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4_7_pages_1to3.qxp_redesign 4/6/21 3:09 PM Page 1 MIDWEEK: APRIL 7-10, 2021 SPLASHING TO TITLES Seminole Showdown pits Longwood Commissioner Six SAC water Matt Morgan against Seminole polo teams headed County Supervisor of Elections to Regionals Chris Anderson See Seminole Happenings, See Sports, Page 7 Page 5 S ANFORD HERALD LAKE MARY, LONGWOOD, WINTER SPRINGS, OVIEDO, GENEVA, CASSELBERRY, OSTEEN, CHULUOTA, ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, DEBARY Vol. 130, No. 70 • © 2021 READ US ONLINE AT MYSANFORDHERALD.COM Since 1908 HEADLINES FROM Security officer dies after ASSOCIATED PRESS Need an apartment? Police: Suspect dead, 2 criti- scuffle with 14-year-old in cally injured in Md. shooting FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — A Enterprise children’s home shooting at a Maryland Business Sanford is the place to look By Steve Paradis park Tuesday left two people criti- cally injured and the suspect dead, By Steve Paradis [email protected] police said, while the U.S. Navy re- SParadis@MySanford Herald Staff ported an “active shooter inci- Herald.com dent”. A security officer who was involved in an Herald Staff altercation with a 14-year-old resident at the The Latest: Spain PM: Step- Florida United Methodist Children’s Home in Sanford ranks among Enterprise last Tuesday died Saturday, accord- ping up virus vaccination the top five when it comes drive ing to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. to finding the largest and Michael Ellis, 52, died after being removed MADRID — Spain is stepping most affordable apart- up its vaccination drive, according ments in Central Florida. See ENTERPRISE, Page 9 to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. The average monthly He says an increase in deliveries in rent for an apartment in the coming months will allow the Florida is $1,440, so RENT- country to vaccinate 70% of the Cafe, an organization that adult population against the coro- helps people search for a Man caught after he escapes navirus by the end of August. Chart contributed by RentCafe place to rent, looked at The numbers represented in the graph show square footage for apartments in from Sanford Airport Police Israeli president picks Ne- each city in the Orlando regional area. See RENTAL, Page 9 tanyahu to try to form govern- By Steve Paradis ment [email protected] JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Herald Staff president handed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the difficult A man who escaped from Orlando Sanford task on Tuesday of trying to form a Airport Authority police Thursday was ar- government from the country’s rested the next morning when he showed up splintered parliament. still in handcuffs at The Father’s Table on East Lake Mary Boulevard. Official: EU agency to confirm Salvador Cedillo, 21, was arrested by Air- AstraZeneca blood clot link See ARREST, Page 9 ROME (AP) — A top official at the European Medicines Agency said in an interview published Tuesday there is a causal link be- tween AstraZeneca's coronavirus See what’s going on vaccine and rare blood clots. in Seminole County – Capitol officer remembered for humor, paying ultimate price See Page 4 WASHINGTON (AP) — The 18-year U.S. Capitol Police veteran SUNRISE SERVICE RETURNS TO LAKE MONROE killed in the line of duty is being Seminole Smile sponsored by Oakport Dental remembered as a man with a sense Photo contributed of humor who loved baseball and About 78 gathered in Fort Mellon Park on Sunday morning for a Sunrise Easter service, which were unable to golf and was most proud of one be held last year because of Covid-19. For more information See Page 10. particular title: Dad. Musician couple host concerts to fundraise for food pantry U.S. Rep Murphy honors 6 Central Florida STOCKS OF LOCAL INTEREST women for commitment to the community As of 3 p.m. Tuesday By Steve Paradis [email protected] Allegiant $253.36 Herald Staff Faro $89.04 SEMINOLE SMILE Fastenal $51.41 Four of the six people honored as Women of the Year by U.S. HCA Healthcare $187.67 Rep. Stephanie Murphy are from Invacare $8.34 Seminole County. The women were honored for Lowes $194.22 making “outstanding contribu- NextEra $77.51 tions in Central Florida,” accord- Janet Balanoff Pat Bebe Stacie Becker Tractor Supply $179.34 ing to a news release provided to the Herald. Toro $106.40 Murphy said she hopes this Wells Fargo $39.61 recognition raises awareness about the growing number of ex- ceptional women leaders in Florida’s Seventh Congressional District, which she represents and which includes all of Seminole County. “As Women’s History Month comes to a close, I am thrilled to Isabelle Poissant The Sanford Herald is not subsidized Student Correspondent Dawn Belue Kelly Lafferman Andry Sweet by the Federal Government. See WOMEN, Page 6 Stenstrom Elementary School 4_7_pages_1to3.qxp_redesign 4/6/21 3:09 PM Page 2 PAGE 2 • Midweek: April 7-10, 2021 SANFORD HERALD 4_7_pages_1to3.qxp_redesign 4/6/21 3:09 PM Page 3 SANFORD HERALD Midweek: April 7-10, 2021 PAGE 3 OPINIONS SNARKY McSNIDE SAYS, Can You Believe It? year of that foolishness, original coke returned, and the guy who thought up In their outrage over recent changes New Coke was sent to Baluchistan. This in Georgia voting laws, Coca-Cola and latest mis-step might beat that fiasco. Delta Airlines and some other outfits are, in effect, telling black Americans Delta is ready when you are. That is they are dumb. if you have a proper ID. Try to get on one of their planes without one. That they are not smart enough to register to vote by themselves like other Herald Americans, but need help from nice pa- In fairness, we have to disclose that tronizing white people who care. Snarky owns stock in Pepsi and Keurig-Dr. Pepper. The only airline Snarky flies on is That if they are standing in a long Allegiant. line on a hot day to vote, they are not _________________________________ smart enough to have brought some water or something to eat. The inference The Democrats are almost as nasty as is that other Americans know to do this John Kasich. They are after Governor all the time. DeSantis again. The state used Publix as one of the main ways to implement the That is pretty insulting. rollout of the virus vaccine. The critics say there is no Publix in Belle Glade. Years ago, Coca-Cola did away with They didn't mention that Sanford is also the original formula and brought out a a Publix free town. Belle Glade popula- concoction they called New Coke. It tion? 20,000. Sanford population? was a disaster. It tasted terrible. After a 61,000. Historically Speaking: Jim Crow Voting? MALLARD FILLMORE Bruce Tinsley By Dr. James W. Finck the right to vote before the Federal Govern- ment forced the rest to catch up. Possibly one of the most important fights of Because states can decide who votes, they this new century is being waged right now in can also decide who does not, as long as the the halls of Congress, in state houses across the reason is not illegal. So, for Jim Crow, the 14th nation, and with lesser significance on social Amendment stated you could not deny anyone media. The question is about voter accessibility the right to vote based on their race, skin color, and who has the right to determine it. or condition of previous servitude (used to be a With COVID-19, voter accessibility was ex- slave). What southern states did was establish panded and quite possibility responsible for poll taxes or education tests as requirements Biden’s victory. The Democrats who benefited for voting. Since most Black Americans at the from COVID rules want to make those changes time were poor and uneducated, this legally permanent on the federal level, while Republi- stopped the vast majority of Blacks from cast- cans who suffered want to return to traditional ing a ballot. To be legal, states that wanted to rules through state governments. President stop Blacks from voting also had to stop poor Biden weighed in last week, calling Republican and uneducated White Americans from voting be allowed to vote? This is a difficult question tation of showing up. attempts a return to Jim Crow. as well. There is some suggestion that some because our instinct in a democracy is to say No person who wants to vote should be de- It is worth taking a look at Jim Crow voting poor whites were willing to give up some polit- yes, but we also get the question confused with nied the privilege to do so. Extending voting should all people have the opportunity to vote? days to up to a week should guarantee access, practices, but historically speaking, what seems ical power to retain white supremacy. ironic is during Jim Crow Democrats tried to With this in mind, are new proposed voting Those are different questions. yet the process, at least according to the keep Black Americans from voting booths laws in Republican states the same as Jim Crow The Founding Fathers did not find the ques- Founders, should be done in person as in- while today Republicans are trying to force laws? Biden clearly thinks so. It seems like at tion difficult. They believed that all people tended. Thomas Paine once said, “What we ob- should have the opportunity to vote but that tain too cheap, we esteem too lightly.” Voting them to have to use them. the heart of all the laws are two things: mail-in First things first. What does the Constitution voting and voter IDs. On the surface, these new did not mean that all people should be able to.