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20th Anniversary of Essence MusicFestival Delivers ‘Party With a Purpose’

20th Anniversary of Essence MusicFestival Delivers ‘Party With a Purpose’

Mary J. Blige (Photo by Naomi Richard)

By Naomi Richard

The 20th Anniversaryof Essence Music Festivaldelivered a ‘Party With aPurpose’ including perfor-mances by legendarygreats like Prince, LionelRichie, Jill Scott, Mary J.Blige, Charlie Wilson,Tamar Braxton, Ledisi,Stephanie Mills and Em-powerment Sessions withsuch powerbrokers asBishop T.D. Jakes, SteveHarvey, Alicia Keys, RobinRoberts, Rev. Al Sharptonand Iyanla Vanzant.

Over the past twodecades, “…the Festivalhas become one of themost important forums fornon hip-hop black musicand culture,” as reportedby the New York Times.

This year’s milestone 4-day celebration featuredboth world-renowned andup-and-coming performingacts, as well as thecountry’s top speakers,authors, leaders, innova-tors and celebrities – whocame together to enter-tain, excite, engage, in-form and inspire the Fes-tival community of morethan 543,000.

During Sunday’s Es-sence Gospel-Fest, attend-ees enjoyed an all-stargospel tribute to illustri-ous vocalist YolandaAdams, hosted by legend-ary Pastor DonnieMcClurkin with perfor-mances by Kim Burrell,Kierra Sheard, James For-

See ESSENCE, page 4

Air Force Airman1st Class Eric J. Alvarez-Medrano graduated frombasic military training atJoint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio,Texas.

The airman com-pleted an intensive, eight-week program that in-cluded training in militarydiscipline and studies, AirForce core values, physicalfitness, and basic warfareprinciples and skills.

Airmen who com-plete basic training earnfour credits toward an as-sociate in applied sciencedegree through the Com-munity College of the AirForce.

Alvarez-Medranois the son of PamelaMedal of Austin.

He is a 2009graduate of Anderson HighSchool, Austin. He earneda bachelor ’s degree in2013 from Texas State Uni-versity, San Marcos.

Alvarez-Medrano

Former Trojanis now a 1st

Class Airman

Former Trojanis now a 1st

Class Airman

Jack and Jill of America,Inc. Celebrates 22ndBiennial Beautillion

Beau Brice Edward Dudley, Jr. (first placeMadison Scholar) pictured with Dorothy Madison,Beautillion Austin founder, and Sheldy Starkes,Jack and Jill Austin Chapter President.

AUSTIN, TEXAS – The2014 Beautillion seasonculminated with an el-egant evening at theHilton Austin Hotel onJune 21, 2014. TheBeautillion is the Jack & JillAustin Chapter’s signatureevent, a biennialfundraiser that recognizesyoung African Americanmen of character, achieve-ment and integrity. Thisyear’s theme, “Raising theBar: New Challenges, NewStrategies,” emphasizesthe need for this genera-tion of leaders to elevatetheir performance as theyprepare to meet and ex-ceed the lofty standardsand expectations requiredto compete on the worldstage. The room was en-chanting, the young menwere dashing, and thelovely escorts, the belles,were beautiful. Specialguests included Congress-woman Eddie BerniceJohnson and Council-woman Sheryl Cole, now acandidate for AustinMayor.

The Honorable JudgeClifford Brown joined Ms.Ashley Goudeau of KVUENews, as the master andmistress of ceremony, re-spectively. Nineteen (19)outstanding, charismaticyoung men were pre-sented to the Austin com-munity. The evening in-cluded dinner and dancing,as well as the formal pre-sentation of each of thisyear’s participants. In trueBeautillion tradition, Aus-tin vocalist, SondraJohnson, treated the audi-ence to an awe-inspiringopening of “You Raise MeUp,” setting the tone forthe evening, and later, intribute to the honorees,singing “You’ll Never WalkAlone.” Following the for-mal presentation, guestswere mesmerized by thetraditional waltzes withthe mothers and then thebelles, followed by an out-standing performance bythe 2014 beaux. Beauxperformance coacheswere: 2006 Beaux Keith

See BEAUX, page 2

Brown Announced as 1stHT Hercules ScholarRecipient

Brown

Tom Joyner an-nounced Arsenio Brown isthe first Huston-TillotsonUniversity HerculesScholar for July 2014.

Last year, Arseniowas the Junior Class presi-dent and president of hischapter of Alpha Phi AlphaFraternity, Inc. (Delta chap-ter). He was also electedpresident of the SeniorClass for 2014-2015. And,he maintained a 3.53 av-erage!

Perhaps it is his veg-etarian lifestyle coupledwith the influence of histwo older brothers,Broderick and Fletcher

(both of whom are attor-neys), that are the forcesbehind Arsenio’s passionto strive and achieve. Ac-cording to him, “In orderto be successful, your fo-

See SCHOLAR, page 5

Need a Late Night Ride?Capital Metro Offers

Safe and Sober Options.

Need a Late Night Ride?Capital Metro Offers

Safe and Sober Options.

AUSTIN, Texas — Now that summer is here, morepeople are taking advantage of the longer daylighthours and fun things to do around the city, includinglate night offerings around town. For those seeking asafe and sober ride home after the festivities are over,Capital Metro has many convenient and low-cost op-tions to choose from.

Two services, the Night Owl and E-Bus, operateespecially late into the night to ensure people get homesafely. See NIGHT OWLERS HAVE CHOICES, page 7

Delegating refugeestoward self reliance,

building opportunities.See COALITION

Page 6

Labor force boostemployment among

blacks by 1.3 %.See SIXPage 4

Correctional facilitiesexhibit inadequateteaching in South.See JUVENILE

Page 5

When thePresident comes

to town. Here we go again! It seemslike every time it’sannounced that PresidentBarack Obama is coming totown, Governor Rick Perryalways tries to find a way toupstage him. And this time isno exception. As soon as it wasannounced that the presidentwas coming to town for afundraiser, the governorimmediately tried to inserthimself into the agenda. Thistime he is using the currentborder situation to advancehis purpose. While thepresident and every one elsein American knows that weare currently having adeportation crisis because ofthe many children who haveentered the country, theyagain place the wholeproblem on the back ofPresident Obama. The main purpose of thePresident’s trip is forfundraisers, but he was doinga couple of other things too.One fundraiser was at thehome of Film Maker RobertRodriquez on Wednesday.The next one was Thursdayat the home of Aimee BooneCunningham, who serves asthe Assistant Secretary of theCenter for ReproductiveRights. President Obama alsospoke at the ParamountTheater on Thursday. Theevent was free and somepeople stood in line for 24hours on Tuesday to get thetickets. The President alsohosted a Round Tablediscussion and invitedGovernor Perry to attend. Atpress time the Governor hadnot responded to the invitation,but continued to insist that thepresident go to the border. Perry is now being joinedby both Senators Cornyn andCruz in this request. In themeantime, the president has abill in congress that requestmore funds that are needed tosolve the problem. And whileour 2 senators are in Texastalking about how critical theproblem is at the border, theyare needed in Washington tovote on this bill. However,every time President Obamacomes to Texas, GovernorPerry tries to find a way toembarrass him. I wonder whathe will think of next?

Jack and Jill of America,Inc. Celebrates 22ndBiennial Beautillion

Brown Announced as 1stHT Hercules ScholarRecipient

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THE COMMUNIQUÉCONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2014 JACK AND JILLBEAUTILLION SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS & BEAUXCONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2014 JACK AND JILLBEAUTILLION SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS & BEAUX

Overton-Hadnot (Al-pha Phi Alpha Fraternity,Inc.) and Kevin Overton-Hadnot (Kappa Alpha PsiFraternity, Inc.) and 2010Beau Caleb Davis. Duringthe formal program, recipi-ents of the Dorothy Madi-son Scholarships (namedafter the Austin BeautillionFounder) were also an-nounced. The 2014 winnersare Beau Brice EdwardDudley, Jr. (first place) andBeau Cameron DeShaunJones (second place). Ad-ditionally, three other spon-soring organizations pre-sented scholarships – theAustin Chapter of the Links,Inc. presented a scholar-ship to Beau Landon An-drew Godsey; Beta PsiOmega Chapter of AlphaKappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. &the Austin AKA Foundation

Beau Cameron DeShaun Jones (second placeMadison Scholar) pose with Dorothy Madison,Beautillion Austin founder, and Sheldy Starkes,Jack and Jill Austin Chapter President.

Jack and Jill Associates’ Andrea Bryant Schol-arship presented to Beau Dewayne LaRue Bryantby Susan Johnson, Associates Chair, Sheldy Starkes,Austin Chapter President, and Mel Bryant.

Mary Castleberry, Vice President of the Links,Inc., Austin Chapter, with Sheldy Starkes, presentsscholarship to Beau Landon Godsey.

Welozette Duffin, President of Beta Psi OmegaChapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. presentsscholarship to Beau Sterling Hillard.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 presented a scholarship toBeau Sterling DevontéHillard; and the Jack & JillAustin Chapter Associatespresented the Andrea PairBryant Scholarship to BeauDewayne LaRue Bryant (thescholarship is named inmemory of Mrs. Andrea PairBryant, a longtime Austinphilanthropist). The eveningincluded entertainment byMorgan Owens and JarrodDiggs during the reception,the Jeff Lofton Trio duringdinner, and dance musiccourtesy of DJ HubertStewart. The 2014Beautillion honorees are: ·Beau Dewayne LaRueBryant (Oral Roberts Uni-versity), son of Mr. DewayneCalvin Bryant and Ms.Michelle Lynette Banks,sponsored by Jack and JillAustin Chapter Associates;· Beau Aarik Ryan

Charles (University ofHouston), son of Mr.Michael Ray Charles &Mrs. Andrea ReneeCharles, sponsored by Ms.Melissa Harvey;·Beau Douglas MarshallClanton (University ofNotre Dame), son of Dr.Mark S. Clanton and Mrs.Cynthia Clanton, spon-sored by the Jack and JillAustin Chapter Father’sAuxiliary; · B e a uMarcus Kevin Cole (Uni-versity of Pennsylvania),son of Mr. Kevin WayneCole and Mayor Pro Tem,Sheryl Nelson Cole, spon-sored by The Links, Incor-porated, Town Lake Chap-ter; · Beau LangstonMiles Deary (St. John’sUniversity) son of Mr.Terrance Deary, sponsoredby Top Ladies of Distinc-tion Inc., Capital City Chap-ter;· Beau Brice Ed-ward Dudley, Jr. (StanfordUniversity), son of Mr.Brice Edward Dudley, Sr.and Mrs. Tiffany Dudley,sponsored by AustinKappa Education & Lead-ership Foundation; ·Beau Kendrick LaDariusFowler (Prairie View A&MUniversity) son of Ms. KellyL. Noble, sponsored byDelta Sigma Theta Soror-ity, Inc., Austin AlumnaeChapter; · B e a uLandon Andrew Godsey(Huston-Tillotson Univer-sity), son of Mr. Eric An-drew Godsey and Dr.Tamela C. Saldana, spon-sored by The Links, Incor-porated, Austin Chapter; ·Beau Albert PhillipHawkins IV (VanderbiltUniversity), son of Com-missioner Albert Hawkinsand Mrs. JacquelynHawkins, sponsored by the

Jack and Jill Austin Chap-ter Father’s Auxiliary; ·Beau Bakari JawardHenderson (University ofArizona Honors College),son of Mr. PhilbertHenderson and Mrs. JillHenderson, sponsored bythe Jack and Jill AustinChapter Father’s Auxiliary; · Beau SterlingDevonte Hillard (Univer-sity of Wisconsin), son ofMr. Willie Anthony Hillardand Mrs. Vickie LynnHillard, sponsored by Al-pha Kappa Alpha Sorority,Inc., Beta Psi OmegaChapter and the AustinAKA Foundation;·Beau Eyo Essien Okon Ita(Texas Southern Univer-sity), son of Mr. Essien EyoOkon Ita and Mrs. TrinaKaye Ita, sponsored by Al-pha Phi Alpha Fraternity,Inc., Gamma Eta LambdaChapter; · B e a uJames Lacy Johnson (Prai-rie View A&M University),son of Mr. D. Kirk Johnson,Sr. and Mrs. SondraDilworth Johnson, spon-sored by the Jack and JillAustin Chapter Father’sAuxiliary; · B e a uCameron DeShaun Jones(Centenary College of Loui-siana), son of Mr. RoseveltHawkins and Ms.Demetreus VaShon Jones,sponsored by A. HawkinsPublic Policy Consulting;·Beau Ross NicholasNewman (University of Mi-ami), son of Mr. RayNewman and Mrs. HollyNewman, sponsored by theJack and Jill Austin ChapterFather’s Auxiliary; ·Beau David Milton Porter,IV (University of Texas atAustin), son of Mr. DavidMilton Porter, III and Ms.Lois Ann Poe-Porter, spon-

sored by Ball Business Con-sulting; · B e a uJamal Exalton Sawyer, Jr.(Prairie View A&M Univer-sity), son of Mr. James Ed-ward Sawyer, Jr. and Mrs.Cheryl Pauline Sawyer,sponsored by Sigma Pi PhiFraternity, Inc., GammaGamma Boulé; ·Beau Ryan Nicholas-PageVaughn (Our Lady of theLake University), son of Mr.Reginald Jerome Vaughn,Sr. and Mrs. Estelle Col-leen Vaughn, sponsoredby Cheops Shrine Temple#200; · Beau Jordan TylerWashington (Austin Com-munity College, TexasA&M University), son ofMr. Martin Washington IIIand Mrs. Carrie Washing-ton, sponsored byMcDonald’s of Cedar Park,Mr. & Mrs. Martin Wash-ington; The lovely 2014escorts, the belles, wereMaegan Augustus, Madi-son Battle, Deja Beechum,Tamara Brown, KaylaEboreime, Stasia Foster,Andre’na Fowler, HaleyFrias, Jory Henderson,Sydney Merriwether, Tay-lor Milburn, Janetta Parker,Khaila Pippin, Rebecca Ri-chard, Ana Richie, SimoneStinnette, Alicia Taylor,Lauren Turner andKatarina Zito. The AustinChapter of Jack and Jillextends a very special“thank you” to the bellesand their families.Nineworkshops were incorpo-rated into the 2014 sea-son, including: a careerassessment workshop(Calvin Turner); a Capra &Cavelli Dress for Successseminar (Ken Miller); a fulldining experience eti-quette workshop hostedby Hoover’s Cooking &

Mrs. Mary Castleberry; animage workshop hosted byEdge of Your Seat Consult-ing; ballroom dancingclasses by Wilson DeanKline of the AmericanAcademy of Music andDance; college writing andstudy skills, Drs. Terrance& Lynn Eaton; a golf out-ing; a business roundtablehosted by the Texas CableAssociation; and a RisingStar Leadership Seminarlead by Calvin Zanders.The workshops werefunded with the JacquelineRobinson Grant from theJack & Jill Foundation andsupport from the localchapter. During the close-out reception for theBeautillion season, eachbeau will receive a laptopcomputer courtesy ofevent sponsors. Thankyou to all of the 2014 spon-sors: Seton HealthcareFamily; Locke Lord, LLP; A.Hawkins Public Policy Con-sulting; Davis KaufmannPLLC; Johnson & JohnsonLaw Firm; Speaker JoeStrauss; Texas LobbyGroup, Mike Toomey;Former Chief Justice TomPhillips; Freescale;Samsung; The HancockFamily; and GreenbergTraurig, LLP. Other gener-ous supporters include theEast Communities BranchYMCA, The University ofTexas at Austin, D’Cor byT (Theresa Wright),KeepitDigital Photography(Mike McLennan) andWestlake Photo Magic.Theevent proceeds will beused to support localcharities in the Austincommunity, as well as theJack and Jill Foundation.Thank you, Austin, for yourgenerous support!

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SpectrumTheatre

CompanyOfficially

Opens

By Naomi Richard

It’s official! Austin’sfirst premier AfricanAmerican theatre com-pany is now open for busi-ness! Spectrum TheatreCompany, the brainchildof veteran actors BillyHarden, Ed.D., Janis MarieStinson, Darla Nickersonand Jacqui Cross, held it’sofficial grand opening atAustin Playhouse in High-land Mall to a full housewith rousing support.

The Group has beenbusy establishing them-selves and creating theircharter, purpose and struc-ture. In addition to theoriginal members, thegroup expanded to includeReggie Brown as its Artis-tic Director along with sev-eral other local profes-

sional artists. Spectrum ispoised to present produc-tions that promote artisticexcellence throughthought-provoking storiesof the human condition asseen through the lens ofAfrican American profes-sional actors.

According to Mr.Harden, “We’re on a mis-sion to provide the Austinarea with professionallyrendered productions, rep-resentative of the manyshades and nuances of theAfrica America experi-ence.”

Spectrum’s inauguralproduction, Once On ThisIsland, a musical by LynnAhrens and StephenFlaherty about a peasantgirl on a tropical islandwho uses the power of loveto bring together people ofdifferent social classeswill open in October.

Spectrum BoardMember Julius Tennon, anactor, producer and hus-band of Oscar® winnerViola Davis, had expres-

sions during the grandopening, “Spectrum ismuch needed in the Aus-tin area and is off to agreat start. I support it andwanted to be a part of it.It will also allow me to

come home more!”Tennon lives in the LosAngeles area, but is fromthe Austin area.

To learn more aboutthe company and to findupcoming events, go tow w w.fa c e b o o k . c o m /spectrumatx.com

Members of the Spectrum Theatre Cast. Photoby Naomi Richard

Spectrum BoardMember Julius Tennon.Photo by Naomi Richard

Why are Black MenFailing in School While

Black FemaleAchievement is at a

Record High?Black women are currently attending universities

at historically high rates. While such achievementsmust be applauded, it brings to light a blaring incon-sistency between the level of black male achievementto black female achievement from the same socio-eco-nomic backgrounds. Why are black women attendinguniversities at historic highs while their male counter-parts are both attending university at historic lows, sinceintegration, and graduating at rates of 2/3 the gradua-tion rate of black women?

Admittedly, the trend in black female achievementaligns with female educational success across thestates with women now attending universities at ahigher rate than men. Graduation rates for women asa whole are also statistically greater than graduationrates of men as whole. However, it is the degree ofdifference between the genders in the African Ameri-can community compared to other ethnic communitiesthat are truly startling.

By Jeremy Bamidele

See POSSIBLE EXPLANATION, page 4

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tune & FIYA, Jonathan McReynolds, Anita Wilson,Erica Campbell, The Walls Group and more.

Ford returned as the automotive-exclusive spon-sor of the 20th ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans thisFourth of July Weekend. In honor of the 20 th Anniver-sary of the festival, Ford presented a check for $20,000to ESSENCE Communications. The check, presented byFord’s manager of multicultural marketing, Shawn Th-ompson will benefit a community organization ofESSENCE’s choice.

Essence Communications Inc. (ECI) is the numberone media company dedicated to African-Americanwomen, with a multi-platform presence in publishing,live events, and online. The company’s flagship publi-cation, ESSENCE magazine, is the preeminent lifestylemagazine for African-American women; generatingbrand extensions such as the Essence Festival, ESSENCEBlack Women in Hollywood and Black Women in Mu-sic, Window on Our Women and Smart Beauty consumerinsights series, the Essence Book Club, Essence.com,and ventures in digital media.

Essence CommunicationsInc. dedicates self to

African-American women

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continued from page 1

One explanation for these discrepancies is a dif-ference of socialization, even within the same homeenvironments. Over half of African American homesare single mother led households. As a result, manyblack men lack male role models within their house-hold. While at the same time, the sisters of these samemen grow up under a matriarch that whether by cir-cumstance or choice, practice self-sufficiency. Whileblack males and females may arise from the samehouseholds and socioeconomic classes, the way theyview their gender roles vis a vis society and vis a viseach other are affected by the presence of their or lackthere of gender specific parental role model.

In addition to not having black male role modelsin the home, black male role models are also lackingwithin the educational environment with less than twopercent of educators being both black and male. With-out black male role models in the home and in schools,black men often resort to seeking out black male rolemodels as represented by popular media, many ofwhom occupy admirable social positions not as a re-sult of education but as a result of another sort of prow-ess, such as athletic or musical ability.

Taking cues from their role models or peer group,education becomes a non-priority in the minds of manyblack men. The difference between the role of educa-tion in the lives of the different genders is further seento be representative of the gender differences. Conse-quently, educational attainment is seen as girly or femi-nine, and the exact opposite of the black masculineideal. The system that originally derives from a lack ofblack male role models that prioritize education be-comes perpetuated by gender stereotyping, an influ-ence which is especially strong throughout the blackcommunity.

Possible explanationsinclude lack of educatedrole models continued from page 3

Healthinsurancemarketplacedelivering onits promises

By Bob Moos/Southwestpublic affairs officer forthe U.S. Centers forMedicare & MedicaidServices

It’s been six monthssince millions of Americanbegan to benefit fromhealth insurance boughtthrough the new federalmarketplace, so it’s fair toask: How is the coverageworking?

Though analyzing thehealth care law remains awork in progress, the U.S.Department of Health andHuman Services has takena close look at both theaffordability and the avail-ability of the insuranceplans purchased duringthe marketplace’s initial

enrollment period.By the end of enroll-

ment, 733,757 Texans hadselected a health plan. Ofthose, 84 percent qualifiedfor the tax credits avail-able through the insur-ance marketplace.

That financial helphas made a huge differ-ence for many consumers.The government studyfound that Texans receiv-ing tax credits are payingan average of $72 permonth in premiums fortheir new health care cov-erage – one-fourth of whatthey would have paid with-out credits.

Many peoplestretched their financialhelp by selecting healthplans with among-the-low-est premiums. More thanseven out of 10 Texans re-ceiving the subsidy are pay-ing premiums of $100 permonth or less. Half are pay-ing $50 per month or lessafter the assistance.

Most people who

shopped in a state with afederally facilitated market-place had a range of healthplans from which to select.On average, consumers hada choice of 47 plans, offeredby five insurers. More thaneight out of 10 people couldpick from at least three in-surers.

The governmentstudy found that the com-petition between insur-ance companies for thenew marketplace businesshelped to keep premiumsdown. For every additionalinsurer selling healthplans in a particular area,premiums were 4 percentlower on average.

Getting health carecoverage through the mar-ketplace won’t be possibleagain for most people un-til November, when thenext open enrollment pe-riod starts. But there are anumber of special circum-stances that allow you toshop for insurance be-tween now and then:

You’re getting married;You’re having a baby oradopting a child; You’removing to another area;You’re becoming a U.S. citi-zen; or You’re leavingprison.

Losing health care cov-erage may also qualify youfor what’s called a “specialenrollment period” in themarketplace. That loss ofcoverage may be becauseyou’ve been laid off, oryou’ve divorced, or you’veaged off your parents’health plan, or you’ve lostyour Medicaid eligibility.

You’ll have 60 days af-ter one of those events toenroll in a new health plan.

To learn more abouthow to get health insur-ance outside themarketplace’s regular en-rollment period, visithealthcare.gov or call 1-800-318-2596.

Six months after itslaunch, the marketplace’shealth care coverage is offto a strong start.

Blacks Unemployment Best in 6 YearsBy Freddie Allen

NNPA WashingtonCorrespondent

WASHINGTON (NNPA)– The Black unemploymentrate hit a six-year low inJune, dipping below 11 per-cent for the first time sinceAugust 2008.

Last week, the LaborDepartment reported thatthe Black jobless rate was10.7 percent in June, com-pared to the White unem-ployment rate, which was5.3 percent. The unemploy-ment rate for Black men over20 years-old fell from 11.5percent in May to 10.9 per-cent in June, compared toWhite men who saw theirjobless rate decrease from5 percent to 4.9 percentover the same period.

The jobless rate forBlack women over 20 years-old continued to improve,dropping one percentagepoint, from 10 percent inMay to 9 percent in June.The unemployment rate forWhite women ticked downone-tenth of a percentagepoint from 4.9 percent inMay to 4.8 percent in June.

The fall in the Blackunemployment rate wasaccompanied by an in-crease in the groups laborforce participation rate,which measures the shareof Black workers holdingjobs or looking for jobs.When the labor force raterises, researchers havefound that workers generallyhave a more positive out-look on the economy. InJune, the Black labor forcerate rose to 61 percent from60.8 percent the previousmonth.

In a blog post on thejobs report, Valerie Wilson,the director of the Programon Race, Ethnicity, and theEconomy at the EconomicPolicy Institute, said thatthe increase in the laborforce rates for Blacks andLatinos was another indica-tor that June jobs report wasa strong one.

“The share of workingage African Americans witha job has increased 1.3 per-

centage points since Janu-ary 2014 and the increasefor Latinos has been six-tenths of a percent, com-pared to an increase of one-tenth of a percent forWhites,” wrote Wilson.“The June employmentgrowth accounts for overhalf of this increase for Af-rican Americans and all ofthe gains for Latinos andWhites. These gains alsobring the Black-White un-employment gap to the low-est level this year at a ratioof 2-to-1.”

Wilson added: “Thefact that employment isnow growing more stronglyfor African Americans andLatinos demonstrates howcritical continued strong jobgrowth will be to further re-ducing unemployment forpeople of color and narrow-ing racial unemploymentgaps.”

The national unem-ployment rate was 6.1 per-cent and employers added288,000 jobs in June. Thejobs numbers for April andMay were revised upwards,combining for an additional29,000 jobs over the two-month period.

Speaking in Washing-ton, D.C. about the latestjobs report, PresidentBarack Obama said that

the United States has seen“the fastest job growth inthe United States in the firsthalf of the year since 1999”and “the quickest drop inunemployment in 30 years.”

Obama continued: “Soit gives you a sense that theeconomy has built momen-tum, that we are makingprogress. We’ve now seenalmost 10 million jobs cre-ated over the course of thelast 52 months. And itshould be a useful reminderto people all across thecountry that given wherewe started back in 2008, wehave made enormousstrides, thanks to the incred-ible hard work of the Ameri-can people and Americanbusinesses that have beenout there competing, get-ting smarter, getting moreeffective.”

In a statement onJune’s jobs report, ChadStone, the chief economistat the Center on Budget andPolicy Priorities, wrote thateven though the reportshowed “encouraging signsthat the labor market ishealing,” millions of work-ers continue to strugglethrough periods of long-term unemployment.

Washington lawmak-ers cut a crucial lifelinewhen they failed to extend

emergency unemploymentinsurance (UI) at the end oflast year. Millions of out-of-work Americans will losetheir UI benefits by the endof 2014, if Congress doesn’tact.

Earlier this year, theObama administration en-couraged companies to signa pledge to improve oppor-tunities for workers whohave been unemployed for27 weeks or longer, a con-dition that Blacks suffer atdisproportionate rates com-pared to Whites.

Companies thatsigned the pledge agreed toreview current recruitmentand hiring practices saidthat they would make sureemployment listings didn’tdiscriminate against thelong-term unemployed ordiscourage them from ap-plying.

“It’s a sort of eco-nomic patriotism where yousay to yourself, how is it thatwe can start rebuilding thiscountry to make sure that allof the young people whoare here but their kids andtheir grandkids are going tobe able to enjoy the sameincredible opportunitiesthat this country offers aswe have,” said Obama.“That’s our job. That’swhat we should be focusedon.”

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to be successful, your focus has to be so intensepeople think you’re crazy.” He will carry the same in-tensity into his chosen career as a lawyer.

The Hercules Scholarship is named after Joyner’sfather, the late Hercules Joyner, who was a strong sup-porter of higher education. To be a candidate for thescholarship, students must be male, attend a Foundation“School of the Month”, have a grade point average of atleast 3.5, and be a campus leader involved in the commu-nity with a career goal toward making a difference in thequality of life for his race. The scholars each receive a

scholarship grant of $1,500 that is paid directly to theirschool to help offset their college expenses.

In case you missed it, you can hear Arsenio’s an-nouncement on the Tom Joyner Morning Show andlisten to the complete radio broadcast at http://www.tjms.com/stream/. His profile will also be postedonline at http://tomjoynerfoundation.org.

Show your support for HT and help us Help KeepScholars in School at www.tomjoynerfoundation.org/donate. Or, mail in a donation to Tom Joyner Founda-tion, RE: Huston-Tillotson University, P. O. Box630495, Irving, TX 75063-0495.

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The Hercules Scholarship is named after higher education supporter, Hercules Joynercontinued from page 1

Locked Up, Left Behind: Juvenile JusticeSystem Failing Southern Youth

A photo reveals a male juvenile in his cells, as another photo shows the hands of a male juvenile,both at Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center in Mendota, Wisconsin. The images are part of an exhibit,“Juvenile In Justice,’’ that photographer Richard Ross hopes will bring changes in the way the nationdeals with the approximately 70,000 youths held in detention or correctional facilities across the countrynightly – many no more serious than skipping school. (Photo by RICHARD ROSS)

“The most disadvantaged, troubled students in theSouth and the nation attend schools in the juvenile jus-tice systems,” the 2014 report from the Southern Edu-cation Foundation begins. The document, Just Learn-ing: The Imperative to Transform Juvenile Justice Sys-tems into Effective Educational Systems raises a num-ber of questions: If so many children with educationalneeds are segregated or incarcerated, what will becomeof them and the society they will enter once they ageout of the system? Are their needs being met? Whatcan be improved?

Data within the report suggests that the currentcondition the juvenile justice system is in creates thepotential for lifelong disadvantage for many youth whoare a part of the system. Dr. Kent McGuire, president ofthe Southern Education Foundation, is concerned bywhat he saw in the report.

“The first thing I think we need to remember isthat we’re talking about kids, not adults,” he said. “Kidsneed help and support as they grow up, as they de-velop, and they’re entitled to and deserve opportuni-ties to learn through education so that they can partici-pate fully in the economy and the democracy.” The presi-dent noted that all children have such needs, be theyin an off-campus alternative school, a boot camp orhigh school in a suburban community.

“So we’re talking about school,” McGuire said.“The good news is that they’re set up to do education.The bad news is, from our look in, is that the educationfunction, we think, gets short shrift.” He said if educa-tion was understood to be a primary focus to juvenilejustice the dividends would be greater in the future.

“In terms of lower recidivism rates, high schoolgraduation rates and smoother transitions into post-secondary opportunities and the world of work,”McGuire stated. “So there’s just lots of reasons, beforewe even get to the cost associated with the populationof that system, lots of reasons to get the educationpiece right.”

The report from 2010 suggests that there were70,000 young people across the U.S. detained withinthe system on any given day. About one-third of thosekids were found in 15 states of the Southern U.S.McGuire reflected upon how those numbers got to beso high.

“Most things we come to worry about don’t hap-pen overnight, which means that they’re long, slow,developing trends which take a trained eye to see,” headmitted. To some extent, he praised aspects of theNo Child Left Behind legislation for identifying prob-lem areas for many school-aged children.

Many kids within the system have learning dis-abilities, behavioral and emotional problems, and arebehind in their education to begin with, the SEF reportcites. The report also notes that, of the total number ofyouth detained in 2010, almost two-thirds “did not in-volve any wrongdoing directly against another person.”Most kids in the system were there not due to violence,but because of property damage, drug issues, or they“had been unruly, incurred technical violations, or hadcommitted a status offense,” the SEF said.

by Michael McGeeSpecial to the NNPA from The Dallas Examiner

PVILCA to Host 35th Annual AwardsCeremony on the 19th

The ‘Prairie View Interscholastic League Coaches Association’ (PVILCA) Will Host Their 35th AnnualBanquet / Awards Ceremony on Saturday, July 19, 2014.

Contact Person: Robert Brown – PVILCA Board Chairman - (713) 747-3764Banquet Info: 2014 PVILCA Hall of Fame and Hall of Honor Banquet:Hotel: Hyatt Regency RiverwalkDate: July 19, 2014Time: 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.Address: 123 Losoya Street, San Antonio, TX 78205Phone: (210) 222-1234The PVILCA is an organization preserving the past while remembering the ‘glory years’ of the Prairie

View Interscholastic League Coaches Association. This organization instills personal pride and self-esteemby increasing cultural awareness of the PVILCA heritage. Additional Information: pvilca.org

George Raft Arnoldgraduated in 1960 fromL.C. Anderson HS in Aus-tin. He played offense anddefense as a guard andmiddle linebacker; henever came out of a game.Opposing teams knew itwas important to containGeorge, however, theywere seldom successful.He lettered as a junior, asenior and team captainhis senior season. Arnoldhelped the Yellow Jacketsto district titles in 1958and 1959. George RaftArnold worked 30 years atBrackenridge Hospital and37 years at the Texas De-partment of Public Safety,retiring from both jobs.

George Raft ArnoldFootball (PVILCA Hall

of Fame Inductee)

Andrew BrownFootball (PVILCA

Hall of Fame Inductee)Brown was a member

of the first football teamat Kealing Jr. HS in 1957.He played on the 1958 and1959 L.C. Anderson HSfootball teams; he namedAll-District both seasons.He led the Yellow Jacketsto district titles both sea-sons as a tailback, safety,punter, kicker and returnedkicks. Brown was one ofthe most exciting runnersat any level of football. Helettered in football, bas-ketball, baseball and track.Andrew Brown graduatedfrom L.C. Anderson HS in1961 and worked for IBMuntil his retirement in the1990s.

George C. MarshallBasketball (PVILCA

Hall of Fame Inductee)

George Marshall wasborn in Lubbock and at-tended Kealing Jr. HS afterhis family moved to Aus-tin. His basketball skills asa shooting guard began todevelop as he led theteam to a district title. Heplayed for LawrenceBritton at L.C. AndersonHS as word spread ifMarshall “can see it, he

See INDUCTEES, page 7Freddie G. Forcey

(PVILCA Hall of FameInductee) Basketball

Freddie Forceygraduated in 1960 fromL.C. Anderson HS in Aus-tin after transferring fromRosenwald HS in Luling.

At Rosenwald, he partici-pated in basketball andbaseball under coachesJim Richardson andCharles White. At Ander-son, he was the startingpoint guard for CoachLonnie Jackson’s districtrunner-up team in 1960.After Anderson HS, Forceyenlisted in the U.S. AirForce and served in Viet-nam. Freddie G. Forcey, Jr.returned to Texas andsettled in San Antoniowhere he worked for AT&T,retiring in 1999.

William C. Ward (PVIL-UIL “Bridging the Gap”

Inductee) BasketballWilliam C. Ward

played basketball at L.C.Anderson HS in Austinfrom 1964 to 1968. As asenior, he was a memberof the first Anderson teamto compete in the Univer-sity InterscholasticLeague. That team wonthe 13-4A district champi-onship and “Sweet Daddy”Ward secured the title bymaking the game-winningshot as time ran out

against Killeen. Williamattended Huston-TillotsonCollege. He retired in 2005from a 35-year career withIBM.

Willie R. “Tunnie”Williams (PVILCA Hall ofFame Inductee) Football

Willie R. “Tunnie”Williams graduated in1958 from the original L.C.Anderson HS in Austin, asan outstanding linemanand running back underW. E. Pigford and RaymondTimmons. Williams was amember of the 1956 and1957 state championshipsquads and ran track. In1958, he enlisted in theU.S. Army and played foot-ball with the Special Ser-vices in Frankfurt andMunich, Germany. Duringhis 18 years of duty, Will-iams was highly decoratedand served two tours inVietnam. He received theBronze Star with Oak LeafCluster, Air Medal withOak Leaf Cluster, PurpleHeart with Oak Leaf Clus-ter and the Combat Infan-

try Badge. Willie R.“Tunnie” Williams died in1975 while on active dutyat Ft. Bliss, Texas.

On this day in history,July 11, 1905, Black

intellectuals & activistslead by WEB Dubois

organize the civil rightsNiagara Movement.

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CITY ~ STATE ~ NATIONAL ~ WORLD

On July 5, the Austin MultiCultural Refugee Coalition held a greet andmeet event, in which, they invited the greater Austin community. It was anopportunity for the greater Austin community to get acquainted with theirnon-profit organization. Not only it was an opportunity for Austinite to meetthe non-profit but to learn about their programs and activities. Some of thevisitors included community advocate like Karl Webbs. In addition somecandidates such as Roberto Perez Jr, Katrina Daniel, and Monica A Guzmanwere in attendance.

The Multi-Cultural Refugee Coalition serve refugees who come fromthe "four corners of the World." For instance, it serve refugees who comefrom nation, such as: Iraq, Bhutan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia,

Multi Cultural Refugee Coalitionby Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon

Burundi, Burma, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan. Furthermore, the MCR try toserve as a "bridge"between the refugee and their new resettlement loca-tion of Austin TX. According to the MRC, there are about 10,000 refugeewho settle in the greater Austin area.

In order to help the refugee, the MRC offers various programs such as:gardening, sewing, English skills, computer literacy, resume writing skills,Global kid club and job search techniques. Moreover, the gardening helpsome of the refugee get back to the "farmer expertise" that they had priorfrom leaving their native land. Moreover, the MRC is doing alot of things tohelp refugee become independent and successful in their new adoptive landof the United States and of Central Texas.

Sylvia's long bean harvest at the MRCRefugee Garden. Photos courtesy of MCR

MRC Co-founder Sarah Stranahan, buysfabric for the ladies sewing program.

The Pathways Program hosted Refugeeonline food handler certification class!

Perez Jr.for

AustinCity

CouncilDistrict 4

by Tsoke(Chuch) Adjavon

Roberto Perez Jr.

Unapologetic

By: Tramekia Charleston

Decide that youLove yourself so muchthat you’re no longer go-ing to apologize for get-ting rid of the things,people, and situations

that no longer belong inyour life.

That means thatyou’re going to boldlystep into the unfamiliar,boldly get rid of friend-ships, relationships,drama, any negativething that will hinderyou from moving for-ward. When moving for-ward with life you’ll findyourself coming acrossstumbling blocks, whichwill create a detour onyour journey. Don’t getit twisted this is just atest , a test to see i f

you’re strong enough inyour mind, consistentenough in your work andconfident enough to takeon the challenge.

Unapologet ica l lywalk with a force, withno regards to gettingeverything you want outof life. Take full advan-tage of all the opportu-nities that are in reach.People may say “No” toyour questions and com-ments , but that ’s a l lpart of stepping into theunfami l iar. You can’tlose what you never had,nor can you move for-ward without taking achance. As soon as you

realize that you’re incharge of your own fea-ture, the sooner you willfind it a little easier toreach all of your goalsthat you’re trying to ac-complish. Things are go-ing to start happeningand you will no longerhave to look backwards.We’ve all been throughrough patches in ourlife, but that’s what cre-ates a drive, a force forus to move forward. Letgo of what use to beand worry about howthings are going to turnaround for you.

For some reason Ijust felt the need to talk

to you guys. I feel in-spired, because I wasand still am searchingfor my purpose in life. Iknow they’re some ofyou who worry aboutwhat others think, andhow they’re going toview you. People willalways have somethingto say about whatyou’re doing, so take itas a compliment thatyou’re moving in theright direction and youdon’t have to apologizefor any of it. I person-a l ly fa i led to real izethat while I’m worryingabout what othersthought of me, I was

suppressing myself andnot moving forward withmy dreams. One day Iwoke up and said, “This ismy life and the only waythings are going to happenfor me is if I take the ini-tiative to change things”.The day I changed mymind about the way Iviewed things, was theday my life changed.That’s why I feel so in-spired to write, becauseeveryone needs a relat-able source to go to.

Stand bold and un-apologetic for what isright and be a strongpowerful force in yourown life.

In the Austin citycouncil District 4 thereare the most candidatesamount of candidate vy-ing for the position. Oneof the Candidate runningis Roberto Perez Jr. PerezJr has lived in Austin Dis-trict 4 for least 5 years.While living in the neigh-borhood, Roberto Perez Jrhas worked to make hiscommunity a "betterplace to live." For in-stance, he served on theRestore Rundberg Revi-

talization team trying tomake his neighborhood abetter place to live. Inaddition, he has servedon the Community Devel-opment Commission forthe Austin City Council.

According toRoberto Perez Jr, "I be-lieve every person in Aus-tin deserve to live in asafe, thriving neighbor-hood. District 4 resi-dents should have safeneighborhoods, recre-ational facilities to cel-ebrate their families, ro-bust businesses to stimu-late our local economy,and job opportunities tolive full, enjoyable lives."Roberto believes that the

neighborhoods should besafe and affordable. Fur-thermore, he believesthat there should be eq-uity and transparency inthe city government.

There will be someimportant issues that thevarious candidates willdiscuss during this elec-tion cycle such asaffordability of housing;the increase in the priceof water rates; trafficproblems; and police bru-tality by the Austin PoliceDepartment (APD). Ac-cording to certain statis-tics, there about 110people who are moving toAustin on a daily bases.As a result, the demandfor housing and road con-struction has not keptpace with this growingpopulation. In addition,minorities, especially Af-rican Americans living inAustin have been facedwith yearly shooting ofAfrican Americansmales. Moreover, thenext City Council willhave to deal with theseissues.

As we know, theAustin city council has10 district that coversthe ent ire c i ty. A l -though each district isunique, they still sharethe needs of bettertransportation needs,such as urban rail andbetter roads. In addi-tion there are other is-sues such as ;affordability; water; andother needs of a fastgrowing city like AustinTexas. Therefore,J immy F lannigan hasdecided to run in Austincity council District 6.Furthermore, District 6covers parts of Northand NorthWest Austin.

Jimmy Flannigan isa " long-t ime" smal lbus iness owner whostarted Site Street. Inaddit ion of being a

Flannigan For AustinCity Council District 6

by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon

Jimmy Flannigan

small business owner,Jimmy is a communityadvocate. For instance,he has worked at theAustin Gay and LesbianChamber of Commerce

and held co-found theNorthWest Austin Coali-t ion. Furthermore,Jimmy has served on theAustin Chamber Trans-portation Committee.While serving on thecommittee, Jimmy hasworked to address someof Austin's transporta-tion issues for the pastsevera l years . Pr iorfrom being a candidateJ immy has sought toaddress certain issuesthat affect Austin.

Now that Jimmy isa candidate, there aresome more issues thathe will like to work on.According to J immy,some of his core issuesare " f ix ing Aust in 'straf f ic problem,affordability; fiscal re-sponsibility; water in-frastructure; wild fireprevention and improv-ing publ ic safety inNorthWest Austin." Fur-thermore, J immyFlannigan will face twoother candidates on theballot.

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City of AustinPurchasing Office

The City of Austin Purchasing Office invitesyou to view current bid solicitations at https://www.c i . au s t i n . t x . u s / f i nanceon l ine /vendor_connection/solicitation/solicitations.cfm.Vendors are encouraged to register on-line in theCity’s Vendor Self Service System. Once yourcompany is registered, you will receive notifica-tions about new bid opportunities. For addi-tional information regarding current bid opportu-nities or Vendor Registration, please call the Pur-chasing Office at 512-974-2500.

For information on the City of Austin’s Mi-nority Owned and Women-Owned ProcurementProgram and the certification process, pleasecontact the Small & Minority Business ResourcesDepartment at 512-974-7600 or visit their websiteat http://www.austintexas.gov/smbr.

THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, to each person named above as aThird-Party Defendant:

You are hereby notified that the Third-Party Plaintiff namedabove has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you. Within 40days after July 4, 2014, you must respond with a written demand for acopy of the complaint. The demand must be sent or delivered to thecourt, whose address is Milwaukee County Circuit Court, MilwaukeeCounty Courthouse, 901 N. 9th Street, Milwaukee Wisconsin 53233,and to the Third-Party Plaintiffs’ attorney, whose address is Booth &Calkins, 3400 S. 103rd Street, Suite 400, Greenfield, WI 53227.

If you do not demand a copy of the complaint within 40days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award ofmoney or other legal action requested in the complaint, and you maylose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in thecomplaint.

A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgmentawarding money may become a lien against any real estate you ownnow or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment orseizure of property.

Dated this __26__ day of June, 2014.BOOTH AND CALKINS

Attorneys for Steven M. Kielski and Artisan and Truckers CasualtyCompany

BY:

THOMAS T. CALKINSState Bar No. 1045717

Case No. 13-CV-011419

ARTISAN AND TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANYvs.

AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPAN,DAMARI ZAMORA

City of Austin Featured Job OpportunitiesThe City of Austin is currently seeking qualifiedapplicants for the following positions: *Carpenter * 911 Call Taker Trainee- Multiple Positions (Temp. – Fulltime) * Attorney or Staff Attorney * Engineer A * Program Specialist (Library) * LIFEGUARD * Risk Control Analyst * Victim Witness Counselor (Grant funded) * Parks - Desk Attendant (2 Temporary, Part Time Openings * Park Entry Cashier (Emma Long Park) 5 openings * Athletic Officials/Score Keepers (20 PT Openings) * Administrative Specialist

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Night Owls operateyear-round from midnightuntil 3 a.m. Mondaythrough Saturday, with fiveroutes than run betweenpopular late-night destina-tions on 6th Street and lo-cal neighborhoods. Busesrun every 20 to 30 minutes,and a single ride costs $1,

NIGHTOWLERS

HAVECHOICEScontinued from page 1

or $2 for a Day Pass.Also offered are

three E-Bus routes eachfall and spring, when moreUT students are on cam-pus. E-Buses operate frommidnight until 3 a.m.Thursday through Satur-day, and travel betweenpopular student housingneighborhoods and down-town. The cost to ride is$1, or $2 for a Day Pass.UT students and staff ridefree with valid ID.

Other eveningchoices include:

MetroRail – OperatesFriday nights betweendowntown and Leander,with the last train leavingdowntown at 12:30 a.m.On Saturday nights, trainsrun between downtownand Lakeline, with the lastdeparture downtown atmidnight. A single ridecosts $2.75, or $5.50 for a

Day Pass.MetroRapid Route

801 – Runs between TechRidge and SouthparkMeadows until 12:30 a.m.Monday through Saturday,with service every 10-30minutes depending ontime of day. Sunday ser-vice runs until 10:30 p.m.A single ride costs $1.50,or $3 for a Day Pass.

MetroBus – Operatesthroughout Capital Metro’sservice area, with manyroutes running until mid-night. A single ride onMetroBus is $1, or $2 fora Day Pass.

For those headed outfor a night of fun, CapitalMetro encourages planningthe return trip ahead of timeby using the online tripplanner, handy free mobileapp, going to capmetro.orgor calling the GO Line at512-474-1200.

PVILCA Hall of Fame Inductees continued from page 5aged 16.2 points per

game and made 80 per-cent of his free throws. Hegraduated from AustinCommunity College with acertificate in welding. Hecontinued to play basket-ball in the Pan Am Leagueand in recreation centersin Austin. Even in his 60s,George kept his ‘dead-eye’for the basket. GeorgeMarshall retired after 18years from the Texas Em-ployment Commission.

Vernon CarathersFootball (PVILCA Hall of

Fame Inductee)Vernon Carathers

was a member of the 1956and 1957 state champion-ship football teams at L.C.Anderson HS in Austin. Healso ran track, receivingmany medals and ribbons.Carathers served in theU.S. Air Force for fouryears. He attended Aus-tin Community College andTexas A&M University.Vernon Carathers retired

from the City of Austin af-ter 29 years of service.

Carl CrenshawFootball (PVILCA Hall of

Fame Inductee)Carl Crenshaw at-

tended L.C. Anderson HS inAustin from 1947 to 1951and played football from1948 to 1950; he earnedtwo letters as a runningback and a safety.Crenshaw was named All-District in 1949 and rantrack, participating on boththe district champion 440-yard and the mile relayteams. He played the fi-nal season of football in1951 at Samuel HustonCollege before it mergedwith Tillotson College.Carl Crenshaw is an origi-nal charter member of theL.C. Anderson BoosterClub and retired from theState School in Austin in1998.

Louis Dotson, Jr.Football (PVIL-UIL

“Bridging the Gap”Inductee)

Louis Dotson, Jr. wasan all-around athlete atL.C. Anderson HS in Aus-tin, participating in basket-ball, baseball, track andfootball. In football, hewas a starter on offenseand defense and played onthe 1956 and 1957 statechampionship teams.

Louis graduated fromL. C. Anderson in 1958 andattended Huston-TillotsonCollege. He started work-ing for IBM in 1967 and in1971 became thecompany’s first local black

manager, retiring with 25year’s of service. Dotsonparticipated in many IBMsports activities. He wasthe recipient of numerousTom Watson Trophies, thecompany’s award for accu-mulating the most golfand tennis awards. LouisDotson, Jr. is a long timemember of the Capital CityGolf Association and par-ticipated in local andstatewide tournaments.

Alfred B. Mays, Sr.Football (PVIL-UIL“Bridging the Gap”

Inductee)Alfred B. Mays, Sr.

played football at L.C.Anderson HS in Austin andgraduated in 1970. Heplayed at Southwest TexasState University and pro-fessionally for the San An-tonio Toros, New York Gi-ants and the CalgaryStampeders. Mays com-pleted his pro career in1980 with the Austin Tex-ans. He worked 20 yearsfor IBM and eight years forDell computers. Mays isa member of the Texas As-sociation of Sports Offi-cials, certified as a NCAAtrack official and remainsan active official after 34years. He developed anonprofit organization,ABM Sports, a leadershipprogram for students.Alfred B. Mays, Sr. is activein the NFL’s Retired Play-ers Association and cur-rently employed with theCircuit of the Americas.

Larry Vernon PriestleyFootball (PVILCA Hall of

Fame Inductee)Larry Priestley gradu-

ated from L.C. AndersonHS in 1964. He was a start-ing quarterback and teamcaptain in 1962 and 1963.Priestley received All-Dis-trict honors as a junior andsenior; he also playedsafety and returned kicks.He lettered in track (All-District), basketball andreceived a football schol-arship to North TexasState, majoring in Econom-ics. In 1965, he led NorthTexas with five intercep-tions. Drafted to the Armyin 1968 and served in Viet-nam. He received thePurple Heart with OakLeaf Cluster, the BronzeStar with Oak Leaf Clusterand the Air Medal. LarryVernon Priestley worked atHueblein Corp. in Houstonfor 20 years and 3P-Perfor-mance Plastics Productswhere he developed newautomated machine pro-cedures.

Naomi HargisMeritorious Award(PVILCA Inductee)

Naomi Hargis wasborn in Yellow Pine andgraduated from LibertyHigh School. She attendedMary Allen Junior College,receiving an emergencycertificate in elementaryeducation in two yearsand started teaching in thePine Flat IndependentSchool District. She taughtat Beloxi High School andLove High School in Day-ton, Texas. Hargis receivedher B.A. degree and per-manent teaching certifi-cate from Tillotson Col-lege in Austin in 1949. Shereceived her master’s inEducation with a major inSpecial Education and aminor in Art Educationfrom Prairie View A&M in1963. Hargis taught in theCreedmoor School District,Georgetown ISD and WillisISD, being the first blackteacher at Willis. From

1967 to 1986 she taughtin the Del Valle ISD, whichshe retired after 43 yearsin all teaching special chil-dren. Hargis taught highschool dropouts for 15

years at Austin CommunityCollege.. Naomi Hargispassed away December17, 2013 in Brownsville.

See INDUCTEES,page 8

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PROGRAMS ~ AWARENESSTHE ORIGINAL L.C. ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL 60TH

CLASS REUNION – CLASS OF 1954THE ORIGINAL L.C. ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL 60TH

CLASS REUNION – CLASS OF 1954

The Old L.C. Anderson High School Class of 1954celebrated its 60th Class Reunion the weekend of June27 – June 29, 2014, at the Holiday Inn on Lady Bird Lakehere in Austin, Texas. The reunion theme was “Look-ing Back-Moving Forward”

Registration for the reunion began on Friday, the 27th,followed by a Reception later that evening, filled with laugh-ter, music, dancing and reminiscing of times past. OnSaturday, classmates took a tour of the City of Austin, withWalter Shaw, Jr. serving as the tour guide. The tour in-cluded the University of Texas, The Governor’s mansion,Downtown Austin, and many areas of East Austin. The

highlight of the tour was the visit made to Mr. RichardOverton, who is 108 years old!

On Saturday night, the Reunion Banquet took placewith over sixty-six people in attendance. To describethe gala affair as regal would be an understatement,as the décor reflected the Old AHS “Black & Gold”school colors, topped off with candlelight centerpiecesilluminating the entire banquet ballroom.

Walter Shaw, Jr., Master of Ceremony, began the galaevent by introducing Ms. Laverne Brown Cook, who sunga beautiful rendition of “The Way We Were”. Afterwards,Reginald Arnold gave the invocation, followed with greet-ings given by Bobbie Hyder Arnold, Reunion CommitteeChair and Raymond Whitley, Old Anderson Alumni Asso-ciation Chair.

Ada Stewart Harden, President of the local chapterof the L.C. Anderson Class of 1954, gave the occasion.

A memorial to the deceased classmates weregiven by Ms. Robbie Dotson Overton and Ms. GladysHorton Williams.

Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole read the Proclamation

for the City of Austin, while Ms. Delores Gregg Duffieread the Proclamation for Travis County in the absenceof Judge Sam Biscoe.

The food was blessed by Rev. J.T. Stewart, followedby moments of reflections moderated by Edna HumphriesRhambo and summarized by Dorothy Franklin Anthony, fea-turing Betty Redd Washington, Class of 1949; AlexanderW. Porter, Class of 1950; Roscoe Overton, Class of 1952;Edith Davis McKinney, Class of 1954; Constable DannyThomas, Class of 1969; and Linda Rogers Moore, Class of1971.

Reginald Arnold and Connie Miller were recognizedfor their outstanding service and support of the class of1954.

The gala ended with closing remarks from AdaStewart Harden and Bobbie Arnold, and closing prayerby Edith McKinney to climax the evening.

Reunion classmates worshiped at Mt. Sinai Mis-sionary Baptist Church on Sunday morning, with an in-spiring message by Reverend A.W. Mays, Pastor of Mt.Sinai Missionary Baptist Church.

BLACK AREA RESOURCESORGANIZATION MEETINGSaturday July 26th @ 10 am

@ the Victory Grill, 1104 E.11th.Developing an action plan for issues affecting theAAA Community for the entire metropolitan area.

Topics of discussion:*Gentrification *Civil Rights *Cultural needs

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PVILCAHall ofFame

Inducteescontinued from page 7

Charles Purnell, Jr.Football (PVILCA Hall of

Fame Inductee)Purnell played on

state championship teamsin 1956 and 1957 at L.C.Anderson HS in Austin; hewas a guard, linebackerand center. He was namedAll-State center in 1957and graduated Anderson in1958. Purnell attendedOakland City College inCalifornia then entered theU.S. Army, serving 21years. After retiring, he

Isaac RobinsonFootball (PVILCA Hall Of

Fame Inductee)Isaac Robinson is a

native of San Marcos butgraduated from L.C.Anderson HS in Austinwhere he played footballfor three seasons, includ-ing 1962 and 1963 whenhe lettered. Isaac playedoffense and defense andnamed All-District line-backer as a senior. Isaachas been self-employedsince 1971 in the printingbusiness.

Joe WadeFootball (PVILCA Hall of

Fame Inductee)

Joe Wade graduatedfrom L.C. Anderson HS inAustin in 1958. He playedfor Coach RaymondTimmons and was a four-year letterman. His 1955team’s only loss came atthe bi-district level. Wadeplayed on the 1956 and1957 state championship

moved to Victoria andworked for E.I. DuPont for15 years, retiring in 1994.Purnell officiated football,volleyball and baseballgames in the Army and inVictoria. He also becamea member of the South-west Officials Association.Charles Purnell, Jr. ac-cepted the call into minis-try in 1997 and is currentlya pastor in San Antonio.

teams that went unde-feated. He was named All-State in 1956 and 1957and known as ‘Flying JoeWade.’ Joe Wade receiveda football scholarshipfrom Texas Southern Uni-versity and was team cap-tain. He passed away in1999.

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