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On Friday night, No-vember 6, North Shore Se-nior High School held theirHomecoming game againstKingwood High School.The Mustangs beat theKingwood Mustangs by ascore of 63-6.

During halftime, DaisyGarcia and Colby Stuartwere announced as the2020 Homecoming Queenand King. Garcia is a drummajor and a member of theflute section for the NorthShore Band, and she isalso a member of the Na-tional Honor Society. Upongraduation, she would liketo study chemical engi-neering at the Universityof Houston or Texas A&MUniversity. Stuart is a var-sity baseball player and aR o u n d e r . A f t e r h i g hschool, he plans to studybusiness management.

North Shore HS crownsHomecoming King & Queen

Homecoming King Colby Stuart and Queen Daisy Garcia pose athalftime of the Homecoming game November 6.

By Allan Jamail

Thursday, November5, 2020 at the GPISDstadium, Head FootballCoach and Athletic Co-ordinator Spiro Ama-r a n t o s ’ f i g h t i n gYellowjackets defeatedHouston Northside Pan-thers, 44 – 6. They moveinto 2nd place behindundefeated Fort BendMarshall.

The Yellowjacketsswarming steel curtaindefense once againripped their district op-ponent ’ s o f fense toshreds allowing only 4yards rushing. The Pan-thers total offense waskept under 150 yards for

GP Yellowjackets rout theNorthside Panthers 44 – 6.

#4 Yellowjacket’s A’marion Kelly, junior running back/quarterback outruns a Panther defender to cross the goalline for 1 of his 2 TD’s in the game.

#10 Bernardo Vazquez, Jacket’s wide receiver catches a passfrom quarterback Raul Gonzalez and runs for a big gainer.ALL PHOTOS BY ALLAN JAMAIL

By Allan Jamail

Friday, November 6,2020 at the GPISD sta-dium the two-time de-f e n d i n g C l a s s 6 ADivision I championNorth Shore Mustangseasily defeated their dis-trict opponent the King-wood Mustangs 63 – 6.

Mustang Head CoachJon Kay’s team is 7-0and improving eachweek as it appears theymay be making anotherrun for a third consecu-tive championship title.

The crushing defenseof North Shore only gaveup 94 total yards. Theirpowerful defense forced3 fumbles and an inter-ception which led to a 78yard run for a touch-down by Caleb Flagg.

The explosive offensehas so many weaponsquarterback DematriusDavis keeps their oppo-nent’s defense confused,not knowing who he’llgive the ball to or pass

North Shore Mustangs remainundefeated trouncing Kingwood 63–6

Dematrius Davis #4 NS Mustang quarterback ran for gamesfirst of 9 touchdowns. (Photo by Allan Jamail)

#24 NS Mustang’s Brannon Davis running back runs 24 yardsfor a TD. (Photo by Allan Jamail)

By Allan Jamail

Houston, TX. – Friday,October 30, 2020 at theHouston Fire Department(HFD) - Station 44 at 675Maxey Road, Congress-woman Sylvia Garcia do-nated 4,000 N95 masks tothe Houston Fire Depart-ment. This is a part of herongoing effort to make surethat frontline workershave the PPE (PersonalProtective Equipment) tostay healthy and safewhile they work to savelives during the ongoingpandemic. She has donat-ed more than 50,000 facemasks t o c ommuni tyhealth centers, the police

department, the fire de-partment, and senior cen-ters.

Congresswoman Garciaunderstands that if we areto crush this virus we mustall have access to the pro-tective equipment we needto secure the well-being ofour communities. That’swhy she also co-introducedthe PPE for Safe SchoolsAct. This bill would pro-vide $8.8 Billion for PPE inschools and school buses;$1.6 Billion for cleaningand health supplies; and$6.6 Billion to fund addi-tional demands on clean-ing staff.

The N95 mask is a spe-cially made mask for first

responders to fit to theirface tight to not allow con-tagious germs to enter themouth or nose. First re-sponders are frequentlyexposed to victims of thedeadly and highly conta-gious COVID 19 virus.

Congresswoman Sylvia Garciadonates vital PPE to First Responders

Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia with HFD Station 44 senior officers and first responders holding aN95 mask. The N95 mask is specially made for first responders to fit to their face tight to not allowcontagious germs to enter the mouth or nose. First responders are frequently exposed to victimsof the deadly and highly contagious COVID 19 virus. (Photo by Allan Jamail)

Jacinto City Market by Nightreturns this Saturday, November 14from 5:00 pm until 9:00 pm.

The Artisan Market is held ev-ery second Saturday of the monthat the Jacinto City Town Center Pla-za, on Challenger 7 Drive.

This week will feature musicalentertainment by Vianey Torres,and delicious eats by El TrumpoLoco #3.

JC Market by NightSaturday, Nov. 14

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Sheldon Womanfatally beaten atuncles’ home

SHELDON – A 43year old woman wasfound beaten to deathinside her uncle’s mobilehome at Rimwood Streetat Ivydale last Friday.

A desperate call camein to authorities atabout 7:47 a.m., accord-ing to the Harris Coun-ty Sheriff’s Office. Uponarrival detectives founda woman deceased andobviously bludgeoned todeath.

Detectives describethe uncle finding thewoman with “obvious

Detectives arrive at the 7500 block of RimWood Friday morning to find agrim scene.

signs of blunt force trau-ma.”

Ambulance crews pro-nounced the womandead at the scene notlong after arrival.

Officials with theHarris County Sheriff’sOffice indicate theremay be multiple possi-ble witnesses as severalpeople were in and outof the home during thenight.

No individual hasbeen named as “of inter-est” as detectives try togather people that at-

tended the residenceovernight.

Detectives explainedthat the woman was be-ing allowed to live withher uncle at his resi-dence but refused to an-swer why. They also didnot release her name atthis time.

Anyone with informa-tion concerning thiscrime should call HarrisCounty Sheriff’s Officeat (713) 221-6000 orHouston Crime Stop-pers at (713) 222-TIPS.

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Last weekend the festival welcomed 31,313 guests for Heroes and Villains Week-end bringing the total season attendance to 167,519.

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Over 80 expecting moth-ers in East Harris Countywere treated to a one-of-a-kind baby shower in adrive-thru event. Motherswere showered with babyclothes, fresh food, diapers,cleaning supplies and oth-er goods to help meet theirneeds during the pandem-ic.

The collaborative effortwas hosted by ChurchPlanter Maria BautistaVargas at NorthshoreEpiscopal Church, Hous-ton (a church plant withinthe Episcopal Diocese ofTexas). Seven other non-profit organizations fromthe Houston metropolitanarea, including UnitedHealthcare and East Har-ris County EmpowermentCouncil (EHCEC) joinedforces on Friday, October30, 2020 to help make thisevent a success.

“I was happily surprisedby the team and supportwe received for this initia-tive,” said Bautista Var-g a s . “ I t w a s a h u g eblessing how everything

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Episcopal, United Health-care and EHCEC packedover 400 different outfitsfor the soon-to-be-born ba-bies.

Prior to COVID-19,Connie Claros from Unit-ed Healthcare explainedthat the healthcare organi-zation held large babyshowers in different partsof Harris County for low-income mothers enrolled intheir program every quar-ter, but the pandemic puta halt to those events.

As Bautista Vargas andClaros started to accumu-late large amounts of baby

clothes at NorthshoreEpiscopal, Claros decidedto reach out to EHCEC tosee how they could besthost a safe, yet enjoyablebaby shower for moms inneed.

Their efforts resulted inputting together a success-ful event with plans onhosting another babyshower drive-thru duringEaster season of 2021.

“We appreciate the op-portunity NorthshoreEpiscopal Church is givingus to host this event for themoms in the area,” saidClaros.

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1,009,031 POSITIVE19,334 DEATHS

826,116 RECOVERED

51,375,050 POSITIVE1,270,167 DEATHS

33,488,189 RECOVERED

10,241,488 POSITIVE239,618 DEATHS

3,961,873 RECOVERED

The National MeritScholarship Corporationhas recognized two Chan-nelview ISD students fortheir academic achieve-ment after performinghighly on the PreliminarySAT/National Merit Schol-arship Qualifying Test(PSAT/NMSQT).

C h a n n e l v i e w H i g hSchool Seniors SammyIjarah and Ryan Torreshave earned the Com-mended Student Recogni-tion by being among thetop 50,000 students whotook the PSAT.

About 34 ,000 Com-mended Students through-out the nation are beingrecognized for their excep-tional academic promise.Although they will not con-tinue in the 2021 competi-tion for National MeritScholarship awards, Com-mended Students placedamong the top 50,000 scor-ers of more than 1.5 mil-lion students who endedthe 2021 competition bytaking the 2019 PSAT/NMSQT.

“This is a prestigiousacademic honor for thesestudents who dedicatethemselves to their stud-ies,” said Channelview ISDSuperintendent Greg Ol-lis. “ I am proud of theirachievements and of oureducators who are passion-ate about helping our stu-dents succeed.”

Both students are cur-rently high school seniorsand among the top 10 stu-dents in their graduatingclass. Torres is an activemember of the NorthChannel Rotary InteractClub. The club organizesc o m m u n i t y s e r v i c eprojects and student mem-bers are mentored by Ro-tary Club representativesto help them develop lead-ership skills. Ijarah is amember of the NationalHonor Society and of thehigh school band.

Channelview ISD Students EarnCommended Recognition in NationalMerit Scholarship Program

“In order to score highenough on the PSAT myjunior year to earn Nation-al Merit Commended Stu-dent, I had to maintain apractice schedule with bal-ancing other obligationsand interests,” said Ijarah.“It was great to see that my

work leading up to the testpaid off.”

A Letter of Commenda-tion from the NationalMerit Scholarship Corpo-ration (NMSC), which con-ducts the program, will bepresented to these scholas-tically talented seniors.

Sammy Ijarah

Ryan Torres

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Moderates still chartingthe Country’s Course

OPINIONBy BILL KING

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In the wake of the election results this week,there have been dozens of articles, like this one inthe New York Times, claiming the results showAmerica is more politically divided than ever. Notat all. What the election results show is thatmoderates continue to referee between twominority parties over the direction of the country.

In the lead up to the election, the media con-sensus was that Trump’s controversial adminis-tration was going to be resoundingly rejected witha blue wave that would usher in a more progres-sive agenda for the country. But while it appearsthat a slim majority of the country has rejectedTrump’s brand of leadership, the blue wave nevermade it ashore.

First and most significantly, it appears that theU.S. Senate will likely stay in Republican control,probably only losing one seat net, notwithstand-ing that nearly ten were considered potentiallyvulnerable. Perhaps less consequential over thenext two years, but more stunning, was thatAmericans reduced the number of Democrats inthe U.S. House. This was totally unexpected bypundits and pollsters alike. Currently it appearsthat about 5-10 seats will flip to the GOP.

Also, there was no blue wave at the state level.In most states, including Texas, there was littlemovement in control of state legislatures. That isall the more remarkable considering the massive-ly funded campaigns to wrestle control away fromRepublicans in the leadup to redistricting (whichwill follow the release of the 2020 census results).

America is basically a center-right country andhas been for some time now. But the primaryprocess has driven the stances of each partyfurther into the ideological edges of the politicalspectrum. Consequently, support for both partieshas continued to gradually erode. Since 2004,Gallup has been asking Americans this question:“In politics, as of today, do you consider yourself aRepublican, a Democrat or an independent?”While identification tends to firm up aroundelections the trend is clear: Americans are in-creasingly disillusioned with both parties. Since2013, independents have enjoyed a plurality inevery poll.

As in this election, moderates have, so far, beencontent to be the adult in the room and disciplinewhichever party that begins to float wacky ideas,like taking immigrants’ children wapacking theSupreme Court or defunding police departments.They are the ones that have kept complete controlof the federal government out of the hands ofeither party for 36 of the last 50 years.

But the primary process is so broken that itwill likely continue to serve up more ideologicallyextreme candidates, leaving moderates theincreasingly odoriferous challenge of holdingtheir noses and picking the least bad candidate.

The interesting question is, will they continueto put up with being the referee between twounruly children or decide to take matters intotheir own hands and demand a fundamentalchange in the system? I don’t know the answer tothat question, but I hope it is the latter.

Rural Texas struggles withDigital Divide

I am a celebrity among theneighborhood dogs.

By now, I have been givingout dog treats on my dailywalk for several months. Ifyou think this has gone un-noticed among my town’s dogpopulation, you would be verymuch mistaken. If GwynethPaltrow or Brad Pitt were towalk down the street, I amquite certain the dogs in mytown would be completelyunimpressed. Their ownersmight behave foolishly andstart jumping up and downand salivating but, for thedogs, it would be a non-event.

With me, it’s another sto-ry.

There is an old black lab Isee occasionally on my hike.She is always glad to see meand her owner and I exchangepleasantries. But then sever-al weeks will go by before I seeher again. I saw them not toolong ago.

“I have to tell you what youhave done to my dog,” thewoman said.

Oh no, I thought.

“You walk by our house onyour hike every day.”

I have no idea where thiswoman lives, but I walk a fewblocks along the sidewalk be-fore I pick up the trail so I fig-ure she must live on thatstretch of road.

“Every day she sees youwalk by, she goes crazy. Shebarks and jumps up and downin front of the picture windowwhen you pass.”

I had no idea.

There is another dog I see,named Cinder. Cinder is verysmall and sometimes smalldogs can have a little attitude.But Cinder’s diminutiveframe consists of nothing butlove and fur. When she seesme, she appears to lose hertiny mind.

“Cinder!” I yell (not mak-ing things easier for her own-ers). Cinder throws herself onthe ground in front of me, bel-ly in the air, tail wagging fran-tically. I imagine this happensto Brad Pitt with his fans allthe time, but it is new to me.

Another time, I saw a dogoff-leash, many yards in thedistance. The dog saw me andcame running—barreling to-ward me—stopped at my feetand stared at me. I did notrecognize her. I could not re-member ever seeing her be-fore.

“Where is your owner?” Iinquired.

“Who cares?” she replied.She kept staring at me ador-ingly until I gave her a treat.Eventually, her owner ar-rived.

“She said you wouldn’tmind if she had a treat,” I toldhim.

“She’s right,” he told me.

The same thing happenedwith a pair of dogs I had onlyseen once, a long time earlier.“You’re like the ice creamtruck, their owner said. “Theyhear your hiking poles in thedistance and come running!”

I’m betting Gwyneth Pal-trow has never been com-pared to an ice cream truck. Iwas deeply flattered.

Just like the ice creamtruck driver, I know howmany treats I’ll need on myroute. Seven dogs is a goodday. Two is a little disappoint-ing. Four to five dogs is aboutaverage. Occasionally, I giveout half treats if the dog is thesize of Cinder and it looks asif a treat would comprise afull meal.

When I get home, my hus-band, Peter, always asks me,“How was your hike?”

I could tell him about thebeautiful blue bird I saw, orhow the sun made the pineneedles shimmer, or that mylegs ached by the time Iclimbed the final hill. But Pe-ter doesn’t care about any ofthat.

“It was a good hike,” I tellhim. And then I tell him allabout my fans.

Till next time,

Carrie

Carrie Classon’s memoir iscalled, “Blue Yarn.” Learnmore at CarrieClasson.com.

“DogCelebrity”

If broadband is a life-line, then rural Texas isin danger of dying.

In its first report to theTexas Legislature, theGovernor’s BroadbandDevelopment Councilcalled for the creation ofa state broadband planand a state broadband of-fice. Texas is one of sixstates without a plan forenhancing broadband ac-cess.

The pandemic hashighlighted the need forbroadband connectivityand emphasized it is acritical issue for thestate’s rural and un-served areas, according tothe report. Almost 1 mil-lion Texans do not haveaccess to broadband athome, and rural Texansrepresent about 90 per-cent of that number.

The report is spotlight-ed in a panel discussion Imoderated for the TexasTribune as part of its vir-tual symposium on “TheFuture of Rural Texas.”All of the free sessionswill be broadcast at noonN o v . 9 - 1 3 a ttexastribune.org, and re-cordings also will beavailable.

The lack of broadbandaccess “is particularlyproblematic for those whoneed to attend school vir-tually, visit a doctor on-line or work remotely,either due to the COVID-19 pandemic or other fac-tors,” the report noted.

Panelist Annette Guti-errez, executive directorof the Rio Grande Coun-cil of Governments, en-couraged rural Texans toband together in theirtowns and regions to ad-vocate for broadband ac-cess of at least 25 mbpsspeed. Public-privatepartnerships are criticalfor success, she said.

“I like to think of my-self as an optimistic per-son, and so with COVIDthe silver lining in all ofthis is that we have to dobetter, we have to be bet-

ter prepared,” Gutierrezsaid.

A member of the gov-ernor’s council, JenniferHarris, also served as apanelist. She is Texasprogram director for Con-nected Nation, a nonprof-it that has been mappingbroadband availability tomake the need clear.

“The reason that is soimportant is a lot of fed-eral funding is based offof whether you show upas your community beingserved or unserved,” Har-ris said.

Panelist Charlie Cano,CEO of Etex TelephoneCooperative near Long-view, said his companyhas successfully pivotedto providing broadbandvia fiber cabling but stillhas about 50 percent ofits market yet to connect.Federal and state incen-tives need to keep encour-aging the rural buildout,he said.

The question is wheth-er this can occur state-wide quickly enough tohelp rural Texas, whichhas suffered from steeppopulation declines forthe past 70 years. A bi-partisan group of 88 law-makers recently wrote toGov. Greg Abbott to urgehim to act immediately toaddress the problem.

Cano said he movedfrom Austin to a smalltown to raise his familybecause “I love the emo-

tional connection you getwith a small-town com-munity.” He wants the so-l u t i o n s t o f o c u s o nsmall-town providers likehis that are invested intheir communities.

“There already aresome providers that aredoing a really good job ...,”Cano said. “They justneed some additionalhelp.”

“Broadband is a Life-line” airs at noon Nov. 11,and I encourage you tojoin the conversation con-vened by the Tribune, astatewide nonprofit newssite. Please also emailccobler@texaspress.comto let me know the stateof broadband in your com-munity.

Other topics for the“The Future of Rural Tex-as” sessions: rural Texasand the 87th Legislature;rural public education;rural higher education;rural health care; build-ing a strong economy;preserving natural re-sources; and the viewfrom rural Texas.

BIG VOTER TURNOUTKEEPS TEXAS RED

Texans turned out tovote in numbers not seensince 1992 and kept thestate firmly red.

President Trump de-feated Joe Biden in Tex-as by 6 percentage points,which was less than his9-point victory over Hill-ary Clinton in 2016. MittRomney won Texas by 16points in 2012.

Predictions of a stron-ger Democratic showingin the state proved to bemostly off the mark. U.S.Sen. John Cornyn easilydefeated M.J. Hegar,state Republicans held onto their solid majority inboth houses of the stateLegislature, and GOP in-cumbents in Congressheld all their seats.

Voter turnout topped66 percent, the best show-ing in Texas since 1992’spresidential race, whenGeorge H. Bush and RossPerot attracted intenseinterest and brought 72percent of registered vot-ers to the polls.

Republican politicalconsultant Derek Ryanpointed to PresidentTrump’s gains in supportamong Texas Latino vot-ers compared to 2016.The map also showedD e m o c r a t s g a i n i n gground in Texas’ biggestcities.

“This should serve as awake-up call to both par-ties, but it probablywon’t,” Ryan said of amap showing changes bycounty in Trump’s votingresults.

Chris Cobler is a boardmember and past presi-dent of the Freedom of In-formation Foundation ofTexas . He welcomese m a i l a tccobler@texaspress.com.

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Dear Rusty: I am turn-ing 67 in October and as oftoday am still employedfull time. I really do notplan on retiring unless Iam forced to. But how do Iarrange my Social Securi-ty and Medical care stuff.It seems this subject is likea color, and everyone has adifferent color they like. Isthere any way for me to fig-ure this out with help or onmy own? I could really usesome guidance. Signed:Perplexed

Dear Perplexed: Okay,let’s look at your SocialSecurity and your Medi-care separately, becausethey’re two totally inde-pendent programs.

You do not need to do

anything about Social Se-curity until you are readyto start collecting yourbenefits. Since you havealready reached your fullretirement age (FRA) of 66,you are now earning De-layed Retirement Credits(DRCs) at the rate of .667%per month. That meansthat your benefit in Octo-ber, if you were to claim itthen, would be 8% morethan it would have been atage 66. If you continue todelay applying for SS ben-efits, you will continue toearn those DRCs up to age70, when your benefitamount would be 32%more than it would havebeen at your FRA. Thechoice of when to claimyour Social Security isyours to make, considering

your need for the money,your health, and your ex-pected longevity. The long-er you wait (up to 70) themore your benefit will be,and if you expect at leastaverage longevity (about84 for a man your currentage) then you’ll get both ahigher benefit amount andmore in cumulative life-time benefits by waiting toclaim your Social Security.

As for Medicare, if youare now covered by youremployer’s “creditable”healthcare plan, you candelay enrolling in Medi-care until your currentemployer coverage ends(when you stop working).“Creditable” is a groupplan with more than 20participants. If you nowhave “creditable” employerhealthcare coverage (in-cluding drug coverage) youwon’t be liable for a LateEnrollment Penalty forenrolling in Medicare (or adrug plan) later. If you arestill working and knowyour creditable employercoverage will end soon, youcan enroll for Medicarebenefits to start coincidentwith the end of your em-ployer coverage. Or, afteryou stop working, you canenroll in Medicare duringa “Special Enrollment Pe

Ask Rusty – I Need Guidance onSocial Security and Medicare

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Colts, Titans battle for first place in AFC South:Alabama looks to extract revenge against LSU

For the second straightweek, Thursday NightFootball should be worthwatching. After the Pack-ers played at San Fran-cisco last Thursday, thisweek the IndianapolisColts will take on the Ten-nessee Titans with thewinner taking over firstplace in the AFC South.

Two weeks ago, theColts eased by Detroit 41-21, while the Titans wereupset by the lowly Cincin-nati Bengals, 31-20.

While those two go at itin Nashville, the HoustonTexans head to Clevelandto face the Browns. Thank-fully, the Dallas Cowboysare off so we don’t have towatch that train wreck of ateam this weekend.

Other interestingmatchups have the 49ersvisiting the Saints, TampaBay has a tough one inCarolina and on SundayNight Football, the Balti-more Ravens visit thestruggling New EnglandPatriots.

In college action, No. 2-ranked Alabama will headto Baton Rouge to take onthe defending nationalchampion LSU Tigers. Ayear ago, LSU handedNick Saban’s team a 46-41loss in Tuscaloosa and youhad better believe that theCrimson Tide will be outfor revenge on Saturdaynight in Death Valley. Jim-bo Fisher’s No. 7-rankedTexas A&M Aggies head toKnoxville to take on Ten-nessee in a game the Ag-gies can’t afford to lookpast. The Vols have strug-gled this year, but theyhave enough talent to givethe Aggies a game if theyaren’t focused.

Before we take a look atthose games and a handfulof others, let’s review lastweek’s record. An 11-1week (best of the season)upped the season record to53-28 (64%). Now, ontothis weekend’s games.

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Wisconsin at Michi-gan: A good one in the Big10 pits the Badgersagainst the Wolverines inMichigan Stadium. Wis-consin opened the seasonwith a 45-7 thumping ofIllinois as quarterbackGraham Mertz had an out-standing debut by throw-ing for 248 yards and fivetouchdowns. Wisconsin’sgame against Nebraskawas canceled two weeksago because of a COVID 19outbreak among playersand staff members. Whilethe Badgers were idle twoweeks ago, the Wolverineslost to arch rival MichiganState 27-24 at home. JimHarbaugh’s team openedthe season with an impres-sive win at Minnesota. Heis hoping quarterback JoeMilton (525 yards, 1 TD)and running back HassanHaskins (138 yards, 3 TDs)get back on track on Satur-day. My pick, Michigan 30,Wisconsin 27

Texas A&M at Ten-nessee: The Aggies hit theroad for the secondstraight week when theyvisit Knoxville to take on aTennessee team that lostthree of its first five games.The Aggies will once againrely on senior quarterbackKellen Mond (1,244 yards,12 TDs) and running backIsaiah Spiller (512 yards, 5TDs) to get things doneagainst the Vols. Twoweeks ago in their 42-24win over Arkansas, Mondbroke Johnny Manziel’scareer yardage record andwill look to add to thosenumbers against a suspect

Tennessee defense. Ten-nessee quarterback JarrettGuaraatano (914 yards, 6TDs) has struggled thisyear. Look for the A&Mdefense to bring the heat toforce a turnover or twofrom the Vol QB. My pick,Texas A&M 31, Tennessee23

Alabama at LSU: It’spayback time for the Crim-son Tide. As mentionedearlier, LSU put up 46points on the ‘Bama de-fense a year ago and I’msure Saban has remindedhis defense of that all weeklong as the Tide has pre-pared for this game. TheTigers have struggled thisyear as evidenced by the48-11 pounding they tookat Auburn two weeks ago. Iexpect Alabama quarter-back Mac Jones (2,196yards, 16 TDs) to attackthe LSU defense from theget go. Running back Na-jee Harris (714 yards, 14TDs) and wide receiverDevonta Smith (56 recep-tions, 759 yards, 8 TDs)should have big daysagainst a young LSU de-fense. Look for the Crim-son Tide to continue rollingagainst the Tigers. Mypick, Alabama 38, LSU 20

NFL

Indianapolis at Ten-nessee: A big one in theAFC South pits the Coltsagainst the Titans onThursday Night Football.Indy QB Phillip Rivers(1,860 yards, 10 TDs) isbeginning to look like hisold self and that’s goodnews for Colt fans. Rookierunning back JonathanTaylor (389, 3 TDs) has

given Indy a solid runninggame, but he will be testedby a solid Titans defensethat will be in a nastymood after allowing theBengals to score 31 pointsagainst them two weeksago. The Titans offensewill have its hands fullagainst one of the league’sbest defenses. Look forrunning back Derrick Hen-ry (775 yards, 8 TDs) to befeatured early to set upquarterback Ryan Tanne-hill (1,823 yards, 17 TDs)and the play action passinggame. Tennessee wide re-ceiver Corey Davis (29 re-ceptions, 369 yards, 3 TDs)has been coming on latelyand look for him to hook upwith Tannehill with a deepstrike or two against theColts. The Titans aretough to beat at home. Mypick, Tennessee 24, India-napolis 20

Houston at Cleve-land: The Texans hit theroad for the secondstraight week and head toCleveland to take on theBrowns. Two weeks ago,the Browns dropped a 16-6decision as Baker Mayfield(1,514 yards, 15 TDs) hada rough day, but he shouldrebound nicely against theputrid Houston defense.Texans QB Deshaun Wat-son (2,095 yards, 15 TDs)will need to use his legs inthis one because Clevelandhas one of the league’s toppass rushers in former Ag-gie Myles Garrett. Look forGarrett to wreak havoc onthe Houston line. I thinkthe Texans hang around inthis one, but look for May-field to outduel Watson inthe Dawg Pound. My pick,Cleveland 30, Houston 23

Tampa Bay at Caroli-na: Tom Brady and theBucs travel to Carolina totake on Teddy Bridgewater(2,006 yards, 9 TDs) andthe Panthers. Bridgewatermight have All-Pro run-ning back Christian Mc-Caffrey back for this game

and that would be a hugeboost to the Panther of-fense. McCaffrey sustaineda high ankle sprain inWeek 2 and has been inac-tive since that game. If hereturns, he will face one ofthe fastest and best defens-es in the NFL. Look forBrady to have another bigday and look for him tobring wide receiver Anto-nio Brown into the fold.Tampa Bay is loaded onoffense and Brown, theformer standout wide re-ceiver with the Steelers,give Brady one more weap-on to play with. My pick,Tampa Bay 32, Carolina24

San Francisco at NewOrleans: It might be get-ting to desperation time forthe defending NFC cham-pions, who can ill affordmany more losses if theyhope to defend their con-ference title in 2020. Twoweeks ago, the 49ersdropped a 37-27 decision atSeattle, which was theirfourth loss of the season.They are currently in lastplace in the NFC West.While the 49ers were los-ing on the road, the Saintspicked up a 26-23 overtimewin at Chicago. The Saintswill once again be led byquarterback Drew Brees(1,898 yards, 13 TDs) andrunning back Alvin Kama-ra (431 rushing yards, 4TDs/55 receptions, 556yards, 3 TDs). A year ago,these two teams played athriller in the Superdome,with the 49ers pulling at a48-46 victory. New Orleansextracts revenge this timearound. My pick, New Or-leans 33, San Francisco 28

Baltimore at New En-gland: When the schedulecame out in the spring, thislooked like a marqueematchup, but that’s not thecase now. Bill Belichick’sPatriots are having one oftheir worst seasons in de-cades. After they dropped a24-21 decision at Buffalo

two weeks ago, the six-time Super Bowl champi-ons dropped to 2-5 on theseason. Quarterback CamNewton (1,143 passingyards, 2 TDs, 7 intercep-tions/298 rushing yards, 6TDs) has struggled andvery well could be re-placed. The Ravensdropped a 28-24 decision athome to the Steelers twoweeks ago and fell twogames behind Pittsburghin the AFC North race.Quarterback Lamar Jack-son (1,343 passing yards,12 TDs/ 411 rushing yards,2 TDs) will look to makeplays down field to speedywide receiver MarquiseBrown (27 receptions, 379yards, 2 TDs) and over themiddle to dependable tightend Mark Andrews (23receptions, 5 TDs). Lookfor Baltimore to take careof business on SundayNight Football as the mis-ery continues in New En-gland. My pick, Baltimore26, New England 20

Minnesota at Chica-go: A so-so one for MondayNight Football has the Vi-kings visiting the Bears inSoldier Field. Two weeksago, Viking running backDalvin Cook ran roughs-hod over the Green Baydefense, amassing 226 to-tal yards from scrimmagealong with four touch-downs (3 rushing, 1 receiv-ing). Cook will face a muchbetter defense this weekwhen he faces the Bears,but it’s the Chicago offensethat is the problem in theWindy City. QuarterbackNick Foles (1,411 yards, 8TDs) continues to struggleand head coach Matt Nagymay have to go back toformer starter MitchelTrubisky, which isn’t muchof an improvement. Lookfor the Chicago defense tobe the difference maker inthis one as the Bears re-main in the hunt in theNFC North.

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riod” (or “SEP” for thosetransitioning from employ-er coverage to Medicarecoverage). Your SEP forMedicare will last for 8months after you stopworking, but you only have63 days after the end ofyour employer drug cover-age to enroll in a Part Dprescription drug plan.

The bottom line is this– you don’t need to enrollin Medicare until yourcreditable employer

healthcare coverage ends.And you don’t need to ap-ply for Social Security un-til you wish to startreceiving benefits (justdon’t wait beyond 70).

One final point becauseyou were born in 1953: ifyou are now married andyour wife is already collect-ing her SS, you can file a“restricted application forspouse benefits only” andcollect only a spouse bene-fit from your wife, while

still allowing your ownbenefit to continue to growuntil you are 70. But thisoption is only available toyou because you were bornbefore January 2, 1954.

This article is intendedfor information purposesonly and does not representlegal or financial guidance.It presents the opinionsand interpretations of theAMAC Foundation’s staff,trained and accredited by

Natural yellow gem diamonds are the mostcommon of the fancy-color diamonds, whileorange diamonds are among the rarest whenthey have unmodified hues. Both categories owetheir coloration to atomic-level lattice defectsassociated with nitrogen impurities in thediamond structure.

Among fancy-color diamonds, those withsaturated blue, green, and red colors are therarest and generally the most highly valued.Over the last decade, however, diamonds withpure hues in these colors have made up lessthan one-tenth of one percent of all diamondsexamined at GIA (Gemological Institute ofAmerica), making them virtually unattainablein the marketplace.

Yellow and orange diamonds owe their colorprimarily to nitrogen impurities that are incor-porated in the diamond lattice during growthdeep in the earth. Nitrogen is the most commonimpurity in natural diamond due to the verysimilar atomic radii of nitrogen and carbonatoms, as well as the relative abundance ofnitrogen in the growth environment. If nitrogenis present when diamond grows, it will inevita-bly be incorporated.

During the last decade, GIA has examinedseveral hundred thousand naturally coloreddiamonds with yellow or orange hue compo-nents, more than two-thirds of which had pure,unmodified yellow hues. In stark contrast toyellow diamonds, which are by far the mostcommon fancy color, less than one-tenth of apercent of the stones examined over the sameperiod had pure, unmodified orange hues.

Many very large and famous yellow andorange diamonds have been unearthed and soldfor strong prices at auction (figure 9). One of thelargest yellow diamonds is the 407.48 ct FancyDeep brownish yellow (and Internally Flawless)Incomparable diamond, discovered in the Congo.

The largest is The Orange, a Fancy Vividorange diamond of unknown origin weighing14.82 ct that sold at auction in 2013 for US$2.4million per carat, a record price at the time.Another well-known orange diamond is thePumpkin, a 5.54 ct Fancy Vivid orange stonefrom the Central African Republic purchasedthe day before Halloween in 1997 for US$1.3million.

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Defensive stop on #5 Panther quarterback Ronald Holmesby the swarming steel curtain Yellowjackets, RaymondQuintanilla, Brice Hernandez, Luis Sanchez and AlexanderBuentello. (Photo by Allan Jamail)

4 quarters. The pass de-fense sacked the quar-terback numerous timesand caused 5 Pantherfumbles, allowing only

GP Yellowjackets rout theNorthside Panthers 44 – 6.

to from one play to thenext. Davis the state’snumber one rankedquarterback is always athreat too; his run-passoption has proven effec-tive most anytime hecalls his own number.

The offense made 500yards , 169 pass ingyards and 331 rushingyards, yielding 8 touch-downs.

Touchdowns weremade by, DematriusDavis, Shadrach Banks,Brannon Davis, CalebFlagg, Charles King,Daveon Ford, CalebRawls and Davion Wil-son. Carlos Dominguezkicked the extra points.

The Mustangs stillhave a penalty problemwith 6 penalties, costing

North Shore Mustangs remainundefeated trouncing Kingwood 63–6

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#81 Yellowjacket junior kicker Fernando Mendozakicking a 25 yard field goal, he kicked the games extrapoints. (Photo by Allan Jamail)

one TD late in the fourthquarter.

Jacket’s offense gar-nered 396 yards with 6touchdowns and a fieldgoal. Touchdowns weremade by : A ’Marion

Kelly (2 TD’s), ArturoGarcia (2 TD’s), OzielTrevino (1 TD), JoseBarrientos (1 TD) andFernando Mendozakicked the extra pointsand a 25 yard field goal.

Yellowjackets have ad i s t r i c t game wi thHouston’s Waltrip Ramson Thursday, November12, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. atHouston Delmar Stadi-um.

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#11 Caleb Flagg makes a 78 yard touchdown run after his pass interception fromKingwood’s quarterback. Kingwood defenders lay scattered on the turf after theherd of Mustangs clear Flagg’s way into the end zone. (Photo by Allan Jamail)

#2 Shadrach Banks Mustang’s wide receiver scores on a passfrom Dematrius Davis.(Photo by Allan Jamail)

#14 Charles King Mustang’s wide receiver crosses the goalfrom a pass catch from Dematrius Davis. (Photo by Allan Jamail)

them 60 yards.North Shore has an

away conference gamewith Summer Creek(Humble, TX) at TurnerStadium on Friday, No-vember 13 at 7pm.

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