APRIL 19, 2024 ON MY CORNER MEET YOUR VENDOR GROUNDCOVER NEWS End of an era: rest in peace to my mentor, John Sinclair! Michael Brown, vendor No. 306 In one sentence, who are you? Michael Ray Brown. What is your favorite spot in Ann Arbor? The tennis shoe store. What is your favorite thing to do in Ann Arbor? Sell my papers. What words do you live by? The Truth. What is something about you that someone on the street wouldn’t know? I am 62 years old. What motivates you to work selling Groundcover News? It’s a job! If you had a warning label, what would it say? Don’t be sorry. What are your hobbies? Football. What do you wish you knew more about? Cars. What was your first job? Cleaning up. What song do you have completely memorized? Sugarhill Rappers Delight. ROBERTO ISLA CABALLERO Groundcover vendor No. 347 Solar eclipse In 1970, in Havana, Cuba at the age of 10 or 11, I saw the solar eclipse for the first time in Cuban history. At that time, in order to see the solar eclipse, we all made glasses out of dark plastic trash bags because we did not have glasses. 55 years ago, my teacher in Cuba told me and the other students to use plastic bags to see the eclipse. Around the same time, I saw the Soviets put a man on the moon. I was able to see the solar eclipse again yesterday. It was glowing orange and later the shadow of the moon covered the entire street. While watching the eclipse, I began to think of many things across Cuban history. The conquistadors travelling across the sea, of nature, of marriage. I thought of the old man, and the boy and the mother of destruction with a cross between their hands. I thought of fathers and the nuns and those converted in the spirit. They say everything must come to an end. But with the end also comes a new beginning. As with people, ideas manifest themselves as good or evil. My first exposure to someone who could supply information to help me determine whether people and ideas are good or evil, and guide me through decision-making of this magnitude, came in my long conversations with John Sinclair starting when I was 14. Similarly, he was a mentor to a whole generation of confusing, finding-your-ownway, life-altering decisions that we could not do alone. Thank you begins. As we honor one, the search begins for another. We will be watching for him or her to appear — or maybe they're already here. I could tell the heroes I have WAYNE S. Groundcover vendor No. 615 known. At the top John stands alone with his army of one. John Sinclair born October 2, 1941, in Flint Michigan. Spouse: Leni (from 1965-1977) Died April 2, 2024 in Detroit John for all you did while you were here — and what I know you'll do through your legacy. Another lost soldier, another downed hero, another search Receiving Hospital from congestive heart failure, following an illness. I know what John would say: “POWER TO THE PEOPLE AND KICK OUT THE JAMS!” 3 "The Princess and the Frog" can teach us about beauty I remember when "The Princess and the Frog" Disney movie came out at the theater. Me and my boyfriend Richard went to see it together. We went to see it at the Dollar Theater when they had it at Briarwood Mall. I would talk about how I miss dollar theaters … but that's a subject for another story. Anyway, I love the fact that the Princess and the Frog movie finally had a Black fairy princess. It's a good thing to talk about for Black history. "The Princess and the Frog" is not only a good moment in Black history but a beautiful movie. In "The Princess and the Frog," the depend on anyone else to do her hard work for her. Tiana has a good friend and her family helps her, too, with what she needs and wants. Tiana comes from a loving, DENISE SHEARER Groundcover vendor No. 485 princess, Tiana, is a very hard worker. She is determined to get what she needs and wants out of life. She works hard and does not depend on, or try to hard-working family. She was raised on the fact that it takes hard work and faith to do anything and get anything in life. Her dad was a great chef and he made great gumbo. Her goal was to open up her own restaurant. When Tiana was a little girl she met her prince, the frog, in her window and kissed him. And even though she was a frog throughout the whole movie, she was beautiful, and it was a beautiful movie. I think frogs have their own beauty too. Frogs come in all colors and shapes. They can make a pond or yard beautiful. The Princess was not looking for her future prince to provide her with her restaurant and things. She ended up getting a restaurant by a lot of hard work and effort and creativity and faith in herself. Her and her prince ended up becoming human beings again and being happy in the moment. It was a very beautiful, colorful, interesting movie and I recommend it to anybody of any age.
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