by B. White
Holla!
Fifteen thousand, five hundred (15,500) down 240,500 to go, I-Witness touching Black people all over the city of Milwaukee, one event at a time.

Holla-Outs

To: A big-time I-Witness reader Eva Quezaire over at Jewel’s Food Store on Silver Spring. You know I love that Eva, thank you Holla!

To: Mary Shaw, thank you so much for the nice gift, I really appreciated it. You know I will look absolutely cute in it, Holla, Love ya!

Hey, Cleo Pruitt just hollering at you.

To: Ensley Brown thank you for the nice gift, you know my favorite colors, Holla!

To: Executive Chef George Atsange over at Devon Seafood Restaurant in the new Bay Shore Town Center. My sistas, he is on the I-Witness list of fine for no reason. I think if he made me a cup of steamed water, it would be good to me, Holla!

Devon Seafood will officially open on November 20 the place is really nice. The menu is almost everything seafood, crab cakes, oysters, catfish, scallops, homemade soups and sandwiches. Y’all know I love seafood and they will have it flown in daily from all the ocean coasts including Hawaii. If you don’t have the taste for seafood stop in have a sandwich and just look at Chef George; I guarantee you he’ll satisfy your appetite, Holla!

To: Michael Christian, manager at the Hampton Inn and Suites downtown. Hey, Michael I had a good time chatting with you. I am going to have to come back and do coffee, Holla!

Birthday Holla-Outs

Happy Birthday to you Vanessa Winston!
To: Corey Smith, owner of Soche’ Milwaukee Restaurant and Lounge, which will open soon. Hey, Corey I feel like singing: "Happy Birthday to you, tik, a tik, a tik, Happy Birthday to you, tik, a tik, a tik, Happy Birthday to you..." I sounded just like Marilyn Monroe didn’t I, Holla!

To: Wyman Winston. "Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthhh-day to Wyman Winston, Happy Birthday to youuuu..." You did not know I could sing like that did you, Holla! Love Ya!

Congratulations

Hey, Walnita Cox-Cooper, over at Westside Academy 2, I heard you worked hard, stayed focus and received a 4.0 GPA.

You are in the eighth grade and I know not only are you smart, but you love feeling and looking gorgeous ... so I want you to get that report card and take it over to Gee’s Clipper. Ask for Mr. Smith share your report card with him so you can be pampered for a bit, you can get your hair done as your, Congratulations. I’m very proud of you. Keep advancing that next generation, I love it!

To: Kelly and Morgan Kiewa Williams on the birth of their new daughter Azune’, I know she is gorgeous.

To: John Gee, supervisor over at Jewels Food Store who has not missed one day of work in five years. You go John!

Get Well—Holla

To: Oshi, you know firefighters do not have time to be sick ... I just think you are there to nurse watch, Holla! Hey, get stronger, feel better because we are asking the ancestors to touch your soul with their breezes of healing, sending you much love.

To: Betty Banks, your husband Kidd told me you were a bit under the weather, hey sending you lots of sunshine to make you feel better, love ya!

Pssssst...

It is rumored that former SDC Executive Director Donald Sykes is returning to Milwaukee to work for Mayor Barrett. MMMM, I wonder what the Mayor may be up to with that. Y’all did not hear it from me, Holla!

Our Condolences

Our prayers go out to the family of R&B singer Gerald LeVert, who passed this past weekend. Many called him the "Maestro of Love." All across the nation, many were devastated to hear of his passing, as he was only 40 years old.

Unofficially, the cause of death was heart related.

I listened throughout the week as many who remembered his songs stated he knew how to keep it real and that he sang about loving a woman. However, most recalled the song he and his dad Eddie of the O’Jays did "Wind Beneath My Wings" in a duet where he shared with his father how much he loved him and sang to him that everything he is was because of him.

LeVert was well respected in the music industry and had bases in Detroit, Atlanta and his hometown Cleveland. He left us a lifetime of love to cherish in his song, Rest in Peace Gerald.

Our prayers also go out to the award-winning television journalist Ed Bradley of the CBS program "60 Minutes." Bradley an excellent journalist experienced life to its fullest.

He became the first Black man to work for "CBS Network News" clearing a path for equal opportunity. Not that they could deny him, he was good. An excellent interviewer, as a correspondent, he traveled the world and obtained an abounds of knowledge, which allowed him for 26 years on "60 Minutes" to display the highest level of trust and integrity with viewers as well as his colleagues. Ed, we salute you for a job well done, Atten-tion Salute! More