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INSIDE December 15, 2017 This paper can be recycled RAPPIN’ Tommy Wyatt TPA TEXAS PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Presorted Standard U.S. Postage Paid Austin, Texas Permit No. 01949 www.TheAustinVillager.com Vol. 45 No. 30 Phone: 512-476-0082 Email: [email protected] Lady Gaga’s “ Joanne World Tour” Hits A-Town By Naomi Richard VILLAGER Columnist Lady Gaga performs during her "Joanne" world tour in Vancouver, Canada. Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation. AUSTIN, TX - The Joanne World Tour fea- turing music superstar Lady Gaga sold out the Frank Erwin Center in Aus- tin, Texas on December 7 with fans waiting outside for hours to catch a glimpse of their idol. The crowd arrived ready to party wearing outrageous but amusing outfits like high platform shoes, fish- net stockings, aluminum foil outfits, assorted pink attire, big hair wigs, skimpy shorts made from lace and the list goes on. Austin showed up and and showed out for the world tour. Was it worth the wait? Every fan I spoke with shouted yes! Some proudly shared that they have followed her entire career and this would be their first time seeing her in person. With 30 million glo- bal album sales and 150 million single sales, Gaga is one of the best-selling musicians of all time. Her fifth studio album “Joanne” released in Octo- ber 2016 and debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, marking her 4th con- secutive #1 album - the first female to do so in this decade. Back when Gaga announced the album of the same name, she ex- plained that it was named after Joanne Germanotta, her late Aunt. Despite never having met her Aunt, Lady Gaga gives credit and due to Joanne as a guide, a motivator and a muse. As we sat in the arena patiently awaiting her ar- rival, a digital countdown appeared, causing the crowd to scream from ev- ery rafter… could it be, is it possible, we are about to see the one and only Gaga? When the clock struck 01:00:00 people rose and screamed until they saw her appear. She entertained her fans for hours with one encore performance, at one point in the concert saying, “Don’t call me Gaga, call me Joanne!” She thanked the crowd for buying a ticket to see her and remarked, “Someone called me on my telephone and I said, ‘It’s a sold-out crowd, I’m sort of busy. Who’s call- ing?’” She laughed out See WEEP, page 2 The extraordinary diplomatic career of the “little Elam girl” from Boston LINCOLN, Neb. (No- vember 2017)—In her new memoir Diversifying Diplomacy (Potomac Books, 2017), Ambassa- dor Harriet Lee Elam-Tho- mas shares the story of her life as a young black woman who distin- guished herself with a dip- lomatic career at a time when few colleagues looked like her. “[Diversifying Diplo- macy] is the timely narra- tive of an African Ameri- can woman weaned in black Boston on family pride and ambition, liber- ated through education, inspired by civil rights battles, and mentored to the top by fellow travelers and battle-scarred el- ders,” said Milton Coleman, retired senior editor of the Washington Post . “Hers is a great American story. It is fact, not fiction. It’s real.” Ambassador Elam- Thomas’s memoir is a firsthand account of her decades-long career in the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service, re- counting her experiences of making U.S. foreign policy, culture, and values understood abroad. Elam- Thomas served as a United States ambassador to Senegal (2000–2002) and retired with the rank of career minister after forty- two years as a diplomat. Kirkus Reviews called the book “an informative, behind-the-scenes look at one black woman’s rise through the ranks of the Foreign Service when few others like her were serv- ing as diplomats.” Diversifying Diplo- macy presents the journey of this successful woman, who not only found her- self confronted by some of the world’s heftier prob- lems but also helped en- sure that new shepherds of honesty and authentic- ity would follow in her in- ternational footsteps for generations to come. Book cover/Potomac Books It’s Official Keisha Lance Bottoms Wins Atlanta Mayoral Runoff by: Kate Brumback | Associated Press Atlanta mayoral candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms declares victory. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) ATLANTA (AP) — The vote tallies for the run- off election in the Atlanta mayoral race are offi- cial, but with a razor-thin margin remaining, the trailing candidate said Monday that she plans to ask for a recount. Election officials in Fulton and DeKalb coun- ties, which both include parts of Atlanta, certified their votes, which still have Keisha Lance Bottoms winning the race. Bottoms’ lead grew from 759 votes in unofficial tallies released last week to 832 votes in the certified results. That still amounts to less than 1 percent of the votes. The candidates have 48 hours from the certi- See GRUDGES, CORRUPTION, page 7 ACLU Announces Nationwide Campaign to Support Movement to End Money Bail NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union’s Campaign for Smart Justice is launching an initiative that focuses on bolstering the move- ment to end money bail and eliminate wealth- based pretrial detention. The initiative is a part of the campaign’s unprec- edented, nationwide, multi-year effort to reduce the U.S. jail and prison population by 50 percent and to combat racial dis- parities in the criminal jus- tice system by challenging the injustices that have helped make America the world’s largest incarcera- tor. ”It’s time to end our nation’s current system of cash bail that lets the size of your wallet determine whether you are granted freedom or stay locked up,” said Udi Ofer, director of the ACLU Campaign for Smart Justice. “This na- tionwide system of wealth-based incarcera- tion keeps people who have not been convicted of a crime in jail for weeks, months, and even years. See INITIATIVE, pg 7 Air Force Maj. Robert Lawrence Jr. receives full honors. See ANNIVERSARY Page 3 Dr. Jane Edmond launches leading edge eye institute. See DELL Page 2 Fifth generation Texan seeks to restore small town economy. See MANTEY Page 6 Can Texas become Blue again? All eyes across the country were on the election in Alabama Tuesday night where Democrat Doug Jones faced Republican Roy Moore to represent Alabama in the U. S Senate. NBC news projected Jones as the winner of an extraordinary election that resulted in Alabama voters sending a Democrat to the Senate for the first time since 1992. Jones, the first Democrat elected to the Senate in Alabama in more than two decades, could act as an example for Texas. Democrats in Texas seem to have given up on electing their members to high elective office on both the state and national level. As a result, there are very few Democrats holding high elective office. It appears that Democrats have given up the will to fight. Austin/Travis County is the surviving democratic strong hold in Texas. Each year millions of dollars leave Texas to support candidates in other areas of the country. At the same time, none of those political funds are being spent to elect Democrats in Texas. Why is the Doug Jones’ election important in Texas? His election shrunk the Republican Party’s Senate majority to just one seat. That could set a roadblock to President Donald Trump and the Republican Party’s legislative agenda as we head into the New Year. Maybe this election will shake up Democrats all over the country and give them the will to fight for what they believe. To do this, it will take a strong effort on the part of the Democratic leadership to mobilize the electric to return to the polls. There are many more Democrats than Republicans registered in Texas, who do not go to the polls because they do not believe that their candidates can win. 2018 could be the year that Texas could become Blue again. But, that will not happen if Democrats sit at home with that voter registration card in their purse or pocket. It is amazing what happens when we participate fully in the democratic process. We need to decide today that our New Year’s Resolution will be a commitment to participate fully in the democratic process. And we need to thank Alabama for the wake up call.
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RAPPIN’Tommy Wyatt
TPATEXASPUBLISHERSASSOCIATION
Presorted StandardU.S. Postage Paid
Austin, TexasPermit No. 01949
www.TheAustinVillager.com
Vol. 45 No. 30 Phone: 512-476-0082 Email: [email protected]
LadyGaga’s“JoanneWorldTour”Hits
A-TownBy Naomi Richard
VILLAGER Columnist
Lady Gaga performs during her "Joanne" world tour in Vancouver,Canada. Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation.
AUSTIN, TX - TheJoanne World Tour fea-turing music superstarLady Gaga sold out theFrank Erwin Center in Aus-tin, Texas on December 7with fans waiting outsidefor hours to catch aglimpse of their idol. Thecrowd arrived ready toparty wearing outrageousbut amusing outfits likehigh platform shoes, fish-net stockings, aluminumfoil outfits, assorted pinkattire, big hair wigs,skimpy shorts made fromlace and the list goes on.Austin showed up and
and showed out for theworld tour.
Was it worth thewait? Every fan I spokewith shouted yes! Someproudly shared that theyhave followed her entirecareer and this would betheir first time seeing herin person.
With 30 million glo-bal album sales and 150million single sales, Gaga isone of the best-sellingmusicians of all time. Herfifth studio album“Joanne” released in Octo-ber 2016 and debuted at#1 on the Billboard Top200, marking her 4th con-
secutive #1 album - thefirst female to do so in thisdecade. Back when Gagaannounced the album ofthe same name, she ex-plained that it was namedafter Joanne Germanotta,her late Aunt. Despitenever having met herAunt, Lady Gaga givescredit and due to Joanneas a guide, a motivator anda muse.
As we sat in the arenapatiently awaiting her ar-rival, a digital countdownappeared, causing thecrowd to scream from ev-ery rafter… could it be, isit possible, we are about to
see the one and onlyGaga? When the clockstruck 01:00:00 peoplerose and screamed untilthey saw her appear.
She entertained herfans for hours with oneencore performance, atone point in the concertsaying, “Don’t call meGaga, call me Joanne!”
She thanked thecrowd for buying a ticketto see her and remarked,“Someone called me onmy telephone and I said,‘It’s a sold-out crowd, I’msort of busy. Who’s call-ing?’” She laughed out
See WEEP, page 2
The extraordinary diplomaticcareer of the “little Elam
girl” from BostonLINCOLN, Neb. (No-
vember 2017)—In hernew memoir DiversifyingDiplomacy (PotomacBooks, 2017), Ambassa-dor Harriet Lee Elam-Tho-mas shares the story ofher life as a young blackwoman who distin-guished herself with a dip-lomatic career at a timewhen few colleagueslooked like her.
“[Diversifying Diplo-macy] is the timely narra-tive of an African Ameri-can woman weaned inblack Boston on familypride and ambition, liber-ated through education,inspired by civil rightsbattles, and mentored tothe top by fellow travelersand battle-scarred el-ders,” said MiltonColeman, retired senioreditor of the WashingtonPost. “Hers is a greatAmerican story. It is fact,not fiction. It’s real.”
Ambassador Elam-Thomas’s memoir is afirsthand account of herdecades-long career inthe U.S. Department ofState’s Foreign Service, re-counting her experiencesof making U.S. foreignpolicy, culture, and valuesunderstood abroad. Elam-
Thomas served as a UnitedStates ambassador toSenegal (2000–2002) andretired with the rank ofcareer minister after forty-two years as a diplomat.
Kirkus Reviews calledthe book “an informative,behind-the-scenes look atone black woman’s risethrough the ranks of theForeign Service when fewothers like her were serv-ing as diplomats.”
Diversifying Diplo-macy presents the journeyof this successful woman,who not only found her-self confronted by some ofthe world’s heftier prob-lems but also helped en-sure that new shepherdsof honesty and authentic-ity would follow in her in-ternational footsteps forgenerations to come.
Book cover/Potomac Books
It’s Official KeishaLance BottomsWins Atlanta
Mayoral Runoffby: Kate Brumback | Associated Press
Atlanta mayoral candidate Keisha LanceBottoms declares victory. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
ATLANTA (AP) — The vote tallies for the run-off election in the Atlanta mayoral race are offi-cial, but with a razor-thin margin remaining, thetrailing candidate said Monday that she plans toask for a recount.
Election officials in Fulton and DeKalb coun-ties, which both include parts of Atlanta, certifiedtheir votes, which still have Keisha Lance Bottomswinning the race. Bottoms’ lead grew from 759votes in unofficial tallies released last week to 832votes in the certified results. That still amounts toless than 1 percent of the votes.
The candidates have 48 hours from the certi-See GRUDGES, CORRUPTION, page 7
ACLUAnnouncesNationwideCampaign toSupportMovement toEnd Money Bail
NEW YORK — TheAmerican Civil LibertiesUnion’s Campaign forSmart Justice is launchingan initiative that focuseson bolstering the move-ment to end money bailand eliminate wealth-based pretrial detention.
The initiative is a partof the campaign’s unprec-edented, nationwide,multi-year effort to reducethe U.S. jail and prisonpopulation by 50 percentand to combat racial dis-parities in the criminal jus-tice system by challengingthe injustices that havehelped make America theworld’s largest incarcera-tor.
”It’s time to end ournation’s current system ofcash bail that lets the sizeof your wallet determinewhether you are grantedfreedom or stay lockedup,” said Udi Ofer, directorof the ACLU Campaign forSmart Justice. “This na-tionwide system ofwealth-based incarcera-tion keeps people whohave not been convictedof a crime in jail for weeks,months, and even years.See INITIATIVE, pg 7
Air Force Maj.Robert Lawrence Jr.receives full honors.See ANNIVERSARY
Page 3
Dr. Jane Edmondlaunches leading
edge eye institute.See DELLPage 2
Fifth generation Texanseeks to restore
small town economy.See MANTEY
Page 6
Can Texasbecome Blue
again? All eyes across the countrywere on the election inAlabama Tuesday night whereDemocrat Doug Jones facedRepublican Roy Moore torepresent Alabama in the U. SSenate. NBC news projectedJones as the winner of anextraordinary election thatresulted in Alabama voterssending a Democrat to theSenate for the first time since1992. Jones, the first Democratelected to the Senate inAlabama in more than twodecades, could act as anexample for Texas. Democratsin Texas seem to have given upon electing their members tohigh elective office on both thestate and national level. As aresult, there are very fewDemocrats holding highelective office. It appears that Democratshave given up the will to fight.Austin/Travis County is thesurviving democratic stronghold in Texas. Each yearmillions of dollars leave Texasto support candidates in otherareas of the country. At thesame time, none of thosepolitical funds are being spentto elect Democrats in Texas. Why is the Doug Jones’election important in Texas?His election shrunk theRepublican Party’s Senatemajority to just one seat. Thatcould set a roadblock toPresident Donald Trump andthe Republican Party’slegislative agenda as we headinto the New Year. Maybe this election willshake up Democrats all over thecountry and give them the willto fight for what they believe.To do this, it will take a strongeffort on the part of theDemocratic leadership tomobilize the electric to returnto the polls. There are manymore Democrats thanRepublicans registered inTexas, who do not go to thepolls because they do notbelieve that their candidates canwin. 2018 could be the year thatTexas could become Blueagain. But, that will not happenif Democrats sit at home withthat voter registration card intheir purse or pocket. It isamazing what happens whenwe participate fully in thedemocratic process. We needto decide today that our NewYear’s Resolution will be acommitment to participate fullyin the democratic process. Andwe need to thank Alabama forthe wake up call.
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loud and so did herfans.
Her voice and back-ground singers filled theair with chart-topping hitssuch as Diamond Heart,Joanne, Poker Face andJohn Wayne. Song aftersong… she kept deliveringthe concert of a lifetime,accompanied by a liveband, with male and fe-male dancers and intrigu-ing stage designs, somedescending from the ceil-ing.
In addition to thecarefully orchestratednight of entertainment, wewere able to see an in-sight into her as a person.Shortly before the concertin Austin, a close friendpassed away from breastcancer. Lady Gaga was
Gaga WeepsPlayingPiano
Gary Clark, Jr., a fellow guitarist attends theworld tour. Shown here performing at a 2016
private concert. Photo by Naomi Richard.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 noticeably in grief whendescribing the demise ofher friend. While speakingabout the loss, someone inthe crowd gave her anacrylic painting of she andthe friend. She cried andperformed a piano setwhile continuing to weep.
At the end of theshow, her fans threw mon-ster grams (fan letters) onthe stage, she opened oneand read it out loud,“You’re my hero. I sufferfrom chronic pain.” LadyGaga left the stage andasked security to take herto the author of the letter.They found the fan whoeven had a tattoo of theJoanne Album Cover! LadyGaga signed the tattoo,then returned to the stage.
If you like Lady Gaga,this is a must-see tour.
Jane EdmondReturns to UTAustin to Lead
Dell Med’sWong EyeInstitute
Dr. Jane Edmond
AUSTIN, TX - Dr. JaneEdmond, who graduatedfrom UT Austin to becomea national leader on eyehealth and ophthalmologyissues, will return to heralma mater to launch aleading-edge institute thatseeks to train new genera-tions of eye surgeons andprovide patients with thebest possible care.
Starting in January,Edmond will be the inaugu-ral director of the Mitcheland Shannon Wong Eye In-stitute, as well as chair ofthe Department of Oph-thalmology for the DellMedical School at The Uni-versity of Texas at Austin.She currently serves as aprofessor in the Depart-ment of Ophthalmologyand Pediatrics at BaylorCollege of Medicine inHouston. She is a nationalexpert in pediatric neuro-ophthalmology and cranio-facial disorders, and amember and leader in theAmerican Academy of Oph-thalmology, American As-sociation for Pediatric Oph-thalmology and Strabis-mus, and the AmericanBoard of Ophthalmology.
“This is a unique op-portunity to build an oph-thalmology departmentfrom the ground up — re-cruiting faculty who willprovide cutting edge carethat is truly patient-cen-tered,” Edmond said. “I’mexcited to share my pas-sion for education and re-search, develop collabora-tive ties with the physiciansand scientists at Dell MedSchool and UT Austin, andpartner with our strong lo-cal ophthalmology commu-nity to develop the depart-ment and future residencyprogram.”
Her vision is that Aus-tin-area patients will neverhave the need to be re-ferred outside the region
for subspecialty oph-thalmic care — and thatpatients from elsewherewill travel to Austin for thesignature care that will becreated here.
She also stressedthat the future faculty andophthalmology residencyprogram will improve carefor thousands of residentswho have low incomesand the least access tocare.
“We are thrilled towelcome Jane back to Aus-tin. She has a really inno-vative plan to work with thegreat ophthalmology com-munity to broaden accessand improve outcomes,”said Dr. Clay Johnston, in-augural dean of the DellMedical School. “She’s thebest possible person tolaunch a department and in-stitute that will becomemajor assets to the com-munity.”
The institute was cre-ated through a $20 mil-lion gift from the Wongfamily and is named forfather-and-son ophthal-mologists who are well-known physicians and phi-lanthropists in Austin.They established the in-stitute to create a legacy
in a city in which the fam-ily has lived since the1930s.
“The University ofTexas is a world-class in-stitution, and Austin is aworld-class city,” Dr. Shan-non Wong said. “It will beexciting to watch Dr.Edmond create a world-class eye institute here.”
Edmond emphasizedthat the institute will focuson creating connectionsand opportunities for col-laboration with communityphysicians.
“Dr. Edmond bringsthe sentient, emotionalintelligence of a pediatricclinician, the collaborativesensibility of a career aca-demician, and most impor-tantly, to me anyway, thepassion and grit of a trueTexan,” said Dr. ArmieHarper, a nationally recog-nized ophthalmologist atAustin Retina Associates.“Starting a department ofophthalmology fromscratch is a daunting pro-
cess, but I believe Dr.Edmond has all of the in-gredients required to pro-duce a robust, world-re-spected product.”
“Jane brings years ofteaching experience, lead-ership and expertise inpediatric neuro-ophthal-mology previously notavailable in CentralTexas,” said Dr. John W.Shore, founding partner ofTOC Eye and Face, a pre-miere practice specializingin facial, eyelid, and or-bital surgery. “Over theyears, many of us have re-ferred patients with com-plex problems to Jane atBaylor and TexasChildren’s Hospital. Hav-ing her in Austin — whereshe will build a world-classeye department, initiate anew ophthalmology resi-dency program, and forgerelationships with thosepracticing here — is agreat win for our commu-nity, our patients, and theUniversity of Texas.”
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December 27, 20178pm on ESPN Houston, TX
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Air Force Maj. Robert Lawrence Jr. Died in a F-104 Crash in 1967by: Marcia Dunn | AP Aerospace Writer
FILE – In this June 30, 1967 file photo, Maj. Robert H. Lawrence Jr., the first black astronaut in theU.S. space program, is introduced at a news conference in El Segundo, Calif. Lawrence was part of aclassified military space program in the 1960s called the Manned Orbiting Laboratory, meant to spyon the Soviet Union. He died before ever flying in space when his fighter jet crashed on Dec. 8, 1967.(AP Photo)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — America’sfirst Black astronaut, Air Force Maj. RobertLawrence Jr., finally got full honors Friday on the50th anniversary of his death.
Several hundred people gathered at KennedySpace Center to commemorate Lawrence, who al-most certainly would have gone on to fly in spacehad he not died in a plane crash on Dec. 8, 1967.
The crowd included NASA dignitaries, astro-nauts, fellow Omega Psi Phi fraternity members,schoolchildren, and relatives of Lawrence andother astronauts who have died in the line of duty.
Lawrence was part of a classified militaryspace program in the 1960s called the MannedOrbiting Laboratory, meant to spy on the SovietUnion. He died when his F-104 Starfighter crashedat Edwards Air Force Base in California. He was32.
Astronauts at Friday’s two-hour ceremonysaid Lawrence would have gone on to fly NASA’sspace shuttles and that, after his death, he inspiredall the African-American astronauts who followedhim.
Like Lawrence, Robert Crippen was part ofthe Air Force’s program. It was canceled in 1969without a single manned spaceflight, promptingCrippen and other astronauts to move on toNASA. Crippen was pilot of the first space shuttleflight in 1981.
With a doctoral degree in physical chemistry— a rarity among test pilots — Lawrence was
“definitely on the fast track,” Crippen said. Hegraduated from high school at age 16 and collegeat 20.
“He had a great future ahead of him if he hadnot been lost 50 years ago today,” Crippen said.
Lawrence paved the way for Guy Bluford,who became the first African-American in spacein 1983, Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African-Ameri-can woman in space in 1992, and Charles BoldenJr., a space shuttle commander who becameNASA’s first black administrator in 2009. Nextyear, the International Space Station is getting itsfirst African-American resident: NASA astronautJeanette Epps.
Another former African-American astronaut,Winston Scott, said his own shuttle rides into or-bit would not have happened if not for a trailblaz-ers like Lawrence. In tribute to Lawrence, a jazzlover, Scott and his jazz band serenaded the crowdwith “Fly Me to the Moon” and other tunes.
Lawrence’s sister, Barbara, a retired educa-tor, said he considered himself the luckiest manin the world for being able to combine the twothings he loved most: chemistry and flying.
Lawrence’s name was etched into the Astro-nauts Memorial Foundation’s Space Mirror atKennedy for the 30th anniversary of his death in1997, following a long bureaucratic struggle. Ittook years for the Air Force to recognize Lawrenceas an astronaut, given he’d never flown as highas the 1960s-required altitude of 50 miles.
The Space Mirror Memorial bears the namesof two other African-Americans: Ronald McNair,who died aboard space shuttle Challenger in 1986,and Michael Anderson, who died on shuttle Co-lumbia in 2003.
Marsalis Walton, 11, who drove from Tampawith his father, Sam, came away inspired. Hedreams of becoming an astronaut.
“It feels good that everyone has a chance todo anything,” the boy said.
Youth of TodayHope of Tomorrow
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Montrae NelsonFour Points M. S.
Erika LipscombManor M. S.
Plants vs Zombies 2
This week I got a newgame called Plants vs
Is that snow?Zombies 2. I like how theykept all the same charac-ters and added betterones. I dislike that now wehave to do quest and earnstars to get legendarycharacters.
One of my favoritethings so far playing thisgame, is that you can cre-ate machines to play in. Ialso like that they madenew arena that you play in.Lastly, I like that theymade these really coolteleporting machines.
It has been a whilesince the last time i've seen itsnow. This was very unsual,especially when the day be-fore was only a little chilly.Outside after a long time ofthe flakes dropping, all
you see is white tops ofcars, white roofs and plainroad. Instead of snuggling upin bed in the warmth watch-ing tv and drinking hot co-coa, I decided to go outside.You could feel the soft prickleof snow drop on your faceand crackle beneath yourfeet. It was a bit cold thatnight too, and I only had
The Big Dayhouse shoes, and light cloth-ing but no gloves. Whichwasn't a good idea becauseonce I had went outside, myfriend started throwingsnowballs at me. Shortly itbecame less of a snowballfight right after he made thishuge snowball and it hit mein the head which made medizzy and threw me off bal-ance. After some time, Iwent back inside retreatingthe battle and emptied mymouth full of snow. Then thesharp pain hits me. My fin-gers were freezing and be-cause I was using my barehands to throws snowballs,I guess I didn't realize thatthey went numb. They wereicey red on the bottom tipsand I could barely movethem. The pain was worth itthough, because you rarelyget weather like this in Aus-tin, so I highly took advan-tage of it. Now it really isstarting to build up myChristmas spirit!
Christmas break is notfar away and i can't wait tobe able to spend time andopen presents with my fam-ily and much more. Beforethe holidays began we havedistrict assessments start-ing December 5 to seewhere we are strugglingand how to make sure we
get the help we need.Assessments are not a
average test this is a 60question test and it is nojoke, once we're done thetest is ran through a ma-chine checking the answersand calculating the average.My school is in a competi-tion with Canyon RidgeMiddle school to see whichschool does the best andwhoever wins gets a bigprize.
Lastly, The cool thingabout this is that everyschool does not do this andits actually really cool thatthe school creates a greatlearning environment for usand by creating competi-tion with another schoolmakes it fun to do well.Thank you for reading.
SaNaya WhiteAnn Richards
Jada StoneKealing M. S.
Joshua MooreManor New Tech M.S.
Science Fair
I have stared sciencefair and it is going prettygreat so far for my first time.Science fair is when kidsmake projects and they cre-ate an observation aboutthat project which they arejudged on. The only badthing is that you can not justmake any random thing youwant,there are specificthings that you that youneeds extra paper work.There are stuff like bodyfluids, animals, workingwith partners, human in-volvement, weapons andmore. For most materials,
you have to wait until highschool to use for youproject.
Another hard thing todo is trying do somethingfor your project that some-one else has not done yet.What you could is use some-body else’s ideas and makeit your own. If your projectis really good you could goto regionals and if it is oneof the best you could go tofinals.
For my project I amdoing which cupcake frost-ing glows the longest in thedark,buttercream or regularfrosting? I picked to do thisfor my project because I likethings that glow in the darkand I love cupcakes so I justput them together and cre-ated a project about it. Thehard part is picking a projectto do not making theproject because there is alot a stress trying to pickwhat to do. Once you pickwhat you want to do it is justfun from there.Also it givesyou a break from doingwork in class. It turns outthat science fair is not thatbad.
Soldier Boy
I've recently com-pleted reading a bookcalled Soldier Boy by KeelyHutton. The book is a truestory about a young mannamed Ricky RichardAnywar, he was abductedin 1989 at the age of 14by Joseph Kony's rebelarmy in the Ugandan War.Ricky was forced to fightand complete task henever would havedreamed of completing.Ricky was brave and cou-rageous throughout thehardest times alongsidehis brother, Patrick, inKony's army. I really en-joyed the book. It was in-spirational, heartfelt, emo-
tional, and overall, a mov-ing story. I love that thebook was a true story be-cause that put more emo-tion and meaning to itwhile I read.
Honestly, this booktook me a LOT longer thanI expected, but it pushedme to become a strongerreader and opened up mychoices of preference onbook genres. I not onlyread the book, but I some-how felt connected to it.The more I read, the moreinteresting the book be-came, and the harder itwas for me to stop. I rec-ommend this book tothose who enjoy readingtouching stories as well asinspirational. After read-ing this book, I felt stron-ger at being able to pushforward, persevere, andover achieve in my goalsthroughout my day. Thecharacters in this booktaught me that braveryand courage are two reallyimportant things in our dayto day life. This book wasinspiring.
The next book on mylist, is Roll of Thunder,Hear My Cry by Mildred D.Taylor.
Season for Giving
This is the time of theyear for giving. That is ac-cording to the televisionand many people. Myseven year old sister doesnot understand. She didnot understand why wewould feed those peopleon Thanksgiving Day. TheYouth Brigade did that onThanksgiving Day. Shewanted to know who wasgoing to feed them thenext day.
I had to tell her that Ididn't know. I told her thatthe Television promotes itevery year. I want to tell herto just google it. Then Iremembered that she
could not read that well. Ihad to pass that onto ahigher authority. Thatmeant "Grandpa".
Before I did it thingsgot worst. My birthday wasDecember 1st. I received3 presents. She thoughthat it was not fair that shedid not receive anything.Someone need to explainto young kids why we evendo those things ("Thanks-giving" and "Christmas").She thinks its better to re-ceive and share some-times.
The reply my grandpagave didn't help. He saidhe gave up on Santa Clausway back in the 4th grade.He said his mother had alittle money but too manykids. My great grand-mother was broke. Thenhe said he grew up in theprojects (Booker T.) SantaClaus often missed manyof his friends house alsohe stated. He said some-time we went to schooland just made up thingabout what we received.Garcia's "Winter Concert"is the 15th of December.
Tyler AllenGus Garcia YMLA
Cedar Ridge Destroys Hendrickson
On Saturday, Decem-ber 9th, 2017, the CedarRidge Raiders faced theHendrickson Hawks in thefourth round of the play-offs. In the regular season,the Raiders defeated theHawks with a final scoreof 43-27. Going into thisplayoff game, not manyRaider fans were worriedabout the outcome due to
their prior success.The game started off
the same way every CedarRidge game did this sea-son. The Raiders scoredmultiple touchdowns inthe first half while the op-posing team struggled toget into the endzone. Thescore at halftime was 24-0 in Cedar Ridge’s favor.While the Raider fanswere growing louder bythe second, the Hawk fansseemed discouraged andutterly silent.
Entering the secondhalf, Hendrickson finallyscored off of a two-pointconversion. However, Ce-dar Ridge quickly scoredanother touchdown in re-sponse to make the score30-2. With neither teamscoring in the fourth quar-ter, the final score was 30-2, sending the CedarRidge Raiders to the fifthround of the playoffs.
Ira “T.J.” WilliamsCedar Ridge H. S.
Mattress Fundraiser
On Saturday Decem-ber 9th, at Manor High
Alyssa James WinnManor H.S.
school from 1pm through8pm was the first ManorHigh School MattressFundraiser. The fundraiserwas to help support thefine arts program and helpthem gain money for theprogram. The Manor finearts program performancesupport there programs.But Manor High School willdo this next year to con-tinue to support the pro-gram. We will have manymore fundraisers to sup-port us.
Kevin ParishHendrickson H. S.
Fats Waller
On May 21, 1904 Tho-mas Wright “Fats” Wallerwas born but on the 15 ofthis month it would be the74 year since he passed, so Idecided to write about himthis week. Thomas Wallerwas an American jazz pia-nist, organist, composer,singer, and comedic enter-tainer. Thomas was theyoungest out of 11 children.He started playing the pianowhen he was six and then
started to play the organ athis father’s church fouryears later. Waller went toDeWitt Clinton High Schoolfor one semester then leftschool to work as an organ-ist at the Lincoln Theater inHarlem, where he earned$32 a week. Within 12months he had composedhis first rag. Ragtime, whichstarted in 1865, is the beatof the music where you canhear, feel and even dancetoo. Waller made his re-cording debut in 1922 forOkeh Records and his firsthit song was “Squeeze Me”which came out that sameyear. From 1922 to 1935 hehad an amazing career win-ning 3 Grammy’s and got in-ducted into the GrammyHall of Fame. Waller con-tracted pneumonia anddied in December 15, 1943.
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Student Council Christmas Party
Quinn LangfordCedar Ridge H. S.
On Tuesday, Decem-ber 5th, the Student Coun-cil of Cedar Ridge HighSchool in Round Rockhosted its annual Christ-mas party. After the usualbusiness meeting, mem-bers of the organizationfellowshipped and ateholiday desserts andChick-fil-A while Christmasmusic played in the back-ground. At the end of theparty, there was a gift ex-change game. Everyonewho brought a present satin a circle and rolled a die
to determine whetherthey switched presentswith someone to theirright or left, stole a presentfrom anyone else in thegroup, or opened theircurrent present.
All of Tuesday,members of StudentCouncil wore our StudentCouncil shirts. Other stu-dents in the school couldsee just how many of usthere were-which is one ofthe reasons I like StudentCouncil; anyone can join,no matter what. Even ifyou’re not an elected of-ficer, you can still join andvote on important deci-sions. Because of this, wehave amassed a large, di-verse group with varyingtalents and aspirationsthat is a closely accuratereflection of the school asa whole. This year’s Christ-mas celebration was a suc-cess, and highlighted theimportance of an organi-zation like Student Coun-cil in a school.
Shopping Spree
Hello everyone! Mymom, grandma, and I ac-cidentally went on a shop-ping spree. It all happenedwhen we were about to goon the road down ParmerLane when we saw mygrandma pass by right be-fore our eyes. We calledher and found out she washeading to Bealls. Weagreed that we wouldmeet her there. We alsoended up going to Charm-ing Charlies and otherplaces. Now, I’m going totell the tale of my shop-ping spree.
First, lets write aboutmy time at Bealls. In thestore, I saw different out-fits fitted on mannequins.Trendy and stylish outfits,to be exact. I must admit,I’m not really into clothes,really. I’m into reading and
Kamryn MackKipp Leadership Elem.
Ruby GeorgeRiojas Elementary
writing, really. I kind ofplayed in the store too,running to my mom andgrandma like a mini mes-senger. Oh and, Bealls hada sale last Friday and Sat-urday. A good one too!Fifty percent off at themost. Like some pantsmight have been thirtydollars. But if it was fiftypercent off then the pricewould be fifteen dollars.Good prices!
Next stop is Charm-ing Charlies! It was a cuteshop I have to admit. It hadunicorn bags, a shiny back-pack, and cute littlediary’s. That shop had alittle bit of everything.From jewelry to diary’sthat shop was amazing!That is a good go-to spotfor cute accessories.Charming Charlies is thebest!
Last but not least, wewent to another store . Mymom found Christmasplates, a Christmas treeand tinsels, and stockings.. We came back decoratedmy house and now, I amofficially ready for Christ-mas. Well, that’s it for thisweeks article! See younext time! Thanks forreading! I really hope youenjoy my article!
Christmas Recital
In a couple of days, Iwill be performing with mydance group at our ownChristmas recital. It iscalled The Other Nut-cracker. It is not just differ-ent dances, there is also a
big story that goes with it.I am in the dances called:Oh Holy Night, Megatron,and Santa Claus Is ComingTo Town. My group is thetransformers, and we winthe battle against the rats.I really love Christmastime, so to add on to itwith a recital makes iteven more fun. The girlsthat are part of the com-petitive dance team, aregoing to have a Christmasparty/sleepover. Onsaturday, we are going tohave a big dressrehearsal.A lot of my fam-ily are going to come tothe show. You know, if youcome to, it might bring upyour holiday cheer!
Winter Orchestra Concert
On Thursday, Decem-ber 7th at 7:00, the CedarRidge High School orches-tra perfromed “HolidaySpirits: a winter OrchestraConcert,” accompanied bythe orchestras fromRidgeview and C.D. FulkesMiddle Schools. The con-cert took place at the newPerforming Arts Center(PAC) on the Cedar Ridgecampus. The show was di-rected by Ms. KaitlinRightler and each of thethree orchestra classesperformed three holidaythemed songs.
The first class to per-form, the Concert Orches-tra class, played A Christ-mas March and SilentNight, then played WeWish You a Merry Christ-mas with the 8th gradeorchestras. The nextsongs, Overture to Mes-siah, Have Yourself aMerry Little Christmas,and Waltz of the Flowersfrom The Nutcracker Suite,were played by the Phil-harmonic Orchestra. ZoeHill, a 9th grader in thePhilharmonic Orchestrawho plays the violin, toldme “we have been prepar-ing for this concert forabout two months” and
Cyrena MatingouCedar Ridge H. S.
that her favorite song wasOverture to Messiah be-cause it was their mostchallenging song. Miss Hillhas been playing her in-strument for four years;she started when she wasin 6th grade.
The final section wasplayed by the SymphonicOrchestra and they per-formed How the GrinchStole Christmas, O Mag-num, and Winter from TheFour Seasons, movement1, Allegro non molto. SofiaOrozco is a 10th grader inthe Symphonic Orchestra,the highest level of orches-tra at Cedar Ridge HighSchool. She says that oneon the challenges of beingin this orchestra class isthat “besides the music it-self being more challeng-ing, there are more expec-tations for us to performwell and represent CedarRidge Orchestra in a goodmanner.” Additionally,they have more beforeand after school rehears-als to make sure theirpieces are performanceready. Miss Orozco alsoexplained that, in her opin-ion, the hardest song intheir section was Winterby Vivaldi because “havingsuch a fast-paced song re-quired all of us to play to-gether and stay on tempowith our conductor so thatwe didn’t lag behind oursoloist.”
The snow that fell inRound Rock was a festivetouch that helped set themood of the recital, a won-derful experience forfriends and families of themusicians. Overall, it wasa great way to start theholiday season!
Writing a Myth
In English, we havebeen reading myths on theGreek gods. We were re-cently assigned a projectto create our own. Here ispart of mine:
Odella’s earliestmemory was running.Shedoesn’t remember whatshe was running from, butshe does remember tryingher best to move herbruised and scratchedlittle legs faster and faster.She could hear the growl-ing sound of an animal get-ting closer and closer. Itmust have been teasingher, because there is noway a girl that small wouldbe able to outrun any ani-mal. The growling soundswere getting closer andcloser, and just when she
thought her time was upshe saw an arrow wiz pasther, followed by whimper-ing sounds.She didn’t stoprunning though until sheheard a male voice callout. “Wait young one!”,heexclaimed.
That's when some-thing was triggered inOdellas memory, some-thing distant, somethingbefore she had metSudios.That woman on thewall standing above her inthe same woods she foundherself alone. Being in aroom while the woman onthe wall wiped away hertears.The woman on thewall telling her stories ofbrave knights and fairyprincess while Odelladrifted off to sleep. Shehad seen this woman be-fore! That woman couldn’tbe her mother, Sudios hadalways told her that hermother was a cruel andevil person that the wholecity despised, but therewere photos and paintingsof her everywhere! Odellasat down to take a breath.The woman on the wallcould that be the queen?The one Sudios wantedher to murder? It startedto seem like her whole lifewas falling apart.
Kennedy GeorgeWeiss High School
Youth Holiday Cookie PartySat December 16th @ 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
We are a nonprofit in Austin that helps thosein need and the homeless in the community. Weare always doing events that involve the commu-nity to be apart of making a difference in someone’slife. This holiday we would like you to bring thekiddos (teens welcomed) and we will bake cook-ies for those in the community who need a littlecheer this season.
We will distribute them on 12/23/17 at ourOperation Clean Clothes event. You may find outmore about us and our mission on our website:http://mission-accomplished.org/
19th Melanated Market Place:Winter Solstice Celebration
SaturdayDecember 16th
Starting at12:00 pm
1106 E 11th St.Austin, TX
Kenny DurahmsBackyard
Come celebrate and invite the first day of win-ter with us!
If you haven’t support a black and brown smallbusiness all year here is your chance! Real busi-nesses, entrepreneurs, and in the community.Come get your last minute gifts for yourself…andoh yea, your loved ones.
Plus you get to meet the artisans and the facesof where your money is going. From handmadebody products, jewelry, sweets, raw shae butter andblack soap, art, designer local clothing lines, andmuch much more! Free event, bring all the kids forthe kids corner arts and crafts, and some good eats!
Clothing, body products, spices and season-ing, bowties, crochet goods, jewelry, raw black soapand shae butter, books, art, Reiki and much muchmore!
B.Y.O.B. With DJ Urban Mello!
NEW ENRICHMENTPROGRAM FOR BLACK
GIRLS TRANSFORMS LIVES
Quintina Ricks
By Candace J. Semien (The Drum/NNPA Member)
At a time when manymessages for young girlsseem to be conflicting, Ba-ton Rouge teens are expe-riencing an influx of orga-nizations and programs de-signed to show them howamazing and powerfulthey are in the world. FromBlack Girls Rock on a na-tional scale to the localWomanhood101 initiativeand the“TransfHERmation” pro-gram, the brilliance of teengirls are being magnifiedand strengthened.
“I believe girls are aspecial gift from God andthey should be nurtured assuch,” said Quintina Ricks,founder ofTransfHERmation, an en-richment program for girls.For two years, more than20 girls have experienced
“TransfHERmation” at T.Simmons and Company inBaton Rouge where theydeveloped businesses, vi-sion and mission state-ments, brand names, andtaglines to reflect theirvalue system. These valueswere explored during ses-sions on gratitude, respect,public behavior, and rela-tionships.
The girls createdproducts for their busi-ness—most opting for cos-metics—using raw materi-als and scientific principlesto manufacture lipsticks,lip gloss, soap, andcandles. During an interac-tive, real-world stimula-tion, they took on adult re-sponsibilities and pur-chased homes, cars, insur-ance, and childcare ser-vices.
As part of their trans-formation experience, thegirls learned strategies toimprove and maintainhealthy diets, relation-ships, hygiene, and fi-nances.
TransfHERmation isRicks’ brainchild, whichshe started in 2014 as anexhilarating, multi-facetedsummer program that shedesigned to help girls im-prove their self-awareness,self-love, and self-worth.
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Dale ManteyAssembled Signature
Ballot Event
Friday, December 8, 2017, Daley Mantey who isrunning for the Congressional District 17th held a sig-nature ballot in Pflugerville. Moreover, this event wasmeant for him to secure enough signatures so that hisname gets on the ballot in Travis County. Not only wasit an opportunity to get signatures but, also an oppor-tunity to interact with the people living in Pflugerville.Moreover, Congressional District 17 covers parts ofNorth-East Austin and Pflugerville.
Dale Mantey decided to challenge the incumbentBill Flores because he believes there is a good opportu-nity for him to win. Dale Mantey decided to run for con-gress because he would like to bring back good payingmanufacturing jobs to the Central Texas area and alsoaddress the issues of healthcare. According to Dale,“Families are hurting in the small towns and the bigcities across central Texas. But, no one in WashingtonDC seems to be paying attention, including our currentRepresentative Bill Flores.”
Finally, Dale Mantey is a 4th generation Texan whowas born and raised in Milam County, Texas. Over theyears, Dale has seen some good paying blue collarsleaves Milam County and some parts of the district. Asa result, he decided to run for office which would allowhim to be a part of the solution.
According to Dale, “I come from a long line of Cen-tral Texas blue collar workers. Unfortunately, the goodpaying, hardworking jobs all depend on what we haveleft in our district. Families are hurting in the small townsand the big cities across central Texas. But, no one inWashington DC seems to be paying attention – includ-ing our current Representative Bill Flores. That’s whyDale has decided to run for congress and to serve thepeople of District 17, rather than special interest groupsand big money donors.”
Dale Mantey holds Signature Ballot Initiative.Photo by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon
by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon Villager Columnist
Pflugerville Launched Business Network Mixer
Sunday, December10, 2017, African Ameri-can and Hispanic smallbusinesses met under theplatform of the AfricanBusiness Network. Fromthe caking industry and re-tail to the nonprofit orga-nizations were all presentat the meeting. Accordingto the networking plat-form, there were a least 10business owners who metto find ways in which theycould work in order toboost their sales and out-reach.
Some of the busi-nesses present includedJulien Amon with AfricanDiaspora United; andnumber evolution. In addi-tion some of the nonprofitpresent included the fol-lowing: Copperfield YouthMinistry; the Royal HeartFoundation; and DiasporaVote. According to Mr.
Amon with the AfricanDiaspora United, “Thesetypes of events help smallbusinesses to connectwith each which increasesa better collaborationdown the road.
According to the or-ganizers, it was opportu-nity to bring nonprofits
and businesses togetherto network and also tolearn from each other. Oneof the participant wasOsas Ebomwonyi with“The Royal Heart Founda-tion” based in Pflugerville.According to Mr.Ebomwonyi” The RoyalHeart Foundation seeks to
bringing the royal treat-ment to families and kids;while having a holistic ap-proach of helping childrenin England, Nigeria, andIreland.” In addition, hestated that this event “al-lowed him to present andmarket his foundation tothe rest of participants.”
by Tsoke(Chuch) Adjavon
Villager Columnist
JohnBucy
AnnouncesRun forTexasHouse
District136
Pictured left to right: Theressa, Angela, Purcell and Osas.Photo by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon
John Bucy III held akick-off event in theheart of Texas HouseDistrict 136. In front offriends, family membersand fellow Democrats,John announced his in-tention to run for TexasHD 136 which runsthroughout WilliamsonCounty. Texas HD 136includes parts of North-west Austin, Cedar Parkand Leander. Moreover,
by Tsoke(Chuch) Adjavon
Villager Columnist
HD 136 was recentlycreated due to the explo-sion growth occurringin Williamson County.
John Bucy is a hus-band and businessowner. John foundedthe Texas Charter
School & Athleticleague, which has orga-nized competitiveleague serving bothcharter and publicschool. Moreover, JohnBucy has been involvedin local politics for a
very long time. Johnserved in the followingposition: Assistant Di-rector of Canvassing forTexas during the 2006elections; precinct cap-tain; delegate to the 2012State Party Convention;and also has volun-teered for numerouscampaigns.
John entered therace because he believesthat he can address theissues that make Texasa better State. Accordingto John, if elected hewould address the issueof education; fiscallyand environmentally re-sponsible transporta-tion; Water usage andconservation; womenhealth’s; AffordableHealth Care; and fiscallyenvironmental policies.According to John,“Texas should be Lead-ing the Way! We neednew leadership that willfight every day to makeTexas the greatest andmost competitive statein the nation so we canprovide the next genera-tion of Texans with thebest future possible.
John Bucy III
Doug Jones Winsin Stunning
Alabama Upsetby: Kim Chandler and Steve Peoples | The AP
MONTGOMERY, AL(AP) — In a stunning vic-tory aided by scandal,Democrat Doug Jones wonAlabama’s special Senateelection on Tuesday, beat-ing back history, an em-battled Republican oppo-nent and President DonaldTrump, who urgently en-dorsed GOP rebel RoyMoore despite a litany ofsexual misconduct allega-tions.
It was the first Demo-cratic Senate victory in aquarter-century in Ala-bama, one of the reddestof red states, and provedanew that party loyalty isanything but sure in theage of Trump. It was a ma-
jor embarrassment for thepresident and a freshwound for the nation’s al-ready divided RepublicanParty.
The victory by Jones,a former U.S. attorney bestknown for prosecutingtwo Ku Klux Klansmen re-sponsible forBirmingham’s infamous1963 church bombing,narrows the GOP advan-tage in the U.S. Senate to51-49. That imperils al-ready-uncertain Republi-can tax, budget and healthproposals and injects tre-mendous energy into theDemocratic Party’s earlypush to reclaim House andSenate majorities in 2018.
Still, many Washing-ton Republicans viewedthe defeat of Moore asperhaps the best outcomefor the party nationallydespite the short-termsting. The fiery Christianconservative’s positionshave alienated women,racial minorities, gays andMuslims — in addition tothe multiple allegationsthat he was guilty of sexualmisconduct with teens,one only 14, when he wasin his 30s.
A number of Repub-licans declined to supporthim, including Alabama’slong-serving Sen. RichardShelby. But Trump lent hisname and the nationalGOP’s resources toMoore’s campaign in re-cent days.
Had Moore won, theGOP would have beensaddled with a colleagueaccused of sordid conductas Republicans nationwidestruggle with Trump’s his-torically low popularity.
Senate leaders had prom-ised that Moore wouldhave faced an immediateethics investigation.
Jones takes over theseat previously held by At-torney General Jeff Ses-sions. The term expires inJanuary of 2021.
Republicans on Capi-tol Hill have expressedhopes of scheduling a voteon their tax legislation be-fore Jones is sworn in, butlawmakers are still strug-gling to devise a compro-mise bill to bridge the di-vide between the Houseand Senate legislation thatcan win majority supportin both chambers.
The Republican lossalso gives Democrats aclearer path to a Senatemajority in 2018 — albeita narrow one — in an elec-tion cycle where Demo-crats are far more optimis-tic about seizing control ofthe House of Representa-tives.
Ultimately, Tuesday’s
contest came down towhich side better moti-vated its supporters tovote. Alabama Secretaryof State John Merrill saidturnout likely would notexceed 25 percent of reg-istered voters.
Jones successfullyfought to cobble togetheran unlikely coalition of Af-rican-Americans, liberalwhites and moderate Re-publicans.
“This is an importanttime in Alabama’s history,and we feel very confidentwhere we are and howthis is going to turn out,”the Democrat said aftercasting his ballot Tuesday.
On the ground in Ala-bama on Tuesday, thosewho stood in line to casttheir ballots were far morefocused on the candidatesthan the broader politicalfallout.
Teresa Brown, a 53-year-old administrativeassistant, said she pre-ferred Jones, in part, be-
cause he would be betterpositioned to work acrossparty lines. “We don’tneed a pedophile inthere,” Brown added.
She was among morethan two dozen peoplequeued up in the chillymorning air at LegionField, a predominantlyblack precinct in Birming-ham, to cast their ballots.Al Bright, 63, who doesrefrigeration repair, saidhe voted for Moore.
“Regardless of the al-legations against him, Ibelieve he is an honorableman,” Bright said.
Mary Multrie, 69,who works in a children’shospital, disagreed.
“He’s not a truthfulman,” 69-year-old MaryMultrie said of Moore.Multrie wasn’t influencedby accusations of sexualmisconduct againstSeeCONSERVATIVE,page 8
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fication in eachcounty to request a re-count, and Norwoodtold reporters shewould likely do so Tues-day.
“It is absolutely im-perative that we take alook at every single bal-lot,” Norwood said.
Bottoms’ campaigndid not immediately re-turn an after-hours callseeking comment Mon-day.
The combined to-tals from the two coun-ties have Bottoms with46,667 votes, or 50.45percent, and Norwoodwith 45,835 votes, or49.55 percent. The totalnumber of votes castwas 92,502.
The official Fulton
County results showBottoms with 42,887votes, or 51.33 percent,and Norwood with40,668, or 48.67 percent.Norwood led in DeKalbCounty with 5,167votes, or 57.75 percent,versus 3,780 votes, or42.25 percent, for Bot-toms.
Election officials inboth counties said theycould probably have arecount done by the endof the week if Norwoodasks for one.
Norwood previ-ously ran for mayor in2009, when she lost toMayor Kasim Reed by714 votes. She requesteda recount in that race,but it only produced oneadditional vote for her.
Atlanta mayoral candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms declares victory duringan election-night watch party Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, in Atlanta. Atlanta’stwo-person mayoral runoff election is too close to call. Bottoms leads MaryNorwood by a margin of less than 1 percent, which is the threshold wherethe second-place finisher can request a recount under state law. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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A campaign marked by political grudges andallegations of corruption almost splits Atlanta
People lose theirfamilies, jobs, and homesas they wait for their caseto move through the sys-tem. Money should neverdecide a person’s free-dom, yet that’s exactlywhat happens every day incourts across the country.
The money bail sys-tem was originally de-signed to ensure thatpeople returned to courtas their case progressed. Ithas since transformed intoa system that targets thosewho cannot pay bail, im-pacting poor and middleclass households. BlackAmericans are subject topretrial detention at ahigher rate than whitearrestees with similarcharges and history.
Controlling for allother factors, pretrial de-tention is the greatest pre-dictor of a conviction. Onestudy showed that thenon-felony conviction ratejumps from 50 percent forpeople released pretrial to92 percent for those jailedpretrial. For felony cases,the rate jumps from 59percent to 85 percentwhen an accused person isjailed.
As a result of the cur-rent cash bail system, mil-lions of people are forcedto pay cash bail after theirarrest or face incarcera-tion before trial. This isdespite the fact that theyare presumed innocentand have not been con-victed of a crime. To avoidbeing locked up while their
cases go through thecourts, people who cannotafford bail must pay a non-refundable fee to a for-profit bail bonds companyto post the required bailamount.
According to a recentreport by Color of Changeand the ACLU Campaignfor Smart Justice, a smallnumber of insurance com-panies collect their cut ofnearly all the bail bondpremiums collected by bailagencies. Nine bail insur-ers each underwrite a bil-lion dollars in bonds tocover the vast majority ofthe estimated $14 billionin bonds posted by for-profit bail each year, yield-ing about $2 billion in in-dustry profits.
”The injustice ofwealth-based detentionkeeps thousands of peoplebehind bars on a daily ba-sis,” Ofer said. “On anygiven day in the UnitedStates, nearly 450,000people are sitting in jaileven though they have notbeen convicted of a crime— many because they aretoo poor to afford cashbail. It’s an unfair systemthat has an unequal im-pact on people based onboth wealth and race. Theonly ones benefitting fromthe current money bailsystem are bail industryprofiteers. It’s time to enda bail system that leads tothe incarceration ofpeople awaiting trial be-cause they’re too poor toafford bail.”
Many states have al-ready begun to addressthese issues with asmarter approach. In2017, New Jersey all butremoved money as a con-dition of release forpeople awaiting trial. In-stead of wealth, the NewJersey system now re-quires individualized androbust hearings to deter-mine why a person, whohas been accused but nothad the opportunity todefend themselves incourt, should not be al-lowed to return home tofight their case withoutcompletely disruptingtheir and their families’lives. Since New Jersey’sbail reform law took effecton January 1, 2017, thedaily population in New
Jersey’s jails has dropped17.2 percent and cash bailhas been imposed only 33times out of 33,400 defen-dants.
The ACLU Campaignfor Smart Justice is ex-panding its bail reform ef-forts both federally and atthe state level in this newinitiative, which not onlyprotects recent reformsbut also advocates for newor further reforms throughan integrated campaigneffort that includes tar-geted litigation, communi-cations, and legislative ad-vocacy. These efforts willinclude a “Bail Shark of theMonth” communicationsinitiative to highlight themultinational insurancecorporations driving thecash bail system.
The Dec. 5 runoffbetween the two citycouncil members splitAtlanta just about in halfafter a campaignmarked by politicalgrudges and allegationsof corruption, and aturnout of less than 20percent of the city’sroughly 500,000 resi-dents.
If Bottoms’ victoryholds through a re-count, she would beAtlanta’s sixth consecu-tive black mayor sinceMaynard Jackson waselected to the office in1973. An upset byNorwood would givethe city its first whitemayor in more than 40years and its first-everwhite, female mayor.
Several people con-fronted Fulton Countyelection officials atMonday’s meeting, say-ing members of the pub-lic were prevented fromobserving as votes werecounted after the pollsclosed on Dec. 5. Theysaid officers aggres-sively obstructed themand threatened them
with arrest.Fulton County elec-
tions Director RichardBarron said the tabula-tion happened in publicview and that the peoplewho claimed obstruc-tion were being disrup-tive.
The secretary ofstate’s office has openedan investigation intopublic access to votetabulation in FultonCounty, spokeswomanCandice Broce said. She
declined to release anydetails since the investi-gation is ongoing.
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Moore, she said, be-cause she already did notlike him. “He talks aboutGod, but you don’t seeGod in his actions.”
Moore, who largelyavoided public events inthe final weeks of therace and spent far lessmoney on advertisingthan his opponent, betbig — and lost — on thestate’s traditional Repub-lican leanings and thestrength of his passionateevangelical Christian sup-porters.
He sidestepped ques-tions about sexual miscon-duct as he arrived at hispolling place on horse-back.
Democrats were notsupposed to have a chancein Alabama, one of themost Republican-leaning
states in the nation. Trumpdefeated Democrat HillaryClinton here by nearly 28points just 13 months ago.Yet Moore had politicalbaggage that repelledsome moderate Republi-cans even before allega-tions of sexual misconductsurfaced.
Virtually the entireRepublican establishment,Trump included, sup-ported Moore’s primaryopponent, Sen. LutherStrange in September.Trump’s former chief strat-egist, Steve Bannon, wasone of the only early high-profile Moore backers.
Moore was removedfrom his position as stateSupreme Court chief jus-tice the first time after herefused to remove a boul-der-sized Ten Command-
ments monument at thestate court building. Thesecond time, he was per-manently suspended forurging state probatejudges to refuse marriagelicenses to same-sexcouples.
In his final pitch be-fore polls opened acrossthe state, Jones called thechoice a “crossroads” andasked that “decency” pre-vail.
“We’ve had this his-tory in the past, goingdown the road that … hasnot been productive,”Jones said. “We’ve laggedbehind in industry. We’velagged behind in educa-tion. We’ve lagged behindin health care. It’s time wetake the road that’s goingto get us on the path toprogress.”
Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Doug Jones greets supporters andvoters outside Bethal Baptist Church Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, in Birmingham, Ala. Jones is facing Republican Roy Moore. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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Trump, Moore & SouthernConservative Republicans
Suffer Stunning Defeat
Tina Turner Writing Sequelto Memoir ‘I, Tina’
by: The Associated Press
FILE – In this Oct. 17, 2017 file photo, musician Tina Turner poses duringa photo call to promote the launch of the musical “Tina”, in London. Turneris working on a sequel to her 1986 memoir “I, Tina,” Atria Books saidMonday. The new book is called “Tina Turner: My Love Story” and willcome out next October, timed to the singer’s 60th year in music. (Photo byVianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)
NEW YORK (AP)— Tina Turner is notdone telling herstory. The rock super-star is working on asequel to her 1986memoir “I, T ina,”Atria Books told TheAssociated Press onMonday. The newbook is called “TinaTurner: My LoveStory” and will come
out next October,timed to the singer’s60th year in music.
S e v e n t y- e i g htyear-old Turner says ina statement that shewill write about ev-erything from “findinglove” to surviving a“life-threatening ill-ness” she had neverdisclosed before.
Turner, who en-
dured a horrifyingmarriage to musicianIke Turner, marriedErwin Bach in 2013.She is known for suchhits as “Proud Mary”and “What’s Love GotTo Do With It,” thetitle of a 1993 biopicstarring AngelaBassett as Tina Turnerand LaurenceFishburne as Ike.
San Francisco Native BecomesCity’s 1st Black Woman Mayor
by: Paul Elias | Associated Press
Second MajorAmerican City
within 7 Days toGet a Black
Woman Mayor
San Francisco Board of Supervisors President andacting mayor London Breed, left, stands in frontof Supervisor Malia Cohen at a news conferenceat City Hall in San Francisco, Tuesday, Dec. 12,2017. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)— San Francisco native Lon-don Breed became thecity’s acting mayor Tuesdayfollowing the sudden deathof Mayor Ed Lee, and is thefirst African-Americanwoman to lead the city inthe midst of a seeminglyendless technology driveneconomic boom.
Breed, 43, is a lifelongSan Francisco resident whowas raised by her grand-mother in the city’s pre-dominantly Black andlower-income Western Ad-dition neighborhood, partof the same district she nowrepresents as a city super-visor. She said she and Leebonded over their sharedexperience of growing up inpublic housing.
Nationally, Breed’spolitical positions on is-sues like funding housingprojects for the homelessand support for marijuanalegalization are viewed assolidly liberal.
But within the insularpolitics of San Francisco,she has had to defend hercredentials from attacksfrom the left that she is amoderate and beholdento Brown, Lee and other
traditional Democrats.She will remain act-
ing mayor and board presi-dent of the supervisors un-less a majority of the 11-member board votes toappoint another person,city attorney DennisHerrera said. Herrera saidSan Francisco will nowvote for a mayor in June2018 rather than Novem-ber 2019 election that wasto take place at the end ofLee’s term.
She is not expectedto deviate from many cur-
rent city policies, thoughher brash, outspoken styleand her propensity tocurse may contrast sharplywith Lee’s consensus-building diplomacy andcorny jokes.
Breed spoke lastweek in defense of thecity’s so-called sanctuarycity policy, which was criti-cized by President DonaldTrump and others after acity jury acquitted a Mexi-can man of murder for the2015 shooting death ofKate Steinle.
