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AUSTIN CITY LIMITS DELIVERS JAZZ LEGENDHERBIE HANCOCK FOR LIVE TAPING

By Naomi RichardVILLAGER Contributor

AUSTIN, TX - AustinCity Limits, the long-run-ning live music televisionprogram, welcomed theincomparable 14-timeGrammy® Award winner,jazz legend, pianist,keyboardist, bandleaderand composer HerbieHancock for a live tapingat Austin’s Moody The-atre.

Hancock filled theconcert hall with his in-credible talent, accompa-nied by alto saxophonist/keyboardist/ KendrickLamar producer TerraceMartin, one of the originalSaturday Night Live bass-ist James Genus andfamed drummer VinnieColaiuta (Sting/FrankZappa). A combination ofstellar talent to die for!

When introducingthe band or “inmates” hesaid jokingly, Hancockmade an announcement.

Herbie Hancock performs at ACL Live At The Moody Theatre.Photo by Scott Newton See FOREFRONT, pg 2

Biden Does Austin By Melissa Fontenette-Mitchell

VILLAGER Contributor

AUSTIN, TX - Former Vice President Joe Biden wasa featured guest at the Tom Johnson Lecturer at theLBJ Presidential Library Tuesday evening October 3rd.Former Vice President Biden was interviewed byformer LBJ Library Director Mark K. Updegrove.

Former Vice President Biden discussed how hislegacy is expanding opportunities for all, in the U.S. andabroad, within the Biden Foundation, Penn Biden Cen-ter for Diplomacy and Global Engagement at the Uni-versity of Pennsylvania. Through the nonprofits heand his wife Dr. Jill Biden has worked with Congress toraise middle class standard of living, reduce gun vio-lence, address women issues and find a cure for can-cer.

The Tom Johnson Lectureship was established in2010 in recognition of Johnson’s 30 years as chairmanof the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation Board ofTrustees. Johnson served as executive assistant to Presi-dent Johnson and later as president and then chair-man of CNN.

Former Vice President Joe Biden(Photo credit/Melissa Fontenette-Mitchell)

AUSTIN, Texas —Members of the TravisCounty CommissionersCourt appointed JeffTravillion on Tuesday toserve on Capital Metro’sboard of directors. A mem-ber of the Travis CountyCommissioners Court rep-resenting Precinct 1,Travillion will serve on theboard at least until June 1,2018, at which time thecourt will make an ap-pointment to fill the regu-lar three-year term onCapital Metro’s board.

“We welcome Com-missioner Travillion to theboard, and I look forwardto working with him,” saidLinda Watson, CapitalMetro’s president/CEO.“It’s vitally important that

our entire service area hasrepresentation on ourboard, and CommissionerTravillion will be a strongvoice for Travis County’sinterests.”

Travillion was electedto the court in 2016 andtook office in January2017. He worked for thecity of Austin for 16 years,retiring as team lead forthe Code Department’sNeighborhood Enhance-ment Team. Travillion hasconducted reviews of stateagencies and city depart-ments, and worked to im-prove operational effi-ciency for organizations inthe public, private andnonprofit sectors.

A graduate of JacksonState University’s W.E.B.

Dubois Honors Program,Travillion also was a fel-low of both the HeinzSchool at Carnegie-Mellon University andHarvard University ’sKennedy School of Gov-ernment. He has amaster’s degree from theUniversity of Texas atAustin’s LBJ School ofPublic Affairs.

Travillion’s term willbegin Monday, Oct. 23,the next scheduled meet-ing of Capital Metro’sboard of directors. Hewas appointed to serveout the remainder offormer board memberBeverly Silas’s term. Silas,who resigned last week,was Travis County’s rep-resentative on the board.

Travis County CommissionerJeff Travillion appointed to

Capital Metro Board

Travillionto serve outpartial term

throughJune 2018 Jeff Travillion

Bertha Means,Ada Anderson honoredas Diamond members.

See AKAPage 2

TC DemocraticChairman announces

resignation.See HARDING

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Austin’s NCNWinducts threenew officers.

See HARAMBEEPage 3

The loss ofanother Black

Publisher! I do not go to manyfunerals these days,because I would go to afuneral almost every day.With the loss of so manyfriends, community mem-bers, and relatives whoseem to be passing daily, Iam just happy to wake upand see another day. However, there are someservices that we areobligated to attend, if nomore than to show ourrespect for the departed andtheir families. That was thecase last weekend. Thepresident of the TexasPublishers Association(TPA) and publisher ofPower Pages News, HattieKelley, lost her battle withcancer last week and hergoing home services wereheld Saturday inMcKinney, Texas. And asan officer of the TPA, I wasobliged to attend. Not onlybecause she was the headof our organization, butover the years, she had alsobecame a trusted friend. Kelley was a well-known religious leaderfrom Farmersville, TX, andwas known all over the areafor her religious work. Shetook all of her many dutiesvery seriously and it wasappreciated by all whoknew her. As President of TPA,Kelley showed her fairnessto the organization byscheduling meetings allover the state. When youtravel all over Texas youput a lot of miles on yourvehicle. But, PresidentKelley not only calledmeetings all over the state,she also made many trips toAustin to meet with stateagency heads seekingadvertising support for ourpapers. As a result, theorganization securedadvertising for more than25 papers. Many of themwere not even members ofthe TPA. There are some peoplewho go about their workquietly, but everyoneknows their works and canappreciate their commit-ment to it. It was that waywith Minister Kelley. Andall that needs to be said nowis RIP Minister Kelley.

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He said, “I don’teven know how Ter-race does what hedoes. It is a very un-usual skill set toplay the alto saxand keyboards. Heproduced KendrickLamar’s Butterflyproject and he playedfor Snoop. I’ve alsohired him to producemy next album.” Thecrowd went crazy atthe mere mention ofa new album in theworks!

According toScott Newton ofAustin City limits,“Hancock remainsat the forefront ofworld culture, tech-nology, businessand music. In addi-tion to being recog-nized as a legendarypianist and com-poser, the ardentmusic ambassador

Newton: “Hancock remains at the forefront of worldculture, technology, business and music” continued from page 1

Herbie Hancock performs at ACL Live At The Moody Theatre. Photo by Scott Newton

has been an integralpart of every popu-lar music move-ment since the1960s. As a memberof the Miles Davis’Second Great Quin-tet, he pioneered ag r o u n d b r e a k i n gsound in jazz. Healso developed newapproaches on hisown classic ‘60s re-cordings likeMaiden Voyage, fol-lowed by his workin the ‘70s withrecord-breaking al-bums such as HeadHunters, combiningelectric jazz withfunk and rock in aninnovative style thatcontinues to influ-ence contemporarymusic.”

The audiencewas serenaded withballads such asOverture, Actual

Proof, Come Run-ning to Me, a sur-prise unrecorded/unreleased song“Secret Sauce,” andthey closed withone of Hancock’ssignature wellknown pieces of

work Cantaloupe Is-land. Cantaloupewas initially re-corded in 1964 andre-recorded in 1976on his funk/jazz al-bum Secrets.

The 77-year oldmaster musician

shows no sign ofslowing down whilebeing recognizedfor his extensivebody of work andunparalleled contri-butions to the mu-sic industry. He wasawarded a Kennedy

Center Honor in2013, published hismemoir HerbieHancock: Possibili-ties in 2014 and re-ceived a GrammyLifetime Achieve-ment Award in2016.

Beta Psi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,Incorporated Hosts Southwest Central Texas Cluster Retreat

(l to r) Members of Beta Psi Omega with Alpha Kappa Alpha South Central Regional Director Katina M. Semien

Photo Credit: Alice Garrett

Austin, TX - On Sep-tember 30, 2017, the BetaPsi Omega Chapter of Al-pha Kappa Alpha Sorority,Incorporated hosted theSouthwest Central TexasCluster Retreat which tookplace at the Hilton Down-town Austin. Over 200members from chapters inSan Marcos, San Antonio,Killeen, Corpus Christi,Prairie View, Bryan Col-lege Station, and Austinwere in attendance for theretreat. The Southwest

Central Texas Cluster Re-treat was led by AlphaKappa Alpha South CentralRegional Director KatinaM. Semien and PreciousColeman, Southwest Cen-tral Texas Cluster Coordi-nator.

During the retreat,Alpha Kappa Alpha mem-ber and Austin District OneCouncil Member, OraHouston, presented Re-gional Director Katina M.Semien with a SouthwestCentral Texas Cluster Day

proclamation. One of Al-pha Kappa Alpha’s signa-ture programs for the pastfour years has been theOne Million Backpacks ini-tiative, where membersare tasked to collect overone million backpacks tobe donated to studentsacross the country. On theday of the retreat, mem-bers of the Southwest Cen-tral Texas Cluster collected350 backpacks and over2,700 school supplies thatwere donated to Delco Pri-

mary School, Pflugerville,TX, which is named afterBeta Psi Omega’s very ownWilhelmina Delco. Re-gional Director Katina M.Semien presented Huston-Tillotson University presi-dent, Dr. Colette PierceBurnette, with a $1,500donation for Huston-Tillotson University.

The Southwest Cen-tral Texas Cluster Retreatended with a special rec-ognition for two of BetaPsi Omega’s Diamond

members. Diamond mem-bers of Alpha Kappa Al-pha Sorority, Inc. aremembers that have 75+years of membership inthe sorority. The twomembers recognized areAda Collins Anderson andBertha Sadler Means.Ada Collins Anderson, acharter member of theAlpha Nu Chapter of Al-pha Kappa Alpha Sorority,Inc. at Tillotson Collegein 1939 has achieved 78years of membership.

Anderson also is the larg-est donor to Huston-Tillotson University giv-ing three million dollarsin 2014. Bertha SadlerMeans was also initiatedinto the Alpha Nu Chap-ter at Tillotson College in1942 and has achieved75 years of membership.Collectively, thesewomen hold manyawards and honors fortheir dedication and in-volvement in the Austincommunity.

Marcus Roberts to HeadlineHuston-Tillotson University’s‘All-Steinway School’ Concert

AUSTIN, TX – TheMarcus Roberts Trio willheadline Huston-TillotsonUniversity’s “All-SteinwaySchool” concert, sched-uled Saturday, Oct. 28,2017, at 5 p.m. on the cam-pus at 900 Chicon Streetin King-Seabrook Chapel.

In addition, the concertwill also feature theHuston-Tillotson Univer-sity Concert Choir, underthe direction of Dr. GloriaQuinlan.

Pianist/composerMarcus Roberts has beenhailed as “the genius of

the modern piano”. In2014, the celebrated CBSNews television show, 60Minutes, profiled his lifeand work on a segmententitled “The Virtuoso”.The show traced Roberts’life to date from his earlyroots in Jacksonville and atthe Florida School for theDeaf and Blind to his re-markable career as a mod-ern jazz musician.

Huston-Tillotson Uni-versity recently became an

“All-Steinway School” fol-lowing a gift of $800,000for the purchase of 15Steinway pianos. The ac-quisition makes HT theonly institution of higherlearning in Central Texas,the fourth HBCU in thecountry, and the 196th col-lege/university in theworld to earn the coveted“All-Steinway School” title.

Tickets can be pur-chased online. Parking avail-able on Chalmers Avenue. Marcus Roberts Trio

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

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stpetersaustintx@att.netTHE PLACE WHERE WE STEP OUT ON FAITH.

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and Praise /Bible Study 6:30 p.m.(to include Children’s Choir Rehersaland

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

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

AGAPE is a chuch for all people. “Where Jesus Christ is Magnified and the love Heexhibited is Exemplified.” Come, receive God’s unconditional lovefor you.

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

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

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Sunday School 9:00 A.M.Worship Service 10:00 A.M.•Power Hour Bible Life Group 6:00 P.M.

Imani Complex & Office,11800 Mustang at Duval Austin, Texas 78727

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

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

Sunday MorningWorship @ 11: am

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

with God through our Lord Jesus Christ

This life, therefore, is not righteous-ness, but growth in righteousness; not health,but healing; not being, but becoming; not rest,but exercise. We are not yet what we shall be,but we are growing toward it. The process isnot yet finished, but it is going on. This is notthe end, but it is the road. All does not yetgleam in glory, but all is being purified.

--- Martin Luther

Kenneth Hill, Pastor

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

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

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(512) 451-0808 (512) 302-4575 Fax Web Site - www.themount.net

WORSHIP SERVICESSunday Worship - 7:45 a.m. & 11 a.m.Church School - 9:45 a.m.Bible Studies - Mon, 6:30 p.m. & Wed., 12 noonWednesday Night Worship - 7 p.m.

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

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

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AUSTIN SECTION – NCNW INSTALLS NEWOFFICERS AND UPCOMING HARAMBEE EVENT

AUSTIN, TX - There’sexcitement in the air withthe Austin Section – Na-tional Council of NegroWomen as the organiza-tion begins its new yearwith President Sheri A.Marshall, entrepreneurand community advocate.Ms. Marshall was formallyinstalled as president inJuly 2017. Three new of-ficers were installed onMonday, September 11,2017 by Judge Yvonne M.Williams at the TravisCounty – Precinct 1 CourtChambers on Helfin Lane.They are: Financial Secre-tary Aretha Waits, Corre-sponding Secretary Judith(Jay) Howard, and Secre-tary Jeanna Fullard. OtherExecutive Board membersinclude: 1st Vice PresidentDr. Rashanne M. Lewis, 2nd

Vice President Rev. MarionChildress-Usher, TreasurerPolly Street, Parliamentar-ian Myrtle Bell, Social Me-dia Chair Annette Booker,Publicity Chair Arlene L.Youngblood, and Nomi-nating Chair/Sergeant-At-Arms Alta Alexander.

President Marshalllooks forward to continu-ing the legacy of NCNW’sfounder Dr. Mary McLeodBethune who establishedthe organization in 1935 tohelp uplift women of Afri-can- American descent byworking with the local af-filiates in the Greater Aus-tin area. Dr. Bethune’spurpose of the organiza-tion was to establish anorganization of affiliates

ATTEN HUT! - Treasurer Polly Street, Secretary- Jeanna Fullard, PresidentSheri A. Marshall, Travis County (Precinct 1) Judge Yvonne M. Williams,1st Vice President Dr. Rashanne M. Lewis, Financial Secretary Aretha Waits,2nd Vice President Rev. Marion Childress-Usher, and CorrespondingSecretary Judith (Jay) Howard.who work together andsupport each other in acollaborative effort.

Austin Section affili-ates include: Alpha KappaAlpha Sorority, Inc. – BetaPsi Omega Chapter, DeltaSigma Theta Sorority, Inc.– Austin Alumnae Chapter,Douglass Club of Austin,National Women ofAchievement, Inc. – Aus-tin Metroplex Chapter,Iota Phi Lambda Sorority,Inc., Links, Inc. – AustinChapter, Links, Inc. – TownLake, Links, Inc. - Lone Star,Sigma Gamma Rho Soror-ity, Inc., Top Ladies of Dis-tinction, Inc. – Austin, andZeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.– Alpha Kappa Zeta Chap-ter.

NCNW’s program-matic thrusts consist of

promoting educationamong youth and youngadults, business and edu-cational opportunities, fi-nancial literacy and eco-nomic stability, health andwellness, civic engage-ment and community in-volvement, and profes-sional developmentthrough networking op-portunities and workshoppresentations. Sectionmonthly meetings areheld every second Mon-day of the month at CarverBranch Library at 1161Angelina Street.

Please mark your cal-endars for upcoming Aus-tin Section NCNW events.The first event is theHarambee Breakfastslated for Saturday, Octo-ber 28, 2017 from 9 a.m.

– 1 p.m. at St. James Epis-copal Church located at1941 Webberville Road.Fatherhood engagementcoordinator of CommunityAction, Inc. Mr. DavidBryant will be the guestspeaker. Wear your Afri-can attire that day. Thenext event is the 2nd An-nual Black History StarSearch Talent Show featur-ing youth/children slatedfor Saturday, February 3,2018 at 6 p.m. at theCarver Cultural Center andMuseum in the BoydVance Theatre. Informa-tion on tickets for upcom-ing events may be found athttp://ncnwaustin.org/ orby purchasing a ticketfrom a section member.Both events are open tothe public.

Courtesy Arlene Youngblood

EBENEZER CHURCH PRESENTS“He Can Handle It”

AUSTIN, TX - The Ebenezer (Third) Baptist Church MusicMinistry cordially invites the community to its annual FallMusicale, entitled, “He Can Handle It,”scripture, 1 Peter, 5-7. The event will be held on Sunday, October 22, 2017 at4:00 pm. in the church sanctuary, 1010 E. 10th Street. In aworld where darkness seemingly overshadows light, wrongseemingly outweighs right, and hate seemingly replaces love,it is good to know that God is our refuge and He can deliverus through these perilous times. The Ebenezer Music Min-istry, featuring the Sanctuary Choir, the Men’s Chorus,Women’s Chorus, Voices of Praise, Concord Choir, CarolChoir, and the Ebenezer Handbell Choir, will present a vari-ety of music that will uplift, encourage, transform, and con-firm that God is in control and He Can Handle It. Dr. GloriaQuinlan is Minister of Music and Dr. Ricky Freeman is Pas-tor. For additional information, call the church office:512.478.1875.

Youth of TodayHope of Tomorrow

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Fall Break PSAT Tests

Wednesday Oct 11thwas the PSAT. The whole8th grade took it. Therewere four parts, reading ,writing and language ,math with no caculator ,and math with a caculator.Before the week of thetest , in our classes , we'vebeen talking about strate-

Last week Manor In-dependent School District,had a fall break. Manorgets a fall break becausewe do A and B days which

Genes

Hello, Have you everlooked in the mirror andwondered why you lookthe way you do? The an-swer is simple they'recalled Genes. A gene is thebasic physical and func-tional unit of heredity, theyare made up of DNA as in-structions to make mol-ecules that are called pro-

Alyssa James WinnManor H.S.

Montrae NelsonFour Points M. S.

Erika LipscombManor Middle School

is worth 2 classes in eachclass period. So every sea-son we get a break. Thisis helpful because we canget our homework doneduring the week, and itgives the teachers plan-ning time. On every breakthat we get out we have aearly release.

A downfall that someelementary parents expe-rience is that the don'tknow where they are go-ing to send their child dur-ing the week. Not all el-ementary children hasolder siblings to take careof them. But other thanthat I agree with a weekof in every season.

teins.The human genes

vary in size from a fewhundred DNA bases tomore than 2 million bases.The offspring (child) inher-its the DNA and genesform its parents becauseof the passing of charac-teristics genetically fromone generation to another.

Lastly, Humans arethe most complex specieson the planet, from genesto the way a body healsitself when hurt or sick isfascinating. My motheralways tells me i look likemy father and i have hisfeatures, I laugh but afterlearning about geneticsthis week she's right and iunderstand why.

gies to use such as takingnotes and learning how toanswer questions quicklybecause you don't havemuch time for each sectionof the test.

Also if you don't com-plete all the questions intime you can't go back tofinish. In my opoinion, try-ing to bubble in your an-swers that fast was diffi-cult to do. You alreadyhave pressure knowingthat you have no more thanone minute to answer aquestion and then youhave to bubble in as yougo. If the SAT is going tobe like this, then i reallyhave to to start practicingon my educated guessing.

Chance HallDel Valle High School

Homemade Candy Store

Jolly Ranchers,Skittles, and Fruit by theFoot. While two of thesethree candies are accept-able, I wanted to try mak-ing my own candy for onceafter binge-watching mul-tiple videos of candy mak-ing. So, with a week of re-search on candy and sugarwork, I got right down tobusiness.

The first thing youneed to do is put all theingredients together andcombine them over a highheat. When they’re allcombined into one liquid, Kamryn Mack

Hornsby- Dunlap Elem.

The Big Shock

At Kipp Austin Leader-ship my former mathteacher had to move backto Chicago because his fa-ther was really sick. So myformer math teacher had tomake a tough choice to goback home to see if his fa-ther can get better. In thisarticle I will inform you ofeverything necessary that Ican inform you of.

When our former mathteacher spilled the beansabout the bad news wewere all shocked. We knewhis father was sick but wenever thought it’d come tothis point. Everyone’s reac-tion was bawling out theiremotions. We held a circleto express our emotionsand final words. We drewpictures and wrote notes forour math teacher to remem-ber us by. We got to playProdigy-a fun math game-during free time. That’s howwe found out about every-

thing and, let me tell you,that was a tough day for ev-eryone.

Now, I’m going to in-form you about the wholesituation since you alreadyknow what happened. So,my former math teacher isstaying in Chicago for good,but he said he will try to visitsometimes because it’s re-ally cheap to fly from Chicagoto Austin. You might be won-dering who’s going to be ournew math teacher. If you arethen I will gladly answer thatquestion. We are having sub-stitute teachers who work atthe school until they find apermanent teacher. Theschool already sent a notehome that said that they al-ready started initial inter-views to find a permanentteacher. Also, my formermath teacher is still going towork for Kipp in Chicago sohe’s still going to work for theKipp network.

That is all I can informand tell/write about The BigShock. It is a huge adjust-ment that the whole offourth and maybe even thirdgrade will have to adjust to.Thank you for reading myarticle and I hope you en-joyed it or at least thoughtthe information was a littlehelpful. Oh, and rememberreading is extra learningand a bonus is, it’s fun!

My Brother's Keeper

Joshua MooreManor New Tech M.S.

In this program weare learning how to code.One thing about knowinghow to code is that it canhelp you with cyber secu-rity. We have to show up

every other Saturday untilthe end of December.

Yesterday, we startedour second project. In thisproject we got a remotecontrol car and we are go-ing to take it apart to put amicrobit inside of the car.We were only able to takeapart the bottom of the car.

The first project waswhen each one of us got amicrobit and learned howto program it. On mymicrobit I was able tomake my name to show upon it and I was able tomake drawings and itwould show up on themicrobit.

Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week is analcohol, tobacco, and otherdrug and violence preven-tion awareness campaignobserved annually in Octo-ber in the United States. TheRed Ribbon Campaign is theoldest and largest drug pre-vention program in the na-tion reaching millions ofyoung people during RedRibbon Week, October 23-31 each year.

The National FamilyPartnership organized thefirst Nationwide Red Rib-bon Campaign.

Since its beginning in1985, the Red Ribbon hastouched the lives of mil-lions of people around the

Jada StoneKealing M. S.

world.Parents and youthwere angered in responseto the murder of DEA“AgentEnrique Camarena. Peopleacross the country beganwearing red ribbons as asymbol of their commit-ment to raise awareness ofthe killing and destructioncaused by drugs in America.“Students will once againtake the Red Ribbon Cam-paign prevention messageinto their homes, neighbor-hoods and schools with theRed Ribbon Week PhotoContest,”said NFP Presi-dent, Peggy Sapp. It’s a funand creative way for par-ents and schools to educatechildren about the dangersof drug use while they deco-rate their homes andschools using this year ’stheme, “Your Future Is Key,So Stay Drug Free.”

In 1988, NFP spon-sored the first National RedRibbon Week celebration.Today, the red ribbon servesas a catalyst tomobilize“communities toeducate youth and encour-age participation in drugprevention activities. Sincethat time, the campaign hasreached millions of U.S chil-dren and families.

stop stirring. The sugarthat makes the candysweet shouldn’t be agi-tated or it could crystalize,and that is not what youwant.

You then have to bringthe whole syrup to the cor-rect temperature for thecandy. I was going for“soft-crack” candy, whichneeds a temperature ofabout 180 degrees Fahr-enheit. I accidentally un-dershot it and ended upwith the “hard-ball” candywhich is closer to 165 de-grees.

The candy came outwith this amber color andI wanted it to be white, soI let it cool, and then pulledit, making sure to fold thecandy in on itself everytime in order to trap smallair bubbles in the candy toreflect light and make itlook white. When I wasdone doing that, I rolledthe candy into a rope, cutout the pieces, andwrapped them. And yes,they were delicious.

World Festival of Negro Arts

The World Festival ofBlack Arts, also known asFESMAN, is a month longculture and arts festivalthat takes place in WestAfrica. The festival hasmany features, for in-stance, it has poetry,painting, music, theatre,architecture and design.The festival was held inDakar, Senegal from April1 – 24 of 1966, initiated byformer President LeopoldSenghor. It was the first

state-sponsored festivalto showcase the work ofAfrican and Africandiasporic (which resultedto movement of peoplefrom Africa to the Ameri-cas), artists, musiciansand writers to a global au-dience. There were a lot ofperformers from a histo-rian like Cheikh Anta Diopto writers like NelsonMandela who was theformer President of SouthAfrica. When the festivalwas going on, the film-maker from Harlem NewYork, William Greavesmade a 40 minute docu-mentary of the event,called The First World Fes-tival of Negro Arts. The lastfestival was in 2010 andeven though it’s not yearlyI would still like to gosomeday to see what’s itsall about

Kevin ParishHendrickson H. S.

First 6-Weeks

Our first 6-weeks wascome to an end. We gotsome very good news. Wewere told that 70% of oursixth graders made thefirst" A" and "B" honor roll.I think 10 made the "A"honor roll. My one "B" gradekept me off the "A" honor

Tyler AllenGus Garcia YMLA

roll. Our school recognized

the students that receivedthe "Gold T ie". This is aspecial honor that theteachers vote on. It goes toselect group of studentsthat exhibit certain leader-ship abilities. Your gradesare also used in that consid-eration also. I receive a goldtie. I was already a "HouseLeader".

I got to go to the an-nual LBJ-Reagan footballgame. Again the LBJ Jaguarsdominate the game. The"Medea" look alike againshowed up at the game. Mysister just had to go an shakeher hand. Friday is anotherspecial day. We will haveour first co-ed schoolsdance. The girls will comefrom the Bertha Means All -Girls Academy.

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STEM Survival Challenge

“Inspiring the world,and creating the future” +“building leaders who willchange the world” =“Samsung’s STEM SurvivalChallenge 2017”. On Octo-ber 13 – 15, Girl Scouts fromCentral Texas worked hardto survive being stranded onan island. There were foursurvival inspired challenges:rescue, water purification,shelter, and resources/tools. Juniors and Cadettesformed teams of 4 to 5 girls.There were 26 teams com-peting to create their bestSTEM solution!

On Friday night, wewere assigned to teams.Each team made their flagsand were given a handoutthat described each of thechallenges. We were not

able to use cell phones norcomputers during theevent. On Saturday, wespent the day competing inthe challenges. We couldonly use items and materi-als found in the survivalcamp grounds.

During the challenges,I recalled anything that Icould remember from BearGrills and few other survivorthemed shows. My teamworked together very well.We collaborated to provide,combined our problem solv-ing skills, and created ourbest STEM(Science, Tech-nology, Engineering andMath) solutions! On Sun-day, the 1st place winnerswere announced for eachchallenge. My team was ex-cited to win 1st place in theshelter challenge! We hada perfect score!

Although I partici-pated in last year’s event,this was far more exciting. Ienjoyed this year better be-cause it was an outdoorevent that was held over theweekend. We had use whatwe knew instead of theinternet or help from adults!I had so much fun and can-not wait until the 2018 chal-lenge.

Ava RobertsPflugerville M. S.

Jaelyn StoneKealing M. S.Lee Jun-fan also

known as the world re-nowned bruce lee. Brucelee was born november 271940 in chinatown sanfrancisco Bruce? ?Lee?, wasa Hong Kong and Americanactor, film director, martialartist, martial arts instruc-tor, and philosopher. Whenbruce was 3 months old hisparents Lee Hoi-chuen(1901–1965) and Grace Ho(1907–1996) moved back tohong kong.

At the age of 18, Leereturned to the UnitedStates. After living in SanFrancisco for severalmonths, he moved to Se-attle in 1959, to continuehis high school education,where he also worked forRuby Chow as a live-inwaiter at her restaurant.Chow's husband was a co-

worker and friend of Lee'sfather. Lee's elder brotherPeter Lee (???) would alsojoin him in Seattle for ashort stay before moving onto Minnesota to attend col-lege. In December 1960,Lee completed his highschool education and re-ceived his diploma fromEdison Technical School(now Seattle Central Com-munity College, located onCapitol Hill in Seattle).

In March 1961, Leeenrolled at the University ofWashington, majoring indrama according to a 1999article in the university'salumni magazine, not in phi-losophy as stated by Lee him-self and many others. Leealso studied philosophy, psy-chology, and various othersubjects. It was at the Univer-sity of Washington“that hemet his future wife Linda Em-ery, a fellow student study-ing to become a teacher,whom he married in August1964.

Lee had two childrenwith Linda Emery, BrandonLee (1965–1993) and Shan-non Lee (born 1969). Whenlee was 16 he was taughtwing chun by his teacheryip man which he wouldlater go on in making hisown martial art jeet kunedo.

Bruce Lee

Ruby GeorgeRiojas Elementary

Babysitting

One sunny Saturday,I came back from dance toa very cute baby boynamed Chandler. He hasdark curly hair and a cutesmile. I already know himfrom our prayer group, soI was very excited when

my mom said that he wasgoing to come to ourhouse. He was about toturn one, but he could stillstand up by himself with atable that is a little shorterthan him. He loves todance and throw his ballsacross the table. He is oneof the cutest babies Iknow. Whenever it is quietyou can hear him breath-ing through his mouth, butI laugh because he juststares at me with a slightsmile.

He always brightensmy day when I see him,and will keep brighteningmy day. I always ask mymom when we can babysithim again, and she alwayssays soon.

I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

This book is aboutaliens living on earth, butthese aliens are not the big-headed green kind you mayhave read about before.They look like us, talk likeus, but have powers wecould never imagine. Theyare being hunted by a vil-lainous race of aliens calledMogadorians and have fledto earth. The Mogadorianshave killed numbers one,two and three. Numberfour is next. But he is goingto do whatever it takes tosurvive.. Everything aboutthis book was incredible,

Kennedy GeorgeWeiss High School

from the characters to thewriting style, the battlescenes to the sweet roman-tic ones.

It literally has every-thing: first love, loss, dra-matic fights, alien beingswith the most mind-blow-ing powers – called "Lega-cies" – and the most evilsuper-villain-aliens I've everread about.I adored all thecharacters in this book,Number Four especially. Hewas an amazingly strongboy, and he fell for the hu-man Sarah, a sweet all-American girl. Four's guard-ian Henri, is a compassion-ate man who never reallygot over the loss of hishome, and someone wholoves Four more than any-thing. What I really loved,though, was the alien racesand how we learnt aboutthem. The book is really ex-citing because every chap-ter leaves off on acliffhanger.I must admitthat normally I don't readalien-themed books but Iabsolutely loved this one.

College Visit: Colorado

Over the long Colum-bus Day weekend, my par-ents and I visited the Univer-sity of Colorado in Boulderfor an information sessionand campus tour. I’ve hadmy eye on Colorado forquite a while and being ableto visit the campus duringthe school year was an in-teresting experience. How-ever, being from Texas, itwould definitely make goingto school in Colorado an ad-justment.

Our visit started in theVisitor Center on the univer-sity campus. There, I re-ceived a booklet with infor-mation about Colorado aswell as a free t-shirt. Whenmy parents and I enteredthe auditorium, there weretables full of breakfast past-ries and different types ofcoffee. The university wasobviously trying to score

points with the studentsand their families before thepresentation even began.

During the informa-tion session, our presentertold the students about lifeon campus and in the city ofBoulder. She mentionedmany extracurricular activi-ties that the students areable to do as well as aca-demic opportunities thatare offered. After the infor-mation session, our guidetook our group on the tourof the campus. Walkingthrough the first snow ofthe season under large pinetrees made the tour a lotmore enjoyable for me,given the fact that Texasvery rarely gets below 30degrees Fahrenheit. We gotto look inside dorms andsome of Colorado’s class-rooms. The campus re-minded me a lot of BaylorUniversity due to theamount of school spirit thatis displayed and the size ofthe campus.

The University of Colo-rado has quickly moved toone of the top spots on mycollege consideration list.Going to school in a placethat gets all four seasonsand is in close proximity tonature is very important tome. I have two years tomake my decision and I planto do more research aboutColorado.

Ira “T.J.” WilliamsCedar Ridge H. S.

Title: UIL Conference

The University Inter-scholastic League (UIL) is anorganization that was cre-ated by the University ofTexas at Austin to provideextracurricular activities forhigh school students in aca-demics, athletics, and mu-sic. On Saturday, October 14from 9 to 1:30, there was aUIL Conference to provideinformation to students andteachers about the variousacademic events the pro-gram offers. The conferencewas held at the University ofTexas at Austin and studentsfrom across Texas came tolearn information for thecoming competition season.

There were presenta-tions for 16 events and com-petitions at the conference,most of which were pre-sented by the UIL state di-rector for the events. Thepresentation for the sciencecompetition included twosessions: an introduction tothe event and an in-depth

Cyrena MatingouCedar Ridge H. S.

explanation of the contest.The science competition isa test with questions aboutchemistry, biology, andphysics and the contest di-rectors, the people who de-velop the questions for thetest, explained what is onthe test in the first session.In the deep dive of the sci-ence contest, each state di-rector showed three ques-tions from their section ofthe test from last year andworked out the solutionswith the students. Becauseeach session was informa-tive and interactive, the stu-dents and teachers gainedmore knowledge about thecontests they are interestedin.

I rode a bus with otherstudents from my school,along with four of our teach-ers, to this conference andhad a wonderful day. Afterleaving the building wherethe sessions were held, mygroup explored the UT cam-pus. We walked to the UTtower and through the Stu-dent Union, then wanderedaround the university co-op.Before we left, we watchedpart of the UT versus Okla-homa football game whilewe ate at a local restaurant.This trip was not only a greatopportunity for me to learnabout extracurricular aca-demic activities, but I alsobonded with my peers andenjoyed the beautiful col-lege campus.

On October 15th, Iwent to Austin City Limits[ACL], an annual music festi-val held in Zilker Park. Thiswas the last day of the two-weekend event. My maingoal was to see a band calledthe Gorillaz, which wasamong the last acts of thenight, but there were manyother performances before-hand at the eight differentstages around the park. Amentionable music group Isaw was Louis the Child, a DJduo from Chicago. I hadnever heard of the group,and I was pleasantly sur-

prised by the quality of theirmusic. Of course, my favor-ite act was the Gorillaz, whowere phenomenal. Theyplayed a song that theyhadn’t played since 2001,which created a special mo-ment.

This was my first timegoing to ACL, and it exceededmy expectations. There wasa wide variety of vendorsselling food, and the lineswere short. The CamelBakhydration pack company wasrefilling people’s waterbottles for free, cutting downon dehydration. The portapotties there were thecleanest porta potties I haveever seen. The weather waspleasant, with no rain andmild temperatures. Therewas a lot of dust in the air, soI would recommend bringingsomething to cover yourmouth and nose if you don’twant to breathe in a bunchof dust. Other the dust, theoverall experience was satis-factory, and I recommend itto anyone who has neverbeen. There is a diverse pal-ette of artists, so everyonecan find something to enjoy.

Austin City Limits

Quinn LangfordCedar Ridge H. S.

Southwest Key &East Austin CollegePrep Fall FestivalSouthwest Key Programs & East Austin Col-

lege Prep present Fall Fest – a community andcultural event for our East side familia.

Saturday, October 28, 10am to 1pm at ElCentro de Familia at Southwest Key Programs,6002 Jain Ln.

Featuring the unveiling of Fidencio Duran’slatest mural Following the Sun to Reach the Sky,a wonderful portrayal of life at El Centro de Fa-milia.

Bring your friends and family to enjoy freefood, refreshments, and fall fest activities for thekids. Performances by Mariachi Cocula, BalletEast Ballet Folklorico, Hawaiian Kona Isle, Loveof China and Texas Drago/Lion Dance Team.

Unveiling ceremony begins with emcee andspoken work artist Jeffery Johnston AKADa’Shade Moonbeam followed by a few wordsfrom our community leaders.

Mark your calendars and we’ll see you there!

KYM ATX: Fall YouthKemetic Yoga Class

Led By Queen Roue Every Sunday, 1-2 pm,at Mueller Lake Park, Austin, TX. As your kids con-nect with themselves through fun & relaxing yoga& interactive storytelling, take advantage of themeditative, sacred geometry art available for saleby Ufulu Child’s very own Sol Xprsn, and partakein the organic, fresh produce at Mueller Farmer’sMarket. Classes are located across the lake/foun-tain from the Mueller Farmer’s Market tents, underthe vining pillars. A children’s playground andrestrooms are in walking distance. Street and Lotparking is free all day on Sundays.

* Teens (13-19) are welcome to serve as Volun-teer Youth Mentors, and may take youth classes forfree for the remainder of the series season after per-forming mentor service for 3 consecutive classes.

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“Where AreThey Now”

Guest Columnist

WandaK.

HayesMy name is Steven

Gradney and I became aVillager Brigader to fol-low in my brother, SeanGradney’s footsteps. Iwould write articles forthe Villager here andthere about positivethings I was doing or ac-colades that I had re-ceived from 1993-1999.Recently, my brother wasasked to write an articleof where he is now andhere we are again withme following in his foot-steps (smile).

So let us begin, I at-tended Govalle Elemen-tary (1-4), Cook (5), Dobie(6), Kealing (7-8), andMcCallum (9-12). Igraduated fromMcCallum High School in1999 and was a proudmember of the basket-ball team under CoachCaldwell. After graduat-ing from high school, I at-tended the University ofNorth Texas (UNT) and Imajored in Sociology. In2004, I received my Bach-elors of Arts degree. Af-ter graduating, it was ex-tremely difficult trying tofind employment as a re-cent college graduate. SoI decided to become asubstitute teacher in aLife Skills Unit at LBJ HighSchool. After one monthof “subbing,” I was of-fered a full time positionas a para-professional. Isoon realized this was mycalling and applied to theAlternative Teaching Cer-tification Program atHuston-Tillotson Univer-sity and got accepted.While in the program, Iwas given the opportu-nity to teach/coach forRound Rock IndependentSchool District (RRISD)and have been theresince 2008.

In 2015, I was ac-cepted into the Universityof Texas at AustinPrincipalship Program(UTAPP). In May of thisyear, I received myMaster’s degree from UTin Educational Adminis-

tration. I plan to becomean Administrator in thenear future and may re-turn to school to pursuemy Doctoral Degree.

I currently, teach atStony Point High Schoolunder the guidance of Dr.Anthony Watson. I amthe Special Education De-partment Chair and co-sponsor a young men’sgroup “Brotherhood”with Tavares Powell andWillie King. In my profes-sion, I have the uniqueability to mold our futureleaders and put them ona path to success. This isa run-down of me aca-demically and profession-ally.

Personally, I marriedmy beautiful wife(Keisha) and we have fourchildren (Ren, Chyna,Szai, and Kas). I love com-edies, playing basketball,golf, video games fromtime to time and spend-ing time with my family.I want to thank Mr.Tommy Wyatt and theVillager for openingdoors. I would not callmyself a writer however,being able to write forthe Villager gave many ofus, African American,youth in Austin, Texas aplatform to be heard andI am forever grateful.

St. Albert Catholic Church Hosts Multi-cultural Day

On October 15th, StAlbert Catholic Churchorganized a multi-cul-tural/ethnic day on itsgrounds. Moreover, thechurch sought to bringpeople from variouscountries and variousnational of origins to-gether. Not only was theAfrican and EuropeanContinent present, butalso the Americas' wasalso there. For instance,there were 6 different Af-rican countries repre-sented, which, includethe following: IvoryCoast, Cameroon,Ghana, Nigeria, Zambiaand Kenya. In theAmericas, there werecountries like Mexico, ElSalvador and Nicaraguapresent at the event.

It was an opportu-nity for both the churchmembers and thegreater Austin commu-nity to get to explorethese various countriespresent. For instance,the attendee were given

a passport, in which,they could explore thenations. After exploringthe various nations, astamp was placed in their"passport." All thebooths, there were educa-tional aspect about thatcountry.

Finally, it was wellattended and a familyfriendly event. In addi-tion to the various coun-tries present, there werealso various culturaldances and food. For in-stance, some of there wasan "Aztec” dance presen-

tation. Furthermore,there was a food truckthat served Zambian-American food. As onecan see, Travis Countyand the rest of CentralTexas is becoming morecultural, racially, and eth-nic diverse.

by Tsoke(Chuch) Adjavon |Villager Columnist

Pictured left to right: Caline Lokeu and Travis County TreasurerDolores Ortega-Carter. Photo by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon

TravisCounty

DemocraticChairman,

VincentHardingPlans To

Step downby Tsoke

(Chuch) Adjavon |Villager ColumnistVincent Hardingwho serves as Chairmanof the Travis CountyDemocratic Party will notseek re-election. More-over, Vince Hardingbrought some things tothe TCDP to the party,such as, youth. Accord-ing to Mr Harding, “age isjust a number." On theother hand, ChairmanHarding believed thathis wealth of experienceand educational back-ground helped him toengage the diversity

that is found in theDemocratic Party. Someof experience includesthe following: Home-coming King at the Uni-versity of Houston; In-terned at the Houstoncity council; legal internwith Texas SenatorWatson; legal intern forthe Travis County Juve-nile Office. In addition,he was the first memberin his family to go to col-lege and the first one toattend a Doctoral in Ju-risprudence.As Chairman

Harding step down afterhis term, there a couple ofindividuals who plan torun for the chairman orchairwoman of the TCDP.Moreover, being thechairwoman or chair-man of the TCDP is oneof the most prestigiousposition within the TexasDemocratic Party due tothe fact that TravisCounty plays a central orpivotal role in the Demo-cratic Party. Conse-quently, the winner willautomatically be pro-pelled into Texas and

American politics.Travis County hasbeen a long "bastion" forthe Democratic Party. Inevery election cycle,Travis County has re-mained a "blue" (Demo-cratic Party) countyamong the sea of "red"(Republican Party) coun-ties. It is one of the veryfew counties that Demo-crats can count on. Ev-ery chairman of theTravis County Demo-cratic party have man-aged to kept the county"blue."

Vincent Harding

The nation of Liberiais used of being the "first"in Africa. In 1840, Liberiawas the first nation on theAfrican continent to gainits independence. In 2006,the nation of Liberia was

CentralTexas

LiberianCommunity

AwaitsPresidential

ElectionResults

the first one throughoutthe African continent to

elect a woman presidentwho is Ellen SirleafJohnson. PresidentJohnson served two termsand just recently steppeddown. Since she steppeddown, Liberia held a presi-dential election. So far,two candidates will be inthe runoff, who areGeorge Weah and JosephBoakai.

The peaceful electionmeant that the nation ofLiberia has turned thepage of its bloody civil war.Furthermore, it is a signthat Liberian politiciansare now seeking to resolvetheir issues through theballot box, not by war.Moreover, the civil war ofthe 90's caused a massiveflow of refugees through-out West Africa and to theUnited States. However, inthe early years of 2000's,

the nation of Liberia beganto experience peace.

In the 1840's, thou-sands of freed Americanslaves re-settled inLiberia.. After resettle-ment in Liberia, the freedAmerican slaves and theindigenous people workedtogether to create the na-tion of Liberia. As a result,Liberia was the first nationin West Africa to be an in-dependent nation. Forover 150 years the nationof Liberia experiencedpeace and prosperity.However, during the early1980's it experienced amilitary coup. In the early90's the nation of Liberiafaced a terrible civil warwhich endured for 14years. Now, the nation ofLiberia has been able tohold three differentpeaceful elections.

by Tsoke(Chuch) Adjavon |Villager Columnist

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Bid Proposal InvitationCOA – Chiller #11 Installation Project

BID DATE: Tuesday, October 31, 2017TIME: 9:00 AM CT

PROJECT CONTACT: Shannon Dunn

Shannon.dunn@flintco.com

DESCRIPTION:Flintco, LLC is requesting proposals for the constructionof COA - Domain Chiller #11 Installation Project. Theproject consists of supplying and installing new 2,500ton industrial grade, centrifugal chiller complete withmechanical piping, variable speed drive, power, controls,start up and commissioning at the Domain DistrictC o o l i n g P l a n t .This project will require the following services: demolition,concrete, painting, mechanical, controls and electrical.

Proposals will be due on 10/31/17 at 9:00 a.m. by emailto AUSBids@flintco.com, via SmartBidNet.com, fax at(512) 822-7500, or hand delivery to the Austin office ofFlintco, LLC located at 8100 Cross Park Drive, Austin,Texas 78754.

For project related questions contact Robert Fritsche(Robert.fritsche@flintco.com) or (512) 822-7368.

Please contact Shannon Dunn(Shannon.dunn@flintco.com) for bid invitations via emailor (512) 822-7468.

Flintco, LLC is an EEO Employer and all MBE, WBE andDBE’s are encouraged to bid.

Insurance office seeking part-time receptionist. Mustbe personable, friendly and have great communica-tion skills. Must have a good computer skill Hoursare 15-20Hrs Weekly. Salary is $25.50 per hour. in-terested applicant should apply to: paulnini@post.com

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Integral Care is currentlysoliciting proposals through aRequest for Proposals (RFP)process for Syringe and MedicalWaste Disposal Services. RFPsmay be sent electronically, bycontacting Brody Ballard atbrody.ballard@integralcare.orgbeginning October 13, 2017. Thedeadline to submit a proposalunder the RFP is 4 p.m. CST onNovember 10, 2017. HistoricallyUnderutilized Businesses,including Minority-OwnedBusinesses and Women-OwnedBusinesses, are encouraged toapply.

Integral Care is currently solicitingproposals through a Request forProposals (RFP) process forRoofing Services. RFPs may be sentelectronically, by contacting BrodyBallard atbrody.ballard@integralcare.orgbeginning October 13, 2017. Thedeadline to submit a proposal underthe RFP is 4 p.m. CST on November10, 2017. A mandatory pre-bidmeeting is scheduled for October18, 2017 at 2:00 p.m., and will beheld at Integral Care’sadministrative offices located at1430 Collier Street, Austin, TX78704. The optional public openingof Proposals is scheduled forNovember 15, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.,and will be held at Integral Care’sadministrative offices located at1430 Collier Street, Austin, TX78704.

Jump On It Awards Banquet & Concert and FundraiserAUSTIN, TX - On Saturday, November 11th,

Jump On It Community Outreach will host the “JumpOn It Awards Banquet + Concert and Fundraiser” from6 to 9pm at Music Lab (500 E. St. Elmo, Austin, 78745).

The awards banquet will honor key communitymembers and influencers for their positive contribu-tions to Austin. Headlining the event is guest speakerRobyn Wright, of KAZI radio show “Untapped” withR&B group Fulfill and multi-talented artist Anastasiaas two of the entertainers slated to perform.

Proceeds from the awards banquet will be do-nated to Jump On It University, launched in 2017.Since 1997, Jump On It Community Outreach hasprovided urban youth with access to opportunitiesand education through entertainment. Best knownfor the organization’s summer-long concert series,J.O.I. University expands upon the organization’s vi-sion with a business camp, youth summer camp, andyouth-led radio station.

Ticket packages consist of individual, table spon-sors (party of eight) and Banquet sponsors. Purchaseof Banquet Sponsorship includes promotional ben-efits. For tickets and more information, contactBreanna Byrd at 512-348-8005 orjumponitoutreach@gmail.com.

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REMEMBERINGPASTOR JOHNSONAUSTIN, TX - The

Ministry of Challenge is afaith-based ministry thatwas founded and startedby Pastor Tony Johnson inJuly of 1993. Pastor Tonyopened the doors of theMinistry of Challenge in1993 to serve those whoare suffering from sub-stance abuse andhomelessness. PastorTony’s calling was to bringthe downtrodden in soci-ety back to sobriety, totrain them for a return toa productive life and torejoin them with theirfamilies, friends and com-munities. His passion andlove for his work in Christthrough the Ministry ofChallenge will be greatlyrewarded by our Lord andSavior. The ministry pro-vides jobs, training, andshelters so many can re-enter society. In March of2017 Pastor Tony Johnson

Pastor Tony Johnsonpassed away inMarch of 2017

passed away. He left be-hind his wife JuanitaJohnson, his family and hisdream. We are trying tokeep his dream alivethrough honoring his an-nual golf tournament thatwill happen October 23rd,2017. The golf tournamentis a fund raiser design tohelp the men and womenwho are trying to changetheir lives.

AUSTIN, TX - CouncilMember Ora Houston and herstaff would like you to join us atthe next District #1 Town Hall.Everyone is invited to partici-pate, Spanish translators will beavailable. Light refreshmentswill be served.

The Town Hall will be heldon Saturday, October 28, 2017from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm atthe Asian American ResourceCenter, 8401 Cameron Road.

The Austin Chamber willfacilitate a panel discussionabout workforce and educationin District #1 and the City ofAustin.

JOIN US!325-Pound WomanCharged withKilling Girl bySitting on Her

by: The Associated Press

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A 325-pound (150-ki-logram) Florida woman is charged with killing her 9-year-old cousin by sitting on the child as punishment.

Veronica Green Posey, 64, was arrested andcharged with homicide and cruelty toward a child,The Pensacola News Journal reported. The EscambiaCounty Sheriff’s Office report identified Posey as thegirl’s cousin.

Paramedics and deputies responded to thefamily’s Pensacola home following a 911 call Satur-day. Posey told deputies she sat on Dericka Lindsayas discipline “for being out of control.”

During the punishment, Dericka told Posey andtwo other adult relatives, who are identified in thereport as the girl’s parents, that she couldn’t breathe.When Posey got up, Dericka wasn’t breathing. Au-thorities said Posey called 911 and started CPR onthe child.

The arrest report said Grace Joan Smith, 69, andJames Edmund Smith, are charged with child neglect.

Grace Smith called Posey, who is her niece, toher house to help with disciplining the girl, accord-ing to the report. She told investigators that Poseyhit the girl with a ruler and metal pipe before thechild ran to an armchair.

James Smith told investigators that Posey sat onthe girl for about 10 minutes before she complainedshe couldn’t breathe. She stayed on the chair for anadditional two minutes before getting up, he said.

Mike Carroll, secretary of the Florida Depart-ment of Children and Families, issued a statementthat called the child’s death “appalling.” He said theagency will work with the sheriff’s office to hold thoseresponsible for her death accountable.

“As the family has a prior interaction with thechild welfare system, a thorough quality assurancereview will be conducted to review all prior interac-tions this family has had with the child welfare sys-tem,” the statement said.

Posey was released Monday on $125,000 bail.The Smiths remained in jail, with Grace Smith’s bondset at $75,000 and James Smith’s bond at $50,000.Escambia County jail records didn’t list an attorneyfor Posey or the Smiths.

This Oct. 14, 2017photo made available bythe Escambia CountySheriff’s Office, Fla., showsVeronica Green Posey un-der arrest. Posey is chargedwith killing her 9-year-oldcousin by sitting on thechild as punishment.(Escambia County Sheriff’sOffice via AP)

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For information go to theaustinvillager.comAUSTIN, TX - The Staff at the Carver Museum, Cultural, and Genealogy

Center will be holding a community conversation about our Programming.We will be updating the public on previous conversations, listening to

input from the community, and discussing concerns and providing clarity mov-ing forward.

Our purpose is to provide quality educational programming and classesemphasizing African American and African Diaspora contributions to the arts,history, culture, society, and thought to Austin and surrounding communities.

Can you help? Please, join us in our efforts to share arts, history, andculture with our community through education.

Childcare will be available on site.Event Flyer text: The George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural and

Genealogy Center Community Forum. Education, Genealogy and Special Events.Your Opinion matters. Youth, Teens, Adults, Seniors.

Thursday, November 9, 2017 6:30 to 8:00 PM. Join us to discuss upcom-ing programs. Share what programs you want.

1165 Angelina St. Austin, TX 78702 (512) 974-4926. Carver-Museum.org.Flyer logos: Austin Parks and Recreation division of Museums and Cul-

tural Programs, George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural and GenealogyCenter, City of Austin, The Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recre-ation Agencies, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram @CarverMuseumATX.

The City of Austin is proud to comply with the Americans with DisabilitiesAct. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will beprovided upon request. Please call (512) 974-3914.

Carver Community Forum

Texas Advocates Organize toAssist with ACA Enrollments

AUSTIN, Texas - As the Trump administration moves toweaken the Affordable Care Act, advocacy groups in Texasand across the country are taking over the federalgovernment’s role in helping people get health coverage. Acoalition known as “Cover Texas Now” is stepping in to pub-licize the upcoming enrollment period, and train volunteersto help people get health coverage. Elizabeth Colvin, the pro-gram director of Foundation Communities, one of the CoverTexas Now groups, says their work has taken on a height-ened sense of urgency this year. “Cover Texas Now is impor-tant because there is so much misinformation because the fed-eral government is not going to be doing any advertising, thestate of Texas is not going to be doing any advertising, so theburden is falling on local groups to get the word out to every-one,” she explains. Podcast and entire story available: http://www.newsservice.org/index.php