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Early voting starts Jan. 5for school board seatBY JAMES HARPERDAYTONA TIMES harperjames59@yahoo.com

Even though only 16 people traveled to DeLand from Daytona Beach to ear-ly vote during the primary for the Dis-trict 2 Volusia Coun-ty School Board seat and the local NAACP branch raised con-cerns about disenfran-chisement, Supervisor of Elections Ann Mc-Fall said she will con-tinue to have only one early voting site for the Jan. 15 runoff election.

“Candidates should do a better job getting people out the vote,” said McFall in an inter-view with the Daytona Times this week. She said her job is not to get people to the polls but to count the votes.

Turnout for the pri-mary was only 3,972 voters, or about 6 per-cent of the 66,166 reg-istered voters in District 2, according to the elections office. During the pri-mary, the elections office in DeLand – located on the county’s west side – was the only early voting site available. The District 2 school board seat’s boundar-ies are on the east side of the county.

Limited funds citedMcFall also disclosed that more peo-

ple voted by absentee ballot than those who went to their designated polling place during the Dec. 18 primary. Ab-sentee votes were 2,714 while 1,242 voted at polling places.

The law does not require her office to open up any additional offices for

Daytona commission won’t decide until February on Derbyshire fields

BY JAMES HARPERDAYTONA TIMES harperjames59@yahoo.com

Flood gates are likely to open if Daytona Beach doesn’t up-grade its criteria when it comes to renaming city facilities, parks, streets and other city properties,

Mayor Derrick Henry told the Daytona Times this week.

Henry’s comments come after he learned Madeline Young, the widow of former Daytona Beach Commissioner Rufus Buddy Young, is upset that a part of Der-byshire Park is on its way to being renamed in honor of retired edu-cator Harold V. Lucas before any-thing has been done to honor her husband, who represented the zone in which the park is located. Young died in 2003.

“I hope to be reaching out to her to finding a way to honor

Commissioner Young. We want to make good on promises on someone who is worthy,” said Henry, who learned after reading the Times that Mrs. Young was told that a site to honor her hus-band was promised but has not been carried out.

Not a done dealAt a meeting last month, all of

the Daytona Beach commission-ers were in agreement with Hen-ry that the threshold to renaming is too low.

Henry said before he supports renaming a city-owned proper-

ty after someone, he wants to know the person had a long-standing set of contributions to the community.

“I do want to see criteria up-graded. If it’s not upgraded, the de-cision still rests in the hands of the

commission,” said Henry.Henry said he is leaning to-

ward supporting renaming the athletic fields in Derbyshire Park after Lucas but he won’t make a final decision until the commis-sion vote in February. City staff and the planning board have ap-proved renaming the fields after Lucas.

“People have spoken to me about this (renaming of athletic fields). It’s important for more people to speak to me who have an opinion about this,” said Hen-ry, noting what he hears from the public will weigh heavy on his fi-

Mayor: Criteria for renaming needs to be upgraded

Obama supportersto host inaugural ball

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Residents urgedto attend Jan. 7 workshop onimplementing city’s master plan

BY JAMES HARPERDAYTONA TIMESharperjames59@yahoo.com

Imagine a town center square in Daytona Beach located at the intersection of International Speedway Boulevard and Martin Lu-ther King Jr. Boulevard. The public square will be

the cultural and commer-cial heart of Midtown. It will include shaded seating and gathering areas with fountains, public art and Black Heritage Trail desti-nations.

Imagine a new pub-lic park west of the exist-ing Dickerson Community Center on existing Dayto-na Beach Housing Author-ity property. Land acquisi-tion through “land swaps” between the city of Day-tona Beach and the Hous-ing Authority would be re-quired for the project.

Lincoln Street would

be overhauled to include a landscaped greenway, storm water/drainage in-frastructure and a land-scaped bicycle/pedestri-an path that will form part of the Black Heritage Trail. Portions of the greenway may include communi-ty gardens that are planted and maintained by neigh-borhood and university or-ganizations. Diagonal street parking would be added to the Bethune-Cookman University side of the street to enhance pedestrian ac-tivity and promote environ-mental safety.

And let’s not forget about the Howard Thurman Gar-dens, which would be lo-cated across the street from the historic Howard Thurman House on White-hall Street. There will be a neighborhood garden and an elderly housing com-munity.

Approved by commissioners

Members of the Mid-town Redevelopment Ar-ea Board are hoping this is what the predominant-ly Black area of Daytona

Beach known as Midtown will transform into over the next 50 years.

Though it took almost two years, hundreds of days and thousands of hours, the Daytona Beach City Commission approved the new Midtown Master Plan in less than 10 seconds at their Dec. 19 meeting.

The plan has created a foundation to revitalize the area, Daytona Beach Mid-town Redevelopment Proj-ect Manager Charles Bry-ant said this week.

“We didn’t have any-thing in place before. We

couldn’t get anything done. We always heard we didn’t have a plan. Now we have a blueprint where we want to go,” Bryant said.

‘Be part of the process’

Bryant was proud that he and others helped put down a foundation so resi-dents after them wont have to start from scratch.

Residents are encour-aged to attend a Jan. 7 workshop from 4 to 8 p.m. at City Hall. A consultant

How Midtown could look in 50 years

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BY JAMES HARPERDAYTONA TIMES harperjames59@yahoo.com

The smiles on the faces at the final Light Up Mid-town community cel-

ebration was reward enough for Charles Bryant. who works for Daytona Beach’s Redevelopment department and was one of the organiz-ers of the event.

Bryant said the series of activities, which culminated Dec. 22 with a gospel show was a success.

Every Saturday during the month of December events were held, including a health fair, Christmas parade, and

a step show featuring area Greek organization members.

The highlight of the cel-ebration was the lighting of a 25-foot Christmas tree at Daisy Stocking Park, which has never taken place in Mid-town, an area of the city that is inhabited primarily by Black residents.

“Bringing the communi-ty together together is what we hoped to accomplish and I believe that is what we did,” said Bryant, noting a lot of tal-ent was discovered during the events. He plans to feature that talent in future events, in-cluding the city’s Juneteenth celebration this summer.

Bryant said the Light Up

Midtown Committee will have its next meeting on at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 9, at the Peninsular Club. He would like to start planning for De-cember 2013 but he said the ultimate decision will be up to the committee members.

Midtown winners announced

The winners of the Light Up Midtown Christmas decora-tion contests in the residen-tial contest was the home of Birdeen and James Ashley.

In the residential category, dubbed “Worthy Mentions,’’ were the homes of Gladys Pat-rick, Milton and Erma Curry,

Freddie and Trenia Barnes, Barbata Etal Young, Anna L. Watson, Betty L. Kimble, Clau-dia Forrester, Oneata Ledbet-ter-Carey, along with Gloria and Brown.

The winner in the business category was Bethune-Cook-man University’s Performing Arts Center, 698 West Interna-tional Speedway Boulevard.

Runner-up in the business category was Custom Works Motorcycle Shop, 833 W. In-ternational Speedway Blvd.

For more information on how to get involved with Light Up Midtown, contact Bryant at 386-671- 8185.

The home of Birdeen and James Ashley on South Street was the winner of Light Up Midtown’s Christmas decorating contest. Ida Duncan

Wright

Kathy Williams

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Derrick Henry

LIGHT UP MIDTOWN ORGANIzER HOPES TO DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR

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hired by the city will present a progress report after having talk-ed with 25 stakeholders in the community, Bryant said.

“Don’t sit down and wait un-til we make changes. We don’t know everything. We are learn-ing to. Don’t come after every-thing has changed. Be part of the process. Don’t wait until the building is built to complain,” he demanded.

Bryant said it is the job of the consultant, who has been on board since Nov. 1, to bring the master plan into fruition.

The consultant, PMG, will present a strategic plan for com-mercial redevelopment in the Midtown redevelopment area that will provide a clear set of pri-

orities, resources and specific ac-tions that will result in successful implementation of plan.

Many challengesAccording to the 90-page mas-

ter plan, provided to the Dayto-na Times by Bryant, it is based on historical research, existing con-straints and opportunities

“The master plan and devel-opment standards chart a course for preserving the historic build-ings, places and significant insti-tutions in Midtown while creat-ing incentives and quality stan-dards for new growth.”

Midtown is located in the geo-graphic center of Daytona Beach bordered by U.S. 1 and Nova Road east to west; and Shady Place to George Engram Boulevard south to north.

The plan identifies many chal-lenges, including a deficit of busi-ness and home ownership and a decreased tax base in relation to

other CRAs (community redevel-opment areas).

No current ‘center’In addition, the income levels

are generally lower than the ad-jacent community; there’s a con-centration of public housing; outdated infrastructure and in-adequate storm water facilities; inadequate parks, playgrounds, recreation and public spaces; significant areas of vacant prop-erty; and a lack of basic services and shopping.

On top of that, the Internation-al Speedway Boulevard is a “cut through highway” that divides North and south Midtown; and there is no identifiable Midtown “center.”

During about six workshops, attendees have said what they want for Midtown – attractive streets with trees, businesses, nice streetlights, underground utilities and a family-friendly and

livable community.It also was noted during the

workshops that Orange Avenue is used by Daytona Beach citizens as a shortcut between Nova and Beach Street to access Atlantic Boulevard. Crossing at Interna-tional Speedway Boulevard was called dangerous and difficult for children who want to go to the lo-cal softball fields and large recre-ation center.

Even though there is a strong sense of community and desire to better Midtown among the key stakeholders, the groups have not formed a cohesive coalition. Flooding is a problem in certain areas; safety and livability needs improvement; and public hous-ing areas are large and overly concentrated in the area.

How it beganThe master plan was designed

by Florida A&M University (FA-MU) students and staff with in-

put from the Midtown Redevel-opment Area board, residents and businesses.

The process began on July 7, 2010 when the board, headed by resident Johnnie Ponder, en-dorsed the idea and approved a contract with FAMU to create the Midtown Master Plan.

Andrew Chin, Assistant Dean and Director of Architecture Pro-grams at Florida A&M’s Universi-ty School of Architecture and his colleague, Professor Craig Huff-man, were invited to the Mid-town board meeting to discuss their community outreach ser-vices and the possibility of creat-ing a master plan.

More than a dozen gradu-ate architecture students joined Huffman to survey the entire re-development area and interview residents and businesses. Sever-al community workshops were held along with monthly updates at the Midtown board meetings.

The Democratic Club of Flagler Coun-ty will hear about “Building Bridges: The Democratic Parties of Volusia and Flagler Counties” on Jan. 22 from Vonzelle Johnson, chairman of the Volusia County Democratic Executive Committee.

The meeting, open to the public, will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at High Jackers Restaurant, 202 Airport Road, Palm Coast.

There is no charge to attend and no advance arrangements are required.

Democratic Club Elections will take place during this event.

For the best directions, call 386-586-6078. For more information about the organiza-tion, call 386-446-6061 or visit www.flagler-dems.com.

Vonzelle Johnson to speak at Democrats’ meeting

Above is a rendering of how the predominantly Black community will look based on the City of Daytona Beach’s Midtown Redevelopment Master Plan.

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early voting for special elections, said McFall.

She only is required to open the main elections office, which is located in the courthouse at 125 W. New York Ave. in DeLand.

Early voting for most residents of the Greater Daytona Beach area usu-ally takes place at the City Island Library, which is about 20 miles from the elections office in De-Land.

McFall also said she overspent her budget dur-ing the general election and she didn’t have the operating funds to open an early voting site in Day-tona.

Down to Williams, Wright

Early voting for the top two candidates chosen during the primary will be Jan. 5 through Jan 12 from 8:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the De-Land site.

Ida Duncan Wright, an instructor at Bethune-Cookman University, and Dr. Kathy Williams, a re-tired educator and widow of Volusia School Board

Chairman Al Williams were the top vote getters during the Dec. 18 prima-ry. Al Williams died on Oct. 1 before he could be sworn in for another term.

Wright garnered the most votes during the Dec. 18 primary but not enough to win race against Dr. Kathy Williams and three other candidates. Wright received 1,538 votes (39 percent) to Williams’ 1,023 votes (26 percent). Wright had to win 50 percent plus 1 vote to avoid a runoff.

Absentee ballots going out

Absentee ballots for the runoff election will be go-ing out Jan. 4, said McFall.

According to the elec-tions office, 10,000 absen-tee ballots have been sent out to voters who have asked that they always re-ceive absentee ballots for all scheduled elections.

Registered voters inter-ested in receiving an ab-sentee ballot in the mail before the Jan. 15 elec-tion day can request an absentee ballot up until the Wednesday before the election.

McFall said voters also have the option of picking up absentee ballots at her office.

Local leaders disappointed

Dr. Walter Fordham, po-litical action chairman of the Daytona Beach/Volu-sia County NAACP, who met with McFall during a teleconference along with NAACP President Cynthia Slater, said “citizens must have an opportunity to show a stake in what hap-pens in District 2.

Fordham also said that when a site or precinct is not accessible, it has a disproportionate racial impact in the district as-sumed to elect a Black rep-resentative.

Slater said she was not aware of a statute that ad-dresses a window to hold primaries for special elec-tions adding, “We will re-main diligent in our efforts to ensure all registered vot-ers are able to exercise the right to vote.

Volusia County Council-woman Joyce Cusack, who served on the canvassing board for the general and primary elections, said she was very disappointed when she learned that ear-ly voting would only be at the DeLand office.

School board members are elected to four-year terms and earn $34,010 annually.

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nal decision.Young has conceded

that the athletic fields like-ly will be approved by the commission and said she will be working to have the baseball field behind the new Midtown Cultural and Educational Center re-named after her husband. Prior to her current home, she said her family lived a block away from the base-ball field.

Henry said he would have no problem support-ing her effort.

Two phases completed

Overhauling of the field along with the addition of tennis and basketball courts has yet to begin as the city seeks funding to complete the project.

Leisure Services Direc-tor Percy Williamson said the city has not identified a funding source to com-plete Phase 3 of the center.

Phase 1 was the new aquatic center and Phase 2 was the opening of the new Midtown Cultural and Ed-ucational Center last year.

Williamson said renam-ing of what is known as Kelly Field to locals will not be up to him or his depart-ment.

He said there is a pro-cess that has to be initiated by Young, which includes getting signatures on a pe-tition, which to his knowl-

edge she has not begun.

Daughter’s diligenceD’lorah Hyacinth, daugh-

ter of Harold V. Lucas got the ball rolling to have Derby-shire’s athletic fields named after her father.

She pleaded her case last month before the planning board about the renaming.

“I am happy to see the city has recommended go-ing forward with renaming the field. (My father has) contributed to betterment of city, state of Florida and U.S. I submitted an appli-cation of over 60 pages. He has touched the lives of hundreds, thousands of lives people who have gone out in the city, state around the country and are mak-ing differences where they are,” Hyacinth said.

Premature process?Williamson said Young

could be premature in starting the process to re-

naming Kelly Field after her husband.

He said it is likely when construction begins on Phase 3 that funding will first be sought for new bas-ketball and tennis courts.

“Outside basketball courts were highly used,” said Williamson, noting that the old courts were demolished when the new Midtown Center was con-structed.

He also said that when the baseball field is com-plete it would be designed for youth little league base-ball.

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Port Orange to host meet and greet for city manager candidates

Port Orange residents are invited to meet the five city manager candidates at a public reception hosted by the Port Orange/South Daytona Chamber of Com-merce on Jan. 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. The chamber is locat-ed at the Riverside Pavilion, 3431 Ridgewood Avenue.

The City Council will in-terview each of the final-ists on Jan. 5 in the City Hall Council Chambers, 1000 City Center Circle. Start-ing at 8:30 a.m., the inter-views will be broadcast LIVE on pogTV channel 199 on Bright House cable, and video streamed on the City’s website, www.port-

orange.org.For more information,

call 386-506-5522.

Volusia plans workshops for prospective business vendors

Volusia County’s Pur-chasing and Contracts Divi-sion will present two work-shops for vendors wanting to learn more about how to do business with the coun-ty.

The workshops will be in the first-floor training room of the Thomas C. Kelly Ad-ministration Center, 123 W. Indiana Ave., DeLand, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Jan. 8, and 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Jan. 9.

During the workshops, county representatives will demonstrate how to regis-ter as a vendor and submit bids, proposals and quotes. They also will discuss state

and local ordinances rele-vant when working with the county, explain the infor-mation channels available to all vendors, and answer questions.

For more information, call 386-736-5935, ext. 12490.

Children and Families board to meet Jan. 8

The Children and Fam-ilies Advisory Board will meet at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 8 in the first-floor training room of the Thomas C. Kelly Ad-ministration Center, 123. W. Indiana Ave., DeLand.

Members will discuss funding for summer camp scholarships and hear agency presentations on the processes for requests for proposals and requests for statements of qualifica-tions.

The advisory board as-sesses and evaluates strat-egies to meet needs, moni-

tors program compliance, advertises funding avail-ability, recommends ap-propriations for programs serving children and fami-lies, and provides recom-mendations to the Coun-ty Council on children and family issues.

Financial education workshop scheduled Jan. 5

Mid-Florida Housing Partnership will host a fi-nancial education series: Financial Awareness 101 Jan. 5 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Fifth Third Bank Sec-ond Floor Classroom, 1030 W. International Speedway Blvd.

Learn money manage-ment skills to break the “al-ways broke cycle.’’ banking for success to learn how to do more with less as well as learning credit manage-ment skills, how to under-stand your credit report,

how to improve your cred-it profile and how to create fresh clean credit. Learn how to maximize your tax refund as well.

Light refreshments will be served; registration is recommended.

To register and for infor-mation, call Marcella Yon-

kosky at 386-274-4441, ext. 302 or email MYonkosky_mfhp@bellsouth.net.

More information: Peggy Johnson, children and com-munity programs coordi-nator, at 386-736-5955, ext. 15694, or visit www.volu-sia.org/countycouncil/cfab.htm.

Members of the Florida Friends for Obama will host an inaugural ball celebrating President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden’s re-election.

Since the majority of peo-ple cannot attend the inaugural events in Washington, there is no reason why they cannot cel-ebrate this historic victory that they, the supporters of Obama/Biden, worked so hard to win, right here in Palm Coast.

The local ball will be held Jan. 21, 7 p.m., simultaneously with the official Inaugural Ball in Washington, which will be tele-cast live at the event in Palm Coast.

It will be an evening of excel-lence, reflection and celebration.

‘An action group’The Friends of Obama write

that “this is history in the making, even more so than the first elec-tion,” and they intend on rising to the occasion.

The ball will take place at the African-American Cultural Soci-ety, located at 4422 U. S. 1 North, Palm Coast.

Florida Friends for Obama was founded by Loyce Nottage Allen in 2008.

Allen writes, “We are an ac-tion group, which came together to get our president elected then and now. We are the change that begins deep within each and ev-ery one of us.

“We, the people of this great country made our voices heard, by voting to go forward, not back-wards. We must carry our support and enthusiasm beyond election day. We will continue to work tirelessly in support of our Presi-dent and Vice President elect!

“We pledge to continue in our support of President Ba-rack Obama by raising our ex-pectations and aspirations for ourselves, our families, and our community.

If you have questions, contact Allen at 609-412-3049 or email her at jazzla167@aol.com.

Humane Society visits kids at academy

Students at Palm Harbor Acad-

emy were intrigued by the “Am-bassador Program” provided by the Humane Education Depart-ment of the Flagler County Hu-mane Society.

It was part of the charter school’s curriculum – providing opportunities for learning and bringing in Yvonne Presley and her colleagues to “instill respect and responsibility for animals and their environment.”

The K-6 students discovered that animal owners must be asked prior to petting any animal and animals must not be approached from behind. It was cool for the kids to see the dog tricks showed off by “Muffins,” of the canines that Presley brought along.

Through the shelter adoption program, an animal’s behavior and interests are evaluated and matched to an adopter’s prefer-ences. Students Mason Sword and Emily Gonzalez have now become dog owners through the adoption program.

Supplies donatedThe innovation included Palm

Harbor Academy’s donations of pet supplies to the Flagler County Humane Society. Some items were dog and cat food,

stainless steel bowls, pet toys, leashes, rugs, trash bags and Q-tips.

Some supplies were donated by members of the First Church of Palm Coast. Pastor Gillard S. Glover founded the academy in 2009.

School Principal Esther Hamil-ton assessed that “parents, teach-ers and the community must work together so that our chil-dren can soar...”

Fifth-grader Miles Jackson thanked the society for contrib-uting to the students’ education-al assembly.

The kindergartners stepped up with “thank you” cards they had made, and the society gifted the academy with an appreciation certificate.

•••As always, remember our

prayers for the sick, afflicted and bereaved.

By Jeroline D. Mccarthy | Daytona Times

Palm Coast Community news

James Major, Doris Sheppard, Jan. 6. Happy anniversary to the Rev. Wood-row and Mrs. Gloria Leeks, Jan. 10.

Birthday wishes to:

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‘Super couponing’ program Jan. 23Couponing pro Mary Edwards will share tips for sav-ing money through “super couponing” during a free program from 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 23 at the Daytona Beach Regional Library at City Island. Edwards writes a blog, Couponers United, at www.couponersunited.com. More information: 386-257-6036, ext. 16264. Quit smoking classes setFree smoking cessation classes sponsored by the Florida AHEC Network and the Florida Department of Health will be held on Wednesdays Jan. 3-Feb. 7, from 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. at the Bert Fish

Medical Center, Schildecker Board Room, Daytona State College. More information or registration: 877-784-8486 or www.quitsmokingnowfirst-coast.com.

Business workshopscheduledPresented by the Small Busi-ness Development Center at Daytona State College, this business start-up series workshop will provide an overview of the seven basic requirements for business startups Jan. 10 from 6 p.m.- 8 p.m. Daytona Beach Cam-pus, Bergengren Hall (#110), Room 112. Free. To register or for additional information: 386-506-4723 or e-mail sbdc@DaytonaState.edu.

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Florida Friends for Obama to host inaugural ball in Palm Coast

Palm Har-bor Acad-emy kids recently welcomed the Flagler County Hu-mane Soci-ety. On the right are the acade-my’s dona-tions of pet supplies.

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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama dance at the Commander in Chief’s ball in Washington on Jan. 20, 2009. Local supports have organized an inaugural ball in Palm Coast for Jan. 21 to celebrate the president’s second inaugura-tion.

M A Y O RDECEMBER 14 - 20, 2006 7 JANUARY 3 – JANUARY 9, 20134 EDITORIAL

Kerry, not Clinton for president in 2016

VISUAL VIEWPOINT: SURVIVED 2012 ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE

President Barack Obama has won his re-election. That history is clear and the big question now is who in the Democratic Party will succeed him as president in 2016. Prior to now, it was certain to be Hillary Clinton. But when you look at the present situation doubts about her prospects rise to the fullest. Let’s consider a few current events that will certainly have con-sequence in the next presidential election.

With the exception of his criti-cism of the Vietnam War and other military endeavors, Senator Ker-ry’s slate is pretty clean. His strong point is foreign affairs and he chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Com-mittee. When Senator Barbara Boxer botched the attempt to pass cap and trade through the Sen-ate, President Obama asked Sena-tor Kerry to take over the steward-ship of the bill. It failed but Presi-dent Obama’s trust of John Kerry was apparent. Foreign affairs and environmental issues are Senator Kerry’s strong suit.

So here we are in 2013, and what is the political climate for Demo-cratic presidential prospects? The 2008 primary was divisive. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama camps fought bitterly. Obama won and to keep a good monitor on Hillary, he put her in his cabinet as Secre-tary of State. This was brilliant! She could not go off the reservation as this would seem disloyal and con-niving. She was locked into place.

Messy State DepartmentIn retrospect, her tenure at the

State Department has been a com-plete mess. The world is on fire. Our initiative to better relations with Russia has totally failed. In fact, you would have to go back to the Cold War to find worse times. She said she was going to reset Russia. She might as well have thrown a brick at it.

The Middle East and Africa are in upheaval and we can’t seem to get a foot forward in solving the raging issues. Revolution, civil war, insurgency and chaos are running rampant in those regions and we don’t have a clue. This all falls into the lap of Hillary Clinton.

The saddest situation involves Libya. The dictator has gone but so has any semblance of peace and governance. We failed our embas-sy there by turning our back on its safety and we are now trying to cover it up.

It is so similar to the security failures of our embassies in Kenya and Tanzania during the Bill Clin-ton administration. Just like then, they identify a fall person to put the blame on. They insinuated it was Susan Rice during the Clinton

administration and then, unbe-lievably, they threw her under the “bus” once again.

Clinton 101It is Clinton 101. Hillary has

failed and President Obama will call on his old friend and confidant John Kerry to clean up the mess. I believe he will and in 2016 he will rise exponentially above Hillary.

He will also play a role in envi-ronmental issues such as the Key-stone Pipeline and the Kyoto Pro-tocol. EPA Administrator Lisa Jack-son is also toast. The State Depart-ment will take full control of these issues.

Administrator Jackson or “Rich-ard Windsor,” as she mysterious-ly calls herself in secret and ille-gal email account, has announced her resignation before the illegal emails are released via a court or-der.

John Kerry will have a hand in cleaning this up also. In essence, he is going to be the “fix it guy.” By 2016 he will be regarded as a heal-er and strong leader. Good bye Hil-lary.

Harry C. Alford is the co-founder, president/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce. Website: www.na-tionalbcc.org. Email: halford@nationalbcc.org. Click on this story at www.daytonatimes.com to write your own response.

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Blacks disproportionately depend on Social Security

Feuding Democrats and Re-publicans did not plunge the country over a financial cliff, but a lively debate will continue in coming months over the role the federal government should play in the lives of its citizens.

In one corner are Republi-cans who contend that federal spending has run amuck – and it should be slashed. In the oth-er corner are Democrats, in-cluding President Obama, who make the right oral arguments, but the wrong moves to defend such worthy American staples as Social Security and Medicare. In most political crises, Repub-licans will fight and Democrats will take flight.

Giving away storeLet’s begin with a president

who doesn’t seem comfortable in the rough-and-tumble world of politics. He has a tendency to give away the store even before the store opens up its doors for business.

As Paul Krugman wrote Ju-ly 31, 2011 the New York Times, “Republicans will surely be em-boldened by the way Mr. Obama keeps folding in the face of their threats. He surrendered last De-cember, extending the Bush tax cuts; he surrendered in the spring when they threatened to shut down the government; and he has now surrendered on a grand scale to the raw extortion over the debt ceiling. Maybe it’s just me, but I see a pattern here.”

Unfortunately, that pattern re-mains unbroken.

A Center for Policy and Bud-get Priorities blog noted, “Boeh-ner complains that, in what the White House describes as an offer of $1.2 trillion in spend-ing cuts and the same in tax in-creases, Obama counts interest savings that accrue as spending cuts, thus making the one-to-one ratio illegitimate.

“More importantly, howev-er, is that, when viewed correct-ly and in their entirety, the non-interest spending cuts under the President’s latest offer would actually exceed his proposed tax increases and would rough-ly equal the spending cuts that Boehner himself proposed in his

deficit-related negotiations with the President last year.”

And that’s on top of cuts al-ready made.

The CBPP also pointed out, “When those negotiations broke down, the President and Con-gress enacted the 2011 Budget Control Act (BCA), which estab-lished annual caps on discretion-ary spending for each of the next ten years. These caps, which will cut spending by what the White House estimates to be $1 trillion over the next decade, reflected a tentative agreement by the Pres-ident and Speaker over discre-tionary spending in those nego-tiations.”

President Obama has already signaled a willingness to make additional concessions on Social Security and Medicare.

Stand your groundSocial Security plays an out-

sized role in the lives of retired African-Americans.

“Social Security is a particu-larly important source of income for groups with low earnings and with less opportunity to save and earn pensions, including African Americans and Hispanics,” CB-PP said.

“Among beneficiaries aged 65 and older, Social Security repre-sents 90 percent or more of in-come for 35 percent of elderly white beneficiaries, 42 percent of Asian Americans, 49 percent of blacks, and 55 percent of His-panics.”

Yes, money spent on Social Security and Medicare is well spent. And that’s why Obama should summon the courage to stand his ground.

George E. Curry, former is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Asso-ciation News Service (NNPA.). Click on this story at www.daytonatimes.com to write your own response.

I could not believe that I was actually seeing what I was seeing. I had heard about Oliver Stone’s 10-part documentary regarding contemporary U.S. history. I am not sure what I expected to see, but what I actually viewed was al-most breathtaking.

The documentary, titled the “Untold History of the United States”[http://www.sho.com/sho/oliver-stones-untold-histo-ry-of-the-united-states/home], is almost a visual version of How-ard Zinn’s People’s History of the United States. As such it demysti-fies post-World War II U.S. history in a manner that I have not seen in the mainstream.

In mainstream settings we are taught about World War II and its aftermath as if it were a straight moral course taken by the United States.

Use of atomic bombsBy way of example, consider the

dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan in August 1945. Most main-stream sources in the U.S. insist, without question, that the use of the atomic bombs was essential to ending the war without mas-sive U.S. and Japanese casualties.

Yet few mainstream sources

point to the real fear that the Jap-anese High Command had: the entry of the Soviet Union into the war and its devastating impact on Japanese troops in Manchuria and Korea (and the possible inva-sion of Japan by Soviet troops).

Stone presents what can be called a “counter-narrative” through an in depth investigation and use of archival footage lead-ing the viewer to ask a very sim-ple, yet profound question: Was the usage of the atomic bombs aimed at ending World War II or, in the alternative, putting the world on notice – and the Soviet Union in particular – of the power possessed by the U.S.?

Social movement hurtAs Stone proceeds, the story

becomes more complicated, in-teresting and certainly eye-open-ing. The devastating impact of the domestic Cold War on progres-sive social movements is some-

thing with which we live to this day since, as Stone demonstrates, the Cold War anti-communism was not aimed at any alleged ‘communist menace’ but at forc-es at home that were attempting to deepen the reforms that had started with Franklin Roosevelt’s “New Deal.”

In fact, the dominance of the super-rich, the so-called 1 per-cent, illuminated by the Occupy Movement, is in many ways the direct outgrowth of the blunting of movements for social justice first during the early Cold War, and then later in the 1970s and1980s; in the last case with a new and dif-ferent form of repression.

Stone’s “Untold History of the United States” not only needs to be viewed, but more important-ly, discussed. The one hour seg-ments lend themselves to useful discussion, whether in a class-room setting or a living room set-ting.

Bill Fletcher, Jr. is the immedi-ate past president of TransAfrica Forum and the author of “They’re Bankrupting Us” – And Twenty Other Myths about Unions. Click on this story at www.daytona-times.com to write your own re-sponse.

Oliver Stone’s breakthrough documentary on U.S. history

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BILL FLETCHER, JR.

HARRY C. ALFORD

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If Sen. Timothy Eugene Scott is the GOP standard bearer in the 2016 presidential elections, will any Black Americans vote for him? The appointment of Scott to a U.S. Senate seat representing South Carolina is the Republicans’ most recent example of doing every-thing they can to shed the percep-tion that the party is comprised, and run by old, White men.

Being anti-Republican, how-ever, is systemic among African- Americans.

Making Scott the first African-American senator from the South since Reconstruction is a major step forward for the Republicans.

Seven Blacks have served in the U.S Senate – four happened to be Republicans. The first was Hiram Revels, a Republican from Missis-sippi. From the Civil War to strug-gles for equality in the 1950s and 1960s, the Republican Party has led the way on civil rights, abol-ishing slavery, passing the 14th and 15th Amendments, ending Jim Crow and enacting the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Like so many of today’s Black males, Scott was raised by a single mother.

Scott a role model?Scott is the type of Black suc-

cess story most would brag about.

After barely making it through high school, Scott went to college on a football scholarship, became an insurance salesman and even-tually a U.S. congressman and senator.

Scott is a Black role model. Un-fortunately, many of the opportu-nities Scott was able to take ad-vantage of are not available to-day. Prior to being elected to Con-gress in 2010, Scott served on the Charleston County Council for 13 years, including four terms as chairman and in the South Caro-lina House of Representatives for two years where he was elected Chairman of the Freshman Cau-cus and House Whip.

He owned Tim Scott Allstate and was a partner in Pathway Real Estate Group.

The 47-year-old-Scott is a Tea Party conservative and isn’t mar-ried.

Smooth move by GOPScott’s appointment was an ad-

ept and “smooth move” on the

part of Republicans. The move means that this new breed of Re-publicans are consulting veteran Black Republicans such as strat-egist Raynard Jackson who says, “Republicans will not gain signif-icant Black support unless they take policy positions that advance core Black interests. African-Americans need capitalism and conservative values, and Scott is a great vehicle.”

Prior to Scott, only six Blacks have served in the U.S. Senate. They were two Mississippians – Revels who served in 1870 – 1874 and Blanche Bruce, who served from 1875 to 1881; Edward Brooke of Massachusetts from 1967 to 1979; Carol Moseley Braun of Il-linois from 1993 to 1999; Barack Obama of Illinois from 2005 until he resigned after his presidential election in 2008; and Roland Bur-ris, who was appointed to replace Obama and served until Novem-ber 2010.

William Reed is head of the Business Exchange Network and available for speaking/sem-inar projects through the Bailey Group.org. Click on this story at www.daytonatimes.com to write your own response.

Will Blacks vote for Black Republican senator?

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M A Y O RDECEMBER 14 - 20, 2006 7ENTERTAINMENTJANUARY 3 – JANUARY 9, 2013 5

BY STEVEN ZEITCHIKLOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT)

Samuel L. Jackson has incarnated some colorful, fast-talking characters in Quentin Tarantino movies over the years, such as his scripture-quoting hit man Jules Winnfield in “Pulp Fic-tion” and scheming gun runner Ordell Robbie in “Jackie Brown.”

Jackson takes on perhaps his most morally slippery Tarantino role yet in the violent dark comedy “Django Un-chained.”

As house slave Stephen, Jackson plays a conniving opportunist to Leon-ardo DiCaprio’s unctuously evil plan-tation owner Calvin Candie (overseer of “Candieland”) in the snappily writ-ten revenge fantasy.

Under the pretext of looking out for his owner, Stephen self-servingly turns every situation and challenge to his advantage – while wearing some serious geezer makeup to boot.

Jackson recently talked to the Los Angeles Times about reinventing the slave character, Hollywood’s relation-ship to Black culture and even the roots of school shootings.

‘Unapologetically menacing’Q. You’re playing a slave we haven’t

much seen on screen – someone who’s not a victim and is, in fact, kind of the bad guy. Was that hard for you?

A. I don’t think there’s any ques-tion Stephen is one of the most de-spised Negroes in cinematic history. He’s unapologetically menacing. He’s the power behind the throne. He’s the Dick Cheney of Candieland. But I also understand his position. He doesn’t want to upset the apple cart. On the plantation, he can function like a free man. But he goes 75 miles away and he’s just an ordinary slave.

Q. Did you think to give him some appealing edges? Even your bad-guy roles often have a certain wisecrack-y relatability.

A. I’m not one of those actors who feels like audiences have to like him. Stephen’s funny – he does funny things, at least. There’s an insulting jocularity to him. But he’s still insult-ing.

Disrespects slavery?Q. Some of the power of the charac-

ter just comes from the way he looks – a paunchy, hobbled old man with an old face. Not your usual Samuel Jack-son character.

A. (Laughs) No, it’s not. At least, I hope it’s not. Quentin and I wanted to give Stephen a certain look – we want-ed him to appear like the most ancient slave in the place. Which he is. But we also wanted him to seem strong and smart. He looks feeble, but there’s also something else there.

Q. Perhaps because it takes on such a serious subject as slavery, which we usually see only in dramas, and con-textualizes it in a fantasy and a come-dy, the film is likely to face some criti-cism. What would you say to someone who says the movie disrespects slav-ery and its horrors?

A. Quentin has an affinity for writ-ing horrible things and then mak-ing you laugh. So there’s the scene ... where the Klan is gathering and they’re about to go do some terri-ble stuff, and then they start arguing about their hoods because they can’t see out of them. I think it’s dangerous if this is where you get your informa-tion from. He’s making entertainment. Hopefully, it makes you go ask ques-

tions and you Google it. If you want to learn something from a movie, watch a documentary.

Black films, violenceQ. Hollywood seems to be a little

more willing to make stories about Black history, but those films are still few and far between. Does that both-er you?

A. They’re making entertainment. I can’t blame them for that. And it comes down to what people want to watch when they’re eating popcorn. I just saw this movie “Sex Traffic.” It’s a documentary about the sex-slave trade across Europe. Awesome movie. But no one’s going to see it. Look at “The Hurt Locker.” Oscar winner. Did anyone go see it? No. You can’t blame Hollywood for wanting to make entertainment.

Q. This movie has a fair amount of gun violence and can be a bit flippant about it. Does that give you pause in the wake of what happened in Con-necticut?

A. I don’t think movies or video games have anything to do with it. I don’t think (stopping gun violence) is about more gun control. I grew up in the South with guns everywhere, and we never shot anyone. This (shooting) is about people who aren’t taught the value of life.

Jackson discusses role as house slave in ‘Django Unchained’

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Russell Simmons to host Hip-Hop Inaugural Ball again NNPA NEWS SERVICE

Russell Simmons will throw a second hip-hop ball to celebrate the genre’s influence in the re-elec-tion of U.S. President Barack Obama.

The music mogul organized the Hip-Hop Inau-gural Ball after President Obama be-came the first African-American to be voted into the White House in 2008.

The event took place following Obama’s official inauguration cer-emony in January 2009, and it hon-ored rappers T.I., LL Cool J and Young Jeezy for their work inspiring young people during the 2008 race.

After the president’s second win at the polls in November, Simmons an-

nounced he will be hosting a second ball, set to take place at the Harman Center for the Arts in Washing-ton, D.C on Jan. 20.

Ticket prices start at $500 and proceeds will ben-efit Philanthropik, an organization which encour-ages philanthropy.

L.A. Reid exits ‘X Factor’Antonio L.A. Reid, a judge on the Fox singing

competition alongside Britney Spears, Demi Lo-vato and Simon Cowell, will not return to the pan-el next season. He’ll be exiting the show to devote more time to his day job as chairman of Epic Re-

cords, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

“I have the utmost respect for Si-mon Cowell. He is the very best and I have had the opportunity to learn so much from him,” Reid said in a statement obtained by The Holly-wood Reporter. “Working with him on ‘X Factor’ has been a once-in-a-lifetime experience, I’m honored to have sat on the panel with such in-credible talent.”

Added Reid: “Of course I will miss the show. In my opinion Simon attracts the best talent, but I’m looking forward to getting back to my core business and the responsibility of running Epic Records.”

Reid joined the American version of the show in 2011 after leaving his job as chairman and CEO of Is-land Def Jam Music Group, where he helped launch careers for acts like Rihanna and Justin Bieber.

At Epic, his roster includes Sade, Fiona Apple, Karmin, Ciara and “X Factor” season one winner Melanie Amaro.

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Lady Wildcats looking for their identity BY ANDREAS BUTLERDAYTONA TIMES butleramj@yahoo.com

Bethune-Cookman had too many mishaps in a 63-54 loss to the College of the Holy Cross at Moore Gymnasium on Sunday.

The Lady Wildcats were doomed by a lack of offensive ex-ecution. They shot only 36 per-cent from the field and converted only 10-for-22 free throws.

“We missed a lot of free throws, especially in one-and-one situa-tions that could have swung the game in our favor. It showed a lack of concentration at the line on our part,” commented Coach Vanessa Blair.

B-CU went 4-for-15 from the three-point range and was hurt by the 18 turnovers.

The Crusaders also commit-ted 25 turnovers and shot only 35 percent from the field, but they were 7-for-18 from beyond the arc and they made 26 of 33 free throws.

“We knew that Holy Cross would be physical and big. They run their sets well. We put them on the free throw line too much,” responded Blair.

Things started well for B-CU after a pair of three pointers by Chastity Rene Taylor; the Lady Wildcats held an early 8-2 lead in the first half.

Holy Cross (6-6) battled back and took a 31-25 lead into half-time on a pair of three’s by Ash-ley Cooper.

The Crusaders led 44-33 lead after a three by Alex Smith with 9:11 to play.

Bethune-Cookman (5-6) got within 49-43 following a three-point play from Sharnese Neal with 6:30 to play.

‘We hurt ourselves’The Crusaders would again

push their lead out to double dig-its, but the Wildcats would again pull within six but get no closer.

Taylor led the Wildcats with a game-high 19 points while Neal and Amanda Hairston each had nine.

“We needed stops. We got them some times but couldn’t convert offensively. They didn’t stop us offensively but we hurt ourselves,” responded Taylor.

Smith led the Crusaders with 15 points while teammates Coo-

per and Christine Ganser each added 13.

Finding their wayB-CU has a young team this

season with eight new players. The Wildcats don’t have any se-niors on their roster.

“We are young. We didn’t have any expectations. A lot of gelling has to take place. We are starting to see some. Tonight we didn’t play as well after being off five days,” commented Blair.

Newcomers in junior college transfers and juniors Taylor (14.1 ppg) and Terrenisha Hollis (8.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 2.18 spg) along with freshman Jasmine Evans (5.8 ppg, 4.7 rpg) have stood out thus far.

“Taylor is consistent. She is our outside threat. Terrenisha is good at attacking and finishing. Jas-mine is a defensive stopper who

can make some offensive plays,” stated Blair.

Eastern Kentucky Universi-ty transfer and junior Shakey-ia Colyer (5.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 1.63 apg) has also helped at the point guard position.

B-CU also has back post play-ers in junior forwards Amanda Hairston (11.3 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 1.63 bpg) and Sharnese Neal (5.9 ppg, 5.9 rpg).

“Having them back is a good thing for us. They feed off each other and play well together. These two have played togeth-er for two years. They give us a presence in the post,” mentioned Blair.

The Wildcats are off to a 5-6 overall start, but are still looking to find their identity.

“We have been trying to find each other. We have been build-ing. We have preached defense and offensively we have feed through Rene outside and Aman-

da inside,” added Blair.

Gearing up for MEAC B-CU faced Kent State on

Wednesday, which was after the Daytona Times’ deadline.

The local team also is gearing up for the conference schedule, which will start soon. B-CU will open its MEAC slate against Flor-ida A&M in Tallahassee on Jan. 7.

“Every game is important and its one game at a time. We have to be consistent every night,” ex-pressed Blair.

Football: More honors for Wildcats

Head football coach Brian Jen-kins recently was named Coach of the Year by HBCU Huddle/College Sporting News.

It was his third such honor as he was also named MEAC and AFCA Coach of the Year.

Jenkins led the Wildcats to a 9-3 record, 8-0 conference mark, MEAC title and FCS play-off berth.

In three seasons at B-CU, he has a 27-8 record, 21-3 MEAC mark, two MEAC titles and two FCS playoff appearances.

B-CU was the only HBCU ranked in the final Sports Net-work FCS Top 25 poll at No. 22.

Offensive linemen Terrance Hackney, a junior, and senior Eu-gene Solomon were named to the HBCU Huddle/College Sport-ing News All-American team of-fense.

Hackney received his third All-American honor this post sea-son. He was also a BoxToRow.com and Beyond Sports Network All-American.

Senior defensive lineman Har-old Love III was named to the All-American defense team.

BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES butleramj@yahoo.com

Atlantic High School girls finished third and the boys fifth in their own tour-nament.

Ronni Williams posted 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead Atlantic past Perry Central (Hazard, Ky.) 52-39 in the consolation game. Destiny Woodard added 17 for the Sharks.

Williams (31 points, 14 rebounds, 10 steals) re-corded a triple double to lead Atlantic to a 56-38 win over Pike County Central (Pikeville, Ky.) while Woo-dard added 12 to open the tournament.

Atlantic lost to Arch-bishop Prendergast High (Drexel Hill, Pa.) 52-47 in the semifinal. Williams had 18 points, Woodard 17 and Destiny Howard 12 for the Sharks.

“It was a great tourna-ment with great compe-tition. We should have been in the championship game. We beat a team in Perry Central that played in the national tournament in South Carolina with us a week earlier. We also got our school’s 400th victory,” said Atlantic Coach George Butts.

Two wins, one loss for Atlantic boys

The Sharks boys team lost to Pebblebrook High of Mableton, Ga. 71-56 to open the tournament. Jus-tin Vallejo had 15 points for the Sharks.

The Sharks rebound-

ed to beat Sunland Baptist Academy, Freeport, Baha-mas 42-39 the next day. In that game, Vallejo tallied 18 points for Atlantic.

Atlantic finished the tournament by taking down Hialeah 44-37. Velle-jo led the Sharks again with 12 points.

Lopez loses to Leesburg in final

Father Lopez and Main-land both competed in the Father Lopez Holiday Tour-nament.

Leesburg High spoiled Lopez’ bid for the title by beating them 71-60 in the tournament final.

Cameron Breehl led the Green Wave with 19 points while A.J. Ford and Mailik Maitland each added 16.

Also during the tourna-ment local teams matched up and Father Lopez topped Mainland 65-59.

Breehl had 20 points, Ford 18, and Maitland 13 for the Green Wave while Craig Wilmore scored 17 points and Cameron Had-ley 13 for the Buccaneers.

Mainland did pick up a win over West Palm Beach’s Kings Academy 48-39 led by Brandon Thomp-son who scored 15 points and Hadley, who tallied 12. Mainland also beat Jack-sonville Bishop Kenny 50-47.

Father Lopez also beat Jacksonville Harvest Com-

munity 77-35. Maitland had 17 points while Ford and Breehl each had 12 for Lopez.

Green Wave girls win their tourney

Father Lopez’ girls team has lived up to their bill-ing as a state title contend-er so far this season. The Green Wave continued their good play by winning their own tournament this past week.

Lopez defeated Fort

Pierce Lincoln Park Acade-my 65-43 in the champion-ship game fueled by Shan-non Crenshaw’s 27 points, eight rebounds, five steals and five assists.

The Green Wave also beat Titusville Astronaut 71-45 and Orange Park Oakleaf 75-45 in the tour-nament.

Crenshaw had 26 points, Ashley Folsom 22 points, 19 rebounds with seven blocks and Simone Brown con-tributed 13 points with 10 boards against Astronaut.

Folsom scored 24 points, Crenshaw 21 and Brown 19 for the Green Wave against Oakleaf.

New Smyrna Beach al-so competed in the tour-nament and got a win over Tampa Blake 46-29. Gabby Kostenbader led the Barra-cudas with 16 points in that game.

New Smyrna lost to Pikesville, Ky. 38-32 and Osceola 53-50. Jasmine Hill and Gabby Kostenbader had 15 points each for New Smyrna against Osceola.

“It was a great tourna-ment for us to be in. It had some good competition. We will be in it again next year,” stated James Henry, New Smyrna’s head coach.

DeLand tops New Smyrna

Local teams DeLand and New Smryna squared off in the annual Russ Gibbs Holiday tournament in De-Land.

DeLand beat New Smyr-na 62-51 in the tourna-ment championship game, avenging an earlier loss to them this season.

Monolito Hamilton led the victorious Bull-dogs with 19 points while Chauncey Kennedy had 10.

Marcus Johnson had 11 points, Desmond Mitch-ell 10 and Davarez Bryant eight points with seven re-bounds for the Barracu-das.

New Smyrba defeated Delray Beach Villages 55-54 in the semifinal. Mitch-ell had 20 points in that game and made the game winning free throw in the final seconds.

New Smyrna also de-feated Orlando Olympia 64-58 to open the tourna-ment behind Mitchell’s 31 points.

DeLand also had wins over St. George Bahamas 59-56 and Trinity Christian 67-30. Kyle Epping had 24 points for DeLand against St. George and 13 against Trinity.

Prep Sports Seven basketball

Girls: 1. Father Lopez (15-3), 2. Atlantic (9-5), 3. DeLand (14-2), 4. Flagler Palm Coast (10-4), 5. Sea-breeze (8-5), 6. Trinity (11-4), 7. Warner (6-3).

Boys: 1. Father Lopez (11-2), 2. DeLand (10-4), 3. New Smyrna (12-3), 4. Mainland (7-5), 5. Spruce Creek (6-5), 6. Halifax (8-3), 7. Calvary (8-3).

VOLUSIA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL

FOOTBALL REVIEW

Holiday hoops highlight high school action

B-CU’s Rene Taylor (3) drives on Holy Cross’ Brisje Malone (2) during a recent game. The Wildcats fell to the Crusaders 63-54.

DUANE FERNANDEZ/HARDNOTTS PHOTOGRAPHY

Atlantic’s Ronni Williams (1) posts up a defender during a game with Archbish-op Academy (of Drexel, Penn.) at the Atlantic Sunshine Holiday Tournament last week. Williams, the 13th-ranked player in the nation, helped the Sharks place third in the tournament.

B-CU ROUNDUP

M A Y O RDECEMBER 14 - 20, 2006 7 JANUARY 3 – JANUARY 9, 20138 HEALTH

BY ROSIE MESTELLOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT)

It’s a common medi-cal refrain: Carrying extra pounds raises the risk of ills such as heart disease and diabetes and there-fore the risk of a premature death.

But does that height-ened risk of early death apply across the board to those who are merely over-weight?

A new analysis of nearly 3 million people suggests maybe not.

The finding, published online Tuesday in the Jour-nal of the American Med-ical Association, pooled data from 97 studies en-compassing adult men and women in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, China, Taiwan, Japan, Brazil, India and Mexico.

BMI studiedA total of 270,000 people

died of any cause during the studies. When the sci-entists crunched the num-bers, they found, as expect-ed, that people who were significantly obese — with a body mass index (BMI) of 35 or more — had shorter life spans on average than those who were of normal weight, defined as having a BMI of 18.5 to 24.9.

But the scientists also found that people classed as overweight (with a BMI of 25 to 29.9) died at slight-ly lower rates — not higher — than those of so-called normal weight. And they found that those who were mildly obese (with a BMI of 30 to 34.9) died in no great-er numbers than did their normal-weight peers.

Study lead author Kath-erine M. Flegal, an epide-miologist with the Cen-ters for Disease Control and Prevention, said she and her colleagues could not say what lay behind

the apparent survival edge for overweight people. But she noted that it had been observed before in other studies.

Range of reasonsFlegal added that smok-

ing — which raises the risk of early death but also tends to keep people thin-ner — doesn’t appear to be the explanation, since that factor was carefully con-trolled for in the analysis.

The paper didn’t make

any recommendations for doctors or members of the public, Flegal added. “Our goal is really to summarize existing information and not conclude what peo-ple should do, other than follow good health prac-tices, no matter what their weight,” she said.

There are a range of pos-sible reasons why peo-ple who are overweight might fare better in stud-ies than those who are of normal weight, said obesi-

ty researcher Dr. Steven B. Heymsfield, executive di-rector of the Pennington Biomedical Research Cen-ter in Baton Rouge, La.

Only some of those ex-planations suggest that carrying a few extra pounds truly makes some-one healthier.

Preferential treatment

For example, some stud-ies suggest that people who are overweight or mild-

ly obese are treated more aggressively by their doc-tors for blood pressure or cholesterol problems than those who are of normal weight, said Heymsfield, who was not involved in the study but co-wrote a commentary that accom-panied it.

Preferential treatment could more than compen-sate for a higher rate of health problems among those who are overweight or mildly obese.

Health professionals al-so know that the BMI — a number that is calculated using a person’s height and weight — is not a perfect indicator of how much ex-tra fat someone carries be-cause people who are ex-tra muscular may score as overweight when they’re not, for example, Heyms-field added.

Survival advantageBut there also could be

real reasons why carrying extra pounds could confer a survival advantage. Fat-ter people are not as prone to osteoporosis and have more padding to protect the bones should a patient take a tumble, lowering the risk of a life-endangering hip fracture.

And carrying extra fat provides energy reserves in cases of a severe illness. Doctors know, for exam-ple, that plumper patients with heart failure or kidney failure do better than their leaner peers, and there could be other situations in which the same thing is true.

“I think we should be open-minded and ask, ‘OK, what could be help-ful about fat?’” Heymsfield said.

The survival edges re-ported in the analysis were not large. Those who were overweight were on av-erage 6% less likely to die during the studies than those whose BMI scored in the normal range.

Those with mild obesi-ty — also known as grade 1 obesity — were at no in-creased risk of death com-pared with people with a normal BMI.

But those who were fat-ter than that (with a BMI of 35 or above) had a 29 per-cent higher risk of death during the studies.

Being moderately overweight might not pose health risk

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Courtney Ward, 44, is shown working out in 2010 at the Institute for Lifestyle & Weight Management in Ra-leigh, N.C. Ward had a BMI of 31.9, obese, when he decided he needed a lifestyle change.