Fort Smith Times Record
When Irmalean Jones moved to Fort Smith, her housing options were more concentrated than they were in Louisiana.
Jones, 62, lives in Nelson Hall Beckman Center on North 31st Street after moving to the area from Alexandria, Louisiana two years ago. While Jones likes her home the residents are allowed to garden she did note the difference. They had them all through (the city), housing projects, she said of Alexandria.
Jones home is one of 471 rental units overseen by the Fort Smith Housing Authority. More than 90% of the Housing Authority s developments are built north of Rogers Avenue, and a majority of these are built north of Grand Avenue, said Fort Smith Housing Authority Executive Director Mitch Minnick.
Campaign & Petition Launch “Racial INJustice Matters” calling for an immediate independent inquiry into Institutional Racism and Racial Profiling by the Waikato Police.
Where we live, work, play should be safe for everyone, no matter our ethnicity, what we wear, or who our friends are. Yet Police targeting and racial profiling is making people in the Waikato region feel unsafe.
Tomorrow, Saturday 17 April, 11am at 17 Bandon Street, Frankton, Hamilton, community leaders and general members of the public are uniting to launch the ‘Racial INJustice Matters’ awareness campaign, which will include the launch of the petition calling for an immediate independent government inquiry into Institutional Racism and Racial Profiling by the Waikato Police.
In the Christian Bible, the Story of the Nativity mentions the Three Kings. And in the Holy Book of the Blues there is another troika of monikered monarchs: the Kings named B.B., Albert, and Freddie. Contemporary blues singer/guitarist Chris Cain was fortunate enough to meet, open for, and/or befriend all three of them.
And while he was closest personally to Albert King, whose singing and playing style most resembles his own, it was B.B. King who made the pronouncement to a Minnesota DJ: “Chris Cain? Now that boy can
play the guitar!” A wider audience than ever will be to hear what Cain can do after nearly 35 years in the business on
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Apr 16, 2021 Claire Bott and Sammy clasp hands in the hospital before surgery. PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE FAMILIES PICTURED
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BY LORI HADACEK CHAPLIN
I’ll never forget the day I found out about Claire Bott’s act of bravery. I was substitute teaching for her at her First Communion class when I casually asked the teacher’s aide the reason for Claire’s absence. I was blown away when she replied, “Claire is giving someone a kidney.”
Weeks later, I saw a stunning picture of her right before being wheeled into the operating room posted on Facebook by her husband, Nathan. There was Claire holding hands with a young Ethiopian boy named Sammy, who was receiving her kidney.
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