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I 2B o LIFE/ Vie Ciaelotte So« CIAA always jumping, win or lose Continued from page 1B Then you have the recent grads who return to the tour- nament-maybe fresh off a championship game appear ance or win-wearing their letterman’s jackets. (At least on the first few days any way.) They sit in the stands and cheer their alma mater on and even do a little arm chair coaching. I’m tom between going to basketball games or the par ties and live performances. Watching games from the press table isn't easy. Tuesday night, Johnson C. Smith University’s women made history. They were the first team to beat Shaw University in the tourna ment in five years. I wanted to jump out of my seat and cheer - especially since Shaw’s pep band had been heckling the Smith fans all night. But just like the International Institution of Sound said at last year’s tourney-'where we at? Charlotte!' ■ So now the week winds down and the parties and crowds heat up. It’s time to go shopping, because you can’t walk around uptown without the proper clothes. But with this fickle weather, you have to be careful about pulling out capris and san dals too soon. Today the men start to play and there’s sure to be dazzling dunks and a lot more trash talking. But then again, there’s a day party that is sure to be exciting. What to do, what to do? It’s always good time to get a jump on family genealogy jlao6o-pne ’6 “Where the Grown Folks Party’’ THURSDAY / WHPAY D.J. “CC” / Jazz w/ “Perfect Fitt’ $5 after 9 m ^ Drink Specials / $5 before 9 pm, $7 after must be 30 &Vp- Nt^ttty Buffet Proper tbess Required 2342 iHtOes fUd. dwMne. RE 2l2ti Continued from page 1B on pictures with ink, ink bleeds over time." Rhue , said the - majority of the questions . she receives I are about pho- I tos and scrap- I books. “The I proper way to do a scrap book, in order to make sure the materials Rhue last longer is to put bulky items at the back of the book." Preserve Pro began offer ing training in 2005, going to churches, organizations or families and teaching them the necessary tools to preserve their records. “I have taken archival methodology and broken it down into its simplest con cepts to be used by any body,” said Rhue. Courses include the optimizing church records workshop, a partnership with Central Piedmont Community College to offer optimizing your genealogy research, and there are plans to launch online courses, available during the sum mer. “I’m very proud," said Rhue. "It’s a lot of work to make this happen...but it’s up to the community to be receptive." In addition to families and churches, Rhue said the courses are good for researchers preparing information for books, and film. For more information or to find out about course offerings call (704) 995- 0731 or e-mail Preservepro@earthlink.net. A website is under con struction. Transplants saved Superman’s life Continued from page 1B of machines. In the hospital bed he looked so small and so weak. So human, because to me he’s always been Superman. He was stoic in the search for a kidney, not wanting anyone in the family to be a donor, despite the fact that he had nieces, children and his sister ready and willing to go on the table. African-Americans are hit especially hard by kidney disease. One out of every three people with kidney failure is African American, compared to only one in eight in the general popula tion. High blood pressure and diabetes are the lead ing causes of kidney fail ure. African Americans are under-represented in those who are living donors as well as cadaveric donors. Although 33 percent of those waiting for kidneys are African American, only 16 percent of living kidney donors between 1988 and 2001 were African American. During that same time period, only 11 percent of cadaveric donors were African Americans. Knowing those statistics made it seem as if the day would never come when my dad found a kidney. Last Thursday, my father underwent a successful kidney transplant. The surgery fused the new kid ney with the non-function ing one through the main artery. For the next few weeks, his blood will be monitored for creatinine, a substance that is filtered out of the blood stream by the kidneys. He’ll take an anti-rejection medicine that will lower his immune sys tem, so anyone with a cold or infection can’t be around him for a while. The most important thing about my father’s surgery is that it has reinforced my belief that African Americans must become Enjoying histoiy, culture and nightlife inNaptown! organ donors. There are too many lives out there that need to be saved. I’ve heard some people say they're not organ donors because they believe hospi tals harvest organs from blacks to save other peo ple’s lives. Not only is that the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard, but if that was true my father wouldn't have received one organ transplant, let alone two.. But with the history of the Tuskegee Experiment, it’s somewhat understandable why some blacks would be wary about checking that box on their driver's license. However, how would you feel if it was your loved one in need of an organ? AmeriCare Health ‘‘Sugar Creek Medical center 721 'W. 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When it was first founded, Indianapolis was built on a mile square, designed a lit tle like Washington, D.C., with a circle in the middle of town, around a monument, and avenues that go out from four spokes. Indiana Avenue ^s one of the roads that went out from the spoke, in the northwest comer of town, and it was mainly the black neighborhood of town. In the 1800s, when the Canal was origi nally built, the black neighborhood includ ed the canal area, due to the mosquitoes it was considered an unhealthy part of town. Now, it’s considered healthy living to be near water, and the Canal is prime real estate, explained Indy native A’lelia Bundles. But what was once the black neighborhood is being rebuilt around the legacy of one of African Americans most notable women. Madame C.J. Walker. We’ve all heard the story of Madame Walker, the first America female self-made millionaire, but in Indy you can get the tmth. "She didn’t invent the straightening comb," explained Bundles, author of “On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madame CJ Walker.” "She was however a pioneer of the modern cosmetics industry, founder of the Madam C.J Walker Manufacturing Company, and the creator of marketing schemes, training opportuni ties, and distribution strategies as innova tive as those of any entrepreneur of her time.” Walker moved to Indianapolis in 1910, and built her first factory within a year. Though the plant operated until 1979, the neighborhood around it was greatly changed from Walker’s day. "They tore our neighborhoods down,” Bundles said. “They didn't value our build ings and our neighborhoods. But now...this is the last area that was desig nated as a cultural district. All of this used to be store fronts... they’ve leveled all of those buildings...and will be rebuilding restaurants and stores. [The Walker Theater is] the anchor of the Indiana Avenue Cultural district." Bundles would know. She grew up in the Walker building as Walker’s great, great granddaughter. "As a little girl, I would walk through here and it seemed like it would just go on, and on,” said Bundles. Madame Walker planned the building, but died before its completion in 1927, by her daughter A’lelia, for whom Bundles is named. "This was the place that all the black clubs had their parties and dances," said Bundles. The Walker closed in the 1960s but was renovated and reopened in 1988. Today the Walker continues to be a center for activity, adding new events weekly. In its' 80th year, enjoy Jazz on the Avenue, live musical performances; Laughing on the Avenue, comedy performances; and even Salsa and Stepping on the Avenue, all at the Walker Theater. The Walker was called a “City within a building,” as it included a beauty shop, a drug store, restaurant, grocery store, and nightclub ail catering to the black commu nity. Today, the location of the beauty shop, still houses a salon, the building is also home to a museum to Madame Walker’s accomplishments, and Freetown Village, a living history museum that sym bolizes the many black communities that were scattered throughout Indiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Walker is not the only history that remains on Indiana Avenue. Crispus Attucks High School opened in 1927 as the . first all black high school in Indianapolis. Though it was converted to a middle school in 1986, a museum was built at the rear of the school that focused on the his tory of the original high school. Indy's cul tural accomplishments don’t end on Indiana Avenue, the city boasts the largest and longest running exposition of its kind in the nation, celebrating African- American culture and heritage with the Indiana Black ^ixpo Summer Celebration. This year's 37th Annual 10 day Summer Celebration runs from July 16-22. Sports lovers also know Indy for the two largest single sporting events in the world, the Indianapolis 500 and the Allstate 400 at Brickyard, but over the past 23 years, the Circle City Classic has gained notoriety as more than just a football game. This year the Winston-Salem State University Rams face off against the Florida A&M University Rattlers on October 6. A newly opened luxury suite will allow you to stay in celebrity style, if you so chose while in Indy. The Luxus two bed room suite offers a wood burning fire place, private chef, in-house spa, limo ser vice and roof-top view of the city. Not on a bailer budget, but want some thing unique, stay in the Crowne Plaza Hotel and Conference Center at Union Station. Housed within America's first Union Station and listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the Crowne Plaza is best known for its 26 authentic Pullman train car sleeping rooms, named and decorated after famous personalities from the early 1900s. Relationships. 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