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Dr. Kathy Williams will face husband’sformer opponent in District 2 race

BY JAMES HARPERDAYTONA TIMES harperjames59@yahoo.com

Dr. Kathy Williams has de-clared her candidacy for the Volu-sia County School Board District 2 seat left vacant due to the death of her husband, Dr. Al Williams.

Williams will be running against Bethune-Cookman Uni-versity educator Ida Duncan Wright, who lost to Williams’

husband during the August pri-mary.

At the time of his death, Dr. Al Williams was chairman of the Volusia County School Board.

A special elec-tion to fill the term of Williams,

who died Oct. 1, has been set by Gov. Rick Scott for Jan. 15. A pri-mary is scheduled for Dec. 18 if two or more candidates qualify to run.

If more than two candidates qualify, there will be a Jan. 15

runoff if no one gets more than half the vote in the primary.

Difficult decisionDr. Kathy Williams earned a

Ph.D. in curriculum and instruc-tion in education from the Uni-versity of Illinois. She holds two Master of Science degrees from Chicago State University and a Bachelor of Science degree from Chicago Teachers College.

She retired from the Chica-go Public School District after a 34-year career and has been an educational consultant since 2004.

Her announcement to run for the school board seat was made

at a gathering of family, friends and supporters Sunday.

Williams admits her decision to run was difficult considering the circumstances.

“I am encouraged because I will be able to utilize my 30 years of experience in education to not only continue Al’s good work, but, more importantly, to serve as an advocate for the children of Volusia County. I have fol-lowed school board issues close-ly through Al’s work and have felt very much a part of the Volusia County School Board,” she stat-ed.

“There is a great need for stu-dent and teacher advocacy in our

schools, and I believe I am in the best position to offer that kind of support as a member of the school board,” Williams contin-ued.

Active in communityIn addition to her professional

work in education and working for various not-for-profit orga-nizations in the county, she has done volunteer work at Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach Housing Corporation Edu-cation Centers, Campbell Middle School, Westside and Palm Ter-race Elementary Schools, Rich-

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Daytona Beach officials Reynolds, Ritchey, Shelley share thoughts on serving city, citizens

BY JAMES HARPERDAYTONA TIMES harperjames59@yahoo.com

Tears were shed as outgoing Daytona Beach Mayor Glenn Ritchey and Com-missioners Cassandra Reynolds and Edith Shelley spoke their final words as elected officials at the Nov. 7 city com-

mission meeting.Reynolds had a prepared statement

but couldn’t help but speak off the cuff as she noticed her sister Dr. Valerie King in the audience. Reynolds also spotted her daughter Stacy Reynolds Carruth with her husband and their children, Reynolds’ grandchildren.

The only family member missing was her son Michael McLaughlin who the night before welcomed his first child with his wife and another grandchild for Reyn-olds.

“My son is a new father. I look forward to spending time with my new grand,” Reynolds said, adding that she never envi-

sioned being a city commissioner. She noted that Charles Cherry (former

Zone 6 commissioner and Daytona Times publisher) and family members asked her to look into it when he became ill. He died in November 2004; she took on the chal-lenge and has served since December 2004.

Proud of accomplishmentsReynolds called herself “a woman of few

words,” noting that “since I’ve been on this commission I didn’t talk that much.”

“Before I was a city commissioner, I

Outgoing Daytona Beach Commissioner Cassandra Reynolds, second from left, is shown at the Nov. 7 commission meet-ing. With her are her son-in-law, Robert Carruth, Jr.; sister, Dr. Valarie King; granddaughter, Cassandra Carruth; grand-son, Robert Carruth III; daughter, Stacey Reynolds-Carruth; and grandson, Gabriel Carruth.

City sets rent ratesfor newcentersBY JAMES HARPERDAYTONA TIMES harperjames59@yahoo.com

Even though the Midtown Cul-tural and Educational Center in Daytona Beach has been open since May 29, residents have not been able to rent the gym, kitch-en, dance studio, computer room or recording room for a private function. That’s because there were no fees set to do so.

Daytona Beach Leisure Servic-es Director Percy Williams told the Daytona Times this week he did not have the right to rent the facility.

That all changed last week when the Daytona Beach City Commission approved new rates for the facility, Manatee Island and the Yvonne Scarlett-Golden Cultural and Educational Cen-ter, which is expected to open in mid-January of next year.

“When individuals come in and use computers and partici-pate in programs, they are not paying the rental fees,” according to Williamson.

Rise in ratesThe rates to exclusively rent

sections of the new centers will be higher than the Peggy Sch-nebly Center and the John H. Dickerson Community Center.

Williamson said rates for those centers and other city-run prop-erties are expected to increase next year by the new Daytona Beach City Commission, which was installed this week.

He said the elected officials are expected to review fees charged for all city-owned properties dur-ing a special workshop that will take place soon.

Local entrepreneurto host Nov. 24business event

BY JAMES HARPERDAYTONA TIMES harperjames59@yahoo.com

Black business owners and professionals have been invited from all over the state to congre-gate and conduct “Business on the Beach.’’

Darryl Barrs, a Daytona Beach

resident and publisher of Pro-gram Success Magazine, a monthly business publication distributed statewide, has orga-nized an event at the Plaza Ocean Club Hotel on Nov. 24 to give en-trepreneurs and professionals an opportunity to create new busi-ness relationships and gain new clients and customers.

“Business on the Beach is an opportunity for business own-ers and individuals to come to-gether from across the state to es-tablish new contacts and friend-

ships. It is also an opportunity to get some real grown folks enter-tainment in Daytona Beach. It’s a fact that if we can play togeth-er - we can work together,” said Barrs, a Daytona Beach resident and former employee of the Day-tona Times.

‘Party with a purpose’Barrs added, “In order for us to

make it today, we need the best of our people giving their best. We need the best of our people as our leaders and the best of our

people as our teachers. This is Program Success.’’

The Bethune-Cookman gradu-

ate says Program Success Maga-zine celebrates Blacks’ accom-plishments in business, politics, religion and in society.

“Blacks on the Beach” will start with a mixer from 6 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 24 followed by what is being called a “party with a Purpose” from 8 p.m. to midnight.

The Special Formula Band, a 20-piece ensemble, will perform.

The cost is $20 in advance and $30 at the door. Hotel reserva-tions can be made at a special Program Success rate of $79.

For more information, contact Barrs at 386-334-0040.

Black professionals invited to the beach

Darryl Barrs is the publisher of Program Success Magazine.

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was a social worker. This is an extension of that, but I do it on a broader basis. It has also allowed me to meet a lot of great people and work with some wonderful people,” Reynolds continued.

Reynolds said she is proud of all the accom-plishments under her reign produced with oth-er commissioners, the mayor and citizens.

“It takes all of us wheth-er we agree or disagree. End of the day we come together,” Reynolds said, adding that she was most proud to see the con-struction to the Midtown Cultural center and the completion of a number of drainage projects. She acknowledged that there needed to be more to deal with the potential flood-ing throughout the city.

Golden reflectionsReynolds said she

couldn’t wait for the com-pletion of the Yvonne Scar-lett Golden Communi-ty Center named after the city’s first Black mayor.

“That is going to be a fabulous building. How fortunate it was for me to serve with her. I learned so much from her. She would take you under her wing. Everybody was like her child and you could not help but learn,” Reyn-olds said about her col-league and friend who died in 2006.

Reynolds conclud-ed by referencing Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, the founder of Bethune-Cookman University – her alma mater.

“To the upcoming com-mission, I leave you a leg-acy. I leave you the will-ingness to cooperate and find workable solutions. I leave you the responsi-bility to keep in mind the least of us, as you gov-ern, when you take care of the least of us you take care all of us. I leave you a sound budget and the challenge to develop a fiscally sound one each year, but most of all, I leave you love,” conclud-ed Reynolds to applause.

Shelley, Ritchey reflect

Shelley, who lost the

mayoral election to Der-rick Henry on Nov. 6, said she really enjoyed serving with the commission.

‘It was never a goal of mine to be in public of-fice. Some things were going on in the commu-nity and Glenn Ritchey was our mayor. I was very inspired by what was happening. That was my encouragement to move forward. I appreci-ate the support I’ve had. This commission has ap-proved some wonder-ful projects that will have impact on community for years to come,” Shel-ley said, choking back the tears.

Finally, Ritchey also said it had been a plea-sure for him to serve as mayor.

“A lot of you don’t know I was raised by my grand-mother. I came to Day-tona Beach in 1961 play-ing a guitar. I didn’t have two nickels to rub togeth-er. This community has been wonderful to my family and me. I could never give back enough,” Ritchey said.

“The people up here I work with are inspiring. All of our polices should be that our most rig-id policies are flexible,” Ritchey said, explaining that he would come to many meetings with his mind made up on how he was going to vote on an item until he heard some-thing from one of his col-leagues that he had not considered.

“Sometimes we get so entrenched and draw lines and we don’t al-low flexibility to move in. This commission has not proven to be that way,” Ritchey added.

Ritchey concluded say-ing this would not be his last city commission meeting.

“I will come back if you allow me to talk for three minutes,” he said to laughter referencing a change in policy the commissioners agreed to this year that now lim-its citizens’ comments to two minutes.

Before the fees were set for the Midtown Cultural and Education Center and Yvonne Scarlett-Golden Cultural and Educational Center, residents and com-missioners raised concerns about the rates.

Three-hour minimum

Zone 2 Commission-er Pam Woods said it was misleading to tell resi-dents there was an hourly rate when actually there is a three-hour minimum to rent any parts of the cen-ters.

“They need to know right upfront what it will be,” she stated.

Williamson said at a re-cent city commission meet-ing that all of the city’s rent-al facilities have a three-hour minimum.

“We have to allow for set up and breakdown. If they want to rent for one hour, they don’t have an oppor-tunity to do those things. It will take more than one hour to have a good ex-perience,” Williamson ex-plained.

Even with the fees, Day-tona officials acknowledged that all city-owned facilities operate at a loss, noting the less they charge the bigger the loss.

Williamson addressed these concerns of the com-missioners.

“You wanted to have low-er rates. Staff got together to modify rates to be resident friendly,” he said about the new rates at the Midtown center.

“Deficit is higher based on reducing revenue com-ing in. Keep in mind these facilities (Midtown and Scarlett-Golden) did not exist previously. There are no historical numbers that we can specifically give to you. We have to use best es-timates. We have not been open for a full schedule. It will be a living document. We will get more historical numbers,” Williamson said.

‘Get people in’Outgoing Mayor Glenn

Ritchey chimed in.“We don’t want them sit-

ting empty. We don’t won’t them unused. If we have those facilities and peo-ple can‘t use them, I have to question why we built

them,” Ritchey remarked.Zone 4 City Commis-

sioner Robert Gilliland said he wants to make sure tax-payers are aware that their money used to construct the facilities is not being wasted.

“This is not an enterprise fund. We are not trying to break even. We should be able to document to the community their invest-ment – that we are good stewards of their money,” Gilliland said.

Zone 5 Commissioner Patrick Henry echoed Gil-liland’s remarks, adding that he is satisfied with the beginning rates the city is charging for new centers.

“We need to get peo-ple in centers and then we look back. And if we need to adjust, we will adjust. Midtown (has been) sit-ting there not being able to be used. I want the Yvonne Scarlett Golden Center opened up and ready to go. Wherever we set rates, we need to get the centers used,” Henry said.

Mentoring pro-grams coming

Residents have been using the center since it opened in May for bas-ketball programs and oth-er activities organized by the city, Williamson not-ed. Residents also have been able to go in and use the computers. Midtown opens at noon until 8 p.m.

Williamson said the city has been negotiating with Bethune-Cookman and Daytona State College to begin other programs that will soon be available to

residents and the city’s youth at a nominal charge.

“We have agreements in principal – talks about mentoring. We have com-mitments for (B-CU and Daytona State) students to come over (and help) with dance studio and music studio. We are poised and

ready to move forward. Pepsi has agreed to pur-chase a significant amount of equipment (for a record-ing studio). Once equip-ment gets there, it will be a magnet. (Residents) can come to the center and get first-hand mentoring,” Wil-liamson added.

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Ball to benefitlocal charitiesThe 16th Annual Holiday Charity Ball will take place Nov. 17 from 7 p.m. to mid-night at the Brannon Center, 105 Riverside Drive, New Smyrna Beach. Tickets are $60 per person. Proceeds

benefit Habitat for Humanity, the Council on Aging, Meals on Wheels and the New Smyr-na Beach CAPS Scholarship Fund. More information: 386-424-2280, 386-423-4384 or www.holidaycharityball.com.Deltona to celebrate 50th anniversary

The City of Deltona Parks & Recreation has scheduled Deltona’s 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert with AP60 (American Pop 60), who will perform all the top hits from the 1960s. The event is from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Nov. 16 in the Deltona Amphitheater, 2150 Eustace Ave. A Celebration & Sock Hop will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Nov. 17 at City Hall, 2345 Providence Blvd. More information: 386-878-8100.

Wine and BrewFestivalThe Food, Wine & Brew Fes-tival featuring fine cuisine, spirits and wines from more than 15 local restaurants will

be held Nov. 16 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the News-Journal Center, 221 N. Beach St. General admission tickets are $50 and VIP Admission is $75.

Librarian has tips for projects Volusia County Librar-ian Kim Dolce will offer tips for preparing social stud-ies projects at three public library branches in Novem-ber explaining the rules, show examples, and offer tips for putting it all together during the free presenta-tions. Sessions are 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Ormond Beach Regional Library, 30 S. Beach St.; and 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Nov. 28 at the Port Orange Regional Library, 1005 City Center Circle. Reservations are not required. More in-formation: Dolce at kdolce@volusia.org or 386-257-6036, ext. 16315.

Gingerbread House CompetitionYouth United of Southwest Volusia Habitat for Humanity will be holding its second annual “Homes for the Holi-day’s” Gingerbread House Competition Dec. 7-9 at the Seminole Towne Center Mall in Sanford. Entry forms are $15 and must be submitted by Nov. 23. Sponsorships are available. More informa-tion: YUofSWVHfH@gmail.com or go to http://tinyurl.

com/9ykcmp. Proceeds will be used to build a home for a low-income family.

Light the Night WalkJoin Halifax Health and the Leukemia Lymphoma Society for Light the Night, a walk to raise awareness for blood cancers. The event is Nov. 16 beginning at 6 p.m. with check-in and festivities followed by a remembrance ceremony at 6:30 p.m. The walk is 7 p.m. at the Destination Daytona Pavilion, 1637 US Highway 1, Ormond Beach. More information: lightthenight.org/ncfl/.

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ard Milbourn Academy and Main-land High School.

“I see this as an opportunity to help the community to continue to

strengthen its school system by providing the best education possible for each and every student. This is a vision and a com-mitment that Al and I shared and that I would be honored to pursue on the Volusia County School Board,” Williams concluded.

A Port Orange resident, she has two children, one stepson and six grandchildren.

Gracious phone callWright recently told the Daytona

Times that she was humbled when

she received a phone call from Dr. Al Williams the morning of Aug. 15, the day after she lost to him in the pri-mary.

She said Williams thanked her for running a clean campaign and con-sidered her a formidable opponent.

Wright also noted that he request-ed she continue to be involved with the school board and asked if she would consider serving on school board committees.

She said he stated, “We really need parents like you to help us move our county forward.’’

Wright said she has not forgotten her brief conversation with Williams and that she has missed only one school board meeting since losing the election in August.

She has a bachelor of science in business administration from the University of Central Florida and a master of business administration from Stetson University.

Wright is a business administra-tion instructor and academic assess-ment coordinator at Bethune-Cook-man’s College of Business.

Nonpartisan raceShe also told the Times why she

had entered that race.“When I entered the race approx-

imately one year ago, I entered to bring a conservational style leader-ship to the school board – a conver-sation between all constituents,” she said.

“With the one mil referendum not passing on Tuesday, the school board will definitely need to look at establishing a conversational style leadership through collaborative partnerships with parents, students, and teachers.’’

The District 2 seat includes most of Daytona Beach, South Daytona, Daytona Beach Shores, Ponce Inlet and part of Port Orange.

School board members are elect-ed in nonpartisan races in the dis-tricts they represent.

Candidates who want to get in the race now must qualify by paying a $1,360 fee and must do so by noon on Nov. 21.

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Daytona Beach has set rates for the Midtown center above as well as the Yvonne Scarlett Golden Cultural Educational Center, set to open in January.

reNtAL rAteSThe rates that city com-

missioners have approved are:

MIDtOWN CULtUrAL AND eDUCAtIONAL CeNter

Dance studio: $195 for the first three hours and $65 for each additional hour.

Computer room: $150 for the first three hours and $50 for each additional hour.

Lobby: $150 for the first three hours and $50 for each additional hour.

Music studio: $150 for the first three hours and $50 for each additional hour.

Multi-purpose room: $105 for the first three hours and $35 for each ad-ditional hour. An exemption is available to neighborhood associations and neighbor-hood watch groups for spe-cific times of the day and specific days of the week.

Art room with kiln: $300 for the first three hours and $75 for each additional hour.

Kitchen facility: $150 for the first three hours and $50 for each additional hour.

Gymnasium: $375 for the first three hours and

$125 for each additional hour.

Kitchen and gymnasi-um: $450 for the first three hours and $150 for each additional hour or $800 for eight hours. The maximum is eight hours.

YvONNe SCArLett-GOLDeN CULtUrAL AND eDUCAtIONAL CeNter

Multi-purpose rooms: $105 for the first three hours and $35 for each ad-ditional hour. An exemption is available to neighborhood associations and neighbor-hood watch groups for spe-cific times of the day and specific days of the week.

Gymnasium: $150 for the first three hours and $50 for each additional hour.

There is no kitchen at the center.

MANAtee ISLAND PArKthe Island: $500 to

$2,000 per day depending on the number of partici-pants.

Pavilion A (North): $225 for the first three hours and $75 for each additional hour.

Pavilion B (South): $300 for the first three hours and $100 for each additional hour.

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Black voters would not be denied

Most of the misinformed pun-dits who were unaware of the readiness and enthusiasm of mil-lions of Black Americans to go to the voting polls on Nov. 6 are not acting as if they are shocked by another record voter turnout of the Black American communi-ty. We are not surprised at all by the historic contributions of Black American voters to help deter-mine the victory for the re-elec-tion of President Barack Obama.

Many of them spent the weeks leading up to the election lament-ing and criticizing the suppressed economic state and high unem-ployment rate for African-Amer-icans. Yes, it is true that pover-ty, unemployment, housing fore-closures, youth violence, and ex-ceedingly high rates of incarcera-tion are all serious problems that must be addressed resolutely, es-pecially by Black America. But what happened on Election Day should not be undervalued or un-derstated.

In the face of unprecedented systematic attempts to suppress and to prevent a large voter turn-out in our communities, Black Americans and millions of others stood up, face downed, and moved “forward” to vote in high numbers in long lines for many hours.

Suppression backfiresSome people in Florida and

Ohio had to stand in line for more than eight hours to enjoy their right to vote. In fact, as I stood in line in Fort Lauderdale, as an ear-ly voter, I witnessed firsthand the sheer determination of thousands

to stay in the long lines for hours without ever thinking about get-ting out of the line or leaving with-out voting.

The Republican-led efforts to suppress the vote backfired and made millions of Black Ameri-cans and other voters more de-termined than ever before to cast their votes in this most important election. The enthusiasm in the Black community was very high and the resilience of people at nu-merous voting precincts was irre-pressible. The old repressive and divisive tricks of the past did not work this time.

We were conscious, aware and ready for the struggle at every vot-ing booth. This was also the case in Virginia, North Carolina, Mary-land, Washington, D.C., Massa-chusetts, Pennsylvania, Wiscon-sin, Michigan, and in California. Even after the devastation of Hur-ricane Sandy, African-Americans turnout in massive crowds at vot-ing places in New York, Connecti-cut and in New Jersey.

Be gratefulThe fact that it took four ad-

ditional days before all the votes could be counted in Florida’s Dade County was actually a significant testimony to the successful turn-out of both Black American and

Latino American voters across the county. On election night, some voters in Dade County stood in line for 10 hours until early on the morning of Wednesday.

But all of this displays once again that the forces of repres-sion, segregation, injustice and racial oppression cannot and will not ultimately prevail against the moral, spiritual and political de-termination of those who strug-gle, participate in social action and cry out for freedom, justice and equality.

In fact the success of Black America’s voting strength in 2012 and beyond will put our commu-nities in a much stronger political position not just to demand eco-nomic justice and empowerment, but force American democracy to become more inclusive. It will en-hance Black America’s opportu-nities to push further to eradicate poverty in real time and to ad-vance the development interests of our communities toward great-er sustainability and future prog-ress for all.

Hip-hop steps upWe, therefore, have so much to

be grateful for and to move “for-ward,” away from the pits of cyn-icism and hopelessness. I was so proud to see so many young brothers and sisters in the long lines voting for the first time. Our young people need more encour-agement and support. And when our youth and young adults do something right, we should take the time to acknowledge their re-newed and revitalized activism.

Black American youth are not lost and they are not alienated from their civic responsibilities. Thank God for the hip-hop gen-eration and for stepping up to the plate to help make the victory won on Nov. 6 a victory that was felt across America and through-out the world.

Now let’s work together to transform our communities and

families for a better quality of life for all.

Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. is president of the Hip-Hop Sum-mit Action Network and Edu-cation Online Services Corpo-ration and can be reached at drbenjamin .chavi s@g mail .com. Click on this story at www.daytonatimes.com to write your own response.

It seems like the more we watch our elected officials debate, argue and accuse, the more of the same keeps happening. For the sake of our future they need to come to terms with our dire economy and start managing our financial af-fairs.

America is in great danger and no one seems to be very con-cerned. Iran will soon have nu-clear weapons and China is build-ing its military at a scary and phe-nomenal rate. Russia is as slick as ever and the whole Middle East is erupting. If we don’t remain strong, peace will soon go away.

Build on legacyPresident Obama has an excel-

lent opportunity to build on his legacy. This term he needs to be a “healer” and cross the isle to nego-tiate the best path for America.

Politics is supposed to be about compromising and negotiating. Both parties must begin an ebb and flow on the important issues that lay ahead of us. Let’s look at some of these make or break is-sues.

The last time we faced this up-coming financial disaster we called it “Taxmageddon.” We would not solve the matter or bring it to clo-sure. Instead we kicked the can down the road and raised our debt limit. Now, we face it again and call it the “fiscal cliff.”

The fiscal cliff becomes a real-ity on Jan. 1. If Congress doesn’t come to terms with this matter soon, our economy will crash. Half

of our military budget will be can-celled which would cause the loss of hundreds of thousand jobs and many business closures. Or, we can do like the last time which was to raise our debt limits and kick the can down the road again.

A wise government would ad-just our spending and revenues to begin chopping away at our $16 trillion debt.

The next financial trauma is the Dodd-Frank bill implemen-tation. Senator Dodd and Con-gressman Frank steered this fias-co through Congress and then an-nounced their retirements. Presi-dent Obama signed it. It has done much harm in terms of capital ac-cess, business growth and job cre-ation.

This bill is making banks too timid to lend money to business-es. Our major corporations are re-fusing to further invest in this na-tion and are considering growing their businesses abroad. We need to undo this law and start over us-ing common sense.

Be more robust on tradeInternational trade is anoth-

er area that needs to pick up the pace of the new global market. The

last administration closed on free trade agreements with South Ko-rea, Panama and Columbia. May-be the second Obama administra-tion will be more robust.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is starting to get on the nego-tiating table. If completed, we will have free trade agreements (duty and tariff free transactions) with Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. The National Black Chamber of Com-merce is all for this.

After we complete it, let’s con-sider some of the larger African nations. Also, wouldn’t it make sense to include the European Union, our nation’s biggest trading partner? We are talking business development and sizeable job cre-ation.

Support offshore wellsWe must build the Keystone

Pipeline. We should expand the new technique of natural gas drill-ing – Fracturing or “fracking.” Off-shore wells should now be allowed on all of our coastlines. We can-not become independent without these forms of energy gathering. The president is going to have to face this if he is to achieve his goal. He will have to do this with an ab-sence of cap and trade legislation. That won’t happen and this posi-tion is non-negotiable.

If the new administration can work with Congress and complete the above, it would signal a new day for America. We are at risk and

I pray that the turning point can happen sooner than later. It would be so nice to have some camara-derie and respect on Capitol Hill and a happy Wall Street.

If we can just get it together within the next year, the economy would start turning around and may even start to boom in the sec-ond year of this administration. President Obama, Congress, it is

all up to you. Let’s do it for the fu-ture of our great nation.

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.

Even in defeat, Republicans still don’t get itWith the elections now over, I

am stunned with the postmortem coming from the Republican Party and the lack of substantive analy-sis from its operatives.

Those who follow my writings know that I have written extensive-ly about the shifting demographics of our country and the need for Re-publicans to adequately address this issue. For this, I have been constantly criticized by fellow Re-publicans, not for the substance of what I wrote, but for sharing my views with the public.

Romney biggest loserRomney was by far the biggest

loser of this election cycle. How is it possible in the 21st century to run a national campaign with no Blacks or Hispanics of conse-quence on staff? Well, Romney managed to do it.

And you wonder why Blacks voted against Romney to the tune of 93 percent and Hispanics 70 percent? These groups were often not voting for Obama, but against Romney.

The sad and unforgivable part was Romney and his team were not even cognizant that they had no people of color on staff. Repub-licans are so used to hiring all of their friends and children of their friends, that they have truly be-come colorblind or just blind to people of color.

Let me be clear: When I say on staff, I mean people with hiring authority, budgetary control, or the ability to get a meeting with the boss put on the calendar.

Blind to BlacksBut, it’s not just Romney. The

RNC, under Reince Priebus, has no Blacks or Hispanics in power-ful staff positions; the House Cam-paign Committee, under Con-gressman Pete Sessions? Ditto.

The Senatorial Committee, under Sen. John Cornyn? Ditto. So, this issue of lack of diversity is a struc-tural thing that permeates every level of the Republican Party.

The second biggest loser was Black Republicans. The harsh-est criticism of me has come from Black Republicans who are look-ing to be validated by Whites in the Republican Party (most of them are in Texas, Florida and the D.C. area). Whites in the par-ty know they can count on them to validate the most extreme be-havior and rhetoric coming out of their mouths.

I believe I am the only Black Re-publican with a national media platform who called for Romney to remove John Sununu as nation-al co-chair of his campaign be-cause of the racist language about President Obama. I am the only one who harshly criticized Rom-ney and Priebus for not having any Blacks or Hispanics on staff.

I am the only one who criticized Romney for speaking before the NAACP without having a message or anything substantive to say. I

am the only one who criticized the Party for its dearth of Blacks and Hispanics at the convention over the summer. I am the only one who called for Sarah Palin to sit down and shut up regarding her “shucking and jiving” comment about President Obama. These are just a few examples.

Right to criticizeSo, to these Blacks that have

their daggers constantly aimed at my back, you should know that I have helped to raise more than $300k for Romney’s campaign and since December, have helped raise more than $ 1million for Republi-can candidates this cycle. In other words, I have earned the right to criticize my party.

Post-election, the party lead-ership is talking without saying anything. Republicans are saying things like: “We need to do a better job communicating our conserva-tive message to minorities.” What? Are you kidding me?

Why has the media never asked these Republicans to define what

“conservatism” is? But, this high-lights the Republican’s problem when it comes to diversity. They want to come into our communi-ty and tell us what we have to be-lieve, as opposed to asking us what we believe and use that as the ba-sis of building a mutually benefi-cial relationship.

Hire minoritiesUntil the party actually starts

hiring minorities on every level of the party, spending money travel-ling to meet with minorities, and tone down the incendiary lan-guage coming from our party, we will never make any advances with the minority community.

So far the party is talking loud and saying nothing.

Raynard Jackson is president and CEO of Raynard Jackson & Associates, LLC., a Washington, D.C.-based public relations/government affairs firm. Click on this story at www.daytona-times.com to write your own re-sponse.

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Seventy-five members and friends of the African- American Cultural Society (AACS) spent a recent sev-en-day cruise aboard the “Allure of the Seas,” owned by Royal Caribbean Cruis-es Ltd.

AACS treasurer Lynda H. Baten is the travel coordi-nator for vacation excite-ment through the Travel Leaders network. It was an exhilarating cruise to La-badee, Haiti; Falmouth, Ja-maica; and Cozumel, Mex-ico.

“It’s been great being with friends and having nice weather aboard the world’s largest ship,” said AACS member Helen Ma-son.

It’s like a fancy hotel with elevator access to a city-scape in decks with gar-dens in Central Park and the Royal Promenade that are tantamount to stroll-ing along Broadway in New York City - and the amuse-ment on a boardwalk of a carousel.

“The Rising Tide” is the only “moving bar room” going up and down along Central Park and the Royal Promenade. It was part of the experience on board, having street parades and birthday parties like that of

AACS member/musician Rob Whiting.

AACS member Gladys Spann, delighted with the ship, recounted that “it’s wonderful but too much to do.”

The 6,000 passenger ocean liner included din-ing in restaurants, the “ka-ching” of falling coins in the casino, an ice skat-ing rink, and Broadway-style shows, movies at the theaters, nightclubs and lounges for jazz, dancing and comedy.

Guests were introduced to seminars, galleries, amazing fitness centers and spas, to swimming, hot tubs, the sports and kids’ zones, and other en-tertainment.

Flagler NAACP to vote on officers

A slate of nominees has been scheduled before the members of the Flagler County NAACP. It will be a

meeting Nov. 27, 6 p.m., at the African-American Cul-tural Society, 4422 North U.S. 1, Palm Coast.

Because the nominees are all running unopposed, the NAACP Branch Secre-tary will motion for a vote of consensus in lieu of an election by ballot. To ob-tain further details, con-tact the NAACP at 386-446-7822.

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The African-American Cultural Society cruise was exhilarating for president Ed-mund G. Pinto, Jr., travel coordinator Lynda H. Baten and member Rob Whiting. In the background are members John Pearson and Kurt Bottoms.

Birthday wishes to: William Blount, Brenda Pinkelton, Nov. 19; Alicia Douglas, Nov. 20. Happy anniversary to: Bill and Shirley Day, Nov. 16; Eugene and Joanne Price, Nov. 21.

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Seminar to help parents of special-needs children

An educational seminar for parents of those with special needs will be presented at 10 a.m. Nov. 17 at Easter Seals in Daytona Beach as part of its Joey’s Gift Re-spite Program. Presenters are Jo-sé H. Silva, financial advisor with Edward Jones Investments, and attorney Melvin D. Stack, special-izing in wills and trusts.

This special seminar will help answer questions such as:

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Daytona State to launch social media marketing course

Daytona State College is offer-ing college-credit instruction on how to tap the power of social media technologies in business.

Social Media Marketing is a col-

lege-credit, stand-alone course that launches this spring semes-ter along with a parallel course, Advertising. Both courses will be offered online.

While each three-credit-hour course can be taken by anyone wanting to gain new skills, they also can be incorporated into a new certificate in sales entrepre-neurship started this fall in the college’s School of Applied Busi-ness. Additionally, credits can be applied toward a number of one- and two-year business-related programs already offered at Day-tona State, as well as for an asso-ciate of arts degree elective.

For more information, call 386-506-3467.

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BY ANDREAS BUTLERDAYTONA TIMESbutleramj@yahoo.com

Local high school girls basketball phenom Ron-ni Williams will play at the University of Florida in Gainesville next season. Williams picked the Ga-tors over Florida State and Georgia.

“It’s where I want to go and spend the next four years of my life. They were all great programs and it wasn’t about basketball. When I went to Florida, I just felt it,” Williams re-marked.

The announcement was made at a pep rally in the school’s gymnasium on Nov. 9.

“I saw her six years ago in middle school and then she came here four years ago. It’s been an honor and a pleasure coaching her. It’s a special day. Ronni deserves it. She has put At-lantic on the map nation-ally. We have never had a player of this caliber,” com-mented George, Butts At-lantic ‘s head coach.

Top recruitWilliams is the biggest

female recruit out of Volu-sia County since DeLand’s Bridgett Gordon and since Mainland’s Vince Carter in 1995.

Williams also had offers from defending national champion Baylor, Tennes-see and several of the na-tions other top programs.

The Atlantic High School 6-2 senior forward/guard is the top girl’s basketball recruit in Florida and 13th

in the nation. “God is good. With-

out him, I couldn’t do any of this. It also took deter-mination, hard work and staying focused,” added Williams.

She also is an ESPN Rise All-American and is ex-pected to make it as a Mc-Donald’s All-American this season.

Last season Williams av-eraged 20.5 points, 11 re-bounds, 3.3 assists, 2.9 steals and 2.7 blocks per game for the Sharks.

Next goal: State titleWilliams now will con-

centrate on her senior sea-son. With her, the Sharks are poised for a shot at a state title. They are two years removed from a Fi-nal Four appearance.

“She had attention since she first started playing when she was small. Now that the recruiting pro-cess is over, I think that she will get back to playing like she is capable. I think the process kind of took away from her game,” comment-ed Rodney Williams, her father.

“I am ready to settle down with my team, stay focused and go out there and get it done,” added Williams.

Football roundup: NSB unbeaten

Cameron “Squirt” Had-

ley threw for 95 yards and ran for 89 yards with a touchdown as Mainland beat Orlando Olympia 25-15. It was the fifth straight win for the Buccaneers. Stephen Bostick ran for 101 yards with a score for Mainland.

New Smyrna Beach beat Spruce Creek 41-14. The Barracudas finish the reg-ular season unbeaten for the first time since 1999. Marcus Johnson threw for 224 yards with two scores and James Clark had 176 receiving yards with two touchdowns for NSB. The Hawks got a Collin Olsen rushing score and Shane Peludat threw a touch-down pass to Michael Col-ubiale.

Alex Bell threw for 174 yards with two touch-downs and ran for 105 with

two scores as Atlantic ral-lied past Matanzas 30-20. Steven Tucker ran for 200 yards with three scores for Matanzas.

Joe Boden’s 89 yard-kick-off return touchdown with 1:06 remaining lifted Father Lopez over Taylor 22-16. Boden also threw for 172 yards and ran for a score for the Green Wave. T. J. Hearn ran for 232 yards with a score and had an intercep-tion return touchdown for the Taylor Wildcats.

Other scoresUniversity-42, Pine

Ridge-6; Boca Raton Chris-tian-57, Calvary-22; Trin-ity-31, Deltona-6.

This week’s playoff games

Mainland (7-3) at Lake-

land Lake Gibson (10-0): The Buccaneers travel to face the unbeaten Braves. Mainland’s defense is stin-gy but will the offense pro-duce enough for a win?

Winter Haven (9-1) at New Smyrna (9-0): The Blue Devils are a tough matchup for the Barracu-das. NSB must be at its best to advance.

Sanford Seminole (6-4) at DeLand (6-4): A good matchup for the Bulldogs at home. DeLand must limit mistakes to move on.

Winter Garden Foun-dation Academy (8-3) at Warner (9-1): The host Ea-gles are better than the Li-ons and should be focused enough to advance to the next round.

Atlantic (8-2) at Tampa Robinson (9-1): The Sharks have a long and tough road

trip to face the Knights. At-lantic too must limit mis-takes.

Trinity (7-3) at Lake Mary Prep (10-0): The un-beaten LMP Griffins fea-tures Ray Lewis III son of NFL star Ray Lewis. The Eagles will counter with Marquion Lane.

Prep Sports Seven football

1. *New Smyrna (9-0), 2. *Warner (9-1), 3. * Main-land (6-4), 4. *DeLand (6-4), 5. *Atlantic (8-2), 6. *Trinity (7-3), 7. Flagler Palm Coast (6-4).

*-denotes made the state playoffs.

Previous: 1. New Smyr-na, 2. Warner, 3.Mainland, 4 DeLand, 5. Atlantic, 6. Trinity, 7. Flagler Palm Coast.

BY ANDREAS BUTLERDAYTONA TIMES butleramj@yahoo.com

A bruising running game, stingy defense and big play special teams helped Bethune-Cookman beat Savannah State 49-7 last week.

With the win and Florida A&M’s win over North Car-olina Central, B-CU won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) title and earned an automatic trip to the Football Cham-pionship Series (FCS) playoffs.

“It feels good. One of our goals has been accom-plished but we still have work to do,” responded Coach Brian Jenkins.

The Wildcats led 7-0 when Torre Price re-turned a blocked punt for a 14-yard touchdown in the first quarter.

Following another blocked punt, Rodney Scott scored from 10 yards out giving B-CU a 14-0 sec-ond quarter lead.

Bethune-Cookman (8-2, 7-0) led 35-0 when Quen-tin Williams found Da-vid Blackwell for a 36-yard touchdown pass as time expired in the half

Season highsWilliams threw for 103

yards with two touch-downs and ran for a ca-reer high 113 yards for the Wildcats.

“We just did a great job executing. The offensive line was great up front and our running backs did the job too,” commented Wil-liams.

Savannah State got within 35-7 when Cornel Weston recovered a punt in the end zone in the third quarter. The ball was touched by a B-CU player.

B-CU posted season highs in (49) points, to-tal offense yards (537) and rushing yards (377).

The Wildcats defense held the Tigers 200 to-tal yards and forced three turnovers.

“It was a total team ef-fort. Everyone contribut-ed. We had a good scheme and we executed well. The defense didn’t give up any points,” added Jenkins.

Broderick Waters added 104 total yards with a rush-ing score, Isidore Jack-son 97 rushing yards with a touchdown and Eddie Poole had a receiving score for the Wildcats.

Antonio Bostick threw for 120 yards, Lereginald Veals ran for 51 yards and Dylan Cook had 71 receiv-ing yards for SSU.

Next up: The ClassicDefensively, leaders for

B-CU were: Harold Love III (six tackles), Jarkevis Fields (five tackles), LaB-randon Richardson (five tackles, 1.5 sacks), Joceyln Bogella (five tackles) while D.J. Howard, Tyrone Bou-ie, Jr. and Marquise Dray-ton each had an intercep-tion.

Vaughn Cornelia (14 tackles, one forced fumble) and Terrance Williams (13 tackles) led the Tigers de-fense.

The Wildcats play archri-val Florida A&M next week in the Blue Florida Classic at the Citrus Bowl in Or-lando.

Basketball: Win for women; men lose

The women’s basket-ball team opened the sea-son with an 84-51 win over Trinity Baptist on Nov. 9.

Chastity Rene Tay-lor scored 23 points and Amanda Hudson 21 for B-CU.

The Ladies host Flori-da Atlantic on Nov. 16 and travel to DeLand to face Stetson on Nov. 20.

The men’s team opened the season with a hard

fought 84-68 loss to St. Bo-naventure.

Adrien Coleman scored a career-high 33 points while Paul Scotland added 17 points and Kevin Dukes 11 for B-CU.

They played Tulane in New Orleans on Tuesday.

Volleyball: B-CU falls in home finale

Star seniors Krysta Gardner and Janeen Davis played their finale home game at Moore Gymnasi-um in a 3-0 loss to Florida A&M on Nov. 11.

Gardner tallied 14 kills, nine digs and three ser-vices aces while Davis had

10 kills with nine digs and Monica Lowe added 31 as-sists.

Davis reached a mile-stone by passing the 800-digs mark for her ca-reer.

B-CU (5-27, 5-5) will compete in the MEAC

Tournament in Baltimore, Maryland Nov. 16-18.

Bowling: Hilliard MVP

The nationally ranked Wildcats women’s bowl-ing team placed fourth out

of five teams in the MEAC Southern Divisional this past week.

B-CU finished the tour-nament with a 3-5 mark, including a 1-3 mark on Nov. 11.

“We didn’t’ bowl our best this weekend. We didn’t give a total team effort,” responded Tony O’Neal, head bowling coach.

The previous day, the Wildcats posted a 2-2 mark with Staci Hilliard stand-ing out garnering MVP honors.

B-CU will compete Dec. 1-2 in the second MEAC Southern Divisional in Chesapeake, Va.

Golf: Wildcats win tourney

B-CU won the Savannah State University Tiger Invi-tational Golf Tournament.

Bethune-Cookman beat Armstrong Atlantic State University in a playoff. It was the third straight year that the Wildcats won the event.

Individually, JaMichael Jones finished second, Le-on Frick eight and Michael McKnight and Emmanu-el Petrich tied for 11th for B-CU.

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Atlantic High’s Ronni Williams (center) dons a Florida Gators cap when she announces her decision. Wil-liams is flanked by cousin and assistant football coach William Bartee (left), her coach George Butts (right) and her parents Rodney (standing left) and Sherri Williams (standing right). Teammates and friends are in the background.

B-CU SPORTS INFORMATION

Chastity Rene Taylor goes up for a basket against Trinity Baptists. The Junior College transfer helped B-CU win its season opener.

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