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Inducted Into College’s Basketball Hall Of Fame
BY JULIA JACKSON Eugene Clem was in-
ducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame at Dillard Uni- versity. The event took place on February 15, 2019.
Clem grew up in Ha- vana, Florida, and attended Northside High School, where he played basketball for 4 years. In his senior year, he was voted “Most Valuable Player.”
Receiving a full academic scholarship, Clem went on to Dillard University in New Orleans. In his freshman year, he was named “Fresh- man of the Year,” in the Gulf- coast Athletic Conference.
The accolades continued. In his junior year in a game against Tennessee State, he scored 24 of the 26 long
EUGENE CLEM
...Inducted into the Dillard University Basketball Hall of Fame
range shots that were made. After the game, a profes- sional scout for the ABA in- quired if he wanted to leave college and pursue a profes- sional career. The decision was to remain in school and obtain a degree.
Clem graduated in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts de- gree in Sociology and His- tory. He participated in a tryout with the Cincinnati Royals.
He began seeking em- ployment to work in the area of troubled juveniles and family dynamics. In 1971, he began employment with the State of Florida Juvenile Di- vision at the Hillsborough Halfway House as a Youth Counselor.
With basketball still in his system, he began playing AAU basketball throughout the state. In 1972, he won the AAU Tournament in Ken- tucky and was voted “Most Outstanding Player of the Tournament.” He was of- fered another opportunity to tryout with a professional team – this time by an NBA scout.
Clem considered the op- portunity, but decided to stay where he was, doing what he always wanted to do – work- ing with youth, “so I could af- fect the lives of young people.”
Clem became an Assis- tant Superintendent at the Halfway House, working in a program for boys with crim- inal and mental health is- sues.
He was promoted to Su- perintendent in 1974, and in 1978, became a Program An- alyst, serving 5 counties.
Clem returned to his true passion -- working directly with youth – in 1984 and re- mained there until 2004.
Clem realized he missed working with youth and be- came a permanent substitute teacher, teaching law studies at Franklin Middle Magnet School. The students there honored him as the “Most Popular Teacher of the Year.”
He also worked at Bur- nett Middle School, where he taught History and Social Studies, until April 2010, when he retired.
FYI
Middleton Class Of 1964 Meeting
The Middleton High School class of 1964 will have a meeting on Saturday, May 4, 2019 at 3 P. M. The meeting will be held in Community Room "B" at the Robert Saunders Library, 1505 N. Ne- braska Ave.
Light refreshments will be served.
Please encourage as many classmates as possible to attend.
The main agenda item will be discussion of plans to celebrate our 55th year since graduation.
For more information, please contact Harriet Benjamin Ellington at (813) 610-5142 or Lillian Carter Hobbs at (813) 876-2206.
Bar Association To Host Legal Workshop
The George Edgecomb Bar Association (GEBA) will host its 2019 “Learn Your Legal Rights” Community Workshop on Satur- day, May 4, 2019. The workshop will be held 9 a. m. – 1 p. m. at the North Tampa Branch Library, 8916 North Blvd., Tampa 33604.
There is no pre-qualifying necessary for this free event, how- ever, pre-registration is recommended. To register, please visit, https://www.mygeba.com/events2. Or, for more information, go to gebaannouncements@gmail.com. Breakfast and lunch included.
Representatives from Bay Area Legal Services will also be pres- ent.
Information at the workshop will be available on the following law areas: family/child support/divorce, immigration, landlord/tenant, small claims/ debt collection, sealing and ex- punging records, appeals, employment discrimination, bank- ruptcy, personal injury, fair housing, criminal and probate.
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