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March 3 - 16, 2007 A+9
Car show doubles $$ for charity Local author shares
More than $23,000 in revenues was raised at
multi-racial upbringing
Chandler’s 4th Annual Classic Car & Hot Rod Show
held in late February, which is double what was
Chandler author Teresa Botial Richardson shares her
brought in the year before. Car show organizer
experiences growing up in a racially mixed family in her
Jerry Biondi of Country Clipper, a barbershop in
newly released autobiography, Am I Black or Right.
historic downtown Chandler, says money is still being
Richardson, who grew up in Philadelphia and lived
collected, and that “every penny” made will go to My
in California before settling in Arizona, is the daughter
Sister’s Place, a domestic abuse shelter for women
of a black, Jewish mother and a Filipino and Spanish
and youth in Chandler.
father. In her book, she tells how her family embraced its
Filipino heritage, believing it to be more acceptable and
“closer to white” than her other heritages.
Richardson left to explore her black roots on her
own, even making secret visits to relatives on what was
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HOT: 1966 Shelby Cobra “Super Snake” considered “the other side of the tracks.”
In her book, she also writes about her brief career with
Smokey Robinson and Motown Records, and her family’s
experience with racial intolerance in the workplace.
Am I Black or Right, Richardson’s fi rst book, is
published by AuthorHouse. For more information, access
www.authorhouse.com.
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PROUD: A pleased car show organizer Jerry Biondi
Meet, greet local artists
An estimated 10,000 people fl ocked downtown
to stroll along San Marcos Place and Boston Street, See inventive new works by original local artists and
which were closed to vehicles for the day, to see the meet the creators when downtown Chandler’s Vision
more than 125 cars of all sizes, models and vintage. Gallery hosts a Spring Artist Meet and Greet reception 7
Chandler resident Ron Pratt’s 1966 Shelby Cobra to 9 p.m. Fri., March 16.
“Super Snake,” purchased for a record $5.5 million at A variety of media will be on display including
the recent Barrett-Jackson auto show, was a highlight photography, glass, oil and acrylic paintings, pottery,
of the event. There were demonstrations of Chandler sculpture, mosaics, mixed media works and original
Fire Department’s new ladder truck, plus bands, food jewelry.
and vendors. The Vision Gallery is located at 80 S. San Marcos Place
in historic downtown Chandler. For more information
STSN photo by Joele Connolly
call 480-917-6859.
THE SHINING: Sunshine glistened from gleaming paint jobs on
vintage and hot rod cars in historic downtown Chandler.
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