The Culvert Chronicles back issues from March 2007:
Honoring An Angel For Women's History Month
Mar 01, 2007; ... There are people who believe in angels, those in the heavens and those here on earth. Those angels among us are dynamic forces of compassion and change. It's very fitting that someone many call an angel founded a non profit organization called Angel Docs. Dr. Dorothy Ogundu has been called an ...
Mayor Bloomberg And ACS Commish Challenge Albany To Take Steps To Protect NY's Most Vulnerable Children
Mar 01, 2007; ... Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Administration for Children's Services (ACS) Commissioner John Mattingly on Tuesday, presided over the graduation of 230 new ACS caseworkers at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, bringing the total number of ACS frontline caseworkers and other child welfare ...
DISRESPECT ABOUNDS
Mar 01, 2007; ... Call This Number 1-914-654-5431: Ask Pres. Sweeny, What Did Prof. Edward R. Culvert Do To Be Fired? Students Demand The Resignation Of The Campus Director At The College Of New Rochelle Rosa Parks Campus, 144 West 125 Street The most disrespectful thing one individual can do to ...
ALL ABOUT PEOPLE
Mar 01, 2007; ... TOP DRAWER STUFF: The crowds were thinner and many came from towns and cities to where they moved from, but the mostly Black Mardi Gras of post Katrina went on, but showed that New Orleans is still in pain ... With trustees and his six children in court, the state judge has appointed a ...
9/11 FDNY Hero Among Speakers To Be Honored In Washington
Mar 01, 2007; ... A 9/11 hero will join a World War II-era subchaser turned congressman in addressing legislators and guests during Civil Air Patrol's Legislative Day festivities to be held from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. on March 1 at the Russell Senate Building Room 325 in Washington, D.C. Chaplain Lt. Col ....
What To Do When Stopped By The Police
Mar 01, 2007; ... The guest speakers at the Assemblyman William Scarboroughs' 29th AD Task Force Meeting were Guardians Association (which is an association for black police officers) of the Police Department President, Victor Swinton, Detectives Daryl Madison and Bob Nero. Scarborough invited them to speak about ...
Indictment In 2002 Homicide
Mar 01, 2007; ... Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes recently announced the indictment of four men and one woman charged in a 2002 murder, in which the defendants shot and killed the mother of a man who had beaten one of them in a right. Detective Investigators from the Brooklyn District ...
School Bus Driver Indicted For The Attempted Rape Of A Seventeen Year-Old Girl
Mar 01, 2007; ... Bronx District Attorney Robert T. Johnson recently announced the indictment of a 25 year old Bronx man on charges of attempted rape and other offenses in connection with the abduction of a 17 year old girl. A grand jury indicted Nicholas Vegier on one count of Attempted Rape in the 1st ...
The Dropout Rate In New York City Is An Epedemic
Mar 01, 2007; ... The New York City Board of Education has just released figures, which indicate dropout rates for African- American students are of epidemic proportions. This kind of statistic is frightening. They indicate African-Americans are being removed from the economic and social equation of the nation ....
Queens DA Celebrates Black History Month By Presenting The William Tucker Garvin Award To State Deputy Chief Administrative Judge
Mar 01, 2007; ... District Attorney Richard A. Brown recently celebrated Black History Month by presenting Justice Juanita Bing Newton, the New York State Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Initiatives and New York City Criminal Court Administrative Judge, with the William Tucker Garvin Public Service ...
Full Equality Will Not Be Earned By Arm Chair Militants
Mar 01, 2007; ... Reluctantly I have not written about Black History Month because I am angry. To those of use who lived the Civil Rights Movement, the movement is not history. The movement is a compendium of events in our lives. To have people who are glib of tongue come in at the last minute and spit out ...
Web-Based System Provides Immediate Access To Available Housing Nationwide
Mar 01, 2007; ... U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson recently announced that HUD has designed a webbased, National Housing Locator (NHL) to assist state and public housing authorities and other first responders in rapidly identifying available housing during a disaster. The NHL ...
Making The Country's Best Parks System Even Better
Mar 01, 2007; ... New Yorkers enjoy the biggest and finest City parks system in the nation. And last week, working with partners in the private sector, we took two steps to make outdoor recreation-in the sun and on the ice-even better throughout the city. The first one looks forward to the warm weather ...
Information Corner
Mar 01, 2007; ... Sen. Montgomery Announces Youth Speak-Out And Forum On Women's Health Meetings To Be Held In Brooklyn State Senator Velmanette Montgomery (D-Brooklyn) is hosting two community meetings to respond to issues raised by her constituents surrounding health care concerns of women of the ...
The Abyssinian Baptist Church Honors Sisterhood In 54th Annual Women's Ministry Celebration
Mar 01, 2007; ... New York City's historic Abyssinian Baptist Church will launch its 54th Women's Ministry celebration in a host of worship opportunities from the theme, She Ain't Heavy ... She's My Sister. Using the scripture from 1 John 3:18 "Let us love, not is word or speech, but in truth and action" as the ...
IBM Corporation Honored At The 21st National Black Engineer's Conference
Mar 01, 2007; ... At the Black CEO Hall of Fame Dinner and Gala held recently in Baltimore, MD, more than 3,000 Black engineers, entrepreneurs and invited guests from across the country were present as Marilyn Johnson, Vice President, IBM Market Development accepted the prestigious "Outstanding Corporate Sponsor ...
Queens County Distinctive Sheroes
Mar 01, 2007; ... March was established as Woman's History Month in 1987 by the US Congress with the purpose of increasing consciousness and knowledge of women's history and to remember the contributions of notable and ordinary women. The Friends of Bill Scarborough is celebrating Queens County Distinctive ...
Drake Business School Supervisor Sentenced To 3-9 Years In Prison For Embezzling Over $800,000 From School
Mar 01, 2007; ... On February 27, Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced that a Queens woman who admitted to embezzling more than $800,000 from the Drake Business School in Astoria while working as a supervisor in its account payable department was sentenced to three to nine years in state prison ....
Queens Man Charged With Marketing Fake Dora The Explorer, Bob The Builder, Scooby Doo And Barney Costumes
Mar 01, 2007; ... On February 26, Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced that a Jamaica, Queens, man, who allegedly believed that the counterfeit cartoon character costumes that he was selling would be used in adult films, was arrested on trademark counterfeiting charges and dozens of fake costumes - ...
Former Securities Broker And Brother Plead Guilty To Defrauding Investors Through Ponzi Style Investment Scheme
Mar 01, 2007; ... Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown recently announced that a former licensed securities broker and his brother have admitted to defrauding investors of more than $150,000 over a 16-month period through a "Ponzi'-style scheme known as "Zampetti Investments!" District Attorney Brown ...
Queens Man Sentenced To Twelve Years In Prison For Assaulting Police Officer
Mar 01, 2007; ... On February 27, Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced that a Cambria Heights man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the June 2005 assault on a uniformed police officer in which he seriously injured the officer by grabbing his service revolver and causing it to discharge, ...
How Anti-Aging Medicine Is Changing The Healthcare Landscape
Mar 01, 2007; ... In 1993, a group of one dozen future-forward physicians was convened to discuss the wide-ranging ramifications of rapidly emerging important discoveries towards identifying the mechanisms of deterioration and vulnerability to age-related diseases. As such, they introduced a new definition of ...
Save Lives, Save Money And Improve Quality Of Life
Mar 01, 2007; ... Wellness promotion is the key healthsupporting strategy. Secondary prevention of disease involves early diagnosis and intervention. This is a very important and overlooked component of the U.S. healthcare system. There is nothing novel or new about the use of medical screening programs in ...
Ask Dr. Rochlen
Mar 01, 2007; ... Dear Dr. Rochlen: Whenever I visit my dentist, he keeps me waiting a very long time. It seems he double books his appointments. When I mentioned this to him he said it was because he had to insure that he will be seeing at least one patient per time slot He said so many patients cancel ...
Senators Hagel And Clinton Reintroduce Lung Cancer Resolution
Mar 01, 2007; ... Washington, DC - Senators Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) today reintroduced a resolution that calls on President Bush to declare lung cancer a national public health priority. The Senators' resolution calls on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a ...
New Treatment Helps Age-Related Eye Disease
Mar 01, 2007; ... (News USA) - More than 15 million American seniors live with some form of an eye disease called age-related macular degeneration, or AMD. There are two forms of AMD, dry and wet While all cases begin as the dry form, it is the wet form that accounts for about 90 percent of all ...
Prone Iso Ab
Mar 01, 2007; ... The Prone Iso Ab also known as a Plank is one of the easiest and effective core and lower back exercise to do. At the gym, I am sure you see people doing variations of this exercise. Sometimes the variations will throw you off and you start to wonder if their still working on their ...
Exercising And Cutting Fat May Lower Breast Cancer Risk In Older Women
Mar 01, 2007; ... (SPM Wire) Older women who reduce the amount of fat in their daily diet and increase their weekly exercise may reduce their chances for breast cancer, according to two new studies. Women with higher levels of physical activity may have a reduced risk of breast cancer after menopause, ...
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton Outlines Plan To Create Strategic Energy Fund To Invest In Clean Energy Technology
Mar 01, 2007; ... In remarks recently to the Apollo Alliance, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton called for a Strategic Energy Fund to jumpstart research and investment in clean energy technologies to promote job growth, energy independence and a cleaner environment. Senator Clinton announced that today she is ...
Raccoon Tests Positive For Rabies In Manhattan
Mar 01, 2007; ... A raccoon dropped off by two New Yorkers at the Manhattan Animal Care and Control Shelter tested positive for rabies on Tuesday, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported . The Health Department is trying to identify these individuals, who may have been exposed to rabies ...
The Medicare Prescription Drug Program: Working For Seniors
Mar 01, 2007; ... The Medicare Prescription Drug Program, known as Part D, is helping seniors and disabled Americans get the prescription medications they need to live healthier, longer lives. While Part D has been in effect for just over one year, already 90 percent of America's seniors are benefiting ...
Back In The Day
Mar 01, 2007; ... Back in the day, police officers were the friends and protectors of the Harlem community. Children looked up to the tall Europeanpredominantly Irish - officers who appeared to them like giants in uniform. The "beat" officer patrolled local neighborhoods and functioned also as a crossing ...
Hibachi On Board
Mar 01, 2007; ... I had a dream in black and white last night about a bus ride. I 'm not sure if it was a story told to me or if it really happened. I'm on a bus, going uptown in August, and the man next to me asks for some tarragon. He was barbecuing chicken. I could feel the sliding condensation on my toes from ...
ON AND OFF BROADWAY
Mar 01, 2007; ... ON AND OFF BROADWAY Am trying to rate the latest shows seen without rancor, though nothing sent me home on a cloud. Least disliked was a fun musical at 59 East 59th Street titled "Adrift in Macao. " It's a spoof on so many black and white Hollywood movies in the style of "Casablanca" ...
Local 1549 Black History Program Is Tops
Mar 01, 2007; ... Thursday Evening at D.C. 37 headquarters Local 1549 had its annual Black History Month celebration replete with dancers and speakers. Reflections were one interesting facet of the program. In this segment of the program different speakers reflected on the lives and times of living and deceased ...
Pride Of Philadelphia: Classic Philly Soul Goes Hand In Hand With True Inspirational Film Story
Mar 01, 2007; ... Combining the real-life story of hard-won victory with the classic music of its time, the upcoming Lionsgate (NYSE:LGF) film Pride, which will be released March 23, is a powerful tribute to a unique and charismatic hero, the youngsters he inspired, and the timeless music of ...
One Million Copies Of The NAACP Image Awards Official Viewers' Guide To Be Distributed Through USA
Mar 01, 2007; ... The NAACP Image Awards have joined forces with CW Publishing Group to bring The 38th NAACP Image Awards to fans with The NAACP Image Awards Official Viewers' Guide. CW Publishing Group, based in New York City, will publish the guide and distribute one million copies in the Friday morning edition ...
Viacom's MTV Networks And BET Networks Implement New Structure For Linear And Multiplatform Content Distribution
Mar 01, 2007; ... MTV Networks (MTVN) and BET Networks (BETN), units of Viacom (NYSE:VIA)(NYSE:VIA.B), has announced a new structure and business strategy for their Affiliate Sales and Marketing group, under the leadership of that department's newly appointed Executive Vice President, Denise Dahldorf. The group ...
Voza Rivers, New Heritage Theatre Group Presents Winterkill
Mar 01, 2007; ... New Heritage Theatre Group, New York City 's oldest not-for-profit Black theatre (founded in 1964 by Roger Furman), in association with the Museum of the City of New York, is pleased to present an encore presentation of Winterkill on Friday, March 2. Winterkill is one of New Heritage ...
SO, THIS IS WHAT YOU DO!
Mar 01, 2007; ... QUESTION: Ladies a man who is the janitor on my job is harassing me. He asked me to go out with him, and I told him no. I did not play with him and I did not lead him on. I gave him a flat out no. He asked me why? I told him that I did not socialize with the people I had to work with. He ...
Ask The Expert
Mar 01, 2007; ... How To Choose A Cell Phone Plan (SPM W ire) It seems like ads for cell phones are truly everywhere with some claims sounding too good to be true. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is offering tips on what to ask when choosing a cell phone: Who will be using it? If the ...
Columbia University School Of General Studies Program For Academic Leadership And Service
Mar 01, 2007; ... Nearly 70 New York City high school students from the Bread and Roses Academy, Frederick Douglass High School, and the Manhattan Theatre Lab Magnet High School interacted in workshops with current Columbia University School of General Studies Program for Academic Leadership and Service (PALS) ...
Mayor Bloomberg And Chancellor Klein Appoint New Chief Family Engagement Officer And Launch Enhanced Efforts To Reach Out To Public School Parents
Mar 01, 2007; ... Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Chancellor Joel I. Klein on Wednesday, appointed Martine Guerrier as the City's first ever Chief Family Engagement Officer and launched new strategies to strengthen the Administration's efforts to engage public school parents and families throughout New York ...
The National Campaign To Restore Civil Rights Announces National Essay And Quote Contest
Mar 01, 2007; ... The National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights (NCRCR) announces a national essay and quote contest for students about diversity in public schools, as the Supreme Court ponders cases that could overturn or curtail historical advancements to promote diversity. Students under the age of ...
Pride Heads For League Tourney
Mar 01, 2007; ... Carlos Rivera and Loren Stokes will be missed by all Hofstra University players and fans next year. They along with Antoine Agudio, proved to be the focus of attention during the past two basketball seasons for the Pride. Starting Friday they will be on the road competing in the Colonial ...
Forty Promotion Dates Highlight 2007 Mets Home Schedule
Mar 01, 2007; ... The New York Mets thas announced their 40-date promotion schedule that will provide more than 500,000 giveaways for kids, families, and seniors during the 2007 season at Shea Stadium. Promotions will take place every weekend as well as on several weeknights during the season. The number of ...
The 2007 Big East Tournament
Mar 01, 2007; ... For the 25th consecutive year the Big East Men's Basketball Championship will be held on March 7-10, at Madison Square Garden-the longest run at one site of any Division I conference. Over the course of the conferences' illustrious history, the tournament has featured many great names in college ...
A MOMENT IN WOMEN'S MONTH: ELIZABETH CADY STANTON
Mar 01, 2007; ... PRESENTS Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the spokesperson for the for the rights of women. She wrote a manifesto for of women's rights called, The Declaration of Right and Sentiments, Elizabeth Cady Stanton worked with Susan B. Anthony to achieve equal rights or woman. Her power as a ...
The Death Of A Hero: Frank M. Snowden, Jr.
Mar 08, 2007; ... (Part One Of A Two Part Series) Frank M. Snowden, Jr. was born in York County Virginia in 1911. He was the son of Prank M. Snowden, Sr., a civilian employee of the United States Army. The family moved from Virginia to Boston, Massachusetts. In Boston, he attended the Latin school, and ...
Mother A.M.E. Zion Church Honors Business And Community Leader, Eugene H. Webb
Mar 08, 2007; ... This year's "Men's Day" celebration took place on Sunday, March 4 at Mother A.M.E. Zion Church in Harlem. Mother Zion honored a tireless champion of the Harlem community, Eugene H. Webb, the Chairman, one of the founders of Webb and Brooker Real Estate Firm. Located in Harlem on 147th ...
The More You Ignore Things, The Bigger They Get
Mar 08, 2007; ... The Campus Director Of The Rosa Parks Campus Of The College Of New Rochelle Must Resign The College of New Rochelle has terminated the employment of a TWENTY-YEAR employee, and disrespected the students on the Rosa Parks Campus by giving them erroneous information about why Prof, Edward ...
ALL ABOUT PEOPLE
Mar 08, 2007; ... TOP DRAWER STUFF: Major League baseball has placed security guards around San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds on a daily basis as he stands less than 22 home runs away from Hank Aaron's record of 755 and is increasingly receiving death threats and hate mail ... Honored by the US ...
Comrie, NBA Stand Tall For Cancer Screenings
Mar 08, 2007; ... Councilmember Leroy Comrie (D-Queens) joined with NBA legends and current players to support the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Cure & Prevention's Screening Campaign at the Harlem Men All-Star Evening, which was held on Monday, at the AMC Magic Johnson Harlem 9 Theater. The event was the ...
Stringer, Advocates Say New Contract For TV Screens In Taxis Is Latest Slap In Face To NY'ers With Hearing Loss
Mar 08, 2007; ... Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, advocates and people with disabilities recently called on the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) to stop turning its back on the needs of people with disabilities as it moves forward with plans to install new Technology Enhancement ...
Health Department Proposes For Public Comment Measures To Make Child Care Safer
Mar 08, 2007; ... The New York City Health Department on Wednesday, proposed for public comment several measures to improve the safety of child care services in New York City. The proposals are part of a Health Department initiative that has strengthened all aspects of child care regulations over the past two ...
Elect Susie
Mar 08, 2007; ... On February 27, another candidate joined the ranks of those running for the office of President of the United States. The candidate has a platform focused on one issue-health coverage for all children this year. The candidate is ten-year-old Susie Flynn. She may be young, but she ...
Senator Clinton Welcomes Secretary Jackson's Announcement To Deny Approval Of The Sale Of Starrett City
Mar 08, 2007; ... With concerns over the pending sale of Starrett City, the largest federal subsidized housing complex in the country, Secretary Jackson announced today that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will deny approval of the proposed sale of this complex. Clipper Equity, LLC, owned by ...
What If!
Mar 08, 2007; ... All over this country, there are people who claim to be activists, militants, and kinds of discontents who are angry at America. The foreign policy is wrong. The priorities of the government are wrong. The poor are exploited, the rich do not pay enough taxes, and the poor pay too much tax ....
The NY Public Library's Clason's Point Branch Reopens After Extensive Renovation
Mar 08, 2007; ... After an extensive interior and exterior renovation, the Clason's Point Branch of The New York Public Library celebrated its reopening today with a community celebration. Features of the renovated branch include an enhanced community room; 24 new public access computers; new lighting, furniture, ...
Queens Officials Call On Mayor To Create Permanent Safety Facility In Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Mar 08, 2007; ... Councilmetnber Hiram Monserrate, representative of Flushing Meadows Corona Park (FMCP), recently joined with eight members of the Queens delegation in calling on Mayor Bloomberg to create a permanent safety facility inside Flushing Meadows Corona Park to deter rising crime levels. The Council ...
Public Schools: Headed In The Right Direction
Mar 08, 2007; ... For the first time in a long time, our public schools are headed in the right direction. Test scores and graduation rates are up. The drop-out rate is the lowest it has been since we started keeping track of it back in the 1980s. And our African-American and Latino students are making big ...
Parks & Recreation Plans To Create A NYC Water Trail: Volunteers Wanted
Mar 08, 2007; ... Before planes, trains and automobiles ...it was boats that carried people from one place to another by way of rivers, lakes and oceans. New York City is surrounded by such bodies of water, yet its shorelines have been largely dominated by commerce and industry for centuries. One of Mayor Michael ...
Information Corner
Mar 08, 2007; ... Sister Talk - Workshop Menopause is a profound transition in the midlife of every woman. Get all the information you need from treating your symptoms to finding the right support to help you get through this new cycle of life. Everything you wanted to know about menopause but ...
Ask The Expert
Mar 08, 2007; ... How Can My Family Have Fun On A Budget? (SPM Wire) Planning great family activities doesn't have to break the piggybank. With just a little bit of preparation, your family can enjoy time spent together regardless of the price tag. Here are some helpful tips for how to have fun on ...
Kings County DA Honors Women's History Month With Display Of Brooklyn's Calendar Girls
Mar 08, 2007; ... Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes on Monday, honored Brooklyn's extraordinary women with the unveiling of a huge calendar featuring their pictures and quotations in the lobby of the D.A.'s Office. An extraordinary woman will be featured each day throughout the month of ...