Call & Post back issues from October 2007:
Woman fights to reclaim her house
Oct 03, 2007; ... Wendy Clardy doesn't have much any more. She no longer owns the house at 720 Bedford Ave., that she bought in 2001. A series of mishaps and misfortunes literally cost her that home, and everything she had, as she tries to rebuild her life. But she does have a native ability to ...
Program touches lives of inmates, families
Oct 03, 2007; ... Amachi Program "Who knows what God has brought us through this child?" That is more than the meaning of the West African word - "Amachi" - that gives its name to a program currently being run by Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Central Ohio. That is ultimately the operative ...
NAACP to host candidate's forum
Oct 03, 2007; ... The Columbus NAACP will host The 2007 Columbus NAACP Candidate's Forum at 7 p.m., Monday, Oct. 8, at Progress Ohio, 251 South Third St. The Candidate's Forum will feature candidates for Columbus Public School Board, Columbus City Council and Franklin County Municipal Court judges. The ...
CEA seeks IRS probe of Todd, think tank
Oct 03, 2007; ... Republican mayoral candidate Bill Todd set off a political salvo a couple of weeks ago with his lawsuit charging that the Columbus City Schools was unconstitutionally discriminating against children in the schools by having major funding disparities between the district's 127 ...
Does Jena rally show rebirth of rights era?
Oct 03, 2007; ... Ron Walters, now in his 60s, remembers what it was like to be a young Black man in the eye of a hurricane called the civil rights movement. The man who is now a professor of political science at the University of Maryland, and one of the nation's most-quoted scholars when it comes to ...
A closer look at crime in Columbus
Oct 03, 2007; ... During this mayoral and City Council campaign, the reality and handling of crime has been - as it usually is in municipal races - one of the most closely debated issues the voters will consider and the candidates will face. Therefore, it is often one that leads to the most deceptive and ...
Celebrating Jerry Hammond
Oct 03, 2007; ... For many years in Columbus, Jerry Hammond was an institution. Now, he's a building. Recently, Mayor Michael Coleman and a host of Columbus friends, dignitaries, neighborhood activists and members of the community came out for the unveiling of the Hammond Center, an office building the ...
Michael Coleman, once again, for mayor
Oct 03, 2007; ... With the advent of early voting, Columbus citizens now have the option to begin to cast absentee ballots for the Nov. 6, general election. We urge these early voters - and, obviously, those who will cast their ballots one month later - to re-elect Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman to a third ...
Sending a message
Oct 03, 2007; ... Inside the NEWS What if we gave a debate and nobody came? Or, at least, not the most important folks. Tavis Smiley last week hosted a televised debate with the Republican candidates for president, just as he did for the Democrats. But several of the Republican candidates had the ...
City investing $4.7 million in sewer projects
Oct 03, 2007; ... Mayor Michael B. Coleman and the Department of Public Utilities is proposing the investment of $4.7 million to improve sanitary sewers in three neighborhoods through a trio of projects. "We continue to invest millions of dollars in neighborhoods each year to improve sewers and the ...
Level playing field in construction jobs
Oct 03, 2007; ... Here comes the Judge In the last few years, the United States has spent millions of dollars improving the country's bridges and highway systems. All of this building and repair work has led to an increase in jobs in the construction field, giving thousands of Americans the opportunity to ...
Huckabee clear winner in GOP minority debate
Oct 03, 2007; ... In a Republican debate that focused more on who didn't attend than who did, Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee seemed to emerge as the clear winner when it came to addressing issues of concern to African-American and other minority voters. Huckabee was one of six Republican presidential ...
Life Skills schools consider pilot lunch program
Oct 03, 2007; ... Life Skills Centers of Columbus North and Columbus Southeast are considering launching a pilot lunch program for students who qualify financially. "We're in the process of talking to the boards this month about the program," said Life Skills Centers Vice President Rodd ...
Columbus Schools now sites for drop-off recycling
Oct 03, 2007; ... It is getting easier to recycle in Columbus neighborhoods at free drop boxes this fall, thanks to a partnership between the city of Columbus, SWACO and Columbus City Schools that is placing 121 new recycling drop boxes at most public school locations. "We're making it easier to recycle ...
Women of Color retreat coming to Cincinnati
Oct 03, 2007; ... CINCINNATI - For the first time in its five-year history, the Women of Color Foundation is proud to announce that the fifth anniversary Personal and Professional Development Retreat for Women of Color "Connections, Community and Career 2007," is coming to Cincinnati, Saturday, Oct. 20, through ...
OSU's Matta gains big pay raise
Oct 03, 2007; ... (ProQuest: ... denotes text missing in the original.) A year after taking the Ohio State men's basketball team to the national championship game, an addendum was approved to the contract of OSU coach Thad Matta by the Ohio State Board of Trustees Friday. The addendum also came ...
Here a Jena, there a Jena, everywhere a Jena Jena
Oct 03, 2007; ... Blackonomics In case you haven't noticed, Black people are under full attack in this country. The Jena Six case is just another in a long line of travesties heaped upon Black people by our so-called criminal justice system. All over this country there are cases of gross injustice against ...
Buckeyes ranked fourth after beating Gophers
Oct 03, 2007; ... On a day when five teams in the top 10 of the national rankings lost, Ohio State went on the road and took care of business, downing Minnesota, 30-7, Saturday at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. With the win the Buckeyes jumped from No. 8 to No. 4 in both national polls. The Buckeyes trail ...
Crew loses 2-1 heartbreaker to Los Angeles
Oct 03, 2007; ... With just three games remaining in the regular season, the Columbus Crew's playoff hopes were further dampened with a 2-1 loss to the Los Angeles Galaxy Sunday at Crew Stadium. The Crew scored just two minutes into the game, but allowed two Galaxy goals four minutes apart (13th and 16th ...
Mike Epps, Rickey Smiley to play Vets Oct. 19
Oct 03, 2007; ... Comedians Mike Epps and Rickey Smiley will perform at Veterans Memorial Auditorium on Friday, Oct., 19, as part of their "All About the Comedy" Tour. Epps has earned acclaim as one of the funniest comedic actors in the business. He is perhaps best known for perfecting the role of ...
Fifty years after Little Rock, where are they now?
Oct 03, 2007; ... It's been 50 years since Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Jefferson Thomas, Terrance Roberts, Carlotta Wells Lanier, Minnijean Brown, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Thelma Mothershed and Melba Pattillo Beals integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., to become known collectively as "The Little ...
New law spurs $500 million AT&T hi-tech expansion
Oct 03, 2007; ... COLUMBUS - AT&T Inc. announced plans last week to invest approximately $500 million during the next several years in fiber network upgrades, further broadband deployment and Internet-based technologies to bring new services, including cutting-edge television, to Ohio consumers. The ...
Coke exec new Fashion Fair president and COO
Oct 03, 2007; ... CHICAGO - After an extensive national search, Anne Sempowski Ward, former assistant vice president of African-American marketing for the Coca-Cola Co., has been appointed president and chief operating officer of Fashion Fair Cosmetics - the world's largest cosmetic and skin care company for ...
Thoughts From the Pastors Desk
Oct 03, 2007; ... Things we should know When a child is young, the parent should start setting ground rules and stick by what they say. Don't wavier. Be strict. You've got to let them know that no means no, so when he or she grows up, they will be better prepared for life. They will realize nothing will ...
Omarion stars in new movie 'Feel the Noise'
Oct 03, 2007; ... R&B star Omarion makes his leading-man debut in "Feel the Noise," which opens Oct. 5. In the movie, Omarion plays an aspiring rapper named Rob whose run-in with thugs forces him to hide out in Puerto Rico with his estranged father (Giancarlo Esposito). Puerto Rico, the home of ...
Ministry with attitude? Why?
Oct 03, 2007; ... Bishop Speaks Oooooweeeee! They tell me I'm "just off the hook." That's this young generation's way of saying "I'm crazy." But the last few months what I've thought in my head I've asked the questions from my lips: "WHY?" From the time I get up in the morning till I ...
As October events put rap center-stage, artists, critics weigh in on its impact
Oct 03, 2007; ... Cultural critics and the record-buying public have been debating hip-hop's impact on society for years, but the art form has come under new scrutiny. On Sept. 25, Congress convened hearings to examine "stereotypes and the degradation" of women - Black women in particular - in the ...
Crime big issue in 2007 city elections
Oct 03, 2007; ... Heidi Samuel knows what she believes is the major issue in her bid to become a member of the Columbus City Council. "Crime is a huge concern in all neighborhoods in the city," said Samuel, a Republican running against incumbent Democrat Priscilla Tyson. Whether you are running ...
Woman fights to reclaim her house
Oct 03, 2007; ... Wendy Clardy doesn't have much any more. She no longer owns the house at 720 Bedford Ave., that she bought in 2001. A series of mishaps and misfortunes literally cost her that home, and everything she had, as she tries to rebuild her life. But she does have a native ability to ...
Program touches lives of inmates, families
Oct 03, 2007; ... Amachi Program "Who knows what God has brought us through this child?" That is more than the meaning of the West African word - "Amachi" - that gives its name to a program currently being run by Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Central Ohio. That is ultimately the operative ...
Huckabee clear winner in GOP minority debate
Oct 03, 2007; ... In a Republican debate that focused more on who didn't attend than who did, Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee seemed to emerge as the clear winner when it came to addressing issues of concern to African-American and other minority voters. Huckabee was one of six Republican presidential ...
CEA seeks IRS probe of Todd, think tank
Oct 03, 2007; ... Republican mayoral candidate Bill Todd set off a political salvo a couple of weeks ago with his lawsuit charging that the Columbus City Schools was unconstitutionally discriminating against children in the schools by having major funding disparities between the district's 127 ...
NAACP to host candidate's forum
Oct 03, 2007; ... The Columbus NAACP will host The 2007 Columbus NAACP Candidate's Forum at 7 p.m., Monday, Oct. 8, at Progress Ohio, 251 South Third St. The Candidate's Forum will feature candidates for Columbus Public School Board, Columbus City Council and Franklin County Municipal Court judges. The ...
City investing $4.7 million in sewer projects
Oct 03, 2007; ... Mayor Michael B. Coleman and the Department of Public Utilities is proposing the investment of $4.7 million to improve sanitary sewers in three neighborhoods through a trio of projects. "We continue to invest millions of dollars in neighborhoods each year to improve sewers and the ...
Does Jena rally show rebirth of rights era?
Oct 03, 2007; ... Ron Walters, now in his 60s, remembers what it was like to be a young Black man in the eye of a hurricane called the civil rights movement. The man who is now a professor of political science at the University of Maryland, and one of the nation's most-quoted scholars when it comes to ...
A closer look at crime in Columbus
Oct 03, 2007; ... During this mayoral and City Council campaign, the reality and handling of crime has been - as it usually is in municipal races - one of the most closely debated issues the voters will consider and the candidates will face. Therefore, it is often one that leads to the most deceptive and ...
Michael Coleman, once again, for mayor
Oct 03, 2007; ... With the advent of early voting, Columbus citizens now have the option to begin to cast absentee ballots for the Nov. 6, general election. We urge these early voters - and, obviously, those who will cast their ballots one month later - to re-elect Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman to a third ...
Celebrating Jerry Hammond
Oct 03, 2007; ... For many years in Columbus, Jerry Hammond was an institution. Now, he's a building. Recently, Mayor Michael Coleman and a host of Columbus friends, dignitaries, neighborhood activists and members of the community came out for the unveiling of the Hammond Center, an office building the ...
Sending a message
Oct 03, 2007; ... Inside the NEWS What if we gave a debate and nobody came? Or, at least, not the most important folks. Tavis Smiley last week hosted a televised debate with the Republican candidates for president, just as he did for the Democrats. But several of the Republican candidates had the ...
Here a Jena, there a Jena, everywhere a Jena Jena
Oct 03, 2007; ... Blackonomics In case you haven't noticed, Black people are under full attack in this country. The Jena Six case is just another in a long line of travesties heaped upon Black people by our so-called criminal justice system. All over this country there are cases of gross injustice against ...
Level playing field in construction jobs
Oct 03, 2007; ... Here comes the Judge In the last few years, the United States has spent millions of dollars improving the country's bridges and highway systems. All of this building and repair work has led to an increase in jobs in the construction field, giving thousands of Americans the opportunity to ...
Columbus Schools now sites for drop-off recycling
Oct 03, 2007; ... It is getting easier to recycle in Columbus neighborhoods at free drop boxes this fall, thanks to a partnership between the city of Columbus, SWACO and Columbus City Schools that is placing 121 new recycling drop boxes at most public school locations. "We're making it easier to recycle ...
Life Skills schools consider pilot lunch program
Oct 03, 2007; ... Life Skills Centers of Columbus North and Columbus Southeast are considering launching a pilot lunch program for students who qualify financially. "We're in the process of talking to the boards this month about the program," said Life Skills Centers Vice President Rodd ...
OSU's Matta gains big pay raise
Oct 03, 2007; ... (ProQuest: ... denotes text stops here in original.) A year after taking the Ohio State men's basketball team to the national championship game, an addendum was approved to the contract of OSU coach Thad Matta by the Ohio State Board of Trustees Friday. The addendum also came one ...
Crew loses 2-1 heartbreaker to Los Angeles
Oct 03, 2007; ... With just three games remaining in the regular season, the Columbus Crew's playoff hopes were further dampened with a 2-1 loss to the Los Angeles Galaxy Sunday at Crew Stadium. The Crew scored just two minutes into the game, but allowed two Galaxy goals four minutes apart (13th and 16th ...
Buckeyes ranked fourth after beating Gophers
Oct 03, 2007; ... On a day when five teams in the top 10 of the national rankings lost, Ohio State went on the road and took care of business, downing Minnesota, 30-7, Saturday at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. With the win the Buckeyes jumped from No. 8 to No. 4 in both national polls. The Buckeyes trail ...
As October events put rap center-stage, artists, critics weigh in on its impact
Oct 03, 2007; ... Cultural critics and the record-buying public have been debating hip-hop's impact on society for years, but the art form has come under new scrutiny. On Sept. 25, Congress convened hearings to examine "stereotypes and the degradation" of women - Black women in particular - in the ...
Omarion stars in new movie 'Feel the Noise'
Oct 03, 2007; ... R&B star Omarion makes his leading-man debut in "Feel the Noise," which opens Oct. 5. In the movie, Omarion plays an aspiring rapper named Rob whose run-in with thugs forces him to hide out in Puerto Rico with his estranged father (Giancarlo Esposito). Puerto Rico, the home of ...
Mike Epps, Rickey Smiley to play Vets Oct. 19
Oct 03, 2007; ... Comedians Mike Epps and Rickey Smiley will perform at Veterans Memorial Auditorium on Friday, Oct., 19, as part of their "All About the Comedy" Tour. Epps has earned acclaim as one of the funniest comedic actors in the business. He is perhaps best known for perfecting the role of ...
Fifty years after Little Rock, where are they now?
Oct 03, 2007; ... It's been 50 years since Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Jefferson Thomas, Terrance Roberts, Carlotta Wells Lanier, Minnijean Brown, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Thelma Mothershed and Melba Pattillo Beals integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., to become known collectively as "The Little ...
New law spurs $500 million AT&T hi-tech expansion
Oct 03, 2007; ... COLUMBUS - AT&T Inc. announced plans last week to invest approximately $500 million during the next several years in fiber network upgrades, further broadband deployment and Internet-based technologies to bring new services, including cutting-edge television, to Ohio consumers. The ...
Coke exec new Fashion Fair president and COO
Oct 03, 2007; ... CHICAGO - After an extensive national search, Anne Sempowski Ward, former assistant vice president of African-American marketing for the Coca-Cola Co., has been appointed president and chief operating officer of Fashion Fair Cosmetics - the world's largest cosmetic and skin care company for ...
Thoughts From the Pastors Desk
Oct 03, 2007; ... Things we should know When a child is young, the parent should start setting ground rules and stick by what they say. Don't wavier. Be strict. You've got to let them know that no means no, so when he or she grows up, they will be better prepared for life. They will realize nothing will ...
Ministry with attitude? Why?
Oct 03, 2007; ... Bishops Speaks Oooooweeeee! They tell me I'm "just off the hook." That's this young generation's way of saying "I'm crazy." But the last few months what Fve thought in my head Fve asked the questions from my lips: "WHY?" From the time I get up in the morning till I arrive ...
Ashburn Center fetes 45 years of service
Oct 10, 2007; ... The legacy of a prominent West Side family continues with each basketball bounced, each painting completed and each child nourished and guided at the J. Ashburn Jr. Youth Center. Rachel Ashburn Mallory proudly promotes the center, which was founded in 1962 by her father, Dr. Jacob Julian ...
Somalis seek inclusion of all African merchants in chamber
Oct 10, 2007; ... Abdulkadir "Fishman" Ali is a man on a mission. After recently becoming chairman of the Somali American Chamber of Commerce, a group that is home to several Somali business establishments in the Columbus area, he is promising to unleash a number of changes to bring the group more in line ...
Maryhaven honors Mabra for service
Oct 10, 2007; ... Tonya Mabra, MEd, LSW, LPCC, Clinical Supervisor of Centralized Admissions, was recently honored with a five year service award from Mary haven, Central Ohio's oldest and most comprehensive behavioral health care center specializing in treatment services for alcoholism and other drug addiction ....
Dems try to override child health veto
Oct 10, 2007; ... It was not a surprise last week when, after weeks of threatening Congress that he planned to veto a major expansion of a federal program designed to provide health insurance to millions of American children, President George W. Bush followed through on his word. But the Democrats in ...
Obama, Clinton push for Black support
Oct 10, 2007; ... For a long time, Cleveland-area U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones might have been feeling a little lonely. Tubbs Jones, national co-chair of the Ohio campaign for the Democratic nomination for president of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, has been one of the highest-profile African-American ...
Billions for Iraq, pennies for children
Oct 10, 2007; ... President George Bush is attempting to make the case that his veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) reauthorization was not "heartless," as some of his political opponents have claimed. The White House claims that the president "strongly supports SCHIP reauthorization," ...
Progress in Columbus schools
Oct 10, 2007; ... At this point in Columbus - with an election for both the mayor and the Columbus Board of Education that has already focused on the performance of the Columbus City Schools - it's important to strip away both hype and negativity and take a clear, honest look at the performance of those schools ....
Two Columbuses
Oct 10, 2007; ... It is not surprising that, in the lone debate between the two Columbus mayoral candidates this year, Republican challenger Bill Todd would attempt to make sharp differences between what he envisions for Columbus and what his opponent, incumbent Michael Coleman, has done or will do. It is ...
Clarence Thomas, 'b____n' and moanin'
Oct 10, 2007; ... Inside the NEWS Clarence Thomas is speaking out. And isn't that wonderful? The controversial Supreme Court justice (almost everything written about him must have controversial as its first adjective) is pushing his new book, "My Grandfather's Son," in a series of television and ...
Bush vetoing children's healthcare shows his priorities
Oct 10, 2007; ... Here comes the Judge Demonstrating that he is more interested in protecting the interests of big business and funding his own personal crusade, President Bush recently struck down a bill, supported by both Democrats and Republicans that would have expanded health insurance benefits ...
AEP customers can opt to support renewable power
Oct 10, 2007; ... GUEST COLUMNIST Now there is a simple but important way that customers served by American Electric Power-Ohio can assist the effort to develop renewable energy. The Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel and AEP and others worked collaboratively to provide customers with a program to ...