Hip hop grand pops
At the West Oak Lane Senior Center the pool room is usually busy with area men who play a sharp game. But make sure your wit is on target, if you want to sit in, because Earnest Johns, 52, of Germantown, Ron Calloway, 70, of Germantown, and Tony Herring, 63, of West Oak Lane like a good joke at each other’s expense as much as they like a snappy break.
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