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Vol. 38 No. 52 Website: theaustinvillager.com Email: vil3202@aol.com Phone: 512-476-0082 Fax: 512-476-0179 May 13, 2011

Celebrating the 38th AnniversaryFrom May 13, 1973 to May 13, 2011

Thank youAustin!

With this edition, we cel-ebrate our 38th Anniversary ofThe Villager. Little did we knowwhen we started in 1973 that wewould be around this long. But,we could not have done it with-out the help and cooperation ofthe Austin community - both thecitizens and the business com-munity.

The life expectancy of aminority business is six monthto one year. But, since we al-ready had an insurance agency,we were not concerned with ourlongevity. We just wanted toprovide a much needed serviceto the community. However, thatwould not have been possiblewithout the community’s accep-tance and support.

Newspapers are based onadvertising support. But adver-tisers will not support commu-nity papers without knowing thenumber of readers that theyhave. It takes time to have a firmestimate of the readership. Wewere in business for five yearswith the support of our AfricanAmerican business community.Their immediate acceptancegave us the courage to go on.

The community gave usfeed back on a daily basis, bothgood and bad. And we took allof our comments to heart. Dur-ing these 38 years, we missedonly one week of publishing andthat was because I was out oftown and the editor dropped theball. Since that time, I have madeit a practice to see that our pa-per was at the printer, beforeleaving town. And we continueto do that today, because that iswhat you expect of us.

It was not too long beforethe paper took up all of my time.So much so that we closed ourInsurance Office and focused allof our attention to the paper. Ithas been a labor of love and abig responsibility. We know thatyou expect no less.

As we embark on the nextdecade and beyond, we face newchallenges. We, like the entiremedia business, are facing anuncertain future. The internet hasencroached on the editorial sideof the business. Another chal-lenge is coming from cable televi-sion. But we feel that there willcontinue to be a need for newsfrom the perspective of our com-munity that is not being servicedby other media.

As we go into the futurewe are happy to welcome my SonThomas and Grand DaughterAngela to the business. We alllook forward to continuing ourservice to this community for along time. And with your contin-ued support, we will continue tosucceed.

Radio personality andphilanthropist Tom Joynerreminded the 120 membersof Huston-TillotsonUniversity’s Class of 2011 ofhistoric events around theirMother’s Day graduation.Joyner integrated life’s les-

Huston-Tillotson graduates Largest Class

sons learned from eventssuch as the anniversary ofthe freedom riders whofought segregation laws,President’s BarackObama’s strategic plan tocapture Osama Bin Laden,and weather disasters that

impacted African Americancommunities dispro-portionally into his wordsof wisdom. Joyner wantedHT’s largest graduationclass since the 1952 mergerto start making money im-mediately. He gave each one

a hug and a crisp $5 bill asthey crossed the stage.

Joyner, acclaimed bymany as one of the most in-fluential and inspirationalpersonalities in the country,will render the keynote ad-dress during Huston-

Tillotson University’s Com-mencement Convocation.Joyner, known as ‘The Hard-est Working Man in Radio,’has distinguished himself asone of the most recognized andrevered media personalities inthe country.

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Huston-Tillotson University’s 120 member 2011 Graduating Class is the largest in the school’s history.

President Obamashows love for Austin

President BarackObama came to Austin thisweek on a fundraising stopto raise money for his upcom-ing 2012 reelection campaign.There were two eventsheldduring the visit, Tuesday,May 10, 2011. The event forthe general public was a$1000 event and later, thePresident atttended a dinnerin his honor for $35,000 perperson or $50,000 per couple.

“I love Texas,” Obamasaid. “And I especially loveAustin. Love this city. It wasalways one of my favoriteplaces to visit during the(2008) campaign.”Austin

was one of the presidentsmost supportive cities duringhis first campaign.

The Democratic partyis anxious to recapture Texasas they did up to the early1980’s when the democratscontrolled the state politi-cally. Since that time, theatate has been in the handsof the Republicans, who aredetermined to hold on to it atgall cost.

President Obama tooka jump in the polls after theelemination of Osama binLaden and he is trying to takeimmediate advantage of hisnew found popularity.

The Villager has moved

The Villager has moved. The new location is 1213 N. IH-35, Austin,TX 78702. All of our other contact information remains the same.

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the FreedomRides, LBJ Library opens a new exhibit

(Austin) – Freedom Rid-ers is a national traveling ex-hibit that tells the powerful,harrowing and inspirationalcivil rights story of six monthsin 1961 that changed Americaforever. Organized by theGilder Lehrman Institute ofAmerican History and PBS’sflagship history series,AMERICAN EXPERIENCE,this exhibit combines photog-raphy and news coverage ofthe Rides, as well as first-hand audio accounts of thisdangerous experiment in thefight for civil rights. FromMay to November 1961, morethan 400 black and whiteAmericans risked their lives– many endured savage beat-ings and imprisonment – for

simply traveling together onbuses and trains as they jour-neyed through the DeepSouth. Deliberately violatingJim Crow laws, the FreedomRiders’ belief in non-violentactivism was tested as mobviolence and bitter racismgreeted them along the way.

This exhibit examines the1961 Freedom Rides and itslegacy today.

The LBJ Library is lo-cated at 2313 Red River, inAustin. The exhibit is openfrom 9 - 5 daily and thesdmission is free. The exhibitwill run through June 6.

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EDITORIALS/COMMENTARYEditorial, Commentary or Letter to the Editor Fax to 512.476.0179 Email to vil3202@aol.com Mail to 1223-A Rosewood Avenue, 78702

By George E. CurryNNPA Columnist

By. Julianne MalveauxNNPA Columnist

The Class of 2011 – More Debt,More Chances

Shortly after I began mytenure at Bennett College forWomen, the class of 2011 arrivedon campus. And on Saturday,May 7, Bennett’s first class tospend their entire four yearswith me as their Presidentgraduated. Our graduation, likegraduations around the nation(many HBCUs have gradua-tions over the Mother’s Dayweekend, perhaps in tribute toall the sacrifices mothers andfathers make for their gradu-ates), was poignant, moving,and reflective. The dynamicElaine Jones was our com-mencement speaker; she chal-

lenged students to commit them-selves to lifelong learning, andto giving to their alma mater.

Indeed, she described ourstudents as LAMBA Belles, withLAMBA an acronym for life-long learning, ambition, manag-ing resources, belief systems,and alma mater. In her inimi-table fashion, the first womanto lead the NAACP Legal De-fense and Education Fund chal-lenged students to continue togrow, to give, to be discerning,and to believe. Her managingresources point was especiallyprovocative, as she described re-sources as health, reputation,and energy, not just money.

Bennett’s Class of 2011joins other graduates in experi-encing an improved labor mar-ket. A survey by the NationalAssociation of Colleges andEmployers say that 53 percentof all employers expect to hirenew college graduates; in thefall, fewer than half said theywould hire from the class of2011. While the labor market

has still not recovered from therecession, and the class of 2011won’t have as many opportuni-ties as the class of 2007 did, theyare entering a labor market thatlooks better than it did in the pastthree years.

It’s a good thing the Classof 2011 will have more chancesat employment, since they’llneed everything they earn to dealwith the mounting student debtthey face. This class is graduat-ing with more debt than any oftheir predecessors – an averagedebt of $22,900. This is eight per-cent more than last year and ininflation-adjusted terms, 47 per-cent more than a decade ago. Tobe sure, an investment in educa-tion is the best investment thatone can make. At the same time,the realities of debt repaymentshape the life choices of the Classof 2011, causing many to delayhomeownership, graduate

school, car purchase, or evennonprofit sector employment.Indeed, while the federal govern-ment offers some loan forgive-ness for those who accept publicservice jobs, including class-room teaching, many graduatesfeel challenged to earn as muchas they can so that they can payoff their loans and get on withtheir lives.

African American collegegraduates, more likely to be firstgeneration and working classthan others, carry more debt thanothers. HBCU graduates, thosewho attended colleges withlower endowments than othercolleges, are also more likely tohave a higher level of indebted-ness. HBCUs are a vital part ofour nation’s higher educationlandscape, doing more with lessthan many other institutions.The current recession has posedchallenges to us, as to others in

higher education, and yet wemay be less able to deal with thefinancial challenges because wecome to them without the strongfinancial foundations that othercolleges have.

And yet we are buoyedand supported by the energyand spirit of our alumnae. AtBennett, the glorious class of1961, the women who were anintegral part of the sit-in move-ment in Greensboro, returned fortheir Golden class reunion witha record-breaking gift to Bennett.Two of the special members ofthat class, Roslyn Smith, a re-tired social worker from NewYork, and Esther Terry,Bennett’s provost, worked inde-fatigably. Their classmate,Linda Beatrice Brown, a Bennettprofessor and niece of Bennett’sfirst woman President Willa B.Player, is writing a history of theBennett women in the civil

rights movement.I have to believe that all

HBCU graduates of the Class of1961 are reflecting on their expe-riences, on the way the world haschanged since their graduation50 years ago, on the importanceof HBCUs then and now, andsupporting their alma materswith energy and enthusiasm. Weneed the Class of 1961 to reachback to embrace the Class of 2011,the young people who havemore challenges, chances, andchoices, who enter a labor mar-ket improved but not yet vibrant,shackled by debt and, at the sametime, armed with a rich HBCUexperience that will shape anddirect their lives and careers.

Congratulations, HBCUClasses of 2011! And thank you,Class of 1961. Your activist spiritis the foundation for our work.

Julianne Malveaux is Presi-dent of Bennett College forWomen. Her most recent book isSurviving and Thriving: 365Facts in Black Economic History(www.lastwordprod.com).

Donald Trump is a CelebrityRacist

There is one area inwhich Donald Trump is nocelebrity apprentice – racism.

After being exposed asa publicity-loving idiot afterhe questioned the authentic-ity of President Obama’s birthrecords, Trump quicklyshifted away from the dis-credited birther attack andbegan raising wild and un-substantiated charges aboutObama’s academic achieve-ment, a record that includesthe future president finishingin the top 10 percent of hisclass at Harvard Law Schooland being elected president ofthe prestigious Harvard LawReview.

Although journalisticlapdogs are willing to parrotTrump’s ridiculous and in-creasingly outlandishcharges about PresidentObama, few have chronicled

his racist behavior and com-ments.

Trump may have es-caped scrutiny partly becausehe donated free office spaceto Jesse Jackson once upon atime and frequently makes therounds with Snoop Dogg andP. Diddy. In one of the fewtimes he has been confrontedabout his racism, Trump toldTMZ.com, “I am the last per-son that such a thing shouldbe said about.”

No, Donald, youshould be one of the first.And, I will tell you why.

One would never knowthat Trump ever hung outwith African-Americans,judging by his language.

In a radio interview withFred Dicker on Talk 1300 inNew York, Trump com-plained about the difficultyHillary Clinton had winningover Black voters.

“You’ll hear a politicalreporter go on and say it hadnothing to do with race. Buthow come she had such atiny piece of the vote? And youknow, it’s a very sad thing,”Trump said. “I have a greatrelationship with the Blacks.I’ve always had a great rela-tionship with the Blacks. Butunfortunately, it seems that,you know, the numbers youcite are very, very frightening

numbers.”The Blacks? Who uses

that kind of language? AndTrump didn’t just say it once– he said it twice.

Well, let’s see howTrump treated the Blacks thathe claims to have such a greatrelationship with.

In 1973, the UnitedStates Justice Departmentsued Trump ManagementCorp. for violating the FairHousing Act by refusing torent to some potential tenantsbecause of their “race orcolor.” Trump, who hadtaken over as president of thefamily business by then, re-acted in typical DonaldTrump fashion – he sued thegovernment for $100 million,claiming the family businesshad been defamed. The judgedismissed the suit, sayingTrump and his lawyer, RoyCohn, former chief counsel toSenator Joseph McCarthy,were “wasting time and pa-per.”

Trump signed a settle-ment requiring that vacanciesin the 15,000 apartment com-plex, which was approxi-mately 95 percent White, mustfirst be offered to people ofcolor. He agreed not to engagein further racial discrimina-tion. In a precursor of whatwas to come after Obama re-

leased his long-form birth cer-tificate, Trump described hisdefeat as a victory andbragged that he was not re-quired to “accept persons onwelfare as tenants unless theyqualified as any other ten-ant.”

Three years later, theJustice Department hauledTrump back into court for vio-lating the settlement by tellingthe Blacks they had no vacan-cies when, in fact, there wereopenings.

After a group of four Af-rican-Americans and oneLatino, aged 14 to 16 yearsold, were arrested in 1989 forallegedly raping a White fe-male jogger in Central Park,Trump took out a full-page adin the New York Times callingfor the death penalty. Thatwould have been a terriblemistake – all five teenagerswere later exonerated.

John R. O’Donnell,former president of TrumpPlaza Hotel & Casino, citedracist and anti-Semitic re-marks made by his formerboss. In his book, Trumped, theformer company official saidTrump disparaged a Black ac-countant at Trump Plaza by

asserting “laziness is a traitin blacks.” According toO’Donnell’s book, Trumpalso said, “Black guys count-ing my money! I hate it. Theonly kind of people I wantcounting my money are shortguys that wear yarmulkes ev-ery day.”

In an interview withPlayboy magazine in 1999,Trump tried to dismissO’Donnell as a loser, but ac-knowledged, “The stuffO’Donnell wrote about me isprobably true.”

Evidently not contentstereotyping of Blacks andJews who worked for him,Trump was inclined to re-duce the president to being aBlack athlete.

“If you look at whathe’s doing in Libya, which isa total disaster, nobody evenknows what’s going on inLibya,” Trump asserted. “Ifyou look at what’s happen-ing with gasoline priceswhere he said he has no con-trol over prices, which hedoes. If he gets on the phoneor gets off his basketball courtor whatever he is doing at thetime.”

It turns out that whileTrump was attacking Obamaon Libya, for playing basket-ball, and raising falsecharges about Obama’s birth

certificate, the president wasthoroughly engaged in plan-ning a top-secret operationthat would lead to the killingof Osama bin Laden. It wasTrump who didn’t knowwhat was going on.

In view of Trump’srecord, it is difficult to believehim when he says if he coulddo it all over, he would comeback as an African-American.

He told Bryant Gumbleas part of a two-hour televisionspecial on race: “If I was start-ing off today, I would love tobe a well-educated Black be-cause I really do believe theyhave the actual advantage to-day.”

Not as much of the ad-vantage enjoyed by a run-of-the-mill White male who in-herited his wealth from hisfather. By the way, Donald,there is a well-educated Afri-can-American in the WhiteHouse. And, look how youand those of your ilk are treat-ing him.

George E. Curry, formereditor-in-chief of Emerge maga-zine and the NNPA News Ser-vice, is a keynote speaker, mod-erator, and media coach. He canbe reached through his Web site,www.georgecurry.com You canalso follow himatwww.twitter.com/currygeorge.

Reintroducing Rosa: Mrs. Park’s Fight to

NNPA ColumnistGary L. Flowers

Prosecute Rape of Black Women

Traditionally Black His-tory is presented with accountsof luminaries such as HarrietTubman, Frederick Douglas, So-journer Truth, Gabriel Prosser,Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., andRosa Parks. In nearly every in-stance the narrative is narrowlyoffered, and skewed to heroicsof Black men.Mrs. Rosa Parks is no exception.To read most history textbooksstudents have been fed fiction asto who Mrs. Parks was and howshe came to be the Mother of theModern Civil Rights Movement.

I vividly remember learning thelimited lesson that Mrs. Parkswas a “poor seamstress whowas simply too tired to move tothe back of the bus”, as raciallysegregated laws required in mostAmerican cities, from 1896(Plessy v. Ferguson SupremeCourt case) to 1954 (Brown v.Board of Education court case).In reality, Mrs. Parks was no“shrinking violet” in responseto racial segregation. First, RosaParks sought to attend, and com-pleted college at the PhilanderSchool, which was a trainingground for activists who wantedto challenge “Jim Crow” laws.Secondly, after finishing herstudies, Mrs. Parks returned toher home of Montgomery, Ala-bama and immediately chal-lenged the racist voting laws ofAlabama by applying for theright to vote. In 1943 and 1944,Rosa Parks was told she failed

the voting examination. In 1945,Mrs. Parks not only memorizedthe questions, but the answersto the exam repeated them to vot-ing officials. As a result, shepassed and was granted herright to vote in Alabama—20-years before African Americanscould vote via the 1965 VotingRights Act; and 10 years prior tothe Montgomery Bus Boycott.Moreover, Mrs. Parks intention-ally chose to be a part of history.Rosa Parks was elected to serveas the Secretary of the Montgom-ery Chapter of the NAACP. Assuch, she regularly met with At-torney Fred Gray (lawyer to Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr.) tostrategize on challenging racistlaws. In fact, James Blake, the busdriver on whose bus Mrs. Parksrefused to move was well knownwithin the Black community ofMontgomery as a virulent rac-ist, who regularly verbally in-

sulted African Americans, par-ticularly Black women. RosaParks deliberately chose the ex-act bus and the date (December1, 1955) to enter the annals ofworld history.However, one major role Mrs.Parks played in history has notbeen sufficiently revealed untilrecently in the form of the book,The Dark End of the Street, (2010)by Danielle McGuire. Due, inpart, to male dominated CivilRights historians the role of Blackwomen has usually been rel-egated to secondary status. In herbook, Ms. McGuire exposeswide-spread cases of rape byWhite men of Black women, fewof which went to trial, and des-picably even less resulted in con-viction. All-White juries from1896 to well into the 1960’s sim-ply refused to honor justice andconvict Whites of crimes againstBlacks (Let me not mention the

“legal” rape of Black women byWhite “Founding Fathers” suchas Washington, Jefferson,Franklin, and others).In one particular case in 1944 ayoung, married African Ameri-can woman named Mrs. RecyTaylor was walking home fromchurch with family members ona dark road when a car full ofWhite men slowly passed andreturned. At gunpoint, Mrs.Taylor was taken and gangraped by 6 of the 7 men. Likecountless Black women rapedby White men prior to the 1960’sMrs. Taylor was let go by hercaptors and threatened by deathif she told. Unlike most, she im-mediately and courageouslytold her family and the NationalAssociation for the Advance-ment of Colored People( N A A C P ) .Mrs. Parks was assigned by theNAACP to investigate the rape

case and organized a portion ofthe Black community to call forthe rapists to stand trial. She wonthe battle of bringing the men tocourt twice, but all-White juriesnever convicted the rapists.Nonetheless, Mrs. Parks’ organiz-ing skills and activism led to anetwork of community organiz-ers upon which the historicMontgomery Bus Boycott wassuccessful. Who knew?Actually, many historians knewof Mrs. Parks’ work on the RecyTaylor case but declined to writeabout such due to the violence ofrape, and the need to first dis-mantle racial segregation via fed-eral legislation such as the 1964Civil Rights Act; the 1965 VotingRights Act; and the 1968 FairHousing Act. America cannotmove “beyond race” until ournation moves into a frank discus-sion of the lasting effects of thefalse notion of White Supremacy.

By Judge Greg MathisNNPA Columnist

Rarely does anyone sharethe plight of the more than 65million Americans with somesort of criminal past who have ahard time finding work. The re-ality is that more and morepeople with criminal historiesare trying to enter the work forcebut failed background checkskeep thousands of people fromgetting hired, some for offenses

that are decades old and as mi-nor as disorderly conduct, drink-ing and having too much fun inthe street with friends. Some ofthose being denied work havenever been convicted of a crime,only arrested.

Every year, more than700,000 people are released fromstate and federal prisons: they allneed to find work so that they

may support themselves andtheir families, contribute to theircommunities and to ensure pov-erty, frustration and desperationdon’t force them to return to a lifeof crime. There are no federallaws that protect individualswith a criminal past from beingdiscriminated against by em-ployers. The Equal EmploymentOpportunity Commission, how-

ever, does suggest that employ-ers take into account the sever-ity of the offense, the amount oftime that has passed since thecrime was committed and howthe crime relates to the positionbeing applied.

Most accept that somewith a criminal past will not beable to work in certain sectors;for example, a child predator

cannot work with children. Butthere are countless other posi-tions this individual can hold thatwon’t present a danger to soci-ety. Employers need to under-stand that, just because someonecommitted a crime once does notmean they’ll do it again. researchshows that the farther back thecrime occurred, the less likely theoffender will be to repeat.

Ex-Offender Discrimination

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. WASHINGTON —Visitors from Atlanta, includ-ing Martin Luther King III andhis wife, Arndrea, recentlyjoined Ambassador and Mrs.Andrew Young for a specialprivate tour of the MartinLuther King Jr. Memorial.

Harry E. Johnson Sr.,president and CEO of theKing Memorial Project, led thetour through the memorial,which is still under construc-tion. Johnson said the memo-rial is scheduled to open to thepublic on Aug. 28, 2011.

”All of us here at theFoundation are working tire-lessly to ensure this will be anevent to remember,” Johnsonsaid. “Together, with Presi-dent Obama as our keynotespeaker, we will stand on thenew Memorial’s beautifulgrounds on the NationalMall, and we will celebratethis momentous achievement.

“It’s taken many yearsfor us to reach this point, andI can’t tell you how exciting itis for us to be so close tocompletion.” Johnson said.“Together, we’ve raised anincredible $112 million and

we have just $9 million moreto go to reach our final goal.”

In addition toJohnson, Lisa Anders, seniorprogram director of the me-morial construction firmMcKissack & McKissack,gave background on elementsof the memorial. She has over-all responsibility for the man-agement of the construction,a singular distinction for anAfrican-American woman.She said the memorial usesvaried treatments and tex-tures of water, stone and land-scape to create an environ-ment that is inviting and cre-ates a sense of the diversity ofthe Civil Rights Movement.

Some 14 quotes fromKing will be used across a cir-cular stone wall that sur-rounds the 30-foot statue ofKing that faces the ThomasJefferson Memorial across theTidal Basin. The compositionof the memorial utilizes land-scape elements to convey threefundamental and recurringthemes of King’s life: justice,democracy, and hope. Thecircular geometry of the me-morial, juxtaposed within the

triangular configuration of thesite, engages the Tidal Basinand frames views to the wa-ter.

As the group toured thememorial, members tookturns touching the quoteswhich are still to be etchedonto the walls, and said “awe-some” as they took in the 30-foot statue of King carved intothe backside of the stonemonument facing the TidalBasin. Young gathered every-one at the base of the enor-mous King statue for a groupprayer. The Rev. Whalem ofMemphis, Tennessess, led theprayer of thanksgiving for thelives of the participants in theCivil Rights Movement, in-cluding Young and King.

During course of thetour, it was noted that theother memorials on the Mallare dedicated to U.S. presi-dents and wars in whichAmericans fought. The KingMemorial is the only one dedi-cated to peace.

Ambassador Andrew Young (c) speaks to the group of family and friends he invited to take apreview tour of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the Mall. The tour was part of the weekendcelebration of a portrait of Young being installed in the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian.(Photo by M. Alexis Scott)

Atlantans Get Preview of King MemorialSpecial to the NNPA

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On the occasion ofWorld Press Freedom Day,the Omidyar Network ofRedwood City, California,announced the award ofnearly $5 million in fundingto four media-relatedgroups involved in investi-gative and citizen journal-ism in the developingworld.

The four groups are:African Media Initiative(Kenya): theSaharaReporters project(Nigeria); Media Develop-ment Loan Fund (U.S.); andthe Committee to ProtectJournalists (Africa pro-grams).

Announcing the grantto Sahara Reporters, anonline network of under-ground and citizen journal-ists operating inside Nige-ria, Omidyar’s Stephen Kingsaid: “They put a lens on theNigerian government bycovering corruption, dis-bursement of oil revenues,and graft on a massives c a l e .[SaharaReporters.com] pro-vides much more [informa-tion] than a newspaper ornews outlet might. It’s a fo-rum where controversialstories can be aired.”

Sowore Omoyele,founder and publisher of theNY-based Sahara Reporters,described the work of hisgroup as far-reaching. “Wehad 1,700 reporters onBlackberry alone who vol-unteered to cover the [recentNigerian] elections for us,”he said. “They tooksmartphone photos of policerepression and election vio-lence.”

“We report events,news, and write reports ofreal time issues. It is our re-sponse to the failure – therefusal or lack of will on thepart of professional journal-ists – to report real news tothe people … SR is doingwell in that regard. We havebroken the sound and speedbarriers of reporting authen-tic, evidence-based news.

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By Adrian JacksonPflugerville Middle School

Alon RodgersKelly Lane Middle School

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Mother’s Day is veryspecial and important! It is aday to show respect, appre-ciation and LOVE to yourmother.

Mother’s Day began in1907 by Anne Jarvis becauseshe missed her mother somuch. Anne passed out hermother’s favorite flower , awhite cornation to everyoneshe could. In 1914 Pres. W.Wilson declared the secondSunday in May as the officialMother’s Day.

I love and respect mymother, Cheryl Bibbs-Terry somuch! She is wise, bold, tal-ented, giving, loving, and vir-

tuous. My mom has enoughlove for me and her students.I would like to pay specialtribute to the following ladies:My wonderful grandmoth-ers;, Ruby Bibbs, Frances Terryand Gheri Rivers, My auntsand friends: Charlene Gor-don, Amie Cash, ShirleyBennett, LaTasha Piper, EnaBrent, Janet Jackson, RosaWashington, Lena Caldwell,Shirley Lee, Squeaky Terry,Lula Sneed, Virginia Will-iams, Dorothy Johnson,RubyLowe, Brandi Cash, JanelynJackson, Ms. Harper, SheilaHenry, Jean James, Renee’Brown, Denise Wade,KedrinMcDowell,Gloria Ealey,Shavon Devonish, KimShuler, Carol McGee, JenniferJones, Gladys Jasper,Madelyn Walker,MinnieCrayton, Michelle Crayton,Tameca Jones,

Ms. Turner, Ms. Hayesand Vanessa James. I am trulyblessed to have these virtuouswomen in my life. They areall role models for me and myfriends.

Cherish your mother asI do, it makes life good! Re-member kids and adults tostay in school and stay offdrugs.

Mother’s Day is very Special

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Marshay HatcherPflugerville Middle School

As some may haveknown, Monday April 5, 2011through Friday April 6, 2011was Teacher AppreciationWeek in Manor ISD. AVIDsophomore students sent let-ters around the MISD commu-nity to teachers in honor ofshowing how much theircompassion and dedicationimpacts us all. This weekcomes around every year andis used to show ones gratitudeto individual teachers whohave made a positive influ-ence on their lives. This week

is used to show that specialteacher that their time anddedication is not going towaste and that, as students,we truly care about the thingsthey say and the things thatthey do. Teachers not onlyteach academic lessons, butalso life lessons that they stu-dent may not have known ifit weren’t for that teacher ex-posing them to the differentexperiences life has to offer.Teacher Appreciation Weekdoesn’t have to be spent bybuying that special teachergifts, but a simple “ThankYou”, could brighten thatteacher’s day. AlthoughTeacher Appreciation Weekcomes every year, youshouldn’t wait until this timeof year to tell a teacher howmuch you appreciate them.They will appreciate yourkind words and it will pro-vide some reassurance thatthey are changing lives for thebetter. Mustangs appreciatesour teachers!

MISD Teacher Appreciation Week

I am sorry to report but,our Staff v.s Student Volley-ball game has been can-celed. If student who have

already paid for their team’sfee, will receive a FULL re-fund.

We are not yet surewhy the event has been can-celed but it has ,and Ms.Matesyk will be sure to tryagain next fall. We are soproud of our school’s sup-port and patience with thisevent, even though planshave changed at the very lastminute.

Many students werelooking forward to beatingall the Staff teams. Thanks,Panthers.

Panther Update

Tuesday, May 10,2011at 7pm the Pflugerville Pan-ther Choir had their end ofthe year Pop Show. Every-one has been practicing and

Panthers Pop Showworking really hard to puton a good show.

The theme for the showwas “Karaoke Celebration”and featured well knownsongs that are popular forkaraoke parties.There weregroup and individual presen-tations.

Kelly Sedatole, PMSChoir teacher has worked veryhard at teaching the studentthe songs, and teaching themto be preparedto put on ashow. Hope you were there toenjoy the end of the year cel-ebration.

Devin Padavil, whowas an Assistant Principal atHendrickson HS before tak-ing the Principal’s job at KellyLane MS, will be Principal ofHendrickson next year. Cur-rent HHS Principal FreddieMcDougal will be the Princi-pal at the Opportunity Cen-ter next year.

Padavil came toHendrickson in 2005 as anassistant principal for theclass of 2007. He was instru-mental in creating a freshmanmentoring and transition pro-gram, and served on the dis-trict advisory committee,where he led a sub-commit-tee on a ninth-grade transi-tion program. He was laternamed associate principal,and was responsible for cur-riculum and instruction andleading the campus’s profes-

sional development efforts.He served as summer schoolprincipal at Connally HighSchool in 2007.

Under Padavil’s lead-ership, Kelly Lane earned anExemplary or Recognized ac-countability rating each yearduring his tenure.

Prior to his stint atHendrickson, Padavil served fortwo years as an assistant princi-pal at Covington Middle Schoolin Austin. He was also an assis-tant principal at Cactus RanchElementary in Round Rock.

Padavil is currentlypursuing a doctorate at TexasA&M University, and earneda master’s degree in educa-tional administration fromThe University of Texas atAustin and a Bachelor of Sci-ence in education from IllinoisState.

Padavil moving toHendrickson HS next year

Devin PadavilHendrickson HS Princal elect

Our principal Mr.Padavil announced last Mon-day that he will be the newprincipal at HendricksonHigh School. If you have notheard, the new Principal forthe 2011-2012 school yearwill be Brian Ernest. Mr.Ernest is currently the Princi-pal of Murchison Elementary.

There are a lot of thingshappening fast now. Eventhough the eighth graders willnot get to have a gradationceremony for our families wewill take a class trip and a

dinner dance. The dance istitled A Black and White Balland will be May 20. The classtrip to Schlitterbahn is sched-uled for May 26. This weekthere will be a talent showMay 13.

Rising 9th graders cantake Health, Art I, and Com-munications Applications(Speech) for first time credit atSummer School. Registrationis on May 24th, May 31st andJune 6th at Connally HighSchool. Summer School be-gins on June 8th.

The Hawk ExplosivePower Strength and SpeedCamp for rising 9th-12th grad-ers will be June 8 through July28. The cost is $100 and meetsfrom 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. in theweight room and stadium.The Hawk Baseball Camp forrising 6th-9th graders is from 9a.m. until noon June 6-8 andcosts $75. There is a footballcamp 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. July 19-21 for rising 7th and 8th grad-ers. It costs $50.

Our new Principal will beBrian Ernest

Jaquarry WilsonLBJ High School

Olivia SmithLockhart H.S.

Out of all the sports thisyea- our Varsity Softball teamhas done extremely well.They recently had a tourna-

ment beating a competitiveteam “ Harlandale”, twotimes! Our lady lions arenamed bi-district champions!They headed to DrippingSprings to play against the2nd ranked softball team intexasl, but sadly they lost.They played with aggressive-ness and pride trying to beatthe team. But being in a com-petitive district like ours, all Ican say is we came a longway. And we will get a ban-ner for the lady lions being bi-district champions, so that’sgreat.

On May 10, 2011, twoday after Mother’s Day, Presi-dent Barack Obama was inAustin. Although many ofthe students were in schoolduring his appearance, I stillbelieve that it is great that the

president of the US visitedcentral Texas.

Mnay argue that Texasdidn’t welcome Obama withkind hearts, but I think we did.According to upi.com whichsaid “he won’t be welcomedby Republican legislatorswho see him as an enemy ofthe Lone Star State”, Obamawasn’t given the respect heshould have been given by alot of Texas citizens.

While visiting the LoneStar State, the president at-tended a fundraiser here inAustin. Even though notmany people got the chanceto see him, I assure you, thosewho did will never ever for-get it.

President Obama came to town

Middle and High SchoolJazz Bands & Ensembles toPerform — Hepcats’ll be swinging allday on Sunday, May 15, at theAustin ISD Jazz and Pops Fes-tival. Students from Austinmiddle and high school bandsand ensembles will performfrom 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. atCentral Market North, locatedat 4001 N. Lamar. Admission

is free.Performing groups are fromAustin, Bowie, Lanier,McCallum, and LBJ/LASAhigh schools; and Lamar andSmall middle schools. TheAISD All-City Jazz Band willalso perform.

The event is sponsoredby the Austin SchoolDistrict’s Department of FineArts

It’s Time to Swing at the Austin ISD Jazz and Pops Festival

ACC Fall Registration BeginsMay 16

Registration first opens to current and former students;new student registration starts June 13AUSTIN, Texas (May 11, 2011) – Austin Community

College District fall semester registration begins Monday, May16 for current and former students. Registration opens to newstudents June 13. The fall term begins August 22.

“Students should register as soon as possible in order tohave the best selection of available classes,” says Dr. KathleenChristensen, vice president of student support and successsystems. “That means talking to an advisor and getting theadmissions process under way now.”

Admissions information can be found at austincc.edu/apply. Students can view the fall schedule on the ACC websiteand then register online or by phone. ACC has a registrationhelpline to provide additional assistance; students can call(512) 223.4636.

Fall in-district tuition is $52 per credit hour. ACC offerspayment plans that allow students to spread the cost of tu-ition and fees over the term. Fall students make a down pay-ment of 25 percent upon plan set up, with remaining pay-ments due in September, October, and November. Studentscan register for plans through their campus cashier’s office orset up automatic payments online.The summer semester begins Monday, May 23. Registrationdeadlines and other resources are available at austincc.edu/register.

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By Ashley N. JohnsonSpecial to the NNPA from theNew Pittsburgh Courier

Gun violence is a majorissue in the Black community.Each day for youth gun vio-lence has increasingly be-come a matter of life or death.Recently several communityand national organizationshave come together to petitionstronger gun legislation tocurb the amount of illegalguns making their way ontothe streets and in the handsof young Black males.

While many are work-ing for the solution, one can-not get to the solution with-out visiting the root of theproblem. How are these gunsgetting into the wronghands? Most of the violentcrimes committed are done sowith an illegal firearm, whichis a gun that is not legallyowned by the person using it.

“What’s most devas-tating is, whether involved inthe street life or an innocentbystander trying to find peaceamong this chaos, a numbersof young lives are beingsnuffed out before they’veeven had a chance to live,”Commander Cheryl Doubt ofthe City of Pittsburgh Narcot-ics and Vice Unit said.

While gun violence is amajor issue in the community,several of the departmentswithin the Pittsburgh PoliceBureau, especially the depart-ment of Firearms and Track-ing, could not answer ques-tions about statistics for thenumber of illegal guns usedin shootings and homicideswithin Pittsburgh communi-ties.

According to the Bu-reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-arms and Explosives website,www.atf.gov, the latest tracedata on firearms, which werefrom 2009, stated that Penn-sylvania had a total of 8,946firearms recovered and tracedin that year and Pittsburghwas the second largest city forfirearms recovery with 1,102,following Philadelphia with3,992.

Although Doubt couldnot provide specific statistics,she was able to provide infor-mation on the types of pat-terns the police are seeingwhen it comes to illegal fire-arms and their use inshootings in Pittsburgh. Themost common guns used onthe streets are semi-auto-matic, 9mm and revolvers.She said, “…I can say withabsolute assurance that themajority of the shootings thatare done in the city are doneso with illegal guns (guns that

By LaShonda CooksSpecial to the NNPA from The

Dallas Examiner “What would Dallas be

without a historic Black schoolinside the city?” CouncilmanTennell Atkins asked beforepresenting Paul Quinn Collegea Special Recognition Awardon behalf of the City Counciland the City of Dallas lastweek. In March, Paul Quinndefeated Hampton University,St. Augustine’s College, Jack-son State University, SpelmanCollege, Bowie State Univer-sity, Grambling State Univer-sity, Florida A&M Universityand Texas Southern Univer-sity for the title of HBCUDigest’s HBCU of the Year,which recognizes the influ-ence and impact that Histori-cally Black Colleges and Uni-versities have on Americanculture.

The award is presentedto the school that demonstratesimpactful community out-reach initiative, comprehen-sive research activity, andmeasurable student engage-ment.

“They won ... not just be-cause of boosting enrollmentand having a strong financialfundraising strategy, but theywere really convinced by thecommunity outreach that theywere doing with the Food forGood Farm,” stated Jarrett L.Carter Sr. founding editor ofHBCU Digest in a separate in-terview. “I think thatwas the thing that pushedthem over the top.” He statedthat the feedback he receivedfrom many of the voters, wasthat they were impressed withsuch a unique idea and howmuch the community wasbrought in around the project.During the City Council meet-ing, surrounded by a portionof the students, alumni, fac-ulty, staff and trustees compos-ing “Quinnite Nation,” PaulQuinn’s president MichaelSorrell offered a few words ofthanks and greeting to the citycouncil briefing attendees.

“We are proud of ourdesignation as a historicallyBlack college, but our rightfulplace will be amongst those in-stitutions nationally that do agreat job of educating peoplefrom all backgrounds, socio-

Paul Quinn College Receives SpecialRecognition from City of Dallas

Scenes from HTU Graduation

During the HT graduation event the class of 1961 (top) was hon-ored as the 50th Anniversary guest while Congressman LloydDoggett (right bottom) received the Honorary Doctorate. Photos byNaomi Richards.

economic classes, races, gen-der, religion - it doesn’t matter.All we care about is that youmake a commitment to being aservant leader.”Sorrell defined servant leader-ship by the commitment to leav-ing places better than you findthem, the courage to lead fromwherever you are, the determi-nation to live a life that mat-ters and the ability to lovesomething greater than your-self. The president believes thelatter is most important.

“The world is full of self-ish people - people who thinkme before we. We don’t sub-scribe to that. We follow thewords of Marcus Aure- liuswho says, ‘The harder rightover the easier wrong withoutregard for self-interest,’” Sorrelloffered amidst resounding ap-plause.

After being stripped ofits accreditation in 2009, PaulQuinn - which is affiliatedwith the African MethodistEpiscopal Church - became anaccredited college once againon April 13, 2011, when theTransnational Association ofChristian College and Schoolsgranted the college full mem-bership. Although TRACS isrecognized by the U.S. Depart-ment of Education, the organi-zation says it will seek recog-nition from the Texas HigherEducation CoordinatingBoard.

Though the TRACS ac-ceptance is no substitute forthe kind of regional accredita-tion that Southern Associationof College and Schools has de-nied the school, it’s a step inthe right direction, giving thecollege cause to celebrate andbe celebrated. “This is not astory of failure anymore, of badheadlines of how tenuous ourposition is,” stated Bob Weiss,the chair of the college’s Boardof Trustees and vice presidentfor administration of TheMeadows Foundation.

“This is a success. Wehave declared victory. We havea bright future and we’re mov-ing towards it.” Weiss do-nated $500,000 from TheMeadows Foundation. Coun-cilman Atkins thanked othercontributors, including Dallasattorney DeMetris Samp- son,who donated $50,000 and

Dallas businessman and phi-lanthropist Trammell S. Crow,who gave Paul Quinn $1 mil-lion. In 2009, the Bishop FivePlus One donated $216,000 tothe college after its 2009 re-vival.

“One of the things thatpeople do not realize is howdid Paul Quinn get here to-day? And, that’s by the sup-port of the community andcouncil members here,” Atkinssaid. Since its first planting lastMay, the school yielded 2,200pounds of food from Food forGood Farm at Paul Quinn Col-lege, a community gardenplanted on two acres on thecampus’ former football field.

The college cancelled itsfootball program in 2006, agesture that symbolized thecollege’s commitment to edu-cation above athletics. At first,many deemed the idea crazy.But, Sorrell and other vision-aries believed in its potential.

“The football field in-teracts with the community,on a great year, six Saturdaysout of the year. Our farm nur-tures the community everydayout of the year.”

The school donates 12percent of the food its producesto the surrounding communityin its Tithing to the Communityprogram. Some of the food isserved in the campus cafeteria.Portions of the crops are sold tothe Dallas Cowboys, Bolsa res-taurant and local organic mar-ket, Urban Ventures.

The garden is a joint ven-ture with PepsiCo, which hasFood for Good Initiatives all overthe country. So, what exactlysparked the idea for a commu-nity garden on Paul Quinn’scampus?

“We did it because wethink that it is a crime, an injus-tice, and an embarrassment thatgrocery stores won’t invest in acommunity that has invested initself for over 50 years. That’swhat the Highland Hills com-munity has done. So, we stoppedasking people to help us and wedecided to do it for ourselves.”

The school is hosting aDallas Symphony OrchestraCommunity Concert on June 7.The free event offers the public achance to view the new and im-proved “Quinnite Nation” first-hand.

Gun Violence Destroying Black Communitydo not belong to the user).

These guns are ob-tained by way of burglaries,theft from vehicles, traded fordrugs on the street, and pur-chased legally from dealerships using ‘straw’ purchas-ers who obtain them for thosenot legally able to purchasethem for themselves.” She alsosaid that they are seeing a risein females engaging in“straw” purchases, girl-friends making gun pur-chases at authorized dealersand going through the back-ground check, to obtain gunsfor their boyfriends who can-not pass the check due to cer-tain criteria such as age orprior convictions.

Once the male uses thegun in a crime, they tell thefemale to report it stolen tocover herself. If the gun isfound and they trace it backto the female and find shewas involved, she could facefelony charges, even if shewas not directly involved.This can affect their futurewhen it comes to trying to geta job, because they have toexplain why they have arecord and often times, em-ployers do not want to hire aperson for those reasons.

To put a stop to this,Doubt said that the city po-lice are working with the ATFto crack down on this andwhen they can, they will pros-ecute incidents federally.While there have been a num-ber of illegal guns makingtheir way on the streetsthrough straw purchases, anumber of guns are gettinginto the hands of the wrongindividuals through thefts.

Doubt said, “Out onthe street there’s a lot of gunsthat are being purchased thathave been stolen during bur-glaries, car thefts etc.” Sheadded that, “A significantnumber of legal owners donot report these weapons asmissing, for a variety of rea-sons they feel are justifiable.

After a weaponcomes into our possession, wereview each case and deter-mine if the weapon should bereturned to the owner or de-stroyed.” In a previous inter-view she said, too often indi-viduals don’t even know thegun has been stolen until theyare contacted by the police.That means that legal gunowners need to be mindful oftheir firearms if they want toown them.

They have a responsi-bility not only to themselvesbut also to their communities,to keep track of their guns.The city of Pittsburgh does

have a legislation where resi-dents have a certain amountof time to report a firearm sto-len or missing. If they do not,they then could face a fine andon repeat offenses a fine andjail time.

“The gun problem isstarting to impact the commu-nity as a whole, not just theBlack community,” saidDoubt.

Although this is true,the Allegheny County homi-cide list says different. In2010, out of the 100 homi-cides, 77 of them were Blackand 68 were Black men. And,out of the 26 so far this year,22 were Black and 19 wereBlack men. African-Ameri-cans are continuously top-ping the list.

Like a few of the policedepartments in the city, SteveBartholomew, Public Infor-mation Officer for the ATF,was also not able to providespecific statistics for firearms,other than the ones on theirwebsite. But, he said to ad-dress the issue of illegal guns,“the ATF addresses it rou-tinely on a daily basisthrough the course of our in-vestigations in regards to in-vestigating crime guns, trac-ing of crime guns and inves-tigating prohibited individu-als that may possess thosefirearms.

We also have an out-reach with the federal firearmlicensees, who are the gunstore retailers.” He alsoadded, “there are numerousprograms that we have toregulate the firearm industryand to prevent repeat and vio-lent offenders from possess-ing them.” Although it is notcompletely known how andwhere people are getting theseweapons and whether thereare laws in the backgroundcheck system, which somemay say is a problem, play amajor role in illegal guns get-ting on the streets, Doubt said,“there are checks in place totry to insure that people whowant to and are legally ableto own a gun can do so.

But, like anything elsethere’s going to be peoplewho try to get around thelaws, which means that we(the police) have to workharder.” Which she says,the department is commit-ted to doing. While thesemay just be a few of theways these guns that aredestroying the Black com-munities are getting ontothe street, they are majorones and possibly a begin-ning to coming up with asolution.

Manor, TX – GreaterTEXAS Federal Credit Union(GTFCU) had a ground break-ing celebration to commence theconstruction of its new free-standing, full-service branch lo-cated at 11401 Hwy. 290 E. inManor, Texas on Monday, May9, 2011.

This will mark the firstGTFCU branch in Manor andthe first credit union to breakground and build a branch tobecome a part of the Manor Com-munity. The new branch willinclude 3 drive-thru lanes, re-mote teller stations, and an ATMto better serve the credit unionmembers. Planned to openaround November 2011, GreaterTEXAS Federal Credit Union isexcited to build a local creditunion who wants to be “YourFinancial Partner for Life.”

The new Manor Branchwill participate in the CreditUnion Service Center Networkand the ATM Alliance allowingGTFCU to able to serve membersof over 4,000 other credit unions

as they travel across the state. Tofind out more about Credit UnionService Centers visitwww.cuservicecenters.com or

visit www.freecuatms.org to findall the Austin-Based creditunions that participate in theATM Alliance.

Greater TEXAS FCU Breaks ground on New Manor Branch

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Austin city councilBy Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon

The Election of City CouncilMembers

By Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon

On May 14, 2011 Aus-tin will be voting to electCity Council members. So,far the voting turnout hasbeen very low. Accordingto certain experts, less than10% of the Austin residentswill vote in the city elec-tions. In other words, therewill be only a few peoplewho make and decide thefate of Austin for the nextfive years. Consequently itis very important for all ofAustin’s voting populationto vote in these crucial 2011elections.

In Place 1, the chal-lenger are Roger Chan andJosh Ingials; while ChrisRiley is the incumbent can-didate. Both of the chal-lengers have questioned theoverall management anddirection of the city. For in-stance Roger Chan believesthat there is a need of singlemember districts; and be-lieves that the city should

not be involved in “cuttingdeals” to bring businessesto Austin. The incumbentChris Riley has sought tomake housing affordabilityan issue. For instance, ChrisRiley has “Co-sponsored aresolution to develop a per-manent supportive housingstrategy and to prioritizefunding to develop 350 PSHunits over the next fouryears.” Furthermore, ChrisRiley has been endorsed bythe Black Austin Demo-crats.

In Place 3, KathieTovo, Chris Bailey, and MaxNfogizer (former CouncilMember) will be challengingRandi Shade. In this race,Kathie Tovo is the only chal-lenger who has managed toget numerous endorsementsand raise enough money tobe a serious threat to RandiShade. Kathie Tovo has re-

ceived the endorsement ofnumerous organizationssuch as, the Black AustinDemocrat, the Capital AreaDemocratic Party, West Aus-tin Democratic Party andthe Villager News. Some ofKathie Tovo’s issues in-clude: making Austin an af-fordable housing market;establishing single memberdistricts; and to rebuild trustamong its resident includ-ing those living East of In-terstate 35.

On the other hand,Randi Shade tenure at CityHall has been marred withcontroversy. For instance,she voted for an un-popularwater treatment plant; votedagainst the Sander’s settle-ment; voted for the Protec-tion of core City services; ex-panded public safety net-works; and voted to im-proved social service con-tracts to help our most vul-nerable neighbors.

On May 9, 2011 theRepubl ican led TexasHouse of Representativesjust passed an Arizonastyle immigrat ion bi l l .When House Bill 12 passedit meant that our Republi-can Legis lators wouldwant to make the State ofTexas a ref lec t ion ofArizona’s illegal immigra-tion bill. Moreover, HouseBi l l 12 was wri t ten byTexas Representative BurtSolomon who seeks tomake police officers en-force Federal immigrationlaws.

House Bill 12 statesthat police officers may in-quire about the immigra-t ion status of a personlawfully detained or ar-rested. It would require thepolice officer to inquire ofthe United States Immigra-tion and Customs Enforce-ment regarding anindividual’s place of birth.The bill would also allowFederal immigration offic-ers to enter and conductthe enforcement at a mu-nicipal and county jail .Moreover, House Bill 12

Republican House Bill 12 GoesAgainst U.S Constitution

would transform police of-ficers throughout the Stateinto immigration officers.In other words, this Billwould forever change themandate of police officerswho should be patrollingour streets into city case-workers.

House Bill 12 is a billthat sets a precedent intomaking Texas a pol icestate . House Bi l l 12authored by a Republicangoes into direct conflictwith the Republican Partyideals of “ l imited andsmall government.” More-over, House Bill 12 wouldlead to racial and ethnicprofiling of Texas’ resi-dents . People with“Anglo-Saxon” namessuch as : “ John, Mary,Henry, and Max” would beless l ikely to be askedabout their immigrationstatus; even though, thereare numerous Canadianand European immigrantsliving in the State of Texas.On the hand, African andHispanic sounding nameswil l more l ike ly to beasked whether or not they

are native born Texans andAmericans. House Bill 12should be challenged inthe courts due to the fact itwould go against the Con-st i tut ion of the UnitedStates of un- lawfulsearches and detention.

The Dallas County DistrictAttorney (DA) Craig Watkins

On May 6, 2011, the Dal-las County District Attorney(DA) Craig Watkins attendeda low key event with local Aus-tin officials. Moreover, it wasa time to meet, greet, and toknow more about CraigWatkins through listening tosome of his new initiativesbrought to the Dallas area.Some of the new initiatives thatthe DA Craig Watkins hasbrought to the Dallas Countyinclude: Sexual Assault Units,Gang Units, Memo AgreementPrograms and Impact Of-fender Programs.

Not only has the DACraig Watkins established

new initiatives, but has led theway in the Dallas County toget justice for those who werewrongfully convicted. Afterbeing elected in 2006, DACraig Watkins began to reviewfiles of those who may havebeen wrongfully convicted,which included ordering newDNA testing. During the re-view, numerous wrongfullyconvicted individuals wereexonerated; therefore, they re-gained their freedom. Underthis process, DA CraigWatkins was able to re-estab-lish the credibility of the jus-tice system of the DallasCounty.

Moreover, CraigWatkins was the first AfricanAmerican ever elected as theDistrict Attorney of DallasCounty. Not only was he thefirst African American, but hehelped break the Republican’s25 years hold on to the DistrictAttorney Office. In otherwords, Craig Watkins helpedthe Democratic Party get a“foot-hole” in the DallasCounty. For now, CraigWatkins continues to focus ofbeing the best Dallas CountyDistrict Attorney. He is alsofocusing on making DallasCounty a safer place for its resi-dents business community.

(Left to Right) Mayor Lee Leffingwell, Dallas (DA) CraigWatkins, Austin (DA)Rosemary Lehmberg

THE VILLAGERHAS MOVED!!

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THE VILLAGER HAS BEEN SERVING THEAUSTIN COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING

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The City of Austin’sSmall and Minority Busi-ness Resources and Con-tract and Land Manage-ment departments will dis-cuss on May 10 the newSmall Business Construc-tion Procurement Program,established to enhance con-tract opportunities for smallbusinesses.

The special calledmeeting of the Minority-and/or Women-OwnedBusiness Enterprise andSmall Business AdvisoryCommittee will be from 1 to3 p.m. in the Boards andCommissions Room at Aus-tin City Hall, 301 W. SecondSt.

“The contracts areideal for smaller businessesthat may be looking for anopportunity to do business

City to explain new Small BusinessConstruction Program

with the City as a prime,”said Rosie Truelove, Con-tract and Land Manage-ment Director.

The Small BusinessConstruction ProcurementProgram is designed for Cityof Austin-funded construc-tion projects under $50,000.These projects will be re-served for bidding by busi-nesses certified as SmallBusiness Enterprises.SMBR will begin certifyingSBEs in mid-May.

“We are inviting smallbusiness owners to comeout to discuss our SmallBusiness Construction Pro-gram,” said VeronicaBriseño Lara, SMBR Direc-tor. It is anticipated that theSBCP will begin July 1.

The City of Austin’sSmall and Minority Busi-

ness Resources Departmentassists small, minority-owned and women-ownedbusinesses as they pursuecontracting opportunitieswith the City of Austin; en-courages Minority BusinessEnterprises (MBE), WomanBusiness Enterprises (WBE)and Disadvantaged Busi-ness Enterprises (DBE) toparticipate in City contracts;provides bonding educa-tion; and oversees the City’sMBE/WBE and DBE con-tracting goals in the areas ofconstruction, professionalservices, commodities andnon-professional services.

For information aboutthe Small and MinorityBusiness Resources Depart-ment, visitwww.ci tyofaust in .org/smbr or call (512) 974-7677.

Austin residents areinvited to the May 19 ZoningIII workshop for the St. John/Coronado Hills Neighbor-hood Plan. Meeting attendeeswill discuss recommendedzoning changes on severalproperties in St. John. Condi-tional Overlays in the St.John/Coronado Hills plan-ning area will also be dis-cussed.

The workshop will befrom 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at theVirginia Brown RecreationCenter, Conference Room B,located at 7500 Blessing Av-enue, Austin, TX 78752.ý

This process is a col-laborative effort betweenneighborhood stakeholdersand City staff and will culmi-nate in the St. John/CoronadoHills Combined Neighbor-hood Plan.

For more informationvisit: www.cityofaustin.org/planning/neighborhood/sj_ch.htm

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On October 2, 1995, a revision to the City’s MBE/WBE DBEsOrdinance became effective. The Ordinance establishes new goals for MBE/WBE or DBE Participation Bid/Proposal. Bidders are required to docu-ment efforts to solicit MBE/WBE or DBEs in the Compliance Plan. TheGoals for each project and the instructions and forms for the CompliancePlan are included in the MBE/WBE or DBE Program Packet included inthe solicitation. For construction contracts, the MBE/WBE or DBE Pro-gram Packet is a separately bound volume of the Project Manual. ALLBIDS AND COMPLIANCE PLANS NOT RECEIVED PRIOR TO THEDATE AND TIME SET FORTH WILL BE RETURNED TO THE BID-DER UNOPENED. SPECIAL NOTICE: Solicitations issued on behalf ofthe Electric Utility Dept. (Austin Energy) are no longer advertised in theAustin American Statesman. Notices will be posted on the City of AustinPurchasing website at: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/purchase/vs/p3.htm

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

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THAT IN REGARD TO ANY CONTRACT ENTERED INTO PUR-SUANT TO THIS ADVERTISEMENT; MINORITY BUSINESS EN-TERPRISES WILL BE AFFORDED EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES TOSUBMIT OFFERS IN RESPONSE TO THIS INVITATION AND WILLNOT BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST ON THE GROUNDS OFRACE, COLOR, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR DISABILITY IN CON-SIDERATION FOR AN AWARD.

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

“SOLICITATION FORQUOTES: Quest Civil Construc-tors, Inc. is soliciting cost propos-als from M/WBE’s for the City ofAustin, Tillery Street Storm DrainOutfall Stabilization, IFB6100CLMC277, bids publicly May 19,2011 at 9:00am. For informationconcerning subcontracting and/orpurchasing opportunities contactFelicia Hendricks at 623.581.9700.”

Austin Community CollegeDistrict is requesting proposalsfrom firms for the purpose of se-lecting a provider for Employee As-sistance Program Services.

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All proposals must be sub-mitted to the Purchasing Depart-ment by no later than Thursday,June 9, 2011; 2:00 p.m., CentralTime. Proposal packages are avail-able on the ACC Purchasing websiteathttp://www.austincc.edu/pur-chase/.

In addition, the proposaldocuments will be available in theACC Purchasing Office [(512) 223-1044] between the hours of 9 amand 4 pm, Monday through Friday.

All responses must be sealedand returned to the ACC Purchas-ing Office, ACC Service Center,9101 Tuscany Way, Austin, Texas78754, by the date and time indi-cated above. Electronically trans-mitted responses will NOT be ac-cepted unless otherwise stated inthe documents.

The ACC Board of Trusteesreserves the right to reject any and/or all responses and waive all for-malities in the solicitation process.

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Austin Travis County Inte-gral Care (ATCIC) is seeking publiccomment on the Draft Request forApplication (RFA) for Skills Train-ing and Development Services. Pub-lic comments are welcomed fromconsumers, family members, advo-cacy groups, service providers andother interested stakeholders.ATCIC invites potential providersto describe the challenges in pro-viding services in the Austin, TravisCounty area. The public commentperiod begins May 2, 2011 and endson May 16, 2011.

The Draft RFA can be foundat www.integralcare.org under theNews and Publications section. Allcomments or questions should besent to Iris Vanover, Executive As-sistant, via e-mail at iris.vanover@atcic.org or by fax at (512) 440-4020.

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If would like a copy of theRFA, contact Arianna Ramos at512.440.4062 or by email atarianna.ramos@atcic.org. The appli-cation period will be open May 2,2011 through July 5, 2011. THEFINAL DEADLINE FOR APPLI-CATION SUBMISSIONS IS5:00PM, on July 5, 2011.

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Heart Ball of Austin Raises Funds To EnableAHA Mission of “Help, Heal, Hope”

Annual Event is this Satur-day, May 14th at HiltonAustinAUSTIN, Texas – Whenfour-year-old Scar le t tLogue was born, doctorsdiscovered a series of con-genital heart defects theyfeared would require im-mediate surgery. Withtime, expert medical care,the diligence of her par-ents and the use of twopowerful medications, theholes in her heart miracu-lously closed without sur-gery.But with her conditionclearly genetic, Scarlett’sdoctors urged parentsShana and Corby to getcheckups of their own. Asa result, Scarlett’s fatherCorby was diagnosed witha defect identical to hers,with subsequent openheart surgery the only pos-sible remedy.

Less than a year since thatprocedure , there i s nodoubt in either parent’smind that the awarenesscreated by Scarlett’s condi-t ion saved her father’slife—that and the pharma-ceutical and surgical ad-vances made possible byAmerican Heart Associa-tion-funded research.The Logues will tell theirstory at the 14th AnnualHeart Ball of Austin, totake place this Saturday,May 14, 2011 at the HiltonAustin, 500 E. 4th Street.The Heart Ball brings to-gether Austin’s most influ-ential leaders from the cor-porate, philanthropic andmedical communities toraise funds and celebratethe lifesaving work of theAmerican Heart Associa-tion. With the theme Help,Heal, Hope, the 2011 blacktie gala will include din-

ner, an exciting silent andlive auction, and live enter-tainment by Lyle Lovett,presented by St. David’sHealthCare.The funds generated at theHeart Ball support Ameri-can Heart Associat ion-funded cardiovasculardisease research and edu-cation programs to im-prove the lives of women,children and families inour community. The 2011Heart Ball of Austin fo-cuses special attention tothe cr i t ica l i ssue ofchildren’s heart health.Heart-related birth defects,the alarming increase inchildhood obesity, andteaching kids about thedangers of smoking arejust a few of the issues thisinitiative supports.Whether i t ’s providingfunding for early research-ers exploring ways to pre-vent and treat congenitalheart defects, taking themessage of heart health toour schools through ef-forts like Jump Rope ForHeart or fighting tobacco’sinfluence on our children,

the American Heart Asso-ciation stands with ourcommunity in the fight toprovide our young peoplea healthier life, said KentFerguson, Chair of theAHA Capital Area Divi-sion Board of Directors.The support of the HeartBall of Austin enables theAmerican Heart Associa-tion to continue its lifesav-ing mission for our chil-dren, their children andgenerations into the fu-ture.For more informat ionabout Heart Ball of Austin,call 512-338-2434 or visitwww.americanheart.org/aust intxheartbal l . The2011 Heart Bal l is pre-sented by St . David’sHeal thCare , and spon-sored by Cant i lo &Bennett, LLP, Seton HeartInstitute, St. Jude Medical,Atlantic Trust, HealthcareFacilities Development,Heart Hospital of Austinand Wells Fargo. Mediasponsors include AustinLi festyle MagazineReagan National Advertis-ing.

MLK Memorial Foundation Announces Plansfor August 28 MLK Memorial Dedication

Washington, D.C.(April 28, 2011) – The Wash-ington, DC Martin Luther King,Jr. National Memorial ProjectFoundation, Inc. today an-nounced plans for the dedica-tion of the Martin Luther King,Jr. National Memorial in WestPotomac Park in Washington,D.C. The official dedicationwill occur on Sunday, August28, 2011, the 48th anniversaryof the March on Washingtonand Dr. King’s historic I HaveA Dream speech, beginningwith a pre-dedication concertat 10 a.m. The dedication cer-emony will commence at 11a.m. and a post-dedicationconcert will follow beginningat 2 p.m.

Reserved tickets to thehistoric event will be distrib-uted through an online lotterysystem. The public may re-quest up to two tickets by vis-i t i n gwww.dedicatethedream.organd submitting their informa-tion into the ticket lottery. Visi-tors must register by 11:59 p.m.EDT on May 31 to be includedin the lottery for the randomselection process. Ticket re-cipients for the seated and re-served standing areas will benotified by email on June 15,2011. Public standing areasthat do not require tickets willalso be available.

“We are thrilled that wewill be dedicating the Memo-rial to Dr. King in the comingmonths, and the Foundationlooks forward, with greatpride, to presenting this Memo-rial – this dream – that we’veworked to build, to the people.Dr. King, his life, his dream,and his legacy, will be a sourceof history and inspiration forall people, for all time,” saidHarry E. Johnson, Sr., presi-dent and CEO of the MLK Me-morial Foundation. “I’m verymuch looking forward to cel-ebrating this momentousevent with my fellow Ameri-cans and people around theworld who understand whatthis memorial stands for, andthe relevance of Dr. King’smessage.”

The Martin Luther King,Jr. National Memorial is thefirst on the National Mall tohonor a man of hope, a man ofpeace, and a man of color. Lo-cated on the Tidal Basin, theMartin Luther King, Jr. Na-tional Memorial creates a vi-sual line of leadership betweenthe Lincoln and Jefferson Me-morials. The memorial will bean engaging landscape expe-rience conveying four funda-mental and recurring themesthroughout Dr. King’s life –democracy, justice, hope, andlove – and features the use of

natural elements includingwater, stone, and trees. A 450-foot inscription wall will fea-ture more than a dozen Dr.King quotes engraved intogranite to serve as a lasting tes-tament and reminder of Dr.King’s humanitarian vision.The memorial will include the“Mountain of Despair” andthe “Stone of Hope,” whichwill feature a 30-foot sculptureof Dr. King.

To learn more aboutdedication plans, includingevents that will take place ear-lier in Dedication Week, pleasev i s i twww.dedicatethedream.org.The site will be updated fre-quently as Dedication plan-ning progresses and offer thelatest available information.The Martin Luther King, Jr.National Memorial Founda-tion is currently collecting per-sonal stories about how Dr.King affected the lives ofAmericans and people aroundthe world. All are invited tosubmit memories of workingalongside Dr. King, participat-ing in the March on Washing-ton, and more by visitingwww.dedicatethedream.org/mystory.

General Motors Com-pany will serve as the Dedica-tion Chair and Dedication Co-Chair is the Tommy Hilfiger

Corporate Foundation. For acomplete list of supporters orto make a donation, visitwww.buildthedream.org.

Media Note: For moreinformation, photos, or toschedule interviews withHarry Johnson, president andCEO of the Washington, D.C.Martin Luther King, Jr. Na-tional Memorial Project Foun-dation, Inc. please contact DanGregory at 202.414.0785 ordgregory@susandavis.com.

About the Washington,D.C. Martin Luther King, Jr.National Memorial ProjectFoundation, Inc.A Memorial honoring Dr. Mar-tin Luther King, Jr. is beingbuilt on the National Mall, situ-ated adjacent to the FranklinDelano Roosevelt Memorial,and in a direct line between theLincoln and Jefferson Memo-rials. Congress passed JointResolutions in 1996 authoriz-ing Alpha Phi Alpha Frater-nity, Inc. to establish a Memo-rial in Washington, D.C. hon-oring Dr. King. The ceremonialgroundbreaking took place onNovember 13, 2006. McKissack& McKissack / Turner Con-struction Company / TompkinsBuilders, Inc. / Gilford Corpora-tion Joint Venture serves as theDesign-Build Team. For more in-formation or to make a donation,visit www.buildthedream.org.

The Late Thomas J. and Lula LeeCharleston Leave $200,000 to UNCF

UNCF (United Negro Col-lege Fund), the nation’s largest andmost effective minority educationorganization, has received a$200,000 gift from the estate of thelate Thomas J. Charleston and LulaLee Charleston. UNCF will usethe Charlestons’ bequest to helpstudents get a college education

“We are grateful for thisgenerous gift from Mr. and Mrs.Charleston,” said UNCF Presidentand CEO Michael L. Lomax, Ph.D.“They understood the importanceof every child getting a good edu-cation. Their investment in futuregenerations of young people willinspire them to become leaders intheir communities. This gift willhelp the next generation of doc-tors, lawyers, scientists and teach-ers get the education they need tocompete in a global economy. “

Mr. Charleston was bornin Birmingham, Alabama in1925, the second of three chil-dren born to George and AlbertaThomas Charleston. He at-tended Parker High School andlearned early in life the mean-ing of hard work. He worked asa paperboy in order to pursuehis dream of attending college.While on his paper route, he methis wife Lula Lee Charlestonwhile she was visiting her sisterin Birmingham. Lula, the young-est of eleven children was bornon April 8, 1923 in TalladegaSprings, Alabama to Charlie andLillie Clopton.

They were married at the16th Street Baptist Church in Bir-mingham and later moved toJefferson City Missouri where Mr.Charleston pursued his degree injournalism. In order to finance Mr.Charleston’s education, he workedat a scullery at night and Lulaworked at local dry cleaners. In1955 Mr. Charleston received hisBA in journalism from LincolnUniversity and they moved toVallejo, California where they be-came lifelong residents. Mr.Charleston had a long career withthe Department of Corrections inCalifornia retiring as AssistantWarden at Folsom State Prison. Hewas a long time supporter ofUNCF and believed in the powerof an education and the doors itcould open. He enjoyed travelingand geography.

Mr. Charleston struggledwith health issues toward the endof his life and his devoted wife andcaregiver was faithfully by his sidewhen they both passed away onher birthday April 8, 2010.

They never had children oftheir own but instilled the valueof education, honesty, hard workand self reliance into all their niecesand nephews. They made theirmessage clear that an education isparamount in one’s journeythrough life. The way they livedtheir life was a testament to whatthey must have endured and sacri-ficed-growing up in the segre-gated south.

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Black jockeys are embedded inKentucky Derby history

When Animal King-dom won the 137th Ken-tucky Derby last Saturdayit was a big surprise tobettors that such a longshot could take horseracing’s stellar event. Itwould probably be a bigsurprise also to some Af-rican Americans to know

Isaac Murphy

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that black jockeys have along history of running inand winning the KentuckyDerby, the oldest continuoussports event in the UnitedStates.

Animal Kingdom wasridden by John Velazquezbefore the largest crowd inDerby history—164,858. Itwas the jockey’s 13th try atthe event , s taged atChurchill Downs in Louis-ville, Ky., and his time was2:02.04. A $2 bet resulted in$43.80, and the winninghorse got $1.4 million.

Together with thePreakness Stakes andBelmont Stakes, the Derbyforms the Triple Crown ofThoroughbred Racing.

The very first KentuckyDerby, in 1875, was won bythe black jockey Ol iver

Lewis, a 19-yar-old Ken-tuckian, riding Aristides,in 2 :37 .75 seconds .Aristides was trained byAnsel Williamson, whoalso was black. In thatrace, 13 of the 15 jockeyswere black. And 15 of thefirst 28 Derby winnersalso were black.

The 15 black jock-eys who won the Derbybetween 1875 and 1902were honored on June 25,1980, by the NAACP andthe Lincoln Foundationwith a plaque that is nowin the Kentucky DerbyMuseum.

As the grip of JimCrow tightened, the blackjockeys in the Derby wereal l gone by 1921 andwould not return untilthe year 2000 whenMarlon St. Julien, whowas born in Lafayette,La., raced to a seventh-place f in ish aboardCurule. The horse wasowned by two sheiks whowere members of Dubai’sruling family. (Earlier St.Julien raced in Texas atthe Lone Star Park inGrand Prairie for its inau-gural season in 1997. Hewon he first race whileriding I Are Sharp.)

In 2008 , ShaunBridgmohan, the Jamai-can-born jockey whomoved to the UnitedStates with his family asa child, rode Pyro in theDerby and f in ishedeighth.

Willie Sims was thefirst African American towin the Triple Crown. Hewon at Belmont in 1893and 1894, the KentuckyDerby in 1896 and 1898,and the Preakness in1898.

Isaac Burns Murphyis perhaps the most re-nowned of a l l b lackjockeys. Murphy won theDerby in 1884 , 1890and1891. In the 1891 raceMurphy rode Kingman, amount owned and trainedby Dudley Allen, the onlyhorse ever owned by an Af-rican American to win theDerby. Murphy won 628 ofhis 1,412 races, a 44 percent victory rate that stillstands. Eddie Arcaro, theHall of Fame jockey, said,“There is no chance thathis record of winning willever be surpassed.” Whenthe National Museum ofRacing and Hall of Famewas created in 1950Murphy was the f i rs tjockey to be inducted.

(Murphy’s father enlistedin the Union Army duringthe Civil War and died as aprisoner of war at CampNelson in Kentucky.)

J immy Winkf ie ld ,another celebrated blackjockey, placed third in theDerby in 1900, first in 1901,first in 1902, and second in1903. During those days oflynchings and r ig idsegregation, the issue ofrace became more volatileat racetracks and in thenation at large as well. TheThoroughbred Record inChicago wrote: “A race waris on between the jockeys atthe local tracks. Jealousbecause of the success of somany colored riders, thewhite boys… have takendesperate measures to put

their rivals out of busi-ness.”

In response to deaththreats from the Ku KluxKlan and rac ism,Winkf ie ld moved toOdessa, Russia, in 1904and rode horses for theCzar, taking his mounts toPoland, England, Austria,France, Spain and Hun-gary. After the BolshevikRevolution and the anti-capitalist demonstrations,Winkf ie ld moved toFrance and bought a horsefarm northwest of Paris.He had a record of 2,600wins before retiring at theage of 48. In the 1940s theNazis seized his stablesand he returned to theUnited States for a fewyears, but then moved backto France and opened aschool for jockeys. He diedin France in 1974 at age 91.In 2005 he was honoredwith a posthumous Con-gressional House Resolu-tion a few days before therunning of the 131stKentucky Derby.

Meanwhile, on Derbyday las t week Afr icanAmerican contributions tothe event were recognizedat the Isaac Murphy DerbyExperience and ImageAwards held at theKentucky Center forAfrican American Historyon Muhammad Al iBoulevard in Louisville.

Another plannedevent is the National Dayof the Black Jockey set forthe fa l l of 2012 andhaving been postponedfrom Memorial Day 2011because of schedul ingconflicts of some of theparticipants. It is set to beheld at the Kentucky Ex-position Center in Lou-isville said Miles Dean, aspokesman for theorganizers.

Rick Barnes charts goals, links sports,speech rehabRick Barnes’ pres-

ence since becoming headbasketball coach at theUniversity of Texas in1998 has lifted the statusof Texas basketball, al-ways a powerhouse, tonew levels. Barnes wasthe keynote speaker at the“One Word at Time” ban-quet held Friday, May 5,at the Four Seasons HotelAustin. The event wassponsored by the AustinSpeech Labs.

Barnes is thewinningest coach in UThistory. He has led theschool to a record 12 con-secutive NCAA tourna-ment appearances and aschool record of 11straight seasons of 20-plus victories entering the2010-11 campaign.

Shilpa Shamapant,co-founder of the Austin

Speech Labs with ShelleyAdair , sa id the agency“helps the underserved anduninsured stroke survivors.We have a lot of communitydonors and that’s how we’veactually been able to suc-cessful ly organize thisevent tonight. Rick Barnes’friend’s son, David Little,had a stroke, I believe threeyears ago, and that’s theconnection.”

Barnes talked about hisfriendship with Little andcalled him “a world-classathlete,” adding that. “hehas been an inspiration toall of us.”

Comparing the work ofspeech therapists to athlet-ics, Barnes said, “It wouldbe like a basketball coachwho had a chance to coachsomeone like Kevin Durantand all once he has a strokeand can’t perform but hewant to come back. I can onlyimagine the patience it takesto be a speech therapist who

works with someone whoonce had it and then theydon’t have it. That to meis coaching; it really is.It’s easy when you canreach someone who’snever really had it. Butwhen they’ve had it andlose it and you’ve got tohelp them get it back” it’stough.

He noted that UTbasketball is still makinga concerted effort to risein the ranks. “Our goal isto win a national cham-pionship. Recruiting is anever, ever-ending pro-cess.”

Under Barnes, Texashas become the onlyschool in the nation toc la im two Nat ionalPlayer of the Year win-ners in eight seasons—T.

J. Ford (2003) and KevinDurant (2007).

Shamapant said, “Weprovide intensive speech,language and cognitivetherapy and we are theonly nonprofit in Austinreaching out to the strokesurvivors soon after theyare out of rehab. Typicallywhat happens is when theyhave a stroke it takes yearsto recover and they needthat continuity of care. Soduring National StrokeAwareness Month we arehosting our second annualevent with a fundraiser so

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that we can reach out tothese stroke survivors andprovide them withtherapy.”

About 300 people at-tended the event duringwhich various productsand services were offeredup or bidding.

“This is our first eversilent auction,” Shamapantsaid. “We hope we canraise a lot of money so wecan reach out to a lot morestroke survivors.

UT basketball players

under Barnes have excellednot only on the court butalso in the classroom. UThad five players to earn aspot on the 2010 AcademicAll-Big12 ConferenceMen’s Basketball Team. Itwas the third straight yearthat the Longhorns toppedthe league in Academic All-Big 12 honors in men’s bas-ketball.

Among supporters ofthe event were Rick BarnesAutographed Basketballs,The University of TexasGolf Club and Texas Sail-ing.

Rick Barnes

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