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COP Program graduates
ltfooth participant
i fighting program that began
»and has expanded to
over 100 neighborhoods in San An-
tonio has graduated its 1600th par-
ticipant.
Council woman Ruth Jones Mc-
Clendon, who founded the Cellular
on Patrol (COP) neighborhood
crimetvatch program announced the
ion of the 1000th participant
)P program graduated the first
class in October, 1993 where volun-
teers of District 2 neighborhoods were
trained by the San Antonio Police
Department to patrol the streets of
their ^neighborhoods with cellular
phones to fight crime.
McCftndon says that statistics show
that me COP program has reduced
crime by up to 40 percent in some
volunteer patrolled neighborhoods.
"In essence, we've added 1000 law
enforoementofficers to the street with
the OOP program. Residents are
more visible and help serve as addi-
tional eyes and ears for our police
/
/ /
officers who are on the streets; that's
made a significant contribution in
reducing crime," said Police Chief
A1 Phillipus.
Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems
donate cellular phones to the pro-
gram. Local businesses have also
made significant donations toward
the success of the program, Mc-
Clendon stated.
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ZAS! A lively children's play with music will open April 28 at 7 p. m. and continue through April 30 at 3 p. m..
May 4 at 12 noon, and May 5th and 6th at 7 p. m. at St. Philip’s College. The play captures the joyful spirit of the
working class and sets it to a lively rhythm. The play features the wise old Grandfather Moon, the idealistic young
Sun, the animal workers at the local honey factory, the Beehive, and the owner of the Beehive, Mr. Bear, who sleeps
all day and refuses to pay the workers a decent wage. For ticket information, call 531 -3321.
Jazz Network gives
grant to Carver
The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest
National Jazz Network has given the
Carver Cultural Center a $66,000
grant to build audience for jazz and
to support jazz programs in Ameri-
can communities.
The National Jazz Network sup-
ports the Carver Youth Jazz Studies
Program at the Carver. The program
offers low-cost instruction in jazz to
children from the area.
Participants are afforded the oppor-
tunity to work with visiting artists
such as Lester Bowe and Jay
Hoggard.
St Peter Claver holds 40
year reunion
The St. Peter Claver Academy ('lavs
of 1955 is organizing iLs 40 year class
reunion, planned for July 14, 15, and
16 of this year.
Addresses and telephone numbers
are being updated, and members of the
class are urged to call Patty Brtxiks
Hinton at 212-9021.
SPCA graduates from other years are
invited to participated in the banquet
and dance on July 15. For further
information, contact Hinton at 212-
9021.
UTSA gets Black head
basketball coach
Zulus prepare for 10th annual "Taste of New Orleans
UTSA has signed Tim Carter to a
three year contract to head its men's
basketball program.
Carter, 38, the head coach of Ne-
braska-Omaha during the 1994-95
season, replaced Stu Stamer who
resigned March 15.
Carter arriving in San Antonio
Monday, said that he is going to get
going as fast as he can. He will
inherit a team that includes four re-
turning players.
Under Carter, Nebraska-Omaba
finished with a 11-16 record. In the
two seasons before his arrival, the
team had a 9-43 record.
He started his coaching career as
an assistant at Oklahoma University.
UTSA athletic director Bobby
Thompson said Carter was the
unanimous choice of the selection
committee.
Ed Wilson, Zulu president, and
Bill Lynch, Taste of New Orleans
Festival Director, are looking at the
skies and, unlike the Temptations hit
song, are wishing that it won't rain.
Public Affairs Director Steve Glover
is woiking with the P. R. firm to
make sure that the word gets out
Longtime Taste of New Orleans ven-
dor Alice Harper is marinating tur-
key legs for a new Taste of New
Orleans treat "New Orleans fried
turkey legs,” and Floyd Wilson and
Don Moye are tuning up their voices
for appearances on radio and tv. Other
members of the 27-member Zulu or-
ganization are preparing to take a
couple of days of vacation—Friday
and Monday—to get the Sunken
Gardens ready for the 10th Annual
Taste of New Orleans.
The Zulus will host the 10th an-
nual "Taste" this weekend from noon
till 11 p. m. Saturday and noon till 10
p. m. Sunday. The two day festival
will draw capacity crowds both days
as San Antonio and area residents as
well as visitors converge upon the
Sunken Gardens to gorge themselves
on Cajun and Creole food, listen to a
New Orleans brass band, jazz, and
even a little zydeco, and dance the
second line.
Featured entertainers include The
Original Pin Stripe Brass Band from
New Orleans, Little Willie Davis and
the Zydeco Hitchhikers, Michael
Ward and the Buffalo Soldiers, and
Fingerprints. Also featured are the
Dixieland sounds of the Band-Aids,
the SL Mary's Jazz Ensemble, The
Lee Thomason Quintet, and Richard
Garcia and First Light.
The food includes standard New
Orleans fare—boudin, red beans and
rice, jambalaya, gumbo, shrimp and
crayfish etouffe, crayfish, and Cajun
fried fish along with some San Anto-
nio created Cajun and Creole dishes
such as Cajun egg rolls and Alice
Harper's Cajun fried turkey.
The Zulus say that they want to
keep the "Taste" a family affair, and
they’ve set up a special play area for
children. Children under 12 are also
admitted free. Admission for adults
is $5.
Park and Ride is available from
Crossroads Mall and Randolph Bou-
levard.
Love Your Mom
Encourage her to get
a Breast Exam and
Mammogram today
Contact the Ella Austin Health
Center to See if You Qualify for
Free Mammograms
Flyers Souvenir Books Business Cards
Invitations Programs Social Stationary ^
Qiplity Work at Affordable Prices
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Fvi ELECT
Thornton
My pledge to you is simple.
As Mayor of San Antonio, I will:
• Not Raise Taxes
Fight Crime by placing
additional police officers
the neighborhoods
• Work for a $5,000
Homeowner’s Exemption
• Work to create new,
better-paying jobs
• Work for clean and
sufficient water
Develop a Master Plan
for Streets
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St. Philip’s College
International Family Days Fair
a celebration of ethnic and cultural diversity
Free and open to the public.
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
April 21 and 22
St. Philip's College invites the community to participate in a celebration of
ethnic and cultural diversity and experience the handicrafts, food, music, and
folklore of imany peoples and cultures on the campus green near the arches.
Food
fajitas
Polish sausage
chicken wings
gumbo
shish kabobs
ice cream
Entertainment
jazz and gospel choirs
Mexican folk singers
Arts and Crafts
jewelry
pottery, etc.
and much, much more!
Come join the fun I
ST. PHILIP'S COLLEGE
SX c"Point offPride in tfie Community
1801 Martin Luther King Drive
San Antonio, TX 78203-2096 • (210) 531-3200
An Equal Opportunity College of the Alamo Community College District
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