John Conyers: the Portrait of a Dean

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These remarks are from Attorney General Eric Holder on the occasion of John Conyers’ elevation to Dean of the House of Rep- resentatives.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — SOFLO LIVE/1C Good afternoon and thank you all for being here. It’s a Lion King roars pleasure to be with you to- on Broward stage day. And it’s a tremendous privilege to join so many distinguished guests, colleagues, friends, and Mem- bers of Congress as we rec- ognize Congressman [John] Conyers, the Dean of the House of Representatives, for his lifetime of dedicated service; as we celebrate his leadership and his many in- valuable contributions; and as we unveil the portrait that will adorn the walls of the great institution he has so faithfully served for over OPINION/4A four decades – and that he will no doubt continue to serve with honor and integ- AL CALLOWAY rity for years to come. SAYS From the moment John Conyers began his patriotic service – in the Michigan Na- tional Guard and the United States Army Corps of Engi- PHOTO COURTESY OF MEDIADPUBLICBROADCASTING.NET neers during the Korean War Representative John Conyers (D - MI) – to his presence in Selma, Alabama, on Freedom Day to serve. His actions have and pioneers in order to em- of his distinguished career Congressional leaders to in 1963; from his election been guided by a deep and power – and give voice to – – through times of trial and bring help and hope to to the United States House abiding love of country and people of color throughout great consequence – he millions of Americans who of Representatives in 1964, community. And his service the nation. has dedicated himself to had too long suffered in to his chairmanship of the has been animated by an Years ago, he led the advancing the principles silence – fighting to end Judiciary Committee, to his unwavering commitment to fight to secure appropriate of universal human dignity, the poisonous notion that current status as Dean of the the cause of justice. recognition for the tolerance, and respect. violence in a person’s home HEALTH / 7A House and longest-serving As one of the 13 founding Reverend Dr. Martin Luther As a major proponent was a private affair. Member of the United States members of the Congressio- King, Jr. by introducing of the Violence Against As a champion of legisla- Open mouth Congress – this extraordi- nal Black Caucus, Represen- legislation to establish Women Act of 1994, he tive efforts like the Motor nary leader’s life has been tative Conyers helped bring a national holiday in his joined with then-Senator and insert foot defined by a singular drive together other trailblazers honor. And at every stage Joe Biden and other PLEASE TURN TO CONYERS/2A

STATE NATION SPORTS The road forward in Ferguson is challenging

PHOTO COURTESY OF PRWEB.COM Ruby McCollum, Adams and Loretta Ruby McCollum and Dr. Ad- ams with Loretta, their daughter. Jim Crow-era shooting revisited 63 years later PHOTO COURTESY OF MEDIABISTRO.COM SPORTS: Anchor Stuart Scott. By JASON DEAREN Associated Press PHOTO COURTESY OF RECOILWEB.COM Ferguson aftermath LIVE OAK — On a sticky hot Sunday in August 1952, By ALLEN G. BREED ESPN’s Stuart Scott a wealthy black woman named Ruby McCollum walked AP National Writer through the “colored entrance” of a doctor's office in the small north Florida town of Live Oak and fatally shot a white FERGUSON, Mo. — It's doubtful they were aware, but Dies at 49, Cancer doctor, state Sen.-elect Clifford Leroy Adams. the rioters who torched Juanita Morris' dress shop had Prosecutors told the all-white, all-male jury that McCol- strayed a couple of blocks beyond the Ferguson city limits By KYOTO WALKER lum shot the doctor after an argument over a $116 bill. Yet and into the town of Dellwood. Such is the indiscriminate Special to South Florida Times she was the wife of a prominent businessman who ran a gam- nature of rage. bling outfit, and was carrying around $1,800 in her purse on But walking amid the ashes of 28 years of work, Juanita ESPN sports commentator Stuart Scott died this the day of the shooting. Morris was thinking about something else: Her plans to weekend in Avon, Connecticut after a long battle with McCollum testified that Adams, the son of a powerful rebuild. cancer just days after the new year kicked off. Scott, a political family who was known around town for caring for “When you've been beaten to the ground, you can't 21 year veteran at ESPN and the long time co-anchor the poor, had forced her into a long sexual relationship that do nothing but come up,” she said, standing outside the of the network’s highly rated SportsCenter program, resulted in an unwanted child, and that she shot him in self- charred shell of her West Florissant Avenue store, Juani- passed away Sunday, January 4 after fighting the dis- defense. ta's Fashions R Boutique, on a recent frigid morning. “One ease for many years. The case is the focus of a new documentary titled You brick at a time, one dress at a time ... I will rise.” His ESPN career included coverage of the MLB Belong To Me, which compiles a decade of research and in- Officials in and around this St. Louis suburb are trying playoffs and the NCAA Final Four basketball tourna- terviews with family members, reopening old wounds in this to rebuild as well in the wake of the Aug. 9 shooting death ment in 1995, as well as the NBA finals for SportsCen- small Southern town nestled amid farm country. of Michael Brown, an unarmed black man, by a white po- ter since 1997, according to the ESPN website. The slaying stirred racial tensions in Jim Crow-era Su- lice officer and the fiery riots that followed a grand jury's Former Miami Heat star and current Cleveland wannee County, when robed Ku Klux Klansmen regularly decision in November not to indict. Cavaliers player LeBron James expressed sentiments marched through Main Street in a show of force and lynch- But they are finding that trust can prove more difficult of disbelief on his Instagram account concerning the ings were common in the Deep South. to restore than buildings. passing of Scott, a trailblazer in the world of sports. “Both families were negatively affected by this tragedy,” “Can’t believe you’re gone from us,” James wrote. said Eric Musgrove, a local historian and court clerk who ‘VERY DIVERSE CITY’ “Thank you so much for being (you) and giving us in- gives talks on the case to schools and other groups. “A doctor The saying goes that the first step toward recovery ner city kids someone we could relate to that wasn’t a and a wealthy powerful couple in town were gone in a flash.” is acknowledging there's a problem. But for many of the player but was close enough to them.” McCollum was found guilty and sentenced to death at her volunteers at the I Love Ferguson store across from police Reportedly, Scott was first diagnosed with cancer first trial but later avoided execution by winning an insanity headquarters, the violence following Brown's shooting in 2007 after having his appendix removed and a ma- plea. She was eventually moved to a state mental hospital, and the Nov. 24 announcement that Officer Darren Wilson lignant tumor was discovered. He was treated for the then freed in 1974 after the state's high court found her le- would not be charged seemed to come out of nowhere. disease and went into remission but it returned four gally insane. She died in 1992. During his two terms as mayor, Fletcher – who helped years later and again in January of 2013, according The sordid tale of sex, race and violence has inspired oth- launch the I Love Ferguson Committee this summer – says to espnmediazone.com. Scott said at the time that he ers to tell McCollum's story, with different conclusions about he received plenty of complaints about potholes and didn’t consider himself courageous and that he was her motivations. barking dogs. But nothing of a racial nature. scared. The colorful and outspoken sportscaster said

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By SETH SLABAUGH “I think this is significant,” said Etcheson, the Alexander the state but also from voting, jury duty, marrying whites, The Star Press M. Bracken Professor of History at Ball State University. testifying against whites in court and other rights. Townsend was the oldest son of Luke and Char- “But the judge says the Civil Rights Act of 1886 over- MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — One hundred fifty years ago, turns Indiana's black law and ruled that blacks are un- Robert Townsend, an African-American man from Indi- questionably reasonably competent witnesses,” Etcheson ana, enlisted in the 28th Regiment, United States Colored said. “A white man for the first time in Putnam County Troops that fought in the American Civil War. gets sentenced on the basis of black testimony. This is a He never served in combat because it’s quite possible big difference.” he was intentionally poisoned. In 1851, Indiana famously had adopted a Constitution “This is not going to be the stuff of Glory’ the movie,” that made it illegal for blacks to migrate into the state. Ball State University history professor Nicole Etcheson One of the backers of the “black law” was Putnam County said during a recent lecture commemorating a new ex- delegate A.C. Stevenson. hibit of Civil War artifacts at Bracken Library. “He thought blacks should go back to Liberia (in The Academy Award-winning Glory was based on Western Africa),” Etcheson said. “He said this in his con- the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first unit vention address, that blacks in Indiana have the mistaken of United States Colored Troops in the Civil War. It orga- notion that this is their home.” nized in 1863 after the Emancipation Proclamation. But by 1879, Stevenson was one of the Republicans in “Indiana's black regiment is not formed until 1864 be- Putnam County courting African-Americans to come to cause Gov. Oliver P. Morton anticipated a lot of dissent in Indiana as laborers, a total reversal of his earlier position. Indiana against having black soldiers, so he delayed this,” By the 1880 Census, about 500 blacks had turned up in Etcheson told The Star Press. Putnam County from North Carolina – where the Ku Klux Blacks from Indiana already were fighting by then in Klan was emerging – as part of the “Exoduster Move- other regiments like the 54th. ment” or “Exodus of 1879.” PHOTO COURTESY OF LJWORLD.COM The young Townsend, from Putnam County, bought a “This is the big change that occurs, stripping away In- Nicole Etcheson pie from a peddler selling them in Camp Fremont in In- diana's status as a black law state,” Etcheson concluded. dianapolis where the 28th USCT was mustered in. ity Townsend. Charity and Luke, who had belonged to a “The Civil War doesn't entirely eradicate white suprema- “I don't know for sure, but the abolitionist press re- Maryland family that brought their slaves with them when cy in Indiana, but Indiana, which had once been a black ports lots of stories in the Civil War about people delib- they migrated to Indiana before the 1850s, helped form law state, now has to accept the migration of free people erately selling poisoned foods to black troops,” Etcheson Putnam County's first black church. into the state and accord them civil rights and allow them said. “He gets really ill and has to go back to Putnamville, It took until the 1880s, but after Luke died, Charity fi- to vote. And now inviting blacks into the state, this I think where he dies in the spring of 1865. I don't know what the nally received a pension as the mother of a Civil War vet- is the real change that the Civil War brought to Indiana.” illness was, but pension records link it to the pie.” eran. “They filed papers to show that Robert was a source Etcheson's research for her book found that Putnam While researching her 2011 book, A Generation at War: of support to her, and she finally in 1885 gets back pay- County was typical of Indiana before, during and after the The Civil War Era in a Northern Community, Etcheson dis- ment of almost $2,000,” Etcheson said. “That was a huge Civil War. covered that the only black person in Putnam County with sum for a woman who was very, very poor. She was an old Most home front studies about how the Civil War a tombstone from the 1800s was Townsend. lady working as a washer woman.” changed the North focus on cities like Chicago, New York Even though he didn't see combat, a bipartisan com- The year after the Civil War marked a big change in and Philadelphia. mittee of two white officials including Lucius Chapin, him- Putnam County. “But 90 percent of Americans North and South lived self a Civil War veteran and later mayor of Greencastle, A white man was arrested in Greencastle for harassing in rural communities, in farm areas like Indiana and Put- made sure that every Civil War soldier in Putnam County black youths playing in a field. The only witnesses were nam County,” Etcheson said. “Indiana seemed like a good got his tombstone. other blacks, including Townsend's brother. The defense location for looking at the North, and Putnam County Other blacks who lived and died in that county in the attorney claimed there were no witnesses because in In- seemed like a good location for looking at Indiana, a rea- 19th century don't have tombstones, but Townsend does. diana blacks were prohibited not only from migrating into sonable microcosm of the North during the Civil War.” The Ferguson community is preparing to rebuild in 2015

PHOTO COURTESY OF SODAHEAD.COM An owner sits amid the destruction of his building in Ferguson, Mo.

FERGUSON, FROM 1A The 48-year-old house painter says some whites may be in denial, but po- “So the part about how some people lice oppression of blacks “does happen. said this has been brewing for decades We're not just out here saying this be- was surprising a little bit,” says Fletcher, cause we ain’t got nothing better to do.” who is white. “It has truly been ironic that Ferguson COMMISSION CHAOS became the forum to fight the large bat- In mid-November, Gov. Jay Nixon ap- tle of diversity when, in fact, Ferguson is a pointed a 16-member commission to very diverse city,” Ruffina Farrokh Ankle- study the “underlying social and eco- saria, an ethnic Indian from Trinidad and nomic conditions” that led to the unrest, Tobago, said as she folded T-shirts for and to “help chart a new path toward shipment. healing and positive change.” But across town at the Canfield Green But if the first meetings of his Fergu- Apartments, the disaffection and anger son Commission are any indication, that are palpable. path forward is a bumpy one. Rotting flowers and Teddy bears in At a meeting in St. Louis’ Shaw neigh- PHOTO COURTESY OF SIMMIEKNOX.COM St. Louis Cardinals caps line the center borhood, the commission had invited line of Canfield Drive, where Michael John Conyers portrait by Simmie Knox. St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson to Brown's body lay for four hours in the speak about efforts to curb bias, exces- August sun. Along the curb, someone has sive force and racial profiling within the Conyers portrait a permanent fixture spray painted the words “Hands Up Don't ranks. Dotson declared that most police

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Help America Vote Act of 2002, he has consistently worked to ensure that every eligible American will always have fair and free access to the ballot box – no matter who they are, what they look like, or where they live. He continued that work in the 113th Congress with Representative Sensenbrenner, another strong leader and former Chairman of this Committee, in crafting legislation to address the void that was left by the Supreme Court’s unfortunate decision to invalidate one of the core provisions of the Voting Rights Act. Representative Conyers has also been a key leader and partner on fairness in sentencing, from his work in passing the law that reduced the unjust disparity in sentencing for crack and powder cocaine to his recent partnership with other Members of Congress of both parties – like Bobby Scott and Raul Labrador of the Judiciary Committee – who realize that we must make common-sense changes to our federal sentencing scheme, not just for fundamental fairness but also for the sustainability of our budget. Throughout his tenure as a member, and especially as Chairman, of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, he has been a key national leader – and a vital partner – in the Justice Department’s ongoing effort to secure our nation, to protect the American people from crime, and to ensure the full rights and protections of our Constitution for everyone in this country. Time and again, I – and numerous Attorneys General before me – have relied on Congressman Conyers’ sound judgment, extensive expertise, fierce advocacy, and hon- PHOTO COURTESY OF SOLWD.NET est counsel to strengthen the rule of law while advancing our most sacred principles and Business in Ferguson were destroyed either by rage or a National flash grendade. most cherished freedoms. I have always appreciated the unique insight, the remarkable wisdom, and the con- Shoot” – the chant echoing at protests officers believe in the “noble cause,” and sistent devotion to service that he has brought to every challenge that has come before across the country. that it is a few bad actors who “taint the him. Standing nearby, Ken “Kennyboy” pool for all of us.” And on a personal level, over the years, I have also come to regard Congressman Boyd repeats a rumor that at least one of “What happened in Ferguson in Au- Conyers not only as an important partner, and a valued friend, but also as a man who the fires that destroyed a dozen business- gust is writing a narrative,” he said. “We made it possible for me and Barack Obama to attain the positions we now hold. We es during the Nov. 24 unrest was actually want that narrative to be a positive one stand on Congressman Conyers’ broad shoulders. set by a National Guard flash grenade. that moves our region forward.” Congressman, I want to thank you – once again – for your outstanding service, and “I don't know if the power got the Several minutes into his address, the for the innumerable contributions that you have made to the nation, and on behalf of the message,” says Boyd. “They want to sac- meeting dissolved into chaos. citizens we are honored to serve. Your unique place in the history of this great institution rifice a whole country for one man.” Some complained about the panel’s is more than assured. And today, with the formal dedication of this portrait, we pay fitting The population of Ferguson is near- makeup. The only commission member tribute to a legacy, and a shining example, that will continue to guide and inspire gener- ly 70 percent black. But at the time of with a direct Ferguson connection is a ations of lawmakers, in this new Congress and long into the future – just as it has inspired Brown's death, only three of the city's 53 white man who owns a business in town, countless leaders and Attorneys General over the last four decades, including me. police officers were African-American. but no longer lives there. At this time, it is my distinct honor to introduce another of these leaders – who knows Like many in the black community, An- Ferguson veterinarian Dan Wentz firsthand the challenges of chairing a Judiciary Committee. thony Cage is convinced that police and says that's no excuse. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming a longtime friend of the man we’ve firefighters allowed “the hood” parts of Fer- Wentz, who is white, has attended every gathered to honor; a lifelong champion of the cause of justice; and a singular advocate for guson to burn so they could justify bringing equal rights and equal opportunity – the Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden. in the National Guard, “occupying us.” PLEASE TURN TO FERGUSON/3A SFLTIMES.COM | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | JANUARY 8 — 14, 2015 | 3A Get out of your cruiser and talk to us Caribbean

FERGUSON, FROM 2A While saying “it’s disheartening to see Ferguson be- commission meeting and spent hours in smaller breakout ing raised to a symbol,” Knowles says the city is working discussions. But of the hundreds of people in attendance, especially hard to bridge the gap between law enforce- he recognized only a few Ferguson faces. He says resi- ment and the city’s youth. During a recent council meet- dents need to take ownership of the process. ing, there were signs of hope. “The only way change is going to happen,” he says, George Taylor, 17, presented recommendations to “is for people to be involved.” police from the Ferguson Youth Initiative Teen Summit. Among them: Get out of your cruisers and talk to us. TALK TO US “And there could be more social events with youth,” Since Brown’s death, Ferguson police have begun the black teen said in a low voice. “Participate in intra- using body and dashboard cameras. The city council mural sports together ... have meals together to discuss has started the process of establishing a citizen review relations.” DAVID I. MUIR/FOR SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES SOUTH FLORIDA I. MUIR/FOR DAVID board and is increasing monetary incentives to encour- The youth group also acknowledged that teens need- age officers to live in the city. ed to do better. Improve their behavior; make better first Chief Tom Jackson says there are now four black impressions. officers on the force. Councilors have established a “Youth need to respond to police respectfully,” he scholarship to help minority recruits pay for acad- said. “Has to go both ways.” Accenting an emy training, something the city had abandoned in Shopkeeper Juanita Morris is willing to re-invest in the past. the community. The department is also working with the Ferguson- “This whole area has been damaged,” she said. “So Florissant School District to establish an Explorer pro- this whole area will become new – a greater area, and a better area.” identity crisis gram to create, as Mayor James W. Knowles III puts it, “a bullpen that we can hopefully recruit from, get people Wiping a tear from her cheek, she said the greatest By CALIBE THOMPSON interested in law enforcement.” crime of all would be to give up. There’s a movie about the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. headed to theaters. Selma looks like one of those that’s going to stay with viewers for a long time after they’ve watched. There are A-list stars, including Oprah Winfrey, McCullom case is a new documentary in some of the leading roles. And a black woman, Ava has sparked new discussions about DuVernay, directed it! McCOLLUM, FROM 1A allowed dozens of objections from prosecutors. race. Musgrove, the local historian, is I was a bit in awe when I realized that four of the lead actors, including David Oyelowo, who played Dr. King, William Bradford Huie’s “I was just so worried, I had to ei- receiving more requests for presen- and Tom Wilkinson, who played former President Lyndon book The Crime of Ruby ther yield or maybe die, I suppose tations on the case. Hagin hopes the B. Johnson, were British with heavy native British accents. McCollum inspired the new documen- that was what would happen,'' Ruby documentary helps inspire funding There wasn’t a hint of their native accents in the McCollum testified, according to trial for a feature film, which actor James tary. In his telling, McCollum's relation- promos, and I’m sure once we get lost in the portrayal of Brolin has signed on to direct, should ship with Adams was consensual, and transcripts. the actual movie, we won’t notice them there either. she became a drug addict and killed The film's researchers also found they get the money. This realization left a huge impression on me because him after losing her mind. McCollum that Adams had a dark side that jurors Live Oak today is a much different of an interview I once did with a Caribbean thespian. had been receiving injections of some never saw. In Live Oak, he was a re- town than the one where Adams was She had been told that a thick Jamaican accent wouldn’t kind of intoxicating substance from spected doctor who helped the poor. slain, but the ornate 1904 courthouse work in the American theater, film and TV industry for a Adams, but it was unclear whether she But records show he forged letters of where the McCollum trial took place big star. Though she had garnered tremendous critical sought them out or he used the drugs recommendations to get into medical is still the largest building around. acclaim, she decided that she would live with fewer work to take advantage of her. school. Also, McCollum testified that And issues of race still make prospects because she considered it an insult to even be Huie's conclusion didn't seem right Adams had a friend deliver the baby headlines. The Southern Poverty Law asked to change her accent. to the documentary's producer Jude they had together and that she never Center in 2012 filed a federal civil I’m as proud a West Indian as any, and in truth it irks Hagin, a Florida film commissioner received a birth certificate. He needed rights complaint after a study found me to think of ever modifying my identity to suit anyone. who discovered Huie's book 14 years to hide the baby because it was around black children in Suwannee County But to build our brands, to expand our footprints, to ago. the time he was running for state sen- and four other Florida school dis- broaden our horizons, isn’t there a time and place for the Family members told Hagin and ate. tricts were punished or arrested at a “when in Rome” principle? the film's researchers that McCollum Sam McCollum Jr., one of McCol- higher rate than other students. I’ve heard of Caribbeans in prominent TV roles before. was well-educated and prosperous lum's children, told the filmmakers Some in Live Oak's black com- Geoffrey from the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, for example, was and that the family believed the doctor that a white doctor in the Jim Crow- munity say that the case is still some- actually born in St Lucia. Sheryl Lee Ralph is Jamaican. had used drugs to control her. era South was akin to a “God in the thing older generations won't talk C.C. Pounder was born in Guyana. “I could not wrap my head around community.” about but that they see hope in new They’ve each built a fantastic international on-screen the story, that a woman of Ruby McCol- In the black community, the McCol- generations. presence, not by denying their Caribbean roots, but by lum’s stature ... would see anything that lum case was spoken of only in whis- “Younger kids here do have bet- embracing the needs of the genre they cater to. could be a good future for her to have pers, said Tameka Hobbs, a history ter relationships with whites today,” “Real West Indians” often want to call that selling out. a sexual relationship with a white doc- professor at Florida Memorial Univer- said Alonzo Philmore, former presi- But I think it’s time we start to think of it as just … selling. tor,” Hagin said. “I wanted to get fam- sity who grew up in Live Oak. dent of the NAACP's local chapter. Hopefully we can change that mindset, and then ily members on both sides to tell their “With Ruby there was so much “But with older folks there's still a maybe some of us too can jump on the road to A-list side of the story.” shame in the black community be- great divide.” celebrity status. Trial transcripts from 1952 show cause of the sexual liaison, they really that Ruby told jurors that she felt pres- did not want to talk about it,” Hobbs ON THE NET Calibe Thompson is a personality, author and the sure to do what Adams told her to do, said. You Belong to Me doesn't give producer of The Caribbean Diaspora Weekly. For your though the jury was told to disregard viewers a definitive conclusion, but http://www.youbelongtome.net/ free preview of her 2015 collection of writings, Things I much of her testimony after the judge it sheds new light on the case and Probably Shouldn’t Say, visit www.calibe.net.

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It's time to stop regation forever” was the mantra of not having a cohesive game plan be- socialists and fascists all had learned preaching to the choir when southern white supremacists, then came so glaringly pronounced as the new “race neutral” language it comes to black-on-black you’ve been around long enough to some black activists took on conserva- whereby “welfare queens” mean crime. experience the national systemic shift tives (white nationalists) who wanted poor black lazy women hustling on My wife and I had the to “law and order” as white backlash to to come down hard on poor black the public dole and “criminal preda- privilege of attending a the Civil Rights Movement. Law and or- neighborhoods because of the spike tors” refers to young, unemployed prayer service on the night of Dec. 29 for black men der is white America’s latest system for in crime. or marginally employed poor black gunned down by police. There were many clergy and controlling its black and brown popula- “Negro” leaders joined the conser- men and teenagers. some elected officials from Roselle, Elizabeth, Hillside tion. It replaces “Jim Crow.” vative’s law and order thrust of being To crack down on the euphemisti- and Plainfield present. Law and order spawned the birth tough on crime. Leaders including Per- cally labeled “others” – those consid- At that prayer service in Roselle, organized by the of mass incarceration. White politi- cy Sutton, Charlie Rangel, Basil Patter- ered undeserving (blacks) -- Reagan Rev. David Ford the St. Matthew Baptist Church, I heard cians and law enforcement officials, son and Rev. William James in Harlem, instituted the War on Drugs in October many great speakers discuss issues related to the African- especially throughout the south, New York, helped get the unrighteous of 1982. Drugs were nowhere near the American community. deemed civil rights activities crimi- Rockefeller drug laws and other tough horizon of American importance as an Because it was an open and honest dialogue, black- nal because direct-action tactics sentencing laws passed! issue. A media offensive was waged to on-black crime was mentioned, and our responsibility to were used in non-violent demonstra- In her best selling book The New justify the so-called war. address and deal with it were discussed. tions to desegregate public places. Jim Crow author Michelle Alexan- Alexander writes, “Central to the Roselle Mayor Jamel Holley gave a great speech about They politicized such activities as a der comes down hard on those lead- media campaign was an effort to sen- the need for parents to step up to instill values in their kids breakdown in law and order. ers that sided with white nationalists. sationalize the emergence of crack and to value education. Southern white nationalists used “Wittingly or unwittingly,” she writes, cocaine in inner-city neighborhoods – Myrtle Counts, the head of the Roselle NAACP, gave liberal support of civil rights legisla- “they found themselves complicit in communities devastated by deindustri- an impassioned speech expressing that yes black lives tion to paint them as supporting law- the emergence of a penal system un- alization and skyrocketing unemploy- matter, but that they also must have value to us as African- breakers. Such propaganda prevailed precedented in world history.” ment. The media frenzy the campaign Americans. through the 1960s. White America Sister Alexander follows that with inspired simply could not have come Rev. Ford mentioned not wanting to live in a world without was inundated with negatives about astounding clarity: “Black support for at a worse time for African Americans.” police, but wanting to have good and respectful police. civil rights legislation while being harsh responses to urban crime – sup- There were no jobs and crack sud- I heard Plainfield Councilwoman Tracey Brown lament fed calls for law and order. White port born of desperation and legiti- denly became plentiful to sell and use the fact that she had done more than 100 eulogies in 2014, nationalists derided federal courts mate concern over the unraveling of in America’s inner cities. Although and most were for young people. as lenient toward lawlessness, which basic security in inner-city communi- mammoth amounts of federal funds, As I looked around I saw the nodded heads and contributes to the increase of crime. ties -- helped provide political cover equipment and supplies were expend- heard the amens and shouts of “Yes!” But I also noticed They also called civil rights protests for conservative politicians who saw an ed on law enforcement under Reagan, something else as I looked around. criminal not political. opening to turn back the clock on ra- mostly small users and sellers went to As great as the speakers were, their messages didn't While the Movement was unmis- cial progress in the United States.” prison – most of them were black. need to be delivered to the 50 or so people in the church. takably a southern thrust, mass heroin And here’s the kicker from Mi- Things got worse for blacks under They were preaching to the choir. addiction, high unemployment, rebel- chelle Alexander, the Stanford Bush, Sr., but under Bill Clinton’s eight What good is a great and possibly life-saving message lions or riots, and a sharp increase Law School graduate, professor years in the White House, law and or- if the people who need to hear it don't hear it? in the “baby boom” generation, and and civil rights lawyer. “Conserva- der took on a new meaning as prisons We as elected officials, clergy and community leaders other factors, besieged mostly ur- tives could point to black support swelled primarily with black males need to take the message that yes black lives matter, ban black and brown neighborhoods for highly punitive approaches to and prison construction soared. but they have to matter to us too, from the churches and generally in the northeast, mid-west dealing with the problems of the meeting halls to the streets. and California. Concomitant with civil urban poor as ‘proof’ that race had Al Calloway is a longtime journalist Delivering that message won't be easy, but nothing rights gains came a spike in America’s nothing to do with their ‘law and or- who began his career with the Atlanta In- worth doing ever is. crime rate and, therefore, the door der’ agenda.” quirer during the early 1960s civil rights I don't pretend to have all the answers on how to do flung wide open for white nationalist By Reagan’s successful presi- struggle. He may be reached at Al_Cal- that, but if we all work together, I’m sure that many do. law and order advocacy. dential campaign, white nationalists [email protected] It’s imperative that we get out there and deliver that message. As an elected official, I'm ready to do my part and hope that others will do the same. Our children's lives depend on it. Breaking News!Visitusonlineat SFLTimes.com George L. Cook III is president of the Hillside, N.J. Board of Education. Broward an even better THE POLITICS OF BLACKNESS place to call home Blacks don’t seem

The Broward Sheriff’s Office achieved torney’s Office and the Broward County to understand incredible results in 2014 that have made School Board. The objective of the PROM- our community a better and safer place to ISE Program is to end the “schoolhouse- live in, work in and visit. to-jailhouse” pipeline by offering in- On December 6, 2014, I posted an ar- rape and domestic violence treatment Crime rates are sharply down in the school alternatives to arrests and suspen- ticle on my Face Book page, written by and educational support they needed. parts of Broward County policed by BSO. sions. In 2014, juvenile arrests were down Republican political consultant and syn- Where were they when I helped cre- In 2013, we saw a 10 percent overall drop 16 percent, due in part to these innovative dicated columnist Raynard Jackson, en- ate organizations for Black business own- in crime. In 2014, crime dropped an ad- programs. titled “Blacks Have Declared War On Our ers in construction, architectural and ditional 8 percent. This means that in two BSO also launched the innovative Own People”. engineering or helped save the Black years, we’ve seen nearly a one-fifth drop Driveway Initiative last year, where I totally agreed with Raynard’s posi- Set-Aside program for Miami-Dade in crime rates, which is huge. neighbors come together in informal tion that everything that happens to the County and the State of Florida? In this time period, we have helped settings with law enforcement to ex- Black community is not the result of rac- They have no idea that I was appoint- bring about the lowest crime rate in South change ideas, concerns and solutions. ism and that Ferguson, Missouri didn’t ed by then-Governor Bob Graham and Florida in many decades. These results The Driveway Initiative is about apply- just happen, it was a breeding ground. got more Black judges appointed to the directly reflect the amazing work being ing different strategies to reduce crime Further he stated that neither the Con- County and Circuit Court benches in four performed daily by the dedicated men and fostering stronger relationships gressional Black Caucus (CBC) nor the years than had been appointed in the his- and women of BSO. with the communities we serve. It helps vocal civil rights advocates like Al Sharp- tory of Miami-Dade County. Last year, BSO launched the V.I.P.E.R. find local solutions to local problems. ton and Michael Eric Dyson or the protes- What were they doing when I ran cam- unit to target the most dangerous violent This year, I hope to expand these ini- tors around the country yelling “Hands paigns that helped Blacks get elected criminals in Broward – and we saw a large tiatives to help recapture an era when Up, Don’t Shoot” will acknowledge that or whites and Hispanics who would be drop in violent crime rates. residents and businesses had strong, the unarmed Black teen Michael Brown empathetic to our community or when I This year, BSO added another innova- positive relationships with their neigh- was a thug and had just finished robbing raised money to send Black kids to col- tive specialized unit: the Burglary Appre- bors and with their local law enforce- a local store before he was confronted by lege? hension Team (BAT). The BAT combats ment officers. white Officer Darren Wilson. These people don’t know me, but as- residential burglaries in Broward, using Finally, we have worked to advance But the quote that Raynard used was sume I know nothing since I don’t think a combination of reliable “old school” our Uniting Broward community initiative. so on point. It was Proverbs 4:7 “Wisdom marching in protest for people who were police detective work on the ground cou- BSO held a community conference and an is the principal thing; therefore get wis- killed while resisting arrest for crimes they pled with high-tech, computerized, pre- outdoor festival to promote diversity, safe- dom: and with all thy getting get under- didn’t have to commit is not the right thing dictive crime modeling intelligence. This ty and security. These events were excit- standing.” to do. combination has proven highly effective, ing new opportunities for law enforce- Understanding is what I pray that peo- Most Blacks don’t seem to understand helping to reduce residential burglaries ment and residents to listen, understand ple will get when they read my political that they cannot compare the protests of agencywide in 2014 by 30 percent. and build connections. Understanding writings. Some do. But they are mostly today with the protests of the sixties. The Our Civil Citation Program, aimed at and embracing Broward’s vibrant diver- conservatives. civil rights movement was started because keeping kids out of jail and in the class- sity promotes better public safety. When One man, who loves to comment on of denial of basic human rights for Blacks room, has been aided by the new PROM- we make an effort to become familiar with my Face Book page, hoped that God who wanted nothing more than to sit down ISE Program partnership between BSO, the things that make us different, we are would not deny me the understanding on a bus or eat at a lunch counter like various police agencies, the State At- safer and smarter as a result. to think the way he does. That was mild whites did. By working to- considering what one woman believed These protesters have no sense of fight- gether, we can make I should do. For this protester who said ing for basic rights. They focus only on Broward County an she marched in the sixties with Dr. King, what they want to believe is racism without even better place I needed to “stop my ignorance”, quit knowing what racism really is. Racism had to call our home. I “being angry” and “read Moses and nothing to do with Michael Brown getting am looking forward Ghandi”. shot or Eric Garner dying from a choke to 2015 and continu- I love when people assume I’m igno- hold. But because the cops were white and ing the successful rant about Blacks and our struggles. She the perpetrators were Black, the race bait- work of this agency. even talked about seeing slaves, which ers like Al Sharpton made it about racism. My warmest wishes would make her older than my 94 year And other Blacks and young white lib- to each of you and old mother, who’s now writing about her erals got played. And those of us who see your family for a grandfather, my great grandfather, being through the smoke and mirrors get beat happy, healthy and the son of a run-away slave boy. up for understanding what’s going on and safe new year! Most of those who send me such ugly speaking on it. comments were in school when I was I fought with civil rights activist C. De- Scott Israel is teaching communication skills to ex- lores Tucker against the gangsta rap in- sheriff of Broward felons (some convicted of violent crimes dustry, knowing it would destroy respect County. For BSO like murder) so they could get jobs. for women, family and authority. Thirty- news and informa- Many were looking for jobs when I five years later, the damage has been done tion, visit www.sher- helped the Urban League integrate cor- and Black folk still don’t understand. iff.org, become a porate America, preparing Blacks with Facebook fan (Bro- degrees how to deal with whites so they Barbara Howard is a political consultant, ward Sheriff’s Office could achieve the American dream. radio host and commentator and motiva- – Official), follow on Others hung out at happy hour while tional speaker. She is Florida State chair- Twitter@broward- I sat in board meetings and committee woman for the Congress of Racial Equality sheriff or sign up to meetings and task force meetings so I (CORE) and Trade & Travel goodwill am- receive Sheriff Isra- could help our community get access to bassador to Kenya. She may be reached at el’s e-Alerts. all the mental health, drug and alcohol, [email protected].

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SFLTIMES.COM | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | JANUARY 8 — 14, 2015 | 5A 6A | JANUARY 8 — 14, 2015 | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | SFLTIMES.COM Business Florida Keys report Cook, Greenwood join Sonshine team Staff Report brands,” Cook said. “My position she secured media Also joining Sonshine goal is to offer exceptional coverage, developed so- Communications, as an unusually busy MIAMI — Simone Cook communications services cial media campaigns and account associate is Han- has been named account and implement effective assisted with the planning nah Greenwood, who will coordinator at Sonshine assist with the agency’s early winter season Communications, one of client relations, copy re- the nation’s most success- search and writing, and in ful African-American, in- the coordination and im- dependently-owned pub- plementation of the social KEY WEST (AP) — Business owners and tourism of- lic relations, marketing media services. ficials in Florida's Keys are enjoying an unusually busy and advertising firms. She “Hannah brings a fresh winter tourism season. brings several years of new approach to client The Florida Keys Citizen reported Saturday that early professional experience services to our team,” said winter tourism is up significantly over last year. and diverse skill sets, the Sonshine CEO Morris. “We Tourism leaders from Key Largo, Islamorada, Mara- agency announced. are delighted to have her thon and Lower Keys all report strong numbers for the “We are delighted to on board.” holiday season. have such a young and Greenwood, originally The Key Largo Chamber of Commerce says occu- talented professional from Manchester, N.H., is pancy at the city's 30 chamber-affiliated hotels is up join our team,” said Ber- a graduate of Barry Uni- about 90 percent. nadette Morris, CEO of versity where she earned “We have been PHOTOS COURTESY OF SONSHINE COMMUNICATIONS Sonshine and Black PR a B.A. degree in Public extremely busy,” Wire, Inc. “Simone will Simone Cook Hannah Greenwood Relations. She has served said Elizabeth provide an array of skill- marketing programs to this and organizations of events. briefly at other local PR Moscynski, vice ful and creative commu- great organization.” A recent graduate of agencies, and brings her president of the Key nications services to our Cook previously served Florida International Uni- interest in writing and Largo Chamber of brand of corporate com- with an internet marketing versity, Cook was im- event planning/imple- Commerce. “Visitor panies.” company where she was re- mersed in the public rela- mentation to her new role numbers have been Cook will work with sponsible for clients’ online tions field while earning at Sonshine. astronomical.” Morris to coordinate some marketing initiatives, and a bachelor’s degree in “I believe this posi- Islamorada's of the firm’s local and became proficient in search Communications. Upon tion will expose me to the occupancy rate, statewide accounts, and engine optimization (SEO), graduation, she played an world of public relations according to serve as account coordi- and WordPress-based web- instrumental role in cre- with hands-on projects chamber execu- nator for Sonshine’s sister design and development. ating an Integrated Mar- for our numerous clients,” tive director Judy company, Black PR Wire, Cook also interned at a keting Communications Greenwood said. “I am ea- Hull, was 100 per- Inc. local PR agency where she campaign for Discovery ger to learn, develop and cent the day after “I am thrilled to now be supported several clients Communications’ Span- strengthen my skills as a Christmas. That a part of the Sonshine and in their public relations and ish-language network, D successful specialist in this includes 56 lodges Black PR Wire corporate marketing efforts. In that Familia. field.” on the four-island chain. She said hotels have had to turn away walk-in guests because SBA events for business growth in 2015 they are full. Daniel Samess, executive director From the Small Business Administration District Office: eligible firms who want to learn more about administering of the Middle Keys and managing government contracts. Registrants will be chamber, says they Webinars asked to self certify their business as 7j eligible. are seeing a occu- Thursday, Jan. 8, 9 a.m. SBA 8a Business Development Most webinars are scheduled for one hour. Partici- pancy rate around Program. Have you been in business for three years and want pants can ask questions about the information. Log-in 94 to 96 percent, to grow? This webinar will introduce you to the SBA 8(a) Busi- and connection information can be accessed by clicking which includes 40 ness Development program designed to help small, disad- on course titles. 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PHOTO COURTESY OF LIFESESSION.COM ing 16,000 rooms, Thursday, Jan. 8, 1 p.m. Elements of a Business Plan. change information if needed. while Susan Miller, This one-hour we- executive direc- binar covers the ‘In-Person’ Events tor of the Lower Keys Chamber of Commerce, says her basics of preparing Thursday, Jan. 8, West Palm Beach, 9 a.m. Starting A handful of member lodges have had a 100 percent oc- a buisness plan. We- New Business. If you are considering starting your own cupancy rate for months. binar will also dis- business now or in the future, this workshop is for you. The Key Largo chamber is also predicting a tour- cuss online resourc- Presented by the business experts at Palm Beach SCORE. ist season that will last through May 1 this year, about a es that you can use Thursday, Jan. 8, Stuart, 5 p.m. How To Start A New month longer than the normal time frame. Local restau- to write your plan. Business. If you are considering starting your own busi- rant and retailers are celebrating the tourism boom and Thursday, Jan. ness now or in the future, this workshop is for you. Pre- say business is greatly improved over the 2013 season. 8, 1 p.m. Managing sented by the business experts at SCORE Treasure Coast. Travel experts say the lower gas prices and rising and Administering Saturday, Jan. 10, West Palm Beach, 10 a.m. Starting airline prices have prompted more people to vacation Government Con- A New Business. If you are considering starting your own within the continental U.S. and that this is helping bolster tracts. This webinar business now or in the future, this workshop is for you. tourism in the Keys and elsewhere in Florida. FILE PHOTO is designed for 7j Presented by the business experts at Palm Beach SCORE. SFLTIMES.COM | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | JANUARY 8 — 14, 2015 | 7A Health Open mouth and insert foot ... again By PIERRE B. BLAND, DVM

On the Dec. 15 episode of her satellite radio program, morality advice expert Dr. Laura Schlessinger did it again. While giving advice on how to stave off loneliness over the holidays, she offered such suggestions as volunteer work, becoming more immersed with your religion, or adopting a pet. At this point her diatribe took an ob- tuse turn as she related her experience of visiting a local animal shelter. She stated the shelter was full of pit bull and pit bull mixes, and went on to state: “… I think they should all be put down. First of all, they were taking up space and nobody was going to adopt them. That’s PHOTO COURTESY OF BLOG.MASS.GOV why they were all there. People were get- ‘A GREAT DAY’: Ruling supports a healthy smile for every child. ting rid of them. So, all this money, and I DAVID I. MUIR/FOR SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES spoke to the ladies there, all this money is going to feed pit bulls.” often think puppies and kittens will be The reaction to her statements was adopted quickly. What they fail to realize Florida’s health care for swift and resulted in the issuing of the is there are so many puppies and kittens standard remarks of contrition of how in shelters, they literally become a dime “hurtful” and “distressful” the comments a dozen while not remaining eternally ir- seemed. Despite the callousness of her resistibly cute and cuddly. The chances needy kids violates U.S. laws remarks, the resulting firestorm does of adoption for older dogs and cats are bring up a significant point regarding often pretty bleak. They may have be- how we treat our pets in this country. havioral issues and the size of some adult MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge has Enrollment in the Medicaid program I originally came to South Florida to dogs tends to prohibit their finding a new ruled that Florida's health care system for increased from 1.2 million in 2005 to 1.7 take a position as a shelter veterinarian, home. So it comes down to survival of the impoverished and disabled children vio- million in 2011, but the number of pedia- so I speak form firsthand experience. Un- fittest, i.e. the cutest. lates several U.S. laws. tricians did not rise at all, Jordan said. fortunately many of us treat our pets as The euthanasia rates at shelters are In the ruling, U.S. Circuit Judge Adal- The judge found that almost 80 per- commodities and items of conspicuous very high. The national movement of berto Jordan said lawmakers for years had cent of children enrolled in the Medicaid consumption. Shelters are full of pets no shelters becoming no-kill facilities is set the state's Medicaid budget at an artifi- program “are getting no dental services one wants – the former latest hot breed gaining momentum and is prominent in cially low level, causing pediatricians and at all.” some questionably talented starlet car- South Florida. While this movement relies other specialists for children to opt out of He also said Florida health regula- ried around; the breed that makes the heavily on owners taking responsibility the insurance program for the needy. tors were leaving a third of the state’s macho men look tougher; the dogs peo- and advantage of spay and neuter pro- Jordan said that amounted to rationing children on Medicaid with no preven- ple wanted to get for their kids, who are grams, it seems unstainable to me due to of care and exacerbated a shortage of pe- tative medical care despite federal le- more interested in staying connected to the sheer number of pets surrendered to diatricians, particularly in rural areas. gal requirements, and they sometimes social media than they ever will be about facilities. While the no-kill shelter move- “This is a great day for the children switched children from one Medicaid a pet. ment is supported by grants, many or- in this state,” said Dr. Louis B. St. Petery, provider to another “without their par- But there also are animals there as a ganizations are requesting funding form a Tallahassee pediatrician who is execu- ents’ knowledge or consent.” result of truly tragic situations such as state and local governments, resulting in tive vice president of the Florida Pediat- The number of needy Florida children owners losing a job or illness. The circum- probable tax increases. ric Society and helped spearhead a 2005 able to get a potentially life-saving blood stances are not helped by the problem of Part of the solution is for pet owners lawsuit against Florida’s Department of screening for lead is “extremely low, not- pet overpopulation. The reasons people to spay and neuter their pets. It is a rela- Health, Department of Children and Fami- withstanding the fact that part of Florida give for not having their pets spayed or tively inexpensive and safe procedure. lies and the Agency for Health Care Ad- has an aging housing stock, which means neutered can be astonishing. They range Your veterinarian, local animal control ministration. children are more likely exposed to lead- from something they just don’t think of agency, or humane society can perform “This action was taken because we based paint,”Jordan ruled. doing, to men not wanting the procedure the procedure for you or help you find found that children weren't being treated Jordan said he would set a hearing done due to some sympathetic, self-re- low-cost or fee-assisted spay and neuter properly if they were on Medicaid. Our later this month to determine how to flective imagery. programs. position as pediatricians is that children proceed with the state toward a resolu- The facts are that puppies and kit- By the way, the “Dr.” in Laura is from a do not choose their parents. They don’t tion. tens are not that easy to give away or sell Ph.D in physiology, not psychology. So be have a choice to be born into a rich family The lawyer who litigated the lawsuit and can be a significant investment when careful which doctors you allow to advise or a poor family,” St. Petery told The Miami on behalf of a group of pediatricians, den- proper care and feeding are taken into you on your moral dilemmas. Herald. tists and nine children said their victory consideration. On behalf of the state agencies named depends on whether the Legislature and People allow their pets to breed with Dr. Pierre Bland is the owner of “Dr. in the lawsuit, the Agency for Health Care Gov. Rick Scott set aside enough money the best intentions, more often than not Bland’s Vet House Calls.” He can be Administration issued a statement re- to improve medical and dental care for misguided and irresponsible, and the reached at 954-73-8576 or doctorbland- sponding to Jordan’s ruling: “The Judge's needy children. vast majority end up in shelters. People vet.com. outdated observations pertain to a Med- Because the federal government icaid program that no longer exists. Flor- will match each dollar the state spends, ida's new Statewide Medicaid Managed Florida would need to appropriate about Care program is cost-effective and a $200 million to fix the Medicaid program, working success.” he said. Grant awarded to create plan for health effects of climate change

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BRADENTON, Fla. — A Florida county has received a $10,000 grant to prepare MORE THAN for the health effects of climate change. The Florida Department of Health awarded the grant to Manatee County's health department to develop plans to safeguard public health against the ef- 50 locations fects of climate change. Officials say some of those potential health effects include heat exposure- related illness from rising temperatures. They also worry about the spread . of mosquito- and water-borne diseases resulting from higher temperatures and flooding. IN RANGE County officials say they have to fine-tune emergency preparedness With more than fifty locations across Broward County, plans to account for the health effects of climate change. there’s always a Broward Health doctor’s office, urgent The grant focuses on a five-step care center, or top-ranked hospital within range. framework from the Centers for Dis- ease Control and Prevention to incorpo- Maybe even closer than you think. rate climate change models into health PHOTO COURTESY OF FLORIDAHEALTH.GOV departments' routine planning. Dr. John Armstrong To find the Broward Health facility nearest you, visit us online at BrowardHealth.org, US: Flu season continues to worsen, or call 954.759.7400. could peak in the month of January

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer

NEW YORK — Health officials say the flu is rampant in most of the country and could peak soon. The Centers for Disease Con- trol and Prevention on Monday reported flu was widespread in 43 states and flu activity was intense in most of them. A CDC expert said those trends are expected to continue. Flu season started early this winter, as it has the last two Ryan years. This season seems simi- Tannehill lar to two years ago, when the flu PRO QUARTERBACK peaked by early January. But the flu is hard to predict, and it has yet to rev up in heavily populated states like New York and California.

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MIAMI HEAT Dwyane Wade coaches with voice “It cost me a lot. But it wasn't The Decision that cost me,” the three-time champion said of his opt-out move, and James' choice to leave for Cleveland. “It was my decision. I opted out for the better of the team, not for any individual. I opted out for the better of the team and it cost me some money. I'm not concerned about it. Not overly concerned, anyway.” This is when he reveals that he’s happy, even with the Heat struggling. He has coaching privileges in practice now. If he doesn’t like something, he can stop the play, correct and teach. He’s been encouraged to pull players aside and tell them what he wants, since what he wants and what the Heat want are almost always in perfect alignment. “He has that experience, that impact with his voice,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “He's been great in embracing that. Its the most leadership that's required of him since he's been here.” PHOTO COURTESY OF THEYBF.COM PHOTO COURTESY OF FANSIDED.COM Wade's business deals keep growing Dwyane Wade and his marketability isn’t suffering. He got Stuart Scott married again last year, tying the knot with actress Gabrielle Union after years of dating. By TIM REYNOLDS He’s a de facto father of four now; three of his AP Basketball Writer kids, plus raising a nephew. Stu inspired us with courage And he can still play. MIAMI — Dwyane Wade still gets angry. Wade entered Thursday sixth in the NBA SCOTT, FROM 1A Just not as often. in scoring this season, at 23.2 points per After a year like he had, that says something. game. He's shooting 51 percent. Among that he wanted to be around for his daughters. It was eventful, often for unpleasant reasons those who have taken at least 400 shots, only Scott was born July 19, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois and is survived by daughters such as his Miami Heat falling from the NBA Anthony Davis and Nik Vucevic, big men who Taelor Scott, 19 and Sydni Scott, 15, with ex-wife Kimberly Scott. He spent most mountaintop, a superstar friend deciding to do most of their work at the rim, are shooting of his formative years in North Carolina where he went to Richard J. Reynolds leave the locker room they shared and a team at a better clip. High School in Raleigh. Scott then attended the University of North Carolina at rebuilding project. “In my professional life, I got Chapel Hill and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech communi- For him, 2014 was like none other. comfortable in a role and I thought maybe cation. Scott also was a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, an historically “It was just a different year,” Wade told this is it, maybe this is how I end my career,” black fraternity. The Associated Press. “Every year you go Wade said. “And then it changed and I’m After college, Scott held several positions in broadcasting and in sports, in- into a new one, you do the New Year’s Eve showing myself that I can still do the things cluding a job at WESH, an NBC affiliate in Orlando, Florida, before landing his resolutions and you sit there and think ‘Yeah, I want to do. And my family, starting over as SportsCenter anchor position at ESPN. He widely covered the NBA and NFL for this going to be the year.’ What I like to see well. It’s my second time getting married. the network after being hired in 1993. Scott was well known for such catch- from myself is how I respond to the moments Let’s see if I can do it right this time, do it phrases as “boo-yah!” and “As cool as the other side of the pillow.” where it's not the highs. I know how I respond better.” President Barack Obama said in a statement released to ESPN that Scott to the highs. But how do I respond in moments In separate interviews, Wade and Union helped usher in a new way of viewing sports that could be entertaining for ev- of truth?” referred to the changes in his life the same eryone. “Twenty years ago, Stu helped usher in a new way to talk about our fa- He's finding out. way – as a rebirth. vorite teams and the day’s best plays,” Obama said. “Over the years, he enter- The Heat brought a losing record to 2015, “It's a rebirth that came out of a tained us and in the end, he inspired us with courage and love.” barely hanging on to the No. 8 spot in a weak reevaluation of life and priorities and needs Obama added that following Scott on SportsCenter during his many travels Eastern Conference. LeBron James is wearing and wants,” Union said. “And what's emerged around the world and across the country provided him with a sense of belonging a Cleveland uniform now. Miami lost 12 games like a rising from the phoenix is something so and comfort. “For much of those 20 years, public service and campaigns have in December alone, and that's after Wade dope, I couldn't even imagine.” kept me away from my family,” the president said. “But wherever I went, I could lost millions in an effort to keep the team's Wade and Union spent most of the past flip on the TV and Stu and his colleagues on SportsCenter were there.” championship core together last summer. two years remodeling their home, a process Fellow ESPN sportscaster Stephen A. Smith said on his Twitter page that Scott How much he lost, only time will tell. He that took longer than either of them wanted or was not only a great sportscaster, but also a great man. “Beyond being a great was guaranteed $41 million from the Heat expected but they wound up pleased with the broadcaster, Stuart was a better father, a better person, a better man,” Smith said. through 2015-16 before opting out; his current results. Wade sees the parallel with the Heat. “(This is a) devastating loss for us all.” deal assures $31 million over that span. The A rebuilding project has started there, one he Scott was the recipient of the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance at the ESPY 32-year-old Wade could be a free agent again thinks will be worthwhile. awards on July 16, 2014, a few days before his 49th birthday. When accepting the this summer, since next season's contract is at “I think I’m responding OK,” Wade said. award, he said that beating cancer transcends death. “When you die, it does not his option. “I think 2014 was a pretty good year. And I’m mean that you lose to cancer,” Scott said. “You beat cancer by how you live, why “I'll be all right,” Wade said with a shrug. excited for what’s next.” you live, and in the manner in which you live.”

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Exhibit explores Supportive housing will help vets care services, daily living art from Haiti services, personal financial BROWARD COUNTY — During the month of Janu- planning services, transportation services, fidu- ary, an art exhibit showcasing the work of more than ciary and payee services, 20 artists from Quebec and Haiti will be featured legal services, child care in the museum/gallery of the African-American Re- services, housing counsel- search Library and Cultural Center (AARLCC), 2650 ing services, temporary fi- Sistrunk Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. The public is in- nancial assistance – includ- vited to meet the artists at a free reception 3 p.m. ing time-limited payments Saturday, January 10. The exhibit is organized by the to third parties for rent, util- ities, moving expenses, se- Reminiscences Artists from Laval, Quebec, presi- curity and utility deposits, dent Alix Rey, M.D. transportation, child care This exhibit provides an opportunity to admire and emergency supplies. artwork reflecting an exposure to multiple cultures. In a letter of recom- After New York City and Miami, Quebec has the mendation to the VA on third largest Haitian population of the diaspora with behalf of Carrfour, Con- about 100,000 residents. This art exhibit will give gresswoman Frederica residents and visitors to Florida an opportunity to Wilson (FL-24) voiced her unwavering support for the appreciate paintings and sculptures of a great cul- PHOTO COURTESY OF CARRFOUR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING Operation Sacred Trust ini- tural diversity. HOUSING ASSISTANCE: Veterans will receive help for housing from a $3 million federal grant tiative and its success help- The African-American Research Library and Cul- from the U.S. Veterans Affairs and Carrfour Supportive Housing. ing veterans across South tural Center is located at 2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Florida get back on their Lauderdale, FL 33311. Call the Welcome Desk at Staff Report Supportive Housing, PAIRS applicant in the VA grant. feet. “Though economic 954-357-6210. Foundation and Henderson “These new dollars granted recovery has begun, too MIAMI — Additional Behavioral Health – with by the VA will provide Car- many families in the state Palm Beach State grad help and renewed hope is an aligned mission to end rfour and our partner orga- of Florida are in temporary on the way for hundreds of homelessness among at- nizations with the resources housing or without shelter appears on ‘Face Off’ U.S. military veterans who risk veterans and their fam- necessary to help veterans and struggling on a daily are suffering from chronic ilies living in South Florida who suffer from chronic basis,” said Congresswom- LAKE WORTH — Emily Serpico, a recent graduate of homelessness in South by helping them move into homelessness and put them an Wilson. “Carrfour has Palm Beach State College’s Cosmetology program, Florida. With support from a and maintain stable, afford- on the path towards stabil- provided a crucial lifeline will compete in Season 8 of Face Off, the Syfy cable new $3 million federal grant able housing. As the lead ity.” for my constituents includ- network’s reality competition series that pits special from the U.S. Department of applicant in the grant on The vision of Opera- ing veterans and the dis- effects makeup artists against each other in cre- Veterans Affairs (VA) and behalf of Operation Sacred tion Sacred Trust, funded abled, who are homeless as Carrfour Supportive Hous- Trust, Carrfour was the only by the VA’s Supportive Ser- well as those in jeopardy of ative battle. ing — Florida’s largest non- South Florida nonprofit to vices for Veteran Families losing their homes.” Serpico, who lives in Wellington, is the young- profit affordable housing receive funding from the (SSVF) Program, is to help Since its founding in est contestant in the history of the show; Face Off developer — the Operation VA this year, which is to be very low-income veterans 2011, Operation Sacred Season 8 premieres 9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13 at 9 Sacred Trust (OST) initia- used specifically to help and their families suffer- Trust has served thousands p.m. on Syfy. Emily is one of 15 contestants. As with tive is leading the effort to treat veterans labeled as ing from long-term, chronic of veteran families across other reality competition series, each week the con- provide housing assistance chronically homeless. homelessness transition to Miami-Dade and Broward testants are given projects, which are then judged and supportive services for “Operation Sacred Trust permanent housing. The Counties. 200 struggling homeless continues to make a life- program’s comprehensive by a panel of experts. Usually one contestant is elim- veterans in Miami-Dade changing impact in the lives services provide outreach, To learn more about Op- inated each week, until the winner is chosen. County. of thousands of South Flor- case management, and re- eration Sacred Trust, vis- The season was pre-taped, but all contestants Operation Sacred Trust ida Veteran families,” said siliency services and will it www.411veterans.com. are sworn to secrecy, so it’s not clear how Emily did. is a collaborative effort be- Stephanie Berman, Presi- assist participants to obtain To learn more about Car- tween three Miami-based dent/CEO of Carrfour Sup- VA benefits and other pub- rfour Supportive Housing, Busch Gardens visitor nonprofit groups – Carrfour portive Housing, the lead lic benefits, such as: health visit www.carrfour.org. hit with stray bullet PALM BEACH TAMPA — Police say a 20-year-old woman waiting to see New Years fireworks at a Florida theme park was struck in the leg by a stray bullet fired from somewhere outside the park. Creative Education Center names director Authorities say no one else was hurt in or around Staff Report am truly excited about this new role.” Busch Gardens and the injury wasn't life-threatening. Since its inception 20 years ago, approximately Police Lt. John Preyer says the woman felt sud- WEST PALM BEACH — As the Center for Creative 150,000 children have experienced CCE’s method den pain in her lower left leg 10 minutes before mid- Education (CCE) enters its 20th anniversary year of proof merging art with academics to bring learning to night, apparently the victim of a shot fired in celebra- viding arts integration services to Palm Beach County life, engaging children in hands-on, project-based tion elsewhere. “She knew her leg was hurting but students, Cecilia St. Hilaire has joined the organization education. CCE teaching artists use the arts as a vehicle she didn't know why,” he added. as director of development. to help students gain greater understanding of science, In her new role, St. Hilaire will be responsible for all math, literacy and other areas of learning. Preyer says the woman was treated at a hospital aspects of a comprehensive donor program, including Traditionally CCE works with disadvantaged and released. He says it's unclear exactly where the fundraising, event management, donor data manage- students at school sites all over Palm Beach County, shot was fired from, but it was “definitely from out- ment, board member development and donor commu- providing after-school and in school programming to side the park.” nications for the West Palm Beach based nonprofit. She many students considered “at risk.” In addition, they are Park officials didn't immediately respond to tele- recently served as director of development, operations hired by private and independent schools to provide phone messages seeking comment. and finance for Opportunity Inc. for nine years. arts integrated instruction, said CEO Robert Harmon. “This move allows me to continue my passion for “As we look toward the next 20 years of this Compiled from staff, wire reports children’s education in an organization organization,” said Hamon, “we knew that this position with a broader reach across would be critical to our continued evolution. Our timing Palm Beach County,” said St. was strategic and we know we have recruited the right Hilaire. “CCE’s mission of individual to fill this important role. REGION arts integration is a way to “CCE is the largest provider of after-school services even the playing field for in Palm Beach County, and yet, we can only fulfill less disadvantaged children at than half of the requests we get because of lack of fund- risk of failure and it allows ing,” he continued. “That means we are turning away Program graduates academically advanced thousands of children a year. Cecilia’s skill set is per- students an opportunity fectly suited for CCE. She has a strong record of finan- to explore higher order cial and operational success with incredible knowledge thinking processes. We of non-profit management. Her success within the phil- political leaders are looking for supporters anthropic community in South Florida is a tremendous who care about art, asset and we are thrilled with her addition to our team.” CORAL GABLES — More than education and In addition to her professional role, St. Hilaire vol- a dozen officials from three South children. I unteers as a long-standing board commissioner of the Florida counties recently completed Westgate CRA, a member of the West Palm Beach Rotary coursework designed to give them Club, the Planned Giving Council of the Palm Beaches, additional tools in public service. the Northwood Renaissance marketing committee and The 17 men and women from Bro- the Circles Guiding Coalition of Palm Beach County. ward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach A native of the Caribbean island of Dominica, she counties graduated from the fourth currently divides her time between homes in Wellington Leaders of Excellence class spon- and Lighthouse Point. sored by the Good Government Ini- KELLEY tiative, which was founded by former For information on CCE’s in-school and after- Miami-Dade Commissioner Katy Sorenson. school programming, classes in its Northwood Village Program graduates include Commissioner Avis Brown, headquarters, to participate in events or make a donation Florida City; Commissioner Traci Callari, Hollywood; to benefit at-risk school programs, visit www.cceflorida. PHOTO COURTESY OF CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION org or call 561-805-9927. School Board Member Susie Castillo, Miami-Dade County Cecilia St. Hilare Public Schools; Vice Mayor Christine Hunschofsky, City of Parkland; Vice Mayor Joseph Kelley, City of Opa-Locka; Councilwoman Ivonne Ledesma, Miami Shores Village; MIAMI-DADE Councilman James McDonald, Village of Pinecrest; Coun- cilman Adam Old, El Portal; Vice Mayor Shelly Petrolia, City of Delray Beach; Councilman Nelson Rodriguez, Town of Miami Lakes; Councilwoman Phyllis Smith, City of North Miami Beach; Mayor Philip Stoddard, City of South Miami; Commissioner Barbara Watts, Village of Biscayne Park; and Commissioner Sandra Welch, City of Coconut Creek. Leaders of Excellence is a six-month program designed to provide elected officials with skills and knowledge they can apply to their public service. It fills the gap between formal education and life experience to create more effective decision-makers. The curriculum educated the class in critical core areas including ethics, budget and finance, land use and natural resources, media relations, leading in a diverse community and economic development. Presenters in- PHOTO COURTESY OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY cluded a bipartisan array of community leaders, public officials and outside experts such as former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham, Congressman Mario Diaz Balart, Ambas- Overtown to get new apartment complex sador Sue Cobb, Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust Executive Director Joe Centorino and Urban Miami-Dade Commissioner Audrey M. Edmonson, development is the product of a partnership with the Land Institute Florida Director Carla Coleman. left, recently joined City of Miami Commissioner Keon Gatehouse Group, Inc. (GHG), the Southeast Overtown/ “These elected officials have taken the time to ex- Hardemon and other dignitaries to break ground on Park West Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), plore key areas of their responsibility, and are examples a new 158-unit affordable apartment community, Mt. Zion Developments, Incorporated (MZDI), Miami- of dedicated community leaders working on behalf of The Plaza at the Lyric in historic Overtown. This Dade County, and the State of Florida. their constituents,” said Sorenson. 2B | JANUARY 8 — 14, 2015 | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | SFLTIMES.COM Around South Florida

what may be the world’s Officials are urging people, particularly resigned from numerous organizations largest water slide to the children and seniors, to get a flu vaccine to explore his options. What it means is ELGINJONES downtown area for one shot and to take other precautions. that Bush is running and he is leading in [email protected] day. It will take place on the early polls among likely GOP voters. Valentine’s Day. The slide COLD BUSTED! Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura is more than two stories Arturo Azaldegui, 38, of Cor- is also exploring a run, possibly as an high and more than three al Springs, is charged with independent or Reform Party candidate. HOODIE BAN MUOIO football fields long. having sex with a 16-year- A move to ban hoodies old co-worker. He is also Monroe County and other clothing that PEACE PROJECT accused of exchanging cover heads and faces is A "Peace Awareness" event was held nude photos with the girl CAUSE FOR CONCERN gaining interest around at Wells Park in Riviera Beach. The Live via a cellphone. Detectives Green sea turtles have the country. In Oklahoma, In Peace (LIP) organization hosted the AZALDEGUI recorded arranged phone been dying in the Keys Republican State Sen. event to promote peace and cooperation conversations where Azaldegui acknowl- and no one seems to know Don Barrigton is intro- in the city. Riviera is a bastion of violence edged the activities with the child. why or what is the cause. BARRINGTON ducing a bill that makes and the day at the park with free food, Scientists are awaiting test it a crime to wear such clothing, even refreshments and entertainment was in- Miami-Dade County results to determine what in public. Opponents contend the tended to bring unity to the municipality. is happening. The Florida proposals target minority and urban STADIUM STALLED SEA TURTLE Keys has seen a number of youths, but business owners say it a Broward County David Beckham's plan to illnesses afflict sea animals in recent years. safety measure. Keep watch and expect bring a professional soccer This latest outbreak is a mystery that could similar proposals in Florida. MAN KILLED team to South Florida has have an impact on the area’s economy. Andrea Allen, 27, of Dania stalled. There have been Palm Beach County Beach, is charged in the meetings and proposals, but STABBING TRIAL murder of an acquaintance. there is no team, stadium Ibis Bay Waterfront Resort RITZY SHOOTING She is accused of shooting or deal yet. The Miami Hur- employee Francisco Leon West Palm Beach Police are investigat- 53-year-old Tommie King BECKHAM ricanes are in need of a sta- Marquez, 39, is accused ing a rare shooting incident that took outside his residence dur- dium and the possibility of joint venture of fatally stabbing a co- place at the swanky downtown City- ing an argument. King was remains an option, but if any deal involves worker to death in 2012. He Place. An 18-year-old man was struck ALLEN pronounced dead at the public funds, voters would likely squash it. is scheduled to go to trial in several times and taken to a local hos- scene. It was the first Broward County ho- March and is expected to pital. He is expected to survive, but the micide of the year. HE’S RUNNING MARQUEZ claim self-defense under the incident has put shoppers and other Jeb Bush has joined former state’s Stand Your Ground statute. Marquez patrons of the high-end retail shops, FLU EPIDEMIC Arkansas Gov. Mike went to a bar to give Geovani Perez a ride eateries and nightspots on edge. This year’s strain of influenza virus is Huckabee in announcing home, but when he got there Perez, 29, deadly and it has now reached epidemic he is exploring a run the refused the ride and the two argued. Perez VALENTINE’S SLIDE status according to the U.S. Centers for presidency. Huckabee then attacked him and Marquez pulled Mayor Jeri Muoio and other city officials Disease Control and Prevention. While it’s has resigned from Fox a knife to protect himself, according to in West Palm Beach has authorized the spreading around South Florida, Broward News where he hosted a statements Marquez gave police. Perez blocking off of Clematis Street to bring County has been hit particularly hard. VENTURA television show. Bush has died in the parking of the bar. Photo fest starts January 20

Staff Report “We are seeking volunteers that will document FOTOfusion events with the WEST PALM BEACH — A South Flor- internet of sharing high quality content ida showcase for shutterbugs is adding while using our pre-approved hast- new features. Fatima NeJame, president tags, such as #FOTOfusion, #FOTOfu- and chief executive officer of the world- sion 2015, #pbphotocentre and #PBPC- renowned Palm Beach Photographic StreamTeam,” said Ms. NeJame. “Volun- Centre PBPC), announced this week that the 20th annual FOTOfusion will offer a Social Media street team and scholarships for photography majors. FOTOfusion, the five-day festival for

PHOTOS COURTESY OF SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY BEACH OF PALM OF SCHOOL DISTRICT COURTESY PHOTOS amateur and professional photographers will be held Jan. 20-24 in downtown West Palm Beach. This year’s event is dedicated to female photographers, and will include Women of Vision: Na- tional Geographic Photographers on As- signment, a National Geographic traveling exhibition. The exhibit highlights the influential photography of 11 award- Sarah Palumbo Kelly Kupi Clara Carrazana winning female journalists and is spon- sored by PNC Financial Services Group. For the first time, the Palm Beach Pho- tographic Centre is offering FOTOfusion Palm Beach Schools District names Scholarships for local college or university students who have a declared major in photography. The scholarship will pro- outstanding volunteers of the year vide each of the selected students with a GOLD Passport that will allow them Special to South Florida Times which nominated her for the honor. to submit a portfolio for inclusion in the “You start out volunteering because you FOTOfusion Student Portfolio Exhibition. WEST PALM BEACH — The School Dis- want to do for your kids, and then you really In addition, scholarship recipients trict of Palm Beach County has annouonced get inspired when you see all of the teach- will enjoy unlimited 100- and 600-series the Outstanding School Volunteers for the ers giving so much extra time,” said Kupi, events, one 200-series FOTOshoot, one 2014-2015 school year. The award recogniz- whose daughter is a senior at Dreyfoos. 300-series Computer Lab, one 400-sees a youth, adult and senior volunteer based Kupi serves as Project Graduation ries Master Workshop, six Portfolio Re- on length of service, type of contribution chair, co-chair for the Back to School views and FREE admission all Fusion- and characteristics of services performed. Lunch, Holiday Luncheon and Apprecia- Schmooze Parties, the PHOTOgraphic This year’s winners are Sarah Palumbo tion Week for Teachers/Staff, is the auction Technology Centre and the Centre’s Gal- of Boca Raton, Kelly Kupi of Boynton Beach adviser for the Visual Arts Parents Associa- lery exhibitions. The scholarship does and Clara Carrazana of West Palm Beach. tion, and is known as a fundraising dynamo not include travel, lodging or meals. They were honored at the Dec. 17 School for numerous causes, including students Applicants will need to provide a let- sfltimes.com District Board Meeting and are eligible for who need help paying for online ACT and ter of recommendation from a professor PHOTO COURTESY OF FATIMA NEJAME state-level honors. They will also be rec- SAT workshops. at the student’s college or university en- SHUTTERBUGS IN ACTION: Photo camp stu- ognized at the Volunteers & Business Part- “It’s very motivating when you see how dorsing his/her participation in FOTO- dents get cameras read for FOTOfusion, spon- ners Recognition Event this spring at the much everyone appreciates what you do,” fusion. Interested“Elevating photography the Dialogue” majors sored by the Palm Beach Photographic Centre. Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. said Kupi, whom the school calls a “market- can apply online by going to www. ing genius who leaves no stone unturned.” FOTOfusion.org. Outstanding youth volunteer Kupi averages 20-plus hours a week For the first time, the Palm Beach teers will work independently to cre- Sarah Palumbo, who has been named at Dreyfoos, where she helps conduct the Photographic Centre is seeking inter- ate their personal story of FOTOfusion net-savvy volunteers to be part of a events and share that story across the the youth volunteer, began volunteering annual college fair, an event she founded ADVERTISING PROOF FOTOfusion Social Media Street Team. various social media networks like Face- through the National Junior Honor Society nearly four years ago that now attracts Participants will attend FOTOfusion book, Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.” when she was a student at Eagles Landing more than 2,000 students and parents. community events and photograph, Middle School in Boca Raton, where she When she’s not working as the parent ad- video, document, tag, engage, check in To volunteer to be part of the FOTO- ministrator for the Edline website, she’s served as a peer tutor. and/or share their view of the activities fusion Social Media Street Team, please The Boca Raton teenager created and busy with “Project Grad,” which she jok- using social media platforms and pre- go to www.FOTOfusion.org or email continues to run the Kids in Need program, ingly calls a full-time job because of its approved hash tags. Students will re- PBPC’s Heather Storm at heather@work- which requires her to contact businesses many committees and fundraising duties. ceive (4) volunteer hours per event. shop.org. and community members about donating school supplies and backpacks. She also Outstanding senior volunteer has helped to collect more than 4,500 toys Clara Carrazana of West Palm Beach through a “Toys for Tots” drive that she is the senior winner. Carrazanna spends started three years ago at Eagles Landing. 20 to 30 hours a week at Gove Elementary She served as PTSA student affairs liaison School in Belle Glade, which nominated and earned the 2012-2013 Palm Beach her for Outstanding Senior School Volun- County PTA Student Ambassador Award. teer, a category for volunteers 62 years “I am always inspired at the change and older. that one small action can bring,” said Pa- Affectionately called abuela or abuelita lumbo, 15, a Florida Atlantic University - the Spanish word for grandmother - by High School sophomore who was nomi- children and faculty alike, Carrazana start- nated by Eagles Landing Middle. ed volunteering when her daughter, who “When I see the results of everything is now a college student, attended Gove. In I do - the smiles on the kids’ faces when addition to working with small groups in the they see their new books, for example, and Spanish kindergarten classroom, she moni- the proud faces of the Marines when they tors breakfast in the cafeteria, chaperones receive donated toys - I feel inspired and field trips and assists with clerical duties. Hours: encouraged in what I’m doing.” “I like doing it so much,” said Carra- Pyramid Books celebrates Black Monday Closed Supporting environmental initiatives, zana, who speaks English as a second lan- History Month 365 days a year Tuesday 11:00 am to 7:00 pm such as assisting in the school’s outdoor guage and is especially helpful to students to educate all people about the Wednesday 11:00 am to 7:00 pm learning center and working as an advo- who are learning to read and speak Span- Thursday 11:00 am to 7:00 pm cate for Eagles Landing to be designated ish. “I appreciate going to the school. It is African Diaspora; educating Friday 11:00 am to 8:00 pm a green school, is also part of her impres- like my family.” and expressing to the world the Saturday 11:00 am to 8:00 pm sive roster of accomplishments after four In addition to recruiting other parents beauty and culture of a great Sunday Noon to 5:00 pm years as a student volunteer. It’s also in her and seniors to be volunteers, she is quick people. We have a great selection genes - Sarah’s mother, Kendra Palumbo, to notice when a youngster needs school and knowledge of the titles we 544-2 Gateway Blvd. won the adult volunteer award for the supplies, a clean uniform shirt or simply provide and recommend. Boynton Beach, FL 33435 2011-2012 school year. an encouraging pat on the back. “Her 13 years of service assisting at- We also specialize in hard-to-find books Tel: 561-731-4422 Outstanding adult volunteer risk students is proof of her commitment and may already have it in stock, even if the Kelly Kupi, a mother of three who lives to education and the future of today’s stu- Fax: 561-731-0202 in Boynton Beach, has been named the dents,” a Gove representative wrote on distributor says it is out of print. web: http://www.pyramidbooks.net adult volunteer of the year. She began the award application. “Abuelita Clara email: [email protected] donating her time approximately 20 stands out not just for the number of vol- Call us at 561.731.4422. We have a treasure Located in the heart of Palm Beach county years ago, first at the Gulf Stream School unteer hours logged but for her eagerness chest of such books waiting for you. in south Florida. Whether traveling north or and now at the Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. to help others. She makes so many other south on I-95, we’re easy to find. School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, lives just a little brighter.”

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BOSTON (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Edward W. Brooke, a liberal Republican who became the first black in U.S. history to win popular election to the Senate, died Saturday. He was 95. Brooke died of natural causes at his Coral Gables, Flor- ida, home, said Ralph Neas, Brooke's former chief counsel. Brooke was surrounded by his family. ADVERTISING PROOFBrooke was elected to the Senate in 1966, becoming the first black to sit in that branch from any state since Reconstruction and one of nine blacks who have ever 1 col x 13.43" served there — including President Barack Obama. After Obama's presidential election in 2008, Brooke told The Associated Press he was “thankful to God” that he had lived to witness the historic accomplishment. But JAY'S it was the president who remembered Brooke with praise Saturday. FUNERAL HOME “Senator Brooke led an extraordinary life of public service,” Obama said in a statement. “As the first African- cd American elected as a state's Attorney General and first African-American U.S. Senator elected after reconstruction, Ed Brooke stood at the forefront of the battle for civil rights and economic fairness.” A Republican in a largely Democratic state, Brooke PHOTO COURTESY OF STIKPHOTOS.COM PHOTO COURTESY OF CLUBRELAFORD.TUMBLR.COM Melvin Jackson was one of Massachusetts' most popular political figures during most of his 12 years in the Senate. Edward Brooke Brooke earned his reputation as a Senate liberal partly by becoming the first Republican senator to publicly in the Senate. There was never a charge that I committed Blues musician urge President Richard Nixon to resign. He helped lead a crime, or even nearly committed a crime,'' Brooke said. the forces in favor of the Equal Rights Amendment and In 2008, pioneering newswoman Barbara Walters said LARRY BLOCKER, 57, Laborer, was a defender of school busing to achieve racial inte- she had an affair with the then-married Brooke in the died January 4. Funeral will be gration, a bitterly divisive issue in Boston. 1970s, but it ended before he lost the 1978 election. She Melvin Jacksonheld 1 pm Saturdaydies at Jay's He also lent his name to the Brooke amendment to the called him “exciting'' and “brilliant.'' Chapel. federal housing act, passed in 1969, which limited to 25 Brooke received the Presidential Medal of Freedom LAS VEGAS (AP) — Blues musician Melvin Jackson, percent the amount of income a family must pay for rent in a White House ceremony in 2004. Five years later, who performed for years with legends B.B. King and in public housing. Brooke received the Congressional Gold Medal, the Bobby “Blue” Bland, has died, a family member said. He Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell highest award Congress has to honor civilians. He cited was 79. on Saturday described Brooke as “a model of courage then the issues facing Congress — health care, the econ- Jackson died Tuesday evening at a hospice facility in and honesty in office.” omy and the wars overseas — and called on lawmakers Las Vegas after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, said Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, the state's first to put their partisan differences aside. his niece, Valerie Jordan. The trumpeter and saxophone black governor, said: “I have lost a friend and mentor.” “`We've got to get together,” Brooke said, turning his player started performing as a child with his father, who Secretary of State John Kerry, a former U.S. senator eyes to Senate GOP Leader McConnell. “We have no al- was also a musician. from Massachusetts, said Brooke showed “remarkable ternative. There's nothing left. It's time for politics to be “He practiced every single day, even when he knew political courage.” put aside on the back burner.” the music,” she said. LEROY BOHLER, 83, US Army Vet- Late in his second term, Brooke divorced his wife of The son of a Veterans Administration lawyer, Brooke Drummer Tony Coleman, whoeran, workeddied December with 30. Jackson Arrange- 31 years, Remigia, in a stormy proceeding that attracted was raised in a middle-class black section of Washington, for years as a member of King’sments band, are saysincomplete. Jackson was national attention. attending segregated schools through his graduation from a consummate professional and an excellent musician. Repercussions from the case spurred an investigation Howard University in 1941. He served in an all-black com- Jackson performed with BlandWILLIE and EARLKing BOWENS, for decades64, MDC into his personal finances by the Senate Ethics Commit- bat unit in World War II, and later settled in Boston after traveling to more than 90 countriesTruck Driver, and diedonly January quit per 5. Fu-- tee and a probe by the stateADVERTISING welfare department and ul ADVERTISINGPROOF- graduating from Boston University PROOF Law School. forming this September. He wasneral versatile will be held and 11 his am Saturdaymusic timately cost him the 1978 election. He was defeated by Brooke was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002 and at First St. Johns. had a good blues feel, Coleman said. Democrat Rep. Paul E. 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The Interview will go down as the satire that provoked an authoritarian dictatorship, roiled Sony Pictures in a massive hacking attack and prompted new questions of cyber warfare, corporate self-censorship and comedic audacity. The movie is already assured of cinematic infamy, regardless of its merits. But is it any good? CHRIS NASHAWATY Though The Interview, directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, never quite manages the “ duo’s calibrated blend of sincerity and over-the-top crudeness, it nevertheless usually pulses with an unpredictable absurdity and can-you-believe-we’re-doing-this glee. Its greatest charm is ONE OF THE MOST that it so happily brings the silliest, most ludicrous of knives (a preening James Franco, lots of butt jokes) to North Korea’s militarized gunfight. POWERFUL FILMS OF THE YEAR. Rogen plays Aaron Rapoport, a journalism-school grad who has found himself, ignobly, A reminder of what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. did for this country. producing an Extra!-like entertainment news show, Skylark Tonight, hosted by his friend Dave David Oyelowo is magnificent. He reveals the King who is not in our Skylark (Franco). The show traffics in the fluff of celebrity with occasional scoops. (Eminem history books — his humor, his human failings, and his self-doubt. makes a funny cameo as himself with the out-of-the-blue confession that he’s gay.) When it’s learned that North Korea leader Kim Jong Un is a fan of the show, they maneuver Director Ava DuVernay brilliantly uses a micro event as a way into a larger, more compelling macro story. ‘Selma’ arrives with a raw-nerve urgency and timeliness that no one could have anticipated.”

ONE OF THE BEST ONE OF THE BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR PERFORMANCES OF THE YEAR. David Oyelowo as NEW YORK FILM Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. PHOTO COURTESY OF ED ARAQUEL/COLUMBIA PICTURES CRITICS ONLINE BOSTON SOCIETY James Franco and Seth Rogen live-tweeted The Interview on Dec. 28. OF FILM CRITICS to land an interview for a kind of modern “Frost/Nixon” televised tete-a-tete, albeit one with the same penchant for ascots. (Franco’s Skylark is an extreme dandy who speaks largely in over- used slang and has a strange obsession with Lord of the Rings.) Before their trip to Pyongyang, a CIA agent (Lizzy Caplan) recruits the pair with the mission to turn their big interview into an assassination. “Take him out,” she instructs before putting them through training. Like another comedy about the wrong Americans sent overseas, Bill Murray’s Stripes, The Interview is better on American soil and on less sure footing once it lands in North Korea. This is partly logistical. Though The Interview obviously couldn’t have shot on location and had limited images to draw on for its sets, the movie fails to create even a half-plausible North Korean atmosphere and is left claustrophobically meandering almost entirely in palace interiors. Their first meeting with Kim (Randall Park) isn’t a regal pageant; he just knocks softlyon Skylark’s door and eagerly introduces himself as a “huge fan.” Park is exceptional: His Kim is more complex than the broad caricature you’d expect. He’s a jovial young leader haunted by daddy issues, having been called soft by his father for adoring American pop culture. He’s a surprisingly agile basketball player and a lover of Katy Perry songs. Even in North Korea, Rogen and company are more at home in American pop: Western civilization is more the target of The Interview than the DPRK. As Skylark’s interview nears, their assassination attempts fail and ethical quandaries mount. Skylark and Kim (“a cool guy,” pleads Skylark) become fast friends, palling around together and shooting off tanks: The bromance has gone nuclear. If anything, the film, written by Dan Sterling from the story by Goldberg and Rogen (their second time directing after the better This Is the End), verges on making Kim too likable. And while the movie leads to a fiery end and a slow reveal of the famine Kim inflicts on his people, most who see The Interview will say to themselves: THIS is what prompted an international incident? There’s nothing scandalous about The Interview, unless you happen to believe Kim is a god who rides around on unicorns. Despite the large presence of Park’s dictator, this is really Franco’s movie. Seemingly energized by his more outlandish performances, he’s here in full, grinning Jerry Lewis-mode, a rubber-faced infotainment parody. His chemistry with Rogen is predictably solid. Charlie Chaplin, Ernst Lubitsch and the South Park guys have all tried before to find comedy in the shadow of evil and thereby do a little to disarm it. The Interview struggles to really illuminate anything about the stranger-than-fiction Orwellian nightmare that is North Korea, but its attempt is admirable. And, yes, having your film almost taken down by a totalitarian regime wins you an extra star.

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It also has an unforgettable score including Elton John and Tim Rice’s Oscar- growing up from the perspective of the emotions inside her winning song Can You Feel The Love Tonight and Circle of Life. LOS ANGELES — A Disney princess no longer needs a head. The tale has nothing to do with her finding romance, Theater-goers can let their imaginations run wild at the Tony Award-winning prince to experience true love. he said. Broadway sensation Newsweek calls “a landmark event in entertainment.” Fort Sisterhood saves the day in Frozen. Motherly love breaks “That’s not part of my daughter’s story,” he said. “This Lauderdale’s most eagerly awaited return will leap onto the Broward Center for the an evil spell in Maleficent. A little girl’s love of her own life is a story is about becoming and getting older.” Performing Art’s Au Rene stage through Feb. 1. focus of Pixar’s next film, Inside Out. Hahn acknowledged some concern among producers The Lion King already is triumphant on Broadway. Variety magazine reports that Where romance was once the goal of the cinematic about how Disney traditionalists might view these evolved the show, which pulled in a regal $100.2 million in 2014, capped off a year in which it princess (think Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty), Disney — princesses. became the top grossing single title in any medium. long a key purveyor of princess ideology — is shifting its lens “We thought the purists, the Disney fans, what are they The North American touring productions of The Lion King have been seen by more than 15 million toward independent female protagonists defined by broader going to think? Because you’ve got to have your prince and theater-goers and grossed over $1 billion to date. criteria than how they relate to men. Filmmakers, inspired by all that,” he said. “But the idea is yeah, you can have your The production features Patrick R. Brown as “Scar,” L. Steven Taylor as “Mufasa,” Tshidi Manye their daughters, hope the shift might change some real-life prince, but that’s a component of your life.” as “Rafiki,” Drew Hirshfield as “Zazu,” Ben Lipitz as “Pumbaa,” Nick Cordileone perspectives, too. Feminism pioneer Gloria Steinem said such independent as “Timon,” Jelani Remy as “Simba,” Nia Holloway as “Nala,” Keith Bennett as “All these Disney heroines, the princesses, they’re a female characters can make a difference in real-life gender “Banzai,” Rashada Dawan as “Shenzi” and Robbie Swift as “Ed.” The role of product of their time,” said Linda Woolverton, who wrote perceptions. “Young Simba” is alternated between Jordan A. Hall and Tré Jones Maleficent. “The princesses that were created in the 1940s “If we can see it, we can be it,” she said. “If we don’t see and the role of “Young Nala” is alternated between Nya Cymone and ‘50s, they were the best of what a woman should be it, we don’t know we can.” Carter and Tyrah Skye Odoms. then: You’re the good girl. You took abuse ... and through it It has paid off at the box office. Frozen has brought in all, you sang and were nice. But we’re not like that anymore.” more than $1.2 billion globally, making it the fifth highest Woolverton reflects that in her work, which includes grossing movie ever, according to box-office tracker Rentrak. screenplays for Beauty and the Beast and Alice in Wonderland. Maleficent’ was a hit over the summer, with $750 million in She thought of her love for her daughter when writing the worldwide ticket sales. twist on true-love’s kiss in Maleficent, she said. “It’s different than any kind of romantic love,” she said, “and it would be more powerful in breaking a spell than any other kind of love.” Don Hahn, an executive producer of Maleficent, said it would be “totally inappropriate” to have a modern Sleeping Beauty rescued by Prince Charming. “We can’t put a movie on the screen where the protagonist is asleep through half the movie and only wakes up when a man wakes her up and tells her, ‘OK, you can start your life now,’”’ he said. “I don’t want to tell my daughter that story.” Jennifer Lee also was thinking of her daughter when writing and directing Frozen. She wanted to create characters they both could relate to, and felt the bond between sisters would be more accessible to a young girl than the lure of romantic love. Lee also wanted to reflect the real girls she knows, which meant leaving familiar princess tropes behind. Though Anna initially seeks a prince, she, like Elsa, is ultimately motivated by familial love. The two lead INSIDE MONTAGE characters weren’t originally written as princesses, Lee said. PHOTOS COURTESY OF JOAN MARCUS “We did it to add pressure to them,” she said. “In (Left to Right) Jelani Remy Cinderella’s case, becoming a princess is the happily ever as “Simba,” Nia Holloway after. In our case, becoming a princess put the pressure on as “Nala,”Jelani Remy as them because they’re responsible for an entire kingdom.” ON THE COVER “Simba,” and Brown Lindiwe Meanwhile, Cinderella is getting a face lift from Disney, PHOTO COURTESY OF JOAN MARCUS Mkhize as Rafiki in The Circle with an updated, live-action version due out in 2015. The Jelani Remy as “Simba” and the ensemble in “He Lives in You” of Life from The Lion King following year, the studio is releasing the animated Moana, from The Lion King National Tour. National Tour. centering on a female island adventurer. Pixar’s Inside Out is set for release next summer. 6C | JANUARY 8 — 14, 2015 | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | SFLTIMES.COM | SoFlo LIVE lifestyle

Quirky add-ons a common feature of celebrity homes PHOTO COURTESY OF FACTSLIDES.COM Bill Gates’ House LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Mark Wahlberg’s Los Angeles mansion has a putting green. Tech billionaire Bill Gates’ Medina, Washington, abode includes rooms where guests can customize the music, lighting and climate. Actress Shirley MacLaine’s on-the-market New Mexico ranch includes a stone labyrinth. Celebrity homes are a bright slice of the high-end real-estate market well beyond Hollywood. And for stars with money and imagination to spare, unique or quirky add-ons are routine. Neverland Ranch, the late Michael Jackson’s former Southern California ode to childhood — amusement park, bumper cars and all — is not alone as an example of personal- ized architectural opulence. Many celebrities “are recession-proof” when it comes to conceptualizing and paying for a niftily outfitted dream home, says Santa Monica, California-based architectural designer FROM MICHAEL MANN DIRECTOR OF HEAT, COLLATERAL AND THE INSIDER Kevin J. Cozen, who has designed for high-profile clients for more than three decades. For 89-year-old Hugh O’Brian, star of the 1950s and early ‘60s Western TV series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Cozen reduced the scale of the actor’s house in the hilly Los Angeles neighborhood of Benedict Canyon to resemble a low-slung Prairie home, with lots of wood and glass to showcase nature-filled views. “He wanted a Western influence, so it looked like you could tie your horse outside,” says Cozen. According to real estate expert and author Michael Corbett, who hosts Mansions and Millionaires on NBC’s Extra, quirky add-ons don’t necessarily make homes more valuable to potential buyers, especially if those quirks — say, a boxing ring, or a $70,000 wall of candy — limit the field of those interested. A celebrity name attached, though, does help. “The rule of thumb is that celebrity homes don’t necessarily sell because they’re celebrity LEGENDARY PICTURES AND UNIVERSAL PICTURES PRESENT A LEGENDARY PICTURES/FORWARD PASS PRODUCTION A MICHAEL MANN FILM homes,” Corbett says. “Yet celebrities definitely increase marketability of a property. That increas- CHRIS HEMSWORTH “BLACKHAT” TANG WEI VIOLA DAVIS RITCHIE COSTER HOLT MCCALLANY YORICK VAN WAGENINGEN AND WANG LEEHOM es the speed of the sale and sometimes the value of the property because of the marketability.” MUSIC EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BYHARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMSATTICUS ROSS PRODUCERS ERIC MCLEODALEX GARCIA BYTHOMAS TULL p.g.a. MICHAEL MANN p.g.a. JON JASHNI p.g.a. Real-estate agent Joshua Altman, who has represented famous faces such as Kim WRITTEN DIRECTED BY BY Kardashian and stars on the Bravo TV show Million Dollar Listing, is more blunt. “The prop- MORGAN DAVIS FOEHL MICHAEL MANN A© 2014 UNIVERSAL UNIVERSAL RELEASE STUDIOS erty is attractive simply because of who lives there, not because of the add-ons,” he says. Besides a putting green, Wahlberg’s 30,000-square-foot mansion, designed by celebrity architect Richard Landry and located in the gated neighborhood of Beverly Park, also features a full outdoor basketball court, a wine cellar, gym, library, and a rock-landscaped swimming pool with a waterfall and diving rock, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Landry’s other clients include model Gisele Bundchen and her husband, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, and the creator of the Full House TV show, Jeff Franklin.

Now on the market, Franklin’s home on a Los Angeles hillside has a master bedroom LT raised 40 feet in the air, with an indoor-outdoor shower. Bundchen and Brady’s French chateau-style “eco-mansion,” custom-made with sustainable elements such as a gray-water irrigation system, solar paneling and reclaimed cobblestones, was bought in June by rapper and producer Dr. Dre, the Los Angeles Times reported. MacLaine’s New Age beliefs are embedded in every inch of her retreat near Sante Fe, Plaza Blanca Ranch, which she listed for sale earlier this year. The home includes a horse SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES THU 1/8 3 col (5.06”) x 10” barn, chicken coop, yurt and a stone labyrinth path for meditation. There’s also an under- ALL.BLH.0108.SFTemail ground apartment modeled after Native American kivas, built for spiritual ceremonies, she told the Wall Street Journal in April. Gates’ estate near Seattle is estimated by the real-estate website Zillow to be more than 50,000 square feet and worth roughly $145 million. The joint project between Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and Cutler Anderson Architects includes a 2,100-square-foot domed library with oculus, a trampoline room, a 1,500-square-foot Art Deco theater, heated floors and a 20-vehicle garage, all detailed in a 1997 overview by U.S. News & World Report. Visitors wear electronic pins that let a computer system track them, adjusting music, climate and lighting to each person. The ultimate quirky celebrity home add-on could be Barbra Streisand’s. An architecture buff and collector, Streisand converted the basement of her Malibu estate into her own CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR faux shopping mall, with a street of shops, from a doll boutique to an antique clothing store, STARTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 16 THEATERS AND SHOWTIMES holding her possessions. SoFlo LIVE | SFLTIMES.COM | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | JANUARY 8 — 14, 2015 | 7C events calendar January 10 January 12 COMPILED By MARISSA CLARKE Redland Heritage Festival: The annual fes- Yoga in the Park: Bring your yoga mat, wa- Special to South Florida Times tival kicks off today and features local arts ter, and a towel to relax and unwind with a and crafts, historical exhibits along with a yoga session by the bay. A certified instructor selection of tropical plants and food. While will lead you through the movements and the there, children can check out the petting atmosphere is perfect to reduce your stress zoo, ride ponies and be wowed by a magic before returning to the weekday grind. 6 p.m. show. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Sunday at Bayfront Park Amphitheater, 301 Biscayne at Fruit & Spice Park, 24801 SW 187th Ave., Blvd., Miami. Free. 305-358-7550. Homestead. $8, free for children 11 and under. 305-247-5727 or visit www.fruitandspi- cepark.org. Jan. 14

Sunrise Kayak Adventure: Start your day watching the sunrise over Crandon Park. A January 8 - 18 naturalist will guide the group through the peaceful scenery identifying shore birds and Jan. 8 January 10 other ocean life along the way. 6:30 a.m. at Crandon Park Nature Center, 6767 Crandon Bombillo: The Miami Light Project hosts this Blvd., Key Biscayne. 305-361-6767. night of fun with music by DJ Mr. Pauer. Mu- sic, light and art combine for an unforgettable night. 8 p.m. at the Light Box at Goldman Jan. 10 Viva Puerto Rico: Cel- Warehouse, 404 NW 26th St., Miami. Free. ebrate the first Family Fun Day of the year 305-576-6480. with Puerto Rican music, food and more! Plena Es, a plena and bomba band, and Little Red Riding Hood: The classic fairy tale the museum’s Heritage Spotlight Series PHOTO COURTESY OF MUSICBLOODLINE.COM gets a puppet show makeover under the di- artist in residence, will perform an interac- rection of Bob Nathanson. The new show fol- tive show at 1 and 3 p.m. Get a few tips on Jazz in the Gables: Enjoy a relaxing lunch lows Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf as basic rhythm demonstrations in the instru- outside with music by Kevin Mahogany. they both learn a few unforgettable lessons ment corner and create fun crafts based The jazz vocalist, businessman and edu- on the way to Grandma’s house. This show on Puerto Rican traditions. 10 a.m. to 5 cator hails from Kansas City. Expect an PHOTO COURTESY OF IMGARTISTS.COM is designed for children in pre-K through the p.m. at HistoryMiami, 101 W. Flagler St., unforgettable show and an amazing good Audra McDonald: The six-time Tony Award second grade. 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. at the Miami. 305-375-1492 or www.historymi- time. Food available for purchase from winner (more than any other actress) and Weston Community Center, 20200 Saddle ami.org. Catering by Lovables. 12:15 p.m. at the Grammy Award winner performs. Known Club Rd., Weston. Free. 954-389-4321. Coral Gables Museum Courtyard, 286 for her silky soprano, McDonald will per- Aragon Ave., Coral Gables. Free. 305- form classic show tunes mixed in with 910-3996 or www.jazzinthegables.org. inside scoop on what goes on behind the Jan. 10 scenes on Broadway. Pianist Seth Ru- detsky will accompany McDonald. 8 p.m. January 14 at Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale. Roberto Rodriguez Quartet: The band per- $51.50-$126.50. 954-462-0222 or www. forms with Rodriguez on drums, Mike Levine browardcenter.org. on the piano, Aldo Salvent on the saxophone and Rafael Valencia on bass. 6:30 to 9 p.m. PHOTO COURTESY OF IMPACTONY.COM at the Olympia Theater at Gusman Center, January 9 174 E. Flagler St., Downtown Miami. Free. January 11 305-374-2444. Don Williams: The country music star performs some of his best-known hits, includ- Palm Beach Public Strings Concert: The January 15 ing It Must Be Love, Amanda and I Believe students of the Palm Beach Public Elemen- in You. 7:30 p.m. at the Parker Playhouse, tary String Department perform. 2 p.m. at All Arts Open Mic: Comedian Richy Lala 707 NE Eighth St., Fort Lauderdale. $37.50- Mandel Public Library, 411 Clematis St., hosts this open mic event, which features lo- $57.75. 954-462-0222. West Palm Beach. Free. 561-868-7700. cal singers, spoken word artists, comedy and more! 9 p.m. at The Funky Buddha Lounge, Stormy Weather-The Music of Lena Horne: January 12 2621 N. Federal Highway. $3 or two canned Mary Wilson, one of the original Supremes, goods for charity. 561-512-8472. sings the song that made Lena Horne a PHOTO COURTESY OF PRESSVILLAGE.COM Together: This charming Chinese film follows household name. This interesting mult-me- a violin prodigy and his father as they travel January 18 dia concert features rare audio and video Melinda Doolittle: The former American from the countryside to Beijing in search footage from Horne’s life. A trio of jazz musi- Idol contestant performs. Before hitting of a better life. Along the way, the dynamic North Miami Concert Band: The 35-piece cians and a narrator will back Wilson as she the stage on American Idol the singer was duo encounter a few surprises. The movie band will perform a mix of show tunes, sings Stormy Weather, Honeysuckle Rose a back-up singer for Michael McDonald, features English subtitles and is presented marches, and classical music for a fun filled and more. 8 p.m. at the Aventura Arts & Cul- Kirk Franklin, and Aaron Neville. 8 p.m. by the Arts Council of Greater Weston and Sunday of Music. 2 p.m. at Gwen Margo- tural Center, 3385 NE 188th St., Aventura. Sunshine Cathedral, 1480 SW Ninth Ave., the City of Weston. 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. lis Community Center, 1590 NE 123rd St., $49.50. 305-466-8002 or www.aventura- Fort Lauderdale. $35 at the door, $25 in at Weston 8 Cinema, 1338 SW 106th Ave., North Miami. $5. 305-667-4925 or www. center.org. advance. 954-462-2004. Sunrise. $7. 954-389-4321. northmiamiconcertband.org. Please email your event to [email protected] by the preceding Thursday at 10 a.m. 8C | JANUARY 8 — 14, 2015 | SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES | SFLTIMES.COM | SoFlo LIVE food serve up comfort with a

FAMILY FEATURES — Comfort food is a staple in every kitchen – it’s the perfect way to unwind with familiar flavors and aromas. But those moments that call for a soul- soothing dish are also great opportunities to spice up traditional favorites by introducing less com- ork tew mon ingredients and preparation P S methods for an unexpectedly deli- cious twist. Stewing, for example, is one method you might never have tried – but, when you use a tender meat that’s full of comforting flavor like pork, the result is well worth the adventure. Making a stew usually involves browning meat, adding liquid, simmering for a few hours and then adding vegetables – easy, proven steps that let you explore different ingredient combinations to keep dishes fresh and inviting. Need inspiration to get started? Try Spanish Pork and Fennel Stew with Saffron Rice. This hearty reci- pe uses a blade pork roast, simple seasonings and vegetables. To change it up, serve the stew with mashed potatoes instead of rice for soaking up the juices.

Spanish Pork and Fennel Stew with Saffron Rice Servings: 8

Stew: For stew, heat 2 tablespoons oil in large Dutch Just before pork is tender, make saffron rice. 3 pounds boneless blade (shoulder) oven over medium-high heat. Season pork with 1 Bring rice, 4 cups water, salt and saffron to a boil in pork roast, cut into 1 1/2-inch chunks 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. In medium saucepan over high heat. Reduce heat to 4 tablespoons olive oil, as needed batches, without crowding (and adding more oil as very low and cover. Simmer until tender, about 20 Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper needed) add pork and cook, turning occasionally, minutes. Remove from heat and let stand for 5-20 1 head fennel, cored and cut into 1/2-inch pieces until browned on all sides, about 6 minutes per minutes. Fluff rice with fork. 1 large yellow onion, chopped batch. Transfer to plate. Using slotted spoon, transfer pork and veg- 1 large red bell pepper, seeded and cut into 1/2-inch pieces Add remaining 2 tablespoons oil to Dutch oven etables to serving bowl and cover with alumi- 6 cloves garlic, minced and heat. Add fennel, onion, bell pepper and garlic; num foil. Let cooking juices stand for 3 min- 1/2 cup dry sherry or apple juice cover. Cook, stirring occasionally with wooden spoon, utes, then skim off fat on surface. Boil over Chopped fresh cilantro until vegetables soften, about 8 minutes. Add sherry; high heat, uncovered, until cooking liquid is bring to a boil. Return pork with any juices to Dutch reduced by half, about 10 minutes. Season Saffron rice: oven. Add enough cold water to just cover pork and juices with salt and pepper. Pour over pork and 2 cups long-grain white rice vegetables, about 6 cups; bring to a boil. vegetables and sprinkle with cilantro. Spoon 1 teaspoon kosher salt Reduce heat to low and cover. Simmer, stirring oc- saffron rice into bowls. Top with stew, sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon crushed saffron threads casionally, until pork is very tender, about 1 1/2 hours. with cilantro and serve.