Deadline Extended in the Search for the First Official Young & Free Texas Spokesperson.Young Adults Urged to Get Online Now to Apply for the Coolest Job in Texas by October 3 LAKE JACKSON, Texas Lake Jackson is a city in Brazoria County, Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area. As of a 2004 U.S. Census Bureau estimate, the city population was 27,022. -- Young & Free Texas is on the search for a spokesperson. Due to Hurricane Ike, the online search has been extended to Friday, October 3, 2008 to give Texas young adults the chance to apply for what is sure to be the coolest job in the state at www.youngfreetexas.com. With this deadline extension, there is still a chance for young Texans, between 19 and 25, to apply to be the first official spokesperson for Young & Free Texas, an exciting online initiative that will connect young adults with the fun and free happenings occurring in their area. As the voice of the Y Generation on the Young & Free Texas Web site, the winning spokesperson will receive: * A Toyota Prius The Toyota Prius is a hybrid electric vehicle developed and manufactured by the Toyota Motor Corporation, and one of the first such vehicles to be mass-produced and marketed. The Prius first went on sale in Japan in 1997, and worldwide in 2001. with a gas allowance * An Apple MacBook notebook computer A laptop computer that weighs in a range from five to seven pounds. The term originated when laptops were routinely more than 10 pounds, and those that became lighter were placed in a special "notebook" category. In practice, notebook computer and laptop computer are synonymous. with a paid Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the contract * A Canon digital camcorder * A Canon digital camera * A Flip 1. FLIP - An early assembly language on the G-15. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. 2. FLIP - ["FLIP User's Manual", G. Kahn, TR 5, INRIA 1981]. 3. FLIP - Formal LIst Processor. digital video camera * An Apple iPhone with a paid contract * And, a competitive annual salary! Entries will be accepted online through October 3, 2008. All Texans between the ages of 19 and 25 are eligible to apply. From here, three finalists will be selected and their entries posted online for public voting: October 10 - 24, 2008. The public will decide the outcome and the winner will be announced on October 31, 2008. Already two young Texans have thrown their hats into the ring to battle for public votes. They are 21-year-old DeAndre' Upshaw and 19-year-old Lauren Byers. And, Upshaw, a junior at Baylor University Baylor University, mainly at Waco, Tex.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1845 by Baptists (see Baylor, Robert E. B.) at Independence, moved 1886 and absorbed Waco Univ. (chartered 1861). The library has a noted Robert Browning collection. , is showing he's up for the challenge by turning his application entry into a month-long campaign on Facebook. Their video entries can be viewed at www.youngfreetexas.com. Young & Free Texas is being presented by TDECU TDECU Texas Dow Employees Credit Union , the largest locally-owned financial institution along the Texas Gulf Coast. The initiative was designed to resonate res·o·nate v. res·o·nat·ed, res·o·nat·ing, res·o·nates v.intr. 1. To exhibit or produce resonance or resonant effects. 2. with 19 to 25 year-olds and help them plan their financial future. About TDECU Founded in 1955, TDECU is a not-for-profit financial cooperative with over 125,000 members and more than $1.3 billion in assets. TDECU currently has 14 branch locations and offers a complete selection of convenient, innovative, and competitive products and services -- including savings, checking, certificates of deposit, IRAs, money market accounts, auto and home loans, credit cards, free online banking and bill pay, investment services, and much more. Members can also access over 32,000 surcharge-free Allpoint[TM] ATMs nationwide. |
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