COURTHOUSE FIRE FUND TRANSFER

Milwaukee County Supervisor Michael Mayo, Sr.,recently criticized officials from the Abele adminis-tration for a “lack of transparency” about the actualcosts of the Milwaukee County Courthouse fire inJuly, and he called on the County Board to requiremore answers about the costs.

Mayo, who is Chairman of the Transportation,Public Works and Transit Committee, said officialsfrom the administration did not adequately explain

the need for a fund transfer of $7 million from theCounty’s contingency fund to cover costs of repairfor the fire. The Committee took testimony from theofficials about the fire and the fund transfer onWednesday.

“There’s a certain lack of transparency in this ad-ministration regarding payment for the actual costsof the fire,” Mayo said. “They’re asking us to covercosts of repairs, but they haven’t adequately ex-plained why – if the insurance companies are cover-ing all fire-related costs as they said – that they need$7 million to cover those costs. This is the equivalentof voodoo economics.

“They want $4 million from the 2013 contingencyfund and they want us to write a blank check withoutthe funding resources for $3 million in 2014.”Mayoalso questioned whether the County’s insurance com-panies have stopped paying for repairs because the

cause of the fire has yet to be determined. He said media reports indicated key components

of the electrical system disappeared after the fire,making it difficult to determine the cause.

“Are they trying to cover for the fact that thesecomponents are missing and the insurance companiesturned off the money spigot?” he said.

“They say they want to pay small vendors whohave worked to repair fire damage, but what they arereally doing is making sure the big boys get paid. Inthe past they’ve never shown concern for small busi-ness. But when they owe big contractors, they wantto make sure they pay them.

“I question the need to make these fund transfers,and I hope the Board will demand more transparencyfrom this administration before we approve them. Iwant to make sure taxpayers are not on the hook forthe costs of this fire.”

NAACP’S ONE MILWAUKEE FOCUSESPOLITICS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITYOne Milwaukee, an initiative cre-ated by the Milwaukee Branch ofthe NAACP to attract young Blackprofessionals and involve them insocial activism, recently hostedits annual Town Hall Stake-holder’s meeting at MATC’s Coo-ley Auditorium. The Town Hallmeeting dealt with economic sus-tainability, education, publicsafety, criminal justice, health,voting rights and political repre-sentation. The organization un-veiled a report card of theWisconsin State Legislature andhow they did in addressing theaforementioned areas of discus-sion at the meeting. A panel oflocal and national political figures(pictured at left top) also ad-dressed the issues. The panelconsisted of (from left to right):U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, state leg-islator and state Attorney GeneralCandidate Jon Richards, state As-semblyman Mandela Barnes,state Assemblyman LeTonyaJohnson, and state Sen. LenaTaylor. (Pictured at left below): Anattendee of the Town Hall meetingspeaks with Milwaukee CountySupervisor David Bowen and Mil-waukee Ald. Milele Coggs. (Pho-tos by Christopher McIntyre)

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Senator Baldwin Applauds PresidentObama’s Action on Raising Minimum Wage

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Sen-ator Tammy Baldwin today praisedPresident Obama for making a pushto raise the federal minimum wage.

In the State of the Union Address,the President will announce that hewill use his executive authority toraise the minimum wage to $10.10for those working on new federalcontracts for services.

The President will also proposeworking with Congress to pass theMinimum Wage Fairness Act,cosponsored by Senator Baldwin,which would increase the federalminimum wage for all workers.

“I believe that our economy isstrongest when we expand opportu-nity for everyone.

“We need to reward the hard workof Wisconsinites by raising the min-imum wage so an honest day’s workpays more,” said Baldwin.

The President’s Executive Order(EO) will benefit hardworking Amer-icans – including janitors, cashiers,construction workers, and others –working on new federal contracts.For example, the EO would benefitmilitary base workers who wash

dishes, serve food and do laundry. This action will cover workers

who are performing services or con-struction and are getting paid lessthan $10.10 an hour.

In September, Senator Baldwinjoined 14 of her Senate colleagues insending a letter to President Obamaencouraging him to use his executiveauthority to raise the minimum wagefor employees of federal contractors.

Senator Baldwin believes it’s timefor Congress to act on raising theminimum wage for all Americans.

The Minimum Wage Fairness Actwill raise the minimum wage to$10.10 over three years, lifting itcloser to its historic level, and willindex the minimum wage to inflationin the future so that low-wage work-ers do not continue to fall behind.

The Act will also raise the mini-mum wage for tipped workers for thefirst time in more than 20 years, rais-ing it to a level that is 70 percent ofthe regular minimum wage.

“The growing gap between thoseat the top and everybody else is at itslargest point in 100 years.

“The absence of upward mobilityfor hard working families demandsaction because if we can’t close thisgap, we might someday soon talkabout the middle class as somethingwe used to have, not something eachgeneration can aspire to,” Baldwinsaid.

In a public opinion poll releasedyesterday by Marquette University, amajority of Wisconsinites polledfavor an increase in the minimumwage.

Sixty-two percent say the mini-mum wage should be increased while35 percent oppose an increase.

After a reminder to the respondentthat the current minimum wage is$7.25 per hour, 33 percent say itshould be increased to about $9 perhour, 25 percent say it should bearound $10 per hour, 5 percent sayabout $11 per hour and 10 percentsay it should be $12 or more perhour. Only 25 percent say it shouldremain where it is.

Background on Raising theMinimum Wage:• The current wage of $7.25 was

implemented in July 2009, the finalof three increases resulting from2007 legislation signed by PresidentGeorge W. Bush.

• Raising the minimum wage willmake sure no family of four with afull-time worker has to raise theirchildren in poverty.

It has been seven years since Con-gress last acted to increase the mini-mum wage and right now a full-timeminimum wage worker makes$14,500 a year, which leaves toomany families struggling to makeends meet.

Even after accounting for pro-grams like the Earned Income TaxCredit, a family of four supported bya minimum wage worker still endsup living below the poverty line.

• Indexing the minimum wage toinflation would help lower-incomeworkers keep up in the future.

Since it was first established in1938, the minimum wage has beenincreased 22 times, but was erodedsubstantially over several prolongedperiods because of inflation.

If the minimum wage had kept upwith inflation since 1968, it would beworth $10.75 per hour today.

• Twenty-eight million American

workers will get a raise under theMinimum Wage Fairness Act.

More than half of these arewomen, and 15 million womenwould get a raise.

The vast majority (88 percent) areadult workers, not teenagers. Over 14million children (19 percent of Amer-ican kids) have a parent who will geta raise.

• Increasing the minimum wage to$10.10 per hour will give $35 billionin raises to millions of workers overthe course of the three increases, andincrease GDP by nearly $22 billionas workers spend their raises in theirlocal businesses and communities.This economic activity will generate85,000 new jobs over the same pe-riod.

Sen. Tammy Baldwin

STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS: President vows to move hisagenda forward with or without the help of Congress

"What I offer tonight is a set of concrete, practical proposals to speed upgrowth, strengthen the middle class, and build new ladders of opportunityinto the middle class," Obama said. "Some require congressional action, andI'm eager to work with all of you. But America does not stand still, and neitherwill I."

On issue after issue, he invited Congress to work with him but said he alsowould go it alone.

Obama called for more government support to rebuild the nation's infra-structure, but also said that "I will act on my own to slash bureaucracy andstreamline the permitting process for key projects, so we can get more con-struction workers on the job as fast as possible."

The President also promised an executive order to raise the minimum wagefor some government contract workers. While the action is relatively narrowand affects less than half a million people, Obama urged Congress to followsuit for all low-wage workers in America.

Earlier Tuesday, House Speaker John Boehner chafed at such unilateral ac-tion, telling reporters that Republicans are "just not going to sit here and letthe President trample all over us."

In the official Republican response, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers ofWashington complained that Obama's policies "are making people's livesharder."

"We hope the President will join us in a year of real action -- by empower-ing people -- not by making their lives harder with unprecedented spending,higher taxes, and fewer jobs," she said.

One area of possible progress is immigration reform. Obama got a longovation when he urged Republicans in the House to join Democrats in passinga Senate plan that got bipartisan support.

McMorris Rodgers also brought up the issue backed by some Republicansas a way to bolster their weak support among Hispanic Americans, the nation'slargest minority demographic.

"We're working on a step-by-step solution to immigration reform by firstsecuring our borders and making sure America will always attract the best,brightest, and hardest working from around the world," she said in describingthe more limited GOP approach to the comprehensive Senate measure thatincludes a path to legal status for immigrants living illegally in the country.

On another major reform issue, Obama chided Republicans for trying toundermine his signature health care law that passed in 2010 without GOPsupport. He cited the millions of people helped by the reforms that ended de-nial of coverage for pre-existing conditions among its benefits.

"The American people aren't interested in refighting old battles," Obamasaid. "Let's not have another 40-something votes to repeal a law that's alreadyhelping millions of Americans. ...The first 40 were plenty. ... We all owe it tothe American people to say what we're for, not just what we're against."

In her response, though, McMorris Rodgers continued the GOP attack lineon the health care reforms as big government run amok and causing harm topeople by raising costs and limiting their personal choices of doctors andmedical treatment.

This year's State of the Union is a defining test for ObamaThe CNN/ORC poll indicated 59% of respondents thought Obama's poli-

cies as presented in the speech would help the economy, a lower figure thanin recent years.

Obama said he will order the U.S. Treasury to create a new federal retire-ment savings account called MyRA, a savings bond that would guarantee "adecent return with no risk of losing what you put in." It will be available tothose whose jobs don't offer traditional retirement savings programs, he said.

(continued from page 1)“The President also promised an executive orderto raise the minimum wage for some governmentcontract workers. While the action is relativelynarrow and affects less than half a million people,Obama urged Congress to follow suit for all low-wage workers in America.”

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YOUTH/YOUTH/EDUCATIONEDUCATION

(Photo A at right):Daphne Jones,president and CEO ofGlorious Malone'sFine Sausage (seatedsecond from left)spoke about startingand owning abusiness and what ittakes to be asuccessful businessowner.

(Photo B at left)Redonna Rodgers,

Executive Director ofthe Center for

TeachingEntrepreneurship

(seated second fromright) spoke about

starting and owning abusiness and what it

takes to be asuccessful

business owner.

Lessons in entrepreneurshipemale students at the NOVA School (Photo A) and the Assata School(Photo B) heard from a local businesswoman and the director of anentrepreneurship education organization. The two events were spon-

sored by the AfricanAmerican Chamber of Commerce and Milwaukee Pub-lic Schools.

FFMPLUpcomingevents

MPTVYoung Writers andIllustrators Workshop

Milwaukee Public Television’sFREE workshop is designed to pro-mote children’sliteracy skills through hands-on,

active learning. Participants willlearn the basics of story constructionwhile focusing on the importance ofillustrations in telling the story. Par-ticipants are encouraged to create astory and enter it in MPTV's 20th an-nual PBS Kids Writers Contest. Formore information on workshops andthe contest please visitwww.mptv.org/kids. To register, con-tact Julie Hill Lehr at 414-297-7518or hilllej@matc.edu or Debra Kunathat 414-297-7514 or ku-nathd@matc.edu. Seating is limited.• Saturday, Feb. 1, 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Washington Park Library, 2121 N.Sherman Blvd.

PinkaliciousValentine's Day Party

Celebrate the pinkest holiday ofthem all! Hear some Pinkaliciousstories by Elizabeth and VictoriaKahn and then create Valentines. Wepromise not to make you eat anybroccoli if you catch a case of pinkitis!• Thursday, Feb. 6, 4-5 p.m.Atkin-

son Library, 1960 W. Atkinson Ave.•Thursday, Feb. 6, 4-5:30 p.m.

Capitol Library, 3969 N. 74th St.• Monday, Feb. 10, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

M.L. King Library, 310W. Locust St.• Saturday, Feb. 15, 10:30-11:15

a.m. Central Library, 814 W. Wis-consin Ave.

MPS’Milwaukee FrenchImmersion School celebrates35 years of successMilwaukee French Immersion School, one of MPS’highly-rated language

immersion schools, recently celebrated its 35th anniversary complete with apep rally and culminating with an open house held Friday, January 24.“Milwaukee French Immersion School is one of the many MPS schools

providing an opportunity you won’t find anywhere else in this community,”MPS Superintendent Gregory Thornton said. “I’m honored to be a part ofcelebrating 35 years of offering our families this strong school option.”Students at Milwaukee French Immersion School (MFIS), which serves

children from K4 through 5th grade, learn core subjects in the French lan-guage and are able to read, write and speak in both English and French. MFISstudents’ language skills serve them well, preparing them for high school andpostsecondary education – and expanding the number of career opportunitiesavailable to them.The focus on French doesn’t detract from learning the English language.

In fact, students at MFIS outperform both the MPS and Wisconsin averagesin English reading proficiency, according to state test results.Children need no prior French language experience to enter the school at

K4, K5 or 1st grade and once they complete 5th grade, they have the optionof continuing their immersion experience along with students from otherMPS immersion schools at MPS’ Milwaukee School of Languages, whichserves students in grades 6-12. Milwaukee School of Languages was namedone of the best high schools in Wisconsin by U.S. News and World Reportin 2012.MFIS was created 35 years ago as part of MPS’ desegregation efforts,

aimed at attracting students from across the city to strong specialty programs.That continues today: the school serves a high-performing racially and eco-nomically diverse student body.At the 35th- anniversary open, prospective families who attended were

able to meet current families, staff and leaders and even experience a lan-guage-immersion classroom experience for themselves.“This is an outstanding opportunity for families to come and see our phi-

losophy of ‘thinking globally and learning locally’ in action, “ school leaderGina Bianchi said.Interested families who were not able to attend the open house are invited

to contact Ms. Bianchi at (414) 874-8405 and visit the school’s website –mpsmke.com/mfis – for more information. Prospective families have theirbest chance of enrolling in their first-choice school during MPS’ Three-Choice Enrollment period, which runs from February 3-21. Learn more atmpsmke.com/enrollmps.

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sion of his lubricator for steam engines. This was the first in a series of forty-two patents, most of which were designed to facilitate machine lubrication.

Edward Alexander Bouchet at the age of 24 became the first African Americanto earn a doctorate in the United States earning a Ph.D. in physics at Yale in 1876.Bouchet was also the first African American during this Jim Crow era to be nom-inated to the esteemed honor society, Phi Beta Kappa in 1884. He receivedsumma cum laude honors in all undergraduate courses and ranked sixth in his1864 graduating class.

From this African Global Image perspective; from this African World Histori-ographical perspective, and from the perspective of an exclusive African Centeredworld view, we are not speaking here of “imitating,” being at par, trying to berecognized or accepted by other folk just because we are the “First” at this or that.

Given our unique and unusual experiences in North America, our “First” onthese shores is above, apart and beyond; it surpasses all other people and is a con-tinuation of and connected to a legacy of masterful adaptation and accomplish-ment that has its origins in our own humankind beginnings.

During these periods – lasting 345 years from 1619 to 1964, our African (Col-ored/Negro/Black) forbearers – even given and during the kidnapping fromAfrica, the Middle Passage, forced bondage, brutality, oppression, terror, at-tempted colonization, et. al, we – an African people – still remained resilient, re-sistant, masterfully adaptive, masterfully creative, masterfully skilled andmasterfully equalizing.

A people who over millennium populated the earth and through migratory pat-terns out of Africa laid the foundation for all of the world’s civilization in Europeand in Asia beginning around 32,999 B.C.E; created the world’s first calendar in4236 B.C.E., formed the world first civilizations in Kemet over the 2,625 yearsfrom 3150 B.C.E to 535 B.C.E. and brought the European out of the Dark Agesduring the 781 years of the (Black) Moorish occupation from 711 to 1492 A.D. -these people can certainly and most assuredly survive and master the peculiar cir-cumstances that befell us on these shores over the 345 years from 1619 to the endof Jim Crow in 1964.

This is the next level of African American History and this is how this disciplineshould now be taught. “Time, Presence, Civilization – In Black” both demon-strates and is dedicated to this vision.

And we are both inspired and encouraged with this continuation of our AfricanWorld legacy of mastery in the last Case 8 bearing witness to the genius of ourchildren.

The twins Kristie and Kirstie Bronner, for example, who made history this pastJune as Spelman’s co-valedictorians; 8-year-old Sumayyah Muhammad, a cham-pion equestrian who has her sights on the Olympics; UPENN grad Brittney Exlinewho becomes the nation’s youngest African America engineer; 6-year-old JoshuaBedford who studies Philosophy, Math, and History at Oxford; born and raisedin Gary, Indiana, Katie Washington would rise to become Notre Dame’s firstBlack valedictorian; Tony Hansberry II at the age of 14 would invent a uniquesurgical techniques, and teen scholars Stephen Stafford and Saheela Ibraheem areincluded among the “World’s 50 Smartest Teenagers” list.

“Time, Presence, Mastery In Black” will open officially on Tuesday, February4 at 9 a.m. and will be available for viewing during normal MATC campus hoursuntil Friday, February 28.

Please contact Marvette Cox in MATC’s Department of Counseling and Ad-vising, (414) 297-8027, for any further events associated with the exhibit to in-clude a Power Point lecture on the display and scheduled showings of HiddenColors 1 and 2. For presentation arrangements on the exhibit during Black HistoryMonth, please contact this writer at: blydendelany@yahoo.com.

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African Global Imagesexhibit returns to MATCfor Black History Month

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SPECIAL TIME PLANNED FORFATHERS AND DAUGHTERS

Hundreds of area fathers and daughters will enjoy a special evening out at the 11th AnnualDaddy Daughter Dance.

The fun-filled night is planned for Saturday, February 15 from 5 pm to 8 pm at North DivisionHigh School at 1011 W. Center Street. The evening will offer dancing, food, prizes, photographsand the chance for fathers and daughters to bond. The evening is appropriate for dads and girlsof all ages.

Pre-registration is going on until February 14 at the Milwaukee Recreation Department web-site at www.MilwaukeeRecreation.net. Use the course number code 42022 to register. Dinner atthe event is limited to only pre-registered guests. Doors open at 5 pm for pre-registered partici-pants and a limited number of walk-up registrations will begin at 5:45 pm.

The Daddy Daughter Dance is a yearly project of the Milwaukee Recreation Department, theSocial Development Commission and the Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative. To learn more aboutthe night and to see a video of a previous dance, visit the SDC website at www.cr-sdc.org.

Above photos were takenduring the 2013 Daddy

Daughter Dance

The Milwaukee Community Journal January 29, 2014 Page 8

ters. There are no excuses! Remember the daily benefits of

walking, jumping rope, floor exer-cises, even those done in our office,like squats, stretching at our desks, orknee bends at the copier, and runningin place in your cubicle, or using thestairs instead of taking the elevator.

Everything that takes us awayfrom our seats, the couches, our bedsand makes us move is exercise andthe more we do adds up. Yes, we aremoving!

Remember we are what we eat, somake a conscious decision to elimi-nate too much salt...that’s a savingsin blood pressure readings; and doingit gradually really works.

Sugar, we eat too much! Get yournatural sugars through fruits, yourjuices, and an occasional treat .They say it’s better to reduce gradu-ally than going cold turkey but disci-pline does it!

Reduce the fried food intake.Bake, broil, boil, instead.Snacks....instead of chips, candiesand cake, let’s go the natural way,salsa, celery sticks, carrots, cheesesticks, or apples. What about gua-camole?

These simple changes will controlour current weight and with exercisewe can be on the way to 10, 20pounds, or more, loss, this year.

WHAT’S YOUR story? WHAT’SYOUR suggestion? SHARE YOURSUCCESSES!

Tell us all about your program,what you’re doing, how you aredoing it? We will put them into thepaper; show your before photo andlater your after photos.

Let’s encourage one another as wemake a total commitment to makinghealthy start changes, in 2014, thatlead us all to long, healthy, produc-tive lives.

In August, 2014, we will again an-nounce our 2014 MISSIONMAKEOVER WINNERS.

Last year we had three winnerswho lost over 200 (combined)pounds.

They walked away with $ 500 eachin cash awards.

This year, we expect men to show

their new hulk successes, along withthe women. They will walk the Mis-sion Makeover runway, too. So joinus.

Congratulations again to 2013winners, Daphne Johnson; Sabrina

Benson; and Latrice Winston...whoproved “We Have the Power”!Send us your photos....or share yourplans. We’re counting on you!HealthyStart: Fit in 2014 begins withYOU!www.com-mu-nityjournal.net

(continued from page 1)Mission Makeover 2014: A New You for the New Year!MCJ SPORTSMCJ SPORTS

Despite thebest effortsof DeonteBurton (pic-tured at left,top) andTodd Mayo(picturedbelow atleft), theMarquetteGolden Ea-gles contin-ued tostrugglethis seasonin the newlyrealignedBig EastBasketballConference,losing to theVillanovaWildcats indoubleovertime atthe BMOBradleyCenter.

CLASSIFIEDS/LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICESCLASSIFIEDS/LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICESThe Milwaukee Community Journal January 29, 2014 page 9

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STATE OFWISCO!SI!CIRCUIT COURT

MILWAUKEE COU!TYCase !o. 13FA7277Divorce-40101

In Re: The marriage of:TERRYVAUGHN BROWN, Petitioner andRespondent: REGINABEATRICEFLAKES

THE STATE OFWISCONSIN, TOTHE PERSON NAMEDABOVEASRESPONDENT:You are notified that the petitionernamed above has filed a Petition fordivorce or legal separation againstyou.

You must respond with a written de-mand for a copy of the Petitionwithin 45 days from the day after thefirst day of publication.

The demand must be sent or deliv-ered to the court at: Clerk of Court,Milwaukee County Courthouse 901N 9thStRoom 104 Milwaukee WI53233 and to TERRYVAUGHNBROWN 119 CECELIA CTWAUKESHAWI 53188

It is recommended, but not requiredthat you have an attorney help or rep-resent you.

If you do not demand a copy of thePetition within 45 days, the courtmay grant judgment against you forthe award of money or other legal ac-tion requested in the Petition, and youmay lose your right to object to any-thing that is or may be incorrect inthe Petition.

A judgment may be enforced as pro-vided by law. A judgment awardingmoney may become a lien againstany real estate you own now or in thefuture, and may also be enforced bygarnishment or seizure of property.

You are further notified that if theparties to this action have minor chil-dren, violation of 948.31 Wis. Stats.,(Interference with custody by parentor others) is punishable by finesand/or imprisonment:

If you and the petitioner have minorchildren, documents setting forth thepercentage standard for child supportestablished by the department under49.22(9), Wis. Stats., and the factorsthat a court may consider for modifi-cation of that standard under 767.511(1m). Wis Stats. are available uponyour request from the Clerk of Court.

You are notified of the availability ofinformation from the Circuit CourtCommissioner as set forth in 767.105WIs.Stats.

767.105 Information from CircuitCourt Commissioner.

(2)Upon the request of a party to anaction affecting the family, includinga revision of judgment or order undersec. 767.59 or 767.451:(a)The Circuit Court Commissionershall, with or without charge, providethe party with written information onthe following, as appropriate to theaction commenced:1. The procedure for obtaining ajudgment or order in the action2. The major issues usually addressedin such an action.3. Community resources and familycourt counseling services available toassist the parties.4. The procedure for setting, modify-ing, and enforcing child supportawards, or modifying and enforcinglegal custody or physical placementjudgments or orders.(b)The Circuit Court Commissionershall provide a party, for inspectionor purchase, with a copy of the statu-tory provisions in this chapter gener-ally pertinent to the action.

Date: 1-13-2014BY:TERRY BROWN014-015/1-29/2-5-12-2014

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STATE OFWISCO!SI!CIRCUIT COURT

MILWAUKEE COU!TY!OTICEA!D ORDER FOR!AME CHA!GE HEARI!G

Case !o. 14CV000526In the matter of the name change of:GILBERT DANIELWILSON JRBy (Petitioner)GILBERT DANIELWILSON JR

NOTICE IS GIVEN:A petition was filed asking to changethe name of the person listed above:From: GILBERT DANIELWILSONJR To: GILBERT DANIELABDUL-LAHBirth Certificate: GILBERT DANIELWILSON JR

IT IS ORDEREDThis petition will be heard in the Cir-cuit Court of Milwaukee County,State of Wisconsin.Judge’s Name:HON. JANE CAR-ROLLROOM 206BRANCH 39PLACE: 901 N. 9th Street, Milwau-kee, Wisconsin, 53233 DATE: Febru-ary 24, 2014, TIME 2:00 P.M.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:Notice of this hearing shall be givenby publication as a Class 3 notice forthree (3) weeks in a row prior to thedate of the hearing in the MilwaukeeCommunity Journal, a newspaperpublished in Milwaukee County,State of Wisconsin.Dated: 1-22-2014BY THE COURT:HON. JANE CARROLLCircuit Court Judge014-016/1-29/2-5-12-2014

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STATE OFWISCO!SI!CIRCUIT COURT

MILWAUKEE COU!TY!OTICEA!D ORDER FOR!AME CHA!GE HEARI!G

Case !o. 14CV011709In the matter of the name change of:VENAMICHELE GREEN

NOTICE IS GIVEN:A petition was filed asking to changethe name of the person listed above:From:VENAMICHELEGREENTo:MIZ SHEMMI GYEEZBirth CertificateVENAMICHELEGREEN

IT IS ORDEREDThis petition will be heard in the Cir-cuit Court of Milwaukee County,State of Wisconsin.Judge’s Name:HON.DANIELANOONAN ROOM 414 PLACE: 901N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,53233 DATE: March 6, 2014, TIME9:00 A.M.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:Notice of this hearing shall be givenby publication as a Class 3 notice forthree (3) weeks in a row prior to thedate of the hearing in the MilwaukeeCommunity Journal, a newspaperpublished in Milwaukee County,State of Wisconsin.Dated: 1-23-2014BY THE COURT:HON.DANIELANOONANCircuit Court Judge014-013/1-29/2-5-12-2014

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STATE OFWISCO!SI!CIRCUIT COURT

MILWAUKEE COU!TYCase !o. 13FA007410Divorce-40101

In Re: The marriage of:DELORISEMOORE, Petitioner and Respondent:RONNIE L JACKSON

THE STATE OFWISCONSIN, TOTHE PERSON NAMEDABOVEASRESPONDENT:You are notified that the petitionernamed above has filed a Petition fordivorce or legal separation againstyou.

You must respond with a written de-mand for a copy of the Petitionwithin 40 days from the day after thefirst day of publication.

The demand must be sent or deliv-ered to the court at: Clerk of Court,Milwaukee County Courthouse 901N 9thStMilwaukee WI 53233 andtoDELORISE MOORE, 6570 N 80thStreet, Apartment 108Milwaukee WI53233

It is recommended, but not requiredthat you have an attorney help or rep-resent you.

If you do not demand a copy of thePetition within 45 days, the courtmay grant judgment against you forthe award of money or other legal ac-tion requested in the Petition, and youmay lose your right to object to any-thing that is or may be incorrect inthe Petition.

A judgment may be enforced as pro-vided by law. A judgment awardingmoney may become a lien againstany real estate you own now or in thefuture, and may also be enforced bygarnishment or seizure of property.

You are further notified that if theparties to this action have minor chil-dren, violation of 948.31 Wis. Stats.,(Interference with custody by parentor others) is punishable by finesand/or imprisonment:

If you and the petitioner have minorchildren, documents setting forth thepercentage standard for child supportestablished by the department under49.22(9), Wis. Stats., and the factorsthat a court may consider for modifi-cation of that standard under 767.511(1m). Wis Stats. are available uponyour request from the Clerk of Court.

You are notified of the availability ofinformation from the Circuit CourtCommissioner as set forth in 767.105WIs.Stats.

767.105 Information from CircuitCourt Commissioner.

(2)Upon the request of a party to anaction affecting the family, includinga revision of judgment or order undersec. 767.59 or 767.451:(a)The Circuit Court Commissionershall, with or without charge, providethe party with written information onthe following, as appropriate to theaction commenced:1. The procedure for obtaining ajudgment or order in the action2. The major issues usually addressedin such an action.3. Community resources and familycourt counseling services available toassist the parties.4. The procedure for setting, modify-ing, and enforcing child supportawards, or modifying and enforcinglegal custody or physical placementjudgments or orders.(b)The Circuit Court Commissionershall provide a party, for inspectionor purchase, with a copy of the statu-tory provisions in this chapter gener-ally pertinent to the action.

Date: 1-22-2013BY:DELORISE MOORE014-014/1-29/2-5-12-2014

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STATE OFWISCO!SI!:CIRCUIT COURT:

FAMILY COURT BRA!CHMILWAUKEE COU!TYCASE !O. 2013FA004913-D

In re the marriage of: MARIADELREFUJIO VAZQUEZ, 1030 S30thSt, Milwaukee WI 53215Petitioner and JOSEA SALAZARPEREZ, ADDRESS UNKNOWNRespondent

THE STATE OFWISCONSINTo the person named above as re-spondent:You are hereby notified that the peti-tioner named above has filed a peti-tion for divorce against you.

Within forty days after the 20thdayof January, 2014 exclusive of the datejust stated, you must respond with awritten demand for a copy of the peti-tion.

The demand must be sent or deliv-ered to this Court, whose address is:Clerk of Circuit Court MilwaukeeCounty Courthouse 901 N 9th St.Milwaukee WI 53233 and to MARIADEL REFUJIO VAZQUEZ whoseaddress is 1030 S 30thSt, MilwaukeeWI 53215

You may have an attorney representyou.

If you do not demand a copy withinforty (40) days, the Court may grant ajudgment against you for the awardof money or other legal action re-quested in the petition, and you maylose your right to object to anythingthat is or may be incorrect in the peti-tion. A judgment may be enforced asprovided by law.Judgment awardingmoney may become a lien againstany real estate you own now or in thefuture and may also be enforced bygarnishment of wages or seizure ofproperty.

You are hereby further notified thatthe parties to this action are entitled

to notification of the availability ofthe information set forth in sec.767.081, Stats. The information isavailable from the family courtcommissioner.You are further notified that if theparties to this action have minor chil-dren violation of the following crimi-nal statutes is punishable by a finenot to exceed $10,000 or imprison-ment not to exceed two years or both.948.31 Interference with custody byparent or others.If you and the petitioner have minorchildren, a document setting forth thepercentage standard for child supportestablished by the Department ofHealth and Social Services under sec.46.25(9)(a), Stats, and the listing thefactors that a court may consider formodification for that standard undersec. 767.25(1m). Stats, is availableupon your request from the clerk ofcourt.

Dated this 20th day of January, 2014By: MARIADEL REFUJIOVAZQUEZ014-012/1-22-29/2-5-2014

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STATE OFWISCO!SI!CIRCUIT COURT

MILWAUKEE COU!TYDIVORCE-40101Case !o. 13FA0005

In Re: The marriage of MICHAELTABOR, PetitionerandHENRI-ENTTATABOR, Respondent

THE STATE OFWISCONSIN, TOTHE PERSON NAMEDABOVEASRESPONDENTYou are notified that the petitionernamed above has filed a Petition fordivorce or legal separation againstyou.

You must respond with a written de-mand for a copy of the Petitionwithin 40 days from the day after thefirst date of publication.

The demand must be sent or deliv-ered to the court at:Clerk of Court-Milwaukee County Courthouse 901N. 9th St.ROOM 104 Milwaukee WI53233and to MICHAEL TABOR 130W CenterMilwaukee WI 53212

It is recommended, but not required,that you haveattorney help or repre-sent you.

If you do not demand a copy of thePetition within 45 days, the courtmay grant judgment against you forthe award of money or other legal ac-tion requested in the Petition and youmay lose your right to object any-thing that is or may be incorrect inthe Petition.

A judgment may be enforced as pro-vided by law. A judgment awardingmoney may become a lien againstany real estate you own now or in thefuture, and may also be enforced bygarnishment or seizure of property.

You are further notified that if theparties to this action have minor chil-dren, violation of 948.31, Wis. Stats.,(Interference with custody by parentor others) is punishable by finesand/or imprisonment.

If you and the petitioner have minorchildren, documents setting forth thepercentage standard for child supportestablished by the department under49.22(9), Wis. Stats., and the factorsthat a court may consider for modifi-cation of that standard under767.511(1m), Wis. Stats., are avail-able upon your request from theClerk of Court.You are notified of the availability ofinformation from the Circuit CourtCommissioner as set forth in767.105,Wis. Stats.

767.105 Information from CircuitCourt Commissioner.(2) Upon the request of a party to anaction affecting the family, includinga revision of judgment or order undersec. 767.59 or 767.451:(a) The Circuit Court Commissionershall, with or without charge providethe party with written information onthe following, as appropriate to theaction commenced:1. The procedure for obtaining ajudgment or order in the action.2. The major issues usually ad-dressed in such an action.3. Community resources and familycourt counseling services available toassist the parties.

4. The procedure for setting modify-ing, and enforcing child supportawards, or modifying and enforcinglegal custody or physical placementjudgments or orders.(b) The Circuit Court Commissionershall provide a party, for inspectionor purchase with a copy of the statu-tory provisions in this chapter gener-ally pertinent to the action.Date: 1-16-2014By: MICHAEL TABOR014-011/11-27/1-22-29/2-5-2014

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STATE OFWISCO!SI!:CIRCUIT COURT:

FAMILY COURT BRA!CHMILWAUKEE COU!TYCASE !O. 2013FA00764

In re the marriage of: ANAM VAR-GAS REYES, 551 W Becher St AptA, Milwaukee WI 53207Petitioner and RODRIGO RO-DRIGUEZ-GARCIA, ADDRESSUNKNOWNRespondent

THE STATE OFWISCONSINTo the person named above as re-spondent:You are hereby notified that the peti-tioner named above has filed a peti-tion for divorce against you.

Within forty days after the 16thdayof January, 2014 exclusive of the datejust stated, you must respond with awritten demand for a copy of the peti-tion.

The demand must be sent or deliv-ered to this Court, whose address is:Clerk of Circuit Court MilwaukeeCounty Courthouse 901 N 9th St.Milwaukee WI 53233 and to ANAMVARGAS REYES whose address is551 W Becher St Apt A, MilwaukeeWI 53207

You may have an attorney representyou.

If you do not demand a copy withinforty (40) days, the Court may grant ajudgment against you for the awardof money or other legal action re-quested in the petition, and you maylose your right to object to anythingthat is or may be incorrect in the peti-tion. A judgment may be enforced asprovided by law. Ajudgment award-ing money may become a lien againstany real estate you own now or in thefuture and may also be enforced bygarnishment of wages or seizure ofproperty.

You are hereby further notified thatthe parties to this action are entitledto notification of the availability ofthe information set forth in sec.767.081, Stats. The information isavailable from the family courtcommissioner.You are further notified that if theparties to this action have minor chil-dren violation of the following crimi-nal statutes is punishable by a finenot to exceed $10,000 or imprison-ment not to exceed two years or both.948.31 Interference with custody byparent or others.If you and the petitioner have minorchildren, a document setting forth thepercentage standard for child supportestablished by the Department ofHealth and Social Services under sec.46.25(9)(a), Stats, and the listing thefactors that a court may consider formodification for that standard undersec. 767.25(1m). Stats, is availableupon your request from the clerk ofcourt.

Dated this 16th day of December,2013By: ANAM VARGAS REYES014-010/1-15-22-29-2014

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STATE OFWISCO!SI!CIRCUIT COURT

MILWAUKEE COU!TY!OTICEA!D ORDER FOR!AME CHA!GE HEARI!G

Case !o. 14CV000433In the matter of the name change of:ROSHAUN MOORE-TABITI

NOTICE IS GIVEN:A petition was filed asking to changethe name of the person listed above:From: ROSHAUN MOORE-TABITITo: ROSHAUN MOORE-FULLILOVEBirth Certificate ROSHAUN

MOORE-TABITI

IT IS ORDEREDThis petition will be heard in the Cir-cuit Court of Milwaukee County,State of Wisconsin.Judge’s Name:HON. KARENCHRISTENSONROOM 208PLACE: 901 N. 9th Street, Milwau-kee, Wisconsin, 53233 DATE: Febru-ary 25, 2014, TIME 10:00 A.M.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:Notice of this hearing shall be givenby publication as a Class 3 notice forthree (3) weeks in a row prior to thedate of the hearing in the MilwaukeeCommunity Journal, a newspaperpublished in Milwaukee County,State of Wisconsin.Dated: 1-13-2014BY THE COURT:HON.KAREN E CHRISTENSONCircuit Court Judge014-008/1-15-22-29-2014

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STATE OFWISCO!SI!CIRCUIT COURT

MILWAUKEE COU!TY!OTICEA!D ORDER FOR!AME CHA!GE HEARI!G

Case !o. 14CV000093In the matter of the name change of:ROSHAE MOORE-TABITI

NOTICE IS GIVEN:A petition was filed asking to changethe name of the person listed above:From: ROSHAE MOORE-TABITITo:ROSHEAMOORE-FULLILOVEBirth Certificate ROSHAE MOORE-TABITI

IT IS ORDEREDThis petition will be heard in the Cir-cuit Court of Milwaukee County,State of Wisconsin.Judge’s Name:HON. KARENCHRISTENSONROOM 208PLACE: 901 N. 9th Street, Milwau-kee, Wisconsin, 53233 DATE: Febru-ary 25, 2014, TIME 10:00 A.M.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:Notice of this hearing shall be givenby publication as a Class 3 notice forthree (3) weeks in a row prior to thedate of the hearing in the MilwaukeeCommunity Journal, a newspaperpublished in Milwaukee County,State of Wisconsin.Dated: 1-13-2014BY THE COURT:HON.KAREN E CHRISTENSONCircuit Court Judge014-007/1-15-22-29-2014

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STATE OFWISCO!SI!CIRCUIT COURT

MILWAUKEE COU!TY!OTICEA!D ORDER FOR!AME CHA!GE HEARI!G

Case !o. 14CV000287In the matter of the name changeof: MURSALMALIBy (Petitioner) MURSALMALI

NOTICE IS GIVEN:A petition was filed asking tochange the name of the personlisted above:From:MURSALMALITo:AB-DULKADIRALI ADENBirth CertificateMURSALMALI

IT IS ORDEREDThis petition will be heard in theCircuit Court of MilwaukeeCounty, State of Wisconsin.Judge’s Name:HON.DANIELANOONAN ROOM 414 PLACE:901 N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wis-consin, 53233 DATE: February 28,2014, TIME 10:00 A.M.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:Notice of this hearing shall begiven by publication as a Class 3notice for three (3) weeks in a rowprior to the date of the hearing inthe Milwaukee Community Journal,a newspaper published in Milwau-kee County, State of Wisconsin.Dated: 1-13-2014BY THE COURT:HON.DANIELANOONANCircuit Court Judge014-006/1-15-22-29-2014

The Milwaukee Community Journal January 29, 2014 Page 10

ters. There are no excuses! Remember the daily benefits of

walking, jumping rope, floor exer-cises, even those done in our office,like squats, stretching at our desks, orknee bends at the copier, and runningin place in your cubicle, or using thestairs instead of taking the elevator.

Everything that takes us awayfrom our seats, the couches, our bedsand makes us move is exercise andthe more we do adds up. Yes, we aremoving!

Remember we are what we eat, somake a conscious decision to elimi-nate too much salt...that’s a savingsin blood pressure readings; and doingit gradually really works.

Sugar, we eat too much! Get yournatural sugars through fruits, yourjuices, and an occasional treat .They say it’s better to reduce gradu-ally than going cold turkey but disci-pline does it!

Reduce the fried food intake.Bake, broil, boil, instead.Snacks....instead of chips, candiesand cake, let’s go the natural way,salsa, celery sticks, carrots, cheesesticks, or apples. What about gua-camole?

These simple changes will controlour current weight and with exercisewe can be on the way to 10, 20pounds, or more, loss, this year.

WHAT’S YOUR story? WHAT’SYOUR suggestion? SHARE YOURSUCCESSES!

Tell us all about your program,what you’re doing, how you aredoing it? We will put them into thepaper; show your before photo andlater your after photos.

Let’s encourage one another as wemake a total commitment to makinghealthy start changes, in 2014, thatlead us all to long, healthy, produc-tive lives.

In August, 2014, we will again an-nounce our 2014 MISSIONMAKEOVER WINNERS.

Last year we had three winnerswho lost over 200 (combined)pounds.

They walked away with $ 500 eachin cash awards.

This year, we expect men to show

their new hulk successes, along withthe women. They will walk the Mis-sion Makeover runway, too. So joinus.

Congratulations again to 2013winners, Daphne Johnson; Sabrina

Benson; and Latrice Winston...whoproved “We Have the Power”!Send us your photos....or share yourplans. We’re counting on you!HealthyStart: Fit in 2014 begins withYOU!