Mary Reed Quotations

Given the opportunity, we'd rather read than do anything else.

is committed to riding it out and going back to Tulane. We'll get through this.

Our goal is to preserve and protect the history of the neighborhood, the character of the neighborhood. Clarksville is on the national register of historic places. It's a historically black neighborhood. It's the first freedman's town west of the Mississippi.

When developers would come into the neighborhood they'll understand what the rules of the game are. So we'll be in the driver seat.

We knew that a hurricane might be coming Thursday or Friday, and that Saturday we knew it was coming, and that it was kind of serious, ... A lot of times it hadn't been a big deal, but this time it turned out it was. I spent about 10 minutes meeting my roommate, then they just told us to ... get out ... and they had no idea when they were going to start up again.

It just goes back to finding what you like.

Any types of buildings, parking lots, barricades, etc. can potentially obstruct the water flow and heighten the possibility of flooding.

I'm pretty bummed, but I've got to use my time now productively, ... It doesn't do you any good to dwell on it.

Head Start believes in father involvement and literacy enhancement, and this event celebrates the important impact fathers have on their children's early social, emotional, and educational development.