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Volume 97 Number 24 | JANUARY 29-FEBRUARY 4, 2020 | MiamiTimesOnline.com | Ninety-Three Cents Welcome home, Rashad The KC Chiefs defensive back was a Carol City Chief

MARK STALLWORTH Miami Times Contributor

Every football player's dream is not only to win a Super Bowl but to win one in their hometown. If you thought that the Super Bowl LIV wouldn’t feature a player from South Flor- ida especially a player from Miami-Dade Shuckin’ and Jivin’ owner County, just think again. Miami Carol City Senior High School Ernisha Randolph will cater alumnus Rashad Fenton will be participating in Super Bowl LIV this year. He is for the league’s guests. a rookie defensive back for the Kanas City

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tadium-sized bragging rights are now in order for Ernisha Randolph, who landed Sa contract as a Black vendor for the official NFL tailgate for Super Bowl LIV. Randolph combined heritage with hard work to establish Sweet Butter Hospitality Group and Shuckin’ and Jivin’ – Miami’s palate purveyor of Low Country cuisine rooted in Gullah Geechee traditions and the ancestral conventions of New Orle- ans. Miami Times photos/Gregory Reed The seasoned cook, who creates her Kansas City Chief Rashad Fenton own spices with fresh herbs, conjured conch salad and presented it in petite Chiefs. After being the 28th pick in the cylinders; small bites of cajun chick- sixth round – 201st overall in the 2019 NFL en were gathered and lathered with jivin’ Draft – Fenton is still living the dream. In his rookie season, Fenton has reached sauce; she topped it off with her staple south- a milestone that many players never do ern fried fish, and of course, there was nini bread. during their time in the NFL. “I’m still in a That’s what she delivered to win the contract. dream right now and I haven’t woken up,” “I don’t really know how to not over do it,” said Ran- Fenton said during Super Bowl opening dolph, the 36-year-old visionary who prepared food for night activities at Marlins Stadium Monday. a pitch day in the tradition of the venture capital tele- Ernisha Randolph, Fenton remembers the moment he was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs. vision program, “Shark Tank.” owner of Shuckin’ SEE SOUL 6A “It was a blessing. I ran out the house, and Jivin’ will screamed and let the whole neighborhood tantalize tastebuds. know I got drafted when I received that phone call,” Fenton said. “I really thought I wasn’t going to get drafted as it was near the end of the draft and I was getting ready to work out to begin my career as an undrafted player. But that phone call changed everything.” Fenton’s journey to the National Football League started at the North Dade Optimist. He played Optimist football for the North Dade Bulldogs and several teams in the South Florida Youth Football League, which is responsible for producing today’s NFL superstar talent such as Dalvin Cook and Teddy Bridgewater. Fenton participated

Miami Times photos/Penny Dickerson SEE FENTON 4A Photo illustration by Mitzi Williams Civil and criminal investigation pending against Ortiz dents at the medical campus.” Cases have been sent to the Miami-Dade Rodney W. Jacobs Jr., assistant director, of the Civilian Inves- State Attorney's Office and the FDLE tigative Panel, said that Ortiz PENNY DICKERSON dispositions. His file includes draws an extraordinary amount [email protected] seven lodged by Nestor Garcia of complaints. on June 26, 2019. Two of Gar- “He by far exceeds any officer The suspension with pay of cia’s complaints – one of which in terms of complaints in the Hispanic Capt. Javier Ortiz on is considered a potential case city of Miami Police,” Jacobs Wednesday, Jan. 22 was based of “double dipping” – are ones said. upon pending civil and criminal that were dispatched to county Following an internal affairs investigations. and state law enforcement. investigation, recommendations The Civilian Investigative Garcia alleges Ortiz “manipu- were made to send the com- Panel sent two cases for further lated the system and abused his plaints to the state attorney and review to the Miami-Dade State power by going over the allotted FDLE. Ortiz has been suspend- Attorney’s Office and the Flori- maximum off-duty and regular ed with pay pending further in- da Department of Law Enforce- work hours.” vestigation ment on Dec. 17, 2019. In another complaint, Garcia Rodney Jacobs The state attorney’s of- Ortiz was hired by the police alleges Ortiz, “while working an related to a police shooting. By fice, “neither confirm nor department March 22, 2004. His off-duty job at the University of abandoning his post, he neglect- deny the existence of an open personnel file has 51 complaints, Miami Medical Campus, Ortiz ed his duties and responsibility criminal investigation.” see story on some of which have pending responded to a radio dispatch of providing safety to the stu- SEE CASES 7A 9B

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MEMBER: National Newspaper Periodicals Postage Credo Of The Black Press Publisher Association paid at Miami, Florida Miami law enforcement (ISSN 0739-0319) The Black Press believes that America MEMBER: The Newspaper POSTMASTER: Published Weekly at 900 NW 54th Street, can best lead the world from racial and Association of America Send address changes to Miami, Florida 33127-1818 national antagonism when it accords Subscription Rates: One Year THE MIAMI TIMES, needs a fix from within Post Office Box 270200 to every person, regardless of race, $65.00 – Two Year $120.00 P.O. Box 270200 Buena Vista Station, Miami, Florida 33127 creed or color, his or her human and Foreign $75.00 Buena Vista Station, Miami, FL Phone 305-694-6210 legal rights. Hating no person, fearing 7 percent sales tax for Florida residents 33127-0200 • 305-694-6210 Miami Police Chief Jorge Colina touts many accolades H.E. SIGISMUND REEVES Founder, 1923-1968 no person, the Black Press strives to during his short tenure as head of law enforcement for the GARTH C. REEVES SR. Publisher 1919-2019 help every person in the firm belief that city. He took the lead in 2018 of a department that drew fed- GARTH C. REEVES JR. Editor, 1972-1982 all persons are hurt as long as anyone RACHEL J. REEVES Publisher 1992-2019 is held back. eral oversight in 2013 after police shot seven Black men in CAROLYN GUNISS Executive Editor eight months. But at the start of 2019, Colina said due to the help of residents, homicides were at a 50-year low in Miami in 2018. The agitated MLK I came to love Crime was down in 2019. But there were the mistaken arrests of Anthony Clinch, 19, CHARLES M. BLOW, columnist, The New York Times and Yaairnes Bryant, 21, on first-degree murder charges in When I was young I idol- This speech was delivered May 2018. Their faces were plastered across news reports as ized the Reverend Dr. Martin after the passage of the Civ- arrested for the crimes before they were released – with an Luther King Jr. the way most il Rights Act of 1964 and the apology from Colina. A cursory Google search of Yaairnes boys look up to athletes or Voting Rights Act of 1965. As Bryant’s name shows stories of his arrest and charges, cou- pop stars. King put it in the 1967 inter- pled with a mention here and there of his subsequent release. He was a Black man who view, passage of those acts His image is surrounded by images of the crime scene of the most people had come to ven- came at “bargained rates.” murder scene he allegedly committed. erate, one existing, it seemed, It seems that King was Mistakes happen. above the trivialities of tense even open to the idea of rep- So, it is not far-fetched that if Black police officers complain day-to-day racial exchanges, arations, if not explicitly by that they suffer at the hands of other rogue officers or unbear- one existing on a higher mor- name, at least in spirit. able policies, that there could be some truth. al plane. As King put it about his Poor Sgt. Stanley Jean-Poix, president of the Miami Communi- But, as I grew older and People’s Campaign, “Now, ty Police Benevolent Association, a union whose members learned and read more about when we come to Washington are mostly Black, have complained about a double-standard King, it became clearer to me in this campaign we’re com- that the King I had been fed ing to get our check.” for Black officers. Such arguments should have been handled was a caricature of the man King was assassinated a internally. But after getting no relief from Colina, Jean-Poix he was. I had been taught a to see that “some of the old for being “more concerned month before the campaign aired the department’s dirty laundry in public. He made a reduced King, smooth and optimism was a little superfi- about tranquility and the sta- was supposed to head to presentation to the Miami City Commissioners Jan. 17, doc- polished, a one-dimensional cial, and now it must be tem- tus quo than about justice, Washington. umenting how Black officers receive different, adverse treat- impersonation of a person. pered with a solid realism.” equality, and humanity.” And King was not afraid to ment than others in the department. I had been taught only the That evolution, toward a He slammed what he called point out white people’s hy- Colina counters that he doesn’t discriminate because the “Dream” King. That is what more “solid realism,” toward the “white backlash” for being pocrisy, particularly that of department is over-represented by Black officers, especial- America wants King to re- the more rational King, to- the cause of Black discontent the white moderates, those ly women. It does seem logical though that with more Black main: Frozen in perpetual ward the more radical King, and demands for Black pow- who were opposed to an- people in the department, there would be more complaints optimism, urging more than is why I happen to believe er, rather than the result of it, ti-Black cruelty but did not from Black officers. demanding, appealing to that one of King’s most con- calling it “merely a new name genuinely endorse Black Jean-Poix complained specifically about Capt. Javier Or- America’s better angels rath- sequential speeches is a lit- for an old phenomenon.” equality, fully and unequivo- tiz, an officer who has been employed since 2004. Ortiz has er than ruthlessly calling out tle-discussed address he gave And he declared that true cally. drawn numerous citizen complaints, some of which were its persistent demons. in 1967 at Stanford Universi- integration “is not merely a As a child, I idolized the sustained. He also caused consternation in the department As King said in a 1967 inter- ty. It was called “The Other romantic or aesthetic some- narrowed King. As an adult when he took his captain and lieutenant examinations as a view when asked about the America.” thing where you merely add I love the more complicated Black male, when he represented himself and a white, His- “Dream” speech, after much In it, King blasted “large color to a still predominantly King: agitated, exhausted and panic male. soul-searching he had come segments of white society” white power structure.” even angry. His behavior in public has been questionable for a civil servant and seemingly violates several entries in Section 14, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR “Dismissals, Suspensions, Demotions and Resignations,” of the city of Miami’s Civil Service Rules and Regulations. The Miami-Dade Branch of the NAACP is calling for his Dates of infamy in U.S. history include Trump's election dismissal. So is the Miami Community Police Benevolent As- Dear Editor, mafia godfather and William from a foreign government), roo court. The Constitution sociation. Barr is his consigliere, rather of the Constitution? and 3) requires a two-thirds super- Colina suspended Ortiz Jan. 22 once it became clear that These dates chronicle sig- than America’s attorney gen- Did the president initiate ac- majority vote by the Senate nificant events in our nation’s eral. tions to obstruct the House’s to convict to remove a pres- civil and criminal investigations pending against Ortiz would history: April 12, 1961, Dec. 7, Fortunately, the Founding constitutional authority to ident from office. bubble up to the surface. Ortiz stirred the pot when he made 1941, Sept. 11, 2001 and Nov. Fathers envisioned the need conduct oversight of the Ex- Further, Trump’s foreign national news declaring unsolicited at the Jan. 17 Miami City 8, 2016. The first date refer- to protect the nation from of- ecutive Branch? policy of assassinations Commission meeting that he was Black, and not white His- enced the beginning of the ficials, including a president, Because the answer was could be trending our nation panic. Civil War, which was fought who were unfit for office. yes to each of the three ques- toward World War III. His Doesn’t this sound like the special treatment and the cover- to preserve the Union, and Thus, Article II, Section 4, tions, the House did not be- use of diversionary tactics up of which the Black police union complained? thus ended slavery. The sec- was included in the Consti- cause of any fears abdicate to possibly distract attention Colina cannot hide behind the numbers that he hires and ond and third respectively tution. its constitutional responsibil- from his pending impeach- promotes Black people in his department, so therefore there denotes the bombing of Pearl The House in order to ities. It voted to impeach this ment trial is calculating and is no racism. Harbor and terrorists flying determine if Articles of im- president for abuse of power dangerous. Yet, even scari- Ortiz has numbers, too: 51 complaints, and at least two that airliners into the twin tow- peachment were warranted, and obstructing Congress. er, new information alleges have been sent to the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office ers. Regrettably, thousands sought answers through hear- Trump’s trial by the Sen- Barr, along with others and and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in recent of people lost their lives. ings to the following: 1) Did ate will represent a crucial even some elected Officials, months. Yet, the fourth date, which the president abuse his pow- time for America’s Republic. played a role in Trump’s It’s time for a clean out of the Miami Police Department. Or marks the election of Amer- ers during his June 25th, “per- Will America remain a Re- Ukraine’s scheme. If others perhaps the federal monitoring needs an extension, this time ica’s 45th, President Don- fect,” phone call to Ukraine’s public or become Trump’s were involved, this consti- investigating internal complaints. ald Trump, may prove to be president, which included an empire? Senators have a tutes use of an organized more horrific than the others audible/recorded request for “tool,” Article II, Sec. 4, of syndicate to conduct nefari- combined. a favor? This “favor” required the Constitution. However, ous activities. Trump has managed to the announcement of an in- will John Roberts, Chief Jus- Sadly, our Founding Fa- strip some Republican mem- vestigation of Hunter Biden tice of the Supreme Court, thers with all of their infinite CARTOONCORNER bers in Congress of their and former Vice President knowingly give the oath to wisdom had no idea that integrity and has sought to Joe Biden, his possible 2020, Sen. Mitch McConnell and senators could be stripped significantly negate the abil- presidential opponent; 2) Did the other senators who have of their integrity and support ity of the House to hold him the actions of the president already admitted to strate- tribal ideologies, rather than accountable. As a serial liar, seriously damage/violate a gizing with the president to the interest of the nation. he intentionally distorts the fundamental cornerstone, shield him from justice? If so, truth for political persuasion. (free public elections and no he too could be considered a John Johnson II He governs as though he’s a solicitation of interference co-conspirator in this kanga- Miramar Parents and church need to help students uphold school policies Dear Editor, pd/). I was appalled! I quick- policies. When parents are be met with serious conse- ly came to the conclusion firmly informed that disre- quences. Emphasis should Last week, I watched a tele- that leniency and tolerance spect at any level by students also be placed upon absen- vision news show displaying have got to take a back seat to will not be tolerated, they teeism and coming to school an older African American more rigid and serious con- will respond accordingly. on time. female engaged in an aggres- sequences. Most importantly, The public school system Lastly, the Church must sive brawl with younger Afri- parental accountability must needs to make a big hoopla in wake up and take its rightful can American female. be considered at all cost. Yes, trying to get as many parents place in shaping our com- This chaotic scenario took the family structure, in large to attend the open house ses- munities! It's time for the place in a classroom at a lo- part, is broken. That is not sions early on in the school Church to get its house in or- cal high school involving a the fault of the school system. year. Administrators need to der! Church, are you with us? substitute teacher, an author- More stringent consequences take this opportunity in put- itarian classroom figure, and must be enacted and enforced ting their best foot forward Veronica Harris a student (https://www.ins- regarding student violators of in expressing to parents that Miami Gardens tagram.com/p/B7SIv2YBN- the school's student conduct disrespect in any form will Mental illness in the community concerns this high school junior Dear editor, our mental health published Black community, as well as health homelessness, with 10/23/2019. I am writing this ways that we can "reverse the majority of these being My name is Kenya Hand- in appreciation and to in- the curse" of the mental Black people. Thank you for field, and Iam a junior at quire whether or not there setbacks we have as com- your time. Booker T. Washington Se- will be another post that ex- munity, especially here in nior High School. I enjoyed pounds or expands on what Miami, which reports one of Kenya Handfield the piece on our diets and was done to systematically the highest numbers of men- Miami the correlation it has with preset the mentality of the tal health issues and mental The Miami Times 3 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JANUARY 29-FEBRUARY 4, 2020 SUPER BOWL LIV EVENTS KICK OFF THIS WEEK Sports, music, activities and more leading up to the big game

COMPILED BY EMAN ELSHAHAWY “Shaq’s Fun House” blends super star talent with a HOLLYWOOD WHEN: Feb. 1 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. [email protected] unique over-the-top interactive carnival experi- “29th annual Taste of the NFL’s WHERE: Historic Black Police Precinct and ence. Party with a Purpose” Courthouse Museum, 480 NW 11th St., Miami, The countdown for Super Bowl LIV in Miami WHO: Hosted by: Shaquille O’Neal in partner- The Taste of the NFL’s annual star-studded Florida. begins with county-wide festivities all leading up to ship with Medium Rare, Joe Silberzweig and Adam strolling wine and food event will bring together ADMISSION: $40, All proceeds will go to the big game Sunday, Feb. 2. Richman. Musical performances by: DaBaby; exceptional cuisine; over 40 prominent chefs from support the Historic Black Police Precinct and Some of the hottest Super Bowl LIV events will Diddy; Diplo; Pitbull; Tiesto; Carnage; Diesel and around the country; NFL players; coaches; leg- Courthouse Museum, a cultural Experience Over- begin this weekend, with a week-long celebration more.. ends; celebrities and more, all to support the fight town destination. to include, activities, special guest appearances WHAT: Music festival, carnival and circus against hunger. The nationwide fundraising cam- and musical performances. WHEN: Friday, Jan. 31. Visit shaqsfunhouse. paign’s net proceeds directly support food banks “MIATL 2020” Take a look at some of the action-packed events com for detailed schedule. nationwide. The event will feature a chef from each WHO: Presented by: Headliner Market Group. to take place this year. WHERE: Mana Convention Center, 318 NW NFL city serving their signature dish alongside a Special guests: Future and Lil Baby 23rd St., Wynwood Arts District current or alumni NFL player. WHEN: Feb. 1 at 11 p.m. to Feb. 2 at 5 a.m. DOWNTOWN MIAMI ADMISSION: For ticket information, visit www. WHO: The team of national guest hosts for 2020 WHERE: Karu & Y, 71 NW 14th St., Miami, “Super Bowl LIVE” shaqsfunhouse.com includes: Coach Don Shula serving as the National Florida. The Miami Super Bowl Host Committee will Honorary Chair; Chef Andrew Zimmern – Nation- ADMISSION: Visit bring together the community’s top local business NORTH MIAMI al Culinary Host; Chef Adam Richman – Florida www.HeadlinerSuper- leaders, community representatives, tourism “Taste of North Miami Culinary Host and Ben Leber as the National BowlMiami.com to officials and football personnel around a common Pre-Super Player Host. purchase tickets. cause – making Super Bowl LIV a historic experi- Bowl Celebration” WHAT: Food made by chefs from cities of the ence both for visitors and for locals across South The Haitian-American Super Bowl teams -- San Francisco, California “Annual Big Game LIV Florida. Additionally, Super Bowl LIV will mark the Chamber of Commerce and Kansas City, Missouri. For full menu, visit Watch Party Miami culmination of the 100th season anniversary of the of Florida welcomes all www.tasteofthenfl.com/event-menu Pop-up” NFL and will feature special events and activities. to come out to enjoy WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 1 WHO: Presented WHO: Hosted by: The Miami Super Bowl Host some good vibes and WHERE: Diplomat Beach Resort, 3555 S. by: The Black Archives Committee. Presented by: Verizon taste some Caribbean Ocean Drive, Hollywood, Florida. Historic Lyric Theater WHAT: Evening concerts at the amphitheater, food made by top celeb- ADMISSION: Tickets can be purchased at WHAT: There will be parades, a tailgate party, water show and more. rity chefs! www.tasteofthenfl.com/tickets cash bars; food vendors; Visit miasbliv.com for detailed schedule. WHO: Hosted by: The Haitian-American billiards; cigars and more. It will include pool table WHEN: Saturday, Jan. 25 to Saturday, Feb. 1. Chamber of Commerce of Florida. Celebrity chefs: OVERTOWN access; a beanbag toss; DJ; cigar lounge and the WHERE: Bayfront Park, 301 Biscayne Blvd., Chef Jouvens; Chef Thia; Chef Irie Spice and Chef “Ernie Barnes: From Pads To Palette, Art Of A big game. Miami, Florida. Lemaire. Former NFL Player” WHEN: Feb. 2 from 3 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. ADMISSION: For admission information, visit WHAT: Caribbean food tasting with celebrity WHO: Presented by: Hampton Art Lovers. WHERE: The Black Archives Historic Lyric www.MIASBLIV.com. chefs Featuring: Ernie Barnes Theater Cultural Arts Complex, 819 NW Second WHEN: Friday, Jan. 31 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. WHAT: A pop-up showcase of Barnes sports Avenue, Miami, Florida. “21ST ANNUAL SUPER WHERE: NoMi Red Garden, 12351 NW Sev- related rare works on paper for Super Bowl week. ADMISSION: Free, Visit https://www.eventbrite. BOWL GOSPEL enth Ave., North Miami, Florida. WHEN: Jan. 18 to Feb. 2 com/e/annual-big-game-liv-watch-party-miami-pop- CELEBRATION” ADMISSION: $20 general admission. Visit WHERE: Ward Rooming House Gallery, 249 up-tickets-80155089029 to RSVP. WHO: Hosted by: Rickey Smiley www.eventbrite.com/e/taste-of-north-miami- NW Ninth Street, Miami, Florida. WHAT: This family-friendly, NFL-sanctioned tickets-90488689105 to purchase tickets. ADMISSION: Free, “Super Brunch Sunday” event blends the top gospel and contemporary visit https://www. WHO: Presented by: Groovin’ Bean Coffee Bar Christian singers along with Grammy Award-win- “Fitness Football eventbrite.com/e/ernie- and Lounge ning artists, NFL players and special guests to give Fantasy Experience” barnes-from-pads-to- WHAT: Five for $5 wings; snapper; shrimp and the audience an evening of uplifting music and Enjoy an invigorating workout while meeting palette-the-art-and-life- grits; chicken and waffles and more. inspiration. others who enjoy a fit and healthy lifestyle or of-a-former-nfl-player- WHEN: Feb. 2, from 4 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. The one-hour television premiere will air on the simply love football. Men and women of all fitness tickets-87190470043 to WHERE: Groovin’ Bean Coffee Bar and Lounge, BET Network on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 8 p.m. EST/ 7 levels are welcome to join the fun. There will be RSVP. 801 NW Third Avenue, Suite 104, Miami, Florida. p.m. CST and again on Sunday, Feb. 2. For more food and water for everyone. ADMISSION: Free information, visit www.superbowlgospel.com. WHO: Hosted by NFL player and Super Bowl “Historic Overtown WHEN: Thursday, Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. champion Isaiah Stanback One Hour Walking MIAMI DESIGN DISTRICT WHERE: James L. Knight Center, 400 SE Sec- WHAT: Host and fitness influencer introduc- Tour” “Off the Field Players’ Wives Association 19th ond Ave., Miami. tions; warm-up and hydration; Fitness Football WHO: Presented by: Annual Fashion Show” ADMISSION: Fantasy Workout and stretch and cool-down. CHAT South Florida More than 40 wives and significant others of cur- For admission WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 1 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHEN: Jan. 24 to Feb. 3, from 11 a.m. to 1 rent and former NFL players, including this year's information, visit www. WHERE: Base Camp Miami, 300 NE 61st St., p.m. Off the Field event chairs, Dionne Boldin (wife of superbowlgospel.com. North Miami, Florida. ADMISSION: $20, Visit www.ChatSouthFlorida. Anquan Boldin, retired three-time Pro-Bowler, 2015 ADMISSION: Free com to RSVP Walter Payton Man of the Year and Super Bowl MIAMI GARDENS “Historic Overtown Food Tour” Champion); Kijifa Vick (wife of Michael Vick, retired “SuperFest Miami “Zo’s Celebrity Golf WHO: Presented by CHAT South Florida four-time Pro-Bowler); and Ericka Lassiter (wife LIVE” Classic Draft Party” WHEN: Jan. 24 to Feb. 29, from 2:30 p.m. to of NFL safety Kwamie Lassiter), among others, SuperFest Miami LIVE WHO: Hosted by Chris Spencer. Sounds by DJ 4:30 p.m. will walk the runway in fashions from the Miami will offer a fun way for Fly Guy. Special guest: NBA Hall of Famer Alonzo ADMISSION: $69, Visit www.ChatSouthFlorida. Design District's retail stores including: Alice & locals and visitors alike Mourning. com to RSVP Olivia, Boheme Boutique, Cuyana, Emilio Pucci, to enjoy the energy sur- WHEN: Thursday, Jan. 30 from 6:30 p.m. to Frame, Hublot, Jhoanna Alba, Kiki de Montpar- rounding the big game. Attendees will also expe- 11 p.m. “THE RETURN” nasse, Lanvin, Sevan Bıçakçı, Tighemi and Zadig rience some of the most premier VIP experiences WHERE: Warren Henry Auto Group, 2300 NE WHO: Presented by: Headliner Market Group. et Voltaire. Additionally, contributors from ESPN's with today's biggest celebrities and athletes. 151st St., North Miami, Florida. Special guests: Diddy; 2 Chainz and Quavo from The Undefeated, Kelley Carter and Jason Reid WHO: Hosted by: The city of Miami Gardens. ADMISSION: $100, Tickets can be purchased “Migos” are confirmed to emcee the event, where football, Musical performances by: Plies, Polo G and at, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/zos-celebrity- WHEN: Jan. 30 at 11 p.m. to Jan. 31 at 5 a.m. fashion and philanthropy will collide. All proceeds DaniLeigh golf-classic-super-bowl-edition-tickets- WHERE: Karu & Y, 71 NW 14th St., Miami, from the fashion show will benefit former First Lady WHAT: SuperFest Miami LIVE will include 90486743285?aff=ebdssbdestsearch Florida. Michelle Obama's Reach Higher Initiative to inspire multiple stages with Grammy-nominated artists ADMISSION: Visit www.HeadlinerSuperBowl- students in the U.S. to complete their education past performing, multiple on-site parties, full scale “NFL Play Football Miami.com to purchase tickets. high school. carnival rides, and a food & gaming village Family Festival” WHO: Presented by Miami Design District. Host- estimated to serve over 200,000 people visiting the The 2020 Play Football Family Festival will in- “Solefly X Jordan Flag Football Classic” ed by: ESPN's The Unde- grounds throughout the clude fun football related activities, special guest WHO: Presented by: SoleFly and Overtown feated, Kelley Carter and ten days of events. Visit speakers, a parents’ forum, youth league sign-up Optimist Club Jason Reid. Featuring: www.SuperFestMiami. stations, music, food trucks and giveaways. Clin- WHAT: Friday night lights flag football game Dionne Boldin (wife of com for detailed ics will be led by USA Football certified coaches. WHEN: Jan. 31 from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Anquan Boldin, retired schedule. WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 1 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Gibson Park, 401 NW 12th St., Miami, three-time Pro-Bowler, WHEN: Friday, Jan. WHERE: North Miami Stadium, 2555 NE 151st Florida. 2015 Walter Payton Man 24 to Monday, Feb. 3 St., North Miami, Florida. ADMISSION: $5, Visit https://www.eventbrite. of the Year and Super WHERE: Hard Rock ADMISSION: Free, Visit, https://www. com/e/solefly-x-jordan-flag-football-classic-tick- Bowl Champion); Kijifa Stadium (outside), 347 eventbrite.com/e/2020- ets-87363433381 to RSVP Vick (wife of Michael Don Shula Drive, Miami nfl-play-football-family- Vick, retired four-time Gardens, Florida. festival-miami-fl- “The Super Game Pro-Bowler); and Ericka ADMISSION: For tickets-86293362771 to Kickoff” Lassiter (wife of NFL more information and sign up. WHO: Presented by: safety Kwamie Lassiter) ticket pricing, visit www.SuperFestMiami.com Headliner Market Group. WHAT: Fashion show “VEWTOPIA MIAMI BEACH Special guests: Jamie WHEN: Friday, Jan. 31 MUSIC FESTIVAL” Fifth Annual “1st and Foxx; Chris Brown; Fab- WHERE: Miami Design District Palm Court, 140 Vewtopia Music Festival will make its festival Future” olous and Fat Joe. NE 39th St., Miami, Florida. debut on Super Bowl weekend, featuring 14 hours Super Bowl Compe- WHEN: Jan. 31 at 11 ADMISSION: VIP tickets AND seating are limited. of live performances and interactive experiences tition p.m. to Feb. 1 at 5 a.m. For more information and to purchase tickets, please that combine music and arts over the course of This year’s event will WHERE: Karu & Y, visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/otfpwa-19th-an- two days. feature two categories 71 NW 14th St., Miami, nual-charity-fashion-show-tickets-76182761691 WHO: Hosted by: VewLive! Musical performanc- of competition. The first category, the NFL 1st and Florida. es by: Cardi B; Migos; Chris Brown; DJ Khaled; Future Analytics Competition, gives applicants ADMISSION: Visit www.HeadlinerSuperBowl- “Super Style Week” Megan Thee Stallion; Gunna and more. access to NFL data sets to examine the effects Miami.com to purchase tickets. A week-long series devoted to all things Super WHAT: Music and Arts Festival that playing on synthetic turf versus natural turf Bowl, encompassing a series of in-store events, WHEN: Friday, Jan. 31 to Saturday, Feb. 1 can have on player movements and the factors “Vewtopia Community Day” engaging panels and various other activations WHERE: 19101 NW 27th Ave., Miami Gardens, that may contribute to lower extremity injuries. WHO: Presented by: Florida Film House hosted by star athletes and commentators at some Florida. The second category, the Innovations to Advance WHAT: Family fun; free food; sound stage; ac- of the neighborhood’s top retailers including Fight ADMISSION: Two-day tickets are currently on Athlete Health and Safety Competition, invites tivities; music; performances and special celebrity Club, The Spot Barbershop, Tod’s, and Van Cleef & sale for $149. Visit vewtopia.com to purchase submissions for innovations that could improve appearances from Vewtopia performers. Arpels. tickets. player health and safety, including but not limited WHEN: Feb. 1, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHO: Presented by Miami Design District to: protective equipment, medical devices, sen- WHERE: Dorsey Park, 1701 NW First Avenue, WHAT: Visit http://www.miamidesigndistrict.net/ WYNWOOD sors and training devices. Miami, Florida. for full event schedule. “Shaq’s Funhouse Miami” The top submissions from each category will ADMISSION: Free WHEN: Monday, Jan. 27 to Sunday, Feb. 2 Part music festival, part carnival and part circus, present their solutions on-stage during the event. WHERE: Various locations in Miami Design Dis- WHO: Hosted by: The National Football “Community Conversations: Justice For All trict, 3841 NE Second Avenue, Miami, Florida. League in collaboration with the University of Series Featuring Attorney Benjamin Crump” ADMISSION: Free Miami WHO: Presented by: Going Overtown. 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Miami Times photos/Gregory Reed ferred to Carol City my team as a first team selec- 11th grade year and I real- tion his senior season. He FENTON ly realized that everyone then went on to attend the CONTINUED FROM 1A who went to Carol City University of South Caroli- has school pride,” Fenton na as he rose up through the in a halftime football match said. “I would be wearing a ranks to become South Car- while playing for the North Carol City shirt under this olina’s top defensive back Dade Bulldogs at then-Pro uniform I have on now if I his senior season. Player Stadium, which is could.” The most important take- now Hard Rock Stadium As he makes his way back away for Fenton during his when he was younger and home to Miami, Fenton rookie season in the NFL is just a few days away from knows that he has the home for the Kansas City Chiefs playing in the biggest game crowd cheering for him. He was to stay on point when of his life. sends greetings to his mom, it came to his position as a Fenton expresses pride Shay, his dad and a special defensive back. “I wanted to for Miami Carol City Senior shout out to the entire Carol keep up with the veterans High School. Fenton was a City family and coaches. and that just because I was a Chief in high school and is Fenton was a three-star rookie this year doesn’t give now a Chief in the NFL. prospect out of high school me an excuse to slack off,” “It’s a big pride; I trans- and made the All-County he said.

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are a part of the problem. ter meeting to commence. Liberty City and Browns- What’s worse, the Model The same way that I walked And from that time to now, ville. That means that there’s City CAC was part of a larg- into the Public Housing and fights have broken out, with a strong possibility that not er web of committees and Community Development paramedics and police on even Hardemon and Chris- councils that were supposed Department is the same the scene; ethics complaints tian should be active mem- to be a safety net for public W RD way that I walked out: emp- flew board members died; bers. It also means that the housing residents. The web BRIAN DENNIS ON THE STREET ty handed. The “Cowardly millions of dollars were mis- residents of Brownsville have is called the Overall Tenant Lion” better known as the managed and returned to the been disenfranchised from Advisory Council. This O Miami-Dade Commission on state; and not a dime benefit- participating in what turns body represented the heads The Model City tragedy Ethics had the audacity to ted low-income children and out to be their only means of of over 20 public housing recommend that the Model families. carrying out federally man- tenant councils, countywide, After The Miami Times Please provide me with the City CAC be shut down, but This columnist has learned dated citizen’s participation. and was supposed to comple- received information that updated version of the Cit- couldn't find any wrongdo- that the boundaries of Mod- And that spells bad news ment economic Community a complaint had been filed izen Participation Plan for ing with Miami-Dade County el City CAC only encompass for Model City, bad news for Advisory Committee’s like with the Miami-Dade Com- Model City CAC. Mayor Carlos "Fidel Castro" the unincorporated areas of Black Miami. SEE CITY 7A mission on Ethics against On Wednesday, Sept. 18, Gimenez's sons being a part former State Rep. Roy Hard- 2019, I met with Michael Liu of several high stakes deals emon and Mae Christian by and his assistant Clarence that involved major tracks of Renita Holmes concerning Brown concerning the ques- county land? If the Cowardly questionable practices of tions. When I arrived for the Lion/Commission on Eth- the Model City Community meeting at 9 a.m. that morn- ics had any guts they would Advisory Committee, I sent ing, I deliberately went up have pointed out in their re- the following questions to there without pen, paper or a port that the county’s pub- Miami-Dade Public Housing reporter’s notebook because lic housing department was and Community Develop- I knew the questions that I also to blame for the failures ment Director Michael Liu, asked Liu in my email weren't of the Model City advisory on Sept. 7, 2019: going to be answered. Be- program, along with the only 1. Who are the current, ac- cause had Liu answered any two board members who tive members of the Model of the questions in my email, are recognized out of the City CAC? 2. Of the current it would have put the spot- 13-member Model City board membership, how many light on what's wrong with – Hardemon and Christian. are elected from within the Model City, the Model City Since 2013, the Model City Model City boundaries? How CAC and the Miami-Dade Community Advisory Com- many are appointed? 3. What Public Housing and Commu- mittee operated without are the official boundaries nity Development Depart- an official quorum, yet the of the Model City CAC? 4. ment and showed that they county allowed meeting af-

Bachelor of Science in hospitality In 2004, Randolph’s mother Doctor uses cultural insights to management from Florida Interna- died of cancer. That same year, SOUL tional University. Randolph married Anthony Ran- “The most important thing I dolph Sr., and the couple accept- CONTINUED FROM 1A strengthen patient relationships learned in college that has helped ed responsibility of raising her Randolph’s strategy was to make my business success was inven- younger brother Tayon Anderson sure judges remembered what tory management,” said Ran- and sister Sarah Anderson. ChenMed’s racially diverse care slapped their lips, made their dolph, who has ensured she will Anderson earned a Bache- bellies smile and left everybody not run out of food. “My catering lor of Science in construction teams embrace all cultural backgrounds talkin’ trash. She upped the ante background and degree perfectly management and helped build on Gullah eatin’ by pulling the best prepared me for that tasting, so Shuckin’ and Jivin’ from the MALIKA A. HARVEY improving the patient experience," Cerphy menu selections from Shuckin’ I knew all of my offerings needed ground up. At 29 years old, he Miami Times Contributor said. “Should I ever approach a patient the and Jivin’ her flagship Miami Gar- to not just be delicious, but bite- is the company’s COO while his wrong way based on different cultural norms, dens restaurant opened June 1, sized and all fit on one plate. I 28-year-old baby sister serves When visiting Chen Senior Medical Center in I can count on my peers to give me timely 2018. noticed not all of my competitors as connoisseur of desserts. North Miami, many patients look forward to feedback on ‘this is how we do it.’ I definitely The mouths to please belonged did that.” Randolph Sr. manages the receiving hugs, smiles and kind words from appreciate that.” to ex-NFL players, team owners, Super Bowl LIV will be the larg- company’s administrative arm Dr. Hermena Cerphy, a ChenMed regional As doctors, we need to help every patient and coaches who went person to est scaled event and most-finan- and is a studio engineer who medical director who clearly enjoys her time open up about things that are not always person tasting food. cially lucrative contract Randolph earned a Bachelor of Science with patients and clinical peers. Board-certi- easy to talk about Cerphy noted. “For exam- “When they ate mine they were has secured to date. The NFL in marketing and media from fied in Internal Medicine, Cerphy said hugging ple, Haitian patients tend to be reluctant to wowed and said, ‘We don’t know expects 3,000 guests including Full Sail University. He produces and showing warmth is part of her Haitian up- share all the information a doctor needs. So, if we’re supposed to tell you this, official team owners, players and the catchy jingles and television bringing, and it’s a heritage trait she shares it would be hard to earn trust without having but you’re in.’” their families, VIP guests, celebri- commercials. Miamians to help with her patients. a close relationship. Plus, it helps to under- An official award email was ties and entertainers. Randolph is keep Shuckin’ and Jivin’ doors “We’re very physical in our culture. That's stand cultural factors that affect health, such sent to Randolph by the Super responsible for providing food for open and the cash register pop- how we show appreciation. That’s how we as eating habits and physical activity.” Cerphy Bowl LIV Business Connect Pro- 2,500 people and has a trained pin’. The couple have two sons: show love,” Cerphy said. “I am generous with explained she’s been able to recommend gram, National Football League army of existing employees to Anthony Jr., 13 and Omarion, 9. hugs because they’re a great way for me to healthier eating options compatible with and the Miami Super Bowl Host help her efficiently carry-out the The NFL’s way of providing reassure my patients that I care.” Haitian cuisine. Committee. Out of 243 vendors feat. diverse, qualified and certified Cerphy has built close relationships with her Frida Auguste has been a patient of Cerphy from Miami, Broward and Palm “I’ve had the opportunity to see businesses opportunities to patients by embracing cultural similarities for nearly 10 years. A retired nurse with over Beach, Shuckin’ and Jivin’ made Ernisha from early days catering compete for special event-relat- and also cultural differences. At the Chen 40 years of clinical experience, Auguste the cut. with Juanita’s Kitchen to a thrived contracts is through the Su- North Miami location, where Cerphy works, describes her doctor as kind, attentive, “When I got the email, I started ing brick and mortar in Miami Gar- per Bowl LIV Business Connect patients are culturally diverse, including respectful and “very, very good.” Auguste screaming and calling everybody,” dens,” said Rashad Thomas, vice Program. The extended focus is Haitian, African American, Hispanic, Filipino, lives in Broward County, and regularly drives said Randolph, president of Business Connect creating contract opportunities Asian, White and Arab patients. Cerphy and 20 minutes each way to Chen’s North Miami who believes it was both her and Project Legacy for the Miami for certified minority women, her Chen peers are similarly diverse and col- office to keep Cerphy as her primary care delectable food and catering Super Bowl Host Committee. veterans and LGBT-owned busi- lectively sensitive to cultural differences. doctor. background that gave her the vote “It’s awesome to see her grow nesses. “I think having a racially diverse medical “She’s the type of person you can sit and of confidence. her business and family, and I’m An open call for vendors was team helps you learn from each other. talk with. She understands and takes care of The business leader owns Juan- happy to see Shuckin’ and Jivin’ announced one year prior to the Together, we find ways to better relate to whoever she’s in contact with,” Auguste said. ita’s Kitchen, a catering business be a part of record-breaking Su- event. different cultures. As a team, we keep “I love her very much.” under the Sweet Butter umbrella per Bowls here in Miami.” Awardees were asked to main- brand, named in homage to her Randolph rented additional tain confidentiality regarding grandmother. The freshman busi- trucks to assist her company’s compensation. Randolph cau- ness venture boasts a client base existing two with transport. The tiously shared with The Miami that includes Miami Heat play- NFL requested confidentiality Times that her fee’s range tee- ers Alonzo Mourning and James so no vendor can reveal their ters six figures. Jones. When Miami Gardens menu. They want it to be a sur- “This is definitely my most Mayor Oliver Gilbert committed to prise, but she shared that not lucrative deal because with matrimony, he booked Randolph’s everything served in the pitch government contracts and ca- business to provide the fare. tasting will be served at the sta- tering, it would take months to “When I opened Shuckin’ and dium. earn this much,” said Randolph, Jivin’ in 2018, I wanted to rep- “Tailgate is a large event with who plans to invest the funds in resent Black culture,” said Ran- fast service. It’s like you’re in and opening a second Shuckin’ and dolph. “There were people in you’re out and a lot of people will Jivin’ location. Miami who had never heard of or rush you,” said Randolph. “You “The mayor of Lauderdale tasted gumbo, chicken ’n waffles feed them and that’s it because Lakes approached me and said or knew the origins of how Gullah they have to get ready for the she’s finding a spot because we food is prepared.” game. I have 25 staff members must have a Shuckin’ and Jivin’,” To set up Shuckin’ and Jivin’, who will be in place Saturday by said Randolph. “There’s also an Randolph embarked upon re- 8 a.m. The next day is game day interest group in Cincinnati, Ohio, search that included a road trip and we must be there by 6 a.m., but we want to keep it local first.” to South Carolina towns such as ready to get started.” St. Stevens. She returned with a mission to expose her native city FAMILY AFFAIR to cuisine that transcends ances- Working early mornings, late tral roots. nights and sacrificing week- Preparing good home cooking ends and a day off are the from scratch daily serves as the hallmark of Randolph’s work foundation for the Sweet Butter ethic. She continues to enlist brand, but Randolph, too, had the family to sustain success and good sense to earn an Associate has groomed her 20-year-old in Arts in business management daughter Shonee Randolph, to from Miami Dade College, and a be her company’s CEO.

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Wade M. Whidden, Esq. Karen Johnson, Jacksonville Miami Orlando Naples/Ft. Myers Tampa* The Miami Times 7 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JANUARY 29-FEBRUARY 4, 2020 tigating and that "that agency gations against the city of Mi- cipline, promotions and wide- of Miami, which threatens and now I’m the chief of po- isn't necessarily working on ami and is tired of waiting for spread violations of training the possibility of civil litiga- lice. The first chief of police CASES its own." leadership to do their jobs. and internal affairs protocols. tion. that served in every division.” CONTINUED FROM 1A “We’re thrilled; it’s about He issued “No Confidence” Included in Jean’Poix’s com- Colina was appointed in All the experience doesn’t time; and it’s a step in the in Miami Police Chief Jorge plaint is Colina’s tolerance of 2018 by city manager Emilio seem to matter to some Black Miami Police Chief Jorge right direction,” said Sgt. Colina and asked for his dis- Ortiz’s conduct. Gonzalez, who resigned from officers who are not on one Colina confirmed at the City Stanley Jean-Poix, president missal in a 15-page document “He has not exercised au- his post Jan. 16. accord with Colina. Commission Jan. 22 meeting of the Miami Community Po- that outlines a litany of inter- thority or discipline over “It’s the only place I’ve ever Mayor Francis Suarez said that civil and criminal inves- lice Benevolent Association, nal allegations. persons who he doesn’t favor served, and I’ve worked my he is happy to serve as a me- tigations against Ortiz are concerning Ortiz’s suspen- Submitted were incidents that have violated depart- way up the ranks,” said Coli- diator among the officers, the ongoing and these reasons sion. “We’re looking for his and summary reports intend- mental, lawful or ethical stan- na. “I was a sergeant, a lieu- police union and the chief. led to his suspension. He said full termination.” ed to document how Black dards,” said Jean-Poix. “Chief tenant, a commander, a major, Miami Times Executive Edi- there is another agency "oth- Jean-Poix is at the forefront officers received disparate Colina’s actions have become and an assistant chief of every tor Carolyn Guniss contribut- er than Miami Police" inves- of racial discrimination alle- treatment with regard to dis- those of a liability to the city division. I led internal affairs ed to this report. CITY CONTINUED FROM 6A

Model City. But the Overall Tenant Advisory Council was dismantled, too. So if there was no Model City CAC nor Overall Tenant Advisory Council in place from 2013 to now, who could benefit from such dysfunction?

ENTER REDEVELOPMENT Over the past seven years or so, the county has launched a devastating footprint in the heart of the Black community. Wip- ing out thousands of public housing units, relocating tons of low-income families, disrupting feeder patterns of middle and high schools that threaten to under-enroll those schools to the brink of closures, and scattering the voting power of thousands of registered voters in the process. Just in time for the 2020 election. You see, had there been a functioning Model City CAC and Over- all Tenant Advisory Council working hand-in-hand, the headlines would have been quite different when the de- veloper for Liberty Square Rising was announced. You would have read of a much more respectful tone when the county shamelessly blamed public housing residents for the same crime and poverty that they admitted fault to, time after time, due to its inadequate, under- funded and inefficient management of public housing. So today, a “new” section 8 voucher is loose in public housing. The same kind that paid the mortgages of our Hispanic neighbors and helped to build their tropical paradise right here in our neighborhoods while we squirmed in economic struggle. And as our people rightfully swim in the blessing of this new opportunity for them, we simultaneously swallow the bitter pill of our voting bloc dissipating before our eyes, overnight. The dignity of clean water, functioning plumbing, sound pest control, land- scaping and air conditioning was supposed to be in place before the murders of our children, fathers, brothers, sisters, mothers, grandparents and friends. A price so steep to pay for a new start, for we know that once these residents receive that voucher – they’re never coming back. And all of this happened because of the delib- erate dysfunction of county boards that are supposed to serve our neighborhoods. Because they were attacked, hijacked and humiliated to the point of, now apparent, complete dissolution. I know that some may agree that public housing residents should be scattered; that the county committees should be dissolved because of how Hardemon, Christian and their cohorts have dishonored the Model City legacy; some say that the county is right. But just remember one thing while you rest your elitist head alongside your pillow tonight – if the price we pay is death and school closures while the re- ward is to be scattered and stripped of our identity at the polls, while our “worth- less” homes becomes A-list property, then surrender without me. I want to rise and stand to face those who would burn down our village and then rebuild the wall as Nehemiah did. Finance

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First time in the NFL’s 100-year history the host and team mayors are African American

JANEY TATE to win an election with probably about a 75% Historically, the two mayors of the teams Miami Times Contributor white electorate. I know Mayor Breed has done competing in the Super Bowl place a bet. Al- a great job over in San Francisco and I cer- though Lucas and Breed have yet to place History is being made with Super Bowl LIV tainly know your mayor down in Miami Gardens their bets, Lucas is sure Kansas City’s home- this year, and not in the way you might expect. has been doing outstanding. I think it kinda town favorites will be a part of his wager. For the first time in the NFL’s 100-year history, reflects where America is right now and where “We are planning a bet. I don’t know what it the mayors for the two teams playing in the the American city is right now and the strength is yet but in Kansas City we have some great Super Bowl and the mayor of the host city are of Black leaders across the country.” food some great barbecue and I’m certain that Black. Mayor Oliver Gilbert represents Miami Mayors Lucas and Breed represent some of will be part of it,” said Lucas. Gardens, Mayor Quinton Lucas represents the largest cities in the United States – Breed All bets aside, the mayors are looking for- Kansas City and Mayor London Breed rep- in San Francisco comes in at 15 and Lucas in ward to the big game for more reasons than resents San Francisco. Kansas City comes in at 37 on the list. Gilbert just a great football game. There are 19,429 municipal governments in represents the one of largest Black-run cities “I think it’s brought some excitement to Kan- the United States, and of the top 100 cities in in the United States. Also, Breed was elected sas City, which is a very important step for us. the U.S. – only 39 elected mayors are Black, mayor in a city where African-Americans are I think the other thing it has done though is according BlackDemographics.com. Having just 5 percent of the population, according to it has made everyone stand a little bit taller. three African-American mayors representing an article by NPR. Lucas also won in a city with If you are from a Midwestern town like this their cities on the nation’s largest platform is a large white population. people don’t talk about us all the time,” said no small fete. The mayors hope that their representation Lucas. “It’s significant not just because we are three shows the country the importance of Black For Gilbert, his hometown will be on the Black mayors, but also because of the diversi- and diverse leadership. world’s main stage and he couldn’t be more ty of the cities that we represent,” said Mayor “I hope one thing that it does is it gets peo- proud, especially once being a young kid who Gilbert. “Miami Gardens, Kansas City and San ple to cast a longer eye on our cities and on parked cars for games at the very stadium Su- Francisco are very different cities and require us as leaders and see the creative things that per Bowl LIV will be played. distinct types of engagement and leadership. we’re doing. I mean it’s too bad that in the “I love Miami Gardens; it’s my hometown; Our collective representation illustrates the presidential election right now the story kin- and I’m over excited to have the eyes of the vastness and diversity of Black leadership in da is how Black candidates could not break world on Miami Gardens for the Super Bowl,” America.” through and how minority candidates couldn’t said Gilbert. “Young people can look at the Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas echoed a break through,” said Lucas. “I would like peo- three of us and understand what’s possible similar sentiment: “I think it’s an outstanding ple to at least see we are dynamic; we are bril- through a life of service to others.” representation of where America is now be- liant; and we are coming up with some things Mayor London Breed and the NFL Organiza- cause, if you look at us, we all represent cities that frankly are transforming our cities, trans- tion could not be immediately reached for com- that have very diverse populations. I was able forming this country.” ment for this story. The Miami Times 9 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JANUARY 29-FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Remembering KobeBryant THE BASKETBALL LEGEND AND DAUGHTER DIE IN HELICOPTER CRASH SUNDAY

MARK STALLWORTH high-school basketball player in the country. points, 1 rebound, 0 assists, 1 block, 0 steals, 94-88 loss to the Miami Heat, it was well past Miami Time Contributor When Kobe Bryant graduated high school, 1 turnover, and 1 foul and just 1 field goal at- midnight and Bryant worked out on the Heat's he declared for the 1996 NBA draft, forgoing tempt in his first game against the Minnesota home floor for over 75 minutes in front of a Kobe Bean Bryant was born on Aug. 23, his college eligibility and was selected by the Timberwolves. group of reporters. After the workout, he held 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was Charlotte Hornets as the 13th overall pick. The He would score his first point two days later a mini-press conference, stating that he was the son of former NBA player Joe “Jellybean” Hornets then traded him to the Los Angeles in a game against the Knicks and finished frustrated with his play against the Heat and Bryant. He attended Lower Merion High Lakers. with just one point in three minutes of playing wanted to improve his game. School in Pennsylvania and was the top Bryant played six minutes, finishing with 0 time. It would take four games for him to score Bryant said the extra work was "not a big in double figures and 25 games until he had deal" to him and that he had basketball courts his first 20-point game. Many could say that near his home back in California that he Bryant had a slow start to his NBA career but sometimes goes to after home games. He had he turned out to be better than expected. no problem sacrificing a night out in South The 81-point game happened against the Beach for a night in the gym, either. Toronto Raptors in 2006 and that was the Bryant ultimately ended his career record second-most points ever scored in a game in under .500 vs. the Miami Heat with a 16-17 NBA History. overall record. Bryant was the creator of Mamba Mentality. On April 13, 2016, in his last game as a You may ask what is Mamba Mentality, and professional basketball player, Bryant scored in Bryant’s owns words, he stated: "To sum 60 points in a memorable game against the up what Mamba Mentality is, it means to be Utah Jazz. able to constantly try to be the best version For 20 years, Bryant showed loyalty by of yourself, that is what the mentality is. It's a staying with one franchise and never leaving. constant quest to try to better today than you Bryant was a 5-time NBA Champion; 2-time were yesterday." NBA Finals MVP; 18-time NBA All-Star; 4-time There were Christmas Day games vs. All-Star MVP; 2-time Olympic Gold Medalist; LeBron James, fourth-quarter thrillers against NBA MVP; Academy Award winner; a father; Dwyane Wade and memorable matchups and a husband. against Shaquille O’Neal, who was his former When the Los Angeles Lakers raised No. teammate, with whom he won three champi- 8 and No. 24 to the rafters on Dec. 19, 2017, onships in Los Angeles (2000-2002). Bryant became the first player in NBA history Whenever Kobe played the Miami Heat it to have two numbers retired by a team. was always exciting. Each matchup against He was plagued by injuries throughout his Miami was filled with wins and losses, but it career but had the perseverance and tenacity was the losses that brought the Mamba Men- to fight back – to always compete, to always tality out of Bryant. On March 10, 2011, after a show his grit. He transcended the sports world

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the tragic death of Kobe Bryant.

and was more than just an athlete. In 2018, Bryant was the first professional athlete and the first Black person to win an Oscar for best animated short film titled, “Dear Bas- ketball.” The world stopped when it heard and learned the news about the tragic death of Kobe Bryant. The legend was killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020 with his daughter Gianna "Gigi" Bry- ant and seven other passengers near Calabasas, California as they were on their way to a basketball game for Gianna. Back in December 2019, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced the highly anticipated list of eligible candidates for the Class of 2020 and that list included Bryant. He was expected to be named a Basketball Hall of Famer unanimously but this time it will be posthumously. The enshrinement ceremony will take place in Springfield, Massachusetts, Aug. 29. The Miami Times 10 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JANUARY 29-FEBRUARY 4, 2020

EXPERIENCE THE SUPER BOWL WITHOUT THE HIGH, TICKET PRICE Football fans can get to see the Lombardi trophy up close MARK STALLWORTH get drafted; it doesn’t matter if Miami Times Contributor you are 2 or 73 years old. If you ever wanted to partici- It is officially Super Bowl week. pate in an NFL Draft Combine, The big game will take place at a 40-yard dash, 3cone drill, ver- the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami tical jump or obstacle course, Gardens on Sunday, Feb. 2, and kick a field goal and even throw the demand for this year's Su- a Hail Mary pass this is the per Bowl is at an all-time high place for you. with it trending to be the most You can also see the process expensive Super Bowl ever. The of a football be made from start cheapest ticket to the big game to finish at the Wilson Football currently listed on resale sites Factory. are close to $6,000, while the Over 30 exhibits and activa- most expensive is a massive tions are available. $70,000. Don’t be discouraged. So much Super Bowl memora- Just because the cost of a tick- bilia are on display, from Super et to attend the game may be Bowl tickets to Super Bowl rings steep that doesn’t prevent you from the past 53 winners. The from still immersing yourself in actual Vince Lombardi Trophy the Super Bowl atmosphere. For that will be given out on Sunday the cost of $20 you have the op- is on display. portunity to experience the best The Pro Football Hall of Fame of what the National Football is displaying more than 100 arti- League has to offer at the Super facts at Super Bowl Experience. Bowl Experience. The one-of-a-kind treasures will The Super Bowl Experience help the Hall express the NFL’s presented by Lowe’s will be held rich history since its inception in at the Miami Beach Convention Canton, Ohio in 1920. Center, located at 1901 Conven- The Hall of Fame showcases tion Center Drive, Miami Beach. the three iconic symbols that The Super Bowl Experience represent an individual’s induc- is the most exciting continuous tion into the Hall of Fame: the event surrounding Super Bowl Hall of Fame Gold Jacket, their LIV; essentially it is pro foot- Bronzed Bust, and a one-of-a- ball's interactive theme park kind Pro Football Hall of Fame (The Disneyworld of the Super Ring of Excellence. Bowl) as it is a traveling event Eight Bronzed Busts have that takes place in the host city been temporarily removed from of the Super Bowl. The last time The Hall of Fame Gallery and this event was in Miami it was will be on display at the Super outdoors back in 2010; this Bowl Experience. The busts are time it is in a climate-controlled of: Larry Csonka, Don Shula, facility. Jason Taylor, Dan Marino, Nick Over 500,000 square feet at Buoniconti, Ed Reed, Brett Fa- the convention center is dedicat- vre and Michael Strahan. This ed to football. Wear some com- is a rare instance in which fortable shoes as there is plenty these unique objects are exhib- to do for all ages. If you ever ited outside of the Hall of Fame wanted to be drafted to your in Canton. favorite NFL team and hear the The price of entry to the Super NFL Commissioner announce Bowl Experience will increase you being drafted as you walk from $20 to $40 for adults be- across the podium with your ginning Jan. 30-Feb. 1. Kids 12 favorite team No. 1 jersey, this and under can attend for free is the place for you. Anyone can for the whole week. Sell It | Rent It | Find a Job | A Car A House | An Apartment Classified 11 THE MIAMI TIMES | JANUARY 29-FEBRUARY 4, 2020 | MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM

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A powerful magni- farther east at the U.S. uated as a precaution, and what appeared staff were puzzled said she saw manhole in his vehicle reading He said he had seen tude 7.7 earthquake Navy base at Guanta- according to city of Mi- to be sewage spilling when it hit, he said. covers blown off by the when the earth began no damage around his struck in the Caribbe- namo Bay, Cuba, on the ami and Miami-Dade from cracked mains. “It was just like a big force of the quake, and to sway. home in northern Ja- an Sea between Jamai- southeastern coast of County officials. No in- There were no immedi- dump truck was rolling sewage exploding into “It felt to me like I maica. ca and eastern Cuba the island. There were juries or road closures ate reports of deaths, past,” Morales said. the street, but no more was on a bridge and The USGS initially re- on Tuesday, shaking a no immediate reports were reported. No injuries or more se- “Then it continued and serious damage. like there were two or ported the magnitude vast area from Mexico of injuries or damag- shaking was felt at the vere damage, said got more intense.” Claude Diedrick, 71, three heavy trucks and at 7.3. to Florida and beyond, es, said J. Overton, Hard Rock Stadium in Kevin Morales, edi- but there were no re- a spokesman for the Miami Gardens, which tor-in-chief of the Cay- ports of casualties or installation, which has will host the Super man Compass news- heavy damage. a total population of Bowl on Sunday. paper. The quake was cen- tered 139 kilometers (86 miles) northwest Request for Proposal of Montego Bay, Jamai- ca, and 140 kilometers For Auditing Services for (87 miles) west-south- Neighbors and Neighbors Association, Inc. west of Niquero, Cuba, and the Black Economic Development Coalition, Inc., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It D/B/A TOOLS FOR CHANGE hit at 2:10 p.m. (1910 Neighbors and Neighbors Association, Inc. (NANA) and the Black GMT) and the epicen- Economic Development Coalition, Inc. d/b/a Tools for Change are ter was a relatively seeking an audit firm to provide an audit of their financial records for shallow 10 kilometers (6 miles) beneath the the year ended December 31, 2019. surface. Dr. Enrique Arango Request for Proposal for Audit and Tax Services will be available on Arias, head of Cuba’s February 03, 2020, at 5120 N.W. 24TH Avenue, Miami, Florida 33142. National Seismological All proposals that are submitted must follow the Request for Proposal Service, told state me- – Audit and Tax Services format. All submissions are due by February dia that there had been 19, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at 5120 N.W. 24th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33142. no serious damage or injuries reported. (Funded by Miami Dade County Public Housing and Community Gov. Carlos Joaquín Development, Miami Dade County Office of Management and González of Mexico’s Budget, the City of Miami Community Development Department, the Quintana Roo, which Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Community is home to Cancun, Tu- Services, U.S. Small Business Administration, U.S. Treasury lum and other popular Department’s Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) beach resorts, said the Program and JPMorgan Chase Foundation) earthquake was felt in multiple parts of the low-lying Caribbean state but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center initially warned that the quake City of Miami could generate waves Notice of Solicitation 1 to 3 feet above nor- mal in Cuba, Jamaica, RFQ No.: 19-20-021 the Cayman Islands, Title: Civil Engineering Services for Shorecrest Road and Honduras, Mexico and Drainage Improvements, D5 Belize, but issued a lat- RFQ Due Date Wednesday, February 26, 2020: at 3:00 PM er message saying the danger had passed. Voluntary Pre-Proposal Conference The quake was felt strongly in Santiago, City of Miami the largest city in east- 444 SW 2nd Avenue, 6th Floor South Conference Room 602 ern Cuba, said Belkis Miami, Florida 33130 Guerrero, who works Friday, January 31, 2020 at 10:00 AM. in a Roman Catholic cultural center in the (Deadline to Request additional information/clarification: Friday, center of Santiago February 7, 2020 at 5:00 PM) “We were all sitting and we felt the chairs Sealed Proposals will be received by the City of Miami City Clerk’s move,” she said. “We office located at City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, FL 33133 heard the noise of everything moving For additional information, please contact Anthony Rolle at 305-416- around.” 1914 or visit our Procurement Opportunities webpage at: http://www. She said there was miamigov.com/MiamiCapital/NewBidsandProposals.html no apparent damage in the heart of the co- THIS SOLICITATION IS SUBJECT TO THE “CONE OF SILENCE” IN lonial city. ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 18-74 OF THE CITY CODE. “It felt very strong but it doesn’t look like DP# 29690 Emilio T. González, City Manager anything happened,″ The Miami Times 12 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JANUARY 29-FEBRUARY 4, 2020

and started coaching at Lau- coached in middle school.” derdale Lakes Vikings, one From there, he was promot- ZIEGLER of youth programs at which ed to a JV coaching spot and he played. Some of his old won 13 straight games.” youth coaches, who he says After paying some dues and REPORT made an impact on his life, having success, Feb. 1, 2019 is JENNY ZIEGLER, [email protected] let him come back and start a day coach Frasier will fond- coaching. ly remember as the day he Dillard alum Eddie Frasier He went from being an as- was promoted to the position sistant coach at Lakes to be- of head football coach of the The head coach came back to give back ing a head coach there. He Dillard High School football won a state championship for team. There’s no place like home shares with his coaching the youth level at Lauderdale “Live for Dillard” is the for Dillard High School alum, staff); Broward County Team Lakes. motto that he guides his team Eddie Frasier. of the Year and All County Success breeds more op- by. He says Dillard is a “life- Born and raised in Fort nods for some of his athletes. portunities and he started style.” Lauderdale, Frasier absolute- His winning ways did not to get a lot of offers to come That lifestyle he wants to ly loves Dillard High School go unnoticed by his peers. to high school programs be- introduce his team to express Panthers. Coach Frasier was also one cause of his connection with is pride in being a Dillard The first-year head football of 32 head coaching candi- the youth league kids. Panther. coach came home to the Pan- dates nominated by their But he says he didn’t want “I am very committed to thers and he brought success respective local NLF teams to go anywhere but his alma making sure that Dillard foot- with him. for the Don Shula NFL High mater – Dillard. ball is back where it needs to At 34 years old, Frasier led School Coach of the Year “I got the opportunity in be,” coach Frasier told The the Panthers’ football team to Award. Shula is the winnin- 2013. I coached the middle Miami Times. an undefeated (10-0) regular gest coach in NFL history school flag football team at It’s always nice to see a season, finishing an impres- and the only coach to record Dillard (6-12 grades) winning hometown boy come back sive (12-1) overall. a perfect season including two county championships,” and make difference in the Some critics say that the winning the Super Bowl. said Frasier. “And a lot of community from which he strength of the schedule was Frasier represented the Eddie Frasier the guys now are the guys I hailed. his best friend, but at the end Miami Dolphins as one of of the day, you still have to the best to do it on the high on-field success are all good He went away to play the game. school level. management traits. school and he came And the Panthers’ haven’t Though he did not win this Young, Black, talented, back in 2008 and start- Invitation to Bid seen this kind of success in one, the criteria to be consid- respected and successful … ed laying the ground- Turner Construction Company and Jackson Health System cordially 30 years. ered is an honor and makes coach had a Cinderella sea- work to land his dream invite interested subcontractors to complete and submit sealed bids This year alone, Frasier one proud to know that this son for his first year out. job of one day coaching by no later than for the added these accolades to is what peers think about you. Frasier is one of the rare at the school where he Wednesday, February 12, 2019 3 PM EST following project / bid packages: his resume: Broward Coun- Character, leadership, in- few that came back to give left his heart. ty Coach of the Year; 6A- tegrity, dedication to the back. Once he graduated 8A Head Football Coach of community, commitment to Seems as though coach Fra- from college, he came JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEM the Year (which he humbly player health and safety and ser had a date with fate. back to Fort Lauderdale JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DIAGNOSTIC TREATMENT CENTER (DTC) ICU VERTICAL EXPANSION SELECT TRADE BID PACKAGES (see below)

The invitation to bid (ITB) for this project includes the following bid packages:

• Stucco • Exterior Insulation and Finish System (EIFS)

Bid manual, bid requirements, bid forms, specifications, drawings, and other construction documents will be available through www. BuildingConnected.com. Respond via www.dtcjackson.com website to gain access to Building Connected and bid documents.

Bids must be delivered in a sealed envelope to Jackson Memorial Hospital Facilities, Design and Construction Department trailer located at the corner of NW 12th Ave and NW 19th St. Complete address is listed below (additional instructions and map will be provided via Building Connected): Jackson Memorial Hospital Facilities, Design and Construction Department ATTN: Isa Nunez 1611 NW 12th Ave Miami, FL 33136

Turner is committed to supporting the economic development of certified Miami-Dade County Small Business Enterprise – Construction (SBE-C) firms. Miami-Dade County certified SBE-C entities are encouraged to submit prequalification interest information for this and future projects. Turner Construction Company is an equal employ- Floating solar array lands at MIA ment opportunity employer (minorities / females / veterans / individuals with disabilities / sexual orientation / gender identity). Millions who fly into Miami International Airport will now see a solar array that generates 160 kilowatts of power. Florida Power and Light Co. partnered with Miami-Dade County to install the nation’s first floating array at an airport, All questions regarding prequalification should be directed to Eric which launched Tuesday into the Blue Lagoon next to MIA. Small at [email protected] The half-acre, 402-panel installation is a research project that tests how solar panels perform on water. FPL has built numerous smaller solar installations throughout Miami-Dade County in urban areas that generate clean All questions regarding the bid process should be directed to An- energy and raise awareness for solar technology. drew Gotschall at [email protected].

Attention Business Owners Miami-Dade County District 3

Mom and Pop Small Business Grant Program

Grant Money Available! Up to $10,000 Per Business

Applications available January 29, 2020 through February 14, 2020

PICK UP APPLICATIONS AT: Commissioner Audrey M. Edmonson District Office Joseph Caleb Center 5400 NW 22nd Ave 7th Floor; Miami, FL 33142 Phone: 305-636-2331 Attn: Marcus Barfield Or Neighbors And Neighbors Association (NANA) located at the Dr. Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall Social and Economic Institute 5120 NW 24th Ave Miami, FL 33142 Or Applications online January 29, 2020 www.miamidade.gov/district03

There will be an information workshop explaining the requirements on February 13, 2020 at 1:00p.m. Neighbors And Neighbors Association (NANA) located at the Dr. Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall Social and Economic Institute 5120 NW 24th Ave, Miami, FL 33142 Please be on time!

Completed applications will be accepted from Feb 17th – Feb 24th by 4:00 pm Hand deliver application to District Office or NANA No late applications will be accepted!

For additional information contact: Victoria Goss 305-756-0605 Neighbors And Neighbors Association (NANA)

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SUPERFEST AND VEWTOPIA EVENTS MERGE Family fun meets today’s hottest artists converge in Miami Gardens PHILTRINA FARQUHARSON Migos tival, but also all of the fami- Special to The Miami Times ly-friendly activities SuperFest Afro B Miami Live has to offer. This Miami Gardens will play includes access to the fan vil- host to the inaugural Vewto- lage, which highlights Miami’s pia Music Festival taking place culture, food and families with during Super Bowl Weekend. the inclusion of a carnival. Just a mile away from the “The positive impact of Hard Rock Stadium, this two- hosting yet another Super day music festival will allow Bowl in Miami Gardens guests of all ages to experi- makes a difference but cre- ence live performances, art ating experiences for those exhibits, culinary demonstra- visitors while here will gen- tions, kid zones and more. erate additional positive ex- The star-studded line-up posure to the ever-changing will feature over 15 of the city,” said Super Bowl Host biggest names in pop, urban, Committee Chairman Rod- Latin and Caribbean music, ney Barreto. “Having all these a direct reflection and cele- people come in and travel ... bration of the diversity of the sure, the stadium only hosts host city, Miami Gardens. Live 65,000, but you’re going to performances from recording have 200,000 people traveling artists Cardi B, Migos, Chris to the region.” Brown, Safaree, Afro B, Bur- Vewtopia will be streamed na Boy, Squash and others are live, allowing viewers the the highlight of the festival. ability to interact and expe- VewLive! partnered with rience the event from any- SuperFest, along with some of where in the world. the most sought-after names “VewLive! Has been re- in festival production, includ- sponsible for some of the ing organizers from Rolling country’s largest concert ex- Loud Music Festival and Ul- Squash periences, but none are as extra Music Festival to put this citing as this,” said Ryan Burke, together. All in one location, founder of the Vewtopia Festi- in the heart of Miami Gardens val. “Amazing things don’t just there will be over 50 artists belong on South Beach; we are performing, over 100 parties honored to bring this dynam- and events onsite at SuperFest ic event to the city of Miami Miami Live and over 600,000 Gardens.” expected to be in attendance. Two-day passes start at $149. “The beauty of this partner- WHEN: Friday, Jan. 31 and ship is that two Miami natives Saturday, Feb. 1 have united to show the world WHERE: SuperFest Miami what it is like to live and play LIVE in the city of Miami Gardens,” 19199 NW 27TH Ave., Miami said Ted Lucas, SuperFest Mi- Gardens ami Live’s executive producer. For more information on The merging of Vewtopia Vewtopia Music Festival and and SuperFest Miami Live will Super Bowl Fest Miami, visit allow ticketed attendees to https://www.superfestmiami. not only enjoy the music fes- com Burna Boy The Miami Times 2 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JANUARY 29-FERBUARY 4, 2020 The Miami Times 3 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JANUARY 29-FEBRUARY 4, 2020

THE SOCIAL WHIRL DANIELLA PIERRE | [email protected] Welcome to the Social Whirl, a place where you can read about all the latest happenings around South Flori- da. I’ll be your host Daniella Pierre capturing and sharing highlights from many of the latest events. From birthday Barbara Carey Shuler at the Spady Cultural Heri- parties, retirements, fashion tage Museum in Boca Raton. shows, weddings, brunches, anniversaries, church events call 561-279-8883. day. Stafford says, “God had and more, Social Whirl has already revealed to me the got you covered. So, if you’re STAFFORD’S outcome of the race.” having an event or know BATTLE-TESTED Stay tuned because after of one, share it with Social People have asked all the results of elections are Whirl. around town about the announced later this year, it whereabouts of Cynthia will be revealed to us, too. FUNDRAISER Stafford and her status on Others vying for the seat FOR MASTER the campaign trail for Florida are: Shevrin Jones, Daphne The Hungry Black Man Senate District 35. Well, just Campbell, Wilbur Harbin, (Starex Smith) and a host of The ladies of the AARP Opa-locka chapter No. 4005 and Willie Williams at the last week I ran into Stafford Erhabor Ighodaro, and culinary experts and chefs 5000 Role Models Scholarship MLK Breakfast. after church. She looked great Josue Larose. Happy cam- came together to put on a and poised with an upbeat at- paigning all! charity fundraising event plenty of food and beverag- 1922 to 1957. The museum is titude. Stafford’s still in the in honor of the late Master es and you could have your housed in the former home race. To prove it, she pulled AARP LADIES IN Naltan Johnson on Sunday, choice between six different of Spady and has been open out two campaign items from RED AND WHITE Jan. 26. The event was held in dishes. There was seafood since 2001. her bag: a flyer and a donation The ladies of the AARP Overtown at a Space Called crab rice and sautéed shrimp If you’ve been wonder- envelope. Just taking a glance Opa-locka Chapter No. 4005 Tribe. Tamara Hollerman, by Crabman 305; barbeque ing what Shuler’s been up at the campaign flyer you can were out in full force last the mother of Master was at by Josh of Grill Daddy’s; to lately, she’s a board mem- tell immediately that Staf- week at the 27th annual 5000 the event being held in honor meatloaf by Tracy of Home- ber of the museum and now ford attended Miami North- Role Models Scholarship of her son. She was surround- style; griot by chef Fendler lives in Boynton Beach. If western Senior High because MLK Breakfast. Even though ed by friends and attendees Charles; jerk chicken and you remember Shuler when it was written and designed the room was packed, it was at the event. Hollerman says macaroni and cheese by Lor- she lived in and served as a in blue and gold. There’s just just something about these she didn’t know The Hungry na’s; specialty barbeque and Miami-Dade commissioner, something about those Bulls. ladies stood out. They were Black Man; he reached out to marinated jerk by chef Lo. you would see from her pic- Her campaign slogan is “for- all dressed alike. They had her concerning her son. Patricia and Sanetta Guy- ture that she still has an eye ward and upward the jour- on their red AARP T-shirts “I’m appreciate and thank- ton were there, too. They for fashion. Check her out ney continues.” with red and white hats on to And no need to ask or match. I must say they were ful for his help. I’m a single came all the way from Miami Cynthia Stafford in her all-white pantsuit and parent just trying to do the Gardens to support the fund- matching shoes. During the question Stafford as to why looking pretty sharp. The best I can. I’m taking things raiser. All proceeds raised commissioner attended the MLK Brunch, Shuler present- she’s qualified to be a state chapter president is Johnnie one day at a time,” said Hol- from the event will go to the 20th Annual MLK Brunch at ed three local leaders awards senator because she lists Kerr. She has been serving leman. family of Johnson. Master’s the Spady Cultural Heritage for their advocacy and ser- the top three reasons, with a as president since 2019. Her Master, 16, was a student funeral will be Saturday at Museum, located at 170 NW vice to the Spady Museum: check mark on the very front brother Willie Williams, a of Miami Jackson Senior Peaceful Zion Missionary Fifth Ave., in Delray Beach, Mark Reingold; Addie Lee of her campaign flyer. “Bat- veteran of the armed forces High School and he lived in Baptist Church in Miami. Florida. Over 400 people at- Hudson; and Nadine Jones tle-tested” was one a reason and 5000 Role Model, do- the Liberty City area. He was tended the sold-out event. Hart. Spady Museum is open on Stafford’s campaign flyer nated the table to the group shot on the evening of Jan. CAREY SHULER MOVED The museum is named after Tuesday through Friday from that caught my eye. I think to attend the breakfast. Oth- 17. He died from his wounds TO PALM BEACH COUNTY Solomon D. Spady, a Black 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is the only we can all relate to what bat- er members and guests of Jan. 20, Martin Luther King Jr. Barbara Carey Shuler, educator and community museum of its kind in Delray tle-tested means and feels Chapter No. 4005 are Lillian Day. At the event, there was former Miami-Dade County leader in Delray Beach from Beach. For more information like living in this world to- Taylor and Yvonne Hart. Destinations 4 THE MIAMI TIMES | JANUARY 29-FEBRUARY 4, 2020 | MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM

36 HOURS IN Honolulu Go beyond the beach in the Hawaiian capital.

Photos Credit: Marco Garcia for The New York Times SUSANNE FOWLER The New York Times 1) SALT at Our Kaka‘ako 3. For many travelers, Honolulu is just a stopover is an open-air shopping and en route to Maui or Kauai, with a goal of avoiding dining block with an artsy the overtouristed maze that Waikiki has become. In 2018, nearly 6 million travelers arrived by air to flair. the island of Oahu, up 16.2 percent in five years. But there is still plenty to do and see in the multi- cultural Hawaiian capital while skirting the edge of the crowds: Museums shed light on historic 2) Doughnut heaven Hawaii; chefs offer updated takes on traditional awaits at Purvé Donut Shop. ingredients; and bars concoct new versions of kitschy aloha cocktails. Because many things cost more than on the mainland, it can be paradise at a price. Still, there are ways to experience today’s 3) The Lyon Arboretum, Honolulu beyond the beach and without busting the budget. with seven miles of foliage- lined hiking trails, serves FRIDAY 1) 3 p.m. Deep background as an outdoor ecosystem Some visitors will head straight to the beach but the Bishop Museum is a better place to understand laboratory for the University the physical and cultural evolution of the islands and the sensitivity to who, or what, is considered of Hawaii. “Native Hawaiian” versus “local.” Named for Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, a philanthropist who was the last descendant of the Kamehame- 4) The ‘Awa ‘Awa Mai Tai ha royal family, the museum offers insight into precontact Hawaii, as well as the forced abdication cocktail is a specialty at of its final queen, Lili’uokalani, in the 1890s. Check out the model of a heiau or sacrificial temple; the the Skull & Crown Trading colorful feathered capes, leis and helmets; the Co. bar. kapa barkcloth blankets; the wall of antique poi pounders; the sperm whale skeleton hanging from the ceiling; and find the costume alcove where you can try on styles inspired by the Pacific islands including, yes, a grass skirt. Adults $24.95, seniors $21.95, children 4 to 17 $16.95.

2) 6 p.m. Chinatown trek The struggle between the traditional and the trendy is evident here, amid signs of gentrification and poverty. Within Chinatown’s gridlike layout, you can spot a few examples of the low-rise Itali- anate brick or white stucco and corniced buildings that predate a devastating fire in 1900. 4. SEE TRAVEL 5C The Miami Times 5 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JANUARY 29-FEBRUARY 4, 2020 TRAVEL CONTINUED FROM 4C

Admire the colorful neon marquee at the refurbished 1922 Hawaii Theater. Take in the colors and tuberose-heavy scents at lei stands where floral necklaces are still strung by hand and note the steamed bun sign at Char Hung Suit where hand-formed dump- lings are sold earlier in the day at about $1 a piece. See street signs in English and Chinese characters, but also the living evidence of the city’s homeless population. Don’t be deterred, though. Chinatown offers a glimpse of the culture that de- veloped after migrants, origi- nally recruited in the 1850s to work in sugar plantations, left those jobs to open their own businesses.

3) 7 p.m. Feast at Fete Book ahead to score one of the five seats at the counter in the Fete kitchen where a crew led by the chefs Robynne Maii and Emily Iguchi prepare what Photos Credit: Marco Garcia for The New York Times they market as seasonal New American farm-to-table cui- Dining alfresco at Avro in SALT at Our Kaka‘ako. sine, with dishes like Kauai Ranch beef cheek risotto — a Seafood Council. Afterward, Honolulu is known for its standouts might include a raw The lines can be long for the bo plate with poi, steamed San Francisco-style cioppino walk to the nearby Nico’s Pier blend of cultures but the Scan- tuna tartare on risotto cakes sugar-dusted Portuguese mala- sweet potato and tender, soup of tomato-forward broth 38 for a breakfast (about $25 dinavian twist on Pacific Rim ($15), a generous market-let- sadas at Leonard’s Bakery. But smoky Kalua pig with a square with chunks of shrimp and for two) of fish-of-the-day and cuisine at Tango Contemporary tuce salad with sprouted len- another sweet breakfast option of coconut flan served in what mahi — and pineapple carrot eggs; pancakes with passion Cafe is one of the more unex- tils, orange and pecans ($12) is the Purvé Donut Stop, where resembles a school lunch tray: cake. Expect to spend around fruit butter; or a mini loco pected. The space blends com- and a filling plate of gnocchi the doughnuts actually have ($15.25). Or try fresh fish ta- $45 or more for three courses, moco (beef and egg on rice, fy banquettes and an industrial with a ragu of pork, beef and holes and a whole lot of inter- ro-tortilla tacos with taro and not including drinks. smothered with gravy). exposed-pipe ceiling with airy porcini mushrooms ($22). But esting toppings. Enter from a sweet potato chips on the side Scandinavian décor accent- for the more adventurous eat- rooftop parking lot to watch ($16.95) or the poi pancakes 4) 9 p.m. Tiki trending 6) 9 a.m. Walk this way ed by floral black and white er, head cater-corner to the these being made fresh and in with macadamia nuts and a The Skull & Crown Trad- Skip the crowds along the Marimekko wall hangings, one more hipster environment of small batches. Order a hot cof- coconut-custard sauce ($7.65). ing Company is a new kid on Manoa Falls Trail and head in- with splashes of purple posies. the newer Mud Hen Water to fee and try the O No! Grindz (a the block (across the street is stead to the nearby Lyon Arbo- The weekend brunch offerings try pickled seaweed and beet play on the phrase ‘ono grinds, LODGING Smith’s Union Bar, which com- retum to commune with biodi- from the Finland-born chef poke with smoked macadamia meaning delicious eats, with There are plenty of Hono- bines dive-bar atmospherics versity in a tropical rainforest. Goran V. Streng include French nuts ($9); smooth taro root a coffee-flavored chocolate lulu links on sites like Ho- with kooky karaoke-lounge The lush grounds, with seven toast ($10.25) made with Ha- hummus with kukui nut lavosh glaze); the Alohamac (macada- meAway and Airbnb, although vibes and advertises itself as miles of foliage-lined hiking waiian sweet bread, paper-thin ($9); and starchy buttered ‘ulu mias and a caramel drizzle); or a new city ordinance has out- the oldest bar on Oahu, dat- trails, serve as an outdoor eco- Swedish pancakes ($10.25) with (also known as breadfruit) the Ala Wai Tea Bag (matcha lawed many rentals of less than ing to 1934). Open since June, system laboratory for the Uni- a berry compote, and a frittata with fermented black beans glaze with a Kit-Kat). Single 30 days. Another challenge is Skull & Crown is filled with versity of Hawaii. Parking and ($12.50) with mushrooms from ($8). doughnuts at $3.25 each. Or to find something tasteful and tiki- and horror-themed items entry are free, as is a trail map Hamakua Heritage Farms on cheaper by the dozen at $2.75 affordable that doesn’t seem in a marginally ghoulish In- that will help you find hibiscus the Big Island. 11) 10 p.m. The aloha spirits each. set up for a frat party of eight. diana Jones-meets-Gilligan species and other plants na- Repair back toward central Getting away from Waikiki homage accented by skulls and tive to Hawaii and those used 9) 3 p.m. Kicks in Kaimuki Honolulu for a nightcap at Har- 13) 10 a.m. Add SALT helps to lower prices: Airbnb shrunken heads, fishing nets in traditional island culture, Start a design-it-yourself ry’s Hardware Emporium, a From its past as an area of listed a studio apartment in and buoys, pineapple-shaped as well as plants in peril. Keep walking tour of this neigh- vintage-look speakeasy with a salt ponds and then a zone for the Kaimuki neighborhood for lamps, large tiki idols, a mer- your ears open for the calls borhood east of Waikiki by lengthy menu of craft cocktails. wholesalers and warehouses, about $120 a night. maid sculpture and an eerie of cockatoos. Book ahead for browsing the Hawaii-related If you can find the place, that SALT at Our Kaka‘ako is now Some high-rises feature soundtrack complete with events, which might include a titles and the charming chil- is. This is one of those “secret” an open-air shopping and din- condos as hotel-type stays, thunderclaps. The cocktail list yoga and mindful hiking class dren’s section at the indepen- bars with no windows and no ing block with an artsy flair. including the 41-story Aston includes the unusual ‘Awa ‘Awa ($20), or a guided “forest bath- dent bookseller da Shop. Then TVs, where you are supposed Restaurants feature live music at the Executive Centre (1088 Mai Tai ($15), made with Cam- ing” experience ($70). amble over to Gecko Books & to call or text in advance (808- in genres like ukulele and slack Bishop Street; doubles with pari and served with crushed Comics, where Ted Mays has 379-3887), receive a password key guitar, roots reggae and kitchenettes and ocean views ice and a flaming sugar cube 7) 11 a.m. South Shore shop- been offering pop culture clas- and enter through the adjacent pop music by local performers, are about $240). The location inside the half-shell of a fresh portuity sics like Wonder Woman, Spi- burgers-and-beers, sports- and shops sell trendy products is ideal for exploring China- lime. Authentic Hawaii? Maybe Venture beyond kitschy key der-Man and Star Wars collect- themed Pint + Jigger restaurant like artisanal island chocolate town. Insist on a recently ren- not, but a fun place to channel chains in the ubiquitous Waiki- ibles since 1987. Try your luck and on through a door marked and reproductions of 1930s to ovated unit as some feel worn. your inner tiki goddess. ki souvenir stands to find Ho- combing through the Good- “closed for renovations.” But ’50s Hawaiian shirts. But the Many hotels tack on an nolulu’s active crafts scene will Store on Waialae Avenue Harry’s has mood lighting, a streets surrounding the mall “amenity fee” ostensibly to SATURDAY at the South Shore Market, a for discount prices on Reyn chandelier, a tin-look ceiling, are even more eye-catching, cover the little extras. In a 5) 7 a.m. Go fish sort of mini-mall housing bou- Spooner “aloha shirts” or comb and a menu that includes Tait- with dozens of murals paint- quieter zone between the Ala Head early to Pier 38 to see tiques, art exhibitions and even the racks of hand-loomed wild tinger Comtes de Champagne ed by artists from around the Wai Canal and busy Waiki- where much of the fish you a family-owned sweets shop silk or linen gauze clothing and ($210) and Imperial Ossetra world during Pow! Wow! Ha- ki, the midcentury design might eat this weekend is sold selling Macadamia “snowball” scarves at Indigé Design. Stop caviar ($110). Try a Tag Along waii, a weeklong event each Surfjack Hotel & Swim Club at auction to restaurants in Ha- cookies and chocolate-dipped at Brew’d Craft Pub to try a $3- (gin, apricot syrup, almond li- February. Don’t be surprised if (412 Lewers Street, doubles waii, Japan and the mainland mango. Pick up cotton sarongs to-$4 tasting portion of Hawai- queur, $16), a carbonated Mai you spot newlyweds in fancy were recently from about United States. In the chilly at Kealopiko; handcrafted jew- ian pours like Hop Island I.P.A. Tai (three types of rum, fresh attire posing before a favorite. $300; penthouse suite about sales room, buyers crowd elry made with found items or Pau Hana Pilsner. lime juice, orange Curacao, $600) charges $29 a day to around pallets loaded with ahi like shark teeth, sea glass and orgeat, $16) or a Burn One 14) Noon. A picture poi-fect each room for access to treats tuna, moonfish or swordfish as sunrise shells edged in 24-kar- 10) 7 p.m. Go to Town Down (small-batch bourbon meal like hotel-branded bicycles, the auctioneer takes bids, jot- at gold at Flotsam & Co.; and Kaimuki is crowded with and Averna, smoked with mes- If you’ve made it this far free morning coffee in the lob- ting the final price per pound greeting cards drawn by local dining options, but two of the quite and finished with a Grand without trying a traditional by and use of a beach tote and on a piece of paper that is then artists at Mori, where you also best are the product of the Marnier mist, $18) with a side plate lunch or poi, the pur- towels. Dog-friendly, it also attached to the fish. Entering might spot some vinyl by Dick same man, the Oahu-born chef order of smoked opah crostini plish pounded taro root that has a central swimming pool, a to observe the spectacle is free Dale or Maryanne Ito, among Ed Kenney who espouses lo- ($12). is a gluten-free staple of an “reef-safe” sunscreen dispens- to the public, although earlier the eclectic offerings. cal first, organic, if possible. island diet, then the Highway er, live music and short cours- 90-minute, $25 tours can be At Town, his more upscale, SUNDAY Inn, in business since 1947, is es in crafts like lei-stringing or booked through the Hawaii 8) 1 p.m. Nordic nosh semi-industrial-design option, 12) 9 a.m. Do a doughnut the place to go. Opt for a com- reed-weaving.

Women on the Move Inc.: Bethune-Cookman University: of North Park @ Scott Carv- Every fourth Saturday for wom- 6:30 p.m. every second Thurs- er, meetings 1st Saturday of Inner City Children’s Tour- en 55 and older who are inter- day; Omega Center. each month: 1- 3 p.m. North ing Dance Class: Free introduc- ested in traveling and network- Park Community Center, 2181 tory classical ballet workshops ing. Info: Call 305-934-5122 Tennessee State Alumni As- NW 74th St. for girls ages 6-8 and 9-12; Time sociation/Miami-Dade Chap- and date, TBA; 1350 NW 50th The Miami Central High ter: 9 a.m. every third Saturday; Democratic Women's Club St. Info: Call 305-758-1577 or Alumni Association: 7 p.m. ev- African Heritage Cultural Arts of Overtown/Omni, meetings visit www.childrendance.net. LIFESTYLE ery second and fourth Wednes- Center. Info: Call 305-336-4287. 1st Saturday of month, 2-4 day; Miami Central Senior High p.m., Williams Park community The Overtown Children and School library. Info: Call 305- The Morris Brown College room, 1717 NW Fifth Ave. Youth Coalition: Free profes- 370-4825. Miami-Dade/Broward Alumni sional development workshops. HAPPENINGS Association: 9:30 a.m. every Family Christian Associ- Register: www.overtowncyc.org/ Booker T. Washington Class third Saturday; North Shore ation of America is offering workshops. Info: Contact Shari COMPILED BY THE MIAMI TIMES STAFF of 1959: 11 a.m. every first Medical Center; Info: Call 786- free educational programs. Benjamin at 786-477-5813. [email protected] Tuesday at Golden Corral, 9045 356-4412. Head Start, Early Head Start, Pines Blvd. Info: 305-989-0994. Early Head Start Expansion and Haitian Folk Cardio Dance ARTS & CULTURE EVENTS 26-27, 2020. Info: call 786- Booker T. Washington VPK. Contact 786-719-9309 or Class: Get a good workout, as Mini Mondays: Every Mon- 838-6464. 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Info: ASSOCIATION/ The Citizen Advisory Com- 12:30 p.m. every third Wednes- of Miami-Dade, meetings on 340-3372. 305-504-4936 or vbtimpson1@ CHAPTER MEETINGS mittee: 7 p.m. every second day; Community Center in Coco- 2nd Saturday of each month: hotmail.com. Class of 1978 -1983 com- Thursday to discuss general nut Grove. Info: Call 954-248- 9:30 - 11a.m. Citadel Building, Women in Transition of bined reunion of South community issues; Northside 6946. 8325 NE Second Ave. South Florida: Free comput- The deadline for the Lifestyle Dade/Homestead High Police Station. Info: Call 786- er lessons for women. Info: Calendar is every Friday at 2 School. Together Again, Sept. 512-3641. The Miami-Dade Chapter of Democratic Women's Club Call 786-477-8548. p.m. The Miami Times 6 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JANUARY 29-FERBUARY 4, 2020 BOOK REVIEW Learn about ‘the father of gospel music’ Charles Albert Tindley helped young ing for a church to attend from what may be a surpris- and when he found one, he ing source, and “By and By” children understand the joy of singing went – and even though he tells the tale. had no shoes, the preacher And yet, use caution when TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER when he was born in Mary- there welcomed him and let introducing this story to your Miami Times Contributor land nearly 170 years ago: his him testify before the con- kids: for the smallest reader, father was a slave and his gregation. Charles promised the story of “the father of Every Sunday morning, mother was a free woman. himself that nothing would gospel music” might need a you get to do your favorite The law said that Charles ever come between him and bit more explaining. Author thing. You get to sing. was free like his mother God, ever. Carole Boston Weatherford’s You know the words to all and so, when she died and As he grew with God, poem-biography tells a lot the songs without even look- because his father had no Charles Albert Tindley be- but perhaps not enough so ing. Every tune is one you’ve rights, the boy suddenly had came Reverend Tindley, that preschoolers will easily sang before, one your Ma- no parents! His aunt took who had a wife and a church understand, particularly in ma’s known since she was lit- him in and sent him to work and a congregation all his its significance. Parents and tle, one your Grandma sang on nearby farms. own. His church helped peo- grandparents will find notes once upon a time. All you The work was hard but ple during the Great Depres- at the end of the book to be need is to hear the first few singing gave Charles some- sion. They had an orches- of further help – or, alter- notes and your voice is lifted thing to think about. He first tra. And every Sunday, the nately, you can let the lush high, and, as in the new book learned “chants in the field” songs that Reverend Tindley artwork from Bryan Collier “By and By” by Carole Bos- and then he heard spirituals wrote were lifted up to God teach your child everything ton Weatherford, illustrated sung between the crops. This – just as they are now, this he needs to know for now by Bryan Collier, your praise inspired him to want to learn week, perhaps, in your own about this inspiring tale. rises beyond the clouds. and so, by the light of an oil church… The 4-to-8-year-old child Though you’ve always lamp and fire in the hearth, If your household is like who loves to sing, who loves liked to sing, Charles Albert he taught himself to read the most, music surrounds your to dance, and who loves her Tindley’s entire life was a newspaper and then, a Bible. child from a variety of sourc- church will want you to read song. Young Charles was in- es: oldies, new artists, clas- this book. “By and By” could It started as a sad song, spired! Soon, he started look- sics and hymns. Some come become her favorite thing. Bob Marley’s 75th birthday celebrated His kids marked the late reggae icon’s milestone at a pre-Grammy brunch

MESFIN FEKADU passed that message on to Associated Press their own children, who were in attendance Fri- At a celebration for Bob day. Skip Marley, Cedella Marley’s 75th birth an- Marley’s son who has col- niversary, the late icon’s laborated with Katy Perry, children — famous in H.E.R. and Major Lazer, their own right — gath- said he didn’t choose mu- ered to tell stories about sic, but that “music chose the reggae king and dis- me.” Rohan Marley participates in the Q&A panel at the Julian Marley participates in the Q&A panel at the cuss passing the musical “All of us carry it on,” Marley Brunch with Marley Family Members at the Marley Brunch with Marley Family Members at the torch to their own chil- Skip Marley said of the 1 Hotel West Hollywood on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, in 1 Hotel West Hollywood on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, in dren. other grandchildren, West Hollywood, Calif. West Hollywood, Calif. Bob Marley’s children, “Even to some new streets including Cedella Marley, and avenues (while) pro- new music and that Hill tecting the message and will be featured on his continuing to carry the project. He said his Gram- light.” my-winning mother has Mystic Marley, Zuri given him “positive feed- Marley, Nico Marley, Sha- back” about his music but cia Marley and Joshua added: “There’s always Omaru Marley — the son room for improvement.” Daddy was a fitness of Lauryn Hill and Rohan Nico Marley, Rohan guru ... and there were Marley — also attended Marley’s son who had the event. signed with the NFL’s times when we would “This is Lauryn’s boy,” Washington Redskins as do these relay races Rohan Marley said, look- an undrafted free agent in ing to Joshua Omaru Mar- 2017, joked about being the and a lot of parents “ ley. oddball Marley onstage. just want their children “He’s my son but they “I’m just glad I have to win, win, win. No, always say, ‘Oh! Lauryn some kind of talent be- Hill’s son and Bob Mar- cause it wasn’t singing,” we had to really win.” ley’s grandson,’” he said to he said as the audience laughs. “I’m like, ‘OK. No erupted in laughter. “I’m —Cedella Marley problem. I’ll take that!’” in the back clapping. I Joshua Omaru Marley can’t even sing. Not even said that he’s working on a little bit.”

Julian Marley and Rohan Marley, and several of his grandchildren held a pre-Grammys brunch Fri- day alongside Universal Music and Mastercard in Los Angeles — about two weeks before the Jamai- can singer’s Feb. 6 birth- date. Bob Marley died of cancer in 1981, at age 36. The event also celebrated Julian Marley, who is Photos by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP nominated for best reggae Mystic Marley participates in the Q&A panel at the album at Sunday’s Gram- Marley Brunch with Marley Family Members at the my Awards. 1 Hotel West Hollywood on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, in Cedella Marley, a three- West Hollywood, Calif. time Grammy winner, said her father, who died in 1981, taught his children important lessons about perseverance. “Daddy was a fitness guru ... and there were times when we would do these relay races and a lot of parents just want their children to win, win, win. No, we had to really win,” she said. “If we run, we have to really run. And he was not the one that was just going to let you win just because, and I think that’s an important les- son. Nothing is handed Cedella Marley participates in the Q&A panel at the to you, you have to go out Marley Brunch with Marley Family Members at the there (and work hard).” 1 Hotel West Hollywood on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, in Bob Marley’s kids West Hollywood, Calif. Education Health Church News Parenting

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People fail to realize that flying is still safer than driving cars and accidents happen a lot less,” said White“ who is beating odds as a Black female poised to graduate May 17 and pursue a college major in aeronautical engineering at any one of three Florida schools on which she awaits acceptance.

BLACK GIRLS CAN FLY KENNEDY WHITE EARNED HER PILOT’S LICENSE AND IS BOUND FOR A CAREER IN AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

PENNY DICKERSON senior also amplified the National Pembroke Pines. nights watching TV. “The programming [email protected] Safety Council statistic that the odds “I wouldn't know aviation if my father concluded with formation of USAF F-4 of dying in air and space transport wasn't a pilot,” said White. “As a child, Phantoms skimming clouds. A narrator Kennedy White piloted her first air- incidents, which include private flights I always wondered why I never heard a recited the poem, “High Flight”. I still plane and attempted small turns and and air taxis, are 1 in 9,821. woman's voice on the plane’s intercom get chills.” maneuvers when she was just 13 years “People fail to realize that flying is when I went on family vacation, so I A graduate of Howard University with old, the same age as Gianna Bryant who still safer than driving cars and acci- learned to fly to show young girls, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science died Sunday, Jan. 26 in a helicopter dents happen a lot less,” said White people of color, that the aviation indus- and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, crash that claimed nine lives including who is beating odds as a Black female try isn't just for men.” White skirted careers in medicine or her father, NBA all-star Kobe Bryant. poised to graduate May 17 and pur- White’s father is Capt. Kelwyn White, law and returned to Vero Beach where White is now an 18-year-old licensed sue a college major in aeronautical a veteran commercial pilot for American aviation thrived. private pilot who is saddened by the engineering at any one of three Florida Airlines whose 30-year aviation career “One day I ran into Oscar Braynon, air tragedy, but shares a story with a schools on which she awaits accep- includes rising to ranks of lieutenant in Lieutenant U.S. Navy walking in a Navy happy ending that can comfort a world tance. the U.S. Navy. His path gave flight to his flight suit. He had the swag I wanted to in mourning and inspire Black girls to As a precursor, White completed a daughter’s vision to fly. have,” mused Capt. White. “Turns out aim high. flight training program at Wayman Avia- “My fascination with aviation began he was a Navy pilot stationed with the The St. Thomas Aquinas high school tion Academy at North Perry Airport in as a child,” said White, who spent late SEE FLY 8D

The White family in-flight includes Tracey Douglas-White, Capt. Kelwyn White and Kennedy White in cockpit. The Miami Times 8 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JANUARY 29-FERBUARY 4, 2020

BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENTS IN SOUTH FLORIDA COMPLIED BY EMAN ELSHAHAWY family-friendly activities and more. Enjoy ADMISSION: For ticket information Central station for a day of exploration Remembrance Dinner” [email protected] live performances, local MC's on the 1s contact, 305-329-2513 or visit, https:// in Little Haiti. WHEN: Sunday, Feb. 9, at 7 p.m. and 2s, drink specials and delicious food www.historicalblackprecinct.org. ADMISSION: $20, RSVP at, https:// WHERE: Doubletree Ballroom, 711 DOWNTOWN for purchase. School your new friends in www.chatsouthflorida.com, or contact, NW 72nd Ave., Miami, Florida. Elizabeth Catlett: “The Future of Equal- a round of spades or dominoes, and let Historic Overtown 786-507-8500. ADMISSION: For ticket information ity- A 35-Year Retrospective” Exhibit the kids enjoy creating art of their own Walking Tour visit, https://www.trayvonmartinfounda- WHO: Presented by Miami Dade while celebrating the contributions of WHO: CHAT Miami Tours on Bright- LIBERTY CITY tion.org, or call, 786-504-4235. Public Library System and Dade Coun- people from the multinational African Line/Virgin Trains African Heritage Cultural Arts Center ty Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta diaspora. WHEN: Feb. 1 through 29, Fridays and presents HIGHLAND GARDENS Sorority, Inc. ADMISSION: Free, RSVP at, http:// Saturdays, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. “Art of the Spiritual” Trayvon Martin Foundation Peace WHEN: Feb. 1 through March 31, bit.ly/38Lr11V. WHERE: Brightline Miami Central sta- WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. Walk and Peace Talk Monday through Saturday from 9:30 tion WHERE: Sandrell Rivers Theater, WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 8, at 8 a.m. a.m. to 6 p.m. MIRAMAR FEB. 6-23 WHAT: Hop aboard the train and 6103 NW 7th Ave., Miami, Florida. WHERE: Ives Estate Park, 20901 NE WHERE: 101 W. Flagler Street, Miami, “UniverSoul Circus” meet CHAT Miami’s professional tour WHAT: Classical music concert fea- 16th Ave., Miami, Florida. FL WHERE: Miramar Regional Park, guide and shuttle at the Brightline Miami turing Miami’s Black opera singers per- ADMISSION: For more informa- ADMISSION: Fore ticket information 16801 Miramar Parkway, Miramar, Flor- Central station for a day of exploration in forming African American Spirituals. tion contact, 786-504-4235, or visit, contact, 305-375-2665, or visit, https:// ida. Historic Overtown. ADMISSION: For ticket information https://www.trayvonmartinfoundation. www.mdpls.org. ADMISSION: For more information, ADMISSION: $20, RSVP at, https:// visit, https://www.Sandrellriverstheater. org. including tickets, visit, https://www. www.chatsouthflorida.com or contact, com or contact 305-638-6771. CUTLER BAY Black Affairs Advisory Board’s Black universoulcircus.com or call, 954-883- 786-507-8500. 8th Annual South Dade History Month Kickoff 6950. Portrait Unveiling and Gospelfest WHEN: Friday, Feb. 7 at 11:30 a.m. LITTLE HAITI Exhibit Opening Reception WHO: Featuring Gospel artists Wil- WHERE: Stephen P. Clark Government “Black History Meets Reggae” Reggae ASPA South Florida Chapter & COMTO WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 5, at 11:30 liam H. Murphy, III and “Little Big Shot’s” Center Lobby, 111 NW First Street, Mi- Icon Awards Miami Chapter Black in America: a.m. Caleb Serrano ami, Florida. WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 8 from 7 p.m. Issues and Challenges in 2020 and WHERE: Audrey M. Edmonson Transit WHEN: Sunday WHAT: Featuring the unveiling of “Tri- to 11 p.m. Beyond Building, Sandrell Rivers Theater, 6103 WHERE: South Miami Dade Cultural umphant Spirits” and Vessels “Women WHERE: Miramar Cultural Center WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 13, from 6 NW 7th Ave., Miami, Florida. Arts Center, 10950 SW 211th St., Cut- of Substance” Artspark 2400 Civic Center Place, Mira- p.m.-9 PM ADMISSION: For more information ler Bay, Florida. MUCE exhibit, entertainment and soul mar, Florida. WHERE: Little Haiti Cultural Arts Cen- contact, 305-375-4606. ADMISSION: For ticket information food trucks. WHAT: Vice Mayor Alexandra P. 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WHO: CHAT Miami Tours on Bright- to 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 8 from 3 p.m. Line/Virgin Trains WHERE: Miami Shores Multipurpose WHAT: A celebration of African cul- to 7 p.m. OVERTOWN WHEN: Feb. 1 through 29, Fridays and Center, 9900 NE Second Avenue, Miami ture and heritage WHERE: Thomson Plaza for the Arts, “Book & Brunch” featuring Attorney Saturdays, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Shores, Florida. WHERE: Historic Virginia Key Beach 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, Florida. Benjamin Crump WHERE: Brightline Miami Central sta- ADMISSION: Free, visit, https://www. Park, 4020 Virginia Key Beach Drive, Mi- WHAT: Event organized by the Arsht WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 1, at 10 a.m. tion southfloridapoc.org to register. ami, Florida. Center in celebration of South Florida’s WHERE: Black Police Precinct Court- WHAT: Hop aboard the train and ADMISSION: For more informa- Black communities of the African diaspo- house and Museum, 480 NW 11th St., meet CHAT Miami’s professional tour MIAMI AIRPORT AREA tion contact, 305-960-4614, or visit, ra, featuring local entertainment, games, Miami, Florida. guide and shuttle at the Brightline Miami Trayvon Martin Foundation “Annual https://www.VirginiaKeyBeachPark.net.

safety inquiry: would some- precision. All I felt was pride, ish Honor Society inductee one be in the plane with her? amazement and admiration.” and varsity cheerleader who FLY The possibility of an adverse Aviation perks have en- enjoys being hurled mid- CONTINUED FROM 7D outcome catapulted Doug- abled family vacations to Ice- air during stunts as – you las-White into “mama mode.” land, Dubai, Morocco, Can- guessed it – a flyer. Miami recruiting command. “Flying solo meant, no ada and Brazil. While global “A misconception about After a brief office meeting, he one would be with her,” said travel is commonplace, ac- women in aviation, especial- took me up and upside-down Douglas-White, a certified cess to private flight training ly women of color, is that we in a T-34B Mentor, then the real estate professional from is a benefit Kennedy White are too emotional to handle Navy’s primary trainer. I was Jacksonville who earned a does not take lightly. a career that places so much hooked!” Bachelor of Science in fi- “Prices usually hover pressure on an individual,” Sage parenting advice nance from the University of around $115 an hour to said Kennedy White. “… Capt. White employs to guide South Carolina. rent an airplane, but hiring Once we encourage women Kennedy’s career includes “My first reaction on that an instructor can be just as to be pilots and engineers, showing her that she can January morning was, I can’t expensive,” said Kennedy we will see more diversity. I work hard and enjoy life and watch,” said Douglas-White. White. “My parents paid for don’t ever want to see a lit- encouraging exposure. “…After about 30 minutes, I my training, and I couldn’t tle Black girl with big dreams “I try to expose her and let said to myself, how can I not thank them enough.” think she can’t achieve them her try everything,” said Cpt. watch? When I arrived, Ken- Kennedy White is active because of her gender or White. “The more you do, nedy was flying the plane with in STEM, a National Span- race.” the more you know you can Kennedy, 18, sitting in plane cockpit. do and eventually you get to choose your life.” tediously until it was time for the cross-country portion, I White completed a nine- me to get my license,” said flew from Pembroke Pines month program and was Kennedy White. “When I had to Immokalee to Pahokee, issued her license April 6, spare time at lunch during and back,” said White, who CHURCH Listings 2019 from the Department school, I had a sectional admitted to being extreme- of Transportation and Fed- map and a plotter out prac- ly nervous. “I stayed at ASSEMBLE OF GOD eral Aviation Administration. ticing navigation from a paper around 3,000 feet for the Revival Tabernacle Assembly of God Second Canaan Her training included rigor- map.” majority of the three-hour Pastor Leonard Shaw Missionary Baptist Church ous textbook application in White experienced her an- flight. The whole experience 2085 NW 97 Street • 305-693-1356 Rev. Jeffrey L. Mack, Pastor ground school. ticipated solo flight shortly was wonderful.” 4343 NW 17 Avenue • 305-638-1789 “I started my first ground after her 17th birthday. Tracey Douglas-White, is instruction classes in June “I took my first solo flight the young pilot’s mother who CATHOLIC 2018, but studied from books in a Cessna 172N. During fielded the most important Holy Redeemer Catholic Church True Faith Missionary Baptist Church Rev. Alexander Ekechukwu, CSSp Pastor John M. Fair 1301 NW 71 Street • 305-691-1701 1890 NW 47th Terrace • 786-262-6841

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She signed an advance directive. They said no.

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DEMENTIA,SHE DOCUMENTED HER WISHES

JONEL ALECCIA could not honor her wishes. Kaiser Health News In a letter, lawyers told Sa- ran that the center is required When she worked on the by state and federal law to of- trading floor of the Chica- fer regular daily meals, with go Board Options Exchange, feeding assistance if neces- long before cellphone calcu- sary. lators, Susan Saran could per- There’s no provision, the form complex math problems letter said, for “decisions to in her head. Years later, as one refuse food and water.” of its top regulators, she was It’s a cruel quandary for Sa- in charge of investigating in- ran and other Americans who sider trading deals. have turned to a crop of de- Today, she struggles to re- mentia directives created in member multiplication ta- recent years. Even when peo- bles. ple document their choices Seven years ago, at age 57, while they still have the abili- Saran was diagnosed with ty to do so there’s no guaran- frontotemporal dementia, a tee those instructions will be progressive, fatal brain dishonored, said Dr. Stanley Ter- ease. She had started forget- man, a California psychiatrist ting things, losing focus at who advises patients on end- the job she’d held for three of-life decisions. decades. Then tests revealed “It is, in my opinion, a false the grim diagnosis. sense of security,” Terman “It was absolutely devas- said. tating,” said Saran, 64. “It That may be especially true changed everything. My job for the 2.2 million people who ended. I was put out on dis- live in long-term care settings ability. I was told to establish in the United States. People myself in a community before with dementia are most likely I was unable to care for my- to die in nursing facilities, ac- self.” Heidi De Marco/Khn cording to new research from So, Saran uprooted herself. Susan Saran was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, a progressive, fatal brain disease. After suffering Duke University and the Vet- She sold her home in 2015 and two brain hemorrhages, Saran signed an advance directive for dementia, a controversial new document that in- erans Affairs Boston Health- found what looked like an structs caregivers to withhold hand-feeding and fluids at the end of life. She wears a chain bearing instructions care System. ideal place: Kendal at Ithaca, “If you’ve got the resourc- that she not be resuscitated. a bucolic retirement commu- es, where you’ve got family nity in rural New York whose and paid caregivers at home, website promised “compre- in writing. Such a fight could signed an advance directive to avoid the worst ravages of But when Saran submitted you’re all set,” said Dr. Karl hensive health care for life.” ensnare millions of Ameri- for dementia, a controversial the disease. the document to Kendal at Steinberg, a California geria- And now, she’s fighting cans with dementia in coming new document created by the “It’s not something that I am Ithaca, the New York continu- trician and hospice physician with that community over years. group End of Life Choices willing to endure,” she said. “I ing care retirement communi- who has written extensively her right to determine how In 2018, after two brain New York that instructs care- don’t want my life prolonged ty where she has spent more about dementia directives. If she’ll die — even though she hemorrhages, Saran con- givers to withhold hand-feed- beyond the point where I’m than $500,000 to secure her you’re living in a facility, he has made her wishes known ferred with a lawyer and ing and fluids at the end of life participating in life.” future, officials there said they SEE BRAIN 11D College High School Elementary Making The Grade 10 THE MIAMI TIMES | JANUARY 29-FEBRUARY 4, 2020 | MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM New classrooms ready at Benjamin Franklin K-8 Funds from the voter-approved general obligation bond paid for $9 million rehab

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A new nine-classroom, 198-student station building addition at Benjamin Franklin K-8 Center was unveiled Jan. 22 by district officials. Many students, like 7th-grader Ketwone Reid, were enthusi- astic about the ceremony and their school’s new vision. “[Ben Franklin K-8] has been getting better and better over the years and I don’t think it’ll stop until it is one of the best in the district,” said Ketwone. “I believe the kids are just going to get more motivated with the more renovations there are.”

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Photos Credit: Penny Dickerson Brandon Martinez is one of 42 young men awarded scholarships through the 5000 Role Models of Ex- cellence Foundation. Scholarship the focus of Role Model’s breakfast The program grooms diverse young men and gathers community to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. and the this time, honor Africa.

PENNY DICKERSON Senior Staff Writer [email protected]

Doors opened at 8:30 a.m. to the sound of djembe drums at 5000 Role Models of Excellence Dr. Martin Lu- ther King Jr. Scholarship Breakfast on Monday, Jan. 20. In its 27th year, the event commemorates the birthday of the civil rights movement’s iconic drum major for justice and foot sol- dier for peace. A diverse crowd of over 1,000 community representatives at the Double Tree Hilton Convention Center came to pay homage to King and present scholarships to young men who are Congresswoman Frederica set Television Actor Larenz Tate mentored through the role model pro- the tone for the event with warm received an honorary award for gram. greetings. becoming a role model. Apologetic for a voice weakened by extended speaking engagements, Con- locally with 500 Black boys and has who were recognized. gresswoman Frederica S. Wilson set since expanded to include Latinos and “As we celebrate this incredible the occasion’s tone wearing African site programs in counties throughout group of young men on this Dr. Martin Schools Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho, School Board attire. Following a standing ovation, the state of Florida. Affectionately Luther King Jr. holiday, it is only be- member Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall, Principal Diana she eloquently reinforced the theme referred to as “Wilson Scholars,” 42 fitting that we honor his legacy,” said Loubeau, district administrators, school staff and students which was inspired by Ghana’s year of young men received medallions from Tate during his address. “Dr. King is witnessed the unveiling at the school, located at 13100 NW return from 2019 to 2020: “400 years – role model mentors and were awarded historically referred to as ‘the dream- 12th Ave., North Miami. our legacy, our possibilities.” scholarships at the 2020 breakfast. er,’ but Dr. King was a freedom fighter, Architect MCHarry & Associates and General Contractor “These injustices, the inequities that Headliners for the event have always giving a voice to the voiceless and tru- D. Stephenson Co. completed the $9.1 million General Obliga- our slaved forefathers endured are been celebrities including screen and ly uplifting those in despair…” tion Bond project, which also includes administrative offices what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. fought television heavyweights. Actor and Providing access for young men in and an attached PE canopy. so hard to eradicate,” said Wilson. “He humanitarian Danny Glover head- Miami to mentoring and a collegiate The remaining buildings will be remodeled to include had a dream that we would no longer lined in 2019; award-winning produc- experience has been the hallmark of new windows and heating-ventilation-air conditioning units; be judged by the color of our skin. He er, screenwriter, director and actor the 5000 Role Model of Excellence additional administrative offices; upgraded restrooms in five had a dream that we would no long Tyler Perry in 2018; preceded in years Foundation’s success. buildings; demolition of existing portables; new parking, land- have to fight for equal access to the by Charles Dutton, Omari Hardwick The city of Miami Gardens garnered scaping, covered walkways, shaded playground, PE equipment ballot box, education, and employ- and Gladys Knight. thunderous applause for presenting to and water coolers; and other miscellaneous improvements ment, housing and affordable health- Television and screen actor Larenz Wilson’s project a check in the amount throughout. care. He gave his life fighting for the Tate served as the 2020 headliner. of $100,000. The monies will be used The school bond projects resulted from voter approval of rights of all Black people.” He graced the dais alongside radio to support programmatic needs and the $1.2 billion General Obligation Bond. The bond is being The community gathering has personality and philanthropist Tom feed the scholarship fund. used to modernize and construct school buildings throughout awarded over $1 million in scholar- Joyner who was flanked by municipal Sponsorship for the event included the district, expand student capacity, enhance facility safety, ship funding to Miami-area male high mayors, judges, dignitaries, commu- a bevy of local entities including Port and provide technology upgrades at all schools. school students. The program began nity leaders and African ambassadors SEE MLK 11D The Miami Times 11 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JANUARY 29-FEBRUARY 4, 2020 MAKING THE GRADE Carvalho to report on mental health support for athletes Miami Times Staff Report head injuries.” The item, which was presented Superintendent Alberto Car- at the Jan. 15, was also supported valho will explore and review by community stakeholders. the feasibility of addressing men- Carvalho is expected to look tal health issues specific to stu- into customizing mental health dent-athletes. awareness campaigns; orga- Miami-Dade County School nizing forums or events with Board Member Dorothy Ben- participation from community dross-Mindingall, District 2, partners; developing a task force proffered an agenda item to re- with participation from mental quest a look at what more the health professionals, educators school system can do with men- and athletic directors and/or tal health awareness at the fore- obtaining responses to a survey front. regarding student-athlete mental More recently, reports of men- health from coaches and athlet- tal health issues affecting student ic directors; providing mental athletes, have surfaced. health awareness training for As the American Psychologi- student-athletes’ coaches, ath- cal Association noted in a feature letic directors and families that publication, athletes, such as identify risk factors and signs “football players have the same associated with mental illness; mental health problems as every- and establishing mentorship pro- one else, but they also face some grams. Carvalho is expected to unique challenges, such as the report to the board at the Feb. 12 confusion, depression, aggres- school board meeting, in advance sion, dementia and other symp- of Mental Health Awareness toms […] caused by repeated Month in May.

of users. The aid-in-dying ad- in the U.S., and patients often vocacy group Compassion & die within seven to 13 years, BRAIN Choices released a dementia but Saran’s disease appears to CONTINUED FROM 9D directive this month. be progressing more slowly As the U.S. population than expected. added, “it’s not going to hap- ages, more people and their “I think I have great capac- pen.” families are grappling with ity,” said Saran, who wears One key question is wheth- dementia. By 2050, nearly 14 her silver hair long and favors er patients with dementia or million Americans aged 65 jeans, linen shirts and tur- those who fear the disease and older may be diagnosed quoise jewelry. can say in advance that they with Alzheimer’s disease. She chain-smokes, light- want oral food and fluids “We are right now experi- ing up the Seneca cigarettes stopped at a certain point, a encing the very first upswing she buys for $3 a pack from move that would hasten death of the giant wave of dementia a nearby Indian reservation. through dehydration. that’s heading our way,” Gas- She thought about quitting It’s a controversial form of ter said. but decided it wasn’t worth what’s known as VSED vol- Saran is on the crest of that the effort and continues to untarily stopping eating and wave. Divorced, with no close indulge her habit. “If you had drinking a practice among family, she turned to Ken- my diagnosis, wouldn’t you?” some terminally ill patients dal ― with its 236 indepen- she said. who want to end their lives. dent units and 84-bed health When Saran was hospital- In those cases, people who center ― as her final home. ized after her strokes, she sud- still have mental capacity can During her four years there, denly understood what losing refuse food and water, result- she has noticed some decline her abilities might mean. ing in death within about two Heidi De Marco/Khn in her mental clarity. “I realized, oh, my God, I weeks. Saran asked her lawyer, Chuck Guttman, to draft health care proxy and power of “Even some of the simplest might get stuck in a situation Many states prohibit the attorney documents as part of her advance directive to ensure that her final wish- mathematical problems, like where I can’t take any inde- even seven times seven, I pendent action,” she recalled. withdrawal of assisted feed- es are carried out. The new crop of dementia directives was inspired, in part, by can’t think of it now,” Saran “I better make sure I have all ing, calling it basic “comfort high-profile cases of dementia patients spoon-fed against their apparent wishes. care” that must be offered. said. my paperwork in order.” Only one state, Nevada, ex- He’s the lead author of a published in the past few ple have really thought a lot Still, she is able to manage plicitly recognizes an advance recent white paper advising years are aimed at filling what about,” Gaster said. “They her affairs. She cooks her own She was stunned to learn directive that calls for stop- facilities not to honor demen- experts say has been a major worry about it a lot. They’re food and cares for her three it might not matter, even af- ping eating and drinking. And tia directives. Based on his gap in advance-care planning: so eager and excited to have cats ― Squeaky, Sweetie and ter her local lawyer, Chuck that’s via a little-known law years of clinical experience, the gradual loss of capacity to a structured opportunity to Pirate, a one-eyed tabby. A Guttman, drafted health care that took effect in October. Wright said many people make decisions about one’s make their wishes known.” longtime Buddhist, she often proxy documents and a pow- Critics of such documents, with dementia become con- care. Traditional advance direc- drives to a nearby monastery er of attorney. however, say they could lead tent with their situation, even One version, published in tives focus on rare conditions, to practice her faith. “I thought this was it,” she to forced starvation of inca- when they never thought they 2018 by Dr. Barak Gaster, a such as a persistent vegeta- In late summer, Saran in- said. “I thought I’d move here pacitated people. The direc- would be. professor of medicine at the tive state or permanent coma, vited visitors to her small and everything was taken tives may be biased, reflecting “To enforce an advance di- University of Washington, Gaster said. “And yet the No. cottage at Kendal, where tap- care of, everything was set- a society prejudiced against rective on someone who may has been downloaded 130,000 1 reason a person would lose estries hang on the walls and tled. And now it’s not.” age, disability and cogni- have had a complete turn- times after it was mentioned ability is dementia,” he added. bookshelves are filled with Laurie Mante, Kendal’s ex- tive change, said Dr. James around on what they think of in a New York Times story In addition to Gaster’s doc- tomes on religion, death and ecutive director, declined to Wright, medical director of a life worth living is unethical and continues to be retrieved ument, directives drafted in dying. comment on Saran’s situa- three long-term care facilities and immoral,” Wright said. about 500 times per week. New York and Washington Frontotemporal dementia tion, even when Saran autho- in Richmond, Va. The dementia directives “This is an issue that peo- state have drawn hundreds affects about 60,000 people rized her to do so.

volunteerism and resources. breakfast offer greater aware- blinded or seek to make mon- rolled at Coral Gables High tinez who added that Dr. Johnny Stepherson has ness of what is happening to ey any way they can. They School. Martinez is of Do- King’s work has encouraged MLK been a role model participant our young people,” said Ste- were further forewarned to minican-Nicaraguan descent society to push for more civil CONTINUED FROM 10D for at least two decades at he pherson. “These young men seek the only BMW neces- and plans to attend the Uni- rights for everyone. can recall. He is retired from are able to see firsthand that sary: a bold mind working versity of South Florida. His “Being a Wilson scholar Miami, Verizon and Miami Miami-Dade County Public the community is concerned and to not rely on Tommy career goal is to become a will help me with college, but Dolphins. National corpora- Schools where he served as a and that there is advocacy Hilfiger but rely on algebraic historian. it has also taught me to be a tions and Greek-letter organi- juvenile court liaison. taking place on their behalf.” figures. “I believe this morning’s proper person, a good mem- zations, too, contributed not “I think the 5000 Model of Role models were encour- Brandon Martinez, a breakfast was well-planned ber of society, and to give only financial resources, but Excellence program and this aged through prayer to not be 17-year-old student en- and well-received,” said Mar- back,” said Martinez. CHURCH DIRECTORY

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NALTON LABRANT ZACHARY ANTRON ERMA JACKSON, 63, In loving memory of, In loving memory of, In loving memory of, JOHNSON, JR., ISAIAH self-employed, 16, student, ROGERS, died January died January 17, student, 20 at home. 21. Nalton is died January Survivors survived by his 19 at Jackson includes parents: Nalton, Memorial sisters, Arlene Sr. and Tamara Hospital. and Jeanette; Hollerman; Service 11 a.m., Saturday at brother, Calvin; daughters, brother: Tyquan Johnson; Bethel Apostolic Temple. Shawana and Latasia; son, sisters: Shaquan Johnson, Ronnie; 11 grandchildren; six Derranisha Tucker and Kila JEFFREY ANTON great grandchildren. Service Henry; grandparents: Parford MELLERSON, 2:30 p.m., Saturday in the Johnson, Janie Johnson, 37, truck driver, chapel. Nalton Darby, Wanda Gaul died January Johnson, William Clark, 18 at Jackson GERALD LANIER, 66, self- Tangela Hollerman. Viewing Memorial employed, died 4-8 p.m., Friday at Peaceful Hospital North. January 25 Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Service 11 a.m., at Pine Crest VERNON M. JONES, SR. FLORENCE SCAVELLA MARY ALICE BETHEL Service 12 p.m., Saturday at Saturday at Saint James Nursing Home. February 2, 2019 MONCUR 01/29/1950 - 07/29/2019 the church. African Methodist Episcopal Service 12 p.m. 01/30/1932 - 03/31/2014 Church. p.m., Saturday SOUTHERN BELL/ DEANDRA BRADLEY, 34, in the chapel. BELLSOUTH/ From The Family hairdresser, KIMBERLY DIANE BELL, AT&T #222 Happy Birthday died January 59, stock clerk, DELORIS “MUTT” In loving memory of, 15. Deandra died January 13 JACKSON, 72, God looked around his Happy Birthday is survived by at North Shore retired retail garden, And found an empty her children: Medical Center. worker, died place. He then looked down In loving memory of, Diamond, Tirria, Service 12 p.m., January 19 at upon the earth, And saw your Elwood, Karon, Saturday in the home. Viewing tired face. Nandi and Dream; father: Rickey chapel. 4-8 p.m., Friday He put His arms around Bradley (Flora); stepfather: in the chapel. you, And lifted you to Howard Epps; sisters: Latashia rest. God’s garden must be Service 11 a.m., Saturday in Lynch, April Bradley and Range beautiful, He always takes the chapel. Tammy Stephney; brother: KAVIN ALEXANDER the best. Walter Thomas. Service 11 HOPKINS, He knew that you were a.m., Saturday at Friendship entrepreneur, Jay's suffering, He knew that you Missionary Baptist Church. for various JAMES SAMUEL, JR., 87, were in pain. He knew that companies died January you would never Get well on GLADYS R. JACKSON, died January 20. Viewing 5-8 earth again. 95, dietitian, 23. Survivors p.m., Friday at He saw the road was get- died January include his Jay’s, 17420 ting rough, And the hills were 23. Gladys is wife, Emma Bell Hopkins; hard to climb. So He closed Homestead JAMES A . BASDEN survived by her father, Leonard Hopkins; your weary eyelids And whis- Avenue. 02/02/1937 - 12/28/2012 grandchildren: brothers, Stephen V. Hopkins, pered “Peace be thine.” Service 11 a.m., Damita Curry, Kenneth Hopkins and Michael It broke our hearts to lose RICHARD W. HALLMON Saturday at New Happy Birthday, my love. Arron Kizzie, L. Hopkins; daughters, Kiyata you, But you did not go 01/31/1960 - 08/28/2019 Jerusalem Primitive Baptist You’re gone but not forgot- Ernest Bridges, Hopkins Brown and Jhane alone… For part of us went Church. ten. Good night. Jr., Cariss Bridges and Hopkins; a host of other with you The day God called From the Hallmon and Your loving wife, Mary and Tannika Quash. Service 10 relatives and friends. Viewing you home. Marshall Families. family. a.m., Saturday at First Baptist 4-8 p.m., Friday in the chapel. Happy Birthday The Family Church of Bunche Park. Service 11 a.m., Saturday at In loving memory of, Antioch Missionary Baptist In Memoriam CAROLYN LAVETTE Church of Brownsville. In Memoriam SMITH, 73, In loving memory of, homemaker, SHELBY ISAAC STREAN, In loving memory of, died January entrepreneur died January 19. 23. Carolyn Services were held. is survived by her husband: MAXCINE SMITH, 62, JC Smith; son: domestic work died January Anton Smith; daughter: Angela 23. Final rites in Freeport, Davis Smith; brothers: Archie, Bahamas. Billy, Mack, Joe and Alvin. Service 11 a.m., Saturday at Allen Chapel AME. Eric S. George In ALLAN L. MCKINNEY, SR., Nakia Ingraham 83, died January 23. Service 11 Memoriam: , 83, bus MR. GAIL BERRY a.m., Friday at mechanic, died St Ann's Church, TARSHA LAW Celebrate January 25. Hallandale 01/31/1968 - 07/20/2018 Service 11 a.m., Beach, FL. a Life Wednesday Mother your life was a DEACON ROBERT THERA SMITH MAYO February 5 in blessing, your memory is HINES, SR. the chapel. 01/28/1944 - 01/04/2010 ROBERT R. WESLEY, 81, a treasure. You are loved 10/02/1920 - 01/27/1987 beyond words and you are Memorialize died January Happy Birthday month, missed beyond measure until Daddy, you’ll always and celebrate 20. Service 10 MOM. We love and miss you. SHELIA HOLLINGER, 67, we meet again. be our hearts. a.m., Saturday We will continue to celebrate a loved one account analyst, died January Your children, Latoya, Love, your family. at Hallandale and honor your life. 11. Services were held. Robert, Trevis, Amani, on the pages of Church of Christ, With love,The Mayo fami- Hallandale Mother Emma and Family. The Miami Times. , 59, died ly: Albert, husband; children: VINA MARKS Beach, FL. January 6. Services were held. Felicia (Forrest), Antoinette (Walter), Eric (Tracy) and VIEW YOUR ROBERT L. JONES, 70, , 72, died Alonzo (Rhonda); grand- ADRIAN BENITEZ died January 25 in Augusta, In Memoriam January 23. Services were children: Wesley, Kendall, GA. Service 1 p.m., Saturday held. In loving memory of, Cori, Eryn and Madison and OBITUARIES For more information, call at Abundant Life Church, family pets, Mieke, Bonzey, Miramar, FL. REVEREND OLESTER Chance, Luna, and Mango. ONLINE AT 305-694-6225 SOLOMON, 85, died January 22. Service 11 a.m., Saturday Caballero Rivero WWW.MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM at New Macedonia Baptist SYBIL TYNES, 84, died In Memoriam Church. January 24 at home. In loving memory of, Grace Viewing 4-8 www.miamitimesonline.com p.m., Friday in JOYCE K. RUSSELL, 51, the chapel. medical billing Service 11 a.m., specialist, died Saturday at January 25. Caballero River Service 12 Funeral Home, 15011 W. Dixie p.m., Thursday Highway, North Miami, FL at Bethel 33181. Baptist Church, Richmond Hall Ferguson Hewitt PEARL JONES Heights, FL. 09/19/1925 - 01/27/2017 COREY LEE ALLEN, 41, Hadley Davis - driver, died Mother words cannot ex- Miami Gardens January 25. press how much we love and Service 1 p.m., miss you tremendously. You CALLIE MAE KING SMITH, Saturday at will always be in our hearts. 71, died Janu- Mt. Calvary Never forgotten.Forever love, JOHN L. CRAWFORD ary 20 at North Missionary always, your loving family. 07/20/1938 - 01/26/2017 Shore Hospital. Baptist Church. Service 10 a.m., Three years have passed Saturday at Dade Memorial since you left us. New Birth Bap- We miss and love you tist Church. HASTON M. ROLLE, 86, Obituaries are due died December 11, 2019 at always. North Shore Medical Center. 4:30 p.m., Tuesday Your siblings, Patricia, Walter Jr. and Gregory 305-694-6210 SEE YOUR OBITUARY ONLINE Service 11 a.m., Friday at Dade Memorial Park. 305-694-6210 WWW.MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM