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Changes At The Sentinel:
Tuesday And Friday Papers To
The Florida Sentinel newspaper came into exis- tence in 1919 in Jacksonville, Florida, founded by W. W. Andrews. However, it folded as a result of the Great Depression.
In 1945, his son, Cyril Blythe Andrews, resur- rected the newspaper in Tampa. Mr. Andrews was a man of vision, who saw a need to provide news about African Americans.
Mr. Andrews began by publishing the Sentinel once aweekandithada statewide circulation. The first edition was published on December 1, 1945.
In 1958, Mr. Andrews purchased the Tampa Bul- letin and merged the two publications. It became the Florida Sentinel Bulletin and he then began to publish twice a week.
Unique in its delivery of the news, the Sentinel had been a mainstay in the com-
munity since its origin. We feature news for Black peo- ple and about Black people on a local level.
Mr. Andrews passed the torch on to his son, C. Blythe Andrews, Jr., who operated the paper for more than 50 years. Now, it is being provided for you by his children, C. Blythe An- drews, III, and Ms. Kay Andrews.
It has been the goal of each generation to stay con- nected to the community and provide them an outlet to share their news.
Beginning in January, 2019, after listening to opin- ions of the community, we have decided to return to the once-a-week publication.
It should also be noted that the electronic genera- tion has played a role in this decision providing real time news. However, even the electronic news fails to meet the news of our community.
The newly combined publi- cation will be printed on Thursday of each week. We will offer new front page de- signs during this change as well.
We Are Offering More Positive News
• We will focus more
on local news, we will offer more coverage of youth events, ranging from little league to high school, and community events. We will also offer 3 pages of enter- tainment and 3 pages of sports.
• We will have an app for quick access to the digital, color newspaper if you want instant ac- cess.
• We will focus on our adult readers as well as the up and coming gen- erations. We feel it is important to praise, promote and help our youth stay on the right track. We will continue to publish the honor roll after each grading pe- riod and we encourage parents to take advan- tage of putting their chil- dren in a positive spotlight.
• We will publish
crime articles as usual, but we will also post them on our webpage in a timely manner.
• The 17,000 papers circulated through street sales, our digital version, and the mail subscriptions will con- tinue in keeping with the changes.
• As a result of these changes, the price of the Sentinel will increase to $1. The price increase is necessary to continue printing.
We invite you to con- tinue to support your newspaper and to con- tinue to share your news with us.
Thank You Ms. Kay Andrews, Publisher, C. Blythe Andrews, III President
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White House And Political News
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis Resigns, Scolding Trump Over
House Passes Spending Bill With Border Wall Money Setting Up Shutdown Stalemate With Senate
His Military Judgment
shutdown by Friday.
The chamber approved the
measure to keep the govern- ment running into February by a 217-185 vote. But the path forward now is murky. The bill likely will not clear the Senate because it includes more than $5 billion for the border barrier, increasing the chances that funding for seven agencies lapses after the midnight Friday deadline. Senators were told Thursday to prepare for potential votes Friday. The chamber con- venes at noon.
The Senate unanimously approved a bill Wednesday night to keep the government running through Feb. 8, with- out border wall money. Trump insisted Thursday that he would not sign it. It forced House Republicans to include the wall money in the new bill.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis announced his resig- nation Thursday afternoon, sending President Donald Trump a letter that implic- itly criticized the president's military judgment.
In the letter, Mattis sug- gested Trump was not treat- ing allies with respect and had not been "clear-eyed" about U. S. enemies and competitors.
“My views on treating al- lies with respect and also being clear-eyed about both malign actors and strategic competitors are strongly held and informed by over four decades of immersion in these issues,” he wrote.
Mattis told the president in the letter that he should have a defense chief who shares his views.
In his resignation letter to Trump, Mattis implicitly criti- cized him for not being "clear- eyed" about U. S. enemies and competitors.
“Because you have the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views are bet- ter aligned with yours on
these and other subjects, I believe it is right for me to step down from my position,” he wrote.
Many traditional U. S. al- lies have been frustrated by Trump's open differences with them, and Mattis ap- peared to take the president to task for that in the letter.
"One core belief I have al- ways held is that our strength as a nation is inextricably linked to the strength of our unique and comprehensive system of alliances and part- nerships," the general wrote.
"While the U. S. remains the indispensable nation in the free world, we cannot protect our interests or serve that role effectively without maintaining strong alliances and showing respect to those allies," the letter said.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin, right, speaks to members of the media while House Major- ity Leader Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, listens following a meeting with U. S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C.o
The House passed a tem- porary spending bill Thurs- day with money for Pres. Donald Trump's pro- posed border wall, further muddying the scramble to dodge a partial government
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