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We are happy to have a winner for the month of June 2011. You can
be our next winner if you call (281) 999-4244, take your guess on
the year, make and model of the vehicle in the photo. Then leave a
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A KING-SIZE VIEWVol. XIII No. 129 Printed in God We Trust July 2011
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Ernie Johnson getsJus’ Blues MusicAward (Page 21)
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When it comes to Grand Sport
vehicles the Lexus GS 460
stands at the top of the pack. The
2011 GS 460-four-door sedan is
powered by a 4.6 liter 342 horse
power four cam 32-valve V-8
engine with continuously vari-
able valve timing (VVT-I). The
engine is mated to an eight-
speed sequential shift automatic
electronically controlled trans-
mission (ECT-I) providing an
outstanding economic set of
numbers like 17 miles per gallon
in the city and 24 miles per gal-
lon on the highway.
Stability comes from front inde-
pendent Double-Wishbone and
independent multi-link rear sus-
pension. Throw in gas-pressured
shock absorbers with front
rebound springs and vehicle
speed sensing, variable gear
ratio rack and pinion steering
and electronic controlled brakes.
We are talking about adaptive
variable suspension and all
rolling to the pavement on P
245/40R 18 tires circulating
around 18 inch alloy wheels.
Smooth sailing to say the least
when you are behind the wheel
of this magnificent vehicle.
Good looks galore the new
Lexus GS 460 and our model
came in Obsidian a glossy look-
ing smooth textured black.
Safety features are abound in the
new Lexus as well starting with
dual front airbags and front and
rear sea-mounted side impact
airbags along with front and rear
side curtain airbags. Throw in
driver and front passenger knee
airbags supplemental restraint
system including three-point
safety belts for all seating posi-
tions, front with manual height
adjustable anchors. Plus front
seat belt pretensioners with force
limiters and active front head
rests to round out the inside
safety features.
While the vehicle is in motion
safety is at work in the form of
Vehicle Dynamics integrated
Management (VDIM) with inte-
grated vehicle stability control,
ABS, Brake assist, and traction
control plus high intensity dis-
charge with dynamic auto level-
ing and integrated fog lamps.
This all goes well with the adap-
tive front lighting system with
auto on/off headlamps and day-
time running lamps with safety
connect automatic collision noti-
fication. This system even has
stolen vehicle location and emer-
gency assist button (SOS) and
enhanced roadside assistance
with 1-year trial subscription
included.
Inside you are treated to a spe-
cial Lexus styled cockpit with
perforated leather trim interior
with driver memory system with
heated and ventilated multi-
adjustable power front seats.
Smart access with push button
start/stop, wood and leather
trimmed steering wheel, with tilt
and telescopic feature.
Sounds come from an optional
Mark Levinson
Audio/Navigation system with
14-speakers and in dash six-disc
DVD CD changer complete with
hard disk navigation system with
backup camera, voice command
XM NavTraffic, MX
NavWeather and XM Sports and
stocks all included in the free-
trail for 90-days and Lexus
Enform destination assist for
year trail subscription included.
To round out the total option on
this vehicle is Lexus Pre-colli-
sion system and dynamic radar
cruise control a rear spoiler and
intuitive parking assist. All this
comes to a little more than
60,000 Dollars for this well built
performance Luxury sedan.
Warranties for the Lexus GS 460
starts with the basic 4-year
50,000 mile basic coverage and
the five-year/70,000 miles power
train warranty and five-
year/unlimited miles corrosion
perforation warranty.
In closing please allow me to
add the new Lexus buyers will
get the 24-hour 365 day roadside
assistance plan that include com-
plimentary 1st and 2nd sched-
uled maintenance service lodg-
ing for emergency breakdown
100 miles from home.
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BehindThe WheelWith THE KING
(Arthur Prayther)
LEXUS GS 460-4-DOOR SEDAN
1422 Saddle Rock Drive
Houston, Texas 77088-1844
Phone (281) 999-4244
Fax (281) 999-4244
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The 2011 Lexus GS 460-four-door sedan is something special
We had the pleasure of testing
the all-new Dodge Journey Crew
AWD the other week and found
it just a joy to drive. Keep in
mind this vehicle has undergone
some great changes and is ready
to give the market a run for its
money. Our test vehicle was
powered by a 3.6 Liter V6 VVT
Pentastar engine that produces
283 horses at 6400 RPM and
260 lbs per foot of torque at
4400 RPM. The engine is mated
to a six-speed automatic trans-
mission and helps to produce 16
miles per gallon in the city and
24 miles per gallon on the high-
way. All this driving fun hits the
pavement on P 225/55R 19 inch
BSW All-season touring tires
circulating around 19-inch Satin
Silver Aluminum wheels.
The vehicle we drove was
Bright Silver metallic clear coat
and black interior color with
premium cloth low-back bucket
seats. When you take a look at
the inside you’ll find such fea-
tures as tilt/telescopic steering
column complete with audio
controls. The cockpit style is
further enhances by illuminated
cup holders and trip computer
with temperature and compass
display. Second row seating is
40/60 tilt/N’ slide seat while
third row seats are 50/50 fold
and reclining. By the way the
driver gets at six-way power seat
while the front passengers get a
forward-fold flat seat. There are
storage bins in the floor of the
second row and the rear seats
also fold-flat and recline. Dodge
even added passenger in-seat
cushion storage to round out this
category.
Safety features are at a big pre-
mium for the new Dodge
Journey Crew AWD model.
Starting with advance multistage
front air bags and supplemental
side curtain all rows airbags,
Journey also has active head
restraints and supplemental front
seat side airbags.
Four- wheel disc anti-locking
brakes stop the Journey and
electronic stability control helps
to give the vehicle outstanding
handling. This goes well with
traction and speed controls mak-
ing for some modern up to date
driving safety.
Sounds come from 368-watt
amplifier six-Infinity Premium
speakers with subwoofer com-
plete with Sirius satellite radio
and an 8.4 inch Touch-screen
display. Available Uconnect
touch 8.4 CD/DVD/MP3 with
voice command with Bluetooth.
The big screen truly comes into
view when the backup camera is
one giving you a good view of
what’s behind you. Let me also
add the Park sense rear park
assist system truly makes back
about as safe as it can be.
When it comes to warranties the
new Dodge Journey AWD has
five-year or 100,000 mile power
train limited warranty along with
3-year or 36,000 miles basic
limited warranty and 24-hour
towing assistance but certainly
restriction does apply, customers
are asked to see owner manual
for details.
In closing we would like to add
the new Journey AWD has 38%
of its part from the United States
and Canada while 51% of its
parts are from Mexico. The
vehicle’s final assembly point is
Toluca, Mexico with the engine
and transmission built right here
in the U.S.
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DODGE JOURNEY CREW AWD MAKING SOME NOISEBy King Arthur Prayther
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The 2011 Dodge Journey Crew AWD is making some noise
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Rolling right along during the
2011 model year we took a stroll
in the all new Jeep Wrangler
Unlimited Sahara. Yes the new
Sahara has a perfect blend of the
old and new as far as Jeeps go.
You still have the ruggedness of
the old Willis Jeep of World War
II and still the modern up to date
comfort you have learned to
expect from the SUV of today.
The 4 by 4 models we tested
was equipped with a 3.8 Liter
V6 SMPI engine that produced
202 horsepower at 5200 RPM
and cranked out 237 lbs per foot
of torque at 4000 RPM. The
engine mated to a four-speed
automatic transmission manages
15 miles per gallon in the city
and 19 miles per gallon on the
highway. Power rolls to the
pavement or the brush on P
255/70R18 OWL On/Off Road
tires wrapped around 18 inch
aluminum wheels painted satin
silver.
Our test model came in Bright
Silver metallic clear coat paint
exterior and black/dark saddle
interior color with leather
trimmed seats. With 79% of its
parts coming from right here in
the U.S. and Canada the Jeep is
fully home grown. Fact is the
final assembly point is Toledo,
Ohio and both the engine and
transmission are built in the
United States.
A long list of standard features
awaits the buyers of the new
Wrangler including advance
multistage front airbags.
Electronic stability control and
four-wheel disc anti-locking
brakes along with traction con-
trol help give the Jeep some find
handling.
Other standard features include
command trac shift-on-the-fly
four-wheel drive system and
next generation Dana 44-heavy
duty rear axle. Our Jeep also had
the next generation Dana 30
solid front axle giving it a
tremendous performance pack-
age for both on and off road.
The transfer case skid plate was
equipped with a shield as well as
a shield for the 22.5 gallon fuel
tank. Yes it would certainly
appear Jeep thought of just
about everything when they
were putting this vehicle togeth-
er. A 115-volt auxiliary power
outlet and tire pressure monitor
with warning lamp rounds out
the outdoors amenities for the
new Jeep.
Just because you are outdoors
doesn’t mean you don’t want to
hear that concert type sound
inside the new Jeep. A big 368-
watt seven-speaker Infinity
Sound system including sub-
woofer with audio jack input for
mobile device and media center
with 130 CD/MP3 as well as
Sirius satellite radio with one-
year subscription. Steering
wheel mounted controls, keyless
entry and tilt leather wrapped
steering column are just a few
more features found on the Jeep.
The driver seat is height
adjustable and the rear seats are
60/40 split folding with rear
compartment covered storage.
There is even a front dome with
on/off switch lamp and one-
touch down windows. Deep tint
sunscreen windows and tubular
side steps really set the vehicle
off from the rest. Plus those
two-front hooks and one rear
two hook along with fog lamps
lets you know the vehicle is
ready to go off road at anytime.
The bright silver three-piece
hard top with three-piece modu-
lar hard and freedom panel stor-
age bag just adds to the flare of
the new Wrangler Sahara.
Warranties for the vehicle are
Chrysler five-year/100,000 mile
limited power train warranty
along with three-year/36,000
mile basic limited warranty plus
24-hour towing assistance with
certain restriction applying.
All things considered the new
Wrangler Unlimited Sahara we
tested came in at just under
$30,000. That’s not bad at all!
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Guys, after you read this, please
pass it along to the women in
your life that is important to
you, whether you have a child in
the military or not. She may
know someone that could use
the support I am about to
explain.
Women and men differ in many
ways. One of these is how we
gain support when needed. Men
usually do not get into deep dis-
cussions with each other when
we have a problem where
women often prefer to gain sup-
port through interaction with
other women. Women are much
more likely to join a support
group then men.
On January 22, 1942 the Flint
News Advertiser printed a
coupon asking Mothers of serv-
iceman to return the coupon
after filling it out. The following
February 1st, 300 mothers met
in the Durant Hotel, in Flint
Michigan. Captain George H.
Maines, who had conceived the
idea for this group, acted as the
chair of this first meeting. It was
decided that after receiving 1000
responses from the ad to form a
permanent organization.
On February 6th the organiza-
tion was reported on
Congressional record. Chapters
then formed in Michigan, Ohio,
Wisconsin, New York,
Pennsylvania, Oregon,
California, Iowa and
Washington. In June of 1960 the
organization was chartered by
Congress.
Mothers volunteered throughout
the tough times of World War II.
They worked in hospitals, train
stations, packed care packages
for soldiers and were a working
part of homeland security during
times our time of war. The
organization waned in size over
the years but has held together
by mothers showing pride in
both their children and country.
In recent times we have began to
grow in strength. Being attacked
on our own soil has once again
started mothers hanging flags in
their windows at home pro-
claiming pride in the fact that
we have children protecting our
freedom during at time of war.
(Source:
www.bluestarmothers.org).
Although a group of primarily
mothers, Fathers are also wel-
come to join and share.
Associate membership is avail-
able for any family member or
friend of a member of the mili-
tary.
The purpose of the group is to
support each other while their
children (or family or friends)
are serving in the Armed Forces.
They share educational informa-
tion that benefits the serviceper-
sons and the family members.
In addition, they support military
personnel through activities and
lend support to veteran’s activi-
ties and events. Through the
Military Advocacy Program they
promote causes that work to
make the lives of both servi-
cepersons and their families bet-
ter.
This is a non-partisan, non-polit-
ical and non-denominational
agency. They do not support
political candidates. In the
Greater Houston Area there are
two chapters of the Blue Star
Mothers. See the sidebar for
meeting locations and times.
Other projects of the Blue Star
Mothers include the Sew Much
Comfort project. During World
War II, the founding Mothers
joined our country in grass root
projects to support our troops.
Today, we have a project that
could be an all out effort, from
the home front, to show our
wounded troops and veterans
how much we care about them.
It is a great way to let them
know they are not forgotten.
Sew Much Comfort provides
adaptive clothing free of charge
to support the unique needs of
our injured service members
from all branches of the military
and national guard. The need for
adaptive clothing continues to
grow as American military
members are injured serving
their country.
The Service flag is an official
banner authorized by the
Department of Defense for dis-
play by families who have mem-
bers serving in the Armed
Forces during any period of war
or hostilities the United States
may be engaged in for the dura-
tion of such hostilities. Through
the Blue Star Mothers web site
you can purchase clothing, ban-
ners, flags, stickers and other
apparel that show the Service
flag of the Blue Star Mothers. If
you see a person wearing this
flag, be sure to thank them for
their child’s service to our coun-
try.
The Service flag, also called the
Blue Star Flag, was designed
and patented by WWI Army
Captain Robert L. Queisser of
the 5th Ohio Infantry who had
two sons serving on the front
line. The flag quickly became
the unofficial symbol of a child
in service. President Wilson
became part of this history when
in 1918 he approved a sugges-
tion made by the Women’s
Committee of the Council of
National Defenses that mothers
who had lost a child serving in
the war wear a gold gilt star on
the traditional black mourning
arm band. This led to the tradi-
tion of covering the blue star
with a gold star on the Service
flag to indicate that the service
member has died.
This leads to the next part of this
organization, The Gold Star
Mothers. The Gold Star Mothers
is an organization of mothers
who have lost a son or daughter
in the service of our country.
Starting during World War I,
families hung gold stars in their
windows to honor a child killed
in the service to our nation. In
1928 twenty five mothers met in
Washington, DC to form Gold
Star Mothers, Inc. to lend sup-
port to grieving families and
provide support to wounded sol-
diers.
Like the Blue Star Mothers, the
Gold Star Mothers have mer-
chandise available.
Unfortunately, they also offer a
gold star grave marker. You can
purchase clothing, jewelry, flags
and banners. Again, if you see a
person sporting the Gold Star,
thank them for their sacrifice. It
is because of these brave men
and women we are able to enjoy
the freedoms we take for granted
every day.
BLUE STAR MOTHERS
Out and About
with John Engel
Houston Area Blue Star Mothers
Contact Information:
Houston Area Chapter
Every Fourth Tuesday of the Month
American Legion Hall
307 Charles Street
Humble, TX 77338
Check-in 6:45 PM
Web: www.bsmhoustonarea.org
Texas Bay Area Chapter
Every Fourth Monday of the Month
Taylor Lake Village Municipal Building
500 Kirby
Seabrook, TX
Check–in 7:00 PM
Web: www.bayareabluestarmoms.org
National Blue Star Mothers Contact Information:
www.bluestarmothers.org
Texas Gold Star Mothers Contact Information:
Houston Chapter
P O Box 1137
Willis TX 77378
Phone 936-856-8334
National Gold Star Mothers Contact Information:
www.goldstarmoms.com
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What is Truth? John 17:17Sanctify them through thytruth: thy Word is truth.
�ew Testament praise
Dear reader, it is again a privi-lege and a blessing, to be able toshare with you, some scripturaltruths. In the religious worldtoday, there are many differentways given to praise the Lord.There are many different waysgiven in The Old and NewTestaments, to praise Him. In theOld Testament, all that wasunder the old law was giveninstructions on how to praiseHim. These instructions weregiven by God, through differentones, and if followed circum-spectly, these made them right[righteous] with Him.
Exod 23:13 And in all thingsthat I have said unto you be(1)CIRCUMSPECT: and makeno mention of the name of othergods, neither let it be heard outof thy mouth.(KJV)
Definition:(1)CIRCUM-SPECT-8104 shamar (shaw-mar’); a primitive root; to hedgeabout (as with thorns), i.e.guard; generally, to protect,attend to, etc.: KJV— beward,be circumspect, take heed(toself), keep (-erself,), mark,look narrowly, observe, pre-serve, regard, reserve, save(self), sure, (that lay) wait (for),watch (-man).
If we are of God we must hearGod word; ohn 8:47 He thatis of God heareth God’s words:ye therefore hear them not,because ye are not of God. InMatt. the 17th chapter verses 1-8, God made it clear, to whomChristians must hear; att 17:5While he yet spake, behold, abright cloud overshadowedthem: and behold a voice out ofthe cloud, which said, This ismy beloved Son, in whom I amwell pleased; hear ye him.According to God, Christiansmust hear Christ and him only,note verse 8. Christians must bedoers of the word, and not hear-ers only (James1:21-27).
Christ then made it clear in Johnthe 17th chapter, on howChristians are to believe on himand why; ohn 17:19 And fortheir sakes I sanctify myself, thatthey also might be sanctifiedthrough the truth. 20 Neitherpray I for these alone, but forthem also which shall believe onme through their word; 21 Thatthey all may be one; as thou,Father, art in me, and I in thee,that they also may be one in us:that the world may believe thatthou hast sent me. According toJesus Christ, all must believe onhim through the Apostles word,so that we ALL may be one. We
can only find their word, in N. T.scripture. Remember, Jesus gavethem the word (please readMatt.28:20; John 17:14). Thenthe Apostles, verified theirauthorization by Jesus Christ;
Acts 1:1 The former treatisehave I made, O Theophilus, ofall that Jesus began both to doand teach, 2 Until the day inwhich he was taken up, after thathe through the Holy Ghost hadgiven commandments unto theapostles whom he had chosen:3 To whom also he shewed him-self alive after his passion bymany infallible proofs, beingseen of them forty days, andspeaking of the things pertainingto the kingdom of God:(KJV)
1 Cor 11:1 Be ye followers ofme, even as I also am of Christ.2 Now I praise you, brethren,that ye remember me in allthings, and keep the ordinances,as I delivered them to you. 3But I would have you know, thatthe head of every man is Christ;and the head of the woman isthe man; and the head of Christis God.(KJV)
Phil 3:17 Brethren, be followerstogether of me, and mark themwhich walk so as ye have us foran ensample.
1Thes 4:1 Furthermore then webeseech you, brethren, andexhort you by the Lord Jesus,that as ye have received of ushow ye ought to walk and toplease God, so ye would aboundmore and more. 2 For ye knowwhat commandments we gaveyou by the Lord Jesus.(KJV)
2 Pet 3:1 This second epistle,beloved, I now write unto you;in both which I stir up your pureminds by way of remembrance:2 That ye may be mindful of thewords which were spoken beforeby the holy prophets, and of thecommandment of us the apos-tles of the Lord and Saviour: 3Knowing this first, that thereshall come in the last daysscoffers, walking after their ownlusts,(KJV)
Keeping all these things in mind,please get your bible, and let usnow note the definitions, andexamples of New TestamentPraise. These are the examples,instructions, and commands,given by Jesus Christ, throughthe Apostles, to those of thechurch that he is building, and isthe head of. Just as those underthe Old Law, those of the OneFaith must follow circumspectlythe instructions given in theNew Testament blueprint of TheChurch, to be right [righteous]with God.
Eph 5:13 But all things that arereproved are made manifest by
the light: for whatsoever dothmake manifest is light. 14Wherefore he saith, Awake thouthat sleepest, and arise from thedead, and Christ shall give theelight. 15 See then that ye(1)walk (2)circumspectly, notas fools, but as wise, 16Redeeming the time, because thedays are evil. 17 Wherefore beye not unwise, but understand-ing what the will of the Lordis.(KJV)
Definitions:(1)walk-4043 peri-pateo (per-ee-pat-eh’-o); from4012 and 3961; to tread allaround, i.e. walk at large (espe-cially as proof of ability); figura-tively, to live, deport oneself,follow (as a companion orvotary): KJV— go, be occupiedwith, walk (about).1) to regulateone’s life 2) to conduct oneself3) to pass one’s life(2)circumspectly-199 akribos(ak-ree-boce’); adverb from thesame as 196; exactly: KJV—circumspectly, diligently, accu-rately, perfect (-ly).
Definition: (#1) Praise-133ainesis (ah’-ee-nes-is); from134; a praising (the act), i.e.(specially) a thank (-offering):KJV— praise, a thank-offering
Heb 13:12 Wherefore Jesusalso, that he might sanctify thepeople with his own blood, suf-fered without the gate. 13 Letus go forth therefore unto himwithout the camp, bearing hisreproach. 14 For here have weno continuing city, but we seekone to come. 15 By him there-fore let us offer the sacrifice of(#1)praise to God continually,that is, the fruit of our lips giv-ing thanks to his name.(KJV)
Definition: (#2)-Praise-134aineo (ahee-neh’-o); from 136;to praise (God): KJV— praise.1)to praise, to extol, to sing praisesin honor to God 2) to allow, torecommend 3) to promise orvow
Luke 2:13 And suddenly therewas with the angel a multitudeof the heavenly host (#2)prais-ing God, and saying, (KJV)
Luke 2:20 And the shepherdsreturned, glorifying and(#2)praising God for all thethings that they had heard andseen, as it was told unto them.(KJV)
Luke 19:37 And when he wascome nigh, even now at thedescent of the mount of Olives,the whole multitude of the disci-ples began to rejoice and(#2)praise God with a loudvoice for all the mighty worksthat they had seen; (KJV)
Acts 2:47 (#2)Praising God,and having favour with all the
people. And the Lord added tothe church daily such as shouldbe saved. (KJV)
Acts 3:8 And he leaping upstood, and walked, and enteredwith them into the temple, walk-ing, and leaping, and (#2)prais-ing God. (KJV)
Acts 3:9 And all the people sawhim walking and (#2)praisingGod: (KJV)
Rom 15:11 And again,(#2)Praise the Lord, all yeGentiles; and laud him, all yepeople. (KJV)
Rev 19:5 And a voice came outof the throne, saying, (#2)Praiseour God, all ye his servants, andye that fear him, both small andgreat. (KJV)
Definition (#3)-Praise-136ainos (ah’-ee-nos); apparently aprime word; properly, a story,but used in the sense of 1868;praise (of God): KJV— praise.1)a saying, a proverb 2) praise,laudatory discourse
Matt 21:15 And when the chiefpriests and scribes saw the won-derful things that he did, and thechildren crying in the temple,and saying, Hosanna to the Sonof David; they were sore dis-pleased, 16 And said unto him,Hearest thou what these say?And Jesus saith unto them, Yea;have ye never read, Out of themouth of babes and sucklingsthou hast perfected(#3)praise?(KJV)
Luke 18:43 And immediatelyhe received his sight, and fol-lowed him, glorifying God: andall the people, when they saw it,gave (#3)praise unto God.(KJV)
Definition (#4)-Praise-1391doxa (dox’-ah); from the base of1380; glory : KJV— dignity,glory (-ious), honour, praise,worship.
John 9:24 Then again calledthey the man that was blind, andsaid unto him, Give God the(#4)praise: we know that thisman is a sinner.(KJV)
John 12:43 For they loved the(#4)praise of men more than the(#4)praise of God.(KJV)
1 Pet 4:11 If any man speak, lethim speak as the oracles of God;if any man minister, let him do itas of the ability which Godgiveth: that God in all thingsmay be glorified through JesusChrist, to whom be (#4)praiseand dominion for ever and ever.Amen.
Definition (#5)-Praise-1867epaineo (ep-ahee-neh’-o); from1909 and 134; to applaud:
KJV— commend, laud, praise.toapprove, to praise
Luke 16:8 And the lord(#5)commended the unjuststeward, because he had donewisely: for the children of thisworld are in their generationwiser than the children of light.(KJV)
Rom 15:11 And again, Praisethe Lord, all ye Gentiles; and(#5)laud him, all ye people.(KJV)
1 Cor 11:1 Be ye followers ofme, even as I also am of Christ.2 Now I (#5)praise you,brethren, that ye remember mein all things, and keep the ordi-nances, as I delivered them toyou. 3 But I would have youknow, that the head of everyman is Christ; and the head ofthe woman is the man; and thehead of Christ is God.(KJV)
1 Cor 11:17 Now in this that Ideclare unto you I (#5)praiseyou not, that ye come togethernot for the better, but for theworse. (KJV)
1 Cor 11:22 What? have ye nothouses to eat and to drink in? ordespise ye the church of God,and shame them that have not?What shall I say to you? shall I(#5)praise you in this? I(#5)praise you not.
Definition (#6) Praise-1868epainos (ep’-ahee-nos); from1909 and the base of 134; lauda-tion; concretely, a commendablething: KJV—praise. approba-tion, commendation, praise
Rom 2:29 But he is a Jew,which is one inwardly; and cir-cumcision is that of the heart, inthe spirit, and not in the letter;whose (#6)praise is not of men,but of God. (KJV)
Rom 13:3 For rulers are not aterror to good works, but to theevil. Wilt thou then not be afraidof the power? do that which isgood, and thou shalt have(#6)praise of the same: (KJV)
1 Cor 4:5 Therefore judgenothing before the time, until theLord come, who both will bringto light the hidden things ofdarkness, and will make mani-fest the counsels of the hearts:and then shall every man have(#6)praise of God. (KJV)
2 Cor 8:18 And we have sentwith him the brother, whose(#6)praise is in the gospelthroughout all the churches;(KJV)
Eph 1:6 To the (#6)praise ofthe glory of his grace, whereinhe hath made us accepted in thebeloved. (KJV)
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Eph 1:12 That we should be tothe (#6)praise of his glory, whofirst trusted in Christ. (KJV)
Eph 1:14 Which is the earnestof our inheritance until theredemption of the purchasedpossession, unto the (#6)praiseof his glory. (KJV)
Phil 1:11 Being filled with thefruits of righteousness, whichare by Jesus Christ, unto theglory and (#6)praise of God.(KJV)
Phil 4:8 Finally, brethren, what-soever things are true, whatsoev-er things are honest, whatsoeverthings are just, whatsoeverthings are pure, whatsoeverthings are lovely, whatsoeverthings are of good report; ifthere be any virtue, and if therebe any (#6)praise, think onthese things. (KJV)
1 Pet 1:7 That the trial of yourfaith, being much more preciousthan of gold that perisheth,though it be tried with fire,might be found unto (#6)praiseand honour and glory at theappearing of Jesus Christ:(KJV)
1 Pet 2:14 Or unto governors,as unto them that are sent byhim for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the (#6)praise ofthem that do well. (KJV)
Definition (#7)-Praise bysinging-5214 humneo (hoom-neh’-o); from 5215; to hymn, i.e.sing a religious ode; by implica-tion, to celebrate (God) in song:KJV— sing a hymn (praiseunto).1) to sing the praise of, tosing hymns to 2) to sing a hymn,to sing.
Matt 26:30 And when they had(#7sung an hymn), they wentout into the mount of Olives.(KJV)
Acts 16:25 And at midnightPaul and Silas prayed, and(#7sang praises) unto God: andthe prisoners heard them.(KJV)
Eph 5:19 SPEAKING to your-selves in psalms and hymns andspiritual songs, (#7)singing andmaking melody in your(1)HEART to the Lord;(KJV)
Col 3:16 Let the word of Christdwell in you richly in all wis-dom; teaching and admonishingone another in psalms andhymns and spiritual songs,(#7)singing with grace in your(1)HEARTS to the Lord.(KJV)
Definition:(1)HEARTS-2588kardia (kar-dee’-ah); prolongedfrom a primary kar (Latin, cor,“heart”); the heart, i.e. (figura-tively) the thoughts or feelings
(mind); also (by analogy) themiddle: KJV— (+broken-) heart(-ed).
Heb 2:12 Saying, I will declarethy name unto my brethren, inthe midst of the church will I(#7sing praise) unto thee.(KJV)
Definition: (#8) Praise-2127eulogeo- 1) to praise, to cele-brate with praises 2) to invokeblessings 3) to consecrate athing with solemn prayers a) toask God’s blessing on a thing;from a compound of 2095 and3056; to speak well of, i.e. (reli-giously) to bless (thank orinvoke a benediction upon, pros-per): KJV— bless, praise.
Luke 1:64 And his mouth wasopened immediately, and histongue loosed, and he spake, and(#8)praised God.(KJV)
Luke 6:27 But I say unto youwhich hear, Love your enemies,do good to them which hate you,28 (#8)Bless them that curseyou, and pray for them whichdespitefully use you.(KJV)
Luke 24:53 And were continu-ally in the temple, praising and(#8)blessing God. Amen.(KJV)
Rom 12:14 (#8)Bless themwhich persecute you: bless, andcurse not.(KJV)
1 Cor 10:16 The cup of bless-ing which we (#8)bless, is it notthe communion of the blood ofChrist? The bread which webreak, is it not the communionof the body of Christ?(KJV)
James 3:8 But the tongue canno man tame; it is an unrulyevil, full of deadly poison. 9Therewith (#8)bless we God,even the Father; and therewithcurse we men, which are madeafter the similitude of God. 10Out of the same mouth pro-ceedeth blessing and cursing.My brethren, these things oughtnot so to be. 11 Doth a fountainsend forth at the same placesweet water and bitter?(KJV)
1 Pet 3:8 Finally, be ye all ofone mind, having compassionone of another, love as brethren,be pitiful, be courteous: 9 Notrendering evil for evil, or railingfor railing: but contrariwise(#8)blessing; knowing that yeare thereunto called, that yeshould inherit a blessing.(KJV)
Dear reader; this we thoughtconcluded the study on NEWTESTAMENT PRAISE, but wewere somewhat CONFUSED.We were CONFUSED, in thatmost religious organizationsplay music to RAISE theLord in their worship services.We know that the Lord is not the
author of CONFUSION, pleaseread; Cor 14:33 For God isnot the author of confusion,but of peace, as in all churchesof the saints. We also know bySCRIPTURE, that if ONE reli-gious organization, plays musicto raise the Lord in their wor-ship, then ALL MUST, in orderto be right [righteous] with God(see John 17:20-21). But, aftersearching N.T. scriptures thor-oughly, we have NOT found anyEXAMPLE, or COMMAND forthe use of MUSIC for PRAISE,or WORSHIP. ALL CHRIS-TIANS MUST speak the samething, according to the APOS-TLES doctrine. Please read; 1Cor 1:10 Now I beseech you,brethren, by the name of ourLord Jesus Christ, that ye allspeak the same thing, and thatthere be no divisions amongyou; but that ye be perfectlyjoined together in the same mindand in the same judgment. hil3:16 Nevertheless, whereto wehave already attained, let uswalk by the same rule, let usmind the same thing. 17Brethren, be followers togetherof me, and mark them whichwalk so as ye have us for anensample.(KJV)
Understanding the precedingscriptures, we continued oursearch for the TRUTH. InEph.5:19, we found singing andmaking melody IN OURHEARTS [minds] to THELORD; not singing and makingmelody WITH INSTRUMENTSto THE LORD. Those of theOne Faith, the Church thatChrist is building and is theHead of, have been instructed onhow to worship; ohn 4:23 Butthe hour cometh, and now is,when the true worshippersshall worship the Father in spir-it and in truth: for the Fatherseeketh such to worship him. 24God is a Spirit: and they thatworship him must worship himin spirit and in truth. Remember,Grace and TRUTH comes byCHRIST; John 1:17 For the lawwas given by Moses, but graceand truth came by JesusChrist. When we worship God,it MUST be by the spirit ofChrist, and the Truth of N.T.scriptures.
In searching under GRACE andTRUTH, which is the NEWTESTAMENT, where theAPOSTLES doctrine and com-mands are found, we found theword MUSIC, ONLY ONCE,and it had nothing to do withpraising the Lord or worship, asa matter of fact, it has NOTH-ING to do with the Church thatChrist is building, and is theHead of (Eph.5:22-33;Col.1:12-20; Col.2:1-23), pleaseread; Luke 15:25 Now his elderson was in the field: and as hecame and drew nigh to the
house, he heard (1)MUSICKand dancing. 26 And he calledone of the servants, and askedwhat these things meant. 27And he said unto him, Thybrother is come; and thy fatherhath killed the fatted calf,because he hath received himsafe and sound. Definition:(1)MUSICK-4858sumphonia (soom-fo-nee’-ah);from 4859; unison of sound(“symphony”), i.e. a concert ofinstruments (harmonious note):KJV— music.
Continuing our search underGRACE and TRUTH, we foundthe word PLAY, ONLY ONCE,and it had nothing to do withmusical instruments of praise orworship, but with IDOLATRY,Please read; Cor 10:6 Nowthese things were our examples,to the intent we should not lustafter evil things, as they alsolusted. 7 �either be ye idol-aters, as were some of them; asit is written, The people satdown to eat and drink, and roseup to (1)PLAY. Definition:(1)PLAY-3815paizo (paheed’-zo); from 3816;to sport (as a boy), 1) to playlike a child 2) to play, to sport,to jest 3) to give way to hilarity,especially by joking, singing, ordancing: KJV— play.
In our search of the NEW TES-TAMENT, in the apostles doc-trine, we found the wordINSTRUMENTS, ONLYTWICE, and they had nothing todo with MUSIC, nor praise orworship, but about our BODIESbeing instruments of SIN, ratherthan instruments of RIGHT-EOUSNESS, Please read;
Rom 6:12 Let not sin thereforereign in your mortal body, thatye should obey it in the luststhereof. 13 �either yield yeyour (1)MEMBERS as(2)I�STRUME�TS of unright-eousness unto sin: but yieldyourselves unto God, as thosethat are alive from the dead, andyour members as (2)I�STRU-ME�TS of righteousness untoGod. 14 For sin shall not havedominion over you: for ye arenot under the law, but undergrace. 15 What then? shall wesin, because we are not underthe law, but under grace? Godforbid. 16 Know ye not, that towhom ye yield yourselves ser-vants to obey, his servants ye areto whom ye obey; whether of sinunto death, or of obedience untorighteousness? 17 But God bethanked, that ye were the ser-vants of sin, but ye have obeyedfrom the heart that form of doc-trine which was deliveredyou.(KJV)
Definitions:(1)MEMBERS-3196 melos (mel’-os); of uncer-tain affinity; a limb or part of the
body, a member, limb: a memberof the human body; used of bod-ies given up to criminal inter-course, because they are as itwere members belonging to theharlot’s body: KJV— member.(2)I�STRUME�TS-3696hoplon (hop’-lon); probablyfrom a primary hepo (to be busyabout); an implement or utensilor tool (literally or figuratively,especially offensive for war):KJV— armour, instrument,weapon.
Reader, please note this, in oursearch of the NEW TESTA-MENT, the words PLAYED;PLAYING; PLAYER; PLAY-ERS; INSTRUMENT, wereNOT ONCE found. All of thesewere found many times underthe Law of Moses; under theLevitical priest hood; underDavid the king of Israel (underthe OLD TESTAMENT) but notONCE under GRACE andTRUTH (under the NEW TES-TAMENT) under CHRIST andHis Apostles Words, commandsand or Doctrine(John17:17-21;Acts 1:1-3; Acts 2:41-42). Inthis study there is one moreword that was found many timesin the OLD TESTAMENT, thatwas not found ONCE, in theNEW TESTAMENT, and that is I�GERS Note the definitions;
2 Chr 29:27 And Hezekiahcommanded to offer the burntoffering upon the altar. Andwhen the burnt offering began,the song of the LORD beganalso with the trumpets, and withthe instruments ordained byDavid king of Israel. 28 Andall the congregation wor-shipped, and the (#1)SI�GERSsang, and the trumpeters sound-ed: and all this continued untilthe burnt offering was fin-ished.(KJV)
Definition #1) SI�GERS-7892shier or feminine shiyrah-a songof Levitical choirs as a femi-nine noun: 2) a song; a song, anode
Ezr 7:24 Also we certify you,that touching any of the priestsand Levies, (#2)SI�GERS,porters, Nethinims, or ministersof this house of God, it shall notbe lawful to impose toll, tribute,or custom, upon them.(KJV)
(Definition #2) SI�GERS-2171seamier (Aramaic) (zam-mawr’);from the same as 2170; aninstrumental musician: KJV—singer.
�eh 10:28 And the rest of thepeople, the priests, the Levies,the porters, the (#3)SI�GERS,the Nethinims, and all they thathad separated themselves fromthe people of the lands unto thelaw of God, their wives, theirsons, and their daughters,
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every one having knowledge,and having understanding;(KJV)
(Definition #3) SI�GERS-5411Anthony (naw-theen’); orNathan (Era 8:17) (naw-thoon’)(the proper form as passive par-ticiple), from 5414; one given,i.e. (in the plural only) theNethinim, or Temple-servants(as given to that duty): KJV—Nethinims.Temple slavesassigned to the Levies andpriests for service in the sanctu-ary
1 Chr 9:33 And these are the(#4)SI�GERS, chief of thefathers of the Levies, whoremaining in the chambers werefree: for they were employed inthat work day and night.(KJV)
Ecc. 2:8 I gathered me also sil-ver and gold, and the peculiartreasure of kings and of theprovinces: I gat me men(#4)SI�GERS and women(#4)SI�GERS, and the delightsof the sons of men, as musicalinstruments, and that of all sorts.9 So I was great, and increasedmore than all that were beforeme in Jerusalem: also my wis-dom remained with me. 10 Andwhatsoever mine eyes desired Ikept not from them, I withheldnot my heart from any joy; formy heart rejoiced in all mylabor: and this was my portionof all my labor. 11 Then Ilooked on all the works that myhands had wrought, and on thelabor that I had labored to do:and, behold, all was vanity andvexation of spirit, and there wasno profit under the sun.(KJV)
(Definition #4) SI�GERS-7891shier or (the original form)shower (1 Sam. 18:6)-1) to sing2) singer, SO�GSTRESS (participle) tosing: sing (-ER, -in man, -inwoman).
Please remember, there are manyexamples of CHOIRS and spe-cial GROUP SINGERS underthe OLD LAW, but NOT ONCEunder CHRIST. We are no moreCONFUSED, for we are SCRIP-TURALLY CLEAR on the topicof New Testament Praise,authorized by CHRIST and HisApostles. For ANY MAN toimplement musical instruments,choirs and or group singing forthe Church that Jesus Christ isthe head of, is implementingERROR; simply because JESUSCHRIST through his Apostlesdidn ! Once again we are nomore CONFUSED, but we areSADDENED, that so manysouls are participating in thesethings that JESUS CHRIST hasnot put in place; that cannot befound in His APOSTLES doc-trine, commands and or exam-ples. How dare we put things inplace for our FLESHLY LUSTS
and VANITIES, and then say weare Praising The Lord, whenactually we are praising our-selves? The Apostles words areperfect, as they were guided byThe Holy Spirit. Their examplesand commands are clear andcomplete, they MUST NOT andCANNOT be amended byMAN, thereby TRULY PRAIS-ING THE LORD. How do weerror? Please Read; Matt 22:29Jesus answered and said untothem, (1)Ye do err, not knowingthe scriptures, nor the power ofGod. Definition:(1)Ye do err 4105planao (plan-ah’-o); from 4106;to (properly, cause to) roam(from safety, truth, or virtue):KJV— go astray, deceive, err,seduce, wander, to cause tostray, to lead astray, to lead asidefrom the right way, 2) metaphor-ically: a) to lead away from thetruth, to lead into error and sin,c) to be led aside from the pathof virtue, to go astray, to sin d)to sever or fall away from thetruth; used of heretics.
SINGING is what theApostles doctrine teach, NOTSINGERS. The requirements forsinging in the Apostles doc-trine, is different than those ofsingers. The Apostles require-ments for singing, as they wereguided by the Holy Spirit, arethese Col. 3:16 Let the word ofChrist dwell in you richly in allwisdom; teaching and admon-ishing one another in psalmsand hymns and spiritual songs,singing with grace in your heartsto the Lord. These require-ments are SPIRITUAL. Therequirements for singers [choirsand group singers], in the reli-gious world today, are these: onemust be able to sing as requiredby the group or group leaders.One must be able to sound goodto the ear; one must NOT betone deaf (in other words be ableto hit a note), one must be ableto perform. Lastly one must beable to ook the part If onedoesn meet these require-ments, he or she cannot be apartof this esteemed group, put inplace by man; and these require-ments are CARNAL.
There are those that proclaim tobe of the One Faith that partici-pates in these GROUP singings,competing one against the other:voting for best group, and oralbum. One group not soundingso well to the ear is shown dis-approval; by being applaudedless and even those getting upand walking out on their per-formance. It has been said, theother group SATISFYING THEEAR, is shown approval bymuch applause, and then mostsadly, some by money beingthrown on the stage. This is ALLCARNAL, FLESHLY, WORLD-LY and VAIN which is not of
the FATHER, but is of theWORLD (Rom.8:5-9; James4:4-10; 1John2:15-17)! Thosethat continue in these things andthose that FELLOWSHIP them,are not of the Father, becausethese things are NOT OFCHRIST and His Apostles(2Thes.3:6). Please consider thiscarefully. Those that are notgood enough to meet your flesh-ly, carnal requirements, are theynot your brothers and sisters?Don you think to be told that ou are not good enough might hurt them? Thank God,they are not good enough to par-ticipate in ERROR! Howeverthey are good enough to singpraises to the Lord, as instruct-ed by the APOSTLES DOC-TRINE (Matt.28:20; Acts2:41-42), if they have put on Christ inbaptism, according to scripture;and have let the word of Christdwell in them richly in all wis-dom.
We must not reject the words ofthe Lord: John 12:48 e thatrejecteth me, and receiveth notmy words, hath one that judgethhim: the word that I have spo-ken, the same shall judge him inthe last day. Not walking in theorder of the Apostles will resultin certain circumstances, whichMUST be carried out by those ofthe One Faith. Please read care-fully; I Th 3:6 Now we com-mand you, brethren, in the nameof our Lord Jesus Christ, thatye (1)withdraw yourselvesfrom every brother that(2)walketh (3)disorderly, andnot after the (4)tradition whichhe received of us. 7 For your-selves know how ye ought tofollow us: for we behaved notourselves disorderly amongyou; Definitions:(1)withdraw your-selves-4724 stello (stel’-lo);
properly, to set fast (“stall”), i.e.(figuratively) to repress (reflex-ively, abstain from associatingwith): KJV— avoid, withdraw-self; to remove oneself, todepart; to abstain from familiarintercourse with one.(2)walketh-4043 peripateo-towalk: Hebrew for, to live, toregulate one’s life, to conductoneself, to pass one’s life(3)disorderly-814 ataktos-dis-orderly, out of ranks (often so ofsoldiers) deviating from the pre-scribed order or rule (4)tradi-tion-3862 paradosis (par-ad’-os-is); from 3860; transmission, i.e.(concretely) a precept; KJV—ordinance, tradition.
Note here the apostles Paul,John and our Lord and SaviourJesus Christ; 2 Cor 13:5(1)Examine yourselves,whether ye be in the faith;prove your own selves. Know yenot your own selves, how thatJesus Christ is in you, except yebe (2)reprobates?(KJV)
Definitions:(1)Examine your-selves-3985 peirazo (pi-rad’-zo); from 3984; to test (objec-tively), i.e. endeavor, scrutinize,discipline: KJV— assay, exam-ine, go about, prove, try.(2)reprobates 96 adokimos (ad-ok’-ee-mos); from 1 (as a nega-tive particle) and 1384; unap-proved, i.e. rejected; by impli-cation, worthless (literally ormorally): KJV— castaway.
I Jn 4:5 They are of the world:therefore speak they of theworld, and the world heareththem.6 We are of God: he thatknoweth God heareth us; he thatis not of God heareth not us.Hereby know we the spirit oftruth, and the spirit of error.Thanks again for your interest inthe WORD of TRUTH; GRACE
and SALVATION; John 17:17-21; Acts 20:29-32; James1:21-25. After all it is our MAP toHEAVEN, and away fromHELL!
Now here is a SCARY thought,let not this be our end becauseof MAN interpretations andtraditions; att 7:21 �ot everyone that saith unto me, Lord,Lord, shall enter into the king-dom of heaven; but he that doeththe will of my Father which isin heaven. 22 Many will say tome in that day, Lord, Lord, havewe not prophesied in thy name?and in thy name have cast outdevils? and in thy name donemany wonderful works? 23 Andthen will I profess unto them, Inever knew you: depart fromme, ye that work iniquity. 24Therefore whosoever heareththese sayings of mine, and doeththem, I will liken him unto awise man, which built his houseupon a rock: Matt 25:41 Thenshall he say also unto them onthe left hand, Depart from me,ye cursed, into everlasting fire,prepared for the devil and hisangels: Remember, the purpose of thesearticles is to share with yousome scriptural truths, therebyexposing error, as we search forWhat is Truth Again, webelieve through the PREPON-DERANCE OF SCRIPTURE(which is having superiorweight, force, importance, orinfluence of SCRIPTURE) anddefinitions on any topic, allowsSCRIPTURE TO INTERPRETSCRIPTURE. This should alsoallow for a better understandingon that topic.
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PRECIOUS is Time. Therefore while you have
time, use it to learn and do Gods Commandments
for at the end of life is pay time and your pay will
be according as your work has been. You will find
in 2 Corinthians 5:10 the following: “For we must
all appear before the judgement seat of Christ,
that everyone may recive the things done in his
body according to that he hath done, whether it
be good or evil.” You will find in John 15:14. “Ye
are my friends if ye do whatsoever I command
you.” Solomon said in Proverbs 1:5 “A wise man
will hear and will increase learning, and a man of
understanding will attain unto wise counsel.”
How shall we escape if we neglect to great
Salvation: Hebrew 2:1-3 Salvation is to be worked
out. It will not work itself out; God will not work
it out for us. �o one can work it out for us. It is
the duty of man to work out his own salvation.
How! With fear and trembling. Phil. 2:12. Pray
fervently, attend the Lord’s Day Worship, Be on
time, Take active part in Singing, Teaching of God
Word, Giving as we prosper and taking the
Lord’s Supper with death.
THE CHURCH OF CHRISTWas founded by Christ Matt 16:18 he bought it.
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TO THOSE ON THE OUTSIDEDEAR SINNER HEED THIS CALL
PLAN OF SALVATIONATTENTION
There are five steps in The Divine Plan ofSalvation1. HEAR Mark 12:29, Matthews 7:21: Luke 6:4-62. BELIEVE John 20:31, Acts 16:31,
Romans 10:17, Hebrews 11:63. REPENT Luke 13:3, Acts 17:314. CONFESS Matthews 10:32 Acts 8:37,
Romans 10:9-105. BAPTISM Mark 16:15-16, Acts 2:28, 22:16
CHARITY
BROTHERLY
GODLINESS
PATIENCE
TEMPERANCE
KNOWLEDGE
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Fort Worth, Texas-Before a
record crowd of more than 600
people, the Prairie View
Interscholastic League Coaches
Association held their annual
Hall of Fame and Hall of Honor
banquet. People from all over
the country crammed in the
Radisson Fossil Creek Hotel to
the degree that some people
actually had to be turned away.
This is a far cry from 29 years
ago when I joined the organiza-
tion and only 25 people showed
up. Over the years, the organi-
zation has grown in leaps and
bounds and many are interested
in honoring those who played
before integration and were
there to see to they get their just
due. With all that said the task
at hand for Robert Brown, who
is the board chairman, a bigger
place is certainly in order.
To start the group mourned the
loss of Weldon Baker of SPHS
in San Antonio who passed
away on November 20, 2010,
Vincent Rachel of M.C.
Williams who passed on
December 12, 2010 and Eglon
Jurl Wright Jr. of Sherman,
Texas in May of 2011.
MICHAEL W. ASHLEY-He
started playing varsity football
in the 8th grade because there
was no middle school ball for
him. He went on to star at
Kashmere High School and has
been inducted into the school’s
Hall of Fame. Ashley went on to
attend Southern University and
has since operated Conoco and
Texaco service states as well as
Mr. A’s club in Houston. Mike
and his wife Mattie R. Ashley
have three children (Dwayne,
Keith and Kenneth and they
have five grand children.
CHARLES ‘CHUCK’ BEATTY-
He started out at Turner High
School in Waxahachie, Texas,
Beatty was a two way football
player and rushed for 1,000
yards and was one of the hardest
hitting middle linebackers. He
made all-district on both sides of
the ball and he also played bas-
ketball for the school which
went to state. For ten times
Beatty was elected to the
Waxahachie City Council and he
served as mayor of the city for a
record five terms. A widower,
Beatty has two children (Lauren
Odette Lacey, Charles B. Beatty
and one granddaughter Emory
Odette Lacey whom he enjoys
spending time with.
BEN L. CAVIL-He’s a graduate
of Booker T. Washington in
Conroe, Texas; Cavil played
both football and baseball and
was a member of the 1961 AA
state finalist team. All this was
under the leadership of the leg-
endary Charles Brown. Cavil
went to receive his BS degree
from P.V. and later received his
masters from Texas Southern
University in 1975. He added
extra studies at the UH Clear
Lake
Ben went on to spend 31years in
the LaMarque ISD and moved
all the way to being assistant
superintendent before retiring in
June of 2001. He and his wife
Delores have two sons and one
daughter along with five won-
derful grandchildren. On
Sundays you’’ find them over at
McKinney Memorial United
Methodist Church where Mr.
Cavil is the treasurer.
WILLIAM E. DENMAN-I’d
better make that Pastor William
E. Denman who grew up in
Conroe and attended BTW High
School and was known as crowd
pleaser. Playing football and
baseball, Denman was a corner-
back on the 1965 state champi-
onship team that went unbeaten
and a short stop on the state title
winning baseball team in 1967.
He graduated and moved over to
Wiley College and was drafted
by the United States Armed
Forces in 1968. Denman went
on to complete his distinguished
service in Viet Nam where he
was a Purple Heart Recipient.
Upon coming home, Denman
became the third black postal
carrier in Conroe, Texas and
spent the next 27 years working
in that capacity. It was then the
Lord called him to preach full
time and received his Bachelor
of Theology from Conroe Bible
College and founded Temple of
Faith, a non-denomination
church in Conroe in 1990.
Married 40 years to minister
Ruby Jewel Williams-Denman
and the couple have one son
(Minister Eric T. Denman).
ROBERT L. DICKSON II-With
a nick-name “Bo”, Dickson is a
graduate of A.W., Jackson High
School in Rosenberg, Texas.
Being trustworthy, Dickson kept
score for the basketball team and
threw the shot put in track and
field. After high school he
attended TSU and then UH
before receiving his BS in engi-
neering electronics and went to
work for the Johnson Space
Center, and held the position of
senior engineer and retired in
1988. Robert and his wife
Robbie A. Dickson are co own-
ers of Dixie Hardware Plumbing
and Electrical Inc. The couple
has two children (Natalie and
Robert III and three grandchil-
dren.
EARNEST FEGGINS- He was
raised in Willie, Texas and
attended A. R. Turner until inte-
gration came and then to Willis
for his senior year. The three
sport letterman helped coach
Julius Shanklin teams win the
state football title at Turner in
1967. Earnest went into the serv-
ice in 1971 and then went to
Massey Business College and
majored in accounting. In 2009
he retired from Smith
International and spends time
working on his old Buick
Rivera. Married to Sammie
Fisher-Feggins for 41 years and
they have one son (Garwin
Feggins) and three grandchil-
dren.
THE LATE PAUL GIPSON-He
was born in Jacksonville, Texas
Paul Gipson played on both
sides of the ball for BTW in
Conroe. Under Charles Brown,
Gipson was quarterback, full-
back, running back and line-
backer using his 6 feet 208
pounds which made him a fierce
competitor. He joined Elvin
Hayes and three others as the
only five blacks at the
University of Houston. Gipson
was All-American and rushed
for 229 yards on 29 carries
against Georgia which was then
a record. Gipson was taken in
the 2nd round of the 1969 draft
by the Atlanta Falcons. He also
played for Detroit Lions and the
New England Patriots as well as
a brief stint in the WFL Texans.
Earl Thompson received the
award for the late legend Paul
Gipson.
OSCAR GENE GREENWOOD
SR.-He played both fullback and
linebacker for the Bulldogs of
Booker T. Washington in Conroe
Greenwood also was a pretty
good center fielder for the Dogs
baseball team. After graduating
Oscar joined the military and
played runinngback at TSU. He
spent 20 years at Amoco
Chemical Company and when
he retired he founded MEG
Services Distribution and
remains active today.
While at TSU he met and mar-
ried Mary Malone his wife of 40
years and they have two children
and one grandchild.
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SPENCER HARRIS III-He wasborn in Gilmer, Texas andattended Paul Laurence DunbarHigh School. Harris played cen-ter and was all city and all-dis-trict and second team all-state.They lost to Jack Yates 18-15 inthe closing minutes. Holding aBS degree from Texas ChristianUniversity in Chemistry andMath, Harris enjoys officiatingU.S.A. track and field meets andhas worked some of the coun-try’s biggest events. Thisincludes the 1984 and 1996Olympics in L.A. and Atlantarespectfully. Spencer and hiswife Taffeta have one daughterJennifer who was a three-timeAll-American at Angelo State intrack.
CLAUDE E. HARVEY- A 1966graduate of A. R. Turner HighSchool and P.V. Harvey playedfootball, basketball and rantrack. He went on to play profootball for both the HoustonOilers and Philadelphia Eagles.The talented Harvey went on towork for GMAC and did a greatjob of handling bankruptcy andhas spent the past 12 yearsworking for JP Morgan Chase.He is also considered one of thetop performers in the bankingindustry.
THE LATE ROY LEE “COOK-IE” HOPKINS-He was gentle-man and a scholar along as asalutatorian of his 1963 class ofBruce High School in Gilmer,Texas. Hopkins played at TSUunder the legendary AlexanderDurley and is still number 10 onthe school all-time rushing list.
Cookie went on to break manyof the schools marks and in1965he had 12 rushing touchdownsand 16 receiving scores, plussome of the school best perform-ances. This landed him a 2nd
round pick of the Houston Oilersin 1967. He retired from theNFL four years later in 1971.Sadly Roy passed away inNovember 1996 leaving a wifeBonnie and two children Mitraand Damion who had the toughtask of accepting the award forhis father. Damion told thecrowd he too has a son and henamed him Roy after his fatherand is very proud to stand beforethe more than 600 peoplepacked in the hotel.
LEON KING-Nicknamed ‘BiteyBubba’, King is a 1956 graduateof Lincoln High School inDallas, Texas. A three yearstarter at offensive end and all-district linebacker, he returnedkicks in his spare time and was atri-captain of the 1955 PVILstate finalist team. He also rantrack but declined a scholarship
in music to Lincoln Universityand football scholarship toColorado. He helped break theracial barrier as he was one ofthe first two blacks to play forNorth Texas State College. Kingled his team in receiving as afreshman and was second inscoring and third in totalyardage. Named All MissouriValley Conference second teamhe later received his Doctoratein Secondary Administrationfrom Nova SouthwesternUniversity in 1980.
They even named a scienceclassroom for him at LincolnHigh School and inducted himinto the Texas Black Sports Hallof Fame in 1999. King is amember of St. Paul BaptistChurch and serves as deacon. Hemarried his high school sweet-heart Claudia Hooper and thecouple had three sons (onedeceased) along with four grand-children and three great grand-sons.
FRANK MOANING-He was aman of many championshipsstarting with the baseball title in1960 and later he was the full-back on the football team thatwon the title. All of this hap-pened for Moaning while atBooker T., Washington inConroe, Texas. But Frank wasnot done because in 1963 he wason a national championship teamwith the P.V. Panthers of the lateBilly Nicks. Only the time spentin Viet Nam stopped him fromwinning because P V won anoth-er title after he was drafted.Moaning and his wife of 46years Charlyne have one son,
three grandchildren and onegreat grandson.
RATHERS “R.A.” ALVINNORWOOD-He’s an Austinnative graduated from L.C.Anderson in 1961. Thanks to hisathletic skills, Norwood earned ascholarship to TSU and was thestarting flex/tight-end. After col-lege he acquired a real estatebroker’s license in NorthernCalifornia and attended lawschool and pursued an MBA. Hestill jogs, plays golf along withhis Kappa Alpha Fraternity fromcollege and works six months ofthe year in California and theother six months in Texas. OnSundays you’ll find Norwoodand his son down at WheelerAvenue Baptist Church or on thewest coast at Church of theGood Shepherd in Oakland,California.
GEORGE A. RICHARDSON-He lettered three years at A.R.Turner and took his team to thesemi-finals in 1965. Born inConroe and grew up in Willis,Richardson was a member of thelast all-black class to graduatefrom Turner; they went out asstate champions. George wenton to attend Jarvis ChristianCollege in Hawkins, Texas andmajored in history. He later wentto work for Rapid Transit inHouston and spent 36 years withthe bus company. George andhis wife Nabaska Jane have onedaughter and one granddaughter.
ROBERT SMITH-He’s a JasperTexas native and a J. H RoweHigh School graduate. Smith
played four years of football andbasketball and ran track for theschool. In his spare time he wasalso a pole vaulter. He passed onthe scholarship offers he had andfurthered his education at LaneyJr., College in Oakland,California. He majored in com-puter science and later landed acareer at General Motors wherehe worked 33 years.
JOHNNY TARDY-He is a B CElmore graduate. Johnny Tardylettered in three sports (footballbasketball and track and wascaptain on all three teams. In1961 Tardy was a member of the440 yard relay team that set anational record at the BaytownRelays. In 1962 he received afull scholarship to TSU as aquarterback. In 1965 Tardysigned with the Houston Oilersas a defensive back and laterwent to the Detroit Lions andthe Washington Redskins.Johnny and his wife of 33 years(Mildred) have six children. Heserves as a deacon at Mt.Canaan Missionary BaptistChurch in Houston, Texas.
JOHN ANTHONY TRUITTJR.-He starred at quarterback atL.C. Anderson High School inAustin, Texas Truitt received all-district honors. He moved toSouthern California and is activein Pop Warner football leaguesfor young males. Later Truittmoved back to Austin and start-ed a small business. John and hiswife of 27 years (MildredWashington-Truitt have fivesons.
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MICHAEL WILLIAMS-Willis
Texas is where it all started for
Michael as he went to become
an all-district back. He also
made all-district on A.R. Turner
during the 67-68 year and was
voted Mr. Willis High School.
BILLY EARL BEASLEY-He
attended Fisher High School in
Athens, Texas and played in
three straight PVIL state basket-
ball tournaments. He scored 99
points and was all-state in both
1959 and 1960. Beasley moved
on to P.V. and played basketball
for four years before serving in
Viet Nam as a Military
Policeman in the sixties. He later
received his BS degree from UT
and a mid-management degree
from Stephen F. Austin
University in Nacogdoches,
Texas. Currently Billy and his
wife (Delores) of 40 years have
four children and five grandchil-
dren ad live in Chandler, Texas.
JAMES C. “JIMMY” GALES-
He is a Fort Worth native who
played for I. M Terrell where he
was under the leadership of the
great Robert Hughes He won on
one of those championship
teams and the captain in 1959.
Among his coaching stops is
South Oak Cliff from 1972-75
and an assistant at North Texas
from 1975-83 and took over the
program from 1976-1983 win-
ning 134 games with only 85
losses. At North Texas from
1986 until 94, closing out his
career at Madison High School
in the Houston I.S.D. retiring in
2005. Gales and his wife
Johnnie Crosby-Gales have three
children and five grandchildren.
JOHN ‘JUMPING JOHNNY’
HIGHTOWER-He was inspired
by his parent Daisy and David
Hightower. ‘Jumping Johnny’
played three positions on the
BTW Eagles basketball team.
He was captain from 1953-55
helping the 55 team hand the
Wheatley Wildcats who won the
state that year their only loss.
While standing only 6 feet tall,
Hightower had such leaping
ability he actually could play
center. His middle school coach
was the legendary James “Bo”
Humphery who called him the
best athlete he has ever seen.
Choosing a career as a real
estate broker and investor, John
attended both TSU and P V. He
is a widower and has five chil-
dren and six grandchildren.
DR. JESSE H. HURST II-He
graduated from Jack Yates in
1959. Jesse Hurst was his senior
class president. Earlier he had
helped the Yates Lions baseball
team win the PVIL state baseball
title in 1956-57 and 58. Hurst
received scholarships in football
and baseball to Oklahoma State
University and he went to
receive his BS. Then he contin-
ued his education by receiving
his masters from the University
of Oklahoma and Prairie View
and a doctorate in higher educa-
tion administration from Texas
Southern University. In addition
to this Hurst enterer the Army in
1963 and toured with the 12th
group Special Forces and after
two years in Viet Nam he was
ranked second lieutenant.
Having worked with such coach-
ing legends as the late Hoover
Wright of P.V. Bill Yoeman and
Guy Lewis of the UH and
Walter Highsmith of TSU, Hurst
is currently working at Health
and Kinesiology department as
an assistant Professor at TSU.
Jesse and his wife Carol E.
Hurst have four children. Each
time I’m at the H and P E Arena
he always greets me with a
smile.
BERRILYN BRANCH-She fin-
ished up at Jack Yates in 1959.
Berrilyn was not only a swim-
ming and tennis star but the edit-
ing chief of the Lion year book.
Teaming with Carolyn Sue
Kemper-Smith to win the state
double championship, Berrilyn
has her share of trophies. In
1963 Branch received her BS
degree in Chemistry from
Lincoln University. She returned
to Houston in 1965 and began a
long career starting out at Baylor
College of Medicine. From
1967-2001 she did research;
Anatomy Department of the
UCLA School of medicine
resulting in peer-reviewed pub-
lished papers and abstracts.
In 2010 Branch volunteered for
the Barack Obama Campaign
and often visits her family and
friends in Houston, Texas.
JUNELL SIMS DRISDALE-
She began at Plum, Texas and
then moving on to LaGrange.
Drisdale wound up La Marque.
There she ran track for Lincoln
High Colored School and she
also played basketball. Going all
the way to state in 1958 she ran
the 50 yard dash, 100 yard dash,
and the mile relay. Junell
enrolled at P.V. and worked as a
student helper at the PVIL state
events while doing her under-
graduate work. Getting her BS
degree in Physical Education she
taught more than 30 years for
the Houston ISD. Junell became
the third period teacher in P E.
in elementary school, while her
husband was the first. Junell and
the late Charles Drisdale have
four children, nine grandchildren
and one great grandson. We
want to wish Mrs. Drisdale the
best of luck as she recovers and
we know the folks at St. Paul
Missionary Baptist Church will
be praying for her!
OLIVER EUGENE JENKINS
SR.-He comes from a big family
of 11 children. The energetic
Oliver took a liking to sports
early in life. While at BTW in
1955-58 Oliver was the captain
on the football and track teams,
helping his teams to state for
three straight years. Considers
one of the best players from 4th
ward, Oliver was often referred
to as ‘Lightening’ and won many
races to prove it. He moved on
to P.V. where he continued to
shine on the track while major-
ing in industrial food education.
ALVIN ‘DOBY’ RICHARD-
SON-He was born in Houston
but moved to Baytown. Alvin
would go on to star at George
Washington Carver playing three
sports for four years. His events
included broad jumping, shot put
and the discus in track; and he
also played on the Carver bas-
ketball team that made the state
finals before bowing out to
Lubbock-Dunbar. But he was a
member on the Carver 1955
PVIL state championship foot-
ball team. After that he went to
Drake University but soon mar-
ried and dropped out to support
his family. But a year later Alvin
received a track scholarship
from P.V. and worked nights to
support his family and later took
a scholarship from TSU and
teamed with hurdler Barney
Allen. After college Alvin
worked for Todd Shipyard for
nine years before moving to
Mobay (Bayer) Chemical
Company a couple years and
then Arco Chemical Loxirane
Chemical company before mov-
ing to Rolling where he worked
as transportation manager until
he retired.
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ERNEST COY ST. JULIAN-He
was born in Liberty, Texas and
shared a home with seven broth-
ers Ernest was destined to be
special. He was a member of
George Washington Carver’s
1959 track and field state cham-
pionship team. The same year he
was 120 yard high hurdle (14.5)
and the 180 yard low hurdles
(19.7) PVIL State Champion. St.
Julian also ran a 43.7 440 yard
dash for the title. In 1960 Ernest
was Class AA high point man
scoring 24 points at the PVIL
state meet. He went on to play
key role in Carver winning in
both 1959 and 1960.
After graduating, St. Julian
attended Grambling College and
then joined the Army for two
years. Following his tour of duty
he married Anita M. Edwards
and they have been together for
48 years and have eight children.
One of which was speaking for
him because the last stroke had
left him almost speechless. His
daughter was also an All-SWAC
at Alcorn State just as he was
All-SWAC at Grambling. The
smile on his face told the entire
story. When you consider all the
inductees Mr. St. Julian was cer-
tainly the most interesting.
ALBERT WHEATFALL-He is
another George Washington
Carver graduate in 1960; Albert
led his team to the state PVIL
title in 1958. In 1959 he was the
100 and 200 yard state champi-
on as his team won the PVIL
track title also. Wheatfall went
on to attend Lincoln University
in Missouri and in 1962 was
voted MVP of the Midwest
Athletic Association for his run-
ning of the 100 200 and 440
yard relay races.
THE LATE WILLIE FRANK
DEARION- He grew up in
Gladewater, Texas. Dearion was
an outstanding football player
and track star at Weldon High
School. Dearion went on to P.V.
where he again excelled in both
sports while receiving his BS
degree and Masters as well. In
1968 he was drafted by the
Chicago Bears and after leaving
the NFL he spent ten as assistant
at Roosevelt High School in the
Dallas I.S.D. He later became
the head coach there and went to
win seven district titles and 123
games against 51 losses and had
one tie. He was inducted in the
Texas Black Sports Hall of
Fame. His daughter Shante
received the award in his honor.
He and his wife, Ruth A., also
have another daughter, Monica,
and a grandson.
EARL ‘ZIP’ JOHNSON- He
says the ‘Zip’ means he was so
fast on the track field. Johnson
was a four sport participate at
Booker T. Washington and the
top spring in the city and the
state in 1952. He won titles in
the 100 and 200 dashes and was
the third leading scorer in the
state. They were runner-ups to
the Wheatley Wildcats. After
BTW, Johnson attended P.V.
earning his BS degree and last
his Masters in counseling and
guidance. He had a well rounded
coaching career in Coleman
I.S.D., and Weimar I.S.D. where
his boys’ tennis team won dis-
trict and were state runner-up.
His basketball teams won dis-
trict but lost in the state semi-
finals. From 1961 through 1976
Johnson was at B.C. Elmore in
North Forest I.S.D. With 46
years as an educator Johnson
spend time at Kirby and
Northwood Middle Schools
before retiring in 2002. For the
past 54 years Earl has been mar-
ried to Gloria D, Parker and they
have three children (Earl Jr. Gail
Marie Armstrong and Angela
Faye Johnson) and they have
two grandchildren (Kevin
Lofton Jr. and Thomas D.
Armstrong III-who is also the
son of KCOH radio personality
Tommy D. Armstrong heard on
Saturdays from 2:00 until 6:00
PM.
MORRIS JOHNSON-A
Corsicana native, Johnson
attended Huston-Tillotson
University and Sam Houston
State University with a BS and
Masters in Chemistry and
Education. He went on to
become the principal of Samuel
Walter Houston Elementary
School as they won the
Successful School Award of the
year in 2002. Morris is a mem-
ber of First Missionary Baptist
Church and is chairman of the
budget committee and the dea-
con board. In 2008 Johnson was
voted the Citizen of the Year of
Huntsville Walker-County. He
and his wife Blossie have one
daughter Marcette Bracken.
GENE LESLIE SAMPSON SR.-
H was born in Bastrop County
and attended Emile High School.
Sampson played football, ran
track and participated on the
debate tams for three years. He
joined the Baptist Church at an
early age and also married Doris
DeShay; they have three chil-
dren. He worked while attending
Huston-Tillotson College in
Austin. He graduated in 1962
and when to work at Mary A.
Brown High School as head
coach of girls and boys basket-
ball. His boys were state runner-
up in 1964 and football state
champs in 1963. He went on to
coach pee wee football and won
the championship in 1974.
JULIUS SHANKLIN-He’s a
Wharton Texas native. Julius
graduated from Wharton
Training High School as an
excellent student and athlete. He
lettered in football, basketball,
baseball and track. He was noted
for carrying a book in one hand
and a ball in the other. After
high school, Shanklin served
two years in the United States
Army and used the GI Bill to
attend P.V. He played basketball
and baseball while working on
his BA degree in P E and a
minor in Biology.
Shanklin married Hazel Ruth
Allen and they have two chil-
dren. He retired in 1999 and
enjoys a little golf as well as
helping out his church Antioch
Baptist Church. He also serves
as the Vice-President of the
Montgomery County Chapter of
the P.V. A &M University
Alumni.
EDGAR STAFFORD-He attend-
ed George Washington Carver in
Baytown in 1958 where he was
an all-state back on the state
championship team. Stafford
went on to P.V. and played three
years. After graduating from P V
in 1965, he began teaching and
coaching at Key Middle School
in Houston, Texas. Stafford
retired from Jefferson Davis
High School in 2005.
ROBERT L. STRAYHAN-He
was born in Jasper, Texas but
graduated from Jack Yates in
1942; Robert played on Wiley
College 1945 Negro National
Championship ship team along
with Coach Johnny Peoples.
Getting a BS in PE in 1947,
Strayhan served in the Army
from 1948-52 and came to
Baytown in 1952 to work with
Johnny Peoples who served with
him in the Korean War. They
worked together for 15 years
and won three PVIL state foot-
ball championships. Working
with boys’ basketball, Strayhan’s
team won five district titles and
made four state tournament
appearances. For 55 years
Robert has been married to
Pinkie J. and they have two sons
Robert C. Strayhan M.D. and
Allan H,. Strayhan. The couple
has five grandchildren. He
retired in 1989 and his nephew
James Smith received the award
in his honor. He quickly told the
audience about Strayhan famous
saying “A quitter NEVER
WINS, A winner NEVER
QUITS”.
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CLIFTON WILLIAMS-He
comes from Lincoln High
School in Palestine, Texas,
where he won the district and
played for the state title in 1952,
where they came up short 0-6 to
Amarillo. After high school,
Williams went to Texas College
and played football there four
years. He earned his BD degree
and later earned his Masters
from Lamar University.
Williams started coaching and
wound up in Jasper where they
won the PVIL football state
championship in 1967. He went
on to become an assistant
Principal at Jasper Middle
School and retired 14 years later.
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Representatives from the
Houston Independent School
District, family and friends of
James Wilbur “Bo” Humphery
were on hand to dedicate the
library of the Gregory-Lincoln
Education Center in his honor.
Coach Humphery, who taught
and coached at Gregory-Lincoln
for 8 years; stated that “he was
extremely excited and proud to
be honored in such a manner”.
While interviewing Coach
Humphery, he gave me a history
lesson on the Gregory-Lincoln
Education Center, Gregory
Elementary School, and the his-
toric 4th Ward. Coach
Humphery also gave me some
insight on how God blessed him
to receive this great honor. He
began by telling me that “he was
born in Galveston Texas, and
when his mother told him they
were going to move to Houston,
he cried mainly, because he did-
n’t want to move away from the
beach. Once in Houston, he
managed to settle in and made
his way to Booker T.
Washington High School. Upon
graduating in 1948, he received
a scholarship to play football at
Texas College, he later trans-
ferred to Texas Southern
University, where as a student
teacher, he was assigned to
Booker T. Washington High
School. Coach Humphery
“added that he did such a great
job as a student teacher, he was
offered a job to teach science
and coach football”. Coach
Humphery was offered another
opportunity to move to a brand
new school in 1968, the name of
the school was Abraham Lincoln
and it was a junior and senior
high school. He remained there
until 1976. He left to become
the head football coach at Jones
High School, in doing so he
became the first black head foot-
ball coach to replace a white
head football coach in the
Houston Independent School
District.
Coach Humphery added that “he
is the oldest tenured member of
Friendship Missionary Baptist
Church, which is also located in
4th Ward”. He told me “the
young lady responsible for this
great honor is Gladys M.
House”; she was Ms. Lincoln in
1975 and was one of his best
tennis players. Coach Humphery
thanked God for guiding his
pathways for 82 years and his
family for being so supportive
throughout his career. He was
also proud to have the Booker T.
Washington Alumni Association
present at the dedication. Arnold
Hightower, a life member of the
BTWAA stated that, “this was
one of our finest moments” to
have one of own receive such a
great honor is a win for Coach
Humphery, this great school,
HISD, and BTWAA.
Dr. Victor Keys reporting for A
KING-SIZE VIEW
The Honoree CoachJames Wilbur “Bo” Humphery
By Dr. Victor Keys
A King-Size View
WWW.KINGSIZEVIEW.COM Coach Kirby Jones and James Wilbur “Bo” Humphery
The entrance to the James Wilbur “Bo” Humphery library at theGregory- Lincoln Education Center
- All pictures were taken by Arnold Hightower
Fort Worth, Texas-Starting out
by his father at age 12 Rodney
Jones while at Forest Meadow
Jr. high school Rodney built a
strong family foundation.
Having an older brother running
with him was also a plus. The
family later moved to Lancaster,
Texas and Rodney then went to
the school known for its great
track and field teams. During his
sophomore year he was part of
the relay team that won the state
title. His team went on to win
the state class 4A title again this
year.
Rodney is a God fearing young
man and is the son of Latori and
Rodney Jones. The family
attends Ambassadors for Christ
Cultural Ministry Church.
Rodney plans to participate in
summer track and this fall he
plans to choose between Sam
Houston State or Texas Christian
University to run track and
major in Psychology.
When taking the podium at the
PVILCA Annual Hall of Fame
banquet, Rodney firs thanked
God for all his help in making
him into the young man he is
today. He went on to thank his
family for being there for him
and the PVILCA for honoring
him as their male student athlete
of the year.
Thank award comes with a small
scholarship and that should
when Rodney enters school this
fall.
By King Arthur Prayther
A King-Size View
Rodney Jones in action-family file photo
RODNEY JONES: DALLAS-LANCASTER
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
HISD NAMES THE GREGORY-LINCOLN EDUCATION CENTER LIBRARY IN HONOR OF COACH JAMES WILBUR “BO” HUMPHERY
July 2011 A King-Size View Page 18
I look forward to July each year
as the Texas High School
Coaches Association meets to
start a brand new year. Yes foot-
ball season is a blink away from
starting and my juices are boil-
ing at this time. But it also
means another hall of fame cele-
bration for the Priaire View
Interscholastic League Coaches
Association. Yes that old organi-
zation formed because of segre-
gation in public school in Texas.
So many of our great coaches
played and coached during those
years nod their stories are inspir-
ing to say the least. I’ve watched
the luncheon grow and it
appears it’s just getting bigger
each year. We at a KING SIZE
VIEW are humbled to be a part
of this and it’s a time to dress to
impress, shake hands and greet
as many people as possible. To
see men and women with their
family, friends and former play-
ers honor them is a sight to
behold. I enjoy our editor in
chief King Arthur Prayther as
master of ceremony. He stated to
me a long time ago,’ Big John,
don’t tell anyone this, but I get a
big kick of this myself’. I love
to listen to those old war stories;
I wonder what the Texas High
School record books state if seg-
regation never existed? But
maybe the will to be the best on
and off the field would have
been instilled into my generation
if these men and women never
experienced life as it was in the
30’s thru the 60’s. I guess the
one major event that I will carry
with me for the rest of my life
was when Dr. Charles Breithaupt
of the University Interscholastic
League was guest speaker at the
hall fame luncheon several years
ago. He told the story of meeting
the late Donald Grace and said if
the PVILCA records could be
found and verified, they would
be incorporated into the Texas
High School record books. The
PVILCA had attempted for sev-
eral years to do thru the THSCA
but were denied time and time
again. But this time they were
sure the records would be
accepted. And that afternoon
before the largest crowd at that
time for the banquet, Breithoupt
announced that the PVILCA
records had been reviewed and
those records would be included
in the Texas High School record
books. A stunned crowd some
weeping gave Dr. Breithaupt a
standing ovation. It was moment
that I will never forget. That
brings me to this moment. The
PVILCA is growing but it needs
more members. We must teach
our young athletes about the sac-
rifice so many have made to
improve our quality of life. We
must tell these stories so as
many of our old warriors fade
into the sunset their life stories
don’t become a forgotten time in
our rich history. We must help to
keep Donald Grace, Jap Jones
and so many of our past coaches
dream of a hall of fame building
live and well and see to it that it
is completed. We owe so much
to these dear men and women
who didn’t allow their skin color
prevent them from becoming
great athletes and even greater
people we all look up to today.
We must keep this organization
vibrant and growing.
That’s just the way I see it!
PS-The 2011 High School
Football season begin in just a
month. We’ll help kick off open-
ing week with the
Booker/Bryant Classic featur-
ing Jack Yates vs. Booker T.
Washington Saturday August 27
2011 at 6:00 pm Delmar
Stadium. Thanks to Fiesta, it
will be a great night to start the
football season. And of course A
KING SIZE VIEW will be there
to bring all the excitement Texas
High School Football has to
offer. See all of you there!!!
PVILCA TOO IMPORTANT TO STOP NOWThe WayI See It
By BIG John Chandler
Hey Houston, Hopefully you are
enjoying your summer. What
does the summer mean for you,
your family, your relationship?
On the norm when it comes to
families it means time out for
everybody. The kids are out of
school so that means more time
with them, and depending on the
way you do things or have the
money for, you might take a
vacation as a family. Believe it
or not, a good family situation
helps make the relationship bet-
ter, even if you are sharing time
with everybody. A good healthy
family life makes for a healthy
relationship. Finding time for
each other will happen, and
when it does, it will and should
be more special. It’s that special
time I want to focus on. When I
say special time for the two of
you, you almost have to use
what time is available and make
it special even if it doesn’t seem
like it is enough time. Quality
over quantity is OK if you cher-
ish the moments. Sometimes we
gripe over he or she doesn’t
make time for me without even
asking the other person. Don’t
let pettiness get in the way of
you enjoying each other. We
should never stop courting and
doing the little things we did in
the beginning. If you have chil-
dren always try and spend some
alone time with each other even
if it’s after everybody’s gone to
bed. Of course kids don’t sleep
in the summer, so just close your
door and let them know you are
in time out so to speak. Hey it
works the other way around.
For those of you who haven’t,
join meet night on the radio, I’m
on Monday thru Friday 7 till
Midnight on KCOH AM 1430.
At nine every night I slow it
down and try and bring some
love into your homes by way of
the 'Passion Zone.' It’s a mix of
slow jams, love songs, and
smooth jazz, and dedications to
that special someone in your
life. On Wednesdays join me
and Carletta for an hour of love
talk called 'In the Love Corner'.
We discuss a wide range of top-
ics dealing with love and rela-
tionships. Recently we talked
about “What’s Love got to do
with It,” is love overrated? It
made for an interesting evening.
There was one lady who had
been in love four or five times,
to find out that love don’t love
nobody. If you keep getting
knocked off the horse do you
keep getting back on? Love is a
gamble, but it’s a game we will
all play, some will win, some
will lose. One thing for sure you
won’t know until you have tried
for yourself, so get up on that
pony.
The top love songs for this
month are:
1. You Bring Me Joy- Anita
Baker
2. Hello Lionel Richie
3. A House is not a Home
Luther Vandross
4. Loving You Minnie
Ripperton
5. Oh Girl The Chi Lites.
Join Carletta and I on
Wednesdays downtown Houston
at the Venue for Downtown
Live, an evening for the grown
and sexy. Doors open at 5:00
pm complimentary parking, and
food, drink specials and more.
A variety of jazz and R and B
for a great evening. Hope to see
you there.
So until next time keep a little
love in your heart, the look of
love in your eyes, and never let
a day go without telling some-
one you love them, even if that
someone is You!
GET YOUR SUMMER LOVE
In The LoveCornerBy Stevie T
A King-Size View Newspaperwww.kingsizeview.com
MAURICE SKILLERN COMING TO HOUSTONGrooves of Houston
2300 Pierce St.
Houston ,Texas 77003
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 @ 6pm - 10pm Maurice Skillern was born in Houston, Texas in August 1966. After graduating high school, he
joined the active duty ranks in The United States Army where he has spent most of his adult
life. He earned his Bachelors of Science from the University of Nebraska where he also
earned his Masters in Physician Assistant Studies. Maurice found early in life that he appreci-
ated the play on words that poetry could facilitate along with simply enjoying the individual
songs from the hearts of poets that both amazed and stimulated his own thoughts. He has
read the works of many of the greats of poetry with a few of his favorites being Edgar Allan
Poe, Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes. He has also cultivated a mind open to new
thoughts and ideas which made philosophy a subject that he was immediately at home with. In
this pursuit, he has personally studied philosophers from Socrates and Aristotle to Sextus
Empiricus. It is the synthesis of these two disciplines that form the foundation of his current
work, which he refers to as “Poetic-Philosophy”*. In his writing, in a whimsical but focused
fashion, he speaks of that which is, while alluding to what could or what might be. He also
uses catalytic and well designed phraseology to effectively dis-
play new thoughts and ideologies. Some of his writings both
challenge or question absolutes of this world, while still offering
thought provoking entertainment to all who have read them.
Always a visionary, a dreamer, he set out and began writing his
first book of poetic-philosophy in 1990, with a piece from it being
published in the anthology The Space Between in 1994. He
continued on his writing quest and furthered his exploration of
many different thoughts, ideas and forms of expression, which
eventually culminated in the creation and publication of his cur-
rent book “Messages”.
Visit Maurice Skillern’s website at(www.maurice-skillern.com)
July 2011 A King-Size View Page 19
As the Studewood Cobras little
league football organization
moves in to their 35th season,
they are doing so in style.
Thanks to seven years of spon-
sorship from Fiesta, the Cobras
were able to purchase a 5 feet
wide by 12 feet long trailer to
store their equipment when they
are not playing. Not only did
Fiesta help the Cobras over the
years but Fiesta is their only cor-
porate sponsor. But the story
does not end there, the trailer
you see with the Cobras graph-
ics was donated by Fiesta; then
it was actually placed on the
trailer by Mr. Keith Jacobsen
himself. True to form in the 95
degree heat, Jacobsen rolled up
his sleeves and got to work for
some three and one-half hours to
make the Cobras look great. For
two weeks the trailer set in front
of the Penrice family home and
many passers would stop and
look at the trailer. Some actually
took pictures of each other
standing by the trailer.
In 1976 the Allen Cobras begin
to play in Kerr Park only to be
told a few years later they could
not use Charlotte Allen
Elementary School name and it
was then they changed their
name to Studewood Cobras.
This past season was the 32nd
for Walter Penrice coaching the
freshman Cobras and he has
appeared in 24 Super Bowls
winning 21 of them. Even
though he is the Cobras
President he still coaches the
freshmen team and his seven
year olds love him. You might
even say Walter is the Eddie
Robinson of Little league foot-
ball!
This season is right around the
corner and the Cobras are now
working out Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays at Kerr
Park beginning at 6:00 PM..
STUDEWOOD COBRAS ROLLLING INTO THEIR 35TH YEAR IN STYLE WITH NEW TRAILER
The Studewood Cobras’ new equipment trailer
By King Arthur Prayther
A King-Size View
Walter Penrice Joins �ikki Penrice and two new members of theCobras Organization in a photo of the their new trailer
Here is a look at the Cobras schedule for 2011 as all home games are played at BTW fieldCoach Penrice and Studewood Cobras’ volunteers posing in front of
the new equipment trailer - Photos by Dr. Victor Keys
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As we prepare for the 7th
Annual Fiesta Booker-Bryant
Memorial Classic we are going
to profile one of the scholarship
winners. He’s the graduating
senior from Booker T.
Washington High School and the
winner of the 6th Annual Fiesta
BBMC scholarship. Nicholas is
the son of Carolyn Burns and he
graduated with a 3.1-6 Grade
Point Average making him num-
ber 45 in a class of 189 this
summer.
While at BTW he was a late
bloomer on the Eagles football
team playing wide receiver and
became a pretty good one before
his career was over. That’s one
of the reasons he chose South
West Baptist University in
Bolivar, Missouri to further his
education. Their offense was
second in the nation last year
and he feels he will get a chance
to play and have some balls
thrown his way. “I kind of
wished I had started in the early
in football because I had no little
league experience and the guys
who did display a much better
knowledge of the game than I
did at the start”. But that didn’t
stop Burns from working hard
and making the most of his
opportunities when they threw
the ball his way.
With plans to major in psycholo-
gy in college Burns says he truly
feels his mission on earth is to
help people. “I’ve always want-
ed to be able to help people and
guys who play in the NFL have
an excellent opportunity to help
people.
Growing up at Garden Oaks
Church of Christ Nicholas says
the youth ministers Tia and
Brandon Gipson were very
instrumental and teaching him
the right way to go about doing
things in life. He also sang in the
choir at one time and fact is in
his spare time he spends time
singing a little R & B. That was
right down our alley so we gave
him a copy of Ernie Johnson hit
CD “I’m The One You Need”.
While at BTW, English was
Burn’s favorite subject and he
also loves writing poems and
short stories.
When asked about school
changes, Burns said he felt the
administration could be more
caring at BTW, but he went on
to add that coach Nate “Puddin’
Jones the new head football
coach is truly a caring person.
Nicholas plans to follow the
Eagles on kingsizeview.com
while in school in Missouri. “I
think the Eagles will do well
under coach Jones because he
truly cares for the players and
they are going to play hard for
him.
Crediting his mother Carolyn as
his most driving force in life,
Nicholas says she has always
talked to him about right and
wrong. Carolyn is a BTW
graduate herself and works with
the United State Post Office. Her
smile simply told us just how
proud she is for her son and we
know he will do well at South
West Baptist University. Fact is
he is already gone up there to
get in some extra work on the
field and in the classroom.
When asked about the fact
Barack Obama becoming the
first African American President
Burns smiled and said, “It gave
the rest of us hopes that we can
do anything we put our minds
too”.
The next question is about the
takedown of Bin Laden and the
role it had on the free world.
“You might say it eliminated one
big threat but it could very well
create another”. Burns went on
to say Americans celebrated but
its time to move on toward solv-
ing other world problems.
Considering himself pretty suc-
cessful throughout his young life
Burns says he thinks he’s made
the most of what life had to offer
for him and wouldn’t change a
thing. “My main goal in life is to
help people and I just the kind
of guy who wants the world to
be a better place for all people!
July 2011 A King-Size View Page 20
By King Arthur Prayther
A King-Size View
NICHOLAS BURNS-BTW-SOUTHWEST BAPTIST
STUDENT OF THE WEEK
�icholas Burns-BTW graduate wins Fiesta BBMC scholarship andheads to South West Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri
In the June 2011 King-Size
View newspaper we ran the
1959 Chevy El Camino and
John Dawson was the first to
guess it correctly and won the
cash prize of $125.00 and
$50.00 in gift cards to shop at
Fiesta. Dawson a graduate of B.
C. Elmore in the North Forest
School District said he shops at
the Fiesta store on Lockwood
and grabs a copy of A King-Size
View each month. He went on to
say he was motivated by the fact
Ron Odums had won more than
two times and wanted to play
the contest. It also happened the
Dawson family had been around
Chevys for many years and he
certainly knew it when he saw it.
“I want to thank King-Size View
and Fiesta for this contest and
we really enjoy reading the
paper because it has so much
information in it”.
We invite you all to give it a try
in our Name This Car contest
from month to month. Keep in
mind all you have to do is call
(281) 999-4244 give us the year,
make and model of the vehicle
in the photo, then leave a name
and phone number so you can be
reached. Remember if you are
the first guess correctly you win,
it’s just that simple!
John Dawson shows off his prize of $125 and $50 in gift cards toshop at Fiesta for winning the name this car contestPhoto by Andre Odums Photography (713) 296-9111
JOHN DAWSON WINS CAR CONTESTBy King Arthur Prayther
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THE 7TH ANNUAL FIESTA
LUTHER M. BOOKER
JAMES ‘BEAR’ BRYANT
MEMORIAL CLASSIC
JACK YATES LIONS
VS
BOOKER T.WASHINGTON
EAGLES
SATURDAY – AUGUST 27, 2011
6:00 P.M. KICKOFF
DELMAR STADIUM
Memphis, Tennessee-Thanks to
a letter from Mr. Charles
Mitchell executive director of
Jus’ Blues Music Foundation,
Soul and Blue Master Ernie
Johnson has been named the
2011 Johnnie Taylor Blues &
Soul Artist Award winner.
Johnson born in Winnsboro,
Louisiana makes his home in
Dallas, Texas these days. In his
43rd year of performing,
Johnson traveled with Johnnie
Taylor for a great number of
years. Currently working on
KKDA Soul 73 in Dallas,
Johnson is continuing to stay as
busy as possible. Just five weeks
ago he entered into an agree-
ment to be the talent for a series
of radio spots for Fiesta and
they are big hits. Remaining
humble through all of this,
Johnson said he is honored to
make the trip to Memphis and
receive the award. “43 Years out
there man this is a blessing and
so is my work with Fiesta”.
The Night of the Living
Legends Awards Dinner will
take place on August 3, 2011 at
the Historical Daisy Theater on
Beale Street Memphis,
Tennessee. For more informa-
tion on the Dinner please visit
www.jusbluesmusicfoundation.o
rg This is the 11th annual event
and the 16th overall and was
founded to honor African
American Blues and Soul music
artists and industry professionals
for their accomplishments. The
selection process includes fans,
peers, radio jocks and the inter-
net. They have picked a great
one. For more on Johnson visit
www.kingsizeview.com.
Thanks to Ernie’s manager
(King) Arthur Prayther of King
Arthur’s Productions in
Houston, Johnson has been
doing a series of Fiesta Black
History Celebration Tributes to
performers from the past. “I
truly believe King, that the Lord
left me here for that reason and
I’m looking forward to the next
one”. Having done tributes to
Johnnie Taylor, Otis Redding,
Wilson Pickett and Sam Cooke,
Ernie is ready for the 2012
Fiesta Black History
Celebration.
July 2011 A King-Size View Page 21
I attended a most interesting
civic forum last month organized
by Good Jobs Great Houston, is
described in a promotional flyer
for the event as a coalition of
community members and organi-
zations joined in the belief that
“everyone who works hard
should have an opportunity to
live their dream, not just strug-
gle to get by.” Despite the some-
what broad and vaguely worded
description of its mission, its
objectives smacked of a high
mindedness that resonated with
my “inner idealistic American”.
I had learned about the event
through my friend, Reverend
Ray Martin, who has been a
familiar and welcomed presence
at local civic meetings, rallies,
and functions for well over four
decades in his efforts to save
children from the streets, pro-
mote economic growth at the
grassroots level, and cultivate
unity in Houston, TX neighbor-
hoods. Joel Coon the communi-
cations coordinator for the group
is a man convinced of the neces-
sity of the task at hand. “Wall
Street, banks, and their corporate
allies lied to us. They took our
money and promised us jobs.
Now, their profits are larger than
ever, and they have given us
nothing in return.” he said. Coon
helps amplify the voices of those
willing to speak out, hence The
Speak Out Tour.
I arrived at the Shiloh
Missionary Baptist Church in
the historic fifth ward with little
thought to writing about the
evening's proceedings. I was
there, not as a writer or dispas-
sionate observer, but as a citizen
with grave concerns about the
messages we heed, and those we
ignore; convinced that the qual-
ity of our national life hangs in
the balance. As a retiree, I par-
ticularly wanted to know how
those without jobs, regular pay-
checks or steady income are far-
ing in this brutal economy, and
hear what they thought of the
quest for employment, the
despair of underemployment,
and the agony of unemployment.
Still, I had initially dismissed the
idea of writing about the
evening out of a concern that it
would read too much like a pre-
dictable mean spirited partisan
rant. And sure enough, the
speakers who rose from the
densely packed audience had
their stories of frustration and
anger. They were male, female,
White, Black, Latino; young and
old. I heard from students who
feared that their dreams of quali-
ty education were being under-
mined by pricey tuition fees, and
their hopes of good jobs had
been shipped overseas to the
lowest bidders. But what they all
shared was the hope that their
strong unified voices can lead to
the change needed to help make
life better for all of us. There
were no rambling tirades filled
with verbal poison, just people
come together in the belief that
their lifted voices mattered
enough to bring about change in
places of power. It was a posi-
tion reiterated by council mem-
ber Jarvis Johnson in his closing
remarks. Although I had little to
add to their inspiring and
poignant stories, I rose at the
urging of Reverend Ray, to give
my voice of support; to reassure
them that theirs is not a lonely
quest, because there are those of
us who share their belief that
despite flaws of interpretation,
and sometime failure of execu-
tion, the material that shrouds
our democratic republic is a fab-
ric woven with the moral belief
that shared sacrifice must come
from those with great wealth no
less than those who wash cars,
teach children, and put out fires.
There are those who pretend that
such talk is to engage in class
warfare. But the voices of the
powerful have not been silenced
or marginalized, that is the effort
directed at those who stagger
under the weight of economic
injustice. Good Jobs Great
Houston is an acknowledgement
that the political, philosophical
enterprise that is the United
States of America works best
when those who want to work
can find good paying jobs. It is a
good idea that equals a great
country.
TIME TO SPEAK OUT
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THIS YOU NEEDTO KNOWBy Paris Eley
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After 46 years of coaching thelegendary Ray Seals is retiringfrom coaching. Seals born inSealy, Texas started for theTigers at running back leadinghis team all the way to the statechampionship. Ray then wentover to Prairie View A & M in1960 and led the Panthers toN AIA N ational titles in 1963and 1964 under the leadership ofthe late Billy N icks.
But it was in 1960 that Sealsmet the love of his life when hiscast his eyes upon JamesettaOdom a majorette from Orange,Texas. They married in 1964 andwent on to have three childrenRay Jr. in 1964, Rayetta Seals-Ashby in 1968 and Duawn Sealsin 1990. Drafted by the HoustonOilers in 1964 Ray was ready tocontinue his torrid pace of run-ning the football, but a kneeinjury cut short his pro career.In the mean time Seals was con-tinuing to educate himself afterhis BS at P.V. he went on to earn
his Masters from UH inEducation in 1974.
Starting his coaching career atAttucks and M.C. WilliamsMiddle Schools before movingover to Sam Houston, Seals wasa fast learner and moved up theladder. In 1983 he was given thehead coaching job at Milby andmade the Buffaloes respectable.When Bill Matysiak leftMadison in 1988 Seals trulyfound his place in history. Hehelped take the Marlins programto new heights but more impor-tantly helped to stabilize a toughcommunity. For the next 11years Seals continued to buildhis program and help the com-munity at the same time. Thencame 1999 when he lost his par-ents and his wife, but his lovefor helping people kept him onthe job. It was about that time akid named Vince Young cameover for Dick Dowling. I canrecall Seals telling me after see-ing Young for the first time.“King there is no telling howgood this kid can be if he workshard”. Young went on to takethe Marlins all the way to thestate semi-finals in 2001 and the
rest is history. Through it allRay never raised his voice buthe gets his point across.
With a record of 212-96 with 21playoff appearance Seals turnsover the Marlins to his ableassistant head coach PatReinecke.
After spending 23 years as thehead coach for the Marlins,Seals walked away with manyawards including the first everyDon Shula Award for the N FLHigh School Coach of the Year.
Seals won the Houston I.S.D.Coach of the Year 10 times andwho knows how many times hewas Coach of the Week. He wasinducted into the Texas HighSchool Coaches Hall of Fame in2005 and many other awards forhis outstanding work.
Even the politicians took a lik-ing to Ray as Mayor AnniseParker made it Ray Seals Dayand a proclamation came all theway from Mr. Barack Obamaand First Lady Michelle Obama.
Houston Texans owner BobMcN air also showed Seals somelove. The legendary Joe C. Tusathe longtime HISD AthleticDirector showed at the dinner.
We are certainly looking to seeCoach Seals at high schoolgames and he would be good forradio or TV broadcasts to haveas a guest. At any rate congratu-lations Coach Seals for a jobwell done!
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The Michael Vick “Change the
Game” football clinic was a big
success. Young quarterbacks
from around the Houston area
gathered to learn new skills,
drills, and meet Michael Vick.
They were extremely excited to
be at the clinic and truly elated
to meet such an outstanding
quarterback. Tyler Henderson
stated that “he couldn’t wait to
attend the clinic and that he
wanted to be an NFL quarter-
back just like Michael Vick”. He
added that his father was a quar-
terback and he wanted to be one
just like his father. Chris
Caldwell ex-football great at
Texas Southern University, stat-
ed that “this is just one the many
clinics that Michael Vick will
conduct in the city of Houston
and we hope to make it an annu-
al event”.
Dr. Victor Keys reporting for A
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THE MICHAEL VICK “CHANGE THE GAME” FOOTBALL CLINIC WAS VICTORIOUSBy Dr. Victor Keys
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Young quarterbacks waiting to participate in the Michael Vick “Change The Game Football Clinic
Bay-Bay Mc Clinton director of the Michael Vick “Change TheGame Football Clinic and the clinic’s security director
Corporal Mary Miller-Young
Tyler Henderson promisingyoung quarterback and
clinic participant
Michael Vick
Coaches, parents, and young quarterback waiting to register for theMichael Vick “Change the Game” Football Clinic
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Our KING-SIZE Mover and
Shaker for the month of July is
Kelly Paul Oubre Jr. Kelly
arrived in Houston shortly after
Katrina devastated New Orleans.
As an 8 year old young man he
had already earned a Black Belt
in Tae Kwon Do. When he
enrolled into Stafford
Elementary, he was without
friends and had very few rela-
tives. However, he would not
allow his change in address and
life circumstances interfere with
his goals of becoming a major
force in the AAU basketball
world.
While in New Orleans he played
for the Panthers Select team and
developed the fundamentals of
basketball that would take him
around the United States and
play on the prestigious Nike
Elite Youth Basketball Circuit.
Currently, he is the captain of
the Houston Hoops basketball
team and will return to Fort
Bend Bush High School in the
fall, where he has a G.P.A. of 3.5
in the Pre A.P. Program. In talk-
ing to his father, he stated that
“Kelly is a very humble young
man with a genuine love for his
family and basketball”. Mr.
Oubre added that “Kelly has
continued to excel inspite of the
abrupt transition 5 years ago. He
is very mature and one day
hopes to have a career in broad-
cast journalism”.
Kelly stated that “he has multi-
ple 30 plus point games in both
middle school and on the sum-
mer circuit”. His highest scoring
performances were a 42 point
outing as an 8 grader and a 37
point performance in a champi-
onship game. He added that “he
has received letters of interest
from North Carolina, Marquette,
University of Arizona, Virginia
Tech, Virginia, Northwestern,
Kanas University, Oregon State,
University of San Francisco,
the University of Illinois in
Chicago, and the University of
Colorado. His father is truly
proud of him and stated that “it
is a blessing to have a son is so
grounded and God fearing.
There were times that I leaned
on him for the strength, to deal
with our rocky transition”.
Kelly’s rapid growth physically
and uncanny ability to adjust to
change are the cornerstones that
makes him a “KING-SIZE
mover and shaker”.
I have interviewed many indi-
viduals for this particular article,
but this has to be one of the best.
To see a father and son who
have overcome such a great
tragedy and still have the
courage to fight on and become
all that they can be is extremely
rewarding to me. I look forward
to this year’s high school basket-
ball season and I know I will see
great things from Kelly Paul
Oubre Jr.
Dr. Victor Keys reporting for A
KING-SIZE VIEW
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Kelly Paul Oubre Mover and Shaker for the month of July
A KING-SIZE MOVER AND SHAKER: KELLY PAUL OUBRE JR.By Dr. Victor Keys
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BIRMI�GHAM, Ala. - With
football season around the cor-
ner, several members of the
Prairie View A&M football pro-
gram ventured to Birmingham,
Alabama. for the Southwestern
Athletic Conference annual foot-
ball media day on Tuesday July
26, 2011.. Five players received
All-SWAC Honors with senior
defensive back Moses Ellis (Fort
Worth, Texas/Everman) named
the 2011 SWAC Preseason
Defensive Player of the Year. As
a team, the Panthers were picked
to finish third in the SWAC West.
Ellis’ selection marks
the second straight year the
Panthers had an individual
named the league’s top player as
former quarterback K.J. Black
earned the offensive honor in
2010. Last season, Ellis led the
nation (FCS) with eight intercep-
tions and broke up 14 passes with
two fumble recoveries.
Also joining Ellis on the
first team was offensive lineman
James Dekle (Fort Lauderdale,
Fla./Dillard). Dekle is a three-
year All-SWAC starter and per-
former at guard and will be
looked upon to anchor the offen-
sive line as the Panthers break in
a new offense this fall. Earning
second team honors were senior
offensive lineman Tim Tusey
(Houston, Texas/Booker T.
Washington), senior defensive
end Adrian Hamilton (Dallas,
Texas/Carter) and sophomore
linebacker Marcus White
(Houston, Texas/Jones).
Led by first-year head
coach Heishma Northern, the
Panthers return to campus on
August. 8 as they prepare for
their 2011 season opener in
Orlando, Fla. versus Bethune-
Cookman University on ESPN at
11 a.m. in the annual
MEAC/SWAC Challenge pre-
sented by Disney.
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It’s July and in college coaching
funicular, it’s the summer evalua-
tion and recruiting season. It’s
what they do during the summer,
between putting on camps them-
selves. It’s a hectic schedule, but
somebody’s got to do it. In order
for them to keep up, they’ve have
to get out there and see who the
next game changer is.
Makes you wonder if it’s all
worth it, because as a college
coach you’ve got stay on top of
your recruiting game. It’s a grind,
but they love it. Some are driving
from tournament to tournament,
some flying then renting a car to
get around. And lastly living out
of a hotel, some better than oth-
ers. And that depends on the
recruiting budget.
It’s always interesting checking
out the basketball coaches at
tournaments in late July, when
they’ve been on the road for 3 ½
weeks. The summer evaluation
period began July 6th and ends at
the AAU Nationals. Quite a few
have that dead man look in their
eyes. Watching talent that
they’ve already seen too many
times.
With it being July, there’s also a
lull in college sports. Football
hasn’t quite captured every-
body’s mind set yet. And there
are other college sports that are in
the process of preparing for their
first exhibition games, and (or)
scrimmages as early as Aug 19.
Yes there are other college sports
that will be competing during the
fall. Volleyball and Soccer are the
two college sports that compete
for attention during the fall
semester. Because they are con-
sidered Olympic (non-revenue)
sports they sometimes get forgot-
ten or over shadowed in the big
picture, because of football. Too
bad, because Houston has some
good winning Soccer (Men and
Women programs). And plus it’s
another scholarship that a kid can
qualify for here in the area. HBU
has the only Men Division 1
Soccer program, St. Thomas
offers a NAIA, while San Jacinto
College South Campus two year
program provides the other. All
the four year programs HBU,
UH, Rice and TSU offer Women
Soccer. Women Volleyball is
offered by all the college pro-
grams within the area. RICE and
TSU offered volleyball camps
during the early part of July.
With one year on the job TSU
Women Soccer Coach Tamura
Crowley-Marigny is putting the
TSU program on the right track.
Scheduling against competitively
non-conference teams that she’s
looking to her team prepare for
the SWAC. She talked about her
team’s performance and goals.
“We meet all of our ore-season
goals; we had more wins than
we’ve ever had in the programs
history. We got to the conference
tournament, and we also got sec-
ond in the division scheduling”.
She talked about signees and
returnees for this upcoming sea-
son. “ Satchel Mitchell, as a
returnee, will pretty much anchor
my defense, Angelica
Belford,was my second leading
goal scorer, along with Satchel
Mitchell. Then I have my leading
goal scorer a freshman from
Grand Prairie, Texas Jessica
Smith. She will pretty much be
the back up to score a lot of
goals with heads. With the
incoming freshmen, I’m looking
for Rebecca Haney to come in
and start in the goal. That was
one definitely…what I trying to
recruit, a quality goalkeeper. She
could come in and start at goal. I
also have Ashley Taylor, Miami,
FL. She will come in and anchor
the defense as well. I have a cou-
ple of good surprises up my
sleeve, with other freshmen, as
well as returnees that…will get
us where we need to be and that’s
to get first or second place in the
West…and to get into the tourna-
ment.” Their listed schedule
starts with a home opener with
North Texas, Aug 26. Then the
second game at home against
UTSA, Aug 30. Both games are
scheduled for 7:00 pm starts.
before they head out on the road
for a Sept 2 game against Central
Arkansas.
I also, had a chance to talk to
TSU Volleyball Coach Jocelyn
Adams; she offered some com-
ments about her program and her
volleyball camp along with how
the competitive nature, changed,
“SWAC volleyball has always
been competitive, I was here 10
years ago, it was competitive
then, and pretty soon Texas
Southern University will try to
bring that prominence back. The
talent level pool is better, the
girls work a little harder, and they
play a lot of club volleyball”.
She also mentioned, “that as the
sport become more popular, the
girls will get more competitive.
You want the competitive nature;
you want to bring that spirit into
collegiate volleyball, because
volleyball has come up.” TSU
Volleyball signed four freshmen,
have a competitive non-confer-
ence schedule to prepare them for
the SWAC Conference. Their
first scheduled game is a round
robin at Lamar University, in
Beaumont, Aug 26-27. Their first
home opener is Sept 6 against
Wiley College.
San Jacinto Junior College South
Campus had a pretty good week,
last week. The Men Soccer pro-
gram had one former player Dane
Richards to be inducted to the
NJCAA Soccer Hall of Fame.
And the other, Francisco Calvo,
got named to his country’s (Costa
Rica) National Team. Talking to
SJC Men Soccer Coach David
Santesteban, he was as proud as
can be of his former players.
Dane is now playing MLS for the
Red Bulls. On Dane getting
inducted he stated “…it was one
of those things where his had
come, since his time here he went
to Clemson, made it to a Final
Four, then drafted by the Red
Bulls, getting a name for himself.
He played real well in the Gold
Cup for Jamaica. He’s been play-
ing real for himself. I think it’s
time for him to receive this
award. The hope is that we’ll be
there in Phoenix with him when
receives it…it will be at the
NJCAA Championship
Tournament which will be in
Phoenix next year so, the hope is
to be out there with him.” On
Francisco Calvo, playing for the
Costa Rico National Team he
commented “a player we attained
out of Costa Rico, played here as
a freshman this past year, sum-
mer break went back to try and
get with the 20U’s. In the interim
through some other circum-
stances, got himself on the full
National Team…got a chance to
play against Argentine…some of
the best players in the world. He
was able to defend against them,
although his team didn’t do
well…the kid played great and
we’re happy for him. He’s going
to have a bright future as a pro.
This means for us we lose
him…be glad that you had a
chance to see him grow and rise
up. Being that he is also the
Athletic Director, we talked
about the new construction going
on the south end of the campus;
the bond that was passed a couple
of years ago, the planning, now
they are actually getting at it.
We’re getting a new Science
building and a student center.
We’ve got a promising future on
the horizon here at San Jacinto
College. It is now and will
always be one of the best places
to get your education”. Their
home opener will be Sept 9
against Lon Morris, 7PM.
There was also Softball Summer
Camp going on, at SJC South
Campus. As this was their last
camp of the summer, I was able
to catch San Jac Head Women
Softball Coach Kelly Saenz
before her time off begins. We
talked about program. “We’ve
got lots of interest every year. We
mainly focus on their success in
the classroom, as well as on the
field; making sure we develop
the whole person, not just the ath-
lete…teach them about responsi-
bility, time management skills,
dealing with people, things like
that…which will help them suc-
ceed at the next level. Where it is
now, what’s on the horizon for
San Jac. There’s a lot more select
teams now. This area is the soft-
ball are; you see a lot more teams
popping up, which are great.
Which makes my job easier; I
don’t have to go out of state,
because I get a lot of my kids
locally, roughly within 100 miles
or so. I’ve seen the talent level go
up, you can see the kids are big-
ger and stronger”. She comment-
ed on upcoming season. “We
were 40-21, broke a few offen-
sive records and a few pitching
records. We did really well but
didn’t finish as well we would
have liked finishing second in the
South (Region XIV). It was also
a success because all of our soph-
omores’ got offers.” She also
talked about the recent camp .
“We had camp in the morning for
girls that play 10 U and 12 U.
They were a little tired as the
week went on, but it was a lot of
fun. Then, in the afternoon, we’d
have the girls that play on the 16
U and 14 U, and again they did a
great job. We were able to switch
it up a little bit. We worked on
some advance stuff, and it was a
chance to see the up and coming
players."
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Twitter@aksvthecsr. Next month
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As we continue our series on the
legendary Don Robey who built
an empire in the entertainment
industry with some of the best
acts in the world, we had a sit
down chat with long time pro-
moter Robert Turner of Able Ten
Inc. Sometime during 1958,
Robert Turner came to Houston
Texas from his upbringing in
Burban, Mississippi. Turner
who was street smart ran into
Robey and the two kind of hit it
off. “He was a business man
first and foremost and if he
asked for a service he was will-
ing to pay for it so there were no
problems”. Turner went on to
say he made it clear to Mr.
Robey he was not looking for a
job, but we helped with band
tours and things of that sort and
Robey paid him well for his
services. “The Promoters would
take Bobby Bland and other
from New York over to Kansas
City and we would pick them up
in El Paso and moved them
through the South like Houston,
Dallas, San Antonio and
Beaumont, then another promot-
er will take them on the west
coast and California”. Having
spent school in classes at TSU
during 1961-63 Turner learned
how to run a business and his
physiology classed helped him a
great deal. “You see a lot of
people go to college to graduate
and have degrees, but I went to
school to learn how to do what I
wanted to do in life”.
Workings with Robey sharpened
Turner’s skills and his education
played a role in their relation-
ship also. “King I’ve seen peo-
ple come to the Governor (Don
Robey) and say I have a song
for you and sometimes they only
wanted $15.00 or $20.00 for it
and he would sign a contract and
pay them what they asked for.
Rumor has it that many of
Robey’s Duke-Peacock Records
hits recording came from some
of those $20.00 songs. “The
man took care of business and
then if he said he would, you got
what he promised you, it was
that simple”.
As we talked more with Turner
we learned he made the most of
the opportunities put before him.
“I asked Mr. Robey could I man-
age Joe Hinton and he said yes
if he doesn’t have anyone else
managing him”. Later on in his
career Turner would go on to
manage such acts and the late
Buddy Ace, Albert Collins and
Johnny Copeland who won a
Grammy in 1986 for best blues
album. “Working with artists
was my forte plus I knew the
business having worked with
Robey over the years.
The media was another of
Turner’s strong points as he has
lifetime relationships with
KCOH’s Ralph Cooper, Don
Samuel and Paris Eley, who
once worked with CBS Records
in New York. “Those guys and I
go way back, King; they are
good people. Also having a
career promoting boxing, Turner
went to classes together with
Rev Ray Martin and gave the
PABA their only national golden
glove champion in Don Lee.
When asked what he remembers
the most about Robey, Turner
took a deep breath and said: “He
got me out of the Angleton,
Texas jail and made me promise
not to ever get in trouble again”.
Robert went on to say Robey
warned him about the street life
and told him if he got in trouble
again not to look his way.
“King I’m glad Robey knew
Buster Kern who was Harris
County Sheriff at the time and
believe me I haven’t been in
trouble since then”. Being in that
jail cell and having prison
guards talking about roughing
him up taught Turner a lesson he
never forgot. “Having been
exposed to a lot of things at an
early age I was able to learn
from those experiences and my
education played a big role for
me.
Two or three years after Don
Robey passed away, Robert
Tuner truly found what he want-
ed to do in life. In 1977 with
help from Booker Griffin, he
brought the concept of Ballroom
Boxing to Houston and had
dreams of making our city the
boxing capitol of the world. A
year later he put on the
Sportsman Ball for boxing pro-
moter legend Don King. For
years he brought boxing to
Houston’s Astro Arena and
worked with Don King
Productions for the 1983 Larry
Holmes-Randall “Tex” Cobb
fight and the Sugar Ray
Leonard-Kalula with Thomas
“Hit-man” Hearns on the under
card in the Astrodome a few
years later. Turner went on to
change the concept of boxing
from the dingy smoked filled
arenas to classic dinner like
Ballroom Boxing with a very
friendly atmosphere. It was a
new concept and Turner built his
name for Able Ten Inc, with it
and will go down in history as
one of the greatest promoters of
all times.
The thing we like about Turner
is during his event he was
always giving back to the com-
munity. Fact is that’s how
Turner and I met when we put
on a boxing-wresting show at
P.A.B.A. to help raise funds for
the MLK Center under the lead-
ership of the late Madge Bush.
The proceeds were split by
PABA and the Rev, Ray Martin
and Mrs. Bush for the King
Center. It marked the first and
only time the two centers
worked together on a fund raiser.
Tuner made it possible by allow-
ing his fighters to perform there
without charging us. That’s why
we at King Arthur’s Productions
will be forever grateful for
Turner for doing that because
that was our first event in 1981.
It seems like only yesterday but
it has been more than 30 years
since I went downtown to Mr.
Turner’s office and asked him to
allow me to use his fighters.
“When is your event and is that
all you need, my fighters will be
there”. That was all he said and
the PABA was packed and we
had to turn people away.
Turner is putting is skills to
work with Lone Star Idol- A
Texas Music Competition for up
and coming young talent. The
contest is scheduled for Sunday
September 18, 2011 Allen Event
Center in Allen Texas.
Contestants are asked to go to
Lone Star Idol.com to enter the
contest. The public is asked to
support their local contestants by
voting on line.
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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DON ROBEY PART IV-LOOKING AT ROBEYTHROUGH THE EYES OF PROMOTER ROBERT TURNERBy King Arthur Prayther
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The legendary promoter Robert Turner of Able Ten Inc.
The legendary Don Robey
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