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RAPPIN’RAPPIN’RAPPIN’RAPPIN’RAPPIN’Tommy WyattTommy WyattTommy WyattTommy WyattTommy Wyatt
Vol. 40 No.45 Phone: 512-476-0082 Email: [email protected] March 22, 2013
The VILLAGER,Austin’s CommunityService Weekly, willcelebrate its 40th Anni-versary May 10, 2013.The paper published itsfirst issue the 2nd weekof May 1973 and hasbeen in continuous pub-lication ever since.
There will be aSpecial Anniversary is-sue published May 10,2013 and we’ll have aSpecial Anniversary soi-ree on May 11, 2013.The Black, White, andREAD All Over eventwill be held at theSheraton Hotel at theCapitol from 6 to 10p.m. This gala will bein the form of a Dinnerand Roast of PublisherT. L. Wyatt by some ofAustin’s Leading citi-zens. The entire Austincommunity is invited to
GUESS WHO’S TURNING 40?GUESS WHO’S TURNING 40?share in this celebration.
For nearly fourdecades The Villagernewspaper has pro-vided insight into all as-pects of community re-lations. It has been acatalyst for buildingsmall businesses, sup-port for non-profit orga-nizations’ worthwhileevents, and provided anoutlet for navigatingcomplex political is-sues. Community sup-port has been at theheart of The Villager’slongevity, and with theexciting changesplanned moving for-ward, the future lookseven brighter.
The Villagerhas been instrumental incompiling the history ofthe Austin AfricanAmerican community as
Villager Publisher T. L. WyattSee FAMILY, page 5
Dinita Caldwell
Dinita Caldwell is asenior advisor to theExecutive Director, asthe HistoricallyUnderutilized Business(HUB) Program Directorfor the Texas FacilitiesCommission (TFC). Aspart of TFC’s key lead-ership team, she pro-vides direction on op-portunities for HUBs toparticipate in the com-petitive procurementprocess. She is respon-sible for ensuring thatsmall businesses aretreated fairly and havean opportunity to com-pete and be selected fora fair amount of theagency’s contractingand subcontracting dol-lars.
Before coming toTFC, Dinita Caldwell
DINITA ENTERSNEW ENDEAVOR
was the Business Devel-opment Manager/Dis-advantaged BusinessEnterprise (DBE) Of-ficer of the Capital Met-ropolitan Transporta-tion Authority in Aus-tin, Texas. In this posi-tion, she was respon
DINITA ENTERSNEW ENDEAVOR
See CALDWELL, page 5
Malik Yoba SupportsBook Focusing on
Relationships BetweenBlack Fathers and Sons
Actor Malik Yoba addresses young black maleaudience about building relationships with theirfathers during a special book signing event in Gary,Indiana.
(Gary, Ind. - March19, 2013) The Glen The-ater recently welcomedauthor Sedrik Newbernand TV/Film star,Malik Yoba, for a spe-cial reading ofNewbern’s new book,titled “UnconditionalForgiveness-Lessons forLetting Go to Build Bet-ter Relationships.” In-spired by Newbern’srelationship with his fa-ther, the book centersaround the impact fa-thers have on their sons,and how Newbern for-
gave his father, whowasn’t there for him ashe matured from a boyto a man.
Yoba is most re-membered from his roleas J.C. Williams onFOX’s “New York Un-dercover”, as well as hisrole in Tyler Perry’s“Why Did I Get Mar-ried?” and “Why Did IGet Married Too”? Hismost portrayal was ofthe iconic Dr. MartinLuther King Jr. in Life-time TV’s original TVSee NEWBERN, page 7
Austin Food and NutritionActivist Joins Michelle Obama’s
Let’s Move!Anniversary at the White House
Austin Food and NutritionActivist Joins Michelle Obama’s
Let’s Move!Anniversary at the White House
Toni Tipton-Martin,right, recently joined com-munity leaders in the fightagainst childhood obesity inWashington, D.C., including,from left, Tambra RayeStevenson and Dr. MarjorieFreedman.
Austin, Texas—Austin-based food andnutrition journalist andactivist Toni Tipton-Martin recently at-tended a Let’s MoveFaith and Communitiesthat convened at theWhite House and cel-ebrated the three-yearanniversary of the FirstLady’s initiative toeliminate childhoodobesity in a generation.The event included in-spirational remarks byMichelle Obama.
The celebrationbrought together keySee LET’S MOVE, page 7
Sports enthusiastscan enjoy a jam-packedweekend in San Antonio,Thursday, March 29through Sunday, March31. With Major LeagueBaseball, NBA basketball,AHL hockey and NCAAchampionships, there issomething for everyone.
Texas Rangers fansno longer have to travel toPhoenix to get in on thepre-season action. March29-30, Major League Base-ball comes to theAlamodome for the firsttime ever as the TexasRangers challenge the SanDiego Padres in a two-game exhibition. Servingas a final tune-up beforethe regular season gets un-derway, this baseball lov-ers dream series is ex-pected to draw MLB fansfrom across the region.
MARCHMADNESS
SANANTONIO
STYLE
See MARCHMADNESS, page 7
New residents toTravis County arerequired to updatevoter registrationbefore 4.11.13.
See VOTEPage 3
TSA offers expeditedscreening benefitsto frequent flyers
in Texas.See PRECHECK
Page 5
Wrongfully imprisonedTexans deserveBill 825, holding
prosecutorsaccountable.
See JUSTICEPage 6
MARCHMADNESS
SANANTONIO
STYLE
Have TheDemocratsGiven Up?
There was a timewhen the DemocraticParty controlled politics inTexas. Now it appearsthat members of the partyare afraid to show theirfaces. It has been twodecades since the Demo-crats have offered up aviable candidate for anyof the state-wide offices.
I can rememberwhen it was the other wayaround. The leaders ofthe Republican Partywere once Democrats.There were Conservativeand Liberal members of theparty. When all of the Con-servatives changed to theRepublican Party, the Lib-eral Democrats seemed tohave given up. This may bethe time for a change.
Even the Republicansknow that the strong con-servative movement is notgood for the country. Dur-ing their CPAC conventionrecently, the current lead-ers had to face the fact thattheir far right agenda is notgood for the country. Theyare writing a whole newplatform to deal with theminority communities.They fear that their extremeconservative agenda will bethe death of the party.
It is time for theDemocrats to have a seri-ous convention about thefuture of the party. WhileDemocrats are seen as theparty of the people, andRepublicans are seen as thearm of big business, thereis room for both of them tomove a little closer to-gether. It is not a matter ofus or them, but all of usworking together.
While the two partiescontinue to have a standoffover who is right and whois wrong, the country is be-ing held hostage in manyareas. And since the Re-publicans cannot work atkeeping President BarackObama from getting an-other term (he is not eligibleto run again), maybe theycan now agree on a budgetand other important issuesthat need to be worked onto keep the country mov-ing. There is room for com-promise on both sides.
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THE COMMUNIQUÉAKADAYat the
CAPITOLAlpha Kappa Al-
pha Sorority Inc. cel-ebrated AKA Day at theCapitol on Monday,February 25 with almost200 AKA members inattendance at the TexasCapitol from variousTexas cities. Members
of AKA participated inthe 2013 African Ameri-can Legislative Summithosted by the Texas Leg-islative Black Caucus(TLBC) to raise aware-ness of Texas legislationissues affecting theblack community which
aligned with Sorority’snational initiative, AKAC.A.R.E.S. (Collaborate,Advocate, Register,Educate, Stimulate).AKA members visitedLegislator’s Offices(House and Senate) andparticipated in panel
discussions hosted by theTLBC which focused onbudget issues affectingeducation, health care,human trafficking, trans-portation and water infra-structure. The event wasattended by key AKAmembers to include
South Central RegionalDirector Chelle Wilson,former Texas legislator,Wilhelmina Delco andState Representative,Dawnna Dukes. AKATexas State ConnectionsChairman Denise Davis,former Capitol Chief of
Staff organized this eventsupported by the AustinAlumnae Chapter BetaPsi Omega. The TexasHouse and Senate issuedjoint resolutions recog-nizing February 25, 2013as AKA Day at the Capi-tol.
BET Celebration of Gospel 2013 Set to Air on April 7
Tamela Mann
By Naomi Richard
The BET “Celebra-tion Of Gospel” broughttogether top Gospel art-ists including TyeTribbett, Karen ClarkSheard, Kierra “KiKi”Sheard, Kurt Carr & TheKurt Carr Singers, PastorSmokie Norful, PastorShirley Caesar, YolandaAdams, Dr. Bobby Jones,“SUNDAY BEST” win-ners Joshua Rogers andLe’Andria Johnson, Pas-tor Donnie McClurkin,Bishop Rance Allen, An-thony Brown & grouptherAPy, IsraelHoughton & New Breed,Pastor Jason Nelson,Jonathan Butler, TamelaMann, Pastor Charles
Jenkins and FellowshipChoir, Isaac Carree, Can-ton Jones, DA T.R.U.T.H.,“SUNDAY BEST” finalistJessica Reedy and Evan-gelist Dorinda ClarkCole!
In addition to thispower packed and highprofile list of Gospel gi-ants, BET’s Gospel pro-duction was hosted bySteve Harvey and the au-dience was thrilled withsurprise guests stars in-cluding Oscar® Nomi-nated Actress ViolaDavis, Tamar Braxton,Tyrese and Grammy®Award Winner AnitaBaker!
Pastor Shirley Cae-
sar came out shoutingand singing, I Know HeWill Make A Way.Yolanda Adams backedup by the CelebrationChoir fired up the housewith a church favorite,When All God’s ChildrenGet Together. Gospelnewcomer AnthonyBrown & group therAPysang their hot radiosingle, Testimony.Tyrese joined Le’AndriaJohnson in a movingduet delivered of DonnieHathaway’s, A Song ForYou. Now that’s not all,but you have to tune inon April 7 to hear the rest.
This year, BET hon-ored the legendary King
of Gospel Music, Rev.James Cleveland, winnerof 5 Grammy Awards,author of 400 songs, cre-ator of 100 albums (16 ofwhich went gold), andfounder of the GospelMusic of America Work-shop of America. Tohonor Rev. Cleveland,BET brought together ashow you cannot missled by Kurt Carr with per-formances by membersof the original ClevelandSingers, Joshua Rogers,Donnie McClurkin,Rance Allen, the KurtCarr Singers and Dr.Bobby Jones! Check yourlocal listings for April 7 airtimes on BET Network.
David Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in-vites you to celebrate our Welcome Ministry onSunday, March 24, 2013 during the 10:30 a.m. wor-ship service. The theme for this year, “TotallyCommitted to Serving,” is taken from Psalm 84:10.Rev. Jeremy D. Battle, Pastor of Western AvenueBaptist Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts isthe guest minister.
David Chapel is located at 2211 E. Martin LutherKing, Jr. Blvd. in Austin and is pastored by Rev.Joseph C. Parker, Jr.. Please come out and joinus as we praise, worship and thank God on thisblessed occasion!
Pick up a copy of the Villagerat your local H-E-B!
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CHURCH & TOWN BULLETIN
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Ebenezer Baptist Church1010 East 10th Street 512-478-1875 Fax 512-478-1892
Sunday Services Worship 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
Bus Ministry Call 512-478-1875
Dr. Ricky Freeman, Pastor
Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church 5900 Cameron Road Austin, Texas 78723-1843
(512) 451-0808 (512) 302-4575 Fax Web Site - www.themount.net
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.
“Ministries For Mankind” Luke 4:18 A.W.. Anthony Mays, Senior Pastor
True Hope Apostolic ChurchThe Apostle Gerald E. Loveless, Senior Pastorwww.thcm.org 8863 Anderson Mill Rd.
Austin, TX 78653512-744-5851 Cell
512-547-HOPE Church512-767-4979
Assistant, Elder Walker
JOSHUA CHAPEL CHRISTIAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
1006 Yeager Lane, Suite 102-A Austin, Texas
Sunday ServicesSunday School 10:00 A.M.Worship Service 11:00 A.M.WEDNESDAY Bible Study 6:30 P.M.
SATURDAY New Member Assimilation 10:00 A.M.
Rev. Lois Hayes, Pastor
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
[email protected] 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.orgRev. H. Ed Calahan
Pastor
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
2115 E. MLK Blvd.512-476-7338
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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
Sunday MorningWorship @ 11: am
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.
--- Martin Luther
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Social Action Committeeto Host Workshopon Domestic andFamily Violence
By Arlene L. Youngblood,Wesley United Methodist Women
On Saturday,March 23, 2013 from11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., theSocial Action Commit-tee (Voices of Tamar)will host an orientationsession on Domesticand Family Violence
and available resourcesat Wesley UMC in theLower Auditorium at1164 San Bernard. TheSocial Action Commit-tee is a subgroup unitof the Wesley UnitedMethodist Women and
Gospel Soul Concert Inspires Mass Reverence By Shirley A. Hammond - follow her on twitter @xtremeridewish1
is chaired by Dr. D. J.Johnson. This orienta-tion session is open tothe public.
For more informa-tion, contact the churchoffice by calling 512/478-7007 or go to http:/
/wesleyunited.org/.Rev. Sylvester E. Chase,Jr. is the pastor ofWesley United Method-ist Church.
Wesley UMC
Great talents, apraising audience andmass reverence. On Fri-day, March 15th at Cen-tral Presbyterian Church(CPC) the audience heardsome of the best music toemerge out of God’s trea-suries of gospel talent. Atthis SXSW Gospel SoulConcert, African Ameri-can gospel artists all of-fered something differentin the gospel genre.Natori Blue, Chris Spivey& Nu Destiny, JohnathanMcReynolds and Anita
Wilson performed at thefree concert in the down-town historic church. CPC,at 200 E. 8th Street, hasbeen a SWSX venue since2006. I caught up withtwo of the performers onFriday night and gainedsome insight into how theyinspire mass reverencewith their music.
JonathanMcReynolds performedselections from his new CDtitled “life Music.” I askedhim to explain the inspira-tion for the album title.
“While writing all thesongs I found the best wellof inspiration and informa-tion in life.” He said hehopes listeners will be en-couraged to live a life forChrist as opposed to a dayfor Christ (Sunday).
The 23 year old saidGod helped him to be in-trospective and a life ob-server to help fuel his mu-sical gifts. He said he findsthat people may fightthroughout life to chooseJesus every day.
In describing his
music he stated, “I’mpretty blunt, pretty di-rect.” He said people tellhim that they appreciatehis fresh approach. Hebelieves everyday peoplecan see themselves in hismusic. Although he ex-pects 2013 to be a bigtravel year for him, he ispursuing a Masters in Bib-lical Studies (online) atMoody Bible College.
McReynolds alreadyholds a Bachelor of Mu-sic from Columbia Collegein Chicago. He is antici-
pating teaching a gospelband at his alma matersoon.
Chris Spivey said hehad an interest in gospelearly in life. “I was borninto a gospel family,”stated the native Austinite.He said he started playingdrums at the age of three,and sang in the youth choirat his father’s church. “Istarted my first groupwhen I was 11,” he re-counted. Some of thosemembers were his nieces,nephews and cousins. In a
high stakes competitionhe was chosen as theStudent Director for hishigh school choir. Nowhe has singer, songwriter,multi-instrumentalist, pro-ducer, sound engineer andrecording engineer to hiscredit.
He graduated fromLBJ in 1998 and attendedFull Sail University (online)where he obtained aBachelor’s of RecordingArts degree with a concen-tration in music produc-tion.
DON’T MISS THE APRIL 11th VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE!Austin, Texas — Reg-
ister to vote for the May 11,2013 General Election byApril 11th, 2013. If you havemoved since the last timeyou voted, you must updateyour voter registrationrecord. Travis County vot-ers can review their currentvoter registration record attraviscountytax.org, or they
may contact the VoterRegistrar’s office by tele-phone at (512) 854-9473.
“We want to be surenew Travis County residentsand voters who have movedare registered on time for theelection,” said TravisCounty Tax Collector andVoter Registrar, BruceElfant. “If you do not have ayellow voter registration cer-tificate with your currentaddress, please contact ouroffice to check your voterregistration status.”
How can you register
or make changes to yourvoter registration?
*Come in person to oneof the five tax office locationsduring business hours. Findmaps and driving directionsto all of our locations atwww.traviscountytax.org.
*Mail an applicationand make sure the US post-mark shows April 11th orearlier. Find applications atarea post offices, libraries orwww.traviscountytax.org
*Go online to http://
w w w . s t a t e . t x . u s /N A S A p p / s o s /SOSACManager to updateyour name or address if youhave moved within TravisCounty.
For questions aboutyour voter registration sta-tus, registering for the firsttime, updating an existingvoter registration record,early voting locations orElection Day polling places,visit traviscountytax.org orcall (512) 854-9473.
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Spring Break Is Over
I had a good time duringthe last two days of my Spring
Break. On Thursday me , mycousin Marcus and friendCoby went Paintball at Out-law Paintball in Pflugerville TX.It was pretty fun, the paintballsdidn’t really hurt that much butit did sting when you get hitup close. On Friday we wentto Six Flags in Fiesta Texas,that was really fun. The onlybad thing was that the waterpark is close until the sum-mer.
Now that Spring Breakis over this means we arecloser to school being out butit also means Starr testing isalmost here. Until next week,be blessed everyone.
Jaylon KnightenDailey Middle School
Imani DempsDel Valle High School
This spring break has
School Back In Sessionbeen so fun. I have done alotI have been being positive.Although I'm not ready to goback to school. I think it ist ime I have had a longenough break.
I'm ready to start backlearning again. Becauae Ihave for got alot. I don't thinkI need to forget anythingelse. I was in the country alot riding horses. I also dida lot of things around thehouse. Honestly I reallymiss school.
I have a really busyweek coming ahead of me.The A.C.E drumline is prepar-ing for the next competitionin Houston. We have beenworking hard and are ready tobring back another trophy.
There is alsocheerleading tryouts nextweek. I'm so excited to try outfor the team. There are a lotof events coming up at thehigh school being that itsgetting close to the end ofthe year so stay tuned.
What’s Next
Latrice LipscombDel Valle High School
Vacation in San Antonio
For Spring Break I wentto San Antonio. I had somuch fun! My mom and Istayed at this really nicehotel for 3 days. There wasa balcony in the room that
went right over the riverwalk.We rode a boat that took usthrough the riverwalk. Theman driving the boat told usa lot of neat things about thedifferent places we passed.There were lots of peoplethere.
There was also a festi-val we walked to that had lotsof exciting things to do!Some things we did was gointo a scary haunted house,a mirror maze and a laserjump! The laser jump wascool because you had tomove throughout the roomwithout touching the fakelaser beams. I almost madeit twice! I had more than funduring my spring break andI hope you did too!!!
SaNaya WhiteCedars Academy
Golf Update
As the year getscloser to ending, the golfseason does as well. Withany sport or athletic organi-zation that lasts throughoutthe whole school year, it’sbecomes even more difficultduring the ending months orweeks. This is usually dueto the amount of extra, in-tense practice you have togo through because ofevents such as district tour-naments and champion-
ships. With a coach likeours, we are sure to improve.
Luckily for us, we havea coach devoted to makingsure everyone is preparedand is at their best beforecompeting at any tourna-ment, but especially district.This was a great season. Ihave had my lowest numberof strokes, I have befriendedmany new people, and I havealso become more self-dis-ciplined. District is our lasttournament of the year, andit is very important that wedo our best to show that wehave become not just bettergolfers, but better people aswell. The boy’s golf districttournament will be held fortwo days, at the Jimmy Claygolf course which is locatedhere in Austin.
I am both nervous andexcited but most impor-tantly, I am ready to do thebest I possibly can.
Jaquarry WilsonDel Valle High School
On Saturday, March23rd will be the spring flingat Heritage Park. PflugervilleParks and Recreation De-partment encourages you tobring the family out to Heri-tage Park and the Green Red
Spring FlingBarn to learn about the op-portunities for fitness andhealthy living and parks andrecreation programs.
The family fun will in-clude face painting, pettingzoo, moonwalks, clowns,and balloon animals. Theevent features local enter-tainment including ballet,line and zumba dancers.Children activities also in-clude bouncy houses, andEaster egg hunts throughoutthe day. All children are in-vited to hop along the bunnytrail to the local vendors togather spring goodies. Alsoif you can bring cannedgoods that would be great,they will be collected for thefood pantry.
Harmony Job Fair
Harmony Publ icSchools - Austin is currentlylooking for enthusiastic,highly qualified teachers.Harmony Science AcademyNorth Austin will be hostinga job fair on Saturday April13, 2013 from 9 am to 12 pmand call backs will be from2 pm to 5 pm. The job fair
Darius HatcherPflugerville MS
Adrian JacksonHarmony Science Academy
will be at Harmony ScienceAcademy - North Austin lo-cated at 1421 Wells BranchParkway Suite 200,Pf lugervi l le, TX 78660.Teachers that are interestedin applying are asked tobring your teacher portfolio,multiple copies of your re-sume and teachingcertificate(s). We will be in-terviewing for all K-12 sub-ject areas.
Teachers mold the fu-ture through impact ingtheir students’ views andunderstandings. Teachersfoster creativity, developcharacter, give studentslenses with which to viewthe world and provide stu-dents with the skills theyneed to reach their poten-tial and lead productivelives.
Focusing on School Work
I hope you all had awonderful spring break ,butit sadly has to come to anend. It may seem terrible togo back to school and dohomework again ,but it's ac-tually a good thing. This is agood thing because you can
start over by doing even bet-ter at school. By studyingharder,trying harder and pay-ing attention in class. I amsaying this to all of the stu-dents because the STAARtest is coming up and somestudents aren't doing thatwell in class.
The STAAR test is abig deal. Everyone thinksclass is just a waste of timeand it doesn't effect ourlives,but it does. Just bydoing what your suppose todo in class, a person maywant to hire you for a jobbecause you seem like aperson who knows how tocooperate. A lot of thingscan effect your life in a posi-tive way, if you just stay fo-cused, and don't get dis-tracted your future is bright.
Deria GoodDailey Middle School
Pflugerville Pfun water-craft rentals at LakePflugerville will be open onweekends from 11 a.m. todusk starting, Saturday,March 16th. Pflugerville Pfunoffers kayaks, canoes, paddleboats, paddle bikes, stand uppaddle boards and inter tubesfor rental. Pflugerville Pfun has
also recently added live bait,along with snack and drinksconcession to their inventoryand are looking forward tomany members of the com-munity to come out to the lakeand support and participate insome of their events.
Lake Pflugerville is a180 acre reservoir built to pro-vide the citizens of Pflugervillewith drinking water, and LakePflugerville has become thecity's most popular familyplayground. Located at the in-tersection of Weiss Lane andPflugerville Parkway, the lakeis open for fishing, swimming,jogging, canoes, kayaks andwind surfing.
Lake Pflugerville Parkincludes a 3 mile walking andjogging trail, playground, boatlaunch, pavilion and beacharea.
Pflugerville Pfun
Marshay HatcherPflugerville High School
Spring Break 2013
I had a great time thisspring break. It was fun and Itook care of some importantthings. I started my springbreak off with hanging out withmy friend and I also playedpaintball for the first time ever.It was really fun and it didn’thurt as bad as I thought itwould. I did okay for my firsttime playing. We played atOutlaw Paintball inPflugerville. There was onebig game where it was 25 onattack and 25 on defense. Iwas on attack, we had to takeover the fort that the oppos-ing team was defending. I got
out mid-way through the gamebut it was fun the attack teamwon.
The day after I playedpaintball I went to Six Flagswith my friend Coby, his dadPastor Shorter and my cousinJaylon. The road trip was funwe cracked jokes andlaughed the whole way to SanAntonio. Once we reached SixFlags I was excited and anx-ious to go in and headstraight to the water park, butas we got closer to the boothwe seen a sign that said thewater park was closed till thesummer. My excitement wasshort lived but when we got inthe amusement park I washappy again. I had a greattime. I even road some rollercoasters. I’m terribly afraid ofheights so for me getting onthem was an experience.
Overall spring break2013 was a success, now thatit is over its time to turn myfocus back on school so I cangraduate this summer!
That’s all the news forthis week. Thank you for read-ing. Take care & God bless!
Marcus AustinCedar Ridge High School
Nick Hernandez, KierraBoyce, and Alex Blair made itall the way to the State Wres-tling Tournament. Kierra, aSenior, finished the highest asthe 2nd best Wrestler in herweight class for the entirestate of Texas. Nick and Alexfinished in the Top 16 for theirrespective weight classes.Coaches are Tom Lupo andCade Barron.
The UIL Academic teamattended its last practicemeet of the season last week,bringing home the 1st placeSweepstakes trophy. AlsoThe Hendrickson HawkSpeech & Debate team com-peted at the Cedar Ridge TFAtournament last week andwalked away with 1st PlaceSweepstakes out of 19 schoolsincluding Anderson, Gregory-Portland, and Westwood. Firstplace winners are as follows:Policy Debate --1st Place -Peter Wood (3rd placespeaker)/Logan Verbeke;Quarterfinals - Travis Tiffany
(1st place speaker)/TreyGoach.Novice LD 1st Place -Olivia Tiffany (1st placespeaker). Domestic Extemp1stPlace - Chris Davis. ForeignExtemp Semifinals - ZachFalkenbury and Zoi Thompson.Duo Interpretation 1st Place -Kiersta Hoover/MandyWhited. Pedro Segura andAndrew Barron earned Pre-mier Distinction, which quali-fies them for the Top 1% ofForensic (speech/debate) stu-dents in the nation. Coachesare Kirsten Nash and SaminAgh.
The Choir solo and en-semble regionals resulted in10 soloists receiving SuperiorRatings and will compete atstate. Denise Hunt, NaomiSkevofilax, Lindsay Skelton,Allison Chappelle, KaliseGartner, Clarissa Ybarra, AnaLuisa Gutierrez, GarrettHudson, Isaiah Maddock, andAnh Bao. Two Ensembles alsoreceived Superior ratings andwill compete at state: DeniseHunt, Alayna Robert, KristenGillis, Brenna Hudson andAllison Chappelle, Ana LuisaGutierrez, Kalise Gartner,Clara Massa, DelaneyKearney, and Clarissa Ybarra.
If you think you qualify foran Academic Letter Jacket,please check the class rosteracross from student services.Letter Jacket packets for Aca-demics only will be in the Frontoffice and Student Servicesstarting Wednesday. The fittingwill be held March 22nd duringlunches in the Library.
Hawks Make It To State
Alon RodgersHendrickson Highschool
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COLLECTED PRÉCIS
Erika LipscombManor Elementary
Hot Shot BasketballContest will be hosted at thePflugerville Recreation Center.The Hot Shot Basketball con-
Spring break is almostover and I had fun. I've enjoyedspring break. On Monday,I'mheading back to school.Spring break holidays was fun
Hot Shot
Spring Break Off
test is a contest to see howmany baskets can you shootin a minute?
The Pflugerville Recre-ation Center is located at, 400Immanuel Road. The Hot ShotBasketball contest will be onSaturday, March 30 starting at3 p.m.
There are male andfemale divisions divided intoage-appropriate levels. Prizeswill be given to the winnersinclude Recreation Centerpasses, T-shirts and basket-balls. It’s free to enter, so getyour sneakers and bring yourjump shot.
Andrae HatcherPflugerville MS
for me because I finished upspring break packets whichwere school work, I watchedtv and played my game.
The thing I liked most isgetting to sleep late. I reallylike days off. Can't wait til thenext one.
Trenton LearyHighland Park Elementary
Jada DempsDailey Middle School
I hope everyone en-joyed their Spring Break be-cause I sure did. During mySpring Break me and my
Sister went to the movies tosee the "The Great and Pow-erful" , and " The wizard ofOz the sequel "with ourgrandparents. My Gannieslept through the first part ofthe movie and we were theonly ones in the Movie The-ater. Me and Sister had a lotof fun. We sat on the Firstrow and it was very loud.
Monday, we will beback in School and back atit again. Our next holiday willbe March 29, 2013 , and thatwill be Good Friday. Untilnext time you all be blessand have a great week.
My Spring Break
There is nothing muchgoing on at my school. Buti have mention that I madethe cheer-leading team.
We have our f i r s tcheer meeting. I'm excited,but yea nothing enter rest-ing so far but yea that's it.
Dailey Cheers
Austin CommunityCollege LaunchesEarly Advising ProgramProgram connects community to answers about college
AUSTIN, Texas(March 19, 2013) – Aus-tin Community College islaunching ACC 1-on-1, anew program that givescurrent, former, and pro-spective students ac-cess to personalized ad-vising before the rush ofregistrat ion season.From March 19 throughApril 19, individuals canmeet with an advisor atany campus to discusswhat ACC offers and planfor the future – even priorto completing the ACCapplication.
“For students, a col-lege education can lead toa better job. For the com-munity, it means a stron-ger workforce with em-ployees ready to hit theground running,” saysDorado Kinney, dean ofstudent services atEastview Campus. “ACC1-on-1 is designed to helpmore people enroll in col-lege and continue on asuccessful path. Wewant to make sure thecommunity knows we’reavailable now to help withthat process.”
Individuals canmake an appointment
with an advisor through adedicated phone numberor email address. Call(512) 223.7747 or [email protected] on the pro-gram is avai lable ataustincc.edu/getstarted.
ACC 1-on-1 is opento everyone – people juststarting to consider col-lege, current students,and those who previouslyattended college but hadto stop out due to familyor work obligations. Theprogram’s goal is to ulti-mately increase the num-ber of college graduatesin the region.
“In order to grow thearea’s skilled workforce,it’s critical that studentsare supported throughouttheir college education –and especially at the be-ginning,” says DrewScheberle, senior vicepresident for educationand talent development atthe Austin Chamber ofCommerce. “ACC 1-on-1is a great way to get stu-dents on the path tohands-on training forgrowing career fields.”
ACC 1-on-1 will beoffered at all of ACC’s
campuses, locatedthroughout Austin and inWilliamson County. Earlyadvising gives studentsan opportunity to exploreoptions ahead of registra-tion. For new students,summer registration be-gins in May. Fall registra-tion begins for new stu-dents in June. In-districttuition is $62 per credithour, making ACC themost affordable collegeeducation in the area.
The college offersmore than 100 fields ofstudy. In recent semes-ters, ACC has expandedcareer training in high-de-mand areas such as ar-chitectural and engineer-ing computer aided de-sign, culinary arts, bio-technology, real estate,automotive technology,and more. The collegerecently instituted a re-verse transfer agreementwith the University ofTexas at Austin, allowingtransfer students to com-bine credits to earn anassociate degree – an-other way ACC is work-ing to increase the num-ber of college graduatesin Central Texas.
well as revisitingits historical past.Through its “LivingLegends” program, TheVillager honored pastcommunity leaderswho have paved theway for further ad-vancement of the com-munity; The AnnualNews Maker programwas done to highlightthose who made thenews in an unusualway during the year;while the Black RoleModel events high-lighted many of thecommunity’s BlackMen who are provid-ing positive role mod-els for your youth.
And in 1986 thepaper founded one ofthe premier programs
Angela WyattExecutive Business
Operations Manager
Thomas WyattVillager AssistantEditor/Webmaster
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sible for oversee-ing Contract Compli-ance, HistoricallyUnderutilized Busi-ness (HUB), DBE,Small Business Enter-prise, Title VI and En-vironmental JusticePrograms for the tran-sit authority.
In addition, shedeveloped and man-aged revenue generat-ing projects such as theretail sales outlet part-
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nerships, online buspass sales and busi-ness-to-business part-nerships to increaserevenue and ridership.
Prior to joiningCapital Metro, Dinitaserved as the Trainingand Outreach Managerfor the Capital City Afri-can American Chamberof Commerce. Duringher tenure at the Cham-ber, she was responsiblefor overseeing all eco-
nomic development andoutreach working closelywith the City of Austin’sEconomic Growth andRedevelopment ServicesOffice.
She has extensiveexperience in supplierdiversity, public in-volvement, business de-velopment and workingwith small business cer-tification programs, withprevious experience inprivate sector project
for youth in the com-munity; The Youth Bri-gade program. Thisprogram recruits andtrains Junior Journalistfrom our publicschools in Austin andthe surrounding area.To date, more than 200students have partici-
pated in this programand have used this ex-perience to furthertheir education andtheir future careers. Thepaper has also providedan opportunity for bud-ding journalist to getexperience in the fieldbefore moving on to
greener pastures. The paper has
been circulated free inthe community since itsfounding. Publisher, T.L. (Tommy) Wyatt be-lieves that “Everyoneshould have the oppor-tunity to read the pa-per.”
PublisherWyatt says, “It hasbeen our pleasure toserve this communityfor the last forty yearsand we look forwardcontinuing that servicefor a long time tocome.” Currently, thepaper is being man-aged by three genera-tions, Wyatt, son Tho-mas Wyatt and grand-daughter AngelaWyatt.
management and legisla-tive affairs.
Dinita is a graduateof Michigan State Uni-versity, with plans to pur-sue a Master of PublicAdministration.
AUSTIN– TheTransportation SecurityAdministration (TSA)announces the start ofTSA PreCheck opera-tions at Austin-Bergstrom InternationalAirport (AUS) at Check-point 2, near AmericanAirlines ticketing, be-ginning March 19.
TSA PreCheck is apassenger pre-screen-ing initiative that allowsqualified passengers togo through an expe-dited security process,which among other ben-efits, allows them to
TSA PreCheck begins atAustin-Bergstrom
International Airportkeep their shoes andlight outerwear onwhile going through thecheckpoint. At AUS, se-lect frequent flyers andmembers of the CBPGlobal Entry programare now eligible to par-ticipate and may re-ceive expedited screen-ing benefits when trav-eling domestically.
TSA PreCheck ispart of the agency’slarger effort to imple-ment risk-based secu-rity concepts that en-hance security by focus-ing efforts on travelers
considered high-riskand about whom theagency knows less. Todate, more than 7 mil-lion passengers haveexperienced TSAPreCheck. By the endof March, this expe-dited pre-screeningprogram will be avail-able in 40 airportsacross the country forUnited Airlines,American Airlines,Delta Air Lines, US Air-ways and Alaska Air-lines frequent flyers aswell for CBP GlobalEntry participants.
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CITY ~ STATE ~ NATIONAL ~ WORLDStrama Retires from Texas House 50
Ramey Ko Celia Israel Jade Chang SheppardAs Mark Strama retires
from the Texas House 50,there are four people vying toreplace him. Some of thepeople vying for Texas HouseDistrict are: Ramey Ko, CeliaIsrael, Rico Reyes, and JadeChang Sheppard. Moreover,
Texas House District 50, Rep. Mark Strama
the race among these fourDemocrats will be spiritedand very contentious. Eachof these four candidates havedifferent visions and ideasfor the House District 50,even though, they are allDemocrats.
Moreover, the publichad the opportunity to hearfrom the three candidates,Celia Israel, Ramey Ko, andRico Reyes during CentralTexas Democratic Forumevent. At this event, thethree candidates answered avariety of questions comingfrom the audience. For in-stance, one person in theaudience asked them aboutwhether or not they supportmass transit. And all the can-didates present mentionedthat they do support mass-transit.
Texas House District50 ,which, consist of Northand North-West Austin;Pflugerville and small part ofcity of Manor is very ethni-cally mixed and has provento be "swing" district. It is aswing district due to the factit has one of the largest
amount of "independent vot-ers." Furthermore, there areas many registered Demo-crats as registered Republi-cans. As a result, these fourcandidates must appeal to allvoters, in order, to win theparty's nomination.
Bond ElectionOn May 11, 2013
Austinites will once again goto the voting booth. Unlikeother elections, the voterswill not be voting for a per-
As the 83rd Texas Legis-lature meet in Austin, they willvote, enact, and repel certain leg-islative bills that would affect allTexans. Some of the items thatthe legislature is currently ad-dressing is the broken criminaljustice system of the state ofTexas. In Texas, there has beenseveral high profile cases, inwhich, some innocent peoplewere convicted. For example Dal-las County has seen 21 casesof individuals who were wrongfullyconvicted since 2001.
Just recently, Texas Sena-tor John Whitmire introducedSenate Bill 825. The Senate Bill825 seeks to set some disciplin-ary and procedure for prosecu-tors. It requires for prosecutors"to disclose to the defense all evi-dence or information known to theprosecutor that tends to negateof the accused or mitigates theoffense." In other words, the pros-ecutor cannot hide any informa-tion from the defense. Also, itcalls for the Texas SupremeCourt to ensure that the statuteof limitations is applicable to agrievance filed against a prosecu-tor that violation of the disclosurerule does not begin to run untilthe date on which a wrongfullyimprisoned person is releasedfrom a penal institution.
If Senate Bill 825 passesthe Texas Legislature, then itwould be a victory for all Texansdue to the fact that it would holdprosecutors accountable for theiractions. Moreover, this bill wouldgive an incentive to prosecutorsto be honest because they runthe risk of going to jail, if they tryto with-hold evidence that canfree an individual. Although thisis one bill, there is still somework to be done.
son; but, rather for a seriesof bond packages. In otherwords, Austinities will be vot-ing to either approve thebond package or reject thebond package establishedby the Austin school district.Moreover, there are fourpropositions that wereplaced on the bond packageelection ballot. The bondpackages entails increasingsome property tax, which,would allow the Austinschool district to completesome renovations to its var-ies campuses.
Moreover, someAustinites support this newincrease in property tax;while, some others don't be-lieve that this new bondpackage is needed. SomeAustinites believe that there
AISD Superintendent,Meria Carstarphen
is a need to increase theirproperty tax so that AISDhave enough money to reno-vate, improve and build moreschools. For example someof the bond money calls foran improvement of technol-ogy on a district wide leveland anothercalls for an in-crease of science lab fixturesand equipment. On the otherhand, some Austinites be-lieve that this increase is a"waste of money." Further-more, some Austinites do nothave the desire to once againincrease their property taxes,in order, to pay for moreschool renovations.
Finally there will be fourvarious propositions on theballot. Moreover, proposi-tion 1 deals with "Health,Environment, Equipmentand Technology." If Propo-sition 1 passes, then it wouldcost Austinites about140,566,000. Propositionnumber 2 calls for the "safety,security, and relief from over-crowding." If proposition 2passes, then it would costAustinites $32,950,000.
Proposition 3 mentionedthat it is for "academic andbuilding infrastructure renova-tions and repairs. If proposi-tion 3 passes, then it wouldcost the taxpayers about$349,165,000. Proposition 4calls for the "academic initia-tives, fine arts, and athletics,which would cost Austinites168,564,000."
By Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon By Tsoke (Chuch) AdjavonBy Tsoke
(Chuch) Adjavon
Fixing OurCriminal
Justice System
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CLASSIFIEDS ~ PUBLIC INFORMATION
The City of Austin Purchasing Officeinvites you to view current bid solicitationsat http://-www.ci.austin.tx.us/purcase/vs/p2.htm. Vendors are encouraged to registeron-line in the City’s Vendor Self ServiceSystem. Once your company is registered,you will receive notifications about new bidopportunities. For additional informationregarding current bid opportunities or Ven-dor Registration, please call the Purchas-ing Office at 512-974-2500. For informa-tion on the City of Austin’s Minority-Ownedand Women-Owned Procurement Programand the certification process, please contactthe Small & Minority Business ResourcesDepartment at 512-974-7600 or visit theirwebsite at http://www.-ci.austin.tx.us/smbr.
City of AustinPurchasing Office
EMPLOYMENTPROPOSALS
PUBLIC INFORMATIONFOR SALEFOR RENT
BIDSMISCELLANEOUS
O’Connell Robertson, a full-service architecture, engineering andinterior design firm with offices inAustin and San Antonio, is respond-ing to Requests for Qualificationsfor public work in the State of Texasfor the 2013 calendar year. Projectsmay include public buildings andeducational facilities. We are seek-ing qualification statements frominterested firms for the followingdisciplines: Structural Engineer,Civil Engineer, Landscape Architect,Cost Consultant, EnvironmentalEngineer, Data/Communications,Acoustics and Security. Interestedparties should request additional in-formation or submit qualificationsvia fax or email to: AmandaRetallack, Marketing Specialist,(512) 478-7441 or aretallack@ oconnellrobertson.com.
Austin Travis County In-tegral Care (ATCIC) is cur-rently solici t ing proposalsthrough a Request for Proposals(RFP) process for Group Healthand Wellness Programs. RFPsmay be picked up between 8 a.m.and 5 p.m. at Frost InsuranceAgency, 401 Congress Ave., 14thFloor, Austin, TX 78701, begin-ning Monday, March 11, 2013.RFPs may also be mailed or sentelectronically, by contactingRebecca Hawes at [email protected]. The dead-line to submit a proposal underthe RFP is 5 p.m. on Monday,Apr i l 1 , 2013 . His to r ica l lyUnderu t i - l i zed Bus inesses(HUBs), including Minority-Owned Businesses and Women-Owned Busines
film, “Betty &Coretta”, where hestarred opposite of An-gela Bassett. Yoba tooka break from filming inMiami to be a part of theevent saying he be-lieved in the heart be-hind the book and couldidentify with the subjectmatter.
The event’s audi-ence largely consistedof young and teenage,many of which grew upwithout their fathers. Inaddition to reading ex-cerpts from the book,Yoba engaged theyoung men asking themto read from the book aswell. Organizers saidseveral of the partici-pants found it challeng-ing to read in public
Author Sedrik Newbern Held Book Readingand Signing for “Unconditional Forgiveness” at theGlen Theater in Gary, Indiana.
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confidently, while pro-jecting their voices tothe back of the theater.The young man discov-ered that reading wellwasn’t the issue, rather,their lack of confidenceand realizing their abili-ties to maximize theirpotential.
Another youngman asked what hecould do to put his city(Gary, IN) on the map,as he felt that sports wasthe only way for him todo so. Newbern in-formed him how muchsmarter it was to notjust be the athlete, butinstead, the person whoowns the team, andsigns the checks. After-wards, Yoba had theyoung man come up
front, and introducehimself to KimberlyRobinson, member ofthe city council that wasalso in the audience,and had them exchangeinformation so that hecould be instrumental increating the change thathe wanted to see in hisenvironment.
Newbern gaveeach of the young mena signed copy of thebook, followed by aphotograph with Yoba.The book details theimpact growing upwithout his father hadon Newbern’s life, aswell as how they wereable to evolve and movebeyond the pain to de-velop an unbreakablebond. The book also
gives practical advice tothose hurt in past rela-tionships, so they canheal and develophealthy relationships.
Yoba told the au-dience that his goals inlife were never centeredon being a famous actor,but on serving others,which ultimately ledhim to acting. Showbusiness then providedhim the means and plat-form to service others.“It was awesome to con-nect with the youngbrothers in Gary,” saidYoba. These young menhad courage to partici-pate in reading excerptsof ‘Unconditional For-giveness’ with the au-thor Sedrik Newbernand me. “
faith-based andcommunity leadersfrom around the coun-try, senior White Housestaff, the Centers forFaith-Based and Neigh-borhood Partnerships atthe U.S. Department ofHealth and Human Ser-vices (HHS), and theU.S. Department of Ag-riculture (USDA) to ac-knowledge the extraor-dinary efforts of faith-based and neighbor-hood organizations.
The program hon-
ored the winners of theCommunities on theMove Video Challenge;highlighted innovativeprograms that help com-munities make healthierchoices, provide accessto healthy, affordablefood and encourage in-creased physical activ-ity; and featured Aus-tin-based OlympicGold-Medalist GarrettWeber-Gale. The visionfor Let’s Move! in 2013also was shared.
Tipton-Martin isfounder and director of
The SANDE YouthProject, a nonprofit or-ganization that pro-motes the connectionbetween cultural heri-tage, food and health.Through its partner-ships with the Univer-sity of Texas at Austin’sDivision of Diversityand Community En-gagement and Boston-based Oldways Preser-vation Trust, SANDEcreates unique oppor-tunities for vulnerablestudents to learn aboutreal food and to raise
their cultural heritageand nutrition aware-ness.
On April 7,SANDE, Edible Austinmagazine, theChildren’s Environ-mental Health Instituteand the City of Austin,will co-present a Let’sMove! Event: theChildren’s Picnic andGood Food Fair. Theevent will be hosted bythe French Legation,802 San Marcos St.,from 1 to 5 p.m. Thisfree and fun-filled af-
ternoon invites fami-lies to pack a picnic,bring a blanket, meetlocal food vendors in-cluding farmers and abee keeper, playgames, and to enjoycooking demos by cu-linary students, foodtastings, a film, andmuch more.
Michelle Obama
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Plus, it promises tobe a nail-biting week-end for the San AntonioSpurs, who currentlyhave the best record inthe NBA. The AT&TCenter will be jumpingas the Spurs take on twoof the leagues bestteams: the Los AngelesClippers on Friday,March 29 and LeBronJames and the MiamiHeat on Sunday, March31. And if thats notenough to get yoursports fix, theres alsoAHL Hockey and theNCAA Division IIWomens BasketballChampionships. OnMarch 28, San AntoniosAHL hockey team, theSan Antonio Rampagetake on the Grand Rap-ids Griffins at the AT&TCenter. Rampagegames are fun and af-fordable for the entirefamily. From Zambonirides to human hockeypuck challenges, gamesoffer a variety of activi-ties for fans of all ages.Meanwhile, the NCAADivision II Womens Bas-ketball Championshipswill be underway atSaint Marys Universityas the top eight teams inthe country vie for thenational title March 26,27 and 29 at GreeheyArena.
Sports fans canbook their San Antoniogetaways and find greatsavings at
visitsanantonio.com.
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PROGRAMS ~ AWARENESSTwo Austinites DonateFunds for Treatmentof Children in KenyaInfected with JiggersNairobi, Kenya —
Africa Bound Corpora-tion (ABC) and SenegalNeem Foundation (SNF)President Dr. DoudouDiané Faye and LastingValue CEO MeredithBeal join forces to ad-dress critical health is-sues in Africa. They do-nated funds to AhadiKenya Trust’s Anti-JiggerTreatment Program.ABC, SNF and LastingValue are bringing scien-tific expertise, financialresources and mediapower to the campaign toeradicate jiggers.
These specific jig-gers (Tunga penetrans)are small pin-head-sizedsand fleas found in mosttropical and sub-tropicalclimates. They hide increvices and cracksfound on floors, walls ofdwellings and furniture.Breeding females bur-row into exposed skin onthe feet, toenails and fin-gernails of humans andother mammals causingintense irritation. Un-treated, the conditionleads to pain and in ex-treme cases, inability towalk or write. Childrenwith jiggers often dropout of school because
they cannot walk or ifthey do attend school,they may not be able towrite if the infestation ison the hands and oftencannot concentrate be-cause of the pain. Jiggervictims also have to dealwith stigmatization andridicule which some-times prevents themfrom seeking treatment.There are over 2.6 millionKenyans infested withjiggers registered byAhadi Kenya Trust.
Ahadi Kenya Trust(www.jigger-ahadi.org),founded by Dr. StanleyKamau, is a Kenyan non-profit organization dedi-cated to halting thespread of jiggers. CeciliaMwangi, former MissKenya, is spokespersonfor Ahadi and Ambassa-dor for the Anti-JiggerCampaign. To date,Ahadi’s outreach pro-gram has rehabilitatedmore than 3,000 peoplepreviously sufferingfrom Tungaisis.
A native of Senegalresiding in Austin, TX,Faye, who holds a Ph.D. inEntomology andAgronomy, was in Nairobias a guest speaker at a con-ference of the Pesticide
Manufacturers and For-mulators Association of In-dia (www.pmfai.org).Faye has been focusing onintegrated pest manage-ment programs to addresspest issues and supportmalaria prevention pro-grams in Africa.
Beal is a Knight In-ternational JournalismFellow, headquarteredin Nairobi working withthe African Media Initia-tive to strengthen mediaorganizations in Africa.He also is working to le-verage the power of themedia to spread aware-ness about health issuesfacing the continent. Beal,a former GlobalWebmaster at Dell, alsoowned several radio sta-tions in Texas over thepast decade and also hasa background as a chem-ist and entomologist.
Treatment of jiggersis simple and inexpen-sive, inhibited primarilyby poverty, lack ofawareness and lack ofpolitical will.
From this initial in-ternational outreach,Faye and Beal are devel-oping solutions intendedto be scalable around thecontinent.
Dallas Convention & Visitors BureauAppoints Chief Diversity & InclusionOfficer Position is first of its kind among CVBs across the U.S
DALLAS—(Novem-ber 14, 2012)– Dallas Con-vention & Visitors Bureau(Dallas CVB) announcedtoday that 24-year Bureauveteran Cheryl Richardswill assume the role of se-nior vice president andchief diversity and inclu-sion officer (CDIO), a newposition. Richards will cre-ate and implement a stra-tegic plan to elevate theDCVB as a leader in diver-sity and inclusion at thelocal, national and interna-tional levels. She will re-port to Dallas CVB Presi-dent and CEO PhillipJones and serve as the liai-son to the newly formedDiversity & Inclusion Ad-hoc committee, chaired byMonica R. Alonzo,Councilmember, City ofDallas.
Part of the DallasCVB’s mission is to mar-ket Dallas as the ideal con-vention and visitor desti-nation for women,multicultural, multigen-erational and LGBTgroups. According toCNBC.com and its currentpopulation, which is 30percent Latino and 15 per-cent African American,qualifies it as the sixthmost diverse city in thenation.
"As one of the mostculturally diverse cities inthe country, Dallas isuniquely positioned to un-derstand the needs of thismarket and create a cus-tomized destination expe-rience," said Dallas CVBChairman Hattie Hill,CMM. "The combinedspending power of theseethnic, LGBT andwomen’s groups is esti-mated at more than $10 tril-lion."
"We are excited andproud to appoint the first
Cheryl Richards
CVB chief diversity andinclusion officer (CDIO) inthe nation," said Jones."Richards is a proven per-former and has been in-strumental in broadeningthe bureau’s base of com-munity and corporate sup-port. Her expertise will beinvaluable in attracting di-verse conventions to Dal-las and to achieving ourgoal of becoming a top lei-sure and meeting destina-tion nationwide."
"As the fourth-largestmetropolitan city in thenation, Dallas offers arts &culture, shopping, diningand night life to all culturesand age groups," said BillBoyd, CMP, CMM, Incom-ing Dallas CVB Chairman."With Cheryl’s leadership,we look forward to build-ing upon the framework ofour already establishedcommunity partnerships,and reflecting the globalfootprint of Dallas."
Richards most re-cently served as DallasCVB’s Vice President ofStrategic Alliances respon-sible for establishing themembership sales and ser-vice standard for the bu-reau, overseeing corporatepartnerships, member-based publications anddaily operations of themember services depart-ment.
Richards receivedher bachelor's degreein journalism from theUniversity of NorthTexas. She is a memberof several communityorganizations includ-ing Dallas Fort WorthArea Tourism Council,Dallas Zoological Soci-ety board of directors,Alpha Kappa AlphaSorority, Inc. and Meet-ing ProfessionalsInternational’s (MPI)Foundation Board ofDirectors (US Council).
Registration Open for Free FamilyHealth & Wellness Program10-Week MEND Program Offered by YMCA Teaches Kids,
Parents How to Lead Healthy LifestylesRegistration is cur-
rently open for thespring 2013 session ofMEND (Mind, Exercise,Nutrition, Do It!), aFREE childhood obe-sity intervention pro-gram for children andtheir parents offered bythe YMCA of Austin.
MEND is a 10-week program that usestechniques developedby health experts tohelp children between 7and 13 years of age whoweigh more than theirideal weight. In this pro-gram, children and par-ents learn how to be fitand healthy with lastingresults. MEND com-bines three key ele-ments of safe, effectiveweight managementand sustained lifestylechange: healthy eating,regular physical activ-ity, and behaviorchange. Children and
families who attend theMEND Program learnimportant skills andknowledge to helpthem manage theirweight and feel fitter,healthier, and happierfor the rest of their lives.
Children must be-tween 7-13 years of age,be overweight or obese,and not suffer from dia-
betes or debilitatingasthma. The spring ses-sion will start in April.Classes generally meeton Saturday morningsand one evening eachweek. The program willbe offered at 7 Austin-area locations, includ-ing Hays County.
MEND helps par-ents and children feelmore confident andboost self-esteem, get inshape playing fungames, set goals toreach and maintain ahealthy weight, learn tocook delicious andhealthy meals, turn con-flict around food intofamily fun, and makenew friends.
The program is of-fered free of chargethanks to a grant fromthe St. David's Founda-tion and a supplemen-tal grant from the RGKFoundation.
