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The City of Plano an - of General Obligation bonds and certificates. Pro - city streets, installation of a nounced last week it will Bonds, Tax and Revenue ceeds from the sale will be new radio system, and sell nearly $45.5 million of Certificates of Obligations used to lower the City’s work on drainage and ero - federal tax-exempt munic - and Municipal Drainage overall debt payments and sion projects. ipal bonds beginning Utility Revenue Bonds. fund various public proj - Robert W. Baird & Co., Thursday, January 21, City residents will be given ects, including upgrades to RBC Capital Markets and See DIET, Page 9 2010. The sale will consist priority to purchase the recreational facilities and See OFFERING, Page 12

Golden Globe winners speak DFW Haiti Relief Fund about Haiti and Abuse Victims For more information see pg. 10 (NDG Wire) To pre - stroyed the already fragile www.northdallasgazette.com serve America’s tradition nation, and as emergency of lending a hand to those relief begins to reach the in need around the world, capital city, many of our IC IN L Toward a deeper DFW International Com - North Texas international C H munity Alliance has been organizations have decided T U understanding of R asked by their member or - to work together by: T ganizations to serve as an • sending physicians Dr. King’s Dream speech umbrella for local relief ef - through the North Texas forts to those in Haiti. based LEAP Foundation to BY JAMES BREEDLOVE ration to millions of peo - Volunteer helps Haiti earthquake victim (Photo credit: In the aftermath of the help with the emergency Forty-six years have ple around the world to passed since Dr. Martin this day. Getty Images) violent earthquake that de - See HAITI Page 12 Luther King Jr. delivered The speech, though his "I Have a Dream" well received by the mas - speech on August 28, sive crowd, did not garner Former Irving police officer 1963 standing in front of instant national or interna - the Lincoln Memorial dur - tional acclaim. News re - pleads guilty in HUD fraud case ing the March on Wash - ports following the event (NDG Wire) Ramon An - tion in HUD’s “Good Neigh - $250,000 fine. He is sched - ment officers receive a 50 ington for Jobs and Free - focused on the orderliness thony Reyes, Jr. has plea bor Next Door/Officer Next uled to be sentenced by percent discount from the list dom. and non-violence of the guilty before U.S. District Door” mortgage program, Judge Boyle on April 29, price of a home in return for An estimated 250,000 participants. The New Judge Jane J. Boyle to one announced U.S. Attorney 2010. living in the property as their civil rights supporters wit - York Times headline was: count of making a false James T. Jacks of the North - Under the terms of the sole residence, for 36 nessed King’s oration that "200,000 March for Civil statement to the U.S. De - ern District of Texas. “Good Neighbor Next months. Participating law is considered by many to Rights in Orderly Wash - partment of Housing and Reyes, 45, faces a maxi - Door/Officer Next Door” enforcement officers also be one of the greatest ington Rally - President Urban Development (HUD) mum statutory sentence of mortgage program offered speeches in human history with regard to his participa - two years in prison and a through HUD, law enforce - See FRAUD Page 5 and still remains an inspi - See DREAM , Page 3 INSIDE... People In The News… People In The News ...... 2 Op-Ed ...... 3 Health ...... 4 Community News ...... 5 Education ...... 6 Spotlight ...... 9 Arts & Entertainment ...... 10 Career Opportunity ...... 13 Business Service Directory ...... 14 Sister Tarpley ...... 15 Rochelle Alers Daphne Lee Jan Van Blarcum Church Directory ...... 14, 15 & 16 See Page 2 People in the News after a decade of reading ro - lence in Romance Writing, forever-until she left him to mance novels. She finished the Romantic Times Career marry a powerful politician. Rochelle Alers her first manuscript, the Achievement Award, and And just when Myles is Rochelle Alers has been sellers alike as one of novel Hideway , in 1985. the Zora Neale Hurston Lit - sure he's over her, Zabrina hailed by readers and book - today’s most prolific and After several rejections erary Award. Cooper arrives back in his popular African because her work did not fit Alers writes for two life. 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Founded 1991 Negro." In most news ac - poetry of the speech? refusal to believe that there tive suffering" and go back .com counts of the march, Dr. The following excerpts are "insufficient funds in to their towns, to their de - King’s participation was from an analysis of Dr. the bank of justice" and that meaning jobs and to their 3401 Custer Rd, Suite 169 • Plano, Texas 75023 buried deep inside the re - King’s Dream Speech by there are insufficient funds ghettos to continue their port. Professor Hajii and his stu - in the "great vaults of op - dignified struggle for free - There was an atmos - dent Hassna Alfayez of portunity" of this nation. By dom. STAFF phere of uncertainty and King Saud University invoking banking semantics While using stimulating fear throughout Washington (KSU) in Saudi Arabia indi - Dr. King adds colorful words to inspire his audi - Chairman Emeritus VP of Sales & Marketing prior to the march. No one cates not only the universal meaning to his speech and ence to seek their lost free - Jim Bochum Trudy Voigt knew what to expect. Peo - appeal of The Dream but keeps his audience attentive dom at the same time he 1933 – 2009 Assignment Editor ple were afraid, sensing that the strong desire non- and wanting to hear more. chooses his words carefully Published By 972-606-3890 a revolution was about to Blacks have to fully under - Martin Luther King to control the potential Minority Opportunity News, Inc. Editor sweep the city. The admin - stand this oratorical master - chooses his words carefully physical effect of his inspi - Office Manager Ruth Ferguson istration had placed barri - piece. to inspire in his audience rational rhetoric. He was Rosie Roberts Staff Writer & cades along the streets and Dr. King knew the au - the forceful attitude he protecting his hearers from Production Marketing Assistant put troops out on alert in thorities were carefully wants them to adopt in their any form of violence and Suzanne Plott Ivy N. Carter, MBA case something went watching him and scrutiniz - struggle for freedom while brutality that might erupt Special Projects Manager Theater Critic wrong. ing every word that came maintaining non violence. after the speech and cause Edward Dewayne Rick Elina But the Baptist preacher out of his mouth. Despite "We must forever conduct the troop patrols to take ac - “Preacher Boy” Gibson, Jr. Photography from Atlanta, speaking pas - all this attention, he deliv - our struggle on the high tion. Religious/ Laquisha Buchanan sionately and powerfully on ered the speech flawlessly plane of dignity and disci - Today, 46 years after the Edna Dorman Marketing Editor a personal level to the peo - and without fear. pline. We must not allow exhortation in Dr. Martin Shirley Demus Tarpley National Marketing ple, did not provoke the He does not use just or - our creative protest to de - Luther King's speech, Director Copy Editor Michael T. Caesar crowd to violence. Instead, dinary language to convey generate into physical vio - Blacks and other minorities Monica Thornton his eloquent rhetoric be - his message. He makes use lence. Again and again we remain second-class citi - came a universal vocabu - of a number of semantics to must rise to the majestic zens while being subject to Advisory Board: Advisory Board lary for people the world enrich and make his mes - heights of meeting physical political, economic, and ed - John Dudley Committees: over to understand the so - sage bold. He speaks of force with soul force." ucational stealth discrimi - Myrtle Hightower cial and political unrest that having come to the nation’s Words such as "dignity, nation. This stealth discrim - Public Relations Planning Fred Moses existed and what needed to capital to cash a check and discipline, creative protest, ination is perhaps more and Implementation Annie Dickson Cecil Starks, CHAIRPERSON be done for the true mean - refers to the Declaration of majestic heights, and soul dreadful and deadly than Cecil Starks ing of the Declaration of In - Independence as a promis - force" inspire a sense of self the overt discrimination that Willie Wattley Business Growth Referral dependence to be realized. sory note signed by the gov - worthiness and mature dig - King addressed. Coty Rodriguez-Anderson John Dudley, CHAIRPERSON Each year there are pa - ernment. nity in the audience. Dr. King has gone, but B. J. Williams rades, prayers, musicals, Once a promissory note Dr. King bonds with his his dream and declaration Denise Upchurch Program Policy Development CHAIRPERSON dinners, and speeches to is signed one cannot go audience when he tells them on racial equality, freedom Barbara Simpkins, Annie Dickson, ADVISORY BOARD SECRETARY pay homage to Dr. King’s back on that promise and by that he is not "unmindful" and justice remains to be Quality Assurance legacy during his holiday this Dr. King was remind - of their situation. He totally fulfilled. Distribution Myrtle Hightower , CHAIRPERSON Coty Rodriguez celebration. The “I Have A ing as well as warning the understands and shares their The key to making Dr. Keith Rock Chris Ewing Dream” speech is reli - government that they had to plight and hardship. He King’s dream a reality is to giously recited on programs act on their promises and uses adjectives such as first fully understand the MON-The Gazette assumes no responsibility for unsolicited material and reserves the right to edit and and excerpts are played on failure to do so would con - "storms and winds" in de - dream and the secret of make appropriate revisions. television and radio stations tinue to be met with demon - scribing the audience's fight change embedded in the in solemn tributes. But 46 strations across the country. for freedom. It is like a ty - Dream Speech. The North Dallas Gazette, formerly Minority Opportunity News, was founded July, 1991, years later do those honor - Dr. King reminds the phoon that twirls them Comments or opinions by Jim Bochum and Thurman R. 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DEBATE , continued from Page 3 sponders’ valiant, if insuffi - have all seen the high costs choosing to put a narrow poses hardships mainly on heart-felt their objections, claim to speak for them, cient, efforts proved to the of the lack of a social safety agenda item like abortion those who cannot afford ended up blocking health and about the role of the world that America was ca - net for poor families. We before the goal of expand - health services. care reform passage. The church in the fate and future pable of neglect and deep are often the community ing coverage. These same Moreover, there were margins for enactment are of our country. indifference towards the that people in trouble turn voices are evidently willing proposals assuring that no already thin from disagree - Instead of blocking re - poorest among us. Although to for help when govern - to threaten collapse of re - federal funding would ments over how to make in - form, religious leaders and less visible to television ment fails them. The ques - form if their particular de - cover abortions, and that surance affordable for more people of faith must stand viewers, the recession has tion we now face is: will we mands go unmet. millions of women who people and how to pay for up for a larger vision: a wreaked a similar devasta - live in a society that pro - The religious leaders will be added to the the plan. more powerful role for gov - tion upon American fami - vides care for the sick and should stand up against this Medicare and Medicaid Picking a fight over ernment in protecting fami - lies, who are losing jobs, the injured, or one that con - hijacking of the health care rolls will be subjected to abortion services coverage, lies and addressing the homes and their savings. tinues on this path of cal - reform agenda, which has highly restrictive policies and ultimately, choosing to causes and problems of Given these high stakes, lousness despite a widening been about expanding, on coverage for abortion put such restrictions before poverty. The stakes are too it is critical that voices of gulf between the haves and rather than restricting, cov - (limited to rape, incest and the protections that millions high, and the dream too im - faith in the larger commu - have-nots? erage. Regardless of views the life of the mother). Yet, of American families need portant, to let mere politics nity understand that, with As a person of faith, it on the issue of abortion, it is for some, these stringent re - most in these troubled get in the way. the health care reform de - shocks me that religious currently a constitutional quirements were not times, would be an intolera - Butler is a pastor at bate as a proxy, we are voices – those who should and legal choice for enough. ble abdication of religious Gethsemane Missionary choosing among possible understand more than oth - women. A lack of coverage It would be tragic if a leadership. Such a spectacle Baptist Church. futures for our country. ers what is being decided for abortion services may handful of religious leaders might cause many people of Copyright (C) 2010 by Through our charities, and what it means for poor drive women to less rep - in the U.S. Conference of faith to think twice about the American Forum. 1/10 schools and churches, we and working families – are utable providers, and im - Catholic Bishops, however the religious leaders that

4 | January 21 - 27, 2010 | North Dallas Gazette | visit us online at www.NorthDallasGazette.com Community News Plano’s District 1 neighborhood roundtable scheduled for February 4 (NDG Wire) On Thurs - Program and Street Improve - public comment and inquiry agenda. The Mayor may limit residents are welcome to par - notification of roundtable day, Feb. 4, the Plano Mayor ments - District 1 on items of interest not the speaking time in order to ticipate. Light refreshments meetings, district specific in - and City Council will meet • Downtown residential posted on the current agenda. provide sufficient time for all will be served. formation, and other city ac - with District 1 residents in a and commercial leasing ac - Council and staff may re - inquiries. The District 1 area is tivities and events that fit Neighborhood Roundtable tivities spond to those items with Neighborhood Roundta - bound by the City’s limit on their interests. discussion. The two-hour • DART improvement only factual information or bles are part of an ongoing the north, the City’s limit on Neighborhood Roundta - meeting begins at 7 p.m. at plans recitation of existing policy outreach program to present the south and the City’s limit bles are held quarterly and the Plano Centre, 2000 E. • Parker Road and U.S. related to the inquiry or com - information and answer on the east. The western rotated through Plano’s four Spring Creek Parkway. 75 Interchange Improvement ment. questions regarding city serv - boundary is at Alma Drive. A districts to provide an oppor - The evening’s agenda Plans No deliberation on mat - ices and programs. It is a map with all the districts is tunity for citizens to meet will include: • Code Enforcement Ov- ters brought forward can working meeting where citi - available at www.plano.gov/ with Council members in the • Budget Update erview occur because those items zens help the City explore so - outreach under Council convenience of their home • 2009 Bond Referendum • Question and Answer have not been posted; how - lutions to district concerns. Roundtable. While on this neighborhood. For informa - • Oak Point Park Update period ever, the Council may decide Though the meeting is fo - Web page, residents can sign tion call (972) 941-7747. • Community Investment The Council will receive to place items on a future cused on District 1, all Plano up to receive custom e-mail Dallas arena football team to host Dallas doctor indicted tryout camp Saturday, January 23 in kickback scheme (NDG Wire) The Dallas performances. Many of those money order. (NDG Wire) U.S. At - counts of accepting illegal recipients that were his pa - arena football team will con - athletes have gone on to Dallas is looking to fill its torney John M. Bales an - kickbacks. tients. It is a violation of duct an open tryout camp on make significant contribu - final few roster spots before nounced last week that a According to informa - Medicare and Medicaid Saturday, January 23, 2010, tions to their respective heading into training camp, 52-year-old Dallas doctor tion provided by prosecu - rules for a treating physi - at Pennington Field in Bed - teams. which begins in March. The has been indicted on tors, Wagner is alleged to cian to receive any com - ford. The tryout will be con - Testing will consist of the team has signed a number of charges of receiving ille - have accepted cash pay - pensation from a medical ducted by Dallas head coach 40-yard dash and 20-yard former Arena Football gal kickbacks in the East - ments, also referred to as equipment supplier in re - Rich Ingold, one of the most shuttle. Participants will also League stars, including Iron - ern District of Texas. kickbacks, from a Plano turn for referring patients successful head coaches in be evaluated in 1-on-1 and man of the Year Will Pettis, Harold Wagner, of based durable medical for medical supplies. arena football. group drills. Skill players All-AFL linebacker Duke DeSoto, Texas, was in - equipment supplier in re - If convicted, Wagner Ingold owns a career will do an extensive amount Pettijohn, and record-break - dicted by a federal grand turn for recommending faces up to five years in record of 91-34 with two of pass skeleton, while line - ing fullback Josh “Zeus” jury on Jan. 14, 2010, power wheelchairs for federal prison. ArenaCup appearances and man will perform non-con - White, who all starred in Dal - charging him with seven Medicare and Medicaid was named the greatest head tact drills and be evaluated on las prior to the league’s fold - coach in the history of arena “hands and feet”. ing following the 2008 sea - football. Appropriate footwear for son. The Dallas arena foot - The 2010 season will field turf and a mouthpiece ball team has also added All- mark the inaugural season for should be brought by those AFL performers Eddie the Dallas arena football participating in the tryout Moten (defensive back), Phil team, which will kick off camp. Bogle (offensive lineman), play in April at the American Registration will begin and Derek Lee, along with Airlines Center. Every year promptly at 10:00 a.m. at long-time AFL quarterback athletes earn invitations to Pennington Field. The cost of Shane Stafford. arena football training camps the camp will be $60, which For information contact based on their tryout camp can be paid via either cash or Ingold at 940.594.3241.

FRAUD , continued from Page 3 may not own any other resi - since 1998. In 1998, Reyes Prairie home to a relative and dential real estate property at purchased a home located on continued to live in the Grand the time they submit their Dorothy Drive in Grand Prairie home, maintaining all purchase offer and for one Prairie, Texas, and began liv - utilities in his name and pay - year previous to that date. ing there. ing the property taxes on the The purpose of the pro - In 2007, Reyes purchased residence. gram is to strengthen com - another home, located on Reyes admitted that he munities by encouraging em - Palo Alto Drive in Mesquite, made a false statement on the ployed, professional law en - Texas, using the “Good annual certification form for forcement officers to live in Neighbor Next Door/Officer the program when he signed areas needing revitalization. Next Door” mortgage pro - the form certifying that he According to plea docu - gram. had continuously resided at ments filed in the case, Reyes To comply with the pro - the Mesquite address, when was employed as a police of - gram’s requirements, Reyes he knew that he had not. ficer for the City of Irving transferred title of this Grand

January 21 - 27, 2010 | North Dallas Gazette | visit us online at www.NorthDallasGazette.com | 5 Education January 21 MLK Tribute Richland College offers Event “Free to Lead” new environmental systems (NDG Wire) Plano ISD themed “Free to Lead," will The program will also students will celebrate the showcase hundreds of stu - feature Superintendent of technology program legacy of Dr. Martin Luther dents including Plano West Schools, Dr. Doug Otto; King, Jr., at the school dis - Senior High School JROTC School Board President, (NDG Wire) Beginning Students in the new agement skills achievement trict’s annual MLK Tribute cadets, art contest winners, Lloyd "Skip" Jenkins; and with the spring 2010 se - Richland environmental award. event to be held from 7:00 middle school students in the Diversity Advisory mester, Richland College systems technology pro - Richland is the only to 8:15 p.m. on Thursday, the parade of nations, the Committee Leadership Aw- will offer a new program, gram will learn how to higher education institution January 21, 2010, at Plano Plano Children's Chorale, ards. environmental systems monitor environmental sys - in Texas which offers both Centre. Guests are encour - Plano Senior High School All of these cumulate in technology, which will pre - tems, investigate sources of an associate's degree and a aged to be seated by 6:30 Wind Ensemble, Beaty a program that will inspire pare students for careers in contamination and perform certificate in energy man - p.m. at enjoy the salute to Early Childhood School, our Plano community of pollution control and in - corrective actions. They agement. Plano ISD student leaders. student writers and speech present and future leaders. cludes a specialized track in will also gain practical ex - For more information, This year's program, students. energy management for ca - perience collecting and ana - www.richlandcollege.edu/e reers related to pollution lyzing samples, testing and st or contact Cassandra Dil - prevention through emis - operating equipment, and lon, the program's coordi - American Airlines sponsors sions and waste reduction. developing waste mini - nator, at [email protected] The environmental science mization and contingency or 972-761-6823. and protection job field, plans. Richland College is one future pilots flight school’s which includes environ - Through the program, of seven individually ac - mental engineers, is ex - Richland will offer an asso - credited institutions in the inaugural class solo flights pected to grow approxi - ciate's degree in environ - Dallas County Community mately 28 percent within mental systems technology College District. (NDG Wire) Eight stu - the next decade. as well as an energy man - dents from the inaugural class of the American Air - lines sponsored CRP Fu - ture Pilots Flight School SMU is seeking smokers took to the skies for their School also awarded $2million in DOD funds for camera research first solo flights the week of December 28. (NDG Wire) Southern ing for 2010, which will Each student success - Methodist University allow electrical engineering fully conducted three (SMU), in partnership with professor Marc Christensen takeoffs and landings of a the University of Vermont, to explore emerging appli - Tecnam Sierra aircraft was recently awarded a cations for High Tech Eyes without assistance from American Airline pilots present certificates of ac - $2.3 million grant by the for both homeland security their instructors at the complishment following the student's solo flights. National Institute on Drug and battlefield use. Dallas Executive Airport. Abuse for a smoking cessa - The Department of De - – Flight. Jeremy Vargas, 17. Four American Airlines tion study. The focus is to fense has already funded The CRP Future Pilots Founded in 2008, the pilot mentors were also on improve the outcome of SMU’s Lyle School of En - Flight School’s inaugural CRP Future Pilots Flight hand to present each stu - people who attempt to quit gineering for development, class was made up of jun - School is dedicated to ed - dent with a certificate of smoking. field testing and technology iors and seniors enrolled ucating disadvantaged accomplishment immedi - The SMU Psychology transfer for the high per - at DeSoto High School in youth between eight and ately after their solo flight. Departments Anxiety Re - formance small camera sys - DeSoto, Texas. Participat - 18 years of age in the Dal - m. “American Airlines is search and Treatment Pro - tem with military applica - ing students included: las/Fort Worth area in avi - Also, SMU’s research proud to be a part of such gram is seeking volunteers. tions for aerial drones and Blake Bozarth, 18; Xavier ation maintenance, pilot - into smart, ultra slim cam - an exciting chapter in the To participate in the study, helmet cameras. The new Christian, 17; Will Gard - ing principles, as well as era technology has won an lives of these young pilots contact Michelle Bishop at allocation brings total DOD ner, 16; Marisa Paramo, math and science. The additional $2 million in De - as they embark on their 214-768-7848 or visit spending on the project to 17; Leedarius Robertson, school’s curriculum con - partment of Defense fund - future careers in aviation,” www.quitsmokingdallas.co more than $5.5 million. 17; John Stephens, 17; sists of a Pilot program said Mark Hetterman, Aisha Steward, 17; and and an Aviation Mainte - American’s Vice President nance Technical (AMT) continued from Page 2 program. VAN BLARCUM , The CRP Future Pilots Flight School is among newest franchise locations With TAKS testing just TAKS test with the help of American Airlines most are Grapevine/Colleyville around the corner, the Cre - Creative Tutors,” Van important community ini - and Northwest ISD. Other ative Tutors team is poised Blarcum said. “We walk tiatives and receives sup - locations in the Dallas area to do what they do best: them though their personal port from the company at include: Allen-Lovejoy; help students develop the areas of improvement and large, including counsel Dallas-Highland Park; skills and the confidence to get them ready for the from senior executives, Frisco - Prosper - Celina ; pass — and excel — in all challenge ahead.” mentoring from pilots and Grape-vine-Colleyville; areas of the standardized For more information mechanics, and communi - Keller-Argyle; McKinney; test. about Creative Tutors or to Young pilot prepares for takeoff on his solo flight in cations assistance from Plano; more locations in “We have wonderful find a tutor near you, December. public relations staff. Houston and in North Car - success stories about kids please visit www.creative - olina. who have passed the tutors.com.

6 | January 21 - 27, 2010 | North Dallas Gazette | visit us online at www.NorthDallasGazette.com Arts & Entertainment Community Spotlight Students’ service to community honors former Dallas leader (NDG Wire) A special manuel Faz of Dallas, such as medical reserve group of students from the Mountain View College; corps, toy drives, food Dallas County Community Sadia Gulzar of DeSoto, El drives, Veterans Day cele - College District knows what Centro College; Edwin brations, blood drives, it means to be motivated. Hampton of DeSoto, Cedar fundraising for service proj - They study, learn and suc - Valley College; Wendy Ja - ects, hospice work and ceed every day both in the cobson of Balch Springs, many other examples as classroom and in the com - Eastfield College; Sarah well. munity. Those students – Perez of Flower Mound, The scholarship was es - each representing DCCCD’s North Lake College; and tablished in 1986 to honor seven campuses – have been Dung Tran of Garland, Max and Rosa Goldblatt, recognized for their efforts Richland College. who both served as former as recipients of the 2010 The scholarship is given Dallas leaders and longtime The 2010 DCCCD Goldblatt Award recipients recently gathered during a special ceremony Max and Rosa Goldblatt biennially to DCCCD stu - supporters of DCCCD. in their honor: (left to right): Dr. Wright Lassiter Jr., DCCCD chancellor; Dung Tran of Endowment Awards in dents who show leadership Max Goldblatt served three Garland (Richland College); Emmanual Faz of Dallas (Mountain View College); Ina Bo - Community Service. in volunteer and community terms as a Dallas city coun - stick of Farmers Branch (Brookhaven College); Joe Goldblatt, donor family member; The students’ efforts re - service work. Each awardee cilman and played a major Wendy Jacobson of Balch Springs (Eastfield College); Edwin Hampton of DeSoto (Cedar flect Max and Rosa Gold - receives a $600 scholarship role in the creation of Valley College); Leah Goldblatt Lahasky, donor family member; Betheny Reid, president of blatt’s dedication to com - ($300 per semester) from DCCCD (then the Dallas the DCCCD Foundation; Saida Gulzar of DeSoto (El Centro College); and Sarah Perez of munity service, and their the DCCCD Foundation, County Junior College Dis - Flower Mound (North Lake College). scholarships were awarded which administers the Gold - trict). Rosa Goldblatt was during a ceremony on Jan. blatt scholarship endow - involved in many commu - 11. The seven scholarship ment. The seven DCCCD nity service projects and, to - recipients, their home towns students who received gether, the couple inspired and colleges are: Ina Bo - Goldblatt scholarships this their children to continue stick of Farmers Branch, week have been involved in that tradition of service to Brookhaven College; Em - community service projects others. Sewell Choice Raffle to benefit low-income residents with critical legal needs (NDG Wire) The Dal - DVAP conducts neighbor - las Bar Association and hood clinics each month Legal Aid of NorthWest at four community loca - Texas have kicked off the tions, and provides a spe - annual “Campaign for cialty clinic to assist the Equal Access to Justice,” elderly with wills and which funds the Dallas other needs. DVAP re - Volunteer Attorney Pro - cruits and trains volunteer gram in providing free as - attorneys, and provides sistance to low-income staff support to the volun - residents with civil legal teers. Each year, DVAP needs. DBA’s 2010 President provides free legal assis - This year, a new twist Ike Vanden Eykel tance to approximately has been added as a part of 3,475 families in Dallas the Campaign. The Sewell tickets will be sold. The County. The Chair of this Choice Raffle offers the raffle drawing will be held year’s Campaign is Scott winner a choice of three January 23, 2010, at the McElhaney, a partner with vehicles—an Infiniti G37, Inaugural of the DBA’s Jackson Walker LLP, and Lexus IS350 or a Cadillac 2010 President Ike Van - vice chair is Jerry Alexan - CTS. Also new this year, den Eykel, a lawyer with der, a shareholder with one Runner-Up will re - the firm of Koons, Fuller, Passman & Jones, P.C. ceive a $1,000 gift card, Vanden Eykel & Robert - To purchase your raf - lunch for four at NM son, P.C., who specializes fle ticket, visit www.dal - Café, and custom Natura in family law. lasbar.org/dvap/raffle.asp. Bisse gift basket from The Dallas Volunteer The raffle winner does not Neiman Marcus. A Sec - Attorney Program is a need to be present to win. ond Runner-Up will re - joint initiative of the Dal - For more information, ceive a Bachendorf’s las Bar Association and contact Alicia Hernandez, stainless steel all-swiss Legal Aid of NorthWest director of the Dallas Vol - automatic watch. Tickets Texas. Recognized by the unteer Attorney Program, are $100 each, and no American Bar Association at ahernandez@dallas - more than 1,500 raffle for its exemplary services, bar.org or (214) 220-7499.

January 21 - 27, 2010 | North Dallas Gazette | visit us online at www.NorthDallasGazette.com | 7 Community Calendar Visit www.NorthDallasGazette.com and click on Community Calendar for more events! Ongoing Through February 7 UNCF’s An Evening of how our understandings of Februay 5 in Holocaust education in African American Repub- Southwestern Exposition Stars TV special screening the Holocaust have been pre - MTBC Mgmt Luncheon years. lican Club of Collin County and Stock Show & Rodeo party being held at the sented on the silver screen as Series : Jim Keyes, Chairman meets 3rd Tuesday of every One million people from African American Museum. well as in other aspects of & CEO, Blockbuster, Inc. February 26 7pm – 11pm. Tickets are $40 popular culture. Info: month at 7 pm. (Doors open around the world will come Hyatt Regency North Dallas- Urban League Luncheon at donation and include food & www.tedallas.org or call at 6:30 pm.) Collin County to the Will Rogers Memorial Richardson, 11:15 a.m. 701 the Hilton Anatole Hotel beverages. Museum galleries 214-706-0000. Republican Party HQ. 8416 Center for the nation's oldest E. Campbell Road, Richard - 11:45 a.m., tickets are $50 at will stay open late for guests. Stacy Rd., McKinney. Call livestock show and daily per - son, Pre-Paid Reservations 214-915-4631. Linda Wynn Drain, 214-498- formances of the world's Tickets call 972- 234-1007. January 27 Required. Cost: $35 mem - A limited amount of tickets 7574 or website www.aarcc. original indoor rodeo. The Holocaust and Genocide bers, $40 prospective mem - will be available for sale at February 27 com carnival midway thrills the Remembrance Day screen - bers. http://www.metro - the door. Info www.uncf.org/ UNCF’s 11th Annual Red, young and not so young ing of award-winning doc - plextbc.org/ dallas Hot & Snazzy Benefit Gala Collin County Black while fashions, home fur - umentary, The Reckoning being held at the Sheraton Chamber of Commerce, nishings as well as farm and at 6:30 p.m. at the Dallas February 11-13 CCBCC General Meetings, ranch equipment will be of - Hotel downtown Dallas. Re - Collin College’s Continu - Holocaust Museum Audito - NBA All-Star Jam family- 2nd Thursday of every fered by more than 200 ex - ception/Silent Auction be - ing Education’s free healt rium 211 North Record fun event is one of the high - month at 6:30pm. Call 469- hibitors. Food for every taste gins at 6pm. Dinner program hcare information session Street #100, Dallas. Admis - lights of the NBA All-Star 424-1020 or email: info@ - including a new destination begins at 7:30 pm. Individual at the Courtyard Center for sion is free. This film tells activities set for Feb. 11-13 CCBlackChamber.org for restaurant called Diego's tickets $200. For details visit Professional and Economic the story of the International at the Dallas Convention location. Cantina - will be found over www.uncf.org/dallas Development, 4800 Preston Criminal Court, from the Center. Tickets are on sale at the entire Will Rogers Com - Park Blvd., in Plano from Nazi trials at Nuremburg to Ticketmaster.com, American plex. The Fort Worth Stock DFW Financially Em - 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. contemporary operations at Airlines Box Office or by The Alpha Iota Iota graduate Show & Rodeo - this thing is powered Women meet The Hague. Assistant pro - calling 800-4NBA-TIX chapter of Omega Psi Phi legendary!!! For times and monthly for lunch or dinner WFAA's Brett Shipp to host - fessor of law at Southern TICKET PRICES: Adults: Fraternity, Inc. presents its ticket information, please and a fun, informative sem - TeCo Theater's Dallas' Methodist University, An - $20; Children (3-12): $12; 7th Annual Scholarship visit www.fwssr.com inar on various financial Most Eligible Bachelors thony J. Colangelo, will in - Senior/Military (with valid drive , Caribbean Cruise for topics. Info: 469-942-0809 Auction from 6 p.m. to 11 troduce the film and lead the ID): $12; Children (2 and two. Travel good for 12 or meeetup.com/378. January 22-23 p.m. at the Bishop Arts The - discussion following the under): FREE months after drawing. Dona - Chamber Music Interna - ater Center located at 215 screening. Info: 214-741- tion $10, call 972 424-0930 7500. to purchase tickets Group Business Seminars tional Concerts featuring South Tyler Street @ Jeffer - February 18 the enormous talent and vir - son Blvd., Dallas. Info: at 4907 Spring Avenue, Nokia Theater Presents tuosity of pianist and Avery http://tecotheater.org or 214 March 3 - 7 Dallas, (214) 11:30 a.m. January 31 Mariah Carey in Grand Fisher winner Alessio Bax; 948 0716. 12:30 p.m.; 3rdFriday of Plano Family Symphony Prairie, the show begins at Dallas Auto Show is the and violinist Nai-Yuan Hu, the month 11:30 a.m. to Sundays Series presents Silly 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale ideal opportunity to compare Gold Medalist in the Queen 12:30 p.m. for those inter - January 25 Strings at 3 p.m. at The for $59.75-$150.73; Info styling and pricing of every Elizabeth Competition in ested in starting your own The PLAN Fund “Getting Courtyard Theatre, 1501 Av - 214-373-8000 major line make under one Brussels. The concert will business, it is a Brown Bag Started: How to Start a enue H, Plano. TICKETS: roof in just a few hours. The take place on Jan. 22, 8 p.m., Lunch with Free Parking Business the Right Way” , Call 972-473-7262, prices Dallas Auto Show boasts at SMU's Caruth Audito - February 19-20 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 2801 range from $7 - $11. more than 550,000 square rium; and will be repeated on 6th Annual Weekend Festi - No Limit Network Busi - Swiss Ave, Ste 120, Dallas. feet of new cars, trucks and Jan. 23 at St. Barnabas val of Black Dance , at ness Networking Lunch 1st The session is free, call 214- SUVs at the Dallas Conven - Church in Richardson. For February 4 Naomi Bruton Main Stage, Thursday at 1 pm in Plano 942-6698 for info. tion Center and an atten - tickets and information call Plano Mayor and City in Dallas 8 p.m. Tickets Must RSVP at www.TheNo - dance of close to 400,000 972-385-7267 or go to www. Council hosting Neighbor - $10.00 Info: 214-743-2400 LimitNetwork.com or 972- auto enthusiasts. More than cmi-tickets.org. January 26 hood Roundtable with resi - 40 manufacturers will dis - 898-5882. dents of District 1, 7 p.m. – Live Healthy North Texas February 21 play more than 700 vehicles. 100 Day Challenge Dr. Ken - 9 p.m. at the Plano Centre, January 22 Plano Family Symphony Details at www.dallasauto The National Business neth Cooper, "father of aero - 2000 E. Spring Creek Park - Relay For Life 2010 Com - Sundays Series presents show.org. Women Enterprise Net- bics" and founder of the way. munity Kick-off in Historic Brass-A-Palooza at 3 p.m. at work (NBWEN) Learning Cooper Aerobics Center is Downtown McKinney at the The Courtyard Theatre, 1501 March 5-7 Over Lunch Series : 4th the guest speaker at the Herskovits: At the Heart of McKinney Performing Arts Avenue H, Plano. 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Abandon the to eat and have a healthy cially and/or geographi - carb diets produce quick so you do not become bored and licensed dietitian and all or nothing attitude snack before you go. cally. and dramatic weight loss, and lose your motivation to certified diabetes educator January 21 - 27, 2010 | North Dallas Gazette | visit us online at www.NorthDallasGazette.com | 9 Arts & Entertainment For more entertainment news visit www.NorthDallasCGarzeRttev.cioewm Golden Globe Winners speak The Book of Eli about Haiti and Abuse Victims can change lives BY IVY N. CARTER, MBA of her mother, “Thank God Haitian-born Wyclef Jean’s NDG Wire - Imagine person who knows about NDG STAFF WRITER you have the money to do Yele Haiti Foundation, living in a world with no the power of the Bible. The glamour and acco - something,” to heart, and is UNICEF, Oxfam America, order, no pride, no hope That power is sought out lades of the Golden Globe donating her Golden Globe Partners in Health and the and violence at every turn. by Carnegie, played by Awards were accompanied attire to www.Artistsfor - Red Cross. No, it’s not President Gary Oldman. Carnegie this year by celebrity ap - peaceandjustice.com. Other Queen of Comedy and Barack Obama’s plat - knows the power of the peals for help for Haiti’s actors who are helping Haiti BET talk show host form, it’s the apocalyptic word of God, but he earthquake victims. With an are Olivia Wilde of FOX se - Monique won her first movie by the Hughes wants to use it to control estimated 200,000 dead and ries House , Amy Poehler, Golden Globe for her sup - Brothers, The Book of Eli. people. 1.5 million homeless, actors Jenna Fischer and 300 ’s porting role in Push by Sap - Considered to be of This is a powerful used the stage to highlight Gerard Butler. phire , and she gave an emo - epic proportions, the movie, filled with fast the desperate situation George Clooney is tional acceptance for movie tells of one man, moving action scenes and caused by the January 12 working with major net - women and men of sexual, Eli, and his quest to listen spiritual messages for earthquake. works, including ABC, physical and mental abuse. and hasten to a voice he those with ears to hear Academy Award win - NBC and Fox on a Monique “It’s now time to tell. heard tell him to take a them. Although the action ning actress Meryl Streep, fundraiser for the Haiti sur - And it’s okay,” said Mo- special book and travel scenes are pretty much won the best actress in a vivors called Hope for Haiti , cruit donors. The show will nique as she dedicated her west. That voice? based on the staple of any comedy for Julie & Julia , and he used the Golden air on Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, Golden Globe to those vic - God. war and action movie, the said she is taking the words Globes as a platform to re - and proceeds will benefit tims. Eli, played by Acad - message is so powerful emy Award winner Den - because it shows the zel Washington, is stead - source of hope in any sit - fast and determined in his uation. quest, and at any cost he The Book of Eli is a Teddy Pendergrass Dead at 59 travels west to take the story that can change lives only surviving copy of the if we are all determined to (NNPA) - Legendary Pendergrass waist down. Despite the special book – the Bible – walk by faith and not by R & B singer and song - ushered in a new, devastating turn of events, to its destination. Eli be - sight. writer Teddy Pendergrass, electric era of Pendergrass continued to lieves the Bible has the Editor’s note : Dwight popular for his classic R&B that blended record music and returned answers to man’s hope - Brown, NNPA Film R&B hits “Turn Off the passion, raw sex - to the stage in 1985 for a lessness, and said he was Critic, believes the movie Lights” and “Love uality and ro - Live Aid concert in promised protection on deserves only 1 ½ stars. T.K.O,” died Jan. 13 at the mance into an Philadelphia. In 1998, his travels. It is his faith Check out his quite differ - Bryn Mawr Hospital in eclectic sub-genre Pendergrass founded the that keeps him going in a ent perspective of the film Philadelphia. He was 59. of R&B music. Teddy Pendergrass Al - world out of control. on our website, www. His son, Teddy Pen - Donning skin- liance, a national organi - But Eli isn’t the only northdallasgazette.com. dergrass II, told the tight, multicol - zation dedicated to im - Philadelphia Inquirer his ored pants; chest- proving the lives of indi - father underwent colon baring blazers and viduals with spinal cord surgery eight months ago a bevy of gold injuries. and was going through a chains, Pender - His investment in "difficult recovery," but grass laid the community service and that his father would "live blueprint for other civic issues trans - on through his music." Notes. In 1977, he today’s urban music sex formed Pendergrass’ im- Born March 26,1950, launched a self-titled solo symbols. age from a magnetic ladies in Philadelphia, Pender - album, and went on to But tragedy struck the man to a philanthropic ac - grass’ climb to superstar - earn numerous platinum crooner in 1982 after an tivist celebrated for his dom began with Harold albums and a Grammy automobile accident left aplomb in the face of ad - Melvin and the Blue nomination. him paralyzed from the versity.

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10 | January 21 - 27, 2010 | North Dallas Gazette | visit us online at www.NorthDallasGazette.com January 21 - 27, 2010 | North Dallas Gazette | visit us online at www.NorthDallasGazette.com |11 Rebuilding Haiti from the earthquake and from benign neglect BY JULIANNE MALVEAUX tuality, tied in a single gar - beat the French back in earthquake that killed more used the Monroe doctrine to connection that his succes - (NNPA) On Monday ment of destiny. Whatever 1804, more than two hun - than 50,000 people and dis - intervene in Haiti and in sor seems not to have nur - when many commemorated affects one directly, affects dred years ago, and they placed three million can be other places in our hemi - tured. Indeed, it has been the birthday of Dr. Martin all indirectly. As long as have not been forgiven for called an “act of God”, the sphere in the past. Now, interesting that President Luther King, Jr, United there is poverty in the it since. weak infrastructure exacer - let’s use the Monroe doc - Preval has had low visibil - States troops were headed world, no man can be to - The United States has bated the damage the earth - trine to make a positive dif - ity as the world has re - to Haiti to keep order and to tally rich even if he has a had an unreasonable policy quake caused. If we are ference in Haiti. sponded to the crisis in provide the humanitarian billion dollars.” on Haiti, allowing Cuban honest, we in the United Former President Bill Haiti. aid that is desperately We are diminished by refuges, but not Haitian States must say that some of Clinton, former Secretary President Obama de - needed after the devastation the tragedy in Haiti, but the ones, here in the 1980s and the blood that was spilled in of State Colin Powell, the serves credit for his quick of a 7.0 earthquake. Presi - fact is that we have been di - artist and activist Wyclef response to Haiti. So do dent Barack Obama has minished by Haiti for Jean, Institute of the Black many others – Doctors pledged $100 million of US decades. The earthquake’s World leader Dr. Ron without Borders, the Inter - aid, and other countries are tragedy compounds the 1-800-RED-CROSS Daniels and so many others national Red Cross, pledging aid as well. Peo - poverty of a nation that has www.redcross.org have an interest in the Wyclef’s organization, and ple are sending supplies, been utterly neglected by growth and development of more. It will take more than and some of them are get - the world. There is no infra - Haiti. President Clinton’s the distribution of bottled ting through. And, through structure in Haiti, little abil - 1990s, building concentra - Haiti is on our hands. charity is among those that water, high-energy and their cell phones, people ity to bounce back from a tion camps for those who What must we do now? are funneling dollars and high-energy biscuits to res - have given more than $4 crisis. There is scant gov - dared escape from that First of all, we clearly must supplies to the island. cue Haiti, more than the million for Haitian relief. ernment, a law enforcement country’s economic chal - provide as much humanitar - Imagine that these diverse clearing of rubble and the One does not have to system that is helpless in lenges. We have offered a ian assistance as we can to brains sat around a table, keeping of order. Haiti wonder what Dr. Martin the face of gangs, and a few dollars, but only a few, offer immediate relief to with Haitian brothers and needs help rebuilding, not Luther King would say poverty that affects most of in humanitarian aid, and at displaced and starving Hait - sisters and strategize ways only from the earthquake, about Haiti. In a speech at the country. If this were times have actually with - ian people. Our next prior - that Haiti can thrive. Per - but also from decades of be - Lincoln University in 1961, any other nation in the held support to determine ity, however, must be to as - haps former President Arist - nign neglect. he spoke to our connected - world, there would have “democratic” outcomes, as sist with infrastructure plan - ede could be part of such Julianne Malveaux is ness, “All life is interre - been intervention and hu - if starving people should be ning and development for discussions, if only because President of Bennett Col - lated. We are caught in an manitarian aid a long time bribed to embrace an elu - our neighbors in this small of his strong connection lege for Women in Greens - inescapable network of mu - ago. But Haitian slaves sive democracy. While the island nation. We have with the poor in Haiti, a boro, North Carolina.

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14 | January 21 - 27, 2010 | North Dallas Gazette | visit us online at www.NorthDallasGazette.com Sister Tarpley Why were you created?

ated. If you first start out judgment, and righteous - 11 (KJV). thoughts that I think toward ple who are rebellious and trying to determine your ness, in the earth: for in Establishing this type you, saith the Lord, angry, there is a reason why “For thou hast pos - purpose in life before un - these things I delight, saith relationship with God is thoughts of peace, and not they are that way. Think sessed my reins: thou hast derstanding why you cre - the Lord.” Jeremiah 9:24 vital to understanding your of evil, to give you an ex - about and pray for people covered me in my mother’s ated, you will inevitably get (KJV). purpose in life. If you don’t pected end.” Jeremiah who are too busy, irritated, womb. I will praise thee; hung up on the things you Man’s affiliation with have this bond with God, 29:11 (KJV). bitter or hurt. Ask God to for I am fearfully and won - do as the basis for fulfill - God was lost in the Garden you will seek to fulfill your If you don’t know what word your mouth on what derfully made: marvelous ment in your life, which of Eve when Adam and Eve purpose out of the wrong your purpose in life is, ask to say and what to do as a are Thy works; and that my will only lead to frustration sinned. Jesus’ death on the motives; such as fear, inse - God to help you to under - caring and concerned soul knoweth right well. and disappointment. cross, however, allows us to curity, pride, money, other stand why you were created Christian. Learn to praise My substance was not hid I believe that first and restore this relationship relations, guilt, or unre - to discover your purpose. God for people that are from thee, when I was made foremost, God created all of with God. The Apostle solved anger, which is one With this knowledge you happy, healthy and God- in secret, and curiously us to know Him and to have Paul came to understand letter from ‘danger’. God’s will begin to see when your fearing; also, that love other wrought in the lowest parts an intimate relationship this when he said, “That I desire is for you to be moti - families and friends are people. Ask God to protect of the earth.” Psalm 39:13 - with Him. In fact, God says may know Him, and the vated out of your love for hurting and you will learn His children from the evil 15 (KJV). that if a man is going to power of His resurrection, Him and your to desire to to communicate better with one and their enemies, to The best way to learn boast about anything in life, and the fellowship of His worship Him in all that you them when wrong paths are surround them with guard- the purpose for your life “But let him that gloried sufferings, being made con - do. As you develop your taken. ian angels and to keep them and your work is to dis - glory in this, that he under - formable unto His death; If relationship with God, He Don’t forget to nourish under His wings of love and cover how God wants to standeth and knoweth Me, by any means I might attain will begin to reveal His pur - the really important rela - guidance; also to help other use them; then you will that I am the Lord which unto the resurrection of the pose for your life and your tionships in your life. people discover their pur - know why you were cre - exercise loving kindness, death.” Philippians 3:10 - work. “For I know the Think and pray about peo - pose in life. Bishop Paul S. Morton and the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship Mass Choir Celebrate The Stellar Award win for Traditional Choir of the Year This is the second year in a row that Bishop Morton and the choir nab this award

(NDG Wire) Bishop performance captured in The Allstate James Cleve - of January 23rd. All of the Paul S. Morton, along with their latest release, Cry Your land Lifetime Achievement proceeds will go to the relief the Full Gospel Baptist Last Tear (Tehillah Music / Award to the 2010 recipi - efforts for Haiti. Church Fellowship Mass Light Records). ents, Lee Williams & The The Stellars remain a Choir, wins the award for The Stellar Awards pre - Spiritual QC's. staple in the Gospel commu - Traditional Choir of the sented an emotion packed While in Nashville, nity as they congratulate Year, announced at the 25th show that kept the audience Bishop Morton joined the those who share their musi - Annual Stellar Gospel standing and praising. Serv - Gospel and CCM commu - cal talents with the world. Music Awards January 17, ing as a time capsule, the nity to record the heart grip - The show is syndicated 2010. The golden Stellar stage was filled with per - ping song for Haiti, A Song in over 100 markets as well statute represents the second formances, presenters, and For Pain , by Kirk Franklin. as on the Gospel Music consecutive year Morton hosts that have impacted the Morton’s voice will be heard Channel, which will air Feb - and the Full Gospel choir are show in the past 25 years. throughout the track which ruary 28th at 8pm ET/7pm Bishop Paul S. Morton recognized for the inspiring Bishop Morton presented will be released the weekend CST.

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