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Mayor favors scrapping fees for Pop Warner

PEOPLE SPEAK

Association’s commissioner say program is vital to keep kids active and out of trouble

BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES harperjames59@yahoo.com

Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry said he thinks the city should not

be charging the Daytona Beach Pop Warner Association a usage fee to practice and compete on the fields at Derbyshire Park.

For the first time, the football and cheerleading program was charged last year. Had it not been for former Mayor Glenn Ritchey offering to pay the fee out of his pocket, hundreds of kids would not have had a program to participate. Ritchey owns several car dealerships.

week, he is not guaranteeing proceeds from the golf tournament will cover all the fees the city is charging.

Fee to practice, play Derrick Henry

Thomas Roland

This year, Henry has offered some of the proceeds from his charity golf tournament to help Pop Warner pay the fees. But as of this

The Pop Warner program is subject to a daily $75 fee for the use of each field at Derbyshire. Needing four fields, the daily total would reach $300 for just a practice day. Game days would cost the league $400. Each team plays a minimum of five games.

“I can’t promise that all the expenses will be paid to use city property for the teams to practice and play.

I don’t know what was raised yet (during the golf tournament last month),” Henry said.

He also added that he hopes the league will be able to practice on the fields at one of the area schools because of an agreement the city has with Volusia County Schools, which means less money the Pop

Warner program will have to pay the city.

“Other teams practice with the Volusia County Schools system. We have an inter-goverment agreement with the school board,” Henry noted. He added that Pop Warner may be able to use Municipal Stadium at a discounted rate.

Community asset Henry also said he wants Please see fees, Page 2

Boyd leaves CVB to take job with Halifax Health

BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES harperjames59@yahoo.com

COURTESY OF CITY OF DAYTONA BEACH

Daytona Beach Assistant City Manager Betty Goodman, Daytona Beach City Commissioner Zone 1 Carl W. Lentz IV, City of Daytona Beach Vice Mayor Pam Woods, Daytona Beach City Commissioner Zone 5 Patrick Henry and Daytona International Speedway Vice President of Operations Andrew Gurtis participate in the tree planting.

Sprucing up new center

NASCAR donates trees to Scarlett-Golden facility

BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES harperjames59@yahoo.com

Daytona Beach city staff and elected officials were among about 50 people planting approximately 70 trees Wednesday at the site of the new Yvonne Scarlett-Golden Cultural and Educational Center.

City leaders included Daytona Assistant City Manager Betty Goodman, Commis-

Gloria Rolundo, center, recently visited BethuneCookman University to share her documentary on Afro-Cuban Jazz. She is shown with Dr. Edison Jackson, B-CU president, left, and Dr. Alberto Jones.

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sioners Carl W. Lentz IV, Pam Woods and Patrick Henry.

The center’s opening has been pushed back to the end of May. Leisure Services Director Percy Williamson said an actual date for the opening hasn’t been selected yet as the city continues to furnish the one-story building. However, he said he is grateful to NASCAR for contributing the trees to help cut the city’s landscaping costs.

Unique program

the NASCAR Green Clean Air Tree Planting Program, NASCAR and Daytona International Speedway employees partnered together to plant the trees.

Andrew Gurtis, Vice President Operations for the Daytona International Speedway, said NASCAR Green Clean Air is a unique program that plants 10 trees for each green flag that drops during races, capturing 100 percent of the carbon produced by the on track racing at the events.

“As a result of the seven green flags dur-

As part of NASCAR Race to Green and

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Cuban filmmaker visits B-CU SPECIAL TO THE DAYTONA TIMES

World-renowned Cuban filmmaker Gloria Rolando, who has produced her films and documentaries in Cuba for more than two decades, was on Bethune-Cookman University’s campus last week. Her visit was facilitated

by Dr. Alberto Jones of the CaribbeanAmerican Children Fund and B-CU history professor Raphael Jackson.

Rolando previewed her 2004 documentary “Nostros y el Jazz/Jazz in Us,’’ highlighting the Afro Cubans’ love for African-American jazz. One of the highlights of the documentary was with Cuban Ramiro de la Cuestra,

who mentioned that his life changed when he won a scholarship to attend then Bethune-Cookman College to study music.

“The lecture and film viewing was well attended and the students had an exciting discussion and exchange of ideas,” said Jackson.

Rolando’s visit to B-CU was highlighted by a fortuitous meeting with President Dr. Edison O. Jackson as she walked across the campus meeting and greeting students at the university. Rolando promised to return to the Daytona area and make a special visit to Bethune-Cookman University.

Tangela Boyd resigned last week from the Daytona Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) to take a job with Halifax Health, according to a spokesman from the CVB. Boyd served as CVB’s in-market communication manager for 14 years, according to a memo sent out by Shawn Abbatessa, CVB’s market development director.

“I write to you with mixed emotions.

Tangela has dedicated herself to our Tangela community, all Boyd of our industry partners and the DBACVB with professionalism and loyalty,” Abbatessa said.

Abbatessa said CVB is actively recruiting and advertising to fill Boyd’s position.

Boyd also served as interim director of communications for CVB.

Role at Halifax Boyd’s new position with Halifax Hospital will be as a public relations specialist, said Halifax Health’s marketing manager Susan Germer.

“We want to be out in the community. We need people (like Boyd) to get the word out about the things that we offer,” Germer said. She added that Halifax Hospital is “much more than just emergency department services.

We are a comprehensive medical center.’’

The Daytona Times was unsuccessful in reaching Boyd to get a comment by the Wednesday night deadline.

Germer told the Daytona Times that Boyd will be taking over the role that Byron Cogdell had occupied.

Marketing expertise “She will work closely with Marketing Communications to implement programs around community awareness, manage communication between Halifax Health and the media and ensure that the public relations messages are coordinated with Marketing to reflect the image and brand of Halifax Health,” Germer continued.

Germer said while with the CVB, Boyd helped to develop and implement the annual strategic Please see BOYD, Page 2

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Department of Health recognizes National Immunization Week

COURTESY OF CITY OF DAYTONA BEACH

About 50 employees pose for a group photo following the planting of 70 cypress trees as part of the NASCAR Green Air Tree Planting Program on Wednesday at the Yvonne Scarlett-Golden Cultural and Education Center in Daytona Beach.

TREES from Page 1 ing the 55th annual Daytona 500 in February, 70 trees are being planted at the Yvonne Scarlett-Golden Cultural and Educational Center,” Gurtis said.

FEES from Page 1 to figure out a way the city can partner with the Pop Warner organization so it doesn’t have to pay the fees to practice and play on city-owned property.

“We should work to alleviate or reduce fees to something manageable. I don’t like the current policy,” Henry remarked. “I consider it (Pop Warner) an asset in our community – to work with Pop Warner to take care of our kids.’’

Pop Warner Commissioner Thomas Roland is worried that without the program “taking care of these kids, the police chief is going to be taking care of them.”

Started locally in 1998 Daytona Beach Youth Football and Cheerleader Association is a Pop Warner Association started in 1998 and is dedicated to youth football and cheerleading for children ages 5 to 15. There are six divisions: Tiny Mites, Mitey Mites, Junior Peewee, Peewee, Junior Midgets and Midgets.

Pop Warner strives to inspire young athletes and stress the importance of scholarship, teamwork, sportsmanship and citizenship, according to their website.

Daytona Beach’s Pop Warner was started 16 years ago by retired NFL star Wes Chandler. When he moved from the state, the program was continued by Harvey Porter, then Glenn Barnes and current commissioner Roland.

Fees pay city staff Last July, Roland went before the commission (before Henry was mayor) asking for help after he learned about the change in policy, which would require the organization to pay a fee to practice and play.

Leisure Services Director Percy Williamson told the Daytona Times this week that the decision to charge the fee became necessary for budgetary reasons so the city is able to pay staff to keep up, fertilize and maintain the areas where the teams play.

Williamson acknowledged that in past years Pop Warner did not pay anything.

“The city is not in a position to do that anymore.

We will always try to assist them. Control of concession has been given to them,” Williamson said.

Williamson said he informed Roland that Pop Warner needs to go out and get sponsors to help pay the fees.

“Pop Warner teaches these kids teamwork, conflict resolution and hard work. Mentors make sure they do what they are supposed to do. I can’t think of a better organization for businesses to want to sponsor,” Williamson said.

Relying on parents Roland said getting sponsors is easier said than done.

More trees coming UPS also will supply an additional 90 trees through the Arbor Day Foundation that will go back in the local community through Habitat for Humanity and the Volusia County School Board.

Daytona Beach commissioners voted earlier this

year to increase the budget allotted for the center by $330,000 to help furnish it.

Initially, back in December 2011, the commission authorized $2,689,000 for the construction of the center but that amount did not include landscaping or funds to purchase furniture, finishes, equipment and other amenities. nization cannot afford to pay.

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Call 386-852-2552 for additional info about Pop Warner.

“I went to every business in our neighborhood.

Not one person gave up money. If parents didn’t pay the registration fee, we wouldn’t survive,” Roland remarked.

Roland said he wants to work with the city to resolve the problem so there won’t be a fee for kids to practice and play on city property, particularly at Derbyshire Park.

“We don’t want to have to go through this year after year,” he said, adding that neither Henry nor Williamson has confirmed to him that they have worked out a way to make sure the fees get paid this year.

Roland said his team is known as the Daytona Beach Buccaneers. There are two other teams in the city – the Daytona Falcons and the Daytona Hurricanes.

$175 per participant If the Daytona Beach Pop Warner teams are not able to play this year, Roland said kids who have been participating in the program since 1998 will have to register with Pop Warner teams in Port Orange or Ormond.

Each Pop Warner participant, including players and cheerleaders are charged $175 each, which covers their equipment, uniforms and their participation in the organization’s mentoring and tutoring programs.

As far as them making money off concessions, Roland said, “We can’t count on that money (to help pay city fees).”

What money is made from concessions is used to pay officials and umpires, he said. Costs for officials can add up $1,200 a week.

Roland said the city also wants to charge Pop Warner to use a building to tutor the kids, which is another fee he says the orga-

Roland said he and the coaches are all volunteers. They never know how many kids are going to register from year to year.

During past registrations, the turnout number has always been around 200, he noted.

He also is worried that if the program has to go up on the registration fee in order to pay the city a usage fee, fewer kids will sign up.

Roland said he has to know by next month if the city or Henry will be able to help out or if area businesses will come through with donations.

Schedules have to be set in May for the teams to play in August.

“We are the only city that makes our kids pay for everything. Parents work but kids don’t work. The city wants to take credit when we make playoffs, but they don’t want to waive fees to use their property,” Roland commented.

“I don’t get paid for this.

I’ve been with program for 20 years and have never taken a salary; I even pay for my own gas,” said Roland, adding that any money they receive from sponsors or others goes back into the program.

Building character The Pop Warner program currently runs from August to November. Roland said he would like to see the program operate year round so they can tutor and mentor the kids while they are in school. Without a permanent building, they are not able to do this.

The Daytona program’s mission is “to provide children in the community with positive reinforcement, building character, and molding the minds of children so they can become positive contributors in a democratic society.’’

Roland added, “Kids are always on the back burner.

They are the future of the world. They need to know somebody cares about them.’’

CORRECTION

In the April 18 issue of the Daytona Times, a story on the ordination of Pastor Harold Ford incorrectly identified Bishop Will Potter, M.D., of Mt. Christian Assembly, Daytona Beach. In addition, Harold Ford has been named pastor of Choice Worship Center, not the senior pastor. He and his wife, Prophetess Dr. Deborah Ford, who is the senior pastor and overseer, also pastor one church in Lake Helen as well as one in the North Florida area.

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TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Department of Health (DOH) recognizes National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) April 20-27. The Department reminds parents about the benefits of immunizing children against vaccine-preventable diseases. Immunizations are one of the most effective ways to protect infants and children from potentially se-

rious diseases.

“In recent years vaccines have been very successful in helping to keep our children healthy,” said Charles H. Alexander, administrator of DOH’s Immunization Section. “It is important to promote the recommended immunization schedule to protect infants and children by providing immunity early in life, before they are exposed to potentially lifethreatening diseases.”

For information about immunizations, visit www.immunizeflorida.org or contact your county health department.

Parents may also sign up at http://www. flshots.com/ to keep an online record of their child’s immunizations.

Community Calendar To list your community event FREE, e-mail us at news@daytonatimes.com. No phone calls or faxes, please. Events are listed on a space-available basis, and in the sole discretion of the Daytona Times staff. Effective immediately, paid events will no longer be listed in the Daytona Times Community Calendar. You can advertise local events for as little as $35 per week. Call 813-319-0961 or email sales@daytonatimes for more information.

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Jobs expo at Daytona State The Daytona State College Career Placement Center is hosting a Health and Public Services Careers Jobs Expo April 29 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Hosseini Center, Building 1200 on the Daytona Beach Campus. For registration information and to reserve a table, contact Miriam G. Ruiz at 386-506-3687 or ruizm@ DaytonaState.edu.

Bishop Glen hosting health fair The Bishop Glen Retirement Community will hold its 10th annual health fair, with the theme, “Embrace Wellness, Enhance Life,” April 26 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 900 LPGA Blvd., Holly Hill. More than 40 vendors will be offering health screenings, demonstrations, complimentary food and gifts, and information. More information: Casey Cover at 386-226-9110 or casey. cover@rhf.org.

various religious beliefs are on program.

Men and Women’s Day service Greater New Zion Primitive Baptist Church will observe its annual Men and Women’s Day on April 28. Mayor Derrick Henry and his wife, Dr. Stephanie Pasley-Henry, are the dual speakers for the 11 a.m. worship service at 201 N. Dr. MLK Blvd. Several elected officials as well as other community representatives from

Sanford plans art event Sanford’s Historic District will showcase local talent along with opportunities to meet visiting artists April 26 from 6 p.m.- 9 p.m. The walk, which is held on the fourth Sunday of each month, will feature venues at different locations.

More information: Call 407324-1577 or visit 508gallery. com.

BOYD

and was the recipient of the Outstanding Community Service Award presented by Daytona Beach Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Committee in 2002.

sages are coordinated with marketing to reflect the image and brand of Halifax Health.

Boyd will work under Guthrie.

Guthrie also hired

Formerly at Speedway

from Page 1 plan coordinated by the Communications Department for the CVB, created media releases and feature stories.

Boyd also planned media tours and media-related events, coordinated public relations efforts for the meetings and conventions department, and did all of the copywriting for trade and leisure marketing efforts along with social media marketing.

Active in community Boyd has a master’s degree in marketing and a Bachelor of Science in public relations from the University of Florida.

The member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority also is a past president of the Volusia/Flagler Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association.

Boyd also has served on several other local boards

Funding workshop for nonprofits Nonprofit organizations can learn how to get funded and stay funded during a free workshop titled “Finding funders” at 3 p.m. April 29 at the Daytona Beach Regional Library at City Island. Reservations are required. Contact Kristin Heifner at kheifner@ volusia.org or 386-257-6036, ext. 16156.

Germer also confirmed that John Guthrie has been hired as Director of Corporate Communications for Halifax Health.

Guthrie will be responsible for managing all internal and external corporate messaging throughout the organization, including public relations, media relations and community relations.

Guthrie will report to the chief marketing officer and will work closely with the Marketing Department.

He will oversee all public relations programs directed to our various stakeholders. He will plan, develop and implement programs to promote community awareness, oversee communication between Halifax Health and the media, and ensure that the public relations mes-

Library to host volunteer fair A volunteer fair will be held at the Daytona Beach Regional Library at City Island from 10 a.m. to noon April 25. Explore opportunities for volunteering.

Representatives to include Halifax Humane Society, Halifax Health Hospice, Everybody Reads, Canaveral National Seashore Park and more.

More information: Deborah Shafer at 386-257-6036, ext.

16264.

Drug Take Back Day is April 27 Residents can safely dispose unwanted, unused or expired prescription drugs April 27 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Daytona Beach Police Department headquarters at 129 Valor Blvd. or at the beachside precinct, 510 Harvey Ave.

Guthrie comes from the Daytona International Speedway (DIS), where he had been the vice president for Business Development for the past eight years.

Prior to coming to Daytona Beach, Guthrie worked 11 years for a minor league baseball team in Grand Rapids, Mich. He graduated from Millikin University with a degree in music performance.

In addition to working at the Speedway, Guthrie serves on many boards including the Halifax Health Foundation Board, the Daytona Beach Regional Chamber of Commerce, and the United Way. Guthrie and his wife, Jennifer, live in Port Orange and have three boys.

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DECEMBER 14 - 20, 2006

Flagler Deltas exposing youth to cultural and educational events

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By Jeroline D. Mccarthy | Daytona Times Vikki Taylor, public relations journalist for the Palm Coast/Flagler County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, communicates that ongoing work and services are provided by the sorority for youth. It is her hope that our readers will know what the sorority is doing for the young ladies they are serving.

She states that their Arts and Letters Committee had tremendous pleasure in sponsoring 15 young ladies from the Delta Academy/GEMS to see the motion picture, “42.” The film was featured at the Palm Coast Epic Theater April 14. Chapter members attended with the youth for the 4:30 p.m. showing.

The chapter is a tri-county entity that includes Flagler County, St. Johns and Putnam counties.

The Academy/GEMS number over 60 young women, who often attend the events separately due to distance and transportation issues. The group was combined for the April 14 event; however, the group was basically made up of Palm Coast members. The others were able to attend in their respective counties.

The Delta Academy/ GEMS focus on supplementing and being enriched through education as well as expanding their outlook on the possibilities that exist within society.

Visited space center On March 26, 18 Flagler County Delta/GEMS visited Kennedy Space Cen-

ter to observe the employment opportunities available and explore what a good math and science education could open up for them. This was accomplished through assistance, cooperation and additional sponsorship by Flagler County schools and their African-American Mentoring Program.

Many African-American female mentors and their mentees joined the Academy/GEMS at the space center. In addition, the Delta Academy Girls and five advisors were in attendance.

The day started with a panel presentation by three African-American female professionals, each sharing the experiences of their chosen careers at NASA and also how they prepared for their positions.

Barbara Brown, a native of Palatka, is deputy manager for Human-Centered Computing (HCC), one of four research areas in NASA’s Intelligent Systems Program. Raquel Lumpkin, a native of South Carolina, is an industrial psychologist, working with NASA employees to help meet the team goals. Ledlyne Heriscar is an electrical systems engineer with the communications and tracking branch of NASA engineering and technology.

‘Murder Mystery Party’ Moreover, the sorority, in recognition of international awareness - along with their Arts and Letters Committee - invites you to

The Delta Academy/GEMS, along with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority members, attended the movie “42 “ at the Palm Coast Epic Theater.

“A Murder Mystery Party,” April 28, 4 p.m. - 7 p.m., at the Willie Galimore Center, 399 Riberia Street, St. Augustine.

There will be laughs, fun, and international desserts to taste.

The donation is $20 and will benefit the Mary of the Sick Hospital in Thika, Kenya.

For further details, email the sorority at palmcoastfc@yahoo.com.

ACT-SO Awards Banquet April 27 The NAACP ACT-SO Awards Banquet, spotlighting the first-place winners of a recent Olympics of the Mind Competition - to advance to the ACT-SO National Competition in Orlando - will take place April 27, 4 - 7 p.m. at the African American Cultural Society, 4422 North U.S. 1, Palm Coast.

ACT-SO symbolizes the

Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics, a NAACP student-enrichment initiative, showcasing talents in music, poetry, dance, art and design, and science and technology.

Notable ACT-SO alumni are music artist Kanye West, actress Jada Pinkett Smith, and filmmaker John Singleton.

So come and support our young scientists, poets, and filmmakers. The ticket is $30 and is obtainable from the NAACP at 386446-7822.

Drug Court Foundation hosting rummage sale The Rev. Charlene Cothran writes that the Flagler County Drug Court Foundation is seeking donations of gently used furniture, electronics, collectibles and other items for their “Second Chance

Rummage Sale Fundraiser.”

Items can be dropped off at Pastor Cothran’s church - that is, Zion Baptist Church, 1 Enterprise Drive in Bunnell. The items can be unloaded Tuesdays or Fridays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., or call 386-283-4905 to arrange for pick up.

The sale takes place May 4, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., in Celico Auto Body’s parking lot, 309 North State Street, in downtown Bunnell; however, no early birds, please.

Sale-A-Bration planned May 4 at First Church Chair Sybil Dodson Lucas announced that a PreMother’s Day Sale-A-Bration will set up shop as a Women’s Day event, and to be held May 4, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at First Church, 91 Old Kings Road North in Palm Coast.

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showcasing a classic hat sale and other vendors, including Taste of Caribbean, Edward Tucker Caterers, Desserts by Alberta, Desserts by Wanda, plus entertainment, face-painting and more.

Tables can be rented to be part of the lineup of vendors. Call the church at 386-446-5759 and find out the cost of a table.

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

Happy Birthday to You! Birthday wishes to: Roy A. Benjamin, April 25; Carolyn L. Bridges, Dorothy “Boobie” Robinson, April 26; Jimmy Morrison, April 28; David Eurie, May 1.

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The Boston Marathon’s media frenzy I am a certified news junkie, but even I had to step away from the oversaturated media coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings.

Anyone who has covered crimes on a smaller scale than the twin explosions in Boston knows that investigators don’t have instant answers for everything and it’s ridiculous to think that in a frenzied atmosphere, accurate information will be available in abundance.

But that did not prevent news outlets and social media from rushing to be first rather than calmly waiting to be accurate.

Embarrassing mistakes The result was a string of embarrassing mistakes that did little to comfort a nation on edge, a nation that still hadn’t gotten over the shock of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Conn.

Of course, this is not to suggest that everything reported by the media was wrong. The news media helped disseminate photos of the two bombing suspect that eventually led to their being identified.

The media was able to pass along instructions for people to remain in their homes until the suspects were captured. And most of us learned what had happened in Boston by watching television, going to the Internet or social media.

At 1:45 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17, John King reported on CNN that a suspect had been taken into custody. That was false.

King also erred when he report-

a half, there have been a number of press reports based on information from unofficial sources that has been inaccurate. Since these George E. stories often have unintended conCurry sequences, we ask the media, parNNPA COLUMNIST ticularly at this early stage of the investigation, to exercise caution ed last Wednesday: “I want to be and attempt to verify information very careful about this, because through appropriate official chanpeople get very sensitive when nels before reporting.” you say these things. I was told by one of these sources who is a law enforcement official that this is a ‘Gather the facts’ In view of the grievous errors dark-skinned male.” made in covering high-profile crimes, news outlets should spend ‘Dark-skinned’ debacle PBS anchor Gwen Ifill tweeted, less time showing yellow police “disturbing that it’s OK for TV to tape, flashing police lights and ID a Boston bombing suspect as a hyping their own reporters and more time explaining to the public ‘dark skinned individual.’”

Askia Muhammad, a columnist that in an ongoing investigation, and radio host, wrote, “How did they will not get the facts before they know that sand n—er was a the next commercial break.

As President Obama said, “In suspect? He must have been wearthis age of instant reporting and ing a towel on his head.”

Roger Witherspoon, a veteran tweets and blogs, there’s a tempjournalist and public relations ex- tation to latch on to any bit of inecutive, said: “Well, now that the formation, sometimes jumping to FBI has released photos of the conclusions. But when a tragedy two men who apparently carried like this happens, with public safethe bombs, I’m puzzled. Perhaps ty at risk and the stakes so high, there’s a problem with the contrast it’s important that we do this right. on my TV, but they don’t look dark That’s why we have investigations. skinned to me.”

That’s why we relentlessly gather The Associated Press, Fox News, the facts.” and the Boston Globe also mistakGeorge E. Curry is editor-inenly reported that a suspect had been arrested in the case. The re- chief of the National Newspaporting was so inaccurate that the per Publishers Association News FBI issued a statement that said: Service. Curry can be reached “Contrary to widespread report- through his Web site, www. ing, no arrest has been made in georgecurry.com. Click on this connection with the Boston Mara- story at www.daytonatimes.com thon attack. Over the past day and to write your own response.

Black leaders have sold out Once again the Black community has been shown how irrelevant they have become in the U.S. Most of the blame can be laid at the feet of the media appointed Black leadership for selling out their people. And we’ve gotten nothing in return. At least Judas Iscariot had sense enough to get 30 pieces of silver when he sold out Jesus Christ.

Isn’t it amazing that with all the debate swirling around the issue of amnesty for the illegals in the U.S., no one on either side of the debate has engaged with the Black community?

Blacks will be hurt the most by giving amnesty to these 11 million illegals and yet there has not been one town hall meeting with the Black community to discuss how this issue will negatively impact the Black community’s high unemployment rate.

Epidemic unemployment The official Black unemployment rate was 13.3 percent in March, approximately double the White rate of 6.7 percent. If the White community had the same unemployment number as Blacks, it would be declared a national emergency and Congress would be having hearings all over the country to solve this problem.

So, why do liberal Black groups

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– the NAACP, the National Urban League, and the Congressional Black Caucus – put so much energy in support of homosexual marriage and amnesty for illegals?

These groups acknowledge the unemployment rate in the Black community is at an epidemic level, but their solution is to increase competition for the few low and unskilled jobs, in which Blacks are disproportionately represented.

Where was the illegal Hispanic community on Trayvon Martin?

Where was the homosexual community on apartheid in South Africa or the genocide in Rwanda?

Where are the White women on repealing the “wet foot, dry foot policy” in Miami?

None of these groups have stood with Blacks on any of these issues, yet Blacks lose their minds to support them on the issues they care about – homosexual marriage, amnesty for illegals, and including women in affirmative action.

that the Republican Party can engage with the Black community on and win new allies in the fight to bring them into the party. I challenge GOP leaders to do a series of town hall meetings within the Black community on these issues of illegal immigration, homosexual marriage, and values in general.

Even within the Republican Party, there are varying positions on these issues, but the point of the town halls is to show that there are many opinions within the Black community on these issues.

As I have often said, Republicans never engage the Black community even when they agree with the party on certain issues. As Reagan once told me, “my 80 percent friend is not my 20 percent enemy.”

If the Republican Party deals with some of these issues, then we might be able to say, “My 93 percent enemy can become my 20 percent friend.”

Raynard Jackson is president and CEO of Raynard Jackson & Associates, LLC. He can be reached through his website, www.raynardjackson.com.

Click on this story at www.dayGOP, Blacks meet tonatimes.com to write your These are some of the issues own response.

Student loan borrowers need enforcement and repayment flexibility Earlier this year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) asked for public comments on private student loan debt affordability.

By the April 8 deadline, more than 4,300 organizations and consumers answered. The volume of these requests suggests that the more than $1 trillion of debt already incurred by student loans is on the minds of many Americans.

Clearly, consumers want repayments to be manageable, but there are also concerns for fairness and enforcement.

As a nonpartisan organization dedicated to protecting family wealth and working to eliminate abusive financial practices, the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) had strong advice to offer CFPB.

Predatory loaners According to CRL, “First, no student loan modification or refinancing program should take the place of enforcement actions against predatory private student lenders. Some lenders have engaged in a variety of unfair, deceptive and abusive practices, trading on students’ hopes to better themselves through education.”

In its call for strong oversight and enforcement action against

Charlene Crowell NNPA FINANCIAL WRITER

With a trillion-dollar loss of wealth stemming from foreclosures, and unemployment double that of the rest of the nation, consumers of color in many cases turn to student loans to finance much of college education costs.

In many instances, students are encouraged to take out a highercost private loan even when they have not fully utilized their eligibility for cheaper federal student loans. In other instances, for-profit schools target low-income and minority students and steer them toward the higher-cost private loans.

In a March address before the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education, noted that Black college enrollment has grown by 15 percent from the fall of 2008 to the fall of 2011.

It would be an agonizing loss if these young peoples’ pursuit of higher education only brings a lifetime of debt.

private student lenders, CRL noted that Sallie Mae recently issued private student-loan backed securities. This publicly-traded corporation originates services and collects on student loans.

Currently, it manages accounts for more than 10 million borrowers and $180 billion in related debt. CRL reminded CFPB that mortgage-backed securities, the secondary market’s purchase and bundling of sub-prime loans, was a major contributor to the housing crisis and the lingering Great Recession.

“This demand could drive increased originations of student loans and degrade underwriting standards, similar to mortgages in the early-and mid-2000s. The Bureau should stay vigilant as the priCharlene Crowell is a comvate student loan market grows,” munications manager with the added CRL. Center for Responsible Lending.

She can be reached at: Charlene.

Poor targeted crowell@responsiblelending.

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Fight to protect kids from guns not over The United States Senate’s failure to pass common sense gun safety measures – the ManchinToomey Amendment to expand background checks to keep guns away from underage or dangerous people, and amendments to ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines designed only to kill as many human beings as possible — is a moral failure of great magnitude.

Once again, the safety of children has been sacrificed by political leaders in service to the gun lobby. As Americans do we value guns more than the lives of children?

Do we really want to continue to have political leaders who kowtow to the threats and money and half-truths of the gun lobby and who think their political jobs are more important than the right of children to live and learn and grow up in safety?

The fight to protect children, not guns is not over because 90 percent of Americans want a universal background check.

This includes 94 percent of North Dakota voters, 89 percent of Indiana voters, 89 percent of New Hampshire voters, 84 percent of Arkansas voters, and 79 percent of Montana voters – all states where at least one senator went against the will of their constituents and of the American people. Getting 90 percent of Americans to agree on anything is extremely difficult.

Who’s in charge?

No one elected the National Rifle Association to be in charge of our children’s and our nation’s safety. We have elected federal, state, and local governments, a national defense department, and federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to perform this crucial function. We must lift our voices and use our votes to protect children over guns.

Lies and misinformation must not rule the day in a democratic society. The NRA claimed that the Manchin-Toomey Amendment would prevent people from transferring guns to relatives and lead to a gun registry.

Neither is true.

The NRA may have won the first round by spreading lies and confusion, but they must not and will not win in the end.

Marian Wright Edelman NNPA COLUMNIST

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said: “However difficult the moment, however frustrating the hour, it will not be long, because ‘truth crushed to earth will rise again.’

How long? Not long, because ‘no lie can live forever.’”

Our children have a right to grow up in a caring and decent society that protects their right to live and learn in safety.

That right must take precedence over anyone’s right to own assault weapons or high capacity magazines that have nothing to do with self-defense or hunting and have no place in the hands of non-military and non-law enforcement personnel.

Without these weapons of war applied to our children, how many would be alive today?

How many Newtown or Aurora or Columbine victims would have survived?

War against children There have been 166,562 children and teens who have died since 1965 from guns on American soil, while 52,280 U.S. soldiers were killed in action in the Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq wars combined.

We must stop this relentless war against our children and dethrone the NRA whose reign obstructs what 90 percent of Americans want.

Some of our Senators have just told us that they don’t care what 90 percent of us want and have closed their ears to the pleas of those who have lost their children and family members to gun violence. But we must be determined and persistent fleas until we move them either to change their minds or kick them out of office

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A young Black male is pictured on Meharry Medical College’s website in promotion of its School of Dentistry

Programs in jeopardy

Sharp drop in Black male enrollment in med schools

BY FREDDIE ALLEN NNPA NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON – Fewer Black males were enrolled in the first year of medical schools last year than 32 years ago. It’s a trend that, if left uncorrected, could hamper efforts to provide quality health care to underserved communities, according to a top officer in the American Association of Medical Colleges.

Marc Nivet, chief diversity officer at the Association of American Medical Colleges, made that disclosure at the recent Howard University Symposium on United States health care.

“We don’t have the luxury of waiting 10 years 15 years 20 years to intervene in effective ways to insure that we have the talent necessary to come to our institutions,” Nivet said. “If we don’t effectively intervene in this pipeline and hold our institutions and ourselves accountable for finding the talent that we know exists than we have

failed those 32 million people soon to be enfranchised and we have failed ourselves.”

The conference brought together health professionals, students and educators to develop strategies to improving the pipeline for people of color in health care.

Pipeline programs According to a diversity study by the Association of American Medical Colleges, Black women account for nearly two-thirds of the students entering the first year of medical school.

“This positive trend for racial and ethnic minority women is not mirrored in their male counterparts: Black or African-American males are applying to, being accepted to, and matriculating into medical school in diminishing numbers, which speaks to the increasing need for medical schools to institute plans and initiatives aimed at strengthening the pipeline,” the report stated.

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Mark Nivet presents troubling medical school enrollment numbers at a Howard University symposium.

Kendra McDow, 28, entered one of those pipeline programs, Minority Access to Research Careers, the summer after her freshman year at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in Washington, D.C. “I knew that I wanted to

be a doctor and felt like that program would provide me the opportunity to achieve my goal,” said McDow, who is currently a pediatric resident at the University of Maryland Children’s Hospital in Baltimore.

The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program was offered through a partnership with Temple University in Philadelphia. High school students who participated in MARC were given the opportunity to perform research and present their findings in professional journals and science conferences. MARC also put those students on a track to earn a Ph.D. or M.D. “It was an amazing experience for me, and honestly changed my life,” said McDow. According to McDow, the MARC program at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School lost its funding, and now she wonders what will happen to students like her that want to pursue science or medical careers and don’t have the same opportunity she had.

With states and the federal government planning deeper cuts in higher education, more of those pipelines may get shutdown permanently.

Struggle to graduate Without access to pipeline programs, Black enrollment at medical schools may continue to decline.

In 2011, Blacks accounted for 7.3 percent of medical school applicants, compared to 54.6 percent for Whites.

Despite comprising 5.6 percent of the U.S. population, Asians accounted for 20.4 percent of medical school applicants that year.

Applying is only the first step. The number of Blacks accepted to medical schools fell from 40 percent in 2010 to 38.3 percent in 2011.

Meanwhile, the percentage of Whites accepted to medical schools increased from 47.9 percent in 2010 to 48.3 percent in 2011.

The numbers show that once Blacks were accepted to medical schools, they struggled to earn degrees.

The percentage of Black medical students who matriculated fell from 6.3 percent in 2010 to 6.1 percent in 2011. The percentage of White students grew from 57.1 percent to 57.5 percent.

Premedical debt Even as researchers continue to address pipeline issues, the cost of medical school continues to be

prohibitive for Black students who often show up at medical school already burdened with thousands of dollars in debt.

“Black or African-American matriculants have higher rates of premedical debt than other racial or ethnic groups and among all students carrying premedical debt, most of it exceeds $25,000,” noted the AAMC report.

That’s nothing compared to the cost of earning a medical degree.

The Association of American Medical Colleges estimates that the average cost of for four years at a public medical school, including living expenses and books, is $207,868. That bill balloons to $278,455 for private institutions.

“There is increasing recognition that we need to look at new ways to deliver that education in a more costs benefit way,” said Mark Johnson, dean of the College of Medicine at Howard University.

“There’s a lot of initiatives being looked at right now, expansion of technology and using more resources in the community to see if we can bring some of these costs down.”

‘It’s worth it’ Johnson said that ultimately it’s up to parents and students to look at the education as a long-term investment. Johnson said that he tells students who are weighing their options that they’re worth it.

In 2012, Medscape, an online resource for physicians produced by WebMD, reported that doctors earn between $156,000 and $315,000 on average. Pediatricians reported the lowest earnings for specialists and radiologists and orthopedic surgeons topped the list at $315,000.

Dean Johnson said, “The cost is an issue. Though it is expensive, it’s worth it because if you are going to make an investment in yourself and that investment is going to allow you to double or even triple your earnings over the next 20 or 30 years, you’re making an investment in yourself. So, I would tell students not to be deterred by the costs because they are worth it.”

Freddie Allen is the Washington correspondent for the National Newspaper Publishers Association.

State cuts to college aid exacerbates affordability issue

BY FREDDIE ALLEN NNPA NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON – As President Obama continues to underscore the need to increase the college-educated workforce significantly by 2020, all except two states have slashed their funding for higher education.

“Cuts to state funding for higher education, since the start of the recession, have been severe and very widespread,” said Phill Oliff, a policy analyst for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), a nonpartisan think tank that analyzes government policy and programs.

According to a report by the center, from fiscal year 2008 to fiscal year 2013, every state slashed spending on higher education except for North Dakota and Wyoming.

“States and to a much lesser extent local governments provide just over half of the revenue that can be used to support instruction at these schools. When the funding gets cut public colleges and universities, generally must raise either tuition cut spending or a combination of both to fill the gap,” said Oliff. “That is exactly what’s happened since the start of the recession.”

Deep cuts in Deep South The CBPP report found that states are spending $2,353 or 28 percent less per student on higher ed-

ucation, nationwide, in the current 2013 fiscal year than they did in 2008, when the recession hit.

Louisiana, Alabama Florida South Carolina and Mississippi – where 41 historically Black colleges and universities are located – have cut higher education spending by 30 percent or more in the last five years.

Louisiana schools experienced the steepest cuts of the southern states, shaving 41.2 percent from higher education budgets and North Carolina was least impacted with 14.6 percent.

Georgia, home to 10 HBCUs, has cut spending by nearly 30 percent in the last five years. The lack of resources at the state and local level and a fall in enrollment recently forced Morehouse College in Atlantato furlough its entire faculty and staff over spring break.

“Our states have a history of not investing in our historically Black colleges so that they will be comparable to the White schools,” said Lezli Baskerville, president of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), an organization of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities.

Can’t keep up pace Even though federal financial aid and tax credits also have increased significantly, Oliff said that the federal government erred by cutting off emergency

will require at least some college education. That is up from 59 percent in 2007, 56 percent in 1992, and 28 percent in 1973,” said the CBPP report.

The report added: “By 2018 the county’s system of higher education will produce 3 million fewer college graduates than the labor market will demand, Georgetown projects.”

Need hefty endowments FREDDIE ALLEN/NNPA

Lezli Baskerville is president of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education. aid to states at a time when state revenues were far from fully recovered.

Some state schools were forced to raise tuition to try and make up difference, but the increases in tuition haven’t been able to keep pace with the changes in lost revenue.

As schools try to balance their books, Oliff said that the price of attending a four-year public college has grown significantly faster than the growth in median income over the last two decades.

“Tuition increases as steep, as they have been, have made up for only part of the revenue loss resulting from state funding cuts. Public colleges and universities have often cut spending often in ways that threaten educational equality,” said Oliff.

Tougher on families According to the report, tuition at four-year colleges has increased by more than 50 percent in seven states; 25 percent in 18 states; and 15 percent in 40 states.

Because federal aid hasn’t kept paced with tuition increases, the cost of going to college has fallen heavier on families who can barely afford day-today expenses, let alone thousands of dollars in college tuition.

Black families held less than $ $9,976 in assets compared to $117,486 for Whites, according to the 2013 “State of the Dream” report by United for a Fair Economy.

“The Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce projects that by 2018, 62 percent of all jobs

Mary Frances Berry, a history professor at the University of Pennsylvania and former Assistant Secretary of Education, said some actions by the Obama administration are counterproductive.

“On one hand, the Obama Administration says that they are trying to increase the number of people that are graduating from college in the United States,” Berry explained.

“On the other, recent policy changes governing federal student aid and the continued erosion of state funding for higher education just don’t make sense.”

Even though some Black colleges and universities are experiencing challenges, Baskerville said others are thriving and would be doing better if they had access to the hefty endowments that aid White schools in times of falling enrollment and budget shortfalls.

Baskerville said that HBCUs, as a collective, only have endowments of $15.8 million dollars, compared

to the average endowment of $122 million dollars for White schools.

“Those are dollars that are used to cushion the blows,” said Baskerville.

Entrepreneurial opportunities In the absence of vast resources afforded to some predominantly White institutions, Baskerville said that HBCUs must seek out entrepreneurial opportunities to sustain and grow enrollment during tough economic times.

Baskerville said that NAFEO is leading an initiative to not only provide greater access to entrepreneurial programs at HBCUs but to also turn cost centers into revenue-generating entrepreneurial opportunities as well.

For example, Baskerville said that Johnson C. Smith, a four-year research university in Charlotte, N.C., started a bed and breakfast and is using an on-campus arts center as a resource for the surrounding community to generate additional revenue.

She said, “We have to make our campuses and our goods and services work for us so that we can generate independent resources and have more flexibility to help students that are unable to meet the cost of college.”

Freddie Allen is the Washington correspondent for the National Newspaper Publishers Association.

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The team travels to Savannah State from April 27-28 in a critical three-game series. B-CU leads the Tigers by 1-½ games in the division.

Football: Wildcats hold spring game

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Bethune-Cookman’s Josh Johnson gets a hit with his team watching on from the dugout. Johnson is the team leader in batting average and has contributed to the team’s hot streak.

Wildcats softball, baseball teams leading MEAC Southern Division B-CU ROUNDUP

BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES butleramj@yahoo.com

The Wildcats stayed atop the MEAC South Division by sweeping North Carolina A&T in a three-game series in Sanford.

B-CU continues to play well.

For the month of April, the team had a 12-3 record as of Monday.

“The goal from the beginning of the season was to improve every game. I think we are doing that. Our confidence grows with every win and we believe that we will have a chance to win every game we play,” said Jason Beverlin, B-CU’s head baseball coach.

Anthony Stokes went 2-for-5 with three RBIs to lead B-CU past A&T 7-5 in the series finale on Sunday.

Eric Sams was also 3-for-4, Josh Johnson 2-for-3, Allen Levonte 2-for-5 with an RBI. Shaun McCarty had two RBIs while Chris Waltermire got the win in relief and Jordan Dailey the save for BCU. The Wildcats (26-19, 15-6) took a double header from the Aggies a day earlier winning by scores of 4-2 and 4-3.

Montana Durapau pitched a complete game to get the win while Johnson was 3-for-5, Matt Noble 3-for-4 with an RBI and Eros Modena 2-for-4 for B-CU in the first game.

Stokes named Player of the Week In the second game, Clay Middleton’s RBI single in the bottom of the sixth inning proved to be the game winner for B-CU. Stokes was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and Dailey got the win for the Wildcats.

On Monday, Stokes was named MEAC Player of the Week. He helped B-CU go 4-1 during the week by going 9-for-20 with seven RBIs. For the month of April, he is hitting .422 with 20 RBIs. It’s his third conference accolade of the season, including his second as Player of the Week. He also has a Pitcher of the Week honor this season.

South Florida next The Wildcats also recorded a 4-3 win over Florida International 4-3 and suffered a 6-1 defeat to Miami 6-1 over the past week.

The Wildcats played at Florida Gulf Coast on Tuesday and Wednesday, which was after the Daytona Times’ deadline. The team travels to South Florida on April 30 and Central Florida on May 1.

B-CU statistical leaders are: Josh Johnson (.335 BA, 12 SB, 58 H, 28 R); Anthony Stokes (.313

BA, 4 HR, 29 RBI); Eros Modena (.309 BA, 2 HR, 29 RBI, 15 SB); Chris Biocic (.284 BA); Matt Noble (.256 BA, 2 HR, 29 RBI); Brandon Turner (16 SB); David Lee (1 HR, 22 RBI); Montana Durupau (7-3, 3.72 ERA); Stokes (2-1, 3.10 ERA); Austin Michael (3.00 ERA); Jordan Dailey (4-0, 1.60 ERA, 9 saves); Chris Waltermire (3-1).

Former Wildcat makes MLB debut Former Bethune-Cookman pitcher Hiram Burgos made his Major League Baseball (MLB) when he pitched for the Milwaukee Brewers in a 5-1 win over the Chicago Cubs on April 20.

Burgos picked up the win, pitchHiram ed five innings, Burgos allowed one hit, one run and struck out a batter.

He spent four years in the Minor Leagues. He was drafted by the Brewers in the sixth round of the 2009 MLB Draft.

Softball suffers defeat, still leads division Bethune-Cookman held its lead in the Mid-Eastern Athletic

Conference Southern Division by taking 2-of-3 games from North Carolina A&T this past week.

The Aggies (7-28, 5-7) won the series finale and the second game of a double header 6-1 on Sunday.

B-CU won the first game 2-1 as Shanel Tolbert threw a five hitter to get the win while Aurelia Gamch had an RBI double and Michelle Banuelos-Smith an RBI single.

The game resumed after being postponed a day earlier due to rain with NCA&T leading 1-0 in the first inning.

B-CU (13-31, 7-1) took the first game of the series a day earlier with a 5-1 win. Calesha Shelly went 3-for-3 with an RBI, Gamch 3-for-4, Simone Ceasar 2-for3 with an RBI, Banuelos-Smith 2-for-3 with an RBI and Sophia Ortega 2-for-2 with an RBI for the ‘Cats. Tolbert also pitched a complete game for the win.

Gamch went 6-for-11 for a .545 average, Sophia Ortega (3-for6 with two walks and Calesha Shelly 3-for-7, .429 BA in the series.

B-CU’s statistical leaders are: Aurelia Gamch (.329 BA, 1 HR, 13 RBI, 46 R); Michelle BanuelosSmith (.306 BA, 5 HR, 24 RBI, 11 SB); Simone Ceasar (.281 BA, 11 RBI), Calesha Shelly (.281 BA, 10 RBI, 21 SB); Kelsey Rodney (.258 BA, 2 HR, 19 RBI); Shamaria En-

Bethune-Cookman held its spring showcase (game) on April 23 at the New Smyrna Beach Sports Complex in New Smyrna Beach.

Admission was $1 and all proceeds went to New Smyrna Beach’s Pop Warner program.

The game was an unconventional affair, which consisted of four 10-minute quarters. The quarters also had an eight-minute span that focused on seven-on-seven drills and special teams. That span also didn’t consist of field goals or extra points.

The offense got the ball at the 20-yard line on each possession.

Broderick Waters completed four out of six passes for 65 yards and a 20-yard touchdown pass to Tyree Green. Waters also ran for 19 yards.

Quentin Williams completed five-for-12 passes for 29 yards and also ran for eight more yards.

Jackie Wilson went five-foreight passing with 59 yards and a touchdown with an interception.

Drexler Dixon ran for 57 yards and had 23 receiving while Preston Cleckley had a 40-yard reception and Justin Henderson had a touchdown reception.

On defense, Jarkevis Fields and Nick Addison stood out with Fields and Nesley Marcellon each having sacks. Linebacker Angel Lolicero had two tackles and Tyrie Simmons recorded an interception.

Track and field: Another good showing The Wildcats’ track and field program earned 12 top-10 finishes at the University of Kansas Relays in Lawrence, Kansas last week.

La’Qaun Howard (14.86 m) paced the men by finishing third in the triple jump while Tristie Johnson led the ladies with a fourth-place finish in the 200-meter dash.

On the men’s side, Angelo Cabrera (10.71 m) was fifth in the 100 and Ricy Brown (1:56.73) fifth in the 800.

The relay teams placed fourth in the 4x100. The men’s team ran a 41.34 while the women’s squad posted a time of 46.31.

“It was a good weekend despite the cooler weather. This event was great exposure for our program and the university,” said Donald Cooper, head track and field coach.

B-CU will compete in the Multi-Cultural games in Miramar on April 29.

Spruce Creek wins state weightlifting title

BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES butleramj@yahoo.com

Spruce Creek High School won the Class 2A boys weightlifting state title at the Kissimmee Civic Center on April 19.

The Hawks tallied 28 points to win the team title.

Kissimmee St. Cloud and Longwood Lyman both tied for second place with 12 points.

It was the first state title since 2008 and 25th overall for Spruce Creek.

George Hanna (169 pounds) and Luis Verdiales (154) each won individual state titles for the Hawks.

Zack Johnson (266) and Matt Roos (219) finished second in their respective classifications while teammate Keith Trotter (238) placed sixth for Creek.

Others around county take home honors Flagler Palm Coast’s Devon McIntire (119 pounds) also took home an individual state title.

DeLand’s Patrick Bell (238) finished third, JoJo Kemp (183) fifth and Lincoln Steward (219) sixth in their weight classifications.

VOLUSIA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS REVIEW New Smyrna Beach’s Cody Wilson (154) was fifth.

At the Class 1A state weightlifting championships on April 20, Palm Coast’s Matanzas’ Chris Santana (129) paced the local field by finishing in second place.

Other local performances included Warner Christian Academy’s Khalil Hicks (154), who finished sixth and Atlantic’s Travis Rothwell (119) who was 15th.

Basketball: More locals make All-State Father Lopez’ sophomore guard Malik Maitland was named to the Class 3A All-State third team by the Florida Basketball Coaches Association and Source Hoops.com. Maitland averaged 14 points, 5.6 assists and 4.9 steals for the Green Wave this season.

Both organizations also tabbed Atlantic junior forward/center Anderson Vellejo to the Class 4A AllState third team. Vallejo

posted averages of 17.7 and 9.3 rebounds per game for the Sharks.

Football: Spring practice set to begin High schools around the state can officially begin spring football practices and drills on May 1. Here is the spring games schedule for local schools.

May 18: Lake Mary Prep at Father Lopez May 22: Seabreeze at Titusville Astronaut, 7 p.m., Harvest Community at Trinity May 23: Atlantic at Warner, 7 p.m., DeLand at Orlando Boone, New Smyrna Beach at Palm Beach Central, Spruce Creek at Orlando Colonial, Taylor at Deltona May 25: University at Mainland

Baseball: Creek and DeLand ousted early Longwood Lyman upset defending Class 8A state champion Spruce Creek 2-1 in district 2-8A tournament quarterfinals at Melching Field in DeLand on Monday.

The loss ended the Hawks’ season. Jordan Brown had a sacrifice fly to

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Mainland’s baseball team warms up and stretches during a recent game. Baseball highlights plenty of high school sports action with district tournaments currently taking place. score Chandler Rodriguez for Creek.

DeLand’s season also came to an end with an 111 loss to Sanford Seminole.

Caleb White went 1-for-2 for DeLand.

Baseball district tournaments began Monday and will run through April 27.

The goal is to make it to the district championship game to make the postseason since the champ and runner-up are awarded playoff berths.

Teams most likely to make postseason: Deltona Trinity (2A), Taylor (1A), Father Lopez (3A).

Contenders are University (7A), New Smyrna (7A), Seabreeze (6A), Spruce

Creek (8A). Dark horses Mainland (6A), Deltona (6A), Pine Ridge (6A), DeLand (8A).

Mainland’s Rosenberg signs; locals make All-Star Classic Mainland Outfielder Adam Rosenberg signed to play college ball with Ave Maria University next season. The announcement and signing took place during a ceremony on the school’s campus on April 19.

Rosenberg has a .491 batting average with a homerun, 19 RBIs and 16 stolen bases for the Buccaneers

this season.

Seabreeze pitcher/outfielder Anthony Campanella and DeLand Pitcher Scott Moss will play in the Florida Athletic Coaches Association All-Star Classic in Sebring May 23-25.

Prep Sports Seven Baseball 1. University (19-6), 2.

Seabreeze (16-8), 3. New Smyrna (15-6), 4. Spruce Creek (16-10), 5. Taylor (19-5), 6. Father Lopez (12-8), 7. Trinity (12-10-1).

Others: DeLand (13-15), Mainland (10-10).

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