community


By Jacquelyn Vaughn It is such a good feeling to


get into your groove on the golf course; some call it “the zone.” You hit a shot, wait for your partner to hit and then you effortlessly play the green in a reasonable amount of time. The biggest complaint I hear from golfers is that they hate slow play.


I cannot count


the number of times people have said, “I missed the shot because I stood here waiting so long.”


I have also been in situa-


tions where the golfer was so impatient with the slow pace that they began hitting their shot before the fairway was cleared, which is never a good idea because someone could get hurt.


Slow play can be helped


if golfers make a conscious effort to speed up the play. Following are some tips.


Start by showing up for


your tee time at least 20 min- utes to a half an hour early to be ready when the starter sends you out.


• Be ready when it’s your time to hit the ball.


• Take no more than two prac- tice swings per hit. Some people get carried away with four or five practice swings. That’s too many. Just hit the ball, girl!


• If your ball is lost in the rough, take a club with you. I often see players reclaiming their ball and then returning to the cart for a club. You will save time if you are prepared.


• Lost balls, something I see mainly with the men, but after three or four minutes of searching, definitely five min- utes max, just drop and keep going.


• Play ready golf when playing social golf, be careful and use discretion for when you can hit.


• Beginner golfers, be sure to know when it’s your turn to go out. Play your best ball when among more experienced golf- ers and try to get your les- sons on the range, not on the course.


• Have the cart lady wait to take your order when you have an available breaking point, but don’t hold up the course getting your drink and junk food fix.


• If you are working on some part of your game, that’s great, but do it with one other player or alone, not among the four- some. You should also try to do this type of play during the slow time of the golf course. It is annoying to see golfers “re-putting” when people are


Jacquelyn Vaughn


standing in the fairway behind them.


• Take several clubs with you when going to reclaim a ball that lands in another fairway since you can never be sure about the actual distance.


• Know the rules to avoid de- bating with other players while people are waiting. Know the rules or keep rulebook handy.


• Record your scores at the next hole. I often see people who are behind you get into the cart, ride to the next hole and then write the scores.


• Pull carts, motorized carts and golf bags should not be left in front of the greens while you’re putting. Put them near the exit point that leads you to the next hole. This helps the next group to be ready to hit after you’ve left the green. Simple but often forgotten.


• When you finally make it to the green, you may have other clubs in your hand, so in order to speed up the play and also keep up with your clubs, place your clubs across the flag as you lay it down because it makes it faster to walk away.


• If you are having a bad play- ing day during a social play, and you are slowing down the group because you have hit the ball ten times, take a 10 or X and keep going. You’ll feel better and so will your part- ners.


Hopefully these things will


help to improve slow play whether the slow player is you or one of your partners. Now, don’t forget to be a courteous golfer along the way by repair- ing your divots and raking the sand traps.


I am looking to do a story


on some of the oldest African- American female golfers in Detroit and I need your input. Send me the names, when and how long they played and any other information you would like to share with readers.


These ladies helped to pave the way for all of us and they


Red Bull holding basketball tournament


By Leland Stein III Since 2008, the Red Bull


Air Race World Championship has descended on the Detroit River treating an international audience on the Detroit and Windsor riverfronts to the rush of high-speed, low-alti- tude air racing.


The race has drawn spectac-


ular crowds and is broadcast in over 180 countries, reach- ing over 300 million viewers. The two-day spectator experi- ence has been a boon for the energy drink with wings and now it is ready to take flight in the inner city of Detroit.


The vehicle Red Bull will


use as it continues to explore the Detroit market is the Red Bull Open Run Basketball Tournament. They have enlist- ed the help of former Detroit Pistons point guard Lindsey Hunter to find four talented teams to round out the 30- team tournament taking place at Cass Technical High School July 31.


Hunter, a two-time NBA


champion, and local basket- ball trainer Will Vance will host the one-day, 30-team single game elimination tour- nament. Cass will be the host the basketball fun fest start- ing at 10 a.m. until with the last game starting at 2:30 p.m. at Cass.


In the end there will be


two teams of five players for the high school boys division (16-19) and two teams of five players for the adult men’s di- vision (20 and up).


“We are looking for four


elite teams from the Detroit area to compete in the Red Bull Open Run Basketball Tournament,” said Hunter. “We want the best of the best to come out and show us what they’ve got during this tryout. Teams will be selected based on their skill level and ability to compete. If you think your five-man team has what it takes to play against premier basketball players from across Detroit, then we want to see you on the 24th at the North- west Activities Center.”


There is no charge for teams


to try out for their chance to compete for the Red Bull Open Run Championship title. The requirements to participate are: 1) The team must have five players of the appropriate age for the division; 2) teams must bring proper gear (shoes, shorts, etc.); and 3) bring your game and be ready to com- pete.


Phil Talbert, who retired


from Detroit Parks and Rec- reation in 2003, has started a new company called Total Access Events. He is helping put the event together.


“I had a relationship with Red Bull working with them


Free diabetes health series St. Joseph Mercy Oakland (SJMO) will host


a series of free diabetic health seminars to im- prove the health of people with diabetes at its Mercy Place clinic, 55 Clinton St., Pontiac. All presentations will be held from 4 to 6 p.m.


Dates and topics are:


• Aug. 5: Diabetes and Exercise • Aug. 19: Understanding Your Medications


• Sept. 2: Series Wrap-Up Session and Certifi- cate Presentation • Sept. 16: Support Session A new series will begin in fall as follows:


• Oct. 7: What Is Diabetes?


• Oct. 21: Blood Sugar Monitoring and Man- agement


• Nov. 4: Diabetes and Nutrition • Nov. 18: Diabetes and Foot Care • Dec. 2: Diabetes and Exercise • Dec. 16: Understanding Your Medications


• Jan. 6, 2011: Series Wrap-Up and Support Session For more information, contact Tatyanna


Coleman, RN, NP, at (248) 333-0840, ext. 231, or visit www.sjmercyhealth.org.


during the Air races,” Talbert said, “so I was talking to a mar- keting person and he relayed that Red Bull was interested in building an even stronger rela- tionship with Detroit. He said they want to stay in a major market and Detroit would be a great place to implement their second tournament. Chicago was the first one.”


Talbert also noted that the


Chicago event was very suc- cessful and Red Bull wanted to have some local flavor and this is how his company got involved with the event.


“We have had our feet on


the ground running since Red Bull committed to coming here,” Talbert said. “I think this is a great opportunity for Detroit and the youth in the city. We all know that there are fewer and fewer things the city can provide for our kids in the summer, so events like this are great to help channel the youth into positive ac- tivities that get them off the street. Plus Detroit is known for producing great basketball talent.


Anyone interested should


call 1.888.504.4666. Admis- sion is $5 for tournament spectators.


Leland Stein can be reached at lelstein3@aol.com.


Ladies on the Green


THE MICHIGAN CHRONICLE


No place for ‘slow play’ on the green


need to be recognized. Until next week, keep it


moving when I see you on the green!


Events:


• Ebony Ladies Golf, 35th Annual Jack and Jill Golf Outing


Sunday Aug. 1 Registration, 8 a.m., $85


per person, dinner included Shotgun start 9:00am University Golf Club, 23520


Crawford Ave., University Park, Ill.


Contact Ellie Fox, tourna-


ment chairwoman, at (312) 525-0110


• The Ways & Means Commu- nity Foundation


Saturday, Aug. 7 Shotgun start, registration


starting at 7:30 a.m. Tee time at 8:30 a.m.


sharp.


• $100,000.00 Shootout Event, $10,000.00 hole-in-one op-


portunity and a $2,500.00 put- ting event


www.waysandmeansfoun-


dation.com. Contact Dr. Rogers (313)


310-1398 or (313) 310-3379.


• UAW Vice President Gen- eral Holiefield’s Third Annual “Leave the Light On” Golf Tournament


Friday, Aug. 27 Register by Aug. 6 Contact James Hardy or Pat


Byers at (313) 926-5491 Greystone Golf Course,


Romeo, Mich. • Par Tee Golf Club Outing Aug. 27-29 Brookwood Golf Course Call (260) 747-3136 If you have golf success


stories, tips, questions or ideas for upcoming articles, please send them to jackie@ ladiesonthegreen.com.


Jacquelyn Vaughn is the


founder and was president and CEO of Vaughn Market- ing Consultants. She current- ly owns and operates three Michigan-based assisted living facilities, including the state-licensed White House. A graduate of Northern Illinois University, she holds an MS in Instructional Media, and a BS in Radio, TV and Film. Currently a Michigan resi- dent, she is the proud mother of two.


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AUTO SHOW ACCESS:


VOLUME 70 – Number 17•• News Briefs


Ford appointed global supplier


communications manager


Angela Spencer Ford has


been appointed to Chrysler Group global supplier com- munications manager. In her new position, she will imple- ment communications initia- tives to support the company’s global supply base.


Ford joined Chrysler Group Angela Ford


in 2000 as communications manager of safe- ty programs. Since that time, she has served in a number of other communi- cations posi- tions, including manager of Safety and Government Affairs, and


most recently as communica- tions manager of Diversity and Human Resources.


Detroit schools set to close


The Detroit Public Schools


plans to close 51 schools, sav- ing the district nearly $19 mil- lion a year.


See Briefs page A-4


Michigan Chronicle to increase newsstand price


In its 70 years of publication, the


Michigan Chronicle has had few price changes. However, due to inflation and the cost of operations, we are forced to increase the price of the paper. Effective Jan. 17, it will be $1. This rate will also apply to the Michigan FRONTPage. Since the 1960s the Chronicle has only increased its price three times.We have maintained the 50 cent newsstand rate for as long as possible, but economic realities have caught up with us.


For 70 years, we have been “the


voice of the community” and will endeav- or to remain so for years to come.


Sam Logan Publisher


INSIDE


EDITORIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6 INSPIRATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3


DIRECTORY OF RELIGIOUS SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4 & B-5


SPORTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1 & C-2 HOROSCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6


ENTERTAINMENT. . . . . D-1 thru D-3 CLASSIFIEDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-5


DR. KING TRIBUTE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3


THE LINCOLN MKRconcept vehicle on display at the North American International Auto Show is one of several sedans starring at the show. – AJ Mueller Photography


Detroit auto show revs up with


ion with the GM Style event. The invite-only affair, emceed by Jimmy Kimmel, host of


celebrities, but what does it all mean? W


By Marcus Amick SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE


ell, it’s finally here. After all the anticipation, the 2007 North American International Auto Show kicked off this past Saturday in star-studded fash-


ABC-TV’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” was covered by just about every major network in the city. Dubbed by GM as Detroit’s largest ever gathering of cars and stars, the style show opened with Jay-Z stepping out of a cus- tomized “Jay-Z Blue” Yukon Denali.


HOLLYWOOD BASH The gala featured celebrities strolling


the runway in some of today’s hottest fashion lines, paired with more than 15 GM vehi- cles, including


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the Camaro convertible concept. Models included Hollywood celebrities such as Carmen Electra, Vivica A. Fox, Nick Cannon, Cheryl Hines, “Dreamgirls” star Jennifer Hudson, Christian Slater, and Detroit native Kristen Bell, star of the CW television network’s “Veronica Mars. ”


Marcus Amick Grammy award-winning R&B artist John Legend per-


formed at the event and former Detroit Pistons star John Salley was also on hand for the affair.


There’d been a lot of buzz about the GM Style event months before the affair among journalists and others hop-


See Star Power page A-4


GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD nominee Jennifer Hudson showcases General Motors’Escalade. – Monica Morgan photo


Also inside


Public rejects


Coleman’s save superintendent


résumé DPS moves to


MANY FEMALE consumers like the extra space offered in the Ford Edge.


Automakers breaking ground with women


By Melody Deniece Moore CHRONICLE ASSOCIATE EDITOR


Fifth Third partners with Vista Maria See page B-1


Get tax credits you deserve


See page B-1 Women are being sought


after by automakers that are creating special features in the latest cars to appeal to women.


From the vehicle’s style to its


color to extra interior space, certain features are attractive to women and car manufacturers are reaching out more to that market.


Courtney Caldwell, founder


of Road and Travel magazine, said automakers are doing so without ignoring male con- sumers.


“(Automakers) have been try-


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ing to make vehicles more appealing, while at the same time not turning off men,” Caldwell said. “The Ford Edge has a huge console that can be


used to put a purse in and it can very easily hide it. It’s just as good as laptop or a lunchbox.”


Caldwell said the Dodge


Caliber has features tailored to what women like. For example, the Caliber has a chilled glove compartment, which Caldwell says women can use to keep their child’s milk cold, while men can keep their drinks cold while tailgating.


The buying power of women


has grown over the last five years and automakers are capi- talizing on it. According to national statistics, women account for 80 percent of vehi- cle purchases.


Ford Motor Co.’s new


crossover utility vehicle (CUV), the Edge, offers features that


See Women & cars page A-4


By Bankole Thompson CHRONICLE SENIOR EDITOR


The Detroit School Board


moved to include Super- intendent William Coleman among a list of finalists seeking the district’s top job, despite objections from a 40-member community advisory committee.


Dr. Connie Calloway of Normandy Public School in Missouri and Dr. Doris Hope- Jackson of Calumet Public School-District 132 in Chicago were the two highly recom- mended candidates for the posi- tion, according to the commit- tee.


Dr. David Snead, former DPS


superintendent, came in third with Coleman ranking behind.


However during a Jan. 4


board meeting, board member Tyron Winfrey made a motion for Coleman to be included in the finalist stage.


“The board was trying to nul-


lify some of this controversy to allow him (Coleman) to come before the board and the com- munity,” Winfrey said. He said it


See Coleman page A-4


DR. RACHEL KEITH (left) and her husband, Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Damon Keith.


Metro Detroit mourns health care advocate Wife of respected judge


Cornelius A. Fortune CHRONICLE STAFF WRITER


Dr. Rachel Keith, 82, a


woman who defied the odds at a time when women had to strug- gle for respect as doctors, died Jan. 4. The cause of death was not known at press time.


The wife of Sixth Circuit


Court of Appeals Judge Damon Keith, Rachel Keith pioneered the way for other African American women to become physicians.


Keith was born in Monrovia,


Liberia, on May 30, 1924 to par- ents who were American med- ical missionaries. The family


returned to America in 1926, and settled in Richmond, Va. She completed her undergradu- ate studies at Houghton College in Houghton, N.Y., in 1943, where she was second in her class.


Dr. Keith completed her med-


ical degree at Boston University School of Medicine in 1949 and began her internship at Harlem Hospital in New York. She com- pleted a two-year residency in internal medicine at Detroit Receiving Hospital in 1953 and entered private practice in 1954.


“She was well respected in See Rachel Keith page A-4


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By Bankole Thompson CHRONICLE SENIOR EDITOR


On Sunday, Jan. 14, all roads will lead


to the Mariott Hotel-Renaissance Center where the Michigan Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Con- ference, under the leadership of its pres- ident, Dr. Claud Young, will honor the Jan. 15 birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a ministerial dinner.


This will be a gathering of civic and


community leaders and Black clergy. The Rev. Tellis J. Chapman of Galilee


Missionary Baptist Church will receive the Pastor of the Year Award. Rev. Charles Adams of Hartford Memorial Baptist Church will keynote the event.


Frank Taylor,


chairman of the De t r o i t - b a s e d Southern Hospital- ity Group, is the general chairper-


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son of this year’s celebration. He has expressed concern about how King’s legacy is being honored today.


Bankole Thompson He wants the younger generation to


study King. However, I want to take the charge to


the Black church, unquestionably one of the most powerful and influential groups in our community.


See SCLC page A-4


Nate Shapiro dies


Final services were held Jan. 7 for


Nate Shapiro at the Ira Kaufman Chapel. He died Jan. 3 at the age of 87.


Shapiro, registered professional engi-


neer, was presi- dent of Con- sulting Engin- eering Associates Inc., a Detroit- based firm found- ed in 1956.


He was born in


Detroit, attended Cass Technical High School and Wayne State Uni- versity.


He was an exec- Nate Shapiro


utive board member of the Detroit Branch of the NAACP-Golden Heritage member, and in 1955 received Engineer of the Year recognition from the City of Detroit.


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