Mortgages by CHARLENE CROWELL Serving Independent Living
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Volume XIX, Number XXXIX September 16 - 22, 2010 Y R TO S Dr. Ron Walters: ER V O C ‘Scholarly Giant’ Founded 1991 NNPA Columnist Just .com ‘Never Stopped’ Your Paper, Your Opportunity... Visit Us Online at www.NorthDallasGazette.com Understanding reverse mortgages BY CHARLENE CROWELL serving independent living. facing a resulting “cash- owned and occupied by the (NNPA) With Baby Yet how well many retirees poor” environment, a re - borrower. Boomers continuing to in - financially adjust to fixed verse mortgage – a loan But as with any con - crease America’s aging income living can be a against the value of the sumer lending product, it population, elder issues are challenge when bills arrive home -- may be a way to remains important to fully also broadening. The day- for medical treatment or cover the cost of emergen - understand the terms and to-day concerns of older major home repairs. cies. Eligible residences in - responsibilities before sig- Americans often impose When black elderly clude single-family, dwel- ning on the dotted line. shifting priorities including homeowners aged 62 or lings units in townhomes A reverse mortgage is a convenient access to qual - older are heavily relying or condominiums, or two ity medical care and pre - upon Social Security and to four unit properties See MORTGAGES, Page 12 See WALTERS, Page 9 Kanye West and Taylor Swift Black Chambers hosting return to the VMA Stage For more information see pg. 7 annual conference this weekend www.northdallasgazette.com (NDG Wire) The Texas (2600 La Frontera Blvd. tunities and professional to speak directly to the Y R Association of African Round Rock, TX). development for chamber agencies, chambers and TA President N American Chambers of Representing the inter - officials. The HUB Vendor their members. E M Commerce (TAAACC) ests of nearly thirty Black Fair will feature state agen - “We are working dili - M O Barack H. will host its 10th Annual chambers across the state, cies with which TAAACC gently to move the issues C Conference -- “Charting TAAACC will convene an has current memoranda of important to Black-owned the Changing Economic outstanding line-up of cooperation (MOC), as businesses to higher visi - Obama’s Strong Face of Texas” -- Septem - workshops and seminars well as businesses from bility,” said TAAACC ber 17-18, 2010 at the addressing small business across the state taking ad - Leadership See CHAMBERS, Page 11 Austin North Marriott issues, contracting oppor - vantage of the opportunity BY BENJAMIN F. CHAVIS JR. man and woman in the (NNPA) Be careful on White House. what you pray for, be - Unless we are too Plano Community Forum cause God will answer quick to forget, prior too your prayers. Millions of November 2008, the U.S. 29th Annual Awards Banquet African Americans and economy, world image, (NDG Wire) The Plano quet to recognize outstand - ships totaling $12,500 were Bowman, Sophia Felek, others prayed for a Presi - and national social divi - Community Forum (PCF) ing achievement by indi - awarded to 13 graduating Nehal Mubarak, Gabrielle dent of the United States sions were all in pretty presents the 29th Annual viduals, business owners, seniors in the Plano Inde - Walters-Stinnett, Diana who would lead America bad shape after eight years Awards Banquet with this educators and community pendent School District. Godana, Chelsia Reeves, in a more just and fair di - of failed leadership from year’s theme, “Bridging the volunteers. The scholarship recipi - Michelle Ejimakor and rection both domestically President George W. Gap In The 21st Century: The banquet will recog - ents this year are: Andrew Cindy Wang. Since 1983, and internationally. Many Bush. Today as we ap - Parent, Child, and Teacher nize PCF’s 2010 Dr. Mar - Austin, Ashley Garner, the PCF has awarded believed two years ago proach the mid-term 2010 Connection.” PCF spon - tin Luther King, Jr. Schol - Marissa Jones, Christian that the world would sors an annual awards ban - arship recipients. Scholar - Oz, Maryanne Miller, Ariel See BANQUET, Page 5 never witness a Black See LEADERSHIP , Page 3 INSIDE... People In The News… People In The News . 2 Op/Ed . 3 Health . 4 Community News . 5 Education . 6 Cover Story . 9 Arts & Entertainment . 10 Business . 11 Career Opportunity . 13 Church Happenings . 14 Darius McCrary Dr. Karen Prager Jennifer Cox Sister Tarpley . 15 See Page 2 People in the News www.NorthDallasGazette.com James and later as Jamal in original Vampires ; Detec - which he also serves as co- Darius McCrary UPN's Eve . He also ap - tive Tommy Cullen in 15 producer; A Good Man is peared on the small screen Minutes ; and Aaron Wil- Hard to Find with Lance E. Best known for his role friendly entertainment is the in the NBC/Paramount liams in Mississippi Burn - Nichols; and Next Day Air as Eddie Winslow on the musical, Church , an inspir - miniseries Kingpin , on ing . Other film credits in - with Mos Def, Debbie long-running television se - ing story of faith, redemp - HBO's multi-award-win- clude Hostage , Something Allen, Donald Faison, and ries Family Matters, this tion and forgiveness. ning Don King: Only in to Sing About , Kingdom Mike Epps. All three films actor, singer, songwriter, He began his career in America, starring Ving Come, The Breaks, Park are in post-production and producer and top-rated soap Hollywood at the age of Rhames, and in the popular Da y and Big Shots. slated for 2008 release. opera Young and the Rest - ten. McCrary, who is also a Neal Israel-directed Kidz in Darius McCrary plays Darius just completed his less star brings over 24 songwriter and music pro - the Woods. autobot Jazz, First Lieu - theatre tour of Rumors years of experience to the ducer, is the son of Gram- On film, McCrary por - tenant to Optimus Prime in which he played the starring lead role as “prodigal son” my-nominated gospel/jazz trayed Malcolm Tremell in 2007's 3rd of July block - role of Marcus. Coinciden - Daniel Rhodes in the up - musician Howard McCrary The Maintenance Man, buster Transformers . Mc - tally, he also plays the star - McCrary is an amazing coming film Church . and older brother of actor based on the novel by au - Crary will soon be seen in ring role of Marcus in the singer, musician, producer, The must see faith- Donovan McCrary. thor Michael Baisden; he the musical comedy Step - recently completed pilot of songwriter and dancer based independent film of McCrary has also star- was Ray Collins in Vam - pin': The Movie , costarring The Life and Times of Mar - among other things and is the season for all movie- red as a series regular on pires: Los Muertos , the se - Anthony Anderson, Mo'- cus Felony Brown for The finally ready to share his goers interested in family NBC's Committed as Bowie quel to John Carpenter's Nique and James Avery, on Wayans Bros. production. talents with the world. Living is to dispel Suite. Brandon is a licensed project identifying the ethi - Dr. Karen Prager the stigma associ - clinical psychologist and cal challenges to conduct - ated with mental assistant professor of psy - ing controlled research with (NDG Wire) An esti - Gender Studies program. illness and make chiatry at the Women’s pregnant women. mated 57 million Ameri - “Studies show that women it more real for Mental Health Center at the Brandon recently re - cans – about one in four are diagnosed with depres - those who have University of Texas South - ceived the 2010 March of adults – suffer from a diag - sion twice as often as men never experienced western Medical Center. Dimes Young Scholar nosable mental disorder in a and are at least two times as depression,” said Specializing in mood Award in Perinatal given year. This fall’s Gen - likely to attempt suicide.” Hersh. and anxiety disorders oc - Bioethics for the paper, Eth - der Studies Lecture Series Julie Hersh begins the Dr. Anna R. curring across women’s re - ical Barriers to Perinatal addresses the importance of series at 5:30 p.m. on Brandon will con - productive events, Brandon Mental Health Research mental health awareness in Thursday, Sept. 23, in the tinue the conver - is funded by both the Na - and Evidence Based Treat - women. McDermott Suite (MC sation with a lec - tional Institute of Mental ment: An Empirical Study . “For the upcoming lec - 4.404) of the McDermott ture entitled The Health (NIMH) for her de - The Gender Studies ture series, we decided to Library. Hersh is an advo - Psychological velopment and investiga - Lecture Series is sponsored focus on depression in cate for mental health Transition to tion of Partner-Assisted by the School of Interdisci - women in part because of awareness and author of Motherhood and Therapy (PAT) for perinatal plinary Studies Gender its prevalence,” said Dr. Struck by Living , a personal marriage, motherhood and Perinatal Depression , at depression and by the Na - Studies program and the Karen Prager, professor of narration of searching for the edges of suicide. 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. tional Institutes of Health Carolyn Lipshy Galerstein psychology and head of the identity through a career, “My goal with Struck by 7, also in the McDermott (NIH) for a pilot qualitative Women’s Center. plant at Methodist Dallas pressed. At her house they you like to do. Go places, givers. Say thank you and Medical Center and is an had a ten-minute rule. You spend time with your friends please. Jennifer Cox avid organ donation advo - had 10 minutes to cry, run, and the people you love. • Encourage someone cate, likened living with and do whatever you needed • Be kind to your care - (NDG Wire) Jennifer prostate cancer and conges - See COX , Page 7 Travis Cox, a Methodist tive heart failure.