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Candidates make their pitches to Black community Henrys, both incumbents, are no-shows

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Daytona Beach City Commission candidates Danny Fuqua, Amy Pyle, Katienna Brown-Gardner and Quanita May all answered questions from the community.

B-CU students at rally: Ditch trustees, keep Grimes

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Hundreds of Bethune-Cookman University students participated in protests at the school this week with a loud and clear request: They want all of the board of trustees to resign and they want Interim President Hugh Grimes to stay.

The students, who protested Monday and Wednesday, were responding to rumors that the board had planned to remove Grimes as president.

Student petitions also are circulating to keep Grimes and ditch all of the trustees, including Michelle Carter-Scott, the board chair.

What many students are worried about is the school’s accreditation, the future of the school, and what that means for their future.

There was no mudslinging when candidates gave info about their platforms and fielded questions from constituents at a “Meet the Candidates’ forum on Tuesday night.

Almost all Daytona Beach City Commission candidates attended, along with one circuit judge candidate and two Soil & Water Conservation Board District 1 candidates. One incumbent, Zone 5’s Dannette Henry, was a no-show. Another incumbent, Zone 1’s Ruth Trager, said she had a previous engagement.

U.S. House District 6 candidate Nancy Soderberg sent John Upchurch on her

behalf. Upchurch finished second to her in the Democratic primary.

Despite the tight race between state House District 26 incumbent Democrat Patrick Henry and his Republican opponent Elizabeth Fetterhoff, both shunned the event held in the heart of Daytona’s Black community at Stewart-Memorial United Methodist Church at 300 MLK See FORUM, Page 6

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‘We want answers’ “We are tired. There are so many people telling us one thing then someone else comes and says something else. We want answers. Our ultimate goal is to have the board removed,” Denzel Smith, vice president of the Student Government Association said after Monday’s rally in front of White Hall.

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Pictured from left to right are Keith Kennedy, Daytona Beach Police Chief Craig Capri, Dr. April Pulcrano and Daytona State College President Tom LoBasso.

Daytona State honors alumni during homecoming event SPECIAL TO THE DAYTONA TIMES

Daytona State College (DSC) recognized the professional accomplishments and community achievements of four graduates last week during its Alumni & Friends Association’s annual awards breakfast held at the Daytona Beach campus.

“Recognizing our outstanding graduates is a great source of pride for me,” said Daytona State President Tom LoBasso in welcoming invited guests to the breakfast, held Oct. 12 as part of the college’s homecoming festivities that ran through Saturday evening. “This morning, we recognize alumni who continue to be shining reflections of the college’s mission and values.”

LoBasso added, “In 1957, this

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college was established as part of the greatest expansion of higher education in our nation’s history.

“Whether you are an employee, attended our college decades ago or just recently graduated, you, too, are part of this great movement in higher learning that emphasizes access and opportunity to all who seek better lives through education.”

Police Chief Craig Capri Alumni of the Year honors went to Daytona Beach Police Chief Craig Capri, a 1989 graduate of Daytona State’s Law Enforcement Academy. He also received his Associate of Arts degree from the school before continuing his education at the Unversity

Seventeen years ago in 2001, the Daytona Times reported on the murder of Bethune-Cookman College student Daymian Jacobs; numerous anthrax scares in Volusia and Flagler counties; and longtime gospel deejay Mattie Howard celebrating 21 years on local radio.

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AKAs, local officials to host discussion about amendments The Gamma Mu Omega and Gamma Tau Chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA) in partnership with the Minority Elected Officials of Volusia County will host a community discussion at 3 p.m. Sunday on the amendments that will be on the state ballot.

The event will take place Oct. 21 at Bethune-Cookman’s Center for Civic Engagement, 740 International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach.

The League of Women Voters will present the amendments and be available to answer questions. Residents will have the change to chat with local candidates about issues.

The event is free but registration is required. Register at https://bit.ly/2RLd5gH.

Early voting event set for Oct. 28 The League of Women Voters of Volusia County and the Daytona Beach Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, the Volusia County/Daytona Beach NAACP and American Association of University Women will host a “Let’s Vote Together’’ and “Party at the Polls on Oct. 28 from noon to 3 p.m.

The early voting event will be held at City Island Park, 110 E.

B-CU’s Concert Chorale to present concert Sunday The Bethune-Cookman University Concert Chorale will present its fall concert on Sunday, Oct. 21.

The concert will also be a benefit concert for Chile’s Academy. The academy is dedicated to providing pregnant and parenting students with ways of achieving success.

The 4 p.m. concert is free and open to the public and will be held at Grace Episcopal Church, 4110 S. Ridgewood Ave, Port Orange.

Orange Ave., Daytona Beach. It will include food and music.

DeLand museum’s African American exhibit opens this week The opening of the new “African Americans in West Volusia

The show will feature classics by AfricanAmerican composers.

The Bethune-Cookman University Concert Chorale is made up of about 60 undergraduate musicians directed by Terrance L. Lane. Many choir members are music majors while others are working toward degrees in other fields.

The chorale also will perform on Oct. 28 in Melbourne at Suntree United Methodist Church for the church’s morning services. The Ambassadors of Goodwill’s annual Christmas concert will be at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2 in Heyn Memorial Chapel.

History Exhibition’’ will be held noon to 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, in the Elizabeth Roe Burgess Pav1ilion at DeLand Memorial Hospital and Veterans Museum.

The museum is at 240 N. Stone St., DeLand. It is owned by the City of DeLand and operated by the DeLand Parks and Recreation Department.

The museum as originally built in 1926 with a donation from Elisabeth Roe Burgess and her husband, Dr. Arthur Burgess. The pavilion was the first hospital for people of color in West Volusia.

Reconstructed in 1993 through the generosity of Hawtense Conrad and her husband, Robert, the pavilion now contains three gal-

leries highlighting West Volusia African American community and medical history and a children’s gallery with the Conrad family’s extensive collection of elephants, vintage toys and circus memorabilia.

The expanded displays are a joint project of the DeLand chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha and the West Volusia Historical Society. The entire museum complex is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Burgess Pavilion is part of the Florida Black Heritage.

For more information, call 386-740-6813 or send an email to delandhouse@msn.com.

Tubman-King’s Women’s Day is Sunday Tubman-King Community Church’s Sisters United Fellowship will observe its annual Women’s Day celebration at 10 a.m., Oct. 21 This year’s theme is “Women of Faith Working Together with One Mind.”

Gloria Bartley, a Daytona Beach native and graduate of Campbell Senior High School, will deliver the morning message.

Special music will be provided by the Women’s Fellowship Choir. The Harriett Tubman Woman of the Year Award will be announced at the close of the service.

A reception will follow in the church’s fellowship hall.

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from Page 1 been with B-CU, the common denominator is the board of trustees.’’

“We realize that most of our student experience is suffering because of the lack of integrity that is coming from the board,’’ Smith noted.

Some students see Grimes staying as a sign of continuity.

“It’s not about support or not support. It’s just that he is in this position. How could you put someone in this position in these circumstances and then try to remove them? We’ve been informed that the board is trying to remove him,” Smith added.

$100 million debt On Tuesday, Grimes held a press conference addressing the issues surrounding the institution as well as his future at the school.

Grimes said that the school is $100 million in debt and in danger of losing its accreditation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), which currently has B-CU on probation.

B e t h u n e - C o o k m a n ’s woes include lawsuits, bad dorm deals, operation deficits, a negative credit rating, and reported losses in millions on its previous two tax returns.

B-CU has around 4,000 students and an economic impact of $300 million on the Daytona Beach area.

Accreditation concerns Support for Grimes this week was mixed with students citing more concerned about the school accreditation and its future.

“We are fed up as students. There are a lot things going on and we are just being informed. I’m a senior. I didn’t do all this in vain to graduate and my degree doesn’t mean anything,” said Willie Love.

Sophomore Branay McKnight said students should have been apprised earlier about B-CU’s accreditation problems.

“I feel that we should have been told from the beginning. So much has been withheld from us. If we lose our accreditation, we have to start all over again after already attending here for a year, two or three. We expect to graduate with a degree that matters. That’s like telling us we have no worth.

We are upset.”

McKnight added that Grimes is being open with them.

“The president seems to be fighting for us. Some students fight for him be-

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On Monday, hundreds of Bethune-Cookman University students protest in front of White Hall on campus. cause he is exposing hidden things to us. He is saying the students are paying their tuition and deserve to know what is going on,” McKnight related.

‘This is our future’ Senior Diamond Thomas told the Daytona Times, “There has been a lot of misperception. I protested because I thought we were losing our accreditation and I want the school to stay open. After doing research, I found that we may be losing our president instead. I don’t care about keeping him, but I think that he is doing a good job for the school.’’

Love, the senior, related, “I’m not advocating for anybody. I am just advocating for keeping the school open, not for fighting to keep the president.

Once again, I am a senior.

Let’s say I graduate and a month later, we lose our accreditation? My degree means nothing. I can’t get a job. This is our future and the future of generations to come.”

Junior Erica Poletti also is worried about the board of trustees’ next action.

“We can’t trust our board of trustees. We are about to lose our accreditation. Our degrees won’t be worth anything when we graduate, especially those freshmen and sophomores,’’ Poletti told the Times. “It would be a waste of time to attend here. The board of trustees is doing some underhanded activities. We

are losing millions. They are being crooks.”

Trustees to meet Students had planned to rally again on Thursday with the hope of getting more to sign a petition demanding that the trustees resign.

The board of trustees were scheduled to meet Thursday, Oct. 18, and Friday, Oct. 19. Because Bethune-Cookman is a private school, its board meetings are not public.

A story in the Oct. 19 Florida Courier, the Daytona Times’ sister paper, addresses Tuesday’s press conference held by Grimes.

A statement by Michelle Carter-Scott, B-CU’s board of trustees’ chair, is pointed out on a sign at Monday’s protest.

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Men’s Day message focuses on fathers, sons, and sacrifice The Rev. Dr. E. J. Parker rightly divided the Word during the recent Men’s Day at First Church. The Men’s Day Choir – led by John White – vocalized a mix of “Fix it Jesus” and “Clean Up What I Messed Up,” both celebrated by the award-winning Canton Spirituals.

Leonard Hunt Sr. is First Church’s minister of music.

David Fowlkes was Men’s Day chair.

“I want to take a moment to salute our men, said the Rev. Dr. Gilliard S. Glover, the church’s pastor.

“They are enjoying themselves, and are doing well,” he added. “I’m so impressed with the way they

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marched in – so smooth.”

Some takeaways Through elocution and excellence, Rev. Parker – pastor of Hurst Chapel A.M.E. Church, Riviera Beach – electrified the congregation, leading them to the throne of grace and preaching, “Faithfully Following the Father,” discoursed from Genesis 22:7, 8.

As a practitioner and scholar of homiletics, Rev. Parker preached on how Abraham and his son, Isaac – leaving the others behind from the caravan – trekked atop a mountain on Mt. Moriah, offering sacrifices and worshiping God. The takeaways from Rev. Parker’s discourse were: Fathers and sons today do not worship together.

“Consequently, when our youngsters are caught

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The Rev. Dr. E. J. Parker, seated, was the Men’s Day speaker at First Church. At center right is the Rev. Dr. Gillard S. Glover, the church’s pastor. up in the storms of life” – winds, rain, and the difficulties that assail them, they do not have anything of faith to hold on to,” he preached.

“The boy (Isaac) has come to understand that essential to worship is sacrifice.

“Something of value must be offered in order to receive something of value from the hands of God,” the theologian added.

‘Sacrifices through worship’

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Repentance is valueless without sacrifice,’’ he added, citing the example of sacrifices offered on behalf of community events – those from sororities, fraternities and lodges – as not being “sacrifices through worship.’’

He continued, “It’s not giving to the Lord in consecrated, unadulterated worship to the God, to whom we owe everything.’’

And when, we are not indebted to God, he said, thinking as well that we’ve arrived on our own ingenuity, abilities, and talents, then God is not indebted to us, and can allow the angel of death to run rampant in

our household.

However, he said, if you know that God woke you up this morning, clothed you in your own mind, then we should get up and make our way to the house of prayer, one more time.’’

“You know this thing (coming thus far) is not by chance, or happenstance,” Rev. Parker declared. “It didn’t happen willy-nilly.

It happened by the divine, providential hand of God that has been there, and will be there for us - whether we are on our way to make sacrifice, or are on our way to make celebration, God is there with us!”

‘Holy Ghost Party’ set for Sunday Everyone is invited to a “Holy Ghost Party’’ featuring host pastors Drs. David and Danita Blow at First Christ Baptist Church, Palm Coast; Apostle Sonya Thompson, Oil & The Glory Ministries of Orlando; and gospel recording artists God’s Example from Palm Coast.

It’s Oct. 21, 3:30 p.m. at 5500 Belle Terre Parkway, across from Indian Trails Middle School.

First Christ Baptist Church has been serving the Central Atlantic Coast of Florida.

For further details, call 386-481-4096.

AACS will be site of ‘Blue Wave’ party You’re invited to a “PreVictory Blue Wave Celebration Dance Party” presented by the action group, Florida Friends of Obama.

The merry-making is Nov. 2, 6 to 10 p.m., at the African American Cultural Society, 4422 U.S. 1 North, Palm Coast.

You’ll discover a cash bar, snacks, and live entertainment, performed by the Soul Fire Band in the versatility of leads and rhythms.

Attendees are invited to wear blue, the color of the Democratic party.

The ticket price is $12 per person.

The Florida Friends of Obama, founded in 2008 by activist Loyce Nottage Allen, worked to sustain the historic moments of President Barack Obama’s first and second terms in office.

The Friends of Obama supported President Obama’s initiatives of equal

Meetings to address Palm Coast city manager search

The Palm Coast City Council has scheduled two public meetings – at 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 24 – to receive public comments and provide information about the city manager search.

The meetings will be held at Palm Coast City Hall, Community Wing, 160 Lake Ave. and will be two hours in length.

“These community meetings are a great opportunity for our citizens to give us input on what they’d like to see in our next city manager and to learn about the selection process,” said Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland.

“We’re offering the meet-

pay for women, “giving America a raise,” expanding health care rights, pushing for greater gun control, and other initiatives.

The organization was involved in the local “March for Our Lives” protests, calling for school safety and tougher restrictions on guns.

For tickets, call Allen at 609-412-3049, the Flagler Democrats at 386-2834883, or stop by the Flagler Democratic office, 2 Office Park Drive, Palm Coast.

Ormond center hosting Doo-wop, R&B show The Ormond Beach Performing Arts Center will come alive on Oct. 27 with music showcasing “Doo Wop Meets R&B. It will feature vocal groups Midnight Velvetz, One More Time, and chanteuse Lois Williams.

The 5 p.m. performance will open with radio host Glen Fisher of WJCT-FM Jacksonville, who’s traveled the coast perusing different Doo Wop acts.

The show will bring former California model Cynthia Black with her charm as the emcee.

This will be a Dante production. The performance and a VIP Meet & Greet, popping with champagne and strawberries, has a ticket price of $35. The show alone is $25.

The box office – located at 399 U. S. 1 North, Ormond Beach – is open Tuesdays through Fridays, noon to 5 p.m., and two hours prior to every show.

Tickets also can be purchased by calling 800-4431061. For further ticket information, visit www.ormondbeach.org/boxoffice.

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

Celebrations Birthday wishes to Kenneth Fields, Oct. 18; Herbert Hillary Booker II, Enery Hodge-Booker, Oct. 20; the Rev. Derrick G. Jackson, Jonathan Robinson, Oct. 23; and Marjorie Gaines, Oct. 24.

ings at two different times to accommodate people’s busy schedules,” Holland added. “We’d like to hear from our residents, so I encourage everyone to participate.”

The city council is using a search firm, Strategic Government Resources, to assist with the search.

Doug Thomas, the company’s senior vice president, will explain the process and how the company has assisted other communities in similar searches.

In addition to providing input on the attributes and strengths they’d like to see in Palm Coast’s next city manager, residents are invited to offer suggestions on how the city can get the word out about the vacant position beyond the local community.

For more information, contact the city clerk’s office at 386-986-3713.

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I’m about to have me a Kavanaugh!

Brett Kavanaugh may have made it to the Supreme Court, but he also needs to make it to ignominy. In other words, he needs to go down in disgrace, not because he was accused of sexual assault; not because Senate Democrats never got his work product they asked for from the Bush administration; not because there is some evidence that he perjured himself when he testified to the Senate during his hearing.

Kavanaugh needs to go down in disgrace because he is an intemperate, rude, sexist who managed to maneuver himself onto the Supreme Court because his sponsor, the genital-grabbing president of the United States, stood by him.

Terrible interview Few have seen such a disgraceful performance as Kavanaugh’s 45-minute diatribe at the Senate Judiciary Committee. More than 2,000 law professors said his demeanor was so objectionable that he was unqualified for the court. The former dean of the Yale Law School called his presence on the court “a national disaster.”

He was confirmed by the narrowest of margins and is poised to move the court to the right, imperiling all kinds of human rights, including voting rights, a woman’s right to choose, and other rights.

For his outburst and his ignorance, he deserves to go down in history, not as a Supreme Court Justice but as a singular exam-

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ple of White male rage and privilege. So let’s make “Kavanaugh” a noun, verb, and adjective of disgrace.

As a noun, it’s straightforward.

It’s a synonym for hot, crazy, in-

An aspect of the Kavanaugh, or Kavanaughing, is interrupting, especially interrupting women.

So the use of the Kavanaugh noun, verb, adjective is easily adaptable to the workplace, given the frequency with which men enjoy interrupting women. temperate, loud, woman-interrupting fit. He pulled “a Kavana-

Ending abortion, no matter what I am compelled to express my disgust at the determination of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the White House to ramrod through a Supreme Court nomination no matter what. And while Brett Kavanaugh might meet some standards for a justice, as far as his legal training and experience, there are other factors which weigh heavily with this nomination.

I understand “elections have consequences,” so whomever the president is when a Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) vacancy occurs has earned the right, by the votes of his/her fellow citizens, to nominate a person to fill the vacancy ‒ unless you are President Barack Obama in the winter of 2016.

There are so many things that

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are being done out of order now that undermine any façade of comity or cooperation, that we find ourselves in a constant state of toxic politics. I am concerned that our democracy is being sacrificed on the altar of political expediency and ideological purity.

I am especially troubled that some women would immediately dismiss a complaint about sexual assault or harassment from other women just because it is ideologically inconvenient. While I expect

Jobs program taps potential of ex-felons The part of my job I appreciate the most is getting to know the exceptional men and women who have turned their lives around – after facing seemingly insurmountable challenges – with a helping hand from of the Urban League Movement.

Just last week in Chicago, I had the honor to meet two young men.

One founded a thriving landscaping business, and another is well on his way to a career as a commercial truck driver. These would be commendable achievements even for anyone with a reasonable clear path, but for those emerging from incarceration, they are extraordinary.

Fifty years of effort The National Urban League has been serving the formerly incarcerated for more than 50 years,

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ugh” on us. That’s what we say when a fool White man loses it, gains some redness, inhales barrels of water, and simply makes a spectacle of himself. As an example, didn’t Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) pull a Kavanaugh when he had an outburst during the Senate hearings?

Double standard Kavanaugh’s outburst set a standard for outrageousness.

When women of color raise their voice and lose their tempers, think Serena Williams at the U.S. Open, they are vilified with hostile and racist cartoons coming from all over the world.

I’ve yet to see a Kavanaugh cartoon that has lava coming out of his head or through his ears. I say lava, but given the line of questioning, it might well be another liquid, maybe beer. Since Kavanaugh has set a standard for outrageousness, let’s memorialize it by making him that kind of a noun.

He could also be a verb. He is just “Kavanaughing” for attention, we might say to the perpetrator of an outburst. “Lots of Kavanaughing going on on Capitol Hill.” Let’s just call it as it is. Not a fit. Not a tantrum. Not a loss of control. But Kavanaughing.

An aspect of the Kavanaugh, or Kavanaughing, is interrupting, especially interrupting women. So the use of the Kavanaugh noun, verb, adjective is easily adaptable to the workplace, given the frequency with which men enjoy interrupting women.

(but don’t excuse) that cognitive dissonance from men in positions of power, I expect better from women. For some senators to earnestly assert their “sympathy” that Dr. Ford was assaulted, but to also claim that she has mis-remembered who assaulted her is insulting and laughable.

This is not about ideology nor the usual bloviations about “right” and “left.” This is fundamentally about human decency and respecting the claims of women about the abuses they have faced, whether there were eyewitnesses to it or not ‒ such as with the accusers of jailed comedian Bill Cosby. One must wonder what the daughters and granddaughters of some U.S. senators think about their father/grandfather’s politically dismissive attitudes toward sexual assault.

Let’s be real

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only in the last few years with the support of the federal government. The Urban Reentry Jobs Program provides formerly incarcerated adults with the necessary skills and training to successfully re-enter the workforce and jobs at family-sustaining wages.

Through Adult Re-entry, a National Urban League signature program, the formerly incarcerated have an opportunity to earn industry-recognized credentials, learn employment-focused skills, and form positive relationships with their communities.

“Please don’t Kavanaugh me today, I’d like to make my point,” a woman might say. Or “We’ve had enough Kavanaughing for today. Let’s conform to codes of civility.”

Can’t you see how invoking the name of the great interrupter puts everything in perspective?

To Kavanaugh is to interrupt, to disrespect, to come back with a tepid apology, and to be assured that you will get away with it.

Then there is an adjective here. “That was a Kavanaugh fool. She threw a Kavanaugh fit.

I won’t have a Kavanaugh worker in my shop. We can’t pay for Kavanaugh water consumption; we’re on a budget.”

‘Hall of Shame’ The 51 senators who confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to be a justice of the Supreme Court represent a minority (about 45 per-

abortion. Second, even with the White House, both houses of Congress and a conservative majority on the SCOTUS, they will probably never end all access to legal abortion, because that would deprive some candidates of their goto campaign issue every election season.

I know and believe that all life is precious, but not just pre-born life! Some of the same people who are obsessed to end abortion are also the people who oppose programs that would enhance the standard of living for the children once they have been born.

How can one insist a child be born, but then oppose AFDC and SNAP benefits, Head Start programs, health care for said children and free or affordable college or vocational education? If we made the world more child (and parent) friendly, there would likely be a lot less abortions.

The obsession over abortion overlooks a few realities. First, less than two percent of all the cases the SCOTUS hears will involve

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Among the nearly 800 participants, 86 percent have earned a credential or certificate; 95 percent did not return to prison; 65 percent became an employee.

while comprising only about 24 percent of the population. African-Americans are more likely than White Americans to be arrested; once arrested, they are more likely to be convicted; and once convicted, they are more likely to face stiff sentences. Black men are six times as likely to be incarcerated as White men.

No aspect of the criminal justice system has exacerbated the mass incarceration crisis more than the so-called War on Drugs, and none is more racially disparate. African-Americans are no more likely to use or sell prohibited drugs than Whites, but they far more likely to be charged and sentenced to prison for identical conduct.

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A 35-year-old father of three, Mario emerged from prison after eight years never having held a permanent legal job. He was living at a Salvation Army before he found his way to the Chicago Urban League. After completing the Urban Reentry Jobs Program, Mario has graduated with high honors from the welding program at Kennedy-King College.

The need for initiatives like the Urban Reentry Jobs Program could not be more critical. As many as three out of four people remain unemployed a year after their release from prison, and just 12.5 percent of employers say they will accept job applications from the formerly incarcerated.

This burden falls disproportionately on America’s people of color, who represent more than two-thirds of the incarcerated

Third, most of the political leadership, while manipulating the

National impact This crisis impacts not only the families of the incarcerated, but the nation as a whole. According to an ACLU report, the gross national product suffers an annual loss of $80 billion a year due to employment discrimination against the formerly incarcerat-

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cent) of the population. That alone is ground for considering amendments to the Constitution. More importantly, while we in the majority can’t immediately impeach, but we can immediately induct him into the Hall of Shame by making him a noun, verb, adverb (and for that matter a pronoun and an exclamation point).

I am about to go somewhere, holler and scream at a job interview, and just have myself a nice comfy Kavanaugh!

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abortion issue to their own advantage, are more concerned with the other 98 to 99 percent of rulings the SCOTUS makes. And many of those rulings from a “conservative” (i.e., corporate and probusiness) court will lead to negative outcomes for most Americans, such as rulings made asserting that corporations deserve the same rights as people.

The court makes many more rulings that damage our nation concerning the burgeoning security and police state in America, the environment, worker’s rights, voter suppression and gerrymandering and any number of other matters that affect the daily lives of many Americans.

This was about a lifetime appointment to our highest court.

Irrespective of how long it may take, we must get such appointments right ‒ no matter what!

Rev. Stephen A. Tillett is president of the Anne Arundel County, Maryland Branch of the NAACP. ed, not to mention the costs to local and state governments caused by recidivism. If states could lower recidivism rates by just 10 percent, they could save an average of $635 million annually, according to Pew Research Center.

Millions of people leave prison to re-enter their communities each year. The Urban League movement is committed to removing barriers to their full participation and helping every American to achieve his or her full potential.

As civil rights attorney Michelle Alexander wrote in her seminal work, “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness:” “Martin Luther King, Jr. called for us to be lovestruck with each other, not colorblind toward each other. To be lovestruck is to care, to have deep compassion, and to be concerned for each and every individual, including the poor and vulnerable.”

Mark Morial is president/ CEO of the National Urban League.

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NATION MA YOR

OCTOBER 18 – OCTOBER 2018 DECEMBER 14 - 20,24, 2006

er than as an obstacle,” Taft said.

“There’s more design theory research that says we can use design to have pro-social outcomes that make people’s lives better than just sort of letting the status quo stand as it is.”

Black women saga Other data show that racial disparities exist in online dating.

A 2014 study by dating website OKCupid found that Black women received the fewest messages of all of its users. According to Christian Rudder, OKCupid cofounder, Asian men had a similar experience.

And a 2013 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences revealed that users were more likely to respond to a romantic message sent by someone of a different race than they were to initiate contact with someone of a different race.

How to fix it

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Nikki Chapman, left, and her husband, Kay Chapman, are seen with their children Liam and Abie near their Illinois home on Oct. 11.

How dating app algorithms contribute to racial bias Researchers say they ‘Be open-minded’ Looking back, Chapman recan be tweaked in calls the dating site asking about a way that makes race, which she doesn’t think race a less important should matter when it comes to compatibility. It didn’t for her; factor and helps users she is White, and Kay is Africanbranch out from what American.

“Somebody has to be openthey typically look for. minded in order to accept someBY DARCEL ROCKETT CHICAGO TRIBUNE/TNS

Nikki Chapman remembers finding her now-husband through online dating website Plenty of Fish in 2008. Kay Chapman had sent her a message.

“I looked at his profile and thought he was really cute,” Nikki Chapman said. “He asked me who my favorite Power Ranger was, and that is what made me respond to him. I thought that was kind of cool — it was something that was near and dear to me from when I was a kid.”

The Posen, Illinois couple now have two kids of their own: Son Liam is 7, and 1-year-old daughter, Abie.

body into their lives, and unfortunately not everybody is,” she said.

Researchers at Cornell University looked to decode dating app bias in their recent paper “Debiasing Desire: Addressing Bias and Discrimination on Intimate Platforms.”

“There’s a lot of evidence that says people don’t actually know what they want as much as they think they do, and that intimate preferences are really dynamic, and they can be changed by all types of factors, including how people are presented to you on a dating site,” said Jessie Taft, a research coordinator at Cornell Tech.

“There’s a lot of potential there for more imagination, introducing more serendipity and designing these platforms in a way that encourages exploration rather than just sort of encouraging people to do what they would normally already do.”

On preferences

A ‘good match’

In it, they argue dating apps that let users filter their searches by race — or rely on algorithms that pair up people of the same race — reinforce racial divisions and biases. They said existing algorithms can be tweaked in a way that makes race a less important factor and helps users branch out from what they typically look for.

Taft and his team downloaded the 25 most popular dating apps (based on the number of iOS installs as of 2017). It included apps like OKCupid, Grindr, Tinder and Coffee Meets Bagel.

They looked at the apps’ terms of service, their sorting and filtering features, and their matching algorithms — all to see how de-

sign and functionality decisions could affect bias against people of marginalized groups.

They found that matching algorithms are often programmed in ways that define a “good match” based on previous “good matches.”

Exploring data In other words, if a user had several good Causacian matches in the past, the algorithm is more likely to suggest Caucasian people as “good matches” in the future.

Algorithms also often take data from past users to make decisions about future users — in a sense, making the same decision over and over again. Taft argues that’s harmful because it entrenches those norms. If past users made discriminatory decisions, the algorithm will continue on the same, biased trajectory.

‘Filtered out’ “When somebody gets to filter out a whole class of people because they happen to check the box that says (they’re) some race, that completely eliminates that you even see them as potential matches,” Taft said.

“You just see them as a hindrance to be filtered out, and we want to make sure that everybody gets seen as a person rath-

Taft said that when users raise these issues to dating platforms, companies often respond by saying it’s simply what users want.

“When what most users want is to dehumanize a small group of users, then the answer to that issue is not to rely on what most users want. … Listen to that small group of individuals who are being discriminated against, and try to think of a way to help them use the platform in a way that ensures that they get equal access to all of the benefits that intimate life entails,” Taft said.

“We want them to be treated equitably, and often the way to do that is not just to do what everybody thinks is most convenient.”

Some progress He said dating sites and apps are making progress — some have revamped their community guidelines to explicitly state that their site is a discrimination-free zone (users who use hateful messaging are then banned).

Others are keeping the race/ ethnicity filter but also adding new categories by which to sort.

Taft hopes the people making design decisions will read his team’s paper and at least keep the conversation going.

“There’s a lot of options out there,” Nikki Chapman said. “I remember filling out on an app, ‘What hair color are you interested in? What income level? What level of education?’ If you’re going to be that specific, then you need to go build a doll or something because life and love doesn’t work like that.”

Sears chairman: Chain ‘has a future’ after Chapter 11 bankruptcy

BY JAMES F. PELTZ LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS

Now that Sears has filed for bankruptcy reorganization, its chairman said, the storied retail chain still “has a future” as a smaller company rather than being liquidated.

Edward Lampert said he and his hedge fund that has invested heavily in loss-ridden Sears Holdings Corp., which also owns the Kmart department store chain, “will continue to press forward with the goal of seeing Sears emerge from this process positioned for success as a smaller, less-indebted retailer.”

His comments came late Sunday in a statement accompanying Sears’ filing under Chapter 11 of the U.S. bankruptcy laws, where Sears will attempt to reorganize under the supervision of a Bankruptcy Court judge.

“The company believes that a successful reorganization will save the company and the jobs of tens of thousands of store associates,” Sears said.

Analyst not convinced But some analysts cautioned that a liquidation of Sears was not out of the question, noting that Toys R Us Inc. also had hoped to reorganize under Chapter 11 but ended up going out of business this year.

“I’m not convinced that this plan will be their salvation,” said Bert Ely, an independent retail analyst.

“They’re buying time with a reduced footprint, and it will get reassessed early next year as to whether they can operate successfully with even a reduced number of stores.”

More closings Sears already has closed hundreds of stores in recent years to survive.

As part of its bankruptcy plan, the Hoffman Estates, Illinois chain said it plans to close an additional 142 unprofitable Sears and Kmart stores by the end of the year. Combined, the chains currently have just under 700 locations.

Midday on Monday, Sears posted the list of the stores slated to close; they include 65 Kmart stores and 77 Sears outlets.

“Liquidation sales at these stores are expected to begin shortly,” Sears said. The company said it plans “to reorganize around a smaller store platform” of profitable outlets.

Time will tell In the meantime, “Sears and Kmart stores remain open for business and our dedicated associates look forward to serving our members and customers,” Lampert said.

“We will know soon enough if Sears can survive as an American brand or not,” Daniel Lowenthal, a partner at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler who heads the law firm’s business reorganization and creditors’ rights practice, said in an email.

“If so, we will see a smaller number of stores and a better internet presence” at Sears and Kmart, Lowenthal said. “If not, we’ll see another U.S. retail liquidation.”

Millions in loans Sears also received $300 million in loans, and it is negotiating to obtain an additional $300 million in financing from Lampert’s firm, ESL Investments Inc., to continue operating through the holidays.

“The timing is critical to make sure they get enough merchandise to have enough for the Christmas shopping season,” Ely said. With a Chapter 11 plan in place, “presumably the suppliers will now provide the merchandise they need.”

ESL and Sears also are in talks

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A “Store Closing’’ banner is posted on the side of a Sears retail store in Hagerstown, Md., on July 30, 2017. about ESL possibly buying “a large portion of the company’s store base,” Sears said, but no potential financial terms were identified.

‘Honoring’ agreements Lampert’s firm already is one of Sears’ largest creditors, having provided hundreds of millions of dollars in loans to the chain. The billionaire also is Sears’ majority stockholder.

Lampert stepped down as Sears’ chief executive, although he remained chairman. Rather than choose another individual as CEO, Sears created an “office of the CEO” made up of three top Sears executives, including Chief Financial Officer Robert Riecker.

Sears said it was “currently honoring our warranties, protection agreements and guarantees as normal” for products bought at its stores. It said that shoppers still can make exchanges and returns “in line with our usual terms,” and

that Sears-branded credit cards were unaffected by the Chapter 11 filing.

Long decline Sears’ Chapter 11 filing capped a long decline for a company that sells an array of merchandise — including apparel and appliances — at moderate prices for valueconscious shoppers.

Once the nation’s leading retailer and a familiar anchor store in shopping malls, Sears failed to keep pace with stronger competitors and adapt to the huge shift from brick-and-mortar retail stores to online shopping.

Despite its store closures and asset sales — Sears sold its Craftsman tools unit last year, for instance — the company continued to suffer operating losses and cash shortages.

Over the last five years, Sears lost $6.8 billion as its annual sales dropped to $16.7 billion from $36.2 billion.

70,000 employees In the Chapter 11 filing, Sears Holdings listed total assets of $6.9 billion and total debts of $11.3 billion.

Sears had 89,000 employees as of Feb. 3, according to its most recent annual report, but that number reportedly has dropped to about 70,000 with the subsequent store closures.

Sears’ Chapter 11 filing also could cause one of the biggest pension defaults in U.S. history, although the U.S. government would step in to keep pension checks coming.

Pension obligations The company’s long-term pension obligations, which have been underfunded by more than $1 billion for years, would be covered by the federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.

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7 ELECTION 2018

OCTOBER 18 – OCTOBER 24, 2018

PHOTOS BY DUANE C. FERNANDEZ SR./HARDNOTTSPHOTOGRAPHY.COM

The audience at Stewart Memorial United Methodist Church was attentive throughout the forum.

FORUM from Page 1

Blvd. Henry came to the event but left early without fielding questions. Fetterhoff didn’t accept the invitation to appear.

No candidates for the Volusia County School Board, West Volusia Hospital Authority, or Volusia Council attended.

The event was sponsored by the Daytona Beach/Volusia County NAACP Chapter and the Daytona Times. Daytona Times Publisher Charles W. Cherry II served as the moderator.

Numerous topics The candidates spoke about the survival of Bethune-Cookman University, homelessness, code enforcement in the Black community, jobs and more.

“The reason for this event tonight is to engage and prepare the community for the upcoming election,” said Cynthia Slater, NAACP president.

Cherry also analyzed and explained the pros and cons of voting “yes” or “no” on each of the 12 amendments on the ballot.

The room was almost filled with candidates, residents and Bethune-Cookman students.

Daytona Beach City Commission Zone 1 candidate Danny Fuqua; Daytona Beach City Commissioner Zone 3 candidates Amy Pyle and Quanita May along with Daytona Beach Zone 5 candidate, Katienna BrownGardner were on hand.

Circuit judge candidate Linda Gaustad and Volusia County Soil & Water Conservation Board District 1 candidates William Bliss and Derrick Orbert attended.

Unanimous on B-CU All candidates agreed that Bethune-Cookman University ‒ with an estimated $300 million-dollar impact on the local economy, but that is in danger of clo-

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of Central Florida. There, he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in criminal justice.

Craig also is a graduate of the FBI National Academy Session #248, as well as the Police Executive Research Forum’s Senior Management Institute.

Craig also is an adjunct instructor at DSC’s School of Emergency Services, and is active in the community, working with high schools and neighborhood watch programs, and continuing his longtime relationship with the Police Athletic League.

Keith Kennedy The Distinguished Faculty/ Staff Alumni Award went to Ken-

Zone 1 candidate Danny Fuqua

Zone 3 candidate Quanita May

Zone 5 candidate Katienna Brown-Gardner

John Upchurch, surrogate for Nancy Soderberg

income in the city,” commented May. Pyle added, “When I moved here, I didn’t know about B-CU. I have learned how important it is to our city. I want to get back to putting our communities first.

When the dorm deal was being done, government could have asked the right questions with the developer to protect our community.”

The homeless situation in Daytona was also addressed.

Uneven enforcement

and work on the issues. We also must address drainage for flooding,” commented Bliss.

Orbert said, “We are stepping up our educational efforts with the community.”

Neither candidate was aware of any environmental contaminants affecting the Black Daytona area. “If there are, people should say so immediately,” Bliss advised.

Gaustad spoke about the responsibilities of a circuit judge, the court system and structure as well as her qualifications and experiences. Her opponent, Ryan Will, was a no-show.

‘Not a crime’

Daytona Times Publisher Charles W. Cherry II sure due to debt and possibly losing its academic accreditation ‒ is important to the city.

“I am doing something about it. I attended the student rally and marched with them. We need our government and local business community to step in and help. If the students leave our community and the school closes, we lose a lot of jobs and

nedy, who has been a valued member of the college community for nearly 35 years.

During this time, he has worn many hats, including adjunct instructor. He began his employment in 1982 as a part-time custodian, before earning his Associate of Arts degree and taking on progressive student services and student development roles at the college.

He also holds bachelor’s degrees in psychology and criminal justice, and a master’s degree in counseling education and school guidance, all from the University of Central Florida.

He has served DSC as a counselor, advisor, director of community outreach and recruitment, director of retention and transition, director of admissions and community outreach, dean of judicial affairs and, most recently, as vice president of student development.

“I was once a mother with children without a safe place to stay.

Homelessness is not a crime and people shouldn’t be criminalized for being homeless. We need to find them help, but we as individuals can also step up and help outside of our comfort zone,” stated Brown-Gardner.

May added, “The First Step Shelter will be open sometime next year, but a lot has to be done. We need patience. I’m calling on churches to help out with their buildings. They are already feeding, but more help is needed with housing. There are a lot of vacant buildings, churches and other buildings, that can help take them off the streets.”

Austin Albro The Young Alumni Excellence Award went to Austin Albro. Although unable to attend the ceremony, his mother, Allison Albro accepted on his behalf. After school, Albro returned to his hometown of Warren, New Hampshire, where at 24 years old, he serves as one of the youngest town administrators in the nation.

At DSC, he earned an Associate of Arts degree followed in 2016 with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Supervision and Management. As Student Government Association president, he worked to bring engagement and community support to the college, and grew to become one of the most dynamic SGA presidents to serve Daytona State in years, the school stated.

He was a fixture at administrators’ meetings, paved new

Code enforcement issues were brought up. Cherry stated that historically, code enforcement has disproportionately placed fines and liens on property in the Black community.

“Code enforcement is big on my agenda. It’s unfortunate that they come into this community when developers own property being neglected on ISB (International Speedway Boulevard) and other major streets that’s being ignored,” said Pyle.

Brown-Gardner echoed, “My grandmother was in her 70s and couldn’t care for her property. Her tenants abused it, and she was fined. We need more community help with this matter like helping sick, elderly and disabled neighbors care for their property.”

Based on science Soil & Water Conservation Board candidates for District 1 spoke about the duties and responsibilities of board members.

The board operates with no budget.

“Volusia County is becoming more urban like Orlando. We have to reach out to scientists

paths for involvement with college projects and planning, and attracted a bevy of students with pride in their school.

He was the first Florida College System Chancellor’s Clark Maxwell Jr. Scholar Student of the Month.

Dr. April Pulcrano She received the Margaret Crumley Award for Distinguished Achievement in Science, which honors an alumnus who achieved an associate degree from DSC’s School of Biological and Physical Sciences and who has made significant contributions in their field.

Recipients of this award are nominated and selected by science faculty.

Pulcrano earned her Associate of Science in Dental Assisting in 1983. That same year, she also was named Dental Assist-

Laying a foundation Those who attended the forum were pleased. A young adult was also inspired.

Branay McKnight is a sophomore majoring in political science at Bethune-Cookman; she is considering a future in politics.

McKnight told the Times, “This was informing. It is preparing me not just the election, but for what will come in my future and what I can look forward to. I can lay a foundation for when I one day become a candidate.”

ing Student of the Year. In 1984, she earned an Associate of Arts degree before transferring to the University of Central Florida to earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees in dental education.

While pursuing her studies at UCF, she also headed DSC’s dental assisting program before moving north to attend dental school at New York University.

When Pulcrano returned to Florida in 1994, she settled in DeLand, where she has been a solo practitioner ever since.

She is the former president of the Volusia Flagler Dental Association, and has been a participant in the West Volusia County Give Kids a Smile program, which offers free dental care to low-income children. Daytona State is a family tradition, as three of April’s four children also were dual enrolled students there.

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M SPORTS AYOR

OCTOBER 18 – OCTOBER 2018 DECEMBER 14 - 20,24, 2006

PHOTOS COURTESY OF DELAND HIGH SCHOOL

DeLand Coach Steve Allen huddles with his team.

DeLand turnaround could get team in postseason

BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES

The DeLand Bulldogs (6-1, 1-1) have put together an impressive 2018 season after going 2-7 last year.

The Bulldogs have impressive wins over traditional powerhouse like Mainland (30-20) along with strong programs in Sanford Seminole (20-17) and Lake Mary (47-28).

Their lone loss came to Jacksonville Mandarin (24-21).

“It took a lot of hard work.

The kids really have committed and bought into what we’re doing. They really conditioned and worked hard. We also have an influx of new players. We have good coaches and good players,” said Steve Allen, DeLand’s head coach.

DeLand was to play a critical district 1-8A game with Flagler Palm Coast (FPC) on Oct. 19, a game with district title and an automatic playoff berth implications.

“It is a big game – like every game. We try to be businesslike each week. We approach it as a game and not worry about the outside stuff. We just have to execute,” said Allen.

A winning approach The game also has implications on at-large playoff bids in Region 8A-1 outside of the four district champs. Four playoff

spots go to teams with the highest point average based on their wins and losses and their opponents.

“You keep winning you have a chance. Every game is equally important. This week is no bigger than last week because if we lost we wouldn’t be in this position. We’ve taken that approach since we lost to Mandarin,” Allen noted.

Ironically, Allen was Flagler Palm Coast’s head coach from 2002-2009 going 51-36 and leading the team to four playoff appearances.

On offense, defense DeLand runs a spread offense and a 50 defense also known as the 3-4 defense.

“Snap Wood, our offensive coordinator, does a good job of utilizing our talent by spreading the ball around and finding different looks. We try to score. Our defense is a 50 defense. It’s called a 3-4 today, but it is really a 5-man front,’ added Allen.

The Bulldogs have talented players in junior quarterback Leon Rolle; senior wide receiver Dionte Marks; junior linebackers Ian Schoenwetter, Ty’shaun Woulard and Matt Moore, along with sophomore defensive linemen Danny Brown.

“Some of the guys just quietly do the dirty work for us,” said Allen.

Three talented juniors also

have contributed big – running back Demaurez Bellemay; defensive back Avantae Williams, and defensive lineman Traquan McNair.

Gained experience Allen knew the 2018 DeLand Bulldogs could be special.

He said, “I kind of figured that last year we could with what the kids went through. We gained some experience. After the season, they made a commitment to work hard, condition, get stronger and just get better.”

Winning has had a good feel around town and campus.

Allen expressed, “It’s a good atmosphere always when you are winning. My job is the football team. I don’t get caught up in the outside stuff. We’re actually doing the same things as last year.

It’s good to have support. You get more when you’re winning.”

The opening season win against Mainland set the tone for the year.

“Anytime opening the season with a win over a rival, which is a school that you haven’t beaten for a while with such a traditionally strong program like that, it is a good thing. To be 6-1, you have won some games. We have more to go,” said Allen.

What’s next Regardless of playoffs, DeLand has had a good season. After Fla-

“The kids really have committed and bought into what we’re doing,’’ DeLand Head Coach Steve Allen said about this season’s Bulldogs. gler Palm Coast, the Bulldogs play Jacksonville Sandalwood (43, 1-2) and Seabreeze (1-7).

DeLand could be in position for either a district title or an atlarge playoff spot.

Allen stressed, “We just have to win. We control our own des-

tiny if we win out. Now other teams losing and winning could help us, but we control what we do. We can’t control what everyone one else does. We need all the points that we can get in the playoff point system, but the win was huge.”

Week’s top prep football games Mainland (5-3, 3-0) at New Smyrna Beach (6-1, 3-0): The winner basically locks up the district 6A-13 title and automatic playoff spot while the loser will have to fight for an at-large bid. This could be a good game.

Atlantic (5-1) at Mount Dora (3-4): The Sharks continue their push at a post-season berth. The Hurricanes will be a fight.

Seabreeze (1-6, 0-3) at Deltona (3-4, 1-2: Both teams are out of the playoff hunt, but this could be a surprisingly good game.

Halifax (5-3) at Naples First Baptist Academy (3-4): A win gives the Knights their first winning season in 11-man football. Too bad they couldn’t muster enough points to make a playoff run.

Prep Sports Seven football rankings FILE PHOTO

Flagler Palm Coast sophomore quarterback Donovan Montoya throws a pass during the game against Spruce Creek in last year’s game. The Palm Coast team faced DeLand on Oct. 19 in a critical district game.

1. DeLand (6-1), 2. Flagler Palm Coast (7-1), 3. Mainland (5-3), 4. New Smyrna Beach (6-1), 5. Atlantic (5-1), 6. Father Lopez (6-2). 7. Trinity (6-2). Others: Halifax (5-3).

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7COMMUNITY NEWS

OCTOBER 18 – OCTOBER 24, 2018

Empty Bowls Project to benefit DeLand center The Empty Bowls Project is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, 319 W. Wisconsin Ave., DeLand.

Participants can choose a clay pottery bowl made by made by local professionals and amateurs and eat a soup meal prepared by local volunteers. They will be able to take the bowl home as a reminder of those whose bowls are empty.

Proceeds will be donated to the Neighborhood Center of West Volusia and Faith At Work of St. Barnabas Church.

The Empty Bowls Project is an international, grassroots, crafts-based effort to end hunger.

Since it was founded in 1990, communities and faith-based organizations have developed independent fundraisers that have raised millions of dollars.

Tickets, which are $20 per person, can be purchased in advance at https://tinyurl.com/emptybowlsdeland18.

PHOTOS BY DUANE C. FERNANDEZ SR./HARDNOTTSPHOTOGRAPHY.COM

Lee Dunkel, second from right, poses with Leroy Meadows, Ahmad Dixon, So’Lace Curinton, Carlie Collins and Zahir Allen.

Photographer to offer tips at Oct. 27 workshop

Ormond church hosting Antholena George Day Family and friends of the Historic New Bethel A.M.E. Church in Ormond Beach will celebrate the life and legacy of the late Antholena George on Sunday, Oct. 28 at the 11 a.m. service.

Honorees will be Emily Linder, Geneva Jackson, Ernestine Tillman and Fairley Brown.

The Rev. Phyllis Rose Brown is pastor of the church located at 115 S. Yonge St.

PHOTOS BY DUANE C. FERNANDEZ SR./HARDNOTTSPHOTOGRAPHY.COM

A group of young people sing at Lee Durkell’s photography exhibit opening program on Sept. 28.

On Saturday, Oct. 27, Lee Dunkel will present a free photography workshop from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Yvonne Scarlett Golden Cultural & Educational Center in Daytona Beach.

Participants can learn basics in photography composition, subject selection and more using their digital camera or cell phone.

“Volusia Landscapes,’’ an exhibit of black and white photos by Dunkel, continues through Nov. 30 at the center.

The center, 1000 Vine St., is open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays.