The national asso-ciation of Free andCharitable Clinics (na-FC) is calling on physi-cians and other healthcare professionals, aswell as non-medicalvolunteers, to partici-pate in the upcominglarge free clinic foruninsured persons at the

dallas ConventionCenter, hall a, 650south griffin st.,on sept. 29.

The naFC willhold its latestC.a.r.e. (Commu-nities are respond-ing everyday) Cli-nic in conjunctionwith the lone star

association of CharitableClinics (lsaCC) and thenorth Texas association ofCharitable Clinics (nTa-CC).

“We are hopeful thatmany individuals in thecommunity will volunteerat this one-day, life-altering

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legendary gospel artistFred hammond, now adFW resident, recentlyspoke with the North Dal-las Gazette by phone abouthis career and involvementwith verizon’s how sweetthe sound. The regional

concerts are ki-cking off tom-orrow in grandPrairie.

When askedabout his career,which spans th-ree decades ha-mmond chuck-led, “It does not

really feel like 30 plusyears. It is a fun career andI have enjoyed my job. Ilove staying current withthe times.” For example,hammond pointed out theimportance of not trying todrag what worked in 1980

How to stop annoyingtelemarketing calls

By Jason alderman

When the do-not-CallImplementation act of2003 was passed, it wassupposed to herald a newera of silence – as in, nomore annoying dinner-time telemarketing calls.Based on the number ofunsolicited calls our

household still receivesnearly a decade later, how-ever, I'd say the law hasbeen had only mixed suc-cess.

True, the sheer volumeof calls did drop signifi-cantly after we registeredour home and cell phonenumbers with the Federal

Trade Commission's na-tional do not Call reg-istry. But because so manytypes of organizations areexempt from the legisla-tion and so many shadycompanies flout the rules,everyone I know still getspestered relentlessly.

Volunteers are needed for large freemedical clinic for the uninsured in Dallas

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It is time to rise abovethe political blame gam-ing tactics that have stag-nated america and keptits citizens hostage to thedebilitating economic pa-ralysis and partisan bick-ering you inherited inJanuary 2008.

It is time for the Pres-ident of the United statesof america to stand upbefore the american peo-ple as a bold leader dedi-cated to giving themback the confidence they

have lost in a govern-ment perceived to be in-capable of serving theneeds of the people.

It is time, mr. Presi-dent, to let ‘we the peo-ple’ know that the harshlessons learned fromdealing with the snow-balling fiscal crisis thathas confounded americawill be used to provideeffective new solutionsinstead of retreading oldones.

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an experienced pedia-trician will lead Children’smedical Center’s efforts to

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tals to care for children.health-care reform is

requiring hospitals acrossthe nation to implementaccountable Care organi-zations, which are organ-ized provider entities thatoffer plans for hospitalsand physicians to imple-ment better care at reducedcost. Children’s Popula-tion health division, underhain’s leadership, willwork on making childrenand families healthier.

“I am humbled to joinsuch an elite institution asChildren’s medical Centerdallas,” hain said. “Themission, which the folkshere live every day, is tomake life better for chil-dren. I really wanted to bea part of a group of peoplewho believe so strongly inhelping children.

“I’ve joined an out-standing team in Popula-tion health. We hope tocreate networks that willincrease the number of

children for whom we areable to care, while at thesame time making kids inour communities healthierso that we are able to seefewer children admitted tothe hospital.”

hain comes to dallasfrom nashville, Tenn.,where he served for morethan 11 years at monroeCarell Jr. Children’s hos-pital at vanderbilt, mostrecently as associate chiefof staff. he is originallyfrom albuquerque and isfluent in spanish. he firstembarked on an engineer-ing career after earning hisundergraduate degree inmaterials science and en-gineering from rice Uni-versity. he worked as acorrosion engineer inalaska for three years be-fore enrolling at vander-bilt University medicalschool. he graduatedfrom vanderbilt with his

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dr. myiesha Taylor al-ways knew she would be-come a physician one day.however, during her child-hood in the 1980s, there werefew women of color in herdaily life or in the media toserve as role models.

even in her career,whether it is when she’sworking as an emergencymedicine specialist at Texasregional medical Center atsunnyvale or at her secondjob as the physician supervi-sor at the dr Pepper plant inIrving, Taylor, 38, rarely en-counters women physiciansof color. so, when she heard

about the new cartoon “docmcstuffins,” which airs ondisney Junior, Taylor wel-comed the opportunity toshare a bit of her professionwith her own 4-year-olddaughter, hana Taylor sc-hlitz.

The television show,which stars a 6-year-oldafrican-american girl whosefavorite accessory is a pinkstethoscope and who dreamsof becoming a doctor like hermother, impressed Taylor somuch she wrote about it onher own blog, http://www.Coilyembrace.com, and cre-ated an online collage of 131

african-american wo-men physicians of colorwho are real-life docmcstuffins; then Taylorsent the collage to dis-ney, and subsequent in-ternational media atten-tion of her campaigndrew more physicians’praises and a call forsome organized way formore women minoritymedical professionals toshare their common ex-periences.

so, Taylor, with helpfrom other physicians na-tionwide, created artemismedical society, a newnonprofit corporation.named after the greek

goddess, artemis’mission is to createand promote an envi-ronment in medicinewhere women physi-cians of color fromall medical special-ties can come to-gether to support andlearn from eachother. Taylor, who isartemis’ president,said women physi-cians of color share acommon bond be-cause they areunique in the med-ical community.

artemis startedwith the Facebookpage http://www.

facebook.com/groups/342922302445521/ and a couplehundred members in June,but artemis is transitioningto a new website http://www.artemismedicalsociety.orgsoon. artemis boasts morethan 2,000 members already.

about 90 percent ofartemis’ members are afr-ican-american women phy-sicians, but the group is opento all women physicians ofall minority groups. mem-bers represent a wide rangeof medical specialties andmany graduated from topmedical schools, includingharvard, stanford and yale.

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It is time to reveal anew vision for america,mr. President. It is time todifferentiate the reality ofyour presidency from thesmoke and mirror fluff ofyour challenger.

The voters do not wantto hear more glowingspeeches prepared byskilled speech writersusing coined poll testedphrases designed to tell thepeople what they want tohear. Instead, what theyare looking for are plainspoken simple words thattell the people what theyneed to hear, the pathwaythey must follow to re-claim their freedom, andthe specific actions thatwill be taken.

a recent Pew Institutereport says, "the middleclass has shrunk in size,fallen backward in incomeand wealth, and shedsome—but by no meansall—of its characteristicfaith in the future." The re-port provides statisticsshowing that middle classearnings and net worthhave plummeted since themid-2000s and that about85% of the middle classsay it is harder to maintaintheir standard of livingthan it was 10 years ago.

mr. President, becausethe misery and concern de-tailed in the Pew study isnot uniquely democrat orrepublican you have the

opportunity to offer yourvision of substance to both.

It is possible to do thisin the short time remainingbefore the november 6elections in a manner thatwill transform the cam-paign from a finger point-ing, tear down the oppo-nent, mud-slinging specta-cle to a constructive tem-plate that future campaign-ers will emulate.

First, use your accept-ance speech at the demo-cratic national Conventionin Charlotte, n.C., to pres-ent a comprehensive road-map for america’s recov-ery and growth using the“no fluff-real stuff” differ-entiation guidelines previ-ously mentioned.

second, a few daysprior to the october 3 de-bate in denver announce anew jobs stimulus initia-tive and your intention toreplace Federal reserveBoard Chairman BenBernanke and secretary ofthe Treasury Timothy gei-thner.

These are bold movesto accomplish a specificgoal. They illustrate to theamerican people that youare serious about attackingthe economic crisis basedon lessons learned. TheFederal reserve Chairmanand the secretary of theTreasury are intimatelyconnected with the highlycontroversial TarP, Qual-

itative easing and otherstimulus measures. newleadership of the economicteam verifies and validatesthat new economic initia-tives will be the bedrock ofthe economic recoverygame plan.

The significant differ-ence between this newstimulus and previous ini-tiatives is the money goesdirectly to the consumerinstead of to corporations.one of the reasons previ-ous stimulus initiatives didnot jump start the economyis the corporations sat onthe stimulus money and re-fused to increase produc-tion because consumersdid not have money to pur-chase their products.

Third, shortly beforethe october 16 debate inhempstead, new york an-nounce your support of ini-tiatives to legalize and reg-ulate marijuana. The waron drugs continues towaste billions of tax dol-lars each year while drugusage increases. a testprogram to legalize andregulate marijuana will de-termine if the taxes raised,jobs created and reducedstrain on the overwhelmedjustice system outweighthe negatives. We must bewilling to try new solu-tions when old measuresare proven ineffective.

Fourth, as a lead up tothe october 22 debate in

Boca raton, Florida an-nounce the date for bring-ing the troops out ofafghanistan.

mr. President withthese initial steps you willhave demonstrated severaldefinitive and confidencebuilding realisms to theamerican people:

you understand therole of the President andthe power of the presi-dency.

you will not let greedand corruption continue toundermine the integrity ofthe government. govern-ment greed and corruptionhas been the single mosteffective element destroy-ing america's middle-classvalues of thrift, industri-ousness, and self-reliance.

you understand that thegovernment should workto enhance the people in-stead of the people work-ing to enhance the govern-ment.

as a politician you area realist and not simply anintellectual theorist.

mr. President, now isthe time with these simplebut powerful initiatives toprove to the american peo-ple that their governmentis in the best hands withyou remaining at the helm.

Comments or opinionsmay be sent to the writerat: www.jaydubub@sw-bell.net.

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(nnPa) The primarygoal of the democratic na-tional Convention in Char-lotte, n.C. this week is tohighlight the sharp contrastbetween the policies of Pres-ident Barack obama and mittromney, his republican op-ponent.

In the past, political con-ventions were used to countdelegates to determine eachparty’s respective presidentialnominee. That has changed inrecent years, with the ballotoutcome already determinedby the time thousands of del-egates roll into a city for theconvention. Today, the spe-eches are directed at millionswatching on television, theInternet or a mobile device,

not the people sitting in theconvention hall.

republicans concludedtheir national convention inTampa and for the first time in60 years, the goP nomineedidn’t make the argument thathis party will do a better jobin foreign affairs. Presidentobama took that issue awayfrom republicans by endingU.s. involvement in the warin Iran, bringing troops backfrom afghanistan and approv-ing a mission that resulted inthe death of osama binladen.

With shifting U.s. demo-graphics, the Tampa gatheringmay be the last national polit-ical convention that republi-cans or any other party canmake a race-based appeal to

White voters. despite tokenappearances by former secre-tary of state Condoleezza riceand artur davis, a formerdemocratic congressman fromalabama who couldn’t carryhis on precinct in his bid forgovernor, Team romney madea major appeal to its base. andthe selection of Paul ryan ashis running mate served to un-derscore that point.

The problem for republi-cans is that the election willlargely be decided by unde-cided independent voters. andromney, a massachusettsmoderate- turned-conser-vative, can’t afford to appealdirectly to that group withoutalienating ardent conserva-tives already suspicious ofhim.

except for a speech to thenaaCP annual convention inhouston, romney has donelittle to appeal to african-american voters. not that itwould do him much good. arecent nBC news/ Wallstreet Journal poll showedromney getting zero percentof the Black vote. of course,that does not mean no Blackperson in america will votefor him. Instead, the zero wasin a poll with a margin oferror of 3.1 percent. Thatmeans that romney probablywill not match John mcCain’sunimpressive 4 percent in2008. By comparison, georgeW. Bush captured 11 percentof the Black vote in 2004.

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to 2012. “you have to payattention to what is goingon in the music world,” headded.

hammond became in-volved in the how sweetthe sound efforts when,“They called me a coupleof years ago and askedwould I be a judge. I lovedit and so here I am again.”

What advice does heoffer to the choirs partici-pating?

“First, be as excellentas you can, come preparedas possible, from the musi-cians to the person on thelast row.” hammond alsoencouraged choirs to keepin mind it is not alwaysabout the dancing, that isgreat but if the music is notright it diminishes theirchances of winning.

he cautioned contest-ants, “The judging will beharder this year, and not sonicey-nicey.” While enter-tainment is a part of whatthe audience looks forwardto, they are also lookingforward to the moments ofworship he indicated.

hammond said the au-dience loves a great danceand step, “but they want tofeel an anointed moment. “

st. mark sanctuary is75-member choir from lit-tle rock, which singsevery sunday at two serv-ices. darius nelson the di-rector said the membersrange in age from 18 – 65years old and come fromall walks of life.

This is not his first timeparticipating in a howsweet the sound competi-tion; he also participatedwith a church from mem-phis in 2010. nelson saidhe was impressed twoyears ago with, “how wellorganized everything is, itis a first class production.”

When asked to describehis choir nelson said, theywill come with a high levelof energy and enthusiasm.They are singing the Wor-ship Medley by Joe Paceand according to nelson,“It represents who we areand what we do.”

each choir selected wasasked to submit four songsfrom a list of 50 approvedsongs from which tochoose. By august 1 theywere given their assignedsong, providing each choirample time to prepare.

selah is a choir fromdenton’s latter houseglory Tabernacle wherePastor elton monday is theminister. director Titusglenn submitted his appli-cation for the contest afterhe decided to take “a stepof faith and enter.” Thechoir has 70 members andas a recording artist glenncompared the preparationto working on an album.

“singing to god is thefocus, but you work oncleaning up and polishingyour sound.” They aresinging Awesome God byyouthful Praise.

glenn has served as thechoir director for about 18months, but minister ofmusic for nearly 5 years.“our choir is a very youth-ful, with the average age ofthe members being 25years old with many still incollege.”

In closing, glennshared, “selah is a uniquechoir, we are young agewise, but we do have aheart to live and sing forJesus Christ. Just don’tlook at our outer appear-ance, but actually hearwhat we are singing.”

Carnel davis, Jr. is thedirector of Carnel davis &Incorporated to Praise,

which is a communitychoir from houston,Texas. This is the firstyear the competition hasincluded community cho-irs. a community choir isone, which is not affiliatedwith a specific church andoften includes membersfrom different denomina-tions and backgrounds.according to davis, com-munity choirs were realpopular in the 1970s and80s but faded for severalyears.

Carnel davis & Incor-porated to Praise features35 members and while itis commonplace to requirecommunity choir mem-bers to audience, davis in-dicated his choir does nothost auditions. The choiris filled by, “word ofmouth with members whocome with a willingness totrain and sing,” he added.sometimes they sing ev-ery week, sometimes mul-tiple times in a week andsometimes it is merelyonce a month.

davis is looking for-ward to the event and said,“We are just excited forthe opportunity to comeand share the word of godwith those who wouldcome and listen. We hopethat god is pleased mostof all and that the audi-ence members areblessed.”

The gospel artists par-ticipating include donaldlawrence and yolandaadams are co-hosts, CeCeWinans and Bishop hez-ekiah X. Walker are am-ong the judges. For moreinformation visit http://www2.howsweetthesou-nd.com. also keep youreye on our website andFacebook page for photosfrom the event.

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Prescription medicinedrop-off set for Sept. 29

lewisville Police de-partment and lewisvilleIndependent school dis-trict are teaming up withthe drug enforcement ad-ministration to host a drug

Take Back event on satur-day, sept. 29, from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. The local drop-offsite will be the parking lotof the lewisville highschool, 1098 W. main

street. residents are urgedto bring any expired or un-needed prescription med-ications to the event anddrop them off for safe dis-posal.

Parkland health & hos-pital system announced lastweek that it has reached asettlement agreement withthe department of statehealth services (dshs) thatresolves and discharges allpotential litigation and en-forcement actions for com-pliance issues prior to may31, 2012.

“Parkland has taken re-sponsibility for its compli-ance issues and is severalmonths into a systems Im-provement agreement withthe Centers for medicare andmedicaid services (Cms)that will improve safety andquality of care,” said debbieBranson, Chair, ParklandBoard of managers. “Thisagreement with the state al-lows us to settle any issuesthat occurred prior to may31st and to focus on com-pleting the changes neces-

sary to secure Parkland’s fu-ture as one of the most im-portant health care assets innorth Texas.”

Under the agreementwith dshs, Parkland will beassessed $1 million for vio-lations that occurred prior toJune 1, 2012. $750,000 willbe payable within 30 days ofthe execution of the agree-ment. $250,000 will be heldin abeyance subject to Park-land’s compliance with theterms of the agreement.

additionally, Parklandwill provide dshs monthlyreports tracking our progresstoward returning to compli-ance with medicare/medic-aid conditions of participa-tion. For a period of 24months, Parkland will alsoprovide dshs with informa-tion about its Quality assur-ance and Performance Im-provement (QaPI) Program

and progress. and Parklandwill inform dshs of re-portable adverse eventswithin the health care systemwithin two business days ofbecoming aware of theevent. The health systemwill then have 45 days inorder to deliver a root causeanalysis of the event and anaction plan with strategies toreduce the risk of similarevents occurring in the fu-ture.

“We appreciate thedshs’s willingness to workwith Parkland on a settle-ment that allows us to focuson fixing the compliance is-sues that have troubled ourhealth care system,” Bransonsaid. “We will cooperatefully with this agreement aswe continue to work towardcompletion of our correctiveaction plan.”

Parkland reaches settlement withDepartment of State Health Services

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Clean south dallas: mak-ing south dallas more Beau-tiful is a campaign in place torestore a 25 year old southdallas institution, dedicatedto the beautification andpreservation of the muchloved south dallas commu-nity. This campaign willgather resources, lift up thelegacy of service and ac-

tivism, and create awarenessof other programs.

Clean south dallas: mak-ing south dallas more Beau-tiful will take place on Thurs-day, sept. 6 at 6-8 p.m. It willbe at the african-americanmuseum in Fair Park. dona-tions will be accepted at thedoor. For more information,contact 214-428-0418.

African-American community mobilizes to save the Clean South DallasCenter with a benefit at the African-American Museum in Fair Park

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as the garland area be-comes more urbanized, it’s im-portant to promote the health,social, and community benefitsof the outdoors. Participatingin outdoor recreation activitiesprovide a place for childrenand adults to connect with na-ture and gain an appreciationfor shrinking natural environ-ments and habitats. That is whythe garland Parks, recreation,and Cultural arts departmenthas partnered with Bass Proshops to host the garland out-door Festival. The Festivalprovides easy access to a hostof outdoor recreation agenciesand activities with the goal ofeducating the public about themany outdoor recreation op-

portunities that exist in thegarland area.

The garland outdoor Fes-tival is saturday, september 8,from 11a.m. - 4 p.m. at thegarland Bass Pro shops, 5001Bass Pro drive on I-30 over-looking beautiful lake rayhubbard. many outdoor recre-ation and education agencieswill have exhibit booths at theFestival that promote activitiessuch as hunting, fishing, hik-ing, off-road biking, sailing,canoeing, local trails, naturepreservation, camping, andarchery. In addition to infor-mation, there will be manydemonstrations to allow visi-tors to experience firsthand thefun of recreating outdoors.

Using Bass Pro shopsunique location on lake rayhubbard, visitors can kayak,sail, catch a fish, cast a fly rod,shoot an arrow, and kids canpractice casting and makesome cool crafts. There mayalso be some yummy samplesleft from the outdoor cookingdemonstrations going onthroughout the event. Thegarland outdoor Festival isfree and open to everyonewith lots of parking availableand the Bass Pro shops to ex-plore.

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3rd Annual Garland Outdoor Festival

The national association

for the advancement of Col-

ored People (naaCP) gar-

land, Texas Branch will host

its 22nd annual Freedom

Fund brunch and silent auc-

tion on saturday, september

15. The silent auction kicks

off at 9 a.m. and the Brunch

starts at 10 a.m. at the dou-

bletree hotel, 1981 n. Cen-

tral @ Campbell rd., in

richardson.

The 2012 Theme is “The

naaCP garland Branch:

Creating legends and lead-

ers.” The Keynote speaker is

nBC 5 reporter Tammy mu-

tasa with naaCP garland

executive Committee mem-

ber marquis hankins serving

as the master of Ceremony.

each year at the luncheon

awards and scholarships are

given. The 2012 youth

scholarship recipients from

the garland Independent

school district (gIsd) are:

•elaine Bradley scholar-

ship – naaCP garland

youth Council member to be

announced

•gIsd highest african

american scholars will be

recognized for each of the

seven high schools

The Corporate sponsor

award recipient is randall

reed’s Prestige Ford and the

adult award recipients are:

•educator of the year –

Willie Bogar

•volunteer of the year –

robert lutz

•Bridge Builder’s aw-ard

– Councilman BJ Williams

•online media award –

Kim everett, editor - theGarland texan

For more information on

this event, please contact the

naaCP garland Branch at

972.381.5044, voice box #5,

or visit the naaCP garland

Branch’s Web site at:

www.garlandtxnaacp.org.

Garland NAACP hosting 22nd AnnualFreedom Fund Brunch and Silent Auction

Plano citizens invited tojoin a team of over 250 dedi-cated live green in Plano(lgIP) volunteers who makePlano cleaner and greener.Beginning Thursday, sept.20, lgIP volunteer Trainingclasses are from 7 to 9 p.m.on six consecutive Thursdaynights. The final class isThursday, oct. 25 and just intime to make volunteering apriority and resolution for2013.

all training classes areheld at the environmentaleducation Center located at4116 W. Plano Parkway atCommerce drive. space islimited, but classes are

Free! serve your commu-nity, impact the planet by reg-istering at livegreenin-plano.obsres.com.

"This six-week trainingoffers practical, money-sav-ing tips which are easy toapply in your daily routinesaid Charlotte demolay,lgIP volunteer coordinator.“you’ll learn about water andsoil conservation, preventingpollution and simple ways toreduce the amount of trashheading to the landfill.”

lgIP volunteers areteenagers and adults willingto spend 24 volunteer hoursto maintain demonstrationgardens, raise organic food

for area food pantries, speakto civic organizations andhomeowner's associations ontopics such as water pollutionand energy efficiency, workwith scouts to earn badges,teach school children, leadtours, staff the householdChemical reuse Center, labelstorm drains, organize greenteams at their office, and pro-vide essential staffing atl2lg.

The lgIP volunteersprogram taps into currentskills and trains volunteers toshare sustainable lifestyle in-formation with the entirecommunity. register now atlivegreeninplano.obsres.com.

Being greenmeans sharing green

“For a large majority ofus, we are the only people ofcolor, and possibly the onlywomen, practicing in ourmedical group or departments;this can create feelings of iso-lation,” said Taylor, whosepractice group is Innovativeemergency associates of sun-nyvale. “We believe thatartemis medical society cananswer this call for support bywomen physicians of color

and help each other reach ourprofessional and personal as-pirations.”

american medical asso-ciation’s own statistics showthere were 18,533 black fe-male physicians in 2010, lessthan 2 percent of the 985,375physicians in the Unitedstates. Taylor, who enteredemergency medicine after herfather, dwight, was amongone of the first bystanders shot

and killed in the 1992 los an-geles riots, hopes to encouragemore racial diversity in thephysician workforce; hermother and grandmother werenurses, and encouraged her tobecome a doctor.

The nonprofit has hostedseveral online seminars formembers already.

artemis’ own surveyfound more than half its mem-bers are between the ages of

31 and 40. more than one-third of the members are be-tween ages 26 and 30.

The founders are fundingall of the expenses at thispoint, Taylor said. however,artemis will collect member-ship dues at some point in thefuture.

stephen garrison, presi-dent and Ceo of TrmC-sun-nyvale, praised Taylor for herefforts to encourage other

women and promote diversityand growth among the physi-cian ranks.

“she’s a leader for the pro-fession, as well as wonderfulrole model for all the youngminority girls and womenwho will become physiciansin the decades to come,” gar-rison said. “We are alwayspleased when one of TrmC-sunnyvale’s physicians goesabove and beyond to make a

difference in the community,whether it’s by volunteering ina local neighborhood or bytaking the extra step tostrengthen our medical com-munity by affirming and en-couraging what’s possible forevery child.”

For more informationabout artemis, go to http://www.facebook.com/groups/342922302445521/.

TAylOr, continued from Page 2

Both obama and BillClinton were elected presi-dent without receiving a ma-jority of the White vote. andobama can do it again thisyear.

look at how this plays outin the battleground state ofnorth Carolina, which obamacarried by only 4,177 votes –or 0.3 percent – in 2008.

Blacks make up 22 per-cent of north Carolina’s pop-ulation. over the past decade,1.5 million people migrated tonorth Carolina – 61.9 percentof them non-White. accord-ing to demographers quotedby the Charlotte observer,obama can carry the state bywinning just 36 percent to 37percent of the White vote.

obama’s larger problem isthat after campaigning fouryears ago on a theme of hopeand change, there is not muchof either today. his severest crit-ics note that after promisingchange – that’s about all theyhave left in their pockets afternearly four years of his leader-ship.

of course, it’s impossible tobring about change by yourself.and obama was naïve to be-lieve that he could single-hand-edly change the political bick-ering in Washington. The partyout of power is always plottingto re-gain control. however,republicans reached a new lowwhen senate minority leadermitch mcConnell announcedbefore obama was sworn in

that his top priority was to makesure obama was a one-termpresident. and republicanshave sought to block obama’smajor initiatives, including hissignature affordable Care act.

They outmaneuvered himon extending the Bush tax cuts.on the campaign trail, obamapromised to extend the Bush taxcuts only for individuals earn-ing less than $200,000 and cou-ples making less than $250,000,a position favored by mostamericans. however, obamaconsented to a goP plan ex-tending all tax cuts supposedlyin exchange for extending un-employment benefits. obamashould have stood his groundand forced republicans to voteon whether to extend unem-

ployment benefits to peoplewho had lost their jobs.

house republicans learn-ed early that they could simplypretend to be interested inadopting bipartisan legislation.In an effort to court them,obama would propose legisla-tion that he hoped would appealto conservatives. They wouldplay along right up to the endand withdraw from the process,leaving obama with proposalsthat even his base couldn’t sup-port.

The test this week forobama is to demonstrate that heisn’t the same naïve former U.s.senator he was four years agoin denver. With republicanshell-bent on not seeing obamareturn to the White house, he

needs to show that he has morethan just the audacity of hope.

George e. Curry, formereditor-in-chief of emerge mag-azine, is editor-in-chief of theNational Newspaper PublishersAssociation News Se-rvice(NNPA) and editorial director

of Heart & Soul magazine. Heis a keynote speaker, moderator,and media coach. Curry can bereached through his Web site,www.georgecurry.com. you canalso follow him at www.twit-ter.com/ currygeorge.

HOPE, continued from Page 3

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Education www.NorthDallasGazette.com

GISD superintendent retiringat end of the year

after leading garlandIsd through one of themost dynamic periods inits history, Curtis Culwellis retiring. Culwell, whohas served as gIsd super-intendent since 1999, an-nounced his retirement—effective in december—atTuesday night’s schoolboard work session in theharris hill administrationBuilding.

Culwell, one of the mostrespected educational leadersin the state, is stepping downafter 37 years in Texas pub-lic education and 23 years asa Texas public school super-intendent. his educationalcareer began in 1976 as anenglish teacher and coach atgarland’s lakeview Centen-nial high school.

“It has been one of themost significant privileges in

my life to serve this district,”Culwell said. “my affectionfor this institution and thepeople who comprise thegIsd family is deep and en-compasses a significant por-tion of my personal, and pro-fessional, life.”

Under Culwell’s watch,gIsd has experienced im-mense success across theboard. Financial accom-

on september 13 from 7a.m. to midnight, learnersare leaders, Inc. (ll, Inc.) isparticipating in an onlinefundraiser, get Up and give!north Texasgiving day.every donation of $25 andabove given on september 13will be matched if donatedthrough www. donorBrid-geTX.org. This is northTexas’ online resource, con-necting donors with nonprofitorganizations.

donors are invited to visitthe website anytime between 7a.m. and midnight, search forlearners are leaders, Inc. andclick “donate now.” donationsgiven on september 13 will go

a long way in helping ll, Inc.fulfill its mission of uplifting fu-ture leaders through learning to-wards moral, social and culturalbetterment. Plus, gifts givenwill receive a portion of match-ing funds from donor Bridge–stretching the donation furtherand helping ll, Inc. reach itsfundraising goal of $5,000.

Community members areinvited to visit www.ll-inc.organd sign up for the email list byseptember 12 and at 7:30 a.m.,

they will receive the direct linkvia email to donate to ll, Inc.’spage on the donation site, elim-inating the need to search forthem on donor Bridge’s homepage.

ll, Inc.’s vision is to createholistic educational opportuni-ties by cultivating in youth alove for life-long learning, pro-ducing future leaders throughsupplemental learning, socialenrichment and community re-sources.

They are gearing up for the“march into literacy springBreak day Camp” scheduledfor march 2013. This camp willbenefit 50-75 students betweenthe ages of 8-14. This day campwill allow students to create anddevelop their own newspaperfor print under the north dallasgazette umbrella. students willalso engage in other activitiessuch as cooking classes by achef, physical fitness sessionsfrom a personal trainer, receive

free meals (breakfast, lunch andsnacks), as well as receiveawards and scholarships forcamp participants and studentteachers.

ll, Inc. encourages every-one to just remember to get upand give on september 13 –whether out of bed, from yourdesk, or off your couch, justgive and help them reach theirgoal of $5,000. Please visitwww.ll-inc.org for more in-formation.

Get Up and Give! – help uplift the future leaders of tomorrow

See GISD, Page 8

DCCCD Muse Scholarship recipientsexhibit potential and determination

Thirteen area commu-nity college students whodemonstrate leadership po-tential and the determina-tion to succeed have beennamed 2012-2013 musescholarship recipients by thedallas County CommunityCollege district Founda-tion. The recipients also areselected on the basis of theirfocused educational goalsand work ethic, along with

proven leadership skills andacademic achievement.

Initiated and funded bylongtime dCCCd Founda-tion supporters lyn andJohn muse of dallas, themuse scholars Programpays for each scholar’s col-lege costs at dCCCd – in-cluding tuition, books andadditional fees – to meet therequirements of his or hercertification program or de-

gree. recipients may re-ceive the muse scholarshipfor up to six consecutive se-mesters.

“determination and po-tential are key characteris-tics we look for in our musescholars,” said Bethenyreid, associate vice chan-cellor of development andpresident of the dCCCdFoundation. “lyn and John

See SCHOLARSHIP, Page 15

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sis. leTava mabilijengo,acclaimed author, lecturer andsurvival training camp admin-istrator is headlining the BlackSoUL-utionary Weekend, sep-tember 7 and 8 in Fort Worthand dallas. The events, hostedby the Black Woman’s agenda,will focus on practical solu-tions to problems and chal-lenges like police brutality, sin-gle parent households, eco-nomic poverty, unhealthy

Black male-female relationsh-ips, and mass incarceration. Inthe aftermath of the policekilling of James harper, thedallas-Fort Worth communityis demanding change and solu-tions now.

The Black SoUL-utionaryWeekend begins with Freedomstarts at home on Friday, sept.7 5:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. at thedock Bookshop, 6637 mead-owbrook dr., Fort Worth

76112. Then the fea-tured main event on sat-urday, sept 8th 1 - 4 pmis Black solutions forBlack Problems at theh a m p t o n - I l l i n o i sBranch library, 2951 s.hampton rd. 75224(Black Box Theatre). Fi-nally, Break Breadw/sis leTava & Familyis at the Pan africanConnection, 828 4th

ave dallas 75226, 7 – 10 p.m. “I’m very excited to be

coming to the dallas area forthe first time,” comments sis-ter leTava. “Black women indFW are not only concernedwith chronic problems plagu-ing the community, but are alsocommitted to tackling the is-sues head on.”

The events will feature liveinternational dJ, african drum-ming, diverse vendors, gour-

met cuisine and much more.Prominent elders, communityorganizers, church leaders, ed-ucators and concerned citizenseagerly await this unprece-dented occasion. everyone iscalling for solutions, and theBlack SoUL-utionary Weekendwill deliver just that.

register online and findmore information: http://blacksolutions.eventbrite.com.

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Sis leTava headlines 2012 “Black SOUl-utationary Weekend” in DFW

plishments are evidencedthrough the Texas stateComptroller FasT awardand Texas honor Circleaward — two markswhich recognize districtsfor balancing academicprogress and fiscal respon-sibility. gIsd’s five-starFasT rating was achievedby only 23 of the state’s1,237 districts. garland isalso one of only eightschool districts in Texaswith an aaa rating frommoody’s.

his educational accom-plishments aside, the per-sonal ties Culwell has es-

tablished during his ca-reer in garland alsoweighed heavily in hisdecision.

“my dearest friendsin the world work, orhave worked, in this dis-trict,” he said. “To them,I say ‘thank you’ in moreways than can be enu-merated. I started myprofessional career here,met my wife here, startedmy family here and nowit is time to end it here.”

Culwell stated he willserve the district to thebest of his abilities dur-ing this transition. Curtis Culwell

GISD, continued from Page 6 Natural hair fans turnout in force in Addison

See HAIR, Page 8

Left to right Pamela Jenkins, CEO and Creator of Koils By Nature, Betty Murray,President of Living Well Dallas, Audra Cooper, CEO of Naturally Divine BeautySupply, Karen Wilson, Karen Wilson Natural Beauty; Not pictured Dr Nina EllisHervey aka Beatifulbrwnbabydol, Kelly Foreman, Creator of MopTop Hair Products

Sis. LeTava Mabilijengo

Gerontologist to speak atVNA luncheon September 27

gerontologist deeWadsworth will be the fea-tured speaker at the sep-tember 27 bereavementluncheon hosted by the vis-iting nurse association.ms. Wadsworth will speakon “Coping with ‘TheBlues,’ loss, and the needto adapt.”

The luncheon is fromnoon to 1 p.m. at theChurch of the Incarnation

on 3966 mcKinney avenuein dallas. There is no costto attend the luncheon, butreservations are requestedand can be made throughseptember 25 by calling214-689-2633.

vna's bereavementluncheons offer supportivecompany from friendly andunderstanding people to in-dividuals who have sufferedthe loss of a loved one.

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Community Calendar Visit www.NorthDallasGazette.com and click on Community Calendar for more events!

2012 Urban league recapBy KendrIa BroWn, NDG InTern

It was a formal and excit-ing time at the hilton ana-tole on this past saturdaynight! The 45th anniversaryof the Urban league galapresented awards to well-de-serving people and providedan outstanding audience.There was music and dinnerthat brought everyone to-gether in grace and honor.

There was a delightfullocal band, vInJaC whosmoothed out the night forthe audience and guests. The

master of Ceremonies wasWFaa Channel 8 meteorol-ogist greg Fields andCeo/President of Urbanleague, dr. Beverly mi-tchell-Brooks, presented aw-ards.

The awards given in-cluded the Buddy J. minyardCorporate award for CocoCola refreshments, Commu-nity of spirit award for ednaPemberton, Whitney m.young Jr. humanitarianaward for James Washing-ton, and President’s awardfor stan levenson.

Carrollton now offers iPadsto use at the library

The Carrollton Public li-brary, through a donationfrom the Friends of The Car-rollton Public library, haveinstituted a pilot program tohave iPads available for in-house check-out for up tofour hours. The program al-lows patrons to borrow aniPad in-house, use it with thefree WiFi provided, becometechnologically savvy andexperience an iPad.

This program will allowlibrary patrons to utilize themany digital offerings at the

library, including the li-brary catalog, library re-search apps and the ability tosearch for online informa-tion, all from a comfortablechair in the library and with-out being bound to a librarydesktop computer. iPads willbe available at both Carroll-ton Public library locations:Carrollton Public library athebron and Josey (4220 n.Josey lane) and the Carroll-ton Public library at Joseyranch lake (1700 Kellersprings road).

To utilize the in-houseiPad checkout system, youmust be an adult over the ageof 18 that is living in Car-rollton, have a valid librarycard older than six months,and a valid Texas driver’s li-cense with current Carrolltonaddress or government-is-sued identification.

For more information,stop by either library loca-tion, call 972-466-4800 orvisit http://innovative.cityof-carrollton.com/screens/li-brary_iPads.html online.

Gerontologist Dee Wadsworth will be the featuredspeaker at the September 27 bereavement lunch-eon hosted by the Visiting Nurse Association.

Dr. Beverly Mitchell-Brooks and NDG Intern Kendria BrownDallas producer Ken Topolsky and Urban League

Director of Marketing/Development Deborah Cohen

Guest Talisa Lavarry Edna PembertonStan and Barbara Levenson

Texas NAACP responds to the Court’srejection of Texas’s district maps

gary Bledsoe of theTexas naaCP issued thefollowing statement lastweek when a federal courtrejected the goP’s drawndistrict maps.

“We are heartened bythe decision of the 3 JudgePanel sitting in d.C. today.notably they were a biparti-san panel and they looked atthe evidence objectivelywith no bias in regards to thelaw and an obvious intentionto make whatever decisionwas justified by the facts.They put individual and par-tisan interests aside in fash-ioning this opinion and thatis notable. Without questionthis opinion makes it clearthat there is a continuing

need for the voting rightsact and particularly section5. It is essential that Judgesrise above individual or par-tisan interests like this be-cause only such judicialstatesmanship can save usfrom tyranny.

This is a notable opinionin that the Judges believed

that there was intentionaldiscrimination in the mannerthat the state drew the Con-gressional districts for eachof Texas african-americanrepresentatives. The threeJudge panel quoted each ofthe three african-americanCongresspersons regardinghow the economic engineswere taken from their dis-tricts as well as how theirCongressional offices wereall taken out of the districtsdrawn for them by the leg-islature. of important noteto the Judges was the factthat all white Congressper-sons maintained their dis-tricts which was quite a con-trast.”

HAIr, continued from Page 7

By rUTh FergUson, NDG edITor

When President-electBarack obama and the newFirst Family walked out to-gether on stage at grantPark in Chicago, manyseem to forget that the im-probable victory could eas-ily be credited to michelleobama. at the beginningof his journey to the Whitehouse, heated discussionsaround the country focusedon if the U.s. senator wastoo much like a professorto be embraced by theafrican american commu-nity.

Today President oba-ma’s likeability is one ofhis greatest assets. But in2008 the speculation was ifhe was “black enough” tobe embraced by the africanamerican community.Campaign strategists tooknote of how well receivedmichelle obama was re-ceived. her easy grace, in-telligence blended with herdown to earth concernsabout the safety of her hus-band and well being of herchildren.

as more african amer-ican women began to knowher, they became morewilling to give her husbandfurther consideration in hiscampaign against formerFirst lady and then U.s.senator hillary Clinton.While many other factorscontributed to his ultimatevictory, observers admitthat without the receptionof michelle in places likesouth Carolina early in theprimary season, victorywas unlikely.

Flash forward fouryears later, and despite hisconsiderable accomplish-ments President obama isin a statistical tie with goPnominee mitt romney.Today you see more 2008obama bumper stickersthan 2012 by 20 to 1, lead-ing to speculation that theapathy of his political basecould cost him a four-year

extension on his tempjob.

also, there areconcerns that as thecampaign strategistsvigorously pursue thegay community andthe hispanic vote –that perhaps they areforgetting the Blackvote. There is an en-thusiasm gap acrossall voting groups, butit is very pronouncedin the Black commu-nity.

and then on theopening night of thedemocratic nationalConvention in Char-lotte, north CarolinaFirst lady michelleobama brought thehouse down and per-haps re-charged thepresident’s re-elec-tion campaign. In anight focused on thecrucial female votersthe First lady soughtto remind voters whythey liked her hus-band in the first place.

In a speech she re-portedly personallyspent month writing,the First lady’s perform-ance received nearly uni-versal compliments fromthe talking heads acrossnews network pundits.

Cnn’s Wolf Blitzerproclaimed, "The Firstlady did not hit a homerun, she hit a grand slam.”

msnBC political ana-lyst and former republicannational Committee Chair-man michael steele said, "Ithought the First lady gavea hell of a speech. I knowI'm supposed to be all par-tisan, but I'm an american.That was a very goodspeech given by the Firstlady. you gotta give propswere props were due.”

Fox news Chris Wal-lace criticized the speechas being all about govern-ment, he did acknowledgeit was heartfelt and de-clared it was masterful.

so, if President obamawins re-election, perhaps agood amount of the creditwill belong to the speechgiven by the First lady.

Below are excerptsfrom the speech:

“you see, even thoughback then Barack was asenator and a presidentialcandidate…to me, he wasstill the guy who’d pickedme up for our dates in a carthat was so rusted out, Icould actually see thepavement going by througha hole in the passenger sidedoor…he was the guywhose proudest possessionwas a coffee table he’dfound in a dumpster, andwhose only pair of decentshoes was half a size toosmall.

But when Barackstarted telling me about hisfamily – that’s when Iknew I had found a kindred

spirit, someone whose val-ues and upbringing were somuch like mine.

you see, Barack and Iwere both raised by fami-lies who didn’t have muchin the way of money or ma-terial possessions but whohad given us something farmore valuable – their un-conditional love, their un-flinching sacrifice, and thechance to go places theyhad never imagined forthemselves.”

…“Barack’s grandmother

started out as a secretary ata community bank…andshe moved quickly up theranks…but like so manywomen, she hit a glass ceil-ing.

and for years, men nomore qualified than shewas – men she had actuallytrained – were promoted upthe ladder ahead of her,

earning more andmore money whileBarack’s family con-tinued to scrape by.

But day after day,she kept on waking upat dawn to catch thebus…arriving at workbefore anyone else…giving her best with-out complaint or re-gret.

and she wouldoften tell Barack, “solong as you kids dowell, Bar, that’s allthat really matters.”

like so manyamerican families,our families weren’tasking for much.

They didn’t be-grudge anyone else’ssuccess or care thatothers had much morethan they did...in fact,they admired it.

They simply be-lieved in that funda-mental americanpromise that, even ifyou don’t start outwith much, if youwork hard and dowhat you’re supposedto do, then you should

be able to build a decentlife for yourself and aneven better life for yourkids and grandkids.

That’s how they raisedus…that’s what we learnedfrom their example.

We learned about dig-nity and decency – thathow hard you work mattersmore than how much youmake…that helping othersmeans more than just get-ting ahead yourself.

We learned about hon-esty and integrity – that thetruth matters…that youdon’t take shortcuts or playby your own set ofrules…and success doesn’tcount unless you earn itfair and square.

We learned about grati-tude and humility – that somany people had a hand inour success, from theteachers who inspired us to

the janitors who kept ourschool clean…and we weretaught to value everyone’scontribution and treateveryone with respect.

Those are the valuesBarack and I – and somany of you – are trying topass on to our own chil-dren.

That’s who we are.”…

“When it comes to thehealth of our families,Barack refused to listen toall those folks who toldhim to leave health reformfor another day, anotherpresident.

he didn’t care whetherit was the easy thing to dopolitically – that’s not howhe was raised – he caredthat it was the right thing todo.

he did it because he be-lieves that here in america,our grandparents should beable to afford their medi-cine…our kids should beable to see a doctor whenthey’re sick…and no onein this country should evergo broke because of an ac-cident or illness.

and he believes thatwomen are more than ca-pable of making our ownchoices about our bodiesand our health care…that’swhat my husband standsfor.

When it comes to giv-ing our kids the educationthey deserve, Barack kn-ows that like me and likeso many of you, he nevercould’ve attended collegewithout financial aid.

and believe it or not,when we were first mar-ried, our combined mo-nthly student loan billswere actually higher thanour mortgage.

We were so young, soin love, and so in debt.

That’s why Barack hasfought so hard to increasestudent aid and keep inter-est rates down, because hewants every young person

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Did Michelle Obama revive PresidentObama’s re-election campaign?

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First Lady Michelle Obama

2012 will mark 33years of ballooning inPlano at the InTouch CreditUnion Plano Balloon Festi-val, a three-day event be-ginning at 4 p.m. Friday,sept. 21 at oak Point Park,2801 e. spring Creek Park-way.

The weekend offerssomething for everyone;entertainment on the FoX4 Community stage andKlUv main stage, Fridayand saturday eveningglows, saturday eveningfireworks, special kids artactivities in the Centralmarket Kids Fun Zone, andthe kaleidoscope of colorsprovided by the 50 hot-airballoons.

The balloons will la-unch Friday at 6 p.m., sat-urday at 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.,and sunday at 7 a.m. and 6p.m. (weather permitting).

The major draw for theballoon festival is the 50colorful, hot air balloons.Fun for all ages, are thespecial shapes that attendthe festival. This year’sshapes include: annie thelady Bug, little Pirate,little Bee, Pepi, high Jack,and Jim & Betty with aspecial appearance by Cos-mos at the saturday nightglow.

attendees will have anopportunity to purchase aballoon ride during theevent. Flights will be of-fered on a first come first

serve basis and will beflown weather permittingand at the pilots discretion.all rides are pre-sold priorto the Festival. ride costwill be $250.00 per person.rides are available on thefestival website www.plan-oballoonfest.org.

For the adventurous,the re/maX parachute

team willperform Fri-day, satur-day, and sun-day after-noons at 5p.m., jump-ing from theirplane overthe park andlanding rightin the middleof the launch

field. Friday and saturdayevening, some of the bal-loons will provide a breath-taking sight as they inflateand glowafter it getsdark.

This yearthe morningmaniacs wills h o w c a s etheir classiccars on sat-urday from11 a.m. – 4p.m.

runners will take offand seemingly float along

the half mara-thon, 5K orFamily Fun run sundaysept. 23 course after a one-of-a-kind start like noother. It kicks off at 7 a.m.with a balloon launch(weather permitting) willfill the skies overhead withthe course leading themback to the Festivalgrounds where the race bibearns the runner a fabuloushot breakfast, complementsof Central market. halfmarathoners can expect agreat technical shirt, cus-tom medal, and awesomewinner’s trophies. Two ad-ditional complimentarytickets (race bib admits therunner) and vIP parkingwill be an incentive tobring your own cheeringsection. register at www.planoballoonfest. org.

Thanks to the participa-tion by over 42 local non-profit agencies, independ-ent vendors, and sponsorsthey offer everything youcan imagine to eat and play.The non-profits provideeverything from PlanoWest rotary funnel cakesto glow sticks sold at duskby the Knights of Colum-bus.

For the past 32 years,this event has been organ-ized and designed to pro-vide entertainment for theentire family. The Centralmarket Kid’s Fun Zone isfilled with a ‘free Kids Ko-

rner’, huge inflatables, andmore.

Car Review

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NDG Gossip: Kanye West’suse of the B word

By KendrIa BroWn, NDG InTern

B is for brave, B is forbetter, no B is for b****,let Kanye West tell it. ascontroversial as the wordis, mr. West has managedto put a nice spin on it inone of his latest songs,“Perfect B***h”- speakingof the love in his life ms.Kim K. West has notedKim Kardashian as beingthe inspiration behind thissong and its lyrics. ForKim, this is good to know.

Kanye has decided togive that B word a closerlook and how it is used. Inone of his tweets from thepast weekend, West says“is the word B**** ac-ceptable? To be more spe-cific, is it acceptable for aman to call a woman ab**** even if it’s endear-ing? even typing it inquestion form [it] stillfeels harsh?... Is it ok touse b**** as we put Badin front of it? like you aBad B**** [?]”

When West was askedof using the B word in hismusic, he is surprised thatanyone would question hisauthority and the lyricalusage in his songs. “I like touse profanity as a tool andnot a crutch”, says West.

suggestedly, hip hophas authorized acceptanceof such words and b****and n**** are equivocalterms that have more nega-tive connotation than posi-tive- generally speakingand depending on who youask.

There are people usingb**** and n**** as if thereare no other labels to put onmen and women of any race,particularly blacks. give thegame a bad name and call ita day- players gonna play!

“Perhaps the wordsB***h and n***a are nowneither positive or negative.They are just potent and itdepends on how they areused and by whom?” Westadds. If you don’t have noth-ing nice to say it, don’t sayit all! maybe “PerfectB****” is a call to order.

Plano Balloon Festival kicks off Sept. 21

Kanye West

September 21, 22, 23, 2012

Oak Point Park, Plano, TX

FRI 4pm - 10pm SAT 6am - 10pm SUN 6am - 7pm

www.planoballoonfest.org

HIGH IN THE TEXAS SKY

Fall in dallas means stateFair time. There are twothings visitors love about theTexas state Fair – fried foodsand football.

The southwest airlinesstate Fair Classic is the annualgame between gramblingstate University of louisianaand Prairie view a&m Uni-versity of Texas. The twoteams have been facing off atFair Park since the 1980s,with fans looking forward to

halftime showdown betweenthe marching bands as muchas they do the football game.

Would you like to see thegame in person? Keep youreye on our Facebook andTwitter pages for more detailsabout our Tweet and greetsscheduled for more details onwhere you can pick up yourFree tickets at the WilliamsFried Chicken locations:

- Tuesday sept. 11 6 p.m.in garland at 1570 First st

- Thursday sept. 13 6p.m. in dallas at 9359 Forestlane

- saturday sept. 22 1p.m. in dallas at 238 W Illi-nois

don’t worry TarrantCounty fans – more locationsto be announced. Importantthat you watch www.Face-book.com/northdallasga-zette and www.Twitter.com/ndgeditor for more details.

Tweet and Greet for Free State Fair Classic Tickets

There are steps you cantake to curtail annoying calls;and just as important, waysto avoid falling for telemar-keting scams:

First, if you haven't al-ready done so, register yourphone numbers with the reg-istry, either online atwww.donotcall.gov or bycalling 888-382-1222 fromeach phone you wish to en-roll. although it's illegal fortelemarketers to call wirelessphones, you may want toregister them just in case.

Be aware that certain or-ganizations are exempt from

the do not Call regulationsbarring contact. Charities,political organizations, tele-phone surveyors and compa-nies with which you've donebusiness in the last 18months (and their affiliatesand business partners) arestill allowed to contact youunless you specifically re-quest to be removed fromtheir lists.

Telemarketers have up to31 days to update their lists,so if you're not currently reg-istered it could take that longfor calls to cease. after that,you can file complaints

about unwanted calls at thedo not Call website orphone number. remember,though: debt collectors maycontinue to call you, whetheror not your number is regis-tered.

here are a few additionaltips for reducing call vol-ume:

Use Caller Id to screenincoming calls. By law, tele-marketers must use some it-eration of their businessname in their onscreen Id,but many unscrupulous or-ganizations will attempt to"spoof" you by providing

misleading identifying infor-mation.

If you don't recognize thename or number you can ei-ther take the call or let it goto voicemail. If the line goesdead, that usually means itwas a robo-call and therewas no live operator avail-able. either way, you'll likelycontinue to receive calls un-less you take action.

If a message is left andyou think the organization islegitimate, call them back torequest being taken off theirown internal do not Calllist, which they're required to

maintain by law or face steepfines. If you suspect the callis a scam, go straight to fil-ing a complaint.

you can also use yourphone carrier's call-blockingfunction to prevent futurecalls from that number. how-ever, this step won't do muchgood if someone is harvest-ing and selling your phonenumber to multiple telemar-keters; plus, many carrierslimit the number of callersyou can block.

and finally: you can no-tify specific sellers in writingthat you wish to continue re-

ceiving their calls. Just beaware that some marketersmay attempt to obtain suchconsent surreptitiously viainnocent-seeming solicita-tions or emails. This is onemore reason why it's impor-tant to read every documentand email carefully beforesigning or checking "I agree"to the fine print.

Jason Alderman is a fi-nancial expert who directsPractical Money Skills forLife (www.practicalmoney-skills.com), a free, award-winning financial educationprogram.

The Texas association ofafrican american Chambersof Commerce (TaaaCC)will host its 12th annual Con-ference sept. 13-15 ataustin’s Crowne Plaza hotel& Convention Center inaustin.

“our theme this year –Putting your Business in theBlack by Design – highlightsthe qualities our members

will have to demonstrate inthe current economic cli-mate,” said TaaaCCChairman Jim Wyatt.“even though Texas hasescaped the brunt of theeconomic downturn, afr-ican american businessesand the chambers that sup-port them will have tosharpen our skills andstiffen our resolve to be

competitive in this envi-ronment.”

representing the in-terests of nearly thirtyBlack chambers acrossthe state, TaaaCC willconvene a line-up ofworkshops and seminarsdesigned to addresssmall business issues,contracting opportunitiesand professional devel-

opment for chamber offi-cials.

• Close a “deal” withstate agencies and or otherprime contractors

• annual report fromTaaaCC Professional ser-vices Committee

• TaaaCC Conventionvendor Fair

• state rep. sylvesterTurner will provide confer-

ence kick-off remarks • “reginald gates Best

of the Best” business aw-ards

• a conversation on“legislative Issues” as re-ported by senator ellis,senator West & state rep.James White

For additional informa-tion visit the TaaaCCwebsite – www.taaacc.org.

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to fulfill their promise andbe able to attend collegewithout a mountain ofdebt.

so in the end, forBarack, these issues aren’tpolitical – they’re personal.

Because Barack knowswhat it means when a fam-ily struggles.

he knows what it me-ans to want somethingmore for your kids andgrandkids.

Barack knows the am-erican dream because he’slived it…and he wantseveryone in this country tohave that same opportu-nity, no matter who we are,or where we’re from, orwhat we look like, or whowe love.

and he believes thatwhen you’ve worked hard,and done well, and walkedthrough that doorway ofopportunity…you do notslam it shut behindyou…you reach back, andyou give other folks thesame chances that helpedyou succeed.”

…“I see the concern in his

eyes...and I hear the deter-mination in his voice as hetells me, “you won’t be-lieve what these folks aregoing through, michelle…it’s not right. We’ve got tokeep working to fix this.We’ve got so much more todo.”

I see how those stories– our collection of strug-gles and hopes and dreams– I see how that’s whatdrives Barack obamaevery single day.

and I didn’t think itwas possible, but today, Ilove my husband evenmore than I did four yearsago…even more than I did23 years ago, when we firstmet.

I love that he’s neverforgotten how he started.

I love that we can trustBarack to do what he sayshe’s going to do, evenwhen it’s hard – especiallywhen it’s hard.

I love that for Barack,there is no such thing as

“us” and “them” – he does-n’t care whether you’re ademocrat, a republican,or none of the above…heknows that we all love ourcountry…and he’s alwaysready to listen to goodideas…he’s always look-ing for the very best ineveryone he meets.

and I love that even inthe toughest moments,when we’re all sweating it– when we’re worried thatthe bill won’t pass, and itseems like all is lost –Barack never lets himselfget distracted by the chat-ter and the noise.

Just like his grand-mother, he just keeps get-ting up and moving for-ward…with patience andwisdom, and courage andgrace.

and he reminds methat we are playing a longgame here…and thatchange is hard, and changeis slow, and it never hap-pens all at once.

But eventually we getthere, we always do.”

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event,” naFC executivedirector nicole lamoureuxsaid. “This C.a.r.e. Clinicis funded and made possi-ble through the generosityof private citizens and spon-sors. not one taxpayer dol-lar is being used to pay forthis clinic. For us to providemuch-needed free healthcare for as many uninsuredpatients as possible, we willneed 100 doctors, 300 to400 nurses and 500 or morenon-medical volunteers.”

Texas has the highestrate of uninsured people inthe country with about 26percent of residents in gen-eral and 22 percent of chil-dren lacking health insur-ance. The overall uninsuredrate is about the same in thedallas-Fort Worth area, butthe situation for children iseven worse with 26.4 per-cent lacking health insur-ance. Further, among peo-ple living in poverty, therate of being uninsuredsoars to 46 percent.

“This free clinic is notjust for the sick but also foranyone who is uninsuredand has not seen a doctorrecently,” lsaCC execu-tive director Jody hopkinssaid. “some patients havenot seen a doctor in severalyears, others need follow-ups because they havechronic diseases, and somesimply need checkups orphysicals. The one charac-teristic they all share is lim-ited access to get such care.all participants will receivepreventive, primary med-ical care and be connectedto the area’s safety-netproviders and available re-sources.”

Both medical and non-medical volunteers are

needed from 8:00 a.m. until8:00 p.m. on the day of theclinic, sept. 29, as well asfor setup on Thursday after-noon, sept. 27, and all dayFriday, sept. 28. medicalvolunteers needed for thedallas clinic include doc-tors of medicine, doctors ofosteopathy, nurse practi-tioners, physician’s assis-tants, registered nurses, li-censed vocational nurses,emergency medical techni-cians, medical administra-tors, licensed clinical socialworkers and more. non-medical volunteers areneeded to help with docu-mentation, logistical sup-port, patient intake andtranslation, as well as to bepatient greeters and escorts.

Information on theevent and how to register isavailable online at:www.nafcclinics.org/. In-formation on how to donateto support this and futureclinics is also available atthat website address byclicking on the “donatenow” button. Patients canregister for an appointmentby calling 800-340-1301.

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dren’s hospital in 2001

and joined the staff there

in the division of general

Pediatrics. he rose thr-

ough the ranks to eventu-

ally become associate ch-

ief of staff there. he also

founded the institution’s

pediatric hospitalist pro-

gram.

“We’re pleased to

have recruited someone of

Paul’s experience and

background, coupled with

his enthusiasm, high-en-

ergy level and most im-

portantly, a real passion

for making life better for

children,” said Peter

roberts, Children’s exec-

utive vice president of

Population health and

network development.

“The greatest chal-

lenges facing all health-

care providers today, in-

cluding Children’s, are

improvement of medical

care outcomes, the effi-

ciency of care delivered

and the underlying health

of the population,” ro-

berts said. “achieving th-

ese three goals simultane-

ously will require signifi-

cant redesign and integra-

tion of current clinical

care delivery processes

and systems. a key ingre-

dient of success is effec-

tive physician leader-

ship.”

In nashville, hain fre-

quently appeared on Tv

newscasts discussing top-

ics such as h1n1, vacci-

nations, summer trauma,

heat exhaustion, tick-

borne diseases, drowning

and patient identification

errors. he is also a fellow

of the american academy

of Pediatrics and a mem-

ber of the society of hos-

pital medicine. he has

been board-certified in

pediatrics since 2001.

hain also is an associ-

ate professor of pediatrics

at UT southwestern med-

ical Center. he and his

wife, who is a general pe-

diatrician, have one child.

HAIN, continued from Page 2

REQUEST FORPROPOSALS

The North Central Texas Council of

Governments seeks consultant serv-

ices to develop an accessible data-

base that is easily maintained and

updated, in which public safety

agencies’ operable and interopera-

ble communications needs are iden-

tified. This needs identification sys-

tem will provide funding councils,

committees, and local governments

accurate and timely information on

communications needs. RFP is

found: http://www.nctcog.org/aa/

rfp.asp. Once accessed, send con-

tact person’s and Firm’s name to:

keithley@nctcog.org. Deadline for

submitting proposals is October 11,

2012, 3:00 P.M. CDT. .

AVENUE F CHURCH

OF CHRIST IN PLANO

Mondays – Fridays

Call 972-423-8833 for aF-

FeCT, Inc. or email: aFFeC-

TxInc@aol.com for counsel-

ing services, resources and as-

sistance for job readiness and

training programs for individ-

uals. For couples we offer

services for marital relation-

ships and for ex-offenders we

offer programs for getting

back into the work force.

September 9

Join us for Wednesday morn-

ing Bible study at 10:30 a.m.

and come back at 7 p.m. for

Prayer, Praise and songs as we

worship and praise god.

September 30, 10:45 a.m.

It’s time to get and stay

healthy in your natural and

spiritual life; come for our

Worship services and stay for

our Free Blood Pressure

Clinic.

Brother Ramon Hodridge,

Minister

1026 Avenue F

Plano, TX 75074

972-423-8833

www.avefchurchofchrist.org

_______________________

BIBLE WAY

COMMUNITY

BAPTIST CHURCH

September 9, 9:35 a.m.

you’re invited to our sunday

school at 9:35 a.m. and to stay

for morning Worship at 11

a.m. as we worship and praise

god.

September 12, 7 p.m.

Come to our Wednesday’s

Bible study to learn more

about god’s Word and help us

to praise and worship his holy

name.

also bring your children to our

Wednesday night Children

Program, two things are incor-

porated when they come, chil-

dren learn and they play.

Dr. Timothy Wilbert, Sr.

Senior Pastor

4215 N. Greenview Drive

Irving, TX 75062

972-257-3766

www.biblewayirving.org

_______________________

CHRIST COMMUNITY

CHURCH

IN RICHARDSON

September 8, 11 a.m.

ladies you are invited to our

Women of Wisdom meeting as

we study and discuss god’s

Word. Call the church for de-

tails.

September 9

Join us in worship at 8:45 a.m.

and 11 a.m. as we praise and

worship god’s to the utmost.

September 12, 7:30 p.m.

Come to Bible study as we go

further in and deeper down

into god’s Word and we give

him all of the glory and praise.

Dr. Terrence Autry,

Senior Pastor

701 E. Centennial Blvd.

Richardson, TX 75081

972-991-0200

www.followpeace.org

_______________________

DAYSTAR

DELIVERANCE

MINISTRIES

September, 2012

9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

visit helen’s house Tuesdays

and Fridays (exceptions are

bad weather and holidays) to

receive, to give, to comfort

and to fellowship. The give-a-

way of food, love and house-

hold items is given freely to all

those who could use a little

touch.

Pastor Minnie

Hawthorne-Ewing

635 W. Campbell Road

Suite 210

Richardson, TX 75080

972-480-0200

_______________________

FELLOWSHIP

CHRISTIAN

CENTER CHURCH IN

ALLEN “The Ship”

Monday – Friday

9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Theship3C’s Prayer lines for

those that are in need are 972-

649-0566 and 972-649-0567

or they may be submitted via

email to: prayerline@the-

ship3c.org

September 9, 9:30 a.m.

you’re invited to experience

the joy of praising and wor-

shipping god to the fullest at

story elementary school,

1550 edelweiss drive, allen,

TX. We will have Baby ded-

ication and praise god for his

blessings.

September 12, 7 p.m.

Join us at our Wednesday

night live in the Joycie

Turner Fellowship hall on

Belmont drive, with old

school prayer and testimony.

also, come to our Corporate

Prayer and our Kidz Zone (an

environment to equip children

to grow and to show god’s

love.)

September 23,

1:30-5:30 p.m.

The public is invited to our

Founder’s day Celebration at

Celebration Park, 701 angel

Parkway in allen, Texas. We

will have fun, food, games and

prizes. Bring your lawn chairs,

tents, etc. There will be a con-

test for the best BBQ and best

dessert. Call the church for de-

tails.

Dr. W. L. Stafford, Sr., Ed.D.

Senior Pastor

1550 Edelweiss Drive

In Allen for Sunday

Morning Worship.

Admin. Building Address

Is 200 W. Belmont Drive

Allen, TX 75013

972-359-9956

www.theship3c.org

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NORTH DALLAS

ROCKBRIDGE CHURCH

September 9

Join us in Prayer with Pastor at

8:30 a.m. and stay for Worship

Celebration at 10 a.m. as we

worship and praise god.

Timothy Jones,

Lead Pastor

21 Prestige Circle

Allen, TX 75002

214-383-9993

www.rockbridgechurch.com

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SAINT MARK MBC

IN MCKINNEY

September 9, 9:30 a.m.

Join us in our education min-

istries, stay for our Worship

Celebration at 10:45 a.m.; and

you’re invited to join us for our

Friends and Family day as we

fellowship, worship and praise

god.

September 13, 7 p.m.

you’re invited to our Well-

ness ministry with Tamara

haskins, director and Fit-

ness Instructor. Call for de-

tails.

Dr. Charles Wattley

Senior Pastor

1308 Wilcox Street

McKinney TX 75069

972-542-6178

www.saintmarkbc.com

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SHILOH MBC

IN PLANO

September 9, 8 a.m.

And 11 a.m.

Join us in our morning Wor-

ship times and stay for our

sunday school at 10 a.m.

September 12, 7 p.m.

you’re invited to our mid-

week service as we worship

and praise god.

Dr. Isaiah Joshua, Jr.

Senior Pastor

920 E. 14th Street

Plano, TX 75074

972-423-6695

www.smbcplano.org

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THE INSPIRING BODY

OF CHRIST CHURCH

September 9, 7:30 a.m.

Join us as we worship, honor

and magnify god’s holy

name.

September 10, 7 p.m.

Come to monday school as

we study the Word of god,

worship him and praise his

holy name.

Pastor Rickie Rush

7701 S. Westmoreland

Road

Dallas, TX 75237

972-372-4262

www.ibocjoy.org

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VICTORY BIBLE

CHURCH

INTERNATIONAL,

(VBCI DALLAS)

September 9

you are invited to a life Trans-

forming service that will

change your life as we praise

and worship god for his bless-

ings.

1100 Business Parkway,

Suite 1007

Richardson, TX 75081

_______________________

WORD OF LIFE

CHURCH OF

GOD IN CHRIST

Early Prayer

Join us in prayer early in the

morning at 5 a.m. on monday

– Thursday at 1-661-673-8600,

Code # 142219 and please put

your phone on mute. Prayer

will change people, things and

situations.

Three Day Revival

September 9-11

Join us in sherman, Texas on

september 9th at 5 p.m.; sep-

tember 10th at 6:30 p.m. and

september 11 at 2 p.m.

October 2-5, 7 p.m.

save the date for a powerful

Women revival meeting

Dr. Gregory E. Voss,

Senior Pastor

2765 Trinity Mills Road

Building 300

Carrollton, TX 75006

214-514-9147

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“I in them, and you inme; that they may be madeperfect in one, and that theworld may know that youhave sent me, and have lovedthem as you have loved me.Father, I desire that they alsowhom you gave me may bewith me where I am, thatthey may behold my glorywhich you have given me;for you loved me before thefoundation of the world. orighteous Father! The worldhas not known you, but Ihave known you; and thesehave known that you sentme. and I have declared tothem your name, and will de-clare it, that the love withwhich you loved me may bein them, and I in them.” St.John 17:23-26 (NKJV)

a good relationship withanyone today is hard to find,because good relationshipsare something you have towork at. There are not manypeople that will say, “I willstick it out through thick andthin.”

There are plenty of peo-ple that prepare for a rela-tionship but few people pre-pare for building a relation-ship.

remember, every rela-tion is not going to be like

you expect it; it will not be asyou think it will, but if youwill work at the relationship,you can make it.

Ways to Value a Rela-tionship: Know the value ofthe relationship that you aregoing into, count up the cost.If you don’t know the value,you will not treat it with theimportance it deserves.

you can easily tell howpeople value something bythe way they take care of it,if you value something, youwill cherish and take care ofit.

do you value time spentwith god and his word? doyou take time to read hisword daily? do you put ef-fort into the relationship withgod? do you have faith inhim? When you read andstudy the Word of god on adaily basis your faith willbuild in the relationship withhim.

It’s the little things thatadd up in a relationship.With the little things, youwill either build up the rela-tionship or tear it down.

Put some time and en-ergy in what you value.some folks like what isbrought into a relationship,but they don’t like takingcare of what is brought intoit. do things to build the re-lationship. “Therefore by

him let us continually offerthe sacrifice of praise to god,that is, the fruit of our lips,giving thanks to his name.But do not forget to do goodand to share, for with suchsacrifices god is wellpleased.” Hebrews 13:15-16(NKJV). If you value the re-lationship with god you willspend time and energy doingfor others because doing forothers pleases him.

sacrifice for the relation-ship. don’t call sacrificingfor a relationship a burden,because sacrificing is notbuilding a wall.

By love and faith youserve one another. don’tmake it a habit of usingother people. Whateveryou do in word or deed,do it all to the glory ofgod.

many times it’s hardto face reality—but youhave to face reality in arelationship with god. Intimes like these, it’s diffi-cult to have faith in god.

you need to learn howto communicate withgod. In prayer tell godthat you appreciate thethings he does for you.

There are a lot of littlethings you can do to build arelationship with god, it’snot the big things. Thinkabout it.

Jesus prayed that welearn to build a relationshipwith god. We build on thatrelationship by reading hisWord daily. The Word ofgod will always stand.

Walk in god’s presenceand you won’t have troublebuilding a good relationshipwith him, your spouse,your family and yourfriends.

remember, all of the lit-tle things add up to trustinggod and trusting him ishow you go about Buildinga relationship with god.

Building a relationship with God

Brothers celebrating the ordination of Elder Gregory Mason as a Gospel Minis-ter. Standing L to R: Deacon Andrell Ruffin; Pastor A.J. Wilson; Elder Mason;Elder Donald Rowe and Dr. Gregory Voss, the happiest pastor of Word of LifeCOGIC in Carrollton, Texas; and in front, Brother Thaddeus Jessie.

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Gina Smith,Attorney At Law

*Criminal Defense*Car Accidents

*Wills and Probate

2201 Main Street, Ste 400-11Dallas, TX 75201

Don't just be here. Be heard.www.GinaSmithLaw.com

214-749-0040

muse believe in those traits,as well as a strong workethic and clear educationalgoals. each recipient ex-hibits those characteristics,and we are excited to havethem as students atdCCCd. They are futureleaders, and we hope to helpthem reach their educationaland professional goals.”

This year’s new musescholars, their home towns,colleges and intended ma-jors, are:

• mussie abraha abed

of richardson, el CentroCollege, nursing;

• everardo amaya ofdallas, eastfield College,renewable and sustainableenergy;

• ernesto Banuelos ofIrving, north lake College,business administration andengineering;

• martha n. Barajas ofgarland, el Centro College,nursing;

• Courtney Belcher ofmesquite, el Centro andeastfield colleges, nursing;

• domitila lico guevaraof rockwall, richland Col-lege, international businessand trade;

• rachel slagel of littleelm, Brookhaven and elCentro colleges; echocardi-ology technology; and

• Chukwuka JohnUmeojiako of addison,Brookhaven College, psy-chology.

returning muse schol-ars include:

• ahmed rashad elhelwof addison, Brookhaven

College, petroleum engi-neering;

• sharon Ji of dallas,north lake College, biol-ogy;

• michael W. Packer ofrichardson, richland Col-lege, accounting;

• erika Quinn of gar-land, richland College, ar-chitecture; and

• stephan B. sawin ofglenn heights, mountainview College, businessmanagement.

SCHOlArSHIP, continued from Page 6

Elder Gregory & Sister Vicki Mason at his or-dination in the Gospel Ministry on SundaySeptember 2, 2012

The national BlackChurch Initiative (nBCI), acoalition of 34,000 africanamerican churches span-ning 15 denominations andrepresenting 15.7 millionafrican americans and itsboard of directors have or-dered security for nBCI

President rev. anthonyevans because of the nBCIstance against same-sexmarriage. The shooting un-derscores the violence thathas plagued the same-sexmarriage debate. The secu-rity measures are necessaryto protect rev. evans and

the nBCI stance for Christand against same-sex mar-riage.

ms. debra Coley-Bagley, chair of nBCI'sBoard of directors says,"rev. evans is a braveChristian clergy who standson the Word of god, and we

would hate for him to beharmed by the forces of evilthat support same-sex mar-riage. We do, however,commend leaders of the gaycommunity who have de-nounced the shooting of thestaff member at the Familyresearch Council."

Security requested for rev. Anthony Evans in lightof the shooting at the Family research Council

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Bible Way Community Baptist Church

Dr. Timothy J. Wilbert, Sr.Senior Pastor

Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sunday Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wed Bible Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Daily Radio broadcast: KGGR 1040 & 102.5 FM10:00 A.M. - 10:25 A.M.www.biblewayirving.org

4215 N. Greenview Dr. • Irving, TX 75062972-257-3766

The place where Jesus Christ is Lordand the Word of God Transforms lives

9:35 A.M.11:00 A.M.7:00 P.M.

Avenue F Church of Christ1026 Avenue F • Plano, TX 75074

972-423-8833www.avefchurchofchrist.org

Ramon Hodridge, Minister

Early Sunday Morning ...................8:00 amSunday Bible Class .........................9:45 amSunday Morning Worship............10:45 amEvening Worship ...........................3:00 pmWednesday Bible Class ..................7:00 pm

Radio Program @ 7:30 am onKHVN 970 AM Sunday Mornings

Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church

Isiah Joshua, Jr.Pastor

Worship Times: 8 and 11 a.m.Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

Mid-week: Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.Service: Every 3rd, 4th, and 5th Sunday at

10:45 a.m.AWANA: Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

Contact Information: 972-423-6695www.smbcplano.org

2012 Theme:Serving the Savior,Seeking the Sinner

and Sustaining the Saved

Serving the Plano Community for 127 Years

Founded 1884

920 E 14th Street Plano, TX

By TerrI sChlIChenmeyer

NDG ConTrIBUTIng WrITer

some days, you get a littlebit of exercise.

you hear a good story, andyou pounce on it. you spin it tomake it funny, bend the facts formore entertainment, and jump toconclusions to make it interest-ing. The truth might getstretched but when you’re run-ning a good tale, who cares?

someone does – especiallyif it’s about to ruin their life. Inthe new book “The Courage to

Hope” by Shirley Sherrod (withCatherine Whitney), you’ll readabout one such event.

shirley sherrod was bornfacing racism.

her father owned their fam-ily farm, but the county in whichit sat was ruled by whites whorelished their positions. JimCrow laws were enforced forlonger than elsewhere and Fed-eral laws and mandates were ba-sically ignored. sherrod’s ownfather was killed by a white manwho was never punished for it.

at this same time, thoughshe didn’t know him then, sher-rod’s future husband was work-ing hard within the Civil rightsmovement.

When they first met, shethought Charles sherrod was

too skinny. she ad-mits she wasn’tvery impressedwith him – untilshe heard himspeak. Weekslater, they were in-separable, latermarried, and sher-rod joined her hus-band in the move-ment.

Because she’dcome from farm-ers, sherrod knew she wantedto work on behalf of farm fam-ilies. The sherrods purchasedgood georgia land and estab-lished a communal farm, mod-eled on a kibbutz that Charleshad visited. “Creativity” led toa farm-fresh market operated

from the farm’sgrounds.

But whenthe farm waslost, the activistin sherrod reap-peared. shefought discrimi-nation that oc-curred duringthe loss, andstarted officiallyworking forfarmers. That ul-

timately led to an appointmentto the position of georgia di-rector of rural development.

Though it seemed, at first,that the office was meant to helpblack farmers, sherrod saw thatfarming wasn’t a racial issue.All farmers needed help and she

was happy to get involved.so happy, in fact, that she

said so at an naaCP meeting.It was a speech that was

dissected, and started afirestorm.

Filled with grace, dignity,and indignity, “The Courage tohope” seemed to me like a dou-ble book, one part then and onepart now. Fortunately, both areimpressive.

With a voice that still seemsa bit baffled by what occurred,author shirley sherrod (withCatherine Whitney) writesabout confusion and outragefollowing the manipulation of abit of her speech that lead to hervery public job-loss in 2010.sherrod very squarely laysblame in this book, and though

she doesn’t accuse Presidentobama or his staffers, she’s notcomplimentary.

I liked sherrod’s life story,which is the other part of thisbook. It shows readers the foun-dation that gave sherrodstrength, and it’s a very good(although cringe-worthy) peekback in time.

This is one of those booksthat makes you want to yell, cry,and stand up and cheer. It’s out-rageous and triumphant and ifyou can handle that, then “TheCourage to hope” is a book toleap at.

“the Courage to Hope” byShirley Sherrod with CatherineWhitney (Atria, $24.99, 240pages, includes notes)

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