It’s Quality Time That Is Important This Father’s Day

May 16, 2013 Front Page News

 

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By Eric L. Wesson Sr.
CALL Staff Writer

  “Today, 24 million children are growing up in a home without their biological father. In the African American community, it is two out of every three children.” National Fathering Initiative

Jim “Granddad” Nunnelly has a new concept for Father’s Day this year.  That concept, instead of allowing your children to get you a gift for Father’s Day, fathers should focus on their children by taking their children out and spending the day with them doing something that they are sure to remember.
Some fathers may not agree with sacrificing the only day that is set aside for fathers, besides Christmas, to get some socks, a shirt, maybe a tie and cuff link set or cologne and house slippers and card, to focus on our children.
You know, our little darlings, the ones who we get up early for on our off day to drive across town to take them to work and they get an attitude because they are six minutes late, due to unexpected traffic, and get out of the car and don’t say,  “thank you” or “good-bye”.

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Harvey Killer Denied Mandatory Parole

May 16, 2013 Front Page News

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 By Tracy Allen
CALL Staff Writer

It has always been about justice when it comes to Alvin Sykes.
Whether its raising awareness about past Civil Rights wrongs or providing key information to bring justice to those who suffered greatly, the Kansas City, Kas., activist refuses to give up on cases he believes deserve his best effort.
That includes his late friend, jazz artist Steve Harvey.
Recently, a Parole Board in Sandstone, Minn., gave Sykes and Harvey’s daughter, Hope Hyder, the answer they needed. The Board, in April, denied Harvey’s killer, Raymond Bledsoe, mandatory parole from the federal life sentence for the death of Harvey.

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Friends Of Construction Workers Lobby For Disparity Study

May 16, 2013 Front Page News

By Eric L. Wesson Sr.
CALL Staff Writer

The Friends of Construction Workers, a group created by the needs of black construction workers from the Black Agenda Group, are lobbying City Hall to put together a disparity study to review and improve some of the practices of minority workforce participation numbers.
The 2010 Census revealed that on any given day minorities make up close to 50 percent or more of Kansas City’s population. Yet, the minority participation goals remain unchanged at 15 percent.
The group is asking that the community participate in the monitoring of City projects and call in when they don’t see 20 percent of the workforce as women or other minority groups.
Friends wants to implement the findings and recommendations from a 2006 report from Mason Tillman that went to then Assistant City Manager Greg Baker.
The 85-page report highlights seven  barriers experienced minority building trade workers face as well as experiences that contractors have dealt with concerning minority building trade workers.

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