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Bishop T.D. Jakes’ MegaFest BringsHollywood To Church In Dallas
Bishop T.D. Jakes with Oprah Winfrey who kicked-off the festival that attracted 75,000 participants.
Bishop T.D. Jakes’ MegaFest BringsHollywood To Church In Dallas
By Naomi Richard
Mega is almost anunderstatement for thethree-day festival,hosted by Bishop T.D.Jakes and wife Serita,known as MegaFest.Held in Dallas, Aug. 29-31, 2013 the ultimate in-tersection of faith familyattracted more than75,000 participants dur-ing its three-day run atmultiple venues in thecity: The Dallas Con-vention Center, theOmni Dallas Hotel andthe American Airlines
Center.The largest event of
its kind, MegaFest fea-tured four of Jakes’ mostpopular conferences:ManPower, WomanThou Art Loosed,MegaYouth andMegaKidz along withcelebrity entertainment,business and other in-spirational features forthe entire family.
Oprah Winfreykicked-off the festivalwith the taping of herLifeclass in front of
thousands at the Ameri-can Airlines Center.This was followed bynumerous headlinersincluding Joel andVictoria Osteen, whohosted an empower-ment session, Oscar andGrammy winner, Jenni-fer Hudson, who head-lined the Woman of Pur-pose concert and par-ticipated in the first In-ternational Faith andFamily Film Festival,Steve Harvey,“Scandal’s” Kerry
Washington, Kenneth“Babyface” Edmonds,and of course, BishopT.D. Jakes who spoke atnumerous sessions in-cluding Woman ThouArt Loosed, ManPowerand MegaYouth. Cedric“The Entertainer” andNiecy Nash hosted the“Just Churchin’” Com-edy Show, while “omg!Insider’s” Kevin Fraziermoderated multiplepanel presentationsduring the Film Festi-val.
“The success ofMegaFest in Dallas isabove and beyond myexpectations,” saidBishop T.D. Jakes. “Icouldn’t be moreproud of my team whoworked tirelessly toproduce this three-dayevent and provide aplatform for faith,prayer, inspiration andencouragement. I seewhy God sent me toDallas. And I thankhim for all his bless-ing.”
Black ChambersConvene in Austin for
13th Annual Conference
Black ChambersConvene in Austin for
13th Annual ConferenceAUSTIN – The
Texas Association ofAfrican AmericanChambers of Commerce(TAAACC) will host its13th Annual ConferenceSeptember 25-128, 2013at Austin’s CrownePlaza Hotel & Conven-tion Center (6121 N.IH35, Austin, TX).
“Our theme thisyear – It’s A New Day –serves to highlights therapidly changing Texas
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demography, as well asthe urgency attached toour mission,” saidTAAACC Chairman JimWyatt. “Even thoughTexas has escaped thebrunt of the economicdownturn, AfricanAmerican businessesand the chambers thatsupport them will haveto sharpen our focusand stiffen our resolveto be competitive in thisenvironment.”
WHO -WHAT - WHEN -WHERE
Texas Association of AfricanAmerican Chambers of
Commerce13th Annual ConferenceSeptember 25-28, 2013Crowne Plaza Hotel &
Convention Center6121 N. IH35
Austin, TX 78752
Representing theinterests of nearlythirty Black chambersacross the state,TAAACC will convenea line-up of workshopsand seminars designedto address small busi-ness issues, contract-ing opportunities andprofessional develop-ment for chamber offi-cials.
*Annual report fromTAAACC ProfessionalServices Committee
*TAAACC Conven-tion Vendor Fair
*State, County, Lo-cal elected officials willprovide conference kick-
off remarks*“Reginald Gates
Best of the Best” businessawards
*A conversation on“Legislative Issues” asreported by Representa-tive Dawnna Dukes
E x c l u s i v eChairman’s Award Gala
TAAACC GolfTourney on Saturday,September 28
For additional infor-mation visit theTAAACC website –w w w . t a a a c c . o r g .TAAACC Chair-man JimWyatt can be reached viaemail at [email protected] phone at 512-535-5610.
AKA Sorority’sGenerous Donation
is Focused onSaving the
Environment
AKA Sorority’sGenerous Donation
is Focused onSaving the
Environment
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New AutoInsurance fraud
in Texas!It appears that there is
a new scam being used in theAutomobile Insurance indus-try. And one in which all driv-ers should be aware.
Currently when there isan automobile accident, thedrivers have the responsibil-ity to report it to their owncompanies and file a reportwith the Department ofSafety. However, eventhough one of the parties aregiven a citation for the acci-dent, there is no claim of re-sponsibility.
And the company doesnot accept the claim that theirinsured is responsible, eventhough they were given aticket for traffic violation thatcaused the accident. Andhere is the loophole. Ac-cording to the law and a pro-vision in the policy “The com-pany can deny a claim dueto non-cooperation from itsinsured.” This is becomingmore of a problem each day.
Because, most policieshave deductible clauses,each person is responsiblefor having their cars repaired.Their insurance companieswill pay the cost of the re-pairs, less the deductible.Your insurance company hasthe right to go after the othercompany for the cost of therepairs, including the deduct-ible that can be returned totheir insured. The deductibleis seldom returned, becausea lawsuit is very expensive,and small claims are notworth the effort of filing a civilsuit. That means that thepolicy holder loses. In or-der for them to be reim-bursed for their deductibleexpenses, they will have tofile a lawsuit on their own.
While the Department ofInsurance should not be ex-pected to determine who is atfault for an accident - thatshould be left up to the courts.However, there should besome provision in the law thatrequires a driver involved in anaccident to file the necessaryreport in order for the com-panies to make a determina-tion.
As long as insurancecompanies and their policy-holders can avoid filing thenecessary paperwork tomake fair settlement for loses,the policyholders on both sideswill continue to be the losers.
An authentic voicefor change inspires
our next generation.See URBAN
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African Diaspora’sgrowing population
could cause a politicalforce in Texas.See ENGAGE
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One Texas familylands the winning,Million dollar ticket.
See POWERPage 7
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THE COMMUNIQUÉAustin Area Urban League toHost 36th Annual EO Day Gala
Jeff Johnson
The Austin AreaUrban League will behosting its 36th AnnualEqual Opportunity DayGala this Friday at theAT&T Executive Educa-tion & Conference Cen-ter. The 2013 HonoraryChair will be Dr. W.Charles Akin of Austin,Texas. The KeynoteSpeaker for the event isJeff Johnson, an award-winning journalist, so-cial activist, politicalcommentator and au-thor. From his cel-ebrated conversationswith marquee worldfigures in the political,business and entertain-ment arenas to hisgrass-roots trench work
to inspire the next gen-eration of leaders; in-vestigative journalist,political correspon-dent, and activist, JeffJohnson continues tobe a trailblazing socialentrepreneur and au-
thentic voice forchange.
Currently, Jeff isa MSNBC contributorand the executive editorof Politic365.com. He isalso the weekly com-mentator on the nation-ally syndicated TomJoyner Morning Showtackling issues on poli-tics, entertainment andsocial policy issues.Johnson is also cur-rently the Chairman andCEO of the Jeff JohnsonInstitute for Urban De-velopment, solutionsbased institution cur-rently leading a 5 yearproject to recruit anddevelop 80,000 blackmale teachers.
Austin AKAs Provided SchoolSupplies to Oak Springs
Elementary SchoolOn Friday, August
23, members of the BetaPsi Omega (BPO) Chap-ter of Alpha Kappa Al-pha (AKA) Sorority, Incpurchased, deliveredand packaged schoolsupplies for the entireOak Springs Elemen-tary School to include
supplies for the teach-ers. This was in supportof BPO’s ProjectG.R.E.E.N. “(GrowingResponsible Environ-mentalists by meetingEducational Needs)which started in 2009 inan effort to make agreater impact in the lo-
cal community. Stu-dents are given environ-mental coloring books,stickers, and bookmarksto help further theireducation about the en-vironment and engagethem in projects that fo-cus on saving the envi-ronment.
SAN MARCOS –Texas State University-San Marcos and the De-partment of Theatre andDance will host the 11thannual Black and LatinoPlaywright ConferenceSept. 13-15.
The conference is amulticultural theaterevent celebrating influ-ential black and Latino
playwrights fromaround the nation. Thisyear, students will per-form readings with pro-fessional actors and di-rectors honoring the “fa-ther of Chicano theater,”Luis Valdez. Founderof El Teatro Campesino,a farmworker’s theatercompany associatedwith Cesar Chavez andthe United Farm Work-ers, Valdez lateradapted some of hisplays for the big screen.His most notable suc-cess was the 1987 re-lease “La Bamba,” the
biographical movieabout the rock and rollsinger Ritchie Valens.
According to EugeneLee, the artistic director forthe conference, studentswill gain an invaluable ex-perience working withprofessional actors, play-wrights and directors ofcolor.
“The conference’saim is to helpunderserved popula-tions experience profes-sional theater,” Leesaid. “They get to sinktheir teeth into storiesabout themselves.”
A reading of“Sangre y Viento” byAdam Esquenazi Dou-glas and directed byKinan Valdez will takeplace on Sept. 14 at 7:30.On Sept. 15 at noon, areading of “Eugene” byAmina Henry and di-rected by Jeremy Bloomwill take place. Tickets tothe readings will be $5and be held at the TheatreCenter main stage.
C a m e r o nMcKnight, a theatre se-nior, was involved withthe conference the pastthree years and in 2012played Rolando in theconference performanceof “Seven Sisters.”
“Last year wasamazing, the public re-ally gets a chance to beinvolved through theopen rehearsals andsuch,” McKnight said.“It’s a very enlighteningexperience.”
The conference in-cludes panel discus-sions, a brown bag lunchwith the guest artistsand open rehearsalsthroughout the week.
For more informa-tion about the confer-ence and related events,please contact the De-partment of Theatre anddance at (512) 245-2147.To purchase tickets, callthe Texas State Box Of-fice at (512) 245-2204.
Texas State hosts2013 Black and
LatinoPlaywrightsConference
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CHURCH & TOWN BULLETIN
Ebenezer Baptist Church1010 East 10th Street 512-478-1875 Fax 512-478-1892
Sunday Services Worship Service 8:00 A.M. Sunday School 9:00 A.M. Discipleship Training 10:00 A.M. Worship Service 11:00 A.M.
WednesdayMidweek Prayer Service 7:00 P.M.Child Development CenterAges 0-5 years (Daily) 512-478-6709
Bus Ministry Call 512-478-1875
Dr. Ricky Freeman, Pastor
Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church 5900 Cameron Road Austin, Texas 78723-1843
(512) 451-0808 (512) 302-4575 Fax Web Site - www.themount.net
WORSHIP SERVICESSunday Worship - 7:45 a.m. & 11 a.m.Church School - 9:45 a.m.Bible Studies - Mon, 6:30 p.m. & Wed., 12 noonWednesday Night Worship - 7 p.m.
“Ministries For Mankind” Luke 4:18
A.W.. Anthony Mays, Senior Pastor
True Hope Apostolic ChurchThe Apostle Gerald E. Loveless, Senior Pastorwww.thcm.org 8863 Anderson Mill Rd.
Austin, TX 78653
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THE PLACE WHERE WE STEP OUT ON FAITH.COME AND STEP OUT ON FAITH WITH US
Sunday School 8:45 a.m. Praise and Worship 10:15 a.m.Wednesday Bible Study 12:00 p.m.
and Praise /Bible Study 6:30 p.m.(to include Children’s Choir Rehersaland
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AGAPE is a chuch for all people. “Where Jesus Christ is Magnified and the love Heexhibited is Exemplified.” Come, receive God’s unconditional lovefor you.
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Mid-Week Service Thursday: Praise,Prayer and Bible Study 7:00 PMCall 454-1547 for Transporation
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Sunday School 9:00 A.M.Worship Service 10:00 A.M.•Power Hour Bible Life Group 6:00 P.M.
Imani Complex & Office,11800 Mustang at Duval Austin, Texas 78727
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The Church of Pentecost, USA Inc,Austin offers a wide variety of opportuni-ties for children, youth, adults, and olderadults to be involved in worship, spiritualgrowth, education, community outreach,and making a tangible difference to thosein need in our community. You too, canmake a positive difference in our commu-nity through your prayers, your presence,your gifts, your service, and your witness.Tel: 512 302-1270
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Romans 5:1 Therefore,having beenjustified by faith, we have peace
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This life, therefore, is not righteous-ness, but growth in righteousness; not health,but healing; not being, but becoming; not rest,but exercise. We are not yet what we shall be,but we are growing toward it. The process isnot yet finished, but it is going on. This is notthe end, but it is the road. All does not yetgleam in glory, but all is being purified.
--- Martin Luther
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Ebenezer Baptist ChurchRequests the honor of your presence for the
First Anniversary and Appreciation for Dr. RickyFreeman
Theme: “Moving Into a New Era” Jeremiah29:11 and Acts 20:28.
Friday, September 20, 2013 at 6:30 PM inthe Family Life Center at 1014 East 10th Street,Austin, Texas 78702 and Sunday, September 22,2013 at 8:00 and or 11:00 worship in the morn-ing in the Sanctuary at 1010 East 10th Street, Aus-tin, Texas 78702.
Reception following the 11:00 AM worshipwill be in the Family Life Center.
RSVP: By Friday, September 13, 2013 @512-478-1875, Ext. 2.
St John RegularBaptist Association
The St John Regular Baptist Association in-vites all preachers to its first “Preaching Con-ference” on September 27 and 28, 2013 to be heldat the Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, 5900 CameronRoad, Austin, TX. The conference times are Fri-day, September 27, 6:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. andSaturday, September 28, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Conference facilitators are: Dr. Cleophus LaRue,Dr. Joel Gregory, Dr. B.W. McClendon and Pas-tor Richard Carter. Early registration is throughSeptember 20. For more information please con-tact Rev. Melvin Manor at 512-974-2443.
Wesley UMC Cordially invites all to the36th Annual Musical of the WesleyIntergenerational Choir. The program isslated for Sunday, September 22, 2013 at 4p.m. in the Main Sanctuary.
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Wesley Intergenerational Choir singing at the Me-morial Service for the late Austin Celebrity Cactus Pryorat Riverbend Centre (September 2011). Photo by DeborahCannon of The Austin American Statesman.
Women's Day AnnualMt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church
would like to cordially invite you to ourWomen's Day Annual on
September 15 @ 11:00 AM.Our theme this year is:
"A Call to Be a Blessing", 1 Peter 3:8-11"Our guest speaker will be
Pastor Terry K. Anderson of the Lilly GroveMissionary Baptist Church-Houston, Texas.
Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church is located@ 5900 Cameron Road. Pastor
A. W. Anthony Mays, Pastor.FMI contact K. Karal @ 512. 947.4399
ABYSSINIAN:A Gospel Celebration
FeaturingWynton Marsalis
Celebrating the200th anniversary of theAbyssinian BaptistChurch in Harlem. Now,Jazz at Lincoln CenterOrchestra revisits thismasterwork, adding the70-voice gospel choir,Chorale Le Chateau, allconducted by DamienSneed.
When the time camefor the Abyssinian Bap-tist Church in New YorkCity to celebrate its bi-centennial they commis-sioned iconic composer/musician WyntonMarsalis to create a workfor his Lincoln CenterJazz Orchestra and thepowerful Abyssinianchoir. The result com-bines elements of tradi-
tional and New Orleansjazz plus African-Ameri-can spirituals for a rafter-raising musical experi-ence.
You’ll soar to newheights hearing this in-spirational and awe-in-spiring performance.Presented at The LongCenter on Tuesday, Oc-tober 15 @ 8pm.
FMI Call512.472.5470
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Breaking news, Senate ForeignRelationships Committee has voted togive Obama power to launch a militaryattack against Syria for using chemical
U.S. Plan To Attack Syria
Genesis StiggersElgin Elementary
weapons. The vote is 10-7. This is thefirst time since the 2002 resolution thatpreceded Iraq war that congress hasvoted authorized military. AlthoughObama can have a military attack hecan’t use ground troops in Syria.
Now military response can beno later than three months. The yes votescome from seven democrats and threerepublicans including Senator JohnMcCain who thought U.S. wasn’t doinghard enough to arm the rebels fightingagainst Syrian leader Bashar Assad.Defense secretary estimates a cost limitof tens of millions of dollars.
Well that’s all I have for today butdon’t forget to check out more excitingstories in, “The Villager.”
Walmart’s Coming to Elgin
Camari StiggersElgin Middle School
For those who don’t know whereElgin is, it is between Taylor & Bastropand east of Austin. For so long we hadonly a H.E.B. and Family Dollar, but nowwe get a Walmart. The big box retaileragreed to purchase the land for the storefrom property owners 290 LLC, whohave been developing it with the help ofLincoln Property Company.
Walmart signed papers onThursday, Sept. 20, closing on the prop-erty, which is located at U.S. 290 andSaratoga Farms Boulevard, betweenProsperity Bank and First National Bank.The store will be 150,000 square feetand is expected to employ 300 people. Itis still tentatively set to open before Christ-mas of 2013.
The city council on Sept. 18agreed to extend the amount of timeWalmart has to open the store, giving thecompany until September 2014. “A lot oftimes when a child turns 16 you want toteach personal responsibility and askthem to get a job to help pay for things,”City Manager Greg Vick said. “If theycan get jobs close by, you won’t have toworry as much about them getting home.They’ll be working a few minutes awayinstead of the next town.”
Local jobs will put more moneyinto the local economy, which meansmore revenue for things like ball fields,infrastructure improvements and morecity services.
The start of the 2013-2014school year has gotten off to a great
Junior Year
Adrian JacksonHarmony Science Academy
start. I am a junior at Harmony Sci-ence Academy North Austin. My firstfew weeks in the start of a new schoolyear was full of anticipation.
I enjoyed getting to seeingmy friends and being able to meetnew ones. My teachers are all veryfriendly and expect me to try hard andgive it my best. I am happy with thecourses I will be taking this year. Weare on a block schedule, this year,and it seems to be working out nicely.
I am looking forward to afantastic junior year, and all the possi-bilities the future has in store for me. Iplan to work hard, study more, andplan for my future, because senioryear is just around the corner.
Fundraiser
Marshay HatcherHarmony Academy
The Harmony ScienceAcademy North Austin's TheaterDepartment, organized a bake salein order toraise money for this year'sproduction of "Acts of Murder", aplay we will be preforming at the endof the year.
The money raised at thebake sale will go toward purchasingscripts, costumes, props, and othermaterials needed to insure we puton a wonderful show. The bake salewas held on Thursday, September4, 2013 after school. Members ofthe department provided and soldcupcakes, cakes, cookies, brown-ies, and lollipops. This bake salegave the department a wonderful op-portunity to socialize and get moreinvolved with our school, somethingwe can all benefit from.
The Theater Department willhave more bake sales and manyother fundraisers, throughout theyear, up until the day of the show.Thanks to all the students, teach-ers, and parents who came out andsupported the Theater Department.
The first week of school waspretty hectic for me because I wasnew to high school. On top of that DelValle is a pretty big school. Neverthe-less, I learned to navigate the hallsand quickly got the hang of this newschool pretty fast. On the first Fridayof school we had our very first pep
rally. I was kind of nervous becausebeing a cheerleader means had toperform in front of the ENTIRE school.
Del Valley also had their firstvarsity football game that week. Un-fortunately we lost to the Seguin Mata-dors. On Friday 6th we had our Sec-ond game against the Connolly Cou-gars. Our varsity team showed outand beat the Cougars!!!
The freshman cheerlead-ers will be cheering at our first varsityvolley ball game this coming Fridaythe 13th. I’m not really nervous aboutcheering at this game because I knowall the cheers and chants. So I shouldbe fine.
We are going into our thirdweek of school which means muchmore homework and many morelessons from the teachers. Freshmanyear is going by fast. Until next timeGoooo Cardsss!
Aubri Allen-BrentDel Valle High School
Freshman Year
Jaylon KnightenDel Valle High School
CTYFL Season Begins
This past Saturday the Capital CityBearcats played their first season game.All division from Pee-wee Flag up to ourSenior team won their game, so every-one is 1-0. Way to Go Bearcats! I wouldlove to give a shout out to Youth BrigaderTrenton Leary for scoring the first touch-down as a junior. I am hoping to see a
lot more. Great job Trenton!The Del Valle Cardinals played
their second game of the seasonagainst Connally Cougars. Freshmanand Jr. Varsity team played on Thurs-day. The freshman team traveled toConnally while the JV stayed at home.Unfortunately the Jr Varsity did not winbut our freshman team did come outon top with a win. Our B team smashthe cougars 30-0 and the A teamplayed a nail bitter game ending with ascore of 10-8. The varsity teamstepped up and brought home a winalso on Friday beating the Cougars20-14. Good job Cardinal! Next weekwe are looking for another win as wewill be playing McNeil Raiders. Thatis all the news for this week will havemore news and scores for you nextweek. Stay Blessed
Kiara MyersVista Ridge High School
Last Friday was an exciting dayin Vista Ridge sports. We held our firstpep rally of the year on Friday morn-ing, packing the stands. School spiritwas running high from freshmen to se-niors. We cheered for the dance per-formed by the Star Steppers and ap-plauded the cheerleaders’ awesomeroutine. Later Friday evening, the VistaRidge volleyball team faced a tough
opponent, Round Rock. High School.The Lady Rangers fought
hard, beating the Round Rock LadyDragons and adding another win totheir non-district record. Following thevolleyball game, the fans went over toGupton Stadium to support Ranger foot-ball against LBJ High School in our firsthome game. There was a lot of pres-sure on the boys after beating BastropHS last week, 35-6, but our boys weretough and carried some strong Rangerpride.
By the end of the fourth quar-ter, the VRHS Varsity Football team haddefeated LBJ High School 32-7. Whata great evening for the Vista RidgeRanger student body who had a vic-tory on the court and field within hours.The Volleyball team is now preparingto play Rouse this Friday as Varsitygears up for another big game againstElgin High School at the same time.
Ranger Pride
Imani DempsDel Valle High School
Beginning To Like School
This is week 2 of being back inschool and I am really liking it I canget use to this. We have so manynew rules that I'm liking. I have finally
had my first test. And next week willbe progress reports and my goal isall A's. Which shouldn't be hard. I thinkI can do it Del Valle is being really coolabout the rules. It's almost shockinghow much it has changed. It doesn'teven feel like school sometimes.
That's good because whenyour having fun and learning at thesame time time go by fast. I really likeall my classes and teachers I shouldnot have any problems this year. Ihave a project that's due in like 10days I have to build a car and make itrun off of a mouse trap. This project isfun but difficult and I will update you allon the final product. See you guysnext week.
Dezhia GorrerLBJ High School
Crowded, confusing halls, longlunch lines, new people, and NEWSCHOOL. I have moved from AustinHigh School to LBJ High School….from a Maroon to a Jaguar.
The first couple of days wereso confusing and scary. I got lost andwas late to most of my classes. I havegotten used to it now but I get lost ev-ery now and then. The halls at LBJare just circles and everything looksthe same. The school now is mucheasier to get around to my classes. Iam in all Pre-Ap classes, just not his-tory. My weakest subject is world his-tory, and my favorite subject is alge-bra. I made the volleyball team , and I
play libro (I play back row only). Wehave games every Tuesday andThursday.
I am at LBJ to join the earlycollege program, so I can graduatewith enough credits to be consider asa sophomore my freshman year incollege. I hope this year turns out tobe better than my freshman year. Ibelieve it will be because my yearhas started off GREAT! Austin high’svolleyball team was good, but I feelmuch better on the LBJ volleyballteam, because they work with you ona position you want, not what theychoose for you.
I will continue to bring you newsabout what’s going on in and aroundLBJ. Until next time……. GOJAGS!!!!!
New Jaguar
Last week was OK. Wegot to explore with our electron-ics. In music, we are getting readyto practice the flute recorder. Wehave the option to buy one. We
are comparing numbers in Mathclass and I am still reading a bookcalled "Wild Life".
Last week was pretty busy.Look forward to this week. Hopeto go to the football game on Fri-day.
Last WeekErika Lipscomb
Manor Elementary
Football season is here! Wejust started practicing with our pads
in football practice and I'm one ofthe best outside linebackers on myteam. Football has been a fun sportsince I was a little kid. We're tryingto go for district champs this yearand I think we will get another ban-ner for our school.
The banner is when you wina total of 9 games or 8-1. But if we'regoing to be district champs, we needto start by practicing outside of prac-tice, get good grades, and havegood behavior, so no player will missthe game.
With that said, we will end theseason as district camps!
District Champs
Damon Luckett IIBarton Middle School
Montrae NelsonRiverplace Elementary
I am in third grade at River placeElementary School and my teacher’s nameis Ms. Hurd and she is so nice. This is herfirst year teaching at River place Elemen-tary School. Her first name is Rachelle but
we do not call her that. This week I sat withMs. Hurd and asked her questions aboutwhy she became a teacher and whatshe liked about teaching. I asked Ms. Hurdhow did she decide to become a teacherand she told me,” Because my mom andGrandmother were teachers and shebecame a teacher because she lovedhelping children to become great learn-ers. Ms. Hurd said, “There is nothing morerewarding than seeing a child really un-derstanding something for the first time.’’
I feel this is going to be a goodschool year with Ms. Hurd because shecares a lot about children and education.I would like to thank Ms. Hurd for tellingme about herself and I am excited to workwith her this school year.
My Teacher
Friday is important to every-one for different reasons. Most kids itmeans the weekend and a breakfrom school. For most adults it’s theend of the workweek and time to restup at home before returning to the 9-5.Friday is generally a good day for ev-eryone around the country for eachperson’s own specific reason.
Although for most people inTexas Friday night means HighSchool Football. Texans love their foot-ball like no other state. Texas football
Wesley DickersonCedar Ridge H.S.
is famous for the fans, the teams, andthe rivalries. Texas football is so fa-mous that there was a movie madeabout it (Friday Night Lights). HighSchool Football is fun for everyone.There is the thrill of being in the studentsection and cheering your school onwhile being very proud of where yougo to school. For the students andchildren in the eighth grade and lowerits being able to sit and chat with yourfriends while knowing that you will soonbe apart of this school’s tradition. Forthe parents it’s about being able to say,“ That’s my boy!” that’s mostly thefather though. For a lot of mothers itusually a mix between pride and fearof their little baby boy getting hit or get-ting some one in a thousand injurythat will be with them for life.
High School Football in Texasis a huge deal that is important to al-most everyone. In Texas football issuch a big deal that the question “ Areyou going to the game?” is becomingsomething that is just silly to say. Fri-day night is football night.
Friday Night Lights
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YOUTH BRIGADE
Operation School Bell
I am not sure how manypeople know about a programcalled Operation School Bell butI plan to let people know aboutthis program. I know when mymother was told about it she wassurprised that something like thisprogram was not known by morepeople.
Operation School Bellis a program that helps parentsget new clothes and shoes for
Rise of the Underdog
For years John H. ReaganEarly College High school has beenperceived to be a bad or unaccept-able school. But this year we are show-ing up and (showing out). This yearthere are many new opportunitiesmaking their way towards our beauti-ful school, Such as variety of ACCclasses. With Reagan being one thefew Early College High Schools inAustin, it makes it an exceptional placefor the students who are trying to get ataste of the college experience. It canalso take a very large financial burdenfrom student’s and parent’s shoulders.It is possible that through this programa student can graduate with not only ahigh school diploma, but also with theirassociate degree. Personally I thinkthat is remarkable.
Many people who have theprivilege to attend, teach or visitReagan have always a warm feelingabout our beautiful school. Ms.Kurrialacherry, a new chemistryteacher, stated “What drew me toReagan was that fact that we are per-ceived as the under dogs. But I thinkwe have a lot here. Yes things are notperfect but we are still a great commu-nity.” Former senior Ruth Mendez hasstated that the school has really chal-lenged her academically and given herall the many resources she has neededto maintain her 4.2 GPA. “I am reallyundecided about my major in college.But that’s the amazing thing aboutReagan there are so many electiveclasses here. They have helped meexplore the numerous career paths Ican venture into”
Academics are an essential partof a school’s success. Extracurricularactivities play a tremendous role as well.
Jasmyn PattersonReagan High School
Reagan has provided so many newways for students to get involved insomething positive. Such as a varietyof team sports, fine arts clubs; such aschoir and theatre and even commu-nity building clubs such as Communi-ties in Schools (CIS) and PALS.Reagan students are always volun-teering to satisfy certain needs of thecommunity. Such as Coats for Kids andfood drives. We always find ways toget involved. Recently we got achance to participant in a project calledWalk for Water. Students and teach-ers walked 3.7 miles carrying a 45 lbs.jug of water to raise money to bringclean water to citizens in the Songaregion of Burundi. I believe these clubsand projects show the remarkable tal-ent and generosity of our students.
Reagan has faced many ob-stacles over the years but we con-tinue to break the negative chainsand rise higher towards the top. Agreat man by the name of Booker TWashington once said “Success is tobe measured not so much by theposition that one has reached in lifebut as by the obstacles which he hasovercome.” I believe that is an ideawe should live our life by. Not just inschool but in everything we do. Lifewill never be flawless. “There willalways be room for growth and im-provement” states assistant principleDelarosa. Things might not be per-fect at times, but we still must strive tomake them better than they were yes-terday. Reagan has been torn downmany times. But somehow we havemanaged to pick up the pieces andmake a much better picture. We havelearned to focus on the things that mat-ter, overcoming our obstacles, encour-aging those around us, and reachingour very own success.
De’Ja HillLamar Middle School
your children. A counselor orteacher takes different groups ofchildren all through the year to aplace where the children get topick out a certain number of out-fits, underwear, and even a jacket.The children are also given a giftcard to Payless Shoe store so theycan buy a pair of shoes.
This year OperationSchool Bell is allowing childrenwho are qualified to go to Targetand buy one hundred dollars ofclothes and they still get a gift cardfor Payless Shoe store. I think thatthe way things are set up this yearcould be even better than before.
So if anyone did notknow about Operation SchoolBell, you know now. Parents justhave to talk to a counselor at yourchildren’s school and the rest ishistory.
Until next week, De’ja’
XY Zone
This week I want to talkabout a group that they have atReagan High and probably a lotof other schools here in Austin.There is a department calledCommunities in school andwithin their department they havedeveloped a group called the XYZone.
Zyon HillReagan High School
The XY Zone was giventhat name because it is an allmale group of students and amentor, since males have the x-ychromosome that is how thename was developed. Once aweek this group gets together forabout an hour and talks aboutwhat we think a man is supposedto be and how to become a bet-ter man.
I think this program is goodfor young men who may be feel-ing lost but it can work just as wellfor a young man who thinks hehas already found his way. So ifyou are a young man check tosee if your school has a programlike the XY Zone.
Until next week, Zyon
Darius HatcherHarmony Academy
Race to the Top District Grant
Harmony Public Schoolshas been named recipients of theRace to the Top District Grant.Race to the Top District Granthelps technology transformclassrooms. Harmony PublicSchools will provide all 6th – 12thgrade students, as well as coreteachers for those grades, aChromebook for the 2013 - 2014school year. Chromebook is alaptop like device that is builtaround the web experience withoffline capabilities.
Chromebooks will beissued this fall, for students to useduring the school day with project-based learning and personalizedlearning time, and will be able totake them home to continue theirschool work. The device in-cludes thousands of educationalapps available through theChrome Web Store and is idealfor the Google Apps for Educa-tion Suite of collaboration andlearning tools. The purpose of thisinitiative is to use modern tech-nology tools to fully engage stu-dents and create a learning envi-ronment that fosters critical think-ing, collaboration, communica-tion, and creativity.
The students, teachers, andstaff are all very excited and anxiousto start using the Chromebooks thisyear. There will be a Parent Infor-mational Sessions on TuesdaySeptember 10 or WednesdaySeptember 11 at 5:30 pm to in-form parents about how theChromebooks work, how they willbe distributed, and maintained.
Jaquarry WilsonLBJ High School
Getting Things Done
The first couple of weeksof my continued and muchwanted journey at LBJ Early Col-lege High School have been un-deniably great to me. With a re-newed, great surge of indestruc-tible energy from not only mypeers, but from the much wel-coming faculty and staff, I haveno plans on leaving from this aca-demic institution any time soon.
Despite being confused doto the misplacement of students,
including myself, in inappropriateclasses, I’ve managed to get overthe whole fiasco. Waiting for afew hours in the counselor’s of-fice to get a schedule change hadnever seemed longer, but, unlikesome of the counselors at DelValle, the staff at least showedsome sort of actual interest. Amere smile can make someoneexperience a sudden shift in theirmood, as can a short and simplegreeting.
It has become evident tome, after returning to a school inthe Austin Independent SchoolDistrict that some of those whowork for the Del Valle Indepen-dent School District need to betaught that, but I digress. Alreadythis year, I have two ACC coursesthat I am currently taking as wellas a dual credit science class.It’s also about time for me to be-gin studying for the SAT and ACTbecause I have registered forthose. It’s going to be a great year!
Andrae HatcherHarmony Academy
ALEKS
Harmony Science Acad-emy North Austin students ingrades 6-12 will be enrolled inALEKS, an online mathematicsprogram. ALEKS uses artificial in-telligence and adaptive question-ing to assess a student’s knowl-edge in math and deliver individu-alized instruction based on whatthe student is most ready to learn.Students can use ALEKS at
home, school, or anywhere witha computer and Internet connec-tion.
ALEKS allows studentsto work at their own pace by pro-viding a highly-personalizedlearning path specific to eachstudent’s academic level. Thispersonalized instruction buildstremendous learning momen-tum, helping students achievesuccess and confidence in theirmath abilities. As a student worksthrough a course, ALEKS periodi-cally reassesses the student toensure that topics learned arealso retained.
These few weeks ofschool I have had a chance tocomplete some ALEKS assign-ments and it has helped me toevaluate what I have already mas-tered in mathematics, and what Ineed to work on. so far it has beena great tool for me.
Trenton LearyHighland Park Elem.
Alon RodgersHendrickson Highschool
Star Reading
On September 6, 2013,Highland Park fourth graders startedpracticing for the Star Reading Test.Our teacher Mrs. Jimenez wantedto see where everyone was on theirreading levels. All fourth grade teach-ers are doing this so that they will
know what areas to work on witheach student so that they are pre-pared when it is time to take the StarTest this year. I am excited becausethis will help me improve on my read-ing skills. On Friday a letter wenthome to the parents making themaware of what area their childneeded to work on, and the teacherasked the parents help them athome.
On Saturday September 7,2013, Capital City Bearcats Juniorsteam played against the Cowboys.Our Junior team won and beat theCowboys 46-0. This was our firstwin of the Season. Go Bearcats! Iwas excited when I scored the firsttouchdown. I want to thank all myfamily that came out to support me.
Until next time be blessed.
Field Trip
SaNaya WhiteCedars Academy
Labor Day for my mom,aunt, cousin & myself was com-pletely labor free! We went to SeaWorld in San Antonio, TX. Thereweren't that many people thereand the lines were pretty short.
I rode the Steel Eel for thefirst time. It was scary to approachbut super fun when I rode it. Iwanted to go again but we had togo catch Shamu's show. Beforewe leave we always get a funnelcake to share. They are so deli-cious! We all had a fun time!
Labor Day Fun
On September , 13 ThePease 6th graders are going on afield trip to Whole Foods. In mathand science we are learning aboutmean, median, mode, and range. Ilearned that the median is the num-ber in the middle, and the range isthe biggest number subtracted by
the lowest number, and the modeis the number that occurs the most,and the mean is all the numbersadded up and divided by the num-bers that you added.
In Language arts and Socialstudies, we are learning about cur-rent events, like the fire in Yosemite.I like my new school very much andhope to learn about more things.
Go Pease Bobcats
Sarah RobertsonPioneer Crossing Elem.
Grandparents Day
In the month of September notonly do we celebrate Labor Day, wealso celebrate National GrandparentsDay. In 1970 Marian McQuade starteda campaign to establish a day to honorgrandparents. So in 1978 PresidentJimmy Carter signed a federal procla-mation declaring the first Sunday afterLabor Day National GrandparentsDay
Pioneer Crossing Elementarycelebrated grandparents’ day on Fri-day, September 06, 2013. It is a won-derful time for the students to have lunchwith their grandparents. So manygrandparents came out to eat with theirgrandchildren; they had to make roomin the Library. My Nana brought meMcDonald’s and we had lunch together.She shared a lot of information with
me. She told me when she was myage and in the 5th grade she only wentto school with black kids. She neverwent to school with white kids becauseof segregation. She never had newbooks for school. When the whiteschools would be finish with theirbooks. They would give them to theblack schools which sometimes wouldhave the answers already in them orthe pages were missing or mark up.She told me that school is very impor-tant and she wants me to get all theknowledge and make good grades.She told me I can be anything I want tobe when I grow up.
What are some different nameskids call their grandparents? I call mygrandparents Papa and Nana.
I want to encourage all the kidsto sit down with their grandparents andask them about when they were inschool. My Nana is so nice to me.She and my Papa always give mecandy, money and ice cream. I knowI am a special little girl who has grand-parents that are still alive. Happy Nanaand Papa Day!
“Are you smarter than this 5th
grader?” A: In 1964, President LyndonB. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Acts,although many schools unofficially hadbegun to integrate before, 1964 wasthe first year public schools were offi-cially integrated.
Averill ToppsPease Elementary
Rachel's Challenge
Each day 160,000 students donot go to school because they are bullied,teased and harassed. By turning the storyof a tragic death at Columbine High Schoolinto a mission for change, Rachel's Chal-lenge is helping create safer learning en-vironments and making a world-wide im-pact.
Rachel's Challenge is a series ofstudent empowering programs and strat-egies that equip students and adults tocombat bullying and allay feelings of iso-lation and despair by creating a culture ofkindness and compassion. The programsare based on the writings and life of 17year-old Rachel Scott who was the firststudent killed at Columbine High Schoolin 1999. Rachel left a legacy of reaching
out to those who were different, who werepicked on by others, or who were new ather school. (From Rachel's ChallengeWebsite). This week at Hendrickson, eachgrade level is going to be taking part inRachel's Challenge. These are 45-60minute assemblies hosted by the name-sake organization. Educators from otherschools have provided strong recom-mendations and we look forward to apositive reaction from our student body.
The Hawks are on a rampageleaving their last game with a 52 -0 winagainst 4A top 10 team in state Leander.They have moved up into 5A number 11in state and they are not stopping there.They want state bad and will stop at noth-ing to get it! Hawk nation!
Here are the stats from the game.Total yards 787, rushing yards 490, pass-ing yards 297. Quarterback XavierConley completed. 20 out of 29 passesfor two TDs and no INTs. Rushing leaderwas Samaje Perine with 265 yards on26 carries and three TDs. Team depth isseen in the fact that there were eight run-ning backs and seven receivers whocontributed. I do not have any defensivestats but one. There has not been onepoint scored on the Hawks so far this year.
This week on September 12th,Dailey Middle School will be having aParent Exchange/Parent fun night from6:30 to 7:30p.m. At this event, you will getto have fun with your parents and play
several of games and this event mayinclude dinner. Also the Friday on Sep-tember 13th,it will be picture day! Lastweek most of the Teachers gave stu-dents a picture day slip for your parentsto sign. All students at Dailey, make sureyou return this slip to your teachers be-fore this Friday, or you will not be able toget your pictures.
This week is also the anniver-sary of 9/11 a trade by that happened inNew York where both of the world tradecenters we're crashed into by two planesand were destroyed. This was a bigmoment in U.S history .We wereshocked and this was very unexpected.I pray to all of the families that were ef-fected by this event.
Enjoy your first couple of weeksat school and have a great day!
Parent Exchange
Deria GoodDaily Middle School
It's the second week of school andit's really going great. I've met new friendsand teachers that make me feel at homeand comfortsble. I must say I was a little
Mark WilsonReagan High School
nervous going to high school but i made itso I would like to thank the students, teach-ers, and the rest of the staff for making iteasier for me to enjoy going to school. Wehave our second football game this weekso come on out and support our ReaganRaiders. Lets go Raiders!
Raiders Football
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CITY ~ STATE ~ NATIONAL ~ WORLDThe 9 Constitutional
Amendments
by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon
The nine constitu-tional items are very im-portant because it maycause property taxes to in-crease or become newlaws. Proposition 1 (HJR62) the constitutionalamendment authorizingthe legislature to providefor an exemption from advalorem taxation of all orpart of "the market valueof the residence home-stead of the survivingspouse of a member of thearmed services of theUnited States who iskilled in action.
Proposition 2 (HJR79) the constitutionalamendment eliminatingan obsolete requirementfor a State Medical Edu-cation Board and a StateMedical education fund.Proposition 3 (HJR 133)
seeks to authorize a politi-cal subdivision of this stateto extend the number ofdays that aircraft partsthat are exempt from advalorem taxation due totheir location in this statefor a temporary periodmay be located in thisstate for purposes ofqualifying for the "tax ex-emption." Proposition 4(HJR 24) seeks to autho-rize the legislature to pro-vide for an exemptionfrom ad valorem taxationof part of "the marketvalue of the residencehomestead of a partiallydisabled veteran or thesurviving spouse of a par-tially disabled veteran ifthe residence homesteadwas donated to the dis-abled veteran by a chari-table organization.
Furthermore, Propo-sition 5 (SJR 18) seeks toauthorize the making of areserve mortgage for thepurchase of homesteadproperty and seeks toamend lender disclosuresand other requirements inconnection with a reversemortgage loan. Proposi-tion 6 (SJR 1) seeks to pro-vide for the creation of theState Water Implementa-tion Fund for Texas andthe State Water Imple-mentation Revenue Fundfor Texas to assist in the"financing of priorityprojects in the state wa-ter plan to ensure theavailability of adequatewater resources.
Proposition 7 (HJR87) seeks to authorize ahome-rule municipalityto provide in its charterthe procedure to fill a va-cancy on its governingbody for which the unex-pired term is 12 months orless. Proposition 8 (HJR147 and SJR 54) seeks torepeal Section 7, ArticleIX, Texas Constitution,which relates to the cre-ation of a hospital districtin Hidalgo County.Proposition 9 (SJR 42)seeks to expand the typesof sanctions that may beassessed against a judgeor justice following a for-mal proceeding institutedby the State Commissionon Judicial Conduct. Asa result, it is important forCentral Texans not to for-get about the upcomingelections.
African Diaspora CommunityEngages Candidates Running
In Travis County
On September 8,2013, the "DiasporaVotes" held another"Greet and MeetEvent". The eventserved as an opportu-nity for the AfricanDiaspora to meet somecandidates who arerunning for politicaloffice. Some of the can-didates who attendedthe meeting includedJade Chang Sheppard,Rico Reyes, Celia Is-rael, Chantal Eldridge,Richard Jung andGarry Brown. Further-more, there was a di-verse group of Africancommunity civic lead-ers and business own-ers.
Photo by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon
Some members ofthe African Diasporawho attended theevent included Mr.N’dri (President of theIvorian Association);Ambassader DionOsagie (Founder of thenon-profit organiza-tion of the God SentFoundation); FelixBamirin (Pastor ofGrace Way Church)and Bill Rogers.
Firstly, all of thethree candidates run-ning for the TexasHouse District 50(Celia Israel, RicoReyes, and Jade ChangSheppard) werepresent at the DiasporaVote event. It was anopportunity for thesethree candidates to in-troduce themselvesand to speak directly tothose who attended themeeting. These threecandidates spokeabout of how their pastand present experi-ences would makethem the best candidatefor the Texas HouseDistrict 50.
In addition, thecandidates running forthe Travis CountyCommissioner CourtPrecinct II (RichardJung and Gary Brown)had the opportunity toalso share with thegroup. Finally ChantalEldridge who is run-ning for the next openseat on the TravisCounty Criminal Courtalso spoke about thereason why she choseto run for judge. Forinstance she men-tioned, "I am runningfor judge because I cando more to help thecriminal court from theinside than from theoutside". In otherwords, if ChantalEldridge is elected,then she will seeks to
end the "revolvingdoor" of prison that af-fects so many minori-ties.
Finally, all of thecandidates mentionedthat the AfricanDiaspora Communityliving in Travis Countyshould get involved inthe various campaignsby the following waysof volunteering, do-nating, voting, tellinganother friend/familymember about theircampaign; and by"clicking like" on thecampaign Facebookpage.
According to"Diaspora Votes",there are about 20,000people of the AfricanDiaspora living in Cen-tral Texas. So, if theAfrican communitygets involved in localpolitics, then it can bea political force. As aresult, Diaspora Voteshopes that more candi-dates would engagethe community by tak-ing their time to attendthese meetings so thatthey can address somemembers of the com-munity.
As the voters go tothe ballot box in Cen-tral Texas, there willbe numerous constitu-tional items thatwould be voted on.Moreover, there will benine constitutionalitems on the ballot thatranges from health careto water issues. Thismidterm Novembervoting tends to be verylow because most vot-ers don’t think thatthese items are impor-tant.
In other words, itis estimated that about10% of Texas voterswill actually vote onthese issues in Novem-ber.
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The City of Austin Purchasing Officeinvites you to view current bid solicitationsat http://-www.ci.austin.tx.us/purcase/vs/p2.htm. Vendors are encouraged to registeron-line in the City’s Vendor Self ServiceSystem. Once your company is registered,you will receive notifications about new bidopportunities. For additional information re-garding current bid opportunities or Ven-dor Registration, please call the PurchasingOffice at 512-974-2500. For information onthe City of Austin’s Minority-Owned andWomen-Owned Procurement Program and thecertification process, please contact the Small& Minority Business Resources Department at512-974-7600 or visit their website at http://www.austintexas.gov/smbr.smbr.
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CIP ID 7235.001 and 2nd Street Utilities, Sub Project ID 7328.013Proposal Package 2A consists of Construction Cleaning and Waste Management,Hoisting Package, Cast-In-Place Concrete (Turn-key Concrete), Masonry andStonework, Structural and Miscellaneous Steel, Ornamental Metals, MetalRoofing, TPO Roofing and Sheet metal, Waterproofing and Sealants, Metal WallPanels and Scrim, Glass Package and Specialty Doors, Drywall and Acoustical,Window Washing Equipment and Fall Protection, Elevators, Fire Protection,Plumbing, HVAC, Controls, Electrical, Fire Alarm and Security Systems, and TurnkeyBridge Construction work. A current set of plans and specifications can bereviewed at our office, address mentioned below. Proposal selection will be ona best value basis.
The City of Austin SMBR Department has established the following participationgoals for this Proposal Package: AA-2.07%; His-7.26%; NA/A-0.80%; WBE-2.44%.Hensel Phelps Construction Co. is available at (512) 834-9848 or fax (512) 834-9844. Our company is an E.E.O. Employer. We encourage and actively solicitproposals from minority and women owned enterprises for all projects.
We will accept proposals for this package at our office, 8326 Cross Park Drive, Austin,TX 78754 on Thursday, October 3, 2013 at 2:00 PM. A Pre-Proposal Conference
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(AUSTIN, Texas) —Kwesi Amoa, Ph.D.joined the Huston-Tillotson University fac-ulty as Dean of the Col-lege of Arts and Sci-ences. Amoa will guidethe Educator Prepara-tion, Kinesiology, Hu-manities and Fine Arts,Mathematics, NaturalSciences, and Social andBehavioral Sciences de-partments that arehoused within the Col-lege of Arts and Sci-ences.
Amoa is a skilledorganic chemist. His re-search over the yearshas focused on 1) isola-tion, synthesis, andcharacterization of natu-ral products; 2) synthe-sis of anti-viral and anti-carcinogenic agents; 3)
Noted Chemist Joins Huston-Tillotson UniversityFaculty as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Kwesi Amoa, Ph.D.
environmental chemis-try – detection of toxicsubstances in soil andwater; and 4) chemicaleducation. He is also anexpert in the develop-ment and delivery ofonline content.
Since 1999 he hasbeen a member of thelargest professional so-ciety of chemists—theAmerican Chemical So-ciety (ACS). From 2004-2005, he served as Chairfor the New York ACSBrooklyn Subsection,and from 2010-2013 hechaired the ACS Envi-ronmental Committee.He is also a member ofthe National Organiza-tion for the ProfessionalAdvancement of BlackChemists and ChemicalEngineers (NOBCChE).
From 2010 – 2012, heserved as peer reviewerfor the Journal of Chemi-cal Education and in2009, Amoa served as achapter reviewer forMcGraw Hill Publish-ing Company. In 2007,Amoa was a Faculty andStudent Team Fellow atBrookhaven NationalLab where he devel-oped small molecules
to be used as tracers inradio-chemistry.
Amoa is a pub-lished author of bothprint and electronic ap-plications. In 2012, hepublished “Nitration ofp-Anisaldehyde: TheEffect of Temperatureon Product DistributionA Laboratory Demon-stration” in The Chemi-cal Education. In addi-tion, he co-authored“Laboratory Experi-ments in Chemistry forHealth Professional” 2nd
Edition. He had a guestappearance on NationalGeographic’s – “Escapefrom New York: ADoomsday PreppersEvent” that aired in Dec.2012. Amoa wasnamed a winner of the2012 Fulbright Special-
ist Award.He is the founder
and director ofKemSolutions, an onlinevideo service that ex-plains chemical concepts.To date, his work hasmore than 800,000 viewson YouTube.
Amoa received hisBachelor of Science andMaster of Arts degreesin chemistry from FiskUniversity in 1990 and1991, respectively. Heearned his doctorate inorganic chemistry fromHoward University inMay 1996. In addition,he has certificationsfrom the WhartonSchool of Business inIntegrating Finance andMarketing and Financeand Accounting forNon-Finance Managers.
(AUSTIN) – ElenaRebollar of Del Vallematched all five num-bers (2-7-25-40-56) butnot the Powerball® (20)for the drawing heldAug. 31 to win $2 mil-lion. Because Rebollarpurchased the PowerPlay® option for $1more, the $1 million sec-ond-tier prize doubled.
“I don’t really playall the time; it’s sort ofrandom. My brother ac-tually gave me themoney,” said Rebollar.“I just got a Quick Pickat the store.”
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In fact, Rebollar hadno idea that her numbershad come up until shewent back to her localTexas Lottery® retailer.
“I scanned it, and Ithought maybe there wasan error,” explainedRebollar.
Rebollar broughther family with her toclaim the prize. Notonly did her familyhave a role in the ticketpurchase, they also fig-ure prominently intoher plans for the money.
“I want to usesome of the money for
college for my twoboys,” said Rebollar.
Bader Food Mart lo-cated at 17305 PearceLane #A in Del Vallesold the winning ticket.
About the TexasLottery
Beginning with thefirst ticket sold in 1992,the Texas Lottery hasgenerated $21 billion inrevenue for the state anddistributed $41 billion inprizes to lottery players.Since 1997, the Texas Lot-tery has contributed $15billion to the FoundationSchool Fund, which sup-
ports public education inTexas. As authorized bythe Texas Legislature,certain Texas Lottery rev-enues benefit state pro-grams including theFund for Veterans’ Assis-tance.
The Texas Lotteryprovides several enter-taining games for lot-
tery players includingPowerball®, Mega Mil-lions®, Lotto Texas®, Allor Nothing™, TexasTwo Step®, Pick 3™,Daily 4™, Cash Five®
and scratch-offs. Formore information visitus on Facebook, Twit-ter, YouTube or atwww.txlottery.org.
Double the Fun! Pick 3™ and Daily 4™ Drawings Now Four Times a Day!(AUSTIN) – Begin-
ning Sept. 9, the TexasLottery® will double thenumber of daily drawingsfor its popular Pick 3™ andDaily 4™ games. Draw-ings for both games willnow occur on the sameschedule as the TexasLottery’s All or Nothing™
game. Drawings for Pick3, Daily 4 and All or Noth-ing will occur four timesa day every Mondaythrough Saturday at
10:00 a.m., 12:27 p.m.,6:00 p.m., and 10:12 p.m.(CT).
“When we launchedthe All or Nothing game inSeptember 2012, wefound that the new morn-ing and evening drawtimes were popular withplayers, particularly the6:00 p.m. drawing, whichproved to be a significantcontributor to that game’ssuccess,” said Gary Grief,executive director of theTexas Lottery. “Pick 3 andDaily 4 are strong compo-
nents of Texas’ dailygames portfolio so thiswas a natural transitionfor us.”
Players will be ableto purchase tickets for thenew drawing times start-ing on Sunday, Sept. 8.
Pick 3 is played byselecting three single-digitnumbers from zero tonine and then selectingthe order to play the num-bers-Exact Order, AnyOrder, Exact/Any Order,or Combo.
To play Daily 4,
players choose foursingle-digit numbers fromzero to nine and then se-lect how to play the num-bers-Straight (Exact Or-der), Box (Any Order),Straight/Box (Exact/AnyOrder), or Combo. Daily4 is also the only gamethat offers players the op-portunity to play pairs —the Front Pair, Mid Pair orBack Pair.
Both Daily 4 and Pick3 offer a 50 cent minimumwager and prizes varydepending on the play
type selected and theamount wagered. For aslittle as 50 cents extra perplay, both games offer theSum It Up® feature, whichprovides another way towin if the sum of theplayer’s numbers is thesame as the sum of thenumbers drawn.
About the Texas Lot-tery
Beginning with thefirst ticket sold in 1992,the Texas Lottery has gen-erated $21 billion in rev-enue for the state and dis-tributed $41 billion inprizes to lottery players.Since 1997, the Texas Lot-tery has contributed $15billion to the FoundationSchool Fund, which sup-ports public education inTexas. As authorized bythe Texas Legislature, cer-tain Texas Lottery rev-enues benefit state pro-grams including the Fundfor Veterans’ Assistance.
The Texas Lotteryprovides several enter-taining games for lotteryplayers includingPowerball®, Mega Mil-lions®, Lotto Texas®, All orNothing, Texas Two Step®,Pick 3, Daily 4, Cash Five®
and scratch-offs. Formore information visit uson Facebook, Twitter,YouTube or atwww.txlottery.org.
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PROGRAMS ~ AWARENESSAustin to Host USTA Free Tennis PlayEvents in Celebration of Nickelodeon’s
10th Annual Worldwide Day of PlayDuring National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month in September,
the USTA and the tennis industry are hosting thousands of USTA Free Ten-nis Play Events in celebration of the 10th annual Nickelodeon’s WorldwideDay of Play throughout the country in an effort to get kids active and in-volved in tennis.
The USTA is making it easier and more fun for kids to get into the game—and stay in the game. With tennis now sized right for age, kids play on shortercourts, with smaller racquets, and slower, lower-bouncing balls. Kids areable to play tennis made just for them, so they have a great time with thegame and want to keep playing and improving.
The events are free and open to the public, each showcasing how funand easy it now is for families to get into the sport, as well as providing agreat way for parents to spend time with their children while keeping themactive.
The following are events taking place in the Austin area:Date: Sept. 14 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.Host: Onion Creek Country ClubWhere: 2510 Onion Creek Parkway, Austin, 78747Date: Sept. 29 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.Host: Shipe ParkWhere: 4400 Ave. G, Austin, 78751For more information on USTA Free Tennis Play Events, please visit
www.youthtennis.com.
ACC 40th Anniversary CelebrationCareer and Resource Fair
Austin Community College is celebrating its 40th birthday with a show-case of programs, resources, and employment opportunities for the com-munity. ACC: It’s a Family Affair will bring together current students, alumni,faculty and staff, retirees, Central Texas leaders, and the community.
“ACC is marking 40 years of connecting people to careers, and that’s a keycomponent of our anniversary event,” says Dr. Richard Rhodes, ACC president/CEO. “This is a great way for businesses and other organizations to partner with usto showcase training and job opportunities for students, alumni, and the commu-nity.”
The event at ACC Highland (Highland Mall) will showcase a career andresource fair. Register online at www.interninaustin.org.
In addition, sponsorship opportunities for ACC: It’s a Family Affair areavailable. To learn more, visit austincc.edu/40years
September 17, 2013 - ACC Highland (Highland Mall), 6001 Airport Blvd.
ACC 40th Anniversary CelebrationCareer and Resource Fair
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