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Back Issue
August 26, 2005 |
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| Coach Johnnie Gray
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The True Lessons of Boxing
By Mikaya Strickling
I could never see myself boxing. Getting into a ring knowing that I am going to get hit with
someone's "best shot" doesn't really appeal to me. But after talking with local boxing coach
Johnnie Gray I now know that boxing is about a lot more than hitting or getting hit.
Coach Gray runs the youth boxing program in East Palo Alto's Bell Street Gym.
He explained to me that boxing, as he sees it, has to with giving it your all,
mentally and physically, and learning to use your inner strength.
For youth growing up in our community, facing all kinds of challenges,
understanding this is more important than any one-two combination they could ever throw.
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One of the most important acts of life is to examine our own consciences... Maria Montessori
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"We Must Stay
the Course"
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By Heliena C. Walton
The Phoenix Academy
We are experiencing a disconnection that is spiraling out of control.
The crisis occurring among our youth is violence in schools, lowered test scores
and an increase in the dropout rate. Needless to say, our prison system is bursting
with men and women who have failed in school and prison populations are increasing year after year.
This epidemic seems to be a thread of self-discipline,
“moral fiber” or character that is missing in the lives of too many of our youth.
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A message to the community from Police Chief Ronald Davis
The recent shooting incidents have increased levels of fear within the community
and caused many residents to reflect to the '90s when
East Palo Alto was dubbed
the "murder capital" of the United States.
As a community, it is good that we reflect on
the past because there are many lessons to take from both our successes and failures.
However, we must guard against our reflection turning into a level of fear that
negatively changes our lives or diminishes our resolve.
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EPA Library Hosts Writer's Workshop and Book Signing
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By Raquel Medina
Redevelopment Project Coordinator
City of East Palo Alto
The City of East Palo Alto's Redevelopment Agency is ensuring through its First Source Hiring Program
that local residents will have the best advantage for the new jobs at the Four Seasons Hotel.
"The City's Redevelopment Agency is working closely with the Four Seasons Hotel to ensure that at least 30% of
its work force comes from East Palo Alto," said Marie McKenzie, East Palo Alto's First Source Hiring Program Manager.
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How to turn your thoughts
into a book
By Sereptha Strong
Public Services Librarian
East Palo Alto Library
"If you can write a sentence, you can write a book"...those were some of the inspiring words
spoken by the authors at the Writer's Workshop and Book Signing hosted by East Palo Alto Library on Wednesday,
July 20, 2005. Held in the EPA Community Room as part of the EPA Library's Adult Summer Reading Program,
four authors generously volunteered their time to be panelists for this workshop.
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