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VOLUME 20 NO. 16

CALM BEFORE THE STORM

BY ASHLEY THOMAS FLORIDA COURIER

SANFORD – Several news vans and reporters were staked outside the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center Wednesday afternoon waiting for the next lead story in the State of Florida vs. George Zimmerman, Case #592012CF001083A, in Seminole County.

The group was anticipating word of the appointment of a new judge to preside over Zimmerman’s second-degree murder trial.

Here’s an update on the George Zimmerman trial as of the Florida Courier’s press time on Wednesday night. Check www.flcourier.com for the latest news about the aftermath of Trayvon Martin’s killing.

happened late Wednesday afternoon. Seminole County Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. will replace Circuit Judge Jessica Recksiedler, who recused herself from Bail hearing set the case after defense atThe new appointment torney Mark O’Mara raised

conflict of interest questions last week. Recksiedler’s husband was professionally linked to Mark NeJame, a CNN legal analyst who has publicly commented on the case and was previously approached about represent-

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Just a handful of local TV news trucks were onsite in Sanford at the latest hearing in George Zimmerman’s murder case. ing Zimmerman.

Lester will preside over Zimmerman’s scheduled bail hearing on Friday – after the Florida Courier’s press time. Several news agencies are also asking to be heard in court to unseal

the court record.

der case in which the day laborer Michael Reynolds got Experienced judge into a dispute with a couple, Lester, 58, has been a brutally killing them and judge for 15 years, presid- their 11-year-old daughter. ing over several high-pro- Lester sentenced Reynolds file murder cases.

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Scott cuts hit FAMU, Orlando’s Parramore

PRESIDENT OBAMA / CAMPAIGN 2012

‘Black’ projects feel the budget pain COMPILED FROM STAFF REPORTS

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Two visits in three days President Obama delivered an address on the economy, jobs and taxes at Florida Atlantic University on April 10 in Boca Raton, and then stopped in Tampa on April 13 on the way to a trade conference in Columbia, South America.

The 2012 presidential campaign has unofficially begun, and Florida is a crucial battleground.

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To help Trayvon’s family, join their movement FROM STAFF REPORTS

The family of Trayvon Martin has set up a Florida-based nonprofit organization, the Justice For Trayvon Martin Foundation, that has set a goal for itself of becoming a worldwide hub that will “remove judgment of minority youth” through awareness campaigns.

The family also intends to mobilize activists for justice by aggressively using social media.

In an exclusive interview with the Florida Courier, the foundation’s marketing director, Michael W. Hall, spoke about the reasons the foundation exists.

‘No family fund’ “This is an advocacy campaign, not a trust fund to raise money for the family to ease their grief,” Hall said. Hall, a social media marketing professional, is on the foundation’s initial board of directors with several of Trayvon’s relatives, including mother Sybrina Ful-

Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday took a scalpel to health and human services programs, vetoing more than $38 million from the 2012-13 state budget – including money for university training and research programs, a children’s hospital and a variety of local projects.

The governor signed the overall budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 and issued a total of $142.7 million in vetoes.

Of that amount, about $38.2 million were in the health and human services section of the budget, though money for healthrelated projects also was eliminated from other parts of the spending plan.

FAMU cut Scott’s vetoes hit universities, such as a proposal to send $1.5 million to Florida A&M University for a pharmacy program in the Panhandle town of Crestview. Other examples included $1.95 million to Nova Southeastern University for a program that assigns students to health facilities in rural and underserved areas, and $400,000 for brain and spinal research at the University of Miami.

Former Republican Sen. Durell Peaden said the FAMU pharmacy program in Crestview could help bring economic development and jobs to the Panhandle area.

Peaden, who helped get the program started while he was in the Senate, said he said was not sure how the $1.5 million veto would affect it. But he said the veto was a “pretty big lick for a little old country town.”

Siplin’s projects cut

“In this decade, we are still fighting some of the same issues that prompted the civil rights movement. We will use social media campaigns, marketing, public relations and organizational ties and partnerships with other online and

A trio of Orlando area redevelopment projects pushed by Sen. Gary Siplin, D-Orlando, was also crossed out

by Scott’s veto pen, including two that were vetoed by Scott last year as well. Scott used his line item veto power to reject $900,000 for the “Renaissance of the Parramore Sen. Gary neighborhood” program Siplin in downtown Orlando.

Scott vetoed the same amount for that item in last year’s budget.

Scott also on Tuesday rejected $2 mil-

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You can donate online to the Justice For Trayvon Martin Foundation. ton and brother Jahvaris Martin. Hall said that other board members would be added as the foundation grows.

“The family wants to have worldwide impact. They have become part of a movement for justice. The Justice For Trayvon Martin Foundation will use resources and tools to bring social awareness to similar cases.

Still fighting

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APRIL 20 - APRIL 26, 2012 Here’s a list of projects and funding requests of particular interest to Black Floridians that were vetoed by Florida Gov. Rick Scott: AGENCY/PROJECT

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Richmond Heights Resource Center

$100,000

Goulds Coalition of Ministries and Lay People

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Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Crestview Center

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Inmate Phone Service

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In this file photo, Gov. Rick Scott holds up his red veto pen to make a point before signing last year’s state budget during an outdoor ceremony in The Villages, near Ocala.

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and families in a county where wide health disparities exist.�

the state expects to spend in 2012-13 on health and human services programs. But the vetoes touch a wide range of communities. As an example, Scott vetoed $1.5 million that would have gone toward planning and design of a Lee Memorial Health System children’s hospital.

House Health Care Appropriations Chairman Matt Hudson, R-Naples, said Scott also vetoed the idea last year. But he said children from Southwest Florida now sometimes have to travel to hospitals in places such as Tampa and Miami for care. “I believe very strongly that Southwest Florida – a region of more than 1 million people – has a substantiated need for a children’s hospital,’’ Hudson said.

A sampling of the other vetoes included money for such things as meningitis immunizations for children, the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Broward County, a fetal-alcohol clinic in Sarasota and a mobile health unit in rural Gadsden County.

Rep. Alan Williams, D-Tallahassee, issued a statement expressing disappointment in the veto of the mobilehealth unit, saying it provides “a basic level of health access to children

from A1 lion for a “Pine Hills Neighborhood Redevelopment Project,� another project that Siplin pushed. Last year, the budget included $3.4 million for that effort, and Scott rejected it – this year’s smaller effort was also vetoed.

Scott also cut out $1 million for renovation and expansion of the Dr. J.B. Callahan Neighborhood Center in Parramore.

Siplin recently told an Orlando TV station that the money was needed – and it was only fair. “Even though we may be in a blighted area – they may be in Callahan or Parramore – but they pay taxes too,� Siplin told Orlando’s WOFL Fox 35 News. “They too want to see the return of their dollars back in their community so they can begin to continue to grow.�

Fraction of total The vetoes were only a tiny fraction of the roughly $29.9 billion that

‘Devastating’ vetoes Senate Minority Leader Nan Rich, a Weston Democrat who has long specialized in health and human services issues, called the vetoes “devastating.� “The really sad part is you’re talking about a significant statewide impact with these vetoes,’’ Rich said.

But Senate Health and Human Services Appropriations Chairman Joe Negron, R-Stuart, praised the governor’s handling of the vetoes. Negron said there is “inherent tension� as the governor considers possible vetoes, but he said Scott’s office discussed the budget issues with lawmakers. “The process was Rep. Alan done fairly, and I felt Williams that Gov. Scott and his office took a great deal of time to hear people out,’’ Negron said.

Jim Saunders of the News Service of Florida contributed to this report.

S.W. 56th Avenue (Martin Luther King Boulevard) Transportation Enhancements - City of West Park

$150,000

Traffic Improvements - SW 190th Extension - Town of Southwest Ranches

$243,000

N.W. 21st Street Roadway Improvement - Lauderdale Lakes

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$1,000,000

Entrepreneurial Academy of the African-American Chamber of Commerce

$100,000

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The next year, he meted out a death sentence to a handyman in the ax murder of a 71-year-old Oviedo man.

Lester, who was raised in Central Florida, graduated from the University of Florida’s College of Law and was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1980. For 16 years, he was in private practice concentrating on criminal and family law, according to a biography released by the Seminole County Courts.

A Vietnam combat veteran, he is married to Dorothy Sedgwick, a homicide prosecutor in the Orange County (Orlando) State Attorney’s Office. They have two grown children.

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the sounds of seagulls have replaced the chants of protestors in the downtown area. On Wednesday, people lined the water’s edge casting their fishing lines or sat along one of many park benches soaking up the afternoon sun.

One such person was Tony Mack, a native of Sanford who said he’d also noticed the change. After tens of thousands of people from around the nation returned to their own homes, he commented on the mentality of those remaining in Sanford. “The people in Sanford aren’t as enthused about the case as the people on the outside,� said Mack. “It’s the mentality of the South, period. “I think it’s a good thing that he’s (Zimmerman) been charged. We’re going to have to wait it out. I hope he’s found guilty,� Mack concluded. “Do the crime, do the time.�

Memorial for Trayvon In Miami-Dade, several dozen students led a memorial at Florida International University’s Biscayne Bay

campus Wednesday. Joining them: Martin’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, and his brother Jahvaris.

One elected official, Florida State Sen. Gwen Margolis, spoke out against the Stand Your Ground law, suggesting her and her colleagues were misled into voting for the law, approved in 2005, which eliminated a citizen’s duty to retreat before using deadly force against an attacker. “I was so horrified and embarrassed that we could be fooled by someone who told us this tale about how you have to protect your own. Everyone fell into line,�

Margolis said, referring to the American Legislative Exchange Council think tank, which pushed for the law. “We were all kind of duped.�

Fireman under fire Also on Wednesday, a small group of protesters rallied outside Miami-Dade County Hall to push discipline for a firefighter who posted controversial remarks about the Martin case.

Capt. Brian Beckmann, in a private Facebook post, lambasted the prosecutor

in the Zimmerman case and suggested “urban youth� are the products of “failed... ignorant, pathetic, welfare dependent excuses for parents.�

Miami-Dade Fire-Rescue is investigating.

Pro-Zimmerman rally Controversial Gainesville pastor Terry Jones plans to hold a rally in Sanford on Saturday in support of Zimmerman.

Jones drew international attention in 2010 when he announced plans to burn 1,000 copies of the Qur’an, Islam’s holy book, on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He staged Qur’an burnings last year.

That event was blamed for subsequent riots and the killings of at least seven U.N. workers in the Middle East.

David Ovalle of McClatchy Newspapers; Jeff Weiner of the Orlando Sentinel (MCT); and Audra D.S. Burch of the Miami Herald all contributed to this report.

WEBSITE from A1 activist organizations to uplift and advocate for the advancement of young people who are perceived to be ‘different.’�

Hall said that the foundation wants to ‘cover’ young people in a symbolic hoodie – “the cloak of non-judgment. “A White kid who is part of the hip-hop culture shouldn’t be judged based on what he listens to, what he likes, or what he wears. People shouldn’t be judged on their color, race, culture, religion, or sexual orientation,� Hall explained.

Hall also believes that the foundation can help lead the way in showing youth that social media can be used for purposes “other than gossip and entertainment. “Bringing light to an issue sometimes brings an immediate change of behavior,� he said.

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on the way to establishing itself as a magnet for those interested in online activism. More than 219,000 people worldwide have “liked� the foundation’s “Justice For Trayvon Martin� Facebook page in less than a month. More than 2 million people signed a Change.org petition calling for the arrest of Trayvon’s killer, George Zimmerman.

As of the Florida Courier’s press time Wednesday night, more than $24,800 had been donated to the foundation online.

Log on to the website at http://justicetm.org.

You can donate online at the site by using a link to either www.wepay.com, or to the Miami Foundation.

Donations go directly to the Justice For Trayvon Martin Foundation.

The Miami Foundation administers donations.

Make checks payable to Justice for Trayvon Martin Foundation, c/o the Miami Foundation, 200 South Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 505, Miami, FL 33131.

APRIL 20 - APRIL 26, 2012

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Part of highway to be named after slain NAACP leaders a result of injuries she susGovernor signs tained. law designating portions of S.R. 46 NAACP continues to honor couple to be named Daytona Beach NAACP after Harry and President Cynthia Slater says the recognition of HarHarriette Moore

BY JAMES HARPER FLORIDA COURIER

A bill to designate portions of State Road 46 in Brevard County from U.S. 1 to the Volusia County line as the Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Memorial Highway has been signed into law by Gov. Rick Scott.

“I am pleased to have sponsored the bill (now law) that will continue to honor the wonderful legacy and great civil rights contributions of the Moore family. I look forward to the new road designation,” State Rep. Dwayne Taylor (D-Daytona Beach) said this week.

Harry T. Moore, a graduate of Bethune-Cookman College (now University), was the State Field Secretary for the NAACP who fought for equal pay for teachers, spoke out against the atrocities against African-Americans and registered thousands of voters.

The Moores were the earliest civil rights leaders in Florida and began their work in Brevard County.

On Christmas day of 1951, a bomb detonated under their home killing Harry T. Moore. Nine days later, Harriette V. Moore died as

ry T. and Harriet V. Moore is long overdue.

“Mr. Moore and his wife were martyrs who paid the ultimate sacrifice for doing civil rights work. Every year during the second or third week of December, the Florida State Conference NAACP journeys to Mims, Fla., to pay homage to the Moores for their work with the NAACP,” Slater said.

“Like the novel written about him entitled ‘Before His Time,’ Harry T. Moore waged a war against the status quo in Florida during the early 1930s until his death. The Florida State Conference’s Civic Engagement Program is implemented in honor of the Moores,” Slater added.

PHOTOS BY CHUCK KENNEDY/MCT

At her home in New Carrolton, Md., in 1999, Evangeline Moore holds photos of her parents Harry (an early civil rights leader) and Harriette Moore.

Hukill: ‘I made it a priority’ A portion of State Road 46 in Brevard County, which will be designated the Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Memorial Highway, runs through State Rep. Dorothy Hukill’s district.

Hukill (R-Port Orange) is chair of the Economic Affairs Committee. As chairperson of committee, she made sure the bill was

Civil Right activist Harry Moore and wife, Harriet Moore, were killed Christmas Day, 1951 when their Mims, Florida house was fire-bombed. This photograph was taken the day after the bombing. heard and helped to move it through the process.

“I was honored this past December to be able to at-

tend the 50th anniversary memorial service in remembrance of the Moore’s lives in advancing the cause

for civil rights. “Having learned about their courageous efforts and meeting their last surviving daughter, Evangeline Moore, I made it a priority that the Moore’s story would be heard and become a lasting legacy,” said Hukill.

“I am proud to have voted in support of this bill and that it is now signed into law by the governor. It is my hope that this will honor the Moore’s lives and inspire others to reflect upon the lasting impact they had on our state,” Hukill said.

Marker could be up in July The Department of Transportation is required to place a marker at each

intersection of an identified road or bridge, and to erect other markers it deems appropriate.

The earliest a sign, with the Moores’ name, will go up is sometime after July 1.

The legislative designation does not officially change the current names of the portion of the interstate. The law doesn’t require local governments and private entities to change street signs, mailing addresses, or 911 emergency telephone-number system listings.

The statute provides that a city or county must pass a resolution in support of a particular designation before road markers are erected.

West leads congressional fundraisers for first quarter

BY MICHAEL PELTIER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

TALLAHASSEE – Even before he began rallying for contributions after calling 80 progressive Democrats communists, Rep. Allen West was among the national leaders in the fundraising pack for the quarter ending March 31, according to documents filed with federal election officials.

With $1.8 million in contributions for the first three months of 2012, West has positioned himself among the best-heeled candidates in the nation for 2012 election cycle, having raised more money in his reelection bid than all but two House members, putting him seventh among all 535 members of Congress.

West has raised nearly $7.7 million in his bid to return to Washington, having already spent more - $4.8 million so far in his race than all but four House candidates around the country have raised for the entire cycle.

West still has $3.3 million in cash on hand. He is calling on supporters to turn in more, using his most recent controversial statements about communists in Congress to raise more money.

How others rank Nationally, the only House candidates who have raised more than West are House Speaker John Boehner, Republican of Ohio and Rep. Michelle Bachmann, Republican of Minnesota.

Running against West is Democrat Patrick Murphy, who raised $205,254 in the

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The 2010 federal health overhaul will lead to rebates for tens of thousands of Floridians who buy individual health-insurance policies or get coverage through small businesses, according to an analysis by the SunSentinel newspaper.

The analysis determined that about 157,000 individuals and families would qualify, as would workers at 352,000 small businesses. In all, it found that the rebates would total an estimated $113 million. The individual-policy rebates could be paid

quarter and has raised more than $726,000 for the cycle. Murphy has just over $1 million in the bank.

West’s quarterly and overall collections dwarf other candidates for Florida House seats.

Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is second among Florida candidates. She raised Rep. Allen $617,661 for the quarter, West bringing her total for the upcoming election to $2.3 million, of which she has $1.7 million on hand.

Rounding out the top five Florida fundraisers for the quarter were Democrat challenger Alan Grayson ($576,872), Republican incumbent John Mica, ($450,678) and Democrat challenger Lois Frankel, who raised $408,414.

Republican Adam Hasner, who is running against Frankel for an open seat, is right on her heels.

He raised $335,482 for the quarter, bringing his total collections to $1.7 million, an amount roughly equal to hers.

Some candidates, incumbents mostly, relied on money in the bank as they consider re-election runs. Republican incumbent Cliff Stearns, raised only $95,260 for the quarter but is sitting with cash-onhand totaling $2.4 million.

Incumbents Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Vern Buchanan are also sitting on substantial cash holdings with $1.9 million and $1.5 million respectively.

with a check or a credit toward next year’s premiums.

In group policies, employers would have to pass the money to workers or use it to improve health coverage, according to the Sun-Sentinel. The rebates stem from a requirement in the 2010 federal law – known in the insurance industry as a “medical loss ratio” – that insurers spend at least 80 percent of premium dollars on health costs. The concept behind such ratios is to make sure enough money goes to medical care instead of other expenses such as administrative costs and profits.

Child health programs hit two million mark The number of children covered through Medicaid, Florida Healthy Kids and other state health programs hit two million in March, according to totals released by Florida KidCare. That was the first time the combined enrollment reached that level. As of the end of March, 1,721,220 children were enrolled in Medicaid.

The Healthy Kids program, which offers subsidized insurance to children ages 5 to 18, had 230,976 enrollees. Two smaller programs, MediKids and the Children’s Medical Service Network, combined for 56,681.

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APRIL 20 - APRIL 26, 2012

Sybrina Fulton is Trayvon Martin’s angelic mother It is not often that Black women are portrayed in a positive light, but I must compliment most media as portraying a mother who simply and rightly has been asking for justice in the murder of her 17-year-old son.

No mother ever expects her offspring to die before she does. If most mothers had the chance, they would give their lives to spare the lives of their children.

Throughout this tragedy, Sybrina Fulton has remained firm, focused, calm and, yes, angelic. We have

voice. She just pleads for DR. E. justice.

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never seen her deviate from her cry for justice. We haven’t heard a bit of hate or meanness in her voice, but we can clearly hear her pain as she speaks.

She has never asked for revenge. She has never disparaged the killer’s family.

There is no bitterness in her

one can hear her plea as she deals with the tragedy of her son’s untimely death and feel anything other than hurt. We have a desire to want what she wants, and pray that there is something constructive that we can do.

Many people responded to her plea. They prayed for her, rallied for justice, spoke out for justice and tried to

VISUAL VIEWPOINT: TRAYVON MARTIN

lift her up with all the love they could muster. This included mothers of other colors, creeds and cultures.

Through it all, Sybrina has been so graceful. She never fails to show how grateful she is for whatever anyone does to bring her son’s case to justice.

When the prosecutor announced her decision to charge George Zimmerman with second-degree murder, Mrs. Fulton never gloated, never raised her voice. She didn’t celebrate.

She graciously thanked everyone for whatever help they had given. She thanked the Lord and backed away from the microphone.

Compare the Zimmermans On the other hand, we have seen members of Zimmerman’s family and a few others try to tarnish Mrs. Fulton’s son, who was shot and killed by a self-appointed so-called watch leader of a mostly white neighbor-

hood and Zimmerman admits he followed him because Trayvon looked “suspicious.” After admitting the shooting of Trayvon, who was unarmed, Zimmerman had the gall to try to make us believe it was self-defense.

Still, all Trayvon’s parents have asked for is justice – something the Sanford authorities seemed to be comfortable ignoring. There was no investigation, no confiscation of the murder weapon, not even a temporary arrest. They acted more like Zimmerman’s defense team than authorities seeking justice.

Sybrina remained angelic as she insisted upon starting the wheels of justice to turn her son’s way.

She made every meeting, spoke at so many rallies, addressed a lot of media – and never stopped her quest for justice.

When she appears before a camera, you can feel her heartbreak without her

having to yell or scream what she is feeling. You don’t have to be a mother to share in her pain – and you cannot help but admire her dignity.

A role model Many of us could take lessons from her as she handles her grief before the world without anger. She never tries to arouse indignation or rally people to express hate or disgust with a system that is not always fair. She just asks for justice.

In the days to come, let us send up a prayer for the wheels of justice to give this mother just a little bit of hope that her son will not have died in vain.

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

What will the U.S. do when it’s No. 2?

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Random thoughts of a free Black mind, v. 137 Obama and Romney are fighting for Hispanics/Latinos – Obama is already running Spanish language TV ads in Florida. Between Democrats and Republicans, millions will be spent on wooing Florida’s Hispanics and Latinos.

How much to persuade us? Nothing.

Obama’s campaign people told Black newspaper owners that months ago. Why? Dems believe Black folks are “low maintenance.” They think they’ll get 90 percent of our votes without us demanding anything in return. Republicans believe they will waste their money trying to pry Black voters from Bro. Prez. (Both parties are wrong.)

Hispanics/Latinos are historically “swing” voters who logically (and unemotionally) vote their interests. Obama and Dems just give Black folks marching orders, while the GOP ignores us. Want some respect from politicians? Reregister with “No Party Affiliation,” learn to speak Spanish – or both.

HBCU boards of trustees – I don’t get it. Rather than make it easy for anti-hazing committee members to meet, FAMU’s board gives the finger to a former federal judge and a world-renowned Afrocentric psychologist, both with deep personal roots at the school, who both agreed to serve on the committee without pay. Bethune-Cookman’s board throws its former board chairman, a lawyer and the top alumni giver in the school’s history, off the board and out of a board meeting like he stole something. What is it about Black

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church and HBCU leadership that foments such unnecessary trash-talking hostility?

Is it because too many ‘godly’ churchpeople – pastors, deacons, etc. – are on these boards, and everybody hears the voice of “De Lawd” in every vote they take? Maybe the organizations would be better off with heathens, agnostics and atheists...

Dick Clark, 1929-2012 – Rest in peace.

But did anybody else think about the late Don Cornelius and “Soul Train” when they heard about Clark’s death, or was it just me? Cornelius himself said “American Bandstand” paved the way for “Soul Train;” many of us watched both on Saturday mornings. But “Bandstand” was to “Soul Train” what the Harlem Globetrotters are to the Miami Heat. And “Bandstand” was lucky it came on before “Soul Train,” or otherwise many young Black Floridians would never have seen it. After “Soul Train,” we turned the TV off and went outside. (Kids don’t do that today.

“Outside? Where’s outside?”)

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How will the United States react when China becomes the No. 1 one economy in the world? It’s a very serious question, because the U.S. is a very dangerous country that still operates on the assumption that it has a Manifest Destiny to dominate the world.

When the reigning superpower confronts its economic second-fiddle status in 2016, it could throw quite a troublesome tantrum.

In fact, the pace of Washington’s aggressions in the world seems to be mounting as it approaches inevitable eclipse by Beijing in economic output, as measured by the purchasing power parity standard.

Business Week magazine pondered America’s decline relative to China back in October 2011, noting that China’s economy had been the world’s largest for hundreds of years, until the U.S. overtook it in 1890. But back then, despite China’s huge internal economic activity, the country was straitjacketed by Euro-American imperialism, unable to project power even within its own borders.

‘No disruptions’ Economist Dean Baker took a look at the U.S. as No. 2 and reported that, by some measurements, China’s economy is already 20 percent larger than the U.S. However, Baker doesn’t anticipate any huge disrup-

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tions in the life of the planet due to America’s pending loss of the top economic slot.

He is mistaken. Baker does point out that “the growing power of China has already increased the options available to many countries in the developing world.”

And that brings us closer to the heart of the growing crisis for the United States.

It is a crisis, not of an ordinary nation-state that happens to be an economic giant, but of a global system: imperialism, dominated by finance capital that is in the grips of a convulsive and, I believe, terminal stage of decay.

Having been forced, by capitalism’s inherent contradictions, to export production of actual goods to the South and the East – much of it to China – the Americans and Western Europeans have lost their ability to dominate the terms of global trade – at least by economic means. Their own multinational corporations have expedited the deindustrialization of the home countries.

The increased “options” that Baker refers to as be-

ing available to the former Third World – to Africa, Latin America and Asia – represent mortal dangers to the U.S. and its imperial junior partners. The Americans and Europeans cannot compete with China, India, Brazil and other rising economic players, and cannot sustain their inherently unstable, casino-like financial structures in the absence of ever-increasing profits. Colonialism and neocolonialism provided such profits, while locking the rest of the world in a straightjacket – like China used to be.

Rigged game The imperialists have always rigged world markets to their own super-advantage. Otherwise, they cannot compete. So it is not just a question of whether U.S. rulers will accept being number two. Rather, it is a question of the survival of their rotten system.

That’s why they spend more on weapons than the rest of the world, combined. And that’s why a United States in decline is a grave danger to the entire planet. It’s going to be a very rough ride down.

Glen Ford is executive editor of BlackAgendaReport.com. E-mail him at Glen.Ford@BlackAgendaReport.com. Click on this story at www.flcourier.com to write your own response.

A snitch named time Whenever you’re doing something you’re not supposed to be doing, someone will tell on you. Anytime you’re acting and behaving in a way that is undesirable, inappropriate or both, someone could blow the whistle on you. Whatever little mischievous, devilish or wicked plot or scheme you’re thinking about perpetrating, chances are your tricks will be revealed!

Who is going to tell on you? Time will tell!

You can have a Lear Jet, a fast getaway car, the world’s fastest yacht or be an Olympic sprinter, but you can never escape the wrath of time!

Time will tell No matter how much you do things undercover, no matter what you do behind closed doors, no matter what you do in high places, no matter what you do on the downlow, no matter what you think you are keeping secret and no matter how effective you are at stalking or creeping, time is going to expose you for what you really are!

Time will tell how much you love your mate and

observe their surroundings and environment.

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how much you love your mistress. Time will tell how much you love your job, or how badly you want to change employers. Time will tell how honest you are, how loyal you are, how dependable you are or how responsible you are.

Time is a snitch that you can’t stop from snitching!

Want to know if that hair is real? Time will tell. Want to know if that credit is bad? Time will tell. Want to know if that car is owned or leased? Time will tell.

There’s no need to get stressed about whether or not that family member, friend or lover has good or bad intentions. All you have to do is to wait a little while and time will tell you everything you want or need to know.

The people that know the most usually are the people that have the most time to listen to their hearts, follow their instincts and to

No hiding We all have made bad decisions based on a rush to judgment in life and in love, but regardless of the conclusions we reach, time will always tell us the truth!

We can run, but we can’t hide. Time will tell that woman, or man, where you are, where you’ve been and what you were doing.

If you’re doing the right thing, time will be on your side. But if you are lying, cheating, stealing, plotting, scheming, tricking, hooking, pimping or whatever, time is going to eventually expose you.

We have to be time-considerate. We have to respect and value our time and the time of others. We have to be on time when we say we will be.

If we don’t, time will snitch on your ass!

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APRIL 20 - APRIL 26, 2012

EDITORIAL

Trayvon may be this generation’s Rodney King Recently, the New Black Panther Party held a conference call, parts of which were later posted on Breitbart.com. It sounded like the call – with fanatical speakers preparing supporters for a violent, bloodstained revolution (presumably against White people) and an overthrow of racist capitalism – came right out of the 1960s.

The New Black Panther Party call contained racist and hatefilled language toward White Americans, calling them “crackers,” “honkies,” “devils” and “demons.” This is the same New Black Panther Party that, when the media hype over the Trayvon Martin case was at its zenith, offered a $10,000 bounty for the capture of George Zimmerman.

Several days later, Mikhail Muhammad, the Party’s Southern Regional leader, said they hoped to increase the bounty to $1 million, and said the bounty would be paid whether Zimmerman was found dead or alive.

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Al Sharpton declared there would be increased civil disobedience until Zimmerman was arrested.

Jesse Jackson only added to this inflammation of emotion and potential for violence by saying “Blacks are under attack,” citing a litany of problems facing Blacks unrelated to the Martin death. He insinuated all, including Martin’s demise, are the fault of racism.

The Congressional Black Caucus also claimed that Trayvon’s death was the result of “unfounded assumptions and racial bias” in a resolution introduced in Washington, D.C. To its credit, the Sanford-area NAACP branch rejected Sharpton’s instigation of civil disobedience. But the national NAACP Promoting trouble has yet to do so. Neither BaPromoting the same kind of vig- rack Obama nor Eric Holder deilante justice that Martin’s family nounced Sharpton.

Not one establishment Black and supporters have condemned,

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‘leader’ has condemned the escalating rhetoric to preemptively quell any violence that may result if the trial of Zimmerman finds he acted in self-defense or acted without malicious intent. This lack of condemnation effectively constitutes passive approval of the rhetoric and any violence that has already taken place or is to come. And the police in Sanford are already preparing for worstcase scenarios.

By participating in and refusing to condone the radical rhetoric and calls for violence, MarTill died as a result of a racism tin supporters seeking justice for embodied in a caste system AmerTrayvon at any cost undermine ica overcame during the arduous their moral credibility. process of granting civil rights to all those governed by the ConstiFactual differences tution. Martin died, based on the Trayvon Martin is said to be information available, from being this generation’s Emmett Till. Till, shot with a legally owned gun by a Black 14-year-old, was mutilat- a possibly overzealous neighbored and murdered in Mississippi hood watch volunteer and mayin 1955 for allegedly speaking to a be even in self-defense. And ZimWhite woman in an inappropriate merman was charged with second-degree murder. manner.

With the prospect of violence But Trayvon Martin is not Emmett Till. Their respective situ- in the wake of any action against ations, along with the America George Zimmerman that doesn’t each inhabited, are not compa- involve throwing him in jail and rable. throwing away the key, Trayvon

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Martin’s legacy may end up being likened more to Rodney King’s than Emmett Till’s. If that happens, Till will again be a distant memory in the minds and hearts of those civil rights leaders whose desire today is to continue fighting race battles America has already won.

I pray for the residents of Sanford.

Derryck Green is a member of the national advisory council of the Project 21 Black leadership network. Click on this story at www.flcourier.com to write your own response.

A scared Negro will get you killed, part 2 On April 4, I, along with other “runaway” African-Americans, led a peaceful demonstration at the governmental offices of Terrell County, Ga. Our attempted request, for the third time, was simple – remove the racially charged and culturally offensive highway sign called “Chain Gang Road.”

This highway sign resurrects a powerful and shameful imagery that symbolically represented racial oppression and atrocities rendered to primarily Southern African-American convict laborers.

Clearly scared It is evident that most of the African-American population within Terrell County are scared.

They are scared of attending the monthly county commissioner’s meetings and giving voice to issues that is detrimental to their existence. (It’s obvious that the lone two Black county commissioners desperately are in need of their help.)

They are scared of championing the Chain Gang Road cause, and they would rather allow an insulting sign sit prominently and per-

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manently within their community without resistance. (Meanwhile, yours truly, who resides in Jacksonville, travels an eight-hour trip monthly to fight this battle on their behalf!)

They are scared to challenge the White power structure that sits on the county commission, who without a quiver, approved the expenditure of thousands of dollars for the construction of a dog kennel while heartlessly rejecting the needed funds for a swimming pool for the Black youth and community. (Sadly, I was informed that unless enticed with food, most in the faith-based community is scared to be seen attending a meeting involving civil rights matters.)

Terrell County’s Black population is scared to overcome their apathy by petitioning for a re-

call election of the White commissioners who obviously do not have their best interest at heart and, with impunity, openly demonstrate their disdain for AfricanAmericans.

They are scared to challenge the anemic hiring of African-American professionals to work in various leadership and rank and file positions within the governmental offices. They are scared to inquire whether government contracts are awarded to minority businesses.

Won’t fight They are scared to institute term limits so that the chairman’s 40-year dynasty is immediately abolished. They are scared to fight the ruling class by supporting viable African-American candidates to defeat the incumbents who currently sit on the county commission. (This should be a slam-dunk because this county has a majority Black population).

They are scared to pool their resources so that they can build Black businesses, thus avoiding getting permission from the big-

Trayvon boycotts are a misdirection of a potential movement The calls made most notably by Rev. Al Sharpton for economic boycotts – of Sanford for Trayvon Martin, and in the case of brutally beaten Georgia prison inmate Terrance Dean for boycotts of certain Georgia products – are at best deeply wrongheaded, and more likely cynical and deliberate misdirections of popular outrage.

Think about it. Economic boycotts are the tools of choice when you do not have direct access to the powerful people making the decisions. When you call for an economic boycott of Arizona or Florida or Georgia, what you’re trying to do is cause economic distress to some wealthy interests, in the hope that they will importune unidentified fellow members of the ruling elite to make some of the changes you need.

Still in use Chinese and Indians fighting for control of their own countries against colonial powers used economic boycotts in the early and mid-twentieth century. In the late twentieth century, global economic boycotts mounted in the U.S. and elsewhere were potent political weapons against the South African apartheid regime. Boycotts are indispensable tools in the fight against Israel’s version of apartheid and its brutal 60-year occupation.

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But the decision makers and levers of power over brutal police departments, arbitrary prosecutors and the runaway prison state are not somewhere across the ocean.

They the governor’s office in every state, the sheriff and prosecutors in every county. They are the Congress, the White House, and the legislators in every state. They are the mayors in every city and town who hire and fire the police chiefs that carry out the policies of aggressive hyper-policing in Black and Brown communities across the land.

Market isn’t divine When so-called civil rights leaders tell us we need an economic boycott to reach out and touch these people and their offices, they are misleading and lying to us.

Why do they do this?

Some of them are business school graduates who actually believe what they learned in school –– that the market is some kind of divine power that watches over everything.

It’s not.

Some propose boycotts because they just don’t know what else to do, and

are too busy safeguarding their places as intermediaries representing people who have problems to actually solve those problems.

Still others assure us that the vote is power, the vote is the solution, even though Democrats – Black ones included – are heavily complicit in the prison state themselves. Their job is to bottle up the widespread outrage around the latest vigilante killing, police atrocity or statesponsored murder and redirect it into safe channels that threaten nobody and change nothing.

These are leaders who don’t want to march on or occupy state houses, city halls and the White House with clear demands to end the drug war, to provide jobs and justice and commence a dialog on how begin rolling back the prison state. Real movements start with real demands, and a refusal to go home until they are heard.

We invite you to sign the Trayvon Martin petition at ushrnetwork.org, and to boycott the next fool who tells you to boycott somebody else for Trayvon Martin.

Bruce Dixon is managing editor of BlackAgendaReport.com.

Contact him at bruce. dixon@blackagendareport.com. Click on this story at www.flcourier. com to write your own response.

oted bank officers who can dictate whether they are worthy for a loan. (How hard could it be to build a business, since research has shown that our ancestors built this nation?)

They are scared of protesting against a proposed Georgia law that sets aside taxpayers’ money for private schools, thus liquidating the needed funds for the public school systems.

Bottom line, they are SCARED! Harriet Tubman, where are you when I need you the most? Show me why, as a fugitive, you were willing to venture behind enemy lines to liberate other enslaved African-Americans? Tell me why you were so willing to risk everything for a chance that others might be free?

Still encouraged “I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves,” has become my mantra. In spite of the preponderance of obstacles, seen or unseen, like Harriett Tubman, I will continue to venture back across the enemy’s lines

(Sasser, Ga.) because I witnessed nearly 30 “runaway” and fearless African-American freedom fighters – men, women, children, toddlers, and teens ranging in age from 2 to 95 – who willingly stood shoulder-to-shoulder with me as we mounted our protest.

Harriett has shown me that freedom is intensive labor and despite of having an imperfect community of family, friends, enemies, rivals, spies, relations, manipulations, abuses, and even some personal sacrifices, uncompromising and unequivocal advocacy will eventually bring an end to Chain Gang Road just as Harriett, along with other abolitionists and freedom fighters, helped bring an end to slavery.

To help eliminate the Chain Gang Road sign, contact Jacksonville resident Andrea Giggetts at andrea@giggettsandassociates.com or (904) 742-6105.

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What a difference guns make On April 16, 2007, our nation suffered its deadliest shooting incident ever by a single gunman when a student killed 32 people and wounded 25 others at Virginia Tech University before committing suicide.

Five years later, have we learned anything about controlling our national gun and gun violence epidemic?

A look at just a few of the sad headlines across the country so far this year suggests we haven’t learned much, if anything at all.

In February, a 17-yearold high school senior, who other students described as an outcast who’d been bullied, shot and killed three fellow students and injured two more at Chardon High School in suburban Cleveland, Ohio. Would this have happened without a gun?

More young victims In Washington state, three children were victims of gun violence during a threeweek period at the end of February and at the end of March. A three-year-old died after shooting himself in the head with a gun left under the front seat of the car while his family stopped for gas.

The seven-year-old daughter of a police officer was shot and killed by her younger brother after he found one of their father’s guns in the glove compartment of the family van. And an 8-year-old girl was critically wounded at school when her nine-year-old classmate brought in a gun he found at home that accidentally went off in his back-

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pack. Would this have happened without a gun?

There already has been a rash of shootings in Chicago this year, including the especially violent weekend last month when 49 people were shot and 10 were killed.

One of the victims was a sixyear-old girl who was sitting on her front porch with her mother getting her hair brushed before a birthday party when she was killed by shots fired from a passing pickup truck. Would this have happened without a gun?

And in Florida, unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin was shot and killed walking home from the store in February after being followed by self-appointed “neighborhood watch captain” George Zimmerman. Would Trayvon’s death have happened without a gun?

We can’t wait As a nation, we can’t afford to keep waiting for common-sense gun control laws that would protect our children and all of us from indefensible gun violence.

It’s time to repeal senseless gun laws such as the “stand your ground” laws enacted by 21 states. The laws have grabbed so much attention in Trayvon’s case and allow people in Florida to defend themselves with deadly force anytime and anywhere

if they feel threatened. More than two million people have signed online petitions saying they want to repeal these laws.

It’s time to require consumer safety standards and childproof safety features for all guns and strengthen child access prevention laws that ensure guns are stored safely and securely to prevent unnecessary tragedies like those in Washington State.

And in a political environment where the too-secretive and powerful advocacy group American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) pushed stand your ground laws in other states along with other “model bills” that benefit some corporate bottom lines or special interests such as the NRA, it’s time for all of ALEC’s corporate sponsors to walk away from enabling or acquiescing destructive laws that protect guns, not children.

It’s a tragedy that five years after Virginia Tech, so little has changed. How many years must we wait until tragic headlines about school shootings, children dying, and people using the “shoot first and ask questions later” defense to take the law into their own hands go away? When will we finally get the courage to stand up as a nation and say, “Enough” to the deadly proliferation of guns and gun violence that endanger children’s and public safety?

Marian Wright Edelman is president and founder of the Children’s Defense Fund (www.childrensdefense.org). Click on this story at www.flcourier.com.

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APRIL 20 – APRIL 26, 2012

Curry returns as editor of NNPA News Service Former Emerge editor held position from 2001 to 2007 WASHINGTON – Award-winning journalist George E. Curry has been named editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service, a position he held from 2001-2007. The appointment was announced by Karl B. Rodney, chairman of the NNPA Foundation, which oversees the wire service.

“We are pleased that George Curry, a nationally-known journalist, has agreed to return to the NNPA family,” said Rodney, publisher of the New York Carib News. “Because he has served in the position before and knows Washington, D.C. so well, all of our newspapers will immediately benefit from George’s experience and contacts. I look forward to working with him again.”

Cloves Campbell, Jr., chairman of the NNPA, said: “George never really left the NNPA. He moderated many of our panels at our national conventions and has always been there when we needed him. We are delighted that he has agreed to direct the News Service.”

Honored by fellow journalists Curry was named Journalist of the Year in 2003 by the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) for overhauling the NNPA News Service.

The University of Missouri School of Journalism presented him with its Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism, an honor it had earlier bestowed on such luminaries as Joseph Pulitzer, Walter Cronkite, John H. Johnson and Winston Churchill.

Curry is the former editor of Emerge magazine. Under his leadership, Emerge won more than 40 nation-

al journalism awards. He launched a four-year campaign that led to President Bill Clinton pardoning Kemba Smith, a 22-year-old woman who was given a mandatory 24 ½ year prison sentence for her minor role in a drug ring.

While serving as editor of Emerge, Curry was elected president of the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME), the first African-American to hold the organization’s top post.

Prior to running the NNPA News Service, Curry was also a George reporter for Sports IlCurry lustrated, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and served as a Washington correspondent and New York bureau chief for the Chicago Tribune.

‘Crucial time for the Black Press’ “I am elated to return to the NNPA News Service,” Curry said. “This is a crucial time for the Black Press and I am happy to be part of reinvigorating a wire service that serves more than 200 African-American newspapers.”

During his first tenure with the News Service, Curry was inside the Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in the landmark University of Michigan affirmative action cases and traveled to Doha, Qatar to report on America’s war with Iraq.

He is the author of three books and has appeared on numerous national television programs, including CBS Evening News, ABC’s World News Tonight, the Today Show, Nightline, 20/20 and Good Morning America.

His work in journalism has taken him to Egypt, France, Italy, Germany, Malaysia, Thailand, Cuba, Ghana, Nigeria, the Ivory Coast, Mexico, Canada and Austria.

In addition to supervising the NNPA News Service, Curry will also be responsible for content posted on BlackPressUSA.com, the publishers’ public Web site.

Curry has selected two journalists to serve as Washington correspondents for the NNPA News Service.

NNPA expanding ‘digital footprint’ One of them, Akeya Dickson worked as a reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press and as a metropolitan reporter and a social media manager for the Washington Post.

She interned for Reuters News Service, Black Entertainment Television (BET) and participated in the New York Times Summer Institute.

Like Dickson, Freddie Allen is a graduate of Howard University. At Howard, he was a staff writer, photo editor and general manager of the District Chronicles. He also served as editor-in-chief of Ledge, a magazine devoted to healthy lifestyles and HIV/AIDS awareness among young people of color. He traveled with the Black AIDS Institute to international conferences on AIDS in Bangkok and Toronto.

“I am elated that I will get an opportunity to help further develop the careers of Akeya Dickson and Freddie Allen,” Curry said. “They are extremely talented and I look forward to showcasing their work in our NNPA newspapers and on BlackPressUSA.com.”

In addition to Dickson and Allen, Kyle S. Yeldell will continue to serve as Program Activities Coordinator, a position he has held since last fall.

Yeldell is a graduate of Morehouse College, where he served as sports editor and editor-in-chief of the Maroon Tiger, the student newspaper.

After college, Yeldell wrote for TransWorldNews and Rowdy Films, the film company owned by Grammy Award-winning producer Dallas Austin.

“Kyle, who has expertise and an interest in digital technology, will also serve as our digital manager,” Curry said. “We plan to expand our digital footprint and have a more active presence in social media. Kyle has the talent and vision to help us dramatically improve in that area.”

Curry added, “I am proud of the team we have assembled. We will all be working to supply NNPA papers with the first-rate stories and digital content our readers deserve.”

Movement registers 100,000 new voters on Easter

BY ZENITHA PRINCE TRICE EDNEY NEWS WIRE

The ranks of the nation’s voters grew by 100,000 Black voters on Easter Sunday, part of a campaign spearheaded by Black clergy across the nation.

The Empowerment Movement, a coalition of Black ministers from a range of Black faith groups, was created to advance the power of the African-American community in politics, education and economics using Christian principles as a foundation.

Led by Rev. Jamal Bryant, founder and pastor of the Empowerment Temple in Baltimore, Md., the group challenged Empowerment Movement officials estimate of 500,000 Black churches in the U.S., to register at least 20 persons with the goal of securing 1 million registrants in total.

“This is going to be a critical election,” Bryant told NewsOne in a video Rev. Jamal posted on the group’s website, “We’re Bryant dealing with foreclosures, dealing with bankruptcies, dealing with health care.... And we obviously see that our president has an agenda but he needs some people that can back him up.”

Registration figures That support, according to Bryant and others, can come from the estimated 5 million unregistered voters inchurches nationwide. Voter participation advocates want to repeat 2008’s surge in voter registration and turnout that made a difference in the election.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s November 2008 Current Population Survey (CPS) Voting and Registration Supplement, 146 million people were registered to vote in 2008, an increase of approximately 4 million people since 2004. Census figures show 69.7 percent of Blacks who are eligible are registered to vote while the registration rate is 73.5 percent for non-Hispanic Whites.

On the downside, however, 2.9 million eligible African Americans did not register to vote. Among the chief reasons: not interested in politics (33.7 percent), missed registration deadlines (17.7 percent) and ineligibility (14 percent).

The Easter Sunday voter registration initiative was the latest effort of the Empowerment Movement.

Bryant and the group most recently led a march of over 8,000 protesters in Sanford in the wake of the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.

This story is special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Afro American Newspaper.

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When we arrived at the right gathering spot, most of the sorority and fraternity members already had gathered and were looking all rested and resplendent in their paraphernalia. The groups we saw included members of four sororities – Delta Sigma Theta, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sigma Gamma Rho and Zeta Phi Beta – along with fraternity brothers from Omega Psi Phi and Phi Beta Sigma. Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity were also onboard.

For many of them, it was a reunion of cruise veterans from all over the country.

Buffy Beasley, a Delta from Connecticut who was on her ninth Joyner cruise, called it one of her favorite times – “seeing everybody year after year. It’s a family reunion.” To her, the 2012 cruise was shaping up to be “the best one yet.’’

A cluster of Deltas, who had the largest number of members gathered, took their positions first on rows of steps, smiling as “paparazzi,” including Florida Courier photojournalist Delroy Cole, snapped photos.

Later, as Lisa and I were leaving the deck, I caught a glimpse of comedian J. Anthony Brown standing in the middle of his Phi Beta Sigma brothers and Zeta Phi Beta sisters as they beamed proudly for the cameras.

Eggs and issues We left our photo shoot and headed toward the buffet breakfast. We chose a table with a couple of guys who seemed to be finishing up their meals. The Joyner cruise attracts scores of fascinating business trailblazers. We soon discovered that Steve Ewing of Atlanta and Rodney Chandler of Indiana belonged in that group.

Steve is the president and CEO of Wade Ford in Metro Atlanta, one of the largest minority-owned Ford dealerships in the country. He has owned and operated a series of Ford and Lincoln-Mercury dealerships in his home state of New Jersey since 1989. Ford was a sponsor on the cruise. Rodney, who went to Purdue University, is the president and CEO of R Chandler Pharmacy Services in Indianapolis, Ind. For the next hour, our topics of discussion ranged from advertising and marketing of Black businesses to the Trayvon Martin case to giving back to the community, which they both do. Rodney also discussed how he focuses on natural health products in his business, which

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Business trailblazers on the cruise: Rodney Chandler (top) and Steve Ewing.

we all found a fascinating venture for a Black pharmacist.

‘Black Woman Redefined’ Emboldened by the chat with Steve and Rodney, I was in the mood for more discussion on Black empowerment and decided to attend the “Black Woman Redefined” workshop led by Sybil Wilkes of the “Tom Joyner Morning Show.’’ The focus of the seminar was from the book, “Black Woman Redefined: Dispelling Myths and Discovering Fulfillment in the Age of Michelle Obama’’ by Sophia A. Nelson. Sophia is a Republican political strategist, opinion writer and attorney.

Along with Sophia, panelists included Wendy Raquel Robinson (“Tasha Mack” of BET’s “The Game”), model Melyssa Ford and Jacque Reid, a journalist on the “Tom Joyner Morning Show.’’

Question asked: “Are we being perceived by the way we want to be perceived?” Hmmm. Deep stuff. They talked about Michelle Obama and how she has changed the way Black women are perceived – “her style, her grace, her subtlety.”

The author also shared how she left a lucrative legal profession to pursue her true passion as a writer. One of the most profound things I gleaned from Sophia was, “I was living someone else’s version of my life a long time.”

Wendy told how she has a small circle of good friends and touted the importance of sisters supporting each other. The panelists also discussed Whitney Houston and how we need to speak up and be honest with our sister friends if we see them in trouble or headed for a crisis.

Melyssa mentioned how anger is the most selfish emotion and how important it is not to make judgments. “Learn somebody’s life story before you judge,” she offered.

Other quotes from the session worth repeating: “Jesus is your savior, not your man,” and “Man’s rejection is God’s protection.”

Amen, sisters, amen.

‘The Lion King’ The highlight of the entire cruise came after midnight. For Mardi Gras Night, we donned the new t-shirts that we had See VOYAGE, Page B2

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (above) was the largest Greek organization on the cruise.

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ay 4 of the Tom Joyner Foundation Fantastic Voyage started with a bang and never let up.

During the cruise, sporadic intercom announcements are made during the day about various activities and workshops taking place on the cruise. Often these are made by Tom Joyner himself, who prefaces his announcements by stating, “Now hear this!

Now hear this! This is your captain...this is your captain speaking!’’

He then proceeds to give a quick reminder about something that’s getting ready to happen. Those announcements usually end with a clever remark that elicits a chuckle from the hearer.

It was the fourth morning of the cruise.

My cabin mate Lisa Rogers-Cherry and I had stumbled in about 4 a.m. after getting our party on at Fantasia’s 2 a.m. concert. We bounded out of our beds after hearing a morning announcement that sororities and fraternities were gathering for group photos.

No time for a shower. I quickly threw on my “This Delta is Blessed and Highly Favored” T-shirt and shorts. Lisa and I, who pledged at Spelman and FAMU respectively, soon were headed out the door, eager to share a Kodak – or Nikon – moment with our sorors.

Despite a recent surgery and accident, Tom Joyner takes his rightful place as “The Lion King’’ in the Mardi Gras parade.

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The Stylistics, The Delfonics and Blue Magic will perform during the Mother’s Day Classic at the BankUnited Center in Coral Gables May 13 for an 8 p.m. show.

Coral Gables: The Coral Gables Museum invites the public to submit a personal photograph of “The City Beautiful” for a chance to exhibit at the museum and win prizes. This skill-based photography contest is open to all ages. Awards will be determined by a professional jury and a public vote. For contest rules and to submit your photo entry, visit www. coralgablesmueum.org.

Miami: The Rhythm Foundation and Little Haiti Cultural Center present Big Night in Little Haiti featuring art, food and entertainment, April 20 at 6 p.m. Free and open to the public. 212 NE 59 Terrace. More information: www.bignightlittlehaiti.com.

Port St. Lucie: Free one-onone genealogy assistance is available at the Morningside Branch Library. Guidance, information and assistance with Internet searching using free sources will be provided to interested researchers on April 25 from 12:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. at 2410 SE Morningside Blvd. More information and to set an appointment: Patti Kirk at 772-567-7463 or ckirkfirst@comcast.net.

Wynwood: O Cinema hosts the docudrama “Marley” by Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald on the story of Bob Marley whose music and message

Please bring a copy of your credit report with pen and paper to be ready to write the letters to your creditors and credit agencies, April 25, 6 p.m. 2650 Sistrunk Blvd.

More information: 954-3576224.

Miami: Betty Wright joins R&B singer Monica at the James L. Knight Center May 13 for a Mother’s Day Special show at 7 p.m.

FRESH MUSIC FESTIVAL

The Fresh Music Festival featuring Guy, SWV, K-Ci & Jo-Jo (right), Keith Sweat and more will be at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa July 7 for an 8 p.m. show. has transcended different cultures, languages and creeds. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, performances and revelatory interviews with the people that knew him best. April 20 at 7 p.m. $10. 90 NW 29th St. More information: www.o-cinema.org.

Port St. Lucie: The Morningside Branch Library continues its children’s programs April 25 at 10:30 a.m. – join Miss Sarah in the children’s room for storytime with music, books, creative movement and more; April 26 at 10:30 a.m. – join Miss Carol Ann or Miss Sarah in the children’s room for storytime

with music, books, creative movement and more. 2410 SE Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie. All programs are free and open to the public.

Fort Lauderdale: Broward County Library presents the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center highlights for April to include Prearranged Group Tours, available during library hours. 2650 Sistrunk Blvd.

More information: 954-3575950. Free homework help is also available for students grades K through 12 at 3 p.m. More information: 954357-6157.

Miami: The Best of The Best concert will be held Memo-

rial Day weekend May 27 at Bicentennial Park. Featured artists include Shaggy, Mavado, DJ Khaled, John Holt and Marcia Griffiths. Information: Bestofthebestconcert.com.

Pembroke Pines: The Family Christian Association of America (FCAA) will host its 13th annual Faith-Keepers Golf Tournament April 26, 8 a.m. at the Grand Palms Hotel and Golf Resort. All proceed will benefit the FCAA youth and family services programs. More information: Rosalyn Alls, 305-685-4881 or ralls@fcaafamily.org.

Miami: “Shine America,’’ the producer behind “The Biggest Loser,’’ “MasterChef’’

and “Tabatha Takes Over,’’ is seeking women who aspire to begin or have just begun a career in modeling. No experience necessary and all types are welcome to compete. Must be at least 18 years of age and those 5’7” and above are encouraged to apply. Registration required.

Date: April 21 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Miami Beach Convention Center. More information: www.thefacecasting.com.

Fort Lauderdale: Can’t get credit due to bad debt? Learn how to change that and improve your credit report by examining, challenging and having negative items deleted from your credit file.

Fort Lauderdale: Celebrate April as National Poetry Month at the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center (AARLCC) on April 21 at 2 p.m., 2650 Sistrunk Blvd. Participants and students can recite their own original poems or choose other poems to read. A panel of judges will consider the poem’s merit, dramatic appropriateness and level of difficulty, public reaction among others. The winners of the competition will have their poem recorded professionally, placed on a CD and uploaded to a dedicated website for the winner to promote their project to the general public.

Free and open to the public, registration required: 954357-6224.

Miami: Tickets to see Madonna at the American Airlines Arena Nov. 19-20 are now on sale.

Coral Gables: R&B group New Edition will be at the BankUnited Center May 5 for an 8 p.m. show.

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Far left: The plumes and feathers were plentiful at the Mardi Gras parade.

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bought two days prior in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. Lisa’s “Party All Night” shirt seemed to set the tone of the evening as we headed for the annual New Orleans-style party on the Promenade Deck.

I was expecting a little weirdness, but nothing could have prepared me for what came next.

Lisa was armed with the “Big Papa” pro Nikon camera; I had her daintier Sony camera. We stationed ourselves on different spots of the parade route. Our job: Capture as many good shots as we could as cruisers, decked out in their fabulous costumes, sauntered their way up and down the Promenade Deck.

Easy enough assignment –or so it seemed.

After the stroke of midnight, as is the custom, Tom Joyner led the parade.

A recent hip surgery and car accident didn’t stop him from aptly fulfilling his role as the parade marshal.

In “Lion King’’ splendor, he led the pack. His “Morning Show’’ crew also embraced the “King’’ theme and strolled and strutted after their boss in garments that would have made Mufasa proud.

I almost expected someone to bust forth and start singing the “Circle of Life’’ and drumming to commence.

Left: These ladies are ready for a fun night on the Promenade Deck.

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It got weird

After the Mardi Gras parade, it was time to party.

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Click! Click! During the parade, I tried to keep up as many others followed the Joyner crew. Brilliant costumes adorned with plumes and feathers followed. A matador, statuesque sisters stunning as bunnies (the Playboy kind), a group clad in Roaring ‘20s/flapper attire, police officers, a Girl Scout, pregnant nun, a Hooters retiree. Click! Click!

There were hundreds of cameras flashing. Then, all of a sudden, it got all weird to me. Through my camera lens, I saw people dressed as dogs. Something that resembled a Gumby cartoon character, a ninja wielding a sword, a clown, all kinds of superheroes, cowboys and an Indian. I immediately wondered if some folks were wearing

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their kids’ Halloween costumes. Did I just see someone dressed up as the Grim Reaper? Click! Click!

It was beginning to be too much and only one thing could help at that point – Chardonnay. Quick, fast and in a hurry.

Beads from heaven As the parade came to an end, the crowd reversed itself and we all headed toward the other end of the Promenade. A crush of people. I decided to follow the crowd. I was still click-

ing, hell-bent on getting that one great shot I’m always harping on our staffers to get.

And then it was raining beads – Mardi Gras beads.

On a platform 30 feet above the Promenade Deck, Sybil Wilkes and others were tossing beads. A cluster of beads was coming my way.

I don’t know if Sybil threw them or someone else.

I reached up to grab them, but missed. Some headed to the floor. I was not about to reach down and get trampled. “Florida

Courier Editor Trampled To Death On Cruise While Reaching For Mardi Gras Beads” was not the headline I want associated with my last moments on earth.

But some nice cruiser, probably one of those bunnies (not the Playboy types) reached out and handed me two beads. Ahhh. “Humanity restored,” I thought, as I hightailed it toward the nearest elevator.

I was trying to escape the crowd, which had started to party on the Promenade Deck like it was – well,

2012. I had lost Lisa in a sea of oddity. I figured there was only one thing to do – get out of this madness, head to my cabin, and order some wine.

In a few minutes, Lisa showed up to the cabin all calm and collected. After all, it was her sixth cruise.

She knew what to expect and still seemed quite “normal” from the experience.

But the night wasn’t over. Moments later, we ventured back out; after all, Fantasia was perform-

Above, members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity “throw up their hooks.’’

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ing again. At the concert, most people had changed clothes and looked downright decent again, but I was still looking around for that Grim Reaper.

Fantasia was her usual wonderful and emotional self. With my $10.17 glass of Chardonnay in hand, I swayed and danced and sang way too loud.

But I didn’t care. I had made it through the Fantastic Voyage Mardi Gras and lived to tell about it.

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in 20 minutes Researchers find that short bursts of intense exercise can be beneficial

BY LESLIE BARKER GARCIA DALLAS MORNING NEWS/MCT

Think about your day.

Can you unearth a spare 20 minutes? They may be masquerading as Internetsurfing or lurking within the commercials-skipped sitcom you record and watch every evening.

This search comes with a caveat: When you find those wayward 1,200 seconds, you lose your no-time-toexercise excuse. Because though most health recommendations are for a halfhour workout daily, a concentrated 20 minutes can suffice quite nicely.

“Do as much as you can in that 20 minutes,” says Jakob Vingren, assistant professor in the department of kinesiology, health promotion and recreation at the University of North Texas.

“Get as much work done as possible in the allotted time.”

Plenty of benefit if done right McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, researchers studied the effect that intervals – short bursts of intense exercise – had on various groups of people.

They found that a 20-minute workout consisting of one minute of strenuous activity alternated with a minute of easy recovery, had significant health and fitness effects on unfit volunteers, cardiac patients and, in later research, diabetics.

“There’s a lot of benefit in 20 minutes if done the

right way,” says Bobby Patten, co-founder and head coach of Dallas Aquatic Masters. “If you go for a leisurely walk for 20 minutes, that’s better than sitting. If you upped the intensity, it’s better than a stroll. If you walked up and down hills, that’s even better.”

From moderate to vigorous The brevity is good from a convenience standpoint, though, and breaking the time into pieces helps it pass even more quickly, says Craig Leverette, academic chair professor of physical education at Collin College.

“Interval training is about fluctuation of heart rate within a target zone,” he says. “Anything you do, a bunch of little milestones along the way goes by faster than staring at the exact same tree out the exact same window on the exact same treadmill.”

The first part of most workouts tends to involve burning carbohydrates as an energy source, he says.

Most people have a goal of burning fat, which comes later in a workout. The concentrated intensity of a 20-minute workout helps speed the process a little.

“Everybody has a target zone” for their heart rate, Leverette says, “based on age, resting heart rate, things like that. You want it to be as high – moderate to vigorous – as you can be. It will be hard to breathe and talk, not that you would want to.”

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Certified personal trainer Keith Hunter shows the safe alternative for the lower back stretch at the Fitness Factory in St. Louis, Mo. Fitness experts say people need to find time for a daily workout – even if it’s a short one.

‘Super-set workout’ Additionally, Vingren says, “The higher the intensity, the more muscle fibers you activate.” Plus, working hard in bursts of intensity helps improve VO2 max, which is a measure for cardiovascular endurance.

How to spend those 20 minutes?

“We can make a simple answer, but it’s not always simple,” says Vingren, who has a doctorate in exercise physiology. “It would be like going to the doctor and saying, ‘I’m sick. I need to take a pill.’ It depends on your goal, current level of training, risk factors. It should all be done on an individual basis.”

He recommends a “super-set workout” — moving from one strength-training exercise to the next without stopping, then repeating at least one more time. For example, do a set of squats (lower body, abs and core) followed by bench pressing (arms and chest) and row exercise (back).

“Do larger muscle exercises before smaller muscle exercises, and alternate muscle groups,” Vingren says.

One of the Ontario researchers suggested a 20-minute workout that alternates one minute of running or cycling hard with

one minute of decreased intensity, done a couple of times a week, after clearing with your doctor, of course.

Here are two more ideas:

Swimming The expert: Bobby Patten, head coach of Dallas Aquatic Masters The advice: “Play for effort over distance: short distance fast, short easy.”

He suggests “pyramid sets” – 25 yards fast, then 25 yards easy. Increase distance: 50 fast, 50 easy; 100 fast, 100 easy, resting 10 to 20 seconds between each set.

“You’re increasing your metabolism more that way than by just going at 70 percent for a longer time,” Patten says. “Any interval I think is beneficial: heart rate high, steady aerobics, then zap it up again. In 20 minutes, you can kill yourself, really feel spent.”

Every mile of swimming is equal to about four miles of running, he says. People run two or three miles and think it’s “a good enough workout. Swimmers get a mind-set of ‘only 1,000 meters’ being not any good.

But if you do it as intervals, that’s a good workout.”

Calisthenics The expert: Kristin Moses, co-owner of the new-

ly opened Body Bar fitness studio in Travis Walk. She’s also raising three boys, so “totally understands” the no-time-to-exercise crunch.

The advice: Start with a three- to four-minute warm-up by doing 30 seconds of jumping jacks, 30 seconds of high knees, 30 of glute kicks, 30 of jumping jacks.

“That gets you moving, gets the oxygen moving,” she says.

From there, go into a series of squats and lunges: 15 squats at moderate tempo, 15 lunges with your right leg and 15 with your left.

“Come to the floor and do 20 to 25 full or modified push-ups. You’re moving from your legs, big-muscle groups, to upper-body big muscles and chest, which builds your heart rate and puts you into fat-burning zones.”

Next, turn over and sit, hands on the floor behind you. Raise your hips off the floor for 20 to 25 triceps dips.

Repeat the sequence, and this time “pick up your pace, get your butt moving,” Moses says. “Do the leg sequence again. You’re building stamina.”

The third go-round, make it a sprint: “Do jumping jacks as fast as you can,

high knees as fast. You’re starting to spike.”

Finish with ab work, she says. Come to the floor and do a plank for 30 seconds to a minute. From there, turn onto your right side and do a side plank. Repeat with the left side.

“Voila!” she says. “You’re done, and you’re in amazing shape.”

Fast workout advice Mix it up: If you do 20 minutes of cardio one day, do strength training the next time.

Make the most of your time. “Some people do 100 bicep curls with the same little dumbbell,” says Jakob Vingren, co-director of the Applied Physiology Laboratory at the University of North Texas. “That’s not really resistance training.

The benefits aren’t there.

Plus, you’re wasting your time. It takes forever and is not efficient.”

Gear your workout to your lifestyle. “What else are you doing that could be counted toward a workout?” says Craig Leverette of Collin College. For people on their feet all day, he suggests doing a 20-minute workout focusing on flexibility or strength training. For someone doing a lot of lifting, use the time for cardio.

Surgery for curvature of the spine no longer so devastating for teens gical technique and instruments, and because of the use of cadaver bones to spur the fusion.

“We clearly know who to operate on and when to operate,” Zaltz said. “If Kendall had surgery 25 years ago, she would have had a longer fusion. More vertebrae would have been fused because that’s what we did. She would have had a stiffer back and might not have had the same results.”

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DETROIT — Kendall Huizenga’s spinal column curved so severely from scoliosis that it looked like a snake trying to crawl up a hill.

For three years, Kendall wore a plastic brace almost 20 hours a day, hoping it would stop the curvature from getting worse and trying to prevent surgery. The only time she was allowed to remove the brace was to dance.

“That was one of my favorite parts about dance,” said Kendall, 15, who lives in Waterford, Mich.

“I was able to take off my brace.”

Dance was her refuge, her passion.

But the curvature in her spine continued to worsen, digressing from 24 degrees to more than 54 degrees. Finally, when Kendall was 13, a doctor said that she needed surgery because her spine had begun to compress her lungs.

Feared the worst “If the scoliosis is left untreated for many years, the curve will continue to progress,” said Dr. Ira Zaltz, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich. “Kendall’s type of curve, in particular, ends up causing cardiac and pulmonary problems because of the mechanics of how the chest works. Therefore, everything inside does not work properly.”

But what about dance? Would she still be able to dance after the surgery?

Kendall had danced since she was 4 — ballet, tap, jazz, modern

‘Quite successful’ results

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Left: Kendall Huizenga’s spine is shown before surgery as she suffered from severe scoliosis. Right: The teen’s spine is shown after surgery to fuse her spine to correct the scoliosis. and lyrical — training 17 hours a week at the Dance Shoppe in Waterford, Mich.

Sue Wilson, Kendall’s mother, was frustrated. She found several outdated websites about scoliosis surgery, but few offered a long-term prognosis for athletes or dancers. “There was an informational void,” Wilson said.

She feared the worst: There was a chance that Kendall might never dance again after surgery; and if she did dance, she would never be the same.

Extreme recovery Wilson enrolled her daughter in voice lessons, so she would have another artistic avenue if she could no longer dance.

Of every 1,000 children, three

to five develop spinal curves that are considered large enough to need treatment, according to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.

Kendall was told that she required spinal fusion surgery. Two metal rods would be put in her back to hold her spine straight, keeping it in place as the spinal column fused into a single, inflexible bone.

“I was extremely scared of the surgery,” Kendall said. “Getting two rods in your back is pretty extreme.”

Years ago, children who had the operation would be kept in a cast for a year.

But patients recover faster now because of advancements in sur-

Zaltz, who has been in practice 17 years, has performed more than 1,000 spinal fusion surgeries, averaging 60 to 70 every year.

Spinal fusion surgeries are “quite successful,” according to Dr. Muwaffak M. Abdulhak, a neurosurgeon at Henry Ford Health System.

Abdulhak said the key to the surgery is the fused bone because the rods and other hardware eventually “fatigue and fail and break.”

If the rods break, they have to be taken out, which requires another surgery.

Kelly Lynn Vanderhave, a clinical associate professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Michigan Health System, said spinal fusion surgery “helps kids stand better. It helps kids go back and do what they did previously.”

Kendall underwent a sevenhour spinal fusion operation in December 2009. During the seven-hour surgery, Zaltz fused Kendall’s spinal column from her second thoracic vertebrae to her first lumbar vertebrae, leaving a 22-inch scar.

What’s possible Kendall was in intensive care for days and she lost 25 pounds.

“The kid was in so much pain,” said Wilson, her mother. “Thank goodness she doesn’t remember.”

Zaltz called Kendall’s recovery “remarkable,” giving credit to the work ethic she learned from dance. “She is an athlete, right?”

Zaltz said. “She is gung-ho and enthusiastic and dedicated to her activity. If every patient were like her, it would be great.”

Kendall is convinced that being a dancer helped her recover.

“I had the support of all my amazing teachers and students, and friends,” Kendall said. “Dance preKendall pared me for my Huizenga surgery. It gives me a strong body.”

Two months after surgery, Kendall started dance training again.

Four months after surgery, Kendall returned to competition. A video of her first dance with rods in her back was posted on Youtube (www.youtube.com/ watch?v=sOLWRif5STs), as her mother said, to show everybody “what was possible” instead of hearing about “what was no longer possible.” It has been viewed 42,000 times.

Fifteen months after the surgery, Kendall competed in a Dance Masters competition and won Miss Teen Dance of Michigan.

“I never thought she would be as good as she has turned out to be,” Wilson said.

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FROM FAMILY FEATURES

Veterinarians across the country are expecting an abundance of fleas and ticks this year.

The trouble with ticks

Ticks are not insects.

They are actually arachnids and are closely related to mites, spiders and scorpions.

Ticks don’t burrow under the skin. In order to feed, they actually bite.

Only adult female ticks feed off the blood of their host.

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or pet owners, warm weather brings the opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors with their furry loved ones. But it also brings the risk of flea and tick infestation.

Veterinarians across the country are expecting an abundance of fleas and ticks this year, due in part to warmer winter temperatures in some areas of the nation.

“Fleas and ticks are more than simple nuisances for your pets,” said Laura Petree, DVM, Manager of Technical Services for Central Garden and Pet Company. “They can cause your pet discomfort, and in the case of ticks, put your pets and your family at risk for a variety of diseases.”

Dr. Petree says that flea eggs can account for 50 percent of a domestic flea infestation. One adult female flea can lay up to 50 eggs per day. If your pet has 10 fleas, your problem suddenly multiplies to 15,000 fleas in a month.

“In order to effectively protect your dog or cat from fleas and ticks, you need to address any initial infestation problem, then keep the problem from coming back,” she said.

Preventing problems

Prevention is the best course of action.

Making your yard unfriendly to pests is a good place to start. r Don’t give fleas and ticks a welcoming environment.

Mow regularly, keep shrubs trimmed, and rake up leaves. Keep the garbage covered so it won’t attract rodents — that means fleas and ticks won’t have any help getting close to your house. r You can spray your yard to kill adult fleas and ticks.

Outdoor sprays can be used on lawns, flowers, trees and shrubs. They kill and repel fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, ants, crickets and other insects. Spray wherever your pet frequents the most. Allow it to dry before letting pets or people onto the treated area.

Preventive maintenance should be a regular part of your pet care routine. Whenever you groom your dog or cat, check for fleas and ticks. Signs of fleas include redness and scratching, as well as what’s known as flea dirt — black flea droppings left on your pet’s coat.

Ticks are most commonly found around the neck, in the ears, in the folds between the legs and body, and in between the toes. Cats may also have them around the neck and face.

Topical treatments contain an insect growth regulator (IGR) that kills flea eggs and prevents re-infestation. They kill and repel fleas, ticks and mosquitoes for up to 30 days. Many topical treatments are messy to apply, sometimes dripping on your hands, your pet and the floor, so consider using the Adams Smart Shield Applicator. The Smart Shield Applicator keeps liquid off your hands and lets you quickly get uniform applications down to your pet’s skin. It’s a good alternative to expensive prescriptions from the vet.

Shampoos and mists can also be used to complement your pet’s regular flea and tick control maintenance. r Shampoos clean your pet by eliminating adult fleas, ticks and flea dirt. The active ingredients must come in contact with the pests for a certain period of time in order to be effective. Results are immediate. However, because shampoos have no long-lasting effects, it’s a good idea to follow the shampoo with a dip or maintenance product. r Mists are used to kill fleas, ticks and mosquitos on dogs and cats instantly. Flea eggs and larvae will be prevented for one to two months.

Flea facts

Fleas are some of the best jumpers of all known animals.

They can jump around 200 times their own body length.

Only about 5 percent of the flea population is mature adults.

The other 95 percent are in the egg, larva, or pupa stage of development.

A female flea sucks up to 30 times her weight in blood — every day.

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Take care of your pet and your family by having the right prevention and treatment options for your furry family member. To learn more about protecting your pet and your home from fleas and ticks, visit the Flea and Tick Education page at www.adamsfleacontrol.com.

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APRIL 20 - APRIL 26, 2012

FINEST & ENTERTAINMENT

New documentary aims to show more ‘rounded’ Marley

BY ROGER MOORE MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

ORLANDO – Bob Marley remains, as his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame biography attests, “reggae’s foremost practitioner and emissary.”

More than 30 years after his death at 36, his estate still earns millions from sales of his music — his “Legend” greatest hits disc has sold over 20 million copies, and counting — and the omnipresent T-shirt that bears his image.

“People love to listen to him at the beach, to hear ‘Three Little Birds’ or ‘One Love’ in parties,” says filmmaker Kevin Macdonald (“The Last King of Scotland,” “State of Play”). “‘Stir It Up’ plays in elevators, supermarkets. He’s become background music, background noise actually.”

And that’s what Macdonald, who did documentaries such as “Being Mick” before breaking out in narrative feature films with “The Last King Kevin of Scotland” and “State of Macdonald Play,” wanted to change.

“I wanted to rescue Bob from that fate. If you become ubiquitous, you become invisible all over again, like at the beginning of your career. I wanted to understand Bob, understand his music, hear his music afresh.”

he wasn’t a hypocrite. But he was driven, a real martinet with his band, The Wailers, rehearsing them 18 hours a day. He could easily have ended up a laborer, building roads in Jamaica. But his talent and his drive wouldn’t let him.”

The Marley myth

Blunt assessments

“Marley” is Macdonald’s critically acclaimed new documentary about the Jamaican reggae icon. The native Scot filmmaker was drawn to Marley’s music as a teenager and vowed to spend years tracking down the people who never talk about Marley — friends, relatives and estranged band mates — to make the definitive film portrait of the singer/ songwriter/ Rastafarian prophet.

The Magnolia Pictures movie is scheduled for an April 20 release.

“Bob really is the only Third World superstar,” Macdonald says. “Elvis grew up in poverty, but he grew up in the richest country in the world, at its richest time.

The Beatles grew up working-class poor, but they had working TV sets in their homes. Bob Marley slept on a dirt floor, quit school at 12 and lived in REAL poverty — rural Jamaica.”

Making his film, Macdonald marveled at how Marley’s laid-back, mystical pot-smoking image, “the Bob Marley of myth,” stood up to only so much scrutiny.

“He gave much of his money away, and sacrificed everything to get his music out there, heard, because to him, he was on a religious mission,” Macdonald says. “So

Macdonald found Marley’s first teacher, talked to his widow and surviving children and his mistresses. He got band mate Bunny Wailer to talk frankly about the man’s genius and his faults.

“I didn’t want to talk to talk to the people you expect to see in a Bob Marley documentary — Bono, (Eric) Clapton, Mick Jagger, all those people who might go ‘Oh, he was so wonderful.’”

The filmmaker was going for something “more rounded,” filling his film with blunt assessments of Marley’s personal shortcomings and uncomfortable chats with a record company exec who signed him at a bargain-basement price, causing Peter Tosh and Bunny to bail out of The Wailers.

Macdonald started planning to make the film after shooting his Oscar-winning drama “The Last King of Scotland” in Uganda in 2005. “Maybe in the U.S. and the UK, we’ve kind of tuned Bob out. But in Africa, Uganda, his music and his image are everywhere. He’s an icon. You see dreadlocks, see the T-shirts, and you realize he still lives on as an inspiration to the developing world. They don’t know Elvis in the Congo, or the Beatles in Indonesia. But they know Bob Marley. Maybe we should take another look at him, too.”

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Studdard leaves marriage with all his money Ruben Studdard is officially single after filing for divorce in November 2011.

Studdard’s a single man and he gets to take all his royalties with him, thanks to a prenuptial agreement.

He and his now former wife, Surata Zuri McCants, separated due to irreconcilable differences. During the dirty divorce, reports TMZ, McCants tried to convince the judge to nullify the prenup, claiming the singer forced her to sign the documents days before the wedding.

The judge didn’t care and moved on with the divorce. In fact, he wasn’t ordered to make any kind of payments and

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More than 4,000 cruisers joined nationally syndicated radio talk show host Tom Joyner on the 13th annual Tom Joyner Foundation Fantastic Voyage 2012 aboard Royal Caribbean’s “Navigator of the Seas,” one of the world’s largest cruise ships. The Florida Courier spotlights some of the best-looking people on board.

Anthony and Mishaun Smith of Atlanta were both on their first Tom Joyner cruise.

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TV One to debut ‘Momma’ cooking competition “ I FEEL LIKE

A FISH WITH NO WATER.” –JACOB, AGE 5 DESCRIBING ASTHMA

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Every family has that someone who can really get down in the kitchen. It’s usually Moms and TV One is premiering its first cooking competition called, “My Momma Throws Down.”

Premiering Friday, May 4 from 8-9 p.m., viewers can watch the best of the best matriarchs battle it out in the kitchen for the title of queen of home cuisine.

The show will be hosted by comedian and actor, Ralph Harris and produced by Triage Entertainment, the creators of “Iron Chef of America.”

The competition is fierce, as each mother first provides her signature dish for both the judges and her adversary to rate, then races against the clock to create an entire meal on a moment’s notice. The families also play an important role throughout the episode, as they are presented with various challenges that can add or delete minutes from their mother’s cooking time.

Celebrity judges From a trivia quiz, to a special “smack down” challenge, to a

“blind” taste-test – the results of which count towards the judges’ final decision – the families do all they can to help their mothers win.

“At its core, ‘My Momma Throws Down’ is a true celebration of the matriarch of the family, placing her passion, skills, down-home expertise, and reputation as a great cook on the line for all of America to witness,” said TV One president and CEO Wonya Lucas.

The show’s rotating panel of judges is made up of a number of culinary elite and notable celebrities, including Chef Marcus Samuelsson, James Beard award-winning chef, cookbook author, chef/ owner at the acclaimed Red Rooster Harlem and winner of “Top Chef Masters’’; Marvin Woods, the celebrity chef, host, and author of the cookbook “Home Plate Cooking’’; Dr. Jessica Harris, educator, culinary historian, and writer of 11 cookbooks documenting the foods and foodways of the African Diaspora, including her latest, “High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America’’; Melba Wilson, chef/owner of Melba’s, the Harlem fixture known for its signature chicken and waffles; Tanya Holland, the noted French-

trained chef and owner of Brown Sugar Kitchen in West Oakland, Calif., and the author of “New Soul Cooking: Updating a Cuisine Rich in Flavor and Tradition’’; and Chef Brian Hill, who initially rose to fame from his appearances on “Top Chef ’’ and the Food Network’s “Private Chefs of Beverly Hills,” and now caters for celebrities including Eddie Murphy and Mary J. Blige.

Other celebrity judges during the eight-episode run include Trina and Towanda Braxton; Kandi Burruss from “The Real Housewives of Atlanta”; comedian Loni Love; actor Rockmond Dunbar; Grammy Award-winning songwriter Bryan Michael Cox; and boxer, actor and model Ngo Okafor.

New episodes are scheduled to air Fridays at 8 PM, repeating at 11 PM. However, as a special pre-Mother’s Day celebration, TV One will devote the whole evening Sunday, May 6 to “My Momma Throws Down,” beginning at 8 PM when it will re-air the premiere episode, followed by two all-new episodes at 9 and 10 p.m., with the celebration repeating at 11 PM (all times ET).

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Parmesan-Crusted Bruschetta Chicken

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PARMESAN CRUSTED CHICKEN 4 servings Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes 1/2 cup Hellmannâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sÂŽ or Best FoodsÂŽ Real Mayonnaise 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 1 1/4 pounds) 4 teaspoons Italian seasoned dry bread crumbs Preheat oven to 425°F. Combine mayonnaise with cheese in medium bowl. Arrange chicken on baking sheet. Evenly top with mayonnaise mixture, then sprinkle with bread crumbs.

Baked Buffalo Chicken Hellmannâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sÂŽ can transform your chicken into a juicier, crispier, more delicious meal that the whole family will love.

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Bake 20 minutes or until chicken is thoroughly cooked.

Cost per recipe: $7.16 Cost per serving: $1.79 Based on average retail prices at national supermarkets.

Timesaving Tip: Try making this dish with thin-cut boneless skinless chicken breasts. Prepare as above, decreasing bake time to 10 minutes or until chicken is thoroughly cooked through.

Nutrition Information per Serving: Calories 370, Calories From Fat 210, Saturated Fat 4g, Trans Fat 0g, Total Fat 23g, Cholesterol 100mg, Sodium 390mg, Total Carbohydrate 2g, Sugars 1g, Dietary Fiber 0g, Protein 35g, Vitamin A 2%, Vitamin C 2%, Calcium 8%, Iron 6%

BAKED BUFFALO CHICKEN 4 servings Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 12 minutes 1/2 cup Hellmannâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sÂŽ or Best FoodsÂŽ Real Mayonnaise 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper (or to taste) 1/2 cup plain dry bread crumbs 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 1 1/4 pounds), cut into strips Preheat oven to 400°F. Combine mayonnaise and cayenne pepper in small bowl; reserve 1/2 for dipping.

Combine breadcrumbs with parsley. Coat chicken with remaining mayonnaise mixture, then coat with bread crumbs.

Arrange chicken on baking sheet.

Bake chicken 12 minutes or until chicken is golden brown and thoroughly cooked. Serve with reserved dipping sauce.

For a fun twist, serve cooked chicken strips on wooden skewers.

Also terrific with Hellmannâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sÂŽ or Best FoodsÂŽ Canola Cholesterol Free Mayonnaise.

Cost per recipe: $6.95Cost per serving: $1.74 Based on average retail prices at national supermarkets.

Nutrition Information per Serving: Calories 450, Calories From Fat 210, Saturated Fat 3.5g, Trans Fat 0g, Total Fat 23g, Cholesterol 95mg, Sodium 510mg, Total Carbohydrate 20g, Sugars 1g, Dietary Fiber 1g, Protein 37g, Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 4%, Calcium 6%, Iron 15%

PARMESAN-CRUSTED BRUSCHETTA CHICKEN 4 servings Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes 1/2 cup Hellmannâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sÂŽ or Best FoodsÂŽ Real Mayonnaise 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 1 1/4 pounds) 4 teaspoons Italian seasoned dry bread crumbs 2 medium tomatoes, seeded and chopped 1/4 cup chopped red onion 1/4 cup Wish-Bone Robusto Italian Dressing or Wish-Bone Italian Dressing 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil leaves or 1 teaspoon dried basil leaves, crushed Preheat oven to 425°F. Combine mayonnaise with cheese in medium bowl.

Arrange chicken on baking sheet. Evenly top with mayonnaise mixture, then sprinkle with bread crumbs.

Bake 20 minutes or until chicken is thoroughly cooked.

Meanwhile, combine remaining ingredients in medium bowl.

To serve, evenly top chicken with bruschetta mixture.

Also terrific with Hellmannâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sÂŽ or Best FoodsÂŽ Light or Canola Cholesterol Free Mayonnaise Cost per recipe: $10.02 Cost per serving: $2.50 Based on average retail prices at national supermarkets.

Nutrition Information per Serving: Calories 430, Calories From Fat 260, Saturated Fat 5g, Trans Fat 0g, Total Fat 29g, Cholesterol 35mg, Sodium 640mg, Total Carbohydrate 8g, Sugars 4g, Dietary Fiber 1g, Protein 33g, Vitamin A 15%, Vitamin C 25%, Calcium 8%, Iron 6%

CHICKEN NUGGETS WITH BBQ SAUCE 4 servings Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 15 minutes 3/4 cup Hellmannâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sÂŽ or Best FoodsÂŽ Real Mayonnaise 1/2 cup barbecue sauce 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 6 ounces each), cut into nuggets 1/2 cup Italian seasoned dry bread crumbs Preheat oven to 375°F. Combine mayonnaise, barbecue sauce and mustard in small bowl. Reserve 1/2 cup sauce; set aside.

Evenly coat chicken with sauce, then bread crumbs.

Arrange chicken on baking sheet.

Bake 15 minutes or until thoroughly cooked. Serve with reserved sauce.

Cost per recipe: $7.66 Cost per serving: $1.92 Based on average retail prices at national supermarkets.

Nutrition Information per Serving: Calories 570, Calories From Fat 320, Saturated Fat 5g, Trans Fat 0g, Total Fat 35g, Cholesterol 125mg, Sodium 1210mg, Total Carbohydrate 24g, Sugars 10g, Dietary Fiber 1g, Protein 39g, Vitamin A 4%, Vitamin C 4%, Calcium 4%, Iron 8%

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