Frost Illustrated (Newspaper) - December 10, 2003, Fort Wayne, Indiana Men's club provides outlet for retirees See page 2 Vote for Frost 2004 New Year's cover Check out all of the children on pages 10 & 11. Phifer star in new hip-hop drama See page 9 FROST ILLUSTRATED Frost 3121 S. Calhoun Fort IN 46807 News & Views of African Americans Established in 1968 Fort Wayne's Leading Independent Weekly Newspaper Cancer group for blacks finds permanent home By Robbin L. Melton Since 1996, the Fort Wayne African-American Cancer Alliance has been meeting and hosting its programs wherever space was but now has a home of its own which will be open to the public during a 4 p.m. to 7 Dec. 13 open house in Suite 124A of the Maple Grove Community 2700 E. Maple One open house activity members are excited about is the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between their group and Health Visions Midwest Inc. Health CEO and President Don Barnes also is expected to give a brief presentation about the According to Ruby a board member since 1998, Health Visions will serve as the group's fiscal including underwriting its strategic plan which will be revealed during the open The East Health Cain was created to address health disparities after the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ sold St. Joseph Americans didn't have all of these cancers back in the 1800s because we didn't eat much meat and we said who also pointed out the incidence of cancer among African Americans in Fort attempts to educate local African Americans about cancer detection and available treatments through a variety of programs targeting people of One program Cain outlined include Home Healthy which addresses colorectal cancer which can lead to cancerous provides participants with a reduced fat recipe Americans tend to get colorectal cancer in their but whites usually don't get it until they're in their she dying from it even though it's totally curable if it's caughtin On a similar sponsors a Men program which addresses testicular cancer which is not uncommon in men ages 20 to 30, said See on page 5) rescues family from unwanted house guest By Robbin L. Melton It was around 8 Nov. 23 when Pamela Hatch laid down to take a nap after returning home from visiting her husband at the Shortly one of Hatch's 10-year-old Willie jumped on his grandmother as she lay in the there's something in the said Hatch of her That turned out to be a bat about a foot said Willie a Fairfield Elementary School was laying in the room watching tv when something started swooping around my he ran into Granny's room and jumped on but I tried to play it off like I just wanted to let Tyson watch Though Hatch religiously watches the ' television she was for the winged guest who'd set up camp in her East Suttenfield Street she called out to her other to see if he was aware of all me who has cerebral is a at Miami Middle I know there's a * m 7 I I I Photo by Robbin L. Melton Pamela Hatch and her grandson Willie Hatch owe many thanks to Tyson 13, for his in dealing with the unwanted bat in their bat in the said Hatch then called her Fort Wayne Police Officer Kevin to find out what she should Corey helped Hatch get in touch with Animal but also told her to open her front Hatch said she was embarrassed that her 13-year-old grandson especially since she watches but the thought of walking through the house with a bat flying overhead was too much for her to asked Tyson if he was but he said he she was in charge of the house and he's the one who opened the door and helped the Animal Control officer find the When they caught the Tyson told us we could come Hatch and Willie were she and were cowering in her bedroom the whole just kept right on watching television until Animal Control Willie called Tyson When asked if he was Tyson replied never been scared of too many said just that He's just a brave young man and he tries to do whatever I ask him to Photo courtesy of Rick's family Lilly LaMar shares a special moment with her great Thomas I Family celebrates aunt's 100th birthday By Robbin L. Melton Family members of Lilly LaMar gathered Dec. 6 in the home she shares with her nephew and his wife to celebrate her 100th Born Dec. 6, 1903 in LaMar graduated high school in 1921 and received her teaching certificate in 1923 from the former Georgia Normal Agricultural now named Albany State She worked numerous years as a substitute teacher and also was a LaMar was married to Emmett Romanius LaMar for more than 50 While they had no children between LaMar is close to several nieces and one Jim whom she raised from age three to 16-years-old. I Additional family nieces and nephews who stay in regular include James Williams Stevens and and several LaMar's also church The former Ohio resident has been a member of Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church since 1960 where she sang in the served on the missionary and trustee and was a church Prior to LaMar was a member of Beulah Baptist Church which merged in 1960 with Pleasant always talks about her church family because they helped take care of her before she moved said LaMar's Brenda take her to her doctor's appointments and grocery She always talks about That kindness and explained is what allowed LaMar to live alone in a Portsmouth apartment until moved 2002 to Fort Wayne to her On her once a her at their restaurant for about added that LaMar also enjoyed The Restless soap missed a - ' With the assistance of her Zadie over the past IS Ricks whose I mi don't know how we ' f LaMar has been the picture of perfect health except she did some shortness of breath in She's never has never had explained and she the house on which is decorated with