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Fort Bend student wins Houston PBs spelling Bee
Judge Joe Barbara; Houston PBS General Manager John Hesse; Host Ernie Manouse, Judge Chitra Divakaruni and Judge Robin Willamson with Sivateja Tangirala, the winner of the 2011 HoustonPBS Spelling Bee. Photo: HoustonPBS. http://www.flickr.com/ photos/houstonpbs
HOUSTON: By spelling the word “feijoada”, Sivateja Tangirala from Sugar Land, a 7th grader at Fort Settlement Middle School in Fort Bend ISD, won the 2011 HoustonPBS Spelling Bee. Tangirala was one of 55 spellers from 42 counties competing in the bee which was televised live on HoustonPBS/Channel 8 on Saturday, March 26. He advances to the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the nation’s highest-profile academic event. “I have many people to thank for their help and support, including my family and my teachers, Miss O’Brien, Miss Cairns and Miss Bakus” says Tangirala. By winning the HoustonPBS Spelling Bee, Tangirala won an all-expenses-paid trip for two to Washington, D.C. to represent Houston at the Scripps National Spelling Bee during Bee Week, which runs from May 29 – June 3, 2011. He will compete against 274 fellow spellers from all over the country for over $35,000 in cash and prizes. The HoustonPBS Spelling Bee is the third largest Bee in the country with 1,070 schools participating. This is the third year the station has served as the local sponsor of the bee. Channel 8 is the only PBS station in the nation to serve as a local Scripps Spelling Bee Spon-
sor. “We feel the Spelling Bee fits perfectly with our educational mission to empower, engage and enrich the lives of the people in Southeast Texas. We want to wish Sivateja the best of luck as he heads to Washington for Bee Week,” says John Hesse, General Manager at HoustonPBS About HoustonPBS HoustonPBS/Channel 8 serves to empower, engage and enrich the lives of the people of Southeast Texas. HoustonPBS provides content and services that advance civic engagement, create an environment for learning and encourage the exchange of diverse perspectives. Millions of people tune in each month to watch quality programs about culture, arts, science, news, national and world affairs as well as award-winning children’s programming. HoustonPBS/KUHT-TV is a service of the University of Houston supported through the Association for Community Broadcasting
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massmutual works with emerging Asian-Indian Population to Help Protect their American dream SPRINGFIELD, MA: George Eapen, A Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) financial professional, knows first hand the challenges encountered while striving for the American Dream that
to Houston with his new wife and left his successful financial services career behind in India. In Houston, Eapen began to build again and help other Asian Indian families make sound financials decisions that will benefit
comes with relocation to the U.S. from India. As a young man living in India, Eapen agreed to a traditional arranged marriage to a woman who lived in the U.S. He moved
generations of their families. His story is a new American tale. The Asian Indian population has quietly been gaining momentum in the U.S. By 2009, the total Asian-
Indian population had grown to 2.502 million, with an average household income of $90,000*. Eapen and other financial professionals at MassMutual have been working to address the needs of this growing Asian-Indian population by helping them build on their solid savings knowledge and introducing them to an array of financial products that best meet their unique and extended family needs. With the backing of a 160 year-old mutual company to help, along with that company’s culturally relevant educational materials, Eapen and other MassMutual professions help Asian-Indians protect their assets, plan their businesses and prepare for the future care of their parents and themselves.
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Beat Pakistan to enter world cup Final Man of the match, Sachin Tendulkar celebrates with MS Dhoni after winning in Mohali. The final match will be in Mubai vs. Sri Lanka on Saturday.
By Pramod KulKarni K Karni HOUSTON: Cricket nuts in the city, who did not get the Dish network or the Willow PC package, gathered in restaurants and community halls throughout the metroplex. Starting at 4 am in the morning on Wednesday, the cricket fans rubbed deep slumber from their eyes and had a rocking good time, cheering India to victory. Shown above are fans at Madras Pavilion in Sugar Land, led by Music Masala’s Sunil Thakkar (center) and Dr. Subodh Bhuchar (left), Mahesh and Alpa Shah of MP. Shown in the background is a banner that Drs. Subodh and Vinod Bhuchar took with them to the West Indies for the World Cup in 2007 when India dropped out in the first round. Other fans cheered (or mourned in the case of Pakistani fans) at Vishala Restaurant, Funplex, Pakistan Center and numerous other private locations. All in all, it was a great day/night for cricket. Dhoni’s men won the plaudits, but even Shahid Afridi’s boys dede serve credit for a hard-fought match.
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