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- N
o. 3
Febru
ary
2009
CELEB
RA
TIN
G A
FR
ICA
N A
MER
ICA
N H
ER
ITA
GE M
ON
TH
In
Th
is
ISS
UE
Tra
ilbla
zer
s of
Ed
uca
tio
n:
Ilee
n F
ole
yP
ag
e 3
Ch
am
pio
ns
of e
du
cati
on
Pag
e 4
Vict
oria
’s te
am in
Hol
lyw
ood
Pag
e 8
A d
iam
on
d in
the
rou
ghP
age
14
AN
D L
OT
S M
OR
E!
byBOBBY
GLA
NTON
SM
ITH
Th
e
up
sh
ot
of
Ba
ra
ck
Hu
ss
ein
Ob
am
a’s
as
ce
nt
toP
resi
de
nt
of
the
Un
ite
d S
tate
sis
mu
lti-
fac
ete
d;
it e
mb
od
ies
the
un
pre
dic
tab
ilit
y o
f ti
me
an
d s
pa
ce
an
d i
llu
min
ate
s th
ep
os
sib
ilit
ies
. S
imp
ly p
ut,
he
ov
er
ca
me
im
po
ss
ible
od
ds
an
d p
rod
uc
ed
un
ima
gin
ab
lea
ch
iev
em
en
t.
T
he
4
4th
Pre
sid
en
t o
f th
e U
nit
ed
Sta
tes
is e
vid
en
ce
th
at
ex
ce
lle
nc
e,
vis
ion
an
d t
imin
g a
re a
re
cip
efo
r a
sto
nis
hin
g h
um
an
ac
co
m-
pli
shm
en
t.T
he
ne
arl
y 2
mil
lio
n p
eo
ple
,fr
om
all
wa
lks
of
life
, w
ho
po
p-
ula
ted
th
e i
na
ug
ura
tio
n p
lat-
for
m o
n J
an
ua
ry
20
th s
up
-p
or
ts t
he
no
tio
n t
ha
t m
os
tA
me
ric
an
s a
re r
ea
dy
fo
r p
osi
-ti
ve
ch
an
ge
. W
ha
t is
so
co
m-
pe
llin
g a
bo
ut
Ba
rac
k O
ba
ma
?W
hy
ha
s h
is c
lari
on
ca
ll f
or
ch
an
ge
ca
pti
va
ted
so
ma
ny
Am
eri
ca
ns?
T
he
div
ers
e s
up
-p
ort
he
re
ce
ive
d i
n t
he
ge
ne
r-a
l e
lec
tio
n
su
gg
es
ts
Am
eri
ca
ns
are
re
ad
y t
o m
ov
ein
a d
iffe
ren
t d
ire
cti
on
as
an
ati
on
. I
nd
ee
d,
his
jo
urn
ey
to
the
Wh
ite
Ho
us
e i
s a
n i
nte
r-e
stin
g s
ag
a t
ha
t a
dd
ed
all
eth
-n
ic g
rou
ps
alo
ng
th
e w
ay.
In
hin
ds
igh
t it
b
ec
om
es
ap
pa
ren
t th
at
Ba
rac
k O
ba
ma
be
ca
me
th
e 4
4th
Pre
sid
en
t o
fth
e U
nit
ed
Sta
tes
be
ca
use
he
po
sse
ss t
he
in
tell
ec
t, t
he
ch
ar-
ac
ter
an
d t
he
vis
ion
re
qu
ire
dto
le
ad
in
tim
es
lik
e t
he
se
.G
row
ing
up
a b
i-ra
cia
l c
hil
da
nd
liv
ing
in
th
e P
ac
ific
Rim
wid
en
ed
his
vie
w o
f th
e w
orl
d.
His
ed
uc
ati
on
al
pe
dig
ree
, h
iss
up
erb
org
an
iza
tio
na
l s
kil
ls,
an
d h
is c
ap
ac
ity
fo
r p
roc
es
s-
ing
da
ta a
nd
div
ers
e o
pin
ion
sa
llo
w h
im t
o t
hin
k,
pla
n a
nd
ex
ec
ute
un
de
r e
xtr
em
e p
res
-su
re.
He
ex
ce
lle
d a
t H
arv
ard
ac
ad
em
ica
lly
bu
t m
ain
tain
ed
a c
om
mo
n t
ou
ch
. M
ost
stu
de
nts
wit
h h
is a
ca
-d
em
ic
ac
co
mp
lis
hm
en
ts,
wh
ich
in
clu
de
d h
is t
en
ure
as
Ed
ito
r o
f th
e H
ar
va
rd
La
w
Re
vie
w,
en
de
d u
p o
n W
all
Str
ee
t o
r
wo
rk
ing
fo
r
aF
or
tun
e
50
0
co
mp
an
y.In
ste
ad
, M
r. O
ba
ma
de
cid
ed
to u
se h
is t
ale
nts
at
the
co
m-
mu
nit
y l
ev
el
an
d s
tart
ing
afa
mil
y w
ith
Mic
he
lle
. T
ho
se
ye
ars
he
sp
en
t a
s a
co
mm
un
i-ty
org
an
ize
r p
rov
ed
in
va
lua
ble
in t
he
co
ur
se
of
be
co
min
gp
re
sid
en
tia
l m
ate
ria
l.Ir
on
ica
lly,
th
e R
ep
ub
lic
an
sm
oc
ke
d h
is c
om
mu
nit
y s
er-
vic
e a
nd
liv
ed
to
re
gre
t d
oin
gso
. Mc
Ca
in’s
dis
co
nn
ec
t fr
om
ev
ery
da
y A
me
ric
an
s a
nd
th
eir
da
y-t
o-d
ay
ch
all
en
ge
s c
ou
ldn
ot
be
ov
erc
om
e b
y s
ele
cti
ng
Sa
rah
Pa
lin
or
his
co
nd
esc
en
-d
en
ce
to
‘J
oe
th
e P
lum
be
r’.
Th
e r
oa
d t
o t
he
Wh
ite
Ho
use
we
nt
thro
ug
h M
idd
le A
me
ric
aa
nd
th
at
po
pu
lati
on
did
n’t
dri
nk
fro
m t
he
sa
me
we
ll a
sM
cC
ain
an
d P
ali
n t
his
tim
ea
rou
nd
.T
he
Ob
am
a j
ou
rne
y t
o t
he
Wh
ite
Ho
use
in
ters
ec
ted
wit
h
my
fa
mil
y i
n t
he
sta
te o
f Io
wa
.M
y a
un
t, t
he
Ho
no
rab
le W
illi
eS
tev
en
so
n G
lan
ton
, is
a p
ow
-e
rfu
l p
oli
tic
al
fig
ure
in
Io
wa
;s
he
w
as
th
e
fir
st
Afr
ica
nA
me
ric
an
e
lec
ted
to
Io
wa
Sta
te L
eg
isla
ture
an
d m
y l
ate
un
cle
, L
uth
er
Gla
nto
n,
Jr.
,w
as
th
e
fir
st
Afr
ica
nA
me
ric
an
Ju
dg
e i
n t
he
Sta
teo
f Io
wa
. W
he
n t
he
ca
nd
ida
tes
sta
rte
d
ar
riv
ing
in
D
es
Mo
ine
s t
o s
oli
cit
su
pp
ort
fo
rth
eir
c
an
did
ac
ies
th
ey
a
llw
oo
ed
my
Au
nt
Wil
lie
. S
he
’s k
no
wn
th
e C
lin
ton
sfo
r y
ea
rs a
nd
Hil
lary
wa
s d
ev
-a
sta
ted
w
he
n
Au
nt
Wil
lie
an
no
un
ce
d s
he
wa
s e
nd
ors
ing
Ob
am
a.
He
r e
nd
or
se
me
nt
wa
s s
ign
ific
an
t d
es
pit
e t
he
fac
t th
at
Iow
a h
as
a m
inis
cu
leb
lac
k p
op
ula
tio
n.
Sh
e r
ep
re-
se
nte
d a
pr
ov
en
pe
rfo
rm
er
wit
h t
he
ab
ilit
y t
o c
ros
s t
he
co
lor
lin
e a
nd
ge
t s
up
po
rt
fro
m t
he
ma
jori
ty c
om
mu
nit
y.A
nd
wh
en
I q
ue
rie
d h
er
ab
ou
t
Pre
sid
en
t B
ara
ck H
ussein
Obam
a –
Change H
as C
om
e!
See O
BAMA
, pg.
13
Con
trib
uted
Pho
toC
ontr
ibut
ed P
hoto
Th
is i
ssu
e o
f V
oic
es
Un
ite
dP
ub
lic
ati
on
of
Vic
tor
ia w
ill
un
do
ub
ted
ly,
be
ca
us
e o
f th
eh
isto
ric
al
co
nte
nt,
be
th
e m
ost
imp
or
tan
t. T
he
ele
cti
on
of
Ba
ra
ck
Ob
am
a a
s t
he
44
thP
resi
de
nt
of
the
Un
ite
d S
tate
so
f A
me
ric
a s
er
ve
s t
o m
ov
eo
ur
imp
erf
ec
t c
ou
ntr
y c
los
er
to p
erf
ec
tio
n.
All
of
he
r c
iti-
ze
ns
, e
sp
ec
iall
y
the
v
er
yy
ou
ng
, c
an
re
ac
h f
or
dre
am
sa
nd
asp
ira
tio
ns
to b
e w
ha
tev
-e
r th
ey
wa
nt,
wit
ho
ut
lim
ita
-ti
on
s o
r re
stri
cti
on
s.P
ers
on
all
y, I
re
joic
e i
n t
he
mo
me
nt
of
this
gre
at
ac
co
m-
pli
shm
en
t a
s a
tru
e i
nd
ica
tor
tha
t o
ur
co
un
try
ha
s c
om
e a
lon
g w
ay
sin
ce
Ma
rtin
Lu
the
rK
ing
, J
r. d
eli
ve
red
his
“I
ha
ve
a d
re
am
” s
pe
ec
h.
My
em
o-
tio
ns
ex
ce
ed
ed
me
re p
rid
e a
sI
wa
tch
ed
mo
re t
ha
n 2
mil
lio
np
eo
ple
a
tte
nd
P
re
sid
en
tO
ba
ma
’s i
na
ug
ura
tio
n.
Th
ec
ou
ntr
y t
ha
t I
lov
e a
nd
ga
ve
fou
r h
on
ora
ble
ye
ars
of
se
r-v
ice
to
in
th
e U
nit
ed
Sta
tes
Air
F
or
ce
, h
as
s
ho
wn
th
ew
orl
d t
ha
t c
ha
ng
e i
s p
oss
ible
.A
nd
ye
s,
I a
m p
ro
ud
to
sa
yth
at
this
tu
rn
ing
p
oin
t in
Am
eri
ca
’s h
isto
ry t
oo
k p
lac
ed
uri
ng
my
lif
eti
me
!
Th
e
pr
em
ise
o
f V
oic
es
Un
ite
d
is
to
info
rm
a
nd
ins
pir
e t
hro
ug
h i
nfo
rm
ati
on
an
d t
ho
ug
ht-
pro
vo
kin
g a
rti-
cle
s.
Ed
uc
ati
on
is
th
e g
rea
te
qu
ali
zer
for
all
an
d i
t sh
ou
ldb
e p
urs
ue
d i
n a
fa
sh
ion
th
at
all
ow
s o
ne
to
ac
hie
ve
ex
ce
l-le
nc
e,
reg
ard
les
s o
f th
e t
as
ko
r d
isc
ipli
ne
. R
ath
er
tha
n s
im-
ply
co
mp
lain
ab
ou
t lo
w-t
es
tsc
ore
s, h
igh
dro
po
ut
rate
s a
nd
ab
sen
tee
ism
, th
is i
s m
y s
ma
ll
co
ntr
ibu
tio
n t
ow
ard
so
luti
on
so
f th
ese
ill
s.
In t
his
is
su
e C
lau
d J
ac
ob
s,
an
ex
pe
rie
nc
ed
an
d s
uc
ce
ss
-fu
l m
on
ey
ma
na
ge
r, s
ha
re
sti
ps
of
su
rv
iva
l d
uri
ng
th
es
etr
yin
g
ec
on
om
ic
tim
es
.K
no
wle
dg
e i
s P
ow
er!
J
ac
kie
Jo
hn
so
n,
Dis
tric
tM
an
ag
er
fo
r
the
S
oc
ial
Se
cu
rit
y
Ad
min
istr
ati
on
,g
uid
es
us
thro
ug
h t
he
pro
ce
sso
f p
roje
cti
ng
so
cia
l s
ec
uri
tyin
co
me
a
nd
r
eti
re
me
nt
thr
ou
gh
a
d
isc
us
sio
n
of
an
swe
rs t
o t
he
mo
st c
om
mo
n-
ly a
sk
ed
qu
es
tio
ns
. A
mu
st
rea
d!
La
stl
y,
in
ce
leb
ra
tio
n
of
Afr
ica
n A
me
ric
an
He
rit
ag
eM
on
th,
we
a
re
p
lea
se
d
toa
ck
no
wle
dg
e s
om
e a
nd
pro
file
oth
er
s
in
the
A
fric
an
Am
er
ica
n c
om
mu
nit
y w
ho
ha
ve
co
ntr
ibu
ted
to
th
e s
uc
-c
es
s a
nd
gro
wth
of
sc
ore
s o
fc
itiz
en
s in
th
e c
ity
of
Vic
tori
a.
2– V
oic
es U
nit
ed P
ublicati
on o
f V
icto
ria, Febru
ary
2009
PU
BL
ISH
ER
’S
ME
SS
AG
E
Ric
k P
erk
ins,
Pu
blis
he
rC
ontr
ibut
ed P
hoto
Nex
t Is
sue:
May 2
009
Voic
es U
nit
ed P
ublicati
on o
f V
icto
ria, Febru
ary
2009 –
3
Tra
ilb
laze
rs o
f E
du
ca
tio
nA
pio
ne
er
ing
an
dd
isti
ng
uis
he
d e
du
ca
-to
r,
bu
sin
es
sm
an
,fr
ate
rna
l le
ad
er
an
dfa
ith
ful
Ba
pti
st
ch
urc
h o
rga
nis
t a
nd
Su
nd
ay
sc
ho
ol
tea
ch
er,
Fr
ed
er
ick
Wil
lia
m G
ros
s w
as
bo
rn i
n H
arr
iso
nC
ou
nty
, T
ex
as,
in
186
1. H
e w
as
the
so
no
f D
ea
co
n A
nd
er
so
n a
nd
Min
er
via
Gro
ss
. A
fte
r a
tte
nd
ing
lo
ca
l s
ch
oo
lse
sta
bli
she
d b
y b
lac
k B
ap
tist
ch
urc
he
s,G
ross
att
en
de
d t
he
ne
wly
est
ab
lish
ed
Wil
ey
Co
lle
ge
in
187
3 a
nd
la
ter
tra
ns-
fer
re
d
to
Fis
k
Un
ive
rs
ity.
W
he
n
Bis
ho
p C
oll
eg
e w
as
es
tab
lis
he
d i
n1
88
1,
he
a
ga
in
tra
ns
fer
re
d
an
db
ec
am
e t
he
se
co
nd
pe
rso
n t
o e
arn
aB
ac
he
lor
of
Art
s D
eg
ree
fro
m t
he
co
l-le
ge
in
18
85
. H
e e
arn
ed
a M
as
ter
of
Art
s D
eg
ree
fro
m B
ish
op
in
190
2 a
nd
did
p
os
t g
ra
du
ate
s
tud
ies
a
t th
eU
niv
ers
ity
of
Ch
ica
go
.H
is p
ion
ee
rin
g i
mp
ac
t w
as
tre
me
n-
do
us
be
ca
us
e h
e w
as
a f
ree
d b
lac
km
an
ho
ldin
g s
ev
er
al
de
gr
ee
s.
He
tau
gh
t in
Ha
rri
so
n C
ou
nty
fo
r n
ine
ye
ar
s
be
for
e
mo
vin
g
to
Vic
tor
ia,
“Wh
en
it
loo
ks
lik
eth
e s
un
ain
’t g
on
na
sh
ine
an
ym
ore
, G
od
pu
t a
ra
inb
ow
in
th
es
ky.
” T
he
se
wo
rd
ss
po
ke
n
by
M
ay
aA
ng
elo
u e
xp
res
s t
he
pe
rso
na
l v
iew
ab
ou
t li
fe’s
op
po
rtu
nit
ies
an
d a
cc
om
-p
lish
me
nts
he
ld d
ea
rly
by
Ro
n P
ea
ce
.G
row
ing
up
in
Da
lla
s,
Te
xa
s,
wh
ile
att
en
din
g s
eg
reg
ate
d p
ub
lic
sc
ho
ols
in
the
19
50
’s a
nd
gra
du
ati
ng
fro
m h
igh
sch
oo
l in
19
64
, h
e l
ea
rne
d t
he
im
po
r-ta
nc
e o
f a
go
od
ed
uc
ati
on
fro
m h
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ch
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ac
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rs, a
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igh
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rs.
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r
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ch
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en
t w
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y R
on
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s n
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er
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ue
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ha
t h
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roth
ers
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iste
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go
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lete
hig
h s
ch
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nt
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ed
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ad
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de
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e PEA
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en
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er
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so
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r
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h
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tor
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um
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ve
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nt.
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r c
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os
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e w
ork
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rg
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ley
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OLEY
,pg.
13
Con
trib
uted
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uted
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ne
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oll
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rin
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eg
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tie
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ati
ve
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os
s H
igh
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illi
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nto
nio
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d U
niv
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he
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ad
ua
ted
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gn
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um
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om
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lor’
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ch
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he
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nt
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ast
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om
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ive
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ou
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Ag
ne
s A
. J
ew
ett
See J
EWET
T,pg
. 13
Con
trib
uted
Pho
to
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trib
uted
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to
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gle
ton
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lo
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l. S
he
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s b
ee
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lve
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rie
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te c
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rie
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ate
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r H
igh
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he
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w A
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ive
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e b
eg
an
he
r a
dm
inis
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re
er
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as
sis
tan
tp
rin
cip
al
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he
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kin
son
an
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lea
r C
ree
k S
ch
oo
l D
istr
icts
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he
ha
s a
lso
se
rve
d a
s p
rin
ci-
pa
l a
t J
an
e
Lo
ng
M
idd
leS
ch
oo
l in
th
e
Br
ya
n
4– V
oic
es U
nit
ed P
ublicati
on o
f V
icto
ria, Febru
ary
2009
Pre
se
nt
Da
y C
ha
mp
ion
s o
f E
du
ca
tio
n
Ca
ro
l T
ipp
ins
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ith
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lem
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tar
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ag
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t S
ch
oo
l. S
he
ha
s b
ee
n a
n e
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ca
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r fo
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ea
rs a
nd
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e
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ys
th
at
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rp
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s a
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llin
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t b
rin
gs
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nt
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ard
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aro
l b
eg
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mp
us
ad
min
istr
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on
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2 a
s t
he
as
sis
tan
t p
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cip
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at
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an
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n M
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ch
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id-
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nt
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ou
sto
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he
rev
er
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sh
e s
ay
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e a
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ork
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sh
e
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uld
w
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t h
er
o
wn
Ca
lvin
C
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ing
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n,
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cu
r-
ren
tly
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rve
s a
s t
he
pr
inc
ipa
l o
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att
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eld
er
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ag
ne
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idd
le S
ch
oo
l. H
e i
sa
tw
en
ty y
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du
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ho
ha
s p
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s s
er
ve
d i
n t
he
Ga
len
a P
ark
, H
ou
sto
n a
nd
La
Po
rte
Sc
ho
ol
Dis
tric
ts a
s a
te
ac
he
r a
nd
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ac
h.
Ca
lvin
is
a g
rad
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te o
f B
all
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hS
ch
oo
l in
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lve
sto
n a
nd
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irie
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Un
ive
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y r
ec
eiv
ing
bo
th h
isB
ac
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lor’
s a
nd
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ste
r’s
De
gre
es.
He
als
o r
ec
eiv
ed
his
mid
-ma
na
ge
me
nt
ce
rtif
ica
tio
n a
t P
rair
ie V
iew
. C
alv
in b
eg
an
his
ad
min
istr
ati
ve
ca
ree
r a
s a
n a
ssis
tan
t p
rin
cip
al
in t
he
Te
xa
s
Cit
y
an
d
La
Po
rte
S
ch
oo
lD
istr
icts
. H
e h
as
als
o s
er
ve
d a
s t
he
pri
nc
ipa
l o
f th
e S
pe
cia
l O
pp
ort
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ity
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ho
ol
in t
he
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an
Sc
ho
ol
Dis
tric
t.S
inc
e h
is p
are
nts
we
re a
lso
ed
uc
a-
tors
, h
e s
tro
ng
ly b
eli
ev
es
in t
he
po
we
ro
f e
du
ca
tio
n a
nd
its
im
pa
ct
on
so
cie
ty.
Gro
win
g u
p i
n a
ho
me
wh
ere
ed
uc
a-
tio
n w
as
pa
ram
ou
nt,
he
in
stil
led
th
at
Ca
ro
l T
ipp
ins
Ca
lvin
C.
Sin
gle
ton
, J
r.
See T
IPPI
NS,p
g. 14
See S
INGL
ETON
,pg.
14
See S
INGL
ETON
, JR,p
g. 14
Ch
eri
e Y
. S
ing
leto
n
Con
trib
uted
Pho
to
Con
trib
uted
Pho
to
Con
trib
uted
Pho
to
by A
GN
ES J
EWET
T
Ch
arl
es
A. “
Do
c”
Du
dle
y, a
bla
ck
ph
ysi
cia
n, c
ivic
le
ad
er,
an
d c
ivil
-rig
hts
wo
rke
r, w
as
the
so
n o
f C
ha
rle
s A
rth
ur
an
d N
an
cy
Eli
zab
eth
Du
dle
y. D
ud
ley
wa
s b
orn
in
Wa
sko
m, T
ex
as,
on
Ja
nu
ary
10, 1
894.
He
gra
du
ate
d h
igh
sch
oo
l a
t n
ea
rby
Ma
rsh
all
.A
fte
r a
tte
nd
ing
Bis
ho
pC
oll
eg
e i
n D
all
as,
wh
ere
he
ex
ce
lle
d i
n f
oo
tba
ll a
nd
ba
seb
all
, he
en
tere
dM
eh
arr
y M
ed
ica
l C
oll
eg
e i
nN
ash
vil
le, T
en
ne
sse
e. H
efi
na
nc
ed
his
ed
uc
ati
on
by
wo
rkin
g a
s a
Pu
llm
an
Po
rte
r a
nd
pla
yin
g s
um
me
rb
ase
ba
ll i
n t
he
Ne
gro
Pro
fess
ion
al
Le
ag
ue
wit
h
suc
h s
tars
as
Sa
tch
el
Pa
ige
.
In 1
92
3,
up
on
co
mp
leti
ng
his
me
dic
al
tra
inin
g,
Du
dle
yre
ce
ive
d a
lic
en
se
to
pra
c-
tic
e m
ed
icin
e i
n T
ex
as
. H
em
ov
ed
to
V
icto
ria
o
nJ
an
ua
ry
1
, 1
92
4,
an
da
ssu
me
d t
he
pra
cti
ce
of
his
co
us
in,
C.
A.
Wh
itti
er,
wh
om
ov
ed
to
Sa
n A
nto
nio
. H
em
et
an
d
ma
rr
ied
a
Vic
tori
an
, R
ub
y T
ow
ns
en
d,
an
d t
he
y w
ere
th
e p
are
nts
of
two
so
ns
an
d o
ne
da
ug
hte
r(C
alv
in,
Gw
en
do
lyn
a
nd
Ed
win
). B
oth
so
ns
resi
de
in
Sa
n A
nto
nio
. D
r. W
hit
tie
r,D
oc
’s c
ou
sin
, m
et
an
oth
er
ch
arm
ing
, p
ois
ed
an
d b
ea
u-
tifu
l V
icto
ria
n,
Au
gu
sta
Ca
mp
be
ll,
an
d t
he
y w
er
em
arr
ied
. W
ork
ing
wit
h t
ea
ch
ers
at
the
bla
ck
F.
W.
Gro
ss
Hig
hS
ch
oo
l, D
ud
ley
he
lpe
d f
ur-
nis
h e
qu
ipm
en
t n
ot
sup
pli
ed
by
th
e
sc
ho
ol
bo
ar
d.
On
Ja
nu
ar
y 1
7,
19
40
, h
e o
rga
-n
ize
d a
n a
thle
tic
co
un
cil
tha
t c
on
sis
ted
pri
ma
rily
of
bla
ck
cit
ize
ns
. T
he
co
un
cil
pr
ov
ide
d a
fe
nc
e,
sh
ru
bs
,g
rass
, a
nd
ce
me
nt
wa
lkw
ay
sfo
r th
e s
ch
oo
l.
Th
e s
ch
oo
lb
oa
rd l
ate
r n
am
ed
an
ele
-m
en
tary
sc
ho
ol
for
Du
dle
y.D
ud
ley
le
d a
fu
nd
-ra
isin
gd
riv
e t
o p
urc
ha
se
pro
pe
rty
in t
he
Ple
asa
nt
Gre
en
co
m-
mu
nit
y.
He
, a
lon
g
wit
hJ
am
es
(J
im)
Ha
rri
s,
J.
C.
Br
ow
n,
J.
B.
(Ba
rb
er
)G
ree
n,
Fra
nc
is W
illi
am
s J
r.a
nd
o
the
rs
, c
on
str
uc
ted
ba
se
ba
ll f
ield
s a
nd
or
ga
-n
ize
d a
ba
se
ba
ll c
lub
fo
ry
ou
th.
Th
e
co
un
cil
p
ur
-
ch
as
ed
ath
leti
c e
qu
ipm
en
tw
ith
th
e h
elp
an
d e
qu
ipm
en
td
on
ati
on
s o
f th
e J
err
y L
en
tzfa
mil
y. D
ud
ley
es
tab
lis
he
dth
e
Ge
or
ge
W
as
hin
gto
nC
ar
ve
r C
ivic
Co
un
cil
an
de
rec
ted
th
e C
ar
ve
r C
en
ter
Yo
uth
R
ec
re
ati
on
al
an
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ult
ur
al
Ce
nte
r a
fte
r t
he
pu
rch
ase
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an
old
ba
rra
ck
sfr
om
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ste
r F
ield
. M
rs
.M
ary
V.
O’C
on
no
r a
nd
Mrs
.M
ar
ie
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on
no
r
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nn
do
na
ted
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uil
din
g t
o b
ea
nn
ex
ed
to
th
e b
arr
ac
ks
an
dto
b
e
oc
cu
pie
d
by
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om
en
’s A
ux
ilia
ry
of
the
Ge
org
e W
as
hin
gto
n C
arv
er
Civ
ic C
ou
nc
il.
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ou
ld b
eu
tili
zed
in
tra
inin
g g
irls
an
dy
ou
ng
la
die
s i
n e
tiq
ue
tte
,p
roto
co
l, d
ec
or
um
, p
oli
te-
ne
ss
an
d p
ois
e.
Th
e m
ale
yo
uth
w
er
e
tau
gh
t g
oo
dm
an
ne
rs,
civ
ilit
y, c
ou
rte
ou
s-n
es
s a
nd
co
urt
es
y.
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ter,
the
Wo
me
n’s
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xil
iary
an
nu
-a
lly
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du
ce
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y w
as
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em
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r o
fth
e
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er
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n
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gio
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itiz
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he
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tori
a C
ha
pte
r o
f th
e S
tate
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gre
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ea
gu
e a
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th
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oc
iati
on
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r th
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me
nt
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lor
ed
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op
le.
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rin
g t
he
str
ug
gle
to s
ec
ure
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tin
g r
igh
ts f
or
bla
ck
s,
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c w
ork
ed
clo
se
lyw
ith
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rn
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oo
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ars
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ll,
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utu
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ed
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tate
s
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pr
em
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ou
rt
As
so
cia
te J
us
tic
e.
Du
dle
y d
ied
a v
ery
re
spe
ct-
ed
, a
dm
ire
d a
nd
lo
ve
d c
om
-m
un
ity
le
ad
er
on
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nu
ar
y24
, 197
5.
BL
AS
TF
RO
MT
HE P
AS
TC
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rle
s A
rth
ur D
ud
ley
, J
r.(1
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5)
Dr.
C.
A.
Du
dle
y, J
r.
Con
trib
uted
Pho
to
Voic
es U
nit
ed P
ublicati
on o
f V
icto
ria, Febru
ary
2009 –
5
ST
UD
EN
T S
PO
TL
IGH
T
Ca
rlto
n S
ing
leto
ng
ra
du
ate
d
fro
mP
ra
irie
Vie
w A
&M
Un
ive
rsit
y, “
ma
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ac
um
la
ud
e”
, w
ith
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ac
he
lor
of
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ien
ce
de
gr
ee
in
B
iolo
gy
an
d P
oli
tic
al
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ien
ce
in
ea
rly
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y. H
eis
als
o a
20
04
“m
ag
na
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m l
au
de
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rad
ua
te o
f M
em
ori
al
Hig
h S
ch
oo
l.W
hil
e a
t P
rair
ie V
iew
, h
e m
ain
tain
ed
are
pu
tati
on
fo
r b
ein
g a
n o
uts
tan
din
gs
tud
en
t le
ad
er
th
at
ex
hib
ite
d h
igh
mo
ral
ch
ara
cte
r, a
str
on
g w
ork
eth
ic,
an
d a
tru
e p
ass
ion
fo
r se
rvin
g o
the
rs.
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gra
du
ati
on
, C
arl
ton
re
ce
ive
d t
he
Pr
air
ie
Vie
w
A&
M
Un
ive
rs
ity
Hu
ma
nit
ar
ian
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ar
d,
the
hig
he
st
aw
ar
d t
ha
t a
n u
nd
er
gr
ad
ua
te c
an
re
ce
ive
at
the
un
ive
rs
ity.
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als
ose
rve
d a
s v
ice
-pre
sid
en
t o
f th
e A
lph
aP
hi
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ha
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tern
ity,
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c.
at
Pra
irie
Vie
w a
nd
pa
rtic
ipa
ted
in
nu
me
rou
sc
om
mu
nit
y s
er
vic
e p
roje
cts
. H
e w
as
als
o a
me
mb
er
of
the
Ho
nd
a A
ll-S
tar
Ch
all
en
ge
Ac
ad
em
ic T
ea
m,
for
fou
ry
ea
rs a
nd
se
rve
d a
s te
am
ca
pta
in f
or
on
e y
ea
r.
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tta
ny
Eli
zab
eth
Sta
ffo
rd n
ev
er
wa
so
ne
to
sit
ba
ck
an
dta
ke
it
e
as
y.B
etw
ee
n
cla
ss
es
,o
rg
an
iza
tio
ns
a
nd
ath
leti
cs
, th
e
18
-y
ea
r-o
ld M
em
ori
al
Hig
h S
ch
oo
l se
nio
ris
co
nst
an
tly
on
th
e g
o.
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e’s
do
ing
a w
ho
le l
ot,
” B
ritt
an
y’s
mo
the
r, E
liza
be
th H
ay
es
, s
aid
wit
h a
ch
uc
kle
. “It
ke
ep
s a
mo
m b
usy
.”B
rit
tan
y i
s a
cti
ve
in
a v
ar
iety
of
sc
ho
ol
org
an
iza
tio
ns
, in
clu
din
g t
he
Na
tio
na
l H
on
or
So
cie
ty,
Fe
llo
wsh
ip o
f
Ch
ris
tia
n
Ath
lete
s,
He
alt
hO
cc
up
ati
on
s S
tud
en
ts o
f A
me
ric
a a
nd
in s
tud
en
t c
ou
nc
il a
s a
cla
ss r
ep
rese
n-
tati
ve
. A
thle
tic
s a
lso
ra
nk
s h
igh
on
th
isg
irl’
s l
ist
of
ac
tiv
itie
s.
Vo
lle
yb
all
an
dtr
ac
k h
av
e k
ep
t h
er
bu
sy t
hro
ug
h t
he
ye
ar
s
an
d
ea
rn
ed
h
er
a
wa
rd
s.
Bri
tta
ny
wa
s a
re
gio
na
l q
ua
lifi
er
intr
ac
k f
or
thre
e y
ea
rs,
ma
de
it
to t
he
all
dis
tric
t a
ca
de
mic
te
am
in
vo
lle
yb
all
an
d r
ec
eiv
ed
all
dis
tric
t h
on
ora
ble
me
nti
on
fo
r b
oth
sp
ort
s. B
ritt
an
y w
as
als
o n
am
ed
Vic
tori
a A
thle
te o
f th
e
Ca
rlto
n E
dw
ard
Sin
gle
ton
Bri
tta
ny
Eli
za
be
th S
taff
ord
See C
.E. SI
NGLE
TON,
pg.15
See S
TAFF
ORD,
pg. 1
5
If
it’s
te
am
wo
rk
yo
u’r
e
loo
kin
g
for,
Qu
into
n J
am
es
O’N
ea
lP
or
ter
is
p
ro
ba
bly
yo
ur
go
-to
gu
y. T
ha
t’s
be
ca
us
e –
wit
h y
ea
rso
f sp
ort
s u
nd
er
his
be
lt -
th
e M
em
ori
al
Hig
h S
ch
oo
l a
thle
te h
as
be
en
pa
rt o
f a
tea
m f
or
ye
ars
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uin
ton
s
tar
ted
o
ut
wit
h
litt
lele
ag
ue
an
d s
oc
ce
r a
nd
la
ter
be
ca
me
inv
olv
ed
wit
h f
oo
tba
ll,
his
mo
the
r, L
isa
Po
rte
r sa
id.
“He
sta
ys
ve
ry b
usy
,” L
isa
sa
id.
“He
just
go
es
fro
m o
ne
se
aso
n t
o a
no
the
r.”
An
d a
ll t
ha
t ti
me
on
th
e f
ield
ha
sp
aid
off
. T
he
hig
h s
ch
oo
l s
en
ior
ha
sre
ce
ive
d n
um
ero
us
ath
leti
c a
wa
rds
,in
clu
din
g 2
00
5 F
re
sh
ma
n A
thle
tic
Sc
ho
lar
of
the
Ye
ar,
20
06
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otb
all
Mo
st V
alu
ab
le P
lay
er
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ar,
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al
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efe
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ive
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ck
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er
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t o
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er
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atc
h i
n 5
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ex
as
Fo
otb
all
.B
ut
it i
sn’t
all
ab
ou
t sp
ort
s. Q
uin
ton
ha
s a
lso
ta
ke
n a
n i
nte
res
t in
mu
sic
,d
ab
bli
ng
in
pia
no
le
sso
ns
in t
he
pa
st,
Qu
into
n J
am
es
O’N
ea
l P
orte
r
See P
ORTE
R,pg
. 15
Con
trib
uted
Pho
to
Con
trib
uted
Pho
to
So
me
stu
de
nts
ha
ve
sto
rie
s m
ad
e f
or
the
mo
vie
s,
bu
t n
ot
ma
ny
sta
r
on
th
e
sil
ve
rs
cr
ee
n.
Sh
an
na
nG
ird
y i
s a
mo
ng
th
elu
ck
y f
ew
.T
he
C
or
pu
s
Ch
ris
ti
re
sid
en
tre
ce
ive
d t
he
Ed
uc
ati
ng
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un
g M
ind
s2
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ou
ng
Ac
hie
ve
rs A
wa
rd i
n L
os
An
ge
les
, C
A.
Aft
er
ac
ce
pti
ng
th
ea
wa
rd
, O
sc
ar-
win
nin
g a
cto
r L
ou
isG
os
se
tt J
r. a
ck
no
wle
dg
ed
he
r a
nd
off
ere
d h
er
the
le
ad
ro
le -
po
rtra
yin
g
gy
mn
as
t D
om
iniq
ue
Da
we
s -
in
his
up
co
min
g f
ilm
"H
ea
rts
of
Go
ld.”
B
ut
mo
vie
de
als
ar
en
’t t
he
on
lyth
ing
s sh
e h
as
go
ing
fo
r h
er.
G
ird
y’s
a
thle
tic
a
ch
iev
em
en
tsin
clu
de
gy
mn
ast
ics
ho
no
rs f
or
the
ba
l-a
nc
e b
ea
m,
un
ev
en
ba
rs
an
d f
loo
re
xe
rc
ise
s.
Tr
ain
ed
th
ro
ug
h M
ar
yJ
an
e’s
Gy
mn
as
tic
s,
sh
e h
as
ac
cu
mu
-la
ted
102
me
da
ls,
rib
bo
ns
an
d p
laq
ue
sto
da
te.
Sh
e a
lso
ex
ce
ls i
n t
rac
k.
In t
he
200
7C
or
pu
s
Ch
ris
ti
Cit
y
Ju
nio
r
Hig
h
Sh
an
na
n G
ird
y
See G
IRDY
,pg.
15
Con
trib
uted
Pho
to
Con
trib
uted
Pho
to
6– V
oic
es U
nit
ed P
ublicati
on o
f V
icto
ria, Febru
ary
2009
by DR. JO
HN
C. STA
NSEL
L,
Dea
n, S
choo
l of
Edu
catio
n an
d H
uman
Dev
elop
men
t U
ofH
-V
Th
e d
rea
m b
eg
ins
wit
h a
tea
ch
er
wh
o b
eli
ev
es
in y
ou
,w
ho
tu
gs
an
d p
us
he
s a
nd
lea
ds
yo
u t
o t
he
ne
xt
pla
tea
u,
som
eti
me
s p
ok
ing
yo
u w
ith
ash
arp
sti
ck
ca
lle
d t
ruth
.-D
an
Ra
the
r
We
dre
am
of
ma
ny
th
ing
s –
of
ac
hie
vin
g g
oa
ls,
of
ha
vin
gc
are
ers
, of
ma
kin
g p
osi
tiv
ed
iffe
re
nc
es
in
th
e w
or
ld.
Wh
ate
ve
r
ou
r
pa
rti
cu
lar
dr
ea
ms
ma
y b
e,
the
y a
ris
eb
ec
au
se
at
so
me
tim
e i
n o
ur
liv
es,
we
co
me
to
be
lie
ve
th
at
we
are
ca
pa
ble
of
mo
re t
ha
nw
e r
ea
lize
d.
If
we
r
efl
ec
t o
n
ho
w
we
ca
me
to
be
lie
ve
in
ou
r a
bil
i-ti
es
, a
nd
ou
rse
lve
s w
e s
oo
nre
ali
ze t
ha
t th
ere
we
re t
ea
ch
-e
rs
in
o
ur
li
ve
s
wh
o
fir
st
be
lie
ve
d i
n u
s a
nd
wh
o w
ou
ldn
ot
rest
un
til
the
y h
ad
sh
ow
nu
s j
us
t h
ow
mu
ch
we
co
uld
ac
co
mp
lis
h.
No
t a
ll o
f th
es
ete
ac
he
rs w
ere
in
ou
r c
las
s-
roo
ms
– s
om
ew
er
e p
ar
en
ts,
fam
ily
m
em
-b
er
s,
ne
igh
-b
or
s,
pa
sto
rs
,fr
ien
ds
, y
ou
thle
ad
er
s,
or
Lit
tle
Le
ag
ue
co
ac
he
s –
bu
tth
ey
all
he
lpe
du
s u
nd
ers
tan
dth
at
we
co
uld
no
t o
nly
ha
ve
dr
ea
ms
, b
ut
als
o
re
ali
ze
the
m.
Th
e p
ath
to
tha
t u
nd
er
-s
tan
din
g
iso
fte
n a
dif
fic
ult
on
e.
As
Ra
the
rs
ay
s,
we
ha
ve
to
be
tu
gg
ed
an
d p
us
he
d a
nd
so
me
tim
es
po
ke
d.
We
h
av
e
to
mo
ve
be
yo
nd
th
e l
imit
s o
f w
ha
t w
eth
ink
we
ca
n d
o t
ow
ard
wh
at
we
are
ult
ima
tely
ca
pa
ble
of
do
ing
, to
be
in
ov
er
ou
r h
ea
ds,
to b
e a
t le
as
t m
om
en
tar
ily
be
wil
de
red
. O
nly
th
en
ca
n w
eb
eg
in t
o s
ee
th
at
we
are
re
all
ym
or
e
ab
le
tha
n
we
fi
rs
t
tho
ug
ht.
Go
od
te
ac
he
rs h
av
e a
lwa
ys
un
de
rs
too
d
this
, a
nd
th
ey
ha
ve
als
o u
nd
ers
too
d u
s w
ell
en
ou
gh
to
pro
vid
e c
ha
lle
ng
es
tha
t le
d u
s t
o t
he
ne
xt
lev
el
wit
ho
ut
be
ing
to
tall
y o
ve
r-
wh
elm
ing
. O
n t
he
fir
st d
ay
of
my
hig
h s
ch
oo
l a
lge
bra
cla
ss,
ou
r te
ac
he
r to
ld u
s th
at
alg
e-
bra
wa
s e
as
y t
o u
nd
ers
tan
d
an
d t
ha
t w
e w
ou
ld a
ll u
nd
er-
sta
nd
it.
Of
co
urs
e,
no
ne
of
us
be
lie
ve
d h
im a
nd
at
firs
t, w
ew
er
e a
s b
ew
ild
er
ed
as
an
yh
igh
sc
ho
ol
ma
th s
tud
en
tse
ve
r w
ere
. B
ut
the
n,
thro
ug
hth
e t
ug
gin
g a
nd
pu
sh
ing
an
dp
ok
ing
of
his
ex
pla
na
tio
ns
,e
xa
mp
les
, a
nd
h
om
ew
or
ka
ssig
nm
en
ts,
he
sh
ow
ed
us
all
tha
t it
re
all
y w
as
wit
hin
ou
rg
rasp
.T
he
re a
re m
an
y g
oo
d t
ea
ch
-e
rs l
ike
him
to
da
y, b
ut
mo
rea
re
alw
ay
s n
ee
de
d,
bo
th i
ns
ch
oo
l c
las
sro
om
s a
nd
els
e-
wh
ere
. If
yo
u h
av
e a
de
sire
to
he
lp y
ou
ng
pe
op
le d
isc
ov
er
the
ir d
re
am
s a
nd
ga
in t
he
co
nfi
de
nc
e a
nd
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ea
l-iz
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the
m,
the
re
a
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m
an
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va
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to
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as
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om
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da
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he
rea
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ch
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wh
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th
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o b
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in
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till
o
the
rs
w
ho
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in
ev
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de
ca
de
in
b
etw
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n.
Th
ere
are
als
o s
tre
am
lin
ed
tea
ch
er
c
er
tifi
ca
tio
n
pr
o-
gra
ms
fo
r th
os
e w
ho
alr
ea
dy
ha
ve
a d
eg
re
e t
ha
t c
an
be
co
mp
lete
d w
hil
e t
ea
ch
ing
, a
nd
fin
an
cia
l a
id i
s a
lso
av
ail
ab
le.
Th
ere
are
als
o m
an
y o
pp
ort
u-
nit
ies
to w
ork
wit
h y
ou
ng
pe
o-
ple
as
a v
olu
nte
er
in s
ch
oo
ls,
ch
ur
ch
es
, a
nd
c
om
mu
nit
yo
rga
niz
ati
on
s.T
ak
e t
he
tim
e t
o c
on
sid
er
ho
w y
ou
ca
n h
elp
a y
ou
ng
pe
r-so
n d
isc
ov
er
an
d p
urs
ue
th
eir
dre
am
s. Y
ou
wil
l n
ev
er
do
an
y-
thin
g m
ore
sa
tisf
yin
g.
Teac
hers
and o
ur dr
eams C
ontr
ibut
ed P
hoto
Dr.
Jo
hn
C.
Sta
nsw
ell
Ifw
e re
flect
on
how
we
cam
e to
bel
ieve
in o
ur a
bili-
ties
,and
our
selv
es w
e so
onre
aliz
e th
at th
ere
wer
ete
ache
rs in
our
live
s w
hofir
st b
elie
ved
in u
s an
d w
how
ould
not
rest
unt
il th
eyha
d sh
own
us ju
st h
owm
uch
we
coul
d ac
com
plis
h.- -
Dr.
John
Sta
nsel
l
Th
e
Le
ttin
g
Ed
uc
ati
on
Ac
hie
ve
D
re
am
s
(LE
AD
)s
taff
sta
nd
s r
ea
dy
to
he
lpp
ote
nti
al
stu
de
nts
ac
hie
ve
the
ir e
du
ca
tio
na
l d
rea
ms
by DR. JO
SIE
RIV
ERA
Dr.
Denee T
hom
as
I a
m D
en
ee
Th
om
as,
an
d I
am
th
e
LE
AD
P
ro
gr
am
Ma
na
ge
r a
t th
e U
niv
ers
ity
of
Ho
us
ton
-Vic
tor
ia.
As
th
em
an
ag
er
I o
ve
rse
e t
he
da
ily
ac
tiv
itie
s a
nd
eff
ort
s o
f th
ep
rog
ram
; se
cu
re t
he
re
qu
ire
ds
up
po
rt w
hic
h w
ill
all
ow
th
eL
EA
D s
taff
to
be
st a
ssis
t st
u-
de
nts
; p
rom
ote
LE
AD
in
itia
-ti
ve
s in
th
e u
niv
ers
ity
an
d t
he
co
mm
un
ity
; a
nd
as
sis
t s
tu-
de
nts
at
all
le
ve
ls.
Th
e L
EA
Dp
ro
gr
am
is
c
om
mit
ted
to
inc
rea
sin
g e
du
ca
tio
na
l a
tta
in-
me
nt
lev
el
of
min
ori
tie
s a
nd
un
de
rre
pre
se
nte
d s
tud
en
ts.
We
lo
ok
fo
rw
ard
to
me
eti
ng
yo
u s
oo
n.
Ple
ase
ca
ll m
e i
f I
ca
n b
e o
f se
rvic
e.
My
do
or
isa
lwa
ys
op
en
!O
ffic
e:
361-
570-
4149
E-m
ail
: th
om
asd
@u
hv.
ed
u
Robert
S. C
ort
ez
My
n
am
e
is
Ro
be
rt
S.
Co
rte
z,
an
d I
se
rv
e a
s t
he
Se
nio
r
Bu
sin
es
s
&C
om
mu
nit
y
Re
cr
uit
me
nt
Pro
gra
m C
oo
rdin
ato
r.
My
ro
le i
s t
o s
er
ve
as
a m
ain
co
nta
ct
po
int
for
ad
ult
le
arn
-e
rs a
nd
wo
rkin
g a
du
lts
wh
oa
re
s
ee
kin
g
info
rm
ati
on
ab
ou
t e
nro
llin
g a
t th
e u
niv
er-
sit
y t
o c
om
ple
te b
ac
he
lor
’sa
nd
ma
ste
r’s
de
gre
es.
I
see
ko
ut
op
po
rtu
nit
ies
to
pa
rtn
er
wit
h a
rea
em
plo
ye
rs t
o i
de
n-
tify
p
ote
nti
al
stu
de
nts
;a
dd
re
ss
th
e
ed
uc
ati
on
al
ne
ed
s o
f th
e b
us
ine
ss
co
m-
mu
nit
y;
ex
plo
re r
es
olu
tio
ns
to f
ina
nc
ial
ba
rr
ier
s t
ha
tp
ote
nti
al
stu
de
nts
mig
ht
be
ex
pe
rie
nc
ing
; a
ssis
t st
ud
en
tsw
ith
ex
plo
rin
g c
are
er
op
po
r-tu
nit
ies
; a
nd
es
tab
lis
hin
g a
so
cia
l n
etw
or
k.
Th
e m
ain
thru
st o
f th
is c
om
po
ne
nt
is t
on
ar
ro
w
the
e
du
ca
tio
na
la
tta
inm
en
t g
ap
an
d c
rea
te a
be
tte
r e
co
no
my
wh
ere
bu
si-
ne
ss
es
th
riv
e,
em
plo
ye
es
ex
ce
l, a
nd
ou
r c
om
mu
nit
ies
pro
spe
r.
I h
av
e e
arn
ed
a B
ac
he
lor'
sD
eg
ree
fro
m G
ran
d C
an
yo
nU
niv
er
sit
y
in
Ph
oe
nix
,A
riz
on
a
an
d
co
mp
lete
dM
as
ters
De
gre
e s
tud
ies
in
Ma
na
ge
me
nt
wit
h a
n e
mp
ha
-s
is i
n H
um
an
Re
lati
on
s a
nd
Org
an
iza
tio
na
l B
eh
av
ior.
A
sb
oth
a s
tud
en
t a
nd
a f
ull
tim
e
wo
rkin
g a
du
lt,
I h
av
e g
ain
ed
pe
rso
na
l e
xp
eri
en
ce
wit
h t
he
ev
ery
da
y i
ssu
es
tha
t c
on
fro
nt
stu
de
nts
of
all
ag
es
in
th
eir
en
de
av
ors
to
ac
hie
ve
a h
igh
-e
r e
du
ca
tio
n.
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m c
om
fort
-a
ble
an
d c
on
fid
en
t th
at
I w
ill
be
ab
le t
o r
es
olv
e a
ny
qu
es
-ti
on
th
at
ma
y a
ris
e a
nd
he
lp
dir
ec
t y
ou
to
ac
hie
ve
yo
ur
ed
uc
ati
on
al
go
als
. F
ee
l fr
ee
to s
ee
k m
e o
ut
for
an
y q
ue
s-ti
on
s y
ou
ma
y h
av
e.
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ice
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7
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tom
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to R
)- D
r. Jo
sie
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era,
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ia S
olis
, AA
C; D
r. D
enee
Tho
mas
, Ovi
dio
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cia,
B.S
.Ed.
Top
Row
(L
to R
)- B
illy
Lag
al, B
.S.,
Car
olin
De
La
Veg
a, M
.Ed,
Rob
ert
S. C
orte
z
Con
trib
uted
Pho
to
Voic
es U
nit
ed P
ublicati
on o
f V
icto
ria, Febru
ary
2009 –
7
by JE
NN
IFER
YAN
CY
As
I’v
e w
ritt
en
be
fore
, e
du
-c
ati
on
is
a k
ey
to
su
cc
ess
! I
nth
e 2
1st
ce
ntu
ry,
de
ve
lop
ing
ap
ath
to
a c
are
er
mu
st i
nc
lud
ee
du
ca
tio
n b
ey
on
d h
igh
sc
ho
ol.
Vic
tori
a C
oll
eg
e i
s o
ne
of
the
ma
ny
ed
uc
ati
on
al
inst
itu
tio
ns
in t
he
are
a c
om
mit
ted
to
he
lp-
ing
in
div
idu
als
fin
d,
de
ve
lop
,a
nd
cu
ltiv
ate
an
ed
uc
ati
on
al
jou
rn
ey
th
at
tak
es
th
em
wh
ere
th
ey
wa
nt
to g
o.
Ov
er
the
pa
st
thir
ty y
ea
rs,
the
em
ph
as
is o
n h
igh
er
ed
u-
ca
tio
n h
as
ex
pa
nd
ed
ma
rke
d-
ly.
Wit
h t
ha
t e
mp
ha
sis
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ro-
gra
ms
de
sig
ne
d t
o g
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tein
cr
ea
se
d a
cc
es
s t
o h
igh
er
ed
uc
ati
on
ha
ve
flo
uri
she
d.
On
e p
rog
ram
to
em
erg
e o
ut
of
the
se
wa
ve
s o
f in
cre
as
ed
ac
ce
ss i
s th
e S
um
me
r B
rid
ge
Pr
og
ra
m.
Su
mm
er
B
rid
ge
Pr
og
ra
ms
a
re
g
en
er
all
yd
es
ign
ed
to
pr
ov
ide
as
sis
-ta
nc
e w
ith
th
e t
ran
siti
on
fro
mh
igh
sc
ho
ol
to c
oll
eg
e.
Th
e V
icto
ria
Co
lle
ge
fir
st
off
er
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a
S
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me
r
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idg
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am
in
th
e s
um
me
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e p
rog
ram
, in
itia
lly
fun
de
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y a
Vic
tori
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oll
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ou
nd
ati
on
gr
an
t, i
nc
lud
ed
inte
nsi
ve
ac
ad
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mic
in
str
uc
-ti
on
, in
no
va
tiv
es
up
po
rt
se
r-
vic
es
, a
nd
fin
an
cia
l in
ce
n-
tiv
es
to
s
tu-
de
nts
in
ne
ed
of
de
ve
lop
me
nt
in m
ath
. W
ith
eli
gib
ili-
ty f
or
pa
rtic
ipa
-ti
on
ba
se
d o
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ex
as
Hig
he
rE
du
ca
ti
on
As
se
ss
me
nt
(TH
EA
) sc
ore
sb
elo
w t
he
co
l-le
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re
ad
ine
ss
lev
el,
pro
gra
ms
taff
re
cr
uit
ed
six
tee
n M
HS
se
nio
rs i
nto
th
at
firs
t p
rog
ram
. T
he
P
ro
gr
am
c
om
bin
ed
Intr
od
uc
tory
Alg
eb
ra c
urr
icu
-lu
m w
ith
a s
tud
en
t s
uc
ce
ss
co
mp
on
en
t a
nd
in
clu
de
dh
an
ds
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p
ro
ble
m
so
lvin
go
pp
ort
un
itie
s,
an
d r
ea
l-w
orl
da
pp
lic
ati
on
pra
cti
ce
. V
C c
ou
ns
elo
rs
pr
es
en
ted
ba
sic
c
oll
eg
e
or
ien
tati
on
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are
er
ex
plo
rati
on
an
d a
dv
ise
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en
t, t
est
ing
an
d f
ina
nc
ial
aid
info
rm
ati
on
, a
nd
a s
eri
es
of
lea
rn
ing
s
tyle
s
an
d
stu
dy
skil
ls w
ork
sho
ps.
Th
e C
oll
eg
e P
resi
de
nt,
VP
’so
f In
str
uc
tio
n a
nd
Stu
de
nt
Se
rvic
es,
an
d m
an
y V
C f
ac
ult
ya
nd
sta
ff v
isit
ed
wit
h a
nd
att
en
de
d l
un
ch
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ns
wit
h p
ro-
jec
t p
ar
tic
ipa
nts
. T
he
Pro
gra
m w
as
ag
ain
off
ere
d i
nth
e s
um
me
r o
f 2
00
6 w
ith
all
co
mp
on
en
ts
of
the
in
itia
lo
ffe
rin
g a
nd
th
e a
dd
itio
n o
f a
co
mp
lete
F
re
sh
ma
nO
rie
nta
tio
n c
ou
rse
. T
he
se
stu
de
nts
pr
od
uc
ed
ex
ce
pti
on
al
resu
lts,
in
clu
din
ga
n a
ve
rag
e T
HE
A s
co
re g
ain
of
30 p
oin
ts,
a 9
4% B
or
be
tte
rc
om
ple
tio
n r
ate
, a
nd
a 7
5%
co
lle
ge
pe
rsis
ten
ce
ra
te (
co
l-le
ge
en
roll
me
nt
in t
he
su
bse
-q
ue
nt
fall
an
d s
pri
ng
se
me
s-
ters
).
Th
e P
rog
ram
is
no
w e
nte
r-in
g i
ts f
ifth
ye
ar,
an
d w
ill
be
off
ere
d t
his
su
mm
er
at
bo
thth
e V
C m
ain
ca
mp
us
an
d t
he
VC
Go
nza
les
Ce
nte
r. S
inc
e i
tsin
ce
pti
on
, th
e V
C S
um
me
rB
rid
ge
Pro
gra
m h
as
ex
pa
nd
-e
d,
ad
ap
ted
, a
nd
ta
ilo
red
its
ap
pro
ac
h t
o s
erv
e c
lose
to
100
gra
du
ati
ng
se
nio
rs i
n n
ee
d o
fd
ev
elo
pm
en
t in
ma
th,
rea
d-
ing
, an
d/o
r w
riti
ng
. T
he
Pro
gra
m h
as
re
ce
ive
dfu
nd
ing
fr
om
th
e
Te
xa
sH
igh
er
E
du
ca
tio
nC
oo
rd
ina
tin
g B
oa
rd
, T
ex
as
Gu
ar
an
tor
’s P
ub
lic
Be
ne
fit
Gra
nt
Pro
gra
m,
an
d p
riv
ate
do
no
rs.
Pa
rti
cip
an
ts
ha
ve
b
ee
nr
ec
ru
ite
d
fro
m
Vic
tor
ia,
Blo
om
ing
ton
, G
on
za
les
,C
alh
ou
n,
an
d
Ind
us
tria
l
sch
oo
l d
istr
icts
. T
he
Pro
gra
m i
s n
ow
kn
ow
na
s t
he
VC
Su
mm
er
Br
idg
eL
igh
tho
us
e
Init
iati
ve
a
nd
en
de
av
ors
to
be
a b
ea
co
n o
fh
op
e f
or
are
a s
en
iors
by
pro
-v
idin
g t
he
m w
ith
th
e f
ina
nc
ial,
ac
ad
em
ic,
an
d s
oc
ial
su
pp
ort
ne
two
rks
ne
ed
ed
to
ac
hie
ve
the
ir c
oll
eg
e a
nd
ca
ree
r a
spi-
rati
on
s.A
re y
ou
in
tere
ste
d i
n l
ea
rn-
ing
mo
re a
bo
ut
the
Pro
gra
m?
Or
do
yo
u h
av
e a
n e
lig
ible
stu
-d
en
t y
ou
’d l
ike
to
re
co
mm
en
d.
If s
o,
ple
ase
co
nta
ct
the
De
an
of
Ac
ad
em
ic F
ou
nd
ati
on
s, M
s.B
ab
ett
e
Lo
we
@
ba
be
tte
.lo
we
@v
icto
ria
co
l-le
ge
.ed
u o
r 36
1-48
5-68
07.
Build
ing Br
idges
to Hi
gher
Educ
ation C
ontr
ibut
ed P
hoto
Je
nn
ife
r Yan
cy
Ove
r th
e pa
st th
irty
yea
rs,
the
emph
asis
on
high
ered
ucat
ion
has
expa
nded
mar
kedl
y.W
ith
that
emph
asis
,pro
gram
sde
sign
ed to
gen
erat
ein
crea
sed
acce
ss to
hig
her
educ
atio
n ha
ve fl
ouri
shed
.--
Jen
nif
er Y
ancy
Dr.
Josie
Riv
era
As
th
e
LE
AD
S
en
ior
Pr
og
ra
m
De
ve
lop
me
nt
Co
ord
ina
tor,
I a
m r
esp
on
sib
lefo
r e
sta
bli
shin
g a
nd
ov
ers
ee
-in
g o
utr
ea
ch
pro
gra
m a
cti
vi-
tie
s th
at
he
lp c
on
ne
ct
min
ori
-ty
an
d u
nd
err
ep
rese
nte
d s
tu-
de
nts
to
th
e u
niv
ers
ity.
Th
ese
ac
tiv
itie
s a
re d
esi
gn
ed
to
pro
-m
ote
a c
oll
eg
e g
oin
g c
ult
ure
in t
he
co
mm
un
ity.
I
wo
rk
wit
h a
rea
hig
h s
ch
oo
ls a
nd
co
mm
un
ity
co
lle
ge
s t
o p
ro-
mo
te
LE
AD
r
ec
ru
itm
en
ts
tra
teg
ies
a
nd
e
ffo
rts
in
as
sis
tin
g u
nd
err
ep
res
en
ted
stu
de
nts
co
nti
nu
e t
he
ir e
du
-c
ati
on
an
d a
tta
in a
de
gre
e i
nth
e f
ield
of
the
ir c
ho
ice
.O
ffic
e:
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ail
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ve
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ive
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. B
en
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ils
on
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icto
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779
01
Ovid
io G
arc
ia, B
.S.
My
na
me
is
Ov
idio
Ga
rcia
an
d
I a
m
the
L
EA
D
Co
mm
un
ity
Co
lle
ge
Pro
gra
mC
oo
rdin
ato
r.
As
a f
irst
ge
ne
r-a
tio
n c
oll
eg
e g
rad
ua
te,
I c
an
ap
pre
cia
te t
he
va
lue
of
a p
ost
se
co
nd
ar
y e
du
ca
tio
n.
Th
ish
as
en
ric
he
d m
y l
ife
an
d i
t is
my
g
oa
l to
h
elp
o
the
rs
ac
hie
ve
th
eir
d
re
am
s
by
att
ain
ing
a c
oll
eg
e e
du
ca
tio
n.
My
fo
cu
s i
s t
o s
er
ve
as
ag
uid
ing
ha
nd
fo
r p
ote
nti
al
stu
de
nts
wh
o a
re i
n s
ea
rch
of
co
mp
leti
ng
a
fo
ur
y
ea
rd
eg
re
e p
ro
gr
am
. W
he
the
ry
ou
a
re
in
qu
irin
g
ab
ou
ta
dm
issi
on
s, f
ina
nc
ial
aid
or
inn
ee
d o
f tr
an
sfe
r in
form
ati
on
,I
ca
n d
ire
ct
yo
u d
ow
n t
he
rig
ht
pa
th.
Th
ere
is
a g
oo
dc
ha
nc
e t
ha
t y
ou
wil
l h
av
e t
he
op
po
rtu
nit
y t
o m
ee
t w
ith
me
at
on
e o
f th
e l
oc
al
are
a c
om
-m
un
ity
co
lle
ge
s su
ch
as
Th
eV
icto
ria
C
oll
eg
e,
Co
as
tal
Be
nd
C
oll
eg
e,
De
l M
ar
Co
lle
ge
, S
ou
th T
ex
as
Co
lle
ge
,a
nd
L
ar
ed
o
Co
mm
un
ity
Co
lle
ge
. I
am
av
ail
ab
le a
t th
ec
on
tac
t n
um
be
r b
elo
w i
f y
ou
ar
e i
n n
ee
d o
f a
dir
ec
t s
itd
ow
n m
ee
tin
g t
o d
isc
uss
yo
ur
op
tio
ns.
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ail
: g
arc
iao
@u
hv.
ed
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ho
ne
: 36
1.57
0.41
44
Billy
Lagal, B
.S.
My
na
me
is
Bil
ly L
ag
al
an
dI
se
rv
e a
s t
he
Co
mm
un
ity
Co
lle
ge
Pro
gra
m C
oo
rdin
ato
rfo
r H
ar
ris
Co
un
ty a
nd
th
eF
ort
Be
nd
are
a.
I s
erv
e a
s a
ma
in
co
nta
ct
po
int
for
pro
sp
ec
tiv
e C
om
mu
nit
y c
ol-
leg
e s
tud
en
ts w
ho
are
se
ek
-in
g
info
rm
ati
on
a
bo
ut
en
roll
ing
at
UH
V.
I a
m a
fo
r-m
er
co
mm
un
ity
co
lle
ge
stu
-d
en
t a
nd
a g
ra
du
ate
fr
om
UH
V
wit
h
a
Ba
ch
elo
r's
de
gre
e i
n C
om
mu
nic
ati
on
. I
am
ve
ry
fa
mil
iar
wit
h t
he
co
mm
un
ity
co
lle
ge
to
un
ive
r-s
ity
tra
ns
itio
n p
roc
es
s a
nd
the
dif
fic
ult
ies
an
d c
ha
lle
ng
es
yo
u f
ac
e.
Ev
ery
qu
est
ion
yo
um
ay
ha
ve
, I
pro
ba
bly
ha
d a
to
ne
tim
e.
I c
an
as
sis
t y
ou
wit
h t
he
ap
pli
ca
tio
n p
roc
ess
,fi
na
nc
ial
aid
re
fer
ra
l, a
nd
pre
lim
ina
ry a
dv
ise
me
nt.
S
o,
do
no
t h
esi
tate
to
co
nta
ct
me
for
he
lp.
Off
ice
: 36
1.57
0.44
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-ma
il:
lag
alb
@u
hv.
ed
u
Caro
lin D
e L
a V
ega, M
.Ed.
My
n
am
e
is
Ca
ro
lin
De
La
Ve
ga
, L
EA
D
Hig
hS
ch
oo
l P
rog
ram
Co
ord
ina
tor.
Th
is b
roa
d t
itle
pro
vid
es
me
wit
h t
he
fle
xib
ilit
y t
o p
rov
ide
ind
ivid
ua
lize
d a
nd
un
iqu
e c
ol-
leg
e o
rie
nte
d s
erv
ice
s to
hig
hsc
ho
ol
stu
de
nts
on
a p
ers
on
al
lev
el.
Ea
ch
stu
de
nt
co
me
sw
ith
th
eir
ow
n s
pe
cia
l c
oll
eg
eg
oin
g d
re
am
s a
nd
cir
cu
m-
sta
nc
es
. L
EA
D o
ffe
rs i
nfo
r-m
ati
on
an
d a
ss
ista
nc
e t
o a
lls
tud
en
ts w
ith
th
e d
riv
e t
ose
ek
a c
oll
eg
e e
du
ca
tio
n.
On
eo
f th
e
too
ls
I u
se
is
th
eC
oll
eg
iate
G
-Fo
rc
eM
en
tor
sh
ip p
ro
gr
am
. T
his
pro
gra
m p
rov
ide
s a
n o
pp
or-
tun
ity
fo
r c
oll
eg
e-g
oin
g s
tu-
de
nts
to
go
ou
t a
nd
sh
ar
eth
eir
ex
pe
rie
nc
es
wit
h h
igh
sch
oo
l st
ud
en
ts,
shin
ing
lig
ht
on
a s
om
eti
me
s d
au
nti
ng
lif
ec
ho
ice
. S
ha
rin
g t
he
co
lle
ge
ex
pe
rie
nc
e i
nc
lud
es
pro
vid
-in
g i
nfo
rma
tio
n a
bo
ut
fin
an
-c
ial
aid
, a
dm
issi
on
s p
roc
ess
-e
s, a
nd
ca
mp
us
life
.Ea
rnin
g a
UH
V B
ac
he
lor
of
Ar
ts a
nd
Sc
ien
ce
s, a
nd
a U
HV
Ma
ste
rso
f A
rts
in
In
terd
isc
ipli
na
ry
Stu
die
s a
llo
we
d m
e t
o t
ail
or
my
ed
uc
ati
on
aro
un
d m
y p
er-
so
na
l c
are
er
inte
res
ts.
Le
tL
EA
D h
elp
Yo
u c
re
ate
th
ec
oll
eg
e p
ath
th
at
un
de
rlin
es
wh
o y
ou
are
! O
ffic
e:
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570-
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ail
: d
ela
ve
ga
c@
uh
v.e
du
Sonia
Solis, A
AS
My
na
me
is
So
nia
So
lis
. I
wo
rk
as
th
e L
EA
D S
en
ior
Se
cre
tary
an
d p
rov
ide
as
sis
-ta
nc
e a
nd
in
for
ma
tio
n a
sn
ee
de
d t
o m
y c
oll
ea
gu
es
an
dto
an
y s
tud
en
t s
ee
kin
g o
ur
su
pp
ort
. I
be
lie
ve
in
ed
uc
a-
tio
n a
nd
se
rva
nt
lea
de
rsh
ip.
I a
m a
lwa
ys
vo
lun
tee
rin
g t
oh
elp
oth
er
s a
ch
iev
e t
he
ird
re
am
s.
If
yo
u n
ee
d a
ny
info
rma
tio
n a
bo
ut
ou
r L
EA
Dp
rog
ram
, p
lea
se
co
me
vis
itu
s o
r c
all
me
to
ma
ke
an
ap
po
intm
en
t.O
ffic
e:
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il:
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ss@
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v.e
du
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choa
(Not
pic
ture
d)
My
na
me
is
Be
a O
ch
oa
an
dI
wo
rk
a
s
the
L
EA
DA
ss
ista
nt.
M
y j
ob
is
to
su
p-
po
rt a
nd
as
sis
t in
all
ph
as
es
of
the
LE
AD
pr
og
ra
m.
In
ad
dit
ion
, I
als
o p
rov
ide
ass
is-
tan
ce
in
re
co
rdin
g s
tud
en
td
ata
fo
r fo
llo
w-u
p v
isit
s.O
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e:
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8– V
oic
es U
nit
ed P
ublicati
on o
f V
icto
ria, Febru
ary
2009
Mr
s.
He
rn
an
de
z-P
er
kin
sp
ro
du
ce
d a
nd
dir
ec
ted
th
eB
ev
er
ly
Hil
ls/H
oll
yw
oo
d,
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lifo
rnia
’s N
AA
CP
“T
he
ate
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wa
rds
”.
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e A
wa
rds
we
reh
eld
at
the
be
au
tifu
l D
ire
cto
rsG
uil
d,
in
Ho
lly
wo
od
,C
ali
for
nia
. T
he
ho
st
of
the
Sh
ow
wa
s H
ill
Ha
rpe
r, w
ith
aw
ar
ds
giv
en
to
Bil
ly D
ee
Wil
lia
ms
, L
aw
re
nc
eF
ish
bu
rn,
Ma
gic
Jo
hn
son
, th
eP
re
sid
en
t a
nd
G
en
er
al
Ma
na
ge
r o
f K
AB
C-T
V,
Mr.
Arn
old
J.
Kle
ine
r a
nd
De
lla
Re
ese
. T
he
pre
sen
ters
we
re,
Lo
uis
Go
ss
ett
, J
r.,
Dia
ha
nn
Ca
rr
oll
, V
ivic
a
A.
Fo
x,
Ga
br
iell
e U
nio
n,
Lis
aR
ay
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cC
oy,
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ie H
ud
son
, B
arr
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ha
ba
ka
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nle
y, C
ed
ric
th
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nte
rta
ine
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an
d
Va
ne
ss
aW
illi
am
s.
Ric
k
Pe
rk
ins
o
fV
icto
ria
, T
ex
as
, w
as
Mu
sic
al
Dir
ec
tor
a
nd
O
llie
“A
li”
Wo
od
so
n,
form
er
lea
d s
ing
er
of
the
wo
rld
re
no
wn
gro
up
th
e“
Te
mp
tati
on
s,”
w
as
th
ee
ve
nin
gs
fea
ture
d p
erf
orm
er.
T
he
NA
AC
P i
s o
ne
of
the
old
est
Afr
ica
n A
me
ric
an
org
a-
niz
ati
on
s in
th
e C
ou
ntr
y.
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wise
(from
left)
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r Hern
ande
z-Perk
ins, P
roduc
er/Dir
ector
and R
ick Pe
rkins
Music
al Dir
ector
. Acto
r Law
rence
Fish
burn.
Pres
ident
and G
enera
l Man
ager
of KA
BC-
TV Ar
nold
J. Klei
ner a
nd Ac
tor Er
nie Hu
dson
. Acto
r Barr
y Sha
baka
Henle
y and
Osca
rHe
rnand
ez-Pe
rkins
. Actr
ess L
isaRa
ye Mc
Coy a
nd Si
nger
Ollie
“Ali” W
oods
on.
Contr
ibuted
photo
s.
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es U
nit
ed P
ublicati
on o
f V
icto
ria, Febru
ary
2009 –
9
10
– V
oic
es U
nit
ed P
ublicati
on o
f V
icto
ria, Febru
ary
2009
by C
LAUD J
ACOBS
Fo
r m
ost
of
us
20
08
wa
s a
ne
co
no
mic
ye
ar
we
wo
uld
all
lik
e t
o f
or
ge
t.
Ou
r s
toc
ks
,b
on
ds
an
d 4
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40%
of
the
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e,
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ga
llo
n,
farm
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a
nd
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an
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fac
ed
dro
ug
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co
nd
itio
ns
an
d m
an
ylo
st
the
ir j
ob
s.
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ere
we
red
efa
ult
s,
ba
ilo
uts
, fo
re
clo
-su
res
an
d w
e w
ere
all
aff
ec
ted
in s
om
e w
ay.
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h t
he
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w Y
ea
r, n
ew
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sid
en
t a
nd
ma
ny
ne
w p
ro-
gra
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ha
ve
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pe
tha
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ill
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rt o
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re
co
ve
ry.
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ow
ev
er,
it
is a
lso
a t
ime
wh
en
we
re
fle
ct
on
ou
r o
wn
ec
on
om
ic c
on
di-
tio
n a
nd
se
e w
ha
t w
e c
an
do
to
he
lp o
urs
elv
es.
H
ere
are
se
v-
era
l su
gg
est
ion
s th
at
we
ma
yw
an
t to
in
co
rp
or
ate
in
ou
rli
ve
s in
200
9 to
ma
ke
us
mo
refi
na
nc
iall
y i
nd
ep
en
de
nt
an
dp
rosp
ero
us.
1
.Liv
e w
ith
in o
ur
me
an
s.
To
da
y o
ve
r 40
% o
f A
me
ric
an
ss
pe
nd
m
or
e
mo
ne
y
ea
ch
mo
nth
th
an
th
ey
ea
rn.
Mo
st
us
e c
re
dit
ca
rd
s t
o r
un
up
de
bt.
T
he
y e
ve
n g
et
an
oth
er
ca
rd t
o t
ry a
nd
pa
y o
ff t
he
fir
stc
ar
d.
Re
me
mb
er
yo
u c
an
ne
ve
r b
orr
ow
yo
ur
wa
y o
ut
of
de
bt.
S
top
usi
ng
cre
dit
ca
rds
an
d l
ive
on
wh
at
yo
u m
ak
e.
2.U
se
a
b
ud
ge
t.
K
no
ww
he
re y
ou
r m
on
ey
go
es
ea
ch
mo
nth
. F
or
a m
on
th w
rit
ed
ow
n e
ac
h d
oll
ar
yo
u s
pe
nd
an
d o
n w
ha
t.
Yo
u w
ill
be
su
r-p
ris
ed
wh
ere
yo
ur
mo
ne
y i
sg
oin
g.
Ju
st
this
wil
l h
elp
us
spe
nd
le
ss o
n t
hin
gs
we
do
n’t
ne
ed
.3
.Sa
ve
mo
ne
y e
ac
h m
on
thb
y
ea
tin
g
mo
re
m
ea
ls
at
ho
me
. F
or
en
ter
tain
me
nt
ha
ve
a d
inn
er
pa
rty
an
d a
sk
ea
ch
p
er
so
n
to
br
ing
o
ne
thin
g,
a d
es
se
rt,
sa
lad
, v
eg
-e
tab
le o
r m
ea
t.
Th
e g
rou
p a
ll
sav
es
mo
ne
y a
nd
ha
s a
gre
at
tim
e.
4.H
ow
lo
ng
ha
s it
be
en
sin
ce
yo
u r
ev
iew
ed
th
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erv
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r C
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d p
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ntr
al
Am
er
ica
un
til
18
55
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d t
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n n
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kn
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or
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at
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ar.
In V
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, w
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e b
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nfo
rtu
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n p
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ly i
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t a
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lac
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as
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dic
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sh
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t su
rge
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in C
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llin
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. C
urr
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tly
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Vic
tori
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rea
re
s
ix
Afr
ica
n
Am
er
ica
np
hy
sic
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ra
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cin
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ba
laze
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me
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), D
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ily
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r. T
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n K
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illm
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an
d D
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en
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me
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se
ph
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icia
ns
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we
llre
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es
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ee
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at
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ers
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ed
ica
l c
om
mu
ni-
ty i
n V
icto
ria
, Te
xa
s.
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tory
of
Afr
ican A
meri
cans’
con
trib
uti
ons t
o m
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Do
cto
rs p
ast
and p
resen
t -
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ry in p
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res
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akers
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trib
uted
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to
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Bru
ce
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kn
igh
t
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day
Contr
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JOHN
SON
Soc
ial S
ecur
ity D
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Man
ager
in V
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ria,
TX
Wh
en
it
co
me
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ut
So
cia
l S
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uri
ty,
the
re i
sa
lo
t to
kn
ow
– s
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ou
ma
y f
ind
yo
ur
se
lf
full
o
f q
ue
sti
on
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rin
g t
he
se d
iffi
cu
lt e
co
no
m-
ic t
ime
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cia
l S
ec
uri
ty a
nd
Su
pp
lem
en
tal
Se
cu
rit
yIn
co
me
(S
SI)
be
ne
fits
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er
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imp
or
tan
t fo
r
ma
ny
Am
er
ica
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. T
he
qu
es
tio
ns
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d a
ns
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rs
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eq
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t?A
ns
we
r:
Th
e l
ate
st
is o
ur
ne
w
on
lin
e
Re
tir
em
en
tE
stim
ato
r, w
hic
h a
llo
ws
yo
u t
ote
st s
ev
era
l sc
en
ari
os
to g
ive
yo
u a
n a
cc
ura
te e
sti
ma
te o
fw
ha
t y
ou
ca
n e
xp
ec
t a
nd
he
lpy
ou
de
term
ine
th
e b
es
t d
ate
for
yo
u t
o r
eti
re.
Ch
ec
k i
t o
ut
at
ww
w.s
oc
ials
ec
uri
ty.g
ov
/est
i-m
ato
r.
So
cia
l S
ec
uri
ty a
lso
ha
s s
ev
era
l b
en
efi
t p
lan
ne
rsd
es
ign
ed
to
he
lp p
eo
ple
wit
hp
lan
nin
g t
he
ir r
eti
rem
en
t.
Qu
es
tio
n:
Ca
n I
ap
ply
fo
rm
y S
oc
ial
Se
cu
rity
re
tire
me
nt
be
ne
fits
on
lin
e?
An
sw
er:
Yo
u c
an
ap
ply
fo
rre
tire
me
nt
be
ne
fits
fro
m t
he
co
mfo
rt o
f y
ou
r h
om
e o
r o
ffic
ea
t w
ww
.so
cia
lse
cu
rit
y.g
ov.
Th
ere
’s n
o n
ee
d t
o d
riv
e t
oy
ou
r
loc
al
So
cia
l S
ec
ur
ity
off
ice
or
wa
it f
or
an
ap
po
int-
me
nt
wit
h a
So
cia
l S
ec
uri
tyre
pre
sen
tati
ve
. Y
ou
ca
n c
om
-p
lete
th
e n
ew
on
lin
e r
eti
re-
me
nt
ap
pli
ca
tio
n i
n a
s li
ttle
as
15
min
ute
s.
It’
s s
o e
as
y!
In
mo
st c
ase
s, a
fte
r y
ou
cli
ck
th
e“S
ign
No
w”
bu
tto
n a
nd
su
bm
itth
e a
pp
lic
ati
on
ele
ctr
on
ica
lly,
tha
t’s
it.
Th
ere
are
no
fo
rms
to s
ign
, a
nd
us
ua
lly
no
ad
di-
tio
na
l d
oc
um
en
ts
ar
ere
qu
ire
d.
So
cia
l S
ec
uri
ty w
ill
co
nta
ct
yo
u d
ire
ctl
y i
f m
ore
info
rma
tio
n i
s n
ee
de
d.
Qu
es
tio
n:
I k
no
w S
oc
ial
Se
cu
rity
ha
s D
ire
ct
De
po
sit
,b
ut
wh
at
if I
do
n’t
ha
ve
an
ex
isti
ng
ba
nk
ac
co
un
t?A
ns
we
r:
Yo
u c
an
sig
n u
pfo
r th
e n
ew
Dir
ec
t E
xp
res
sc
ar
d.
Th
e D
ire
ct
Ex
pr
es
sc
ard
is
a d
eb
it c
ard
yo
u c
an
us
e t
o a
cc
es
s y
ou
r b
en
efi
ts.
Wit
h t
he
Dir
ec
t E
xp
ress
ca
rdp
rog
ram
, w
e d
ep
osi
t y
ou
r fe
d-
era
l b
en
efi
t p
ay
me
nt
dir
ec
tly
on
to y
ou
r c
ard
. Y
ou
r m
on
thly
be
ne
fits
wil
l b
e a
va
ila
ble
on
yo
ur
pa
ym
en
t d
ay
– o
n t
ime
,e
ve
ry t
ime
. Y
ou
ca
n u
se
th
ec
ard
to
ma
ke
pu
rch
as
es
, p
ay
bil
ls o
r g
et
ca
sh a
t th
ou
san
ds
of
loc
ati
on
s.
An
d m
ost
tra
ns-
ac
tio
ns
are
fre
e.
Th
e D
ire
ct
Ex
pre
ss c
ard
is
bo
th s
afe
r a
nd
mo
re c
on
ve
nie
nt
tha
n p
ap
er
ch
ec
ks
. F
or
mo
re i
nfo
rm
a-
tio
n,
vis
itw
ww
.so
cia
lse
cu
rity
.go
v/d
ep
osi
t.
Or,
ca
ll t
he
to
ll-f
ree
Dir
ec
tE
xp
ress
ca
rd h
otl
ine
at
1-87
7-21
2-99
91.
Qu
es
tio
n:
I a
m a
62
-ye
ar-
old
wo
ma
n w
ho
wa
s m
arr
ied
for
alm
ost
30
ye
ars
be
fore
my
div
orc
e s
ev
era
l y
ea
rs a
go
. I
ex
pe
ct
a
re
lati
ve
ly
sm
all
So
cia
l S
ec
ur
ity
re
tir
em
en
tc
he
ck
, s
inc
e I
mo
stl
y w
ork
ed
pa
rt-t
ime
jo
bs
. M
y e
x-h
us
-b
an
d i
s 68
an
d a
lre
ad
y g
ett
ing
ab
ou
t $
1,8
00
pe
r m
on
th f
rom
So
cia
l S
ec
uri
ty.
An
y c
ha
nc
e I
ca
n r
ec
eiv
e b
en
efi
ts b
ase
d o
nh
is r
ec
ord
?
An
sw
er:
Ye
s.
Un
de
r S
oc
ial
Se
cu
rity
, a
div
orc
ed
sp
ou
se
wh
o w
as
ma
rr
ied
fo
r m
or
eth
an
10
ye
ars
an
d i
s c
urr
en
tly
un
ma
rrie
d i
s e
nti
tle
d t
o b
en
e-
fits
as
a s
po
use
.Q
ue
sti
on
:I’
ve
lo
st
my
Me
dic
ar
e c
ar
d a
nd
ne
ed
to
ha
ve
it
rep
lac
ed
. H
ow
ca
n I
ap
ply
fo
r a
ne
w o
ne
?A
ns
we
r:
If
yo
u
ne
ed
to
rep
lac
e y
ou
r M
ed
ica
re c
ard
,th
ere
are
a f
ew
wa
ys
yo
u c
an
ap
ply
. T
he
ea
sie
st m
eth
od
is
to r
eq
ue
st
yo
ur
rep
lac
em
en
tri
gh
t o
ve
r th
e I
nte
rn
et.
Yo
uc
an
do
so
at
ww
w.s
oc
ials
ec
uri
-ty
.go
v/o
nli
ne
se
rv
ice
s.
Th
efo
rm i
s c
om
ple
ted
on
lin
e a
nd
the
pro
ce
ss o
nly
ta
ke
s a
co
u-
ple
of
min
ute
s.
Yo
u a
lso
ca
nc
all
us
at
1-80
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-07
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) a
nd
re
qu
es
t a
rep
lac
em
en
t o
ve
r th
e p
ho
ne
.O
f c
ou
rse
, y
ou
’re
alw
ay
s w
el-
co
me
to
vis
it y
ou
r lo
ca
l S
oc
ial
Se
cu
rit
y
off
ice
a
s
we
ll.
Wh
ich
ev
er
wa
y y
ou
ch
oo
se t
oa
pp
ly,
yo
ur
ca
rd w
ill
be
ma
ile
dto
yo
u w
ith
in 3
0 d
ay
s, a
nd
th
ese
rvic
e i
s fr
ee
.
Qu
es
tio
n:
I g
et
Su
pp
lem
en
tal
Se
cu
rit
yIn
co
me
(S
SI)
fo
r a
me
nta
l d
is-
ab
ilit
y.
I w
ou
ld l
ike
to
tr
yg
oin
g t
o w
ork
. A
m I
all
ow
ed
to g
et
a p
art
-tim
e j
ob
wit
ho
ut
risk
ing
lo
ss o
f b
en
efi
ts?
An
sw
er:
Ye
s.
In f
ac
t, S
oc
ial
Se
cu
rity
en
co
ura
ge
s r
ec
ipi-
en
ts w
ith
dis
ab
ilit
ies
to
tr
yw
ork
ing
. F
or
ex
am
ple
, if
yo
ur
on
ly i
nc
om
e i
s S
up
ple
me
nta
lS
ec
uri
ty I
nc
om
e (
SS
I) a
nd
yo
ust
art
to
wo
rk,
on
ly a
po
rtio
n o
fy
ou
r in
co
me
is
use
d i
n r
ec
al-
cu
lati
ng
yo
ur
mo
nth
ly b
en
efi
ta
mo
un
t.
Als
o,
in m
ost
ca
ses
yo
u a
rea
ble
to
ke
ep
yo
ur
me
dic
al
co
v-
era
ge
. S
oc
ial
Se
cu
rity
ha
s a
nu
mb
er
of
wo
rk i
nc
en
tiv
es
toh
elp
y
ou
a
tte
mp
t w
or
kin
gw
ith
ou
t ta
kin
g a
wa
y t
he
se
cu
-ri
ty o
f y
ou
r b
en
efi
ts.
Le
arn
mo
re a
bo
ut
the
m b
y v
isit
ing
ou
r w
eb
sit
e a
t w
ww
.so
cia
lse
-c
uri
ty.g
ov
/wo
rk.
Qu
es
tio
n:
I a
m r
ec
eiv
ing
So
cia
l S
ec
uri
ty d
isa
bil
ity
be
n-
efi
ts.
Wil
l m
y b
en
efi
ts b
ea
ffe
cte
d i
f I
wo
rk
an
d e
ar
nm
on
ey
?A
ns
we
r:
We
ha
ve
sp
ec
ial
rule
s c
all
ed
"w
ork
in
ce
nti
ve
s"th
at
he
lp y
ou
ke
ep
yo
ur
ca
sh
be
ne
fits
an
d M
ed
ica
re w
hil
ey
ou
te
st
yo
ur
ab
ilit
y t
o w
ork
.F
or
ex
am
ple
, th
ere
is
a t
ria
lw
ork
pe
rio
d d
uri
ng
wh
ich
yo
uc
an
r
ec
eiv
e
full
b
en
efi
tsre
ga
rdle
ss
of
ho
w m
uc
h y
ou
ea
rn
, a
s l
on
g a
s y
ou
re
po
rty
ou
r w
ork
ac
tiv
ity
an
d c
on
tin
-u
e t
o h
av
e a
dis
ab
lin
g i
mp
air
-m
en
t.
Fo
r m
ore
in
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ati
on
ab
ou
t w
ork
in
ce
nti
ve
s, w
e r
ec
-o
mm
en
d t
ha
t y
ou
re
ad
th
ele
afl
et,
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or
kin
g
Wh
ile
Dis
ab
led
-Ho
w W
e C
an
He
lp,
wh
ich
yo
u c
an
fin
d o
nli
ne
at
ww
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ials
ec
uri
ty.g
ov
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u
als
o
ca
nre
qu
est
to
ha
ve
a c
op
y m
ail
ed
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ou
by
ca
llin
g 1
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ou
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n p
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on
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p a
t y
ou
rlo
ca
l S
oc
ial
Se
cu
rity
off
ice
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ue
sti
on
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ha
ve
a
na
pp
oin
tme
nt
to
ap
ply
fo
rS
oc
ial
Se
cu
rity
dis
ab
ilit
y b
en
-e
fits
. I
s th
ere
an
yth
ing
I c
an
do
to
ma
ke
th
e p
ro
ce
ss
go
fast
er?
An
sw
er:
Th
ere
are
th
ing
sy
ou
ca
n d
o t
o s
pe
ed
up
th
e
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wit
h t
he
te
ac
hin
g p
rofe
ss
ion
wh
ile
a
tte
nd
ing
T
he
Un
ive
rsit
y o
f W
isc
on
sin
in
ag
rad
ua
te p
rog
ram
. W
hil
e t
ak
-in
g E
du
ca
tio
n c
las
se
s a
t th
eu
niv
ers
ity
an
d g
ain
ing
ha
nd
so
n e
xp
eri
en
ce
wit
h t
ea
ch
ing
ch
ild
re
n
in
the
M
ad
iso
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ub
lic
Sc
ho
ol
sy
ste
m,
the
see
ds
for
the
lo
ve
of
tea
ch
ing
an
d w
or
kin
g w
ith
ch
ild
re
nw
er
e
pla
nte
d.
Th
e
hig
hly
rew
ard
ing
ex
pe
rie
nc
es
ass
oc
i-a
ted
wit
h b
ein
g a
pa
rt o
f th
iste
ac
he
r tr
ain
ing
pro
gra
m l
ed
to 3
3 y
ea
rs o
f se
rvic
e i
n p
ub
lic
ed
uc
ati
on
. T
he
su
n b
eg
an
to
shin
e.
Fo
r m
or
e t
ha
n 1
0 y
ea
rs
,P
ea
ce
se
rve
d i
n v
ari
ou
s ro
les
in t
he
Da
lla
s I
nd
ep
en
de
nt
Sc
ho
ol
Dis
tric
tin
clu
din
g t
ea
ch
er,
pri
nc
ipa
l,a
nd
sy
ste
m w
ide
ad
min
istr
a-
tor
pri
or
to l
ea
vin
g D
all
as
in
19
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. H
e
the
n
join
ed
c
ol-
lea
gu
es
a
t th
e
Te
xa
sE
du
ca
tio
n A
ge
nc
y a
nd
Th
eU
niv
ers
ity
of
Te
xa
s to
fu
rth
er
de
ve
lop
his
ed
uc
ati
on
al
skil
ls.
Th
ro
ug
h
the
C
oo
pe
ra
tiv
eS
up
eri
nte
nd
en
cy
Pro
gra
m a
tU
T
Ro
n
ea
rn
ed
a
Su
pe
rin
ten
de
nt’
s C
ert
ific
ate
an
d
re
loc
ate
d
to
Vic
tor
iaw
he
re h
e j
oin
ed
th
e V
icto
ria
Ind
ep
en
de
nt
Sc
ho
ol
Dis
tric
ta
s
As
sis
tan
t to
th
eS
up
er
inte
nd
en
t in
A
ug
us
t19
97.
Pe
ac
e
be
ca
me
Su
pe
rin
ten
de
nt
of
VIS
D i
nA
pri
l o
f 20
00.
Du
rin
g t
he
ne
xt
fiv
e y
ea
rs
, h
e o
ve
rs
aw
th
eB
oa
rd o
f T
rust
ee
s m
an
da
te t
o
co
ns
oli
da
te
Vic
tor
ia’s
tw
oh
igh
sc
ho
ols
. H
e i
nit
iate
d a
tea
ch
er
tr
ain
ing
p
ro
gr
am
wh
ich
ra
ise
d a
wa
re
ne
ss
of
div
ers
ity
of
pu
bli
c s
ch
oo
l st
u-
de
nts
wh
ile
pro
vid
ing
co
mp
re-
he
nsi
ve
wa
ys
to i
nst
ruc
t c
hil
-d
ren
of
va
rio
us
cu
ltu
ral
ba
ck
-g
rou
nd
s.
His
aim
wa
s t
o c
re-
ate
a
c
ult
ur
e
of
ca
rin
gth
rou
gh
ou
t th
e d
istr
ict
tha
tr
ec
og
niz
ed
th
e
va
lue
a
nd
wo
rth
o
f a
ll
ch
ild
re
n.
He
inst
ille
d s
ou
nd
, p
rac
tic
al
bu
d-
ge
tar
y p
ra
cti
ce
s t
hr
ou
gh
ap
roc
ess
of
pro
vid
ing
fin
an
cia
lle
ad
ers
hip
tra
inin
g f
or
ca
m-
pu
s a
dm
inis
tra
tor
s.
Pe
ac
ea
tte
mp
ted
to
in
cr
ea
se
th
en
um
be
r o
f m
ino
rity
te
ac
he
rs,
pri
nc
ipa
ls a
nd
ce
ntr
al
sta
ffa
dm
inis
tra
tor
s
thr
ou
gh
a
ha
nd
s -o
n a
pp
roa
ch
to
re
cru
it-
me
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ary
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tors
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sp
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s fr
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of
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cc
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ma
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fo
r s
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ee
ks
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r th
an
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nti
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ate
d.
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rou
gh
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r w
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in
ed
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dre
gio
na
l c
ha
riti
es,
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ne
s sh
ow
ed
he
r-se
lf a
s a
bri
gh
t sp
ot
in V
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ria
, a
ca
r-in
g h
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rt a
nd
an
in
spir
ati
on
to
th
ose
aro
un
d h
er.
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we
tt i
s th
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he
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ate
r V
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ria
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ic C
oa
liti
on
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se
mis
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n i
s t
o f
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us
on
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last
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cc
om
pli
me
nts
of
all
yo
uth
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hil
e o
ffe
rin
g p
are
nts
“h
ow
-to
” se
mi-
na
rs t
o a
ss
ure
th
e s
uc
ce
ss
of
the
irc
hil
dre
n.
FOLE
YJE
WETT
14
– V
oic
es U
nit
ed P
ublicati
on o
f V
icto
ria, Febru
ary
2009
by A
LLIS
ON
MIL
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ht
tha
t th
isw
ou
ld n
ev
er
be
a c
on
ce
rn f
or
me
,’”
B
ra
nc
h
sa
id
wit
h
ac
hu
ck
le.
“B
ut
I lo
ve
it.
It’
sg
rea
t.”
Alt
ho
ug
h D
eb
ora
h t
ho
ug
ht
the
se
co
nd
jo
b w
ou
ld e
nd
on
ce
he
r c
on
tra
ct
ex
pir
ed
in
fo
ur
ye
ar
s,
it p
ro
ve
d t
o h
av
e a
mu
ch
de
ep
er
an
d e
du
ca
tio
na
lim
pa
ct
on
he
r li
fe.
Du
rin
g t
ha
t fo
ur-
ye
ar
en
list
-m
en
t, h
er
rec
ruit
er
un
kn
ow
-in
gly
sh
ow
ed
he
r th
e p
osi
tiv
em
od
el
a c
hie
f c
an
off
er
to o
th-
er
s a
nd
he
r w
or
k w
ith
th
e“s
tati
on
ke
ep
ers
,” w
ho
ta
ug
ht
he
r to
be
a y
eo
ma
n,
pa
ve
d t
he
wa
y f
or
he
r ri
se u
p t
he
ra
nk
s.
Th
rou
gh
mo
re t
ha
n a
lit
tle
ha
rd
w
or
k,
De
bo
ra
h
wa
ss
ele
cte
d a
s a
ch
ief
pe
tty
off
i-c
er
an
d b
ec
am
e a
n a
dm
inis
-tr
ati
ve
in
spe
cto
r fo
r th
e N
av
al
Re
se
rv
e
Inte
llig
en
ce
Co
mm
an
d.
Sh
e c
on
tin
ue
d t
oe
sca
late
up
th
e l
ad
de
r a
nd
, in
1992
, w
as
co
mm
issi
on
ed
as
an
en
sig
n.
An
oth
er
mil
es
ton
e c
am
e i
nM
ay
of
tha
t s
am
e y
ea
r, w
he
nD
eb
ora
h g
rad
ua
ted
fro
m t
he
Un
ive
rsit
y o
f H
ou
sto
n S
ch
oo
lo
f L
aw
. T
ha
t d
ay
sh
e e
arn
ed
no
t o
nly
he
r J
uri
s D
oc
tora
ted
eg
ree
, b
ut
pa
sse
d t
he
Te
xa
sB
ar
Ex
am
an
d w
as
em
plo
ye
da
s a
n a
ss
ista
nt
dis
tric
t a
tto
r-n
ey
fo
r
Ha
rr
is
Co
un
ty.
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mp
leti
ng
la
w s
ch
oo
l w
hil
es
er
vin
g a
s a
co
mm
an
d c
hie
fto
ok
eff
or
t a
nd
pr
ay
er,
sh
es
aid
, b
ut
str
en
gth
en
ed
bo
thh
er
min
d a
nd
bo
dy.
Aft
er
be
ing
co
mm
iss
ion
ed
as
an
off
ice
r, D
eb
or
ah
me
tse
ve
ral
rew
ard
ing
ch
all
en
ge
s,in
clu
din
g b
ein
g c
all
ed
fro
mth
e V
icto
ria
Co
un
ty D
istr
ict
Att
orn
ey
’s O
ffic
e t
o s
erv
e o
na
cti
ve
du
ty f
or
on
e y
ea
r a
fte
rS
ep
tem
be
r 1
1,
20
01
. T
hr
ee
ye
ars
la
ter,
sh
e w
as
se
lec
ted
as
d
ire
cto
r,
Na
vy
B
as
icIn
tell
ige
nc
e T
ra
inin
g (
Fo
rt
Wo
rth
, tw
o d
ay
s b
efo
re s
he
un
de
rw
en
t b
re
as
t c
an
ce
rsu
rge
ry.
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e i
lln
es
s w
as
a d
iffi
cu
ltti
me
in
h
er
li
fe,
De
bo
ra
ha
dm
itte
d,
bu
t e
ve
n
if
sh
ec
ou
ld g
o b
ac
k a
nd
ch
an
ge
it,
she
pro
ba
bly
wo
uld
n’t
.“T
he
th
ing
ab
ou
t c
ha
ng
ing
the
pa
st
is I
do
n’t
kn
ow
if
I’d
be
th
e w
ay
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m n
ow
,” s
he
ex
pla
ine
d.
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ere
’s n
o w
ay
of
kn
ow
ing
. S
om
eti
me
s i
t’s
th
ec
ha
lle
ng
es
yo
u’v
e h
ad
th
at
he
lp m
ak
e y
ou
wh
o y
ou
are
.”D
eb
ora
h c
urr
en
tly
se
rv
es
as
a N
av
y c
om
ma
nd
er,
th
etr
ain
ing
off
ice
r fo
r h
er
un
it,
an
d w
ork
s a
s a
n a
ssis
tan
t d
is-
tric
t a
tto
rn
ey
fo
r t
he
15
6th
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dic
ial
Dis
tric
ts o
f B
ee
vil
le,
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e
Oa
k,
an
d
Mc
Mu
lle
nc
ou
nti
es.
Th
ro
ug
h t
he
ch
all
en
ge
s,
ac
co
mp
lis
hm
en
ts a
nd
un
ex
-p
ec
ted
ro
ad
bu
mp
s, t
he
re’s
no
de
ny
ing
sh
e’s
on
e o
f a
kin
d.
Bu
t D
eb
ora
h d
idn
’t d
o i
t a
ll o
nh
er
ow
n.
“Wh
en
yo
u w
ork
wit
h g
oo
dp
eo
ple
yo
u c
an
do
it,
” s
he
said
. “Y
ou
do
n’t
do
it
by
yo
ur-
self
.”
A D
iam
on
d I
n T
he
Ro
ug
h
Con
trib
uted
Pho
toD
eb
ora
h B
ran
ch
Th
e V
icto
ria
Bla
ck
His
tory
Ste
eri
ng
Co
mm
itte
e i
s s
ee
k-
ing
pa
rtic
ipa
nts
fo
r u
pc
om
ing
ev
en
ts c
om
me
mo
rati
ng
Bla
ck
His
tory
Mo
nth
.T
he
g
ro
up
is
a
cc
ep
tin
ge
ntr
ies
fo
r t
he
20
th a
nn
ua
lB
lac
k H
isto
ry M
on
th P
ara
de
,s
ch
ed
ule
d f
or
10
a.m
. F
eb
.14
.T
he
pa
rad
e w
ill
be
gin
at
Pa
tti
We
lde
r
Ma
gn
et
Mid
dle
Sc
ho
ol,
150
0 E
. N
ort
h S
t.,
an
de
nd
a
t th
e
Vic
tor
iaC
om
mu
nit
y C
en
ter,
29
05
E.
No
rth
St.
Th
e B
lac
k H
isto
ry
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nth
Fe
sti
va
l w
ill
imm
ed
iate
ly f
ol-
low
un
til
4 p
.m.
in t
he
Vic
tori
aC
om
mu
nit
y C
en
ter.
Th
e c
om
-m
itte
e i
s in
vit
ing
en
tert
ain
ers
of
all
kin
ds
to
pa
rtic
ipa
te i
nth
e e
ve
nt.
Th
is i
nc
lud
es
mu
si-
cia
ns
, s
ing
er
s,
dr
ill
tea
ms
,p
rais
e t
ea
ms,
po
etr
y r
ea
de
rs,
co
me
dia
ns
an
d d
ra
ma
tis
ts.
Dis
pla
ys
als
o a
re w
elc
om
e.
Th
e c
om
mit
tee
mu
st a
pp
rov
ea
ll p
art
icip
an
ts.
Fo
r m
ore
in
form
ati
on
ab
ou
tp
art
icip
ati
ng
in
th
e p
ara
de
,c
on
tac
t E
arn
el
Le
e o
r A
nn
ieH
ill
at
36
1-5
76
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50
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r m
ore
info
rma
tio
n a
bo
ut
pa
rtic
ipa
t-in
g i
n t
he
fe
stiv
al,
ca
ll M
arg
ieM
on
tgo
me
ry a
t 36
1-65
2-18
51.
Th
e U
niv
ers
ity
of
Ho
ust
on
-V
icto
ria
ha
s h
elp
ed
org
an
ize
the
ev
en
ts s
urr
ou
nd
ing
Bla
ck
His
tory
Mo
nth
sin
ce
198
9.
Bla
ck
His
tory
Ste
eri
ng
Co
mm
itte
e s
ee
ks
pa
rtic
ipa
nts
fo
r p
ara
de
an
d f
esti
val
Th
ere
wil
l b
e a
re
ce
pti
on
ho
ste
d b
y U
HV
, th
e V
icto
ria
Co
lle
ge
, th
e C
ult
ura
l C
ou
nc
ilo
f V
icto
ria
a
nd
th
e
Bla
ck
His
tory
Ste
eri
ng
Co
mm
itte
efr
om
5:3
0 to
7 p
.m.
Fe
b.
13.
Itw
ill
be
in
Mu
lti-
Pu
rpo
se R
oo
mo
f th
e U
HV
Un
ive
rsit
y C
en
ter,
30
07
N.
Be
n W
ils
on
St.
Th
ew
inn
er
s o
f th
e F
ifth
Gr
ad
eB
lac
k H
isto
ry M
on
th P
os
ter
Co
nte
st
wil
l b
e a
nn
ou
nc
ed
.
Th
e e
ve
nt
is o
pe
n t
o t
he
pu
b-
lic
. T
he
th
em
e f
or
the
po
ste
rc
on
tes
t th
is y
ea
r is
“A
fric
an
Am
er
ica
ns
in
C
om
pu
ter
Sc
ien
ce
an
d T
ec
hn
olo
gy.
” A
llp
ost
ers
en
tere
d i
n t
he
co
mp
e-
titi
on
w
ill
be
d
isp
lay
ed
thr
ou
gh
th
e
mo
nth
o
fF
eb
ru
ar
y
in
the
U
HV
Un
ive
rsit
y C
en
ter
an
d c
an
be
vie
we
d b
y t
he
pu
bli
c d
uri
ng
reg
ula
r u
niv
ers
ity
ho
urs
.
Black
Histo
ry re
cept
ion
ch
ild
ren
an
d g
ran
dc
hil
dre
n t
oh
av
e.
Ca
rol
be
lie
ve
s i
t w
as
th
at
att
itu
de
to
wa
rd
k
ids
th
at
ma
de
th
e d
iffe
ren
ce
du
rin
gh
er
ele
me
nta
ry
an
d m
idd
les
ch
oo
l y
ea
rs i
n H
ou
sto
n I
SD
sc
ho
ols
. W
he
n
sh
e
wa
s
afr
es
hm
an
in
hig
h s
ch
oo
l, h
er
fam
ily
m
ov
ed
to
Y
oa
ku
m,
wh
ere
sh
e b
ec
am
e t
he
fir
st
Afr
ica
n-A
me
ric
an
stu
de
nt
of
Yo
ak
um
H
igh
S
ch
oo
l to
ac
hie
ve
re
co
gn
itio
n b
y t
he
Na
tio
na
l H
on
or
So
cie
ty.
Sh
est
ill
rec
all
s th
at
as
on
e o
f h
er
gr
ea
tes
t a
ch
iev
em
en
tsb
ec
au
se i
t o
pe
ne
d t
he
do
or
for
so
ma
ny
mo
re
lik
e h
er
to
be
lie
ve
th
at
ac
hie
ve
me
nt
wa
sp
oss
ible
, re
ga
rdle
ss o
f c
olo
r.
O
uts
ide
he
r p
ro
fes
sio
na
lli
fe,
Ca
rol
sh
are
s a
ric
h p
er-
son
al
life
wit
h h
er
hu
sba
nd
of
35 y
ea
rs,
Ja
me
s, h
er
two
ch
il-
dre
n,
Ja
ime
ron
an
d C
arl
ain
a,
an
d t
wo
wo
nd
er
ful
gr
an
d-
da
ug
hte
rs
, 8
-ye
ar
o
ldK
ay
lia
na
a
nd
3
-ye
ar-
old
Ja
ya
na
.
sam
e m
ind
set
in h
is s
on
s.
He
is
th
e f
ath
er
of
Ca
rlto
nS
ing
leto
n,
wh
o i
s a
fir
st-
ye
ar
me
dic
al
stu
de
nt
at
the
Un
ive
rsit
y o
f N
ort
h C
aro
lin
aa
t C
ha
pe
l H
ill
an
d C
alv
in,
afi
rs
t y
ea
r
Ch
em
ica
lE
ng
ine
er
ing
S
tud
en
t a
tP
rair
ie V
iew
A&
M U
niv
ers
ity.
H
e i
s m
ar
rie
d t
o C
he
rie
Sin
gle
ton
, p
rin
cip
al
of
Ro
wla
nd
Ele
me
nta
ry M
ag
ne
tS
ch
oo
l. T
og
eth
er,
th
ey
fo
rm a
sp
ec
ial
tea
m w
ho
pr
om
ote
ed
uc
ati
on
in
th
e
Vic
tor
iaC
om
mu
nit
y a
nd
ho
pe
to
do
so
for
futu
re y
ea
rs t
o c
om
e.
Sc
ho
ol
Dis
tric
t.S
inc
e h
er
pa
ren
ts w
ere
bo
the
du
ca
tors
, s
he
be
lie
ve
s t
ha
te
du
ca
tio
n i
s t
he
pa
thw
ay
to
suc
ce
ss i
n l
ife
. C
he
rie
’s m
oth
-e
r, t
he
la
te H
. O
liv
ett
e H
igg
s,w
as
an
ass
oc
iate
pro
fess
or
of
fore
ign
la
ng
ua
ge
s a
t P
rair
ieV
iew
A&
M U
niv
er
sit
y a
nd
stro
ng
ly i
nfl
ue
nc
ed
Ch
eri
e t
op
urs
ue
ed
uc
ati
on
as
a c
are
er.
Ch
er
ie’s
b
ro
the
r,
Ma
rc
us
Hig
gs,
als
o a
n e
du
ca
tor,
is
the
dir
ec
tor
of
hu
ma
n r
es
ou
rce
sfo
r
the
T
ex
as
C
ity
S
ch
oo
l
Dis
tric
t.C
he
rie
is
ma
rrie
d t
o C
alv
inC
. S
ing
leto
n,
Jr.
, p
rin
cip
al
of
Pa
tti
We
lde
r M
ag
ne
t M
idd
leS
ch
oo
l a
nd
is
th
e m
oth
er
of
Ca
rlto
n,
a f
irs
t y
ea
r m
ed
ica
ls
tud
en
t a
t th
e U
niv
ers
ity
of
No
rth
Ca
roli
na
at
Ch
ap
el
Hil
la
nd
C
alv
in,
a
fir
st
ye
ar
Ch
em
ica
l E
ng
ine
er
ing
Stu
de
nt
at
Pra
irie
Vie
w A
&M
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ive
rsit
y.
To
ge
the
r, C
he
rie
an
d C
alv
inh
av
e f
ifty
ye
ars
of
se
rvic
e t
oe
du
ca
tio
n.
It i
s th
eir
de
sire
to
co
nti
nu
e
to
imp
ac
t th
eV
icto
ria
Co
mm
un
ity
fo
r fu
ture
ye
ars
to
co
me
.
ou
r d
ail
y a
cti
on
s,
co
mm
en
ts,
ge
stu
res
, a
nd
att
itu
de
s a
rein
dic
ati
ve
of
the
kin
d o
f p
er-
son
we
ad
mir
e a
nd
lo
ok
up
to
?T
his
mo
rnin
g,
as
I d
rov
e t
ow
ork
, I
no
tic
ed
an
eld
erl
y l
ad
yo
ut
for
a w
alk
. S
he
sto
pp
ed
he
r w
alk
to
pic
k u
p a
pie
ce
of
litt
er
in t
he
str
ee
t. T
his
sim
ple
an
d g
en
ero
us
ge
stu
re m
ad
eth
e w
orl
d I
wa
s d
riv
ing
in
a
be
tte
r p
lac
e.
Ev
ery
on
e h
as
th
e a
bil
ity
to
po
sit
ive
ly
aff
ec
t o
the
rs
,w
he
the
r it
's t
he
da
yc
are
wo
rk-
er
loo
kin
g a
fte
r o
ur
ch
ild
ren
or
pa
ren
ts, t
he
ho
tel
ma
id w
ho
giv
es
us
a c
lea
n r
oo
m,
the
me
ch
an
ic w
ho
ke
ep
s o
ur
ca
rssa
fe a
nd
fu
nc
tio
na
l o
r th
e s
ur-
ge
on
wh
o p
erf
orm
s i
ntr
ica
te,
ris
ky
pro
ce
du
res
. I
ap
pla
ud
the
pe
op
le w
ho
lig
ht
up
ou
rli
ve
s th
rou
gh
th
eir
ta
len
ts a
nd
co
mm
itm
en
ts.
It
ma
tte
rs t
om
e a
nd
to
th
e w
orl
d t
ha
t e
ac
h
on
e h
as
be
en
he
re.
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y j
ob
tha
t is
we
ll d
on
e i
s si
gn
ific
an
t.O
f c
ou
rse
, w
ork
is
no
t th
eo
nly
wa
y t
o i
mp
ac
t o
the
rs
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olu
nte
eri
ng
in
an
y w
ay,
sm
il-
ing
at
pe
op
le,
op
en
ing
th
ed
oo
r fo
r a
str
an
ge
r; s
ma
ll s
ig-
nif
ica
nt
ac
ts o
f k
ind
ne
ss c
arr
yg
rea
t re
wa
rds.
I b
eli
ev
e t
his
is
wh
at
ma
ke
s o
ur
liv
es
ric
h a
nd
sa
tis
fyin
g -
no
t th
e n
ew
es
tto
ys
or
the
mo
st
fas
hio
na
ble
clo
thin
g.
Ev
er
y
da
y
br
ing
s
ne
wo
pp
ort
un
itie
s to
ma
ke
a p
osi
-
tiv
e i
mp
ac
t.I’
m a
lwa
ys
rem
ind
ed
of
on
eo
f m
y f
av
ori
te q
uo
tes
by
Zig
Zig
lar.
Zig
sa
ys,
“Y
ou
ca
n h
av
ee
ve
ryth
ing
in
lif
e y
ou
wa
nt,
if
yo
u’l
l o
nly
he
lp e
no
ug
h o
the
rp
eo
ple
ge
t w
ha
t th
ey
wa
nt.
” M
r. Z
ig Z
igla
r is
su
gg
est
ing
we
ac
tua
lly
ma
ke
th
e i
de
ab
eh
ind
th
e q
uo
te a
lif
est
yle
. A
life
sty
le i
n t
he
se
ns
e t
ha
te
ve
ryth
ing
we
do
is
bu
ilt
up
on
serv
ice
to
oth
ers
. N
ot
serv
ing
oth
ers
on
ly w
he
re w
e m
igh
tse
e a
dir
ec
t o
r im
me
dia
te b
en
-
efi
t, b
ut
ran
do
m a
cts
of
kin
d-
ne
ss
an
d c
ho
os
ing
to
le
ad
ali
fe b
uil
t o
n s
erv
ing
oth
ers
. W
ep
ut
ou
rs
elv
es
in
a n
atu
ra
ls
tate
wh
er
e t
he
th
ing
s w
es
en
d o
ut
(i.e
. g
ive
fr
ee
ly t
oo
the
rs)
na
tura
lly
co
me
ba
ck
to u
s in
so
me
fo
rm o
r a
no
the
r.S
o l
ive
lif
e t
o t
he
fu
lle
st,
giv
efr
ee
ly a
nd
pra
cti
ce
ra
nd
om
ac
ts o
f k
ind
ne
ss
. T
he
im
pa
ct
on
oth
ers
ca
n b
e p
rofo
un
d a
nd
ou
r c
om
mu
nit
y a
nd
be
yo
nd
wil
l b
en
efi
t.
IMPA
CT,
from
pg.10
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ETON
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GLET
ON, JR
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Voic
es U
nit
ed P
ublicati
on o
f V
icto
ria, Febru
ary
2009 –
15
by R
ICK P
ERKIN
S
Fre
dd
ie H
ub
ba
rd,
arg
ua
bly
,th
e g
rea
tes
t J
az
z t
ru
mp
ete
re
ve
r, p
as
se
d a
wa
y t
his
pa
st
De
ce
mb
er.
O
ve
r 5
00
fa
mil
y
me
mb
ers
, fr
ien
ds
an
d a
vir
tu-
al
wh
os
e w
ho
am
on
g m
us
i-c
ian
s
an
d
en
ter
tain
er
s,
att
en
de
d a
me
mo
ria
l s
erv
ice
at
Fa
ith
ful
Ce
ntr
al
Bib
leC
hu
rch
in
In
gle
wo
od
, C
A.,
in
ce
leb
ra
tio
n o
f h
isp
leth
ora
of
co
ntr
ibu
-ti
on
s to
mu
sic
!G
ra
mm
y–
aw
ar
dw
inn
ing
Hu
bb
ard
’sc
om
mit
me
nt
toe
xc
ell
en
ce
is
ap
pa
r-e
nt
in e
ve
ry f
ac
et
of
his
mu
sic
al
life
th
at
inc
lud
ed
tr
um
pe
tv
irtu
os
o s
up
re
me
,c
om
po
se
r
an
dp
ian
ist.
His
B
igto
ne
, h
igh
r
an
ge
an
d b
rill
ian
t fl
ash
es
of
no
tes
we
re
his
tra
de
ma
rk,
as
wa
sh
is l
yri
ca
l h
ea
rt t
ha
ta
llo
we
d h
im t
o s
ou
l-fu
lly
de
liv
er
a b
al-
lad
! Fre
dd
ie’s
im
pri
nt
in t
he
mu
sic
in
du
s-
try
is
h
ug
e
- h
ere
co
rde
d o
ve
r th
ree
hu
nd
re
d
alb
um
sa
nd
w
as
s
ou
gh
ta
fte
r
by
th
e
ve
ry
be
st t
o e
nh
an
ce
th
eir
mu
sic
al
pro
jec
ts.
He
pla
ye
d a
lon
gsi
de
Ha
ll o
f F
am
e l
eg
en
ds
: A
rt
Bla
ke
y
an
d
Th
e
Ja
zz
Me
ss
en
ge
rs,
Jo
hn
Co
ltra
ne
,H
erb
ie H
an
co
ck
an
d O
liv
er
Ne
lso
n, t
o n
am
e a
fe
w.
Go
og
leF
red
die
Hu
bb
ard
an
d y
ou
wil
lb
e t
rea
ted
to
ma
ny
art
icle
s,
bio
gra
ph
ic a
cc
ou
nts
of
his
lif
ea
nd
ma
ny
Yo
uT
ub
e p
er
for
-m
an
ce
s.
Fre
dd
ie w
as
a m
usi
-c
al
ico
n.
I h
ad
th
e p
lea
sure
of
me
et-
ing
an
d a
ss
oc
iati
ng
wit
h t
his
Ja
zz
Gia
nt.
Fre
dd
ie i
ns
pir
ed
me
w
ith
h
is
mu
sic
a
nd
en
co
ura
ge
d m
e i
n 2
002
to c
on
-ti
nu
e
my
r
en
ais
sa
nc
e
on
tru
mp
et
an
d t
he
ba
nd
sta
nd
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ur
inte
rac
tio
n r
esu
lte
d f
rom
ou
r m
utu
al
ap
pr
ec
iati
on
of
Ca
lic
ch
io
Tr
um
pe
ts.
Ma
nu
fac
ture
d i
n H
oll
yw
oo
d,
Ca
lifo
rnia
. C
ali
cc
hio
ha
s a
nim
pe
cc
ab
le
re
pu
tati
on
fo
rc
raft
ing
cu
sto
m t
rum
pe
ts a
nd
rep
air
. T
ha
t is
wh
y t
he
y w
ere
the
pe
rfe
ct
ch
oic
e t
o s
er
vic
em
y i
ns
tru
me
nts
. I
wa
s v
er
yp
lea
se
d
to
dis
co
ve
r
tha
tF
red
die
an
d C
hu
ck
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ng
ion
e’
pla
ye
d t
he
se i
nst
rum
en
ts a
nd
we
re f
ea
ture
d i
n t
he
ir b
oo
ths
at
tra
de
sh
ow
s.
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e o
f th
ec
raft
sme
n b
efr
ien
de
d m
e a
nd
ga
ve
m
e
Hu
bb
ar
d’s
h
om
ep
ho
ne
n
um
be
r.
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re
dd
iea
cc
ep
ted
m
y
ca
ll
an
d
we
imm
ed
iate
ly b
eg
an
to
dis
cu
ss
my
e
mb
ou
ch
ur
e
an
d
the
pro
gre
ss
I h
ad
ma
de
aft
er
a23
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ar
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off
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am
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rta
in h
ew
as
imp
ress
ed
th
at
two
of
his
ea
rly
re
co
rdin
gs
of
the
ba
lla
ds
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od
y a
nd
So
ul”
an
d “
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tB
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uti
ful”
we
re
tw
o o
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yfa
vo
rite
so
ng
s to
pla
y a
nd
th
at
I k
ne
w t
he
pe
rso
nn
el,
th
e y
ea
rth
ey
we
re r
ec
ord
ed
etc
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m t
ha
nk
ful
tha
t I
ha
d a
ch
an
ce
to
te
ll F
red
die
th
at
his
ex
pe
rim
en
t w
ith
p
op
ula
rm
us
ic,
old
s
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oo
l w
ith
a
no
rch
es
tra
, w
as
ex
cit
ing
an
de
xtr
ao
rdin
ary
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an
y c
riti
cs
an
d s
tra
igh
t a
he
ad
ja
zz m
usi
-c
ian
s c
all
ed
him
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ell
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t.
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all
ed
him
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oo
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us
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usi
c s
old
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d r
eju
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ate
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is c
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er
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ca
use
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cr
os
so
ve
r a
pp
ea
l. F
ro
mth
at
ge
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my
fa
vo
rite
to
th
isd
ay
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“Be
tch
a B
y G
oll
y W
ow
.”I
sp
ok
e t
o r
en
ow
ne
d f
luti
st
Hu
be
rt L
aw
s,
Fre
dd
ie’s
de
ar
frie
nd
wh
o a
pp
ea
red
on
ma
ny
rec
ord
ing
s w
ith
him
, to
off
er
the
kin
d o
f e
mo
tio
na
l su
pp
ort
Fre
dd
ie g
av
e m
e.
We
we
re i
na
gre
em
en
t th
at
the
bo
dy
of
wo
rk
o
f th
e
Le
ge
nd
ar
yF
red
die
Hu
bb
ard
“L
ive
s O
n!”
Con
trib
uted
Pho
to
MAST
EROF
EXCE
LLEN
CE: T
he
Le
ge
nd
ary
Fre
dd
ie H
ub
ba
rd
He
wa
s a
lso
a m
em
be
r o
fs
ev
er
al
ho
no
r
so
cie
tie
s,
inc
lud
ing
Pi
Sig
ma
Alp
ha
Po
liti
ca
l S
cie
nc
e
Ho
no
rS
oc
iety
, A
lph
a M
u G
am
ma
Fo
re
ign
L
an
gu
ag
e
Ho
no
rS
oc
iety
, B
eta
B
eta
B
eta
Bio
log
ica
l H
on
or
So
cie
ty,
an
dth
e B
eta
Ka
pp
a C
hi
Sc
ien
tifi
cH
on
or
So
cie
ty.
Ca
rlto
n h
as
als
o s
er
ve
d a
s a
su
bs
titu
tete
ac
he
r
in
the
V
icto
ria
Ind
ep
en
de
nt
Sc
ho
ol
Dis
tric
ta
nd
wa
s a
me
mb
er
of
the
We
bst
er
Ch
ap
el
Yo
uth
Gro
up
an
d c
ho
ir.
Ca
rlt
on
wa
s a
cc
ep
ted
to
thir
tee
n
me
dic
al
sc
ho
ols
ac
ross
th
e U
nit
ed
Sta
tes
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dh
e
cu
rr
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tly
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s
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rs
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o
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na
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o b
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er
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n o
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lvin
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se
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er
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en
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er
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ak
es
the
ho
no
r ro
ll.
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ien
ce
is h
er
fav
ori
te s
ub
jec
t.
Th
e r
ec
og
nit
ion
ex
ten
ds
be
yo
nd
s
ch
oo
l.
Sh
an
na
na
tte
nd
ed
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e 2
00
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ca
de
mic
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ad
er
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ip
Ac
ad
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for
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th a
nd
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pro
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all
as
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e
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ng
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al
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nt
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a
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for
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aw
an
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la
dv
oc
ac
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n 2
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nd
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s
inv
ite
d t
o a
tte
nd
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org
eto
wn
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ive
rsit
y’s
su
mm
er
pro
gra
min
me
dic
ine
an
d h
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lth
ca
re.
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an
no
n w
as
ch
ose
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be
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r h
er
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me
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in
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e R
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istr
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en
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ch
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dit
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2
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8.
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issu
mm
er
Sh
an
na
n i
s in
vit
ed
to
att
en
d t
he
20
09
Ex
plo
rati
on
Su
mm
er
P
ro
gr
am
a
t Y
ale
Un
ive
rsit
y.
C.E. S
INGL
ETON
,fro
m pg
.5
STAF
FORD
,from
pg.5
PORT
ER,fro
m pg
.5
GIRD
Y, fro
m pg
.5
pro
ce
ss.
Fir
st,
yo
u c
an
ap
ply
on
lin
e
at
ww
w.s
oc
ials
ec
uri
ty.g
ov.
If
yo
um
us
t v
isit
an
off
ice
, b
rin
g a
sm
an
y m
ed
ica
l re
co
rds
as
yo
uc
an
, b
ut
do
n’t
wa
it t
o g
et
yo
ur
me
dic
al
rec
ord
s b
efo
re y
ou
co
me
in
. A
sk
yo
ur
tre
ati
ng
so
urc
es
to
re
sp
on
d i
mm
ed
i-a
tely
to
S
oc
ial
Se
cu
rit
y’s
re
qu
es
ts
for
in
for
ma
tio
n.
Ha
ve
th
e n
am
es
an
d a
dd
ress
-e
s o
f a
ll s
ou
rce
s —
do
cto
rs,
ho
spit
als
, c
lin
ics
— t
ha
t h
av
etr
ea
ted
yo
u.
An
d n
oti
fy u
s o
fc
ha
ng
es
, e
sp
ec
iall
y c
ha
ng
es
in c
on
tac
t in
for
ma
tio
n,
lik
ey
ou
r a
dd
ress
an
d p
ho
ne
nu
m-
be
r.
Th
es
e t
hin
gs
wil
l h
elp
sp
ee
d u
p t
he
pro
ce
ss
ing
of
yo
ur
cla
im.
SOCIA
L SECU
RITY,
from
pg. 1
2
Mt.
Neb
oM
issi
on
ary
Bap
tist
Ch
urc
hSalu
tes
Afr
ican
Am
eri
can
Heri
tage M
on
thR
ev.
Fre
d H
ob
bs,
Past
or
16
– V
oic
es U
nit
ed P
ublicati
on o
f V
icto
ria, Febru
ary
2009
