Volume XVIII, Number XXXXI October 22 - 28, 2009 T H IG TL The Boneyard O P S delivers frights Founded 1991 .com – even at your home Your Paper, Your Opportunity... Visit Us Online at www.NorthDallasGazette.com New voice offers radical solutions to the violence in the Black community (NDG Wire) When a repeat the same old chants suddenly drops from the deal with the issue without shooting incident involving -"We must stop the vio - consciousness of the main - strong leadership from one African American lence", "We need more po - stream news media. The within the community. This killing another makes lice", or "Parents have to weight of the problem re - void of community leader - headline news, the politi - take control over their chil - verts back to the commu - ship, according to Malik cians, community activists, dren." nity to handle. Green, author of The religious leaders and the This outrage usually The discouraging fact Black-Print - Black Amer - community itself expresses lasts about a week to ten is the community is not ica's Blueprint for Achiev - outrage. All these voices days at best. Then the issue equipped to effectively See COMMUNITY, Page 12 See BONEYARD, Page 9 Dinosaurs return Called to service: NSERL to double as polling place to Dallas this week Research lab to host University's first ballot station amid Collin County test For more information see pg. 10 www.northdallasgazette.com (NDG Wire) A univer - be open to all registered voters may vote at any of sored by the Texas Legisla - sity location known for ex - voters in Collin County. the 57 designated polling ture. Y R periments will soon be the Collin County is one of places in the county. Just as "It doesn't matter where TA N More than site of a voter turnout ex - only four Texas counties early voting allows regis - you choose to vote. Your E M periment. testing a new way for vot - tered voters to cast ballots ballot will be there," said M O The Natural Science ers to participate in the at any polling place before Sharon Rowe, Collin C just a and Engineering Research electoral process through election day, the pilot pro - County elections adminis - Laboratory (NSERL) will the Vote Center concept. gram works in the same trator. pink ribbon be the first polling location On Nov. 3, during a way for the Tuesday, Nov. The effort to bring vot - BY JULIANNE MALVEAUX riod to raise money for on The University of Texas statewide Special Election, 3 Special Election. The (NNPA) October is breast cancer awareness. at Dallas campus, and will registered Collin County Vote Center pilot is spon - See POLLING Page 12 Breast Cancer Awareness There are billboards and month. If you flew Delta public service announce - St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church Airlines this month, you ments about breast cancer saw flight attendants with awareness. 130th Church Anniversary Celebration pink t-shirts, pink uniforms Why? Breast cancer is and the ever-present pink the second leading cause of (NDG Wire) During No - Through Prayer, Praise and hands have blended under ribbons. cancer death among vember, St. Mark Mission - Worship.” The church has the leadership of God and A number of depart - women, after lung cancer. ary Baptist Church in McK - chosen II Chronicles 7:14 have created what they know ment stores have breast African-American women inney will celebrate our for the scriptural focus of the lovingly as St. Mark Baptist cancer awareness “sales” or are more likely that white 130th anniversary. Under the anniversary celebration. Church, aka “The Mark.” passes, with dollars raised women to die from breast leadership of Senior Pastor The church has been, In just an instant of re - being donated to breast can - cancer at every age. Al - Charles S. Wattley, they will and continues to be, blessed flection, it is easy to see that cer research. In Washing - though black women are rejoice with the theme, with a community of people they have so much for which ton, D.C., women walked Rev. B.R. Daniels “Seeking God’s Face whose hearts, minds and See CELEBRATION Page 16 60 miles over a 3-day pe - See RIBBON , Page 4 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 Business Service Directory . 11 Career Opportunity . 13 Church Happenings . 14 Billy Webb William (Bill) Velasco Mayisha Akbar Sister Tarpley . 15 Church Directory . 14, 15 & 16 See Page 2 People in the News and has won Billy Webb has been se - working on my signature many awards and lected as a “Signature Chef” dish for the event, but the Billy Webb acclaim for his for the March of Dimes Sig - guests will love it,” he said, BY KAYLA TUCKER ADAMS Billy Webb’s career in creative genius nature Chefs Auction. “And I am working on a NDG SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR restaurant management led with food. Most “March of Dimes is my fa - one-of-a-kind auction pack - A self-taught Chef, him to Washington, DC, recently, he was vorite charity,” said Webb. age, which will be linked to Billy Webb, has been cook - which is where he met his featured as a “I got involved with March the African American Mu - ing up incredible dishes for friend and mentor, Chef celebrity chef at of Dimes because my seum, for the lucky win - more than twenty years. Patrick Clark, who inspired the State Fair of brother had polio at an early ner!” His career in the food in - him to become a chef. Texas. age and the March of Dimes You can join Billy dustry began with a job as a “Patrick Clark was such Billy Webb is was there for my family.” Webb, Kent Rathbun, and cook at Church’s Chicken. a dynamic chef that he was not just renowned Billy Webb will once 18 other dynamic chefs at Billy worked for Church’s chosen to be President Clin - for his gifted per - again participate in the the 2009 March of Dimes Chicken for fourteen years ton’s White House chef,” formance in the March of Dimes Signature Signature Chefs Auction, and worked his way up said Webb. “However, he kitchen, but he is Chefs event on November 5 presented by Comerica through the ranks into man - declined the position and also known for at the Fairmont Hotel. He is Bank. For more informa - agement, and then as a became the Executive Chef the generosity the only African-American tion, call the March of restaurant inspector, travel - at New York’s famed, Tav - skills, Billy Webb is the ex - that he has shown chef participating in the Dimes Dallas Division at ing the country making sure ern on the Green.” ecutive chef at OPIO for the smallest citizens of event, and promises that 972-669-3463, or visit that the chicken chain’s Today, many years after Restaurant at the Hilton Dallas…babies. this year’s guests will be in www.marchofdimes.com/te restaurants were up to par. perfecting his culinary Dallas Park Cities Hotel For the past 14 years, for a real treat. “I’m still xas. building committee mem - member Scott Carlson sec - versity. ber at St. Elizabeth Catholic retary and Plano member Carlson was appointed William (Bill) Velasco Church; and Community Loretta Ellerbe assistant to the board in 2003. He is (NDG Wire) Dallas mittees and many others. Advisor Committee mem - secretary. Officers serve an attorney in private prac - businessman William (Bill) Active in the commu - ber at Sunset High School. one-year terms. tice and currently serves as Velasco is the new chair - nity, he is past president of He is a member of the Na - Danish was appointed chair of the Operations man of the Dallas Area La Calle Diez Community tional Association for the to the DART Board in committee of the board. He Rapid Transit Board of Di - Corp., a founding member Self-Employed, National 2005. An attorney in private has served as chair of a rectors. Velasco has served of the Winnetka Heights Association of Public Ac - practice, Danish is a former number of other commit - on the board, representing Historical District and the countants and National As - Irving City Councilman, tees during his DART the City of Dallas since Oak Cliff Development sociation of Tax Practition - deputy mayor pro tem, and tenure. He holds a B.S. in 2001. Corp. He is a past member ers former chairman of the Irv - civil engineering from He is the owner of Ve - of the Board of Directors of Velasco is a graduate of ing Planning and Zoning Texas Tech University and lasco Tax and Insurance of Dallas CAN! Academy and Texas A & M University in Commission. He holds an a law degree from Southern of the Plano City Council, Dallas and most recently is currently on the Oak Cliff College Station. undergraduate degree from Methodist University. she is a member of the Ad - served the board as vice Chamber of Commerce Board members also Wheaton College in Illinois Ellerbe was appointed ministrative, Ethics, Opera - chair of the Administration, Board of Directors. elected Irving member John and a law degree from in 2008 by the Plano City tions and Revenue commit - Audit, and Revenue com - He has also served as a Danish vice chair, Dallas Southern Methodist Uni - Council. A former member tees white school. Receiving a nity to experiences of living horses!” were not in school, and state academic scholarship on a farm with horses and As the number of kids those in school were not Mayisha Akbar gave her the opportunity to other animals.