Month: July 2014

By Amber Quaid / Managing Editor This year’s annual M.A.P. Shrimp boil was held on July 24 at the Galvan House Courtyard at Heritage Park. The event was hosted by former state Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz Jr. and former U.S. Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz Sr. M.A.P., or Minority Advancement Project, was founded in September 2011 by Ortiz Sr. The nonprofit organization focuses specifically on ethnic, immigrant centers, and services programs, showing minorities what’s out there to promote education and family. They project hosts the shrimp boil, book drives and coat drives every year to help raise money and awareness. Ortiz Jr.…

Perseverance, tenacity key to overcoming obstacles, actor says By Amber Quaid / Managing Editor Henry Winkler, best known to many as The Fonz from “Happy Days,” shared many of his personal challenges with the audience at a luncheon to raise money for the South Texas Women’s Shelter. The shelter held its third annual Great Expectations Speaker Series on June 30 at the American Bank Center to help victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Winkler joked with the crowd throughout his speech, both engaging the audience and making a serious topic, dyslexia, more approachable. Though he wasn’t diagnosed until age 31,…