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SOFLO LIVE/4C HARRIS FAULKNER DAVIS SR. Hall Rising star at By KYOTO WALKER Special to South Florida Times Fox News RIVIERA BEACH — The great-grandfather of Riviera Beach councilman Terence “T.D.” Davis was chosen by Gov. Rick Scott to be inducted into the Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame. Council- man Davis traveled to Tallahassee to be present Wednesday, May 13, for the induction ceremony of his great-grandfather, the late Edward Daniel Davis Sr., who was a civil rights activist, an au- KHARY BRUYNING/FOR SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES thor, an educator and businessman. He helped HAMPTON HOUSE: Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez congratulates Enid Pinkney for her dedication to desegregate the University of Florida (UF), raise restore the Hampton House in the presence of Miami-Dade Commissioners (L to R) Dennis Moss, Barbara the salary of African-American teachers and Jordan, Audrey Edmonson, and Larry Capp (rear), on May 8, 2015. force UF’s law school to enroll minority students, OPINION/4A according to a statement released by the city of DEAN TRANTALIS Riviera Beach. Other inductees included former Embolden the future by restoring the past governor, the late Ruben O’Donovan Askew and Body cameras for former teacher and civil rights activist, the late police. Is it time? By MICHELLE HOLLINGER The community turned out original chairperson of the Sallye B. Mathis, who was also the first African- Special to South Florida Times in big numbers last week to Historic Hampton House Trust, American woman to sit on the Jacksonville city welcome a refurbished Hamp- Enid Pinkney appeared to bask council, who were chosen from a list of 10 nomi- MIAMI — In her remarks, ton House and to imagine what in an attitude of triumph, reluc- nees by the Florida Commission on Human Re- Commissioner Audrey Edmon- might be said if only these walls tant to boast but determined to lations for making significant contributions to son referenced Sankofa, which could talk. The standing room celebrate what many consid- the improvement of life for minorities and all means “to look back and get it.” only crowd of dignitaries and ered an impossible task. citizens of Florida. The newly renovated Historic common folk brought together “We have a lot of naysay- Councilman Davis said his great-grandfather Hampton House offers a fitting former Commissioners Barbara ers. The naysayers said some endured and lived through tremendous harass- example of this African phrase Carey Schuler and Betty Fergu- 15 years ago ‘this would not ment, a fire bombing and an attempted assas- as it rekindles warm memories son with current commissioners happen,’’ said Dottie Johnson, sination. “After they killed (civil rights activist of its glorious past. That past Barbara Jordan, Jean Mones- chairperson of the Historic William T.) Moore, they tried to bomb his house includes “the greatest” heavy- time, Dennis Moss, and Edmon- Hampton House Community as well,” he said. “But he was very fortunate to weight boxing champ being son, who represents the district Trust. actually find the bomb under his home before BUSINESS/7A photographed by a powerful in which the Hampton House is The original Hampton House it went off.” JESSE JACKSON civil rights legend, and reports located and who assisted the Motel owners’ children (sons Davis said his great-grandfather often that a famous speech about a initiative with obtaining funding Bob, 74, and Jerry, 66) were in spoke of how important it was to participate in Pressures Silicon King’s dream soaked into these for the restoration. attendance, reminiscing about the voting process and education. “He was a Valley to diversify walls before its famous 1963 Called a “modern day Ne- delivery in Washington, D.C. hemiah,” by Rev. Gaston Smith, PLEASE TURN TO HAMPTON/2A PLEASE TURN TO INDUCTION/2A NATION PALM BEACH Palm Beach makes By KYOTO WALKER Smithsonian’s black history Special to South Florida Times historic selection PALM BEACH — County commissioners made history museum showcases its collection Tuesday, May 12, by selecting the first African American and “Through the African first woman county adminis- American Lens,” offers trator. Verdenia C. Baker was selections from the mu- among six finalist for the posi- seum's 40,000 objects. It tion and was chosen because opens to the public Friday of her many years of experi- in a gallery at the National ence, according to one county Museum of American His- commissioner. Baker will re- tory. place current county adminis- The exhibit includes trator, Robert Weismann, who artifacts from slavery, the retires in August. Civil War and personal Baker has been working items from abolitionist with the county for nearly Harriet Tubman, as well three decades. She is current- as items marking Afri- ly serving as deputy county can-Americans’ achieve- administrator and beat out ments in sports and Assistant County Administra- PHOTO COURTESY OF NMAAHC.SI.EDU entertainment. The mu- tor Shannon R. LaRoque for HISTORY: Photographer Zack Brown shooting dapper men in seum also holds the din- the highly coveted county ad- ing room table where the Harlem, c. 1937, now part of the Eliot Elisofon Collection in the ministrator position. Brown family gathered Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Commissioner Priscilla with NAACP lawyers to Taylor, who was the first Afri- Culture. plan the landmark Brown can American and first female By BRETT ZONGKER the Smithsonian’s National v. Board of Education mayor of Palm Beach County, Associated Press Museum of African Ameri- case in 1954 for equal ac- said that Baker’s knowledge can History and Culture is cess in schools. of the county and experience WASHINGTON — offering a look at its grow- The exhibit will be helped with the decision to While its new building is ing collection. open until the new mu- PHOTO COURTESY OF PALM BEACH COUNTY still under construction, A new exhibit, seum opens in late 2016. PLEASE TURN TO BAKER/7A Verdenia Baker

NATION US investigates Baltimore police By ERIC TUCKER last year. Since then, the death of 25-year- Associated Press old Freddie Gray and the days of rioting that followed exposed a “serious erosion WASHINGTON — The Justice Depart- of public trust,” Lynch said, and showed ment waded anew Friday into fraught, big that community concerns about the po- city police-community relations, with new lice were more pervasive than initially un- Attorney General Loretta Lynch declar- derstood and that a broader investigation ing the subject “one of the most challeng- was warranted. ing issues of our time.” She announced “It was clear to a number of people a wide-ranging investigation into Balti- looking at this situation that the commu- more's police. nity's rather frayed trust - to use an un- The federal civil rights investigation, derstatement - was even worse and has, PHOTO COURTESY OF NPR.ORG which city officials sought following the in effect, been severed in terms of the JUSTICE: Attorney General Loretta Lynch, seen here with Baltimore police Commissioner Anthony death last month of a man in police custo- relationship with the police department,” Batts. dy, will search for discriminatory policing Lynch said. practices and examine allegations that The announcement indicated that vividly last summer following the shooting violations, the investigations typically Baltimore officers too often use excessive Lynch, who was sworn in recently as the death of an unarmed black 18-year-old by result in court-enforceable agreements force and make unconstitutional searches successor to Eric Holder, is likely to keep a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer. between the federal government and and arrests. the Justice Department engaged in a na- The federal department has undertaken the local community that serve as The investigation is to build upon the tional dialogue about race relations and dozens of other city police investigations, blueprints for change and are overseen government's voluntary and collaborative law enforcement. That issue consumed the including more than 20 during Holder's review of the Baltimore police that began final year of Holder's tenure and flared most tenure. If they find systemic civil rights PLEASE TURN TO INVESTIGATION/7A

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Muhammad Ali is a INDUCTION, FROM 1A Riviera Beach. “Seeing product of Miami, Florida,” said Larry the work of his great- Capp as he introduced Khalilah Cama- strong advocate on grandson, Council- cho Ali. education,” man Terence Davis, “When I came here, I was only 18 Councilman Da- just confirms that old and a young mother trying to guide a vis said. “He really adage that apples big man. This is history, y’all, this is his- fought for teachers. I don’t fall too far from tory,” said Ali, who pledged that pro- (pursued) a degree in the tree,” he said. “His ceeds from an upcoming book will be education because of great-grandson is liv- donated to the Hampton House. him.” ing the legacy.” “I will do my best, God willing, to Edward Daniel Da- Masters said raise enough money to make this monu- vis Sr. also fought to get that the elder Davis ment of history so decorated and well black teachers equal worked diligently to preserved so our children can come pay, the same pay as ensure civil rights for here and learn of their history. Know white teachers, Coun- everyone and exem- PHOTOS BY KHARY BRUYNING/FOR SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES where you come from and you’ll know cilman Davis said. plified an effort sup- MOVER & SHAKER: Dr. Enid Pinkney and husband Frank Pinkney where you’re going,” she said. Edward Daniel Da- porting that all men Joined by her husband, Frank vis Sr. was born and are created equal and Pinkney, at the celebration, Enid Pinkney raised in Thomasville, his great-grandson joked that, “It took me 15 years to write Ga. and spent his adult continues with that Hampton House restoration this speech, and now they’re giving me life in Ocala. His friend, kind of commitment to two minutes to say it,” before thanking who became the first his community. HAMPTON, FROM 1A Terrace Motel, Miami-Dade Mayor people who helped to make the occa- African American U.S. Councilman Davis Carlos Gimenez said, “If these walls sion possible. Supreme Court Jus- said that his great- their parents’ experiences as whites who could talk, the Hampton House and the One of those people is former Mi- tice, the late Thurgood grandfather was pas- created this special space for blacks surrounding neighborhood would have ami-Dade Commissioner Barbara Car- Marshall, and the el- sionate about people who could perform in the swanky Miami many stories about the people that ey Shuler. der Davis worked for and every conversa- Beach hotels, but not reside. called this place home on their visits “When they first started this project, years to provide equal tion they had was al- A jazzy performance whet the to Miami.” He added, “Miami-Dade has I was ready to give them all of the money education for black ways about somebody crowd’s appetite for what could be of- an architectural landmark with deep they wanted,” she said as she recalled children, fighting for else. “I can never re- fered in the revamped venue where roots and historical significance in our her own Hampton House memories that years together for hu- call a conversation the likes of Sammy Davis Jr. and Sam community... that all of Miami can be included meeting jazz great “Cannon- man rights and civil about him speaking Cooke once jammed. The atmosphere proud of.” ball Adderley and his brother here, and rights. “Marshall and about himself,” he felt contagiously jovial in the swelter- Miami-Dade County Clerk Harvey many other musical stars.” my great-grandfather said. “He was always ing heat made slightly more palatable Ruvin, who frequented the venue back in She summarized the significance of fought for equal edu- talking about helping by strategically placed large black fans. the day and is a member of its advisory the day by adding, “We have to write cation for Negro chil- somebody else. That’s Also blowing through the Brownsville board confessed that, “I’m here today be- our own story and keep our own history dren,” Councilman Da- something that will al- community appears to be a renewed cause I’ve had a 45 year love affair with alive.” vis said. “During that ways stick with me.” spirit that has resulted time, Negro children Edward Daniel in the newly constructed would go to school Davis Sr., who passed Hampton Village afford- for six months out of away in 1989 at age able rentals next door the year. He fought to 85, was also a founder and more new units just make it nine months.” and two-term presi- blocks away. Riviera Beach dent of the Florida The Junkanoo Band mayor, Thomas Mas- State Conference of captured that energy as ters, said Councilman the NAACP and found- it led a dancing audience Davis is helping to ed the Florida Voters down 27th Avenue, from keep his great-grand- League which was the parking lot to the en- father’s legacy alive instrumental in regis- through his hard work tering the state’s first trance of the $6 million black voters. community hub that fea- and commitment to tures a museum, space for a restaurant and motel rooms being converted into office space for com- munity groups, record- ing studios and rehearsal space for musicians. Reminiscing about the venue that began in the 1950s as the Booker Hampton House

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those people whose work shaped this country, whose work made the country Smithsonian’s possible but whose work is often forgot- ten.” black history After 10 years of work to develop the museum, Bunch said the building has reached a milestone as its defining ele- museum on track ments become evident. The building is 18 months from completion. Bunch said he's determined the museum will open before for 2016 opening President Barack Obama leaves office so that the nation's first black president can By BRETT ZONGKER cut the ribbon. Associated Press The Smithsonian has raised $476 mil- lion in public and private funds. Congress WASHINGTON — With a bronze metal provided half the building funds and mon- and glass structure taking shape on the ey for staffing, and about $200 million has National Mall, the Smithsonian Institution been raised privately from corporations, said Thursday that its new National Muse- foundations and individuals. The Smithso- um of African American History and Cul- nian still must raise as much as $70 million ture is on track to open in 2016. more to finish the project, Bunch said. Numerous individual FILE PHOTO donations of $25 and $50 have shown how important the museum is to so many people, Bunch said. Nearly 82,000 people have joined Unemployment rate for black the museum as members to contribute to the building, representing every state. The museum has built a Americans now at 7-year low collection of 40,000 artifacts, and a staff of 160 is develop- ing the 11 major exhibits Despite the latest improvement, Associated Press that visitors will find at the the employment gap by race remains opening next year. The ex- WASHINGTON — The unemployment stubbornly wide. The jobless rate hibits will trace the history rate for black Americans fell to single for blacks is more than twice that of of slavery, segregation, civil digits in April for the first time in nearly whites. PHOTO COURTESY OF NMAAHC.SI.EDU seven years. At the same time, the job- Meanwhile, the Asian-American un- rights and African-Ameri- National Museum of African American History and Culture less rate among Asian-Americans rose employment rate climbed to 4.4 per- cans’ achievements in the for the first time in six months. cent from 3.2 percent in March. It was arts, entertainment, sports, Over the past two weeks, workers have The black unemployment rate in the first such increase since October. the military and the wider culture. begun installing the bronze-color panels April was 9.6 percent, the lowest level The data for various demographic Bunch said it will be a museum for ev- that will form the defining “corona” facade since June 2008. During the financial cri- groups came from a survey of house- eryone to gain a fuller, more nuanced un- of Washington's newest museum. The idea sis and recession, the rate had risen as holds that is part of the Labor Depart- derstanding of history. was inspired by an African headdress. Ar- high as 16.8 percent. ment's monthly jobs data. “The strength of this museum is that chitects said it will appear as a glowing it seeks to use African American culture Unemployment rate by group: bronze crown in different lights. as a lens to understand what it means (Numbers in percentages) April 2015 March 2015 April 2014 The design is a significant departure to be an American,” he said. “We're all White 4.7 4.7 5.3 from the mostly classical structures of shaped by the African-American expe- Black 9.6 10.1 11.4 Washington. Museum Director Lonnie rience.” Asian* 4.4 3.2 5.9 Bunch said the idea for the Adult men 5.0 5.1 5.9 metal lattice panels was Adult women 4.9 4.9 5.7 meant to evoke the work of Teenagers 17.1 17.5 19.1 enslaved craftspeople and 20-24 years old 9.6 10.4 10.6 iron workers who created 25-54 years old 4.6 4.5 5.3 screens and designs popu- 55 and over 4.0 3.9 4.6 lar in New Orleans and Veterans of Iraq/Afghanistan* 6.9 6.5 6.8 Charleston, South Carolina. No high school diploma 8.6 8.6 8.8 “So much of the Afri- High school graduate 5.4 5.3 6.3 can-American experience Some college 4.7 4.8 5.6 is hidden in plain sight,” College graduate 2.7 2.5 3.3 Bunch said during a brief- Duration of Unemployment: ing on the museum's prog- Average length (weeks) 30.8 30.7 34.8 ress. “I thought: Wouldn't Jobless 6 months of more (pct.) 29 29.8 35.1 it be powerful to take this PHOTO COURTESY OF SMITHSONIAN.COM * Not seasonally adjusted building and in some ways A rendering of the rail car within the new National Museum Source: Labor Department make it a monument to all of African American History and Culture.

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N5040201B.indd 1 5/4/15 1:51 PM 4A | MAY 14 — 20, 2015 | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | SFLTIMES.COM Opinion Baltimore burns – for what? So another inner city goes up in flames burn approximately 350 businesses in after another young black man dies in the Baltimore – mostly small business own- custody of a police department. Is this ers whose life savings went into their going to become the modus operandi business. for the summer of discontent 2015? Is it The world watched Baltimore burn. just another reason for the Obama ad- And for what? Even after the prosecu- ministration to investigate a local police tor arrested the six cops responsible department and create a civilian police/ for Freddie Gray’s death, the protesters security force before his term is out? burned businesses which had no deal- When Ferguson burned ings with Freddie Gray. 12 businesses during a riot, And to add insult to in- the administration blamed jury, the talking heads on it on racism (which they the mainstream media TV couldn’t confirm). Now Bal- programs began to pon- From Ferguson and Staten Island to strategies to help more young Americans timore is run by black folk tificate about why the city North Charleston and Baltimore, our na- get ahead. – black mayor, black police burned. Even Obama talk- tion has been moved -- to conversation and The President also signed an Execu- chief, black prosecutor, etc., ed about racist cops, bad debate, protest and action -- by images of tive Order to create the Task Force on 21st etc., etc. So nobody can inner city schools, little in- tragic encounters between law enforce- Century Policing last year, part of the Ad- scream racism. vestments in the city (even ment and the communities they serve. ministration's efforts to strengthen trust Even when the black prosecutor is- after his administration poured billions But as the President has made clear, between law enforcement officers and the sued arrest warrants for three white into Baltimore). these issues are not new, and every mayor communities they serve and protect while cops in the death of Freddie Gray, they Nobody even came close to talking (or former mayor, like me) can attest that enhancing public safety. The task force de- couldn’t blame it on racism, because about the real problem – criminal ele- what we are witnessing in cities across veloped constructive, concrete proposals there were three black cops arrested as ments, bad parenting, children having chil- America is not only about policing. that -- if adopted -- would make an impor- well. So since racism couldn’t be blamed dren, little family values, absentee fathers, This is also about opportunity. tant difference. for Freddie Gray’s death, why the riots? little education, and absolutely nobody Everyone should be empowered by the President Obama also raised the maxi- Well, some folk blamed the youth riots taking responsibility for their own actions. country they call home. Unfortunately, in mum Pell Grant award to $5,775 for the on the fact that school was let out early and And the Obama administration again America, too many young people are limit- 2015-16 award year -- a more than $1,000 the city stopped all the public transporta- takes the opportunity to make a good ed by the zip code into which they are born. increase since the 2008-2009 school year, tion, so the kids had nothing to do but run thing out of a crisis. His new Attorney The President doesn't treat this conversa- helping more than 8 million Americans a around Baltimore like a bunch of locusts, General, Loretta Lynch, takes over for the tion as one to be had only every few months year afford college. This year, the Presi- destroying everything in their path. old Attorney General, Eric Holder and surrounding the latest tragedy captured on dent has proposed new investments to But one parent – just one parent out nothing changes. Obama marches on camera and replayed on the news. ensure the maximum Pell Grant keeps up of hundreds of parents – saw her son on toward taking over the country’s police As the Director of Intergovernmental with the cost of inflation. TV with a mask and hoodie, and ran out forces so he can make good on his prom- Affairs for President Obama, I've seen first- The most important path out of poverty to get him – to save him from himself and ise to create a civilian security force. hand the steady, focused efforts he is taking is a job, and American businesses have from becoming another Freddie Gray. By One wonders why a group of so- to expand opportunity for more Americans. added more than 12 million new jobs over the end of the week, millions of people called protesters would burn down a city Since the day he took office, the Presi- the last 62 months, the longest streak on across the globe watched Toya Graham to make a point that has nothing to do dent has worked to address these issues in record. Our recovery from the Great Re- discipline her son. with the death of the black man in police important ways: restoring economic secu- cession was hardest for those who were My great grandson said watching Ms. custody which supposedly was the rea- rity to hard-hit American families; build- already struggling, but the President's de- Graham smack her son was the best part. son the protest started in the first place. ing stronger neighborhoods and commu- cisive actions have helped lift millions of It was also the best part for me because it This is only the beginning. It will be a nities; protecting and defending the civil families out of poverty. let me know that someone cared enough long, hot summer. rights of all Americans; ensuring young The Administration's measures, in- about their children to teach them some people have the opportunity to reach their cluding the Making Work Pay tax credit, values. And then I heard one of the lib- Barbara Howard is a political con- full potential; expanding access to college; strengthening unemployment and SNAP eral talking heads calling Ms. Graham’s sultant, radio host and commentator and and expanding access to affordable, qual- benefits, launching a rapid rehousing proj- smack-down unnecessary violence motivational speaker. She is Florida State ity health care. ect and expanding eligibility of the Child which had no meaning. Such an idiot. chairwoman for the Congress of Racial But our work is far from over. Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit, But the real idiots were the so-called Equality (CORE) and Trade & Travel good- Here are just a few specific examples helped keep between 3.9 million and 5.7 protesters who pretended to care about will ambassador to Kenya. She may be of the actions the President is taking, work- million families per year out of poverty Freddie Gray dying, but proceeded to reached at [email protected]. ing in coordination at state, city, county, during the recovery. and tribal levels. In fact, in 2013, more than 1.1 million In 2010, the President created the Americans were lifted out of poverty, led by Choice Neighborhoods program, which the largest one-year drop in child poverty has provided more than $300 million to since 1966. This reduced the poverty rate Florida district schools trying to plan and implement the transformation of significantly, by a half a percentage point. high-poverty areas in sustainable, mixed- We're seeing real results. But there's income neighborhoods with services, more work to do. The President knows that write spending plans with no budget schools, transportation, and access to jobs. expanding opportunity isn't just a moral re- It also expanded the neighborhood Stabi- sponsibility for all Americans -- it's an eco- Since two leaders are talking to each other, but lization Program, which has provided $7 nomic imperative for our nation. Here's why: the Florida there is very little information to confirm billion in funding to communities to man- When children grow up in poverty, it Legislature that report. age vacant and foreclosed properties. costs our nation half a trillion dollars in lost was not able Many pundits and political experts For every federal dollar spent, Choice wages, productivity, and other costs each to do their are starting to blame Governor Scott for a Neighborhoods has attracted seven dol- year, roughly the equivalent of 4 percent job and lack of leadership with the dysfunctional lars of private and other investment and of GDP. approve a Florida legislative session. Darryl Paulson, has developed nearly 10,000 units of The President likes to remind his team budget, the retired professor emeritus of political sci- mixed-income housing in 12 communities. that our time in the White House repre- Florida dis- ence at the University of South Florida St. This is just one of the many ways this sents our best chance to do the most good trict school leaders are on edge. As a Petersburg says, Governor Scott is one of administration is working to be a bet- for the most people. And the best thing we school administration leader, school the worse governors in the history of the ter partner to local leaders working to can do is continue to expand opportuni- board members usually struggle with state. improve the quality of life in their com- ties so that every American has the same spending plans because they start with- Professor Paulson states, “Governor munities. In fact, in the past six years we chance the President did -- to use their out any hard numbers. They usually use Scott’s tenure has been a string of heavy- have initiated dozens of locally led efforts talent, drive, and work ethic to determine last year’s numbers, and they make ad- handed attempts to impose his rather reaching 1,234 communities to improve their own future. But this work can only be justments once they get hard numbers limited vision on the state. That has meant economic conditions, schools, build busi- done in partnership with individuals and from the governor’s office. restrictive voting laws, environmental roll- nesses and make communities more resil- communities ready to make change in School districts start preparing for backs and the stripping of Cabinet author- ient against climate change. their own neighborhoods. their fiscal year July 1st, and they must ity. His leadership has been so inconsis- One of these efforts built in partner- That's what the President's been fo- approve a budget by September. They tent, so flaky; you can almost say there has ship with communities across the country cused on since day one, and it's what we'll operate each fall with a tentative bud- been no leadership.” is "My Brother's Keeper" (MBK). This ini- be working on until the last day we're here. get with money carried from the previ- As the special Florida legislative ses- tiative launched last year to address per- And we need your help to get it done. ous year. But this year, there is no budget sion begins June 1, it will be necessary sistent opportunity gaps faced by boys because the Florida legislature has not for the governor to help resolve the stale- and young men of color and ensure that Thanks, settled on how much money schools will mate in the two Houses. Without a budget all young people can reach their full po- Jerry get per student. on July 1, the state would shut down, and tential. And through the MBK Community Jerry Abramson Late last year, state economists and everything would come to a grinding Challenge, more than 150 city, county, and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs the governor’s office were projecting a $1 halt. The state budget funds schools, uni- tribal leaders are joining with diverse The White House billion budget surplus, and some of this versities, hospitals, state governmental stakeholders to implement their own @Abramson44 surplus would be used to increase edu- departments, and even federal programs cational spending. It was projected by like Medicaid and Medicare. the legislative leaders and the governor This has never happened in the state that per student spending would be set before, and it is an unprecedented event. at $7,176; about $50 more than the record Everyone in the state is on pins and nee- Body cameras for police. Is it time? high from 2007-08. dles, and both sides appear not to budge, the Police Department. I Broward Sheriff Scott Israel But, in February, the federal govern- and are unwilling to compromise. This is hope to persuade the rest wants to equip his deputies ment confirmed it would not renew the an ugly situation, and no one will win if of the City Commission to with cameras, and the Low-Income Pool funding. At this point, the leadership in the two Houses and the include a pilot project in cities of Hallandale Beach, the Florida legislature is facing a $2.3 governor don’t start talking. next year’s budget. Pembroke Pines, Coral billion hole, and it looks like the Florida Police body cameras Springs and Lauderhill are Legislature will be forced to cut appro- Roger Caldwell, a community activist, create transparency in all moving this direction. priations starting with the school budget. author, journalist, radio host and CEO of law enforcement by docu- A camera system does With the two Legislative Houses bare- On Point Media Group, lives in Orlando. The news across the na- menting the interactions come at a cost, and there ly talking and angry with one another, His book, The Inspiring Journey of a Stroke tion has brought startling between officers and civil- are those who may say there is potential that nothing will get Survivor, details the story of his recovery images into our homes. ians. They can assist in the there may be rights to done at a special legislative session from from a massive stroke. He may be reached th Almost everyone I collection of evidence and privacy or inconsistent June 1 to the 20 . We can surmise that the at [email protected]. know was shocked last witness statements as well results from their use that month by the video show- as address any concerns might undermine their ing a South Carolina police about misconduct, use of effectiveness. However, WE WELCOME YOUR LETTERS officer shooting to death an force or bias. President Obama has unarmed man. If a citizen This simple device not announced his adminis- had not been nearby with only protects citizens from tration will provide $20 South Florida Times welcomes and encourages our a cellphone, who knows that type of renegade po- million to help police de- readers to comment on opinions and other content whether we’d ever have lice conduct, but it also partments cover the cost. learned the truth about offers protection to the The rest will take time and in the newspaper and generally. Letters should be no what happened. police officers from disin- training. Such horrific events have genuous accusations in- I truly believe this is more than 300 words and are subject to being ed- caused many to ask whether tended to demean the men the right thing to do and ited for grammar, brevity and clarity. All letters be- shoulder-worn police cam- and women who proudly the right time to do it. It eras should be standard is- wear our uniform. should be added to the come the property of South Florida Times. Include your sue in police departments The Wall Street Journal goals that the commission name, address and phone number and send your letter across the country. recently reported that recently set. Is this the next step in out of the 18,000 police to [email protected], fax it to 954-356-9395 or mail it law enforcement? departments in this country, Dean Trantalis to South Florida Times, 3020 NE 32nd Ave., Suite 200, Fort I believe the time has about a third already City Commissioner, District 2 come to at least experiment employ camera devices dtrantalis@fortlauderdale. Lauderdale, FL 33308, Attention: “Letters to the Editor.” with the use of cameras in on their uniformed police. gov

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college, so the pomp and circumstances was not just for the graduates. Tuskegee Build us, so we can build us graduations are also star studded events. In addition to the local/state politicians and school associated dignitaries one would expect, there were celebrities. In attendance that day were Tuskegee native Lionel Richie, actress and singer Lola Falanna, and an individual you may have heard and read a lot about recently, Bruce Jenner. Leave it to Tuskegee to always be on the cultural cutting edge, even 30 years ago. I have no idea why these people were in attendance, but they were all on stage to shake hands and congratulate each of us on our accomplishment. The sartorial splendor of the audi- ence was a sight to behold. To call it a fashion show would have been an un- derstatement. Every color, combination, and imaginable style of dress was rep- PHOTO COURTESY OF GRACEKENNEDY FOUNDATION resented. In contrast, attire of the gradu- L-R: Professor Ian Boxill, (Carlton Alexander Chair in Management), Don Wehby (GK Ltd Group ates paled in comparison. Underneath CEO), Professor Dale Webber (James Moss-Solomon Sr. Chair in Environmental Management) our traditional black gowns and mortar

and Professor E. Nigel Harris glance through the textbook ‘Revista de Biologia Tropical’, edited DAVID I. MUIR/FOR SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES boards, men wore white shirts, black tie, by Prof. Dale Webber during the GKF/UWI Chair Press Conference on November 18, 2014 at slacks, and shoes and the women wore the Council Room, UWI Regional Headquarters. black dresses, complementary hose and black shoes. We were strictly warned Union and the GraceKen- of plots with vegetables and during the two mandatory graduation nedy Group, who are part- livestock that the children practices earlier in the week that de- ners in moving financial could assist in tending, so The event viation from the prescribed dress code remittances to, from and students who could not af- By PIERRE B. BLAND, DVM would not be tolerated and would result throughout the Caribbean ford a proper lunch would in being precluded from the ceremony. region. Speakers from have it provided. And a pro- May 5, 1985: It was a bright sunny The powers that be were so serious these organizations, as well gram initiated by GraceK- Sunday morning, Mother’s Day in fact. I about this. Each and every participant as the featured presenter ennedy Group’s CEO Don had been waiting my entire life for this was checked by a “dress code” marshal former Jamaican Prime Wehby, that moved the pro- moment, even though I was never exactly when we lined up. A few did not head Minister PJ Patterson, duction of “pepper mash” sure if and when the moment would occur the warning and paid the price of being spoke on the theme “The from South America to Ja- until 4 years earlier. The moment? My excluded. A shame because we were Caribbean Diaspora - Bor- maica, where the company Veterinary School Graduation. the last class to graduate with diplomas derless Possibilities.” They would purchase as much I had been on campus for hours prior that would read “Tuskegee Institute.” All addressed the value of product as local farmers DAVID I. MUIR/FOR SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES to the start of the ceremony and only got future students would be graduates of education, the ways that re- they tapped could produce. to see who was in attendance after the Tuskegee University. By CALIBE THOMPSON mittances and general in- These actions are all processional. The music swelled and the The memory of the event is mostly a vestment from the diaspora based on a sound prin- crowd cheered as the long line of gradu- blur of relief, excitement, and pride. I In our home islands, had and would continue to ciple: build us, so we can ates marched to our seats on White Hall frankly don’t remember who the com- the greatest need is for the help the home islands, and continue to build us. As Lawn. I scanned the audience. I spot- mencement speaker was or the topic of most powerful currency - the impact of their own tar- the diaspora conference ted my Mom, Dad, Grandmother, two of his address: something about responsi- education. The story of an geted initiatives. in Jamaica approaches, my brothers, and my best friend, Andy bility, entering the work force, and be- uneducated woman with Four of those initiatives let’s hope that the initia- Teague all sitting at various points in the coming contributing members of society. eleven children who can’t left a lasting impression tives conceptualized at audience. I also noticed an unexpected Typical commencement speech content. afford to send them to on me. Western Union’s that event will be as pro- guest: My Aunt Gladys, form Indianapo- The one thing I will always remember school is not uncommon for “Pride of the Caribbean” ductive as these organiza- lis. She had no doubt arrived via her were the big hugs I received from my our largely rural societies. program offers $50,000 in tions have made theirs. preferred mode of conveyance, the Grey- Mom and Dad, their smiles, and their She doesn’t know any bet- scholarships for Caribbean hound bus. No small feat. It takes a bit of pride in my becoming a veterinarian. ter, but our hope is that her students or those of Carib- Calibe Thompson is the planning and effort to get to Tuskegee, After the ceremony, I presented my di- children can learn better. bean descent. The GraceK- Executive Producer of the Alabama especially on graduation day. ploma to them, which hangs on the wall of So we must educate them, ennedy Birthright Program “Taste the Islands” cook- For those who don’t know, graduation my parents home along with my first state and we must teach those invites exceptional interna- ing series, now airing M ceremonies at Tuskegee University are license certificates. I may have earned who are well educated the tional Caribbean students & Th at 7:30PM, and Sat at spectacular events and the most special those various certifications, but they truly monumental importance of to intern with the Grace 3:30PM on South Florida’s of occasions. At that time and probably belong to my parents. both personal and corpo- family, potentially leading WPBT2 (Ch 2). Her next so today, so many of the graduates had rate social responsibility. to well- paying jobs down television project “Island gotten to this point the hard way. 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Simon Cowell, the Brit with a tart tongue and honest assessments, became Fox calling an a star as judge, along with his fellow origi- nals, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson. The big-voiced Clarkson became a end to major pop star after winning “Idol,” and Underwood is a solid performer on the ‘American Idol’ country charts. Personalities like Adam

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NEW YORK — Fox is lowering the cur- tain on “American Idol,” ending a series that dominated television throughout the 2000s and made stars of the likes of Si- mon Cowell, Jordin Sparks, Fantasia Bar- rino and Ruben Studdard. The network announced Monday that PHOTO COURTESY OF BUILDUP.VC “American Idol” will go off the air after its DIVERSITY: Jesse Jackson speaks to Silicon Valley corporations on Diversity in the Tech industry. 15th season next spring. The cast from the past seasons, with Ryan Seacrest as host and Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Har- ry Connick Jr. as judges, will return for a Jesse Jackson keeps pressure season-long celebration of the show's his- tory. “American Idol” faded over the past few years, eclipsed in the music competi- on Silicon Valley to diversify tion genre it pioneered by “The Voice” on Adanna Duru performing on the American Idol NBC. Personnel changes didn't help, and stage. neither did tinkering with the format, as By MICHAEL LIEDTKE It's a problem that Jack- Intel already is do- the show fell victim to what usually kills Lambert and Clay Aiken also became AP Technology Writer son believes Silicon Valley ing better in the first four off most television series - old age. Still, it household names after competing on can help solve by summon- months since setting its was a solid performer for a Fox network “Idol.” SAN FRANCISCO — Jes- ing its brainpower and fi- goal to have a workforce that struggles in the ratings. Walden said there are no specific se Jackson renewed his call nancial muscle to put more that mirrors the racial and Dana Walden, co-chairman and CEO plans yet, but that several former contes- Wednesday for the tech- minorities and women to sexual makeup of the over- of the Fox Television Group, described it tants and judges have already expressed nology industry to make work in the technology in- all population by 2020. as a “pretty emotional decision” to end “a lot of enthusiasm” for coming back and workforce diversity as high dustry, one of the fastest Krzanich said 41 percent “American Idol.” celebrating the show's legacy in its final a priority as product inno- growing and best-paying of the employees that Intel Fox and the show's producers were year. vation. parts of the economy. He has hired so far this year discussing how the series would continue, “We're going to deliver a really spe- The civil rights leader describes his mission in Sil- fell into diversity catego- but ultimately “we all arrived at the con- cial season next year, “Newman said. spoke at a gathering of icon Valley as another stage ries that Intel is trying to in- clusion that it was time to bring the show The series averaged 12.69 mil- corporate executives and in a “civil rights symphony.” crease, up from 30 percent to an end,” said Gary Newman, co-chair- lion viewers during its initial run in activists called to address Jackson's plea has stuck last year. man and CEO. “But we wanted to do it in 2002, but exploded quickly thereafter, Silicon Valley's shortage of a chord with Intel Corp., The Santa Clara, Califor- a way that was special and celebratory.” reaching a peak average of more than women, blacks and Hispan- which is spending $300 nia, company also is study- “Idol” was a quick hit, with fans fol- 30 million viewers each episode in ics in high-paying jobs. million to diversify its work- ing changes in its work- 2006, according The San Francisco event force during the next five force each week in an effort to the Nielsen underscored Jackson's in- years. Intel CEO Brian Krza- to get a better grasp on its company. It con- tention to use his historic nich appeared at Wednes- diversity problem. tinued averaging ties to Martin Luther King day's summit to announce “I am not going to fool more than 20 mil- Jr. and the civil rights move- that $5 million of that mon- you. This is hard work,” lion viewers an ment of the 1960s to prod ey will finance computer Krzanich said. “This isn't episode through major technology compa- science programs in an rocket science. It's hard- the 2011 season, nies to change the face of Oakland, California, school er.” when its popu- their payrolls. district where roughly two- Apple sent one of its Af- larity declined. Harking back to the fa- thirds of the students are rican-American executives, Its star at Fox mous Alabama march led black or Hispanic. Lisa Jackson, to re-iterate its was eclipsed by King in 1965, Jackson A campaign launched intention to hire more wom- this season by told an audience of about last year by Jackson and en and minorities because the music-based 400 people that his crusade his Rainbow Push coalition the iPhone maker believes soap opera “Em- for a more inclusive society pressured Google, Face- greater diversity will hatch pire,” which will follows “an unbroken line book, Apple and other better ideas and products. launch its second from Selma to Silicon Val- major Silicon Valley em- “This is about some- season in the fall. ley.” ployers into releasing data thing that is good for busi- So far this year, Jackson also cited recent that showed an abnormally ness,” she said. “This isn't PHOTOS COURTESY OF AMERICANIDOL.COM “American Idol” protests over the deaths high percentage of white work we do for any other American Idol Judges Keith Urban , Jennifer Lopez and Harry Connick Jr. is averaging 9.15 and abuses of black men and Asian men in engineer- reason.” million viewers arrested by police officers ing and executive jobs. The Jesse Jackson left little lowing contestants who sought the prized per episode, Nielsen said. as a sign of the “despair disclosures mortified an in- doubt that he intends to “yellow ticket” to Hollywood and a chance The show will run in a similar format and disenfranchisement” dustry that thinks of itself as hold Silicon Valley to its di- at stardom. In the early years, “American next season as it has this year, airing in communities being torn a meritocracy, prompting versity promise. Idol” also showed many of the cringe- Wednesday and Thursday nights starting apart by a widening chasm Intel and several compa- “Recycled white su- worthy auditions of contestants with no in January for the beginning stages, then between affluent and finan- nies to pledge to do more premacy is not meritocra- hope of winning, but has generally resist- once a week on Thursday for the second cially strapped households. to diversify. cy,” he said. ed those recently. part of the season, Fox said. Volvo chooses South Carolina for new $500 million auto plant By JACK JONES South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley The company said vehicles made at Associated Press planned a news conference later Mon- the plant will be for the United States day morning to formally announce Vol- market, as well as for export. Volvo has COLUMBIA, S.C. — Volvo Cars will vo's decision. two plants in Europe and two in China. build a $500 million plant in South Car- “We are proud to have this global “This new global industrial footprint olina that will eventually employ up to leader in car manufacturing join and and a complete product renewal forms 4,000 people, the company announced strengthen South Carolina's automotive the foundation for our growth and profit- Monday. industry,” Haley said in a statement re- ability targets,” Hakan Samuelsson, pres- The company said its first American leased by the automaker. ident and chief executive of Volvo Car plant about 30 miles from the Port of South Carolina and Georgia had been Corporation, said in a statement. Charleston is expected to make about the two finalists for the plant and Georgia South Carolina's technical college 100,000 vehicles a year, initially. officials said last week that Volvo had de- system will work to recruit and train em- The company says it expects to em- cided against building near Savannah. ployees for the plant. ploy about 2,000 people at the Berkeley Construction is expected to begin in Volvo becomes the second European PHOTO COURTESY OF BLOGS.YOUWHEEL.COM County plant over the next decade. That the fall. The first vehicles are expected to car maker to locate in South Carolina. Volvo car assembly plant could grow to 4,000 workers eventually. be ready in 2018. BMW built its first plant in Greer in 1994.

State University, the BC- CPBC site states. Baker: First black and She started working Investigation already commenced for Palm Beach County in first woman for P. Beach 1987 through the Office INVESTIGATION, FROM 1A were arrested as cars and businesses of Financial Management burned. Last week, Baltimore's top BAKER, FROM 1A on race. The four other and Budget, according to by an independent monitor. The Justice prosecutor charged six police officers finalists included Michael the county’s website, www. Department has the option of suing a in connection with the death, and the make her the new county Rogers, vice president pbcgov.com. Baker over- police department that is unwilling to Justice Department is investigating administrator. “She was for advancement for the sees Planning, Zoning and make changes. the encounter for potential civil rights the deputy administra- University of the District Building, the Office of Small In some cases, such as in Ferguson - violations. tor for 14 years,” Taylor of Columbia, John Pulom- Business Assistance and where Justice found sweeping patterns Friday's announcement followed a re- said. “She’s worked with ena, county executive for the Tourist Development of racial discrimination - the federal gov- quest from Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Mr. Weisman and knows Middlesex County, N.J., Council. She also serves ernment has initiated the process on its Rawlings-Blake, who initially appeared de- the county. She knows the Thomas Himler, deputy as a liaison to the Treasure own; in others, including in Cleveland and termined to fix the city's problems on her things that we are facing. chief administrative of- Coast Regional Planning Albuquerque, New Mexico, city officials own but then on Wednesday requested a I think all of that made ficer for Prince George’s Council, according to the made the request. Justice Department investigation. her qualified.” Report- County, Md., and Bruce F. county government site. A separate Justice Department review “Our city is making progress in repair- edly, about 80 candidates Romer, vice president of Weisman, reportedly of Baltimore police policies, by the ing the fractured relationship between po- from across the country administration at Westat said that he thinks Baker Community Oriented Police Services lice and community, but bolder reforms applied for the job, which Inc., Rockville, Md. was selected not only be- office, will continue but its findings will be are needed and we will not shy away from was eventually narrowed As a certified govern- cause of her many years folded into the new civil rights investigation taking on these challenges,” she said in a down to a shortlist of six. ment financial manager, of experience, but also the announced on Friday, Lynch said. statement. Baker is expected to get a Baker has assisted the quality of her work. Alleg- Lynch visited Baltimore earlier this Baltimore police Capt. J. Eric Kowalc- substantial raise with her county administrator with edly, he also wanted Baker week to meet with city and community zyk, a department spokesman, said Police promotion. She current- managing a $4 billion as his successor. leaders as well as Gray's family. Commissioner Anthony Batts stands by a ly earns $222,200 each budget, more than 6,300 Taylor said that she “We're talking about generations, not statement in which he said he welcomed year but could make well employees and a county thinks Baker’s wealth of only of mistrust, but generations of com- the mayor's request “with open arms.” over $260,000 annually. population of 1.3 million, knowledge will be her munities that feel very separated from “We have never shied away from scru- LaRoque, who is cauca- according to the Black biggest asset as she en- government overall,'' she said on Friday. tiny or assistance,” Batts said on Thursday. sian, and Baker were the Chamber of Commerce ters this new phase of her “So you're talking about situations where “Our work is ongoing and anyone who only two women finalists of Palm Beach County’s career as county adminis- there's a flashpoint occurrence that co- wishes to be a part of helping the depart- for the position. However, website, www.blackcham- trator. “She’s been around alesces years of frustration and anger. ment better connect with the community race had nothing to do berpbc.com. when the county was deal- That's what I think you saw in Baltimore.” will always be welcome.” with the selection. Taylor Baker holds a Bach- ing with agriculture (is- The city endured days of unrest after He has said the department has accom- said in an earlier and un- elor of Science degree in sues), housing, some of Gray died April 19 following a week in plished reforms and made progress during related interview to the Rehabilitative Services the sensitive stuff that we a coma after his arrest. Protesters threw his 2 1/2 years in office. By the end of 2014, South Florida Times that and a Master of Science deal with every day,” she bottles and bricks at police the night of he said, complaints about discourtesy had it is illegal for the county degree in Public Adminis- said. “So, I think all of that his funeral on April 27, injuring nearly fallen 54 percent, and excessive force com- to hire employees based tration, both from Florida will be a plus for her.” 100 officers. More than 200 people plaints were down more than 40 percent. Breaking News!Visitusonlineat SFLTimes.com 8A | MAY 14 — 20, 2015 | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | SFLTIMES.COM

BASKETBALL Point guards who pass the ball more than What: A regulation NBA ball is supposed others would usually like that. to be inflated to between 7.5 and 8.5 pounds Exhibit A: Around the time Deflategate per square inch. Traditionally, before a game hit, stories about Phil Jackson’s Knicks starts, the referee will ask the captain of the teams of the 1970s resurfaced. Those teams, DeflateGate home team to pick a ball, and often there’s starring Willis Reed, Bill Bradley, Walt Fra- an “X” conveniently marked on the ball the zier and Dave DeBusschere, liked a deflated players have decided they like the best. basketball. In the 1990s, Jackson told sto- Why: A team that likes to pass a lot and ries about how they used to carry needles hopes the rebounds won’t ricochet too far around to get balls to their liking. He went nothing new in off the rim might choose a less-inflated ball. on Twitter in the aftermath of Deflategate There’s also the sense of feel. A ball that to explain that they never deflated the balls games people play feels more worn can be easier to handle. below league standards. By EDDIE PELLS a plan to deflate footballs to Brady’s AP National Writer liking according to an NFL-commis- sioned report by lawyer Ted Wells was If you ain’t cheatin’, you ain’t tryin’. a direct violation of a well-defined rule The credit for that old saying gen- about equipment that didn’t leave room erally goes to NASCAR legend Richard for shades of gray. Petty, though it just as easily could have And while America waited impa- come from Tom Brady, Gaylord Perry tiently to find out that the penalty for or pretty much any of the millions who Brady’s violation — a four game sus- have thrown, pitched or hit a ball since pension is unprecedented, the idea people started playing sports. of taking liberties with playing equip- Blurring the line between legal and ment is hardly a new one. illegal, then figuring out how to get A quick examination of the way away with it, is as old as keeping score. bats, balls, rackets, clubs and other But what two New England Patriots equipment has been manipulated over employees did when they executed the years: Phil Jackson today and from 1970 TENNIS Exhibit A: In a match against Serena BASEBALL move in unpredictable ways. That's why What: Players aren’t supposed to pur- Williams in the 2013 Madrid Open, Spain’s What: It's too long a list to mention in MLB works in the game balls with its own posely change the shape or “sharpness” of Anabel Medina Garrigues was caught by a sport where almost anything can be mud, mined only from a branch of the the balls. In most pro matches, new balls are a camera rubbing tennis balls against the adjusted to turn things to a player's ad- Delaware River in southern New Jersey, put into play every nine games. face of her racket, presumably in a bid to vantage. From spitballs (clearly illegal), and acts swiftly if a pitcher is seen apply- Why: By fluffing up a ball, a player who loosen the outer layer and make them fluff- to pine tar (illegal in some instances), ing any other substance. doesn’t hit the ball as hard as their opponent ier. She won a set 6-0 against Williams but to watered-down, speed-sapping fields Exhibit A: Perry was the spitball could gain an advantage by slowing it down. wound up losing the match. (nothing really wrong with this one), king. But for pure comedy, it was Twins baseball has a laundry list of items, all of knuckleballer Joe Niekro's lame at- which are changeable and anything but tempt in 1987 to casually toss away a tamper-proof. piece of emery board he from his back Why: In the case of the most time- pocket while standing on the pitcher's honored tradition, the spitball, any sort of mound in front of 33,983 fans that takes substance placed on the ball, or any sort the cake. Niekro got ejected and sus- of scuff marks, can change the weight pended for 10 days. He claimed he used and resistance of the ball and make it the emery board to file his nails.

(Left to right) Anabel Medina Garrigues and Serena Williams

PHOTO MONTAGES BY MJURY/FOR SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES (Left to right) Joe Niekro and Perry

GOLF called for any club made before April What: The sport’s ruling bodies pub- 1, 1990 to take precedence over a rule lish a conforming list for the types of change. At one tournament, Phil Mickel- balls and clubs that can be used. son decided to use some pre-1990 Ping Why: One recent rules change came in clubs with the old grooves and Scott 2010 when the governing bodies banned McCarron said Mickelson’s using the square grooves in wedges because they wedges amounted to cheating. McCar- helped players put more backspin on the ron apologized to Mickelson, who said ball, which can make it stop more quickly he had made his point and wouldn’t be on the greens once it lands. using the wedges. It was hard to know Exhibit A: An exception to that rule if those square grooves really produced resulted from a lawsuit settlement that more spin because the clubs were so old.

(Left to right) Phil Mickelson and Scott McCarron NASCAR casional too-good-to-be-true result. How What: A sport with an incredibly com- did Dale Earnhardt Jr., without the help plex rulebook; sometimes the rules are of a thought-to-be-mandatory draft- rewritten during the season to catch up ing partner on one of the sport’s fast- with the latest forms of rule-bending. est tracks, overcome six cars down the Why: The most subtle change in a stretch to win the first race at Daytona car’s suspension, its height off the ground after his dad died there? And how was it or the makeup of its tires can buy frac- that on July 4, 1984, with President Rea- tions of seconds in a sport where every gan in the stands, an aging Richard Petty inch counts. was able to muster up the stuff to win his Exhibit A: Maybe it’s the stuff that 200th (and final) race? Conspiracy theo- never got called and produced the oc- rists, start your engines.

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Staff Report at any level to help children who are taken from their homes due WEST PALM BEACH — Palm to abuse, neglect and/or aban- Beach County’s largest child wel- donment. On May 20, the Place fare organization is working to of Hope staff and supporters recruit and train new foster fami- will converge upon the Leighan lies so children don’t have to be and David Rinker Campus to moved far away, and siblings can dedicate the newly named cam- be kept together. pus and hold a ribbon cutting Now, Place of Hope has ex- for two newly renovated build- panded its foster care recruit- ings and a kids’ sport court. The ment into Martin County with event will include a BBQ, tours of a new satellite office in Hobe the cottages and an opportunity Sound. to learn how to get involved to PHOTOS COURTESY OF PLACE OF HOPE During May, Foster Care make a difference in the lives of Awareness Month, Place of Hope the children. SUCCESS: Dawn Turner, who was a home- will join organizations to shine In January, 118 boys and girls less teen when she entered Place of Hope, attention on the need for more entered the foster care system in left as a homeowner with help from Habitat adults to become involved. Offi- FAMILY ENVIRONMENT: Place of Hope at the Leighan and David for Humanity. She works for Villages of Hope. cials want people to get involved PLEASE TURN TO HOPE/2B Rinker Campus in west Boca Raton.

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PHOTOS COURTESY OF CONGRESSWOMAN FREDERICA S. WILSON STAFF Young artists show their talents Dozens of high school students from Congresswoman Frederica Wilson’s district competed 1982. Wilson is pictured with more than 40 of the 135 students who submitted artwork, includ- in the Annual District 24 Congressional Art Competition, Art Show and Awards Ceremony on ing District 24 winner Weeclef Archange from Design and Architecture Senior High School. He Thursday in the Peacock Foundation Studio of the Ziff Ballet Opera House at the Adrienne Arsht receives two airline tickets to Washington D.C. for a reception and installation ceremony on for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County. A national event to encourage artistic talent, June 25, and his artwork will be display in the Cannon Tunnel, at the U.S. Capitol, for an entire the competition has drawn more than 650,000 U.S. high school students since its inception in year.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF ASHLEIGHCARROLL.WORDPRESS.COM LEARNING TOOLS: Children at two area schools will benefit from a grant from Annenberg School Fund. $150K in Annenberg grants will help two South Florida schools Staff Report interactive tables, where up to six students at a time can collaborate on projects, as WESTON — Two elementary schools well as buy whiteboards and slates. in South Florida and one in Jacksonville Myrtle Grove plans to invest the grant will each receive a $50,000 grant from the money to strengthen its Reader’s Theater lit- PHOTOS COURTESY OF BOB SOTO Leonore Annenberg School Fund for Chil- eracy program, which uses nursery rhymes, dren, which provides educational resourc- poetry anthologies, play scripts and musi- HELPING HAND: Rose Pierre Charles, BankUnited teller in Lighthouse Point. es to underfunded schools. cal instruments for theater productions that Staff Report The funds will help the schools acquire seek to improve fluency and vocabulary. technology, books, arts material and educa- Reynolds Lane plans to invest the funds MIAMI LAKES — In tional products designed to improve reading in Lego educational projects and nonfiction a National Rebuilding skills and proficiency in math and science. classroom libraries. Lego products are de- Day event sponsored by The selected elementary schools are signed to improve children’s critical think- BankUnited, Rebuilding Annabel C. Perry K-6 Center in Miramar, ing and problem-solving skills. Together Broward brought Myrtle Grove K-8 Center in Miami Gardens Since 2009, Florida has received $1.11 together approximately and Reynolds Lane Elementary School in million in Leonore Annenberg School Fund 400 volunteers and doz- Jacksonville. Six other schools around the grants to assist in funding STEM literacy ini- ens of local businesses to country will also receive a share of the tiatives, media centers, science and tech- stabilize and revitalize ap- more than $500,000 in grants that the Le- nology labs and more. The Council’s close proximately 16 homes of onore Annenberg School Fund has allo- ties to the Leonore Annenberg School Fund low-income homeowners cated for 2015. have facilitated the grant application pro- living in the Collier City The Council for Educational Change, cess for schools across Florida. community of Pompano a statewide nonprofit organization that “In 1999, the late philanthropists Wal- Beach. serves as a catalyst for change and a con- ter Annenberg and Leonard Miller created BankUnited volunteers duit of resources, successfully nominated the South Florida Annenberg Challenge, a painted and rehabilitated the three schools for the grant awards. regional initiative designed to improve stu- the exterior of the home “These grants will help the schools dent achievement and career readiness,” that Ralph Banks, a 77 year- come up with the resources needed to up- said Gail C. Levin, director of the Leonore old wheelchair-bound grade educational technology and foster Annenberg Scholarship, Fellowship and man, has lived in for 40 the arts at a time when public funding is School Funds. “Today, the successor organi- years and shares with his dwindling,” said Elaine Liftin, the council’s zation, the Council for Educational Change daughter and three grand- president and executive director. “We are (CEC), focuses statewide on school-based children. very excited that the council was able to reform and educational policy, and mem- BankUnited Senior help these schools.” bers of the Miller family, together with the Executive Vice President The announcement comes at the right Leonore Annenberg School Fund for Chil- Gerry Litrento was among time for the Annabel C. Perry Elementary dren, continue the legacy of the founders. TEAMWORK: Pompano Beach Commissioner Ed Phillips, Re- the volunteers. School, which is expanding to seventh The school fund’s three new grants to CEC grade in the upcoming school year. The will enable hundreds of students to benefit building Together Broward Executive Director Sandra V. Einhorn grant money will help the school buy from the continuing collaboration.” and BankUnited Senior Executive Vice President Gerry Litrento. PLEASE TURN TO REBUILD/2B 2B | MAY 14 — 20, 2015 | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | SFLTIMES.COM Around South Florida

assault. The victim was taken to the hospi- extreme delirium, paranoia and superhu- RIGHT TO LIFE tal and was released after being treated. man strength. The Broward Sheriff’s Office Former Homestead Mayor and Miami- ELGINJONES is holding a series of forums to educate Dade County Commissioner Lynda Bell is [email protected] MILK CRATE ARREST and communicate the dangers of flakka now the chair of the National Right to Life Like other municipalities to kids and the community. For the list of Coalition. Bell takes over the helm from Ge- that are dealing with home- dates, times and locations go to sheriff. line B. Williams, who served for 34 years. less people, Riviera Beach org. Palm Beach County Police are arresting the Monroe County homeless who are caught CUBAN CALLING INVESTIGATION with shopping carts and SMS Cuba, a Fort Lauder- ESCAPEE CAPTURED Riviera Beach Police have other items. Travis Bullock, dale-based technology Sean Michael Stacy, 37, an opened a homicide inves- BULLOCK 30, who does not have a company, is offering un- inmate who escaped from tigation into the death of fixed address, was arrested recently af- limited two-way, text mes- Monroe County Jail on 21-year-old Dakota Haenel, ter a Riviera Beach police officer saw him saging service between Plantation Key while work- whose body was found at sitting on a plastic milk crate outside of a the United States and ing outside as a trustee, 6 West 32nd Ct. The man- liquor store. He was charged with illegal Cuba. It represents one has been captured. Florida ner of death has not been possession of a dairy case, and is being OBAMA of the first business initia- City Police Department of- HAENEL released. Authorities urge held without bond. tives into Cuba since President Barack STACY ficers arrested Stacy at a lo- anyone with information to contact Palm Obama announced the re-establishing cal business after receiving a tip about his Beach County Crime Stoppers at 800-458- Broward County of diplomatic relations with the island whereabouts. 8477. nation. FACING FLAKKA PLEA BARGAIN ATTACKER JAILED It was once my opinion that Miami-Dade County Keyonbie Humphrey, 33, Derren Morrison, 26, of there would never be any has pleaded guilty to Palm Springs was found drug more dangerous or SUSPECT ARRESTED federal drug possession laying in the middle of the addictive than crack co- Terequon Williams, 30, is charges and will serve 10 street with blood smeared caine. I was wrong. Now accused in the shooting years in prison, followed on his arms. Police fol- comes along flakka, the death of his neighbor, Fa- by five years of super- lowed the trail of blood to most dangerous drug that hium Ali. According to po- vised release. Humphrey the home of an 82-year-old FLAKKA has ever plagued South lice, the two argued about HUMPHREY had faced up to 40 years in MORRISON woman who was bleeding Florida streets. At a cost of under $5 per hit, Ali’s alleged intentions to prison. According to published reports, profusely. The woman told police she an- flakka is rapidly catching on in schools, at shoot up a house where local, county and federal law enforce- swered a knock at her door and Morrison parties and playgrounds. It is being used WILLIAMS Williams’ sister and her ment officers raided a trailer in Key West, barged in and attacked her. They ques- with marijuana and other drugs. Flakka children lived in the 2500 block of NW and found crack cocaine, marijuana and tioned Morrison, who allegedly said he increases body temperature immediately 67th Street in Miami on May 27, 2014. $1,200 in cash. According to an arrest re- was on the drug flakka. He was arrested to intolerable levels, causing users to strip Williams fled, but recently was captured. port, Humphrey, who has a history of drug and charged with attempted murder and naked to get relief. Flakka also causes He is being held without bond. arrests, admitted the items were his. Bank, volunteers unite to repair home

REBUILD, FROM 1B cost to homeowners, on the last Saturday Rebuilding Together in April. One of more “BankUnited has Broward improves than 160 affiliates two new branches the homes, the health serving communi- in Pompano and this of homeowners and ties across the na- year our employees their communities.” tion, Rebuilding To- plan to donate 1,000 National Re- gether Broward has volunteer hours to building Month is rehabilitated more local organizations a month-long call than 375 homes and in the communities to service during community centers, PHOTO COURTESY OF BOB SOTO we serve,” Litrento the entire month of investing more than VOLUNTEERS: BankUnited volunteers joined Rebuilding Together Broward in Pompano to paint and restore the said. “By restoring April, culminating $4 million into the exterior of the home that Ralph Banks, a 77-year-old wheelchair-bound man, has lived in for 40 years and shares safe and healthy liv- with National Re- community since with his daughter and three grandchildren. ing conditions at no building Day, held 2003. Foster parents raise awareness on raising children

HOPE, FROM 1B For more than 19 years, the Kitch- makes a huge difference. We show them cared for. ings have raised their two children and how to live a love-filled life, and that’s what “One young man was there when my they estimate about 100 others through Palm Beach County, bringing the number they go on to do.” oldest child was born seven years ago,” Place of Hope and other agencies. What to 1,139. When there is not enough space For Place of Hope foster parent and O’Neal said. “He is a part of our family they thought would be a three-year com- to accommodate these children, they are trainer, Jenni O’Neal, potential foster until this day, and we are very close.” mitment will soon reach two decades. At moved out of county, away from familiar parents need one vital characteristic. times, they’ve been parents to 10 to 12 chil- schools, family and friends. In January, “Commitment is the number one at- dren at once. 101 children were placed outside of the tribute, and that is what I look for when “As a couple, we decided we wanted county. I meet with potential foster parents,” to do something together when we got Numbers like these are not new to the O’Neal said. “I look for their willingness pregnant with our second child,” said Gary, staff of Place of Hope. to persevere through the hard times. a U.S. Navy veteran. “We thought we would Veteran foster parents Gary and Odalys Can you do what it takes to keep doing move on to something else, but there was Kitchings say fostering primarily takes what it takes?” always another child that we wanted to be a strong partnership and willingness for Hobe Sound residents, O’Neal and there for and wanted to see them age out at participants to do their best. her husband, Travis, have been fos- the age of 18.” ter parents for 10 years. Additionally, For those who are con- O’Neal has the new responsibility of re- sidering becoming foster cruiting and training new foster parents parents, Gary and Odalys in Martin County for Place of Hope. offer this advice – make In this role, she assists and educates sure your marriage is sol- potential parents through the state-reg- id and that your reasons ulated process, which includes home are sound. study, home visits, references and back- “The children will not ground checks. After seven years of do- always appreciate the ing this work in Palm Beach County, she home you’re trying to is excited to introduce the satisfaction provide. Sometimes they and love of foster parenting to Martin are angry at being taken County. from their home, or they To date, the O’Neals, who have three are separated from fam- children of their own and are expect- Jennie O’Neal ily members. They can be ing a fourth, have fostered more than resentful or afraid. The re- 30 children and counting. Jenni O’Neal wards don’t always show says they try to keep the relationship up right away,” Gary said. going. She and her husband have been Gotastoryidea? Please email “But we have so many to high school graduations, visited col- success stories when lege campuses and talk weekly with [email protected] they grow up and realize some of the young people they have what we did for them. Having a home where there is consistent care PHOTOS COURTESY OF PLACE OF HOPE and attention, structure Come out and have a great time! FAMILY FIRST: Odalys, Gary and their daughter, Amanda Kitch- and accountability, role- ings. modeling and siblings, This Week’s Schedule of Events Thursday Bid Whist w/ prizes to winners Elks and Line Dancing Friday Happy Hour 4 - 8pm Saturday Old School / New School Step & Line Dancing and Giveaways Lodge Sunday Smooth Jazz and Neo Soul by Derrick Hadley & Tessie Porter on vocals 6 - 9pm Happy Hour

Monday Happy Hour - 4pm until closing Step & Line Dancing and Giveaways 712 NW 2nd Street Tuesday Step & Line Dancing Ft Lauderdale Wednesday Old School / New School 954-463-7474 EXPANSION: : In 2014, Place of Hope opened its fi rst cottage, Genesis Boys’ Cottage, on its FREE BUFFET EVERYDAY west Boca Raton campus. On May 20, two more cottages will debut. Pictured at the 2014 ribbon-cutting are David Shelpman Jr., vice president – Everglades University; Ruben Valbuena, James Gibbs, the Exalted Ruler, and Harry Murphy, student services director; Laura Frione, Place of Hope angel mom vice president; Kristi Mol- House Chairman, thank the community for your support. lis, president and CEO – Everglades University; Cartiana Auguste, Frione scholarship recipient; Please continue to patronize us. Gychnayder Auguste, Frione scholarship recipient; Frank Frione, board member – Everglades With your help we can take this to a higher level. University. SFLTIMES.COM | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | MAY 14 — 20, 2015 | 3B Obituaries

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sfltimes.com EVENTS “Elevating the Dialogue” 7C CALENDAR 2C | MAY 14 — 20, 2015 | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | SFLTIMES.COM | SoFlo LIVE technology Little-known Facebook apps are worth a look Regular folks like you can't download or Whom it's for: Highly organized, on-the-go use Mentions. But if you follow celebrities' individuals who want to easily keep tabs on Facebook pages, you can see their updates, the many Facebook groups they belong to. photos, videos and public chat sessions. Your aspirational self. Celebrities can also use Mentions to post on Instagram and Twitter. Slingshot Whom it's for: Beyonce. Facebook was unsuccessful in buying Snapchat, the disappearing-message app Groups popular with teenagers and millennials. About half of Facebook's 1.44 billion Facebook's answer is Slingshot. Both are members belong to one or more groups on simple to use, but neither will work without the site. Groups can be completely public, other friends using it, so it helps if you're in open by invitation only or “secret,” such that with the hip young crowd. they wouldn't even appear in a search unless Slingshot is intended to make photo- you're already in the group. These groups let sharing more reciprocal than simply people connect based on a hobby, a genetic throwing pictures up on Facebook or disorder, a geographic location or simply the sending them over instant messaging. love of a band. When you get a photo from a friend, you The Groups app brings together various can “react” by sending a response photo group features so you don't have to dig around of your own. the main Facebook app on your phone. You Photos here disappear, too, but only after can manage existing groups or find new ones, 24 hours, rather than the few seconds that based on recommendations or searches. You Snapchat gives you once you view it. You can can also create shortcuts to your favorite also swipe them away more quickly, as you groups on your phone's home screen. As with would a dating rejection on Tinder. the main Facebook app, you can use Groups Whom it's for: Teenagers with selfie-sticks. to discuss topics or plan events. Facebook employees.

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By BARBARA ORTUTAY also makes it easy to block unwanted calls. If AP Technology Writer a number is blocked by a lot of people, the call will automatically go to your voicemail. NEW YORK — You probably already use When you make the call, you're still going Facebook on your phone, along with its through regular channels — your normal Messenger app for chatting with Facebook phone app for cellular calls (which will eat up friends. You might also have Instagram and your minutes), or an app such as Messenger WhatsApp, two services Facebook bought in or TextNow for Wi-Fi and data calls. Think of recent years. Hello as Facebook's overlay for your various Not content with those successes, calling apps. The person you're calling doesn't Facebook wants to be an even bigger part of need Hello, but won't get the additional your mobile life. So far, its Creative Labs division information and blocking capabilities without has churned out seven little-known apps that it. extend existing Facebook features or try to You can also search for local shops, bars compete with popular apps such as Snapchat or eateries and call the business through — the difference being that Facebook's version Hello. While this can be helpful, it's probably hasn't been all that popular. not enough to justify yet another app on your Nonetheless, Facebook is unlikely to give phone. up. With Creative Labs, the 11-year-old tech Whom it's for: People who use disposable behemoth is able to function more like a phones and want to appear to those they are nimble startup. That means some apps might calling with a constant caller ID — as in their flop, but Facebook gets to embrace its now- Facebook profile. Anyone with limited voice retired catchphrase “move fast and break minutes who wants to screen unwanted calls. things.” Probably not you — especially if you have an Here's a look at four of Facebook's home- iPhone. Unlike the others, Hello is for Android grown apps — and who might need them: only.

Hello Mentions Sure, every phone comes with the ability Not wanting to fall behind Twitter when to make calls. Now, you can do that through it comes to celebrities, Facebook designed Facebook's Hello app. The idea is to give you Mentions with them in mind. The app lets more information about who's calling, such as bold-face names such as Oprah, Samuel L. the number of Facebook friends in common. It Jackson and Jennifer Lopez connect with fans. SoFlo LIVE | SFLTIMES.COM | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | MAY 14 — 20, 2015 | 3C fi l m Schwarzenegger surprises in zombie drama ‘Maggie’ By LINDSEY BAHR Still, everything is restrained. AP Film Writer Schwarzenegger's Wade only resorts to vio- lence when protecting Maggie, and even Would you stand by your child if she was those moments seem to be done reluctantly. slowly dying of a gruesome and highly con- His despair is evident in his physicality and tagious illness? That's the central question his eyes throughout. that Arnold Schwarzenegger has to face in Many of the scenes take place around the Maggie, a terminal illness drama where the dinner table — some tense, some funny, but malady at hand involves morphing into a all with the heavy fear of the inevitable hang- member of the fl esh-eating undead. ing over every moment. Director Henry Hobson's fi lm imagines a Some of the more affecting parts involve world devastated by zombies — although no Schwarzenegger weighing his options with one ever says that word. Instead of turning various friends. The horrifying reality is that to genre conventions, though, Maggie stays death is really the only solution. The “how” is small, intimate, and fascinatingly realistic. the question. Set in a small Midwestern town, society And yet, for as fascinating as the conceit is is still tenuously functioning amid the break- (and as lean as the movie is), the deep emo- out. Hospitals diagnose the affl icted and set tions at play don't really hit as well as they terms for mandatory quarantines before the should. Part of the problem is the distracting diseased turn truly dangerous. The police, look of the fi lm. Maggie appears as though it also, are there to enforce. Other institutions, was shot through a variety of Instagram fi lters though, are all but abandoned. Gas stations — a dusty grey for the exteriors, and a warm, are empty and electricity is unreliable. oversaturated orange for the interiors. Also, For many, life continues as normally as even at a brisk 95 minutes, the runtime feels possible. There are no rogue bands of hostile like a stretch. survivalists competing over bunkers and land Maybe Hobson — a title designer in his and no massive zombie armies attacking. feature debut — wasn't going for tearjerker, Maggie is zombie tale that is more interested though. in the microcosm — the effects of the virus on Maggie, ultimately, is a fascinating experi- the family unit and the community, not the ment in genre that has captured a side of shocks and thrills of an all-out war. Schwarzenegger that the movies have not If this seems like a surprising choice for seen before — an impressive, exciting and Schwarzenegger, it is. Even more surprising? worthy accom- He's pretty great. plishment in The heart of the movie is the relationship and of itself. between Wade (Schwarzenegger) and his teenage daughter Maggie (Abigail Breslin). She's infected and missing when the fi lm starts, but Wade searches for two weeks to fi nd her and bring her back to the country home that he shares with his new wife (Joely Richardson) and their young children. There, Wade waits for Maggie to trans- form, trying to spend as much time with her as possible in the interim. Maggie, LT in turn, fl uctuates between all the emotions of dealing with a life cut too short — and her fatal, itchy and grotesque wound. There are a few UNIVERSAL PICTURES AND GOLD CIRCLE ENTERTAINMENT PRESENT A GOLD CIRCLE ENTERTAINMENT/BROWNSTONE PRODUCTION “PITCH PERFECT 2” SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES THU 5/14 3 col (5.06”) x 10” jump scares and horror ALL.PP2.0514.SFTemail movie elements that ANNA KENDRICK REBEL WILSON HAILEE STEINFELD BRITTANY SNOW SKYLAR ASTIN ADAM DEVINE KATEY SAGAL ANNA CAMP ALEXIS KNAPP MUSIC EXECUTIVE help to break up the HANA MAE LEE WITH JOHN MICHAEL HIGGINS AND ELIZABETH BANKS SUPERVISOR SARAH WEBSTER MUSIC PRODUCERS JULIANNE JORDAN JULIA MICHELS melodrama. Maggie's MUSIC EXECUTIVE PRODUCED carefully designed BYMARK MOTHERSBAUGH PRODUCERS SCOTT NIEMEYER JASON MOORE BYPAUL BROOKS MAX HANDELMAN ELIZABETH BANKS physical transforma- WRITTEN DIRECTED tion is punctuated by BYKAY CANNON BY ELIZABETH BANKS A UNIVERSAL RELEASE © 2014 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS frightening visions of what's to come — even if it's unclear whether CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR PHOTO COURTESY OF PINOYEXCHANGE.COM they're nightmares or STARTS FRIDAY, MAY 15 THEATERS AND SHOWTIMES symptoms. Maggie (Abigail Breslin) and Wade (Arnold Schwarzenegger) sfltimes.com

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Nots, The Color Purple Broadway Production NEW YORK — Harris Faulkner's hobby the day's news with one male panelist. “Doing hard news and being able to use may sound like a patriotic put-on, but the Faulkner's news chops make her the another set of muscles, I knew was going to was not ‘a sin against America’ Fox News Channel anchor insists it's legit. closest thing to a ringleader. Sandra Smith be a challenge for me, and I've loved every LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jamie Foxx is defending “The thing that I really love to do, that of Fox Business Network and commentator second of it, because it is so different.” his national anthem performance at the Floyd I now only do in the shower, is to sing the Andrea Tantaros are the other regulars. The At fi rst some of the men felt like they Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fi ght against online Never national anthem,'' said Faulkner, a regular fourth woman, and the man, are rotated had to fi ll a role, or subscribe to gender criticism. on Fox's daytime show Outnumbered. in. Outnumbered guys have included Fox stereotypes, she said. But the show usually On Entertainment Tonight, Foxx says that his before While you clear that image of a shower regulars like Ed Henry and Bill Hemmer appears now to have moved beyond such earpiece fell off just before he started to sing The has gel bottle doubling as a hand-held mic, know and guests like Terry Bradshaw and Gene awkwardness. Star-Spangled Banner. He said he had to follow the that Faulkner belted out The Star Spangled Simmons. Faulkner, who is married to a former sisterhood accompanying organ music through arena speakers r e Banner in public before Kansas City Chiefs “The show is a mix of hard news, tough colleague from Minneapolis and has two g at Saturday's fi ght in Las Vegas. been explored in and Minnesota TimberWolves games. topics and a little bit of that `girls go to young children, is the author of a 1999 ll Ho Despite that, he got an enthusiastic response lle She sang it so much in the newsroom Vegas' thing mixed in,” Faulkner said. book about how her faith helped her get from the crowd and individual compliments from in a way Miche at a Kansas City television station that As is typical for Fox shows, it beats past a stalking episode, where she had Denzel Washington and others, Foxx said. that empowers a colleague secretly arranged her public its news competition. March's average to testify at her assailant's trial. A far less When he learned that online posts were taking women, debut. viewership of 1.32 million was more than harrowing part of her past, teased out him to task, Foxx said he listened to a playback and Harris, 49, is considered a rising star CNN and MSNBC combined in the time on the air recently by Tantaros, was her realized the song was a bit off. Nevertheless, Foxx individually at Fox News after a decade there. Besides slot, the Nielsen company said. In some appearance as a backup dancer in Janet said he hadn't committed, in his words, “a sin against and collectively! Outnumbered, which just celebrated its fi rst markets, “Outnumbered'' does as well as Jackson's Black Cat video. Harris America” and said the anthem sounded “great” in full year on the air, she regularly works six- network shows like “The View'' or “The Talk.'' Faulkner said she's become accustomed Faulkner the arena. day weeks by anchoring a Sunday evening Often, it resembles an hour-long version to her schedule, which leaves her on call as on set of Posts that questioned if he could sing went too newscast. of the “hot topics” segment on The View, the top news anchor on Sundays in addition Fox News. far, Foxx said. “She's a go-to person around here,” although Fox dispenses with chat for news to the 7 p.m. ET newscast. It's tough on a said Jay Wallace, Fox's senior vice president coverage when the situation calls for it. family, but her husband works largely from of news. Her energy and willingness to In a more typical newscaster role at home. PHOTO COURTESY OF WETPAINT.COM put in the extra work has endeared her to Fox at the time, Harris jumped at the “It benefi ts my girls to see a mommy Jamie Foxx The Sisterhood Exchange is available on management, he said. opportunity to be part of the new show who is living her dream,” she said. 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