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The end of the Jim Reith Show: shock and awe� �p. 3

Baby boomers ballin’

By Walt Shepperd

Players relive past glory on the court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4

‘In Living Color’ to return, but can Fox handle it?��p. 3

8 reasons to look forward to Sunday

p. 7

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Joan Hillsman, PhDMusic�Educator

Samadee’s father grew up on Wall Street. The Senior, he never used the name given on his birth certificate, spoke often of ruin-ing his eyesight counting coupons in a dark corner of a basement at a stock brokerage. His introduction to the world of finance had been occasioned by the death of his father, the grandchildren were always told, in a stove explosion. Having won a sponsorship to Andover for his performance with the boys choir at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, having won the prestigious prep school’s top athletic and academic honors in his first year, the oldest of a family of four, he was, at 16, thrust into the role of his family’s sole bread winner.

No matter how humble his beginning, or perhaps because of it, Samadee’s father maintained employment on Wall Street throughout The Great Depression, recall-ing seeing people jump out of windows to their death as he walked home from work. He parlayed the experience up the financial

From Wall Street to Salina Streetladder, becoming co-founder—with Con-gressperson John Lindsay’s father George—of Swiss American, a foreign bond house which, he suspected, enabled multination-als to continue doing business between enemies during WWII. He brought the Wall Street Journal home every night command-ing the adolescent Samadee to follow the vagaries of the stock prices, although never offering explanation or advice.

Once, as if declaring permanent closure to any discussion of the subject, he told Samadee, “I’m afraid of money.”

The Senior left Wall Street in 1943 for a multinational food producer, exempting him from the military draft. “I wouldn’t have made a very good soldier,” he re-flected of the move. But the fear factor loomed large, a seeming transformation of consciousness from that of money master

to one of being colonized for life by the system. “Outsiders to the world of money who start to take an interest in it,” John Lanchester notes in The New Yorker, “soon notice that most of the things that alarm and outrage the wider public are taken by insiders to be perfectly routine and unre-markable.”

Earlier this month a sign went up on an encampment of a dozen tents on the 200 block of South Salina Street, in front of Chase Bank. It read “Stop Living Through Fear—We Are All One.” The Occupy Syra-cuse outgrowth of the New York City-based Occupy Wall Street movement has fostered an in-person chat room to engage anyone who wants to talk about the nation’s divi-sion into a one percent and a 99 percent. The one percent being the rich and power-ful, the 99 being everybody else. The local

occupiers have enjoyed a cordial relation-ship with the police, who have told the protestors to stay peaceful, and not get loud or block the sidewalk.

Two Sheriff ’s Deputies dropped by off the clock one evening to declare themselves 99 percenters, and employees from Mer-rill Lynch across the street regularly stop by. Some engage in non-confrontational discussion, some just listen, one gave a donation for the effort. Last week Howie Hawkins dropped by asking who was in charge to receive the Green Party donation of cookies. He should have known better. This experience is leaderless, and has no agenda. There are no action items to gauge its impact. And there is no sense of how long it will last. Some of those sitting at the information table say they have camped out all winter before.

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● Attention: Churches, individuals of all ages, gospel music enthusiasts, scholars and all. Want to improve your skills? Contact JHMN, we have referrals and help for you. We are a network that span across many geographical locations that are ready to meet your needs at affordable rates. It’s yours for the asking! Contact Joan Hillsman, PhD and consultants by email at [email protected].

● Wanted: Interns, singers and mu-sicians. The James Cleveland Syracuse Chapter Of the Gospel Music Workshop of America (SGMWA) is in need of singers and musicians. There are experiences and musical opportunities galore. Training is available.

● The City-wide SGMWA report card is very inspiring. Having been organized just over one year, they are coming off strong in reaching out to the community. Mem-bership is diverse and open to all cultures

who would like to engage in gospel mu-sic. The activities will incorporate youth and adult activities in the arts (Liturgical Dance, Performance, music lessons and much more). SGMWA is a chapter of the national Gospel Music Workshop of America (GMWA), see national website: GMWAnational.org.

Activities include serving the community at area nursing homes, opening selections at Syracuse Stage for the film, “300 Miles to Freedom,” opening for Take 6 in Syracuse, Lockheed Martin Cultural Diversity Pro-gram, Hendricks Chapel Spring Concert, Opening of the Jazz Series in Syracuse, performing for the Syracuse Tree-lighting Ceremony, supporting local churches and organizations, participating in workshops and more. Join them as they continue to serve the community.

● The JHMN African American Music Scholarship is available for applicants who may have a project in Gospel music that needs support. The JHMN Scholarship is issued during Black History Month (Feb-ruary). Inquire now through JHMN. Ap-plications will be issues during the month of December. The scholarship award will be

in February 2012. Inquire early for criteria. Special thanks to Alpha Kappa Alpha (Iota Nu Ome-ga Chapter) for their early contribution.

● “The Birthday of A King,” an original adapted Cantata by Dr. Joan Hillsman will be presented at the Community Folk Art Center (CFAC), from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, and from 2 to 4:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 10. Tickets are available through CFAC by call-ing 442-2230 or J. Hillsman.

● JHMN is a proud partner of CFAC and is the home of Syracuse GMWA. The choir division meets monthly. Inquire if interested.

● Got Talent? Contact JHMN to be a part of “Open Mike” which is a part of the 40th Anniversary Celebration of CFAC, Jan. 19, 2012. Contact Dr. Hillsman.

To get involved contact Joan Hillsman’s Music Network, (JHMN) jhillsman@ twcny.rr.com.

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See ‘In Living Color,’ p. 5

Ken JacksonThe Hall Monitor

The end of the Jim Reith Show: Shock and awe

It came with surprise and great sadness that Clear Channels has decided to pull the plug on the popular Jim Reith Show on 570 WSYR/106.9 WSYR. In the land of conser-vative talk radio, Mr.

Reith’s show was a respite from the one sided and at times ultra conservative views that have become the trademark of todays’ talk radio.

He’s being replaced by registered Obama hater Sean Hannity and cultural flame thrower Michael Savage, with his daily rants against the president and anyone who doesn’t agree with his right-wing views.

I grew up listening to radio and had even been a fan of talk radio until the topics seemed to shift towards issues that involve negative images of minorities or anything that wasn’t conservative.

If you doubt what I’m saying, spend an afternoon with Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Michael Savage, who in 2009 was listed as one of 16 people barred from entering England because he was seen as fostering “extremism” and “hatred” — holocaust deniers, Islamic extremists, a ho-mophobic Kansas pastor join him on this list, and yet he’s replacing a local talent that served as an oasis in the arid desert of radio conservatism.

It may be cheaper to replace local talent with a syndi-cated show; however, that does not serve our local commu-nity’s needs. The “fair” and most popular local radio forum is being shuttered on behalf of ideologues whose reason for rising out of bed in the morning appears to be delegitimiz-ing the Presidency of Barack Obama and 95 percent of the nations’ democrats. Without Jim Reith, WSYR radio is like Fox News without pictures.

One year ago, fed up with the ongoing rancor of nasty rhetoric aimed at appeasing right-wing nuts, I left “terres-trial” radio and went to XM/Sirius Satellite.

I don’t have to listen to Michael Savage calling people who disagree with him “idiots,” among other things. This is the same person that describes liberalism “as a mental disorder.” This radio personality, he has said that Latinos “breed like rabbits,” and claimed America’s public schools are “teaching kids in the third grade how to put a condom on a cucumber.” Mr. Savage says civil rights is a “racket” that is “used to steal only from the white male — no one else pays the price.”

Welcome to Syracuse, Mr. Savage and Mr. Hannity — you’ll feel right at home.

Fox bringing back ‘In Living Color’- but can they handle it?

Most of us loved “In Living Color” back in the day. The skits were original and creative and the cast was incredibly talented. The show produced household names like Jamie Foxx, Jim Carey, Damon Wayans, and quite a few others. Well, there’s good news for fans of the show. Fox says that they are going to bring the comedy back after nearly 20 years. Perhaps this might give us a reason to start watching television again.

Keenen Ivory Wayans is going to be the executive producer for the show. Fox has ordered two half-hour specials to be shown as part of its 25th anniversary celebration. There are options in the contract such that if the show is successful, it may come back on the air

for good. ‘In Living Color” hit the

scene in April of 1990. It was responsible for bringing hip hop dancing into the main-stream with the ever-so-famous “fly girls,” and also brought the kind of comedy that you didn’t see on TV back then or even now. The height of the show’s fame occurred when the cast pulled in 25 million viewers during halftime of the 1992 Su-

Damon Wayans portrayed “Homey D. Clown” in “In Living Color.”

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Baby boomers ballin’By Walt Shepperd

Sunday. Not quite noon at the SouthWest Community Center. In the gym early arrivals in street clothes shootin’ and schmoozin’.

“All right, all right, all right,” booms a veteran of the scene, asserting his presence.

“What up?” comes the rhetorical response.

In its 14th season, the Baby Boomers Basketball League is, in the words of co-founder James Puddin’ Jackson, “Still a family type setting.” The league, which requires participants to be over 40 years old, provides the players’ friends and family members who pack the bleachers with an afternoon of intensely competitive basketball and a sense of history. Many of those they watch began challenging each other on elementary school playgrounds, then as juniors in summer Donny Fielder tournaments, then in pursuit of sectional and state championships in high school.

For many, with jobs and families, it is they only time during the week they can see each other to reminisce and renew the competition.

“We’ve got a real diversity of types this year,” Jackson observes. “It’s a social network. We’ve got business men, fire fighters, got one retired from Chrysler. Lots of barriers are broken down here. They’ve grown out of the turf battles. They’re watching their mouths and emotions. They know they’re role models for these young boys who are watching.”

The diversity extends to a half dozen Caucasians sprinkled on the ten team rosters, and a female coach, former Corcoran and current OCC hoopster Bianca Jones.

Jackson’s co-founder Ed Mitchell, who played at Henninger and coached Pioneer Homes to Fielder and Metro League championships, sits at the scorers’ table, collecting bills from team captains. Players chip in for each team to pay $40 each week for referees and keepers of the scorebook and electronic scoreboard.

One Sunday last month the loudest greeting was for the referees, with shouts of “Conflict of interest,” as one of the zebra stripers, Dwyane Ford, and one of that game’s players, Tony Ford were brothers. Tony had

FINer pOINTs: Female coach, former Corcoran and current OCC hoopster Bianca Jones talk in stands, above. play on the court is sweaty business as Lazarus sims goes for the shot, above right.

Basketball, p. 8


per Bowl. Although some shows can get away with severe political incorrectness (Southpark, Family Guy), this liberty hasn’t always been true for black actors and directors, espe-cially on issues of race. Eventually, Fox got rid of the show after the Wayans family irritated a few too many big shots.

As a college student, I remember the show setting trends and making waves in ways that made us all proud. I’ve always felt a kindred spirit with the Wayans family, for most of their films and television shows have been witty, sharp and downright hilarious. ”Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood” continues to be the movie that has me on the floor laughing while all my friends look at me cross-eyed. Believe it or not, I’d always known that, one day, I would meet the Wayans fam-ily up close so I could tell them personally how much I love

their style of comedy. In 2006, I had the chance to sit with Damon Wayans

for 30 minutes as we waited to appear on the ESPN Show, “Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith.” The chance meet-ing allowed me to tell Damon that I consider the Wayans family to be the most brilliant family in all of show business. It broke my heart to see a highly successful show destroyed because the powers-that-be were unable to digest direct and intelligent social critiques from African American entertainers. My favorite skit?….You can probably guess it: “Homie the clown” – it’s hard to think that a clown would provide such an extraordinary and hilarious display of the frustrations of being a Black man in America.

Today is a new day (or so we think). Let’s hope that the Wayans family is not punished for being creative and

empowered. There is no show I can think of outside of Saturday Night Live that has produced as many stars as this one and it’s achievements have rarely been paral-leled. Fox is a network that has put shows on the air that have offended nearly everyone (two of their shows, “Family Guy” and “American Dad” are beyond edgy). I am sure the members of the Wayans family are no less socially conscious and critical than they were in the early 1990s, so it’ll be interesting to see if Fox gives the Wayans family the same creative freedoms being granted to everyone else….after all, we do live in a “post-racial America,” right? Let me go ahead and slap a big “LOL” at the end of that one – I doubt the show lasts for half a season.

‘In Living Color’ ...from p. 3

Nick Ashford of Ashford & Simpson dies in New York

Nick Ashford, one-half of the legendary Motown songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson that penned elegant, soulful classics for the likes of Diana Ross, Chaka Khan and others, died August 22 at age 70.

Ashford, who along with wife Valerie Simpson wrote some of Motown’s biggest hits, died in a New York City hospital. He had been suffering from throat cancer and had undergone radiation treatment.

Their greatest suc-cess was at Motown with classics like “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” and “Reach Out And Touch Somebody’s Hand” by Diana Ross. Ashford & Simpson also created anthems for others, like “I’m Every Woman” by Chaka Khan. Ashford & Simpson perhaps the best-known song they sang was the 1980s hit “Solid As a Rock.”

Ross may have been their greatest muse: With her, they had some of their biggest songs and helped give her career-defining hits that would distinguish her solo career apart from The Supremes. Among the songs Ross made hits were “Reach Out and Touch,” “The Boss,” “My House,” and “Missing You,” a tribute to the late Gaye and others.

The Revolution will not be televised“The revolution will not be brought to you by the Schaefer Award Theater and will

not star Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and Julia.The revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal.The revolution will not get rid of the nubs.The revolution will not make you look five pounds thinner, because the revolution

will not be televised, brother.”

Gil Scott-Heron, voice of black protest culture, dies at 62

Forbes ‘World’s 100 Most Powerful Women:’ How did African American women do?

Forbes has published its list of “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women.” According to Forbes, they “selected the 100 most influential women from six categories or power bases: billionaires, business, lifestyle (including entertainment and fashion), media, nonprofits and politics.”

To determine the rank within each category, as well as overall rank on the list, they “applied three metrics: dollars, a traditional and social media component and power base points.”

There is one African American in the top 10: No. 8 Michelle Obama – First Lady Two more in the top 20: No. 14 Oprah Winfrey – Media Personality No. 18 Beyonce Knowles – Entertainer, DesignerTwo more in the top 50: No. 27 Ursula Burns – CEO, Xerox No. 36 Helene Gayle – CEO, CARE USANo. 95 Risa Lavizzo-Mourey – CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Also on the list are three black women from the African continent: No. 62 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf – President of LiberiaNo. 87 Ngozi Okonjo Iweala – Finance Minister, Nigeria No. 97 Onkululeko Nyembezi-Heita – CEO, ArcelorMittal South Africa To view the entire list, visit Forbes.com.

Gil Scott-Heron, the poet and recording artist whose syncopated spoken style and mordant critiques of politics, racism and mass media in pieces like “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” made him a notable voice of black protest culture in the 1970s and an important early influ-ence on hip-hop, died on May 27 at a hospital in Manhattan.

He was 62 and had been a longtime resident of Harlem.

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Church Newseight reasons to look forward to sunday (and what to do If you don’t)

By Christian Ministry ArticlesSunday’s coming. Just like it always does.

Every seven days. Right after Saturday. Right before Monday. 52 times every year. Sunday. Is Sunday routine to you? Do you dread its recurrence ever week? Here are eight reasons to look forward to Sunday, and how to make your Sunday an enjoyable experience.

1. You can rejoice in the most important event in all of history—the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.

2. You can spend time with fellow Christians, encouraging, edifying, and fel-lowshipping.

3. You can hear teaching from God’s Word.

4. You have an opportunity to worship God in a corporate setting.

5. You can enjoy a time of refreshing rest and satisfying reprieve from the demands of the week.

6. You can take additional time to recre-ate in a way that honors God and satisfies your soul.

7. You are able to serve others in a way that you may not be able to the rest of the week.

8. You might get to take an afternoon nap.

Maybe you aren’t able to enjoy Sundays

the way you feel that you should. Here are some suggestions.

1. Make it your goal to rest. Sunday is

not about working hard for God. It is about resting in God. Although there are signifi-cant differences between the “Sabbath” and “Sunday,” it is interesting to note that God expects a day of rest, not labor.

2. Prepare for Sunday on Saturday (and the entire preceding week). Building antici-

Reasons, p. 8

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pation for Sunday is one of the best ways to enjoy Sunday. Clear your schedule, and look forward to it. Plan for it. Enjoy it.

3. Lower your expectations. Don’t expect to get a holy zap just because it’s Sunday. Don’t expect someone to serve you a delicious, home-cooked meal just because it’s Sunday. Don’t expect everyone to clear out and quiet down so you can take a nap. Yes, you can anticipate Sunday with joy, but don’t expect to be pampered by others, or receive some mystical spiritual shazam experience.

4. Consider slowing down the pace. Many churches consider Sunday to be The

Day for Many Activities. There is noth-ing inherently wrong with this, of course. It may, however, be a problem if you feel that (in order to be spiritual) you have to attend every single activity. I used to dread Sundays for this reason. I would leave my home at 8:15—run the Sunday gauntlet—and return exhausted to my home as late as 10:00p. Needless to say, facing Monday was a daunting prospect. Let me state it simply: you don’t need to attend every church event on Sunday. Don’t take this too far! Scripture exhorts us “[don’t neglect] to meet together” (Hebrews 10:25). If you are a pastor or church leader, you may want to

consider dropping a Sunday event or two. It may be that three services on Sunday is too much. When will you rest? When will your people rest? Can they rest if they attend all the services? (By the way, if you are a pastor, and Sunday is another intense work day for you, be sure to take another day of the week to rest, refresh, and recreate. You need it.)

5. Pray. If your Sunday is a spiritual rat race, a never-ending frantic scurrying from one service to another, give it to the Lord in prayer. If Sunday is a worry for you, cast all your anxieties on God, because he cares for you (1 Peter 5:7).

Community News‘The Lion King’ artist roars at Community Folk Art Center

By Joan Hillsman’s Music Network (JHMN)There was much excitement at the Community Folk Art Center as JHMN presented one

of the cast members, Russell Brown, who has been a part of “The Lion King” for 15 years. Dr. Hillsman developed a program for the D. C. Public Schools called “The Artist Speaks”. This program was very successful and beneficial to urban and suburban students. It was the goal of the program to network and invite artists appearing in the city to the schools to talk to the students. If approved, the artist would speak to the students about their particular career. Sometimes they would give a lecture- demonstration. This opportunity motivated the student to pursue their education and look at various career choices. Mr. Brown, a member of the Lion King Ensemble, a baritone singer, serves in many capacities such as the role of understudy for Mufasa. He explained to the students that “hard work” is the key to being what you want to be in life. He held their attention and seemed to captivate their minds.

“Mr. Brown was so energetic and engaged the students in question and answers. He referred to it as “real talk”, stated Dr. Hillsman. Brown hails from Augusta, Georgia, which is the hometown of Hillsman’s college roommate, Opera Singer, Jessye Norman. He is also a childhood friend of our own Onondaga County Commissioner on Aging and Youth, and President of Alpha Kappa Alpha (Iota Nu Omega Chapter), Lisa Alford. The students pres-ent attending the event was a part of the Community Folk Art’s Creative Academy and had attended the show in downtown Syracuse. The mission of the academy is to engage, nurture and empower young people from the city of Syracuse through the arts, in preparation for advanced study in the visual and expressive arts. Tamar Smithers is the coordinator for the Creative Arts Academy. Dr. Kheli Willetts, Executive Director of CFAC, and Tanya Johnson-

honed his skills with Carl Newton on a Cen-tral Village Youth Center team which didn’t lose a game for three years. Ford went on to all-city honors at Nottingham and played for OCC. Newton, all-city at Henninger went on to play for Norfolk State. Now they form the backcourt for Family and Friends, a team sponsored by Newton’s construction firm.

Gone from the league this year are some of the standouts of past years, especially Howard Triche, who toiled at Corcoran, SU and was drafted to the NBA by the New York Knicks. Mention of his tenure, along with Pony Bull-ock, Bobby Chestnut and Gary Sparks, which

made Ballard Construction almost invincible in past seasons drew a wry grin from Mitchell. “The NBA’s at a standstill,” he quipped. “This is the NBA now.”

And for those watching, it might as well be. Although the players tend to be heavier and slower than in their prime, with most whistles blown on traveling and 3-secord calls, the ref-erees observe that Baby Boomer games are the most intense they will officiate. Local legends, like Carlos Williams, Henninger and CW Post, now running the point for Joe Reddick’s New Fuji Café, reflect their discipline, stretch-ing briefly before the opening buzzer. But the

league has also enabled the emergence of its own legends, like Keith “Lil’ Bill” Rouser, who didn’t play for a high school team, but now runs point for Battle Florist.

But of real note this year is the roster of B&B Lounge, assembled by Jesse Brantley to repeat last year’s championship, with the addition of SU former players and current coaches Lazarus Sims and Adrian Autry. An-other prominent addition is the food coun-ter, with polite and efficient youth trainees, serving reasonably priced meals and snacks. A five-game schedule begins at noon every Sunday.

Bassist to be featured

at Th3CFAC continues to feature excit-

ing programming on the third Thurs-day of every month as part of the Th3 city-wide arts open series. This month, on Nov. 17, we will feature Paul Steinbeck, a bassist, improviser and composer. He is also an African American Studies Professor of Musi-cology at Syracuse University. Special guests Myles Tate III and Lawrence Leathers will join him on the piano and drums respectively. The trio will present a concert of jazz, blues and gospel music, with discussion op-portunities for the audience.

The event will be held at CFAC from 6:30 - 8 p.m. and will be hosted by Professor Richard Dubin. This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

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‘The Lion King,’ p. 9

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‘The Lion King’ ...from p. 8

Giving President Obama credit By Ken Jackson

As we’ve listened to reports of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s death, per-haps no community has felt the impact of his state-sponsored terror more than the local families who lost relatives on that flight that also killed students from Syracuse University. We are reminded of this annually as the University and the broader Syracuse community reflects on the lives of those taken away, victims of a senseless terrorist act.

In December 1988 Gadhafi’s intelli-gence Service was strongly linked to the Pan Am flight 103, which killed 269 peo-ple – at the time, the worst terror attack

on Americans (only dwarfed since then by the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001). There was an investigation, a trial, a conviction followed by a prison sentence for one man. Eventually the Libyan government agreed to pay some money and everyone was pleased. Well, not everyone.

I always wondered why we accepted a “payment-in-lieu-of-facts” instead of removing the leader then. But since our allies guzzle their oil it was quite conve-nient to wink and look the other way as we allowed our principles as a nation to be trumped by another ally’s oil needs.

I don’t know if our flavor-of-the-day media will truly reflect on what Gad-

dafi did to us Central New Yorkers, our friends, relatives and colleagues. I don’t know any of the terror victims’ fami-lies, but I do know that we allowed Mr. Gadhafi to “slide” for decades, until he became unpopular with his own people. In recent years he’s seen as our new “friend.”

I can’t imagine how I’d feel if a loved one or family member were killed by the Libyan leaders’ orders.

One family member is quoted as say-ing, “I hope he suffered;” another pub-lished report indicates there are those who popped Champaign. Whatever hap-pened, this is another foreign policy win for President Obama.

Now, I’m just wondering out loud: how can a man who was seen as a foreign policy lightweight capture more high-level terrorists than the Bush Adminis-tration did during its entire eight-year reign?

Pan-Am flight 103 happened 23 years ago under President Ronald Reagan, and he’s now revered as a great Ameri-can leader. Obama has done what he promised during the presidential cam-

state announces home heating help available beginning Nov. 16

The State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) today an-nounced that New York State’s Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) will open for the season on Wednesday, Nov. 16. HEAP provides assistance to help low-income and elderly New Yorkers keep their homes warm in the winter months.

“As the cold weather approaches, so do higher energy bills, leaving many New Yorkers looking for help to cover these costs,” said OTDA Executive Deputy Com-missioner Elizabeth Berlin. “With heating oil prices significantly higher than a year ago, HEAP is providing vital assistance to the many individuals and families who may have difficulty affording the cost of heating their homes this winter.”

HEAP is a federally-funded program administered through OTDA to help eligible households in meeting their home energy needs.

This winter, the maximum regular HEAP benefit a household can receive is $500. Eligibility is based on income and household size. For example, a family of four can have a household income of up to $49,519 annually and still qualify for a HEAP benefit.

Income eligible households in New York can receive one regular HEAP ben-efit per season and could also be eligible for an emergency benefit if they are in impending danger of running out of fuel or having their utility service shut off. Applications for emergency benefits will be accepted beginning January 3, 2012.

“We know that tens of thousands of households, including some of our most vulnerable residents, count on HEAP to help them get through these difficult months,” Berlin said. “This program will once again provide some relief for low-income working families, as well as senior citizens who are on a fixed income.”

Applicants are encouraged to apply early, as HEAP benefits are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. March 16, 2012, will be the last day for accepting applications for regular HEAP benefits.

New York residents can also check to see if they may be eligible for HEAP, and numerous other benefits, by answering a few questions privately online at myBenefits.ny.gov.

Last winter, more than 1.4 million households received HEAP benefits.

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president Obama announces the death of Osama bin Laden.

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Fidelis Care hosts free Medicare seminars in Onondaga CountyCommunity News

With Medicare Open Enrol lment underway, from Oct. 15 through Dec. 7, seniors have many options to choose from and not a lot of time to make this impor-tant decision. Not all Medicare plans are the same, and what might be ideal for a friend or family member, might not be right for you.

Fidelis Care representatives are offer-ing a series of free Medicare seminars to explain recent changes in the Medicare law, and to discuss what factors seniors should take into consideration when evaluating which plan best meets their individual needs.

Seniors wishing to learn more about Medicare, and the options available to them, are encouraged to sign-up for one of these free upcoming seminars. Compli-mentary refreshments will be served.

Wednesday, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 at Denny’s, 1440 West Genesee Street, Syra-cuse. All seminars begin at 10 a.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 at Denny’s, 103 Elmwood Davis Road, Liv-erpool. All seminars begin at 10 a.m.

To reserve a spot, call 1-800-860-8707. Those needing special accommodations during the seminar may request assistance by calling the toll-free number above.

Fidelis Care offers free or low-cost health insurance through New York State’s Child Health Plus, Family Health Plus, and Medicaid Managed Care pro-grams.

Members are covered for regular checkups , prevent ive care , rout ine screenings, hospital and emergency care, eye exams, dental care, and more.

In addition, Fidelis Care also offers a variety of benefit options for seniors through Fidelis Medicare Advantage, Dual Advantage, Medicaid Advantage Plus, and Fidelis Care at Home programs, available in select counties.

With more than 730,000 members in 58 counties statewide, Fidelis Care is the largest government programs-based health insurance provider in New York State.

Members have access to a provider network of more than 48,000 health care professionals statewide. Regional offices are located in Albany, Syracuse, Amherst, and Rego Park (Queens), with satellite offices in Rochester, Poughkeepsie, and Suffern.

For more information, call Fidelis Care toll-free at 1-888-FIDELIS (1-888-343-3547) or visit fideliscare.org.

paign; his to-do-list could read like this: Health Care, check; Capture Osama bin Laden,

check; Repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell,” check. These are just a few things that he’s delivered on.

Check your past presidential campaigns and then compare the list of what was promised to

what was actually accomplished. President Obama deserves

some credit for making great

strides towards his accomplish-ments – and that is not happen-ing, I’m just askin’.

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