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B-CU/MLK Lofts deal gone bad irks alumni, Midtown residents

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This area along South Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard is the site where a high-rise apartment complex was supposed to be built for B-CU students.

Know your roots There are a variety of events scheduled for residents eager to celebrate Black History Month.

Here are some of the local activities happening this month.

The African-American Museum of the Arts in DeLand will host a lecture by local historian Mike Brown on Feb. 17 at 1 p.m. The museum is at 325 S. Clara Ave. Mary Ellen, executive director o the museum, stated the importance of attending Black History events.

“It’s important to know your roots and where you come from.

It defines who you are, where you are and where you are going. People have lost their culture and have been involved in other identities,” she told the Daytona Times.

“We need to know our roots and the great contributions we have made not just to this country but the world. Our ancestors gave the world civilization, math, writing and much more.”

Later this month, the museum is planning to erect a Mother and Child sculpture donated by John Wilton and Ray Johnson. The

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Allen said the sculpture is of an African-American mother and her child carved in sandstone. A ceremony for the erection of the sculpture will be announced later, she said.

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Bethune-Cookman University is under fire again for another building project.

Heron Development Group LTD has filed a lawsuit against the university for $1 million, stating that B-CU backed out of a deal for a student housing facility in Midtown.

MLK Lofts is the planned development on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, which calls for an upscale high-rise, three-story living facility between Cherry and El Dorado Streets.

The project was introduced to the community as an upscale high-rise with the average rent at $1,700 a month. A deal with BCU changed it to housing for students.

It was projected that B-CU would make up to $45 million over 30 years by renting the

New Smyrna festival The Mary S. Harrell Black Heritage Museum in New Smyrna Beach has scheduled its 27th Annual Black Heritage Festival for Feb. 9-11.

The festival will include arts and crafts, music, entertainment and events for children. The museum is located at 314 N. Duss St. “Our event has grown, but we haven’t marketed it to make it a national or statewide event. We keep it to our community and Volusia County. We have a small town celebration, but we do have good crowds,” said Jimmy Harrell, executive director of the Mary S. Harrell Black Heritage Museum.

More history Harrell wants to see more Black history actually being taught in February and through ought the year.

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‘WE CAN’T GO BACKWARDS’ Local Muslims reflect on immigration ban, direction of country

BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES

Local Muslims had plenty to say this week about President Donald Trump’s executive order on Jan. 28 that temporarily bans certain immigrants from entering the United States.

Refugees are banned from entering the country for 120 days and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim nations can’t come in for three months. The countries affected are Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia.

Protests have sprung up all across the nation, including airports. Orlando International Airport and Daytona Beach International Airport both had protests on Sunday.

“It’s very difficult. It was unpredicted. We never thought this would happen in our country.

This does not represent America, our values or the principals, which this nation was founded on,” said Imam Belal Shemman of the Islamic Center of Daytona Beach. “I think these executive orders are unconstitutional and go against our morals as Americans and humans.’’

Shemman, who is from Yemen, added, “I know people that have been hit by this directly. These

executive orders harm many families. You have children that are here or there. Some are here while their parents are overseas and vice versa.”

Detained at airport Muhammad Morshed said he was detained on Monday for 30 minutes at Orlando International Airport after returning from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Morshed is originally from Bangladesh. He has lived in the U.S. for 17 years and held American citizenship for 12 years.

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Imam Belal Shemman, left, warns against labeling all Muslims in one category. Muhammad Morshed, right, said being detained at the airport was a scary experience.

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A group of B-CU stakeholders is calling on the university’s leadership team to resign as a consequence of a controversial on-campus dormitory building project.

B-CU alumni to rally about crisis The Concerned Constituents for Bethune-Cookman University, a group primarily made up of alumni, will host a Rally to Save B-CU at noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3, at Stewart Memorial United Methodist Church, 317 Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard Jr. The group, formed during

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Homecoming weekend last year, is calling for the removal of BCU’s Board of Trustees. Members of the group also are calling for a transparent financial audit, access to meetings and inclusion in the search for the next president.

For more info, call 407-8089484, or email concernedccbcu@ gmail.com.

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The City of Daytona Beach hosted a closing reception on Jan. 27 for the popular art exhibit “Bridging the Waters – West Meets East” at the Yvonne Scarlett-Golden Cultural & Educational Center, which is located at 1000 Vine St., Daytona Beach.

The exhibit is the work of artist Michael Massenburg of Los Angeles, California and Ronald Kelly of Orlando.

The artists’ work was on display from Oct. 28 to Jan. 27.

Entertainment was provided by the Def4ni-tion Band featuring lead singer Nfrwi Hall. The Inner Acting Youth Repertory Theatre Group also performed.

The “Divided Soul’’ Art Showcase starts later this month.

Black History Month events: Exhibits, festivals and films

BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES

Here’s a roundup of Black History Month events that are happening locally.

Many are free to the public.

‘Divided Soul’ exhibit The “Divided Soul’’ Art Showcase is heading to the Yvonne Golden-Scarlet Golden Cultural & Educational Center, located at 1000 Vine Street in Daytona Beach. All of the art is by Anthony Armstrong.

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“It is also part of our Black History Month festivities. This is our 11th art showcase overall.

We decided to bring Armstrong back because he is an outstanding artist. He is also one of the best artists that we have had. He has a lot of new material that we think the community can enjoy,” said Daytona Beach’s Leisure Services Director Percy Williamson.

The art showcase opening will open on Feb. 24 with a program from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The band V3 will perform. A clos-

ing ceremony will be on May 19 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The showcase is being sponsored by VITAS Health Care and the City of Daytona Beach.

Black Heritage Festival New Smyrna Beach will hold its 26th Annual Mary S. Harrell Black Heritage Festival from Feb. 3-5 in Pettis Park on the corner of Duss Street and Mary Avenue.

The event is free to the public.

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“Within Our Gates,’’ a 1920 silent film directed by Oscar Micheaux, will be shown at Daytona State College this month.

ORLANDO – Kenneth “Kenny” Kinsler, one of the first Black athletes to desegregate Seabreeze High School’s racially segregated athletic program, died Jan. 24 in Orlando after a long illness. He would have turned 62 on Feb. 3.

Kinsler was born on February 3, 1955 to Patsy Tiller and the late Kenneth L. Kinsler. He attended Rev. David Shaw’s kindergarten, Turie T. Small Elementary, Campbell Junior High (as middle schools were called then) Kenneth and Mainland Ju- “Kenny” nior High, all in Kinsler Daytona Beach.

“Kenny was bowlegged with big thighs, which gave him a strong athletic foundation,” said Bobby Jackson, one of Kinsler’s best friends from childhood.

“Ironically, we used to talk about the cultural and community ‘foundation’ he had in Daytona, what he called ‘the Daytona flavor’ – honesty, respect, responsibility – the upbringing he got from being raised in our neighborhood. He was really connected to Daytona.”

Bused to beachside Forced busing of Black students to Seabreeze came after the Volusia County School Board shut down all-Black Campbell Street High School. That was how the board, after almost two decades of opposition, finally obeyed the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education legal decision outlawing racial segregation in America’s public schools.

In 1970, Kinsler was among the first group of Black high school-age students living south of Orange Avenue who took the 30-minute school bus ride to what was then known as Seabreeze Senior High School.

He had honed his basketball skills on Robert “Buggy” Reed’s team while participating in the local neighborhood basketball league organized by Eldridge Van Geter, the visionary recreation director at what was then known as the Cypress Street Recreation Center.

After two years of trying, he made the Seabreeze’s 1973 varsity basketball team as a senior, where he played with another best friend, Earnest “Benny” Jones.

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Florida Senate backs Bethune statue for US Capitol

BY JIM TURNER NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

TALLAHASSEE – A statue of civil-rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune is halfway to its supporters’ goal of replacing the likeness of a Confederate general as a representative of Florida in the U.S. Capitol.

The Florida Senate voted 37-0 on Wednesday to pass a measure (SB 472) to have Bethune’s statue replace Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith at the National Statuary Hall Dr. Mary in Washington.

McLeod Among those voting in Bethune support was Sen. Dennis Baxley, an Ocala Republican and descendant of a Confederate soldier who had opposed changing the statues because of concerns about “dishonoring” Smith.

Cultural Affairs change Baxley said his vote Wednesday was due to the manner in which bill sponsor Sen. Perry Thurston, D-Fort Lauderdale, handled the proposal.

Daytona State plans poetry slam, Diaspora lecture Daytona State College will commemorate Black History Month with a variety of activities that include a poetry slam, guest lecture and musical entertainment.

The celebration, sponsored by the college’s Office of Co-curricular Activities, kicks off on Tuesday, Feb. 6, at the student landing on the Daytona Beach Campus, 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd., with a healthful project.

Daytona State’s health sciences students will perform free blood pressure and other wellness checks from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Poetry and music Wordsmiths will want to polish their best work for presentation at the poetry slam slated for Tuesday, Feb. 13, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the student landing.

There also will be performances by musical guest Debbie D. and Vintage Now.

History lesson On Thursday, Feb. 15, Dr. Anthony Dixon, founder and president of the Archival and Historical Research Associates and professor of history at BethuneCookman University, will present A Historical Overview of the African Diaspora in Florida.

His lecture will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Nunamann Hall, room 424, on the Daytona Beach Campus.

The college has designated Wednesday, Feb. 21, Black History Day, which will culminate with performances by Bethune-Cookman’s Divine Nine and Daniel “Saxman” Fuqua.

Food for the Feb. 21 event, which also runs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Daytona Beach Campus student landing, will be provided by Daytona State alumni and alumna Deborah Reshard, owner of Lil’ Mama’s Kitchen.

For more information, contact Marcellas Preston, at 386-5063402, Marcellas.Preston@DaytonaState.edu.

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Jackson’s agreement Documents show that former President Edison Jackson signed an agreement for a six-story, 290bed apartment in July 2015 as well as a letter of intent last June.

The lawsuit states that there was no mention of B-CU being inDr. Edison volved in the origJackson inal plans for the project when it was first presented to the community.

The City of Daytona Beach approved millions of dollars in street improvements and proper-

That included making a change last week to require the Smith statue be acquired and displayed by the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs.

“While I still have some heartburn about disrespecting Gen. Kirby Smith, just because of history that we didn’t live, you showed respect,” Baxley told Thurston. “And I am committed to finding him (Smith) a place of honor here, because I think we should all honor those that come before us.”

‘Powerful signal’ The proposal to make Bethune the first African-American woman to be honored in the national hall awaits action by the Florida House, where an identical bill (HB 139) has started moving forward.

“Bethune’s life and values illustrate the best of Florida,” Thurston said, adding that placing her likeness in the hall “will send a powerful signal to the world that Floridians recognize our rich history and its present-day diversity.”

‘Mother of the struggle’ Bethune, who in 1904 founded what became Bethune-Cookman University in

Daytona Beach, also served as president of the National Association of Colored Women, was an appointee of President Herbert Hoover to the White House Conference on Child Health and was an adviser to President Franklin Roosevelt.

The university has offered to pay for the Bethune statute, but the cost of transporting both statues has yet to be addressed.

Sen. Bobby Powell, D-West Palm Beach, described Bethune as “the mother of the struggle.”

“If you don’t ever see an image in your likeness, then sometimes you’re not inspired to go there or get there,” Powell, an African-American, said.

No disrespect Sen. Audrey Gibson, D-Jacksonville, said the change in statues should not be seen as disrespecting Smith but as a change to reflect the ingenuity of Floridians.

“I think Mary McLeod Bethune demonstrated that, starting the school with $1.50 and five little girls,” Gibson said.

Florida’s other representative in the statuary hall is John Gorrie, widely considered the father of air conditioning. Smith has been one of Florida’s representatives since 1922.

The Legislature voted in 2016 to replace the Smith statue during a nationwide backlash against Confederate symbols in the wake of the 2015 shooting deaths of nine African-American worshippers at a historic Black church in Charleston, S.C.

Top of list Despite agreeing to remove Smith, lawmakers were unable to come up with a replacement during the 2017 session, as the House did not move forward with suggestions from the Great Floridians Program within the state Division of Historic Resources.

Bethune was the top recommendation, while others were George Washington Jenkins, Jr., the founder of the Publix grocery store chain, and Marjory Stoneman Douglas, the environmentalist and author best known for her 1947 work “The Everglades: River of Grass.”

The West Point-educated Smith had few ties to the state as an adult.

After surrendering – the last Confederate general to do so with a major army under his command – and later taking an oath of loyalty so he could return from Cuba, Smith spent his remaining years as an educator in Tennessee.

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Teach others too Harrell and Allen touted the importance of sharing the history with Black youth as well as other races and nationalities.

“We need African-American museums. There are 30 in Florida. It’s up to these institutions to bring in speakers, push out information, conduct workshops and get out into the community,” she related.

“Others need to know our history as well, which will tear down and destroy stereotypes, misconceptions and negative images of us. Churches, businesses and other organizations need to do the same. Our history isn’t being taught much in the education system. I know. I was in the school system.”

Festival lineup On Friday, Feb. 9, the festival will open at Pettis Park at 11 a.m.

Education Day takes place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with tours of the Black Heritage Museum and art projects at the Alonzo “Babe’’ James Center. RSVP at 386-6315551.

Friday Night Live will feature jazz and poetry beginning at 5 p.m. at Pettis Park.

On Saturday, Feb. 10, there will be a festival with music and entertainment as well as food and vendors in Pettis Park. A talent showcase begins at 11 a.m. and the Packrat and Smokehouse band performs at 3 p.m.

On Sunday, Feb. 11, a “Sunday’s Best’’ Gospel Showcase is set for 2 p.m. at Pettis Park. The park is adjacent to the museum.

Call 386-478-1934 for more information.

Lectures at library The Ormond Beach Library has scheduled a month of sessions to celebrate Black History Month.

They include a “Message in

ty tax breaks. City officials, however, say they were not told that the apartments would be used for student housing.

It also was reported that BCU’s Board of Trustees had no knowledge of the MLK Lofts deal and wasn’t presented with information on it.

‘Sad and unbelievable’ B-CU alumni and residents had harsh comments about the deal gone bad.

“Our institution has NEVER had accusations of unethical behaviors of this magnitude. I am disappointed by those local consultants and others that ushered this misled project before the commission. This is a wakeup call to all alumni. We have a vested interest in the survival of Mother Mary’s college.... We are Mary’s babies! It’s time to engage, pay dues, attend alumni meetings and take our rightful place at the table,” exclaimed Zone 6 City

This Mother and Daughter sculpture will be erected this month at the African American Museum of the Arts in DeLand.

Music’’ program from 2:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 4 with Jim Stewart, Ph.D., a professor emeritus at Pennsylvania State University. He will discuss Black music.

“Protesting in America’’ is scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m. on Feb. 8 with Lawrence N. Green leading a panel discussion exploring different types of protests happening in the United States.

The “Kemetic (Egyptian) Judgment Scene Decoded’’ is from 1 to 4 p.m. on Feb. 11. Palm Coast resident Robert Whiting will talk about the ancient Egyptian belief. Whiting is a historian who specializes in Nile Valley civilizations.

“History as Spirituality’’ is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28. Kwando Kinshasa, Ph.D., professor emeritus of sociology at the John

Commissioner Paula Reed, a BCU alumna.

“The B-CU and MLK Lofts agreement is very sad and unbelievable. The contractor should be suing Dr. Edison Jackson and others not the school. The contract negotiator was very misleading and blatantly lied about the inception and intentions of this development for MLK and Zone 6 area,” said B-CU alum Tony Servance.

“The FBI should set up a popup office on MLK and investigate into fraud and corruption in the Daytona Beach area,’’ he added.

‘Misled and lied to’ Cynthia Slater, president of the Volusia County/Daytona Beach NAACP and another B-CU alum, wants answers.

“I believe the community was misled and lied to about these apartments, although I knew it wasn’t realistic to build a living facility in this area with a monthly rent over $1,000,” she related.

“There were people who were

Jay College of Criminal Justice, will explore the experiences of African-American veterans.

For more information, call the library at 386-676-4191; then choose option 4.

Orange City festival The City of Orange City has scheduled its sixth annual African-American Heritage Festival for Feb. 23 and 24.

On Friday, Feb. 23 at 6 p.m., a Talent/Gospel Ensemble takes place at Orange City’s United Methodist Church at 96 E. University Ave. On Saturday, Feb. 24 at 9 a.m., the festival will commence at Mill Lake Park, 207 East Blue Springs Ave. There will be food, crafts, educational and health events, vendors, STEM projects, a Brain Bowl tournament and sweet potato pie contest.

part of these lies who knew fully that these apartments were being built for B-CU students. How could the city be so open to give contractors millions to invest in one area of MLK when the entire Black community needs financial investment? We need answers,” she added.

No sale Barbara Young, 83, has lived on El Dorado near the proposed site for the past 14 years. Young said she was twice approached about selling her home.

“I was told that there are two different situations with MLK Lofts and dorms on campus, and people in the community have them mixed up. We had meetings in the past,” she told the Times.

“They first wanted to buy property for a football field. We didn’t need it. It died. Then meetings came about the housing development. They asked me to sell my home both times. I told them that I wasn’t going to. Nobody is going to give a person my age a loan to

For more information, call 407314-1033 or 386-456-0610.

History at Cinematique Cinematique of Daytona’s Coffee and Conversation Series will present James F. Daniels, “Metamorphosis – From Cotton Picker to Community Leader.”

The book of the same name discusses James’ life as a cotton picker in Georgia to moving to Ormond Beach and how he came to be a civil leader and businessman.

James’ presentation will be from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Feb. 17.

Cinematique is located at 242 S. Beach St., Daytona Beach. It’s an art house cinema specializing in international, national and local independent film.

For more information, call 386252-3118.

buy a house. It’s best to keep what I have. We were told that they aren’t coming back this way.”

‘Out of my hands’ Sam Ferguson sold the Safari Lounge, a popular nightspot on MLK Boulevard, last year. The Safari Lounge and some other older homes in the area are supposed to be torn down for the site.

Ferguson told the Times, “If the project goes on, it’s fine with me. If it doesn’t, it is fine with me.

It’s out of my hands. I sold it for the betterment of the community.”

But Young is worried about the effects on her nearby home.

She said, “They didn’t mention Bethune-Cookman originally at all. The only thing that worries me is that they keep up the property. When the weather warms up, then all the rodents, snakes and other critters will make their way to our homes. The grass is high over there,” she added.

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Speakers at local programs make plea for unity, humility The 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death celebrated the nation’s greatest advocate of nonviolent liberation and humanitarian rights for all people.

A gathering, including community leaders and public officials, which spoke to Dr. King’s values, took place at Trinity Presbyterian Church, where Dr. Jeffery W. Beebe is interim pastor. It was spearheaded by Chapter 2 of the New York City Transit Retirees of Palm Coast (NYCTR).

The Ecumenical Choir rendered “Total Praise” and Bethune-Cookman University student Alexis Williams performed “Better Days.”

Message by Miller Keynote speaker John Miller Jr. asserted that we must change how we think to build a better tomorrow to make Dr. King’s dream fulfilled.

Miller is a reJohn Miller tired Master Chief Jr. Petty Officer, who has served 30 years of active duty service.

He earned a Master of Education from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and began working in Palm Coast in 1992 as a management trainer/facilitator for the FAA’s Center for Management Development.

Plea for change Miller, who resides in Orange Park with his wife, Marylyn, readdressed the issue, affirming, “Change how you think. We do it everyday.

“You go to the bowling alley, and you change how you think before you throw the ball down the lane, if you want a strike,” he added. “You go play baseball. You change what you think so you can hit a home run...

He continued, “We do it everyday...for fun and other things… but to make us a better person – to shift a change in the world to realize the dream that Dr. King put out for us – we don’t give it a thought.

“If you really want to make a difference,” declared Miller, “you’ll think about not only how you think, but you’ll think about how you speak. You’ll think about your impact, your way with words.

You’ll slow down your thought process. You’ll allow feedback.”

Living out the dream Miller’s no-nonsense approach to learning has proven to be effective for a wide range of organizations – namely, the Department of Transportation; the University of Maryland, Baltimore County; the University of North Florida; Homeland Security; and the University of Arizona.

Marie McCray, NYCTR president, added that “Dr. King had a dream, and we are the generation which has been afforded the privilege of living out this dream of civil and economic rights, unity, and equality.”

Others participating were William Godfrey, NYCTR, and the clergy: Reverends Kevin McCarthy, Reggie Bynum, Cheryl Daniels, Sheryl Sumlin-Walker, as well as other collaborators.

Churches unite for prayer and song

Superlative music and the infusion of making things happen through the Word were presented at Santa Maria del Mar Catho-

Palm Coast extends deadline for summer college internships

The City of Palm Coast is extending the deadline for applications from college students for summer 2018 internships to 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16.

Positions are available in administration, information technology, urban forestry, public works, communications and marketing, community development, utility, engineering, finance, parks and recreation, and human resources.

These paid, competitive internships are full-time and are open to all current college students and students who have graduated within 12 months of applying. The internships may qualify for college credit with the student’s respective college.

Hands-on experience “Our internships give students the opportunity to network with

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lic Church in Flagler Beach for the Ninth Annual Flagler Ecumenical Celebration of Unity in Prayer and Song.

Dr. Chau T. Phan, Associate Diocesan Ecumenical Officer of the Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine, has been dubbed “Mr. Christian Unity” by Father Alberto Esposito.

Father Esposito serves as the pastor of Santa Maria del Mar Catholic Church.

The setting provided for pastors, choirs, music directors, instrumentalists and lay persons to magnify the Lord through classical, sacred music, as well as traditional and contemporary, Gospel and the instrumental renderings.

It was the right conduit for carrying the Word and listening to songs interpreted by Ysis Praderes and the Flagler County choirs represented by St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, Hammock Community Church, Santa Maria del Mar Catholic Church, Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, St. Thomas Episcopal Church and the First A.M.E. (First Church) Youth Choir.

The Youth Choir, conducted by Nathaniel Shropshire III, racked up raves. They sang “Kumbaya” and “Lift Up Your Heads O Ye Gates.”

Pastor Gillard S. Glover brought along the choir.

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The choirs representing Flagler County churches were conducted by Father Alberto Esposito.

The First A.M.E. (First Church) Youth Choir racked up raves from the audience. and work together,” he said.

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Question of unity Pastor Glover set out to deliver the homily from a standpoint that’s basic, which is the need for unity in the church, and which was conveyed under the banner, “Working to be Worthy.”

Aligning his text with Ephesians 4:1-6, he said that to be worthy of the call to serve “a dead-and-dying world into a saving relationship with Christ, we must be unified.’’

“Tell me, church,” Pastor Glover asked, “What is this unity with which we are called?...

“It is a unity made possible only by our conversion... Sin divides a man within and against himself.

It produces a constant fight within the individual and even within the church.”

No Godhead division Pastor Glover affirmed that “Paul knew that one of the critical objectives of salvation was to reunite man to his true self so he might reflect the image and likeness of the Godhead that he had before the fall.

“You see,” the pastor related, “there is no division in the Godhead – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are united within themselves. That’s why they can work together.

“Unity within the Body of Christ must be achieved amidst diversity,” declared the pastor.

He continued, “The Church at Ephesus was a church of both

professionals, get hands-on experience in their career field, and make a difference in the community,” said Palm Coast Director of Human Resources Wendy Cullen.

“We greatly expanded the internship program last summer, and it was very successful. We’re looking forward to continuing that success this year.”

The internship program allows college students who grew up in Palm Coast and the surrounding community to get professional experience while at home during summer break. The internships are not limited to Palm Coast residents, but the city encourages graduates of Matanzas High School and Flagler Palm Coast High School to apply.

Applications for summer 2018 internships must be submitted by 5 p.m. Feb. 16. A list of available positions and link to the online application is at www.palmcoastgov.com/internships.

For more information, call 386-986-3718 or send email to human_resources@palmcoastgov.com.

Pastor Gillard S. Glover delivered the homily and focused on the need for unity in the church.

Jews and Gentiles who had accepted the Lordship of Jesus the Christ... The Church at Ephesus – as well as the church today - had to respect particularity in order to promote unity.

‘New creation’ “You see, we do not all look alike...hail from the same country of origin...struggle with the same sin. We don’t all have the same political views, but we all have the same Father.

“We all have the same Savior.

We all have been indwelled by the same spirit – that spirit makes us a new creation...not male, not female, not free, not slave, not Black, not Brown, not White, but rather a new creation made possible by the shed blood of Christ on the cross at Calvary.

“That new creation makes it possible for us to move beyond selfishness...self-indulgence... selfish concerns... self-interests,

Lions Club to host health fair The Daytona Halifax Area Lions Club will host a Health & Wellness Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 3 at the Midtown Cultural & Educational Center, 925 George W. Engram Blvd., Daytona Beach.

A variety of health and nutrition vendors will be in attendance. There will be giveaways and guest speakers.

Church of God symposium set for Daytona The Florida Cocoa Church of God 2018 Preaching Symposium and Training will be held Feb. 23-24 at Daytona Deliverance Church of God, 601 George W. Engram Blvd. Daytona Beach.

Speakers will include Dr. Randolph Bracy, Bethune Cookman University; Dr. Claude Alexander,

The pastor continued, “Viewing ourselves as a new creation made possible by the shed blood of Christ enables us to do the work of the church.”

He further shared how God calls for Christians to feed the hungry.

“There’s so much hunger in this world today, which the united church, by itself, could eradicate if we would work together. … God does not want children in Flagler County to go hungry every night.

Yet, the church allows this to happen because we are not united.

“Imagine the impact upon those little ones if a united church undertook the task of insuring that no child in Flagler County goes to bed unfed.”

Impact of outreach Pastor Glover noted that the organizational talent, the needed resources, the distribution network are in the Body of Christ.

“Moreover, we’ve been called to go into the hedges and highways and bring people into a saving relationship with Christ,” the pastor said. “Imagine the impact on outreach when the unsaved sees this church fulfilling its call to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and set the oppressed free!

“When we move beyond the bonds of individualism and work as a united body, we can achieve the essence of the Great Commission, which is bringing all men and women into the family of God,” rendered Pastor Glover.

“We can’t do that seeing ourselves as separate individuals. We can only do that when we are united.’’

‘Operate in humility’ He shared that most of us are not humble – even after being

The Park Church, North Carolina; and Dr. Mark Williams, North Cleveland Church of God. For more information, call 321632-5660 or visit churchofgodflcocoa.org.

Volusia plans workshops for prospective vendors Volusia County’s Purchasing and Contracts Division will hold two workshops for vendors who want to learn how to do business with the county.

The workshops will be in the first-floor training room of the Thomas C. Kelly Administration Center, 123 W. Indiana Ave., DeLand, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 7; and 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 8.

County staffers will demonstrate how to register as a vendor; explain how to submit bids, proposals and quotes; and discuss state and local ordinances relevant to working with the coun-

converted.

“In fact, many of us are haughty; we think too much of ourselves...We value ourselves from the perspective of the culture, and not from the perspective of Christ, the pastor remarked.

“Jesus was born in a humble manger. He grew up in humble surroundings. He lived a humble life. It had a tremendous impact.

We too must operate in humility in order to be worthy of our call,” he implored.

‘Be gentle’ “We live in a culture that rewards brashness and harsh speech...that we have prerogatives, which we must protect at all costs even if it hurts others. Christian conduct should illustrate gentleness,” Pastor Glover added.

“In the sight of God, we have no rights. All of our rights were secured by grace for we are not our own. We have been bought with a price,” enumerated the pastor.

“That price was the shed blood of Jesus the Christ – which was shed not only for you, but for me.

“So out of respect for that great sacrifice, we must be gentle with one another in order to be worthy of our call...Will you work to be worthy of your call?”

••• As always, remember our prayers for the sick, afflicted, the prodigal son, or daughter, and the bereaved.

Celebrations Birthday wishes to Kionie Jordan, Feb. 2; Shirley Ruth, Feb. 3; Jacqualine Whyte, Alquon Hicks, Bernice Moore, and Chloe’ Malloy on the celebration of her Sweet 16 birthday, Feb. 5; and Margaret Young, Feb. 7.

Happy anniversary to Leonard and Vivian Rowe, Feb. 5.

ty. They will also explain the information channels available to vendors and answer questions.

For more information, call 386736-5935, ext. 12490.

Genealogical society to meet Feb. 10 The Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, East Central Florida Chapter, Daytona Beach, will resume its monthly meetings at 11 a.m. Feb. 10 at at Bethune-Cookman University Library, 640 Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Blvd., Daytona Beach.

Family history researchers and genealogists of all levels of experience are invited to attend.

Following the meeting, there will be opportunities for handson research in the computer lab. Anyone interested in tracing their family roots is invited.

It’s free.

For additional information, call or text 386-295-0676.

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What we’ve lost, learned in one year of Trump The year leading up to his 2017 inauguration, as the Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump espoused senseless, baseless and ultimately empty assertions about the state of Black Americans and our communities.

“What the hell do you have to lose?” he screamed in front of a predominantly White crowd in a small, predominantly White suburb of Lansing, Mich.

After Trump was inaugurated, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) found it prudent to answer his question.

Gave Trump advice In March, the CBC Executive Committee, led by Chairman Cedric L. Richmond (D-La.), presented Trump with a 130-page policy document entitled, “We Have A Lot To Lose: Solutions to Advance Black Families in the 21st Century.” The document, which was compiled by the entire 49-member Caucus, outlined policy solutions down to the bill text for issues facing our communities.

Voting rights, criminal justice reform, economic justice, education, health care, immigration – these were just some of the topics we presented to continue our progress. Unfortunately, these are the issues that Trump and his administration have chosen to ignore.

The president has not commented on the document since we presented it to him. And in this first year, we’ve lost a lot.

Almost immediately after being elected, Trump established the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity and

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appointed a known vote suppressor to lead it. The commission was designed to intimidate voters, and Trump – because of political and legal pressure – recently decided to dissolve it into the Department of Homeland Security.

Courts stacked Throughout the past year, Trump has stacked the federal courts with judges with nothing short of scandalous records when it comes to voting rights.

Among his nominee group was Thomas Farr, who helped lawmakers draft and defend a 2013 law that the Fourth Circuit Court of North Carolina ruled targeted African-American voters “with almost surgical precision.”

On the criminal justice front, Trump has used the Department of Justice to embrace mass incarceration and shy away from transparent policing. One example of this is an FBI report published last August entitled, “Black Identity Extremists Likely Motivated to Target Law Enforcement Officers.”

The term “Black Identity Extremists” is an invented group that does not exist. There are no Black people organized to kill law enforcement officers.

When I asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray about

What could be worse?

Right-wing Republicans have given nearly every excuse possible for their own bad behavior.

Truth and objectivity seem to escape their ilk. After hearing one bad excuse, it’s hard to believe that an even worse excuse could materialize.

But it can. Here are my nominations, in order of bad to worse, of recent right-wing idiocy: No. 4: Despite owning a majority in both the Senate and House of Representatives and occupying the White House, Republicans blame Democrats for the government shutdown! They have ignored their rejection of the overwhelming will of the American people and the legislative votes of several ‘principled’ Republicans who joined with Democrats against their own party.

No. 3: Senators Dick Durbin

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and Lindsey Graham exposed racist and profane statements made by No. 45 during a White House meeting related to the shutdown vote. Of the others present, one Cabinet officer could only remember No. 45 using “strong language,” but didn’t say what that language was.

Republican Senators from Arkansas and Georgia originally feigned failure to hear the comments and/or forgetfulness, but as the fallout of No. 45’s comments became more heated, they remembered that he “absolutely”

How we can economically empower the Black community Neighborhoods and communities across the United States are experiencing gentrification and African-Americans, in particular, are feeling the pinch because of soaring home prices, just to begin with.

Through gentrification, oncethriving Black neighborhoods that embodied the history and culture of Black folks have been erased. This isn’t simply happening in places like Washington, D.C., and Detroit, Michigan.

Even downtown Atlanta, Georgia is seeing a shift.

Hoping and wishing With many Black families forced to leave their homes, com-

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munities, and neighborhoods, where are they to relocate to? Are they to forget all of their roots and history? Are they to simply settle for settling, hoping and wishing things will only get better?

Perhaps it’s time for the Black community to understand the economic empowerment within their own community. The need to charter a course that will see neighborhoods and communi-

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the origins of this report, none of them could tell me what the report was even based on or how the term was created.

Economically, Trump has gone after our consumer protections.

Congress is working to repeal Dodd-Frank, a landmark piece of legislation designed to protect consumers from the wreck of the 2009 recession. Trump’s favoring of big banks will ultimately leave consumers in the same spot they were during the recession, or worse.

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Education attacked The education of our children is also under attack. In 2014, for the first time ever, the majority of public school students in the United States were non-White.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has been less than helpful to these institutions, ignoring grave disparities in how students of color are disciplined compared to White students, and supporting a budget that would further attack services that public schools provide.

Trump has also gone after our healthcare by actively sabotaging the Affordable Care Act, continually issuing statements citing death spirals and other doomsday prophesies in addition to cutting funding for advertisements and allowing health insurance companies to sell shortterm plans with inadequate coverage.

Trump and other Republican leaders have already openly discussed cuts to the social safety net, meaning Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, as justification for their deficit-exploding tax plan.

Black immigrants attacked Trump has attacked Black immigrants and their countries with racist words and policies. In addition to referring to Haiti and African countries as “shitholes,” he’s attacked recipients of the Diversity Visa Program, rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and scheduled the elimination of Temporary Protective Status for many countries like Haiti and El Salvador.

The entire reason we have this program is to help protect immigrants from ills in their home country, which can range from famine to civil war. To deport hundreds of thousands after opening our borders to them is unconscionable.

When we look at the issue holistically and see that tens of thousands of DACA enrollees are Black and that the plurality of diversity visa recipients are also Black, it contextualizes the presi-

did not make the statements of which he was accused.

No. 2: After the Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer unbelievably agreed to give No. 45 money he’d requested to build his “Mexican border wall,” No. 45 reneged on that agreement, which led to the shutdown vote. Although claiming he wanted to resolve the DACA crisis, No. 45 disappeared from public view, but published photographs showing him at his empty Oval Office desk hoping to make us believe he was actively working for resolution.

When Democrats reached agreement with Republicans to re-open the government, No. 45 and many of his fellow Republicans rewarded them with disparaging tweets and comments accusing them of “caving” to Republican pressure. Seemingly, Republicans have conveniently forgotten that democratic legislation is a process of give-and-take

in order to achieve a plan with which both sides can live – even when that compromise is objectionable or disappointing to supporters.

No. 1: Pennsylvania Republican Congressman Pat Meehan is the hands-down winner of my “What Could Be Worse” award.

Meehan is accused of sexually harassing a female staffer he obsessively labeled his “soulmate.”

His infractions include creating a hostile work environment after he learned of the staffer’s involvement with a male (outside of work) other than himself and the probability that she would be leaving his office. Disappointed and angry, Meehan engaged in practices that caused his staffer to charge him with sexual harassment.

ties thrive – and not become infiltrated – is something that is feasible.

Will it be easy? No. Will there be opposition? Most definitely.

However, through having a vision partnered with commitment and discipline, anything is possible.

So what do we do?

• Create and own businesses within our neighborhood and community. Anytime you allow people from outside of the community to set up shop, you have given away ownership of where you live. (Note: this isn’t discrimination, but the people who live in the community and know what the community needs ought to be the ones servicing the community). For too long, African-Americans have missed this important concept.

• Get involved in the political arena. Political involvement is essential to the fabric of economic empowerment. Neglecting and even forsaking local politics will hinder the success of any group trying to build up and even sus-

tain their community.

• Beautify the community.

When buildings are abandoned and homes are unkempt, there’s a sense of darkness. This only opens the door for gentrification. Decreased property value is a gold mine for investors to buy up, kick out, and change the dynamics. Beautifying and keeping buildings and properties up goes a long way to empowering a community economically.

• Demand that houses of worship invest in the neighborhood and community. Many pastors are concerned with getting tithes and offerings to furnish their lavish lifestyle. It’s time that members of these houses of worship demand that their leaders do more community investment.

Preaching about money, wealth, and riches is useless when people in the community are hurting. Economically empowering the community is spiritual as it is economical.

• Hold school board members accountable. Can we be honest

The craziest excuse Meehan sent the young woman an emotional letter, then denied that he sexually harassed

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dent’s assault on these programs.

Unfortunately, these assaults on our criminal justice system, our consumer protections, our education and our health, will continue through 2018.

What Trump’s first year showed is that hard-earned progress will never be safe so long as his bigotry, hatred and racism hold power. But what we showed this year in Alabama and Virginia, to our community, our country and the rest of the world, is that even in the face of opposition, our activism will continue and will prevail. We must be organized and we will be organized.

This year, Trump has answered his own question about what Black Americans have to lose.

But it’s an answer we don’t plan to accept.

Congresswoman Karen Bass represents California’s 37th Congressional District. Follow her on Twitter at @RepKarenBass. her. He did, however, offer an excuse for his workplace behavior that flows straight from the rightwing Republican playbook.

His excuse was that he blamed President Obama! He said that he worked so hard to repeal the Affordable Care Act that his efforts stressed him out, and that he was so stressed that any bad behavior with which he was charged had to be blamed on Obama.

We never heard from Republicans calling for his resignation or repayment of taxpayer dollars used to pay hush money to the young woman involved. On his own terms, Meehan announced he won’t run for re-election.

These truths are stranger than fiction. I really worry about what could be worse

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It’s been written, “Where there is no vision, the people perish...”

Failure to embrace and uplift one’s community will only lead to people within that community being taken advantage of by the greedy. Economically empowering one’s community begins with the person in the mirror and extends horizontally to all those who are concerned about bettering their community and wanting better.

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Optimistic report on state of Black America Speakers at NNPA conference say Black Church and HBCUs still strong

wealth with the housing decline when trillions of dollars were lost,” he said.

According to a recent report, Cartwright noted, the median net worth for Black families is less than $2,000 while the median net worth of White families is roughly $100,000.

Further, he said, while the median wealth of White women was about $41,000, the median wealth for Black women was only $5.

“Real estate is the cornerstone of wealth,” Cartwright said. “That’s the equity we need to pass on to the next generation.”

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Four pre-eminent Black leaders in America addressed the challenges and celebrated the success stories of the African-American community during a “State of Black America” forum at the 2018 National Newspaper Publishers Association annual MidWinter Conference in Las Vegas.

Dr. Lezli Baskerville, president and CEO of the National Association for Equal Opportunity (NAFEO), spoke passionately about the future of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) while Julius Cartwright presented a sobering, yet optimistic report from the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB).

And while the Rev. Tony Lee, pastor of Community of Hope A.M.E. Church, delivered fervent remarks about the strong state of the Black Church, it was a fiery, no-holds-barred speech from Dr. Amos C. Brown that brought the capacity crowd to its feet.

Touted Black Press Brown, a civil rights icon, who serves as the senior pastor at the Third Baptist Church of San Francisco and president of the San Francisco Branch of the NAACP, touted the virtues of the oldest civil rights organization in America and its importance today.

In what amounted to a sermon worthy of any Sunday service, Brown said

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“Let no one else tell it for us,” he said, before providing a vivid picture of his foray into the Civil Rights Movement, as a teenager.

“One of the problems with the Black community today is that we don’t have enough rituals of remembrance,” Brown said.

‘It’s harvest time’ Referring to the current administration and its policies, Brown said, “‘The man’ is doing today what he’s always done.”

Brown continued, “They say to make sure, ‘If you’re

Black you get back. If you’re brown, you stick around, and if you’re White, you’re always right. They’re not any better than we are. We came from Mother Africa.”

Baskerville, a 2014 Harvard University Advanced Leadership Fellow, said the state of HBCUs remains strong.

“From my vantage point, HBCUs in 2018 are strong and getting stronger. In fact, it’s harvest time for HBCUs,” Baskerville said.

‘Still going strong’ Baskerville also said that the vitriol coming out of the White House and the policies that jeopardize

voting and other rights are reminiscent of the time when HBCUs were born.

“The actions and words and legislation taking place will turn back the clock, if we let it happen,” Baskerville warned. “But, I say it’s harvest time for HBCUs because it’s the 50th anniversary of the sanitation workers march [in Memphis] and the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and we are still going strong. We are 106 strong, but if you read fake news, HBCUs are closing.”

He added, “We have lost just one [Black college] and we are still struggling to get it back. I say its harvest

time because while HBCUs are just three percent of schools, we graduate 20 percent of African-Americans across the country; 60 percent of African American public health professionals; 50 percent of African0American public school teachers; and more than 40 percent of Black STEM professionals.”

Blacks and wealth Cartwright said NAREB, the oldest group representing Black Realtors (which he called “realtists”), is working to help Black homebuyers.

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Lee said the A.M.E. church is united and membership is beginning to climb; mobilization efforts like the get-out to-vote campaign in Alabama during the contentious Senate race between Democrat Doug Jones and Republican Roy Moore are also increasing.

Lee noted that the Black Church isn’t seeing the type of radical drop off in its membership that White churches are experiencing.

“Most of our churches are 200 or 300 member churches and the Black Church is doing major work in every community,” said Lee. “We are mobilizing. When you look at the last election, the Black Church learned a great lesson…we must get back to training our people and understanding the science of mobilization,’’ he added.

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The Atlantic High School girls’ basketball team has excelled because of discipline and being tough on defense.

Toughness helps Sharks defy expectations

BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES

The Atlantic High School girls’ basketball team is supposed to be rebuilding, but they are exceeding expectations.

Atlantic (18-5, 10-2) won the Five Star Conference and they will be the second seed in the district 5-7A tournament next week. They even beat the district’s top seed Father Lopez last week.

“I knew that this team would be playing well by now. I figured the senior class by now would be playing well. I thought they were a good group going back to freshman year,” said Head Coach George Butts.

Winning coach Butts took over the program in 1996. He has led the Sharks to three Final Four appearances and numerous playoff appearances.

He has the most wins of any local basketball coach (470 wins, 144 losses) and could reach 500 with a few more good seasons.

Butts has coached players who play or have played professional overseas – Athena Christoforakis (Greece/Temple) and Ronni Williams (Belgium/drafted by WNBA Indiana Fever/Florida Gators).

He also coached local great players who went on to college like Kim Manning (Stetson) and Destiny Woodard (Buffalo/Daytona State College).

“We’ve been able to model a successful program.

I try to be a role model for the kids. You also have to have kids that believe in what you doing and that will buy into your system,” he explained.

“We have found those kids. Our success has come from that. The kids know that I care about them. I try to be a father figure for those who don’t have one. It’s part of the Lord’s plan. That is why I’ve been coaching for over 30 years.”

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Key players Atlantic has a star in senior point guard Shakawanza Brown, who transferred in from New Smyrna.

“She has the experience. She is the key to our success. We had all of the pieces, but she is the true point guard. She is the best point guard in Volusia County and doesn’t get her due. She is our floor General. She does it on both ends of the court,” Butts remarked.

Senior guards Shania Pope and Da’Jhai White also are good players.

‘We play the same style and system as we have always played, but this group really plays with toughness and discipline. They really work hard.”

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Head Coach Atlantic High School girls’ basketball team “When all three (Shakawanza, Shania, Da’Jhai) are playing well, we are tough to beat,” added Butts.

Junior guard Symara Moore and junior forward Jon’Keria Patterson also are key players.

Top defensive team The Sharks are a gritty team.

“We play the same style and system as we have always played, but this group really plays with toughness and discipline. They really work hard,” noted Butts.

Atlantic has a defensive identity, but plays up tempo offense.

Butts remarked, “This is one of our best defensive teams. We’re a defensive-minded team. We play defense first. We pressure and play detail. We have gotten better all year. On offense, we like to get out in transition and go. We can run half court, but my style. We like to run and play fast.”

Shakawanza Brown is a senior point guard and do-all player.

She played at New Smyrna Beach last season but has been the spark for the Sharks this season.

‘Anything can happen’ Despite the wins, Atlantic has had to put up a fight all year.

Butts explained, “We’ve been able to do what we wanted to do. We did have some games when we didn’t and had to go back and fix it after watching film. We are strong with guard play especially with Shakawanza, but on the other hand we have had times where we lacked focus on defense. If you can’t defend, you can’t win.”

Still, a lot has to happen for the Sharks to win a district title and make a run in the playoffs. Making the district title game punches their post-season ticket.

Butts emphasized, “We can’t overlook anyone in the district tournament. Anything can happen in the district tournament and the playoffs so records don’t matter anymore. You just have to come and play your best.”

Senior guard Shania Pope is another top player for Atlantic High School’s basketball team.

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Making stops in local communities across the United States, the USTA Pro Circuit is the pathway to the professional ranks for the next generation of world-class players.

In Palm Coast, up to 128 touring professionals are competing at the city’s clay court facility for a $15,000 purse and the ranking points players need to ascend to the next level.

Spectator admission is free through Feb. 1. Events Feb. 2-4 require tickets at $5 non-member adult, $3 Tennis Center member, $3 children ages 10-18, and free for kids 10 and under. Tickets are valid for the whole day Doubles finals will be Feb. 2; singles finals will be Feb. 4.

For more information, visit www.palmcoastgov.com/ tennisfutures or call 386-986-2550.

Governor honors Knights Florida Governor Rick Scott visited the University of Central Florida’s football team on Jan. 25 to congratulate the Knights on their undefeated season. Scott awarded each player with the Governor’s Sports Award and a copy of a proclamation the governor issued proclaiming the UCF Knights as national champions in Florida.

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Alfred L. Cralle invents the ice cream scoop.

Maya D. Jones scoops her own ice cream for the very first time.

This Black History Month, take time to celebrate the achievements of African Americans, from the lesser-known inventions that helped weave the fabric of our day-to-day lives, to the more widely-known achievements that revolutionized our culture. All of these accomplishments come together to pave the way to a bright—and sweet—future.

Join Publix in the celebration of Black History Month. Explore African American contributions to food history at publix.com/BlackHistoryMonth.