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EAST AUSTIN MULTICULTURALEDUCATION FAIR

There will be an EastAustin Multicultural Educa-tion fair this weekend, Sep-tember 20, 2014 at the Ber-tha Sadler Means YoungWomen’s Leadership Acad-emy (formerly Pease MiddleSchool), 6401 N. HamptonDrive in Northeast Austin.The event is from 10 a.m.to 3 p.m.

The goal of the fairis to provide resources;information and servicesto help parents and theirchildren succeed academi-cally. It will feature a pre-sentation on the effective-ness of the dual languageprogram. The featuredguest will include healthproviders and Job informa-tion, after school pro-grams, adult education re-sources and innovative Bertha Sadler Means

by T. L. WYATTEditor in Chief programs for low-incomeyouth.

The event will fea-ture: Dual Language Edu-cation with Dr. VirginiaCollier, and Dr. MarioFerron.

The Bertha SadlerMeans Young Women’sLeadership Academy isnamed for Mrs. BerthaSadler Means, a noted re-tired educator of Austin. Inaddition to her leadershipin education, she was astrong community and po-litical leader in the com-munity. She is now a prin-cipal in the Austin CabCompany.

This event is spon-sored by Austin Indepen-dent School District (AISD),The Overton Group, Educa-tion Austin, and AustinArea Association of Bilin-gual Education.

ZACH THEATRE CASTINGANNOUNCEMENT

THE KING AND I

AUSTIN, TX – ZACHTheatre is proud to an-nounce the casting for2014-2015 season opener,Rodger’s and Hammer-stein’s classic THE KINGAND I, at the Topfer TheatreSeptember 17 – October 18,2014. In its first Austin pro-fessional theatre staging inmore than 25 years, thestory of Anna and the Kingof Siam blossoms in a lush,new production created forZACH, featuring lavish setsand costumes, JeromeRobbin’s legendary chore-ography, and an interna-tional cast backed by a liveorchestra. This belovedmusical is slated for aBroadway revival in 2015,but Austin audiences willexperience it first at ZACHstage starring JILLBLACKWOOD of ZACH’s

by NAOMI RICHARDEntertainment Columnist

RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN'S THEKING AND I. Pictured: Mel Sagrado Maghuyop.Photo by Kirk Tuck.

IN THE NEXT ROOM, andRAGTIME as the BritishSchool Teacher Anna, MELMAGHUYOP as The King ofSiam, JUNE JULIAN as TheKing’s head wife LadyThaing, with young loversplayed by YOONJEONGSEONG as Tuptim and JA-SON YAU as Lun Tha.

Also in the cast areCHRIS CARPENTER andRYAN MCCARTNEY shar-ing the role of LouisLeonowens, MICHAELWHEELER as PrinceChulalongkorn, MICHAELMILLER as Captain Ortonand Sir Edward Ramsay,and ROMMEL SULIT(ZACH’S PINOCCHIO) asThe Kralahome.

Soring numbers like“Getting to Know You” and“Shall We Dance” will en-liven the stage under theDirection of ZACH TheatreAssociate Artistic Director

ABE REYBOLD with Chore-ographer GREG ZANE, re-cently named AssociateChoreographer for the up-coming Lincoln Center Re-vival of THE KING AND I.This show features MusicDirection by ALLENROBERTSON, CostumeDesign by ALISONHERYER, Lighting Designby MATTHEW WEBB, andSound Design by CRAIGBROCK. SCOTT GROH isthe Properties Master andAARON BELL is the ScenicCoordinator and SERRETTJENSEN is the Hair andMakeup Designer.

THE KING AND I fea-tures Music by RichardRodgers, Book and Lyricsby Oscar Hammerstein II,Original Choreography byJerome Robbins, and isbased on Anna and theKing of Siam by MargaretLandon.

Girl Scouts of Central Texasand Samsung Launch First-

Ever STEM ChallengeGSCTX and Samsung unite to challenge Central Texas girls to

engineer a solution for water conservation.

Girl Scouts from Central Texas learn all aboutwater conservation and receive the challenge they’llsolve by November 8th.

Austin, TX - GirlScouts from all over Cen-tral Texas now have theireyes on becoming innova-tors regarding environ-mental engineering andwater conservation.

Samsung Austin Semicon-ductor is the underwritingsponsor for the Science,Technology, Engineeringand Math (STEM) Chal-lenge for Girl Scouts ofCentral Texas (GSCTX).

The Challenge is Samsung-inspired and urges girls tothink creatively to con-serve and efficiently usewater with the plan for asustainable future. GSCTX,along with girls from

across 46 counties havestepped up to the plate toput on their thinking capsso that they may live theSamsung motto of ‘inspir-ing the world, and creat-ing the future.’

“We want encourageand challenge you tospeak up, to dream big,and to think outside thebox,” GSCTX CEO LynelleMcKay told the over 200

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Black men vested tolead awesome lives.See MOVEMENT

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Kazique envisions acollaborative district.

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City celebratedcentennial milestone.

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Check yourVoter ID

informationNOW!

As we get closer to theNovember 4 General Election,more interest is being given to theproper identification that will beneeded in order to be eligible tovote. For the first time in Texas,voters will have to present aphoto ID at the polling place inorder to vote. The informationlisted on the ID card must beidentical to the information onyour voter registration certificate. The poll workers will beworking harder than ever to insurethat each voter has the properidentification. Poll Watchers fromboth parties will be trying to insurethat their voters are allowed tovote and to disqualify as manyvoters of the other party aspossible. Some may be wondering whyso much attention is given to thisissue. Both parties know that alarge turn out by the DemocraticParty voters could help to turnTexas Blue (power beingcontrolled by the DemocraticParty, from the Capitol to theCourt House). A recent poll revealed that onegroup is especially beingtargeted. That is the AfricanAmerican voters. Thiscommunity has turned its back onvoting in recent years. Many inthe community believe that bothparties have turned its back onthe community. As a result, veryfew Black voters are going to thepolls during off year elections(when the President is not on theballot). That has caused the stateto be run by one party,Republicans. While the Democrats sit on thesidelines and complain about thefact that they are not beingrepresented by either party, andwhile that is true, it is not thefault of the office holders. It isthe fault of the community whocontinue to sit on the sideline andlet the parade pass them by. The poll that I referred to earlierreveals that a 60% turn out by theregistered African Americanvoters would be enough todecide the outcome of anyelection in the state. But, neitherparty is asking for that group tovote for them. Republicans aregoing on as usual and hoping thatthe Democrats do not read thatreport. Each individual voter will haveto decide for themselves whetheror not they are going to vote.However, the first step is to makesure that you will not be disqualifiedat the polls. To prevent that, thevoters need to immediately makesure that they have the proper ID inorder to be able to vote. It is assimple as calling or going by theTravis County Voter Registrationoffice to check your documents.The time spent will be worth it onelection day.

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THE COMMUNIQUÉCicely Tyson

ReceivesLegacy Award

by NAOMI RICHARD ~ Entertainment Columnist

Beverly Hills, CA -L.A. Focus Newspaper heldthe 17th annual “First La-dies High Tea” at theBeverly Hilton Hotel onSaturday, September 13,2014 from Noon to 3:00pm. This year’s event wasco-hosted by Gospel Leg-end Dr. Bobby Jones andDr. Beverly “Bam”Crawford, pastor of BibleEnrichment Fellowship In-ternational Church. Tony

and Emmy Award® winnerCicely Tyson received theLegacy Award. Other ce-lebrities honored includedactress Gugu Mbatha-Raw (best known for herrole in “Belle”), who re-ceived the Spirit Award,actress Alley Mills of TheBold and the Beautiful,received the Shining StarAward and music execu-tive Vicki MackLataillade, received the

Focus Award. Grammy win-ning recording artistSmokie Norful andGrammy-nominated artist,Tata Vega were the fea-tured performers.

The event honorswomen and First Ladieswho have served the com-munities well, through theiractivism and charitable con-tributions. The First LadyHonorees included: MyeshaChaney; Antioch Church ofLong Beach, Isabelle Drake,Greater Ebenezer BaptistChurch and Debra Will-iams, McCoy MemorialBaptist Church.

“’The First LadiesHigh Tea’ was conceived in1997 to celebrate and em-brace the role first ladies

and women in the churchplay in providing services tothe community and shapingthe lives of young girls andyouth,” explains PublisherLisa Collins. “So often thework that they do gets over-looked and we wanted tochange that and provide aforum to recognize them forall that they do and all thatthey are to us.”

Other notable pre-senters and special guestsincluded County Supervi-sor Mark Ridley-Thomas,US Representative KarenBass, L.A. CityCouncilmember CurrenPrice, Senator HollyMitchell and others. Over1,000 plus were in atten-dance at the Afternoon Tea.

girls in attendance. “You are our next generationof engineers and we are looking to you to be innova-tive and courageous.”

Throughout this 6-week challenge, Girl Scouts ingrades 4-12 will work in teams with mentors fromSamsung to devise solutions for water conservation.They will build models of the Samsung facility exempli-fying the use of water in the same fashion that Samsungdoes.

“”These girls are so smart,” said Charmaine Win-ters, Director of Human Resources for Samsung. “Weare thrilled to partner with Girl Scouts and spark newideas for solutions regarding water conservation. Weknow they will rise to the challenge and we can’t waitto see what amazing ideas they bring to the table.”

The challenge will culminate in a STEM confer-ence on Saturday, November 8th, where girls will revealtheir work to the community. Each group of girls willpresent their solutions for evaluation by a panel ofSamsung employees. Winners will be chosen based ontheir research and presentations. Participants are eli-gible to win a variety of Samsung products includingthe Samsung Galaxy Tab and Chromebook©.

GSCTX is an active advocate for girls in STEM andmakes it a priority to present new and exciting programsthat spark girls’ interest in an often gender-biased area.By partnering with Samsung Austin Semiconductor,GSCTX seeks to showcase how Girl Scouts’ ability to

STEM CreativelyChallenges Girls forSustainable Future

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Charmaine WintersDirector of Human Resources for Samsung

Lynelle McKayChief Executive Officer of Girl Scouts of Central Texas

imagine can be translated into real-life problem-solv-ing.

Girl Scouts of Central Texas and Samsung AustinSemiconductor are proud to partner in the mission ofbuilding girls of courage, confidence and character, andbuild a brighter tomorrow together. Both organizationsare excited about this wonderful opportunity for girlsto ‘imagine what imagination can do’ in order to pre-serve one of our most valuable resources.

We can’t wait to see what ingenious ideas GirlScouts will come up with!

Cicely Tyson accepts Legacy Award during theFirst Ladies High Tea. Photo by Rochelle Porter.

“Black Men Rock”Movement Launched

By Shirley A. Hammondtwitter.com/xtremeridewish1

The black male crisis isa term used to describe whatsome propose to be the lim-ited opportunities and lowerperformance benchmarksplaguing many African-American men. The crisis wascoined as the result of stud-ies on the state of black menat different times in history.Black Men Rock is a move-ment, a community and abook. Coach Michael Taylor islaunching a membershipdrive to get a community ofmen together so they cangain strength through theirunity, positive self-identifies

and use of resources. Hisbook is fully titled, “BlackMen Rock: EmpoweringBlack Men to Live Extraordi-nary Lives.”

Coach Taylor countersthe notion of a black male cri-sis by stating, “There is noblack male crisis in America.”He says instead that an un-precedented level of successis available to them, despitechallenges and obstacles.

Through his platform,Coach Taylor urges black mento not buy-in to the idea of acrisis and to learn how to ex-pand their minds and de-velop themselves to reach ahigher plane of living.

He seeks to keep blackmen from getting caught inthe drift, knocked off theirsquare or locked in cyclesand patterns of behavior andstrategies that fail to produceoptimum lives. Through hiswebsite and the member-

ship, men can gain access toa whole catalog of transfor-mational, supportive andempowering resources.

For example, thewebinars are digital classeswhere men can take notes oncertain topics and then applythe teaching to their lives.The blog posts help them livethe life that they are born tolive. Taylor also offers a videoseries with motivational,life-enhancing illustrationsof ideas and positivity. “Whoyou are may not be who youthink you are,” he states inone video blog message.

The Roundtable fea-ture includes discussions bykey thought leaders with di-verse points of view whoshare their ideas on an arrayof empowering topics. Themanifesto on the site chal-lenges men to commit them-selves to reaching their fullpotential.

The site also offersfeatures such as Life Les-sons, an interview seriestitled BMR Interview Series,and more.

Coach Taylor show-cases the notions of mind-expansion on his content-rich website. He describeshis movement as a positiverevolution. To his credit isexperience as an entrepre-neur, motivational speaker,radio/TV show host, writerof the Black Men Rock an-them and more. He pro-poses the idea that if blackmen are allowed to soar,everyone gains.

To become an exclu-sive member of this com-munity of men, visitwww.blackmenrock.net.Membership is free, and allwho join receive access tothe resources indicated,along with a free e-bookwritten by Taylor.

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CHURCH & TOWN BULLETIN

Ebenezer Baptist Church1010 East 10th Street 512-478-1875 Fax 512-478-1892

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

Bus Ministry Call 512-478-1875

St. Peter’s United Methodist Church 4509 Springdale Road Austin, Tx 78723Office 512- 926-1686 Fax 512-929-7281

Christian Web Site-stpetersaustintx.ning.com

stpetersaustintx@att.netTHE PLACE WHERE WE STEP OUT ON FAITH.

COME AND STEP OUT ON FAITH WITH USSunday School 8:45 a.m.

Praise and Worship 10:15 a.m.Wednesday Bible Study 12:00 p.m.

and Praise /Bible Study 6:30 p.m.(to include Children’s Choir Rehersaland

Bible Study with age appropiate Activities)Rev. Jack C. Gause Pastor

Agape Baptist ChurchIn “The Centre” Bldg. F-15 7801 N. Lamar Blvd. (SE Corner of N Lamar and 183)

AGAPE is a chuch for all people. “Where Jesus Christ is Magnified and the love Heexhibited is Exemplified.” Come, receive God’s unconditional lovefor you.

For there is no greater love!

Church ServicesSunday School 9:30 AMSunday Worship 11:00 AM

Mid-Week Service Thursday: Praise,Prayer and Bible Study 7:00 PMCall 454-1547 for Transporation

Website www.agapebcaustintx.comRev. H. Ed Calahan

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Imani Community ChurchDavis Elementray Auditorium 5214 West Duval Road

Sunday School 9:00 A.M.Worship Service 10:00 A.M.•Power Hour Bible Life Group 6:00 P.M.

Imani Complex & Office,11800 Mustang at Duval Austin, Texas 78727

Visit:imanichurch.comOffice: 512-343-9300Rev. Dr. Jacquelyn Donald-Mims

7801 N. Lamar Blvd,Suite D 102,

Austin, Texas 78752

Worship: Sunday--10:00 am - 12:30 pm

Tuesday Bible Studies--7:30pm - 9:00 pmFriday Prayers--7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

The Church of Pentecost, USA Inc,Austin offers a wide variety of opportuni-ties for children, youth, adults, and olderadults to be involved in worship, spiritualgrowth, education, community outreach,and making a tangible difference to thosein need in our community. You too, canmake a positive difference in our commu-nity through your prayers, your presence,your gifts, your service, and your witness.Tel: 512 302-1270

Leading People to Experience God’s Love, Know Jesus Christ & Grow in His ImageThe Church of Pentecost

Olive Branch Fellowship of Austin / All Faith Chapel4110 Guadalupe St Bldg #639 Austin, TX 78751

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Romans 5:1 Therefore,having beenjustified by faith, we have peace

with God through our Lord Jesus Christ

This life, therefore, is not righteous-ness, but growth in righteousness; not health,but healing; not being, but becoming; not rest,but exercise. We are not yet what we shall be,but we are growing toward it. The process isnot yet finished, but it is going on. This is notthe end, but it is the road. All does not yetgleam in glory, but all is being purified.

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WORSHIP SERVICESSunday Worship - 7:45 a.m. & 11 a.m.Church School - 9:45 a.m.Bible Studies - Mon, 6:30 p.m. & Wed., 12 noonWednesday Night Worship - 7 p.m.

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The Elusiveness of LongevityIf God let me live un-

til September 4, 2014, I willbe one hundred yearsyoung! Up to this moment,I am in excellent health.My mind and my body arein good shape. I hardlyever have a physical com-plaint and I thank the Lordfor it every day.

I’ve been blessed tobe independent by livingalone. I am proud to sayI’m always finding thingsto keep me busy, so I do

all of my own housework.I have a large front andback yard and I do thework in both. I have triedusing a yard man severaltimes and a few that didmy yard didn’t know aweed from a flower, so Idecided to do the workmyself. I think the exer-cise is good fot me andI’m stronger for rt.

Several people haveasked me what is it that Ido to have a long life. I

don’t know the answer,but whatever I’m doing; Ihope it’s pleasing to theLord. The bible says ourbody is a temple of theHoly Spirit and we must noteat unclean food or partakeof anything that may beharmful to the body. I havetried to follow the goldenrule and became a vegetar-ian years ago. I believe thishas helped contribute to mygood health. I don’t eatmeat and only scale fish;

plenty of fresh vegetablesand fruits.

I could never knowwhy God let me live thislong because He takessome early in life and oth-ers He gives longevity.His thoughts are not ourthoughts and his time isdifferent from ours. I’mhappy to be here and Iwant to always give Himthe praise by saying,“Thanks God for the longlife you have given me.”

WESLEY INTERGENERATIONAL CHOIRTO PRESENTS ITS 37TH CHOIR ANNUAL

AUSTIN, TX - TheWesley IntergenerationalChoir cordially invites theGreater Austin communityto its 37th Choir Annualslated for Sunday Septem-ber 28, 2014 at 4 p.m. in the

Main Sanctuary at WesleyUnited Methodist Church lo-cated at 1164 San BernardStreet. The theme for thisyear’s annual is “JesusChrist - the Author andSustainer of this Music Min-

istry for 37 Years” - withsupportive scripture takenfrom Hebrews 12:2.

Ms. Lamonica M.Lewis is Director of theWesley Music Ministryand Rev. Sylvester E.

Chase, Jr. is Senior Pastorof Wesley UMC. For moreinformation, contact thechurch office at (512) 478-7007 or please go towww.wesleyunited.org/.The public is invited.

Celebrating a History of SocialJustice at St. James’Episcopal Church

AUSTIN, TX - For more than 70 years, St. James’ Epis-copal Church has served greater Austin as a beacon of faith,community and social justice. The church was started in1941 by a small group of African Americans who wanted toestablish an Episcopal Church where all would be wel-come, despite their experiences of exclusion. Known asthe “little church that cares,” St. James’ congregationadopted a policy of radical hospitality and a consciouscommitment to diversity, community and growth—unit-ing a diverse group of parishioners, offering services inSpanish and embracing same-sex couples well beforeother congregations.

Since the 1980s the church’s deep commitment toracial reconciliation has served as a foundation for its min-istries and community outreach. The congregation has longrealized the importance of moving public racial discoursefrom a cycle of blaming and resentment to one of har-mony and reconciliation. It also has supported projectsthat address the systematic and structural nature of in-equality, such as the local Freedom School affiliate orga-nized by the Children’s Defense Fund to help children fromlow-income backgrounds succeed academically.

Bishop Greg Rickel of Olympia Diocese in Washing-ton State, was rector at St. James’ from 2001-07. He beganthe Racial Reconciliation Project, which has created spacesfor constructive dialogue across the divides of race andclass. Bishop Rickel helped initiate the Travis Co. Sheriff’sOffice program Building Bridges—Brick by Brick, led byMark Manor and Sheriff Greg Hamilton and now in its ninthyear. Brick by Brick joins law enforcement agencies withfaith-based and community groups in creating sustainableconversations and developing and expanding relation-ships within diverse communities.

In partnership with The University of Texas at Austin,the Racial Reconciliation Project has fostered conversationby bringing such distinguished and compelling speakers toAustin as Rinku Sen, a leader in the national racial justicemovement; Dr. Natalie Byfield, a professor at St. John’s Uni-versity in Queens, NY; Dr. Carl Hart, a professor at ColumbiaUniversity; and Tim Wise, an anti-racism activist.

The recent death of Michael Brown and the ensuingevents in Ferguson, Missouri, serve as a reminder of thecontinued importance of St. James’ Episcopal Church’sefforts to cultivate understanding, eliminate stereotypesand build stronger communities.

The University of Texas at Austin Division of Diver-sity and Community Engagement (DDCE) is pleased to part-ner with St. James’ in its Racial Reconciliation Project andto co-sponsor St. James’ upcoming gala on Sept. 26 to re-new its commitment to racial reconciliation. As the DDCEis committed to social justice and an inclusive society, welook forward to helping the congregation continue itswork, public discussions and social justice efforts.

We invite you to join us at the St. James’ Gala onFriday, Sept. 26, 6:30-11:00 p.m. in the Connally Ballroomat the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center on The University ofTexas at Austin campus. Tickets may be purchased online:http://www.eventbrite.com/e/st-james-gala-2014-tick-ets-8943886405

Contact St. James’ Episcopal Church for more informationor sponsorship opportunities by emailingoffice@stjamesaustin.org or calling 512-926-6339, extension 6.

Celebrating a History of SocialJustice at St. James’Episcopal Church

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YOUTH BRIGADEYouth of Today

Hope of Tomorrow Black RegistryBlack RegistryBlack RegistryBlack RegistryBlack RegistryWhere Did All the Pencils Go?

Genesis StiggersElgin Middle School

Fun Friday

Hello everyone, at myschool we have a new activ-ity called, Fun Friday. FunFriday is when you get ex-tra recess for thirty minutesat the end of the day on Fri-day. When you don't doyour work, you go to studyhall during the whole re-cess.

If you have work thatneeds to be completedthen you miss Fun Friday. If

Montrae NelsonRiverplace Elementary

it's raining we will watch amovie for thirty minutes.The last time it rained onFun Friday, we watched TheTooth Fairy in my mathteachers classroom. Wedidn't get to finish it but itwill rain again someday andwe will. On Fun Friday all ofthe classes meet at the twoplaygrounds. I saw mybrother Marquis and wewere happy to see eachother!

Everyone thinks hav-ing Fun Friday is a greatidea, even the principal.Fun Friday is a wonderfulthing to have but the badpart is it's really hot outsideand our water we take out-side gets hot! We still havefun. Everyone likes to playand its good to take a breakfrom school work. Fun Fri-day is a good reward for kidsbecause we like to play andlearn.

Luigi's Pizza

So many people noware starting to use more andmore technology. So whenkids don’t know about ques-tions they need to answer,instead of looking in a bookor encyclopedia they go on

the nearest website andlook it up from there. Some-times I wonder what wouldhappen if everyone aroundthe world would have togive up technology foreverin order to survive.

I wish that peoplewould teach about writingmore in school. I’m not talk-ing about your ordinaryspelling and grammar. I’mtalking about cursive andcalligraphy. When did theystop teaching that?

Now just because Iwant more writing doesn’tmean I don’t want technol-ogy. I just wonder if anyonein the future will wonder-Where did all the pencilsgo?

Ira “T.J.” WilliamsRidgeview M.S.

While I was on vaca-tion in New York this sum-mer, I ate at a lot of greatrestaurants. But the bestjoint was a pizzeria inBrooklyn by the name ofLuigi’s Pizza. It was the bestpizza I’ve ever tasted in myentire life. But the pizzadidn’t even compare to thegreat customer service.

When my familyand I first walked into therestaurant, we weregreeted by a young womannamed Toni. She had aheavy Brooklyn accent andwas in her mid-20s. Sheasked us for our order andthen asked if we lived in thearea. We told her we werefrom Texas and she seemedpretty surprised. I guess nota lot of Texans go throughthat part of Brooklyn.

As we took ourseats, Toni came by withthree slices of their cheesepizza and said, “On thehouse for my 3 Texasfriends!” We thanked herand started munching. Thepizza was soft and doughy

and when I folded it in half,pizza grease spilled fromthe sides. That’s how a trueNew York Pizza should be.A couple minutes later, oneof the waiters came with abig pizza platter. It had ev-ery topping imaginable onit, but the best part was thesauce which Toni called“Grandma’s Sunday Sauce.”The sauce was fresh andzesty, with a hint of sweet-ness. When we finished wewent over to the counter topay for our meal.

Behind the counterwas an older man with pizzadough covering his hands.He asked us if we liked thefood and if we wanted a to-go box. After my parentspaid for the pizza, my dadasked how long they werein business. The man,whose name was Gio, toldus they’ve been in businessfor 60 years. He suddenlystarted telling us about howhe grew up on the streetwhere Luigi’s was located.In his exact words, he said,“50 years I been here and asI grew up, all them yuppiescome and start openingstores and think they dis-covered the place, like theyColumbus.” He was quite afunny man. He sort of re-minded me of Joe Pesci.

After we thankedGio for the great pizza, myfamily and I went to gothank Toni for her great ser-vice and told her we’ll beback for during Thanksgiv-ing Break. She told us she’dkeep a pizza hot-n-ready forus.

School is going goodso far. The first weeks werehard to me, with all of the

school work thrown at me Imanaged to handel it all.The out come of doing allmy work and turning it in ontime I had nothing but re-ally A's and B's . That wasjust my progress report. Allof this gets harder andharder throughout theschool year but, I’m justpreparing myself for thelong run. I can honestly sayit’s hard being a freshmen.

Jada DempsDel Valle High School

Progress Reports

Hello Reader,This week my article is

about taking care of your-self. You know how yourparents are always tellingyou not to eat certain thingsor not to eat too much ofother things. My mother hasbeen trying to cookhealthier for all of us, I justdo not like the way she

Listening Helps

De’Ja HillLamar Middle School

cooks some of the food.Well I had an experience allweek because I thought mymother was overreactingwhen she kept telling meabout the different things Ihad been eating.

The entire week I hadto go to school not feelingwell because I did not wantto listen to what my motherwas saying. After I gothome from school everyday, my mother would giveme some medicine thateventually made my stom-ach feel better. I will take asaying from my mother ‘thebest lesson is the onebought and paid for.’ Fromnow on, I will definitely lis-ten to what she is saying iflast week is a preview ofwhat I have to look forwardto when I try to sneaksweets.

Until next time.

“Senioritis” is the termused for the anxiousnessthat accompanies seniorsduring their last year in highschool. Most students areready to move on to collegeor just escape the under-classmen. It is easy to getcaught up in the glamour ofgraduation, although justi-fied, but it is also importantto maintain your marblessenior year.

Most colleges focuson the first three years ofyour high school career be-cause there is not enoughinformation from your se-nior time by the time of ap-plication deadlines. How-

Kiara MyersVista Ridge High School

ever, many important thingsare still happening senioryear. First, students maystill need to take standard-ized tests and entrance ex-ams. This requires muchstudying and preparation toensure improvement. Also,some senior classes beingtaken are required tograduate; therefore, theyshould be taken seriously.Most colleges will even askfor a midyear and final tran-script for definite admis-sion.

Personally, I am in theacademic Top Ten students.If I maintain this status, Iwill be among the first tengraduates to walk acrossthe stage. So, I have towork hard in my AdvancedPlacement classes, whichrequire a lot of focus andhomework to ensure col-lege credit at the end ofthe year. I ’ve alreadylearned how hard it is tobalance school work withcollege preparation, butI’m happy that this is justa temporary stress thatwill pay off in only a fewmonths.

Speech and Debate Elective

At cedars this year wehave a Speech and DebateClass. Our teachers nameis Mr. Black, he is an awe-some attorney. He alsoowns his own law firm andloves what he does.

In Speech and De-bate we have Debates onTuesday on a subject wehad homework on or on avideo Mr. Black made uswatch. On Thursday we

Zachariah WashingtonCedars Academy

learn how to makespeechs or how to identifya certain important topicthat is happening in reallife. Mr. Black also teachesus how to preform with aloud voice, presentationand how not get butter-flies when you preform aspeech.

I think that me takingthe Speech and Debatecourse at my school willhelp me get to my dreamjob as The President OfThe United States OfAmerica because it willteach me not to get stagefright when I am giving aspeech, to project myvoice so everyone canhear me and more. I thinkthat Speech and Debate isan important class to takebecause it teaches stu-dents to speak with a loudvoice, eye contact etc. Icant wait until the nextclass.

No Time for Senioritis

C.I.S. Program

This week I was ac-cepted into the C.I.S. pro-gram, which stands forCommunities in School.This program helps childrenand their families with sev-eral things. The children areassigned a mentor that

Aaron WilliamsKealing M.S.

spends time with the chil-dren while in school. Some-times you are pulled out ofyour class for some one onone time with your mentorto talk about your grades,talk about your future, orjust eat lunch with them.We also get to do fun thingslike have special events andgo places.

In football practicethis week, the coach as-signed us our positions. Iam a nose guard on the de-fensive side; I am the per-son who tries to get to thequarterback. We did not dotoo much conditioning wework on hitting and goingover our plays. We are get-ting ready for our game onMonday I really hope wewin.

SaNaya WhiteCedars Int’l Academy

September 11th

September 11, 2001 isa day that changed people'slives. It started out like anynormal day with mostpeople going to work but itsuddenly changed becauseof hate and evil. In New Yorkat the WTC twin towers, 2airplanes were crashed into

both buildings. Over 3000people were killed, sometrapped and others injured.The cause of these planecrashes were terrorists onthe plane, forcing the pilotsto crash. People in nearbybuildings and on the streetwere covered in debris andsmoke from the twin tow-ers falling.

Lots of firemen andpolicemen and civilianscame together and helpedthose they could. It was a sadand traumatizing time forAmerica. 13 years later, it isstill a hard time for most torelive and talk about.Where the towers use tostand is now a really bigmemorial fountain with thenames of all those who losttheir lives. We will foreverremember 9/11.

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This week at ConnallyHigh School was Pictures.The last four years takingyearbook pictures have al-ways been quite simple,make sure you have on anice outfit, make sure yourhair was fixed, and saycheese. No big deal, if theydid not turn out well, youwould always have nextyear. However, this yearwas a little different pro-cess, this is my last year, and

Hannah RobertsonConnally High School

Cheese!this year’s pictures will bemy senior pictures. No nextyear, no re-takes, no do-over.

We had to sign up foran appointment with theyearbook department be-cause this year there wasmore than thinking aboutyour outfit, hair and smile.This year I had to take a pic-ture in a graduation gown.

As I walked into thecafeteria ready to take mypictures I slowly began torealize this would be my fi-nal school picture, thiswould be my last yearbookpicture. As I slowly put onmy cap and gown I thoughtto myself this is just the firststep of the rest of my life.This year I will be graduat-ing. I still have a lot of workto do, papers to write, testto take, projects to do andassignment to complete butthis year’s picture was an-other reminder that this ismy last year. So say, Cheese!

Zyon HillReagan High School

Hello Readers,This week the

Reagan Raider’s footballteam has lost yet anothergame. As much as it painsme to say, I think that thismeans their record is now0-2. There were alsodance tryouts at Reaganthis week. The tryoutswere held on Friday, Sep-tember 12, 2014; however,the results will not be infor at least a week. I knowa few people that are anx-ious to find out if they

made it. Not saying thatanyone would think of ex-cluding some of thepeople who tried out forthe dance tryouts, someof the students believethey did not get a fairchance to show what theycould do during their rou-tine.

The basketball teamhas started after schoolworkouts. I have two bas-ketball classes and nowthe coach added to our re-gime. Our workout con-sists of lifting weights andrunning. The first thingthat we do is lift weightsin different positions likefree weights, then squats,bench press, and incline.When we are finished withthe weights, we run a laparound the school. Thecrazy thing is I alwaysthought Reagan was asmall school compared tosome of the other schools,until I had to start runninglaps around the premises.

Until next time.

School Events

Lanette DempsDel Valle High School

Del Valle High Schoolgot band of the week lastweek. I was so happ be-

cause this year i have a spotin this years show. I was solucky to have a spot becauseone, I didn't have a spot inthe show two, not manypeople got to have a spot inthe show and I also reallylove this years show.

When I first saw ourband in the summer I waslike wow this is it , becausewe were so small but , wemay be small but we are arevery good. Everybodyshould come to our nextshow, support us and let usprove how good we are.

Band of The Week

This past Thursday was9/11 a sad moment in U.S his-tory. September 11, 2001started off as a regular Tues-day, when suddenly in NewYork around 9:00 am, a planeflew into the World TradeCenter.

At first, everyonethought that it was an acci-dent but then began to real-ize that it wasn’t when an-other plane also flew intothe World Trade Center.People began to realizeAmerica was under attack.When you look at the pic-tures from that day, you will

see a lot of smoke and ash allover the streets. Peoplewere running away from thebuildings while Firemenwere running into the build-ings.

Later there was an-other plane that flew into thePentagon. Finally there wasa plane was trying to fly intothe White House but thepassengers plane foughtback and the plane crashedin a field. Most adults re-member going to work asusual or dropping their chil-dren off for school. A normalday changed everythingfrom airport security to ourunderstanding of freedomand security. We were intro-duced words like Terrorism,Taliban, and Home Land Se-curity. All of this happenedbefore I was born, but everyyear my parents talk about itand they run shows on TVabout it. It was a big day, asad moment in U.S historyand for all the families of allthe people that died in theplane crash. 9/11 we willnever forget.

9/11

Sarah RobertsonAthlos Leadership Acad.

I hope you all had asgreat of a week as I did, or abetter one. This week Iwanted to give my view onschool dress code whichseems to be a heavy andongoing topic in my schoolthese first couple of weeks.Let me start by saying I haveexperienced the use ofschool uniforms a coupleyears out of my life. Do Ipromote the use of schooluniforms? To be honest I donot know. I feel that it is avaried decision based onthe well-being of each in-dividual student. I also feelthe students at my schoolare very aware of our dresscode and constantly pushthe envelope by reason oftesting the limits of whatour school administratorswill allow. I do notice thelimits that vary betweenshort, tall, big, small, andgenuinely, the color of eachstudent’s skin. It is obviousmost of the school admin-istrators do not see themessage that they are send-ing. I am an African Ameri-can young woman. I am 5’7(which in high school is to-wards tall for a girl) witharms that reach my knees.Most girls would not beable to carry that trait,meaning, if dress coded,someone shorter then Iam could be wearing thesame thing as me, but forthem it would be accept-able versus ‘ inappropri-ate’. Personally, our dresscode isn’t as huge of aproblem to me. I do seethe obvious double stan-dard it sets and that’s whyI’ve chosen to speak on it.If we as students don’tseek a voice, no one willever know. To wantchange, wil l never beenough. We must f indwhat we want to change,and take action.

Nevertheless, I’ve hada great week. I’ve had a lotof practice which is bitter-sweet, more sweet thanbitter. I love basketball. I al-ways express my vision ofbasketball as a metaphor forlife. For example, whoevertakes the jump at the soundof the first buzzer is a sym-bol for your care taker(s)

when you are born into thisworld. In my experience, itis not your place to choosethem. Sometimes they getyou the ball, opportunity,and sometimes they don’t.It is you job as player to takethe play and act upon it. Justas you do with the given, orungiven, opportunities thatcome upon you in life. Af-ter the ball is in play, as inlife, you must think on yourfeet and you will makemany mistakes. It motivatesyou to do nothing but learnfrom it. As the game goeson the same transitionstake place. Throwing theball in, passing, cutting,stealing, rebounding.Equivalent to the tasks wehave in life. Waking up, talk-ing, hearing, having timepass by. But when it is timeto take a shot, as in a majorstepping stone in life, itseems things start movingslower. People start to ac-knowledge you and whatyou do. With every shotyou take there are only twooutcomes available. Youcan make the shot or missit. With everything you doin life, it is only in the be-holders perspective if thereis room to succeed or fail. Itis in your hands the out-come of each situation.

Let’s Go Lady MaroonsBasketball! Our Lady Ma-roons basketball team justtook their second victoryplaying in our fall leagueteam, Starz, at Atkins HighSchool this past Sunday. Iwould like to extend anabundance of appreciationto our coaches, parents, andall who make our team suc-cessful. Our district gameshave not begun, but we doencourage our players totake part in the fall league,so we may get into the flowof each other and feed offof each player’s strengthsand weaknesses. We arenow in the stage of lookingfor new and old supportersfor this year. Please contactAustin High School if youare in search of a spot onour list of supporters.Thank You!

“Thou wilt shew methe path of life: in thy pres-ence is fullness of joy; at thyright hand there are plea-sures for evermore.”(Psalms 16:11)

Whitney BrownS. F. Austin H. S.

Dress Code

I think that peopleshould not be forced to goto school, not saying thatbecause I don't won't to bein school but , I reallywould l ike to actuallylearn stuff while I 'm inschool. It's pretty hard to

Don’t Force Them

Imani DempsDel Valle High School

learn when you havepeople in there that don'twant to be there. Theyconstantly make distrac-tions and bother the restof the class. I feel if theyweren't there then morestuff could be accom-plished because peopleare there they actuallywant to be in school andthe people that don't wantto be there aren’t.

I hate when I see kidsin school that constantlyare in trouble. I feel likein school suspensionshould not exist because,they should be at homethey come to school tolearn not to be punishedby the school. I thinkschools should really workon the classroom environ-ment.

Manor High Schoolprovides students withiPads to use throughout theschool year. This is veryhelpful. By having this abil-ity it helps the students aswell the teachers in variousways.

One of the ways hav-ing an iPad can benefit astudent is by convenience.

IPads

Latrice LipscombManor High School

An iPad is a portable com-puter, therefore you arecarrying everything youneed. As a student, you cando so much with technologythis complex. Things such aspower points, video clips,research and more,can allbe done on the same appli-ance without having to useor keep up with multiplethings.

Also, using iPads canmake it easier for teachersbecause students can haveaccess to assignmentsonline.

Having iPads in theschool system is beneficial.It's convenient and can helpget alot done. This system,if used correctly, can en-hance the learning of stu-dents. IPads are great andshould be used in allschools.

HAWKS Undefeated

It is Homecoming weekat Hendrickson. So this ishow to dress: Monday: Mix-Match Day, Tuesday: TwinDay, Wednesday: AmericaDay, Thursday: ThrowbackThursday, Friday: SuperheroHawk Day.

Homecoming eventsthis week are Friday: Home-coming Football vs.Westwood, Friday: Home-coming Volleyball vs.Westwood, Friday: Home-coming Tennis vs. RoundRock and Saturday: Home-coming Carnival at 4:30 pm.

The Hawk footballteam is no longer undefeatedbut there is a moral victorybecause after facing two SanAntonio area 6A power-houses, the Hawks held theirown. SA Brandeis 28,Hendrickson 21 – Final. TheHawks dominated the gamestatistically but lost late in thegame as the result of a quickpic interception. For a teamthat is only now developinga passing offense in a statedominated by that style offootball it is a learning expe-rience.

Hendrickson total yards34 / Brandeis 221; first downs17/14; fumbles lost 0/2

The loss moved usdown in the district rankingsin 6A Region II District 13,which looks stronger thisyear than last. Cedar Ridgeand McNeil are 3-0 and StonyPoint, Round Rock,Pflugerville and HHS are 2-1.Westwood and Rouse are 1-2. The Hendrickson Hawksvolleyball team wonTuesday's away conferencematch against Cedar Ridge bya score of 3-1. The district col-lege fair is 6:30 pm Sept.. 25at Pflugerville High School.Hundreds of colleges will bethere and this event is notjust for upperclassmen.

College and CareerCener Counselor KaraTappendorf has all of the infoplus SAT and ACT test details.I took my ACT Saturday buthave not yet taken the SAT.

Events this week atHHS:Tuesday: Underclass-men Pictures through EnglishClasses

Tuesday: Volleyball @Stony Point

Tuesday: Tennis @Pflugerville

Wednesday: Under-classmen Pictures throughEnglish Classes

Thursday: Sub-VarsityFootball vs. Westwood

Saturday: Cross Coun-try at Cedar Park

Senior CelebrationEvent: Spirit night at GoodLuck Grill on September 23rdfrom 5-8:30 pm.

The Skittle Lab

In Mrs. Tyler's room,we did an experiment onskittles. Our prediction wasto see which skittle dissolvedin hot water or cold water. Myprediction was that theskittle was going to dissolvein cold water. Mrs. Tyler gave

each of our groups of four alittle package of skittles andcups. One filled with hotwater and one filled withcold water. Each person hasa job or role in participatingin the experiment. One per-son had to check the time tosee how long it's taking to dis-solve. In the hot water, theskittle was dissolving faster.It was changing colors, get-ting smaller, and lighter incolor. In the cold water, it didthe same thing but reallyslower. When we were donewe wrote what we did andwrote down how long theskittles dissolved in our Sci-ence journals. That was a funexperiment.

Erika LipscombManor Elementary

Alon RodgersHendrickson H. S.

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All around the na-tion, people and organiza-tions alike are joining to-gether to raise awarenessfor childhood cancer, asSeptember is the desig-nated awareness month.According to the AmericanChildhood Cancer Organi-zation website, 25% of allkids diagnosed with can-cer will not survive thedisease. The grief thatparents, friends and lovedones feel at such a loss isunimaginably crushing,and that loss has greaterimplications for society aswell. The death of a childsuffering from cancer isthe realization that whatcould have been is nolonger a possibility; it isthe loss of exponentialpotential that devastatesour society.

For most students,including myself, schoolhas already begun for the2014-2015 calendar year. Infact, it is around this timeof year that the excite-ment settles into routineand the relaxation thatmany experienced duringsummer is replaced withincreased responsibilities

Childhood Cancer Awareness

Rebecca RichardBowie High School

at school and home. Quitefrankly, the complaintsabout those very respon-sibil it ies are common-place beginning shortlyafter they’ve been as-signed. However, the verythings many of us com-plain about-- having tolose sleep to study or deal-ing with too too muchdrama between friends orenemies-- children andteens with cancer areforced to miss out on dueto exhausting treatmentsand long recovery times.Although the geometricPythagorean Theorem for-mula is an important les-son taught in schools toadolescents, equally if notmore important than text-book academics are thesocial skills only adminis-tered in the typical schoolenvironment that cancerpatients are not apart ofduring their battle and re-covery.

While you may havethe good fortune of notwatching a loved one beadversely affected by thedisease, there is a way youcan support those that aresuffering. Cancer Coutureis a not-for-profit organi-zation that seeks to pro-vide chic fashion accesso-ries to kids and teens whohave lost their hair. Youcan connect with them ontheir Facebook page atf a c e b o o k . c o m /cancercouture. For moreinformation on juvenilecancer, you can visit theAmerican Childhood Can-cer Organization websiteat acco.org.

One love.

Aubri Allen-BrentDel Valle High School

Last week our football team won againstakins , we were really ex-cited about that game.This week we play hays.Hopefully we can take an-other win home again thisweek. School is becomingmore advance becausenow we don’t have to use

worksheets or books , nowwe can access our homeworks on the internet orby using the qr code onthe corner of our home-work .

I find this method re-ally helpful because some-times I tend to forget thelesson we learned in classthat day , so I just simplyscan the QR code and it willhelp me refresh mymemory. And also I thinkthis way if doing homeworkis the “greener” way be-cause no we are savingtrees by not using so manyworksheets and having tojust trash them later afterwe get a good grade onthem. Next week ill discusswhether this is more help-ful to students or this is abad idea . Until next timeGOO CARDS !!

Football

Kaziquefor

AISD

So far everyone hasplaced their focus on theupcoming Austin City Coun-cil election; however, thereis also an Austin SchoolBoard election on the bal-lot. Moreover, the goal ofthe elected Austin SchoolBoard is to guide the AustinSchool Districts towardgreater performance. Someof the expectation of the

Kazique J. Prince

by Tsoke(Chuch) Adjavon

Jaylon KnightenDel Valle High School

Cardinals off to A Good Start

Last was a busy weekfor the Del Valle Cardinals

Football team. Instead ofhaving games on Thursdayand Friday we played onWednesday and Thursdayagainst Akins High School.The freshman and JV teamsplayed on Wednesday JV athome and freshman atBurger Stadium while theVarsity team played onThursday also at Burger Sta-dium. All teams won theirgames; this was the firstDistrict game of the season.Freshman’s won 45-12, JV29-6 and Varsity won 33-25.Next week the Cardinalstake on Hays High School.

My Favorite Subjects

Malakhi WashingtonCedars Int’l Academy

My favorite subject isscience because you get achance to experiment with

chemicals. I enjoy observinghow certain chemicals in-teract with other chemicalsto see what kind of reac-tions they produce. I enjoytaking temperatures of cer-tain chemicals after beingheated or frozen. I am look-ing forward to participatingin the science fair this year.I’ve already started trying todecide what I want to do myscience project on. I’ve re-cently started doing re-search on what it takes todo a volcano. I can’t wait forthe science fair to gethere!!

school board is to “chart thedirection of educational pro-grams and services; andestablish the standards bywhich success is mea-sured". Furthermore, therole of the School Board isto "employ the superinten-dent; approve the budgetand monitor expenditures;set the tax rates; and it maycall for a bond or tax rateelection". Therefore, theboard plays a vital role ineducation.

One of the personsrunning for Austin schoolboard is Kazique J. Prince.He is running for the AustinIndependence School Dis-trict Place 9. Kazique J.Prince is a father, a businessowner, an educator, and acommunity member.Kazique J. Prince served onthe Kealing PTA ExecutiveBoard; the committee forthe Greater Austin BlackChamber of Commerce;was a board member forFoundation Communitiesand did some collaborationwith community leaders asthe Advisory Council Chair-man for the Austin AfricanAmerican Cultural Heritagecommittee. Moreover,

Kazique J. Prince is very in-volved in the community.

Kazique J. Prince isrunning on certain issues.For instance, Kazique be-lieves that the School Boardshould not have a "corpo-rate approach" to educa-tion. In other words, he iscalling for fewer high-stakes, standardized tests,and more communityschools, while keeping the

arts, music, PE and libraries.In addition, he wants to fixthe educational funding.Kazique believes that Aus-tin cannot afford a $300million recapture paymentto the state of Texas in2018; therefore, will seek tohave more of the districts’money stay within the dis-tricts. Furthermore, he will"ensure equity and ad-equacy for each campus".

Damon Luckett IIHays High School

Austin Park and Pizza

On Sunday, Septem-ber 14, my friends and Iwent to Austin Park and

Pizza. Austin Park and Pizzais a place that has go-karts,an arcade, golf, and pizza!Austin Park and Pizza isopen all day until 9:00.

Austin Park and Pizzais located in Pflugerville. Itis a very fun place to go forany event. I want there formy birthday and I had agreat time! That Sunday, wehad a bunch of fun. Wewent on the go-karts andthe arcade inside. We alsohad a lot of pizza! I recom-mend it to anyone whowants to have fun, all ages!

Kevin ParishPark Crest M.S.

Football

Since we’ve startedFootball it’s been crazy. Ev-ery morning I have to get upat 6:00am because I have aride that comes to pick meup at 6:30. When we get tothe school we have goaround the back to get toour lockers inside theschool. Next when we get

dressed then we go out tothe field and do ourstresses, drills and then wescrimmage against ourteam. Last week onWednesday our team, thePark Crest Pumas, played inour first football gameagainst Benold MiddleSchool. When B team loss itwas our job (A team) tohave redemption for our Bteam; so we won the game16 to 0. Meanwhile we haveour second game inGeorgetown Forbes I reallyhope that we can win likewe did the last game. Nextweek I look forward to see-ing what we’re going to donext in all my classes butreally only math.

GO PUMAS!

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On September 26, the foundation called "GodSent Foundation" plans to hold a "Gala Night" in Aus-tin Texas. Moreover, this will be " A Godsent Foun-dation" 5th annual fundraiser. At the previousfundraisers, "A Godsent Foundation INC" held a fash-ion show and had various community leaders’ talkabout their engagement in the community. Not onlywill this event showcase authentic African culturebut, it will also serve as a non-profit fundraiser event.

The purpose for this event is to raise funds toequip students in Nigeria. According to Dion, thisevent will help them raise the necessary funds topurchase school supplies for at least 100 students.Moreover, this non-profit organization believes thatbetter education will help lift thousands of peopleout of poverty, especially in Nigeria. In addition, thegroup also seeks to introduce students to the internetand new technologies which would better equippedthem to compete in today’s global economy.

Finally, this non-profit organization strives “toensure the well-being of these children with the aidof books, school supplies, shoes, clothes, educa-tional toys and monetary assistance in some cases"."A Godsent Foundation Inc is on a mission to makethe lives of children in Africa much better by givingthem a chance to experience something differentfrom what they are used to. It intends to show themthe kind of love they have never had, the kind of carethey have never imagined and the resources thatshould be available to every child in order for themto have a brighter future."

The God Sent Foundationby Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon

Dion Osagie, founder of A God SentFoundation. Photo by Tsoke Adjavon

A Day of Culture!(left - right) Prince, Nosa, Victoria Broussard. Photo by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon

by Tsoke (Chuch) AdjavonOn September 13, there was a Cultural Fest held

in Austin Texas. Over the years, Central Texas and thecity of Austin has seen a massive growth from variousDiaspora communities moving to this area. Moreover,the region has become more diverse. People from thefour corners of the world are moving to Austin and Cen-tral Texas due to its "hot" and growing economy. Whileothers are moving to attend good colleges and univer-sities found in the area. Consequently, the organizersof the Cultural Fest believe that Austin and Central Texasis right place to hold an annual event.

The Cultural Fest was at the Gus Garcia Recre-ation Center which is located on Rundberg Lane. More-over, the organizers held the event on Rundberg Lanebecause it is one of Austin's "international streets". Forinstance, one can find an African store; a Middle-East-ern store; South Asian store; and a Cuban store all onRundberg Lane. Also, in the neighborhood aroundRundberg one can find people from all around the world.

Therefore, the Rundberg area was the most fitting lo-cation for this event.

At this event, people from various ethnic and ra-cial backgrounds made presentations. For instance,Tasha Ama of the Indian American community spokeabout her project in which she is raising money thatwould purchase school supplies for school children inIndia. Then Chantal Eldrige a community leader whoplans to run for Judge spoke on a wide theme of theAmerican criminal justice system and the need forpeople to get engaged in their local communities. Ac-cording to Chantal Eldridge the various communitiescan establish their roots in Central Texas by being po-litically engaged. Furthermore, Nosa of the NigerianAmerican community spoke about the upcoming Nige-rian American Independence Day celebrations. In addi-tion, Chris Wynnick Wilson of the Ukrainian Americancommunity spoke about Ukraine and also the currentevents there. Finally, the event ended with a great per-formance of Sade Jones and her dance group.

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This year’s revenuetransfer included $1.203billion to the FoundationSchool Fund, the Lottery’ssingle largest annual con-tribution to Texas publicschools and a 4.8 percentincrease over last year’scontribution. With this rev-enue transfer, the TexasLottery has contributedmore than $17 billion toTexas public education.

The FoundationSchool Fund, administeredby the Texas EducationAgency, funds the opera-

tional needs and specialprogram services forTexas school districts in-cluding teacher salaries,utilities, equipment, bilin-gual education, specialeducation, gifted and tal-ented education, and ca-reer and technical educa-tion.

Texas schools are notthe only beneficiaries ofthe Texas Lottery’s recordsales. Sales of the TexasLottery’s veterans themedscratch-off games re-sulted in $11.5 million forthe Fund for Veterans’ As-sistance, which is admin-istered by the Texas Vet-erans Commission. This isthe Lottery’s largest singleannual revenue transfer tothe Fund for Veterans As-sistance.

Since 2009, the TexasLottery has contributedmore than $39 million forimportant programs ben-efitting Texas veterans andtheir families. In a statewith 1.7 million veterans,these programs provideTexas veterans with finan-cial assistance, transpor-tation services, Post-Trau-matic Stress Disordercounseling and housingassistance.

The Texas Lotterysaw strong sales across itsentire scratch-off gameportfolio. Scratch-off salestotaled more than $3.280billion, the highest instant

ticket sales in Texas Lot-tery history. In addition torobust sales, the TexasLottery’s careful spendingkept administrative ex-penses to just 4.6 percentof fiscal year 2014 sales.

Texas Lottery playersalso had a great year with$2.81 billion collected incash and merchandiseprizes. For the state’s morethan 17,000 Texas Lotteryretailers that collect a fivepercent commission onevery lottery sale, com-missions amounted to$219.5 million, the highestcommission to retailers inTexas Lottery history.

Other highlights forfiscal year 2014 include:

*Texas LotteryCommission’s Executive

Director Gary Grief namedto the Public Gaming Re-search Institute’s 2014 Hallof Fame.

*In January, the TexasLottery announced itjoined the National Coun-cil on Problem Gambling asa Silver member.

*In March, the Lotteryrecognized Problem Gam-bling Awareness Month.

“The Texas Lotterycontinues to set new stan-dards of excellence in itsmission to generate rev-enue for the state of Texas,and we look forward tocontinued success,” said J.Winston Krause, chairmanof the Texas Lottery Com-mission. “I am verypleased with the resultsfor fiscal year 2014.”

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PROGRAMS ~ AWARENESS

The O. L. C. Anderson Alumni Assoc. Austin Chapter(OLCAAAAC) hold two fundraisers annually, a raffle in

September and a Holiday Dance in December. These fundraisersprovide funds to sponsor scholarships and purchase schoolsupplies for two adopted elementary schools. Recently the

Chapter delivered supplies to Barbara Jordon and Sims School.Pictured at Sims, left to right; Chapter President

Albert J. Walker; Parent support specialist Deyaporate Dorsey;Asst. Principal Renee Conley; Vice President

La Verne WMS Bell; Mirian Jones and students.

BOXER, SESSIONS INTRODUCEBILL TO SUPPORT PROSTATE

CANCER RESEARCH

BOXER, SESSIONS INTRODUCEBILL TO SUPPORT PROSTATE

CANCER RESEARCHBipartisan

Legislation WouldEstablish NationalStrategy to FightProstate Cancer

Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senators BarbaraBoxer (D-CA) and Jeff Ses-sions (R-AL) today intro-duced legislation to fightprostate cancer. The Na-tional Prostate CancerCouncil Act would estab-lish a council of federalagencies, patients, andmedical experts chargedwith drafting and imple-menting a national strat-egy to combat prostatecancer.

“Prostate cancer isone of the leading threatsto the health and lives ofthe men of this country,”said Senator Boxer. “Weowe it to our families todo all we can to fight thisdeadly disease.”

“I am pleased to joinSenator Boxer in this effortto address improvedscreening tools for pros-tate cancer,” said Senator

Sessions. “Testing andearly detection are thekeys to combat this dis-ease. When identifiedearly, the survival rate forprostate cancer is veryhigh. We need to ensurethat we have the most ad-vanced screening toolsavailable and this legisla-tion is a step in the rightdirection.”

Prostate cancer is themost common cancer inmen and is the secondleading cause of cancerrelated deaths in men,with 233,000 new casesand more than 29,400prostate cancer relateddeaths predicted in 2014.However, current screen-ing techniques result innumerous false-negatives,leaving many men towrongly believe they arecancer-free, and alsomany false-positives,which can lead to painful,costly and unnecessaryprocedures.

The Boxer-Sessionslegislation would directthe National Prostate Can-cer Council to develop and

implement a national stra-tegic plan to acceleratethe innovation of diagnos-tic tools to improve pros-tate cancer screening andearly detection, while alsohelping to reduce unnec-essary treatment. TheCouncil would also be re-sponsible for evaluatingfederal prostate cancerprograms and coordinat-ing prostate cancer re-search and servicesacross all federal agen-cies.

The legislation hasbeen endorsed by ZERO- The End of ProstateCancer and theAdMeTech Foundation.The bill is modeled aftera similar bill to combatAlzheimer’s disease, theNational Alzheimer’sProject Act, which passedCongress with broad bipar-tisan support in 2010.

Senator Barbara BoxerSenator Jeff Sessions

The YMCA of Austinis the first YMCA in thecountry to partner with

Mind,Exercise,Nutrition,

Do It!

MEND (Mind, Exercise,Nutrition, Do It! in offeringa childhood obesity inter-vention program for chil-dren and their parents.

Through generousgrants from St. David’sFoundation, the YMCA willbe offering programs overthe next year at six differ-ent locations, includingYMCA of Austin and com-munity locations. Eachprogram lasts 10 weeksand meets twice per week,typically a weekdayevening and Saturdaymorning. Parents must at-tend with their child.

Fall 2014 sessions

begin the week of Septem-ber 29 - October 4. MENDis a fun, family-focused10-week program thatdemonstrates new waysto be healthy and helpsfamilies support their kids,ages 7-13, to reach ahealthy weight. Gain en-ergy & confidence whilelearning how healthymeals fuel a healthy,happy and productive life.

Program is FREE andopen to the public. Takethe first step toward a hap-pier, healthier family. Reg-ister today! Call 512-236-9622 or emailprogramservices@austinymca.org.

Poverty-Obesity Link is MorePrevalent for Women ThanMen, Study Shows

Poverty-Obesity Link is MorePrevalent for Women ThanMen, Study ShowsCo-authors of the studyare Eric Reither of Utah

State University andEllis Logan and KylerSherman-Wilkins ofPennsylvania State

University

AUSTIN, Texas —Adolescent girls living ineconomically disadvan-taged families are morelikely than their malecounterparts to becomeoverweight or obese, ac-cording to new researchfrom The University ofTexas at Austin.

The study, publishedonline this month in theJournal of Health and So-cial Behavior, shows long-lasting consequences ofeconomic hardship inchildhood for the risk ofobesity in adulthood. Thefindings emphasize theneed for programs andpolicies addressing theadverse health effects ofsocioeconomic disadvan-tage in childhood andadolescence, saysTetyana Pudrovska, as-sistant professor of soci-ology and lead author ofthe study.

Using data from theWisconsin LongitudinalStudy, the researcherstracked patterns ofweight gain among morethan 10,000 men andwomen from high schoolgraduation in 1957 to

later career stages in1993. The findings showthat economic disadvan-tage in early life is sig-nificantly linked to higherbody mass at age 18 anda greater risk of obesityat age 54. This link is thestrongest among womenand absent or inconsis-tent among men.

In addition to healthrisks, obese and over-weight women face mul-tiple social and economicd i s a d v a n t a g e s ,Pudrovska says. Thestudy shows that obesewomen are less likelythan their thinner peers tosecure important socialresources including edu-cation, occupational pres-tige and earnings. Thissocioeconomic disadvan-tage in adulthood furtherincreased the risk of obe-sity, suggesting a viciouscircle of obesity and com-promised economic re-sources. According to thestudy, this effect was notevident among men.

”Girls born into so-cioeconomically disad-vantaged families are ex-posed from early life toan unfolding chain oflower socioeconomic sta-tus and higher bodymass,” says Pudrovska,who is a faculty associ-ate in the Population Re-search Center. “Womenare more strongly im-

pacted than men both byadverse effects of lowsocioeconomic status onobesity and by adverseeffects of obesity on sta-tus attainment.”

Why does obesityhave such a strong andpersistent adverse effecton women’s socialachievement? The simpleanswer is that big is notconsidered beautiful,Pudrovska says.

”In our perpetualquest for female beauty,slenderness has becomeparamount,” Pudrovskasays. “Physical attractive-ness is more closely tiedto thinness and morestrictly enforced for girlsand women than boys andmen.”

To stop the cycle ofpoverty and obesity,Pudrovska urges the needfor more public awarenessof weight-based discrimi-nation in the labor market.

”Because obesity isnot a protected statusunder federal law, pro-moting legal protectionof overweight and obesepersons from unfairtreatment in the work-place is important, espe-cially among women,”Pudrovska says.

AAULGala

Banquet

The Austin Area UrbanLeague will hold their

37th Annual EqualOpportunity Awards

Banquet on Saturday,September 20.

The black tie event willtake place at 7:00pm,

with a reception takingplace at 6:00pm.

The gala happens atthe AT&T Center at the

UT-Austin campus.

THEME“The Fierce

Urgency of Now:From Policies to

Outcomes.”

Keynote speaker:Dr. Randal Pinkett

Martha Southard of State Farm of Texas will be presented with a CorporateLeadership Award and the Whitney M. Young Award will be given to Dr. GregoryVincent. Southard serves as VP of Operations at State Farm and Vincent is VP of theDivision of Diversity and Community Engagement at UT. The honorees are beingrecognized as equal opportunity, civil rights and social justice champions.

To purchase tickets,visit https:www.event

brite.com/e/equal-opportunityday-gala

By Shirley A. Hammond

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