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Daytonans front and center at Martin rally
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Pastors on program; hundreds of residents show their support BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES harperjames59@yahoo.com
Hundreds of Daytona Beach residents participated in the Sanford rally on March 22 to help apply pressure on law enforcement to arrest George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin. Dr. L. Ronald Durham, pastor of Greater JAMES HARPER / DAYTONA TIMES Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Though the Rev. Al Sharpton was one of the noted speakers at last week’s Daytona Beach, helped to organize the rally Sanford rally for Trayvon Martin, Daytonans supported it and worked to make at Lake Fort Mellon Park in Sanford after being contacted by the Rev. Al Sharpton. The it happen.
park is less than three miles from the site of where 17-year-old Martin was shot walking to his father’s girlfriend’s apartment. The Rev. John Long of Tubman-King Community Church in Daytona, presided over the rally and introduced many of the speakers. “We did not come here to party. Those of us in front of you did not come here to entertain you. We did not come to incite you to violence, but we have come to call for an account for the life of another young Black male, caught up in a situation known as walking while Black,” Long said. “Too long Black life has been undervalued. Too many of our children have died needlessly. Too often we sit back in silence and it happens over and over and over again,” he added. Please see RALLY, Page 2
DCF names new Circuit 7 administrator BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES harperjames59@yahoo.com
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Dr. James Huger is shown with Al Bouie, president of the local Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, and Dr. Hiram Powell, vice president of Institutional Advancement at Bethune-Cookman University.
Huger’s legacy linked to women in his life
Alpha Phi Alpha pays tribute to Daytona Beach icon BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES harperjames59@yahoo.com
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r. James Huger credits two women for his success – his first employer, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, the founder of Bethune-Cookman University – and his beloved wife of 71 years, Phannye, whom he met while attending the school. Huger, who has lived most of his 97 years in Daytona Beach, was honored last week by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, an institution he has been a member of most of his adult life. A church service at Stewart Memorial Methodist Church on April 1 wrapped up a threeday Legacy Celebration that paid tribute to Huger; $30,000 in college scholarship money
was raised in his Huger’s name for high school seniors. The celebration included a golf tournament on March 30 and a dinner at the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort on March 31 sponsored by the fraternity’s local Beta Delta Lambda chapter. The local icon recently granted the Daytona Times an exclusive interview.
Varied experience
Met Bethune at an early age Huger first moved to Daytona Beach from West Palm Beach, where his father was a well-known minister. He recalls first meeting Bethune when his father invited her to speak at a function in the city. “My brother and I were coming down the hall (at their West Palm home). People of color could not stay in hotels. Mother and her group prepared a meal for her (Bethune) group. I was
The Florida Department of Children and Families has named a man from South Carolina as the new community development administrator in Circuit 7, which covers Flagler, Putnam, Volusia and St. Johns counties. Arnold Anderson will replace Reggie Arnold Williams, who retired Anderson as the administrator Feb. 29 to take on a new challenge as CEO for the Children’s Advocacy Center, which provides forensic services for children that are abused and or neglected. “As the community development administrator, Anderson will work with the resources that are unique to our local communities to ensure that DCF’s social services delivery system is optimized to meet local needs,” said John Harrell, spokesman for the Northeast Region for the Florida Department of Children and Families. Expanding DCF’s Partners for Promise program in Circuit 7 will be one of Anderson’s key priorities, Harrell said. “As part of DCF’s Strategic Vision, the Department is working to engage communities by seeking partnerships to promote local families designed to strengthen families. DCF’s new Partners for Promise program bring local businesses together to partner with the Department to help children and families in need. Anderson’s skills will be valuable in carrying out these initiatives,” Harrell continued.
A much younger Dr. James Huger is shown on BethuneCookman’s campus. in eighth grade at that time,” Huger recounted. He eventually would attend Bethune-Cookman College (BCC) when it offered classes for grades 10 through 12. Huger
also would be one of the first students at the school when it dropped its high school classes, and allowed students to enroll and earn associate’s degrees. Please see HUGER, Page 2
Anderson has served as the director of program services at Carolina Youth Development Center in the Charleston, S.C. area. Anderson also was the director of residential services for Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. in Jacksonville, N.C., where he was responsible for program development at the mental illness and substance abuse residential treatment facility. He has worked as a clinical social worker for the U.S. Department of Defense’s Family Advocacy Program at Fort Jackson, S.C. and served as a mental health counselor with the South Carolina Department of Mental Health, and has worked as a child protective investigator in the state of Connecticut. Anderson has a master’s degree in social work from the State University of New York.
R2 EASTER SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES Hope Fellowship to host service Hope Fellowship Church will celebrate Easter with “Resurrection Celebration 2012” on April 8 at 11 a.m. at the News-Journal Center. The Family of Hope “invites your family to join our family” for singing, theatrical dancing, giveaways and a message by Pastor Derek Triplett. The News-Journal Center is located at 221 N. Beach Street. More information: 386-226-1122.
7FOCUS Sunrise Service at the park The New Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church will begin Easter Services with a Sunrise Service at 6:30 a.m. on April 8 at Daisy Stocking Park, 550 Third Ave. “From the Tomb to the Throne” will be presented at 10:45 a.m. in the main auditorium of the church. The church is located at 515 Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Blvd. More information: 386-253-5697. Mt. Zion AME Church will also present The Seven Last Words of Jesus the Christ at the church on Friday, April 6, at 7 p.m.
APRIL 5 - april 11, 2012 Egg hunt in New Smyrna The New Smyrna Beach Recreations and Special Events department is sponsoring the New Smyrna Beach Easter Egg Hunt to be held at noon on April 7 at Old Fort Park. Free admission. More information: 386-424-2175.
AMVETS Easter Egg Hunt The AMVETS Ladies Auxiliary Post #100 will hold its Annual Easter Egg Hunt from noon to 3 p.m. on April 7 at 526 Orange Ave. Baskets will be provided
and all ages are welcome. Free and open to the public, food and refreshments will be provided. Children must be accompanied by an adult. More information: 386 252-2033.
Easter race at the beach The 45th Annual Run Forrest, Run! Easter Beach Run sponsored by the Daytona Beach Leisure Services Department will be held April 7 at low tide on the hard-packed sands of Daytona Beach. All races
will start at the Daytona Beach Pier running north for half of the distance and return. There will be large digital clocks at the turn around and at the finish. The races are as follows: 1 p.m. four-mile race (all ages, teams welcome), 2:15 p.m. two-mile Race & Fun Health Walk (all ages). Kids races begin at 3 p.m. with 50 yards (3-5 years), 100 yards (6-7 years), 1/4 mile (8-9 years). Registration varies from $8 to $35. More information: easterbeachrun.org, danielsp@codb.us or 386 -255-3736.
RALLY from Page 1 Local pastors among protestors The Rev. Victor Gooden of New Life Ministries in Holly Hill was among the protesters. “Justice has not been served. Anywhere in this country where justice isn’t served, we need to protest in mass numbers,” Gooden stated. The Rev. Larry Edwards of St. John Baptist Church in Ormond also was in the crowd. “I’m here to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves and stand for those who cannot stand for themselves,” he remarked.
‘My kid, my grandson’ Sandy Goldcross, a White Daytona Beach resident, said she went to the rally because she could relate to the situation. “Trayvon is my kid, my grandson. That is how we must look at this. Wouldn’t we want justice if the victim
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Among the Sanford marchers were Bethune-Cookman students Chidi Clark, Patrice Moss and Sayy Curry.
The New Black Panther Party made an appearance. had been one of our own? Wouldn’t we want others to support our call for justice? We must keep on with our support,” Goldcross added. Ormond Beach resident Andrea Hall said she was at the rally because she also felt Trayvon could have been her son. “Even though I am not a biological mother, I feel
as if Trayvon really could have been my son, as I view so many other Black children. It’s as if I can feel the pain of his mother within my own spirit. I want so much for our Black youth, and I know that there are so many life lessons that they must learn. Most of all, he was murdered for no reason. I had to be there to
support the family and to support the Black race and our nation at large,” Hall explained.
Brown: ‘I want an arrest’ Congresswoman Corrine Brown, whose District 3 includes part of Volusia County, ignited the crowd
HUGER from Page 1 Earned bachelor’s in West Virginia He also worked at the school while a student. Huger would go on to West Virginia State where he would earn a bachelor’s degree in business administration. While in West Virginia, Bethune would intervene again in Huger’s life. Upon graduation, she helped him get a job in the War Department. Huger said he held that job only a few months when Bethune sent for him to come work for her at the college. “I told her I had just graduated from college. I didn’t know anything about running a college, But she said you will learn,” Huger recalled. He would eventually rise to business manager for the school.
That is all I want. I don’t think the system has been fair. We can’t change the outcome, but we can make sure the system is fair and that we are treated fairly. We must start with an arrest. I want a trial. You are doing your part to make a difference and I will do mine,” she said to thunderous applause.
“I was born and raised in the South. I knew about lynching and I knew about being called a nigger,” he said. He wanted to go to the University of Florida, but at the time Blacks were not allowed to attend the state school. Moore, who was the first Black appointed to a cityrun committee – the Planning Board – came to Huger in 1965 and asked him to run for the Daytona Beach City Commission.
from 1973 to 1978 and serving as chairman in 1975 and 1978. Huger served as the city’s community development director from 1976 to 1994. Huger remembers catching a lot of flak from Blacks when he supported Urban Renewal, which eventually led to the closing of many Black-owned business and caused blight in many parts of the predominantly Black populated areas of the city. “We were able to put people in decent housing. We paved many streets, (had) stoplights (installed where they had never been). There were people living west of railroad tracks who didn’t have a bathroom in their houses,” he said noting that changed under his reign as an elected official and head of the community development department.
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Dr. Huger is surrounded by his extended family.
A Marine and marriage While working at B-CC, Huger was drafted into the Marine Corps in 1941. This would also be the year he married Phannye, whom he met while he a sophomore at B-CC. She was visiting B-CC to learn about the school. “She came here when she was in 12th grade. She was in my group. She was a cute little girl. The mind that she had, working with Ms. Bethune, no telling where she could go,” said Huger. Mrs. Huger would not end up enrolling at B-CC, but as destiny would have it, they would meet later while he was living in West Virginia. She would go on to graduate from another college and be successful in her right, including being the first Black principal at the former Mainland Seventh Grade Center. Mrs. Huger died in March 2009.
with a fiery speech. “What has happened here is not acceptable nowhere in Florida, nowhere in the country, nowhere in the world. This has to be a teachable moment for us because there is no good ending,” Brown said. “I only want one thing. It’s real simple. I want an arrest. I want an arrest.
Dr. James Huger is shown with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ed not to go back to B-CC. Mrs. Huger landed a job in St. Petersburg, where he would end up becoming part owner of a gas station. “Because of segregation, I could not get a job. I bought into a filling station. When that grease started running down my fingers, I knew this wasn’t for Jimmy Huger,” he said with a laugh. But Huger said he was determined to make a go of it. After all, he said, “I was a Marine.” “I am going to make this thing work,” he recalled saying to himself. But before he could get his hands too greasy, Dr. Bethune called upon him again.
Invested in gas station
Assigned to UNCF
After his tour in the Marines, Huger said he decid-
She had been asked to run the United Negro Col-
lege Fund campaign but didn’t want to travel anymore. “Huger, I’m not going back to Washington (D.C.). You are going to run it for me,” Huger said she told him. After this assignment with the UNCF, Bethune would eventually persuade Huger to come back to the college to work full time. She had just appointed Dr. Richard V. Moore to take over for her as president of the college. After the passing of Bethune, Moore would not only be his boss but a mentor and friend. Huger said had it not been for Moore and Bethune, he would not have been able to attend the University of Michigan to earn his graduate degree.
Witnessed civil rights history Huger served as Alpha Phi Alpha’s general secretary in 1939 when he first learned about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who was a member of the fraternity before he became famous. One of Huger’s greatest honors was serving as the fraternity leader and the role they played in helping King when he was arrested in Alabama supporting civil rights icon Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her
seat on a public bus to a White man in the 1950s. Huger said he and several of his Alpha brothers went to Montgomery for King’s trial and was shocked how King was being treated by his own attorney who referred to him as “that boy.’’ “We were ready to walk out. MLK was watching us. MLK said, “Cool it. This too shall pass,” Huger recalled.
Helped integrate Peabody Before leaving Montgomery, Huger said they gave King and his supporters $5,000, which was a lot of money back in those days coming from a Black organization. Huger would in later years work with King to help fight discrimination in St. Augustine and “he (King) helped us integrate Peabody Auditorium.” “I was with him when he started his journey and with him at end of his journey,” said Huger, who signed King’s certificate when he became a member of the fraternity.
Asked to run for city seat He reflected on Daytona Beach and Florida and the segregation in the 1950s and 1960s.
Before he made any major decisions, Huger said he always talked to his wife, Phannye. When he was asked to run for city commission, he was hesitant to do so. “I told her (Phannye) why I wasn’t running. How could I get elected with all these Whites (voting),” Huger said. “I give her credit. She said go ahead and try it,” Huger continued. Huger would end up winning, becoming the city’s first Black elected official when commissioners were elected by citywide voting instead of zone voting as they do now. He represented the City of Daytona Beach as a commissioner from 1965 to 1971.
First Black on county council He was the first Black to serve on the Volusia County Council, holding office
More achievements Huger also was the first African-American to play on the Daytona Beach Municipal Golf Course. He is a founder and past president of the National Community Development Association and the Florida Community Development Association, which advocates for community and economic development funding and programs. He is a former president of the Stewart-Marchman Center, Rape Crisis Center of Volusia County, Association for Retarded Citizens and Halifax Associates.
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By Jeroline D. Mccarthy | Daytona Times Calling for neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman’s arrest in the shooting death of 17-yearold Trayvon Martin, the NAACP Florida State Conference evoked a protest march and rally Saturday, eliciting over 1,000 people. A delegation of Flagler County’s NAACP, Volusia County residents and students at Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) was part of those converging on the Sanford Police Department after a half-mile march from Crooms Academy, noted during segregation for schooling U.S. Representative Alcee Hastings and former B-CU President Oswald Bronson. The Flagler County NAACP, led by branch president and Florida State Conference secretary Linda Sharpe Haywood, shared in a refrain chanting “No justice. No peace.” They marshaled support with NAACP President Ben Jealous, other NAACP leaders and luminaries – the Rev. Al Sharpton and the Rev. Jesse Jackson.
Orderly protest Busloads from around Florida arrived in Sanford and were joined by others seeking justice, along with
musical tributes. The speakers demanded justice, working with the city manager to bring a clean house to Sanford and continuing the fight for the rights of all people. Various protesters carried “Justice for Trayvon” signs and wore T-shirts indicating “Hoodies Don’t Kill People, Guns Kill People.” State Rep. Dwayne Taylor (D-Daytona Beach) was sighted among the speakers. The crowd was encouraged not to grow weary in well doing: “for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not (Galatians 6:9).” The demonstration was orderly and detectable by at least five helicopters circling overhead. Any unrest, the result of a hoodie worn by the victim on the day that he was killed, was promptly soothed by the speakers in that no one should be judged by the clothing they’re wearing.
‘Register and vote’ The unarmed teen’s life was snuffed out by Zimmerman on Feb. 26, outside a Sanford gated community. During questioning by the Sanford police, Zimmerman claimed self-defense and was not
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Compiled by the Daytona Times Wholistic Health fair scheduled The 12th Wholistic Health and Community Fair featuring healthy lifestyle demonstrations, exhibitors, mini individual sessions and prizes will be held April 14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sunshine Park Mall, 2400 S Ridgewood Ave., South Daytona. Free. More information: 386-248-1868 or www. wholisticfairs.com. Magic, Mayhem show Audience participation is encouraged at the “Magic and Mayhem Dinner and Show’’
to be held 7 p.m. April 7 at the Daytona Beach Resort and Conference Center, 2700 N. Atlantic Ave. Cost: $20, $15 children 11 and under. More information: 386-6723770 ext. 5002. Model Train and Railroad Artifacts The 39th annual Model Train and Railroad Artifact Show will be held from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. April 14 at the Volusia County Fairgrounds inside the Tommy Lawrence Arena. Admission is $7 for ages 12 and up, and free for children under 12. More information:
A busload from the Flagler County NAACP was part of those converging on the Sanford Police Department. charged. “We come to make sense of this great tragedy and the entire world grieves with us,” NAACP Board Chairman Roslyn Brock said from the rostrum. “When the Sanford police did not arrest George Zimmerman, they essentially placed the burden of proof on a dead young man who cannot speak for himself.” Brock told the crowd later to register and vote. “Your vote is the key that will unlock justice in this
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‘Racial profiling’ A statement released by the NAACP Florida State Conference decreed that “nothing shakes us more than the knowledge that Trayvon Martin’s killer, George Zimmerman, remains free. Trayvon’s senseless killing, and the city’s failure to bring his killer to justice, exemplifies patterns of racial profiling and the devaluation of
at 9 a.m. April 10 in meeting room 103 of the Ocean Center, 101 N. Atlantic Ave., Daytona Beach. Members will hear reports from the Ocean Center, Hotel and Lodging Association, Daytona Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, and local advertising authorities. The public is invited and there will be time for public participation. This advisory group makes recommendations to the Volusia County Council regarding use of tourist development tax revenues and the effective operation of special projects. More information: Don Poor, 386-254-4000 or dpoor@co.volusia.fl.us. Attorney to discuss long-term care Attorney Michael Pyle will discuss “Planning for longterm care” at 1 p.m. April 18 at the Daytona Beach Regional Library - City Island, 105 E. Magnolia Ave. Pyle will explain the types of care covered by long-term-care insurance and Medicaid. The details include assets owned by single and married people, assets vs. income, when to plan, and techniques for qualification. Free and open to the public. More information: Deborah Shafer, 386-257-6036, ext. 16264. Human Services board meets April 13 The Human Services Advisory Board’s development committee will meet at 10 a.m. April 13 in room 101 of the Thomas C. Kelly Administration Center, 123 W. Indiana Ave., DeLand. Members will review the board’s mission statement and goals for the year. The advisory board assists the Volusia County Council in developing Community Services Block Grant program goals and objectives, identifying community needs, and evaluating program effectiveness. More information: Dawn Jackson at 386-736-5956, ext.12985. Hattitude & Fashion Show in works The Pastor’s Appreciation Committee of Living Faith
Black men by law enforcement.” “This is not about a hoodie, it’s about racial profiling,” Rev. Jackson reiterated. “We live in the middle of an American paradox,” shouted Rev. Sharpton. “We can put a Black man in the White House, but we cannot walk a Black child through a gated neighborhood. We are not selling out, bowing out or backing down until there is justice for Trayvon.”
World Ministries presents a Hattitude & Fashion Show April 28 at 11:30 a.m. 950 Derbyshire Road. Cost: $12. A Bowl-A-Thon also will be held April 28 at 6 p.m. at Ormond Lanes. $20. If your team would like to participate, call 386-258-1258 ext. 11. Spring concert Performing at the NewsJournal Center, Daytona State College’s Dance Theatre presents its annual spring concert to showcase original choreographic works by faculty, guest artists and students. Performances will be held April 13 at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and April 14 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $8 per person or $15 for two, and free to Daytona State College and Volusia and Flagler County students. More information: 386-226-1927. Tickets on sale for Motown show Tickets for “Motown & Mo: A Fantastic Musical Voyage” at the Mary McLeod Bethune Performing Arts Center are now on sale. The April 14 show begins at 6 p.m. Deltona Concert The City of Deltona’s Concert in the Amphitheater series gets under way April 14 with a performance by American Pop 60. The event will be from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. in the Deltona Amphitheater, 2150 Eustace Ave. Free. More information: 386-878-8900. Blood pressure workshop An educational program for adults at risk of high blood pressure is scheduled 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April 9 at the New Smyrna Beach Library 1001 S. Dixie Freeway. Jill Taufer, a registered dietitian with the University of Florida/Volusia County Extension, will help attendees create a personal strategy to reduce their blood pressure and risk for heart disease by incorporating healthy practices into your life. Learn about personal risk factors, improved nutrition, exercise habits and lifestyle management to reduce health risks.
••• As always, remember our prayers for the sick, afflicted and bereaved.
Happy Birthday to You! Birthday wishes to: Delcena Samuels, April 7; Darthula McQueen, Eugene Price, April 8; Julius Hicks, Joan Robinson, Carla Price, April 11. Happy anniversary to Robert and Lynne Williams, April 7. Reservations are required. More information: 386-4242910, ext.104. ‘Medicare 101’ Turning 65 within the next three months? Confused by all the Medicare options available to you? Don’t miss Ken Cornell, a counselor with Serving Health Insurance Needs of Elders (SHINE), at 10 a.m. April 18 at the Daytona Beach Regional Library - City Island, 105 E. Magnolia Ave. He will explain what is covered under the various parts of Medicare and how the individual parts differ from Medicare Advantage. He also will discuss the benefits of participating in various parts of Medicare starting at age 65 to avoid potential financial penalties if opting in at a later date. The workshop is free and open to the public. More information: Deborah Shafer, at 386-257-6036, ext. 16264. Hopegiving luncheon this month The Presbyterian Counseling Center will hold its annual Hopegiving Luncheon April 19 at 11:45 a.m. at the Palmetto Club, 1000 S. Beach St. The luncheon will provide an opportunity for participants to learn more about the ministry and its work in the community. The luncheon is free; however, there will be opportunity to offer further support. More information or to RSVP: 386258-1618. Farmers’ Markets at Stetson Stetson University’s Hatter Harvest plans Farmers’ Markets April 22 from noon to 4 p.m. featuring fresh and local foods and entertainment on the Stetson Green, the lawn between the Carlton Union Building and the Quad, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand. The events are free and open to all and pets are welcome. Applications from vendors are now being accepted. More information: Elly Bludworth at ebludwor@stetson.edu or 386-631-1995.
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Don’t let go of the vision of a better world When was the last time that the actual streets of Daytona were swept with hundreds of protestors chanting, shouting, and screaming for justice? When was the last time that the steps of Daytona Beach City Hall were flooded with activists? As a younger man, I wasn’t alive to see the history of Daytona unfold to what it has become, nor can I answer some of the same questions that I’ve asked without talking to someone or a Google search. But when I turned the corner to International and Beach Street, my jaw just about dropped onto the dashboard where history was transpiring before my eyes.
‘Sight of unity’ As someone who’s been protesting for quite some time, this was a sight to be seen. The corner was flooded with faces both old and new, faces of all color coming together to remember the unjust death of Trayvon Martin, a sight of unity that I hope to see many more times for as long as I am in Daytona. This was also the first time that I’ve seen such a significant and inspirational showing from the youth in the community. We (Occupy Daytona) introduced the “Mic Check” or “The People’s Mic” to the participants in the Trayvon rally. This is where one person says one thing and the rest of the group repeats it so everyone is able to hear it. Once we asked for consensus to begin the second march of the day, a couple hundred hands twinkled up, or showed approval. And so we took the streets again! Orange Avenue was next, City
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any problems!” It was a minor incident that couldn’t scratch in our combined vigor. After a talk with the officers, we were informed that the church’s pastor didn’t want us near the church where another meeting was being held, so we moved back to the corner of International and Beach Street to hold the vigil. With our spirits and our heads high, we lit candles in plastic cups and made a circle for various people to speak about Trayvon. One of them was Bishop Martin Tooley who said, “This is not an issue of Black and White; this is an issue of right and wrong...Young people, it’s time to stand up. ‘Cause if you don’t stand up now, you won’t stand up when your time comes.”
Hall was in our sights, and it only got louder with every step we took on our march. Before you knew it, there was one person for nearly every inch of space at the front of City Hall. There were cheers, more chants and cries for rectitude, and of course, dancing. It was also here that we began and lost our voices to the exhausting chant: “There ain’t no power like the power of the people, cause the power of the people don’t stop!” After about 20 minutes at City Hall, we took the streets once again, heading back to the First In my thoughts Baptist Church, where the earA beautiful and heartbreaklier marches picked up momening moment of silence ensued. I tum that was seen on newscasts all put my camera away and thought around Florida. even more about where we need to move as a society. And while I More support don’t believe in a god, I know for Ridgewood Avenue is where we sure Trayvon is in a better place; picked up more community rein- he’s always in my thoughts. forcement than anywhere else. We The purpose of these movehad honks and cheers from nearments and moments is not to ly every car that passed by, even avenge or ‘equalize’ what’s been several that stopped in the middle of the road to further strengthen done to Trayvon, but to create a our undying spirit. Enroute to the better place where all people can church, a boy who couldn’t have live and be treated without prejubeen older than seven or eight was dice. It’s a shame that it took a tragedy even starting chants for Trayvon. It was also here that a police of- to create such a magnificent unificer shouted at a volume that got ty, but now that we are all continover a hundred protestors atten- uously coming together here and tion, toward a Black man wearing around the world, we can’t let go a hoodie, “If you would just listen of each other and of the vision of a to us, then there would never be better world.
What happened to our audacity? Forty years ago this month, 10,000 African-Americans thronged to Gary, Ind. for the first national Black political convention. They gathered to develop a Black agenda, and to influence 1972 presidential politics. One of the things on the agenda was the development of an independent Black political party and to explore the notion of independent Black politics. To commemorate this anniversary, Dr. Ron Daniels convened a group of people on Capitol Hill to see the movie, “Nation Time,” and to listen to a group of people, some of whom had been at Gary, talk about what Gary means today. One of the things that was exciting about the film was the energy and audacity of the Black folk who were gathered at Gary. There is a young Jesse Jackson leading the chant, “What time is it? It’s nation time!” There is a forceful Richard Hatcher, then mayor of Gary, explaining why the gathering was necessary. There is Imamu Amiri Baraka, calling for votes. There is Queen Mother Moore, speaking on the necessity for reparations.
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to executing a young Black man on the public streets. Facing an organized African-American community, Zimmerman might have thought twice between raising his gun and using it. Fearing an organized Black community, Zimmerman might have thought twice before uttering a racial slur. No doubt, he has learned from the best. Rush Limbaugh pops off at the mouth any chance he gets, using racial and gender slurs and only recently suffering any consequences. Newt Gingrich calls President Obama a “food stamp president” and he is only mildly called on it. It is easy to say, “Black people need to be more organized”, but it is difficult to do. Still, the Trayvon Martin case reminds us of the need for an organized African-American movement. And Gary reminds us that once there was audacity. We have to find that audacity again so that no racist on the loose ever again feels it acceptable to execute a child on the street.
tin and his family, demands that George Zimmerman, the man who executed Trayvon, be arrested, and demands that Florida’s vigilante laws be reviewed. This Trayvon Martin case may have a galvanizing effect on African-Americans. Still, we have to ask what has happened to the audacity that was so clearly present in Gary four decades ago. Since then, too many of us have become satisfied and complacent. Even as African-Americans continue to be battered by our economy, too many are blaming themselves, not our economic structure, for the situation they find themselves in. And we have been too tolerant of those who freely bandy about racial slurs. George Zimmerman apparently thought he could get away with a public execution. (To Julianne Malveaux is author date, he has.) of “Surviving and Thriving: 365 Facts in Black Economic HistoNo consequences Trayvon a catalyst? ry.” Click on this story at www. George Zimmerman seems to flcourier.com to write your own All weekend, there have been rallies in support for Trayvon Mar- think there are no consequences response.
The answer to unemployment Last week, Congressman John Conyers of the United States House Judiciary Committee introduced much-needed legislation entitled, “The Humphrey-Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act.” The bill number is House Resolution 4277/870. Congressman Conyers’ act directly addresses American’s need to work and our current economic crisis, but also embodies the spirit of the original Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978.
Transactions tax In short, the Act would tax stock and bond trades on Wall Street to finance a fund to create jobs for the jobless. The Full Employment and Training Trust Fund would create two accounts to directly fund job creation and training programs. Money taxed from Wall Street transactions would be distributed to each account, with 67 percent of revenues deposited in the job creation account, and 33 percent going to the job training account. Job creation funds would be allocated based on the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) formula, modified to consider unemployment data. The U.S. Department of Labor would collaborate with local elected officials, labor officials, and commu-
The details Gary L. Flowers NNPA COLUMNIST
nity groups, who are closest to the needs of our communities on the ground, to identify workers for each project. Americans in need of a job would work on construction projects, renovating school buildings, weatherizing homes, neighborhood beautification, expanding access to broadband and wireless Internet, and other jobs. The program would be open to those who are unemployed for at least 26 weeks, or low-income individuals who have been unemployed for at least 30 days. New jobs would include up to 30 hours or work per week and pay prevailing wages averaging $12-15 per hour, with benefits. Appropriate safeguards and strong anti-displacement protections would help to prevent substitution and ensure that workers are placed in jobs. Funds would be distributed to existing programs covered under the Workforce Investment Act for job -training programs, including 1-Stop Job Training Programs and the Job Corps.
Each account would be established through a tax on Wall Street financial speculation such as stock and bond trades. The financial transactions tax: • on each transaction: .25 percent; • for futures contracts to buy/sell specified commodities at market prices: .20 percent; • for swaps of financial instruments between two firms: .20 percent; • for credit default swaps where a contract is swapped through a series of payments in exchange for a payoff if credit instruments (loans) go into default: .20 percent; • for contracts between a buyer and a seller that gives buyer the right to buy/sell asset on or before expiration date (options) at an agreed price: .20 percent. All evidence for America’s current poor economy points to unregulated and unenforced laws of the greedy, which disproportionately affected the needy. Congressman Conyers’ legislation is needed now to put America back to work. Contact congressional representatives to support H.R. 4277/870.
Gary L. Flowers is executive director and CEO of the Black Leadership Forum, Inc. Click on this story at www.flcourier.com to write your own response.
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Affordable housing is out of reach Amid continuing foreclosures and short sales, millions of former proud homeowners now find the cost of their American Dream financially out of reach. For many displaced by foreclosures, rental housing has become a long-term housing alternative. But new research finds that the huge growth in America’s renters has worsened an already troubling problem: an inadequate supply of affordable housing. According to “Out of Reach 2012,” an annual report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, renter households rose by nearly 4 million between 2005 and 2010.
Housing gap In 2012, a household must earn the equivalent of $37,960 in annual income to afford the national average cost of a twobedroom market rate of $949 per month. To comfortably afford market price for the typical rental, incomes must meet or exceed $18.25 per hour. However, Out of Reach found that the 2012 average renter’s wage was a few dollars less at $14.15.This gap between housing costs and typical worker earnings will continue to grow until or unless more affordable housing becomes available. Looking ahead, over the next decade the report predicts that the number of renters may increase by upwards of 470,000 annually. The report states in part, “The analysis illustrates a wide gap between the cost of decent housing and the hourly wages that renters actually earn. The numbers in Out of Reach demonstrate that this year in every community across the country, there are renters working fulltime who are unable to afford the rents where they live.” In 2012, many who are severely cost-burdened are adult workers whose wages are less than their locale’s fair market rent. Determined by HUD on an annual basis, fair market rent reflects the cost of both shelter and utilities. This federal standard is also used to determine eligibility for HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher program and Section 8 contracts.
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Currently, 18 states have minimum wages higher than that of the federal government and earlier this year, the City of San Francisco became the first in the nation to have a minimum wage above $10 an hour. Unfortunately, California rates third highest in the nation’s rental housing costs with $26.02 an hour needed for a two-bedroom dwelling. Other states where a two-bedroom apartment would require an hourly wage of $20.00 or more are Connecticut, D.C., Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia. Based on a federal standard, affordable housing should cost no more than 30 percent of a household’s gross income. When housing costs exceed this threshold, the residents are considered “housing burdened.” When housing costs more than 50 percent of household income, the households are “severely cost burdened.” By 2010, extremely low-income (ELI) workers, those earning less than 30 percent of the area median income rose to 9.8 million people, or one out of every four renter households. For every 100 ELI households in search of an apartment, only 30 affordable units are available. NHLIC estimates that an additional 6.8 million additional rental units are needed to overcome this shortage.
Major priority
Commenting on the NLHIC report, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan has proposed that HUD’s FY13 budget make renewing rental assistance for over 5.4 million families the agency’s top priority. Here’s hoping that Secretary Donovan’s budget request will fare better than earlier housing efforts. In 2008, the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund was Unaffordable housing enacted for the purpose of buildOut of Reach found that in ev- ing more affordable housing. In ery state, an individual working 2012, it remains unfunded. full-time at the federal minimum Charlene Crowell is the wage of $7.25 per hour cannot afManager ford a two-bedroom apartment Communications for his or her family. In fact, there for State Policy & Outreach are very few places in the coun- with the Center for Responsitry where even a one-bedroom ble Lending. Click on this story apartment at fair market rent is at www.flcourier.com to write your own response. affordable to these workers.
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Delivering food and hope worldwide Erthartin Cousin named executive director of the U.N.’s World Food Program
not to be followers.” She compared childrearing to tending roses. “If you are going to have a rose bush, you can’t just put it in the ground and walk away. You’re going to cultivate it. You’re going to see that the weeds don’t grow around it. You’re going to help it grow in the right way, so that it can be beautiful.”
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WASHINGTON – Ertharin Cousin, who grew up in Chicago’s Lawndale neighborhood, is a U.S. ambassador with a residence in Rome, round-the-clock bodyguards and a dogeared passport. Since 2009, she’s been the U.S. representative to the United Nations agencies for food and agriculture, a role that has taken her to 23 countries to combat hunger and malnutrition. President Barack Obama, long an acquaintance, nominated her to the post. But much is about to change for Cousin, 54. She’ll leave a home on Via di Porta San Sebastino, lose her State Department security detail and no longer will have Obama as her boss. This week, she becomes the executive director of the U.N.’s World Food Program, one of the largest humanitarian organizations in the world.
‘Passionate, driven and hardworking’ In her new job, she will keep delivering food, and hope, to the world’s poor, and she’ll continue to live in the Italian capital, though in a different residence. She will report to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Kimoon, working not just for the U.S., but “all the people of the world,” as he put it to her. A lawyer who calls herself “passionate, driven
Destined for something big
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Ambassador Ertharin Cousin, a native of Chicago’s Lawndale neighborhood, talks about her life and career, her friendship with the Obamas, and her new post, as the executive director of the UN World Food Program. She was interviewed last month at a hotel in Arlington, Va.
Early on, there were signs that Cousin – “this little Black girl from Lawndale,” in her mother’s words – was destined for something big. Her husband’s aunt baby-sat the young girl, and when she was 2, the aunt said: “I may not live to see Ertharin grow up, but Ertharin is going to be somebody. She’s so smart.” When Cousin was a child, she read a story in Life magazine about the killing of baby seals for their skins and wrote to the White House and went door-to-door with a petition to try to halt the practice, her mother said. Talking about her own career, Annie Cousin said: “That’s what she saw me do all those years: working with the underprivileged, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked. Region: USI was very passionate about what I Language: English did. Ertharin just took it to Notes: None another level.”
Democratic National Committee and was a White House liaison to the State Department for President Bill Clinton. In a commencement speech last year to John Cabot University in Rome, Cousin admitted she was not the best student in college or law school. She said she had graduated not magna nor summa cum laude, but what her mother called “Thank you, laude.” Looking back, Cousin said she also had outside pursuits. During law school she led search teams for Atlanta’s missing, murdered children and put together a rally to keep the Ku Klux Klan from organizing on campus.
Feeding hungry bodies, minds
Her interests – and politics – meshed with Obama and his commitment to the ing to Annie Cousin, who and hardworking,” she cut Chicago’s West Side. world’s poor, set out in his her teeth in politics in ChiCousin’s mother was a said in an interview that inaugural address, when cago and the Clinton White city social worker and ad- she wanted all her daughhe pledged that the U.S. House. She’s also had ministrator for 38 years; ters – the others are Tybra, would “work alongside you top jobs in the corporate her father owned property Yuvette and Zina – to have to make your farms flourish world, including with the and was active in West Side “pretty, distinctive” names. and let clean waters flow; “I wanted something Albertsons grocery chain politics. As a child, she was to nourish starved bodies and Jewel-Osco stores. bused to La Grange Park to that I thought was strong, and feed hungry minds.” When Hurricane Ka- study at St. Louise de Maril- and something unusual, In mid-March she visand somehow it came out trina hit in 2005, she was lac Catholic School. ited him in the Oval Of‘Ertharin,’ “ the mother an executive at the ChicaShe graduated from Chifice to thank him for namgo-based America’s Sec- cago’s Lane Tech in 1975. said. ing her an ambassador and ond Harvest, Feeding Her undergraduate degreeBleed: Client: now Leo Burnett encouraging her new apRaised girls America,Campaign: and helped 5/3rdbring Bank 2012 Lending Print is from the University of Il-Trim: pointment. “There was a Agency Job #:of610-FTFTBPD2002 62 million pounds food linois at Chicago and lawLive:to10”be x 10” strong ADCoast. #/AD ID: QFRC0311 degree from the University lot to say thank-you for,” to the Gulf traces Date Modi ed: 03-27-12 KeylineErtharin Scale: 1” =Cousin 1” she said. “And in response The World Food Pro- of Georgia. herat:start to broad-mindCR: Output to that, he said, ‘You served Campaigned for gram has an annual budThough a citizen of the ed parents who bought the AD Round: us well and we’re expectget of about $4.5 billion a world, Cousin keeps a con-Page: Harold Washington World Book encyclopedia, ing big things of you.’ “ year, 10,000-plus employ- do in Hyde Park and tries sent her to acting classes After law school, she ees and operations in more to make it home every few and took Cousin’s work already NOTthe TO BE USED FOR COLOR APPROVAL family on long campaigned for Chicago’s than 70 countries. The U.S. months. has taken her to impoverSunday drives all over the first Black mayor, Harold R. Schmidtwith P: a K.son, Green R. Sprague BM: J. Lewandowski contributes about 40 per- AD:Divorced she AM:city and suburbs. Washington. She flopped ished stretches of Africa, cent of its budget. Obama has two grandchildren who Annie Cousin, 77, said at her only try for public of- Asia and Central Amerirecommended Cousin for call her “Gigi.” Her mother, she and her late husband fice, a 1988 bid for a seat on ca. Today’s aid, she said, her new post, which has a Annie Cousin, still lives in weren’t disciplinarians, what is now the Metropoli- comes in many forms, infive-year tenure. the home where Ertharin per se. “We were a talking tan Water Reclamation Dis- cluding rations such as Cousin and her three sis- family – we talked about trict, but she caught the eye wheat, maize, sorghum Working-class roots ters grew up. and rice, high-energy biseverything,” she said. “We of other top Democrats. “Ertharin” means noth- respected one another. We It’s a long way from her After work at the city and cuits, food vouchers and working-class roots on ing in particular, accord- raised the girls to be strong, state level, she joined the cash.
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NFL scouts watch Wildcats in action
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BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES butleramj@yahoo.com
Bethune-Cookman University held a Pro Day for its top football prospects in front of over 200 fans this past week at Municipal Stadium in Daytona Beach. The purpose was to give pro scouts a chance to look at Wildcats who have aspirations of getting into the NFL. Fourteen B-CU players were on hand, including Ryan Davis, Ryan Lewis, Reggie Sandilands, Nattiel Curry and Jean Fanor along with players from Florida A&M University, Edward Waters College and Livingstone College. Professional scouts came from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Jets, San Francisco 49ers, San Diego Chargers, Carolina Panthers, Kansas City Chiefs, Detroit Lions, New York Giants and Canadian Football League Hamilton Tiger Cats were all in attendance. All-American defensive end Davis was the headliner. He is the Wildcat most likely to be drafted. Linebackers Sandilands and Lewis along with offensive lineman Curry are also on the scouts’ radar. Defensive backs Fanor and Mike Williams used the opportunity to give the scouts another look at themselves. The NFL Draft will take place April 26-28.
B-CU SPORTS INFORMATION
Bethune-Cookman linebacker Ryan Lewis (front) is shown going through a drill.
B-CU ROUNDUP
Softball: Wildcats sweep Eagles What do you do when you have an eight-game win streak snapped? You go and start another. That’s exactly what BethuneCookman (17-21, 3-0) did following an 8-0 loss to Jacksonville University on March 29. The Wildcats kicked off MidEastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) play by sweeping North Carolina Central University (331, 0-3). On Sunday, B-CU swept a double-header beating NCCU 6-3 and 8-0. Amari Foster was 2-for-3 with four RBIs, including a grand slam for the Wildcats in the first game. In the second game, Michelle
Banuelos Smith went 3-for-4 with four RBIs to lead B-CU. “I wanted to be aggressive. I figured the pitch was going to be down the middle,” responded Foster. Shanel Tolbert pitched a complete game shutout in five innings. Aurelia Gamch was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and Karina Romero went 2-for-3 with two runs scored. “I had bad pitch selection in the first game, but in the second game I saw the ball a lot better,” said Gamch. On Saturday, B-CU opened the series winning 10-2 in five innings in dominating fashion. Calesha Shelly went 4-for-
4 with three runs scored while Kelsey Rodney and Shamaria Engram each hit homeruns while going 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Banuelos-Smith was also 2-for-4 with two RBIs and Tolbert pitched a two-hit shutout for the Wildcats. B-CU has won 12 straight home games and 18 straight MEAC games dating back to last season. The Ladies travel to Orangeburg, S.C. to face South Carolina State University (11-16, 0-0) on April 6 and 7 in another MEAC South Division series.
Weather shortens track meet Bethune-Cookman University competed in the Best Western University of North Florida Invi-
tational last week but the event was shortened due to thunderstorms. Many of the sprinting event finals were cancelled due to the weather. The Wildcats’ top performance came from freshman Desiree Richardson (13.24 m/43’5.25”) who finished fifth in the shot-put. “She had big PR in that event. She is ready to compete for points and a MEAC title,” said Donald Cooper, B-CU head track and field coach. B-CU track and field program will compete in the 73rd annual Pepsi Florida Relays in Gainesville April 6 and 7. The Wildcats will host the Bethune-Cookman Beach Invitational on April 14 starting at 10 a.m. at Seabreeze High School.
Admission is $5 for the public and $1 for students with B-CU student ID.
Baseball: Wildcats face big games The Wildcats baseball team lost to Florida International 6-2 but rebounded by beating the University of North Florida 5-2 last week. They were to face UNF (1125) again on Tuesday and No. 14 University of Central Florida (236) on Wednesday. B-CU (15-12, 6-2) is set to host Savannah State University (1117, 4-4) at Jackie Robinson Ballpark in downtown Daytona April 6-7 in another Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Southern Division matchup.
Mainland baseball having great season BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES butleramj@yahoo.com
Mainland High School is known for its football and basketball programs but this year you can add baseball to the list. The Buccaneers (12-4) are having one of their best seasons ever, at least in recent years. “Our team has really matured and grown up this year. We also have good leadership with our six seniors. It also has helped that we have played more schools our size instead of the largest of schools,” said Michael Burton, Mainland’s head coach. Pitching and defense has been the key for the Bucs. Senior pitcher Vince Maggio (6-1, 0.48 ERA, 74Ks) and Nick Secor (2-0, 1.16 ERA) lead the Buccaneers on the mound. “These two guys really go out there and throw strikes. They also throw strikes early,” stated Burton. Maggio added, “Our pitches have been working and the defense has been backing us up. We have been a more focused team
VOLUSIA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS REVIEW on defense this year.” Matt Moak (1-2, 1.28 ERA), Tyler Brownell (2-1 2.04ERA) and Colby Landrum (1-0, 0.00 ERA) also have pitched well. Offensively, Mainland has been getting it done playing small ball. Adam Rosenberg (.380BA, 12R, 7SB) and Maggio (.350BA, 6RBIs, 7SB) pace the club in hitting. Justin Duhaime (.324BA), Brownell (.320BA, 6RBIs), Austin Litke (.333BA), and Landrum (.313BA, 14R) have chipped in. Recently the Buccaneers swept the season series with their archrival Seabreeze beating them 3-2 on March 29 and 2-1 on March 27. “It was great! Our first sweep of them in school history at least as far back as the administration can remember,” Rosenberg responded. Rosenberg hit the game-winning triple against Seabreeze on March 29.
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Mainland High School’s baseball team (5-1) is tied for first in their district at this moment with only one loss. District 8-6A includes Mainland, Seabreeze, Pine Ridge, Deltona and Orlando Edgewater. ”I could have did it or my teammate behind me, but I told him that I would go ahead and end it. I got a good pitch to hit and was able to hit it where no one was,” recalled Rosenberg. Burton added,” They got to cut my hair after the sweep of Seabreeze. That game had a great atmosphere. We had a real big crowd during our home game at Daytona State College on the 29th – many of the students and faculty were there.” Mainland also has registered wins over traditionally strong area programs Flagler Palm Coast and Deltona, whom they normally do not beat. “This is my fourth year here and it’s good to finally have a winning record. It’s a great feeling,” stated Maggio. The school has really gotten behind the ball club recently. “It’s great to be getting support that we normally see football and basketball get. We now have a reasonable fan base,” stated Rosenberg. The Buccaneers (5-1) also are tied for first in their district at this moment with only one loss. District 8-6A includes Mainland, Seabreeze, Pine Ridge, Deltona and Orlando Edgewater. The Bucs like their chances of reaching the district tournament
title game and making the post season. “If we can just keep our head on and play consistently. We will have to continue to keep pitching well and get timely hitting,” said Burton. Mainland hosted Edgewater on Tuesday. They play at Edgewater on April 6.
DeLand’s Smith takes Crescent City job Al Smith, DeLand High’s assistant football coach, is now the head football coach at Crescent City High. Smith spent the last 12 seasons at DeLand. He started his coaching career at Spruce Creek as an assistant under Rocky Yocam. He takes over for former Bethune-Cookman player Quintin Lewis who left to become head coach at Tallahassee Rickards.
Middle School basketball schedule The Middle School basketball season tipped off on April 3. The season will run through May 22. All games are on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The championship game will take place on May 24. Volusia County has Ormond, Campbell, Holly Hill, Hinson, Silver Sands, Creekside and New
Smyrna competing in the East while DeLand, Deltona, Heritage, Southwest, Galaxy and Riversprings play in the West division. Check schools for schedules and game dates and times.
Baseball scores Father Lopez-15, Warner-1; Pine Ridge-11, Deltona-10 (8); DeLand-5, Lake Brantley-2; Sandalwood-7, Flagler Palm Coast-5; Matanzas-4, University-3; Spruce Creek-1, Lake Mary-0; Mainland-3, Seabreeze-2; Warner-11, Atlantic-1; Trinity-5, Bishop Moore-1; Taylor-8, Ocala Christian-4; University-2, Deltona-1; Spruce Creek-7, DeLand-3; Pine Ridge-11, Deltona-1, DeLand-8, Matanzaz-5; Lopez-12, Jacksonville Cedar Creek-1; Mainland-2, Seabreeze-1; Flagler Palm Coast-9, University-8; Trinity-15, First Coast-10.
Prep Sports Seven Baseball 1. Spruce Creek (15-3), 2. DeLand (14-3), 3. Mainland (12-4), 4. New Smryna (9-6) 5. Warner (11-6), 6. Taylor (9-6), 7. Father Lopez (7-6) Others: Flagler Palm Coast (8-8), Pine Ridge (9-10). Note: Baseball scores, stats and rankings as of April 2.
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