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MAY 6, 2015

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NewsTry to make every day

special with your mom

By Cheryl SmithSome people make a

big deal out of Mother’s Day, regardless of how they acted throughout the rest of the year. I consider every day to be special and I actually didn’t care for all the attention devoted to specific days. I didn’t believe the hype!

As Mother’s Day approaches, this will be the first time in my life that I won’t be able to call or reach out and touch her - the woman whose blood ran from her into me, who breathed life into me and whose heart I felt from the inside.

Lately, I have had so many friends who have experienced the loss of their mothers. It hasn’t been easy and because we all are different, we all process grief in our own way. Believe me the pain of losing a loved one does not need to be analyzed or rationalized by others.

My mother loved hard and long. Just ask my dad! And she loved her children. As she attempted to provide the best she was a strict disciplinarian.

She loved her church -- New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, NJ and she enjoyed being involved. She was looking forward to being an active member of Friendship-West Baptist Church, where she visited over a decade ago and joined prior to her death.

She loved life - It’s hard to think of her gone because to me she was larger than life, always on the go and living life just like she wanted.

Last year on Mother’s Day, I loaded up the car with 19-year-old Annya, a family friend - Patsy, and Mother, as she was known by everyone. We were off for her therapy -- to the Winstar Casino.

I knew she wasn’t really up to the trip, but I didn’t know just how close she was to departing. But she enjoyed herself, just like when she would travel with her friends or other relatives to Atlantic City or other spots.

I remember when she called and asked me to move her to Dallas, I was surprised. I realized that her health was declining but I never saw her ever moving from Jersey.

When she came, I was looking forward to us going to Africa and a very long and fruitful relationship as we got to know one another as

Please see Mother, Page 14

Dallas-Fort Worth area native, Miss Mikela Pryor, daughter of Oran and Rosalyn Pryor congratulated by D/FW Alumni Association President Gerald Jenkins, as she receives over $71,000 in scholarships to FAMU. She received the FAMU Distinguished Scholars Award and the Urban League Guild of Greater Dallas and North Texas Gifted Ten Award. Mikela is a graduating senior at Cedar Hill Collegiate High School in Cedar Hill, TX. She starts FAMU in the fall and plans to enter the College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences to earn her Pharm.D. with a 2021 anticipated graduation year.Florida A&M University National Alumni Association will meet in Houston beginning May 13, 2015 Calling all Rattlers to Houston!

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Do you know

this man?

POLICE have not apprehended Pookie the serial rapist.

We know he has attacked members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

and there is a $5,000 reward offered by Crime Stoppers.

If you have ANY information, PLEASE call Crime Stoppers 877.373.8477

Come on PEOPLE! Don’t you CARE?

Will it matter when it is your sister, mother, aunt or grandmother-

or maybe YOU?

Giddings' Bill to stop criminal

complaints against debtors

Austin - Representative Helen Giddings (D-Dallas) brought House Bill 3058 before the House Committee on Investments and Financial Services on April 29, 2015. This bill addresses the practice of certain lenders who attempt to collect unpaid loans by filing a criminal "hot check" complaint for items issued by their customers which return unpaid by their bank. In a recent study of eight Texas counties (from 2012 - 2014), over 1,500 such criminal complaints were filed by payday lenders against their loan customers. Many received arrest warrants and some were actually jailed. The checks (or automatic debits) issued by consumers of these loans were usually "post-dated" items and were required by lenders at the time the loan was arranged. Texas law already exempts these transactions from collection through the courts, as they were not issued in an attempt to defraud the lender. By taking criminal action against these clients, which may result in arrest and imprisonment, these lenders violated a constitutional right of all Texans. "The Texas Constitution," said Giddings, "clearly promises that 'No person shall ever be imprisoned for debt'." House Bill 3058 would create a criminal offense against lenders who continue the practice of filing unlawful criminal complaints for these civil matters. "One lender claimed that his company acted 'based on an erroneous belief' that it is a crime to issue a check that is dishonored," said Giddings. "This bill clarifies that these borrowers have not committed a crime and that, in fact, it would be a crime to continue in this practice."

Rep. Helen Giddings

Baltimore is not Ferguson. That was evident by opposite

official reactions to the death of an unarmed African American male killed at the hands of local police in the respective cities.

At the time of Michael Brown’s death last year in Ferguson, Mo., the city with a two-thirds Black majority was governed by a White mayor and a White city manager, had only one Black on the 6-member city council, and had a White police chief who directed a department that was 94 percent White.

Equally telling, less than 12 percent of voters turned out to cast a ballot in 2014. Though also predominantly Black – 63.7 percent – Baltimore has a Black mayor, police commissioner, state’s attorney and president of a city council that is 60 percent African American. The police force is 48 percent Black.

After the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert P. McCulloch mangled his grand jury presentation – perhaps deliberately – that resulted in the grand jury’s decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson, the White officer who fatally shot Michael Brown.

As the New York Times pointed out, the St. Louis County Prosecutor strayed from customary behavior by, among other things:

• Convening the grand jury for 25 days over three months instead of the usual one;

• Calling 60 witnesses, possibly confusing jurors, instead of only a few that are usually called;

• Allowing Wilson to testify for four hours, without being cross-examined, though most potential defendants do not usually testify before a grand jury and

• Taking the unusual step of not making a recommendation to the grand jury.

So, no one was surprised that the jury of nine Whites and three Blacks voted not to indict Darren Wilson.

In Baltimore, things were different. First, voters had ousted the incumbent state

attorney by electing Marilyn J. Mosby over Gregg L. Bernstein in the Democratic primary.

Though on the job less than four months,

the 35-year-old Mosby made the courageous decision to charge six Baltimore police officers with crimes that included murder and manslaughter instead of conveniently shifting that responsibility to a grand jury. Mosby made her decision several hours after receiving the

medical examiner’s report that concluded that Gray’s death was a homicide.

At a news conference, she said: “The findings of our comprehensive, thorough and independent

investigation, coupled with the medical examiner’s determination that Mr. Gray’s death was a homicide that we received today, has led us to believe that we have probable cause to file criminal charges.”

She also said, “To the people of Baltimore and the demonstrators across America: I heard your call for ‘No justice, no peace.’

Your peace is sincerely needed as I work to deliver justice on behalf of this young man.”

Shortly after Mosby announced her decision, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, also an African American, said she was “sickened and heartbroken” by the charges outlined by Mosby.

She said, “To those of you who want to engage in brutality, misconduct, racism and corruption, let me be clear: There is no place

for you in the Baltimore City Police Department.”

The fact that Rawlings-Blake and Mosby were in a position to act boldly was possible only because Black voters put them in office. You can’t reasonably hope for that kind of outcome when only 12 percent of the voters turn out for an election, which was the case in Ferguson.

But don’t get it twisted: Having Blacks in office or voting in large numbers do not guarantee justice will be done. Blacks vote in respectable numbers in New York City yet

the White officer, David Pantaleo, was never prosecuted in the choking death of Eric Garner.

In Baltimore, the state’s attorney’s investigation revealed that many of the early assertions made by the police department, under the supervision of Black Police Commissioner Anthony Batts were inaccurate.

Even worse, of the six officers charged, three of them – Sgt. Alicia White and Officers William Porter and Caesar Goodson, Jr. – are

African American. Goodson faces the most serious

charges of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter.

He was driving the van that transported Gray and was accused of not placing the suspect in a seatbelt for his safety.

Porter was told twice that Gray was in need of a medic, but never called one, according to the prosecutor.

He was charged with involuntary manslaughter, second-degree assault and other charges. White arrived on the scene after Gray had been placed in the police van.

But she, too, was accused of failing to summon a medic. She was charged with involuntary manslaughter, second-degree assault and misconduct in office.

The other officers – Edward Nero, Garrett Miller and Lt. Brian Rice – were charged with, among other things, second-degree assault.

Clearly, having Blacks in key positions is no guarantee that justice will be served.

But it certainly increases the odds of that happening, as we have seen in Baltimore. -

CURRY: Baltimore is Not Ferguson

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

State Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby

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Some of you felt my references to Biblical scripture in the previous post didn’t go far enough, didn’t hit hard enough or simply fell short of addressing the “real” problems facing urban Baltimore in recent weeks and urban America in recent months. I gave it some thought, what is the real problem? What do you need to hear? Hang on, here goes:HOMICIDE, MANSLAUGHTER, ASSAULT, ILLEGAL ARREST, UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT and MURDER are among the charges filed against six Baltimore police officers named in Freddie Gray’s tragic death.Twenty-five year old Freddie Gray was chased, apprehended, hog-tied, thrown face down in the back of a van seemingly outfitted for Animal Control stray dog transport and taken on a long circuitous ride to a slow, agonizing, torturous death, like a scene out

of Abu Ghraib. I can only wonder if had he survived the “rough ride” and had the BPD had the apparatus, would they have also subjected him to water boarding. If this is what I think and this is how I feel, does it address the “real problem?” Try this from Dr. Leonard Horowitz, author of “528 Revolution”: “You are a digital bioholographic precipitation, crystallization, miraculous manifestation of Divine frequency vibrations coming out of Water. You are the music, echoing universally, eternally, hydrosonically, with your heart tuned to the Creator’s clear-channel broadcast of LOVE/528.” Dr. Horowitz speaks to the spiritual frequency of LOVE, 528 hz (cycles per second, vibrations). He believes we all possess a resonant frequency which aligns us with the Creator.Or this: Paul Selig, author of “I Am The Word” says: “We’re all radios and it’s really up to us, what we play, what our broadcast is, and our broadcast is our vibration, our consciousness...” He goes on to say of his own practicing of these principals: “I’m practicing the basic stuff, like not making decisions out of fear, and honoring the Divine in others.” Honoring the Divine in others? Wow! That’s powerful stuff!The verses I posted spoke to the natural opposite of LOVE, hate, the expectation of hate, the predictability of hate, the natural occurrence of hate. An inherent hate for a people by their fellow human beings IS the “real problem.” A hate that can only be explained on another level of expression and understanding, a supernatural level. The “Medieval” Ving Rhames was referring to in

the movie “Pulp Fiction” is just one chapter in human history scattered with cruel, inhumane behavior from before the time of crucifixions to the Spanish Inquisition to present. It comforts some of us to believe sadistic behavior in today’s times is reserved for the likes of ISIS and not our high tech, civilized and sophisticated society. James Byrd’s body dragged behind a pick-up in Jasper, Texas and Otis James Byrd’s lifeless body hanging from a tree in Claiborne, Mississippi should give us cause for pause. HATE? I realize there are those that have hated me for as long as I can remember. They hated my mother and my father and their mothers and fathers. Why would I or should I expect any different? I don’t! If justice is not in you why would I waste time begging you for what you don’t possess, because at the heart and essence of justice is a love, love for truth and what is right and if you possess no such love my time is wasted marching, pleading and appealing to you. The fact is, you can’t love me as long as you secretly love and embrace corruption and injustice.RIOT? Reporters ask: “Why burn down your own neighborhoods? Why loot and torch your own stores?” If you can visualize Christ in a rage, clearing the money changers from the temple, you need no explanation of a riotous reaction to wrong-doing. If you cannot grasp how Jimi Hendrix could pour lighter fluid on a perfectly beautiful guitar, which he no doubt loved, set it ablaze, then smash it to pieces or how he, an Army veteran, could “twist” and “distort” the National Anthem into a timeless artistic expression so you could hear and feel the “bombs bursting in air,” I can’t begin to explain rioting to you. Suffice it to say, it comes from very deep within which explains its violent, volcanic qualities. Also, it might help to note that looting is not about the chips, beer or Pampers, it’s about defiantly challenging authority and the status quo. I will say this, rioting, as a sudden and combustable expression of malcontent is less perplexing to me than rioting over a sports team losing (or winning) a match.THUG? I understand so-called “thugs.” I also understand successful professionals who are embarrassed by misguided teens reminding them of who they really are and where they come from. What I don’t understand is how anyone can reasonably or responsibly refer to young urban teens by the same term the President uses to call-out international terrorists such as ISIS and Al Queda.Finally, I regret that some of you see 4,000 years of Word and wisdom as hollow rhetoric, nothing more than childish Sunday School anecdotes the reading of which will gain you, an educated, intelligent, analytical, thinking adult, nothing good at all. You Are the Word. I Am the Word. I see the Divine in everyone around me. If the Word does not come to life as you read each passage in ways that allow you to see the Light, than you’re right not to waste your time reading it. Keep striving for Love and Peace! M

Miles’ Musings

By Miles Jaye DavisMiles Jaye is a musician, singer,

author, actor, chef and award-winning writer.

Thug, riot, love, hate -- and other four letter words

If you’re old enough, you realize that “That’s my Mama” was once a television show.

Wikipedia set the scene just in case you don’t know what the sitcom was about: “Set in a middle-class African American neighborhood in Washington, D.C., the program revolved around the character Clifton Curtis (played by Clifton Davis), a man in his mid-20s who worked as a barber at Oscar’s Barber Shop, the family barber shop he had inherited from his late father. While Clifton enjoyed being a bachelor, his loving, but t a r t - t o n g u e d and opinionated mother Eloise “Mama” Curtis, played by Theresa Merritt, wanted him to settle down and find a nice wife.”

It was seren-dipitous for me to recall that the show was set in Washington D. C., which is the twin city to Baltimore Maryland where the “Mama” America is talking about, makes her home.

I wholeheartedly believe and can honestly say, that if you are a Black man over the age of 30 and have not been to prison you probably had a mother like B’More’s Toya Graham. Back in the day, a Black mother would go upside your head no matter how old or how big and buffed you got. All Black moms then sang from the same sacred hymnal; “Negro if you ever get big enough to whip my ass you better let me win. Negro, if you touch me in your dreams you better wake up and apologize.” The original Negro Spirituals!!

Over the years, parenting academics like Dr. Benjamin Spock, who had no children, set the standards for how others with children would conduct themselves. Some of it was good. But the requisite modus operandi for transforming Black boys to men is often a necessary affront to popular science. We got issues that nobody, I mean nobody else has to confront or even consider.

All Black mothers (and mothers of all races who have Black sons) know that their sons are unconstitutionally guilty until proven innocent. We are unlovable

until we show ourselves worthy of the larger culture’s love. We are deemed ignorant and illiterate until we win Pulitzer’s or win Tony’s for our portrayal of a Shakespearian character. (Caution: Othello committed suicide because harming a White woman can still get a brutha lynched)

Unfortunately, we got caught up on what the media made us see and never discerned the positives that we did not see. The camera provided the beat down angle, but you missed an upshot of the years

of labor Toya spent gaining her son’s respect. The initial c o n f r o n t a t i o n says that she has already set a standard for his behavior; he was shocked that she was there, but not shocked at all that she was demanding better of him.

As Ms. Graham appeared on the CBS Morning Show, the mother of six admitted that while she watched her son among the bad actors, she had one troubling thought; “What are the people at my church going to think?” Sounds like she worships at one of those old school churches that my generation grew up in. A major part of my mama’s parenting was learned at the church house.

During my day, (right or wrong) families hid unwed teenaged pregnancies until after the baby was born. If Bubba went to jail you just said that he got a job upstate. If your loved one was not a member of the church he or she was eulogized at the funeral parlor…Case closed.

When I saw that woman wailing and walking her son back from his sin and into her safety, I immediately cried out; “That’s my mama!!!” I didn’t see his Toya, I saw my Patricia!!

The internal issues of the Black community must be fixed the old fashioned way; by praying Black mamas who pack a helluva punch. Black mama’s who fight at home and at the school house can usually avoid the courthouse. Toya’s son has a long way to go, but he knows what’s right and what’s not. I like his mama ‘cause that’s my mama!!

Quit Playin’ Vincent Hall

Vincent L. Hall is an author and award-winning columnist.

That’s my mama!

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May is National Lupus Awareness Month

May 7North Texas Christian Women's Chamber Power of Prayer Business Breakfast 8AM

International House of Pancakes 12750 North Freeway Fort Worth, TX 76177

********May Day Festival Juanita Craft Civil Rights House

11am

May 8

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May 9

The South Dallas Cultural Center celebratesBlack Man’s Month in the art Gallery!

Art lovers are invited to the opening of the new art exhibit: “The Crawfish Circuit - 5 pm. free and open to the public until June 20th. The SDCC is located at 3400 S. Fitzhugh Ave. For more info. or to schedule a

guided tour for your group call 214-939-2787.

May 12Urban League Young Professionals General Body

Meeting -- The Economic Empowerment Committee Presents “Making the Right Investments: Wealth,

Self & Community” --7pm at Center for Community Cooperation , 2900 Live Oak St. Dallas, TX 75204

May 14Dallas County District Attorney Susan Hawk holds

Town Hall Meeting 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.Pleasant Grove Library

7310 Lake June Road Dallas, Texas 75217

*****Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce

Annual Economic Forecast7:30 AM to 9:30 AM CDT

Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Hitt Auditorium1441 N. Beckley Ave. Dallas, TX 75208

May 18Duncanville ISD is proud to announce its 2015 Teacher of the Year nominees. Winners will be announced at the 2015 Duncanville ISD Staff

Appreciation Event in the Duncanville High School Alexander Auditorium 7:00 pm.

May 19Malcolm X’s 90th Birthday

Free Divergent Screening for Teens Teens ages 13-18 are invited to a free dinner and

screening of the film Divergent at 6 p.m. at the Central Library, 625 Austin St. Set in futuristic Chicago, Divergent focuses on Beatrice Prior, a girl who

must choose to remain with her family or join one of society’s five factions of individuals: the honest, the

selfless, the brave, the peaceful, or the intelligent. No registration is required. Doors open 15 minutes prior, and seating is limited. For details, go to the Nicholson

Memorial Library System webpage.

Swearing In Reception and Ceremony of

Curtistene McCowan for City Council Place

6 at the Jim Baugh Government Center

(City Hall). Reception @ 6:30p.m. (City Hall

Reception Room). Swearing In (City

Council Chambers) @ 7p.m.

May 20African Chamber of Commerce

British Beverage Company (BBC)*2800 Routh Street | Dallas, TX 75201 | 214-922-8220 *Limited Menu items to be offered during the

luncheon. If you have any questions please feel free to call

Sanmi Akinmulero at 214-244-0388 or Michael Fant at 817-371-1277.

LUNCHEON SPEAKERSMay 20 - Leo Montgomery & Kelly Dent -

US Dept of Commerce

May 21North Texas Christian Women's Chamber

Power of Prayer Business Breakfast 8AM

International House of Pancakes 12750 North Freeway Fort Worth, TX 76177

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Balch Springs Chamber of CommerceNetwork Luncheon

Featuring Detra NewhouseMicrosof Learning & Development Program Manager

11:30AM-12:30PM Chamber Members w/RSVP $5

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Deadline May 18th

Th3rd Thursday Champion’s Luncheon Business Czar Herb Austin is coming to Th3rd Thursday Champion’s Luncheon @12noon.

Mr. Herb Austin is the District Director for the U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Dallas/Fort

Worth office, covering 72 counties of north, central, and east Texas. Mr. Austin was appointed to the

Dallas/Fort Worth office in 2008. Salazar Center

2201 Main Street, Suite 440 Dallas, TX 75201

May 24Inaugural Installation to Southwestern Regional Bishop, Honoring Bishop Allen D. Richardson

Abundant Life Cathedral of Praise Church, 3407 El Benito, Dallas, TX 75212 - 3:30p.m.

Guest Speaker: Presiding Bishop Eddie L. Moton

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND ESCAPE @ 7PM

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May 2637th anniversary of the Elusive Ladies of the

Beta Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. at Florida A&M University

RIP #22 Donna Charles

May 28North Texas Christian Women's Chamber

Power of Prayer Business Breakfast International House of Pancakes

12750 North Freeway Fort Worth, TX 76177

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African Chamber of CommerceBritish Beverage Company (BBC)*

2800 Routh Street | Dallas, TX 75201 | 214-922-8220 *Limited Menu items to be offered during the

luncheon. If you have any questions please feel free to call Sanmi Akinmulero at 214-244-0388 or Michael

Fant at 817-371-1277.LUNCHEON SPEAKER - Kelly Kemp - EX-IM Bank

w w w. T E X A S M E T R O N E w S . CO M MAY 6, 2015 7 CALENDAR HEALTHGluten-Free Food

Labeling: Important Info for those with Celiac Disease

SILVER SPRING,-- May is Celiac Awareness Month. An estimated 3 million Americans suffer from celiac disease, a genetic autoimmune digestive disorder that damages the small intestine. Celiac disease is triggered by consumption of a protein called gluten, which is found in wheat, barley, rye, and "cross breeds" of these grains. Gluten is the substance that gives breads and other grain products (such as cakes, cereals, and pastas) their shape, strength, and texture. For those suffering from celiac disease (or choosing/preparing food for someone who does), identifying gluten-free food is critical.In August of 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) issued a regulation that standardized what "gluten-free" means on the food label. This ensures that gluten-free claims on food products are consistent and reliable across the food industry.Understanding Gluten-Free LabelingGluten-free foods may be labeled in a

variety of ways, including "Gluten-free," "No gluten," "Free of gluten," or "Without gluten." The FDA regulation for gluten-free labeling applies to all four of these variations. Manufacturers are not required to place a food's gluten-free claim in any specific location on the food label. Foods bearing a gluten-free claim must

contain less than 20 parts per million (ppm) of gluten. This level is the lowest that can be reliably detected in foods using scientifically validated analytical methods, and most people with celiac disease can tolerate foods with such very small amounts of gluten. Products Covered by the Gluten-Free

RegulationFDA's regulation applies to all foods

and beverages (including packaged foods, dietary supplements, fruits and vegetables, shell eggs, and fish) except for:Meat, poultry, and certain egg productsMost alcoholic beveragesGluten-Free When Eating Out Given the public health significance of

gluten-free labeling, FDA also encouraged the restaurant industry to move quickly to ensure that its use of gluten-free labeling was consistent with the federal definition. FDA also works with state and local governments, who play an important role in oversight of restaurants, and considers appropriate action as needed, alone or with other agencies, to protect consumers with respect to gluten- free labeling in restaurants.

Reporting Adverse Effects and Misuse of Labeling

(NewsUSA) - Grandparents love spending time with their grandchildren. Grandbabies bring so much joy. However, it's not unusual for the curious, tiny fingers of youngsters to end up in places they shouldn't. Putting precious or breakable objects out of reach is important, and so is keeping medicines and vitamins up and away and out of sight of young children.

More than 70,000 children end up in emergency departments each year after getting their hands on medicines left within reach. That's 165 kids -- or roughly four busloads of kids -- per day. Far too often, that medicine belonged to a grandparent.

Where are young children getting their hands on medicines? From countertops and bedside tables, purses and pockets, and loose pills on tables or floors. Weekly pill minders can help you keep track of multiple medications, but they rarely have child-resistant features so a curious child can't get into the colorful medicines stored inside.

"Grandparents and parents may not be aware of the danger posed by leaving medications where young children can reach or see them," says Dr. Dan Budnitz, director of the Medication Safety Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "A few simple steps -- followed every time -- can protect our children."

So, grandparents, enjoy your precious time with your young

grandchildren. But whether hosting them in your house or visiting at theirs, remember to store your medicines in a place they cannot

access. Here are some tips from CDC's "Up and Away and Out of Sight" initiative:

* Keep all medicines and vitamins up and away and out of sight in a high cabinet or other place inaccessible to your grandchildren.

If you think you may forget to take your medicines if they are not in sight, leave yourself a reminder on the refrigerator or somewhere you check daily.

* Never leave medicine or vitamins out on a counter or bedside table, even if you have to take the medicine again

in a few hours.* Always relock the safety cap on a medicine bottle. If it has a

locking cap that turns, twist it until you hear the click.* Never tell children medicine is candy so they'll take it, even if

your grandchild does not like to take his or her medicine.* Keep purses, bags or coats that have medicines or vitamins in

them out of reach and sight of young children.* Program the Poison Help number (1-800-222-1222) into your

phone so you have it in case of emergency.Visit UpandAway.org for more tips on safe medicine storage.

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(NewsUSA) - It's a fact. When you give kids a chance to create their own meals, they're more likely to eat them. It's also true that kids don't often make the wisest choices. That's why parents are grateful for fruit. Naturally delicious and notoriously healthy, fresh fruit is the perfect ingredient for getting kids to the table. It's a smart food that tastes like a treat.A lot of parents can't wait for summer and the arrival of fresh fruit season. But thanks to another "best of both worlds" scenario, they don't have to wait. When it's winter in North America, the weather in Chile is just heating up, and its robust fruit industry ensures that fresh fruit is available year-round.So, what fresh ideas can parents spring on the kids this winter? A great place to start is "nature's candy," fresh Chilean grapes. The perfect finger food, grapes can also be the centerpiece of an appetizer plate, the sweet addition to savory snacks, and the fun ingredient in unexpected places. Green, red and black grapes provide endless inspiration for kids of all ages to be creative and enjoy. Here are a few ideas to inspire!

* Grapes and cheese cubes on pretzel skewers* Grapes as the center of cheese sunflowers with a celery stem

* Grape turtle with an apple slice as the body* Frozen grape caterpillars with mini chocolate chips for eyes* Grape salsa as a topping for tacos or baked brie* Roasted grapes tossed in grain salads and layered in yogurt-granola parfaits* Halved grapes tucked into grilled cheese sandwiches* Heart-shaped cookies decorated with grapesWinter is also a good time for fresh blueberries, the little blue dynamos that work magic in all manner of kid-friendly dishes. And if it seems like ages since you've enjoyed fresh plums and nectarines, you'll find ripe, flavorful stonefruit from Chile waiting for you

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Boom 94.5 may be new to Dallas but Radio One's

annual music festival did not disappoint this year!

Thousands came out to the Classic Hip Hop meets Zydeco and Blues Saturday at Fair Park, in Dallas.

Some of the heavy hitters were Juvenile, Mystikal, Buns B, Step Rideau and Sir Charles Jones, just to name a few.

Despite competing with the Floyd Mayweather and Manny Paquiano fight

people still came out to eat good food, listen to good music and enjoy the event!

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As someone who has come to Christ as a hopefully mature adult, I’m challenged from time to time as ministers and bible study leaders and others of faith talk about the process of becoming a mature Christian. The challenge is in knowing what it

means to mature as a person and applying some of those same principles to the maturation process as they relate to faith and knowledge. Faith as a concept is pretty easy to understand. The knowledge

I’m speaking about accompanies the experience of knowing God’s word. As such, just like a mature adult, your behavior is most assuredly dictated by your experience, your knowledge. In other words your decisions are affected and guided by what you know. For the mature Christian, your faith is

easily expressed in words. However, your deeds, your actions now have parameters set in stone due to the experience of faith. So the more you know about God’s word

and God’s will, the more responsive you become in what you do, don’t do, say, don’t say etc. Forgiveness for instance is

an example of what I’m talking about. The more you accept the truth of Christ in

your life, the more mandatory it becomes to forgive those who have in some way ‘trespassed’ against you. You see a mature Christian knows if you don’t forgive your enemies, God will not forgive you. How dare you not at least undertake the notion of forgiveness when Jesus paid the ultimate sacrifice so we all could be forgiven! Some people refer to this as knowing that

you know that you know. It is a process however. It does take time. Maturity requires action and it is this action that I’m saying challenges me more often than not. It is not always easy to do the right thing.

But for the mature Christian, it is purely a matter of knowledge that easily lets you know what the right thing is. It’s what you’re supposed to do in all situations and circumstances. The more mature you become in your

faith, the more evident it becomes in your behavior. However, I think you pass the real test when your maturity readily surfaces in what you think. The thought

process of the mature

Christian is where I find myself these days. I guess you can say I am now a proponent

of ‘you are what you think.’ I believe faith does move mountains. And as I start to move mine, I’ll be living proof of what they say about mustard seeds. Believe me. I’m working on it every day.May God bless and keep you always.

James

Maturity Matters

Spiritually Speaking

by James A. Washington

It is not always easy to do the right thing. But for the mature Christian, it is purely a matter of knowledge that easily lets you know what the right thing is. It’s what you’re supposed to do in all situations and circumstances.

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Essential oils are highly concentrated, and should be used with care or under the direction of a Certified Aromatherapist. They have anti-inflammatory, pain relieving, as well as anti-bacterial properties to name a few. Aromatherapy is widely recognized as an extremely effective form of complementary medicine, and is in no way intended to replace the treatment of a licensed medical practitioner.

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Dear Alma:

My friend is getting married, I’m in the wedding and I couldn’t be happier for her. She’s not a “big wedding” type of person, so her mom is taking the reins to plan a giant ceremony.

She went shopping for wedding dresses with her mom, and they picked out a Cinderella-style ball gown – so not her style. As bridesmaids we went shopping together and found the perfect dress for her – it’s simple and understated, and she wants to wear flowers in her hair. But this dress doesn’t really go with the formal-style wedding her mother has planned.

How does she tell her mom she found a “better” dress? I think she looks beautiful regardless, and I want her to feel happy and comfortable on her wedding day, but I also know that picking this other dress will cause so much drama with her mom (and my friend is already trying to avoid as much wedding drama as possible!).

Help, Alma! How do I be a good bridesmaid in this situation?

Hey Bridesmaid,

My advice: stay out of it. This is not your red wagon to pull. Even if your friend is not a “wedding type” person, it’s

still her wedding. She needs to clarify a few things. Now’s the time she needs to let her mama know, she’s no longer wearing her training bra. She has to be truthful with herself and have an honest conversation with her mother. Oh wait, here’s something you can do. After their discussion, make sure you greet her with a box of tissue or a glass of red wine, depending on her mother’s reaction. Candidly speaking, she should never have allowed her mother to purchase a wedding dress she didn’t like nor wanted to wear. What was that about? There’s something a little bit deeper here that we’re not privy to. But anywho, after the discussion with her mom, she needs to immediately gather her troops. Your friend can call a meeting and tell every one of her wedding day wishes. Yep, she’s gotta be bold, stand tall in her wedding pumps or bare feet and lead her wedding party to what will be one of the most important days of her life.

If she’s ready to get married, she’s ready to have hard, honest adult conversations that clearly express her wedding day desires. Honestly though, I’m happy to hear that she’s not a Bridezilla, neither was my niece Leah.

She was what you’d also call a low-key bride as well. My dear sister Kim passed away when she was a teenager, so when Leah allowed me to step into the MOB role, you better bet I wore that crown and girl I wore it well, LOL. Ain’t nobody got more mouth than me, I’m just sayin, LOL. Leah let me have my MOB fun until we came to a point in the planning process that was make or break important to her.

During our meetings, when I bulldozed, she sternly guided me back to my lane. Not in a mean way, not loud, not argumentative, just firm and sweet. A firm and sweet that required respect and reminded me she was a grown woman.

Don’t get me wrong, when we mothers are on a roll, it stings like a honeybee when we are challenged by our adult children. But, don’t you fret sweetie pie, her mama can handle it and will secretly applaud it. She’ll recognize, this is where her baby girl’s childhood ends and her adulthood begins.

Bottom line, all her mother really wants, is to see the joy on her daughters face that day. Everything else is just icing on the wedding cake! -Alma

Ask AlmaAlma Gill’s newsroom experience spans

over 25 years, including various roles at USA Today, Newsday and the Washington Post. Email questions to: alwaysaskalma@yahoo.com. Follow her on Facebook at “Ask Alma” and twitter @almaaskalma.

I am trying to be a good bridesmaid

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Students interview celebrities on red carpet at Nancy Lieberman’s annual gala

Frisco ISD-TV’s Abbey Cumnock, Bailey Stone and Chalen Broom were in the mix at the 2015 Nancy Lieberman Foundation Dream Ball Gala April 16, 2015 at the Omni Dallas Hotel. These Career and Technical Education

(CTE) Center Audio/Video Production students seized the opportunity to cover the Denim & Diamonds affair, which is a result of a long-standing relationship between NBA Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman and Frisco ISD-TV.

“Nancy has such a big heart and cares so much for students having chances to do big things in life,” Frisco ISD-TV Executive Producer Eva Coleman said.

Students battled rush-hour traffic out of Frisco to get to the event in downtown Dallas, recognizing the magnitude of the opportunity.

“I was going to make sure we got there, even if it was for the last 10 minutes!” Producer/Editor Bailey Stone said.

They made it in time to snag interviews with sports notables Tony Romo, Deion Sanders and Rick Carlisle.

Well worth it!“We’ve been with Nancy along the Dream Ball Gala

journey since it started in 2012 and I’m grateful for this memory of a lifetime that she provides my students,” Coleman said.

Professionalism on display by Young Journalists

PHOTOS:Abbey Cumnock interviews Tony Romo

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Abbey Cumnock interview Deion Sanders as his daughter looks on.

It’s time for students to walk the walk.

Commencement ceremonies for all seven colleges in the Dallas County Community College District system are set, and students who have “talked the talk” now will take that walk with an associate’s degree or professional certificate in hand.

They all will become part of DCCCD’s history – and the district is proudly celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

Graduates will mark a milestone in their lives as they finish their academic careers at DCCCD and move on to a university or to a career and job that signify their achievements, too.

With the swish of silk robes and the toss of tasseled mortarboards, graduates will celebrate commencement with their family members and friends.

They attend one of the early college high schools at Brookhaven, Cedar Valley, Eastfield, El Centro or Mountain View; or Richland Collegiate High School – along with college students who will graduate with an associate’s degree or certificate from one of the seven individually-accredited

colleges that comprise the DCCCD system.

A full list of graduation ceremonies and speakers is provided.

Sat., May 9: Eastfield College – 4:30 p.m. at the Curtis Culwell Center,

4999 Naaman Forest Blvd. in Garland; keynote speaker: Kathy Windrow, professor of art, who is the college’s 2015 Minnie Stevens Piper Excellence in Teaching Award recipient for full-time faculty.

Wed., May 13:

Mountain View – 7 p.m. at the Jesse Owens Complex/Ellis Field House, 9191 S. Polk St. in Dallas; commencement speaker: Dr. Michael Sorrell, president of Paul Quinn College.

Thurs., May 14:

Brookhaven College – 7 p.m. at the Alfred J. Loos Field House, 3815 Spring Valley Rd. in Addison; commencement speaker: keynote speaker: Dr. Jim Dudlo, professor of

history and department chair, and Brookhaven’s 2015 Minnie Stevens Piper Excellence in Teaching Award winner.

Cedar Valley College – 7 p.m. at the Inspiring Body of Christ Church, 7701 S. Westmoreland Rd., Dallas; commencement speaker: Dr. Elva Concha LeBlanc, president of the Northwest Campus, Tarrant County College District.

North Lake College – 7 p.m. in the Irving Convention Center, 500 W. Las Colinas Blvd. in Irving; commencement speaker: Charles Siegel, professor of biology and President’s Scholar at North Lake.

Richland College – 7:30 p.m. at the Curtis Culwell Center, 4999 Naaman Forest Blvd. in Garland; keynote speaker: retiring faculty member Randy Price, Richland College School of Learning Enrichment and Academic Development.

Sun., May 17 El Centro College – 3 p.m. at the Kay Bailey Hutchison

Convention Center Arena, 650 S. Griffin St. in Dallas; commencement speaker: Troy Furlough, professor of mathematics and ECC’s 2015 Minnie Stevens Piper Excellence in Teaching Award winner.

DCCCD Graduates include College, High School Students

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This Saturday art lovers are invited to the opening of the new art exhibit: "The Crawfish Circuit - Exploring Southwest Louisiana's Musical Soundscape," by Giraud Polite. The theme is a representation of the culture in southwest Louisiana via digital photography and multimedia. "My exhibitions explore themes such as race and rituals, “ said Mr. Polite. “My art goals are to convey a variety of social issues that face the nation and our community. I am compelled to extract a more personal meaning from my art

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two “grown” women living in the same household.

I saw the toll that smoking took on her life and it pained me deeply. COPD is a painful disease. I was very angry from time to time and I told her so. She told me she regretted every puff that she took. I do too.

I wish that she had come to Texas sooner but I will cherish forever the 18 months of memories. In her last year I taped a lot of our conversations and we have been very candid about our feelings and dreams. She wanted her family to get along and to support one another. She wanted us to grow and to lift as we climbed. I always keep hoping I made her proud in this regard.

Interestingly someone I held in high esteem had a similar relationship with her mom. Maya Angelou, who also died last year, talked about how the last 18 months of her mother’s life were spent with her.

During the week before Mother transitioned, I stayed up all night one night being her deejay, playing everything from Johnnie Taylor and Stevie Wonder to Cissy Houston and The Temptations and Manhattans to Regina Bell and Sam Cooke. My mother was singing and moving her head, hands and feet.

It was a peaceful time, between my deejaying, continuous episodes of Family Feud with Steve Harvey, Pastor James Fitzgerald’s visits, family close by and Nurse Shasha there for everyone.

As my father did 9 1/2 years ago, leaving me with a memorable comment, Mother did the same. As we sat talking, she looked at me in my eyes and said, “I always knew you’d

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And I’m glad I did! --Earline’s oldest daughter

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Many of today’s youth struggle with fear, doubt and worry which holds them back from fulfilling their goals and leads to a variety of challenges including low self-esteem and confidence, eating disorders, drug and alcohol additions, bullying and violent behavior. Ethos Education Group, a non-profit organization located in Frisco, Texas, addresses these challenges through a series of tools that engage, motivate and inspire youth as they move from childhood to adulthood.

On Wednesday, May 20, 2015, the agency will launch an exciting new tool, a “virtual classroom” hosted by Ethos partner and sports celebrity Everson Walls. “It is important that students become aware of their true potential and inspired to appreciate life, learn from others and take charge of their future,” said Walls. ”No matter what you do for a living, positive character traits exists in successful people.”

Heisman Trophy winner, Hall of Fame Inductee Class of 2015 and Ethos partner Tim Brown will host a “virtual classroom” and discuss his career and the character traits needed to obtain long-term success as it relates to character development on July 21, 2015.

Through the virtual classroom, a one -on-one relationship is developed with Brown and Walls and other sports athletes and celebrities to allow students to share their own personal thoughts and challenges. Using the agency’s award-winning “You’ve Got The Power!” approach, Walls and Brown will engage the students while teaching the practical applications of the character traits in their individual lives.

“The award winning curriculum works to improve the educational experience of each student by redefining success in order for them to achieve in most cases, generational change by reaching out to them in their current environments so they are motivated and inspired to learn,” said Michael Davis, CEO Ethos Education Group.

Ethos Education Group launched its life skills program for students/ athletes at Heritage High School in Frisco, Texas last year. “Our mission for the pilot was to empower students to make positive life decisions in the areas of education, physical and mental health, relationships and character development,” said Brown. “The statistics showed the participants felt they possessed the power to define their success as future leaders.” The following program outcomes show the success of the program:

• 100% of students reported that using the “You’ve Got the Power” educational curriculum workbook changed the way they think or feel• 100% of the students reported that they enjoyed using the “You’ve

Got the Power” educational curriculum workbook• 89% of the students reported that the “You’ve Got the Power” educational curriculum workbooks were great or very good• 100% of the students reported that they think other students will benefit from using the “You’ve Got the Power” educational curriculum workbookAcademic performance statistics after going through the program:91% of students improved G.P.A.0.97 Average G.P.A. increase96% graduation rate75% continuing with college education Tim Brown Hall of Fame Experience Sweepstakes

Participants in the “virtual classroom” can also realize the ultimate Tim Brown Hall of Fame Experience and make Pro Football History by joining an online sweepstakes. Two lucky prize winners will receive two tickets each and all travel and hotel expenses to accompany Tim Brown and his family to the NFL Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Canton, Ohio, August 6 through August 8, 2015. The winners will be part of a weekend Hall of Fame Experience including the Gold Jacket Dinner where football greats, Tim Brown, Jerome Bettis, Charles Haley, Will Shields, Mick Tingelhoff and a representative of Junior Seau will receive their official Gold Jackets. Other activities filling the action packed weekend for the winner will include the Enshrinement Ceremony where the honorees will take their place among football’s elite; the Hall of Fame Parade and the Tim Brown Official Induction Party. There are no other events where fans can see so many of the game’s greatest former players gathered in one place. Nearly 700,000 people are expected to attend the televised weekend of events.

All proceeds from the Tim Brown Hall of Fame Experience will support the Ethos Education Group mission which is to improve the educational experience of students by redefining success through understanding their identity and self-value. “I learned that building character helped me overcome challenges which were empowering and led to my successful career,” said Brown. “I know participants can build positive character traits early and reverse the disturbing trends that may lead some to prison rather than college.”

The Hall of Fame Experience drawing and introduction of winners will be held on July 21, 2015. Brown will not only host a virtual classroom but participate in The Hall of Fame Experience drawing.

For sweepstakes ticket information visit www.timbrownhofexperience.com or tweet #TimBrownHOFE .

Sponsors for the virtual workshop program are Albertsons, National Football League Players Association and TPC Four Seasons Resort Los Colinas.

For more information about the “virtual classroom” workshop featuring Everson Walls and Tim Brown, contact Michael Davis at (855) 384-6766 or email mdavis@ethoseducationgroup.com.

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La Quinta Inn & Suites, 1419 N. US Hwy 67

Cedar Hill, Texas 75104 7:00pm-9:00pm

By attending this powerful seminar, you will learn

the secret wealth accumulation strategy that is

changing millions of lives.

Seating is Limited -

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Our previous seminar sold out in one day! Don’t miss out on this extraordinary wealth

accumulation seminar.To reserve your seat, contact

Shelly Henderson 877-832-0237 Ext. 702

• Earn A College Degree and Graduate Debt Free!• Come and join us at this dynamic Seminar where you will learn the secret to:• How to fund a 4 year college education in 1 year• How to raise the capital for any business without borrowing• How to retire in 2 years or less• How to pay off 100% of any debt in 1 year• How to fund a 4 year college education in 1 year• How to pay-off all of your student loan debt in 1 year