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the advent of FaceBook and Smart Phones, I no longer
take pictures so I'm archiving 2 decades of throw
backs pictures that were taken for my website Guy's
Gallery on FaceBook for public viewing of the people
in the Houston Community. Take a walk down memory
lane. Click the picture below to see pictures you
don't have to be a member of FaceBook to view. Enjoy!
If you would like to see the latest
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It's official! History was made
yesterday. We have the First Black
female Mayor of Missouri City. I would
like to congratulate Yolanda Ford and
Chis Chris Preston on running a
successful campaign.
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Yolanda Ford unseated Allen
Owen on Dec. 8 to become
Missouri City’s first African
American and female mayor.
Council member at large Position
2 incumbent Chris Preston will
retain his position on the
council.
With 97 percent of the
precincts reporting, former
District A Council Member
Yolanda Ford led Owen with 5,015
votes, or 51.93 percent, while
the incumbent mayor received
4,642 votes, or 48.07 percent,
according to
unofficial results from the Fort
Bend County elections office.
“I am so proud that the
residents of Missouri City have
elected me as their mayor. After
having served on the city
council for the past five years,
and as a lifelong resident, I am
deeply invested in the
well-being and growth of
Missouri City, and I look
forward to working with
citizens, the city council and
others toward its betterment,”
Ford said in a statement.
In the at large Position 2
race, Preston received 6,050
votes, or 64.18 percent, while
Susan Soto received 3,377 votes,
or 35.82 percent.
The special runoff election
for the Missouri City City
Council positions began with
early voting Nov. 26-Dec. 4. A
total of 6,971 Missouri City
residents cast ballots, either
in-person or by mail, during
early voting, according to the
county.
Of 49,331 registered voters
eligible to vote in this
election, 19.36 percent voted as
of Dec. 8, according to
unofficial county results.
Ford and Preston will be
sworn into office at the Monday,
Dec. 17 regular city council
meeting. The Mayor Pro Tem will
also be elected on that date
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Yolanda Ford has won
Missouri City’s runoff
election.
Ford unseated Allen Owen
on Dec. 8 to become Missouri
City’s first African
American and female mayor.
Mayor Allen Owen has
been mayor since 1994.
This is significant for
Missouri City, which has a
sizable African American
community that has been
trying to make an impact in
city government for years.
“I am so proud that the
residents of Missouri City
have elected me as their
mayor. After having served
on the city council for the
past five years, and as a
lifelong resident, I am
deeply invested in the
well-being and growth of
Missouri City, and I look
forward to working with
citizens, the city council
and others toward its
betterment,” Ford said in a
statement.
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The woman who said she recorded a video after former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger shot and killed Botham Jean in September came forward to talk about how posting the footage to social media affected her life.
“It’s had a negative effect on me,” said the woman Worldstar identified as “Mystery Witness Who Exposed Lies From Amber Guyger and Dallas Police.”
After uploading the video, major media outlets began circulating it. She felt that her job was done and planned to move on with her life as normal. But that’s not how things turned out.
“People in the community found out where I work. They started harassing my company, posting to its Facebook page and sending emails–even coming there physically–to complain, to tell this company … they hired an anti-police, Black extremist, all of those things,” she said.
She was fired by the pharmaceutical company, which she alleged also blacklisted her.
The woman also said that social media pages she uses for her clothing line business have been deleted
One of Jean’s neighbors recorded a video in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, the Star-Telegram reported in September. It purports to show Guyger in the hallway of the apartment complex on her phone and crying. A second video appears to show Jean wheeled through the hallway on a gurney by paramedics.
A grand jury in Dallas indicted Guyger, 30, on November 30. The panel found enough evidence for a murder charge instead of the initial manslaughter charge.
On the night of Sept. 6, she illegally entered Jean’s apartment, which was located one floor above her own, and shot Jean, 26, to death — that much has been established as true. But everything else that transpired during that fatal encounter was not exactly clear, with only Guyger’s word to go on.
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Story : The Weight of the Glass
Once upon a time a psychology professor walked
around on a stage while teaching stress management
principles to an auditorium filled with students.
As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they’d
be asked the typical “glass half empty or glass half
full” question. Instead, with a smile on her face,
the professor asked, “How heavy is this glass of water
I’m holding?”
Students shouted out answers ranging from eight
ounces to a couple pounds.
She replied, “From my perspective, the absolute
weight of this glass doesn’t matter. It all
depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a
minute or two, it’s fairly light. If I hold it for
an hour straight, its weight might make my arm ache a
little. If I hold it for a day straight, my arm
will likely cramp up and feel completely numb and
paralyzed, forcing me to drop the glass to the floor.
In each case, the weight of the glass doesn’t change,
but the longer I hold it, the heavier it feels to me.”
As the class shook their heads in agreement, she
continued, “Your stresses and worries in life are very
much like this glass of water. Think about them
for a while and nothing happens. Think about them
a bit longer and you begin to ache a little. Think
about them all day long, and you will feel completely
numb and paralyzed – incapable of doing anything else
until you drop them.”
The moral: It’s important to
remember to let go of your stresses and worries.
No matter what happens during the day, as early in the
evening as you can, put all your burdens down.
Don’t carry them through the night and into the next day
with you. If you still feel the weight of
yesterday’s stress, it’s a strong sign that it’s time to
put the glass down.
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The
PINNACLE Center is free* for use to Fort Bend and City
of Houston residents that are ages 50 and above. |
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The PINNACLE Center
includes:
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Wi-Fi Internet Café
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Fitness Center
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Outdoor Walking Trail
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Fitness Classes
– Self Defense, Weight Training, Zumba,
Flexibility, Aerobics, and Chair Fitness
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Ping Pong
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Dance Classes
– Line Dancing, Two Stepping and Swing Out
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Veterans Assistance &
Social Service Assistance
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Financial Planning
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Knowledge is POWER DAY
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Computer Classes
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Table Games -
Bingo, Dominos and various Card Games
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Marketplace Monday
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Vendors welcome on the 1st Monday of each
month
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