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Ron Glass, Co-Star of TV’s‘Barney Miller’ Dead at 71

FILE – In this Sept. 17, 2013 file photo, actor Ron Glass arrives atthe 65th Emmy Awards Nomination Celebration at the Academy ofTelevision Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles. Glass, the handsome,prolific character actor best known for his role as Ron Harris, the gre-garious, sometimes sardonic detective in the long-running cop com-edy “Barney Miller,” has died at age 71. Glass died Friday, Nov. 25,2016, of respiratory failure, his agent, Jeffrey Leavett, told The Asso-ciated Press on Saturday. (Photo by Paul A. Hebert/Invision/AP, File)

LOS ANGELES (AP) —Ron Glass, the handsome,prolific character actorbest known for his role asthe gregarious, sometimessardonic detective RonHarris in the long-runningcop comedy “BarneyMiller,” has died at age 71.

Glass died Friday ofrespiratory failure, hisagent, Jeffrey Leavett, toldThe Associated Press onSaturday.

“Ron was a private,gentle and caring man,”said Leavett, a longtimefriend of the actor. “Hewas an absolute delight towatch on screen. Wordscannot adequately ex-press my sorrow. “

Although best knownfor “Barney Miller,” Glassappeared in dozens ofother shows in a televisionand film career dating tothe early 1970s.

He portrayed Derrial

by: John RogersAssociated Press

SeeAPPEARANCES,page 2

OLCAAA Installs Officers

The newly appointed Officers for the Original L.C. Anderson AlumniAssociation (OLCAAA) from L to R: State Representative Harold V.Dutton, Sr., Texas House of Representatives; Gloria Foster Bedford, JoAnn Foster Lewis, Eugenia Gaines, Lawrence Brown, Raymond Whitley,Jr., Linda Whiteley, Thelma Spruell Williams, L.M. Rivers and LindaRogers Moore. Absent from the picture is Dorothy Franklin Anthony.

Please join us for our last ‘coffee and chat’ of 2016. This will be anopportunity for you to meet face to face with Council Member Houston orstaff regarding any topic. There are 30 time slots available, so please callour office to reserve your spot. Coffee will be available.

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McDonald’s, 1608 E. Parmer LanePlease call 512-978-2101 to schedule your time. First come, first served.

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CeCe Winans andSt. Paul & the Broken Bones’

souled-out performancesArticle courtesy of Austin City Limits |Submitted by Naomi Richard

SAINT POWER MOVE - St. Paul & the Bro-ken Bones during Austin City Limits taping Sun-day, Nov. 20th, at ACL Live at The Moody The-ater. Photo by Scott Newton.

AUSTIN, TX - CeCeWinans is a gospel legend,selling millions of albumsand garnering tenGrammy Awards. St. Paul& the Broken Bones havetaken the music world bystorm, rising quicklythrough the ranks with adistinctive Americana-tinged soul sound. Bothartists can raise the roof,and we were thrilled tohost both of their debutson our stage, where theceiling definitely hadtrouble staying attached.

Bringing church toACL, Detroit nativeWinans and her eleven-piece band opened with afunky New Orleans versionof the old classic “Whenthe Saints Go Marching In”that segued into a medleyof “Victory is Mine” and

“In the Name of Jesus WeHave Victory.” Celebratoryspirit thus established, shethen shifted to new mate-rial from her upcoming LetThem Fall in Love, her firstalbum in nine years, outFebruary 3, 2017. Thebluesy “Hey Devil!” toldLucifer to get lost with ahigh-spirited romp that in-cluded the chorus of RayCharles’ gospel-derived“Hit the Road, Jack.” “Runto Him,” a love song toJesus, brought old schoolsoul to the party, as well asa call-and-response thatemployed two differentcounterpoints for Winansto sing over.

“Peace From God”rode an easygoing grooveSeeWHY ME LORD,page 3

Goodbye CoachCharlie Strong!

For the last three footballseasons, Coach CharlieStrong was the headfootball coach for theUniversity of Texas atAustin. He was firedSaturday, after he lost hislast game of the season. Hefinished the three yearswith a win-loss record of16wins and 21 losses. UT has had a revolvingdoor for football coachessince Coach Darrell Royalretired in 1976. Royal wasthe head coach for UT from1957-1976, serving 19years in that position. Sincehis departure, UT has hadfive head coaches. CoachStrong was the only AfricanAmerican. Longtime Texans knowthat The University ofTexas was one of the lastmajor universities in thecountry to recruit Blackplayers. At one time therewas a bet on to see whetherUniversity of Texas or theUniversity of Alabamawould be the first to recruitBlack players. I believethat Alabama was the firstto do so. While many aredisappointed that Strongwill not continue as the UThead coach, we can say thathe was released for his win/loss record, not because ofthe color of his skin. Wehave to applaud theUniversity for giving hima chance. However, wehope that they will keep anopen mind to other Blackcoaches in the future. The Head FootballCoaching position has beena virtual revolving doorsince Royal. Of the lastfive coaches, the one withthe longest tenure wasMack Brown who held theposition for fifteen years(1998-2013. The coachesbefore Brown were FredAkers (1977-1986), DavidMcWilliams (1987-1991),and John Mackovic (1998-2013). None of themcoached at majoruniversities since leavingUT. We can only hope thatCharlie Strong does notexperience the same fate.Coach strong was a strongcoach before coming toTexas and it would be goodto see him to return to hiswinning ways.

National Sororitycommits to boosting

academic achievement.See DELTA

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Dynamic duocelebrates 71 years

of love and devotion.See WEDDING

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Board trustee couldface legal exposure

over binding contract.See AISD

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He portrayed DerrialBook, the spiritual shep-herd with a cloudy past inthe 2002 science-fictionseries Firefly” and its 2005

Glass reveled in his prime time appearances for “DesigningWomen”, “Friends” and “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 film sequel “Serenity.”He was Felix Unger

opposite DesmondWilson’s Oscar Madison in“The New Odd Couple,” a1980s reboot of the origi-

nal Broadway show, filmand television series thatthis time cast black actorsin the lead roles of Unger’sprissy neat freak forced toshare an apartment with

slovenly friend Madison.Glass was also the

voice of RandyCarmichael, the genialneighbor and father offour children in the popu-lar Nickelodeon cartoonseries “Rugrats” and itsspinoff, “All Grown Up.”

He also made ap-pearances in such showsas “Friends,” “Star Trek:Voyager” and “DesigningWomen.” More recentlyhe appeared in episodesof “CSI: Crime Scene Inves-tigation” and “Agents ofS.H.I.E.L.D.” Early creditsincluded “All in the Fam-ily,” “Maude,” “Sanfordand Son” and “HawaiiFive-0.”

In “Barney Miller” hisliterate Detective Ron Har-ris was one of the few gen-erally normal characterswho populated a New YorkCity police precinct filledwith oddballs on bothsides of the law. The en-semble cast included HalLinden as precinct Capt.Barney Miller, Max Gail asDetective Stan ‘Wojo’Wojciehowicz, and AbeVigoda as Detective PhilFish.

The show aired from1975 until 1982, winningtwo Golden Globes andtwo Emmy Awards for bestcomedy series. Glass wasnominated for a support-ing actor Emmy in 1982.

FILE – In this photo provided by ABC in 1978,actor Ron Glass appears in character as detectiveRon Harris in the comedy “Barney Miller.” Glasshas died at age 71. Glass died Friday, Nov. 25, 2016,of respiratory failure, his agent, Jeffrey Leavett,told The Associated Press on Saturday. (ABC viaAP, File)

Raised in Evansville,Indiana, Glass received aBachelor of Arts degree indrama and literature fromthe University of Evans-ville.

After graduation hemoved to Minneapoliswhere he worked in re-gional theater before com-ing to Los Angeles tolaunch his TV and film ca-

reer.He was also a mem-

ber of the board of direc-tors for Los Angeles’ ALWooten Jr. Heritage Cen-ter, an organization namedfor a man murdered in agang-initiation drive-byshooting and dedicated tohelping inner-city youthstay safe and receive aneducation.

Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of theHoly Cross Catholic Church KnightsA Christmas Dance commemorating the 30th Anniversary of

the Holy Cross Catholic Church Knights and Ladies of Peter Claveris being held on Saturday, December 10, 2016 at the MillenniumEvent Center, 1156 Hargrave Street, Austin, from 8:00pm to12:00am. Tickets are available for purchase. Tickets are presaleonly and no tickets will be sold at the dance. All are invitedto this joyous Christmas dance celebration. For tickets or moreinformation, contact 512-217-9616 or johnniedd@att.net.

The African Children’s Choir melts the heartsof audiences with their charming smiles, beauti-ful voices and lively African songs and dances. Theprogram features well-loved children’s songs, tra-ditional Spirituals and Gospel favorites. Concertsare free and open to all. A free-will offering is takenat the performance to support African Children’sChoir programs, such as education, care and re-lief and development programs.

Music for Life (The parent organization forThe African Children’s Choir) works in seven Af-rican countries such as, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda,Sudan, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa. MFL haseducated over 52,000 children and impacted thelives of over 100,000 people through its relief anddevelopment programs during its history. MFLpurpose is to help create new leadership fortomorrow’s Africa, by focusing on education.

The African Children’s Choir has had theprivilege to perform before presidents, heads ofstate and most recently the Queen of England,Queen Elizabeth II, for her diamond jubilee. TheChoir has also had the honor of singing alongsideartists such as Paul McCartney, Annie Lennox,Keith Urban, Mariah Carey, Michael W. Smith, andother inspirational performers!

Promotional support of this community con-cert is greatly appreciated.

The African Children’s Choir is a nonprofit hu-manitarian and relief organization dedicated tohelping Africa’s most vulnerable children todayso they can help Africa tomorrow.

No tickets, donations welcome.

The AfricanChildren's Choir toPerform in Austin

St. Peter’s United Methodist Church 4509 Springdale Road Austin, Tx 78723Office 512- 926-1686 Fax 512-929-7281

Christian Web Site-stpetersaustintx.ning.com

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COME AND STEP OUT ON FAITH WITH USSunday 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

Bible Study with age appropiate Activities)Rev. Jack C. Gause Pastor

Agape Baptist ChurchIn “The Centre” Bldg. F-15 7801 N. Lamar Blvd. (SE Corner of N Lamar and 183)

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.

For there is no greater love!

Church ServicesSunday School 9:30 AMSunday Worship 11:00 AM

Mid-Week Service Thursday: Praise,Prayer and Bible Study 7:00 PMCall 454-1547 for Transporation

Website www.agapebcaustintx.comRev. H. Ed Calahan

Pastor

Imani Community ChurchDavis Elementray Auditorium 5214 West Duval Road

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

Visit:imanichurch.comOffice: 512-343-9300Rev. Dr. Jacquelyn Donald-Mims

7801 N. Lamar Blvd,Suite D 102,

Austin, Texas 78752

Worship: Sunday--10:00 am - 12:30 pm

Tuesday Bible Studies--7:30pm - 9:00 pmFriday Prayers--7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

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

Leading People to Experience God’s Love, Know Jesus Christ & Grow in His ImageThe Church of Pentecost

Olive Branch Fellowship of Austin / All Faith Chapel4110 Guadalupe St Bldg #639 Austin, TX 78751

Sunday MorningWorship @ 11: am

Romans 5:1 Therefore,having beenjustified by faith, we have peace

with God through our Lord Jesus Christ

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

Kenneth Hill, Pastor

1179 San Bernard Street,Austin, TX 78702, 512-478-7023

Sunday Morning Bible Study, 9:00 A.M.Sunday Morning Worship, 10:15 A.M.Visit our website @ www.obcaus.org

Globalizing the Gospel

A Ministry That Ministers

Edward M. Fleming,Sr. Pastor

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Experience Grace For Life

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(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

Ebenezer Baptist Church1010 East 10th Street 512-478-1875 Fax 512-478-1892

WednesdayMidweek Prayer Service 7:00 P.M.Child Development CenterAges 0-5 years (Daily) 512-478-6709

Bus Ministry Call 512-478-1875

Worship Service 8:00 A.M.Sunday School 9:00 A.M.Discipleship Training 10:00 A.M.Worship Service 11:00 A.M.

Dr. Ricky Freeman,Pastor

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Villager Youth Brigade will be taking sponsorshipsstarting summer of 2015.Your support has beenmuch appreciated over the years. Please continueto invest in Austin’s youth. We look forward toanother successful year with some promisingstudents. FMI Call 512-476-0082

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DYNAMIC DUO - Marvin and Morene weremarried December 3, 1945. They met in 1943 atTillotson College now Huston-Tillotson Univer-sity. Their commitment to each other, family,friends and the community shows the power oflove and devotion. They inspire others to makea success of marriage through sharing, much ef-fort and endurance. How Wonderful!

MARVIN HAROLD DOUGLASMarvin Douglas retired after 30+ years with theAustin Fire Department. He grew up in a lovingfamily with six older brothers and sisters inYoakum, Texas. They shared and made cherishmemories with family and friends before startinghis college life at Tillotson College in Austin, Texas.He fell in love and married Morene Turner on De-cember 3, 1945. His life continues to center aroundclose family ties and friends, sports, reading, Golf,and Jazz music. He is also passionate in workingon community services that support Huston-Tillotson University activities and his hometownYoakum.

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as it delivered its message, while “Lowly” added ashot of 70s soul to its rousing call to stay low (becausethere’s no place to fall). Winans then brought Texas tothe gospel equation, with a powerhouse take on KrisKristofferson’s probing ballad “Why Me Lord” that gotthe biggest round of applause so far. Barely a secondwent by before she went into “I Need Thee,” the hymnserving as a coda to “Why Me Lord.” Winans followedwith “Never Have to Be Alone,” her latest single and asky-reaching ballad in the tradition of her late friendWhitney Houston. She closed with “Dancing in theSpirit,” a blazing sing- and dance-along that drove Sa-tan from the building with pure spiritual joy.

But the night wasn’t over yet. Alabama’s St. Paul& the Broken Bones took the stage, singer Paul Janewaydecked out in a bright red suit and sparkly golden robe,wailing through “Crumbling Light Posts, Pt.1,” the at-mospheric opener to the eight-piece outfit’s second andlatest LP Sea of Noise. Janeway doffed his robe and theband launched directly into “Flow With It,” a groovyseduction tune that had the audience in their pockets.

The rocking yet grooving “Mighty River” drew right fromthe Muscle Shoals tradition, Janeway channeling thelate, great blue-eyed soul homeboy Eddie Hinton.

One flute intro later, the Bones eased into theclever plea “I’ll Be Your Woman.” “This is one of thosemilestone things,” commented Janeway, before theband performed the mid-tempo gem “Tears in the Dia-mond.” The band then revisited its 2014 debut albumwith “I’m Torn Up,” a powerhouse ballad that foundJaneway in the crowd, preaching the gospel of heart-break. The Bones dipped their toes back into the Sea ofNoise with the rocking funk of “Midnight On the Earth,”which got the audience shaking their groove thangswith abandon. “Waves” followed, a ballad driven byBrowan Lollar’s growling guitar, before St. Paul exercisedhis thrilling falsetto on the 70s grooves of “All I EverWonder.” The Bones ended the main set with theanthemic ballad “Sanctify,” to a wild ovation from thecrowd.

Plan now to view these magical performancesduring Season 42 on your local PBS station, scheduledfor February 4, 2017 at 7pm. Check your local listings.

Cece comes strong with powerhouse takeon Kristofferson’s “Why Me Lord”

CeCe Winans during Austin City Limits taping Sunday, Nov. 20th, at ACL Live at The Moody Theater.Photo by Scott Newton.

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2048

Ava RobertsSpring Hill Elementary

2048 sounds like ayear, right? It's actually agame that can be playedon the computer or a mo-bile device. It's a num-bers puzzle designed byItalian web developerGabriele Cirulli. Thegame's objective is toslide numbered tiles on a4x4 grid in order to com-

bine them until you createa tile with the number2048.

Every turn, a new tilewith either a value of 2 or4 will appear in an empty,random spot on the board.If two tiles of the samenumber collide while mov-ing, they merge into a tilethat is the sum of the twotiles. The game is wonwhen a tile that has thevalue of 2048 appears onthe board. When theplayer has no emptyspaces and no adjacenttiles with the same value,the game ends.

2048 is a brain stimu-lating game that is fun andaddictive. It's not as easyas you think. And if youhave never played thegame, give it a try!

Montrae NelsonFour Points M. S.

People in Need

Hello, This pastThursday was Thanksgiv-ing and every year theMount Olive BaptistChurch in south austin or-ganizes a Thanksgivingdinner for the homelessand needy. MrsYoungblood gets all thekids that write these ar-ticles for this newspaperto help serve and helpwith anything needed.

Once my dad and imade it to the church wehelped organize the sodasand served plates to ev-eryone that came in to eat.The people ere really niceand appreciative and itmade me feel good tomake people smile andfeel like they're importantbecause they are.

Lastly, after we fedeveryone Mrs Youngbloodtold us to eat some of thefood because we had somuch left. Its really coolthat Mt Olive Baptistchurch and other churchesand shelters help out notjust for Thanksgiving buteveryday. Plates were alsotaken to nursing homesand delivered to houseswhere people can't reallymove around very well.Thanks for reading.

Alyssa James WinnManor High School

The Story Behind Black Friday

Joshua MooreKIPP Austin Academy

Thanksgiving Outreach Project

This Thanksgiving,my brother and I went tothe Annual OperationThanksgiving OutreachProject. There were manypeople there helping serveand deliver food.

While I was there, Iwas delivering the food topeople. When we weredelivering the food we hadto say, "what kind of bev-erage would you like andwe had to ask them if theywanted a desert." Whilewe were waiting forpeople to arrive somefriends and I were talking.

While my brother wasthere he was serving thefood, and he was doing agreat job. Even though hefelt like he was beingrushed.

At the end my friendand I played a game on myphone while we were wait-ing for our parents to pickus up. That was a reallyfun day.

Kennedy GeorgePflugerville Cele M. S.

My Thanksgiving Day

While most kidssleep in on Thanksgivingday, I woke up early to goto Mt. Olive Baptistchurch. There our newspa-per was helping preparefree thanksgiving meals. Iwas helping prepare theto-go meals that weretaken to different houses.

After a few hours of mak-ing plates I helped cleanthe tables and pack every-thing up.

When I got home Ihad a few hours to restbefore our family startedcoming over. My brotherand his girlfriend cameover first and we caughtup and ate with them.While we were waiting forothers to come over wewent to the park andplayed basketball. By thetime we go back ourGrandmother,our Uncleand his girlfriend cameover, and our grandmabrought 7-up cake. Yum!

Thanksgiving was a funtime to spend with family wehaven’t seen in awhile. Ofcourse my mom's cookingwas good too!

The Lock-in

Averill ToppsStephen F. Austin H.S.

Hello everybody, to-day I want to talk to youabout a church lock-in Iwent to with 2 of myfriends. Before I do that Iwant to thank you guys forreading my articles and Ireally appreciate it. Nowon to the story.

On Friday, I went to alock in party that tookplace at the GreaterMount Zion Church from8pm to 8am. For those ofyou who dont know whata lock in is, it is when youcant leave a place for apredetermined amounttime. I went to the lock in

with two of my goodfriends. At first I was alittle bit nervous becauseI knew I probably wouldn'tknow anybody there sincemost of them went toGreater Mount Zion.

When I first got thereI mostly stayed quiet butas the night progressed Istarted to talk to morepeople. At the lock outthere were at least fiftypeople that went and theyall want to have fun At thelock in there was a activ-ity that we had to do calledRebel Zone. Rebel Zonewas basically a break fromplaying video games. Al-though it was fun at firstmore people didn't want todo it because they wereinterrupted in the middleof games. We also had abuffet of pizza and we alsohad lemon aide. I wouldreally like to do it againbecause it was really funand I had a great time.

That's all for today,Until Next Time... Go Aus-tin High Maroons!!!

A Talk with Dr. Marin Luther King Jr.

I had to write aspeech about a talk withDr. Martin Luther king Jras if he was still alive. Iwill share it with you. Dr. King it is quite a plea-sure to talk with you. Inever thought I wouldever get the chance to dosomething like this. Ihave never met anyoneas famous as you. Thereare many movies aboutyour early l ife andstruggles. I must saymany of them I haveseen. You are a very re-markable man.

I am just elevenyears old. Today I see ontelevision and read in thenewspaper many confus-ing thing. It can get sortof scary. The things Iview today have mademe wonder about the fu-ture. Sometimes it’s dif-ficult to tell what’s good,

bad are to just accept.I know you have

seen and experiencemany events in Americanhistory. I have read a lotabout you.

You grew up duringa time when we had fewrights. I watched themovie about Emmett Till.That was really bad.

I read you were ar-rested over 20 times. Youalso constantly receivedthreatening call eventhough you were onlystanding up for peoplerights. The idea, thatyour house was bombedand set on fire. I don’t un-derstand how you keptgoing. To think that theFBI was supposed to pro-tect us yet the way theytreated you. FBI directorJ. Edgar Hoover calledyou the” most notoriousliar in the country’. Youwere standing up forBlack rights and an Afri-can-American womanstabbed you while at abook signing. The

KKK constantly burncross on your lawn.

There are threequestions I must ask you.They are : (1) What partdid your faith play duringthose trying times. (2)Why did you decide tochampion that cause. (3)What do you think ofAmerica today.

Tyler AllenBarbara Jordan Elem.

Kayla WinnManor New Technology

What is Beauty?

Thought historymany people have deter-mined what it means to bebeautiful for women.Women are either told towear more to hide theirskin from man or to showmore skin for mans plea-sure; but that however isthe least of a woman'sworries. Women who arehealth are criticized be-cause they are plus sized.As a woman you are toldthat you need a tiny waist

that fits into a size zeropair of jeans and curvesthat are just right. Womanwho have breast biggerthan a 34C are told thatthe clothes they are wear-ing are tempting menaround them. A simpletask such as walking intowork becomes her askingto be stared at as if she'san object instead of a per-son. If that same personhappened to have a buttthere’d be a complaint inthe work space forcing herto change the way she isdressed. A lot of schooldress codes have been tar-geting the female staffand students way of dress.The idea of a female show-ing her shoulders or anyskin 2 inches above theknee is now frowned upon.The slightest bit of skin inthe wrong place can get astudent kicked out ofschool for the day or sus-pended.

Do you know the realstory behind Black Friday?Do you get involved withBlack Friday traditions?Well throughout time thestory of Black Friday haschanged. According toHistory.com, in 1869 manypeople said that the nameBlack Friday didn't comefrom shopping, it camefrom the financial crisis.The financial crisis hap-pened in 1869 when twomen wanted to buy asmuch as possible.

As years went bypeople changed the his-tory of Black Friday, but thechange in the story was ahorrible change. Somepeople said that Black Fri-

day was really made forthe slave owners to buy orsale slaves. This madepeople not want to shopfor Black Friday and manystore owners lost money.Some say, not many Afri-can Americans would buyanything at all.

The real history be-hind Black Friday is in the1950’s people wouldcrowd in the stadiums forthe Army-Navy Footballgames. Every year peoplewould spend a lot ofmoney to go to these foot-ball games. Most policeofficers had to work be-cause the stadium neededsercurity. The cops had toalso watch for shoplifters.Some of the shoplifterswould take advantage ofthe merchandise, and sellit for cheaper.

Today people go outand buy clothing, jewelry,shoes,ect., because theyhave great sales on BlackFriday for Christmas. I seepeople are spending a lotof money on things thataren't necessarily needed.So while people are goingout and spending moneyon Black Friday, I stay athome and spend time withmy family.

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Wesley DickersonCedar Ridge H. S.

During my thanksgiv-ing break I was able to en-joy much needed time offfrom school as well asquality time with my fam-ily. While spending timewith my family we went togo watch Almost Christ-mas, a film about an Afri-can American family expe-riencing their first Christ-mas together withouttheir beloved mother andgrandmother. Most of thechildren are full-fledgedadults at this point, somewith children of their own,and they come back totheir home to help theirfather host a traditionalfamily Christmas.

Throughout AlmostChristmas the audiencesees the struggles that

Walter Meyers, played byDanny Glover, goesthrough as he brings hisfamily back for Christmasand attempts to suppressa multitude of conflictsthat surround him. Whilethere are very sad partsof the movie that dealwith the death of thefamily’s matriarch, themovie as a whole is acomedy. Actors and ac-tresses such as JBSmoove, Gabrielle Union,and Mo’Nique help keepthe audience laughingthroughout the entirefilm.

What makes this agood movie is its ability toweave in serious issues thateach individual character isdealing with while still al-lowing the audience tolaugh at the funny situa-tions that the family is go-ing through. On top of thecomedy it is a great familymovie because it shows thetogetherness that remainsconstant in a family settingno matter what each per-son is going through. I highlyrecommend seeing thismovie to get you in theChristmas Spirit.

Almost Christmas Movie Review

Tiana GardnerAustin High School

Lady Maroon Basketball

The Austin High LadyMaroons are currently 8-1 in their season so far.

Their next opponent isStony Point High Schoolout of Round Rock on No-vember 29,2016. Austinhigh hopes to keep theirwinning streak and ad-vance it to seven. The firstdistrict game for the LadyMaroons is againstCrockett High School, oneof the toughest opponentsin our 5A district. We playat Crockett on December9, 2016. Come out andsupport your Lady Ma-roons as they get off to astrong start coming intodistrict.

“Moana” Movie Review

The latest Disney ani-mated movie “Moana”,was released in theaterson November 23, 2016.The movie stars famousactor and former wrestler,Dwayne Johnson as Mauiand Hawaiian native, Auli’iCravalho as Moana.“Moana” was Cravalho’sfirst movie role and prob-ably won’t be her last.

The film is about ayoung girl named Moanain the Pacific Islands whois the daughter of the chiefof her village. WhenMoana grows up she issupposed to become the

new chief of her people.However, she is curiousabout the ocean beyondthe reef of her island. Ac-companied by the demi-god, Maui, Moana goes ona voyage to explore thevast Pacific ocean.

The music for the filmwas written by Lin-ManuelMiranda, the creator ofthe Broadway musical,“Hamilton.”

The soundtrack in-cludes a lot of traditionalHawaiian singing andinstrumentals. Varioussongs from the moviehave already made the“pop” music Top 40 list fortheir catchy tunes. Com-pared to the songs from“Frozen,” I personally en-joy the soundtrack to“Moana” more because Iam a fan of Lin-ManuelMiranda’s work.

I would absolutelyrecommend people of allages to see it. The moviehas great animation andvisual effects that makesthe film appealing to theeye. “Moana” is fun for thewhole family.

Ira “T.J.” WilliamsCedar Ridge H. S.

Kevin ParishPark Crest M.S.

Thanksgiving

Every Thanksgivingyear, we go to Hilton Head,South Carolina to spendtime with our extendedfamily. We spend a weekin a big house that fits 5 or6 families. The wholehouse was pretty big and

really nice. While we werethere we rode bikes, wentto the mall, and went tothe grocery store to getfood for snacks and forThanksgiving dinner. I alsomade a recipe and sinceI’m from Texas I made chilirecipe and everybody saidit was good. This year myyoungest cousin her 4 yearold birthday party atLawton Stables where ithad a free petting zoo andwe saw billy goats, pigs,donkeys, miniaturehorses, chickens and otheranimals. I had a greatThanksgiving like alwaysad I hope that everyonehad a great one too.

Malakhi WashingtonCovington Academy

Thanksgiving

Last Thursday, thewhole world celebratedthe holiday of Thanksgiv-ing. It is a day that we setaside to give thanks of ev-erything we have in life.

Thanksgiving is the holidaywere we also sit and eatand get really fat and full.This Thanksgiving was niceand quiet because we didnot have a lot of peopleover the house this year.We ate foods like turkey,dressing, pies, and peachcobbler, and cake.

When you think ofThanksgiving you justthink of food, but that isnot what the holiday is setaside for. The real mean-ing of Thanksgiving is togive gratitude to Jesus forall the things he has donefor us. My Thanksgivingwas great and I really lovedthe holiday.

Mindfulness

I have recently fin-ished a project on mindful-ness. My group and I weregiven a specific objective.Our objective was to re-search mindfulness tech-niques (breathing, stretch-ing, guided meditation,etc.) We were to design amindful activity to lead theclass in that works bestwith mindfulness beforebed. We were to also re-search how mindfulnessimpacts our brains. Our fi-nal objective was to createa interactive, and uniqueway to teach the class howour mindfulness tech-niques impact the brain. Iwould like to share some

things I learned from thisproject.

I learned that youhave to realize that thereis a difference betweenbeing mind full and mind-ful. Mindfulness is a men-tal state in which your sur-roundings are open to ac-ceptance of feeling,thoughts, and body sensa-tions, but being mind fullis when your mind is fullyoccupied and your tryingto focus on many thingsinstead of one. Mindful-ness meditation is a way ofmeditating in whichthoughts are not ignoredbut rather acknowledgednon judgmentally to de-tach from them and regaina state of mind.

I actually liked thisproject but I kind of feellike I worked on it alonebecause my partners didnot participate as much asI wished they would have.Anyway, I just hope I get agreat grade on this projectbecause I really workedhard on it. Wish me thebest of luck and I hope youlearned something fromthis article and took some-thing away from it.

SaNaya WhiteAnn Richards

Jalen MooreKIPP Austin Collegiate

Native Son

Over the break, myAP Literature teacher as-signed the class 100 pagesof a book to read calledNative Son by RichardWright. The book is abouta young black man namedBigger Thomas living in asegregated Chicago duringthe 1930s. He, his mom,

and his two siblings live inpoverty, sharing acramped one bedroomapartment, longing for abetter life. Bigger had got-ten into a lot of trouble inthe past and was just giventhe opportunity to be achauffeur in order to pro-vide for his family.

I think that this book,so far, is the best book thatwe've been assigned toread all year, and it has re-kindled my love for read-ing. Since I started readingthe book, I've spent agreat majority of my freetime continuing to readthe novel because it hasbeen the most suspense-ful and intriguing novelthat I've read in quite awhile.

UT Austin EngineersDevelop First-Ever

Capsule to TreatHemophilia

AUSTIN, Texas — Inthe near future, hemo-philiacs could be able totreat their disease by sim-ply swallowing a capsule.

Thanks to a break-through led by researchersin the Cockrell School ofEngineering at The Univer-sity of Texas at Austin,treatment for hemophiliacan now be administeredvia a biodegradable sys-tem, a capsule, givingpeople affected by the he-reditary bleeding disorderhope for a less expensive,less painful treatment op-tion than conventional in-jections or infusions.

The researchers de-signed the oral deliverysystem, which containsmicro- and nanoparticles,

to carry a protein therapythat treats hemophilia B.There are approximately400,000 people world-wide living with either he-mophilia A or hemophiliaB, both caused by a miss-ing protein in their blood.Hemophilia B is caused bya missing or defective fac-tor IX, a clotting protein.The researchers describetheir system in the Nov. 30issue of the InternationalJournal of Pharmaceutics.

The bleeding disor-der affects peoplethroughout the world, butglobal accessibility totherapy is limited by cost,the need for trained medi-cal personnel and possiblecomplications associatedwith needle-based drug

administration. Thousandsof people endure multipleinjections weekly to keepsymptoms, such as exces-sive bleeding and pain inthe joints, at bay and pre-vent future joint disease.

Horava, who nowworks at Triton Systems,collaborated with co-au-thor and co-inventorNicholas A. Peppas, thedirector of UT Austin’s In-stitute for Biomaterials,Drug Delivery and Regen-erative Medicine and aCockrell School professorwho also holds appoint-

ments in the Dell MedicalSchool and School of Phar-macy. Katie J. Moy, an un-dergraduate student in theCockrell School’s Depart-ment of Biomedical Engi-neering, is also a co-authoron the study.

Peppas and Horava’swork has been patentedand builds upon their pub-lished and patented sys-tem for the oral delivery ofhuman factor IX (hFIX), aprophylactic treatment forhemophilia B patients.That system was success-ful in transporting hFIX,

and it was able to deliveradequate levels of thedrug to the target site inthe body. The biggest chal-lenge in delivering hFIX isthat it is extremely deli-cate and unstable in thebody’s various pH environ-ments. The researchers’new and improved systemis designed to capitalize onthe body’s pH and changesin enzymes inside the gas-trointestinal tract for asmooth delivery.

As it moves throughthe body, the particle-con-taining capsule resists themajor gastric enzyme toremain intact while in thestomach, providing pro-tection for the encapsu-lated drug. In the small in-testine, the capsule beginsto swell with the increasein pH and is then degraded

by the major intestinal en-zyme, slowly releasing thedrug over time.

The researchers planto further test this systembefore clinical trials. Theyare working with the UTAustin Office of Technol-ogy Commercialization tofurther advance the tech-nology for clinical use. Theresearchers indicate thattheir ultimate goal is toposition this technologyfor Food and Drug Admin-istration approval.

This research receivedfunding from the NationalInstitutes of Health, theFletcher S. Pratt Chair, theNational Science Founda-tion Graduate Research Fel-lowship Program, the P.E.O.Scholar Award and the UTAustin Undergraduate Re-search Fellowship.

In center, Sarena Horava, the study’s lead au-thor and a recent Ph.D. graduate from the CockrellSchool of Engineering, helping high school students.Photo courtesy of Cockrell School of Engineering.

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Chuy’sChildrenGiving toChildrenParade

On November 26,2016, the City of Austinheld its Annual Chuy’s Pa-rade in the heart ofdowntown. The Chuy’sAustin Parade serves as amethod to help the Op-eration Blue Santa to givegifts to children in theAustin Metro area duringthe Christmas season.Moreover, the Chuy’s Aus-tin Parade first began in1987, when the co-ownerof Chuy’s and a local radiostation teamed up to orga-nize the first parade. Since1987, the Chuy’s Austin

by Tsoke(Chuch) Adjavon |Villager Columnist

Star Wars crew member John Alexender,marched in the 2016 Austin Annual Chuy’s Parade.Photo by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon

Parade has become an an-nual event that is spon-sored by numerous areabusinesses and the localgovernment.

For this year, theChuy’s Austin Parade wasonce again very success-ful. The parade startedfrom 11th Street and Con-gress and went downSouth on Congress, until itreached Cesar ChavezStreet. During the march,

there were giant inflatableballoons, marching bands,holiday floats, classic cars,and of course Santa. Alsoduring the parade, chil-dren had the opportunityto give gifts to “Santa help-ers”. After all the gifts werecollected, then the Chuy’sAustin Parade gave the giftto Operation Blue Santa,was in charge of distribut-ing the gifts to families inthe Austin areas.

Pflugerville City Council Seeks toAppoint a New Council Member

After overwhelming support, the resident voted for proposition 20, which, calledfor the addition of the new city council seat. Moreover, the voters of Pflugervillebelieve that a growing city needs an extra council member to help with the man-agement of the growth. The resident of Pflugerville understands that the city is at a“crossroad” of a “sleepy town” and a bustling urban center; therefore, there is aneed of “smart growth.”

Moreover, the residents of Pflugerville were told that the proposition wouldset a new city council, in which, the voters could elect someone in 2017. However,the Pflugerville city tried to “secretly” appoint someone for this position. ThePflugerville city council had even issued a resolution regarding the consideration toappoint someone to fill the newly created city council seat. According to the resolu-tion, it set up the “discussion and consideration to take action to approve a resolu-tion establishing City Council Place 6; integrating City Council Place 6 into the CityCouncil Election Cycle; establishing a vacancy in City Council Place 6; and providingfor the appointment to fill the vacancy in City Council Place 6.”

When local activist and community leaders heard that the Pflugerville city coun-cil wanted to appoint someone, then they started to inform the community aboutthis move coming from the council. Consequently, they started to pressure the citycouncil member from taking this vote. Moreover, numerous concerned residentscame out to the Pflugerville city council to express their disagreement. So, thePflugerville city council decided to “table” the resolution, which meant that thecouncil will no longer vote for this resolution.

Pictured left to right are concerned citizens of Pflugerville, Jim McDonaldand Tammy Johnson Smith. Photos by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon

by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon | Villager Columnist

Kenyans Migrate to Central Texas

Over the years, theAfrican community hasseen a strong and sustainsgrowth of new arrivals toCentral Texas. According toDiaspora Vote, “Africanimmigrants are bypassinglarge cities like New YorkCity, Philadelphia, Hous-ton, Miami, Chicago, andLos Angeles to move to theCentral Texas. They are bypassing these cities be-cause Central Texas haswell performing economywith a very low crimerate.” In other words, Cen-

Pictured left to right are Julius Onyango Okelo and Mr. Muriga.

by Tsoke(Chuch) Adjavon |Villager Columnist

tral Texas provides a goodatmosphere to bring afamily or start a family

Not only, has therebeen a strong growth ofWest Africans but also nu-merous East Africans havecome to the Central Texas.Among the East Africans,the Kenyans have seen adrastic increase in theirpopulation. As a result,some in the Kenyan com-munity believed the timeto form an association wasneeded. Now, there is anassociation called KenyansIn Austin (KIA) which issupposed to unite thecommunity.

On November 26, KIA

organized a “KenyanThanksgiving.” Accordingto the organizers, it was anopportunity to bringKenyans and the friends ofKenyan together, in order,to enjoy a Thanksgivingdinner. Moreover, theevent was well attendedby Kenyans and noneKenyans. Some of the non-Kenyans came from coun-tries, such as, Tanzania,Burundi and Togo. It was anopportunity for Kenyansand Non Kenyan Africans toform a bond. The event waswell organizers, in which,Kenyans leaders called formore unity within theircommunity.

The Delta Beta Year Begins

Top Photo: THE 2016 XINOS | Botton Phot:THE 2016 KUDOS

AUSTIN, TX - The DeltaBeta Chapter of the NationalSorority of Phi Delta Kappa,Incorporated has begun thenew year with several activi-ties and spirit. Mrs. CrystalJones, local chapter Presi-dent states, “The ladies inour chapter are tireless, will-ing educators, committed tosupporting teachers and theacademic achievement ofstudents.” Delta Beta offersworkshops on various topicsto teachers, supports re-gional and national initia-tives, as well as supports avery robust teen leadership

By: Carla GraceRoberson,

Director of PublicRelations, Delta Beta

program for Austin areayouth from the 9th to the 12th

grades. The purpose of theXinos, (for girls) and Kudos,(for boys) is to lift the educa-tional, ethical, moral, and so-cial standards of our youth.These two groups have begunthe year with a bang. Eachgroup boasts a membership offifteen. The teens will partici-pate in a youth conference inFebruary, 2017 and will par-ticipate and compete in a tal-ent show, academic quizmatches, art and publicspeaking. One of the mostempowering features of theXinos/Kudos is that the stu-dents who make up thegroups are from varyingschools and school districtsand school structures. These

students learn from eachother and with the supportof Delta Beta, we are thrilledto be a part of their life’sfoundation.

The members of DeltaBeta are very involved withcommunity service as well,donating many items to thefamilies at the RonaldMcDonald House charitieswhich is an annual project,supporting the residents atHeritage Park Rehabilitationin the annual “Red Hot SockDrop” and families at Mt.Sinai Christian Academy andPecan Spring Elementarywith holiday meals. DeltaBeta remains an organizationcommitted to our teachers,our students, our familiesand our community.

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We are here for you!City of Austin

Purchasing OfficeVendor Registration

512-974-2018VendorReg@austintexas.gov

www.austintexas.gov/department/purchasing

For information on the City of Austin’s Minority/Women-Owned Procurement Program please contact theSmall & Minority Business Resources at 512-974-7600 orvisit www.austintexas.gov/smbr.

Talent Exchange &Mini Job Fair

Hosted by City of Austin&

Austin Community College

When: Monday, December 12, 2016Time: 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Where: Austin Community CollegeEastview Campus, 3401 Webber Road,

Austin, Texas 78702 Bring Your Resume Dress For Success

Full-time/Part-time Jobs AvailableApply for entry-level, blue collar,

skilled craft, and professional positions.For more information, contact: Rochion GreggTalent Acquisition Department 512-472-5718

rochion.gregg@austintexas.gov

Austin Travis County IntegralCare is currently solicitingproposals through a Request forProposals (RFP) process for aFacilities Master Plan. RFPs maybe sent electronically, by contactingBrody Ballard at brody.ballard@atcic.org or (512) 440-4022beginning November 28, 2016. Thedeadline to submit a proposal underthe RFP is 4 p.m. CST on February2, 2017. Historically UnderutilizedBusinesses, including Minority-Owned Businesses and Women-Owned Businesses, are encouragedto apply.

Mack Land LLP, Leola, SDneeds 10 FT temp farmworkers,48hrs/week, 1-1-17 to 11-1-17resp include: set operate, andmaintain all farming equipmentto harvest and haul crops. Assistwith pumping/distributingmanure from Lagoons to fields.Assist with all swine duties suchas feeding, vaccinating andfilling barns. Generalmaintenance and sanitizing ofplant and equipment. Three (3)months experience required.Must have driver’s license. Willwork outside in extremetemperatures. Employer willoffer employment for a totalnumber of work hours equal toat least 3-4ths of workdays oftotal period M-F 7:00 – 4:00,$13.80/hr. Tools, supplies,equip, housing provided at nocost to worker. Pd every twoweeks; all legal deductionswithheld from pay. Employerreimburses for trans/meals fromstart place to place of emplymnton comp of 50% of theemplymnt period. Emp payscost of return trans on comp ofthe emplymnt period. Apply inperson at nearest SD Worksoffice, ref job order 1767001.

Austin Travis County IntegralCare is currently solicitingproposals through a Request forProposals (RFP) process for aVeterans Service Program. RFPsmay be sent electronically, bycontacting Brody Ballard atbrody.ballard@atcic.org or (512)440-4022 beginning December 2,2016. The deadline to submit aproposal under the RFP is 4 p.m.CST on January 6, 2017.Historically UnderutilizedBusinesses, including Minority-Owned Businesses and Women-Owned Businesses, are encouragedto apply.

Brownsville, TX - Ol-ive Marie Graham, 73,passed away peacefullySaturday, November 12,2016, at Solara Hospital inBrownsville, Texas after along illness. She had livedin Austin, Texas until re-cently.

Olive Marie was bornSeptember 15, 1943, inOmaha, Nebraska, thedaughter of Richard andEdrose (Willis) Graham.She graduated fromOmaha Central HighSchool in 1961.

She earned a B.A. inEnglish Literature from theUniversity of Omaha andan M.S. in English Litera-ture from the University ofNebraska at Omaha. Shealso completed coursework toward her PhD inRadio-TV-Film Depart-ment at the University ofTexas at Austin.

She taught English atTuskegee University (thenInstitute) in Alabama forsix years. Upon relocatingto Austin, Texas, she was acommunity affairs re-porter for the AustinChronicle from 1981-1982.She was then hired as thedirector of community re-lations for KPEZ FM radioin Austin. She also moder-ated a live weekly publicaffairs interview program,Monday Report, onAustin’s public televisionstation KLRU for threeyears.

In 1985 Olive Mariewas hired by KUT (the Uni-versity of Texas public ra-dio station) for producingand editing commentariesfor KUT News. While onthat assignment she devel-oped featured weekly pro-grams (the Longhorn Pro-file) that ran for over 20years and covered campuspersonnel and Austin CityCouncil meetings. She wasalso the producer of TheNext 200 Years, and Fo-rum, both half-hour pro-grams distributed by theLonghorn Radio Networkto National Public Radio

Obituary for Olive Marie Graham

and carried by many sta-tions in the US, includingKIOS FM, of the OmahaPublic Schools for manyyears. Among the manypeople she interviewedduring her distinguishedbroadcasting career were:Nelson Mandela, FidelCastro, Yasser Arafat andWalter Cronkite. She re-tired from KUT in 2003.

Her activities in-cluded: Austin Chapter ofAmerican Women in Radioand Television; NationalAssociation of Black Jour-nalists; Austin Museum ofArts at Laguna Gloria;KLRU Community Advi-sory Board; Casey FamilyProgram CommunityCouncil; Center for HealthPromotion Research; Aus-tin Chapter of Links, Inc.;Strategic Planning Com-mittee of the College ofCommunications at theCentennial of U. T. She alsoserved on the followingboards: KMFA, KOOP,Black Arts Alliance (formerpresident) and the AustinCommunity Gardens (nowthe Sustainable Food Cen-ter). Olive Marie was alsoan avid bridge player andbelonged to two separate

bridge clubs. She was along time member of St.James Episcopal Church inAustin and prior to that, St.Phillip the Deacon Episco-pal Church in Omaha. Shewas a choir member inboth congregations.

Olive Marie is sur-vived by her brother,Monjett Graham of MillValley, CA; Olive WillisBoggus, her beloved aunt;cousins, Thomas (Terrie)Boggus, Francis Boggus,Julius Boggus, Raymond(Alberta) Willis, Gary(Cheryl) Willis, Margaret(Webb) Young, Ramona(Jerry) Bartee, Wendell(Kathleen) Willis and ahost of other relatives andfriends, including ErikaJohns of Austin, JoyceSnodgrass of Austin ,Marilyn Van Foote, DianeFowler, Judith Fowler, andMosell Cofer.

A memorial service atthe Episcopal Church ofthe Resurrection andburial in the family plotwill be held in Omaha at alater date. Memorial s canbe made to the OmahaCentral High Foundationor your local public radiostation.

Olive Marie Graham (Sept. 1943 - Nov. 2016)

A LETTER TO THE EDITOR - Special to the Villager by Lottie SpauldingQuestionable actions by AISD trustee need to be investigated

Paul M. Saldaña, President & Principal ofSALDAÑA PUBLIC RELATIONS

Photo courtesy of http://www.saldanapublicrelations.com/our-team/

AUSTIN, TX - Overthe past year many haveasked who is after DawnnaDukes. Most, recent ac-tions by a member of theAISD Board of Trusteesraise serious ethical ques-tions about the boardmember, as well as createthe potential to under-mine the legally pre-scribed balance of powerbetween trustees andstaff, as codified in statelaw.

Trustee Paul Saldanahas become very aggres-sive in his attempts to ter-minate a recently-ap-proved routine contractextension for DM Dukes &Associates, Inc. (DMD) forHUB related work withAustin IndependentSchool District. DMD andAssociates is a firm ownedby District 46 State Rep.Dawnna Dukes.

In 2004 Saldana wasa subcontractor on theDMD when they unsuc-cessfully bid for the AISDHUB Consultant Contract.In 2012, when the contractbecame available onceagain, Saldana asked to beon the DMD team beforethe award of the HUB Con-sultant contract wasmade; however BobbieGarza-Hernandez was al-ready on the team provid-ing the services he offered.Upon award of the con-tract Saldana’s team camein third in the bid process.Saldana initiated an officialprotest of the award to getthe board to overturn Dis-trict Staff recommenda-tion. He was unsuccessfulin that endeavor. Duringthis time, he was a candi-date for the AISD Board ofTrustees.

Subsequently DMD

recommended AISD per-form a Disparity Study,Saldana became a subcon-tractor to the firm hired todo the study. This was aconsulting agreement heheld even after he won theAISD trustee seat. He thenrequested to be chair ofthe AISD Equity Subcom-

mittee, which gave himoversight over his con-tract and that of his com-petitor. Unlike any otherboard member, he beganattending and interven-ing in staff HUB meet-ings with the consult-ants; dictating requestsand restrictions in thestaff operations meet-ings.

A legal expert famil-iar with this case told Re-porters that in addition tothe apparent conflict ofinterest in this case,Saldana’s actions likelyviolate state law against atrustee becoming inte-grally involved in daily dis-trict operations. The attor-ney also points out that

Saldana’s actions couldbe considered tortuousinterference with a bind-ing contract, which couldcreate some legal expo-sure for the board mem-ber, as well as the schooldistrict.

A recent news storyon the contract quoted amajority of sources withties to AISD who said thatthey were satisfied withthe work performed byD.M. Dukes and Associ-ates, and that the workmet district expectationsand contract goals.

The two sourceswho criticized the firmswork were an owner of afirm that did not get acontract (outside thescope of work of the DMDukes’ contract), andSaldana. Saldana’s con-flict of interest shouldhave been included in thearticle, to provide thereader with someneeded context for hiscomments.

In addition to theoutreach efforts, the DMDukes’ team worked toget AISD to become partof the broader disparity

study conducted by the Cityof Austin. The team moni-tored the study work andreviewed the report prior torelease to the public. Theteam was also heavily in-volved in the drafting of theHUB program language forthe bond program that isbeing monitored by the Citi-zens’ Bond Oversight Com-mittee.

The work of the Dukes’team was instrumental inthe district establishing itsown in-house program. Notonly will this program ex-pand opportunities forHUBs on future bond work,but will open doors forthese firms to compete fordistrict commodity pur-chases, which are signifi-cant.

The Dukes’ firm haswritten a letter to the Boardof Trustees to ask that theynot proceed with a termina-tion of the contract untilthey have an opportunity toresearch the apparent con-flict of interest, as well asgive the firm a chance for afair hearing in front of theboard — and a chance tocorrect the erroneousrecord on its performance.

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Charlie Strong Out After 3Seasons as the University of

Texas Football CoachFailed Effort to Rebuild Longhorns,Three Consecutive Losing Seasons

by: Jim Vertuno | AP Sports Writer

Texas head coach Charlie Strong before an NCAA college football gameagainst TCU, Friday, Nov. 25, 2016, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

AUSTIN, Texas (AP)— Texas has “let go” foot-ball coach Charlie Strongafter a 16-21 record inthree seasons. Strong hadtwo years left on a guaran-teed contract that paysmore than $5 million peryear.

Strong was hiredfrom Louisville in 2014 toreplace Mack Brown, who

won the 2005 season na-tional championship butwas later pushed outwhen the program slidinto several years of medi-ocrity.

Strong’s efforts to re-build failed as the Long-horns slipped further backin the Big 12 despite re-cruiting classes hailed assome of the nation’s best.

He’s the first Texas coachwith three consecutivelosing seasons in programhistory.

Strong’s tenure wasnotable at first for his dis-ciplinarian style and “corevalues” code of conduct.But the losses quicklymounted and Texasstruggled just to qualify forbowl games.

Dozens Arrested DuringUS Protests for

Higher Minimum Wagesby: The Associated Press

Metro Police arrest multiple protesters who were sitting in the streetoutside a McDonald’s restaurant during a minimum wage protest Tues-day, Nov. 29, 2016, in Las Vegas. Fast-food restaurant workers and homeand child-care workers participated in protests nationwide for a $15 perhour minimum wage. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Sun via AP)

CHICAGO (AP) —Dozens of people were ar-rested Tuesday as theyparticipated in protestsnationwide for a $15 perhour minimum wage.

Fast-food restaurantworkers and home andchild-care workers ralliedin cities including Chicago,Detroit, Houston, Los An-geles, Minneapolis andNew York. In many citiesthe protesters blockedbusy intersections.

In Chicago, hundreds

Protesters gather at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Tues-day, Nov. 29, 2016, as part of a nationwide protest for a $15 per hour mini-mum wage. Fast-food restaurant and airport workers, as well as home andchild-care workers rallied in cities including Chicago, Detroit, Houston,Los Angeles, Minneapolis and New York on Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

of protesters at O’Hare In-ternational Airportchanted outside terminals:“What do we want? $15!When do we want it?Now!” Police gated anarea to allow travelersroom to walk. As many as500 workers at the airportparticipated in an unfairlabor practices strike, ac-cording to officials fromService Employees Inter-national Union Local 1 whohave been organizing theworkers.

“We’re not asking forspecial treatment, we’reasking for decent treat-ment. We’re asking for de-cent wages,” said KishaRivera, an airplane cabincleaner at O’Hare. “We’redemanding respect.”

Thousands planned

to walk off the job atMcDonald’s restaurants, or-ganizers said. The efforts arepart of the National Day ofAction to Fight for $15.

In New Jersey, airportworkers marched be-tween two terminals atNewark Liberty Interna-tional Airport. DemocraticMayor Ras Baraka hascalled on the Port Author-ity of New York and NewJersey, which runs the air-port, to raise its minimumwage to $15 per hour at its

facilities and take steps tohire more Newark resi-dents.

At a McDonald’s inDenver, about 100 people,including about 60 strikingfast food workers fromaround the metro area,picketed. Protesters brieflyshut down a downtown St.Louis McDonald’s restau-rant, blocking the drive-thru for about 30 minutes.In Massachusetts, a statesenator was among nearlythree dozen people ar-rested after they sat downon a Cambridge street dur-ing a demonstration.

About 25 of the 350protesters in New York Citywere arrested. One pro-tester, Flavia Cabral, 55,struggles to make endsmeet with two part-time

jobs. “All these people

don’t have savings be-cause we’re working checkto check,” Cabral said. “Wehave to decide what weare going to get: We’regoing to pay rent or we’regoing to put food on thetable or we’re going tosend my child to school.”

Detroit police saythey arrested about 40protesters who blockedtraffic. In the San FranciscoBay Area, ride-hailing driv-

ers, fast-food employees,airport workers and othersshut down an Oakland in-tersection. Earlier thisyear, California Gov. JerryBrown signed a bill intolaw that will lift the state-wide minimum wage to$15 an hour by 2022.

Raising the federalminimum wage from$7.25 an hour to $12would lift pay for 35 mil-lion workers, or 1 in 4 em-ployees nationwide, ac-cording to the liberal Eco-nomic Policy Institute.

The conservative-leaning, nonprofit Employ-ment Policies Institutethink tank said it believesminimum wage increaseswill result in lost jobs, re-duced hours and businessclosures.

Pact Resolves ACLU Suit overProtest Arrests in Baton Rouge

by: Michael Kunzelman | Associated Press

BATON ROUGE, LA.(AP) — A settlementagreement Tuesday re-solves a federal lawsuitthat accuses law enforce-ment of trampling on thecivil rights of protesters inBaton Rouge following ablack man’s fatal shootingby police.

Plaintiffs’ attorneyssaid their “memorandumof understanding” withstate and local police offi-cials affirms that peoplehave the right to peace-fully protest. The agree-ment doesn’t include anymonetary terms.

Police arrested nearly200 protesters in BatonRouge following the July 5shooting death of AltonSterling, who was killed ina struggle with two whiteofficers outside a conve-nience store.

Cellphone videos ofthe confrontation quicklyspread on social media.Sterling’s death, a day be-fore another fatal policeshooting in Minnesota,sparked widespread pro-tests and inflamed racialtensions that were height-ened by the fatal shootingof five police officers inDallas by a black sniper.

Attorneys from theAmerican Civil LibertiesUnion of Louisiana and the

New Orleans Workers’Center for Racial Justicefiled the lawsuit, whichaccused police of usingexcessive force in a “mili-tary-grade assault” on pro-testers. Officers pointedhigh-powered weapons atprotesters, physically andverbally abused them andthreatened them with theuse of pepper spray, thesuit said.

Last week, the BatonRouge Metro Council ap-proved a settlementagreement to resolve aseparate federal lawsuitfiled on behalf of protest-ers who were arrested, in-cluding prominent BlackLives Matter activist DeRayMckesson.

That deal calls for thecity government, the Louisi-ana State Police, the East Ba-ton Rouge Sheriff’s Office andthe local district attorney’soffice to pay no more than$25,000 apiece — for a totalof about $100,000 — to com-pensate more than 90 of thearrested protesters, The Ad-vocate newspaper reported.

Mckesson, a Balti-more resident, was ar-rested July 9 near BatonRouge police headquar-ters on a charge of ob-structing a highway. Dis-trict Attorney Hillar Moorehas said Mckesson is one

of roughly 100 arrestedprotesters who will not beprosecuted by his officefor the same charge.

The Justice Depart-ment is investigatingSterling’s death. In themeantime, police are pre-paring for the possibility ofmore protests after theinvestigating is completed.

“We have to makesure that people’s FirstAmendment rights areprotected,” said MarjorieEsman, executive directorof the ACLU of Louisiana.

The State Police, thesheriff’s office and BatonRouge’s police chief andmayor are among the de-fendants named in theACLU’s suit.

“Law enforcementcommits to use only thatlevel of force that is objec-tively reasonable to bringan incident under control,while ensuring the safetyof the officer and others,”Tuesday’s court filing says.

The pact also sayspermits may be requiredfor gatherings that wouldblock roads, allowing po-lice to redirect traffic.Commands to disperse“will be given in a mannerreasonably calculated tobe communicated to allpersons present,” the fil-ing adds.