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Unemployment... Continued from page 3 from 12.5 percent in February to 12.3 percent in March. The unemployment rate for white women over 20 years old climbed slightly from 6 percent in February to 6.1 percent in March. The employment participation rate, a measure of those either employed or looking for work, fell for all worker groups over 20 years old except for white women, which was the same in February. According to the Labor Department, 496,000 workers left the labor force joining more than 800,000 discouraged workers who have already given up hope of finding work. The federal government shed 14,000 jobs in March, continuing to drag down anemic job gains, raising early concerns about the effects of the sequester, the automatic budget cuts that went into effect last month. “This could be the tip of the iceberg in terms of the larger impact of the sequester,” Pitts said. Congressional Black Caucus Chair Marcia L. Fudge also addressed the sequester. “While the private sector has steadily added jobs for 37 months, the public sector, where many African-Americans are employed, continued to lose them. Last month 385,000 more requests for unemployment benefits were made and by year’s end, sequestration threatens to put an additional 750,000 people with full-time jobs out of work,” Fudge said. “If Congress cannot come to an agreement on the best way to address this country’s fiscal health, these statistics show our economic future remains in jeopardy.”
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Pastor Lloyd Crosby dead at 62
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lain for the Hempstead Police Department. Crosby was born in Houston. He attended Wheatley High School and obtained a data processing degree from San Jacinto College. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in religion from Bishop College and was awarded a scholarship to Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School in Rochester, N.Y. After serving as a hospital chaplain and pastor, he returned to Houston and was ordained at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. He later became director of Christian education at Antioch Baptist Church and interim pastor from 1976 to 1979. He was called to Mount Corinth in 1984. He is survived by his wife, Karen, three children, two grandchildren and one sister.
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ervices were recently held for Pastor Lloyd Crosby, who died April 3 at the age of 62. Crosby was the pastor of Mount Corinth Baptist Church in Hempstead and the voice of “The Christian Community Today” on Texas Southern University’s KTSU radio station. His radio ministry included programs such as “The Church and Community in Action” and “Teen Talk” on Prairie View A&M University’s KPVU and “Spirit, Soul, and Body” on Praise 92.1. He served as public relations director for Houston Ministers Against Crime and chap-
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State Rep. Sylvester Turner (seated, center) is roasted by Gov. Rick Perry. The event was a fundraiser for the Texas Legislative Internship Program sponsored by State Sen. Rodney Ellis (seated, right).
Continued from page 3 Ellis and administered by the Mickey Leland Center on World Hunger and Peace at TSU. TLIP provides opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students attending Texas colleges and universities to serve as interns in the Texas Legislature. Between legislative sessions, interns serve in the offices of elected and appointed officials at the state, county and municipal levels.
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HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTICE TO PROPOSERS The Houston Independent School District located in the Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center at 4400 West 18 th Street Houston, Texas 77092 will accept proposals, until the stated date and time deadlines, in the Board Services Office, Level C1
Project 13-04-03 RFP – Playground Cushion Fall Surface Materials with a deadline of 10 A.M., April 23, 2013. The pre-proposal conference for this project will be in Room 2NE32 at the above stated address on April 16, 2013 at 10 AM.
Project 13-02-06 RFP – Bleachers: Inspection, Maintenance, & Repairs with a deadline of 10 A.M., April 24, 2013. The preproposal conference for this project will be in Room 2NE51 at the above stated address on April 17, 2013 at 10 AM.
Proposals are available on the HISD web-site at www.houstonisd.org. The District reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, or, to accept the proposal that is most advantageous to the District.