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RAPPIN’RAPPIN’RAPPIN’RAPPIN’RAPPIN’Tommy WyattTommy WyattTommy WyattTommy WyattTommy Wyatt
Vol. 41 No.36 Phone: 512-476-0082 Email: [email protected] January 24, 2014
9-YEAR-OLD LEMONADEMAKER LANDS SWEETDEAL WITH THE NEW
WHOLE FOODS MARKET
9-YEAR-OLD LEMONADEMAKER LANDS SWEETDEAL WITH THE NEW
WHOLE FOODS MARKET
Mikaila Ulmer, BeeSweet Lemonade entrepreneur
(AUSTIN, Tx) -When she was just four-years old, MikailaUlmer used her great-grandmother’s lemon-ade recipe to transformher fear of bees into apassion for social entre-preneurship. She origi-nally created thehealthy, refreshing lem-onade for a kid-entre-preneur event, addinglocally harvested honeyand fresh mint to therecipe sent to Mikaila
by her great GrannyHelen. TodayBeeSweet™ Lemonadeis headed to the shelvesof the world’s leader innatural and organicfoods. Starting on Janu-ary 15, BeeSweet Lem-onade will be availableat the new Whole FoodsMarket Domain, locatedat 11920 Domain Dr.
“Whole FoodsMarket is thrilled tosupport BeeSweet Lem-onade! It is a wonderful
opportunity to supportyoung entrepreneur-ship in Austin as wellas continue to bringawareness of honey beepreservation to ourguests,” said LyndaBerrios, Southwest Lo-
cal Forager at WholeFoods Market.
BeeSweet Lemon-ade puts a healthy twiston an old-fashioned fa-vorite. The locally har-vested honey makes it a
See MOTTO, page 2
The Year ofStarting
SomethingNew
The Year ofStarting
SomethingNew
GOT APPETITE?- Retail meals available for purchase at one My Fit Foodslocation. Food preparers were also viewable on the premises in a sterile envi-ronment.
Getting into newand better practices fora new year can becomehabit with dedicationand practice. Two cat-egories of resolutionsthat can generate lifeshifts include spiritualchanges and health eat-ing/weight losschanges. PastorDeSchard I.H.M. Free-man of the AbundantLife Community BaptistChurch in Wells Branchand Catherine Stiles,Director of Media & PRat My Fit Foods sharedinformation aboutmaximizing the successof these specializedclasses of resolutions.
In an article postedby The Daily Beast, onething listed as helpful in
making resolutionsstick is to make it a so-cial thing. Writer JesseSingal wrote about astudy conducted by theUniversity of Bath re-searchers in 2013. “Par-ticipants motivation to
maintain weight losswas further challengedby the lack of social con-text from the immediatesocial context, i.e. fam-ily, friends.”
Freeman sharedhow accountability can
help one gain a betteroutcome. “I don’t usu-ally hear of people mak-ing resolutions with oth-ers,” he wrote in anemail response. He indi-cated that making reso-
See STILES, page 2
by Shirley A. Hammond
History Buffs Explore Downtown AustinHistory Buffs Explore Downtown Austin
Guided Tours inthe Open Air GiveGlimpse of ManyPoints of Interest
by Shirley A. Hammond
FIRE! - The Angelina Eberly statue can befound on Congress Ave., between 6th and 7thstreet, in downtown Austin, Texas.
AUSTIN, TX - OnThursday, January 9some historic buffs in-terested in learningmore about downtownAustin participated in a
10 block guided-tour inthe downtown area.Starting at 9:00am at theSouth Capital steps at112 East 11th Street, andending up on 6th Street
(also known as Old Pe-can Street), the tour in-cluded venues of inter-est ranging from sky-scrapers, historic hotels,See EPPRIGHT, page 2
Has TheTide
Turned ForAfrican-
AmericanCollegeFootball
Coaches?by Terry Davis
HAPPY VALLEY? -James Franklin is theformer Head FootballCoach of VanderbiltUniversity and NewHead Football Coach atPenn State University.
In the last twoweeks two major foot-ball colleges have hiredAfrican-Americans tolead their program withthe hiring of CharlieStrong at Texas andJames Franklin at PennState. College footballprograms are the last ofthe major sports organi-zation to embrace thewide spread hiring ofminority coaches.
Has TheTide
Turned ForAfrican-
AmericanCollegeFootball
Coaches?
SeeTURNING TIDE,
page 7
King MarchWas Bigger Than Ever!
Monday, January 20,2014 was a beautiful day allaround. And it was theprefect day to celebrate thelegacy of Dr. Martin LutherKing, Jr. in Austin. This year’s march waslarger than ever; morediverse than ever; and morecelebrating than ever. TheMarch started at the KingStatue on the Campus of theUniversity of Texas atAustin., proceeded fromthere to the State Capitol fora short time for a shortprogram. By the time themarchers left the Capitol thecrowd was estimated to bemore than 15,000 (this isonly an estimate). At Huston-TillotsonUniversity there were morebooths than ever as well aslive music and food booths.There was standing roomonly on the grounds, exceptfor the small area wherechairs had been set up for thecrowd to enjoy the music. The annual march issymbolic of the marches thatDr. King led during his daysof protest during the CivilRights area. Marchers wouldgather in Non-violent protestmarches as a way of bringingattention to discrimination andunfair treatment of minoritiesand poor citizens. During themarches they would singprotest songs that focused onthe issue at hand. Dr. King and a group ofhis lieutenants formed theSouthern Christian LeadershipConference (SCLC) andcarried the message of theCivil Rights Movement allover the country highlightingthe injustices that were goingon throughout the nation.They would go to whereverthey were asked to help. While the SCLC was notin charge of the March onWashington in 1963, Theywere there and given a smallspot on the program. But, thespeech that is mostremembered from that eventis Kings “I have a Dream”reference in his speech. The Black Communityspent many years working ongetting the King Memorial inWashington and a NationalHoliday in his honor. LongLive the memory of Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Showcase ofExcellence honors 7intelligent TX ladies.See DEBUTANTE
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TDP, compelled toamend Travis
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Austin Get Covered!Informative sessionson health options.See INSURANCE
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source for antioxi-dants, vitamins and min-erals; not to mention therich in Omega-3 essentialfatty acids provided bythe flaxseed. The natu-rally delicious drink ishandmade and bottled inSouth Austin. It is caf-feine-free and contains noartificial ingredients orhigh-fructose corn syrup.
Mikaila Ulmer is
ULMER’S MOTTO: “Buy a Bottle, Save a Bee”CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
just as passionate aboutsaving honey bees as sheis about selling her lem-onade. “One of everythree bites of food we eatdepends on the honeybee, so they are impor-tant for many reasons. I’mhappy Whole FoodsMarket Domain will sellmy lemonade year-around. I know I’ll beable to do more to save
one of our most impor-tant pollinators,” saidMikaila Ulmer, Owner ofBeeSweet Lemonade.Mikaila leads workshopsfor youth and families onhow to save honey beesand donates 20 percent ofthe profits from the saleof her lemonade to orga-nizations fighting hard tosave the bees. Her Motto,“Buy a Bottle, Save a
Bee”BeeSweet Lemon-
ade is currently avail-able for purchase inAustin at cafés, foodtrailers, and natural gro-cery delivery compa-nies, including Max’sWine Dive, East SidePies, Farmhouse Deliv-ery Quickie Pickie gro-cery and Barton HillsFood Mart.
PRINCESS BEE - 9-year old Mikaila Ulmer’svendor profile on display at Whole Foods.
lutions and trying to keep them alone may setone up for failure. As he explained it, “God cre-ated us as social beings and so we have greatersuccess when we have support, encouragementand an accountability system. If our resolution ismore consistent prayer, we should have prayerpartners. If our resolution is to read more Scrip-ture, a reading and discussion group would bevital. “In closing out his response, the Huston-Tillotson graduate added, “Having sisters andbrothers with similar goals encouraging us to befaithful to our resolutions will increase the chancesof fulfilling those goals.”
My Fit Foods provides prepared healthy,wholesome and balanced meals and other prod-ucts. They also have consultants available. On theirwebsite they encourage people to consult a doc-tor before they begin programs of this nature.
Catherine Stiles shared that they offer fresh,healthy, perfectly-proportioned meals for 21 daysas part of a healthier path. The 21-day challengecan be entered into with others, although the nu-trition coaches help build individual programs foreach party. One store employee shared how sheand her co-workers each put money in a pot. Asshe detailed it, whoever has the greatest decreasein body mass index will win the entire pot at theend of the challenge.
Stiles also shared that their organization leansheavily on education, and that they strive to setpeople up to be successful when making dailychoices. “We are a convenient, healthy option forthe person on the go,” she stated.
While there are many mail-order meal plans,My Fit Foods prepares meals locally for pick-up.“Our dedicated culinary team of chefs and dieti-tians do all the cooking and prep work for you,”she shared. She indicated that they have over 60delicious, nourishing dishes and many snacks tochoose from. The prepared foods are also low onthe glycemic index.
STILES SAYS “WE ARE ACONVENIENT, HEALTHY
OPTION FOR THEPERSON ON THE GO”
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STILES SAYS “WE ARE ACONVENIENT, HEALTHY
OPTION FOR THEPERSON ON THE GO”
EPPRIGHT: “Reservations are a good idea”
a cathedral; as wellas non-architecturalpoints of interest. TheHistoric Walking Toursoffer history enthusiaststhe chance to explore thecity’s history in theopen air and hear narra-tive vignettes of thepast.
The free guidedwalking tours are a fea-ture of the Austin Con-ventions and VisitorsBureau. HarrisonEppright said that mostof the tour dates arekept unless there is in-clement weather, “Res-ervations are a goodidea,” he stated.
He has been doingthis particular tour since2007. He is a certifiedtour guide and memberof with the Austin TourGuide Association. Hehad to take a course andgo through a certifica-tion class. As he ex-
VIEWING AUSTIN’S HISTORY - Two tour guides, along with tourists, stop in front of thehistoric downtown Driskill Hotel.CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
plained it, membersmeet monthly to stayapprised of the industryand special aspects ofAustin tourism.
He said he hadbeen a part of the Aus-tin Convention and Visi-tors Bureau for manyyears. “I have a love ofhistory.” He stated thathe is a native of Austin,and has enjoyed watch-ing downtown Austinrevive. He mentionedthat he has come to ap-preciate the architectureof the city and the dis-tinctive buildings foundin the downtown area.
Buildings such asthe iconic Driskill Hoteland many others builtduring the 19th Centuryare included. They rep-resent a church, operahouse, bakery and otherstructures which are in-termixed with down-town Austin’s more
modern skyscrapersand edifices.
The statue ofAngelina Eberly next toa cannon is one non-ar-chitectural interestpoint on the tour. At thesame time, the story ofthis historic figure in-volves a building.Eberly fired a cannoninto the General LandOffice Building to issuean alert that special sym-bols of national govern-ment were being takenfrom an archive. Moreabout the importance ofher actions and the sig-nificance of the locationof the statue is providedduring the tour.
The free tour timesare Tuesdays andThursday through Sat-urday year-around, ex-cept major holidays andin the event of inclem-ent weather. They startat 9:00am on those days,
and then at 11:00am and1:00pm on Sundays. OnSaturdays at 11:00am,tourists are led into Vic-torian-era styled homesalong the BremondBlock Historic District.
Call the AustinVisitors Center at 512-478-0098 to make in-quiries or to schedule areservation. Reserva-tions should be made atleast 48 hours in ad-vance. Also visit thewebsite http://www.austintexas.org/visit/plan-your-trip/historic-walking-tours/.Those wishing to ex-plore downtown ontheir own, or to checkout a cemetery or otherlocations of historicalsignificance in the citycan visit the Austin Visi-tor Center at 209 East 6th
Street for printed mate-rial or ideas or call 866-GO-Austin.
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Tickets are goingfast for the Black AustinDemocrats SpringFundraiser brunch. Theawards brunch will befrom 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.on Saturday, February22 at the Westin at theDomain, 11301 DomainDrive.
Texas Rep.Dawnna Dukes is thehonorary chair for thisexciting event, alongwith the 100 BlackWomen of Austin HostCommittee. The guestspeaker for this event isveteran Democratic po-litical strategist andnews commentatorDonna Brazile.
This spring 2014fundraiser event createsa unique opportunity tosupport the efforts ofBAD, as well as honorfour outstanding Afri-can American womenwho will receive ourfirst Austin TrailblazersAwards. At this brunchevent, BAD will honor:
· Mayor Pro TemSheryl Cole, recipient ofthe Barbara Jordan Aus-tin Trailblazers Award.Mayor Pro Tem Cole isthe first African Ameri-can woman on the Aus-tin City Council and wasone of the driving forcesbehind the recent pas-sage of the City afford-able housing bonds.
· Austin ISDTrustee Cheryl Bradley,recipient of the Willie
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· Attorney/lobby-ist Machree GarrettGibson, recipient of theAzie Taylor MortonAustin TrailblazersAward, was the first Af-rican American womanto serve as Texas Assis-tant Secretary of State.She continues her pub-lic service work as apartner in a public af-fairs firm that representsclients before the TexasLegislature.
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DECA Competition
Wesley DickersonCedar Ridge H.S.
In one of my first fewarticles I wrote about schoolclubs. One of the clubs I amapart of at my school isDECA. I have absolutely noclue to what it stands for,but it is a business club.DECA is an international or-ganization that allows stu-dents to compete in com-petitions that simulate realworld business situations.At the conferences theyhold many different events.Mine was Sports and Enter-tainment Marketing TeamDecision Making. My part-ner and I were given a situ-ation and were given 30minutes to prepare a mar-keting pitch to the judge.
Our scenario wasabout a new minor leaguebaseball team opening anew stadium. The neighbor-
hood where the stadiumwas being built had someskeptic residence that op-posed the stadium beingbuilt. My partner and I hadto create a plan for our pitchto city hall to win over thethe neighborhood. Some ofour points were that the sta-dium will hold many differ-ent events like graduations,pageants, and concerts.Another point we made wasthat the stadium is a goodaddition to the area be-cause it is a fun place forfamilies to go.
We talked about ourtotal marketing campaignand answered some ques-tions and then we left. Wewere not one of the teamsto advance to the state com-petition but we received a93 out of a possible 100 onour presentation. I’m prettysure it was our test scoresthat killed us. Our scoreswere poor because first of allit was extremely hard and mypartner and I had a game thatday so we rushed it. In all itwas an amazing experienceand there is no doubt in mymind that I will go to state nextyear. I encourage all stu-dents interested in businessjoin their school’s DECAchapter or start one up if onedoesn’t exist in your school.
Montrae NelsonRiverplace Elementary
Fractions
Do you know about frac-tions? I learned about fractionsin school. A fraction is two num-bers on top of one another, thetop number is the numeratorand the bottom number is thedenominator. The numeratortells you how much is beingtaken from the whole and de-
nominator represents thewhole. You could draw a circleand color half of the circle andthat will give you one half be-cause only half of the circle isshaded out of two parts. Weuse fractions everyday for ex-ample when a family of fourorders a pizza with eight slices,that means one person canhave two eighths of the pizza.Fractions can be used to di-vide anything evenly whensharing. When we go to thegrocery store because youhave to make sure you haveenough food for the whole fam-ily and even when you arecounting your money to buystuff. I liked learning about frac-tions and didn't know that frac-tions could be used all thetime. I have two brothers andwe use fractions everyday!
Imani DempsDel Valle High School
It’s OverThis was the last week
of finals. I am so happy I canfinal relax. This whole
week has stressed meout. I finished my first semes-ter of my junior year. I have 3more semesters left ofschool. That's a good way tolook at it. I hope it goes byquick because I'm ready tobe done with school. It's tomuch to worry about. I can'twait for summer. It's almosthere it won't be long.
De’Ja HillLamar Middle School
Zyon HillReagan High School
Let’s Jazz It Up
This week at school mydance class learned a newstyle of dance, called Jazz.I like jazz because the warm-ups are so much fun. When
we are learning our stepsand routines I think of oldschool. We have learned anew routine involving stepsfrom the 1980’s from a cho-reographer who teaches atMcCallum High School. Shewas very nice and patient witheveryone. She also taughtus how to do jazz walks andturns; it was a really fun day.Our dance teacher says sheplans on having more instruc-tors come and show us moresteps. Personally I am look-ing forward to it.
Until next time don’t for-get to smile, De’ja’
Playing District Ball
This week the ReaganRaider freshman basketball
team did not do too well play-ing against two of our districtopponents. We were de-feated by Travis on Tuesdayand the defeated by Crocketton Friday. Our district recordis now 1-2; hopefully we willbeat the McCallum Knightson Tuesday January 21st.Although I have not beenkeeping up with the recordof our junior varsity or varsitybasketball teams I do plan tofind out what their record are.
Until next time, Zyon
Alon RodgersHendrickson Highschool
Hendrickson is goingonline with websites to helpus stay informed. Yearbookordering & Senior ad infor-mation can both be found onthe Talon Tab athawknationpublications.weebly.com/ Men’s basketball is athawkbasketball.weebly.com/Hawk Tennis website is athendricksontennis.weebly.com/Soccer has its website atwww.hendricksonsoccer.com/Cross Country is found athendricksonsports.olinesports.com/
And the award winningHawk newspaper can be
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Hendrickson HighSchool’s fabulous TheatreDepartment presents the hi-lariously funny musical,Monty Python's"SPAMALOT" January 23-25th at 7 p.m. and January26th at 2 p.m. in the Perform-ing Arts Center. Buy ticketsat the door or online at www.Hawkdrama.weebly.com $20VIP; $10 Adults; $8 Students.
The HendricksonHawks basketball team wonan away conference gameagainst Round Rock by ascore of 55-40 and lost ahome conference gameagainst new district leaderMcNeil by a score of 58-55.The women’s team lost athome 71-53 against RoundRock and lost 69-58 atMcNeil.
Hope For So Much
Jarian GallowayHarmony Academy-NA
Not much is happeningat HSANA right now, but this isjust the beginning. Students arestill trying to get back into the
swing of school after the much-needed winter break. What wedon’t need is the testing, butyou can only hope for somuch. Teachers are trying toput as much knowledge intous as possible since the end-less cycle of testing is..well..endless. STAAR and MAP areapparently our best friendsnow, but I disagree.
Let’s just conclude thattesting isn't our best friendsand hopefully soon, it will travelto some other school and findits true best friend. Probablynot, but you can only hope forso much.
Kiara MyersVista Ridge High School
UIL Social Studies
I recently decided tojoin the UIL Social Studiesteam at my school out ofcuriosity. The team com-petes against other schoolsin tournaments where thecompetitors all take a quali-fying test. Depending onyour score, you may ad-vance and even place in thetournament. It is a prettycutthroat system becausewe have nine people onour team and only three will
be able to participate in thedistrict tournament in March.This year the topic of focusis Australia and Oceania.We all had to study the con-tinent of Australia and thesurrounding Pacific Islands.In addition to just studyingwe had to read a bookabout the history of Austra-lia and take practice examsafter school. The hardestpart about preparing is try-ing to learn about all of thedifferent Pacific Islands thatare so unfamiliar and con-fusing. Honestly, I’m prettynervous about our first prac-tice tournament on January25th at because there will bea lot of people there andthose scores will determinewhose moving on to the dis-trict competition. I’m prepar-ing for the worst, but hop-ing for the best becausewho knows what could hap-pen?
Substitute Teacher
Last week on Monday
Trenton LearyHighland Park Elem.
we had another teacher inour class. Her name was Ms.Lorfing. Our regular teacherwas out attending class too.Ms. Lorfing was a graduatingstudent from Texas State Uni-versity. She helped us withour schoolwork, taught ussome lessons and she gaveus some tips for math. Now Igot multiplication down andknow math by heart. So untilnext week stay healthy. GoDawgs!
Midterm Finals
Last week at Del ValleHigh School we took our Mid-term finals all week. It was alittle hard to take because it hadstuff we learned from the first
Jaylon KnightenDel Valle High School
week of school plus things thatwe have been learning fromthe 3rd six weeks that was a lotof work. I know I had to stay upall night to study for the test youhave to pass to pass the se-mester. To me the midtermexams are bigger than theSTAAR testing because youneed credits to pass yourfreshman year. Well with Ath-letic news. We are finally start-ing baseball and track season.I will probably do one of thesesince our coach is telling us totake part in another sport tokeep us in condition for thespring.
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YOUTH BRIGADE
Aubri Allen-BrentDel Valle High School
This week is cheer try-outs. I’m trying out to on be onvarsity. I’ve been cheerleadingsince I was 4 years old. Frommiddle school onward youmust try out to be on the teaevery year. Another topic Ithought I would share is hav-
ing lock down drills at schooland should they be required?Some parent on the news com-plained about having lockdown drills. I don’t seem tounderstand what the problemis.?
If you tell students aheadof time that they are going tohave a lock down drill I believethat some students will be ableto handle it. School shootingsare happening more frequentlynow. And I don’t quite under-stand why that is, but I have asolution. Lock down drillsshould happen more frequentlyat schools so that kids can un-derstand the importance ofthese drills. Until next timeGOOOO CARDSSS !!!!
Cheer Tryouts
Events for this week
SaNaya WhiteCedars Academy
Erika LipscombManor Elementary
First of all, BOX TOPSis about earning extra stuff foryour school. At my school,in February, box tops areworth 2 colt cash. So Im try-ing really hard and remind-ing my mom to buy items thathave box tops.
So if you notice any ofyour store items with the littlepink square that says boxtops, save and donate to aschool.
Box Tops
Basketball at the Park
I went to the park theother day with my aunt, her
fiancé & cousins. I got achance to practice my bas-ketball skills. I really enjoybasketball!! It is a good wayto exercise & have fun! Istarted this past week to playon a basketball team calledthe Warriors. I was a little ner-vous because I'm the onlygirl but my coaches are nice.I think I'm doing pretty good.I need to work on blockingand shooting. My first gamewill be this weekend, fingerscrossed we win!
Averill ToppsPease Elementary
On January 20, 2014,I went to the annual MLKMarch (Martin Luther King).Before I went to the March Iwanted to learn more thingsabout Martin Luther King Jr.so I went online found outthat after 13 years of Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr.’sleadership of the modernAmerican Civi l RightsMovement, from Decem-ber, 1955 until April 4, 1968,Afr ican Americansachieved more genuineprogress toward racial equal-ity in America than the previ-ous 350 years had produced.Dr. King is widely regardedas America’s pre-eminentadvocate of nonviolence andone of the greatest nonvio-lent leaders in world history.For this reason, he wasawarded the Nobel PeacePrize in 1964.
Drawing inspiration
MLK Jr. Aftermathfrom both his Christian faithand the peaceful teachings ofMahatma Gandhi, Dr. Kingled a nonviolent movementin the late 1950’s and ‘60s toachieve legal equality for Af-rican-Americans in the UnitedStates. While others wereadvocating for freedom by“any means necessary,” in-cluding violence, MartinLuther King, Jr. used thepower of words and acts ofnonviolent resistance, suchas protests, grassroots orga-nizing, and civil disobedi-ence to achieve seeminglyimpossible tasks.
When I got to the Capi-tol people already startedheading to Huston Tillotson .While I was going down Iheard the band playingsome really cool music, andI heard a chant. I even sawsome of my friends andschool mates. When we fi-nally got to Huston Tillotson Iwas really tired, I saw a lot ofpeople there. There wasfood, music and much muchmore. I enjoyed myself a lotand next year, I invite every-one to come and march inpeace for equality for all.
After I got back home Itold my mom all the things Ilearned today. I am glad Iwent to the MLK March tofight injustice.
Go Pease Bobcats
Deria GoodDaily Middle School
I hope you all had agood ho l iday on M.L.K
day! This week there willbe a Reading and Writingtest for the 6th gradersand the 8th graders. Sowe should study a lot forthe test on Tuesday. Lastweek the Dazzlers per-formed at a parent meet-ing. We did two routines;amilitary and lyrical. It wasfun!
This Saturday is U.I.Lfor Journalism students.Turn in your permissionforms this week. Haveagood week everyone!
STIRRING UPPUFFS
AROUND THENATION
"Penny and the Magic Puffballs"Is Igniting a Wave of Puff Pride
Among Young Girls of Color
January 21, 2014 -SEATTLE, WA -"Penny and the MagicPuffballs" is empower-ing young girls of colorto feel great about them-selves, starting withtheir hair. The newbook is about a younggirl, Penny, who facesidentity issues with hernatural hair and oftenfeels sad because herhair isn't straight likeothers. When her momgives her big puffballs,the adventurous magicbegins. "There are somany Penny's in theworld, including mydaughter," says authorAlonda Williams. "I cre-ated Penny to empowermy daughter to em-brace her differencesand love herself, just asshe is." Parents and chil-dren across the nationhave welcomed thisbook; and supportersare steadily joining inon the effort to increasethe self-esteem of younggirls of color. "Pennyand the Magic Puffballs"has been an Amazonbest seller and hasgained close to 6,000fans via social mediasince its early Decemberrelease. "Penny and theMagic Puffballs" is cur-rently available on
Amazon and in a few,local bookstores andhair salons. More in-formation is availableat www.pennyandthemagicp ff balls .com.
"Penny and theMagic Puffballs" is a 32page book that tells thewhimsical story ofPenny, and her adven-tures with her puff-balls. Author AlondaWilliams credits herdaughter's struggles tothe creation of Penny'scharacter. She madeup bedtime storiesabout Penny and hermagic puffballs to helpher daughter relate tosomeone that lookedlike her. Her two chil-dren loved her storiesso much that it becamea part of their nightlyroutine, with new ad-ventures added toPenny's story eachnight. "I decided towrite the book becauseI knew that my daugh-ter wasn't alone in herstruggle. I thought thatother little girls wouldenjoy hearing Penny'sstory," says Williams.Williams is currentlypartnering with relevantbrands to share Penny'sstory. She is also speak-ing at various eventsand bookstores.
YouthMediaProjectforSXSW2014
E4 Youth, in coop-eration with the BlackMedia Counc i l andMVMT 50, helps stu-dents earn access tothe 2014 South BySouthwest Interactive &Film Festival. January25 – March 1, 2014, stu-dents participate in aweekly series of 6 Sat-urday training sessions(8hrs/session). Led by
master educators andcreative professionals.the workshops focuson team building, criti-cal thinking and con-tent creation skills. Stu-dents that completethe series will use digi-ta l too ls inc lud ingvideo, blogs and so-cial media to coverSXSW festival activi-ties in real time.
2013 was the in-augural year of theYouth Media Project.Each year, studentsfocus on team building,crit ical thinking andcontent creat ion asthey prepare to beYouth Ambassadors atSouth by Southwest In-teractive & Film Festi-val. Students blog, cre-ate video and socialmedia about festivalevents in real time.
BiT (Black In Technology) Youth Interactive
How To Apply forCollege Scholarshipsand Grants Seminar
College is more expensive today thanever before. At this interactive session, stu-dents will be given step-by-step instructionand guidance to identify scholarship oppor-tunities, prepare application packets, solicitand obtain letters of recommendation, applyfor financial aid, and write a first draft of ageneral personal statement to be used in theadmissions process or to obtain scholarships.
Join us on Sat, Feb 8 from 8 AM to 10 AMat The Microsoft Store, The Domain, 3309Esparanza Way. This event is FREE. Break-fast served. Limited seating. RSVP Call512.903.1649
Digital LearningDay @ EAPREP
Please join East Austin College Prep for ahigh-tech Open House from 9 to 11 a.m. as partof the third annual Digital Learning Day.
The Globaloria classrooms will showcasestudent-designed games while teachers givepersonal tours through the innovative digitallearning program.
Visitors will experience through hands-onparticipation the innovative Game-Design Stu-dio. You'll observe students developing originalSTEM games, collaborating with peers andteachers using a digital curriculum, and receiv-ing support through online networking.
KINGSALUTEMUSIC
FESTIVAL
King Salute is acommunity cultural
A CELEBRATIONOF OUR UNITY &
DIVERSITY
event celebrating unityand diversity in honorof Dr. Martin LutherKing Jr. This year’sevent will be held dur-ing Valentine's week-end in conjunction withthe No EGO PERFECTLOVE 5K RUN. Shareyour love by runningwith, in honor of, or inmemory of a loved one.5K registration is $25the rest of the event isFREE.
For More Information: 512.696.3256
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CITY ~ STATE ~ NATIONAL ~ WORLDRamey Ko HoldsKick-Off Event
by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon
On January 16,2014, Ramey Ko held aCampaign Kick-offevent to run for TravisCounty Treasurer. Infront of friends andother dignitaries,Ramey Ko mentionedhis intention to chal-lenge the incumbentTravis County Trea-surer. Moreover, thecrowd at the event wasvery diverse due to thefact Ramey Ko appealsto a cross section ofDemocratic voters.
As a candidate forthe Travis County Trea-surer, Ramey Ko is run-ning on several issuessuch as, investing inTravis County’s Trans-parency & Accountbility, Taxpayer Equityand Education, and tomake sure to keep thepromises made to theemployees of TravisCounty. If electedRamey Ko mentioned
that, "The State of theTravis County Treasuryreports to the publicwill be such that thecounty finances will bemore open and transpar-ent than ever before, aswell as to identify po-tential areas for sav-ings."
Ramey Ko is a firstgeneration American inwhich his parents immi-grated from Taiwan tothe United States inquest of the "AmericanDream". During his col-lege years, Ramey Kobecame more involvedin Civil Rights issuesand political justice.Over a period of years,Ramey Ko got involvedin Democratic partypolitics. For instance in2006, he founded the"Asian American forObama" group. In ad-dition, in 2007 hefounded the "CapitalArea Asian Democrats".Ko, Travis County Treasurer Candidate.
In the past months,the Central African Re-public has been "rock-eted" with yet anothermilitary coup d'etat, inwhich PresidentBoozize was over-thrown. A rebel groupcalled "Seleka" decidedto overthrow Boozizedue to the fact they be-lieved that he failed toabide by the terms oftheir agreements. Sincehe fled, the rebel leaderof the Seleka movement,Djotodia has auto-pro-claimed himself as thepresident and has
The AfricanCommunity HeldLast Candidate
“Greet and Meet
Before Primaries”
On October 20, 2013, some members of thegreater Central Texas African community held a"Greet and Meet” event before the primaries andelection. Once again this was an opportunity tohear from some candidates present at the event.The African community had invited several candi-dates from both Williamson County and TravisCounty.
Moreover, Chris Osborn who is running forHouse District 52 was the only candidate fromWilliamson County that attended the event. On theother hand, several candidates and potential can-didates running for public offices in Travis Countyattended the event. Some of the Travis County can-didates who attended the event were Garry Brown,Ramey Ko and Celia Israel. Furthermore, two po-tential candidates who came to the event wereChantal Eldridge and Ed Scruggs. Finally, CarolFletcher, an elected member of the PflugervilleSchool Board also stopped by the meeting to greetand meet with the African community.
by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon
Chris Osborn Garry Brown
Celia Israel Carol Fletcher
Furthermore, there was a diverse group of Af-rican community civic leaders and business own-ers. Some members of the African Diaspora whoattended the event included Mr. N’dri (President ofthe Ivorian Association), Felix Bamirin (Pastor ofGrace Way Church), Oyen (President of Born GreatFoundation), and Freddie Yao, a local businessowner.
At this event, the participants had the oppor-tunity to listen. Not only did they listen to the candi-dates but, they also questioned to the candidates.Moreover, the participants also learned some newinformation regarding the electoral process. In ad-dition, it was an opportunity for the African commu-nity to learn about the various ways to get involvedin local politics.
Although the African community invited all can-didates running in the Travis County Precinct II Com-missioner race, only Garry Brown showed up to theevent. As a result, Garry Brown talked about therole of the County Commissioner and asked theAfrican community to support him. Since the othercandidates running for Precinct II County Commis-sioner were not present, they could not ask the Af-rican community to get behind their candidacy.
Celia Israel who is running for Texas HouseDistrict 50 reminded the attendees about the up-coming "Special election and hopes that the Afri-can community will come out to the polls and votefor her. Celia Israel also hopes that the Africancommunity will tell other members of the greatercommunity to vote for her.
CentralAfrica
RepublicIs Still inTurmoil
by Tsoke(Chuch) Adjavon
formed a new coalitiongovernment.
The new govern-ment formed by the newrebel PresidentDjotodia was supposedto bring peace and even-tually a new set of elec-tions. However, sinceDjotodia presidency,there has been a flare ofviolence in the Repub-lic of Central Africa.Moreover, these flaresof violence have causedthe Muslim communityto fight against theChristian community.In other words, Presi-
dent Djotodia failed tobring peace to CentralAfrica. As a result, theinternational commu-nity led by the nation ofFrance has intervened inCentral Africa.
The internationalcommunity led byFrance, have asked thecurrent PresidentDjotodia to resign. As aresult, PresidentDjotodia resigned andwent into exile. Somebelieve that the newleadership can restorepeace and eventuallylead to a democratic
transition.Moreover, many
African countries whohave received their in-dependence fromFrance have been facingcivil wars and civil un-rest. So, the question is,"Why are so many ex-French colonies on theAfrican continent, in-cluding the Central Af-rican Republic facing somany problems of civilunrest?" Hopefully, thepeople of the CentralAfrican Republic willstart a dialogue amongthemselves.
President Djotodia
Don’t Miss theVoter Registration
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Austin, TX - Regis-ter to vote for the March4 Primary Election byMonday, Feb. 3. If youhave moved since thelast time you voted, youmust update your voterregistration record.
“We want to be surenew Travis County resi-dents and voters whohave moved are regis-tered on time for the elec-tion,” said Travis CountyTax Assessor-Collectorand Voter Registrar,Bruce Elfant. “If you donot have an orange voterregistration certificatewith your current ad-dress, please contact ouroffice to check your voterregistration status.”
How can you regis-ter or make changes to
your voter registration?· Come in person to
one of the five tax officelocations during busi-ness hours. Find mapsand driving directions toall of our locations atwww.traviscountytax.org.
· Mail an applicationand make sure the USpostmark shows Feb. 3or earlier. Find applica-tions at area post offices,libraries or atwww.traviscountytax.org.
· Go online to https://txapps.texas.gov/tolapp/sos/SOSACManager toupdate your name or ad-dress if you have movedwithin Travis County.
For questions,please visitwww.traviscountytax.orgor call (512) 854-9473.
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The Travis County Com-missioners Court voted toban outdoor burning in theunincorporated areas of thecounty. The burn ban expireson Feb. 19, 2014, unless fur-ther action is taken by theCourt or Fire Marshal prior tothat date.
This ban on outdoor
burning does not affect a pre-scribed burn under the su-pervision of a prescriptionburn manager. It also doesnot affect outdoor hot workwhen done under the guide-lines established by theTravis County Fire Marshal’sOffice. Prescription burnmanagers and those in needof outdoor hot work permitsmust contact the TravisCounty Fire Marshal’s Officeor the fire department inwhose jurisdiction the workwill be done.
Barbecuing in TravisCounty Parks and Parksmanaged by the county isallowed as long as the fire iswithin a closeable containeror a container with a lid. If youhave questions call the FireMarshal’s Office at 512-854-4621
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CLASSIFIEDS ~ PUBLIC INFORMATION
City of AustinPurchasing Office
The City of Austin Purchasing Office invitesyou to view current bid solicitations at https://www.c i . au s t i n . t x . u s / f i nanceon l ine /vendor_connection/solicitation/solicitations.cfm.Vendors are encouraged to register on-line in theCity’s Vendor Self Service System. Once yourcompany is registered, you will receive notifica-tions about new bid opportunities. For addi-tional information regarding current bid opportu-nities or Vendor Registration, please call the Pur-chasing Office at 512-974-2500.
For information on the City of Austin’s Mi-nority Owned and Women-Owned ProcurementProgram and the certification process, pleasecontact the Small & Minority Business ResourcesDepartment at 512-974-7600 or visit their websiteat http://www.austintexas.gov/smbr.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF MEETINGSPre-Solicitation meetings for Self-Sufficiency Request for
Applications (RFA)The City of Austin’s Health and Human Services Department is
hosting twoPre-Solicitation meetings to discuss the Self-Sufficiency RFA
that is to be released in 2014.These meetings are open to the public. You may attend either
one of the meetings indicated below:
1st Pre-Solicitation meeting:Date: Monday, January 27, 2014
Time: 9:00 am – 11:00 amLocation: Street Jones Building, 1000 East 11th Street,
Austin, TX 78702, 4th Floor Conference Room
2nd Pre-Solicitation meeting:Date: Friday, January 31, 2014
Time: 1:30 pm – 3:30 pmLocation: Street Jones Building, 1000 East 11th Street,
Austin, TX 78702, 4th Floor Conference Room
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In the past, mostminority coaches havenot been afforded anextended amount oftime to succeed. Thejury is still out onwhether these twocoaches will be given anadequate time to taketheir program to ahigher level.
In the immediatedays following the hir-ing of coach Strong oneprominent booster ofthe Longhorn programpublically criticized thehiring. Billionaire do-nor Red McCombscalled Strong’s hiring “akick in the face” andsaid the former Louis-ville Cardinals coachwould make a good po-sition coach, maybe acoordinator.”
Later McCombsstated to the San AntonioExpress-News that hehad phoned Strong to
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apologize and promisedStrong his “total sup-port.” Strong told himthat an apology was un-necessary, he said. “Hewanted my help and mysupport. I told him I’d behappy to do it,”McCombs said.McCombs hadpublically lobbied forformer Super Bowl win-ning coach and currentESPN Monday NightFootball analyst JohnGruden to succeed MackBrown as the head coach.
McCombs is notalone in his influencewith college athletics.Former supporters offormer coach of JoePaterno was believed tobe the reason that cre-ated the job opening inPenn State when BillO’Brien left the NittanyLions for the his new jobas the head coach of theHouston Texans afterjust two seasons.O’Brien stated, “he wastired of trying to pleasethe Paterno backers.”
Coach Strong hastwo Bowl Champion-ship Series (BCS) winswhile he was headcoach of the Cardinals.However this is the lastyear for the BCS and col-lege football will beginhaving a four team play-off starting later this fall.The Longhorns alumniare eager to return tohaving the team returnto competing for cham-pionship and not justhave championshiplevel talent.
Franklin will have amore difficult time atPenn State under thecurrent restrictions left
in wake of the JerrySandusky scandal.There have been rumorsand a ground swell forthe National CollegiateAthletic Associationwill remove the remain-ing three years bowl banthat was imposed on theUniversity as well hasincreasing their maxi-mum scholarship limit.Franklin was lured fromVanderbilt Universityin Nashville, TN after
winning nine games inthe past 2 seasons at aplace that historicallybeen hard to achievewin in the very toughSoutheaster Conference.
The tide may beturning on giving mi-norities an opportunity tolead universities thathave not had a history ofhiring them and the past.In 2009 after BarackObama was electedPresident there were
only four head coaches incollege football. In 2012there were four teamslead by African-Ameri-can head coaches thatwere ranked in the top25. They were TexasA&M (Kevin Sumlin),Stanford (David Shaw),Louisville, (Strong) andKent State (DarrellHazell).
The success ofStrong and Franklin willhave a direct and imme-
diate impact as towhether other minoritycoaches will have theopportunity to lead ma-jor universities as theirfootball coaches. Thewindow of opportunitywill be small wins willhave to come quickly inorder to keep thealumni and boosters atbay, but given the trackrecord for these coachesthe likely hood for suc-cess are very high.
Seven DebsPresented
at 36th
BiennialDebutante
Ball
AUSTIN - AlphaKappa Sigma Chapter ofSigma Gamma Rho So-rority, Inc. hosted its 36th
Biennial Debutante Ballat the DoubleTree Hotelon Friday, December 27,2013. The theme for theball was “Blue and GoldShowcase of Excellence.”Seven beautiful, intelli-gent, and talented youngladies were introducedto the Austin commu-nity.
The “Keeper of theDream Award,” whichrecognizes outstandingcontributions made byformer debutantes totheir family, communityand state was presented
to Ms. Stacie Johnson, aSenior Project Managerfor Verizon in Philadel-phia.
Scholarships wereawarded to the follow-ing: first place, MissLauren R. Hendricks,daughter of ReverendHarold E. & Mrs. ElisaHendricks; secondplace, Miss JanettaLaVelle Parker, thedaughter of ReverendJoseph C. Parker, Jr. &Mrs. J. LaVerne Parker;third place, MissHannah Elise Holt, thedaughter of Mr. JohnHolt & Yolanda Holt.
Pictured are Debu-tantes:
Kirsten DeionBradford, daughter ofMr. Rodney Bradford &Mrs. Derenda Bradford,is a student atHendrickson HighSchool; Lauren R.Hendricks, daughter ofReverend Harold E. &Mrs. Elisa Hendricks, isa student at HamptonUniversity; HannahElise Holt, the daughterof Mr. John Holt &Mrs.Yolanda Holt, is astudent at McNeil HighSchool; Lakricha D.Murray, the daughter ofMr. Levi Murray & Mrs.Rhonda Murray, is astudent at PflugervilleHigh School; Kessiena
Marie Ofunrein, thedaughter of Mr. MikeSonko and Mrs. DianaSonko and KenOfunrein, is a student atLegacy Early CollegeHigh School; JanettaLaVelle Parker, thedaughter of ReverendJoseph C. Parker, Jr. &Mrs. J. LaVerne Parker,is a student at HydePark Baptist HighSchool; Rebecca LenoraRichard, the daughterof Reverend Jeffrey Ri-chard & Mrs.Naomi Ri-chard, is a student atBowie High School.
The balls co-chairswere Mary Ashford andBarbara Forman.
Kirsten Deion Bradford Lauren R. Hendricks Hannah Elise Holt
Lakricha D. Murray Kessiena MarieOfunrein
Janetta LaVelle Parker Rebecca LenoraRichard
ARETHA FRANKLIN, BERRY GORDY, KENNETH CHENAULT,CARRIE MAE WEEMS AND ICE CUBE ANNOUNCED AS
“BET HONORS” 2014 EXTRAORDINARY HONOREES
By Naomi Richard
NEW YORK, NY— Dedicated to cel-ebrating black excel-lence, this year’s “BETHonors” recognizes theachievements of fivespectacular AfricanAmericans; ArethaFranklin, Berry Gordy,Kenneth Chenault, Car-rie Mae Weems and IceCube. Queen of Soul,Aretha Franklin re-ceives the Musical ArtsAward for an incompa-rable four decades inmusic. Berry Gordy,record producer,songwriter and founderof Motown Records andcreator of the smash hitMOTOWN THE MUSI-CAL, currently bringingthe legacy of Motown tothe Broadway stage atthe Lunt Fontanne The-
atre, will receive the Vi-sionary Award for creat-ing the company thatredefined an industryand became thesoundtrack of a genera-tion. Kenneth Chenault,Chairman and CEO ofAmerican Express re-ceives the CorporateCitizen Award for hisleadership in businessand personal commit-ment to public serviceand philanthropy. Art-ist, activist and 2013MacArthur Genius, Car-rie Mae Weems is theVisual Arts Award re-cipient for her provoca-tive art which tacklescomplex issues of race,gender and classthrough video and pho-tography. TrailblazerO’Shea Jackson betterknown as Ice Cube, re-ceives the Entertain-
ment Award for his pio-neering work in musicand impressive career infilm and television.
Hosted by Renais-sance man WayneBrady, “BET Honors”once again tapes at thehistoric Warner Theatrein Washington, D.C. onSaturday, February 8,2014 and will premiereon Monday, February24, 2014 at 9:00 pm* dur-ing Black HistoryMonth on BET Net-works.
Proceeds from“BET Honors” will ben-efit the Women Veter-ans Interactive (WVI),an organization thathelps restore hope aswell as provides hous-ing options and supportfor veterans and theirfamilies in need. WVIwas created to address
the unique, and oftenunrecognized, chal-lenges facing ournation’s 1.8 millionwoman veterans as theyreturn to civilian life.Stephen Hill, Presidentof Music Programmingand Specials, BET Net-works, and Lynne Har-ris Taylor, Vice Presi-dent of Specials, BETNetworks are executiveproducers, along withJesse Collins of JesseCollins Productions.
For more informa-tion on “BET Honors,”visit http://w w w . b e t . c o m /bethonors . Join the con-versation about the spe-cial on Twitter by usinghashtags: #BETHonors;follow the show for allupdates & special sur-prises @BET.
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Austin Pays Homage to Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Angela WyattWhile advancement has been made since
the passing of Martin Luther King, Jr., activistsstill pursue Rev. King’s dream of racial equal-ity. Thousands of Travis county residents cel-ebrated his legacy, dream and teachings of non-violent protest and civil disobedience helpedbring civil rights to the forefront of the politicalagenda, ending institutionalized segregation.
Monday, January 20, 2014, the Austin AreaHeritage Council hosted its Annual MLK Commu-
nity March began at The University of Texas atAustin with an opening address by President BillPowers, followed by a blissful ceremony on theState Capitol grounds. State Rep. Dawnna Dukesaddressed the crowd with an enlightening speech,along with Mayor Pro-Tem Sheryl Cole andWilhelmina Delco. Joyful hymns rang from theCapitol steps by Sweet Home Baptist Church ofRound Rock, TX and the harmonic Huston-Tillotson Concert Choir. It was marching time af-ter that. People grabbed a spot of 11th Street and
headed to the city’s “other” university. Strollers,wagons, and other wheeled carriers helped par-ents tote their children along the route.
The jubilee concluded at HT University wherethe community enjoyed performances of localbands showcasing their musical kills, food, infor-mation booths, a share of tented vendors, some ofthem were commemorative t-shirt hawkers andcountless family fun festivities such as face paint-ing, moon walks and fire truck tours. Various takeson Civil Rights and were modeled proudly.
Central Texans march to the State Capitol for a momentous ceremony, honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Photos by Angela Wyatt
Austin Pays Homage to Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr.
