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Know the dangers of hypertension and how to manage it. pg.16

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Explore Identity Thief and ways to avoid these new age outlaws pg.8

We introduce you to one of Inglewood’s most talented sons pg.7

November 2016

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings. Willaim Arthur Ward

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In This Issue Democracy at Work Election Results and where our people go from here.

Supporting our Vets An insightful look at our vets and their need for support. Community Spotlight: Inglewood from Willie Agee’s Prespective.

Inside the Booth: Discover the talents of Ingle-wood’s very own Davion Farris.

Bee Smart: Explore Identity Thief and protec-tion from these new age outlaws.

Community Insider: Edward Vincent jr. Park and the man behind the name.

In Pictures: Join us in giving thanks to all those that keep Inglewood going. A Healthier You Hypertension: its all about vigilence and early detection.

Teacher Salute: Honoring those that inspire the future of Inglewood. Up & ComingIntroducing the artist known as Yung Nova

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DEMOCRACY AT WORK!!

It may seem a little cliché to start this off quoting Spiderman, but

Stan Lee and Steve Ditko were onto something when they included the line “with great power comes great responsibility”. With the presiden-tial elections behind us and Ingle-wood’s District 1 and 2 elections coming early next year, there are great opportunities to wield that power.The thought that our actions have little or no consequence to the qual-ity of our life is a myth that keeps us subjugated. What I am talking about is simple, Life is an ever-re-volving opportunity for advance-ment, and voting is the vehicle for change in our community. It’s as simple as that. We as a country have a lot to do and tough decision to make that will have a huge impact on its people. Our president has stepped down and together we have decided who is best equipped to steer this country for the next 4 years. It just so happens that this year’s decision literally came from left field. For those of you still in disbelief of

our new esteemed commander and chief, I share your shock but get over it. Whether we like it or not, just look at the numbers, 29 of our 50 states voted for our president elect, five of which Mitt Romney lost in his 2012 presidential bid. As far as actually votes go it’s hard to make a substantial case for her overwhelming victory in the pop-ular vote when there were over 125,000,000 voters that came out on November 8th and she won the popular vote by less than 2,000,000 so far. I know some of you are like that’s not a small number, but if you put it in perspective, they both re-ceived a little over 60 million votes that’s about a 2% margin of victory. Donald Trump is our president elect and hopefully he can be a good president. Yes, I said it and no, I am not a supporter of either party. I understand that some of his campaign rhetoric, ok a lot more than some, has been offensive but while we trust our democratic process to give a voice to the many, Our political system has its own set of procedures. This is not a king-

dom nor a communist nation so our new president must follow the rules of law and our governmental processes. I agree with protesting and speaking out where there is injustice. Let’s give the new presi-dent, the support and benefit of the doubt, after all in this wonderful nation we are innocent until proven guilty, after which we can start the impeachment process. Fields throughout America are riddled with the decomposed remains of proud men and women who gave their life for the rights and freedoms that many of us take for granted today. We need active participation from informed cit-izens. It is the fundamental and sometimes flawed component that guides our democracy. I challenge every citizen, those of Inglewood and beyond, be informed and be a part of your City. Participate in your Community. Democracy cannot work if you don’t take part, and if you will participate then read and analyze for yourself, join in the conversation not the noise.

LIKE IT OR NOT, IT’S

Donald Trump President Elect

Kamila Harris Senator

Mike Pence Vice- President Elect

Maxine Waters Congresswoman

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Veterans Day is here again. It’s that one day of the year when everyone’s focus turns to honor those men and women who have served and sacri-ficed for our country’s ideals.Over the past 15 years, over 2.5 mil-lion active and reserve members of the U.S. armed forces have left mili-tary service and returned to civilian life. In the next four to five years, another million, most of whom are post-9/11 veterans, will make this transition. That is millions of men and women that stood up for our rights and freedoms finding them-selves in a daily struggle to readjust to civilian life. For a soldier, sailor, airman or Ma-rine who has served in the military, reintegrating into civilian life can be challenging, especially if you no longer have the support system you once had. Challenges include post-traumatic stress disorder, un-employment, broken families, and

homelessness. There are still quite a few that does not know or appreciate how life changes for those enlisted when they return home. For every person that enlists, there is the obvious fear of death or bodily harm. What is unforeseen to most, however, is the psychological trauma caused by extreme circumstances and situations. One vet that served in Afghanistan once said that while on patrol his unit was ambushed by a small group. He saved the life of his fellow soldier but 10 years later he still dreams of the incident and the two teens that he was forced to kill.For others, it was the “trauma of time” that has affected them. This is being gone for 6 months or may-be a year or two, if not more, when they get back stateside they find that circumstances have changed, this includes broken relationships, dead relatives, and unforeseen financial

hardships. With all that can go wrong, with all that they have faced and sacrificed for our liberties we owe every vet-eran a debt that extends far beyond one day a year. Luckily there are outlets that assist these unfortu-nate patriots. One such outlet is US VETS right here in Inglewood. They provide a wide array of services and volunteer opportunities.

Supporting our VeteransThe successful transition of military veterans and their families through the provision of housing, counseling, career development and comprehen-sive support. Services Include:• Counseling• Job placement• Case management• Employment assistance• Drug and alcohol-free housing

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Community Spotlight:We introduce to you, One of our city’s most talented sons

Inglewood Times celebrates oneof our city’s cornerstones

Willie Agee, originally from Dix-on Mills Alabama, served in the Korean war before settling into Inglewood in the early 1950’s. For 37 years Willie was a truck driver, all the while remaining socially conscious through his support for Jimmy Hoffa and his membership with the teamsters.After retirement, he decided to get more involved in his city. This led to multiple visits to city council meetings. The more he went the more he enjoyed it, and the more he got involved, helping however he can. After years of becoming a regular face at Inglewood’s City Hall and at the various meetings he was asked to head up the parks and recreation division as the Park Commissioner. As the commis-sioner and even before Willie has always seen the beauty and poten-tial of Inglewood both in its natural beauty and in the strength of its people. It is for his love and dedication of this city that the Mayor and CityCouncil decided to dedicate the In-glewood Playhouse to Willie Agee.

With a chuckle, Willie remembers how different Inglewood used to

be, and the thousands of residents that left the community shorly after “diversity” began moving into thier neighbourhood. He went on to say how refreshing it was to see how far we have come as a city and a country especially when it comes to race relations, all this was evident to him with the influx of some of the same families that had left 50 years prior. Today Inglewood is a beautiful melting pot of many cultures and religions and we are stronger be-cause of it. Considering Willie’s unique per-spective on Inglewood’s history and development we had to ask, what was one of the major differences in Inglewood over the decades? While he did highlight some

disappointment within the school system, he believes that new pol-icies are being implemented that should start to result with students better equipped to survive in this changing America. The major change he has seen is with our young people. Highlight-ing their obvious lack of a sound value system. He went on to share a bit about his own upbringing and one of his heroes that helped to shape him into the man he is today, his grandfather Joe Lockett.

One of the things that set Joe apart was his self-sufficiency. He acquired farm land and successfully farmed it without formal education or any government assistance, all in a time where something as basic as voting was denied to him because of his race. The second, and most impres-sive was his heart; his compassion was like none other. Always helping whenever and wherever he could. Joe even took care of his 20 grand-children even after his wife passed away. Willie’s wish is for every young person to have the kind of role model he was blessed with. Someone that they can rely on, not just for the essentials but to inspire them and instill a sound moral framework.

QSo, Davion you sing, you write, you produce and you record,

which best identify your role within the music industry?

AThat is a difficult one. I love to sing, I always have, and while I

like a variety of songs, there is just something different about singing something you wrote. As for the tech-nical side, the recording, I am good at it and I enjoy making music. When I was at the music camp with Tyrese, I would spend 15-20 hours a day work-ing on beats and recording. In the end, I would like to just be known for making good music.


INSIDE THE BOOTHWho is Davion Farris?

We introduce to you, One of our city’s most talented sons

As a pre-teen Davion began his profes-sional music career with his brothers signed to DreamWorks SKG by, the then head of the urban music division, Industry veteran Jheryl Busby. Busby, the former president of Motown re-cords, has worked with music legends such as Lionel Richie, and Stevie Won-der, and has developed artists such as Boys II Men, and Johnny Gill just to name a few.

Unfortunately, upon Busby’s death, Davion and his siblings were released from the label and he continued his education graduating from Inglewood High School in 2012.

Still having the interest for music and the skill to create, Davion reached out to a few of his contacts still in the music business and started his musical journey once again.

QSo, Davion you sing, you write, you produce and you record,

which best identify your role within the music industry?

AThat is a difficult one. I love to sing, I always have, and while I

like a variety of songs, there is just something different about singing something you wrote. As for the tech-nical side, the recording, I am good at it and I enjoy making music. When I was at the music camp with Tyrese, I would spend 15-20 hours a day work-ing on beats and recording. In the end, I would like to just be known for making good music.

QYou have written or produced for artists like Tyrese, Trey Songs

and Mary J. Blige as well as receiving an ASCAP award for the song “Never” performed by Jaheim. For an up and coming singer how does it feel hearing the song you wrote being sung on the radio by another artist?

AThat feeling is definitely bitter-sweet. I mean like I said before

I love music and it was an honor to work with all these great artists. When I hear my song playing I am humbled first because thousands of people, if not more, are listening and enjoying something I helped to create. On the other hand, as an up and coming

singer I want to get my voice out there. When I was 5 years old I did my first solo at a Christmas pageant in my church. A few years later I was intro-duced to Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the key of life and it changed my world forever. I knew then that I wanted to do music, and now that I am, I am just grateful for everyone that has given support throughout this journey.

Check out more of Davion Farris on Facebook or Instagram or on

SoundCloud featuring his two new singles. “Don’t hold back” feat. Tiffany Gouche and “New Thing” feat. Iman Omari all links and full video inter-view available on inglewoodtimes.com


Community Insider:It’s very important to build on the discoveries and accomplishments of those that have walked before us. This is the only way to truly move forward as a progressive society. What better way to honor and pay homage to those that have served our community, than by immortaliz-ing their names onto community structures, streets and other facilities. These are intended to act as beacons of hope and positivity, forever reminding us of what hard work, dedication and perseverance can

achieve. These people have helped laid the foundation for us and unfortunately many of this gener-ation doesn’t know who they are or what they had accomplished. Today we look at one such name-sake.

The Edward Vincent Jr. Park is one of the larger parks in LA county and a favorite for many in Ingle-wood. This is a massive park with many structures including tennis court, baseball field, basketball court, swimming pool, skate park, multiple playgrounds and beauti-ful, wide open fields just to name a few. It is an impressive develop-ment this is trying desperately to live up to a very large shadow cast by the life and accomplishments of Mr. Vincent himself.Edward Vincent jr Died August 31 in Los Angeles, at the time of his

death he was survived by his wife of 55 years, Marilyn, two daugh-ters, three grandchildren, two great-grandchildren along with a host of relatives and friends. He was born on June 23rd 1934 in Steubenville, Ohio. He received an athletic scholarship to the Uni-versity of Iowa in 1952. There, he majored in Public Relations and Advertising. Vincent excelled on the football field, receiving All Big Ten and All-American honors. As the third draft choice of the 1956 Los Angeles Rams, Vincent played in several games before being side-lined by injury.While serving in the military, Vin-cent received all Army and service Football Team honors. After an honorable discharge from the U.S. Army in 1959, Vincent continued his education, earning a BA degree in Corrections and Social Welfare


Community Insider:from California State University, Los Angeles. He then embarked upon a 35-year career with the Los Angeles County Probation Department.Vincent was elected to the Inglewood Unified School District’s Board of Trustees, where he served as president from 1978 to 1979. Moreover, he repre-sented the residents of District No. 4 on the Inglewood City Council from 1979 to 1983. In 1983, Vincent began his term as the first African-American Mayor of the City of Inglewood and was re-elected for three additional terms. He was also commissioner of the State of California World Trade Commission.Vincent served as a member of the California State Assembly from 1996 to 2000, representing the 51st Assem-bly District. Between 2000 and 2008 Vincent also served in the State Senate. He was forced to leave the Senate in 2008 due to term limits but remained active in his community until the day of his death. People like the Honorable Edward Vin-cent Jr, has giving us so much simply by living a life that others, lik myself can aspire to one day reach. With So many barriers such as poverty, illness, racism and a hundred other isms, We as a people, the people of Inglewood, need to look pass all the possible excuses that could be highlighted and keep pushing forward, towards pros-perity, towards a better tomorrow for us and the little ones following our footsteps. We here at the Inglewood Times would like to give thanks this thanksgiving to the life of Mr. Edward Vincent Jr, a man of principles who never stopped evolving.


In Pictures

The Gears that keep our Community RunningJust like any other community that has been around long

enough, we as a city have seen our highs and our lows, but through it all we have persevered. This indomitable spirit that inhabits our community, that dwells within the very heart and soul of our people is what keeps us pushing forward.

This Thanksgiving, as we carve our turkey and reflect on our many blessings let’s take the time to recognize and

appreciate the many community workers that keep our city alive. Many of whom are charged with the thankless task of serving and protecting our rights, our safety, our children, and many times our very lives.

These are the people that dawn their uniforms each day, rain or shine, just to make sure that mail gets delivered

or that trash gets taken away. For those in the healthcare field, they have to brave death and disease on a daily basis and many times cope with us when we are at our worst. From our city officials to our teachers that we trust to cul-tivate our next generation; these are the gears that keep our community going, these are Inglewood’s everyday heroes and they do deserve our recognition and appreciation.

We Salute the men and women who keeps Inglewood Strong.

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The Gears that keep our Community RunningThese are the people that dawn their uniforms each day,

rain or shine, just to make sure that mail gets delivered or that trash gets taken away. For those in the healthcare field, they have to brave death and disease on a daily basis and many times cope with us when we are at our worst. From our city officials to our teachers that we trust to cul-tivate our next generation; these are the gears that keep our community going, these are Inglewood’s everyday heroes and they do deserve our recognition and appreciation.

Inglewood Times joins the rest of the citizens of Inglewood City in saluting all the men and women who serves our great City.


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Inglewood Times’ Salutes Its Teacher of the MonthA Healthier You

Each time your heart beats, blood is pumped through your arteries and veins, the blood vessels

of your circulatory system. Arterial blood pressure, is created by the force exerted by the blood against the artery walls, as they carry blood around your body.Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is when the pressure of the blood being pumped through your arteries is higher than it should be.

High blood pressure, or hypertension has been called the “silent killer”, because it often has no warning signs or symptoms, and many people do not even know they have it. Over time, the constant pressure overload causes accumulating damage that eventually becomes more than your circulatory system can han-dle, often leading to serious health problems.

Treatment typical-ly involves lifestyle changes and medica-tions when necessary. If you are pre-hyper-tensive, but otherwise healthy, your doctor is most likely going to encourage life-style changes, such as eating a healthier diet, quitting smoking, getting more exer-cise, and managing stress, as a first step to lowering your blood pressure. However, if this doesn’t work, or you are already hy-pertensive, you may need medications.If you are healthy, blood pressure med-ications are recom-mended when your blood pressure is

160 / 100 mm Hg or higher, but if you have other cardiovascu-lar risk factors such as atherosclerosis, diabetes, or obesity, your doctor is likely to recommend med-ication earlier so as to protect your kid-neys, heart, and other organs from potential damage. Generally, the treatment goal is to lower blood pres-sure to less than 140 / 90 mm Hg in people younger than 60, and less than 150 / 90 in people older than 60.

After you start antihy-pertensive medica-tion, your doctor will want to follow your blood pressure regu-

larly for a few months to make sure you reach your treatment goal. You may also need blood tests to check the health of your kidneys, which are sometimes affect-ed as a side effect of blood pressure med-icine.

Keeping track of your blood pressure is important. Check your blood pressure and have regular medical checkups or tests as your health care provider advises. Hy-pertension does not have to be a death sentence if you take it seriously and make the necessary change in diet and lifestyle.

Lets get active and informed, Hypertension does not have to be a silent killer anymore.


Inglewood is blessed to have some pretty amazing men and women who guide, advice, enlighten and inspire our next generation. We know this is not Beverly Hills, our schools struggle with the lack of funding to keep all their programs running and their facilities updated with the latest equipment and technologies. • Making the most out of

limited resources• Being able to creatively

package learning so its applicable

• and most importantly being able to keep law and order among unruly and often misunderstood teens.

All these skills are what makes Mr. Arnold Fuller our Teacher of the Month.

Mr. Fuller has been teaching math for over 16 years, 10 of which has been with Ingle-wood High School where he

currently teaches. After over 20 years as an engineer in the aerospace industry, Mr. Fuller decided to transition careers after his retirement. He went on to get a master’s Degree from LMA and start-ed his teaching career.

Coming out of the aero-space industry, Arnold was always exposed to the latest technologies and advance-ments. With this experience, he along with the tremen-dous support of his princi-pal Mr. Douglas and other key personnel such as Mr. Smith, and Mrs. Edwards and of course with the help and blessings from all those at the School District, Im-plemented Inglewood High School’s first two project based learning programs.

One is a robotics class, where students come to-gether and build a robot from scratch then compete with other schools with their robots. The second class is a computer game design class where experts in the industry

come in and give students an introduction to actual coding.

Mr. Fuller loves what he does and has a genuine love for not just imparting his knowledge and skills but in inspiring those of tomorrow to take a hold of their future today. When asked about parents support in the education process, Arnold expressed his desire to see more parent participation in students’ lives.

It takes a village to raise a child and that is true more today than ever before. Parents, follow up on your child’s progress, Have an active relationship with your child’s teacher. Only if there is commitment & cooperation between all parties can this process truly work.

Arnold Fuller - Teacher of the Month - Inglewood High

Inglewood Times’ Salutes Its Teacher of the Month

Lets get active and informed, Hypertension does not have to be a silent killer anymore.


Ok Inglewood and beyond, you know we love highlighting our beautiful and talent people. This new artist ‘Yung Nova” is straight outta Inglewood and has his eyes set on making it big.

We had a chance to sit down with him for a few minutes and this is what he had to say.

Yung Nova: What’s Up its your boy, Yung Nova, Inglewood Stand Up.

Inglewood Time: How did the whole rapping thing get started?

Yung Nova: That actually started by accident in middle School. I was in homeroom one day, and we were to either write an essay or read a book. At that time, I was going through a lot of hardshipat home, my dad was in jail and my mom was on drugs, so I guess as a sort of therapy I picked up the pen and just started writing. Turns out it wasn’tmuch of an essay it was a rap. Now i had a friend that heard me and gathered a lot of students to hear my song thinking it would be a good laugh,instead it was pretty good and I haven’t stopped writing since.

Inglewood Time: how did you go from writing songs in middle school to making music today?

Yung Nova: I used to be like everyone else, beating on tables and coming up with raps but if you consider yourself a true artist and you have apassion for it, it’s just going to happen. I will tell anyone that wants to pursue their dream It’s all about dedication and commitment.

Up and Coming

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THE RAM’S TOP 5 Moments of the Past

NFL’s GREATEST HITS Deacon Jones. Merlin Olsen. Lamar Lundy. Rosey Grier. One of the greatest defensive line in NFL history. THE TEST OF TIME Not many NFL records last more than 60 years, but Dick “Night Train” Lane’s 14 interceptions (as a rookie!) in 1952 with the Los Angeles Rams still stands up as the single-season record. Nobody this century has more than 10 in a season. INTESTINAL FORTITUDE Rams defensive end Jack Youngblood play-ing through the 1979 playoffs with a broken fibula. It was reported that he broke his leg in the divisional round against Dallas and had to argue with the trainers to tape it up and get back on the field. “RAM IT” The official song of the LA Rams 1980s when sports teams thought it was cool to make music videos. Worth it for the Jackie Slater (No. 78) saxophone part and Nolan Cromwell (No. 21) trying to dance. 1951 Championship The Rams beat the Browns 24-17 at the Los Angeles Coliseum in the 1951 champi-onship game. They did so with one of the most exciting teams in NFL history.

As a fellow fan, I know all the requests for Jared Goff especially the recent chants from the crowds come from a place of love. We are glad to have the Rams back in LA, and while we know that Rome was not built in a day, we want champions.

“Good things come to those who wait”. We have all heard it before but never has it been more applicable than with this current football season. The reason why we all seem to be back seat coaching is because we can’t rationalize why we have a quarter back playing, that seems to not be working, when we have a newly drafted quarterback still in his original package, sitting on a shelf.

To be fair, we are fans and we want to win, but this desire cannot be greater than Jeff Fisher’s whose job depends on winning. I believe that the entire Rams organization is in this for a champi-onship so let’s be a little patient, trust that Jeff Fisher, Case Keenum feels the pressure to deliver and that Goff is not a dud, and will be able to proudly take the field sometime soon.

GOFF still on the shelf.

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