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Police, Businesses Replace Child’s Stolen Bicycle
Lt. Randy Peters, Erica Beckwith, Anthony Ward, Caleb Howard, and Major Lee Bercaw are shown with the bicycle obtained to replace Caleb’s stolen bicycle. (Photo courtesy of Tampa Police Department)
Popular Civil Rights Pioneer, Educator Loses Battle With Cancer
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
On June 23rd, an eight-year- old boy was riding his bicycle in his North Tampa neighborhood. An older child approached him, beat him, and took his bicycle. Caleb Howard was not seri- ously injured in the attack, po- lice said.
The Tampa Police Depart- ment was contacted and re- sponded to the scene. Major Lee Bercaw and Lt. Randy Peters were both in the area when the robbery took place.
After learning about the de- tails involving the young victim, the officers reached out to Pawn Max, a local business in the area. The owner of the pawn shop willingly agreed to donate
a bicycle to the young child. The police officers were able to involve two other businesses, Joe Haskins Bicycle Shop and OPG Detail Shop, to return the
bicycle to like-new status.
On Friday, Tampa Police of- ficers created a lasting memory with Caleb when they pre- sented him with his new bicycle
and brought a smile to his face. Police are currently investi- gating the incident and hope to learn the identity of the suspect. Officers advise other bicycle owners to use the free service of registering their bicycles. If the bicycle is stolen and has been registered, it will help police lo- cate it and return it to its right- ful owner. Anyone wishing to register his or her bicycle can visit www.tampagov.net/police.
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
Funeral services will be held for on Friday, July 3, 2015, for Dr. Wayne Anthony Quin, a Tampa educator and Civil Rights activist. Dr. Quin lost his battle with cancer on Friday
As a teenager and while still in high school, Dr. Quin joined his mother as a Civil Rights Activist in McComb, Mississippi. Following graduation from high school, he enrolled at Jackson State Univer- sity.
Dr. Quin later relocated to Tampa and em- barked upon a career in sales and sales manage- ment.
He then returned to school and earned his B. S. Degree in Behavior Disorders from the University of South Florida. In 1997, Dr. Quin launched his career as an educator with the Hillsborough County School District.
As a charter member of the staff at Blake High School, he was a teacher of students with emotional handicaps and a founding member of the Blake Faculty Jazz Ensemble.
Dr. Quin transferred to Leto High School after completing the Master of Arts degree in Varying Exceptionalities also at USF.
During his tenure at Leto, Dr. Quin served as a class sponsor and completed the Master of Edu- cational Leadership degree.
The next step in Dr. Quin’s career as an edu- cator came about when he became a charter mem- ber of the George S. Middleton High School staff and earned administrative experience working in the Office of Student Affairs while entering the doc- toral program in Global Organizational Develop- ment.
As a part of the requirements for the doctoral program, Dr. Quin studied, conducted research, and gave presentations in Sweden, Finland, and Russia. He earned the Doctor of Philosophy degree also at USF in the Adult Education Department in 2012.
In addition to having served as a Department Head in Special Education, Dr. Quin served as an administrator at every level of K-12 education, ele- mentary, middle, secondary, and adult, including serving as the Principal of Central City Elementary School, as Assistant Principal for Administration at Gary Adult High School, as well as Assistant Prin- cipal at Burns Middle School and King High
DR. WAYNE ANTHONY QUIN 2/25/1960 —- 6/26/2015
School.
As a member of the Assistant Principal I Coun-
cil, Dr. Quin served as Area Representative, Chair-Elect, was twice elected Chairman of the Council, and served several terms as a Member-at- Large.
Dr. Quin remained an educator until his health prevented him from continuing.
As a member of Beulah Baptist Institutional Church, he was a member of the Deacon’s Board, the liaison of the Ministry for Young Adults, In- terim Chairman of the Public Relations Ministry, a member of the Music Ministry, Church Advisory Board, and Adult Dance and Drama Ministry.
Dr. Quin was also a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and a former executive board member of the Hillsborough County Branch of the NAACP.
In his spare time he enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, playing music, and studying the Martial Arts.
Dr. Quin is survived by his wife, Mrs. Di- anna Allen-Quin, twins, Wayne Anthony, II, and Brianna Nevaeh, other family members and friends.
Jackson Funeral Home is in charge of handling arrangements.
Woman Files Protest Against Department Of Corrections
BY LEON B. CREWS Sentinel Staff Writer
On December 4, 1999, Adrian Harris was ar- rested on an assortment of charges that included second-degree murder and robbery with a gun. On January 11, 2002, he was sentenced to life in prison.
Before Harris’s arrest, he was preparing to marry the mother of two children, Yolanda McK- innie. Since his conviction, Ms. McKinnie has still tried to marry Harris, but is alleging the De- partment of Corrections and the facility where he’s incarcerated has prevented it.
“I was told what procedure needed to be fol- lowed to make that happen, and I completed and submitted all of the necessary paperwork. I com- pleted the background check performed on me, and I was told by prison officials that the paper- work was sent to the Chaplin, who was supposed to forward it to the warden.”
Ms. McKinnie said after going back-and-forth with prison officials about when she could marry Harris, she was told later because of a problem with her last name, she would not be allowed to visit him again.
“I had already taken care of the issue of my last name changing from Spike to McKinnie, and there was no problem. That was at least until we
YOLANDA MCKINNIE AND ADRIAN HARRIS
decided to get married.
“It seems they don’t want us to get married.
When I call, I get inaccurate information from the prison officials, and just because a man has been sentenced to life doesn’t mean he can’t have a wife.
“I’ve been accused of submitting false informa- tion on documents I completed for my visitation and our marriage. The information I sent them is the same they’ve been using to allow me to visit him. If there was nothing wrong with it then, why is there a problem now?”
Ms. McKinnie said she wants her visitation privileges reestablished, and she wants officials to admit they screwed up with my application to get married instead of making it look like I did some- thing wrong.
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