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Blanks seeks to be first Black elections chief

PEOPLE SPEAK

BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES harperjames59@yahoo.com

History would be made in Volusia County if Beaulah Blanks is elected its first Black supervisor of elections.

She has a tough challenge ahead of her though as she faces incumbent Ann McFall, current Volusia County Councilman Andy Kelly and DeLand

community activist Theresa Apgar.

Blanks, an attorney and former educator, who has lived in DeLand for 16 years but was born in Micanopy, says McFall should be unseated because “the position needs someone with a fresh and different perspective, someone who will not wait until re-election to actively carry out the office’s mission.’’

She says McFall sat on

the sidelines while current state election laws were being passed that restricted voter registration and participation and spoke up only when an embarrassing event occurred on her watch.

Handling of event criticized The event Blanks is referring to involved a New Smyrna Beach school teacher who registered her

students to vote but turned the applications in after a 48-hour deadline regarding third-party registrars that was put into effect by Florida legislators a year earlier.

A judge recently blocked the law from going into effect involving third-party registrars.

“While on the surface, the supervisor of elections (McFall) looks like a ‘hero’ by speaking to the me-

Theresa Apgar

Lisa Funchess shows off the new “Healthy & Homemade Recipe Book,” which contains easy homecooked meals.

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er hand shook slightly as she reached for the handle of the glass doors. Even a warm Daytona Beach day in July can seem cold when you are confused about what the next step should be. Two days earlier, Amy Hare had found out she was five weeks pregnant. She paused, took a deep breath and stepped into her neighborhood health center.

Shock was her first reaction upon hearing the words “You’re pregnant.” Hare, 29, then sought help at the Volusia County Health Department’s WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) Program.

“I had no idea what to do first. All I knew was that I needed to be healthy for my baby,” said Hare, who is pregnant with her first child.

“I didn’t know where to start, but I was told about WIC and decided to look it up.”

Nutrition for babies, education for parents “It is not uncommon for women to visit the health department’s WIC office shortly after hearing the news that they are pregnant.” said Funchess, nutrition program director at the local health department. “It’s wonderful being able to help people when they need it the most.”

WIC is a federally funded nutrition program that serves low-income and moderate-income pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women. The program also provides nutrition to infants and children under 5

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dia after these events occurred, careful analysis of her authority and how she could have proactively

Program making healthy difference one mother and child at a time

BY KRISTEN WELSH SPECIAL TO THE DAYTONA TIMES

Beaulah Blanks

COURTESY OF VOLUSIA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Ann McFall

used it shows a supervisor of elections who was engaging in damage control, Please see BLANKS, Page 2

Money woes to delay revamped Daytona Village

BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES harperjames59@yahoo.com

years old.

The program supplies food vouchers, nutritional education, breastfeeding promotion and support, and counseling for mothers and fathers. Screenings and referrals to other health, welfare and social services also are part of the program.

“Our goal is to improve the nutritional status of our clients, especially during critical periods of growth,’’ Funchess explained. “This is why our quarterly nutrition campaigns like ‘Rise and Shine, It’s Breakfast Time’

and ‘Eat Fish, Choose Wisely’ are so important. They teach the value of eating healthy to parents and children.”

Director fluent in Spanish, Creole Funchess, who joined the Volusia County Health Department in June 2010, is a registered dietitian with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and licensed dietitian/nutritionist in Florida.

Funchess received her undergraduate degree in dietetics from the University of Southern Mississippi and a

master’s of Science in Health from the University of North Florida. In addition to 15 years of experience in public health, Funchess is fluent in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole.

Before coming to the Volusia County Health Department, Funchess worked with the WIC program at health departments in Highlands, Lee and Collier counties.

Funchess was recognized in 2010 as the Volusia County Health Department’s New Employee of the Year. She

Demolition is completed and Daytona Beach will be participating in a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Daytona Village on July 26 at 2 p.m. However, construction of new apartments is not expected to be done anytime soon.

Emory Counts, Economic and Community Development director of Daytona Beach, said the project is divided into phases.

“The number of phases will depend on how much funding can be put together and used in the project.

I expect there would be at least three phases,” Counts said.

Construction of the initial infrastructure has be- Emory Counts gun.

Counts noted that the first units could be available before the end of 2013.

The project is expected to cost $12 million total, which officials have yet to secure. Plans are for 70 two- and three-bedroom rental units.

Funding sources Counts said a significant portion of the money the city had toward the project was used to purchase the property, remove the asbestos and demolish the buildings.

“All this had to be completed before we could consider doing anything more per Florida Department of Environmental Protection regulations,” Counts explained.

The first phase of the development

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Hoffman: City needs a businessperson to run it like a business Editor’s note: This is one in a series of stories on mayoral candidates in Daytona Beach.

BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES harperjames59@yahoo.com

Fred Hoffman wants to take on the challenge of changing Daytona Beach residents’ “lives for the better.”

Hoffman was a late entrant in the race for mayor. He is not as well known as his Fred opponents – all Hoffman whom have elected experience.

Hoffman says government ex-

perience should not be a prerequisite for the job.

“That’s why some things never change. Don’t be content with conformity. The city needs someone who can bring about solutions, and not maintain a ‘good ol’ boy policy,” he stated on his website.

Hoffman, who moved to Daytona Beach in 1972, says he has always been self-employed and currently is a motel owner, landlord and real estate broker.

Election takes place on Aug. 14 He will be competing against current Daytona Beach Commissioner Edith Shelley; Gwen Azama-Edwards, a former commissioner and city clerk; and Derrick

Henry, a former commissioner.

If no candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote plus one during the primary election on Aug. 14, the top two vote getters will go against each other in a runoff during the general election in November.

About his opponents, he stated, “I’m sure that they would do their best. I’ve never been a clerk nor a schoolteacher, or a career politician, or any other kind of employee.

“I’ve always been in business for myself. The city is a business and should be run like any other business that has to make a profit. It’s not fair to the residents to overtax them for a poorly run government.’’

“The city needs a businessper-

son to run it like a business, and on that basis I am the best candidate,” he continued.

Thoughts on going green, red-light cameras On other issues, Hoffman says all city buildings should go green.

“The city should set the example to save both electricity and water in all city buildings and provide rebate incentives for home and business owners to save water and electricity,” Hoffman explained.

Hoffman says bicycles should be allowed on city sideways, which a Florida statute allows but a Daytona Beach ordinance does not.

He would like all the money

made from the red-light cameras to go to not-for-profit organizations.

“The city claims the only reason for the cameras is traffic safety and not any revenues. To remove any doubts of self-interest, the city should donate all profits,” he noted.

Candidate against Internet cafes “I don’t think there is any difference between an Internet cafe and legalized gambling and the state of Florida has not approved legalized gambling,” he continued.

Hoffman also says Daytona Beach can no longer consider Please see HOFFMAN, Page 6

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Hydrotherapy will boost B-CU’s athletic program University raising funds for equipment to help injured players

BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES butleramj@yahoo.com

Bethune-Cookman University is looking to add hydrotherapy to its athletic program.

The school is raising $50,000 to bring in hydrotherapy equipment to help treat and rehabilitate injured student athletes.

The equipment will be housed in a designated room inside the new Larry R. Handfield Athletic Training Center.

“Hydrotherapy is part of the treatment and rehabilitation phase. What we have found is that talking with doctors, athletic trainers, student athletes, and coaches that we knew we needed this feature,” said Lynn Thompson, B-CU’s athletic director.

The equipment will consist of a pool and other exercise equipment, including an underwater treadmill.

Proven medical treatment Hydrotherapy is a proven method that helps athletes recover from injuries.

“Science shows that water helps relieve weight and pressure on injuries. It works against pressure and resistance. Water relieves pressure on joints and muscles. You can also run on treadmills in water too to help rehab,’’ Thompson explained.

Hydrotherapy, formerly called hydropathy, is a part occupational therapy and physiotherapy that involves water for pain relief and treatment.

Various therapies used in the present-day hydrotherapy employ water jets, underwater massage and mineral baths and/or whirlpool bath, hot Roman bath, hot tub, Jacuzzi, cold plunge and mineral bath.

amount needed to be raised to make this happen. Many hydrotherapy pools cost more. What we get has to be tailor-made to fit the design plans,” added Thompson.

Funds already are coming in to help the school reach the goal.

Thompson answered, “We have raised a significant amount of the funds. Many have rallied around the pitch made by our Board of Trustees (member) Dr. Larry Handfield. He took the lead and initiative on this matter.”

Opening, then game

Common practice The practice of hydrotherapy can be traced back to the ancient Egyptian, Persian, Greek and Roman civilizations.

Hydrotherapy can be used with both warm and cold water.

There are schools across the nation that have hydrotherapy treatment capabilities and others offer it or teach it in degree programs.

Having hydrotherapy capability will give a much-needed boost to B-CU’s athletic program.

Major benefit It also will give the school

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The Larry Handfield Athletic Training Center is set to open in September. One of the features of the center will be hydrotherapy treatment for injured athletes. scheduling, convenience, financial and other advantages for both the school and its student athletes.

“This will provide us with a significant advantage and the benefits will be invaluable. We won’t have to uproot student athletes and depend upon other people’s facilities, which can also save us

money. We can schedule the use of it in a great manner. It will be on campus, which will really help a student athlete’s schedule both academically and athletically,” responded Thompson.

The amount of money being raised to get the equipment is ideal.

“We knew that this was the

The Larry Handfield Athletic facility is located on the corner of International Speedway Boulevard and Lincoln Street on the campus of B-CU and is set to open Sept. 21.

A ceremony and festivities will occur during the weekend of the Hall of Fame football game between the Wildcats and the Tennessee State University Tigers at Municipal Stadium the following day.

The athletic facility also will be equipped with a state-of-theart weight room, sports medicine treatment, observation and rehabilitation rooms with X-ray capability.

It will house several of the school’s athletic programs, including football and softball.

Orange Avenue reconstruction project on hold Daytona Beach wasn’t chosen for money from federal grant to help improve road

nization, said her agency provided a resolution of support for the application.

“The Volusia TPO has been supportive of efforts. Unfortunately, we have limited programs for improvements to Orange Avenue since it’s a local road,” Bollenback explained.

BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES harperjames59@yahoo.com

Daytona Beach officials were disappointed to learn recently that for the fourth time they will not be receiving a $13.2 million federal grant requested to pay for the reconstruction of Orange Avenue, which runs through the heart of the city and its Black community.

At least one city official remained optimistic.

Hardy Smith, Government Relations Administrator for the city, said an application was submitted in March for a part of the 2012 Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Grant.

Reconstructing Orange Avenue is expected to cost $19 million.

Smith said there was a halfbillion dollars available but more than 10 and a half billion dollars was requested from entities and municipalities across the country.

Competitive process Two Florida cities, Fort Lauderdale and Tampa, were suc-

BLANKS from Page 1 something that possibly could have been avoided had she taken proactive steps to communicate with and keep citizens informed, especially concerning the more recent changes to state election laws,” Blanks said.

Blanks: Website ‘archaic and self-serving’ Another election law that recently went into effect was reducing the early voting time period from 10 to eight days and blocking voters from early voting on the Sunday before the primary and general election dates.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott also sent out a list of names he asked supervisors of elections across the state to purge from their voter rolls, allegedly because they were not citizens.

McFall and other supervisor of elections have chosen not to purge any names because of another law they say prohibits them from doing so because of the proximity of the Aug. 14 primary.

Blanks says McFall also failed to provide the office with innovations such as electronic technology that would cost-effectively keep voters informed and engaged.

“One example is the Supervisor of Elections’ web page, which,

Volusia submitted resolution

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According to a city administrator, the infrastructure under Orange Avenue is contributing to the flooding in the area when there is a heavy rainstorm. cessful in their bid for funds for their local projects.

Smith said Orange Avenue is the city’s number one infrastructure project and Daytona will continue looking for other sources of revenue.

He says the city is still waiting for a reply on another grant they hope to get.

“We meet the criteria. It’s a competitive process,” he stated.

Smith said he remains optimistic the project will get done.

He elaborated saying the reason the project is expensive because it involves more than just repaving the thoroughfare.

“What’s underneath is the problem – all the storm water pipes are crumbling. They are so

when compared to other supervisor of elections websites in the state, is archaic and self-serving.

If voter participation is to extend to younger voters, use of electronic technology, including social media and emailing, is critical,” Blanks remarked.

Other candidates criticize McFall McFall has come under fire from other opponents as well.

Apgar says she plans to be proactive not reactive to the challenges of the supervisor of elections office.

“If it appears that a registered voter has died, I will not mail a letter to confirm the information.

I will pick up the phone to resolve the matter. The supervisor works for the public and not the other way around. I have received phone calls and emails from voters saying they were not treated with deference by the supervisor or the employees,” Apgar said.

Candidate Andy Kelly has accused McFall of wasting taxpayers’ money.

“The fact is that the advertising is starting to look more like promoting herself instead of focusing on the election or any other necessary or required advertising. It is an extra expense, which means it costs the taxpayers extra,” Kelly said.

Kelly also has been critical of credit McFall has taken for modernizing the Volusia County elections office.

old,” Smith explained.

Flooding a problem The infrastructure under Orange Avenue is contributing to the flooding in the area when there is a heavy rainstorm. He also noted the outdated infrastructure is also causing the many potholes and the uneven levels along the avenue.

Though Orange Avenue is a priority, Smith said the city is cash strapped and has a lengthy list of other needs.

“We are trying to identify new funding sources (for Orange Avenue),” Smith concluded.

Lois Bollenback, Interim Executive Director of the Volusia Transportation Planning Orga-

He says changes that have occurred at the office happened only after laws were passed in Tallahassee and directives were given from the secretary of state.

McFall defends action and record In her defense, McFall says she has been on a number of national news and talk shows and it was her who leaked the story to the press about the News Smyrna Beach teacher.

“The reason why Volusia is getting a lot of national attention is as a result of what happened to the law change. I had to turn in a teacher I knew the laws were going to be controversial,” she said.

“I called my friends at the (Daytona Beach) News-Journal.

This has to be a story. I did an oped piece, and it went viral,” McFall noted.

Supervisor against Scott’s purge McFall, who readily admits she is Republican, says she is upset that Scott is asking supervisors of elections to purge voters.

“The governor’s office getting in elections is such a conflict of interest you can drive a Mack truck through it,” McFall continued.

And in reference to modernizing the Volusia County elections office, McFall says, “I’ve brought more technology during my eight years in office than the previous 40 years combined.’’

In a resolution submitted by the Volusia County Council, which was part the application package sent for the federal funds, it was noted that the reconstruction of Orange Avenue was necessary because the proposed Daytona stop of the Jacksonville to Miami commuter rail will be located in the Midtown area adjacent to Orange Avenue.

There also are plans to replace the Orange Avenue/Veterans Memorial Bridge bringing it up to current day standards.

Orange Avenue is a Volusia County-owned roadway located in Daytona Beach.

“Volusia County and the city of Daytona Beach jointly acknowledge that local funding is not available to finance the estimated $20 million needed to complete the project now, or in the foreseeable future without substantial state and or federal assistance, due to current economic conditions,” the resolution concluded.

Candidate: Laws reek of Jim Crow era Blanks says she will use social media, email and other electronic technology “to effectively communicate with the voters and to increase voter participation by our younger citizens.’’

She also argues that the current state elections laws “reek of a supposedly bygone Jim Crow era.”

“I am running because I am proactive, innovative, fair, and transparent and will bring those attributes to the supervisor of elections position,” Blanks said.

The candidate also says she is running because she could “no longer sit on the sideline and simply critique the current supervisor of elections’ failure to protect our voters and the electoral process.”

She adds that she felt it a civic duty and responsibility to run for supervisor of elections given her knowledge and understanding of the historical struggle of AfricanAmericans, other ethnic groups, and women to obtain the right to vote.

Volusia County is in need of a supervisor of elections who is “proactive in this era of a return to restrictive voter registration laws,” Blanks noted.

Experience voter registration agent Blanks has worked as a thirdparty voter registration agent.

“I will bring to the supervisor

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Dr. Cleo Higgins shares insight on Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune.

Institute honors B-CU founder The Mary McLeod Bethune Legacy Preservation Institute observed Bethune-Cookman University founder’s 137th birthday on July 14 in the front of her home on the campus.

Bethune was born July 10, 1875 near Mayesville, S.C. During last Saturday’s event, Dr. Cleo Higgins talked about the founder as she knew her. The event also was attended by Bethune’s family members, who laid a wreath on her gravesite.

of elections position first-hand experience of how voter registration and participation are affected by current state laws and what ways will best assist election personnel and the citizens of Volusia County in complying with the laws while continuing to register and educate voters,” Blanks added.

Blanks is a member of the Florida Bar and has served on the Florida Bar’s Judicial Administration and Evaluation Committee. She also is a member of the United States District Court, Middle District, Florida; a life member of the NAACP; a former assistant state attorney; former college professor and administrator; and a former public school teacher.

She graduated from Florida State University College of Law; has a master’s in public administration from Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government; a master of arts in African history from the University of Florida, and a bachelor’s degree in history from then Bethune-Cookman College.

In addition, she is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and The Links, Inc. She is married to Dr. Terry Cleve Blanks, Jr., a dentist in private practice in DeLand.

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Palm Coast student wins bronze at NAACP Olympics Palm Coast

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By Jeroline D. Mccarthy | Daytona Times One Flagler County high school student brought home a medal from the NAACP’s 34th annual Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) in Houston.

The July 8 awards ceremony capped months of local competitions and students competing in 26 categories ranging from performing arts and music to mathematics, biology and business.

Palm Coast competitor Xavier Ryan won the bronze medal in photography. “This experience was extremely exciting and gratifying for me and the eight Flagler County students in attendance,� says local ACT-SO Director Stephanie Ecklin. “We were privileged with the opportunity to network with some of the most brilliant African-American young men and women who are on their way to Harvard, Yale, Morehouse and other great U.S. univer-

sities. “The beauty of this competition is that it gives young, talented students something to work towards and keeps them focused.

Not only does the project help them prepare for the competition, but it helps to shape their thinking about new possibilities. To this end, we have to thank our sponsors for making all of this possible.�

The sponsors included Mr. and Mrs. James Griffin, Accord Insurance, Flagler County Youth Center, OVT Teen Magazine, Coquina Bowling Lanes, Palm Coast BBQ, the Make It Take It Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Whiting, Ancient City Temple #63, and others providing financial and inkind donations.

Celebrities at event From July 5-8, local gold medalists, ACT-SO directors, youth observers and

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In the first row at the ACT-SO Awards in Houston are Rashod Cooks, Dominic Davis and Geraldine Simon.

In the second row are Stephanie Ecklin, Bryan Dieuidonne, Xavier Ryan, Derric Wheelis, Brandon Rodriguez and Shekinah Maybin. supporters convened in Houston for the national competition.

Winners received gold, silver and bronze medals during the awards ceremony hosted by actor Anthony Anderson with appearances by actress Ashley Tamar Davis and Astro, a contestant from television’s “The X-Factor.�

The ACT-SO program centers on dedication and commitment of community volunteers and business leaders serving as mentors and coaches to promote academic and artistic excellence among AfricanAmerican students.

The program was founded in 1978 by renowned author/journalist Vernon Jarrett. Previous ACT-SO contestants and winners include filmmaker John Singleton, musician Kanye

West and actress Pinkett Smith.

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Flagler NAACP hosting candidates forum The Flagler County NAACP will sponsor a candidates forum for supervisor of elections, county commission, school board and state representative District 24 on 5 p.m. July 24 at the African-American Cultural Society, 4422 North U.S. 1 in Palm Coast.

For more details, call NAACP First Vice President Barbara Goss at 386-5696451.

First Church plans VBS open house The activities at “Character Beam Up!� Vacation Bible School at First Church

have made learning fun and are holding the youngsters’ attention. The “cool stuff� the kids have been making in arts and crafts will be displayed; the kids also will perform in a play.

Vacation Bible School will have open house on Friday, July 20, 10 a.m. The kids are learning “The Ten Commandments.�

The boys are learning to recite the 66 books of the Bible and Pastor Gillard Glover has made a promise of funding the boys for their excellence. Bible Study, arts and crafts, sports and liturgical dance are the curricula.

In addition, the kids have been munching on lunch prepared daily by the Women’s Missionary Society. Director Esther Hamilton is commended for her tremendous work with Vacation Bible

School, and it’s a team effort with help from all the volunteers.

First Church is at 91 Old Kings Road North in Palm Coast. The church can be reached at 386-446-5759. rrr As always, remember our prayers for the sick, afflicted and bereaved.

Happy Birthday to You! Birthday wishes to: Birthday wishes to Phyllis Henderson, July 21; Robert Alleyne, July 24; and Dorothy Nixon, July 25. Happy anniversary to Ivor and Loida Dehaney, July 20; husband Louie and yours truly, July 22; and George and the Rev. Annette Weaver, July 25.

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The politics of power and the right to vote As students and parents at Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools® sites across the country study our nation’s history this summer, they’re learning about the long struggle for voting rights in our nation and the importance of the vote to a vibrant democracy.

One of their speakers was Hasan Kwame Jeffries, associate professor at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at the Ohio State University. Professor Jeffries described a common narrative about African-American history that woefully simplifies most of the last 150 years.

Jeffries explained to our college leaders how Frederick Douglass and others insisted on giving African-Americans the vote along with freedom when slavery was finally abolished, but the moment of promise after the 15th Amendment didn’t last long.

‘Peaks and valleys’ “How is it possible that AfricanAmericans after slavery can have the vote in hand and then 100 years later from 1865 to 1965 are still fighting for the vote? We have to understand that American history is not linear or upward progress. American history is about peaks and valleys.”

After the brief peak of Black elected officials during Reconstruction right after the Civil War ended, the next valley began when Mississippi called a constitutional convention to look for ways around the 15th Amendment. The result was decades of new voting laws across the South requiring literacy tests, “grandfather” clauses that prohibited anyone from voting if their grandfather hadn’t, and other “colorblind” policies whose main purpose was actually to keep people of one color from participating in our democracy.

But during the long years of Jim Crow, African-Americans never lost sight of the prize. By the 1960s,

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the active fight for voting rights was back on the front burner and once again people were risking and giving their lives in order to be able to vote.

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same old threats are once again reorganizing under different policies and new names right now. He also warned that today’s methods are more subtle and precise: “Before...the goal was to take the vote away from all African-Americans. But if you understand how electoral politics works, particularly at the federal level but even at the local level, you understand that you no longer need to take the vote away from everybody . . . All you have to do is take out a couple thousand. That’s what voter suppression is about, and that’s what we’re dealing with today, these efforts around voter identification, these efforts around felony disenfranchisement. . . Just make it hard enough for [a few or some people] not to be able to go down on Election Day to vote, and you can carry the day.

And they propose this legislation in state after state after state under the guise of democracy. It’s the most undemocratic thing that you could do. And this isn’t about party affiliation. It’s Democrats one day, it’s Republicans the next day, but it’s all anti-democratic.”

There has never been a safe time in America to drop vigilance about attempts to shut people out of the vote the lifeblood of democracy.

Let’s mount an urgent and systematic state-by-state fight against the latest kinds of disenfranchisement and counter every single effort at voter suppression with redoubled commitments to voter education, voter registration, and voter turnout.

Fifty years ago, civil rights organizations, pushed by young Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organizers, came together to form COFO (the Council of Federated Organizations) in order to work together more effectively to secure the vote in Mississippi’s closed society.

They challenged the Jim Crow Mississippi Democratic Party by later establishing the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to challenge the segregationist regular Democrats in Atlantic City, N.J. in 1964. They held mock votes and ran candidates to demonstrate their desire for a fair voice in the electoral process.

Some lost their lives and suffered brutal harassment and jailings over the next several years, including Medgar Evers and three young civil rights workers – James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner.

Although the sacrifices of the civil rights movement are still fresh wounds for all of us who lived through it, for another generation of Americans, they already are becoming ancient history. It is important that we teach our children and adults our history so that we Marian Wright Edelman is do not repeat it or take our rights for granted by failing to exercise president and founder of the them.

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Professor Jeffries warned that the com to write your own response.

Young America is key to 2012 election When young Americans come alive, they transform the possible.

We saw that in 2008 when young Americans – the millennial generation of 18- to 29-year-olds – voted in large numbers (larger than the aging baby boomers), and overwhelmingly for Barack Obama.

They cast almost one out of every six votes in that election and voted for Obama by a 2-to-1 ratio.

We saw what happens when they were discouraged in 2010, when young voter turnout fell a staggering 60 percent, and a Tea Party Congress was elected. What will young voters do in 2012? The president showed his concern by kicking off his campaign with speeches on two college campuses.

Struggling youth The New York Times reports young people are more discouraged and disaffected than ever.

The youngest voters particularly – the 18- to 24-year-olds – are struggling in the worst economy since the Great Depression. Obama still leads Romney by 12 points in early polls, but that is half his lead among 25- to 29-year-olds. Many are undecided and many turned off and tuned out.

Young voters are still largely Obama territory. Today’s aging, White, Southern-dominated Republican Party has little appeal.

Millennials are the most diverse generation in our history. They are the most accepting of equal rights for all – minorities, gays and women. Most can’t even imagine that we’re arguing about birth control

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in the 21st century.

The president reflects their values far more than his opponent.

Obama fought to free student loans from the private banks, to extend Pell grants and defend lower student loan rates. He is bringing young men and women home from Iraq and Afghanistan, while Romney calls for more war. His Justice Department is defending the right to vote against efforts by Republicans in various states to erect obstacles against the young.

He defended Planned Parenthood when the Republican Congress targeted it. He’s pushed for renewable energy and common sense on catastrophic climate change, against the “Drill, baby, drill” Republicans. It’s no wonder current polls show Romney winning only 29 percent of the millennial vote, less than John McCain garnered in spring polls four years ago.

Turnout uncertain But while Obama will win the most young votes, the question is how many will vote? The overwhelming issue for young people is jobs, and the jobs picture is lousy.

Nearly one in four 18- or 19-yearolds was unemployed in May, according to the Bureau of Labor Sta-

tistics. For 20- to 24-year-olds, the rate is 12.9 percent. Discouragement, despair and cynicism are the natural result.

The campaigns are gearing up their Twitter, text, video, Facebook and other communication capacities. They plan dorm-to-dorm volunteer campaigns. But cool campaign technologies won’t answer the concerns of the young. Young people are looking for a plan to put people to work. Romney’s trickledown ideas have little appeal – particularly since they entail tax cuts for the already wealthy and deep cuts in education, college support and public services that appeal to the young.

To get young voters excited, Obama will have to offer more than his record. He’ll need to fight for jobs that will give the young a future. When cynicism or dismay wins out and the young withdraw, unintended consequences result.

We saw that in 1968 when Nixon beat Humphrey by the margin of our despair. We saw it in 2010 when only 20.9 percent of young people bothered to vote, and the Tea Party-dominated Republicans took the Congress, leading to two years of partisan obstruction.

Young voters have the power to transform America’s future, but to do so, they have to come alive once more.

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. is president and CEO of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. Click on this story at www.daytonatimes. com to write your own response.

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NATE BEELER, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

It’s in their nature!

As I reflect on my upbringing, I’m grateful for the old stories told in my youth. Most often they were rooted in values that taught significant life lessons.

Many of my friends have similar old stories. My friend, Steve Blakely, said he remembers being told the story of a beaver and rattlesnake who were attempting to escape a raging forest fire.

They met as they both paused at a riverbank. Because of the swift water and the fact that the beaver was a strong swimmer, the rattlesnake asked him for a ride to the other side. The beaver refused saying, “If I give you a ride, you’ll bite me as I swim across and I will surely die.”

The rattlesnake begged saying, “What sense would it make for me to bite you? If you die, I’ll surely perish as well.” The beaver reluctantly agreed as the raging flames moved closer. Midway across the river the rattlesnake bit the beaver. As he died, the beaver gasped, “Why?” The rattlesnake replied, “I guess it’s just in my nature.”

What’s their nature?

As we plunge into the 2012 political campaign and I begin to evaluate candidates, I must ask myself, “What’s in their nature?”

Since I never vote against my or my community’s greatest interests, this answer is essential.

As I evaluate the facts, I won’t choose candidates based on single issues or legal decisions that others make. Whether healthcare, same-sex marriage, public education, abortion or any of many social issues that challenge us, I recognize that I will not agree with any candidate 100 percent on all issues. I’ll select a candidate with whom I’m more closely aligned philosophically and whose actions best represent my and my community’s interests.

As I evaluate the facts, I choose candidates based upon the traditions and track record of their party and/or upon their results in public office. Do their plans comport with past successes in governance? Do their words and actions comport with my interests? Have they demonstrated this in past decision-making?

The choices in the coming election are quite clear. I’ll vote

DR. E. FAYE WILLIAMS, ESQ. TRICE EDNEY WIRE

for President Obama and support legislators who will support the President’s goals. In my opinion, his goals provide greater security and prosperity for the greatest number of Americans.

Fresh approach Occasionally someone tries to convince us that President Obama’s turn is over and we should support a “fresh” approach and a new president. I tell anyone who tries this tact with me that if President Obama had been given the opportunity to govern with the thoughtful cooperation and bipartisanship existing between past administrations and Congress, or allowed to succeed or fail on the merits of his proposals, that debate might be possible. Had segments of the media or Republican politicians given President Obama the same respect given past presidents or the respect given to the office he holds, we could discuss the merits of an opposing position.

Unfortunately, from day one of his presidency and throughout his administration, Republicans have singularly dedicated themselves to the “overthrow” of the president. Whether originating on the Democratic or Republican side of the political fence, any idea embraced by President Obama has been given an unceremonious “NO!” in reply. Whether good for citizens or the nation, from healthcare to jobs, it’s been the nature of Republicans to say “NO” at every opportunity.

So, unlike the beaver, when asked to consider a ride to those in opposition to the interests I hold dear, I say “NO” to the Republican “nature.”

Dr. E. Faye Williams is national chair of the National Congress of Black Women, Inc. Contact her via www.nationalcongressbw.org. Click on this story at www.daytonatimes.com to write your own response.

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Ormond Beach reunion celebrates ties with Liberia, Sudan

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

Celebrating five years in its existence, the “I Am Ormond Beach” reunion took place July 12-16. The reunion celebrates the history of the African-Americans of Ormond as well as the African ties recently discovered by Michael Gibson, president of the “I Am Ormond Beach” committee.

“For generations, people referred to the area North of Granada Boulevard on Washington Street as Sudan and the area South of Washington Street as Liberia,” Gibson said, adding that no one really knew why.

As previously reported in the Daytona Times, while doing a bit of research, Gibson found a newspaper clipping about the neighborhood that explained that in the late 1800s and early 1900s, descendants of slaves brought to America from Africa settled in Ormond Beach. They named their community after the countries their ancestors came from – Liberia and Sudan.

Signs recently were erected in Ormond Beach directing citizens to each area’s namesakes.

Embassy dignitaries included in reunion During the reunion, a golf tournament and other reunion activities were held including a luncheon with a

special guest from the Embassy of the Republic of Liberia.

Dr. Edison Jackson, interim president of Bethune-Cookman University, was among the guests at the July 12 luncheon. Jackson, along with Gibson and others, greeted Catherine Nmah from the Embassy of the Republic of Liberia as her plane landed in Daytona Beach.

“It is because of those who came across the Atlantic we can come together today,” Jackson remarked during the luncheon. “If we don’t understand from whence we’ve come,” he said, then paused.

“We won’t know where we are going,” the crowd answered.

“This is a community thing.

Not a Black thing, or a White thing but an Ormond Beach thing,” Gibson said.

Above: Bethune-Cookman President Dr. Edison Jackson (left), along with Michael A. Gibson “I Am Ormond Beach” reunion president, greet Catherine Nmah from the Embassy of the Republic of Liberia at Daytona International Airport.

Proclamation from Liberia read Before reading a proclamation expressing thanks from Jeremiah C. Sulunteh, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Liberia to the United States, Nmah explained to those gathered that the people of Liberia are warriors, asking the assembled to join with her in a customary call.

“When I say ‘Batio-Bati,’ you say ‘Bati,’” to which the crowd happily obliged.

Left: During a luncheon held July 12, traditional Sudanese and Liberian food was served.

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Compiled by the Daytona Times Church to host Holy Convocation Butts Miracle Temple Church of God in Christ will be holding its annual Holy Convocation daily through July 20. The free event will be held each morning at 10 a.m. and nightly at 7 p.m.

Bishop Larry Trotter will be the guest speaker on Friday Night. The convocation will be held at the Plaza Resort & Spa in Daytona Beach. More information: 386-252-8565.

Register for dance, mentoring program Angels of Praise Creative Arts will be starting its back-to-school 2012-2013 Creative Arts and More Christian Dance Arts Program and Mentoring of Arts.

A program showcasing the

previous year’s talents will be held July 20 at 5 p.m. at the Calvary Christian Center Fellowship Hall with an opportunity to register for the upcoming session. Late registration will also be held on July 26-27. More information: 386-898-3366 or email i.watson@yahoo.com.

Strickland range reopening The Robert Strickland Shooting Range will reopen this week following an 11-week renovation project. Daily passes are available for $10, semi-annual passes for $70, and annual passes for $100.

The 10-acre parcel at 1180 Indian Lake Road, Daytona Beach, was donated by Consolidated Tomoka Land Co. and named for former

‘AMERICAN IDOL’ TOUR

The “American Idol’’ tour makes a stop in Orlando on Aug. 2. The show, at the Amway Center, is scheduled to start at 8 p.m.

Volusia County Commissioner Robert Strickland when it opened in 1970. More in-

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New bathrooms, tile floors with designer patterns. New paint in every room,new doors, new electrical plugs, etc. Designer window coverings. A family room with french doors off of kitchen dining area. A new washer and dryer in a separate laundry room. A one car garage with a new door. A large private fenced back yard with 13 mature trees such as Oaks Washington Palms, beach trees and maple trees. The back of the home has a screened Florida room with patio furnishings. The home is available now and is ready to move into.

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formation: 386-226-0477 or visit www.volusia.org/parks/ stricklandrange.htm.

Ice cream event to help sick kids Daytona Lagoon will be serving ice cream and toppings for donations on Aug. 11 from noon to two during an “Ice Cream Breakfast,” annual campaign raising funds and awareness for Give Kids the World. The cost of the event is $2 and $5 donations for a scoop. Location: 601 Earl St. More information: Contact Trish Mucciolo at trish@daytonafunparks.com.

Free workshop on Alzheimer’s Learn 10 strategies that may surprise you and five strategies that may protect your children and grandchildren at a free informational workshop on Alzheimer’s disease with guest speaker Dr. Diane B. Tellier, The event will be held Aug. 21 at 5:30 p.m. at the Port Orange Regional Library auditorium, 1005 City Center Circle.

Reserve your space and request more information at 386-267-1204.

Signup begins for Citizens Academy Applications are being accepted for Volusia County’s

Citizens Academy, a handson awareness program designed to educate citizens about county government operations. Classes will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Aug. 21 through Oct. 30. The final class is scheduled Nov. 12. There is no charge for the program, but applicants are asked to commit to attending all 12 classes.

Applications are available at www.volusia.org/citizensacademy and must be turned in to the county manager’s office by July 25. More information: 386-740-5160.

Shiloh to host ‘Morning Glory’ The “Morning Glory” 1,000 women in white in prayer will be held at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church on July 28 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 540 Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd. More information: www.droministries.com.

Tutoring help available Partnering with St. James Academy, Elect Ladies Mentoring is offering tutoring services, school supplies, study spaces and encouragement for students 17 and up seeking a high school diploma. More information: 386-258-7199 or Electladiesmin@aol.com.

Easter Seals open house The Easter Seals invites the public to a tour of the center and an afternoon of water fun for children on July 23 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Daytona Beach Child Development Center, 1219 Dunn Ave. Gospel music meeting July 21 The Volusia/Flagler Chapter of Gospel Music Workshop of America will meet July 21 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The meetings are held the first and third Saturday of each month at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, 633 Roy St. Student portfolios on display The Daytona State College Southeast Museum of Photography announces the inaugural UCF Thesis exhibition featuring portfolios of recent work by graduating seniors in the University of Central Florida Photography program. Free admission.

Daytona Beach Campus, Hosseini Center, 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd. More information: 386506-4475.

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VILLAGE from Page 1 included Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP1) funds of $2,557,634.

Counts noted that the speed in which the construction begins and completed will depend on leveraging other sources of funding, including the $1.1 million in Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP3) funds already allocated to the city.

Complaints, then foreclosure Daytona Village was foreclosed on and bought by the Daytona Beach Housing Authority. Plans were to renovate the 76-unit complex and reopen it as a mixed-income property.

Because of the deteriorating conditions of the complex, multiple complaints were issued against former owners Surujnauth and Liliwatti Bharrat in Volusia County court.

The owners defaulted on its private mortgage, foreclosure proceedings ensued, and their Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Housing Assistance Payment contract was cancelled.

PROGRAM from Page 1 manages a program of 40 staff and over 10,000 clients per month. “Lisa Funchess is invaluable to our WIC program,� said Dr. Bonnie J. Sorensen, director of the Volusia County Health Department. “Since she joined our public health team, the WIC program has been growing and expanding to better serve our community.�

Road to healthy mom and baby Here’s how the program works: After signing in, clients meet individually with a senior clerk to discuss their finances and nutrition eligibility.

They are given a brochure called “Food for Healthy Mother and Baby.�

Hare, the expectant mother, is most excited about the supplemental nutrition program, which provides food vouchers for healthy food choices like peanut butter, fresh fruits and vegetables. The average WIC food package is

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The property went into receivership and was ultimately purchased for preservation by the city after a completed foreclosure using Daytona Beach’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds awarded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

Property over 40 years old Now plans call for city and housing officials to replace them with something that looks like The Villages at Halifax around the corner on International Speedway Boulevard that opened four years ago.

Counts will be working with former Daytona Beach Housing Authority Executive Director Pete Gamble to rebuild the complex with city, federal and state funds.

The original Daytona Village was more than 40 years old. The complex consisted of 13 concrete block buildings, which could be entered from Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard or Keech Street.

Plans for new apartments include three new three-story garden-style buildings.

The mixed-income complex will include a laundry room, computer lab and community center.

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about $50 a month. “My first WIC visit was enjoyable. The workers were pleasant, courteous and professional,� added Hare, who is from Boston but now lives and works in Daytona Beach. “I now have a lot of valuable information to help me make healthy food choices.�

Funchess recognizes the importance of the program and strives to continue making a healthy difference in the lives of the 10,000 clients served each month in Volusia County.

She looks forward to new improvements in the program and consistently seeks out opportunities to better serve the community.

HOSPITAL OFFERS VARIETY OF SUPPORT GROUPS The following support groups are being offered by Halifax Health.

American Cancer Society Man to Man support group Second Thursday of every month 7 p.m. – 8p.m. at Halifax Health - Medical Center of Port Orange - Cafeteria 1041 Dunlawton Ave., Port Orange More information: George Janek at 386761-7130 Halifax Health - HOPE Oncology Support Group Third Wednesday of every month 1 p.m.-2 p.m. at Halifax Health - Center for Oncology Ground Floor Conference Room 303 N. Clyde Morris Blvd., Daytona Beach More information: Elizabeth Watkins at 386-239-2328 Halifax Health - Breast Cancer Support Group Third Monday of every Month 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. at Halifax Health Medical Center France Tower - Meeting Room G More information: Elizabeth Watkins at 386-239-2328 Halifax Health - Bariatric Support Group First Tuesday of each month, 6 p.m.

Halifax Health Medical Center France Tower - Meeting Room E 303 N. Clyde Morris Blvd., Daytona Beach Reserved seating only More information: 386-238-3205 Halifax Health - Brain Injury Support Group Fourth Thursday each month 3p.m. – 5 p.m.

Halifax Health Medical Center France Tower - Meeting Room G More information: Patsy and Tom Dockery at 386-532-9670,386-801-7782.

Second and fourth Wednesday of each month 1 p.m.- 3 p.m. at Halifax Health - Hospice of Volusia/Flagler Port Orange Care Center 3800 Woodbriar Trail, Port Orange More information: Donna Hardy, LMHC at 386-566-5717.

Halifax Health - Diabetes support group Third Tuesday of each month 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Halifax Health - Center for Endocrinology Professional Building 311 N. Clyde Morris Blvd., Suite 440 More information: Christine Goudreau at 386-258-4940.

Halifax Health - Spinal Cord Injury support group Third Friday of each month 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. at Halifax Health Medical Center France Tower - Meeting Room D Contact is Candy Clevenger 254-4000 ext. 4641 Halifax Health - Leukemia, Lymphoma & Myeloma support group Second Thursday of every month 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. at Halifax Health - Center for Oncology Ground Floor Conference Room 303 N. Clyde Morris Blvd.

More information: Kathy Carver at 386.254.4212 Halifax Health - Transplant support group Second Tuesday of every month 4:30 p.m.- 5:30 p.m. at Halifax Health Center for Transplant Services 303 N. Clyde Morris Blvd.

This support group is open to anyone awaiting a kidney transplant as well as anyone who has received one.

More information: 386-947-4650.

“It’s our goal to make sure clients get off to a great start as we create and maintain a Halifax Health- Hospice Grief and customer friendly environBereavement Support Group ment,� said Funchess, delighted to receive compliments like Hare’s. “We do days when thousands of our best to treat each peryoung boys and girls crowdson like family. After all, we ed our beaches for spring want the best health for evbreak and came back later eryone. A healthy client is from Page 1 one who is wise about their as adults. Well, those days portion sizes and stays itself as “The World’s Most are over, along with tourist physically active.�

Famous Beach.� dollars and special events,�

For more information “Remember the good old he added. about the program, visit www.volusiahealth.com or call 866-942-3663. Kristen Welsh, an intern with the Volusia County Health Department, is a senior communications major at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.

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Bethune-Cookman to expand athletic programs

BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES butleramj@yahoo.com

Bethune-Cookman University is looking to add women’s soccer and women’s volleyball. “At this present time, we are looking to bring two additional sports programs. We want to start with club and intramural soccer this spring. We will do more studies. This is how you grow your programs. You look and see if there is significant interest and enough to support,� said Lynn Thompson, B-CU’s athletics director.

Recertified two years ago The expansion is part of the schools’ Division I status, which was recertified two years ago. It also relates to the NCAA Title IX rules that deal with equal opportunities for women in sports. “We are expanding as part of our NCAA recertification. Every 10 years, we have to recertify.

We submit a plan of action and we are judged on how we make progress on that plan with the goals set and implementation of those goals. Right now we need to expand women’s programs,� explained Thompson.

B-CU has more than 300 student athletes participating in 17 sports programs with eight men’s programs and nine for women. “We are not trying to reach a number. We want to stay in relation to our demographics of male and female. It deals with sports, the number of participants and percentage of students male and female; you must accommodate the interests and abilities of the student body. At this point, we need to accommodate females,�

Thompson explained.

No plans to add staff With the expansion of programs, the school doesn’t expect to add athletic support staff.

Thompson commented, “We are where we need to be right now. Any sport expansion is with the one the school can comfortably afford to do.�

The athletic department sees its growth and expansion as a positive for the entire school.

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Bethune-Cookman is upgrading its current football practice field. The university also will add track and field practice capability.

B-CU plans to add two women’s sports programs. This field could be the site of a women’s soccer program. “Athletics serves as ambassadors for the university. We compete at the Division I level, which brings a significant amount of media, publicity and visibility to our school. Our games and scores can be seen on ESPN.� Thompson added. “This attracts value and interest to our entire university. As programs grow and succeed, the school becomes attractive. We have taken advantage with successful programs. The facilities being created now are long overdue.’’

Upgrading practice field The school is currently upgrading its football practice field and adding track and field components to it. “We are putting in new grass, which has been needed for a

while. That field is a prime location for a soccer program as well.

We are constructing a straight away track with high jump, pole vault, and long jump pits for track,� Thompson said.

The venture could save the school money with its track and field program. “At present we rent out Mainland High School’s track. This is a huge step towards making sure that as many of our teams as possible are using on field campus facilities,� added Thompson.

B-CU also rents other local venues for its athletics. The baseball team practices at Bethune Point and plays at Jackie Robinson Ballpark. The softball team practices and plays at Sunnyland Park and football plays at Municipal Stadium.

Athletic training facility The school also plans to build a football practice field at the site of the new Larry Handfield Athletic training facility located at International Speedway Boulevard and Lincoln Street. It’s scheduled to open in September.

Right now there is a standstill between residents, city officials and the school on that field. “We are currently engaging the community through a campus committee which is exchanging information. We still have to go before the Midtown Redevelopment Board, possible Redevelopment Board and later the city commission. We will continue to engage the community. Our new president, Dr. Jackson, is very involved and he is very big on that.

We will definitely reach out to the

citizens.� Thompson noted.

Any expansions to the school’s athletic programs and athletic facilities will be in accordance with the university’s strategic plan.

Thompson emphasized, “There are so many needs campus wide from residence halls, classrooms, a new gymnasium/arena and more. Our school’s leadership will prioritize all of our school’s needs. We don’t want to put athletic needs in front. “Our needs are the university’s needs. I think eventually as part of our school’s plans some of these things will come unfold.

All timelines will come from our president and Board of Trustees. Our department will provide them with our input.�

No Dream Team yet U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team had lots of missteps in Monday’s game against Brazil

BY DON MARKUS THE BALTIMORE SUN (MCT)

WASHINGTON – There has been much discussion in recent days about how this year’s U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team stacked up against its most famous predecessors, the Dream Team of 1992.

There has been a good deal of trash talking too by legendary trash talkers Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley, not to mention Kobe Bryant.

What happened Monday night at Verizon Center is bound to keep those aging Hall of Famers yapping about how much better they were.

What was supposed to be a rousing send-off for the U.S. team playing its last game on American soil before continuing its preOlympic tour later this week in England turned into an embarrassing first quarter during which Brazil took a 10-point lead amid an assortment of missed dunks, errant jump shots and porous defense by their more famous counterparts.

The U.S. team was scheduled to play Great Britain on July 19 in Manchester, England.

Sloppy win There might have been a long list of excuses – treating the exhibition as an All-Star game rather than a tune-up, playing in front of President Barack Obama or perhaps dressing in the lowly Washington Wizards locker room – but the Unit-

ed States regained the lead late in the second quarter and regained some level of respect in the second half.

Led by LeBron James, the result was a less-thanimpressive 80-69 victory for the United States coming off a 54-point demolition of the Dominican Republic last week in Las Vegas.

The sloppy win came against a team that included three of its NBA brethren but is not expected to contend for a medal in London next month.

James, who during opening introductions received his first rousing ovation in what has long been unfriendly territory, led the Americans with 30 points on 11-for- 20 shooting. The reigning NBA Most Valuable Player was about the only U.S. player to live up to his gaudy reputation.

Humbled players Asked whether it was good for his team to be “humbled� by Brazil, U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski said: “I don’t think our team needs to be humbled.

I think they are. They’re not going on the court thinking no one else is going to show up against them.

They have deep respect for Brazil’s team.�

It was a tough night for the U.S. team’s two players with local roots. Carmelo Anthony missed all four shots he took in the first half and finished the game with three points on 1-for7 shooting.

Kevin Durant of Prince George’s County, who might have been the only player to receive more applause than the president, missed five of his first six shots and finished with 11 points on 5-for-13 shooting. “We had open shots off the pick-and-roll; we just

weren’t making them,� Durant said. “We’ve just got to keep working. Their defense didn’t do anything different. We just missed shots, layups, dunks. We’ve just got to fight through it.

We’ve got to stick with it and we’ll be fine.�

‘Held our own’ Anthony didn’t seem concerned about the fact that he didn’t make a shot until early in the fourth quarter or that the Americans were out-rebounded 38-30 by a bigger Brazilian team that featured Cleveland Cavaliers forward Anderson Varejao (12 points, 13 rebounds) and Wizards center Nene. “We did a good job against a team with two or three bigs and held our own,� said Anthony, who had four rebounds and seemed to be out of sync after early foul trouble.

After a first quarter in which Brazil jumped out to leads of 10-4, 17-7 and 27-17 at the end of the 10-minute period, a stretch that included Russell Westbrook missing a breakaway layup and Tyson Chandler mishandling a lob on an alley-oop pass (the New York Knicks’ center would also blow a lob dunk in the second quarter), the Americans took over midway through the second quarter.

Kudos for defense The United States tightened its defense and went on a 16-2 run to start the quarter and take the lead.

A steal under the U.S. basket by Chandler, and a subsequent layup, gave the Americans a 30-29 lead with 3:20 left in the half.

The Americans stretched their lead to 37-32 at halftime despite shooting only 15-for-39 in the half, in-

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USA’s LeBron James (6) drives and scores over Brazil’s Marcelo Huertas (9), left and Alex Ribeiro Garcia (8) during the second half of their exhibition game at the Verizon Center on Monday in Washington, D.C. USA defeated Brazil 80-69. cluding 1-for-12 on 3s. The United States finished the game 6-for-24 on 3s. “I felt our defense won the game,� Krzyzewski said. “It was outstanding for three quarters because we didn’t hit shots.

We missed dunks. I like the mental toughness of our team. We kept reminding them, ‘We’re not doing it on offense. Don’t let it affect our defense.’ And I thought it didn’t.�

In the opening game

of the doubleheader, the U.S. women’s team defeated Brazil, 99-67. Lindsay Whalen led the Americans with 21 points. Angel McCoughtry scored four points in a little under 11 minutes.

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New jobs going mostly to men Positions typically held by women now taken by males

BY DON LEE TRIBUNE WASHINGTON BUREAU (MCT)

WASHINGTON – Even as women have moved up the economic ladder and outpaced men in earnings growth in the past decade, they are lagging behind in a crucial area – getting new jobs.

Since the recession ended in June 2009, men have landed 80 percent of the 2.6 million net jobs created, including 61 percent in the past year.

One reason: Male-dominated manufacturing, which experienced sharp layoffs during the recession, has rebounded in recent years, while government, where women hold the majority of jobs, has continued to be hit hard.

But there’s something else at work. Men are grabbing a bigger share of jobs in areas, such as retail sales, that typically have been the province of women, federal data show.

That’s not necessarily good news for women or men. The work that mainly has gone to women often pays less and offers skimpier benefits and less opportunity for advancement than the jobs men previously held.

‘Huge step down’ Paul Cordova and Betty Mowery, a married San Francisco couple in their 40s, found that out in short order. Three days after Cordova lost his job managing facilities at a San Francisco law firm in April 2009, Mowery was laid off as a customer service representative at an air freight company.

Cordova got a new job working as a clerk in a grocery store, but, at $9 an hour, it paid much less than his previous job. Mowery couldn’t find any job and finally stopped looking. She went back to college this year to retrain for

a career in mental health. “It’s a huge step down,� Mowery said of their family income, close to $100,000 before the start of the recession at the end of 2007.

The retail trade demonstrates how much things have changed in recent years.

Alternative careers Three years ago, women made up a majority of the payrolls in the retail trade, just as they have throughout most of the last three decades for which data are available. But since the sector hit bottom in December 2009, men have landed more than 440,000 retail jobs while women have lost 49,500 positions.

Men now account for 51 percent of the 14.75 million retail jobs in the country.

Similarly, the male share of payrolls has inched higher in financial services such as banking and real estate, health care and education, and leisure and hospitality businesses, although women still outnumber men in each sector. “During this recovery, men have looked for alternative careers and jobs in other sectors,� said Adriana Kugler, the Labor Department’s chief economist.

Campaign issue In recent months, women have picked up a bigger share of the new jobs than they had before, but it’s uncertain whether that trend will continue. And they have a long way to go to cut down the gender disparity in finding new jobs – a gap that has drawn notice in this presidential election year.

This spring, GOP candidate Mitt Romney’s campaign blamed the hardships for women on President Barack Obama’s policies, although analysts pointed out Romney’s claims ignored the fact that men took their lumps earlier in the recession. Unemployment

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Sherman McCallister, shown in June in St. Paul, Minn., spent 15 weeks unemployed before he landed a job with J&J Distributing, driving produce to Cub Foods and SuperValu stores.

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peaked in late 2009 for men and a full year later for women.

The gender gap has raised concerns about possible discrimination in hiring. If the trend persists, it could set back gains made by women in the workplace, experts said. “It’s hard to know (whether) some employers place a priority on men going back to work,� said Joan Entmacher, vice president for family economic security at the National Women’s Law Center. Of particular concern, she said: Opportunities for women in higher-paying fields such as

manufacturing are shrinking.

Work history matters Since December 2009, manufacturing has added nearly 500,000 net new jobs, but the head count for women at factories has stagnated.

Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, said men may have an edge because they tend to have a longer work history. But he also suspects some employers will “take a male applicant more seriously even (when a man and woman are) equally qualified.�

Gender discrimination in hiring is hard to prove. In fiscal 2011, more men than women filed complaints of unfair hiring based on gender with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. It’s the first time that has happened in at least a decade, possibly reflecting the increased entry by men into women-dominated workplaces.

Can’t be choosy Some employers said they are seeing more male applicants for jobs in industries such as retail – a trend that Dov Charney, chief executive of American Apparel Inc., welcomes. “Gender stereotypes still exist; many men don’t want to work on the retail floor,� said Charney, whose Los Angeles apparel maker operates 140 stores in the U.S. But he sees change. “More and more men are interested in fashion because gender definitions are changing,� he said, “because the world is saying it’s OK.�

For many men, though, alternative careers aren’t so much a choice as an act of desperation. “They really need the work; they can’t afford to be choosy,� said Harry Holzer, a labor expert at Georgetown University and the Urban Institute.

Jamie Goldberg of the Tribune Washington Bureau contributed to this report.

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