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APRIL 25 - MAY 1, 2013
YEAR 38 NO. 17
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. RAPHAEL JACKSON
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