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East Central Florida’s Black Voice MARCH 2 - MARCH 8, 2017

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HBCU leaders get face time with Trump B-CU’s Jackson was among the presidents who met Monday with Trump, who pledged support to the Black institutions.

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President Donald Trump meets with the presidents and chancellors from the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities on Feb. 27.

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Dr. Edison Jackson, BethuneCookman University’s president, was among the leaders of histori-

cally Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) who met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday.

Shortly after the meeting, Trump signed an executive order pledging support for HBCUs. “We are looking for more investment in our institutions,” Jackson said in an interview on campus with local media a few days prior to the White House meeting.

The Feb. 27 meeting with Trump was a photo-op in the Oval Office and group “listening

A Black History Month lesson from a local James Daniels shares his story about growing up in the Jim Crow South during a New Smyrna presentation.

Reflecting on past His speech included seeing the first time he saw an indoor toilet and electric-powered lights.

Daniels’ story about going to a grocery store in Ormond Beach where he did not have to go through the back door and he was allowed to buy his own groceries and candy brought tears to the

James Daniels speaks to the members of the Rotary Club and their guests. audience’s eyes.

He also mentioned how he ran the elevator for one of the local hotels and was able to help his family along with other siblings, save enough money ($1,500) to buy a house.

His talk was well-received and he ended up selling many books to the Rotarians.

James Daniels holds a copy of his memoir, which chronicles his experiences as a young plantation worker, community leader and businessman.

A rough start In a September 2016 article in the Daytona Times, Daniels recounted his experience growing up and why he want-

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March 26 seminar in Daytona to focus on free speech SPECIAL TO THE DAYTONA TIMES

Authors, journalists, editors and publishers will offer a seminar titled “Speak Freely, Write Boldly,” on Sunday, March 26, from 1 to 4:45 p.m. in the auditorium of the City Island Library in Daytona Beach. There will be 10 featured speakers and panelists, question-and-answer sessions, and an open mic to support First Amendment rights. The event is free and open to the public.

The seminar is inspired by PEN

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Wanted: $25 billion Trump’s executive order didn’t give any funding amount specifics but HBCU leaders and advocacy groups have been seeking $25 billion to address infrastructure and other needs.

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Big issues to watch during legislative session

BY JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Volusia County resident James Daniels was the honored guest of the New Smyrna Beach Rotary on the last day of Black History Month. Daniels published his memoir last year titled “Metamorphis: From Cotton Picker to Community Leader.’’

The book details his experiences growing up in the Jim Crow South, his family sharecropping during the Great Depression and overcoming barriers of race and class.

During the Feb. 28 Rotary Club meeting, Daniels took the audience down the road of his life – from picking cotton and peanuts to traveling down from Georgia to the City of Ormond Beach with his family and extended family of 16 people.

session” meeting with Vice President Michael Pence with more than 60 HBCU presidents. It was the first meeting of its kind with HBCU presidents and chancellors in at least eight years.

America and its mission is to foster greater free speech and freedom of the press in light of recent controversies about false news and suppression of media access.

Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry is scheduled to greet those in attendance with a message on free speech. Jennifer Mansfield, a Jacksonville partner in the law firm of Holland & Knight, and a specialist on rights when using social media, will speak on behalf of the Florida First Amendment Foundation.

Two panel discussions A panel on “First Amendment Freedom to Create” will begin at 2:30 p.m. featuring Dr. David B. Axelrod and M.B. McLatchey, Volusia County poets laureate; attorney Michael Pyle, author of of “White Sugar, Brown Sugar;’’ and Donna Gray-Banks, an author and sponsor of the annual F.R.E.S.H. Book Festival.

A “First Amendment Freedom of the Press” panel will begin at 3:30, featuring George Griffin, president of the Volusia/Fla-

gler County chapter of the ACLU; NBC news writer/producer Ricki Stofsky; Dan Smith, author/historian and columnist for the Hometown News; and Mark Harper, Volusia team editor of the Daytona News-Journal.

Sponsors of event The event, made possible in part by funding from the Cultural Council of Volusia County, is sponsored by the Creative Happiness Institute and Writers Unlimited Agency. It will be held

TALLAHASSE – Florida lawmakers are poised to return to Tallahassee for the March 7 start of the 2017 legislative session.

They will grapple with hundreds of bills during the 60-day session, while also trying to reach agreement on a state budget that will top $80 billion. Here are some big issues to watch: BUDGET: Gov. Rick Scott has proposed an $83.5 billion budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1, up about $1.2 billion from the current year. In the proposal, Scott called for $618 million in tax cuts, increased education spending and cuts in hospital funding.

But the proposal has met skepticism from some lawmakers, who are concerned about projected budget shortfalls in the coming years.

DEATH PENALTY: Florida’s death penalty has been on hold since January 2016, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that part of the death-penalty sentencing system was unconstitutional because it gave too much power to judges, instead of juries. The Florida Supreme Court struck down part of a legislative attempt to fix the system because the changes did not require unanimous jury recommendations before people could be sentenced to death. The House and Senate, however, appear to be ready to quickly pass a bill during the 2017 session that would require such unanimous jury recommendations.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Gov. Rick Scott and House Speaker Richard Corcoran, R-Land O’ See ISSUES, Page 2

in association with Volusia/Flagler ACLU; Florida Writers Association; Armstrong Media Group LLC. The Florida First Amendment Foundation is also a co-sponsor as part of its Sunshine Week, held in March along with hundreds of media organizations, civic groups, libraries, nonprofits, schools and other participants to engage public discussion on the importance of open government.

For more information contact Dr. David Axelrod at axelrod@ creativehappiness.org or 386337-4567.

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Allen Chapel AME Church to celebrate 107 years The Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church will celebrate its 107th anniversary at the 9:45 a.m. service on Sunday, March 12.

The theme is “On Christ the Solid Rock We Stand…. 107 Years Down and a Lifetime to go!” The church is located at 580 George W. Engram Blvd., Daytona Beach.

The guest preacher will be the Rev. Jamin Ahmad Powell, pastor of Mt. Moriah A.M.E. Church in Wildwood.

Virginia Union grad After graduation from high school, Powell enrolled in the theology program at Howard University in Washington, D.C. While there, he served at the Metropolitan Baptist Church under the guidance of Dr. H. Beecher Hicks.

Powell also served as an associate minister and was instrumental in the continued development of the youth department and the “Boys to Men” mentoring program for inner-city youth males.

He transferred from Howard after the first semester of his sophomore year to Virginia Union University where he completed his undergraduate degree in religion and philosophy with a minor in speech and drama. While at Virginia Union, he served as youth pastor at the Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Hustle, Virginia.

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Markeith Loyd, right, accused of killing Orlando Police Lt. Debra Clayton as well as his pregnant ex-girfriend, converses with Orange-Osceola Chief Judge Frederick Lauten on March 1 in Orlando.

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ORLANDO – A judge Wednesday entered not guilty pleas on accused murdered Markeith Loyd’s behalf and ordered that an attorney be appointed to him as stand-by counsel after Loyd claimed that the charges he faces were entered against a corporation created in his name.

“For the records I wanna state that I am Markeith Loyd, flesh and blood huLt. Debra man being,” he said in Clayton court Wednesday morning.

“MARKEITH LOYD, in all capital letters, that’s not me. That’s a corporation that was created at my birth that I do not accept. That’s not me.”

The argument is sometimes used by people who consider themselves sovereign citizens and believe they are not subject to the jurisdiction of any government.

“It’s oftentimes misguided, but it’s not the first time the court has heard that position,” Orange-Osceola Chief Judge Frederick Lauten told Loyd.

Loyd is accused in the Dec. 13 death of his pregnant ex-girlfriend, Sade Dixon, and the Jan. 9 killing of Orlando police Lt. Debra Clayton, who tried to arrest him near a Wal-Mart.

Loyd was scheduled to enter a plea at an arraignment last week, but he asked to delay the hearing because he had not received a copy of the complaint that explains the charges and evidence against him.

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HBCU leaders used Tuesday’s meeting as an opportunity to address issues like access to federal funds as well as for infrastructure, college readiness, financial aid and other priorities.

“We are looking for opportunities for our faculty to plug into research dollars. We hired faculty who are research faculty. We have increased our success in terms of securing some federal grants like National Science Foundation, etc.,” Jackson said.

“If you think of the billions of dollars that the U.S. government spends on research and development, we are seeking greater support for us to get some of the front costs when securing research grants. It is an investment, which is an investment for the long-term not just the short-term,’’ he added.

‘At the table’ The White House visit was initiated by Trump and his staff, not the HBCU leaders.

“We did not seek the meeting. We might have down the road, but his staff came up with it,” said Jackson noted.

Many of the HBCU presidents were in Washington, D.C. for a United Negro College Fund meeting.

Jackson remarked, “We changed our schedules.

The United Negro College Fund was to meet at our annual meeting in New York this week. We changed our plans. If you’re not sitting at the table, you may be on the menu. This was very important to us.”

Dr. Edison While HBCU presidents Jackson said they were happy to see their institutions receiving attention within the first 100 days of Trump’s presidency, they were cautiously optimistic.

“There was very little listening to HBCU presidents today. We were only given about two minutes each, and that was cut to one minute, so only about seven of maybe 15 or so speakers were given an opportunity today,” wrote Dillard President Walter Kimbrough detailed in a column posted on Medium the night of Feb. 27.

About Trump’s order Trump’s executive order aims to bolster strategic partnerships with other agencies and outside groups by giving more visibility.

It directs the initiative to work with the private sector to strengthen the fiscal stability of HBCUs, make infrastructure improvements, provide job opportunities for students, works with secondary schools to create a college pipeline and increase access and opportunity for federal grants and contracts.

The executive order also moves the HBCU Initiative back into the White House.

The HBCU Initiative recently was housed in the Department of Education. It was created during the administration of President Jimmy Carter.

A senior White House official said the Trump administration wants HBCUs to serve as partners in the president’s urban agenda and wants to increase the private sector’s role in supporting and strengthening their participation in federal programs.

HBCUs did not fare well during the Obama administration. In 2009, the Obama administration failed to renew a two-year appropriation for HBCUs of $85 million a year. The money would later have to be restored by concerned Democrats who controlled Congress.

HBCUs collectively lost over $300 million in grants and tuition after a bureaucratic level decision in 2011 enacted in Obama’s Department of Education made obtaining Parent PLUS loans much more difficult. As a result, 28,000 HBCU students were negatively impacted.

In September 2013, President Obama’s Education Secretary Arne Duncan apologized to HBCU leaders and advocates for the Parent PLUS loan decision. In 2012, Duncan proposed an end to a three-year implementation of summer Pell Grants.

The elimination of summer Pell Grants is an issue HBCU presidents often say they’d like restored. Almost two-thirds of AfricanAmerican undergraduate students receive Pell funding.

Obama criticized In 2015, Obama proposed two years of free community college without consulting HBCU advocates. Many of those advocates viewed the proposal as a threat to HBCUs. The proposal, which was never enacted by a Republican-controlled Congress, was later changed to include HBCUs. In early 2015, during a meeting with members of the Congressional Black Caucus, Obama expressed what many members later told the NNPA Newswire was a lack of support for HBCUs. He was critical of HBCU graduation rates and loan policies.

In February 2015, Obama’s own HBCU Board of Advisors chair, Hampton University President Dr. William Harvey, was critical of the Obama Administration.

“We are not consulted when it comes to policy changes and decisions impacting – in a major way – the institutions on whose behalf we are to advocate,” said Harvey. “It happened with Pell. It happened with Parent PLUS. And, now it is happening with the new community college initiative.”

More degrees During this time, Powell enlisted as a chaplain in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves. He served in the counseling department working with military families with domestic issues.

Powell holds a doctorate in pastoral studies and counseling from Duke University. He also has a master’s degree in divinity from the Interdenominational Theological Center at the Morehouse School of Religion in Atlanta and a master’s degree in public health, with a concentration on family and marital counseling, from Emory University.

Powell is married to the former Dominique Blanchard. They have two sons, Preston and Austin.

The Rev. Nathan M. Mugala is senior pastor at Allen Chapel.

For more information, contact the church at 386-255-1195 Monday through Thursday between the hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Lakes, have battled publicly for weeks about the economic-development agency Enterprise Florida and tourism-marketer Visit Florida. Scott wants to provide $85 million to Enterprise Florida for business incentives and $76 million to Visit Florida. But Corcoran opposes the funding and has gone so far as to back abolishing the public-private agencies.

EDUCATION: Senate President Joe Negron, R-Stuart, has made a top priority of revamping the higher-education system. The Senate is expected to quickly pass a bill that, in part, would expand the use of Bright Futures scholarships and tighten graduation standards for universities and state colleges. In the kindergarten- through 12th-grade system, Corcoran has called for expanding school-choice programs, and lawmakers are expected to look at proposals to reduce the amount of time public-school students spend on standardized tests.

GAMBLING: The House and Senate have taken dramatically different positions in heavily lobbied bills that would make changes in the gambling industry.

The House proposal focuses on reaching agreement on a gambling deal with the Seminole Tribe of Florida that could lead to money going to the education system.

The Senate, however, wants to take steps that could expand gambling, including allowing slot machines in eight counties where voters have approved the machines in referendums.

GUNS: The House and Senate could be moving toward passing a measure that would shift a key burden of proof from defendants to prosecutors in “stand your ground” self-defense cases, a change backed by the National Rifle Association. Several other high-profile gun bills have been filed, such as a proposal that would allow people with concealed-weapons licenses to carry guns on college and university campuses. The fate of such proposals likely will hinge on whether they can pass the Senate.

HEALTH CARE: As it has done in recent years, the House is pushing a series of bills that would scale back regu-

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ed the book published.

Daniels was born in 1928 in Cordele, Georgia on a plantation to sharecroppers and descendants of slaves.

“I thought that I had a story to tell that would be interesting. So far it has

lations in the health-care industry. A heavily lobbied issue focuses on whether to eliminate the “certificate of need” process, which requires approval from the Agency for Health Care Administration before new hospitals, nursing homes and hospice facilities can be built. Among other issues in the Legislature is a proposal that would help clear the way for “direct primary care” agreements, which involve patients contracting directly with doctors for care, cutting out the role of insurers.

MEDICAL MARIJUANA: Lawmakers will try to agree on a plan to carry out a voter-approved ballot initiative that broadly legalized medical marijuana in the state. The Legislature in recent years approved medical cannabis for limited types of patients, but the November ballot initiative will allow doctors to order medical marijuana for an array of conditions such as cancer, epilepsy, glaucoma, HIV, AIDS, post-traumatic stress disorder, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis. A closely watched legislative issue involves how many nurseries will be able to get licenses to grow, process and dispense medical marijuana.

WATER: Negron has proposed a controversial $2.4 billion plan that includes buying land south of Lake Okeechobee to try to ease polluted discharges from the lake into waterways on the east and west coasts of the state. The proposal, which involves creating a reservoir to store water moved south from the lake, is opposed by the powerful sugar industry and has received a cool reception in the House. Negron, however, represents parts of the state’s Treasure Coast that have been hit hard by polluted discharges from the lake.

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION INSURANCE: After the Florida Supreme Court last spring ruled that two parts of the workers’ compensation insurance system were unconstitutional, regulators approved a 14.5 percent rate increase that started hitting businesses in December. Business groups are lobbying for changes that could help hold down rates.

But the workers’ compensation system is highly complex, and a major debate will focus on whether to limit fees paid to attorneys who represent injured workers.

been proven to be true, “he said. “I want people, especially youngsters, to know what we went through to make things easier for them. They often take things for granted. It took a lot of blood, sweat, tears, hard work and hardship.”

The retired insurance executive and businessman has worked with the NAACP and helped to start the Volusia County/

Daytona Beach branch.

He has volunteered with Florida Health Care, the Daytona Beach International Airport, Halifax Historical Society, and his church, St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church.

Boards he has served on include the City of Daytona Beach’s Historic Preservation Board, Nuisance and Abatement Board, and Midtown Redevelopment Board.

Making a difference Although HBCUs comprise just 3 percent of higher education institutions in the U.S., “HBCUs contributed 19 percent of the nearly 9 percent of all bachelor’s degrees in science and engineering awarded to Blacks in 2010,” according to American Institutes for Research (AIR).

AIR also reported that “By 2010, approximately 33 percent of all Black students who earned bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and statistics attended HBCUs, and HBCUs produced nearly 37 percent of all Black undergraduates who received bachelor’s degrees in the physical sciences.”

An NNPA Newswire report by Lauren Victoria Burke was used in this article.

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MERGE brings together youth for evening of praise and worship The Rev. Dr. David Blow vividly reflected on a rousing event called MERGE that took place in Flagler County on Feb. 3. The gymnasium of Matanzas High School in Palm Coast was transformed to a sanctuary for the first MERGE event.

The event was inspired by a praise and worship commercial heard on the “Tom Joyner Morning Show.’’

The gymnasium of Matanzas High School in Palm Coast was transformed to a sanctuary on Feb. 3 for the first MERGE event.

MERGE was literally a merger as the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church of Palm Coast partnered with a team of Flagler County churches - including the Church on the Rock, First Baptist Church of Palm Coast, and God’s Family Bible Church - to present one of the largest praise and worship gatherings to ever hit the county.

The evening was hosted by the Bridge Building Program, a basketball and life skills development program, renowned in the county for positively impacting the lives of young people.

Powerful messages With over 200 participants, MERGE was not only significant due to size, but due to symbolism. In a time when our nation is so divided and separated, MERGE brings churches and young people from all cultural and ethnic backgrounds together on one accord to lift up the name of Jesus.

Each participating MERGE church had 20 minutes to minister the Gospel through song, spoken word, liturgical dance, poetry, and even preaching.

Over the course of the evening, the audience was inspired, empowered, and excited by the many, diverse presentations of the gospel.

Although no two churches offered the same presentation, the message was still the same. God so orchestrated the evening that each 20-minute presentation was like a paragraph in an essay that pointed everyone to the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

Dr. David Blow Sr., youth minister of the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church of Palm Coast, was the worship leader for the evening, and Pastor Bill Knight of the Church on the Rock - following a powerful ministry presentation from God’s Family Bible Church - ministered the Invita-

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tion to Discipleship at the close of the evening.

A Flagler first Three young men responded to the invitation and accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. The place erupted with praise and thanksgiving as the young men gave Pastor Bill their hands and God their hearts.

“It is worth noting that this was the first time in Flagler County’s history that these churches and the Bridge Building Program have fellowshipped together in this way, and it was the youth and young adults of Flagler County who brought us together,” remarked Dr. Blow.

MERGE was inspired by the MERGE ministry model of the First Baptist Church of Glenarden, Maryland, where the Rev. John K. Jenkins is senior pastor.

In this model, churches share resources, compliment instead of compete, in order to positively impact the lives of young people with the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Pastor Bill Knight and Dr. Blow were in discussions throughout 2016 regarding the best way to partner and reach more youth and young adults with the Gospel message. After much prayer and dialogue, God inspired them to pursue the MERGE model.

Through the efforts of Pastor Bill Knight, a MERGE team was assembled, and MERGE was able to move forward.

“Realizing that we all serve the same demographic daily, it only made sense to come together to really bless this vital and growing demographic,” the MERGE team shared. “We also thank God for Pastor Bill Knight who served as our MERGE administrator and really kept us on task,” the team agreed.

Special shoutouts The MERGE Team included Youth Pastor Bill Knight of the Church on the Rock in Bunnell, Youth Pastors Ed and Ninivette Canales of the Lighthouse for the Nations in Bunnell, along with Youth Pastor Jeff Dawsey of the First Baptist Church of Palm

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More than 200 people attended the MERGE event.

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“Ladies of Note” are Linda Osborne, Bronnetta Hamilton and Reathea Holmes, who will be accompanied by Yvette Bynum on piano.

Coast, Youth Pastor Paul Cineros of God’s Family Bible Church in Palm Coast, Coach Michael Steward, president and founder of the Bridge Building Program; and Dr. David Blow, youth minister of the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church of Palm Coast.

The MERGE team desires to give a shoutout, thanking the Lord Jesus Christ because without Him, MERGE could not have taken place. Also, special thanks go out to the senior/lead pastors of the participating MERGE churches for their support, along with Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staley, who made a personal appearance at MERGE, and Flagler County Deputies Cooper and Low, who remained all night to insure public safety.

The next MERGE event will be held April 7.

For more information, contact any of the participating MERGE churches listed in the article.

Food giveaway set for March 11 The Women’s Missionary Society of First Church - pastored by the Rev. Gillard S. Glover has scheduled the food giveaway for March 11, 1 to 3 p.m., at the church, 91 Old Kings Road North, Palm Coast.

For further details, call the church at 386-446-5759.

‘Ladies of Note’ to perform Friday

Golf Classic proceeds will help local kids

“Ladies of Note” will be a delight in the music artistry of singers Linda Osborn, Bronnetta Hamilton and Reathea Holmes.

The performance will be accom-

There’s plenty of reason to register for the Seventh Annual Children’s Museum Golf Classic set for April 3 at Plantation Bay Golf & Country Club, easily accessed

‘Divided Soul’ on display at Golden center An opening event was held on Feb. 24 at the Yvonne Scarlet Golden Education and Cultural Center in Daytona Beach for the “Divided Soul’’ art showcase by Anthony Armstrong.

The artist’s work will be on display at the center through May 19. The center is located at 1000 Vine Street.

“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,” Daytona Beach’s Leisure Services Director Percy Williamson told the Times last month.

The showcase is being sponsored by VITAS Health Care and the City of Daytona Beach.

panied by Yvette Bynum, and will take place March 3, 7 p.m., at the Palm Coast United Methodist Church, 5200 Belle Terre Parkway, Palm Coast.

The Palm Coast United Methodist Church is pastored by the Rev. Dr. Kevin James.

The concert is open to everyone; but, a freewill offering will be requested.

For further information, contact the church at 386-445-1600.

Artist Anthony Armstrong, left, shows his work at the opening exhibit ceremony on Feb. 24. With him is Percy Williamson, director of Daytona’s Leisure Services.

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Guests view the artwork of Anthony Amstrong during the Feb. 24 reception.

Campbell middle students inducted into honor society Members of the Campbell Middle School Spartan Chapter recently were inducted into the National Junior Honor Society.

The annual induction ceremony was held on Feb. 23 with more than 300 attendees.

Special guests included the City of Daytona Beach Police Honor Guard; Ida Wright of the Volusia County School Board; Susan Freeman, Volusia County

The inductees Sixth grade Abigail Aponte Tyja Beans Diana Braswell Edward Butts Marilyn Carranza Jadeen Coke Jarique Cooper Jordan Cowan Daniel Cox Angel Dasalvi Ja’Naris Ellis R’Nyah Fields Shelby Fischer Rodrick Hutchinson Giahna Jenkins Janneil Marshall Jonathan Martin Rachel Mascar Fatima Mims Dyami Montero Aryana Otero De Miya Prince Jalia Walker Janissa White Blaze Whitmus

from Exit 278 on I-95 in Ormond Beach.

Promoter Linda Epps shared that the Museum of Arts and Sciences (MOAS) Guild will present the classic to benefit the Charles and Linda Williams Children’s Museum, its science center, and to purchase particulars as touchscreen computers, exhibits, technology, materials, and other resources. And so, you will be playing golf for the kids!

It’s a four-player scramble.

The non-member’s fee to play is $125 per person. But, all Plantation Bay Golf members will receive the special discounted rate of $85 per person.

All entry fees include a continental breakfast; range balls prior to play; beverage cart snacks and drinks; a commemorative golfer gift pack and on-course contest during play; prizes to top teams, top ladies team, top co-ed teams, and top nine-hole teams; a hole-in-one prize; a putting contest; in addition to an awards celebration, barbecue, and silent auction, which immediately will follow at the beautiful Club de Bonmont at Plantation Bay. Sponsorships are also available.

Registration will begin 7:30 a.m. on April 3; shotgun start, 9 a.m., and March 27 will mark the deadline to enter the classic.

To register, or receive further information, call 386-255-0285, or email childrensclassic@moas. org.

••• As always, remember our prayers for the sick, afflicted and bereaved.

Celebrations Birthday wishes to Shirley Davis, March 1; Jazmine Major Arnold, March 2; and Diedre Robinson, March 7.

Happy anniversary to Frank and Almedia Quarterman, March 3.

Schools Area II Superintendent; James Tager, principal of Atlantic High School; and many parents and other community members.

Dr. Jerry L. Picott is the principal of Campbell Middle School.

Linda Huger is the sponsor of the school’s Spartan chapter.

Gregory Dukes and BethuneCookman University Concert Chorale rendered the music for the evening. A reception immediately followed the induction ceremony.

The prestigious National Junior Honor Society is built on character, scholarship, leadership. Service and citizenship.

Seventh grade Jabari Aspilaire Trevor Brinson Christopher Castro Jarail Clemmons Keyana Colella Aniya Dixon Kalyb Evans Amari Fernandez Joshua Garcia Asia Hall Ronmel Martinez Reyes Dontre Nelson Daniel Owen Jenell Poole Diamond Robinson Indhira Wade James Wardlaw Willow Zick Eighth grade Leroy Adlam Ann Auguste Keiarre Davenport Jasmine DeJesus Noris GonzalesSevilla

JoShaun GrierBooze Raquel Hernandez Alyssa Horabik Jared Jackson Javan Jackson Malana Jackson Aleah Johnson Destiny Johnson Kailyn Klarich Taniyah Lloyd Tegin Miller Matthew Ojeda Zionah Rene Mariely Rosario Nina Samuel Angelina Scheuerman Ryker Shock Zyonni Sipp Jasmine Smith Shariah Taylor Celah Teschner Camron Thomas Katelyn Thomas Justice Thompson Dernesha Victor Delize White Cheyenne Williams Evan Williams

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Political involvement is necessary but not sufficient The unfortunate election of Donald J. Trump speaks volumes about the limits of African-American involvement in the political system.

Don’t get me wrong. I was born and will live and die a political junkie, obsessed with the minutiae of politics. I’m a recovering politician, having run for office, got my butt beat, and flirted with the possibility of doing it again for years.

Who gets what Politics is about making the rules of distribution, of deciding how laws determine who gets what, when, where and why. Politics importantly ensures that those who make the rules are favorably disposed toward justice and fairness. Politics allows resistance when those elected don’t follow the lead of their constituents.

Economics and politics are closely aligned. Economics also determines who gets what, when, where and why. So-called free markets determine the flows of economic distribution, but politics often regulates the way that these so-called free markets work.

We know that politicians distort markets to their liking. During a recession, for example, politicians agree that bankers need a tight rein on them that they can’t simply exploit to earn predatory profits. After a recession, some

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politicians might loosen the rein on bankers and decide to let predatory markets flow free.

Focused on politics African-Americans have righteously focused on politics and the political system, especially during the early days of the civil rights movement, when the fight for the right to vote was a priority.

People like Fannie Lou Hamer were beaten within inches of their lives because they were determined to vote. Medgar Evers was killed because he was organizing voters.

We had a focus on laws. Dr. Martin Luther King once said, “The law will not make you love me, but it will keep you from lynching me.”

The Trump election reminds us of the limitations of politics, and the need to focus on the economics. Political involvement is necessary, but not sufficient, for Black progress.

‘Double share’ Every single economic indicator shows African-American people lagging. Not much has

It’s time for a review One of my most important teaching activities was time spent in review with my classes.

My classroom experiences taught me that in every unit of instruction there were elements of the subject matter that would not be understood, would be misunderstood, would not be prioritized/ordered appropriately, or forgotten. The classroom review was an effective tool for test preparation and a determination of subject matter retention.

As a manager of personnel, I found formal, interim and informal personnel performance reviews to be effective tools in documenting and improving the quality of performance of our employees. These reviews gave them an accurate understanding of expectations of their jobs and gave us both a way to measure how well they met those expectations.

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Review, evaluate It is essential to review and evaluate the performance and motives of elected officials. This review must be as broad and wide-ranging as the impact of the decisions made by the politicians themselves. While providing options for periodic re-evaluation, this review must be thoughtful and as accurate as possible. It must be Promethean in predictability.

Applying that logic to the first 30 days of the Trump administration, I have concerns at numerous and most unsettling levels.

Rather than acknowledging his slim margin of victory in the

‘Fake news’ insults an institution that risks lives In 1955, Jet Magazine and the Chicago Defender published photographs of Emmett Till’s mutilated corpse, igniting international interest in the American civil rights movement. Defender reporter Mattie Colin, who covered the return of the teenager’s body to Chicago, captured his mother’s anguish in her poignant articles: “‘Oh, God, Oh God, my only boy,’ Mrs. Mamie (Till) Bradley wailed as five men lifted a soiled paper-wrapped bundle from a brown, wooden mid-Victorian box at the Illinois Central Station in Chicago Friday and put it into a waiting hearse. The bundle was the bruised and bullet-ridden body of little 14-year-old Emmett L. Till of Chicago, who had been lynched down in Money, Mississippi.”

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Made it real For many in the north, the brutality of the Jim Crow-era south was an abstract and distant concept. Reporters like Mamie Colin made it horrifyingly real. And no one dared demean it by calling it “fake news.”

Friction between the White House and the journalists tasked with holding officials to account is part of a healthy democracy. But recent concerted efforts to delegitimize the news media are de-

changed since Dr. King said, in 1967, “Of the good things in life, the Negro has approximately one half those of Whites. Of the bad things of life, he has twice those of Whites. Thus, half of all Negroes live in substandard housing. And Negroes have half the income of Whites.

“When we view the negative experiences of life, the Negro has a double share. There are twice as many unemployed. The rate of infant mortality among Negroes is double that of Whites and there are twice as many Negroes dying in Vietnam as Whites in proportion to their size in the population.”

The numbers have changed some, but African-Americans are still not full equal participants in our economy.

How do we fix that?

How do we reward those corporations that support equality, and punish, through selective buying and boycotts, those who oppose freedom and equal opportunity? How do we stomp with the big dogs like the Koch brothers who buy politicians with the same ease that some of us buy potato chips? Do we even stand a chance?

We must spend as much time and place as much emphasis on economics as on politics. We must be clear that poverty is a profit opportunity for some corporations.

Electoral College and loss of the popular vote in his policy-making, Mr. Trump is in disregard of the 54 percent of Americans who voted against him. He’s gone fullbore in his plan to be a disruptive influence in the structure of American politics.

New ‘Big Brother’?

I fear that his administration will exceed a state of disruption and devolve into an oligarchic autocracy. Like those who have returned George Orwell’s “1984,” a 69-year-old book, to the bestseller list, I wonder how far we are from calling Trump “Big Brother.”

Those familiar with the rise of autocratic governments in the 20th Century draw our attention to the parallels with Trump World. Among the first acts by 20th Century dictators were to destroy and/or restructure the institutions and political processes upon which civil order was established.

To date, most Trump’s Cabinet nominees express policy positions in direct opposition to the

structive and demoralizing.

Among the low points of the recent presidential campaign were the vicious attacks on individual reporters which were a regular part of some rallies. White House press conferences, which should be a source of lively give-andtake, have devolved into ad hominem attacks.

“The civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings if it hadn’t been for the news media,” Rep. John Lewis has said.

Worldwide impact Newspapers and the newlypopular medium of television brought into American homes disturbing scenes of activists in Birmingham and Selma being attacked by with dogs and fire hoses, beaten and tear-gassed by state troopers and sheriff’s deputies. A photograph of Selma activist Amelia Boynton, beaten unconscious, ran on the front page of newspapers and news magazines around the world.

Among the martyrs of the movement is Paul Guihard, a reporter for a French news service,

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions has already reversed the Obama executive order that would stop the use of private prisons for federal incarceration. But these private prisons are machines of predatory capitalism, and now that Sessions has approved their use, their stocks are soaring.

Will we profit?

So we must ask ourselves if our pension funds, mutual funds, or other financial instruments invest in corporations like Corecivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America, $CXW) and the Geo Group ($GEO). Can we push our investors to withdraw investment from these funds? Or will we be willing, in the name of predatory capitalism, to profit from this chicanery?

Similarly, from Ava DuVer-

Cabinet positions they occupy.

One only wonders what structural changes will alter the functions of the Departments of Justice, Education, Housing and Urban Development, Human Services and the Environmental Protection Agency.

From Trump’s mouth come ridiculous, unsubstantiated accusations of widespread, monumental voter fraud. Many in the civil rights community sense that Trump will attempt to further restrict or suppress the votes of minorities and other Democraticleaning populations. Yet, since last year, US intelligence sources confirm Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Conscious strategy Trump’s administration has made an obvious effort to discredit and malign the public’s faith in the judicial branch and the media.

The demeaning characterization of “so-called judges” who disagree with administration positions are meant to create a loss

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of faith in our judicial system. Arguing the validity of lies labeled “alternative facts” and the direct characterization of unflattering news accounts as “fake news” has become the hallmark of Trump and those in his circle. Lies, distortions and misrepresentations are commonplace. Just as commonplace are their appeals to sympathetic listeners to reject the truth of media reports as lies.

Mainstream Republican leaders have failed to challenge Trump’s disparagement of our valued institutions. Last week, Senator John McCain observed that one of the first acts of dictators was to destroy the open, free dialogue of society.

Our first 30-day review suggests that McCain is not off the mark. We must RESIST the destruction of the freedoms we have worked so hard to achieve.

nstein’s Watergate reporting led to the indictments of 40 Nixon administration officials and the eventual resignation of President Nixon. The Washington Post’s publication of Florence Graves’ investigation into sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill led to the passage of the Congressional Accountability Act. Even the staunchest defenders of freedom of the press were not always happy with its results.

As a delegate to the Continental Congress, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”

As president, Jefferson blasted the press. But he never changed his position: “It is, however, an evil for which there is no remedy; our liberty depends on the freedom of the press and that cannot be limited without being lost.”

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who was shot to death in 1962 during protests over the admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi. Newspaper offices were the targets of shootings and bombing attempts.

The men and women of the Fourth Estate continue to risk their lives in the performance of their duties. In the last quarter century, at least seven journalists have been killed in the line of duty in the United States, four of them murdered. One of the first important American journalists to face death threats for her reporting was Ida Wells, a trailblazing African-American woman who documented the savage practice of lynching in the 1890s.

The work of America’s journalists has resulted in some of our nation’s most important reforms.

Upton Sinclair’s expose of unsanitary practices in meatpacking led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and Federal Meat Inspection Act. Seymore Hersh exposed the My Lai massacre and the Army’s subsequent cover-up.

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nay’s film “Thirteenth,” we are reminded of the others who profit from the prison-industrial complex, including those who provide meals and phone calls. How much discomfort do they impose on our incarcerated brothers and sisters to make a profit?

Politicians make rules, but money talks when the nonsense walks. We must spend as much time focusing on economics as on politics. We need to follow the money when we see oppression.

And we need to be clear that the clearest path to Black liberation is that path that focuses on economics.

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MARCH 2 – MARCH 8, 2017

July 7, 1981: Sandra Day O’Connor is nominated as the first woman Supreme Court Justice.

July 12, 1984: Rep. Geraldine Ferraro, D-N.Y., is chosen as the first female to run for vice president. She joined Walter Mondale, D-Minn., on the Democratic Party ticket.

July 19-20, 1848: The Seneca Falls Convention, the country’s first women’s rights convention, is held in Seneca Falls, N.Y.

J A N U A RY Jan. 5, 1925: Nellie Tayloe Ross is inaugurated as governor of Wyoming, becoming the first female governor in the U.S. Jan. 7, 1896: Fanny Farmer’s first cookbook is published with standardized cooking measurements.

Jan. 8, 1977: Pauli Murray becomes the first female AfricanAmerican Episcopal priest.

Jan. 25, 1980: Mary Decker became the first woman to run a mile under 41/2 minutes, coming in at 4:17.55.

Janet Reno

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AUGUST

F E B R U A RY Feb. 4, 1987: The first National Women in Sports Day is celebrated.

Feb. 15, 1953: Tenley Albright becomes the first American woman to win a World Figure Skating championship.

Feb. 24, 1967: Jocelyn Bell Burnell makes the first discovery of a pulsar, a rapidly rotating neutron star.

Feb. 27, 1922: The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing women’s right to vote.

Aug. 9, 1995: Roberta Cooper Ramo becomes president of the American Bar Association. She is the first woman to hold that office.

Aug. 26, 1920: The 19th Amendment of the Constitution is ratified granting women the right to vote.

Aug. 26, 1970: Betty Friedan leads a nationwide protest called the Women’s Strike for Equality in New York City on the 50th anniversary of women’s suffrage.

Aug. 30, 1984: Judith A. Resnick joins the maiden flight of the space shuttle Discovery, becoming the second U.S. woman in space.

Sally Ride

MARCH March 4, 1917: Jeannette Rankin, R-Mont., becomes the first female member of Congress.

March 11, 1993: Janet Reno is confirmed as the first woman U.S. Attorney General.

March 13, 1986: Susan Butcher wins the first of three straight, and four total, Iditarod dog sled races.

March 20, 1852: “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” by HarN AT I O N A L A R C H I V E S riet Beecher Harriet Beecher Stowe Stowe, is published. It becomes the best-selling book of the 19th century.

APRIL April 7, 1805: Sacagawea begins work as an interpreter for Lewis and Clark on their expedition.

April 7, 1987: The National Museum of Women in the Arts opens in Washington, D.C. It’s the first museum devoted to women artists.

April 19, 1977: Fifteen women in the House of Representatives form the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues.

April 28, 1993: The Ms. Foundation sponsors the first “Take Our Daughters to Work” day. In 2003, the day was changed to “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work” day.

SEPTEMBER

By Wendy Zang, McClatchy-Tribune

It wasn’t until 1987 that Congress declared March Women’s History Month, in celebration of women’s contributions and achievements.

The month was a step up from Women’s History Week, which had been recognized, first in Sonoma, Calif., in the late 1970s, and then a few years later nationally.

While March provides some time to focus on female accomplishments, great women should be celebrated for more than 31 days.

Here’s a look at some important dates in women’s history to recognize all year long.

M AY May 5, 1938: Dr. Dorothy H. Andersen presents results of her medical research identifying the disease cystic fibrosis.

May 8, 1914: President Woodrow Wilson signs a proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day. May 21, 1932: Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to complete a solo transatlantic flight, flying 2,026 miles from Newfoundland to Ireland in just under 15 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS hours.

Amelia Earhart May 29, 1977: Janet Guthrie becomes the first woman to qualify for and complete the Indy 500.

JUNE June 9, 1949: Georgia Neese Clark is confirmed as the first woman treasurer of the United States.

June 10, 1963: Equal Pay Act is enacted prohibiting discrimination based on gender in the payment of wages June 18, 1983: Dr. Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.

June 25, 1903: Madame Marie Curie announces her discovery of radium.

Sandra Day O’Connor Rosa Parks

Mary McLeod Bethune

Geraldine Ferraro

Sept. 12, 1910: In Los Angeles, Alice Stebbins Wells becomes the first woman police officer with arrest powers in U.S. Sept. 20, 1973: Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in the battle of the sexes tennis match.

Sept 26, 1973: American Baptist minister Capt. Lorraine Potter becomes the first woman U.S. Air Force chaplain.

Sept. 29, 1988: Stacy Allison becomes first U.S. woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest.

OCTOBER Oct. 4, 1976: ABC’s Barbara Walters becomes the first woman co-anchor of the evening news.

Oct. 4, 1993: Ruth Bader Ginsburg becomes second female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

MCT Oct. 8, Ruth Bader 1993: Toni Ginsburg Morrison wins the Nobel Prize for Literature; the first African-American woman to do so.

Oct. 23, 1910: Blanche Stuart Scott becomes the first American woman pilot to make a public flight.

NOVEMBER Nov. 1, 1848: The New England Female Medical School opens becoming the first medical school for women. In 1874 it merges with Boston University and becomes one of the world’s first coed medical schools.

Nov. 11, 1993: The Vietnam Women’s Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., honoring the 265,000 women who voluntarily served during the Vietnam era.

Nov. 14, 1946: Emily Greene Balch, co-founder of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Nov. 28, 1881: The first organizational meeting is held for the predecessor group to the American Association of University Women (AAUW).

DECEMBER

LEARN MORE Check out these sites to learn more about women in history: n Library of Congress — www.womenshistorymonth.gov n The National Women’s History Project — www.nwhp.org n National Women’s Hall of Fame — www.greatwomen.org/home.php n The Biography Channel — www.biography.com/womens-history

J U LY July 2, 1979: The Susan B. Anthony dollar is released.

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Dec. 1, 1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus to a white person.

Dec. 5, 1935: Mary McLeod Bethune creates the National Council of Negro Women.

Dec. 7, 1941: Capt. Annie Fox becomes the first woman awarded the Purple Heart for her service while under attack at Pearl Harbor.

Dec. 17, 1993: Judith Rodin becomes the first woman to head an Ivy League school, as president of the University of Pennsylvania.

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‘An amazing run’ for Calvary girls Basketball team finishes season as state runner up

BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES

The Calvary Christian Academy of Ormond Beach’s girls basketball went 18-9 and finished as the Class 2A state runner up.

The Lions won a district title and won 12 of their last 15 games.

“We had an amazing run. The girls are champions in their own rite. A lot of people thought we would have a long year. All the hard work paid off. I am proud of the girls and how they overcame the odds,” said Coach Rick Perez.

The players will never forget the run.

“It was a great experience regardless of not winning it all. We want to go back and win next year,” responded junior guard Hope Hodges.

Junior point guard Yasmin Perez echoed, “It was amazing. No one thought that we would get here. It’s awesome despite the fact that we lost.”

‘Our best year’ Both players have been with the program for a while.

Coach Perez commented, “Hope has really improved scoring and was big for us this year.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Yasmin is big on both ends of the floor and she is a great leader.”

Yasmin has been on the team since the seventh grade. She averaged about 17 points and six assists per game. Her 11 steals per contest led Florida, according to MaxPreps.com.

She said, “This was our best year. As for steals, I am just quick.

I study my opponent’s habits and tendencies to find a time to make a play on the ball.”

More key players Junior forward/guard Mariah Perez transferred from Atlantic and really made a difference.

“I just came back home. Its good being a scorer, but it flows with my teammates,’’ she said.

“When they play well, I play well.

We had a difficult year, but everything we earned was well-deserved.”

The coach noted, “Mariah sparked us from the beginning.

She is a prolific scorer who can score inside and outside. She averaged around 16 points per game.’’

Senior forward Markisha Nelson is another key player.

“She averaged eight rebounds per game. Without her rebounding, I don’t think we are as successful. She is undersized. We

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The Calvary Christian Academy girls basketball team pose after the state championship game. don’t really have a true big but she embraced the role,” said Coach Perez.

‘God-first mentality’ The Lions contribute their success to faith and strength.

Coach Perez explained, “We put God first in everything that we did both on and off the court.

I told them if they do that things would work out. I also talked to them about being strong mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually.”

Hodges agreed, “We really were focused on a common goal and together as a unit. With a God-first mentality.’’

Strong on defense Calvary also fed off defense and averaged 25.3 steals per game. According to MaxPreps. com, that is 10th in the nation and second in Florida.

“The beginning of our season was trial and error. We tried different lineups and schemes. Offense excites the crowd but we focused on playing good defense.

Defense win championships,” the coach remarked.

The Lions started the season without four starters from a year ago.

“The lost of personnel was a big impact. It threw us off. The

ladies showed a lot of resolved.

They all bought into our system from day one. We played a tough schedule and faced a lot of the bigger schools,” Coach Perez related.

Calvary is expected to return all but one player next season.

“I thought about that after the title game. What does the future hold for us? After this year we are definitely preparing and planning for another run at the Final Four and a state title,” he added.

“We return most of our players.

We should be in good shape. We now have the experience. It could be fun.”

Did Daytona 500 lose too many big names early on?

BY DREW DAVISON FORT WORTH STAR -TELEGRAM/TNS

Signature driver after signature driver saw their days end early with wrecks. There were hardly any recognizable names with 50 laps left in the Daytona 500, NASCAR’s Super Bowl.

Gone were the likes of Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch and Danica Patrick.

Rising stars such as Chris Buescher, Erik Jones and Daniel Suarez were victims of early wrecks too.

At one point, Cole Whitt and Aric Almirola were running 1-2.

That couldn’t have been good for TV ratings.

It looked like Chase Elliott, a “big name of the future,” might salvage a crash-filled race. He had the lead in the final laps until running out of gas and losing it with three laps to go.

“Disappointing finish to a good day,” said Elliott, the pole-sitter who has yet to win a Cup race.

Victory for Busch Another youngster, Kyle Larson, had a brief lead before running out of gas himself.

In the end, the day belonged to veteran driver Kurt Busch. He charged to the lead on the final lap and held on for his first Daytona 500 victory.

Ryan Blaney, another promising young driver, finished second, and AJ Allmendinger was third.

For Kurt Busch, it’s a wellearned victory. He finished runner-up in this race three times and finally got over the hurdle.

The same can be said for his team’s co-owner, Tony Stewart, who never won the prestigious race in 17 starts in his illustrious driving career.

“This car’s completely thrashed,” said Busch, a fitting description for just about every car in the garage. “There’s not a straight panel on it. … The more that I’ve run this race, the more that I just throw caution to the wind — let it rip and just elbows out. That’s what we did.”

Positive moments The most touching moment may have been hearing from Busch’s crew chief, Tony Gibson, who got emotional about winning at his home track.

There were plenty of positives coming from the site of NASCAR’s marquee event, which was sold out and had plenty of action and drama throughout the day.

You can’t go wrong with New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski holding a news conference, courtesy of Monster Energy, NASCAR’s newest sponsor, and the race itself saw eight cautions, 18 different leaders and 37 lead changes.

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Jordin Sparks performed the National Anthem at the Daytona 500. She rose to fame in 2007 when she won “American Idol.’’

Racing legend Mario Andretti, right, receives an image of the 1967 Ford racecar he drove in the Daytona 500 in 1967. He was celebrating the 50th anniversary of his Daytona 500 win.

COMMENTARY But it’s fair to wonder just how much this race resonated with your casual sports fan with so many big names dropping out early.

Just think — 53-year-old Michael Waltrip finished eighth.

Waltrip had an average finish of 32nd in his last five Daytona 500s.

The wrecks Earnhardt, the sport’s most popular driver, completed just over half of the 200 laps (106).

Patrick finished only 128 laps, Johnson 127 and Kyle Busch 103, as he went on to blame Goodyear tires for his forgettable day.

Regardless of the reason, when Kyle Busch blew his right rear tire going into Turn 3 with 97 laps to go, it marked the beginning of what was to come. That wreck alone collected the likes of Earnhardt, Jones and veteran Matt Kenseth and forced the race to be red-flagged for 17 minutes.

Less than 20 laps later, a wreck that involved 17 cars eliminated drivers such as Johnson, Patrick, Buescher and Clint Bowyer.

And the wrecks continued af-

There was plenty of action and drama throughout the day at the sold-out event at the Daytona International Speedway. ter that, claiming veterans such as Brad Keselowski and Jamie McMurray along the way.

‘Lot of aggression’ In the end, 15 cars finished on the lead lap and 15 were done in by wrecks.

“Just a lot of aggression,” Johnson said. “Way too early in my opinion.”

Said Patrick: “It is a real shame.

I feel like we could have been a contender at the end — for sure we could have been an influencer.”

Maybe it had something to do

with NASCAR introducing “stages” to add intrigue to the early parts of races. Maybe it’s just par for the course at a track such as Daytona International Speedway. Or maybe it’s just because this is the Super Bowl of NASCAR. Either way, losing big names in bunches isn’t good for the sport.

Unless, of course, you’re one of the drivers who survived the carnage.

“I thought it was a really good Daytona 500,” said Kasey Kahne, who finished seventh and was among the 18 leaders on the day.

“Glad to be a part of it.”

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MARCH 2 – MARCH 8, 2017 In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, “Remember This House.’’ The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his close friends – Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

In Baldwin’s words

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“I Am Not Your Negro’’ was nominated for an Academy Award in the best documentary feature category.

Discussion to follow screening of Baldwin documentary The Cinematique Theater in Daytona Beach will be showing the Academy Awardnominated film “I Am Not Your Negro,’’ which is about the renowned author James Baldwin, from March 3-16.

Outreach seeks student essays for Memorial Day ceremony Lohman Community Outreach will host its annual youth essay contest next month titled “The True Meaning of Memorial Day.” The contest, open to all Volusia County middle and high school students, was established to create an educational awareness involving youth in Volusia communities so that they can learn more about the service and sacrifice of the nation’s veterans and members of the military.

Essay submissions will be received April 1 through April 30 from students enrolled in Volusia area middle and high schools. Essay submissions from private, charter and home schools also will be accepted.

Winning essays will be announced at the Monday, May 29, Memorial Day Youth Essay Contest Awards Ceremony taking place at Daytona Memorial Park, 1425 Bellevue Ave., Daytona Beach.

A total of six prizes will be awarded;

On March 5 at 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., there will be two screenings of the documentary and a community discussion led by representatives from Bethune-Cookman University and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

$500 will be awarded to one each middle and high school first-place winner; $200 will be awarded to one each first place runner-up at both middle and high school levels; and $100 will go to one each second place runner-up in both middle and high school levels.

Winning essays will be featured on the Lohman Funeral Homes, Cemeteries & Cremation website, social media page and other related print and electronic media.

Lohman Funeral Homes, Cemeteries & Cremation Manager, Jerry Hart said, “We are happy to announce our annual Memorial Day Youth Essay Contest for middle and high school students in Volusia County. The writing contest is designed to inspire area youth to remember local veterans and the freedom of our nation.

“Lohman Funeral Homes, Cemeteries & Cremation is committed to showing dedication and appreciation to veterans and members of the military,’’ he added.

Lohman Community Outreach is a program of Lohman Funeral Homes, Cemeteries & Cremation, 733 W. Granada Blvd., Ormond Beach.

At the time of Baldwin’s death in 1987, he left behind only 30 completed pages of his manuscript. In the documentary, filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished.

The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin’s original words and flood of rich archival material. “I Am Not Your Negro’’ is a journey into Black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights Movement to the present of Black Lives Matter.

The PG13-rated film is one hour and 37 minutes.

From Bethune-Cookman, representatives will be Dr. Clarissa West White, Dr. Jan Boulware and Dr. Rondrea Mathis, professors in the English Department. Participating students are Tommesha Brown, Brian King and Jalene Edwards.

Representatives from Embry Riddle will be Dr. Randolph Bracy, dean of the School of Religion; and Kenneth Hunt, associate director for Diversity and Inclusion.

Attorney to discuss estate planning Daytona Beach attorney Michael Pyle will discuss basic estate planning at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, at the Daytona Beach Regional Library at City Island, 105 E. Magnolia Ave. He will address wills, trusts, probate, power of attorney, and health care designation documents.

Reservations are not required for this free program, which is sponsored by the Friends of the Daytona Beach Library.

For more information, contact Lorri Davis at ljdavis@volusia.org or 386-257-6036, ext. 16154.

NARFE to meet March 20 in Ormond The Ormond Beach Chapter 2247 of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) will meet on Monday, March 20, at 11:30 a.m. at Stonewoods 100 S. Atlantic Ave., Ormond Beach.

The program for the day will be on crime prevention.

For further information, call 386-586-0253.

‘Violet the Musical’ continues at Daytona State With flavors of country, gospel, blues and honkytonk rock, Daytona State College’s spring musical, “Violet the Musical’’ continues through March 4 at its News-Journal Center, 221 N. Beach St., Daytona Beach.

Performances are March 3 and 4 at 7:30 p.m.

“Violet the Musical’’ tells the story of a young disfigured woman who embarks on a journey by bus from her farm in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, to Tulsa, Oklahoma, in order to be healed. The musical premiered Off-Broadway in 1997 and won the Drama Critics’ Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award as Best Musical.

“We’re excited to bring this production to the community,” said Daytona State Associate Professor and Theatre Director Samantha Stern. “The Gillespy Theater is such an intimate venue and the live band on the stage will certainly get the audience rocking.’’

It’s free for Daytona State students and Volusia and Flagler county K-12 students. For others, its $8 per person or $15 for two.

Proceeds are used to support the Performing Arts Scholarship program at Daytona State.

Tickets are available online at DaytonaState.edu/ TheArts. Group rates are available when purchasing 10 or more tickets.

For more information, contact the box office at 386-226-1927 or email BoxOffice@DaytonaState.edu.

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