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NORTHEAST FLORIDA’S OLDEST, LARGEST, MOST READ AFRICAN AMERICAN OWNED NEWSPAPER The Florida Star, The Florida Star Presorted Standard MISSING CHILDREN P. O. Box 40629 U.S. Postage Paid See Inside The Georgia Star! Jacksonville, FL 32203 Jacksonville, FL Permit No. 3617 Church (904) 766-8834 Talk of the Town Still The People’s Can’t Get to the Store Local Florida-Georgia Choice! Have The Star Delivered STRIVING TO MAKE Sports SEE A DIFFERENCE! Community Crime & Justice An Award Read The Florida and Georgia Star Winning Newspapers. thefloridastar.com Publication Listen to IMPACT Serving you since 1951. Radio Talk Show. The people’s choice Rated “A+” by the Better Business Bureau www.thefloridastar.com SEPTEMBER 7 - SEPTEMBER 13, 2013 VOL. 63 NO. 21 STILL ONLY 50 What Really Happened to Get the Help Needed to Lower Your Mortgage Payments Kendrick Johnson? Ms. Rosemary Williams, standing in her front yard, advising listeners of how she was able to lower her monthly payment and save her North Jack- sonville home through NACA. For more information on how you can pur- chase a home or lower your monthly payments, with minimal interest rates, see page 5 of this paper and meet with representatives. Saying Goodbye to Girl Sent Home Because No, this is not Emmitt Till, it is Kendrick Johnson in Georgia, 2013 Ms. Leapheart of Hair Braids When the parents of Kendrick Johnson learned that their son had died, they The Deborah Brown Community School’s policy could not compare his appearance on how, especially when they were told his against “faddish” hair — “such as dreadlocks, death was accidental. Of course, when you see Kendrick’s pictures before and afros, mohawks” — led to a 7-year-old girl being after, why would the police officers think their findings would be believed by sent home from school in tears. Tiana Parker’s fa- anyone, including their fellow officers. The parents were arrested for protesting. ther, Terrance Parker, told KOKI that he was Kendrick Johnson was a Lowndes County High School student found dead rolled forced to pull his daughter out of the Tulsa charter up in a gym mat at the school back in January. school after administrators hassled the family The second autopsy report directly contradicts the autopsy completed by the about her appearance. Parker, who’s a barber, said Georgia Bureau of Investigation. school officials at Deborah Brown told him that The original autopsy says that Kendrick Johnson died as a result of "unexplained, Tiana’s hair didn’t look presentable. apparent non-accidental, blunt force trauma." Which is what the family says they “She’s always presentable. I take pride in my kids thought all along. looking nice,” Parker told KOKI. “She went to This new autopsy report was commissioned by the family-- and it directly con- Gwendolyn Clarice Leap- the school last year and didn’t have any prob- tradicts the autopsy completed by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. lems,” he added, telling a reporter that Tiana’s heart When Kendrick Johnson's body was found in a gym mat in the Lowndes High hairstyle had not changed. “It hurt my feelings to School Gym on January 11th. The Lowndes County Sheriff's Office said there the core,” Parker said as he comforted his visibly Born August 19,1921 Passed on were no signs of foul play. A Georgia Bureau of Investigation autopsy report said upset daughter. Tiana, a straight-A student, has Monday, September 2, 2013 he died by accidental asphyxiation. But the family didn't buy that and hired their been enrolled at another school that welcomes her own pathologist for a new autopsy. The pathologist said he found blunt force Funeral services will be held Fri- new hairstyle. trauma to Kendrick Johnson's neck that were consistent with inflicted injury. day, September 6, 2013 at Tiana began to cry when the reporter asked her Lydia Whitlock: "It gives a little bit of relief, but the day that we get justice for 11:00 AM at St. Gabriel’s Episco- why she was sad. my nephew will be the ultimate relief and the ultimate exhale for the family. We pal Church, 5235 Moncrief Rd W, certainly would like to have the Justice Department to intervene and to reopen the investigation. We think that there are certainly enough questions that have been raised." Arsenio Hall Back with Late Night Show - CBS The Lowndes County Sheriff's Office had no comment about the results of the second autopsy. Arsenio Hall: Back in the game The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has said they stand by their report after re- Arsenio Hall returns to a changed, and much more viewing the findings of the second autopsy. crowded, late-night TV landscape According to CNN, a second independent autopsy shows Kendrick Johnson died He is extremely polite and instantly likable, good qual- of "apparent non-accidental, blunt force trauma". ities in someone once again asking America to spend an "Whatever happened, somebody has to pay. You know, it's just hard to believe hour each weeknight with him. His Chicago background, that something like that can happen at a place like that and nobody knows any- while relatively short, was very important: thing," said Eddie Tooley, Kendrick's grandfather. The57-year-old has a lot of friends such asMagic" (John- There are two sides to this story but the only thing both agree on is Kendrick died son), "Quincy" (Jones), and "Jay" (Leno), and still more in the gym. It was an accident, was the finding of the initial autopsy by the Geor- people by their full names: Stevie Wonder, Alec Baldwin, gia Bureau of Investigation. They say it was the result of suffocating by hanging Billy Bush, Bill Maher, Andrew Dice Clay. in the mat upside down over night, after trying to grab a shoe. That theory doesn't Indeed, ask him about re-entering late-night in an era make sense to the family and they say it doesn't explain the bruises said the county when there are so many more players in that field than coroner who also says it took the sheriff’s office six hours to contact him, when when he left it, in 1994, and he relays what some of those friends have been telling him: he should have been called immediately. "When a Quincy Jones would say, 'I can't believe that you're not gonna try it again,' I'd al- The Florida Star has received a large number of calls comparing Syrian residents ways say, 'It's crowded, it's crowded. It's not like it was.' And I always got from people — being killed, stating we need to first take care of the murders in America within and maybe it's 'cause I want to believe this — from Quincy Jones to Alec Baldwin, people the minority communities before even considering money or military forces going always said, 'But I still think, "You're not there."' And maybe my taste and personality is to another country. different enough to create a 19th late-night show that might find a home." Let’s see! First News..................................1 Church..........................2 Looking for customers to patronize your Wish to give us a News Story? I News & Notes...............................3 business or utilize your services? If you Call (904) 766-8834 or Send it to: N Talk of Town.................................4 Columns..............................5 answered YES, then you need to place an [email protected] S Crime and Justice........................6 ad in The Florida or Georgia Star! 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We, the Members of the Steward Board Intercessory Prayer...............…..10:45 a.m. Morning Worship ......................11:00 a.m. of New Fountain and the entire membership, cordially Youth Church invite you to join us as we show our appreciation to our 2nd & 3rd Sundays (Old Sanctuary) Pastor and First Lady, Sunday, September 8, 2013. at Tuesday - Pastoral Bible Study ................ 7:00 p.m. 10:30 a.m. and Monday, September 9, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. DEATHDEATH NOTICESNOTICES Rev. Dr. Marion A. Wise, Senior Pastor Rev. Joe Calhoun, Pastor Emeritus Our 10:30a.m. Speaker will be Vonkesha Jenkins, the (904) 764-5727 - Church daughter of Reverend and Mrs. Louis Kirkland. The Fountain is looking forward to the fellowship may God’s JACKSONVILLE, FL 2, 2013. LITTLE, Carlton, 61, Historic Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church richest blessing be upon you and your church family. Call AKERS, Jerald Thomas, Sunday 904-358-2258 for more information. Jr., 68, died August 30, died August 24, 2013. Church School . 8:30 a.m. 2013. LUKES, Ronald Bernard, Worship Service . 10:00 a.m. Wednesday SUMMERVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH, 690 West ALFORD, Sarah Eliza- 59, died August 29, 2013. 20th St., Jacksonville, FL, with Dr. James W. Henry, Pas- “Glory Hour” Bible Study . 10:00 a.m. beth, 79, died August 29, LUNSFORD, Anthony “Jehovah Jireh” Bible Study . 6:30 p.m. tor. CHOIR #1 IN CONCERT, Sunday, September 8, 2013. Carey, 59, died August 26, 2nd & 4th Thursday “Young at Heart Ministry .