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Becktonone of this year’sHometownHeroesBY JAMES HARPERDAYTONA [email protected]

A hometown hero comes in many dimensions – war hero, law enforcement officer, educator and civil rights activist.

There are many others who could be classified as hometown heroes but don’t get the attention they deserve and, in many cases, are not seeking recognition.

That changes every year during Daytona Beach’s Juneteenth cel-ebration when a committee over-seen by Linda McGee, recreation manager for the city’s Leisure Services Department, selects lo-cal Hometown Heroes from a list of nominations.

Lillie Bell Beckton is one of the 20 Home-town Heroes to be honored dur-ing a Juneteenth banquet on June 13 and festival on June 15.

Beckton, who moved to Dayto-na Beach in the 1950s, was born Lillie Bell Dar-risaw in Tennille, Ga. She was a New Year’s Day baby – born on Jan. 1, 1933.

Decades as domesticShe would eventually bear

two sons – Brian and Eric. She raised them in Daytona’s Pine Haven projects, working some-times three jobs at the same time to take care of the family. Brian would eventually graduate from Cornell University and earn a de-gree to practice medicine. Eric re-mained in Daytona and, among his many jobs, he was a success-ful construction worker.

Like many Black women in the

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Message sets the tone for march, rally against gun violence

BY JAMES HARPERDAYTONA TIMES [email protected]

Jennifer Cord held back tears as she talked about her son who was mur-dered on Dec. 1, 2012, in Daytona Beach.

Cord was speaking to hundreds last Saturday during a rally after the “March Against the Madness” that be-gan at Derbyshire Park.

“I can admit my son had bumps and bruises. He didn’t deserve to die. I am going to get justice for my son,” she said to a hushed crowd about 23-year old Rayshard L. Mitchell who was shot in the stomach, left lying in the road shortly before 7 p.m. on Verdell Street, which intersects with South Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

“People say it’s going to be OK. They just don’t know. I’m upset. End of the day, I want to get justice for my son. I will stand for my kid. All I can do is pray. Perpetrator who killed my son, I love you too. Turn yourself in. I’m going to let DBPD take care of it,” stated Cord.

After speaking, she was approached by Daytona Beach Police Department (DBPD) Chief Mike Chitwood who told her there is a “$10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of person who killed her son.”

‘Wrong place, wrong time’

Daytona Beach resident Carmen Clark, a victim of gun violence, also addressed the marchers.

She told how she was at the “wrong place, wrong time” when she was hit by two bullets in her chest during a drive-by shooting.

PHOTOS BY DUANE FERNANDEZ/HARDNOTTS PHOTOGRAPHY

It was a family affair for Volusia County Councilman Josh Wagner as he and his baby son (center) helped to lead the “March Against the Madness” on Saturday. The march started from Derbyshire Park in Daytona Beach. Other elected officials and march organizers with Wagner included Pastor Monzell Ford, Daytona Beach City Commissioner Patrick Henry, Bishop Derek Triplett and County Councilwoman Joyce Cusack.

Jen-nifer Cord gets emo-tional at a rally follow-ing the march as she talks about her son’s death. He was a victim of gun vio-lence.Please see MARCH, Page 5

‘Not in my city’

Volusia County seniors rack up scholarship funds; ready to graduate next week

BY JAMES HARPERDAYTONA [email protected]

Thousands of Volusia Coun-ty students will be grad-uating from area high

schools next week. Finding enough funds to go on to college is an assignment high school se-niors and their parents can’t af-ford to fail.

Five seniors who attend Great-er Friendship Baptist Church in Daytona Beach are among the many high school graduates who will be receiving scholarship money from local organizations and foundations to attend col-lege.

On Sunday, the seniors at Greater Friendship each re-ceived at least a $1,000 scholar-ship to help them with their next phase in life. The money came through a fund named after El-isha J. Strapp, who died in 2009.

15-year ministryStrapp, who was a Volusia

County employee, started the scholarship ministry along with his wife, Sandra, in 1998.

“He served faithfully until the Lord called him for his reward in 2009. Since then, I have had the great privilege of leading and working with so many talented members in this ministry,” San-dra Strapp said.

She said that since 2001, $39,350 in scholarships have been awarded to youth, college students and early childhood learning centers.

“This is our commemorative year – 15 years as a ministry. To our youth, you never know when God has a special blessing for you. Always keep Christ at the head,” Strapp stated.

Diploma and degreeRachel McKenzie was one of

the scholarship recipients who will graduate next week. She will attend Spelman College in Atlan-ta as a junior because she com-pleted her associate degree in a dual enrollment program. Rachel attended Mainland High School

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Rachel McKenzie gets a hug from Volusia County educator Rose Roland on Sunday at Greater Friendship Baptist Church after receiving a $1,000 scholarship. McKenzie, 17, graduates from Mainland Senior High with a high school diploma. She earned an AA degree at the same time from Daytona State College.

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’50s and ’60s with only a high school diploma, the only work Beckton could find was in housekeep-ing and work at the for-mer Morrison’s Cafeteria, which she welcomed and did proudly.

Those initial jobs would lead to a job as a cafeteria worker at Campbell Junior High for 20 years where she became very popular with the students.

Started prison ministry

While working for Volu-sia County Schools, she had another job working for NASCAR and was re-sponsible for cleaning the offices of Bill France, Sr., his son, Bill Jr., and his wife, Betty Jane, in addi-tion to the offices of other VIPs.

She also maintained housekeeping jobs at a number of private homes, including the Frances and the home of Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert Martin.

Beckton’s philosophy is “It’s not what (money) you make but how well you manage it.”

She never forgot where she came from because so many people helped her along. She vowed to do the same.

Her philanthropic en-deavors include a prison ministry she began about 30 years ago after learning some of her friends and family members had in-carcerated loved ones they could not afford to support while they were locked up.

Still helping inmates

Beckton began setting aside money to mail to these loved ones who were incarcerated in addition to keeping up a correspon-dence with them.

At one point she was mailing out money to as many as six inmates a month. When she first started 30 years ago, she would send them $5 a month. Currently, she has two inmates she sup-ports sending them $25 a month.

One inmate she sup-ported for 30 years until he was released. He and his family have expressed gratitude to her for the de-cades of support.

Started own Meals on Wheels

Beckton also prides her-self on her cooking and is well known in the commu-nity for the different salads she makes – from potato salad, macaroni salad, gar-den salad and a creation of her own called “Heavenly Hash,” which is a fruit sal-ad with other ingredients.

She started a Meals on Wheels program of her own and started taking hot meals to the elderly and homebound as well as tak-ing food to family mem-bers who were having trou-ble making ends meet.

Beckton does this in ad-dition to visiting nursing homes taking literature, fruit and giving the seniors she has “adopted’’ what she calls a “goody bag.’’

She is a faithful Member of Mt. Calvary Seventh Day Adventist Church and no matter what – she believes in tithing every paycheck.

At 80, she still works full time for NASCAR and plans to do so as long as she is able. She says work-ing gives her purpose and allows her to continue making a difference in oth-ers’ lives.

Other Hometown Heroes

Along with Beckton, other Hometown Heroes who will be recognized during the June 13 ban-quet at the Midtown Cul-tural and Education Cen-ter and at a Juneteenth Festival on June 15 at Cy-press Street Park include: Duane Fernandez, Char-lie Lydecker, Launa Taylor, Dr. Alma Dixon, Korynne Lamitriz Burgess-Turn-er, Charles Bethune, Su-zanne Grubbs, Isabel Ber-ber, Maureen Taylor, Ron-nie Williams, Chris Daun, Perman Shepard, Joanne Foster, Ivette Delgado, Tim Huth, Rafael Ramirez, Di-xie Morgese, Christine Da-vis and Cheryl Coxwell.

On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galves-ton, Texas, and announced the end of the Civil War. This was two and a half years after slaves had been freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, which was signed by President Abra-ham Lincoln on Sept. 22, 1862.

Daytona Beach is one of many communities across the country that celebrates Juneteenth, which marks the time Texas slaves learned they were free.

For more information on Hometown Heroes, the banquet, and the festival, contact Linda McGee at 386-671-8337 or email her at [email protected].

and Daytona State College at the same time.

Brenda McKenzie, Ra-chel’s mother, said many parents don’t know about the dual enrollment pro-gram.

McKenzie, who works at Daytona State College, said that since 2011 Rachel has been able to participate in the program because she had at least a 3.0 grade point average.

“I didn’t have to pay any-thing extra,” said single par-ent McKenzie, adding that Rachel took one class each semester at Mainland and the rest of her courses at Daytona State, which en-abled her to earn her high school diploma and A.A. degree at the same time.

Rachel plans to major in biology and eventually be-come a doctor.

The student says what motivated her was that she saw so many girls her age getting pregnant, some hav-ing to drop out of school.

“I didn’t want to be that statistic,” said Rachel, who also gets financial and mor-al support from her father, the Rev. John McKenzie, a former pastor of Greater Friendship Baptist Church who now is senior pastor at St. James First Baptist Church in Key West.

‘Stay focused, finish well’

Other $1,000 scholarship winners included Marlene Brooks, Dontavius King, Arrice Robinson and Mel-vin Young.

Emmanuel McMillon was singled out and received a $1,500 scholarship for get-ting the highest percentage rating based on a competi-tion that included answer-ing questions, writing an essay and on grades.

McMillon also was known for his heavy in-volvement in church activ-ities.

Quoting retired Volusia County educator, a longtime Friendship church member Willie Mae Church, Strapp told the grads at a program on Sunday to “stay focused and finish well. For me, I know if you do this, He will reward you openly.”

This year Strapp said the scholarship program was able to give away a total of $11,000.

Checks also went to three

early childhood learning centers – Basilica School of St. Paul, $1,000; Friendship Academy, $1,000 and In-spiration Child Care Cen-ter, $500.

Three students already in college received $500 each. They are Sta’Cha Beckton, Ricky Hemhil and Jante’ Medlock.

Bryan Daniels was rec-ognized for “youth partici-pation’’ and received $500.

High school ceremonies

Graduation ceremonies for Volusia County students will be held for area high schools beginning May 30 and ending June 2.

Admission will be $3 per person. Parking will be $5 for ceremonies held at the Daytona Beach Ocean Cen-ter. Tickets will be presold at each of the high schools. Here is a list of the district’s graduation ceremonies and

information relating to the graduating classes of 2013.

Atlantic High School

Graduation: Friday, May 31, 7:30 p.m., Daytona Beach Ocean Center

Approximate number of graduates: 225

DeLand High School

Graduation: Sunday, June 2, 7:30 p.m., Daytona Beach Ocean Center


Senior Awards: Tuesday, May 28, 6:30 p.m., Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church

Deltona High School

Graduation: Friday, May 31, 4 p.m., Daytona Beach Ocean Center

Approximate number of

graduates: 325

Mainland High School

Graduation: Sunday, June 2, noon, Daytona Beach Ocean Center


Senior Awards: Thurs-day, May 23, 6:30 p.m., Del-tona High School Audito-rium

Baccalaureate: Tuesday, May 21, 7 p.m., Deltona Al-liance Church

New Smyrna Beach High School

Graduation: Sunday, June 2, 3:30 p.m., Daytona Beach Ocean Center


Senior Awards: Thurs-day, May 30, 6:30 p.m., New Smyrna Beach High School Auditorium

Baccalaureate: Tuesday,

May 28, 7 p.m., First Baptist Church, Family Life Center

Pine Ridge High School

Graduation: Saturday, June 1, 1 p.m., Daytona Beach Ocean Center


Senior Awards: Thurs-day, May 23, 7 p.m., Pine Ridge High School Audito-rium

Seabreeze High School

Graduation: Saturday, June 1, 4:30 p.m., Daytona Beach Ocean Center


Spruce Creek High School

Graduation: Saturday, June 1, 8 p.m., Daytona Beach Ocean Center


Senior Awards: Thurs-day, May 30, 7 p.m., First Baptist Church of Daytona Beach

Baccalaureate: Tuesday, May 28, 7 p.m., First Baptist Church of Daytona Beach

Taylor Middle- High School

Graduation: Thursday, May 30, 7 p.m., Edmunds Center, Stetson University


Baccalaureate: Wednes-day, May 29, 6:30 p.m., Tay-lor Middle-High School Auditorium

University High School

Graduation: Saturday, June 1, 9 a.m., Daytona Beach Ocean Center


World premiere of Daytona native’s movie to take place at local theater BY JAMES HARPERDAYTONA [email protected]

A film producer who was born and raised in Daytona Beach has chosen her home-town to be one of two cities for the world

premiere of her movie “The Dark Party,” which was di-rected and stars Kadeem Hardison, who was in TV sitcoms “A Different World” and “The Cosby Show.’’

Salenta Baisden, whose mother Ophelia Smith and siblings Kim Moten and Ronald Smith still reside in Daytona Beach, told the Daytona Times that the East Coast premiere will be May 30 at the Cinematique of Daytona, located at 242 South Beach St.

Baisden is now a Cali-fornia resident and is plan-ning another premiere in Los Angeles the same day. She will Skype into Dayto-na Beach prior to the start of the film here.

At this time, Baisden said she couldn’t confirm which stars, including Hardison, would be at the world premiere.

“All the actors are working actors and are on location doing other projects,” she said.

DVD coming soonBaisden said that shortly after the world

premiere DVD copies will be available for sale. She expects a wider release to other theaters before the DVD release.

“It’s not direct to video. DVD release will not occur until after the showing. It real-ly looks good on a large screen. The people who do not buy DVDs should have an op-portunity to see this movie,” she continued.

Though it is considered a low budget film, Baisden said what they spent to pro-duce the film was higher than the average low budget independent film.

Baisden would only say her contractu-al agreement with the Screen Actors Guild required her to spend at least a half-mil-lion dollars.

Remembering her rootsBaisden credits Daytona, her family and

the community for the end product.“This is the result of nurturing and edu-

cation I got from living in Daytona Beach, attending Mainland High School and grad-uating from then Bethune-Cookman Col-lege. Those are my educational roots,” she said.

Featuring a multicultural cast, Bais-den said the move is about two friends who want to find true love without playing games. “The friends come up with an ulti-mate blind date party that turns into a seri-ous social experiment,” she said.

The premiere will start at 7:30 p.m. on May 30 at the Cinematique of Daytona.

Good response“The Dark Party,” was one of seven mov-

ies chosen at last year’s American Black Film Festival (ABFF). The festival took place in Miami June 20-23.

“My experience at ABFF was very posi-tive,” said Baisden.

“The audience response was sponta-neous laughter; some audience members were very vocal, which led to more laugh-ter and fun,” Baisden remarked.

“The festival made me more resolute in my plans to bring the project to market as soon as possible. I feel confident that the public will enjoy watching what we have created,” noted Baisden.

Baisden was mainly responsible for get-ting the money to do the film and was list-ed on the credits as executive producer and co-writer.

From start to finish, Baisden said it took her five years to complete the film in order to enter it in competition and eventually a theatrical release.

PHOTOS BY DANNY MOBLEY

Students and early learning centers received checks from the Elisha P. Strapp Scholarship Ministry. From left to right are Greater Friendship Pastor Dr. L. Ronald Durham; Sally Marshall standing in for Inspiration Child Care Center; Katina Nutt, Friendship Acad-emy; Janice Medlock for daughter Jante’ Medlock; Carolyn Beckton for daughter Sta’Cha Beckton; Emmanuel McMillon; Marlene Brooks; Betty Powers, principal, Basilica School of St. Paul; Dontivaus King; Melvin Williams; Arrice Robinson; Rachel McKenzie; and Bryan Dandridge. Not shown, Ricky Hemphill.

Sandra Strapp founded the scholarship ministry with husband Elisha 15 years ago. He passed away in 2009. She presented $11,000 in scholarships to the college-bound students and others on Sunday.

Dr. L. Ronald Durham (far left) poses with Volusia County graduates who were recognized at the church on Sunday. With Durham are Marlene Brooks, Sea-breeze High School; the Rev. Lawrence Glover, Bethune-Cookman University; Arrice Robinson, Spruce Creek High; Emmanuel McMillon, Mainland High; Victoria Mobley, Seabreeze High; Melvin Williams, Mainland; Rachel McKenzie, Mainland; Dontavius King, Mainland; and Bryan Dandridge, Atlantic High; Not shown:Corey Blackmon, Daytona State College.

Salenta Baisden

Kadeem Hardison

M A Y O RDECEMBER 14 - 20, 2006 7COMMUNITY NEWSMAY 23 – MAY 29, 2013 3

Linda Gray Kelley has been standing where the gospel women stood, whether to live in sin or rather to make things right. The theater plays that Kel-ley writes and performs res-onate the human condition and give her the voice for God’s word.

Kelley’s take on women

finding their way to God took center stage Saturday at the First Church of Palm Coast.

She donned the attire of the times for “Women of the Gospel” and raised sponsorship monies for the Joy & Care-Giving Founda-tion, the Palm Coast Rota-ry Club and First Church. It

was a nice turnout of the-ater buffs.

Kelley told the story of a 16-year-old Mary, engaged to a great guy, Joseph, as foretold by Gabe (the angel, Gabriel) of the virgin birth of Mary’s baby, Jesus.

Mary interspersed with how to tell her parents - and Joseph - and letting go to another time the thought of a thorn piercing her heart (Luke 2:35). This caused Kelley to also triumph, stepping into the spotlight again, and portraying: the bride at Cana, the adulter-ous woman, the Samari-tan Woman, Martha, Pi-

late’s wife, and other bibli-cal characters. Kelley rein-forced an understanding of the Bible.

First Church also devel-ops an accurate under-standing of God’s word for the community through the teachings of the Rev. Gillard S. Glover. Moreover, the Palm Coast Rotary’s goal is “to foster goodwill, peace and understanding by par-ticipating in international and community projects.”

Josie Garcia, Joy & Care-Giving founder, reflected that St. Anthony Develop-ment and Learning Center will complete expansion in

the Philippines and will be provided additional tech-nology. The foundation offers “financial aid and hands-on-support in build-ing schools and providing academic and vocational education to underserved communities globally.”

Garcia presented Veron-ica Maggs Thornton with $1,000 in scholarship mon-ey for the “Make it Take it” program of Flagler County Adult & Community Edu-cation.

Kelley recapped on bringing the show to the women’s prisons around Florida. She has performed at the prisons in Lowell and Quincy, and is in the lineup for Sarasota.

•••Tracking last week’s ar-

ticle, “Girls Developing Full Potential Through In-volvement in Flagler Coun-ty Troop,” my niece, Ko-

bi Kane of Troop 952 of the Girl Scouts of the USA, was responsible for expert-

ly having my car washed.

Kobi and Danaziaha Walker were flagging cars to Prosperity Bank for the car wash and were omit-ted from the group photo.

•••As always, remember our

prayers for the sick, afflicted and bereaved.

Sandra I. Nurse, Dr. Lawrence Gary, Leonard Rowe, May 26; Audrey Thorpe, May 27.

Birthday wishes to:

Happy Birthday to You!

Actress Linda Gray Kelley portrays the adulterous woman, Herodias, Pilate’s wife, and Jesus’ mother, Mary, at His crucifixion.

By Jeroline D. Mccarthy | Daytona Times

Palm Coast Community news

Kelley shares stories of biblical

women, raises money for

local causes

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Daytona NAACPbanquet FridayThe Freedom Fund and Awards Banquet presented by the Volusia County-Day-tona Beach NAACP, featuring speaker Charles Dutton, actor and civil rights activist will be held May 24 at 7 p.m. at the Plaza Resort and Spa, 600 N. Atlantic Ave. $65. More information: 386-255-3736.

Workshop forseniors May 31Local experts will present information on crime and fraud directed toward seniors including elder abuse and exploitation, wills and trusts, Internet safety and identity theft during a workshop May 31 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 118 N. Palmetto Ave. The event is presented by RJ Larizza, State Attorney; Attorney Mel Stack; Dr. Doug Beach, CEO, Council on Aging and others. Lunch will be provided. More information: 386.253.4700 x 211. Reed to hostcopyright workshopA workshop sponsored by Daytona Beach Commissioner Paula Reed and the Zone 6 community in partnership with the F.R.E.S.H. Book Festival is 6:30 p.m. on May 23 at the Midtown Cultural and Educational Center, 925

George Engram Blvd. The workshop will focus on patents, trademarks and copyrights. Attorney Sandra Sovinski will explain how to protect your words, inven-tions, logos, etc. Send RSVP to [email protected] or leave a message at 386-627-4353.

Watch ‘Jaws’ under the stars A free outdoor showing of “Jaws’’ is May 24 at Riverfront Park on the corner of Beach Street and Magnolia Avenue. Moviegoers should bring lawn chairs or blankets. Hot dogs, popcorn, candy and soft drinks will be available for sale. If it rains, the movie will be shown at the Daytona Beach Regional Library at City Island, 105 E. Magnolia Ave. More information: 386-257-6036, ext. 16264.

Mentor training for foster careCommunity Partnership for Children is recruiting mentors for teenage children in foster care. Registration for the next orientation class is being ac-cepted for the next orientation class on May 28 from 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. at Community Partnership for Children, 160 North Beach St., Daytona Beach. More information: 386-547-2293 or [email protected].

To list your community event FREE, e-mail us at [email protected]. No phone calls or faxes, please. Events are listed on a space-available basis, and in the sole discretion of the Daytona Times staff. Effective immediately, paid events will no longer be listed in the Daytona Times Community Calendar. You can advertise local events for as little as $35 per week. Call 813-319-0961 or email sales@daytonatimes for more information.

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BRIEFS

Water remains safe to drink during treatment

On May 22, Daytona Beach began flushing and treating its water distri-bution system by switching the dis-infectant used from chloramines to a free chlorine. The city does this on a regular basis to improve the quality of its drinking water.

While some customers (includ-ing South Daytona water custom-

ers) may notice a slight difference in the taste of the water, the water con-tinues to be safe to drink. The treat-ment and flushing will be completed by noon on June 25.

Any questions concerning this pro-cedure should be directed to the wa-ter department at 386-671-8815 or 386-671-8809.

Seabreeze’s Class of 1973 to reunite in June

A 40th reunion for Seabreeze Se-nior High’s Class of 1973 is scheduled for June 28-30. The event will be host-

ed by Sandra Sims-Strachan and Dr. Melinda Tanner-Hamilton.

The reunion will be held at the Hil-ton Daytona Bach Oceanfront Resort, 100 N Atlantic Ave.

A happy hour is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, June 28. On Sat-urday, June 29, a “School Spirit Beach Party” will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. An “All White Brunch” will begin at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 30.

For more information, contact Sims-Strachan at [email protected] or Tanner-Hamilton at [email protected]

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SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

In July, the Mike Curb College of Music, Entertain-ment and Art at Daytona State College will bring to life tales from “The Jungle Book’’ by Rudyard Kipling.

Through mask, puppet-ry, dance, mime and mu-sic, audiences will be trans-ported to mystical India and the tale of the young “man-cub,” Mowgli. Raised by an-imals that inhabit a myste-rious jungle, Mowgli is be-friended by some and pur-sued by others and is even-tually forced to choose be-tween the animal kingdom and the more “civilized”

human world.

Free for studentsProduction dates for The

Jungle Book are: July 17-19, 10 a.m.; July 20, 7 p.m.; Ju-ly 21, 2:30 p.m. - all held in the Gillespy Theater in the News-Journal Center locat-ed at 221 N. Beach St.

Admission is free to chil-dren, Daytona State stu-dents and Volusia and Fla-gler County students, as well as Daytona State em-ployees. Tickets are $5 for other adults.

Tickets are available two hours prior to each perfor-mance and during regu-

lar box office hours at the News-Journal Center Box Office; Wednesday through Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 386-226-1927.

Community health town hall planned

Dr. Bonnie J. Sorenson

invites the public to join the discussion about ways to improve the health of our communities at one of two town hall meetings May 28 from 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. at the Thomas C. Kelly Adminis-tration Center, 123 W. In-diana Ave. DeLand and on May 30 from 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. at the Volusia County Health Department, 1845 Drive in Daytona Beach.

At these town hall meet-ings, attendees will also learn about Volusia Coun-ty’s health status, commu-nity health efforts under-way and how to be involved going forward.

To register online and learn more about the events go to: www.doh.state.fl.us/chd/volusia/2013-Registra-tion-HVTownHalls.html.

Daytona State debuts children’s theater with ‘The Jungle Book’

BY JAMES HARPERDAYTONA TIMESharperjames59yahoo.com

Kids squealed with glee as they got their faces paint-ed, jumped up and down in an inflatable bounce house, and participated in a three-legged race Sat-urday at Daisy Stocking Park during “Youth On the Move” sponsored by the Second Avenue Merchants Association (SAMA).

“I’m hyped up to do it again,” said SAMA board member Barbara Turner-Hymes who counted 125 children at the event.

SAMA, along with C-Style Entertainment and Promotions, hosted the event on May 18.

Across town at Derby-shire Park, another event, March Against the Mad-ness, was taking place. Af-ter the march and rally, many left after it was over and attended “Youth on the Move,’’ said Turner-Hymes.

Praise for pastor, others

‘Turner-Hymes said had it not been for some of the organizers of the march, the youth event may not have been a success.

She singled out Pas-tor Tony Barhoo of Liv-ing Faith Ministries and heaped praise on Chester McNorton and Danny Wil-liams for their contribution to making sure the youth had a good time.

The event focused on promoting health and fit-ness for youth (ages 4-12 years old) in the commu-nity.

“We feel that our youth should be supported by providing an environment

that is safe to exercise, so-cialize and develop healthy lifestyle habits,” Turner-Hymes noted.

Community supportShe said the organizers

want to make this a regu-lar event.

“Research studies have proven physical activity, along with proper nutri-

tion, is beneficial to people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities,” Turner Hymes explained.

She also was thankful for the many businesses, in-cluding Home Depot and Daytona Beach City Com-missioner Paula Reed, for supporting the effort.

I’m just so happy every-thing came together,” Turn-er-Hymes added.

SAMA’s ‘Youth on the Move’ yields fitness, fun

“The Jungle Book’’ will be staged July 17-21.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF CITY OF DAYTONA BEACH

Saturday’s event focused on promoting health and fitness for youth ages 4-12.

“Youth on the Move’’ attracted more than 100 children on Saturday.

M A Y O RDECEMBER 14 - 20, 2006 7 MAY 23 – MAY 29, 20134 EDITORIAL

Racists don’t like being called racistsI have always suspected that rac-

ists didn’t like being called out for their racism. Now I have proof.

When I told MSNBC’s Thom-as Roberts on May 14 that the Tea Party was “the Taliban wing of American politics,” a firestorm erupted. Arguing the IRS was cor-rect to target them for extra scru-tiny, I also said “Here are a group of people who are admittedly rac-ist, who are overtly political” and therefore worthy of IRS concern.

I was not prepared for the slew of angry emails, including two from self-identified Black people (your worst nightmare, one said) I received. Many of them suggest-ed I leave the country, reminiscent of the “Go back to Africa” chants racist crowds of Whites shouted at Black protestors in my youth.

One said my advanced age – I am 73 – meant I would not be around to make such mischief much lon-ger, and I should prepare for that quick eventuality.

A few suggested my employer fire me, not knowing that I retired from that job a year ago. Several of the messages were badly writ-ten with misspelled words, includ-ing one from a relative by marriage

– you can’t choose your in-laws – reading “Your calling folks Tala-bans borders on Traitorism.”

NAACP racist?This same correspondent noted

I had been “head of the most clas-sic racist group in our country,” re-ferring to the NAACP, whose board I chaired for 11 years. Others char-acterized the NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights group, interra-cial in membership and dedicated to racial integration since 1909, in the same way.

After an exchange of messages with some of them, trying to con-vince them that while I opposed it, I didn’t condemn every member of the Tea Party, the interactions became more civil and less hostile. Some even wished me well.

But to a person they rejected the labels “racism” and “racist,” even as I thought I had proved that the

Tea Party has had racist, anti-Se-mitic and nativist elements from its beginning until today.

Tea Party proven racistOne source is a study conduct-

ed for the NAACP by the Institute for Research and Education for Human Rights. Their study, called Tea Party Nationalism, found “Tea Party ranks to be permeated with concerns about race and national identify and other so-called social issues.

In these ranks, an abiding ob-session with Barack Obama’s birth certificate is often a stand-in for the belief that the first Black pres-ident of the United States is not a “real American.”

It says Tea Party organizations have given platforms to anti-Sem-ites, racists and bigots and “hard-core White nationalists have been attracted” to Tea Party protests.

The link between the Tea Par-ty and the Taliban was made by a prominent Republican office holder. In 2008, the Washington Post reported that former chair-man of the Republican Congres-sional Committee and present day Congressman Pete Sessions lik-

ened the GOP House minority to the Taliban, saying, “Insurgency, we understand perhaps a bit more because of the Taliban.”

Just as my arguments failed to convince my correspondents, so apparently does the actual evi-dence.

Racist examplesNot the ugly racist signs and

placards displayed at Tea Party ral-lies, not the shouts of the “n” word aimed at members of the Congres-sional Black Caucus, not the spit-tle hurled at civil rights icon and Congressman John Lewis, not the racists expelled from the Tea Par-ty for their venom, not the associ-ation of many members with the Council of Conservative Citizens, a lineal descendant of the White Citizen Council, not the anti-gay slurs aimed at former Congress-man Barney Frank (D-Mass.), not the members whose racism, anti-Semitism and xenophobia should be an embarrassment – not all or any of this could get them to ac-knowledge the label “racist.”

My Black correspondents even claimed that their race prohibited them from being racists, as if skin

color was a proscription against ignorance. And many of my pre-sumably non-Black correspon-dents accused me of being a racist, so my race apparently offered me no protection from this evil.

Lesson learnedWhat is the lesson here?That the label “racist” has be-

come so toxic almost everyone re-jects it? That the toxicity makes the label unacceptable but its actual practice is still tolerable for many?

Or that it is a defense against it-self? As the relative-I-try-not-to-claim wrote, “I don’t know any White people who hate Blacks like you advocate Blacks should hate Whites.”

Or only that while the United States has made much progress in race relations, we still have a long, long way to go?

Julian Bond is Chairman Emeritus of the NAACP and a Professor at American Univer-sity in Washington. Click on this story at www.daytonatimes.com to write your own response.

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Florida’s West Africans, Gullah-Geechees acknowledged

On Monday, May 13, The Unit-ed States Department of Interior signed the Gullah Geechee Cultur-al Heritage Corridor Commissions (GGCHC) Management Plan.

The connection to Florida is im-portant because this year we are celebrating the 500th Anniversary of Florida and too many times we fail to acknowledge that West Afri-cans and Gullah-Geechees existed in Florida slave and free for at least 500 years!

The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor was established by federal legislation in 2006, by Congressman James Clyburn, South Carolina.

The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor is the only one of 49 National Heritage areas that promotes the living culture of an African-American population. It spans the coastal communities from Wilmington, North Carolina through South Carolina, Georgia to St. Augustine, Fla.

The Gullah-Geechee people are descendants of enslaved Afri-cans from various ethnic groups of west and central Africa. That were brought to the New World and forced to work on the plantations of coastal South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina and Florida.

Gullah/Geechee people have retained most aspects of their Afri-can heritage due to the geograph-ic barriers of the coastal landscape and have a strong sense of place and family of Gullah/Geechee community members.

The two most popular minori-ties studied in historical analysis of the United States are the Native-

Americans and the African-Amer-icans.

Sadly neglectedHowever, despite immense

amount of scholarship available on these two groups, the literature on hand is practically mutually ex-clusive. Current research and pub-lications focus almost solely on the history of Blacks and natives and their interaction with European culture, but as Jack D. Forbes says in his book Africans and Native Americans, “…relations between Native Americans and Africans have been sadly neglected.”

In fact, the earliest recorded ev-idence of Blacks in Florida dates back to 1513 and not 1619 as re-ported by Jamestown and relates to the Spanish exploration and set-tlement of Hispanola.

During the time Spain declared exclusive sovereignty over land from the Florida Keys to New-foundland and west to Mexico. In 1526, the Spanish settlement San Miguel de Gualdape. Hence, this was ostensibly the first colony with a number of African slaves.

Natives, Africans uniteNot all Blacks were slaves and

not all slaves were Black. Regard-less, the Spanish immediately be-came aware of the potential dan-

ger of an alliance of non-Whites in Florida. As a result, special leg-islation prohibited Blacks from liv-ing and trading with Native Ameri-cans.

But, due primarily to harsh living conditions that worsened by dis-ease and contact with Europeans, and starvation! Many slaves joined the Guale Indian rebellion, setting fires to the settlements while seek-ing freedom and independence.

Those Africans who participat-ed in the rebellion were assumed by the Spanish to have migrated to remote parts of Florida and blend-ed into Native American commu-nities.

‘Management Plan’The Gullah Geechee Cultural

Heritage Corridor Commissions (GGCHC) Management Plan has been seven years in the making and received comments from cit-izens in four states along the cor-ridor.

The plan is an official document that guides the organization poli-cies, procedures, and vision for the organization. It also lays out beau-tifully why goals are in place and to be met, and the significance of those goals, which is to preserve, and protect the habitat, environ-ment, language, and culture of those Gullah-Geechee descen-dants.

The GGCHC commission is managed by the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Com-mission. The Corridor Commis-sion anticipates partnering with organizations, businesses and governments to design and cre-

ate strategies and programs built around the culture of the African-Americans who settled on the coastal counties of South Caroli-na, Georgia, North Carolina, and Florida.

As a direct descendent, I am thrilled that the governor of the state of Florida, Florida Depart-ment of Environmental Protec-tion, Florida Park Service, St. Johns County Board of Commission, St. Augustine City Commission and county residents of St. Johns County supported this massive $ 20 Million dollar project. Now, we can tell our own stories about our own people.

Many West Africans died along the Middle Passage, many fought and died for the southern cause and to include those who fought against the British during the vari-ous raids to acquire Florida as the 13th Colony, through the Ameri-can Revolution, War of 1812, Black and Seminole War, and Civil War through to today.

Let us say a hip, hip hooray for the National Park Service Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Corri-dor and its inclusion of St. Johns County to that corridor.

This is all relevant, because Fort Mose, Little Africa or Lincolnville, and Armstrong are three commu-nities in St. Johns County that were settled by West Africans.

And, also let us not forget that St. Augustine was the Capitol of Spanish, Florida, and hence why West Africans came to this area for freedom and independence.

Gullah-Geechee partnership applications are available at the Corridor’s website, www.gullah-geecheecorridor.org.

Derek Boyd Hankerson is a co-founder of Freedom Road Pro-ductions based out of St. Augus-tine. Hankerson can be reached at [email protected]. Click on this story at www.daytonatimes.com to write your own response.

Obama’s troubles aren’t comparable to WatergateThe Obama administration de-

serves to be richly criticized for surreptitiously obtaining the tele-phone records of reporters for the Associated Press, especially for bypassing court proceedings that would have allowed executives of the news organizations an oppor-tunity to at least argue against re-leasing the documents.

It was also wrong to single out conservative organizations for special IRS scrutiny. In case you haven’t noticed, the names of practically all Black profession-al organizations begin with the word “National.” That’s because most organizations bearing the name “American” – such as the American Bar Association and the American Dental Association – are professional groups that once barred Blacks from membership.

That’s why we had to start our “National” organizations. If it’s okay to target conservative groups today, there is nothing to prevent a future president or IRS commis-sioner from targeting organiza-tions with the word “National” in their name.

Still, the actions of some Obama administration officials should not be compared to Watergate, as was the case on last Sunday’s talk shows.

Watergate historyTo refresh your recollection,

as many of the Watergate wit-nesses would say, Watergate is a reference to a series of scandals

that began with the June 17, 1972 break-in at the Democratic Na-tional Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. and ended with President Richard M. Nixon resigning on August 9, 1974 rath-er than face certain impeach-ment.

The five men arrested in con-nection with the Watergate bur-glary were linked to Nixon’s Com-mittee for the Re-Election of the President. It was later revealed that Nixon had recorded many conversations in the Oval Office that showed that he had knowl-edge about what his Press Secre-tary Ron Ziegler labeled “a third-rate burglary” and had attempt-ed to cover-up his involvement. Nixon’s fought to keep the tapes private, but the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that he had to turn them over to government in-vestigators.

Nixon resigned in disgrace and 43 people, including his top White House aides, were sent to prison. Nixon’s successor, Gerald R. Ford, pardoned Nixon, the only U.S. president to resign from office.

Unlike Nixon, President Obama said – and there’s been no evi-dence presented to contradict

him – that he didn’t know about the IRS impropriety until after it had been disclosed in a report by the Treasury Department’s in-spector general.

Watchdog reportObama said, “I have now had

the opportunity to review the Treasury Department watchdog’s report on its investigation of IRS personnel who improperly tar-geted conservative groups apply-ing for tax-exempt status. And the report’s findings are intolerable and inexcusable.

The federal government must conduct itself in a way that’s wor-thy of the public’s trust, and that’s especially true for the IRS.”

Instead of noting the distinc-tion between Nixon’s role in Wa-tergate and Obama’s non-role in the latest scandals, CBS’ “Face The Nation’’ host Bob Schieffer told Obama adviser Dan Pfeiffe on Sunday, “You know, I don’t want to compare this in any way to Watergate. I do not think this is Watergate by any stretch…but I have to tell you that is exactly the approach that the Nixon adminis-tration took. They said, ‘These are all second-rate things, we don’t have time for this, we have to de-vote our time to the people’s busi-ness.’ You’re taking exactly the same line that they did.”

Carl Bernstein, one of the Wash-ington Post reporters who broke the Watergate story, told Politico: “In the Nixon White House, we

heard the president of the United States on tape saying ‘Use the IRS to get back on our enemies.’

We know a lot about President Obama, and I think the idea that he would want the IRS used for retribution – we have no evidence of any such thing.”

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Local churches, clergy come together Wednesday for special service at Tubman-King

BY ANDREAS BUTLERDAYTONA [email protected]

Even though they didn’t know the victims, clergy and members of Dayto-na Beach’s Black churches gathered Wednesday to of-fer up prayers for those af-fected by the massive tor-nado in Oklahoma.

A prayer service, or-ganized by the Daytona Beach Black Clergy Alli-ance, was held at Tubman-King Community Church at noon.

“Our special events coor-dinator, Rev. Monzell Ford, thought it would be appro-priate that the clergy do a memorial in support of those devastated in Okla-

homa. We got the word out and came out to lift up in prayer. We can’t be there, but we can pray for them,” said the Rev. Dr. Ronald L. Durham, pastor of Great-er Friendship Missionary Baptist Church.

On Monday, a torna-do ripped through Moore, Okla., killing 29 people in-cluding nine children. The storm also injured 240 oth-

er people and 2,400 homes were damaged in the cities of Moore and Oklahoma City. Reports on Wednesday indicate that about 10,000 people have been displaced because of the tornado.

The tornado was 1.3 miles long and had winds ranging from 200 to 210 mph, which would make it a category EF5 storm – the most powerful of its kind.

‘Could have happened here’

“Prayer is the key that unlocks relief for those af-fected by the storm. We pray that these prayers reach those families and neighborhoods. Although this happened in Oklaho-ma, we are all one commu-nity. This could have hap-pened here,” said Durham.

Prayers at the Daytona Beach service went up for the first responders, chil-dren, government officials, communities impacted by the disaster, families of those who died and were injured, volunteers and vic-tims.

Pastors who are mem-bers of the Black Clergy Alliance and a few oth-ers from the area led the prayers.

Offering to help victims

The organizers said they accomplished their goal.

“I think that the prayers were spirit-filled and fo-cused. I think that we ac-complished what we aimed to do. We wanted to lift up prayer for the victims of the storms as well as draw our community together,’’ commented Bishop John T. Long of Tubman-King.

“We are familiar with storms. We have had hurri-canes here in the past. We asked for prayer, now we

pray for others.’’An offering also was tak-

en up for those affected by the tornado. Those funds will go to the American Red Cross to help with re-lief efforts.

Rain may have had an effect on the turnout on Wednesday. It also was held during the lunch hour.

Despite the rain and the short notice planning the event – it was organized in 24 hours - Durham and others were pleased with the participation. About 40 people attended the prayer service.

“This is the mission of the church. We are here to help people in minis-try. If we don’t come to-gether, are we living up to the mandate and charge that we have been giving as servants of God,’’ Dur-ham asked. “This is a nat-ural byproduct of what we do on a day-to-day basis in our churches.’’

“One bullet lodged in my bra. The young man that shot me turned himself in. I was able to face my shoot-er at court. His intent was to kill. Two shots did hit me. We have to pray for our children,” Clark remarked.

These two women were among several speakers at the rally, which was orga-nized to bring attention to gun violence, gangs and domestic abuse.

Pledge issued“Not in my city, gang vi-

olence; not in my city, drug abuse, not in my city, all of these people in fear, not in my city,” was blared through a bullhorn as about 300 res-idents marched through the neighborhoods of the north side of the city.

“This is not an event.… First step of a movement. We will not disappear,” said Bishop Derek Triplett, pastor of Hope Fellowship Church.

Triplett, along with Pastor Tony Barhoo of Living Faith World Ministries, helped to organize the march.

“I believe we can be bet-ter. Children can grow up with high expectations,” continued Triplett, who asked all those in atten-dance to sign a pledge be-fore leaving that will com-mit them to continue to make a difference ridding the city of violence.

‘A family disease’Sophie Vessa, a Daytona

Beach Police Department victims advocate, spoke on behalf of children growing up in homes with domestic violence.

“Leave for the child,” Ves-sa told mothers in the audi-ence who may be victims of domestic abuse.

“Children have been overlooked for too many years. Boys who witness domestic violence are twice as likely to commit domes-

tic violence,” she noted.Vessa called domestic vi-

olence “a family problem, a family disease.”

A victims advocate for 12 years, Vessa added, “Family is where we (are supposed to) learn to love, care for people in our lives. Step in. You can save your son from incarceration, daughter from hopelessness. It’s not fair for children to be raised in domestic violence.’’

Cusack: ‘I am with you’

Volusia County Council-woman Joyce Cusack ap-plauded the marchers for acting instead of reacting.

“I am with you. I raised two daughters in a safe envi-ronment. We were part of a village – raised by the com-munity,” Cusack said, not-

ing that communities today have gotten away from the way she was raised.

“We are living in some perilous times. We must save ourselves – can’t de-pend upon law enforce-ment. We have an at-risk society we are bringing up,” she remarked.

Turned life aroundPastor Monzell Ford,

who was born in Los Ange-les, spoke as a former gang member.

“I was born into the gangs. Father went to the pen when I was 7 years old. I was out in the streets,” Ford explained, sharing that he had an awakening when he was 17 years old.

“I was shot. I had a calm on me. Started praying. As long as I had breath in

my body, there was hope. ….Bullet should have tak-en me out. Not lucky, but blessed. Didn’t stop then, but slowed down. Now I reach out to those that think God won’t accept them,” Ford told an atten-tive crowd.

Mayor: Work together

Daytona Beach May-or Derrick Henry was one of the final speakers. He and his brother, Zone 5 City Commissioner Pat-rick Henry, also helped or-

ganize Saturday’s rally and march.

“I wish we didn’t have these problems that we have. My heart is troubled. If we are going to make a difference, we are not going to do it alone. We have to work together,” said Mayor Henry.

Henry, who retired from Volusia County Schools as a coach and teacher, gave the parents advice on how to keep their kids safe.

“Instill the importance of education in those clos-est to you. Give them some-

thing. Teach them some-thing with a spirit of love. We can make a difference in our children’s lives,” he said.

Commissioner Henry drove home the point about the purpose for marching.

“Gun violence, drugs, domestic violence is not going to run me out of my zone. Black males dying at epidemic proportions due to gun violence. Our young Black men live in a war zone. Let’s not end (advo-cacy) today,” he said.

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Gun violence survivor Carmen Clark, Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry and former gang member Pastor Monzell Ford spoke at the rally.

Volusia Councilman Josh Wagner reads a proclamation from the county as Councilwoman Joyce Cusack looks on.

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Bishop Derek Triplett of Hope Fellowship asks the crowd of about300 to sign a pledge to commit to helping end gun violence, domestic violence and gangs in the community.

Youngsters prepare to march on Saturday at Derby-shire Park in Daytona Beach.

Lifting Oklahoma tornado victims up in prayerDaytonans pray at Tub-man-King Community Church on Wednes-day for the victims of the tor-nado that devastated Moore, Okla.

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BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES [email protected]

Deltona Trinity Christian Academy fell to Miami Westwood Christian 9-3 in the Class 2A state championship game on May 16.

Trinity committed six errors in the game while Westwood stole nine bases.

Jason Gutierrez pitched five in-nings and gave up one hit to pick up the win on the mound for the Westwood Warriors.

Robert Hernandez went 3-for-4 with an RBI, two runs scored and four stolen bases; Anthony Gon-zalez 2-for-2 with two RBIs; and Miguel Rodriguez drove in three runs for the Warriors.

Nelson Mendez went 1-for-3 with an RBI and Dusty Miller had an RBI for Trinity.

The Eagles were playing for the fourth state title in the past five years and their second consecu-tive. They have made six straight Final Four appearances.

Trinity beat Westwood 1-0 in the 2012 Class 2A title game.

A day earlier, Trinity handled Vero Beach Master’s Acade-my 8-0 in the semifinals. Dustin Hagy pitched a complete game three-hit shutout for the Eagles. Drew Catalano hit a two-run sin-gle while Hagy and Dusty Miller each hit a RBI double for Trinity.

Baseball signings Father Lopez had two under-

classmen recently make verbal commitments to play in colleg-es in Junior Evan Miranda (Bet-hune-Cookman) and freshman Joe Skinner (UCF).

Football: Lopez tops Lake Mary Prep

Justin Bryant ran for 75 yards and a touchdown to lead Father Lopez past Lake Mary Prep 20-7 in a spring football exhibition this past week.

Joe Bodden threw for 62 yards and ran for a score while Troy Denston threw a touchdown pass to Nick Eastman for the Green Wave.

Lopez was led defensively by Eastman who had two intercep-tions and Kevin Kelly who re-corded three sacks.

The Green Wave lost starting running back Quadre Eubanks to an injury in the first quarter.

Ray Lewis attends to watch son play

Former NFL star Ray Lewis at-tended the game to watch son Rayshad who plays defensive back for Lake Mary Prep. His el-der son, Ray Lewis III, starred at the school over the past couple of season but is now headed to the University of Miami.

Note: Seabreeze played at Titus-ville Astronaut and Deltona Pine Ridge played at Melbourne Eau Gallie on Wednesday, which was after Daytona Times’ deadline.

New Smyrna Beach wide re-ceiver Dexter Dixon will play with Division II Mount Union next season. Dixon caught 11 pass-

es for 124 yards with two touch-downs last season, including a game-winning TD catch against Mainland.

DeLand offensive lineman Benjamin Knox has received an

invitation to play in the Sem-per Fidelis All-American Bowl in 2014. Knox committed to the University of Florida will be play-ing in his senior season for the Bulldogs this fall.

Basketball newsStar point guard Destiny Woo-

dard and the Atlantic Sharks girls basketball team will compete in the Myrtle Beach Classic bas-ketball tournament next season. The Sharks return to the presti-gious tournament for the second straight year. The tournament is the second largest girl’s tourna-ment in the nation.

Father Lopez had three boys basketball players sign with schools. Senior guard A.J. Ford (15.8ppg) will play at Betha-ny College (Kansas); senior for-ward Cameron Breehl (16.8ppg, 6.8rpg) will play at LaGrange Col-lege (Georgia); and senior for-ward Mason San Souci at Mill-saps College (Mississippi).

Spring football schedule May 23: Atlantic at Warner, Har-vest Community at Trinity

May 24: DeLand at Orlan-do Boone, New Smyrna Beach at Palm Beach Central, Spruce Creek at Orlando Colonial (7:30 p.m.), Taylor at Deltona, Jack-sonville Bartram Trail. All of the games mentioned above begin at 7 p.m. except the Spruce Creek/Orlando Colonial game.

May 25: University at Main-land, 10 a.m.

Prep Sports Seven Baseball (final)

1. *Seabreeze (17-9), 2. *New Smyrna (19-8), 3. University (19-6), 4. Spruce Creek (16-10), 5. *Trinity (17-11-1), 6. *Father Lo-pez (16-12), tie 7. *Taylor (20-7), *Flagler Palm Coast (13-12). * de-notes playoff team.

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Trinity falls in state title game; Lopez wins spring football game

BY ANDREAS BUTLERDAYTONA [email protected]

Peter Poole’s sacrifice fly RBI in the bottom of the 10th inning lifted Savannah State University to a 1-0 win over Bethune-Cook-man for the Mid-Eastern Athlet-ic Conference (MEAC) Tourna-ment championship.

The Tigers (33-21) won the title and earned an automatic trip to the NCAA Regional Tournament. The Wildcats had their chanc-es but stranded nine runners on base.

“We had some opportunities but just couldn’t get the big hit,” said B-CU Coach Jason Beverlin.

The game was a pitchers du-el between Savannah’s Kyle McGowan and B-CU’s Montana Durupau.

“Both pitchers were amazing. We had our work cut out for us by facing one of the better pitch-ers in the league. We battled and fought hard but just came up short,” commented Beverlin.

McGowan (12-1) went 10 in-nings and earned the win on the mound. He pitched a complete game and struck out 11 batters.

Durupau pitched eight score-less innings with four strikeouts. Jordan Dailey (5-1) pitched the final two innings for the ‘Cats and suffered his first defeat of the sea-son.

Entering the tournament, the Wildcats had won seven straight MEAC titles, 13 in the past 14 sea-sons and 15 in the past 17 years. The Wildcats also have been to seven straight NCAA Tourna-ments, including 15 in the past 17 years.

Still a chance at NCAA play

B-CU (34-25) must now wait and see if the team will earn an at-large bid to the NCAA Tour-nament. The selection will take place on Monday, May 27, and will air live on ESPNU at noon.

The Wildcats hope that wins over ranked opponents Arizona State (#16), UCF (#30), South Flor-ida (#23) and a win over storied program Miami is good enough to get them into the field.

Note: Rankings in parenthe-sis denotes what the team was ranked at that time.

Hard-fought tourney The Wildcats clawed their way

through the tournament to get to the championship game.

“We went above and beyond during our run to get to the cham-pionship game. We will build from this,” stated Beverlin.

A day earlier, the Wildcats topped Coppin State 4-1 in the semifinal. Ali Simpson gave up one run and struck out four to earn the win while P.J. Biocic pitched four scoreless inning to get the save for B-CU. Matt No-

ble had two hits with an RBI, An-thony Stokes two hits and Bran-don Turner scored two runs for the ‘Cats.

The previous day, B-CU picked up wins over North Carolina Central 7-3 and North Carolina A&T 11-5.

Turner went 4-for-5 with four RBIs, Eric Sams 2-for-4 with two RBIs, Josh Johnson 2-for-4 and Eros Modena drove in two runs for the Wildcats against the North Carolina Aggies.

Stokes, David Lee and Shaun McCarthy each had two hits with two RBIs, Sams had two hits and Johnson three hits for B-CU against NCA&T.

On May 16, the Wildcats de-feated and eliminated the North-ern Division champion Delaware State 5-1. In that game, Clay Mid-dleton went 3-for-4 while John-son, Sams and Biocic had an RBI apiece for B-CU. Durupau got the win and Dailey the save on the mound for the ‘Cats.

B-CU was upset by Coppin State 10-8 to open the tourna-ment on May 15. Middleton and Sams each had two hits and two RBIs for B-CU.

Both Sams and Turner were named to the All-Tournament Team. Sams hit .360 with four RBIs and eight runs scored while Turner hit .368 with three RBIs and six runs scored.

Wildcats earn honors B-CU junior pitcher Montana

Durapau, senior pitcher Jordan Dailey and senior outfielder Josh Johnson were named to the All-MEAC First Team on May 15.

Durapau went 9-3 with 2.89 ERA, threw four complete games and recorded 78 strikeouts in 109 innings.

Dailey finished 5-1 with a 1.14ERA and 55 strikeouts in 34 appearances.

Johnson was the offensive leader in batting average (.322) and hits (73). He also had 19 RBIs, scored 32 runs and stole 15 bases.

No Wildcats were named to the All MEAC Second Team.

Basketball: Wildcats sign Texas guard

Bethune-Cookman has signed Kilgore College (Texas) guard Maurice Taylor.

Taylor averaged 8.5 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists for Kilg-ore. The Texas team went 27-6 and made it to the second round of the National Junior College Athletic Association Tournament in March.

At 6-foot-3 inches, Taylor is ex-pected to help the Wildcats get bigger in the back court.

B-CU falls to Savannah State in MEAC final

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Bethune-Cookman’s Eric Sams (10) leads off base during an earlier game this season. Sams made the All-MEAC Tournament team but the Wildcats fell to Savannah State in the MEAC championship game.

ABBREVIATION KEY

This key is for baseball and softball statistics.

BA – batting averageHR – home runsR – runsH – hitsRBI – runs batted inSB – stolen basesERA – earned run averageS – saves

B-CU’s Josh Johnson (4) slides into third base during an earlier game this season. Johnson was one of three Wildcats named to the All-MEAC First Team. B-CU failed to win its eight straight MEAC title as they fell to Savannah State in the Tournament Final.

B-CU ROUNDUP

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Atlantic High School’s Destiny Woodard (4) will lead the squad next year and is one of the area’s top players. She and her Sharks teammates will compete in the prestigious Myrtle Beach Girls’ Tournament next season.

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