We went to montreal to meet in the train and despite the chilly weather we couldnt have wished for a wilma welcome. To the russia has been living in canada for over 40 years now how much she claims novels draw on her own experiences and memories. You were 10 when your family fled saigon and then will remember anything what happened in saigon was how was your life that when i left i was all that after my bird and then all that not all the enough to understand everything so when you sit down to write you can you have the freedom to reinvent. You know the stories between the little dots that you have of the memories but this saw vivid images and as children i think you have a very tunnel vision of things right and so i remember the smell of the kitchen the women how they would dress have they moved around and then i also have images of those tanks coming into town we only feel the fear of everybody and the worries and and on the day that we thought left of course my parents couldnt tell u
Rural communities that belong to us, and we we are their city. Right now were standing in the historic santa fe depot. When you think about building the entire city of amarillo, the materials for building our city came through this depot. They arrived by rail right here, and so our city has grown, and we started as a farming, agricultural town. But now we are an urban center for the texas panhandle of 500,000 people. So none of that could have happened without this location being right here by the rail and so much of our industry and even just our materials to live daytoday lives came right here. Of course, the depot say vacant. Were not using it for a train station. We dont have Passenger Service in our city anymore, but we are still a significant hub for bnss, and its important in the coast to coast travel of marketing goods by rail, were still an important part of that. And the reason amarillo was such a key point in the railroad was, yes with, the cattle industry. We traded cattle
Worked together and so that close knit family situation structure and people knowing people. Neighbors doing for one another. Really taking a village to raise the children. I hope that was very important. The first black man was Jerry Calloway and he was brought here by his employer. The only africanamerican establishing himself with a white family here in amarillo. The second person that came was matthew bones hooks. And matthew bones hooks was a cowboy. He was broncbuster and cowboy. Throughout the panhandle through the various ranchers, he worked with the x it branch, one of the Founding Fathers of this area since there were no blacks here except for him and jerry, he faced some discrimination. But because he was working with prominent ranch holders, ranch owners, he fit in very well and was fed very well. And in the establishment here, it was his conversations with another founding father of this area about helping to establish a community, a black community. Separate and in part f
In the constant loyalty. In the boston massacre, historian looks at the personal conflicts that led to the revolutionary war. The housing crisis in San Francisco and how the rest of the country can avoid the same thing in golden tickets. In dark powers, New York Times financial editor, david takes a critical look at the International Banking giant and its dealings with donald trump. Look for these titles and bookstores this coming week and watched any of the authors in the near future on petitti on cspan2. Later in about 40 minutes the history of africanamericans in amarillo. We began our special feature with the cities of mayor. Amarillo is in the center of the texas panhandle. We affectionately call ourselves the capital city of the texas panhandle. We are approaching 200,000 people in this next census will cross the 200,000 mark so thats a mile marker for us but its one of the most unique things about amarillo and as a travel rent and talk to others i think our superpower in the cit
Commissioner ronen . Ronen absent. Commissioner safai . Safai absent. Commissioner walton . Present. Commissioner yee . Present. Yee present. We have quorum. Thank you, mr. Quintanilla. Could you please call the next item. Clerk item number. Citizens advisory report. Commissioner stefani is amongst us. Mr. Larson. Good morning, chair peskin, vice chair mandelman and commissioners. Im here to report on the november 20th meeting of the c. A. C. Starting with item 5, allocation of 3. 3 million for better Market Street. Critical to the success of the project. Smta noted the project working group, which included business along Market Street and the planned turnaround. As well as coordinating with developers on large projects for midmarket. C. A. C. Members also reacted favorably to the elimination of private vehicle traffic on all of Market Street, in the project area below 10th street. Seeing this as an advantage to reducing congestion and moving transit in this crowded area. The c. A. C.