Mr. Ramon “Ray” Guliford & wife Ms. Billye Cole have been in Manhattan, KS, since 1963 when he came from southern KS for better opportunity. Ray retired from KGAS (Kansas Gas) and was the first African American to have worked there. He recalls a time when Blacks couldn’t cross over Poyntz Ave. I asked them how have they managed to adjust to all the changes that they have seen in their time on Yuma St. They told me that their faith keeps them covered and sustains them! Both went on to praise their church family Manhattan Christian Fellowship Church for continual prayer during COVID-19. During the pandemic they both have followed the news, and they maintained close contact with their distant families. Ray does a weekly inventory of the house supplies and does all the grocery shopping because, he said,” D milk” is his favorite.