Any child can experience abuse or neglect, and if these issues are not addressed, according to one expert, their health and well-being later in life will suffer. Dr. Vincent Felitti shared his research recently at the Child and Youth Behavioral Health Leadership Summit in Co-lumbus. As author of a major study on adverse childhood experiences, Felitti said trauma can be caused by physi-cal or emotional neglect, sexual abuse and exposure to alcoholism or depression.

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Nylan Traylor is almost 5 months old. He has a hearty appetite and his favorite foods are peaches and bananas. He likes to play with his rattle. He sleeps through the night so that his mother can rest. His is the first child of Sade Hyman and Eric Traylor, Jr.

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Northeast Ohio gas prices are lower for a third week in a row for drivers, saving them an additional eight cents per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. Continual growth in the number of U.S. oil rigs and the increased drilling it implies are raising expectations for a climb in domestic oil produc-tion. Additionally, increased U.S. crude oil production cou-pled with lower driving demand has kept downward pressure on the national average price at the pump, which has fallen for 21 consecutive days. Today’s national aver-age price for regular unleaded gasoline is $2.27 per gallon, down four cents versus one week ago, five cents less than one month ago, but 47 cents more per gallon year-over-year. Pump prices in the Great Lakes region continue to drop this week with Ohio land-ing at the top of the list of the largest weekly decline, drop-ping an additional 11 cents. Like suppliers in the Rockies, those in the Great Lakes and Central region are offering

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Cuyahoga County is on pace to exceed last year’s record number of heroin and fentanyl overdose deaths. At Least 237 Fatal Overdoses including Co-caine in 2017. According to the Cuyahoga County Medical Ex-aminer’s Office, at least 41 peo-ple died last month after over-dosing on heroin, fentanyl or a combination of the two -that’s more than the 35 fatal overdoses recorded in March but fewer than the 61 recorded in February. Feb-ruary was the county’s deadliest month ever for heroin or fentanyl overdoses. FAIR Health reported

that the opioid epidemic has opi-oid-dependence claims up more than 770% in Ohio between 2007 and 2014, and more than 680% in Cleveland during that time. Cuyahoga County has reported 187 heroin or fentanyl overdose deaths through May 15, putting the county on pace to see about 775 people die this year. exceeding the record num-ber of approximately 660 deaths in 2016. An additional 29 people died in April after overdosing on cocaine; the drug was mixed with heroin or fentanyl in 11 of those cases. According to the Medi-

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The Larchmere Merchants Association and the Larchmere Community Association will hold a summer picnic potluck on Thursday, June 1 at 6:15 p.m. at Fairhill Partners Stables, 12200 Fairhill Road. Susan Rizman, president of LMA will give brief remarks as well as Joyce Pratt, pres-ident of LCA. RSVP by calling 216-231-9400.

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Councilwoman Mamie Mitchell resigns, Griffin named to seat Blaine Griffin, execu-tive director of Community Re-lation for the city of Cleveland, was unanimously approved Monday afternoon by Cleveland City Council as the replacement for Mamie Mitchell in Ward 6 following her announcement that she was resigniing. The vote was in keeping with a council tradition to honor the recommendation of the out-going member. Council President Kevin Kelley read a letter from Mitchell officially recommend-ing Griffin. According to Griffin, he ran for city council unsuccess-fully in 2001 against Pat Britt, who is now the Clerk of Council. Griffin has been the executive director of Commu-nity Relations for the past eleven

years. He was appointed to that position by Mayor Frank Jack-son. Griffin had been the mayor’s campaign manager. Prior to working for City Hall, Griffin was a program offi-cer at the Cuyahoga Department of Justice Affairs.

He also served as a pro-gram director for the Hunger Net-work of Greater Cleveland, worked for the Harvard Community Ser-vices Center and the East End Neighborhood House.

Griffin lives in the Larchmere area. With Griffin being ap-pointed to this vacancy with less than four months before the September primaries, his. opponents feel this appoint-ment gives Griffin an unfair advantage. Griffin is able to get considerable media attention, name recognition and momen-tum that comes with incumbent status. Griffin may also receive funding from the council lead-ership fund, which is used in part to help finance incumbents’ campaigns. More then ten can-didates are vying for the council seat in the Ward 6 primaries in-cluding: Alonzo Mitchell, Aaron Nichols, Dylan Sellers, and Josh McHamm.

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Elaine Gholstin, director of the Harvard Community Service Center, Alex Johnson, president of Cuyahoga Community College, and Michelle Oliver, of Dominion Gas Company, enjoyed the Rubie Ball held on Saturday, May 12 at the Marriott East, 26300 Harvard Ave, in Warrensville Heights.See story on page 6.

Rev. Mel Kendall McCray, board chairmaan of the Harvard Commu-nity Service Center, Renee Malloy, board member of the Harvard Community Service Center, and Alex Johnson, president of Cuyahoga Community College, attended the Rubie Ball on Saturday, May 12 at the Marriott East, 26300 Har-vard Ave. Johnson was the keynote speaker for the event. See story on page 6.

Visit Canton held its 2017 Media Showcase on Thursday, May 11 to promote all the upcoming changes happening across Stark County including major additions to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the Canton Museum of Art, and Beech Creek Botanical Gardens. See story on page 7.

Police stand-off on Larchmere Blvd. A man was taken into cus-tody on Monday following a stand-off on Larchmere Boulevard with police and the SWAT unit. According to the report, the man, who suffered from mental illness, barricaded himself with a gun in a house in the 12000 block

of Larchmere Boulevard. The SWAT team was called to resolve the situtation. Following phone nego-tiations, the man surrendered to police and was taken into custody without incident. No charges have been filed at this time.

cal Examiner Dr. Thomas Gibson, fentanyl is the driving force “The driver of mortality in Cuyahoga County is going to be fentanyl, but what we’ve really started to notice at the end of 2016 and beginning of 2017 is a higher representation of cocaine. Cocaine stayed relatively stable, in terms of mortality, for about 10 years up to 2016. And then it really took off in 2016,” Gil-son said. The 41 deaths reported in April included 31 men and 10 wom-en. They ranged in age from 27 to 65. Twenty-five of the people who died in April were from Cleveland while 15 were from the suburbs:

Bedford, Brooklyn, Euclid, Garfield Heights, Lakewood (2), Newburgh Heights, Par-ma, Richmond Heights, Shaker Heights, Strongsville (2) and 3 out of county residents – Kent, Mentor, and Willard. The opioid epidemic has claimed thousands of lives in recent years in Cuyahoga County. Last month, offi-cials kicked off the “Know the Risks” campaign on the risks of prescription opioid abuse, which was touted as a critical component in the fight against heroin and fentanyl.

AlGriffin,areadistrictcoordinatorfortheBoyScouts,PatrickTay-lor, with Boy Scout Troop Leader for Troop 5719 at the Good Hope Baptist Church at E.76 Street and Central Ave., and Boy Scout Ricky Colbert planted flagsonveterans’graves inprepartation for theMemorialDayCelebration.The Woodland Cemetery Foundation will honor veterans of World War I who are buried at cemetery during their annual Memorial Day Ceremony on Mon-day, May 29 at 10:00 a.m. On May 20 and May 21 at 9:00 a.m., volunteers will decorate veterans graves Dale Thomas, author of ‘Images of America: Cleve-landinWorldWarI’willbethekeynotespeaker.,andCordellStokeswillmakeconcluding remarks. The 7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry will give a 21 gun salute, and the 19th Ohio Light Artillery will give a cannon salute. For information, call 216-319-2091 or visit wcfcle@wcfcle.org.

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Recently, I was at an American mosque for prayer. When I was putting on my shoes to leave, an argument broke out between two indi-viduals outside the mosque; it was impossible to miss the loud, animated and profanity-filled discussion. As I walked closer to the dialogue, I heard a time-less argument that many of us have likely heard throughout our lives in any American Muslim community, regardless of our ethnic or ideological persuasions. The argument cen-

tered around madhabs (Islamic schools of jurisprudence). I was less interested in the back-and-forth debate and the litmus test responses being used to gain support from the growing crowd that had gath-ered, but more in the level of condescending language being used by both parties. Dur ing my dr ive home, this experience made me reflect on why our communities struggle with the notion of ikhti-laaf (differences of opinions), what mechanisms we have in place to resolve these conflicts, and how we could encourage a multiplicity of views to be

respected, tolerated and encour-aged in our American Muslim space. America is home to the most diverse Muslim com-munity in the world, potentially serving as a model of pluralism, tolerance and coexistence for its coreligionists throughout the world. Thanks to the work of individuals like the late Fazlur Rahman, Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Sulayman Nyang, to name but a few, we have an abun-dance of historical, philosophi-cal, spiritual and intellectual works that have provided an appropriate framework for us

to appreciate our Muslim ances-tors who first came into the U.S. Muslims have been in the U.S. since the coun-try’s inception, the majority of whom were enslaved African Muslims during the antebel-lum and colonial period. Two distinct historical events were especially critical in advancing Islam’s physical presence in the U.S. and solidifying its position as a thriving and growing reli-gious movement in mainstream American society. First, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, also known as the Hart-Celler Act, radically disbanded the quota systems based on national origin that were originally intended for migrants from Europe. T h i s l e g i s l a t i o n brought a massive flow of Muslims from the broader Middle East and Southeast Asia. Second, in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, the U.S. cultivated the rise of third-world anti-colonial

groups and Black empower-ment movements that saw a fusion of ideological, social and Islamic influences that remark-ably changed the discourse on what it meant to be a Muslim in America. In this way, the Ameri-can Muslim community is tasked with navigating a plu-ralistic space that has repre-sentation from Sunni, Shiite, Ahmadiyya, Sufi and Salafi communities, to name but a few. Meanwhile, it must also learn to accept the growing emergence of secular and cultural Muslims who, in many instances, don’t reject their Islamic heritage but rather seek to take a religiously neutral position. So, let’s be honest, the American Muslim com-munity is not a monolith. It represents many communi-ties, and just like the broader American public at-large, the American Muslim community is as diverse ethnically and ra-cially as it is ideologically and

politically. Yet this diversity is exactly where the power of this community lies. Its pluralistic nature is what makes this com-munity strong, resilient and quintessentially American.Look to the Future, Remember Your Past To safeguard our role in this country’s social and po-litical fabric, we must actively seek to maintain this plurality and do everything in our power to ensure that no singular voice takes precedence over the oth-ers. We are in danger of that happening when an ex-tremist shoots his way into the broader American public opin-ion and takes over what it means to be Muslim in America. Or-lando and San Bernardino arose in part because the American Muslim community has failed in this regard. Having said that, it is imperative for the commu-nity to encourage honest and open discussion. Muslims mustn’t be afraid to talk about internal issues and problems with in-tegrity and sincerity. We must hark back to the origins of Islam and to the time of the Prophet in which there are lessons on how to deal with extremism from within. When Islamic gov-ernance first faced rebellion with the Khawarij, the first call of action was to send Ibn Abbas to debate the rebels. In front of over 6,000 rebels, Ibn Abbas debated three ma-jor points of flawed theology, leading thousands of Khawarij to switch sides because they were convinced of Abbas’ argu-ments. How rare is it for us to

see a rational, mannered debate between two Muslim factions today? While it is important to take lessons from religious history, it is equally imperative to reflect on our civil history as well. Critical times for our Muslim ancestors, such as the Civil Rights Movement, must not be detached from our psyche. Nor must we overlook the ideas and lessons learned from our Jewish and Christian brothers and sisters. Let’s move beyond emotionalism and root our research and disagreement with evidence and empirical research. It is vital for those inside the community, as well as those outside, to look beyond the wall of rhetoric rapidly overwhelming public dialogue. Muslim Americans have been a part of this country’s spirit for a long time, we mustn’t let the tragic events of Orlando or San Bernardino define the extensive and rich history of Muslims in America. Our American iden-tity and unity must soar above all other sectarian divisions.

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The month of fast-ing for Muslims, Ramadan, will begin on May 27 and conclude on June 24. Masjid Bilal, 7401 Euclid Ave., will hold differ-ent educational activities dur-ing the month that are open to the community. For informa-tion call 216-391-8899. Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic calen-dar, is the holy month that marks the period of fasting and religious focus for mil-lions of Muslims around the world. Ramadan, accord-ing to the Quaran, is the month that the Quaran was first revealed to the Prophet Muhammed. Fasting is one of the five pillars of Islam. Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset for the entire month. Focus on reading the Quar-an is also an important part

Ramadan to start on May 27along with being charitable. During the fast, Muslims also refrain from smoking, and sexual activity. It is a period of reflection , patience, self-restraint and generosity that is intended to bring Muslims closer to God. All Muslims, after the age of puberty, are re-quired to fast. Those exempt from fasting are those who are ill, the elderly, those suf-fering from mental illness, those who are travelling, and women who are pregnant. Those who would normally fast during Ramadan then make up the missed days at a later time. Following Ramadan Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr which means ‘Festival of the breaking of the fast” as fam-ily and friends come together to pray and share a meal.

Miocic

As Stipe Miocic suc-cessfully defended his UFC heavyweight until last Satur-day in Dallas, Texas against Junior Dos Santos s measure of revenge both came swiftly for Miocic. With the win, North-east Ohio held on to the UFC heavyweight championship. Miocic beat Dos SDantos with a technical knockout at 2:22 in the first round to defend his title at UFC 211. Since the heavy-weight vision was dormed in 1997, only Miocic, Randy Couture, Tim Sylvia, Cain Velasquez and Brock Lesnar have won two title defenses. Miocic avenged a loss to Dos Santos in December 2014 in Phoenix, which was a five-round bout that left both fight-ers bloodied. Miocic, a Euclid na-tive and Valley View fighter, originally won the heavy-weight championship with a first-round knockout of Fabri-cio Wedum of Brazil in May 2016. Miocic (17-2) stunned Dos Santos midway through the round with a series of punches ending with a hard right to Dos Santos’ left cheek as the challenger was backing away. That pushed him into the cage befote he fell to the mat. Miocic then straddled Dos Santos and fired away

Tristan Thompson has had strong playoffs. He was mobile in Game 1 against the Celtics, coming up big with 20 points and nine rebounds. By making 6 of 10 free throws, Boston’s Hack-a-Shaq plan didn’t work to well, either. (ESDN Photo by Frank Hyatt of Minority Publishers Assn.)

Cavs blow out Boston in first game.

By KARL BRYANT

The well-rested Cava-liers showed that “rust” is not in their post season dictionary as they easily blew out the Celtics in Boston in the opening game of the Eastern Conference Fi-nals after a nine-day respite.The 117-104 final score doesn’t tell the whole story as the Celtics fell behind by 11 right out of the gate and their home court advan-tage went Pfft! Cleveland raced to a 22-point halftime lead and coasted - still owning a 21-point advantagewith a little over five minutes to go in the 4th quar-ter. When Celtics Coach Brad Stevens removed his starters with 3:23 remaining, the Cavs followed suite and substitutes scrambled their way to the final margin. LeBron James scored just about any way imaginable – driving to the rim often as he totaled 38 points, nine rebounds, and seven assists. By James

much.” When asked why Boston chose to play James with one defender most of the time, Lue smiled and said, “I’m just happy to be here,” which is his standard answer when he’s trying to avoid giving too much away while an-swering a question. It appeared that as Love started to hit most of his shots and Thompson began chipping in more than his usual amount, the Celtics had to spread out their defense out to guard all the Cavs. This left James in many one-on-one situations, where it is nearly impossible to defend him. Jae Crowder was the most-effective Celtic on the of-fensive end, scoring 21 points, including four of six from deep, although most of those came when the game was already de-cided. Avery Bradley also scored 21 for Boston. Marcus Smart, who scored six points and had a couple of altercations with Thompson, fouled out.

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Amateur boxing show will be held at Ukrainian Hall, 1925 Belle Vista Ave. on Friday, May 27 at 7:00 p.m. For tickets and information, call Chuck Haskell at 724-699-1725.

In its final tune-up before next weekend’s Mid-American Con-ference Championships the University of Akron track and field team regis-tered 12 first-place performances and 34 top-three efforts at the Campbell/Wright Invitational on Saturday, May 6, at the Lee R. Jackson Track and Field Complex. Sophomore Matt Ludwig (Chardon, Ohio) headlined the Zips’ showings on the day recording the second-best jump in the country this spring in the men’s pole vault eclipsing 18-8.25 (5.70m). The second-highest mark in outdoor program history also represented a personal-best mark and equaled the qualifying mark for the IAAF World Championships.Senior Nikki Manson (Glasgow, Scotland) captured the women’s high jump soaring past 5-8.25 (1.74m), while fellow senior Becky Szabo (North Olm-sted) in her final home meet won the women’s pole vault with a clearance of 13-2.25 (4.02m).1-6.50 (49.24m) to take the title in the women’s discus.

Zips win 12 first place in track In its final doubleheader of the regular season, the Akron softball team split a Mid-American Conference twinbill at Miami (Ohio) on Saturday afternoon at the Miami Softball Stadium. The Zips came from behind to win game one, 4-1, before falling 3-0 in the night cap. The Zips finished 26-27 overall and 12-11 in the MAC, while the RedHawks improved to 28-22 overall and 13-10 in MAC play. In the opener, Miami scored a solo run in the bottom of the first. The teams then went scoreless for five innings. In the top of the seventh with bases loaded and no outs, junior OF Taylor Kirian (New Riegel, Ohio) hit a home run to left field, scoring senior OF Savannah Fruin (Delray Beach, Fla.), freshman PR Mad-ison Carter (Newnan, Ga.), and sophomore DP Kelly Hysong (Beach City, Ohio). It was the first grand slam of her collegiate career and her fourth homer of the sea-son. Kirian became the second Zip to hit a grand slam this season, joining senior 2B Anna Tarpley (Jacksonville, Fla.) who had one at Northern Illinois (March 24).

Zips split softball games

Miocic successfully defends title in Dallas

witha series of lefts that ended the fight. The fourth-ranked Dos Santos (18-5), who had hurt Miocic with multiple kicks, called the loss “terrible.” Saturday’s victory was Miocic’s fifth straight since the loss to Dos Santos. As for who’s next, the affable champ said, “Right now, it’s my kitchen. The kitchen when I get home. That’s all I’m wor-ried about.” Miocic, who is 34 years old, defended his title against Alistair Overeem last September “at home” in Cleve-land with a first-round knock-out. Dos Santos is 3-4 since his championship loss in a rematch with Velasquez in December 2012. The Brazil-ian returned to the octagon on Saturday following a 13-month absence that began with sur-gery on his right shoulder.

and others driving to the hole, the Cavs either scored or were fouled, and ended up with 2 to 1 free throw shooting edge – 35 to 18, while making 28, compared to just 10 for the Celtics. On a night when Kyle Korver and Iman Shumpert were off – each going one of six from the field for three points - and Kyrie Irving was so-so – go-ing four of 11, while scoring 11 points, Kevin Love, and of all people, Tristan Thompson, picked up the slack. Lovedis-played the hot hand, making nine of 16 shots, including six of nine from the perimeter, for 32 points, to go with a dozen rebounds. Thompson made all seven of his field goal attempts as he scored 20 points to go with nine boards. When asked after-wards about James playing 42 minutes, while most of the other starters played about 34, Coach Tyronn Lue said, “He’s playing at a high level. And that’s the reason why we’re riding him so

By KARL BRYANT

The Indians had a less-than-happy homestand as they went 2-4 on their sojourn at Progressive Field. Josh Tomlin began the Progressive Field stay with a great outing – looking like he’s turned the corner on his poor beginning to the 2017 sea-son by giving up one run for the second straight game – but then saw the wheels fall off his come-back wagon on the last day get-away game. A couple of Indians went on the Disabled List, which is never good news, but one of the replacement call ups, Brad-ley Zimmer, got his first Major League HR. Currently, the Tribe is a game out of 1st Place. Newly on the DL are Abraham Almonte, who will be out 3 to 5 weeks with a bicep strain, and Brandon Guyer, who will be out 4 to 6 weeks with a wrist sprain. Almonte was bat-ting only .221 and Guyer just .182, and both appeared to not be swinging the bat with the same authority they displayed in the past. Pitching Ace Corey Kluber is already on the DL, along with INF Yandy Diaz and OF Austin Jackson. Pitcher Cody Anderson is out for the year after recon-structive elbow surgery. Looking at the home-

stand, the Tribe totally wasted Tomlin’s fine outing last Friday, as he gave up just one run on a 1st inning home run to Miguel Sano, and then nothing the rest of his eight innings of work. Unfortunately, the Twins Ervin Santana was even better, allow-ing zero runs in seven innings, as he improved to 6-1, with a 1.50 ERA. The Tribe followed that defeat with a 4-1 loss to Jose Berrios, making his first start of the year, before teeing off against the Twins in an 8-3 win. Jason Kipnis was moved into the leadoff spot and responded immediately by clobbering a couple of HRs. Lonnie Chisen-hall and Carlos Santana, who’d been dropped out of the leadoff spot, also hit HRs. Trevor Bauer (3-4) ended his string of bad out-ings by giving up just three runs in six innings of work. It looked like the Tribe’s offense had turned the corner as they scored eight runs for the second straight game as they outscored Tampa Bay, 8-7, on Monday. Chisenhall and Fran-cisco Lindor hit HRs but with the Tribe leading 7-5, Carlos Carrasco, who’s been the Tribe’s most consistent starter,allowed a couple of HRs and left in the 4th Inning with pectoral muscle soreness.His injury is expected to be minor.

Indians homestand not too happy

One solace that the Celtics can take from this week is that they won the NBA Draft Lottery – getting the rights to the overall No. 1 pick with the 1st Round Draft choice they got from a trade with Brooklyn in 2013. The retiring Paul Pierce, one of the players in that trade four years ago, laughably tweet-ed, “And look what I leave be-hind for the Celts on my way out (No. 1) pick.” The Cavaliers will not play at home until Sunday and Tuesday, with both games starting at 8:30 p.m. All away playoff games are played on the Jumbotron inside Quicken Loans Arena with Cavs Girls, Scream Team, and other amenities go-ing on, just as if a game is being played in person. There are also basketball skills areas for fami-lies along the perimeter of the arena floor. The $5 admission fee goes toward helping the Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity.

The next day featured aslugfest by the Rays, who clob-bered four long balls off of loser Danny Salazar (2-4), including two by Corey Dickerson, and a 2-run shot off of Shawn Arm-strong. Edwin Encarnacion hit a HR for Cleveland in the 6-4 loss. The rubber match of the series unfortunately went Tampa Bay’s way as the game started out about as crazy as you can get. Tomlin struck out the first five batters he faced and it looked like he was on his way to his third straight qual-ity start. But then the bottom dropped out on him. Tampa Bay started to light him up – single, single, double, HR - and when the smoke cleared, it was 4-0.The HR was Dickerson’s third in two days vs. the Tribe. An in-ning later, after another HR and double, Tomlin was gone. The six runs proved to be too much of a whole for the Tribe to dig out of. For good measure, Jesus Sacre jacked one out in the 9th to give the Rays a franchise high 10 HRs for a three-game series. Not a good series for Tribe pitchers. A bright spot was Zim-mer, who’d had a fine Spring Training, but was sent to the Mi-nors for more seasoning. Having been called up for Indians on the DL, he struck out three times in his Major League debut the day

before. On Wednesday though, he got his first Big League hit in the 3rd inning and knocked in a run and then came around to score on a hit by Kipnis. In the 9th inning, Zimmer came up and hit his first MLB HR to make it 7-4, which was the final. In fact, Zimmer’s long ball almost set off a comeback, as it must’ve shaken reliever Alex Colome, as the next two batters hit balls to the wall, with Rays CF Kevin Kiermaieractually robbing Kip-nis of a HR for the game’s final play. Before Tomlin im-ploded, youngsters in the Weath-er Education Day crowd talked Tribe. Melinda, like her class-mates, adorned in Indians garb, said, “I like this. We get to en-joy being outside (partly sunny, 85 degrees), learn about science, and see a game.” Keisha said, “Dad says our pitchers have to do better or we’ll never be in 1st Place. We were so happy last year when we went to the World Series. It was exciting just to be there.” After the game, on the way out, an optimistic Lamar said, “Hey, they didn’t give up and we almost got three straight homers there at the end. They’re gonna get those over the fence next time.”

Boxing NostalgiaBy JIM AMATO

Witherspoon

In my opinion one of the most under rated heavy-weights during the last 20 years has been “Terrible” Tim Wither-spoon. He was a two time world champion and a solid contender for close to two decades. This man deserves some recognition. Witherspoon, a native of the great fight city of Phila-delphia, turned pro in 1979. He won his first 15 fights beating the likes of Marvin Stinson, Alonzo Ratliff and Renaldo Snipes. This led to a 1983 title shot against the respected Larry Holmes. Holmes walked away with a highly con-troversial decision win. Despite the loss the “Terrible” one had arrived. Witherspoon rebound-ed outscoring Jumbo Cummings and blasting out James “Quick” Tillis in one for the NABF ti-tle. In 1984 Witherspoon was matched with the talented Greg Page for the vacant WBC title. On this night Witherspoon would outscore Page to win his first title. In his first defense, Witherspoon was out jabbed and out boxed by the speedy Pinklon Thomas. “Pinky” put on a class performance that night. Witherspoon came back in 1985 to halt tough Mark

Tim Witherspoon was underrated as a boxer

Wills and score a highlight reel KO over James Broad. With-erspoon then outpointed James “Bonecrusher” Smith. This led to a shot at the WBA title against fast handed Tony Tubbs. In 1986, Witherspoon won the heavyweight title for a second time with a decision over Tubbs. He then defended it with a sen-sational come from behind KO of England’s heralded Frank Bruno. In Witherspoon’s next defense the walls came tumbling down. He met “Bonecrusher” again. This was a man he had defeated handily the first time around. This time, Witherspoon

was caught cold and dropped three times in the first round. His title was gone. He would never again get a well deserved chance to reclaim it. In 1987, he halted Mark Wills again. This time in the first round. He then out-scored prospect Mike Williams. In 1989, Witherspoon scored a stunning one round KO over Anders Eklund who resembled a blond tree being felled. With-erspoon was back in business. In 1990 he halted dangerous Jeff Sims. Then he outscored Jose Ribalta and later defeated the flashy Carl “The Truth” Wil-liams for the USBA title. In 1991 he took out Art Tucker in three rounds. To his credit, Wither-spoon ducked no one. In 1992, Witherspoon beat rugged James Pritchard. Witherspoon was then upset by the spoiler Everett “Big Foot” Martin. In 1996 he outscored Al-fred Cole and bombed out Jorge Luis Gonzalez. Next Wither-spoon would lose a war to tough as nails Ray Mercer. From this point Witherspoon’s career was up and down. He took out Levi Billips in one round. He dropped verdicts to Larry Donald, Jimmy Thunder and Andrew Golota.

In 1999, he was halt-ed by Brian Nielsen and Page. His career appeared to be over. Witherspoon made one last charge in 2000. He drew with Mike Sedillo.He then halted David Bostice in one round. He upset Elieser Castillo but dropped a points call to Monte Barrett. With-erspoon then gave us one last highlight clip KO dropping Darroll Wilson. In 2002 the ag-ing Witherspoon was savaged in five rounds by Lou Savarese. In 2003, Witherspoon dropped a decision to Brian Nix and called it quits. Witherspoon ended his career with a 55-13-1 ledger against the best heavyweights of his era. He knocked out 38 foes. Several in spectacular fashion. He was only halted four times. He was tough, strong, powerful and durable. Sometimes his lack of training and dedication may have held him back. Nevertheless in my humble opinion, a well condi-tioned and prime Witherspoon would have been a handful for a peak “Iron” Mike Tyson. Too bad that fight never happened.

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Mary J. Blige, Usher, Fantasia, Con-funkshun, KEM, SWV, and En Vogue will top the 2017 Cincinnati Music Festival Cincinnati Music Festival Presented by P&G on July 28 and 29 at Paul Brown Stadium. Mary J. Blige, KEM, SWV, and En Vogue will perform at 7:30 on Friday, July 28. Usher, Fantasia, Anthony Hamilton, and Confunkshun will head-line the Saturday, July 29th concert. Originally called the Ohio Valley Jazz Fes-tival when it was first held in 1962, the Cincinnati Music Festival has grown and evolved into a spec-tacular two-day event on Cincinnati’s riverfront. Starting out as an all-jazz concert, it has evolved and grown into

KEM, SWV to headline Cincinnati Music Festival

a two-day festival featuring great music from the hottest stars in R&B, jazz, soul, and hip-hop, as well as up and coming artists. Past performers in-clude Aretha Franklin, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Lu-ther Vandross, Gerald Levert, Patti Labelle, New Edition, Earth Wind and Fire, Lake-side, Whitney Houston, Ste-vie Wonder and many others.

By the year 2000, Cincinnati Music Festival was the largest of its kind in the United States, draw-ing more than 50,000 people annually from all across the country. The festival has been held at various sites through its 50-year history, including French Lick In-diana, the Carthage Fair-grounds, and the Hamilton

County Fairgrounds before landing at its current home at Paul Brown Stadium on Cincinnati’s riverfront. Accompanied by a street festival dubbed Festi-val 513, the Macy’s Music Festival has an estimated annual economic impact of $25 million, according to the Greater Cincinnati Cen-ter for Economic Education at the University of Cincin-

nati. In 2005, Macy’s became the festival’s head-line sponsor and continued on for 10 years through 2014. 2015 marked the first of many years in Partner-ship with Cincinnati-based global company P&G. The Cincinnati Music Festival is co-pro-moted by The Santangelo Group and Ohio Valley Entertainment. 2017 rep-resents The Festival’s 55th year of bringing top R&B talent to Cincinnati. In addition to the Macy’s Festival in Cincin-nati, The Santangelo Group promotes the Hampton Jazz Festival in Hampton, VA. The Cincinnati Music Festival is one of the only shows nationwide that features a double stage. Tickets on sale at 800-452-3132 or visit ciny-musicfestival.com.

SWV will headline thethe 2017 Cincinnati Music Festival Cincinnati Music Festival Presented by P&G on July 28 and 29 at Paul Brown Stadium.

Jim Brickman's 'A Joyful Christmas' con-cert comes to Playhouse Square on Saturday, De-cember 16 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are on sale at playhousesquare.org and 2216-241-6000 and

Jim Brickman returns for holiday concertrange from $75 to $10. Brickman has revo-lutionized the sound of solo piano with his pop-style in-strumentals and star-studded vocal collaborations. His signature style has brought him two Grammy nods, four

certified Gold albums and 30 charted adult radio hits. Brickman’s best-known compositions in-clude the chart-toppers “Valentine,” “The Gift,” “Love of My Life,” “Simple Things,” and “Peace.” He has established a reputation

for this collaborations with many gifted musical artists that include: Martina Mc-Bride, Kenny Rogers, Carly Simon, Donny Osmond and Olivia Newton-John. A native of Cleve-land, Ohio, Brickman began playing piano at the age of five. He studied at the pres-tigious Cleveland Institute of Music, where a scholarship has been established in his honor, and founded his own advertising music company in 1980. His concerts have been enjoyed internationally and in over 125 cities across the U.S. Brickman is host of The JimBrickman Show, a weekly radio show heard in over 80 cities across North America. He has authored

'Gothika' puts Halle Berry in a different genreBy C.M APPLING

Halle Berry is a mod-ern, motion-picture legend. The African-American actress is the daughter of a black fa-ther and a white mother. Born and raised in Bedford Heights, the former Miss Ohio beauty-pageant winner is renowned for her perfect, golden-bronze complexion and trademark, black, short and spiky, straight hair-style. Her breakout film role was as a ‘crack-ho’ in Spike Lee’s interracial drama Jungle Fever (1991). After that, she appeared in com-edies like Strictly Business (1991), Boomerang (1992) and B.A.P.S. (1997). Berry has starred in TV mini-series, like the Alex Haley Roots sequel Queen (1993) and the Oprah Win-frey-produced The Wedding (1995). She played American spy Jinx Johnson opposite Englishman Pierce Brosnan in the James Bond action flick Die Another Day (2002). And, she has portrayed two, comic book icons: the white-haired, mutant super-hero Storm in the original, Marvel Comics, X-Men film trilogy; and, as a different, feline reincarnation of DC Comics’ Batman char-acter in Catwoman (2004). The versatile per-former drew dramatic atten-tion in Losing Isaiah (1995), but was bestowed a TV Emmy and Golden Globe for her bio-graphical portrayal of another, legendary, Cleveland actress in Introducing Dorothy Dan-dridge (1999). And, she made film history by being the first, black female to win the Best Actress Oscar for her appear-ance in Monster’s Ball (2001). Although she has starred in comedies, dramas, action/sci-fi and mini-series, one of her most interesting and riveting roles came in a dark, mystery-suspense-thril ler called Gothika (2003). At the Woodward Penitentiary in Connecticut, criminal psychiatrist Dr. Mi-randa Grey (Halle Berry) is talking to mental patient Chloe (Penelope Cruz) about her cut-ting her rapist step-father’s throat. Later, Miranda meets

her husband, Dr. Doug Grey (Charles S. Dutton) in his of-fice. He is the senior doctor at the institution. That evening, as Miranda drives home in a bad rainstorm, she takes a de-tour over a bridge. She sees the blonde figure of a woman on the road. When she ap-proaches the figure to offer help, the woman reaches out to touch Miranda, then they both burst into flames. The next thing Mi-randa knows, she wakes up im-prisoned as one of her own in-stitutionalized patients. When her fellow colleague Dr. Pete Graham (Robert Downey, Jr.) talks to her, she discovers that she’s been there for three days. Pete tells her that she killed Doug and she screams in unbelievable protest. The next day, in the hospital courtyard, Chloe shows Miranda a news-paper clipping about Miranda being arrested for Doug’s mur-der. That night, in Miranda’s cell, she sees the words ‘Not Alone’ written on glass in the exhaled breath of an unseen presence. While taking a com-munal shower, Miranda ‘sees’ the blonde woman from the bridge. The woman seems to cut Miranda’s arm. When Miranda meets with her attor-ney (Dorian Harewood), even though he tells her that her prints are on the murder weap-on and on the scene, she insists her innocence. When Sheriff Paul Ryan (John Carroll Lynch) becomes angry at her for kill-ing his best-friend Doug, she takes the bandages off her arm to show the words ‘Not Alone’ cut into her skin. In the photos of the crime scene, the same words are painted on the wall in blood. When she dreams that night, her memories run in reverse slow-motion. The next day, she confesses to Pete and Phil Par-sons (Bernard Hill), the hospi-tal administrator, that she does remember killing Doug. But, when she sees a picture of Phil’s deceased daughter, Ra-chel, on his desk, Miranda tells them that she is the woman from the bridge. That evening, Miranda’s cell mysteriously unlocks itself.

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She sneaks to Chloe’s cell where she ‘sees’ Chloe be-ing raped by a stranger with a ‘burning woman’ tattoo on his chest. Miranda tries to con-vince Phil that Rachel did not commit suicide. The follow-ing day, Miranda apologizes to Chloe for not believing her be-fore. Chloe hugs Miranda and tells her that her attacker said, “She’s next.” That night, when it seems like Rachel is attacking Miranda, security guards open her cell to respond. Miranda manages to miraculously flee the institution (with another guard’s help). When she re-turns to her home, her mind re-enacts the night she murdered Doug with an axe. While looking at an old photo of her and Doug in front of an old barn, she drives there as if being ‘led’ or ‘called.’ When she arrives, she is shocked to discover video equipment and evidence show-ing Doug raping shackled, fe-male hostages/victims. Later, after the media is informed, Miranda tells Sheriff Ryan that ‘Not Alone’ means that there are two serial killers. While they talk about the criminal profile, Miranda suddenly realizes that Ryan is the other perpetrator. With the tattoo of a burning woman on his chest, Rachel’s ghost helps trick the evil officer into set-ting himself on fire before Mi-randa gets to shoot him. A year later, both Miranda and Chloe are free, having been cleared of their charges. Miranda finally feels done with being haunted by ghosts---until she sees a fire engine speed through a little boy whose ‘missing persons’ photo is on a nearby street pole. With Gothika, Berry joined her black contempo-raries like Morgan Freeman in Se7en (1995) and Denzel Washington in The Bone Col-lector (1999) by performing in a film genre usually reserved only for white acting legends. The movie is filled with dark, spooky and disturbing imag-ery and, unlike Bruce Willis’ ghostly hit The Sixth Sense (1999), there are not one but two surprise endings that make it a motion-picture to ‘haunt’ memories for a long time.

Chris' Cinema Trivia &Movie Match UpBy CHRIS APPLING

TRIVIA - (Biography)

1. In what T.V. mov-ie (that was first based on a story reported on 60 Min-utes), did Cicely Tyson por-tray a disillusioned, Chicago school teacher who decides to open her own school to teach children labeled as 'retarded' or 'unteachable' and educated them to actually score higher on standardized tests than most average, public school students? 2. Who is the Af-rican- American actor that starred in 'Captive Heart: TheJames Mink Story' (1996) about a wealthy, black, Cana-dian man married to a white,Irish immigrant (actress KateNelligan) in the 1850's who must disguise themselves asa male slave and his mistress/owner in order to enter the American South after their mulatto daughter (actress Rachael Crawford) is trickedinto marrying a slave trader who sells her to a plantationowner? 3. In what T.V. cablemovie did actor Roger Guen-veur Smith and actress Lynn

Whitfield portray a light-skinned, 1940's Detroit cou-ple, Mac and Minnie Mc- Gee, who fight for their rightto live in a house in a white 'restricted' neighborhood andwin their case in the U.S. Supreme Court, changing all national laws on 'housingcovenants'? 4. Who are the two,African-American actressesthat starred in the T.V. movieabout sisters Sadie and Be sie Delany, whose lives as century-old blacks are chronicled first, in a Tony- Award winning, Broadway play, then in the film 'HavingOur Say: The Delany Sisters'First 100 Years'? 5. Who is the actorthat portrayed American- Asian, golf phenom, Eldrick'Tiger' Woods in the cable T.V. film 'The Tiger Woods Story' (1999)?ANSWERS: 1. 'The MarvaCollis Story' (1981) 2. LouisGossett, Jr. 3. 'The Color ofCourage' (1994) 4. DiahannCarroll and Ruby 5. KhalilKain

MOVIE MATCH-UP - (60's Civil Rights)

FILMS:1. 'King' (1957)2. 'The Long Walk Home'(1990)3. 'Murder in Mississippi'(1990)4. 'Malcolm X' (1992)5. 'Ghost of Mississippi'(1996)DESCRIPTIONS:

a) death of Medgar Eversb) Life of Movement'smain leaderc) 'Detroit Red' becomesIs- lamic Muslimd) bus boycott inspired byRosa Parkse) 'Freedom Summer's'three activistsANSWERS: 1, b; 2, d; 3, e; 4, c; 5, a

JustJazz

By NANCY ANN LEE

A much underrated jazz pianist, Cedar Walton has been nearly overlooked by fans and the press, even though he has consistently per-formed since rising to promi-nence in the mid-60s with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. With his new versionof the Eastern Rebellion quar-tet (initially formed in 1975 with saxman George Coleman and the late Sam Jones) Wal-ton has gained more attention. Drummer Billy Hig-gins, a charter member of thequartet, has regularly workedwith Walton since the 1950s. Recordings in the past few years have includedbassist David Williams, a Walton collaborator since the 1970s, and young London- born saxophonist Ralph Moore, the spark plug who ignited the dor-mant Rebellion on a 1990 session when Freddie Hubbard couldn't play. Moore joined Wal-ton's energetic mainstream jazz trio to record Mosaic (Music Master's, 1992). Eastern Rebellion's second album, Simple Plea-sure, released in 1993, fea-tured mostly Walton originals.

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McCullough

Rubie Ball held

The Harvard Community Services Center last Saturday held its 4th annual Rubie Ball at the Marriott East in Warrensville Heights. The event is named in honor of the late Rubie McCullough who found-ed the center. Alex Johnson, who is the president of Cuyahoga Community College was the guest speaker, whose speech dealt with McCullough’s life achievements and how her efforts related to improving the quality of life in today’s society. McCul lough , in 1968, founded Har-vard Community Ser-vices Center in the Lee-Harvard neighborhood where she and her hus-band, William, bought a home and she had started community work. She worked as president of the center until her retire-ment in 1989. M c C u l l o u g h was a staunch advocate for her community. Her ability to work educators, politicians and business people helped her stand out and affect changes as she worked tirelessly for the center, helping to en-sure that her constinuents enjoyed a better standard of living. From meals for senior citizens to recre-ational and educational programs for children,

she spent her life ad-dressing the needs of oth-ers. She also worked as a friend to the Cleve-land Public Library, Cleveland schools and Cuyahog Community College, where she served as a trustee from 1974 until her death in 1995. M c C u l l o u g h moved to Cleveland in 1945 and was a staunch advocate for her com-munity. She worked at the Phyllis Wheatley and learned froma mentors Jane Edna Hunter, Tom-mie Patty and Ethel Sto-rey. After moving to the Lee-Harvard neigh-borhood, she got in-volved in organizations, becoming president of the Eldamere Street Club and the Lee-Harvard Community Association. M c C u l l o u g h grew up on a farm in Enfield, NC and gradu-taed from North Caro-lina Central University in Durham. During the event, Rhonda Lockett served as the Mistress of Ceremonies and awards were presented to the center’s staff members for their service. Other awards were presented to Everett Chandler and Zeddie Coley for Board Member Emeritus; Councilman Terell Pruitt, Man of the Year; and Tracey Oliver, Commu-nity Advocate. Aside from Johnson’s speech, Elain Gohlstin, who is the cur-rent director of the center gave remarks and rec-ognized people in atten-dance. Also giving re-marks was Reverend Mel Kendall McCray, who is the board chairman for the center.

Cleveland Councilman and mayoral candidate Zack Reed and Eugene Brown, Sr., president of the Lee-Harvard Community Association, were in attendance for the 4th annual Rubie Ball held at the Marriott Hotel East in Warrensville Heights. The event was a fund-raiser for the Harvard Service Community Center.

Alex Johnson (right), president of Cuyahoga Community College, greets Wil-liam “Billy” McCullough at the Rubie Ball. McCullough is the son of the late Rubie Mc-Cullough. Johnson was the guest speaker for the event and he talked about McCullough’s impact as a community activist on today’s society.

Alex Johnson (right), president of Cuyahoga Community College, greets Rhon-da Lockett, who was the Mistress of Ceremonies for the 4th Annual Rubie Ball held at the Marriott East. Johnson was the keynote speaker for the event.

Cleveland Councilman Jeff Johnson and former Councilman Joe Jones at-tended the the 4th Annual Rubie Ball held at the Marriott East. Johnson is a candidate for mayor and Jones is a candidate for Council in Ward 1.

Brandon Chrostowski, CEO of Edwin’s Restaurant and a mayoral candidate,(center), greets Judge Tonya Jones and Judicial candidate Jazmine Torres-LU-GO. All were in attendance for the 4th annual Rubie Ball held at the Marriott Hotel East in Warrensville Heights. The event was a fund-raiser for the Harvard Service Community Center.

Derby inducts hall members Two new mem-bers will be inducted into the Soap Box Derby Hall of Fame during the post-race awards ceremony for

the 80th FirstEnergy All-American Soap Box Derby on the evening of Saturday, July 22. “The Soap Box Derby Hall of Fame was es-tablished in 1997, to honor individuals who have made significant contributions for the good of the Soap Box Derby,” said Bobby Dinkins, vice president of the Soap Box Derby orga-nization. “The two 2017 inductees have been active and dedicated volunteers in the Soap Box Derby for decades and their contribu-tions have made a major impact on the lives of thou-sands of boys and girls.” The 2017 induct-ees are: Ken Cline of Llano, Texas. Cline, 63, first raced in Midland, Texas, in 1965. After his family moved to Lincoln, Neb., he won the race there in 1967, and went on to win the 30th All-American Soap Box Derby that year. His unique narrow body, needle-nose racecar also earned the best design honor. Cline later was director of the Lincoln race and, after moving to Chi-cago, helped organize the Greater Chicago Soap Box Derby in 1986, and later served as its director. He became a regional director for Midwest states in 1990. Cline was part of the team which developed and designed the Stock Car introduced in 1992, that is still in use today to provide a ready-to-assemble car kit. He is a railroad consultant following his retirementas Chicago terminal manager of Burlington Northern Railroad. Mark Packard of Rockford, Illinois. Packard, 57, won the local Soap Box Derby in Bay City, Mich., in 1971. His experience in Akron at

the All-American Soap Box Derby that year turned into a lifetime passion for the Derby program. He served as a volunteer with the nearby Saginaw race, where he helped design and build the ramp and timing system at the permanent track. He later helped organize the Greater Chicago Soap Box Derby in 1986, and was its race director for five years. After moving to Rockford, he started the lo-cal Derby racing program there and was its first direc-tor. Packard also was part of the team that developed the Stock Car in 1992. He is national sales manager for a Michigan-based tool com-pany. Dinkins said the 2017 class will bring the number of inductees to 70 since the Hall of Fame was established in 1997. The Soap Box Derby in an international non-profit organization whose mission is to build knowledge and character, and to create meaningful experiences through collab-oration and fair and honest competition. The program dates to 1934, when the first All-American Soap Box Derby of gravity-powered racers built by youngsters was staged in Dayton, Ohio. The event moved to Akron in 1935, where it has been run annually except for a four-year hiatus during World War II. The 80th anniver-sary FirstEnergy All-Amer-ican Soap Box Derby will be Saturday, July 22, 2017, at Derby Downs, when boys and girls who have won lo-cal races in their home com-munities or earned points in rally races will compete in the championship finals for divisional titles and college scholarship awards.

‘MST3K’ live tour comes to State For the first time ever, join Joel Hodgson, creator of the critically ac-claimed “Mystery Science Theater 3000” TV show and its new host Jonah Heston (Jonah Ray) as they bring the first live touring produc-tion of “MST3K” to Cleve-land on the “Watch Out for Snakes!” Tour. Tickets for the August 8 performance at the State Theatre are on sale now and available at www.playhousesquare.org or 216-241-6000. Appearing with Joel and Jonah live on stage will be robot companions Crow (Hampton Yount), Tom Servo and Gypsy, along with Synthia (Rebec-ca Hanson) and her Bone-head henchmen. Of course, it wouldn’t be “MST3K” without the ever-present surveillance of the Mads, Kinga Forrester (Felicia Day) and TV’s Son of TV’s Frank (Patton Oswalt), checking up on their unwill-ing test subjects via a video screen. The evening will include all the things ex-pected from an “MST3K” experience: a cheesy B-movie, hilarious riffing, wisecracking robots, silly sketches, plus –for the first time –audience par-ticipation! Featured is the MST3K favorite “Eegah,” featuring all-new riffs and sketches. It’s a fun, sci-fi thriller never before fea-tured on “MST3K.” Following its re-cord-breaking #BringBack-MST3K Kickstarter cam-paign, the new season of the show launched on April 14, 2017, exclusively on Netf-lix. The two live shows are written by the cast and writ-

ers of the new Netflix Origi-nal Series, which has earned a critics’ rating of 100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.. The New York Times hails, “At last, a revival of some-thing actually worth reviv-ing… a different cast but the same outlook and style — and mercifully, the same reliable, giddy humor.” “MST3K is just as hilarious as ever in rebooted form, turning its bemused eye on old, schlocky fare for some good, old-fashioned riff-ing,” raves Vanity Fair. And Nerdist says “The referenc-es are updated, the sets are snazzier, but the heart and soul of MST3K certainly remains intact.” For almost 30 years, the award-winning comedy television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 has been known as one of the top cult TV shows of all time. The story of a human host and his robot sidekicks trapped aboard a satellite and forced to watch cheesy movies by their cap-tor, MST3K has maintained its reputation thanks to its fervently devoted fan base, known as MSTies. Created by Joel Hodgson, the first season of Mystery Science The-ater 3000 aired in 1988 on KTMA-TV in Minneapolis. Set on the Satellite of Love, the series follows a hapless host trapped by mad scien-tists on a satellite in space, who is forced to watch some of the most outrageously unfortunate B movies ever created. To keep sane, he’s built two robot sidekicks, and together they do a run-ning commentary on the films, affectionately mock-ing their flaws with inspired wisecracks and acting as a

lively movie theater peanut gallery. MST3K’s nation-al broadcast life began in 1989 on the Comedy Chan-nel (later to become Come-dy Central), where it ran for seven seasons. The show’s final three seasons aired on the Sci-Fi Channel. Series creator Hodgson originally played the stranded man, Joel Robinson. When he left in 1993, series head writer Mike Nelson replaced him as the new B-movie victim, and continued in the role for the rest of the show’s run. The format proved to be popular, and during its ten seasons and 197 episodes on the Comedy Channel and later, the Sci-Fi Channel, it attained a loyal fan base and critical acclaim, including a Peabody Award and two Primetime Emmy® nomi-nations. In late 2015, Shout! Factory and creator Joel Hodgson formed a new partnership known as Satellite of Love LLC, to acquire the global IP rights to MST3K with the aim of producing new episodes and managing and developing the IP in other areas. The highly successful Mystery Science Theater Kickstarter campaign to #BringBack-MST3K, spearheaded by Shout! Factory and Hodg-son surpassed its goal by funding the production of 14 new episodes and set the world record as the high-est-funded Film and TV crowdfunding campaign in history. The new episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 debuted as a Netflix Original Series on April 14th, 2017.

Gilson to testify at Senate C u y a h o g a County Medical Exam-iner Dr. Thomas Gilson on Tuesday announced he will testify before the United States Senate about the evolving fen-tanyl crisis that continues to devastate communities across the nation, such as Cuyahoga County. The “Stopping the Ship-ment of Synthetic Opi-oids: Oversight of U.S. Strategy to Combat Il-

licit Drugs” hearing was scheduled for Thursday, May 25 in Washington D.C. The U.S. Sen-ate Permanent Subcom-mittee on Investigations will hold the hearing to discuss the ongoing fen-tanyl epidemic and how these drugs are getting into the country. Dr. Gil-son will provide infor-mation on the number of fatal overdoses related to

opioids and the ability of this office to respond to the epidemic. Since January 1st, there have been at least 203 fatalities due to fentanyl, which includes fentanyl-laced heroin and fentanyl-laced cocaine. The hearing was held in the Dirksen Senate Office Build-ing (Washington D.C.), Room SD-342.

Tours highlight farming Summer is just about here, and Ohio-ans have an oppor-tunity to learn about the past and future of farming in the state. The Ohio Eco-logical Food and Farm Association’s annual Sustainable Farm Tour and Workshop Series begins June 6. Jess Lamar Reece Holler, OEF-

FA’s director of its Growing Right Oral History Project, says the series showcases the work of growers and producers who use sustainable methods. “Eco log ica l farming is really about place,” she points out. “Every farmer has a different ecology they participate in based on where they’re located,

and so one of the most palpable ways to ex-perience that is to get on the farm and see and hear and smell for yourself what it’s like.” There are 17 free farm tours, along with 10 special events and workshops on veg-etable production, ur-ban farming, food se-curity and other topics.

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Visit Canton holds a media showcase

Allyson Bussey, president of Visit Canton, and Peter Fierle, chief of staff and vice president of communications at the the Pro-Football Hall of Fame gave members of the media and other attendees a warm welcome to the Visit Canton 2017 Media Showcase held on Thursday, May 11 at the Pro-Football Hall of Fame Museum. Fierle gave partici-pants a tour of the stadium which is still under construction.

Visit Canton held a media showcase on Thursday, May 11 at the Pro-Football Hall of Fame Museum. The event high-lighted improvements in across Stark County, es-pecially the renovations at the Pro-Football Hall of Fame which organiz-ers hoped would boost tourism. Work to trans-form the Pro Football Hall of Fame from a tourist stop to a $600 million, football-themed destination is quickly moving for-ward. Peter Fierle, chief of staff and vice presi-dent of communications at the the Pro-Football

Hall of Fame gave at-tendees a tour of the stadium which is still under construction. The new Tom Benson Stadium will be a one-of-a-kind football stadium with a stage literally built into the stands for concerts and the Hall of Fame en-shrinement ceremonies. Land behind the existing museum has iis set for a four-star, football-themed hotel. Besides being all-football themed, the hotel willl have a 50-foot ceiling in the lobby and big furniture for big football players that are in Canton for Pro-Football Hall of Fame

events. For example, for Browns’ fans, the room will be illumi-nated in brown and or-ange. In the room, there will be images of Otto Graham or Ozzie New-some. The planned Johnson Controls Hall of Fame Village will eventually have nine attractions, including restaurants and retail, as well as residential. The $200 million, virtual reality attraction will include a water theme park and another hotel attached to it. Virtual reality that will allow the fan to go in, and not only go to the game, but

feel part of the game. New youth football fields will also soon be added to those that are already built, bringing to six the number of fields on the property. They will be intended to host some of the best youth football players from around the country, who will not only learn more about their sport during visits, but about sportsman-ship. The Pro-Foot-ball Hall of Fame muse-um will remain and will be the centerpiece of the project. P resen ta t ion from a number of com-munity leaders includ-

ed: Allyson Bussey, president, Visit Canton; Jared Shive, marketing specialist, Stark Park District; Barb Abbott, president of Canton Food Tours & Wooster Food Tours; Max Bar-ton, executive director, Canton Museum of Art; Tricia Ostertag, vice president of marketing and special events for ArtsinStark; Melinda Carmichael, director, Beech Creek Botani-cal Gardens; Alexandra Nicholis Coon, execu-tive director of Massil-lon Museum; and Chris-ta Kozy, president, Lake Township Chamber of Commerce, Discover Hartville.

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Fundraiser to be held for Hampton University The Cleve-land Chapter National Hampton Alumni Asso-ciation, Inc. is celebrat-ing its 51st Scholarship Benefit. The organiza-tion raises funds to help Cleveland area students attend Hampton Uni-versity, a Historically Black College and Uni-versity (HBCU), located in Hampton, Virginia. Through the years, local Hampton alumni along with sup-porters of the organi-zation have raised and awarded over four hun-dred thousand dollars. Their dedication to the students and Hampton University has led to many realizing their dream of becoming col-lege graduates.

C l e v e l a n d Chapter President and former scholarship re-cipient, Tosha Hudson, said, “I am proud to be a part of an alumni as-sociation and commu-nity that supports higher education. Our goal is to continue encouraging the spirit of giving. The chapter is committed to during our part in preserving the educational legacy of our alma mater, Hamp-ton University, by serv-ing students attending our Home by the Sea.” The Chapter on Sunday, June 11th, will celebrate its 51st year with a Jazz Brunch at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Beach-wood. The afternoon will include music fea-

turing Pat Harris, and a silent auction. The need for educational funding is great. Finding money for college from outside sources can be a daunt-ing task. Justin Alvis, senior Hampton Uni-versity student and scholarship recipient understands the strug-gles students face. He says, “Be-ing a Cleveland NHAA scholar has helped tre-mendously in pursuing a degree from Hamp-ton University. Com-ing from a single parent household, getting to Hampton was a reach, but this scholarship helps fill that gap my family can’t. In addi-tion to the scholarship,

having the Cleveland chapter as a support system motivates me to work even harder.” The organiza-tion is grateful for the contributions and con-tinued support from the local community. The members of the Association know the importance

of their work and look forward to sponsor-ing greater Cleveland scholars attending Hampton for many more years to come. To purchase tickets, call (216) 932-3857 as well as inter-ested in contributing to the fundraising efforts for the scholarship.

Allyson Bussey, president of Visit Canton, welcomed State Representative Thom-as West (House District 49) to the ‘Visit Canton’ media showcase held on Thursday, May 11 at the Pro-Football Hall of Fame Museum. Several organizations made presentations about upcoming events in Stark County that would promote tourism.

Freaky Friday playing at Playhouse The Cleveland Playhouse is present-ing the all ages-pleasing touring musical produc-tion of “Disney’s Freaky Friday.” Based on the premise found in Mary Rodgers novel and the two films (1976 and 2003) of the same name, it is about a mother and daughter that switch bodies for a day, and the comedic episodes that result. This production is a musical set in cur-rent times in Chicago. B r o a d w a y veteran and TV com-mercial regular Heidi Blickenstaff plays the somewhat uptight mom Katherine, who is about to be married and has a few control issues with her somewhat angry, individualistic daughter Ellie, played by Emma Hunton, who still miss-es her deceased dad. Each one doesn’t know why the other one doesn’t un-derstand her and realize just how hard her life re-ally is. They simul-taneously wish for the other to be in her shoes for a day while hold-ing an hourglass - a gift from Ellie’s father - (that turns out to be magical) and presto, they change

into each others bodies. The two realize they have to go about the important business each have for the day, despite being in the other’s body, and the laughable situations en-sue. B l i ckens t a ff plays up the manner-isms of a cellphone and friends-centered teen very well and Hunton does a fine job emulat-ing an anxious adult. Having broken the hourglass, which they recognize is the vehicle for their trans-formation, they begin to search for its twin – it was part of a matched set - which has been given away by Kather-ine to an antique store, but is now missing. F o r t u n a t e l y, there is a school scav-enger hunt and the leader is Ellie’s crush, Adam, played by a con-fident Chris Ramirez, so there’s a way to try and find the missing hour-glass. But, in the mean-time, Katherine and Ellie have to go about their “normal” daily business, with the added problem of the impend-ing (next day) wedding. David Jennings plays the quite under-

standing groom-to-be, who thinks that Kath-erine’s newfound aloof-ness is just part of hav-ing cold feet. Needless to say, things work out in the end (as all know from the well-known book and movies), but it’s a treat to see the way things materialize in this adaptation. The play han-dles varied body types and relationships issues in an understanding manner. The members of the audience have a lot of fun while seeing the value of acceptance and consideration at the same time. The musical is quite polished as it originally was pro-duced at the Signature Theater in Arlington, VA (where Blickenstaff and Hunton originated their mother and daugh-ter roles), with music and lyrics by the Tony Award-winning duo of Tom Kitt and Brian Yor-key, and book written by Bridget Carpenter. The La Jolla Playhouse, the Cleve-land Playhouse, and Houston’s Alley The-ater are billed as the as-sociated entities for this production.

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