Daytona Times - September 11, 2014

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Dr. Jerry Young elected Baptist convention president SEE PAGE 3

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MARK MORIAL: More lessons of Ferguson: Criminal justice system on trial in America SEE PAGE 4

B-CU SIGNS 7-FOOT CENTER FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY SEE PAGE 7

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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. Please see SIGNS, Page 2

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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2004. “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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