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Too much money for Midtown?

Daytona commissioner’s statement infuriates former redevelopment board chair, others

BY ASHLEY D. THOMAS DAYTONA TIMES aysheldarcel@gmail.com DUANE C. FERNANDEZ SR./HARDNOTTS PHOTOGRAPHY

The Orange Avenue Reconstruction Project is bringing attention to Zone 6 and the millions of dollars being spent in the area.

“I’m not sure about anybody else, but I’m getting a lot of grief that we’re spending $30, $40 million dollars in

Zones 5 and 6, and we’re spending like a few million in Zone 4.”

Those were the words spoken by Daytona Beach City Commissioner Robert Gilliland at the Sept. 3 commission meeting. Several gasps were heard in the commission chambers after the comment.

Zones 5 and 6 are Daytona Beach’s predominantly Black neighborhoods.

“We’ve been pumping tens of millions of dollars into Midtown the last Please see MONEY, Page 2

Campaign signs at library spark debate

BY ASHLEY D. THOMAS DAYTONA TIMES aysheldarcel@gmail.com

PHOTOS BY NANCY WAIT/VOLUSIA COUNTY SCHOOLS

Tony Boselli, a former NFL player, speaks to students about the importance of vaccinating against influenza.

Former NFL player Tony Boselli teaches kids how to tackle the flu

BY ASHLEY D. THOMAS DAYTONA TIMES aysheldarcel@gmail.com

Volusia County public school students are gearing up to fight influenza with assistance from former Jacksonville Jaguars player Tony Boselli.

The partnership between the Florida Department of Health in Volusia County, Volusia County Public Schools and Healthy Schools, LLC is called “Teach Flu a Lesson” and is designed to immunize all students who provide signed consent forms. FluMist is a vaccine that is sprayed into

the nose to help protect against influenza.

“Teach Flu a Lesson is an initiative designed to improve the health of students,” said Boselli, a former offensive tackle for the Jaguars. “We are delighted to provide flu vaccines to students in Volusia County.

Free to students Flu immunizations will be administered by Healthy School’s nurses free of charge to students in every Volusia County public school with Please see FLU, Page 2

Brandon James, a fifth-grader at Westside Elementary, is prepped to receive a flu mist vaccine administered by Livia Horne, an RN for the Florida Department of Health in Volusia County.

Daytona Beach voters will notice a markedly different voting experience if they choose to vote on city-owned property in Daytona Beach this election cycle.

Following a complaint concerning campaign signs on property at the Daytona Beach City Island Library precinct during the primary election period, code enforcement has been enforcing a decade’s long statue that states the signs are not to be there. The statue had not been enforced in recent memory.

“I remember the election when I was running. Everybody put their signs up,” Daytona Beach Commissioner Patrick Henry said, asking for clarity on the statue at last week’s commission meeting.

“Since I was a young boy, it’s always been like that,” he continued receiving nods of agreement from at least three other commissioners who also said their campaign signs have been at the precinct.

The complaint According to Ruth Trager, a candidate for the Zone 1 city commission seat, a complaint was made concerning the signs by her opponent Commissioner Carl Lentz.

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Campaign under way to recruit more Black and Latino nurses

BY STACY M. BROWN NNPA NEWS SERVICE

Because of the lack of minorities who serve as registered nurses, the American Heart Association’s “Go Red for Women” campaign and Macy’s department store have continued its three-year partnership in which 16 scholarships of $2,500 each are awarded annually to help increase the number of diverse health care professionals.

Arihanna Venable enjoys talking with her patients as she performs physical exams, takes their blood pressure and, sometimes administers medicine to help soothe wounds or illnesses.

However, when Venable

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looks at so many other registered nurses, she finds a glaring and often troubling trend.

“Not many of them look like me,” said Venable, 33, of Southeast. “We just don’t have a lot of Black registered nurses and I think if we can somehow change that, a lot of our patients will feel more at ease and they’ll be more likely to come in and see a doctor before they encounter serious health problems.”

ed 2.5 million registered nurses in the United States.

Latinos also are in the minority as just 3.6 percent hold those positions.

Health care officials said the need for the scholarship program can be found in the fact that tuition hikes at colleges and universities and dramatic cuts to graduate medical education funding across the nation have forced many students to find new ways to pay for college.

Less than 10 percent combined

Reaching next generation

Venable counts among the 5.4 percent of AfricanAmerican nurses in the nation. A small minority, considering there’s an estimat-

In an effort to ease the burden and increase the number of underrepresented minorities in medicine, the American Heart Asso-

ciation and Macy’s, the association’s national sponsor, offer aspiring registered nurses the “Go Red Multicultural Scholarship Fund.”

“At Macy’s, we are deeply committed to supporting diversity throughout everything we do,” said Holly Thomas, Macy’s group vice president of media relations and cause marketing.

“As the founding national sponsor of the American Heart Association’s ‘Go Red for Women’ movement, we are able to extend our reach into an underserved population,” Thomas said. “This includes raising awareness and creating long-term impact by helping increase diversity within the next generation of health care pro-

fessionals who we know provide lifesaving support to a multicultural population.”

Many more needed The latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics in Northeast show 11,030 registered nurses working in the Greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area with an average annual salary of $77,550.

However, there aren’t many Blacks or Latinos among them, officials said.

“The numbers speak for themselves,” said Eva Gomez, a registered nurse and scholarship judge for the American Heart Association’s “Go Red for Women” campaign, which has raised more than $50 million since

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“As the demographics change and more ethnically and racially diverse populations grow, there will definitely continue to be a need for health care providers who mirror these patients,” she said.

Gomez said having diverse providers makes it possible to deliver health care that’s meaningful, culturally appropriate and patient and family-centered.

This story is special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer. Registration for the scholarship and more information about it can be found at www.GoRedForWomen.org.

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Libraries to host suicide awareness sessions Social workers Jessica Buccolo and Jenifer Flores will explain how people can help prevent suicides by recognizing the behavioral changes that often precede suicide attempts. They’ll share their observations during free presentations at: • 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, at the Daytona Beach Regional Library at City Island, 105 E. Magnolia Ave. • 1 p.m. Tuesday, Saturday, Sept. 30, at the DeLand Regional Library, 130 E. Howry Ave. Buccolo and Flores are suicide prevention case managers with the VA clinics in Daytona Beach and Orlando, respectively.

A 2013 New York Times article stated that suicide rates among middle-aged Americans have risen sharply in the past decade, prompting concern that a generation of baby boomers who have faced years of economic worry and easy access to prescription painkillers may be particularly vulnerable to self-inflicted harm.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, more people now die from suicide than car accidents. In 2010 (the latest year for which we have national statistics), 38,364 Americans killed themselves. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States.

The presentations, offered in conjunction with National Suicide Prevention Week, are sponsored by the William V. Chappell Jr. VA Outpatient Clinic, the Friends of the Daytona Beach Library, and the Friends of DeLand Library.

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For more information, call the Daytona Beach library at 386257-6036, ext. 16235; or the DeLand library at 386-822-6430, ext.

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T.U.R.N. festival Saturday in New Smyrna Beach The 12th Annual Spring Hill T.U.R.N. Festival 2014 will be held Sept. 13 on the corner of Beresford and Adelle at Spring Hill Park from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. It will include games, moon bounces and slides for the kids.

There also will be a praise dance competition, cake contest, hula-hoop contest and other entertainment. A large assortment of food will be available for purchase.

For more information or to register, contact Shilretha Dixon at 386-740-0808 or email at shresourcecenter@gmail.com.

‘Drive to Donate’ takes place Saturday at Speedway Daytona International Speedway and OneBlood are bringing together the Central Florida community for the 9/11 “Drive to Donate” Blood Drive on Sept. 13 to be held from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. inside the Daytona 500 Club, located in the infield and just outside Gatorade Victory Lane.

Donors can enter the Speedway through the Turn 4 tunnel.

This is the ninth straight year that the Speedway will serve as the location for the blood drive.

Every guest who donates will receive a free Daytona International Speedway tour admission ticket a free commemorative Tshirt, an opportunity to win two

Daytona 500 Club ticket packages for the 2015 Daytona 500, and a chance to win two Daytona 500 Club ticket packages for the 2015 Coke Zero 400 Powered By CocaCola.

To make an appointment or find out more about the blood drive, visit www.drivetodonate. com.

Learn about ‘Estate Planning’ at Lunch n’ Lecture “Estate Planning – When a Will is Not Enough” is the topic for the Palm Coast Parks & Recreation Lunch n’ Lecture, to be held Sept. 24 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Palm Coast Community Center, 305 Palm Coast Parkway NE. Presenters will be Steven Scifo of JMS Estate Planning Services Inc. and attorney David S. Eldredge.

The presentation will explain the differences between a will and a living trust. The presenters will focus on the details of the court process of probate, when assets pass through a will upon death and how to avoid the probate process for your family with a living trust. The speakers will also discuss the loss of control of assets in the event of a legal incapacitation and how to maintain control of assets if incapacity should occur.

The Lunch n’ Lecture is free, but pre-registration is required by 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 22. Sign up at www.palmcoastgov.com/ register or call the Community Center at 386-986-2323 for more information on registering.

West Nile case under investigation The Florida Department of

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Friendly competition?

Trager bested Lentz during the Aug. 26 primary winning 47.46 percent of the vote. Lentz

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half a dozen years and we’ve not done much of anything in the rest of the city,” he added.

Citizen responds “If $30 to $40 million dollars was going into Midtown, that means that 10 times that much has been spent in the other parts of the city,” Hemis Ivey, an entrepreneur and former chair of the Midtown Redevelopment Board, told the Daytona Times.

Along with the board, Ivey was instrumental in voicing many of the changes now occurring in Midtown.

“Look at Midtown compared to the other parts of the city,” Ivey challenged. “First of all you are repairing city roads, not Midtown roads.”

Ivey is referring to the multimillion dollar Orange Avenue reconstruction project. The $17.6

Recycling and trash containers coming to Volusia beaches Cleanup and recycling efforts on the beach are getting a boost as Volusia County’s Coastal Division begins phasing in 400 sets of new trash and recycling containers.

The new containers are bright blue for trash and vibrant yellow

“I personally think we should allow signs on the day of election just as other precincts do. I would rather be consistent with what everybody else does. That’s my personal opinion.”

from Page 1 “People who are running for public office have always been allowed to display their campaign signs on City Island for as long as I can remember during Election Day and early voting days except for this year,” Trager said, addressing the city commission at the Sept. 3 meeting.

“The first two days, there was no problem. Every candidate had their signs out. On the third day around noon, the code enforcement truck came around and started pulling signs out from around the perimeter.”

“This was something decidedly out of the ordinary. Everyone started frantically running to save their signs before the signs were taken.

“If you were not there, they were taken. Early the next morning the code enforcement truck came by and started to pick up all the signs around except the ones that were right in the immediate vicinity of your canopy or table. Everyone again had to scramble.

“I wondered why this was happening,” she continued.

“I had a public records search done and found that this was the insistence of one person – Commissioner Carl Lentz, who for some reason was suddenly against signs on City Island.”

Health in Volusia County has issued an advisory of an increase in mosquito-borne disease activity.

A suspect human case of West Nile illness involving a 34 –yearold female is under investigation in Volusia County. The state laboratory is processing the case and will determine if it is a confirmed case.

The Florida Department of Health in Volusia County reminds residents and visitors to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes that may cause encephalitis disease. Volusia County Mosquito Control and the health department continue surveillance and prevention efforts and encourage everyone to take basic precautions to help limit exposure.

The Environmental Protection Agency makes the following recommendations: Get rid of standing water in rain gutters, old tires, buckets, plastic covers, toys or any other container where mosquitoes can breed Empty and change the water in bird baths, fountains, wading pools, rain barrels and potted plant trays at least once a week to eliminate potential mosquito habitats Drain temporary pools of water or fill with dirt Keep swimming pool water treated and circulating

Lentz responds

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Bethune-Cookman students flash campaign signs as they wait to vote during the 2012 general election. captured 27.52 percent followed

by Andrew Moore, who received 25.02 percent of the vote.

Lentz and Trager are listed on the ballot for Nov. 4.

“The first day or two he had his signs, the next two he did not. Just after code picked up the signs he appeared and said, ‘Don’t you want strict code enforcement?’ to some people.

Within an hour after candidate signs were taken, Governor (Rick) Scott arrived at the Chamber of Commerce build-

million project stretches 1.5 miles from Nova Road to Beachmap Street. It began in June 2014 and is expected to continue for 24 months.

‘Where is it at?’

The roadway’s base and surface will be rebuilt as well as new water, sewer and drainage systems installed, traffic signalization and street lighting will be upgraded, sidewalks widened from 4 to 6 feet and utilities buried.

“You neglected Midtown for 50 years, the sidewalks, lighting, safety, economic depression. It has been totally from leadership.

If you have spent $30 million.

Where is it at?” Ivey prodded.

“If you want to have a true discussion let’s have a true discussion on economics and pull the records,” he concluded.

Gilliland’s statements were made during a discussion of the milling and resurfacing of Orange Avenue, concerning funds that are earmarked for use in that area and cannot be used else-

ing. His staff erected 42 signs,” she added.

Trager addressed the commission asking for an exemption to the statue for those seeking office. She asked for signs to be allowed on City Island or any other designated polling place with the condition that the signs be removed every night.

“All the other precincts, even churches allow people to put signs on their property on Election Day,” Mayor Derrick Henry added to the conversation.

where in the city. Orange Avenue is located in Zone 6.

County, state grants The project was made possible by partnering with Volusia County, Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP). The city received about $6 million in grants from Volusia County and FDOT. The remaining funding is from the City of Daytona Beach and a low-interest loan from the FDEP. Zone 2 Commissioner Pam Wood responded to Gilliland’s comments by saying, “I want to make a point though. The reality is this city for too long didn’t spend funds in Zones 5 and 6.

“When I first got involved coming to commission meetings years ago, we still had unpaved streets in the city. So whether we were taking it out of a big pot of money or the restricted pot of money these are things that need to be done because they weren’t done in years past.”

It was at this point that one

“I did as Mrs. Trager commended me for enforcing our code,” Lentz said during his comment period. “I appreciate you saying that, thank you very much. At the end of the day, I’m not going to knowingly go and take a sign and stick it in a public piece of property because it is against our code. I think all of us are up here and we all believe in consistent code enforcement.

When you get a sign permit from the City of Daytona Beach, you sign a short list of things that says ‘I will not put a sign on public property.’ So I’m not willing to violate that. For those who want to violate the code, so be it.

We can’t do anything more than enforce the code.”

He continued, “If we are going to change the policy, let’s change the policy. I don’t have a problem with the policy adjustment. What I do have a problem with is me personally not being willing to violate our code where others may perceive a benefit of violating the code, openly and knowingly.”

Lentz said that the signs were more important to candidates than the actual voters and that voters have to walk through “a jungle of signs” to cast their votes.

The commission did not say whether the policy change would be put on a future agenda.

Daytona Beach resident attending the meeting began to clap and had to be shushed by city officials.

“So when I’m asked,” Woods continued, “I’m saying we are doing the things we need to be doing and what we should be doing, regardless of where the funds come from.”

‘Lot of catching up to do’ “I’ve supported all these projects we’ve done in (Zones) 5 and 6, but when I have grass growing up through the street in a lot of my residential areas and people want to know when we can do something about it, and the answer that I’m getting is when ‘gas tax money becomes available;’ which isn’t going to be any time soon.”

“This is more of a transparency thing to me to make sure people understand where money is coming from and that it is dedicated so this is not something where other parts of the city are

for recycling, with more prominent labels to avoid contamination and promote recycling of plastic drink bottles and aluminum cans. All other materials – including glass containers, which are banned from the beaches – should be placed in blue trash containers.

“The public has been keenly interested in beach recycling since we began it in 2008,” said Margaret Hodge, activity manager for the Coastal Division. “We realized that our beaches attract worldwide visitors who may not recycle the same items we do here. Due to the amount of food, liquids, soiled paper and other non-recyclable waste materials generated by beachgoers, it is critical that we step up our efforts to help them understand what can be realistically recycled from the beach.”

Landlords invited to Section 8 meeting Volusia County’s Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program will host an informational meeting for landlords who are renting or interested in renting to Section 8 participants.

The meeting will be from 10 a.m. to noon Sept. 19 in the Frank T. Bruno Jr. County Council Chambers of the Thomas C. Kelly Administration Center, 123 W. Indiana Ave., DeLand.

Staff from the county’s Community Assistance Division will explain the program’s rules and regulations.

Reservations are required and may be made by emailing communityassistance@volusia.org or calling 386-736-5955, ext. 12566

FLU

from Page 1 parental consent Sept. 16-19.

“This is an excellent opportunity for our students to get their flu vaccines while at school,” said Dr. Margaret Smith, superintendent of Volusia County Schools. “Many students miss instructional time because of cold and flu. This program will protect our students from influenza, helping to keep them healthy and in school.”

It is recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that all persons 6 months and older receive a flu vaccine every year.

Effective way to help During the 2011-12 flu season, 26 deaths in children were reported to CDC. Each year in the U.S., an average of 20,000 children under the age of 5 are hospitalized for flu-related complications.

Children are more likely to get the flu or have flu-related complications because their Immune systems are still developing and schools tend to serve as incubators of influenza in each community.

“Bringing flu vaccines into schools has proven to be an effective way to increase the vaccination rates for children in Florida,” said Dr. Bonnie J. Sorensen, director of the Florida Department of Health in Volusia County.

According to the CDC, children with chronic health conditions such as asthma and diabetes have an extremely high risk of developing serious flu-related complications.

being neglected,” she continued.

“We’ve got a lot of catch up to do down there and we’ve been doing it, but it’s important to know where the dollars are coming from and why they are being dedicated the way they are.”

Mayor pipes in Zone 6 Commissioner Paula Reed thanked Woods and Gilliland for voicing their opinion for the record.

Mayor Derrick Henry added to the conversation, “I think it was Booker T. Washington who said if you have five fingers and one of them is maimed or injured or sliced you tend to that one. That’s what we’ve tried to do as it relates to Midtown, and I’ve said that as we talk about the money that is spent there and I think that is what Commissioner Woods was eluding to.

“When you take that long of a period of time and you don’t do anything, that’s what happens.

And unfortunately it takes a lot of resources but that is the nature of what it is,” Henry concluded.

SEPTEMBER 11 – DECEMBER SEPTEMBER 14 17, - 20,2014 2006 Montana Howard, from left, program manager Debralyn WoodberryShaw, Evan Nevels and mentor Jomari Peterson work on building websites for their homemade products.

The curriculum for the older students includes financial management, business development, mobile app creation and website development, including four electives: craftsmanship, art, fashion design and music technology.

In each of these areas, professionals mentor the students to produce and market salable items.

When students return to the Maker’s Place in the fall, they will work on a marketing plan to sell online the items that did not sell at this summer’s Maker’s Faire.

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Church center mentors aspiring entrepreneurs Students learn about economic development through innovative program

BY DIANA NELSON JONES PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE (MCT)

PITTSBURGH — The triplex of row houses in the city was notorious for its active crack scene before the Rev. John Wallace’s church bought it in 2005 and renovated it.

Today, the triplex is, among other things, The Maker’s Place,

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a hub of production for middle and high school students in the Oasis Project.

Oasis was created last year as an outgrowth of after-school programs that began three years before. An arm of the Bible Center Church, Oasis encourages community development with a focus on youth being the drivers of their own economic development.

A maker mentor Wallace, the Bible Center’s pastor and a professor of social work at the University of Pitts-

burgh, said the value of a maker’s economy has resonance in a disadvantaged neighborhood.

“We have boys and girls making and selling items that blur gender lines. When you suggest making lip balm, boys will say, ‘ehhh?’ until you talk to them about making it and selling it.

Then they’re like, ‘Hmm, my Mom would buy that,’” he said.

“That was a revelation for me, and we have girls using saws.”

“The maker movement hasn’t reached youth in disadvantaged areas, but they can tap the African-American market better

than anyone,” said Jomari Peterson, the community economic development manager for Oasis.

He also serves as a maker mentor, having studied engineering and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University.

“One goal we have is to expose them to different things so they can follow” whatever passion might grow, he said.

Producing salable items Debralyn Woodberry-Shaw, program manager of The Maker’s Place, said she hopes to increase the number of participants this fall to 30. Fifteen children participated this summer.

The Maker’s Place is an entrepreneurial project that uses math, science, engineering, technology and art. The Maker’s Clubhouse is a component for elementary students that Oasis operates with Pittsburgh Faison arts academy at the school.

The makers’ economy is one of a dozen projects at Oasis that range from basketball camp to summer dinners. Dinner’s Ready! is a meal and mentoring group that brings children to the table with adults, sometimes their parents, to talk, listen and learn mealtime etiquette.

Oasis has support from the Richard King Mellon Foundation, the Sprout Fund, the Allegheny County Department of Human Services, the Bible Center Church and individual donors, but it also helps support itself with a transportation service.

It contracts with other nonprofits to shuttle children to their programs.

“We provide this service for less than they would pay otherwise,” Wallace said, adding that many families don’t have convenient transportation.

Oasis staff meets regularly with staff from other Homewood nonprofits to coordinate, reduce duplication and fill gaps in all their services. In his role at Pitt, Wallace also brings college and graduate students into the mix of mentoring and staffing.

“We all know the importance of community and conversation,” he said. “Collaboration is critical to this work. The needs are too great for any of us to do it” in isolation.

New Baptist Convention president to push for renaissance in Black community

BY HAZEL TRICE EDNEY TRICE EDNEY NEWS WIRE

If Dr. Jerry Young, the new president of the National Baptist Convention USA, Inc., has his way, things will change in the Black community from the leadership down to the grassroots.

Young dreams of a day when Black leaders across the nation will set aside any competition and self-orientation that may exist. And then come to the table as servants to hone out an agenda that will successfully combat the devastating effects of the economic and social ills in the Black community.

“We’ve got to come to the table.

And we’ve got to determine that God has not given us these gifts for competition but rather for cooperation,” says Young, elected Sept. 4. “And we’ve got to determine that we’re going to work collectively as a group to partner together to help bring about a renaissance in our communities.

That’s what has to happen.”

Five-year post Young rose to the top position from the office of the vice president at-large under the now former presidency of Dr. Julius Scruggs. Leading a membership of 33,000 churches that make up the largest Black religious organization in the nation, Young now has the national pulpit for the next five years to help make the renaissance happen.

“I am certainly going to do everything I can to seek to bring people to the table because here again this is a strong conviction of mine, that we must hold all of our leaders accountable and that all of our leaders have got to come to the table with a servant attitude who actually em-

brace the idea that God does not give to me what he gives to me for me, but for his glory and for the good of people,” Young says.

“And I think that’s what we’ve got to do. I think we’ve got to come to the table.”

Got half of votes Gross economic disparities, police brutality and killings, mass incarceration, Black-onBlack homicides, roll backs of civil rights and major health disparities are just some of the issues facing Black America that Young says must be addressed in a way that effects change for the nation as a whole.

“We have got to be concerned about America - period - as well as our community.”

Young reportedly won about half (3,195) of all votes cast (6,400) for five candidates in last week’s election during the Baptist’s 134th Annual Convention in New Orleans. Therefore, he also apparently has the support to forge his vision.

A native of Scott, Miss., Young said the Black church has fallen from the leadership and advocacy role it once held during the civil rights movement. This could be largely because other organizations, including para-church organizations, have moved into that role, he said. He described a parachurch as “those who operate outside of the traditional church, whatever those organizations are.”

Frog and kettle parable He said there are many individual churches that are still active and vibrant. But using the parable of the “frog and the kettle” he illustrated the general state of the Black Church as it relates to social justice:

“A frog is placed in this water.

The water is quite comfortable and gradually they increase the heat and because they do it gradually the frog literally remains in the water until the water kills him because he’s unaware that the temperature is changing,” he said.

“Now had that water been hot all along then obviously the frog would have undoubtedly left that water a long time ago. But that’s what happens when things creep very slowly, very slowly, very slowly. And I think that has happened in the context of the church because of so many other parachurch organizations that are involved.”

On prominent leaders Fitting the description of the para-church are organizations like the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Actual network.

Young did not specifically name these civil rights leaders or their organizations. But Jackson and Sharpton – both with roots in the Baptist church – are notably among America’s most prominent civil rights leaders and those who are most often on the forefront of issues related to injustices against Black people.

“Those of us who are privileged to be in leadership have got to come up with an agenda to deal with these ills in our community. We must,” Young insists.

“Otherwise, why are we in leadership positions?”

Born on plantation Pastor of the New Hope Baptist Church in Jackson, Miss. for 34 years, Young’s vision of helping people largely springs from his childhood experiences. Hav-

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Dr. Jerry Young was elected this month as president of the largest Black Baptist convention in the country. ing grown up in the South during the civil rights movement, Young says he will continue to draw from his roots in order to address social ills.

“I was born on a Mississippi plantation. I grew up as a boy on the plantation in the Mississippi Delta,” he recalls. “I have seen the worst that there is to see. And I have seen people exploited, dehumanized, and all the rest. I’ve been here all my life. And now that God has granted me the privilege to serve in this position, my greatest desire is to use this position to do good for other people. How can I make a difference in terms of the quality of life for people? How can I bring glory to God? That’s what I want to do.

Show me where I can do that and Jerry Young will be right there.”

Remarks by Obama The National Baptist Convention was lauded by President Barack Obama, who sent videotaped remarks focused on its historic works.

“For 128 years, you’ve been bending the arch of the moral universe closer to justice by working to advance equality and opportunity and respect for all,” President Obama said.

“On some of the most urgent challenges of our history, from the fight for equal voting rights to giving all of our children a chance at a world-class education, you’ve been out in front re-

minding us what’s right, pushing us to do better and to be better.”

Obama also thanked the organization for their support of My Brothers’ Keeper, his staple mentorship program, announced last year.

Young says he has a particular heart for youth and education.

In his 3,000-member New Hope Baptist Church school, students go from 6 months to 4 years old, then from kindergarten to the sixth grade. His congregation is currently building a new church that will teach students to the eighth grade.

No celebrity agenda Now on the national stage, Young says he has “absolutely no desire to become a celebrity” – only to remain a servant. He says balancing spiritual evangelism with social activism has always been the appropriate role of the church. God’s call to Christians is to be both spiritually and socially responsible, he says.

“I think the church has to, without a doubt, embrace a dual role within the community. We’ve got to be evangelistic. That’s priority number one. But, by the same token, we have to be socially responsible,” he says. “The God who is the God of our justification is the same God who is concerned about justice. I think that has to be clearly understood within the context of the church.”

Revival starts Sept. 22 at Daytona Deliverance

Palm Coast church’s Women’s Day is Sunday

Allen Chapel to host free breakfast for men

Daytona Deliverance Church of God is hosting its Fresh Fire Revival 2014 on Monday, Sept. 22 through Sept. 24 beginning at 7 p.m. nightly.

The guest revivalist will be Bishop Talbert W. Swan, II of Springfield, Mass. Swan, a renowned speaker and community activist, is the pastor of Spring of Hope Church of God in Christ.

He also is the president of the Greater Springfield NAACP and chairman of the board of the chairman of the Dunbar Family & Community Center and sits on various other boards and committees.

“Women Working for the Kingdom” is the theme for Women’s Day on Sept. 14 at First Church in Palm Coast.

The service begins at 10 a.m.

The Rev. Mary F. Davis of Jacksonville’s Greater New Hope A.M.E. Church will be the guest preacher, followed by a repast in the church at 91 Old Kings Road North, Palm Coast.

First Church, where the Rev. Gillard S. Glover is pastor, can be reached at 386-446-5759.

The men (Sons of Allen) of Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church, will host a free fellowship breakfast Sept. 20 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. The church is at 580 George W. Engram Blvd.

The theme is “Men Serving as Priests, Producers, Protectors, and Providers.”

All males 16 years and above in the community are invited.

The Rev. Gillard Glover, pastor of First AME Church in Palm Coast, will discuss the topic: “Can you Find Yourself?

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Bluster is not a strategy Bluster is on the loose. With ISIS, an al-Qaida offshoot, proclaiming a caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria, Russia facing off with Ukraine, Libya descending into a civil chaos, the Taliban striking in Afghanistan, pundits and politicians are raising a drumbeat of demands for muscular action, condemning President Obama for his caution and supposed passivity. But the bluster is providing more heat than light.

Remember, we had a president who shot first and thought later, who roused Americans with the threat of weapons of mass destruction, and dispatched American forces into a war of choice halfway around the world. The result was the Iraq debacle, source of much of the troubles we face today. We were told it would be easy, and that it wouldn’t cost much. We were told — by evermacho Sen. John McCain — that setting up a new government wouldn’t be a problem, that there wasn’t really much enmity between Sunni and Shiite. The administration’s hawks — led by Rumsfeld and Cheney — didn’t even think it necessary to plan for the aftermath. Shock and awe and then democracy would break out.

Three trillion dollar war The result was certainly the worst foreign-policy calamity since Vietnam. The war will end up costing an estimated $3 trillion, along with tens of thousands of American soldiers dead and

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wounded. The invasion helped to destabilize the entire Middle East, unleashing a Sunni-Shiite civil war that continues to this day.

Now we hear the same kind of macho posturing from the same people who drove us so recklessly into Iraq. We should have sent arms to supposed “moderates” in Syria, they crow, arms that surely would be in the hands of ISIS by now. We should have bombed Assad in Syria, they bluster, although Assad is, at this point, the strongest opponent of the ISIS terrorists. We should ratchet up the pressure on Iran — “Everyone wants to go to Baghdad, was a favorite quip in the Bush White House, “real men want to go to Tehran” — but don’t say what that would entail. We should have done more in Libya, they argue, as that country descends into a civil chaos, but no one wants “boots on the ground.” We need to face off with the Russians in Ukraine, they suggest, arguing Obama isn’t tough enough, while suggesting nothing beyond what he is already doing. We should be bombing ISIS and organizing a coalition against it, which again the president is already doing.

Macho bluster is good for locker rooms; it plays well in TV stu-

dios. It is dangerous in foreign policy. We need a president who thinks it through before he acts it out. We want a president who is thoughtful and prudent, not one with an itchy trigger finger.

Don’t rush into battle One way to bring more sense to this debate would be to do what other nations would have already done. Let’s hear far less from those who drove us into Iraq. Let’s hear more from those who voted against the Iraq war, who doubted the supposed threat of weapons of mass destruction, who were skeptical about the claims of an easy victory that wouldn’t cost much. It is hard to understand why the networks keep featuring the same crowd that got it so wrong on Iraq at such great cost to American lives and fortune.

President Obama should be praised, not censored, for refusing to be rushed into war, for taking time to organize allies and to consider whether our own security is threatened. From Afghanistan across the region to Libya, civil wars, sectarian conflicts, tribal and regional rivalries are generating complicated, tangled conflicts. No president of either party would put troops back into that cauldron.

Jesse Jackson Sr. is the president/founder of the Rainbow/ PUSH coalition. Write your own response at www.daytonatimes.com.

Rescued from America’s gulag archipelago When a North Carolina judge last week vacated the prison sentences of 50-year-old Henry Lee McCollum, who had spent nearly LEE A. 30 years on the state’s death row, DANIELS and his 46-year-old half-brother, Leon Brown, sentenced to life NNPA COLUMNIST in prison, for a heinous rape and murder DNA evidence had finally proved they had not committed, Chain of islands That was the name the great the court room resounded with cries of relief and “Thank you, Russian writer Alexander SolJesus!” from their families and zhenitsyn gave to the network of prison camps and colonies –defriends. scribing them as “a chain of islands”— scattered across the Unintended USSR’s vast territory and the adconsequences ministrative system that over If America’s death-penalty adnearly a half century consumed vocates had had their way, Henry millions and millions of ordiLee McCollum would today have nary criminals, prisoners of war, been dead for at least 20 years and Leon Brown would be locked and political prisoners alike. In away from society and forgot- 1973, Solzhenitsyn, who himten for the crime neither of them self had been imprisoned for 11 committed. Indeed, in two un- years, published his stunning derelated death-penalty cases that scription of that system, The Gucame before the U.S. Supreme lag Archipelago—a monument in Court, Justice Antonin Scalia cit- words to both the cruelty human ed McCollum by name as espe- beings can inflict on one another cially worthy of being executed. and the resilience of the human At press time, Justice Scalia was spirit.

The tragedy that befell Henry still silent.

Lee McCollum and Leon Brown, We should no longer pretend that the injustice these men and both of whom are mentally distheir families and friends en- abled, certainly exemplifies the dured is an “exception.” Instead, former. The details of how the powe ought to regard the nation’s lice coerced the two, then teencriminal justice system – its four- agers of 19 and 15 whose mental decade long war on drugs having disability was obvious, into congiven America the largest pris- fessing, and how the state’s judion population in the world – as a cial system then failed to protect distant cousin of the former Sovi- them are horrifying.

As Dahlia Lithwick wrote in et Union’s infamous gulag archiSlate.com last week, “This case pelago.

highlights the same well-known and extensively documented problems that can lead to false arrests and convictions: Police who are incentivized to find a suspect quickly, rather than the right one carefully; false confessions elicited after improper questioning; exculpatory evidence never turned over; the prosecution of vulnerable, mentally ill, or very young suspects ... and a death penalty appeals system that treats this screwed-up process of investigation and conviction as both conclusive and unreviewable.”

The saving grace of this case, as with many of the cases of the unjustly convicted who finally receive justice, is the resilience they display. One can witness that in the words Leon Brown spoke in a videotaped interview when his release was imminent. “I have never stopped believing that one day I’d be able to walk out that door,” he said.

America’s pledge of allegiance promises a society “with liberty and justice for all.” More and more, our criminal justice system is proving that there remains a vast gap between that rhetoric and the reality.

Lee A. Daniels is a longtime journalist based in New York City. His latest book is Last Chance: The Political Threat to Black America. Write your own response at www.daytonatimes.com.

Education: The new commodity The United Negro College fund has the slogan, ‘a mind is a terrible thing to waste.’ Without question, that statement rang true when it was initiated and still holds true to this very day. The need for quality education is crucial in today’s world of global competition.

The days of simply going to high school and graduating from college with a Bachelor’s Degree are vanishing. More and more attention is focused on getting an advance degree and learning a specific skill set that’s needed in today’s workforce.

Education is becoming the new commodity. Let’s face it – the word commodity is defined as ‘something of use, advantage, or value.’ Unless a value is placed on acquiring a quality education, we will continue to see many people suffer and lose out.

Starts at home With so much talk about STEM education which stands for (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), the importance of learning English (how to write and speak properly) is overlooked. In addition to this, in order to compete globally, one must learn a foreign language. Through

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becoming well-rounded through education, doors will begin to open. I need to say it again – value of acquiring a good education has to be conveyed from the home.

Waiting for the media and/or social networks to do it will keep you waiting. Education is a right; it’s up to you what you do with it.

How do we promote the value of education: 1. Recruit quality teachers who are able to teach and a have a love of learning 2. Get parents involved in the educational process. Create schedules that will help parents participate in the education of their children 3. Monitor what is being watched on television. If shows aren’t helping, expanding, and challenging, then it must either be watched minimally or not at all 4. Encourage diversity within classrooms as well as outside of the classroom. Cultural exposure

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is educational 5. Make it mandatory that reading is done at least for an hour a day. Not just books related to a chosen academic discipline but newspapers and journals 6. Teach critical thinking. So much emphasis is given to regurgitating information taught by instructors that the skill of thinking critically has been lost 7. Move people into the realm of self-exploration and selfempowerment Obtaining a good education isn’t reserved only for people with money. Nor is education available to those who live within certain school districts. Education is available for those who are serious about advancing. It’s not just for the young, but for those who aspire to go higher in life.

Remember, ‘a mind is a terrible thing to waste.’

Dr. Sinclair Grey III is an inspirational speaker, motivator, author, life coach, and host of The Sinclair Grey Show heard on Mondays at 2p.m. on WAEC Love 860am (iHeart Radio and Tune In). Write your own response at www.daytonatimes. com.

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Part II: Lessons of Ferguson: Criminal justice system on trial in America The funeral is over. The protests have died down. The lax and listless wheels of justice in Ferguson, Missouri are beginning to turn. Last week a St. Louis County grand jury convened to consider whether to bring charges against Officer Darren Wilson for the August 9 shooting death of 18-year-old, unarmed Michael Brown. As I have said before, I have never witnessed a situation more poorly handled than this one. While we are pleased that the grand jury has begun its work, questions of fairness in the St. Louis County criminal justice system and in the culture of policing in Ferguson continue to demand answers.

The latest slap in the face to the Ferguson community occurred last week when Missouri State Senator, Jamilah Nasheed, after initially being threatened with arrest, was finally able to deliver a petition with 70,000 signatures to the office of St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch.

Petition seeks recuse of judge The petition calls for McCulloch to recuse himself from the Michael Brown case because of his close ties to the police and previous questions of impartiality. McCulloch’s father, brother, uncle and a cousin were all police officers. In addition, in 2000, McCulloch refused to prosecute two White police officers for the shooting deaths of two unarmed Black men who it was later determined were not advancing towards the officers. Some wonder if McCulloch’s decision to release the video of a convenience store altercation involving Michael Brown was a blatant attempt to taint a potential jury pool.

The heavy-handed, militaristic tactics employed by Ferguson and St. Louis County police in response to citizen protests following the killing of Michael Brown are also a powerful wake-up call. The use of tear gas, stun grenades and armored vehicles was reminiscent of ugly police confrontations with

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citizens during peaceful voting rights demonstrations in the south during the 1960s.

It is unthinkable that we find those tactics acceptable today.

That is why last week the National Urban League joined a coalition of more than a dozen national civil rights organizations in issuing “A Unified Statement to Promote Reform and Stop Police Abuse.” Our statement proposes a number of police reforms in Ferguson and elsewhere. These reforms include: An independent and comprehensive federal investigation by the Department of Justice of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown A comprehensive federal review and reporting of excessive use of force generally against youth and people of color and the development of national use of force standards The universal use of dash cameras in police vehicles and police officer body-worn camera Concrete steps to ensure that federal military weapons do not end up in the hands of local law enforcement Make no mistake about it – in the wake of the killing of Michael Brown, the criminal justice system in America is on trial. Despite the tremendous civil rights progress we have made over the past 50 years, we will never truly “overcome” until we honestly acknowledge and address the insidious vestiges of racial segregation and dehumanization that remain in this country, and unfortunately, in law enforcement.

Marc Morial is president/ CEO of the National Urban League. Write your own response at www.daytonatimes. com.

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• Acting out in unusual ways in settings outside of the home • Self-deprecating statements

Acute stress disorder The APA recommends if the child continues to display these or other symptoms, working with a licensed mental health professional, such as a psychologist will help.

Dr. Rachel Morel, a psychiatrist and a native of Ferguson, Mo., estimates between 5 percent and 20 percent of people who are affected by crisis can become fearful and overwhelmed with emotion, enough that it affects their abilities to do things they were able to prior the crisis. Symptoms can show up between two days and a month following the crisis.

Signs and symptoms of acute stress disorder include: • Feeling numbness • Feeling like “being in a daze” • Feeling that things are not real • Feeling like you are outside of your body • Not being able to remember events that happened • Reliving the trauma with or without a trigger • Avoiding things that remind you of the events • Trouble sleeping • Easily irritated • Nervousness • Poor concentration

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“I’m out here to stand for my children and their future,” said Terrell Williams El, who is hugging his daughter Sharell, 9, while standing with his wife, Shamika Williams, and daughters Tamika, 6, and Sharell, 2, near on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Mo., on Aug. 13.

How to help children cope with traumatic events Events like those in Ferguson can cause anxiety, fear, stress

by police in riot gear – those eerie images raced around the globe and can be relived as quickly as you can click “play” or visit a URL link.

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Stressful dreams

Whether you saw it first-hand on the streets, on smart phones or on your television at home, the graphic and disturbing images of the killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, and the ensuing demonstrations and violent aggression toward protests by night, leaves an indelible mark on the nation’s history.

Peaceful protests shattered by the ear-screeching bullhorns from military-style vehicles, teargas canisters and rubber bullets fired on citizens and journalists

Children often see things on TV that they do not fully understand. Traumatic events can cause anxiety, fear, stress and a range of emotions, particularly for children, who must rely on trusted adults in their lives to help them sort out what they have witnessed.

“The whole event is likely to create a tremendous amount of anxiety among kids because it’s all very frightening, said child psychiatrist Dr. Joshua Calhoun.

“It can also create very stressful dreams. One of the ways we have

for dealing with a lot of the day’s residue is working through them in our dreams … and kids certainly do it a lot in their play and in their activities.”

Calhoun is medical director at Hawthorn Children’s Psychiatric Hospital, a 52-bed inpatient facility in St. Louis County. He said youngsters want to their questions answered and want to learn from adults on how they handle disturbing situations. If they have not had such discussions, Calhoun said they need to have them now with any teenager or any young person in their household.

“They need to know what mom and dad and grandma and auntie think, and they really need to know how we cope,” Calhoun said.

Short and to the point Although individual families may have different ways of coping with major stressors, Calhoun reminded there are clergy, outstanding teachers who go far beyond the call of duty, and counselors who can be helpful as well.

“The wonderful thing about young people, they don’t really want a long discussion. Once you’ve answered their question, they’ve had enough, for at least now, and they are ready to move on,” Calhoun said. “When you get to us adults, then we get all philosophical and want to work it out.”

A 2013 American Psychological Association (APA) survey about stress in America indicates that teenagers are more affected by stress than adult respondents.

Signs of stress The APA reports the following signs may indicate stress in children and teens: • Negative changes in behavior • Frequent physical symptoms such as headaches, stomachaches or feeling sick

Got a headache? Understand what’s causing it, treatments to try FAMILY FEATURES

Whether it’s a mild stress headache or a full-blown migraine, those who regularly battle headaches are continually looking for safe and effective remedies to alleviate the pain as quickly as possible.

The Mayo Clinic describes a headache as “pain in any region of the head. Headaches may occur on one or both sides of the head, be isolated to a certain location, radiate across the head from one point, or have a viselike quality. A headache may be a sharp pain, throbbing sensation or dull ache. Headaches may appear gradually or suddenly, and they may last less than an hour or for several days.”

Types of headaches Understanding what kind of headache you’re experiencing and what may have caused it can go a long way toward finding the ideal treatment, whether with heat and cold therapies such as those provided by Thermal-Aid, other natural remedies or medication.

Causes of headaches are as varied as the aches themselves.

Migraines and tension headaches are among the common types of primary headaches – those that relate to pain sensitivity areas of your head but do not signal a potential underlying disease. Lifestyle factors such as alcohol, certain foods, changes to or lack of sleep, posture, skipped meals and stress can contribute to primary headaches.

Secondary headaches are caused by ailments ranging from influenza and sinusitis to aneurysm and stroke. Conditions

The new Thermal-Aid Headache Relief System includes a tube of 100 percent natural cream pain reliever applied directly to the temples and forehead as well as a cold press eye pack that blocks light while delivering subtle pressure to ease forehead and temple tension. such as concussion and dehydration can also cause secondary headaches.

Seeking medical care If you suspect your headache is the result of an underlying issue, consulting a physician can help you address the root problem and ultimately your head pain, as well.

In addition, symptoms such as confusion or trouble understanding speech; fainting; high fever; stiff neck; trouble seeing, speaking or walking; and nausea or vomiting are also signs you should seek emergency attention immediately, according to Mayo Clinic experts.

Other indicators may signal the need to schedule a doctor’s

appointment, although not as urgently as if you are experiencing the symptoms above. These include an increase in headache frequency or severity; pain that does not improve after taking over-the-counter medication; and pain that affects your normal activities, such as working or sleeping.

Home treatment options Relieving your headache pain at home depends on the type of headache you’re experiencing. Some headaches can be relieved by over-the-counter medications, but numerous natural remedies can also be effective, without the potential side effects of drugs.

One example is heat or cold therapy, applied to your head

or neck area. The new clinically proven Thermal-Aid Headache Relief System treats pain, muscle tension and light sensitivity simultaneously and can be used for migraine, tension and stress headaches.

The system includes a tube of 100 percent natural cream pain reliever, that is applied directly to your temples and forehead, as well as a cold press eye pack that blocks light while delivering subtle pressure to ease forehead and temple tension.

Other natural pain management techniques include meditation, massage and rest. Small amounts of caffeine may also be effective, and other alternative therapies such as biofeedback and cognitive therapy are potential treatments.

Calhoun said the Ferguson events can be turned into teachable moments with young people.

“That very serious discussion about racism, anger, the stress, fear of authority and the perceived unfairness of authority in this country … I’m talking not talking about an hour, I’m talking about five to 10 minutes of serious discussion,” Calhoun added, “I think it is an excellent opportunity for parents to help their children deal with some of the issues we all face every day.”

This story is special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American.

For more information, visit about teenagers and stress, visit stressinamerica.org.

One example is heat or cold therapy, applied to your head or neck area. The new clinically proven Thermal-Aid Headache Relief System treats pain, muscle tension and light sensitivity simultaneously and can be used for migraine, tension and stress headaches.

The system includes a tube of 100 percent natural cream pain reliever, that is applied directly to your temples and forehead, as well as a cold press eye pack that blocks light while delivering subtle pressure to ease forehead and temple tension.

Halifax Health to present free men’s prostate health event on Sept. 19 The Halifax Health – Center for Urology’s free men’s prostate health event is Friday, Sept. 19, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Halifax Health Medical Center, Professional Building, 311 N. Clyde Morris Blvd., Suite 360, Daytona Beach.

This free, community education program will include prostate exams and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests, which can help diagnose and follow prostate cancer in men will be provided.

Held in recognition of September being National Prostate Health Month in the United States, the purpose of this event is to promote prostate health awareness and to remind men that “Prostate Defense Begins at 40.”

Risk for Black men The event is part of the American Urological Association and the National Football League’s Know Your Stats campaign.

In its sixth season, the campaign serves as a rallying force to connect, educate and inspire men across the country, especially those who are 40 years of age and older, to know their prostate cancer risk.

According to the American Urological Association, prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men in the U.S. Although one in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime, the odds increase to one in five if they are AfricanAmerican and one in three if they have a family history.

To RSVP for this event, call 386254-4199.

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Harley-Davidson gives sneak peek of electric prototype The motorcycle company’s seeking to attract more women, young adults and minority customers

BY STEVE EVERLY KANSAS CITY STAR (MCT)

“What the hell is wrong with freedom? That’s what it’s all about.”

—Billy, in the movie “Easy Rider” It didn’t end well for Captain America and his sidekick, Billy, while riding their Harley-Davidsons in the 1969 film. But a story about a couple of rebels chasing freedom on the open road suited a generation.

Or at least enough of it to give Harley-Davidson plenty of customers over the years as they became prosperous enough to afford a motorcycle that can cost $20,000 and up.

But times change, baby boomers age and HarleyDavidson, facing a demographic free-fall, is in the midst of a shift to ensure its future.

Though baby boomers remain the company’s bread and butter, it has begun snagging more women, minorities and young adults with the new cheaper and lighter Street 500 and 750 models built at its Kansas City, Mo., plant.

And then there’s Project LiveWire, a prototype electric motorcycle that rolled into Kansas City on Thursday. Consumers examining the bike saw that it’s a far cry from the “hogs” that made Harley-Davidson famous.

Share of struggles Though no decision has been made yet to mass produce it, the prototype sends a signal, say observers, that more is afoot.

The company wants to be “cool” to a new generation and known for doing more than producing your father’s motorcycle.

“They don’t want to become the Oldsmobile of motorcycles,” said Tom O’Guinn, a consultant and marketing professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

Harley-Davidson, born in 1903, has had its struggles. It suffered from mismanagement and imports in the 1980s. The company surged back and, at

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Tom Cuny test-drives an electric motorcycle at Worth Harley-Davidson in Kansas City, Mo., on Sept. 4. its peak, fueled by baby boomer cash, sold 349,000 motorcycles in 2006. That was a 10-fold increase from 1986. After its peak, the company was slammed by the recession and has slowly recovered.

In 2013, it sold 260,000 motorcycles with roughly a third coming from international sales.

But the decline in sales couldn’t all be chalked up to bad economic times.

The number of baby boomers who owned motorcycles was beginning to drop, and they were the ones that most preferred the “hogs.”

Baby boomer decline The share of boomers among motorcycle owners in the U.S. fell from nearly half in 2012 to 36 percent in 2009 and has continued to decline, according to the Motorcycle Industry Council.

Also ebbing was a key group of baby boomer customers in their 50s with incomes topping $100,000.

“I am a great believer that when you are over 50, you still want to be 30,” Nigel Villiers, a Harley executive in Europe, said in an interview with the publication New Perspectives. “You buy the right clothes, the right shoes and accessories and, when you’re over 50, you can actually afford it.”

Chris Harrison, recreational riding manager for the American Motorcycle Association, is optimistic Harley-Davidson can overcome the demographic crunch. The Street 500 and

750, which cost less than half the heavier cruiser and touring models, can bring in younger adults. Once they get used to them they may trade up to more expensive bikes.

“It is a pivotal cycle,” he said.

Worth doing?

But any shift will need to avoid alienating its core group of older customers.

Dick Carpenter, 68, lives in Pleasanton, Kansas, where he owns and restores Harley-Davidsons. He admits to being old-fashioned and doesn’t much care for the idea of a Harley-Davidson electric bike.

“Personally, I wonder if it is worth doing,” he said.

Several of the electric bikes are making an appearance in Kansas City through Saturday. The bikes, if you have a motorcycle driver’s license, are available for test drives.

On Sept. 4, they got plenty of interest.

Brenda Williams, 50, has ridden behind her husband for years on his Harley-Davidson. She liked the automatic transmission and smaller size of the electric bike, although in the end she decided not take a test drive.

“It’s not as intimidating as the bigger bikes,” she said.

The bike is low slung and mostly black instead of sporting gobs of chrome, and it’s meant for city driving.

Being a Harley-Davidson, it doesn’t go quiet-

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Stephanie Jones of Burton, Mich., is shown in 2011 standing next to her HarleyDavidson Softail Deluxe. ly into the night. Electric motors don’t make much noise, but Project Live Wire’s sounds like a revved-up jet fighter.

“It looks (and sounds) aggressive even though it’s electric,” said John Mink, a company spokesman.

The bike has a 55-mile range in combined city/ highway driving, and some attending the Sept. 4 event said that would have to be extended if they bought one.

A tour in Canada and Europe is planned next year. Any decision to massproduce the electric bike would happen sometime after then.

More Black riders Harley-Davidson customers are still overwhelmingly male and White. But the company says that in 2013 it was the top seller of on-highway motorcycles to women, under-35

adults, African Americans and Hispanics.

Much of that is due to reaching out to those groups.

For years, Harley-Davidson has been a sponsor of the National Bikers Roundup, which was founded by African-American motorcycle clubs in 1977 in Kansas City, Kan. It’s an annual event at various locations around the country and now attracts 1,000 clubs. It comes back here every 10 year.

Harley-Davidson brings bikes for test drives.

“They’re selling a lot more,” said Rozell Nunn Jr., who a decade ago bought one of the bikes.

One of the best signs of the shift for Harley-Davidson may be at the movies.

The price of freedom “Easy Rider” was a dark

movie with both Captain America, played by Peter Fonda, and Billy, played

by Dennis Hopper, discovering that freedom was actually another word for something left to lose when they were gunned down while riding their motorcycles.

The real Captain America wouldn’t have stood for that. A comic superhero from the 1940s, he fought Nazis and went on to deal with various villains including the Flag-Smasher.

In the movie “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” released earlier this year, he charges toward a hovering airship of villains on a Harley-Davidson Street 750.

The price of freedom was high, he tells his followers, but it always has been. And if he was the only one who felt that way, then so be it.

“But I’m willing to bet I’m not,” he says.

B-CU adds 7-foot center to basketball roster

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A Wildcat holds on to the ball at the Aug. 30 game against Florida International University in Miami.

Wildcats to tangle with Grambling Tigers Saturday B e t h u n e - C o o k m a n ’s football team faces the Grambling State University Tigers at Larry Kelly Field at Municipal Stadium on

Sept. 13 in a 4 p.m. game.

The Wildcats won their first game of the season on Aug. 30 when they defeated the Florida Internation-

al University Golden Panthers 14-12.

For more on the Wildcats’ roster and schedule, visit www.bcuathletics.com.

Bethune-Cookman Head Coach Gravelle Craig has announced the addition of Ugo Okam, a 7-0 center transferring from Harvard University to the Wildcat roster.

Okam saw action for the Crimson’s 2011-12 Ivy League championship team, who made Harvard’s first NCAA tournament appearance since 1946 when it faced Vanderbilt in the second round.

The native of Nigeria has already earned his undergraduate degree in economics and is currently enrolled in BethuneCookman’s graduate program. He has a possible two years of athletic eligibility remaining.

He played for Montverde Academy for three years, starting at center, captaining the team in 2010 and making ESPN’s list of the top 100 college prospects.

“I watched him in high school (Montverde) and for Each Teach One, his AAU team,” Craig said. “I thought he had potential to be a good college play-

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Ugo Okam, right, transferred to B-CU from Harvard University. er with development. He adds size that we haven’t had in a long time. “

Season starts Nov. 15 Okam will be the first Wildcat 7-footer since Aulcie Perry, who played two seasons from 197173 before going on to become one of the greatest players in Israel professional basketball history. Okam also is part of

Craig’s effort to shore up the Wildcats underneath with the addition of Delino Dear (6-9) joining Travis Elliott (6-8).

“With all this added size, we’re looking more and more like a Division I team these days,” Craig kidded.

Bethune-Cookman opens its 2014-15 season on Saturday, Nov. 15, hosting Trinity College at 1 p.m. in Historic Moore Gym.

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7TECHNOLOGY

SEPTEMBER 11 – SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Event unveils Apple Pay, Apple Watch, two kinds of iPhone 6 LOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT)

The two-hour-long Apple event wrapped up in Cupertino, Calif. with a live performance by U2. The appearance by Bono and band mates, which had been rumored, brought enthusiastic applause from the crowd. The band’s new album, “Songs of Innocence,” was then released on iTunes for free.

CEO Tim Cook touted it as the largest album release of all time.

But the centerpiece of Tuesday’s event was arguably the unveiling of Apple Watch, “the most personal device we’ve ever created,” Cook said.

It’s Apple’s first venture into wearable tech. A dial on the side of the watch acts as the “digital crown” for control and navigation; you also can swipe the face of the watch. The watch has Siri as well as Digital Touch, which allows the user to communicate by taps — which are felt by another user on his or her watch — or send pictures you’ve doodled onto the face of the device.

The watch also comes with fitness and workout components to track activity. The watch starts at $349 and will be available in early 2015.

Apple Pay Among other announcements at the event, executives introduced the company’s version of a mobile wallet — Apple Pay. “We’ve created an entirely new payment process,” Cook said.

Apple Senior Vice President Eddy Cue described the basics of the payment method, calling it “fast, secure and private.” American Express, MasterCard and Visa are on board, he said.

Apple Pay will work at

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Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces the Apple smartwatch at the Apple media event at the Flint Center on Tuesday in Cupertino, Calif. businesses including Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Staples, McDonald’s, Panera, Walgreens, Nike, Toys R Us, Subway, Whole Foods and Disneyland — and for online payments at Target and Apple Stores, according to Apple.

The iPhone 6 The event began with the announcement of two versions of the iPhone 6 — the smaller one has a 4.7-inch screen and is 6.9 millimeters (about 0.25 inches) thick; the 5.5-inch version is 7.1 millimeters (also about 0.25 inches) thick.

Senior Vice President Phil Schiller said the battery would be equal to or better than the iPhone 5s.

The iPhone 6 Plus starts at $299 and will be available Sept. 19. Schiller also trumpeted improvements to the iPhone camera.

In a break from tradition, Apple was live-streaming the event, but there were widespread complaints among viewers about the stuttering stream — #AppleLiveStreamGate was quickly trending in Twitter. Viewing appeared to smooth out as the live stream continued.

iPhone 6 and 6 Plus

Apple announced two new iPhones Tuesday, each with larger, higher resolution screens than previous iterations. The phones will hit stores Sept. 19, and start at $199 for the iPhone 6 and $299 for the 6 Plus. iPhone 6 Plus

Previous generation

5C: 8.97 mm

6: 6 Plus: 6.8 7.1

iPhone 6

iPhone 5C and 5S

4.0 inches

4.7 inches

5.5 inches 1920 x 1080

1334 x 750

1136 x 640 pixels

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