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When it comes to Grand Sport

vehicles the Lexus GS 460

stands at the top of the pack. The

2011 GS 460-four-door sedan is

powered by a 4.6 liter 342 horse

power four cam 32-valve V-8

engine with continuously vari-

able valve timing (VVT-I). The

engine is mated to an eight-

speed sequential shift automatic

electronically controlled trans-

mission (ECT-I) providing an

outstanding economic set of

numbers like 17 miles per gallon

in the city and 24 miles per gal-

lon on the highway.

Stability comes from front inde-

pendent Double-Wishbone and

independent multi-link rear sus-

pension. Throw in gas-pressured

shock absorbers with front

rebound springs and vehicle

speed sensing, variable gear

ratio rack and pinion steering

and electronic controlled brakes.

We are talking about adaptive

variable suspension and all

rolling to the pavement on P

245/40R 18 tires circulating

around 18 inch alloy wheels.

Smooth sailing to say the least

when you are behind the wheel

of this magnificent vehicle.

Good looks galore the new

Lexus GS 460 and our model

came in Obsidian a glossy look-

ing smooth textured black.

Safety features are abound in the

new Lexus as well starting with

dual front airbags and front and

rear sea-mounted side impact

airbags along with front and rear

side curtain airbags. Throw in

driver and front passenger knee

airbags supplemental restraint

system including three-point

safety belts for all seating posi-

tions, front with manual height

adjustable anchors. Plus front

seat belt pretensioners with force

limiters and active front head

rests to round out the inside

safety features.

While the vehicle is in motion

safety is at work in the form of

Vehicle Dynamics integrated

Management (VDIM) with inte-

grated vehicle stability control,

ABS, Brake assist, and traction

control plus high intensity dis-

charge with dynamic auto level-

ing and integrated fog lamps.

This all goes well with the adap-

tive front lighting system with

auto on/off headlamps and day-

time running lamps with safety

connect automatic collision noti-

fication. This system even has

stolen vehicle location and emer-

gency assist button (SOS) and

enhanced roadside assistance

with 1-year trial subscription

included.

Inside you are treated to a spe-

cial Lexus styled cockpit with

perforated leather trim interior

with driver memory system with

heated and ventilated multi-

adjustable power front seats.

Smart access with push button

start/stop, wood and leather

trimmed steering wheel, with tilt

and telescopic feature.

Sounds come from an optional

Mark Levinson

Audio/Navigation system with

14-speakers and in dash six-disc

DVD CD changer complete with

hard disk navigation system with

backup camera, voice command

XM NavTraffic, MX

NavWeather and XM Sports and

stocks all included in the free-

trail for 90-days and Lexus

Enform destination assist for

year trail subscription included.

To round out the total option on

this vehicle is Lexus Pre-colli-

sion system and dynamic radar

cruise control a rear spoiler and

intuitive parking assist. All this

comes to a little more than

60,000 Dollars for this well built

performance Luxury sedan.

Warranties for the Lexus GS 460

starts with the basic 4-year

50,000 mile basic coverage and

the five-year/70,000 miles power

train warranty and five-

year/unlimited miles corrosion

perforation warranty.

In closing please allow me to

add the new Lexus buyers will

get the 24-hour 365 day roadside

assistance plan that include com-

plimentary 1st and 2nd sched-

uled maintenance service lodg-

ing for emergency breakdown

100 miles from home.

July 2011 A King-Size View

BehindThe WheelWith THE KING

(Arthur Prayther)

LEXUS GS 460-4-DOOR SEDAN

1422 Saddle Rock Drive

Houston, Texas 77088-1844

Phone (281) 999-4244

Fax (281) 999-4244

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The 2011 Lexus GS 460-four-door sedan is something special

We had the pleasure of testing

the all-new Dodge Journey Crew

AWD the other week and found

it just a joy to drive. Keep in

mind this vehicle has undergone

some great changes and is ready

to give the market a run for its

money. Our test vehicle was

powered by a 3.6 Liter V6 VVT

Pentastar engine that produces

283 horses at 6400 RPM and

260 lbs per foot of torque at

4400 RPM. The engine is mated

to a six-speed automatic trans-

mission and helps to produce 16

miles per gallon in the city and

24 miles per gallon on the high-

way. All this driving fun hits the

pavement on P 225/55R 19 inch

BSW All-season touring tires

circulating around 19-inch Satin

Silver Aluminum wheels.

The vehicle we drove was

Bright Silver metallic clear coat

and black interior color with

premium cloth low-back bucket

seats. When you take a look at

the inside you’ll find such fea-

tures as tilt/telescopic steering

column complete with audio

controls. The cockpit style is

further enhances by illuminated

cup holders and trip computer

with temperature and compass

display. Second row seating is

40/60 tilt/N’ slide seat while

third row seats are 50/50 fold

and reclining. By the way the

driver gets at six-way power seat

while the front passengers get a

forward-fold flat seat. There are

storage bins in the floor of the

second row and the rear seats

also fold-flat and recline. Dodge

even added passenger in-seat

cushion storage to round out this

category.

Safety features are at a big pre-

mium for the new Dodge

Journey Crew AWD model.

Starting with advance multistage

front air bags and supplemental

side curtain all rows airbags,

Journey also has active head

restraints and supplemental front

seat side airbags.

Four- wheel disc anti-locking

brakes stop the Journey and

electronic stability control helps

to give the vehicle outstanding

handling. This goes well with

traction and speed controls mak-

ing for some modern up to date

driving safety.

Sounds come from 368-watt

amplifier six-Infinity Premium

speakers with subwoofer com-

plete with Sirius satellite radio

and an 8.4 inch Touch-screen

display. Available Uconnect

touch 8.4 CD/DVD/MP3 with

voice command with Bluetooth.

The big screen truly comes into

view when the backup camera is

one giving you a good view of

what’s behind you. Let me also

add the Park sense rear park

assist system truly makes back

about as safe as it can be.

When it comes to warranties the

new Dodge Journey AWD has

five-year or 100,000 mile power

train limited warranty along with

3-year or 36,000 miles basic

limited warranty and 24-hour

towing assistance but certainly

restriction does apply, customers

are asked to see owner manual

for details.

In closing we would like to add

the new Journey AWD has 38%

of its part from the United States

and Canada while 51% of its

parts are from Mexico. The

vehicle’s final assembly point is

Toluca, Mexico with the engine

and transmission built right here

in the U.S.


DODGE JOURNEY CREW AWD MAKING SOME NOISEBy King Arthur Prayther

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The 2011 Dodge Journey Crew AWD is making some noise

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Rolling right along during the

2011 model year we took a stroll

in the all new Jeep Wrangler

Unlimited Sahara. Yes the new

Sahara has a perfect blend of the

old and new as far as Jeeps go.

You still have the ruggedness of

the old Willis Jeep of World War

II and still the modern up to date

comfort you have learned to

expect from the SUV of today.

The 4 by 4 models we tested

was equipped with a 3.8 Liter

V6 SMPI engine that produced

202 horsepower at 5200 RPM

and cranked out 237 lbs per foot

of torque at 4000 RPM. The

engine mated to a four-speed

automatic transmission manages

15 miles per gallon in the city

and 19 miles per gallon on the

highway. Power rolls to the

pavement or the brush on P

255/70R18 OWL On/Off Road

tires wrapped around 18 inch

aluminum wheels painted satin

silver.

Our test model came in Bright

Silver metallic clear coat paint

exterior and black/dark saddle

interior color with leather

trimmed seats. With 79% of its

parts coming from right here in

the U.S. and Canada the Jeep is

fully home grown. Fact is the

final assembly point is Toledo,

Ohio and both the engine and

transmission are built in the

United States.

A long list of standard features

awaits the buyers of the new

Wrangler including advance

multistage front airbags.

Electronic stability control and

four-wheel disc anti-locking

brakes along with traction con-

trol help give the Jeep some find

handling.

Other standard features include

command trac shift-on-the-fly

four-wheel drive system and

next generation Dana 44-heavy

duty rear axle. Our Jeep also had

the next generation Dana 30

solid front axle giving it a

tremendous performance pack-

age for both on and off road.

The transfer case skid plate was

equipped with a shield as well as

a shield for the 22.5 gallon fuel

tank. Yes it would certainly

appear Jeep thought of just

about everything when they

were putting this vehicle togeth-

er. A 115-volt auxiliary power

outlet and tire pressure monitor

with warning lamp rounds out

the outdoors amenities for the

new Jeep.

Just because you are outdoors

doesn’t mean you don’t want to

hear that concert type sound

inside the new Jeep. A big 368-

watt seven-speaker Infinity

Sound system including sub-

woofer with audio jack input for

mobile device and media center

with 130 CD/MP3 as well as

Sirius satellite radio with one-

year subscription. Steering

wheel mounted controls, keyless

entry and tilt leather wrapped

steering column are just a few

more features found on the Jeep.

The driver seat is height

adjustable and the rear seats are

60/40 split folding with rear

compartment covered storage.

There is even a front dome with

on/off switch lamp and one-

touch down windows. Deep tint

sunscreen windows and tubular

side steps really set the vehicle

off from the rest. Plus those

two-front hooks and one rear

two hook along with fog lamps

lets you know the vehicle is

ready to go off road at anytime.

The bright silver three-piece

hard top with three-piece modu-

lar hard and freedom panel stor-

age bag just adds to the flare of

the new Wrangler Sahara.

Warranties for the vehicle are

Chrysler five-year/100,000 mile

limited power train warranty

along with three-year/36,000

mile basic limited warranty plus

24-hour towing assistance with

certain restriction applying.

All things considered the new

Wrangler Unlimited Sahara we

tested came in at just under

$30,000. That’s not bad at all!


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Guys, after you read this, please

pass it along to the women in

your life that is important to

you, whether you have a child in

the military or not. She may

know someone that could use

the support I am about to

explain.

Women and men differ in many

ways. One of these is how we

gain support when needed. Men

usually do not get into deep dis-

cussions with each other when

we have a problem where

women often prefer to gain sup-

port through interaction with

other women. Women are much

more likely to join a support

group then men.

On January 22, 1942 the Flint

News Advertiser printed a

coupon asking Mothers of serv-

iceman to return the coupon

after filling it out. The following

February 1st, 300 mothers met

in the Durant Hotel, in Flint

Michigan. Captain George H.

Maines, who had conceived the

idea for this group, acted as the

chair of this first meeting. It was

decided that after receiving 1000

responses from the ad to form a

permanent organization.

On February 6th the organiza-

tion was reported on

Congressional record. Chapters

then formed in Michigan, Ohio,

Wisconsin, New York,

Pennsylvania, Oregon,

California, Iowa and

Washington. In June of 1960 the

organization was chartered by

Congress.

Mothers volunteered throughout

the tough times of World War II.

They worked in hospitals, train

stations, packed care packages

for soldiers and were a working

part of homeland security during

times our time of war. The

organization waned in size over

the years but has held together

by mothers showing pride in

both their children and country.

In recent times we have began to

grow in strength. Being attacked

on our own soil has once again

started mothers hanging flags in

their windows at home pro-

claiming pride in the fact that

we have children protecting our

freedom during at time of war.

(Source:

www.bluestarmothers.org).

Although a group of primarily

mothers, Fathers are also wel-

come to join and share.

Associate membership is avail-

able for any family member or

friend of a member of the mili-

tary.

The purpose of the group is to

support each other while their

children (or family or friends)

are serving in the Armed Forces.

They share educational informa-

tion that benefits the serviceper-

sons and the family members.

In addition, they support military

personnel through activities and

lend support to veteran’s activi-

ties and events. Through the

Military Advocacy Program they

promote causes that work to

make the lives of both servi-

cepersons and their families bet-

ter.

This is a non-partisan, non-polit-

ical and non-denominational

agency. They do not support

political candidates. In the

Greater Houston Area there are

two chapters of the Blue Star

Mothers. See the sidebar for

meeting locations and times.

Other projects of the Blue Star

Mothers include the Sew Much

Comfort project. During World

War II, the founding Mothers

joined our country in grass root

projects to support our troops.

Today, we have a project that

could be an all out effort, from

the home front, to show our

wounded troops and veterans

how much we care about them.

It is a great way to let them

know they are not forgotten.

Sew Much Comfort provides

adaptive clothing free of charge

to support the unique needs of

our injured service members

from all branches of the military

and national guard. The need for

adaptive clothing continues to

grow as American military

members are injured serving

their country.

The Service flag is an official

banner authorized by the

Department of Defense for dis-

play by families who have mem-

bers serving in the Armed

Forces during any period of war

or hostilities the United States

may be engaged in for the dura-

tion of such hostilities. Through

the Blue Star Mothers web site

you can purchase clothing, ban-

ners, flags, stickers and other

apparel that show the Service

flag of the Blue Star Mothers. If

you see a person wearing this

flag, be sure to thank them for

their child’s service to our coun-

try.

The Service flag, also called the

Blue Star Flag, was designed

and patented by WWI Army

Captain Robert L. Queisser of

the 5th Ohio Infantry who had

two sons serving on the front

line. The flag quickly became

the unofficial symbol of a child

in service. President Wilson

became part of this history when

in 1918 he approved a sugges-

tion made by the Women’s

Committee of the Council of

National Defenses that mothers

who had lost a child serving in

the war wear a gold gilt star on

the traditional black mourning

arm band. This led to the tradi-

tion of covering the blue star

with a gold star on the Service

flag to indicate that the service

member has died.

This leads to the next part of this

organization, The Gold Star

Mothers. The Gold Star Mothers

is an organization of mothers

who have lost a son or daughter

in the service of our country.

Starting during World War I,

families hung gold stars in their

windows to honor a child killed

in the service to our nation. In

1928 twenty five mothers met in

Washington, DC to form Gold

Star Mothers, Inc. to lend sup-

port to grieving families and

provide support to wounded sol-

diers.

Like the Blue Star Mothers, the

Gold Star Mothers have mer-

chandise available.

Unfortunately, they also offer a

gold star grave marker. You can

purchase clothing, jewelry, flags

and banners. Again, if you see a

person sporting the Gold Star,

thank them for their sacrifice. It

is because of these brave men

and women we are able to enjoy

the freedoms we take for granted

every day.

BLUE STAR MOTHERS

Out and About

with John Engel

Houston Area Blue Star Mothers

Contact Information:

Houston Area Chapter

Every Fourth Tuesday of the Month

American Legion Hall

307 Charles Street

Humble, TX 77338

Check-in 6:45 PM

Web: www.bsmhoustonarea.org

Texas Bay Area Chapter

Every Fourth Monday of the Month

Taylor Lake Village Municipal Building

500 Kirby

Seabrook, TX

Check–in 7:00 PM

Web: www.bayareabluestarmoms.org

National Blue Star Mothers Contact Information:

www.bluestarmothers.org

Texas Gold Star Mothers Contact Information:

Houston Chapter

P O Box 1137

Willis TX 77378

Phone 936-856-8334

National Gold Star Mothers Contact Information:

www.goldstarmoms.com


What is Truth? John 17:17Sanctify them through thytruth: thy Word is truth.

�ew Testament praise

Dear reader, it is again a privi-lege and a blessing, to be able toshare with you, some scripturaltruths. In the religious worldtoday, there are many differentways given to praise the Lord.There are many different waysgiven in The Old and NewTestaments, to praise Him. In theOld Testament, all that wasunder the old law was giveninstructions on how to praiseHim. These instructions weregiven by God, through differentones, and if followed circum-spectly, these made them right[righteous] with Him.

Exod 23:13 And in all thingsthat I have said unto you be(1)CIRCUMSPECT: and makeno mention of the name of othergods, neither let it be heard outof thy mouth.(KJV)

Definition:(1)CIRCUM-SPECT-8104 shamar (shaw-mar’); a primitive root; to hedgeabout (as with thorns), i.e.guard; generally, to protect,attend to, etc.: KJV— beward,be circumspect, take heed(toself), keep (-erself,), mark,look narrowly, observe, pre-serve, regard, reserve, save(self), sure, (that lay) wait (for),watch (-man).

If we are of God we must hearGod word; ohn 8:47 He thatis of God heareth God’s words:ye therefore hear them not,because ye are not of God. InMatt. the 17th chapter verses 1-8, God made it clear, to whomChristians must hear; att 17:5While he yet spake, behold, abright cloud overshadowedthem: and behold a voice out ofthe cloud, which said, This ismy beloved Son, in whom I amwell pleased; hear ye him.According to God, Christiansmust hear Christ and him only,note verse 8. Christians must bedoers of the word, and not hear-ers only (James1:21-27).

Christ then made it clear in Johnthe 17th chapter, on howChristians are to believe on himand why; ohn 17:19 And fortheir sakes I sanctify myself, thatthey also might be sanctifiedthrough the truth. 20 Neitherpray I for these alone, but forthem also which shall believe onme through their word; 21 Thatthey all may be one; as thou,Father, art in me, and I in thee,that they also may be one in us:that the world may believe thatthou hast sent me. According toJesus Christ, all must believe onhim through the Apostles word,so that we ALL may be one. We

can only find their word, in N. T.scripture. Remember, Jesus gavethem the word (please readMatt.28:20; John 17:14). Thenthe Apostles, verified theirauthorization by Jesus Christ;

Acts 1:1 The former treatisehave I made, O Theophilus, ofall that Jesus began both to doand teach, 2 Until the day inwhich he was taken up, after thathe through the Holy Ghost hadgiven commandments unto theapostles whom he had chosen:3 To whom also he shewed him-self alive after his passion bymany infallible proofs, beingseen of them forty days, andspeaking of the things pertainingto the kingdom of God:(KJV)

1 Cor 11:1 Be ye followers ofme, even as I also am of Christ.2 Now I praise you, brethren,that ye remember me in allthings, and keep the ordinances,as I delivered them to you. 3But I would have you know, thatthe head of every man is Christ;and the head of the woman isthe man; and the head of Christis God.(KJV)

Phil 3:17 Brethren, be followerstogether of me, and mark themwhich walk so as ye have us foran ensample.

1Thes 4:1 Furthermore then webeseech you, brethren, andexhort you by the Lord Jesus,that as ye have received of ushow ye ought to walk and toplease God, so ye would aboundmore and more. 2 For ye knowwhat commandments we gaveyou by the Lord Jesus.(KJV)

2 Pet 3:1 This second epistle,beloved, I now write unto you;in both which I stir up your pureminds by way of remembrance:2 That ye may be mindful of thewords which were spoken beforeby the holy prophets, and of thecommandment of us the apos-tles of the Lord and Saviour: 3Knowing this first, that thereshall come in the last daysscoffers, walking after their ownlusts,(KJV)

Keeping all these things in mind,please get your bible, and let usnow note the definitions, andexamples of New TestamentPraise. These are the examples,instructions, and commands,given by Jesus Christ, throughthe Apostles, to those of thechurch that he is building, and isthe head of. Just as those underthe Old Law, those of the OneFaith must follow circumspectlythe instructions given in theNew Testament blueprint of TheChurch, to be right [righteous]with God.

Eph 5:13 But all things that arereproved are made manifest by

the light: for whatsoever dothmake manifest is light. 14Wherefore he saith, Awake thouthat sleepest, and arise from thedead, and Christ shall give theelight. 15 See then that ye(1)walk (2)circumspectly, notas fools, but as wise, 16Redeeming the time, because thedays are evil. 17 Wherefore beye not unwise, but understand-ing what the will of the Lordis.(KJV)

Definitions:(1)walk-4043 peri-pateo (per-ee-pat-eh’-o); from4012 and 3961; to tread allaround, i.e. walk at large (espe-cially as proof of ability); figura-tively, to live, deport oneself,follow (as a companion orvotary): KJV— go, be occupiedwith, walk (about).1) to regulateone’s life 2) to conduct oneself3) to pass one’s life(2)circumspectly-199 akribos(ak-ree-boce’); adverb from thesame as 196; exactly: KJV—circumspectly, diligently, accu-rately, perfect (-ly).

Definition: (#1) Praise-133ainesis (ah’-ee-nes-is); from134; a praising (the act), i.e.(specially) a thank (-offering):KJV— praise, a thank-offering

Heb 13:12 Wherefore Jesusalso, that he might sanctify thepeople with his own blood, suf-fered without the gate. 13 Letus go forth therefore unto himwithout the camp, bearing hisreproach. 14 For here have weno continuing city, but we seekone to come. 15 By him there-fore let us offer the sacrifice of(#1)praise to God continually,that is, the fruit of our lips giv-ing thanks to his name.(KJV)

Definition: (#2)-Praise-134aineo (ahee-neh’-o); from 136;to praise (God): KJV— praise.1)to praise, to extol, to sing praisesin honor to God 2) to allow, torecommend 3) to promise orvow

Luke 2:13 And suddenly therewas with the angel a multitudeof the heavenly host (#2)prais-ing God, and saying, (KJV)

Luke 2:20 And the shepherdsreturned, glorifying and(#2)praising God for all thethings that they had heard andseen, as it was told unto them.(KJV)

Luke 19:37 And when he wascome nigh, even now at thedescent of the mount of Olives,the whole multitude of the disci-ples began to rejoice and(#2)praise God with a loudvoice for all the mighty worksthat they had seen; (KJV)

Acts 2:47 (#2)Praising God,and having favour with all the

people. And the Lord added tothe church daily such as shouldbe saved. (KJV)

Acts 3:8 And he leaping upstood, and walked, and enteredwith them into the temple, walk-ing, and leaping, and (#2)prais-ing God. (KJV)

Acts 3:9 And all the people sawhim walking and (#2)praisingGod: (KJV)

Rom 15:11 And again,(#2)Praise the Lord, all yeGentiles; and laud him, all yepeople. (KJV)

Rev 19:5 And a voice came outof the throne, saying, (#2)Praiseour God, all ye his servants, andye that fear him, both small andgreat. (KJV)

Definition (#3)-Praise-136ainos (ah’-ee-nos); apparently aprime word; properly, a story,but used in the sense of 1868;praise (of God): KJV— praise.1)a saying, a proverb 2) praise,laudatory discourse

Matt 21:15 And when the chiefpriests and scribes saw the won-derful things that he did, and thechildren crying in the temple,and saying, Hosanna to the Sonof David; they were sore dis-pleased, 16 And said unto him,Hearest thou what these say?And Jesus saith unto them, Yea;have ye never read, Out of themouth of babes and sucklingsthou hast perfected(#3)praise?(KJV)

Luke 18:43 And immediatelyhe received his sight, and fol-lowed him, glorifying God: andall the people, when they saw it,gave (#3)praise unto God.(KJV)

Definition (#4)-Praise-1391doxa (dox’-ah); from the base of1380; glory : KJV— dignity,glory (-ious), honour, praise,worship.

John 9:24 Then again calledthey the man that was blind, andsaid unto him, Give God the(#4)praise: we know that thisman is a sinner.(KJV)

John 12:43 For they loved the(#4)praise of men more than the(#4)praise of God.(KJV)

1 Pet 4:11 If any man speak, lethim speak as the oracles of God;if any man minister, let him do itas of the ability which Godgiveth: that God in all thingsmay be glorified through JesusChrist, to whom be (#4)praiseand dominion for ever and ever.Amen.

Definition (#5)-Praise-1867epaineo (ep-ahee-neh’-o); from1909 and 134; to applaud:

KJV— commend, laud, praise.toapprove, to praise

Luke 16:8 And the lord(#5)commended the unjuststeward, because he had donewisely: for the children of thisworld are in their generationwiser than the children of light.(KJV)

Rom 15:11 And again, Praisethe Lord, all ye Gentiles; and(#5)laud him, all ye people.(KJV)

1 Cor 11:1 Be ye followers ofme, even as I also am of Christ.2 Now I (#5)praise you,brethren, that ye remember mein all things, and keep the ordi-nances, as I delivered them toyou. 3 But I would have youknow, that the head of everyman is Christ; and the head ofthe woman is the man; and thehead of Christ is God.(KJV)

1 Cor 11:17 Now in this that Ideclare unto you I (#5)praiseyou not, that ye come togethernot for the better, but for theworse. (KJV)

1 Cor 11:22 What? have ye nothouses to eat and to drink in? ordespise ye the church of God,and shame them that have not?What shall I say to you? shall I(#5)praise you in this? I(#5)praise you not.

Definition (#6) Praise-1868epainos (ep’-ahee-nos); from1909 and the base of 134; lauda-tion; concretely, a commendablething: KJV—praise. approba-tion, commendation, praise

Rom 2:29 But he is a Jew,which is one inwardly; and cir-cumcision is that of the heart, inthe spirit, and not in the letter;whose (#6)praise is not of men,but of God. (KJV)

Rom 13:3 For rulers are not aterror to good works, but to theevil. Wilt thou then not be afraidof the power? do that which isgood, and thou shalt have(#6)praise of the same: (KJV)

1 Cor 4:5 Therefore judgenothing before the time, until theLord come, who both will bringto light the hidden things ofdarkness, and will make mani-fest the counsels of the hearts:and then shall every man have(#6)praise of God. (KJV)

2 Cor 8:18 And we have sentwith him the brother, whose(#6)praise is in the gospelthroughout all the churches;(KJV)

Eph 1:6 To the (#6)praise ofthe glory of his grace, whereinhe hath made us accepted in thebeloved. (KJV)

WHAT IS TRUTH: “SANCTIFY THEM THROUGH THY TRUTH: THY WORD IS TRUTH.”


Eph 1:12 That we should be tothe (#6)praise of his glory, whofirst trusted in Christ. (KJV)

Eph 1:14 Which is the earnestof our inheritance until theredemption of the purchasedpossession, unto the (#6)praiseof his glory. (KJV)

Phil 1:11 Being filled with thefruits of righteousness, whichare by Jesus Christ, unto theglory and (#6)praise of God.(KJV)

Phil 4:8 Finally, brethren, what-soever things are true, whatsoev-er things are honest, whatsoeverthings are just, whatsoeverthings are pure, whatsoeverthings are lovely, whatsoeverthings are of good report; ifthere be any virtue, and if therebe any (#6)praise, think onthese things. (KJV)

1 Pet 1:7 That the trial of yourfaith, being much more preciousthan of gold that perisheth,though it be tried with fire,might be found unto (#6)praiseand honour and glory at theappearing of Jesus Christ:(KJV)

1 Pet 2:14 Or unto governors,as unto them that are sent byhim for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the (#6)praise ofthem that do well. (KJV)

Definition (#7)-Praise bysinging-5214 humneo (hoom-neh’-o); from 5215; to hymn, i.e.sing a religious ode; by implica-tion, to celebrate (God) in song:KJV— sing a hymn (praiseunto).1) to sing the praise of, tosing hymns to 2) to sing a hymn,to sing.

Matt 26:30 And when they had(#7sung an hymn), they wentout into the mount of Olives.(KJV)

Acts 16:25 And at midnightPaul and Silas prayed, and(#7sang praises) unto God: andthe prisoners heard them.(KJV)

Eph 5:19 SPEAKING to your-selves in psalms and hymns andspiritual songs, (#7)singing andmaking melody in your(1)HEART to the Lord;(KJV)

Col 3:16 Let the word of Christdwell in you richly in all wis-dom; teaching and admonishingone another in psalms andhymns and spiritual songs,(#7)singing with grace in your(1)HEARTS to the Lord.(KJV)

Definition:(1)HEARTS-2588kardia (kar-dee’-ah); prolongedfrom a primary kar (Latin, cor,“heart”); the heart, i.e. (figura-tively) the thoughts or feelings

(mind); also (by analogy) themiddle: KJV— (+broken-) heart(-ed).

Heb 2:12 Saying, I will declarethy name unto my brethren, inthe midst of the church will I(#7sing praise) unto thee.(KJV)

Definition: (#8) Praise-2127eulogeo- 1) to praise, to cele-brate with praises 2) to invokeblessings 3) to consecrate athing with solemn prayers a) toask God’s blessing on a thing;from a compound of 2095 and3056; to speak well of, i.e. (reli-giously) to bless (thank orinvoke a benediction upon, pros-per): KJV— bless, praise.

Luke 1:64 And his mouth wasopened immediately, and histongue loosed, and he spake, and(#8)praised God.(KJV)

Luke 6:27 But I say unto youwhich hear, Love your enemies,do good to them which hate you,28 (#8)Bless them that curseyou, and pray for them whichdespitefully use you.(KJV)

Luke 24:53 And were continu-ally in the temple, praising and(#8)blessing God. Amen.(KJV)

Rom 12:14 (#8)Bless themwhich persecute you: bless, andcurse not.(KJV)

1 Cor 10:16 The cup of bless-ing which we (#8)bless, is it notthe communion of the blood ofChrist? The bread which webreak, is it not the communionof the body of Christ?(KJV)

James 3:8 But the tongue canno man tame; it is an unrulyevil, full of deadly poison. 9Therewith (#8)bless we God,even the Father; and therewithcurse we men, which are madeafter the similitude of God. 10Out of the same mouth pro-ceedeth blessing and cursing.My brethren, these things oughtnot so to be. 11 Doth a fountainsend forth at the same placesweet water and bitter?(KJV)

1 Pet 3:8 Finally, be ye all ofone mind, having compassionone of another, love as brethren,be pitiful, be courteous: 9 Notrendering evil for evil, or railingfor railing: but contrariwise(#8)blessing; knowing that yeare thereunto called, that yeshould inherit a blessing.(KJV)

Dear reader; this we thoughtconcluded the study on NEWTESTAMENT PRAISE, but wewere somewhat CONFUSED.We were CONFUSED, in thatmost religious organizationsplay music to RAISE theLord in their worship services.We know that the Lord is not the

author of CONFUSION, pleaseread; Cor 14:33 For God isnot the author of confusion,but of peace, as in all churchesof the saints. We also know bySCRIPTURE, that if ONE reli-gious organization, plays musicto raise the Lord in their wor-ship, then ALL MUST, in orderto be right [righteous] with God(see John 17:20-21). But, aftersearching N.T. scriptures thor-oughly, we have NOT found anyEXAMPLE, or COMMAND forthe use of MUSIC for PRAISE,or WORSHIP. ALL CHRIS-TIANS MUST speak the samething, according to the APOS-TLES doctrine. Please read; 1Cor 1:10 Now I beseech you,brethren, by the name of ourLord Jesus Christ, that ye allspeak the same thing, and thatthere be no divisions amongyou; but that ye be perfectlyjoined together in the same mindand in the same judgment. hil3:16 Nevertheless, whereto wehave already attained, let uswalk by the same rule, let usmind the same thing. 17Brethren, be followers togetherof me, and mark them whichwalk so as ye have us for anensample.(KJV)

Understanding the precedingscriptures, we continued oursearch for the TRUTH. InEph.5:19, we found singing andmaking melody IN OURHEARTS [minds] to THELORD; not singing and makingmelody WITH INSTRUMENTSto THE LORD. Those of theOne Faith, the Church thatChrist is building and is theHead of, have been instructed onhow to worship; ohn 4:23 Butthe hour cometh, and now is,when the true worshippersshall worship the Father in spir-it and in truth: for the Fatherseeketh such to worship him. 24God is a Spirit: and they thatworship him must worship himin spirit and in truth. Remember,Grace and TRUTH comes byCHRIST; John 1:17 For the lawwas given by Moses, but graceand truth came by JesusChrist. When we worship God,it MUST be by the spirit ofChrist, and the Truth of N.T.scriptures.

In searching under GRACE andTRUTH, which is the NEWTESTAMENT, where theAPOSTLES doctrine and com-mands are found, we found theword MUSIC, ONLY ONCE,and it had nothing to do withpraising the Lord or worship, asa matter of fact, it has NOTH-ING to do with the Church thatChrist is building, and is theHead of (Eph.5:22-33;Col.1:12-20; Col.2:1-23), pleaseread; Luke 15:25 Now his elderson was in the field: and as hecame and drew nigh to the

house, he heard (1)MUSICKand dancing. 26 And he calledone of the servants, and askedwhat these things meant. 27And he said unto him, Thybrother is come; and thy fatherhath killed the fatted calf,because he hath received himsafe and sound. Definition:(1)MUSICK-4858sumphonia (soom-fo-nee’-ah);from 4859; unison of sound(“symphony”), i.e. a concert ofinstruments (harmonious note):KJV— music.

Continuing our search underGRACE and TRUTH, we foundthe word PLAY, ONLY ONCE,and it had nothing to do withmusical instruments of praise orworship, but with IDOLATRY,Please read; Cor 10:6 Nowthese things were our examples,to the intent we should not lustafter evil things, as they alsolusted. 7 �either be ye idol-aters, as were some of them; asit is written, The people satdown to eat and drink, and roseup to (1)PLAY. Definition:(1)PLAY-3815paizo (paheed’-zo); from 3816;to sport (as a boy), 1) to playlike a child 2) to play, to sport,to jest 3) to give way to hilarity,especially by joking, singing, ordancing: KJV— play.

In our search of the NEW TES-TAMENT, in the apostles doc-trine, we found the wordINSTRUMENTS, ONLYTWICE, and they had nothing todo with MUSIC, nor praise orworship, but about our BODIESbeing instruments of SIN, ratherthan instruments of RIGHT-EOUSNESS, Please read;

Rom 6:12 Let not sin thereforereign in your mortal body, thatye should obey it in the luststhereof. 13 �either yield yeyour (1)MEMBERS as(2)I�STRUME�TS of unright-eousness unto sin: but yieldyourselves unto God, as thosethat are alive from the dead, andyour members as (2)I�STRU-ME�TS of righteousness untoGod. 14 For sin shall not havedominion over you: for ye arenot under the law, but undergrace. 15 What then? shall wesin, because we are not underthe law, but under grace? Godforbid. 16 Know ye not, that towhom ye yield yourselves ser-vants to obey, his servants ye areto whom ye obey; whether of sinunto death, or of obedience untorighteousness? 17 But God bethanked, that ye were the ser-vants of sin, but ye have obeyedfrom the heart that form of doc-trine which was deliveredyou.(KJV)

Definitions:(1)MEMBERS-3196 melos (mel’-os); of uncer-tain affinity; a limb or part of the

body, a member, limb: a memberof the human body; used of bod-ies given up to criminal inter-course, because they are as itwere members belonging to theharlot’s body: KJV— member.(2)I�STRUME�TS-3696hoplon (hop’-lon); probablyfrom a primary hepo (to be busyabout); an implement or utensilor tool (literally or figuratively,especially offensive for war):KJV— armour, instrument,weapon.

Reader, please note this, in oursearch of the NEW TESTA-MENT, the words PLAYED;PLAYING; PLAYER; PLAY-ERS; INSTRUMENT, wereNOT ONCE found. All of thesewere found many times underthe Law of Moses; under theLevitical priest hood; underDavid the king of Israel (underthe OLD TESTAMENT) but notONCE under GRACE andTRUTH (under the NEW TES-TAMENT) under CHRIST andHis Apostles Words, commandsand or Doctrine(John17:17-21;Acts 1:1-3; Acts 2:41-42). Inthis study there is one moreword that was found many timesin the OLD TESTAMENT, thatwas not found ONCE, in theNEW TESTAMENT, and that is I�GERS Note the definitions;

2 Chr 29:27 And Hezekiahcommanded to offer the burntoffering upon the altar. Andwhen the burnt offering began,the song of the LORD beganalso with the trumpets, and withthe instruments ordained byDavid king of Israel. 28 Andall the congregation wor-shipped, and the (#1)SI�GERSsang, and the trumpeters sound-ed: and all this continued untilthe burnt offering was fin-ished.(KJV)

Definition #1) SI�GERS-7892shier or feminine shiyrah-a songof Levitical choirs as a femi-nine noun: 2) a song; a song, anode

Ezr 7:24 Also we certify you,that touching any of the priestsand Levies, (#2)SI�GERS,porters, Nethinims, or ministersof this house of God, it shall notbe lawful to impose toll, tribute,or custom, upon them.(KJV)

(Definition #2) SI�GERS-2171seamier (Aramaic) (zam-mawr’);from the same as 2170; aninstrumental musician: KJV—singer.

�eh 10:28 And the rest of thepeople, the priests, the Levies,the porters, the (#3)SI�GERS,the Nethinims, and all they thathad separated themselves fromthe people of the lands unto thelaw of God, their wives, theirsons, and their daughters,



every one having knowledge,and having understanding;(KJV)

(Definition #3) SI�GERS-5411Anthony (naw-theen’); orNathan (Era 8:17) (naw-thoon’)(the proper form as passive par-ticiple), from 5414; one given,i.e. (in the plural only) theNethinim, or Temple-servants(as given to that duty): KJV—Nethinims.Temple slavesassigned to the Levies andpriests for service in the sanctu-ary

1 Chr 9:33 And these are the(#4)SI�GERS, chief of thefathers of the Levies, whoremaining in the chambers werefree: for they were employed inthat work day and night.(KJV)

Ecc. 2:8 I gathered me also sil-ver and gold, and the peculiartreasure of kings and of theprovinces: I gat me men(#4)SI�GERS and women(#4)SI�GERS, and the delightsof the sons of men, as musicalinstruments, and that of all sorts.9 So I was great, and increasedmore than all that were beforeme in Jerusalem: also my wis-dom remained with me. 10 Andwhatsoever mine eyes desired Ikept not from them, I withheldnot my heart from any joy; formy heart rejoiced in all mylabor: and this was my portionof all my labor. 11 Then Ilooked on all the works that myhands had wrought, and on thelabor that I had labored to do:and, behold, all was vanity andvexation of spirit, and there wasno profit under the sun.(KJV)

(Definition #4) SI�GERS-7891shier or (the original form)shower (1 Sam. 18:6)-1) to sing2) singer, SO�GSTRESS (participle) tosing: sing (-ER, -in man, -inwoman).

Please remember, there are manyexamples of CHOIRS and spe-cial GROUP SINGERS underthe OLD LAW, but NOT ONCEunder CHRIST. We are no moreCONFUSED, for we are SCRIP-TURALLY CLEAR on the topicof New Testament Praise,authorized by CHRIST and HisApostles. For ANY MAN toimplement musical instruments,choirs and or group singing forthe Church that Jesus Christ isthe head of, is implementingERROR; simply because JESUSCHRIST through his Apostlesdidn ! Once again we are nomore CONFUSED, but we areSADDENED, that so manysouls are participating in thesethings that JESUS CHRIST hasnot put in place; that cannot befound in His APOSTLES doc-trine, commands and or exam-ples. How dare we put things inplace for our FLESHLY LUSTS

and VANITIES, and then say weare Praising The Lord, whenactually we are praising our-selves? The Apostles words areperfect, as they were guided byThe Holy Spirit. Their examplesand commands are clear andcomplete, they MUST NOT andCANNOT be amended byMAN, thereby TRULY PRAIS-ING THE LORD. How do weerror? Please Read; Matt 22:29Jesus answered and said untothem, (1)Ye do err, not knowingthe scriptures, nor the power ofGod. Definition:(1)Ye do err 4105planao (plan-ah’-o); from 4106;to (properly, cause to) roam(from safety, truth, or virtue):KJV— go astray, deceive, err,seduce, wander, to cause tostray, to lead astray, to lead asidefrom the right way, 2) metaphor-ically: a) to lead away from thetruth, to lead into error and sin,c) to be led aside from the pathof virtue, to go astray, to sin d)to sever or fall away from thetruth; used of heretics.

SINGING is what theApostles doctrine teach, NOTSINGERS. The requirements forsinging in the Apostles doc-trine, is different than those ofsingers. The Apostles require-ments for singing, as they wereguided by the Holy Spirit, arethese Col. 3:16 Let the word ofChrist dwell in you richly in allwisdom; teaching and admon-ishing one another in psalmsand hymns and spiritual songs,singing with grace in your heartsto the Lord. These require-ments are SPIRITUAL. Therequirements for singers [choirsand group singers], in the reli-gious world today, are these: onemust be able to sing as requiredby the group or group leaders.One must be able to sound goodto the ear; one must NOT betone deaf (in other words be ableto hit a note), one must be ableto perform. Lastly one must beable to ook the part If onedoesn meet these require-ments, he or she cannot be apartof this esteemed group, put inplace by man; and these require-ments are CARNAL.

There are those that proclaim tobe of the One Faith that partici-pates in these GROUP singings,competing one against the other:voting for best group, and oralbum. One group not soundingso well to the ear is shown dis-approval; by being applaudedless and even those getting upand walking out on their per-formance. It has been said, theother group SATISFYING THEEAR, is shown approval bymuch applause, and then mostsadly, some by money beingthrown on the stage. This is ALLCARNAL, FLESHLY, WORLD-LY and VAIN which is not of

the FATHER, but is of theWORLD (Rom.8:5-9; James4:4-10; 1John2:15-17)! Thosethat continue in these things andthose that FELLOWSHIP them,are not of the Father, becausethese things are NOT OFCHRIST and His Apostles(2Thes.3:6). Please consider thiscarefully. Those that are notgood enough to meet your flesh-ly, carnal requirements, are theynot your brothers and sisters?Don you think to be told that ou are not good enough might hurt them? Thank God,they are not good enough to par-ticipate in ERROR! Howeverthey are good enough to singpraises to the Lord, as instruct-ed by the APOSTLES DOC-TRINE (Matt.28:20; Acts2:41-42), if they have put on Christ inbaptism, according to scripture;and have let the word of Christdwell in them richly in all wis-dom.

We must not reject the words ofthe Lord: John 12:48 e thatrejecteth me, and receiveth notmy words, hath one that judgethhim: the word that I have spo-ken, the same shall judge him inthe last day. Not walking in theorder of the Apostles will resultin certain circumstances, whichMUST be carried out by those ofthe One Faith. Please read care-fully; I Th 3:6 Now we com-mand you, brethren, in the nameof our Lord Jesus Christ, thatye (1)withdraw yourselvesfrom every brother that(2)walketh (3)disorderly, andnot after the (4)tradition whichhe received of us. 7 For your-selves know how ye ought tofollow us: for we behaved notourselves disorderly amongyou; Definitions:(1)withdraw your-selves-4724 stello (stel’-lo);

properly, to set fast (“stall”), i.e.(figuratively) to repress (reflex-ively, abstain from associatingwith): KJV— avoid, withdraw-self; to remove oneself, todepart; to abstain from familiarintercourse with one.(2)walketh-4043 peripateo-towalk: Hebrew for, to live, toregulate one’s life, to conductoneself, to pass one’s life(3)disorderly-814 ataktos-dis-orderly, out of ranks (often so ofsoldiers) deviating from the pre-scribed order or rule (4)tradi-tion-3862 paradosis (par-ad’-os-is); from 3860; transmission, i.e.(concretely) a precept; KJV—ordinance, tradition.

Note here the apostles Paul,John and our Lord and SaviourJesus Christ; 2 Cor 13:5(1)Examine yourselves,whether ye be in the faith;prove your own selves. Know yenot your own selves, how thatJesus Christ is in you, except yebe (2)reprobates?(KJV)

Definitions:(1)Examine your-selves-3985 peirazo (pi-rad’-zo); from 3984; to test (objec-tively), i.e. endeavor, scrutinize,discipline: KJV— assay, exam-ine, go about, prove, try.(2)reprobates 96 adokimos (ad-ok’-ee-mos); from 1 (as a nega-tive particle) and 1384; unap-proved, i.e. rejected; by impli-cation, worthless (literally ormorally): KJV— castaway.

I Jn 4:5 They are of the world:therefore speak they of theworld, and the world heareththem.6 We are of God: he thatknoweth God heareth us; he thatis not of God heareth not us.Hereby know we the spirit oftruth, and the spirit of error.Thanks again for your interest inthe WORD of TRUTH; GRACE

and SALVATION; John 17:17-21; Acts 20:29-32; James1:21-25. After all it is our MAP toHEAVEN, and away fromHELL!

Now here is a SCARY thought,let not this be our end becauseof MAN interpretations andtraditions; att 7:21 �ot everyone that saith unto me, Lord,Lord, shall enter into the king-dom of heaven; but he that doeththe will of my Father which isin heaven. 22 Many will say tome in that day, Lord, Lord, havewe not prophesied in thy name?and in thy name have cast outdevils? and in thy name donemany wonderful works? 23 Andthen will I profess unto them, Inever knew you: depart fromme, ye that work iniquity. 24Therefore whosoever heareththese sayings of mine, and doeththem, I will liken him unto awise man, which built his houseupon a rock: Matt 25:41 Thenshall he say also unto them onthe left hand, Depart from me,ye cursed, into everlasting fire,prepared for the devil and hisangels: Remember, the purpose of thesearticles is to share with yousome scriptural truths, therebyexposing error, as we search forWhat is Truth Again, webelieve through the PREPON-DERANCE OF SCRIPTURE(which is having superiorweight, force, importance, orinfluence of SCRIPTURE) anddefinitions on any topic, allowsSCRIPTURE TO INTERPRETSCRIPTURE. This should alsoallow for a better understandingon that topic.

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PRECIOUS is Time. Therefore while you have

time, use it to learn and do Gods Commandments

for at the end of life is pay time and your pay will

be according as your work has been. You will find

in 2 Corinthians 5:10 the following: “For we must

all appear before the judgement seat of Christ,

that everyone may recive the things done in his

body according to that he hath done, whether it

be good or evil.” You will find in John 15:14. “Ye

are my friends if ye do whatsoever I command

you.” Solomon said in Proverbs 1:5 “A wise man

will hear and will increase learning, and a man of

understanding will attain unto wise counsel.”

How shall we escape if we neglect to great

Salvation: Hebrew 2:1-3 Salvation is to be worked

out. It will not work itself out; God will not work

it out for us. �o one can work it out for us. It is

the duty of man to work out his own salvation.

How! With fear and trembling. Phil. 2:12. Pray

fervently, attend the Lord’s Day Worship, Be on

time, Take active part in Singing, Teaching of God

Word, Giving as we prosper and taking the

Lord’s Supper with death.

THE CHURCH OF CHRISTWas founded by Christ Matt 16:18 he bought it.

Compliments of: Roy Murray

TO THOSE ON THE OUTSIDEDEAR SINNER HEED THIS CALL

PLAN OF SALVATIONATTENTION

There are five steps in The Divine Plan ofSalvation1. HEAR Mark 12:29, Matthews 7:21: Luke 6:4-62. BELIEVE John 20:31, Acts 16:31,

Romans 10:17, Hebrews 11:63. REPENT Luke 13:3, Acts 17:314. CONFESS Matthews 10:32 Acts 8:37,

Romans 10:9-105. BAPTISM Mark 16:15-16, Acts 2:28, 22:16

CHARITY

BROTHERLY

GODLINESS

PATIENCE

TEMPERANCE

KNOWLEDGE

VIRTURE


Fort Worth, Texas-Before a

record crowd of more than 600

people, the Prairie View

Interscholastic League Coaches

Association held their annual

Hall of Fame and Hall of Honor

banquet. People from all over

the country crammed in the

Radisson Fossil Creek Hotel to

the degree that some people

actually had to be turned away.

This is a far cry from 29 years

ago when I joined the organiza-

tion and only 25 people showed

up. Over the years, the organi-

zation has grown in leaps and

bounds and many are interested

in honoring those who played

before integration and were

there to see to they get their just

due. With all that said the task

at hand for Robert Brown, who

is the board chairman, a bigger

place is certainly in order.

To start the group mourned the

loss of Weldon Baker of SPHS

in San Antonio who passed

away on November 20, 2010,

Vincent Rachel of M.C.

Williams who passed on

December 12, 2010 and Eglon

Jurl Wright Jr. of Sherman,

Texas in May of 2011.

MICHAEL W. ASHLEY-He

started playing varsity football

in the 8th grade because there

was no middle school ball for

him. He went on to star at

Kashmere High School and has

been inducted into the school’s

Hall of Fame. Ashley went on to

attend Southern University and

has since operated Conoco and

Texaco service states as well as

Mr. A’s club in Houston. Mike

and his wife Mattie R. Ashley

have three children (Dwayne,

Keith and Kenneth and they

have five grand children.

CHARLES ‘CHUCK’ BEATTY-

He started out at Turner High

School in Waxahachie, Texas,

Beatty was a two way football

player and rushed for 1,000

yards and was one of the hardest

hitting middle linebackers. He

made all-district on both sides of

the ball and he also played bas-

ketball for the school which

went to state. For ten times

Beatty was elected to the

Waxahachie City Council and he

served as mayor of the city for a

record five terms. A widower,

Beatty has two children (Lauren

Odette Lacey, Charles B. Beatty

and one granddaughter Emory

Odette Lacey whom he enjoys

spending time with.

BEN L. CAVIL-He’s a graduate

of Booker T. Washington in

Conroe, Texas; Cavil played

both football and baseball and

was a member of the 1961 AA

state finalist team. All this was

under the leadership of the leg-

endary Charles Brown. Cavil

went to receive his BS degree

from P.V. and later received his

masters from Texas Southern

University in 1975. He added

extra studies at the UH Clear

Lake

Ben went on to spend 31years in

the LaMarque ISD and moved

all the way to being assistant

superintendent before retiring in

June of 2001. He and his wife

Delores have two sons and one

daughter along with five won-

derful grandchildren. On

Sundays you’’ find them over at

McKinney Memorial United

Methodist Church where Mr.

Cavil is the treasurer.

WILLIAM E. DENMAN-I’d

better make that Pastor William

E. Denman who grew up in

Conroe and attended BTW High

School and was known as crowd

pleaser. Playing football and

baseball, Denman was a corner-

back on the 1965 state champi-

onship team that went unbeaten

and a short stop on the state title

winning baseball team in 1967.

He graduated and moved over to

Wiley College and was drafted

by the United States Armed

Forces in 1968. Denman went

on to complete his distinguished

service in Viet Nam where he

was a Purple Heart Recipient.

Upon coming home, Denman

became the third black postal

carrier in Conroe, Texas and

spent the next 27 years working

in that capacity. It was then the

Lord called him to preach full

time and received his Bachelor

of Theology from Conroe Bible

College and founded Temple of

Faith, a non-denomination

church in Conroe in 1990.

Married 40 years to minister

Ruby Jewel Williams-Denman

and the couple have one son

(Minister Eric T. Denman).

ROBERT L. DICKSON II-With

a nick-name “Bo”, Dickson is a

graduate of A.W., Jackson High

School in Rosenberg, Texas.

Being trustworthy, Dickson kept

score for the basketball team and

threw the shot put in track and

field. After high school he

attended TSU and then UH

before receiving his BS in engi-

neering electronics and went to

work for the Johnson Space

Center, and held the position of

senior engineer and retired in

1988. Robert and his wife

Robbie A. Dickson are co own-

ers of Dixie Hardware Plumbing

and Electrical Inc. The couple

has two children (Natalie and

Robert III and three grandchil-

dren.

EARNEST FEGGINS- He was

raised in Willie, Texas and

attended A. R. Turner until inte-

gration came and then to Willis

for his senior year. The three

sport letterman helped coach

Julius Shanklin teams win the

state football title at Turner in

1967. Earnest went into the serv-

ice in 1971 and then went to

Massey Business College and

majored in accounting. In 2009

he retired from Smith

International and spends time

working on his old Buick

Rivera. Married to Sammie

Fisher-Feggins for 41 years and

they have one son (Garwin

Feggins) and three grandchil-

dren.

THE LATE PAUL GIPSON-He

was born in Jacksonville, Texas

Paul Gipson played on both

sides of the ball for BTW in

Conroe. Under Charles Brown,

Gipson was quarterback, full-

back, running back and line-

backer using his 6 feet 208

pounds which made him a fierce

competitor. He joined Elvin

Hayes and three others as the

only five blacks at the

University of Houston. Gipson

was All-American and rushed

for 229 yards on 29 carries

against Georgia which was then

a record. Gipson was taken in

the 2nd round of the 1969 draft

by the Atlanta Falcons. He also

played for Detroit Lions and the

New England Patriots as well as

a brief stint in the WFL Texans.

Earl Thompson received the

award for the late legend Paul

Gipson.

OSCAR GENE GREENWOOD

SR.-He played both fullback and

linebacker for the Bulldogs of

Booker T. Washington in Conroe

Greenwood also was a pretty

good center fielder for the Dogs

baseball team. After graduating

Oscar joined the military and

played runinngback at TSU. He

spent 20 years at Amoco

Chemical Company and when

he retired he founded MEG

Services Distribution and

remains active today.

While at TSU he met and mar-

ried Mary Malone his wife of 40

years and they have two children

and one grandchild.

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SPENCER HARRIS III-He wasborn in Gilmer, Texas andattended Paul Laurence DunbarHigh School. Harris played cen-ter and was all city and all-dis-trict and second team all-state.They lost to Jack Yates 18-15 inthe closing minutes. Holding aBS degree from Texas ChristianUniversity in Chemistry andMath, Harris enjoys officiatingU.S.A. track and field meets andhas worked some of the coun-try’s biggest events. Thisincludes the 1984 and 1996Olympics in L.A. and Atlantarespectfully. Spencer and hiswife Taffeta have one daughterJennifer who was a three-timeAll-American at Angelo State intrack.

CLAUDE E. HARVEY- A 1966graduate of A. R. Turner HighSchool and P.V. Harvey playedfootball, basketball and rantrack. He went on to play profootball for both the HoustonOilers and Philadelphia Eagles.The talented Harvey went on towork for GMAC and did a greatjob of handling bankruptcy andhas spent the past 12 yearsworking for JP Morgan Chase.He is also considered one of thetop performers in the bankingindustry.

THE LATE ROY LEE “COOK-IE” HOPKINS-He was gentle-man and a scholar along as asalutatorian of his 1963 class ofBruce High School in Gilmer,Texas. Hopkins played at TSUunder the legendary AlexanderDurley and is still number 10 onthe school all-time rushing list.

Cookie went on to break manyof the schools marks and in1965he had 12 rushing touchdownsand 16 receiving scores, plussome of the school best perform-ances. This landed him a 2nd

round pick of the Houston Oilersin 1967. He retired from theNFL four years later in 1971.Sadly Roy passed away inNovember 1996 leaving a wifeBonnie and two children Mitraand Damion who had the toughtask of accepting the award forhis father. Damion told thecrowd he too has a son and henamed him Roy after his fatherand is very proud to stand beforethe more than 600 peoplepacked in the hotel.

LEON KING-Nicknamed ‘BiteyBubba’, King is a 1956 graduateof Lincoln High School inDallas, Texas. A three yearstarter at offensive end and all-district linebacker, he returnedkicks in his spare time and was atri-captain of the 1955 PVILstate finalist team. He also rantrack but declined a scholarship

in music to Lincoln Universityand football scholarship toColorado. He helped break theracial barrier as he was one ofthe first two blacks to play forNorth Texas State College. Kingled his team in receiving as afreshman and was second inscoring and third in totalyardage. Named All MissouriValley Conference second teamhe later received his Doctoratein Secondary Administrationfrom Nova SouthwesternUniversity in 1980.

They even named a scienceclassroom for him at LincolnHigh School and inducted himinto the Texas Black Sports Hallof Fame in 1999. King is amember of St. Paul BaptistChurch and serves as deacon. Hemarried his high school sweet-heart Claudia Hooper and thecouple had three sons (onedeceased) along with four grand-children and three great grand-sons.

FRANK MOANING-He was aman of many championshipsstarting with the baseball title in1960 and later he was the full-back on the football team thatwon the title. All of this hap-pened for Moaning while atBooker T., Washington inConroe, Texas. But Frank wasnot done because in 1963 he wason a national championship teamwith the P.V. Panthers of the lateBilly Nicks. Only the time spentin Viet Nam stopped him fromwinning because P V won anoth-er title after he was drafted.Moaning and his wife of 46years Charlyne have one son,

three grandchildren and onegreat grandson.

RATHERS “R.A.” ALVINNORWOOD-He’s an Austinnative graduated from L.C.Anderson in 1961. Thanks to hisathletic skills, Norwood earned ascholarship to TSU and was thestarting flex/tight-end. After col-lege he acquired a real estatebroker’s license in NorthernCalifornia and attended lawschool and pursued an MBA. Hestill jogs, plays golf along withhis Kappa Alpha Fraternity fromcollege and works six months ofthe year in California and theother six months in Texas. OnSundays you’ll find Norwoodand his son down at WheelerAvenue Baptist Church or on thewest coast at Church of theGood Shepherd in Oakland,California.

GEORGE A. RICHARDSON-He lettered three years at A.R.Turner and took his team to thesemi-finals in 1965. Born inConroe and grew up in Willis,Richardson was a member of thelast all-black class to graduatefrom Turner; they went out asstate champions. George wenton to attend Jarvis ChristianCollege in Hawkins, Texas andmajored in history. He later wentto work for Rapid Transit inHouston and spent 36 years withthe bus company. George andhis wife Nabaska Jane have onedaughter and one granddaughter.

ROBERT SMITH-He’s a JasperTexas native and a J. H RoweHigh School graduate. Smith

played four years of football andbasketball and ran track for theschool. In his spare time he wasalso a pole vaulter. He passed onthe scholarship offers he had andfurthered his education at LaneyJr., College in Oakland,California. He majored in com-puter science and later landed acareer at General Motors wherehe worked 33 years.

JOHNNY TARDY-He is a B CElmore graduate. Johnny Tardylettered in three sports (footballbasketball and track and wascaptain on all three teams. In1961 Tardy was a member of the440 yard relay team that set anational record at the BaytownRelays. In 1962 he received afull scholarship to TSU as aquarterback. In 1965 Tardysigned with the Houston Oilersas a defensive back and laterwent to the Detroit Lions andthe Washington Redskins.Johnny and his wife of 33 years(Mildred) have six children. Heserves as a deacon at Mt.Canaan Missionary BaptistChurch in Houston, Texas.

JOHN ANTHONY TRUITTJR.-He starred at quarterback atL.C. Anderson High School inAustin, Texas Truitt received all-district honors. He moved toSouthern California and is activein Pop Warner football leaguesfor young males. Later Truittmoved back to Austin and start-ed a small business. John and hiswife of 27 years (MildredWashington-Truitt have fivesons.

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MICHAEL WILLIAMS-Willis

Texas is where it all started for

Michael as he went to become

an all-district back. He also

made all-district on A.R. Turner

during the 67-68 year and was

voted Mr. Willis High School.

BILLY EARL BEASLEY-He

attended Fisher High School in

Athens, Texas and played in

three straight PVIL state basket-

ball tournaments. He scored 99

points and was all-state in both

1959 and 1960. Beasley moved

on to P.V. and played basketball

for four years before serving in

Viet Nam as a Military

Policeman in the sixties. He later

received his BS degree from UT

and a mid-management degree

from Stephen F. Austin

University in Nacogdoches,

Texas. Currently Billy and his

wife (Delores) of 40 years have

four children and five grandchil-

dren ad live in Chandler, Texas.

JAMES C. “JIMMY” GALES-

He is a Fort Worth native who

played for I. M Terrell where he

was under the leadership of the

great Robert Hughes He won on

one of those championship

teams and the captain in 1959.

Among his coaching stops is

South Oak Cliff from 1972-75

and an assistant at North Texas

from 1975-83 and took over the

program from 1976-1983 win-

ning 134 games with only 85

losses. At North Texas from

1986 until 94, closing out his

career at Madison High School

in the Houston I.S.D. retiring in

2005. Gales and his wife

Johnnie Crosby-Gales have three

children and five grandchildren.

JOHN ‘JUMPING JOHNNY’

HIGHTOWER-He was inspired

by his parent Daisy and David

Hightower. ‘Jumping Johnny’

played three positions on the

BTW Eagles basketball team.

He was captain from 1953-55

helping the 55 team hand the

Wheatley Wildcats who won the

state that year their only loss.

While standing only 6 feet tall,

Hightower had such leaping

ability he actually could play

center. His middle school coach

was the legendary James “Bo”

Humphery who called him the

best athlete he has ever seen.

Choosing a career as a real

estate broker and investor, John

attended both TSU and P V. He

is a widower and has five chil-

dren and six grandchildren.

DR. JESSE H. HURST II-He

graduated from Jack Yates in

1959. Jesse Hurst was his senior

class president. Earlier he had

helped the Yates Lions baseball

team win the PVIL state baseball

title in 1956-57 and 58. Hurst

received scholarships in football

and baseball to Oklahoma State

University and he went to

receive his BS. Then he contin-

ued his education by receiving

his masters from the University

of Oklahoma and Prairie View

and a doctorate in higher educa-

tion administration from Texas

Southern University. In addition

to this Hurst enterer the Army in

1963 and toured with the 12th

group Special Forces and after

two years in Viet Nam he was

ranked second lieutenant.

Having worked with such coach-

ing legends as the late Hoover

Wright of P.V. Bill Yoeman and

Guy Lewis of the UH and

Walter Highsmith of TSU, Hurst

is currently working at Health

and Kinesiology department as

an assistant Professor at TSU.

Jesse and his wife Carol E.

Hurst have four children. Each

time I’m at the H and P E Arena

he always greets me with a

smile.

BERRILYN BRANCH-She fin-

ished up at Jack Yates in 1959.

Berrilyn was not only a swim-

ming and tennis star but the edit-

ing chief of the Lion year book.

Teaming with Carolyn Sue

Kemper-Smith to win the state

double championship, Berrilyn

has her share of trophies. In

1963 Branch received her BS

degree in Chemistry from

Lincoln University. She returned

to Houston in 1965 and began a

long career starting out at Baylor

College of Medicine. From

1967-2001 she did research;

Anatomy Department of the

UCLA School of medicine

resulting in peer-reviewed pub-

lished papers and abstracts.

In 2010 Branch volunteered for

the Barack Obama Campaign

and often visits her family and

friends in Houston, Texas.

JUNELL SIMS DRISDALE-

She began at Plum, Texas and

then moving on to LaGrange.

Drisdale wound up La Marque.

There she ran track for Lincoln

High Colored School and she

also played basketball. Going all

the way to state in 1958 she ran

the 50 yard dash, 100 yard dash,

and the mile relay. Junell

enrolled at P.V. and worked as a

student helper at the PVIL state

events while doing her under-

graduate work. Getting her BS

degree in Physical Education she

taught more than 30 years for

the Houston ISD. Junell became

the third period teacher in P E.

in elementary school, while her

husband was the first. Junell and

the late Charles Drisdale have

four children, nine grandchildren

and one great grandson. We

want to wish Mrs. Drisdale the

best of luck as she recovers and

we know the folks at St. Paul

Missionary Baptist Church will

be praying for her!

OLIVER EUGENE JENKINS

SR.-He comes from a big family

of 11 children. The energetic

Oliver took a liking to sports

early in life. While at BTW in

1955-58 Oliver was the captain

on the football and track teams,

helping his teams to state for

three straight years. Considers

one of the best players from 4th

ward, Oliver was often referred

to as ‘Lightening’ and won many

races to prove it. He moved on

to P.V. where he continued to

shine on the track while major-

ing in industrial food education.

ALVIN ‘DOBY’ RICHARD-

SON-He was born in Houston

but moved to Baytown. Alvin

would go on to star at George

Washington Carver playing three

sports for four years. His events

included broad jumping, shot put

and the discus in track; and he

also played on the Carver bas-

ketball team that made the state

finals before bowing out to

Lubbock-Dunbar. But he was a

member on the Carver 1955

PVIL state championship foot-

ball team. After that he went to

Drake University but soon mar-

ried and dropped out to support

his family. But a year later Alvin

received a track scholarship

from P.V. and worked nights to

support his family and later took

a scholarship from TSU and

teamed with hurdler Barney

Allen. After college Alvin

worked for Todd Shipyard for

nine years before moving to

Mobay (Bayer) Chemical

Company a couple years and

then Arco Chemical Loxirane

Chemical company before mov-

ing to Rolling where he worked

as transportation manager until

he retired.


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ERNEST COY ST. JULIAN-He

was born in Liberty, Texas and

shared a home with seven broth-

ers Ernest was destined to be

special. He was a member of

George Washington Carver’s

1959 track and field state cham-

pionship team. The same year he

was 120 yard high hurdle (14.5)

and the 180 yard low hurdles

(19.7) PVIL State Champion. St.

Julian also ran a 43.7 440 yard

dash for the title. In 1960 Ernest

was Class AA high point man

scoring 24 points at the PVIL

state meet. He went on to play

key role in Carver winning in

both 1959 and 1960.

After graduating, St. Julian

attended Grambling College and

then joined the Army for two

years. Following his tour of duty

he married Anita M. Edwards

and they have been together for

48 years and have eight children.

One of which was speaking for

him because the last stroke had

left him almost speechless. His

daughter was also an All-SWAC

at Alcorn State just as he was

All-SWAC at Grambling. The

smile on his face told the entire

story. When you consider all the

inductees Mr. St. Julian was cer-

tainly the most interesting.

ALBERT WHEATFALL-He is

another George Washington

Carver graduate in 1960; Albert

led his team to the state PVIL

title in 1958. In 1959 he was the

100 and 200 yard state champi-

on as his team won the PVIL

track title also. Wheatfall went

on to attend Lincoln University

in Missouri and in 1962 was

voted MVP of the Midwest

Athletic Association for his run-

ning of the 100 200 and 440

yard relay races.

THE LATE WILLIE FRANK

DEARION- He grew up in

Gladewater, Texas. Dearion was

an outstanding football player

and track star at Weldon High

School. Dearion went on to P.V.

where he again excelled in both

sports while receiving his BS

degree and Masters as well. In

1968 he was drafted by the

Chicago Bears and after leaving

the NFL he spent ten as assistant

at Roosevelt High School in the

Dallas I.S.D. He later became

the head coach there and went to

win seven district titles and 123

games against 51 losses and had

one tie. He was inducted in the

Texas Black Sports Hall of

Fame. His daughter Shante

received the award in his honor.

He and his wife, Ruth A., also

have another daughter, Monica,

and a grandson.

EARL ‘ZIP’ JOHNSON- He

says the ‘Zip’ means he was so

fast on the track field. Johnson

was a four sport participate at

Booker T. Washington and the

top spring in the city and the

state in 1952. He won titles in

the 100 and 200 dashes and was

the third leading scorer in the

state. They were runner-ups to

the Wheatley Wildcats. After

BTW, Johnson attended P.V.

earning his BS degree and last

his Masters in counseling and

guidance. He had a well rounded

coaching career in Coleman

I.S.D., and Weimar I.S.D. where

his boys’ tennis team won dis-

trict and were state runner-up.

His basketball teams won dis-

trict but lost in the state semi-

finals. From 1961 through 1976

Johnson was at B.C. Elmore in

North Forest I.S.D. With 46

years as an educator Johnson

spend time at Kirby and

Northwood Middle Schools

before retiring in 2002. For the

past 54 years Earl has been mar-

ried to Gloria D, Parker and they

have three children (Earl Jr. Gail

Marie Armstrong and Angela

Faye Johnson) and they have

two grandchildren (Kevin

Lofton Jr. and Thomas D.

Armstrong III-who is also the

son of KCOH radio personality

Tommy D. Armstrong heard on

Saturdays from 2:00 until 6:00

PM.

MORRIS JOHNSON-A

Corsicana native, Johnson

attended Huston-Tillotson

University and Sam Houston

State University with a BS and

Masters in Chemistry and

Education. He went on to

become the principal of Samuel

Walter Houston Elementary

School as they won the

Successful School Award of the

year in 2002. Morris is a mem-

ber of First Missionary Baptist

Church and is chairman of the

budget committee and the dea-

con board. In 2008 Johnson was

voted the Citizen of the Year of

Huntsville Walker-County. He

and his wife Blossie have one

daughter Marcette Bracken.

GENE LESLIE SAMPSON SR.-

H was born in Bastrop County

and attended Emile High School.

Sampson played football, ran

track and participated on the

debate tams for three years. He

joined the Baptist Church at an

early age and also married Doris

DeShay; they have three chil-

dren. He worked while attending

Huston-Tillotson College in

Austin. He graduated in 1962

and when to work at Mary A.

Brown High School as head

coach of girls and boys basket-

ball. His boys were state runner-

up in 1964 and football state

champs in 1963. He went on to

coach pee wee football and won

the championship in 1974.

JULIUS SHANKLIN-He’s a

Wharton Texas native. Julius

graduated from Wharton

Training High School as an

excellent student and athlete. He

lettered in football, basketball,

baseball and track. He was noted

for carrying a book in one hand

and a ball in the other. After

high school, Shanklin served

two years in the United States

Army and used the GI Bill to

attend P.V. He played basketball

and baseball while working on

his BA degree in P E and a

minor in Biology.

Shanklin married Hazel Ruth

Allen and they have two chil-

dren. He retired in 1999 and

enjoys a little golf as well as

helping out his church Antioch

Baptist Church. He also serves

as the Vice-President of the

Montgomery County Chapter of

the P.V. A &M University

Alumni.

EDGAR STAFFORD-He attend-

ed George Washington Carver in

Baytown in 1958 where he was

an all-state back on the state

championship team. Stafford

went on to P.V. and played three

years. After graduating from P V

in 1965, he began teaching and

coaching at Key Middle School

in Houston, Texas. Stafford

retired from Jefferson Davis

High School in 2005.

ROBERT L. STRAYHAN-He

was born in Jasper, Texas but

graduated from Jack Yates in

1942; Robert played on Wiley

College 1945 Negro National

Championship ship team along

with Coach Johnny Peoples.

Getting a BS in PE in 1947,

Strayhan served in the Army

from 1948-52 and came to

Baytown in 1952 to work with

Johnny Peoples who served with

him in the Korean War. They

worked together for 15 years

and won three PVIL state foot-

ball championships. Working

with boys’ basketball, Strayhan’s

team won five district titles and

made four state tournament

appearances. For 55 years

Robert has been married to

Pinkie J. and they have two sons

Robert C. Strayhan M.D. and

Allan H,. Strayhan. The couple

has five grandchildren. He

retired in 1989 and his nephew

James Smith received the award

in his honor. He quickly told the

audience about Strayhan famous

saying “A quitter NEVER

WINS, A winner NEVER

QUITS”.


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CLIFTON WILLIAMS-He

comes from Lincoln High

School in Palestine, Texas,

where he won the district and

played for the state title in 1952,

where they came up short 0-6 to

Amarillo. After high school,

Williams went to Texas College

and played football there four

years. He earned his BD degree

and later earned his Masters

from Lamar University.

Williams started coaching and

wound up in Jasper where they

won the PVIL football state

championship in 1967. He went

on to become an assistant

Principal at Jasper Middle

School and retired 14 years later.


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Representatives from the

Houston Independent School

District, family and friends of

James Wilbur “Bo” Humphery

were on hand to dedicate the

library of the Gregory-Lincoln

Education Center in his honor.

Coach Humphery, who taught

and coached at Gregory-Lincoln

for 8 years; stated that “he was

extremely excited and proud to

be honored in such a manner”.

While interviewing Coach

Humphery, he gave me a history

lesson on the Gregory-Lincoln

Education Center, Gregory

Elementary School, and the his-

toric 4th Ward. Coach

Humphery also gave me some

insight on how God blessed him

to receive this great honor. He

began by telling me that “he was

born in Galveston Texas, and

when his mother told him they

were going to move to Houston,

he cried mainly, because he did-

n’t want to move away from the

beach. Once in Houston, he

managed to settle in and made

his way to Booker T.

Washington High School. Upon

graduating in 1948, he received

a scholarship to play football at

Texas College, he later trans-

ferred to Texas Southern

University, where as a student

teacher, he was assigned to

Booker T. Washington High

School. Coach Humphery

“added that he did such a great

job as a student teacher, he was

offered a job to teach science

and coach football”. Coach

Humphery was offered another

opportunity to move to a brand

new school in 1968, the name of

the school was Abraham Lincoln

and it was a junior and senior

high school. He remained there

until 1976. He left to become

the head football coach at Jones

High School, in doing so he

became the first black head foot-

ball coach to replace a white

head football coach in the

Houston Independent School

District.

Coach Humphery added that “he

is the oldest tenured member of

Friendship Missionary Baptist

Church, which is also located in

4th Ward”. He told me “the

young lady responsible for this

great honor is Gladys M.

House”; she was Ms. Lincoln in

1975 and was one of his best

tennis players. Coach Humphery

thanked God for guiding his

pathways for 82 years and his

family for being so supportive

throughout his career. He was

also proud to have the Booker T.

Washington Alumni Association

present at the dedication. Arnold

Hightower, a life member of the

BTWAA stated that, “this was

one of our finest moments” to

have one of own receive such a

great honor is a win for Coach

Humphery, this great school,

HISD, and BTWAA.

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The Honoree CoachJames Wilbur “Bo” Humphery

By Dr. Victor Keys

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WWW.KINGSIZEVIEW.COM Coach Kirby Jones and James Wilbur “Bo” Humphery

The entrance to the James Wilbur “Bo” Humphery library at theGregory- Lincoln Education Center

- All pictures were taken by Arnold Hightower

Fort Worth, Texas-Starting out

by his father at age 12 Rodney

Jones while at Forest Meadow

Jr. high school Rodney built a

strong family foundation.

Having an older brother running

with him was also a plus. The

family later moved to Lancaster,

Texas and Rodney then went to

the school known for its great

track and field teams. During his

sophomore year he was part of

the relay team that won the state

title. His team went on to win

the state class 4A title again this

year.

Rodney is a God fearing young

man and is the son of Latori and

Rodney Jones. The family

attends Ambassadors for Christ

Cultural Ministry Church.

Rodney plans to participate in

summer track and this fall he

plans to choose between Sam

Houston State or Texas Christian

University to run track and

major in Psychology.

When taking the podium at the

PVILCA Annual Hall of Fame

banquet, Rodney firs thanked

God for all his help in making

him into the young man he is

today. He went on to thank his

family for being there for him

and the PVILCA for honoring

him as their male student athlete

of the year.

Thank award comes with a small

scholarship and that should

when Rodney enters school this

fall.

By King Arthur Prayther

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Rodney Jones in action-family file photo

RODNEY JONES: DALLAS-LANCASTER

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

HISD NAMES THE GREGORY-LINCOLN EDUCATION CENTER LIBRARY IN HONOR OF COACH JAMES WILBUR “BO” HUMPHERY


I look forward to July each year

as the Texas High School

Coaches Association meets to

start a brand new year. Yes foot-

ball season is a blink away from

starting and my juices are boil-

ing at this time. But it also

means another hall of fame cele-

bration for the Priaire View

Interscholastic League Coaches

Association. Yes that old organi-

zation formed because of segre-

gation in public school in Texas.

So many of our great coaches

played and coached during those

years nod their stories are inspir-

ing to say the least. I’ve watched

the luncheon grow and it

appears it’s just getting bigger

each year. We at a KING SIZE

VIEW are humbled to be a part

of this and it’s a time to dress to

impress, shake hands and greet

as many people as possible. To

see men and women with their

family, friends and former play-

ers honor them is a sight to

behold. I enjoy our editor in

chief King Arthur Prayther as

master of ceremony. He stated to

me a long time ago,’ Big John,

don’t tell anyone this, but I get a

big kick of this myself’. I love

to listen to those old war stories;

I wonder what the Texas High

School record books state if seg-

regation never existed? But

maybe the will to be the best on

and off the field would have

been instilled into my generation

if these men and women never

experienced life as it was in the

30’s thru the 60’s. I guess the

one major event that I will carry

with me for the rest of my life

was when Dr. Charles Breithaupt

of the University Interscholastic

League was guest speaker at the

hall fame luncheon several years

ago. He told the story of meeting

the late Donald Grace and said if

the PVILCA records could be

found and verified, they would

be incorporated into the Texas

High School record books. The

PVILCA had attempted for sev-

eral years to do thru the THSCA

but were denied time and time

again. But this time they were

sure the records would be

accepted. And that afternoon

before the largest crowd at that

time for the banquet, Breithoupt

announced that the PVILCA

records had been reviewed and

those records would be included

in the Texas High School record

books. A stunned crowd some

weeping gave Dr. Breithaupt a

standing ovation. It was moment

that I will never forget. That

brings me to this moment. The

PVILCA is growing but it needs

more members. We must teach

our young athletes about the sac-

rifice so many have made to

improve our quality of life. We

must tell these stories so as

many of our old warriors fade

into the sunset their life stories

don’t become a forgotten time in

our rich history. We must help to

keep Donald Grace, Jap Jones

and so many of our past coaches

dream of a hall of fame building

live and well and see to it that it

is completed. We owe so much

to these dear men and women

who didn’t allow their skin color

prevent them from becoming

great athletes and even greater

people we all look up to today.

We must keep this organization

vibrant and growing.

That’s just the way I see it!

PS-The 2011 High School

Football season begin in just a

month. We’ll help kick off open-

ing week with the

Booker/Bryant Classic featur-

ing Jack Yates vs. Booker T.

Washington Saturday August 27

2011 at 6:00 pm Delmar

Stadium. Thanks to Fiesta, it

will be a great night to start the

football season. And of course A

KING SIZE VIEW will be there

to bring all the excitement Texas

High School Football has to

offer. See all of you there!!!

PVILCA TOO IMPORTANT TO STOP NOWThe WayI See It

By BIG John Chandler

Hey Houston, Hopefully you are

enjoying your summer. What

does the summer mean for you,

your family, your relationship?

On the norm when it comes to

families it means time out for

everybody. The kids are out of

school so that means more time

with them, and depending on the

way you do things or have the

money for, you might take a

vacation as a family. Believe it

or not, a good family situation

helps make the relationship bet-

ter, even if you are sharing time

with everybody. A good healthy

family life makes for a healthy

relationship. Finding time for

each other will happen, and

when it does, it will and should

be more special. It’s that special

time I want to focus on. When I

say special time for the two of

you, you almost have to use

what time is available and make

it special even if it doesn’t seem

like it is enough time. Quality

over quantity is OK if you cher-

ish the moments. Sometimes we

gripe over he or she doesn’t

make time for me without even

asking the other person. Don’t

let pettiness get in the way of

you enjoying each other. We

should never stop courting and

doing the little things we did in

the beginning. If you have chil-

dren always try and spend some

alone time with each other even

if it’s after everybody’s gone to

bed. Of course kids don’t sleep

in the summer, so just close your

door and let them know you are

in time out so to speak. Hey it

works the other way around.

For those of you who haven’t,

join meet night on the radio, I’m

on Monday thru Friday 7 till

Midnight on KCOH AM 1430.

At nine every night I slow it

down and try and bring some

love into your homes by way of

the 'Passion Zone.' It’s a mix of

slow jams, love songs, and

smooth jazz, and dedications to

that special someone in your

life. On Wednesdays join me

and Carletta for an hour of love

talk called 'In the Love Corner'.

We discuss a wide range of top-

ics dealing with love and rela-

tionships. Recently we talked

about “What’s Love got to do

with It,” is love overrated? It

made for an interesting evening.

There was one lady who had

been in love four or five times,

to find out that love don’t love

nobody. If you keep getting

knocked off the horse do you

keep getting back on? Love is a

gamble, but it’s a game we will

all play, some will win, some

will lose. One thing for sure you

won’t know until you have tried

for yourself, so get up on that

pony.

The top love songs for this

month are:

1. You Bring Me Joy- Anita

Baker

2. Hello Lionel Richie

3. A House is not a Home

Luther Vandross

4. Loving You Minnie

Ripperton

5. Oh Girl The Chi Lites.

Join Carletta and I on

Wednesdays downtown Houston

at the Venue for Downtown

Live, an evening for the grown

and sexy. Doors open at 5:00

pm complimentary parking, and

food, drink specials and more.

A variety of jazz and R and B

for a great evening. Hope to see

you there.

So until next time keep a little

love in your heart, the look of

love in your eyes, and never let

a day go without telling some-

one you love them, even if that

someone is You!

GET YOUR SUMMER LOVE

In The LoveCornerBy Stevie T

A King-Size View Newspaperwww.kingsizeview.com

MAURICE SKILLERN COMING TO HOUSTONGrooves of Houston

2300 Pierce St.

Houston ,Texas 77003

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 @ 6pm - 10pm Maurice Skillern was born in Houston, Texas in August 1966. After graduating high school, he

joined the active duty ranks in The United States Army where he has spent most of his adult

life. He earned his Bachelors of Science from the University of Nebraska where he also

earned his Masters in Physician Assistant Studies. Maurice found early in life that he appreci-

ated the play on words that poetry could facilitate along with simply enjoying the individual

songs from the hearts of poets that both amazed and stimulated his own thoughts. He has

read the works of many of the greats of poetry with a few of his favorites being Edgar Allan

Poe, Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes. He has also cultivated a mind open to new

thoughts and ideas which made philosophy a subject that he was immediately at home with. In

this pursuit, he has personally studied philosophers from Socrates and Aristotle to Sextus

Empiricus. It is the synthesis of these two disciplines that form the foundation of his current

work, which he refers to as “Poetic-Philosophy”*. In his writing, in a whimsical but focused

fashion, he speaks of that which is, while alluding to what could or what might be. He also

uses catalytic and well designed phraseology to effectively dis-

play new thoughts and ideologies. Some of his writings both

challenge or question absolutes of this world, while still offering

thought provoking entertainment to all who have read them.

Always a visionary, a dreamer, he set out and began writing his

first book of poetic-philosophy in 1990, with a piece from it being

published in the anthology The Space Between in 1994. He

continued on his writing quest and furthered his exploration of

many different thoughts, ideas and forms of expression, which

eventually culminated in the creation and publication of his cur-

rent book “Messages”.

Visit Maurice Skillern’s website at(www.maurice-skillern.com)


As the Studewood Cobras little

league football organization

moves in to their 35th season,

they are doing so in style.

Thanks to seven years of spon-

sorship from Fiesta, the Cobras

were able to purchase a 5 feet

wide by 12 feet long trailer to

store their equipment when they

are not playing. Not only did

Fiesta help the Cobras over the

years but Fiesta is their only cor-

porate sponsor. But the story

does not end there, the trailer

you see with the Cobras graph-

ics was donated by Fiesta; then

it was actually placed on the

trailer by Mr. Keith Jacobsen

himself. True to form in the 95

degree heat, Jacobsen rolled up

his sleeves and got to work for

some three and one-half hours to

make the Cobras look great. For

two weeks the trailer set in front

of the Penrice family home and

many passers would stop and

look at the trailer. Some actually

took pictures of each other

standing by the trailer.

In 1976 the Allen Cobras begin

to play in Kerr Park only to be

told a few years later they could

not use Charlotte Allen

Elementary School name and it

was then they changed their

name to Studewood Cobras.

This past season was the 32nd

for Walter Penrice coaching the

freshman Cobras and he has

appeared in 24 Super Bowls

winning 21 of them. Even

though he is the Cobras

President he still coaches the

freshmen team and his seven

year olds love him. You might

even say Walter is the Eddie

Robinson of Little league foot-

ball!

This season is right around the

corner and the Cobras are now

working out Mondays,

Wednesdays and Fridays at Kerr

Park beginning at 6:00 PM..

STUDEWOOD COBRAS ROLLLING INTO THEIR 35TH YEAR IN STYLE WITH NEW TRAILER

The Studewood Cobras’ new equipment trailer


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Walter Penrice Joins �ikki Penrice and two new members of theCobras Organization in a photo of the their new trailer

Here is a look at the Cobras schedule for 2011 as all home games are played at BTW fieldCoach Penrice and Studewood Cobras’ volunteers posing in front of

the new equipment trailer - Photos by Dr. Victor Keys

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As we prepare for the 7th

Annual Fiesta Booker-Bryant

Memorial Classic we are going

to profile one of the scholarship

winners. He’s the graduating

senior from Booker T.

Washington High School and the

winner of the 6th Annual Fiesta

BBMC scholarship. Nicholas is

the son of Carolyn Burns and he

graduated with a 3.1-6 Grade

Point Average making him num-

ber 45 in a class of 189 this

summer.

While at BTW he was a late

bloomer on the Eagles football

team playing wide receiver and

became a pretty good one before

his career was over. That’s one

of the reasons he chose South

West Baptist University in

Bolivar, Missouri to further his

education. Their offense was

second in the nation last year

and he feels he will get a chance

to play and have some balls

thrown his way. “I kind of

wished I had started in the early

in football because I had no little

league experience and the guys

who did display a much better

knowledge of the game than I

did at the start”. But that didn’t

stop Burns from working hard

and making the most of his

opportunities when they threw

the ball his way.

With plans to major in psycholo-

gy in college Burns says he truly

feels his mission on earth is to

help people. “I’ve always want-

ed to be able to help people and

guys who play in the NFL have

an excellent opportunity to help

people.

Growing up at Garden Oaks

Church of Christ Nicholas says

the youth ministers Tia and

Brandon Gipson were very

instrumental and teaching him

the right way to go about doing

things in life. He also sang in the

choir at one time and fact is in

his spare time he spends time

singing a little R & B. That was

right down our alley so we gave

him a copy of Ernie Johnson hit

CD “I’m The One You Need”.

While at BTW, English was

Burn’s favorite subject and he

also loves writing poems and

short stories.

When asked about school

changes, Burns said he felt the

administration could be more

caring at BTW, but he went on

to add that coach Nate “Puddin’

Jones the new head football

coach is truly a caring person.

Nicholas plans to follow the

Eagles on kingsizeview.com

while in school in Missouri. “I

think the Eagles will do well

under coach Jones because he

truly cares for the players and

they are going to play hard for

him.

Crediting his mother Carolyn as

his most driving force in life,

Nicholas says she has always

talked to him about right and

wrong. Carolyn is a BTW

graduate herself and works with

the United State Post Office. Her

smile simply told us just how

proud she is for her son and we

know he will do well at South

West Baptist University. Fact is

he is already gone up there to

get in some extra work on the

field and in the classroom.

When asked about the fact

Barack Obama becoming the

first African American President

Burns smiled and said, “It gave

the rest of us hopes that we can

do anything we put our minds

too”.

The next question is about the

takedown of Bin Laden and the

role it had on the free world.

“You might say it eliminated one

big threat but it could very well

create another”. Burns went on

to say Americans celebrated but

its time to move on toward solv-

ing other world problems.

Considering himself pretty suc-

cessful throughout his young life

Burns says he thinks he’s made

the most of what life had to offer

for him and wouldn’t change a

thing. “My main goal in life is to

help people and I just the kind

of guy who wants the world to

be a better place for all people!



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NICHOLAS BURNS-BTW-SOUTHWEST BAPTIST

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

�icholas Burns-BTW graduate wins Fiesta BBMC scholarship andheads to South West Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri

In the June 2011 King-Size

View newspaper we ran the

1959 Chevy El Camino and

John Dawson was the first to

guess it correctly and won the

cash prize of $125.00 and

$50.00 in gift cards to shop at

Fiesta. Dawson a graduate of B.

C. Elmore in the North Forest

School District said he shops at

the Fiesta store on Lockwood

and grabs a copy of A King-Size

View each month. He went on to

say he was motivated by the fact

Ron Odums had won more than

two times and wanted to play

the contest. It also happened the

Dawson family had been around

Chevys for many years and he

certainly knew it when he saw it.

“I want to thank King-Size View

and Fiesta for this contest and

we really enjoy reading the

paper because it has so much

information in it”.

We invite you all to give it a try

in our Name This Car contest

from month to month. Keep in

mind all you have to do is call

(281) 999-4244 give us the year,

make and model of the vehicle

in the photo, then leave a name

and phone number so you can be

reached. Remember if you are

the first guess correctly you win,

it’s just that simple!

John Dawson shows off his prize of $125 and $50 in gift cards toshop at Fiesta for winning the name this car contestPhoto by Andre Odums Photography (713) 296-9111

JOHN DAWSON WINS CAR CONTESTBy King Arthur Prayther

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Memphis, Tennessee-Thanks to

a letter from Mr. Charles

Mitchell executive director of

Jus’ Blues Music Foundation,

Soul and Blue Master Ernie

Johnson has been named the

2011 Johnnie Taylor Blues &

Soul Artist Award winner.

Johnson born in Winnsboro,

Louisiana makes his home in

Dallas, Texas these days. In his

43rd year of performing,

Johnson traveled with Johnnie

Taylor for a great number of

years. Currently working on

KKDA Soul 73 in Dallas,

Johnson is continuing to stay as

busy as possible. Just five weeks

ago he entered into an agree-

ment to be the talent for a series

of radio spots for Fiesta and

they are big hits. Remaining

humble through all of this,

Johnson said he is honored to

make the trip to Memphis and

receive the award. “43 Years out

there man this is a blessing and

so is my work with Fiesta”.

The Night of the Living

Legends Awards Dinner will

take place on August 3, 2011 at

the Historical Daisy Theater on

Beale Street Memphis,

Tennessee. For more informa-

tion on the Dinner please visit

www.jusbluesmusicfoundation.o

rg This is the 11th annual event

and the 16th overall and was

founded to honor African

American Blues and Soul music

artists and industry professionals

for their accomplishments. The

selection process includes fans,

peers, radio jocks and the inter-

net. They have picked a great

one. For more on Johnson visit

www.kingsizeview.com.

Thanks to Ernie’s manager

(King) Arthur Prayther of King

Arthur’s Productions in

Houston, Johnson has been

doing a series of Fiesta Black

History Celebration Tributes to

performers from the past. “I

truly believe King, that the Lord

left me here for that reason and

I’m looking forward to the next

one”. Having done tributes to

Johnnie Taylor, Otis Redding,

Wilson Pickett and Sam Cooke,

Ernie is ready for the 2012

Fiesta Black History

Celebration.


I attended a most interesting

civic forum last month organized

by Good Jobs Great Houston, is

described in a promotional flyer

for the event as a coalition of

community members and organi-

zations joined in the belief that

“everyone who works hard

should have an opportunity to

live their dream, not just strug-

gle to get by.” Despite the some-

what broad and vaguely worded

description of its mission, its

objectives smacked of a high

mindedness that resonated with

my “inner idealistic American”.

I had learned about the event

through my friend, Reverend

Ray Martin, who has been a

familiar and welcomed presence

at local civic meetings, rallies,

and functions for well over four

decades in his efforts to save

children from the streets, pro-

mote economic growth at the

grassroots level, and cultivate

unity in Houston, TX neighbor-

hoods. Joel Coon the communi-

cations coordinator for the group

is a man convinced of the neces-

sity of the task at hand. “Wall

Street, banks, and their corporate

allies lied to us. They took our

money and promised us jobs.

Now, their profits are larger than

ever, and they have given us

nothing in return.” he said. Coon

helps amplify the voices of those

willing to speak out, hence The

Speak Out Tour.

I arrived at the Shiloh

Missionary Baptist Church in

the historic fifth ward with little

thought to writing about the

evening's proceedings. I was

there, not as a writer or dispas-

sionate observer, but as a citizen

with grave concerns about the

messages we heed, and those we

ignore; convinced that the qual-

ity of our national life hangs in

the balance. As a retiree, I par-

ticularly wanted to know how

those without jobs, regular pay-

checks or steady income are far-

ing in this brutal economy, and

hear what they thought of the

quest for employment, the

despair of underemployment,

and the agony of unemployment.

Still, I had initially dismissed the

idea of writing about the

evening out of a concern that it

would read too much like a pre-

dictable mean spirited partisan

rant. And sure enough, the

speakers who rose from the

densely packed audience had

their stories of frustration and

anger. They were male, female,

White, Black, Latino; young and

old. I heard from students who

feared that their dreams of quali-

ty education were being under-

mined by pricey tuition fees, and

their hopes of good jobs had

been shipped overseas to the

lowest bidders. But what they all

shared was the hope that their

strong unified voices can lead to

the change needed to help make

life better for all of us. There

were no rambling tirades filled

with verbal poison, just people

come together in the belief that

their lifted voices mattered

enough to bring about change in

places of power. It was a posi-

tion reiterated by council mem-

ber Jarvis Johnson in his closing

remarks. Although I had little to

add to their inspiring and

poignant stories, I rose at the

urging of Reverend Ray, to give

my voice of support; to reassure

them that theirs is not a lonely

quest, because there are those of

us who share their belief that

despite flaws of interpretation,

and sometime failure of execu-

tion, the material that shrouds

our democratic republic is a fab-

ric woven with the moral belief

that shared sacrifice must come

from those with great wealth no

less than those who wash cars,

teach children, and put out fires.

There are those who pretend that

such talk is to engage in class

warfare. But the voices of the

powerful have not been silenced

or marginalized, that is the effort

directed at those who stagger

under the weight of economic

injustice. Good Jobs Great

Houston is an acknowledgement

that the political, philosophical

enterprise that is the United

States of America works best

when those who want to work

can find good paying jobs. It is a

good idea that equals a great

country.

TIME TO SPEAK OUT

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THIS YOU NEEDTO KNOWBy Paris Eley


After 46 years of coaching thelegendary Ray Seals is retiringfrom coaching. Seals born inSealy, Texas started for theTigers at running back leadinghis team all the way to the statechampionship. Ray then wentover to Prairie View A & M in1960 and led the Panthers toN AIA N ational titles in 1963and 1964 under the leadership ofthe late Billy N icks.

But it was in 1960 that Sealsmet the love of his life when hiscast his eyes upon JamesettaOdom a majorette from Orange,Texas. They married in 1964 andwent on to have three childrenRay Jr. in 1964, Rayetta Seals-Ashby in 1968 and Duawn Sealsin 1990. Drafted by the HoustonOilers in 1964 Ray was ready tocontinue his torrid pace of run-ning the football, but a kneeinjury cut short his pro career.In the mean time Seals was con-tinuing to educate himself afterhis BS at P.V. he went on to earn

his Masters from UH inEducation in 1974.

Starting his coaching career atAttucks and M.C. WilliamsMiddle Schools before movingover to Sam Houston, Seals wasa fast learner and moved up theladder. In 1983 he was given thehead coaching job at Milby andmade the Buffaloes respectable.When Bill Matysiak leftMadison in 1988 Seals trulyfound his place in history. Hehelped take the Marlins programto new heights but more impor-tantly helped to stabilize a toughcommunity. For the next 11years Seals continued to buildhis program and help the com-munity at the same time. Thencame 1999 when he lost his par-ents and his wife, but his lovefor helping people kept him onthe job. It was about that time akid named Vince Young cameover for Dick Dowling. I canrecall Seals telling me after see-ing Young for the first time.“King there is no telling howgood this kid can be if he workshard”. Young went on to takethe Marlins all the way to thestate semi-finals in 2001 and the

rest is history. Through it allRay never raised his voice buthe gets his point across.

With a record of 212-96 with 21playoff appearance Seals turnsover the Marlins to his ableassistant head coach PatReinecke.

After spending 23 years as thehead coach for the Marlins,Seals walked away with manyawards including the first everyDon Shula Award for the N FLHigh School Coach of the Year.

Seals won the Houston I.S.D.Coach of the Year 10 times andwho knows how many times hewas Coach of the Week. He wasinducted into the Texas HighSchool Coaches Hall of Fame in2005 and many other awards forhis outstanding work.

Even the politicians took a lik-ing to Ray as Mayor AnniseParker made it Ray Seals Dayand a proclamation came all theway from Mr. Barack Obamaand First Lady Michelle Obama.

Houston Texans owner BobMcN air also showed Seals somelove. The legendary Joe C. Tusathe longtime HISD AthleticDirector showed at the dinner.

We are certainly looking to seeCoach Seals at high schoolgames and he would be good forradio or TV broadcasts to haveas a guest. At any rate congratu-lations Coach Seals for a jobwell done!

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The Michael Vick “Change the

Game” football clinic was a big

success. Young quarterbacks

from around the Houston area

gathered to learn new skills,

drills, and meet Michael Vick.

They were extremely excited to

be at the clinic and truly elated

to meet such an outstanding

quarterback. Tyler Henderson

stated that “he couldn’t wait to

attend the clinic and that he

wanted to be an NFL quarter-

back just like Michael Vick”. He

added that his father was a quar-

terback and he wanted to be one

just like his father. Chris

Caldwell ex-football great at

Texas Southern University, stat-

ed that “this is just one the many

clinics that Michael Vick will

conduct in the city of Houston

and we hope to make it an annu-

al event”.


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Young quarterbacks waiting to participate in the Michael Vick “Change The Game Football Clinic

Bay-Bay Mc Clinton director of the Michael Vick “Change TheGame Football Clinic and the clinic’s security director

Corporal Mary Miller-Young

Tyler Henderson promisingyoung quarterback and

clinic participant

Michael Vick

Coaches, parents, and young quarterback waiting to register for theMichael Vick “Change the Game” Football Clinic

Saturday, August 27th vs. Yates Delmar 6:00 PM HomeFriday, September 2nd vs. West Columbia West Columbia 7:30 PM VisitorSaturday, September10th vs. Livingston Delmar 6:00 PM HomeFriday, September 16th vs. Cleveland Dyer 7:00 PM HomeSaturday, September 24th vs. Kashmere Delmar 6:00 PM HomeSeptember 29th ,30th Oct. 1st vs. OPENFriday, October 7th vs. Scarborough Delmar 7:00 PM VisitorFriday, October 14th vs. Jones Dyer 7:00 PM HomeThursday, October 20th vs. Wheatley Barnett 7:00 PM VisitorFriday, October 28th vs. Worthing Delmar 7:00 PM (Homecoming)Saturday, November 5th vs. Furr Barnett 1:00 PM Visitor

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Our KING-SIZE Mover and

Shaker for the month of July is

Kelly Paul Oubre Jr. Kelly

arrived in Houston shortly after

Katrina devastated New Orleans.

As an 8 year old young man he

had already earned a Black Belt

in Tae Kwon Do. When he

enrolled into Stafford

Elementary, he was without

friends and had very few rela-

tives. However, he would not

allow his change in address and

life circumstances interfere with

his goals of becoming a major

force in the AAU basketball

world.

While in New Orleans he played

for the Panthers Select team and

developed the fundamentals of

basketball that would take him

around the United States and

play on the prestigious Nike

Elite Youth Basketball Circuit.

Currently, he is the captain of

the Houston Hoops basketball

team and will return to Fort

Bend Bush High School in the

fall, where he has a G.P.A. of 3.5

in the Pre A.P. Program. In talk-

ing to his father, he stated that

“Kelly is a very humble young

man with a genuine love for his

family and basketball”. Mr.

Oubre added that “Kelly has

continued to excel inspite of the

abrupt transition 5 years ago. He

is very mature and one day

hopes to have a career in broad-

cast journalism”.

Kelly stated that “he has multi-

ple 30 plus point games in both

middle school and on the sum-

mer circuit”. His highest scoring

performances were a 42 point

outing as an 8 grader and a 37

point performance in a champi-

onship game. He added that “he

has received letters of interest

from North Carolina, Marquette,

University of Arizona, Virginia

Tech, Virginia, Northwestern,

Kanas University, Oregon State,

University of San Francisco,

the University of Illinois in

Chicago, and the University of

Colorado. His father is truly

proud of him and stated that “it

is a blessing to have a son is so

grounded and God fearing.

There were times that I leaned

on him for the strength, to deal

with our rocky transition”.

Kelly’s rapid growth physically

and uncanny ability to adjust to

change are the cornerstones that

makes him a “KING-SIZE

mover and shaker”.

I have interviewed many indi-

viduals for this particular article,

but this has to be one of the best.

To see a father and son who

have overcome such a great

tragedy and still have the

courage to fight on and become

all that they can be is extremely

rewarding to me. I look forward

to this year’s high school basket-

ball season and I know I will see

great things from Kelly Paul

Oubre Jr.


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A KING-SIZE MOVER AND SHAKER: KELLY PAUL OUBRE JR.By Dr. Victor Keys

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BIRMI�GHAM, Ala. - With

football season around the cor-

ner, several members of the

Prairie View A&M football pro-

gram ventured to Birmingham,

Alabama. for the Southwestern

Athletic Conference annual foot-

ball media day on Tuesday July

26, 2011.. Five players received

All-SWAC Honors with senior

defensive back Moses Ellis (Fort

Worth, Texas/Everman) named

the 2011 SWAC Preseason

Defensive Player of the Year. As

a team, the Panthers were picked

to finish third in the SWAC West.

Ellis’ selection marks

the second straight year the

Panthers had an individual

named the league’s top player as

former quarterback K.J. Black

earned the offensive honor in

2010. Last season, Ellis led the

nation (FCS) with eight intercep-

tions and broke up 14 passes with

two fumble recoveries.

Also joining Ellis on the

first team was offensive lineman

James Dekle (Fort Lauderdale,

Fla./Dillard). Dekle is a three-

year All-SWAC starter and per-

former at guard and will be

looked upon to anchor the offen-

sive line as the Panthers break in

a new offense this fall. Earning

second team honors were senior

offensive lineman Tim Tusey

(Houston, Texas/Booker T.

Washington), senior defensive

end Adrian Hamilton (Dallas,

Texas/Carter) and sophomore

linebacker Marcus White

(Houston, Texas/Jones).

Led by first-year head

coach Heishma Northern, the

Panthers return to campus on

August. 8 as they prepare for

their 2011 season opener in

Orlando, Fla. versus Bethune-

Cookman University on ESPN at

11 a.m. in the annual

MEAC/SWAC Challenge pre-

sented by Disney.

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It’s July and in college coaching

funicular, it’s the summer evalua-

tion and recruiting season. It’s

what they do during the summer,

between putting on camps them-

selves. It’s a hectic schedule, but

somebody’s got to do it. In order

for them to keep up, they’ve have

to get out there and see who the

next game changer is.

Makes you wonder if it’s all

worth it, because as a college

coach you’ve got stay on top of

your recruiting game. It’s a grind,

but they love it. Some are driving

from tournament to tournament,

some flying then renting a car to

get around. And lastly living out

of a hotel, some better than oth-

ers. And that depends on the

recruiting budget.

It’s always interesting checking

out the basketball coaches at

tournaments in late July, when

they’ve been on the road for 3 ½

weeks. The summer evaluation

period began July 6th and ends at

the AAU Nationals. Quite a few

have that dead man look in their

eyes. Watching talent that

they’ve already seen too many

times.

With it being July, there’s also a

lull in college sports. Football

hasn’t quite captured every-

body’s mind set yet. And there

are other college sports that are in

the process of preparing for their

first exhibition games, and (or)

scrimmages as early as Aug 19.

Yes there are other college sports

that will be competing during the

fall. Volleyball and Soccer are the

two college sports that compete

for attention during the fall

semester. Because they are con-

sidered Olympic (non-revenue)

sports they sometimes get forgot-

ten or over shadowed in the big

picture, because of football. Too

bad, because Houston has some

good winning Soccer (Men and

Women programs). And plus it’s

another scholarship that a kid can

qualify for here in the area. HBU

has the only Men Division 1

Soccer program, St. Thomas

offers a NAIA, while San Jacinto

College South Campus two year

program provides the other. All

the four year programs HBU,

UH, Rice and TSU offer Women

Soccer. Women Volleyball is

offered by all the college pro-

grams within the area. RICE and

TSU offered volleyball camps

during the early part of July.

With one year on the job TSU

Women Soccer Coach Tamura

Crowley-Marigny is putting the

TSU program on the right track.

Scheduling against competitively

non-conference teams that she’s

looking to her team prepare for

the SWAC. She talked about her

team’s performance and goals.

“We meet all of our ore-season

goals; we had more wins than

we’ve ever had in the programs

history. We got to the conference

tournament, and we also got sec-

ond in the division scheduling”.

She talked about signees and

returnees for this upcoming sea-

son. “ Satchel Mitchell, as a

returnee, will pretty much anchor

my defense, Angelica

Belford,was my second leading

goal scorer, along with Satchel

Mitchell. Then I have my leading

goal scorer a freshman from

Grand Prairie, Texas Jessica

Smith. She will pretty much be

the back up to score a lot of

goals with heads. With the

incoming freshmen, I’m looking

for Rebecca Haney to come in

and start in the goal. That was

one definitely…what I trying to

recruit, a quality goalkeeper. She

could come in and start at goal. I

also have Ashley Taylor, Miami,

FL. She will come in and anchor

the defense as well. I have a cou-

ple of good surprises up my

sleeve, with other freshmen, as

well as returnees that…will get

us where we need to be and that’s

to get first or second place in the

West…and to get into the tourna-

ment.” Their listed schedule

starts with a home opener with

North Texas, Aug 26. Then the

second game at home against

UTSA, Aug 30. Both games are

scheduled for 7:00 pm starts.

before they head out on the road

for a Sept 2 game against Central

Arkansas.

I also, had a chance to talk to

TSU Volleyball Coach Jocelyn

Adams; she offered some com-

ments about her program and her

volleyball camp along with how

the competitive nature, changed,

“SWAC volleyball has always

been competitive, I was here 10

years ago, it was competitive

then, and pretty soon Texas

Southern University will try to

bring that prominence back. The

talent level pool is better, the

girls work a little harder, and they

play a lot of club volleyball”.

She also mentioned, “that as the

sport become more popular, the

girls will get more competitive.

You want the competitive nature;

you want to bring that spirit into

collegiate volleyball, because

volleyball has come up.” TSU

Volleyball signed four freshmen,

have a competitive non-confer-

ence schedule to prepare them for

the SWAC Conference. Their

first scheduled game is a round

robin at Lamar University, in

Beaumont, Aug 26-27. Their first

home opener is Sept 6 against

Wiley College.

San Jacinto Junior College South

Campus had a pretty good week,

last week. The Men Soccer pro-

gram had one former player Dane

Richards to be inducted to the

NJCAA Soccer Hall of Fame.

And the other, Francisco Calvo,

got named to his country’s (Costa

Rica) National Team. Talking to

SJC Men Soccer Coach David

Santesteban, he was as proud as

can be of his former players.

Dane is now playing MLS for the

Red Bulls. On Dane getting

inducted he stated “…it was one

of those things where his had

come, since his time here he went

to Clemson, made it to a Final

Four, then drafted by the Red

Bulls, getting a name for himself.

He played real well in the Gold

Cup for Jamaica. He’s been play-

ing real for himself. I think it’s

time for him to receive this

award. The hope is that we’ll be

there in Phoenix with him when

receives it…it will be at the

NJCAA Championship

Tournament which will be in

Phoenix next year so, the hope is

to be out there with him.” On

Francisco Calvo, playing for the

Costa Rico National Team he

commented “a player we attained

out of Costa Rico, played here as

a freshman this past year, sum-

mer break went back to try and

get with the 20U’s. In the interim

through some other circum-

stances, got himself on the full

National Team…got a chance to

play against Argentine…some of

the best players in the world. He

was able to defend against them,

although his team didn’t do

well…the kid played great and

we’re happy for him. He’s going

to have a bright future as a pro.

This means for us we lose

him…be glad that you had a

chance to see him grow and rise

up. Being that he is also the

Athletic Director, we talked

about the new construction going

on the south end of the campus;

the bond that was passed a couple

of years ago, the planning, now

they are actually getting at it.

We’re getting a new Science

building and a student center.

We’ve got a promising future on

the horizon here at San Jacinto

College. It is now and will

always be one of the best places

to get your education”. Their

home opener will be Sept 9

against Lon Morris, 7PM.

There was also Softball Summer

Camp going on, at SJC South

Campus. As this was their last

camp of the summer, I was able

to catch San Jac Head Women

Softball Coach Kelly Saenz

before her time off begins. We

talked about program. “We’ve

got lots of interest every year. We

mainly focus on their success in

the classroom, as well as on the

field; making sure we develop

the whole person, not just the ath-

lete…teach them about responsi-

bility, time management skills,

dealing with people, things like

that…which will help them suc-

ceed at the next level. Where it is

now, what’s on the horizon for

San Jac. There’s a lot more select

teams now. This area is the soft-

ball are; you see a lot more teams

popping up, which are great.

Which makes my job easier; I

don’t have to go out of state,

because I get a lot of my kids

locally, roughly within 100 miles

or so. I’ve seen the talent level go

up, you can see the kids are big-

ger and stronger”. She comment-

ed on upcoming season. “We

were 40-21, broke a few offen-

sive records and a few pitching

records. We did really well but

didn’t finish as well we would

have liked finishing second in the

South (Region XIV). It was also

a success because all of our soph-

omores’ got offers.” She also

talked about the recent camp .

“We had camp in the morning for

girls that play 10 U and 12 U.

They were a little tired as the

week went on, but it was a lot of

fun. Then, in the afternoon, we’d

have the girls that play on the 16

U and 14 U, and again they did a

great job. We were able to switch

it up a little bit. We worked on

some advance stuff, and it was a

chance to see the up and coming

players."

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one, A KING-SIZE VIEW can be

found online at www.kingsize-

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The College Sports Reporter on

Twitter@aksvthecsr. Next month

starts the College Football Fall

previews. July 25-26, BIGXII;

WAC 27-28; C-USA July 31.

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As we continue our series on the

legendary Don Robey who built

an empire in the entertainment

industry with some of the best

acts in the world, we had a sit

down chat with long time pro-

moter Robert Turner of Able Ten

Inc. Sometime during 1958,

Robert Turner came to Houston

Texas from his upbringing in

Burban, Mississippi. Turner

who was street smart ran into

Robey and the two kind of hit it

off. “He was a business man

first and foremost and if he

asked for a service he was will-

ing to pay for it so there were no

problems”. Turner went on to

say he made it clear to Mr.

Robey he was not looking for a

job, but we helped with band

tours and things of that sort and

Robey paid him well for his

services. “The Promoters would

take Bobby Bland and other

from New York over to Kansas

City and we would pick them up

in El Paso and moved them

through the South like Houston,

Dallas, San Antonio and

Beaumont, then another promot-

er will take them on the west

coast and California”. Having

spent school in classes at TSU

during 1961-63 Turner learned

how to run a business and his

physiology classed helped him a

great deal. “You see a lot of

people go to college to graduate

and have degrees, but I went to

school to learn how to do what I

wanted to do in life”.

Workings with Robey sharpened

Turner’s skills and his education

played a role in their relation-

ship also. “King I’ve seen peo-

ple come to the Governor (Don

Robey) and say I have a song

for you and sometimes they only

wanted $15.00 or $20.00 for it

and he would sign a contract and

pay them what they asked for.

Rumor has it that many of

Robey’s Duke-Peacock Records

hits recording came from some

of those $20.00 songs. “The

man took care of business and

then if he said he would, you got

what he promised you, it was

that simple”.

As we talked more with Turner

we learned he made the most of

the opportunities put before him.

“I asked Mr. Robey could I man-

age Joe Hinton and he said yes

if he doesn’t have anyone else

managing him”. Later on in his

career Turner would go on to

manage such acts and the late

Buddy Ace, Albert Collins and

Johnny Copeland who won a

Grammy in 1986 for best blues

album. “Working with artists

was my forte plus I knew the

business having worked with

Robey over the years.

The media was another of

Turner’s strong points as he has

lifetime relationships with

KCOH’s Ralph Cooper, Don

Samuel and Paris Eley, who

once worked with CBS Records

in New York. “Those guys and I

go way back, King; they are

good people. Also having a

career promoting boxing, Turner

went to classes together with

Rev Ray Martin and gave the

PABA their only national golden

glove champion in Don Lee.

When asked what he remembers

the most about Robey, Turner

took a deep breath and said: “He

got me out of the Angleton,

Texas jail and made me promise

not to ever get in trouble again”.

Robert went on to say Robey

warned him about the street life

and told him if he got in trouble

again not to look his way.

“King I’m glad Robey knew

Buster Kern who was Harris

County Sheriff at the time and

believe me I haven’t been in

trouble since then”. Being in that

jail cell and having prison

guards talking about roughing

him up taught Turner a lesson he

never forgot. “Having been

exposed to a lot of things at an

early age I was able to learn

from those experiences and my

education played a big role for

me.

Two or three years after Don

Robey passed away, Robert

Tuner truly found what he want-

ed to do in life. In 1977 with

help from Booker Griffin, he

brought the concept of Ballroom

Boxing to Houston and had

dreams of making our city the

boxing capitol of the world. A

year later he put on the

Sportsman Ball for boxing pro-

moter legend Don King. For

years he brought boxing to

Houston’s Astro Arena and

worked with Don King

Productions for the 1983 Larry

Holmes-Randall “Tex” Cobb

fight and the Sugar Ray

Leonard-Kalula with Thomas

“Hit-man” Hearns on the under

card in the Astrodome a few

years later. Turner went on to

change the concept of boxing

from the dingy smoked filled

arenas to classic dinner like

Ballroom Boxing with a very

friendly atmosphere. It was a

new concept and Turner built his

name for Able Ten Inc, with it

and will go down in history as

one of the greatest promoters of

all times.

The thing we like about Turner

is during his event he was

always giving back to the com-

munity. Fact is that’s how

Turner and I met when we put

on a boxing-wresting show at

P.A.B.A. to help raise funds for

the MLK Center under the lead-

ership of the late Madge Bush.

The proceeds were split by

PABA and the Rev, Ray Martin

and Mrs. Bush for the King

Center. It marked the first and

only time the two centers

worked together on a fund raiser.

Tuner made it possible by allow-

ing his fighters to perform there

without charging us. That’s why

we at King Arthur’s Productions

will be forever grateful for

Turner for doing that because

that was our first event in 1981.

It seems like only yesterday but

it has been more than 30 years

since I went downtown to Mr.

Turner’s office and asked him to

allow me to use his fighters.

“When is your event and is that

all you need, my fighters will be

there”. That was all he said and

the PABA was packed and we

had to turn people away.

Turner is putting is skills to

work with Lone Star Idol- A

Texas Music Competition for up

and coming young talent. The

contest is scheduled for Sunday

September 18, 2011 Allen Event

Center in Allen Texas.

Contestants are asked to go to

Lone Star Idol.com to enter the

contest. The public is asked to

support their local contestants by

voting on line.


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