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Setting the record straight and moving forward JOLANDA JONES

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HOUSTON- On the evening of August 1, one of my staff members and I saw what appeared to me to be constitutional violations against citizens of Houston. My concerns were serious – with more than 10 years of experience as a criminal defense attorney and an advocate on justice issues, I have a good radar for a bad arrest. After the investigation was over, I spoke with the police officers at the scene.

Our conversation was tense— and a week later, a police report was leaked to the press that claimed I interfered with an active police investigation. I want to set the record straight. But, more importantly, I want to move forward in a balanced way that honors the noble and dangerous work of our police officers, and acknowledges the work to be done to ensure that the civil rights of all Houstonians are protected.

Less than two minutes from my home in the Third Ward Community, we saw a speeding police car

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with flashing lights and sirens while running traffic lights. I was concerned because my neighborhood has seen its share of terrible crimes.

Crimes that include if my memory serves me clearly, four murders in my neighborhood within the last seven months (the 13-year-old in the park, the man on the corner, and two women in dilapidated apartments).

Also, a man got shot seven times about a month ago at Denny’s, and by the grace of God, he lived and my son was jumped in the park by two boys at the park. There have been numerous amount of crimes in the past, but that Friday night we decided to follow the police car and my staffer parked in the parking lot where the action was. We got out of the car, leaned on it, and watched, just like everyone else there.

I was able to see one female officer and a number of male officers investigate what they believed to be a crime. I saw the arrest and search of a man pumping gas; the search of a car and its trunk; the detention and search of two passengers, who looked, to me, to be a teenaged boy and young woman. I also saw what seemed to be an unlawful search, waste of city resources and unjustified escalation. As I watched, I made sure I said nothing to any of the people involved in the investigation: not the police officers I saw detain, handcuff and arrest the man; not the police officers I saw detain and search the teenaged boy and young woman; not the police officers I saw talk to people; not the police officers I saw search the car and its trunk; not the arrested man; not the teenaged boy or young woman; not any of them. I just watched.

I waited for the officers to release the teenaged boy and young woman, and approached them after they walked away from the police.

I offered my City Council business card as a witness to what happened. I learned that they were not in custody and were free to leave; that they were waiting for their father; that the boy was 15 and his sister was 18; that his cousin was the man arrested; that the police, who initially told them that it was none of their business about why their cousin was arrested, eventually told them that their cousin had warrants; that the teenager didn’t know why he got searched, except that he See RECORD page 3

Evangeline Parish (French: Paroisse d’Évangéline) was created out of lands formerly belonging to St. Landry Parish in 1910. The majority of the people were French, former soldiers from Fort Toulouse, and generations born there were originally called Creoles. The major families were Fontenot, LaToure, Guillory, Lafleur, and Brignac.

The Creoles developed a culture that was a mixture of all the ethnic groups living in the area Outsiders mistakenly labeled all the White French people as Cajuns.

Even so, the parish was named Evangeline in honor of the Acadian people who lived further south.

Their history was so fascinating until Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s wrote the narrative poem, Evangeline. Later Evangeline Parish was further immortalized in the Randy Newman song “Louisiana, 1927,” in which he described the Great Mississippi Flood which covered it with six feet of water. Meanwhile, a few miles north of Ville Platte, the parish’s county seat, the six-year-old son of William and Stella Arceneaux

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Sweatshop labor has been on the rise at home and abroad for at least two decades. But only in the past year and a half have images of that seamy side of global production pricked the conscience of ordinary Americans. Sweatshops increase output and profits not through innovation and higher productivity but by squeezing workers. They may refuse to pay overtime, use child laborers, set piece rates to make a minimum wage impossible, or commit such crude abuses as hitting workers, refusing bathroom breaks or fining workers for being absent. Pharis Harvey, executive director of the International Labor Rights Fund, however, says “Sweatshops” is an imprecise term.

The General Accounting Office considers a sweatshop any work place with more than one violation of laws covering work hours, minimum wage, child labor, industrial homework or other employer prac-

WILLIAM TATMAN JR.

April 1, 1921-August 2007

Tatman Sr. played in the kneedeep waters that had receded considerably when it reached his small town of Whiteville.

He would never forget that fond memory that was among many that Deacon William Tatman, Jr. often recalled during his long and productive life that was celebrated on August 31, 2007 at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, 1510 Pannell.

Then again, he left many precious memories for his beloved family and friends, and several were

tices. But Harvey defines a sweatshop as any workplace where the wages are inadequate, the hours are too long, and working conditions endanger safety or health, even if no laws are violated. Illegal immigrants notwithstanding, the retail giants, whose main asset is often their public image, are now threatened by the sweatshop monster they helped to create. Meanwhile, African-American News&Issues had cause to pause and ponder, as we prepared our Labor Day 2008 edition (See Editorial), whether, or not, cheap labor is a two-headed monster that is responsible for Black America’s unemployment woes.

And woe is the operative word, if one is to believe Peter S. Goldman’s July 2, 2008 the New York Time’s article (Deepening Cycle of Job Loss Seen Lasting Into 09), that laments: “Among economists, the sense is broadening that the troubles dogging the economy will be stubborn, leaving in place an uncomfortable combination of tight credit and scant job opportunities perhaps well shared during an order of service that officiated by Pastor Harvey Clemons Jr., and included a solo

by Richard Jackson; Music by Rev. Michael Pickett, who also sang his favorite song; Rev. Clifton Lewis; and his Sunday School teacher Rev. Samuel Parker, whose expressions revealed Deacon Tatman’s favorite expression, “Lord I like the way you do things,” that he habitually used during his spirit filled prayers. He was born April 1, 1921, in Whiteville, Louisiana. He later moved to Houston where he shared 51years of wedded bliss with his soul mate, Gerline Gauthier Tatman, who preceded him in death.

Tatman, a loyal member of True Level Masonic Lodge, served his country during World War II, in England, Germany and France. He also served his family well, working as a heavy equipment operator at Shell Refinery in Deer Park Texas for over forty years. Therefore, he was deservedly eulogized as “A Helpful Man,” insofar as: He never saw the trouble; he only saw the deed. He never thought of sacrifice,

into next year. ‘It’s a slow-motion recession,’ said Ethan Harris, chief United States economist for Lehman Brothers. ‘In a normal recession, things kind of collapse and get so weak that you have nowhere to go but up. But we’re not getting the classic two or three negative quarters. Instead, we’re expecting two years of sub-par growth. Growth that’s not enough to generate jobs.

It’s kind of a chronic rather than an acute pain.’

“Mr. Harris expects tepid economic growth and a shrinking labor market to persist through the fall of 2009. The national unemployment rate climbed a full percentage point over the last year to 5.5 percent in May, according to the Labor Department.” But, alas, from a Black perspective joblessness translates to hopelessness. And, according to the Labor Department, the official report doesn’t include people who are jobless and have given up looking for work, or people who have been bumped to part-time jobs See LABOR DAY page 3

his mind was on the need; He never reckoned money as a prize worth clinging to, he said its only value was the good that it could do; He never stopped to reckon what’d he miss, his joy was to stay and help a fellow-being who was stranded on the way. He ­ never paused to think of pleasures that he’d cherished long and planned.

All he saw was one in trouble who must have a helping hand.

“There seemed nothing so important that he wouldn’t turn aside. And he had this simple motto, which he followed to the end: ‘When the other man’s in trouble that’s the time to be his friend.’”

Without a doubt Deacon William Tatman, Jr. is dearly missed. He left to cherish his absence and celebrate his life, one son, Everett Tatman; two daughters, Barbara Ann Tatman and Donna Yvette Tatman, all of Houston, Texas; grandchildren, Ashley Nicole Eagleton, Everett Evans, Ashford Johnson and Lauren Johnson; and a host of in-laws, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends too numerous to name and his church family.

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abor Day is an excellent time to discuss one of the most depressing problems facing 2008 Black America’s young and restless. Especially our clueless youth that won’t have much of a future if they don’t change their attitudes.

This is serious, so I should offer a disclaimer, insofar as Labor Day is a “White thing,” in 2008 America. Although African-American News&Issues is considered Texas’s widest circulated and read newspaper with a Black perspective, our issues are often generic. And problems bedeviling the nation’s troubled youth are common denominators. So I shouldn’t have to explain that (contrary to what the media propagates), Americans share a common problem.

In fact, White kids are just as much at-risk as Black kids, and that “disproportionate percentage” b.s., don’t mean a darn thing to the parents of self destructive, self-centered kids who have “funky attitudes” about how the real world works. If, however, you don’t know where I’m coming from, I should share a letter to the Houston Chronicle’s editors that I agree with. The critic had a problem with Ashley Herzog’s June 18th article (Is Selfesteem more important than selfcontrol), that opined: “We want to anchor self-esteem firmly to the child so no matter what the performance might be, the self-esteem remains high. Starting in the mid1990s, a team led by psychologist Carol Dweck did a series of experiments on fifth-graders, who were divided into two groups.

In the first group, students were praised for their intelligence — an

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innate trait unrelated to performance. In the second group, students were praised for their effort and good behavior. The children in the second group performed better and were more likely to attempt difficult tasks — probably because their teachers had encouraged them to work hard, rather than constantly telling them how brilliant they were.” I suspect the letter writer was a businessman, or had worked with kids the same as I have, because I said amen when he rebutted: “Herzog says the self-esteem movement proclaims to make the children feel important, emphasize their good qualities, and refrain from criticizing children too much.” The writer really disagreed that adults should encourage children to feel good about themselves for no particular reason.Therefore, he concluded: “What has the self-esteem movement accomplished?

“While the self-esteem movement hasn’t made children any smarter, it has made them more self-centered, demanding and hostile to criticism. They think they deserve recognition and attention from others, and that it’s acceptable and desirable to be preoccupied with oneself and praise oneself.” According to Herzog, Americans are unprepared to compete in the global economy.” I don’t work with many White children, because (as I’ve often said in the past), I’m more concerned about my people.

Even so, the letter writer described the “funky attitudes” that I will not tolerate. I refuse to help Black children imperil their future. Especially when I’m reminded each and every day that institutionalized racist is

ries achieved by one nation over another.

“Labor Day...is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race, or nation. The vital force of labor added materially to the highest standard of living and the greatest production the world has ever known and has brought us closer to the realization of our traditional ideals of economic and political democracy. It is appropriate, therefore, that the nation pays tribute on Labor Day to the creator of so much of the nation’s strength, freedom, and leadership — the American worker.” History records, that when Sam spoke those memorable words on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, post Reconstruction and Jim Crow laws had forced Southern Blacks back to the status that was close to preCivil War slavery.

We Must Understand, after The “Compromise of 1877” removed Federal protection of Black civil rights and ended the Reconstruction era, there was a White backlash, in response to the Reconstruction promises of land (“40 acres and a mule”), and education. The economic and education promises of reconstruction remain largely unfulfilled and there were massive theft of Black-owned land and destruction of Black businesses and/or towns. Especially, after the Klan was established. And, lest we forget, Plessy v Ferguson, also affirmed “separate but equal” as legal basis of segregation. Yet, as much as one may appreciate our

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s 2008 America celebrates its 125th Labor Day, Black America should have cause to pause and ponder why their labor is no longer significant in the nation that was built on their ancestor’s strong backs (physical prowess), and imaginative minds (connate ingenuity and Afrocentric genius), who were exploited in the land of the free, sans human rights. Reparations notwithstanding, in spite of the mainstream media’s recent conversations about race, AfricanAmerican News&Issues has yet to hear a plausible reason why racists denigrate the people that their forefathers enslaved.

We Must Understand, the posthumous apologies to our enslaved ancestors are more political than repentant. Consequently, Labor Day addresses by leading union officials, industrialists, educators, clerics and government officials, that are given wide coverage in newspapers, radio, and television, are basically lies. Perish the thought that our intent is to ridicule one of our nation’s most important holidays.

Instead we simply desire to seize an excellent opportunity to set the record straight. After all, there wasn’t a Black face in the union’s place, when Sam Gophers, founder and longtime president of the American Federation of Labor, pontificated: “All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man’s prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and power, of glo-

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Bud Johnson: The Old African Warrior

oebeit I was diagnosed as bipolar and put on Lithium (for Manic Depressives), when I answered the “suicide,” or “harm yourself” question, with my I’m gonna live well or not at all quip.

For real, I have no shame in my game to admit that I don’t like this sin sick world well enough to fade away in misery, or hooked up to the hospital’s money machine in a coma. Pro Life notwithstanding, I condone mercy killings. Especially babies born with horrible maladies and have no chance of functioning as a person. Not to mention old, sick, and tired, of being sick and tired folks who are burdens.

Hey, I often find myself lamenting because I’m working harder than ever in my golden years.

I ain’t cracking, but facting when I say that it wasn’t my plan to be managing editor emeritus (of Texas’ widest circulated, read and buttkicking newspaper with a Black perspective) at 75. Instead, I looked forward to going out with a bang in Las Vegas, with winning Black Jack cards in one hand, a double shot of Crown in the other, and two foxy sisters snuggling on each elbow.

Even so, as I enter the 55th year of my free press ministry, I must confess that I truly believe, in The Twilight Zone of my corroding cranial circuits, that it’s God’s will that I remain on The Outer Limits of prophecy. Hey, I ain’t playing with God when I say 2008 is my option

year (of the five year--no cut-- contract I negotiated with Him in 2003), but I ain’t inclined to work feeble in body, mind, or spirit.

But, alas, I believe in signs.

Accordingly, instead of ego-tripping about being blessed and highly favored, when God knocked me off my “ass” (as he did Saul on the Damascus Road), he got my undivided attention. Crisis of faith aside, I was seriously contemplating aborting my managing editor emeritus role this year, until I got irrefutable signs that I dare not ignore. I realized God ain’t through with me yet when Good Hope MBC’s Pastor Emeritus Rev. C. Woody Kimble, who was one of my great mentors, spoke at Deacon Robert Collin’s funeral. Rev. Kimble, who after turning 90 has written several books, lectures, and still preaches the word, in his quiet, but sincere way, lifted my spirit as he did when I was a 19-year-old Houston Informer reporter.

Mayhaps, it was a coincidence, but Kimble looked me in the eye and said, “Don’t retire Bud. What you do for the Lord is a labor of love.” Shazam!

In addition, the very next morning my Our Daily Bread devotional zapped me with: “Just before Jesus left this earth, He instructed Simon Peter to care for the dearest object of His love—His sheep. How could anyone care for them as Jesus cares? Only out of love for Him.

alive and well. So I work with them so they can work for me, or anybody else.

Economic hard times has made 2008 America almost as it was when the first Labor Day was celebrated on September 5, 1882, in New York City. Yes, times have changed. And nobody realizes that more than small business people who dedicate themselves to serv-

ing their own community, as I have been doing for most of my adult life. But I disagree with the idea that lack of education, or even job skills are our kid’s biggest problem. In fact, kids with college degrees are more difficult to deal with than special education high school students.

They make me understand where that the maxim, “A little learning is a dangerous thing,” when I try to get

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Black History lesson, we’re sure those who want to forget the past are pondering what does Labor Day have to do with Black America’s tired, huddled masses’ current plight?

That, indeed, is a question that we need to ask at a time when the Black community no longer is working, because so many Black people aren’t working. Thus, we defer to Paul P. Moreno’s 2006 book (Black Americans and Organized Labor: A New History) that reveals: “Despite changes, African American representation in union leadership, discrimination in hiring and promotion, and training for highly skilled jobs remain problem areas for organized labor.

According to the 2006 book (Race and Labor Matters in the New U.S. Economy), edited by Manning Marable, Immanuel Ness and Joseph Wilson, unions have not done enough to save Black people’s government jobs, which are being erased by the privatization of the public sector.

“Generally speaking, unions’ discriminatory practices cannot be blamed on employers,” he argues. “Employers do not normally ‘foment racial antagonism to keep the proletariat divided and weak.’ Rather, they try ‘to pay as little as possible for labor, regardless of ethnicity’ or race. It was usually White union members, not employers, who created and benefited from discrimination,” Moreno concludes.

Wake Up Black America.

There is no other way. Three times Jesus asked Peter, ‘Do you love Me?’ Peter answered, ‘Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.’ Each time, Jesus answered, ‘Feed My sheep.’

Was Jesus unaware of Peter’s love?

Of course not. His three-fold question was not for Himself, but for Peter.

“He asked His questions to underscore the essential truth that only love for Christ would sustain Peter in the work that lay ahead— that arduous, demanding work of caring for people’s souls—perhaps the hardest work of all. Jesus did not ask Peter if he loved His sheep, but if he loved Him. Affection for God’s people in itself will not sustain us. His sheep can be unresponsive, unappreciative, and harshly critical of our efforts to love and to serve them. In the end, we will find ourselves defeated and discouraged. The ‘love of Christ’—our love for Him—is the only sufficient motivation that will enable us to stay the course, to continue to feed the flock of God.” Shazam!

Mayhap I’m deluding myself (insofar as I’ve become a media pariah, who is rejected and denigrated by the very folks I sacrificed fame and fortune to serve), but that’s a clear sign from God. So it ain’t over until it’s over. Thus, when He calls me, I’ll be somewhere working for my Lord.

I wonder if anybody knows where I’m coming from?

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cum laude grads to follow simple instructions. Not to mention if they have worked in corporate America before becoming desperate enough to work in the ‘hood.

Even so, my Labor Day 2008 message isn’t for the self-centered kids. It’s for you parents who unwittingly encourage kids’ “funky attitudes” when you try to give them See ATTITUDES page 3

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“fit the description”.

I approached the police car with the police officers, who I had seen conduct the investigation – the police car with the handcuffed man in it. I located the officer who, based on what I observed, was the lead officer. I identified myself, offered her my City Council business card and asked to be put in the offense report as a witness. She refused it. I offered the card again; she refused it a second time.

I asked for the officer’s name and she only gave her last name. I asked for her badge number and she refused. I asked questions about the search and offered my interpretation of the law that it was improper.

To my knowledge, no supervisor was involved. At some point, one of the male officers told me he was going to arrest me if I did not leave the scene, because I was interfering with an investigation. I asked, “What investigation?”

I advised them that from the moment I happened upon this event, I made a point to make sure I made contact with no one involved in this thing until I believed the investigation was over. I advised that based on my observations, I believed that their investigation was complete.

Specifically, I reminded them that they had the gas-pumping, handcuffed suspect in the back seat of the patrol car; they had released the teenager and his sister; they had released the car and minor’s father had driven off in that car — the subject of the search — with his children inside.

Further, various officers were making small talk with various persons in the parking lot. I asked the remaining officers standing with the female officer, for their names and badge numbers; they all refused to give me their identifying information either. So, I began to take photos with a camera I had in the car — photos of the patrol cars and of the officers so that I could identify them later. Again, I was threatened with an arrest.

My staffer and I then left. I called Chief Hurtt immediately to advise him of what happened, and to ask him to conduct an investigation.

One week later, the police report was leaked to the press that claimed I interfered with an active police investigation. Fair enough.

I’m a grown up and I’ve dished out my fair share of criticism of the police department. I am one of the first lawyers who helped expose the bad science which convicted innocent people, at the HPD Crime Lab – the crime lab that was shut down as a result. I helped organize a protest of the Harris County Criminal Justice System, at the criminal

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courts building in 2002.

I helped negotiate the parade permit because the city did not want to grant the permit to stage the protest. I wrote an opinion editorial in February 2008 about unfairness in the Harris County Criminal Justice System, which the Houston Chronicle used to make an argument that then-District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal needed to go.

My experience on the night of August 1st is not an unusual one in my neighborhood: police officers and the citizens with whom they interact have very different perceptions of what happened. How could one set of facts produce two such different versions of the truth? It would be easy to say that the officers — or I — didn’t tell the truth.

But “he said, she said” isn’t a productive way to deal with the larger and more troubling public safety issue: a lack of trust between law enforcement and some of the communities they serve.

Many have struggled to solve this problem and have made progress. But we have a long way to go

— and I believe there are many Houstonians who are ready to renew their commitment to improving relations between our communities and our police. Finding that solution is a two-way street. And I’ll be the first to say that starts with me. I am proud to be an advocate for victims of unfair treatment in the criminal justice system.

But as an elected official it is my job to advocate for fair treatment for every Houstonian — including police officers. That’s why I will get the ball rolling by organizing a series of stakeholder meetings in neighborhoods across Houston where we can bring law enforcement together with the people they serve, turn the temperature down where necessary and start building on the common ground we all share: a desire for Houston to be the best — and safest — city in America.

It’s just a start, but I am committed to this issue for the long haul.

And throughout the process my inspiration will be the words above my chair at the City Council table: “The People Are the City.”

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from full-time. Thus, Harris concludes, “Add in those people and the so-called underemployment rate rises to 9.7 percent, up from 8.3 percent in May 2007. Consequently, Goldman Sachs forecasts that the unemployment rate will peak at 6.4 percent late in 2009 before the picture improves, meaning that the painful process of shedding jobs may be only half-way complete.

“The labor market is clearly deteriorating, and it’s highly likely to keep deteriorating,” said Andrew Tilton, an economist at Goldman Sachs. Even so, the article doesn’t adequately address the overwhelming joblessness that’s literally destroying the once thriving “middle class,” predominately Black communities populated by post affirmative action generations that unwittingly buy into the consumer culture. In Stuart Ewen’s book (Captains of Consciousness: Advertising and the Social Roots of the Consumer Culture) he showed that advertising for mass consumerism was not only aimed at increasing markets for goods but also at shifting the focus of discontent from people’s work to arenas that advertisers could promise would be satisfied by consumption.

According to Ewen, “Consumption allows people at the bottom of the social hierarchy to feel that they have some measure of access to the good life for all their troubles. The escape from real life provided by leisure activities allows people to continue what might otherwise be a dreary and downtrodden existence.”

More succinctly, from a common sense Black perspective, consumerism negates the work ethic that made the United States of America great. Ewen states that consumerism (the mass participation in the values of the mass-induced market) was not a natural historical development but an aggressive device of corporate survival. Discontent in the workplace could lead to a challenge to corporate authority but discontent in the consumer sphere provided an incentive to work harder and reflected an acceptance of the values of the capitalist enterprise.

Lest we forget, a strong work ethic was the most important legacy made in America African slaves bequeathed their descendants.

Accordingly, in this high tech, global market, Black Americans that can’t, or won’t humble themselves to perform menial labor, or arduous tasks (see Publisher’s Analysis)--sans an attitude-- are being replaced by foreigners. In addition, the Beijing Olympics that showcased China’s futuristic skylines, and technological mastery, should explain why those cell phones, and expensive video games that are coveted far too much by Black America’s unemployed, and/or unemployable youth (attired in sagging pants, and skirts revealing tattooed butts), are “Made in China.”

self esteem. Apparently parents don’t understand that self esteem can’t be given, it is earned by doing.

When parents show up with their

An “investigating” officer who threatened to arrest Councilwoman Jolanda Jones waves at her as she snaps a photo of the scene and another officer tries his best to suppress laughter. children for a job interview, I won’t hire them even if they have business or journalism degrees. And when the clueless parents go off on me (because I’m not honored that

a candidate for a CEO in corporate America even considered working for a Black business in the ‘hood), I know exactly where the children got their “funky attitudes” from.

Central City Comprehensive Community Corporation teams with March of Dimes to provide Pre-natal Care

HOUSTON– African-American families in Houston, Texas can now benefit from Honey Child, a prenatal program being offered by March of Dimes especially designed and developed for African-American women. The free six-part program is offered in partnership with Central City Comprehensive Community Corporation (5CS) of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, 3826 Wheeler Ave., for any African-American woman over the age 18 in her first or second trimester of pregnancy. Wheeler Avenue 5CS received a grant from March of Dimes to serve as the Learning Lab for Honey Child.

Honey Child is a faith-based approach to help African-American families have healthy babies by providing information about the importance of getting prenatal care, following a healthy lifestyle, and eating a healthy diet.

More than 7,500 babies born to African-American women in Texas are born too soon each year. For additional information, contact Bobbie E. Jones at (713)579-2783 or at bjones@wheelerbc.org.

HARRIS COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY

IMPORTANT NOTICE Harris County Housing Authority reopens the Section-8 Housing Choice Voucher Program waiting list.

Beginning Monday, August 18, 2008 the Harris County Housing Authority will begin accepting applications for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program. The program for Harris County was closed to new applicants in 2003. Now reopened, individuals interested in submitting an application may do so online at www.hchatexas.org. The waiting list will remain open until September 30, 2008.

All applications received by September 30 will be reviewed for eligibility. All eligible candidates will be included in a lottery to determine the 5,000 applications that will be added to the waiting list. All persons will be notified by mail of their status regarding the application process. Individuals presently on the waiting list do not need to submit another application.

The Harris County Housing Authority will not discriminate against any applicant for participation because of race, age, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, family status or sexual orientation.

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4 • African-American News&Issues 27-September EDITION DATE:• Texas May• August 7-May 28, 20082, 2008 ACCOUNTANTS

ATTORNEYS

MICHAEL LOVE, CPA

MAY I REPRESENT YOU IN COURT?

ELECTRONIC FILING Member AICPA

713-666-2900 Off 713-666-2932 Fax Email: mlovecpa@yahoo.com www.michaellovecpa.net 2626 South Loop W, #420 Houston, TX 77054 Michael Love specializes in tax planning and return filing for individuals; taxes and bookkeeping for small businesses and corporate tax returns. Education courses offered by local chapters of national associations keep the firm on the leading edge of ever-changing tax laws and accounting methods. Computerized offices and internet access ensures clients accurate, efficient, state-of-the-art service at a competitive price.

• Family Law • Criminal Cases • Wills/Probate • Guardianships • Serious Injuries • Wrongful Death Cases

Call:

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since 1994

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This artwork was created by Annie Lee. Attorney

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This 1.5” ad could be your for just $150 for 4 weeks!

Please call AAN&I at (713) 692-1178 for more information!

INSURANCE

Carl Barnes

Hunters Insurance Agency 2656 S. Loop West #340 Houston, TX 77054 (832) 778-8194

Funeral Homes, Inc

3521 Jensen St. Houston, TX 77026

746 West 22nd Street Houston, Texas 77008 713.869.4529

Sales-Service-Supplies

"Committed to the Future"

713/227-4808 or 4809 Janitorial Supplies

Wholesale-Retail Contact Information We repair buffers, Name: Pamela Foster Davis vacuum, shampooers Company: Attorney atCharles LawDawson and all other machines.

SAME DAY FREE DELIVERY Phone: 281-520-8680 METRO Chemical Dawson Chemical Fax: 713-941-6616 US& Janitorial Supply Company & Janitorial Supply Company 4308 Kelley St. • Hou., TX 77026 6010 Irvington -Hou.,TX 77009 Address for tearsheets: 713/633-9019 713/697-7137 1 Pinedale Citywide Chemical, founded in 1977, Houston, TX 77008 is the largest minority-owned chemical

This is the price and size of the Ad to run in Pamela Foster Davis AAN&I’s Greater Houston Marketplace 713-522-1500 1 Pinedale, Houston, TX 77006

FUNERAL HOMES

Kashmere Funeral Home 5908 Lavender Houston Texas 77026 (713)633-3809 Morgan Harris Funeral Home 8011 West Montgomery Houston Texas 77088 (281)820-2391

BORRIS L. MILES Insurance Agency

America can depend on Farmers

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AUTOMOTIVE Publication Date: November 28- December MABRIE4, 2007 “Gotcha’ Back...Boo!”

Acres Homes Automotive

6960 T.C. Jester (@ Little York)

Tune Ups -A/C Work

Brakes - Tires-Front End Work

Batteries - Alignments State Inspection

SHELL RAPID LUBE Oil Change- $19.99 (713) 956-2500

AUTO REPAIR

Curtis Adams 5203 N. Shephard Houston 77091 (832)207-6796 Floyd’s Premier 2201 W. Little York APPAREL Contact Information: Houston 77091 Square Biz Greek Shop (713)688-7325 Name: Mr. Elias Michalopoulo 4800 W. 34th Suite C-11 Houston 77092 Address:BARBER/BEAUTY 6960 T.C. Jester Blvd.

(713)683-1855 Acres Homes Barber College Houston, Texas 77091 2306 Ferguson Way ATTORNEYSPhone Number: 281-701-3790 Houston 77088 (281)931-5591 Fax: 281-597-9990 Elliott Community Shop ANGELA L. DIXON ATTORNEY AT LAW 13030 Woodforest Suite G Houston 77075 (713)455-2321 Hair Design by Antoinette 163 Greens Rd. WILLS & PROBATE SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY Houston 77060 Date AUTO ACCIDENTS (281)875-4993 FAMILY Individual Styles Uncontested Divorce/Name Change Adult Adoption 11635 Homestead 281-931-1607 Houston 77016 505 N. Sam Houston Pkwy E#410 (281)639-2334 Houston, TX 77060 Angela L. Dixon is licensed in Texas.

Professional Hair Designers of TX She has a Juris Doctor degree from the 10767 Eastex Freeway University of Iowa College of Law, an M.B.A. from St. Ambrose University Houston 77093 and a Bachelor of Arts degree from (713)691-0868 Alabama A&M University. She handles a variety of legal matters providing Rogers Barbershop clients with quality legal services in a 2113 West Little York cost-efficient and timely manner.

Houston 77091 (713)680-8827 You looked here......

16” x 20”

(A portion of all proceeds go to the Barack Obama Campaign Fund.)

company in the southwest. They pride themselves on being customer-oriented offering same day, free delivering, free installation of dispensers and free training on all equipment, rented or bought.

CHILDCARE 713-692-1195 1.5” Ad for 52 weeks LL&S &S 6130 Wheatley Street Academy SmallWorld World Academy Houston, Texas 77091 $780.00Small Total Cost for 52 weeks: REGULAR STORE HOURS: Thursday: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. $780.00 “Learning to Compete” Friday: 11 a.m to 7 p.m.

Memorial Mortuary

Come in or Call for more information

Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

We accept: American Express, MasterCard, Discover, Visa, ATM/Debit, Cash, Checks and Lay-A-Way

100% Black Owned

• LICENSED BY THE STATE • NEWBORN- 13 Years • LEARNING ENVIROMENT • QUALITY CHILD CARE • TRANSPORTATION • DROP-INS WELCOME

5000 AlmedaHeading Rd. Title: Borris L. Miles Houston Texas 77004 Child Care Supporting The Community 713-942-7673

Auto • Home • Life

O.W. Wiley Mortuary, Inc. Disability • Annuity 1290 Pinemont Dr. Commercial Houston, Texas 77018 Contact Information (713)681-7475 Health Insurance Name: Mr. Robert Leday HEARING AIDS Company: L&S Small World Academy Bus. 713-355-8331 Phone: (832) 338-4766 or (713) 249-9337 Hearing Aids of Houston

We Appreciate Our Customers

24- Hour DAY CARE SERVICE

(713) L&S 697-7879

Sandi Coe, M.A., CCC-A CLINICAL AUDIOLOGIST

Fax: 713-355-8318 Pgr. 713-406-1088

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401 West Donovan Houston, 77091 (Between N. Shepard & Yale)

(713) 692-EARS(3277)

5302 Almeda Rd. Hou. TX 77004

BUSINESS ORG. Come join the “LUNCH BUNCH”

at the African American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston’s Business Networking Luncheon

REGISTERED DISPENSER OF HEARING AIDS

FAX (713) 697-9410

PARKWAY TOWERS 150 W. PARKER ROAD, SUITE 506 HOUSTON, TX. 77076

The Learning Garden 6672 Antoine Houston 77091 (713) 682-0601

Me n t i o n t h i s AD Ge t $ 5 0 t o $ 5 0 0 o ff

CIVIL RIGHTS ORG. Please sign for approval and fax back to 713-692-1183 National Black United Front Thursday, September 4, 2008 NOON Friday before for Wednesday publication or the ad willHouston notChapter run.

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

HELP WANTED

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We have become ninety-nine percent money mad. The method of living at home modestly and within our income, laying a little by systematically for the proverbial rainy day which is due to come, can almost be listed among the lost arts.

George Washington Carver

Chairman Kofi Taharka Houston Chapter

MEDICAL

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713-942-0365 or ber Part Time Office Please approve the ad and fax to 713-692-1183 by Noon Wednesday. www.nbufhouston.org EDITION DATE: August Cleaning Person needed on 6-27, 2008 Keynote Speaker: Meetings Monday @ 7:00pm

Dr. Steve Ad must be paid in full by 12 NOON Wednesday or theHead, ad will notComputer run.

Service

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and so will your CUSTOMERS! Please call (713) 692-1892 for pricing information.

Where you spend your money is IMPORTANT!!!!

Support BLACKDate owned Businesses!!!!!!

President of Lone Star College Members: Presale: $25.00 At the Door: $30.00 Non-Members: Presale: $35.00 At the Door: $40.00 RSVP by September 2, 2008 You can register & pay online.

Signature

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Email: webmaster@aaccgh.org Website: www.aaccgh.org

The Unique Salon for “The Phenomenal Woman”

713/227-8060

texasprobateandwills.com Not certified by theTexas Board of Legal Specialization

SYLVESTER TURNER Attorney At Law

Masseur & Reflexologist on Staff 16630 Imperial Valley #242 Houston, Texas 77060 281-447-5252

Teran Barber Shop 661 Rose Houston 77015 (713)671-0011

(713) 650-3688/office (713) 650-0308/fax bbarnes@barnesturner.com www.barnesturner.com

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Tracy’s Beautiful Braids and Beyond

8222 Antoine Dr. Suite 101 Houston 77088 (832)888-3906

“It will be a good thing all the way around if we can figure out how to do some more mergers because the main issue is size and most black firms aren’t big enough.” - William S. Spriggs

Timothy L. Williams, Executive Director

Date

(Grades 1-5)

1126 West Tidwell, Houston, TX 77091

Aus-Tex Electric 1525 Wilburforce Houston 77091 (713)682-5809

Hours:

(Mon. Appointments Only)

North Houston Multi-Language Academy

ELECTRICAL

Tues-Fri 10am-7pm Sat 7am-4pm

Hiring Hairstylists & Nail Techs

Attorneys At Law 440 Louisiana Street 1880 Lyric Centre' Houston, Texas 77022

Now Hiring & Enrolling for Fall 2008!

No Tuition Costs • Free Transportation Call: 713.686.6900

We offer: Complete Healthy Hair Care for All Type Hair Free Hair Analysis Precision Cuts, Relaxers, Styles, Perms Texturizers, Hair Extentions Hair Protein Infusions

(commission or booth rental) Ask for Natasha or Jacquie

Barnes & Turner

EDUCATION

Heading Title:

HUB forum Education held in Austin

North Houston High School AUSTIN- The Contact Texas Informa 6112 sign Wheatley St. Please for approval and fax back to 713-692-1183 Name:Timothy Williams Department of Insurance for Business Houston, TX 77091 Company: North willwill host anot Historically Unde-Houston H (Grades 9-12) or the ad 713-692-7003 by 12 NOON Friday before for Wednesday publication run.

Spoil & Pamper Me Day Spa & Salon

NEED A WILL? QUESTIONS ON PROBATE? FOR FREE INFORMATION Contact Attorney Oswald J. Scott, Sr.

Hands on Business Services Computer Repair $60 281-975-9649 rlbcandw@yahoo.com

in the Northwest Houston area. Must be reliable.

Please call 713-692-1100 for more information

HOUSTON MINORITY BUSINESS COUNCIL

Three Riverway, Suite 555 Houston, Texas 77056 713-271-7805 | www.hmbc.org

FINANCIAL

IRS PROBLEMS & Income Tax Preparation

Media Partnership

Purchase an ad in our publication for 26 weeks or more, and receive a profile on your business that will be published in our newspaper along with your events, activities, etc.

Call 713-692-1892 for more information.

INSURANCE

Do not talk to the IRS without Representation!!!

GEORGE W. LUNNON, JR. Agent

Let me handle your IRS Issue and Problems. Generally you will never have to speak with or meet with the IRS if I am your representative.

713-686-6900 rutilized Phone: Business (HUB) Forum to Fax: encourage minorAddress for tearsheets: ity- and women-owned busiWest Tidwell nesses to 1126 conduct business Houston, Texas 77091 with the agency.

The focus of the 2008 HUB Forum will be on businesses interested in contracting or subcontracting opportunities within the Special Deputy Receiver program. A HUB is defined as a for-profit business which is at least 51 percent owned, operated and controlled by one or more American women, Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Pacific Americans, or Native Americans who are economically disadvantaged and who have been historically underutilized because of their identification as members of these groups.

It will be held Wednesday, August 27, 2008 from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. at William P. Hobby Jr. Building, Commissioners Hearing Room 100, 333 Guadalupe St., in Austin. There is no fee to participate in the 2008 HUB Forum. Online registration is available on the TDI website at: https://wwwapps.tdi.state. tx.us/inter/asproot/general/ hubreg/registration.asp For more information call (512) 463-6174.

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Home - Health Rodrick Dow, PC Business Get this 1 x 2” ad Certified Public Accountant Ph:281-447-3448 713-862-4332 Ask for Rodrick for Fax:281-447-8822 $520.00 for 13 You can get a 4-line ad for 11005 North Fwy#A only $17.50 per week. weeks!

Houston, TX 77037 For more information,call For more www.georgelunnon.com (713)692-1892 A sign of a good insurance that will information, call Please sign for approval andagentfax back to 713-692-1183 care about you is one that cares about FUNERAL HOMES the community. George W. Lunnon, Jr. is AAN&I staff at kind of agent. Among his activities, 12 NOONBoyd Friday before forthat Wednesday publication or the ad wil Funeral Home he is active in Greenspoint Mng. District, (713)by 692-1892.

7411 Wheatley St. Greenspoint Chamber, Houston LiveHouston Texas 77088 (281)445-0971

stock Show & Rodeo, and is a charter member & President of 100 Black Men.

Signatureat www.aframnews.com Read us online Account/P.O. Number

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BUSINESS & COMMUNITY African-American News&Issues • Texas • September 3-9, 2008 • 5 EDITION DATE: September 03, 2008 Rate of ad to runRESTAURANTS in AAN&I’s Houston/Galveston INVESTMENTS PUBLIC NOTICEand size RADIO SHOE REPAIR NOTICE TO BIDDERS Publication Date:Josie’s November 28December Place Retiring, Changing Jobs or Laid Off? MIGHTY FINE 4, 200 The Metropolitan Transit MIN. ROBERT MUHAMMAD

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Authority of Harris County, Texas(METRO) is planning to issue the procurement documents listed in this advertisement.

RFP No. RP0800033: For Office Moving & Reconfiguration Services. Solicitation is available.

Prospective bidders/proposers can view and download these solicitations by visiting METRO’s website at http://www.ridemetro. org/procurement_materials/solicitations.asp.

If you are unable to download the documents or having difficulty, please contact METRO Plan and Bid Room at (713) 739-4881.

7473 N. Shepherd Dr. SHOE REPAIR Houston 77091 Men & Ladies - Boots & Shoes Connect the Dots Heading (713) Title:695-7711 Shined, Waxed, Glazed, Dyed & RepairedHeading Title: 10:00- 11.30 a.m. Wed Bids & Proposals LL&S &S Lacy’s Restaurant 281-448-9255 Child Care Small World Academy KPFT 90.1 FM Academy 9606Small Mesa World Dr Pager 713-687-8592 • mfshoe@aol.com Houston, TX 77078 1400 South Victory Houston, TX 77088 (713) “Learning 631-3962 to Compete” Major Credit Cards ACCEPTED REAL ESTATE Contact Information Leonard’s Famous Burgers • LICENSED BY THE STATE HUD/RESALE AND NEW HOME WEIGHT LOSS Name: Juanita W. Jackson 1913 W. Little York Rd. • NEWBORN13 Years SALES. Call Your Hometown Contact Informa • LEARNING Company: METRO Houston 77091 ENVIROMENT Realtor Now! Frances Campbell LOSE DRESS SIZES Name: Mr. Robert Leday 686-3555 CHILD CARE Phone: 713-739-4069 (713)• QUALITY 281-414-2211 • TRANSPORTATION Company: L&S Small Wor FAST! Fax: 713-758-7894 Sartins • DROP-INS Seafood ofWELCOME Nassau Bay Phone: or ( Address for tearsheets: Let us show you how (832) to lose338-4766 up 18023 Upper Bay Road RECEPTION HALL 24- Hour DAY CARE SERVICE 1900 Main Street to 3 dress sizes in 15 minutes!

Houston 77028 Houston, Texas 77002 (281) 333-4040 • No Surgery • No Diets • No Exercise (713)L&S 697-7879

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Community College Ad to run in AAN&I’s MarketplaceHouston Request for Proposals (RFP) Temporary Personnel Agency Services ning Edition Date: December 12-18, 2007 OIL & GAS PHOTOGRAPHY Project No. 08-45 Do You own Oil & Gas Minerals? We Pay Immediate CASH for Mineral Interests. Email kdubose_1999@yahoo.com

Creative Colours By RJ

Reception Hall & Wedding Chapel

401 West Donovan

Houston, 77091 SCHOOL/CLASSES (Between N. Shepard & Yale)

New Direction Job Service AD COST 8222 Antoine #112 Net Rate: $90 xHouston 2.5’’= 225.00 77088 Heading Title: 40% discount = 90.00 (281)447-0663 Bids Proposals Cost to & run ad = 135.00

North Houston Academy Houston Community College 1126 W. Tidwell Outdoor Portraits(“HCC”) is soliciting sealed proHeading: Houston 77088 Commercial Weddings posals from qualified firms to pro6701 Homestead, (713)686-6900 Fashion-Advertising Pestvide Control temporary personnel agency Contact Information Houston, TX 77028 services on an “as needed” basis.

713/734-1442 Name: Pamela FerreiraOn Point Music & Dance PEST CONTROL The solicitation documents can 8222 Antoine Dr. Suite #250 713-269-2627 Company: Houston Community College obtained in Procurement Op4925 Richfield Houston 77088 CONTACT be INFORMATION Your BUGS are our Problem!

Phone: 713-718-5003 erations, 3100 Main Street (11th Lane (281)447-3517 Fax: Floor), Rayco Houston, Pest TX 77002, beHouston,Raynard TX 77048 JonesName: Control tween the hours of 8:00 AM and Address for tearsheets: Pest Control 4:30 PM (local time), Monday Do you have 3100 Main Street Support Black Businesses!!!!

Roger Jackson, Photogra pher Phone: 281-444-3525 GUARANTEED! through Friday or by calling Pam Houston, a news tip or Texas 77002 Where we spend OUR 281-444-3525 at (713) 718-5003 or by Fax: 281-999-0161Ferreira story www.raycopest.com visiting the HCC website at www. money is important! suggestion? hccs.edu (Click on: Business & This 1” ad could be Rayco will get rid of or prevent, pest problems, inside and out at your residence or yours for only $100 ADCommunity COST / Doing Business business. Rayco can help with mice, ants, AD COST with HCC / Procurement / Curfor 4 weeks! wasps, roaches, spiders, bees, silverfish, 1.5’ adfor for 52rent weeks $780.00 Bids and-RFPs). termites, fleas, earwigs and much more.

Do you haveNet Rate: $90 x 5.75’’= $517.50 Call 713-692-1892 A non-mandatory pre-proposal Rayco uses microencapsulated products more information!

TOTAL COST TO RUN AD: images or 40% discount = $ 207.00 for a more effective treatment. conference will be$780.00 held on Sepinformation Cost to run ad = $310.50 tember 5, 2008 at 10:00 a.m., in the Procurement Operations Deabout a PUBLIC NOTICE partment, 3100 Main Street (11th news event?

Floor, Room 11A07) Houston, Procurement Operations CIP Update Texas 77002. Attendance to the Durotech LP Solicitation pre-proposal conference is highly Construction of Houston Community College Send us your encouraged.

– Drennan Campus Academic Center Sealed proposals will be received news and Heading Title: in Procurement Operations events!

“Durotech LP, as Construction Manager at Risk on behalf of Houston Bids4:00 & Proposals (Room No. 11A06) until Community College System, Houston, Texas will receive sub-contracDate Signature P.M. (local time) on Friday, Septor/vendor proposals for the construction of Drennan Campus Acatember 12, 2008. demic Center.

Email us at: Proposals and qualifications statements will be received by Durotech HCC is an equal opportunity/edAccount/P.O. Number news@aframDate Contact Signature LP, from interested proposers, sub-proposers and suppliers until 2:00 ucational institution, which does Information news.com Name:onValerie Chandler PM on Tuesday, September 23, 2008, in the presence of the Owner not discriminate the basis of Durotech and Architect at the offices of Durotech LP at 11931 Wickchester Lane race, colorCompany: religion, national ori- L.P. #205, Houston, Texas 77043-4501, Phone: 281-558-6892 and Fax: 281-558-6892 ext. 2412 gin, genderPhone: age or disability.

281-496-5637. Construction Manager Contact: Sidhesh Kakodkar Fax: 281-496-5637 Address for tearsheets: Drawings and Specifications will be available for review at the offices of Durotech LP, and at the plan rooms of ABC, AGC, FW Dodge and Houston Community College Houston Minority Business Development Center. Prevailing wage Signature Invitation for Bids rates in conformance with Texas law will be paid on this project. All Coming Soon!

For proposals shall remain valid for thirty (30) days.

Human Physiology System Heading Title: A pre-proposal meeting will be held on Thursday, September 11, 2008 Be on P.O. the Number Project No. 08-47 Public Notice at 10.00 AM at HCC, 3100 Main, Houston, TX 77002 (Seminar Room AD COST Date Signature lookout for A, 2nd floor). All offerors are encouraged to attend.

Houston Community College Net Rate: $90 x (2 col.

4.75’’)= our xnew & (“HCC”) is soliciting sealed bids Durotech encourages proposals from Small Business firms. $855.00improved from qualified firms to Supply Number and Account/P.O. site: The Owner, Architect/Engineer and Construction Manager reserve 40%a Human discount =Web $ 342.00 deliver (f.o.b. destination) Contact Information the rightSignature to reject any and all proposals, to waive any informalities Physiology System. Cost TheDate solicitato run ad = $513.00 Name: Prudie Lendon and irregularities in the proposal process, and to make the awards tion documents can be obtained Our new Company: Houston Community College in the best interest of the Houston Community College System. By in Procurement Operations, 3100 interacPhone: 713-718-5005 submitting a proposal, each proposer agrees to waive any claim it has Main Street (11th Floor), Houston, Account/P.O. Number tive siteFax: will 713-718-2113 or may have against the Owner, the Architect/Engineer, Construction TX 77002, between the hours of for tearsheets: Manager and their respective employees arising out of or in connecincludeAddress a 8:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M. (local tion with the administration, evaluation, or recommendation of any 3100 Main Street- 11th Floor time), Monday through Friday or digital edition proposal; waiver of any requirements under the Proposal Documents, by calling Prudie Lendon at (713) Houston, Texas 77002 of our or the Contract Documents; acceptance or rejection of any proposals; 718-5005 or by visiting the HCC newspaper and award of a Contract.” website at www.hccs.edu (Click plus stories on: Business & Community / DoDate ing Business with HCC / Procurefrom around AD COST ment / Current Bids and RFPs). the country Net Rate: $90 x 4.5’’= $405.00 Sealed bids will be received in and links to Procurement Operations (Room 40% discount = $ 162.00 Black No.11A06) until 2:00 P.M. (loCost to run ad = $243.00 businesses & cal time) on September 30, 2008, and publicly opened in Room No. professonals!

11A07 at that time.

HOUSTON- Playwright and busiHCC is an equal opportunity/eduEmail us at: ness owner Earl Singleton will present cational institution, which does his stage play “ Too Much Drama, To Stay news@aframnot discriminate on the basis of Focused”, to an Houston audence on Satrace, color religion, national origin, news.com gender age or disability. urday, September 13, 2008 at the Cullen

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Title: For information, Heading call:

Weddings/Parties

Image Creators (832)289-9545

YOUTH SPORTS Contact Informatio Name: Oscarene Braden

L& S Youth Sports Company: Enchanged Courtyar Basketball League Phone: 713-269-2627

Fax: Boys & Girls Address for18tearsheets: Ages 9 thru

6701information Homestead Rd. For more call Houston, Texasor 77028 (832) 338-4766 (713)249-9337

ENROLL NOW !!

All games will be played at Harvest Time Community Center- 17770 Imperial Valley

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EDITION DATE: August 27-September 2, 2008

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sign for approval and fax back to 713-692-1183 oved and payment received by 12 NOON Friday the week e Wednesday publication or the ad will not run.

Playwright Earl Singleton presents “Too Much Drama, To Stay Focused”

Please sign for approval and fax back to 713-692-1183 Performance Hall on the U of H Main OONCampus, Friday before forat Wednesday publication or the ad will not run.

4800 Calhoun Rd., 7 p.m.

Ticket prices are $15 pre-sale and $20 at the door. The serious, but hilarious, inspiMoney Smart Military/UH Earl Singleton rational stage play features LaKiesha Kinghosts financial seminars dom, Tyvon Smith, Phillip Brent Sr., Felicia Webber,Date Earl Sin-

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gleton as Mr. Buddy, along with a cast of many others. Earl Singleton, a native of Louisiana, has committed his life to following God, in order to Love and serve others. However this Number wasn’t always the case. As a teenager he began to live a life that quickly landed him on the wrong path. This path led him to live a life filled with anger, promiscuity, and eventually hopelessness. Today, as owner of SAGA Wear, Single Ton Productions, and Single Ton Expressions, he is constantly placing himself in positions to bring hope and healing to others through the Word of God. For tickets or more information, please call (832) 208-2828 or visit www. sagafashions.com.

HOUSTON- In partnership with Money Week Houston and the University of Houston, is hosting an all day financial education event, on Saturday, September 20, 2008. They will offer three exciting, informational financial literacy workshops tailored to ROTC, Veterans and National Guard/Reservists and their Families.

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BAPTIST Blessed Hope MBC 3741 Colvin Houston 77013 (713) 673-6309 Bible Fellowship BC 10318 Antoine Dr. Houston 77086 (281) 447-0901 Cliffdale BC 854 Enterprise Houston 77088 (281) 447-8850 Ebenezer MBC 1814 Jensen Houston 77026 (713) 222-0838

SUNDAY SERVICE

8 AM and 11 AM BIBLE STUDIES Wednesday 7:30PM Leonard N. Barksdale, Pastor

Fifth Ward Missionary Baptist Church 4300 Noble Street, Houston TX 77020 Ph: 713/675-5111 • Fx: 713/675-1522

Website: www.fwmbc.org

Fifth Ward Missionary Baptist Church members will endeavor to provide a strong foundation of love; we will stand on Biblical Truths; and we will equip one another to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ in our community and in our world.

Worship throughout our Communities

Fidelity BC 9735 Nedwald St. Houston 77029 (713) 671-0095 Greater Progressive MBC 840 Ringold Houston 77088 (281) 445-8603 Greater True Vine MBC 3010 Fontinot Houston 77026 (713) 672-9086 Green Meadow MBC 777 Green Meadow Lane Houston 77091 (713) 694-7624 Jerusalem MBC 2835 Fidelity Rd. Houston 77029 (713) 674-3794 Mt. Ararat BC 5801 W. Montgomery Houston 77073 (713) 692-9954

Mt. Ararat Community BC 9313 Lockwood Houston 77016 (713)858-9801 Mt. Olive BC 3239 Areba St. Houston 77091 (713)812-9061 New Pleasant Grove MBC 3221 Bain St. Houston 77021 (713) 672-7419

Olivet MBC 3115 Lyons Ave. Houston 77020 (713) 224-1515

Progressive MBC 944 Reverend B.J. Lewis Dr. Houston 77088 (281) 447-2342 Starlight MBC 9202 Willow St. Houston 77088 (281) 447-8788 St. Matthew’s MBC 870 Paul Quinn Houston 77091 (713) 695-2288

CATHOLIC St. Monica Catholic Church 8421 West Montgomery Rd. Houston 77088 (281) 447-5837

CHURCH OF CHRIST Brookhaven COC 8630 Southview Houston 77051 (713) 733-5664 East Houston COC 7515 E. Houston Houston 77028 (713) 631-7435 Homestead Rd. COC 7211 Homestead Rd. Houston 77028 (713) 633-1540

FIDELITY CHURCH OF CHRIST “The Church That Cares”

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MINISTER: Mid-Week Bible Class Theaster Maloy, Sr. 7:00 p.m.

OFFICE: 713/674-5131

140 Fidelity Rd. Houston Tx 77029

Historical Black Churches are IMPORTANT! FIFTH WARD CHURCH OF CHRIST SUNDAY 8:00 a.m. Worship 10:00 a.m. Bible Class 11:15 a.m. Worship 6:00 p.m. Worship MONDAY 10:00 a.m.

Gary Smith Ladies Bible Class Minister WEDNESDAY 7:30 p.m. Bible Class for all

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In addition to their other activities, the Fifth Ward COC also holds a Bible Class for non-members on Thursday nights at 7:30 PM. For more information on the various special events or activities you really should visit their website, it is very well done, informative and worth a visit even if you have another church home.

Cliffdale Missionary Baptist Church celebrates 11th pastoral anniversary

HOUSTON- Pastor and Sis. Fred Sanders, III and the Cliffdale Missionary Baptist Church Family, 854 Enterprise, celebrates the 11th Pastoral Anniversary with a banquet to be held at the Beulah Ann Shepard Building, 6112 Wheatley Street, on Friday, September 5, 2008 from 7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m. Tickets are $25.00 each or $250.00 for a table or 10. The guest speaker will be former Houston Police Chief C.O. Bradford. On Sunday, September 25, 2008 at 4:00p.m., the honored guest will be Dr. Edwin A. Davis, Galilee MBC. For more information, call (281) 447-8850.

“How Sweet The Sound” event seeks best church choir

Donald Lawrence, Marvin Sapp and Hezekiah Walker headline Verizon Wireless Gospel Choir Celebration HOUSTON- This summer, Verizon Wireless is challenging church choirs from coast to coast in the nationwide “How Sweet The Sound” gospel choir competition. Expanding upon last year’s successful “How Sweet The Sound” event in Memphis, Tennessee, Verizon Wireless is now giving choirs in 11 cities a chance to compete in the national grand finale for a cash prize of up to $50,000 and the title of the best church choir in America.

Grammy-winning songwriter, producer, arranger and music director, Donald Lawrence, will be the tour emcee at each of the 11 markets and the finale. Marvin Sapp, Hezekiah Walker and other gospel artists will join the competition as judges. Those choirs selected from the group of applicants will go onto compete in front of a panel of celebrity judges at the Toyota Center on October 6th. The winning choir from Houston will advance to the national competition in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008 to compete for the $50,000 grand prize.

Deadline for entries is September 1, 2008.

The doors to each venue will open at 6:00 p.m. and the show will start at 7:30 p.m. The time for the finale concert will be announced in the coming months. Prior to the start of each show during the tour, Verizon Wireless will host a number of activities, including: • Children’s Choir Showcase – Local children’s choirs from each city will perform before the start of the main event.

• Green Screen Karaoke – Attendees have an opportunity to star in a performance video with New Direction Christian Church, the 2007 How Sweet The Sound winner from Memphis, Tenn. Participants can sing along to one of New Direction Christian Church’s songs, and an image of the choir will be added via the green screen. Participants can also get a copy of their performance sent to their mobile phones or upload via the Web, which they can then share with friends and family.

Choirs interested in a chance to perform on stage in their cities must submit an application and an up to five-minute performance audition video online at www.howsweetthesound. com, which must be received no later than September 1. Audition videos will be reviewed by a panel of judges who will select choirs from each tour stop. The selected choirs will be posted on www.howsweetthesound.com where people can vote for their favorite choir.

Tickets for the “How Sweet The Sound” tour are on sale beginning today; pricing is $7 for floor seats and $5 for lower and upper tier seats.

For more information, visit www.howsweetthesound.com.

Youth Intercessory Prayer at Promiseland Church

AUSTIN- Promiseland Church, 1504 East 51st Street, holds Youth Intercessory Prayer every Tuesday evening at 7:00 p.m., in the Promiseland Church theater. The objective of the youth intercessory prayer team is to provide a covering of prayer and praise in which the youth, ministers and ministries may press in to the fullness of God’s calling and purpose for each respective person/group. The leaders of the church strongly believe in Spirit-led, unction driven prayer - that God has called us to be watchmen upon the walls of the youth of this generation. They are equipping, teaching, and training the generation that will be Joel’s army. As such, they seek to ensure that every youth knows his or her calling and purpose in life, knows the Father’s voice, and is free to follow after the Father unhindered by the oppressions of this age.

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Early Worship 6 am Minister Frank Melton Jr. Sunday School 9:30 am Regular Worship Res.713/733-0868 10:30 am Off. 713/861-9249 Evening Worship 6 pm FX 713/861-2744

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Assoc. Minister Glen Burgess, Sr. Res.713/734-8983

General Song Practice 7:00 pm Bible Study 7:30 pm

CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST DUNCAN MEMORIAL

CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST Sr. Pastor Elder Greg Edwards (713) 674-5466

2222 Lockwood Dr. Houston, Tx 77020 SUNDAY

Morning Prayer: 9:15 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Church Services: 11 am Duncan’s Vision Statement: “To train, educate, empower, evangelize, and to insipre the body of Christ by developing GODLY character through the word of GOD (2:Timothy 2:15).

Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church 1055 W. Tidwell Rd. Houston 77091 (713) 680-1419

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NON-DENOMINATIONAL Christian Life Community Church 8146 E. Houston Rd. Houston 77028 (713)631-4851

Hope In Christ Church 10310 Antoine Drive Suite A Houston 77086 (832) 882-7925

UNITED METHODIST Wesley UMC 7225 Homestead Houston 77028 (713)635- 3191

Duncan Memorial holds Morning worship on Tuesday mornings at 11 am and Bible Band & Mission from 12-1 p.m. Choir Rehearsals are held every 2nd and 4th Wednesday night. They also have Friday night Bible Study at 7:30p.m.

Support Your Local Churches and Religious Organizations!

Everyday People with Jesse Simon

Pinecrest Presbyterian presents D.I.V.A. Concert

HOUSTON- The Music Ministry of the Pinecrest Presbyterian Church, 4913 Market Street, under the leadership of Pastor J. Daniel Intsiful Jr., presented “The Divinely Inspired Voices of Angels” (DIVA) in concert.

The event featured three sopranos: Barbara Johnson Tucker, Cassandra White, Soprano and Joan HolbertHubert Houston, Texas.

White, “a native of Houston, Texas, is renown locally, nationally and internationally, for such vehicles as her performance as Liza Hughes in the Broadway Production of Civil War performed at the St. James Theater in New York and The Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas. White has performed in France, Germany and Switzerland, in the show, “The Best GospelRock My Soul.”

Tucker, “is a song-stylist and a popular Gospel Soloist.

She has performed at Carnegie Recital Hall, NYC, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., The Netherlands, England, Honolulu Hawaii, Israel, Israel, Russia, Poland, The Czech Republic and on Broadway in the Great White Hope with James Earl Jones.” Joan Holbert-Hubert, “born and raised in Waco, Texas, married her childhood sweetheart, Alvin W. Hubert.

Joan sang her first solo, “It is No Secret,” at three years-old and began piano lessons at five-years-old at Mrs. Henrietta Miller Yancey’s Music Studio. Later she studied under Dr. H. Edison Anderson at Prairie View A& M University where she sang soprano in the ACappella Choir. Hubert sang with The Houston Grand Opera Chorus for many years, traveled and sung in England, Canada, The Caribbean, Mexico, Egypt, Madrid and all over the United States. She now serves as the Minister of

Music for Antioch Missionary Baptist Church of Christ, Inc., downtown, Houston.

Photos: 1. Divas: Joan Holbert-Hubert, Cassandra White and Barbara Johnson-Tucker 2. Musicans: Dr. Jackie Chambers, Patricia Smith, Theola Booker and Elaine Jackson Williams.

3. Red Hats: Juvinell Baylis, Bobbie Sparks, Margie Johnson, Florence Coleman, Carlotte Carrier, Joyce Eugene, Anne R. Harris, Connie Turner, Elaine Jackson Williams, Jackie Pope, Patsy Jackson, Dr. Nellie Anderson and Ruby Moseley.

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It’s Back to School Time !!!!

Black Parents Forum hosts 3rd Annual Private School Student Recruitment and Fair “Helping Black Families Learn More About Private Schools”

HOUSTON- The 3rd Annual Black Parents Forum (BPF) and Student Recruitment Forum will be held at Kinkaid School, 201 Kinkaid School, on Saturday, September 6, 2008 from 10:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. All Forums and Fairs offered are free and open to all families interested in independent school education. The Forum will provide parents an “up-close” opportunity to explore the options of private schools. Parents will meet and talk with representatives from leading independent schools (pre k-12 & PG) in Houston and from across the country. The Houston Forum will host several schools including Kinkaid, Annunciation, Duchesne, and St. Regis, Interlochen Arts Academy, Masters School, Mercersburg Academy, Hotchkiss School and Phillips Exeter and more.

Join in on question and answer sessions and meet and greet opportunities. School representatives will share information about their schools and about life for a family at an independent school. Black Parents Forum is a membership organization for parents interested in pursuing academic excellence for their children via independent schools. Based in Atlanta, the Forum offers support to all families across the nation interested in private school options, particularly, Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Nashville and Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill.

For more information, please contact Terry Williams at (404) 241-5003.

2008 ACE Camp Graduates

Aviation Career Education (A.C.E) Camp sponsored by the National Black Coalition of Federal Aviation Employees (NBCFAE) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

FERNELL HOGAN Guest Contributor

HOUSTON- The Aviation Career Education “A.C.E” Camp consisted of a two-day informative and educational workshop designed to expose youth and teens to various career fields available within the aviation industry. Participants were provided information and hands on training in areas such as Air Traffic Control, Pilot Skills, Airport Safety and Security, Maintenance / Administration and more.

Participants also were privileged to visit numerous aircrafts and witness operational demonstrations.

This event was considered a success in the eyes of NBCFAE President, Andre Harris. “The excitement we receive from our attendees once they realized what the aviation field has to offer conveys to us the need to reach more kids” said Harris. To help assist in reaching the communities the NBCFAE has formed a partnership with the Houston Community Education Council (HCEC) to offer more workshops in schools and communities around the Houston area.

For more information on the A.C.E Camp visit www.nbcfae.org or visit representatives at the upcoming “Anything Is Possible…If U Believe” Youth Rally sponsored by

the HCEC. The Houston C.E.C. serves as a community based educational and training resource. Through a network of organizations, they are able to offer a wide variety of programs whose goals are based upon the sole purpose of making a positive difference throughout low-income communities in and around the Greater Houston area. They strive to serve as a multi-facet educational and informational portal within these communities. Community leaders and business owners will be solicited for support as well as possible advisory positions. For more information, please visit www.thehoustoncec.org for more details.

Participants of the 2008 A.C.E. Camp gather for a quick photo.

Supporting OUR children’s education is IMPORTANT to our future.

Volunteers Needed for Houston ISD’s Fifth Annual Reach Out to Dropouts Effort

HOUSTON- The first day of the 2008–2009 school year is right around the corner, and that means that the Houston Independent School District is making plans for its fifth annual effort to recover students who did not return to class. Called “Reach Out to Dropouts,” this year’s door-to-door walk will be held Saturday, September 6.

For the effort to be successful, the district needs volunteers.

The Reach Out to Dropouts walk is part of a continuing effort to support “expectation: GRADUATION,” a citywide initiative to increase area graduation rates by visiting students who have not yet returned to class to persuade them to complete their studies and graduate. A number of dedicated people and organizations participate in HISD’s walk each year including Houston Mayor Bill White and his wife Andrea, and Houston A+ Challenge, a nonprofit education organization and the district’s partner in the walk since its inception.

Last year’s effort also included hundreds of HISD teachers, counselors, administrators, business people, parents, and other volunteers who formed teams to walk the neighborhoods surrounding 23 HISD high schools. The teams visited the homes of students to encourage them to come back to school to complete their education. The teams also referred students to community resources to address specific obstacles that may have prevented them from returning to school. During last year’s walk, almost 1,200 volunteers made contact with more than 680 students or parents, and 60 students began the re-enrollment process the day of the walk. For this year’s walk, HISD will again step up its effort by having 23 campuses participating and attempting to recruit 2,300 volunteers, or 100 per high school.

If you would like to be a part of this worthwhile initiative, please complete an online registration application at www.hisd.org. New volunteers will need to be sure to sign up for one of the two-hour training sessions the district will be holding. HISD’s high schools will be ready to get those who agree to return to school back on track. In 2005, Superintendent of Schools Abelardo Saavedra directed all HISD high schools to develop credit-recovery programs to help returning students catch up on their school work so they can earn the credits required to graduate.

Increasing the graduation rate will benefit Houston’s future by providing a more educated citizenry—a factor that positively affects the local economy. Young adults who complete their high-school education provide a betterprepared and responsible workforce contributing to the quality of life and the economic development of any city.

For more information or to volunteer, please contact the HISD Student Engagement Department at (713)5567017 or e-mail Jesse Marché at ROTD@houstonisd.org.

Texas Historically Black Colleges and Universities Directory Huston-Tillotson University 900 Chicon Street Austin, 78702-2795 (512)505-3000 www.htu.edu

St. Philip’s College 1801 Martin Luther King Dr. San Antonio, Texas 78203-2098 (210) 531-3200 www.accd.edu/spc/

Jarvis Christian College P.O. Box 1470 Hawkins, 75765 (903)769-5700 www.jarvis.edu

Texas College 2404 N. Grand Avenue Tyler, 75702 (903)593-8311 www.texascollege.edu

Paul Quinn College 3837 Simpson Stuart Road Dallas, 75241 (214)376-1000 www.pqc.edu

Texas Southern University 3100 Cleburne Avenue Houston, 77004 (713)527-7011 www.tsu.edu

Prairie View A&M University P.O. Box 188 Prairie View, 77446 (936)261-1000 www.pvamu.edu

Wiley College 711 Wiley Avenue Marshall, 75670 (903)927-3300 www.wileyc.edu

Southwestern Christian College P.O. Box 10 Terrell, 75160 (214)524-3341 www.swcc.edu

Supporting OUR Historically Black Colleges and Universities is IMPORTANT for our future!

TSU Expecting Overflow, Identifies More Student Housing

HOUSTON- There is good news for students applying for housing at Texas Southern University this fall. The University has identified additional cost-effective housing to accommodate the expected overflow of students.

University officials are finalizing negotiations with Nob Hill Apartments, 5410 N Braeswood Blvd. The apartments are located just 11 miles from the campus, and the overall cost should be a savings for the students. The apartments are centrally located and are on the city’s main bus lines, with routes running directly from Nob Hill Apartments directly to the campus.

The university will be offering free shuttle services to students residing in the complex. TSU’s housing staff will be on site as well as TSU security that will periodically patrol the premises along with the existing security already on site.

Students will pay only $321.00 per month including utilities at Nob Hill as oppose to the $575.00 cost to live on campus. The meal plan is mandatory for all university-sponsored housing and all freshmen students must accept the 19 meal plan. An application, a deposit and an application fee must be received by TSU’s housing office. The application fee is $20 and cashier’s checks or money orders should be made payable to Nob Hill Apartments.

The deposit is $250.00 with cashier’s checks or money orders made payable to Texas Southern University. A total of $50 of the deposit is an activity fee that is nonrefundable. The $200 is refundable at the end of the lease providing the apartment is left in good condition.

The Nob Hill Apartment Complex offers extra amenities including multiple swimming pools, work out facilities, and meeting space. Electricity, water, and gas are included in the monthly rental rates. In the university’s future housing plan, officials are already planning to build a University Housing Community, complete with affordable on campus apartments that offer all the amenities of home - and ensure an environment that renders itself to the academic success of the students. The university’s longrange housing plan will accommodate 5,000 students on campus.

For more information, please call (713) 313-7011.

Dallas ISD investigation clears South Oak Cliff state championship basketball teams

DALLAS- An internal investigation by Dallas ISD’s Office of Professional Responsibility has concluded that the allegations of improper grade changing involving South Oak Cliff boy’s state championship basketball teams from 2005 and 2007 are unfounded. The OPR report found no impropriety as it related to grade changes during the run‑up to the two state titles. A previous investigation concluded earlier this year determined that improper grade changing took place during South Oak Cliff’s title run in 2006.

“The district notified UIL of the findings and forfeited the state championship for that year. In the coming weeks, the district will announce a comprehensive plan to establish a series of best practices that will serve as a guide for ensuring student‑athlete eligibility in interscholastic athletics,” said Superintendent Hinojosa. “The goal is for Dallas ISD to be seen as a national model in all matters related to student‑athlete eligibility.”

KTSU- FM Jazz Hall of Fame Honors

HOUSTON- Texas Southern University’s radio station, KTSU- FM, will have a Jazz Hall of Fame Honors, on Saturday, September 6, 2008 from 8 - 10 p.m., at the George R. Brown Convention Center’s - Assembly Hall, 1001 Avenida de las Americas. This event will be hosted by Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Musical Director, Horace Alexander Young. This year’s honorees are Barry Hall, Hubert Laws, Anita Moore, Joe Sample, Lanny Steele, and Kirk Whalum. Musical tributes from Debra & Eloise Laws, Brandon Lee, Kyle Turner and the TSU Jazz Ensemble will be featured.

For more information or to purchase tickets, please call (713)3131361.

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