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Plans for
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Gov. Snyder signs legislation to
test people receiving state aid for
drug useage
LANSING - Gov. Rick Snyder
today signed legislation creating a one-year pilot program
that would help people on state
assistance who are abusing
drugs to get the help they
need.
House Bill 4118 and Senate
Black Male Achievement Is Best Response
to Issues of Black Males in America
By: Phillip Jackson
Bill 275, sponsored by state
Rep. Jeff Farrington and state
Sen. Joe Hune, respectively,
creates a limited, three-county
pilot for screening and testing
for welfare recipients and applicants if there is reason to beDrug usage - Page 6A
Men from Morehouse College on graduation day
At the exact same moment that 30,000 people
were marching in Washington, DC chanting, “No
Justice, No Peace” in
support of Eric Garner,
Michael Brown and other
victims of police killings, a
15 year-old Black boy,
Demario Bailey, was
being shot in the chest
under a viaduct on the
south side of Chicago for
his jacket by other Black
boys. He died. In 2012,
there were at least 313
murders of young Black
men and boys by police,
security guards and vigilantes, which pales in
comparison to the estimated 15,000 black-onblack murders of mostly young
Young men - Page 10A
Television's Judge Mablean Hosts
19th Annual Urban Wheel Awards
was the presiding judge for
seven seasons of the #2 rated
court show in America, "Divorce Court." Judge Mablean
has been a fixture on television
and radio also appearing on
CNN, Celebrity Fit Club, the
Tom Joyner Morning Show and
the Al Sharpton Show to name
a few. She has also appeared
in Tyler Perry films "Diary of a
Mad Black Woman" and
"Madea Goes To Jail."
River Rouge offers
Foreclosure Help
The City of River Rouge will hold a Seminar on 2012
Foreclosure Properties for River Rouge Taxpayers
and Residents. The Mayor and City Council will be
hosting an informational seminar on the four possible
alternatives to foreclosure: Distressed Owner Occupant extension Program, Stipulated Payment Agreement Program, City of River Rouge Hardship
Program, and the Step Forward Michigan Program.
This seminar will be held Tuesday, January 6, 2014 at
5:30pm in the City of River Rouge Council Chambers.
If you received a foreclosure notice for your 2012
property taxes please plan to attend.
Celebrity judge and television
star Judge Mablean is set to
host the 19th Annual Urban
Wheel Awards (UWA), on Sunday, January 11, 2015 at the
Garden Theater in Detroit,
Michigan during the North
American International Auto
Show (NAIAS) press preview
week.
Judge Mablean Ephriam has
practiced for law over 20 years
in the city of Los Angeles and
The Urban Wheel Awards
judging panel determined the
most stylish, and practical new
vehicles for 2015 by driving
and evaluating dozens of cars
and trucks in a variety of North
American urban settings.
Urban Wheels - Page 8A
Informing * Educating * Empowering * Uplifting
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THE TELEGRAM NEWSPAPER
CALL TO ACTION
Elected officials must
be held accountable
I sometimes ponder on the
question, what is the responsibility of elected officials? I believe
that
their
main
responsibility is to represent
the people in the area where
they were elected. Whether it
is a city council, state representative, governor, etc., they
are to represent the people.
However, there are times when
elected officials seem to vote
their own agenda. They may
vote to pass legislation that will
benefit their friend’s company
and sometimes they may vote
not to support the best qualified contract. Instead, they
vote and lobby for a company
because of personal gain,
friendships or kickbacks. That
shouldn’t happen. If you remember, over the past three
years, there had been a number of elected officials that had
been making decisions for their
own personal gain. On January 4, 2011, Attorney General
Bill Schuette created a new
Public Integrity Unit in the Attorney General's office to
ratchet up the fight against corruption in state and local government, protect tax dollars
and restore the public's trust in
government. The Public Integrity Unit allows the office to
put an increased focus on public corruption cases, a priority
Schuette identified upon taking
office. This is one way to ad-
dress the issue, but this is after
the fact. There has to be
checks and balances to prevent these types of things from
happening.
The checks and balances must
come from the people. So
many times, residents are not
paying attention to what is
going on in their city government and the legislature. They
listen to the candidates when
they are running for election,
and then they vote like it is a
popularity contest instead of an
employment opportunity. The
elected officials work for us.
Their salaries come from tax
payers’ money. They are not
to make frivolous decisions
that will cost the taxpayers
more money just to make sure
their personal interest is attained.
I challenge the readers of the
Telegram to get more involved
in 2015. You must attend the
city council meetings and stay
in touch with your state legislators by attending coffee hours,
sending them emails or calling
them. Remember, the elected
officials work for us.
I am issuing a Call to Action.
Form a team so that one person will not have to attend all
of the meetings. Read the
minutes of the council meetings that are published in a
local newspaper, many in the
Telegram. Watch the council
meetings on cable for the ones
that are recorded. I impress
upon you to get involved. Your
city’s survival and whether you
know it or now, your survival
depends on you getting involved.
Happy New Year!!
Gina Steward
Publisher
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WORDS OF
ENCOURAGEMENT
“You must make a decision that you are going
to move on. It won’t happen automatically. You
will have to rise up and
say, ‘I don’t care how
hard this is, I don’t care
how disappointed I am,
I’m not going to let this
get the best of me. I’m
moving on with my life.”
– Joel Osteen
“Although no one can go
back and make a brand
new start, anyone can
start from now and make
a brand new ending.” –
Carl Bard
“Tragedies do happen.
We can discover the reason, blame others, imagine how different our
lives would be had they
not occurred. But none
of that is important: they
did occur, and so be it.
From there onward we
must put aside the fear
that they awoke in us
and begin to rebuild.” –
Paulo Coelho
“It is during our darkest
moments that we must
focus to see the light.” –
Aristotle Onassis
“Just because something
isn’t happening for you
right now, it doesn’t
mean it never will.” –
Unknown
“At any given moment
you have the power to
say: This is not how the
story is going to end.” –
Christine Mason Miller
NEWS FROM LANSING
Legislature passes Knezek's
veterans preference bill
Sen. Randy Richardville, Sen.
Arlan Meekhof and Sen. John
Moolenaar. Wayne County
Commissioner
Richard
LeBlanc even stepped in just
before midnight to lend his
voice to the chorus of those
asking for this bill to be
passed."
During this year’s Lame Duck
Session, the Michigan Legislature. voted yes for Veterans.
The Michigan Senate voted
unanimously in support of
House Bill 5418, legislation introduced by State Rep. David
Knezek,
D-Dearborn Heights), which
grants private employers the
ability to adopt a veterans' preference employment policy
when hiring new employees.
The bill is now headed to Gov.
Rick Snyder for his signature.
"With little time to spare, we
were able to gain the support
of Republican leadership in the
Senate to bring this critical bill
up for a vote," said Knezek.
"There are many people to
thank who helped me push this
legislation across the finish
line, including Department of
Military and Veterans Affairs
Director Jason Allen, Rep.
Jase Bolger, Rep. Jim Stamas,
"By putting party politics aside
and working together, we were
able to take a monumental
step forward in addressing the
issue of veteran unemployment in Michigan," he added.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964 does not pre-empt formal state action allowing for
the creation of such preference
policies for veterans. However,
Michigan currently has no such
law on the books authorizing
such a practice for private employers. While public employers have been able to
authorize such a preference
since the Civil War, 2015 will
mark the first time private employers can do the same.
"Serving as a voice for Michigan veterans has been, and
will continue to be, one of my
top priorities," said Knezek. "I
believe we can do better here
in our state, and I'm happy to
work with anyone and everyone to make sure our veterans
are protected."
NAACP General Membership Meeting
Monday, January 12, 2014 - 7:00pm
Christian Faith Ministries
27500 Marquette Garden City, MI
Everyone is welcome
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OPINION
Add Economic Justice to the
Black Agenda
By Charlene Crowell - NNPA Columnist
called for equal employment
and banned racial discrimination in employment, public accommodations, housing and
voting.
The groundswell for criminal
justice reform has become
nearly daily headline news.
Demonstrations spanning the
nation and many parts of the
globe have demanded justice
for those lives taken by questionable and fatal police behavior.
Yet, Black America also suffers
from another kind of injustice
that is economic in nature and
as pervasive as it is cruel. According to a new analysis of
the Federal Reserve’s Survey
of Consumer Finances, White
household wealth stands at 13
times that of Black households.
Similarly, when White wealth
was compared to that of Latino
households, the wealth gap
was more than 10 times.
After accounting for total
household financial assets
such as savings, investments,
and business equity, the Pew
Research Center then subtracted all indebtedness, including mortgages, installment
loans, credit cards student
loans and more. The results in
dollar values determined that
the median net worth of White
households in 2013 was
$141,900. For Blacks and Latinos, however, median net
worth was only $11,000 and
$13,700, respectively.
The authors of the report,
Richard Fry and Rakesh
Kochhar, wrote, “[F]inancial assets such as stocks, have recovered in value more quickly
than housing since the recession ended. White households
are much more likely than minority households to own
stocks directly or indirectly
through retirement accounts.
Thus, they [Whites] were in
better position to benefit from
the recovery in financial markets.”
This reasoning may apply
post-recession; but America’s
racial wealth divide has existed
throughout most of the nation’s
history.
For example, for more than
200 years enslaved Africans
and their descendants worked
with no wages. Emancipation
freed former slaves; but few
opportunities for immediate
gainful employment existed.
Although Reconstruction led to
some short-lived economic
gains, the “Black Codes” that
soon followed with Jim Crow
laws and practices reversed
most financial gains. America’s
‘colored wages’ continued for
several decades until 1960s
federal civil rights legislation
It is also noteworthy to remember that early federal homeownership programs were
structured in ways that discriminated against Black borrowers. For example, the FHA and
GI Bill’s housing programs had
severe biases against urban
homes and neighborhoods
with large numbers of minorities. These policies and practices led to the virtual exclusion
of Black families in obtaining
affordable and sustainable
mortgages.
At the locale level, restrictive
covenants banned people of
color from neighborhoods, regardless of their ability to afford
homes.
Some
restrictive
covenants existed even in
communities that did not officially mandate racial segregation.
The Community Reinvestment
Act (CRA), enacted in 1977,
requires depository institutions
such as banks and credit
unions to use safe and sound
practices to meet the credit
needs of communities where
they operate – including low
and moderate-income neighborhoods. In May 1995 and
again in August 2005, CRA’s
regulation was substantially revised and updated.
Even with CRA, however,
predatory lenders consistently
targeted consumers of color in
their own neighborhoods.
Often in the absence of fullservice, mainstream financial
services, these fringe lenders
arrived to exploit financial
needs in urban areas. In the
process, valuable dollars have
been drained from wallets and
livelihoods.
For example, 2012 research by
the Center for Responsible
Lending (CRL) found that:
Black and Latino families bore
$1 trillion of the nation’s $2 trillion in lost wealth due to the
concentration of subprime
mortgages in communities of
color;
Auto
loan
interest-rate
markups cost consumers
nearly $26 billion each year;
and
Borrowers in lower credit tiers
pay up to 68 percent higher
monthly payments on private
student loans than on safer
federal loans.
If economic injustice is allowed
to continue, America’s disturbing wealth gap trends will underscore what the 1960s
Kerner Commission report predicted: two Americas divided
by race.
As a New Year begins, a different kind of resolution is in
order: Economic justice for all.
Charlene Crowell is a communications
manager for the Center for Responsible Lending.
LETTER TO THE
EDITOR
Senator Hoon-Yung Hopgood
Gets “Crime Fighter Award”
outstanding support and leadership on behalf of prevention
through early childhood programs; including high-quality
preschool, high-quality child
day care, health care, and
higher learning standards that
help to ensure kids are ready
for 21st Century opportunities.”
Underhill added, “When kids
succeed, communities succeed.”
Arrogance: A feel or impression of superiority
manifested in an overbearing manner or presumptuous claims.
Arrogant: Exaggerating
or disposed to exaggerate one’s own worth or
importance in an overbearing manner (2) (an
official)
Proceeding
from or characterized
by arrogance.
This is what I saw when
I watched our President
on television. He was
swaggering his strut
across the greens of a
golf course. This guy
was floating around like
he just saved the universe. Here is this guy
that is weak, he lies,
and made everyone
pay for health insurance. He dictates his
own rules. The biggest
fake I’ve ever seen,
strutting like a peacock!!
And you know what the
biggest shame is? He
doesn’t even know it.
His brain hasn’t the capability to know what a
fool he is. Someone
should count the number of times that he
stuck his face on television. (Mr. Superstar)
Many times. He actually thinks he’s “cool”,
he really believes it!
Checkout the next time
he “Struts his stuff”. I’m
done, now.
Bob Cook
River Rouge
(Lansing) – Fight Crime: Invest
in Kids Michigan – a statewide
crime prevention non-profit organization led by more than
500 of Michigan’s best-known
police chiefs, sheriffs, prosecutors and crime survivors – honored Senator Hoon-Yung
Hopgood with Fight Crime’s
prestigious “Crime Fighter
Award” during a reception at
the State Capitol.
Grand Ledge Police Chief Martin Underhill, current president
of the Michigan Association of
Chiefs of Police and a state executive committee member of
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
Michigan, presented the award
to Sen. Hopgood, saying, “Preventing crime before it occurs
with quality preschool programs is in each community’s
best interest and in the best interest of our children. I am
honored to present Fight
Crime’s 2014 ‘Crime Fighter
Award’ to Sen. Hopgood for his
Ingham County Sheriff Gene
Wriggelsworth, also a state executive committee member of
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
Michigan said, “Sen. Hopgood’s leadership on prevention included supporting the
$130 million increase in the
state-funded preschool to ensure that all eligible Michigan
children have access to highquality preschool. This is important as the research shows
that at-risk kids who have highquality preschool are more socially,
emotionally,
and
cognitively prepared when they
enter kindergarten. In the long
run -- as compared to similar
kids who lacked the preschool
experience -- they graduate on
schedule, go on to more vocational training or college, have
higher-paying jobs, and own
their own homes. Sen. Hopgood’s work has helped to set
an agenda that is tough on
crime, both at the front-end
and at the tail-end.”
Do you know who your elected officials are?
Who is are your City Council Persons?
Who is your State Representative?
Who is your State Senator?
Who is your County Commissioner?
Who is your Mayor?
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CHURCH DIRECTORY
Happy New Year!!! 2015!!!
By: Janine Folks - Telegram Religion Columnist
find ourselves battling day in
and day out, we have to see
our lives as victorious and recognize what God is doing in
any given season. From the
mountain top to the valley, it all
leads us to our destiny.
Yes, we're here...the dream
team is here...!!! I just wanted
to say that for no particular reason. But yes, you are here! Yes
2015 is here! And yes, you are
part of the Dream Team!!
Sadly, some people have
grown weary of being excited
when a New Year arrives. After
years of disappointments and
let downs, some people try to
protect themselves by eliminating expections altogether.
Their rational of having no expections is that it will avoid disappointment like so many
times before. But no, that is not
the answer. We can never stop
hoping and tyring for better.
Even if you got it all together
and you are very satisfied in
your life and the things happening in it, we all need something to strive for. It can be
simple. It doesn't have to be
major. It can be baby steps or
huge leaps. It doesn't matter,
just keep on moving and progressing.
2014 for me was personally
challenging, but the growth
and learning that took place
was amazing. I would not trade
it for anything and I thank God
that I'm still standing. Whether
our dreams come true or we
Even with all the high hopes,
the reality is that much is unknown about what the New
Year will bring. There will be
some surprises, both good and
bad. Some of us wish we could
peek into a crystal ball to get a
heads up on coming events
that affect our lives. We desire
a glimpse of our future.
We survive on hope; hope that
there is good in our future. We
rely on faith. We have faith that
God has plans to prosper us
and not harm us, plans to give
us hope and a future (Jer.
29:11 NIV).
When we hunger to know what
the future holds, we should not
run to fortune tellers or tarot
card readers, God is able to reveal to us what He sees fit for
us to know. God wants us to be
prepared. He doesn’t want us
to be knocked off our square
with overwhelming surprises.
He is gracious.
Surely the sovereign Lord does
nothing without revealing his
plan to his servants the
prophets (Amos 3:7NIV). God
has a way of warning you before something major happens.
It’s typically nonverbal and you
get a sudden sense of ‘knowing’ something is happening.
You might not even be able to
articulate it because details are
unclear. Sometimes details are
perfectly clear. God may reveal
things to you in dreams. He
may allow you to witness or
hear certain things. He may
send someone to speak to you
prophetically; they may or may
Ecorse Seventh-day Adventist Church
3834 10th St
Ecorse, MI 48229-1617
(Corner of 10th & Francis Streets)
Dr. Errol Liverpool, Pastor
Sabbath School (Saturday)
Sabbath Worship Service (Saturday)
Prayer Meeting (Wednesday)
9:15 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
6:00 p.m.
not be aware that they are
doing so. Revelation comes
through prayer, reading the
Word and odd as it sounds it
can come to you randomly.
You don’t have to be a
‘prophet,’ in the Old Testament
sense, in order to be
‘prophetic.’ In the last days it
shall be, God declares, that I
will pour out my Spirit on all
flesh, and your sons and
daughters shall prophesy, and
see visions and dream dreams
(Acts 2:17).
God would not have you to be
ignorant. He wants you to be
prepared and informed. You
have an enemy who wants to
steal, kill and destroy. Jesus
came to give you abundant life.
In order to fulfill that, you will
need insight and foresight. Insight is the ability to see clearly
and intuitively in to something
or someone. Foresight is the
ability to envision or know
something beforehand. God
reveals.
Stay on the Vine! Get filled with
God’s Spirit and stay tuned in
to Him! It will guide you and
show you things. It won’t always feel good. God is our
Provider. He not only wants to
provide for us materially, but
He wants us informed. Insight
and foresight can make our
lives more productive and
bearable. It increases the probability that your life will be
abundantly full! Food for
thought to take into 2015!
Janine Folks
Minister. Writer. Author. Chaplain
www.janinefolks.com
Inspired to write; Writing to inspire
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Sunday Morning Service - 11:00am
Wednesday Prayer 6:00pm Bible Study - 6:30pm
Let’s worship together down here so
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"Where The Will of God Will Be Done" {Mark 14:36}
Rev. Dr. John E. Duckworth, Pastor
29066 Eton Street
Westland 48186
Office: 734.721.2557 Fax: 734.721.1383
Sunday Morning Worship Services 8am & 10am
Wednesday Night Bible Study 6:30pm
Email: gethsemane02.org
Our challenge is to be sensitive
to and cognizant of what God
is doing and saying. Sometimes we miss it because we
were distracted or expecting a
particular form of communiqué
from God. God talks to all of us
and it’s our responsibility to
recognize His voice.
Community Services Food Distribution
Every third Wednesday
Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church
Rev. William D. Phillips,
Pastor
Sunday School 10am
Sunday Worship 11:00am
Wed Bible Class 6pm
“Empowered by the living
Word” Matt 4:4
Jehovah Jireh Ministries
Mercy House 15 E. Charlotte Ecorse 313-282-9508
Sunday- Fulfillment Hour 10am Worship 11am & 6pm
Monday -Bible Study 7pm
Wednesday - Prayer and Praise 7pm
Rev. Everett Thomas Pastor
“Transforming Lives Spirit, Soul and Body
We proclaim Jesus is Savior and Lord!”
St. James United
Methodist Church
30055 Annapolis Rd.
Westland
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Christ
Ministries
Church of the Resurrection
27085 W. Outer Dr. Ecorse
Sunday School
9:30 am
Worship Service
10:30 am
Bible Study Wednesday
6:30 – 8:30 pm
Rev. Willie F. Smith –
Pastor
734-729-1737
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stjamesumcwestland.org
Sunday School 8:30am
Sunday Worship 9:30am
Prayer & Bible Class
Thursday 5:30 PM
Pastor Gerald Overall
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The Fruit of The Spirit Becoming More
Christ Like
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life experience if we expect to receive the full benefits of being
Christ-like.
Forward Thinkers we didn’t get
born again to stay the same.
“There is no better time than now,
this very Christmas season, for all
of us to rededicate ourselves to
the principles taught by Jesus the
Christ. It is the time to love the
Lord, our God, with all our heart –
and our neighbors as ourselves.”
Thomas S. Monson
“At Christmas, I am always struck
by how the spirit of togetherness
lies also at the heart of the Christmas story. A young mother and a
dutiful father with their baby were
joined by poor shepherds and visitors from afar. They came with
their gifts to worship the Christ
child.” Queen Elizabeth II
“THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT BECOMING MORE CHRIST LIKE”
Forward Thinkers, as we enter into
the spirit of Christmas let’s be remindful that Jesus is the reason
for this season. Unfortunately
many have lost focus and allowed
this season to be about trees,
gifts, and parties but today, I desire
to refocus our attention on the fruit
of the spirit and make it our goal to
become more like Christ.
Christian- is to be Christ-like
Forward Thinkers, when we became a Christian we made a decision to commit ourselves to
becoming more like Christ and
less like the person we used to be.
Forward Thinkers, we must be developed and disciplined after new
Ephesians 4:12-14
12 to equip his people for works of
service, so that the body of Christ
may be built up 13 until we all
reach unity in the faith and in the
knowledge of the Son of God and
become mature, attaining to the
whole measure of the fullness of
Christ.
14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the
waves, and blown here and there
by every wind of teaching and by
the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.
Forward Thinkers as we close out
the year 2014 and enter into a new
year I challenge you to become
more mature and commit to becoming mature to the fullness of
Christ. Forward Thinkers an immature believer will spend most of his
or her life on a rollercoaster ride of
life.
Matthew 4:1
4 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit
into the wilderness to be
tempted[a] by the devil.
Forward Thinkers notice Jesus
was tempted by Satan but Jesus
will overcome and defeat every attack against me because He is
being lead by the Spirit. Forward
Thinkers God gave us the Holy
Spirit to do more than just dance
and shout in church but to empower us to make wise decisions
and live successful lives.
Forward Thinkers living a defeated
lifestyle is not being Christ-like because Jesus was more than a
conqueror and He defeated Satan
every chance He got.
Matthew 4:3-10
3 The tempter came to him and
said, “If you are the Son of God,
tell these stones to become
bread.”
4 Jesus answered, “It is written:
‘Man shall not live on bread alone,
but on every word that comes from
the mouth of God.’[a]”
5 Then the devil took him to the
holy city and had him stand on the
highest point of the temple. 6 “If
you are the Son of God,” he said,
“throw yourself down. For it is written:
“‘He will command his angels concerning you,
and they will lift you up in their
hands,
so that you will not strike your foot
against a stone.’[b]”
7 Jesus answered him, “It is also
written: ‘Do not put the Lord your
God to the test.’[c]”
8 Again, the devil took him to a
very high mountain and showed
him all the kingdoms of the world
and their splendor. 9“All this I will
give you,” he said, “if you will bow
down and worship me.”
10 Jesus said to him, “Away from
me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve
him only.’[d]”
Forward Thinkers let’s examine
how Jesus responses to Satan’s
temptation and commit to using
the lifestyle of Jesus as a road
map to living a winning life.
Matt. 4:1- Jesus was led by the
Spirit
11)
Flesh (vs. 3,4)
12)
Pride, Ego (vs. 6,7)
13)
Success, Wealth, Increase
(vs. 8-10)
Forward Thinkers notice every
time Satan showed up to tempt
Jesus he is unsuccessful because
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Retiring legislative auditor general,
Willie Mayo, looks back fondly at his
decade of service to Wayne County
Willie Mayo had a desire to use
his accounting and auditing
skills as a public servant.
Mission accomplished.
Mayo, who spent the last 10
years as Wayne County’s legislative auditor general, is retiring Dec. 31. Ten years is the
maximum one person can
serve in the capacity, per
Wayne County’s Home Rule
Charter.
“It was the pinnacle of my career,” he said. “To cap it off with
an appointment as Wayne
County auditor general, it was
just awesome.”
The office, which is mandated
under the charter, provides independent audits, reviews and
other work products to assist
county elected officials in their
oversight and operational responsibilities. Mayo, 72, supervised a staff of 11 auditors.
Mayo grew up on Detroit’s east
side and graduated from
Northeastern High School and
Wayne State University, where
he earned a bachelor of science degree in accounting.
The certified public accountant
owned a full-service public accounting and auditing firm,
Willie Mayo & Co. P.C. in
Southfield, which he founded
in 1981 and sold when he became legislative auditor gen-
eral.
Mayo said he was inspired to
go into public service by former
Wayne County Auditor Richard
Austin, who was Michigan’s
first black certified public accountant. Austin also served as
Michigan’s longtime secretary
of state.
Mayo was selected in late
2004 initially for a five-year
term and said his goal at the
time was to serve the full 10
years.
“It’s been very rewarding and
fulfilling,” said Mayo, who feels
that the 10-year limit is appropriate for the position. “I really
enjoyed my tenure at Wayne
County and the folks I worked
with – a good group of people.
“It makes all the difference in
the world, the team. We’re
leaving the county in good
hands with the newly appointed auditor general.”
The Wayne County Commission voted unanimously Dec. 4
to appoint Marcella Cora as
legislative auditor general for
an initial term of three years,
effective Jan. 1. Cora had
served as deputy legislative
auditor general since 2011 and
has worked in the office since
1999. She was one of four candidates to be interviewed in
November.
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Mayo said the highlights of his
10 years include: Implementing Teammate software in
2008 so audit working papers
could be prepared electronically and increase efficiency for
the staff; performing an audit of
the Wayne County Treasurer’s
Office Delinquent Tax Revolving Fund, which resulted in
$150 million being transferred
to the general fund this year to
help reduce the county’s accumulated deficit; developing the
office’s Twelve Codes of Principles and Conduct: Focused,
helpful, straight down the line,
determined, firm, decisive, balanced, objectivity, confidentiality, competency, integrity and
independence; and three successful reviews from peers nationwide, including one this
year, in which a “clean report”
was issued showing no negative findings as it relates to operations or internal controls.
“From the start, it was my intent to address inefficiencies
within county operations and
assess risk management by
adding value throughout the
engagement process,” Mayo
said.
Upon retiring from the county,
the Melvindale resident – who
formerly lived in Dearborn –
will turn his focus to his new
management consulting company, Lakewood Advisory
Services.
Drug Usage
From Page 1A
lieve they are using abusing
drugs.
“We want to remove the barriers that are keeping people
from getting good jobs, supporting their families and living
independently,” Snyder said.
“This pilot program is intended
to help ensure recipients get
the wrap-around services they
need to overcome drug addiction and lead successful lives.
We’ll then have opportunity to
assess effectiveness and outcomes.”
Under the pilot, three counties
in Michigan to be determined
will administer a suspicionbased screening and testing
program to Family Independence Program recipients suspected of drug use. If the
screening prompts the Michigan Department of Human
Services staff to suspect use of
a controlled substance, the applicant or recipient must take a
substance abuse test. Refusal
to take the test results in ineligibility of benefits for six
months.
If the result of a substance
abuse test is positive, the applicant or recipient will be referred to a treatment program.
If an individual refuses to participate in the program or fails
to submit to periodic substance
abuse testing required under
the program, their assistance
will be terminated. Benefits can
be restored after a person
passes a substance abuse
test.
The pilot program must be
completed by Sept. 30, 2016.
They are now Public Acts 394
and 395 of 2014.
Snyder also signed SB 1103,
sponsored by state Sen.
Randy Richardville, extending
the sunset for the Michigan film
credit program by seven years
to 2021. The bill also revises
the rebate amount for stateserviced qualified production
and personnel expenditures,
but limits incentive funding for
high-level personnel to no
more than 30 percent of production’s total incentive.
In addition, the incentive now
requires one Michigan resident
to be hired for every nonresident through Sept. 30, 2017
and 1.5 Michigan residents for
every nonresident hired Oct. 1,
2017 until Sept. 30, 2020. The
new law also requires that at
least 10 percent of funding
awarded be for motion pictures, documentaries or television series with a budget of
under $15 million. It is now PA
396.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Page 7A
DPS adds high quality,
energy-efficient LED lighting to
11 school buildings
learning
and
academic
achievement,” said DPS Emergency Manager Jack Martin.
“The LED technology also utilizes approximately 60% less
electricity, lasts more than
twice as long as our previous
lighting and comes with a 10year warranty, which will save
the district in operational dollars, a key goal.”
More than 7,000 students’
classrooms grow brighter as
DPS adds high quality, energyefficient LED lighting to 11
school buildings, including
Mark Twain School for Scholars in Southwest Detroit
District to enhance learning
and realize hundreds of thousands in annual savings: 60%
reduction in classroom lighting
energy utilization and the elimination of maintenance cost.
Detroit Public Schools is
adding new, energy-efficient
LED lighting to 11 school buildings, which will not only provide a cost-savings to the
district but will enhance the educational environment for more
than 7,000 students by making
classrooms brighter, including
in two Southwest Detroit
schools.
“The key benefit to the project
is improvement in our classrooms, where teachers and
students will spend their academic day in brighter settings
that are more conducive to
The district is installing 15- and
40-watt LED lamps lasting up
to 50,000 hours, versus 40and 80-watt fluorescent lamps
that last only up to 20,000
hours. The higher LED light
quality and lumen output of
each lamp reduces the number
of lamps required in many
classrooms. The combined
benefits will result in a more
than 60% reduction in classroom lighting cost and energy
utilization, and positively impact the learning environment.
In addition, the 10-year warranty eliminates maintenance
costs, allowing facility management resources to be redirected to other critical building
areas.
Additional benefits of the new
LED lighting cited in an assessment include heightened
alertness and improved cognitive performance, better visibility, elevated moods and
positive health effects, such as
removing exposure to UV
emissions and exposure to
mercury that are present in
other lighting systems.
“Learning in the classrooms at
Mason is so much better with
the new lighting,” said Omega
Mostyn, Mason Elementary-
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GIVING CIRCLE
2015 Urban Vehicles of the Year
Announced
From Page 1A
Inkster Citizens We Care supplied
Coats for local kids
With smile after smile, kids from the community along with their parents
stopped by the Booker Dozier Complex on December 20th to pick up a
warm winter coat. The community group Inkster Citizens Who Care
gave out over 150 coats along with a goodie bag filled with fruit and
candy. The group had support from Canon’s Clothing Store who always
can be counted on to help. They also were able to use some of the proceeds from the 50th Anniversary Celebration to help purchase the coats.
The 2015 Urban Vehicles of
the Year winners are:
Urban Car of the Year: Kia
K900
Runners-up: Mercedes C
Class and Hyundai Genesis
There has been many organizations that have been showing love to others throughout the Holiday Season from Thanksgiving through Christmas.
The Telegram will continue to spotlight groups that are going the extra
mile to help others throughout the year.
Send a photo and a brief summary of the event to telegram@telegramnews.net or mail it to Telegram 10748 W. Jefferson Ave. River Rouge,
MI 48218. For information call 313-928-2955.
According to Urban Wheel
Awards juror and automotive
expert Les Jackson, Cruise
Control Radio: "The 2015 Kia
K900 has an understated elegance that speaks of the
owner being a savvy, trendy
professional."
Urban Truck of the Year: Ford
F150
Runners-up: Cadillac Escalade
and Lincoln MKC
Mary Chapman of Chapman
Communications, an Urban
Wheel Awards juror and freelance automotive reviewer,
said of the Ford F150: "potentially revolutionary use of aluminum ... substantial weight
loss ... great mileage."
Urban Green Vehicle of the
Year: BMW i8
Runners-up: Kia Soul EV and
Ford Focus Electric
Decisive magazine editor
Brian Armstead had a few
words to lead the charge:
"When BMW enters the game,
watch out! Not only is the
BMW i8 "green," it's a BMW,
with amazing acceleration, fuel
efficiency and "Ultimate Driving
Machine" road manners."
Page 9A
Introducing Shelby Jefferson, new Telegram Staff Reporter
work, because I have fun doing
it.
GS: What advice would you
give to someone about following their dreams and passions?
SJ: Keep trying. There will be
struggles and sometimes you
have to take a back road to get
to your destination, but don’t
give up. Let your passion be
your guide.
GS: What has been your most
memorable experience thus far
at the Telegram?
SJ: I have had two great experiences. I was able to speak to
Susan Taylor – the editor in
Shelby Jefferson - new reporter for the Telegram
I’m sure the readers of the
Telegram have noticed that
there has been articles written
by a new person. That person
is Ms. Shelby Jefferson.
Shelby was a freelance writer
for the Telegram Newspaper
from June 2012 through October 2014. She was referred to
us by Robert Frierson our freelance Photographer. In November 2014, she joined our
family as a Staff Reporter.
Although she is not a ‘True
Blue’ Tri-City resident, her
grandmother lives in Southwest Detroit and her home
church is in Ecorse. She spent
lots of time in the Downriver
area.
Shelby graduated from John
Glenn High School and received a Bachelor’s Degree
from Bowling Green State University in 2009.
Shelby has a passion of writing
and loves to give a voice to the
voiceless. During an interview
with Shelby I asked her questions that would help the public
get to know her.
GS: What do you enjoy about
working at the Telegram?
SJ: I love the fact that the
newspaper is community
based. We cover stories that
are relevant. Some stories
have a local connection, but I
am allowed to write national
features too. It doesn’t feel like
Shelby’s family, Jacob Jefferson (Brother), Brenda
Jefferson (Mother)
chief of Essence magazine
and I interviewed a member of
the Motown the Musical cast. I
love music. So I enjoyed that.
I also met George Clinton.
GS: Do you have any mentors?
SJ: My mom is my role model.
She is a woman of grace and
style. Another person that
helped in my development is
Dr. Ramona Bell from Bowling
Green University. The two
ladies that I look up to in my
field are Susan Taylor and
Robin Roberts.
GS: What are your greatest
achievements?
SJ: At this stage of my life, my
two great achievements are
graduating from college and
getting a job at the Telegram
Newspaper.
GS: What drives you?
SJ: Success. I want to be able
to Impact others. I want to fight
for those who are voiceless.
Please join me in welcoming
Shelby to the Telegram Newspaper. Her contact information
i
s
srjefferson@telegramnews.net
Page 10A
Funk Icon George Clinton Holds
Book Signing in Detroit
By Shelby Jefferson – Telegram Staff Reporter
guest received a book to be
personally signed by the Father of Funk himself.
On December 20th, legendary
funk singer George Clinton
stopped by the United Sound
Systems Recording Studios in
Detroit to promote his new autobiography, "Brothas Be, Yo
Like George, Ain't That Funkin'
Kinda Hard on You?: A Memoir”. All attendees were greeted
with an endless supplies of
champagne and hors d’oeuvres as they grooved to the
timeless sounds of Parliament/Funkadelic presented by
a live DJ. To top it all off, each
Clinton’s bestselling memoir
chronicles his forty year career
as the mastermind behind the
revolutionary P Funk machine.
In regards to artistic ties to the
Motor City, masterpieces like
“Atomic Dog” and “One Nation
Under a Groove” were
recorded at United Sound -a
studio that remains so significant to Clinton, that the 73year-old icon recently donated
his personal piano to be placed
on display at the newly reopened facility in Midtown.
As the three hour long event
came to an end, it remained
clear that while fans undoubtedly flocked to the United
Sound Systems Recording
Studios to relish in the opportunity to meet with a funk legend, most of them also
marveled at the chance to explore one of the most important
remaining sites to encompass
Detroit’s rich musical history.
City Administrator Unveils
Upcoming Plans for Ecorse
in 2015
By Shelby Jefferson – Telegram Staff Reporter
D. Wayne O’Neal
Interim City Administrator
City of Ecorse
As one of the 12 cities included in last years “hardest-hit”
fund
program
distributed by the Michigan
State Housing Development
Authority, the City of Ecorse
received $2.19 million in aid
to help eliminate blight
within area neighborhoods.
For Interim City Administrator D. Wayne O’Neal, this
move has certainly steered
the area into a much
needed positive direction for
2015.
“We’re looking to provide
even better services to our
residents,” he said. “We realize that we have a lot of
abandoned homes and issues with blight, so we need
to get after that …We’ve removed almost 50 houses
over this last year with the
grant money, and we also
applied for a distressed
cities grant in hopes that we
can get additional funding
for even more removal of
blighted structures in order
to move the city forward.”
In seeking to explore every
possibility to increase financial revenue in the coming
year, the city is also working
with a Transition Advisory
Board to submit an additional budget plan that will
last through 2018. Moreover, in an effort to attract
more local businesses to
the area, the region will also
work on restoring the downtown vicinity which will include Jefferson, Outer Drive
and Southfield Roads. And
for local seniors awaiting
the return of Smart Bus
services, the municipality is
currently working on securing viable insurance coverage that will allow for
restored transportation to
and from important destinations.
With these types of efforts
being made throughout the
area, O’Neal maintains that
the wellbeing of local residents remains a foremost
priority in the coming year
for the City of Ecorse.
“The mayor and council are
really interested in keeping
our citizens happy,” he said.
“We want to make sure that
our service levels are always high, and that we’re
able to respond to their
needs wherever possible.”
Black young men
From Page 1A
Black men by other young
Black men almost every year.
Where is their justice? Where
is their peace?
God bless all of the protestors
who have donned “I Can’t
Breathe” T-shirts and mimicked, “Hands Up - Don’t Shot”
scenarios in cities and towns
across this country. However,
their actions alone will do almost nothing to change the
plight of the masses of young
Black men in America. Young
Black men in America are the
most despised, stereotyped,
disregarded, and feared people
in this country; more likely to be
poor, more likely to be undereducated, more likely to be unemployed, more likely to live
without their fathers, more
likely to be locked up in prisons, and more likely to be murdered than anyone else in
America. Unjust incidents that
shock our sensibilities are easier to mobilize around than are
the all-pervasive, deeply institutionalized, systematic injustices that Black males endure
in their lives every day.
Usual and easy responses to
the plight of Black males in
America always include historic
indignation, protest and demands that raise public awareness—the stuff “moments” and
not “movements” are made of.
However, what is lacking is a
comprehensive,
well-conceived, sustained response,
which requires massive community building efforts, directactions with and on behalf of
Black men, and a redirection of
dollars from incarcerating
Black men to educating and
developing Black youth. Together, these actions will develop and support Black men
and boys in becoming strong,
positive, powerful, contributing,
compassionate and courageous American citizens.
ment Black men’s positions at
the bottom of the American social, economic and education
structure and at the top of the
mortality, incarceration and unemployment indices. It’s a
wonder that any Black man
can “breathe” in America with
these kind of obstacles to overcome!
Even if American police, security guards and vigilantes do
not murder another Black man
ever, the existing socio-economic, educational and institutional factors in America will
continue to destroy young
Black men and boys at an ungodly rate. Unless and until
these horrendous life-force
crushing energies against
young Black men and boys are
positively transformed, their
lives in America will continue to
be a hellish catastrophe.
Black Male Achievement is the
much-needed, missing and
best response to the issues of
Black men and boys in America. On January 19, 2015, the
Coalition for Black Male
Achievement will mentor
50,000 young Black men and
boys in 200 cities—towards
survival and success in America—as part of the Martin
Luther King (MLK) Mentor Day
initiative. The mentors are
Black men and the curriculum
is based on Black Male
Achievement and human excellence.
Even President Barack Obama
got caught up in the symbolic
frenzy of responses by requesting congressional support for $263 million to train
police forces across America
and for body cameras. Yet, the
moment-by-moment,
spiritbreaking forces nourished by
the social/economic policies
coming out of Washington, DC
(and the states) continue to ce-
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The best way to improve the
conditions of Black men in
America is not simply to protest
them, but to change them.
Page 11A
ASK ALMA
Best Films of 2014
By Dwight Brown
Need to Move On
David Oyelowo and Carme Egojo
co-star in the bio/drama Selma,
one of THE BEST FILMS OF
2014.
As 2104 draws to a close it’s a
perfect time to reflect on noteworthy films, strong performances and the strides that
black artists made this past
year. It’s also a good time to
spotlight the top-quality movies
that will vie for Oscars and be
released in theaters and on
DVD/VOD in weeks to come.
Belle (***1/2) A mind-boggling
story based on fact about a
biracial female being raised in
a White aristocratic home in
18th Century England. Actress
extraordinaire Gugu MbathaRaw lights up the screen in a
very romantic and surprisingly
socially relevant tale. Lavish
production elements. Nice acting all around. Strong writing
by Misan Sagay. Smart direction by British director Amma
Asante.
Beyond the Lights (***) This
ode to chanteuses fighting personal demons (Rihana-types)
is the brainchild of writer/director Gina Prince-Bythewood,
who made the most romantic
film of the year. A wayward
pop/hip hop singer (Gugu
Mbatha-Raw, Belle) is rescued
by a stoic, virile cop (Nate
Parker). A sweet, modern love
story set in the soul-eating, kinetic music industry. Well written, directed and acted.
Birdman (****) It’s not like
Michael Keaton’s career was
kaput, but it seems like he
raised himself from the dead
with this invigorating performance. Mexican director/writer
Alejandro González Iñárritu
gave Keaton a plum role as a
has-been actor and ex-super
hero trying to make it big on
Broadway. The line between
reality and fantasy is blurred.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars in the
historical drama Belle.
Excellent acting from all involved including Ed Norton and
Naomi Watts.
Boyhood (****) Shooting a film
over the course of 12 years
takes patience and imagination. Writer/director Richard
Linklater had that in abundance as he followed the life of
a small boy into young adulthood. Patricia Arquette as the
stalwart mom is superb and
Ethan Hawke as the bungling
dad is pretty good too.
Dear White People (***) The
narrative follows the plight of
four Black students at an almost all-White Ivy League
school. Biting satire plays
havoc with race relations.
Credit filmmaker Justin Simien
with a brilliant view of a complex subject and for equating
Quentin Tarantino’s Django
with Birth of a Nation and Gone
With the Wind. Bravo.
Grand
Budapest
Hotel
(***1/2) Wes Anderson’s quirky
films (The Royal Tenenbaums)
have been an acquired taste
only a few could love until this
whimsical story about a snowy
mountaintop hotel in the fictional Republic of Zubrowka.
To hell with conventional storytelling, just throw in a confusing
plotline, a bazillion cameos
and wait for the dust to settle.
Sweet ensemble acting. Tony
Revolori, as the quirky bellboy
Zero Moustafa, steals the
movie.
St. Vincent (***1/2) – Something about saying grouch and
eccentric and Bill Murray
seems redundant. Murray is a
Brooklyn
neighbor
who
babysits the vulnerable kid
next door. His idea of teaching
the boy how to be a man involves betting on the horses,
drinking in bars and beating up
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decision to break it off and move
on in your mind, all you need
now is for your heart to catch on.
That ol’ heart always takes a little more time with this sorta
thing, doesn’t it?
Michael Keaton stars in Birdman
the class bully. Cool. Nicely
directed by Theodore Melfi.
Melissa McCarthy, Naomi
Watts and Terrence Howard
chew up the scenery in the
year’s best comedy.
Selma (****) It’s as if David
Oyelowo was born to play
Martin Luther King. Same
nose, skin tone and cadence. Carmen Ejogo as
Coretta is perfectly cast,
too. Smartly directed by Ava
DuVernay, who steps out of
the shadows of small indie
filmmaking to create an
Oscar-caliber, historical film
that depicts the bravery of a
civil rights activist and a fiery
reverend who out-smarted
LBJ and got the Voting
Rights Bill passed. Inspiring.
Starred Up (***/12) A violent British adolescent (Jack
O’Connell, Unbroken) gets
sent to a tough prison where
his dad (Ben Mendolsohn)
is a career jailbird. This brutal film makes Oz look like
Sesame Street. Stark realism is so gruesome you
can’t look at the screen. Director David Mackenzie
gets under the grimy skin of
prison life in a way that will
make you never one want to
get arrested.
Whiplash (***1/2) Who
knew band practice could
be equated with emotional
abuse? Young actor Miles
Teller plays a very ambitious
drum student at a prestigious music school who is
tormented by an instructor
(J.K Simmons), who is more
sadistic than Satan. Damien
Chazelle’s script takes you
places you didn’t dream
you’d go and his direction
doesn’t give you a way out.
You’ll stay until the best man
wins.
Dear Alma,
I have been with this person for
six years, and we’ve had our up
and downs, like any relationship.
We are living apart but he still
wants us to keep our friendship.
I don’t, because he needs to get
himself together financially and
mentally. Basically, I feel if someone truly loves you, they will do
whatever it takes to be with the
person. He’s just not moving fast
enough for me. I do love him and
want to be with him, but I can’t
wait any longer. Now my problem is trying to move on and forget him. What’s the best way to
handle this?
Name withheld
Dear Nameless,
Six is the magic number. So
you’ve been with him for six
years. You guys don’t live together; you aren’t engaged, and
he needs to get it together. He
wants to continue a “friendship,”
but you want more, and since he
hasn’t obliged, you’re ready to
move on.
While working through the
heartache, keep in mind – after
a break-up, we think…and ponder…and reminisce…about how
we wish it could have been. I call
that the coulda, shoulda, woulda
stage. Since you will be thinking
about it, for a little while anyway,
put yourself on the path of thinking about the real deal of what’s
been happening for the past six
years. Even if you have to write
it down. That way, you can recall
and reread what really happened and how it made you feel.
Now, the next step toward moving on – take the time to refuel.
I’d suggest focusing on what
brings you strength. If there’s a
particular minister or motivational speaker you like, listen to
them, every day. If you like to
walk, run, dance, workout, swim,
do that for yourself – every day
– or as much as you can. Download your best pick-me-up songs
on your iPod, and listen to them.
Hum along and take it all in.
Let’s imagine you’re preparing to
take a long road trip. Close your
eyes, see yourself at a gas station; you’re filling up your tank –
a red sports car, I hope, LOL. Do
the same for your heart – refuel. Keep busy, find a new
First, I applaud you for making
the decision to break it off, redefine, redirect and find your joy.
Some people stay in an unfulfilled relationship for the sake of
being in a relationship, and that’s
never a healthy decision. Truth
be told, let’s give him credit; a
friendship is all that he wants,
and a friendship is all that he has
to offer – to you.
hobby. How about volunteering
at church, with the elderly, a
charity, or with kids? Take the
focus off him and focus on you.
Use this time to allow yourself
to work on being the best person you can be, who without a
doubt is taking the time to live
her life to the fullest. You can
do it!
You, on the other hand, have de-
Alma
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Western Wayne NAACP to host
annual Freedom Fund Dinner
HOROSCOPES
Benny Napoleon, Wayne County Sheriff is the Keynote Speaker
crime, high unemployment, the
taking of our rights to choose
our elected officials, and the increase of social inequality in
our community. Our focus as
we move forward is to continue
to fight against these issues
that plague our communities.
During the dinner, we will recognize numerous people from
the community for their outstanding accomplishments.
LIVONIA, MI – The NAACP
Western
Wayne
County
Branch will host their 2015
NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner
on Saturday, February 28,
2015 from 4:00pm – 7:00 p.m.
(Seating will begin at 3:30
p.m.) The dinner will be held at
Burton Manor Banquet Center
in Livonia – 27777 Schoolcraft.
Livonia, MI 481
NAACP Western Wayne
Branch is pleased to announce
that Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon is the
Keynote Speaker.
The theme for this year is:
”Embracing Diversity, Engaing
our community and restoring
the village”
Bishop Walter L. Starghill, Jr.,
President of the Western
Wayne Branch says, “The
Western Wayne NAACP is the
voice for our communities as
we deal with the increase of
A portion of the proceeds
raised from the Freedom Fund
Luncheon will be used to fund
youth programs for 2015 and
provide scholarships for deserving
Western
Wayne
County students.
The Ticket prices for this spectacular event are $100.00 for
adult tickets and $50.00 for
youth tickets. Each ticket includes a one year membership
to the NAACP. Table of Ten
pricing is available.
Tickets can be purchased by
sending in monies to Freedom
Fund Dinner Western Wayne
NAACP P. O. Box 207 Inkster,
MI 48141 or contacting Lory
Parks at 313-492-6774 or Gina
Steward at 313-949-3133.
Sponsorship and advertising
Opportunities are available
About NAACP Western
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The NAACP Western Wayne
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County Branch represents 18
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Redford, Romulus, Sumpter,
Taylor, Wayne and Westland.
Membership into the oldest
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NAACP
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Wayne
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To ensure the political, educational, social and economic
equality of rights of all persons
and to eliminate racial hatred
and racial discrimination.
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ARIES
You’ve done a lot of things in
life that no one has agreed
with at the beginning. Finding
agreement this week will be
difficult, but it should not deter
you from moving forward.
Feeling sorry for your loneliness will discolor what you are
doing. Be happy that you are
alone.
Soul Affirmation: I get joy from
giving good things.
Lucky Numbers: 3,18, 31
TAURUS
Eternal optimist, eternity is
now. Get in touch with your
hopefulness and be a beacon
to others. Try not to be taken
in by promises made by others
or promises you’ve made
to yourself. Concerning your
own affairs, avoid contemplating lofty subjects and seeking
long ranged solutions.
Soul Affirmation: Time is the
greatest peacemaker of them
all.
Lucky Numbers: 6, 28, 39
GEMINI
Some say optimism is fantasy.
Suppose the good thing
you’re optimistic about never
comes. This week you’ll know
that the joy of anticipating it is
joy enough. Just the certainty
of coming goodness is present
goodness. The joy of
tomorrow is available this
week.
Soul Affirmation: This week is
the week the Lord has made. I
rejoice in it.
CANCER
You might be looking into the
buying or selling of a piece of
property, and this week
seems to be a favorable week
for this type of negotiation. Be
careful with the intricacies of
the matter. Pay attention to
details or it could cost you a
great deal later.
Soul Affirmation: I care deeply
about the feelings of others.
LEO
Your multi-tasking abilities will
kick into high gear this week.
While it’s sometimes difficult
for you to know how to handle
a particular situation, this
week you’ll know the perfect
answer. Everything good is
unfolding!
Soul Affirmation: New intuitions create new plans and a
new cast of characters.
VIRGO
Your self-discipline helps you
to do more this week. People
will be watching as you zip
around with style and grace!
Broaden your cultural horizons
by trying new foods and
meeting new people. You’ll be
pleasantly surprised!
Soul Affirmation: I am patient
with all that comes my way
this week.
LIBRA
Sociable, lovable you! You
can have a wonderful week
this week if you hook up with
like-minded friends. You’ll find
that many are on your wavelength this week. Appreciate
your ability to bring people
together.
Soul Affirmation: Luck is my
best friend this week.
SCORPIO
You’ll be full of good ideas this
week, so make sure you write
down the ones you don’t have
time to put into action. You’ll
want to share your thoughts
on a grand scale, and your
mind will seem truly universal
to you. Try to be patient with
those who are staggered by
your brilliance.
Soul Affirmation: Light from
my soul shines in many directions.
SAGITTARIUS
This week let your gentle spirit
shine through. Your rough
and tumble side is not appropriate for the relationships that
you’ll encounter. Someone
will need your understanding
and sympathy. Give it with
sensitivity.
Soul Affirmation: My life itself
is my greatest creation.
CAPRICORN
You’re faced with a formidable
task but when you defeat it,
you’ll take big steps toward a
goal. Weigh in and give it your
best. Your energy is high. The
task looks larger before you
start. Compromise with a
partner. The immediate future
promises love.
Soul Affirmation: I enjoy the
spirits of people whose spirits
are akin to mine this week
AQUARIUS
Yield to the harmony that lies
below the surface of any
seeming disagreement.
Serenity is more important
than your sense of righteousness. Questioning the motives
of others will make your mind
too suspicious to benefit from
the unclear way in which love
will present itself this week.
Soul Affirmation: Freedom of
mind is the greatest gift for me
this week.
PISCES
Your intuition is showing, and
you may surprise yourself as
much as you surprise another
by making a sudden intuitive
leap and saying what you feel.
You may feel as if you can
read a certain someone’s
mind. Use your gift for good..
Soul Affirmation: I let my luck
work for me.
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tions would certainly have some conversation starters, if you will, on how
to have a conversation with your
child. And, you can also contact your
local police department. An officer
can always sit down with the parents
and help give them some tips."
"The most important thing about gun
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Use a lock or a safe. Most importantly,
talk to your children about gun safety.
"A simple conversation with the child can
go a long way despite how young they
might be...that conversation with mom or
dad really goes a long way," said Lt.
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If you're not sure what to say, there are
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The safety programs occur in classrooms from pre-school to high
school, and the message is the
same.
"To stay away from 'em [guns] if they
see one and there's not a responsible
adult around and to make sure if you
do see one to report it," Trooper
Jones.
Check out the following websites for
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SPORTS SCORES, HIGHLIGHT & MORE
Will We See Suh with the Lions Again?
Lions loose to Green Bay
Deal is Done, Harbaugh is
back Home
U of M new football coach
By Butch Davis - Telegram Sports Writer
Jim Harbaugh had been offered nearly $50 million for seven years at
Michigan. Harbaugh is the 20th Michigan football coach
Photo by Butch Davis
Ndamukong Suh suspended by NFL for Lions game against Cowboys
It was the biggest regular-season game for the Detroit Lions
in decades and for a little while
in particular when Aaron
Rodgers left the game temporarily due to injury to his calf.
Nonetheless then Detroit had
miscues on offense, struggles
on special teams and couldn't
pressure a stagger Rodgers
when he returned, leading to
the Lions' 24th straight loss to
Green Bay in Wisconsin. This
game has to hurt more for Detroit considering what was at
stake. They had a shot at a
first-round bye and their first divisional title since 1993. Nevertheless, losses to an elite
team on the road for the second time this season, New
England being the other game.
Now here is the million dollar
questions about how this team
will fare on the road in the playoffs since as the No. 6 seed
they will have no home games.
Wait there’s more, for the second week in a row a Lions
player is suspended for foot
stomping and/or stepping on a
player. Last Sunday’s flagrant
stomp by Lions center Dominic
Raiola on the lower leg of
Bears defensive lineman Ego
Ferguson. This past Sunday
Ndamukong Suh steps on the
ankle of Green Bay Packers
quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
For these actions, the league
has suspended Suh without
pay for the Detroit Lions' wild
card game this Sunday against
the Dallas Cowboys. During
the second half of the NFC
North-deciding game between
the Lions and Packers,
Rodgers took a hit after connecting with Jordy Nelson for a
key first down. While on the
ground, Suh stepped on
Rodgers' ankle with his right
foot before stepping off and replacing it with his left. At that
point, according to a league
statement, Suh began "applying pressure and unnecessarily pushing off Rodgers'
unprotected leg with his left
foot, violating playing rules prohibiting unnecessary roughness." In his letter to Suh, NFL
Vice President of Football Operations Merton Hanks wrote,
"You did not respond in the
manner of someone who had
lost his balance and accidentally contacted another player
who was lying on the ground.
This illegal contact, specifically
the second step and push off
with your left foot, clearly could
have been avoided." Hanks
added "you unnecessarily
stepped on your opponent's
unprotected leg as he lay on
the ground unable to protect
himself."
However,
Ndamakong did appeal his
one-game suspension this
past Tuesday and it have been
overturned by the NFL league
office in New York City, so he
will be in the lineup against the
Cowboys this Sunday afternoon. In lieu of the suspension, Suh has been fined
$70,000.
Now with Lions record of 11-5
and making the playoffs, it all
starts with the Lions' defense.
Furthermore that all begins
with Suh. That's why he is in
many fans view, the team's
most valuable player this season. He makes Detroit's defense emotionally better every
time he is on the field. Nevertheless Suh will be on the field
this upcoming Sunday, we
hope and pray that the Lions
win so we as fans would be
able to watch Suh amuse us
again. It would be a bummer if
the
curtain
close
on
Nadamakong Suh as a player
for the Lions as you know the
Dallas game if the Lions lose
could have been his last appearance in the Silver and
Honolulu Blue of the Lions.
Yes, Suh is a free agent. So
Lions special teams and offense wake up, the second
season has begun. Beat the
Cowboys!
GO LIONS
Rutgers stomps Tar Heels, 40-21,
in inaugural Quick Lane Bowl
Scarlet Knights rush for 342 yards, cap off first Big Ten season
By Christian Young
Everything about the inaugural
edition of the Quick Lane Bowl
was, well, quick.
The apparent replacement of
the Little Caesars’ Pizza Bowl
wasted no time being introduced to the metro Detroit public, as a partnership between
the Detroit Lions organization,
the Atlantic Coast Conference,
and the Big Ten Conference.
And when the game got under
way, bowl participants Rutgers
got started quickly as well,
jumping out to a 23-0 halftime
lead and riding it to a 40-21 victory on Dec. 26 at Ford Field.
The Scarlet Knights offense
was quick and efficient as well.
None of their scoring drives
took more than eight plays,
and they rolled up 524 total
yards of offense, including 340
on the ground. Josh Hicks ran
for 202 yards and a touchdown
on 19 carries, and Robert Martin added two touchdowns and
Quick Lane Bowl - Page 15A
Jim Harbaugh's mother and father family have already arrived flying into Ann Arbor on
Monday night. Jim and his
wife arrived an hour and a half
later. University of Michigan
officials were in the San Francisco Bay Area over the weekend to meet with Jim Harbaugh
in the hopes of securing his
services as the Wolverines'
next head coach. The 49ers
play the Arizona Cardinals on
Sunday. After the game the
San Francisco 49ers and Jim
Harbaugh mutually agreed to
part ways, following the team's
20-17 win over the Cardinals
on Sunday. Harbaugh had
been offered nearly $50 million
for seven years at Michigan.
The figure, if it becomes his
contract, would not make him
one the highest paid coach in
the NFL and college football.
Brady Hoke's record in his four
seasons at Michigan was 31-
Let League Play Begin
By Butch Davis
Happy New Year Everybody, as high school basketball now
starts it regular league season for the Girls and the Boys. This
will continue until league playoffs in the middle of the month of
February until the start of districts and March Madness beginning all the way to the championship, both for the Girls and the
Boys in East Lansing at the Breslin Center.
Here is the schedule for teams in the Telegram News reading
area for 01/06-01/07/2015
Basketball (Boys) Varsity, 01/06, 4:00 PM
Detroit Martin Luther King at Detroit Cass Tech
Detroit Pershing at Detroit Western International
Basketball (Girls) Varsity, 01/06, 5:00 PM
Ypsilanti Calvary Christian at Taylor Preparatory
Detroit Martin Luther King at Detroit Cass Tech
Detroit Pershing at Detroit Western International
Monroe Jefferson at Romulus Summit Academy
Ann Arbor Central Academy at Dearborn Riverside Academy-West
Ypsilanti Calvary Christian at Taylor Preparatory
Dearborn Fordson at Dearborn
Dearborn Heights Crestwood at Dearborn Edsel Ford
Redford Union at Dearborn Heights Robichaud
Taylor Baptist Park at John F Kennedy HS
Ecorse at River Rouge
Southgate Anderson at Saline
Gibraltar Carlson at Taylor Truman
Dearborn Heights Annapolis at Trenton
Dearborn at Dearborn Heights Annapolis
Detroit Jalen Rose at Inkster Peterson Warren Academy
Melvindale at Madison Heights Bishop Foley
Dearborn Heights Robichaud at Redford Union
Southgate Anderson at Riverview
Monroe Jefferson at Romulus Summit Academy
Newport Lutheran South at Taylor Trillium
Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard at Allen Park Cabrini
River Rouge at Ecorse
Detroit U-D Jesuit at Romulus
Detroit Western International at Detroit Cristo Rey
Allen Park at New Boston Huron
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Quick Lane Bowl
From Page 14A
100 yards on 19 carries. North
Carolina garnered 482 yards.
"When you see two running
backs that do that, it's not just
about them,” Rutgers coach
Kyle Flood said. "It's about the
linemen and the tight ends...it's
the kind of game as an offensive lineman that you love
playing, there's no doubt."
Less than three minutes into
the game, Gary Nova hit Andre
Patton on a 34-yard touchdown pass, capping off a fiveplay, 75-yard drive. Kyle
Federico nailed the extra point
attempt to give Rutgers an
early 7-0 edge.
Rutgers would keep the hot
hand on the other side of the
ball, when Lorenzo Waters recovered a North Carolina fumble at the Scarlet Knights’ 40.
However, three consecutive incompletions caused the Rutgers offense to sputter.
The Tar Heels didn’t have
much success offensively in
the first quarter either.
The Tar Heel special teams
unit came up big, as a blocked
punt gave the Tar Heels excellent field position at the Rutgers 12-yard line, but the
Rutgers defense held and
forced a four-and-out, including
snuffing a fake field goal attempt.
Rutgers made the score 14-0
on a 21-yard scoring dash from
Josh Hicks to conclude a 91yard, seven-play drive at the
top of the second quarter. Federico hit the ensuing extra
point. Martin would add another eight-yard touchdown
run to put the Scarlet Knights
up, 20-0, with 9:08 remaining
in the first half.
The Scarlet Knights continued
their domination, galloping
down the field on the arms and
legs of Nova, Martin and Hicks
before ending with a 19-yard
field goal attempt by Federico.
The Scarlet Knights went into
halftime enjoying a 23-0 advantage.
“They didn’t do anything different than what we had prepared
for,” North Carolina coach
Larry Fedora said. In all three
phases actually.”
The Tar Heels wouldn’t get on
the board until the third quarter,
from a Marquise Williams twoyard touchdown run at the
10:39 mark.
“The game of football is pretty
simple,” Fedora said. “If you
turn the ball over on offense,
you don’t get takeaways on defense, if you don’t stop the run,
you won’t win football games.”
Rutgers answered immediately
on their next drive, as Nova hit
Andrew Turzilli with a 34-yard
scoring strike with 7:33 left in
the third quarter. Federico
kicked the extra point to push
the score to 30-7.
Martin would bust out with a
28-yard touchdown run and
Federico added a 31-yarder to
give Rutgers a 40-7 advantage
with just over 10 minutes left in
the game.
Williams would hit Jake Tabb
with a 7-yard touchdown pass
and backup quarterback Mitch
Trubisky would connect with
Kendrick Singleton on a 1-yard
scoring pass in the closing
minutes of the game.
Rutgers finished 8-5 overall
and 3-5 in their first Big Ten
season, and the significance of
playing in the postseason in
their first year of a new conference was not lost on Flood.
“"I thought we'd be playing in
the postseason and I thought
we had a chance to be a
championship program again.
In every way, this football team
made me right.”
He also understood the significance of the memories of a
bowl win.
"One of the things I told the
team was, 'Don't leave this
field until you've taken all the
photos you want,'" Flood said.
"We'll go back to the hotel and
we'll celebrate. I wanted them
to have an opportunity to take
the memories with them in
photographs. I know how
meaningful some of those
things are for me.”
Meanwhile, North Carolina finished 6-7 for Fedora’s first losing season as a coach, and he
made no bones about his feelings.
“I don’t like it. Doesn’t taste
good,” he said. “There’s nothing about it that I like. Nothing.”
But he also had kind words for
his men.
“They’ll be able to look back on
some of the things that they’ve
had to go through and they’ll
grow and be better men and a
better team.”
Harbaugh
From Page 14A
20. Harbaugh was 29-21 in four years at Stanford before taking the
49ers job. Harbaugh has been the coach of the 49ers for four seasons.
He now replaces Brady Hoke at Michigan, who was fired after the end
of the 2014 season following Michigan's 5-7 record. When Hoke was
hired at Michigan four years ago, Harbaugh was mentioned as a candidate.
However, now it’s reality as Jim is the new head coach of the University
of Michigan football team as he made a special appearance to meet the
fans and the student body during Michigan, Illinois’ basketball game this
past Tuesday afternoon at Crisler Arena.
With a Criminal Record, it’s One
Strike and You’re Out
By Jazelle Hunt - NNPA Washington Correspondent
for defendants who exercise their
right to counsel, and ‘pay-to-stay’
fees to offset the costs of incarceration, among many, many others.
Total criminal justice debts can rise
into the hundreds, thousands, and
even tens of thousands of dollars,”
the report reads, adding that in
many states, one must clear all
criminal justice debt before clearing his or her record.
The difficulties often extend past
the person with the record. The report notes that as of 2012, more
than half of incarcerated adults
have minor children. Currently,
more than one in four Black 20somethings have had a parent incarcerated during their childhood.
Ronald Lewis still faces challenges from a brush with the law ten
years ago. (Courtesy Ronald Lewis)
Ronald Lewis was standing on a
street with his brother, who was
selling drugs. When police were
approaching, Lewis warned his
brother. Both were arrested. That
minor, almost reflexive reaction,
led to Lewis sharing a drug possession charge with his brother as
well as charges of being an instrument of a crime.
vestigations released six times as
many background checks for employers as it had the previous
decade. The federal law that regulates the criminal and credit
background-check industry was
enacted in 1970, before the Internet; it generally applies to credit
screening, as opposed to criminal
records.
His lawyer advised him that he
could win a trial. Later, that advice
became a plea offer. Without
being tried, Lewis accepted a Bclass misdemeanor conviction,
served no time in prison, and was
released from probation early for
steady compliance.
Thus, millions of people who have
been arrested – even for exercising their constitutional right to
protest – and were never convicted or incarcerated, still carry
the stain of having criminal
charges come up in a background
check.
That was 10 years ago. Lewis,
now 35, feels he is paying again
for his past mistake.
“I paid that lawyer $10,000…I didn’t know what [the deal] entailed. I
didn’t know the impact it would
have on my life,” he says. After
going through the criminal justice
system, Lewis entered a vocational program and earned an engineering license.
He says, “I thought life would
begin for me…but I have had so
many doors slammed in my face,
I know what wood tastes like.”
According to a new report from the
Center for American Progress
(CAP), as many as one in three
Americans has a criminal record.
Despite being commonplace, this
status can cause lifelong socioeconomic challenges.
The report, titled, “One Strike and
You’re Out: How We Can Eliminate Barriers to Economic Security and Mobility for People with
Criminal Records,” paints the picture with an array of numbers:
Ninety-five percent of people who
are incarcerated at any level will
be released.
Each day, this is the case for more
than 600,000 Americans who
served time in prison.
Each year, nearly 12 million people move through local jails.
As of 2012, more than 4.7 million
Americans were on probation or
parole. Most will be confronted
with their record as they attempt to
rejoin society.
Research cited in the CAP report
estimates that 87 percent of employers, 80 percent of landlords,
and 66 percent of colleges use
criminal and credit background
checks to screen applicants.
By 2012, the Federal Bureau of In-
“Even a minor criminal record can
serve as an intractable barrier to
employment as well as utter basics such as housing, such as
building good credit, education,
job training, and more,” said
Rachel Vallas, co-author of the report.
Low-income and people of color
with criminal records are often
most likely to fall into a cycle of
poverty as a result of their records.
The transgression, plus a common
lack of skills and/or education,
often merge to bar them from employment, and then from the social
safety net that keeps people from
sliding into deep poverty.
In addition to the employment
challenges, difficulties with housing, public assistance, education
and training, and economic stability and mobility compound their
predicament.
In the case of public housing, for
example, federal guidelines bar
people with certain convictions
and criminal activity – mostly drugrelated, but also violent and sexual
offenses – from receiving assistance.
However, local agencies manage
federal housing programs and
have authority to create their own
guidelines. In many areas, agencies go beyond the federal guidelines to evict or deny housing to
entire families if any one member
has an encounter with the criminal
justice system, regardless of
whether they were ever convicted.
Similar restrictions exist on receiving food assistance, federal
grants, and need-based aid for
college. There’s also the significant challenge of debt incurred
from moving through the criminal
justice system.
“Examples include various types
of ‘user fees’ that get tacked onto
a conviction, public defender fees
“It affects everybody close to you,”
says Lewis. “From the moment
you get in trouble, it’s a disappointment, it affects your mom…. Then
your family sees you trying to turn
your life around and enduring rejection after rejection. Then that
spills over to your wife and your
kids because your mood is not the
best, and your sense of self-worth
is not the best.”
There’s a form from his daughter’s
school that he still hasn’t signed
and returned. It includes a question on criminal background.
He says, “I don’t want them to see
her differently because of my
record, or things that I did.”
The report makes several recommendations to both public and private sectors on improving
outcomes for Americans with criminal records. Most recommendations center on new or updated
legislation in employment, background check regulations, public
assistance, criminal justice debts
including child support, educational aid, and more.
“Providing a clean slate is the single most powerful tool to resolve
the obstacles documented in this
report,” the authors write. “Congress and the states should enact
legislation to automatically seal
low-level, nonviolent convictions
after an individual has demonstrated his or her rehabilitation –
meaning if he or she has not been
rearrested within 10 years of conviction. Non-conviction records
should be automatically sealed or
expunged, at no charge to the individual and without their needing
to apply or petition the court.”
Currently, Lewis is coming upon a
year being employed in his field. At
night he goes to school to earn an
HVAC certification, which will be
his third professional license. In
the future, he hopes to start his
own company to give people second chances.
“You have to give people something to do, something they can be
proud of,” says the father of two.
“You serve your time, and then it’s
like double jeopardy because
every time you apply for a job it
comes up. It’s one strike and
you’re out. Even in baseball
there’s three strikes.”
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