The CURE @ Bristol December 11, 2009

TONIGHT
The C.U.R.E.
(Cultured Unique Relaxing Experience)
Bristol Bar
132 E. Fifth Avenue

Ladies Free Until Midnight
Everyone $5 All Night

Come enjoy good music, good people, and a good experience. It's not exactly a party, not quite a get together, but simply The C.U.R.E. for a long week.

21 & Up

Dress to impress

For more information call 216-536-9812 or 614.859.9170

Tyson excited to serve

By Donna Marbury
Contributing Writer
Columbus Post
In the next 10 years, newly reelected Columbus City Councilwoman Priscilla Tyson said that Columbus will be a bustling metropolitan city with jobs, entertainment and quality of life for all its residents. “People still see Columbus as a safe place to live and visit,” said Tyson, who hopes to facilitate those changes to make Columbus better. “I am here to serve. I have been reelected to a new term and I am excited about the work in the city. I am very prayerful about what I do.”

Tyson who was first elected to Columbus City Council in 2007, after replacing former Councilwoman Mary Jo Hudson, said that she is proud of how the city has made a commitment to making things better in the central areas of Columbus. “On a positive note, you can see the changes in the center city. There’s the revamping of the King-Lincoln District, especially reopening the Lincoln Theatre, in the Parsons and Livingston Avenue area the Nationwide Children’s Hospital is growing, the Arena District is now host to our new baseball park and downtown is continuing to grow,” she said.

Though the city is growing, Tyson acknowledges that the recent recession has caused city council to make some hard economic decisions. Earlier this year, 11 city recreational centers were closed as the city struggled to balance the 2009 budget. In the 2010 budget, Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman has proposed reopening the centers, with the help of some community partners and has earmarked an additional $1 million to Parks and Recreation in the city. Tyson, who is chair of the city’s Parks and Recreation Committee, said that she is excited to hear that the centers will be reopening. “There is a timeline to reopen the 11 centers in some capacity throughout 2010,” said Tyson. “There is a real need for those centers for our families, young people and seniors and we are real excited to be able to reopen them.”

When incumbent Democrats Tyson, A. Troy Miller and Eileen Paley were reelected in November, voters also passed the constitutional amendment that aimed to build casinos in Ohio. The amendment does not allow host cities Cleveland, Toledo, Columbus and Cincinnati to participate in the zoning and placement of the casinos. Casino builders hope to place the Columbus building in the Arena District, to the disapproval of Mayor Coleman and other city officials. Since then, Governor Ted Strickland said he would veto any bill that would not allow cities to regulate zoning. Tyson, who also chairs the city’s Zoning Committee, said that Columbus officials need to be in on the talks about the casino, which is slated to open in 2012. “There needs to be home rule,” Tyson said concerning the controversy. “The city needs to participate in the conversation on where it needs to be placed. I know in this economy, people want jobs. So I hope we will be able to work with the casino owners to make sure it is something the city wants.”

Tyson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Franklin University and is the human resource director for Ribway Engineering Group.
Outside of City Hall, Tyson said she enjoys vegetable and flower gardening, travel and looks forward to baking for her family throughout the holidays. She is a board member of the Grater Columbus Arts Council and has served on the boards of Phoenix Theatre Circle, National Black Programming Consortium, Opera Columbus, and the Community Shelter Board. Arts are very important to Tyson, who is the owner of Start Arts Limited, located at 1465 E. Broad St., and highlights African and African-American artists. She said arts are important to Columbus, not just aesthetically, but economically. “We have to continue to move arts forward, not just because it makes people feel good,” Tyson said. “Art is important to the economic development of the city and it enhances the quality of life. The creative economy is very important.”

http://www.columbuspost.com/2009-updates-12-10/headlines1210-priscilla-tyson-excited-to-serve.html

New CCS board member ready for challenges

By Donna Marbury
Contributing Writer
Columbus Post
Newly elected school board member Hanifah Kambon said she felt running for her first public office was a natural next step for her. “My primary focus through the campaign was to get the job done. For the first time I had to go out and get votes, it is very different from just pulling the lever,” Kambon said, who was elected to the Columbus City school board in November 2009 and will be officially sworn in January 2010. “I asked God if this is what he wanted me to do. I attended the Obama inauguration. After that I prayed and asked God if it was what he really wanted me to do. The answer was yes. There was no hard part, it was meant for me.”

Kambon worked in Columbus City Schools for 30 years as teacher at Franklin Alternative Middle School and Marion Franklin High School and a master teacher in the Teacher Advancement Program at South High School. “As an educator, I think the most effective first step is creating trusting relationships with students, parents, staff, community and the school board,” said Kambon. “I really want us to increase the trust between the community and the district and for there to be less doubting.”

Gaining that trust might be difficult as Columbus City Schools hosted the last of four town-hall style meetings aimed at getting feedback from parents about six schools closing in the next school year, though up to nine may be closed. The district will be hosting community meetings at 40 schools in the district to discuss how students will be reassigned as a result of the school closings.

Hubbard, Douglass, Fair and Deshler elementary schools and Clinton, Beery, Eastmoor, Indianola and Franklin middle schools have all been named to possibly be closed in the 2010-2011 school year. The district plans to announce which will be closing by the end of the year. Kambon said she agrees that the schools should be closed, but parents need to be more informed about the process. “We have to live up to the promises made when the 2008 levy passed to make more efficient and effective schools and school closings was high on that agenda. But parents deserve a detailed explanation of the process.”

Kambon said she attended some of the town-hall meetings held at schools through the month of November and noticed that many parents had unanswered questions. “I wish there were more details given so that parents left knowing what to expect. I just hope that parents don’t get frustrated and leave the district when we are working to make things better,” she said.

The district also faces a large number of its students leaving to attend area charter schools. From 1997 to 2007, approximately 10,000 students in Columbus have left the district, many attending one of the 30 public charter schools. Kambon said that parents should be able to choose which school to send their children, but should look at the big picture of what charter schools do to the community. “I do believe in choice. I believe public education has to be innovative and exciting to children, especially now. My children did great in Columbus City Schools, and we have to make that a good experience for every child,” she said. “But charter schools can be a financial drain. When a child leaves our district they take a lot of money with them. If they decide to come back to the district, we lose the money we need to teach them. Sometimes, they are not taught at the same level as they would have been at a Columbus City School. So we have to play catch up.”

One of Kambon’s priorities is making sure students that are in the school district are ready to face the world outside of Columbus. Globalizing education is not just a privilege, she says, it is a necessity. “We must make sure students are competent in this global world, and not just using computers as word processors. We have to use the up-to-date technology that is in these new schools to connect to the world in meaningful ways,” said Kambon, who is looking forward to the district expanding its science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programming.”

The district recently approved $250,000 federal stimulus money to work with the United Way on efforts to increase school readiness for three to four year olds. “We are trying to prepare our children as early as possible to be a part of the global community,” said Kambon of the pre-kindergarten program. She also looks forward to working with Columbus City Schools Superintendent Dr. Gene Harris on other unique initiatives like an international school and single gender education. “Dr. Harris thinks out of the box,” Kambon said.

http://www.columbuspost.com/2009-updates-12-10/headlines1210-new-ccs-board-member.html

HBCU Foundation Presents: More Than A Game December 11, 2009

The HBCU Foundation Presents
Filmz Worth Watching: More Than A Game
Friday, December 11
Lincoln Theatre
769 E. Long Street

Social Mixer w/ Music, Cash Bar & Hors d'oeuvres @ 6PM
Film Showing @ 8PM

Experience the film that documents Akron basketball star Lebron James and his rise to success at the historic Lincoln Theatre.

Tickets are $15 and raise money for the HBCU Foundation Scholarship Fund
Advance tickets available @ Ticketmaster.com

After Party @ ICON Lounge
231 N. Fifth Street @ 11PM
Valet Parking and Coat Check Available

Click HERE for more information about the HBCU Foundation

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December MakeUp Bar This Saturday Has Been Postponed

POSTPONED!
Due to fire and smoke damage, Guilty Indulgence at 4th & High Hair and Fashion Studio this Saturday, December 5 has been postponed to a later date.

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Makeover contest winners will also be announced at a later date. Please stay posted to Donna Marie PR or Strands by Chris on Facebook for more updates!