Tri-County Sentry
Friday
JULY 4, 2014
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The People’s Throb
Good Health, Wealth, Strength, Intelligence… What Is the Key to a Long Life?
By Gary L. Harbour
Gabriel Camacho, 21 Oxnard, CA
Tyson Hall, 21 Port Hueneme, CA
Kevin Shrope, 28 Oxnard, CA
Minda Petralba, 68 Oxnard, CA
Jason Morris, 33 Oxnard, CA
Richard Craig, 21 Oxnard, CA
“My answer would have to be intelligence. This is because intelligence is the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills. It will ultimately help you live a long successful life. Things like good health, wealth, strength would be automatically included with being intelligent. Like Salvador Dali said, “Intelligence without ambition, is a bird without wings.”
“Confidence is the key to a long life. That’s because if you ever fall on hard times you have the confidence to persevere and get through anything. Confidence makes for a long and healthy life.”
“The key to a long life is to keep moving. Use your body every day in some way. Go to the gym; go for a walk, play golf, anything that gets you up and moving.”
“The key to a long life is good nutrition, and faith in God. My grandmother lived long time. She was a woman of great faith”
“Pace yourself in every activity. Endure through adversity by being calm. Envision your future for what you want it to be.”
“I believe the key to a long life is happiness…If a person is happy I believe that a lot of other things will come along such as good health, money etc… The key to a long life is the actual desire to live your life to its maximum potential. If a person’s living a happy life, the desire to be healthy, rich, and being intelligent, will just come.”
Michael Jordan Makes the NNPA Presents Willie Brown with Legacy Award Elite Billionaire Club
Michael Jordan Financial Juneteenth sessing very much social Michael Jordan and Dr. responsibility, particularly Dre, by becoming the first as it pertains to the black billionaires in either sports community. Additionally, or hip-hop, have reset the the exaggerated media paradigm for wealth in coverage of their achievethe black community with ments can distort the tall their successes. The up- odds they faced when side is that the magnitude achieving their goal, leadof wealth for both of these ing millions of black boys men is impressive and un- down the path to “economprecedented. The down- ic nowhere,” trying to folside is that neither of these low in their footsteps. men are known for posThe easiest way for
young black men to become millionaires or billionaires are not through the lotteries of sports and hip-hop. It is through education and entrepreneurship, which should be continuously emphasized in the black community. Jeff Lightsy at BOSS Sports gives the details of Jordan’s latest feat: Just when you thought the life of Michael Jordan couldn’t get any better, it does. Not only is “His Airness” widely considered the greatest basketball player ever in the history of the NBA, but now he is a Billionaire. According to Mike Ozanian of Forbes, because of Jordan’s recent increase of his ownership of the Charlotte Hornets from 80 percent to 89.5 percent, this puts MJ over the Billionaire mark. The Hornets are estimated to be worth JORDAN, See page 12A
VENTURA COUNTY, Calif.—Gold Coast Transit (GCT) bus passes are now available for purchase at the Ventura County Government Center’s Hall of Administration. Passes are available in 31-day, 15ride and day-pass quantities for adult, youth, and reduced-fare riders. GCT riders may also
to available transit, including the intervals at which the bus arrives and departs. GCT is committed to providing safe, efficient, quality public transit service for western Ventura County. For more information on GCT, including route information and pricing for bus passes, visit www.goldcoasttransit.org.
Gold Coast Transit’s New Multi-ride Bus Passes Available at VC Government Center take advantage of the transit system’s new Trip Planner feature on its website. Supported by Google Transit, this tool provides passengers the opportunity to plan their upcoming trips with GCT on Google by inputting their desired travel date, time and destination. The module will give a suggested travel route, linking
Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown (Photo by Worsom Robinson)
Sun-Reporter Publisher Amelia Ashley-Ward shares a laugh with Brown as NNPA Chairman Cloves Campbell looks on. (Photo by Worsom Robinson)
PORTLAND, Oregon (NNPA) – Former San Francisco mayor and Democratic powerbroker Willie Brown received the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) prestigious Legacy Award last week for his distinguished public service. The award was presented to Brown at the NNPA’s annual convention here. After recounting his days as a paperboy for the Bay area’ s Sun-Reporter, Brown said, “Your role in the African American community is unparalleled.” He said today, as in the past, Black readers rely on the Black Press more than White-owned publications. He said discussions in local barber and beauty shops center on what was published in that week’s Black newspapers. “They don’t read the oth-
er papers first – they don’t believe them,” said Brown, who served 15 years as speaker of the California Assembly before serving as mayor. “You represent the source of inspiration, the sense of accuracy.” Even though he is out of office, Brown is helping avert a transit strike in San Francisco and returned there shortly after accepting the award. “Mayor Willie Brown’s name is synonymous with excellence,” NNPA Chairman Cloves Campbell, publisher of the Arizona Informant, said prior to the ceremony. “He spent three decades in the California State Assembly – half of that time as speaker – forging coalitions and working tirelessly on behalf of Blacks and other disadvantaged groups.” Born in the small East
Texas town of Mineola in 1934 during the Jim Crow era, Brown moved to California at the age of 17 to live with an uncle. He worked his way through San Francisco State University, graduating with a degree in liberal studies and earned a law degree from the University of California. Along the way, he held a variety of jobs, including working as a janitor and as a doorman to pay for his education. He was elected to the California Assembly in 1964 and rose to speaker in 1980, a position he maintained until 1995. No speaker served as long before Brown and thanks to a 1990 term limitations law, none are likely to serve as long in the future. In 1996, Brown won the first of two terms as mayor of San Francisco. BROWN, See page 12A