Andree Pickens http://www.andreepickens.com This is a record of being an African American women pole vaulter and making my way to the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:44:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 en Thought for the Month ~ May http://www.andreepickens.com/2008/05/18/thought-for-the-month-may/ http://www.andreepickens.com/2008/05/18/thought-for-the-month-may/#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 00:55:14 +0000 apickens Thought for the Week http://www.andreepickens.com/2008/05/18/thought-for-the-month-may/ Service is the price we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.

~ Shirley Chisholm

]]> http://www.andreepickens.com/2008/05/18/thought-for-the-month-may/feed/ Be encouraged ~ one day at a time http://www.andreepickens.com/2008/05/07/be-encouraged-one-day-at-a-time/ http://www.andreepickens.com/2008/05/07/be-encouraged-one-day-at-a-time/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 02:31:48 +0000 apickens Thought for the Week http://www.andreepickens.com/2008/05/07/be-encouraged-one-day-at-a-time/ One day at a time

]]> http://www.andreepickens.com/2008/05/07/be-encouraged-one-day-at-a-time/feed/ Thought for the Month http://www.andreepickens.com/2008/04/17/thought-for-the-month-2/ http://www.andreepickens.com/2008/04/17/thought-for-the-month-2/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:22:30 +0000 apickens Thought for the Week http://www.andreepickens.com/2008/04/17/thought-for-the-month-2/ On April 28, 1931, women’s track and field events were approved for the Olympics.

It was not until the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games that women’s pole vault was allowed as an exhibition event. The 2000 Sydney Olympic Games hosted the first Olympic women’s pole vault event.

]]> http://www.andreepickens.com/2008/04/17/thought-for-the-month-2/feed/ Thought for the Month http://www.andreepickens.com/2008/03/14/thought-for-the-month/ http://www.andreepickens.com/2008/03/14/thought-for-the-month/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:27:58 +0000 apickens Thought for the Week http://www.andreepickens.com/2008/03/14/thought-for-the-month/ I dream, therefore I become.

~ Cheryl Renee Grossman

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Gordan Parks

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~ Carole Joy

]]> http://www.andreepickens.com/2008/01/02/thought-for-the-month-january-2008/feed/ Thought for the Week ~ August 20th http://www.andreepickens.com/2007/08/22/thought-for-the-week-august-20th/ http://www.andreepickens.com/2007/08/22/thought-for-the-week-august-20th/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:08:07 +0000 apickens Thought for the Week http://www.andreepickens.com/2007/08/22/thought-for-the-week-august-20th/ A man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them

~Mark Twain

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~Louisa May Alcott

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Some of them need it far more.

~ Margaret Collier Graham

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~ Stephen R. Covey

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