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Are all males destined to be grumpy old men?

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East Central Florida’s Black Voice

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Navigating through the health care process

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Events planned at area libraries to help residents with questions about Affordable Care Act

BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES harperjames59@yahoo.com

More than 82,000 Volusia County residents have no health insurance.

They now have six months to get insurance or could face a $95 fee, according to a representative of an agency who received a federal grant to answer questions about the Affordable Care Act, which went effect on Tuesday.

With the opening of the Feder-

al Insurance Marketplace on Oct. 1, questions abound about the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare, as it is also known.

For the first time, citizens without health insurance are able to go to the Federal Insurance Marketplace located at website www.

HealthCare.gov to sign up for affordable insurance.

Navigators ready Joyce Case with the Health Planning Council of Northeast Florida, which has an office in

Deadline nears to sign up for DIS project forum

BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES harperjames59@yahoo.com

Daytona Beach and Jacksonville, is the project director for the Navigator program.

Case will have eight people working under her known as navigators who will identify and assist uninsured families in understanding their insurance options through the marketplace and provide guidance in completing the application.

The navigators underwent special training, vetting and background checks.

Case said there are three events

scheduled this month where residents can meet the navigators and get their questions answered.

Where to get help So far, events are set at the Port Orange Library for Oct. 17, 1:30 -3 p.m.; New Smyrna Beach Library, Oct. 21, 10 a.m. to noon; and the Edgewater Library Nov. 6, 1-3 p.m.

Case said residents who have Medicaid, Tricare, veterans benefits, CHIPs or health insurance

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Program to honor ‘God’s Bass Man’ Gospel concert on Sunday will celebrate Henry Pete McCoy Jr.

Daytona International Speedway has to educate what racing does for the state to “our friends in the (Florida) legislature,’’ DIS President Joie Chitwood III said last week while addressing the most current issues in major sports.

“We bring in folks from all over,” said Chitwood, the day after State Senator Dorothy L. Hukill (R-Port Orange), filed Senate Bill 208, which provides for state sales tax distributions to a motorsports entertainment complex, just as other professional sports groups receive.

A similar bill was filed by Hukill during the last legislative session in March but never made it to a vote.

BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES harperjames59@yahoo.com

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enry Pete McCoy Jr. is no stranger to many Daytona Beach residents.

At 80, he has worn many hats.

Some in the community knows him as the man who bakes cakes and pies.

Others may remember when he worked for Winn Dixie as a truck driver and dispatcher for 31 years before he retired.

But what he most like being known for is his singing voice.

McCoy, a bass soloist, will be celebrated Sunday during a special program at the East Central Florida Gospel Association Building, 509 South Dr. MLK Jr. Blvd. in Daytona Beach. The program starts at 7 p.m.

Touting tourism DIS is in the middle of a $400 million renovation project known as “Daytona Rising.’’

“DIS should have the same opportunities as other sport franchises in Florida have,” said Hukill in a press release.

“This is an investment in the future of tourism for the state and the creation of jobs for Florida’s families,” said Hukill. “We want visitors to the Speedway planning their return trip, even before they leave.”

Chitwood made his comments during a panel discussion at DIS on Sept.

27.

“We need the right financial resources to compete,” Chitwood said as he addressed panelists Mark Lamping, president, Jacksonville Jaguars; Mike Millay, director of Sports Business Development, ESPN’s Wide World of Sports; and John Bisignano, president/ CEO of Central Florida Sports Commission.

from their current job are not required to do anything to change their health insurance unless they are not happy with their current coverage.

They are also welcome to these events to have their questions answered.

The Health Planning Council was selected in August by the University of South Florida as the consortium partner for Baker, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, St. John’s and Volusia counties af-

Global performances For years McCoy was known for his bass voice in such gospel groups as the Traveling Sons, the Seed of Abraham Pentecostal Choir and the Sensational Six. He has traveled and performed as far away as London and even to Zimbabwe, Africa.

Mom influenced name PHOTO COURTESY OF HENRY PETE MCCOY

It’s fairly common to hear Henry Pete McCoy singing “I’ve been running for Jesus a long time and I ain’t got tired yet.’’ The song is often requested for McCoy to sing. A member of the East Central Florida Gospel Association, he will be honored by the organization on Oct. 6

After many years of singing with various groups and choirs, McCoy said God has led him in the direction of praising him in songs as a bass soloist.

“As a child growing up, my mom and I would sing together at home all the Please see program, Page 2

Please see DIS, Page 2

‘We are taking our neighborhood back’ Daytona’s Zone 6 residents organize Neighborhood Watch

BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES Harperjames59@yahoo.com

Residents living south of International Speedway Boulevard in Zone 6 had their official kick off meeting of their Neighborhood Watch group on Sept. 30 at the John H. Dickerson Center.

Residents began organizing in June under the guidance of Zone 6 City Commissioner Paula Reed.

Reed had some advice for the criminal element thinking about

continuing to prey on her residents “Eyes will be upon you. We are taking our neighborhood back,” Reed said.

Neighborhood Watch member Wilburn Williams said they are currently working on identifying problems.

“We have to be our own best friends. We have to take back our community. Next step is what can I do. What can we do? Are we camping or are we crossing,” he stated.

DBPD represented Resident Johnnie Ponder urged the approximately 20 in attendance to build a relationship with the Daytona Beach Police

Department (DBPD).

“We have got to have a relationship with the police. (Mike) Chitwood is a wonderful police chief.

He will listen to you. We all got to work together,” Ponder said.

Capt. Lance Blanchette was at the meeting representing Chitwood.

“Every time he goes to one of these meetings, I get a phone call from him,” Blanchette said in reference to Chitwood calling him to solve a problem he was told about at a Neighborhood Watch meeting.

Concerned about youth Longtime Zone 6 resident Sam Rogers is worried about the young people getting caught up

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Daytona Beach Commissioners Paula Reed and residents in Zone 6 are shown at a Neighborhood Watch meeting. in the criminal justice system.

“All problems can’t be addressed just by calling the police. There are two or three generations who have not gotten it – how to live, how to progress. Ba-

bies are having babies. We are in survival mode. People don’t sit down to the table and talk to their kids. They have no foundaPlease see WATCH, Page 2

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Non-smoking policy began Oct. 1 in Daytona Beach public housing

BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES harperjames59@yahoo.com

Daytona Beach Housing Authority residents living in Windsor and Maley Apartments, Palmetto Park, Caroline Village, Northwood Village, Walnut Oak, Villages at Halifax, Lakeside Village and Pine Haven risk fees and eviction if caught smoking inside their housing units.

As first reported in the Daytona Times on Sept. 5, effective Oct. 1 all Housing Authority properties within the public housing program will be designated as non-smoking.

According to a memo obtained by the Daytona Times, smoking is not permitted inside a building or unit. Smoking is not permitted within 25 feet of any Housing Authority

building.

Certain properties, such as high-rise locations, may have designated smoking areas with signs posted. Other properties are spread over large areas, so the 25-foot rule applies.

The Housing Authority may designate areas for smoking. If a resident is uncertain of the smoking area for their property, he or she should check with property management staff.

The procedure for those who violate the policy is: First violation: Verbalwritten warning and document incident in tenant file.

Second violation: Mandatory meeting with management, document information in tenant file, seven-day curable drafted and referred to client services for follow up.

Third violation: A man-

Allen Chapel to celebrate pastor’s anniversary Members of the Allen Chapel AME Church, 580 George W. Engram Blvd., Daytona Beach, is inviting the community to the appreciation celebration of its pastor, the Rev. Nathan M. Mugala. This is his sixth year at the church.

Several events are scheduled to honor him and his wife, Tammie.

• Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. Worship service with the Rev. Dr. Edi-

datory meeting with management, document information in tenant file, 30-day non curable issued and eviction filed. Resident will be offered a voluntary compliance agreement (VCA).

If the resident agree to the VCA it must be signed and filed with the court. The case will be dismissed after 12 consecutive months of compliance. Resident must complete an approved free smoking cessation class.

Fourth violation: Resident is under a VCA. By way of a family member or guest(s) violating the nonsmoking policy, they have violated the VCA. An affidavit will be filed by management and the eviction process will be completed and a writ issued. Resident will be required to pay all attorney fees and court cost(s).

Smoking is also not permitted inside office buildings or near entrance doors into the office buildings.

The central office may have a designated smoking area with sign posted on the north side of the office

building. Otherwise the 25-foot rule applies.

Quit smoking program aids The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has encouraged housing authorities since 2009 to adopt smoke-free housing.

Assistant deputy director of the Daytona Beach Housing Mae Frances Davis noted that new potential public housing clients who are smokers, who meet all regular requirements, will still be able to move into their residences.

“The (application) policy will be same for all – no discrimination,” she said.

Davis said residents interested in quitting smoking are being referred to the Volusia County Health Department, which has programs and aids for those interested in quitting.

She said residents have known since March 2012 that a smoking ban was going to be instituted this year.

son O. Jackson, President, Bethune-Cookman University • Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. Pastor’s Appreciation Banquet • Oct. 13 at 9:45 a.m. Sunday worship service with guest preacher Elder James O. Williams, Jr., Presiding Elder, Daytona Beach District The theme for the celebration is “An Awesome Man of God Serving the Church Rev. Nathan Mugala and Community.’’

For more information, call the church at 386-255-1195.

Section 8 applicants asked to contact county Volusia County residents who applied for the Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) Program through the county are asked to contact the county’s Community Assistance Division to update their information.

Pre-application status verification forms were mailed to the 509 residents on the waiting list on Sept. 27. Applicants must complete the form and return it to Community Assistance by Friday, Oct. 18. If they do not respond by the deadline, they will be removed from the waiting list.

The notice is available at www.volusia.org/section8.

Volusia County is not accepting new Section 8 applications at this time.

The last time the waiting list was opened was in 2009.

The Housing Choice Voucher Program is a federally funded rental assistance program designed to help very-lowincome families, the elderly and disabled to obtain decent, safe and sanitary housing at an affordable price in the private market. Participants are free to choose

com or call 386-681-4800

by Oct. 7.

More than 6,300 new jobs After breaking ground at the beginning of July, Daytona Rising project is off to a fast start.

DIS revealed initial economic benefits for the Daytona Rising project were based on a $250 million investment.

Now that the actual investment from the International Speedway Corporation (ISC) will be between $375 million and $400 million.

The project is expected to generate more than 6,300 new jobs during the construction more than $300 million in labor income during construction, and more than $85 million in new federal, state and local tax revenue throughout construction.

Economic benefits DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY

Joie Chitwood III, far right, discusses Daytona Rising, the $400 million frontstretch renovation project, during the Sports Business Insider Series on Sept. 27 at the International Motorsports Center.

DIS from Page 1 “We are competitive by nature but can learn from each other,” he continued.

Younger target Chitwood said DIS is targeting the 18-to-25 year-

old demographics with the renovation.

“TV is our No. 1 competitor to a live event. Sixty percent of our customers come from outside the state of Florida. It’s not just about putting on a sporting event,” he noted. “We have to get folks off their couches.’’

Chitwood also said the renovation project is an

watch from Page 1 tion,” Rogers noted.

Neighborly advice Two representatives from other watch groups were at the meeting as well.

Chris Daun from the Uptown Neighborhood Watch Group, which encompasses residents living off Madison Avenue, said, “It’s important to create a fabric. The community needs to know their neighbors.

People used to know each other. We are getting back to that,’’ Daun said.

Weejie Kundig is president of Save Our Neighborhood. “We are all trying to support each other. Residents have a voice. We have to be informed,” she added.

More projects, more jobs Reed said her plan is that residents

“engineering marvel to get done.’’

Oct. 16 forum Blacks and other minorities will have another opportunity to put in bids for work on the project. A second outreach forum is scheduled Oct. 16 from 10 a.m. to noon at DIS, 1801 West International Speedway Blvd.

of Zone 6 are not left behind as growth takes place in other areas of the city, particularly with the announcement of a Hard Rock Café that may be built on A1A, as well as expansion plans announced earlier this year by International Speedway Corporation.

She noted that all these projects are taking place outside her zone, but she supports them because in the long run it could mean more jobs for the people she represents – especially construction jobs.

Second group possible Reed said when the South group kicks off, she hopes to start a second Neighborhood Watch group for residents of her zone who live north of International Speedway Boulevard.

She adds that the decision will ultimately be up to the residents if they think the zone needs two groups.

“It has to be citizen-driven. This will not be a time for residents to offer up gripes,” Reed said, adding that in order to accomplish some of the goals she hopes to achieve for her

“If you are a Florida minority- or woman-owned business, or if you are a local Volusia County construction trade, join Barton Malow/Rossetti team to discuss possible opportunities on this project,” stated a press release sent to the Daytona Times.

Interested contractors have to RSVP to linda.hughes@bartonmalow.

zone and the entire city she will need the help of her residents.

Reed said the idea of forming a Neighborhood Watch group came after she met with residents of Russell and Willie Streets who were upset with a rash of break-ins that had occurred in their area. Reed said it is time for the residents to take back their neighborhood, some of which are still centers of crime.

Meetings with chief During the upcoming Neighborhood Watch meetings, Reed said residents would have an opportunity to address their concerns to Chitwood.

There also will be opportunities when other departments of the city will present residents with information to improve their quality of life in the city.

Reed said they will meet second Tuesday of every month in the Activity Building of the Dickerson Center at 6 p.m.

The calculated economic benefits from Daytona Rising are in addition to the already substantial impacts generated by the ongoing operations of ISC and Daytona International Speedway: “Daytona International Speedway and parent company International Speedway Corporation have been long-standing pillars of our community, responsible for generating billions in economic activity each and every year,” stated Hukill.

“They are now literally building upon their past

any housing that meets the requirements of the program.

For more information, call 386-736-5955 or email CommunityAssistance@volusia.org.

Free health summit takes place Friday The 2013 Health and Human Services Summit is Oct. 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Daytona Beach Ocean Center. Attendance is free.

This is an opportunity to learn more about agencies, programs, and services in our community. A list of exhibitors is available at www.ovf. org/summit.htm.

The summit is open to the public and offers information for case managers, counselors, social workers, therapists, law enforcement, and school guidance counselors as well as parents and families.

It will be an open format - come and go as you please. The concession will be open and regular parking rates will apply in the parking garage. Limited street parking is available.

It is sponsored by Florida Health Care Plans and hosted by One Voice for Volusia.

success with the Daytona Rising project, and investing $400 million to modernize the iconic Speedway for the community and motorsports fans throughout the world – providing a much needed influx of jobs, labor income and tax revenue in the process,” she continued.

About the project Five expanded and redesigned entrances or “injectors” will lead fans to a series of escalators and elevators, transporting them to three different concourse levels.

Each level features spacious social areas or “neighborhoods” along the nearly mile-long frontstretch. At the conclusion of the redevelopment, DIS will have approximately 101,000 permanent, wider and more comfortable seats, twice as many restrooms and three times as many concession stands, according to information released about the project.

In addition, the Speedway will feature over 60 luxury suites with track side views and a completely revamped hospitality experience for corporate guests.

The project is expected to be completed in time for the 2016 Rolex 24.

Barton Malow is the design-builder of the project.

Rossetti, an architectural design and planning firm, is leading the master planning of the Daytona Rising site.

program from Page 1 time. Mother noticed that I was switching voices and suggested that I sing in one voice. So I said to her, ‘OK, Mom, I am your bass man,’’ he recalled.

McCoy remembers saying this to his mom when he was only six years old.

“From that day until now, I have been singing bass,” said McCoy, who drives around town with a license plate on the front of his car that says “God’s Bass Singer.’’

Free gospel concert “I’m Not Tired Yet’’ is often requested for McCoy to sing. He also noted that the song describes his lifestyle.

“I never was a worldly person,” he remarked, adding that he is a faithful member of David’s Temple of Deliverance, under the leadership of Pastor Leon David. McCoy is married to the former Cathy Grayson.

Also scheduled to sing during the Oct. 6 program honoring McCoy are other local gospel performers, including The Gospel Silvertones, The Spiritualists, Deacon Ralph King, The Wonderlettes, The Angelic Four; and special guest Evangelist Sue McLedon.

There is no charge to attend the program.

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Adderley to be headliner at jazz event next month Gloria Benjamin invited me and hubby Louie to the season opener of the North East Florida Jazz Association (NEFJA).

You’ll get a feel of what Mrs. Benjamin does.

She participates in the recreational retiree programs at Palm Coast Community Center, and she’s completed the Palm Coast Citizens Academy while placing interest in First Church, the African American Cultural Society, and the NAACP. She has been part of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, and is a member of NEFJA. You see why I couldn’t say no to Mrs. Benjamin or the style and song list, offering up NEFJA’s headliner of the Nat Adderley, Jr. Quartet. Master jazz pianist/composer Adderley will perform for NEFJA’s “Jeep” McCoy Scholarship Nat Adderly Concert & Supper. Adderley is the namesake son Jr. of renowned composer/ trumpeter/coronet player Nat Adderley and the nephew of jazz saxophonist Julian “Cannonball” Adderley.

Adderley’s work

Free Mammograms A limited offer from Halifax Health and the Komen Foundation

Halifax Health – Center for Oncology has received a grant from Komen Central Florida to provide mammograms for women in our community who would otherwise not be able to access this vitally important screening.

Adderley Jr. blazed his own jazz trail to include pop and rhythm and blues. He tracks his best-known works to Luther Vandross, writing and arranging “Stop to Love,” “Wait for Love” and the Grammynominated “Give Me The Reason.”

He wrote “The Wave” for Kirk Whalum, arranged Natalie Cole’s 1987 hit recording, “When I Fall In Love,” among a variety of classics.

Adderley’s other trademarks include Aretha Franklin’s album, “Jump To It,” and Gloria Lynne’s album, “No Detour Ahead.”

Nov. 2 event The North East Florida Jazz Association was founded by Muriel and the late “Jeep” McCoy in 1987. The association lends its voice for the perpetuation, performance, preservation and promotion of jazz. An annual scholarship is presented to students enrolled in jazz studies at a Florida college or university.

Adderley’s showcase gig goes down Nov. 2, 4 p.m., at the Museum of Arts and Sciences, 352 South Nova Road, Daytona Beach.

The members’ ticket price is $45 until Oct. 16, and thereafter, $50. Non-member tickets are $50, while concert-only tickets sell for $20. To purchase tickets, call Barbara Gomez at 386-437-1005, or Aimee’s Hallmark Shop, 386-445-0985.

Palm Coast Community news Jeroline D. Mccarthy

Men’s Day at First Church The public is invited to celebrate Men’s Day on Oct. 13, 10 a.m., which will take place at First Church, 91 Old Kings Road North, Palm Coast. The Rev. Dr. Gillard S. Glover is the senior pastor.

The Rev. Dr. John F. Green of the Interdenominational Theological Center, the seventh president/dean of Turner Theological Seminary of Atlanta, will be the messenger for Men’s Day. Dr. Green, a preacher/teacher/churchbuilder/administrator, holds a Doctor of Ministry Degree from the United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. During his parish ministry, he served at Bethel A.M.E. Church in Tallahassee and primarily other churches in the Eleventh Episcopal District over a 24-year tenure. Dr. Green is a well-known teacher of pastors, an advocate of faith and for the lost and struggling in need of spiritual, physical and/or emotional healing.

“Standing Strong In Christ” is the Men’s Day theme and for a men’s forum emphasizing mentoring and communicating. It will be presented by the Men’s Ministry on Oct. 12, 9 a.m., and the public again is invited.

All inquiries may be directed to the church at 386-446-5759.

Clothing, food giveaway is Oct. 12 The Women’s Missionary Society of First Church has scheduled the clothing giveaway for Oct. 12, noon to 3 p.m., and the food giveaway, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., at 91 Old Kings Road North, Palm Coast.

For further details, call 386-446-5759.

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

Happy Birthday!

Birthday wishes to: George Weaver, Bloneva Scott, Oct. 3; Vivian Richardson, Dr. Herman Price, Oct. 5; James Sims, Violet Gordon, Oct. 7; Clifford Josey, Oct. 8; Kilus White, Jr., Minnie Carnegie, Oct. 9.

Happy anniversary to Lawrence and Dr. Pamela Jackson Smith, Oct. 6.

Gloria and Roy Benjamin are shown at a Flagler County NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner. Mrs. Benjamin also is a supporter of the “Jeep” McCoy Scholarship Concert & Supper.

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This is a limited time offer. First come, first served. For more information, call 386.238.2219.

Homebuyer assistance workshops planned First-time homebuyers can learn about Volusia County’s Neighborhood Stabilization and Homebuyer Assistance programs during free workshops from: • 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, at the Edgewater Public Library, 103 W. Indian River Blvd., Edgewater; and • 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the Thomas C. Kelly Administration Center, 123 W. Indiana Ave., DeLand.

Volusia staff, housing counselors and lenders will

be on hand to tell potential homebuyers if they qualify for one of the programs.

About the programs The Neighborhood Stabilization Program provides a deferred payment loan to approved households for down payment, gap financing and closing costs toward the purchase of a county-owned Neighborhood Stabilization Program home.

The Homebuyer Assistance Program is designed to help first-time home-

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buyers purchase a home by providing purchase assistance and closing costs.

Both programs provide assistance to qualified first-time homebuyers in the form of a zero percent interest loan for up to 15 years.

Advance registration is requested and may be made by contacting the Community Assistance Division at 386-736-5955 or communityassistance@volusia.org.

To learn more about the county’s affordable housing programs, visit www.volusia.org/affordable-housing.

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Athletics vs. academics A majority of the biggest, most athletic and talented football players do not attend small colleges today. On Sunday, Sept. 22, the sports section of the Daytona Beach News Journal listed the scores of college football games. I noticed a huge disparity in school size, budget size, athletic facilities and overall talent of the football players from several colleges.

Is it fair to expect small colleges to compete with colleges that have three to four times the resources to participate in football at the highest competitive level?

It is almost impossible to do this in the sport of football and be effective and consistent. Basketball, tennis, softball, baseball, golf, cross country, swimming and other sports are different and require more finesse and individual talent than mere brute strength talent.

As one that played football and basketball from high school through college, I know the training, reaction time, and preparation for football is totally different than any other sport. History has proven this in the past when small college athletes competed extremely well and sometimes defeating large colleges in basketball, track and field, cross country, bowling, swimming, tennis, baseball, softball, golf and other sports, but not football.

Big losses Therefore, why have BethuneCookman play Florida State to lose by 54 to 6? Florida International played Louisville and lost 72-0; Florida A&M lost to Ohio

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front of a football player that is 50 to 80 pounds heavier than you, 3 to 6 or more inches taller, who was trained with the most current equipment, facilities and coaching staff?

Athletics are supposed to be competitive. To me, this is not competition. I recommend that these small colleges continue to compete on their competitive level. When I participated in football in the fifties and sixties, Blacks were not welcomed in many White colleges to participate in broad base level sports.

I was an outstanding student athlete in football and basketball (All-Memphis and All-State selections for three years), earning seven athletic scholarships, four in football and three in basketball, all from small Black colleges.

Black athletes weren’t allowed to attend the local large White Memphis State University.

State 76-0; Louisiana-Monroe lost to Baylor 70-7; Savannah State lost to Miami 77-7.

In most cases, the large colleges took their first string players out of the game by the third quarter of the football game to prevent the scores from being even greater. I know that athletic directors and football coaches at these small educational institutions would probably defend their position by saying that these games give their college great visibility and an opportunity to make some money. The question I ask, as a former student athlete in football, is, “Does the visibility and a little money (and I know it is a very small amount of money) outweigh the tremendous amount of Pseudo-integration physical and mental injuries that Since the advent of so-called the football players at these small “pseudo-integration” in the ’60s colleges endure – let alone the hu- and the tremendous need to win miliation and embarrassment?” and make money, large White institutions of higher education are Negative impact now actively recruiting the bigI assure you the negative impact gest and most talented Black footoutweighs the positive impact this ball players at an alarming rate.

In my opinion, the main reason has on the players. Many, many football players have been injured the Black football players attend for life and/or had their career the large, White institutions is to ended in these lopsided games. get more visibility and to enhance In addition, it negatively impacts their chances of pursuing a prothe small college football players’ fessional football career. It is very, preparation for the next week’s very difficult for small institutions game because of the mounting of higher education, especially Black colleges, to successfully reinjuries and lowered morale.

Can you imagine lining up in cruit many of these talented Black

VISUAL VIEWPOINT: OBAMACARE PALLBARERS

GARY MCCOY, CAGLE CARTOONS

football players because they simply don’t have the resources to do so and compete.

In the ’50s and ’60s, the best Black football players mostly had to attend a Black college. Today, if a football player has some Godgiven talent, he can still go to the professional ranks and be successful even from a small, Black college. It was done in the past.

to travel hundreds and hundreds of miles to the White universities’ fields, which means they give up home field advantage.

As a former student athlete, and former college president, I say to the administrations at these small colleges, take heed and do what’s in the best interest of the small college football players.

There is more life to live beyond football.

We sometimes put too much Home field advantage emphasis on athletics and not The vast majority of small col- enough on academics and preleges, especially Black colleges, paring our young people for real cannot afford football. The athlet- life. ic programs at these small educational institutions, in many cases, Dr. Willie J. Kimmons is an aren’t cost effective and self-suf- educational consultant motivaficient. Many Black colleges and tional speaker, author, former universities, today, do not have classroom teacher, superintentheir own football stadium. dent of schools, college profesTherefore, when Black football sor, president and chancellor. players from small Black colleges Click on this story at www.dayplay football at large, White col- tonatimes.com to write your leges and universities, they have own response.

Double standard even among pro-homosexual groups William Thomas and Bruce Harris are two very successful judges who most people don’t know. Thomas is from Miami and Harris is from Chatham Borough, N.J. Both were nominated for judgeships and both were defeated. Both are Black. Both are homosexual. One is a Democrat and the other is a Republican.

Thomas was nominated last year to the Federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida in Miami. Typically, the two U.S. senators both must agree on a nominee and then submit the name to the president for formal nomination. In most cases, once the senators submit the person’s name to the president (and the president formally nominates), the U.S. Senate rubber stamps their approval for confirmation.

In Thomas’ case, his two Florida Senators (Ben Nelson, a Democrat, and Marco Rubio, a Republican, agreed to submit his name to the president for formal nomination. However, Rubio recently withdrew his support, effectively killing the nomination.

Stellar backgrounds From all indications, Thomas, who currently serves on the Miami-Dade Circuit, has a stellar background, professionally

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and personally. Had he been confirmed, Thomas would have been the first openly homosexual Black man to serve as a federal judge.

In New Jersey, Bruce Harris was nominated last year by Gov. Chris Christie to the New Jersey Supreme Court. Harris received his undergrad degree from Amherst College, his law degree from Yale University, and a graduate degree from Boston University.

He has spent 20 years practicing commercial law and in 2011 was elected as mayor of Chatham Borough, N.J. On May 31, 2012, the Democratically-controlled New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee rejected the nomination of Harris to the Supreme Court on a 7-6 vote.

Christie also had simultaneously nominated Phillip Kwon to join Harris on the New Jersey State Supreme Court. Kwon, First Assistant State Attorney General, is an Asian-American. He was also defeated by the New Jersey state senate. The New Jersey Bar Association found Harris (and Kwon)

“qualified” for the Supreme Court by a vote of 24-1.

They would have been the first Black and Asian to ever serve on the state’s highest court.

Harris also has a stellar background, professionally and personally. The Democrats on the senate committee claimed that Harris lacked the proper “judicial” experience, but never explained what exactly that meant.

Different dynamics What stuns and saddens me is the seeming double standard in the response to these two judicial defeats. Now, before I proceed, let me stipulate for the record that one nominee is for the federal bench and one is for the state bench; two different dynamics, but their confirmations should be based on the same principles.

Liberals have castigated Rubio over his change of position. Fair enough. But these same “openminded” individuals have been mum about the treatment of Bruce Harris. Both are Black, both are attorneys, both are homosexual. The only difference is one is Democrat (Thomas) and one is Republican (Harris).

Is equality only worth fighting for if you are a Democrat?

Are the Walmart prices worth it?

If you don’t know about it, there is an ongoing fight between Walmart and the union movement.

The political battle being played out in Washington, D.C. is over the “living wage bill.” But that is just the latest ploy in a longer war in years to come between the retail giant and America’s primarily Black, Democratic-and-unioncontrolled urban enclaves.

The retail behemoth won its game of chicken with the D.C. city council over a living wage bill it had passed requiring large retailers operating in the District to pay its workers a “living wage” minimum of $12.50 an hour (minimum wage in D.C. is $8.25 an hour).

Despite strong ties with unions, Mayor Vincent Gray vetoed the council’s bill on the premise Walmart will open six stories there, creating an estimated 1,800 muchneeded jobs. The promise of jobs, even low wage ones, and cheap consumer goods proved more attractive to D.C. residents than the wage issue.

Depicted as the Grinch who stole Christmas, Walmart is simply a successful business operation that has been subjected to criticism by numerous groups and individuals. Among these are labor unions, community groups, grassroots organizations, religious organizations and environmental groups that have spent years protesting against the company’s policies and business practices, in-

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er smaller businesses, hurting the community. They also claim that Walmart hurts the U.S. economy because of excessive reliance on Chinese products.

No closet secret

Coalition (NBJC), a national civil rights organization dedicated to empowering Black LGBT people.

Here’s what she had to say about Rubio’s actions towards Thomas: “As a Floridian for more than 25 years, I am aghast by Senator Rubio’s withdrawal of support for the nomination of Judge William Thomas…Senator Rubio’s newfound opposition seems only to serve as a thinlyveiled mask for the racism and homophobia that permeates his tea party politics. This brand of political theatrics is unfit for the U.S. Senate, and is beneath the dignity of Judge Thomas.”

It is infuriating that she and her organization have had nothing to say about the treatment of Bruce Harris by White liberals in New Jersey. Ms. Lettman-Hicks, can I introduce you to my dear friend Mr. Laryngitis?

My opposition to homosexuality is no closet secret, so to speak.

Even so, I don’t think qualified individuals should be denied judgeships simply because of their sexual orientation. Nor should he or she be rejected because of political affiliation.

The Democratic-controlled New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee defeated a Black, homosexual for no other reason than that he is a Republican nominated by a Republican governor.

The Democratic chairman of the judiciary committee, Nicholas Scutari (D-Union) said Harris was unqualified. If Scutari had said that about a Black, liberal, homosexual male, he would have hell to pay. But, say what you want about a Black, homosexual, Republican, and no worries because tolerance, equality and understanding is a partisan issue built on a oneRaynard Jackson is presiway street. dent and CEO of Raynard Jackson & Associates, LLC., a WashMoral outrage ington, D.C.-based public relaMoral outrage isn’t being ex- tions/government affairs firm. pressed by the Human Rights He can be reached through his Campaign, Al Sharpton, Jes- website, www.raynardjackson. se Jackson, Congressional Black com. You can also follow him on Caucus nor LaRaza.

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When will Blacks realize that cluding charges of racial and genthere are bigger stakes for them der discrimination. in entrepreneurship than squandering resources on “minimum Unionization threat wage” entry-level jobs? It’s a matA major factor in the issue is that Walmart currently faces its most ter of mindset. Instead of protestserious unionization threat since ing Walmart, wouldn’t it make its founding in 1962. For decades, sense to invest in the world’s fastthe company’s strategy of placing est-growing retailer?

Black investment clubs may find stores in small towns and rural areas kept it largely free of union that Walmart is a good place for pressure. But in recent years, Wal- their money. During the late 1980s mart has been pushing into the and early 1990s Walmart rose from heavily unionized supermarket a regional to national giant. By industry, as well as into big cities 1988, Walmart was the most profitwhere workers are more pro-orga- able retailer in the U.S. and by October 1989 it had become the largnized labor.

Walmart is a dominate force est in terms of revenue.

Unions and the Democrat Parin the world. Walmart has 8,500 stores in 15 countries, under 55 ty are frequently allied in urban different names. Walmart is the settings, but “living wage” minilargest private employer in the mums are not economic developU.S., with nearly 1.4 million work- ment strategies that will yield the ers in 4,602 stores. The company’s kind of benefits urban residents efficiency in stores and through- need or desire. out its supply chain has remade William Reed is head of the the retail industry. The company is a success because it sells prod- Business Exchange Network ucts that people want to buy at low and available for speaking/seminar projects through the Bailey prices.

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OCTOBER 3 – OCTOBER 9, 2013 DECEMBER 14 - 20, 2006

all age groups last flu season, compared with the previous season. The biggest gains were seen in teenagers (they improved to 42.5 percent from 33.7 percent), followed by children 5 to 12 (they improved to 58.6 percent from 54.2 percent).

Disparities among adults Among adults, 45 percent of Asian Americans, 45 percent of Whites and 41 percent of IndianAmericans got vaccinated during the last flu season, compared with 36 percent of Blacks and 34 percent of Latinos.

“We do continue to see unfortunate disparities in adult influenza vaccinations,” Schuchat said. “In children, we don’t see those patterns.” In fact, the vaccination rates for Asian American children (66 percent), Latino children (61 percent), Black children (57 percent) and multiracial children (59 percent) were all higher than for White children (54 percent).

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Researcher Huang Huang conducts an experiment on a flu vaccine at the Stanford University School of Medicine on Feb. 6.

Vaccine makers offering more options for flu season CDC urging Americans to get vaccinated before that first cough or fever

BY KAREN KAPLAN LOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT)

More than half of the children in the United States were vaccinated against influenza during the 2012-13 flu season, along with more than four in 10 adults,

according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Overall, 45 percent of Americans over the age of 6 months got some sort of flu vaccine.

“Last season, more people were vaccinated against influenza in the United States than in previous seasons,” Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC,

told a gathering sponsored by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.

But Americans can do better, she said, and vaccine makers are offering more options for the coming year than ever before.

Biggest gains in teens Schuchat reported that 57 percent of children got a flu shot or flu mist in 2012-13, with cover-

Are all males destined to become grumpy old men?

The AMA Foundation honored Christopher D. Watson with a Minority Scholars Award at the AMA’s Annual Meeting in Chicago in June. Watson was one of eight medical students in the country selected to receive this award, which was given in recognition of his academic achievement and commitment to the elimination of health care disparities.

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Scholarship to help more Blacks become cardiologists SPECIAL TO THE NNPA

The AMA (American Medical Association) Foundation and the Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC) have partnered to create a scholarship that will promote diversity in medicine, encourage commitment to eliminating health care disparities, and support future cardiologists, while helping to alleviate medical student debt.

The scholarship was announced at “Saving Hearts for Generations,” the fourth annual ABC awards dinner at the JW Marriott Hotel in Washington on Sept. 28.

With generous support from founding donor Genita Evangelista Johnson, the Dr. Richard Allen Williams & Genita Evangelista Johnson/Association of Black Cardiologists Fund will provide tuition support to first- and second-year African-American medical students with an expressed interest in cardiology.

“Because of high student debt and other inequities, we are facing what I call a ‘diversity deficit’ that must be addressed financially and educationally,” said founding donor Genita Evangelista Johnson, an educator and business entrepreneur. “This is why I decided to use my resources to establish this scholarship fund.”

More cardiologists needed Johnson made an initial commitment of $100,000, which will allow the fund to grant an annual $5,000 scholarship. When additional contributions bring the fund to $250,000, the scholarship will increase to $10,000. The goal is to grow the fund and to grant multiple scholarships.

“I hope my message of philanthropy is heeded by others, and that they will pledge money to enlarge this fund,” Johnson said.

One in three Black Americans will die from cardiovascular disease, including

age ranging from a low of 44 percent to a high of 82 percent in individual states. Among adults, 42 percent got some type of vaccine, with state-specific coverage ranging from 31 percent to 53 percent.

South Dakota had the highest rate of vaccination among adults, and Rhode Island led the way for children, Schuchat said.

Vaccination rates were up for

If you’re considering a flu shot this year, Schuchat has a message for you: “Now’s the time to get it,” she said. “You need to get vaccinated before you’re exposed to influenza for it to work. The first cough or fever is not the time to start thinking about it.”

About 73 million doses of influenza vaccine have already been shipped by manufacturers, who expect to produce at least 135 million doses for the 2013-14 flu season, she said.

Among them are some new choices, including a flu mist that covers four strains of influenza virus instead of the usual three.

There’s also a flu shot that is injected only into the skin instead of all the way into a muscle; as a result, the needle is 90 percent smaller than the one used for regular shots.

Which option is best? Whichever one you get, Schuchat said.

“The most important thing is to be vaccinated.”

heart disease and stroke.

Only 3 percent of all cardiologists in the United States are African-Americans, and the percentage of black Americans pursuing careers as physicians is dwindling. Experts warn that this trend could exacerbate health disparities and doctor shortages.

“Since I founded ABC four decades ago, I have witnessed the fact that the number of Black cardiologists has not increased, despite an increased need for doctors to deal with cardiovascular disease, the nation’s number one health problem,” said Dr. Richard Allen Williams, a clinical professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles.

Physicians with racial and ethnic backgrounds that are similar to their patients provide culturally competent care and in turn, have higher patient-satisfaction rates.

These physicians also are likely to provide care to underserved populations with higher rates of disease and less access to care.

Cost a major barrier One of the many barriers preventing an increase in the number of Black doctors is the cost of going to medical school, which leaves 86 percent of young physicians with an average debt of $162,000. The purpose of this partnership is to build the pipeline for future Black cardiovascular disease specialists through scholarship support.

“This disparity can best be addressed by recruiting more Black medical students into careers in cardiology and by helping them to reduce their debt burden,” said Williams, who is president and CEO of the Minority Health Institute, Inc.

This story is special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer.

The short answer to the question, “Are all men destined to become grumpy as they age?” The answer is no! No man has to become a “grumpy old man.”

Growing up, do you remember that old man at the end of the block just waiting for some unsuspecting kid to step on his lawn? “Get off my lawn!” he’d bellow.

Just put one toe on that man’s grass and you’d hear it for blocks: “Get off my lawn!”

You’d think that kid was walking across a white carpet with muddy feet.

“Why was this old man so darned ornery?” I often wondered.

Dealing with ‘andropause’ As an anti-aging and regenerative medical doctor, I now understand what happens to far too many men that makes them “grumpy” as they age.

First and foremost, their hormones, mostly testosterone, aren’t what they used to be.

Testosterone not only protects a man’s health from heart attacks and cancers, it also makes him feel full of vitality and gives him a zest for life.

These grumpy men have gone through what we now call “andropause,” the male menopause.

Menopause is a fairly well-known term that describes what women go through when they lose their hormones. Menopause comes with a variety of not-so-fun side effects like hot flashes, mood swings, and the loss of libido and concentration.

Andropause, which is a fairly new term that describes the process that men go through, comes with its own side effects. Many are identical to menopausal side effects. And one of them is being flat-out “grumpy.”

The long, slow slide Women can go through menopause fairly quickly in their late 40s or early 50s. Men, on the other hand, may go on “the long, slow slide” into andropause. It often begins in a man’s midto-late 20s and continues year after year until a once happy and vibrant man is reduced to a grumpy old man.

Our grumpy man may also be feeling the effects of worn-out adrenal glands that once kept him energized and reduced his stress; a poorly balanced thyroid that once kept him fit and clear-headed; and his once-pro-

Andropause, which is a fairly new term that describes the process that men go through, comes with its own side effects. Many are identical to menopausal side effects. And one of them is being flat-out “grumpy.” tective immune system that may now be out of order.

What to do For the man willing to get up and do something about his health, there is a lot that can be done. And the good news is that it’s painless and not too difficult. For the man who won’t come in on his own to do what many women do, grab him by his collar and get him in here.

His adrenal and thyroid glands can be restored to peak performance. His immune system can be rebuilt. And his hormones, most importantly testosterone, can be rebalanced with safer bio-identical hormones.

We find in our medical center that a man who “partners with us” to rebuild and restore his adrenal and thyroid glands and his immune system and then has his hormones rebalanced can reclaim his energy, his memory, and his sexual health.

He can once again be brimming with vitality. And he may in fact even let those darned kids run all over his grass without an unkind word.

This story is special to the NNPA from the Spokesman-Recorder. Dr. Alyse Hamilton has practiced medicine in the Twin Cities for over 25 years and is dedicated to partnering with her patients to restore their health from the inside out. For further information, visit www.advancedhealthandvitality.com.

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OCTOBER 3 – OCTOBER 9, 2013

Participants sought for Light Up Midtown parade, health fair

BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES harperjames59@yahoo.com

Local business owners and residents are being asked to decorate their businesses and residences again during the holidays for the second annual “Light Up Midtown” event.

Winners will receive recognition and awards at the Dec. 17 city commission meeting. On that date at 7 p.m., business owners and

residents will be asked to turn on their Christmas lights.

City officials and volunteers already have been working on the 2013 “Light Up Midtown” Christmas in the Midtown redevelopment area of Daytona Beach.

“We are excited about two events that are being planned,” said. Charles J. Bryant, Daytona Beach Redevelopment Project Manager.

Port Orange continues history series Port Orange’s History Lecture Series continues with a lecture about the historic landmark - the Chapel at Grace Episcopal Church on Oct. 11. The lecture begins at 1 p.m. and will be held at the Adult Center Annex, 3738 Halifax Drive.

As one of Port Orange’s undiscovered

Hospice seeking volunteers to make lap blankets Haven Hospice is looking for generous people willing to sew, crochet, or knit lap blankets for hospice patients.

The maximum size is limited at 40” x 50” because of wheelchair usage.

Dec. 7 events This year organizers are planning a parade and a health fair with both taking place on Dec. 7.

The parade will begin at 10 a.m. behind the Daytona Mall. The health fair, to be held at Daisy Stocking Park, will begin at 10 a.m.

Merchants on Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and International Speedway Boulevard are encouraged to

landmarks, the Chapel at Grace Episcopal Church also holds one of the community’s most priceless art treasures. Dating back to 1893, the Chapel is a great example of the “carpenter gothic” architectural style.

The most unique feature of a visit to the Chapel is the stained glass windows from the Louis Comfort Tiffany studios.

For more information, call 386-5065522.

Patriotic-themed blankets would be appreciated by veteran patients.

This project ends Dec.15 and will hopefully result in 200 donated lap blankets ready to bring to patients during the holiday season.

For more information, call the New Smyrna office at 386-428-0774.

remain open for activities taking place that Saturday.

“The purpose of this year’s events are no different from those of last year, that being bringing the community together and providing a positive atmosphere in the Midtown Area for the holiday season.

We believe that we accomplished this task last year,” Bryant said.

Sign up by Nov. 29 In order for the health fair

and the parade to be successful, he said participation and support is needed from the community.

Those interested in participating are urged to complete an application by Nov. 29.

The parade will consist of area bands, churches, community organizations with floats, marching units, cars, etc.

The Daytona Beach Community Band, made up of alumni band mem-

bers from Bethune-Cookman University, has agreed to assist with the organization of the Parade.

The health fair will feature medical service agencies and providers. The Volusia County Health Department has agreed to partner with the City of Daytona Beach to host this event.

For more information, contact Charles J. Bryant at 386-671-8185 or via email at bryantc@codb.us.

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Case said the navigators would be responsible for debunking any myths and falsehoods that have been spread about the Affordable Care Act. She said it is not true the government is building a database of personal information or that people will be going door to door to get them registered. She also noted people do not need to pay anyone to help them enroll.

She added people should be aware of scams and cautions them to not give out their email address or personal information to anyone calling or visiting their home.

In an interview with the Daytona Times, Case said the Health Planning Council (HPC) is the only nonpartisan, non-government health planning group in the region.

HPC will work in collaboration with USF as one of 11 statewide consortium partners to conduct public education activities for consumers and small employers to raise awareness about the insurance changes.

Case noted there are two other important dates citizens should be aware of Jan 1, when coverage begins, and March 31, when open enrollment closes.

ter the University of South Florida received one of several “Navigator Grants” for the state by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Other responsibilities of the navigators will include interviewing uninsured families to obtain information needed for the online application, explaining the application process, program requirements and timelines to eligible individuals, completing the online application process, if necessary, and conduct computer-based enrollment at community sites in

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with significant resistance.

BC — fresh off a bye week — came in well-rested and well-prepared and potentially exposed cracks in the Seminoles’ defense and special teams.

“Hard fought victory on the road. We knew this was going to be a tough football game, knew it going in,” said coach Jimbo Fisher after the game. “They caught us with some things and made some plays and got us behind early but the kids kept a lot of poise, I think.”

Critical mistakes

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The Wildcats tussled with the Seminoles on Sept. 21 at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee.

Perfect start to season doesn’t hide FSU’s flaws

BY PATRIK NOHE MIAMI HERALD (MCT)

TALLAHASSEE — Florida State knew what it was

getting into on Saturday, knew it was going to get Boston College’s best shot.

The No. 8 Seminoles bested the Eagles 48-34 and

the main story line as FSU departed Boston on Saturday evening was a nearmiraculous last-second touchdown pass that saw

Jameis Winston evade two defenders before finding Kenny Shaw for a 55-yard touchdown.

But FSU also was met

The Seminoles (4-0) have made a habit of slow starts this season. They trailed Pittsburgh in their opener, fell behind Nevada early and took a couple of drives to get going last weekend against BethuneCookman.

Saturday afternoon at Alumni Stadium was no different.

“We’ve got to learn to start better. We had some mistakes, some critical mistakes I thought on that first drive on offense that were inexcusable,” Fisher said.

After receiving the opening kickoff, Winston missed on his first two passes before taking an 11-yard sack that sent the punt team on to the field. A low punt and a 19-yard return set Boston College up with great field position — as the Eagles had for much of the day — with the ball at the Seminole 36.

‘We can do better’ Boston College would go on to score in each of their first three possessions — taking a 17-3 lead early in the second quarter.

In total, the Eagles racked

up over 200 yards of rushing. BC running back Andre Williams finished with 149 yards on 28 carries and quarterback Chase Rettig utilized FSU’s over-aggressiveness to throw for a career-high four touchdown passes.

“We’ve got to go back, we’re going to look at film and see what we did wrong because this, we didn’t expect this,” sophomore cornerback PJ Williams said after the game. “We expect to come out and dominate teams and play hard so we’re going back and look at what we can do better.”

In total the Eagles amassed 397 yards and the 34 points they scored was the most against FSU in the series’ history.

This is the portion of FSU’s schedule where things get difficult too.

A work in progress The Seminoles host No. 25 Maryland on Saturday before traveling to Clemson in three weeks to face the third-ranked Tigers.

NC State visits the following weekend. Then the annual slugfest with the 14thranked Miami Hurricanes at home is on Nov. 2.

FSU’s offense has scored points in bunches this year — putting up at least 48 in every game this season — but if Saturday was any indication, the Seminoles’ young defense may not be as far along in coordinator Jeremy Pruitt’s new scheme as FSU would like.

“We’ve got to get better in all three phases,” Fisher said after the game. “But guys we’re a work in progress. We’re learning to win on the road, we’re very proud of that, and we’re 4-0.”

Volleyball’s Jimenez makes school history with 1,000 digs SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Jennifer Jimenez became the first Bethune-Cookman player in program history Tuesday to register 1,000 career digs in the Lady Cats’ 3-0 (25-13,25-12,2521) recent loss to Florida Gulf Coast in Historic Moore Gymnasium.

The senior from Merritt Island, who is already B-CU’s all-time digs leader, reached 1,000 with her third dig in the first set. She finished with 13.

Destiny Hudson led BCU (2-16) with eight kills, followed by Rhea Simon and Delicia Pierre with five each. Simon added four blocks.

Jessica Barnes led FGCU (5-10) with 15 kills and

B-CU ROUNDUP Christine Pinder posted 11.

B-CU returns to MidEastern Athletic Conference play this weekend, hosting North Carolina A&T Friday night and North Carolina Central Sunday.

Worth noting: Lauren Turner, who missed the last two matches, had four kills and a block ... Jimenez’ next milestone is 100 service aces; she needs two more; B-CU is now 0-11 on Tuesday matches in the Isaac Raphael era.

Good practices for basketball team The Bethune-Cookman

Lady Wildcats opened up women’s basketball official team practices on Monday afternoon at historic Richard V. Moore Gymnasium. Under the leadership of sixth-year Head Coach Vanessa Blair-Lewis and senior captains Kayla Crawford and Kiara Redmon, B-CU got to work with great intensity on opening day.

The Lady Wildcats brought that intensity to the court on several bucket-to-bucket drills, before beginning work on plays and the offense, getting acclimated to working together as a team with the deepest and most experienced squad in Blair-Lewis’ time at B-CU. “Every year is like a new

Jennifer Jimenez is show with Coach Isaac Raphael. beginning,” Blair-Lewis said. “It’s like a new flower that you’re waiting to see bloom.”

Excited to hit the court after the weeks of individual practices, the Lady Wildcats did not disappoint, getting the 2013-14 season under way.

“There were some great high points, and obvi-

ously with the first day of practice, there were some things that we’ve got to continue to work on,” BlairLewis said.

This information is special to the Times from B-CU Athletics.

Walter McCoy to lead county’s Couch Potato Running Club SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Couch potatoes can get up and running with a six-week fitness program led by Olympic sprinter Walter McCoy and sponsored by Volusia County’s Parks, Recreation and Culture Division.

McCoy will lead participants through exercises, walking and jogging from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays from Oct. 15 through Nov. 21 at Emory L. Bennett Veterans Memorial Park, 1365 Veterans Memorial Parkway, Orange City.

Gold medalist McCoy earned spots on the U.S. Olympic track teams in 1980 and 1984 and won a gold medal as a member of the 4 x 400 relay team in 1984. He’s currently the track and field coach at Seabreeze High School in Ormond Beach.

“We’ll turn couch potatoes into runners,” said Joe Zarbo, the county’s recreation superintendent. “Our main goal is to create a safe cardiovascular program that will help them develop muscular endurance and improve stamina.”

For information, contact Zarbo at 386-736-5953, ext.

16702, or jzarbo@volusia.org.

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OCTOBER 3 – OCTOBER 9, 2013

A remote substitute for the repo man More subprime lenders using starter-blocking devices to disable vehicles when payments are late

BY JIM GALLAGHER ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH (MCT)

Back in the old days, if you couldn’t make your car payment, you had to watch out for the repo man.

Now, the repo man is a robot that rides around in a little device under your dashboard.

Miss a payment, and the car becomes a hunk of useless metal — immobilized by a starter-blocking device triggered from cyberspace.

The owner then has a choice — pay up and get use of the car again, or wait until the human repo man eventually rolls up. He’ll be guided right to the spot by a GPS tattletale in the device.

“Automated Collection Technology,” as it’s known in the business, is becoming a common part of the “deep subprime” auto lending market. That’s the market that finances old used cars for people with little income and poor credit.

The industry charges high interest — often more than 20 percent.

‘Stranding technology’ The devices, which prevent cars from starting, are sparking a challenge from Legal Services of Eastern Missouri. The legal aid nonprofit agency, which serves the poor, contends they’re dangerous — stranding motorists far from home, sometimes at night and in crime-ridden neighborhoods.

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Rachel Ward is suing a loan company for repeatedly freezing the ignition on her 2003 Mitsubshi Galant with a remote device. Companies that give high-interest loans to people who don’t qualify for regular car loans are installing devices that prevent cars from starting and can be activated remotely when payments are missed.

“I call it stranding technology,” said Rob Swearingen, the legal services attorney who recently filed a lawsuit against the practice. The devices don’t stop a car while moving. But once the engine is off, they stop it from restarting.

“I had a client who was in an intersection with a child,” Swearingen said.

The car stalled, and when she tried to restart it, the starter was blocked. “She had to roll the car to the side of the road, get the child out and beg somebody for money to get on a bus.”

Bigger problem The industry says the devices are a public service.

By encouraging prompt payment, the devices help consumers rebuild their battered credit scores, the industry contends. By reducing losses for lenders, it allows them to make big-

ger loans to borrowers so they can buy better cars.

The devices can also foil car thieves by guiding police to the stolen car.

Hosea Robinson said the device did him no favors.

He was working as a security guard at a housing project in Wellston, Mo. “I was a little behind in my payments. They kept calling and I told them I was going to make a payment when I got paid,” Robinson said.

Leaving work at night, he found his 1997 Sunfire wouldn’t start. “I called them, and they said that unless I made a payment, they wouldn’t turn it on.”

Robinson got his brother out of bed to give him a ride home. When he returned the next day, the car’s windows had been smashed and the car was dented. “There was $400 or $500 damage to the car. It pretty much wound up be-

ing junked,” he said.

Beeps and whistles Auto dealers think the devices ease their biggest headache — people who pay late, or don’t pay at all.

About a third of subprime customers default on their loans, said Ken Shilson, founder and president of the National Alliance of Buy-Here-Pay-Here Dealers. As a result, the industry spends a lot on collectors, who call customers when payments are late.

The devices reverse that process. Fearing that their cars won’t start, people who are going to be late call the collectors to beg for extra time to pay.

Some of the devices beep at customers just before payments are due, and whistle when they’re a day away from being shut off.

Two types In a survey by the Na-

tional Alliance, 91 percent of dealers said the devices cut their collection expenses, and 81 percent think the devices reduce the risk of default.

“There are two types of operators — those that are using the devices and those that should be using the devices,” Shilson said.

His surveys show that 40 to 60 percent of subprime lenders and dealers are using some type of device.

Some simply track the car

by GPS, but most can both track and disable it.

“It’s the No. 1 business model in use in deep subprime,” Shilson said.

Some customers aren’t happy about riding with a repo robot.

she said. “I’m freaking out because I have to get the kids from school.”

She wasn’t behind on her payment, she said.

She called Western Funding, and they gave her control of the car again after a 30-minute wait. It happened again in March 2011, she said. This time it took more than an hour to restore.

By August 2011, however, she says she was two weeks behind on her car payment. She left work in Des Peres, Mo., and found her starter frozen.

“Your payment was due on the first,” said the representative at Western Funding, according to Ward.

“You’re late.”

Knew the drill

A constant worry

Rachael Ward, a dental assistant from Fenton, Mo., bought her 2003 Mitsubishi Galant in October 2010 at Auto Credit Mart in St. Louis. She put $700 down and borrowed $5,382 from Western Funding.

Western Funding is a major subprime lender, financing cars through 3,000 car lots. It charges an average interest rate of 23 percent, according to the company website.

The dealer explained the device and that the lender could freeze the starter if she fell behind.

“They said, ‘It’s a benefit to you. If it’s ever stolen, we can track it down and shut it off,’ ” she recalled. Customers usually sign a paper acknowledging the device.

Frozen again Ward, a married mother of two, didn’t think much about it until one day that winter.

“I got into my car to leave for the doctor, and the car wouldn’t start. When I tried, the key it would make this beeping noise,”

At the time, she lived about 25 miles away. After some begging, they let her drive home before shutting it off again.

She fell behind again and was shut off again in November, while out shopping with her family. This time they wouldn’t unfreeze the starter until she paid. In December, her car was disabled again while she was at work.

“They laughed at me,” she said. “They said the policy had changed. Now instead of 10 days to pay, you have five days. My husband came with the kids and picked me up.” She later wired in the money to the lender.

After all that, she’s frightened by the device. “It’s a hassle, and I’m constantly nervous,” she said. “What will happen if I have the kids with me and it’s the middle of winter?”

But it does concentrate her mind on making ontime payments. “I’m a day late and I’m paranoid. It’s a constant worry,” she said.

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