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Free meals offered through Summer Food Service Program
FORT WAYNE—The Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church/EMBC Community Outreach announced plans to participate in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). Free meals will be made available at various locations for various lengths of time, June 10 through Aug. 17, to all children 18 years of age and under and to persons over 18 years who are enrolled in a state-approved educational program for the mentally or physically disabled.
Triumph over sin through Christ’s example
SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING By James Washington—There have been countless volumes of space and dialogue devoted to Jesus’ blood contract with us that many suggest freed us from the bondage of original sin. My question to you then is how do you master sin? How do you control your sin as opposed to having your sin control you? Is this even possible? Is sin for you not sin for me?
Wilford Allen family institutes scholarship to benefit Metro
FORT WAYNE—The family of the late Wilford G. Allen recently announced that they have established the Wilford G. Allen Memorial Scholarship Program with Metro Youth Sports Inc., to provide funds for children who need assistance with their activity fees to participate in the Metro Youth Sports programs.
Spotlight on Grace Coley, RN MS, of First Crown Health Care
UP CLOSE WITH JEANIE—It brings me great joy to bring to you this week’s spotlight because she has the courage, love and compassion do to something about it. She’s teaching her students how to take great care of their patients and to give them the utmost respect and I love that. So, if anyone has to go to the hospital or nursing homes, I sure hope that one of her students are there to take care of us.
The presumption of guilt
By Congressman John Lewis and Bryan Stevenson—After serving 42 years in an Arizona prison for a crime he didn’t commit, a 58-year-old man was finally released this April. When Louis Taylor was just 16, he ventured out of his comfort zone to try a happy hour advertised by an upscale Tucson hotel, a typical foray for an adventurous teenage boy. Unfortunately, that night a fire broke out that ultimately claimed 29 lives. In that moment, Taylor stopped being typical and became extraordinary.
Brother, take care of your own children!
ASK GWENDOLYN—Dear Gwendolyn: I need your advice. I am having some serious family issues. This is the problem: Four years ago I was in a terrible car accident. I was in a coma for six months. When I woke up, I discovered my left leg had been amputated below the knee, and my right leg was amputated at the ankle. I stayed with my mother for one year then moved in with my aunt. My mother is keeping my brother’s children.
Chickenbonegate: Video interview with Kevin Brown & Ed Young
Eric Hackley’s interview with two more “Black Kekionga Warriors”—Kevin Brown and Ed Young, better known as Elder Yonah, discuss brainwashing, white supremacy, “White Jesus” and more.
Obituaries from May 22-28 edition
• Margaret Wambui Andai
• Alonzo Gordon-Blaine “Papa Hots” Edmonds
• Arielean Grant Hutchins
• Geneva Murdock
• Virigilio “Virgil” Pena
• Michael Smith
• Pastor Robert V. Williams
Hood or hero? Cleveland’s Charles Ramsey
By George E. Curry—But more than any other famous “hilarious black neighbor” Internet sensation, the coverage of Ramsey—and his criminal past—raises serious questions about how we treat a hero with a troubled past and, yes, how blacks and whites look at the same event through different prisms of race.
Africa News in Brief: May 22-28 edition
• Kenyans angry over ‘piggish’ salary hike
• Return of child soldiers alarms war-scarred Central African Republic
• Cervical cancer drug to be discounted for Africa
• ‘State of emergency’ in Nigeria ramps up ‘terrorist’ war
Man shot to death on Oliver Street
FORT WAYNE—At approximately 4:23 p.m., May 16, the Fort Wayne Police Department responded to the 3200 block of Oliver Street in reference to a shooting investigation. As officers and paramedics arrived on the scene, they located a male victim suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Paramedics pronounced the victim, later identified as 20-year-old Shane Jamal Stephens, as deceased.
Former F.W.P.D. Master Sergeant Kenneth Hayden recognized at the national memorial
FORT WAYNE—On May 13, former Master Sergeant Kenneth W. Hayden will be recognized as having lost his life in the line of duty and his name will be inscribed at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington D.C.
My fiancé can’t marry me, His wife is crazy!
Dear Gwendolyn: Four years ago, I met my fiancé at church. He has proven to be the perfect man, but married. I did not hesitate dating because he immediately explained the mental state of his wife. This is the problem: His wife is in a state that does not allow divorce when the spouse is not in sound mind.
Obituaries from May 15-21 edition
• Lillie B. Irby-Redmond
• Edward “Bill” Jemison
• Robert V. Williams
Resisting the devil, just say no
by James Washington—It is no secret that my favorite passage in the Bible is Matthew 4: 1-11. To me it’s good versus evil, up close and personal. On one side, the devil incarnate; on the other Jesus the Christ. When I read this I am reminded that God’s plan is pretty precise and more than obvious to those willing to seek Him first.
Mixed religious gathering a no-no
By the Rev. Arsben D. Jennings—Mayor Tom Henry: The reason why I didn’t as a Christian come to your prayer meeting is because you invited people to come and pray who don’t believe in God period. Hindus, Muslims, Buddhist, Sikhism, Unitarians, and Universalists do not believe in the God of the Holy Bible and neither do they believe in the existence of Jesus Christ.
Clarence Thomas’s deep-seated jealousy
By Lee A. Daniels, NNPA Columnist—For someone who seems to revel in being silent during the Supreme Court’s traditionally lively oral arguments—when a public display of his professional competence would be appropriate—Clarence Thomas’s out-of-court comments are extraordinarily revealing.
Life lessons from scooting around a plastic slide
STRANGE THOUGHTS by D.L. Russell—When I was a kid, there was a big metal slide at McMillin Park. This slide, at the time seemed as tall as a four-story building to my childhood eyes. For years, I was afraid of that slide. I can remember making excuses each time my brother or one of my cousins tried to coax me down from the top. You see, I had no problem going up the slide’s ladder, but boy-oh-boy did I have a problem going down that shiny, sheet metal ramp.
Robbin Church, Jason Jordan set wedding date
FORT WAYNE—Robbin Renee Church and Jason Jermaine Jordan are pleased to announce their engagement. The couple has set a June 29 wedding date.
Grapefruit juice, magnesium for high blood pressure
Years ago, I can recall my mom and her friends talking about taking Epsom salts and grapefruit juice to lower blood pressure…Of course, this is no way to treat elevated blood pressure and I am certainly not advising you to follow this form of treatment.
