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Toyota 4Runner Trail 4x4 - Page 2Automobiles - Page 3-6Ryan McGinty - Page 5Cobras - Page 8John Engel - Pages 8-9High School Football Report - 4Jerry Woodley - Page 22Mover and Shaker - Page 24The Way I See It - Page 25In the Love Corner - Page 25Lone Star Idol - Page 27

Inside This Edition...

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Washington(Page 14)

2012 Honda Civic Ex-L Navi (Page 3)

Don Robey StoryPart V (Page 22)

Ernie Johnsonhonored in Memphis

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John GibbsWashington(Page 20)

Washington wins the 7th Annual Fiesta BBMC (Pages 15-19)

4th Annual “Brothers And Birdies”Golf Tournament (Page 23)

Earnest Smith goingstrong at 91 (Page 9)

Fort Worth, Texas-As we made

our annual trip to cover the

PVILCA Banquet in Fort Worth,

Texas, a funny thing happened.

Dr. Victor Keys who writes and

take photos for A King-Size

View newspaper took a liking to

the new Toyota 4Runner Trail

4X4 V6 during the trip. Having

a Toyota Land Cruiser for 14

years and 275,000 miles he was

just about ready for a new one.

After carefully looking over the

4Runner on our trip Dr. Keys

being the smart man he is went

and bought him one the next

week. Same color and even got

a pretty good deal on it as well.

Let me tell you about the Toyota

4Runner and let us not forget it

was the first of the sport utility

vehicle offered. Well it’s still

one of the most popular ones on

the road. Our test vehicle was

fully equipped and came with a

price tag of just under $41,000.

It is powered by a 4.0 Liter

DOHC 24-Valve V6 engine with

dual independent VVT-I and

cranks out 270 horsepower and

278 lb. per foot of torque.

Equipped with part time 4WD

system with active TRAC and a

five-speed automatic transmis-

sion with ECT-I the new

4Runner is ready to run with the

best in class. Economic numbers

are reported at 17 miles per gal-

lon in the city and 22 miles per

gallon on the highway. Our test

vehicle more than lived up to

those miles with our trip to Fort

Worth, Texas.

A locking rear differential multi-

terrain select crawl control with

hill-start assist control along

with front and rear disc brakes

adds to the vehicle off-road

capabilities. The 4Runner has

front and rear stabilizer bars and

skids plates. Power rolls the

ground on P265/70R 17 tires

wrapped around a set of 17 inch

alloy wheels. An optional

Kinetic Dynamic Suspension

(KDSS) helps smoothes out the

overall ride of the new 4Runner.

When you are outside looking at

the new Toyota 4Runner the

Hood Scoop just truly gives it a

muscular look and privacy glass,

fog lamps and black front and

rear bumpers, over fenders,

mudguards and front grille

inserts, handles and heated mir-

rors and black utility roof rack

with rail system all help give off

a tough off-road look. Smoked

headlamps and rear lamp bezels

along with tow hitch receiver

with 7-&4-pin connector and a

color keyed rear spoiler adds to

the flare of the vehicle.

Safety comes in very high for

the 4Runner as well with Vehicle

Stability control, traction con-

trol, anti-lock brakes with EBD

and brake assist, smart/stop tech-

nology. Driver and front passen-

gers advanced airbags system

and all row roll-sensing side cur-

tain airbags. Follow that with

latch-lower anchor and tether for

children to round out the safety

features for the new 4Runner.

Inside is like you’re in automo-

tive heaven, with a luxury car

like instrument cluster; the new

4Runner greets riders with water

resistance fabric trimmed seats.

Power adjustable driver and

front passenger seat with

40/20/40 split recline and fold-

flat 2nd row seat. A power

tilt/slide moon roof with sun-

shade and a power sliding rear

window plus sliding rear cargo

deck adds to the features of the

new 4Runner. The door locks

and windows are power with

auto down features and auto dim

rearview mirror with backup

camera home link. The steering

wheel is tilt/telescopic with

audio controls and cruise con-

trols. Several outlet plugs for 12

volt and 120 volts AC through-

out the vehicle.

Sounds comes from one of my

favorites systems the JBL

AM/FM four-CD changer with

MP3/WMA playback capability

along with XM radio with Nav-

Traffic for 90 day trial subscrip-

tion.

In closing please allow me to

add the new Toyota 4Runner has

a 3-year/36,000 mile basic war-

ranty, plus a five -year/50,000

power train warrant along with a

five-year/unlimited mile corro-

sion perforation warranty.

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The 2011 Toyota 4Runner Trail 4X4-V6

One of the most proven products

in the automobile history has

once again stepped up the plate.

American Honda Motor

Company has introduced the

new 2012 Honda Civic 2-Dr

EX-L Navi. We were happy to

test drive it the other week and

found it to be very interesting.

The new Civic has a more

expensive look with fancy

designed front grille with slop-

ping roofline and state of the art

rear slant. Now with 65% of its

parts from right here in the

United States and Canada and

only 20% of its parts actually

coming from Japan. The final

assembly point is Alliston,

Ontario, Canada with the engine

built in the U.S.A and the trans-

mission built in Japan. Speaking

of the engine the 140 horsepow-

er 1.8 Liter SOHC 16-Valve I-

VTEC four cylinder engine is

matted to a five-speed automatic

transmission with grade logic

control. This unit cranks out a

whooping 28 miles per gallon in

the city and 39 miles per gallon

on the highway. We are talking

top of the line numbers with this

vehicle. Even with a full tank of

fuel and XM Satellite radio for

the first three months this vehi-

cle came in at just over $24,000.

Once you are inside the new

2012 Civic you are welcomed

by a quality instrument cluster

with easy to ready gauges and

driver friendly knobs and con-

trols. The state-of-the-art naviga-

tional system sets this small

sedan apart. The Navi system

has all the features you come

expect from a much more

expensive automobile. We

applaud Honda for the new

Civic and there is so much more

and don’t forget we are talking

less than $25,000.

Leather trimmed seats are the

first thing that gets your atten-

tion but it gets better as you look

more. The rear seat is 60/40 split

and has fold-down seat backs.

The leather wrapped (tilt-tele-

scopic) steering wheel has audio

controls so you can get the most

of the 350 watt AM/FM CD

Premium audio system with

seven speakers including sub-

woofer and MP3/WMA play-

back, Bluetooth hands-free link

and Bluetooth audio. There is

USB audio interface and auxil-

iary MP3 jacks available as well.

When it comes to safety the

New Civic is ready to roll with

the best in class with driver and

front passenger dual stage

airbags and side airbags along

with side curtain bags. The unit

also has anti-locking brakes with

EBD and Vehicle Stability Assist

to name a couple more. Fact is

the new Civic also has a tire

monitoring system and side-

impact door beams along with

front and rear crumble zone.

It’s been a while since we test

drove a two-door vehicle but we

must admit the new Civic made

the most of the room and the

trunk space was super for a

compact sedan.


add the new Civic rolled very

smoothly on P205/55R 16 inch

all season tires neatly wrapped

around 16 inch alloy wheels.


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For the seventh straight month,

Mitsubishi sales have increased

as the company heads toward a

record year in 2011. A week ago

we test drove the new Outlander

GT S-AWC and that’s for Super

All Wheel Control and found it

to be very impressive to say the

least. To begin with it’s

equipped with a 3.0 Liter SOHC

V6 MIVEC engine and is mated

to a six-speed automatic trans-

mission traded marked

“Sportronic”. The Sportronic is

equipped with a paddle shifter

and idle neutral logic. Even with

its peppy starts the vehicle still

manages to get 19 miles per gal-

lon in the city and 25 miles per

gallon on the highway. After all

this 18 inch alloy wheels

wrapped with all-season tires

carries this vehicle to the road

smoothly and efficiently.

A lot of fun driving this vehicle

and it’s backed by a 10- year

100,000 mile power train war-

ranty plus a five-year/60,000

mile bumper to bumper warran-

ty. The vehicle also has a seven-

year 100,000 mile anti-corro-

sion/perforation and five-

year/unlimited roadside assis-

tance. We are talking number

that usually come with a much

bigger price tag than our test

vehicle’s $33,000.

Let us mention the fact this

Mitsubishi is 98% Japanese and

only 1% of its parts come from

the United States. The final

assembly point is Mizushima,

Japan and both the engine and

transmission are built in Japan.

Inside the new Outlander GT is

a compact storable third row

seat and leather wrapped steer-

ing wheel with cruise control

with audio switches and shift

knob is also leather wrapped. A

60/40 second row seat with slid-

ing and reclining feature brings

comfort to passengers. The driv-

er seat has heat feature and

power adjustable as well as the

front passenger seat.

The meters are high in contrast

and easy to read and the center

armrest has cup holders.

A punch premium sound system

with nine speakers including 10

inch subwoofer gives you the

sound you expect in a luxury

vehicle that normally cost a

great deal more. The 710 Watts

Rockford Fosgate system

includes Sirius Satellite radio

with three months service pro-

vided by Sirius from the date of

sale.

Other features includes optional

rearview camera and 40GB

HDD navigation with music

server and real time traffic RDS.

When you throw in privacy

glass and a power sliding roof

the Outlander is ready to chal-

lenge the crowded market for

mid-size special purpose vehi-

cles.


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In these days of tough economic

times you will find it rewarding

to know there are still some

good quality products on the

market with a $20,000 price tag.

I’m speaking of the new 2011

Toyota Corolla, a proven small

sedan for many years. Our test

vehicle equipped very well and

came in at $20,410. Let’s take a

look at some of the standard fea-

tures. A peppy little 1.8 DOHC

16-valve four cylinder engine

mated to a four-speed automatic

transmission and is front wheel

driven. We’re talking about 26

miles per gallon in the city and

34 miles per gallon on the high-

way. Yet the vehicle is soundly

put together with Macpherson

strut front suspension and tor-

sion beam rear suspension. It has

electric power steering, ventilat-

ed front disc/rear drum brakes

and all this rolls to the ground

on P 195/65R 15 inch tires cov-

ering a 15 inch steel wheel. If

you are looking for upgrade you

can add P205/55R 16 tires with

a five-spoke Alloy wheel set as

part of the premium package.

Toyota also came with plenty of

safety features such as VSC,

TRAC anti-lock brakes system

EBD and assist smart stop tech-

nology. Driver and front passen-

ger advanced airbags system and

seat mounted side airbags along

with side curtain airbags as well

as driver and front passenger

active headrest. There’s a tire

pressure monitoring gauge along

with daytime running lights and

three-point seatbelts for all seats

positions.

Inside the new Corolla you will

find the upgraded dash layout

commonly found in more expen-

sive luxury automobiles. A

power tilt/slide moon roof with

sliding shade is one of many

options on our test vehicle. The

driver has a six-way adjustable

seat with four-way adjustable for

the front passenger along with

seat back pockets. The rear seat

has 60/40 split fold down feature

making it easier to carry cargo

when you have fewer passen-

gers.

When it comes to sounds the

new Corolla has an AM/FM CD

player with MP3 WMA play-

back capability with six speak-

ers. XM satellite radio is offered

for 90 days trial subscription,

plus there are extra audio jacks,

USB port with iPod connectivity

and a CD text display function.

Auto Sound leveling hands-free

phone capability and music

streaming via Bluetooth wireless

technology. Throw is a couple

more hundred and you can have

carpeted floor mats and trunk

mat as well.

Warranties for the new Corolla

are new limited three-year/

36,000 mile basic coverage and

five-year/50,000 mile power

train coverage plus five-

year/unlimited mile corrosion

perforation coverage.


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PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas -

Training camp 2011 has official-

ly come to an end for the Prairie

View A&M Panthers as they

went through a two-hour practice

on Friday August 26, 2011 at

Blackshear Field.

“I thought it was a pret-

ty physical camp as we estab-

lished the tempo we wanted to go

with,” said head coach Heishma

Northern. “Some guys couldn’t

be out there because of injuries or

from a heat standpoint but we’re

going to play the guys that we

have to play with.”

Northern was also

pleased with the performances of

several upperclassmen through-

out camp and his stable of young

running backs.

“I think (cornerback)

Moses Ellis and (wide receiver)

Deandre Cooper had outstanding

camps along with several young

running backs that did well,” he

said. “We knew they were good

but we now have to see how they

play when they’re tired and can

they concentrate and hold on to

the ball in late game situations. I

think we’ll have a good ball club

but we now have to focus on

developing depth and praying the

injury bug stays away from us

this year.”

With several holes to fill

on both sides of the ball in addi-

tion to a new offensive scheme,

this year’s camp was extra

important as the Panthers had to

get everyone on the same page

from the freshmen to the seniors.

As a result, don’t be surprised if

freshmen are playing a key role

in the team’s game plan this sea-

son.

“We sort of knew - espe-

cially at the running back or wide

receiver spot - that we would

have to count on some fresh-

men,” said Northern. “Hopefully,

they’ll come on in and do what

they’re supposed to do and that’s

go to school and make football

plays on the football field.”

Classes officially begin

on Monday at Prairie View A&M

University with the first game

scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 4 in

Orlando, Fla. versus Bethune-

Cookman University in the annu-

al MEAC/SWAC Challenge.

Northern said he’s going to

approach each game week-by-

week and focus on the task at

hand.

“We’re focusing on

what Bethune-Cookman is going

to do and also what we’re going

to do,” stated Northern. “We’ll

take it one day at a time.”

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StandsBy Ryan McGinty

In these days of hard times the

standards have been raised for

consumers and they are looking

for every little advantage out

there. Well the 2011 Toyota

Tundra Crewmax provides the

consumer with just about any-

thing they could want in a full-

size pickup truck. To start with

the Crewmax is equipped with a

proven 5.7 Liter DOHC 32 valve

I-Force V8 with dual VVT-I flex

fuel engine cranking out 381

horsepower and 401lb-ft of

torque. Economic numbers are

13 miles per gallon in the city

and 17 miles per gallon on the

highway and believe me this

engine has great power. It’s

mated to a six-speed automatic

transmission with sequential

shift electronically controlled

transfer case. A 4.10 rear differ-

ential with 10.5 ring gear and

automatic limited slip differen-

tial prepares you for the off-

road. Front independent Coil

Springs, high mounted double

wishbone suspension with stabi-

lizer bar and trapezoidal multi-

leaf rear suspension and stag-

gered outboard mounted shocks.

Stability of the ride is enhanced

by a triple tech frame-fully

boxed front section with rein-

forced C under cab with open C

under bed with double wall and

is 5.5 feet long.

Powered assisted four-wheel

disc brakes stops the Tundra just

as it would in a luxury sedan.

This package rolls to the pave-

ment or the woods on 18 inch

steel wheels with P 225/70R 18

All-season tires.

Safety is at a quality level in this

full-size cab truck with the flare

of the luxury sedan yet it func-

tional as your everyday work

truck crew cab. There are driver

and front passenger airbags as

well as front seat side and knee

airbags, plus roll-sensing curtain

airbags. Other features for this

4X4 truck are smart stop tech-

nology along with trailer sway

control. There is also a tire pres-

sure monitoring system to round

out the long list of standard safe-

ty features.

Once you are inside the new

Tundra you are greeted with a

luxury car like dash layout and

overall interior. The driver seat

is eight-way and the front pas-

senger is four-way power

adjustable. A 40/20/40 split and

fold seat makes it easy for

everyone riding to be comfort-

able and it gives you so many

options. The steering wheel has

tilt feature and a column shifter

providing more leg room in the

front for passenger seated in the

middle.

Sounds are coming from six-

speaker system with

AM/FM/CD with MP3/WPA

playback capability that also has

XM capability. We are talking

concert room type sound that

makes you easily forget you are

driving a truck.

As we told you earlier there are

so many standard features on

this truck we just had the men-

tion the few options that comes

with it. The Tundra has front and

rear parking assist sonar and

power-adjustable heated outside

mirrors to name a couple. For

those who plan to put there

Tundra to work, the tow package

includes tow hitch receive, trail-

er brake controlled pre-wire

4,300 rear axle ratio and

tow/haul mode switch, transmis-

sion fluid temperature gauge,

supplemental transmission cool-

er, engine cooler, seven-pin con-

nector, heavy duty alternator and

battery. All this rounds out at

$40,000 so I will let you be the

judge, is this truck ready or not?


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War is a horrible thing. One of

the worst problems is that fami-

lies do not always know what

happened to their loved one.

This is called a Missing in

Action or MIA. A little digging

into the numbers revealed a

huge surprise. This is a list of

MIAs from our wars:

World War II: 74,064

Korean War: 8,021

Cold War: 125

Vietnam War: 1708

Desert Storm: 0

Total: 83,918

Eighty three thousand missing

soldiers has left a lot of families

to wonder and worry about what

happened to their loved ones.

Not knowing if their brother, sis-

ter, father or mother is dead or

alive is a horrible thing.

On January 7, 1970, Lieutenant

Commander Michael Hoff was

launched from the USS Coral

Sea as the pilot of a Sidewinder

A7A Corsair aircraft. His mis-

sion was to perform armed

reconnaissance over Laos.

The weather in the area was

clear and visibility was about 10

miles. Hoff’s aircraft was com-

pleting a strafing run near the

city of Sepone when

Commander Hoff radioed that he

had a fire warning light and was

going to have to bail out. The

flight leader could not see the

aircraft at that time. The leader

did sight the aircraft just as it

impacted in an area which was

flat with dense vegetation and

high trees.

The pilot of another aircraft

reported sighting Hoff’s aircraft

below him, when it was approxi-

mately 2,000 feet above the

ground. The aircraft at that time

commenced a roll and, prior to

reaching an inverted position; a

flash was observed which was

initially thought to be the ejec-

tion seat leaving the aircraft.

Immediately afterwards, the air-

craft impacted and exploded. No

parachute was seen, nor was

emergency transmissions

received. (Source:

pownetwork.org)

In 1971 Mrs. Michael Hoff, an

MIA wife, recognized the need

for a symbol representing our

Prisoners of War and Missing in

Action. Prompted by an article

in the Jacksonville, Florida

TIMES-UNION, Mrs. Hoff con-

tacted Norman Rivkees, Vice-

President of Annin & Company

who made a banner for the

newest member of the United

Nations, the People’s Republic

of China, as a part of their poli-

cy to provide flags to all United

Nations member nations. Mrs.

Hoff found Mr. Rivkees very

sympathetic to the Prisoner of

War/Missing in Action issue and

he, along with Annin’s advertis-

ing agency, designed a flag to

represent our missing men and

women.

Since its inception this stark

black and white flag, which was

designed on behalf of American

POW/MIAs from the Vietnam

War, has come to represent our

missing countrymen and women

from all wars. The POW/MIA

flag has been ruled legally to be

“public domain” - as is the

American flag; therefore, it can-

not be claimed as the sole prop-

erty by any organization or indi-

vidual.

The POW/MIA flag flew over

the White House for the first

time on National POW/MIA

Recognition Day, 1988. On 9

March 1989, it was installed in

the United States Capitol

Rotunda. This occurred as a

result of legislation passed over-

whelmingly during the 100th

Congress and, additionally, in an

extremely rare demonstration of

bipartisan congressional support,

the leadership of both Houses

hosted the formal installation

ceremony.

Further, by joint Congressional

Resolution, the POW/MIA flag -

the only flag ever to be dis-

played in the United States

Capitol Rotunda - stands as

powerful symbol of our national

commitment to American

Prisoners of War and Missing in

Action.

On 10 August 1990, the 101st

Congress passed US Public Law

101-355, which recognized the

POW/MIA flag and designated it

“as the symbol of our Nation’s

concern and commitment to

resolving as fully as possible the

fates of Americans still held

prisoner, missing and unaccount-

ed for in Southeast Asia, thus

ending the uncertainty for their

families and the Nation.

The POW/MIA flag’s impor-

tance lies in the continued visi-

bility of this symbol as a con-

stant reminder of the plight of

America’s prisoners and miss-

ing. Other than “Old Glory,” the

POW/MIA flag is the only flag

to fly over the White House, and

has flown in this place of honor

on every POW/MIA Recognition

Day since 1982. In addition, the

POW/MIA flag flies over our

nation’s capitol on Veterans Day

and Memorial Day.

This very distinctive and special

flag also flies over the National

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, as

well as other military memorials

across the country; on Federal

and State buildings, at each

National Cemetery, and at mili-

tary installations worldwide. It

also flies at countless additional

locations throughout the nation

every day of the year.

Those Americans who fly the

POW/MIA flag do so to demon-

strate their loyalty and sincere

dedication to all Prisoners of

War and Missing in Action, and

to their safe return - both alive

and dead.

Flag etiquette specifies that the

POW/MIA flag may be flown

below the American flag and/or

a state flag. However, its size

must be equal to or smaller than

the flag that is flying above it.

The correct order for three flags

being flown on the same flag-

pole is the national flag, the state

flag, and then the POW/MIA

flag. (Source: task-

forceomegainc.org)

The American Legion at a recent

convention passed a bylaw that

at all meetings, an empty chair

must be placed next to the podi-

um and draped with a

POW/MIA flag. This is to

remind members that there are

still thousands of soldiers that

have never returned home and

are unaccounted for.

If you attend any patriotic event

or an event attended my veterans

you will see many of the distinc-

tive black flags. I fly one on my

motorcycle along with the

American Flag.

As of August 5, 2010, the

Defense Prisoners of

War/Missing Persons Office lists

1,711 Americans as MIA from

the Vietnam War: 969 cases

being pursued, 117 cases

deferred, and 625 cases not

being pursued due to the circum-

stances and/or location of loss.

The DPMO has received 1997

first-hand reports of live sight-

ings of purported U.S. POWs

since 1975, of which only 55

(2.75%) remain unresolved.

Some of these are soldiers that

may have chosen to “drop out”

and become missing. Most,

however, are truly missing.

Many people believe that there

are still prisoners in Laos, being

held by the communist Pathet

Laos, a political group of fight-

ing forces.

In any event, the solemn black

flag with the barbed wire and

guard post carries the words:

“YOU ARE NOT FORGOT-

TEN” is a symbol we use to

remember those men and

women that never came home

and that their families have

never had the closure that they

need to lay their loved one to

rest.

THE SECOND AMERICAN FLAG

Out and About

with John Engel

Here is a look at the Cobras schedule for 2011 as all home games are played at BTW field

SPACE CITY YOUTH SPORTS ASSOCIATION09/10/2011 WEEK 1

BULLDOGS at COBRAS

COUGARS at COLTS

JAGUARS at MUSTANGS

PANTHERS at TIGERS

09/17/2011 WEEK 2

COLTS at BULLDOGS

COBRAS at COUGARS

PANTHERS at JAGUARS

TIGERS at MUSTANGS

09/24/2011 WEEK 3

COUGARS at BULLDOGS

COLTS at COBRAS

MUSTANGS at PANTHERS

JAGUARS at TIGERS

10/01/2011 WEEK 4

BULLDOGS at JAUGARS

COBRAS at MUSTANGS

COLTS at PANTHERS

TIGERS at COUGARS

Houston, Texas-The other day

we had the time of our life in

watching the 91 year old Smitty

of the Original Spiritual

Travelers perform at Greater St.

Matthews on the city’s southeast

side. You see his friends and

family were honoring him and

his wife of 70 years Mrs. Ollie

Mae Smith. The gathering also

paid tribute to Smith for being

the oldest living singing legend

in this part of the country.

We spoke with Mrs. Smith

briefly about the success of their

marriage over the past 70 years.

“I would say you have to give a

little and take a little but on

August 18, 1941 we married and

we are still together”. Studying

the Bible and following the

Lord’s Word had allowed the

Smiths to stay together and raise

10 children also. “We just live

right and things have worked out

for us, because we put God first

in our lives”.

In talking with Brother Smitty

he said the key is Mrs. Smith

respected his love for singing

and never tried to stop him from

it. “She supported me when I

was down to just me in my

group and the lord sent me a

guitar player in Brother

Reynolds and for years we prac-

ticed every Wednesday night as

if we had a full group”. The

legendary singer says it is by the

Grace of God he has come such

a long way and has no plans of

stopping now. “Sir I feel fine;

back in 1999 I spent nine days

and nights in the hospital with

ulcers, but since that time I get

up early and have my oatmeal

and later in the day I eat beans

and cornbread (No meat) and

that does the trick, fact is I’m

full of beans right now’. The

legendary gospel singer was lis-

tening to Skipper Lee Frazier on

KWWJ 1360 AM. “Skipper Lee

is a friend of mine and I listen to

him every day on the radio from

2.00 PM until 3.00 PM. As we

talked more with Smith we

learned he has not seen a doctor

but once since 1999. “I’m

alright through the grace of God.

Man I take one little pill to make

sure my water flows and that’s

it”.

While performing at Greater St.

Matthews, Smitty said the Lord

told him to sing “Your Grace

and Mercy-Has Brought me

through”, that’s the song man it

says it all.

Born in Navasota, Texas 91

years ago Smith worked hard in

the fields and understands how

hard life can be. “They tell me

my parents busted up when I

was three weeks old, so my

uncle raised me well. I could

pick up to 300 pounds of cotton

a day”. He added he spent three

months in Mississippi as a slave

and that was rough on him.

“Man I was glad to get back to

Texas being a slave was certain-

ly hard work and I tell my chil-

dren about it all the time.

With a move to Houston in the

‘40s Smith met James Menifee

and they got together and built

the group. Starting out at age 15

Smith says he knew he wanted

to sing but to think he would be

singing nearly 77 years later he

had no idea. “I knew I truly

loved singing, you can wake me

up at midnight and I can start

humming a tune. Having worked

on jobs for 15 years at a time

during his 55 years in Houston,

Smith is a true living legend and

the city of Houston is building

him and his wife a new home.

If you think you can sing take a

listen to Smitty because he can

get the job done and has the his-

tory to back it up. “Since I’ve

been singing, 35 members of

this group have passed on and I

know the Grace and Mercy of

the Lord himself has kept me

here and I’m so grateful”.


add we want to thank Earnest

Smith Jr., for telling us about his

father and his wonderful singing

and giving us a chance to come

and hear him sing.


On 29 April 1966, Lt. Cmdr.

William P. Egan was the pilot of

an A1H Squad that launched

from the deck of the aircraft car-

rier USS Hancock as the lead

aircraft in a flight of two on an

bombing mission against a pre-

assigned target. The target, a

military complex used by the

communists as a truck stop and

supply depot, was located in the

foothills on the south side of a

jungle-covered mountain range

approximately 62 miles due west

of the major North Vietnamese

port city of Dong Hoi, 14 miles

southwest of the

Lao/Vietnamese border and one

mile southwest of Ban Senphon,

Khammouan Province, Laos.

This area of eastern Laos was

considered a major artery of the

infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail.

When North Vietnam began to

increase its military strength in

South Vietnam, NVA and Viet

Cong troops again intruded on

neutral Laos for sanctuary, as the

Viet Minh had done during the

war with the French some years

before. This border road was

used by the Communists to

transport weapons, supplies and

troops from North Vietnam into

South Vietnam, and was fre-

quently no more than a path cut

through the jungle covered

mountains. US forces used all

assets available to them to stop

this flow of men and supplies

from moving south into the war

zone.

The pilots had been briefed to

make one bomb run from 10,000

feet and then leave the area. At

approximately 1600 hours, Lt.

Cmdr. Egan identified the target

as they approached it at the

attack altitude. The flight imme-

diately rolled in on the enemy

depot with Lt. Cmdr. Egan in the

lead and his wingman following

a few seconds later. His wing-

men observed William Egan

drop his bomb, but instead of

pulling up and away from the

target, he watched in horror as

the Spad continued down at a 30

degree dive angle and explode

upon impact with the ground.

The wingman orbited the wreck-

age several times before being

forced to depart the area. He

believed Lt. Cmdr. Egan did not

have time to bail out of his crip-

pled aircraft, and after observing

the crash site, he reported there

was no chance of survival.

William Egan was immediately

listed Killed in Action/Body

�ot Recovered. (Source: task-

forceomegainc.com)

UPDATE: In December of 2009,

the remains of Commander Egan

were recovered but a positive

match was not made until

February of this year when a

farmer in Laos had called on

U.S. officials and handed them

over a bone he discovered from

his fields. It matched with a

DNA sample Sanders provided

about 10 years. The clue led the

authorities make further devel-

opments in this regard. After

identification the remains were

returned to the family.

Although Egan was from the

Fort Worth area, he was buried

in Webster with his parents. He

received full military honors and

an escort from the Patriot Guard.

Pat I survived by his wife Anne

and daughter Jeri Wismer.

VETERAN OF THE MONTH – LIEUTENANT COMMANDER WILLIAM “PAT” EGANBy John Engel

A King-Size View

SINGING SENSATION EARNEST ‘SMITTY’ SMITH SR. STILL GOING STRONG AT 91 YEARS YOUNGBy King Arthur Prayther

A King-Size View

Skipper Lee Frazier and LatishaJackson of Gospel 1360

- All photos by Dr. Victor KeysEarnest Smith Jr. with his mom Ollie Mae Smith and

the legendary Earnest ‘Smitty’ Smith Senior

Earnest Smith Jr. along with world famous Father Smitty

The legendaryEarnest Smith Senior

Mr. and Mrs. Smith share photo with Skipper Lee Frazier (KWWJ)


Old Testament praiseDear reader, it is again a privi-lege and a blessing, because ofMr. Prayther and staff, to be ableagain to share with you, somescripture truths, for this we areso thankful. We truly hope thesearticles are taken in the intentthat they are written. The intentis not to point fingers at any spe-cific ones, but to expose unscrip-tural practices that are done bythose proclaiming Christianity.These exposures are to help usall, that proclaim Christianityfind the truth, according to NewTestament scripture, thereby allspeaking the same things, and allending up in the same place,which is heaven(1Cor.1:10;Philip.3:16-21). New Testamentscripture because, it is the onlyplace one can find the com-mandments of Jesus Christ andhis Apostles (Matt.28:16-20;John17:20; 2Pet.3:2-3). It is theonly place Christians are found(Acts11:26). It is the only place,The Church of and by Christ, theone faith, the one body, thatChrist is the head of, is found(Eph.4:3-6; 5:23-24; Col.1:18-19; 2:8-12), as well as theinstructions, by which it MUSTbe ran. As was stated in lastmonth’s article “New TestamentPraise ” there are many differentways given to praise the Lord, inthe religious world today. Thereare many different ways given inThe Old and New Testaments, topraise Him. In the OldTestament, which is the one wewill look at this month, all thatwas under the old law, wasgiven instructions on how topraise Him. These instructionswere given by God, through dif-ferent ones, and if followed (1)circumspectly, these made themright [righteous] with Him.

Exod 23:13 And in all thingsthat I have said unto you be(1)CIRCUMSPECT: and makeno mention of the name of othergods, neither let it be heard outof thy mouth.(KJV)

Definition:(1)CIRCUMSPECT-8104 shamar (shaw-mar’); aprimitive root; properly, tohedge about (as with thorns), i.e.guard; generally, to protect,attend to, etc.: KJV— beward,be circumspect, take heed(toself), keep (-erself,), mark,look narrowly, observe, pre-serve, regard, reserve, save(self), sure, (that lay) wait (for),watch (-man).

We found in this study, over-whelming differences in Old andNew Testament Praises, thesedifferences we will point outlater. But first, note how specificGod was in his instructions ofpraise, to all those under the OldLaw [Israel]. Remember theywere to be circumspect in allthings (Exod.23:13), that God

had told them through Moses,David, and the LeviticalPriesthood etc.

1 Chr 16:1 So they brought theark of God, and set it in themidst of the tent that David hadpitched for it: and they offeredburnt sacrifices and peace offer-ings before God. 2 And whenDavid had made an end of offer-ing the burnt offerings and thepeace offerings, he blessed thepeople in the name of theLORD. 3 And he dealt to everyone of Israel, both man andwoman, to every one a loaf ofbread, and a good piece of flesh,and a flagon of wine. 4 And heappointed certain of the Levitesto minister before the ark of theLORD, and to record, and tothank and praise the LORDGod of Israel: 5 Asaph thechief, and next to himZechariah, Jeiel, andShemiramoth, and Jehiel, andMattithiah, and Eliab, andBenaiah, and Obededom: andJeiel with psalteries and withharps; but Asaph made a soundwith cymbals; 6 Benaiah alsoand Jahaziel the priests withtrumpets continually before theark of the covenant of God.

1 Chr 23:5 Moreover fourthousand were porters; and fourthousand praised the LORDwith the instruments which Imade, said David, to praisetherewith.

2 Chr 7:6 And the priests wait-ed on their offices: the Levitesalso with instruments ofmusick of the LORD, whichDavid the king had made topraise the LORD, because hismercy endureth for ever, whenDavid praised by their ministry;and the priests sounded trumpetsbefore them, and all Israelstood. (read also 1 Chr 25:56)

Ezra 3:10 And when thebuilders laid the foundation ofthe temple of the LORD, theyset the priests in their apparelwith trumpets, and the Levitesthe sons of Asaph with cymbals,to praise the LORD, after theordinance of David king ofIsrael.

Ps 33:1 Rejoice in the LORD,O ye righteous: for praise iscomely for the upright. 2 Praisethe LORD with harp: sing untohim with the psaltery and aninstrument of ten strings. 3 Singunto him a new song; play skil-fully with a loud noise.

Ps 71:22 I will also praise theewith the psaltery, even thy truth,O my God: unto thee will I singwith the harp, O thou HolyOne of Israel. (read also Ps43:4)

Ps 150:4 Praise him with the

timbrel and dance: praise himwith stringed instruments andorgans. 5 Praise him upon theloud cymbals: praise him uponthe high sounding cymbals.(read also Ps 149:3)

1 Sam 16:16 Let our lord nowcommand thy servants, whichare before thee, to seek out aman, who is a cunning player onan harp: and it shall come topass, when the evil spirit fromGod is upon thee, that he shall(1)play with his hand, and thoushalt be well. 17 And Saul saidunto his servants, Provide menow a man that can play well,and bring him to me.(KJV)

Definition: (1)play-5059 nagan(naw-gan’); a primitive root;properly, to thrum, i.e. beat atune with the fingers; expec. toplay on a stringed instrument;hence (generally), to makemusic: KJV— player on instru-ments, sing to the stringedinstruments, melody, ministrel,play (-er, -ing).

Ezek 33:32 And, lo, thou artunto them as a very lovely songof one that hath a pleasant voice,and can (1)play well on aninstrument: for they hear thywords, but they do themnot.(KJV)

Ps 87:7 As well the singers asthe (1)players on instrumentsshall be there: all my springs arein thee.(KJV)

Definition: (1)Player on instru-ments- 2490 chalal (khaw-lal’);(from 2485) to play (the flute; Xtake inheritance, pipe, player oninstruments, wound.3) (Piel) toplay the flute or pipe

2 Sam 6:5 And David and allthe house of Israel (*)playedbefore the LORD on all mannerof instruments made of fir wood,even on harps, and on psalteries,and on timbrels, and on cornets,and on cymbals.(KJV)

2 Sam 6:21 And David saidunto Michal, It was before theLORD, which chose me beforethy father, and before all hishouse, to appoint me ruler overthe people of the LORD, overIsrael: therefore will I (*)playbefore the LORD.(KJV)

1 Chr 13:8 And David and allIsrael (*)played before Godwith all their might, and withsinging, and with harps, andwith psalteries, and with tim-brels, and with cymbals, andwith trumpets.(KJV)

Definition: (*)play, played -7832 sachaq- 3) to play(including instrumental music,singing, dancing)

Ps 68:25 The singers went

before, the players on instru-ments followed after; amongthem were the damsels (1)play-ing with timbrels. 26 Bless yeGod in the congregations, eventhe Lord, from the fountain ofIsrael.(KJV)

Definition: (1) playing withtimbrels-8608 taphaph (taw-faf’); a primitive root; to drum,i.e. play (as) on the tambourine:KJV— taber, play with timbrels.

1 Sam 18:6 And it came to passas they came, when David wasreturned from the slaughter ofthe Philistine, that the womencame out of all cities of Israel,singing and dancing, to meetking Saul, with tabrets, with joy,and with instruments ofmusick.(KJV)

Definition: (1)instruments ofmusick 7991 shaliysh (shaw-leesh’); or shalowsh (1 Chron.11:11; 12:18) (shawloshe’); orshalosh (2 Sam. 23:13) (shaw-loshe’); from 7969; a triple, i.e.(as a musical instrument) a trian-gle (or perhaps rather three-stringed lute); KJV— captain,instrument of musick.

1 Chr 15:16 And David spaketo the chief of the Levites toappoint their brethren to be thesingers with instruments ofmusick, psalteries and harps andcymbals, sounding, by lifting upthe voice with joy.(KJV)

2 Chr 5:13 It came even topass, as the trumpeters andsingers were as one, to make onesound to be heard in praisingand thanking the LORD; andwhen they lifted up their voicewith the trumpets and cymbalsand instruments of musick, andpraised the LORD, saying, Forhe is good; for his mercyendureth for ever: that then thehouse was filled with a cloud,even the house of theLORD;(KJV)

2 Chr 7:6 And the priests wait-ed on their offices: the Levitesalso with (1)instruments ofmusick of the LORD, whichDavid the king had made topraise the LORD, because hismercy endureth for ever, whenDavid praised by their ministry;and the priests sounded trumpetsbefore them, and all Israelstood. (see also 2Chr 23:13;34:12)

Definition: (1)Instruments ofMusic -7892 shiyr (sheer); orfeminine shiyrah (shee-raw’);from 7891; a song; abstractly,singing: KJV— musical (-ick),X sing (-er, -ing), song. ***.siys. See 7797.

2 Chr 29:27 And Hezekiahcommanded to offer the burntoffering upon the altar. And

when the burnt offering began,the song of the LORD beganalso with the trumpets, and withthe instruments ordained byDavid king of Israel. 28 Andall the congregation worshipped,and the (#1)SI�GERS sang, andthe trumpeters sounded: and allthis continued until the burntoffering was finished.(KJV)

Definition: (#1) SI�GERS-7892 shier or feminine shiyrah-a song of Levitical choirs as afeminine noun: 2) a song; asong, an ode

Ezr 7:24 Also we certify you,that touching any of the priestsand Levies, (#2)SI�GERS,porters, Nethinims, or ministersof this house of God, it shall notbe lawful to impose toll, tribute,or custom, upon them.(KJV)

Definition: (#2) SI�GERS-2171 seamier (Aramaic) (zam-mawr’); from the same as 2170;an instrumental musician:KJV— singer.

�eh 10:28 And the rest of thepeople, the priests, the Levies,the porters, the (#3)SI�GERS,the Nethinims, and all they thathad separated themselves fromthe people of the lands unto thelaw of God, their wives, theirsons, and their daughters, everyone having knowledge, and hav-ing understanding;(KJV)

Definition: (#3) SI�GERS-5411 Anthony (naw-theen’); orNathan (Era 8:17) (naw-thoon’)(the proper form as passive par-ticiple), from 5414; one given,i.e. (in the plural only) theNethinim, or Temple-servants(as given to that duty): KJV—Nethinims.Temple slavesassigned to the Levies andpriests for service in the sanctu-ary

1 Chr 9:33 And these are the(#4)SI�GERS, chief of thefathers of the Levies, whoremaining in the chambers werefree: for they were employed inthat work day and night.(KJV)

Ecc. 2:8 I gathered me also sil-ver and gold, and the peculiartreasure of kings and of theprovinces: I at me men(#4)SI�GERS and women(#4)SI�GERS, and the delightsof the sons of men, as musicalinstruments, and that of all sorts.9 So I was great, and increasedmore than all that were beforeme in Jerusalem: also my wis-dom remained with me. 10 Andwhatsoever mine eyes desired Ikept not from them, I withheldnot my heart from any joy; formy heart rejoiced in all mylabor: and this was my portionof all my labor.

WHAT IS TRUTH: “SANCTIFY THEM THROUGH THY TRUTH: THY WORD IS TRUTH.”


11 Then I looked on all theworks that my hands hadwrought, and on the labor that Ihad labored to do: and, behold,all was vanity and vexation ofspirit, and there was no profitunder the sun.(KJV)

Definition: (#4) SI�GERS-7891 shier or (the originalform) shower (1 Sam. 18:6)-1)to sing 2) singer,SO�GSTRESSES (participle)2) singer, SO�GSTRESS(par-ticiple) to sing: KJV— behold[by mistake for 7789], sing (-ER, -in man, -in woman).

It was stated early on in thisstudy, that overwhelming differ-ences were found in Old andNew Testament praises. It wasalso stated that these differenceswould be pointed out later.Before this is done, let us havesome scriptural food for thought.In the book of Matthew, Jesusmade clear the origin of error; Matt 22:29 Jesus answered andsaid unto them, Ye do err, notknowing the scriptures, nor thepower of God. (KJV) In lastmonth’s article, “New TestamentPraise Cont….” in our search ofthe whole NEW TESTAMENT,the words PLAYED; PLAYING;PLAYER; PLAYERS; INSTRU-MENT, or SINGERS were NOTONCE found. As was pointedout in last month’s article theword PLAY was found onlyonce in the N.T., and it hadnothing to do with praising theLord (1Cor.10:6-7). The wordMUSICK [music] was foundonce and INSTRUMENTS twiceand as PLAY they had nothingto do with praising the Lord(Luke15:25-27; Rom.6:13-17).Dear reader if you have read theabove scriptures well, you willhave noted that all of thesewords were found many timesunder the Law of Moses; underthe Levitical priest hood; underDavid the king of Israel; underthe OLD TESTAMENT, but notONCE found under GRACE andTRUTH; under the NEW TES-TAMENT; under CHRIST, andhis apostles.

Old Testament scriptures clearlyprove, that the practice of praisedone by those under the old law,which was given by Moses(John1:17), included MUSIC,DANCING and CHOIRS [notesingers]. Not only did it includemusic, but also many types ofmusical instruments. The LordGod of Israel was to be praisedin that manner, and this madeIsrael righteous with Him. TheLord God of Israel was also, asalways, precise in His instruc-tions of praise through Mosesand etc. New Testament scrip-tures clearly prove, that the prac-tice of praise done underGRACE and TRUTH, which isby Jesus Christ (John1:17), do

not include, music; dancing, orchoirs. The instruction to theChurch by Christ is for all tosing, not to be a singer.Remember the definition ofsingers is a choir and or a groupand is only given to those underthe Old Law. The Lord of AllNations (Gal.3:23-29) is to bepraised in this manner, and thismakes the Church that Christ isbuilding, those of the one faith,righteous with him. Note theinstructions given to the Churchthat Christ is building; “Eph5:19 speaking to yourselves inpsalms and hymns and spiritualsongs, (1)singing and makingmelody (2)in your (3)heart tothe Lord;” “Col 3:16 Let theword of Christ dwell in yourichly in all wisdom; teachingand admonishing one another inpsalms and hymns and spiritualsongs, singing with grace inyour hearts to the Lord.”

Definitions:(1)singing-103 aido(ad’-o)’ a primary verb;to sing,to the praise of anyone, to sing:KJV— sing…..(2)in-1722 en-in, by, with, etc……(3) yourheart-2588 kardia (kar-dee’-ah); prolonged from a primarykar (Latin, cor, “heart”); theheart, i.e. (figuratively) thethoughts or feelings (mind); also(by analogy) the middle: KJV—(+broken-) heart (-ed).

In Eph.5:19, we found SPEAK-ING, not PLAYING to our-selves in psalms and hymns andspiritual songs. We foundSINGING, not PLAYING. Wefound making melody IN (withor by) our HEARTS (minds),not WITH INSTRUMENTS.Lastly, we found this was to bedone to THE LORD accordingto the apostle’s doctrine; NOTSinging and Playing, butSINGING and making melodyin our hearts to THE LORD.Scriptural food for thought, thestatements “in your heart(s); intheir heart(s); in he, she, theheart(s)” was used many timesin the Old Testament, not ONCEdid we find that MELODY wasto be made in, by or withTHEIR heart(s). According toOld Testament Scriptures,melody was to be made withINSTRUMENTS and this madeTHEM, the Children of Israelright (righteous) with God. InCol 3:16, Christians are to letthe word of God dwell in themrichly in all wisdom; teachingand admonishing one another byspiritual singing. Singing is whatthe Apostles’ doctrine teaches,NOT songs accompanied bymusic, in groups, to the pleasureof the ear; but to the Lord. TrueChristians MUST hear Christand his apostles ONLY, accord-ing to GOD THE FATHER, inNew Testament scripture. If weare of God we must hear God’s

word; “John 8:47 He that is ofGod heareth God’s words: yetherefore hear them not, becauseye are not of God.” In Matt. the17th chapter verses 1-8, Godmade it clear, to whomChristians must hear PLEASEREAD CAREFULLY; Matt 17:(1) And after six days Jesustaketh Peter, James, and John hisbrother, and bringeth them upinto an high mountain apart, (2)And was transfigured beforethem: and his face did shine asthe sun, and his raiment waswhite as the light. (3) And,behold, there appeared untothem MOSES and ELIAS talk-ing with him. (4) Then answeredPeter, and said unto Jesus, Lord,it is good for us to be here: ifthou wilt, let us make here threetabernacles; one for THEE, andone for MOSES, and one forELIAS. (5) While he yet spake,behold, a bright cloud overshad-owed them: and behold a voiceout of the cloud, which said,This is my beloved Son, inwhom I am well pleased; hearye him. (6) And when the disci-ples heard it, they fell on theirface, and were sore afraid. (7)And Jesus came and touchedthem, and said, Arise, and be notafraid. (8) And when they hadlifted up their eyes, they saw noman, save Jesus only. Again,according to N.T. scriptures,GOD THE FATHER interruptedthe apostle Peter, as he yet spakeof MOSES and ELIAS. GODthen made it clear that JESUSCHRIST is his beloved SON, inwhom He is WELL PLEASED;hear ye him. Note verse 8, whenthey lifted up their eyes, theysaw no man, save Jesus only. Itseems as though GOD is notgoing to tolerate anyone elsebeing heard but his beloved son.So that we can be right (right-eous) with GOD. Not only wasChrist God’s beloved Son, buthe was and is His ONLY begot-ten Son (John 1:6-18; John3:16-21; Heb. 11:17; 1John4:5-9)….Definition: ONLYbegotten-3439 monogenes(mon-og-en-ace’); from 3441and 1096; only-born, i.e. sole;single of its kind, only b) usedof Christ, denotes the one andonly son of God: KJV— only(begotten, child).

Now let’s read what The OnlyBegotten has to say, Please readcarefully; Matt 28: (16) Thenthe eleven disciples went awayinto Galilee, into a mountainwhere Jesus had appointed them.(17) And when they saw him,they worshipped him: but somedoubted. (18) And Jesus cameand spake unto them, saying, Allpower is given unto me in heav-en and in earth. (19) Go yetherefore, and teach all nations,baptizing them in the name ofthe Father, and of the Son, andof the Holy Ghost: (20)

Teaching them to observe allthings whatsoever I have com-manded you: and, lo, I am withyou alway, even unto the end ofthe world. Amen. We find inverse 17, that some of his disci-ples doubted the authority ofGod’s beloved Son. Many areguilty of this in today’s religiousworld, because they follow thecommandments and traditions ofthe Old Testament and of men,rather than Christ and the apos-tles. Jesus cleared up this doubtin verse 18, by verifying whathis Father had given unto him,because they are one; All poweris given unto me in heaven andin earth. Then Jesus sent the dis-ciples on the mission of teachingALL NATIONS, and baptizingthem in the name of the Father,and of the Son, and of the HolyGhost. This was to be done toALL NATIONS because, pleaseread carefully; “Gal 3: 23 Butbefore faith came, we were keptunder the law, shut up unto thefaith which should afterwards berevealed. 24 Wherefore the lawwas our schoolmaster to bring usunto Christ, that we might bejustified by faith. 25 But afterthat faith is come, we are nolonger under a schoolmaster. 26For ye are all the children ofGod by faith in Christ Jesus. 27For as many of you as have beenbaptized into Christ have put onChrist. 28 There is neither Jewnor Greek, there is neither bondnor free, there is neither malenor female: for ye are all one inChrist Jesus. 29 And if ye beChrist’s, then are ye Abraham’sseed, and heirs according to thepromise.” Christ then told hisdisciples (apostles) in verse 20of Matt. the 28 chapter, toteach all those that they had bap-tized in the name of the Father,and of the Son, and of the HolyGhost, which is the Church thatChrist is building, to observe Allthings whatsoever he had com-manded them (the apostles).

Then Jesus Christ continued toteach, as he prayed to his Father,how that one MUST believe onhim through His apostlesWORD; so that we all maybeONE. Please read carefully;“John 17: 19 And for theirsakes I sanctify myself, that theyalso might be sanctified throughthe truth. 20 Neither pray I forthese alone, but for them alsowhich shall believe on methrough their word; 21 Thatthey all may be one; as thou,Father, art in me, and I in thee,that they also may be one in us:that the world may believe thatthou hast sent me.” According toJesus Christ, in verse 20, allmust believe on him through theApostles word, and we can onlyfind their word, in NewTestament scripture. Remember,Jesus gave them the word(John17:14), and sent them “the

apostles” the Comforter to guidethem in ALL Truth; “John14:16 And I will pray theFather, and he shall give youanother Comforter, that he mayabide with you for ever; 17Even the Spirit of truth; whomthe world cannot receive,because it seeth him not, neitherknoweth him: but ye know him;for he dwelleth with you, andshall be in you. 18 I will notleave you comfortless: I willcome to you.” “John 14:25These things have I spoken untoyou, being yet present with you.26 But the Comforter, which isthe Holy Ghost, whom theFather will send in my name, heshall teach you all things, andbring all things to your remem-brance, whatsoever I have saidunto you.” “John 15:26 Butwhen the Comforter is come,whom I will send unto you fromthe Father, even the Spirit oftruth, which proceedeth from theFather, he shall testify of me: 27And ye also shall bear witness,because ye have been with mefrom the beginning.” “John16:5 But now I go my way tohim that sent me; and none ofyou asketh me, Whither goestthou? 6 But because I have saidthese things unto you, sorrowhath filled your heart. 7Nevertheless I tell you the truth;It is expedient for you that I goaway: for if I go not away, theComforter will not come untoyou; but if I depart, I will sendhim unto you.” “John 16:12 Ihave yet many things to say untoyou, but ye cannot bear themnow. 13 Howbeit when he, theSpirit of truth, is come, he willguide you into all truth: for heshall not speak of himself; butwhatsoever he shall hear, thatshall he speak: and he will shewyou things to come. 14 He shallglorify me: for he shall receiveof mine, and shall shew it untoyou. 15 All things that theFather hath are mine: thereforesaid I, that he shall take of mine,and shall shew it untoyou.”(KJV)

Then the Apostles, verified theirauthorization by Jesus Christ,please read carefully; “Acts1:1 The former treatise have Imade, O Theophilus, of all thatJesus began both to do andteach, 2 Until the day in whichhe was taken up, after that hethrough the Holy Ghost hadgiven commandments unto theapostles whom he had chosen:3 To whom also he shewed him-self alive after his passion bymany infallible proofs, beingseen of them forty days, andspeaking of the things pertainingto the kingdom of God:” “1 Cor11: 1 Be ye followers of me,even as I also am of Christ.



2 Now I praise you, brethren,that ye remember me in allthings, and keep the ordinances,as I delivered them to you. 3 ButI would have you know, that thehead of every man is Christ; andthe head of the woman is theman; and the head of Christ isGod.” “Eph 3:1 For this cause IPaul, the prisoner of Jesus Christfor you Gentiles, 2 If ye haveheard of the dispensation of thegrace of God which is given meto you-ward: 3 How that byrevelation he made known untome the mystery; (as I wroteafore in few words, 4 Whereby,when ye read, ye may under-stand my knowledge in the mys-tery of Christ) 5 Which in otherages was not made known untothe sons of men, as it is nowrevealed unto his holy apostlesand prophets by the Spirit;” “2Pet 3: 1 This second epistle,beloved, I now write unto you;in both which I stir up your pureminds by way of remembrance:2 That ye may be mindful of thewords which were spoken beforeby the holy prophets, and of thecommandment of us the apostlesof the Lord and Saviour: 3Knowing this first, that thereshall come in the last daysscoffers, walking after their ownlusts,” “I Jn 4:5 They are of theworld: therefore speak they ofthe world, and the world heareththem. 6 We are of God: he thatknoweth God heareth us; he thatis not of God heareth not us.Hereby know we the spirit oftruth, and the spirit of error.”“Jude 1:17 But, beloved,remember ye the words whichwere spoken before of the apos-tles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18How that they told you thereshould be (1)mockers in the lasttime, who should walk aftertheir own ungodly lusts. 19These be they who separatethemselves, (2)sensual, havingnot the (3)Spirit.”(KJV)

Definitions:(1)mockers-1703empaiktes (emp-aheek-tace’);from 1702; a derider, i.e.(by implication) a false teacher:KJV— mocker, scoffer. (2)sen-sual-5591 psuchikos-of orbelonging to breath: a) havingthe nature and characteristics ofthe breath, the principal of ani-mal life, which men have incommon with the brutes b) gov-erned by breath; the sensuousnature with its subjection toappetite and passion (3)havingNOT the Spirit-4151 pneuma-2) the spiritual nature of Christ,higher than the highest angelsand equal to God, the divinenature of Christ 4) the Spirit ofGod

Keeping all these things in mind,these are the examples, instruc-tions, and commands, given byJesus Christ, through theApostles, to those of the churchthat he is building, and is thehead of. Just as those under theOld Law, to be right [righteous]with God, those of the one faith

must follow the instructions ofthe New Testament circumspect-ly. Please read carefully; “Eph5: 13 But all things that arereproved are made manifest bythe light: for whatsoever dothmake manifest is light. 14Wherefore he saith, Awake thouthat sleepest, and arise from thedead, and Christ shall give theelight. 15 See then that ye (1)walk (2) circumspectly, not asfools, but as wise, 16Redeeming the time, because thedays are evil. 17 Wherefore beye not unwise, but understandingwhat the will of the Lord is.”(KJV)

Definitions: (1)walk-4043 peri-pateo (per-ee-pat-eh’-o); from4012 and 3961; to tread allaround; figuratively, to live,deport oneself, follow (as a com-panion or votary): KJV— go, beoccupied with, walk (about).1)to regulate one’s life 2) to con-duct oneself 3) to pass one’s life(2)circumspectly-199 akribos(ak-ree-boce’); exactly: KJV—circumspectly, diligently, accu-rately, perfect (-ly).

How can we that profess to beChristians, followers of Christthrough the apostle’s word, fol-low traditions and command-ments that are not found in theApostles doctrine, and be right(righteous) with God? It isimpossible; if we follow the tra-ditions and commands of Mosesthen we are of Moses. If we fol-low the traditions and com-mands of David, Elias etc., thenwe are of them. Those that areof God,MUST follow Christ through theapostle’s word, traditions andcommandments; Simplicity thatis in Christ Jesus. Remember,those that are truly of the onefaith, those that are truly underGrace and Truth, which came byJesus Christ and not byMoses(John1:17); MUST heedN.T. scripture, please read care-fully; “Eph 5:23 For the hus-band is the head of the wife,even as Christ is the head of thechurch: and he is the saviour ofthe body. 24 Therefore as thechurch is subject unto Christ,so let the wives be to their ownhusbands in every thing.” “Phil4:9 Those things, which yehave both learned, and received,and heard, and seen in me, do:and the God of peace shall bewith you.” “Col 1:12 Givingthanks unto the Father, whichhath made us meet to be partak-ers of the inheritance of thesaints in light: 13 Who hathdelivered us from the power ofdarkness, and hath translated usinto the kingdom of his dearSon: 14 In whom we haveredemption through his blood,even the forgiveness of sins: 15Who is the image of the invisi-ble God, the firstborn of everycreature: 16 For by him were allthings created, that are in heav-en, and that are in earth, visibleand invisible, whether they be

thrones, or dominions, or princi-palities, or powers: all thingswere created by him, and forhim: 17 And he is before allthings, and by him all thingsconsist. 18 And he is the head ofthe body, the church: who is thebeginning, the firstborn from thedead; that in all things he mighthave the preeminence. 19 For itpleased the Father that in himshould all fulness dwell; 20 And,having made peace through theblood of his cross, by him toreconcile all things unto himself;by him, I say, whether they bethings in earth, or things inheaven.” “ II Th 2:13 But we are boundto give thanks alway to God foryou, brethren beloved of theLord, because God hath from thebeginning chosen you to salva-tion through sanctification of theSpirit and belief of the truth: 14Whereunto he called you by ourgospel, to the obtaining of theglory of our Lord Jesus Christ.15 Therefore, brethren, standfast, and hold the traditionswhich ye have been taught,whether by word, or our epis-tle.” “ 2 Tim 3:13 But evil menand seducers shall wax worseand worse, deceiving, and beingdeceived. 14 But continue thouin the things which thou hastlearned and hast been assured of,knowing of whom thou hastlearned them; 15 And that froma child thou hast known theholy scriptures, which are ableto make thee wise unto salva-tion through faith which is inChrist Jesus.

Dear reader, please rememberthere are no examples, tradi-tions, or commandments, by theapostles for INSTRUMENTS ofMUSIC, CHOIRS, or GROUPSINGERS, in the Church byChrist. We can reject N.T. scrip-ture and continue in these thingsof the O.T., if this is our choice.Consider this carefully, to rejectNew Testament scripture is toreject the apostle’s word andcommandments, to reject theapostles, is to reject Christ andGod the Father. We MUST notreject the words of the Lord,because they are the ones thatwill judge us in the last day:John 12:48 “He that rejectethme, and receiveth not my words,hath one that judgeth him: theword that I have spoken, thesame shall judge him in thelast day.” Please remember, the purpose ofthese articles is to seek theTRUTH according to THEWORD, thereby exposingERROR, which is false doctrine,for the purpose of saving oursouls. We believe this is bestdone by definitions and thePREPONDERANCE OFSCRIPTURES; which is havingsuperior weight, force, impor-tance, or influence of SCRIP-TURE. Again we believe thisallows SCRIPTURE to INTER-PRET SCRIPTURE, therebyallowing a better understanding

on that topic.

Now let us read what one of theLord’s apostles had to say oninterpretation, as he was guidedby The Holy Ghost: “2 Pet 1:16For we have not (1)followed(2)cunningly devised (3)fables,when we made known unto youthe power and coming of ourLord Jesus Christ, but were eye-witnesses of his majesty. 17 Forhe received from God the Fatherhonour and glory, when therecame such a voice to him fromthe excellent glory, This is mybeloved Son, in whom I am wellpleased. 18 And this voicewhich came from heaven weheard, when we were with himin the holy mount. 19 We havealso a more sure word ofprophecy; whereunto ye do wellthat ye take heed, as unto a lightthat shineth in a dark place, untilthe day dawn, and the day stararise in your hearts: 20Knowing this first, that noprophecy of the scripture is ofany (4)private (5)interpreta-tion. 21 For the prophecy camenot in old time by the will ofman: but holy men of God spakeas they were moved by the HolyGhost.”

Definitions:(1) have not fol-lowed-1811 exakoloutheo (ex-ak-ol-oo-theh’-o); from 1537and 190; to follow out, i.e. (figu-ratively) to tread in one’s stepsa) metaphorically, to imitateone’s ways of acting b) to followone’s authority c) to complywith, obey, yield to: KJV— fol-low. (2)cunningly devised-4679 sophizo (sof-id’-zo); from4680; to render wise; in a sinis-ter acceptation, a) to invent, toplay the sophist b) to devisecleverly or cunningly, to form“sophisms”, i.e. continue plausi-ble error [believable error]:KJV— cunningly devised, makewise. (3)fables-3454 muthos(moo’-thos); perhaps from thesame as 3453 (through the ideaof tuition); a tale, i.e. fiction(“myth”) b) an invention, afalsehood: KJV— fable. (4)pri-vate-2398 idios-pertaining tooneself, one’s own, belonging tooneself (5)interpretation-1955 epilusis (ep-il’-oo-sis);from 1956; explanation, i.e.application1) a loosening,unloosing: KJV— interpretation.

Thanks again for your interest inthe WORD of TRUTH; GRACEand SALVATION; John 17:17-21; Acts 20:29-32; James1:21-25. After all it is our MAP toHEAVEN, and away fromHELL! Now here is a scarythought, let not this be our endbecause of OUR interpretationsand traditions; “Matt 7:21 Notevery one that saith unto me,Lord, Lord, shall enter into thekingdom of heaven; but he thatdoeth the will of my Fatherwhich is in heaven. 22 Manywill say to me in that day, Lord,Lord, have we not prophesied inthy name? and in thy name have

cast out devils? and in thy namedone many wonderful works? 23And then will I profess untothem, I never knew you: departfrom me, ye that work iniquity.24 Therefore whosoever heareththese sayings of mine, and doeththem, I will liken him unto awise man, which built his houseupon a rock:” “1 Pet 4:16 Yet ifany man suffer as a Christian, lethim not be ashamed; but let himglorify God on this behalf. 17For the time is come that judg-ment must begin at the house ofGod: and if it first begin at us,what shall the end be of themthat obey not the gospel of God?18 And if the (1)righteous(2)scarcely be saved, whereshall the ungodly and the sinnerappear? 19 Wherefore let themthat suffer according to the willof God commit the keeping oftheir souls to him in well doing,as unto a faithful Creator.” “2Pet 2:1 But there were falseprophets also among the people,even as there shall be falseteachers among you, who privi-ly shall bring in damnable here-sies, even denying the Lord thatbought them, and bring uponthemselves swift destruction. 2And many shall follow theirpernicious ways; by reason ofwhom the way of truth shall beevil spoken of. 3 And through(3)covetousness shall they(4)with feigned words (5)makemerchandise of you: whosejudgment now of a long timelingereth not, and their damna-tion slumbereth not.”

Definitions:(1)if the righteous-1342dikaios-righteous, observingdivine laws a) in a wide sense,upright, righteous, virtuous,keeping the commands of God.

(2)scarcely be saved-3433molis (mol’-is); probably by var.for 3425; with difficulty, 2) noteasily, scarcely, very rarely:KJV— hardly, scarce (-ly), +with much work.

(3)And through covetousness-4124 pleonexia (pleh-on-ex-ee’-ah); from 4123; avarice, i.e. (byimplication) fraudulency, extor-tion, greedy desire to have more,covetousness, avarice: KJV—covetous (-ness) practices,greediness.

(4)with feigned words-4112plastos (plas-tos’);from 4111;moulded, i.e. (by implication)artificial or (figuratively) ficti-tious (false): KJV— feigned.

(5)make merchandise of you-1710 emporeuomai-to traffic, 3)to deal in, 4) to use a person or athing for gain.

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PRECIOUS is Time. Therefore while you have

time, use it to learn and do Gods Commandments

for at the end of life is pay time and your pay will

be according as your work has been. You will find

in 2 Corinthians 5:10 the following: “For we must

all appear before the judgement seat of Christ,

that everyone may recive the things done in his

body according to that he hath done, whether it

be good or evil.” You will find in John 15:14. “Ye

are my friends if ye do whatsoever I command

you.” Solomon said in Proverbs 1:5 “A wise man

will hear and will increase learning, and a man of

understanding will attain unto wise counsel.”

How shall we escape if we neglect to great

Salvation: Hebrew 2:1-3 Salvation is to be worked

out. It will not work itself out; God will not work

it out for us. �o one can work it out for us. It is

the duty of man to work out his own salvation.

How! With fear and trembling. Phil. 2:12. Pray

fervently, attend the Lord’s Day Worship, Be on

time, Take active part in Singing, Teaching of God

Word, Giving as we prosper and taking the

Lord’s Supper with death.

THE CHURCH OF CHRISTWas founded by Christ Matt 16:18 he bought it.

Compliments of: Roy Murray

TO THOSE ON THE OUTSIDEDEAR SINNER HEED THIS CALL

PLAN OF SALVATIONATTENTION

There are five steps in The Divine Plan ofSalvation1. HEAR Mark 12:29, Matthews 7:21: Luke 6:4-62. BELIEVE John 20:31, Acts 16:31,

Romans 10:17, Hebrews 11:63. REPENT Luke 13:3, Acts 17:314. CONFESS Matthews 10:32 Acts 8:37,

Romans 10:9-105. BAPTISM Mark 16:15-16, Acts 2:28, 22:16

CHARITY

BROTHERLY

GODLINESS

PATIENCE

TEMPERANCE

KNOWLEDGE

VIRTURE

As the high school football sea-

son got underway we noticed the

Booker T. Washington cheer-

leaders ready to go. Arriving

some 25 minutes before the start

of the 7th Annual Fiesta Booker-

Bryant Memorial Classic, the

lady Eagles cheerleaders

appeared to have been able to

sense an Eagle win. That’s what

happened as the Eagles beat

Jack Yates 14-13 in a game that

had a starting time temperature

of over 109 degrees.

The Eagles cheerleaders are lead

by the lovely and talented

Ashelyn Williams and they were

on the field and ready to go. She

is currently a senior and holding

a 4.0 grade point average. The

daughter of Accelyn and Rauel

Williams, Ashley plans to attend

college and major in computer

science with a minor in commu-

nication.

On Sundays you’ll find the

Williams family over at The

Church Without Walls where the

legendary Ralph West is the pas-

tor. Ashelyn talked about what it

has meant to her life. “I’ve been

going there every since I was lit-

tle and it certainly has helped

me be a better person to always

think positive about life”.

As we talked more with

Ashelyn, she was carefully

watching her group to make sure

they were carrying on while we

were interviewing her. Keep in

mind she is the captain of the

squad and when she says jump

the girls only ask how high. “It’s

a good group of girls and we

work hard and I’d say we are

about as good as any in our dis-

trict and better than some”.

On the subject of our President

and the nation’s economic woes,

Ashley says she feels President

Barack Obama is doing about as

well as one would expect under

the circumstances.

Reflecting back on her young

life Ashelyn says if she had it to

do over again she probably

would have taken middle school

a bit more seriously. “I would

have gotten a better start on col-

lege prep courses had I known

what I know now”.

The dress code would be the

only thing she would change if

she was put in charge of the

school administration. “I can

remember when we didn’t have

a dress code”.

Crediting her mother with being

her most driving force in life

Ashley says her mother pushed

her to do her very best at all

times. “I think the key is she

made it clear to me to never

waste any time and always stay

positive and work hard at your

goals.

In her spare time Ashelyn loves

to read books and just finished

reading the book “The Help”

that’s was also a big hit at the

box office.

Describing herself as a much

focused young woman Ashelyn

says she never wastes time and

always remains positive. “When

you put God first in your life

you don’t have time for boys

and none of the negative things

life has to offer, but you stay on

the straight and narrow path”.

In closing Ashelyn stated when

you are a female you can’t

afford to waste your time, you

must make every minute count!


By King Arthur Prayther

A King-Size View

ASHELYN WILLIAMS-BTWSTUDENT OF THE WEEK

As the 2011 football season

opens with week zero it’s 17

weeks before the title day at

Cowboy Stadium on December

17, 2011. The defending Class

5A champ Pearland Oilers eased

past a hard fighting Madison

Marlins squad 45-24. Rolling up

331 yards on the ground the

Oilers added to their 16-0 mark

of year ago and got off to good

start. Coach Tony Heath made it

clear last year is gone and its

time to start over. “Naw we are

not 17-0; we are 1-0 and that’s

something for our kids to build

on”. Heath went to praise the

Marlins for putting up a good

quality fight and working his

team in their opener. It spoiled

the debut of Pat Reinecke who

took over for the retired Ray

Seals. But things look good for

the Marlins as they opened the

scoring with field goal in the

first and trailed only 14-10 at the

half. Jackie Robinson ran for

208 yards on 21 carries and

added touchdown as the Oilers

ground gain led them to victory.

Everett Anderson and

De’Landon Driver the nephew

of Green Bay Packer Donald

Driver hooked up on screen pass

for 85 yards to close the gap

before Pearland put it out of

reach.

Jordan Thompson grabbed seven

passes for 120 yards and two

touchdown as the Katy Tigers

ran past North Shore 34-6.

Quarterback Brook Haack

passed for two scores on 11 of

14 for 183 yards and ran 10

yards for another score in the

win. Jeff Johnson added a cou-

ple of field goals for the Tigers

who won the match for the third

straight time.

Jesse Davis ran for two scores

and 132 yards as the Wildcats of

Wheatley turned back Galveston

Ball at Barnett. Davis also

passed for another score in the

25-13 Wildcat win.

Darrell Colbert hit on nine of 15

for 204 yards and two touch-

downs as Lamar ran past Clear

Brook 58-14. Colbert is the son

of former Beaumont Westbrook,

TSU and Kansas City Chief

Great Darrell Colbert who was

the receiver coach for the TSU

Tigers SWAC championship

team in 2010.

The Eagles of Eisenhower got

121 yards from running back

Donald Catalon to lead a well

balance attack that gave them

216 yards on the ground and

they added another 103 in the

air. It gave them a win over Fort

Bend Hightower 42-41 in a

thriller.

Pearland Dawson rushed for 266

yards as they turned back Clear

Springs 34-14. Garry Kimble hit

on 17 of 23 passes for235 yards

and two touchdowns in the vic-

tory.

Trey Williams ran for 149 yards

and four touchdowns all in the

first half as Dekaney whipped

Fort Bend Marshall 60-9. Some

consider Williams the best back

in the state and he quickly lived

up to it against Marshall.

Jarvis Duckworth exploded for

152 yards and three touchdowns

in 25 carries as the Raiders of

Sterling whipped Jones 40-22.

Summer Creek ran past Sam

Rayburn 43-10 as Reggie

Grayson ran for 124 yards and

two touchdowns in only 12 car-

ries.

Spring edged Conroe 27-20

behind the hard running of

Darius Campbell who had 183

yards and two scores on 22 car-

ries.

Kingwood Park got past

Channelview 13-10 and a Ryley

Richardson 47 yard field goal

was the difference in the game.

Memorial blanked Stratford 14-0

as Boomer White ran 30 times

for 186 yards and one score for

the Mustangs.

Fort Bend Dulles squeezed past

Alief Hastings 16-13 a 24 yard

field goal by Ian Voorhies was

the margin of victory.

Matt Davis went 22 times for

174 yards and two touchdowns

as Klein Forest whipped Cinco

Ranch 32-17 in other action.

Reagan pounded Furr 53-6 as

Dylan Wilburn ran for 131 yards

and two scores while teammate

helped them to 19 first downs.

Seven Lakes got the upper hand

on Kempner 24-21 as they

jumped out and withstood a rally

by Kemper for the win.

Rosenberg Terry slipped past La

Marque 22-21 thanks to a pass

that failed as the Cougars went

for the win with 6 minutes to go

in the fourth period.

Pasadena beat Spring Woods 35-

26 and East Bernard whipped

Stafford 40-7, while Klein beat

Aldine 28-13. Pasadena Dobie

edged Alief Taylor 14-13,

Episcopal beat North Forest 39-

19 and Edna beat Needville 42-

7. Manvel pounded Willowridge

62-6 and Sharpstown got past

Worthing 14-7.

Willis roughed up Jeff Davis 44-

7 and Deer Park got the upper

hand on Dickinson 38-21. It was

Kingwood over Elsik 29-15

while Chavez edged Clear Lake

12-3. Brazoswood beat Bellaire

29-19 and Dayton squeezed past

Elkins 29-28 in a thriller.

In other game Barber Hill

blanked Santa Fe 34-0 while

Angleton beat Friendswood 42-

28. Magnolia over Galena Park

28-21 and Atascocita over South

Houston 35-14, Fort Bend Bush

won over Nimitz 20-16 and La

Porte blanked Clement 31-0. It

was New Caney big over

Scarborough 54-18 and Clear

Creek beat Pasadena Memorial

30-13 while Cy-Fair whipped

Katy Taylor 31-0 and Strake

Jesuit edged St. Thomas 31-26.

Jesse Davis a big key toWheatley Wildcats win over Ball

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Pearland coach Tony Heath hadOilers ready for Marlins

THIS WEEK IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL


With a game time temperature of

103 degree the Booker T.

Washington Eagles sharpen their

claws and faced the Mighty Jack

Yates Lions. With more than

8,000 fans on hand for the 7th

Annual Fiesta Booker-Bryant

Memorial Classic, the Eagles

grounded out a tough win to

start their season. How many

coaches debuted by beating the

Jack Yates Lions? Well

Nathaniel ‘Puddin’ Jones can say

he did as the first year coach

matched wits with the legendary

Ronald Miller of Yates. The two

longtime friends knew this

would be a great one and it was.

Coach Miller had told us on

Thursday he knew the Eagles

would play hard for ‘Puddin’

and the Lions had to be ready

for a battle. Jones told us he felt

his team was ready for the

showdown and had worked very

hard in getting ready for the

annual showdown.

As far the game goes the Lions

took the opening kickoff deep

into Eagles territory but could

not punch it in. After a punt the

Eagles begin a march for the

game’s first score. The key play

in the drive a 58 yard pass from

John Gibbs to Chris Jackson that

setup a 16 yard scoring pass to

Da’Shamon Haynes. The Eagles

got some good running from

Nico Bush and TreVonta

Franklin in this drive. But as you

would expect the Lions

answered quickly as Arthur

Lockett took it in from six yards

out following a great return by

Jordan Bailey. The first period

ended with a 7 all tie.

In the second period the Eagles

again ran the ball well with John

Gibbs getting into the act as well

as Zyris Shakir closing it out

with a six yard touchdown run.

Place kicker Alejandro

Arambula booted his second

point after touchdown. Little did

anyone know at the time that

would be the difference in the

game’s outcome. So the Lions

rallied back after a big catch by

Jordan Bailey and once again

Arthur Lockett took it in from

11 yards out, but this time the

kick failed and Booker T.

Washington went into the locker

room holding to a one point

lead. At the time no one could

imagine it would hold out

throughout a scoreless second

half, but it did.

The halftime was special as

always when the Jack Yates fam-

ily honored Mrs. Clairene

Booker on the Yates side and

Big John Chandler of A King-

Size View presented Mrs.

Booker with flowers and Mr.

Keith Jacobsen of Fiesta pre-

sented her with the annual

plaque honoring the late Luther

M. Booker.

We moved to the other side of

the field as Mrs. Charlotte

Bryant took to the field escorted

by her son Byron and received

flowers from Mr. Keith Jacobsen

of Fiesta and a plaque from Mr.

Dugar Adams Operation

Manager at LHO of Con-Way

Freight.

The second half produced many

hard hitting plays and some

tough hard nose football but no

points. Gibbs was good on four

of his five passes for BTW and

Maurice White made good on

two of his six passes but it was

one of the better thrown balls

we’ve seen. Both quarterbacks

are going to pass the ball well

before the season ends.

The receiving core of the Eagles

took advantage as Gibbs hit four

different receivers with passes.

One was Jacobee Conway who

hauled in a pass of 34 yards to

set up the Eagles second touch-

down. “I said to myself it was

going to be hard and difficult but

I gave it my all to get open and

was able to make a big play with

a 30 plus yard reception”. The

junior receiver went on to say

the Eagles gave their souls to

God and worked very hard to

win this game. He added

Wheatley is the team they have

to beat in order to win district.

“I will be the first to admit

Wheatley has a pretty good foot-

ball team, but when the time

comes we plan to play them

hard and beat them too”.

Chris Jackson is outstanding and

look for him to really grab some

passes before the year is over. It

was Jackson who broke free for

a 58 yard completion from John

Gibbs in the first period to setup

the go ahead touchdown.

Da’Shamon Haynes got behind

the Yates Lions for a big 16 yard

scoring pass from John Gibbs

and it gave the Eagles the lead

that they never trail in the con-

test.

In the second period it was set-

back Zyris Shakir getting

through the line and scoring for

the Eagles. The senior setback

had 49 yards on 17 carries along

with that six yard scoring run.

“Hard work in practice and

everybody got stronger and we

were ready for this one”. Last

year Zyris who is in his second

season at BTW said he was a lit-

tle nervous at first but once he

got a couple of good runs he felt

pretty good. “I think coach saw

we were able to get some yards

on the ground and he kept run-

ning us. We asked what it meant

to him to see BTW win the

Fiesta Booker-Bryant Memorial

Classic. “I feel real good about

winning this classic a lot of

classes before us were unable to

beat Yates so I feel very privi-

leged to be a winner in this great

game”. Before the game several

of the Eagles players admit they

were a little nervous, but once

the game started they realized

they could win the contest. “We

knew most people thought Yates

would win because they had

won it four years in a row, so we

worked real hard to get ready

and we talked about it before the

game and went out played hard

and won”. Zyris added he feels

the win will shed some light on

BTW and maybe it will help get

more scholarships for their play-

ers. “Beating Yates certainly has

to create some attention for

Booker T. and the college scouts

might come out to see us now”.

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Fiesta Mr. Keith Jacobsen having fun with Mrs. Bryantas he presents her flowers

Big John Chandler and Mr. Keith Jacobsen presentMrs. Clairene Booker with Flowers and plaque

Booker T group shot after win at Delmar Stadium

Shamon Hayes scores 16 yard TD

John Gibbs (1) shares the spot light withhis brother William Gibbs (3) at Delmar stadium


Jacobee Conway (9) BTWreceiver had a big catch

Jack Yates Lions captains take to the field

Tristan Francis, two-way player

BTW SLIPS PAST JACK YATES IN 7TH ANNUAL FIESTA BOOKER-BRYANT MEMORIAL CLASSIC 14-13

Byron Bryant shares a moment with his Mom on thisspecial occasion to honor his father

BTW Eagles captains getting ready to battle

James Paul Bryant (86) and Titus Bryant (54) of Yates bothgrandsons of the late James “Bear” Bryant

Running back Zyris Shakirscored from 6 yards out

TreVonta Franklin (29) rushedfor 109 yards in win over Yates

Receiver Da’Shamon Haynes(6) had a 16 yard touchdown

grab

John Gibbs shows he can throw a touch pass

John Gibbs preparing to pass

�ico Bush (5) was running hardbefore an injury forced him to

sit out the rest of the game

Chris Jackson (2) made a catchfor 58 yards from John Gibbs

Coach Russell Austin welcomedback as BTW assistant coach apositive influence with players

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Mrs. Clairene Bookerposes with Flowers

Jack Yates Lions majorette funning in the sun


Mr. Keith Jacobsen of Fiesta and Mr. Dugar Adams ofCon-Way Freight share a moment with Mrs. Bryant

HISD Athletic Administrators left to right Mike Truelove,Marion Dambrino and Devin Hensley braving the heat

Fiesta Mascot Pepe standingtall at Delmar Stadium �athaniel Puddin’ Jones

Mrs. Charlotte Bryant bravesthe heat with a smile

Jack Yates Lions Cheerleaders striking a pose

The exciting BTW Cheerleaders for 2011-12



Here come the Lions making their way to the field


Yates Band getting loose during half-time

Yates on offense during closely contested 7th annual Fiesta BBMC

Yates offense on the move during Fiesta BBMC

Yates Band at half-time

Yates Band performing during half-time


Fans at Delmar stadium in the heat


Washington getting their groove on during half-time

BookerT getting it on during half-time

Mrs. Charlotte Bryantarrived early for the big game

Con-way Freight Dugar Adamswith Mrs. Bryant

John Gibbs gets the MVP trophy from Dr. Scott Crawford momentafter leading BTW to a 14-13 win

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After being in the backgroundfor many years N athaniel“Puddin’ Jones took a big stepinto the spot light as he led theBooker T. Washington Eagles toa big 14-13 win over the Jack

Yates Lions in the 7th AnnualFiesta Booker-Bryant MemorialClassic. It was his first game asa head coach and Jones had toldKCOH’s Ralph Cooper thatwhen BTW won the game coachRonald Miller of Jack Yates wasgoing to have to wear a BTW

shirt for a week. “I’m going tolook for an Eagles shirt forCoach Miller and King youmake sure he wears it”. One ofthe better offensive minds in thegame of high school football,Jones spent years at Cullen,Yates, Jones and BTW beforelanding the head coaching job.“We felt pretty good going inand our staff keep after theseguys so they would be ready forthis day”. Jones went on to sayhe knew Yates would be lookingfor a lot of passing so they ranthe ball more down the stretchand kept the Lions off guard all

night long. “We threw a coupleof passes to open up our runninggame and we were able to con-trol the clock and win thegame”.

All of the Eagles players talkedabout how Coach Jones and hisstaff had them working hard andgetting ready for the season. “Iwould love to take credit but it’snot a ‘Puddin’ Jones thing.Coach Russell Austin was thereopening up the weight roomeveryday and many time I leftand he was still there”. Theycame into a situation where

BTW needed to control theclock a lot better than they hadin previous years. “We saw theEagles as a big play team but wedidn’t control the clock nor didwe run the ball very well, so wewanted to work on that. TheEagles had 214 yards on 49 car-ries and one touchdown and stillmanaged to have 119 yards andone touchdown passing. “Wetold our kids at the half the lastfour minute would determine theoutcome of the game and wemust run the ball in order towin”.

Even Coach Ronald Miller ofJack Yates told us he felt BTWwould come out and play hardfor Puddin’ Jones. “Well King, I

remember when I was comingup the things coaches said to meis what I’m saying to my teamand just giving back to what Iwas taught.

The offensive line play was akey to the victory and CoachJones quickly praised that group.“Yes they played very well andyou are going to be seeing themfor a while, we have only onesenior and one freshman at tight-end and the rest of the line issophomores”.

In closing Coach Jones said theEagles felt good about theirchances and they are looking fora shirt for Coach Ronald Millerto wear.


Coach �athaniel “Puddin’ Jones holds the 7th Annual FiestaBooker-Bryant Memorial Classic Trophy along with Dr. ScottCrawford of the HISD Athletic——-photo by Dr. Victor Keys

It seems like only yesterday butfour years ago Mr. KeithJacobsen of Fiesta and I werestanding on the sidelines at theFiesta Booker-Bryant MemorialClassic and a ball boy was toss-ing the football very close to us.Mr. Jacobsen spoke and said‘man this kid is tall does he playfootball?’ We told him he waslooking at the future quarterbackof the Booker T. WashingtonEagles. Fast forward to August

27, 2011 and John Gibbs led theBTW Eagles to a thriller 14-13

win over Jack Yates in the 7th

Annual Fiesta Booker-BryantMemorial Classic. “When I wasthrowing that ball on the side-lines I use to dream I’d be stand-ing here talking with you afterwe had won this game, and thebe voted the MVP is truly adream come true for me”. Thetalented senior signal caller isthe son of former BTW greatRev. John Gibbs who did it allfor BTW in the middle ‘70s and

went on to win a Rose Bowl titlewith UCLA.

At 6 feet 6 inches and 195pounds Gibbs connected on fourof five passes for 119 yards andone touchdown. But moreimportantly he controlled theline of scrimmage and rushedfor 47 yards on 13 carriesincluding four key first downsruns. “Our coaches did a goodjob calling plays for what wasopen and all we did was execut-ed those plays into first downs(16)”. Gibbs went on to say hefelt all along the team had agood shot this year. “All duringthe off season we were in theweight room working out andwe’ve been waiting on this dayfor a long time”.

We moved on to ask Gibbs whatis it like to play for CoachPuddin’ Jones. “Oh he is anexcellent coach; he is alwayspositive and he gives us con-

structive criticism and makes usbetter each time we work out.

The offensive line play helpedthe Eagles to victory and Gibbsknows how important it is forthem to gain confidence.“Basically our offensive line isall young so they need reps andthey will get better as the seasongoes on, but the key is theyworked hard in the off seasonalso. John ran the ball very wellin the win and we asked himabout that. “Well you knowYates and BTW have alwaysbeen veer offensive teams so ourcoaches decided to do what mydad did and run the ball a littlemore.

In closing please allow me toadd that Gibbs makes greatchoices with the football and hasa great deal of leadership quali-ties to go along with a supertouch on short passes and still acannon like arm when he goes

deep. His four of five passes onthe night is an indication on justwhat a quality passer this kid is!


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The Booker T. Washington

offensive line controlled the line

of scrimmage in the 7th Annual

Fiesta Booker-Bryant Memorial

Classic and held on for a big 14-

13 win. The group is led by

senior Alexander Brown a senior

6 foot 255 pounder who can

play with anyone. We talked

with Brown moments after the

Eagles had run out the clock on

Jack Yates before roughly 8,000

fans who braved the 109 degree

temperature. “We have mostly

10th graders and some 11th

graders and even some 9th

graders but we just going to kept

hitting those blocking sledges

and got stronger”. As we talked

more, we learned they believe in

Coach Nathaniel ‘Puddin’ Jones.

“He pushed us hard but we

believe in him and that’s what

counts and you see we won it”.

In talking about Yates all-district

pass rusher James Paul Bryant,

Brown said he had a little talk

with right tackle John O’Veal

who lined up against Bryant.

“He came out there and did what

I told him to do; put those hands

on him and shift him the way he

wanted him to go and I think

John did well against him”.

Bryant is the grandson of the

legendary James “Bear” Bryant

whom the Classic is named in

his honor along with the late

Luther M. Booker of Jack Yates.

Brown was assisted by John

O’Veal, Malik Coleman,

Davandrick Roquermore and

Curtis Demerson up front and

freshman tightend Devon Smith

also helped out

In closing Brown said the Eagles

have some tough matchups in

the coming weeks but he has

faith in his squad and their

coaches that they are going to

get the job done.

The Jack Yates Lions were

blessed to have the services of

one Jordan Bailey in the 7th


Memorial Classic on Saturday

August 27, 2011. Bailey took

the opening kickoff back deep

in the Eagles territory, but the

Lions couldn’t get it in. Bailey

while on defense had the tough

task of covering BTW Eagles

receivers time and time again.

The real key was his return

yards keep the Lions with pretty

good field position. But his

overall efforts kept the game

close and gave the Lions a

chance to come back and win.

In addition to that it was Bailey

who hauled in a 49 yard catch

from Maurice White to put the

Lions in scoring position late

the game, but once again the

Eagles turned them back on

downs.

Standing 6 feet and weighing

183 pounds Bailey who is of no

relationship to the late Johnnie

Bailey of Yates kept the Lions in

the game with overall play.

Before the season ends this sen-

ior is going to make some big

plays and team well with Arthur

Lockett who is the feature back

for the Lions this year.

In addition to all of the above,

Bailey is a great receiver and

has a great set of hands on him.

It not often you see high school

player who reach out and catch

the ball before it gets into their

body.

Defense was the key as the

Eagles of Booker T. Washington

clawed out a 14-13 win over the

Mighty Jack Yates Lions at

Delmar Stadium. Before a

crowd of around 8,000 fans who

lasted through 109 degree tem-

perature to witness the 7th


Memorial Classic.

Holding Yates offense to only

139 yards rushing in 28 carries

the Eagles defense stopped Yates

on downs late the fourth period

to hang on for the win. Senior

linebacker Nathaniel Edmond

led the charge and talked with us

after the game. “I was praying

we could hold on and win this

game, as our coaches told us

when we were watching tape of

them, all we had to do was tack-

le them”. Edmond and his team-

mates did a good job of keeping

Yates sensation runner Arthur

Lockett (18 carries 90 yards and

2 touchdowns) in check most of

the night. “We came in with the

hot sun and H.I.S.D. cut us

down to two hours a day so we

made the best of it and got in

that weight room”. For once the

BTW Eagles did not worry

about the hype that comes with

playing Yates. “We just watched

that tape and worked on those

weights and we couldn’t wait to

get a chance to tackle them”.

The Eagles defense got plenty of

good play from Brandon Moye

and Daniel Moye, Tristan

Francis, Darryl Carter, William

Gibbs, Joshua Montez, Royal

Provost and James Flower to

name a few.

Getting into the Puddin’ Jones

era at BTW has been smooth but

according to Edmond some peo-

ple didn’t think so. “There were

those people, who said Coach

Jones wouldn’t win but two

games, but hey with the help of

God we are 1-0 under Coach

Jones and I think he is going to

coach us to many more wins

before this season is over. “He

took us to the promise land

because we had lost to Yates

four years in a row in this

Classic”. The spiritual line-

backer said this is a big win for

Booker T. Washington High

School and he gives all the

praises to God Almighty for

helping them make it happen. “I

actually prayed last Saturday

and Sunday not to win the game,

but to have the knowledge to be

prepared and this is truly a

blessing for the program at

Booker T. Washington and I’m

honored to have been part of it”.


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It has Finally Arrived, the 2011College Sports Season hasbegun. Last week the fall col-lege sports began here in theHouston area. Yes it is time toset the college sports schedule asto what you are going to watchand where. Yes, teams havestarted to play. Exhibitions areover and the regular season hasbegun. And yes we are still wait-ing on College football thatstarts Labor day weekend withUH hosting UCLA Saturdaymid-afternoon and Rice playsTexas on the road at 7PM sameday. The Football scrimmagesthat we’ve seen really haven’tprovided clues as to what we’llall see come game day. Onlythat Baylor, Rice, UH, TexasA&M and TSU have made adecision on who will be theirQuarterbacks this season. It’sobvious that Mack Brown wastad bit upset that the QB posi-tion has been a source of con-tention, last season throughoutthe spring and now carryingover into the fall workouts. TSUis still two weeks out, because ofscheduling. But it will give them

a chance towatch live action of their firstopponent, PV. Who by the wayis playing in the MEAC-SWACClassic down in Orlando, LaborDay weekend. And with that onto the sports that are competing.

Women’s Soccer, yesWomen’s soccer, oneConference Champion (HBU,Great West), UH, Rice and TSUtheir regular season started.TSU lost their home opener 5-0to North Texas. HBU beatMcNeese State 2-0, but are 0-2on the road with losses to SamHouston State (1-2) and UTEP(0-4). UH is 0-2, losses to Texas(0-3) and Duke (0-2). Rice is 2-1, wins over McNeese State (3-0), TCU 1-0 and a loss to TexasTech 1-0. Men’s Soccer, yesthere are Men’s Soccer programsin the area. Three to be exact,HBU (NCAA Div1), San JacintoJr College south and St ThomasUniversity (NAIA). San Jac’snationally ranked program (#9,NJCAA) starts on the road withthree games, one inFlorida(Darton College90-4)then

two in Tyler(Cloud CountyCommunity College and BartonCounty community College).HBU is 0-1, a loss from AirForce 2-5. After allowing only 1goal in the first period, there wasa scoring barrage on both sidesin the second period. 2 fromHBU and 4 more from The AirForce Academy. St Thomas willstart their season on Sept 3against Texas A&MInternational at Strait JesuitSoccer Field. Women’sVolleyball finally got going withRice hosting their RiceInvitational 1, with Delawareand Stanford being the other par-ticipants. HBU and TSU are onthe road at Lamar University.HBU swept TSU (3-0), NorthTexas (3-1), and then beat hostLamar for the Championship (3-0). Least I not forget San JacintoCollege-Central starts theirWomen’s Volleyball season atTyler Junior College TournamentMatch.

Yes I was at Big 12 media day,was it worth the trip this year.Yep, yes it was. It was moreabout the LHN (LonghornNetwork) than about football. Itshouldn’t have cast a cloud overthe conference but it did. Andonce again the BIGXII is at acrossroad of what and wherethey are going from this year

forward. Texas A&M’s situationhas pretty much been decided.They will be moving on. Nowthe question becomes willTexas-Texas A&M attempt tokeep playing each other. Andwhat becomes of the membersof the BIGXII? At what pointdoes Commissioner Beebe puthis foot down and start squash-ing these disruptions. I’vealready seen what a 16 teamconference looks like (WAC,YEARS). At some point thatwasn’t a good idea either. Butyou have to work with cards youare dealt. Remember The WACbroke up over revenue also. Andyes they are losing teams also.But Commissioner Benson hasfound a way to keep regionalrivalries and a TV plan thatworks for everybody involved.This, for some reason the SEChas it figured out better than oth-ers, NO WEAK LINKS IN THECHAIN. Power in numbers,football and basketball your rev-enue athletic programs.Hopefully it doesn’t end with abitterness that will kill theTexas-Texas A&M games in anysports.

It’s early August, it continuesto be hot outside. Must be timesome football, college footballthat is. Two local schools gaveme that this past weekend. Even

though it was for public view-ing, it was also good for thecoaches and players. An extend-ed practice in game situationsgave coaches a better opportuni-ty to evaluate the who and whatthat they have. Coaching quotesmentioned, “Can’t have baddays,” “Putting the best playerson the field,” “There are no baddays just bad attitudes.” Yep I’dsay it’s going to be a very inter-esting season UpcomingFootball Schedules:

Sept 1: North Texas at FIU;McMurry at S.F.Austin; WesternIllinois at Sam Houston State.

Sept 2: TCU at Baylor.

Sept 3: UCLA at Houston; TexSt-San Marcos at Texas Tech;Rice at Texas.

Sept 4: Prairie View at Bethune-Cookman; SMU at Texas A&M.

Be sure to check out the onlineedition of A King-Size View.You follow me on Twitter ataksvthecsr. The College SportsReport blog can now be foundon the www.kingsizeview.comfront page. And weekly podcast-ing at w.thehrr.com/KG_and_5thWard Wildcat/main.html.

THE COLLEGESPORTS REPORT

Jerry Woodley

Longtime radio announcer

Claude Rick Roberts visited with

us and discussed the legendary

Don Robey. “Thanks to my

cousin John Roberts I learned

about Don Robey at a very early

age”. Having been on the radio a

great numbers of year Roberts

said he use to hear his cousins

talking about a black man who

actually had a recording studio

with world famous black guys in

there singing. So while at the age

of 12 Roberts and his friend Leon

Haywood rode their Bikes from

Sunnyside all the way to 5th

Ward and peeped in the building

where Robey housed his records.

Marveling at they seen they

asked to go inside to take a look

around. “Mr. Robey asked you

boys couldn’t be from around

here because I haven’t seen you

all before”. He then told a fellow

Rick referred to as Conroe to

bring their bikes inside the ware-

house and give them a tour. “We

went all over the place and spot-

ted some the great ones like

Bobby Blue Bland and the late

Johnny Ace, Gate mouth Brown

and we even saw the great T-

Bone Walker”. It was then

Roberts developed a great deal of

respect for Mr. Robey and con-

tinued to follow him and even did

research on him as he grew up

wanting to be in radio. Let’s not

forget we are talking about 1953.

Roberts’s research discovered

that Robey reportedly had Poker

games at the Rice Hotel in the

late 40s and all of his businesses

were legit. “There were those

who said he was some sort of

gangster, but I never saw any

signs of that, but what I did see

was a man who adapted to his

surrounding and made the most

out of life and helped others

along the way”. According to

Roberts, did arm himself for pro-

tection. “Word was when you

were facing him at his desk he

had a .357 Pistol pointed at you

and he was also said to carry a

pair brass knuckles in the event

someone got out of line in one of

his establishments.

As we talked more with Rick we

learned Robey was such a pio-

neer his taxi cabs (Lone Star

Cab) out of 4th ward were the

first in the city to have two-way

radios in them.

As the history rolled off the lips

of one of the greatest radio voic-

es in history, Roberts told us

about the person who kept track

of all of Robey enterprises. “Her

name was Evelyn Johnson, King

I tell this woman was a perfec-

tionist and she kept good records

and ran the Buffalo Booking

Agency and they had named acts

playing all over the country and

she coordinated that for Robey.

“She told me she would be talk-

ing to people all over the country

and she learned how to make

contracts for the acts.

Being the radio historian he is

Rick couldn’t help but tell me

about how the late Gladys

“Grandma Gee Gee” Hill who

was the first black female on the

radio at KZEY AM in Tyler,

Texas. She came to Houston in

1951 the year KYOK AM 1590

opened. It was her theme song

that put Gate Mouth Brown on

the big charts and it was the first

record Grandma Gee Gee broke

for Robey Duke-Peacock

Records.

Following Robey so closely Rick

Roberts admitted he had slipped

into the Houston Auditorium on

Christmas Eve night in 1954 and

heard the shot the led to the death

of the Johnny Ace. “I didn’t see

anything but the Houston Fire

Department Trucks came and

sprayed the crowd with water and

I sneaked out the back. The

record shows that Ace accidently

shot himself playing Russian

Roulette on Christmas Eve and

died on Christmas Day in 1954.

His song “Pledging my love”

held one of the top spots on the

charts and went down in history

as one of the all-time greats.

In closing Rick made it clear Don

Robey was a legend and he did

what he had to survive against all

kind of odds. “It was a honor for

me to have known Robey, man I

tell you King it’s good that some-

one like you are writing about

this because most of our black

history is told by whites and they

don’t always get things right.

“Mr. Robey set a standard and

many others like Berry Gordy of

Motion followed in his foot-

steps”.

Please keep reading A King-size

View for more to this series and

don’t forget to follow us on the

web at www.kingsizeview.com.

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DON ROBEY PART FIVE- LOOKING AT ROBEY THROUGH THE EYES OF RICK ROBERTS


A King-Size View

The legendary Don RobeyRetired radio announcing

giant Rick Roberts


The True Light Missionary

Baptist Church 4th Annual

“Brothers and Birdies” Golf

Tournament was a big success.

We had 44 golfers and raised

over $4,000.00 for scholarships

and church improvements. As

the director of the tournament, it

is my job to ensure the tourna-

ment goes as planned. Let me

tell you, it was another great

tournament but it would not

have occurred if it wasn’t for

God and good people. It takes

many people to run a golf tour-

nament but it takes a few people

“to be in it to win it” to have a

successful golf tournament.

People like Tony Snyder, Wen

Clack, and Ms. Jean Taylor (my

mother). Then you must have

sponsors and we had some great

sponsors that included: Walmart,

Fiesta, Mancuso Harley

Davidson, Steve Williams, Palais

Royal, David Edwards of United

National Insurance Agency, the

Neighborhood Health Center

affiliated with the Memorial-

Herman Hospital System,

Academy Sports and Outdoors,

Melrose Golf Course, Pappas

Bar-B-Q, the Barbecue Inn,

GolfSmith, King Arthur

Productions and King Arthur

Prayther, Miles and Lisa Laha

owners of North Shepard

Cleaners, Houston National Golf

Club, HEB, and Larry Selzer.

Finally, in order to have a great

golf tournament, you must have

some golfers and let me tell you

we had some great golfers on

hand for this tournament.

As I told the golfers at the start

of the tournament, there are no

words to express how thankful I

was to them and to everyone

who supported or encouraged

me as we made the

golf tournament happen!

THE TRUE LIGHT MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH 4TH ANNUAL “BROTHERS AND BIRDIES”GOLF TOURNAMENT WAS A BIG SUCCESS!

Fiesta a major sponsor of the golf tournament

Golfers posing and having a good time during the tournament

Two TSU Hall of Famers and outstanding former pro football play-ers (left to right) Kenny “00” Burroughs, and Willie Ellison alongwith ex TSU quarterback Willie White posing before tournament

Wen Clack and her granddaugh-ter provided food and beveragesto the golfers during tournament

Khaleyah Wells-Daniels atwo- year volunteer ofthe golf tournament

Chester Herbert, Danny Herbert, Allen Burks, and Steven Bowencame in 2nd Place

Ms. Jean Taylor, Karen R. Strobel, Travis Stewart, and James Hall(TLMBC “Brothers and Birdies” Golf Tournament volunteers)

Golfers and volunteers enjoying lunch

3rd Place: James Davis, Melvin Davis, Jeff Canady,and Caren Canady

1st Place and winners of the tournament were Ken Junck,Ira �ewsome, Pam Montgomery, Emmett Lewis ( 3 time winners)

Our KING-SIZE Mover and

Shaker for the month of August

is Faye Wells. Ms. Wells joined

the ranks of the Harris County

Department of Education

(HCDE) 28 years ago in the

Special Schools division. During

that time she served as an assis-

tant principal, a principal and

lead principal over two of the

four Special Schools. I met Ms.

Wells a few years back; little did

I know that I would be working

with her and within the same

division. She was a teacher in

the Houston Independent School

District before joining (HCDE).

She also taught at the Houston

Community College and volun-

teered for many organizations

during her stellar career.

She informed me that she was

born in Ohio and was a great fan

of the Cincinnati Reds, the Ohio

Players, and Little Red

Corvettes. During my interview,

Ms. Wells stated that “after serv-

ing within the Special Schools

division for 28 years she was

retiring and looking forward to

spending time with her family

and traveling. As we continued

our interview, Ms. Wells told me

that “she was committed to the

students of the Harris County

Department of Education and

that she always tried to imple-

ment programs to enhance their

potential for success”. She added

that God blessed her with a

wonderful career and it is time

for her to move on”. Before she

officially retired, I had an oppor-

tunity to interview several peo-

ple who worked for her at ABC-

West. Many of the people who

were interviewed concluded that

working for Ms. Wells was more

like working with someone who

was in your family. She always

made you feel at home, and

never looked over your back to

see what you were doing. Ms.

Wells gave you a task and she

allowed you to complete it with-

out micromanaging you or your

team. Ms. Jones stated that “Ms.

Wells was always a true profes-

sional, a lady at all times, and

the best boss in the world”. Mr.

Quarrie stated that “he had

worked with Ms. Wells for many

years and that she was the Best”.

Ms. Ford who wears many hats

for ABC-West stated that “Ms.

Wells was a great supervisor and

will be truly missed”. Mr. Mc

Coy stated that “Ms. Wells who

is a member of Delta Sigma

Theta Sorority, Inc.; wore a lot

of red and she wore it well. He

added that he really enjoyed

working for her and wished her

the best in retirement”.

Dr. Sawyer who is the

Superintendent of the Harris

County Department of

Education stated that “Ms. Wells

was a great principal, a one of a

kind person and will be missed

by everyone at HCDE”.

As we concluded our interview,

Ms. Wells thanked God for such

a great opportunity to serve the

special needs population, she

added that she also had the priv-

ilege of working with some

great professionals and volun-

teers who made each day a great

day to go to work.

Finally, she said “I will truly

miss all of the friends at HCDE

but, I wish them the very best

and may God continue to bless

each and every one of them”.


Ms. Faye Wells

A KING-SIZE MOVER AND SHAKER: FAYE WELLSBy Dr. Victor Keys

A King-Size View

A few weeks ago a long time

friend of mine went to the serv-

ice center and was diagnosed

with a bad transmission. In talk-

ing with my service representa-

tive, he told me that it was

something that could be fixed

and I would be glad I brought

my Landcruiser to the dealer’s

shop. Well after two weeks and

still no definite answer about

when my

Landcruiser would be ready to

roll; I decided to let it go. Now, I

had a lot of help from my wife

as she instructed me on many

occasions to let it go! Well this

time was different, I had to go to

Austin, school would start in the

very near future, and I needed a

reliable mode of transportation

to show my daughter the various

colleges and universities in the

great state of Texas. Therefore,

after about 300,000 miles and 14

years; I let it go!!!!

Just as I started my search for a

new vehicle, King Arthur

informed me that we had to go

to Ft. Worth for the Prairie View

Interscholastic League Coaches

Association banquet. He added

that he had a much bigger vehi-

cle this time and that I would

surely like it.

When I got to his house, I saw

this beautiful black 4Runner in

his driveway. When I saw it, I

remembered seeing one back in

April. I said to myself, if I had

to buy a new vehicle it would be

the 4Runner. The body style was

similar to what I liked and it had

17 inch tires.

King also told me that I had to

drive up there and then he threw

me the keys. As I backed the

4Runner out of the driveway, I

felt how smooth it moved from

one gear to another. Then on the

highway, I could feel the power

and what was even more impres-

sive; was that I had all the leg,

shoulder, and head room that I

needed to be comfortable as a

driver or passenger. Well need-

less to say, I truly enjoyed driv-

ing the 4Runner to Ft. Worth and

as soon as I got back home, I

told my wife that I was going to

buy 4Runner. Sure enough, I

went down to Fred Haas Toyota,

saw Mike Kell and within a few

hours I was driving my new

Toyota 4Runner. Mike Kell was

the best sales representative I

had ever worked with and he

gave me the deal I wanted!!

I‘ve had my new 4Runner for

over a month now and this is a

new beginning for me. Even

though I lost my old friend, I

have a new friend now and we

are doing just fine!!!!

THE LOSS OF A FAITHFUL FRIEND AND A NEW BEGINNINGBy Dr. Victor Keys

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�ote-As the Texas High School

football season opens, I’m still

amazed as to why so many

coaches see wrong doing in

their programs and don’t

make an effort to sop it. �ow

we see that Miami, LSU,

�orth Carolina are under the

radar of the �CAA. Some

want to use these issues to jus-

tify getting rid of the �CAA

and let the universities police

themselves. I’m sorry, but just

look at the mess that’s going

on right now and does anyone

with the sense of a moth really

believe the administrations of

these institutions can do the

job? The coach must take full

responsibility and do the job. I

decided to re-run this column

because we need men and

women to do the jobs they’re

hired to do-teach young men

and women that it’s never the

wrong time to do the right

thing!

As I watched and enjoyed the

NCAA men and women basket-

ball tournament, my thoughts

remained on the absolute mess

that has become at Ohio State

University. I shouldn’t be sup-

posed at the trouble that was

caused simply because the head

football coach didn’t do the one

thing he was expected to do-tell

the truth. That remains the hard-

est thing on this planet to do;

telling the truth all the time no

matter what the consequences

are. My beloved mother once

told me telling the truth is easy;

it’s dealing with those who don’t

like truth that remains hard. I

can tell you that truth telling is

an endangered species. People

just don’t want to hear it. It’s not

always lying but just not telling

the real story that has become a

major problem in our society.

For our athletes the question

first and foremost should be-

what is the role of a head coach?

What are the things besides

coaching ability determine just

how good a coach he/she can

be? By now dear readers, I’m no

expert. I never claimed to be

one. I’m just a writer and as my

column title states this is the

way I see it. My opinion in my

newspaper. So here are a few

thoughts regarding the role a

coach must have.

Integrity-A head coach must

have integrity. No one wants to

play for a crook. The program

won’t accomplish anything if it’s

drowning with all types of ille-

gal activity. How can a coach

attract top athletes if everything

associated with the program is

rotten from the core?

Believability-Can I play for

coach that’s dishonest. Is every-

thing that he says a lie? Can

he/she tell the truth about any-

thing? From playing time to

actual questions about life

issues, he coach must be able to

tell the truth and be believable in

doing so.

Accountability-Basically the

coach must be accountable for

any activity that occurs regard-

ing the team and/or the coaches

and staff members that are asso-

ciated. Pointing fingers at the

guilty members doesn’t remove

the coach’s responsibity. All the

cheers and the good times asso-

ciated with winning means the

coach must accept the bad things

that can happen to a program.

Honesty-No coach should be a

part of any program without

being honest. Honest about

everything. This is a hard thing

to do. It’s hard because honesty

can sometime destroy the team.

But in the end dishonesty will

shred your team and everything

about your team including the

most important part-the coach

himself.

I think many people believe

Vince Lombardi was right when

he said ‘winning isn’t every-

thing, it’s the only thing’. But I

would add a coach must be more

than winning. He should also be

living and teaching about life

which I would say living isn’t

the only thing, it’s everything.

That’s just the way I see it!

WHAT IS THE ROLE OF A HEAD COACH?The WayI See It

By BIG John Chandler

Hey Houston, this summer has

been brutal when it comes to

record heat. We are in drought

conditions. How about your love

life, has it ever hit a dry spell? If

so, what did you do to bring it

back to life, or did you wait to

long before you started to water

your foundation. A solid founda-

tion definitely helps, but no mat-

ter how long, or how solid, there

are things that can wreak havoc

in our relationships. We can’t

take our partners for granted,

and just because he or she does-

n’t say what is always on their

minds. Failure to communicate

is the downfall to relationships,

and marriages that have lasted

for years. Remember the little

things you did in the beginning

must be done throughout your

relationship. Sometimes we rely

on friends, kids, the job, and

other outlets to sustain our part-

ners. Eventually that goes away,

so hopefully you and your mate

have watered your foundations

enough to make it through the

tough times, the droughts.

Sometimes we allow gaps to

form in our relationships, if we

don’t water them enough, just

like our homes the foundation

will crack, sometimes to the

point where they can’t be

repaired.

Make sure you join Carletta and

me on Wednesdays at 8 pm for

In The Love Corner. Recently

we discussed age when it comes

to relationships. Does age matter

to you? We got a lot of different

responses, bottom line is does it

work for you? does it feel right

for you? If you are looking for

casual relationship it probably

won’t matter. What if you are

looking for a lifetime partner, a

commitment, a husband or a

wife? What is the ideal range? Is

there a safe range, or will love

conquer all. We had one caller

who was 41 and just married a

lady 61, he was totally happy

with his new wife, but what

about twenty years from now.

We generally see and older man

and a younger woman. Look at

some of the high profiles like

Ronald Isley 70 and his wife in

her early 40s, and there is the

media giant Rupert Murdoch 80

his wife 42, And then there is

Hugh Hefner should I say more.

Some might say it’s about

money and not love. What do

you think? We had one guy who

needed someone five to ten

years younger because women

his age couldn’t match energy,

his mental state, or his sex drive

(wow!). You can also follow us

on Face book at Stevie

Goodtime T and In the Love

[email protected].

The top love songs for this

month are 1 Always and Forever

Heatwave 2 Catching Hell

Natalie Cole 3 Let me Make

Love to You The Ojays 4 To be

Loved Jackie Wilson 5 I Can’t

Stop Loving You Michael

Jackson.

So until next time put a little

love in your heart, the look of

love in your eyes, and don’t let a

day go by without telling some-

one you love them, even if that

someone is you.

LOVE DROUGHT?

In The LoveCornerBy Stevie T

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MAURICE SKILLERN COMING TO HOUSTONGrooves of Houston

2300 Pierce St.

Houston ,Texas 77003

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 @ 6pm - 10pm Maurice Skillern was born in Houston, Texas in August 1966. After graduating high school, he

joined the active duty ranks in The United States Army where he has spent most of his adult

life. He earned his Bachelors of Science from the University of Nebraska where he also

earned his Masters in Physician Assistant Studies. Maurice found early in life that he appreci-

ated the play on words that poetry could facilitate along with simply enjoying the individual

songs from the hearts of poets that both amazed and stimulated his own thoughts. He has

read the works of many of the greats of poetry with a few of his favorites being Edgar Allan

Poe, Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes. He has also cultivated a mind open to new

thoughts and ideas which made philosophy a subject that he was immediately at home with. In

this pursuit, he has personally studied philosophers from Socrates and Aristotle to Sextus

Empiricus. It is the synthesis of these two disciplines that form the foundation of his current

work, which he refers to as “Poetic-Philosophy”*. In his writing, in a whimsical but focused

fashion, he speaks of that which is, while alluding to what could or what might be. He also

uses catalytic and well designed phraseology to effectively dis-

play new thoughts and ideologies. Some of his writings both

challenge or question absolutes of this world, while still offering

thought provoking entertainment to all who have read them.

Always a visionary, a dreamer, he set out and began writing his

first book of poetic-philosophy in 1990, with a piece from it being

published in the anthology The Space Between in 1994. He

continued on his writing quest and furthered his exploration of

many different thoughts, ideas and forms of expression, which

eventually culminated in the creation and publication of his cur-

rent book “Messages”.

Visit Maurice Skillern’s website at(www.maurice-skillern.com)


Memphis, Tennessee-On

Wednesday August 3rd at the old

Daisy Theater on Beale Street

was hopping with Living

Legends as they kicked off the

Annual Jus’ Blues Music

Foundation week. Thanks to Mr.

Charles Mitchell the founder and

executive director of Jus’ Blues

we learned a lot about the histo-

ry of the Blues and help to keep

them alive and well. Helpful

people like Scott Bock of Living

Blues all came to Memphis to

help the Jus’ Blues Week.

Among the honorees in the Soul

and Blues Master was Ernie

Johnson of Dallas, Texas, and he

walked away with the Johnnie

Taylor Blues & Soul Award. In

addition they organization intro-

duced the Bobby “Blue” Bland

Ambassador to the Blues Award.

By the way the legendary Bobby

Bland was there in living color.

It was an honor for Johnson to

be in the company of so many of

his peers on this night. “King it

was great and Charles (Mitchell)

did a great job and it was good

visiting with Jesse James, Millie

Jackson and Bobby Bland and

Bobby Rush and so many oth-

ers”. Johnson is now working

on a series of radio spots for

Fiesta Stores and doing well.

Working with King Arthur’s

Productions Ernie is also the

lead act for the Fiesta Annual

Black History Free Music

Festival. Having already done

tributes to Johnnie Taylor, Otis

Redding, Wilson Pickett and

Sam Cooke, Johnson is poised to

honor the late Tyrone Davis in

2012.

Among the guests was Scott

Bock all the way from Boston a

world class writer of the living

blues. Charles Mitchell feels

good about where the event in

headed. “King it is great to

meet you and read A King-size

View and Lord knows Ernie

Johnson can sing”. For years

Mitchell has shared a love for

the Blues and is working very

hard to keep it going strong.

“We are getting a great response

King and we continue to work to

find a sponsor to help us cover

some of the cost involved, we’ll

be alright. For more info visit

www.jusbluesmusicfoundation.o

rg

Candi Station was honored for

the Jus’ Blues Music Lifetime

Achievement Award.

Dallas R & B artist Vernon

Garrett was honored for his

longtime works n the industry.

There’s a Willie Mitchell Artist

Award and Ruby Wilson walked

away with this honor on this

night of legends.

Houston’s own Trudy Lynn a

noted Blues female vocalist was

honored with the Koko Taylor

Award on this same night.

As the night went on Milton

Hopkins the cousin of the late

great Sam “Lightening’ Hopkins

made the trip and walked away

with the Albert King Award for

his good licks on the guitar.

Longtime great Denise LaSalle

has an award for Recording of

Excellence and it was Jesse

James who took that honor

home. James noted for his works

on the mega hit “I can do bad by

myself “ in 1987.

We all remember the late Rufus

Thomas for the Funky Chicken

and Walking the Dog, well his

son Marvell Thomas walked

away with the Heritage Award

from Jus’ Blues.

The Humanitarian Award went

to Charles Evers the brother the

late Medgar Evers who was bru-

tally slain during the Civil

Rights days in 1963.

The Jack “The Rapper” Gibson

Radio Pioneer Award went to

Killer Diller Roscoe Miller of

WKXN in Montgomery

Alabama. The U.S. Army veter-

an also worked at WXBI for

several years.

Lafayette, Louisiana native

Carol Fran took home the

Presidents’ Award. Fran having

worked for the Economic

Summit under President Bill

Clinton, also recorded a song

“Crying in the Chapel”, only to

have Elvis release a similar song

later. When she faced Elvis at

the Music Award Dinner he told

her his label had released it

without his knowledge. The leg-

endary star apologized to Carol

and wrote her a check and

bought her dinner. She later

found the check was for

$10,000.

Lowell Fulson one of the biggest

names in Blues now has an

Award for outstanding contribu-

tion to the Blues. That Award

was taken home to Fillmore

Slim a New Orleans, Louisiana

native known for her version of

Lloyd Price hit Lawdy Miss

Clawdy.

If the old saying is true these

pictures are certainly worth a

thousand words each.

BIG NIGHT IN MEMPHIS-AS LIVING LEGENDS DINEBy King Arthur Prayther

A King-Size View

Photos from the Living Legends Dinner in Memphis

See more pictures and information at www.jusbluesmusicfoundation.org


Fort Worth, Texas-Thanks to

some quick thinking Board

Chairman Robert Brown made

some good moves and smoothed

over the overcrowding problems.

Some 45 people were able to eat

at the Hotel’s restaurant and still

come into the ballroom when

their relative was being honored.

With this taking place, actually

more than 700 people actually

were on hand for the 32nd

Annual Banquet. In the July

Edition we reported on all the

inductees and now we are going

forward with the Lifetime

Members as well as the

Meritorious Award winners

along with those who actually

played in both PVIL and the

UIL. We will also profile the

annual honorees from high

school in this edition. Clearly

one of the most outstanding ones

is the late Edwin “Pop” Bigsby

of Booker T. Washington. After

more than 51 years in the busi-

ness the Legendary Band

Director retired and sadly passed

away less than a year later. My

mind quickly goes back to the

year (2005) we started the Fiesta

Booker-Bryant Memorial

Classic a special honor for the

two late coaches when Jack

Yates and Booker T. Washington

played each year in 2005. When

we asked Pop to allow us to

present Mrs. Charlotte Bryant

with flowers before his band

performed he was all smiles. “I

thank that’s a wonderful ideal

and that brings back tradition we

need at our black high schools”.

A graduate of Pritchard High

School, Edwin moved on to

Prairie View A & M University

and was in the marching band,

concert band, jazz band, the

Army R.O.T.C. cadet band and

the concert choir. He received a

degree in instrumental music

and moved the Wharton and

stated a band at the Wharton

County Training School. Pop

started the twin drum majorette

concept and it will go on to be

his stamp in history of marching

bands.

It’s a little known fact that Mr.

Bigsby was drafted in the United

States Army and served in the

Korean War and was awarded

The Purple Heart for wounds

suffered during combat.

His opportunity came when

Booker T. Washington moved

from 4th ward to Studewood and

he was offered the job as the

Eagles band director, a job he

held for 51 years.

Mr. Bigsby married Velma

Livingston, Miss Prairie View, in

1951 and the couple had two

children a daughter Kathy Sue

who later grew up to become

Miss Prairie View as well, and a

son Edwin Maurice Bigsby Jr..

The late Velma and her late

daughter Kathy are the only

mother and daughter combina-

tion in Miss P.V. history.

Bigsby son was invited to the

banquet but expressed his sup-

port of the award but simply

didn’t feel strong enough to

attend the ceremonies, so we

took the plaque to him. We are

also in the process of starting a

scholarship to honor Pop and

you can get more details by

going to

www.kingsizeview.com.

Carolyn Joyce Sadberry-Brown-

was next for her outstanding

work with the development of

young men while working with

her husband the legendary

Charles W. Brown. The couple

has been married for 55 years

and they have followed football,

fishing, camping traveling and

family for all these years.

Carolyn and Charles have three

daughters (Daphne Brown-

Pradia, Pamela Brown-Taylor

and Candace Brown-Johnson.

They also have two granddaugh-

ters.

Keeping plenty busy during her

days at P.V. Carolyn has made a

mark on many football players,

coaches, coach’s wives officials,

parents, booster club members,

band members, cheerleaders and

students who participated in the

PVIL in the 60s. After 55 years

in education she retired and now

spends more time with family.

She accepted Christ and grew up

in Wilson Chapel Church in

Benchley, Texas and continues

her faith as a member of

Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church

in Houston, Texas. She is a

Deaconess Emeritus, a retired

Sunday school teacher for Early

Childhood and an encourager to

members of all ages.

Jerry Blair has always had a

love for sports so we think it’s

fit and proper for him to be hon-

ored with a Meritorious Award

by the PVILCA. He ran the foot-

ball with smooth flare and had

great determination. Under the

leadership of Hall of Fame

coach Julius Shanklin, Blair

shined for Willis. He was voted

on the all-district offensive team

in 1973 as a utility player and in

1974 he won again as a quarter-

back. On the baseball diamond,

Blair made all-district as a short

stop. By this time black and

white students were walking the

hall together because the schools

had been integrated. At the time

Blair said he was unaware he

was living the dream of the Late

Re. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

After graduating from Willis,

Jerry joined the United State

Army and spent three years in

the service. He then worked for

Furrows for 16 years before

starting his own business.

J. Warren Singleton-born in

Opelousas, Louisiana and raised

in McNair, Texas attended

Baytown’s George Washington

Carver High School. He graduat-

ed in 1963 and was hired by

Gulf Oil Corporation in 1965.

He went on to become the first

African American to be promot-

ed to supervisor in operation at

the Baytown Cedar Bayou Plant.

Heavily involved in the commu-

nity, Singleton served as the

spoke person for TMO and is a

member of the Knights of Peter

Claver Council #341 and

received the honor of the Knight

of the year in 2010. With a spe-

cial love for track and field

Singleton coached Harlem

Elementary School to six

straight Y.M.C.A. track and field

championships. He is also a

member of the Carver Alumni

Association and helped Reggie

Browne coordinate the 2007

Carver School Re-acquainted

Session and put together an

event to give recognition to

them. Singleton went to work

for a HCHC marker for the

school and he is the founder and

president of The Baytown

Carver High School Recognition

& Preservation Society a non-

profit 501 (c) 3 partnered with

Exxon/Mobile, the City of

Baytown and Goose Creek ISD

the marker was dedicated on

April 30, 2011. Mr. Singleton

had worked hard to keep his

PVIL days alive as well as his

old high school name.

Eddie Lagway-the daughter of

Roger Mae Stoneham and

Thomas Shaw attended Willis

ISD and graduated in 1974. She

went on to graduate from

Southwest Paralegal Institute in

1987. Eddie went on to start

Lagway Bail Bonds serving the

Montgomery, Walker, and San

Jacinto Counties since 1994.

Among her other accomplish-

ments is serving on the Willie

School board for nine years and

being named the Woman of the

Year project Hope for the City

of Conroe. She also is the presi-

dent of the Willis Community

Development Corporation and

serving as a member of the

Turner-Willis School reunion

committee.

Eddie is a member of Antioch

Baptist Church and truly

believes “that we can do all

things through Christ”.

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The PVILCA also honored

Lawrence Collins, a longtime

official. Collins a Houston

native attended Wheatley High

School and later attended

Howard University in

Washington D. C. With more

than 40 with the whistle Collins

is one of the most respected offi-

cials in the metro Houston area.

The Collegiate Commissioners

Association dedicated its 2000

football and basketball manuals

to Lawrence for his recognition

of 40 years of service as an offi-

cial. He has worked both men

and woman basketball for the

SWAC. He has worked to devise

test methods to increase the

quality of officials in the SWAC.

Collins is also a member of the

American Institute of Architects

and a life member of the Kappa

Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. He

holds a bachelor degree in archi-

tecture from Howard University.

Over the year Collins worked

with an architecture firm in D.C.

and later as a consultant for

Tuskegee University in

Alabama. For a five year period

he taught architecture engineer-

ing at Prairie View A & M

University and became a profes-

sor of Industrial Technologies at

Texas Southern University from

1965 until 1999. He founded his

own firm in 1960 and worked on

projects in the public and private

sectors with the city of Houston

and the HISD. Collins is and his

wife Martha has one daughter

and two grand children and he

continues to be very active in

the community and serves on

many boards., The Julia C,

Hester House, the Family

Service Centers and the Boy

Scouts of America and the Third

Ward Communities

Development Corporation to

name a few. There are those who

played and coached in the PVIL

and then also participated in the

UIL as well. For those the

PVILCA called them the people

who were Bridging the Gap.

Wille E. B. Blackmon is a grad-

uate of Wheatley High School in

1969 where he was a three-time

state champion in the 880 yard

dash. The late Obie Williams

delayed his retirement in order

to coach Blackmon and his mile

relay team from E.O. Smith with

the city championship record

holding 1.56.5. While at P V for

the 1967 state championship

Blackmon and his teammates set

a record of 1.55.2 (1.54.5 con-

version and it still stands as the

PVIL class 4A mark). The

speedster went on to anchor the

nation’s top sprint medley relay

team with a 3.27.5 in his junior

year. A year later at the first UIL

meet, Blackmon had a photo fin-

ish with a time of 1.51.2. In his

senior year Blackmon continued

to soar as his time of 45.6 in the

mile relay record setting 3.17.5

in the USTFF Indoor Nationals.

The other three members were

Monette, Brown and Russell and

broke their own mark when they

ran a 3.15.6 before they got to

state and set a meet record when

they ran a class 4A 3.13.5.

Blackmon went on to become

the first athlete to win the state

title in both the PVIL and the

UIL.

The talented Blackmon went to

attend Texas A & M University

and had a career in marketing

retail sales for Drilco

International and the Gillette

Company of Boston. Blackmon

went to graduate from TSU

Thurgood Marshall Law School

served as a Public Defender and

City Prosecutor in Detroit,

Michigan He later served with

distinction as an Assistant

District Attorney for Lubbock

and Harris Counties. Blackmon

also practiced law as a private

practitioner in both civil and

criminal courts. He retired in

2004 as a Houston Municipal

Judge.

He served in the Military for

28years and attained the rank of

Lieutenant Colonel.

Charles Roberts is another of the

Bridging the Gap honorees.

Charlie attended Austin

Anderson High School from

1967 through 1970 and was one

of four players who played var-

sity as a freshman. Starting as

running back, defensive back

and kick return specialist

Roberts also spent time as the

backup quarterback and punter

for the team. He shared the car-

ries with former PVILCA Hall

of Famer John Harvey in a game

against Austin Lanier High

School number one ranked

defense. Charlie racked up 259

yards and scored four touch-

downs on nine carries in the first

half along. He went on to attend

Grambling College and UT

Arlington but he left for profes-

sional career. He managed and

trained UT great Shon Mitchell

and worked with former Buffalo

Bills coach Marv Levy and

helped train the great Johnny

Rogers Nebraska and New

England Patriot running back

Sedric Shaw to name a few.

Then in 1974 Roberts went to

work for IBM and retired 34

years later in 2008. While

climbing the corporate ladder,

Roberts and his wife of 41 years

Mary, his junior high sweetheart

had four children and lives in

Austin, Texas. Mrs. Roberts, a

retired Peace Officer today, and

Charlie spent several years

coaching Pop Warner football

and won the championship

Fiesta Bowl.

DelvinWilliams another Houston

native and Kashmere High

School graduate. Williams won

the Parade Magazine’s 1970 All-

American teams and went to

graduate from the University of

Kansas. Getting off to a rough

start Williams rebounded from

being academically ineligible his

freshman year and still graduat-

ed in four years. In 1970 he was

drafted by the San Francisco

49ers of the NFL. While with

the 49ers he led the team in

rushing three of the four years

there setting four records includ-

ing rushing for 1203 yards sin-

gle season mark. Williams had

34 carries for 194 yards and was

named to the NFC All-Pro team

after having 374 yards and two

games. In 1978 DelvinWilliams

was traded to the Miami

Dolphins and he set a single sea-

son rushing record of 1,258

yards and that mark stood for 25

years. This time he went to the

AFC All-Pro squad and became

the first player in the NFL histo-

ry to rush for more than 1,000

yards for two different teams.

After retiring Williams worked

helping youth activities pro-

grams and drug abuse preven-

tion, serving as the director and

founder of “Pros for Kids” he

spearheaded several successful

programs helping curb drug

abuse among youths. Now with

two decades of community, pri-

vate and public sector organiza-

tion to create a clearing house

for jobs for youth. His graduate

works includes completion of

numerous management semi-

nars, special courses and pro-

grams in sport administration at

Biscayne College. Having won

many awards for his work

nationally and locally Williams

is making a positive impact of

all of those he came in contact

with.

Julius Harvey James a Jack

Yates graduate was honored as

one of the PVILCA Scholar

Athletes. A member of the stu-

dent council James is the son of

Sharon and the late Harvey

James who passed way n 2005.

Having learned life lessons from

his father, Julius says he under-

stands the task facing the

American Society as a black

male. He praised his mother for

sharing wisdom with him and he

plans to continue to make her

proud of him. Having already

won the Houston Touchdown

Club’s award for scholar athlete,

James plans to attend the

University of Oklahoma seeking

a degree in mechanical engineer-

ing. In his spare time James has

worked with Ronald McDonald

House toy drive and played foot-

ball on the Mighty Lions district

championship team where he

was one of the team’s captains.

He also had a perfect attendance

and being on the honor roll to

name a couple of his honors.


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Opreal Johnson has always put

God first in her life. She’s a

member of Greenville Avenue

Church of Christ and addition to

worshipping every Sunday

morning and evening you can

also find her attending Bible

Classes on Wednesday. She

sings in the church choir and is

on the church advisory board.

Johnson also spends time help-

ing the church groups in serving

food for those in need during her

Christmas break and she partici-

pates in the clothes and supplies

distribution to the needy also

year long.

The charming Opreal volunteers

for her church group and was

away visiting family in Chicago

Illinois and could not make the

banquet. She plans to attend

Prairie View A&M University to

major in marketing and upon

graduation she wants to pursue a

master’s degree in marketing.

While in high school, Opreal

was team captain and played

volleyball, basketball and was

on varsity track for all four

years.

Khayla Davison is the youngest

daughter of Lavonda and

Timothy Davison and a member

at Friendship West Baptist

Church. Being active in Ashanti

Ministry since she was only thir-

teen, Khayla is focused on men-

toring the next generation of

Godly women. Her mentor

Candice Robinson has taught her

the step by step values of putting

God First always. The

Lancaster varsity track team has

been a big part of Davison life

the past two years. She works

well with the girls and considers

the team and its coaches her sec-

ond family. With plans to attend

Texas Woman’s University and

majoring in Business Khayla

hopes to make the family proud.

Toby Foreman of West Orange

Stark was one of the coaches

honored by the PVILCA as

coach of the year for 2011. His

track team won the state class

3A championship this year.

Foreman a graduate of WOS in

1996 has been in coaching and

teaching every since graduating

from Stephen F. Austin. Starting

out in Vidor, Foreman got a

chance to go home to Orange

and help with the football team

as well as track coach. As head

coach the Mustangs have gal-

loped to the state track and field

team championship in each of

the 2009, 2010 and 2011 sea-

sons. They not only have won

titles but have broken records in

the process. In 2010 Foreman

was named the National

Federation Coaches Association

State Coach of the year.

Foreman has accepted the head

track coaching position at Texas

High School in Texarkana, Texas

and begun his duties there in

July.

Royce ‘Snoop’ Johnson is fol-

lowing in the footsteps of his

father Goree Johnson and at the

age of 26, Royce Johnson led

the Knights of Dallas Justin F.

Kimball to the state finals. He

served as assistant under his

father and later became the

fourth African American to

coach at Kimball High School in

1998. A sparkling 312-89 mark

in 12 seasons having coached

the likes of Chris Bosh (Miami

Heat), Ike Diougo L.A. Clippers,

Antonio Wright Sacramento

Kings and Jarrett Jacks of the

New Orleans Hornets. These

were teammates on the USA 18

and under team of the Global

Games coached by Johnson.

It all started for Royce in 1986

through 1990 as he played point

guard for Kimball’s state cham-

pionship team, coached by the

late Jimmy Tubbs. He went on

to play football and basketball at

North Texas State.

Royce and his wife Kyndra have

two children and they currently

live in Desoto, Texas

Greg Williams a native of Waco

and the son of former Waco

High School Principal Willie

Williams. He went on to attend

Texas A & M Commerce and

received his BS degree in

General Business. Moving over

to Lancaster and became the

boys track and field coach in

1998. Under his leadership the

Tigers have won 11 district

championships five regional

championships and four state

championships and were the

2005 runner up by just four

points narrowly missing a three-

peat performance as state

champs.

Sandra Jones a 1966 graduate of

Charlton Pollard in Beaumont,

Texas where she ran track and

later attended Huston-Tillotson

College in Austin, Texas. Jones

came home to work in the

Beaumont school district at old

Charlton-Pollard and is now

working at Beaumont Ozen.

Coaching her teams to the Class

3A state championship this year

and says the freshmen, sopho-

mores and juniors on that squad

want to go to Austin and win

again next year.

Cleve L. Freeman was honored

for Lifetime Achievement after

attending Booker T. Washington

in Conroe, Texas Class of 1965.

Freeman was coached by the

legendary Charles Brown. He

was also the head trainer under

the Elmer Gibson and starred at

center field on the baseball team.

Freeman was a forward on the

basketball team as well and ran

the mile relay as well. He went

on to become the only athlete to

participate in four sports at the

PVIL in 1965. After getting a

scholarship to P.V. Freeman relo-

cated to Los Angeles, California

and furthered his education. In

1969 he went to work for

California Gas Company and

worked there 34 years and was

rehired in 2006. In his spare

time Freeman served as a

reserve Police Officer with the

L.A. P.D. and retired after 17

years of outstanding service.

Cleve and his wife Debbie have

four children and three grand

children.

Leon ‘Big Hamp’ Hamilton is a

graduate of Waldo Matthews’s

High School in Silsbee, Texas in

1962. He played football, bas-

ketball, baseball and ran track.

He went on to attend Wiley col-

lege and played for the late great

legendary Fred Thomas (Pop)

Long. Getting his BS degree in

1967, Hamilton went on to get

his masters degree and also

earned his administrative certifi-

cate from East Texas State in

1974. Starting his coaching

career at Wiley College in 1967

as offensive line coach before

moving over to H.P.B.

Pemberton High School and

Marshall Junior High School,

Hamilton also worked at Jarvis

Christian College and then

resumed his coaching career at

McKinney where he won the

track district title a couple years.

While at Woodrow Wilson High

School in Dallas, Texas

Hamilton coached former L.A.

Raiders Tim Brown to a city

record in the long jump. He

went on to work as a Principal

for many years in the Dallas ISD

before retiring. “Big Hamp” and

his wife Evelyn F. Hamilton

have one son (Leon Eric

Hamilton Jr.,) who just complet-

ed his first year of teaching.


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Leon “Big Hamp” HamiltonLifetime AchievementSandra JonesGreg Williams of

Dallas Lancaster

Khayla Davison winner ofAthlete of the Year award

Ms. Mana Williams Principal ofMadison high school receiving

award for Opreal Johnson

Royce “Snoop” Johnson ofDallas Kimball

Coach Toby Foreman ofWest Orange Stark

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Dr. Thurman Robins is a former

swimmer from Jack Yates High

School in the PVIL. Robins

went on to Southern University

where he was the caption of the

NAJA All-American 200 yard

Backstroke in 1961. He also

holds the school’s record in both

in the 200 yard backstroke and

the 200 yard medley and was

inducted into Southern

University Athletic Hall of Fame

in 1999. From 1964 until 1976

Robbins worked for the H.I.S.D.

taking the Kashmere Rams to

the swimming district titles in

‘67 and ‘68 and the city champi-

onship in 1968. While at Booker

T. Washington, Robins followed

what the late Luther M. Booker

started and won the district

championship in ‘68-‘70. His

Lamar swim teams were district

runner ups 1970- 1976. Working

on his Master at Texas Southern

University and completing it in

1973, Robins was not done yet.

He left the public school system

and went on to attain his doctor-

ate degree was the University of

Houston in 1978. Meanwhile he

worked in the area of athletics as

director and coordinator of the

City of Houston Parks and

Recreation competitive swim-

ming program from 1976

through 1984. He moved over to

TSU at Athletic director from

1984-85 and again from 1988-

1990. Robins went on to become

the co-founder of the Harris

County Aquatic Program from

1990 -2002 and became actively

involved in the development of

minority swimmers with one of

his swimmer qualifying for the

2000 Olympics one of which is

his daughter Kelley. Let us add

Dr. Thurman Robins published

the history of the Harris County

Aquatic Program entitled

“Swimming against the Odds;

The first ten years of HCAP. He

retired from Texas Southern

University as chair and professor

of the Health and Kinesiology

Department. He and his wife

Doris Rogers- Robins have three

adult daughters.

Brannen ‘Big Temp’ Temple is

taking advice of baseball great

Jackie Robinson and others.

Brannen Temple came to

Huston-Tillotson College from

the Bronx in 1954. With basket-

ball being the favorite of the

sports he played, Temple went

on to win the Lonnie Bell Most

Outstanding Athlete Award and

was inducted into the Huston-

Tillotson Sports Hall of Fame.

Taking over a winless program

at Aycock High School in

Rockdale, Texas, Temple took

them to the top of district play

during the time of integration.

For many years Temple taught

P.E. and Driver Education for

several Austin High Schools and

in 2006 he opened “Temp’s

Driving School in Austin. He

and his wife Florence Hawkins

met in 1955 and have more mar-

ried for 50 years and as the

proud parents of four children

and four grandchildren.

Dr. George Vincent was named

Vice-President for Diversity and

Community Engagement in

2006 for the University of Texas

at Austin. Since that time the

division of Diversity and

Community Engagement has

become the most comprehensive

divisions of its kind in the

nation. It has grown to encom-

pass more than 50 units and

projects, including the exempla-

ry rated UT-Elementary School,

the University Office

Institutional Equity, a new

Community Engagement Center,

the University Interscholastic

League, the Hogg Foundation

for Mental Health and a number

of initiatives that work to

increase the number of first-gen-

eration college students from

underrepresented populations in

the higher education pipeline.

A native of New York, City Dr.

Vincent came to UT in 2005 as

Vice Provost of Inclusion and

Cross Cultural Effectiveness.

He is a current professor in the

school of Law and a professor in

the Department of Higher

Education and holds the W. K

Kellogg Professorship in

Community College Leadership.

Having held position at the

University of Oregon and

Louisiana State University, Dr.

Vincent is one of the best in his

field!


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Lifetime Achievement Winner Dr. George Vincent UT, Cleve L. Freeman, Brannen “Big Temp” Temple,Dr. Thurman Robins and Leon “Big Hamp” Hamilton - All photos by Dr. Victor Keys

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