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Citizens Journal, Wednesday, February 12,2014 • 3
Local Teen presents Teen-U Gold Award project
By Jim Bryan
Special to the Journal
A few months back, De-
andra Rose participated
in a self-defense class or-
ganized by First Method-
ist Youth Minister Tonya
Clayton and came to the
realization that she, and
others her age, lacked cer-
tain skills she would need
to succeed in a college
environment. Specifical-
ly, she lacked in certain
basic areas of knowledge:
The ability to defend her-
self, develop a fitness and
nutrition plan, manage
time and stress, as well as
planning financially for
her future.
Most people realize
where their education
lacks at some point and
either figure out how to
get those skills or if un-
able, do without.
Deandra isn’t most peo-
ple.
The dedicated and dis-
ciplined Girl Scout not
only decided to acquire
those skills for herself,
but found a way to share
them with others heading
to college soon.
Rose went first to her
mother, Sandra Larry
Rose, and to the other
girls and parents in her
troop. They then gath-
ered experts who devel-
oped presentations on
their perspective fields
and a small group of vol-
unteers, and tried their
best to get the word out.
The result was Teen U,
which held its inaugural
event on Saturday, Feb. 1,
at First United Methodist
Church in Atlanta. Dean-
dra opened the event with
a few words of thanks
and an introduction ex-
plaining what was to un-
fold throughout the day
while Alex Orr of Alex’s
Computers and Web De-
sign filmed the event.
Next to the podium was
Texas A&M Counselor
Barbara Wilson, of the
Texarkana Campus, who
spoke on stress and time
management, as well as
when to seek help with
those issues. She brought
a few rather startling sta-
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voluteering to call Bingo at Wesley House
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tistics to grab the atten-
tion of the young minds
before her.
Jim Cottingham, Tex-
arkana College’s Chief
of Campus Police, was
next to speak, focusing
on avoiding conflict and
abuse through situational
awareness.
Third up was Geanen-
ita Kelly of Wells Fargo
Bank, who brought, not
only expert knowledge of
finance, but also concise
information on how to
plan and pay for college.
After the discussion on
financial health, Stormy
Carnley of CHRISTUS St.
Michael rounded out the
instruction with a sim-
ple presentation on meal
planning and how to cre-
ate a bare-bones exercise
program. This was fol-
lowed by a quick, 10-min-
ute workout using mats
and small weights.
Finally, Deandra’s
mother, Sandra Rose,
presented a series of rein-
forcement activities and
a call to action for those
in attendance not to let
Standing from left - Barbara Wilson, Stormy Carnley, Tonya Clayton, Deandra Rose, Sandra
Rose, Geanenita Kelly, Jim Cottingham
their newly-learned skills
go to waste, but to use the
exercises to cement their
actions into habits for a
better life.
Teen U is the Gold Award
project for Deandra Rose,
whose previous projects
have already earned her
the Bronze and Silver
awards.
The Gold Award Project
and is a rarely-earned ac-
complishment, completed
by only 5 percent of Girl
Scouts.
Photos by Jim Bryan
At Left,
Deandra Rose
opens Teen-
U’s inaguaral
event at First
United Meth-
odist Church
in Atlanta
'exas requirements for voter ID
According to the Tex-
as Department of Public
Safety website, Texas vot-
ers must show a photo ID
to vote in elections in Tex-
as, unless you are exempt.
If you do not have any of
the following acceptable
forms of ID, beginning
June 26,2013, you may ap-
ply for an Election Identi-
fication Certificate (EIC)
at no charge. However, if
you already have any of
the following forms of ID,
you are not eligible for an
EIC:
• Texas driver li-
cense - unexpired or ex-
pired no longer than 60
days at the time of voting
• Texas personal
identification card - unex-
pired or expired no longer
than 60 days at the time of
voting
• Texas concealed
handgun license - unex-
pired or expired no longer
than 60 days at the time of
voting
• U.S. passport book
or card - unexpired or ex-
pired no longer than 60
days at the time of voting
• U.S. Military
identification with photo
- unexpired or expired no
longer than 60 days at the
time of voting
• U.S. Citizenship
Certificate or Certificate
of Naturalization with
photo
A list of driver license
offices open on Saturdays
through March 1,2014.
http://www.dps.texas.
gov/DriverLicense/elec-
tionID.htm. Local voters
may also obtain an EIC at
the Marion County Tax
Assessor-Collector office,
which is located at 114
West Austin Street, Room
100, Jefferson, TX 75657.
Exemptions
If you are voting by mail,
you do not have to submit
a photo ID.
If you have a document-
ed disability, you may ap-
ply at the office of Becky
Watson, Cass County Tax
Assessor-Collector, which
is located at 5 Kaufman,
Linden, TX 75563, for a
permanent exemption
from the photo ID re-
quirement. If approved,
you will not need a photo
ID to vote.
For more information on
the types of exemptions
available, please visit
the website for the Texas
Secretary of State http://
www.sos.state.tx.us/elec-
tions/index.shtml.
American Shakespeare Center performance
The American Shake-
speare Center will make
a special stop in Texarka-
na Wednesday, Feb. 26, as
part of the 25th Anniver-
sary World’s Mine Oys-
ter Tour. Coming to the
Sullivan Performing Arts
Center & John Thomas
Theatre will be the com-
ing-of-age story, Henry IV,
Part I. Doors open at 6:30
p.m. and performance be-
ginning at 7:00 p.m. Tick-
ets are available at the
Texarkana Independent
School District Adminis-
trative Office, 4241 Sum-
merhill Road, from 8 a.m.
- 4 p.m. M-F. For more
info, call 903.794.3651 ext.
1013 or tisdpr@txkisd.net.
Atlanta Area Rotary Club
congratulates Sidney Harrist,
lone finalist for
Atlanta Independent School District
Superintendent
Sidney Harrist began his college education
with a Rotary International Scholarship...
“I’ve always been thankful to rotary for step-
ping in at a time when I needed assistance
in furthering my education. When I was a
senior in high school I was awarded a Rotary
scholarship. This paid for my first year at TC.
It came in handy because my dad had passed
away when I was junior and I had a sister
already attending college. I am forever grate-
ful for the opportunity that Rotary offered me
and am proud to serve as a Rotarian at our
Atlanta Area Rotary Club.”
Atlanta Area Rotary supports
education and our community!
Rotary: an organization of 1.2 million
business and professional leaders in
more than 165 countries, providing
humanitarian service and
building goodwill and peace in the world.
This ad paid for by members of the Atlanta Area Rotary Club.
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