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Help for homeless still a work in progress City needs more funds; wants to partner with organizations BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES
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Some of the area’s homeless were treated to a brief stay at the Host Inn.
Who’s running? A list of local candidates
As the City of Daytona Beach struggles to assist its homeless population, the homeless themselves are pondering what will happen to them. During a special meeting on Aug. 3, the city commission voted not to extend funding from 11 days to 30 days for the homeless living in the Royal Inn and Host Inn motels. They were placed there after the Salvation Army’s Bridge Bed program ended on Aug. 1. The homeless had until Aug. 11 to find a new place to live.
“I’m still confused. Nobody tells us anything. Most of these people who work with us are just looking out for their jobs. The Bridge Bed program was one of the best programs that they had, said William Lindsay, 64, a homeless man who has been living in one of the motels. The city originally allocated $20,000 to cover the bill while local corporations have contributed food. “It just costs too much to continue handling this situation this way. We cannot sustain this each week. We’ve decided to use that money a better way,” said Zone 5 Commissioner Patrick Henry.
Seeking funding sources The city wants faith-based organizations and non-profits to step in and take the lead in proSee HELP, Page 2
An evening with an artist
BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES
Local politicians are gearing up for the primary election, which will take place on Aug. 30. From debates to town halls, there have been opportunities for residents to get to know the candidates’ positions. Many important offices are up for grabs in Daytona Beach and Volusia County. Politicians also are on the ballot for the Florida Legislature and U.S. Congress. Others are seeking to be judges or trying to retain their positions on the bench. Here is a look at some of the major races and the list of candidates in Daytona Beach and Volusia County. D is for Democrat, R stands for Republic, L is for Libertarian, and NPA is for no party affiliation.
Daytona Beach Mayor Dominique Delannoy (R) Delannoy is the former owner of Shark’s Lounge. He was part owner of the Daytona Beach Sun Devils. Derrick Henry (D) The incumbent mayor, Henry is a former Daytona Beach city commissioner and educator. Fred Hoffman (R) Hoffman owns hotels in Daytona Beach and DeLand. David Chief Rhody (NPA) Rhody is retired. He’s from Syracuse, New York.
International painter’s exhibit closes at Golden center
Above: Paul Antonello Houzell talks about his art.
“Healing Through the Sacred G,” the paintings of international artist Paul Antonello Houzell, were on display through Aug. 5 at the Yvonne Scarlett Golden Cultural & Educational Center, 1000 Vine St., Daytona Beach. The fine art exhibit was sponsored by Vitas Healthcare the City of Daytona Beach. Houzell was at the closing event and signed his artwork for attendees. According to Houzell’s bio, he’s also a teacher and a lecturer “who chooses not to create art for art’s sake, instead seeks to tell stories, communicate and touch lives through this dynamic medium. His body of work includes flora and fauna, He is concerned with expressing aspects of creativity that can bring about healing and which lift the human spirit.’’ A Floridian native raised in California, his work has been displayed in the United States, Africa and Brazil.
Right: Daytona Beach Leisure Services Director Percy Williamson, left, greets the artist and a guest. PHOTOS BY DUANE C. FERNANDEZ SR./ HARDNOTTS PHOTOGRAPHY.COM
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Retired educator from Daytona off to the Olympics BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES
Daytona Beach native Carrie Harris Allen recently retired as a high school principal in California. A sports fanatic, she chose the biggest sports event in the world – the Olympics – for her big retirement trip. Allen, who graduated from historically Black Campbell Senior High School in 1962, flew
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out Tuesday with a group to the Olympics. “I am going to see one of my former students Kori Carter who ran at Claremont High when I was the principal there. She has a contract with Nike. I am also going to see one of my teammates from Tennessee State. I am actually going with a group of people that will include Justin Gatlin’s parents,” Allen told the Daytona Times on Monday.
Allen was principal of Clermont High in Claremont, California when Carter attended. Carter competed in the 400-meter hurdles while sprinter Gatlin of Orlando will compete in several races. “She didn’t run her best race… but she still did great. I am proud of her and will be glad to see her. She’ll still be at the Olympics,” Allen said about Carter.
Athlete, coach, principal Allen ran track and played basketball in both high school and college. She also coached both sports. She earned her undergraduate degree at Tennessee State University. She has two master degrees and she is pursuing a Ph.D. from the School of Education at the Claremont Graduate University.
“That makes the Olympics more exciting. It is a goal and dream that I had back in college at Tennessee State. My coach was the legendary Ed Temple, who coached 43 of the 49 Olympians that attended TSU. I even got to be a coaching assistant when Wilma Rudolph came back. At one time, one of the entire U.S. track relay teams was from TSU. We also have a reunion every MLK weekend,” commented Allen. Allen spent 50 years in education as teacher, administra-
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Flagler NAACP presents golf tourney Saturday The Flagler County NAACP will host its 15th Annual Jacqueline A. Browne Memorial Golf Tournament on Saturday, Aug. 13, at Cypress Knoll Golf Course, 53 Easthampton Blvd., Palm Coast. The tournament is named after the late Jacqueline A. Browne, who revitalized the dormant Flagler branch in 2000. Browne, an educator, was chairman of the Public Works Committee of the Palm Coast Service District Advisory, forerunner of Palm Coast becoming a city. Registration for the tournament begins 7 a.m., followed by the shotgun start at 8 a.m. The fee for the four-person scramble (first 144 golfers) per player is $75, which will include green fees, cart fees, door prizes, continental breakfast, and an awards luncheon. Proceeds from the tournament will support the many community programs conducted by the NAACP. Checks are payable to the Flagler County NAACP. For more details, call Harry Davis at 386-4375082, Bill Gorham, 386446-9982; or Ralph Lightfoot, 386-864-1510.
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from Page 1 viding homeless services. “We still have things on the table. We are still looking for funding sources. We are looking to partner with other non-profits, the county, other cities and other agencies,” Henry remarked. The city is scheduled to have another meeting on the homeless issue on Aug. 17. Ideas also were to be discussed at an April 11 meeting of local elected officials in Volusia County. Volusia County Councilman Joshua Wagner weighed in on the subject. “It’s still in the city’s hands. The county will look at helping to fund such a project. DeLand is putting together a plan for a shelter. The county is looking to help fund up to $1 million for the construction of a shelter. DeLand will run it and operate it. I believe Daytona could still come up with something,’’ he stated.
Shelter, services needed Even the homeless who aren’t housed in the motels are concerned. A homeless woman who
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What’s next? There are more sports travel plans in her future. “One of my goals as a retiree is to chase sports across the world. I am a big sports fanatic. I want to see Serena Williams before she retires. I even, maybe, want to attend a World Cup when it’s not in Russia,” Allen noted. When she returns to America, Harris also plans to spend a few more weeks in Volusia County before returning to her home in Los Angeles. She also has plans to another major sports events. – the enshrinement of the Class of 2016 at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts on Sept. 9. “My next trip is the Basketball Hall of Fame. I want to go see Shaquille “Shaq’’ O’Neal and Allen Iverson get in. I am also a big Lakers fan,” she related.
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tor and principal. She has served as a principal for more than 34 years at five different schools. Most recently, she was the principal at East Valley High School in North Hollywood, California with the Los Angeles Unified School district. Allen even had a stint teaching with the U.S. Defense Department.
Early influences But she reflected this week on her early years and her teachers at Campbell. “I modeled my life after basketball coaches Ms. Jimmye Doris Romph at Campbell High and Ed Temple at Tennessee State. At Campbell, we had great teachers. Many were qualified to teach in college but couldn’t because of segregation,” Allen shared. “I never knew that I was a minority until I got my first job. Growing up in Daytona, I saw Black people and Black business professionals. We were very progressive. We didn’t fall into that minority mentality. We thought that we were the best. We had the best of the best. We had to be told that integration was the best for us.”
Regular at reunions She regularly visits Daytona Beach and attends Campbell High reunions. She was at one held in Daytona in July.
would only identify herself as Nay told the Daytona Times this week, “Everyone has their own story, but it’s the same issue. I am concerned. There is a dire need for shelter. I hope that these people get placed and have transportation. If they don’t have the right services to re-establish themselves, then they will be back in the streets.’’ Many of the homeless people believe that possible shelters are already in plain site. “There are many abandoned buildings, especially some of these abandoned hotels and motels. It would be great if there was a centralized area for shelter, food, health care, job assistance, etc.,” commented a homeless woman named Laura, who wouldn’t give her last name. Lindsay told the Times, “The city is just starting to realize that we exist. They could easily turn a vacant building into a shelter. The church next to Halifax Urban Ministries (HUM) on Bay Street is ideal. HUM already provides plenty of services right next door. The city don’t want too rezone that area to do that.”
Remodeling cost City officials say that there still will be a cost to remodel any structure into
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influence on her. “Dr. Bethune often came to Campbell and other schools in the area blessing us. She brought in celebrities and sometimes dignitaries. She stressed education and dignity. We adored her. It was obvious that she loved children,” Allen said about the university’s founder.
About her trip to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Allen said she wasn’t concerned about health issues like Zika or terrorism while traveling abroad. “I am not afraid. I am cautious. It is fall over there right now and the travel agency has mapped things out,” she noted. Allen also was looking forward to the cultural experience. “Just the travel and what it does for you. I am happy to go and watch and be in that environment. You learn so much about other people’s culture. It makes you appreciate things,” Allen added.
still seeking employment and trying to use the resources that are available. These resources often dry up quick. If you don’t have the resources, you have to be creative to survive,” Nay explained.
Added Laura, “I am a victim of identity theft and it led to all types of problems. I just need to find a job and a place to live. I must try every day. I also need to find a good attorney.’’
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Carrie Harris Allen, a Daytona Beach native who lives in California, relaxes Tuesday in Ormond Beach. She left later for Rio. “Most of my family is deceased, but my grand nieces and nephews still stay in Daytona. I love visiting them, said Harris. “I enjoy coming to the reunions. It keeps me in touch with Daytona. We now have annual reunions which have grown. It’s how we keep the legacy of Campbell
a shelter. “To take one of these old buildings would cost $50,000 to $100,000 just to start with. There are sites that have yet to be brought to our attention. Also, often when we come up with sites, the people in the neighborhood don’t want a homeless shelter there,” Henry added. Some of the homeless people say that they just want to be treated humanely. Lindsey explained, “People need to know that homeless people are a cross-section of society. The older population needs their paperwork and medication while youngsters need jobs. There are some that are just lazy. They don’t want to work and don’t know how to hustle. Look at a person making $700 per month with a rent of $600. You know what eventually happens? Also, a lot of HUD programs have too many restrictions.”
Trying to survive While those in the motels are looking for permanent solutions, the homeless must come up with a plan. Lindsay told the Daytona Times, “I just got lucky. I’m going to be OK. I finally got my right Social Security.”
and Daytona Beach going. We had a lot of successful people come out of Campbell. We’ve had doctors, lawyers, generals, teachers and more,” Allen remarked.
Inspired by Bethune Allen also recalled Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune’s
Others aren’t as fortunate. “I originally came to Daytona to care for loved ones. I’ve buried three of them in the last 10 years. I got into an accident and can no longer work my career field. I
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The Daytona Beach Area Class of 1976 consisting of graduates from Spruce Creek High School, Mainland High School, Seabreeze High School and Father Lopez Catholic High School will be celebrating their 40th year of graduating from high school. This year the reunion will be held Aug. 12, 2016 thru Aug. 14, 2016, at the Daytona Beach Resort & Conference Center, located at 2700 North Atlantic Ave., Daytona Beach, Fl. 32118.
FRIDAY, Aug. 12
Meet and Greet, 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
SATURDAY, Aug. 13
Bowling at Bellaire Lanes, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm, Cost $10.00 Banquet, guess speaker, Pastor Jesse Gordon, from Atlanta, Georgia 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm, attire: semi-formal
SUNDAY, Aug. 14 Church service 11:00 am
Price to attend all the events, except bowling, is $82.62 For further information regarding the class reunion you
can go to the Daytona Beach Area School Class of 1976
website at: http://alturl.com/rvzc9 or contact Mr. Kenneth Scott, class reunion president, at 386-383-0022.
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Alan Grayson (D) Grayson holds the U.S. Congress Florida District 6 seat. Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente (D) The businessman and political activist owns several auto dealerships. Pam Keith (D) Keith is a South Florida attorney and former U.S. Navy officer. Reginald Luster (D) He is an attorney and real estate investment firm owner. PHOTOS BY DUANE C. FERNANDEZ SR./HARDNOTTSPHOTOGRAPHY.COM
The Volusia County-Daytona Beach NAACP and local chapters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity hosted a “Meet the Candidates” night on Aug. 4 at Allen Chapel AME Church in Daytona Beach.
Patrick Murphy (D) Murphy holds the U.S. Congress Florida District 18 seat. Augustus Invictus (L) The Orlando-based attorney is also a former pharmacy technician. Paul Stanton (L) The DeLand native is an Army veteran who served in Iraq.
Volusia Judge Shirley Green and congressional candidate Jay McGovern attended the event. Members from various organizations asked questions of the candidates.
United States House of Representatives Seat 6 Dwayne Taylor (D) Taylor currently holds the Florida Congressional District 26 seat and is a former Daytona Beach commissioner. William “Bill’ McCullough (D) He is a businessman, arbitrator and investment advisor. Jay McGovern (D) McGovern is an electrician.
The forum attracted a diverse group seeking information about the candidates.
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Ken Strickland (D) Strickland is a former adult entertainment business owner. He also has worked as a maintenance tech and car salesman.
Daytona Beach City Commissioner Zone 5 Dannette Henry (D) Henry is a former teacher who now runs a private school called JDB Educational. Mike Tairu (D) The Bethune-Cookman University graduate works with an organization that helps ex-felons. Willie Williams (D) Williams is an educator and the current principal at Westside Elementary.
Daytona Beach City Commissioner Zone 2
Kuendig is the current chair of the city’s Code Enforcement board. Tony Survance (D) Survance works with Save Our Neighborhoods, which helps young people get an education.
Volusia County Chair Jason Davis (R) The current chair is seeking re-election. He is a former computer business owner. Greg Gimbert (R) Gimbert is retired from AT&T and is an advocate for outdoor recreation activities. Ed Kelley (R) Kelly is a retired Hawaiian Tropic executive and former Ormond Beach mayor and city commissioner.
Aaron Delgado (NPA) Delgado is a criminal defense attorney.
Tom Luputka He is current mayor of Orange City and a former councilman there.
Karen Weegie Kuendig (NPA)
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Local NAACP President Cynthia Slater makes comments.
Commissioner Patrick Henry speaks while Rep. Dwayne Taylor looks on.
Linda Bourqin-McIntyre (R) An entrepreneur, she has worked with Accountants, Apple Computer and the National Association of Music Merchants.
mer teacher at Campbell Middle School.
Roy Johnson (R) A veteran, he is the former mayor of Holly Hill and longtime business owner.
Carl Persis (D) Persis is a former county councilman and Ormond Beach City Councilman. He is also a retired principal.
Heather Post (R) Post, who worked for two decades in law enforcement, runs a business, The Heather Post Company. Al Smith (R) Smith hosts the “Daytona Scene’’ radio show and has managed his family’s business, Angell & Phelps Chocolate Factory. Roland Via (R) Via is the former mayor and commission of Holly Hill.
Volusia County School Board District 2 Ida Duncan Wright (D) Wright seeks to retain the seat she won during a special election in 2013. She is a former business instructor at B-CU. Boysie Mae Smith-Walden (D) Smith Walden is a for-
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Ray Sanchez (R) Sanchez is a sales representative for Metra Electrics in Holly Hill.
Volusia County Supervisor of Elections Teresa Apgar (R) The former legal assistant has served on the West Volusia Hospital Authority. David Lee Davis (R) He is longtime political consultant and former congressional staffer. Bill Fyfe (R) Fyfe is a longtime worker in the Volusia County Department of Elections. Lisa Lewis (R) Lewis was named to the position earlier this year after Ann McFall retired. Lewis had been Deputy Supervisor of Elections.
Volusia County Sheriff Wendell Bradford (D) Bradford is a former deputy sheriff in Seminole County. Mike Chitwood (R) Chitwood is the current Daytona Beach police chief. Dave Brannon (R) Brannon is a Volusia County sheriff’s captain. Eric Dietrich (R) Dietrich is the current deputy chief. James E. “Jim’’ Gillum (R) Gillum is the former Pasco County sheriff.
Volusia County Property Appraiser Larry Bartlett (D) Bartlett is the current attorney for the property appraiser’s office. H. Alan Burton (R) Burton is an appraiser with Forsythe Appraisers LLC. He has owned other appraisal firms. Mike Swanto (R) Swanto has spent 32 years in the Volusia County Property Appraiser’s office.
United States Senate Marco Rubio (R) The incumbent, who ran for president, is former Florida Speaker of the House. Todd Wilcox (R) Wilcox, a veteran, has dropped out the race but remains on the ballot. He endorsed Rubio. Dwight Mark Anthony Young (R) He works in the Pinellas County Sherriff’s Office as a detention deputy. Ernie Rivera (R) Rivera is a businessman and pastor. Carlos Beruff (R) Beruff is a multi-millionaire developer and has served on the board of trustees at the State College of Florida.
George Pappas (D) Pappas is a local attorney in private practice. Dr. Fred Costello (R) He holds the Florida House District 25 seat and previously held the District 26 seat. Ron DeSantis (R) The incumbent congressman is a former Navy officer. G.G. Galloway (R) Galloway, who is in real estate, also is the former marketing director for the Daytona Beach Chamber of Commerce.
Florida House of Representatives District 26 Patrick Henry (D) Henry is currently the Daytona Beach Zone 5 commissioner. Steve Miller (D) Miller is a former Daytona Beach commissioner. Mike Cantu (R) Cantu is in the music and entertainment business.
Registered voters According to the Volusia County Supervisor of Elections website, there are 374,423 registered voters with 134, 232 listed as Democrats while 129, 577 are Republicans. The website also shows that there are 98,051 registered voters that have no party affiliation and 12,563 voters listed as others. Voters are being encouraged to make sure that they have everything that they need to vote. This includes knowing polling sites, obtaining and submitting absentee ballots if needed, and having proper identification cards. Absentee ballots should be mailed into the Supervisor of Elections office by 7 p.m. on Election Day. The last day to request them is Aug. 24. For more information and the full list of candidates, visit the Volusia County Supervisor of Elections website at www.volusiaelections.org.
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America must equalize access to homeownership Owning a home has long been an important part of the American Dream. A home is more than just where families come at the end of the day. It is also where children are raised, memories are created, and how historically most American families built wealth. Discriminatory government policies of the past prevented many Blacks and Latinos from building wealth via homeownership. Older consumers may still recall the difficulties of obtaining a mortgage loan before laws were enacted to require equal credit access. Despite these laws, discriminatory lending practices during the recent era of subprime loans erased many of the financial gains that Black and Brown families made since the enactment of the Community Reinvestment Act. Instead, these consumers were targeted for predatory, unsustainable loans. A key measure of the foreclosure crisis is that these families lost $1 trillion in wealth. Even families whose homes were preserved, but located nearby multiple foreclosures, also lost wealth. Many of these families still remain underwater on their homes – owing more than they are now worth.
Crisis out west New research by the Center
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for Responsible Lending (CRL) highlights how post-housing crisis lending trends perpetuate racial wealth gaps and housing segregation. CRL’s analysis of first-lien, owner-occupied home purchase mortgages in California made from 2012-2014 reveal a lack of access to conventional mortgages for many Black and Brown consumers – even when these consumers had higher incomes greater than the median areas where they live. “These post-crisis mortgage lending trends in California help to inform our continuing national discussion of homeownership and the importance of responsible mortgage credit,” commented Sarah Wolff, report author and a CRL senior researcher. “The communities that lack access to mortgages post-crisis are the very same communities that were disproportionately affected by foreclosures and lost wealth during the housing crisis.”
Report summary CRL’s analysis of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) da-
Dental health gets second-class treatment The Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare,” has changed many lives for the better – mine included. But its omission of dental coverage, a result of political compromise, is a dangerous development, as though teeth are apart from and less important than the rest of the body. Cavities are a silent epidemic, and they’re the No. 1 chronic infectious disease in children.
Serious impact Recently, it has been recognized that oral infection, especially periodontitis (gum disease), may affect the course and progression of a number of diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, bacterial pneumonia, diabetes mellitus, and low birth weight. Research has even linked poor oral health with Alzheimer’s Disease.
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But although tooth decay is almost completely preventable, according to the Surgeon General cavities are five times more common than asthma and seven times more common than hay fever and allergies. Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention state that one out of every five children between the ages of 2 and 5 have untreated dental problems including infection, cavities and tooth decay. About 37 percent of poor children 2 to 9 years old have one or more untreated decayed baby teeth, compared
You know things are bad for Donald Trump when... Keeping up with every outrageous statement and small lie and ‘Big Lie’ Donald Trump utters is difficult. You know things are bad when President Obama bluntly says Trump is “unfit” for the presidency – an unprecedented attack by a sitting president against the nominee of the opposite party – and no leading Republican has challenged that description. You know things are bad when conservative and liberal pundits alike suggest “options,” including the GOP abandoning Trump – even while acknowledging that won’t happen.
Desperate GOP You know the Republicans are desperate when you have the diehard conservative pundit Jennifer Rubin of the Washington Post writes, “There is something farcical about Republicans who
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flacked and vouched for Trump now complaining that he is ‘off message’ and fretting that he needs a ‘reset.’ They are, it seems, still in denial that they are responsible for lifting an unfit, unstable man to the nomination of a once-great party.” There’s no question about who has “lifted” Trump to this position: It’s his overwhelmingly White mob of supporters. They reflect what motivates Trump himself – a toxic mix of racism, sexism and a ferocious need to cruelly dominate others. The latest documentation comes in a video published Au-
ta in California found that: • More than two-thirds of homebuyers in every race or ethnic group had middle or high incomes for their area; • Among Black consumers receiving mortgages, 79 percent had middle or high incomes relative to other households in their areas. Similarly, among Latino borrowers, 66 percent had these same income levels. • Few conventional mortgages, the most affordable and sustainable loans, were made to AfricanAmerican and Latino consumers; and • The dearth of access to conventional mortgage loans shifted Black and Latino homebuyers to higher-cost, governmentinsured mortgage loans such as VA and FHA. Most of the homes purchased were also in majority minority census tracts. “Recent law [Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act], has made today’s loans much safer for borrowers than those of the past,” states the report. “Most importantly, the law’s Ability-to-Repay requirement ensures that lenders confirm that a potential borrower can afford the loan. “However, restricted access to credit in the post-crisis period has resulted in the very same families and communities which have been historically disadvantaged finding it difficult to access today’s responsible mortgages.”
with 17.3 percent of higher-income children, according to the report for the Surgeon General. Low-income children are less likely to receive regular dental care, and the cavities are more likely to go unfilled. The consequences of untreated decay include ER visits for dental pain and lost time at school and work.
Vulnerable populations The socioeconomic forces that place these children at risk of food insecurity are the very same ones that increase their risk of developing early childhood cavities. This disparity in poor oral health adversely impacts these children’s ability to eat, speak, and learn, further cementing social inequities already stacked against this vulnerable population. Aside from not being able to afford dental care, the less affluent have unhealthy diets filled with sugar and fat (both are fodder for oral bacteria), may be unable to buy basic oral hygiene tools such as toothpaste, toothbrushes and dental floss and may not get the proper education needed for oral health.
gust 3 by the New York Times of the language that pervades Trump rallies – language that is the soundtrack of the Trump campaign. It’s behavior so reminiscent of the mobs of Whites that once gathered in places like Little Rock, Ark., Montgomery and Selma, Ala., and dozens of communities across the South to try their best to murder the activists of the civil rights movement. Watch the video and you see people who’ve shed whatever decency they possessed and are ready to do anything evil.
Lynch-mob mentality This is one of Trump’s greatest sins. He and his followers have revived the lynch-mob dynamic in American life. So it’s no surprise that Trump has now drawn another gambit from the demagogue’s playbook: the stab-inthe-back charge. Trump now claims that the Clinton campaign and the political establishment have “rigged” the campaign debates and the election itself against him. He said they’ve conspired to delib-
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Consistent trends While regional differences are apparent, statewide trends were also evident in four large California counties: Alameda, Fresno, Los Angeles and Solano. For example, Black consumers who represent 14 percent of Solano’s population, received only 8 percent of that county’s loans and 72 percent of those were governmentinsured loans. Similar figures for Blacks were consistent in the other three counties studied, with AfricanAmerican borrowers in both Los Angeles and Alameda Counties receiving 4 percent of respective county loans. In Fresno County, Blacks received only 2 percent of that county’s mortgage loans. Although California’s largest
In America, those who have roots tracing back to Mexico or African have higher levels of cavities and dental problems. Data collected from 2001-2004 and presented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has shown that for children 2 to 5 years old, 24.2 percent of Black children and 29.2 percent of Hispanic children (of Mexican origin) had untreated tooth decay. White children had significantly lower levels, measuring at 14.5 percent. Parents and caregivers must intervene in order to curb the growing tooth-decay tragedy facing the nation. Teaching children the proper brushing and flossing techniques, providing them fresh water to drink instead of soft drinks, encouraging physical fitness and eating a balanced diet following the recommended government nutritional guidelines can go a long way toward improving dental health.
Needless costs Preventing tooth decay can help protect children from dental pain. It can also protect families and taxpayers from the costs
erately schedule the debates opposite National Football League games in order to reduce the number of people watching them – implying this was done to reduce the number of viewers watch him beat Clinton in the debates. Of course, anyone who thinks Trump could out-debate Clinton is a fool. Trump has shown he has a deeply disorganized mind that can barely compose two consecutive sentences that make sense. Moreover, both the National Football League and the bipartisan presidential debate commission, which set the dates of the debates last year, quickly said Trump was effectively lying.
Reasons for his lies But Trump lives by lies, and the purpose of his lies here is three-fold. First, the charge is “red meat” to the majority of his supporters who crave a steady diet of callous insults of others, brazen lies, and bizarre conspiracy theories to feed their fantasies of White victimization. Secondly, Trump needs to
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lenders made the greatest number of loans to Blacks and Latinos, these populations, they represented a much smaller share of overall originations for the state’s largest lenders. By contrast, some smaller lenders, though generating fewer loan totals, appeared to focus on serving Latino borrowers in particular. Concluded the report, “If the trends found here continue, few families will become homeowners, with implications for overall national wealth and for the health of the real estate market.”
Charlene Crowell is the Communications Manager for State Policy & Outreach with the Center for Responsible Lending. Contact her at Charlene.crowell@responsiblelending.org.
of fillings, crowns or other treatments. The average cost of a dental filling is $171. In addition, fillings usually need to be repaired or replaced. What about the lifetime cost of a cavity? A more recent analysis of California dental data found lifetime costs for a single decayed molar can exceed $6,000. With already unsustainable health care costs in this country, how can we allow this trend to continue? Remember, I’m not a doctor. I just sound like one.
Glenn Ellis is a regular media contributor on health equity and medical ethics. For more information, visit www. glennellis.com. The information included in this column is for educational purposes only. It is not intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. Consult your healthcare provider to determine the appropriateness of the information for their own situation or if they have any questions regarding a medical condition or treatment plan.
avoid debating Clinton. He can’t survive a debate focused on substantive domestic or foreign-policy issues. Finally, Trump has laid down the excuse for a November defeat via the “stab-in-the-back” charge that demagogues have forever used to undermine electoral processes and election results in other countries throughout history. Of all the wrongs Donald Trump and his followers have committed against America’s national character in the past 14 months, one could say this latest attempt to undermine the American democratic tradition may be their most damnable sin. The operative word, however, is “may” – because the frightening certainty is that neither Trump nor his mob is finished trying to build themselves up by tearing America down.
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AUGUST 11 – AUGUST 17, 2016 DECEMBER 14 - 20, 2006
Nearly 90 percent of Black voters and 75 percent of Latino voters hold an unfavorable view of Trump, according to an NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll.
Mixed record
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Telly Lovelace, national director of African-American Initiatives and Media for the RNC, left, and Bruce LeVell, executive director of the National Diversity Coalition for Donald Trump, meet at RNC headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Coalition of minorities puts confidence in Trump BY FREDDIE ALLEN NNPA NEWS SERVICE
Last month, the National Diversity Coalition for Donald Trump met with Republican National Convention (RNC) leaders at the RNC headquarters in Washington, D.C. to discuss how the groups can work together to get Donald Trump elected. The National Diversity Coalition for Trump is a volunteer organization of religious, business and political leaders from minority communities. The executive board includes Bruce LeVell (executive director), Pastor Darrell Scott (CEO), special counsel Michael Cohen (co-chairman) and the Rev. Omarosa Manigault (co-chairman). The group includes advisers from groups like Hispanic Patriots for Trump, Sikh Americans for Trump and Minorities for Trump.
Just a volunteer LeVell said that his volunteer status is important because he has access to the candidate but in a role where he can speak candidly with the Republican presidential nominee. “When someone works for you, you really don’t get the truth. If you’re my boss, I’m very limited to how transparent I can be with you,” said LeVell. “I don’t want to work in D.C. and (Trump) knows that too.” LeVell said that he wants his group to bolster the efforts of Jennifer Sevilla Korn, the RNC’s deputy political director. LeVell added that reports of tension between Trump and the RNC were overblown. “The campaign and Mr. Trump understand the value of the RNC,” LeVell said.
More Trump support Telly Lovelace, national direc-
tor of African-American Initiatives and Media for the RNC, said that the RNC and the coalition have a great working relationship. “We feel their energy and we want to work with them,” said Lovelace. “We want to be a resource to the coalition. The great thing about this group is that everyone brings their personal life experience to the table and they can take that and get their message out to help get Mr. Trump elected.” LeVell scoffed at recent polling conducted before the convention that suggested that more than half of Republican voters still favored a mystery candidate over Trump even though he has outlasted every single one of his political opponents. He credits Trump’s unique stance in the race as a non-politician for the opposition. LeVell, a businessman from
Georgia, said that Trump is a candidate that doesn’t owe anything to special interest groups and that there are no backdoor or side deals to be made. “You can’t control this candidate,” said LeVell. “This is why there is a lot of pushback in all different aspects of the GOP because they can’t make a play.”
Lagging in polls LeVell noted that Trump received more votes than any other Republican presidential candidate in the history of the primary elections. The Georgia businessman said that Trump found out what Americans were really thinking about (illegal immigration, national security and foreign trade) and then carefully crafted a message that resonated with those voters. “Look at the ones who are complaining,” said the Georgia businessman. “It’s not the 16 million people.” Even though his surrogates have promised that more deals and more targeted policy proposals are coming down the pike for the Black community following the Republican National Convention, Trump has a steep hill to climb.
Black clergy and parishioners were split over Trump’s misstep with the Black pastors’ meeting in New York City last November, but LeVell said that billionaire real estate developer used the assembly to gather insight into the Black community, something that Trump has been doing for years. LeVell said that Trump’s meeting with the pastors was less about an endorsement and more about taking the pulse of the Black community. Trump and his surrogates have often touted his ability to create jobs, his business credentials and his long-standing relationship with the Black community as the candidate looks to make inroads with Black voters in November, but his record is mixed. The New York Times reported that the Justice Department sued Trump and his father for housing discrimination in New York in the early 1970s. The Justice Department, “also charged that the company had required different rental terms and conditions because of race and that it had misrepresented to Blacks that apartments were not available.” The Trumps settled with the Justice Department, admitting no guilt, and promised to reform their rental practices, according to The New York Times.
Poor man, rich man Trump’s track record for filing for bankruptcy under the federal codes has also drawn criticism. Still, LeVell said that Trump’s business record and his ability to grow jobs will resonate in the Black community and that his unique message of economic empowerment will start picking up more momentum. “A poor man really doesn’t want to listen to a poor man,” said LeVell. “A poor man will listen to a rich man if it relates to how you can lift yourself up.” The Georgia businessman said that he hasn’t felt this energized for a candidate since he was 18 years old working on Ronald Reagan’s campaign licking envelopes. “I really feel like Donald Trump is going to make the biggest headway for Black people of the all presidents in the history of the United States,’’ LeVell added.
From ‘crack baby’ to author and CEO Shawn Blanchard shares obstacles, keys to success in new book BY EDWARD HENDERSON SAN DIERGO VOICE AND VIEWPOINT/NNPA
The term “crack baby’’ emerged into the social consciousness in the 1980s and 1990s during the crack epidemic sweeping minority communities. It referred to children who had been exposed to the drug because of their mother’s usage during pregnancy. It picked up additional stereotypical connotations that labeled people with a lack of intelligence or propensity for failure in life. Shawn Blanchard is all too familiar with this term. His mother abused crack cocaine while she was pregnant with him. The physical side effects were minimal, however, the emotional toll was a significant barrier to overcome. Blanchard faced these challenges head-on, through hard work, faith, and passion for his purpose of mentorship. These traits lead him to success in education, business and authorship. His book “How ‘Bout That for a Crack Baby” chronicles his journey toward success and empowers others with the confidence to do the same.
Young hustler Blanchard was born in Detroit and spent his developmental years living with his grandmother because his parents couldn’t decide who was going to keep him. Blanchard’s mother was a professional shoplifter and didn’t have
much contact with his father. There wasn’t much of a support system around him either. Of his seven brothers, most ended up dead or in jail, and when his grandmother passed away when Blanchard was 12, he took most of the responsibility for his younger siblings. “I learned some pretty interesting things about hustling,” said Blanchard. “I sold weed and other drugs. I did what I thought I had to do in order to make ends meet.”
Excelled in school Blanchard went to a school with 40 percent graduation rate, but excelled in academics and was active in student government. He went on to study at the University of Michigan but his duel life eventually caught up with him. Blanchard continued to hustle on the side while he was at school in order to support himself and his family. He got caught selling drugs at school, and he spent three days and three nights in jail his sophomore year. “I felt like I let a lot of people down,” said Blanchard. “I felt like I was the one who was supposed to make sure I show people how to pave the way so you can be great no matter where you came from. I wasn’t doing that at the time. I needed to make a pivot.”
From jail to college During his time in jail, Blanchard found a Bible in his cell and gave his life to God. From that moment, he promised if he was able to be delivered from this situation he would develop his life and make sure young people didn’t go the same route he chose. Because of his good standing at
SHAWN BLANCHARD PRODUCTIONS
Shawn Blanchard is the CEO of Shawn Blanchard Productions, which focuses on public speaking, publishing mentorship, entrepreneurship and the image of excellence. school and relationships he built, Blanchard’s professors helped to bail him out and he was able to continue his education without expulsion. He graduated with his degree in math and economics in 2005 and went on to get his master’s in secondary math education in New York. “I thought I was going to get kicked out, that’s when God kicked in,” said Blanchard.
Helping others In New York, Blanchard cofounded a mentoring program to reach out to young men with similar backgrounds as his growing up. He even temporarily adopted one of the young men in the program who was in particularly bad shape at the time. When he graduated, however, the young man had become class president, touted a 3.8 GPA and was accepted to every college he applied to.
News coverage from the temporary adoption prompted a publishing company to reach out to learn more about the story. When they heard about Blanchard’s background, they asked him to write a book for them. His book titled, “How ‘Bout That for a Crack Baby,” delves into the details of his past and how he overcame everything that was in his way. “People can expect an emotional roller coaster,” said Blanchard. “It’s going to entertain you, it’s going to show you how you can do anything you want to do, it’s going to challenge you to mentor and be mentored.”
CEO, mentor The young author moved back to Detroit to go to law school and the book came out five years later. He spent time teaching math at this alma mater, started a fitness company and became a co-
owner of a custom suit company. Blanchard continued his work as a mentor in the mayor’s office as the director of youth services. He’s helping ignite President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative in Detroit. Today, Blanchard is the CEO of Shawn Blanchard Productions, which focuses on public speaking, publishing mentorship, entrepreneurship and the image of excellence. “I’m excited about duplicating greatness,” said Blanchard. “I want to keep making sure I raise the bar, so more people start falling into the rule instead of the exception.” To learn more about Blanchard and his company, visit www.iamshawnblanchard.com.
The San Diego Voice and Viewpoint is a member publication of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA).
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Candidates forum to focus on mayoral race
For more information, contact Sandy Murphy at 717-203-4765 or via email at Info@thepeopleswhitehouse.com.
The Daytona Beach Area Progressives will host a forum for all candidates in the Daytona Beach mayoral race on Monday, Aug. 15. The forum will be held at The Peoples White House, 736 S. Beach St., Daytona Beach. It will begin at 6:30 p.m. All candidates for the Daytona Beach mayoral race have confirmed that they will participate in the event, which is free and open to the public. The Progressives will pose questions that will give candidates the opportunity to go beyond their stump speech to tell voters more about their priorities and opinions. Another forum is Aug. 22, which will feature Democratic candidates for State House District 26 Steve Miller and Patrick Henry and candidates for the nonpartisan races in Daytona Beach City Commission Zones 2 and 5.
Allen Chapel to celebrate family and friends The Allen Chapel AME Church will celebrate its annual Family and Friends weekend Aug. 13-14. The church is at 580 George W. Engram Blvd. Daytona Beach. On Saturday, a free community picnic will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the church grounds. There will be music, board games and other activities. At 9:45 a.m. Sunday, the Rev. Dr. Anton G. Elwood, pastor of New Mt. Zion AME Church in Tallahassee, will be the guest preacher. Allen Chapel is pastored by the Rev. Nathan M. Mugala. For more information about the Family and Friends Weekend, call the church at 386-255-1195.
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Athletes with local ties go for the gold Here’s a glance at area athletes competing in the Olympics this month in Rio.
Ryan Lochte Going into the Rio competition, the swimmer had won 11 Olympic medals – five gold, three silver and three bronze medals. This is his fourth Olympic. From Daytona Beach, he graduated from Spruce Creek High School and attended the University of Florida. He’s competing again in the 200-meter individual medley.
Perry Baker The rugby player is a graduate of Spruce Creek High School and Fairmont State University in West Virginia. This is his first Olympics. He played two years of arena football before picking up Rugby, then played with the Daytona Beach Coconuts before his national and global accomplishments in the sport.
Phil Dalhausser
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U.S. 4x200 freestyle relay team members, from left, Conor Dwyer, Townley Haas, Ryan Lochte (of Daytona Beach) and Michael Phelps, cast large shadows after receiving their gold medals at the Olympic Aquatic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Tuesday.
The beach volleyball player attended Mainland High School and the University of Florida. Dalhausser is competing in his third Olympics. He won a gold medal in 2008 with his former partner, Todd Rogers.
Rex Tullius The swimmer attended Spruce Creek High and the University of Florida. He is competing in the 200-meter backstroke for the U.S. Virgin Islands at the Olympics. This is his first Olympic.
Perry Baker is on the USA rugby team. It has been since 1924 that rugby has been an Olympics sport.
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Balance beam: Most treacherous, mesmerizing 10 centimeters in sports BY TIM BANNON CHICAGO TRIBUNE/TNS
RIO DE JANEIRO – Of all the playing surfaces in sports, none is more unforgiving than the balance beam. It measures 10 centimeters wide — barely wider than a hockey puck – 5 meters long and stands 1.2 meters above the ground. “It’s the great equalizer,” Michigan women’s gymnastics coach Beverly Plocki said. “No other event requires the same mental focus. You stumble on the floor, it’s a minor deduction. The beam is the event of perfection. No room for error.” “The most nerve-wracking event to watch,” said former gymnast and coach Stephen Cook, now director of sales for AAI, the official supplier of gymnastics equipment for the U.S. Olympic trials. “A small mistake can become so obvious.”
Requires mental focus Consider Gabby Douglas, who twice fell off the beam during last month’s trials, each time while performing a relatively simple move. The falls dropped her to seventh in the all-around competition and nearly bumped her from the sixwoman Olympic team. Many call the beam the most difficult event in women’s gymnastics, one that requires all the skills a top gymnast needs: grace, power, control, rhythm, flexibility and — most important — mental focus. “The beam is an incredibly challenging piece of equipment,” said former Olympian and Flori-
da coach Rhonda Faehn, now senior vice president of USA Gymnastics. “But when performed right, it’s absolutely gorgeous.”
Widened in 1952 The earliest reference to a balance beam, according to gymnastics.isport.com, was in an early 1800s German book titled “Gymnastics for the Youth,” which included a chapter on balancing on a horizontal pine tree log. By the middle of that century, the beam gained popularity worldwide for use in physical education classes. It made its international competition debut in 1934 in Budapest. Then it was a mere 8 centimeters wide. By the time the beam became an Olympic event at the 1952 Games in Helsinki, it was widened to 10 centimeters. (In the U.S., most people refer to the width as 4 inches, but it is in fact exactly 10 centimeters — or 3.937 inches.) Beam materials have also evolved. Until the 1950s, the beam was a laminated piece of solid wood, but as the skill progressed from simple poses to tumbling skills, a safer and more forgiving piece of equipment was required. The beam is now an aluminum tube covered with a synthetic suede that does not get slick with perspiration, Cook explained. In the 1980s, the beam was tweaked again as mechanisms were added where the legs meet the beam to give more spring.
Difficult routines As the beam has become more flexible, routines have become more and more difficult, including
skills one used to see only on floor exercise. Take for example Simone Biles’ routine in the U.S. trials: After her mount, she did a double pirouette, two leaps, a front flip with a twist, a backward-handspring-double-back-flip combination, a front flip, two leaps with splits, another back flip, a front flip, more split leaps, several turns, then two back handsprings leading to a twisting double-flip dismount. Did we mention the 10-centimeter-wide beam? In the Olympics, each gymnast must complete several skills as part of the routine, including dance and artistry essentials. If she fails to complete any of those, a deduction is taken. If the gymnast falls off the apparatus, it’s a full-point deduction. “In the Olympics, the scoring system is all about how much difficulty they can pack into a routine,” Michigan’s Plocki said.
Early training Gymnastics coaches say teaching those difficult skills is one thing; teaching the psychological element is another. “We teach ‘mental choreography,’” Plocki said. That consists of breathing drills, relaxation and going through the routine over and over in their heads. “It’s all about controlling what your mind is thinking.” Faehn, an alternate on the 1988 U.S. Olympic team and women’s coach at Florida for 13 years, says the key to teaching the beam is to start training early and gradually. “Once the athlete becomes comfortable with the beam, the coach will
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U.S. gymnast Simone Biles competes on the beam during qualification at the Rio 2016 Olympics on Aug. 7 in Brazil. take away the mat or lower them,” she said. “You transition. A coach won’t rush you.” She said some gymnasts are natural beam workers. Others are not. “Some said they felt like they were on a sidewalk,” she said. “Other times they feel like the ground was moving underneath them.”
More changes? Over the years, the beam itself has changed. Will it change again? Cook said there has been
discussion of further alterations to accommodate the more difficult routines and new generations of gymnasts. “The skills are getting more treacherous,” Cook said. “Gymnasts are getting bigger. They need to plant both feet together before the dismount. That’s a narrow space.” The proposal, which Cook and Plocki said was unlikely to be implemented anytime soon, is to extend the length of the bar roughly an inch, or 2.5 cen-
timeters, and widen the bar near the ends by about a centimeter. Regardless of all the changes to the beam he has seen in his nearly 50 years in gymnastics, Cook says the event continues to astound him. “When you’re watching, it seems amazing,” he says. “But it’s even more amazing than you can imagine. If they were doing those moves on a diving board, it would be no big deal. But they aren’t. They’re doing it on a 4-inch beam.”
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When your list is long and time is short,