The James Logan Courier

By Ronnell Coaster, Courier Sports Writer

On Wednesday, , Logan’s track and field team took first place in almost all of the events in a meet against Mission San Jose.

Sophomore Kareem Dupree grabbed first place in the 300m hurdles junior varsity. Jeffrey Protho, a junior, tookfirst place in the varsity 300m hurdles. Prothro also took first place in the triple jump, setting the state record to beat.

By Zohal Sharif, Courier Opinion Editor

When 17-year-old Travyon Martin decided to make a quick run to 7/11, he asked his little brother what he wanted from the store. His brother told him that he wanted Skittles. Who would have fathomed that this would be the last exchange that the pair would have?

While returning home from the store, Martin was spotted by a resident in his father’s gated community in Sanford, Fl. 911 was called an alerted to a suspicious person by George Zimmerman, leader of the neighborhood watch. By the time the police arrived to the scene, the teenager was dead from a single gunshot wound to the chest.

By Michael A. Memoli
Tribune Washington Bureau (MCT)

WASHINGTON — In calling for "some soul-searching" on the incident, President Barack Obama offered a very personal reflection on the killing of Trayvon Martin, a young black teenager in Florida that has sparked a national outcry.

"If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon," Obama said Friday morning in the White House Rose Garden, his first public comments on the incident.

"Obviously this is a tragedy. I can only imagine what these parents are going through. And when I think about this boy, I think about my own kids."

From wikipedia:
Bette Claire Graham (23 March 1924 – 12 May 1980) was an American typist, commercial artist, and the inventor of Liquid Paper. She was also the mother of musician and producer Michael Nesmith, a member of the Monkees.

Graham was born as "Betty Clair McMurray" in Dallas, Texas to Jesse McMurray, an automotive supply company manager, and Christine Duval. She was raised in San Antonio and graduated from Alamo Heights High School. She married Warren Audrey Nesmith (1919–1984) before he left to fight in World War II. While he was overseas she had a child (Robert Michael Nesmith, born 30 December 1942). After Warren Nesmith returned home, they were divorced (1946). In the early 1950s, her father died, leaving some property in Dallas to Betty. She, her mother, Michael, and her sister Yvonne moved there. To support herself as a single mother, she worked as a secretary at Texas Bank and Trust. She eventually attained the position of the executive secretary, the highest position open at that time to women in the industry.

Read more about Bette Claire Graham, free from the Texas State Historical Association.