vol. xiii no. 123 printed in god we trust january 2011
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As we get into a new year we are getting more and more callers and
we have a couple of winners we need to pay off. Take a look at this
month’s photo and if you think you know the year, make and model
of the auto in the photo call (281) 999-4244. Please take your guess
and leave a name and phone number. If you are the first to guess
correctly you win! This month’s prize is $125.00 and $50.00 in gift
cards to shop at Fiesta. Pick up the phone and call now because you
could be our next winner!
A KING-SIZE VIEWVol. XIII No. 123 Printed in God We Trust January 2011
NAME THIS CAR
Sade’ And Sane’ PicquetWorthing Page 15
STUDENTS OF THE WEEK
Coach BarbaraJacket to be honored
(Page 5)
Jenzel NashWorthingPage 14
ATHLETEOF THE WEEK
2011 Toyota Tacoma (Page 2)
Coach Toyelle Wilsonof PV has
Lady Panthers Rolling(Pages 20-21)
The 16th Annual Fiesta Black History Celebration andFree Music Festival
Soul Legend Ernie Johnson Pays Tribute to Sam Cooke (Pages 5-7)
2011 Scion tC - Page 3
Ball wins over LaMarque - Page 17
TSU Women’s First SWAC Win - Pages 20-21
Mover and Shaker - Page 21
TSU Men’s Basketball - Pages 22-23
Stevie T - Page 26
The Way I See It - Page 26
Inside This Edition...
Getting into the 2011 model year
we are currently testing the new
Toyota Tacoma Double Cab 4 X
4 V6 and needless to say it came
in handy with all the rain we’ve
been having. This Tacoma is
powered by a 4.0 Liter DOHC
24V-VVT-I V6 engine that pro-
duces 236 horses and still man-
ages to get 16 miles per gallon
in the city and 20 miles per gal-
lon on the highway.
Trucks in this class have gotten
roomier and have a much better
ride than they did in the old
days. Let us start with the five-
speed automatic transmission
with four W demand part time
4X4 system with two speed elec-
tronically controlled transfer
case and automatic limited slip
differential. The suspension is
Coil Spring Double Wishbone
front and rear leaf spring suspen-
sion with staggered out-board-
mounted gas shock absorbers.
Variable assist power rack and
pinion steering add to the han-
dling pleasures of the new
Tacoma Double Cab. Power-
assist front disc and rear drum
brakes brings this baby to a
smooth and safe stop. All this
rolls to the pavement on P
245/75R 16 tires circulation
around a 16 inch Styled steel
wheel.
Over the years vehicles in the
small truck class are much safer
as well. That’s another strong
point for the new Toyota Tacoma
with Toyota’s Star Safety System
with Vehicle stability control,
traction control and anti-locking
brakes with brake force distribu-
tion and electronic brake distri-
bution. All this adds up to Smart
Stop Technology. Throw in fea-
tures likes driver and front pas-
senger air bag system and seat
mounted side and side curtain
airbags. There are side impact
beams in all four doors of this
truck making for safe cabin for
all passengers.
Styling has grown with the new
Tacoma with argent grille
insert/surround, black door han-
dles and mirrors plus front and
rear bumpers, LED tail lamps
along with SMC inner bed with
steel outer panels’ storage. Rails
caps and removable tail gate
continues to impress. The new
deck rail system with four
adjustment tie down cleats
allows you to secure your valu-
able loads.
Once you are inside the new
Tacoma you get the feeling you
are in a luxury vehicle. Mainly
due to the carlike dash setup and
cloth bucket seats with pass
fold-flat features and driver seat
lumber support. The tilt/tele-
scopic steering wheel allows the
driver to get comfortable for
long trips
A 60/40 split rear bench seat
with adjustable head rest makes
the trip better for back seat rid-
ers.
Sound comes from an eight-
speaker system with AM/FM/CD
with MPS/WMA playback with
auxiliary audio jack.
The extra value package brings
the price of our test vehicle over
$31,000. That includes a set of
B.F. Goodrich P 265/70R16 tires
and engine skid plates for those
who want to go off road.
Let us not forget this also brings
in Bluetooth and XM radio and
many others features.
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BehindThe WheelWith THE KING
(Arthur Prayther)
TOYOTA TACOMA DOUBLE CAB
1422 Saddle Rock Drive
Houston, Texas 77088-1844
Phone (281) 999-4244
Fax (281) 999-4244
(King) Arthur Prayther………Publisher (CEO)
Big John Chandler…………………. Columnist
Ryan McGinty………...……………..Columnist
Dr. Victor Keys………….....Staff Photographer
Andre Odums...…………….Staff Photographer
Audrey Reese………………..…………Graphics
Layout and Make-Up
by Arthur Prayther II
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The 2011 Toyota Tacoma Double Car 4 X 4 V6
FIESTA PRESENTS THE 16TH ANNUALBLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION
A FREE MUSIC FESTIVAL!ERNIE JOHNSON PAYS TRIBUTE TO SAM COOKE
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 201112:30 PM – 6:00 PM AT FIESTA STORE
12355 SOUTH MAIN - HOUSTON, TEXAS 77035
In these days of tough economic
times it is comforting to know
that Scion is offering a very well
equipped vehicle for less than
$20,000. Yes I’m referring to
the new 2011 Scion tC 3-door
lift back. For starters the new
Scion is powered by a 2.5 Liter
V4 DOHC 16 Valve dual VVT-I
180 horse power engine. Yet it
cranks out 23 miles per gallon in
the city and 31 miles per gallon
on the highway. This engine
mated to a six-speed sequential
automatic transmission with
smooth shifting and automatic
stick available. The handling is
enhanced by electric power
steering and ventilated front and
solid rear disc brakes. The inde-
pendent Macpherson strut front
suspension and double wishbone
rear suspension balanced per-
fectly by 18 inch alloy wheels,
wrapped by P225/45R 18 inch
performing tires.
Over the years Toyota Motor
Sales has always been able to
make smaller automobiles with
such good quality and the Scion
division is proof of that fact.
Safety is a big on such a small
vehicle again with Toyota’s Star
Safety system; Vehicle stability
Control, Traction Control, anti-
lock brakes with electronic
brake distribution as well as
brake assist and smart stop tech-
nology. Driver and front passen-
ger air bags as well as seat
mounted side air bags and even
knee bags and passengers side
curtain. Let us not forget the
driver and front passenger active
headrests. You know these fea-
tures are commonly found on
much more expensive luxury
automobiles.
Keeping the price down and still
providing good looks and quali-
ty has been at a premium for this
product line. The exterior com-
plete with Panoramic Glass
Moon roof with power tilt/slide,
color-keyed power outside mir-
rors with LED turn signal indi-
cators puts the Scion in the
upper class. Again we are talk-
ing about features found on big
SUVs and full-size luxury vehi-
cles.
Inside you are treated to a good
quality well-rounded instrument
cluster as well as sport bucket
seats up front. Such features as
power windows with driver side
auto down and power door locks
goes well with remote keyless
entry with engine immobilizer.
Sure it has A/C and cruise con-
trol and low and behold it has
Pioneer 300 Watt AM/FM/CD
with eight speakers Aux, and
USB port with iPod connective-
ly. Don’t forget we are talking
about less than $20,000. A
Leather-trimmed tilt/telescopic
three-spoke steering wheel with
audio controls, plus multi-infor-
mation display and a digital
clock rounds out the dash fea-
tures.
In closing please allow me to
add a 60/40 Split Reclining
Fold-Fit rear seat and Scion
throws in a full tank of gas.
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The 2011 Scion tC three-door lift back
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In Association with King
Arthur’s Productions, Fiesta will
pay tribute to the late great Sam
Cooke. On Saturday February
19, 2011 at the South Main
Store, Fiesta will hold its 16th
Annual Black History
Celebration and Free Music
Festival. The program will last
from 12.30-until 6.00PM on the
store parking lot just east of the
Power Center.
Fun and game for the kids as
well as rides and free give-a-
ways all day long so bring the
entire family and remember it’s
FREE!
The main attraction will be Soul
and Blues Legend Ernie Johnson
and his 10 piece Hot and Steamy
band performing several of Sam
Cooke’s greatest hits. The
brother of the late Sam Cooke
(L.C. Cooke) will be here from
Chicago and join in the celebra-
tion. We spoke with Johnson
who lives in Dallas about the
upcoming event. “King we are
certainly excited about coming
to Houston again and to do a
tribute to Sam and talking with
L.C. the other day is just great”.
With 43 years of performing
under his belt Johnson went on
to say he feels blessed to still be
here. “When I’m singing one of
the great ones songs I thank god
for blessing me and keeping me
here all this time and I love per-
forming in Houston”.
In addition to Johnson fans will
be entertained by the Zydeco
Legend Little Guyland Leday.
Guyland has a new CD called
“Teaching The Young” it’s done
with the legendary Goldman
Thibodeaux featuring a more
tradition Zydeco flavor.
The multi-talented Tee Jee
Hooker-Taylor will be down
from Kansas City, Missouri
doing some tunes of his late
father Johnnie Taylor as well as
melody of his new hits.
On the Gospel side tradition
great World Renown Lady
Beatrice Ward and the Angelic
Voices will be there. Plus we
also have the exciting new group
Connections featuring brother
Kareem Jackson.
This year will be a first for the
lovely and talented Houston’s
own Shonnie Murrell, a
Sharpstown and Grambling State
University graduate. Wait until
next edition we’ll have a full
story on Shonnie and the rest of
the lineup for the 2011 Show.
The 2011 Fiesta Lifetime
Achievement Award goes the
legendary Coach Ms. Barbara
Jacket. Yes the same great
woman that went on to become
the first African American to
coach the U.S. Olympic team
and won 23 SWAC titles and 8
National titles during her out-
standing career!
Speaking of Prairie View
University in addition to our
Studewood Cobras Cheerleaders,
we have secured the P.V. Black
Foxes. Yes we did mean to say
the P.V. Black Foxes live and in
living color.
Mark it on your calendar that’s
Saturday February 19, 2011
from 12:30 PM until 6:00 PM
and it’s FREE. For more infor-
mation listen to Don Samuel,
Tommy D. Armstrong and
Stevie Good Time T on KCOH
AM 1430 and the Crown Prince
on Saturday afternoon on KHSN
99.9 FM.
Ernie Johnson excited about hisreturn to Houston to pay tribute
to the late Sam Cooke
FIESTA TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE LATE SAM COOKEBy King Arthur Prayther
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The world-renown Lady Beatrice Ward and the Angelic Voices
Little Guyland Leday is headed back to Houston in February
Former SharpstownHomecoming Queen Shonnie
Murrell scheduled to perform atFiesta Black History
Celebration
The P.V. Black Foxes to perform at Black History Event
The exciting gospel greats Connections
T.J. Hooker-Taylor making theshow from K.C. Missouri
The late great Sam Cooke
The legendary Barbara Jacketto be honored
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Everyone in the whole wide
world has heard or taken a liking
to one of Sam Cooke’s songs.
During the period from 1957 to
1964 Cooke recorded more than
300 songs and 29 of those songs
made the top 40 list. My mind
goes back to my upbringing in
Mer Rouge, Louisiana. It was
the summer of 1965 and my
brother Charlie and I had
mowed a few lawns and had
enough money to go to town on
Saturday Night. By that time
Sam’s mega hit “Another
Saturday Night” was hot on the
charts as well as several other
tunes. Because barely turning
13, I certainly didn’t have any
one and having made $1.25 that
day you couldn’t tell me I didn’t
have money. At the time I actu-
ally thought I’d have two chicks
swinging on my little skinny
arms. That was not the case, but
never the less I still enjoyed
hearing the song blasting from
the old Seabird at Wilbert’s
Café. Those days will never
come again, but it sure is great
reminiscing about them.
The Sam Cooke Story
Born in Clarksdale, Mississippi
on January 22, 1931 Sam Cook
one of eight children to the
union of Annie Mae and
Revered Charles Cook a Baptist
minister. The family moved to
Chicago, Illinois two years later
and thus Sam attended Wendell
Phillips Academy High School,
the same school the late great
Nate “King” Cole had attended a
few years earlier.
Starting out with his family
members singing in a group
called “The Singing Children
and later as the lead singer of
the Highway QCs in his teen
years. Cook, who added the (e)
to his last name, went on to
replace the tenor singer R. H.
Harris with the outstanding
gospel group The Soul Stirrers.
Cooke took the group to new
level and they were signed by
Specialty Records and recorded
the hits “Peace in the valley”,
“How far am I from Canaan”,
“Jesus Paid the debt” and “One
more River”...all quality gospel
songs.
Gaining popularity as the
months went by, Cooke moved
to cross over into pop music and
recorded a song (Loveable) in
1956 under the name of Dale
Cooke. But thanks to a very dis-
tinctive voice people realized it
was him and that didn’t sit too
well with the gospel community.
The head of Specialty Records
gave Cooke permission to start
working on some secular music,
but became displeased when he
found out it wasn’t kind of
music their other artist (Little
Richard) was doing. So Cooke
and his producer Bumps
Blackwell left the label and
Cooke begin to do his own
thing.
Things took a turn for the better
for Sam in 1957 when he
appeared on the ABC’s Guy
Mitchell Show and later in the
same year he signed with Keen
Records. His first was the
Immortal “You Send Me” with
the B side a reworked version of
George Gershwin’s
“Summertime”, which spent six
weeks at # 1 on the Billboard R
& B chart. The song also had
mainstream success spending
three week at # 1 on the
Billboard Pop charts.
Needless to say Sam Cooke, a
little guy was Clarksdale,
Mississippi had started on one of
the world’s most famous seven-
year stints in musical history.
Taking advantage of his success
Cooke began working even
harder at his craft. In 1961 he
started his own label (SAR) with
J. W. Alexander and Roy Crain.
The label soon added such
groups as The Simms Twins,
Billy Crystal, The Valentinos,
and a couple of soon to be
famous acts in Bobby Womack
and Johnnie Taylor.
That wasn’t all! Sam Cooke
would go on to create a publish-
ing imprint and management
firm and left Keen to go to RCA
Victor. At RCA his first hit was
“Chain Gang” reaching number
2 in the billboard pop charts and
he followed that with more hits
including “Sad Mood”, “Bring it
on home to me” (with Lou
Rawls on back vocals), “Another
Saturday Night” and “Twisting
the Night away”: all super hits
and songs we are still listening
to today. During this hot string
Sam Cooke would go on to have
29 top 40 hits and recorded
more than 300 songs mostly sin-
gles. In 1963 he recorded a
blues-inflected LP “Night Beat”
and his most critically studio
album “Ain’t That Good News”
featured five singles in 1964. At
points during this time Sam
Cooke would sleep only four
hours a night and spent a great
deal of time in the studio work-
ing on his perfession.
Becoming one of the first black
performer and composer to man-
age and operate the business
side of his musical career. Sam
Cooke also took an active part in
the Civil Rights Movement!
On December 11, 1964 while
sitting on top of the world at the
tender age of 33 Sam Cooke’s
life came to an abrupt end when
he was shot to death at the
Hacienda Motel in Los Angeles
California. Conflicting reports
about a woman who had spent
time with him early in the night
and the hotel manager who
claimed Cooke (who was not
known as a violent person)
attacked her. The family and
friends as well as fans of Sam
Cooke never bought the women
stories, but the L. A. Police did
and the case was ruled as justifi-
able homicide and closed.
Mourners lined up for more than
4 city blocks as the funeral serv-
ices were held for Cooke in
Chicago and he was buried in
Forest Lawn Park Cemetery in
Glendale, California.
SAM COOKE TOUCHED THE WORLD IN 7 YEARSBy King Arthur Prayther
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The legendary Sam Cooke touched the world in seven years
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Cooke’s memories will live for-
ever and many artist world-wide
are offering version of some of
Cooke’s work. Shortly after his
death, upstart Motown released
“We Remember Sam Cooke”, a
collection of his tunes recorded
by The Supremes. Two of
Cooke’s songs “Bring it on
Home to me” and “A Change
Gonna Come” were both fea-
tured in the movie Ali. John
Mellencamp song “Ain’t Even
done with the Night” has Sam
Cooke singing on the radio. R.
Kelly performed the “A Change
Gonna Come’ during his
September 2009 “Ladies Make
Some Noise Tour” in New York
City. The same song was used
in Spike Lee’s film Malcolm X
and James Taylor did a version
of the song in The West Wing.
The late rapper Tupac Shakur
made reference to Cooke in his
hit song “Thugz Mansion”. Nas
makes reference to him in “We
Major” with Kanye West. In The
Roots song “Stay Cool”, the
emcee suggests “I got the soul
of a young Sam Cooke”. Even
Canadian Punk Rock groups like
The Riptides pay homage to
Cooke in Change Gonna Come.
The band Night Beats claimed to
have borrowed their name from
Cooke’s album Night Beat. Even
UK great Rod Stewart once told
VH1 he use lock himself in a
room and listen to Sam Cooke’s
vocal phrases.
Cooke was inducted as a charter
member in the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in 1986. In 1999
Cooke was honored with the
Grammy’s Lifetime
Achievement Award and Rolling
Stone ranked him #16 on their
list of the “100 Greatest Artist of
All-Times. In 2008 Cooke was
named fourth “Greatest Singer
of All-times by Rolling Stone.
Some 46 years later fans all over
the world celebrated what would
have been Cooke’s 80th birthday
on January 22, 2011. In talking
with his brother L.C. Cooke who
lives in Chicago today we
learned the family never
believed the Hotel people stories
and never will. But they have
satisfaction in knowing in just
seven years Sam Cooke record-
ed over 300 songs and 29 of
those made the top 40 list. He
has since gone down in the
industry as one of the world’s
finest composers, song writers
and soul singers. Cooke paved
the way for the likes of the late
great Johnnie Taylor and Otis
Redding, plus Aretha Franklin
and many other soul singers.
L.C. Cooke is coming to
Houston to be the honor guest at
the Fiesta Black History
Celebration Free Music Festival.
Ernie Johnson pays tribute to
Sam Cooke to climate an after-
noon of music, fun and games
on Saturday February 19, 2011
from 12.30 PM until 6.00PM.
L.C. had his share of time in the
limelight teaming up with the
Doo Wop band Johnny Keyes
and the Magnificents for a cou-
ple of years and then doing his
thing from a solo stand point.
In closing we want to add please
come out to the show and meet
L.C. Cooke. We know you will
enjoy it. Plus there’s all the fun
and games for the whole family
along with some great singing.
And it’s all FREE!
SAM COOKE TOUCHED THE WORLD IN 7 YEARS
Sam Cooke with Jackie WilsonSam Cooke in studio with Ali
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Dear reader it is again a blessingto be able to share with yousome scriptural TRUTHS, John17:17. Remember, the purposeof these articles is to seek theTRUTH according to THEWORD, thereby exposingERROR. We believe this is bestdone by definitions and the pre-ponderance of scriptures; whichis having superior weight, force,importance, or influence ofscripture. Again we believe thisallows SCRIPTURE to INTER-PRET scripture, thereby allow-ing a better understanding onthat topic. We also believe,according to scripture, it is ofthe MOST importance to knowthe WILL of GOD, throughChrist and his apostles: “Matt17:4 Then answered Peter, andsaid unto Jesus, Lord, it is goodfor us to be here: if thou wilt, letus make here three tabernacles;one for thee, and one for Moses,and one for Elias. 5 While heyet spake, behold, a brightcloud overshadowed them: andbehold a voice out of the cloud,which said, This is my belovedSon, in whom I am well pleased;hear ye him.” “Matt 28:18And Jesus came and spake untothem, saying, All power isgiven unto me in heaven and inearth. 19 Go ye therefore, andteach all nations, baptizingthem in the name of the Father,and of the Son, and of the HolyGhost: 20 Teaching them toobserve all things whatsoever Ihave commanded you: and, lo, Iam with you alway, even untothe end of the world. Amen.”“John 17:18 As thou hast sentme into the world, even so haveI also sent them into the world.19 And for their sakes I sanctifymyself, that they also might besanctified through the truth. 20Neither pray I for these alone,but for them also which shallbelieve on me through theirword; 21 That they all may beone; as thou, Father, art in me,and I in thee, that they also maybe one in us: that the world maybelieve that thou hast sent me.22 And the glory which thougavest me I have given them;that they may be one, even aswe are one:” “Acts 2:41 Thenthey that gladly received hisword were baptized: and thesame day there were added untothem about three thousand souls.42 And they continued stedfast-ly in the apostles’ doctrine andfellowship, and in breaking ofbread, and in prayers.” “ Eph5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awakethou that sleepest, and arise fromthe dead, and Christ shall givethee light. 15 See then that yewalk (1)circumspectly, not asfools, but as wise, 16Redeeming the time, because thedays are evil. 17 Wherefore beye not unwise, but understandingwhat the will of the Lordis”..Definition:(1)circumspectly
199 akribos (ak-ree-boce’);adverb from the same as 196;exactly, accurately: KJV— cir-cumspectly, diligently, perfect (-ly). “Eph 3:1 For this cause IPaul, the prisoner of Jesus Christfor you Gentiles, 2 If ye haveheard of the dispensation of thegrace of God which is given meto you-ward: 3 How that byrevelation he made known untome the mystery; (as I wroteafore in few words, 4 Whereby,when ye read, ye may under-stand my knowledge in the mys-tery of Christ) 5 Which in otherages was not made known untothe sons of men, as it is nowrevealed unto his holy apostlesand prophets by the Spirit;” “2Pet 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 apostlesof the Lord and Saviour:” “I Jn4:5 They are of the world:therefore speak they of theworld, and the world heareththem. 6 We are of God: he thatknoweth God heareth us; hethat is not of God heareth notus. Hereby know we the spirit oftruth, and the spirit of error.”“Jude 1:17 But, beloved,remember ye the words whichwere spoken before of the apos-tles of our Lord Jesus Christ;”
According to scripture justknowing and or believing is notenough, the BLESSING comeswith the will to SUFFER toOBEY, thereby CEASING fromSIN: “Rom 10:16 But theyhave not all obeyed the gospel.For Esaias saith, Lord, who hathbelieved our report? 17 So thenfaith cometh by hearing, andhearing by the word of God.”“Phil 1:29 For unto you it isgiven in the behalf of Christ, notonly to believe on him, but alsoto suffer for his sake; 30 Havingthe same conflict which ye sawin me, and now hear to be inme.” “Heb 3:19 So we see thatthey could not enter in becauseof unbelief.” “Heb 4:1 Let ustherefore fear, lest, a promisebeing left us of entering into hisrest, any of you should seem tocome short of it. 2 For unto uswas the gospel preached, as wellas unto them: but the wordpreached did not profit them, notbeing (1)mixed with faith inthem that heardit”…Definition:(1)mixed withfaith-4786 sugkerannumi(soong-ker-an’-noo-mee); from4862 and 2767; to commingle,i.e.(figuratively) to combine orassimilate: KJV— mix with,temper together.
James 1:21 Wherefore lay apartall filthiness and superfluity of
naughtiness, and receive withmeekness the engrafted word,which is able to save your souls.22 But be ye doers of theword, and not hearers only,deceiving your own selves. 23For if any be a hearer of theword, and not a doer, he is likeunto a man beholding his naturalface in a glass: 24 For hebeholdeth himself, and goeth hisway, and straightway forgettethwhat manner of man he was. 25But whoso looketh into the per-fect law of liberty, and contin-ueth therein, he being not a for-getful hearer, but a doer of thework, this man shall be blessedin his deed. James 2:17 Evenso faith, if it hath not works, isdead, being alone. 18 Yea, aman may say, Thou hast faith,and I have works: shew me thyfaith without thy works, and Iwill shew thee my faith by myworks. 19 Thou believest thatthere is one God; thou doestwell: the devils also believe, andtremble. 20 But wilt thou know,O vain man, that faith withoutworks is dead? 1 Pet 4:1Forasmuch then as Christ hathsuffered for us in the flesh, armyourselves likewise with thesame mind: for he that hath suf-fered in the flesh hath ceasedfrom sin; 2 That he no longershould live the rest of his time inthe flesh to the lusts of men, butto the will of God. 3 For thetime past of our life may sufficeus to have wrought the will ofthe Gentiles, when we walked inlasciviousness, lusts, excess ofwine, revellings, banquetings,and abominable idolatries: 4Wherein they think it strangethat ye run not with them to thesame excess of riot, speakingevil of you:
We MUST NOT forget when weDONOT receive his WORDSgladly, that is, chooses not tohear and or OBEY, we REJECTHIM and the same WORD willJUDGE us in that LAST DAY.Not only do we REJECT him bynot RECEIVING and OBEY-ING his WORD, we also rejectSALVATION through GRACE!Note what the apostle Paul said;Acts 20:29 For I know this, thatafter my departing shall grievouswolves enter in among you, notsparing the flock. 30 Also ofyour own selves shall men arise,speaking perverse things, todraw away disciples after them.31 Therefore watch, andremember, that by the space ofthree years I ceased not to warnevery one night and day withtears. 32 And now, brethren, Icommend you to God, and tothe word of his grace, which isable to build you up, and to giveyou an inheritance among all(1)them which are sancti-fied.(KJV)
Definition:(1)all them which
are sanctified-37 hagiazo (hag-ee-ad’-zo); from 40; to makeholy, i.e. 2) to separate from pro-fane things and to dedicate toGod, to dedicate people to God3) to purify c) to purify internal-ly by a renewing of the soul:KJV— hallow, be holy, sanctify.(See also renewing; Rom. 12:1-2)
The Lesson: He That RejectethMe, and Receiveth �ot MyWords
John 12:44 Jesus cried andsaid, He that believeth on me,believeth not on me, but on himthat sent me. 45 And he thatseeth me seeth him that sent me.46 I am come a light into theworld, that whosoever believethon me should not abide in dark-ness. 47 And if any man hearmy words, and believe not, Ijudge him not: for I came not tojudge the world, but to save theworld. 48 He that rejecteth me,and receiveth not my words,hath one that judgeth him: theword that I have spoken, thesame shall judge him in thelast day. 49 For I have not spo-ken of myself; but the Fatherwhich sent me, he gave me acommandment, what I shouldsay, and what I should speak. 50And I know that his command-ment is life everlasting: whatso-ever I speak therefore, even asthe Father said unto me, so Ispeak. (KJV)
John 12:48 (1)He thatrejecteth me, and (2)receivethnot my (3)words, hath one thatjudgeth him: (4)the word that Ihave spoken, the same shall(5)judge him in the last day.(KJV)
Definitions:1)He that rejecteth me-114atheteo (ath-et-eh’-o); from acompound of 1 (as a negativeparticle) and a derivative of5087; to set aside, i.e. (by impli-cation) to disesteem, neutralizeor violate, 1) to do away with, todisregard, to nullify, to makevoid, to frustrate 3) to reject, torefuse, to slight: KJV— cast off,despise, disannul, frustrate, bringto nought, reject.
(2)receiveth not-2983 lambano-1) to take a) to take with thehand, to lay hold of, any personor thing in order to use it 1) totake up a thing to be carried 2)to take upon oneself 1) to admit,to receive 2) to receive what isoffered 3) not to refuse or reject
(3)my words-4487 rhema(hray’-mah); from 4483; anutterance (individually, collec-tively or specifically); by impli-cation, a matter or topic (espe-cially of narration, command ordispute); with a negative naughtwhatever: KJV— + evil, + noth-ing, saying, word.
(4)the word that I have spoken-3056 logos (log’-os); from3004; something said (includingthe thought); by implication atopic (subject of discourse); byextension, a computation; specif-ically (with the article in John)the Divine Expression (i.e.Christ): KJV— account, preach-ing, question, reason, + reckon,remove, say (-ing), shew, Xspeaker, speech, talk, thing, ,utterance, word, work.
(5) the same shall judge him-2919 krino (kree’-no); properly,to distinguish, i.e. decide (men-tally or judicially); by implica-tion, to try, condemn, punish, 1)to separate, to put asunder, topick out, to select, to choose:KJV— avenge, conclude, con-demn, damn, decree, determine.
John 12:48 ... rejecteth me,(KJV)
Deut 18:19 And it shall cometo pass, that whosoever will nothearken unto my words whichhe shall speak in my name, Iwill require it of him. 20 Butthe prophet, which shall presumeto speak a word in my name,which I have not commandedhim to speak, or that shall speakin the name of other gods, eventhat prophet shall die. 21 And ifthou say in thine heart, Howshall we know the word whichthe LORD hath not spoken? 22When a prophet speaketh in thename of the LORD, if the thingfollow not, nor come to pass,that is the thing which theLORD hath not spoken, but theprophet hath spoken it (1)pre-sumptuously: thou shalt not be(2)afraid of him. (KJV)
Definitions:(1)presumptuously-2087 zad-own (zaw-done’);from 2102;arrogance: KJV— presumptu-ously, pride, proud (man).
(2) shalt not be afraid of him -1481 guwr (goor); to sojourn(as a guest); also to shrink, fear:KJV— abide, assemble, beafraid, dwell, fear, gather(together), inhabitant, remain,sojourn, stand in awe.
1 Sam 8:7 And the LORD saidunto Samuel, Hearken unto thevoice of the people in all thatthey say unto thee: for they havenot rejected thee, but they haverejected me, that I should notreign over them.
Isa 53:1 Who hath believed ourreport? and to whom is the armof the LORD revealed? 2 Forhe shall grow up before him as atender plant, and as a root out ofa dry ground: he hath no formnor comeliness; and when weshall see him, there is no beautythat we should desire him.
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3 He is despised and rejected ofmen; a man of sorrows, andacquainted with grief: and wehid as it were our faces fromhim; he was despised, and weesteemed him not. (KJV)
Matt 21:42 Jesus saith untothem, Did ye never read in thescriptures, The stone which thebuilders rejected, the same isbecome the head of the corner:this is the Lord’s doing, and it ismarvellous in our eyes? 43Therefore say I unto you, Thekingdom of God shall be takenfrom you, and given to a nationbringing forth the fruits thereof.44 And whosoever shall fall onthis stone shall be broken: buton whomsoever it shall fall, itwill grind him to powder. (KJV)
Mark 8:31 And he began toteach them, that the Son of manmust suffer many things, and berejected of the elders, and of thechief priests, and scribes, and bekilled, and after three days riseagain. 32 And he spake thatsaying openly. And Peter tookhim, and began to rebuke him.33 But when he had turnedabout and looked on his disci-ples, he rebuked Peter, saying,Get thee behind me, Satan: for(1)thou savourest not the thingsthat be of God, but the thingsthat be of men. 34 And whenhe had called the people untohim with his disciples also, hesaid unto them, Whosoever willcome after me, let him denyhimself, and take up his cross,and follow me. 35 For whoso-ever will save his life shall loseit; but whosoever shall lose hislife for my sake and thegospel’s, the same shall save it.(KJV)
Definition: (1)thou savourestnot-5426 phroneo (fron-eh’-o);from 5424; to exercise the mind,i.e. entertain or have a sentimentor opinion; by implication, to be(mentally) disposed (more orless earnestly in a certain direc-tion); intensively, to interest one-self in (with concern or obedi-ence): KJV— set the affectionon, be like-, + be of the same,regard, savour, think.
Luke 9:22 Saying, The Son ofman must suffer many things,and be rejected of the elders andchief priests and scribes, and beslain, and be raised the third day.23 And he said to them all, Ifany man will come after me,(1)let him deny himself, andtake up his (2)cross daily, andfollow me. 24 For whosoeverwill save his life shall lose it:but whosoever will lose his lifefor my sake, the same shall saveit. 25 For what is a man advan-taged, if he gain the wholeworld, and lose himself, or becast away? 26 For whosoevershall be ashamed of me and of
my words, of him shall the Sonof man be ashamed, when heshall come in his own glory, andin his Father’s, and of the holyangels. (KJV)
Definitions:(1)let him deny himself -720arneomai (ar-neh’-om-ahee);perhaps from 1 (as a negativeparticle) and the middle voice of4483; to contradict, i.e. disavow,reject, abnegate, a) to disregardone’s own interests or to provefalse to himself b) to act entirelyunlike himself : KJV— deny,refuse.
(2) take up his cross daily-4716stauros (stow-ros’); from thebase of 2476; figuratively, expo-sure to death, i.e. self-denial; byimplication, the atonement ofChrist: KJV— cross.
Luke 10:16 He that heareth youheareth me; and he thatdespiseth you despiseth me; andhe that despiseth me despisethhim that sent me. (KJV)
Luke 17:24 For as the light-ning, that lighteneth out of theone part under heaven, shinethunto the other part under heav-en; so shall also the Son of manbe in his day. 25 But first musthe suffer many things, and berejected of this generation. 26And as it was in the days ofNoe, so shall it be also in thedays of the Son of man. 27They did eat, they drank, theymarried wives, they were givenin marriage, until the day thatNoe entered into the ark, and theflood came, and destroyed themall. 28 Likewise also as it wasin the days of Lot; they did eat,they drank, they bought, theysold, they planted, they builded;29 But the same day that Lotwent out of Sodom it rained fireand brimstone from heaven, anddestroyed them all. 30 Eventhus shall it be in the daywhen the Son of man isrevealed. (KJV)
John 12:25 (1)He that lovethhis life shall lose it; and (2)hethat hateth his life in this worldshall keep it unto life eternal. 26If any man serve me, let him fol-low me; and where I am, thereshall also my servant be: if anyman serve me, him will myFather honour.(KJV)
Definitions:(1)He that loveth his life shalllose it-5368 phileo-1) to love a)to approve of b) to like c) tosanction d) to treat affectionatelyor kindly, to welcome, tobefriend 2) to show signs oflove; to kiss 3) to be fond ofdoing; to be accustomed to, usedto doing (something)
(2)he that hateth his life in thisworld shall keep it unto life eter-
nal-3404 miseo (mis-eh’-o);from a primary misos (hatred);to detest (especially to perse-cute); by extension, to love less:KJV— hate (-ful).
Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore,and be converted, that your sinsmay be blotted out, when thetimes of refreshing shall comefrom the presence of the Lord;20 And he shall send JesusChrist, which before waspreached unto you: 21 Whomthe heaven must receive until thetimes of restitution of all things,which God hath spoken by themouth of all his holy prophetssince the world began. 22 ForMoses truly said unto thefathers, A prophet shall the Lordyour God raise up unto you ofyour brethren, like unto me; himshall ye hear in all things what-soever he shall say unto you. 23And it shall come to pass, thatevery soul, which will not hearthat prophet, shall be destroyedfrom among the people. (KJV)
Heb 2:1 Therefore we ought togive the more earnest heed tothe things which we have heard,lest at any time we should letthem slip. 2 For if the wordspoken by angels was stedfast,and every transgression and dis-obedience received a just recom-pence of reward; 3 How shallwe escape, if we neglect sogreat salvation; which at the firstbegan to be spoken by the Lord,and was confirmed unto us bythem that heard him; (KJV)
Heb 10:26 For if we sin wilful-ly after that we have receivedthe knowledge of the truth,there remaineth no more sacri-fice for sins, 27 But a certainfearful looking for of judgmentand fiery indignation, whichshall devour the adversaries. 28He that despised Moses’ lawdied without mercy under two orthree witnesses: 29 Of howmuch sorer punishment, supposeye, shall he be thought worthy,who hath trodden under foot theSon of God, and hath countedthe blood of the covenant,wherewith he was sanctified, anunholy thing, and hath donedespite unto the Spirit ofgrace? 30 For we know himthat hath said, Vengeancebelongeth unto me, I will recom-pense, saith the Lord. And again,The Lord shall judge his peo-ple. 31 It is a fearful thing tofall into the hands of the livingGod. (KJV)
Heb 12:23 To the generalassembly and church of the first-born, which are written in heav-en, and to God the Judge of all,and to the spirits of just menmade perfect, 24 And to Jesusthe mediator of the newcovenant, and to the blood ofsprinkling, that speaketh better
things than that of Abel. 25 Seethat ye refuse not him thatspeaketh. For if they escapednot who refused him that spakeon earth, much more shall notwe escape, if we turn away fromhim that speaketh from heaven:26 Whose voice then shook theearth: but now he hath promised,saying, Yet once more I shakenot the earth only, but also heav-en.27 And this word, Yet oncemore, signifieth the removing ofthose things that are shaken, asof things that are made, thatthose things which cannot beshaken may remain. 28Wherefore we receiving a king-dom which cannot be moved, letus have grace, whereby we mayserve God acceptably with rev-erence and godly fear: 29 Forour God is a consuming fire.(KJV)
John 12:48 ... the word that Ihave spoken, (KJV)
Prov 2:1 My son, if thou wiltreceive my words, and hide mycommandments with thee; 2 Sothat thou incline thine ear untowisdom, and apply thine heart tounderstanding; 3 Yea, if thoucriest after knowledge, andliftest up thy voice for under-standing; 4 If thou seekest heras silver, and searchest for her asfor hid treasures; 5 Then shaltthou understand the fear of theLORD, and find the knowledgeof God. 6 For the LORD givethwisdom: out of his mouthcometh knowledge and under-standing.(KJV)
Matt 22:29 Jesus answered andsaid unto them, (1)Ye do err,not (2)knowing the scriptures,nor the power of God.(KJV)
Definitions:(1)Ye do err-4105 planao(plan-ah’-o); from 4106; to(properly, cause to) roam (fromsafety, truth, or virtue), 1) tocause to stray, to lead astray, tolead aside from the right way, togo astray, to wander, to roamabout 2) metaphorically: a) tolead away from the truth, to leadinto error, to deceive b) to be ledinto error c) to be led aside fromthe path of virtue, to go astray,to sin d) to sever or fall awayfrom the truth; used of hereticse) to be led away into error andsin: KJV— go astray, deceive,err, seduce, wander, be out ofthe way.
(2) NOT knowing-1492 eido oroida-1) to see c) to perceive,notice, discern, discover 1) thatis, to turn the eyes, the mind, theattention to anything 2) to payattention, to observe 4) toinspect, to examine b) to know,that is, to get knowledge of, tounderstand, to perceive
Mark 16:14 Afterward heappeared unto the eleven as theysat at meat, and upbraided themwith their unbelief and hardnessof heart, because they believednot them which had seen himafter he was risen.15 And he said unto them, Goye into all the world, and preachthe gospel to every creature. 16He that believeth and is baptizedshall be saved; but he thatbelieveth not shall be damned.(KJV)
John 3:16 For God so loved theworld, that he gave his onlybegotten Son, that whosoeverbelieveth in him should not per-ish, but have everlasting life. 17For God sent not his Son intothe world to condemn the world;but that the world through himmight be saved. 18 He thatbelieveth on him is not con-demned: but he that believethnot is condemned already,because he hath not believed inthe name of the only begottenSon of God. 19 And this is thecondemnation, that light is comeinto the world, and men loveddarkness rather than light,because their deeds were evil. 20For every one that doeth evilhateth the light, neither comethto the light, lest his deeds shouldbe reproved. 21 But he thatdoeth truth cometh to the light,that his deeds may be mademanifest, that they are wroughtin God. (See truth John 17:17)
John 5:37 And the Father him-self, which hath sent me, hathborne witness of me. Ye haveneither heard his voice at anytime, nor seen his shape. 38And ye have not his wordabiding in you: for whom hehath sent, him ye believe not. 39Search the scriptures; for inthem ye think ye have eternallife: and they are they whichtestify of me. 40 And ye willnot come to me, that ye mighthave life. (KJV)
John 14:14 If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it.15 If ye love me, keep mycommandments. 16 And I willpray the Father, and he shallgive you another Comforter, thathe may abide with you for ever;17 Even the Spirit of truth;whom the world cannot receive,because it seeth him not, neitherknoweth him: but ye know him;for he dwelleth with you, andshall be in you. 18 I will notleave you comfortless: I willcome to you. 19 Yet a littlewhile, and the world seeth meno more; but ye see me: becauseI live, ye shall live also. (KJV)
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John 14:23 Jesus answered andsaid unto him, If a man loveme, he will keep my words:and my Father will love him,and we will come unto him, andmake our abode with him.24 He that loveth me not keep-eth not my sayings: and theword which ye hear is not mine,but the Father’s which sent me.25 These things have I spokenunto you, being yet present withyou. 26 But the Comforter,which is the Holy Ghost, whomthe Father will send in my name,he shall teach you all things,and bring all things to yourremembrance, whatsoever I havesaid unto you. (KJV)
John 16:10 Of righteousness,because I go to my Father, andye see me no more; 11 Of judg-ment, because the prince of thisworld is judged. 12 I have yetmany things to say unto you, butye cannot bear them now. 13Howbeit when he, the Spirit oftruth, is come, he will guide youinto all truth: for he shall notspeak of himself; but whatsoeverhe shall hear, that shall he speak:and he will shew you things tocome.
John 17:1 These words spakeJesus, and lifted up his eyes toheaven, and said, Father, thehour is come; glorify thy Son,that thy Son also may glorifythee: 2 As thou hast given himpower over all flesh, that heshould give eternal life to asmany as thou hast given him.(KJV)
John 17:4 I have glorified theeon the earth: I have finished thework which thou gavest me todo.(KJV)
John 17:6 I have manifestedthy name unto the men whichthou gavest me out of the world:thine they were, and thou gavestthem me; and they have keptthy word. 7 Now they haveknown that all things whatsoeverthou hast given me are of thee. 8For I have given unto them thewords which thou gavest me;and they have received them,and have known surely that Icame out from thee, and theyhave believed that thou didstsend me. 9 I pray for them: Ipray not for the world, but forthem which thou hast given me;for they are thine.
John 17:11 And now I am nomore in the world, but these arein the world, and I come to thee.Holy Father, keep through thineown name those whom thou hastgiven me, that they may be one,as we are.12 While I was with them inthe world, I kept them in thyname: those that thou gavest meI have kept, and none of them islost, but the son of perdition;
that the scripture might be ful-filled. (KJV)
John 17:14 I have given themthy word; and the world hathhated them, because they are notof the world, even as I am not ofthe world. 15 I pray not thatthou shouldest take them out ofthe world, but that thoushouldest keep them from theevil. 16 They are not of theworld, even as I am not of theworld. 17 Sanctify themthrough thy truth: thy word istruth. 18 As thou hast sent meinto the world, even so have Ialso sent them into the world. 19And for their sakes I sanctifymyself, that they also might besanctified through the truth. 20Neither pray I for these alone,but for them also which shallbelieve on me through theirword; 21 That they all may beone; as thou, Father, art in me,and I in thee, that they also maybe one in us: that the world maybelieve that thou hast sent me.22 And the glory which thougavest me I have given them;that they may be one, even aswe are one: 23 I in them, andthou in me, that they may bemade perfect in one; and that theworld may know that thou hastsent me, and hast loved them, asthou hast loved me. (KJV)
Acts 8:12 But when theybelieved Philip preaching thethings concerning the kingdomof God, and the name of JesusChrist, (1)they were baptized,both men and women. 13 ThenSimon himself believed also:and when he was baptized, hecontinued with Philip, and won-dered, beholding the miraclesand signs which were done. 14Now when the apostles whichwere at Jerusalem heard thatSamaria had received the wordof God, they sent unto themPeter and John:
Acts 9:17 And Ananias wenthis way, and entered into thehouse; and putting his hands onhim said, Brother Saul, the Lord,even Jesus, that appeared untothee in the way as thou camest,hath sent me, that thou mightestreceive thy sight, and be filledwith the Holy Ghost. 18 Andimmediately there fell from hiseyes as it had been scales: andhe received sight forthwith, andarose, and (1)was baptized. 19And when he had received meat,he was strengthened. Then wasSaul certain days with the disci-ples which were at Damascus.
Definition: (1)they were bap-tized-907 baptizo (bap-tid’-zo);from a derivative of 911; toimmerse, submerge; to makeoverwhelmed (i.e. fully wet);used only (in the N. T.) of cere-monial ablution, especially(tech-nically) of the ordinance of
Christian baptism: KJV—Baptist, baptize, wash.
Acts 17:11 These were morenoble than those inThessalonica, in that theyreceived the word with allreadiness of mind, and searchedthe scriptures daily, whetherthose things were so.(KJV)
1 Cor 6:1 Dare any of you,having a matter against another,go to law before the unjust, andnot before the saints? 2 Do yenot know that the saints shalljudge the world? and if theworld shall be judged by you,are ye unworthy to judge thesmallest matters? 3 Know yenot that we shall judge angels?how much more things that per-tain to this life? 4 If then yehave judgments of things per-taining to this life, set them tojudge who are least esteemedin the church. 5 I speak to yourshame. Is it so, that there is not awise man among you? no, notone that shall be able to judgebetween his brethren? 6 Butbrother goeth to law withbrother, and that before theunbelievers. 7 Now thereforethere is utterly a fault amongyou, because ye go to law onewith another. Why do ye notrather take wrong? why do yenot rather suffer yourselves tobe defrauded? 8 Nay, ye dowrong, and defraud, and thatyour brethren. 9 Know ye notthat the unrighteous shall notinherit the kingdom of God? Benot deceived: neither fornica-tors, nor idolaters, nor adulter-ers, nor effeminate, nor abusersof themselves with mankind, 10Nor thieves, nor covetous, nordrunkards, nor revilers, norextortioners, shall inherit thekingdom of God. 11 And suchwere some of you: but ye arewashed, but ye are sanctified,but ye are justified in the nameof the Lord Jesus, and by theSpirit of our God. (KJV)
1 Cor 15:1 Moreover, brethren,I declare unto you the gospelwhich I preached unto you,which also ye have received, andwherein ye stand; 2 By whichalso ye are saved, if ye keep inmemory what I preached untoyou, unless ye have believed invain. 3 For I delivered unto youfirst of all that which I alsoreceived, how that Christ diedfor our sins according to thescriptures; 4 And that he wasburied, and that he rose againthe third day according to thescriptures: 5 And that he wasseen of Cephas, then of thetwelve: 6 After that, he wasseen of above five hundredbrethren at once; of whom thegreater part remain unto thispresent, but some are fallenasleep. 7 After that, he was seenof James; then of all the apos-
tles. 8 And last of all he wasseen of me also, as of one bornout of due time.(KJV)
2 Cor 2:14 Now thanks be untoGod, which always causeth us totriumph in Christ, and makethmanifest the savour of hisknowledge by us in every place.15 For we are unto God a sweetsavour of Christ, in them that aresaved, and in them that perish:16 To the one we are the savourof death unto death; and to theother the savour of life unto life.And who is sufficient for thesethings? 17 For we are not asmany, which corrupt the word ofGod: but as of sincerity, but asof God, in the sight of Godspeak we in Christ.
2 Cor 4:1 Therefore seeing wehave this ministry, as we havereceived mercy, we faint not; 2But have renounced the hiddenthings of dishonesty, not walkingin craftiness, nor handling theword of God deceitfully; but bymanifestation of the truth com-mending ourselves to everyman’s conscience in the sight ofGod. 3 But if our gospel be hid,it is hid to them that are lost: 4In whom the god of this worldhath blinded the minds of themwhich believe not, lest the lightof the glorious gospel of Christ,who is the image of God, shouldshine unto them. 5 For wepreach not ourselves, but ChristJesus the Lord; and ourselvesyour servants for Jesus’ sake. 6For God, who commanded thelight to shine out of darkness,hath shined in our hearts, to givethe light of the knowledge of theglory of God in the face of JesusChrist. (KJV)
II Th 1:4 So that we ourselvesglory in you in the churches ofGod for your patience and faithin all your persecutions andtribulations that ye endure: 5Which is a manifest token of therighteous judgment of God, thatye may be counted worthy of thekingdom of God, for which yealso suffer: 6 Seeing it is arighteous thing with God to rec-ompense tribulation to them thattrouble you; 7 And to you whoare troubled rest with us, whenthe Lord Jesus shall be revealedfrom heaven with his mightyangels, 8 In flaming fire takingvengeance on them that knownot God, and that obey not thegospel of our Lord JesusChrist: 9 Who shall be pun-ished with everlasting destruc-tion from the presence of theLord, and from the glory of hispower; 10 When he shall cometo be glorified in his saints, andto be admired in all them thatbelieve (because our testimonyamong you was believed) in thatday. (KJV)
2 Tim 3:12 Yea, and all that
will live godly in Christ Jesusshall suffer persecution. 13 Butevil men and seducers shall waxworse and worse, deceiving, andbeing deceived. 14 But continuethou in the things which thouhast learned and hast beenassured of, knowing of whomthou hast learned them; 15 Andthat from a child thou hastknown the holy scriptures,which are able to make theewise unto salvation through faithwhich is in Christ Jesus. 16 Allscripture is given by inspira-tion of God, and is profitablefor doctrine, for reproof, for cor-rection, for instruction in right-eousness: 17 That the man ofGod may be perfect, throughlyfurnished unto all goodworks.(KJV)
1 Pet 1:1 Peter, an apostle ofJesus Christ, to the strangersscattered throughout Pontus,Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, andBithynia, 2 Elect according tothe foreknowledge of God theFather, through sanctification ofthe Spirit, unto obedience andsprinkling of the blood of JesusChrist: Grace unto you, andpeace, be multiplied. 3 Blessedbe the God and Father of ourLord Jesus Christ, which accord-ing to his abundant mercy hathbegotten us again unto a livelyhope by the resurrection of JesusChrist from the dead, 4 To aninheritance incorruptible, andundefiled, and that fadeth notaway, reserved in heaven foryou, 5 Who are kept by thepower of God through faith untosalvation ready to be revealed inthe last time. 6 Wherein yegreatly rejoice, though now for aseason, if need be, ye are inheaviness through manifoldtemptations: 7 That the trial ofyour faith, being much moreprecious than of gold that per-isheth, though it be tried withfire, might be found unto praiseand honour and glory at theappearing of Jesus Christ:(KJV)
John 12:48 ... judge him in thelast day. (KJV)
Matt 7:21 Not every one thatsaith unto me, Lord, Lord, shallenter into the kingdom of heav-en; but he that doeth the will ofmy Father which is in heaven.22 Many will say to me in thatday, Lord, Lord, have we notprophesied in thy name? and inthy name have cast out devils?and in thy name done manywonderful works? 23 And thenwill I profess unto them, I neverknew you: depart from me, yethat work iniquity. 24 Thereforewhosoever heareth these sayingsof mine, and doeth them, I willliken him unto a wise man,which built his house upon arock:(KJV)
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Matt 25:29 For unto every onethat hath shall be given, and heshall have abundance: but fromhim that hath not shall be takenaway even that which he hath.30 And cast ye the unprofitableservant into outer darkness:there shall be weeping andgnashing of teeth. 31 When theSon of man shall come in hisglory, and all the holy angelswith him, then shall he sit uponthe throne of his glory: 32 Andbefore him shall be gatheredall nations: and he shall sepa-rate them one from another, as ashepherd divideth his sheepfrom the goats: 33 And he shallset the sheep on his right hand,but the goats on the left. 34Then shall the King say untothem on his right hand, Come,ye blessed of my Father, inheritthe kingdom prepared for youfrom the foundation of theworld:(KJV)
Matt 25:41 Then shall he sayalso unto them on the left hand,Depart from me, ye cursed, intoeverlasting fire, prepared for thedevil and his angels:(KJV)
Mark 9:43 And if thy hand(1)offend thee, cut it off: it isbetter for thee to enter into lifemaimed, than having two handsto go into hell, into the fire thatnever shall be quenched: 44Where their worm dieth not, andthe fire is not (2)quenched. 45And if thy foot offend thee, cutit off: it is better for thee to enterhalt into life, than having twofeet to be cast into hell, into thefire that never shall bequenched: 46 Where their wormdieth not, and the fire is notquenched. 47 And if thine eyeoffend thee, pluck it out: it isbetter for thee to enter into thekingdom of God with one eye,than having two eyes to be castinto hell fire: 48 Where theirworm dieth not, and the fire isnot quenched.(KJV)
Definitions:(1)offend thee-4624 skandalizo(skan-dal-id’-zo) (“scandalize”);from 4625; to entrap, i.e. trip up(figuratively, stumble [transitive-ly] or entice to sin, apostasy ordispleasure): KJV— (make to)offend.
(2)NOT quenched-4570 sbenn-umi (sben’-noo-mee); a pro-longed form of an apparentlyprimary verb; to extinguish (lit-erally or figuratively), to extin-guish, quench: a) used of fire orthings on fire; to be quenched, togo out : KJV— go out, quench.
Luke 6:45 A good man out ofthe good treasure of his heartbringeth forth that which isgood; and an evil man out of theevil treasure of his heartbringeth forth that which is evil:for of the abundance of the hearthis mouth speaketh. 46 Andwhy call ye me, Lord, Lord,and do not the things which Isay?47 Whosoever cometh to me,and heareth my sayings, anddoeth them, I will shew you towhom he is like: 48 He is like aman which built an house, anddigged deep, and laid the foun-dation on a rock: and when theflood arose, the stream beatvehemently upon that house, andcould not shake it: for it wasfounded upon a rock. 49 But hethat heareth, and doeth not, islike a man that without a foun-
dation built an house upon theearth; against which the streamdid beat vehemently, and imme-diately it fell; and the ruin ofthat house was great. (KJV)
Rom 2:16 In the day when Godshall judge the secrets of men byJesus Christ according to mygospel.
Heb 9:27 And as it is appointedunto men once to die, but afterthis the judgment: 28 So Christwas once offered to bear the sinsof many; and unto them thatlook for him shall he appear thesecond time without sin untosalvation.(KJV)
Rev 14:12 Here is the patienceof the saints: here are they thatkeep the commandments of God,and the faith of Jesus. 13 And Iheard a voice from heaven say-ing unto me, Write, Blessed arethe dead which die in the Lordfrom henceforth: Yea, saith theSpirit, that they may rest fromtheir labours; and their worksdo follow them.(KJV)
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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.”
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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
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As the girls’ high basketball sea-
son hit full stride, the Lady Colts
of Worthing are knocking on the
door of a district title. Having
one district loss to the Lady
Wildcats of Wheatley, the Colts
are off to a good start in the sec-
ond half. Beating Booker T.
Washington 84-38 and
Scarborough 105-0 this week
Coach Harris says her team is
getting it together. “We are
looking forward to our rematch
with Wheatley because they are
the only team in district to beat
us”. The charming coach says
her team is going through transi-
tional barriers and you always
want your team to peak at the
right time. “I can see this team
coming together as a unit and
before the season ends we feel
we will have balance scoring
and a complete team by playoff
time”.
When asked about working with
one of the most celebrated play-
er in HISD history in Nash,
Coach Harris says it not as big a
chore as some people think it is.
“Not really because we teach
character off the floor brining it
on the floor”. Harris went on to
say the mark of a great player is
how well they make the other
players around them blend into
the team unit. “Jenzel is starting
to make that happen and she is
really finding the open girl and
that’s a plus for us as a unit”.
Conditioning is a big key to the
Lady Colts success because they
are short on numbers. “Yes we
are big on conditioning as well
as strength training; this is also
the district cross-country cham-
pionship team”.
As we continued talking with
Coach Harris we learned she is
well aware of the lack of num-
bers in the inner city schools,
but it has not stopped her and
her staff from working hard. “If
you were to go to the homes and
check the residences that should
be at their home school, you
would certainly see a much bet-
ter balance of talent in the inner
city”.
The Lady Colts compared their
stats to the state Class 4A num-
ber one ranked them. “There are
no dominating teams this year
and the one who worked the
hardest and plays together will
probably win it all”.
Getting the point across that aca-
demics comes before athletics
but the character of the person
comes before academics. “That’s
the point we want to make with
our kids students of the game
and when they leave here we
want them to be able to go on to
college and understand the aca-
demics and athletics and use it
to open the doors of education
for them”
In closing the charming coach
added; “we don’t have big num-
bers but you have to pull togeth-
er and get the best with what
you are dealing with”.
Please allow me to add she is
doing a wonderful job along
with Michael West a Worthing
graduate helping her.
Prairie View, Texas-With the
game on the line and TSU clos-
ing to within five points Latia
(Puffy) Williams connected on
nine of 12 shots and led all scor-
ers with 19 points in the win.
The sophomore guard/forward
from Atlanta, Georgia added five
rebounds to go with her game
winning performance. “Well
early in the second half we just
started slowly and then finally
got it going”. But if they follow
the coaching staff, Williams
feels the Lady Panthers can real-
ly get it all together and win the
SWAC championship.”We just
need to focus a lot better and
keep our mind on what we’re
doing out there and we’ll be
alright”.
Coming off the bench is fine in
Puffy’s mind and she’s ready to
do what it takes to help her team
win. “If Coach Wilson wants
me to come off the bench and
score or defend, I’m willing to
do whatever it takes for us to
win games”.
When asked about the loss to
Southern in their SWAC opener
she replied, “We kind of slipped
up against the Lady Jags but
tonight we got off to a much bet-
ter start and we want to keep it
that way”.
Williams closed by saying play-
ing three games in six days is no
problem because they are in
shape. “We are ready to play if
we have to play again tonight.
We are ready and willing to help
our team win”. She added one
assist and one steal to her per-
formance in the win over Texas
Southern University.
The outstanding player was All-
State while playing at North
Clayton High School in
Riverdale Georgia. She majors
in Health and has been playing
ball since she was four years
old.
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A RISING STAR-LATIA WILLIAMS - P.V.
As the Lady Colts of Worthing
High School continue their
march toward another girl’s bas-
ketball playoff year, center
Brittany Pinckney is getting bet-
ter and better. The post players
controlled the lane in their
games this week as the Colts
rolled over Booker T.
Washington 84-38 and
Scarborough 105-0. All this
keeps them one game behind
Wheatley for the district lead.
In talking with Pinckney we
learn the team has an outstand-
ing player in Jenzel Nash but
they really love playing as a
unit. “I’m working on my pass-
ing and getting my total game
up so we can become a complete
team. At just over 6 feet tall,
Pinckney admits it helps to have
size down low and the team is
getting better-rounded this sea-
son.
A smile broke out all over her
face when we asked about the
team’s big win over Booker T.
Washington earlier in the week.
“Well I feel we are working day
by day so we can get to the top
but it felt good to beat Booker T.
the other night”. The talented
center went on to add the Colts
want to gallop into the playoffs
and then turn it on full speed.
“We’re not rushing it; we want
to build day by day and keep
working hard”.
With a love for Science in the
classroom Brittany says it’s defi-
nitely going to be her college
major. “Studying the human
body and the sciences thereof is
fascinating to me”.
In closing Pinckney said she just
worked on her game by running
to get her conditioning up and
did some weighs to get stronger.
COACH OF THE WEEK-LESLIE HARRIS - WORTHING
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Latia Williams rips the nets for 19 points as PV ran past TSU- Photo by Dr. Victor Keys
Brittany Pinckney (22) takingcare of business in the post for
the Lady Colts- Photo by Dr. Victor Keys
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK-BRITTANY PINCKNEY - WORTHING
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It’s been a while since we’ve
seen the likes of Jenzel Nash in
an HISD uniform. The senior
from Worthing is lighting up the
scoreboards and dazzling her
fans to the tune of big numbers.
Fact so much so perhaps the last
time we saw this kind of all-
around play was during the days
of Austin’s Debra Williams.
Nash has a tremendously quick
release and an excellent first
step and all that goes well with a
well-rounded knowledge of the
game. She started the week with
64 points in an 83-38 win over
Booker T. Washington and she
closed it out with a sparkling 48
point performance over
Scarborough in a 105-0 score.
Nash added five boards, 12
assists and 18 steals in the win.
However the Lady Colts are still
in second place because the
Lady Wildcats of Wheatley beat
them in the first half of district
play. Believe me they are look-
ing for to their second meeting.
We spoke with Nash about the
season in general and their run
for another playoff berth. “It’s
been great so far and I knew I
had to be a leader and make sure
our team comes together so we
can be a playoff team again”.
Basically having a target on her
back each time she goes on the
court Nash says she is well
aware of that fact. “Yes sir I
understand as I improve my
game other teams are going to
work hard to find ways to make
it tough on us”. The talented
senior went on to add it’s a team
effort and her teammates are
willing to work hard to make
sure they have a good season
and make a good playoff run.
In the classroom at Worthing
Nash likes Pre-Calculus because
she considers it a challenge. In
her spare time she loves to
watch college women basketball.
Needless to say UConn’s Maya
Moore is her favorite player and
Cadence Parker who she feels
will make a comeback to the
WNBA.
Looking ahead Nash says she is
yet to decide what University
she will attend but she knows
she wants to study Physical
Therapy because she wants to
remain around sports.
With a love for the game like all
the other great ones Nash says
she definitely wants to play on
the top level. “Well I under-
stand that’s a way from now, but
yes sir I want to play in the
WNBA or overseas when that
time comes”. But for the time
being Nash says just getting to
know the game is enough to
keep her busy for now.
“Knowing I’m not from a bas-
ketball family and just started
playing four years ago there’s a
lot I’ve still got to learn about
the game”. She went on to praise
Coach Leslie Harris and her
assistant Michael West with
helping her develop. “During
the off season I worked on my
passing and worked on assists
because they might want me to
play point guard in college”.
In closing Nash said she simply
saw some boys playing basket-
ball and decided she could play
this game. Well she is certainly
playing it very well!
ATHLETE OF THE WEEKJENZEL NASH - WORTHING
Jenzel �ash (24) Worthing All-World guard making big mark ingirls’ basketball - photo by Dr. Victor Keys �ash lays in two of her 48 points
Soul and Blues Legend Ernie Johnson has
released a new CD congratulating
President Barack Obama for the passing
of the Health Care Bill in 2010. Johnson
is entering his 43rd year as a performer
feels good about the new Health Care Bill
and says it’s an honor to have an African
American President sign it into law.
“When we were in the cotton fields of
Winnsboro, Louisiana, we couldn’t have
imagined a black man as President of the
United States”. Ernie went on to say at
his age he considers himself blessed to
still be here. “Every time I go to a funer-
al of another great singer, I say thank you
Lord for blessing me”.
Johnson, a longtime performer, spent
many years traveling with the likes of
Blues legend Bobby Bland. Over a 15
year period Johnson was also the regular
opening act for the late Johnnie Taylor.
The bonus track is “I Remember J.T.” a
song paying tribute to his longtime friend
Johnnie Taylor.
Known as Little Ernie because he was so
young in the late 60s Johnson had a trav-
eling band and learned to sing other peo-
ple songs until he was able to record his
own. Since that time he has recorded over
200 songs.
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Giving new meaning to the
words the early bird gets the
worm, we rolled over to Butler
Field House to catch a look at
the Lady Colts of Worthing High
School basketball team. While
talking with Coach Leslie Harris
we stumbled upon twins for our
Fiesta Student of the week pro-
file. They are Sane and Sade
Picquet a dynamic duo in the
backcourt on the basketball
team.
The lovely and talented twins
are the daughter of Jeannette
Picquet-Perry and James Perry.
Sane ranks number five in the
class while Sade is number 10.
Who could ask for anything bet-
ter for our profile? Both girls are
in the choir and are praise
dancers at Kingdom Fellowship
Church and both enjoy serving
the Lord very much.
In their spare time, both girls run
track and are members of the
junior ROTC. Throw in the fact
they are members on the Lady
Colts Cross-Country track and
field district champs.
On the subject of goals in life,
Sane wants to become an athlet-
ic head trainer and learn to work
with sport medicine, while Sade
wants to become a physical ther-
apist and operate her own busi-
ness.
Both girls consider their mother
as their most driving force in
life. Sane said her mother
always stresses hard work to her
and her coach also played a big
role. On the other hand Sade
added she feels the words hard
work comes up a lot when she’s
at home as well as while playing
for Coach Harris.
Favorite subjects are similar for
the girls also. Sane loves math
like calculus but has a flare for
science because of her love for
the science of the human body.
On the other hand Sade like
math best and feels the way it
challenges her makes it more
exciting to make good grade in
the class.
On the subject of describing
themselves, both had interesting
answers. Sane considers herself
to be a bright person who wants
to be known as a positive per-
son. While Sade says she likes
keeping her feeling in and is not
as out front as her sister. But
she did admit she loves follow-
ing in her sister footsteps.
We asked if they had anything to
do over in life what would it be?
Sane said she would like to have
studied harder earlier on in
school. She added maybe she
would be number one in their
class instead of number five.
According to Sade she too could
have done more and both agreed
they will do more when they get
to college.
As we moved on, talk turned to
school changes if they could
make the rules at Worthing.
Sane says she would like to see
the administration work harder
to get the students involved with
campus activities and in the
community as a whole. While
Sade said the district could work
on better food in the school’s
cafeteria.
In closing both student said the
way their mother checks up on
their grades, they know they
have to make the cut or no cell
phone. Plus they shared the posi-
tive tutoring programs their
mother made available for them.
We want to commend their par-
ents on doing a wonderful job
with the twins and it was an
honor to have them as our Fiesta
Students of the week!
By King Arthur Prayther
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SADE’ AND SANE’ PICQUET - WORTHING
STUDENTS OF THE WEEK
Sane’ Picquet (10) is ranked number five in her class at Worthingand her twin Sade’ Picquet (12) is ranked number 10
Photo by Dr. Victor Keys
ERNIE JOHNSON RELEASES NEW CD, CONGRATULATIONS, MR. PRESIDENTBy King Arthur Prayther
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Fiesta presents 16th Annual Black History CelebrationSaturday, February 19, 2011
12:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Play Name This Car
Call 281-999-4244
Go to www.ebay.com and searchfor ‘cdking’ (all one word) for the
new CD from Ernie Johnson,Congratulations, Mr. President
Just as the 2011 year begins sev-
eral of Houston most permanent
figures have passed on. On
January 16, 2011 the Lord called
Joe Dupree Fields home. Born
in Henderson, Texas on June 23,
1938 Joe Fields was the son of
the late Nellie and William
Fields. The family moved to
Houston, Texas when Joe was
small and he attended Crawford
Elementary, E. O. Smith and the
historic Phyllis Wheatley. Fields
played linebacker for the
Wildcats varsity squad. Upon
graduating he attended Houston
Community College to study
business. It was there he met the
love of his life in Nettie and
they later married. For the more
than 54 years and the couple
produced six children. Brenda
Harris who is the office manager
at Uncle Buddy’s, Archie Fields
(Chere’), Patricia Goode
(Michael), Paul Fields, Paula
Dreas (Charles), and Willard
Fields (Dian). They have eight
grandchildren; Sheree Walker
(Julian) Daniel Fields, Jeremy
Fields, Jason Fields, Eva Fields,
Nicholas Fields Dejuna Fields
and Desiree Fields. The Fields
have one great-grand child
Elijah Fields and a host of
nieces and nephews, cousins, co-
workers, business associates and
friends.
Joe was preceded in death by his
parent as well as brothers
Earnest and AJ Fields and Sister
Inez Telphy.
Three sisters (Willene Jones,
Earline Battles and Claudine
Johnson (Luther) are left to
mourn.
In his early adulthood Joe had
special love for the blues and
promoted the likes of the late
Johnnie Clyde Copeland, Joe
Hughes, Clarence Green as well
as Guitar Slim and many others.
While working with Access
Houston we used to tape delay
the Uncle Buddy’s Juneteenth
Celebration each year for a 10
year period. At that time we
never knew Joe was the guy
who booked the acts for that
show. He simply went about his
business of taking care of busi-
ness and not once did I ever hear
him brag.
In 1969 with his great skills in
sales, Joe met the late legendary
Roosevelt “Uncle Buddy” Riley
and the two would go on to
work together for more than 40
years. During the early years Joe
had his own car lot (Fields Auto
Sales) before becoming a fixture
at Uncle Buddy’s until he retired
in 2010.
He always greeted his customers
with a smile and conducted busi-
ness is a very professional man-
ner. You could call on Joe for
any parts or services in the auto-
mobile industry.
Four years ago we begin work-
ing with Fiesta for the Black
History Celebration and I would
visit with Joe to learn what to do
when it comes to booking acts
for the show.
For those of you who didn’t
know, Joe Fields was much
more than an auto salesman; he
was able to give quality advice
in many areas. Please allow me
to say he will be missed by not
only his family and the Uncle
Buddy’s Car family, but the
entire company has lost a giant
source of knowledge and infor-
mation.
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The Worthing Lady Colts of
Coach Leslie Harris are in the
spotlight as they battle Wheatley
for the District 21-4A title. With
many years of watching Booker
T. Washington rule this district
before the Wildcats won it, the
Colts waited their turn. Many
feel this is their turn, after beat-
ing BTW 84-38 to open the sec-
ond half as they have their sights
set on a rematch with the Lady
Wildcats. According to the
Colts they will be ready and
they are getting it all together. In
the BTW game, Jenzel Nash
ripped the nets for 64 points and
added 48 more against
Scarborough. We haven’t seen
those kinds of numbers since the
days of Austin’s Debra Williams,
the All-Time leading scorer in
HISD girls’ history.
Unfortunately for Scarborough’s
first year coach Paul Wilburn
they had to play the Colts on
Saturday. A home grown HISD
player himself, Wilburn a former
Studewood Cobra certainly has a
winning background. The out-
standing linebacker from BTW
went on to graduate from Prairie
View A & M University before
teaching and coaching at
Scarborough.
Worthing took advantage of the
Lady Spartans under manned
squad and jumped to a 40-0 first
period lead. The Lady Colts
dressed only 6 players also.
Then it got to 66-0 at the half.
The Colts agreed to run the
clock in the second half and
called off their press, but still led
88-0 at the end of the third peri-
od. Basically it was just standing
and watching the Colts still
manage to have the ball in their
hands and score a 105-0 victory.
It marked the first time in 29
years of covering basketball
where I’ve seen a team fail to
score a single point.
Again I can safely say we cer-
tainly feel Wilburn will be able
to work with these girls and we
want to wish him luck.
The Lady Colts of Worthing high school basketball team - Photos by Dr. Victor Keys
WORTHING LADY COLTS GALLOP INTO SPOTLIGHTBy King Arthur Prayther
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Jenzel �ash takes a water breakas she ripped the nets for
48 points versus Scarborough
The legendary Joe Dupree Fields
HONORING THE LIFE OF JOE D. FIELDSBy King Arthur Prayther
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Go to www.ebay.com and search for ‘cdking’ (all one word)and buy the new single Ernie Johnson: Congratulations, Mr. President
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Pasadena, Texas-The Galveston
Ball Tornadoes won for the
23rd time in 44 games when
they turned back number one La
Marque 81-76 before an over
flowing crowd at Phillips Field
House in Pasadena. It marks the
first meeting between the
District 24-4A rivals and the
second time around will proba-
bly have to go to an even bigger
arena. TSU’s Health and
Physical Education arena would
be a good choice for the second
district meeting between the two
teams. Many people covering
high school sports feel it will
come down between one of
these teams to have the better
chance of defeating two times
Region III, state along with
national champ Jack Yates. If
you recall it was the Mighty
Jack Yates Lions the last HISD
team standing in football and La
Marque beat them before going
all the way to state before they
were beaten.
Ball came into the game ranked
number five in the state by some
polls as La Marque held down
the number one spot in most
state polls. The Cougars are 22-
2 following the lost. But they
trailed 44-38 at the half to the
23-2 Tornadoes. Slowing it
down was the move by Coach
Jerald Temple of Ball and it
worked as they increased the
lead to 10 midway through the
third period. But La Marque
used the outstanding play of
Julien Lewis who scored five
straight points to open the fourth
period, for one last push. He fin-
ished with 26 points but Ball’s
Mike Evans 20 points and
Terran Petteway 23 points
wouldn’t allow them to catch up.
They combined for 12 fourth
period points and put the game
out of reach for the Cougars.
But Coach Cedric Mason of La
Marque says they will be look-
ing forward to the next meeting.
Who know; there could very
well be a third meeting of these
two teams for the Region III
Class 4A championship!
Jerald Temple head coach atGalveston Ball
BALL TAKES ROUND ONE AGAINST LAMARQUEBy King Arthur Prayther
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Action shots from the big game
Terran Petteway (2) scored 23points to lead Ball
Diedrick Archie (15)-ofGalveston Ball
The scoreboard clock tells the story
The overflowing crowd at Phillips
Josh Brown (1) ball guardDietrich Johnson (5)Michael Evans (4) had 20 points
for Ball in the win
Julien Lewis of La Marque (12)had game high 26 points
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Is there a better defensive
football conference in the coun-
try than the SEC, apparently
not? Once again, another bowl
game with prolific offenses on
the field. The defense was the
deciding factor. Whether it was a
conference championship game,
a bowl game, or a national
championship game, it still
boiled down to defense; could
your team stop somebody from
scoring. Offenses bring crowds,
but, defenses still wins games.
The Auburn Tigers of the
SEC were crowned the 2010
National DivI FBS Champions,
after putting up a defensive
effect of power and speed.
Winning 22-19, over the Oregon
Ducks in the Tostitos BCS
National Title Game, at the
Fiesta Bowl. They stopped the
Oregon Ducks vaunted speed on
offense. Once again the SEC
proved that it is the #1 college
football conference in the coun-
try. Then it becomes regional.
This year, the SEC provided the
college football nation with a lot
of excitement, on and off the
field. They (SEC) also represent-
ed the bulk of teams for BCS
bowls.
SWAC
We cannot talk, write, dis-
cuss, enough about the year that
Texas Southern University had in
the SWAC. Coach Johnnie Cole
and staff did a hell of a job this
year. After making the statement
at their football media day, that
TSU would be running the ball to
take advantage of running back
Martin Gilbert’s ability to carry
the load. It would balance the
offense, and keep the defense
fresh. The same defense that
made mincemeat of conference
foes Grambling, Southern, and
Alabama State twice. Leading the
SWAC, for the second year in a
row. This year the TSU defense
finished #1 in FCS (Football
Championship Series) Even
though Prairie View provided
TSU with an early season loss,
I’ve just got to believe that the
road trip to Tuskegee was a
defining football moment for the
Tigers of Texas Southern.
C-USA
What a difference a year
makes when you can go through
a season with few injuries. This
year that was not the case, espe-
cially locally. Rice had the usual
in season injuries, on a weekly
basis. But it was definitely not
good year for the Cougars. A
west coast trip to UCLA that
seemed promising, when the
schedule was put together.
Turned into something else, after
the starter, then the backup quar-
terback goes down, because of
season ending injuries. The team
(UH) went 3-7 the rest of way.
Yes it was a regression year, but
it should have provided backups
with an opportunity to step in and
keep the program moving for-
ward. And that didn’t happen, it
needed to, but it didn’t. Now that
the NCAA has granted quarter-
back Kase Keenam, an extra
year of football eligibility, offen-
sively UH should be in good
shape. Now to shore up the
defense, not just at UH, but also
at Rice both teams should be
back on the winning track, going
to a bowl game, competing for a
conference championship.
Shoring up the defense changed
the mentality at Prairie View and
TSU and we saw what the end
result was, a championship.
BIG XII
Talk about a letdown, what
year the Longhorns suffered
through. At what looked like it
would be a promising year.
Coming off their national cham-
pionship run, there was depth,
and some defensive experience.
But, it didn’t come together, as a
team. To the point that Longhorn
Coach Mack Brown was forced
to apologize to the Longhorn
faithful after a weekly display of
horrible football. He vowed that
would never happen again. Too
bad A&M never got the memo,
because they found their defense,
specialty team, and a quarterback
in [name]. After a loss to
Missouri that seemed like the
team should have at least com-
peted against, Texas A&M Coach
Mike Sherman didn’t make apol-
ogizes. They just went back to
basics and used Kansas as a test
pattern. The AGGIES had team
explosion, from that point on as
A&M moved forward and fin-
ished BIG XII play 6-0(including
the game), with an appearance in
the Cotton Bowl against LSU(41-
27,LSU). But what a season for
the AGGIES (9-4). Texas will
regroup, they usually do. This
time it will have to be done at a
faster clip. The Baylor Bears
have finally stepped into the BIG
XII football picture. With the
return of RGIII, Coach Art Briles
Baylor Bears are headed in the
right direction. A bowl appear-
ance (TEXAS BOWL, 38-14,
Illinois), is a start. It will leave
their fans wanting more.
Lastly, several conference
changes will arise the coming
seasons. The BIG XII will lose
Colorado (PAC 10) and Nebraska
(BIG TEN). The SWAC put out
an invitation to Tennessee State.
The WAC will lose Boise State
and Nevada (both to the
Mountain West). The WAC has
put an invitation to both LAMAR
and UTSA, to replace them. Both
programs are just getting into
DivI FBS (Football Bowl Series).
The Mountain West loses Utah
(PAC 10) and TCU (BIG EAST).
Hopefully there won’t be a lot
more moves this summer, but
just in case, follow the MONEY.
The 2010 Paul “Bear” Bryant
Coach of the year award went to
Auburn Tiger Head Football
Coach Gene Chizik. Bobby
Bowden was named the 2010
Paul “Bear” Bryant Lifetime
Achievement Award winner.
Next month I will be starting an
online E-blog, on college sports.
THE COLLEGESPORTS REPORT
Jerry Woodley
A SEASON IN REVIEW(DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS)
Texas A&M Head Football Coach Mike ShermanPaul'Bear'Bryant Coach of Year Award.
Oregan Head Football Coach Chip KellyPaul'Bear'Bryant Coach of the Year Award.
(79)Baylor Bear Jr-TrOL,Robert T. Griffin Gee, these guys are big. The trenches engaging. ASU vs TSU
A day of trust, on both sides was built today with coach and player.
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Prairie View, Texas-In her first
season as the head coach Toyelle
Wilson is doing a marvelous job
with the Lady Panthers program.
With the help of assistants Dawn
Brown, Rob Amboree, Ortega
McDavid and Pete Longoria
they’ve put together a good
game plan and whipped Texas
Southern University Lady Tigers
64-52 for their second SWAC
victory in three games. They
would go on to win three more
before losing the next game at
Mississippi Valley State on
Saturday January 22nd.
Wilson who is in her 5th season
with the Panther program is
excited to be taking over for
Cynthia Cooper-Dyke who
moved on. Noted for turning
around programs Wilson
coached three seasons at Robert
Morris University in Pittsburgh
leading the program to a 20-win
game season. That places her
third in NCAA history in the
biggest turnarounds in one sea-
son.
We spoke with Wilson following
their win to get some of her
thoughts about the Lady
Panthers season. The TSU Lady
Tigers closed the gap to within
five and Wilson talked about
what happened during that
stretch of the game.”We were
allowing TSU to penetrate the
lane and not playing very good
defense”. After those six or
seven minutes, the Lady
Panthers got some big plays
from Robin Jones and Latia
(Puffy) Williams and went on to
put the game way.
Coach Wilson talked about the
progress of the Panther Program.
“I would like our girls to jell and
we want them to get to know
one another strengths and weak-
ness, because we have five new
players and we just want to peak
at the right time”. Working hard
in practice is the key to get our
team where we want to be in
order to win a SWAC champi-
onship. Having three games in
six days got the Lady Panthers
going. “Since they don’t like to
practice it was good for them
but we are going to need these
two days off before we face
Grambling in Dallas. It worked
because the Panthers won that
game and the following two
also.
In closing Coach Wilson said
they are looking for three people
to step up each game. “It doesn’t
matter which three but we had
17 assists on 26 baskets tonight
so that shows we are moving the
ball well, plus we had four peo-
ple in double figures”.
Senior forward Robin Jones was
on target as she hit on seven of
nine shots from the field in the
game for her14 points and
grabbed a team leading eight
rebounds. Jones transferred from
Memphis to P V and is a native
of Waco Texas. We spoke with
Jones as she made some big
plays down the stretch. “During
the time out Coach Wilson told
me I had to step up because
Nicole Walton had three fouls
and we wanted to attack her”.
They did and Robin scored
twice and Walton fouled out of
the contest. “No sir, I didn’t feel
any pressure because I’ve gotten
use to it since I’ve been playing
a long time”.
COACH TOYELLE WILSON HAS LADY PANTHERS ROLLING By King Arthur Prayther
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TSU traveling cheerleaders - All photos by Dr. Victor KeysCoaches Byron Brimm and Heishma �orthern share a
photo during the women game P.V. Cheerleaders doing stunts
The P.V., Mascot
Senior forward Robin Jones
The Panther Dolls performing at the half time
King MC and Jirmar Proctor of iluvpvu.com
The Panthers Alumni coming out for the game
Coach Toyelle Wilson of P.V.TSU women coach
Yolanda Wells-Broughton
KPVU Leonard Moon interviews King Arthur
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We are honored to announce that
our King-Size Mover and
Shaker for the month of January
2011 is Coach Clarence
Stubblefield.
Coach Stubblefield agreed to
meet me at the Fonde Recreation
Center and of course he beat me
there. He also called to remind
me that he was there waiting for
me. Before he hung up the
phone he stated that “ this place
brings up so many memories”.
Coach Stubblefield was born in
Grapeland, Texas and moved to
Houston in 1955. He is one of
12 children born to his parents,
he added that he “ was the 4th
one from the bottom”.
Once in Houston, he attended
E.O. Smith and graduated from
Wheatly High School. He added
that “he played on Wheatley’s
1958 State Championship
Team”. In the fall of that year
he enrolled into Prairie View
A&M University. In 1961
PVAMU men’s basketball
team was voted the #1 small
college basketball team in
America by the Associated
Press. The following year they
won the �AIA Championship;
with the leadership, talent, and
skills of their Co-Captain,
Clarence Stubblefield.
As a young basketball player at
Booker T. Washington High
School, I thought I was a very
good defensive player, until one
day when we were slacking off
during practice. Coach
Stubblefield stopped practice
and informed us that we must
learn how to play defense if we
wanted to be winners. He told us
that in college during a big game
his defensive assignment was
the great Willis Reed. Well, we
did learn to play defense and our
team has the record for the most
games won during the basketball
season; thanks to Coach
Stubblefield’s coaching abilities.
According, to Coach
Stubblefield his biggest claim to
fame is having a sister who is
the president of an Ivy League
School. He added that his sister
Dr. Ruth J. Simmons who is the
18th President of Brown
University “could ride a horse
better than Roy Rogers”.
Coach Stubblefield was inducted
into the Prairie View A&M Hall
of Fame in 2010 as a player and
is scheduled to be inducted into
the Prairie View Interscholastic
League Coaches Hall of Fames
this summer.
As a basketball coach, teacher,
surrogate father, and mentor for
over 45 years, Coach
Stubblefield touched many lives
and redirected the pathways of
many young people. He stated
“that many of his former
basketball players went on to do
great things in life, and had great
college careers like Randy
Burns”. Many became
successful professional athletes
like Leonard “Too Tall”
Mitchell, Mercury Hayes,
Dwight Davis, and Marvin
Jackson. Some became
engineers, teachers, coaches,
lawyers like Jeremy Brown, and
doctors like Rueben Monmouth.
Coach Stubblefield added that
even I was one of his former
basketballplayers who went on
to become his boss and the
interim principal at Booker T.
Washington H.S./H.S.E., he
stated that “during his career he
had worked for only one
principal and that was Mr. F.D.
Wesley”. Coach Stubblefield
stressed that he truly loved
working at Booker T.
Washington with Mr. Wesley
and his staff, mainly because of
the support he received for the
basketball program and loved
the entire school showed for
each student.
When asked about his future
plans Coach Stubblefield stated
that “his plans include being a
volunteer coach and helping
young people learn to play the
game of basketball”.
I truly enjoyed interviewing
Coach Stubblefield, just as he
stated that being at the Fonde
Recreation Center brought back
fond memories for him, I also
had fond memories interviewing
my former basketball coach.
Dr. Victor Keys reporting for A
King-Size View
A KING-SIZE MOVER AND SHAKER: CLARENCE STUBBLEFIELDBy Dr. Victor Keys
A King-Size View
COACH TOYELLE WILSON HAS LADY PANTHERS ROLLING
P.V. Alumni The P.V. Panthers Cheerleaders squad
FIESTA PRESENTS THE 16TH ANNUALBLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION
A FREE MUSIC FESTIVAL!ERNIE JOHNSON PAYS TRIBUTE TO SAM COOKE
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 201112:30 PM – 6:00 PM AT FIESTA STORE
12355 SOUTH MAIN - HOUSTON, TEXAS 77035
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Come out and supportyour Tigers at home on
Saturday,February 5 2011
TSU vs Prairie View6:30 PM
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The Texas Southern University
Tigers Men Basketball program
won their first six SWAC ball-
games including a big win over
Jackson State University. For
third year coach Tony Harvey,
the Tigers have won close games
and came from behind and just
about any way to walk away
with win. It was down in Itta
Bena, Mississippi that the Tigers
fell behind early and could not
comeback as the Delta Devils
pulled to 6-1 and into a first
place tie with TSU and Jackson
State. The final count was 89-76
and easily the most points they
have allowed in conference play
this season.
With Jackson State and
Mississippi Valley scheduled to
play Saturday, TSU can take a
game lead on the loser of that
game with win over Alabama A
& M which has a 5-2 mark and
still in the chase.
Having a pretty good blend, the
Tigers have used the inside
strength of Travele Jones on the
boards along with all around
play of Kevin Galloway. The
sharp shooting of Lawrence
Johnson-Danner has come in
handy as well as former Jones
star Harrison Smith providing a
spark off the bench.
Two more homes games this
weekend and the Tigers will
have a chance to remain in the
running for a SWAC regular sea-
son title.
Miss Black World Houstonsings national anthem
TSU MEN BASKETBALL PROGRAM OFF TO 6-1 STARTBy King Arthur Prayther
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Former Jones starHarrison Smith (5)
TSU coach Tony Harvey onKTSU post game show The 2010-2011 TSU Cheerleading squadTSU student body gets into the game
TSU Tigers Dolls posefor photos
TSU Ocean of Soul Band at J-State game
Lawrence Johnson-Danner (11) celebrate anotherwin with assistant coach
P.V. Trant Simpson looks for room versus TSU
Baseball coach Michael Robinson and TSU players honoredat halftime of Jackson State game
Action shot TSU-Jackson State game at H and P E arenaAll photos by Dr. Victor Keys
January 2011 A King-Size View Page 24
Itta Bena, Mississippi-The Lady
Tigers of Texas Southern
University and Coach Yolanda
Wells-Broughton got their first
SWAC win. Getting 24 points
from NaDosha Strickland and 21
from Gabrielle Rosiji the Lady
Tigers rolled to a big 63-56 vic-
tory at Mississippi Valley State.
Nicole Walton pulled down nine
rebounds in the victory.
Broughton, a local product and a
1995 graduate of Grambling
State University, is in her third
year at TSU. Associate head
coach is Darren Brunson while
Wesley Brooks and Deidre Jones
are their assistants as graduate
assistant duties are handled by
Adrian Rogers. With two home
games coming up the Lady
Tigers need to get busy if they
want to catch up with the field.
Their 1-6 mark is far from what
they expected when the season
open.
Denise Taylor, head coach ofJackson State
TSU LADY TIGERS GET FIRST CONFERENCE WINBy King Arthur Prayther
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As the 2010 year came to a
close the good Lord took home
another metro-Houston area
great. On December 22, 2010
James Patrick Green passed
away after more than three years
of illness.
Born on June 30, 1955 to Lizzie
and James Green, Patrick as
family members called him went
on to grow up at Booker T.
Washington, graduating in 1974.
He went to earn his B.S. degree
from Prairie View A & M
University in 1979. James began
his teaching and coaching career
at Attucks Middle School where
he was named coach of the Year
in 1986.
With a love for photography it
was on the sidelines we first met
James. There he was taking pho-
tos of the majorettes and drill
team and provided a quality as
well as economical services for
those students. As the years
went on James retired from
coaching and teaching and spent
more time working on his photo
business. By that time he was
doing weddings and family por-
traits and the likes. Getting bet-
ter with age, Green began selling
his photos to newspapers and
magazines. So it was an easy
decision for us to make him the
chief photographer for A King-
size View Monthly Magazine.
We worked with Green until his
health began to fail in 2007.
Without a doubt we had some
great years together and no one
could beat Green with track
action shots.
Track and field was certainly his
first love and he made the most
of it. Working his way to
become the state’s most respect-
ed official starter, working the
world class TSU Relays for
years. He was Certified Athletic
Officials of the USA Track and
Field (USATF) Gulf Association.
In 1998 Green was honored by
the USATF Gulf Association
when he received the associa-
tion’s John “Doc” Phillips
Outstanding Officials Service
Award.
Noted as a caring man, Green
spent seven years caring for his
disabled younger brother until
his own health begin failing him
in 2007. The family also lost
Mrs. Lizzie Green in 2000 and
James Green Sr. is also said to
be ill.
James P. Green is survived by
his father James Green Sr., three
brothers Darrell, Michael and
Mark, two sisters Antoinette and
Cynthia, nephew Michael, plus
an uncle and aunts along with
plenty of cousins and friends.
It was wonderful working with
Green all those years. During
the home going services Rev.
Henry Carey III was short and to
the point. The James P. Green I
knew would have wanted it that
way!
JAMES P. GREEN MADE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON HISD SPORTSBy King Arthur Prayther
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James P. Green provided qualityphotos at reasonable prices for
many years
James P. Green the officialstarter for Track and Field
events
Coach Yolanda Wells-Broughtonin her third year at TSU
�icole Walton (23) whipped theboards for 9 rebounds
Gabrielle Rosiji (13) rips thecords for 21 points
�aDosha Strickland (3) rattledthe nets for 24 points
FIESTA PRESENTS THE 16TH ANNUALBLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION
A FREE MUSIC FESTIVAL!ERNIE JOHNSON PAYS TRIBUTE TO SAM COOKE
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 201112:30 PM – 6:00 PM AT FIESTA STORE12355 SOUTH MAIN - HOUSTON, TEXAS 77035
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Come out and support yourLady Tigers at home on Saturday,
February 5, 2011TSU vs Prairie View 4:00 PM
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I guess I like many others won-
dered why Jay Cutler looked and
acted the way he did during the
second half of the National
Football Conference champi-
onship game against the Green
Bay Packers. He was injured as
the fans were told but something
just didn’t seem right. He wasn’t
taped up, he wasn’t sitting on
the bench, nor did he have head-
phones on to encourage the
other two quarterbacks. No, he
just stood there with a sort of
disinterested face as the Bears
gave a gallant effort. After the
American Football Conference
title was won by Pittsburg,
instead of the talk concerning
the 45th Super Bowl, everyone
had an opinion about Cutler. It
seams as though the only topic
people wanted to discuss was
Cutler was worthless. People
questioned his toughness, his
ability to be a leader, his ‘soft-
ness’. I was just amazed at ath-
letes from different sports call-
ing out Cutler. He is by many
accounts, not a well liked foot-
ball player by many athletes in
the NFL. But the anger that was
generated by this decision not to
return to the game in the second
half left me wondering-when
does an athlete not attempt to
play with an injury? I remember
former teammates of mine who
tried and failed to re-enter ball
games with some serious
injuries. They loved the game so
much that they could never ever
see themselves being on the
sidelines during a game. They
just couldn’t see it see it. On the
high school level, no one wants
to bee seen as an injury-type guy
or gal that can’t finish a game
without getting hurt. That’s just
part of who you are; play until
physically you can’t go any-
more. The late Vince Lombardi
had his players so afraid of
missing time due to injury that
many of them played with seri-
ous injuries which led to respect
from players around the league.
That was wrong but let’s
remembers the time when those
things occurred. With today’s
physical treatment, some injuries
are just a few days from being
nearly healed. Concussions once
thought of as just headaches, are
seen as very dangerous injuries
and are treated as such. But the
bottom line is no one should
face judgment bases on their
reaction to an injury. No athlete
is neither a hero for playing with
an injury nor a goat for not giv-
ing it a try to play and stay in
the game. If Cutler’s injury was
serious enough to prevent him
from playing in the biggest
game of his career, then he made
the right decision for himself.
Until all the facts are known;
remember all of us were not on
that sideline so we don’t know
everything, roasting that man for
this is just plain wrong. He had
the doctors’ right there with him
and they made the decision for
him not to re-enter the game. I
know my body and no one will
tell me whether I should or not
continue to play with an injury. I
will never question any athlete
about an injury. That’s just not
my call and I won’t do it. This
questions a person’s credibility
and that’s just something we all
don’t have a right to do so.
Note-This column is dedicated
to the third anniversary of my
mother Gloria D. Chandler’s
death. I can still say with tears in
my eyes, I miss her so much.
She was great mother and even
better friend!
That’s just the way I see it!
IS IT OKAY NOT TO PLAY WHEN INJURED?The WayI See It
By BIG John Chandler
Hey Houston, how’s your love
life holding up??? Did the holi-
days make it better or worse? If
everything is going smoothly
that’s a good thing my hats off
to you. If for some reason you
chose to make changes for the
new year, and maybe to go it
alone for a while that’s ok too.
Sometimes when we step back
and take a look at things in a
non pressured state, we will find
that we can make better deci-
sions, even though it may not
seem like it at the time. Going
into the month of February alone
can be quite an ordeal if you are
used to having a partner, a mate,
a significant other. February is
not only Black History month; it
is the lovers’ month because of
the most celebrated lovers’ holi-
day. Do I need to say it,
Valentines Day... For those of
you who can’t wait, it is some-
times more anticipated than
Christmas. Why??? Because
everyone wants to be loved or
belong to somebody, attached at
the hip, the old ball and chain.
It’s not quite that bad but you
know what I mean. There is no
perfect relationship, but as
known if two people love each
other then they will try and stay
together through the good and
the bad. If everything in your
relationship is ok, one hundred
percent of the time, I want to
know about it. If you are not in a
committed relationship this will
be a time to poke someone you
have had your eye on.
Sometimes Cupid’s arrow does
not do us justice. Is there some-
body you have eye for but not
sure if the feeling is mutual? I
guess the only way to really find
out is to test the waters. If for
some reason your personality
doesn’t allow you to make the
first move, call on a friend or
co-worker to break the ice. You
know the saying don’t be shy or
love will pass you bye. Have
you ever felt that you may have
let Mr. or Mrs. Right get pass
you because you didn’t make
that move? You can never really
know; but have you ever had
that feeling years down the line,
that she or he could have been
the one. You went one route and
it ended up a dead end or worst
like driving over a cliff. Did
you get stuck with Cupid’s
arrow or did you just get
STUCK! Nevertheless we put
our hearts out on the limb hop-
ing it won’t come crashing
down. After the gift of life, love
is the next best thing. If you
have a love cherish it and treat it
like you would want to be treat-
ed. If you can’t afford the flow-
ers the candy, the RING, just do
something nice. If it is all about
material things then maybe this
person is not right for you. For
loves comes from the heart and
not the pocketbook. A nice card
should do. Make sure you join
Ms. Sheppard and I on
Wednesdays for in The Love
Corner where we discuss topics
concerning love and relation-
ships, and you can call in for
help or help those who might
need a little help. The show has
been a huge success. It happens
every Wednesday at 8 pm. You
can also join us for a Pre
Valentines party at Cafe 4212 on
Sunday February 13 at 6pm.
There will be live entertainment,
giveaways, and great food from
Larry and his crew at It’s Just
Breakfast and Soul food
Restaurant. For more info stay
tuned to 1430 KCOH for more
details and ticket giveaways or
call 832 498 0654. The top love
songs for this month are:
1 Let’s Get it On Marvin Gaye
2 Reasons Earth Wind and Fire
3 The First to say Goodbye
Gladys Knight
4 I was Made to Love You
Gerald Levert
5 Adore Prince
If you would like to be a part of
all the up-coming events check
me out on face book under
Stevie Goodtime T.
So until next time put a little
love in your heart, the look of
love in yours eyes and don’t for-
get to tell someone you love
them, even if that someone is
YOU!
HOW’S YOUR LOVE LIFE?
In The LoveCornerBy Stevie T
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Madgelean Bush was born
February 1, 1931 in Stevenson
Community just outside
Bellville, Texas. She is the fifth
of nine children born to Eddie
and Mathis Bush. Following a
turbulent child hood going back
and forth between relatives’
homes, Bush made her way to
Houston. As a teenager Bush
worked as a domestic worker
and with a catering service in
order to raise her daughter (the
late Kathryn Lois) and son
(Gregory Albert Bush). Fact is
it was at Greg’s home in
Humble with all her family sur-
rounding her on Christmas Day
First Lady Madge Bush went
home to be with God.
My mind quickly reflects back
to the first time I met Ms. Bush.
It was following a break-in at
the King Center and thieves had
stolen the uniform of the King
Center Youth football team.
Thanks to Ralph Cooper on
KYOK AM 1590 and Willie
Shamblee the owner of Club
WAS on Crosstimbers we were
able to raise some funds to help
toward getting new uniforms.
Later on Marcus Brigance came
forth from the Fun football
league and gave the King Center
boys a whole bunch of uniforms.
Back in 1980 we went over to
the King Center to take the
funds we had collected and I
saw this lady running behind a
kid down Sampson. So I went
inside and asked for Ms Bush
and they told me that was her
you seen running down the
street. It seems the youngster
had relieved himself under the
tree and Ms Bush was chasing
him to give him a reminder she
didn’t allow that. A few
moments later Ms Bush came
back huffing and puffing then
asked me what she could do for
me. When I told her what I was
there for she said ‘Thank God,
these kids are worrying me to
death about those football uni-
forms’. A year later we put on a
boxing show at PABA with the
help of both the King Center and
Rev. Ray Martin’s Boxing Gym.
That was aided by boxing pro-
moter Robert Turner of Abel
Ten. All this community service
caught the eye of the late Varee
Shields who was managing edi-
tion of the Houston Forward
Times. So a year later we started
writing for the Forward Times
on Mr. Shield’s recommenda-
tion.
After that we made it our busi-
ness to stay in touch with Ms
Bush and the King Center. Fact
in 1993 when Ms Bush celebrat-
ed 25 years of operation, King
Arthur’s Productions did their
video and played it before a
packed house with Governor
Ann Richards as the guest
speaker. Dr. David Scott of
Exxon was instrumental in help-
ing the King Center stay afloat
and worked hand and hand with
Ms. Bush. A few days after the
banquet, Ms Bush took the
advice of family and friends and
finally took a small vacation just
to rebuild her strength. We
spoke with her upon her return
and she told me she felt good
about her life’s work and had
made peace with the Almighty
God while on vacation. She
went overseas and told me she
stood on the equator while one
foot was in sand that was nearly
100 degrees hot and the other
foot was on land that was freez-
ing cold. Bush went on to say
the only way that could happen
it would have to be the work of
the Lord controlling nature.
That’s what I will always
remember about Ms Bush and
that hat she was wearing still
stands out.
Upon arriving in Third Ward the
next 65 years, Madge Bush
would set new standards as it
relates to community services.
On the eve of Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. Assassination in 1968,
Ms. Bush had teamed up with a
small group of socially con-
scious citizens to open the com-
munity center. When King was
assassinated a day later they
decided to give it his name. Its
purpose was to help empower
and enrich the lives of the com-
munity residents through job
training, GED and educational
programs for both youths and
senior citizens activities. They
also added Day Care, drug and
alcohol counseling, upholstery,
ceramic, sewing, and typing
classes to name a few. Bush
using her outstanding vision
went onto to develop the Moses
Leroy Day Care Nursery. The
Mickey Leeland Crisis Nursery
and the Madge Bush
Transitional Housing facility for
Women and Children added to
the list of quality services. For
more than 35 years Bush served
at the Executive Director for the
Center before retiring in 2005.
Not once did her programs go
without her attention. Fact is
when funding came late Ms
Bush paid her staff out of her
pocket until federal funding
came. Having a true under-
standing of what it like to be
without Ms Bush wasted no time
in helping those in need.
Joining Boynton United
Methodist Church at an early
age Ms Bush made a deal with
the young pastor Robert Earl
McGee who is now the senior
pastor at Third Ward’s Trinity
United Methodist Church. It was
McGee who offered the eulogy
at Bush’s home going servic-
es.”Pastor I’ll get more involved
with the church if you become a
board member of the King
Center. The two came to terms
and it worked for the rest of Ms
Bush life.
McGee said he was truly
impressed with the passion Ms
Bush had for the least and the
lost. Ms Bush went on to serve
as member on several boards
during her tenure.
The social life of Madge Bush is
well documented as well as her
involvement with politics. She
served on numerous board of
directors and advisory boards at
the state and local level. She
found time to serve with the
PTO of Blackshear Elementary,
Ryan Junior High and yes Jack
Yates Senior High School. Bush
served as Precinct 247 Judge
and Democratic Party officer for
Harris County. One of the most
exciting days for Ms Bush came
when she attended the inaugura-
tion of Barack Obama.
She also attended several State
and National Democratic
Convention as a delegate and
had the opportunity to attend
three Democratic Presidential
Inaugurations and two guberna-
torial inaugurations. Bush spoke
before the United States House
of Representatives. The list of
awards won by Ms Bush includ-
ed North Houston
Frontiersmen’s Drum Major
Award, JACS National Volunteer
of the year (1996) and Houston
Pillar of the Community award
in 2001.
After serving as a member on
several ministries including the
Society of St. Stephens United
Methodist Women and the
senior’s Ministry, Bush was also
a member of the Order of
Eastern Star.
It was clearly and honor to have
known Ms. Bush and her
straight forwardness was a thing
of beauty. We shall cherish her
memories for as long as we live!
January 2011 A King-Size View Page 27
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MADGELEAN BUSHBy King Arthur Prayther
A King-Size View
The legendary Madgelean Bush
A VIEW From The
StandsBy Ryan McGinty
The Prairie View A&M Lady
Panther softball team bolstered
their roster for the 2012 cam-
paign with the addition of three
high school standouts during the
early signing period. Joining the
team next season are Ke’Shae
Monique Evans-Brown, Shontel
Lopez and Olivia Pace.
Brown is the lone in-
state signee as she hails from
Clear Creek High School in
League City, Texas. Born in
Galveston, Texas, the 5-5 Lady
Panther to-be is a two-year letter
winner and starter for her high
school softball team and has sig-
nificant select team experience
as she was selected to play with
the North American Prospects
2011 USA Softball Team along
with the Phaze 2 Select Team.
Active in the community, Brown
is a member of the Parent-
Teacher Student Association,
Link Crew, Boy’s and Girl’s
Club and Macedonia Church
Ministries.
A native of Las Cruces,
New Mexico, Lopez is a decorat-
ed player as she’s a three-time
all-district honoree along with
earning Offensive and Defensive
Player of the Year Honors during
the 2009 campaign. In addition
to the softball program, Lopez
was also attracted to the school’s
Health and Human Performance
Department as she intends to
major in kinesiology.
Olivia Pace rounds out
the trio of signees as she’s a four-
year starter at Highland High
School in Palmdale, Calif. Pace
has earned the All-Golden
League and All-Valley Awards
during her tenure along with
being named the Most Valuable
Outfielder. She was also select-
ed to participate in four All-Star
Triple Crown Tournaments.
PRAIRIE VIEW A&M SOFTBALL INKSTHREE DURING EARLY SIGNING PERIOD
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