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On March 8, U.S.Education Secretary ArneDuncan came to CentralTexas to deliver remarks aspart of the world-famousSXSW, but he carved out asignificant portion of his tripto spend time with students,business leaders and educa-tors at Austin CommunityCollege’s Eastview Campuson Webberville Road.

Using words like “ter-rific”, “extraordinary” and“vital”, the Secretary praisedACC’s work in transforming

Secretary Duncan is shown pictured with ACC Founding Trustee Wilhelmina Delco and her husband, Dr. Exalton Delco. Photo byNaomi Richard.

U.S. Education Secretary HostsTown-Hall at ACC Eastview Campus,Calls Success There “Extraordinary”

lives to prepare both youngpeople and adult learnersalike for the jobs of the fu-ture.

The Secretary and histeam learned about the his-tory of ACC and the de-cades-long impact it has hadin East Austin – from itsvery first campus in 1973 tothe erection of the state-ofthe-art Eastview campus to-day. Secretary Duncan isshown pictured with ACCFounding Trustee WilhelminaDelco and her husband, Dr.Exalton Delco, and also withJeffrey Richard, a current

ACC Trustee who is ViceChair of the Board. FormerTrustee Delco, who onceserved as the Chair of theHouse Higher Educationpanel in the Texas Legisla-ture, said, “I am doubly im-pressed that the Presidentsent his top people in Edu-cation to see first-hand whatwe are doing in Austin,Texas.” She added, “We arevery proud of ACC.”

Vice Chair Richardsaid that the community col-lege concept is itself anAmerican invention, “formedin America, like Jazz, and it

is unique because communitycolleges have always had to playtwo melodies at once – one ofserious academic preparationand the other of workforce train-ing and re-training.” He said,“ACC is the number one path-way in all of Central Texas forpersons of color and first-gen-eration college students to ex-perience higher education, andfor that reason alone, it plays acritical role as a great equalizerand gateway to the middle class.”He continued, “actually, this is thecase with community collegesaround the country.” See ACC page 7

Teens in Central Texas Get thePerfect Gift for Prom

Austin, TX —The cost of prom can bust a family bud-get, and it brings even bigger expenses for teens who wanthave their dress deliver a lasting glance. However, in Cen-tral Texas, parents just got some help from the PROMRACK. Teenagers in the Central Texas are preparing fortheir respective proms and due to the generosity of the Aus-tin Community we have over 1000 new and barely worndresses of all lengths. We have retro wear.

The PROM RACK a nonprofit organization that wasstarted to meet the needs of youth in the foster system.This year, due to the down turns in our community andadditional resources granted to PROM RACK, helping ourcommunity is a natural fit for prom!

The event will be held Saturday, MARCH 24,2012, 4:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., Mount Sinai BaptistChurch, 5900 Cameron Road, Austin TX 78750.

For further information call Gigi Edwards Bryantat (512) 845-0326.

George Zimmerman, left, and Trayvon Martin(2005 mugshot (left)/ family photo)

Public Fury Impel Investigationfor Shocking Murder of Fla.Teen

On February 26 of thisyear, 17-year-old TrayvonMartin was shot and killed by28- year-old GeorgeZimmerman in Florida. Now,just over three weeks later,the FBI and the U.S. Depart-ment of Justice’s Civil RightsDivision have declared acriminal investigation into theincident. Along with the par-ents’ grief, public outcry, andoutpour of community sup-port, an online petition for thejustice of Trayvon Martin atChange.org has sparkedmore outrage over this socalled “justified” killing.

George Zimmerman,who has not been arrestedand a self-appointed neighbor-hood watch volunteer captain,shot an unarmed Martin pointblank in the chest after report-ing to a police dispatcher helooked “suspicious.”Zimmerman claims he wasacting in self-defense but 911recordings from witnessesand Zimmerman on the nightof shooting may prove otherwise.

On some of the 911 re-cordings, Martin can clearly

be heard pleading for help.Zimmerman at one point dur-ing his 911 recording washeard saying, “These guysalways get away” after the911 dispatcher toldZimmerman not to followMartin.

Furthermore, new tes-timony from Trayvon’s girl-friend claim Martin told heron his cell phone, “There wassomeone following him” ashe walked through the gatedcommunity. The girlfriend toldMartin to run but he said “No.I’m not going to run I’m go-ing to walk fast.” Recordsfrom Martin’s cell phone sub-stantiate this new witness’sclaim.

The petition to Florida’s18th District state’s attorneyto “prosecute the killer of ourson” has collected more thanhalf a million signatures andMartin has become a trend-ing Twitter hashtag. SpikeLee, Janelle Monae, andother celebrities are tweetingto call awareness to theChange.org petition and de-mand that “Racial profiling onour people has got to end.”

The Murder ofBlack YouthContinues!!

I was a teenager in 1955when Emmett Till was mur-dered in Money Mississippi.He was accused of flirtingwith a White woman. Shesaid that the 14 year oldyouth whistled at her. Tillwho had been in Mississippifor only a few days, was fromChicago and had no idea ofthe difference in life style inChicago and Money. Till was missing for threeor four days and when hewas recovered from the Mis-sissippi river, the body wasvery decomposed. As ayouth we read the wholestory in Ebony magazine andsaw the photos of his badlydecomposed body. That memory has stayedwith me until this day. Andall of the anger resurfacedwithin the last few days afterhearing of the case ofTrayvon Martin who wasshot and killed in Florida bya person who had not beentold or observed any wrongdoing on the part of the 17year old youth. The only thingthat he was guilty of was be-ing in a predominantly Whiteneighborhood at night. The killer, GeorgeZimmerman, has not beencharged with any crime. Hesaid that the shooting was inself defense. However, noweapon was found on ornear the youth. The Policesaid that they could not con-firm or deny that the youthdid have a weapon. It soundall too familiar. This case is not new andsimilar cases are playing outdaily all over the country.However, there has to besome charges and convic-tions being handed out be-fore this kind of lawlessnesswill end. In the meantime, we mustuse all of our available re-sources to see that thesecriminals are brought to jus-tice. The Till case ended withthe acquittal of the twopeople who were accused ofthe crime. It was not until2004 that the U. S. JusticeDepartment reopened thecase to bring it to a success-ful conclusion. However, hismother was not around tosee justice done. She diedin 2003. Trayvon Martin’s caseshould not take 49 year tosee justice.

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Digital Shoppers R Us

By Cheryl Pearson-McNeilNNPA Columnist

Remember back in theday when Yellow Pages en-couraged everyone to: “LetYour Fingers do the Walking,”to quickly and efficiently thumbthrough its pages to locate anybusiness or service imaginable?Which really came in handywhen we were in the marketfor anything from pizza toelectronics to specialty shoesto a plumber (this catchyphrase, by the way, is cited byAdAge.com as an HonorableMention in the listing of “TheTop 10 Slogans of the 20th

Century”). We have become

spoiled rotten, since the not-so-long-ago heyday of the YellowPages – including the verypeople who work in the techno-wonder companies that keepupping the ante and changingthe game, as well as those whotrack all of the subsequenttrends in consumer behavior.Because as consumers, all ofus need or want something –food, shelter, clothing, electron-ics, entertainment, etc. Youname it.

But, our fingers still dothe walking, alright – on ourphones. According to newNielsen mobile research, inaddition to talking and texting,American smartphone ownersare whipping out these handylittle devices and trolling retailapps and websites to shop, re-search products and productreviews, compare prices, findretail locations and redeemcoupons. “Mobile shopping hasreached scale and is only go-

ing to grow as smartphone pen-etration continues to rise,” ac-cording to John Burbank,Nielsen’s president of strate-gic initiatives. Here’s whatNielsen data shows:

· During the 2011 holi-day season, the top retail appsand websites combined –Amazon, Best Buy, eBay,Target and Walmart –reached nearly 60% ofsmartphone owners.

· Both men andwomen prefer retailers’ mo-bile websites over mobileapps; though men are morelikely to opt for the apps overwomen.

· Female smartphoneowners prefer Target andWalmart mobile websites,while Best Buy skews male.Amazon and eBay appeal toboth.

· While we, as shop-pers, still use traditional formsof marketing like direct mail

and newspaper ads, we arenearly twice as likely (60%)to read a retailers’ email thanthose colorful paper circularsin the stores (30%).

· More than 30% ofshoppers are actively research-ing online while shopping (talkabout advanced multi-task-ing).

· 31% of ALL purchasedecisions (both consumerpackaged goods, e.g. packagedfood, beauty and personal care,baby care, household cleaningproducts; and Non-CPG cat-egories, e.g. consumer elec-tronics and technology, enter-tainment items and content,etc.), involve some online ormobile activity.

· Digital shoppersspend 27% more per house-hold per trip.

Shoppers cannot be clas-sified simply as either digital ornot. There are specific shop-per segments, based on our

attitudes toward experimenta-tion. Nielsen Category Shop-ping Fundamentals Researchbreaks it down: 55% of shop-pers are defined as “Occa-sional Trialists.”

These are middle-classpeople aged 50-59 who eitherlive with a spouse or a partnerand usually keep up withwhat’s going on; although theydon’t go out of their way to tryevery new thing. The secondgroup is the “Trendsetters”(27%). This is a more affluentgroup between 25–49.

They have children orteenagers in the household andlove to keep ahead of what’shappening; love to try the new-est, latest and greatest and tell-ing others all about it. Lastly,we have the “Satisfied & Sed-entary” (18%). These folksare 60+, less affluent and livealone. The S&S crowd knowswhat they like and don’t feelthe need to keep up with new

things. Any of those soundslike anyone you know?

Know what all of thismeans? Well, yes, shoppingcan be crazy-easy: like takingyour store right of your pocket.But, it also means that retail-ers from your local grocerystore to the biggest chains mustthink even more outside thebox in getting your attention andyour business, as the optionsfor penetration and awarenessare almost endless. It meansthey are going to have to honein with even sharper, laser fo-cus on you as an individual con-sumer – your likes, dislikes,preferences.

Retailers are going tohave to work harder and morecreatively for your businessand your loyalty. They have towoo you. Because you haveinfinite choices; more thanever before – no matter whatkind of shopper you are. Ah,power. Use it wisely.

Trayvon Martin’s Death Takes Toll on Family

Sybrina Fulton knowswhat she will be doing tomor-row. It is the same thing shedid yesterday. And the samething she will do today. “I cryevery day,” she said Sunday onTV One’s Washington Watchwith Roland Martin. “I justdon’t understand. My son’sgone and this guy has neverbeen arrested.”

Her son, Trayvon Mar-tin, an unarmed 17-year oldhigh school junior with norecord of trouble, was killed inSanford, Fla. on Feb. 26 byGeorge Zimmerman, a neigh-borhood watch captain.

By George E. CurryNNPA Columnist

Zimmerman was questionedby police and released afterauthorities took his word thathe was acting in self-defense,a version of events contra-dicted by witnesses and callsto 911.

Martin, an honor studentwho lived in Miami with hisparents, was visiting in thegated community of TwinLakes in Sanford, 20 milesnortheast of Orlando, with hisfather when the incident tookplace. He had gone to a nearby7-Eleven store to pick up a bagof Skittles and a can of icedtea during halftime of a tele-vised NBA game.

Walking back, he wasspotted by Zimmerman, whowas driving a SUV.Zimmerman, a wannabe cop,dialed 911 to report seeing a“very suspicious” Black malein the neighborhood. Underpressure, Sanford police re-leased 911 tapes that clearlyshow that Zimmerman dis-obeyed police instructions that

he avoid making contact withMartin.

Zimmerman told the 911dispatcher, “This guy looks likehe is up to no good. He is ondrugs or something.” He alsoclaimed Martin had his hand inhis waistband and was lookingat homes as he walked.

“These —holes. Theyalways get away,”Zimmerman told the dis-patcher. When the 911 dis-patcher asked Zimmerman ifhe were following Martin, hereplied yes.

“OK, we don’t need youto do that,” the dispatcher toldZimmerman. Not only did hedisobey, Zimmerman got out ofthis SUV, confronted Martin,and fired the deadly bullet intohis chest.

Benjamin Crump, thefamily’s lawyer, also appearedon Roland Martin’s show withthe parents. “He [Zimmerman]gets out of that car with a 9millimeter gun, weighing 200pounds and confronts this kid,

weighing soaking wet 140-150pounds, who has only a bag ofSkittles. George Zimmermanhas a red sweat shirt and jeanson. We believe Trayvon Mar-tin went to his grave not know-ing who was this strange Whiteman confronting him.”

Sanford Police Chief BillLee has defended hisdepartment’s decision not tocharge Zimmerman.

“We are taking a beat-ing over this,” he said. “This isall very unsettling. I’m sure ifGeorge Zimmerman had theopportunity to relive Sunday,Feb. 26, he’d probably dothings differently. I’m sureTrayvon would, too.”

Several witnesses havedisputed the idea thatZimmerman was acting in self-defense. “I heard someonecrying – not boo-hoo crying, butscared or terrified or hurtmaybe,” Mary Cutcher toldthe Miami Herald. “To me, itwas a child.” She explained,“This was not self-defense.

We heard no fighting, no wres-tling, no punching. We heard aboy crying. As soon as the shotwent off, it stopped, which tellsme it was the child crying. If ithad been Zimmerman crying,it wouldn’t have stopped. Ifyou’re hurting, you’re hurting.”

Sanford, Fla. has acheckered race relationsrecord. In 2005, two parkinglot security guards, one the sonof a Sanford police officer, fa-tally shot a Black teenager,Travares McGill, in the back.They, too, claimed self-defenseand had their case dismissedin court.

Last year, Police ChiefBrian Tooley was forced fromoffice after the son of a lieu-tenant was caught on camerabeating a defenseless home-less Black man. The depart-ment refused to prosecute theofficer, Justin Collison, until af-ter the footage was posted onYouTube.

Tracy Martin toldRoland Martin that his son

saved his life in 2004.“At the time, he was 9

years old,” the father re-counted. “We had just camefrom the Little League footballpark. We fell asleep while thestove was on. A grease firestarted. I went into the kitchento try to put the grease fire out.The grease splattered all overmy leg. My body went intoshock and by me and him be-ing in the house, I started call-ing out his name.

“He finally woke up and,at 9 years old, he pulled mefrom out of the kitchen, wherethe kitchen cabinets were onfire. He pulled me out of thekitchen onto the balcony. Heactually went back into thehouse and got the cell phoneand called 911.”

An emotional TracyMartin said, “He was my hero– he was actually my bestfriend. He saved my life. Andfor me not to be there to beable to save his life is very up-setting.”

Made Visible: Women, Children and Poverty

By. Julianne MalveauxNNPA Columnist

Tavis Smiley and Dr.Cornel West deserve highprops for their summer povertytour. They started on an Indianreservation, hit the inner city,and looked at poverty, in all ofits manifestations. While manydismissed their high-profile touras a political ploy, I am abso-lutely convinced of their sincer-ity. In addition, these two menare among the few who havedared utter the “p” word inpublic.

Think about it – Vice

President has a Middle ClassTask Force, but there has beenno focus on the poor or the ex-tremely poor (those who haveless than half of the poverty linein income). The HeritageFoundation posits that if youhave a cellphone, television, ormicrowave oven then you re-ally aren’t that poor. NewtGingrich derisively calledPresident Obama the “foodstamps President, even though,thanks to the Great Recession,15.2 percent of all Americansare poor, and 14 percent (20percent in Mississippi) receivefood stamps. That’s more than50 million Americans on foodstamps, half of them white.Why and how should someonedecide to make food stamps adivider?

We have turned povertyinto a personal problem, not asocial problem. People are

ashamed and embarrassed tobe poor, yet poverty has in-creased thanks to our eco-nomic failings – the financialmeltdown of 2008, the mort-gage crisis, high unemploy-ment, and other matters. Mil-lions of people, especiallywomen and children, are hang-ing on by a shredded shoe-string.

Tavis and Cornel have abook coming out in April, “TheRich and the Rest of Us”. Itwill share reporting from thepoverty tour, and offers adozen solutions to the povertyproblem. Both these men arepassionate about eradicatingpoverty, and about engagingpoliticians and policy makers inthe task. Would that the entirenation felt as strongly as theydo.

On Sunday, March 18,Tavis convened a group of

women to talk about women,children and poverty, and apowerful group it was. Indeed,I’ve never participated in a con-versation where two hourswent more quickly. We had afull house at New York Uni-versity, and a lively group ofwomen, including Labor Sec-retary Hilda Solis, formerPlanned Parenthood leader,Faye Wattleton, financial guruSuze Orman, author SherylWuDon (Women Hold UpHalf the Sky), AFT leaderRandi Winegarden, NativeAmerican leader CeceliaFirethunder, first woman headof her Indian nation, NeleGalan, former head ofTelemundo, and founder of theAdalante movement to inspireLatina women, and yours truly.

Our position in theeconomy, our access to healthcare, including reproductive

health, the state of educationand the ways some youngpeople are getting the short endof the stick in our schools, andthe extreme importance of fi-nancial literacy and moneysavvy in preventing poverty,and the poverty of womenaround the globe. Underlyingthe conversation – why arepeople so passive about pov-erty, why are women so com-placent about inequality, whereis the movement to improve thestatus of women?

The Made Visible con-versation was only a first step,and it was an important step.Tavis and his talkfests oftenbring hidden issues to light, andthis is a great example of suchan occurrence. He indicatedthat this is the first time he haspresided over a panel of allwomen, and hopefully it will notbe the last. And with his tour,

book, and call to action (he callsit a poverty manifesto), he islaying out possibilities for nextsteps.

Here is the bottom line –while the economy seems tobe recovering, that recovery isnot trickling down. More than43 percent of the unemployedhave been jobless for morethan half a year. The reportedunemployment rate is a specialkind of fiction – the “real” un-employment rate is more than14 percent for everyone, morethan 25 percent for AfricanAmericans. This has been thecase for at least two years. Wecan’t compete with other coun-tries with the drag of poverty,lack of access to education,and the notion that “austerity”will improve our national pros-pect. Policymaker ought totune into the Tavis PBS showon March 28, 29, and 30.

My fiancé puts his ex-wife’s wishes before mine!

By Gwendolyn BainesNNPA Columnist

Dear Gwendolyn:I have dated a man for

four years. When we met, hehad just gotten a divorce. Heand his wife did not have chil-dren. At the end of our thirdyear of dating, he proposedmarriage.

This is the problem: Allduring our courtship he hashad a bad habit of putting hisex-wife’s wishes before

mine. During the first year ofour courtship, he purchaseda new car for her. He told methat gift was a ‘parting’ giftbecause after their divorce,she was left without transpor-tation.

Gwendolyn, during oursecond year of courtship, hegave her money to purchasea new house. That gift he didnot explain. His ex-wife is

very pretty and has never hada j-o-b. He is now laid offafter working a job for 22years. Since his layoff, he isstill trying to pay her car noteand house mortgage. Lastmonth we had a harsh argu-ment. He told me if I did notgive him money to pay his ex-wife’s bills, his marriage pro-posal to me was off. -Rosline

Dear Rosline:

Girl, hurry and get thisman out of your life. Let metell you this: Don’t be too anx-ious to get married to thepoint you overlook troublewhile dating. If trouble is dur-ing your courtship, there willbe ‘double-trouble’ after yousay I do. You said you couldunderstand if the two of themhad children. Well, they don’t.And if they did, too bad. Think

about it. There is a limit for aman to return to his first mar-riage and put the first wifeover the second. The firstwife often feels he still lovesher. However, the truth is herealizes that if he hangsaround his first wife, that willkeep her from finding newlove and happiness — in thearms of someone else.

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The Agape BaptistChurch Family, located at7801 North Lamar Blvd.(S.E. Corner of Lamarand 183), In “THE CEN-TRE” Bldg. F – 15, Austin,Texas 78752, cordially Invitesall to our Pastor and Wife’sAppreciation Service for Sev-enteen years of Dedicatedand Faithful Service to theAgape family and the Austin

Pastor H. Ed and SisterRoberta Calahan

Celebrates 17th AnniversaryAt Agape BC

Community, April 15, 2012at 3:30 p.m.

Pastor Noah Diggs, andthe Mount Olive BaptistChurch Family, 121 WestMcFarland Drive

Kerrville, Texas 78028will be our guest. The Appre-ciation Committee invites allto Come, Celebrate and Ap-preciate our pastoral familywith us.

The Agape BaptistChurch Family, located at7801 North Lamar Blvd.(S.E. Corner of Lamar and183), In “THE CENTRE”Bldg. F – 15, Austin, Texas78752, cordially Invites allto our

Annual Mission Min-istry Service – Theme –“Missions: Sharing OurFaith with Others,” takenfrom Romans 10:8 – 17,March 25, 2012, at 3:30PM. Minister LawrenceBridges, Pastor of TheCalvary Hill Bible Fellow-ship Church Family,Pflugerville, Texas will de-liver the message. PastorH. Ed Calahan and theAgape Family invite all toCome Worship and Fel-lowship with us.

Shiloh Primitive BaptistChurch, 385 FM 20, Bastrop,TX., Elder Larry Washington,Pastor, cordially invites eachand everyone to their Broth-erhood, Choir, & Usher An-nual Service, Sunday, March25, 2012 @ 3:00 PM.

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On Saturday, March24, 2012 the Women’s Min-istry will sponsor aWomen’s Prayer Luncheonfrom 10 am – 1pm with theTheme “Everybody Oughtto Pray”; Always Pray andnot give up. The GuestSpeaker will be SisterMarolyn Williams from theWomen’s Ministry of St.James Missionary BaptistChurch. All are welcome;

a variety of healthy saladswill be served. The Eveningwill be concluded with anUshers Fellowship Musicalbeginning at 7:00 p.m. fea-turing Rehoboth’s MaleChorus and Praise DanceTeam along with City WideGuest.Rehoboth BaptistChurch is located at 5303Samuel Huston, where Rev-erend R.A. Hendricks isPastor.

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4th Sunday Night Special - 4SNS Presents inConcert Evangelist Kiamesha Y. Lands with

Special Guest Disciples of ChristShe ministers in song

straight from the heart. Areyou a fan of jazz and gospelrecording artists such as KimBurrell, Dorinda Clark Cole,or Le’Andria Johnson if soadd to those names Evange-list Kiamesha Y. Lands. Herrendition of “I Know TheLord Will” is filled with thesmooth sounds of jazz andvocals reminiscent of greatartists such as Ella Fitzgeraldand Billie Holiday. Her spe-cial guest will be the Disciples

of Christ, one of the hottestfemale groups in the Houston,Texas area, Disciples of Christ(DOC) generates energy andexcitement everywhere theyminister in song. They are the

winners of the Texas GospelMusic Excellence Award, Fe-male Group of the Year, 2010and 2011, and Rhythm ofGospel Award Nominees.The4th Sunday Special specializesin providing a cornucopia ofgospel music infused with thesounds of quartet, folk, gos-pel, blues, jazz, neo-soul,choir, contemporary, rap,praise and worship that is sureto heighten your musicalsenses! Doors open at 6:30pm.

Hi, my name isAlice Holland,I am a native ofAustin, Texas,once again ourLord & SaviorJesus Christ,

has allowed me tocelebrate

another birthday.On March 26, 2012,

I will be 102 Yrs. old.Thank you and

God Bless!

Alice Hollandto turn 102

Monday

Geraldine Theresa[Harvey] Washington passedaway on Sunday eveningMarch 4, 2012 in Los Angeles,California. Graveside servicesare scheduled for Saturday,March 24, 2012 at 3pm inVictoria, Texas at Canaan HillCemetery. Expressions of loveto the family may be sent, careof Malartha Bosier, P. O. Box684736, Austin, Texas 78768.

Grave Service to beheld for Geraldine

Washington

Annual MisionService to be heldSunday at Agape

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Jaylon KnightenDailey Middle School

I had a pretty goodSpring Break. On Wednes-day I went to Main Event withmy friend and his mother andthen we ate dinner at RedLobster. On Friday the

Enjoying Spring BreakRosewood Drill Team tooka trip to ZDT amusementpark in Seguin Texas andalso we stopped at the Out-let Mall in San Marcos.

I had a lot of fun.Then on Saturday I endedmy Spring Break by spend-ing my day at the RodeoAustin with my mom Felicia,older sister LaShanta herFiancée Wayne and myniece and nephew Trenityand Trenton it was a lot offun also.

We rode some rides,played games and went tosee the animals. Next weekwe will start taking theS.T.A.R.R Test all weeklong.

In my opinion, SpringBreak went by slow. I amglad it went by slow. Ineeded a break from all theessays, bells, and all the

Olivia SmithLockhart H.S.

School: Its Up and Downswhole atmosphere of school.School can be exhausting,especially when you workhard. It is a struggle to wakeup every morning with apositive attitude. You have toremember to follow all thenumerous rules. More im-portantly, you have to re-member that going to schoolis a privilige. In other coun-tries, some children can’t af-ford school, or they aren’tallowed to attend school.They might have to have ajob in order to support theirfamily. Overall, school is thekey for students to becomeanything they want to.

With being a mem-ber of the Del Valle HighSchool Red Cross Club,comes a lot of responsi-bility, readiness, and mostimportantly, selflessness.I really enjoy being a partof the club because it hasmade me a very generousand caring person. I putothers’ needs before myown.

We haven’t yet doneany off campus eventsyet, but we are planningto do something involv-ing the elderly. I person-ally can’t wait. This is achance for all of us to be-come better people. Our

Jaquarry WilsonDel Valle High School

Red Cross Club Updatemost recent venture wastaking CPR and First AidClasses with a certifiedteacher at the school.Unfortunately, I was notgiven this opportunity be-cause I was extremelybusy with golf, as I stillam, during registration totake the classes.

It called for twopayments of $15 whichis great considering theactual price of $60. Ibelieve the classes are stillin effect because therewere two separate groupsfor two separate ses-sions, with each groupconsisting of no more thanten people.

Another venture ofthe group was the sellingof wristbands. Inter-changeably, members ofthe group sold $2 wrist-bands during lunch. All ofthe money made from thebands went to the Ameri-can Red Cross. I am ex-cited to see what else wewill do in the future.

The day back fromspring back is always hard,because you have to getback to getting up early.Mondays are bad days forme because I will still betired and not want to get up.The sound of my alarmmakes my stomach hurt. I

BACK TO SCHOOL

Dezhia GorrerClint Small Middle School

don’t like how on SundaysI start feeling sick, and Mon-day mornings I wake up feel-ing sick.

I want to not go toschool every day of theweek at times. I don’t likethat when I come back froma break, because it seemslike that’s when we do themost schoolwork.

When we come back,people in school will be inbad moods, and that will startmy day off wrong. Theteachers have less patience,and yell a lot more than nor-mal. I wish we didn’t haveschool on Mondays its bor-ing.

My Spring Break wentgreat. The event that madeup my spring break was anouting to ZDT amusementpark in Seguin and the SanMarcos Outlet Mall with theRosewood Baptist churchdrill team. At the amusement

My Spring Break

Deria GoodDailey Middle School

park, I played on the dancemachine against my older sis-ter. She won because thatgame was really confusing.Then I played against her onGuitar Hero, which she wonagain, but it was really fun toplay. We went over to thelong line for the go-carts andwe drove those. They weresuperfast. We also enjoyedthe water slides. The lastride I went on was the tallestin the park. It took it up re-ally high and then droppedyou down really fast. Mystomach completelydropped and I had to laughoff my fear. At the mall, Ionly brought a ring. But thisouting made my SpringBreak!

The Garden a tHornsby Dunlap Elemen-tary is where students,teachers and families canwork together to havehealthy and nutritiousfood grown. The missionis to maintain the gardenfor both hands-on edu-cation and vegetablegrowth.

New gardens have

Tierra GoodHornsby-Dunlap Elementary

Hornsby DunlapCommunity Garden

been added in the court-yards and winter veg-e tables have beenplanted in the main gar-den. The first work daythis year was in October.Another work day willhappen in the spring. Butstudents and parents canparticipate all year long towater and weed the gar-den.

If you would like todonate items, we alwaysneed new garden gloves,seeds for planting and pe-rennials. Thanks to thecommunity partners whohelp make our garden asuccess. They are Organ-ics by Gosh, S PallettCompany, Roy RogersStone & Supply andDonn’s Bar-B-Que.

This past weekendwe competed at TexasSouthern University for theTSU Relays. We com-peted in the 4x100, 4x200,4x800, Distance Medleyand the 200.

Friday, the Dis-tance Medley and the4x200 were run. The Dis-tance Medley consisted ofEmily, Kendra, Wallaceand Hannah. It was atimed final, meaning youonly run it once and how-ever you place in the racewill be a final placementinstead of running prelimsand then a final. However,the 4x200 was a prelim.Jazmin, Dana, Macahla andI ran the 4x200.

We ran a 1:43 puttingus in 8th place going into fi-nals. They take the top 16teams out of 40 to the fi-nals. Finals for the 4x200were on Saturday.

On Saturday,Mac- hala competed in the200 meter dash. She got 2nd

in her heat and 5th overallout of about 70 girls. Afterthe 200 came the 4x100prelims which consisted ofDana, Alaeh, Machla and

Destini GorrerLBJ High School

The TSU RelaysI. The final would be runlater this day. Unfortu-nately, we didn’t make it tothe finals because we gotdisqualified, the baton wasdropped.

That hurt, especiallysince we were leading ourheat by a lot so we wereguaranteed a good spotcame time for the finals.

When itcame time for the finals inour 4x200, our teammatewas hurting. But since thiswas only a practice meet,we used our alternateAlaeh, because we haveState to worry about so wewant everyone one to behealthy.

We had to completelyadjust our relay last minute.We ran a 1:44 putting us11th overall and ranking us27th in the nation. Everyonedid a wonderful job, beingwe made changes lastminute. We’re aim-ing to get ranked higher inthe nation as the seasoncontinues. The 4x800 wasthe last race consisting ofEmily, Kendra, Wallaceand Hannah. They got 3rd

overall and this was also atime final.

This was a greatexperience for us, be-cause it allowed us theoppor tuni ty to see alarger variety of our com-petition come Texas Re-lays and State.

This Sa turdayMarch 24th, we will run atPflugerville High School.Congratulations LadyJags, lets keep up thegood work.

Gerda Weissmann Klein,Citizenship Counts’Founder and Holocaustsurvivor was the guestspeaker

Sidney Lanier HighSchool was host to anaturalization ceremonyconducted by U.S. Citi-zenship and ImmigrationServices, with the help ofCitizenship Counts. Theevent was Wednesday,March 21, 2012 at 10a.m., in Lanier High SchoolMain Hall.

Lanier students re-cently have completed theCitizenship Counts pro-gram, an interactive, multi-disciplinary civics curricu-lum that provides an op-portunity for young peopleto participate in the demo-cratic process and gain abetter understanding of the

Lanier High SchoolHeld Naturalization

Ceremonyvalue and responsibilities ofcitizenship. The program’sfounder, Gerda WeissmannKlein, was the speaker.She talked about the valueof American citizenship andthe importance of givingback to the community.

Klein, a naturalizedcitizen herself, is a Holo-caust survivor as well asthe 2010 PresidentialMedal of Freedom recipi-ent.

Twenty-five immi-grants from countriesaround the world weresworn in as U.S. citizensat the ceremony. A musi-cal performance followedand students hosted a re-ception to welcome thenew citizens.

Lanier High School,is located at 1201 PeytonGin Road.

Youth of Today

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HOUSTON - LonalRobinson, 63, co-pub-lisher of The Houston SunNewspaper, passed awayon March 17 after a four-month hospital stay. He issurvived by his wife of 40years, Dorris EllisRobinson, his four childrenand five grandchildren.Daughter ShurondaRobinson is a resident ofAustin.

The entrepreneurand community volunteer,was well known for hiswork coaching and train-ing youth in football, bas-ketball and baseball.Lonal, an athletic star bornin Lima, Ohio, organized

HOUSTON SUN NEWSPAPERCO-PUBLISHER LONAL ROBINSON DIES

sports leagues and teamsfor children in each com-munity in which he lived in-cluding Champaign, IL,Madison, AK, and Hous-ton.

In collaboration withHouston ISD and the Cityof Houston, Lonal spear-headed the creation of amulti-use sports field forchildren in Third Ward andestablished the HoustonMetropolitan Youth SportsAssociation, which teachesboys and girls football andbaseball. His most recentcivic activity was to supportthe Friends of Emancipa-tion Park efforts to reno-vate the 140-year-old his-

toric landmark. MayorAnnise Parker recently an-nounced an $18 millionrenovation and upgradeproject for EmancipationPark.

In 1983, Lonal andhis wife, Dorris, establishedThe Houston Sun newspa-per; and in 1990 heopened the first black-owned comedy club in theSouthwest, the ComedyPlace, which featured actsincluding Chris Rock,Adele, DL Hughly, andRicky Harris.

Funeral servicesare being planned and willbe announced early nextweek.

The Rams are Set toCompete in the Los AngelesArea for Grants and GloryAgainst 250 Students from48 of the Nation’s HBCUsat the 2012 Honda CampusAll-Star Challenge

Austin, TEXAS,March 19, 2012 – Across thenation, students from Histori-cally Black Colleges and Uni-versities (HBCUs) are mak-ing final preparations to viefor grants and glory at thenation’s only HBCU aca-demic competition - the 2012Honda Campus All-StarChallenge (HCASC)(www.hcasc.com). The two-day competition, scheduledto take place April 1 - April2nd in Torrance, CA, will teststudents’ knowledge of his-tory, science, literature, reli-gion, the arts, social science,and popular culture. Thecompetition will give studentsthe opportunity to win a shareof the more than $300,000in institutional grants awardedannually by Honda, as well asbattle for bragging rights asthe nation’s top academicHBCU.

The team of Aisha Z.Henderson, junior, computer

Top Students from Huston-Tillotson UniversityPrepare for Nation’s Only Academic Competition

Among Historically Black Colleges and Universities

science; Erica N. Jackson,senior, political science;Nimi Kemuel, junior, politi-cal science; and JonathanWayne, sophomore, music;will represent Huston-Tillotson University. The stu-dents voluntarily enrolled inthe Honda All-Star Chal-lenge Preparation semester-long course taught by historyProfessor Alaine Hutson andparticipated in mock com-petitions with other histori-cally black universities in thestate. HT students haveearned more than $40,000in the competition since en-tering the challenge in theearly 90s.

The 250 HCASC stu-dent competitors from 48HBCUs, or “Great 48,”heading to Torrance to com-pete in the 2012 games, hailfrom HBCUs located in Ala-bama, Georgia, Mississippi,North Carolina, Ohio,Pennsylvania, Illinois, SouthCarolina, Delaware,Florida, Tennessee, Louisi-ana, New York, Kentucky,Missouri, Maryland, Okla-homa, Virginia, Texas, WestVirginia, and WashingtonDC. The competitors will be

split into eight divisions andwill compete in a modifiedround-robin format. The toptwo teams from each divisionwill advance to the “Sweet16” and compete in a singleelimination playoff. The finaltwo teams that emerge fromthe playoffs will battle for thetitle of National Championsand the grand prize of$50,000.

The 23rd annual HondaCampus All-Star Challengewill take place this year at thecorporate headquarters ofAmerican Honda Motor Co.,Inc., in Torrance, CA. Mov-ing from its previous locationin Orlando, FLA., this will bethe first time the event is heldin the Los Angeles area on thecampus of Honda, the event’ssole corporate sponsor.Honda hopes to introducestudents to the many careeropportunities available in theautomotive industry.

HCASC is one ofHonda’s largest and longestrunning philanthropic initia-tives in the United States.Throughout its 22-year ten-ure, the program has touchedover 50,000 students andawarded more than $6 mil-lion in grants. In addition toproviding students a venue forfriendly competition, the pro-gram encourages relationshipbuilding, intellectual excel-lence, and the development ofvalues that define good char-acter.

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Housing Authority

Laura Pressley Meet and Greet Event

On March 16, 2012the Laura Pressley cam-paign organized a meetand greet event in the heartof East Austin. During the

event, the attendee hadthe opportunity to speakwith the candidate; andalso had the opportunityto donate some funds tothe campaign. In addition,Laura Pressley spoke tothe group gatherred atthe meet and greet event.

Laura Pressley can-didate for the Austin’scity council place 2, men-tioned that she is runningfor office because shebelieve that “she can dothe people’s businessbetter than the actual in-cumbent.” If elected,then she mentioned that“she will listen to the pub-lic and to local business

owner before voting forvarious proposal.” Fur-thermore, Laura Pressleyspoke out “against policebrutality, especially, in thecase of Byron Carter.”

The crowd was veryinspired and energized byher speech. Laura Press-ley is a local businessowner and also an activ-ist. Over the years, she hascampaigned against theuse of fluoride in thedrinking water. On May12, 2012 she will be fac-ing the current incumbentMike Marinez. Moreover,she face an uphill battledue to the fact that heropponent is “well funded.”

Documentary On President Obama

On March 18 ,2012, the group organiz-ing for America (OFA)held a local screening ofthe documentary called “The Road We’ve Trav-elled.”

“The Road We’veTraveled,” the new docu-mentary by the directorof “An InconvenientTruth” about how far theObama team has come inthe last four years. More-

over, the documentarygoes into detail regardingthe various tough decisionPresident Obama had totake, in order, to placeAmerica on the right path.

During the docu-mentary, it mentioned thatPresident Obama had totake some tough decisionwhen it came to “save”the American Auto Indus-try. When Republicanparty did not want an

“auto” baillout, PresidentObama had to make thetough decision of provid-ing a bailout for the autoindustry. Due to the bail-out, thousands of jobswere saved and hashelped the auto industrymake a profit. Now, theauto industry is actuallyseeking to add moreworkers.

Moreover, therewere several local com-munity activist who at-tended the documentaryscreening. One attendeementioned that the “docu-mentary shows the amountof work done by PresidentObama to help Americarecovers from its economicrecession.” Furthermore,she mentioned that “ Presi-dent Obama has alsopassed several legislation tohelp the American people.”Finally, another attendeementioned that the docu-mentary was very inspira-tional and motivitional.”

President Obama

Right Wing War Against Women

On Tuesday, March13th, 2012, PlannedParenthood’s Women’sHealth Express made their fi-nal destination at the theTexas Capitol. After stopingthrough various Texas cities,

such as: San Angelo, Waco,Abilene and Brownville, the“Express” made its way toAustin. At the Texas Capi-tol in Austin, the group heldtheir “Final Stop Rally.”

Between 6:30PM-

8:30PM, both women andmen came together to fightagainst the cut to variouswomen health funding. In thelast legislative session, the Re-publican led Texas’ legislaturecut some funding various“women health providers” likePlanned Parenthood. Inother words, the new Texaslaw prohibits the funding tovarious abortion providers,that includes planned parent-hood services.

The defunding of variuoswomen health program by theTexas Legislature means thathundred of thousand of lowincome Texas’ women willlose access to basic healthcare coverage.

For instance, thesewomen will lose access to ba-sic health check up likemannogram screening againstbreast cancer. In addition,other will lose access to basicfamily planning programs likebirth control.

Laura Pressley

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius andTexas Governor Rick Perry

AUSTIN, TX- Dur-ing 2011 the number of vic-tims of domestic violencedecreased from 212,106over 2010 to 211,769 show-ing a -0.2% difference1—while this is a small changeit is a step in the right di-rection. One of the onlyservices proven to providea permanent decrease indomestic violence is legalservices. For example, ac-cording to the U.S. Depart-ment of Justice, victimswho access the criminaljustice system are 80% lesslikely to be re-victimized intheir lifetimes. Through theHandbags for Hope drive,you can help save the lifeof a domestic violence vic-tim, and provide them withaccess to free legal ser-vices by donating a purse.Texas Advocacy Project—along with the TravisCounty Sheriff’s Office—need your donations of newor gently used handbag’s,the campaign is aimed atplacing life-saving informa-tion in the hands of victims.Texas Advocacy Projecthas collected more than13,000 bags through Hand-bags for Hope since it first

launched five years ago.The Handbags for

Hope drive begins on Tues-day, February 28th and runsthrough Monday, March19th. Purses can bedropped off at the TravisCounty Sheriff ’s Office,5555 Airport Blvd, in Aus-tin. Additional drop-off lo-cations will be announcedvia the Project’s websitewww.TexasAdvocacyProject.organd at www.facebook/TexasAdvocacyProject.com.

Children staying inshelters across the state, in-cluding The Family Place inDallas, Hope Alliance inRound Rock, and BastropCounty Family Crisis Cen-ter, will pick out a donatedbag to gift to their moms onMother ’s Day. Tuckedaway inside each bag will bea chance for a new life –each one will be fitted witha tag that has Texas Advo-cacy Project’s life-saving,toll-free legal domestic vio-lence hotline number andpamphlets detailing steps toget and stay safe.

“We know access tolegal services is critical inhelping victims begin thejourney to becoming a sur-vivor,” said Candace Lam-bert, Board member and

former client of Texas Ad-vocacy Project. “Each year,thousands of women call theProject’s family violence le-gal hotline and get the helpthey need to get and staysafe. For victims striving tobecome survivors, an at-tempt to seek help can be alife threatening effort. Bystitching the Project’s do-mestic violence hotline in-side the handbags, victimswill be armed with one ofthe strongest tools to breakthe cycle of domestic vio-lence – access to legal ser-vices.”

Texas AdvocacyProject Particulars

Texas AdvocacyProject is a statewide non-profit organization providingfree legal help to victims ofdomestic violence andsexual assault. The Projectprovides invaluable legalservices– helping thousandsof Texans and their childrenacross the state. Their vi-sion is for a Texas where nochild has to see one parentharm the other. For moreinformation about their pro-grams and ways to supporttheir mission please visittheir site at Texas Advoc-acyProject.org.

“Handbags for Hope”Holds New Beginnings for

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5th Annual Purse Drive to Help Domestic Violence Victims

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Earlier, Dr. BrendaDann-Messier, AssistantSecretary for Vocational andAdult Education and a topmember of Duncan’s lead-ership team, spent the entiremorning touring theEastview campus, meetingfaculty, students and admin-istrators, and conducting aroundtable discussion withthem. Dr. Dann-Messiermarveled at the academicpass rates and job-place-ment rates for the health sci-ences careers, virtually all inthe high 90% range — withsome 100% success rates insome categories – and shereiterated to SecretaryDuncan ACC’s statisticwhich said that it takes onlyabout three weeks of timeto go from an industry-ex-pressed need to a curricu-lum change to reflect that

Secretary Arne Duncan with Jeffrey Richard, current ACCTrustee who is Vice Chair of the Board. Photo by Naomi Richard.

need. She reminded theACC leadership that thereare several imminent federalgrants – some in the Depart-ment of Education, some inthe Department of Labor –that ACC should seriouslyconsider pursuing as it lever-ages the current business-education partnerships that ithas already created in theregion.

At the town-hall, pan-elists included SecretaryDuncan, Assistant SecretaryDann-Messier, Dr. RichardRhodes, new President/CEO of ACC and TonyBudet, President/CEO ofUniversity Federal CreditUnion and Chair of the ACCProgress Report Task Forcefor the Greater AustinChamber. Noted editorEvan Smith of the Texas Tri-bune, moderated the panel.

The entire event was co-sponsored by ACC, theAustin Chamber, andTechnNet, an organizationwhich helps shape the pub-lic policies that impact thetechnology industries.

As the forum begansome attendees who wererepresenting the OccupyAustin movement, took thefloor with the statement,“Austin teachers are not forsale,” and “Austin studentsare not for sale.” When theyasked Secretary Duncan fora response, he provided oneat that moment. Later dur-ing a media opportunity, thepress got to ask a number ofquestions directly of the Sec-retary, reportedly includingthe Occupy Austin propo-nents.

In responding to an-other question from an audi-ence member, Duncan re-ferred to the sense of respectthat teachers are viewed within some countries in Asia. Hesaid that “teachers there arereferred to as ‘nation build-ers’, [but] we don’t get thathere in the U.S.” SecretaryDuncan continued, “Not ev-eryone agrees with me, but Ithink salaries should bedoubled for beginning teach-ers” as an indication of thelevel of esteem in which theyshould be held.

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OCTOBER/NOVEMBERMembers Es ther

Phillips and Cardette Carrollbrought an outstanding pre-sentation by the Teach-A-Rama Committee, on provid-ing tips and stratergies forEnhancing the ClassroomTeacher. Many of the mem-bers were overheard continu-ing the dialogue and askingfor a follow-up presentation.The chapter will provide timeat the end of our monthlymeeting so that we may sup-port any teacher in need ofour assistance.

Membership chair, NancyThompson directed our minds to-ward our annual RUSH PARTY,scheduled October 9th at DavidChapel Baptist Church. The com-mittee entertained fifteen womenin the field of education with anoverview of the NSPDK,INC. andthe Delta Beta Chapter. Seven ofthe ladies completed membershipapplications which were submit-ted and approved.

Four families wereblessed with food boxes com-

plete with turkeys and all thetrimmings for a Thanksgivingdinner. This presentation wasa joint effort which includedthe men in our l ives (Anthropos), and our youthgroup(xinos&kudos).

The special families werechosen from our adoptedschool, Pecan Springs Elemen-tary School,Ms. ElaineMcKinney, serves as principal.

DECEMBER/JANUARYOnce again, December is

recognized as the month forgiving and sharing with oth-ers. Edith McKinney and hercommittee provided books,toys and refreshments for 87first graders at the PecanSprings Elementary School,December 16th and approxi-mately 60 children at theMount Sinai Christian Acad-emy, December 22nd withPresident Brenda Fowler.Members worked together toenhance the social develop-ment of students at ouradopted schools through car-oling, sharing and socializing.

January was simply anawesome month for the mem-bers of Delta Beta. It beganwith the MLK CommunityMarch where our youth, HUBparents and other members ofthe chap te r pa r t i c ipa ted .Many members stood on cor-ners and mingled amongthose celebrating the day byacquiring signatures for our“Monumental Day of Read-ing.” A very special day formembers of the Souhwest Re-gion to collect signatures forReading Across the South-west. It was very evident thatthe spirit of sisterhood wasfelt among all of the partici-pants on January 16th.

The spirit of sisterhoodwas demonstrated as we trav-eled to Tyler,Texas on January21, to support one of our spe-cial members, Brenda Burrell,keynote speaker at the 2ndAnnual Black/Red and GoldScholarship Banquet hosted byour sister chapter, Epsilon Beta.Ms Burrell placed strongemphasises on the theme: Pre-paring Our Youth for Assuring,Securing and Achieving Finan-cial Security to Attain a CollegeEducation During TheseTough Economic Times.

Thirdly, the Commissionon Civil Rights Committee,chaired by Carolyn Wilson in-vited teachers aspiring to be-come administrators to a spe-cial program entitled Reach-ing Out With a Hand Up. Apane l o f admin is t ra to rsshared ideas on making effec-tive presentations, the impor-tance of becoming a teamplayer, documentation andworking with the Human re-sources Depar tment . Thepanel discussion was facili-t a ted by member BrendaBurrell.

FEBRUARY/ MARCHOn February 14th, we re-

membered and celebratedwith those we love! We themembers also prepared ourhearts and minds to celebrateour heritage, through the na-tional theme: Black Women inAmerican Culture and His-tory for our Black Historyprogram, February 18. A wellorchestrated program withfocus on Black Women washeard through the voices ofthemen in our l ives (Anthropos) kudos and xinos(youth group) in sharing theways we have learned to carefor our hair, take care of ourclothes, heat our homes andto educate our children. Wemust never forget our heri-tage. Again, kudos to MsEdi th McKinney and herBlack History Committee foran outstanding program. MsErica Blaylock serves as theXinos sponsor.

The youth group of DeltaBeta Chapter departed for theirregional conference to Tulsa,Oklahoma, March 2-4, 2012.Thesponsors for these youngpeople are Erica Blaylock(xinos) and Cardette Carroll(kudos). The catagories theyouth may participate are pub-lic speaking, creative dance,These sponsors have beenmeeting with the groups onSunday afternoons at MountSinai Christian Academy from4:00-5:30p.m.

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National Sority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc., Delta Beta Chapter chapter members.

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VILLAGER SPOTLIGHTNegro League Baseball Has Strong Roots In Texas

By: Terry DavisThe start of baseball sea-

son is a signal to the beginning ofspring. With the beginning ofspring brings hopes, but before welook to the hope that comes withspring it is important to take a lookat the past. Kansas City, Mis-souri is the home of the NegroLeagues Baseball Museum(NLBM).

The President of theNLBM Bob Kendrick has a pas-sion for the game of baseball.The following is a conversationwith Kendrick in his own words.

Rube Foster, Willie Wells(Austin, Texas), Louis Santop(Tyler, Texas) Big Berta, was 6’4"230 pounds who could hit that balla long way and a great backstop.He could do things that we hadnever seen anybody do before.They say that Louis Santop couldstand at home plate and throwthe ball completely over thecenterfield wall on the fly.

Another great Texan WillieWells, who many believe was thegreatest shortstop to ever play thegame. Buck O’Neil said, “Henever saw anyone as good asWillie Wells that he was OzzieSmith defensively before weknew anything about Ozzie Smith,but had more power completegame and a fierce competitor.”

Rube and Willie Fosterfrom Calvert, Texas, Rube thearchitect of the Negro leagues,the guy who made it happened.It was Rube who led a contin-gent of eight independent own-ers into Kansas City in 1920 toestablish the Negro Leagues. Heis better known for that role, butRube was a great player himself.

In the pre era of black baseballhe is credited to inventing thescrewball, back then it wascalled the fade away.

It is believed that Rubetaught the great major leaguerChristy Mathewson how tothrow the screwball. Rube wasa great player, great managerand a great visionary. I say per-haps the greatest baseball ex-ecutive this game has everseen.

When asked why shouldpeople visit the museum in Kan-sas City, Kendrick said: This isAmerica, this is the story ofAmerica at her worst and astory of America at her triumphbest and just so happen to beconnected to our national pasttime.

When you come here youare going to meet some of thebest baseball players to ever puton a uniform. By the time youwalk away from this experience,you will walk away with a foundappreciation for just how greatthis country really is. The storyof the Negro League could onlyhappen in America.

If you are not able to visitKansas City in person to visit themuseum they offer a travelingexhibit. The traveling exhibitioncan be arranged to appear any-where in America where itemsand artifacts can be shown to acommunity where people maybe able to see a sampling of themuseum. For more informationon the NLBM please visitwww.nlbm.com

Rube Foster

Nashville, TN - The TexasLonghorns showed up the sec-ond round of the NCAA tourna-ment game against the CincinnatiBearcats in a daze. The Long-horns scored their first offensivepoints at the 17:52 mark of thefirst half and did not score again itwas 7:30 left in the half.

Julien Lewis broke thescoreless drought for the Long-horns with a pair of free throwsthat made it 16-4 Bearcats. TheBearcats did not take advantageof the lack of offensive executionand was not able to pull awayfrom the Longhorns.

The first half scoring endedon a Sean Kilpatrick three pointshot with seven seconds left andpushed the Bearcats lead to 31-17. The Bearcats completelydominated the game in every area.They out rebounded the Horns 26-18. They had a better shootingpercentage from the floor 40 per-cent to 16 percent.

As they have shown allyear the Longhorns would not quit.In the second half the Bearcatswent up by 19 points on two oc-casions, but the Longhorns roaredback. With 18:57 left in the gameYancy Gates powered home amonstrous dunk to give theBearcats a 37-18 lead. Gates fin-ished the game with 15 points and

10 rebounds. In a span of a littlemore than two minutes SheldonMcCellan scored 8 points to cutthe Bearcats lead down to 12with 11:16 to play at 44-32. Lewishit a three pointer to cut the leadto less than ten points 46-37.The game was tied 52 with af-ter Johnathan Holmes made alayup over Gates.

Texas could never takethe lead at any point in the game.Gates, Dion Dixon and Cash-mere Wright had enough energyin their tanks to keep the Long-horns at Bay. The Bearcatsdefeated the Longhorns 65-59.Dixon finished the game with 12points and Cashmere finishedwith 11 points, 6 rebounds and 5assists.

Rick Barnes on the Long-horns said, “I am proud of thisgroup, because where westarted a year and earned theright to be here and congratula-tions to Cincinnati.” Barnes con-tinued, “I told them after the

game, we’ll never take forgranted being in this tournament.It’s a good year to get here, but tomake a great year, you got to winit.”

J’Covan Brown, many be-lieve played his last game in aTexas uniform, said, “I just toldthem keep being aggressive. Youcould see those guys put up somenumbers for UT. The game didn’tturn out how we wanted to, butI’m just going the play basketball.”Brown dropped in 19 points in thelosing effort. Bearcats head coachMick Cronin said, “First of all, Iwant to congratulate Texas ontheir season. What they accom-plished this year with the multi-tude of freshmen that they play isimpressive. They made a greatcomeback today.”

Texas finishes the seasonwith a 20-14 record, while Cin-cinnati improves to 25-10 and willface the winner of the St.Bonaventure and Florida Statewinner on Sunday March 18.

Arian Foster (left) evadesTerrance Newman. Photo by:

Robert H. Levey/GettyImages North America.

Can NFL Free Agency Be Solution ForCowboys and Texans Next Season?

No one can win the SuperBowl in March, but moves madethis time of year can have a di-rect impact on how the seasonplays out. Here are some of thetransactions that could have animpact on the Dallas Cowboysand the Houston Texans. DallasCowboys, The NFL announcedthat the salary cap number foreach team this year is around$126 million dollars. However

because of how the Cowboysstructured some contracts in the2010 season, the team was hit a$10 million salary cap restrictionby the NFL that can be spreadover the next two years. TheCowboys created some capspace by releasing the followingplayers: tight end MartellusBennett, kicker Dave Buehler,offensive guard Kyle Kosier,wide receiver Laurent Robinson,and defensive back TerranceNewman. The Cowboys alsorestructured some current play-ers’ contracts to free up addi-tional room to sign some freeagents. Some of the free agentssigned were guard MackenzyBernadeau, cornerback Bran-don Carr, linebacker DanConner, quarterback KyleOrton, safety Brodney Pooleand fullback Lawrence Vickers.

The free agency signings shouldaddress some of the immediateneeds of the Cowboys.

The Houston Texanshave been very quiet so far in freeagency. Gone is one of the facesof the franchise Mario Williamsof the vaulted defensive unit. Wil-liams signed a lucrative contractwith the Buffalo Bills. Also re-leased was quarterback MattLeinart, running back LawrenceVickers and tackle Eric Winston.The Texans did sign a key player,Arian Foster, to a long term deal.The Texans’ have a good trackrecord of finding gems in freeagency without over paying forplayers. The good side about allof the injuries that the Texans ex-perienced last year was they manyplayers gain valuable playing timeand the bulk of last year’s team isstill under contract.

Bearcats End LonghornsBasketball Season

Yancy Gates (left) dunks overJohnathan Holmes of Texas.

Photo courtesy of Donn Jones AP