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H-E-B SUPPORTS HAITI
COMMUNITIES IMPACTED
BY THE EARTHQUAKE
RAPPIN’
Tommy Wyatt
What now for
the Health Care
legislation?
With the election of
a Republican senator in
Massachusetts, what does
that mean for Obama’s
Healthcare Legislation?
Many Republicans are
saying that the election
shows that the American
public is against the bill.
Or it could be saying that
the Democrats took the
seat for granted and did
not to anything to assure
the election until it was
too late.
That is the same
kind of logic that has been
used in Texas for last few
elections. Democrats
have sit on their hands
and let the other party
take control of the state.
Only when Barack Obama
made such a strong showing in Texas did the state
party decide to take another look. It’s still not
sure what the Democrats
are prepared to do in November.
While there is a contested race for Governor
in the primary election, it
could be a different game
for the fall. The state leaders are talking a good
game, but are they committed to go all the way,
no matter who the democratic nominee is.
There will be a lot of
attention given to the Republican Party’s primary,
because of the race between Senator Kay Bailey
Hutchinson and Governor
Rick Perry. And it will be
interesting to see what
Hutchinson will do, if she
does not win the primary.
She did not resign her
seat in the U. S. Senate,
it was not necessary to
run for Governor. But,
what if she loses? Will she
resign then?
I don’t think so. Why
should she give up a perfectly good job and not have
another one to go to? Although, there are several
people in Texas who are
looking to Hutchinson resigning that seat so that
they might have a chance
to get it.
One thing for sure, if
you want to be a part of this
very exciting political season, you have to be registered to vote. Otherwise,
you will be sitting on the
sideline talking about
what could have been.
There are some very
interesting local races
that should get your attention. There are several
judgeships up and the
Justice of the Peace, Precinct One has a contested
race. Who would want to
be on the sidelines for this
one? I know that I don’t.
H-E-B donates $100,000
to the American Red Cross for
the Haiti Relief and Development Fund and launches statewide checkstand donation campaign in stores
AUSTIN – Today, H-EB will donate $100,000 to the
American Red Cross for the
Haiti Relief and Development
Fund and launch a statewide
checkstand donation campaign benefiting the organization in response to the recent devastating earthquake.
One hundred percent of
the donations will support
American Red Cross emergency relief efforts, which
may include sending relief
supplies, mobilizing relief
workers and providing financial resources.
“We are deeply saddened by this tragedy, and
our prayers are with the millions of people affected by this
natural disaster. It is our hope
that H-E-B’s donation, along
with our loyal customers’
support, will aid Haitians
during their recovery,” said
Winell Herron, group vice
president of public affairs
and diversity for H-E-B. “H-
Phone: 512-476-0082
Fax: 512-476-0179
January 22, 2010
MLK activities draw massive crowds
E-B’s tear pad campaign offers a simple and reliable way
for our customers to support
the communities affected by
this natural disaster.”
The campaign offers HE-B customers an opportunity to join H-E-B’s aid by
adding a donation of $1, $3,
or $5 to their total grocery bill
as they check out, or at the
Business Center.
The American Red
Cross is working with its partners in the global Red Cross
and Red Crescent network,
including the Haitian Red
Cross, and other partners to
assist those affected by this
disaster.
Providing aid in times
of need is the cornerstone of
H-E-B’s Helping Here philosophy, which promises to
stand by communities during
times of crisis. For more than
100 years, the company has
demonstrated its commitment
to communities in crisis by
donating financial support,
emergency supplies, drinking water and food, as well
as providing efficient ways
for customers to assist those
affected by a natural disaster.
One of the largest crowds in recent history turned out for the Annual Martin Luther King Day
celebration. (Top shows the beginning of the march while (bottom) shows representation of community
organizations that participated. The festivities started at the King statue on the campus of the University of Texas, stopped for a brief program at the State Capitol and ended with a community festival on
the Campus of Huston-Tillotson University. Staff photo.
Help Pouring Out for Haitians as
Death Count Grows
Farouk meets with African American Citizens in Austin
pushing his Green Jobs campaign. He promises to create jobs in
poor communities all over Texas. Staff photo
Farouk Shami, Demo- communitiesall over the state.
cratic Candidate for governor he said that he is already
came to Austin Wednesday, building a plant in the 5th
January 20, to meet with po- Ward of Houston.
litical activist here and to enShami is a Hair Care
courage them to vote in the manufactury owner in Housupcoming March 2 election.
ton. He reports that his comShami met with some pany brought more than 1200
African American citizens at jobs to Texas when he moved
the Monarch Event Center for his company here from overlunch, where he laid out his seas.
Shami’s new focus will
plan for Texas when he becomes Governor. He said that be on providing green jobs for
his main focus would be job the community. His new
creation. But, he pointed out plants will be building solar
that he is not waiting to be roof for homes. Green Jobs is
the new growth industry and
elected to start his plan.
According to Shami, he Texas could become the
will build plants in poor leader of this industry.
Want to Help With Haiti
Earthquake Relief Efforts?
Want to Help With Haiti Earthquake Relief
Efforts? Here’s a list of credible charities:Yele
Haiti: yele.org or text ‘yele’ to 501501 to donate
$5American Red Cross: Redcross.org or text
‘Haiti’ to 90999 to donate $10UNICEF:
unicefusa.orgDirect Relief International:
directrelief.org or text “GIVE10” to 20222 to
donate $10 Partners in Health: pih.orgClinton
Bush Haiti Fund:
clintonbushhaitifund.orgNAACP for Haiti:
naacp.orgWorld Food Program: wfp.orgSave the
Children: savethechildren.orgDoctors Without
Borders: doctorswithoutborders.orgFeed The
Children: feedthechildren.orgCare:
care.orgHabitat for Humanity:
habitat.orgCompiled by NNPA News Service
President Obama asks for assistance from former Presidents Bill Clinton (l) ad George W. Bush (t)
By Pharoh Martin and
of casualties, human casualties, dents George W. Bush and Bill
Kendra Desrosiers
Help Pouring Out for Hai- material casualties, we are dead,” Clinton, he also announced the
tians as Death Count GrowsBy said Cassandra Valbrun in a phone formation of a relief fund under
Pharoh Martin and Kendra interview from Haiti. The 34-year- their names, which can be found
DesrosiersNNPA National and old married mother of two works at www.Clinton Bush Haiti
Special Correspondent WASH- in the Pout-au-Prince suburb of Fund.orgThe Department of State,
INGTON (NNPA) - It’s been de- Pétionville. She was still at work USAID and the United States
scribed as “The world’s Katrina”. when the earthquake struck Jan. Southern Command have begun
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that 12.”We need water, medication working to coordinate an assesscompletely devastated and up- and tents because people are sleep- ment on humanitarian assistance.
rooted the Black island nation of ing outside of their house,” she donors could contribute to
through their mobile device or
Haiti, leaving an estimated 100,000 said.
President Obama has through the organization’s
dead and millions more homeless,
injured and in despair. Govern- pledged $100 million dollars in U. website.
“Now is the time for action,
ment officials are predicting that S. aid as and spared no expense in
the death toll could eventually rise resources for relief for the Carib- the NAACP is asking all of our
to half a million, making it one of bean nation.”At this very moment members to do what they can to
the most destructive natural disas- one of the largest relief efforts in assist the people of Haiti that have
ters ever.Already reeling from a our recent history is moving to- lost their homes, businesses, famstring of recent national setbacks, wards Haiti,” the president said. ily members, and livelihoods,”
including political upheavals and “More American search and res- urged NAACP president and CEO
an overwhelming series of hurri- cue teams are coming. More food. Benjamin Todd Jealous. The
canes in 2008, one of the poorest More water. Doctors, nurses, para- NAACP is one of string of nonnations in the Western hemisphere medics. More of the people, equip- profit organizations that have set
now has to deal with this ment and capabilities that can make up Haiti relief funds.Said Gary
tragedy.”Port-au-Prince is de- the difference between life and Flowers, executive director of the
stroyed. We have a lot death, a lot death.”Flanked by former Presi- Black Leadership Forum,
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California is on the
Verge of Economic
Calamity
Reid, Right and
Racism
George E. Curry
NNPA Columnist
The flap over Senator
Harry Reid’s truthful –
though clumsily phrased –
comment on Barack Obama’s
electability has exposed hypocrisy, and in some cases
racism, among Republicans
and Democrats, including
former President Bill Clinton.
Even Reid acknowledged that
he used a poor choice of
words last year when he told
authors of Game Change, a
new book on the election, that
Obama was elected because
he was a “light-skinned” African American “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted
to have one.”
Reid issued a statement
saying, “I sincerely apologize
for offending any and all
Americans, especially African Americans, for my improper comments.”
President Obama accepted Reid’s apology. In an
interview with Roland Martin on TV One, the president
said, “This is a good man
who has always been on the
right side of history. For him
to have used some inartful
language in trying to praise
me and for people to try to
make hay out of that makes
absolutely no sense.”
No one was trying to
make more political hay out
of the controversy than GOP
Chairman Michael Steele,
who called for Reid’s resignation as Senate majority leader.
That’s opposite of the
position took when defending embattled Republican
Majority Leader Trent Lott of
Mississippi.
Lott said in 2002:
“When Strom Thurmond ran
for president, we voted for
him. We’re proud of it. And if
the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn’t
have had all these problems
over all these years, either.”
Thurmond broke away
from the Democratic Party in
1948 to run for president on
the Dixiecrat Party, whose
platform declared, “We stand
for the segregation of the races
and the racial integrity of each
race.”
Lott was forced to resign
his leadership post.
According to the Washington Post, [December 14,
2002], “Lt. Gov.-elect Michael
S. Steele said last night that
he was personally upset by
U.S. Sen. Trent Lott’s praise
for Sen. Strom Thurmond and
his segregationist past, but
said Lott should not be forced
to relinquish his leadership
position in the Senate.”
Now, however, Steele
wants to apply a different
standard to Reid, who did not
come close to endorsing segregation.
Steele is not alone. Republican senators John
Cornyn of Texas and Jon Kyl
of Arizona, among others,
have also tried to equate Trent
Lott’s support of a segregationist with Reid’s comments.
But there is no comparison.
There is no “Negro dialect,” just as there is no
“White dialect.” And there
are studies that show that
“light skinned” Blacks often
enjoy certain advantages over
their darker skinned brothers
and sisters in the U.S.
If Reid had chosen his
words more carefully, he
could have said that because
Barack Obama is a product of
an interracial marriage and
he has clearly mastered the
King’s English, many Whites
were more comfortable voting
for him.
That’s quite different
from saying, as Lott did, that
if we had followed Strom
Thurmond’s White supremacy lead, “we wouldn’t
have had all these problems
over all these years.”
Also, the records of
those at the center of this controversy should not be ignored. Reid has consistently
earned As on the NAACP’s
Civil Rights Report Card. By
contrast, Republican senators Cornyn and Kyl routinely
earn Fs.
As for Steele, he has
made numerous insensitive
comments.
After being asked last
summer how he would attract
more Blacks to the GOP, Steele
said, “My plan is to say, ‘Y’all
come, because a lot of you are
already here.’” In what he
described as a joke, he added:
“I got the fried chicken and
potato salad, OK.”
No, that’s not Okay.
I am more disturbed
about what was attributed to
Bill Clinton in the book than
the controversy engulfing
Harry Reid.
The book quotes
Clinton telling Teddy
Kennedy, “a few years ago
this guy [Obama] would have
been getting us coffee.”
Clinton also told Kennedy
“the only reason you are endorsing him is because he’s
black. Let’s just be clear.”
Yes, let’s be clear. Why
would the grossly over rated
so-called friend of African
Americans feel the need to
say that at one time Obama
would have been serving
Clinton and Kennedy coffee?
Is he still longing for those
bygone days?
And there were plenty
of reasons to endorse Obama
over Hillary Clinton. The fact
that she is married to Bill
Clinton was reason enough to
vote for Obama. The former
president tried to minimize
Obama’s presidential campaign by comparing it to Jesse
Jackson’s unsuccessful bids
in 1984 and 1988.
Hillary Clinton, playing on the ridiculous notion
that Bill Clinton was the
nation’s first Black president,
told the Trotter Group, an organization of African-American columnists, that she was
involved in an interracial
marriage.
Bill and Hillary doubleteamed Obama and Hillary
still could not capture the
Democratic nomination. Her
husband may have actually
hurt her efforts.
As if Reid and Bill
Clinton hadn’t created
enough of a headache for
Democrats, former Illinois
Democratic Gov. Rod
Blagojevich told Esquire
magazine: “I’m blacker than
Barack Obama. I shined
shoes. I grew up in a fiveroom apartment. My father
had a little laundromat in a
black community not far from
where we lived. I saw it all
growing up.”
Michael Steele, Bill
Clinton and Rod Blagojevich
should be apologizing to
Black America, not Harry
Reid.
Harry C. Alford
NNPA Columnist
(NNPA) - I was born in
Oxnard, California. My parents migrated there from Louisiana during World War II.
Most of my Black childhood
friends’ parents were from either Louisiana or Texas. Many
of them grew up together back
on those red clay roads and
moved to the west simultaneously. We would have rival street games – Texans vs.
Louisianans. In all, it was fun
growing up around all the
strawberry, tomato, carrot
fields, etc and orange/lemon
orchards. Fruit trees were
commonly grown in front
yards and you could walk
down the street and pick luscious peaches, apricots and
avocados while you strolled.
Neither the farmers nor the
neighbors would mind because it was all bountiful.
Blacks, Hispanics and Asians
got along just fine; for the
most part with whites also but
a few of them had problems
due to migrating from Texas
and Louisiana also. One
morning we woke up to a ten
foot cross burning in our front
yard. We got through that and
my total recollection of growing up in Oxnard is enjoyable. Many of my best friends
were Hispanic and Asian and
they were native Californians
also with several generations
of heritage in the community.
“Cali” was the hip place and
people from all over the nation started moving there.
Oxnard grew from a 13,000
population to over 200,000 in
about 25 years. Los Angeles,
San Diego, etc. became “monsters”. In 1950, both New
York and Pennsylvania exceeded California in population. Today, California has a
population greater than both
these states put together.
I believe that is the biggest rea-
son for California’s economic
woes today. It’s not just the
increased population but the
new faces in leadership that
have come into the state.
There are 54 federally elected
officials in California and
40% of them were born somewhere else. The Governor was
not only born out of state; he
was born out of the country.
There is a lot of carpet bagging in their actions. If you
look at some of the highest
ranking elected officials you
will see that their families or
spouses profit handsomely
from some of the onerous and
outrageous laws and regulations they produce.
Workmen’s Compensation, public debt, wacko environmental rules, etc. has a
profit side to it and coincidentally many of them are getting
this profit as the state suffers.
It’s like a third world nation
in that respect.
California is suffering
from excessive regulations,
high taxes, too much crime
and an oppressive workers’
compensation system that is
driving hundreds of corporations out of the state along
with hundreds of thousands
of jobs. Even Wonder Bread
has left. California’s tax base
is shrinking and its debt is
driving up. The “Golden
State” has a deficit of $42 billion dollars. State government
layoffs are plentiful and the
credit ratings are sinking
through the “floor”. At times,
California checks are temporarily worthless.
Coupled with the bad
leadership coming from the
greedy transplants, uncontrollable immigration from its
southern border has mushroomed beginning in the
1980’s.
In
1993-1994,
California’s K-12 school enrollment was 42.3 percent
white, 37 percent Hispanic
and 8.7 percent Black. Today,
Hispanics represent the largest block, 48.7 percent, whites,
28.5 percent and Blacks, 7.3
percent. The significance of
this is that 1.6 million K-12
students require English
learning. This costs an additional $7,000 per pupil to educate them. The annual bill to
taxpayers in 2009 exceeded
$10 billion which is 25 percent of the total deficit.
Also, Mexican immigrants
alone send back to their country $29 billion per year in remittances. That money is
made in the US and sent out
of the “recycle” permanently.
It makes a difference on the
local economies. We don’t
even need to get into the legal
vs. illegal immigration debate
to show the huge strain on
California.
The future looks bleak
for Californians. Their elected
officials continue to apply
adverse environmental regulations that will chase more
corporations away and stunt
any type of growth plans.
They are seizing precious irrigation water from the farmers so that they can protect a
variety of smelt fish. I say
“Damn the fish, what about
our groceries and the jobs that
go with them?” Remember,
farming is a major industry in
this state. This is just one example that they have yet to get
it. Unions have a lock on all
the major projects so that
means that Free Enterprise
will be blocked and excessive
and unnecessary costs along
with corruption will prevail
versus good and economical
government. Guess what?
That high number of prisoners that result from all that
crime out there; a good portion of them are about to be let
out. You see the average salary of a California prison
guard exceeds $90.000 per
year (due to union arbitration)
and something is going to
have to give.
Gone are the pleasant
days of Oxnard and the
golden aspect of California.
Description of the Haitian Flag
Two equal horizontal bands of blue
(top) and red (bottom) with a centered white
rectangle bearing the coat of arms, which
contains a palm tree flanked by flags and
two cannons above a scroll bearing the motto
L’UNION FAIT LA FORCE (Union Makes
Strength); the colors are taken from the
French Tricolor and represent the union of
blacks and mulattoes.
Limbaugh, Robertson Remarks Show What Crazy Looks Like
anymore.”
At a time when tens of
thousands of Haitians were
buried under concrete, the
best Limbaugh could muster
was a twisted political statement about how the president
was offering humanitarian
aid to “build credibility with
both the light-skinned and
dark-skinned black commuBy. Rev. Barbara Reynolds
NNPA Columnist
(NNPA) - As President
Barack Obama directs aircraft
carriers and transport planes
jammed with food, medicine
and as physicians, relief
workers and journalists risk
their lives to help beleaguered
Haitians, the callous, venomous statements of Rush
Limbaugh and Rev. Pat
Robertson show just how irrelevant the GOP has become.
With gifts to the American Red
Cross totaling about $35 million in the first 48 hours of
the disaster, U.S. citizens textmessaging millions, school
children chipping in their
spending change and CNN
showing the tragedy to the
world, the ugly words coming from the Republicans
have me saying “Thank God
America is not like them. Not
Rush Limbaugh
nity in this country.” Then he
said it was doubtful that
“money being donated to
Haiti through the White
House Web site would actually go to the relief efforts,”
suggesting that the Administration would use this money
for their own special interests. If that were not enough
televangelist Robertson, who
once ran for President on the
Republican ticket, said on his
700 Club TV show that
Haiti’s troubles came from
their leadership making a
pact with the devil some two
hundred years ago.
Every Republican who
still has any semblance of decency ought to be storming the
airwaves denouncing Rush
Limbaugh, the mouthpiece of
the GOP. Limbaugh has become so zealous and frothy in
his crusade to smear President Barack Obama that he
has become the symbol of a
lunatic. How can Republicans put up with this kind of
callous political venom? Why
aren’t their leaders denouncing
Limbaugh
and
Robertson? Is it because the
GOP is so intent of making
our president fail, as
Limbaugh has decreed, that
they will twist every presidential act, no matter how
noble, to satisfy their own
pathetic objectives?
Where, for example, is
RNC chairman Michael
Steele? If there is any hope for
the GOP to be anything but a
Gross Old Party, he should be
out front putting Limbaugh
in his place. But the last time
Steele corrected Limbaugh, it
was Steele who later cowed
in a corner backtracking on
his statements. By allowing
the GOP to be painted as “hat-
ers,” without a challenge from
the top, the party has segregated itself into a corner reserved for the greedy, the
blamers and the spoilers, a
place few people of good will
want to reside.
The GOP led by bombastic Limbaugh and silent
Steele is what crazy looks like.
The Democrats led by Obama
is what goodwill feels like.
The ability to look at human
suffering and make judgments only based on skin
color is what we saw during
the Katrina Hurricane under
President George Bush. We
saw U.S. citizens—war veterans, school children, teachers,
soccer coaches, grandmothers, some wrapped in the
American flag—stranded on
roof tops, sweltering on asphalt highways, knee-deep in
rat infested waste shared
with human bodies—while
our government headed by
George Bush relaxed at his
Texas ranch. We recoiled as
we saw the U.S. born black
population of New Orleans,
labeled as “refugees,” as justification for aid being slow
to come. We are not fooled by
a party who allows
Limbaugh, who has announced the failure of Obama
as his mission, to be its
mouthpiece and defacto
HWPIC (white person in
charge). Limbaugh stands for
race hatred. In recent years,
he, reportedly, told a black
caller on his radio show to
“Take that bone out of your
nose and call me back,” he
asked his audience: “Have
you ever noticed how all com-
Rev. Pat Robertson
posite pictures of wanted
criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?” Of civil rights groups,
he said, “the NAACP should
have riot rehearsal. They
should get a liquor store and
practice robberies.” Recently
he has enjoyed playing the
song “Barack the Magic Negro” on the air. It is not our
president who is failing but
Limbaugh who is failing as a
human being. In addition it
is Pat Robertson who should
know the devil is not confined
to Haiti—which incidentally
is 80 per cent Christian—
when evil abounds everywhere. In stating that Haitians made a pact with the
devil, the GOP’S vicar is apparently referring to a Voodoo
ceremony that in Haitian national mythology initiated the
1848 French revolution. In the
ceremony, Haitian leader
Boukman supposedly said:
“The white man’s god asks
him to commit crimes. But the
god within us wants to do
good. Our god, who is so
good, so just, He orders us to
revenge our wrongs. It’s He
who will direct our arms and
bring us the victory. It’s He
who will assist us. We all
should throw away the image
of the white men’s god who
is so pitiless. Listen to the
voice for liberty that speaks in
all our hearts.”
Most people reading
these words see an oppressed
people rejecting the God of
their oppressors, just as black
slaves once did in this country. In the minds of people like
Robertson, however, those
who reject the god who champions oppression must be
devil-worshippers.
If the devil is running
things as Robertson alleges
he clearly has found many cohorts in the party of
Limbaugh and Robertson.
‘Don’t Give Up on Activism’, Obama Tells Black
Church at King Day Service
By Hazel Trice Edney
NNPA Editor-in-Chief
WASHINGTON (NNPA)
– When President Barack
Obama walked into the sanctuary of the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church in Washington, D.C.,
he immediately broke into a clap
and a sway to the soulful tune of
“How I Got Over.”
Before rising to give his
message at the historic Black
church in the city’s North West,
he had also bobbed his head to a
jazzy version off “Glory, Glory,
Hallelujah” and tapped his feet
to “This is the Day that the Lord
Has Made.”
The movements were all
signs that the nation’s first Black
President was feeling at home
with Pastor Cornelius R.
Wheeler, his wife, Carla, and the
Sunday morning congregation,
packed in for the special Martin
Luther King Birthday service.
“It feels like a family.
Thank you for making us feel
that way,” he said in opening
remarks. Then, with First Lady
Michelle and their daughters
Malia and Sasha, looking on
from the pews, he rendered a
message of hope that drew
shouts of “Amen!” “My Lord!”
and “Yes!”
“We aren’t here just to interpret His Scripture. We’re also
here to call on the memory of one
President Barack Obama
of His noble servants, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Now, it’s fitting that we do so
here, within the four walls of
Vermont Avenue Baptist
Church - here, in a church that
rose like the phoenix from the
ashes of the civil war; here in a
church formed by freed slaves,
whose founding pastor had
worn the union blue; here in a
church from whose pews’
congregants set out for marches
and from whom choir anthems
of freedom were heard; from
whose sanctuary King himself
would sermonize from time to
time.”
Quoting one of those King
sermons – “The Challenge of a
New Age” - from Dec. 6, 1956,
Obama recounted what he described as a victorious moment
with a future that “still seemed
daunting” to the then 27-yearold civil rights leader.
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“It was a period of triumph, but also uncertainty, for
Dr. King and his followers - because just weeks earlier, the Supreme Court had ordered the
desegregation of Montgomery’s
buses, a hard-wrought, hardfought victory that would put an
end to the 381-day historic boycott down in Montgomery, Alabama,” Obama said. “And yet,
as Dr. King rose to take that pulpit, the future still seemed daunting. It wasn’t clear what would
come next for the movement that
Dr. King led. It wasn’t clear how
we were going to reach the Promised Land. Because segregation
was still rife; lynchings still a fact.
Yes, the Supreme Court had
ruled not only on the Montgomery buses, but also on Brown v.
Board of Education. And yet that
ruling was defied throughout the
South - by schools and by states;
they ignored it with impunity.
And here in the nation’s capital,
the federal government had yet
to fully align itself with the laws
on its books and the ideals of its
founding.”
Comparing that moment
to what America faces today,
Obama said that more than a half
century later, America is facing
the challenges of a new age with
the same hope, doubts and second guessing of strategies.
“Unemployment is at its
highest level in more than a quarter of a century. Nowhere is it
higher than the African-American community. Poverty is on the
rise. Home ownership is slipping. Beyond our shores, our
sons and daughters are fighting
two wars. Closer to home, our
Haitian brothers and sisters are
in desperate need. Bruised, battered, many people are legitimately feeling doubt, even despair, about the future. Like those
who came to this church on that
Thursday in 1956, folks are wondering, where do we go from
here?”
In a moment of transparency, Obama also noted that he,
as President, has also faced
doubts and disappointments in
his first year in office, largely due
to those who don’t hail small
victories while constantly complaining..
“Sometimes I get a little
frustrated when folks just don’t
want to see that even if we don’t
get everything, we’re getting
something,” he said. “King understood that the desegregation
of the Armed Forces didn’t end
the civil rights movement, because Black and White soldiers
still couldn’t sit together at the
same lunch counter when they
came home. But he still insisted
on the rightness of desegregating the Armed Forces. That was
a good first step - even as he called
for more. He didn’t suggest that
somehow by the signing of the
Civil Rights that somehow all
discrimination would end. But
he also didn’t think that we
shouldn’t sign the Civil Rights
Act because it hasn’t solved every problem. Let’s take a victory,
he said, and then keep on marching. Forward steps, large and
small, were recognized for what
they were - which was
progress.”
But, as sure as the seasons
changed for the “harsh winters”
of slaves and others who fought
for a better life for Americans
down through the ages, faith
will eventually give way to substance, he promised:
“It was for them, as it is
for us, difficult, in the dead of
winter, to sometimes see spring
coming. They, too, sometimes felt
their hopes deflate. And yet,
each season, the frost melts, the
cold recedes, the sun reappears.
So it was for earlier generations
and so it will be for us.”
He implored the audience, to – like King – never stop
pushing for that better life.
“Don’t give up on voting.
Don’t give up on advocacy.
Don’t give up on activism. There
are too many needs to be met,
too much work to be done.” Like
Dr. King said, “’We must accept
finite disappointment but never
lose infinite hope.’”
STORY OF HARRIET TUBMAN
BROUGHT TO LIFE
IN UNIQUE DANCE DRAMA
In ‘Sister Moses’ The Huston-Tillotson University Concert
Choir are featured performing traditional spiritusals
(Austin—Texas) In the late
1850’s times were difficult for
slaves, beaten, humiliated and often separated from family members. But for some, life changed in
the cover of darkness, during
heavy rains and with the constant
threat of capture as Harriet Tubman
led them to freedom through the
Underground Railroad. In celebration of Black History Month, the
dance drama, “Sister Moses: The
Story of Harriet Tubman” tells the
story of Tubman’s passionate pursuit of freedom through movement, African drumming, traditional spirituals and dynamic narration. This exciting event, presented by Desert Dance Theatre
(DDT) of Phoenix, Arizona, takes
place Friday, February 5, 2010,
7:30p.m. at Shoreline Center located at 15201 Burnet Road. Tickets
are available through austix.com.
Local dancer/choreographer, Renee Davis has danced the
role of Harriet Tubman for nearly
18 years. Since relocating to Aus-
tin more than 11 years ago, she has
returned to Arizona each year to
dance the role she helped create.
“This amazing dance drama is both
educational and entertaining, and
brings to life the true story of heroism reminding us of the sacrifices
those before us made to ensure our
freedom,” Davis said. The Huston
Tillotson University Concert
Choir, under the direction of Dr.
Gloria Quinlan, will be featured
along with several other local musicians and dancers.
Tubman led more than 300
people to freedom through the Underground Railroad, her trips
sometimes taking weeks at a time,
and all the while evading slave
hunters and the authorities. Later,
Tubman served the Union as a
scout, spy and nurse.
For information on the
public
performance
visit
SisterMoses.org or call 512-2977410. For information on the
school performance contact Karen
Peters at 512-732-8993.
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Earthquake in Haiti
William Purcell, lll
Manor New Tech HS
The Haiti earthquake
killed thousands of people.
Many houses, hospitals,
schools, and other buildings
were destroyed in the earthquake. It was a Magnitude 7.0
earthquake which caused
major destruction. People
have lost their homes and
have nowhere else to go. It’s a
very tragic thing to happen to
anybody in the world. Other
people were blessed enough
to only receive injuries. But,
like everyone else they all lost
a loved family member.
Either a kid has been
separated from a parent or
has lost a parent. This may be
graphic, but the deaths in
Haiti have gotten so bad, the
police and ambulance have
had to find some way to get
rid of the bodies that can’t fit
in anymore cemeteries. It’s
indeed sad and depressing.
We all need to pray and possibly donate for the people in
Haiti that have suffered from
the massive earthquake.
I hate missing school
There are many things
I hate doing. Like chores, getting up early in the morning,
and listening to people nag.
But the one thing I hate the
most, is missing school. The
reason I don’t like missing
school is when you back everyone wants to know where
you were . Then you are minding your own businessand a
teacher comes up with a stack
of work saying this is all the
work you need to make up
and it’s the most recent time
they can think of for you to
turn in.
But that’s not it, if you
miss a test you have to take
the test thst day and the
teacher is going to teach you
something new at the same
time. I mean what’s up with
that.? The one thing I hate
the most about missing
school is when you miss that
day you may miss something
exciting. When we do something at school exciting, we
usually do something really
exciting like go on a fieldtrip
or we get to do an exciting
project. That’s why I try to
stay in school all the time because I never know what will
happen that day.
Toni Nelson
KIPP
Hello everyone. I hope
everyone had a nice christmas
break. Last week on Tuesday
January 12, 2010 the
KIPP:Austin Collegiate’s Lady
Cardinals played a game of
basketball against St.Savio
Catholic high school. The
score was 40 to 22 but that’s
all right we’ll get ‘em next
time. This week there is no
school on Monday January
18, 2010 because Monday is
MLK day also on Monday
the Martin Luther King
March will be taking place
downtown at the capital.
Also next week on Thursday
January 21, 2010 the lady
cardinals will play in another basketball game. I will
follow up on that next week.
So until next time stay in
school and goodbye.
By Isiah Collins
Kelly Lane M.S.
We celebrate A Special Holiday
Tayla Terry
LBJ High School
I am reporting about
Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
The third Monday in January is the day on the calendar
honoring the only African
American that has a holiday
named in their honor. I am so
proud to live in the century of
this history.
Dr. King worked hard
for all people. This holiday is
celebrated universally by all
people. The Austin Community represented well for this
celebration. The march and
the festivities at HustonTillotson University were
well attended. The events
were fun and the music and
food was good.
This celebration was
very nice because there were
people of all ethnicities and
ages there. If you did not attend, please try to next year.
Being a part of this holiday
made me and my family feel
very proud.
Remember, stay in
school and stay off drugs!
We won our first game
Jaylon Knighten
Campbell Elementary
Last Saturday our basketball team played our first
game; we played against the
PREPARING FOR THE MLK MARCH--(L to r) Youth Brigade
Coordinator, Arlene Youngblood, Brigaders Jeremy Henderson,
Rickey Hayes, William Purcell, III and Mrs Purcell, gathered at
The Villager in reparation for the MLK Day March and Festival.
The March featured several thousand marchers who represented
community organizations, schools, churches and individuals. The
march is held annually in Austin in of Martin Luther King Day, a
national holiday named in honor of Civil Rights Leader Martin
Luther King, Jr. Staff photo.
Jeremy Henderson
McCallum High School
My Brother Willie
Henderson Jr. has accomplished many things in his
life and he is 19 years old.
Some of the things he has accomplished are he graduated
high school, he is a junior deacon, he is working and he is
in college.
The story of how my
brother graduated high
school all began back at L.L.
Campbell Elementary School.
He was told that he had a
learning disability and that
he would have a hard time
learning, but he never gave
up and continued on. Others
made fun of him, but he never
gave up and didn’t let anything stop him. He went on to
graduate elementary school
with his classmates.
He then went to begin
junior high at a school
named Texas Empowerment
Academy, a charter school.
He had teachers that never
gave up on him and pushed
to be the best. He graduated
junior high with his classmates and finished his 9 th
and 10th grade years at Texas
Empowerment Academy. He
would complete his high
school career as a junior and
senior at McCallum High
School.
He had teachers that
never gave up and pushed
him. He went to graduate
from high school with his
classmates and he overcame
the odds and accomplished
his goal and that was to
graduate high school and he
did that. Now he can have
I know the manning of MLK Day
Samone Marks
Pflugerville High School
The VILLAGER YOUTH
BRIGADE.
Youth of today,
Hope of
Tomorrow!
Donating to a Haiti Charity
My Brother’s Accomplishments
the last laugh on the ones
that made fun of him.
One more thing, he
was put in classes different
from others, but it didn’t
matter, because he never
gave up and he graduated
high school. My parents and
others pushed him and
never gave up on him and
supported him and I’m
proud of him. He became a
junior deacon at the Abundant Life Cathedral of
Praise, because he displayed the character and
value of a leader and is a
good role model for others
and he is someone you talk
to and he is a great listener
and I’m proud of him.
He is working at City
Market, because he is a hard
worker and has a great attitude and he is a great example for others. My father
got him the job and is very
proud of him, for working
so hard and doing a great
job at his job and I’m proud
of him for his hard work and
being a great leader.
He is in college and he goes
to ACC (Austin Community
College) and he is working
hard and he just completed
the fall semester and has
done a great job and he will
be starting the spring semester. I’m very proud of my
brother and all the things he
has accomplished and that
he has worked hard, he’s a
great leader and listener, he
doesn’t worry about what
people think of him and he is
a great role model for others
and he is someone you can
talk to and he knows how to
brighten up a person’s day
and he is a great friend to others.
Once Again I’m very
proud of my brother and what
he has accomplished and that
he keep working hard and being a great role model and
leader to and for others. I love
my brother and I’m very proud
of him.
I have this thing where I
love to hear about my culture. So
today when I thought that we
were going to hear about Martin
Luther King Jr. but we didn’t.
Yes I was dissappointed about
that, because it is apart of history. Why have a Monday off
and you can’t talk about why
this day is so important. I
thought about it and then decided to let it go. I know what
the meaning of Monday is.
Today we are having a
game against Connally. And of
course I think Pflugerville will
win but hey, you never know. I
might go and check things about
with the P-Ville Boys and then
see how the P-Ville Girls did.
It has been all around
school about how the game is
going to be “so spiffy” but to meyou have to make it that way for
it to be that way. And since PVille is all about having fun, I
know thats exactly what its
gonna be.
Eagles and won 16-5. On
MLK Day I am going to
march and I am so happy to
march this year to march for
Martin Luther King Jr. I will
give more highlights with
my basketball game and
happy MLK Day. On last
Friday we had a party to celebrate Martin Luther King
Jr. during our After School
Program at Eastside Story
since we would not be in
School on Monday.
Jaquarry Wilson
Kealing Middle School
In result to the devastating disaster that took place in
the smallest country of the
week.
Lexus Wren
KIPP
Hope everyone had a great
KAC had a whole school
picture day on Monday January
11. It was very crazy. We had
staff running around the school
making sure everyone had on
the right uniform and were
ready to take the picture.
world, there are a few students at my school who are
donating to a Haiti Charity.
Our main goal is to give as
much as we can to these
people who have lost nearly
everything. To do this we are
doing an Art Show. This will
help us raise money to donate.
In doing this I have learned
not to take things for granted
because you can lose it just as
fast as you get it. I am going to
donate as much as I can to
these people. I am sure they
will be thankful.
On tuesday January 12,
2010 the girls basketball team
had a game against St. Dominic
Savio. Unfortunately we were
not victorious but I think we’ve
learned a lot from our past games
and that our next game we will
be victorious.
KAC has already done
their 2nd round of grade awards,
the cum laude award, the
summa cum laude award , and
the magna cum laude award.
Everyone who earned an award
took pictures that would stay in
the KAC’s wall of fame, I got the
cum laude award!
Hope everyone had fun at
the MLK Jr March this morning,
and I’ll be looking foward to
black history month!
Work-Based Learning Program
Gears Up For Summer 2010
Youth Employment
The
Work-Based
Learning Program/Summer
Youth
Employment
(WBLP/SYE) is a joint venture of the City of Austin and
Travis County Health & Human Services Departments
that targets youth between
the ages of 14 to 17 (14 to 22
for youth with disabilities)
who reside in the City of
Austin and/or Travis
County, and attend school
in the City of Austin and/
or Travis County. Youth are
recruited and referred
through a number of avenues such as faith-based,
non-profit, and communitybased organizations. Other
referrals are made through
advertisement, public service
announcements,
schools and the communityat-large.
The
Work-Based
Learning Program/Summer
Youth Employment provides the opportunity for
young people to develop
competence and confidence
as well as workplace skills
in a “real-world of work”
environment. Youth will be
exposed to career awareness
and exploration while developing their career plans
and a commitment to lifelong learning. The program
expands young people’s
choices in life by preparing
them with necessary
workforce skills needed to
succeed as citizens and productive employees. Youth
have the opportunity to
learn academic subjects by
seeing knowledge applied
in the “real world of work”
and learn job-specific skills
while being offered interaction with positive, successful adult role models who
provide guidance in setting
and achieving goals.
A key prerequisite of
WBLP/SYE includes JobReadiness Training where
young people gain the experience of applying for a job
and earning a paycheck in
a nurturing environment
with adult support and supervision. The opportunity
to work an average of 96
hours in one of two sessions
during the summer will be
offered to youth participants. Each youth employee
is provided with a broad range
of projects in work settings
within the City of Austin and
Travis County, non-profit organizations, and private businesses.
Parents can register
youth for Job Readiness Training by calling 512 854 4590.
January 22, 2010/The Villager/Page 5
th
Seven Debutantes Presented at 34
Biennial Debutante Ball
Brittany Guidry
Alpha Kappa Sigma
Alumnae Chapter of Sigma
Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
hosted its 34th Biennial Debutante Ball at the Doubletree
Hotel on Wednesday, December 30, 2009. The theme for the
ball was “Envisioning Elegance, Realizing Dreams.”
Seven beautiful, intelligent,
and talented young ladies
were introduced to the Austin community.
Scholarships
were
awarded to three of the debutantes: first place, Danaka
Gordon, daughter of Brandon
Gordon and Donald and
Adina Pruitt; second place,
Brittany Guidry, daughter of
Melissa Bedford-Guidry and
Clarence Guidry, Jr.; third
place, Tiiana Allen-Hawkins,
daughter of Rosevelt E.
Hawkins and Cherryl Lamon
Allen.
The following Debutantes were presented: Tiiana
Allen-Hawkins, daughter of
Rosevelt E. Hawkins and
Cherryl Lamon Allen, is a
freshman at Texas State University; Danaka Gordon,
daughter of Brandon Gordon
and Donald and Adina Pruitt,
is a senior at Edward S.
Marcus High School in
Flower Mound, Texas; Brittany Guidry, daughter of Melissa Bedford-Guidry and
Clarence Guidry, Jr., is a se-
Texas Lottery
Danaka Gordon
Jasmine Lee
Danielle Price
Tiiana Allen
Erin Woods
T’Quenisha Keith
at The University of Texas at
Austin; and Erin Woods,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Woods, is a junior at
St. Andrews Episcopal
School.
The ball co-chairs, Pearl
Collins and Wanda Smith,
were commended for coordinating an elegant debutante
presentation.
nior at Pflugerville High
School; T’Quenisha Keith,
daughter of Amos and Ann
Keith, is a senior at Manor
High School; Jasmine Lee,
daughter of Johnny and
Genny Lee, is a senior at
McCallum High School;
Danielle Price, daughter of
Cheryl Thompson Price and
Dana R. Price, is a freshman
Austin AKA Chapter Congratulates
New 2010-2011 Officers
Beta Psi Omega, Austin
Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated
recently installed the following 2010-2011 officers: President- Brigid Roberson; VicePresident - Welozette Duffin;
Secretary - ShaCrista
Rideaux; Assistant Secretary
- Ciara Thomas; Assistant
Secretary- Trena Robinson;
Corresponding Secretary Jacquelyn Hawkins; Treasurer - Kizzy LeJay; Ivy Leaf
Reporter - Patrice Langford;
Sergeant at Arms - Chasity
Fleming; Hostess - LaMonica
Lewis; Graduate Advisors:
Beta Kappa - RoShanna
Adamson; Graduate Advisor:
Delta Xi - Karen Armstead;
Chaplain - Mary Castleberry;
and Parliamentarian, Meta
Kelly. BPO would like to
thank the following 20082009 officers for their hard
work and dedication to Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,
Incorporated: Joya Hayes,
Bridgette Roberson, Kizzy
LeJay, Katrina Bailey,
ShaCrista
Rideaux,
Welozette Duffin, RoShanna
Adamson,
Elizabeth
Hanshaw Winn, LaMonica
Lewis, Neisha Ruble, Karen
Armstead, Mary Castleberry,
and Susan Johnson. BPO is
busy preparing for its annual
scholarship fundraiser event,
Ebony Fashion Fair. Scholar-
ships in the amount of
$1,908.00 (a symbolic amount
representing the Sorority’s
founding year of 1908) will be
awarded to each recipient in
the fall of 2010. Scholarship
recipients will be recognized
at the Ebony Fashion Fair on
March 20, 2010. Scholarship
applications can be obtained
from high school guidance
counselors or applicants may
contact BPO member Reshanta
Johnson-Stewart Reshanta
Johnson-Stewart, Scholarship
Chair, reshanta _stewar
[email protected], 918 Point Run
Drive, Pflugerville, Texas
Acc
78660; (512) 251-0737. BPO
was very busy during the past
holiday season. BPO donated
four $50 gift cards to needy
families for Thanksgiving in
November, volunteered at the
annual Austin Coats For Kids
distribution day in December,
being the one of the largest
participating organizations.
BPO ended the holiday season by donating much
needed hygiene kits to the
Salvation Army, items the organization is in desperate
need to help the homeless and
others in desperate need.
www.betapsiomega.org.
Page 6/THE VILLAGER/January 22, 2010
Austin , at the Center
of Texas’ Politics
By Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon
On January 16, 2010 the
former mayor of Houston,
Texas; the Democrat candidate Bill White who is running in the Democratic primaries against another candidate, opened up an office on
605 W.13th St. across from
ACC Rio Grande. Between
Former Houston Mayor, Bill White
the hours of 1 PM and 3 PM,
supporters of the candidate
and local leaders gathered in
the new office. The local leaders standing behind him
were Texas State Representatives Elliot Naishat, Mark
Strama, Donna Howard and
also the United States Congressman, Lloyd Dogget.
During the speech, Bill White
mentioned, “I would be the
best candidate to bring Texas
into the future”. Also, candidate Bill White mentioned
that he would appoint individuals who could lead
people in the right direction.
Mark Strama mentioned that
the office would be used to
elect Bill White, just as they
did to elect President Obama.
Over 250 people attended the opening of the new
office. Those who attended
came from every section of
Austin and of every ethnic
group. For instance, Benjamin Berger mentioned, “Bill
White would make the State
YMCA
of Texas a better place for the
average Texan”. Also he
mentioned, “The opening of
the local office shows the importance of Austin in his campaign.” Another supporter
mentioned that, “Bill White is
well respected on both side of
the political ally.” Further-
more, those gathered were
willing to volunteer for Bill
White. Not only does the office show the significances of
Austin, but it also establishes
the fact that it could be an office where people eagerly volunteer.
The new headquarter is
located in the heart of downtown Austin and will be used
as a rallying point. Moreover,
the office will be open seven
days a week between the
hours of 9 AM and 9 PM. Furthermore, the office will be
used by those who volunteer
to conduct phone calls, block
walk, enter data and deliver
signs. The major times for volunteers to make phone calls
will be 5 PM - 9 PM (MondayFriday); 11 AM -8 PM (Saturdays) and 1 PM -8 PM (Sundays). For block walking, volunteers can come from 5 PM 9 PM (Monday-Friday); 11
AM – 1 PM and 3 PM – 5 PM
on (Saturdays); 1 PM -5 PM
(Sundays).
Sister Moses
Part II:
Yvonne Williams
Quest to Become
Precinct One
Judge
The African Diaspors Section
By Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon
Sista’s Beauty Supply Store
By Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon
Last week, we focused
on the office; geographic; demographic makeup and the
boundaries of the Travis
County Precinct One Court.
This week the focus will be on
the experience of Yvonne Williams.
Williams started her career working as a civil rights
trial lawyer in the Federal
Courts. She served as a briefing attorney for the
Honourable
Morris
Overstreet. She has also
worked as a Hearing Officer
for the Texas Workman’s
Compensation where she has
heard cases from around the
state and has issued over 500
legal opinions. Furthermore,
she served as an associate
municipal judge for the city
of Austin where she established a night shift with large
dockets.
At first, Williams had
no intentions to run for office.
But, when Judge Scott decided to retire, Williams believed it was the right time.
Moreover, Williams felt that
running of Precinct One was
worth “disrupting” her life
because this office would give
her more latitude to issue rulings and it will be an opportunity to serve the people of
East Travis County. Not only
does she have the passion for
the people living in the electoral jurisdiction, but also has
the necessary work experience required for the office of
a Precinct Judge.
Williams is running for
this office and believes she
brings creative ruling, while
preserver the integrity of the
justice system. She affirms to
have the desire to “perform
justice with a conscience.” If
elected, Williams plans to establish programs that will
“chip” at the backlog of the
justice of peace for Precinct
One court’s cases; find creative ways to deal with truancy issues; resolve old warrants; and also establish more
mediation. Also, winning the
first term would then cause
her to run for a second term,
because she believes that it
would give her sufficient time
for established programs to be
successful.
Although the race for
Precinct One is considered a
low dollar race, Williams
does have a fellow democratic
opponent, which she takes
seriously. Consequently, she
seeks to motivate voters to
come out to vote in the Democrat Primary. Some of the
strategies to motivate the voters include block walking;
leafleting; actively seeking the
endorsements of neighborhood associations, organizations, and leaders; phone calling; advertising in newspapers, like the Villager. Furthermore, she would try to purchase advertisement on the
radio stations.
In the month of March,
2009, Miriam and her three
sisters gathered together and
created their own small business. After several years of
planning, the sisters, especially Miriam achieved their
American Dream of becoming
their own “boss” by opening
up a store in Pflugerville
Texas. For the past nine
months, their beauty supply
store has been in operation.
Moreover, Miriam’s journey
of achieving her dream began
when she was in Senegal.
Miriam is originally
from the West African nation
of Senegal which is bordered
by Mali to its East; the Atlantic Ocean to its West;
Mauritania to its North;
Guinea and Guinea- Bissau
to its South. In 1998, Miriam
settled in Pflugerville, Texas.
Unlike other immigrants who like the East Coast
and big cities, Miriam chose
a small city like Pflugerville.
Her arrival to Pflugerville allowed her to have a smooth
transition since she had family already living in the city.
After several years of living
and working, Miriam purchased
a
house
in
Pflugerville, TX. Although her
native land misses her, she
has always looked to the future of one day achieving the
American dream.
After years of working,
Miriam and her sisters invested in a beauty supply
store, which opened up in the
city of Pflugerville. Her store
called Sista’s Beauty Supply
is located at the entrance of
Pflugerville and is opened
seven days a week, between
the hours of 9 AM to 7:30 PM
during winter. However, during the summer, it closes two
hour later. Her beauty supply store sells items like human and synthetic hair, lotions, shampoo, fingernail
polish, and other products
that relate to beauty. Moreover, Miriam mentioned that
it is a little bit tough to “carve
out their own niche” because
of the competition from other
ethnic groups who sell beauty
products to people of African
descents. Yet, Miriam believes that people of African
descent should support her
business.
In Summary, Miriam
arrived in Pflugerville, Texas
from Senegal. She came to the
United States in search of
having a better life for her family and herself. After a couple
of years, she and her sisters
opened up a beauty supply
store in Pflugerville.
Miriam enjoys being a
business owner, but faces
competition mainly from
owners of different ethnic
groups. Moreover, she believes that people of African
descent should support her
store.
3TNX
For Information call
(512) 4760082
or
(512) 457-9925
January 22, 2010/The Villager/Page 7
EMPLOYMENT/BIDS/
PROPOSALS/PUBLIC INFORMATION/
FOR SALE/FOR RENT/MISC
City of AustinPurchasing OfficeAdvertisements
01/18/2010
On October 2, 1995, a revision to the City’s MBE/WBE DBEs
Ordinance became effective. The Ordinance establishes new goals for MBE/
WBE or DBE Participation Bid/Proposal. Bidders are required to document efforts to solicit MBE/WBE or DBEs in the Compliance Plan. The
Goals for each project and the instructions and forms for the Compliance
Plan are included in the MBE/WBE or DBE Program Packet included in the
solicitation. For construction contracts, the MBE/WBE or DBE Program
Packet is a separately bound volume of the Project Manual. ALL BIDS
AND COMPLIANCE PLANS NOT RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE DATE
AND TIME SET FORTH WILL BE RETURNED TO THE BIDDER
UNOPENED. SPECIAL NOTICE: Solicitations issued on behalf of the
Electric Utility Dept. (Austin Energy) are no longer advertised in the Austin American Statesman. Notices will be posted on the City of Austin
Purchasing website at: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/purchase
A. CONSTRUCTION ADVERTISEMENTS - ALL CONSTRUCTION SEALED BIDS addressed to the City of Austin will be
received PRIOR TO date and time indicated for the following project(s), in
the Reception Area, 10th FL., Ste. 1045, Contract and Land Management
Department, CLMD, One Texas Center (OTC), 505 Barton Springs Rd.,
Austin, TX, then publicly opened and read aloud in the 10th FL. Conference Room, Ste. 1045, unless otherwise indicated in the advertisement. All
Bids received after the time set forth will be returned to the bidder unopened. The OWNER’s Official opening the Bids shall establish the time
for opening of the Bids. All Bid Deposits are refundable upon return of
documents within the specified time frame and in good condition, unless
otherwise indicated. UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, Project Manuals, Plans and Addenda may be obtained at the Office of Engineering Design
& Surveying, PWD, Ste. 760, OTC. First time bidders are encouraged to
attend the pre-bid conference to assure their understanding of Owner’s
bidding and contracting requirements, particularly M/WBE Procurements
Program requirements. Cashiers or Certified Check Payable to the City of
Austin or acceptable Bid Bond must accompany each bid. Bidders will be
required to provide Payment/Performance bonds as specified in the bidding documents. The City reserves the right to reject any and all Bids and
to waive any informality in the bids received.
Bidders must attend any Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference and are
encouraged to attend any non-mandatory Pre-Bid Conference to ensure
their understanding of Owner’s bidding and contracting requirements, particularly MBE/WBE Procurement Program requirements. If the Pre-Bid
Conference is mandatory the Bidder must arrive and sign-in within fifteen
(15) minutes of the scheduled start time of the meeting, otherwise the
Bidder will not be allowed to submit a Bid for the project.
1. 2010 MISCELLANEOUS STREETS SLURRY SEAL & MICRO-SURFACING (CIP 8500 6207 4100). IFB 6100 CLMC148. Pickup
bid docs at OTC, STE 760, Attn: Gabriel Stan 974-7151 after 1/18/10. A
refundable deposit of $50 is required. For info: Greg Johnston, 974-3067.
A Vendor Conf will be held at St. Elmo Offices, 4411-A Meinardus, Austin,
TX 78744 at 1:00P on 1/25/10. Offers due prior to 9:30A on 2/2/10.
Compliance plans due prior to 1:30P on 2/2/10. Offers will be opened on
2/2/10 at 1:30P.
2. BMX/SKATE PARK (CIP 8603 8607 6306). IFB 6100
CLMC083. Pickup bid docs at OTC, STE 760, Attn: Gabriel Stan 9747151 after 1/18/10. A refundable deposit of $150 is required. For info: Gary
Gregson, 974-9475. A MANDATORY Vendor Conf will be held at Austin
Recreation Center 1213 Shoal Creek Blvd., Austin, TX 78701 at 10:00A on
1/26/10. Offers due prior to 11:00A on 2/18/10. Compliance plans due
prior to 3:00P on 2/18/10. Offers will be opened on 2/18/10 at 3:00P.
3. FLETCHER EUCLID REROUTE (CIP 4570 2307 4616). IFB
6100 CLMC144. Pickup bid docs at OTC, STE 760, Attn: Gabriel Stan
974-7151 after 1/18/10. A refundable deposit of $50 is required. For info:
Tony Lopez, 974-6581. A MANDATORY Vendor Conf will be held at
Austin Water Utility, Webberville Service Center, Rm. 223A (auditorium),
2600 Webberville Rd, Austin, TX 78702 at 2:00P on 1/28/10. Offers due
prior to 12:00P on 2/18/10. Compliance plans due prior to 4:00P on 2/18/
10. Offers will be opened on 2/18/10 at 4:00P.
4. IH-35 MAKEOVER - REBID(CIP 8405 6807 4037). IFB 6100
CLMC081A. Pickup bid docs at OTC, STE 1045, Attn: Gabriel Stan, 9747151 after 1/18/10. A refundable deposit of $150 is required. For info:
Burton Jones, 974-7278. A MANDATORY Vendor Conf will be held at
One Texas Center, 505 Barton Springs Rd.,8th Flr Conf Rm. (8A), Austin,
TX 78704 at 1:00P on 1/26/10. Offers due prior to 9:30A on 2/11/10.
Compliance plans due prior to 2:30P on 2/11/10. Offers will be opened on
2/11/10 at 2:30P. SPECIAL NOTICE: Bid documents will be available on
a CD for free as long as the bidder provides a working email address.
5. S I-35 SEG.10 - BRADSHAW ROAD S. OF RIVER PLANTATION DR. 42"(CIP 3960 2207 6215). IFB 6100 CLMC135. Pickup bid
docs at Public Works Dept., OTC, STE 760, Attn: Gabriel Stan 974-7151
after 1/18/10. A refundable deposit of $75 is required. For info: Phillip
Jaeger, 972-0232. A MANDATORY Vendor Conf will be held at Austin
Water Utility, Waller Creek Center, Ste 104, 625 E 10th St. Austin, TX
78701 at 10:00A on 1/27/10. Offers due prior to 10:30A on 2/25/10.
Compliance plans due prior to 2:30P on 2/25/10. Offers will be opened on
2/25/10 at 2:30P.
6. S. I-35, SEGMENT 9.1 - FM 1327 TO BRADSHAW RD. N. OF
FM 1327(CIP 3960 2207 6206). IFB 6100 CLMC145. Pickup bid docs at
OTC, STE 760, Attn: Gabriel Stan 974-7151 after 1/18/10. A refundable
deposit of $100 is required. For info: Jon Thompson, 974-1507. A MANDATORY Vendor Conf will be held at Waller Creek Center, 625 E. 10th
St., Rm. 104 Austin, TX 78701 at 2:00P on 1/26/10. Offers due prior to
10:00A on 2/25/10. Compliance plans due prior to 2:00P on 2/25/10.
Offers will be opened on 2/25/10 at 2:00P.
7. PARD AQUATIC FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS – DESIGN
BUILD (CIP 8603-8607-6428) RFQ CLMA010. Pick up at OTC, STE
1045, after 1/18/10 No Deposit is required. For info: MaryLou Ochoa at
974-7215 and for Project Specific Questions Direct to Gary Gregson at
974-9475. A MANDATORY Pre-submittal meeting will be held on 1/27/
10 at Rosewood Recreation Center, 1182 North Pleasant Valley Road,
Austin, TX 78702, at 10:00A. Responses due prior to 3:00P on 3/2/10.
Offerors will be read aloud on 3/2/10 at 3:00P in Conf Room 10A.
B. SERVICES AND SYSTEMS CONTRACTING Solicitations
will be issued, and sealed bids or proposals may be received at the Purchasing Office, Municipal Building, 124 W. 8th St., 3rd floor, Room 308/310,
telephone number (512) 974-2500, Austin, TX until the dates and times
specified on following item(s):
B. SOLICITATION SERVICES AND SYSTEMS
1. RDR0041 COUPLINGS FULL CIRCLE. Offers due prior to
11:30A on 2/2/10.
2. SAP0130 CAPTIVE REPAIR PARTS, REPAIR SERVICES,
AND PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR STREET
MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT. Offers due prior to 1:30P on 2/3/10.
3. STA1047 DISPOSABLE TAMPER EVIDENT DEPOSIT
BAGS.A Vendor Conf will be held 124 W. 8th St, 3rd Floor Conf. at 10:00A
on 1/27/10. Offers due prior to 2:00P on 2/4/10.
4. RDR0042 WATER FITTINGS & ACCESSORIES. Offers due
prior to 12:00P on 2/2/10.
5. RDR0043 COPPER PIPE & POLYETHYLENE PIPE. Offers
due prior to 12:30P on 2/2/10.
THE CITY OF AUSTIN HEREBY NOTIFIES ALL OFFERORS
THAT IN REGARD TO ANY CONTRACT ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO THIS ADVERTISEMENT; MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES WILL BE AFFORDED EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES TO SUBMIT OFFERS IN RESPONSE TO THIS INVITATION AND WILL NOT
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JANITORIAL WORKERS
NEEDED
ISS Facility Services, Inc. has openings for supervisory, floor men, and
general cleaners for part-time evening
employment. Apply at ISS Facility Services, Inc. Austin, M-F, between 4-6
pm, 8101 Cameron Road # 304. ISS
Facility Services, Inc. is an Equal opportunity Employer (EOE) and promotes a Diverse Workforce.
Austin
Community
College
New Jobs for the
Week of 01/18/10
Assistant, Testing
Job #1001001
$2,239 -$2,319/Monthly
40 hours per week, as
assigned. Evenings and weekends
required.
Cypress Creek
Faculty, Department Chair,
Hospitality Management, Travel
& Tourism Meeting and Event
Planning
Job #1001003
Salary assigned according
to the Full-Time Faculty Salary
Scale.
Hour as assigned.
Eastview Campus
Programmer Analyst, Data
Warehouse
Job #1001004
$4,254-$5,317/Monthly
MON - FRI, 8 AM – 5
PM
Highland Business Center
Apply at HR
5930 Middle Fiskville Rd.
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EEO/AA/M/F/D/V
Anderson High
School Hosts
International
Baccalaureate
Forum
January 14
Students who
are interested in a
rigorous, worldrenowned academic program
for their high
school experience
should plan to attend the IB Experience Forum at
Anderson High
School at 7 p.m. on
Thursday, January 14. The forum
will be held in the
Performing Arts
Center at Anderson, located at
8403 Mesa Drive.
East Communities
YMCA 10th Anniversary
Celebration
Who: East Communities YMCA
What: 10 th Anniversary Celebration – Free &
Open to the Public
Where: East Communities YMCA, 5315 Ed.
Bluestein (& E. 51st St.)
When: Saturday, January 23, 10am – 2pm
Why: To commemorate the landmark community effort that brought the
East Communities YMCA
into existence and celebrate
the thousands of lives that
have been changed for the
better, the YMCA is hosting
a free community event. Activities include free class
demonstrations in Gymnastics, Piano, Art, and KidFit,
plus face painting and carnival games, free NBA Fitness Tests, free food & drink
and a special visit from the
Games 2 U video game theater. As a special commemorative offer, anyone who
joins the YMCA by Jan. 31
will receive a waiver of the
standard joining fee (a $48
savings) and a free exclusive
YMCA gift.
Contact: by phone –
933-9622 for details; by email
–
[email protected];
web
–
www.austinymca.org.
2010-2011 School Transfer
Requests Accepted Beginning
February 6
The Austin School District will accept requests for
school transfers for the 20102011 school year from 7 a.m.
until noon on Saturday, February 6, in the Auditorium
(Room B100) of the Carruth
Administration Center, located at 1111 West Sixth
Street. Staff from the Office of
Student Services will be available to accept requests and
answer questions.
Beginning on Monday,
February 6, 2010, requests
may be submitted to the Office of Student Services (Room
A200), Carruth Administration Center, during regular
business hours, 7:45 a.m. until 4:45 p.m.
Through February 19,
2010, priority consideration
will be given on a space-available basis to the following
types of transfer requests:
1. Sibling Transfer — A
sibling transfer request can be
made for siblings of students
who are, or will be, attending
the requested school at the
same time on an approved
transfer. The transfer to that
school shall be allowed if
space and staff are available.
To receive priority consideration for a sibling transfer, the
request must be received no
later than the tenth school day
after the first Saturday in February of the prior school year.
2. Tracking Transfer —
Students who have transferred to another school and
who have a history of at least
two unbroken years of attendance in the two highest
grades offered at the school,
may request a tracking transfer to the next level (i.e., to a
middle school from an elementary school or to a high
school from a middle school)
in order to remain with their
peers. The transfer to that
school shall be allowed if
space and staff are available.
To receive priority consideration for a tracking transfer,
the request must be received
no later than the tenth school
day after the first Saturday in
February of the prior school
year. This provision does not
apply to a student who has
moved who wishes to seek a
transfer back to the same
school. In this case, the student should seek a general
transfer, and all requirements
of the transfer policy shall
apply.
3. Majority-to-Minority
Transfer — Students may
transfer from a school where
the student’s ethnic group is
over 50 percent of the school’s
population to a school where
the student’s ethnic group is
less than 50 percent of the
school’s population. The purpose of the majority-to-minority transfer is to complement
the District’s student assignments and promote diversity
throughout the District. The
transfer to that school shall
be allowed if space and staff
are available. To receive pri-
ority consideration for a majority-to-minority transfer, the
request must be received no
later than the tenth school day
after the first Saturday in February of the prior school year.
For the purpose of majorityto-minority transfers, two ethnic groups are defined:
· Black (and not of Hispanic origin) and Hispanic
students.
· American Indian/
Alaskan Native, Asian/Pacific Islander and White (and
not of Hispanic origin) students.
After February 19, 2010,
all transfer requests will be
processed in the order received. The deadline to apply
for transfers for Fall Semester
is August 10, 2010.
NOTE:
SOME
SCHOOLS ARE FROZEN TO
TRANSFER REQUESTS
There are 30 schools that will
be partially or completely frozen to transfer requests. However, requests for Sibling,
Tracking, and Majority-toMinority transfers to the frozen schools will be given priority consideration if received
by 5 p.m. on February 19,
2010.
The frozen schools are:
High School (5) — Akins,
Anderson, Austin, Bowie,
and McCallum.
Middle School (3) —
Kealing, Murchison, and O.
Henry.
Elementary School (22)
— Baranoff, Barrington,
Blazier, Bryker Woods (except
4th grade), Casis, Cook, Doss,
Harris, Hart, Highland Park,
Jordan, Kiker, Langford, Lee,
Linder, McBee, Mills, Oak
Hill, Overton, Perez,
Rodriguez and Wooldridge.
In addition, schools that
will be monitored, and possibly frozen, after priority transfers are approved are: LBJ
High School, Bedichek, Burnet and Fulmore Middle
Schools; Clayton, Cowan,
Davis, Graham, Gullett, Hill,
Houston,
Maplewood,
Mathews, Menchaca, the
New Southwest Elementary
School (unnamed), Odom,
Pillow, and Zilker Elementary
Schools.
THERE IS NO NEED
TO STAND IN LINE TO REQUEST A TRANSFER TO
ANY SCHOOL WHICH IS
FROZEN. All Sibling, Tracking, and Majority-to-Minority
transfer requests for these
schools, if received by 5 p.m.
on February 19, 2010, will be
given priority consideration.
IN ALL CASES (i.e., regardless of whether a school is frozen) REQUESTS FOR PROGRAMS WITH ENTRY CRITERIA (magnet programs,
academies, school-to-career,
ROTC, International Baccalaureate) should be made directly to the school offering
the program. Parents should
contact the school for criteria
and application information
and deadlines.
Parents of students eligible for the District’s DIVERSITY CHOICE OPTION will
be notified by the District and
asked to return their school
choice to their present school
no later than February 15,
2008. These parents need not
submit a transfer request.
Questions regarding this may
be addressed to the school or
to the Office of Student Services, 414-1726.
The deadline to apply
for all non-priority transfers
for Fall Semester is August 10,
2010. Requests for Spring Semester 2011 transfers will be
accepted beginning August
11, 2010, through November
15, 2010.
Questions about school
transfers may be addressed to
the AISD Office of Student
Services at 414-1726. Important dates in the transfer request process are summarized
below:
TRANSFER DATES
AND DEADLINES FOR
2010-2011
February 6, 2010
First day to submit a request
for the Fall Semester 20102011. Offices will be open
from 7 a.m. until noon.
February 19, 2010
Last day to submit a request
to receive consideration as a
priority transfer (i.e., sibling,
tracking or majority-to-minority transfer). Offices will be
open from 7:45 a.m. until 5
p.m.
April 15, 2010
Last day to submit an application to a magnet program,
Anderson Baccalaureate Program, McCallum Fine Arts
Program, and specific programs developed through the
High School Redesign initiative.
August 10, 2010
Last day to submit a request
for a non-priority transfer (i.e.,
curriculum or general transfer) for the fall semester. Offices will be open from 7:45
a.m. until 5 p.m.
September 3, 2010
Last day to accept an approved transfer for the Fall
Semester by enrolling in the
transfer school. Failure to enroll will result in revocation
of the transfer. (Exception:
Transfers approved during
the second week of the Fall
Semester will be given an enrollment extension to the end
of the third week of school.)
November 15, 2010
Last day to submit a request
for the Spring Semester 2011.
Offices will be open from 7:45
a.m. until 5 p.m.
January 17, 2011
Last day to accept an approved transfer for the Spring
Semester by enrolling in the
transfer school. Failure to enroll will result in revocation
of the transfer. (Exception:
Transfers approved during
the second week of the spring
semester will be given an enrollment extension to the end
of the third week of school.)
Travis County Democratic Candidates’ Forum
Travis County Democratic Candidates’ Forum
Thursday, January 28, 2010, 6:00 p.m.
Location Millennium Youth Complex just east of IH35, 1156
Hargrave,
Co-hosted by:Travis County Democratic Party,University Democrats
of UT, Texans for Obama, Texas Environmental Democrats, Capital
City Young Democrats, Austin Tejano Democrats, Capital Area
Asian American Democrats, Black Austin Democrats, Capital Area
Progressive Democrats, Lake Travis Democrats, Northeast Travis
County Democrats, North Shore Democrats, Circle C Area Democrats, West Austin Democrats, and Women for Good Government
All candidates on the 2010 Primary ballot in Travis County have
been invited to attend.36 of the 38 candidates from the ballot have
confirmed, including Bill White, Farouk Shami, Linda ChavezThompson, Marc Katz, Ronnie Earle,Hank Gilbert,Bill Burton,
Hector Uribe,all SBOE 5 candidates & all local candidates. Candidates will be responding to questions submitted by the individual
clubs. Contact: Kim Hokanson, [email protected],
512.905.4493
Page 8/THE VILLAGER/January 22, 2010
Villager Sportsville
Rams fail to overcome Our Lady of the Lake
By George Hardin
SportsBeat
Huston-Tillotson University held a slight lead for
part of the game with Our
Lady of the Lake University
(OLLU) of San Antonio but in
the crucial waning moments
fell back and was thrown for
a 104-99 loss. The Red River
Athletic Conference game
was played Thursday, Jan.
14, at Mary E. Branch Gymnasium.
Darrall Glover led all
players in tossing in 26 points
for the Huston-Tillotson
Rams, while grabbing five rebounds. He was followed by
teammates Gabe Haskins
with 20 and Titus Butler who
had 19. James Black and Joel
Jones, who each had 11,
rounded out the double-figure scorers for the Rams.
Freshman guard Robert
Martinez was top scorer for
the OLLU Saints with 22
points. Dionelle Rucker and
Sherman Howard added 21
and 20 points respectively.
The Rams began scoring early and were out front
until an OLLU 3-pointer with
about 6 minutes left in the
first half gave the visitors a
31-29 lead. About 2 minutes
later Huston-Tillotson tied
things up with 33 all. At the
half the score was 46-45 in
favor of the Saints.
The Rams connected
on 20 of 31 field goal attempts
in the first and 18 of 31 in the
second. The Saints made 16
of 31 field goal attempts in the
first and 21 of 30 in the second.
In defeating HustonTillotson, the OLLU Saints
posted a 4-0 record in the
RRAC and moved into second place behind Texas
Wesleyan University. Wiley
College, with a 3-1 record,
holds the third-place spot.
Russell Vanlandingham,
who is in his first season as
head coach at Our Lady of the
Lake, said, “I think we held
our composure in a very
tough environment against a
very good Huston-Tillotson
team. I think H-T‘s team based
on some of the films I saw was
probably one of the best in the
league. We defended and we
rebounded in the last 10 minutes and you’ve got to do that
to win.”
The Rams’ coach,
Curtis Jones, blamed on the
loss on the lack of discipline.
“We became undisciplined at
the end,” he said. “We turned
the ball over too much, not to
take anything away from that
team. That team was a great
team, very well coached.” He
said the Rams need to work
more “on protecting the ball—
not throwing the ball away—
and sticking to the game
plan.”
Preceding the men’s
game, the Lady Rams lost to
the OLLU women 84-77.
Ashley Bell made 17 points in
the losing effort. She was followed by Porsha Beverly with
16, Brittney Jones with 15, and
Shaneka Mason with 14.
Stacey Darnley had 27 points
to lead the visitors.
After the loss to the
Saints, the Rams men’s team
traveled to Dallas on Jan. 16
and defeated Paul Quinn College 90-65.
Reagan grabs 13th
victory in turning
back McCallum
By George Hardin
SportsBeat
Cornelius Cammock, a
senior with 16 points, led the
Reagan High School’s Raiders past the McCallum High
Knights 54-47 Friday, Jan. 15,
in a District 26-4A game at
Delco Center. Jaquerius
Daniels was second with 15.
Joshua Alexander followed
up for the winners in adding
9. Jordan Giddings, Brandon
Golden and Willie Powell
made 4 each, followed by
James Marshall with 2.
The Raiders ended the
game 13-8 overall and 3-1 in
the district.
Scoring for the Knights
were (first names not available): Jackson 21; Nash,
Sorrells and Winston 6 each;
Price 4; Kuhl and Parker, 2
each. Despite the victory,
head Reagan coach Derrick
Davis said his team was not
at its best. “I think we played
very flat,” he said. “We had a
big game early this week
against LBJ and came out on
the wrong end of it. We
played that first two or three
quarters [tonight] like we
were still at Tuesday’s game.
Some of my kids were making plays that we normally
wouldn’t make. This wasn’t
our best performance but I’ll
definitely take the win.”
Don Caldwell, head
coach at McCallum, said, “In
the first half they held us to
13 points. We weren’t very
aggressive. Their defense took
some of the aggressiveness
SCORE BY QUARTERS
1
out of us. They have a good
team. If we had converted on
a lot of our touches it would
have been a lot closer than it
was. With us not finishing on
the free throws that hurt a little
bit too. They were the team
that executed best when they
needed to. We have one of the
toughest districts in Central
Texas right now.”
As The Villager was going to press the Raiders were
scheduled to play the Travis
High Rebels Tuesday, Jan. 19,
at Reagan and meet Dripping
Springs Friday, Jan. 22, also
at Reagan. Both games were
scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
McCallum was booked
to play the Lanier Vikings Friday, Jan. 22 at McCallum at 8
p.m.
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3
4
FINAL
Reagan
8
13
16
17
54
McCallum
5
8
13
21
47
MOVING FAST—Jaquerius Daniels of
Reagan dodges a McCallum opponent in a game
at Delco Center. Photo by George E. Hardin
JUMPER—Joel Jones goes up to take a shot for the Huston-Tillotson
University Rams against Our Lady of the Lake University. The
homestanding Rams lost 104-99. Photo by George E. Hardin
STRATEGY TALKS—Members of the Reagan Raiders get points from
Derrick Davis, head coach, during a timeout while the team played
McCallum. Photo by George E. Hardin
(Pro Flowers)