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BY JAMES HARPERDAYTONA TIMES harperjames59@yahoo.com

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would have been 84 years old on Jan. 15 if he hadn’t been killed in Memphis, Tenn., at 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, at age 39 by an as-sassin’s bullet.

Trayvon Martin would have turned 18 years old this coming Feb. 5 had he not been shot and killed Feb. 26, 2012 in Sanford at 7:17 p.m. while walking from a store to an apartment in a gated community.

How both deaths galvanized a nation was explored on Jan. 17 during a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. banquet at the Hilton Resort and Spa in Daytona Beach.

Derrick Henry, Daytona’s first elected Black male mayor, wel-comed Trayvon’s parents – Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton to the banquet and the city. Henry was sworn in last month as the city’s mayor.

“We cried with you, wept with you, stood with you when you demanded justice,” said Henry, who also acknowledged others in attendance, saying “Thank you for not allowing the dream (of King) to die.”

‘Working together for justice’

Attorney Benjamin Crump, who represents Trayvon’s par-ents, was the keynote speaker.

“(There are) far too many Black and brown (males) nobody seems to care about when they are taken away from this world. It’s about us working together for justice,” said Crump, who spoke before a crowd of about 300 peo-ple.

“In the end, we will not remem-ber the works of our enemies but the silence of our friends,” Crump continued as he called on those in attendance to help him and Trayvon’s parents make a differ-ence.

The day before the banquet, Crump was in Tallahassee with Trayvon’s parents to lend their support to a bill filed by legisla-tors to repeal the “stand your ground law” that George Zim-

BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES harperjames59@yahoo.com

Dr. Eddy Regnier, a clinical psy-chologist who practices in Sara-sota, says Black men and boys are still suffering from “what hap-pened to us during slavery.”

“We were not lazy before slav-ery but became lazy after slavery,” said Regnier, who also is chair of the Florida Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys.

The council will be having a public forum on Thursday, Jan. 31, from 6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. at Greater Friendship Baptist Church, 539 George W. Engram Blvd., Daytona Beach.

The purpose of this public fo-rum is to hear from communi-

ty leaders and the public on the issues and concerns affecting Black men and boys in Daytona Beach. The information will be compiled and passed on to Flori-da legislators and their staff.

Mission of councilIn an exclusive interview with

the Daytona Times this week, Regnier said, “Young Black men lead in every negative indicator. There is a relationship that exists between academic failure, drop-ping out of schools and Black men succeeding.”

The mission of the Florida Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys is to re-search and propose measures that improve conditions affecting Black men and boys.

Florida is committed to engag-ing, educating, equipping and encouraging all Black men and boys to successfully achieve their full potential,” according to in-formation provided to the Times from the council.

Officers invitedRegnier said the council needs

people to go to Greater Friend-ship to talk about their concerns.

He noted that what they hear and compile in reports have made a difference since the council was first created in 2006.

Regnier cited the passing of the “pants on the ground legisla-tion” and directives to school dis-tricts to not suspend students for minor infractions happened be-cause of input from their group.

He said the council has invited law enforcement, including Sheriff Ben Johnson, Day-tona Beach Police Chief Mike Chit-wood and Volusia County Superin-tendent Margaret Smith to attend the forum to educate

them as well as learn what they are doing to make a difference in Black males’ lives.

The council travels to five cit-ies across the state every year to discuss the disparities that ex-ist between Black men and boys and others in education, dropout rates and arrest records.

Regnier was disappointed with

the reversal of a law under Gov. Rick Scott’s administration that no longer restores rights to felons who are not incarcerated or are under probation or parole.

Making a differneceRegnier, 62, says he likes mak-

ing a difference.“By helping Black people, you

help all Americans. The church has led the struggle of freedom of all Black people,” he said, noting that the council likes to partner with churches and local entities to gather their information.

Dr. L. Ronald Durham, pastor of Greater Friendship where the forum will take place, said he and the council are looking forward to city and Volusia County resi-

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BY ANDREAS BUTLERDAYTONA TIMESbutleramj@yahoo.com

The Daytona Beach commu-nity joined the nation on Mon-day in celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s holiday obser-vance. Hundreds of area resi-dents participated in the annu-al ceremonies, which included a breakfast, march and wor-ship service.

“We have been blessed to see this march gain popular-ity in the community. People look forward to it every year. It has become a staple of the weekend activities. It demon-strates us remembering Dr. King marching for our rights. This is appropriate rather than a parade to exemplify what he stood for,” said Dr. Ronald L. Durham, pastor of Greater Friendship Baptist Church.

Durham organized the event along with other members of the Daytona Black Clergy Alli-ance.

A breakfast was held at Al-len Chapel AME Church fol-lowed by a march. The march started at the church and end-ed at Greater Friendship Bap-tist Church where a worship service took place. Dr. James P. Sampson, president of the Florida General Baptist Con-vention, was the guest speaker.

‘Work in progress’The main goal of the event

was to honor the legacy of King.

“His legacy is still a work in progress. His vision was far reaching and broader than I believe he realized at the time. We have seen things come to pass, but we still have a way to go in education and hiring

practices,’’ Durham explained.“We have a Black president.

We will move forward to do things that we need to as Af-rican-Americans to be in full citizens in this country, which was (King’s) dream.’’

Those who participated in the events in Daytona Beach expressed pride but opinions differed on the fulfillment of King’s dream.

“It’s great to do this, but I think that more people should have come out. Some of what Dr. King wanted to happen has happened but more needs to happen and I believe that it will over time,” said Marlene Brooks.

Twelve-year-old Stephanie Correira participated in the march with her school Lourdes Academy of Daytona Beach.

“I think this is a good thing to do. We do it every year. Dr.

King was a great man. His leg-acy and dream shows everyday in our school. We have people from all different cultures and I have been able to be friends with them. Diversity expands and changes our lives,’’ the sev-enth-grader told the Daytona Times.

Important for youth, community

Quinicia Stokes is the NAACP president at Bethune-Cookman University. The so-ciology major also participated in the ceremonies.

“This is a great thing to do to honor Dr. King, especially for the younger generation. Their generation is all about having a Black president. They don’t understand how far we have come. I also believe that King’s

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BY JAMES HARPERDAYTONA TIMES harperjames59@yahoo.com

A Jacksonville attorney said “plans are still full steam ahead” to start a law school, but it will not be in Daytona Beach.

Attorney Eric Smith said he was shocked when he learned last month that the old Daytona Beach Police Department building on the corner of Orange Ave-nue and Nova Road did not meet the size qualifications for a law school.

Daytona Beach city offi-cials had been telling Smith and his partners from Jack-sonville that the building had 55,000 square feet of space available for use. An appraisal on the building actually found that there is just 38,000 square feet of usable space.

“We never would have gone through all that trou-ble. We were shocked it was 12,000-square feet small-er,” Smith said, adding they are committed to the com-munity and though the law

school will not be in Dayto-na Beach, it will still be in Volusia County.

South Daytona still on list

Smith would not tell the Daytona Times the new proposed location of the school but said plans are for the partners to open it later this year.

The Daytona Times was able to learn that they are looking at a site in South Daytona.

“My understanding is that a law school has shown interest in locations in our city, however, nothing has yet been finalized,” said Jeanne Willard, public in-formation officer for City of South Daytona.

Practicing attorneys would be teachers

Working with Smith are Steven Nemerson, an at-torney who would be the school’s dean, and devel-oper Jim Catlett.

They hope to initially en-roll 80 students and grow

the student body to 600 as well as secure accreditation from the American Bar As-sociation (ABA), according to the National Law Journal.

Plans also call for the school to keep costs low by focusing on attracting prac-ticing attorneys to teach.

The school would need a license from the city to op-erate, and after one year, could apply to the ABA for provisional accreditation. An application for full ac-creditation could follow in three to five years.

Those involved say the school, which will be called the Florida Space Coast School of Law, would em-phasize public service and pro bono work, and foster a cooperative, rather than competitive, atmosphere.

Nemerson and Smith be-lieve the lower cost of edu-cation isn’t the only thing that will set them apart from Florida’s 12 other law schools. The new law school’s founders also plan to use practicing attorneys and judges as faculty.

dents’ participant in the fo-rum.

“Given the ongoing struggles faced by the Af-rican-American commu-nity, and in particular the continued declining op-portunities for Black men in America, this forum of-fers to bring a tremendous awareness to the partici-pants of strategies we can employ to improve our economic, family, and ed-ucational situations,” Dur-ham said.

About the councilThe agenda will include

topics on criminal justice, crime prevention, educa-tion, economics, employ-ment and health.

The council has repeat-edly stressed the impor-tance of community sup-port in the efforts to raise awareness about the socio-economic conditions af-fecting Black men and boys

in the state of Florida.During the 2006 Legis-

lative Session, the Legis-lature created the Flori-da Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys to be administratively housed within the Office of the Attorney General.

The council was created to and is charged with pro-posing measures to allevi-ate and correct the under-lying causes of the condi-tions affecting Black men and boys including homi-cide rates, arrest and incar-

ceration rates, poverty, vi-olence, drug abuse, death rates, disparate annual in-come levels and health is-sues.

The council’s next busi-ness meetings will be on Thursday, Jan. 31, at 11 a.m. and Friday, Feb. 1 at 10 a.m. at the Hilton, 100 North Atlantic Ave., Day-tona Beach. The purpose of the meetings is to up-date the council’s bylaws and focus on a 2013 sum-mit. All meetings are open to the public.

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Ida Duncan Wright will be sworn in as the newest member of the Volusia County School Board Jan. 29 at 9 a.m. at the DeLand Administrative Complex Board Room, 200 North Clara Avenue, DeLand.

The next regular School Board meet-ing will be held on that same day start-ing at 4 p.m. as reported in last week’s

Daytona Times, but the swearing in ceremony will not take place during the meeting. Wright is planning a recep-tion at 7:30 p.m. following the school board meeting.

Won seat in special electionWright defeated retired educator

Kathy Williams, widow of the late Al Williams who died Oct. 1 after winning re-election on Aug. 16 against Wright.

“They say the third time is a charm - I will never deny that statement. I am deeply humbled to serve as the Volusia County School Board, District 2 Repre-sentative. I pledge to represent our Dis-trict 2 Community with a high degree of integrity. Each decision made will be thoughtful and backed by extensive re-search,” Wright said in an interview with the Daytona Times after winning the seat she will hold for the next four years.

“I look forward to working with con-stituents, staff, administrators, and fel-low board members as we improve parent and community engagement, ensure fiscal responsibility and work to develop substantive public/private partnerships,” she concluded.

District 2 includes most of Daytona Beach, South Daytona, Daytona Beach Shores, Ponce Inlet and part of Port Or-ange.

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Attorney: Law school not coming to Daytona

BY JAMES HARPERDAYTONA TIMES harperjames59@yahoo.com

Hemis Ivey, chairman of the Midtown Redevelopment Area Board, does not understand why the local daily paper has chosen to write a story about him on an arrest that took place almost three years ago.

The headline in the Daytona Beach News-Journal read, “Daytona’s Midtown board chairman has criminal history, re-cords show.”

“It was a matter of public record. It is insignificant to me (that the News-Jour-nal ran a story). I want to thank all the people who contacted me personally af-ter reading the story and stood by me,” Ivey said.

Susan Cerbone, a spokesman for Day-tona Beach, told the Daytona Times this week that “having a felony arrest or con-viction does not disqualify a person from serving on a city board.”

“Evidence will show that I should not have been convicted,” said Ivey in an exclusive interview with the Daytona Times.

Appealing verdictIvey said he is appealing a jury verdict.

He was found guilty of grand theft in a trial last September, court records show. Adjudication was withheld and Ivey was placed on probation for three years.

The actual incident occurred in 2010, a police report shows. It involved a 2008 Dodge truck Ivey owned that was being repossessed.

The driver of a tow truck owned by Flor-ida Recovery Systems was dispatched to Ivey’s address to repossess the pickup.

Ivey allegedly got into his pickup and drove it off the back of the tow truck as it was lifting the vehicle, the report shows. Ivey’s actions damaged the tow truck’s hydraulic lift system, police said.

The officer said Ivey then refused to speak with him while the policeman drove Ivey to police headquarters on Val-or Boulevard, the report shows.

In December, Ivey told The Daytona Beach News-Journal that he was done with the board because his term had ex-pired. But on Jan. 8, he was named chair-man of the panel again, city records show.

City Commissioner Paula Reed, whose area of representation includes Mid-town, said Ivey was only given a three-month extension on the board, not a re-appointment. In a voicemail message Tuesday, Reed said a “reassessment” is being done on the Midtown redevelop-ment plan and Ivey is familiar with both the reassessment and the company that’s doing it.

Besides the grand theft charge, Ivey was also found guilty of battery in 2004, court records show. Adjudication was withheld in that case, as well, but a judge ordered Ivey to attend anger manage-ment classes.

A police report stated that Ivey was seen on Lincoln Street in his pickup at which time he refused to give his version of the incident “until he spoke to his law-yer.”

Businessman, veteranIvey said he pled guilty to a battery

charge in 2004 after defending himself from the owners of a storage unit while

looking into a matter involving his moth-er.

Ivey, who has his own business and is a veteran who served in the Army for 15 years before he was honorably dis-charged, said the daily newspaper’s ar-ticle would not stop him from making a difference in the city.

“Because I am self-employed, this al-lows me to control my destiny. I will con-tinue to be self-employed and create my own path,” said Ivey, who believes he should not have been found guilty and is not worried now that the story is out.

Ivey said he is proud of his contri-butions while serving on the Midtown board, which includes the completion of the Midtown Master Plan.

Why now?Ivey, who is a construction consultant,

also is proud of a building that bears his name, the $1.2 million Ivey, Ferguson Reed Apartment complex on the cor-ner of Magnolia and Lincoln, which he is part owner.

Ivey said he is currently working on another half million-dollar project that he will be talking more about in the fu-ture once details have been worked out.

“I’m giving back to my community and hopefully instilling hope in others. I want to see the community thrive,” said Ivey.

Ivey, who completed two consecutive terms on the Midtown board serving as its chair and vice chair, said he does not understand why it is an issue now.

“It should not have been an issue. It should have been brought up three years ago,” said Ivey.

“I have served honorably as chair and vice chair and will continue to do so as long as I am appointed. My goal is to bring economic stability and jobs to our community,” Ivey said.

Termed outCerbone confirmed that Ivey’s term on

the Midtown board has ended and that he is serving on the board until the city commission appoints someone to re-place him.

“He has served two terms and is termed out. His term expired on Dec. 31, 2012,” said Cerbone.

Assistant City Manager Betty Good-man said this week in an interview that the city has three vacancies on the Mid-town board.

Pat Heard and Margaret Symonette, who currently serve on the board, have turned in their applications to be reap-pointed to the board.

Goodman said incumbents are not guaranteed reappointment to the boards, depending upon the other residents who are interested in serving.

Appointments are made by city com-missioners and the mayor.

Since the last appointments to the board, there are now two new commis-sioners and a new mayor.

Goodman said it is not unusual for members of the city’s advisory boards to serve until a replacement is chosen even though their terms have expired.

She hopes more people contact her to serve on the Midtown board and request information about vacancies on other boards.

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ECHO grant workshop

The Volusia Coun-ty Council has extended the application deadline for the 2012-13 Environ-mental, Cultural, Histor-ical and Outdoor Recre-ation (ECHO) grants pro-gram to May 1. This ex-tension will provide orga-nizations the opportunity to apply for a new grant and/or reapply with a grant that previously was deemed deficient or inel-igible.

Organizations that did not attend a workshop in August must attend

a workshop from 8:30 a.m. to noon Feb. 8 in the third-floor training room of the Volusia County Lifeguard Headquarters and Administration Cen-ter, 515 S. Atlantic Ave., Daytona Beach.

The workshop is free and open to the public.

ECHO grants are pro-vided through a com-petitive application pro-cess annually and are for the purpose of acquir-ing, building or restoring environmental learning centers, cultural facilities, historical/ heritage facili-ties and outdoor recre-

ation facilities that are open for public use.

Eligible applicants in-clude 501(c)(3) not-for-profit groups that have a local office in Volusia County, municipal gov-ernments within Volu-sia County, and depart-ments of Volusia County Government.

A copy of the ECHO grant guides and applica-tions is available at www.volusia.org/echo.

For more informa-tion, contact Bobbie King at bgking@volusia.org or 386-736-5953.

Jan. 16-17 was a time of training and recognition of achievement through awards. The paradigm shifts to 282 volunteers and staff gathered at SHINE’s annu-al training in Orlando and persons like Vivian Rowe and Carol Sarni bringing home “the gold.”

The duo was tasked with new changes in Medicare and health insurance. Serv-ing Health Insurance Needs of Elders (SHINE) is a state-wide, volunteer program making accessible free Medicare and health insur-ance education, counseling and assistance to persons with Medicare, their fami-lies, and caregivers.

The Florida Department of Elder Affairs administers SHINE, funded by a grant from the Centers for Medi-care & Medicaid Services, the federal agency respon-sible for Medicare.

Shine Associate Leader Carol Sarni and Volunteer Counselor Vivian Rowe have risen to the occasion, winning the Flagler County award for “the highest per-centage of eligible benefi-ciaries served.”

They scored recognition from the State of Florida, representing the counties with an urbanized cluster of 50,000 to 249,999 in a to-tal population.

Sarni and Rowe make life easier since case manag-ers cannot do it all. They’ve lightened the caseload for Senior Services Program Manager Joanne Hinkel and Human Services Program Manager Janet Nickels of Flagler County Human Ser-vices, 1000 Belle Terre Bou-levard, Palm Coast.

The paradigm has a frame around non-bias as-sistance to clients regard-ing medical claims, bills and statements – an un-derstanding of the Medi-care appeals process - and referrals to other agencies.

Elders ages 60 and old-er are informed of the re-

sources to free and dis-counted prescription drugs, and presentations to com-munity groups can be pro-vided regarding Medicare and health coverage. Infor-mation to services are also available offsite at Access Flagler First at the Flagler County Fairgrounds and the Wickline Center on S.R. A1A in Flagler Beach. Informa-tion on “Meals on Wheels” food stamps, and other ser-vices are also available.

To learn about elder ser-vices and the dates and time scheduled at the off-site locations, call Flagler County Human Services at 386-586-2324.

Pastor Edwin Coffie celebrates anniversary

Sending a shoutout to

Pastor Ed-win Coffie on his 15th pastoral an-niversary at the Mt. Cal-vary Baptist Church of Palm Coast.

The cel-e b r a t o r y

theme on Sunday was “God’s Chosen Vessel For

His Purpose and Direction.” And from Jeremiah 3:15, it was affirmed: “...I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.”

•••As always, remember

our prayers for the sick, af-flicted and bereaved.

By Jeroline D. Mccarthy | Daytona Times

Palm Coast Community news

Sheldon Shamarr Henderson, Jan. 24; Shaaf McGlown, Jan. 26. Master Roman Sword, Jan. 27. Happy anniversary to William “BJ” and Marva Jones, Jan. 25.

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Operations center ribbon cuttingThe Emergency Operations and Sheriff’s Communica-tions Center Ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held Feb. 27 at 2 p.m. at 3825 Tiger Bay Road. The 43,000 square-foot, 21 million dollar facility will house the county’s emer-gency operations and sheriff’s communications activities, including countrywide 9-1-1 dispatch functions.

Family Photo Fun DayEnjoy an afternoon of free parent-child art and photogra-phy sessions for children aged 5-12 as Southeast Museum of Photography staff leads a variety of activities that will explore new ways of seeing and creating on Feb. 2 from 1 p.m.- 3 p.m. All children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian and pre-registration is required. The museum is at Daytona State College, Hos-seini Center (#1200), 1200 W. International. Speedway Blvd. More information: 386-506-4569. Fresh Start Revival at Mt. BethelThe Mt. Bethel Baptist Insti-tutional Church announces its 2013 Fresh Start Revival Feb. 6, 7 and 8 at 7 p.m. nightly. The guest evangelist will be

the Rev. Victor Gooden, pastor of New Life Church Ministries, Holly Hill. The church is on the corners of Martin Luther King and South Street. SCORE plansemail seminarSponsored by the Small Busi-ness Development Center at Daytona State College and SCORE, a free two-part seminar demonstrates how organiza-tions can make the most of an email marketing strategy by using Constant Contact. The seminar will be held at Daytona State College Feb. 12 from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Registration required. More information and registration: 386-506-4723 or e-mail sbdc@DaytonaState.edu.

Heritage festivalin New SmyrnaThe 22nd Annual Black Heri-tage Festival “Sharing yester-day, preserving today, shaping tomorrow” will be held Feb. 8-10 at the Mary S. Harrell Black Heritage Museum, 314 N. Duss St. and Pettis Park in New Smyrna Beach. Live music and entertainment, arts and crafts, food and vendors will be on site and a Gospel Fest will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. More information: Jimmy Harrell 386-478-1934.

Jazz Combo to perform at library The Stetson University Jazz Combo will perform Feb. 9 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the auditorium of the Daytona Beach Regional Library at City Island. The student musicians will perform jazz standards and songs from the Great American Songbook. The free event is sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

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Just when you think leaders of the National Rifle Association can’t stoop any lower, they keep managing to plunge even deeper. This time, they have strayed way over the line of respectability by using Malia and Sasha’s enroll-ment in Sidwell Friends, a private Quaker school, to malign Presi-dent Obama over his proposal to place limits on the sale of assault rifles and expand background checks.

“Are the president’s kids more important than yours? Then why is he skeptical about put-ting armed security in our schools when his kids are protected by armed guards at their school? Mr. Obama demands the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes. But he’s just another elitist hypocrite when it comes to a fair share of security. Protection for their kids. And gun-free zones for ours.”

Used as pawnsWhite House Press Secretary Jay

Carney was correct when he said in a statement: “Most Americans agree that a president’s children should not be used as pawns in a

political fight. But to go so far as to make the safety of the president’s children the subject of an attack ad is repugnant and cowardly.”

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, said: “To talk about the president’s children or any public officer’s children who have – not by their own choice, but by requirement – to have protection and use that somehow to make a political point I think is reprehen-sible.”

NRA insult to scumI am tempted to call NRA Exec-

utive Vice President Wayne LaPi-erre and his comrades scum. But I’m going to resist the temptation. Not because they don’t fit that de-scription. I’m restraining myself because to call them scum would be an insult to scum.

A second NRA ad, running four-

and-a-half-minutes, tossed in an image of NBC newsman David Gregory – whose children also at-tend Sidwell Friends School – for good measure. The narrator in the ad says “Armed Guards — Good enough for the David Gregory’s kids’ school, not for the rest of us. …[The] school Obama’s daughters attend has 11 armed guards.”

Not surprisingly, the ad conve-niently ignores the fact that the Secret Service is required to pro-tect the president’s children. They protected Chelsea Clinton and Ju-lie Nixon when they attended the school, known as “the Harvard of Washington’s private schools.”

Although the original NRA ad leaves the impression that it is re-ferring to Secret Service agents, the longer version makes it clear that NRA is referencing security guards at the school, which has a lower school campus in Bethes-da, Md. and middle and upper schools in northwest Washing-ton, D.C.

.The Washington Post’s Fact Checker column awarded the NRA ad four Pinocchios, representing a “whopper” of a lie. The newspa-

per noted, “…the online directory for Sidwell Friends lists 11 people as working in the Security Depart-ment. Five are listed as ‘special police officer,’ while two are list-ed as ‘on call special police officer,’ which presumably means they do not work full time. The directory also lists two weekend shift super-visors, one security officer and the chief of security.“

“… But we spoke to parents who said they had never seen a guard on campus with a weapon. And Ellis Turner, associate head of Sidwell Friends, told us emphati-cally: ‘Sidwell Friends security of-ficers do not carry guns.’”

The NRA’s ad claiming that President Obama is “skeptical about putting armed security in our schools” misrepresents his position. The clip was taken out of context from an exchange between the president and David Gregory on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

Clearly, the president did not say he was skeptical about placing armed security guards in schools. Instead, he said that is not “the only answer.”

NRA denounces ObamaEven more insane, at a press

conference, Wayne LaPierre of the NRA asserted that the answer to preventing future incidents like the one at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. is the placement of armed guards in ev-ery school.

Among the proposals present-ed by President Obama is provid-ing federal funds to place more of-ficers in schools, if the school re-quests them.

After acting on a specific propos-al made by NRA, the gun lobbying organization denounced Obama yet again. After coming under at-tack by even some conservatives, NRA spokesman Andrew Aru-lanandam said: “If anyone thinks we’re talking specifically about someone’s children, they’re miss-ing the point completely…”

No, that’s exactly the point. Leave those beautiful Obama girls out of your degenerate ad cam-paigns.

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Blacks need to hold Obama accountable

Four years ago, President Obama made history by becoming the first Black president in the history of the U.S. I would like to think that even those who did not support his candidacy were proud of what the American people demonstrat-ed – that anything is possible with-in our system of government. Play by the rules, work hard, present a compelling agenda and the Amer-ican people will respond.

Obama was by far a much better candidate than John McCain and presented a more inspiring vision for America. McCain had much more substance, but an inability to speak directly to the American people.

Four years later, “Hope and Change” has turned in to “I Hope He Changes.” This is a common sentiment running through the Black community. They were dis-appointed in the total silence of the Obama administration’s on is-sues such as the high unemploy-ment rate within the Black com-munity, the lack of engagement within the continent of Africa, and the seeming lack of attention paid to domestic issues.

Blacks overlookedI will remind you that Blacks gave

Obama 96 percent of their vote in 2008 and thus far has little to show for it. Homosexuals (2 percent of

the electorate has seen tangible re-sults from Obama –repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell; the push to recog-nize homosexual marriage, etc.), illegals have seen tangible results from Obama (the push for amnes-ty, the Dream Act, etc.), but Blacks have seen and heard speeches — “get out of bed, put your marching shoes on and stop complaining.”

So, the question I have been pondering is this: Which is more important to the Black community — someone who makes them feel good (Obama) or someone who secures tangible legislation to ad-dress their concerns?

Psychologically speaking, no one can make you feel good if you don’t already feel good about yourself. No one can make you feel loved if you don’t already love yourself. You never hear ho-mosexuals or illegals speaking in terms of Obama making them feel good. They want something spe-cific or they are willing to withhold their support.

I think there is strong consen-sus within the Black community

that the unemployment rate is at epidemic proportions and would not be tolerated within other com-munities. But we have shown no willingness to do anything about it other than complain.

No fear of retributionRemember former chairman

of the Congressional Black Cau-cus once said that “if Obama was White, we would be marching on the White House.” So, why should any person take the Black commu-nity seriously when there is no fear of retribution?

I, like most Americans, was thrilled to see a Black person elect-ed president. But, I can’t get a job based on a feeling, I can’t get a stu-dent loan because I feel good, I can’t prevent crime from happen-ing because I feel good. At some point, you must take away the emotional (feeling good) and re-place that with something tangible (legislation).

Our presidents represent the whole of the U.S., but sometimes different groups need special at-tention based on their unique needs. This is one area where Obama has been grossly derelict. But, again, what are Blacks pre-pared to do to get him to act? Thus far, the answer has been absolutely nothing.

Easier for WhitesSo, in a kind of weird way, Obama

has made it much easier for future White presidents to ignore Blacks, regardless of party. For example, we know the next president will be White, so what happens when he doesn’t do something Blacks think he should and his response is, “You didn’t ask Obama for this, so why should I do it for you?”

This is strictly a hypothetical question, but I can guarantee that future presidents and their staffs will at least think these thoughts. How does the Black community deal with this question?

This is the problems Blacks have

created for themselves by giving Obama a pass on many issues sim-ply because he is Black. We must become more politically sophisti-cated and less emotional. Despite the historic nature of his presi-dency, his lack of a real relation-ship with the Black community re-mains a mystery.

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Who is surprised that Lance Armstrong was doping? Who thinks he was the only one? Who is surprised that he used the Oprah Winfrey show as his platform to “come clean”? We are a nation of cheaters and Armstrong is one in a long line of our nation’s cheaters.

Native Americans slaughtered

Indeed the very foundation of our country is the result of cheat-ing. The Pilgrims cheated the Na-tive Americans that befriended them out of their land. Later, the United States Army continued that cheating by slaughtering Na-tive people, kicking them off their land, and consigning them to res-ervations. As a result of this thiev-ery and chicanery Native Ameri-can people have the shortest life expectancy of any ethnicity in these United States.

Enslaved people were cheated with the fruit of their labor, not to mention their lives and liberty, by our nation’s “peculiar institution.” After slavery was abolished, the cheating continued. The share-cropper system was nothing but an official method of cheating.

Blacks lost landLand owned by African-Amer-

icans was stolen. Those Afri-can-Americans who managed to amass wealth had to pretend they had less because economic envy sparked the wholesale appropria-tion of land and communities. Ex-amples include the destruction of Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Okla-homa, and the 1898 destruction of property (and life) in Wilmington, N.C. Some historians estimate that there were more 200 of these

kinds of incidents.

Mexico hustledWe cheated Mexico by appro-

priating half their land in a murky “trade” through the Louisiana Pur-chase. Now we have the nerve to talk about “illegal immigration” because people are returning to land that was once stolen from them. And daily, employers cheat undocumented people because without legal documents, they have no bargaining power against unscrupulous employers.

Cheating? George W. Bush and his minions cheated Al Gore of the presidency in 2000, and the Su-preme Court aided and abetted him in this cheating.

Let’s not even talk about the theft implicit in the banking bail-out. These banks were lent mon-ey to aid in economic recovery by lending money, but instead of lending, they’ve tightened up credit requirements, making it more difficult for some people to

borrow. And figuring out ways to cheat on one’s taxes may be one of the great American pastimes.

Racism form of cheatingThere are more ways to cheat

that putting your sticky fingers on things that don’t belong to you. Af-rican-American men are cheated of their dignity and freedom of mo-bility, whenever empty taxis speed by them. African-American wom-en are cheated of the ability to see themselves reflected in the pub-lic space when advertisers treat us as stereotypes. And racism cheats us of the ability to have equality of opportunity.

I’m not at all condoning Lance Armstrong’s doping, and I ful-ly agree with the decisions to pull his titles and banish him from biking. Yet there is much irony in the way people are handling this. The Today Show had cheater Pete Rose commenting on Lance Arm-strong’s cheating. That’s like ask-ing the fox to comment when his brother breaks into the henhouse, or like asking George W. Bush to comment on an election. And not to play the “race” game, but don’t you think all hell would break loose if this were an African-Amer-ican athlete?

Pilgrims first cheatersNow Armstrong has humbled

himself by admitting he was wrong after adamantly denied he was doping. Why now… to clean up his name, to get back in the game, to keep raising money for his cancer-fighting organization? Like the foundation of our na-tion’s culture, though, Armstrong is both a liar and a cheat.

It is a shame that Lance Arm-strong chose to cheat during his biking career. If we had to re-

cite a litany of cheaters, we’d have to start with the Pilgrims, the Founding Fathers that con-doned slavery, and move on from there.

Julianne Malveaux is a Washington, D.C.-based econ-omist and writer. She is Pres-ident Emerita of Bennett Col-lege for Women in Greens-boro, N.C. Click on this story at www.daytonatimes.com to write your own response.

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merman, accused of kill-ing Trayvon, initially tried to use in his defense. Zim-merman has been charged with second-degree mur-der in the case and is pur-suing a self-defense ap-proach.

Crump said they sup-port repealing of the law, starting over and fixing it so others cannot use it as a defense tool. Their goal is that what is happening to Trayvon’s parents – who are only seeking justice for their son – doesn’t happen to other parents.

“It’s going to be hard to get the bill repealed be-cause of gun lobby. We are trying to build a coalition of parents. Until it comes to your doorsteps, you are looking at it (killing of your child) in the abstract,” said Crump.

March in Miami; vigil in New York

A peace march in re-membrance of Trayvon is scheduled Feb. 9 in Mi-ami near where his moth-er lives. Details are still be-ing worked out. Trayvon would have been 18 on Feb. 5, 2013.

On Feb. 26, the anniver-

sary of the day Trayvon was killed, Crump said he and Trayvon’s parents like-ly will be in New York City for what is being called the “Million Hoodie Candle Light Vigil.’’

Crump said they are call-ing for participants around the world at 7:17 p.m. on Feb. 26 to put on a hoodie and light a candle in mem-ory of Trayvon to bring at-tention to a killing he says would not have happened had Zimmerman not been stalking Trayvon.

In his speech during the banquet, Crump recalled a telephone call he received from Trayvon’s father af-ter he learned of his son’s death.

Crump said Martin, who had a hopeless tone in his voice and a sense of de-spair told him “they” killed his son. “People who are supposed to administer justice are looking the oth-er way,” Crump recalled Martin saying to him.

“I remember telling Mr. Martin. We believe in the system. I said you don’t need me for this. I’m sure they are going to arrest someone,” Crump related, admitting he would later have to eat those words for it would take media atten-tion and the marching of thousands for the wheels of justice to start turning.

“I was ashamed of our

justice system,” Crump said, adding that’s why he decided to help the fam-ily even if it meant losing money and the possibility of nothing coming out of their actions.

“A year later you couldn’t have told me the Tray-von Martin phenomenon would happen,” Crump noted.

Crump said his clients, Tracy Martin and Sylvia Fulton, are emotionally and physically drained but he added they realized they have to “stand up for Tray-von, stand up for justice.”

“We’re watching to see if all men are created equal - if there is equal justice in

America,” Crump conclud-ed.

Trayvon scholarship presented

One of the highlights of the banquet was when Trayvon’s parents present-ed a $1,000 scholarship award named in their son’s honor to Sylvester Coving-ton III, a senior at Atlantic High School in Port Orange who plans to attend the University of Central Flor-ida in the fall. He wants to become a psychologist.

Fulton said to Covington as he received the award, “Keep your mind clear and keep your heart on God.”

Dr. L. Ronald Durham, pastor of Greater Friend-ship Missionary Bap-tist Church, and chair-man of the MLK Celebra-tion For Florida, Inc, which sponsored the event, also praised the other scholar-ship recipients.

They are Courtney Caldwell of Atlantic High, who plans to attend Flori-da A&M University; Tyesha Evins, Atlantic High, who is going to University of Flori-da; Michael Owen Murray, Spruce Creek High, who is attending Harvard Univer-sity; and Brandyn Thomp-son, soon to be a gradu-ate of Mainland High. She hopes to attend the Uni-

versity of Florida.“Be reminded people in

your city thought enough to give you a token of ap-preciation. We hope you study hard and don’t allow distractions get in way of you staying in your books,” Durham added.

‘Miles to go’The Rev. John Long, al-

so was one of the speakers and organizers of the ban-quet.

“Young Black males’ lives are undervalued. Death of the (Black) male is viewed as elimination of a problem,” he said at the banquet.

“We will not allow their memories to fade,” said Long in reference to Dr. King, Trayvon and other Black males whose deaths have garnered national at-tention. He included Em-mett Till, Felipe Santos, Terrence Williams and Jor-dan Davis.

Volusia County Council’s newly elected Chairman Jason Davis said to the au-dience, “We still have many miles to go to accomplish the dream of Martin Luther King, Jr.

“His dream was for all – all Americans joining hands,” he told the pre-dominantly Black audi-ence. “It’s up to us to ful-fill Dr. King’s dream,” Davis concluded.

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Dr. John Long, pastor of Tubman-King Community Church in Daytona Beach, addresses attendees of the MLK banquet. Photos of various Blacks, including Tray-von Martin and Emmett Till, are shown on the screen behind him.

ultimate goal was for there to be no stig-ma for ourselves and for us to be any-thing that we want to be without any-body having fault,” Stokes remarked.

Commented Patricia Heard, “This is important. Dr. King paved a way for all of us. I’m irked to know that schools are out and all churches haven’t promoted this event. More people should be here. The dream is still alive but we have work to do especially amongst ourselves as a com-munity and a race. I remember when we first celebrated this holiday at City Hall.’’

Inauguration ‘icing on the cake’

People also were excited about Presi-dent Obama’s inauguration, which took place on that day.

“Our theme is Celebrating the Dream and Dreamer. We see it in the inaugura-tion and this march that there is a cross-banding and coming together of the dream,’’ added Durham.

Heard related about the inaugura-tion, “It’s an historic moment. Laws have changed. We have come a long way with Dr. King’s dream overtime with looking at Obama as our president.’’

Stokes added, “It’s appropriate and fit. It’s an historic day for us and this coun-try. With the inauguration being on this holiday is kind of icing on the cake.’’

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Wildcats fall to Savannah State on national TV BY ANDREAS BUTLERDAYTONA TIMES butleramj@yahoo.com

In a Black College bas-ketball showdown tele-vised live on ESPNU, Bet-hune-Cookman fell short to Savannah State 43-40 on Monday.

“We should have won the game. We missed free throws and had too many turnovers,” said Gravelle Craig, B-CU’s head coach.

Savannah State convert-ed critical free throws while B-CU made critical turn-overs and missed a few free throws down the stretch.

The Tigers led by as much as 10 points in the first half and led 21-12 at halftime.

The Wildcats rallied and held a five-point lead with nine minutes to play.

The game was just about even statistically. B-CU did get off more shots and made more shots but free throws were the deciding factor. The Wildcats were 6-for-12 from the line while Savannah went 12-for-24.

Adrien Coleman led B-CU with a game-high 16 points and eight rebounds.

Arnold Louis paced Sa-vannah State with a dou-ble- double tallying 13 points and a game high 11 rebounds.

Note: Kevin Dukes (five points) scored his 1,000th career point with a three-pointer with 14:14 to play for B-CU.

The Wildcats held off South Carolina State for a 60-52 win two days earlier.

B-CU beat South Caroli-na for the seventh straight time dating back to 2011 and won on the road for first since Nov. 15 in New Orleans.

“Anytime you win on the road is good. We are get-ting better defensively and we played tough today,” said Craig.

Coleman had 17 points, Kevin Dukes 15 points and Ricky Johnson nine points with 11 rebounds for the ‘Cats.

Women’s hoops: Lady Wildcats split

Bethune-Cookman split its road series games with South Carolina State and Savannah State.

B-CU went only 5-for-22 from the field in the second half, which led to a 58-39 loss to South Carolina State on Jan. 19.

“In the first half, we were

in tune defensively but in the second half we didn’t take advantage of our of-fensive opportunities,” said B-CU Coach Vanessa Blair.

Jasmine Evans had 10 points and Chastity Taylor chipped in eight points and six boards for the Wildcats.

B-CU rebounded with a solid 50-41 win over Savan-nah State on Monday.

“I thought our defense held us together when we struggled offensively,” add-ed Blair.

Taylor paced the La-dy Wildcats attack with a game-high 19 points.

Terrenisha Hollis added 10 points and Shakeyia Co-

lyer 10 rebounds for B-CU.Both basketball pro-

grams will have a three game home stand when they host Delaware State (Jan 26), Maryland-Eastern Shore (Jan 28) and Florida A&M (Feb 2).

Women’s bowling: Third in tourney

The 19th-ranked wom-en’s bowling team placed third last week at the Fred-erick E. Underwood Tour-nament in Laurel, Md.

On the final day of the tournament, B-CU fell short in comeback bids against fourth- ranked Sam Houston State 4-3 and

North Carolina A&T 4-3 in bracket play but defeated the University of Alabama Birmingham for third place to conclude the tourna-ment.

“We bowled tough and as a unit all weekend. The team stayed together after some tough early goings on Sunday and I am proud of them,” said Tony O’Neal, B-CU’s head bowling coach.

The Wildcats posted a 10-3 record during the three day event, which fea-tured 14 teams.

Individually, Rachel Moore and Staci Hilliard were named to the All-Tournament team for B-

CU. They along with team-mate Felicia Baker finished in the top 20 bowlers.

Sam Houston State won the tournament while North Carolina A&T placed second.

During the tournament, B-CU picked up wins over North Carolina A&T, Chow-an, Lincoln (Pa.), Virginia State, Salem International, Bowie State, Coppin State, Morgan State and Howard.

The Wildcats will com-pete in the Klutztown University Invitational in Ready, Pa., from Jan. 25-27.

BY ANDREAS BUTLERDAYTONA TIMES butleramj@yahoo.com

The Spruce Creek Hawks boy’s basketball is only 8-11 but the team has been bat-tling hard all season.

The Hawks have a young squad with four freshman and four sophomores on their roster.

“Our young guys have played a lot which will help us in the long run. We are improving every game and our future looks bright. On the flip side, we haven’t been able to finish games and haven’t shot the ball well. In many games we only shot about 35 percent.” respond-ed Head coach, Joe Giddens.

Despite their losses, Creek has some big wins over tough programs in the competi-tive district. They have beat-en Oviedo Hagarty, Long-wood Lyman and Altamonte Springs Lake Brantley.

“Hagarty was the third ranked team in the state when we beat them and Lake Brantley was ranked earlier in the season. Hagarty made it to the state champion-ship last season. Our district is tough and it is very wide open. DeLand and Seminole are also in our district and they have been playing well,” commented Giddens.

Giddens knows what it takes to win. The Daytona native and was a standout football and basketball play-er at Mainland High School. Giddens won state champi-onships with the Buccaneers in 1995 with NBA star Vince Carter and in 1996 with TT Toliver.

“Being a local coach has been a great experience. I can relate to the kids. Some of the kids we have now, I went to school with their parents and they know what we accom-plished. I have Vince Cart-er come and talk to our kids sometimes. I also have an assistant in Chase Tramont who won a title at Mainland in 1998. We try to show our

kids how the game is played and what it takes to get it done,” answered Giddens.

Seniors in guard Alex Mas-tre and center Mike Colubi-ale lead the Spruce Creek at-tack but Senior forward Mal-colm Fletcher has been the X-factor.

“Alex and Mike both have very played well but we have been in a lot of games be-cause of Fletcher who brings us energy, He makes tremen-dous plays on both ends of the court. He does it all and is only 6-feet tall and rebounds very well,” said Giddens.

Sophomore point guard Kyle Clarke, freshman for-ward Niko Green and fresh-man guard Keyshawn John-son have also given the team a boost.

“Kyle has played well for us this year. Niko and Key-shawn are very good players who played in middle school last season. Niko played for Campbell who won a cham-pionship last season. Both Niko and Keyshawn are start-ers,” added Giddens.

Spruce Creek is a program that has been hit by star play-ers transferring. This season they lost Brandon Thompson to Mainland and a year be-fore they lost Dalton Barnes to Father Lopez.

“You don’t recover, you just move on. Coach David How-ard who was here before me told me that this stuff hap-pens and to be ready for it. You care about your kids and you keep caring for them. I always have a good word for them and about them to oth-ers, expressed Giddens.”

Still the Hawks are hoping that things come together as they head into district tour-nament with hopes of mak-ing a playoff run within the next few weeks.

“We just have to give the effort. We play 110 percent

the doors will be opened. We play with effort and heart anything is possible,” said Giddens.

Football: Rodriguez leaves Seabreeze

Seabreeze High School star running back Trevaughn Ro-driguez transferred to Main-land.

Rodriguez lives in the Mainland zone and wants to spend more time with his daughter.

In 2012 Rodriguez ran for 925 yards and 12 touchdowns for the Sandcrabs.

Rodriguez is one of the ar-ea’s top recruits with offers from Wake Forrest, Boston College, Temple and Mem-phis.

Trinity get’s new AD; coach leaving

News-Journal Prep’s coor-dinator Buddy Shacklette re-tired after 22 years and took over as the Athletic Director at Deltona Trinity Christian Academy on Tuesday.

Head football coach Al-len Johnson will resign at the end of the school year. In 2012, Trinity went 7-4 and made it to the second round of the Class 2A playoffs.

Johnson led the program for its entire nine-year exis-tence which included sever-al post season appearances and a trip to the Final Four. He plans on staying in the ar-ea.

Prep Sports Seven basketball rankings

Girls: 1. Father Lopez (19-4), 2. Atlantic (13-6), 3. De-Land (19-2), 4. Flagler Palm Coast (18-5), 5. Trinity (17-6), 6. Seabreeze (9-8), 7. War-ner (7-7).

Boys: 1. Father Lopez (18-2), 2. DeLand (14-5), 3. New Smyrna (17-3), 4. Mainland (13-7), 5. Calvary (14-5), 6. FPC (10-11), 7. Halifax (10-7). Others: Spruce Creek (8-11), Atlantic (8-9).

BY BOB GLAUBERNEWSDAY (MCT)

Inside the losers’ locker room, Ray Lewis gathered his teammates around him, some of them close to tears. The Ravens had just lost to the Patriots, 23-20, in last year’s AFC Champion-ship Game when Billy Cundiff missed a 32-yard field-goal attempt in the fi-nal seconds, two plays after Lee Evans

failed to hold on to a pass in the end zone.

For 62 seconds, Lew-is implored the men around him to take the lessons of the loss and not be disheartened by them, but be inspired.

“God has never made a mistake, it ain’t about one play. It ain’t about nothin’!” Lewis

said. “This year, we did what we were supposed to do. We fought as a team. The fact is, we gotta come back and go to work to make sure we finish it next time. That’s all we gotta do.”

‘Stronger as a team’Turning to quarterback Joe Flacco,

who had played well enough to win, Lewis said, “Joe, you played your - - - off! You hear me, man? I’m telling you, man, don’t ever — don’t ever! — drop your head when it comes to a loss, dog, because there’s too much pain outside of this that people are really going through

Lewis finished by looking ahead to the 2012 season.

“This right here makes us stron-ger,” he said. “Let’s understand who we are as a team, let’s understand who we are as men, and let’s make some-body smile when we walk out of here. We got the opportunity to keep going, men. Let’s be stronger as a team, men. Let’s be who we are.”

‘So special’A year later, Lewis stood in the

same locker room after the Ravens finally had broken through against the host Patriots. The 28-13 upset sent the Ravens to the Super Bowl for the first time since the 2000 season, when Lewis led them to their only championship with a 34-7 win over the Giants.

“That moment, that conversation with my team, I was just telling them that ... it wasn’t no dropped pass, it

wasn’t no field goal,” Lewis said Sun-day night.

“Starting with last year’s loss here and then rebuilding as a team and coming in and having one of the best training camps ever, I can say, just because everyone believed in each other. It’s just so special. It’s so spe-cial to be here right now.”

Storybook ending?So special because these playoffs

are as much about Lewis as they are about the Ravens’ smashing run in the postseason.

They are about Flacco’s unflap-pable performance, yes, and about Ray Rice’s running and about a de-fense that somehow has managed to patch together enough stops despite injuries to key players such as Terrell Suggs, who missed most of the sea-son with an Achilles injury, and Lew-is himself, who suffered a torn triceps in mid-October and didn’t return un-til the playoffs.

But before he did come back, Lew-is — the face of this franchise since 1996, his first season and the team’s first in Baltimore — announced it would be his last run in a Ravens uni-form. Whenever the Ravens finished the playoffs that would be it. And look at him now: one step from a sto-rybook finish that only a handful of NFL stars get to experience.

“Ray Lewis has done so much for this team and for Baltimore,” defen-sive tackle Haloti Ngata said. “For us to help him get to the Super Bowl for his retirement is an amazing feeling. I’m just happy to be on his team and this time.”

Different backdropIt is a decidedly different backdrop

to Lewis’ Super Bowl run than the last. Twelve years ago, when he was about to face the Giants, Lewis dealt with questions and intense criticism about his involvement in a double murder outside a nightclub in Atlan-ta in January 2000.

Lewis and two acquaintances ini-tially were charged with murder, but the linebacker eventually pleaded to a misdemeanor obstruction of justice charge, was placed on probation and fined $250,000 by commissioner Paul Tagliabue for violating the NFL’s per-sonal conduct policy.

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BY BRETT ZONGKERASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON – As crowds descended and the inauguration unfolded, a few museum curators in Washington kept watch for symbols and messages that would make history.

The Smithsonian’s Na-tional Museum of African American History and Cul-ture will open during Pres-ident Barack Obama’s sec-ond term, and one section will feature a large display about the first Black presi-dent. Curators have been working since 2008 to gath-er objects, documents and images that capture his place in history.

Curator William Pretzer ventured into the crowd Monday, mostly looking for memorabilia that had a personal touch – be-yond the T-shirts and but-tons hawked by vendors. Pretzer was most interest-ed in handmade items, but he didn’t find much.

“There’s so much com-mercially produced stuff that people don’t go to the trouble anymore,’’ he said. “It’s the personal expres-sion, as opposed to the commercial’’ that the mu-seum most wants to dis-play.

Sweatshirts and flags

Among the masses of people, Ollie Parham, 55, and her fellow travelers stood out in their bright yellow Alabama NAACP sweatshirts. She rode all night in a tour bus, nearly 19 hours from Huntsville, Ala., to witness Obama’s oath-taking.

Pretzer told her about the museum’s collection effort and asked whether Parham might donate any memorabilia later. She said she would think about it; she had another all-night

drive home to get through first.

Shortly afterward, the curator stopped Larry Hol-mes, 56, of Washington, who was waving an Amer-ican flag with an inaugu-ration seal imprinted on the stripes. Holmes bought a similar souvenir flag at Obama’s 2009 inaugura-tion. Pretzer took Holmes’ picture and handed him a donation card, in case he might donate the flags lat-er.

Cardboard imagesWhen Peggy Shamley

Christian, a retired teach-er from Chesapeake, Va., heard about the collection effort, she dug through her purse to find an Obama magnet. Pretzer gladly ac-

cepted the tiny gift. Christian said she

worked to mobilize vot-ers for Obama’s re-election and was thrilled to cele-brate the inaugural.

“It just makes me feel like I’m a part of something wonderful,’’ she said.

“Instead of being con-sidered a second-class cit-izen, we all have it going on now,’’ added Christian, who is Black. “We all can stand up and be proud.’’

Keeping an eye out for the unusual, Pretzer spot-ted a man pulling two life-sized cutouts of the pres-ident and first lady on a cart through the crowd. He flagged down Ian Davis, 43, of Baltimore and asked whether he might donate the cutouts later.

Davis had been allow-ing visitors to take pictures with the “Obamas’’ for a donation.

“You gotta make a dol-lar,’’ he said, adding that he hauled the cutouts onto the National Mall “so I can see it, be it and participate.’’

Police eventually kicked him off the mall for ask-ing for money. Now, Davis’ cardboard images might be fit for a museum. He said he would donate them if his wife approves.

Invocation likelyThe museum has amass-

ed more than 300 Obama-related items, including furniture from a 2008 cam-paign office in northern Virginia and a cloth ban-ner from Tanzania with an

Obama portrait and mes-sage reading “Congratula-tions Barack Obama.’’

Curators might also try to acquire items from the inauguration platform, in-cluding, perhaps, the in-vocation written by Myrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers.

Evers was gunned down 50 years ago in the drive-way of his Mississippi home. That history became a link between Obama and the civil rights era.

Opens in 2015When the museum opens

in 2015 near the Washing-ton Monument, one floor will be devoted to a chro-nology of African-Ameri-can history, from 16th cen-

tury slavery through the Civil War, Reconstruction, the civil rights era and be-yond. The timeline will end with Obama and the 2008 election as a symbolic mo-ment.

“Portraying a living indi-vidual is always more chal-lenging,’’ Pretzer said. “You don’t have the perspective, and you don’t have all the evidence.’’

The exhibits can evolve later to show Obama’s im-pact and what comes next.

In planning for the future display, Pretzer and oth-er curators listened close-ly to Obama’s inauguration speech.

“Part of the dynamic is no longer, if it ever were, white and black. The dy-namic is now generational. It is gender; he mentioned gay rights, so sexuality; as well as race,’’ Pretzer said. “It was an `E Pluribus Un-um’ speech. It was `out of many, one.’’’

More than raceMuseum Director Lon-

nie Bunch said Obama’s speech was more progres-sive and aggressive than his first inaugural. It framed the ongoing issues of wom-en’s rights, gay rights and immigration in the context of the historic struggle for equality.

“It reminded people that the story of America is not just about today and to-morrow, but it’s also about yesterday,’’ Bunch said. “The way he framed his discussion was: `This his-tory is not a Black history. This is a history that has transformed America.’

“The question becomes, how effective is his admin-istration as a model for what the presidency can accomplish?’’

Smithsonian curators scout for Obama artifacts

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A spectator on the National Mall holds a picture of President Barack Obama and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the 57th presidential inauguration in Washington on Monday.