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February 2, 2005 __________________ Dear Deanna! W B lack H istory M Ask ö Last year, I learned I had a sister in a town where my dad cheated on my mother. I had to go without things because he never had any extra money. I was shortchanged because he was secretly paying child sup port my mother didn’t know about. As an adult, I stopped dealing with him because I felt he was so wrong for having a baby out of wedlock. How do I heal? -R an d y ; San Bernar dino, Calif. IS Dear Randy; to be a better person when y o u ’re released. Dear Deanna! My girlfriend’s attractive, nicely shaped and has a great person ality. I don’t understand why she wears so much weave. Her natural hair is nice and long but she still glues, sews and patches all that fake hair in her head and I can’t stand it. She said she’s tired o f me complaining about it. How can it make it clear that I want her weave less? —James; Chicago Dear James: Start by reaching out to your father and share your feelings and explain why you kicked him to the curb. O nce th at’s done, put it in prayer, hope for the best and keep it m oving. As for you— becom e com m it ted to being a manly role model for your m other, your sister and any wom an you deal with. D on’t m ake the sam e m istake your dad m ade— rem em ber real men d o n ’t m ake babies unless th ey ’re m arried. Men often com plain about hair w eave because they c a n ’t run tified against me and now I’m their fingers through it. If the doing all these years. It’s killing w eave looks nice and can fool me. —Big G.; Central Correc som ebody you have nothing to tions Facility (McCloud, Okla.) gripe about. You d o n ’ t need to Dear Big G. m ake anything clear except T h an k G od th o se o ffic e rs the co m p lim e n ts w hen the d id n ’t shoot you in the back as w eave looks good, and if it you w ere running. If you were looks bad to you, hand over dealing with dope you d e the cash for the beauty salon. served to be caught and pun Leave the issue alone, because ished. W hen it com es to drugs, like the hair w eave, y o u ’re an your flesh and blood will turn a c c e s s o ry th a t can be re on you in a second if they can placed. Dear Deanna! Me and my partner were deal get out o f the drama. Since Ask Deanna is written by Deanna ing drugs but when we got caught, police brutality has been on M. Write Ask Deanna! Email: the police claim I had the dope. the rise, patrol cars have cam askdeannal@yahoo.com or 264 My partner threw the crack out eras and your incident should S. LaCienega Blvd. Suite 1283 of the window and we tried to have been recorded. Drop to Beverly Hills, CA 90211. Website: run. The police say they found it your knees in prayer and use www. askdeanna, com in my pocket. My homeboy tes- your jail tim e to think and plan onth ® s p e c ia l o v e ra g e . Page A 3 Tribute Features Local Artists Black history celebrated downtown life,” Lowman said. “It’s Jazz singer and story like an “enchanting force” teller Annette Lowman will which moves me outside perform with other local the reality o f daily living. talent during a special trib M usic p erfo rm an ce has ute to Black History Month afforded me opportunities on Thursday, Feb. 3 front to jo u rn e y aro u n d the 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Pearl world, stepping in and out District branch of Albina of cultures as well as m eet C om m unity Bank, 430 ing and performing with N.W. 10lh Ave. musicians who influenced Theevent will feature live my life both musically and music, art display and spo personally.” ken word performances. A wonderful collection of Lowman was born in visual artists, including Sun Denver and made her sing shine Dixon, Sylvia Welch, ing debut at the age of 14. Jammal Folsom, Mofee, and Since then she has em newcomer Monica Lester - barked on a fulfilling ca Bell will be showing their art reer which has given her at the celebration. the opportunity to experi Annette Lowman The event is sponsored ence many different cul “As far back as I can re by the bank, Dixon’s Emerging tures beyond the borders of Am erican now residing in m em ber, m usic has alw ays Artists group and Brister and been an important part of my Associates, Inc. Portland. D irect F lights TO ‘D m . 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