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Magic Johnsonunveils center Legendary NBA player Magic Johnson is serious about business. The former Los Angeles Laker is part of the ownership team of Houston’s Marq*E Entertainment Center, and came to town for the renovation unveiling. The center has an updated layout, new storefronts, more parking and improved visibility. And Johnson has a commitment to urban communities.
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Honorary chairs Thomas Jones and Anthony Chase at Pinnacle Awards
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Melissa Harris-Perryspeaks outAs a political science professor, author, columnist and TV commentator, Melissa Harris-Perry is an opinionated person, especially when it comes to gender and race. In discussing her new book, “Sister Citizen,” she reflects on politics, her career and American culture. She also speaks her mind about the best-selling book and hit movie, “The Help.”
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Marshall campaign contribution evidence in lawsuitA local construction company alleged in recent court filings that a $25,000 campaign contribution to HISD board member Larry Marshall was part of a conspiracy and bribery scheme to benefit certain firms. The Gil Ramirez Group, which is suing Marshall and HISD, said Marshall did not report the $25,000 check from Fort Bend Mechanical on his campaign financial disclosure forms. Fort Bend Mechani-cal, operated by David Medford, has received millions of dollars of construc-tion work from HISD. Concerns about some trustees’ relationships with con-tractors led the school board to tighten its ethics rules concerning campaign donations and meetings with vendors.
Houstonians walk to end Alzheimer’s diseaseThe Alzheimer’s Association, Houston & Southeast Texas Chapter, sponsors its annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Saturday, Oct. 22, at Minute Maid Park. Check-in and registration begins at 8 a.m. and the walk starts at 9 a.m. The walk is the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheim-er care, support and research. Events are held annually in the fall in nearly 600 communities nationwide. There is no registration fee for the event but walkers are encouraged to make a personal donation and raise money for the cause. For information contact 713-314-1341 or [email protected].
Port of Houston Authority named Port of the Year The Port of Houston Authority was recently honored as “Port Authority of the Year” at the Containerisation International Awards 2011 in London. The Port was recognized for its efforts to ensure quick, safe handling of cargo, and to improve the environment. The Port has been routinely selected by the federal government to test and imple-ment new standards for the industry with environmental and sustainability initiatives. “This recognition by our in-dustry peers is particularly gratifying,” said James T. Edmonds, chairman of the Port Commission. “Maritime com-munity members know firsthand the challenges of efficient cargo handling and also the importance of ongoing environmental innovation.”
Former NBA great and successful businessman Earvin “Magic” Johnson visited Houston recently to unveil the multi-million dollar renovation of the Marq*E Entertainment Center at I-10 and Silber.
Johnson is a partner in Canyon-Johnson Urban Funds (CJUF), which is part of the center’s ownership team. He was joined at the unveiling by other members of the team and local elected officials.
Since acquiring the Marq*E Entertainment Center in 2006, CJUF and local development partner Fidelis Realty Partners have invested more than $15 million to upgrade the open-air lifestyle retail center.
The team enhanced the 350,000-square foot center with an updated layout, new retail storefronts, additional parking and improved visibility from I-10.
The entertainment center features a 22-screen state-of-the-art Edwards Cinema and IMAX screen, a variety of restaurants and retail shops, a comedy club and a night club.
CJUF, a series of joint ventures between Canyon Capital Realty Advisors and Johnson, have been deploying equity and debt capital in densely populated, ethnically diverse communities across the country since 2001.
In January, CJUF and Centurian Partners took ownership of Houston’s Hotel Icon after purchas-ing the debt on the hotel.
“Houston is exactly the type of dense, diverse, urban market where our fund invests,” Johnson said at the time. “Houston is a great city, and we believe our repositioning plans will benefit the surrounding community both by re-energizing Hotel Icon and helping to support more than 100 jobs at this incredible property.”
Houston isn’t the only Texas city that caught
Johnson’s eye. CJUF made apartment buys in Dallas and San Antonio, and the company is on the hunt for more acquisition opportunities.
“We are looking to make a series of invest-ments in Texas,” managing director Neville Rhone said in an earlier interview. “Texas has been so attractive for its job growth and low cost of living, which makes the fundamentals for multifamily even more compelling.”
Although Johnson is known for his illustrious, 13-year career with the Los Angeles Lak-ers, he has redefined himself as a businessman with the objective of revitalizing and provide entertainment and services to urban communities.
Johnson retired from pro basket-ball after the 1996 season. His career achieve-ments include three NBA MVP Awards, nine NBA Finals appearances and 12 All-Star games.
He won a gold medal as a member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic “Dream Team.”
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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Houston Public Library will co-host a program to help Houston-area residents identify and preserve items of historical and cultural significance tucked away in the attics, closets and garages of their homes.
The free event will feature presentations, hands-on activities and preservation tips.
It takes place Saturday, Oct. 29, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Central Library, 500 McKinney Street.
Open to the public, the event is the 11th in a series from the
Smithsonian museum’s signature program “Save Our African American Treasures: A National Collections Initiative of Discov-ery and Preservation.”
“We are extremely proud to bring ‘Save our African Ameri-can Treasures’ to Houston,” said Lonnie Bunch, director of the Smithsonian museum.
“We encourage people to become aware of their artifacts, to protect and to preserve them so the story of African Americans in this country can be told. If we do not act now to preserve these items, the tangible evidence of a critical component of American history will be lost.”
“We are excited to host and to partner with the Smith-
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Cuts to Medicaid would impact Blacks, Latinos the mostAs Congress considers cuts to Medicaid, a new report says trimming the government-sponsored health program would impact a large majority of Blacks and Latinos that need it the most. The report, titled “Medicaid: A Lifeline for Blacks and Latinos With Serious Health Care Needs,” was compiled by eight organizations, including the Na-tional Medical Association, NAACP and American Diabetes Association. Medicaid, aprogram for low-income Americans, provides health coverage for 60 million people. It also covers those major disabilities and is the largest payer of nursing home and long-term care. One in five African Americans living with cancer receives their medical care under Medicaid.
CDC reports more teenage males are using condomsA report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the percentage of teen males aged 15–19 years in the United States who used a condom the first time they had sex increased be-tween 2002 and 2006–2010. The report, “Teenag-ers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contracep-tive Use, and Childbearing, 2006–2010 National Survey of Family Growth,” showed that eight in 10 teen males used a condom at first sex, an increase of nine percentage points from 2002. Sixteen percent used a condom in combination with a female partner’s hormonal method, a six percentage point increase from 2002.
Detroit holds job fair to get ex-offenders back to workA church was the site of an “offenders’ only” job fair in Detroit, where more than a fourth of residents are unemployed, and 30,000 are out on parole or on probation. City Council President Charles Pugh organized the job fair along with Wayne County Community College and Kelly Services. “In this tough job market, we know that it is difficult, re-gardless of whether you have a felony or not, to find a job,” Pugh said. “But we feel that population needs just a boost of confidence and some hope that there are employers out there who will give them second chances.”
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Special to the AFRO
Thousands descended upon Washington, D.C., to demand jobs, full voting representation for the District of Columbia and an end to partisan bickering on Capitol Hill to kick off the Martin Luther King Jr. March for Jobs and Justice.
The event began with two pre-march rallies with performers and speakers, including D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray and activist and former D.C. Del. Walter Fauntroy.
Members of Occupy D.C. – an extension of the Occupy Wall Street movement – organized the early morning portion of the event, which was
designed to honor King and bring attention to issues, especially those affecting Washingtonians.
“I hope [this] makes people see that we are not as free as we think we are,” said native Wash-ingtonian Sheila Garey. “Everyone is still a slave to something and we need to work together to try to stop it.”
Garey’s sentiments were echoed in speeches by D.C. Coun-
cilmember Kwame Brown and
Del. Eleanor
Holmes Norton.Participants then gathered
near the National Sylvan Theater for proceedings organized by the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Ac-tion Network.
Sharpton’s rally focused on the nation’s high unemployment and the Senate’s recent rejection of President Obama’s American Jobs Act.
“We bailed out the [automo-bile industry]…We bailed out Wall Street, now it’s time to bail out our working class people!” exclaimed Martin Luther King III.
Following that rally, the demonstrators marched to the site of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall, which was officially dedicated the next day.
By KAM WilliAMSDefender
Michael Stephen Steele was born on Andrews Air Force Base in Prince Georges County, Md. on Oct. 19, 1958, but given up for adoption while still in in-fancy. He was then reared by William and Maebell Steele, although Maebell eventu-ally remarried following her husband’s death in 1962.
Steele attended Archbishop Carroll Roman Catholic High in Washing-ton, D.C., before matriculating at Johns Hopkins University where he earned a B.A. in international studies.
He subsequently studied to become a monk for several years, until he decided
to leave the seminary shortly before being ordained. Instead, he proceeded to earn a J.D. at Georgetown University en route to landing a position as a staff attorney at a leading, international law firm.
Steele first entered politics in 2000, which is when he was voted chairman of Maryland’s Republican Party. A couple of years later he won the state’s race for lieutenant gover-nor, and by 2008 he had become the first African-American ever elected to serve as chairman of the Republi-can National Committee (RNC).
He is currently a commentator on MSNBC, where he’s generally the lone conservative in a sea of liberal pundits. Here, the former
RNC chairman reflects on his life and philosophy, on his hopes for the GOP, and on the party’s prospects for attracting more African-American voters in 2012.
KW: Given your almost becom-ing a priest, and Catholicism’s concern with the plight of the poor, I wonder what led you to the Republican Party, which I see as more concerned with the welfare of the rich.
MS: On what do you base that? What is the genesis of the question? To ask me to answer that straight out of the box assumes and presumes a lot that I believe is not true about
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President Barack Obama is facing tough criticism from some prominent Black leaders who said he has forgotten the poor. This onslaught makes the work of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Black vote more significant than ever for the 2012 presidential race.
During a roundtable discussion at the committee’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Fla.) said the Democratic Party should not use Blacks just for a vote in the 2012 election.
Republicans. Why would you have that impres-sion? What either anecdotal or factual incident would you refer to as an example of Republi-cans not caring for the poor?
KW: I’m not thinking of anything in par-ticular. It’s just my general impression.
MS: Even though far more of the very people who run the industrial complex of this country, whether you’re talking about Wall Street or the military, are in fact Democrats? The CEOs of the leading Fortune 500 compa-nies are largely Democrats.
What that says to me is that we have lost the definitional battle, as Republicans, because we engage differently. That’s one of the criti-cisms I have about how Republicans position themselves, not on the philosophical or policy landscape, but on the political landscape.
KW: What could Republicans do to attract more African Americans to the party?
MS: A couple of things. One is to own up to our failures as a party, when it comes
to making important investments in the Black commu-nity when it counted, like during the Civil Rights Movement.
While we had been the archi-tects of great civil rights legislation like the 13th, 14th and 15th Amend-
ments and the 40 Acres and a Mule policy of the Reconstruction Era, the party hesitated when it really mattered in the 1950s and early 1960s, and thereby lost an opportunity to preserve the longstanding relationship between Afri-can Americans and the GOP. And we probably wouldn’t be in the position today where we’re suffering from an erosion of support from African Americans.
Step two would be for us to show up in the community prepared to have meaningful discus-sions about issues that actually matter to us, like job creation, in a way which makes sense. That’s why my very first official act as chairman was to host a town hall meeting in Harlem. To me, that was a very important step to take.
KW: Do you ever get embarrassed by fellow Republicans, like Governor Perry’s association with a place called N-word Head Ranch?
MS: Yes, I do, and it frustrates me to no end because, in politics, perception is reality. And it’s doubly painful when reality exacerbates the perception. I know the governor, and this wasn’t a racist act on his behalf. But it wasn’t enough just to paint the rock over. Remove it, because you know what’s still beneath the paint.
KW: What is your most valued spiritual practice and how does it help you in the political arena?
MS: Prayer! Would not survive without it. Would not be where I am today without it. I prob-ably say 40 to 50 prayers a day in various ways. Sometimes, it’s just to say, “Thank you, Lord,” and He knows the rest. I turn to prayer in those moments when I need to stop and recognize that there’s something greater than me that‘s going to heal me or give me the wisdom I need right then.
KW: Who is the person who led you to become the person you are today?
MS: My mom, Maebell. A sharecropper’s daughter. A woman with a fifth grade education making minimum wage working in a laundromat. Her son grows up to become the lieutenant gov-ernor of the state and the chairman of a national political party. That’s all Maebell!
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ian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture’s efforts to preserve African American history,” said Dr. Rhea Brown Lawson, director of the Houston Public Library.
“It is extremely important for the African-American community to learn how to effectively preserve, and to also share, family, church, educational and organizational docu-ments, photos, and artifacts.
Participants can bring up to three personal items for a 20-minute, one-on-one professional consultation with experts on how to care for them. The specialists will serve as reviewers, not appraisers, and will not determine items’ monetary values.
Objects such as books, paper and textiles no larger than a shopping bag can be reviewed. No furniture, carpets, firearms and paintings are allowed.
The “Treasures” program also includes other activities throughout the day:
• The Gregory School: The African American Library at the Gregory School is the newest special collections unit operated by the Houston Public Library. Learn how it developed and about the unique collections and services it provides.
• Preservation Presentations: Informal basic preserva-tion sessions will take place during the day. The sessions will provide information on preserving clothing and textiles, family photographs and papers, digital memories and a session explaining the process of establishing provenance of an object. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions.
• Hands-on Preservation: In this hands-on activity, participants are invited to learn how to properly store letters, pack garments and prepare photographs for preservation storage and presentation.
“Save our African American Treasures” is made pos-sible with support from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
As a companion to the series, the museum has pro-duced “African American Treasures: A Preservation Guide,” a 30-page guidebook that is distributed free to attendees to highlight the importance of proper preservation techniques.
Also distributed will be white cotton gloves, archival tissue papers and archival documents sleeves to help keep personal treasures safe.
The National Museum of African American History and Culture was established in 2003 by an Act of Congress, making it the 19th Smithsonian Institution museum.
Scheduled for completion in 2015, it will be built on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on a five-acre tract adjacent to the Washington Monument.
Additional information is available at nmaahc.si.edu, by emailing [email protected] or by calling (877) 733-9599.
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President Barack Obama an-nounced he was sending about 100 U.S. troops to Africa to help hunt down lead-ers of the Lord’s Resistance Army. The first troops arrived in Uganda.
In a letter to Congress, Obama accused the army of heinous crimes.
“For more than two decades, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has murdered, raped, and kidnapped tens of thousands of men, women, and children in central Africa,” he wrote.
“The LRA continues to com-mit atrocities across the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan that have a disproportionate impact on regional
security.” Obama said the troops would
only engage in combat in matters of self-defense, and would act as advis-ers in efforts to hunt down rebel leader Joseph Kony. Troops will also be sent to South Sudan, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
“Since 2008, the United States has supported regional military efforts to pursue the LRA and protect local communities,” he said.
“Even with some limited U.S. assistance, however, regional military efforts have thus far been unsuccessful in removing LRA leader Joseph Kony or his top commanders from the battle-field.”
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WILL & JADA PINKETT SMITH are really busy. First, they just bought a minority ownership in the Philadelphia 76ers (Will is a Philly native). Next, they will co-host an Oct. 24 Hollywood fundraiser for President Obama. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the event will be a $35,800-per-person dinner at the home of “Hitch” producer James Lassiter and his wife, Mai. Obama will go from table to table, and sit and talk with all the guests……..SAMUEL L. JACKSON & ANGELA BASSETT are starring in a new play, “The Mountaintop,” at the Jacobs Theatre in New York. The fictitious work takes a look at the night before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, and involves a meeting with a chambermaid at the Lorraine Motel. Jackson portrays King, and Bassett is the maid. Written by
Katori Hall, it won the Olivier Award in London for Best New Play of 2010……..CHRIS TUCKER is having money problems. The star of three “Rush Hour” films owes the IRS more than $11 million in federal taxes for multiple years. The IRS put a lien on Tucker’s Florida mansion, and now it is in foreclosure…….. MICHAEL JACKSON remains a fixture in entertainment news. A posthumous album from the “King of Pop” will go on sale in November just in time for the holidays. It will be titled “Immortal,” and is a deluxe double disc.…….. ALFRE WOODARD is saying goodbye to TNT. The network announced that it is canceling the police series “Memphis Beat” after just two seasons. Jason Lee starred as detective Dwight Hendricks, and Woodard portrayed his boss, Lt. Tanya Rice. Earlier, the network cancelled Jada Pinkett Smith’s series,
“Hawthorne”…….. FANTASIA received an apology from the producers of the upcoming Mahalia Jackson biopic for unauthorized comments made by the film’s financing broker. Adrian Taylor told the New York Post that producers were “furious” with the singer for not telling them about her pregnancy until she was four months along, and that the one-time American Idol winner had the wrong image because she’s having a child out of wedlock……..HARRY BELAFONTE is getting unwanted attention from a video circulating on the web. While promoting his memoir and HBO documentary, Belafonte supposedly fell asleep during a live interview with a Bakersfield, Calif., TV station. The 84-year-old entertainer’s rep said Belafonte was the victim of a technical glitch, and insisted he was meditating, not sleeping.
By KAM WilliAMSDefender
Born in Seattle on Oct. 2, 1973, but reared in Charlottesville and Ches-ter, Va., Melissa V. Harris-Perry is a professor of political science at Tulane University where she is the founding director of the proj-
ect on gender, race, and politics in the South. Her previous book, “Barbershops, Bibles,
and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought,” won the 2005 W. E. B. Du Bois Book Award from the National Conference of Black Political Scientists and the 2005 Best Book Award from the Race and Ethnic Politics Section of the American Political Science Association.
Besides being a columnist for The Nation Magazine, Harris-Perry frequently appears as a guest or fill-in host on MSNBC on “The Thomas Roberts Show,” “Up with Chris Hayes,” “The Rachel Maddow Show” and “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” She is also a regular com-mentator for many print and radio sources both around the U.S. and abroad.
She lives in New Orleans with her husband, James Perry, and her daughter, Parker. Here, she reflects on her life and career and on American culture and politics while discussing her new
book, “Sister Citizen.”KW: When are you going to get your own
prime-time TV show?MHP: At the moment, there definitely aren’t
any plans for a prime-time show. I really love sitting in for both Rachel [Maddow] and for Lawrence [O’Donnell], and I will do that again to support their having a little time off during holidays and over the summer. But my experi-ence guest-hosting meant going in around noon and not leaving until about 10 PM. That’s quite time-consuming, especially since my whole life takes place between noon and 10.
KW: What interested you in writing “Sister Citizen?”
MHP: I had started the project before Hurricane Katrina, but the real turning point for me was the race and gender poli-tics that emerged on the national stage after the levee failure. That was, for me, a consolidating moment in my at-tempt to understand the experience of contemporary Black women trying to be American citizens.
KW: What was the most im-portant lesson you learned from this project?
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The storm-delayed ceremonies dedicating a memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the nation’s capital brought both surviving family members and many of the late Dr. King’s contemporaries.
Men of the movement such as Rev. Joseph Low-ery, Ambassador Andrew Young, Congressman John Lewis, Julian Bond, and Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, stood on the national mall with President Barack Obama, Vice-President Joe Biden and several White House cabinet secretaries.
For some, the King Memorial dedication was a much-deserved tribute to a bygone era. Yet it in real-ity, it was that and more.
The principles of freedom, justice, and equality that Dr. King espoused are eternal – not generational. His life provides a glimpse into both what must be overcome and the fortitude to achieve it.
For all that has been accomplished since Dr. King’s 1968 assassination, much more work has yet to be pursued.
On Aug. 16, 1967, Dr. King delivered one of many prophetic speeches, though this one is seldom cited. The occasion was the 11th annual Southern Christian Leadership Convention.
His keynote address asked the gathering, “Where do we go from here?”
In part of that speech, Dr. King responded to his question with more questions.
“One day we must ask the question,” said Dr. King, “Why are there 40 million poor people in America?
Instead of 40 million people in poverty, the figure
has now grown to 46 million. For African Americans, one in four people today lives in poverty.
Unemployment rates for African Americans are double those of the general population. According to the Economic Policy Institute’s analysis of the most recent census data, since 2007, median incomes of Black families dropped 10 percent from $35,665 to $32,068.
Add to these disturbing inequalities, predatory lending with triple-digit interest for payday and car title loans, or dealer-mark-ups on auto financing, and disproportionate foreclosed homes, there is a measur-able tax for being Black or Latino in America.
But like our martyred Martin, we must collective-ly find the will and way to transform unfair burdens into promising opportunities.
“Where do we go from here?” Dr. King repeated. “First we must massively assert our dignity and worth. We must stand up amid a system that still oppresses us and develop an unassailable and majestic sense of values.”
The permanent memorial to Dr. King’s incredible life and legacy can also challenge us to make real the work he envisioned but did not live to see, as summed up in his speech…
“I conclude by saying today that we have a task, and let us go out with a divine dissatisfaction.
“Let us be dissatisfied until America will no longer have a high blood pressure of creeds and an anemia of deeds.
“Let us be dissatisfied until the tragic walls that separate the outer city of wealth and comfort from the inner city of poverty and despair shall be crushed by the battering rams of the forces of justice.
“Let us be dissatisfied until those who live on the
outskirts of hope are brought into the metropolis of daily security.
“Let us be dissatisfied until slums are cast into the junk heaps of history, and every family will live in a decent, sanitary home.”
In 2011, the fight for equality goes on.
obama says ‘work is not done’Defender News Services
During his speech at the dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial, President Barack Obama said Americans must draw strength from Dr. King’s struggles and continue to pursue his dream. “Our work is not done,” Obama said. “And so on this day, in which we celebrate a man and a movement that did so much for this country, let us draw strength from those earlier struggles.” Following are excerpts from Obama’s speech.
a Black preacher“For this day, we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s return to the National Mall. In this place, he will stand for all time, among monuments to those who fathered this nation and those who defended it; a Black preacher with no official rank or title who somehow gave voice to our deepest dreams and our most lasting ideals, a man who stirred our conscience and thereby helped make our union more perfect.”
Civil rights giants“Some giants of the Civil Rights Movement – like Rosa Parks and Dorothy Height, Benjamin Hooks, Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth – they’ve been taken from us these past few years. This monument attests to their strength and their courage, and while we miss them dearly, we know they rest in a better place.”
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obama says ‘work is not done’Defender News Services
During his speech at the dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial, President Barack Obama said Americans must draw strength from Dr. King’s struggles and continue to pursue his dream. “Our work is not done,” Obama said. “And so on this day, in which we celebrate a man and a movement that did so much for this country, let us draw strength from those earlier struggles.” Following are excerpts from Obama’s speech.
a Black preacher“For this day, we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s return to the National Mall. In this place, he will stand for all time, among monuments to those who fathered this nation and those who defended it; a Black preacher with no official rank or title who somehow gave voice to our deepest dreams and our most lasting ideals, a man who stirred our conscience and thereby helped make our union more perfect.”
Civil rights giants“Some giants of the Civil Rights Movement – like Rosa Parks and Dorothy Height, Benjamin Hooks, Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth – they’ve been taken from us these past few years. This monument attests to their strength and their courage, and while we miss them dearly, we know they rest in a better place.”
Real freedom“Nearly half a century has passed since that historic March on Washington, a day when thousands upon thousands gathered for jobs and for freedom. That is what our school-children remember best when they think of Dr. King – his booming voice across this Mall, calling on America to make freedom a reality for all of God’s children…”
Change is hard“First and foremost, let us remember that change has never been quick. Change has never been simple, or without controversy. Change depends on persistence. Change requires determination…He kept on pushing, he kept on speaking, he kept on marching until change finally came.”
Oneness of man“And just as we draw strength from Dr. King’s struggles, so must we draw inspiration from his constant insistence on the oneness of man; the belief in his words that “we are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” It was that insistence, rooted in his Christian faith, that led him to tell a group of angry young protest-ers, ‘I love you as I love my own children,’ even as one threw a rock that glanced off his neck.”
Never give up“It is precisely because Dr. King was a man of flesh and blood and not a figure of stone that he inspires us so. His life, his story, tells us that change can come if you don’t give up. He would not give up, no matter how long it took, because in the smallest hamlets and the darkest slums, he had witnessed the highest reaches of the human spirit…because he had seen hills and mountains made low and rough places made plain, and the crooked places made straight and God make a way out of no way.”
Faith in us“And that is why we honor this man – because he had faith in us. And that is why he belongs on this Mall – because he saw what we might become. That is why Dr. King was so quintessentially American – because for all the hardships we’ve endured, for all our sometimes tragic history, ours is a story of optimism and achievement and constant striving that is unique upon this Earth. And that is why the rest of the world still looks to us to lead.”
We shall overcome“As tough as times may be, I know we will overcome. I know there are better days ahead. I know this because of the man towering over us. I know this because all he and his generation endured…let us keep striving; let us keep struggling; let us keep climbing toward that promised land of a nation and a world that is more fair, and more just, and more equal for every single child of God.”
President Obama joined MLK Memorial President Harry Johnson, the First Lady, Vice President Biden, Dr. Jill Biden and Secretary Salazar of the Interior to honor Martin Luther King Jr. during the dedica-tion ceremony for the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial.(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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MHP: I learned two les-sons: one from the research, one from the writing. From the research, this idea that you just have to be strong if you’re a Black woman. And in the process of writing, I learned that you can’t write a book in the margins of your life. I’d forgotten how much uninterrupted time it takes to write chapters, and how you have to push everything else aside and really focus.
KW: Why the negative response to “The Help?”
MHP: Oh, gosh. I could spend all day answering this one. The intensity of my negative response was in part related to having just pub-lished “Sister Citizen.” So, I had been thinking a lot about the stereotypes and the im-ages of Black women.
Both the book and the film are, for me, terribly problematic, because they’re very, very dishonest, roman-ticized versions of one of the most important aspects of African-American women’s working lives, namely, being domestic servants. For most of American history since slavery, that’s the type of work that we’ve done. My grandmother was a domestic worker.
“The Help” claimed to be told from the perspective of the African-American maids, but it isn’t. I could go on in considerable depth about it, but let me address the two most dishonest aspects. The first is the fact that although the author tried to illustrate the tension between white women and their maids, she ignores the Black women’s relationships with two other very important groups in the household: the white men and the white children.
The second dishonest aspect of the book was how it ignored the violence by white men against Blacks. One scene in the movie that just made me want to rip my hair out was when, in response to the Medgar Evers assas-sination, all the maids finally decide to talk to Miss Skeeter.
KW: Do you then have a problem with Viola Davis for agreeing to play the lead character?
MHP: I have no criticism of Viola Davis, just as I have none of Hattie McDaniel’s performance in Gone with the Wind. In fact, I find them both to have done exceptional
work with the roles that they were given. KW: To what do you attribute some
Black women’s denial of their hair, with weaves, extensions, relaxers and wigs? Is there any remedy for this denial?
MHP: I don’t know if it’s a denial of our hair. I wear twists that are ex-tensions. I’m doing that because I’m growing out my natural hair, and I can’t really do that on TV without some sort of intervention. I’ve worn a perm during much of my adulthood.
Look, I simply do not judge African-American women’s groom-ing choices. I don’t think that a white woman is in denial when she dyes her hair blonde. And I actually think we are the most varied in terms of the choices we make about our hair. Some of it may be political or psychological, but an aw-ful lot of it is just aesthetic, how we like to view ourselves when we look in the mirror.
KW: When do you feel the most content?
MHP: Sunday mornings before church, when I’m home with my hus-band and daughter, and we’re kind of doing our Sunday morning routine.
KW: How do you define success? And, what key quality do you believe all successful people share?
MHP: For me, success is when I’m making a contribution and fully engaging all of my talents. In terms of the key qual-ity, it’s being willing to continue to believe in yourself even when other people don’t, and being able to fail and to come back.
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HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM NOTICE OF TRUSTEE ELECTION
THE STATE OF TEXAS • COUNTIES OF HARRIS AND FORT BEN• HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEMTO ALL THE DULY QUALIFIED, RESIDENT ELECTORS OF THE HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM:NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held within and throughout the HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM on November 8, 2011, for the purpose of electing to the Board of Trustees of the Houston Community College System one trustee for each of the positions in geographic districts 4, 5, and 9 of the Houston Community College System. Positions in geographic districts 4, 5 and 9 are to be filled for a term of office commencing January 1, 2012, and continuing until December 31, 2017. On November 8, 2011, the polling locations will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. See Exhibit A attached hereto for Election Day Polling Places for Harris County.See Exhibit B attached hereto for Early Voting Information for Harris County.
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EXHIBIT A
ELECTION DAY VOTING PRECINCTS AND POLLING PLACES
Precinct Col SM
Votes In Location Address Address 2 City Zip Combos
0008 HOCL 5 0008 McNamara
Elementary School 8714 McAvoy Drive at Grape Street Houston 77074-
7308
0014 HOCL 4 0014 Parker Elementary
School 10626 Atwell Drive at Willowbend Boulevard Houston 77096-
4925
0015 HOCL 5 0015 Saint Andrews
Presbyterian Church 5308 Buffalo Speedway at Bissonnet Houston 77005
0017 HOCL 4 0017 Shearn Elementary
School 9802 Stella Link Road Houston 77025-
4697
0017 HOCL 9 0017 Shearn Elementary
School 9802 Stella Link Road Houston 77025-
4697
0018 HOCL 4 0018 New Longfellow
Elementary School 3617 Norris Street at Timberside Drive Houston 77025-
3699
0022 HOCL 9 0022 Foerster Elementary
School 14200 Fonmeadow Drive Houston 77035-
5218
0031 HOCL 4 0031 Whidby Elementary
School 7625 Springhill Street Houston 77021-
6033
0040 HOCL 5 0040 Poe Elementary
School 5100 Hazard Street at South Boulevard Houston 77098-
5396
0068 HOCL 4 0068 Young Elementary
School 3555 Bellfort Street at Corinth Street Houston 77051
0085 HOCL 4 0085 Old Lockhart
Elementary School 3501 Southmore Boulevard Houston 77004-
7911
0087 HOCL 5 0087 West University
Elementary School 3756 University Boulevard Houston 77005-
2898
0089 HOCL 5 0089 Southside Place Park
Clubhouse 3743 Garnet Street at Childs Street Houston 77005-3715
0128 HOCL 5 0128 Bellaire Civic Center 7008 South Rice
Avenue Bellaire 77401-4495
0131 HOCL 9 0131 Almeda United
Methodist Church 14300 Almeda School Road Houston 77047
0132 HOCL 9 0132 Saint Philip Neri
Catholic Church
10960 Martin Luther King Boulevard
Houston 77048-1896
0133 HOCL 5 0133
West University Colonial Park Recreation Center
4130 Byron Street Houston 77005
0135 HOCL 5 0135 River Oaks
Recreation Center 3601 Locke Lane Houston 77027
0136 HOCL 4 0136 Saint James Episcopal
Church 3129 Southmore Boulevard Houston 77004
0137 HOCL 5 0137 Greenway Inn and
Suites 2929 Southwest Freeway
at Buffalo Speedway Houston 77098
0140 HOCL 4 0140 New Thompson
Elementary School 6121 Tierwester Street at Griggs Street Houston 77021-
1244
0146 HOCL 4 0146 Platou Community
Center 11655 Chimney Rock Road Houston 77035-
2807
0148 HOCL 5 0148 Roberts Elementary
School 6000 Greenbriar Street at Swift Street Houston 77030-
1143 0837
0156 HOCL 4 0156 Palm Center JP Main
Entry 5300 Griggs Road at Cavanaugh Houston 77021
0158 HOCL 9 0158 Reynolds Elementary
School 9601 Rosehaven Drive at Sunbeam Street Houston 77051-
3199
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0175 HOCL 5 0175 Mark Twain
Elementary School 3801 Underwood Street Houston 77025
0176 HOCL 5 0176 Lovett Elementary
School 8814 South Rice Avenue Houston 77096-
2622
0177 HOCL 5 0177 Amazing Place 3735 Drexel Street Houston 77027
0178 HOCL 5 0178 Holiday Inn Near the
Galleria3131 West Loop South Houston 77027-
6106
0180 HOCL 4 0180 M E Foster
Elementary School 3919 Ward Street at Scott Street Houston 77021
0182 HOCL 5 0182 Horn Elementary
School 4535 Pine Street at Avenue B Bellaire 77401-5599 0447
0183 HOCL 5 0183 West University
Community Building 6104 Auden Street at Rice Boulevard Houston 77005-2814
0194 HOCL 4 0194 MacGregor
Elementary School 4801 LaBranch Street Houston 77004-
5650
0210 HOCL 4 0210 Saint Marys Catholic
Church 3006 Rosedale Houston 77004-6199
0214 HOCL 5 0214 Gatherings Banquet
Hall5206 Bissonnet Boulevard Bellaire 77401
0215 HOCL 5 0215 Faith American
Lutheran Church 4600 Bellaire Boulevard Bellaire 77401-
4296
0216 HOCL 9 0216 Montgomery
Elementary School 4000 Simsbrook Drive Houston 77045-
5699
0217 HOCL 5 0217 Saint Anne Catholic
Church 2140 Westheimer Road Houston 77098-
1496
0219 HOCL 4 0219 Mount Olive Baptist
Church 3515 Yellowstone Boulevard Houston 77021-
2407
0222 HOCL 5 0222
Christ the King Lutheran Church Parish Hall
2353 Rice Boulevard
at Greenbriar Street Houston 77005-
2696
0223 HOCL 4 0223
Holiday Inn Astrodome at Reliant Park
8111 Kirby Drive at La Concha Lane Houston 77054
0224 HOCL 4 0224 Linkwood Park
Community Center 3699 Norris Drive at Ilona Land Houston 77025-3600
0227 HOCL 5 0227 River Oaks
Elementary School 2008 Kirby Drive Houston 77019-6016
Community Church 3225 West Orem Drive at Waterloo Street Houston 77045
0554 HOCL 9 0554 Braeswood Assembly
of God 10611 Fondren Road Houston 77096-
5497 0693
0555 HOCL 9 0555
Westbrae Court Retirement Community
10680 Westbrae Parkway at Ranier Drive Houston 77031-
2448
0559 HOCL 5 0559 Judson W Robinson Jr
Westchase Library 3223 Wilcrest Drive at Richmond Ave Houston 77042
0564 HOCL 4 0564 South Union Church
of Christ 7427 Ardmore Street
at Holly Hall Street Houston 77054
0565 HOCL 4 0565 Judy Bush
Elementary School 9730 Stroud Drive Houston 77036-5105
0566 HOCL 5 0566 Sneed Elementary
School 9855 Pagewood Lane
at Wood Chase Drive Houston 77042
0567 HOCL 5 0567 The Hilton Southwest 6780 Southwest
Freeway at Savoy Drive Houston 77074-2187 0421
0570 HOCL 5 0570 Pin Oak Middle
School 4601 Glenmont Drive
at West Loop South Bellaire 77401
0573 HOCL 4 0573 Gloryland Baptist
Church 7440 Coffee Street at Gloryland Drive Houston 77033-
3456
0632 HOCL 4 0540
Judson Robinson Junior Community Center
2020 Hermann Drive Houston 77004-
7322
0638 HOCL 9 0638 Bethels Place 12525 Fondren
Road Suite A Houston 77035
0652 HOCL 9 0652 Chelsea Towne
Apartments 8800 Westplace Drive Houston 77071-
2234
0653 HOCL 9 0458 To Be Determined
0685 HOCL 4 0315 Elrod Elementary
School 6230 Dumfries Drive
at Bob White Drive Houston 77096-
4603
0686 HOCL 5 0433 Piney Point
Elementary School 8921 Pagewood Lane Houston 77063-
5543
0693 HOCL 4 0554 Braeswood Assembly
of God 10611 Fondren Road Houston 77096-
5497
0731 HOCL 4 0315 Elrod Elementary
School 6230 Dumfries Drive
at Bob White Drive Houston 77096-
4603
0788 HOCL 4 0284 Bonham Elementary
School 8302 Braes River Drive at Carew Street Houston 77074-
4299
0807 HOCL 5 0807
Sunset Shadows Apartments Clubhouse
9850 Meadowglen Lane Houston 77042-
4303
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0819 HOCL 4 0281 Kolter Elementary
School 9710 Runnymeade Drive Houston 77096-
4220
0826 HOCL 5 0335 Braeburn Elementary
School 7707 Rampart Street at Pine Street Houston 77081-
7105
0829 HOCL 4 0315 Elrod Elementary
School 6230 Dumfries Drive
at Bob White Drive Houston 77096-
4603
0830 HOCL 4 0472 Residence Garage 2347 Underwood
Street Houston 7703
0835 HOCL 5 0335 Braeburn Elementary
School 7707 Rampart Street at Pine Street Houston 77081-
7105
0836 HOCL 5 0315 Elrod Elementary
School 6230 Dumfries Drive
at Bob White Drive Houston 77096-
4603
0837 HOCL 5 0148 Roberts Elementary
School 6000 Greenbriar Street
at Swift Street Houston 77030-1143
0839 HOCL 5 0839 Pilgrim Rest MBC
Activity Center 3402 Amanda Lane Houston 77063
0858 HOCL 4 0295
Greater Lighthouse Church of God in Christ
4514 Knoxville Street Houston 77051-
2662
0863 HOCL 4 0295
Greater Lighthouse Church of God in Christ
4514 Knoxville Street Houston 77051-
2662
0869 HOCL 9 0315 Elrod Elementary
School 6230 Dumfries Drive
at Bob White Drive Houston 77096-
4603
EXHIBIT B EARLY VOTING INFORMATION
November 8, 2011 Election ‐ Early Voting Locations Submitted to Commissioners Court on September 13, 2011
SRD Location Address City State Zip 1 MO Harris County Administration Building 1001 Preston, 1st Floor Houston TX 77002 126C Champion Forest Baptist Church - Multi Purpose Bldg 4840 Strack Road Houston TX 77069 126W Lone Star College University Park 20515 State Hwy 249 Houston TX 77070 127C Crosby ISD Administration Building 706 Runneburg Road Crosby TX 77532 127K Kingwood Branch Library 4400 Bens View Lane Kingwood TX 77345 128B Baytown Community Center 2407 Market Street Baytown TX 77520 128P Harris County Courthouse Annex #25 7330 Spencer Highway Pasadena TX 77505 129 Freeman Branch Library 16616 Diana Lane Houston TX 77062 130C Cypress Top Park 26026 Hempstead Highway Cypress TX 77429 130T Tomball Public Works Building 501B James Street Tomball TX 77375 131 Greater Saint Matthew Baptist Church* 14919 South Main Houston TX 77035 132 Franz Road Storefront 19818 Franz Road Katy TX 77449 133M Nottingham Park 926 Country Place Drive Houston TX 77079 133V Lac Hong Square 6628 Wilcrest Drive, Ste A Houston TX 77072 134 Metropolitan Multi-Service Center 1475 West Gray Houston TX 77019 135 City of Jersey Village - City Hall 16327 Lakeview Drive Jersey Village TX 77040 136 Trini Mendenhall Sosa Community Center 1414 Wirt Road Houston TX 77055 137B Bayland Park Community Center 6400 Bissonnet Houston TX 77074 137T Tracy Gee Community Center 3599 Westcenter Drive Houston TX 77042 138 Bear Creek Park Community Center 3055 Bear Creek Drive Houston TX 77084 139 Acres Home Multi-Service Center 6719 W. Montgomery Houston TX 77091 140 Hardy Senior Center 11901 West Hardy Road Houston TX 77076 141C Northeast Multi-Service Center 9720 Spaulding St, Bldg #4 Houston TX 77016 141H Octavia Fields Branch Library 1503 South Houston Avenue Humble TX 77338 142K Kashmere Multi-Service Center 4802 Lockwood Dr. Houston TX 77026 142W North Channel Branch Library 15741 Wallisville Road Houston TX 77049 143 Galena Park City Hall* 2000 Clinton Galena Park TX 77547 144 I.B.E.W. Hall #66 4345 Allen Genoa Road Pasadena TX 77504 145 H.C.C.S. Southeast College, Learning Hub 6815 Rustic, Bldg D Houston TX 77087 146F Fiesta Mart, Inc. 8130 Kirby Houston TX 77054 146S Sunnyside Multi-Service Center 4605 Wilmington Houston TX 77051 147 Palm Center 5300 Griggs Road Houston TX 77021 148M Moody Park Community Center 3725 Fulton Houston TX 77009 148R Ripley House 4410 Navigation Boulevard Houston TX 77011 149A Henington-Alief Regional Library 7979 South Kirkwood Houston TX 77072 149G Glen Cheek Education Building 16002 Westheimer Pkwy Houston TX 77082 150 Ponderosa Fire Station No.1 17061 Rolling Creek Drive Houston TX 77090
* Indicates a change in location
Dates and Times of Early Voting
November 8, 2011 Election
October 24 thru October 28 - 8:00 am until 4:30 pm October 29 - 7:00 am until 7:00 pm October 30 - 1:00 pm until 6:00 pm
October 31 - November 4 - 7:00 am until 7:00 pm
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Dates and Times of Early Voting • November 8, 2011 ElectionOctober 24 thru October 28 8:00 am until 4:30 pm
October 29 - 7:00 am until 7:00 pm October 30 - 1:00 pm until 6:00 pmOctober 31 - November 4 7:00 am until 7:00 pm
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0175 HOCL 5 0175 Mark Twain
Elementary School 3801 Underwood Street Houston 77025
0176 HOCL 5 0176 Lovett Elementary
School 8814 South Rice Avenue Houston 77096-
2622
0177 HOCL 5 0177 Amazing Place 3735 Drexel Street Houston 77027
0178 HOCL 5 0178 Holiday Inn Near the
Galleria3131 West Loop South Houston 77027-
6106
0180 HOCL 4 0180 M E Foster
Elementary School 3919 Ward Street at Scott Street Houston 77021
0182 HOCL 5 0182 Horn Elementary
School 4535 Pine Street at Avenue B Bellaire 77401-5599 0447
0183 HOCL 5 0183 West University
Community Building 6104 Auden Street at Rice Boulevard Houston 77005-2814
0194 HOCL 4 0194 MacGregor
Elementary School 4801 LaBranch Street Houston 77004-
5650
0210 HOCL 4 0210 Saint Marys Catholic
Church 3006 Rosedale Houston 77004-6199
0214 HOCL 5 0214 Gatherings Banquet
Hall5206 Bissonnet Boulevard Bellaire 77401
0215 HOCL 5 0215 Faith American
Lutheran Church 4600 Bellaire Boulevard Bellaire 77401-
4296
0216 HOCL 9 0216 Montgomery
Elementary School 4000 Simsbrook Drive Houston 77045-
5699
0217 HOCL 5 0217 Saint Anne Catholic
Church 2140 Westheimer Road Houston 77098-
1496
0219 HOCL 4 0219 Mount Olive Baptist
Church 3515 Yellowstone Boulevard Houston 77021-
2407
0222 HOCL 5 0222
Christ the King Lutheran Church Parish Hall
2353 Rice Boulevard
at Greenbriar Street Houston 77005-
2696
0223 HOCL 4 0223
Holiday Inn Astrodome at Reliant Park
8111 Kirby Drive at La Concha Lane Houston 77054
0224 HOCL 4 0224 Linkwood Park
Community Center 3699 Norris Drive at Ilona Land Houston 77025-3600
0227 HOCL 5 0227 River Oaks
Elementary School 2008 Kirby Drive Houston 77019-6016
Methodist Church 7415 St. Lo Road at Pershing Avenue Houston 77033
0237 HOCL 4 0237 Jesse Jones High
School 7414 St. Lo Road Houston 77033-2797
0238 HOCL 4 0238 Kelso Elementary
School 5800 Southmund Street Houston 77033-
1896
0239 HOCL 4 0239 Edgewood Park
Community Center 5803 Bellfort Street Houston 77033
0240 HOCL 4 0240 Mount Moriah Baptist
Church 4730 Pederson Street at Coffee Street Houston 77033
0243 HOCL 9 0402 Cullen Missionary
Baptist Church 13233 Cullen Boulevard Houston 77047-
3745
0255 HOCL 4 0255 Red Elementary
School 4520 Tonawanda Drive
at Cliffwood Drive Houston 77035-
3716
0256 HOCL 5 0256 William S Sutton
Elementary School 7402 Albacore Drive
at Sharpview Street Houston 77074-
6598
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NOTICE OF SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE ELECTIONSFOR THE HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
To the registered voters of the Houston Independent School District:Notice is hereby given that an election will be held in HISD geographic districts III, IV, and VIII of the Houston Independent School District on the 8th day of November 2011 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., for the purpose of electing a school board trustee from each of the following districts:• Geographic District III, held by Manuel Rodriguez• Geographic District IV, held by Paula Harris• Geographic District VIII, held by Juliet StipechePolling locations for District III, IV, and VIII will be the same as the regular Harris County polling locations for general elections within those districts.Early voting will be held at the locations designated in this Notice from October 24, 2011 to November 4, 2011. Any eligible voter may vote at any one of the early voting locations.Questions regarding this election may be directed to Houston ISD telephone number 713-556-6121.
NOTICE OF SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE ELECTION
STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF HARRIS
HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Board of Education of the Houston Independent School District hereby gives notice of an election to be held on November 8, 2011 for the purpose of electing one trustee each in HISD geographic districts III, IV, and VIII.
The polls for said election shall be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on November 8, 2011. The Board of Education designates the following regular Harris County polling places in Harris County election precincts that contain territory from the District as polling places for the election:
District III Voting Locations Precinct0023 Raul Yzaguirre School for Success Tejano Center 2950 Broadway Boulevard Houston 77017-1794 0036 Daniel Ortiz Middle School 6767 Telephone Road Houston 77061 0064 Gallegos Elementary School 7415 Harrisburg Boulevard Houston 77011 0065 DeZavala Park Community Center 7521 Avenue H Houston 77012-1199 0066 John R Harris Elementary School 801 Broadway Street Houston 77012-2195 0067 Brookline Elementary School 6301 South Loop 610 East Houston 77087-1933 0069 Edison Middle School 6901 Avenue I Houston 77011-2698 0072 Mason Park Community Center 541 South 75th Street Houston 77023 0094 Raul Yzaguirre School for Success Tejano Center 2950 Broadway Boulevard Houston 77017-1794 0134 Garden Villas Park Community Center 6720 South Haywood Drive Houston 77061 0142 Charlton Park Recreation Center 8200 Park Place Boulevard Houston 77017-3105 0154 HCC Southeast College Building D 6815 Rustic Street Houston 77087 0172 Hidden Oaks 7808 Dixie Drive Houston 77087-4614 0181 Pearl Rucker Elementary School 5201 Vinett Street Houston 77017-4958 0203 Gods Holy Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church 4003 Weslow Street Houston 77087-2247 0211 Charlton Park Recreation Center 8200 Park Place Boulevard Houston 77017-3105 0221 Meadowcreek Village Park Community Center 5333 Berry Creek Drive Houston 77017-6254 0226 Ingrando Park Recreation Center 7302 Keller Street Houston 77012-3518 0231 Golfcrest Elementary School 7414 Fairway Street Houston 77087 0275 Glenbrook United Methodist Church 8635 Glen Valley Drive Houston 77061-2339 0285 J P Cornelius Elementary School 7475 Westover Street Houston 77087-6113 0308 Courtyard by Marriott Houston Hobby 9190 Gulf Freeway Houston 77017- 0329 W I Stevenson Middle School 9595 Winkler Drive Houston 77017-5921 0379 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic School 6703 Whitefriars Drive Houston 77087-6599 0526 Raul Yzaguirre School for Success Tejano Center 2950 Broadway Boulevard Houston 77017-1794 0527 Red Bluff Elementary School 416 Bearle Street Pasadena 77506-3098 0530 Fire Station Number 20 6902 Navigation Boulevard Houston 77011 0749 Glenbrook United Methodist Church 8635 Glen Valley Drive Houston 77061-2339 0766 J P Cornelius Elementary School 7475 Westover Street Houston 77087-6113 0774 El Franco Lee Community Center 9500 Hall Road Houston 77089 0798 Garden Villas Park Community Center 6720 South Haywood Drive Houston 77061 0801 Residence 7762 Red Robin Lane Houston 77075-2925 0815 Garden Villas Park Community Center 6720 South Haywood Drive Houston 77061 0820 Garden Villas Park Community Center 6720 South Haywood Drive Houston 77061 0825 Garden Villas Park Community Center 6720 South Haywood Drive Houston 77061 0831 Garden Villas Park Community Center 6720 South Haywood Drive Houston 77061 0849 J C Mitchell Elementary School 10900 Gulfdale Drive Houston 77075-4608 0850 Glenbrook United Methodist Church 8635 Glen Valley Drive Houston 77061-2339
District IV Voting Locations Precinct0017 Shearn Elementary School 9802 Stella Link Road Houston 77025-4697 0021 Contemporary Learning Center 1906 Cleburne Street Houston 77004-4131 0024 Mount Zion Baptist Church 2301 Nagle Street Houston 77004-1432 0025 Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church 3202 Trulley Avenue Houston 77004 0031 Whidby Elementary School 7625 Springhill Street Houston 77021-6033 0034 The Lovett Inn 501 Lovett Boulevard Houston 77006-4020 0038 Woodrow Wilson Elementary School 2100 Yupon Street Houston 77006-1830 0039 Bering United Methodist Church 1440 Harold Street Houston 77006-3730 0060 Sidney Lanier Middle School 2600 Woodhead Street Houston 77098-1697 0068 Young Elementary School 3555 Bellfort Street Houston 77051 0085 Old Lockhart Elementary School 3501 Southmore Boulevard Houston 77004-7911 0123 Montrose Branch Houston Public Library 4100 Montrose Boulevard Houston 77006-4938 0132 Saint Philip Neri Catholic Church 10960 M L King Blvd Houston 77048-1896 0136 Saint James Episcopal Church 3129 Southmore Boulevard Houston 77004 0140 New Thompson Elementary School 6121 Tierwester Street Houston 77021-1244 0156 Palm Center JP Main Entry 5300 Griggs Road Houston 77021 0158 Reynolds Elementary School 9601 Rosehaven Drive Houston 77051-3199 0180 M E Foster Elementary School 3919 Ward Street Houston 77021 0193 Third Ward Multi Service Center 3611 Ennis Street Houston 77004-4407 0194 MacGregor Elementary School 4801 LaBranch Street Houston 77004-5650 0198 Emancipation Park Community Center 3018 Dowling Street Houston 77004-3159 0203 Gods Holy Tabernacle MBC 4003 Weslow Street Houston 77087-2247 0210 Saint Marys Catholic Church 3006 Rosedale Street Houston 77004-6199 0219 Mount Olive Baptist Church 3515 Yellowstone Blvd. Houston 77021-2407 0223 Holiday Inn Astrodome At Reliant Park 8111 Kirby Drive Houston 77054 0228 HC Courthouse Annex 14 Southeast 5737 Cullen Boulevard Houston 77021 0235 Hartsfield Elementary School 5001 Perry Street Houston 77021-3515 0236 Norris Chapel United Methodist Church 7415 St Lo Road Houston 77033 0237 Jesse Jones High School 7414 St Lo Road Houston 77033-2797 0238 Kelso Elementary School 5800 Southmund Street Houston 77033-1896 0239 Edgewood Park Community Center 5803 Bellfort Street Houston 77033 0240 Mount Moriah Baptist Church 4730 Pederson Street Houston 77033 0247 Cuney Homes Community Center 3260 Truxillo Street Houston 77004-4649 0255 Red Elementary School 4520 Tonawanda Drive Houston 77035-3716 0276 Grimes Elementary School 9220 Jutland Road Houston 77033-3998 0287 Willow Meadows Baptist Church 4300 West Bellfort Street Houston 77035-3602 0288 Reagan Webb Mading Elementary School 8511 Crestmont Street Houston 77033-1399 0295 Greater Lighthouse Church of God in Christ 4514 Knoxville Street Houston 77051-2662 0390 Wheeler Ave. Baptist Church Fellowship Hall 3826 Wheeler Avenue Houston 77004-2604 0392 Rhoades Elementary School 4103 Brisbane Street Houston 77047-1797 0422 Codwell Elementary School 5225 Tavenor Lane Houston 77048-2625 0458 The Fountain of Praise 13535 South Post Oak Road Houston 77045-4007 0538 Yellowstone Baptist Church 5154 Idaho Street Houston 77021-4415 0540 Judson Robinson Junior Community Center 2020 Hermann Drive Houston 77004-7322
0541 Fiesta Mart 8130 Kirby Drive Houston 77054 0564 South Union Church of Christ 7427 Ardmore Street Houston 77054 0573 Gloryland Baptist Church 7440 Coffee Street Houston 77033-3456 0607 Albert Thomas Junior High School 5655 Selinsky Street Houston 77048-1864 0632 Judson Robinson Junior Community Center 2020 Hermann Drive Houston 77004-7322 0653 The Fountain of Praise 13535 South Post Oak Road Houston 77045-4007 0802 Montrose Branch Houston Public Library 4100 Montrose Boulevard Houston 77006-4938 0822 Alcott Elementary School 5859 Bellfort Street Houston 77033-2199 0830 Residence Garage 2347 Underwood Street Houston 77030 0858 Greater Lighthouse Church of God in Christ 4514 Knoxville Street Houston 77051-2662 0863 Greater Lighthouse Church of God in Christ 4514 Knoxville Street Houston 77051-2662
District VIII Voting Locations Precinct0001 Crockett Elementary School 2112 Crockett Street Houston 77007-3923 0002 Crockett Elementary School 2112 Crockett Street Houston 77007-3923 0003 Hogg Middle School 1100 Merrill Street Houston 77009-6099 0009 Settegast Park Community Center 3000 Garrow Street Houston 77003 0010 Neighborhood Centers Inc Ripley House Campus 4410 Navigation Boulevard Houston 77011-1036 0011 Eastwood Park Community Center 5020 Harrisburg Boulevard Houston 77011-4135 0016 Harris County Courthouse Annex 44 1310 Prairie Street 16th Floor Houston 77002-
0019 Dodson Elementary School 1808 Sampson Street enter Jefferson Houston 77003-5434
0020 Houston Community College Central Campus 1300 Holman Street Houston 77004-3898 0024 Mount Zion Baptist Church 2301 Nagle Street Houston 77004-1432 0026 Cage Elementary School 4528 Leeland Street Houston 77023-3047 0027 Eastwood Academy Charter High School 1315 Dumble Street Houston 77023-1999 0030 H O A P V Community Building 1600 Allen Parkway Houston 77019-2800 0032 Randall’s Mid Town 2225 Louisiana Street Houston 77002-8625 0033 To Be Determined 0034 The Lovett Inn 501 Lovett Boulevard Houston 77006-4020 0037 Grace Lutheran Church 2515 Waugh Drive Houston 77006-2598 0038 Woodrow Wilson Elementary School 2100 Yupon Street Houston 77006-1830 0044 Woodland Park Community Center 212 Parkview Street Houston 77009 0052 High School for Law Enforcement 4701 Dickson Street Houston 77077 0055 Saint Marks United Methodist Church 1615 Patterson Street Houston 77007-3405 0062 Denver Harbor Park Community Center 6402 Market Street Houston 77020 0071 Robert Louis Stevenson Elementary School 5410 Cornish Street Houston 77007-1810 0079 Charles Eliot Elementary School 6411 Laredo Street Houston 77020-4930 0080 Judson Robinson Elementary School 12425 Woodforest Drive Houston 77013 0123 Montrose Branch Houston Public Library 4100 Montrose Boulevard Houston 77006-4938 0162 Woodland Acres Elementary School 12936 Sarahs Lane Houston 77015-6396
0163 First Baptist Church of Jacinto City 10701 Wiggins Street Jacinto City 77029
0164 Clinton Park Community Center 200 Mississippi Street Houston 77029 0187 Port Houston Elementary School 1800 McCarty Street Houston 77029-3797 0200 West Gray Adaptive Recreation Center 1475 West Gray Street Houston 77019-4926 0202 Wheatley Senior High School 4900 Market Street Houston 77020-6599 0218 Henderson Elementary School 1800 Dismuke Street Houston 77023-4797
0229 Jacinto City Senior and Multi Purpose Center 1025 Oates Road Jacinto City 77029
0259 Pleasantville Elementary School 1431 Gellhorn Drive Houston 77029-3313 0331 Harris County Courthouse Annex 44 1310 Prairie Street 16th Floor Houston 77002-
0343 Houston Gulf Coast Building & Construction Trade 2704 Sutherland Street Houston 77023-5399
0369 Woodland Park Community Center 212 Parkview Street Houston 77009 0374 Knights of Columbus Hall Council 5077 5309 Oates Road Houston 77013-2850 0389 University of Houston University Center 4800 Calhoun Road Entrance 1 Houston 77004 0412 Greater Mount Lebanon Baptist Church 2324 Lockwood Drive Houston 77020-4513 0528 Clinton Park Community Center 200 Mississippi Street Houston 77029 0560 Scroggins Elementary School 400 Boyles Street Houston 77020-5299 0675 Crockett Elementary School 2112 Crockett Street Houston 77007-3923 0680 H O A P V Community Building 1600 Allen Parkway Houston 77019-2800 0681 H O A P V Community Building 1600 Allen Parkway Houston 77019-2800 0710 Saint Lukes Missionary Baptist Church 714 Detering Street Houston 77007-5195 0741 Memorial Elementary School 6401 Arnot Street Houston 77007
0769 Jacinto City Senior and Multi Purpose Center 1025 Oates Road Jacinto City 77029
0789 Robert Louis Stevenson Elementary School 5410 Cornish Street Houston 77007-1810 0797 Knights of Columbus Hall Council 5077 5309 Oates Road Houston 77013-2850 0806 Knights of Columbus Hall Council 5077 5309 Oates Road Houston 77013-2850 0808 Randall’s Mid Town 2225 Louisiana Street Houston 77002-8625 0810 Port Houston Elementary School 1800 McCarty Street Houston 77029-3797 0811 Scroggins Elementary School 400 Boyles Street Houston 77020-5299 0816 Saint Francis of Assisi Church 5102 Dabney Street Houston 77026-3015 0818 Knights of Columbus Hall Council 5077 5309 Oates Road Houston 77013-2850 0821 Northshore Friends Church 1013 Maxey Road Houston 77015-4809 0838 Clinton Park Community Center 200 Mississippi Street Houston 77029 0857 Clinton Park Community Center 200 Mississippi Street Houston 77029 0871 University of Houston University Center 4800 Calhoun Road Ent.1 Houston 77004
The Harris County Administration Building, 1001 Preston Street, First Floor, Houston, Texas 77002 is hereby designated as the main early voting place, and Mr. Stan Stanart, Harris County Clerk, is hereby appointed Clerk for Early Voting in the election. Additional early voting by personal appearance shall be conducted at the Harris County early voting locations identified in this Notice. Requests for ballots by mail should be directed in writing to Mr. Stan Stanart, Early Voting Clerk, P.O. Box 1525, Houston, Texas 77251-1525 and received no later than the close of business on November 1, 2011.
Early Voting by Personal Appearance will be Held on the Following Dates October 24 thru October 28, 2011 8:00 am until 4:30 pm October 29, 2011 7:00 am until 7:00 pm October 30, 2011 1:00 pm until 6:00 pm October 31 thru November 4, 2011 7:00 am until 7:00 pm
Main Early Voting Site Harris County Administration Building, 1001 Preston Street, 1st Floor
Early Voting Locations (October 24—November 4, 2011) Place Address City State ZipHarris County Administration Building 1001 Preston, 1st Floor Houston TX 77002 Champion Forest Baptist Church - Multi Purpose Bldg 4840 Strack Road Houston TX 77069 Lone Star College University Park 20515 State Hwy 249 Houston TX 77070 Crosby ISD Administration Building 706 Runneburg Road Crosby TX 77532 Kingwood Branch Library 4400 Bens View Lane Kingwood TX 77345 Baytown Community Center 2407 Market Street Baytown TX 77520 Harris County Courthouse Annex #25 7330 Spencer Highway Pasadena TX 77505 Freeman Branch Library 16616 Diana Lane Houston TX 77062 Cypress Top Park 26026 Hempstead Highway Cypress TX 77429 Tomball Public Works Building 501 James Street Tomball TX 77375Greater Saint Matthew Baptist Church 14919 South Main Houston TX 77035 Franz Road Storefront 19818 Franz Road Katy TX 77449 Nottingham Park 926 Country Place Drive Houston TX 77079Lac Hong Square 6628 Wilcrest Drive, Ste A Houston TX 77072 Metropolitan Multi-Service Center 1475 West Gray Houston TX 77019 City of Jersey Village - City Hall 16327 Lakeview Drive Jersey Village TX 77040 Trini Mendenhall Sosa Community Center 1414 Wirt Road Houston TX 77055 Bayland Park Community Center 6400 Bissonnet Houston TX 77074 Tracy Gee Community Center 3599 Westcenter Drive Houston TX 77042 Bear Creek Park Community Center 3055 Bear Creek Drive Houston TX 77084 Acres Home Multi-Service Center 6719 W. Montgomery Houston TX 77091 Hardy Senior Center 11901 West Hardy Road Houston TX 77076 Northeast Multi-Service Center 9720 Spaulding St, Bldg #4 Houston TX 77016 Octavia Fields Branch Library 1503 South Houston Ave. Humble TX 77338 Kashmere Multi-Service Center 4802 Lockwood Dr. Houston TX 77026 North Channel Branch Library 15741 Wallisville Road Houston TX 77049 Galena Park City Hall * 2000 Clinton Galena Park TX 77547 IBEW Hall #66 4345 Allen Genoa Road Pasadena TX 77504 H.C.C.S Southeast College, Learning Hub 6815 Rustic, Bldg D Houston TX 77087 Fiesta Mart, Inc. 8130 Kirby Houston TX 77054 Sunnyside Multi-Service Center 4605 Wilmington Houston TX 77051 Palm Center 5300 Griggs Road Houston TX 77021 Moody Park Community Center 3725 Fulton Houston TX 77009 Ripley House 4410 Navigation Boulevard Houston TX 77011 Henington-Alief Regional Library 7979 South Kirkwood Houston TX 77072 Glen Cheek Education Building 16002 Westheimer Pkwy Houston TX 77082 Ponderosa Fire Station No.1 17061 Rolling Creek Drive Houston TX 77090
NOTICE OF
SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE ELECTIONS
FOR THE
HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
To the registered voters of the Houston Independent School District:
Notice is hereby given that an election will be held in HISD geographic districts III, IV, and VIII of the Houston Independent School District on the 8th day of November 2011 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., for the purpose of electing a school board trustee from each of the following districts:
Geographic District III, held by Manuel Rodriguez Geographic District IV, held by Paula Harris Geographic District VIII, held by Juliet Stipeche
Polling locations for District III, IV, and VIII will be the same as the regular Harris County polling locations for general elections within those districts.
Early voting will be held at the locations designated in this Notice from October 24, 2011 to November 4, 2011. Any eligible voter may vote at any one of the early voting locations.
Questions regarding this election may be directed to Houston ISD telephone number 713-556-6121.
NOTICE OF SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE ELECTIONSTATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF HARRIS
HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTThe Board of Education of the Houston Independent School District hereby gives notice of an election to be held on November 8, 2011 for the purpose of
electing one trustee each in HISD geographic districts III, IV, and VIII.The polls for said election shall be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on November 8, 2011. The Board of Education designates the following regular Har-
ris County polling places in Harris County election precincts that contain territory from the District as polling places for the election:
Early Voting by Personal Appearance will be Held on the Following Dates
October 24 thru October 28, 2011 8:00 am until 4:30 pmOctober 29, 2011 7:00 am until 7:00 pmOctober 30, 2011 1:00 pm until 6:00 pmOctober 31 thru November 4, 2011 7:00 am until 7:00 pm
Main Early Voting Site Harris County Administration Building,
1001 Preston Street, 1st Floor
0815 Garden Villas Park Community Center 6720 South Haywood Drive Houston 77061 0820 Garden Villas Park Community Center 6720 South Haywood Drive Houston 77061 0825 Garden Villas Park Community Center 6720 South Haywood Drive Houston 77061 0831 Garden Villas Park Community Center 6720 South Haywood Drive Houston 77061 0849 J C Mitchell Elementary School 10900 Gulfdale Drive Houston 77075-4608 0850 Glenbrook United Methodist Church 8635 Glen Valley Drive Houston 77061-2339
District IV Voting Locations Precinct0017 Shearn Elementary School 9802 Stella Link Road Houston 77025-4697 0021 Contemporary Learning Center 1906 Cleburne Street Houston 77004-4131 0024 Mount Zion Baptist Church 2301 Nagle Street Houston 77004-1432 0025 Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church 3202 Trulley Avenue Houston 77004 0031 Whidby Elementary School 7625 Springhill Street Houston 77021-6033 0034 The Lovett Inn 501 Lovett Boulevard Houston 77006-4020 0038 Woodrow Wilson Elementary School 2100 Yupon Street Houston 77006-1830 0039 Bering United Methodist Church 1440 Harold Street Houston 77006-3730 0060 Sidney Lanier Middle School 2600 Woodhead Street Houston 77098-1697 0068 Young Elementary School 3555 Bellfort Street Houston 77051 0085 Old Lockhart Elementary School 3501 Southmore Boulevard Houston 77004-7911 0123 Montrose Branch Houston Public Library 4100 Montrose Boulevard Houston 77006-4938 0132 Saint Philip Neri Catholic Church 10960 M L King Blvd Houston 77048-1896 0136 Saint James Episcopal Church 3129 Southmore Boulevard Houston 77004 0140 New Thompson Elementary School 6121 Tierwester Street Houston 77021-1244 0156 Palm Center JP Main Entry 5300 Griggs Road Houston 77021 0158 Reynolds Elementary School 9601 Rosehaven Drive Houston 77051-3199 0180 M E Foster Elementary School 3919 Ward Street Houston 77021 0193 Third Ward Multi Service Center 3611 Ennis Street Houston 77004-4407 0194 MacGregor Elementary School 4801 LaBranch Street Houston 77004-5650 0198 Emancipation Park Community Center 3018 Dowling Street Houston 77004-3159 0203 Gods Holy Tabernacle MBC 4003 Weslow Street Houston 77087-2247 0210 Saint Marys Catholic Church 3006 Rosedale Street Houston 77004-6199 0219 Mount Olive Baptist Church 3515 Yellowstone Blvd. Houston 77021-2407 0223 Holiday Inn Astrodome At Reliant Park 8111 Kirby Drive Houston 77054 0228 HC Courthouse Annex 14 Southeast 5737 Cullen Boulevard Houston 77021 0235 Hartsfield Elementary School 5001 Perry Street Houston 77021-3515 0236 Norris Chapel United Methodist Church 7415 St Lo Road Houston 77033 0237 Jesse Jones High School 7414 St Lo Road Houston 77033-2797 0238 Kelso Elementary School 5800 Southmund Street Houston 77033-1896 0239 Edgewood Park Community Center 5803 Bellfort Street Houston 77033 0240 Mount Moriah Baptist Church 4730 Pederson Street Houston 77033 0247 Cuney Homes Community Center 3260 Truxillo Street Houston 77004-4649 0255 Red Elementary School 4520 Tonawanda Drive Houston 77035-3716 0276 Grimes Elementary School 9220 Jutland Road Houston 77033-3998 0287 Willow Meadows Baptist Church 4300 West Bellfort Street Houston 77035-3602 0288 Reagan Webb Mading Elementary School 8511 Crestmont Street Houston 77033-1399 0295 Greater Lighthouse Church of God in Christ 4514 Knoxville Street Houston 77051-2662 0390 Wheeler Ave. Baptist Church Fellowship Hall 3826 Wheeler Avenue Houston 77004-2604 0392 Rhoades Elementary School 4103 Brisbane Street Houston 77047-1797 0422 Codwell Elementary School 5225 Tavenor Lane Houston 77048-2625 0458 The Fountain of Praise 13535 South Post Oak Road Houston 77045-4007 0538 Yellowstone Baptist Church 5154 Idaho Street Houston 77021-4415 0540 Judson Robinson Junior Community Center 2020 Hermann Drive Houston 77004-7322
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Adrian Hamilton:Pursuing QBs, SWAC record
By MAX eDiSoNDefender
Memo to SWAC quarterbacks; there is a QB stalker at large. He’s 6’3”, 255 lbs. and last seen in the vicinity of Prairie View.
He was last seen in a purple jersey with a large gold 45 prominently displayed front and back. At-tempt to block this man at your own risk. He is armed with a variety of moves and is extremely dangerous. If you are a quarterback in the Southwestern Athletic Conference be afraid, be very afraid.
That should be the warning on the locker room of all opponents of Prairie View this season. Senior Panther defensive end Adrian Hamilton is wreaking havoc on opposing QB’s amassing sacks at a record-setting pace.
In just seven games this season the Dallas native has an amazing 14.5 sacks. The NCAA Div. 1AA and conference record in one season (2002) is 20 estab-lished by former Alabama A&M star and current Colt Pro Bowler Robert Mathis.
Thanks to the relentless play of Hamilton and his defensive mates, the Panthers are 4-2 in confer-ence play (4-3 overall). They are in first place in the SWAC’s Western division, despite working in a redshirt quarterback (Jerry Lovelocke) and a host of young players.
Hamilton’s rise to prominence is no surprise to former defensive coordinator and first year head coach Heis Northern.
“He is just a relentless ballplayer,” Northern said. “He plays hard. He plays with passion. He plays with speed. He plays with aggression. He arrives at the football in a bad mood in a lot of instances.”
Hamilton deflects most of success to that of the overall team defense.
“Everybody’s playing their role on defense and its giving me opportunities to put pressure on the quar-terback and I’ve just taken advantage of it,” he said.
Hamilton, a transfer from Texas Tech, was guided to Prairie View through the positive recom-mendation of an instructor at Dallas Community College.
“I played at Tech for a year and a half, but had some academic issues,” Hamilton said. “I
went to Dallas Community College to get my grades up. I had a lot of choices to resume my football career, but there was a teacher at DCC that told me about Prairie View.”
“Growing up in Dallas my thought of PV was losing football,” he continued. “The instructor told me about how well they had been playing and the fact that they had just won the championship and that was enough for me to go there.”
A standout in high school at Dallas Carter, Ham-ilton not only leads the team and conference in sacks, but he leads the Panthers in tackles as well.
As a young player Hamilton patterned his game after former Carter All-American Jesse Armstead, who
played 11 years and was a five-time Pro-Bowler with the New York Giants.
“I look at Jesse because he came from my school. He was a great player that played with a lot of energy and intensity. I try and bring it like that every play. I know what Coach Northern expects.”
With four games remaining on the schedule, the Panthers are marching toward their second SWAC championship game appearance in the last three years. That also means Hamilton is on the fast track to breaking a record and winning a championship, a feat that would suit him just fine.
“The goal coming into the season was to win,” he said. “It’s come to my attention about the sack record and my pace toward it. It’s something I’d like to get. I’m going to shoot high. If I come up short at least I
know I gave it my all. The chance to win a championship and get
the record would be very special.”
Memo to QBs around the SWAC, Adrian Hamilton is still at large and he’s got a specific goal in
mind. Consider your-self warned.
PV defensive end Adrian Hamilton (45) is chasing the D1AA sack record
#45 Adrian Hamilton has been a nightmare for opposing quar-terbacks
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Showdown set for District 20-5A title at Butler All eyes will be on Butler Stadium Friday night for the District 20-5A showdown between Bellaire and Lamar for sole possession of first place. Both schools are undefeated in district play and the win-ner will have the inside track to the outright district championship. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. Lamar survived a dogfight with Westbury and prevailed 30-21 as London Kirby rushed for 166 yards on 31 carries and scored two touchdowns. Redskins’ quarterback Darrell Colbert passed for 164 yards and threw touchdown passes to Joshua Stewart and Carrington Thompson. Bellaire doubled up Chavez (40-20) as quarterback Denzel Johnson ran for three touchdowns and passed for two more.
Sharpstown Apollos closing in on district titleWith a 46-14 victory over Houston Austin, Sharp-stown is two victories away from an outright District 21-4A football championship. The Apollos will play Jeff Davis on Oct. 22 and then have a bye week before closing out the regular season with Reagan on Nov. 5. Quarterback Joshua Alexander had touchdown runs of 15, one and three yards while running back Jerrod Taylor rushed for 144 yards on 17 carries and scored two touchdowns. A 30-21 victory over defending district champion Yates on Sept. 29 gave the Apollos the inside track to the title. Head coach Dallas Blacklock is in his first season at the helm.
TSU Tiger football is embarrassing this yearAt this stage of the season TSU football is down right embarrassing! The defending SWAC champi-ons are currently 2-4 on the season and one of the wins was against Texas College. They are currently 1-4 in conference play. Interim head coach Kevin Ramsey is a quality guy and an outstanding defen-sive coordinator, but so far he and his staff at times appear overwhelmed. Last year the Tigers had the No. 1 defense in the nation (Div 1AA). This year in three conference losses they have given up 37, 58 and 49 points. When it comes to the kicking game, it looks likes youth football. There even appears to be a lack of discipline and respect on the sideline. They’ve been embarrassed on national TV recently by Jackson State and Alabama A & M. Hopefully coach Ramsey can turn it around.
World Series match-up set; Texas representedWell after 162 games and two rounds of playoffs, the World Series match-up is now set. For the second consecutive year the Texas Rangers, winners of the American League West en route to the AL crown, will be pitted against the St. Louis Cardinals, the wild card participants from the National League Central division. Texas manager Ron Washington seeks to become the second African-American skip-per to win the fall classic. Meanwhile, former Astros outfielder Lance Berkman gets a second crack at playing in the Series. Berkman, the odds-on favorite for Comeback Player of the Year, has had a tremen-dous season and seems to have been reinvigorated as a Cardinal. Both teams believe in the long ball and have bats that can leave the yard at a moments notice. The prediction here: Texas in seven games.
Lockett does it all for Yates Lions
By DArrell K. ArDiSoNDefender
He might be the hardest working player in high school football.
When Yates head football coach Ronald Miller searched his sideline for a replace-ment at middle linebacker late in the fourth quarter of a key District 21-4A match-up against Waltrip, an unlikely candidate stepped to the forefront.
The 5-foot-8, 167-pounder promptly intercepted a pass and returned it 90 yards for a game-clinching touchdown as the Lions prevailed 26-6 to remain in playoff competition in front of a large home-coming crowd.
That was after Arthur Lockett had already rushed for 215 yards on 17 carries and had touchdown runs of 85, 49 and 30 yards.
“I knew that Coach Miller needed a linebacker and I wanted to do whatever I could to help us win this game,” said Lockett, who a week earlier rushed for 348 yards on 31 carries and scored three touchdowns in a 27-13 win over Reagan. “I read the quarterback’s eyes and was able to get to the spot.”
Lockett has been “Johnny on the spot” for the Lions the entire 2011 season. The junior tail-back is leading all Houston area Class 4A rushers with just under 1,300 yards for the season.
Yates, 4-4 overall and 3-1 in district play, will enjoy a bye week before clos-ing out the regular season with games against Sterling (Oct. 28) and Stephen F. Austin (Nov. 4).
“The one thing we know about Arthur is that he’s going to give you everything he’s got whenever he’s on the football field,” said Miller. “I was glad when he came to me and said coach I’ll play linebacker.
“Arthur is the first player in
the weight room every morning and the last one to leave,” Miller said. “He played behind two seniors last year but we knew he was going to be something special this year. We just didn’t know how special.”
Lockett came to the sideline on at least two occasions in the Waltrip game with an apparent leg injury. Yet he was able to shake off the ill effects to continue playing.
“At one time we were consid-ering not playing him anymore,” Miller said. “But the thing is Arthur is a player and he wants to leave it all on the field. When you have a player like that, you’ve got to let him leave it on the field. He’s going to give you a 1,000 percent all the time.
“Arthur makes all the other players around him better because he has such a good work ethic,” Miller said. “I’ve never seen a youngster with that kind of
determination. He’ll play wherever we need him and I’m glad to see he’s a good linebacker as well.”
Lockett gave Yates the lead for good against Waltrip with an 85-yard touchdown run with one minute, 26 seconds left in the first quarter. He followed that with a 49-yard TD run with 7:20 remaining in the second stanza to give the Lions a 13-0 edge at intermission.
When Waltrip closed within 13-6, Lockett answered with a 30-yard TD run with 11:11 left in the fourth quarter. He saved his encore perfor-mance to put the icing on this victory from the defensive side of the ball.
“We felt like this was the game that could put us in the playoffs and I wanted to do anything I could to get us a victory,” Lockett said. “I’m willing to do whatever Coach Miller needs me to do.”
Although Lockett is still a junior he’s receiving correspondence from several colleges and universities in-cluding Texas Tech and the Universi-ty of Houston. His favorite subject in school is algebra and he’s consider-ing majoring in business manage-ment to one day own a business.
Lockett pays so much atten-tion to details that in his spare time he watches game film to see what he needs to improve on. “There’s
always something you can do to improve yourself,” he said.
Yet right now his primary focus is on getting Jack Yates back into the playoffs and making a run to a state cham-pionship. He also admits to
having an eye on reaching 2,000 yards rushing.
“We just have to keep working hard to make it happen,”
Lockett said.
Yates running back Arthur Lockett is doing it all for the Lions.
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HOUSTON’S ENTREPRENEURIAL ELITE.......Houston Citizens Chamber of Commerce (HCCC) hosted their 17th Annual African-American Business Achievement Pinnacle Awards by honoring some of Houston’s entrepreneurial elite. The honorees included DeAndre Sam, A-Rocket & Storage, Endurance Award; The Lewis Group, Excellence Award; Comerica Bank, Advocate Award and Irwin Daniels and Deadrick Roland of POParazzi’s Gourmet POPcorn received the Mack Hannah Upstart Award. The 2011 Pinnacle Awards were presented to Ed Ryland, president/CEO of Concordis Real Estate, Joi Beasley, president/CEO of GOGO Business Communications, Michael E. Nelson, president/CEO of P2MG and John L. Guess, III, president/CEO of The Guess Group,
Inc. Alfred A. Edmond Jr., senior VP/editor-at-large of Black Enterprise was the keynote speaker and Marcus Davis, CEO of tbk Holdings, Inc. served as master of ceremonies.
We salute HCCC President/CEO Eric Lyons, board chairman, Carroll Robinson, gala co-chairs Vernita Harris and Sherman Lewis, III and honorary co-chairs Anthony Chase and Thomas Jones Jr. A spectacular event!........SIGNATURE CHEF’S GALA.........The 2011 March of Dimes Gala honored Tony Vallone of Ciao Bello and Tony’s Restaurant with the
2011 Signature Chef’s Culinary Award. The fabulous evening featured cocktails, wine, table hopping and food sampling from some of the best chefs in town, including Mark Holley of Pesce Restaurant. Lots of money was raised to support the March of Dimes, which has a mission to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant
mortality. KPRC-TV meteorologist Khambrel Marshall served as master of ceremonies. In the mix were Carlos and Marlene Jessurun, Dena Washington, Cathy McNair, Chevalier Mayes, Venicia Dutton, Merele Yarborough, Sharon Owens, Veronica James, Shataria Franklin, Toni Walton, Lauren Randle and Lora and Dr. John Clemmons, to name a few. Continued success!..... .LIGHT ANOTHER CANDLE.......Gilda Thibodeaux recently celebrated her 97th birthday with family and friends. Joining her for this special day included her children, Diane Jackson, Theo Thibodeaux, Robert Thibodeaux and Geri Flenoy. Other relatives and friends attending were Denita and Timothy Melvin, Gerald Melvin, Andrea Flenoy, Mia Chargois, Alicia Turner, Tony Lee, Donna Preston, Anthony Flenoy, Margo, John and Natalie Beaudion, Marsha Copeland and Valarie and Robin Jackson, to name a few. Happy B-Day!.....From Chag’s Place to your place, have a blessed week!
CEO Eric Lyons, Black Enterprise Executive Alfred A. Edmond, Jr. and Honoree Sherman Lewis, III
Paul Charles, Carolyn Guess and Honoree John L. Guess, IIIHonorary Co-Chairs Thomas Jones, Jr. and Anthony R. Chase
Michelle Wallace and Chef Mark Holley Dena Washington, Cathy McNair, Chevalier Mayes and Venicia Dutton Lora and Dr. John Clemons and Lauren Randle
Diane Jackson, Geri Flenoy and Birthday Girl Gilda Thibodeaux Theo, Robert and Gilda Thibodeaux Timothy and Denita Melvin
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