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The next African Ameri-can Men and Boys andWomen and Girls Conferencewill be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Saturday, December 11, atGus Garcia Middle School,located at 7414 Johnny Mor-ris Road. The conference willfocus on scientific discoveryand STEM, as part of the Na-tional Lab Day Initiative.

Austin Students Invited to Men andBoys Conference Saturday

The keynote speak-ers will be Dr. Greg Clark, ascientist from the Universityof Texas at Austin, and moti-vational speaker DeweyAllen.

. Workshops will beheld for parents, students andeducators. Workshop topicswill also nclude life skills andemployment, and responsible

relationships.Refreshments will be

provided and door prizes willbe given. For more infor-mation about National LabDay, visit www. national labday.org.

For general informationabout the conference, callconference sponsor MichaelLofton at 585-6696.

Recent Men and Boys and Women and Girls conference held at Reagan High School

Y o u t h U n l i m i t e d -AustinPresident Richard Franklin, III was a guestspeaker at the Learning For-ward Conference in Atlanta,Georgia, December 7. At thisannual meeting of educatorsfrom across the nation, Franklin presented the his-tory of his program and thesuccesses demonstrated thusfar in the Texas public educa-tion system.

Also presenting wasHost Dr. Mark Diaz, (Presi-dent, Learning Forward). Ad-ditional speakers include Dr.Leonard Moore, AssociateVice President of the Univer-sity of Texas - African Ameri-can Studies, Patrick Patterson,former principal of LBJ HighSchool in Austin, Texas, com-munity outreach liaison forUT, and Mr. Wayne Williams,Teacher of Special Educationat Manor Middle School.

Youth Unlimited is anon-technical approach formotivating young men andwomen. The program in-creases the students’ under-

standing of the importance ofeducation as it relates to theircontinued success. Demon-strated in three Texas schooldistricts: Austin ISD, ManorISD, and the Hearne ISD - thissystem has increased stan-dardized test scores, reducedbehavior management is-sues, and improved schoolattendance rates dramati-cally.

Youth Unlimited em-powers youth to ask for helpand work with other youthto meet educational goals.Inclusive of peer to peermentoring , the group in-creases the odds of educa-tional success and supportsthe development of criticalthinking skills. This ap-proach reinforces the positivemodel of working diligentlyand of asking for help whennecessary to meet ones’ goals.

Our youth are our col-lective future. Youth Unlim-ited emphasizes teamworkand ‘ Co-Op - petion ‘ insteadof the now defunct competi-tion model.

Richard Franklin, III speaks atLearning Forward Conference

Richard Franklin, III, President of Youth Unlimited - Austin

There were two PoliceMonitor public meetingsDec. 7 at 3 and 6 p.m. Spe-cial accommodations for in-terviews with the candi-dates for media was ar-ranged at 2 p.m. prior to the3 p.m. meeting. Mediacould attend both meetings.

The public meetingswas held at the MillenniumYouth Entertainment Com-plex, 1156 Hargrave St.

The four remainingfinalists are CristinaBeamud, Ann del Llano,Margo Frasier and RenitaSanders.

The Police Monitorhas the responsibility ofpromoting mutual respectbetween the Austin PoliceDepartment and the Austincommunity and ensuringthat complaints about policefrom the public are handledfairly.

The four finalist comewith a variety of experi-ences:

Margo Frasier is a Se-nior Associate of MGT ofAmerica. MGT of Americais a national mamagementresearch an sonsulting firmin the fields of criminal jus-tice/public safety, educa-tion and state/local govern-ment. She was TravisCounty’s first female sher-iff, serving two four-yearterms from 1977 to 2005. Af-ter leaving the Sheriff’s of-fice, Frasier moved toHuntsville and served as aprofessor of criminal justiceat Sam houston State.Frasier earned a Doctor ofJurisprudence from the‘florida State UniversityCollege of Law i Tallessee,FL.;

Renita Sanders is cur-rently Assistant PoliceMonitor for the City of Aus-tin. As Assistant PoliceMonitor, she monitors in-vestigations and critical in-cidents including officer-in-volved shootings. Sandershas a back in government

administration withextensiveexperience in hu-man resource management.She is also a certified PublicManager. LSeh earned herlaw degree from ConcordLaw School in Los Angeles,CA.;

Ann del Llano is afamily law attorney, ownerof Capital City Solutions.She recently founded thelobbing and campaign ser-vices firm. She has workedwith the American Civil Lib-erties Union (ACLU) ofTexas and the ACLU DrugLaw Reform Project, special-izing in the Texas Criminaljustice system and the statebudget. Whe has contrib-uted to several successfulefforts to pass state and lo-cal legislation and budgetpriorities, as well as a vari-ety of educational cam-paigns. del Llano has a LawDegree from the Univeristyof California, Hastings Col-lege of Law, San Francisco;

Christina Beamud isexecutive Director, City ofAtlanta Citizen ReviewBoard. She started her careeras a Police Officer in the Roch-ester, N.Y., Police Depart-ment. She left law enforce-ment to attend law school.Beamund has served as aprosecutor, supervised com-munity courts and served asLegal Advisor for the Cam-bridge, Mass., Police Depart-ment. She established the Po-lice Auditor’s Office for theCity of Eugene, Ore. Beamudearned her law degree fromNortheastern UniversitySchool of Law in Boston.

The person chosen forthe job will replace CliffBrown who was elected to aJudgeship in the recent elec-tion. He will take office inJanuary. There is a lot if in-terest in the person who willreplace hom.

The City Manageranticipates selecting a PoliceMonitor later this month.

Four finalist for the City’s Police Monitor’sposition took the opportunity to meet

with the community this week

Margo Frasier Renita Sanders

Ann del Llano Christina Beamud

Capital Metrorecently received a $140,302 eq-uity return check from the TexasMunicipal League-Intergovern-mental Risk Pool (TML-IRP) foroutstanding efforts to reduce ac-cidents and associated costs.

This return isone of the largest of all of the2,682 members in the pool. Capi-tal Metro’s consistent safety ef-forts contributed to a decreasein the agency’s insurance premi-ums this year.

Capital Metro providesextensive safety training for itsstaff and has been recognized bythe transportation industry forsafety innovations. The agency

Capital Metro Receives$140,302 Equity Return from

Texas Municipal League

performs regular facility inspec-tions to keep its workplacessafe, and the entire fleet hasbeen outfitted with theDriveCam system to reduce ac-cidents and facilitate operatortraining.

This is the secondequity return check earned byCapital Metro during 2010, andcumulatively, the agency hasbeen refunded nearly one mil-lion dollars for its loss preven-tion efforts since 2003.

TML-IRP pro-vides liability, property andworkers’ compensation cover-age to local government agen-cies.

Capital Metro Risk Manager Michael Nyren, left, and Presi-dent and CEO Linda S. Watson, right, accept a $140,302 check fromTML-IRP Field Services Representative Linda Dunbar Orrick.

PresidentObama cannot

win!For more than two years

now, President Barack Obamahas been charges with all of thethings that is wrong in Wash-ington. He is being blamed forthe economic crisis, the loss ofjobs and high unemployment,being too slow in getting theHealth Care Bill passed andmany other issues. He is nowbeing charged with not havinga spine.

After the mid term elec-tions, Obama, like most of ushas seen the hand writing on thewall. He knows that when thenew congress takes office inJanuary, it will be a lot harder toget some of the things that hefeels strongly about passed. So,he chose to make a deal with theRepublican leadership to sup-port the extension of the BushTax Cuts for another two years.In exchange, they agreed to sup-port an extension of the unem-ployment payment for anotheryear. Those benefits were to runout at the end of the year.

The Liberal Democratswere angered over the agreementand felt that President Obamashould have put up a biggerfight over the tax issue, even atthe expense of the unemployedand other programs that he feelsthat he can get passed duringthis lame duck congress.

Many of the people whoare complaining are the samepeople who would not be seenwith the president during theelection. The more conservativeDemocrats, who are more likelyto side with the Republicans,made sure that when Obamacame to town, they would be asfar away as possible.

The President made theright decision in making the deal.The rich would not be hurt bythe elimination of the tax cuts.They have been preparing forthat to happen ever since theprogram went into effect. How-ever, those people who wouldloose their unemployment ben-efits would have a difficult timepaying their bills and puttingfood on the table. With no jobin sight, they were wonderinghow to continue to pay theirbills.

We must remember thatBarack Obama was a communityorganizer and fully understandsthe plight of the poor. He alsoknows that, without the help ofour government, we would havea crisis on our hands.

It is time for our elected rep-resentatives to recognize the factthat they also have a responsibil-ity to their citizens. It is not thesole responsibility of the Presi-dent of the United States to comeup with solutions to our problems,but the entire congress sharesthat responsibility. While they areputting pressure on the president,we need to be putting pressureon them. We need to be askingthem what they are doing to solvethe unemployment problem in thenation.

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The African Diaspors SectionBy Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon

The African Community and theHouse Bill 23

Over the years, peoplefrom the African continenthave moved to the UnitedStates so that the next genera-tion will have access to a bet-ter education and stability.

Moreover, numerouschildren whose parents areoriginally from the Africancontinent have done well inschool.

Furthermore, they havea high achievement rate anda high graduation rate of suc-cess in school.

However, if the HouseBill 23, which was authoredby Debbie Riddle, passes theTexas House of Representa-tives, then it would cause par-ents of African origins to notbe involved in their children’seducation.

If House Bill 23 passesthen it would require schoolofficials to check the immigra-tion status of every school stu-

Debbie Riddle

dent, which would cause Af-rican parents to become “un-interested” in various schoolfunctions, such as, parent-teacher conferences; or evenbeing on the school’s ground.

If parents are “disen-gaged and uninterested”,then it would also reflect onthe children’s educationalachievements. It would alsocreate an atmosphere of fearfrom African parents becausethey don’t have “Anglo-

Saxon names. Since theydon’t have “Anglo Saxon”names, then the school offi-cials would most likely singleout these parents to checktheir immigration status.

Moreover, the schoolsare not set up to check the im-migration status of peoplebut, it is a place in whichpeople can learn. Right now,our school systems are barelymeeting their goals of educat-ing our students.

Consequently, we mustadd another “burden” to theTexas educational system,which is ranked at the bottomof most schools in the US.

Furthermore, the schooladministration and teachersare not trained in matters ofimmigration; therefore, itwould take a lot of their timeaway from teaching studentsvarious subjects, such as,math, science, and history.

Donna Howard’s Victory

Donna Howard

After the two day re-count of votes on December 2and 3, 2010, Donna Howardwas officially named the win-ner of the Texas House Dis-trict 48 race. The Texas HouseDistrict 48 encompasses thewestern section of TravisCounty, which is an urbanarea. Donna Howard’s nar-row victory of just 12 votes,shows that every votescounts. Moreover, it is also asignificant victory for theTravis County DemocraticParty because it solidifies thiscounty as a “Blue County”.Also, she was one of the few“Anglo” Democrat candi-dates who were able to main-tain their seats.

Not only does it helpTravis County to remain a“blue county” but also stopsthe Republican Party inTexas from getting a supermajority of 100 votes in theTexas House of Representa-tives. Her victory means thatthe Texas led Republican leg-islature doesn’t have “blankchecks” to pass any type oflegislation. In other words,the Republicans would needto confer with Democrats inorder to pass various legisla-tures.

Also, Donna Howard’svictory means that the Repub-lican led legislature wouldnot be able to “jam” the redis-tricting of the State of Texaswithout reaching out to theDemocratic Party. Further-

By Tsoke (Chuch)Adjavon

more, it may stop the Repub-lican Party from passing vari-ous anti-immigration billssuch as House Bill 17.

In summary, DonnaHoward victory shows thatevery vote counts. Moreover,it stops the Republicans fromhaving the 100’s vote, whichwould have guaranteed a su-per majority. A super major-

ity would have meant that theRepublican led Texas Houseof Representatives could“jam” various items, such as,the redistricting and immi-gration bills.

Furthermore, it is also asignificant victory for theTravis County DemocraticParty because it solidifies thiscounty as a “Blue County.”

Council Seeks to Increase AISDTeen Parent Child Services

The Austin City Coun-cil will convene on December19, 2010 at the City Hall. Dur-ing the next meeting the citywill be hearing testimoniesand also voting on items setbefore the Council.

Moreover, their votewill either add new regula-tions or take away certainregulations. Consequently,the average citizen living andworking in Austin should beinvolved in the process be-cause the council’s vote af-fects everyone in CentralTexas.

Some of the CityCouncil’s important votes in-clude the authorization tomodification the AmendmentNo. 3 of the Inter-local Agree-ment with the AUSTIN INDE-PENDENT SCHOOL DIS-TRICT for the Teen ParentChild Services Program to in-crease the total contractamount by $9,000, not to ex-ceed $658,576. Funding isavailable in the Fiscal Year2010-2011 Operating Budgetof the Neighborhood Hous-ing and Community ServicesOffice through the Commu-nity Development BlockGrant (CDBG).

The initial period of theAgreement was October 1,2009 through September 30,2010. The renewal period isOctober 1, 2010 through Sep-tember 30, 2011. Moreover,

By Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon

this would help numerousAfrican American teen moth-ers to get an education, whilerearing their children.

Also the Austin Hous-ing Finance Board plans toalso meet on December 12,2010 to discuss various items.

The first order of busi-ness will be to approve theminutes of the October 14,2010 Board meeting of theAustin Housing Finance Cor-poration.

Second item will be toapprove the negotiation andexecution of an Acquisitionand Development Programloan to AUSTINPEOPLETRUST in an amountnot to exceed $1,250,000, toassist with the acquisitionand development of approxi-mately 7.0 undeveloped acresof land, located at the cornerof Westgate Boulevard andCameron Loop, to facilitateconstruction of 50 new single-family attached condo-minium homes to be sold tolow- and moderate-incomebuyers.

Third item, will be toapprove the negotiation andexecution of a loan toMARSHALL AFFORDABLEPARTNERS, LTD., Mont-gomery, Alabama, or its affili-ate, in an amount not to ex-ceed $2,500,000, under theRental Housing DevelopmentAssistance Program, to ac-

quire and rehabilitate 100 af-fordable units of multi-familyhousing located at theMarshall Apartments, 1401East 12th Street (40 units) and1157 Salina Street (60 units).

The fourth item will beto approve an inducementresolution for private activitybond financing to be submit-ted to the Texas Bond ReviewBoard for an allocation of upto $6 million in private activ-ity volume cap multi-familynon-recourse bonds for theacquisition and rehabilita-tion of the Marshall Apart-ments, 1401 East 12th Streetand 1157 Salina Street by thebond financing applicant,MARSHALL AFFORDABLEPARTNERS, LTD., Mont-gomery, Alabama, or its affili-ate.

And then a public hear-ing will be set to receive pub-lic input on the issuance ofup to $6 million of private ac-tivity volume cap multi-fam-ily housing non-recoursebonds to finance the acquisi-tion and rehabilitation of theMarshall Apartments, 1401East 12th Street and 1157Salina Street, a 100-unitapartment complex to beowned and operated byMarshall Affordable Part-ners, Ltd., a single purposelimited partnership affiliatedwith Summit Housing Part-ners, Montgomery, Alabama.

By. Rev. Al SharptonNNPA Columnist

Wikileaks - Proceedwith Caution

Taken at face value, thelatest Wikileaks release is inone word - disturbing. Leakedconfidential information re-garding international rela-tions and sensitive global is-sues, these 250,000 docu-ments have reshaped the dy-namic of diplomacy perhapslike never before. The diplo-matic cables touch on every-thing like Guantanamo Bay,predator drone attacks inYemen, officials in Afghani-stan, Russian, and Italian re-lations, Pakistani nuclearfuel, North Korea, Iran, Zim-babwe and much much more.But although we’d like to be-lieve all of this classified in-formation without question,we must take a moment anddig a little deeper.

Diplomatic relations arenever an easy task for anygovernment to manage. Thereare areas of key interest, vola-tile regions, and shifting nu-ances in an ever-changingworld. But when private con-versations and classifiedcables are released to the pub-lic in such a manner, the taskof managing these difficult in-ternational relationshipstakes on an entirely newmeaning. For not only is ourPresident and our govern-

ment exposed here, but lead-ers and strategic partnersaround the planet now findtheir private exchanges withthe U.S. available for theworld to view with a simpleclick of the mouse. And, wemust ask ourselves, whynow?

Every administration inthe history of this nation hashad to withhold informationfrom the public for a multi-tude of reasons; to believe oth-erwise would simply be fool-ish. But we cannot blindlyaccept these quarter of a mil-lion leaks as 100% factual andtrue, for that would be just asfoolish. Because we do notinstantaneously believe ev-erything we watch on TV orread in the paper, we cannotunequivocally accept every-thing in these leaked docu-ments. Much of this informa-tion is incomplete and couldbe dangerous for us, and ourstrategic allies and informedresources in the field.

Whenever there is anysort of leak, we must proceedwith caution and with a keenfocus on why these events aretranspiring now. During theprevious administration,there was more than a fairshare of international dilem-mas and challenges thatfaced the United States. Withthe start of two wars, an esca-lating threat of terrorism, andincreasingly controversialmechanisms for securing in-telligence, the Bush adminis-tration undoubtedly hadcountless classified docu-ments, conversations, andcables that never managed toreach the waves of the World

Wide Web.As people sift through

the hundreds of thousands ofWikileaks files during thecourse of the next few days,weeks, months and perhapslonger, we must remain opento the idea that this may infact have all transpired be-cause of some sort of hiddenagenda. Is this leak releasedwith partial information? Issomeone or something maybeworking to discredit our Presi-dent and this nation? Wouldpeople have the same reactionif these sorts of leaks weredone under George Bush?

The White House, Sec-retary Hillary Clinton, andother officials are now indamage control mode. Dili-gently reaching out to worldleaders, they are warning andpreparing everyone for thereality that some of their mostconfidential and trusted in-formation is about to go pub-lic. Containing the names ofinformants, journalists, andothers who provide necessaryinformation to various gov-ernments, the Wikileakscables will have ramificationsfor years to come. Normally,we would have to wait de-cades to learn of the secretsand intricacies of some of ourgovernmental workings.Thanks to these leaked docu-ments, that opportunity isavailable in real time and nolonger reserved just for histo-rians.

But, remember - proceedwith caution - for there couldbe a hidden agenda in eventhis, the seemingly transpar-ent one. And who will blowthe whistle on that?

African Immigrant’s Death byTaser Sparks Debate

Special to the NNPA from the Global Information NetworkThe killing of an African

immigrant this week byFrench police armed withTaser electric stun guns hasrevived a debate concerninguse of the deadly weapon.

The immigrant, fromMali, whose name has notbeen released, died after Pari-sian police shot him twicewith a Taser, tear-gassed, andstruck him with a night stick.Police said the 38-year-oldman had attacked officerswith a hammer after beingasked for identity papers.French prosecutors have or-dered an inquiry to determinethe exact cause of death. The

use of the Taser, which firesdarts carrying a 50,000 voltshock, has caused controversythroughout the world. A five-year study in Australia pub-lished in October found thatpolice there had used Taserguns against people withmental illness in a dispropor-tionately high number ofcases. Last June, a Canadianinquiry ruled that officerswere not justified in using aTaser gun five times on a Pol-ish immigrant at Vancouverairport in 2007. “A Taser hasnever killed anyone,” the di-rector of the Taser’s Frenchsubsidiary, Antoine di Zazzo,

told the news agency AFP.Opposition to Tasers is

mounting, lead by the Frenchgroup RAIDH (InterventionNetwork for Human Rights)and in the U.N. where theCommittee against Torturehas expressed concern that“the use of these weapons cancause acute pain, constitutinga form of torture, and in somecases it can even cause death“. Amnesty International hasalso documented more than351 individual deaths by po-lice tasering in the US alonesince June 2001. Most of thevictims were not carrying aweapon.

Mugabe, Mandelaand Others Named

in WikileaksSecret Cables

Special to the NNPA from theGlobal Information Network

The publication of con-fidential diplomatic cables onthe website Wikileaks gaveammunition to some Africanleaders who have com-plained, without previousproof, of U.S. interference intheir country.

Zimbabwe PresidentRobert Mugabe for example,learned from the cables that

the U.S. is leading efforts toremove him from power. Inthe leaked memos, former U.S.ambassador Christopher Dellwrote that the U.S. was tak-ing a leading role to bringMugabe down and thatformer colonizer Britain couldnot do the job because it washamstrung by its colonialpast. “Thus it falls to the U.S.,once again, to take the lead,to say and do the hard thingsand to set the agenda,” Dellsaid in a cable posted on theWikileaks site.

As to Kenya, classifiedU.S. diplomatic messages

called Nairobi “a swamp offlourishing corruption” andhad little good to say aboutthe current coalition govern-ment. Kenyan governmentspokesman Alfred Mutuasaid: “We do not know thedetails of the leaked cables,but if what is reported is truethen it is totally malicious anda total misrepresentation ofour country and our lead-ers…. We are surprised andshocked by these revelations.”

Mutua said the U.S.’sAfrica envoy Johnny Carsonhad called Prime MinisterRaila Odinga this week to

apologize for the expectedleaks.

Finally, the secret cablesrevealed that former Presi-dent Nelson Mandela wasresolutely against the Iraqwar, and that he believedPresident Bush ignored callsby the United Nations for re-straint because the UN’s then-General Secretary Kofi Annanis Black.

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Sunday ServicesWorship Service 8:00 A.M.Sunday School 9:00 A.M.Discipleship Training 10:00 A.M.Worship Service 11:00 A.M.

WednesdayMidweek Prayer Service 7:00 P.M. Child Development CenterAges 0-5 years (Daily) 512-478-6709

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David Chapel

J. J. Pickle Elemen-tary School will host a Cel-ebration of Love from 10a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, De-cember 11, in the campuscafeteria, located at 1101Wheatley Avenue. Threehundred J.J. Pickle familieshave pre-registered andwill be receiving a vouchergood for a turkey, cannedgoods, milk, and Christ-mas gifts this holiday sea-son.

”Our students andstaff have been planningthis event for months,”said J.J. Pickle PrincipalJoel De La Garza. “Ourcampus is excited by theopportunity to show theirsupport for the J.J. Pickle

Texas Lutheran Univer-sity (TLU) will present its an-nual Christmas Vespers ser-vice at St. Martin’s Evangeli-cal Lutheran Church in Aus-tin, Texas on Sunday, Dec. 12at 4 p.m. This event is free andopen to the public. Tickets arenot required for this perfor-mance, but a free will offeringwill be collected during theconcert.

Titled “A Savior fromon High,” this year’s Vespersservice of word and music

will focus on the Annuncia-tion from the view of Eliza-beth. San Antonio-based ac-tress, Sam Carter Gilliam, willperform the role of Elizabeth.The TLU Choir, TLUWomen’s Choir, KantoreiChamber Choir and the TLUSymphonic Winds and Per-cussion will perform music ofthe season.

The event will be heldat 606 W. 15th Street.

For more information,please visit www.tlu.edu.

TLU brings Annual ChristmasVespers to Austin

The Agape BaptistChurch Family cordially in-vite all to its Miracle of Christ-mas Celebration, Friday, De-cember 17, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.Reverend Elvin Tyrone, Pas-tor of the Little Zion BaptistChurch, Manor, Texas willdeliver the Miracle Message.

This will be a candle-light service. Agape is locatedat 7801 North Lamar Blvd.,Bldg F-15 on the SoutheastCorner of North Lamar and183. Pastor H. Ed Calahanand the Agape Family inviteall to come and receive God’sunconditional love.

Mircle ofChristmas at Agape

BC

David Chapel MissionaryBaptist church will present itsChristmas Program, Wednes-day, December 15 at 7 pm. Thetheme for the program is “IfChrist Had Not Come” and willbe at the Don T. Haynes, Jr. The-ater, 7309 Lazy Creek Drive inAustin.

For information, callDavid Chapel at (512) 472-9748.

“If ChristHad Not Come”

Pastor Joseph C. ParkerPastor of David Chapel

The Work-Based Learn-ing Program/Summer YouthEmployment (WBLP/SYE) isa joint venture of the City ofAustin and Travis CountyHealth & Human ServicesDepartments that targetsyouth between the ages of 14to 17 (14 to 22 for youth withdisabilities) who reside in theCity of Austin and/or TravisCounty, and attend school inthe City of Austin and/orTravis County. Youth are re-cruited and referred througha number of avenues such asfaith-based, non-profit, andcommunity-based organiza-tions. Other referrals are madethrough advertisement, pub-lic service announcements,schools and the community-at-large.

The Work-Based Learn-ing Program/Summer YouthEmployment provides the op-portunity for young people todevelop competence and con-fidence as well as workplaceskills in a “real-world ofwork” environment. Youthwill be exposed to careerawareness and exploration

Work-Based Learning Program Gears Up ForSummer 2011 Youth Employment

while developing their careerplans and a commitment tolifelong learning. The pro-gram expands youngpeople’s choices in life by pre-paring them with necessaryworkforce skills needed tosucceed as citizens and pro-ductive employees. Youthhave the opportunity to learnacademic subjects by seeingknowledge applied in the“real world of work” andlearn job-specific skills whilebeing offered interaction withpositive, successful adult rolemodels who provide guid-ance in setting and achievinggoals.

A key prerequisite ofWBLP/SYE includes Job-

Readiness Training whereyoung people gain the expe-rience of applying for a joband earning a paycheck in anurturing environment withadult support and supervi-sion. The opportunity to workan average of 96 hours in oneof two sessions during thesummer will be offered toyouth participants. Eachyouth employee is providedwith a broad range of projectsin work settings within theCity of Austin and TravisCounty, non-profit organiza-tions, and private businesses.

Parents can registeryouth for Job ReadinessTraining by calling (512)8544590.

community through a com-munity service effort thathelps our famil ies inneed.”

J.J. Pickle staff, stu-dents, PTA, parents, safetypatrols, PALS, and otherstudent and communityorganizations will be onhand Saturday to helpwith the distribution effort.

The Celebrat ion o fLove is a non-profit orga-nization that has servedneedy families in CentralTexas since 2003. Thisyear, Celebration of Loveexpects to feed about 1,750families in the Austin area.

For information onSaturday’s event, pleasecall 841-8400.

J. J. Pickle Elementary HostsCelebration of LoveSaturday

Fireworks, music just apart of welcoming 2011

The City of Austin andits community partners willhost more than 50 family-friendly holiday eventsthroughout December includ-ing Austin’s New Year cel-ebration that will feature mu-sic and fireworks at Audito-rium Shores Dec. 31.

A u s t i n ’ s

New Year (ANY), with thetheme “Any one, Any dream,Anything’s possible” will befrom 5 to 10:30 p.m. and will in-clude food vendors, live music,film, art and a fireworks finalestarting at 10:15 p.m. Bands willinclude The Biscuit Brothers,Mother Falcon, Lannya West Af-rican Drum and Dance En-semble, The Ausin and CharangaCakewalk.

Also this year,the City will sponsor “HolidayMovies in the Park” Dec. 16 at 7p.m. with its partner the AustinParks Foundation. Showings atRepublic Square Park will include“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Rein-deer” and “How the Grinch StoleChristmas.”

Another new attraction isthe “Flipped on Christmas” lightand sound experience at ZilkerPark each night near the ZilkerTree. Each evening from Dec. 15-23 will feature several 12-minutelight showings set to holiday mu-sic.

Visit the Austin HolidayEvents website, www. austintexas.gov/holidays, for a complete

listing of events.Community partners for

holiday events include H-E-B,Texas Gas Service, Austin YellowCab, Time Warner Cable, Time In-surance Agency and the AustinParks Foundation.

City holiday events to include New Yearcelebration

Austin, Texas – Everyyear the Austin Chapter ofCredit Unions unites localcredit unions in an effortto raise money, by sellingraffle tickets for large ticketitems to benefit the DellChildren’s Medical Centerof Central Texas.

With i ts focus onmaking an impact in thecommunity, the AustinChapter of Credit Unionsplans on raising $2.5 mil-lion over a total of eightyears to help bring downthe cost of operating theDell Children’s MedicalCenter.

During the 7th year offundraising, the AustinChapter of Credit Unionsdonated $150,000 to theDell Children’s MedicalCenter.

The Dell Children’sMedical Center and theAustin Chapter of CreditUnions wants to make sureAust in ’s future i s ahealthy one, and the futurestarts with the children.

Big Heartsand

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This week has been andexciting week for the KAClady cardinals. We had visi-tors from an Australia girlsbasketball team, to have themcome to visit us was a bigtreat. We were able to playmultiple games of basket ballagainst them and even mix

up the teams, because they areleavong tomorrow after theirstop in San Antonio on behalfof all KAC girls basketball wehope they all have a safe trip.Also on Friday December 3,2010 the boys cardinals bas-ketball team they are going tobe playing St.Stephens bas-ketball team, so good luck tothe boys. Coming up in twoweeks KAC students will betaking mis-terms for all oftheir calsses, so next week wewill all be going over reviewsfor everything that we havelearned so far. After that wewill be entering the winterbreak so I hope everyone isready for the Christmasbreak. Son until next time,stay in school and goodbye.

Our visitors from Australia

Christmas is rightaround the corner and I knoweveryone is getting all excitedabout presents, including my-self. But, sometimes I thinkabout the kids out there who

Christmas: A time to be gratefuldon’t really have anything tobe excited about like most ofus do. Because, there are alot of kids out there that don’tget anything for Christmas atall. I don’t know many kidsout there with this issue but Ido know there are some outthere. I wish there was a waythat all kids could get some-thing for Christmas, but Ican’t make that happen. Iknow at Christmas we all getexcited about the presents weget, but we should be gratefulalong with it.

On December 4, theBelow Zero Christmas partywas held at the Sleek EventCenter. I actually had a prettygood time at the party. My co-hosts were there at the partyalso. Just to clarify, Below Zerois a talk show that airs Satur-day from 2-4 on KAZI 88.7fm.

In addition to being inthe Youth Brigade I am em-ployed by KAZI to do the Be-

Below Zero Christmas Partylow Zero program, which Iaddress myself as DJ Willwhen I go on the air.

Anyway, there wasgood music playing at the partyand good food too. There wasalso dancing and a DJ. Mycousin Ricky had gone withme to the party so he couldhave fun also. I was dancing alittle to the songs that wereplaying. All the other kidswere having fun with eachother dancing around to themusic.

Close to the end of thedance, some guys namedYoung Row and J. Rig per-formed. They were pretty good.I really enjoyed the dance thatnight and I hope that KAZIdoes another Christmas partynext year.

The Kelly Lane Knightsbasketball team is getting off toa slow start. We have lost allour games and are looking toget some fire to take home a vic-tory against Dessau MiddleSchool to regain the respect ofthe other teams in the district

and get back on that winningtrack.There was a school danceFriday which was called theiDance because studentscould play any song on theiriPod. All we had to do waspay 50 cents and the DJ playedit for the first time ever. Theydid this to say it will be fun.We will see when we get backthe reviews this week.KellyLane is one of the highestachieving middle schools inCentral Texas. We look to staythat way; so keep up the hardwork in class; study hard ev-eryday no matter what. Wewill have to do perfect becausewe are Knights!

The iDance at Kelly Lane

By Adrian JacksonPflugerville Middle School

Hope everybody’sweek is going great. Christ-mas break is almost here, sohang in there 2 more weeks.

As you may know,our Girls Basketball coach isleaving KAC. She will bemoving to Australia to playprofessional basketball. In2006 she was offered to play

with the Australian team butshe injured her knee. So nowthat she has recovered she isgoing to take the position andmove to Australia to play bas-ketball.

She will no longer bewith us after Christmas breakor next semester. She will beliving her dream and all of usat KAC are very happy andexcited for her. Her last gamewill be on Thursday Decem-ber 9th at KAC againstSt.Stephens at 6:30.

So come cheer us on aswe celebrate our last gamewith Coach. Good LuckCoach Delcoure.

Good Luck Coach Delcoure

Pflugerville Middle Schoolstaff encourages students to par-ticipate in Pride Activities and beinvolved in school spirit.

Monday November 29,

2010-Friday December 3, 2010 stu-dents had the opportunity to votefor the staff member they wouldlike to see taped to a wall for theentire pep-rally.

The staff members tochoose from were Mr. Shuman,Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Galusha, and Ms.Hutton. All the votes will becounted and the staff member withthe most votes will be announcedat the pep-rally on Monday De-cember 6, 2010.

I put my vote in early andcan’t wait to see who will have thehonor of decorating our gym wall.

Pride Activities at PMS

For the Lady JagsBasketball Team, this seasonhas been great. They havewon nearly all of their games!Their most recent game was

Great Season for LBJagainst Akins High School.The Game was on TuesdayNovember 30th. The Jagsplayed excellently! The finalscore was 61-48, With theJags taking the win.

The Boys BasketballTeam, unfortunately, didn’twin their most recent game.They played against BowieHigh School on Tuesday No-vember 30th. The Final Scorewas 55-71 and Bowie had thebetter game. Although thiswasn’t their best game, thebasketball season for the Boyshas been going fantastically!

A few weeks agoHendrickson High Schoolwelcomed in new assistantprinciple Julienne Arreola.The hiring of the new assis-tant principle put a stop toHendrickson’s month longsearch for a new twelfth gradeprinciple, after the departureof the previous twelfth gradeassistant principle, Mr. TonyAvalos.

Mr. Avalos resignedfrom his duties at HHS inmid October after finding

another high school principalposition in the Houston area.The new assistant principle,Ms. Arreola, made the jumpto Hendrickson from workingat Akins High School in Aus-tin ISD.

Ms. Arreola has toldstudents, when asked, whather reasons for choosingHendrickson High Schoolwere.

Her answer is twofolds. Ms. Arreola first rea-son for coming to HHS is herlonging to move from AustinISD into a relatively smallerschool district. Next, mostimportantly, she has onlyheard positive things aboutHHS, and was drawn in toHHS’s atmosphere. I may notknow Ms. Arreola personally,as of right now, but hope towelcome her into our schooland wish her the best of luck this year.

HHS has a new Asst. Principal

I can’t believe it thisyear is almost over. We arehalf way through the schoolyear, but that has pros andcons. The pros are being al-most through the first semes-ter. The cons are having to takethe final exams. Some of theexams are not difficult, butthey are just long. We willhave eight final exams that wewill have to take unless you

Marshay HatcherPflugerville Middle School

Semester is almost overare eligible to exempt some ofyour classes. To be eligible foran exemption you must havean 85 semester average or bet-ter. Exemption is when you getto select which exams youdon’t want to take the firstsemester. Which ever classesyou chose to exempt the firstsemester you can not exemptthe second semester. You canpick up to three classes to ex-empt per semester.

The Cedar Ridge HighSchool choir held their firstever Christmas concert inschool history. The perfor-mance was held on December3, 2010 in the school’s cafete-ria.

That is all the news forthis week. Thank you for read-ing and remember the realreason for the season.

The Pflugerville Panthersstart the basketball seasonwith their first win, on Decem-ber 2,2010. The boys basket-ball team had fantastic startof the season performance, byworking together and being

Kayla MitchellManor High School

Panthers Take the Leadsupportive.

The coaches are proudof all their players who show-cased all the skills they havebeen taught throughout prac-tice.

The Panthers domi-nated the Dessau Diamond-backs. Demarquez Hadnotand Quincy Wray scoredmany points and had apfantastic performance . Pflugerville Middle Schoolwill have our 2nd Pep-Rallyof the year, December 6, 2010.Students enjoy the Pep-rallybecause it gets them excitedand motivates them to WORKHARD AND WIN HARDER!Way To Go Panthers!

I am thankful for havebeen given the opportunity tobe apart of the Youth Brigade.I was able to experience some-thing that I will never forgetfor the rest of my life.

On Thanksgivingmorning, my parents, auntand I had the pleasure of as-sisting the Mount Olive Bap-tist Church members in ex-pressing love for others. Wearrived at the place of wor-ship at 9:00 am and began toprepare to feed the hungryand clothe the ones who werein need of it. It was a very re-warding experience, to be ableto see the smiles on the facesof those that attended.

I’ve never awakened on

Thanksgiving morning andparticipated in somethingthat truly blessed the lives ofothers. I’ve realized that re-ceiving something that some-one is trying to bless you withis not bad, but the joy you feelwhen you give is much bet-ter.

This life changing expe-rience has allowed me to em-pathize and truly understandwhat it means to appreciatewhat’s been given to you. Imay not have all the materialthings that I would like tohave, but God has certainlyprovided me with everythingthat I need.

I am thankful andblessed to have all the peoplein my life, family and friends,and a community that cares.If we could all have a givingmindset in the future, maybethe world will be filled withmore love for one another.

I would like to thankMr. Wyatt, Ms. Youngblood,and the Mount Olive BaptistChurch family for allowingmy family and I to experiencethis wonderful feast of love.Mustangs servicing others!

Mustangs Servicing others

Tori Smith, Lockhart Junior High School

8 days until WinterBreak and 16 days untilChristmas. This is the time ofwhen the Christmas showscome on and Christmas mov-ies. For Lockhart we get 16days off including weekends(Dec. 17th-Jan.3rd). I also no-ticed online alot of stuff hasbeen out of stock at the stores.There’s not much left so that’sfor now see you next week.

Christmas is almost here

Olivia SmithLockhart H.S.

The Villager YouthBrigade, the voice of

Austin youth since 1986!

Not many people knowthe story of “ Antigone”, its a

old story. Anyways my Lan-guage Arts teacher assignedus to do a rap or song over thestory of Antigone. I wrote therap myself, and we all made avideo out of it. It is on You-tube, to search for our video,type in “Antigone Rap”.There’s about fifty of thosevideos so scroll down andlook for me with my huge sun-glasses on and red lockers be-hind me. Not only is this videofunny but it also educates youon the story of Antigone.

The Story of “Antigone”

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City of AustinPurchasingOfficeAdvertisements12/06/2010

On October 2, 1995, a revision to the City’s MBE/WBE DBEsOrdinance became effective. The Ordinance establishes new goals for MBE/WBE or DBE Participation Bid/Proposal. Bidders are required to docu-ment efforts to solicit MBE/WBE or DBEs in the Compliance Plan. TheGoals for each project and the instructions and forms for the CompliancePlan are included in the MBE/WBE or DBE Program Packet included in thesolicitation. For construction contracts, the MBE/WBE or DBE ProgramPacket is a separately bound volume of the Project Manual. ALL BIDSAND COMPLIANCE PLANS NOT RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE DATEAND TIME SET FORTH WILL BE RETURNED TO THE BIDDERUNOPENED. SPECIAL NOTICE: Solicitations issued on behalf of theElectric Utility Dept. (Austin Energy) are no longer advertised in theAustin American Statesman. Notices will be posted on the City of AustinPurchasing website at: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/purchase

A. CONSTRUCTION ADVERTISEMENTS - ALL CONSTRUC-TION SEALED BIDS addressed to the City of Austin will be receivedPRIOR TO date and time indicated for the following project(s), in theReception Area, 10th FL., Ste. 1045, Contract and Land ManagementDepartment, CLMD, One Texas Center (OTC), 505 Barton Springs Rd.,Austin, TX, then publicly opened and read aloud in the 10th FL. Confer-ence Room, Ste. 1045, unless otherwise indicated in the advertisement. AllBids received after the time set forth will be returned to the bidder un-opened. The OWNER’s Official opening the Bids shall establish the timefor opening of the Bids. All Bid Deposits are refundable upon return ofdocuments within the specified time frame and in good condition, unlessotherwise indicated. UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, Project Manu-als, Plans and Addenda may be obtained at the Office of Engineering De-sign & Surveying, PWD, Ste. 760, OTC. First time bidders are encouragedto attend the pre-bid conference to assure their understanding of Owner’sbidding and contracting requirements, particularly M/WBE ProcurementsProgram requirements. Cashiers or Certified Check Payable to the City ofAustin or acceptable Bid Bond must accompany each bid. Bidders will berequired to provide Payment/Performance bonds as specified in the bid-ding documents. The City reserves the right to reject any and all Bids andto waive any informality in the bids received.

Bidders must attend any Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference and areencouraged to attend any non-mandatory Pre-Bid Conference to ensuretheir understanding of Owner’s bidding and contracting requirements, par-ticularly MBE/WBE Procurement Program requirements. If the Pre-BidConference is mandatory the Bidder must arrive and sign-in within fifteen(15) minutes of the scheduled start time of the meeting, otherwise theBidder will not be allowed to submit a Bid for the project.

1. KENNETH GARDNER SVC CNTR WTRPROOFING & EXT.CLADDING 2010 (CIP 4800 1507 0200). IFB 6100 CLMC252. Pickupbid docs at OTC, Ste. 760, Attn: Gabriel Stan 974-7151 after 12/6/10. Arefundable deposit of $75 is required. For info: Robert Egan, 974-7220. AMANDATORY Vendor Conf will be held at Kenneth Gardner ServiceCenter, 4108 Todd Lane, Austin, TX 78744 at 1:00P on 12/15/10. Offersdue prior to 11:30A on 12/30/10. Compliance plans due prior to 3:30P on12/30/10. Offers will be opened on 12/30/10 at 3:30P. SPECIAL NOTICE:Immediately following the pre-bid conf. interested persons will be es-corted through the facility to view the site conditions.

2. MCBETH REC. CENTER MAIN BLDG. INTERIORREMOD./HVAC IMPV 2010 (CIP 8603 8607 6309). IFB 6100CLMC247. Pickup bid docs at OTC, STE. 760, Attn: Gabriel Stan 974-7151 after 12/6/10. A refundable deposit of $75 is required. For info:Robert Egan, 974-7220. A MANDATORY Vendor Conf will be held atMCBETH Recreation Center Main Bldg. 2317 Columbus Dr., Grand Room,(locally known as 2401 Columbus Dr.) Austin, TX 78745 at 10:00A on 12/15/10. Offers due prior to 11:00A on 12/30/10. Compliance plans dueprior to 3:00P on 12/30/10. Offers will be opened on 12/30/10 at 3:00P.SPECIAL NOTICE: Immediately following the pre-bid conf. interestedpersons will be escorted through the facility to view the site conditions.

B. SERVICES AND SYSTEMS CONTRACTING / C. COM-MODITIES - Solicitations will be issued, and sealed bids or proposalsmay be received at the Purchasing Office, Municipal Building, 124 W. 8thSt., 3rd floor, Room 308/310, telephone number (512) 974-2500, Austin,TX until the dates and times specified on following item(s):

B. SOLICITATION SERVICES AND SYSTEMS1. WDJ0020 TOBACCO YOUTH EDUCATION AND EN-

GAGEMENT SERVICES (IFB BEST VALUE). Offers due prior to 1:00Pon 12/29/10.

2. SSC0130 ROLL-OFF CONTAINER AND DISPOSAL SER-VICES FOR GRIT, SCREENINGS, AND DEBRIS MATERIAL FROMWASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS AND WASTEWATER COL-LECTION SYSTEM. Offers due prior to 1:30P on 12/29/10.

3. SSC0131 ENGINEERING COPIER/PRINTER/COLORSCANNER LEASE. Offers due prior to 11:00A on 12/29/10.

4. JSD0200 YOGA INSTRUCTION (IFB- BEST VALUE). AVendor Conf will be held at Municipal Bldg, 3rd FLR at 11:00A on 12/15/10. Offers due prior to 2:00P on 12/29/10.

5. PAX0010 GREASE TRAP AND SEDIMENT TANKS CLEAN-ING. Offers due prior to 11:30A on 1/4/11.

C. SOLICITATION COMMODITIES1. SAP0150 OEM PARTS AND REPAIR SERVICES FOR

MASSEY FERGUSON AND KUBOTA. Offers due prior to 11:30A on12/29/10.

THE CITY OF AUSTIN HEREBY NOTIFIES ALL OFFERORSTHAT IN REGARD TO ANY CONTRACT ENTERED INTO PURSU-ANT TO THIS ADVERTISEMENT; MINORITY BUSINESS ENTER-PRISES WILL BE AFFORDED EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES TO SUB-MIT OFFERS IN RESPONSE TO THIS INVITATION AND WILL NOTBE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE,COLOR, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR DISABILITY IN CONSID-ERATION FOR AN AWARD.

MBE/WBE/HUBRound Rock ISD is currently ac-cepting sealed bids and proposals.Solicitation documents may be ob-tained from the RRISD web site atWWW.roundrockisd.org under“Vendor Information” or by Call-ing 512-464-6950.

New Jobs for the Weekof 12/03/2010

Specialist, Tutoring-EnglishRound Rock Campus

40 hours/week within theoperating times of the Learning

Lab Facility: Monday –Thursday8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., Monday–

Friday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.,$2,369-$2,961/Monthly

Job# 1011021Faculty, Associate Degree

NursingEastview Campus:

Eastview, Clinical EducationCenter @ Brackenridge, Round

Rock Campus may vary bysemester according to Program

NeedsHours as assigned: Must

maintain an established schedule.Some positions may also include

evenings and weekends.Salary is assigned according

to the Full-Time Salary ScaleJob# 1011024

Specialist, Tutoring-Math/Physics

Round Rock Campus40 hours/week within the

operating times of the LearningLab Facility: Monday –Thursday8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., Monday–

Friday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.,$2,369-$2,961/Monthly

Job# 1011025Assistant II, Human

ResourcesHighland Business Center

Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m.

$2,487-$3,109/MonthlyJob# 1011026

Coordinator, Special EventsEastview Campus

Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m.

$2,742-$3,427/MonthlyJob# 1012001

Grounds Keeper (2positions available)

Riverside CampusSummer hours: Monday–

Friday 5:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.;Winter hours: Monday–Thursday

5:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.$2,239/MonthlyJob# 1009041

College Police, PatrolOfficer

Location: As AssignedHours: As Assigned

$3,250/Monthly for twoyears or less experience

$3,416/Monthly for more thantwo years experience

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Miles Station

By Yussuf J. SimmondsSpecial to the NNPA

from theLos Angeles Sentinel

Since becoming thechairman of the NationalNewspaper Publishers As-sociation (NNPA), Danny J.Bakewell, Sr. has been work-ing aggressively to makesure that the members of thenation’s largest Black news-paper organization have avoice at all levels of societyand government—espe-cially in areas of policy-

NNPA Chairman Welcomed to theWhite House

In an effort to further strengthen ties between President Obamaand Black Press of America, Chairman Bakewell (left) met withthe President’s senior advisor, Valerie Jarrett.

making.Recently Bakewell met

with senior presidential ad-visor, Valerie Jarrett, to makesure that NNPA can be in aposition to readily articulatethe President’s agenda effec-tively to the community andby becoming more activelyinvolved in that agenda as anational organization. Themeeting covered a wide rangeof topics that discussed waysboth the NNPA and the ad-ministration could jointly af-

fect the quality of life for Afri-can Americans throughoutthe country.

According to Bakewell,“I would not divulge the spe-cifics of the meeting at thistime, but Ms. Jarrett was ex-tremely committed to ensur-ing that the Black Press hadfull access to the President’sagenda.” He also added thatthe meeting was very fruitfuland that he would put off dis-cussing the full details, untila later date. “I will be releas-ing a list of activities whichwill be undertaken by NNPAand the President, as a resultof the meeting and that storywould depict future plansand involvement betweenNNPA and the President.”

Some of the actions thatBakewell has taken on behalfof the African American com-munity and as chairman of theNNPA, include testifying be-fore Congress during the cen-sus count; seeking ways forNNPA members to get their fairshare of stimulus dollars;holding elected officials ac-countable; and raising theorganization’s profile to acton, instead of reacting to,problems within the AfricanAmerican community.

The Austin metro areawas named today one of thetop 10 “Best Places for MilitaryRetirement.” In a first-of-its-kind ranking by USAA—aleading financial services pro-vider focused on serving themilitary—and Military. com—the largest military and veteranmembership organization.

Since 2007, the City ofAustin has operated a Veter-ans Services Office providingcomprehensive services for itsmilitary employees. The Veter-ans Services Office offers awide range of services includ-ing consultation for employ-ees who are called to activeduty, ombudsman servicesand outreach with communityorganizations to provide sup-port for Austin’s veterans. In2009, the City of Austin initi-ated a veterans preference forthe hiring process which callsfor at least 20 percent of thequalified applicants inter-viewed be veterans, if possible.

“We are thrilled thatAustin is ranked in this na-

tional survey by USAA andMilitary.com,” said Mayor LeeLeffingwell. Leffingwell, aNavy veteran who served in theVietnam War, led the effort to cre-ate the Veterans Services Officeto help ensure that the City’spolicies for employees serving inthe Guard and Reserve meet andexceed federal regulations. “Wehave made great progress in thethree years since our VeteransServices Office office has been op-erational, and I’m very proud ofthe way in which the City, aswell as the Austin communityat large, honor our veterans.”

Since its creation, the Of-fice has been recognized withnational honors. The City ofAustin earned a five-star em-ployer designation from the Em-ployer Support for the Guardand Reserve for it outstandingsupport of military employees.In 2008, the City received theFreedom Award—the highestaward given by the U.S. gov-ernment for superior supportof employees in the NationalGuard and Reserve. The City

was the only municipality toreceive this honor.

The City of Austin em-ploys more than 1,300 veter-ans, many of which are mili-tary retiree’s working on theirsecond professional career.Since 2007, more than 80 vet-erans have been hired by theCity, and approximately 250are disabled veterans.

“As a retired Marine, Ican’t think of any other City tocall home and to work for,”said Allen Bergeron, City ofAustin Veterans Consultant.“Our great City is still the onlyCity in the country to receivethe prestigious D.O.D. (De-partment of Defense) Secretaryof Defense Freedom Award.”

For more informationabout the City’s Veterans Ser-vices Office visit www. city ofaustin.org/military or call(512) 974-3459. Visit www.usaa.com/bestplaces or www.military.com/Finance/usaa-best-places-to-retire/2010 forinformation about the Top 10ranking.

Austin ranked in the top 10 ‘Best Places forMilitary Retirement’

TSU (8-3, 8-1 SWAC)won its seventh straight gameand will compete for its firstSWAC title since 1968 andfirst outright on December11th against Alabama State inBirmingham, Ala.

TSU Head FootballCoach Johnnie Cole, whoplayed quarterback for TSUfrom 1982-85, believed in hisplayers from the beginning. “II told everyone who wouldlisten that Texas Southern has

Tigers Win Western Division, Head toAlabama for Showdown

a great team.”“These kids deserve this

win. They sacrificed every-thing, and did the things Iasked them to do. And today,we’re celebrating,” stated anexcited Cole.

TSU shook off a 1-3 startto capture eight wins in its lastnine games, including anemotional come-from-behindwin over SWAC powerhouseGrambling State on Nov. 11,and put itself within reach of

supremacy in the WesternDivision.

As the Tigers have doneall season, they put Arkan-sas-Pine Bluff away with aclassic rushing attack and adefense that refused to break.

“It’s a great feeling,”linebacker Dejuan Fulghumsaid. “We came out here anddid what we were supposedto do. Now, it’s time to go winthat SWAC championship

(AUSTIN, Texas) — Reg-istration for Huston-TillotsonUniversity’s Spring 2011 semes-ter will be held Thursday, Jan. 6,on the campus at 900 ChiconStreet. Registration hours are 9a.m. to 4:30 p.m. New StudentOrientation for first-year stu-dents, which offers assistancewith the transition to college life,placement testing, career andmajor counseling with faculty,and financial aid assistance,will be held at the same time.

For more information,contact Enrollment Manage-

Huston-Tillotson University’s Spring 2011 Term Starts Jan. 11ment at 512.505.3028, ad mission@htu.edu, the First Year Ex-perience Coordinator at

512.505.3045, or visit the Website at www.htu.edu. Class startson Tuesday, Jan.11.

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Rams’ new women’s coach claimswin over Jarvis

Tanesha Barefield hascome on board as the newhead women’s basketballcoach at Huston-TillotsonUniversity. “It’s exciting,” shesaid. “At the end of the day Idon’t really look at it as headcoach. I love basketball andthese players around me, sowhat can I do to win, whatcan I do to make them better,to make myself better. It’s ac-

tually fun. I’m learning thecoaching side and the busi-ness aspect.”

Last week the LadyRams had their first win of theseason in defeating JarvisChristian College, 77-74, atMary E. Branch Gymnasium.“That was exciting,”Barefield said. “Was it thewin that I wanted it to be? Weonly won by three. I’m a com-petitor, so at the end of the dayI’m like, we could have, weshould have beat them bymore.” Barefield won MostValuable Player twice atVictoria (Texas) High Schooland played at McLennanCommunity College in Wacobefore transferring to PrairieView A&M University. AtPrairie View, under the tute-

lage of Cynthia Cooper, whowas a Hall of Famer with theHouston Comets, Barefieldbecame a three-time SWACchampion and part of PrairieView’s first team to win theconference title and make anNCAA appearance. Afterearning a degree in kinesiol-ogy, Barefield obtained amaster’s in human services atSpringfield College.

In the Lady Rams’ vic-tory over Jarvis, juniorKandice Smith had a stellarnight, tossing in for 27 pointsand grabbing 9 rebounds.Others in double figures forHuston-Tillotson wereKevetta Williams, 19, andBrittney Jones, 10. JessicaKing led the Jarvis womenwith 21 points. Also scoring

for the Lady Rams were Eliza-beth Semien, 8; JaniquaMoore, 5; and Erica Cray andBrianna Smith, with 4 each.

In the men’s gameagainst Jarvis, the Rams en-gaged in a back-and-forthlead-shifting game that sawthe visitors win by one point,87-86. Terrance Littlefield ledHuston-Tillotson in scoringwith 20 points, followed byJames Black who had 18, andCameron Morgan with 11.Also contributing to the effortwere Rex Kyles III and JherrodClay, with 7 each, and JeraldArdoin and DarriqueCampbell, with 5 each, andPatrick Bousqeto with 2.

Elwood O. Plummer ishead men’s basketball coachat Huston-Tillotson.

Patrick Bousqeto takes a shot for the Huston-Tillotson Ramsin competition with Jarvis Christian College. Photo by George E.Hardin

Tanesha Barefield, the new head women’s basketball coach at Huston-Tillotson University,was a star player at Prairie View A&M University and is a native of Victoria, Texas. Photo by GeorgeE. Hardin

(Left) Huston-Tillotson’sKandice Smith, left, battleswith two Jarvis Christian Col-lege players for a loose ball—Mardray Winn, center, andRamethia Burford. Photo byGeorge E. Hardin

Jackie Robinson’s ex-studentrecalls college playing days

By George E. Hardin - Sports Beat(Part One of Two)

Lonnie Jackson Jr., 83,was brought to Austin as achild by his parents, a movehe didn’t want to make. But itwas a move than enabled himto become a protégé of JackieRobinson—the JackieRobinson who would laterbreak the color barrier in ma-jor league baseball.

Born in Dallas, Jack-son had lived in Waco andSan Antonio during his earlyyears. His mother and hisstepfather, who became a pre-siding elder, relocated to Aus-tin just after the Pearl Harborattack on Dec. 7, 1941.

“I was just getting inhigh school at Wheatley,”Jackson said. “I had made thebasketball team and I waslooking forward to the basket-ball season. Shoots! I thoughtI was going to stay in SanAntonio,” he said, noting theobjections he made to his par-ents, but, he said with achuckle, he “didn’t win thatargument.”

However, he was able tocontinue playing basketball,at the original L. C. Ander-son High School, and laterplayed basketball underJackie Robinson, who was thebasketball coach at SamuelHuston College for the 1944-45 season.

Jackson also was on theAnderson football team. Hesaid he was walking downthe school steps one daywhen Coach W. E. Pigfordstopped him and said, “Boy,do you play football?” Jack-son answered, “No, sir.”Pigford then said, “You donow.” So in the spring of1942 Jackson went out for foot-ball. That season Andersonwon the state championshipfor the first time.

During that timeRobinson was in the Armystationed at Fort Hood and

spent some of his off-duty timein Austin where his friend,Karl Downs, was president ofSamuel Huston College. Thetwo had known each othersince Downs was a pastor inPasadena, Calif., andRobinson was one of his Sun-day school teachers.Robinson was court-martialed for refusing to moveto the back of a segregated busbut was found not guilty andlater honorably discharged.

Linda Y. Jackson, no re-lation to Lonnie Jackson, di-rector of communications andmarketing at Huston-Tillotson University, wrote inthe college’s official maga-zine how Robinson came tobe coach:

“Austin becameRobinson’s home away fromhome with Downs, who waspresident of Samuel HustonCollege, and his wife ensur-ing that home cooked mealsand spiritual guidanceawaited the soldier. Downsneeded a men’s basketballcoach, and Robinson was sit-ting across the dinner table.Little did Downs know thatthe invitation would be shortlived and historic.”

After high school, Jack-son served in the Navy. Uponreturning to Austin he metRobinson. Recalling the daythey first met, Jackson said hewas at Yates Drug Store onthe corner of 12th and Chicon,where his cousin workedand where he went to getmilkshakes. Robinson—well-known as an All-Ameri-can at the University of South-ern California—, who alsoliked milkshakes, happenedto come in and the two struckup a conversation, withRobinson asking Jacksonabout the sneakers Jacksonhad tied together on his shoul-der. When Robinson learned

Jackson was going to theAnderson gym, wherePigford conducted a summerrecreational program,Robinson asked to tag alongfor a workout. Robinson hadparticipated in baseball, bas-ketball, football and track atUCLA. At the gym Robinsonobtained shoes and a uniformand joined in a pick-up bas-ketball game.

Robinson was an in-tense and focused player,Jackson said. “I’ve alwaysimagined what it must havebeen like when he did get tothe major leagues becauseplaying with him wouldmake you want to do things(athletically) that you hadnever done before; he was thatinspiring. He never used a badword. The only curse word heused was ‘crap.’ “

Jackson said, “Onemorning Karl Downs, whowas the president, came bymy house and told me hewanted me to go to SamuelHuston College. The presi-dent of the college coming torecruit,” Jackson recalled asif still unable to believe it af-ter all these years. “I thoughtthat was pretty big!” Know-ing Robinson would be thecoach, Jackson said he didn’thesitate.

Linda Jackson’s articlecontinues: “Samuel Huston’sbasketball team underRobinson was undefeatedwhile playing long, toughroad schedules as part of theSouthwestern Athletic Con-ference (SWAC). Upon return-ing from one of those roadstretches, Robinson noticed aletter in his pile of mail fromthe Kansas City Monarchs.He couldn’t turn down theopportunity to play for themost successful baseball teamin the Negro league.”

(Next Week: Part Two)

Newspaper clippings with photographs of Anderson High’schampionship teams are among the keepsakes of Lonnie JacksonJr. Jackson played basketball at Samuel Huston College whenJackie Robinson was the coach. Photo by George E. Hardin