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Two black senior statesmen in York -- Voni B. Grimes and Ray Crenshaw -- received accolades Sunday at an Eastern Star tribute.

Grimes was involved in the founding of Access-York, the York County Parks System, the Cyber Center and, in one of his most remarkable achievements, served as governor in this region's largely white Lions district.

Crenshaw was the first black mayoral candidate, has served on the York City Council and the city school board, headed the NAACP and has been a leader at Crispus Attucks for more than 30 years.

Yet speakers at the tribute lamented that few young people at the Voni B. Grimes gym or Crispus Attucks Center would know about the accomplishments of these two community leaders... .